BIRTH.

! Dowle—At Cameron Strpet West, i Ashburton, on March 20, the wife ot I R. Fi. Dowle of a son.

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under, snbiect to the necessary alterations ;— WKDNKSDAY, Watch 22. For the United Kingdom, Continents ot Europe and America, and West Indies (via San Francisco), Sandwich Islands, etc., and also for Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Takapuna, as follows -..-Ordinary letters, books, and newspapers, at 6.15 P-"*- : registered letters, at 5 p.m. ; money orders, at3p.tn.; late fee letters, mail van| express train, at 6.55 p.m. This mail will be duo in : London on April '26 . THURSDAY, March 23. For Chatham Islands, per H.M. a Ring dove, at 030 a.m. ENGLISH MAILS. HOMEWARD— DTRBCT MAILS. Aorangi, sailed February 16, due London March 31. HOMEWARD—SAN FRANCISCO MAILS. Next mail leaves F»biuary 25, due London March 29. OUTWARD—SAN FRANCISCO MATLS. Next mail leaves London February 18, due colony March 24.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1893. THE NEW IMPERIAL COINAGE.

It was understood at Home that, contemporaneously with the opening of Parliament, Her Majesty approved the proclamation announcing the issue of a new gold and silver coinage, which will take the place of what is known as the Jubilee coinage. That coinage was defective in many respects, and in order that the issue which should supersede it should be free from those defects a very strong Commission of design was appointed, including the more eminent artists, bankers, and numismatists of the day in England. Designs wire invited from leading artists, and the illustrations of the selected designs which have appeared in the "liraphic " show that the new issue will consist <of a series of very handsome coins vastly superior in this respect to those now current; To begin with, the likeness of her Majesty is good. The absurd little crown that was perched upon her head in the Jubilee coins has been superseded by a tiara, or modified crown, of alternate, crosses and flewt-de-lis and the veil is gracefully draped over it. The " Queen's head.'' appears on the obverse of all the coins. Ihe reverses are heraldic shields, variously treated. The florin and shilling have the Garter, with the motto " Boni soit gui mal y pence" and the new design of three shields; the half-crown has the collar of the Garter but no motto, and the new single shield. All the gold coins and the crown piece have the old design of St George and the Dragon on the reverse. The crown piece, to prevent its being mistaken for the gold £h piece, and as an embellishment, has on its rim instead of the psaal milling the inscription JJecus et tutamen, Anno hegni LVI. The inscription on all the coins is the same, save that on some part is on the obverse and part on the reverse. It reads "Victoria dci. gra. Britt, Regina, Fid. Def. Ind. Imp." and the value of the coins appears on the reverse. The abbrevia tion Britt., which caused so much discussion when it appeared on the Jubilee coinage, is, it will be seen, retained. A more important innova tion is the addition of the abbreviations '•Ind. Imp." — Indtae Imperatrix. " The Times " says that this is being a good deal canvassed, and calls attention to the exact words of the proclamation of the Queen as Empress of India, on April 28, 1876, when she declared that she-would use the new additional title of Empress of India, or Indire Impera trix, " henceforth so far as conveniently may be, on all occasions and in all instruments where oar style or titles are used, save and except all . . instruments not extending in their operation beyond the United King dom." It can hardly be contended that this limitation applies to the coinage, which circulates in colonies and dependencies far beyond the limits of Great Britain and Ireland.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Pahiatua correspondent of the "Post' writes :~ 4llc is reported about town that some interesting disclosures iv connection with the local poisoning cases wili be brought to light in a tew days." The annual tea meeting of the Tinwald Presbyterian Church has been arranged for Tuesday of next week, in the Hall. Ana*-/ cci lent programme oi Bpeechai and songs is being piepared, Mid the ladies are busy providing tor a large number of visitors. Mr Cunningham Graham, the Scotch Radical, who ia sojourning in Morocco, has bteu haranguing Spanish workmen at Tangier on the eight hours day. His remarks seem to have "caught on," for at the conclusion of his speech he was escorted by an enthusiastic crowd to his hotel. Mr George Sweet, of Melbourne, agent of the Primitive Methodist Sunday Schools, will deliver an address to Sunday School teachers to-morrow night in the Primitive Methodist Church. As Mr Sweet's work is well known in Victoria and Tasmania, and he is on a visit to this colony at the request of the Pninitive Methodiat Conference, it is expected that workers will attend in force, In the course of business at the Wesleyan Methodist Conference (says the Sydney (f Daily Telegraph"), when the affairs of the Board of Missions were in progress, the general secretary to the board, the Rev Dr Brown, referred to what he called "an unfortunate accident "that had occurred to a native teacher. The teacher, he said, was coming home from his garden, when his wife, who was very jealous of him, said something that made him angry. The teacher struck her—without any intention of killiug her- but she went outside, took a round turn, and fell dead. The matter was reoorted ip the authorities, and the teacher was removed and put in charge of another teacher. The authorities gave the delinquent seven or seven and a half months' imprison ment. "It was,' the secretary concluded, " one of those unfortunate accidents which from to time cause so much alarm." In addressing the Wellington Chamber of Commerce Mr T. K. Macdonald (according ro tbe 4' Post") said the Native Land law was "daily ,eyade,4 ; apd he gave a recent local instance. A Maori was required by aw to keep fifty acres of land, but he knew of a oasf the other day in which a Kuropean was a»xiou« to get JOO acres of valuable land wbicfe a Maori possessed near Welling- \ ton This Maori had no pthjsr land and so the' Trust Commissione? would not agroe,; but the would-be purchaser bought fifty j acres of cheap land* iO the middle of a swamp, fit for nothing but. wiW d»ck, and gave it to the Maori, and then the Ivuuao, tion was completed. That. Maori would spend the proceeds and have nothing. Mr few* mentioned, as illustrating the Maori ideaa of «J.ual ownership, that shortly after he came toWhagtoj? he paid a chief £2 10s for some wood felled m the native gardens. Next day 200 Natives oame i rouj?d for £2 10s each, considering they were WuallF entitled with the chief, and Mr Plimroißr was glftd to abandon his fire- W The Canterbury Liberal Association have tmssed the following resolutions with reference to the Cheviot estate :—" Seeing that m the purchase of the Cheviot Estate by the Government a Iftrge portion of the sum paid for it is for the unearned incre mpn£ and that should it be disposed of in anvof (he methods permitted by the Land Act of 1892, the State will piobabty at some future tims again pay considerable sums for the further unearned increment, the Canterbury Liberal Association is of onimon that in the interests of the people at him it S'-JSht only to be let under fenKal %S& with periodical re-valua- Lns oT reHt.'but' wilfout vie of purchase, '»»* W th^s' ' l^ 1**o**?"^ I hwes the Government tp ofttaiii if possibfe d urine nejft*ifia§ion the authority necessary to secure to the State pie future uneairnpd increment. ' " That in the ultima^ egb r division of the estate the Government should, as far as practicable, provide for tha

