Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1897. ORCHARD AND GARDEN PESTS DILL.

The many farmers and residents generally in the Ashburton county who have a few fruit trees growing oh their farms and gardens, will not thank the Hon, John McKenzie for introducing his Orchard and Garden Pests Bill. Still less will they be anxious to see it pass. "We have no idea that }t wi}l pass this session, for we oannot realise tbat in the form in which the hon. gentleman hag intro duced it to the House, a body of thinking men, themselves (many of them) no doubt owning patches of land carrying apple trees, will consent to force so drastic a measure on thts people. A modified measure may be acceptable, but as the Bill stands now, it certaiply is not, Nobody will object to provision being made foy thp exclusion' of plants diseased, bui when the schedule contains only four diseases, and the Bill provides that any inspector to be appointed under it may pnjfcer upon pop's ground and order the destruction of "onefi trees, or their treatment in such manner as he may prescribe, at the expense of the owner, Government interfereace goes a little too far. Bill provides, as usual, fo.r php appointment of in spectors— the polony wijl soon be under the tfcumb of an army of in spjeptors-^and shoulcj ft at any time appear $0 the jlnapegtojr fftbaf; anj deseaae exists, pr j^as within fchyee months preceding existed, in any orchard, or amongst the plants there v ■'.'■ --nd th9t in order to eradi growmg, Q( auch cute or prevent the sprt^. disease, such orchard should be deplar/ad to be infected, he shall notify the fa,ot to the occupier of such orchard, and. al»0 to tb» Minister^ whereupp the

following provisions shall apply." And I those provisions include publication in I the Gazette of notice declaring the 5 orchard to he an infected place, such 1 notice to describe " with reasonable • particularity the situation and area of) the orchard " j and from the date of the notice " no plants or fruit shall be removed except under the direction of an inspector, and within which (orchard) the occupier shall do all such things as are necessary, or as the in spector deems necessary in order to eradicate or check the spread of the disease." The inspector is invested with very large powers. He oan enter at any time ant conveyance, or upon any orchard, land, or premises, or on board any vessel, for the purpose of inspecting any plants or fruits, or the packages containing the same, or with which the same may have come in con tact, and "shall have all such powers and authorities (including power to dig up plants, open packages, and other wise) as be deems necessary. . . " If the inspector's orders be not obeyed, the inspector may have them carried out at the expense of the owner, which expense may be recovered as a debt to the Grown. Should the entry of an inspector be resisted by any recalcitrant owner, the inspector or his authorised assistant " may use all necessary force"; and any resistance will be deemed an offence. No compensation own be claimed for any loss sustained by the official aot of the inspector, and for any offence (and six are set out in section 17) the offender may be fined *ny sum up to £50. The Governor by Order in Council gazetted may from time to time make such regulations as he deems necessary :— ) "(1.) For prescribing the oasts and manner in which and the times at which the occupier of an orchard—(a) Shall give notice of his orchard bei&g infected with disease; and (b.) Shall bandage, dress, or otherwise treat infected fruife-treea or other plant* ia his orchard. (2) For prescribing the oases and manner in which and the times at which diseased plantß or fruit and infected package* shall be treated, cleansed, de stroyed, or otherwise disposed of. (3 ) And generally prescribing whatever he deems necessary in order to give effect to the ob jects of this Aot." The single schedule to the Bill con tains the list of diseases the Bill deals 1 with, and these are—American blight, tipple scab, codlin moth, and vine-louse (or phylloxera). Of American or ! woolly blight, and the apple scale or -cab, Ashburton town and county has abundance, and we are perfectly safe in saying that of the thousands of trees in this district there is not one perfectly free, so that quite a number of inspec tors will be required for this district alone. The Bill ought to be a splendid advertisement for Wheelband's blight specific, which is said to be certain death to the woolly aphis and the scale. Oodlitt moth has not yet made its appearance to any extent, and the county is not celebrated for grape growing. There are many people who ! believe that the two pests best known I here die out of their own accord, and 1 tn some cases they are justified ia the ■ belief.' But whatever belief about it they may hold, after the Bill has passed, if it ever does, they «'i!l have to believe what the inspector believes, or be fined for their contumacy. The Bill will make openings for a number of men ss inspectors, and as in the case of some other departments we wot of, it is not a sine qua non that gentle men appointed should be \ ast masters in the matter of knowledge and skill.

