Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1895. JAPAN AND CHINA.

■ , , .-■ ♦» -..— Tub war in the East still drags on. It is evidently the intention of Japan to enter Pekin in triumph as the Ger mans did Paris, and dictate terms of peace to the Chinese in the capital of their country. The Japs have not shown any marked desire for peace. In fact the indications are the other way. They discovered flaws in the credentials of the envoys sent to Tokio to negotiate peace, and since then all efforts to secure peace have failed. It seems as if every step forward made by the successful Japs only adds to their unwillingness to make peace until they have conquered the Chinese empire. The Japanese Parliament have passed another large vote of sixteen millions to carry on the war and a "Corean loan" of half a million is mentioned in the same cable. How this Corean loan has been raised is not stated. Possibly it is what was known as a " requisition" in the Franco-Prussian war—when Moltke compelled the people whose country he was carrying on the war in to find food and forage for his troops. The conquering Japs may perhaps have requisitioned this half-million from the Coreans, from whose country they have expelled the Chinese to the last man, and are now in return for this kindness clone, exacting forced aid to carry the war into the enemy's country. It is evident that the conquering army will not be stayed a single foot at the in stance, of the Japanese Government until it has laid the great Eastern i power low. Already intervention by the European powers and America 1 has been rejected by the Japs on thejplaa that the object of the war had not been attained, and if the Powers do not inter vene Japan will very soon be master in China. This ev«nt is not one that either Europe or America can witness calmly. At the outset of the war we expressed a fear that China would emerge from it with a know ledge of the vast strength she pos sesses and prove a scourge to the East. We hardly feared that Japan would be the conqueror of China, but in that then apparently far off contingency we recognised the danger that she would also be to the welfare of the white races in the East. Now, what was then the unexpected has occurred, and Japan seeks to subdue China, and will do so, and probably annex her, and establish a huge Japanese empire in the East, unless the Powers step in and place a de terminedfoot upon the chain of this wild animal that has suddenly broken loose. Such an empire established by Japan would mean a rapid extension of western civilisation as adopted bj Japan- and of which sjie would soon become the expositor to all China, That civilisation, as adopted by Japan, does not carry with it to the Japanese bosom any particular affection for the white races, and should she become dominant in China it would be hazardous indeed to say what she will or will not do in regard to foreigners. It would be no surprise to see her open all the ports over which her new conquest had given hpr cqntrol. Npither. would' ft be any matter for surprise to find that, having become master in the far East, white foreigners no longer found life there sufficiently agreeable to persist in living in that part of the glpoe. The interests of Europe and America ftom a commercial point of view are such as cannot be over-looked by the Powers, and we cannot realise that they will allow this game little spitfire to ride rough shod p, ver everything after she has b,owle# over jthe powej? qf the Celestial Emperor. The plpt' is noyr beginning to thicken, and it seems to us the time is yery near when" £he Powers mustraoya tp prevent Japan assuming the duperiopity in the Bast she evidently aims at,

Invention says that the German military mthorities decided shortly after the great war of 1870 to connect the telegraph the great fortresses of in modern the empire by under waf.fare. ground cables. Th^ease with which the German sneers in France destroyed the enemy's elegraphic communications miles and ftiles ahead of the German vanguard was i lesson not to bp disregarded at home. Phat very important instrument in modern warfare, the telegraph, waa no longer to >c entrusted to overground wjres and inlea at the mercy of any plucky horse nan, but to a substantial cable sunk deep ato th ( e ground. Me'^ and Strasbun* rere in this way connected with each ithcr first, then with Mayence and Jologne, yith Berljn aul Grandaus at the >tjher end of the empijfe. Jitter the great Qrtresaes came the capital^, the seaports, ndthe^ost important commercial and industrial jcjties, ajl pjf which are now con noted by eubterranein cables, hidden eepiy fa tfee earth, or bedded in t}ie olii rock, or resting on %? bptj^nji of ivers and lekas, secure i»om th§ jnterrpp ions by storms, floods, and §ww*, to rhioh overground lines are so frequently iabje, ■

