CORRESPONDENCE.

tW« do not hold ourselves responsible for the Opinion! expressed by our correspondents*

SUNDOWNERS AND SWAGGERS

TO THE EDITOR. Bm,—The letter. published yesterday, signed as above—whoever wrote it—mis represents the action of Mr Hamilton and it i» only fair to him to state that ifc was not until he discovered that immediately after applying to him, the men made a similar appeal at another house and received the same help that he took the step he did, and seeing be had already provided for two men i oarlier in the day it was not much to be wondered at. The second two were fully pro vided for although the writer says nothing about it,—l am, etc., G. B. Inglis. The Manse, June 29, 1895. I

DRAINAGE IN WATERTON.

TO THE EDITOR.

Sib, —As a member of the Longbeach Roa rt Board would you kindly allow me a few lines of space to explain an uncalled-for attack on the Board by T. W. Jason. In the first place he says there ia » gross piece of injustice being forced on the residents of Waterton, 1 consider this remark is unjust to the present Board, as the work in question was done ten or twelve years ago. There fore the present Board is not to blame for the said work. Then the settlers in Waterton have expended £80 to biing water into the township, while he says the township has always been liable to flood. Therefore, I think, the expenditure of the £80 was cnwiee and not necessary, seeing the town ship is so liable to be flooded. Then your writer accuses the Board of cutting two large drains six feet wide to receive the drainage of a large area, and forcing the water into a drain six feat wide. This is not correct, as the drain in question is about twelve feet wide, and is brought to the point where the Board is accused of forcing the water into a two feet six inch ditch. This is also in correct, ai this ditch is six or seven feet wide. This ditch leads the water into its natural channel, and hai been protected with protective works to prevent overflowing a certain part of the township. The fact of the case ie that one of the residents of Waterton dug down the protective works erected by the Board, and so flooded the township, for which no doubt he will have to answer to the Board. Then, in following down the natural channel we find another aettler has erected a sod fence across it, thus forcing the water into the two feet six inch ditch, which your writer accuses the Board of. In conclusion, I would ask Mr T. W. Jason to confine himself to facts, acquaint himself with the particulars that he writes about, and on future occasions, when he has got any grievance, to communicate with th« Board without resorting to the public press. I have no doubt from my experience of the members they will do all in their power to give him and the settlers every assistance to'relieve them of the overflow of water.—l •m, etc., James Ckoy*

Hampstead School.

Presentation.

Some members of the Hampstead School Committee, together with the teachers and pupils, assembled at the schoolroom after the day's duties on Friday evening, to bid adieu to Miss Mary Shirtcliffe, who has held the position of infant mistress at Hamp atead for nearly nine years. Mr W. J. Crooks (chairman of the Com mittee), and Messrs Hendry and Lawrie were present, and Messrs Strange and Andrews sent apologies on account of un avoidable absence from home.

Mr Crooks said this was the second occasion within a ahort time on which he had had the pleasure to attend a gathering of this kind, where everyone connected with the school had met to exprass their good will towards a departing teacher, and wish her success and happiness in her new home. He had jnsb received a letter from Mr Mac Lean Dunn, expressive of his apprecia tion of Miss Shirtciiffe's many services to the district, of regret at her leaving, and wishing her success in the future. For himself and the Committee he coald say Miss Shirtcliffe had per formed her duty thoroughly, and proved a most successful teacher, and during the nine years she had been with them had in variably had good reports from the Board's inspectors. They had to regret the loss of a good teacher, but thit feeling was tempered by the knowledge that she was improving her pos tion and accepting a well earned promotion. On behalf of the Committee he wished her every success, and would con clude by asking her acceptance of a present from the pupils in token of their esteem and goodwill* Mr Crooks then presented Miss Shirtcliffe with a handsome leather dressing case, lined with blue velvet, and bearing a silver plate with the recipient's name. Mr Brock, the headmaster, thanked the donors for Miss Shirtcliffe. It was difficult to give expression to another person's senti ments, but he was sure she reciprocated their good feeling and regret at the sever ance, and he trusted she would be as happy m she had been here. For his own part, he appreciated the work she had done during his own time, which was only a fraction of what she must have done in the past. Mr Hendry also spoke in highly eulogistic terms of Miss Shirfcliffe's work, and with a general leave-taking and expression of good wishes, this pleasant re-union broke up* Miss Shirtcliffe was also the recipient of a handtome gold brooch from some of her fellow teachers and Mends*

