Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1897. Local and General.

Commercial news will be found on the fourth page.

Messrs Mitchell and Turner have a new isdvertisemi-nt in this issue, announcing the arrival of their midwinter shipments, six ciisea having just come to hand.

The Wellington Political Society haß decided to ipproach the Government urging that the distribution of charitable aid shouli be under the supervision of women.

The Agricultural Dapartment is com municating with the Acclimatisation Socie ties with a view to importing toads, bats and awa lows to combat insect peats.

Messrs J. D. Ritchie and T. W. Kirk, of the Department of Agriculture, have been chosen to represent the Government at the Interco'onial Fruit Groweis' Conference in Brisbane, but it is feared that pressure of business will prevent Mr Ritchie attending.

The two white Muscovy ducks recently secured tor the Domain, have evidently received some rou£>h treatment, and it is doubtful if they will recover. Both appear to be suffering from injury to the back, as if they had received blows, from a stick or stone.

Before Messrs Oxley and Strachan, Justices of the Peace, at Rakaia, yesterday, John Connor was sent to gaol for a month for stealing a watch, the property of a man named Jones. The Bench complimented the police on their smartness of the arrest of Connor.

In his little booklet, "Seven rules for daily living," the Rev F. B. Meyer, M.A., confesses that a conversation with the Messrs Studd Brothers and Stanley Smith was one of the formative influences ot that distinguished minister's life. It is the story of these celebrated athletes which will form the subject of Rev D. O'Donnell's address to-night.

A casket which ia to contain the address from both the West Anstralian Houses of Par.lament to the Queen has been completed. It cost over £1000, and is composed ontirely of products of the colony. It is one of the finest pieces of work ever executed in Aus tralia. Polished woods and gold and pearls have been employed in the construction of the casket.

On Friday and Saturday, June 4 and 5, bhere will be on view in Mr J. Wilson's window, Burnett street, an oil painting of Mr H. J. Harrison's residence, Hollyfort, Doric, the work of Miss Alice G. Hood, of Rakaia. It is two years and three months aince this young lady took her firat painting lesson under Mr J. Gibb, of Ohristchurch. The painting will leave next week for Mr Harrison's home in the Old Country. The Wellington special correspondent of the press telegraphs;— The Cabinet have sanctioned a number of grants for public works, among which are £250 for the Mid land Railway, the Otira section ; £2000 for the Porirua Asylum, £1000 for the Welling ton-Pahiatua telephone, £883 for the Eketa huna-Woodville Railway, £1,800 for the Napier-Wairoa road, and £900 for two Native schools in tjie North, The rumored appointment of the Duke of Leeds as the next Governor*Geneial of Canada is creating intense excitement in temperance and prohibition circles. The Duke's connection with the liquor traffic has stiriecl the Royal Templars to issue a circu lar to all lodges, asking ihem to pass reso lutions denouncing the appointment. These resolutions are to be presented to the Dominion Prohibition Convention, which meets in July. It is expected thgt the officers of the convention will Gommunicate with the Imperial authorities ug the subject. The recent voyage of the Armand Behic aa'l the Cuzco from Colombo res >lved itself iuto an oeeau race. The Cuzuo left Colombo five hours ahead of the Jfrench boat, and the latter sighted the Cu?,co two days out from Albany,aud gradually gained oh her, The vessel i rounded Bald Head together, the Cuzco anchoring at Albany five minutes ahead of the Armand Behic. The passen gers on the Cuzco said at night they could see the flames pouring out of the French man's funnels, and during the day the heavens were black with her smoke. The Cujico accomplished the voyage from Colombo in 2 days 20 hours. The Department of Agriculture is much pleased with the degree of success which has attended its efforts to cultivate the wattle in New Zealand* About six years ago ;i reserve of 1000 acres at Walrangi, in the Waikato, was placed under its control, and the whole of it was planted with wattles, wfausft .have thriven wonderfully. The pro cess of stripping ,the bark for sale to the tanneries has been couiiuejuj.s^, and already several tons have been collected. The bark is said to be of good quality, and it is antic pated that no difficulty will be ex perienced in finding a ready sale tor it at £6 per ton. The Department has given instructions for the erejetioij of a small crushing pant, and it is probable that at an early date arrangements will be made for extracting the tannin, so as to avoid the necessity of sending the bark away to the tanyardrs. Mr John Taylor, late manager of the Aah burton branch of Reid and Gray'a business, hae act up in Tancred Street West on his own account, it will be remembered that some months ago failing health compelled Mr Tay'.or to relinquish%is position in Eeid and Gray's. Having now recovered/ he finds himself able to resume work, and has decided to start business for himself. He has secured those premises in Tancred Street West, lately occupied by Mr W. E. Dolman, ah well as & stretch of buildings in the rear. The front buildings he ii is replaced with what he intends to use as a showroom for the display of the goods for the sale of which he holds agencies; the back premisee will be the workshop. He has secured agencies for Booth and Mac Donald, Andrews and Beaven, and Ayeiing apd Porter's engines, etc , and in addition to the sale of the goods of those firms he will also carry on j a general engineeriag business, but his chief i business will be agency. Mr Taylor was manager for eight years of the Ashburtpn Reid and Gray branch, and was foreman for six years at Booth and MacDonald'e, Christ church. He was born, so to speak, at the back of the anvil, his father having been a noted ploughmaker in Aberdeenshire, and his whole life's energies have been devoted to the production of implements calculated to best serve the farmer's purpose. With the experience asd business ability Mr Taylor possesses, and with the renewed health all will be glad to know is now hp, if he cannot command success, which is not in mortals to, he will at least deserve it