Ro onk knows, and, therefore, no one/ c»n explain, the precise reason why a J magnetised needle does A THE point to that mys- * magnetic pole, rericus spot on the f coast of Bothia F<*lix, J and, strange ks it may seem, there was in { 1831 no visible trace of anything by which that spot could be recognised, nos even so much as a small hillock in the immediate neighborhood, and the only means of proving that the magnetic pole had been reached was by tha total in activity of the compass at t,hat spr>t, coupled with the almost verhicai position of the dipping needle (says a writer in the Conihill Magazine). On this moat inter esting point the very words of Sir James Ross himself shall be given: "The amount of dip as indicated by my dipping needle waß 89dej» 40;nin, b<nng thus within one minute of the vortical,' while the proximity at least of this pole, if not its actual existence where we stood, was further confirmed by the action, or rather by the total inaction, of the several horizontal needles then in ray possession. These were suspended in the moat delicate manner possible, but there was not one which showed the slightest effort to move from the position in which it was placed, a fact which even the most moderately informed of readers must now know to be one which proves the centre ot attrac tion lies at a very small horizontal dis tance, if at any." Thus a Home contemporary on reoent re markable events :—ln these daya when novels are written in this facts as good country at the rate of so as fiction, many per hour, it is re freshing to find that troth can still, on a chance occasion, got the better of fiction. Within the past few days truth has asserted itself to some ac count,, The wreck of the Deronda on South-east Island, which was reported recently, might have served Mr Clarke Bussell for one ef his tales of the sea. The incidents of the wreck were moat dramatic. The panic-stricken men, in their wild alarm, crowded the boats as they hung at the davits, with the result that the davits broke and all were pre cipitated into the water. A baby was thrown to a boat in a lifebelt and was left struggling in the water, and a passenger lost his life in an effort to nave a box of sovereigns. These incidents were almost thrown away, for th«re conld be no room left; for a climax. To satisfy the artist in plots every soul—but one, perhaps, to tell the tale—should have been lost, but in reality only four men perished. There is also the re markable narrative of Father Ros signeli's escape from the Dervishes at Omdurraan. Father Rossignoli owes his liberty to AJbdullah, his Ar&b guide. Abdullah had entered into a contract to endeavor to rescue the captive, and in order to avert suspicion in his journay among his enemies he lied in a manner which puts him far beyond the liars of fiction. He bribed his jailors in one i town, and at another he even braved the dangers of matrimony in order to carry his mission to a successful issue. He has succeeded in fulfilling; his contract, and will doubtless by this time have gained the reward he deserves. His adventures should afford a plot for a romance, and Mr Hall Came might do worse than in corporate it in his new novel dealing with the life of the Mahdi. It would, perhaps, be a little unfa:r to fiction to say that in the escape of Father Roseipnoli it was truth alone that triumphed. The enormous web of fabrication woven by the faithful Arab guide in order to save the good Christian Father will recall' to memory many of the greatest literary marvels, whose success was insured only by an admixture of solid fact and fiction that looked more like truth than fact it' self. A moralist here and there may question whether it would not have been better that Father Rossignoli should remain in perpetual baniphment than that Abdullah should imperil his immortal soul to save, above all person*, a Chrif-tian, a Oaiour, an infidel. What would the Prophet hive said of such con duct ; and what reception will Abdullah meet with when he goes to Paradise, should he get there at all? Possibly his good angel will supcessf ully plead that the brave man otijy lied for truth's sake and in the cause o( mercy, which transcends all creeds. Intercolonial otvimniing- Tournament

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

-♦ : Dr Greenwood will attend the patients of the late Dr Tweed, and may be con sulted at Mrs Tweed's house. The fourth competition for Mr Buckley's trophy will be fired by the members of the Rifle Olub on Thursday. Firing will commence at 2 p.m. A meeting was held yesterday at the Auckland Harbour Board Office Co make arrangements for the reception of Admiral Bridge, but nothing was definitely settled. Some of the Auckland milk renders are being prosecuted for adulterating their milk with water. Some have been mulcted in costs. The Hon. R. J. Seddon has definitely decided to lay the foundation stone of the new Wanganui Hospital on the 14th of March. A • size' in a coat in an inch ; in underwear, two iaches j in a sock, an insh; in trousers, an inch; in hats, one-eighth of an inch ;In a collar, half an inch; and in shoes, one-sixth of an inch. - ]$uch discu§3ion has haen going aa in Connepticut State qver th.c newly-invented method by which a criminal practically cx p3utes himself. The first of these execu tions occurred in December, a murderer named Cronin paying the penalty of his crime. He was conducted from his cell to the scaffold, where the noose was ad justed. ' Placed upon the trap, his weight set the machinery in motion. The counter weight dropped, the body of the con demned man was jerked 15ft In the air and his neck was broken instantly. Many ministers have since denouncad the apparatus, which they contend compels the oriminal to be guilty pf his own death, and whjeh they dpejare tlje law has np right to permit. * ' ' " One of the Spanish humorous papers, published at Madrid, recently contained a partoon on the subject of a report thab the island of Paregil, on the Morooco coast, had been ceded to Great Britain. In the picturs John Bull, in the guise of a British Dourist in helmet-shaped hat and knickei sockers, is represented about to gather a bunch of parsley. Peregil, in Spanish, neans parsley. Behind him stands a crafty Moor, who is holding out both hands to receive a bag of money which is being jasbed to him on the sly by John Bull. 3alow is the legend,' How concessions are ibtained.' Moor: 'Mind, that parsley >elonars to Spain, she will claim it ' [olmBull? '¥ou take this purse; and lold your tongue.' . ' ' Lord Salisbury, acknowledging a resolu ion of confidence from the Cirencester 3ons Itutional Club, says the allegation hat the House of Lords has recently re ected certain important measures which ire the object of popular aspiration is, in lis belief, an entirely mistaken one. Jt s only by cpnsujtjng tb,e electors by means if a dissolution that any light can be ibtained on the question whether their iews coincide with those of tfte Minis erial majority in the House of Common's. ?o assume that a House which is elected or seyeral years fl^uat necessarily be -A all iraes in aeo^anae with the views I th.c* eje^tprjj qpqn f{il)a wfyoh |iaye, nqf >een rsfwred tq them appears to tord Salia iury a very vMhinferenoe, umapported by uyw|WO«otgf»prMticiUlad 1

