The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1893. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Cheap railway excursions to Dunedin for the Ea»ter holiday* *i« adv«rtis«l, beginning to-morrow. Particulars of the special services at St Stephen's Church during Holy-Week and Baßtertide aie advertised. Lady Glasgow has been preache<l against in one of the Napier churches foi having attended the races. The Ashburton BraßS Bind will play the programme printed in last Tuesday 'v Guar dian in Baring Square to-morrow evening, beg nning at a quarter past seven—weather permitting. It would Iks well for country settlers and others to notice that an advertisement in our, columns intimates that the grain merchants in Ashburton have decided to close their establishments from Thursday evening until Tuesday morning next on account of Easter holidays. The total amount of stock tax paid dur ing 1892 was £16,970 17s, of which 9963 owners of lesa than 1000 sheep paid £2942 16s. 1635 owners of less than 5000 paid £3220 4s, 626 owners of 20,000 paid £5306 Is, and 169 owners of upwards ol 20,000 sheep paid £5501 16s. We remind farmers and others of the olearing sale by Messrs Friedlander Bros., on Thursday, at Willowby, of Mr George Grice's live and dead stock. The horses, implements, eto^, are all good and in good order, and every lot is for absolute sale. Messrs Friedlander Bros have announced the sale, on April 8, at the Orange Hall, Ashburton, of the unsold portion of the farms at Wakanui lately occupied by Mrs Gibson ; also of two first class farms near Temuka. The sale in each case is bjr order of the mortgagee, and the properties are well worth the attention of farmers and speculators. There are on view in the window of Mr S. Salek. jeweller, the two metials made by him to the order of the Fire Brigade, and which were won by Firemen Kennedy and Dorm at the fire brigade competition held last Wednesday. They are very neat specimens of the jeweller's art and bear a suitable inscription showing they have been wjii in a two-men rescue and engine competition. In 1852, when wheat wag 7s 6d a bushel iv England, the quartern loaf cost s.jd. At the present moment, when wheat is only 3i 4d a bushel, the loaf costs exactly the same. In other words, there is 3il on every quartern gone ustray. We do not say that bakers or millers become millionaires, as a rule (says a London journal). And yet, what becomes of the threepenny piece, which disappears some where between the producer and the con sumer? The Dunedin "Star,' referring to the prospective resignation by Mr Fitzgerald of the Controller-Generalship, suggests that it would be a graceful compliment weie the Government to offer the position to -Sir Julius Vogel. It says that there is an un doubted moral claim for the recognition of his Bervices to the colony in connection with loan convsraion, and as there seem to be legal barriers there, the colony would be doing itself credit by paying its obligation in tiio manner buggested. It thinka the leaders on both sides of the house will agree that Sir Julius would bring great abilities to the discharge of the duties of the office. On Friday evening last a very successful entertainment in the shape of a ball was held in the Hinds Schoolroom. The weather was fine, and visitors were present from all the surrounding distiicts. Arrangements had previously been made to secure due comfort and provide refreshments for the visitors, assistance in that direction being willingly rendered by Meedames Hickey, Harris, Paget, Holmes, Breen, Buimer, C nnor, and McKeague. Messrs Harris and Smith also spent considerable,time in giving valuable Assistance towards che success of the ball. The schoolroom was converted into, a temporary ballroom, and its holding capacity was taxed to the utmost. Dancing com menced at eight o'clock, and wa9 continued until morning, Mr William Anderson, of Tinwald, providing the music. During the night songs were given by Messrs George Merritt (Chatmoss), Mr Thomaa Hickman (Tinwald), and Mr James Charles (Lismore). Financially the proceeds of the ball realised a sum far in excess of the highest expecta tions of the promoters. In the House of Commons oh February 9, Mr W. Allen asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether the Secretary of State tor the Colonies h&dadvisedin regard to New Zealand that the Governor of a colony was in all cases bound, in appointing to the Upper house, to accept the advice of his Ministers as to all nominations, or what ad vic« or ruling in regard thereto had been given/or made by the Colonial Office or by the Sccrejfcr y of State ? M r Buxton :Aa re gards the particular case referred to, the question in dispute between the Governor of New Zealand and tt • Colonial Government was whether the former should appoint only nine instead of twelve membars of the Legislative Council, as desired by his Ministers, The question was referred Home to the Secretary of State on the joint request of the Ministers and the Governor, and the Secretary of State, after careful consideration of the matter, advised the Governor to comply with the wishes of his Ministers. At the same time, while dealing with this par ticular case on its merits, the Secretary of State in hia despatch to the Governor of New Zealand, intimated his opinion that the Governor of a colony enjoying responsible government should, as a gfineralrule, when imperial interests were not »ffectfl, and f after full discussion of the matter in ques tion, accept the advice which may be teudenfti and adhered to by his responsible adviser*, Wd that he would not be justified in declining to do#p u#lflss he were satisfied that the course recommended was not merely im hia view erroneous, but such as he had solid gronnd for believing would be en dorsed by the Legis'afcuua, or, in the last leaort, by the constituencies, pmien, *»» »i«*»ow. The Canterbury Land Board met on Thursday last. The following applications for land were granted, namely, under farm homestead regulations:—Benjamin Buimer, R.S. 36455, 61 acres, Block V., Hinds Sur vey District; George Harris, R.S. 35870, 24a 3r 20p of the same block, John Smith, R S. 35874 and 36456, 61a 3r 20p of the same block. Applications for freehold titles in the case of deferred payment licenses to G. Pyne (Arundel Village Settlement) and L. T Greening (Springfield Village Settle ment. A. B. Wake, of Adair Village Set tlaraenfc, wag refused his application owing to the improvements not having been affected. William fcalgety, of Lot 0, Re serve 234, Dromore, was favorably reported on, and the application granted. Transfers were authorised from A. C. Hardy to John O'Kane of part Reserve 1496, Ashburton. Two others were declined. Mr Fv Peter offered to exchange 864 acres of agricultural land on the Anama estate, near May field, for Run 106, and the Commissioner was re quested to report the f offer to the Head Office. Mr M'Clure reported on the islands in the Rangitata river, near Mesoptamia. ft w«i resolved to renew Mr M'Millau's license for occupying them at the rental based on Mr M.fGit»r§ fs report. The Anama Road Board ? proposed to expand the thirds from perpetual lease sections in that district on the new cross road to the Anama railway station. The Board resolved that the ftfttjers whose thirds were to be applied to the worjj should be asked to give their con sent, and thafcthe new road be legalised Mr John Keays wrote in reference to expen diture of thirds accruing from Lot 59 of Reserve 1371, Hinds, The Board dejjl|ned to pay over the third* without a proper pro? nosal for expenditure of the same. It was resolved <|bo offer Ashburton town sections 372 to 376 for sal(S at a convenient oppor tunity *t> Ml wptH p«*9e of *j# JH» »?'«• i