HAMPSTEAD "HOBBY SHOW."

The Hampstead School "hobby show," which opened yefeterdav afternoon, is quite a novelty in its way. It is held in several room 9of the school, each being a depart ment in itself. One is the tea room, iu which fair ladies dispense good things to the visitors for a silver consideration ; another is the menagerie in which innumerable pets are ehown, and in some cases offered for , sale; a third contains a comic picture gallery, in which the "subjects " are named with great cleverness and not a little wit; a fourth contains curios, pictures, etc. ; while a fifth is the concert room. In the curio room is to be seen rmny very pretty as well as interesting exhibits, and some paintings—Home good, some only so-so ; but an old fashioned spinning jenny — the genuine "spinning wheel" of our great grandmothers—is bound to be the subjec of much curiosity. The curior, a moat rois j cellaneous collection, 8M all interesting, and among them are the early files of the Ash burton Mail and 6uardian,%ht Evening Echo, the Ashburton Herald, the Akaroa, Mail, and the Waimate Times. An ancient copy of the London limes in which are thfi despatches regarding the battle of the N^e, is un item not seen every day, while a fac simile of Magna Charta ought to be an object of interest. But it would be impossible io enumerate all the things of beauty shown ; they must be seen to be appreciated. The concert zoom is made use of in the afternoon and evening, and good programmes are pro vided for patrons, who have been fairly numerous, but a crowd is expected this afternoon, and a still greater one in the evening. ______

SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Methven.

The Methven School Committee have voted for Mr 0. A. 0. Hardy, for the vacant Beat at the Education Board.

SPORTING.

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THE ENGLISH DERBY.

Copyright. Received Wakapuaka June 2, 9,39 a.m., Guardian Office 10.15 a.m. London, June 2. Following is the result of the Derby ;— Mr W. Gubbins' Galtee More, 1; Lord Roaebery's Velasquez, 2; Mr J. Simon's Harrison's History, 3.

THE NEW ZEALAND CUP.

The entries for the New Zealand Cup of 1897 close on Friday evening next, and it may be taken for granted that the list will close with quite as many as has been the case for many years past. Aa the entry dose 3 punctually at 10 o'clock, intending nominators had better bear this in mind. On no pretext whatever will any entry be received after the hour named in the official list. Already a good deal of speculation has taken place on this the most important handicap of the year, and a good deal of money has been staked on various horses that doubtless will be found jn the entry list At present the colony cannot boast of a large proportion of stayers, acd on that account owners will therefore be encouraged to nominate more freely than would other wise have been the case. As fir as this part of the colony is concerned, there will be very few representatives. Telemeter will no doubt be found in the Hat pf entrants, and possibly Cannonshot, and these may be the sole representatives of South Canterbury. A goodly number will be found from the Auckland district, and Hawke's Bay will be well represented. Otago will have the honor of supplying the top weight—the runner-up of lasb year, Euroclydon—who will be found figuring in the list. The three-year-old division is expected to be stronger this year than last—albeit no first class animal of that age competed for the big prize last year. Taken as a whole the New Zealand Cup of 1897 promises to be quite aa good numerically as aay of its predecessors, and when the handicapper cornea to handle the ljst fee will Sad a goodly number to deal with.