f Complaints are being made that weasals j ; are becoming namerous at Ohoka. Mr J. J I Power found three ot his farm recently J j *nd has reason to believe that there are others. | Subscriptions are being raised in Auck land for the relief of the Fijian sufferers by the late hurricane. Ttie sum of £100 has already been raised, besides contri butions in kind. One firm gave a ton of biscuits. As will be s«3n by a notification else where, » large number of the business esfcab'ishmen'tsi in Aehburton have agreed, to close the whole day on M%rch 6 in con neotipn with the Swimming Club's meet ing on that day. A Pi-ess Association telegram from Wei lington says that the appeal against Mr Martin's decision as to the definition of a shop assistant, is expected to be decided within the next three weeks. In the meantime no further action will be taken in doubtful cases. A Welshman proposes to build a ship that will hare a speed of sixty miles an hour. The boat Will be 500tt long and 50 feet wide, with a flat bottom and wedge shape bow and stern; of 10,000 tons dis placement, aud with eight paddle-wheels on each side, each making seventeen revo lutions a minute. In one of the Whitechapel private slaughter-houses a gorgeously costumed native may be seen marking in black ink the sides of recently killed beef. It is said that the Peninsular and Orniental steamers nse such marked or lettered meat for some of their Oriental crews or pass engers. It is stated that the symbols employed denote that such marked meit has been killed by a Mahomraedan. Mr Bragato, the Victorian vitioulturist, accompanied by Mr Blackmore, the Go vernment pomologist, is now visiting the Clyde district. He is very much im pressed with the suitability of that district, as regards climatic conditions and soil, for the purpose of cultivating the vine exclusively for the manufacture of wine and brandy of the best quality. He is sure the district is capable of supporting a large population if these industries are gone into in a systematic manner. His report is looked forward to with consider able interest, A very interesting diagram showing the prices of wool from 1873 has been pre sented by Mr F. Waymouth to the Christ church Chamber of Commerce. With but few exceptions the course of the prices of wool has been steadily downward since 1873. Taking the crossbred wool as that in which we ara mmre specially interested, in 1873 it was 15£ d. In 1874, at the early sales, it was 114, and then in the later Bales of the same year it recovered to 13§d. At the April sales of 1880 it receded to 13d, and in November, 1883, the price still further receded to 9|d. In 1885 it. reached 10^3; and in the next year, 1886, lid. With some variations in the succeeding years, the price again touched lid in 1889. In 1890-91 the prioe was lOd, which was also reached in 1893. Since that date the fall has been steady till the present price of 8d has been reached. The death of that once famous American lady. Mrs Bloomer, at the venerable age of 77. recalls the fact that the divided skirt and rational dress controversy is no new thing after all. I can bring to mind (writes the London correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald) the fact that, in one provincial town, all the barmaids, and many of the shop girl attendants, were put, as an attraction, into the Bloomer costume, which consisted of a pair of baercy Turkish trousers and a sort of short skirt. This created such a sensation that there were positive riots and public meetings, and eves prayer meetings were held In connection with the innovation. But the new American fashion did not reign long in England. As for poor Mra Bloomer, it i<* understood she took to her odd costume as a matter of what she con sidered due to health and convenience. She hoped to win a limited fame for her talents as an orator and writer, but instead of that she wan a, world-wide fame by her " trouaerH." The poor lady was so dis appointed and embarrassed that sbe dropped her costume and retired into private life. The British Medical Journal tells a tale of which both smokers and dispensing chemists may well take note. A. gentleman was ordered some ordinary chlorate of potash loaiengea for a sore tongue, and for convenience he kept t H em loose in his waist coat pocket. He also bought a bex of Swedish safety matches, and these he placed in the same pocket. To prevent matchos going off of them selves the makeis seperate the in gredients, putting the phosphorus on the box and the chlorate of potash on the matches. While bending dowu to pick up something on the floor, the lozenges rubbed against the friction paper on the outside of th,e box. f his set the entire box alight, and the heat kindled all the matches in the box. The heat generated decomposed the chlorate lozenges, and the oxygen set free intensified the combustion tenfold. The result was the gentleman was instantly in flames, the combustion being of explosive violence. Had not a pall of water been thrown over him instantly the result must have been fatal, as the combustion was inconceivably violent. He was frightfully burned qa it was, bat fortunately he hag escaped with out permanent dlssguremen,t.

AT THE DOMAIN BATHS COMMERCIAL.

