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The London "Times" announces that five battle ships will be begun this year. Sir W. P. Perceval is about to dis cuss with Messrs Weddell, Nelson, and Black, the Queensland agent, the pro spect cf promoting direct trade in New Zealand frozen mutton with Germany. The list of Melbourne bankruptcies during the past year shows the total debts of the insolvent estates amounted > to £8,362,000, and the assets were set down at £3,540,000. Three estates paid a penny in the £, one 2d, five Bd, ( eleven 6d, one Bd, three 9J, thirteen Is. I The "Fconomist" comments ad-j versely on the waste of money in Vic toria in constructing railways that j ottered no probability of returning re- J rauneratjon for the cost, and instances j one line which was built on a guarantee given by the residents in the district of a certain amount. Wheii the resi dents suggested that they found a difficulty in raising the sum, the Government weakly decided not to en force the guarantee. The paper de clares the colony condones the un profitable expenditure of borrowed money.

LABOR ITEMS.

London, January 9. The Admiralty will adopt the eight bours system in the public dockyards. (Received January 10, 31 45 a.m.) Sydney, January 10. It; was expected the strikers in the south collieries would march in a body, and try to induce the South Clifton miners to join them. The police, re ceiving notice of their intention, formed a guard round the mine and thus apparently had the effect of pre venting a demonstration.

Subsidence in at Mine.

TWO MEN BURIED.

Sydney, January 9. A heavy subsidence lias occurred in the Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, in the southern portion. The men left the mine, but two, named Jones and Richardson, went in again to fetch some tools, when a mass of earth fell and they were buried. It will be fully two days before they can be dug out and there is no hope of saving them.

Loan and Mercantile Company.

Received January 10, 10.50 a.m.) London, January 9. At the statutory meeting of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company to-day, the creditors' com mittee reported that powerful counsel was of opinion that the old debenture holders were not secured. Mr Browne, the committee's solicitor, strongly con demned the manner of issuing 1892 stock, and accused the management of issuing misleading circulars. The committee are not in favor of litigation in the matter. Sir Jamos Fergusson defended the directors and justified their action. The meeting was noisy, and Sir James Fergusson was subjected to considerable interruption while ex plaining the action of the directors. The meeting was adjourned until the reconstruction scheme had been issued to the shareholders.

The Trouble in South Africa.

Capetown, January 9. Sir H. Loch has abandoned all hope of the safety of Captain Wilson's detachment. (Received January 10, 10 50 a.m.) Capetown, January 9. King Lewanika, of Barotzi Kingdom, intends sending a force to Lesikili s, situated below Victoria Falls, to pre vent Lobenguela crossing the Zambesi into Barotzi in strength, and will, if necessary, resist the fugitive King crossing the river. A hundred thousand acres of farms have been staked out in Matabeland.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

((Inspected Suicide. Auckland, January 10. A young married woman named Christina Kirkman, wife of Henry R. Kirkman, school teacher, Kaipara Heads, was found drowned this morning on the beach at Bevonport. She was last seen alive at half-past nine last night in| bed. She had complained for some time past of severe pains in tha head, and had been low in health. It is feared she has com mitted suicide while temporarily deranged through Illness.

Mrs Yates, Mayor.

The Auckland correspondent of the "Press" wires on January 9:—The Onehunga residents crowded to ths 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 herself, and if she did assume a somewhat dictatorial attitude occ as ton ally, a« 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, bufc Mrs Yates dis posed of his objections off-hand, and the gentleman swore the customary oath. The Town Clerk was absent, the books were miaaing, 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 cord 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 light to have their names recorded there in Her Worship suggested that these namas 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, buc 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,

BRAZIL.

Paws, January 9. It is announced in Paris that General Peixoto has resigned the Presidency of Brazil.

RECIPROCITY.

(Received January 10, 10.30 a.m ) London, January 9. Dr Benwiek, the New South Wales Commissioner to the Chicago Exhibi tion, has presented five thousand pounds worth of the colony s exhibits to the Imperial Institute, President Cleveland and Mr Wilson (Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means) assured Dr Benwick that they intended to pass a Bill providing for the free admission of wool, iron, and coal into the United States despite the birenuous opposition which was offered to the measure.

MISS SHAW ON THE COLONIES.