The Dean Case

N Z Times

\ Kis difficult tor tho ordinary mind to imagine the possibility of the crime for which sentence of death was pro nounced at luvercargill the other day. But the records of crime shew that notwithstanding its peculiar atrocity this crime is by no means rare. Baby farming since the days of Margaret Waters, whose case gave a distinctive name to a practice as old as the state of society which gave it birth, has been a thing of evil very much under the vigilance of the police. But in spite of tho utmost vigilance baby farming leeds to murder. The world is honeycombed with vice, and out of vice comes babv-farminsr. and oufc of

baby-farming comes death, ueath, the wages of the sin of the indiscreet parents, is paid by their inconvenient offspring. The poor waifs are unwel come guests, they do not stay long*and their despatch to the new stage costs but little. Wo are speaking here generally ; as not knowing the circum stances of the particular case before the Court at Invercargill we do not wish to make any imputations of complicity. At the same time we must say that the conduct of all those who employed the woman Dean in the clandestine fashion which has been exposed is a proper subject for rigid enquiry. It is the extraordinary fea ture in all these stories of infanticide that persons have been found to do the murder for so little. But human nature supplies many instances *of the cheapness in which human life may be held. A poor decrepit old man, for example, was murdered a year or so ago in London for the sake of seven pence halfpenny, a sum of which the murderer knew the exact amount. It was proved, beyond the shadow of a doubfc, that he knew his victim had nothing else of any value about him, and that for those few wresched cop pers he deliberately planned and carried out the murder. It is difficult to imagine the possibility of murderous temptation lurking in sevenpence half penny, even for a starving man, or a dipsomaniac mad with more than the usual thirst of the morning after. But here was a case in which cupidity was tempted to murder without -the pressure of either natural hunger or unnatural thirst. The same story of the cheapness of human life is told by the frequency with which children have been made away with for the sake of the petty insurances effected on their lives. There is nothing new, therefore, in the fact that the murder of which the woman Dean has been convicted was not particularly profit able to the culprit. The-novelty con sists in the fact that a small sum has j been proved to be effective at this end of the world as a temptation to mur der. The novelty is decidedly very unpleasant. The Dean case is the

third of the kind during the last two years, the first two having been sup plied by two other colonies. In Kew if'outh "Wales the Making ; in Victoria Mrs Knorr; in New Zealand Mrs Dean ; they havb all worked together to prove the universality of the in fanticide which grows out of baby farming. In the Makin case, the guilty woman was not executed, and the husband, who was probably inno cent, and certainly less guilty than the wife, was hanged. In Victoria the sen tence of death was carried out on the guilty person ; in New Zealand the convict lies under sentence without at present a single redeeming point in a peculiarly revolting case. Certain evidence, we observe, of another mur der was admitted by the Judge, in ac cordance with the decision of the Privy Council in the Makin case. Tnat decision, we may remark in passing, proves the fallacy of a certain famous iudgment of the Appeal Court of New Zealand, by which a murder conviction was quashed for the admis sion of evidence referring to another case. The Court of Appeal then only had the principles of law to guide them. Now they have these principles plua the ruling of the Privy Council. In future they will probably be better lawyers in the concrete than they were then in the abstract. In this case there is not the remotest doubt as to the facts. The wretched woman's movements have been traced from the negotiations for the adoption of the child to the day of its death, and the finding of its body in her garden. When Margaret Waters was executed in 1870, it was known that she had during the previous four years adopted forty children, of whom many had died. In each case she got a premium of a few pounds. Before that it will be remembered that there had been a great deal of suspicion in the public mind through the deaths of children farmed out, or given up to people advertising to adopt them with a premium. There is a parallel in the New Zealand case, for there has been ! a good deal of suspicion, aud if there ! was no agitation as in London before j the conviction of Waters, it is because the police took up the matter. The Chief of the Police in fact declared in | one of his annual reports his conviction that there was grave reason for sus picion, and suggested an Infant Pro tection Act; and his suggestion was accepted, and now the conviction of the woman Dean has justified the sus picions. How much reason there may be for more suspicion we cannot of course say. The area of suspicion has no doubt been restricted by the com pulsory registry of the boarding out establishments and by the formalities of the adoption system. But the Dean establishment was not registered, and ! adoptions were undertaken without any formalities at all. There is this curious feature in tne case, viz., that not a soul in the Dean household knew anything of the murderous trade that was going on. That is exceptional. Nevertheless, the question forces itself of how many more Deans may there be in the country. The conviction of the other day will no doubt strike terror. But the usual cause of such crimes—the desire to get children out lof the way—is still with us. In addi tion to the continued vigilance of the police, we may require further legis lative protection for the inconvenient, the helplets, and £he unprotected. As to the parents of the children mur dered, tjiey stand in a not enviable ppsltiqn. At the bes,t they are gu^ty of the gross carelessness of giving their children to a stranger of whpm they knew nothing. At the worst, how could they imagine it possible that a j