"Is it all over with France?" Such is the title of a letter iust written by M. Loyson, so well THE FUTURE known under his old OF FRANCE. name of Pere Hya eintbe, and, coming straight to the point, he declares that nothing shot of deeds like those which rendered Joan of Arc, Henri Quatre, and the first Consul famous, can pre vent her from dying of three mortal maladies. The first is the malady of race. The Gaul_, though full of natural gifts, has never known how to utilise them. The second is the religious malady. Frenchmen are members of the greatest, but also of the most irreformable Ohurch, and they can neither come to an understanding with nor break away for ever from it. Lastly, there is the political malady. The party in power is utterly in capable. It copies the monarchies which it has overthrown in their worst features, and it has no ideal and no enthusiasm. Some fine "day it will throw France from anarchy into dictatorship, and thence back agaiu into anarchy. Meanwhile, depopula tion is steadily adding to these difficulties, and with it may be men tioned intemperance, atheism, and immorality. Yet, adds M, Loyaon, if the body of the nation is dissolved the spirit will survive it, for he is a firm ; believer in the lasting genius of France. Indeed, he considers that at some time or another this spirit may seek a refuge in the colonieg, sq that, as he concludes, in spite of certain de cadence, and of a possible catastrophe, he glories in his spiritual country, and would cease to be a man ere ceasing to be a Frenchman. As has been seen, the worthy ecclesiastic doea not bide his opinions finder a bushel, but ex presses them freely. He has grown very pessimistic of late, and even recent events which has brought his country into rather enviable prominence, have given little comfort to his soul, as is demonstrated by this curious epistle, which, as was to be expected, has not been altogether welcomed with grati tude. ' '■ '

On the first page to-day will be found [ Commercial news'and Cycling; on tbe fourth page a report of the meeting of the Upper Ashburton Road Board, the Inspector's examination report of the Eiffelton school, and the South Island Trotting Association meeting.

Local and General.

" My Friend from India " to-nigh^. The i^ahinttpua, with the southern San Franciso'd mails, left Manukau yesterday afternoon for the aoiith. A woman in the country dislocated her Jiw the other day whilst yawning.' She came into where 3he hac| it ri^^tedi. 1 Bats sire reported to he overunning the Infanta' School at Wanganui, and in several o»se« the rodenta have made off with the littw ones' luncheons. A discipla pf J»»ak Walton, indulging in " ■«■<■- tt»« Spit, landed a his favorite pastime - f *-- QB§B?d,

In dismissing a charge of committing a breach of the peace in a hotel lately, the Magistrate gave it as his reason that the b»r of » publichouse was a public place within the meaning of the Act, — N.Z. Times. Wr 0. D. Shaw, a member of the Gore Brigade, has just died from inflammation of the luuga, brought; on through becoming chilled after working the engines while attending a recent fire in that tcwn. Letters from places beyond the colony ad dressed as under were received at the Ash burton Post Office during the month of September, and are still unclaimed.— H, T. Beview, James McLean. During the hearing of a case in the Supreme Coart at Dunedin on Tuesday, His Honor Mr Justice Williams remarked thati »■ man mighb bteik all the bylaws of the City Council—he was going to nay of the Decalogue—and yet be an honest man. A Dunedin physician advices cyclist* thus: " Never ride on an empty stomach. It will interfere with the heart's action and &Iho with respiration." All an exchange has got to say is that if it catches a oyclist riding on its utomach—empty or otherwise—there will be trouble. Whilst fche Very Rev. Father Devoy was ia .Sydney (saya the New Zealand Times) he , saw a gold watch made in 1632, and owned : at one time by Dr Oliver Hunkett, the Bishop of Armagh, who wm beheaded on lybnrn Hill ia the 17th century. He also saw a breviary which had been owned by Mary Queen of Mcotts. The relics are in possession of Cardinal Moran. It is laid that a country M H,R. was accidentally looked in one of the chambers of a freezing works a few days before the present session opened, and was only rescued when on the point of becoming j frozen meat himself. The only consolation I he got was from a brother politician, who said: 'That's nothing, old man, to the reception you'll get from your constituents uext election. Me Lionel Broad, who has been transferred from the CooJgardie branch of the Bank of Australasia to that at Invercargill, has taken to rowing, and we find a paragraph in the Southland Ncvjs, which shows that he ie nearly as successful at that branch of athletics, as he used to be at pedeatrianiem when he was iv Ashburton. He stroked the winning crew in the tourth and final round of the contests recently concluded betweeen fours of the Invercargill Rowing Club. The race ia described as a very interesting struggle from start to finish. At the meeting of the committee of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday evening it was stated that a case had recently been decided in England in which it was held that the posting of a cheque constituted a legal payment. This decision was, however, upset on appeal. The Canterbury Chamber of Commerce wishes to impress upon all concerned that a cheque should always be crossed to the account of the person to whom,it is tent; that business people should not sell blank cheques to anyone, and should cash no cheque unless thoroughly acquainted 4 with its drawer.