A man who recently stepped into the dock at the Napier Court to answer a charge of drunkenness has, according to the sergeant of police, spent £1000 in drink during the lait twelve months. He is now under going medical treatment. The estimate cost of the extra expendi ture which the new German military bill will involve has risen from the forty to fifty million marks originally mentioned to 100 tc 150 millions. (The Bill, the cable in forms üb, was thrown out.) : From the freezing works at Burn side at I the present lime 250 kidneys are sent I gratuitously twice a week to the Industrial J School at Caversham. The thoughtfulness { and generosity of the company in this I matter are doubtless fully appreciated. The extraordinary report. is published in Several Continental papers that the Czar of Russia intends to resume the title of Emperor of Asia. This step, it is said, was decided on during the stay of the Emir of Bokhara at tSt Petersburg. It is added that if it is realised the Czar will next summer make a journey through Central Asia. A northern exchange says :—A pleasant feature about the small farm settlements in the bush districts is tha amount of attention that is paid by the seitlera to the fruit growing industry. That the fruit brings in good returns is shown in one case that may be mentioned, where a settler obtained as much as £90 from one season's product, and this from a very limited area devoted tc the industry. A considerable development in the frozen meat trade of Liverpool is looked for (says a Home paper) from a new depar ture on the part of the New Zealand Shipping Company, whose vessel, the Mataura, arrived on Monday in the Mersey with 12,000 carcases of mutton. This cargo has been brought from limartt in compartments kept cool by means of power ful refrigerating machinery." Lovers of music will be sorry to learn of the serious accident which has befalleu M. Ovide Musin and his wife, A. L. Tanner, the high soprano. It appears that on Mon day, January 9, the concert party was in a wreck on the North-Western Bail way, near Story city, lowa (U.S.A.), with che result, according to a local paper, that Musin was dreadfully shaken, and from a " robust and healthy man, with coal-black hair, became bent and broken, his hair and beard almost snow-white." Poor Musin is now at Dcs Moines, suing the railway company for 30,000 dollars damages, 25,000 dollars for himself and 5000 dollars for his wife. A charge against the Rev Balph Brown, who not long since made a lecturing tour through New Zealand, was investigated at the South Melbourne Police Court on March 6. It was one of -criminally assaulting a girl oi fourteen on February 27, and if the decision of the Court be correct the defendant was the victim of a blackmailing conspiracy. On the motion of the Rev W. H. Fitchett, the Victorian Wesleyan Conference has passed the following motion in regard to the case:—"That this conference expresses its deepest sympathy wich the Rev Ralph Brown in the trial he has passed through, and its thankfulness that his character has been cleared by the decision of the bench." Writing of the Maine liquor law the Hon Keal Dow says :—" Our people formerly 'spent in strong drink che entire value of all our property of every kind in twenty yeara, as the nation now does in every thirty-five years. Now, 1,000,000 dollars will far more than pay for the liquor smuggled into the State and sold in violation of law. We save annually, directly and indirectly, more than 20,000,000 dollars, which but for prohibition, would be spent, lo»t and wasted in drink. The result of all this is -that Maine, from th<s poorest State in the Union, has become one of the most prosperous. In 1834, after an experience of thirty three years of the benefits \>£ prohibition, 'our people put it into the Constitution by a majority ot 47,075, the affirmative vote being three times larger than the nega tive/ A Committee meeting of the Ashburton Amateur Cyciling and Athletic Club was held on Monday evening at Mr D. Thomas office, every member baiag present. Captain Stephens was in the chair. Correspondence inwards and outwards was read, and five new members were elected, The following officers for the forthcoming meeting on Easter Monday were elecsted :—Sp*rter, Mr 1). Thomas } referee, Mr H. H. Stephens; judge 9, Messrs A. Harrison, S. H. Graves, andD. McLean; time takers, Messrs Murray, England, Salek, aud Wilding; lap takers, Messrs A. J. Muller, R. Frizzel!, and A Hendry; clerks of course, Messrs Nokes, ■Speight, and Baird; superintendents of sporte, Messrs I>. Matsoa and X.. Zander.;, tehjgc*ph -board, Messrs D. Grant and W Harding. A committee was appointed to arrange a course for the one mile steeple chase, which includes thirty-two jumps, made up as follows:—Twenty hurdles, four wire, four gorse, and four water jumps.' Several accounts were passed for payment, and a large amount of routine business was settled after which the meeting adjourned. Howway's Ointment and Piij,*. — These world-renowned remedies are confi dently recommended to miners, navvies, and all who have to work underground, or where noxious atmospheres exist. The minute particles of coal or metal which permeate the air in such places tend to blocs up the lungs and air-tubes, giving rise to bronchitis, asthma, and palpitation of the heart. In Holloway's remedies will be found a safe and easily used medicament, for thepenetrating properties of the ointment relieve the local congestions and mildly laxative effects of the pills cause the liver to act freely, and the breath to become unembarrassed. By early resort to these remedies many a serious illness may be averted, and soundness of health maintained.