■■ . m • London, February 26 The liquidators in the New Oriental Bank have declared a fourth dividend of a shilling: Twelve more of the Hchuca's Durhams have been sold at 5d to s^d. It iB expected the lot will average 5Jd. Washington, Febraary 28 The American Government has protested against the exclusion of cattle from J^rance, and denies the existence of ply.ur<x

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Sydney, Febrnary27 Wheat, chick, 2s 3d; milling, 2a 7d. Flour, roller, £6 5a to £7. Maize, Is BJd. Oats quiet; fair feeding, Is lid ; prime feed ing, 2s to 2a Id. Barley, Cape, 2a 4d. Peas, Prussian blue, 3s 6d to 3s lOd. Bran and pollard, 6£d to 6|d. Onions, £3 10s. Potatoes, local, £110 ato £2 10s; Circular Heads, £310s to £4. Batter, dairy, 4d to i|d; factory, sd. Cheese, 3d to 4d. Bacon, idtosid. Melbourne, Febru*-y 27 Wheat, 2s2|d. Flour, roller, £5 10s to. £5 15a. Oats, Algerian, Is l^d; prime milling, Is sd. Maize, la Barley, malt ing, 3s (id. Bran, td, " ADEtiiDB, February 27 Wheat. 2s 3d. Flour, roller, £5 10s to E5 15s. Bran, 7<l to 7|d. Pollard, 7d.

ASHBURTON MARKETS.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Skgency, Company, Limited, (A. \Y. Steele, auctioneer) reports on the stock market for ho week as follows: —At Tinwald, on r^esdayj Mth mst., there was an entry of iboub 5000, sheep, 200 pigs, and 30 head of iattle. Good sheep were difficult to clear, mty all inferior lots sold readily, owing no, loubfc to ownety being prepared to take nar,ket values. Fat merino ewes sold a,t 2s jd, 2s lOd, 3a lOd, fe, and $a ad. fat i.rosabred ev^es ac from 4fi to Sg. Two -9P% fr^e|er« xr^ade 8^ 6d ; stores—merino \je,s, spwd /no.uth, to Is 6clv boj.ler,a 6d o VHcl, six: and eight-tooth crossbred ewee 5s o ha Bd, two-tooth croasbreds 8s 7d, cross •red lambs, medium, 3a 9d, 4a 7d, ss, and 5s d, iaferiop uulla 64 toll Bd,

The Tariff Commissioners Invercargill. F bruary 26. Before the general work of the Tariff Com missioners this morning Mr T. Mackenzie referred to the fact that owing to the Com missioners sitting mainly ac the principal centres the protectionists' view was of necessity only placed before them, and consequently the Commission deprived of the opposite opinions held by the country people. To enable the settlers' viewß to be placed before the Commission in some degree, he suggested that an invitation should be sent to the Presidents of Agricul tural and Pastoral Societies and Farmers' Clubs to attend. The Commission unani mously approved of the suggestion, and issue invitations. Mr Witten asked for an increase of duty on hedge slashers and photo enlargements. At the Tariff Commission two coach builders asked that carriage lamps and naves and spokes should be admitted free, there being no timber suitable for the latter in the yolony. Two makers of sheep dip asked that a duty should be placed on the im ported article, also a heavier duty on oils that can be made in the colony or those of a similar quality. Th? removal of th« duty on candle-making machines also was asked for. A delegate from the local Bootmakers' Union said they agreed with the Christ church Union's representatives with slight modifications. The Commission continues to-morrow.

CRICKET.

CANTERBURY v. OT GO. Christchurch, February 28 The cricket match Otago v Canterbury < ended to-day in favor of Otago by four' wickets. Clarke scored 64 out of the 107 wanted to win, and Rattray 12 (not out). \ Clarke played splendidly, and undoubtedly i won the game for Otago. Canterbury.—Second Innings. L< A. Cuff, o Fisher b Hope 10 J. D. Lawrence, b Downes ... .., 9 A. M. Labatt, st Rains b Hope .i 57 H. De Maus, b Fisher 11 W. Pearce. c Baker b Parker 08 F. A. Macdonald, b Downes , 1 J. U. Collins, run out 10 F. Wilding, c Kama b Hope 3 A. E. Ridley, c and b Parker 2 T. W. Reese, run out ... 15 W. Robertson, not out 11 1 Extras 7 Total ...204 Downes took two wickets for 54 runs, Fisher one for .S3, Hope three for 66, Clay ton none foa 10, Clarke none for 5, Rama none for 12, Parker two for 17. Otago.—Second Innings. J. Hope, b Robertson 2 J. Baker, bDe Maus ... S E. Currie, run out 7 A. Clarke, c Wilding bDe Maus ... 64 A. G. Rains, b Pearce 1 A. H. Fisher, b De Maus 8 C. W. Rattray, not out ... 12 F. Harper not out 2 Extras 12 Total for six wickets ... 107 Pearce took one wicket for 33 runs, Robertson one tor 26, De Maus three for 22, Cuff none for 9, Labatt none for 9.

Clutha Sly Grogging.

