PHASES THE MOON.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1897.

The report of the Indiau Department of Canada is always interesting and instructive, and this THE INDIANS year ifc is no excep- OF CANADA. tion to the rule. The Indianß are aertaioly decreasing, but the decrease is not very marked, In 1893 they numbered 106,205} in 1895 the census recorded 102,275; while in Ig9§ the figures were 100,127. About half the number are Roman Oatholics, and are looked after by their Church. The progress that is being made by the radians in the West is particularly gratifying. They are said to be largely self-supporting, and many of the more energetic amongst them are getting together flocks and herds of tjjeir own. They live in more comfortable houses than formerly, and wear better clothes, and strange to say, the Indians are becoming quite ready to work, as they begin to realise the power and influence of the almighty dollar. In the matter of the education of the rising genera tion much advance is being made. Last year there were 208 Indian schools in operation, with an enrol ment of 5161 boys and 4553 girls, making a total of 9714, the average attendance being ,51576. The boys in many of the industrial and boarding schools are brought up to farm work and various trades, while the girls are given instruction in domestic work.

Local and General.

Messrs John Orr and Co. have a special line of portable forges and mechanic' requisites in stock. A philologist estimates that the coinage of new words goes on at the rate of 100 annually in the English language. Each year about £10,000 is expended in sprinkling the streets of London with sand to prevent the horses from slipping. All the volcanic vents at Ruapehu and Tongariro have been active for several days, especially Mgaruahoe. The London Daily Tekgrcffh says that the Queen passed over London Bridge for the first time on the Diamond Jubilee Celebration day. The supposed young lobster recently caught at Dunedin turns out to be not a lobster ac all but belongg to a species of whalefeed. A Canadian sea captain has invented an apparatus with which he thinks whales can be killed by electric shock. A harpoon is fixed at the end of a long metallic cable, properly insulated, and which serves in place of the usual rope. Through this cable an electric current of 10,000 volta i# fco be sent by means of a dynamo carried in the wh&lfcbo&t). The inventor believes that no whale would be able to withstand the shock it would receive the instant the harpoon entered its side. It is rumoured that the Auckland law 1 courts are likely to be engaged shortly with a more than usually interesting case. The story goes ('Zamiel" fays in the Star) that a patient was in such a condition that it required human skin to be grafted on wounds jn order to cause them to heal. ; One or two kind hearted people volunteered j to give portions of their cuticle for this I laudable object, and their offers were accepted. Among these martyrs was a young woman, who was greatly dismayed to find when she recovered from the effects of the chloroform that something like 50in. had been transferred from various parts of her body to the patient. Her friends were also very angry, and their irritation in creased when it wa« found that as a result of being flayed the young woman had in turn to become a patient, and as a matter of fact was laid up lor over a fortnight, and has not been quite well since. An action for damages in the Supreme Court is said to be now pending. Kozra Tea, the best, and vet within reach of all i Sold »t 1/8,1/10. 2/-, aod 2/4.- Jobs Orr &Co gtoki 4s«t)t>i. ,