COMMERCIAL.

(PBB PKESS ASSOOIATIOJf.)

(Received March 22,10.55 a.m.) London, March 21. The announcement th^t the Indian Go vernment will shortly put a loan of thirty millions of rupees on the market has de pressed silver stock. The South Australian loan is expected at the.end-of ne?t week. At a meeting of the shareliorders of the Australian and JJew Zealand Mortgage Company, Limited, Mr A. Flower, chair man, said the Company had not suffered by the Queensland floods or by depression in Australia. The dividend, however, had been reduced to seven per cent. Measures wtre being taken to renew the Company's debentures at the lowest rate of interest. They had bright hopes of the future." Messrs Murray and Kicardo were re-alec^ed directors. (Receded ?4arch 22, 11.45 a.m.) " ' ' Sydney, March 22. Wheat, 2s lid to §s; willing, nomi nally, £M $*' R Wf' N §w Zealand, roller brands, up to £g ; .Oats, easier ; bright feeding, 2a 6d. Maize, gsaland, 4s s<l to 4s 6d. Barley, Cape, 3s 6d. Bran and pfillard. B|d to 9d. Peas, Prussian blue 4s 3d *8 sd. Potatoes, Circular Heads, £3 15s- to £4. Onions, £3 10a to £3 12s 6d. Butter, dairy made, 6d to 7d; factory, Bd. Cheese, prime, 4|d. Bacon, New Zealand, B£d to B|d. Hams, nomi nally, 10d to lid. Melbourne, March 22. Wheat, quiet, from 3s t3 ck Id. Flour, stone makes, £? to £^ 5s j roller brands, £8 Oats, Algerian, Is Q|d ; stout, Is jld. Barley, Cape, 2s l|d. Potatoes ? £2 to £2 ss. Ap«i<a?dk, March 22. Wheat, 3s S^. Flour, roller brands, £8 ss. Oats, 3s 2d to 3s 4d. Barley, malting, 4s 6d to 4s Bd. Bran and psllard 9jd tolOjd^ |

Ashburton High School.

A special meeting of the Board of Governors of " the Ashburton High School to collider the report of the Committee on the proposed re-organisa tion of the school, etc. (published recently in our columns) took place yesterday aitenioon at the Secret a* y's office, when there were present the Rons. W, 0 1 Waiicor 'in 'he chair), Major Steward, His Worship th« Mayor, and IVlessra And rewind .John <»rr. 1 The paragraph relating to the proposed 1 amalgamation of tho two schools was i irst discussed. The ih.iiimin stated that reproSHiita tions had boen n;»de to him thai the pro posal whs very distasteful to some of the parents of pupils, and that in some c»ses if carried out, it would lead to the with drawal of pupils from the girls' school. M«jor Steward corrobrated the Chair man's remarks, and thought that it would not do to make the change proponed with out \t least very full and careful con sideration. The headmaster, Mr J. E. Buchanan (who was present) said that he thought the scheme of the Committee had been 1 misunderstood, aa it was not contem- j plated to amalgamate the schools, but merely to arrange that certain lessons should be taken by mixed classes under the supierintehdenoe of the headmaster and headmistress. He was inclined to think that the objections of parents would disappear if the proposal were formulated somewhat as follows, viz : " For the better direction of the eftorts of the teaching staff and to promote as far a* possible *» uniform standard of work in both schools, it is resolved that the middle and upper classes of the giils be held in the boys' schoolroom during the mornings under the joint control of the headmaster and mistress, and that the subjects for such mixed classes shall be Modern Languages, Latin, and Mathe matics." Mr John Orr thought it might be possible to get the parents of pupils to meet the Board and consult as to the proposed course. Mr Andrew Orr concurred and further suggested that they might be communi cated with by circular. After some further discussion it was resolved —" That in view of the objec tions of parents of pupils, that portion of the report dealing with the proposed amalgamation of the schools be referred back to the Committee for further con-; sideration." The paragraph relating 11 scholarships was then takeH into consideration, and after some discussion it was resolved, on the motion of Major Steward, seconded by His Worship the Mayor--" That fur scholarships be offered, two for boys over 13, and cwo for cVs over 13, not in attendance at the ii^h School; such scholarships to be tenable for two years and to entitle the holders to free eduoa- ; tion at the High School, including supply of school books during the period. Two of such scholarships, viz , one tor a boy, aud one,for a girl, to be open to any children whose parents reside within the borough of Ashburton or the Town District of Harapstead, and the other two to the children of parents resident else where within the county of Ashburton." Mr Buchanan and Major Steward were deputed to arrange as to notifying the j above and as to dace of examination, etc. The Headmaster brought up an analyd* ol the stationery, books, and ad vertising accounts, after discussing which it was, on ihe motion of M*jor Steward, resolved " That the system cf purchasing books ard material, other than school requisites, for pupils be discontinued and that the headmaster and headmistress be requested to furnish to the local book sellers a list of the class-books used in the school." A letter from Dr Gardner re the pro posal for amalgamation was read aud received. A letter from the a cretary, captain, and committee of the boys' cricket club was read asking the Board for some as sistance towards the cost of cricket material. Ie was resolved that the sum of £2 2s be granted. The Chairman was directed to apply to the Government for a grant to the Board of an aroa of 15 acres lying between -tUserye Ull (vested in the Board) and the river, and after passing Accounts ior payment the Board adjourned.

