Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1896. SOUTH AFRICA.

The history of European settlement m Africa, apart from ' the travels and discoveries of Speke, Livingstone, Stanley and others is both interesting and instructive. As the civilised nations have forced thfijr way from the coast on the north and the south, on ] the east and even on the west, ever pressing inland, the same incidents of repeated history have marked their progress. One by one the barbaric potentates have been subdued, and for a time have ljved on terms of amity with the invaders. Then haye come mas sacres, rebellions, more ware and further acquisitions of territory by the whites. A few years of peace, and then the same thing over again, down to the present time. It is not, how ever, our intention m this article to deal with the history of the European golonies m Africa, but <o. point out that so far as Great Britain is con cerned, her method of dealing with the aborigines of the countries she colonizes is chiefly responsible for the number ess small wars she is continually being

drawn into. She has invariably com mitted the mistake of underestimating the courage and resources of her black brown or red neighbors, and when forced into collision with them, her, movements are dilatory and fitful, and her military expeditions are never made upon: a scale commensurate with the occasion. In the hißtory of the north of Africa, we need look no further back than the time when the heroic, Gordon was shut up iv Khartoum. No bodj now denies that had a sufficient force been sent to his relief, one of the most brilliant soldiers Britain had produced might now have been alive to serve her. In the south, within only the last few years, thousands of valu able lives have been sacrificed from the same cause, while. British prestige has been severely shaken by more than one disastrous reverse. It might have been supposed that the startling con trast between the results of the dilatory and half-hearted way m which tho British have generally conducted their campaigns, and the prompt and energetic methods of the Germans, would have taught our authorities a useful lesson. But the characteristic supineness of the English authorities has been just as much m evidence m all the little wars m South Africa as it was m the larger ones m the northern hemisphere m the time of the Georges. There have been a few exceptions, it is true, but these have merely served. to illustrate the startling advantages secured by the adoption of the opposite policy. The Abyssinian campaign m 1868, and the Egyptian war m 1882, are such exceptions. In both, the British with adequate forces, and by prompt measures, completely crushed the enemy and closed the wars quickly with a minimum of loss m men, if not m money. But this Matabele trouble promises to be like the rest of those little wars which have done so much to damage our prestige with savage nations. It has now lasted a good while, and so far from being-practi cally at an end, as a telegram stated recently, it seems more likely to emulate Tennyson's brook, and to go on tor ever. For a temporary cessation of hostilities is not an end of the war. The experience our soldiers should have gained by this time ought surely to convince them of that. The African savage is an adept m utilising * the principle of the old adage "he that fights and runs away lives to fight another day." That other day with him is just when the whites are resting m the blissful belief that the blacks are convinced of the impossibility of making headway against them, and are m a state of unprepared ness. So that unless some effective demonstra tion is made by the British, things will go on as they have been going until we have taught the Africans what weapons to use, and how to use them, and have given them time and oppor tunity to obtain them. Then some fine day, instead of having to suppress a rebellion of a few isolated tribes, we shall be called upon to meet a continent m arms. With regard to the immediate cause of the Matabele war there is some diversity of opinion. The pro bability, however, is that the rising was the result of the preaching of a crusade against the whites by a prophet called Maklimo, who professes to be a god. The country had been suffering from a bad harvest, a plague of locusts, and the rinderpest, and Maklimo told the Matabeles that if the whites were driven out of the country the plagues and all other troubles would cease. Unfortunately, after the massacre of some of the whites, rain fell, and a strong south wind blew most of the locusts away ', and the savages are now more than ever inclined to believe m the prophecies of Maklimo. It is scarcely worth while, however, to speculate on the causes which led to the uprising of the MataKeles. The fact that they have 12,000 fighting men within the boundaries of about two hundred square miles, mostly armed with fire-arms as well as their native weapons, is too serious a matter to admit of procrastination or any half measures being adopted. To our mind the suprineness of the military autho rities, m view of the momentous issues involved, is as unaccountable as it is inexcusable. If the British empire had hot the power to put down this rising promptly and effectually, and if the issues connected with each success or failure concerned only one tribe of ft million or so of aborigines, we could perhaps understand the policy that is being pursued m this Matabele business. But the case is widely different. We have already to suffer from the loss of prestige resulting from more than one disastrous reverse m that part of the world. And we are threatened with further trouble from the Boers who sullenly defy us from the other side of the Vaal ; while the barbarian hordes m the recesses of tropical Africa may at any time combine to hurl themselves against the civilisation of the south. To rest m complete reliance on the belief that the science of the ciyilised would always enable them to triumph over the numbers of the uncivilised, would be to live m a fool's paradise. The history of the past has some eventful pages that have been turned down, which would undoubtedly show the folly of such a belief. 'I he lost nations of America, comparatively civilised, were displaced by barbarians. It is left to imagination to suggest the manner of their extinction. But be that as it may, the conquest of Rome and the annihilation of European civilisation by the savage Huus, is certainly a case m poinC to show that m a struggle between civilisation and barbarism the latter sometimes wins. In view, there fore, of the* possibilities indicated by theseillustrations, and of the prospects of trouble arising m $Tor£h and South 1 Africa from a variety of cause's, it seems to us that the time has come when Great Britain should make a military demonstration m South Africa that would overawe' all opposition, present and prospective. An army of 100,000 trained soldiers from India could, be promptly landed on the coast within easy reach of the disturbed districts. Saeh a display of force would probably end the Matabele war without the British having to fire another shot. But more important advantages would' result. Turbuienfc chiefs of the Lobengula . type^ would not venture to provoke punishment: when even a temporary success was shown to be impossible. Then again we need have no further fear pf trouble