I ten pound note could honestly relieve I them of encumbrance. The legal re sponsibilities before the criminal law of parents in such cases ought to be reviewed. If the surrender of a child is made evidence prima facie of com plicity in any crime that may be com mitted on that child, a new terror would be added to baby-farming. The certainty of having to stand in the I dock with the baby-farmer, with a strong probability of sharing in the punishment, would do much to kill, what remains of the pursuit of baby farming outside the registered area. You cannot appeal to the morality of the immoral, but you can give them the fear of the Loid, which is the be ginning of wisdom.

THE ASIiBUETOti tHJARtHAtt! SATURDAf, JUNE 29, 1895.



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The Feilding Star reports that at the Police Court there Adeline Robinson was charged with palmistry. Some witnesses deposed that they went to a ' show ' on /riday evening, and were given to under stand they could have their palms read by a lady. No charge was made, but they were told they could give what they liked, or need not pay if they did not choose Accused was fined £1, or in default seven days' imprisonment. She pleaded she had no money, and the amount was raised by those present in the Court. For the past quarter of a century there ha een one continuous flcv of letters bearing testimony to the truly wonderful cures effeted by Clarke's World-famed Blood Mixture, the finest Blood Purifier that science and medical skill have brought to Hgbt Sufferers from Scrofula, Scurvey, Rad Legs, Skin and Blood Diseases Pimples and sores of any kind are solicited m give it a trial to test its value. Sold everwhere at2s 9d per bottle. Beware of worthless nutations and substitutes. (6



Boys' Good Strong Braces 6d, Men's Is Boys' Best Oilskin Coats 7s 6d, Men's from 6s Boys' Kaiapoi Suits from 7s 6d, Men's from 21s Boys' and Youths' Kaiapoi Tweed Overcoats 24s—for 12s 6d Men's Kaiapoi Tweed Overeats 35s —for 17s 6d Men's Kaiapoi Tweed Overcoats 50s —for 27s 6d NO RUBBISH, ALL GOOD COLONIAL MANUFACTURES. A lot of girls' and ladies' Elastic Boots from 2s 6d per pair. Small Boys' Heavy School Boots 6s 6d —Reduced to 3s 6d. GREAT REDUCTIONS IN" DRESS GOODS. Great Reductions in Blankets, from 7s 6d per pair Great Reductions in Sheeting, double width, from 9Ad per yard Great Reductions in Cretonnes, from 4^d per yard Great Reductions in Art Muslins, from 4Jd per yard Great Reductions in Flannelettes, from 2s lid per dozen Great Reductions in White H.C Quilts, from 3s* 9d each Forfar Bd—Beduced to 3d Dowlas Is—Reduced to 6d Hollands 9d, lOd, lid—-Reduced to6d Child's, Ladies', and Men's Gloves, All Reduced. BARGAINS IN LAMPS BARGAINS IN CROCKERY; BARGAINS IN IRONMONGERY



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SEAFIELD SCHOOLROOM. ASOCIAL AND DANCE will be held in the above Schoolroom on FRIDAY, JULYS, 1895, in aid of the Library Fund. Refreshments provided J. A, BRUCE, 6J58 Hon. Sec. Bankruptcy Notice?. FINAL NOTICE