An Extraordinary State ment.

AN ALLEGED MODJ2RN MIRACLE.

Tbe following is from an American source, being dated Canton, Minnesota, December 10 :-— Hundreds of tick and crippled are pouring into Can ton eytry wsek to visit the Church of the Miraculous Window.. Many cures are reported, Father Jones, the priest, said to-day :— 'On August 7 I met coming from the church, two little girls of the parish, Rosalie - nd Lourina Lomm. The children were greatly excited, and, runniog to me, said —''Father, we have seen the Virgin. §he is in the gable window.' I thought the little Qnes. were misled by a shadow, and led thoiri bapk to the church, '{'hey pointed upward, and there in the window, plainly visible, was tbq head of the Virgin. The form in the ' win o\v waa aud is a inesaafce from Heaven. • Despite my silence the new* spread rapidly. The sick and maimed began nuking pilgrimages, nor have "■the prayed in vain. The list of absolute cures is enough to confirm any sceptic that the mother of God is here. One of the most marvellous of recent cures is that of F. H. M'Bride, of Jhioago, who, after being advised by physicians to have his legs amputated, was carried here. He walked away. The cv es a mber hundreds. ' Bisiiop Cotter does not believe with us. When he insisted on removiug the window I was astonished. The glass was taken away, but our'laiy was still with -us. A pane of common glass was purchased. The next day a faint outline of the divine form was risible. Tt grew plainer day by day, until now it is as well de | fined as the hrst. ■ ' : • "■' ' • With the seppud window there is a difference. In the first thei Image was p} inly the" Virgin andchiltj; I«r tuis window the image is constantly changing. It is our • Mother of Sorrow.' From the expression lam i confident that some great plague—cholera or something —is to visit the earth. ' The Crucifixion, and Mary, and Joseph have also 'appealed on tbe glass. Sceptics have gone up there and scraped that glass and poured burning acids on it, but our ladyjs still there. The sceptics all went a.vsy convinced.'

An Irritating Preface.

The following is from the Home letter of a contemporary ? —A preface which tjie Grand Old Man has gone out of his vay to write to an anti-British American book called " The Puritan in England, Holland and America," explains to a great extent why Mr Gladstone is unpopular with many men who yet belive firmly in his integrity. The Premier, these say, has no enthusiasm for his country. He views England through even more hyper-critical spectacles than be looks at America, or even Russia. " The friend of every country bu£ his owp," he has no sym pathy with the uncompromising dictum ; " My country—right jf possible, wrong if it must be j but in any pase my country." Really, of course, Mr Gladstone is as patriotic as these good folks who censure him ; but he loathes the noisy clamant " jingoism " upon the wave of which Lord Beacansfield rose to popularity and power. This feeling leads him, no doubt, to an opposite extreme, and into occasional in discretions.' Even the G.O.M.'s most ardent admirers ftud it' difficult to justify the preface to the afore-mentioned "Puritan in England, Holland and America. 1' TJje author tries to show that whatever is go)od in American ctyarapter jand institutipjus had its source, not in England, but Holland. Now, why on earth should Mj? Gladstone lend the prestige of his name to a work like this ? He gives reasons for his approval, of course, and the/ are very learned and, in their way. curious. But one feels the Queen's First Minister has np right to be in such a galley. Tha book is an anti- British book, and for a leading Briton's name to be associated with it is a scandal of a sort.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

PER PKKBS ASSOCIATION

THE LOSS OF THE TEMPLR MORE.

London, March 20. Only part of the ship Templeroore's crew were saved ; the remainder were drowned.

DEBENTURE TAXATION.

Apprehension is expressed by city men with reference to the taxation of the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company's debenture holders. It is feared that the principle may be ex tended at a future date and involve the taxation of all holders of New Zealand stocks.

SHIPPING CASUALTY.

Considerable anxiety is felt for the safety of the White Star line's new cargo steamer Marotic, which is several weeks overdue on the passage from Liverpool to New York. She had a crew of seventy on board. Two of her life boats have been found in mid- Atlantic.

BUILDING SOCIETY FRAUDS.

March 21. At the trial in connection with the Liberator Building Society frauds, Kentish, who was in Hobb's employ as clerk, admitted charges of theft and forgery, and confessed that while con cealing the frauds he lectured in aid of religious missions.

THE BANK OF ROME.