A deputation consisting of Sir M. O'Rorke and Messrs Crowther* Houstan, Lang and Holland (representing Auckland), Mr J. Hutchison (representing Wellington), Mr J. Allen (representing Otago) and Mr R. Mere dith (representing Canterbury) waited on the Premier last evening, and asked him if there was auy chauce of the Technical Edu cation Bill being passed this session. Mr Seddon said as this was a policy measure, the Government desired to pass it into law this session, as by so doing they would be complying with the wishes of the people of colony. Every effort would be made to pass . -c measure this session. As the result of the Conference of Ministers :tmi IH tiers held during a meeting of the Pr-sbytf-rian Synod in Dunedin, a Church Defence Association has been formed there, with the name of the Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland Defence Association. In objects—(l) To instruct and interest the office-bearers and people of the Chuich in he principles of Presbyterianism, and as to their rights and privileges as Presbyterians ; (2) to sco forth the bearing on the organis ation and work of the Church of Otago and Southland of a union with the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand on the basis adopted by the last Synod ; (3) to secure, in the event of union the retention of the Otago Synod as an ecclesiastical court, subordinate to the representative assembly of the United Church ; (4) to secure that union on any basis shall not be completed until the basis, in its final foim, has been submitted to, and ac cepted with substantial unanimity by, the Presbyteries and Sessions, as representing the Church.

Professor Thompson, of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, writing to the | London Daily Chronicle on the subject of ; Marconi's experiments in the matter of wireless telegraphy, says it is not the case that no successful attempts to signal through considerable distances by electric waves had previously been made. " Nearly two years ago Mr Rutherford successfully signalled by means of these waves between the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, and a station about three-quarters of a mile away This result was attained with apparatus of very moderate dimensions though the land between the. stations is thickly built over. Mr Rutherford used a detector of his own invention, and not the Branly Lodge coherer. The experiments where described in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.'" The Mr Rutherford mentioned above was formerly at Canterbury College, and being awarded one of the Science Research Scholarships offered by Her Majesty's Commissioners at the exhibition of 1851, he went Home some two or three years ago to prosecute his studies in electricity, his work being of such promise that the scholarship, at the end of two years, was renewed for a further term of a year.

The Cleveland Leader tells the following readable, if not quite original, story:—Mr Cyrus Bulwinkle is a man of good intentions, and the possessor of a heart about the size of a load of hay f but recently he fell into the habit of swearing. JS'ot that he thought it smart to swear, or that he was prone to lose his temper, but somehow he got to inter jecting wicked oaths into ordinary conver sation with a recklessness that tended to frighten people — especially ladies—who were not used to his ways. Mrs Bulwinkle worried over it a great deal. She remon strated with her husband, and begged that he would be more careful. " Pshaw ! ' Mr Bulwinkle would reply at such timet;, *' what's the use being so fußsy ? My j swearing doesn't amount to anything. It's all from the surface—merely a habit, you know. I guess it's because the boys in the office swear so like - —~." Seeing that it was impossible to stop him by any ordinary means, the lady resolved to apply heroic treatment. So, a few evenings ago, when Mr Bulwinkle came home from the office he took a look at the lawn, and then bounded up the front steps to the porch, where his | wife was awaiting him. " Henrietta !" he exclaimed, " why don't you have the man mow our grass and fix up the yard. i. It looks like ." " Oh, I dc,n,".t care a ' | how it lookB,"' shs calmly replied. Mr Bnl ' winkle stopped as it he had been shot. He turned pale "and looked at his wife in amaze ment. For a moment he thought his ears must have deceived him. Then he noticed a slight twinkle in her eyes, and, going «p to her and putting an arm around her, he said—"All right, dear j 141 $uit," And he di|»