The Ashburlon yards to-day were crowded with sheep, the entries being estimated at over twenty-six thousand fat and store shwp and about two huudred rams. The attend -1 ance of buyers and others was very good, and prices lor good sheep were tirm. | One of Mr John Grigg't men named I Thompson while working in a gravel pit on Monday evening met with a nasty accident. He had ceased work for a moment to tuck up a loose sleeve, turning hw back to the fac« meanwhile, and a slip occurring at the moment he was atrnck by^the falling shingle and h*d hid leg broken above the ankle. He was brought into Abhburton to the hospital where the injured limb was attended 10. A new scale forR.M. Courts has been adopted. The allowance id case of plaintiff's solicitor to be computed on the amount for which judgment i* given, and in the «we of defendant solicitor to be computed upen the amount suei for. The fees are—ln cases not exceeding £2, no fee? ; in cases exceed ing £2, but not exceeding £5, if undefended, no fee ; iii cases exceeding £2, but not ex ceeding £5, if defended, £1 1». In cases exceeding f5, but not exceeding £20. whether defended or not, £1 Is. In c»tes exceeding ±'20, but not exceeding £50, whether do ' fended or not, £2 2s. In cases exceeding iSO, whether defended or not, £3 3s. In case of discontinuance or payment into Court or confession no fr»e allowed if the party discontinuing files notice on the other party or at the office of his solicitor by noon of the day before hearing is fixed for. If the day previous is Sunday notice must be given by noon of the next preceding busi ness day. Notice not being given the Court will allow half the lee fixed by scale. No allowance will be made unless the solicitor's name is attached to the bill of particulars.

NOTES.

Those well-meaning, but unnecessarily timid Mrs Partingtons who vainly essay to push back the waves of pro gress with the broom of prejudice, and who, to drop metaphor, are never weary of characterising the proposals of colonial Liberals as revolutionary, nay even as tending directly to anar chical communism, may find much to reassure them in the cable news from England. For a perusal of- the tele grams will suffice to show that in the Old Country—the very cradle of Con servatism—many of the chief planks of colonial Liberalism are being advo cated and adopted, and that measures which were at one time regarded as ultra radical are coming to be recog nised as but natural and necessary steps in political development. For , example, we fiud the House of Oom t naons moving in the same direction as j the New Zealand Shop Hoars Bill by passing a resolution dealing with the matter. Sir John Lubbock's motion affirms local option as to the hours, of closing, bu£ it follows that we may look for legislation in the direction of compelling the minority to observe the hours agreed upon by the majority in tho respective localities. Then' the Parish Councils Bill, introduced, by Mr Fowler, has, we- are told, been well received. That Bill goes farther than our Land for Settlements Act, giving to these Councils the power of compul sory purchase of land for settlement, while in New Zealand as yet we have advanced only to the stage of allowing of the - cquisitionof landforsettlement pur poses with the consent of the owner. Yet again the Government has intro duced a Direct Veto Bill, empowering the ratepayer* to decide against the issue of new (t 6., additional) licenses. True, if passed, tha Bill is not to come into operation for three years, and even then only goes as far as our own Licensing Act passed twelve years ago, but in this, as in the other instances, it is plain that the principle of govern ment for the people and by the people is being developed in its fullest sense at Home as well as in the colonies, and that, so long as the> Old Country so nearly keeps pace with the Liberalism of her offshoots, there is no justification for alarm at the (supposed) ultra radicalism of the latter.