from the Boers, or from any contin gency of foreign interference. With Roch an overwhelming force, within measurable distance* of his capital — the Boer, who now encouraged by Germany, turns a deaf ear to all sug gestions of reform emanating from England — -would probably be inclined to listen to reason. Nor could any satisfactory objection be raised by the European Powers to the action of Great Britain m taking such effectual steps to protect her colonial posses sions. The expense of such an under taking would doubtless be h eavy, but it would save much expenditure m the future, and the Empire could well afford the outlay.

A discovery of great interest and importance has been made m Egypt. In a recent lecture an Professor Pet ri c ancient TABLET, stated that one of the inscriptions found m a tomb of the Twelfth Dynasty m Thebes contained the first record yet discovered of contact between Egypt and the people of Israel. Marenptah, he said, had left a long inscription on the back of a great granite tablet. This recorded mainly his . deliverance of Egypt from the Libyans. Towards the close were recited the various places taken m the Syrian war, and among these — m Northern Palestine apparently — he spoiled " the people of Israel." This is the first time that any mention of the Israelites m any form has been found on Egyptian monuments. Here we have the fact that Merenptah fought the people of Israel, apparently m Palestine, at about 1200 be, This enormous tablet, for its size, the length of its inscriptions, its completeness, and the unique importance of it to Biblical history, is one of the most notable monuments ever found. It will shortly be placed m the museum at Cairo.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A very successful sale of dogs was held by the Wellington Corporation Inspector last' we* k at the Destructor Yard. A large number of animals, some of them very valuable, were, dipaosed of. The annual meeting of the Allenton Lawn Tennis Club is announced for Tuesday evening, to be held at the residence nf Mr Tresize, Tanored Street. All the members and intending members are requested to attend. The jury who tried the Kirby case were locktd up each night of the trial, bat on Wednesday afternoon, as the Court, had to adjourn at four o'clock owing to the non arrival of an important witness, the Sheriff, at the Chief Justice's sugges tion, took the weary jurors for an hour's drive . . The Cromwell Argus : — ' At a meeting of (shareholders m the Ophir Reef Com pany, which took place one day last week, it was almost unanimously resolved — 'That the mine be abandonod, and that the balance m hand, £17 odd, be devoted to the purchase of tickets m Tattersall's sweep on the next Melbourne Cup. 1

, Now that ex-D?tective Kirby has been convicted, says the Danedin £ for, It is interesting to know how the reward of £250 which was offered by the Government for his- capture will be distributed. Commissioner Hume has recommended that £200 should be apportioned amorg the police at Sydney who affected the capture, and £50 awarded to a neighbour of Basket who gave the information to the police authorities at Wellington con cerning the fugitive's movements. The accident which occurred m a gravel pit at Okaiawa, Taranaki, by which a man named Clement was killed outright, and a lad named Doyle was injured so badly, that he has since succumbed, was » singu lar one. A charge had been exploded to bring down a fall, but the bank only cracked. Clement, who was working on the face of the bank, sent a boy away for a ladder, so that he might work higher up, and while the lad was away, the boy Doyle, aged thirteen, who was looking for cowp, came along and went into the pit to have a look. Then the fall occurred, burying Clement beneath tons of stone and inflict ing terrible Injuries. Doyle, who was standing some distance away, was also crushed by the falling mass, his head and shoulders only being visible. A meeting of the Clutha Licensing Committee was held on Friday, but only three members and Mr Hawkins, S.M., were present. In view of the recent decision of Mr Justice Williams applica tion was made for three wholesale licenses, but the Chairman ruled that as there was no quorum nothing could be done. The question of the alteration of the boundaries of the electorate was mentioned by the Mayor of Tapanul, who suggested a joint protest from the members of the Committee. He asked if the new Clutha was the same electorate as the old. If It was, the new district added was subject to the effects of a vote which the people had no hand m bringing about. If it was a new district* the complications were even more serious. After some conversation with the Chairman aa to the issues at the ' local option poll, the members dispersed without taking any action. It appears, says the Otygo Daily Times, from some remarks made by the chairman at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Refrigerating Company;, recently, that the term 'Canterbury' used m London to denote first-class New Zealand mucton has become a generic ' term, and is employed quite independent of the local or territorial origin of the article. Stilton cheese is Sciltou whether made m England or New Zealand, and we have already m this colony factories where are made Gruyere and, if we are not mistaken, Gorgon sola cheeses. The name is used to designate the nature or quality of the article. But our Canterbury neighbours have reason, nevertheless, for satisfaction with the compliment which is paid to their province by associating its name with the besb quality. It is an indication of the clearest kind that the product from there was the first to attain premier rank.

