MAIL NOTICES.

Mails olose for the following places as under, subject to the necessary alterations :— WEDNESDAY, February 1. For Australian Colonies and also for the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, via Brindisi, per Mararoa, at 6.30 p.m. Due in London March 31. For Northern Ports per Warrimoo, at 10.30 ft.m. The letter-box will be cleared for dea. ?»tch of correspondence from Ashburton oat Office to the under-mentioned places m follows:—. For * am. p.m. p.m. Burnham and Dunsandel daily) . . ... .•• 315 Cheetaejr and Rakaia (daily) ... , .« 6.30 3.15 6.20 Christchurch and North (daily) ... ... ■•• 630 3.15 6.20 and on Mondays, Wed nesdays, and Fridays... 1030 Qrarfiove (daily) 6 30 Kiffelton and WiUowby. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays 10.89 I EigiUj Wakanui, River side, Seaview, Seafield, | and Kyle, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur days  630 Flemington ifo;)4ays, Wednesdays, & Friday 4,45 Geraldine (daily) 10.56 Greenstrcet, Winchmore, and Forks, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays 630 Hack thorn c a»d Li»rnore ; Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays 10.30 Methven (daily) 315 Mt. Somers, Springburn, Bushside, and Alford Forest (daily) 4.0 Mayfield and Euapuua, Mondays and Thursdays 4 0 Ifewlancte, Tuesdays, Thursdays, w& gatur.. days ... ;.>/ ••,• 6>»o Timaru, Dunedin, and South (daily) 12.30 Selwyn (daily) ... nn 620 Temuka& Timaru (daily) 10.30 12.30 and»n Tuesdays, Thurs days aud gatui'days , 3.1& Tinwald, Win&low, Minds, and Waunate (daily).,, IQ. 30 " and on Tuesday*, Thurs days, and Saturdays ,„ *lQ Wheatstone, Ashton, Water ton, and Long beach (daily) ... -. „ 4.45 jj/ft, _ Letters containing anything ot valvio should be handed to the Postmaster to be registered, _ Letters containing e#in, pr bank notes, if posted unregistered, wihW'cotnpultorUjf re jittered and, charged double registration fee.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1893 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Fan Francisco mail is 'expected to reach Wellington at midnight to-night. The Takapuna leaves at three o'clock to morrow, afternoon for Lyttelton with the southern poiMiou. The Christchurch City and . Suburban Tramway Company has, accepted the tender of Mr John BrightUug to construct a (second *r-a;nway to New Brighton for £7000. The Swimming CluVs senior 220 yards and junior 100 yards races take place on Wednesday, February 8 -not March 8 as stated in report of last Committee mcetiug. The annaul carnival takes pla c on March 8. A Christchurch telegram says an elderly man. James O'Brien, chimuey sweep, shot himself in the head yesterday morning, using an old pistol loaded with shot. He is at present progressing favorably, but it is not yet known whether the wound will prove fatal. He had been drinking for a week past: Last evening as the train from Christ church was approaching Ashburton station, Mr John Moor head's threshing, train was in the act of crossing the lime near the engine shed. The whistling of the railway engine made him hurry on, and not having time to lower the elevator it carried away the- tele graph wires. The railway engine driver could not pull up, and had a narrow escape from being involved-iu the failing wreckage. Mr Bullock to-day fin^ a first offender 5s and costs for drunkenu.e»,^ aud'■Messrs Bullock and Alcorn, together heard a charge against a man named, James Gordon of travelling on the railway without a ticket with intent to defraud. Gordon was fined 20s or forty-eight hours in gaol, with hard labor. Having no rnqaey lie had to accept the inevitable, and' went t'a sojourn at the Government accommodation house. The match arranged for to-morrow, between the Ashburton Cricket Club and the Ashburton Albion Cricket Club will hot take place, owing to the former being uuable to get a team. The match will now be between the first eleven of the Albion and all comers. The following will represent the Albion—C. E. Davis, Andrews^ Pauling, Mitchell, Chapman, J. W. Da,vis, Kidd, Purchase Booth, Dunlop and Constable. Emergencies—Conter, Jesson, and Hardley. The difficulty between the Mayor and City Council of Chriatchurch has been allowed to drop. At a meeting last evening the Mayor said that he had consulted the rules of Parliamentary practice, and would rule that as the members walked out at last meeting the business being transacted at the time had dropped. If anyone liked to re vive it he could do so by a fresh motion. No motion was moved, and the Council passed on to ordinary business. We have received from Mr H. A. Gates, local agent for the Dresden Piano Company, a copy of the Musical A'bum issued by the Company, and edited by its Manager, Mr J. A. X. Riedle. The AUMitn is issued for advertising purposes, but corflaiuseleven pieces of music, eight of which are songs. Among them are to be found the song so much in favor at present "The song,th>t. reached my heart," "The Bonnie hills of Scotland," "Ta-ra-ra," and others, while young piayers will be pleased to poßses3 a nicely arranged " Barn Dance.' 