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON—THURSDAY,

(Before Mr 0. A. Wray, 5.M..) Drunkenness.—W. O'Brien was fined 5s or twenty-four hours in gaol for drunken ness.

BoROjC.Gjf Bj-laws.—David Zander, for whom Mr' Crisp appeared, but defendant himself did not appear, pleaded guilty to having ridden a bicycle without a light on the streets at night. He had run into Q. J. Neill in the dark.—C. L, Hart was similarly charged, and Mr Crisp appeared for him also. Both were fined 5a with cob's, and Jiha ifagißtrate remarked that Buch conduct being dangerosi GOsld not be permitted. The Sergeant said it 'waa too frequent in the town, but it was not easy to bring offenders to justice, as they rode past the officers rapidly and were out of sight before they could be identified. CjtvjL Cfspg.— Bradshaw v Reid and McQrandel, £& l§s'.' Mr Crisp for defen dant, This was a claim for w^ges. Plain tiff who is a butcher said he engaged with Reid for £% |$8 » week, an 4 hja own and his family's meat ware fco be charged to hjm. He had used in all aoout BQlba yi mutton per week which he was willing to give Raid credit for, but had received none of fche money he was suing for. McGrandel, he always understood, was a partner with Reid and gaye .wijb.nejus orders. Mr Crisp called T, McGrandel wjid sSii b.e was not a partner with Reid, and bad no interest ip hj^ busi ness a 6 all. He had bought sheep for lseid, and Reid had paid for them, buc that all.—J. M. Reid said McGrandei wt»s not in any sense of the word a partner with him. Bradahaw had come to him after the busmoßH waa started, and offered to do his butchering for his food and meat for his family, on the understanding , that he would get a permanent billet if the business succeeded. Had never killed more than eight sheep a week, and he could get sheep slaughtered afc 10* a hundred, and any number of men at a week. Had never promised to gjve Bradahg,w any stated wages, b&t hacji said he would give him fair wages if the business paid. Bradahaw came on the terms stated, ajud yvas taken on because he was doing nothing. He wag not a butcher, but might do very well for slaughtering. Witness had supplied him with perhaps 353 worth of mfiat.-r-rHis Worship said the evidence was rather con tradictory, but he would, considering the plaintiff's family had been supplied with meat, give judgment for 10s a week—-J32 10s.

The Dairy Industry.

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Mr H. Gray, lately d»iry produce sur veyor in London for the .Government, ivho out by the lonic as representative of three greaf English £rm9, says that one of the weakest points in ths trade is the stowage in the ships, whiffh must be im proved. The Government ageot hijs up In formation of any kind sent him and has to fiod out everything for himself, generally from the officers of the steamera. The people are not doing enough here, whatever may b.o said ojj the contrary, and do not realiso the way in whicji pr^uce is treated aboard ship. The irregularifcy'wiih wh^ch the shipments arrived was a|so mogt vexatious.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourselves responrib'e for the opinions expressed by our correspondents;