Just in Time fob Christmas,—ln order to keep " up-to-date" with our steadily increasing business we have deaided to effect considerable alterations to our I premises, and to make room for the builders Hwo have' resolved to greatly reduce our 1 stock before Christmas. We have therefore culled a large quantity of our Tweeds and Worsteds, etc, to clear at the following reductions :—Men's suits to measure, usual price 90s, now 70a ; Men's trousers, usual price 255, now 15a 6d; etc. We have also pleasure in notifying that we have just been appointed agents for the famous "British Won* and Bicycles (both gents* and ladies'), which we are now selling with all the " up-to-date " improvements at the lowest cash prices, or on the most liberal terms to suit the convenience of our customers. (Every machine guaranteed)—- Craighead and Bkbryman, the |e.ftto» Tailors and Outfitters. Smie Nm Vims,

The Maripoaa'« mail*, which left Auck land oh October 30, arrived in jbondon on November 28—three days early. Rusßia is said to own 30,000,000 horses, or nearly one-half of the whoiu numbor in existence. Most of them belong to the peasants of that vast empire. Mr 0. W. Steward, who has been con nected with the local branch of the Bank of New Zealand, has been promoted to the lireytown branch, and leaves for the north this evening. At the mealing of the Charitable Aid Board held on Wednesday, the Mayor of Ashburton, and Messrs Dunlop, Harper, Rennie, and Weatenra were appointed the committee for the year for the Ashburton Old Men's Home. A gang of pickpockets travelled by the train which left Dunedin for Chriatcburch on Saturday night. During tha stoppage at falmerstott a passenger was relieved of £22, and at Timaru another was robbed of a purse containing £10. About 16,000 rabbitskins were delivered to the Government Inspector at Kihikihi, I Waikato, last week by the Datives, who 1 received the Government bounty for the skins. The rabbits were all kilted in the King Country ia the vicinity of Kihikihi. At Ohristchurch yesterday about three hundred children attended the funeral of Ruby Josephine Doyle, youngest daughter of the late Dr Doyle, The deceased bad been in attendance at the Barbadoee Street Convent •SbhooJ. A requiem Mass was said in, the morning by tho Rev. Father Qa lerne ; and the Very Rev. Father.Cummings, V.0., Father Hegarty and Father Galerne were present at the funeraL Mr J. A. Henderson, poultry expert, has (says the Wellington Post) successfully initiated poultry competitions in three publio schools—Levin State Farm, Lower Hutt and Blenheim. At each of these placet ten willing youngsters have been supplied with a sitting of eggs each, all of the same kind, and a prize is to be given to the most suc cessful hatcher and rearer of the sittings. There have been several successful batches already, . The libel action brought by Mr Mills, M. H.R., against the Press newspaper was concluded yesterday in Blenheim, when the jury after an hours' deliberation returned a unanimous verdict, for the defendant journal. It will be remembered that the Otags Daily Times, for publishing exactly the same statements with regard to Mr Mills, was unsuccessful iv the action he brought against it, and has to pay damages £150 and costs. Such is the glorious uncertainty of British law. Mr Thomas Wilson, of Heaview, brought to this office yesterday a slip of paper which he had found in a bottle on the beach near hia house, and which he thought might be of some value seeing that it referred to Mr Robert Elston. Upon showing the paper to Mr R. S. Elston he was much surprised, as he had thrown the bottle into the sea at New Brighton more than a year ago. That it should show up at the nearest point possible to where be himself lives is certainly very remarkable.