1 A party ot visitors from Astibnrton to the Wakamii beach last Sunday, had some grand sport fishing for sharks. Ihis part of the beach must be swarming with sharks for four were landed, each ever eight feet iv length, while quite twenty others were hooked but escaped by cutting the lines. The head cv oue of the captured is at Newman's stables, and anybody who conterop'ates bathing at the beach had better take a look at it before he goes down, and consider whether its friends and relations would be desirable swimming companions. Last evening, a little after eight o'clock, there was a rather exciting runaway. M*" Alfred Curtis'horse, harnessed to the trapi was tied in the Aahburton Club's horse pad dock, where Mr T, Thornton s hack was also tied. An eye witness stakes that Mr Curtis' horse p!unged and broke loose, and rushing round the paddock collided with the other, which then broke loose. Both horses made for the. gate, colliding again as they came forward to it. The saddle horse jumped, and the other followed, breaking the shafts and leaving the trap behind, The horses bolted into East street, where they took different directions, xV The "North Otago Times" has the following, which may afford a hint to some of the farmers in this district:—The work of cutting the crops which the recent rain laid, it was at one time thought, wouid be a difficult one, and there is no doubt that it will be, but not so difficult as it was at one time supposed. In many instances back deliveries have not been as successful as they were expected to be, but the reaper and binder, with a smart man following close up to the grain platform with a rake to sort the straw into something like phip shape before it falls, and before it starts to travel along the canvas has proved pretty fjuocessful. At all events it has proved more expeditious than any other method that has been tried, According to press accounts the fnudition of some parts of New South Wales' is de plorable. A writer iv the "Winton Herald " says that the state of Georgma county is deplorable through drought. He is con vinced, from seeing the great numbers of dead stock, that Herbert Downs station will not be able to muster 8,000 out of 16,000 head of cattle on the books. As the dead are piincipally breeding cattle," th,e. loss will be felt there for years. Glenormis- I ton station will be. lucky if it can muster }0,000 out of 20,00!) cattle when the rain comes. Thousands of dead beasts are lying around the great inland sea at Perapitcheri, which is now as salt as brine. Bonla. at time of writing, was famine-stricken, and the heat at Middleton was up to 120 degrees iv the shade. Mush sickness prevailed in ,i.he locality through the dry leather ; and the fierce HW and hot winds. De plorable accounts were received from all directions. The Sydney "Bulletin" of January2l has the following: —The New Zealand and River Plate Investment Company, a year or two ago, gathered up its spare coin and re tired from Maorilaud to Buenos Ayres,' unler an impression, so it is alleged, that the former country, during the i*eallance regime, wasn't a fit place for the invest ment of British capital. This unhappy institution has |ust been heard of ojics mtjfr'e, gftep ft ton_g sjlenee,' as having" p.aid an emaciated dividend of 2 per cent per annum iv Argentina. It used to pay a.n o^ese \§ per cent in th« old day» when its coin was lout out to Canterbury farmers. When the Company wound up its M.L. business all the Tory papers whooped alouts capital being ;" driven out of the country." That eap|ti4 will never drive back to the same country' a&y more, but it hopss to walk back on crutches some day when it has got letted after it Argentine' expediences. A good house awaited the Jubilee Singers on their farewell appearance last evening 'in the Oddfellows 1 Hall—farewell a,f least i'or a lengthened period, as the company purposg touring Tasmania and Austral^al aftej? leaving New Zealand. Haying made thajt tour, they may again visit Mew Zealand e>p route to America, when doubtless AghbHrt^n will again have the pleasure of listening t*j them. The programme last night was different from any given by the Singers here before, so far as the choruses were ebi}cej,3e.d> many fresh ones being introduced and sung With $£ yigor and accuracy as re gards tune and time"For W^igh the Singers are famous. Mr Hamilton Hodges, Jhe baritone of the company, was heartily encored for his singing of "The Old Brigade," as was also Mr Orpheus McAdoo's .'' Out oh the D, eep," and Miss Flora. Carr's -" Esmeralda.* Miss |ulie ha% . l?een far from wel', and tyer pla<se' m a| i ! (slGeut&njjit was taken by IVliss Enofa ! Savin ders, who reeled "The Pooin of Claudius and Cynthia ' wfth *#ect f and ha<J to give a humorous trifle in response fr? ajj encore. The concert c'-osed with the em? [ green part song" Sweet and low." The Okslow Biscuit. The latest and most delicate biscuit manufactured fey i^akbro^kanaCov

