PHASES OF THE MOON.

January,

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1899. STOOK THRESHING.

Yt-Ait after year men with extensive and accurate scientific knowledge, and men with life-long practical experience, have warned, both by pen and voice, the farmers of Canterbury against threshing from the stook instead of from the stack. But there are only too many farmers who set at nought this good advice and persist in the practice That being so we make no apology for reprinting from our con temporary the Press a valuable word in season on the subject:—" A great deal of care will have to be exercised in harvesting this year. The straw is long and heavy; owing to the pre valence of nor'westers grain is being cut on the green side, and with bo much showery weather the anxiety of the farmer regarding stacking is I increased. "Where the straw is light, the corn ripe, and the crop free from weeds, the risk of threshing from the stock is not so great } but where the straw is heavy and there are weeds in the crop, it is a questionable practice. A.s a large proportion of the grain will have to be exported, and its value deter mined by the London market, there is all the more necessity for extra care to be exerciaed in threshing from the stook or in stacking. There is such a large quantity of grain to be dealt with that it will be a difficult matter to get machines to thresh much of the crop from the stook, and as the weather is unsettled farmers, we are eonviiced, would do better to stack rather than run the risk of waiting for a machine. Stacking, however, is almost worse than useless unless it is properly done, and the grain allowed a sufficient time to sweat and mature before being threshed, so that a sound sample can be turned out. The art of building a stack has been largely lost in Canter bury through the adoption of the prac tice of threshing from the stook, and a good deal of grain is damaged every year through faulty stacking. The main thing in building a stack is to keep the heart well up, and above all, to keep it solid, so that as the stack settles the sides will go down more than the ceotre, thus giving the proper dip to the sheaves, and turning off all rain. Every farmer '"hould impress this upon his stackers, and if it is properly attended to there should not, in a season of long straw like the present, be a single damaged sheaf when the stacks come to be threshed,"

Local and General.

A "Good Yield.—An Ambei'ley farmer has threshed out eighty bushels of oats per acre from this season's crop. On the first page will be found Samoan news and miacelleanous items, and on the fourtii page commercial and general news. The San Francisco Mail —TheGairloch, with the southern Sim Francisco mail left Manukau at 1 p.m. for New Plymouth yes terday. The Borough Sgjipol.—The Ashburton Borough School has apparently pub up another record, all its pupil teachers having passed in the merit division. Dunedw Trasiways —The city and suburban tramways report states that during 1898 there was an increase of 278,408 passengers over fche previous year, Education Boaud.—The North Canter bury Education Board met yesterday. The only item of local interest was the resigna tion of Miss A. Sawle, mistress in charge ab Ealing, which was accepted. Maori Industries. —A proposal is on foot (says the VVairarapa Daily limes) to send a picked team of Maori haka and poi dancers, wharfe-builders, canoeists, and carvers to the Earl'a Court and Paris Exhibitions. Scholarship Examinations.—Mr W*. P, Prebble, of the Ashburton High School, is the $rßt on the list of the firsb six successful candidates at fcho Education Board's scholar ship examinations in tlie senior glass. No Ashburton names are mentioned in the junior list. Old Age Pensions,—The Courthouse to-day presented an unusual scene. The Qld Mep's Home claimants for old age pensions were about the Courthouse pre cincts in force, ready to pubstantjate (if any substantiation were needed) their claims ip a pension. His Worship has decided to devote all next Thuraday to old age pension claims, so that all the Court civil business has been adjourned for a fortnight, Resignation ok Mb T. Mackenzie.— We [Press) understand that a cable message has been received from Mr T, Mackenzie, resigning his position as London manager of the New Zealand Farmeis' Co-operative Association. Under his agreement with the Directors, the resignation does not take effeob for six months. It js not known what Mr Mackenzie's intentions are. Ib was stated that he was eonsidedng an invitation to stand for Dunedin ab the nexb general j election ; also that he had a very good offer to remain in London. Presentation.—Mr E. J. Craighead, who has for many years been loader of psalmody in the Presbyterian Church, being about to be married, waa last night pleasantly sur prised ab the weekly prayer meeting by being asked by the Rev G. B. Inglis to accept from the congregation a handsome dinner service, in token that the members of the Church had appreciated the work he had done in the position he occupied. la the name of the choir, the rev gentleman pre sented him with a handsome salad bowl and biscuit barrel, Mr H. W. Barrett, the lead ing basß of the choir, speaking in High terms of Mr Craighead's work. Mr Craighead suitably replied. A capable orchestra was also present, and after tbe presentation went over the hymn music which was sung at the wedding service bo-day. Bust London.-—lf somebody with a craze for self-torture counted the numbers of London's population at a rate of 150 per minute night and day, ib would take from December 1 to January 29 before he could sleep or die. If some Hindoo fakir chose, for the glory of the Mahatmas, to stand for an hour on a single spot in Cheapside, 6358 incarnations of humaniby (in various spiritual, or spirituous, stages) would pass him in the time. To the city alone nearly ono and a quarter millions rush daily with the rising sun. Abuut a million come by rail to urban London from the innocence of the suburbs, punctual as the stars. If any one chose tp oouat the 'buses instead of con demning them, he would find six to eight a minute lumber by on any prinpipaj st^aet. And the climax is that to London as it stands a city of 100,000 souls and bodies—a city aa Jarge as Huddersfield—is added every year* The Jam ip the streets is bad enough now; what will ib be in tcp years ]