Estates of Hugo and Rudolph Friedlander TV" OTf C E is hereby given that all -*-" amounts owing to the above Kstat9s not paid on or before July 4 next, WILL BE SUED FOR without further notice. JOHN DaVISON, Deputy Official Assignee. Ashburton, June 25, 1895. 6 194



ACCOUNTANT AND COMMISSION AGENT, BULLOCK'S ARCADE, ASHBURTON. OATS. OATS. XHAVE for Sale a line of First Class SEED OATS. Pries on application. LAND FOR CROPPING, WAK.ANUI About: Ofif) ACRES LAND in good heart V-JVJ for a crop of wheat or oats. JOHN G. EESTELL. 6 217



Mr D. Thomas. TINWALD SALEYARDS TUESDAY, JijLY 2, 1895. MR DAVID THOMAS has received instructions from a Client, to Sell by Auction at the above date and fixture, viz— OAA Four-tooth CROSSBRED O\J\J WETHERS A^AA\ Two a«d Four - tooth <±.-±\J WETHERS Also Ogy Forward Turnip SHEEP, and I QQ Fat MERINO WETHERS DAVID THOMAS, 6 197 Auctioneer.



E. W. HAMMER. r AM A CASH BUYER OF GOOD HEAVY Oaten Sheaf Chaff AT. CURRENT RATES- Sacks supplied by me. I have several lots of TURNIPS to sell. I am appointed AGENT for ItOJBSOM'S AWKMEI-MIWIMC, a splendid Drench for Scour in Lambs or Sheep. This Drench is largely used in North Island, and has given the greatest satisfaction to, the largest flockowners,. One Gallon is sufficient to dose Eighty Sheep or One Hundred and Sixty Lambs. E. W. HANMER. West Street; April 17, 1895.



Fnedlander and Co. PRELIMINARY ADVERTISEMENT. IN BANKRUPTCY. FARMS AND SUBURBAN PROPERTIES. [Uf ESSES FRIKDLANDER AND CO , U-M. instructed by the Deputy Officia] Assignee, wjll sell at the ORAJSfGE HALL, ASHBUKTON ON SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1895. AgQ ACRE FARM AT DORIE, SjQp AOR*] FARM AT DORIE Now in the occupation of of Mr George Harrison 9 (\(\ ACRE FARM AT WESTER 4UU FIELD Now in the occupa tion of Mr C. C. Ross 8 ACRES of suburban land on the North East Town Belt, Ashburfcon Full particulars in Tuesday's " Mail." RUDOLPH FRIEDLANDER, 6 215 Auctioneer. ; TINWALD RACING CLUB. OWING to the illness of the Chair man, the annual meeting of tl^e Above Club is POSTPONED until I TUESDAY, July % ! A. A. FOOKS, 6 226 Secretary, Stocktaking Saie-Mra alcokh will give large reductions of Millinery, Jackets and Mantles, Children's Pilisses, Dress Material, Glassware and Fancy ' Goods, for one month previous to stock taking, — Next Courthouse, Havelock



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WE have alao landed a largo stock of AMERICAN LAMP GLASSES For ALL MAKES OF LAMPS, which we are sure will be welcome news to burners of kerosene, as they are much less liable to break with the heat than the common English and German glasses usually sold here, are neater and better finished, and will only cost you about the same price as youjwould pay for a very inferior article John Orr & Co.



G REAT SALE COMMENCES AT "TIE COKNEB," SIIIRDAI, JUNE 20, 1895. \\f T-T JOLLIER beincr at the present timo in London purchasinsr a • .- ' large uttck and the present stock being very hiavy, a BIG bALK will be held to red use the «>»me. A few lines are quoted 10 give some idea of the valne which will WITHOUT IXOKPTION be offered at p» ices to surpass any thing hitherto >hown in Ashbu- ton. The below men ioned g<M ds hay« b*en brught at a large discount and will be offered accordingly. Intending purchaser* will kiu.ily note that we have,fully anticipated a great demand for the lines emuroeratcd below—