Atlnvercargill on Friday Isaac Lawrence Petrie, life insurance agent, was com mitted for trial on a charge of having on the3or.h of Jannaty stolen a cheque for £14 odd under peculiar circumstances. ]> is alleged that he called on Mr W. H. Mathieson, a policy holder, for his premium, and that the latter wrote out a cheque for the amount. Cfuet then he was called away to attend a customer^ leaving Petrle m his 6sce. On his returning m about half an hdur Petrie said no one had called In his absence. Mathieaon forgot that he had written the cheaue and left it still attached to the block 'in the book, and remarking to Petrie that he had better give bitn a cheque, proceeded to write another, the aocqsed makjng np : comment, and gave it to him. It was not till three months later that he 'no: iced m his Bank book two cheques for the same amount, and both m favour of the Colonial Mutual The inference is that Petrie tore the 6r>t cheque, the block of whioh was not Q.led, from the book m "Matriieson's absence and appropriated it to his own use. It being < caihed three weeks later, by whom it is hot known, Petrie Is the owner of some, properfcyi * ■ ~ )

The Ancfcand City kngineei's estimate for a new park m Freeman's Bay harbour reclamation! is £34,000, apart from the purchase money to the Harbour Board and private parties for allotments. The' Committee of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association passed the following resolution on Friday: — lhat this Association places on record its appreciation of the services of the late Mr P. Cunningham to the Association, and that a letter of condolence be sent to Mrs Cunningham and family. At Dunedio on Friday a meeting of membeis of the Trinity Wesleyan Church Quarter Board unanimously resolved:— That this meeting approves of che Wes leyan Methodist Church Property Bill now before Parliament.' The Secretary was instructed to forward the resolution to the President of the Conference. At the Ohristohuroh Police Court on Friday a young man was sent to prison for forty-eight hours, without the option of a fine, for disorderly conduct, by way of hooting and yelling, m the pit of the theatre. Mr' Beetham, S.M., Intimated that it was his intention to deal firmly with offences of this nature. This is one for whistlers and yellera. : _ A story was told m the Vlotorian Assembly a week or two ago about • Murray district stook inspector, whose ignorance of sheep was simply fabulous* and who on one pccasicn actually stepped a m V° of sheep because they had earmarks, which he gravely Imagined to be Indica tions of disease, until the owner, who wm . a bit of a wag m his way, assured him the sheep were of ,a new breed and were bom like that! ; . At a lottery agent's. -« Can you let me h . a 7 »cketNoss?' 'Why doyou want that number m preference to any other ?' My uncle appeared to me m a dreanv with the figure 5 on ;eaoh of his cheeks. 1 The agent after running his eye over all the tickets he had left, said—* Had he his mouth open at the time '• Yes wide A P !fl i A VJ h °' eiß the very thing;' And he handed, his customer a ticket with the number 505. "Do you know what is hop beer ?'» was put to Constable Ohrfetiey pf Balolutha, m the Dunedin Supreme Court, In the case m which the convictlotf of a boarding house keeper for sly groa selliog at Balclutha was beiDt? appealed against. The answer which Mr Haggitb received to the question was not what he expected, but it was significant as showing how prohibition prohibits m the Olutha district. "If you go to a house," said the constable, •» and ask for hop beer you get beer." Subsequently Mr Justice Williams seriously asked, "Do people ever really drink hop beer?" "Very seldom," repliad Constable Christie, and Mr Haggitt remarked that it was nob drunk by the Clutha people. ; The following from a Sydney exchange is indicative of outside opinion on New Zealand finance : — Premier Seddon estimates the Maorilatid surptas for next year at £31,835.. As this isn't nearly enough to keep the Public Works Depart, ment going—it i wants about £800,000 a year— there musb be more taxation or else a loan. And as Seddon hasn't the pluck to face the taxation there is going to be a loan. What is wanted ia a separate tax, estimated to produce £600,0C0 a year, which shall be paid into a separate public works fund so that ife can't be Hsed for ordinary expenditure purposes. Tfo Works Department shouldn't be dependent either on the precarious burplns or on the miserable borrowing expedient.