Paperhanging by Machinery.— Paper | can now bo huog on the wall by machinery. 1 ' The device has a rod on which a roll of ( | paper is placed, and a paste-reservoir, with a , i I feeder placed so aa to engage the wrong side i of the pper. < Claimants i-> Wealth,—From an Eng- I glish paper it eppears that the next of kin ( of the late William Price, of Indian fame, ( have rnide claims to his estate, which is j worth £7,000,000. Two claimants are in , Americ, two at Malvern, England, and two | nre at preseat inOhristcbureh—Mrs Edward , Vernon and Miss Agnes Mary Vetnon. . The Lyt'olton Times states that a well- , known firm of Eolicitors in that city is con- ( I ducting the case for the New Zoaland Maim- i anta. , An Absent- Minded Sayan. — While ' dining at hie son-in-law's one evening, it was i noticed that Pasteur dipped his cherries in hia glass of waier, anl then carefully w'ped them before eating them Ab this caused some amusement, he held forth at length on the dangers of the microbes with which the cherries were covered. Then he leaned back in his ohair, wiped his forehead, and un consciously pioked up his glass, drank off the contents, microbes and all. Died in Church.™A sensational incident happened on Christmas Day at St. George's Church, Yendon, Ballarab. The preacher was the Bishop of Ballarati, who was assisted as lay reader by Mr F. V. Brown, the super intendent of the Sunday School. The Utter, when reciting the Lord's Prayer, suddenly stopped, swayed for a moment, and fell back into his chair. He was carried out of the church u«consoious, and died a few minutes after, failure of the heart's action being the cause of death. Natural Gas —A Wairoa visitor to the Nuhaka district, Hawke's Bay, reports that there has broken out a small fumarole, about an inoh in diameter, which discharges a kind of blue sand or mud, accompanied by gas. The latter, on a match being applied to it, burned freely, and a billy of water placed over it took ten minutes to boil. The bore runs into the earth diagonally for a ehort distance, and then goes straight down. At ikst there were three holes, but Mr Black, who lives near by, blocked up two of them, and he has now at his back door the most in expensive fire any bachelor ever built. Singular Ai'eair.—A most remarkable thing is said to have happened on Christmas night to a^lady in Penguin, Tasmania. Shortly after retiring to rest she felt a slight pain or soreness on the left side. After investigation she noticed a raised surface on the skin with a black head to it. On re moving the supposed head she caught the point of something, which, when extracted, proved to be a complete needle with a foot of thread attached to it. Both were black, the former being a little over an inch long. The lady does not recollect when she l»st 1 used the needle, nor how it ever entered her body. She was never at any time incon s venienced by it, except for the slight irrita • tion just before and after removing it. A Point for Decision.—There is a ques , tion, oertain to arise (says the Hastings cor respondent of the Napier Telegraph), which involves an imporrant leal point in coimee ' tion with the old age pensions. Among ■ those debarred from the provisions of the ■ Act are aliens, unless they have been naturalised at least five years before making the application. Bat there are some persons 1 (I know of one) who volunteered for active i service in the Maori troubles, and who took ; the oath of allegiance. Having taken this, and having served for the period they were required for, they considered themselves to all intents and purposes British subjects, 1 without further formalities. The question I now to be decided by the S.M. when ths t hearing comes on is, was it sufficient or not? Ocr GOLD Export.—Through the cour tesy of various bank managers (says the , Otaga Batty Times), we leara that the quan ■ tity of gold exported from Ofcago during the year 1898 was about 89,8000z. The figures for the year ending December, 1897, are not available for comparison ; but for the twelve months ending 31st March, 1898, we find that the quantity exported from Otago was 88,166o?;. When the figures are compiled • for the year ending March nexb, it is pro " bable,, therefore, that the output of gold in Otagc will show a substantial increase as , compared with the previous year, possibly 5 more than the 16340z which represents the difference between the figures given above. It may be stated that of the 89,800cz ex • ported from Obago during 1898 only 45,&180z " were entered at the customs at Dunedin. A Peison-Breaker. — " The only man { who ever escaped from Portland PrisoD," has ( had his exploits brought into fresh promi , nence by his appearance ab Southwark ' ' Police Court on a charge of failing to notify the police of a change in his address. His ' name is William Bartlett, and ha ja now 5? 1 years of age. In 1870, while undergoing a j > term of ten years for burglary, he effected his escape in a remarkable way. His cell was in the pentre of the prison, and by , means of a chisel made from a pail handle, he forced stones from the wall and crawled ! into a ventilating shaft, which ran right through the building. He forced stones from their position, and by means of a rope, made from his sheets, he dropped t$ the ground. 1 He contrived to elude the sentinels, and mounted the outer walls, and got safely away among the quarries, There he re mained in hiding six days, and then swam to the mainland. His next step wag to break into a clergyman's house and attire himself in clerical clothes. He was arrested picking blackberries, a constable noticing that he wan wearing prison socks. He received a sentence of eight yeara when he wag captured. In September last he was released on licence f'rotn prison, where he had again been confined for burglary. He was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for failing to report his address to the police. Rakaia Library.— The annual meeting of subscribers to the Rakaia Library was held in the library on Tuesday evening, when the attendance was small. Mr Oxley, chairman of committee, presided. The balance sheet for the year ended December 31, 1898, showed thß receipts to have been £47 9a 8i j exoenditure, £29 183 bi —leaving a credit balano9 of £17 11s 2. The cash assets were £20 3a Bd, and liabilities £13 19*. The report and balance sheet as read were adopted on the motion of Mr O. A. C. Hardy. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr Willis for his yearly contribu tion of the Aahburton Mail and Guardian. The following officers were elected :—Com mittee—Messrs Oxley, Wilkinson, 1 George Hardy, Thompson, 0. A. C. Hardy, j Stephenson, J. R Sharp and W. Lambie. Mr Oxley was re-elected chairman and treasurer. Mr Liddy was re-elected librarian, at the same remuneration as last year. An honorarium was passed for him, and the congratulations of the subscribers for hia past services. The matter of charg ing for outside committee meetings was dis cussM, and.'Mr Hardy g&ve notice to move that the present minute regulating the pharges be rescinded, so that a new scale might be arranged t The Chairman stated that he had applied for the subsidy, and a vote of thanks to the chair brought} the meeting to a close. LmjJtARY Society.—The usual weekly meeting of tfie Ashburton Catholic Literary Society was held in the Catholfc Boys' schoolroom last evening. There was a large attendance of members, and the President (Mr F. Cooper) occupied the chair. After a shorb time was indulged in playing cards, draughts, and other games, the meeting opened. After the reading of minutes, nom ination of candidates for membership, and other general business, the programme for the evenipg, entitled •' A trial by jury," was proceeded with. The principal offices were filled by the following gentlemen': Judge, Mr P. Cooper 1 clerk of the courr s Mr P. Hanrahan; sergeant, Mr R. J. Henry | prisoner, Mr J. Healy 5 Crown prosecutor, Mr J. Moison, assisted by Mr M, Moriarty j counsel for defence, Mr Burgess, assisted by Mr D. McDonnell; and from a jury of six, Mr E. Higgins was chosen foreman. The prisoner, who was charged with stealing ducks, was ably defended by his counsel, bub the Crown prosecutor had slightly the best of the ? his witnesses giving very strong evidence. After a shopb retirement the jury brought in a Verdict of guiity/'anqi after the passing of a stiff sentence on the prisoner, a moat instructive and amusing programme was brought to a close. For next Wednesday evening, Ifix A. J. Mijller has kindly consented to give a leoture go hia trip to America. ,