The Otago Daily Times of Tuesday aays:—The police made a raid last night on a number of houses In the Clutha dis trict against the owners of which evidence for sly grog-selling had been obtained. Every effort has been made for some time paab to secure sufficient evidence to warrant the police taking procaedings, but a constable has to bear in mind that "»n Englishman's house is his 'castle" until there is some substantial ground for beliaving the law ia being violated in the I bouse. When the hotels in the Clutha j district lost their licenses they became i piivate dwellings, into which the police had no more right to seek admission than into any other private residence. But for the visit of the Rev. Mr Walker, the Alliance agent, and the subsequent dis closures by a correspondent of the Christ i charchPress, itisunderatoodthatinall pro bability the police would have been in a position to make a raid some months ago. But the moment sly grog selling in the Clutha district became much talked of in public the sly grog-seller became so wary that detection became difficult, if not impossible. Inspector Pardy and those under him bided their time, however, and yesterday, everything being ready, the inspector and his men visited the Clutha district. Last night a descent was to be made about the same time on two houses at Tapanui, one at Heriot, one at Kelso, two in the Owaka district, and one house in Balclutha. With the evidence which i it was anticipated would be obtained the police believe they will have strong cases against the parties raided. A, telegram from Uunedin sayg that the police raided the Clutha prohibition district on Monday. A few prosecutions will follow, but at Tapanui the * office' seems to have been given, and all liquors, &i., had been cleared out. Mrs Braun. who had the grand stand booth at Forbury racecourse last week, is to be prosecuted for selling liquor. A. later telegram says : —The police raid on the houses in the Olutha district, where prohibition was carried at the last local option poll, was not so successful as was anticipated. At Balclutha a considerable quantity of liquor was found at one of the closed Rouses, In the Catlins district, in one accommodation house, a considerable quantity was also fonnd, but in the other only a trifling quantify. At Kelso no liquor was discovered, and ac Tapanui places holding wholesale licenses were not searched. The police had to adopt various ruses to obtain evidence, two members, it is said joining the co-operative workers in a visit to a house. It is stated, on good authority, that warning was given in one place to a suspected person by a leader of the temperance party. ' ;:

SPORTING.

W^lhsngton, February 26 Mr I\ J. Murtagh has invented another Starting machine, wbioh he claims can be shifted from post to post in a few minutes. He has also patented an apparatus to enable the winners of races to be decided.

LABOR

lomdon, February 26 H In his evidence before the Com mittee appointed to consider the unem ployed question, Mr Keir Hardie, M.P., said it was estimated that one million and threequarters workmen were idle just now. He urged that the unem ployed should be supplied with two meals a, day for themselves and their families. Sydney, February 26 The oU Greta miners are willing to accept 2s 6d tonnage rates as the basis of a sliding scale regulating the rise and fall of wages during the next year or two.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

The Wel»h Church Bilj* London, February 25 Mr Asquith has introduced the Welsh Church Disestablishment Bill : in the House of Commons, i February 26 | Mr Asquith's Welsh Church Bill is identical with the measure introduced by him on April 26 last year. It estimates the Church's revenue at £279,000, and aims at keeping the moneys for the purposes and places intended. It is not to come into operation until 1897. It is probable that the division on the first reading will be taken on Thursday.

THE COREAN WAR

Shanghai, February 25 Major Hannekin has abandoned his attempt to reorganise the Chinese army. He declares that his effort* were rendered futile by the obstruction of high officials. The Japanese have destroyed the land forts around Weihaiwei harbour. The Japanese defeated 17,000 Chinese troops at Haicheng. February 26. The Chinese lost 200 men in the engagement at Haicheng.

INFLUENZA

■- ♦ Loirooir, February gs : The influenza has shut up sevspal theatres, and filled the hospitals in tfce East End. It is also raging virulently at the other side of the city. lord Aberdare is in a critical state.

EGYPT

Cairo, February 25 It is hoped that the danger of an outbreak in Egypt has been averted for the present. Nubar Pasha remain* in power. The Khedive has assured Lord Oromer he will not make any changes) in the Egyptian Ministry.

MOROCCO.

LoNpoif, February 26 A British warship has arrived at Tangier in view of the disturbances in Morocco. Madbid, February 25. The Moorish Ambassador has signed an agreement with Spain in respect to the questions which have been in dis pute between the two countries for some time past.

BUTTER

■ -# Sydney, February 27 A scheme has been drafted for the formation of a farmers' association to control the sale and export of butter and to abolish agents.

AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON

Sydney, February 26 H.M.S. Pyladea, which recently ar rived from England to take the place of the Ouracoa on the Australian «ta~ tion, has been ordered to New Zealand to join the squadron, and leaves for Aucklapd on Saturday.

A DISAPPOINTING CROP

Sydney, February 87 It is now believed the wheat yield of the colony will be very much smaller than was first expected. In many cases where twelve to fifteen bushels per acre were reckoned upon only five were reaped.

LAND AND INCOME TAX BILL

Sydkky, February 27 . The Assembly is considering the Land and Income Tax Bill in Commit tee.

NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIA MENT

«. Sydney, February 26 Parliament . resumed to-day. A petition was presented submitting that by his acceptance ef the position of Solicitor-General (temporarily during the absence of Mr Want in England) the Premier had vacated bis seat. Mr Reid explained that the position was an unsalaried one, and therefore there was no ground for the petition. A motion to refer the master to the Qualifications Committee was nega , tived.