Synopsis of Nxw advkrtisements. Friedlander Bros.—Final Sale of Mr H. Zander's stock. J. Burns—Star \v heels for sale. Misses Rund!e—Dressmakers wanted. J. H. Jewitt—Fresh fish to-night. George Sbellock—lmpounding notice. Lost—Cap off waggonette. James Harrison, Cleat Hills—Shearing notice.

CRICKET.

STODDART'S TEAM v. EIGHTEEN OF IOOWOOMBA.

Press Association—By klectric Telegraph— Copyright. Brisbane, December It Huyward and Wainwright made a fiße stand, and treated the ppectaiors to an excellent display, Hay ward was nicely taken ia the slips, and Cuffe gave Waiu wrighfc his quietus with a beauty. Thomas batied with gre^ti freedom. The Toowoomba team has lost ten wickets for 204, the chief scorers being Thomas 85, Cuffe 20, Robinson (not out) 32. Thomas fairly beat the bowliug, banging it all over the place. He knocked up his score, which included ten 4 s and one 5, in six y-five minutes. With his dismissal the wickets fell rapidly uoti' the ninth wicket, when Kobiuson and Cujfa made a good stand, both playing lively cricket. Received Wakapuaka Dec. 2,10 a.in, Guardian Office 10.30 a.m. Bbisbake, December 2. Toowootnba's innings closed with thirteen wickets down for 243 runs, Robinson, who played excellent cricket, increased his score to 47. The Englishmen, in their second innings, lost four wicket* for 115 runs, Druce 34, Hirst (not oui) 42, being the chief scorers. The mated was drawn.

ASHBURTON v. GERALDINE.

The Geraldine team journeyed to Ash burton on Tuesday lest to play their annual game with the local tetun, but owing to the rain the game could not be played out. For Aahburton Russell with 41 showed best form, and Beckett 18, aud V. Steward 16, shaped very well. For Geraldine Bharpe 13, Fish (not out) 28. and Fearpoint (not out) 19, batted well. Messrs Sharpe, Fish, and Boddiogton did the bowling for Geraldine, and Hart and Marsden for Ashburton. The visitors were entertained by the Ashburton team, and Mrs Denshire kindly supplied afternoon tea. Following are the scores :— ASHBDBTON. Beckett „ 18 Crisp .„ ... .„. .«. 6 R. Hart Q Denshire ... , 4 , 0 Russell ... ... ... 41 Curtis ... .„, 8 Steward. .- .'„ ... ... 16 " Maraden .... .« ... ... 0 Pilbrow 3 G. Andrewes 7 L. F. Andrewes, not out ... 0 Byes ... .. 13 Total 112 Gebaldine, Brown ... ... ,„ ... 0 Bod,d.ington" ..'.' ... ... 9 Sharpe  ... 13 Fish, not out  28 fearpoiut, not out 19 Byes ... .„ .„ ... 5 Total for three wickets ... 74

A FREE COUNTRY.

: '£ht> ease of Alexander Cameron, arrested At Marton and brought to Christchurch p.n a charge of having made noadcquatQjtrovisioß for the maintenance of an illegitimate child, of which he was alleged to be the father, is a hard one. He oould only deny the impeac.hcaent, and shared the usual fate of arrested persons in finding that his state • meni s counted for nothing, and as the Brother !of the child resided in the Kaiywi district he was remanded on Tuesday' to that place. 1 Later in the day^ t.vt*t»ver, Mr Byrne urged that his y.litfui was not the man wanted, And ' &n-aaged for a hearing before the Stipendiary "Magistrate en Wednesday morning.^ the remand still standing good. Frc^s, the time of his arrest until Tuesday night last, Mr Cameron had be^n Able to procure the necessary bail; but as a penniless sojouroer in * strange place be was compelled for one nighb at least to pat up with such accom modation 68 may be met with at the Christ church lock-up. On Wednesday morning ha came before Mr tieetham, aud on being | confronted, with his alleged victim she at onoe said she had never seen him before. Mr Byrne pointed out the hardships his client, who was utterly without money, had experienced, and asked the assistance of the Court. Mr Beetham said that he regretted the inconvenience which Mt Cameron had been subjected *j t ' ou t he was unable to *i«*!p h! m." He advised an application to $ncpeotqr Broham for Mr Cameron'* retjurn piMage^tp Martqn, »n^ auttjorywa Byroe to use hjt

PARLIAMENT.