THE SALVATION ARMY AND THE LAW.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,™Mr Mahood'a letter on the above aubjeot refers to my previous letter, but i* in no sense a reply thereto. I did not find fault with the object the Army professes to have in view, merely to the methods adopted to attain the ostensible aim of the organisation. Your correspondent boasts a good deal of the reclaimed drunkards thai may be found in the Army, but m'ght I not point out that there ate many former members of the Army now amongst the criminal classes of the community. I need not particularise, since some of these have lately become notorious. But ;h vt is neither here nor there } only it would be well to bear the fact in mind when we see the officers of ihe At my taking credit for doing more than their share of the work of reforming sinners. Mr Mahood says all that is claimed is the same freedom that is given in every other town in the colony—where the law is allowed to be treated as a "dead letter "—to carry on the Army's opsn air work in the streets, quite irrespective of the public convenience. A very modest demand doubtless, but if we had more magistrates with back-bone enough to carry out the law in an impartial manner, which forbids me to assemble a crowd in the streets, it would not be a dead letter anywhere in New Zealard. The domineering, defiant attitude taken up by some men whocall themselves followers of Jesus Christ, is sufficiently indicated in the concluding lined of Mr Mahood'a letter, wherein he conveys the impression that in spite of all the laws that may be made to check or regulate the street traffic, the Army will go marching on until the Judgment Day. You will note that I have avoided any adverse comments upon the professed objects of the Salvationists. I only complain iof their noisy proceedings in the streets, which I sincerely trust will be put a stop to. —I am, etc., Justice.

RECORD REIGN.

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir,—Now that our Borough Council have decided to take part in the service of thanksgiving on June 22, I trust it will sot end at that, bub that the buildings of the Council will be decorated, both during the day and at night, and for this purpose a special meeting might be g illed forthwith, and some motnento of the event might be made, aay an oak tree planted in some open space, railed in with stone or some other plate, ho that our children's children for ever may remember the reign of Victoria the Good.—l am, eto., Ratepayer.

A NUISANCE.

TO THE EDITOR.

Sib,—Some time back the Council's Inspector reported on several matters which needed attention, but the most, crying evil and typhoid producing element (foul drain age) of all that ia possible to send coursing down the street channel ia for some unknown reason allowed to go on as usual. The evil is now aggravated by the fact that the foot path in the vicinity is impregnated with the stench and overflow from the urinal now used in the right of way, and the present apology for the indifferent accommodation recently removed. The true remedy would be to close the preaenb one and use one of the shops in the building now being erected after it has been pioperly cemeuted and drained. It in high time the Borough Council and the licensing Bench acted in the matter. The present arrangement endangers health, offends Hgainst morality and decency, and lastly annoys one of our most sensitive organs. A wind mill with, a good supply of water would flueh the channel and make it tar less objectionable. The grosser evil that the present place encourages is the indecent exposure of many in a maudlin istate, which I have not touched upon.-—lam, etc, Health and Decency.

PS. This is a moat opportune time to deal with this matter, as I understand the pretse.it lease will soon expire and the premises revert to the freeholder.

MR SEDDON IN LONDON.

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London, June 2. lord Ranfurly lunchfd with Mr Seddon. The company included several notables.

Mr SeddQri hojjes to arrange for lord Ranfurly to proceed' direct to Wellington, instead of by the Canadian route to Sydney.

During the day Mr Seddon was waited upon and welcomed by Lord Glasgow.

The Queen will graot q. special re ception to the Oolonial Premiers, at which Mr Seddon will present the addresses of congratulation on the iTubilee, gassed by the New Zealand tfouses qi Parliament.

Mr Seddon had ah interyiew with Mr James Huddart, the Managing Director o(! the Canadian-Australian mail line, with reference to the Gpm v  pany's steamers calling at New Zea land ports. Mr Seddou insisted that the time occupied in the passage should be shortened by fivg days. Mr Hud darjb stated th^,t if the concessions de manded were granted, he require an addition to the amount §i the 'subr sidy. Mr Seddon was inclined to con cur in the increase. He intends to pres^s the Treasury to subsidise the New Zealand ma£l§.

THE STORMS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

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The weather Is ft no and the sea moderating. The floods Jnve subsided. The ketches Ability and Bell Bird have broken up.

At the Atlas Engineering Works, the roofa were dislodged, and the chimney stacks collapsed. A man was severely ci^jb by glass, and a boy had his head injured. (The waiting room near the works was blown fifty yards away. The Government build ings on Oockatoo Island were unroofed and damaged. Arriving yossels report heavy dirty weather on the qoapt, and many vessels are sheltering.

ASHBURTON LICENSING COMMITTEE.