A Domestic Tragedy.

Sydnky, February 86 A sad domestic tragedy is reported from Goulburn. Tt appears that the wife of Thomas Gross, the licensee of the Robert Barns Hotel, had arranged to give a party to a number of friends, but her husband forbade the festivities taking place, the resnlt being a quarrel between the two. Later on the wife was singing with a young man, «■ lodger in the hotel, when Cross entered the room and objected; and after further quarreling the wife went out and locked herself up in her. own room. Cross threatened to break (town the door if she did not come out* and said he had a good mind, to pat* bullet into her. She then came out of the room and told him to do so; whereupon he drew a revolver and fired, the shot taking effect behind her ear, On seeing what he had done Cross placed the revolver to his own haad and shot hinvtelf dead. The wife died within an hour; Cross had been drinking heavily, but it is believed thafr jealousy was at the bottom of the iffair.

Railway Accident.

m> ■ i Mklbouenk, Febrauy 20 A passenger train to-day from Mel' bourne to Sale was derailed at the Jefferson siding. The driver noticed the points half open and tried to stop the train, but was too late. The fire man and several passengers were in jured, but not seriously. Considerable damage was done to the rolling stock. The accident is a mystery, as the points were previously properly locked.

THE ASHBUBTOfr GUARDIAN: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1895.



Notices J STOCK-TAKIN.G SALE AT G. J. NEILL'S, y. DRAPERY, CLOTHING & BOOTS. White C*licn Is 9ido2 Turkey Red 6W Double-bed Twill Sheeting B|d Men's Tweed Suits 13s U Prints 3id Men's Tweed Trousers from 6s lid •White Muslin 3s;ilddoz Boys'Knicker Suits 3s lid BOOTS! BOOTS!! BOOTS!!! Women's Lace Show 4s UA • Men's Blachers 4s lid "Women's Leather L»c* Boots 6s lid Men'i Bilmoral Boots 6s lid Mtn's Nailed Shooters 7a lid KtERY ARTICLE REDUCED TO LESS THAN COST PRICE AT G. J. NEILI^S FRIEDL ANI) E RS» CORNER, EAST STREET. CASH. CASH. _______»' "~~Tb H N J^Tl¥o W. AE TI ST'S~MA T ERIALS. I have Received a in a position to Supply I ohers, Foreign Can/* s Salecb 3tock of Winsob the Artisti of Ashbur- Academy Boards, Oils, and Newton's Artist's ton with Oil Tubes, j Easels, Etc., Etc., at a Matbeials, and am now Brushes, Canvas Stret- j Very Cheap Rate. House Painting & Paperhansmg. I HAVE Especially hanging Dwellings dur- Very Best of Oils and Reduced the Prices ing the summer months. Lead used in the work. of Painting and Paper- N.B.—None but the A Large Stock of Papwrhangings, Window Glass, and Picture Frame Mouldings on the Premises J. WILSON, CORNER OF ARCADE AND BURNETT STREET, ASHBCRTON. BEATH'S Great Summer Sale. C\ COD Serviceable Dress Goods now 3jd per yari Strong double width Dress 7|J All Summer Dresses at half price Fast Color Prini snow 3JI Strong Heavy Galatea now 4|d Beautiful Washing Brocades now 6_? 1 Heavy Flannellettes now 2|d All Linen Tabling now Is 6|tl Heavy Sheeting (two yards wide) now 10^d GREAT SUMMER BALE- Men's New Pattern Tweed Suits now 17s lid Youths' New Pattern Tweed Suite now 13s lid Boys' New Pattern Knicker Suits now 4* lid Men's Stronr Working Shirts now Is lid Men's Blue Jumpers now 3s lid Men's Strong Mole Trousers now 5a lid Men's Heavy Knitted Socks now KWd BOOTS AND SHOES *AT~GREAT REDUCTIONS. BEATH'S TiTAT SALE, TANO RE 1) STREET. "^IJjT^^OTJt; NBW^PATraras^W^ The Letter Box will be cleared for the TWEEDS. despatch of correspondence from Aahburton to the undermentioned places an ollows i— ■NT'WW 7V \X \T$T\ Burnham and Pansandel, daily ... ... ..3,15pm PinTUlNfi FAfiTfiRY Chert«ey and Kakaia, Christ- ULU I/// /T W l/IC//l//l#. church and north, daily 6 30am 315 pm and Monday, Wednes. 63Opm REDUCTION IN PRICES day, and Friday ... 10 30 am Dromore and Selwyn, daily 630 pm FOR FIRST CLASS TAILORING. Eiffelton, Willowby, daily ... 1030 a m Lumore, Tuesday, Thaw- ..,..' day, and Saturday ...10 30 am J^BN'S SAjD D.B. OR S.B. TO Eight, Wftkanui, and River- MEASURE, tide, daily 6 30 am Kftc. Seavijw, Seafield, Kyle, and **«** , SurX/Saturday 630 am MEN'S TROUSERS TO MEASURE. Greenstreetj Winchmore, and M.9S Forks, Tue«day, Thurs day, Saturday ... fl 630 am YOUTHS' SUITS TO MEASURE, Wheatstone, V?aterton, Ash- m K« ton, Longbeach, and *««#»-> FleminctoD, daily ... 3 45 pm Mount Somera, Sprins?burn, BOYS' SUITS TO MEASURE, Bitfchside, Alford Forest, 35s Staveley, daily 4 pm £SS& «d yorari;dail y :; & £?£» MEN>S COVERT COATS TO MEASURE, Oamaru, Dunedin, Waimate, 9 US and south, daily ... 12 30 pm E%lin_r, Rangitata, daily .- 10 30 am 12 MEN'S WATERPROOF COATS TO 30 pm MEASURE, lerr.uka, Timaru, daily, 10 30 am 12 35s and Tuesday, Thursday, 30 pm mJ&*m!Swrnn*i ioiT« 12 youths' waterproof coats to daily .. 30pm MEASURE, And Tuesday, Thursday, OQ&S OD »od «dfcurday 315 pm ! Buapona,M«DdayandThur«. LADIES* WATERPROOF COAT TO day - 4 pm MEASURE, Mayfield, Monday, Tuesday, JJ^g (JD Thursday, andfnday ... 4 pm Letters containing «oything of value ZEALAND should be registered. *EW Letters owitaiaing coin or hawk notes if CLOTHITSG FACTORY, posted unregistered will be compahtorily registered, and charged double registration ALEX HENDRY, Manager. •*ee 77 OR SALW, a paddock containing 29 ;i ___________™__ ■- acres, 3 roods, 10 perches, a short FIRE ALARMS distance below the County Saleyards. —— All in English grasses. Apply to Aflertwi - one toll \ 6 T. BULLOCK. Hampitead four tolls VV Madam Balgoxbes P*l»nt hx vmJmm^mm^mmm^mmmmmm^—mmm p»nding Belt Corset (registered*, g*aea*ir ""i^TTr tat» "mAXnjpTTVQ ua v« teed whalebone throughout. Orders left DOLLAR CircA'naSTTftS, Jd— No --. v TT,_iit a HnrhftHßt- Anliharton.