Colonial Flannel, (all colors) B£d, usually Is Black Cashmere Hose, Is, usually Is 6d Dress stuff ifrbm9d, usually Is 3d Heavy Tweed, Is, usually Is 6d White and Grey Calico from Is lid, usually 3s 6d Boys' Overcoats 13 to 2, 8s 6d, usually 15a Boys' Serge Caps, 6d, usually Is Glrlb' Elastic Side Boots, 2s 6d usually 6s



1 Black Canhmere Gloves, 6d usually Is Tan K'd Gloves (jusr opened), 2s 6d usually 3s 61 Black Velveteen, Is, usually Is 6d Coir Mats, (large size), 3s 6d, usoally 7s 6d Twilled Cretonnes, 4jd, usually 7±d Boys' Twet-d Knickera, la, usually 7s 6d Boys' Knicker Suits, 4s lid, usually 8i 6d Men's Nailed Shooters, »v 6d, maually 12s 6d



Ladles 1 Felt; Hats, from 3d Good Ulsters and Waterproofs, from 4s lid Ladies' Warm Slippers, Is 6d Evening Shoes, from 2s 6d. i .'■... . BLANKETS and all Woollen Goods will be cleared at greatly reduced prices. The above at» only a few of the PLUM LINKS we are offering, a visit will con vince that our prices and quality are unsurpassed. W, H. COLLIER, THE "CORWDR." UP TO DATE SALE. ANDREW ORR WILL COMMENCE A



GREAT CLEARING SALE OF DRAPERY, CLOTHING & BOOTS. COMMENCING FRIDAY, JUNE 21. THE GREATEST BARGAINS EVER OFFERED IN THE HISTORY OF ASHBURTON WILL BE GIVEN. A LARGE LOT OF BOOTS SLIGHTLY SOILED WILL BE SOLI) AT LESS THAN HALF PlilCE. Reductions! Beductions !! TO MEET THE TIMES. COAL Westport Coalbrookdale COAL COAL Westport Cardiff COAL COAL Black Ball COaL COAL * Newcastle COAL COAL Malvern COAL COAL Mt. Somers COAL o cwt coal for 5s W. H. COLLINS .& CO. TIMBER AND GOAL MERCHANTS, IRONMONGERS AND PAINTERS. SHEABMAN BROS-, GROOERS AND IRONMONGERS. GUNS, CARTRIDGES, POWDER, SHOT, and all other Shooting requisites »fc exceedingly low prices. Intending purchasers should inspect our Stock of GUNS before buying elsewhere. We have just landed a consignment of that well-known " LISHT OF THE AGE KEROSENE, 150° test, absolutely safe, which we are offering at Christchurch prices. CHEAPEST HOUSE IN ASHBURTON FOR GROCERIES, 1 CROCKERY AND BRiJSHWARE. INSPECTION INVITED. AGENTS for the TIGER BLENDED TEAS. Goods delivered daily. Orders by Post despatched with punctuality. SHEAEMAJN BROS., MARKET HOUSE-



. BICYCLES. W. H. LANDELLS & SON, BURNETT STREET. (Late Landella and Preston) A BIG REDUCTION IN CYCLES FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. £23 HUMBERS FOR £19 10s £19 10a PREMIERS FOR £17 10b 2in and If in Dunlop Tyres 94 Pattern PRACTICAL ENGINEERS, HORSE SHOEING & GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, COACHBUILDERS, Etc. Windmills, Sewing Machines, Gam, Safes, Locks, and all classes of email work doot,



ASHBURTON BRICK, TILE, & POTTERY YARD J. CEUM~& SON, MANUFACTURERS. HAVING Purchased from Messrs Friedlander Bros., the whole of their Stock, Plant, and Brick Yard, known as Kolmar. We are manufacturing Building Bricks, pressed; plain and ornamental Drain Pipes field or agricultural Pipes, Chimney Pots, Flower Pots, Tiles, Garden Borders, &c. Prices on Application. JS.B.'-Qn and after JUNE 1, the pr'ce of Bricks will be 55s per thousand. A GOOD DISCOUNT ALLOWED FOR CASH. 233 TRESPASS NOTICE. A WY person trespassing on the Rivers. <**■ dale Estate, Tinwald, after this date in pursuit of same or otherwise. WILL BE PROSECUTED. J. R, WILLIAMS, 83 Mawgtr, i