The New South Wales Legislative Assembly has passed a resolution in favor of extending the franchise to women by 46 to 11. A firm in Palestine is engaged in supply ing water from the River Jordan to churches. It is put up in sealed bottles and sold by the case. No fewer than 1,273,006 people and 75,000 vehicles crossed the Tower Bridge, L«ndon, within twenty •four hours of its opening. . At the present rate of growth of popula tion, France will only have 40,000,000 at a time when Germany will have reached 100,000,000, and Bussia 200,000,000. ' " Slumming "in the East End of London has been revived as a fashionable amuse ment, and the arrangements for personally oonduoted trips are managed by an agency, Messrs W H. Collins and Go's, new advertisement notifying that they have laid in a large atook of all kinds of timber, hrioke, and building material, .is unavoidably held over. The river is very low just now, quite a* low as it has ever been in the r'ry «e*eons. The Pudding Hill stream is alsu very low, and it is from this stream that a very large proportion of the races between the Ash bur ton and the Rakaia are supplied. The demand for goat skins on the London market enticed Messrs Seymour Bros., of the Rai Valley (M»rthorough), to Meadow Bank, and, during last week, over two hundred were shot by the two brothers. Walls, floors and ceilings of the large wool shed at Meadow Bank are covered with the skins, drying in preparation for shipment. A match wai played in the Borough School ground* on Thursday afternoon be* tween the High School and the Borough School Football Clubs, and after a well con. tested game resulted in a win for the former by sixteen points to nil. For the winners two tries were secured by Schneider, and one each by Alcorn, and Revell, and P. Orr and Sohneider each converted a goal. Amongst the crop of mad things pro duced by the season is a Diamond Jubilee hat. The crown is made of a mass of white rosee, the brim is of shamrocks, and a bunch of thistles bristles proudly on the left side of this horticultural exhibit, which is com pleted by a bunch of leeks, the white bulbs being turned uppermost, and the tufts of white roots being shown to advantage. The Ashburton branch of the Girls' Friendly Society intend holding their annual gathering on Thursday next, in Bto. Stephen's schoolroom, where they hope to achieve the double object ot entertaining their friends and obtaining some substan tial addition to the funds of the society. A sale of work, Christmas tree, and a pro gramme of musical items will furnish attractions during the afternoon and also in the evening. A serious accident occurred during the running of the Grand National, at Riccar ton, yesterday. Dromedary, after jumping the last fence, ran in towards the rails and, colliding with Constable O'Halloran, came down, her jockey (Acnott) being picked up very much bruised and quite insensible. The jockey was conveyed as promptly as possible to the Hospital, but late last night, though he was deemed to be going on satis factorily, he had not recovered conscious ness. Notice appears in another column that Messrs William Hall Zouch and George William Stanniland, both of Christchurch, intend to apply for a lease for twenty-one years of 100 acres on the Ninety Mile Beach in the Southbridge Survey district, to be worked by the Ninety Mile Beach Gold mining Company. The application will be heard by Major Keddell, who has been appointed warden for this district, at a sitting to be held at Ashburton at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 8. John D. Rockefeller, the oil king, is the second wealthiest man in the world. Li Hudc Chang is the wealthiest with a fortune of £100,003,000. Rockefeller's pile tots up to half that sum, viz., £50,000,000. He owns more than half the sh&ros In the Standard Oil Company, one of the greatest monopolies in the world, and front which moat of the kerosene used in Australia comes. The par value of his shares amounts to the modest sum of £10,000,000- In three months he added £4,000,000 to his fortune through these ehntes alone. In February last his shares were worth £26,000,000. At the time of writing they are worth £30,000,000. Fvery day of his life now this modern Ct cents adds £10,000 to his fortune. Outside the standard Oil Company Mr Rockefeller has £20,000,000 invested in enterprises of vast magnitude, and a rough egttmatd places his fortune at £50,000,600. Vefc afc fcfae age of 35 this man did not have £200 to his name,

French Cruelty in the New Hebrides.

To Mr Fox Bourne, of the Aborigines Protection Society, the Rev. Frank H. L. Paton, of Jjennkei, }Vest Tanna, in the New Hebrides, has sept * shocking account of the sufferings of the natives under the freed labor system. 4 The French in this, instance are responsible, but Mr Fox Bourne says that though our own record in regard to the Kanaka supply of labor in Queensland and other English settlements is bad enough, there « no reason why information of the cruelty of other* ought no£ to be brought to light. Hia correspondept, in fapt, sends home the information in the hope that it will lead to an investigation. He speaks of a native falling overboard from a French ship in his chains, which were round his waist. He was, without the least concern or pity, hauled up by the chain, and lifted by it into the boat as if he had been a log. Furth#r h/j tells of runaways from the plantations being hunted bj dogs, and of big irons and chains being ordinary articles of sale. One of Mr Pabon's infor mants saw a native in a dying condition dragged handcuffed along the Vila roads. Another man had bullet wounds, his master having gred at him. A man in the French service, alter living for some time with A female recruit sold hjer to another man for £10. It is said to be usual for th^ owner of a recruiting schooner, if he has a plantation to take his first pick of resruita ; the rest are then paraded in the main street at Vila, where they are examined by the planters and sold according to their physical value. Mr Paton has beea asked to send Home further particulars.

The Soudan Expedition.