(Received January 10, 10 30 a.m.) London, January 9. In a paper read before theOolonial In stitute, Misa Shaw, who recently travel led through the Australasian Colonies on behalf of the " Times," referred to the temperate and tropical Australias as two continents, the former being de fined to represent the democratic and the latter the aristocratic forces of life in commerce, labor, and politics. The two divisions were of necessity different. The tropical portion of the colony must, develope through the service of labour, and then there would be no limit to the production of wealth. The general wealth of the continent was prodigious, and it seemed destined to be the fruit ful mother of the wealth oi half the world. She was sanguine ss to the re sults of the new schemes for the settle ment of the land, and with Govern ment assistance these settlements would probably attract the most intelligent workmen in England. The radical and democratic ideal, and much of the mature liberal thought, in Australia favored separation from the Mother Country, but a much stronger col lective body of opinion favored the ro tention of the Imperial tie.

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NEW AIDE DE CAMP.

London, Januay 9. Captain Mackenzie Elliott, of the 40th regiment, has been appointed aide de c*mp to Lord Glasgow, and sails in the steamer Optic.

OBITUARY.

News has been received of the death of Bishop and Mrs Hill, of the Niger ten itories.

ANOTHER FIRE AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.

Chicago, January 9. The Casino and Liberal Art buildings, which formed part of the buildings in connection with the World's Fair, have been destroyed by fire. The value of the buildings was estimated at $100,000.

THE UNITED STATES TREASURY.

Washington, January 9» A strong section of the Democrats is in favor of the proposed income tax being abandoned. Senator Wilson, in ■ the course of his remarks, while intro ducing the Tariff Bill accused the Republicans of converting an over flowing treasury into a bankrupt one, and recklessly wasting £70,000,000, of which £40,000,000 were spent on pensions, bounties, and prepayment of interest and principal. He declared that £30,000,000 had been lost to the revenue by the remission of duties on tobacco and sugar, The final vote on the Bill is fixed for Monday, 29th inst. Nineteen of the members, who had been absent without leave, were present in order to form a quorum.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Received January 10, 11.45 a.m.*

ICEBERGS.

. Sydney, January 10. The ship Persian TSmpirej from Buenos Ayres, had many escapes during her voyage from destruction by icebergs, which were met with in latitude 44 south. The ice extended over an area of thirteen hundred miles, and one icefield was between forty and fifty miles in length.

THE GLEBE POISONING CASE.

A verdict of wilful murder has been returned in what is known as the glebe poisoning case. The victim, a man named Unwin, found a bottle of whiskey in his own buggy, and drank some, giving a portion of the contents to another man, Both men became il!, and Unwin died. Analysis showed that the whiskey contained arsenic in large quantities.

(Received January 10, 12,15 p.m.)

NEW CALEDONIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, January 10. The Premier, Mr J. B. Patterson, does not agree with the views of Mr Kidd, the New South Wales Post master-General, with reference to the proposed working of the New Cale donian cable after leaving Fiji.

PHYLLOXERA.

Experts state that several vineyards in Bendigo district are badly affected with phylloxera.

VICTORIAN COMMERCE.

The Victorian imports for the year are valued at £11,174,000—a reduction of £3,000,000 on the previous year. The exports are valued at £12,964,000 -—a reduction of £1,250,000 as com pared with the previous year.

LUNG DISEASE.

Adelaide, January 10. There is a serious outbreak of lung disease among the stock in the middle and northern districts.

STRENGTH OF PARTIES.

Hopaet, January 10. An far as can be seen political parties are evenly divided. The Op position count on a majority of three or four,

THE ANARCHISTS.

DISCOVEBY OF A REVOLU TIONARY PL'jT.

Rome, January 9 An ex-membor of the Chamber of Deputies named Giaffrides has been arrested. Papers found in his house disclose a plot for a simultaneous / revolt in Sicily, Naples, and Home. The movement is supposed to be fomented by foreign Anarchists. A simultaneous raid was made by the authorities upon the Anarchists in a number of Italian cities, and one hundred were arrested. Several gendarmes were wounded while making the arrests

Vulgar Luxury.