Revolution in Hawaii.

THE QUEEN DEPOSED.

(FKK PRESS ASSOCIATION) I •San Fiiaxcisco, January 30. Tl\e deposed Queen of Hawaii has issued a proclamation that she has yielded to the superior forco of the Americans, but awaits the tiim* to be reinstated when thp truth concerning the trouble will be divulged, I ondon, Januaty 30. Discussing the Hawaiian difficulty, botli the " Daily , Telegraph" and I " Standard " favor the restoration of a (monarchy. The " Times" believes that a s milar arrangement to the administration of Samoa, with modifi cations in tlio light of experience attained by the Powers interested, would be applicable to Hawaii. Washington, Jatiuuy 30. In the Senate the majority of the speakers were in favor of the annexa tion of Hawaii, or the granting of a protectorate over the group. In the House of Representatives the Demo crats were averse to the proposal for annexation, though they opposed any other power sssuraing control. Washington, January 30. It is* stated that President Harrison is favourable to the annexation of Hawaii if the residents in the group" desire it.

AucKi<ANr», January 30. The Alameda brings intelligence of the Hawaii disturbance. Parliament wis prorogued there ou January 14, at noon. Two days before the Wilcox Cabinet (the Reform party) resigned on the passing of a want of confidence motion. The white members of the House refused to attend the proroguing ceremonies. The Cabinet that succeeded i« composed of W. H. Cornwall, A. P. Peteisen, John Colburn, and Sam Parker The business men have iio confidence in the Ministry. The Queen met Ministers in the Palace after closing the session, and demanded their signatures to a new constitution, which they refused to giv«. She then threatened to promulgate the instrument without their signatures, A meeting of citizens was hastily convened, and to support the Cabinet in the crisis a committee of safety was formed, which called a mass [meeting on the afternoon of January 16. One thousand citizens attended, and great enthusiasm prevailed. The Queen ! was denounced, and a resolution unani i mousiy adopted, calling upon the Com mittee of Safety to take the necessary stsps to preser'/e peace and order. The tr iops of the United States s.s. Boson, the only warship iii port, were at once ordered ashore by direction of the M nistry, ostensibly to preserve order. 1 There are reasons for believing the Com mittee of Safety and foreign representa tives are agreed upon a course of action, and that some radical steps will be taken. The. troops are scattered over, the city, and everything is quiet There is a 1 strong feeling in favor of deposing the Queen and forming a protectorate. C. A. Thurston is a leading member of the j Committee of Safety.

SPORTING.

ASHBURTON AUTUMN MEETING.

In order to conform to the now Rules of Jvncing, the Committee of the' Ash burton Racing Club, in-drawing up their Autumn programme have to on biderably increase the '.amount of money given, f n order to do this the Committee, besides increasing the stakes for theiac±s in last; year's programme, hive added an additional race "each day. 'It was pro posed by th.< sub-committee to include a steeplechase each day, buttleComnaittee, whilst- approving the idea^ were com pelled to substitute other races in their place, owing to the present scarcity of steeplechase horses, The new race on the first day will be a High weight Handicap of 35 so'vs, second horse 5 soys, Jj mile, gentlemen riders, minimum weight lOst. Ou the second day, in order to give the young horses and those engaged in the Ashburton Stakes another run at the meeting, a Nursery Handicap of 30 soys, for two and three-year- olds, five furlongs, for district horses and horses that were or are eligible for the Ashburton Stakes, has been put on the programme. Stakes amnunting to £600 are given away by the Club in the two days.

THE WEATHER.

ALFORD STATION.

The following is the Meteorological report for the week ending January 29, \m~

The San Francisco Mail.

[PEK MIKSS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, January 30. Arrived - Ala.neda, from San Francisco, Honolulu, a&d Hanida.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

(European dates to January 8.) At ihe Ranfii'ling colliery at; Wigan on Decemoer 14, a fearful explosion occurred by which not legs than fifty lives were lost. The men had cone to work as usual after the inspection of the mine, arid I shortly afterwards a fearful explosion ' shook* the earth and a cloud of smoke shot |up through the shaft. The scenes around the mouth of the pit were heartrending. The women and children of the miners were assembled in distracted groups arid < ys'Mt parses, reported horrible scenes in. ! ijj.j mine, In tip main roads pf the pit bodies were found in twos and threes and the men had fallen face downwards, with thair heads towards the entrauce of tin shaft. Among the ruins were found, man gled bodies and half burned limbs.. Several miners who were just alive when found.died on the way to the surface, shortly after being taken from the car. The rescued miners, about twenty in number, belieyeci the explosion was caused bs-'.sparks from the engine 'house, which is sai,4 to have caught'pre a minute before the explosion. was spat Ihpugh the mines warning the laborers, and many of those nearer the shift esgaped. I As a recognition of his support by the | Trades Union element, Mr (Gladstone ha.s appointed Henry Broadhurst tobe chief inspector of factories, at a salary of £1400 yearly ami an allowance of £500 for ex penses. Mr Broadhu! sfc is known in trades union circles as the champion of the masses. It is also given outi tnafc tlle dignity of knighthood will be conferred on° him whenever the presant GroveVn. nient goes out of office. -If this protriise be fulfilled, h« will 1 be the first workujg man in tj|tf hiatorjf of Grear. Britain td r> i ceive a title at the hands of the Queen. 1' f I The KightHon. J. *ex Fost i master (general, will be appoiritedch ur man <>f t'fee conjmjbees of the House of I Oom nons, a nominal offaoe, but which hag 1 attached to it a little tip of £2500. < It wiin officially announced on Decem