The FigW at A'eu Earned.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright, Cairo, August 11. Aba Hamed was garrisoned by a thousand Dervishes. Twenty-one of the Egyptian force were killed and sixty-one wounded. During the attack the Dervish cavalry made repeated charges right up to the bayonet's point, half of them being killed. Only §QQ "of tbe garrison escaped, and their commander was captured. The Khalifa is reinforcing his fol» lowers at Metamneh, The gunboats are now passing the fourth gataraot of the Nile.

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(We do not hold ourselves rmponsib'e for the opinions expnssed by out oonwpondents)

CORRESPONDENCE.

IN REPLY TO " MODESTY."

TO THE EDITOR. Si*,—Allow me through your columns to ask " Modesty,' whose letter you published in your issue of Wednesday last, a question. I do not want to refer to the pongs he mentioned, but 1 do want to ask him if he thinks it a manly action to write to a paper and mention people's names as he has done, and then refrain from signing his name to his letter. For my part, I think hia action might be very justly called mean, if not cowardly. If " Modesty" can justify his acton, I with others ahall be glad to hear from him, Thanking you in anticipation for the insertion of this letter.—l am, etc., W. E. Box JLongbeaoh, August 12,189?

EDUCATION FOR THE YOUNG.

TO IKB EDITOR, Sib,—As this is a time, in which progress and success in life are to a very large extent due to educational influences, the system under which the youths and children of this colony are trained, should form a most con spicuous plaoe upon the tablet of parents' memory. While it is true that the Advan tages of Government public schools are numerous, and that much good may be im bibed into the minds of the boys and girls who attend them, yet there are those of muoh more tender years, whose constitutions both physically and mentally demand greater attention, and muoh more lenienoy shown in the instruction they receive. To make study a pleasure, as well as a benefit, ia the greatest incentive to learning. Any method which will excite the interest of the young in oausing them to regard their school as a \ place where brain work is not tedious, and where exercises in physical motions are pleas ing rather than irksome, must have a very beneficial effect upon the mind in the readi ness to receive instruction. Whatever may be the systems of the Government public schools, used in endeavouring to captivate the interest of the young in this direction, I do not know but of one system that should meet with the highest commendatory approval—that of the Kindergartea. This system as employed in large centres of popu lation has met with the greatest success, and many a man has risen to the highest ranks of life and honor, due to the early training of his physical and mental organism under this worthy system. Ashburton is to be complimented upos having such an insti tution in its midst, and though of a small scale yet is likely to increase rapidly as the minds of the parents awake to a sense of their responsibility in this all important q uestion. The school under the management and direction of the Misses Gussen and Douglas, is conducted strictly upon the Kindergarten system, which in its function recognises the mental and physical differences of children, and as such they are educated acoording to their respected ability. What is more pronounced in this system of educa tion, ia the manner in which all the elements of neatness, precission, voice, and gentleness are inculcated, and any one paying a surprise visit to Misses Cussen's and J ouglas' school will readily see the advantages of their system. No child is mideto perform any act, or compelled to undergo any mental exertion, that is at all incapacitated by their organism to do so, the teachers being ladies, who have devoted much of their lives to the training of the young, and who loves their work has made these conditions one of practical consideration. It is to be regretted that such a system is not more universally recognised, as the same instruction is im parted, as used in public schools, but with better degree of discipline and method of instruction. That in the future we may see the present school in Ashburton greatly increased, and that the efforts of the afore said ladies be greatly rewarded should be the desire of every proper thinking parent. Trusting that I have not infringed too much upon your space, and that the result of your willingness to insert these lines may be the furthering and advancing of educational re form.-—I am, etc., A. E. Whkele*. Phrenologist.

THE KEEPING-IN QUESTION.

TO THE EDITOR, Sir, —I think it only right that I should explain the Committee's position regarding the keeping-in question ; and first, I write to say that the Committee are not at logger heads with the headmtßter at ail. Those members who voted for the restriction of keeping-in recognise in Mr Hardie an extremely capable headmaster, and for my part I think the parents in the school district have not properly discovered the excellence of Mr Hardie as a teacher. Some eighteen months ago, during Mr Mayne's time, the Committee had reason to believe that keeping-in was being carried to excess, that children were kept»in at play time, at luncheon time, and for an hour or more after school hours. A resolution was passed unanimously at that time that no child be kept'in at such times, nor after four o'clock. Tb,fs resolution was no doubt too tigid; there should have been provision for oases of gross misconduct. Nevertheless Mr Mayne carried out that resolution, and the school never passed so well as it did at the follow ing examination. After Mr Hardie was appointed he was informed of this resolution, and he wrote to the Committee objecting to it, and implying that it was a matter out side the jurisdiction qf the Committee altogether, and claiming an absolutely free hand in the matter. The Committee disagree with Mr Hardie on this point; they think it ie within their jurisdiction. But if Mr Hardie carriet out the policy disclosed in iris tetter of the 11th inst., I am sure he will have nothing to complain of in respect to the Committee. So far as I know their views coJDcjde almost entirely with his own.—l am, etc., D. Macpherson, I Chairman of Borough School Committee. August 13,1897.