The yacht in which Mr and Mrs Vander bilfc are shortly about to cross the Atlantic with a riew to spending a year or two in European waters is (says the "St James' Gfazetle ") probably the most magnificent vessel ever owned by a private individual. In the matter of fittings and decorations no Royal or imperial craft can compare with it. The length is about 300 ft, the tonnage 2400, and the horsepower 4000. The draw ing room ccoupies the whole breadth of the ship, and ia paneiled in white and gold in the Louis XIV. style, the furni ture, most of it old, being upholstered in red velvet. There is a library of even larger dimensions, lined with polished walnut and having a fire-place with a richly carved mantelpiece. Mrs Vander bili's bedroom is adorned with white lacquered panels set in frames of gold and ivory, and the curtains and coverings are of Louis XVI. old rose silk. Her sit ting room is furnished with mahogany of the old English make, wikh green velvet hangbgs. Two or three other departments decorated in the Empire fashion in two shades of blue, open out of the larger room; and there is a bath, all the appointments of which are of silver plated metal. In fact, every bit of metal work, even to the hinges of the door on the lower deck, is either of silver or silver-plated. Mr Vanderbilt has his own suite of cabins fitted with even greater splendour than his wife, and in his bedroom where solid marble has been freely used, are found all sorts, of automatic and electrical appliances to save trouble and increase comtort. The carpets through out have cr>st on an average three guineas a yard. The yacht was built at Birkenhead, and has cost considerably over £100,000.

An Unnatural Fight.

It has fallen to the lot of but few to wit ness so fierce a contest between tigers as is reported from Providence, Rhode Island, as having tfcken place at Roger Williams Park Menagerie in that city. Ihe battle resulted in the death of one of the finest specimens of the Himalayan tigers ever brought into captivity. The killed quadruped was known as Prince, He was a splendid animal, hand somely marked, and weighing a trifle over 9| cwt. Prince was captured some three years ago among the foothills of the Hima layas, and was placed in the Roger Williams Park Menagerie by the Union Railroad Com pany, who a year ago went to large expense to provide him with a suitable mate —a splendid tigress, which was named Princess, After making one another's acquaintance through the bars of contiguous cages the pair were placed in one large steel erection, and fora time they lived in perfect harmony. Then the old fighting instinct reiwoke in the male creature and he, having no other foe to knock about, practised on '• the missus." Princess bore the bulletings of her lord with exemplary patience for a time, but one fine morning, when Prince, irritated by being aroused from slumber by the proddings of a dozen gamps, gave his spouse an extra hard blow with his paw, ths female turned upon him and gave him the full force of her weight right on the ear. In fury the male tiger " went for ' his mate, and she nothing loth joined issue with tcoth and claw. A terrible battle enmed, In a few minutes the cage was smothered in blood. With talon and tooth they fought furiously, heedless alike of their own terrible injuries and ihe frantic attempts of the keepers to separate them. Neither j would give way, and for fully an hour the pair fought desperately, first one and then the other being in vantage. At length Prince seemed to be gaining the upper hand, but just when the horrified spec tators thought his victoiy assured Prin cess twisted from his grip, and turning swiftly, spring upon her opponent. The impact sent the male upon his side, and in a second the tigress had him by the throat. A terrific tussle ensued, but the female held on, and in a few minutes more she had killed the great tiger. With a horrible howl she proclaimed her victory, and then, sinking down upon the carcase, commenced to tear the flesh from the bones and lap the blood. Herself was in a piteous plight. She had scarce an inch of sound skin upoa her body, she was blood-red from head to tail, and for an hour or so was almost life less. But Princess wag victress in the greatest fight ever witnessed in a menagerie, aad, when recovered a little, Bang her hideous song of victory, in ths chorus of which all the beasta in the building joined. The noise, it is said, could be heard a couple of miles off.

A Derelict Picked Up in Mld-Ocean.

It is not often that a derelict is picked up in raid-ocean and towed to a haven of safety. But sush a feat was accomplished by the steamer Atlantic, which arrived in Port Jackson on November 27. The At lantic, it appears, was plonghing her way through the North Atlantic when on October 1, a derelict was sighted. The weather was fine at the time, and the Atlantic bore down to the wreck. Captain Young went on board and made a cureful examination. There were no signs of life on board the derelict, which proved to be the Catherine, a wholesome-looking Nova Scotian-built vessel, hailing from Yar mouth, U.S. She was laden with pitch pine and almost water-logged. Such a prize, valued by the captain of the At lantic at between £10,000 and £12,000, was considered worth saving, and after a hurried consultation on ihe steamer, it was decided to take the derelict into St, Vincent, of the Cape de Verde Group, then distant some 1200 miles. Three men were accordingly put on board to I steer the derelict, and a stout towline was | soon run out, and the Atlantic started ahead with the Catherine in tow. Head winds and adverse currents made the tow a heavy one, but, nothing daunted, Captain Young ani his plucky crew hung on to the wreck, and after a period of fourteen days had the satisfaction of safely an choring the prize in the harbour of St. Vincent. Inquiries made through Lloyd's showed that the Catherine, a barque of 834 tons, built at Digby, Nova Scotia, by her owner, Mr W. D. Lovitt, and measuring 176 ft in length, with a beam of 35fc and depth of 18ft, was bound from Pensacola to Rio Janeiro, and was abandoned leaky in August, the crew being rescued by the steamer Maria Christina and landed safely. The Catherine had drifted 50 to 60 miles to the westward from the position where she was abandoned. She was fallen in with by the Atlantic in lat. 26 deg. 18 mm. north, long. 44 deg. 9 mm. west. A message to Lloyd's dated St. Vincent, 24th October, says: — " Catherine and cargo surveyed and re commended to be sold. Surveyors have examined the vessel. Her bottom is badly injured, and thero are other in juries, it is a hopeless case."