Bombs, March 21. The official report advises the sus pension of the Banca Romana. Grave irregularities have been discovered in connection with the management of the institution, and a few members of the Chamber of Deputies are indebted to the bank for advances. The other banks in the city are, according to the report, in a sound condition.

THE POPE AND THE KAISER.

His Holiness the Pope declines an audience to the German Emperor, un less the ceremony is similar to that of 1888.

DAHOMEY.

Paris, March 2L. The French Government have pub lished a note, in which it is admitted that Germans supplied the Dahomeyans with Gatling guns during the late war.

BULLET-PROOF CLOTH.

Vienna, March 21. The Austrian War Office claims to have secured the secret of the manu facture of bullet-proof oloth, which will resist bullets at short range.

THE SEALING QUESTION.

St. Pkteksburo, March 21. The Russian Government will de mand a limit of thirty miles of coast in the Behring Sea Islands, and ten miles in Kamschatka, for sealing purposes.

DYNAMITE.

New Yokk, March 21 Explosives were found in the holds of three vessels which have arrived in harbour, during the last few days, and their presence, has been traced to a conspiracy among the seamen, It is now suggested that the missing steamer Marotic was blown up at sea.

AMERICAL ABROAD.

Washington, March 21. Mr James Tustin has been ap pointed American Minister in Paris, and Mr Theodore Ruriyon has received a similar appointmant in Berlin.

AQUAIICS.

San £ rajs Cisco, March 21. It has been arranged t'aat Gaudaur will row Stanbury for the champion ship of the world in the autumn.

COMMERCIAL TREATY.

Hong Kong, March 21. China has admitted Great Britain to freetrade with Turkestan.

AUSTRALIAN.

SHIPPING CASUALTY.

Townsville, Maich 21. The three masted schooner Ellerton has been wrecked, but the crew were saved. The vessel vaii insured for J67000 in the South British.

A LABOR BILL.

Sydney, March 21. The Coal Regulation Bill has passed the Legislative Council. It provides that a day's work for coal-miners shall be eight hours, with the exception of Saturday, which shall be six hours.

POLITICAL.

Adelaide, March 21. Parliament has dissolved. The writs are made returnable on or before April 15.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

-Auckland, March 2L A man giving the name of Arthur Melville, recently from Sydney, was caught in the act "of picking' a woman's pocket at the Athletic Sports on Saturday He was sentenced to six months' hard labcr. Hampton, charged with being a confederate was dismissed. Wellington, March 21. The United District Board of Charitable Aid, after a long discussion struck £700 off the Benevolent Institution's allocation. The latter asked for £5760 as the leaht sum they could do with. r ' Reeetqn, March 21. A large, reef it has just been reported, has-been struck in the Progress Mine. A crpss cub was put into the back of the win^e from near the 304 feet level, and a body of stone was struck within two feet driving. The stone has been broken into for seventeen feet with no sign of a hanging wall as yet. The gold shows throughout. The winze lately sunk must have missed the reef by a few feet only. The Government deny the statement that they are subscribing to the Imperial Institute. Sir Walter Buller is merely appointed Commissioner, and it has been decided to put the New Zealand section in order. The Gas Company have decided to re= duce the price of gas to (Js 9<i per 1000 f jet from July 1. The receipt! at the Wellington Agricul tural and Pastoral Association's Novem ber show were £1144, and the expendi ture £733, From the ram and ewe fair the Association derived a profit of £32. Miss Shaw, representative of the Lon d»n "Times " before leaving for Canada via Auckland, had a long interview with the Minister of Labour. A meeting of the Wellington Prohibi tion, League /was held tQ-night to take into consideration the question.whether or nob |hey ihould affiliate with tfet New gwlwd

' Alliance. The Hey W. Isitt was present, |*nd in the course of an address said thit if all the cities of the colony were as de | terminei as Dunedin mid Chriatchurch I were, they would have direct veto rhis J year. He strongly urged the local branch to federate or affiliate with the New Zaa land alliance. After other speeches had been delivered, the following resolutions were carried :— <i> That the federation of ihe varioiiM prohibition league* of the f colony- is absolutely necessary for a reali sation of their aims, and should be imme diately effected ; (2) that in the opinion of fcms league it U highly desirable to poch federation that the League should .affiliate with thu New Zealand Alliance. The annual meeting of the New Zealaud Public Service &Bnociation was held to night. Mr G. P. Fitzgerald, the presi dent, it: ' •; course of his address, spoke in suppui i of the pension fund scheme, and also said that it would be the las*, occasion on which he would address them. The report- and balance sheet were adopted Hokitika, March 21. The Westland Law Society have carried a resolution* moved by Mr Guinness, M.H.R., that the Minister of Justice be a>knd to increase the ordinary jurisdiction of District Courts up to £600; in partner ship oases up to £1000 ; and in actions for specific performance to £500; and that by the oonsent of both parties the jurisdiction may be increased beyond those amounts. Oamartj, March 21. Robert Stewart, a farmer at Waitaki North, wa«t thrown from his buggy yesterday, and dragged some distance. He is now lying unconscious. THtnedin, March 21. At a meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the general opinion was that there had been an undoubted decrease in the cases of cruelty, during the past few years. Mr Justice Williams was re-elected president, and the other officers were re-elected.