— ■ i <■ . LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. -'£ Pre™ AMOciatipa—By Electric Telegraph— The Council met at 2.30 p. m. Wellington, December 1. SECOND READING. The Napier Municipal Corporation and Napier Harbor Board Exchange of Lands Empowering Bill was read a second time. The Council adjourned at 3.30 p.m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Wellington, December 1 The House met at 2.30 p.m. QUESTIONS. In reply to questions Ministers stated that the Government were considering the : question of placing fishery conservation on a better footing than at present ;that the recent fires in London and Melbourne showed absolutely the necessity for the State Fire Insurance Bill being passed; that the Rail way Department intended issuing excursion tickets for the whole of the public from tbe 20th December to the Ist February; that a Bill would be introduced permitting local bodies effected by the flood in the early part of the present year to borrow three times the amount allowed under the Loans to , Local Bodies Acs.

LOCAL ACTHOBJTIBS BILL. The Local Authotities Bill was introduced by Governor's message and read a first time. Mr Seddon intimated that it was not in tended to proceed with the measure this session, and that it would be eiroulated amongst local bodies.

BANKING BILL. The Banking Bill was also Introduced by message, and read a first time. Mr Seddon explained the provisions of the measure, the chief of whioh are that from March 31 next, the board of directors shalleoneist of nine members} five to be appointed by the Governor in Council; and four by the shareholders. Of the five ep* pointed by the Governor in Council, three are to be chosen from the North and two from the South Island. The Board of Directors is to hold office for three jean. The office of president is abolished, and provision is made for the appointment of another auditor. The power of veto now vetted in the president is also abolished. Pro* vision is made for the setting np of a stead ing committee of fonr members of the Board 'of Directors, drawn from different parts of the colony. The salary of the Chairman of the Board is not to exceed £1,000, and the salaries of tbe directors are not to exoecd £350; but if they were members of the Standing Committee, nob to exceed £500. Mr Russell asked if it were intended to take evidence as to the expediency of altering the management of the Board. Mr Seddon said he would consult his colleagues as to whether the measure should be referred to the Public Accounts Com i mittee.

SECOND HEADINGS. The following Bills were read a second time pre forma :—lmh& for Settlements Act Amendment Bill, Kapiti Island Public Re serve, and Joseph Houston Land Grant. The Houee resumed at 7.10 p m. WAG Its PROTSOTIOtf BILL. The Premier moved that the Wages Pro tection Bill, securing to workers the. pay ment of their wages in full, and providing that contractors to local authorities shall furnish such authorities with the wages statement, be committed.

The provisions of the measure want ob jected to by Messrs Richardson, R. Thomp* son, Herriei, Crowther, Pirani, and other*. Messrs Meredith and Kelly supported the measure, In reply the Premier said that it waenob a desirable state of things which was Id existence before the Government introduced the Bill. Agents had gone round the country and by fraudulent representations to employers of labour said that they re presented the Government and that the law compelled them to insure their workmen. This had been done by employers, but when the Government endeavoured to proceed against those agents They had disappeared. He pointed cut that the »ecood part of the Bill dealing with contractors to local authori ties had been agreed to by the House last year without dissent.