There seems to he a distinct tendency of public opinion in the several colonies in 'favor of colonial reciprocity. In South Australia, a day or two ago, Sir J. W. Downer, the Premier, in an nouncing the policy of his Government, advocated Intercolonial freetrade, and stated that the Government was com municating with the New South Wales and Queensland Governments on the matter. Viotoria, Tasmania, and New Zealand, he said, had already expressed their willingness to accept it: while in Melbourne a Conference on the subject of a Customs Union between the colo nies is now sitting. That Conference, which consists of Representatives of the Chamber of Manufactures and Com merce, the Trades Hall, the Employers' Union, the Agricultural Society, and the Young Victorian Patriotic League, "at first (we are told) decided that New Zealand should have no part in such a union, owing to her having, up to the present, held aloof, also on the ground of the strong opposition of the farmers to the free introduction of New Zealand cereals into Victoria." But the use of the words "at first " implies that that decisiou wag subse quently revoked, and therefore we'may assume that the scope of the scheire er»b,rapgs New Zealand as well a? the, Australian colonies—in one word Aus- { tralasia. The Conference is'nov'du. ou&sing the question as to whether the proposed Union should be on a pro tective or freetrade basis, and the cablegram adds that " this is the rocfc on which it is Jifcety to split." No doubt it is the great injtjal difficulty ; butit is not, we are persuaded, an insur mountable one, and the steady drift of op!. lon in ail the co'onies is so dis tinctly in favor of an agreement !Tn(>n this important matter that actual agreement cannot be very far off.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN.

[per press association.]

. (Receivad March 28, 1115 a.m.) THE WOOLLOOMOOLOO TRAGEDY. Sydney, March 28. Archer, son-in-law of the occupant! of the house in which Miss Harrison, the victim of the Woolloomoollo out rage, resided, has been arrested on the capital charge, there being strong pre sumptive evidence against him. Jater has been released.

IMMENSE LANDSLIPS.

An immense land slip occurred near Singleton, the scene of recent floods. The greater portion of a mountain slipped bodily' into a creek ; damming the water back to a depth of ope hundred, feet. , -

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

PRR PKKBB ASSOCIATION

THE LATE ABINGTON BAIRD.

London, March 26. The " Pall Mall Gazette " says that the late Abington Baird and Mrs Langtry recently quarrelled. Baird cabled to New Orleans through Mr Aliraharus, solicitor, asking Mrs Lang try to agree to a reconciliation, which she consented to do.

THE PACIFIC CABLE.

Th« " Observer " says that the Postal Conference, which lias been sitting during the week in Brisbane, must advance the Pacific cable question. It regards the work as one of the first magnitude.

THE DEBENTURE TAX.

The " Statist" publishes a letter, contending that the taxation of the WeJlington-Manawatu Railway Com pany's debentures enriches the share holders at the expense of the debenture holders.

REPORTED BETROTHAL.

It is reported that Lord Rosebery will marry the Princes* Maud of Wales.

OBITUARY.

; London. March 27. ~ Sir G. Findlay, manager of the Lon don and North-weatcrn Railway Com pany, is dead.

THE CAFE VERY EXPLOSION.

Paris, March 27. Mathieu, author of the fatal ex plosion at the Cafe Very, has been arrested.

THE THEKLA CANNIBALISM.

The survivors of the ship Meckla, who killed and ate one of their number, have been liberated.

WARSHIP SUNK.

Vienna, March 26. The British warship Cockatrice, 2 guns, sank after a collision in the harbor of Trieste. The crew barely escaped wiih their lives.

THE VATICAN.

Rome, March 27. The Pope has announced that he will look upon the presence of a member of the Aush-i »n Imperial Court at the King of Italy's silver wedding as an act of hostility to the Vatican. -The Emperor has neverthe less determined to send Archduke Regnier to represent him.

AUSTRALIAN.

POULTRY EXPORT.

Melbourne, March 27. The question of adding dressed poultry to frozen exports is receiving attention. The Agent-General reports that poultry is scarcest in England in February, March, April and May, and provided young birds of first class quality are sent there should .be a de mand at good prices.

THE HURRICANE

Brisbane, March 27. The s.s. Croydon has arrived from the New Hebride?. Rev Dr Lamb, the well known missionary, boarded the vessel at Ambryn Tsland at great personal risk, and informed the captain that as a result of the hurricane not a yam or banana was to be obtained foi love or money, and he did not know what the natives would do, for starva tion wa3 staring them in the face. Sydnby, March 27. News from Noumea confirms the re ports of the disastrous nature of the hurricane. Subscriptions are being raisei in Noumea in aid of the sufferers. The warship Scorff has been despatched with supplies to the New Hebrides.

A SYDNEY OUTRA.GE.

I A woman named Emma Harrison, residing at WooloDmooloo, was outraged and murdered in bed, Her fiancee, a man named Jater, is detained in custody on suspicion, though the cir cumstances barely warrant the suppo sition of his being the criminal. ■ The Woolioomooloo tragedy is creat ing a sensation owing to its mysterious nature. The woman, who bore a very respectable character, was employed' as a dressmaker in a leading firm. Sho j was alone in the house at the time the crime was committed. Although a desperate struggle took place, render ing it hardly possible her assailant should not bear marks of it, prisoner Jater shows no traces of being engaged in one.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, March 27. At a meeting between Mr G. P. Wilkinson, the Government agent, and the natives at Poatoii who are obstruct ing the survey, Mr Wilkinson said that the Government would proceed with the survey even if all the natives there had to be arrested, Another mo tiisr is to take place to-morrow, and it is c-w irlered that the dispute wilt be amffc&Ty settled. i News concerning the recent hurricane at the Islands hta reached Auckland from Noumea, and shows tjiat heavy losses have been caused. The New Hebrides Company and the Nickel Company have suffered severely, and many setdera have been riu'ned. Thp water reached tec feet high in the main thoroughfare at B: n wall. The estimated Ijss by the hurri: cane is 4.000,000' francs. Ngvp Plymouth, March 27. Wreckage st\\\ pomes ashore at' the north of the ftjarofcapA river, about ten nailer fcout.h of Kaura Parts of three boats, mc:^ ln« P«M» Ufc boat, all marked Gowanburn, have*rm* n £ound« Also cabin fitting.* and doors with keys ia them, spars, etc. Where this wreckage has been found the place is quite unin habited, and it is thought that a thorough search of the beach along the coast should be made by a land party. The fresh wreckage Was sedn by MaQr|y travelling along the ooaut.' f . Napier, March 37. r Mr Rees has received a letter from the Queen, through General Ponsonby, con veying Her Majesty's thank 3 for the presentation copy of the " Life and Times of Sir George Grey." > Wellington, March 27. Mr Sawers, the Government dairy expert, has returned from the south. He leports that the dairy industry continues to progress rapidly in the South bland. &ir Patrick Buckley is indisposed, and will shortly leave for the Hot Lakes. Jt is stated that Mr Bracken has been appointed organising secretary to the New Zealand Brewers' Association*.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourselves responsible for th« opinions expressed by our correspondents.)