The Australasian Postal Conference.

t*% PRESS ASSOCIATION

Bbisbane, March 21. At the Postal Conference to-day, the Hon. J. G. Ward, of New Zealand, moved that the colonies be represented by one delegate at the Postal Union Congress in Paris in 1895. Speaking to tue motion, Mr Ward expressed the opinion that the delegate chosen should be the permanent head of the colonial Postal Department. Important matters affecting all the colonies would be dealt with at the Congress, and it would be useless if a representative were ap pointed from London, as he would know nothing of the requirements of the colonies. The resolution was carried. In regard to the new contract for the carriage of Home mails, Mr Ward suggested that tenders be advertised in the colonies in addition to England, and that cool storage be provided for colonial produce on mail boats. He said that he would not oppose the re newal of the contract, as JNew Zealand was not affected by it, but he was op posed to the subsidy system, consider ing that the amount paid was excessive. He looked forward to a large reduction in the charge for the transit; of mails between the colonies and Europe, and urged the Australian colonies to adopt the same system as New Zealand, namely, payment for the actual weight carried. The Conference asked Mr Ward to agree to New Zealand joining in the contract, but he declined, point ing out that the colony was already supporting the San Francisco service, which served them better. Mr Ward's views were concurred in by the Con ference. After considerable discussion the new contract was passed, New Zealand standing out. The question of fumigation of mails was discussed, and it was decided that in future all mails, including those for New Zea land, should be fumigated immediately on arrival at Adelaide, instead of at the port of destination as at present.

Important Judgment.

THE FARMEBS' UNION, GRAIN, PRODUCE, AND FINANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, (iW LIQUIDATION), In a large number of cases in which the liquidator of the Farmers' Union, Grain, Produce and Finance Company, Limited, sued contridutories for calls, Mr ifeetham on Monday delivered the following judg ment, from which will be gathered the points relied on by defendants. The following is the judgment:—" I think in all these cases the allotment is good The memorandum of allotment includes all shares applied for to date. I do not think it necessary that each share allotted should be earmarked. I find also that the notices of allotment «>nd calls have been duly posted to the several addresses of the applicants. I find also as a fact that the applicants have not received notices, Ihe real defence in these oases is that the notices of the allotment and calls said to have been posted have not been received. There is a case which in on all fours with these cases now under consideration, i.e., the Household Fire and Carriage Accident Insurance Company v. Grant, reported in Law Reports 4, Kxch. Div., p. 216, 1880. That case was decided in 1880, and is followed in a recent case, He&thorne v. Fraeer, reported in 66 " Law Times," p. 440, 1892. The case of the Household Insurance Company v. Grant decides the real point in issue in these cases. The synopsis of that case is as follows:—Where an offer has been made to a person, whp is expressly or by implication authorised to accept such a.n offer by post, then as soon as a letter containing an acceptance is posted, cor rectly addressed to the offerer, the con tract is complete even although such letter never reaches the offerer. . There can be no question here as to the implied authority to accept by post. This part of the subject is fully dealt with by Lord Justice Thesiger in the case, and also by Lord Herschell, in IJerithorne y Eraser. Referring to the case, Insurance Comj p*ny y Grant, and the judgment of Thesiger, he says j—' The facts of that case were that the defendant had, in Swansea, where he resided, handed a letter ot application to an agent of the Company, their plaoe of business being in London. It was from these circumstances that the Lords Justices implied an autho rity to the Company to accept the defen dant's offer to take shares through the medium of the post.' But Lord Herschell goes further than thjs. He says :~' He needs no authqrity to transmit the accept* ances through any particular channel; fie may select what means he pleases, the post office not lesa than any other,' and so on. The learned counsel for the plaintiff has referred to the rules containing such a provision. I think he is in error there. He must prove the contract before he can use the rules. Had the learned counsel used the oases 1 have noted he need not have labored in what is, to say the best of it, n very weak argument. The judg ment will be for plaintiffs in *U the cases. —There are two cases, Marks' and Hop kins', in which other points have been raised; fraud is alleged. Now Marks and Hopkins aie very well able to take care of themselves in that reßpect, and if they have not done so,-they cannot expect ins tpfctooarOQfMV'. = *-**