The first (annual) meeting of the no ntly elected Licensing Committee was held to-day at noon. Present—Mr C A. Wray. (chair man), and Messrs J. Scaly, D. McLean, D. Thomas, J. iVlcQuilkin, and Andrew Mo- Farlane. The police reports on all the houses were satisfactory, with the exception of the Ashburton Hotel.

RENEWALS.

The following ronewala wera granted without question :—Henry Britbon, Com mercial Hotel; Henry Da,vis, Royal Hotel; William James, Somerset Hotel ; Pa'ruk Devane, Butler's Hotel; John Dore, Central Hotel; P. Keller, Winslow Hotel; M. Lagan, Tinwald Hotel; S. B. Dounan, Watertca Hotel, Accommodation licenses were renewed for H, Timpaon, Mouut Somers; and C. Timpson, Alford Forest. The license fee for the Mount Somera was reduced to £10, on the application of Mr Cithberteon.

ASHBURTON HOTEL,

The police report on the Ashburton Hotel was not satisfactory, either as regarded the conduct of the house or its condition in the matter of repair.

I Mr & Louisson assured the Committee | that all necessary repairs to the house would j* be carried out at once. There was an I application for a renewal to Shaw, and also I for a transfer to Mullan.

A temporary transfer was granted to John Mullan, and it was understood that at a meeting to be held four weeks hence Mr Mullen would apply for a confirmation. ELEVEN O'CLOCK EXTENBION. Mr Criapj on behalf of Mr Devane, applied for au extension of license to eleven o'clock. It was a house in which there were about twenty boarders, and the stables were used by large numbers of country customers. On the occasion of entertainments, which were seldom over until long past ten, those boarders and oihera had to come house, and those who had horses had to come and get them. The Act required only the closing of the bar, nob the whole hou&e. The police, he understood, had no objection to the extension. Mr Guthberteon applied for an extension for che other houses, with the exception of! the Royal Hotel, for which Mr Davis himself applied. The extension was granted for Ashburton and linwa'd houses only, and licensees were permitted to extinguish their door lamps at eleven o'clock. clerk's salary. The clerk's salary was fixed at the usual figure.

LAURISTON.

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SCHOOL COMMITTEE,

The usual monthly meeting of the Lauds* ton School Commit! cc was held on Thursday) May 27, when there were present—Messrs Johnston (chairman), Ross, Widdowaon, Dent, Gorman, and Church. It was resolved that a new fence should be erected round the playground, and that the Board of Eductatiou be asked to provide half the cost of so doing. Several small accounts were passed foi payment. The nomination of Mr Hardy, for the vacant seat upon the Board waa unanimously agreed upon. FAREWELL SOCIAL, On Friday evening last a farewell social was accorded by the residents of the district to Miss Dent, who is about to leave Lauris ton, and take up her abode in Ashburton. The schoolroom was crowded to overflowing, and almost every family for miles round was represented at the gathering. Dancing and fames were indulged in, and kept up until a.m. Music was supplied by Mrs Sxtcheil, and Messrs Pearce, McConnell, and Walker, while Messrs Ohapman and Pearpe acted as masters of ceremonies, After the handing round of refreshments, Mr Walker briefly referred to the esteem with which Miss Dent is held by the people of the district, and to the many occasions upon which she has alvvays been pleased to come forward when her assistance in local matters has been re quired. Miss Dent has always been closely allied to the Church and Sunday School, and was besides a member of the choir. She has made many friends, w i tn whom she was very popular, and the district will suffer a loss by her departure. At the close of Mr Walkctr's remarks, Mr T, Dent, on behalf of his sister, returned thanks in a few well chosen sentences. LECTURE. The Lauriston Mutual Improvement Society held the fourth of its series of meet ings on Monday night last when Mr Pipe delivered a lecture ob the "Wreck of the Wairarapa." The meeting was welUttended, and the audience listened with interest to the lecturer's minute description of the disaster. Mr Pipe ia himself one of the survivors of the wreck, and was therefore in a position to speak with ceitainty upon the subject. He narrated many thrilling incidents of the loss of lije ensiled by the disaster, and rcoorded with expressions of warm appreciation the gallant deeds and efforttt of those who worked so unselfishly in trying to save the,lives of their fellow creatures. Throughout the lecture, Mr Pipe wisely refrained from blaming any particular person, and gave as his own opinion that the late Captain Mcjntosh was perfectly capable' and free from the influence of intoxicants at the time of the impact. | Several views, illustrative of the lecture, were shown by means of Mr Ttuchan'a magic lantern. At the close of the lecture, Mr J?ipe waa accorded' a very hearty' Vote of thanks, as also was Mr Buchan, for the assistance rendered by him.' The next meeting of the Society will be held pn Monday, June 14th, when the debate "Is the British Enipfre losing its trade and prestige" will be held. The affirmative is to be taken by Mr Widdowson, and the negative by Mr Pipe.