ber 17, that the Queen, at the requeet of the Government at Washington, has decided to le.id fcr exhibition at Chicago Fair, Leonardo De Vinci's original draw- ] Ins of the tirnfc imp of America, now in j the Queen's collection at Windsor Castle. ', Thij'officials of the British Mubuuir have (iliso njjreod to poriuit the copying of any kmunents on the earjy history of America for the same pu'po--o. -: Lord George H*mil on, First Lord of the Admiralty, unier Lord Salisbury, is to retire wh n his party goes out of oince, with a pent-ion of £2000. Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, has re cently given one of his sons a *>»ug and valuable appointment for life. An attempt to promote a xVorld's Fair in London, 1895. Hi«n-illy failed. Nobody of the slightest influence countenanced the scheme. Mr Couybeare and other members of die House of Commons at tended a meeti g i i favour of the scheme on thi j 24th, but the result was nil. Kxtremely cold weather early ia the new yenr caused much destitution in London. A peculiar scene is reported as occ»Jrring in Whitechapel, where a number of un employed had assembled on January 4. A small trap drove up on which was a large black box. The driver upon dis mounting informed those about him that it contained bread and cheese which he had been instructed to distribute among those really in want of food. He was at once surrounded The tirst pieces of bread avid cheese were handed to one of the nearest persons and immediately dozens of men and women endeavored to get on tne trap trom every available point to help themselves. In this emergency the driver commenced to throw the pro visions indiscriminately among the crowd who caught them as they were thrown. A quantity fell to the ground, and was trampled under foot. When the supply was exhausted the trap was driven quietly away. . Another striking instance of the mis carriage of justice which has made the English Court of Chancery a disgrace went upon record on December 16. A thrifty mechanic married two or three years ago a young woman who was a ward i.i Chancery. Her Mttle fortune amounted co £400; the costs of the Court by the way for settling that sum upon her were £100. A few months ago she fell ill of a pulmonary affection, j and her physician ordered her to a warmer climate as the only means of saving life. Her, husband was poor, and applied to the Court for permission to use a portion of her fortune for this purpose. The €ourt occupied six months consider ing the matter, and then declined the application, charging the dwindling estate of £409 with the judgment. Meantime the poor woman hai died as the doctor said she would. The Baroness de Roquo, mother of Mrs Maybrick, now serving a life sentence in Liverpool for the murder of her husband, stated on December 31 that her daughter's health was improving. It is also stated that Mrs Maybrick is recover ing from the hemorrhage with which she was irequent'ly attacked and which caused the leports that she was in a dying; con dition. The attacks were caused by her self, anl not by the ravages of consump tion. According to some London news papers the reported illness was nothing less than an attempt on her part to create public sympathy for herself, and to induce the Home Secretary, Mr Asquith, to re lease her from confinement. The " St. James' Gazette " of December 3L printed an article about Mrs Maybrick, and con-i gratulated the public upon the slow suc cess of the ingenious attempt to regain freedom. The''Grrette" declared that her illness was caused by her swallowing a number of needles that she bad &ecrettd from time to time. These needles caused 'an effusion of blood. The report was at nee circulated that sho was dying of consumption. , .' /; Mr John Ruskin, according to a London despatch, will never do any more work. This celebrated writer on art is develop-• ing disease of the brain. Ho is decile and generally quiet, but his delusion is that he is suiTuundted by enemies, who ure awaiting a to assault him. Bobbers stopped a well tilled train on the railrcad forty miles noith-weat of Warsaw on December 23, and went through it in regulation style. They posted guards with drawn revolvers at the doors, while the rest of the bandits vrece intide robbing the passengers of their cash and jewels. They met with no resistance, and secured 30,000 roubles, mostly cash. Then possessing themselves of the train men's watches they dis appeared in the darkness. Misery and starvation appear to be the rule in Russia. According to a despatch of December 24 there were 17,300 persons in the province of Talu alone dependent upon outside assitttance. The crops are an utter failure and are even woi Be than in 1891. Among the private bills to be submitted to Parliament next session is one for the construction of a bridge across the English channel from Cape Grisnez to a point near Dover. The promoters esti mate that it can be constructed for £33,000,000 which probably would ex pand to £50,000,000 if the works were evftr started. They estimate that the bulk of the Belgian, Dutch, German, French, and Spanish goods traffic would go by this route—a somewhat sanguine expectation when it is remembered how much cheaper is water carriage. Even supposing that the bridge were complete, | it would require at least £10,000 a day to pay expenses and a fair dividend to stockbo'ders. The British ropemakers are threatened by vigorous American competition, as the National Cordage Company of America, encouraged by the Veporte pf confidential agents sent over to London, h h resolved to invade the British nuwaei without delay. . The English railroais have made a "combine" and pushed-up rates. Asa consequence; there is a concerted howl ot indignation from one end to the other of the laud. Five days of the new schedules sufficed to raise the whole country in agitation, and already the Radical jour nals are talking significantly of measures of discipline which are not ' entirely distinguished from confiscation. The Key. Edward McGlynn, who was in the w,orjd?§ eye a few years ago as the colleague of Mr Henry Gfeorge on the [ social reform question/ and whp wag de posed from his office of priest by the Roman Cathollo Diocesan of New York, has —by the influence of Monsignor Satolli in the United States as the Pope's re presentative at the dedication of the World's fair at Chicago—been reinstated, and celebrated mass io the chapel of St. John's college, Brooklyn, on December 25. In the evening he lectured at the Ceopei' 1 Institute, New York oity, to an immense "crowdj who gave him a spontaneous ovation when he made his appeararge pn t\\e platfqrm. Turin? lug lecture the doptor said that he wag not | born to be an agitator, but to be a preaqher, and to assauge the sorrows and i bless the pathway of his fellowman I "Those of you who know me best," he said, "know that it was never my wish to leave the altars of the church." THE UNEMPLOYED. ; There is extreme depression in the shipping indugtry. The total number of vessels' laid up in English and Scotch ports ia '479, with a tonnage of 856,009. Besides these there are laid up in' Cont inental ports #9 steamer's wj.li a total tonnage of IQJXOQ >. As i 1 re&ujt of the |aying up of so m;ihy vessels' men are idle, which meapsV loss of £*0Q,09|) Vftges monthly. T-he distress in £ondc§! growing out of tfte enforced idleness of many thQUs*ntU w causing a rewfciQU