The motion was agreed to. THI EIGHT HOUBS BILL. The Eig;ht Hoars Bill was committed. Clause s—lnterpretation. ' Mr Smith moved to include the Govern ment printer m an employer to whom the. measure should apply. The Premier pointed out that the Govern mect printing office was now working under a clas«i6cation scheme which would be upsek if the amendment were agreed to. - After debate it was agreed to on the voices. On the motion of Mr Kelly the offioer r B charge of the Prison Department wu i n . eluded a] an employer. On the motion ot Mr Ward the Minister for Railways was incUded m ao emp)' O yer. Mr McLean moved that the permanent bead of each department of the Government be included as an employer. Agreed to after * short dlrouaeion. * On the motion of the Premier prosreM waa reported, YOraOPrasOHf nSoCTOTIOKBIUH The Young Person* Protection Bill was committed. Clause I—Short title. The Premier drew attention to the preienoe of strangers, and moved that they be ordered to withdraw. Negatived by 33 to 26. CapUin Russell said that it had not bees shown that: juvenile vice was worse in tin colony than in other countries, and he mw no necessity for the BUI. The Premier read reports from persona i» Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch, and other places to show that juvenile vice was* increasing. Mr Rolleston mid that he had perused the evidence from which the Premier quoted, and he did not consider it showed that juvenile vice was increasing. He did not believe that the Bill would work at all, and he thought that there were other means of dealing with the matter. The Premier said that evidently the House would get into a false position if the mcm i bers were not given; »n opportunity *•> peruse the evidence given on the Bill. He> would move to report progress, and intimaiee? that he would get the evidence printed and circulate foe the private information of members.

After discussion progress was reported. IN COMMITTBE, The Wages Protection Bill was committed.. Clauses 1 to 7 were passed unaltered. After a lengthy dissuasion clause 8-, wage* statement to be famished by oontr,«ctors to= local bodies, was struok out by 29 to 21. Clauses 9 to 16 were atruok oikt. Mr Seddon moved a new clanse providing; , that it shall not be lawful Jor employers directly or indirectly to iaafat on taking out an accident policy in favour 0 f workers. Agreed to by to 15k Mr O'Reg&a, for Mr Guinness, moved k new clause to provide where wagee remain unpaid for 48 hours after being doe, the> worker in suing for them may include is the claim the loss sustained by their non-pay. ment. Negatived by 29 to 19. The Bill was reported and tbe House adjourned at 2.5 a.m.*

FATAL BICYCLE ACCIDENT.

Distressing ttcciirrenee.

Press Association—By ElebbriaVrfegrapn. Christchurch, December 1. A distressing accident this afternoon re sulted in the death of Mr E. H. S. Hill, employed in the Custom* office. Deceased. w,is riding a bicycle along Cashel street easj* towards New Brighton, and was travelling* '. behind a van which was conveying, hia^ ' furniture, and also hie wife and ehildqan, to New Brighton. When near the, Ganab reserve a baker's c*rt, driven h£ •» young man named Cox, was met. As it passed, Mr- Hill left the rear of the carrier's van, ao4», - being a novice at cycling, hd straight iato.: the baker's cart. One e# the ebafta aeao*' trated his body near the heern. Death was* probably instantaneous, as vrhen Dtt Boat* and Ovendw arrived on -the scene shortly afMr^ards, they pronjouocad life to. be iexMnct. Deceased was thirty-fear year* of age

SHI ABBBOBTOi '<< ftOAftDlAJ) '. (THOfiSDAY,- DECEMBER % 189?.



Business Notices, ' TO RESIDENT'S BUILDING & FUKNISHING. "¥TTE BE® respsotfully to announce that we have received, per S.B. "lonic" and "Mataura,' rery heavy shipments for our HOUSEHOLD FURNISHING Depart. ment, vis:— I SHEETINGS OURTAINB CARPET SQUARES j PILLOW COTTONS QUILTS HEARTH RUGS TOWELS TOILETS OILCLOTHS T&BLINGS MUSLINS LINOLEUMS IN the FANCY DEPARTMENT we are showing a Ins assortment of new FABRICS, GLOVEB, and HOSIERY, direct from the Leicester Mills $ also some very ehoios goods in Jet Trimmings, including the new Zouaves, Boleros, and Skirt Ornaments, lift to endless variety of Black and Colored Gimps. NEW SHIPMENTS OF Dresses* Straws, Mantles. a C§i« of Samples HOSIERY, at LANDED '.COST, MITCHELL & TURNER.



(Telephone No 80. S. S ALI JHi JKl# WATCHJtEPAIRS. -v-n^T RECEIVED from Rotherham's and' Erhardt's factories, a large stock of the J Separate Parts for these well known watches. Albo for all other English and American Watches Having bought largely at a considerable discount forjjspot'cash CHARGES FOR REPAIRS &§b:e correspondingly reduced. PROMPTNESS IN EXECUTING ALL JJfiWJEBUL.'BBY JRILJ?AJ:i*», WATCH .fetEFAIRS, •fe CHiOCIi. REPAIRS, In a) RELIABLE MANNER is a feature at . O J\, J_ JlLi Jjl. iD 9 THE LEADING JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT IN THE DISTRICT. EAST STREET.