THE SALVATION ARMY AND OBSTRUCTION.

Sjtß,—Haying replied to your corres? pondent '* Citizen," it was my intention to let the Bubjeot drop, Hia letter, however, contains some errors and mießtatements, which require correction. In the first place I would like to point out that in the recent case before Captain Wray, the Array was not charged with obstruction. In facb (here was no obstruction whatever, and I challenge " Citizen " to prove that any obstruction existed, when the Army was ordered to " move on "by the police. Then ag >in sir, I am surprised that you would allow that " Story " to appear in the lead ing columns' of your influential paper, when it can be proved that it had no foundation in fact. Jn conclusion, law glad to say thp Army still rejoices in the confidence of an intelligent public and interested minority. Thanking you for space.—l am, etc., Salvationist. [The " fourpenny story " was told by the Sergeant of Police in Court.—Ed.}

KING RICHARD'S ROYAL PROGRESS.

An Epistle to Sis Colleague sad Crony, Jota.

[From the Observe):] Dear John,— I got your letter, and I'm glad to hear you say Things are going pretty smoothly, though your Boss has been away; And another source of pleasure is the part wherein yon state That the National Asses ain't been braying much of late. If they're on their good behaviour, and their leaders strive to please, 111 reward 'em with some trifles in the form of O.M.G's. I m rejoiced to hear you carried oufc the Diamond Jubilee In a manner that was worthy of Her Majesty and Me. The cable man has told you of the honors they've conferred For the heavy sacrifices and the labours I've incurred ; They recognise my merits and my great ability, And know how to appreciate a patriot like me ; For his Royal Nibs informed me, at a feed the other nighfc, Ihey took me for a statesman and a ruler at first light } And even Tom M'Kenaie, who wm wont to fume and storm, It knocked him when he saw me in the Windsor uniform. Reeves gave a toney banquet at the Holborn Restyrong, And I tipped 'em " Rule Britannia '• when they asked me for a long $ And I sang it with such eclat as they'd nerer heard before, Though its oaly just been added to my vocal reppytore $ And Goschen said if England had a vocalist like me, No foreign power would dare dispute our hempire of the sea, For the song would paralyse 'em, »nd oompell 'em to retreat— We should need no first-class cruiser for the Australasian fleet. I had luncheon with Her Gracious, but she's saving with the drink ; But when tiffin was concluded she tipped a royal wink, And we went into the Throne Room, where we had * quiet chat, And 1 Ulked in courtly phrases like a fullblown diplomat). Of course, I can't communicate the secrets of the State, But the substance of our confab I may venture to relate } We talked of weighty matters and Imperial affairs- She was very condescending, and she didn't put on airs. Sez she, " My Treasurer, Gosohen, he my patience often bores; I wish I had a Chancellor with aurplnsses like yours." Sees I, " I'll have no huckstering or mean financial tricks, And I'll plank down all my surplus if the Hempire's in a fix ; But them treaties, now existing' with them Belgian forelgneera And your royal German cousins, with our progress interferes $ And with all respect to you, mum, and your German pedigree, We dislike cheap labor products that are ' made in Germany/ " I thought she winced a little, but she answered me, quite pat, II My responsible advisers are responsible for that; And I'm sure, dear Doctor vSeddon, with your knowledge of events, Of the British constitution and its legal precedents, You'll believe me when I tell you that I'm not a bit to blame— They place those things before me, and I merely sign my name. You'd better talk to Joseph, and no doubt, as you desire, He'll pitch those foreign treaties very gladly ia the fire. Says she, " Lord Glasgow tells me you've been going rather fast; Do you think the boom in Waihis is a likely thing to last ?" Here she sunk her voice, and whispered in a confidential way, «' Have you any good investments ? Can you put me on the lay ! I've saved a little stocking, but I've hid to cut it fine, And it isn't easy saving with a family like mine. But how's your German syndicate ? Can you give us any tip As to how the market's going—what the price is for their scrip! " Sez I, " Your Gracious Majesty, I'll put you on the lay— I'll cable out to Mowbray and M'Ouilough straight away ; For whatever speculation either of them recommends Will be sure to pan out handsome in the way of dividends. I could cable out to Abbot, but he's busy now, I see, A-getting up a statoo of your Gracious Majesty." Here she seemed a little nettled, and I fanoy that she frowned; «• Is it true," she asked, " they're getting it'ati aevenpenee by the pound 1" I was flummoxed for a moment—l had not a word to say— But I dodged that awkward question in a diplomatic way. Says Her Majesty, resuming, •' I've been thinking of a plan, And I want to have your counsel as a prudent fam'ly man j I've a score of growing grandsons that I want to me well placed— Have you any well-paid billets in New Zealand going to waste ?" Says I, " I've got the very thing your Majesty to please; I'll gazette the blooming lot of 'em colonial J.P'a." I saw I'd put my foot in it—l was sorry I had spoke— For the Queen she seemed to treat it as a kind of silly joke. She pressed a little button, which I hadu'c seen before, And called a gorgeous flunkey to conduct me to the door, 'Tis the flckleoese of monarohs, with dire wisohief often fraught— I'm, for the present, banished in displeasure from the Court But such thiuga with my digestion they will never disagree' I'm the Right Honorable Richard Seddon, P.C., L.L D '