WAKANUI CREEK.

TO THE KDITOB. Sir,—l have read in your paper the County Council a advertisement and the names of i he persons who have given easements on the Wakanui creek. I have it on the best authority that the names of some of these gentlemen have been obtained on condition that they should not be called upon to pay water cliarges- Right they were to make th-4t stipulation, but if so, the advertisement is misleading. The notice threatens that unless all remaining signatures are obtained before April 5 bteps will be taken to constitute a separate water supply district adjacent to the creek. What does thai threat mean ? It means that the Council will incur a large expenditure in order to provide a tail race for the mill owners who ought to make arrangements for themselves. Had the Council attended to it* own business, instead of taking up the cause of the mill owners against the settlers, there is very little doubt that the creek question would have been settled by this time to the satisfaction of all. It is well known that the owners of the Canterbury Mills and Mr Brown had no difficulty in coining to an amicable arrange ment whereby the latter gave a water right in perpetuity. But the threat shows further that Councillors do not care what expense they incur provided they can throw the burden of the debt off their own shoulders and en to a small district supplied from the creek. And no doobt the expense! of the connection between the uorth and south branches of the Ashburton will also be placed on the proposed new district. The land for the connection has still to be bought and paid for. I claim, on behalf of the settlers on the Wakanui creek, free watet for all whose lands the creek runs through ; and also the impartial neutrality of the Council in any dispute that may arise between the settlers and the mill owners, You will ask why? Because before the County Council name into existence the local authority having control of the river granted permission to Mr A. launders to take water from the river to drive the mills, and on the strength of that promise the mills were built. Because the Ccunty Council has never ex pended one penny in providing a wader supply for the settlers on the creek, and any expenditure it has incurred has been wholly for the irrigation farm and fur the races (that pay rates) drawn from the creek a little below the Canterbury mills. This water supply has always been very unsatis factory, and for that the Council is to blame. So yon will see that the creek was arunmng stream before the Council dame into exis tence, and from a County Council point of view, should be looked upon as a natural water course on private property, just as much as any creek on the Longbeach estate. How would Mr Grigg like to pay water charges on the cteekß running through his land ? Let me tell you he won't even give a water right in perpetuity for the benefit of his neighbors. I don't find fault with him for that; but how comes it that he has the audacity to insist on such a right, and the payment of water charges from the settlers on the creek ? A creek ! It is about to be converted into, a river with fifteen feet on each side for fishermen and sportsmen with their dogs and guns. The cieek has been running for the last twenty years (it has never been dry during that time to my knowledge), and much of the Isold has changed hands during that time ; and for Mr Origg, or ar.y number of the Council, to threaten to stop the supply v an unjustifiable manoeuvre, likely to ceerce the settlers into signing the objectionable memorandum. For many years the Borough Council and the County Council have each paid £25 a year to the owners ot the Canterbury mills for the use of the head works. Both the Councils recognised the benefits to be de rived by working in conjunction with the mill owners and making one head race serve them all. This arrangement should be allowed to contiuue, vith hub this slight alteration, namely, " that for the future the owners of the Canterbury mills should.agree not to stop the water supply and incon venience the settlers, except, at certain time*, and with the leave of the Council for the purposes of cleaning." Such stoppage, without the consent of the Council,,,and depriving the farmers on the Wukanui flat and Seafield of the water which they have to depend on and have to pay for, has been the cause of the present trouble. If the mill owners would not bind themselves to that, then the County Council would be justified in enlarging the Winohmore main and have nothing whatever to do, . with the mill owners. Messrs Walker, Coster, Harper, Cameron, and McMillan recommended that enlargement on December 2 last. But unfortunately the guardian uigel of the b -rough aud the guardian angel of the mill owners oame down from heaven and put their veto on that very sensible proposal. As a settler on the creek I claim that I and others have a first claim on the water passing the Canterbury mills —that is, that the Council has no moral right to stop the creek by taking the whole of the water to supply the Wakanui flat and Seafield races any more than they have a ri(.kt to drain the north branch for the benefit of the plains. More over, the attempt of the Council to obtain \ tail race for the Wakanui mills—which has never been connected in any way with our water supply, system—is, in my opinipn, outside of its duty, ami more' especially when the Council will not take over the head works of the Wakanui mills. This was shows conclusively by the rejection of Mr Brown's motion on February 14. That motion was that the Council should also have the control of the head works of the Wakanui niitls, and was in accordance with a report of a committee of the Council read on Octo ber 7 last. 'Had the Council aspreed to that I understand Mr Brown would have offered no opposition. But the Council would have nothing to do with it, remembering^ no doubt that to take charge of the head works might resjilt in a large expenditure on pro tective works. I think you will agree with me that the Council should either take con- 1 trol ot the head works or leave the Wakanui, mill out of the question. In my opinion the j Wakanui mill should be driven by the water , from the Wakanui creek. This would allow j a much larger volume to flow past the Can-1 terbury mills, and as the settlement about j the creek is to be for all time, it seems to me | that an increased supply of water flowing; past the mills might be of great benefit, not! only to them,- but to industries, not yet thought of. . ■ - ■ I heedly hardly say that I have refused to ci^a the Council's memorandum, and blush to confess that I have been so profane as to light my pipe with the venerable document. —I am, e£c.,' Fair Play.