against, the tyranuy of organised labor. A manifesto, received with many expressions of sympathy among the unemployed, sets forth that in Loi don alone 100,000 men, with 30,000 women and children depen dent upon them, are out of employment at the present time, chiefly t-wing to continued strikes. AN ARCTIC WINTER. Oil January 4 tin cold was severe and increasing On 'he Continent heavy .snow fell. In the Hartz Mountains several railways were suspended. All the lakes in France, Germany, and Austria were frozen, and ice fetes were organised insevtrvl cltres. In Vienna the snowfall was su yieat that thousands of poor people were kepb busy cl<ai-ing the streets. The harbor <>i Trieste presented an Arctic scene. A whole family was drowned while crossing tho river Allier on the ico. In * rauce many persons were frozen to death. The town of, Dijon was snowbound. In Italy the weattier was very severe. Borne was snowed under. Several soldiers were f ossen to death on the ice off Cronstadt. The inhabitants of Cahlanberg and hundreds of other villages in Austria found it impossible to get out of their houses on account of the snow blockade. All kinds of domestic and wild animals perished by wholesale, and hundreds of deer sought the houses for shelter and protection. THE POPE ADD FREEMASONRY. The Pontiff issued on. December 16 a crushing letter on the question of Free masonry, which caused a profound excite ment throughout Europe. His Holiness begins by declaring.that no,one can be a true Italian who allows continuous offences against the Church and against the sovereign who holds the spiritual sceptre of the world, or against the Papacy which has created the great edifice of Christian civilisation. He adds that Masonic sects are carry ing on the present warfare for the purpose of destroying religion and the Holy See of St. Peter. Freemasonry would be the ruler of Italian Home. It was the cause of many disasters which had befallen tho country, for the laws of the Gospel have >eenjignored, and what may be called the laws of revolution substi tuted, in accordance with which atheism is taught in the schools. He recommends the establishment of private schools, wherein religion is- taught, as a step toward breaking the power which Masonry possesses over the people. He insists that Freemasonry is maiming religion and promoting socialism and anarchism.

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Milwaukee was in a state of terror during the last week in December, being menaced by incendiaries who threatened to apply the torch in every direction. On December 27 property to the value of 500,000 dollars disappeared in flames, and on the same day a bomb was thrown into the main building of the south sids plant of the Milwaukee State Railway Company, setting the structure on fire and completely destroying it. A terrible cyclone passed two miles above the Summit, Mississippi, on December 2'i. The house of 8. R. Young, Baptist missionary, was com pletely demolished. He and his.family were taken out of the ruins all danger ously wounded. Fiv« others were killed.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

I (per press association )

THE MORLEY CASE.

London, January 28. In the action brought by Messrs Arnold and Samuel Morley to recover from tpughman Bros, the sum of £140,000, alleged to have been leceived from Henry Morley, an epileptic, by undue influence, a verdict was given in favor of plaintiffs,

RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS.

The Venice correspondent of the " Standard " telegraphs that the mass ing of troops by Russia does not per mit of any delusion as to her making preparations for war, and he states that the Black Sea fleet is being got in readiness.

LABOR MATTERS.

Mr Gladstone has declined to re ceive a deputation of the unemployed, and the men are much incensed. THE CHUROH OF ENGLAND. London, January 29. The Ohurch of England is taking united action to remove the distrust of the Church evinced by the labouring classes. The Rev. Lukin Williams, in a letter to the "Standard," urges the Church to accept Australian ordina tion in considering preferment. Bush r a step would, he believes, popularise the Churph ia the colonies.

BUILDING SOCIETY FRAUDS.

Newman, director of several com panies, has been arrested on a charge of conspiring with Wright, solicitor to the Liberator Building Society, to de fraud it of £2500.

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Amendments will be moved to the Address-in-Reply, condemning the re lease of dynamiters and neglect of the unemployed.

THE NEW SOUTH WALES AGENT-GENERALSHIP.

The London press states that Lord Jersey quarrelled witti Sir 6. pibbs over his refusal to knight Dr ftenwick, who had been recommended by the Government for K.C.M.U. In the event of Lord Stanley re gaining at Ottawa, there is some liker lihood of Lord Aberdeen becoming Lord Jersey's successor, EGYPT. The St Petersburg correspondent of the " Telegraph " says that Russia is determined to resist British influence in Egypt, and in order to bring Turkey to her views is offering to make a con cession upon ths unpajfj war indemnity. Paris, January 29. M. Ferry states thai there ape no hopes of France taking the ascendant in Egypt at present, and she must wait for years to regain her diplomatic position. Cairo, January 30, It is reported that secret meetings are being held with a view to foment ing revolt.

TERRIBLE COLLIERY DIS ASTER.

Yjbnj?\, January 36. A colliery at Takou, in Hungary, oaught fire, and an explosion followed, entombing a hundred men. Nineteen bodies have been recovered, and it is believed that thirty lives have been lost.

VICTORIAN BUTTER.

London, January 30. The " Standard" declares that un less the Victorians moderate the quantity of preservatives' in butter for the Engiiefi market the article 'from that colony will gain a bad' repute. 1

DYNAMITE.

jWtfi'january $$ A bomb wm exploded wtwfy tbl 1

Quirinal, and smashed the windows of a room in which a number of Royal ties were aining.

RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

Berlin, January 29. The Emperor gave the Cz* re witch * most effusive reception, ratifying the ! friendship between the two nations. lb whs rumoured that the Grand Duke Sergius, in his recent journey, desired to ascertain whether there was a feeling in favor of war in Germany, and the Czarewitch was tent to calm public excitement in Berlin. While there he had «n interview with General Yon Capri vi.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, January 30. The anniversary w*a oelebrated 10-day. A reg»t ta, Caledonian sports, And Taka puna races were held. The weather was tine and the day was observed as a general holiday. _, . January 30. The racing mare Link was stolen from the training stables, at Tarad»le lasc night. Wkluhqtow, January 30. j The Board of Health met to-d»y iv reference so the barque Advancement from. Hamburg, Pending a report from the Health Officer, the Board resolved to d«fer advising the Government, In the meantime rhe barque still lies at the quarantine island. A largely attended meeting of the Wellington Liberal Association was held to-night when it was decided to approach the various organisations in the city, with a view to unity of action in the selection of candidates to represent the Liberal party at the next general 1 ejection. to. v a « ,?™ TOlr i January 30.. The body of Mr James Herrioc, who was drowned while crossing Larry's Creek with the mail coach last Saturday week, was foun<i on Sunday evening, being buried in the shingle on the beach of the Inangahua river, abuut three mile* 'rom the scene of the accident. The body was nearly covered with sand, and was found almost by chance. It was brought into town and deposited at the hospital morgue, where an inquest was held this afternoon. A verdict of accidental death was returned, and a rider seating that the jury were of opinion that Larry's Cretk was very dangerous, and should be bridged for the protection of life and property. Invebcargiix, January 30. Lord Hopetoun and the Countess arrived at the Bluff this morning, and were met by the Mayor of Invercargill and the Garrison Batd, and came on to town by a special train at 11a.m. The streets were decorated with flags, but ' there was no other public display. -Donald McKenzie, aged 22, was drowned in the estuary yesterday after noon, lie was sailing down the river in a boat with four olhere, and the weather being warm with scarcely any wind he jumped over for a swim, and sank a few yards from the boat in about ten feet of W» al ier; The WM "co^red at six o clock this morning. It is said all of them had been drinking.

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

i The ordinary meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council was held last evening. Present—His Worship the Mayor, and Ore Duncan, Orr, Scaly, Jonw, and Paul. 1 FINAKCB.. His Worship the Mayor*aid the debit balance at the bank wm* £851 13a id. There had been received since last meeting, from ail sources of revenue £214 10s lid. Of this amount £40 had been nil auctioneer's license, £12 6s rates 1892, £8 8* Domain account, £4 reservi rents, kb earth sold, smaller items, and £140 Government subsidy. | GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY. I The Paymaster General wrote advising , payment to Borough account of £140 jsubsiiy. i m. . . WRE B*IGADB. lhe shippers wrote advising the ship ment of some Fire Brigade plant, «rdeted by the Council. The Fire Insurance Association wrote stating that they had not decided to pay any subsidies for the tear 1892. When they did so the Council would be advised. RESRRVE 210. Mr Bastell *r»e permitted to sublet 1 Reserve 210, but was still to be considered i the Council's tenant, TOWN CLOCK. Mr R. Murray wrote offering to under, take the winding, maintenance, etc., of the town clock, and the borough office cocks, for the sum of £8 per annum. Ihe offer was accepted for one year BNGINIMnjs' WORT. i The Engineers reported v follows ;— 1. Labor Gang—During the tat three weeks the men have been engaged in watering streets, ploughing and clearing grass off the N.W. side of East Street and cartmg same away, parting rubbish token outof the races in Afford Forest Road and Charles Street, cleaning raC e ia Havelock Street, putting in new dray and foot bridges, repairing culvert/, shingling along the newly excreted channels, crossings in East Street, cutting thistles off streets, repairing the Traffic Bridge, attending to water supply and other maintenance work. r 2. Channelling -The contractors have completed the channelling on the east side of the railway line, 48 chains, and are now engaged m channelling Cameron Street West; altogether *\h3T3 concrete channelling &aye bewi $nfehed 26 chamsremaiQing to bedone in Cameron Street and Short Street. - MOOB£ STBKBT CAOSBING ) Cr Scaly asked that the Railway Com n»ws'°ners be »gMn written to on the subject of Moor. Street crossing, and it was decided to do so. ■ FOOTPATHS. Cr Paul drew attention to the fact that an advertisement of a lecture to be given had been painted on the footpath in East Street, and the Clerk was crdered to inform the offonders that such conduct was contf&ry to the by-laws. fIOQS.. . The Ranger was' again appointed fa look after dog registration and to pro. secute offenders after February,' ACCOUNTS. Acoounts to the amount of £9113 a2d were passed for payment* %nd the Council sat as a

DOMAIN BOARD.

; It was decided to inform the Ariel Cycling Club that the terms on which they were allowed to use the track must be complied with, The Amateur Cydina Club forwarded a cheque, for $$ 8s; theht contribution to the Board. Tfce Secretary of the Club also wrote complaining that the water, had been turned on to the track and allowed to flow unchecked, so that damage had been done by the flood ing. The Board decided to refer the Club to their own caretaker, who was assumed to know most about the matter. Some minor business havins been transacted the Board adjourned.

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THE FIRST CLEABIM SALE BY U. J- IBILL & Co. BEFORE KNOWN IN ASHBURTO^. IN UNDERCLOTHING *™*J%*"™V&&* °n^ Bim SOME WONDERFUL BARGAIN. Indies' Coders 4h 6d, now 2-s 6d. w « .f ld ' Dr Warner'h well known Corsets KM OJ, now b, bd. Double width Sheeting, whne twill, l%t Good washing Mu-bns, 38 lid doa n White Muslins, satin ntripe, 7_d now 4Jr-i SdS^anlStripe S . S uiUblefoc childrenVd W wonderful value at 6&d CIiCTHIKG. OLOTUING Men's Tweed Suits, 19.^ 6d Boys' Tweed Suits, 4s lid . BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. Men 1. C»lonl.l made Bluchers, 5 3 _ Men's Cookham Boots, worth 25s for Us bd Women'd strong Leather Shoes. 4s lid Ladies' Glove Kid Boots 8s 9J, reduced to 6; lid ThiMren's P»tent Leathar Slippers in endle« variety . . , Prices * TERMS CASH.