The Assassination of the Spanish Premier.

Preas Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright,

Anarchist Demonstrations.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— J Copyright. 1 Madrid, August 11 Golli will be tried by a military court. London, August 11 Several Anarchists who have been expelled from Pranc6 are eomiog to England. A mass meeting of Anar chists is being arranged to be helt} in Trafalgar Square. Amsterdam, August 11 Fifteen persons baye been arrested at Hague for shouting in front of the residence of the Spanish Minister, "IrfPOglivetprcby,"

A GRUESOME INDUSTRY.

A. Skeleton Factory.

Mrs Dinorben Griffith has hit upon a gruemme subject in the article under the above title in the June number of Pearsorts Magazine ; nevertheless it is a subject which has Dover before been treated in a popular magazine, and some facts of extraordit ary interest are brought to light. •' The factory is under Government super vision. The proprietor is a rich man, the business being his sole monopoly. In addi tion to his place in Paris, he has two branches in London and one in New York, and a separate department for stuffing and skeletonising animals and birds. " Here the head, trunk, and limbs are cleared entirely of flesh, the bones bleached and afterwards treated to a course of pre servatives, and finally put together by i skilled anatomists, These various pro cesses take twelve months. '• The bodies of criminals are sent from the dissecting schools to the factory, and also many specimen bodies of different races sent home by travellers — decomposition having been first arrested by chemical pre parations and injections-—are received and here prepared for the anthropological museums in different parts of the world, "As soon as the bodies,, heads, or limbs, as the case may be, reach the factory they are placed in tanks filled with water and phonic acid, which is continually changed. They are afterwards boiled in strong sodn water, and again immersed in the tanks, This first stage occupies several months, and the details are far too gruesome to describe. The chemicals used in this pro cess, and also for whitening and preserving the bones, are trade secrets. 11 The showroom is very large and light, i I and lined with glass cases containing apeoi | men skeletons of giants, dwarfs, negroes, I and strange races discovered by travellers in foreign lands; criminals with their names, dates of execution, and a record of their orimea oa attached labels; skeletons of males and females of all ages; shelves of baby skeletons, huge of head and small of body ; composition skeletons made up of odd bones —are all to be seen here. "I wondered how the workmen could handle their ghastly subjects so cilmly, or become accustomed to their company. «'* There is not the slightest doubt that bones can be obtained in England, and, furthermore, there is actually an agent of the Paris Skeleton Factory who purchases bodies in this country, and sends them to France. This applies more pirMcularly to bodies with some peculiarities or deformities which make them valuable. " For these the price paid is a very large one, and how they are procured matters but little; the agent pays the price, and , asks no questions. The body is put on board ' a fishing-boat in the Thames, and is conveyed to Brittany, where it is secretly landed in some quiet spot, and from th.era it is despatched with all speed to the factory ip Paris.