SUPREME COURT.

j / (PIBB BBESS ASSppiATIO?) \ t 4.UCKIAKD, March 27. Thp case for the defence in the Wai komaiti murder case closed this evening. For the defence several medical men give expert evidence to show that the earlier illnesses frona w*"ch rhomson suffered, before thaiasb lllne** which resulted in | his death, might have be9n due to eating | bad meat and not from arf«enw»l poison^, ing, as waa suggested by the medicai i witnesses for the Crown. Evidence was! given by Captain Herrcjd ; J". Bell, solici- i t6r; Carter (^ resident qf W»ikrtmaiti), | and others, to show that Thomson had been in financial difficulties, his property being mortgaged, and thai he had been in depreosed spirits. The tri»l will no doubt close to-morrow.

BOROUGH COUNCIL

The fortnightly meeting cf the Ash burton Borough Cuuucil wm held last evening. Present — Councillors Thomas, Duman, Orr, Junes, Flower, Paul, Cuthbertsoii, Anderson, and Scaly. 0 Thomas was appointed Chairmen in the absence of the VI ay or. FINANCK. The Chairman reported' the debit balance at ihb bank am standing at £1069 16s BJ, and there had>been received from all sources of income since last meeting £74 17s !'d. Of thi« sum £47 had been | rente of reserves. I CHABITABLK AID. The Charitable Aid Board wrote asking for | wymeut of the C<uucil'ci quota—£lß | 7s 10J, aud .-.!-. for a statement of the I borough's rau-.ul« property. Payment of the contribution was ordered, and the Olerk Htated the information asked for had been supplied. IHR WIJ.UAM STftEET CHANNELLING. Mr W. B. Denshire waited upon the Council, and said there had been some misunderstanding in regard to what ha h»d agreed to do in the matter of the channelling at his property. He had undertaken to pay half cost if neoeinry of the channelling in front of his own property—certainly not half oost of channelling along another man's property. Home discussion took place on the subject. ( ... Cr Cuchbertson pointed out that the whole thing hinged on what Mr Denshire had agreed to pay, and read a letter by the Engineer to Mr Denshire, offering to lay the channelling if Mr Denshire would pay half. , •. Mr Denshire said he was away when that letter reached his house, and when he came back the work had been done. Cr Orr said the Council had decided to do the work only on the underatandjm, that the half cost was to be borne by"Mr 1 Denshire. J I Cr Scaly was of the same opinion, and | aaid the case was a special one, and had been for some time under consideration by the Works Committee, who certainly would not have sanctioned the work un* lea i on the conditions arranged. 1 Cr Thomas and Cr Flower were of opinion that a misunderstanding had arisen from several councillor*) having been under the impression that the whole of the land in front of which the channel ran was Mr Denshires prooerty. Ultimately a motion by Or Cuthbertson to reduce the amount charged against Mr Denshire by £3 was carried by 5 to it. LICKNSRB. Several petroleum licenses were granted. ' - ,-■ . , VttLR BRIGADE STATION. The Fire Brigade Committee reported ac follows:— . .- Your Committee have made a thorough examination of the sheds and accommoda : tion provided for the fire engines and plant at thu present Fire Brigade Station and are I of opinion that additional room in absolutely required iv the direction of making certain alterations and of lining the sheds. Your Committee beg to make the following suggestions :— Plan I.—The sVtl containing the steam fire engine to be lengthened about fifteen feet, a portion of this addition to be available I for sleeping accommodation for, two firemen ; the lean-to shed behind to be utilised i entirely, the roof to-be removed and replaced by a span roof, a new wall being built along the fence (the south-east) side, and the present partition between the sheds to be partially removed, so that the whole floor space should be practically thrown open. Tae walls and roof tliroughout to be lined, and the floor of the presenc lean-to shed laid with concrete. Plan ll.—An alternative plan might, be found preferable, and little or no more expensive, namely, to take off the roofs of the present sheds, remove the soath-east wall of the old shed to the line of fence forming the south-east side of the lean-to, and construct a new roof over the whole spin of twenty-six feet. The approximate estimate of cost is from £ Plan lll.—Should the latter plan of having the engine shed roof in one Bpan be adopted, the question arises as to the desirableness or otherwise of constructing the walls iv brick, and utilising the present shed for other purposes, and as there |tUI exists iu.&ome quarters a difference of qaiaiott as to whether the present is the best'stte^ip the Brigade Station, your Committee'subotit that the question be decided finally before any considerable alterations or additions be made." Consideration of che report was held ovej for a fortnight, LIGHTING. The Lighting Committee reported as follows: — Your Committee beg to report that they have considered the offers of the Gas Company to continue the lighting of the street lamps with extended times, and recommend to the Council that the offer of the Gas Company to continue the lighting of lamps for thtee years during the same hours as formerly at £4 10a 6d per lamp be accepted. Your Committee also recom mend that lamps be placed at the corner of Burnett and Caw street^, at the approach to the traffic bridge, and at the corner of Burnett and Short streets. , Cr Jones urged accepting the Gas Company's offer for extended times of lighting—either the offer" for two, months in the year, or the one for two nights in the month during four months in the year when the moon rose .'ate, and moved fn that direction. ' The extensions proposed by Cr Jones i were opposed by the Council on the ground of the extra expense, and the report was adopted as read, with the exception of the proposed lamp at the corner of Burnett and Cam streets. Cr Scaly moved that the Mayor, and Cra Orr, Thomas, and Scaly be a com mittee to wait on the County Council with a view to securing the co-operation of that body in having the traffio bridge lit from end to end. The motion was carried. S. . v I ENCUNKBrV REPORT, i The engineers' report was read as under:— . \ • = '< ■ ■ Library.—We have considered the question referred to us, viz., of rearranging the book shelves in the lown Clerk's office so ati to allow the public access to the books, and are unable to suggest any preferable place, while the present arrangements of the fetairg exists. If the books a/<$ to remain in the Clerk's office, it would be advisable, iji order to carry but the" Library Committee's ouggestion, tba£ there should be a gangway railed gff between the book shelves and thp office tallies, Ac, and in that case the stair* should be put outside the building so as to afford the neoessary Bpace. We are of opinion that the plan before sulmitted of placing the stairs to go from the main entrance thi-ongh the reading-room might cramp the ground floor, and might not fit in so well with any permanent addition of municipal offices at the back of the present building that may bo determined upon. If. the Council has decided upon giving more prominence to the library department, there is ntfritnbt that additional reom'jwlll have to be provided, and the question is, as to the direction in which such addition Would bj most advantageously n)ade. It js nqt aft easy matter to decide, nnjers the amount cf extra accommodation required is, agreed, upon, We will, however,' sybmjt qoine, alternative pl*&Vf* tye Ctauno.ll wishes, Labor Gang.—The,men have b%enengaged during the last fortnight in shingling streets, ~ repairing conorete channelling, watering streets, repairing, and fixing bridges and culverts, cleaning side channels, ploughing and carting grass off footpath in >YilU street, wpairiua the.«■*»«« pu i tm g in pipes at reservoir, West street, attending to the water supply, and other maintenance wqrk> r*  Afterepme qiscussjon, it was decided to defer action in regard to the libraryi The rest of the report "was adopted. TRACTION EHGIKB3. The Inspector was instructed to report on the circumstances of a traction engine paniog down fttt Street on St*s&

