The Loss of the Alert.

Melbourne, January 10. The jury who investigated the loss of the Alert having added a rider to the verdict regretting the disaster was not observed at Cape Sehanck light house, the officials state that they duly signalled the steamer and saw her for half an hour afterwards. In forward ing his report to the Commissioner ot Customs, Dr Wollaston. the coroner, added a minute to the effect that there was always a disposition on the part of the public to fix the blame on some Government officials when any sad disaster occurred.

CRICKET.

ASHBURTON V. LONGBBACH.

The cricket match Ashburfcon v. Long beach was played at Longbeach yester day, and resulted in a win for the local men by nine runs. The visitors were entertained in the well known hospitable style of the Longbeach residents, The scores are as under : — Ashburton—Firat Innings. A. Dixon c Dearden b Sims ... »•». 8 B. Flower b Price 7 D. T. Toddb Price .„ 0 F. Russell c March bA. Sims ... » E. Andrews b Price 8 W. B. Denshire c Hutton b Price ... 3 R. M. Cubhbertson o Soal bA. Sims 0 L. Owen b Price 9 H. 0. OrbellbA. Sims ... ... 0 L. F. Andrewes c Hufeton bA. feims 0 Garrard b Price * Gollins (sub) not out j» Extras l" Total 59 Second Inninga, Cufchbertson b Sims 2 Todd c Sims b Price ... ... ... 20 Flower c Soal b Sima ... ° Russell b Grigg • 4 Dixon b Grigg ... j-j E. Andrewes not out ..• * : Danshire c Sims ••• 7 Owen b Price ... ... - ® Orbell b Sims ... ° Garrard b Sims " GollinsbSims j> Extras ' Total : . -44 Lonobbagh—First Innings. Sims b Russell 1* Dearden run out ••• 0 E. G. Grigg b Russwll 5 A. Sims cE. Andrews b Russell ... 1 H. Hutton c Orbell b Todd 2 G. Soal b Todd 6 W. Price c Orbell b Russell 6 J. 0. N. Grigg b Todd 0 W. Marsh c and b Rassell ... ... 1 J. Smith b Russell 3 W. Edge not out » I. Lewis run out 0 Extras 6 Total ... ..< ... -63 Second Innings. Sim* c Orbell b Russell ... .« 0 Dearden c Orbell b Flower 0 1. G. Grigg c Denshire b Flower ... 29 A. Sims c and b Russell 0 H. Hutton c Orbell b Ruasell .... 8 Soal c Orbell b I'lower 0 J.O.N. Grigg b Flower 1 W. Price c and b Todd ... ... 1 W. Edge b Todd 0 W. March b Flower 1 I. Lewis o Andrews b Todd 0 J, Smith not out 6 Extras ... 11 Total ©9

Mrs Yates, Mayor.

The Auckland correspondent of the "Press" wires on January 9:—The Onehunga residents crowded to th? Borough Council office last night out of curiosity to see how the lady Mayor would conduct the business entrusted to that Important public body. Mrs Yatee proved herself fully equal to the task she has taken upon herßelf, and if she did assume a somewhat dictatorial attitude occasion ally, as well as introduce some decidedly original rulings, the Councillors appear to have behaved as they should to a lady. One of the newly-elected Councillors had some qualms of conscience as to 'he legality of his return, but Mrs Yates dis posad of his objections off-hand, and the gentleman swore the customary oath, The Town Clerk was absent, the books ■were missing, also the keys of office ; but Mrs Yates, assisted by the Councillors, hunted them up, and business proceeded. The minutes of a previous meeting having been read, Mrs Yates flatly re fused, to sign them as being a correct re card of the proceeding, *' because she had not been present." In this instarce her Worship was clearly wrong. The minutes of a special meeting Mrs Yates also declined to sign on the ground that two Councillors who had resigned had no right to have their names recorded there in Her Worship suggested that these namss should be struck out, but the act ing Town Clerk struck, and the matter was allowed to stand over. In the matter of the election of a Town Clerk her Wor ship refused to put an amendment be cause it was against her own motion, bub our correspondent writes that after a long discussion her Worship, on the advice of a friend, consented to follow the usual course, and the amendment was lost. The proceedings of the Onehunga Boiough Council promise to be interesting.

The General Election.

The following are the returns of voting at the general elections in the Canterbury pro vincial district.

The statistics show that out of a total of 302,997 registered votes in the colony, 220,082 exercised the franchise ; that 10,539 electors in 'he three uncontested districts were not called upon to vote at all, and that 72,376 electors who did not vote in the con tested districts will be struck off the rolls. In the North Island 105,884 votes were re corded out of 142,499 votes on the rolls; and in the South Island 104,198 votes were re corded out of 160,498 votes on the rolls.

Primitive Methodist Conference.

New Plymouth, January 10. Rev. 0. E. Ward was unanimously elected president, His father fifty years ago landed in this town as the first mis sionary in this colony. Mr Edwin Wat kins, of Ashburton, waa elected vice president on the motion of Rev. James Cocker who eloquently urged that the faith fulness, generosity, abundant labors, and sterling piety of Mr Watkins specially called for recognition by the Conference, and besides he was eminently qualified for the position, and he was unanimously voted to the chair. Rsports from the churches were encouraging. A minister is to be stationed at Cheviot, and several ether places are to be taken up. The meetings are enthusiastic. First reading ef stations —New Ply moutn, J. Nixon ; Wellington, J. Guy and E. Drake ; Auckland I, U. E. Ward, J. R. Hines ; Auckland 11., W. S. Potter ; Invercargill, P. W. Jones; Bluff, H. Williams; Timaru, J. W. Hay ward; Thames. J. Olphert; Greendale, T. H. I/yon ; Christchurch, J. Dawson ; Ash burton, J. Cocker ; Fielding, J. Clover ; Halcombe, 3. Grindley ; Geraldine, W. C. Woodward ; Dunedin, W. Laycock ; Foxton, F. W. Boys ; South Invercargill, W. Woollass ; Stratford, G. Clement; | Waimate and Oamaru, J. S. Sharp ; ! Westport, W. Harris; Deaniston, &. j Carr; Hunterville one to be obtained ; Mokihinui, J. Hood; Eltham, W. 3. Wood; Cheviot, R. Raine; Inglewood, S. Barnett.