THE TRANSVAAL RAID ENQUIRY

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The Transvaal Raid Enquiry Com mittee refused the request of Mr Harris that Mr' Rhodes a^d Mr Hawkesley be reported to the House of Commons for refusing to produce cablegrams from Mr Rhodes to per sons in London. Mr Chamberlain deposed that Mr Hawkesley in May ' 1896 showed him in confide'npe copies of telegrams. They contained no thing of the slightest importance Mr Chamberlain added that he had no personal objection to their production. Mr Beit asked the chairman to appeal to Mr Labouchere's sense of honor and justice to establish or withdraw the charges made against him. Mr Labouchera remained silent.

A Legal Difficulty.

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Adelaide, June 2

The Supreme Court Judges have given a decision in the folder diffi culty. Justices Boncaui' and Russell held that Mr Holder, as a lay member of the Ministry, was capable of laying a criminal information, and the Attorney G/eneral need not be a mem ber of the legal profession. Justice Bundey disagreed.

CABLE NEWS.

Home and Foreign.

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The Agent-General. London, June 1.

Mr and Mrs Reeves gave a reception at the Imperial Institute to welcome Lord Ranfurly and Mr Seddon. Two hundred guests were present, includ ing Mr Chamberlain, the Earl and Countess of Glasgow, the Bishops of Dunedin, Christchurch, and Waipu, Sir Westby Perceval, Sir Julius Vogel, and the Agents-General of the other colonies.

The Atlantic Service Contract.

In the House of Commons, in reply to a question, Mr Chamberlain said that the Canadian Government was fully satisfied as to the competency of Peterson and Company to carry out the contract for the inauguration of the fast Atlantic Steam Service.

Queen's Birthday Levee.

At the Queen's Birthday Levee yesterday, the attendance numbered 600, a number hitherto unequalled.

Chess Match.

A chess match by cable ia being played between teams selected by the members of the House of Commons and the American Houae of Repre sentatives. Each side has won one game. The messages recording each move occupied forty seconds in trans mission. The Canadian Tariff. Jane 2. In the House of Commons Mr Chamberlain stated that the law officers of the Grown were considering the protests made by Belgium and Germany against the reciprocal clause favouring England in the Canadian Tariff Bill. A Chinese Loan. Brussels, June 1. A Belgian syndicate is floating the Chinese loan of four and a-haif j millions. The syndicate receives the privilege of supplying the material for important lines of railways proposed to be constructed in China. Expedition Against the Dervishes. Cairo, June 1. Colonel Sir H. H. Kitchener, Sirdar of the Egyptian army, considers that everything is ready for the advance of the Egyptian army from Dongola upon the Dervishes' position at Abu Hamed, but the time at which the expedition will get away depends upon the rise of the Nile. He hopes to start in August.

Currency Reform.

Washington, June 1

Mr Lyman J. Gage, Secretary to the Treasury, proposes to reform the currency by the gradual withdrawal of greenbacks.

Australian.

Press Association—By Kleotric Telegraph— Copyright, Sudden Death. Melbourne, June 2 At the Richmond Court, a man named Bin«han>, while giving evidence in a case, dropped dead in the witness box. A Light Sentence. Wilson, a restaurant, keeper, was sentenced to eight months for shoot ing and dangerously wounding his wife in March last. The Victorian Revenue. The revenue for eleven months shows an increase of £189,000 compared with the same period last year.