-REMEMBER THF. ADDRESS- Gk J.." MBILL and .CO., FRIEDLANDER'S BUILOINQS- WATCHES. WATCHL,,* , WAX^ SFKCIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. WATCH MA X E R AND JEWELLER, .„ . ■ j *w, m Hift well-known and reliable firm of "Rotherham, Lon- HAS ju«t received from the weiy now ecial , y mad e by Rotherham for S. f»' alar^ n rwXTThecTnsSfment consists of-lSofc Gold Hunting Saiek (as engraved on woiks.)inec fc H uniin«, with Lever Keyle^ | lf*fo<*™ *™ face and keyless Levers, Sterling Silver - centre seconds. JW"* YejlS 5 Rothorham'B Hunting L^vors, key-winding ; - Open Face key,ess ,„„„, To rac ,ng men. members of Choice stock of Ladies b^« JJ*l^ b d al i who have ooca-ion to use a watch for Atblrtie.Bw^e, and Swimming U^J. »na STERLING SILVER tar7Altmr™JmiAKßß AND JBWSLtiBB. witch .nd Jew.ll.ry Ew^r. of "W^?** 0" t>rom:>tly 3ml "''"^"^ '



boots, boo rs, SHOES. SHOES. THE NEW ZEALAND Clothing FACtory AND BOOT AND SHOE WAREHOUSE. fTIHE Public would do well to ugpef X our Large and Well-assorted Stock before purchasing elsewhera, A Single Pair of Boots at the Wholesale Krice. All new goods. ~"g00 Pairs of Boy"and Girls' Strong School Boots and Shoes from 2s 9d- LADIES. Buy your Boots and Shoes at the Factory you wUI save 3s in the pound. THE AUGnFsTOVE MAT, Only a !«w left; just the thing for pre serve making; only 2s. A Wonderful Line of MEN'S ALL-WOOL COLONIAL TWEED TROUSERS for 9« 6d. HEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager,



"THE POTATIHS COOKED.' ■mHArr was what Te Whiti said at the J-  gre;vt Maori gathering  The saying has paused into a proverb. Nobedy exw ly knew what the ■ du«ky prophet meant; nobody was sure that he knew hinmelf. He was not cooking blue dtrwenrs when he tnadp the remark 5 but the times were full of matters of mighty import for him. Bryce on the pale home cooked the goose of the incipient rebellion, and although the little proverb cost the colony a god deal of money, it had the moral effect of, so tospeak, taking all the shoddyout > f the native question, leaving us a loyal and sensible race of Maoris fur neighbors. NO SHOD ETC 13 a good motto for any mm to follow, .nd I carry it right into the heart of my bu uness. We generally understand a man to mean, when he" uses Te Whtti's proverb, that some great question has come to a head. It would perhaps be more nearly accurate to say the caoking of a potato was a burning question, than that Hie vexed Wakanui Creek was one. 7«>« can't burn the creek. Can you ? But 1' ■ creek has caused some hetrt burning,-* though ; and one or two peop Te over it were very nearly left without any water to enable them to say *• The potato is cooked." 1 trust when the County Council, aided by Mr James Brown (to whom Mr Murdoch Bruce thought the whole district: was indebted for stirring up the creek question), are able to say V the potato is cooked/ the matter will be settled once for all, with No Worthies* Remnants JLelt of bad feeling and unnei^hborly hard thoughts. The friends of Methodist Union will not. I fear, be able to say " the potato is cooked" yet. At least the talk at the Primitive Conference did not look that way. But union would be on advantage in many ways. I find that when a very large number of people are of one mind, i as they are, in regard to the advantages to be gained by patronising our shop, we can sell goods fco them much more cheaply than a man can do who has only a limited patronage. By the way, did you hear what the Scotchman said of the Conference in re ply to a poke at his country. ■*" Their best chairman of a public meeting is a Scotchman. The best man they have is a I woman; and she is a Scotchman to>>." That Scotchman must have been an Irish man. So thinks HARRY HAltDLifiY, Manager for HAElllljßir BROS. whose stock of Drapery and Clothing is very large and elegau^, useful and cheap, Special purchase of Travellers' samples »t low prices. Come and look at them.



A TSagging Wife — ;—♦— — A FACT. A speaker was holding forth on woman and he made out that she was just a little angel on earth. In glowing words he pictured how patient she was in suffering how courageous in trouble, and how alto gether gentle, loving, and good she wiw under all circumstances, and closed his peroration by declaring that any man who laid his hand on a woman, save m the act of kindness, was a monster. After the Ucture, a pale, haggard, woe-bfigone looking man shuffled up to the speaker and said, *' Look here, mister, I've heard what you've been saying about woman ; all about how nice and aweet she is, why, one would imagine that you believed all women wtre iusfc blushing full blown roses; I new you don't know my wife. Well ■he haint no blooming rose. She s a daisy, a reg'lar daisy, why mister my wife is a nagger, and there is'nt an hour, when •he'sawake, but tint she's nagging someone. If it is'nt me, its the children, it is'nt the childrtn, it & the cat v There is nothing that escapes her nagging tongue, and the only time any of us gets any rest is when she has nagged herself to sleep." „ , How like the ijerves of a man who drinks; they just nag, nag all the time, giving no rest until enough liquor has been taken to deaden ail nervousr sensibility, and the poor fellow goes off in that sodden, snoring, miserable state that is but the rattling skeleton of a healthy sleep. - _ , _ T  R. T. Booth's Golden Remedy Nc 1 puts an end to all this nagging ot the nerves by destroying all desire for liquor. R. T. Booth's Golden Remedy No 2 is the best Brain and Nerve Tonic on this earth. All chemists. i