St Stephen's Church.—The contractors I have already taken the work of enlargement)' of St Stephen's Church in hand ; excavations for the foundations are in progress, and there is already a large quantity of timber and other miteriol on the ground. A Panic—There was a very narrow escape on November 25 from a repetition of the terrible disaster of the Charity Bazaar fire in Paris. While a religious ceremony was in progress in the vestry-room of the' Church of St. Germain dcs Pros, where many girls from the schools wore in attend ance, the Kinematograph lamps were fud dtnly extingui-hed and a fearful panic ensued, everybody instantly recalling the Charity Baziar fir*'. The priests finally succeeded in allaying the panic, but not before 40 girls were more or lesa seriously injured hy trampling. The Pat.mebston Brawl.—la connection with the fatal brawl at Palmerston, the outcome of which was that Murphy was committed for trial for the murder of Nicklin, it is reported that the quarrel arose through bheir missing the train to Welling ton, each blaming the other for being the cause. The wrangle culminated in Murphy striking Nicklin two blows on the jaw. Nicklin fell partly sideways and forward a gained the Masonic Hotel and on to the footpath. The licensee and Murphy carried , him in, and applied restoratives without delay ; but the man was dead in fifteen minutes. Murphy says Nicklin had been suffering from heart disease for the last twelve months. Both men are said to have been sober a shorb time before the affair. At the inquest medical evidence was to the effect that death was due to fracture of the neck, causing compression of the spinal cord, and consequently paralysing all the organs. The blows (described) would probably, if de -1 livered with sufficient force, cause the frac ture. Nicklin is stated to have been a quiet, temperate man. He was a ship's fireman,