An enthusiastic general meeting of the Rakaia On ket Olub was held m the Library. on Wednesday^A'ugust 12. The report, and balance-sheet were adapted. The secretary reported that the Club had played seven matches during the" past season, winning four and losing three. The following officers were elected :— Patron— Mr D. G. Holmes ; President Mr W. ; M. Lyttleton ; Vice-Presidents— Messrs J. 0. Wason, j. "McLachlan, M.H.R.. 0. A. 0. Hardy, Dr Cordnor, W. L. 411 en, A. D. Mollraith, J. Thomp son, P. Miller ; Captain— F. A McDonald ; Vice-Oaptain— o Murray Jackson ; Hon. Treasurer— G. S. Hardy ; Hon. Secretary —J. <»'Neill} Committee— R. D. Petrie, J. A. Bruce, E. B Wright, S. J. Gair, 0. Hobbs, T. Fabling, J. R. Sharp; Selection Commit' ee—G. Hardy, F, A. McDonald, JR. D. Petrie : Custodian— G. Hardy. Commenting on the Advances to Settlers Act, the Melbourne Argus mya : —'The New Zealand Government has placed itself m the position of the mash room institutions ot the Victorian boom. They took money freely, and having to pay heavy interest upon it they were compelled to rush it out. There was an eager demand for securities, and inflation followed as naturally as daylight accom panies the sun. So m New Zealand, where the Commissioners found that In the first instance they could only place out a third of the borrowed money on tirst-class securities, and that time would be required to prudently invest the balance, the Government, m order to earn the interest which they were paying, directed m effect that second-olass securities should be, taken, and possibly third-class will come into favour later on. Whui the pressure is to put money oufc, values are necessarily forced up. Thus the curse of over-borrowing is inflation, while the danger of large local operations is chat they unduly affect a circumscribed money market/ Holloway'B Kllß—The Great Need,— The blood is the life, and on its purity our exia* tenoe depends.,. These Pills thoroughly cleanse the vital flaid'from all contaminations, and by that means strengthen and invigorate the whole system, healthily stimulant alrggish organß, repress over-e*oited aotioni " and establish the oironUtion and Beore tioris. throughout every, part *of the body. The balsamic nature of Holloway's Hills exercises marvellous power in' giving toe tno debilitated sn'd nervous constitutions. Theae Pills remove all obstructions, bo hin the bowels and elsewhere) and ' are on that account much sought for promoting regular. i y of action m young v females, and- delicate persons who are naturally weak, or have from gqme gauge become bq.

The Ambulance Letter.

The litter ordered by the Ambulance Society came to hand on, Frida y; arid ii is a matter of congratulation, not only to the Soolety, but also to the town, that such means of carrying an injured person is now easily available. The litter n&f be divided into two parts —the carriage and the stretcher. The former mounted on two/wheels, and resting on: springs similar to those of an ordinary carriage is a credib to the maker, as the wheels are strong and light, and the springs reduce jarring vibration to a minimum. Superimposed upon the carriage is the movable stretoher of which the feet fit into sockets, over the ends of the springs^ and which is covered frcia end to end *y &n ardhed' hood* to k;ep off both rain and sun. Being detach^ able, the stretoher la most convenient for lifting an injured person from the ground to the carriage and thence to the bedside ; while lbs handles, being telescopic can be DUbhed m to allow of a firm grasp of the iron handles of the carriage, which handles, by the simple manipulation of : a looking spring, are quicjiy transformed Inro four ground rests for the whole litter. In cases of an accident m. the town, tire oarriage provides a means of conveying a a person to his home or to the hospital m a safe and more comfortable manner than m generally obtamea by a cab' Br soar rlp'rai cart. " ~" - »

THE ABHBUBTON GUARDIAN : MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1896.