The Recent Fire at Hinds.

It appears that the information supplied to us with respect; to the recent fire at the Hinds was incorrect, insofar as regards the statement that most of Mr Emerson's furni ture and effects were saved. We are sorry to learn that nothing was saved except a sewing machine, and a few articles of cloth ing. The house was a ffve-rqomed one.

The Blenheim Mystery.

After an investigation of several weeks the police have arrived at the conclusion that Harry Satherley, the horse-trainer, who recently disappeared from Blenheim, is not dead, but very much alive. A warrant haa been issued for his arrest on a charge of stealing several £10 and £5 notes from a man named Beattie, whilst the latttr was under the influence of drink. Some of the money was found on the road, and Satherley is alleged to have been seen on the following morning, but not since then. He is supposed to have made himself scarce.

CABLE NEWS.

Some and Foreign.

Press Aasociation.—By Electric Telegraphs- Copyright. Typhoid in Crete. Athens, August 11 Typhoid is prevalent in Orete, and many British soldiers are suffering from the disease. Turkish War Indemnity. Russia is supporting the contention of Greece that the control of the finances by Greek bondholders until the payment of the Turkish war in demnity will prove adequate, without international control, as proposed by several of the Powers. Alleged Armenian Atrocities. , Constantinople, August 11 i The Turks allege that a band of! Armenians from Persia have com mitted horrible outrage! at Vua. They killed 116 women and children. The Turkish troops succeeded in ex polling the Armenians from the town killing 200. Rebellion of Tribesmen. Calcutta, August 11 A mollah is inciting the tribesmen to rebellion in Arbukhel Valley. A ntstn ber of bridges have already been destroyed. The Klondyfee Goldfield. Ottawa, August 11 Six thousand miners and others are assembled at the entrance of the Yukon Pass, but at least half this number will be unable to cross before winter sets in.

Australian.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright.

New South Wales Parliament.

Sydney, August 112 The Assembly adopted resolutions, preparatory to the introduction of local option and land and income tax validating bills.

LABOUR QUESTIONS.

PressJAssooiation —By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.

London, August 11 Many employers in Sheffield, Man chester, and Glasgow, and in the Midlands are pining the Employers 1 Federation. A great extension of the lock-out ia expected almost im mediately.

Mr Isitt Causes a Sensation.

Press Aasooiation-^-By Electric Telegraph- Copyright. Received Wakapuaka Augusb 13,10.15a.nn. Guardian Office 11.20 a.m. 1 Sydney, August 13. The Rev. Leonard M, Jsitt has fallen foul of the Presbyterian body. In the coarse of a lecture he stated that a Presbyterian clergyman had been found drunk in the gutters of Sydney, and had been picked up by a Wesleyan clergyman. The Presbytery requested Mr Isitt to furnish the name' of the Presbyterian clergyman, but Mr Isitt told an interviewer that he did not know it, and did not think his informant would divulge it. The matter is creating ft sensation in , religions cirolec.

THE LATEST.

Some and Foreign.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright.