Davis Bros., FURNITURE WAREHOUSL, HAVELOCK STREET, next Court House and opposite Baring Square. WE H WE 2fOW Ow VIEW a Large and Select Assertment of FURNI TURE, specially made to suft the Ashburton climate. Intending buyers are invited to call and see our stock of Couches, Chairs, Tables, Sideboards, Cheffoniers, Wash stands, Chests of Drawers and HOUSE HOLD REQUISITES Of ALL KINDS, Furniture in Special Designs made to ORDER. WORKMINSHIP GUARANTEED. DON'T MISTAKE THE ADDRESS,



» I/AJJTD, 'renders »t onoj for VV painting shop and dwelling house at Tmw;tld. Fur particukiv, apply *'• H priuys. . L lbd LOST, Cheque for one pound (£1), on Bank of Australasia, p-iynjent s^nppod.-lender pl«we.le»ve »t !*»*?[ Ausbt-ulusia. i 5. ANTED, by competent Young '» \ I ady enciiieuient as daily or resident G_.veiness; 0o"d musician. Exceptional reference*. Address &«v*r: ucs»," Mail Office, _} ™° ANTKD—Home for a young Lady in family, in return for mime iossnns and services morning and evening. .\pply, A. McL, Ashburton Post Omce. 1 166 ■ ; IBIAisOFORTB and Organ Show [ -R'omK. T?est cash value obtain able. Extended terms ; rec'uefid scale J Christchurch prices.—H. ___j£°__g^_^ WANTED Known—loe Creams, Ice j Creams, for the hot weather, always ready at H. G. Flowjbr's, Confec rioner, East Street. __^ SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest, « the largest, tha best, and the cheap est. Small ,'^oods a specialty. _ ; Pull weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. —'V. J. Silooci^ _____j^ Y\TANTED Known—Ur Scott's cele- VY brated Electric Corsets can only bo obtained in Ashburton at VV. H. Collibb's, "The Cornar." WANTED everyone to come and see the beautiful presents we arj giving away for every 5s and upwards spent.—H. C. Segees, Melford House. HB Misses Adams' new Refreshment Rooms now open. Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Lemon Squash, Soda and Milk and all the new summer drinks ready at all times, Coleman's Buildings, East Street.. ' i _;__ ___ tATANTED Known.—Come and see » our dress lines at ijd and 6d, leather shirting 6|d, thrse-quarter cloaks 12s 6.1. —H. C SEftEiis, MaHord House. ANTED the Public to know that S. W. Alcobn and Co's Summer Sale is now on. Great Bargains in Millinery, Underolothing__te__ . (\7TNTEb Known that S. Salek, »'» Watchmaker and Jeweller, has removed to new shop near New Zealand Clothing Factory 10 213 WANTED— Purchasers ior Bargains in Summer Dresses, Prints, and Delaines, Sunshades, &c. at S. W. Alcobn and Co's Sale. \\T ANTED K.iown.—A great variety ' ' of hisjh class dress goods to choose from now selling under regular wholesale prices.—H. C. SEams, Melford House. WANTED Known—New Flannelettes at extraordinary prices ; 3s lid »nd 4s lid doz. Thirty per cent under pi-ice.—W. H. Collier. CTTHY not Bake your own Bread when » » you can set 501bs of the Best Roller Flour for five shillings cash or five (shillings and sixpence booked at Robert Alcorn's, Saunder-s' Buildings. 1131 DON'T let the mn water destroy your buildings. Got Spouting fixed at 4d per foot and buy a tank, complete wlb tip, tested before leaving workshop, for 30a, at J. VV. KARDLEy'sf. J AONT I* orget the Borough Bye-Laws [J re Carr aga Lamps, and that Hardlr . js krge Stock ->n hand, also a Urge assortment < f Tinware and Iron mongery, Scythes, Reaping Hooks, Hay Knives, Forks, etc., of beat quality, and all at. lowest .possible prices. J. VV. Hardlby, East Street, Ashburton. _*_ ]Sj"KW r YBAU lS GIFTS.—Card, Book- J^% lets New Games'in great variety. Beaut fullot. of Vases, Fancy Uass ware, and Fairy Lamps Boys' and Girls' Annuals, and «ther new Volumes. Prize Books at reducer! prices. JS ew Birthday Reward and Wedding Cards -L. Y. ANDREWE3 <S 00., Stationers' Hall. BEAR in mind that J. W. Hardley, Plumber and Gasfitter, East Street, has the largest Stock in town of Pumps, Pipes, and Sittings, and that he is selling them cheaper than ever at prices hitherto unheard of in Ashburton. Now it the chance for a cheap Pump ; improved No. 4. Price, 16s. Larger swes in proportion. /^HRISTkAS Sultsk Boys, three V_y garment long Trouser Suits at 15s. Boys, ColoPial-made Knicker Suits from 10s, Men's nicely made Colonial Tweed Suits 30s. Colonial Tweed Suits to measure from 50s.—Ashburton Clothing Wart, Saunders' Buildings. Robbkt \LCORN r



COIKICANK AND So JT fceCALYPTE Ex tract is the only genuine in the market and Was a ,rarde4 W&W* *nd diplototi at Sydney, Mrfbourn«.and AdeUide, «Sk J all comiHJtftqrsV Kor $\ affections of thl Chest and Lun^s. Cgnsaniptiop. Asthma Pqughs, Cold,, fi"i£&wk£B!SL plwnts, is hu no equal, -Agm^L