THE ASHBtmiNON fcHJAttpIAS t TttESDAg^tAKCg 28, 1893.



JflLAl^ NOTlOfclS • Mails close for the following places m under, subject to the neoMsary alterations :— WKDNBSDAY, Varoh29. for Australian Col»ie», »nd alto for United Kinedomand Continentof Kurope, ••via BrindiM," living Melbourne on April 11 ; and also lor• neKhern port. rf New Zealand, per Wakatipu at 0.30 am* SATURDAY, April 1. For Chatham Islands, perKt.huO.3O *'™* ! ENGLISH MAILS. HOMEWARD—DIRKCT MAILS. Aoraagi, sailed February 16, due London March 31. HOMEWARD—SAN FRANCISCO MAIM Next mail leave* Felnuary 26, due London Mareh29. On Good Friday and Raster Monday the Ashburton Po»* and Telegraph Office will, be closfld except from 9 till 10 a. in and from 7 till 8 p.m. All mails will be closed at 6.30 am. _ T , Notk—Direct Mail Service to United Kingdom—lhere will be no departure of direct steamers on March 30 from the colony, but the Ruahine and Tainui will both leave Lyttelton on April 22next. A DANCE will be held in the Orange XA&tfWl o*#red!*«d*y. Dancing 'it 8 o'clock. 3 183 ANTED to hire, Safety Bicycle for about a fortnight. Not required between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or on holidays. Apply "X," Mail Office^^ 3 182 "\ * / ANTED,~a Young Man to wsist in W " the bakehouse and do a round. Apply O. H. BryAht, Baker. East ■tteet.___ a 1W WANTED Known-TucMß & Bka» are buyers of Oats, Chickwheat, and gcod second-hand Sack..-Tucker akp Biaw, West Street. 3J161 ri HE Good Samaritan, for the tame- J diate relief of pain —Lioht 8 Cash Store. 8 M LJ UtttSOPATHIO Medicines, pric« JLX Is. Sol« agent for district- Lmht'b Cash Store. 2 34 '-117AHTRD Known-9^(l Glovw for VV *Jd; 7Jd Embroidery for 4^d ; 13s 6d Summer Dresses for 8s 9d.~ Mrobell & Tuksbb^ 3_W 'CITANTBD" Known.—Como and see ■»* our Tbw»utiful Mantk-8, Jackets, UUters, Maeintw-hos Dress Stuft, etc. H. 0. Sisc»B», Melford House. 3"^~ADlE^^aod Children s Hats ; all the _J neW shapes for the season now opened. Prices low to suit the t:mes ;at S*. W. Aicorx & Co.'s. ANTKD Known—loe Creams, Ice Creams, for the hut weather. always ready at H. .Ch •JfyfyrfrX Confec tioner, Eaat Strtet. : - _ SOMKR^ET M&sTiUvt." the oldest the Urtjest, tha^b^t, and the cheap M t. Sm»U foods' a spocialty. Ful weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. —W. J. BIUXMJK. 4t182 W' AKTKD Known-Robert Shields, Charles Street, opposite Woollen Factory, has commenced Dyeing and Cleaning Ladies' md Men's Garments. Blankets and Woollen Goods Scoured. Moderate charges. Parcels etc, left at Mrs Adams', Senders' Buildings, will be attended to. 3 *} riHKAP Firewood—Shorf"bry Gum t Firewood, at 26a per cord; mixed wood, 24a per cwrd at Mayo s, Trerortou. - Apply Mrs Jamks >ruit Bhop. -• : .^ C"HEiP Fruit—Havinir bought M.- Mayo's orchard, I en hell Fruit cheaper than any one in town. Orders may be left at E»*t Street Shop.— M>3 Jambs. NEW Mantles and Jackets ; immense variety just opened. Prices for •qaal value lower thau any ether homo, \% 8. W, Aicokn & Cu.'B. ANTED, Ladies ami Gentlemen to ace tho Grand Display in the windows at "The Corner" Saturday.- W. H. Cqtlibr. t>EST Nickel Watches in the market, > are these at 22m 61 and "sa. Specially made for S. Salbk. Jeweller. Guarantee with each watch. _ ANTED Known^Tho Corner " is showi»« a m:vj(nific«nt JSew Stuck of Drapery aiid Clot Ling. — W. 11. Cotxibr. HB Misses" ADAMsHnew^Uofrcshinent Booms now open. Tea, 'Coffee, Goooa. Lemon Squash, Scda and Milk and al! the new summer drinks ready at *11 times. Coleman's Buildings, East ttnet. p WANTED Known-For Jacket, Ulsters, Dress Stuffs, etc. Come to MelforJ House. H. 0. Skobrs. W"~ HY not Bake your own bread when you can set 601 bs of the Best Roller Flour for five shillings cash or five shillings and sixpence booked at Aobbrx Alcorx s. Baunders' Building 11 ol BANG ! Bans ! Bang ! Guns! Guns ! Guns I by the best makers and fitted with all the latest improvements Poffder, Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wads, and Cswes at J. VV. Hardley's, East Btreat. Guns repaired. W' ANTED Known.