Manslaughter. Sydney, June 2 In connection with the ship West gite tragedy, Johnson was found guilty of the manslaughter of Larsen. The Tai-Vuan Gold Robbery. Thursday Island, June 2 Hong Koog newspapers to hand show that the Tai-yuan gold robbery was discovered five days after she left Port Darwin. The safe key, kept by the chief officer, was missing, but the door of the safe was locked. A strict search was made on' reaching Hong Kong, but there was no trace of the gold or the thief. It is believed that the robbery was committed while the steamer was in Port ftarwin. Pr KUiqt. Adelaide, June § The massacre of Dr Elliot in Africa ia denied. He is reported to be some where in Australia. A Ship Abandoned.

4 telegram has been received that the captain and crew of the ship Dunkow, bound from Puget Sound to Port Pirie, timber ladun, arrived in a boat at QueeDsciiffe. They abandoned the vessel, which was water-logged, south of Kangaroo Island. A tug has gone to search for her.

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

Pre»s Association,—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. Constantinople, June 2 The Porte has agreed to prolong the armistice for a fortnight. London, June 2 The limes states that the insecurity of the position in Crete is increasing, and expresses a fear that an attempt at a general disarmament of the insur gents will result in armed opposition. The same journal states that the Bulgarian Government are trying to induce the Sultan to grant autonomy to Macedonia under an Imperial Prince.

"MUSIC."