Mr Mundella advises consumers to prose cute tradesmen who sell colonial as Scotch mutton, and in the event of any difficulty he promises that the Board of Trade will intervene. In tke Ofcaki child murder case the jury could not agree, and a verdict of four was taken to the effect that the child had lived, but the cause of its death could net be proved. There were marks about the head and arms. Lands in the Kapuasettlement, part of the Waimate estate, will be opened for appli cation under the lease in perpetuity system on and after the 24th inst. The new settle ment is on the Waihao Forks railway line, about five miles from Waimate, and the 12 allotments range from 37 to GO acres at rentals of from 7s 5e to Us 7d per acre. The land has been acquired and is affered, for the purpose of enabling working men, j gardeners, and others to obtain homestead allotments of suitable size and character. The municipal authorities of Northamp ton, England, having a large reservoir some seven miles from the town, stocked it with tiout. This season fishing tickets were sold at five shillings per day. So eagerly were fche permits applied for—the number per day being limited — that bookings took place weeks in advance. No fisherman was allowed to kill more than a certain weight, but despite this precaution 1013 fish were caught, their weight being 1 ton 1 cwt 1 qr 23Jlb. The amount received for tickets was £175 ss, so that the average cost of each fish to the ticket-holders was a shade under 3a 6d, or Is o|d per lb. The fish averaged cloee upon 2jlb, and so satisfied are the members of the Water Committee that steps are being takes to expend another £60 in fish culture.

Victorian Oat Harvest.

The " Argus," in a forecast of the Vic torian oat harvest, says:—"For some years past the area under oats has been on the decrease. Between 1890 and 1893 the acreage dropped from 236,496 acres to 177,645. The former was the largest area and the latter the smallest grown during the last eleven years. A slight reduction will have to be made for this year also, for two reaaona—the first being the extension of the dairying industry, and the second the very low price pre vailing for oats. Instead of harves'ing and threshing their oat crops, as usual, a great number of farmers, especially those who keep cows, bave this season cut them for fodder purposes. Cn the other hand, there is a noticeable increase of the oat j crop in the northern districts. Wheat-1 growers have discovered that a change to oats is beneficial to the land and more profitable, particularly if the land be foul with weeds. The Algerian variety of oats aeems to be well adapted to the dry regions, and the farmers in the Wimmera and along the Loddon and Avoca valleys are raisins; this oat more extensively than they used to do, and with good results. Taking all tneae things into account, the total area under oats this season will be close upoa 175,000 acres. The yields will generally be lower than last year, although in some parts of the colony they are higher. Estimating the average yield per acre at six bags, the total quantity of oats produced is 4,200,000 bushels, which is 374.000 bushels 'ess than Hayter's re turn for last harvest."

The New British Second Class Cruisers.

The desire recently shown by the Ad miralty authorities to substitute the new second-class cruiser Bonaventure for the Orlando as the flagship on the Australian station is probably explained by the following extract from the Army and Navy "Gazette":— "The question which we raised re cently as to the difficulty of obtaining an efficient fire direct ahead from the new second-class cruisers, is far more serious than we Imagined, and most be con sidered in connection with the announce ment that the Bonaventure is to be sent

as flagship to Australia, It now seems that the 6in quick-firing guns forward and aft in these vessels cannot be fired with full charges—unless ab a very high angle of elevation—- when laid in the same straight line as the ship's length, without tearing np the deck at the bow or stern. Moreover, those cruisers which are fitted with the short earlier pattern of 6in gun cannot employ these bowchasers and stern chasers at any degree of training, without damaging the decks, it chey are laid anj - where near horizontally. Now, the eleva tion of the 6in quick-firing gun at a range of 2700 yards ia only 2deg 4min, and this is a range which would be frequently ap proximated to in chasing. It is clear, then, that a large proportion of our second-class cruisers would be in a most unfortunate predicament if the enemy elected to run away and was able to bring his gun abaft to bear upon his pursuer. The punishment would be all on one side ! It is true that the two Hotchkiss guns, one on either bow, would ,be available for rh« use of the pursuing craft, but their r.ings and power are limited. Again, it may be argued that the damage to decks would not be taken into consideration in the exigencies of active service, but we understand that the lifting ia so startling when experiments are made with horizon tal and direct fire that there is every rea son to aniicipate grave injury to the structure of che ship by rapid and con* tinuous discharges with the guns thus trained. Laid and trained any way, the vibration is very excessive, and the stan chions on which the poop and forecastle rest are totally inadequate to support the i thrust and strain brought upon them, i We are told that during the recent man oeuvres practice had to be made with the broadside guns occasionally by slightly throwing the ship out of its course. This however, would bean unwise, if not imprac ticable, proceeding, supposing the speed of the pursuer and pursued wore nearly the same. The position of being chased is one so distasteful to British ideas that we hardly venture to mention It, but there ia little doubt tbsfc most of our cruisers would make a poor show in front of a prospective foe under such circum stances. When running at high speed they sit down in the water to an alarming extent, and the angle at which the deck is inclined would be most detrimental to good shooting or to correct torpedo run ning, the door of the stern tubs being down in the water."

StJPFLEMEOT TO *HB ASHBUETON MAIL, SATUBDAY, JAiftJABY 13, 1894.



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