Received Wakapuaka, Augiwt 13,9.45 a.m. Gvabpian office 10.40 a.m. The Klondyke Rush. New York, August 12 The American Government has issued a further warning in regard to the Klondike gold field stating that the position is moat grave. Violent storms have destroyed the trails at the passes over the mountains, and also increased the dangers o! the rapidi. A. body of live thousand prospectors have arrived at Ssagawly, Lake Tamais and no relief can be possible 1 for them during the forthcoming. , winter. Notwithstanding these warn ings crowded vessels continue to sail daily for Canada from the ports of the CTaited States. The Rand. Pretoria, August 12. A report hag been presented by the Transvaal Government recommending that a Board consisting of live mem bers nominated by Government and four by the mining and mercantile community shall be appointed on the Rand goldfieJd to supervise the carry* ing out of the liquor law, the pass law and the law for the prevention of gold thefts, It if also recommended that the Board have an advisory voice in respect of the employment of Native labor. Surrender of the Kin; of Benin. LoNDoar, August 12 It is reported from the Niger Coast that the King of Benin who has been hiding in the bush since his defeat by the military force under Sir George Goldie has surrendered to the British authorities. King JWenelik and Russia. Prince Henry of Orleans who re cently returned from v journey to Abyssinia states that King Menelik claims an immense territory between Lake Bubolf and Lake Albert Nyanaa as his equatorial province in Ethiopia and has entrusted the administration and development of this territory to Count Leontieff a Russian ofllcer who will be assisted by French officials. Received Wakapuaka Augnat 13, 10 a.m., Guardian Office 10.50 a.m. Reform in Turkey. Constantinople, August 12 The Sultan has invited his brother, Murad EffVndi,.to return to Constan* tinople to discuss with him the sub ject of the reforms demanded by the young Turkish party. Murad has accepted the invitation. Early last year a charge was brought against Murad of conspiring with the young Turkish party to dethrone the Sultan. He fled to Egypt and in his absence sentence of death was passed upon him. In the meantime Murad has been con ducting a newspaper crusade in Egypt against the present regime in Turkey. The Kaiser. St. Petersburg, August 12. The Emperor and Empress of Ger many have concluded their visit to the Czar and mailed for Germany. The Czar accompanied them to Oronstadt. Received Wakapuaka August 13,10.15 a.m., Guardian office 11.20 a.m. Staff Changes. Londow, August 12 The Daily Chronicle announces that General Sir Evelyn Wood, Quarter master-General, is to succeed General Sir Redvers Buller as Adjutant- Genera), and that Sir Evelyn Wood will be succeeded by General Sir George White, Oommander-in-Ohief in India.

Australian.

Press Auotifttion—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. Received Wakapuak* Augaat 13» 18.40 a.m., Gcabdian Office 11.20 a.m. The Manly Tragedy Sydnkt, August 13. In the Manly tragedy a verdict of "Guilty" has been returned against Lewia. Women's Franchise. The Legislative Assembly, by 46 votes to 11, has adopted a resolution in favor, of extending the franchise to women. Received W*kapn*ka Auguit 12, iaiS ».m. Guardian Office 11.20 *.m. A Jealous Girl. Sydnbv, August 12 A young Nellie Willis, met a former sweetheart named MoFaydea in the main street of Auburn and shot him in the neck with a revolver. The shot just grazed the main artery. She fired a second shot as McFayden ran away, but missed. She then went to the house of a neigh boar, and on the approach of the police she shot herself in the temple. The girl is in a pre carious condition. McFayden is not seriously injured. Jealousy was the cause of the girl's action. Stdnby, AugU6t 13 The girl Willis is dead.

Another Piratical Outrage

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright.

Received Wakapuaka August 13,11.10 a.m., Guardian Office 12 noon. Sydney, August 13. Eastern news just to hand states that another outrage hag been com mitted by Chinese pirates. A boat containing the son of a Ohinesa millionaire, and a number of relative* grounded near Canton. A gang of fully armed pirates surrounded the party and threatened them with instant deafh. The pirates secured five thou sand dollars worth of jewels and two thousand dollars in notes.

Sending a Child by Post.

A novel parcel for delivery by express poßt wag recently, according to English newspaper!, handed ia at the Birmingham poet office, A working man, who had been out ot town with his child, a boy three yean of age, arrived in Birmingham in time to reach his place of business, but not in suffi. cient time to take hit ohild home. He therefore walked into the nearest port office and tendered the youngster a» an express parcel. The authorities, under the rule regulating the delivery of live animals, noojpted iheohUd tad duly deliver«d it »«

THE ABBBOMON GUAKDIAJi: FBDAY, AtJatJST 11, 1891,



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Business Notices ' =12 DAYS 12= Slaughter! Slaughter!! Slaughter!!! Positively the Last 12 E)ays of G. J. NeilFs Bankrupt Sale. THE REMAINDER of thi STOCK will bo Slaughtered during the lasb twenby-one d»y» «■ the Vendors wish Every Line to go at a Saorifioe rather than pay railage to Chriitoharoh. So now is jour opportunity for bargains in Boot*, Shoes and Drapery oi »H kinds. GOODS MUST GO AND NO EEASONABLB ©FFER REFUSED. BY OBI3>EB OF THE PURCHASERS OF THE ABOVE BTOCK. COME EARLY FOR THE BARGAINS. SHOP OPEN 10 a.m. till 6 p.m. G. J. NEILL, STOCK YENDOHS.