News in Brief.

A general meeting of the Sb, Patrick's Day Sports Association will be held on Mon day, January 23, when all members and in* tending members are invited to be present.

MARINE DEPARTMENT SCANDALS.

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Wellington, January 19 Informations have been laid under the Shipping and Seamen Act, against Captain Allman, nautical adviser to the Oovernment, and chief examiner. Captain Yon Schoen, teacher of navigation, and Captain Jones, master of the harbour steamer Duchess. Section 32 makes the procuring, or assisting to procure, or fraudulently altering, a certi ficate, a misdeamour. The case will be heard on January 24. Apart from the court pro ceedings a departmental enquiry is to be made. Ib is stated that one of the accused threatens serious revelations in certain eventualities

MAGISTERIAL.

A.SHBU RTON—THURSDAY.

(Before Mr 0. A, Wray, S.M.) Civil Cases. — Anderson v. Tillet, £7 18a 6d—judgment summons, ordered to pay within fourteen days, or be imprisoned for seven days.—David Thomas v. Margaret Cronin, £90 15b 4d. Mr Wilding for plaintiff, Mr Cuthbortson for defendant. The claim was nude up of the balance of a trade account, and two bills of £60 and £20 odd, that had been dishonored. The debb was admitted, but for the defence it was pleaded that Mr Thomas had agreed to hold over the case till after harvest, as he knew that some of the sheep which Mrs Cronia had given in security for the debt had been lost. The Magistrate gave judgment for plain tiff, but agreed to treat the case as an undefended one, and thu3 save cost.—C. IJraddel v. Ashburton Standard Newspaper Company, £2 ?s—judgment for plaintiff.

CORRESPONDENCE

(We do not bold ourselves responsible for list opinions expressed by our correspondents)

THE DOMAIN.

- EO THE EDITOE. Sir,—l hope you will nob permit the question of the Domain track to rest aa it is. We may take oredit as much as we please for our fine Domain, and its beautiful scenery, but the fact remains that notwith standing all our advantages, it has been left for a private individual to make a cycling track far superior to ours, although all the natural advantages and the superiority of numbers of cycling members in the locality were in our favor. I hope the press and the cyclists will urge upon the peoper authori ties the necessity of doing something—if it is only to ease off the corners of our track, and bevel off the inside edge so that a cyclist can run off on the inside—to make our track safe and fast. Why should not the Ariel Clufe—now I think the only contributor to thY cost of ntiaintenanee—take over the management of the track' The curator means well no doubt, but he does cot under -1 Btand the requirements of cyclists as well as they do themselves.---I am, etc., Member A.B.C.

CABLE NEWS.