THE ASHBCBTON GCAKDIAN : WEDNESDAY, MARCH £2, 1893,



i —— Wanted: L THE Bearimr of Higher CridcfehV by Rev 0. H Garland. Review of Reviews for February.—H. M. Jokm. qT. Bernard Dog rot sale, cheap. For r> particulars, apply "Cie«r, oftce of this paper. 3 15° WANTEETKnown— Tuokkr & Bkan are buyers of Oats, Chickwheat, and good seormd-hand Sacka.—Tuokbr and Bbaw, West Street. ___Z ' ijiASTER Card* and Booklets, Kew dj Games, new supply of the Zither Harps and Autoharps, New Books, Stationery, and Fancy Goods. Sub-, acribers wanted for our Circulating Library. L, F. Andrbwes and om, Stationers' Hall. ff OMBOPATHIC Medicines, price LX Is. Sol« agent for district. LMttr's OMhjtore^^^^ 2 84 WANTED Known-9^J Gloves for 4^4} 7sd Embroidery for 4^d ; 13s 6d Summer Dresses for 8a 9d.~. Unouu & Tprnbr. 3 62 WANTED Known-Andrew Orr has Removed to the Old Town Hall for one month, during the rc-buildinjf of his premises. Drapery, Clothing, and Boots greatly reduced.-Andrew Orr. 2§l(H (^HEAP Firewood—Short Dry Gum ' Firewood, ac 26s p«r cord ; mixed wood, 24s per curd at M»yo's, Trevortou. - Apply Mrs Jambs Fruit Shop. *; ri HE Good Samaritan, for the inline- I diate relief of pain.— Light's Cash Store. 2 66 WANTED Known—lee Creams; Ice Creams,., for the hot weather, always ready at H. G. Flower's, Confec tioner, Eaat Street. BOMBR-SEP Meat M*rt. The oldest the largest, tha b-ist, and the cheap act. Small «^oods a specialty. Ful weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. — W. J. Siloock. ,4t182 CHhTiP Fruit—Having bought M.c Mayo's orchard, I cm sell Fruit cheaper than any one in town. Orders m»y be left at East Street Shop.;- MR3.TAME3, 2§6 WANTED the Pujblic to 4now that S. W. AlooßN and Oo'a Sammcr Sale i« now on. Great Bargain* in Millinery, Undori'lothing etc. ___________ WANTED Known.—Come fttid see our dress lines «t 4id anil 6d, leather shirting 6^l, three-quarter cloaks 12« 6a.~H. 0. SisoERS, Malford Honae. ANTED, Ladies and Gentlemen to see the orand Display in the window* at "The Corner" Saturday. ~ W. H. Cotlibr. j >EST Nickel Watches hi the market, 15 are those at 22s 61 and 25•*. Specially made for S. Samß, Jeweller. Guarantee with each watch. AN LED Knowu—" The Corner " is showing a-magnificent Kew Stock Zi Drapery and Clotting. — W. H. Oorlirk . "_ ANTKD-PorchaHPrs ior Bargains » Summer Dre»aes, Prints, and Delaines, Sunshades, &c. at S. W. Aixjokk »nd Co'a Sale. THE 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, JSmt Street. _^ ANTKD Known -Robert Shielbs, Charles Street, oppoiit* Woollen Factory, has commenced Dyeing and Cleaning Ladies' -Hid Men's Garments. Blankets and Woollen Gooda Scoured Moderate charge*. Parcels etc., left at Mrs Adams^BAUnders 1 Buildings, will be attended to- ___, 3 41 WBKBR do you gee youTlronmon gery ? At Hakto-jsv sof course, where we get the beat value in Sheet Lead, Nails, Locks, Hinges, Plonah Chains, Bope, Wire Knetting, Gorse Knives, Spades *nd Forks, Lamps, Fender an Fire Irons, and anything you require. WANTED everyone to come and ccc the beautiful presents we are giving away for every 6s and upwards spent—H. C. Segers, Melford Httuao. fUST Opened. — A splendid assort ment of Ladies' and Childrsns' Jackets and ulsters.—H. 0. Sbgers, Melford House. BANG ! Bang 1 Bang t Guns ! Guns ! Guns ! by the best makers and fitted with all the latest improvements. Potfder, Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wads, and Cases at J. W. Hardmsy's, East Street. Guns repaired. WHY not Bake your own Bread when you can get 501bs of the Best Boiler Flour for five shillings cash or five shillings and sixpence booked at Robert Alcorn s, Saunders'Buildings. XI 31 "IT/ HO is your Plumber ? Why, J. W. YV Hardley, who is a Manufacturer of Spouting, Ridging, Steel Gutters, Baths, Sinks, Tanks, etc., and who has on hand the large* stock of Pumps and Pipe in town. /^HRISTMAS Suits. Boys, three \J gwrment long Trouser Suits at 15s. Boys, Colonal-made Knicker Suits frum 10s Men's nicely made Colonial Tweed Huita 30s. Colonial Tweed Suits to measure from 50s.—Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. Robert Alcor*. ' Messrs Colemane and Sons' Eucalypti Extract (manufactured at Mittagong and Cootawandra^ New South Wale*) has attained a reputation aa a specific for affec tions of the ehesfc, lungs, consumptions asthma, di|Mheria, and a variety of other complaints. It numbers among its patrons EarlJeraey, the present, and Lord Camng ton, late, Governor of New South Wales, while in Great Britain during the influenza cpedimic scarcely a house or office was with out it. Messrs Colemane and Sons whole m le depot is in Ghrihtchurvsh. Sharland «nd Co. Mt Wholes!* agotfa fop %\* North



NEW ZEALAND CLOTH NG FAOTORY. NEW GOODS. NEW GOODS, FOR WINTER, 1893. New Overcoats in Men's, Youths', and Boys'. New Waterproof Coats, Mews, 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. BOWS. BOOTS -NEW GOODS ARBIVED.- Pricea that will astonish the people of Ashburton. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY AND WATERPROOF MANUFACTURERS. A L>SX7 HENDRY, Manager. Honey. _of*nflf\ of trust Moneys to lend abUUv/U upon Freehold securi ties, in sums of not less than £1000 ApPlyt° Mk 0. W. PUFvNELL, Solicitor, 2 38 Montgomery's Buildinga. MOUNT SOMERS COAL MINES. - I WILL NOT be held responsible for Debt contracted on my behalf without my written order. All 00-U obtained from these mines will be charged for by me, no other receipt than my own teing a sufficient discharge. C, B. KNIGHT, PROPRIETOR, WEST STRKHT, ARHBURTON ADVANCE TINWALD. C. Hawkin* IS now Opening in his Ne* Shop, a very Choice Assortment of Goods, consisting of BL^KETS, WOOLS, FLANNELS, FANNELETTES BOOTS AND SHOES, AND ALL KINDS OF DRAPERY, At Prices that challenge these of■any Draper in Ashburtco or Chrwtchurch. The Bootnwking Department is in charge of a first class workman, secured in orfer -o m »ko Ihte branch of the durj nPsa a special feature. » The Best Tea IN THE WORLD Hyslop'a Ceylon. NINIAN HYSLOP, AxND CO., Tea Importers, 113 0* be) tim% CMatghurch;