w anted. 4lUA»feclt-:fllA.K If «W CftAli4A O (HAnPiomsHip WAJSTEL) J\nown—Tht» race tor the Championship of the Model Yacht Club will take place o» Satckday next, at 2 30 —By order. 2 164 I_| ELPMA.TE Division, Sons and *-■*- Daughters of Temperance, Monthly meeting To morrow (Thursday) night, 8 o'clock. Full attendance requested. Installation of Officers. 2 160 WANTKD Known — The Misses Ukquhart have started Drei»s« making, and having a thorough knowledge of the business, combined with moderate charges, hope io receive a share of ttie nublic patronage. Address: Tancred Street, next to &. W. Hall, Herbalist. | 2 161 HM. .TOMS* is offering his Largo • and Varied Stock of Stationery Account Hooks, Prize and School Books, Fancy Goods, Plated Glass and Chinaware, at lowest; prices for cash. Piano* and Cycles on Easy Terms. 2 158 ICE CREAM, Ice Cream. Cool your selves daring these hot times at H. A. Flower, Confectioneer, East Street. Ice supplied In large or small lots. /CHOICE New Season Fruit. Grapes, Peaches, Pines, Plums, Bananas, Apples, Apricots, and Tomatoes ; the best in town.— a dams, Saunden' Buildings. NEW Season's Teas, just to hand. Best value in Ashburton. Prises 1/6, 1/9, 2/-, and 2/4.—Cakson and Co. , 2 24 4VTAHTED Known-Holders of VV Present tickets can now get them changed.—H. 0. Sbgerb, Melford House. T ADIES' and Gentlemen's left-off LJ Clothes and all kinds of goods bought, sold, or exchanged. ~ Mrs Knight, opposite Templar Hall, near Post Office. 11 170 f7 ANDREWES & CO.—Sale now ■ on of Surplus Stock of Fancy Goods, Toys, Books, Stationery and Account Books, and all at> greatly reduced prices for cash, at L. F. Andrewes & Co. OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, vluslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Baker's Buildings. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optlca line at S. SiLEK's, Optician. HERBAL Beer, Herbal Baer. Six . gallons of splendid Herbal Beer for 7o*. Made with a bottle of Potter's Herbal Beer Extract, price 7d per bottle. Warranted purely herbal. Fletcher Bros.. Wholesale and Retail Agents, Cash Supply Stores, Ashburton and Christchurch. XTy ANTED Known—The Corner is YV showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Collier. BEAUTIFUL and useful Presents to all purchasers of 2s 6dand upwards. —H. C Sbsgerß, Meltcrd House. ROBERT ALCORN has opened in Baker's Buildings, next the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bennett's and the Kaiapoi S*les, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashburton, Also an assortment of Boots. WANTED KNOWN. — F, S. Jeffries, leading Confectioner and Fruiterer of Ashburton, East Street, next the Corner. Ice Cream?, Fresh Fruiis, Confectionery, Summer drinks of every description. Ice at reasonable rates. Ladies Room a specialty, 1*153 WANTED Known—All wool Delaines, Prints, and Crepons below whole sa 1 c rates.—Mitchell and Turner WANTKD Known — Mrs Hooper (monthly nurse) is open to accept engagements. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Boopee, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton 11*134 _____ 11TAJNTKDi — Fresh Eggs in any » quantity. Highest cash price given.—Fletcher Bros , Cash Supply stores, Ashburcn. 2 31 \l7 ANTED Known—A tremendous VV run on our Gloves, 4^d upwards. —Mitchell and Turner. T VSTANTED Known—That we are sell *» ins Mason's Patent Jam Jam, Pints 5s 6d per dozen, Quarts 6s, and half Oallon 8a 6d, to clear, Enamel and Brass Preserving Pans from 4s 6d upwards.— John Orb. and Co. 2 33 "PRESENTS. We are now eiving __L Presents to all purchasers of 2a 6d and upwards.—H. C. Segers, Melford House. WAN TED Known.- Having had such a successful season with Dresses, balance to clear it nominal prices.— Mitchell and Turner. BLANKETS bought at Edwards Bennet's Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s 9d. Ex«ra large and heavy 15s 6d and J. 63 6d.—Robert Alcorn, Baker's Buildings WANTED Known—That owing to the success of the Hale now being held up at Saur.ders' Buildings, opposite Rail way Station, ifc will be continued for another twenty-eight days. lam not advertising a few cheap lines, bub the whale (ff the stock. Don't lose the oppor tunity of saguring genuine bargains—4 Lawbie 166 BANG ! Bang i Baug 1 My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Club Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, leases and aU sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. HARitley's, jQtuq Emporium BOY'S and Girls Own Annual, British Workman and Workwoman, Infant's Magazine, The Prize, Child's Companion, Children's Friend, Little Dot, Family Friend, Band of Hope, Young England, and other New Books at Lowest Prices.— L. F. Andrewes and Co. 11 98 / CHRISTMAS Presents, Choice Orna \J ments, Zithers and Jew's Harps, Balis and Dolls for everybody from Id eachs Joi^tad Dolls for 6d, Sleeping Beauties Is. Chinese Conquerors 6d, . Russian Embassies J.s, Waling Men, '' Talking Dolls, Scotch Greys, and Ennis* c killen Dragoons all wonderfully cheap at Mrs A&gobn's Ladies.' Underclothing and % Fancy Bazaar, Havelock street. J WANTED Known -That if you are in *> want of a first class article in sum- Jj mer Bodta and Siioos, you cannot $0 n better than >call at J. Mo^jo^'s; you will v get the rerf best at reduced prices. As v for his owb roake, they are wejl known t# 9 the delight of the wearers, thr.oughout jbh,e c iustralasian cobotaa. Repairs weU dpne ° and at once- Premfor Boo|b |#aker, Town f< Hall Boot Store, Bwfc streat, Asfebiwrtofl. # ; : „„__ _ , jj NOTICE I Notice Sport for all n Guns let out on hire or sold on d time payments. Having a professional s( Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to ri repair Gjuo* of »ny description, Gun ti fittings in ettcKjk, JPrices Jow.—J, W. w