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Business . Notices . THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN GANTEEBURY. G. J. NEILL DKAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS. ! |"^ORSETS 2^ 6d, CORSETS 2s 91, Few Dress Gooes Reduced 50 per cent New Velveteens Reduced, All Wool Flannel (Colonial) 9£d Flannelettes 3s 66 doz . Silesia 3s 3d doz Blankets aboat half-price Double^bed White Twill Sheeting 9fcd Double-bed Unbleached Twill Shoeing,.. 9Jd Large White and Brown Towel?, reduced from Is 6d to Is CLOTHING. Men 4 s All Wool Tweed Salts 2K Men's Tweed Trousers 5s lid Men's Overcoats, Macintoshes, Oilskin Cjats, and Leggina, reduced 60 per oetlt ' JBoys' and Youths' Suits half-price. Men's Caps, Boys' Caps, Braoes and Shirts, . at Ridiculous Prices Men's Woollen Socks, 7_d paip BOOTS. BOOTS. We Defy Competition. . Every pair Guaranteed to wear : Every Pair Made to Our Order Men's Nailed Shooters 7a lid Men's LighfShooters"B3 6d . ..Men's .Watertight Bluchers, pegged, 7s lid Women's Strong Leather Shoes 43 lid A Large Assortment :qf Ladles' Best French Glace Kid Boots and Gloves ';' to choose from. . v fiU..J,; WBIJLIj, Friedlander's Corner, East Street. Garden Tools. \ -.■.-- L\WN MOWERS, SPADES, SHOVELS, FORKS, DUTCH AND DRAW HOES, TROWELS, HEDGE SHftARS, PRUNING KNIVES, GORSE KNIVES, ' By Best Makers at Lowest Prices, AT Jo|© Orr & Co. ? s ' ASHBUETON. GET YOUR Seed Potatoes, Seed Potatoes. FROM FLETCHER BEOS. A CHANGE of Seed Always Pays, as a Better and Heavier Crop is pro- duced. Our Potatoes are all specially raised for seed purposes from selected stocks m the very best potato producing districts. We would advise orders to be sent to us as early as possible, m order that they may be filled from jar own stocks, which occasionally become exhausted .before. the end of the season. ' BEAUTY OF HEBBON,' This variety is Verjf Early, coming to the table before either Early Rose or Vshls-if Kiflney,and is far .superior both m quality and productiveness. '■■ QUEEN- -OF' THE VALLEY.' ',/ ;. vr y h^Hvy cropper md early potato. The tubers are handsome and soiid (capital vtntMy for boiling as whit* as milk as dry as flour, •■xnd is a.\>o a fine keeper. ..''■.; thr beuce; Tiiis P.itaro, t.hr pntat<i of the fu ure, is remarkable for its productiveness and its resistance of droughts and frosts, r hey have yielded at the rate of 17 tons per acre, having very few small, and is a first-cltss eating potato. ASHLEAF, MYATT'S EARLY PROLIFIC.' An excellent and well-known variety ; valuable for sheltered borders and very early use. NEW POTATO— <BICHAItf) SEDDON/ This fine new Potato, selected from a number of eeedings four years ago, iaaß been sent out to us from England by the raiser with a very high report of its qualities. Its habit of growth is dwarf, and rather compact, the haulm cot exceeding 12 inches m height, with rich green smooth leaves. The tubers are fairly large, of an oval shape, and somewhat distinct, with few eyes near the surface ; flesb close m grain, and when cooked, of a dry arid mealy nature, with a flavour equal to the finest of Potatoes grown. Being early and a heavy cropper it is fitted for an early market potato, and from general reports from the raißer\we may olass it with the best of all varieties now grown. < AMERICAN ALPHAS.' An excellent early variety, most prolific, and of excellent flavor. • LAPSTONE KIDNEY.' A well-known Kidney variety, excellent for winter use, good quality. 'BATH KIDNEY.' A well-known and approved variety of good quality. 'DERWENTS.' We hay© some spiendid samples from Orari and North Canterbury. 'GLOVER SEEDS.' White or Dutch (Trefqlium repens), Red (Trefolium pratense), Crimson (Trifolium incarnation). 'MAN&BL WRZEL 0 ' The greatest possible- care is taken m growing all onr Mangel Seeds, Grown from selested roots they cannot fail to g"ve the greatest satisfaction, and may be relied on for producing the greatest weight possible per acre under rich and liberal cultivation. - Mammoth Long Red, Golden Ttnkard, Champion Orange Globe, Etc. FLETCIIEE BEOS.. B A T STRE ET. Sole Agetffcs m Asiibttrton and Obristohuroh for Nimmo 4 Blair's J&MWtartl Seeds. fMHHWirB 24 BOX 67