Paper read by Mrs Donald McLsan before a meeting of the Ashhurton Leiderkranz oa Monday evening, May 31, 1897. 1 EARLY MUSIC. , From time immemorial every nation hat had its own music, in every case character i istic of, anci, I may say, a reflection of, the nature of the people. The religion of a nation has also left its impress upon the I character of its music. The music of Eastern nations differs widely, notwith standing their geographical proximiiy, and a certain mental resemblance. The Hindoos have a lively imagination, the Chinese are stolid and practical, and this difference comes out in their music. The former's conception of things in general is poetical, he sees beauty in all things; the latter's i prosaic and childish. The oldest of the i Hindoo scales corresponds exactly with that of the rive-toned Chinese scale.—a proof of the close relationship which, in primordial times, must have existed between the two nations. How intimately the growth of music is associated with the development of national characteristics and civilisation la forcibly shown by the almost opposite methods afterwards adopted by the Hindoos and Chinese. The period at which the Chinese five-toned scale was et Urged to seven tones, is considered by Chinese theorists as the beginning of the decadence of their musical system. They ascribe to their mythical bird " Fung Hotng" and his mate the invention of cones and half-tones; the six whole tones to the male, and the half-tones to the female, which creed coin cides perfectly with all their notions of man and woman. The Chinese are the only people, who, thousands of years ago, possessed a system of octaves, fifths, ana a normal tone F, to which they always returned as the starting point. At the present day, through a timorous mental hair-splitting, which has completely fettered all musical imagination, and also through an infinite variety of rules, they have no fewer than eighty-four scales, each having a special philosophical signification, They have never used tone to express feelings; music has never spoken to them in the language of either the heart or the intellect. The accompaniments of their tongs consist mostly of a pedal base—a very primitive method, and one of the earliest attempt* of untutored nations. Nevertheless the Chinese believe their music to be the first in the world, and are of the opinion that European music is barbaric in the extreme. By the Hindoo, music is regarded as a gift direct from the gods, while the Chinese do not trace its source further back than to the mythical bird Fung-Hcang, and Confucius, the rock of their religion. The active imagu nation of the Hindoos, although also associa ting the origin of their music with their religion, has been acted upon by the beauties and associations of the wonderful land in which they live, and music has always spoken to their hearts and imaginations, as is proved by some of their beautiful legends and myths concerning music. Although as I said before, the oldest of the Hindoo scales cor responds exactly with that of the five-toned Chinese sca'e, the Hindoos did not stop short here. First, this scale was increased to seven tones, then these seven tones were repeated three times, and, taking the octave system as a foundation, a scale of twenty one tones was obtained. Still, this did not by any means satisfy the Hindoos, for they made distinction between large and small whole tones aa well as half-tones ; then they divided every large . whole tone into four quartets, every small tone into three-thirds, and every half-tone into two quarter-tones, so that their "Strut!" as they called the octave, was divided in parts, They thus constructed a scale which is practically if not mathematically an in> possibility. This state of things has arisen from their having ignored the physical part of musical theory. The ever-varying metre which is a characterises of Hindoo poetry has left its mark upon the rhythm of their music; this arises from the excitable nature of the race. While the Chinese music is nearly always in four-four time, the Hindoos betray a predilection in favor of uneven measures, most of their melodies being in six-eight, thrae-four, or three-eight time. The undulating character of uneven rhythms seems in keep ing with the soft sentimentality of the Hindoo, and the decision and realistic feeling which accompanies the use of even measures. coincides with the character of the prosaic Chinese. I have drawn this comparison between Chinese and Hindoo music merely as an illustration of the differences existing between the muaic of different nations, each of which has a style peculiarly its own, which style no doubt emanates from the character of the people themselves, who, again derive their national characteristics and their temperament from the land in which they live. Italy hasher gay taran tella, Spain her melting love songe, the folk songs of the Germans indicate the bent of the people as regards music, the music of the Russians reflects very clearly the in fluence that the climate of their country hat had upon its inhabitants ; the melodies and harmonies too, of Norway, so beautifully illustrated by £rrieg, show an afflnitv with the music of the Celtic races! 1 ft thus seems that every country has music of its own, dear to its own heart, and clearly a reflection of the character of the people. IHB MUSIC OF TO-DAY. But I do not wish to speak of the music of different nations ; it is of music as we know it that I intend speaking. To do this, we must go back a very long time to the days when the rays of phHstianity had no! illumined the world, and ail was in a state of heathen darkness. Tradition has it that Hermes Triemegistus, wandering upon the banks of the Nile, found a tortoise shell, of which, he made the $rst musical instrument, using the dedicated tendons of the oreature as strings. But so many things are reputed to have been done by this mythical person* age of which he has been proved perfectly innocent, that we may doubt this assertion also, especially us we find that of all hit works now extant none of them belong to an earlier date than the thud century of our era, long before which time our pagan fere* fathers Had manufactured rude, primitive, musical instruments from the horns of animals. Most of the works attributed to Hermes Tnsmegistus have probably been written by Egyptian Neo-J^lntoniats; indeed, as many as 36,525 works have been attri buted to him, but all those now extant are of a very inferior kind, so probably he was not quite as wonderful a man as he has been represented to be. At any rate, there can be no doubt that our pagan forefathers used nothing but a buffalo horn when prbparin^ for the fray; trumpets an!' bugles' wera, unknown to them. This remark applies equally to the ancestors of all other Euro paan natiops whom the Romans contemptu ouHlystyled "Barbarians." HEUBEW MOSIO. The Israelites were the first to employ music aud poetry as a means of establishing a personal relationship with the godhead. On the other hand the Greeks cultivated art solely for its own take. For if they, like other ancient civilised nation*, originally employed art in the service of religion, yet . at an earlier period of its development we see it quitting this narrow arena, thus gain* ing an importance and value out of all pro portion to that achieved while it was sub servient to other purposes. To prove this, it is only necessary to.note the) introductjoa from time to" time of certain artistic^ pro. ducuons of a purely seculartype into theft: religious rites; and indeed, the humorouji and cheerful spirit with which special phases of their mythology are treated betoken' the pursuit of art for ari?s sake. The Israelites were led to art and artistic expression through their reiigion ; but (.ha Greeks, on the contrary, evolved their religion from their att, for it was impossible that their gt*ds couUl ever have attained that perfect reality of an ideal existence which. charms us even now, without the assistance of Greek poetry and sculpture. Thus, the Israelites were the people that laid the foundation for the religion of a. 11 religions, and the Greeks the nation on whose attistic development our modern art is wholly baaed, and to which we must always refer for inspiration. And, further, the music and lyric poetry of the Christian era sprang from laraelibish psalmody, and modern plastic art sprang from ancient Greek tra dition. The influence of both the old Jewish and Greek nations has left its indelible impress upon our modern culture, whilst that of the Egyptians, Hindoos, and Chinese has not affected western civilisation to an, xppreoiab'e extent. , v ... (fa to ssßttoH^l

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