—Jacket & Dresi Department a specialty. High class goods marked cheap. H. C. Segers, Metford Home. ANTED Known—Andrew Orr bat Removed to the Old Town Hall fox Doe month, during the rebuilding of hia pnmiaes. Drapery, Clothing, and Boots greatly reduced.- Audrkw Orr. 2§104 EASTER Cards and Booklets, New Games, new supply of the Zither Harps and Autoharps, New Books, Stationery, and Fancy Goods. Sub scribers wanted for our Circulating Library. L, F. Andrbwes and Co, Stationers' Hall. -11/ HO is your Plumber } Why, J. w; VV Habdlky, who is a Manufacturer of Spouting, Ridging, Steel Gutters, Baths, Sinks, Tanks, etc., and who has on hand the Urgejt stock of Pumps and Pipe in town. HEBE do you gee your Ironmon gery? At Hakplbv sof course, where we K«t the bent value in Sheet Lead, Nails, Locks, Hinges, Plough Chains, Rope, Wire Knotting, Gorse ' Knives, Spadee" *nd Forks, Lamps, Fender and Fire Irons, and anything you require. OHKISL'MA* suits. Boys, three \J garment long Trouser Suits at 15s. Boys, Colomal-made Knickor «uirs from 10k. Men's nicely made Oolonial Tweed Hnita 30,. Colonial Tweed Suits to measure from 60s —Ashburton Clothing Mart. Sauuders' Buildings. Robert Atjcorw M^arT" Coleinane and Sons' Eucalypti Extract (manufactured at Mittagong and Cootamnn^raM New South Wales) has attained a reputation aa a specific for affec tions of the chest, lnugs, consumptions asthma, dipbtheria, and a variety of other complaint*. It numbers among its patrons Earl Jersey, the present, and Lord Carring tou, late, Governor of New South Wales',' while in Great Britain during the influenza, cpedimic scarcely a houae or office was with J j out it. Messrs Colemane and Sous' whole sale depot is in Ciiristchui oh. Sharland a«4 Co. ar« whole** f agent* for the ftorth.



KEW ZEALAND CLOTHNC FACTORY. NEW GOODS. NEW GOODS. 13»i8tei* Encampment. Camp Blanker, ...... ®/O Camp JBLufK*... •• *V«* New Overcoats in Men's, Youths', and Boys'. New Waterproof Coats, Mens, Youths', and Ladies'. Made to measure. One hundred patterns to choose from. ■" ' Hats. Hats. Hats. The Largest and Best Assorted Stock we have ever had. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS —NEW GOODS ARRIVED— Prices that will astonish the people of Ashburton. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY LANDJ waterproof manufacturers. alexThkndry, Manager. Monster Bazaar. THE ANN HAL BAZAAR and Sale of i Work in connection with the Paro chial District of Ijongbeach, in aid of the Church Funds, will be held in the TEMPLAR HALL, TINWADD, ON EASTER MONDAY, April 3, 1893. Bazaar opens Rfc 2 p.m. Luncheon provided on a liberal scale at a very moderate charge. Any contributions of produce-or live stock may be left at Mb Clothier's Store, Tinwald, and.they will be thank fully acknowledged. Admission, 6d ; Children, half-price. 3*140 TINWALD TO THE FRONT. i\ II aw kin* HAS no tr eot settled in his new Shop nith a nice assortment of ALL KINDS OF DRAPERY, AND BOOTS, which he is selling at prices that ate bound to Rive satisfaction, as C. H. is determined to merit a share of your kind favour;.' Men's Watertights and Shooter Boots made to order for 17s 6d. REPAIRS NEATLY & CHEAPLY DONE. Call on your way to town and see for yournclves the price and quality of Goods. The Best Tea IN THE VVOBLD llvalopN Ceylon. NINIAN HYsLOP, and CO., T«» Importers, sV$G* hi ftr«et, Cbtiatohurcb, '