H. M. JONES. PIANOS, PIANOS, from £20 to £73 10s. ORGANS, ORGANS, from £l^los to £45. Cash or terms, monthly payments. LAWN TENNIS and CRICKETING MATERIAL from J. Wisden's and Sons. CROQUET, OROQUET. FISHING TACKLE. bookbTbooks. Latest Novels, Reward and Presentation Books, Poets, and Theological and Religious Works, Bibles, Prayers, and Hymnals, STATIONEBY,"~STATIONERY. t „»*..* Tk«i(mM in Fancy Note Papers and Envelopes, Plain and Commercial StatbnTry, AccoSJ Books, Pocket and Memorandum Books, Letter Books, and Of**e Requisites. _______ Albums, Writing Desks and Cases, Work Boxes, Ladies' Bags, Companions, Dressing Gases, Photo Frames, and Parses. Electro-plated Glass and Fancy China Ware. Toys in great Variety. Dolls, Dolls Dolls, in wood, China, wax, rubber, rag, and composition. '.SCHOOLS SUPPLIED WITH ALL REQUISITES. H. M.~~JONES.



SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. SECOND SHIPMENT OP NEW GOODS JUST OPENED. ANDREW ORR IS NOW SHOWING the Finest Collection of Up-to-date Novelties in MILLDSntBY, French and English Lovely selection of Straw Hats *nd Sailors'; Dress Fabrics; a Most Beautiful Collection m Frak Bobes *nd all classes of Bain and Fancy Goods; MANTLES and UAfES, the latest styles from London; Ribbons, Laces, Face Nets, Glomes,. Hosiery, Sunshades, Prints, Blouses, Bells, etc. THE HEW OYOLK CORSET, Jnit Imported, in all sizes, (specially »ade.) GENTS' SUITS TO MEASURE imm £2 ISs. A Large Assortment of Gentlemen's Ties and Scarfs Just Opened. Men's Hats in all fche new shapes. tAdies' and Gentlemen^ Boots and Shoes in every Styte and make. OABPBTS, FWOWWtm, &c„ &o. ( mi iii ■ ■ j ANDREW ORR



, . -. ■ : — : ' j . '■. THE LAST Of ZANDER'S GREAT SALE. TN THANKING the PUBLIC for the liberal way in which they patro nised my GENUINE SALE, I beg to announce that THE FINAL «fBBSSBmBeBJ«BB«BBB«Be«BHB«BMB»eS»JBl*B«BUBeBeBSB Auction Bale



PuHie XMotices. i "TTTE are now offering Some very SPECIAL LIN Ed IN DRESS GOODS, Exceptionally low prices quoted for completed costumes. HJKJB WINDOWS Tweed Costumes complete from ... 20s A Grand Lino of Boys Colonial Tweed Knicker Suits, sizes 1 to 13, these we^start from 4s llct per Suit. WORTH DOUBLE. SPECIAL VALUE IN MEN'S TWEED SUITS. A really good suit for ... S9» Od We are offering some Cheap lines in all Departments. Ashburton Drapery Company.



WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER i- BY Messrs 1 Friedlander Bros., LIMITED, | ':; AT i TWELVE OOJbOOK SHARP, WHEN ALL LINES WILL BE CLEARED BEGARDLESS OF COST. W-SSSE3* HENRY ZANDER.



THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY FOR i ' % i COOL SUMMKK CLOTHING. Li^hti fancy Alpaca Ooati.- ... lie 6d Black Alpaca Coats ... ... ... 12s 6d Ohina;Srlk Coats 12s 6d Sateen Coats , ... 6s 6d Holland Coata -. 6s Od Light fancy washing Vesta from 7s 6d Light fancy washingTrouaers ... 12s 6d Light fancy Tennis Suits .... ... 12a 6d Light fancy Tennia Shirts from 4s 6d A. G. BARTON, MANAGES.



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