Victorian Out Harvest.

I The " Argus," in n forecast of the Vic torian oat Ivrvest. s«ys:—"For some yeais past the area uniur oa's baa been on the decrease. Between 1890 and 18S3 the acreage dropped from ssb6, *98 acres to 177,645. Thefomerwas the largest area and the latter the smallest grown during the last tleven years. A slight reduction will have to be made for this | year also, for two reasons —the first being I the extension of the daiiymg industry, and the second the very low pi-ice pre vailing for oats. Tnstead of harves ing and threshing their oat crops, as u.-u^l, a great number of farmers, especially those who keep cows, Lave this season cut tht m I for fodder purposes. Cn the other hand, there is a noticeable increase of the oat | crop in the northern uistricts. Wheat growers have discovered that a change to oats is beneficial to the land and more j profitable, particularly if the land be foul with weeds. The Algerian variety of oats i seems to be well adapted to the dry regions, and the farmers in the Winnnera and along the Loddon and Avoca valleys 1 are raising this oat more extensively than • they used to do, and with good results. Taking all these things into account, the total area under oats this season will be close upon 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 j per acre at six bags, the total quantity of oats produced is 4 200,000 bushels, which is 374 000 bushels 'ess than Hayt^r's re turn for last harvest."

The New British Second Class Cruisers.

The desire recently shown by th« Ad miralty authorities to substitute the new second-class cruiser Bonaventure for the Orlando as the fiigship 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 fr?m the new 'second-class cruisers, is far itiw* 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 affc in these vessels otnnot be fired with full charges—unless afc a very high angle of eleva ion—when laid in the same straight line as the ship's length, without tearing up the deck at the bow or stern. Moreover, those cruisers which are fitted with th 6 short earlier pattern of 6in gun cannot employ these bowchasers and stern chasers at any degree of training, without damaging the decks, it they are laid an} - where near horizontally. Now, the eleva tion of the 6in quick-firing gun at a range of 2700 yards is only 2leg 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 io a most anfortunate 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 1 I' is true that the two Hotchkiss guns, one on either bow, would be available for the use of the pursuing craft, but their r.*ng3 and power are limited. Again, it t^ay be argued that the damage to decks would not be taken into consideration io Ihe exigenci 5s of active service, tut we understand ih*t the lifting is so startling when experiments are made with horiz m tal.and direct fire that there is every rea son to an icipate grave injury to the structure of the ship 1-y rapid and con tinuous discharges with the guns thus trained. Laid and trained any ways the vibration is vesy excessive, and the stan chions on which the poop and forecastle rest are totally inadequate to support the thrust and strain brought upon them. iVe are told that during the recent man u* ivrea practice had to be made with the broadside guas occasionally by slightly throwing the ship out of its course. This however, would beau unwise, if not imprac ticable, proceeding, supposing the speed of the pursuer and pur- ue<l were nearly the same. The position of being ch*3ed is one so distasteful to British ideas that we hardly venture to mention it, but there is little doubt thet most of our cruisers would make a poor show in front of a prospectivo 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"."

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PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. IHAVS much pleasure in announcing to the Public of Ashburton and I Surrounding Districts that I have opened a shop in Tancred Street, under the management of Mr H. Field, where all my well known Herbal Remedies and all kind of Patent and Proprietary Medicines may be had at Christchurch Prices. Yours Truly, E. W. HALL, MEDICAL HERBALIST, 152 Armagh Street, and 117 Lower High 1f53 Street; Christchurch.