The Beat Vfrtue In Asliburton : IN Drapery, Clothing, & Boots IS TO BE HAD AT 6. J. NEILL & GO.'S, ITRIBPIANDER'S^BUHDINGS. A Few Prints and Mu S lin7WTto~~ba cleared AT ANY PRICK. Heavy Winter Tweeds 7£d. Check Dress Tweeds s£d. New Double Width Dress Goods ll£d. iCnels and Blankets for Value. Two Yards Wide Grey Twill Sheeting 11W. Mannelettes 3s 9d doaen. Men's Tweed Suits 19s 6d. Men's Heavy Tweed Suits 25s 6d. Boys' Tweed Suits 4s 1 Id. LiR OE STOCK OF MEN'S SHIRTS, SOCKS, TIES BRACES, HO, CHEAP AX*D GOOt». BOOTB. B0(& Bool's. Men's Colonial made Shooters, nailed, 8s 6d Men's Colonial made Bluohewu 58 WoTen'VSuoni? EwKto Sidesi6s lid. (*. J. .NEILL and CO., FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS. S*'gsum*SD iSuSSuSf WORKMANSHIP. ft. SAL EX, Watchmaker, Jeweller, & Oculist. "SSLf*



"UNMERCIFUL DISASTER followed fast and followed faster" upon the fortunes of p»^r Queensland until that unfortunate Colony is now in the most miserable condition imaginable. Gaunt famine may stalk over the land, frc m failure of the coil to give its annual increase, or from other of the many causes of that distress.; the destroying plague may be let loose and grip wita his cold hand the vitals cf the young and strong, leaving sorrowing widows and wa l:ng orp'wns everywhere, and painful olauks in every household ; or the demon of war may send tire and sword over a country, and leave desolation in their tnck in place of smiling scenes of peace and plenty—all cad enough and sickening enough if you will; but what must be the feeling of a whule people when they find their country covered as the waters cover the sea, their homes wrecked and ruined, and their hope* for the future sunk in one mournful and iuretrievable disasterJ These feelings can only be imagined, And what ought ours to be in regard to the sufferers — we who dwell in the most glorious country under the sun, and enjoy such blessings as are only enjoyed by the dwellers in a second paradise 1 Such feelinas, to be sure, as are prompting fehe thousands of meetings, and pUris and organisations of the people of this Colony, to send help to the afflicted. New Zealand has come nob'y to tho front in this matter, and her Canterbury sons have been well in the van at the first caU. And we of Ashßurton shall be in the front of the foremost if we belie not our past Harciley-Bro«., who are giving special value this month in Drapery, Clothing and Boots. 120 Dozen large Towels to be sold at from 2* 9d a dozen. .Splendid white Calico -at 2s lid a dozen. Dress Tweed 4s 9d a dozen. Extra largo gref Blankete only 10 8 6d. Sheeting ac IOJd. 94 Men's Suits from 19a 6d. Woollen Socks at Hid. Men's and Boys' Straw Hats, best quality, only Is. A special line of Women's Leather Shoes 6s 9d. Men s nailed Shooters now only 8s lid, worth 8^" NOTE THE ADDRESS— HiIiUIKY BROS., ARCADE, ASHBfJRTON. I PEOPLE about to marry and furnish their houses, are invited to call on Pickford A IJndrlll, AT THB ASHBUETON FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Next Building Society. —NOW ON VIEW- D'ning-room Suites in Rimu, Bedroom Suites in Rimu, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, Chests Drawers, Washstands, Spring Mattresses, English and Colonial Peram bulators, Horse Hair, Kapoc and Flock Mattresses, Dueheßse and Fancy Tables, Floor Cloths and Linoleums, Carpets, Hearth Rugs, and Mats. Furniture Repaired, Restuffed, and Repolished on the Premises. —Note the address— TANORED STREET, Nex Building Soaiety. MOUNT SOMERS COAL MINES. I WILL NOT be held responsible for Debt contracted on my behalf without; my writteu order. All Co*l obtained from these mines will be charged for by me, no other receipt than my own being a sufficient discharge. B. KNIGHT, Vi PROPRIETPQR. wisT SXB^T, APIJPUBTON



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Hollowat's Pills and Ointment ara remedies which should invariably be taken by travellers travelling in search of health, Sleasure, or business. Many deleterious in* uences are constantly at work in foreign climes, tending to deteriorate the health, These and the altered conditions of life wiil entail on those who travel the necessity of carefully attending, to early symptoms of disease, and they will find tjje use of thqse remedies to. b& highly necessary, the action, o? the pills'being purifying and strengthen ing ana of great service w cases of fever, ague, and all inflammatory diseases, whilst the ointment is a sovereign cure in cases of piles, bad legs, bad breasts, wounds, and ulcers. Hollo way's remedies do not deterio r»U by eha*>g« of ylun^te,