OUR ANNUAL STOCK-TAKING SALE IS NOW PROCEEDING. .AND WILL CONTINUE TILL AUGUST ran 18m EVERYTHING^ REDUCED. PLEASE NOTE the following Quotations, being a few of the BARGAINS OFFERED :— DRESS TWEEDS—Regular price Is 3d per yard, sale price 4s lid dreaa length. DreßS Tweeds—Regular price 15s 9d dress length, sale price 6s lid dress length. SERGES in Black, Navy, and Brown 2s 3d, sale price Is 6d per yard. Blue Black Merinos, sale price la lid per yard, regular price 2s Gd. DRESSMAKING daring this sale 88 6d. Children's Cashmere Hose, sale price 6d per pair. Ladies' Cashmere Hose, sale price 10|d. Ladies' Ribbed Hose, sale price 6d per pair. A few Men's Colonial Tweed SUITS 15s each. Men's Cotton Shirts Is each. Men's Heavy Grampian Shirts Is lid. A large assorted line Men's Tweed Trousers, to be cleared at 7s lid per pair. Men's Tweed Hats 6d each. Men's Tweed Caps 61 each. Men's Colonial Knitted Socks 6d per pair. Fxtra Heavy Twilled Sheeting, 2 yards wide, Is per yard. Flannelettes from §d par yard. All wool Colonial Shirting la 6d per yard Ladies' Corsets, size 18, 19, 20, our regular line at 2s lid, to be cleared .Is lid.'" : ■ ■ : ; IN THE SHOW-ROOM THE REDUCTIONS WILL BE OF A MOST 1 THOROUGH DESCRIPTION. SEE DOORS AND WINDOWS FOR BARGAINS. Ash^orton Drapery Company, ABCADB HOUSE.



GREAT SALE OF Drapery, Clothing and Boots, IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE Of W. S. MITCHELL. ANDREW ORR TTAVING PURCHASED THE ABOVE AT A TREMENDOUS REDUCTION FROM LANDED COST, WILL OFFER THE WHOLE AT \BOUT HALF THE USUAL PRICE, COMMENCING TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10. ANDREW ORR.



DRESSES & DRESSMAKING - EXTRAORDINARY. = AFTER AN EXCEPTIONALLY SUCCESSFUL SEASON WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO JTAKE i i VERY MUCH BEDDCED PBICES FOR OUR FEW REMAINING COLORED DRESSES." A LOW PRICE quoted for Dress Complete, Beit Style and Fife, MITCHELL & TURNER.



ASBBURTOfI ON WHEELS. NEW ZEALAND Clothing 1 Factory. AGENTS FOR the anglo-new zealand g yule company. WE have just opened out a full Btook of the following high grade, up-to date, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Bicycle?, ali English make, beautifully enamelled and very heavily plated parts. THfJES GLOBE-Very high grade machine, D shape tubing, 3£in tread, 3-16 in ahain, patent head look, and all, other latest improvements, English Dualop Tyrea. THE MRLTON-A beautiful oyle, 3 Jin tread, fitted with the patent 3-16 in twin roller chain, English Dunlop Tyres, a pleasure to ride on. THE TOWSiJErW-Anofcher high class machine* On account of tho large number we have sold of these cycles we can fully recommend it. English Dunlop tyree, oral tubing, 3&in tread, large barrel hubs oil retaining, heavily plated, and strictly up-to-date. Also a full stock of accessories and noreities will always be kept in stock. Any of/theßO machines will be sold for oa»h or on the easy time payment) system, j Inspection Invited. HALLENSTEIN BROS., i A. 6. BARTON, ManagerJ



Church Services. ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH Ashburton. FRIDAY—Short Service 7.30 p.m. Choir Practice 8 p.m. SUNDAY SERVICES, AUGUST 15. 11a.m.—Morning Prayer and Holy Communion. 3 p.m.—Tinwald (Rev. T. A. Hamilton.) I p.m.—Dromore (Mr T. A. Gates.) 6.30 p.m.—Evening Prayer. REV T. A. HAMILTON.



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