WANTED Known-Special line of (ients' Regatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2a 6d.~W. H. Collier. /~1 UNS ! Guns 1 Guns ! My new stock \JI of Gunsj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In- Bpection invited. No old stock to select! from at J. W. Hardlby's Sporting Repository 8- BALEE WATCHMAKER ft; MANUFACTURING JEWELLER. THE largest and finest stock in the District to select from. It is also the newest and cheapest. Watch and Jewellery repairs receive cireful and prompt atttention. Watches cleaned and guaranteed for twelve months ss. Sole Agent for Lazarus' patented system of sight testing and "Speoialite," sp ctacles. S SALEK EAST STREET.



Hoixoway's Pills.—Enfeebled Exist ence.—This medicine embraces every tri bute required in a gener&l and domostic remedy. It overturns the foundations of disease laid by defective food and iirpure air. In obstructions or congestions of the liver, lungs, bowls, or any other organs, these pills are especially serviceable and eminently successful. They shonld be kept in readiness in every family,, being a menicine of incomparable utility for young persons, especially those of feeble constitutions. They never cause pain or irritate the moat sensi tive nerves or most tender bowel*. Hollo way's Pills, are. the best known, purifiers of the blood, the frost active promoters of absorption and secretion, whereby all poison ous and most obnoxious particles are re. movtd from both loljdj *nd fluid",



For Indigestion, the beat remedy is an doubtedly Norton's Camomile Piixs. They ea& confidently be recommended m being mild in operation and absolutely free front injurious drug!* Acting at once •• a apian* did tonic and a gentle aperient. For nearly 100 yean they have proved unequalled fof Indigestion, Dyspepsia, sick Headache and for Liver and Stomach compla U. Hold in bottles Is lid, 2s 9d, and Us, by all Medi. sine Vendors throughout the wvfldf A imp)« ( ufa and certain mstoy.