Assigned Estate of W. J. S. McDowell, of Hinds, near Ashburton, Storekeeper FOR SALE, As a Going Concern, THE STOCK IN TRADE, GOODWILL FREEHOLD OF STORE, BAKERY AND BUTCHERY BUSINESS WITH BOARDING-HOUSE, FULL PARHCULARS with Stock Sheets can be obtained on the Premises, Hinds Messrs Friedlander Bros., Ashburton, And Messrs Cook and Gray, Accoun tants, Chriatchurch. To an energetic young man with moderate means, this offers a good oppor tunity to work into a very profitable little business. Wm. R COOK "Itw^o HUGO FRIEDLANDER/ irustees' 96



| CHEAP PROPERTY. 1372 ao7ib 372 situated near the County Saleyaids and Agricultural and Pastoral Associa tion's Show Grounds. Account of the Mortgagees. Price £S 10s per acre. THIS was originally part of the Fair field Estate and formerly owned by Mr Grant. There is a dwelling house., stable, and other buildings erected on the property. On account of its being close to town an increase in value may reason ably bo expected. Apply to T. BULLOCK, FOR SALE—2 sections well situated in Clark Street., Allenton, being lots 22 and 23, containing 2 rods 6 parches, par of R.S, 8767. " T, BULLOCK.



Cbrlstmas, 1893. WE have just opened out a Splendid Assortment of FASHIONABLE SUITINGS, FANCY WORSTEDS, AND WEST OP ENGLAND TROUSERINGS Specially Imported for the Present Season. $£gT Our Motto is •' Satisfaction." By giving a Good Fin, Best Workman ship, and Honest Value we find our old Customers return and bring their friends for their next New Suits, This is the Best Recommendation for CEAIGHEAD & BERKYMAN, THE LE iDING TAILORS AND OUT FITTERS, ASHBURTON.



ABHBUBTON WOOL SALES rnHB Second Sale of the Season wil take place at the ORANGE HALL, on I TUESDAY, J4NUARY 30, 1894. At 2 p.m. When all the Foreign and Few Zealand Buyers will be represented. MILES & CO., Limited. friedlander bros, david thomas, JOHN G. RESTELL, (for the N.Z Land Association). H. ZANDER, (for Ford and Co.) 12^246



A BOON 10 HOUSEHOLDBRS ALLANDALE COAL COMPANY, LIMITED. A SAVING OF 25 PER CENT IN YOUR COAL BILL. WE have appointed MR JAMES ELLIOTT, Coal Merchant, Ash burton, Agent for the county, who will supply Customers in large or s.-nall quantities. The Allandale Coal is the best produced on the Eastern seaboard. It is an excellent Steam Coal, unrivalled for Bakers, and a good Domestic Coal, burn ing with a flame, does not sparkle, and leaves a white ash. 1 It is both Cheip and Excellent. JAMES ELLIOTT, COAL MERCHANT, ASHBURTQN, n 145



I STILL FAYOBS COME. I FAKMEBB SEEDIKr. MACHINES READ THIS. From— R. M, SMITH, Manager for C. H. Barton, "Towri," Maryvale, New South Wales. September 30, 1893. WALTER A. WOOD, M. and R, M. Company, 31 Bedford Street North Melbourne. Having just returned from the World's Fair ab Chicago, and the Royal Agricultural Society's Show of England, where I saw most of the Reapers and Binders known to Science, and having visited some of the largest Harvesting Machinery Manufactories in America, we have arrived afc the conclusion that the WALTER A. WOOD SINGLE APRON REAPER AND BINDER will best fill the requirements of our farm. We have scan and felt the evil and ex pense of running different makes of machines, and we are determined in future to stick to one stjle and make, and to carry out these views we are selling our present Binders (having three different makes), and have bought eight of WALTER A. WOOD'S SINGLE APRON MACHINES for use on our farm. (Signed) R. M. SMITH, Manager WALTER A. WOOD.* TUBULAR STEEL MOWER: HAY RAKE. To Our Farmer Friends. We greet you in 1893 with a finer line of harvesting machines than ever before. our reliable mowers, hay rakes, reapers and bind ers lead everywhere. iWalter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Company,' Send for Annual Catalogue. HARVESTER AND BINDER ENCLOSED GEAR REAPER. »»■» mnim in mm ■Q* .m« ,—mnm "Binders, Mowers, Tfl^k Reapers and Rakes. JjKSSfcwDON'T WASTE CROPS. VflPyW .ji^H&fl^flfibfcUSE a good Machine." yf/ x L^JPfcl lyThe most reliable machines the world has ever had WAITER A. WOOD MOWING & REAPING MACHINE CO. WOOD WOOD WOOD WOOD WOOD Binders Twine Mowers Reapers Rakes ( > » CALL QUICK AND EXAMINE THEIR FAULTLESS QUALITY. ;, r- F. FEREIMAN. HPn r £>-f House of five rooms, and grazing fqr cow or AU"XJtSt.- — horse. F. FEBRIMAN.