The Best Value In Astoburtoo IN Drapery, Clothing, & Boots IS TO BE HAD AT j G. J. NEILL & GO.'S, FRIEDLANDKR'R BUILDINGS. A Few Prints and Muslin7ie"fTto be cleared AT ANY PRICE. Heavy Winter Tweeds 7|d. I. Check Dress Tweeds s|d. New Double Width Dress Gcods ll£d. _ Flannels and Blankets for Winter—unmistakeable Value. Two Yards Wide Grey Twill Sheeting lUd. Mannelettes 3a 9d dozen. Men's Tweed Suits 19s 6d. Men's Heavy Tweed Suits 25s 6d. Boys' Tweed Suits 4s lid. v LARGE STOCK OF MEN'S SHIRTS, SOCKS, TIES, BRACES, ETC., CHEAP AND GOOD. BOOTS. Soiofe BOOTS. We stand J^""^ffi!^^!^ Men's Colonial made Shooters, nailed, 8s 6d Men's Colonial made Bluchers, 5s Strong Leather Slippers, 8a 6d Women's Stton? Ela6tic Sides 6s lid. W°KIF n'Io^WiNT WTOT UBBST VALUE IN BOOTS GO TO «. J. NEILL and CO., ! FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS COItSEB Of EAST »«P MOOBE SIBF.ETB. ABHBOBTOM. •FHE WATCaMAKING^D^^ELLKTS REPAIRING DEPARTMENT I is now vefy complete in its arrangement., und having in consequence of increased bu^nels) obuined the addkion*! usistance for |ft.lTcuTmers ctn Jamks Wimon (from Bryson and Sons, watchmaker, Edinburgh), Cu a tomers can rtlv nn thpir work beinc done promptly and satisfactorily. PLEASE NOTE -I special feature of the Department is work turned oufnnly in a FIRST ClIsS «AMBR. .ndohgyy are as low as i« consistent with SOUND AND RELIABLE WORKMANSHIP. 8, SALEI, Wa.ehmakcr, Jeweller, X Oculist, •iVSSf



"UNMERCIFUL DISASTER followed f*ht and followed faster" upon the fortunes of pu.-^r Queensland until that unfortunate Colony is no>v in the most miserable condition imaginable. Gaunt famine may stalk over the land, frtm failure of the soil to %ive its annual increase, or from other of the many causes of that distress : the destroying plague may be l«t loose and strip with his cold hand the vitals cf the young and strong, leaving sorrowing widows and wa knsc orphans everywhere, and. painful iilauka in every household ; or the demon of war may send fire and sword over a country, and leave desolation in their track in place of smiling scenes of peace aud plenty—all cad enough and sickening enough if you will; but what must be the feeling of a whole people when they find their country covered as the waters cover the sea, their homes wrecked and ruined, and their hopes for the future sunk in one mournful and inretrievable disaster % 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 ? Such feelin.B, to be sure, aa aie prompting the 'housands of meetings, and plans and organisations of the people of this Colony, to send help to the afflicted. New Zealand has come nob'y to the front in this matter, and her Canterbury sons have heen well in the van at the first call. And we of Ashburton shall be in the front of the foremost if we belie not,our past history. SO THINK Hardley Bros., who are giving special value this mouth in Drapery, Clothing and Boots. 120 Dozen large Towels to be sold at from 2a 9d a dozen. Splendid white Calico at 2s lid a dozen. Dress Tweed 4s 9d a dozen. Extra largw grey Blankets only 10a 6d. Sheeting at 10£ d. 94 Men's Suits from 19s 6d. Woollen Socks at' llsd. 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 12s 6d. NOTE THE ADDRESS— HARDiEY BROS., ARCADE, ASH^URTON. JDEOPLE about to marry and furnish their houses, are invited to call on Pickford A IJndrlll, AT THIS ASHBUBTON FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Nexfc Building Society. —NOW ON VIEW— Dining-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, Ducheßse and Fancy Tables, Floor Cloths and Linoleums," Garpets, Hearth Rugs, and Mats. Furniture Repaired, Restuffed, and Repolished on the Premises. —Note the address— TANCRED STREET, Nex Building Soaioty. How Sambo Understood French.—Fred says to the runaway negro on the raft, -Jin-, what'd you say if'twas said to you • Parly-vous-tranzy ?' " " Woaldn t &ay nuflhi, I'd just bust him over de ear ; if he wasn't a yWe nmn, 'Low no nigger to call me da«fc. ' fm says tv/» words only mean, "Do you speak Jj'r.ejctcbS" <)im lp.rjuires, "Ifth«y mean that why don^ ; phw cay that?" Dr Forest says, "in "IJcalth, tjhe New Method/ we might make similar in miiriesof the pijpfessors ot therapy j but ho aoea on to explain massage, pobiftg, and its beneficial results so that it might even enter the skull of the densest negro; a«d his muscle-roller and-other new methods are invaluable. An edition of hia.cooks much enlarged, »« p-ibV el at ''Troth ■aid "Health' Publication Qffiow, WO,



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