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London, January 17 Three of the professors for the Victoria College, Wellington, sailed by the K'ukoura, and the fourth by the Australia. Lloyds' underwriters, for the purpose of their shipping register, allow marine surveyors to survey steamers fitted with refrigerating machinery, employed in tlie Home trade from coloni&l ports. January 18 A Reuter despatch states that the American Canadian Commission has arrived at an understanding. The treaty is expected to cover all the questions which have been sources of vexation. , Messrs Harland and Wolff, of Bel fast, are building a new cargo boat for the' White Star line, larger than the Oceanic, aa well as three liners 600 ft in length. John Daly, the released prisoner, and twenty-four of his supporters have been elected in the Limerick municipal elections, having now the controlling power in the Urban District Council. Sir Thomas F. Buxton, the late Governor of South Australia, has been e'ected President of the Anti-Slavery Society. St. Petersburg, January 17 Count Tolstoi told the Ozar of Russia that he ought to set an example by disarming. Paeis, January 17 France has increased the garrisons in Corsica and Tunis. The Temps claims that the Gustave Zeds is the deadliest torpedo boat of its class for use in daylight, but says its powers are limited to a small range and for coast defence only. January 18 In the Chamber of Deputies M. Pelletan said parliamentary control of i colonial expenditure was illusory. The total of eighty million francs exceeded that of all the Powers combined. . Sydney, January 18 Giving evidence concerning the East Greta colliery accident, two miners alleged that the timbers were bent and broken for several days before the accident occurred, and that one of the deceased expressed the determiaation not to stay in the mine unless the defect were remedied. The mine manager promised that the timbers would be replaced by the end of the | week. A witness deposed that the , accident occurred at the spot where i the timbers were defective. . » Melbourne, January 18. \ The report to be presented at the ! half-yearly meeting of the Broken Hill I Proprietary Company shows the net - profits to be £122,000. The refining j and roasting plants extension has been , completed, and is giving great satis faction. The company has decided to become its own insurers against loss by fire. Adelaide, January 18 The Legislation Council adopted a resolution reaffirming the protest against Mr Kingston's action in regard , to the referendum, and subsequently ' passed the Appropriation BUI.

THE GATION TRAGEDY.

Beisbanb, January 18 It is reported that a woman resident at Gatton has informed the city police | authorities that she heard shots fired on the night of the murder, and next morning two men whom she can identify called at her house and asked for work, then for food. The woman then went to the scenffof the murder, and discovered the bodies, and plaoed a portion of a dress over one of the girls. She says the men are well-known in the district. Fear prevented her say ing anything earlier, and she came to Brisbane in preference to informing the lopal police. Received Wakapuaka Jan. 19, 10,35 a-m . jGuabpian Office 1125 a-m Brisbane, January 19 Burgess has been remanded for eight days to Toowomba on a charge of steal ing a saddle.

McNeil, the brother-in-law of the victims, is suspected by some persons to have had some hand in the crime. He is a butcher, living ot Toowoomba, and was at the Murphya' on a visit at the time of the murder. lie lefb for Tpowoqmba a few days ago, but returned to Gatton the following afternoon, stating that he had been informed that the police were making Inquiries about him, and people at Toowoomba would not speak to him, while the girls at the ptaoe he b,barded at wquld not serve him. He further stated that the police ought to arrest him if they had any suspicions that he committed the orime. On the faoe of things it would appear a very easy matter to determine whether McNeil had anything to do with the crime. He is married to the eldesb girl of the Murphy family, and only drove down in the dog-cart to spend a few days with the parents-in-law at Christmas. ' Mrs McNeil, his wife, is suffering from rheumatism and' paralysis in an aggrayated. form, aad is quite , hglplees at present?, unable to walk unaided. She and her two children were in the Murphya' house on the night of the murder $ also the father and mother, two sons, and a daughter, besides McNeil himself, He de clares he did not leave the house, and it ts greatly in his favor that the Murphy family resent the slurs cast on McNeil. Old Mrs Murphy says that she did not go to sleep on the night of the tragedy until midnight, as she was attending to her daughter's (Mrs McNeil's child in a smstll bu,ildi»g near the house, It would have been difficult for any member of the household to have lefb the place between nine and twelve o'clock with out the circumstances being known.

AMERICA AND THE PHILIP PINES.

United Press Association—By Eleofcrio Telegraph-^Oopyriglxfc Manila, January 18 The citizens are now returning to Manila. The American officers and individual insurgents at Eoilo are fraternising.

THE AUSTRIAN "INFLUX."

United Press Association—By Electric v Telegraph. Auckland, January 18 A number of Austriana are leaving for Waipu, it is believed to dig gum on private land.

THE LATEST.

Home and Foreign.

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(■Received Wakapuaka Jan. 19, 8-50 a.m, Guardian Office, 9-58 a-m) Political Jobbery. Canada, January 18 Six members of the Legislature of British Columbia have resigned in consequence of disclosures recently made in which they were accused of having supplied goods to Government A Pacific Speech London, January 18 M. Gamhon, the French Ambassador to England, delivered a pacific speech in receiving a deputation from the Arbitration and Peace Association. He said he feared tne realisation of the Czar's appeal for disarmament would be long deferred, though the nations earnestly wished for peace. He denied that there was any antipathy on the part of France towards Britain. Duchess of Sutherland's Jewels. William Johnson has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for the theft of the Duchess of Sutherland's jewels. He refused to make any revela tion regarding the robbery. The Franco - Russian Alliance. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News says a marked change has come over the republic with reference to the Franco-Rusaian Alliance, which it is considered will be only beneficial while Franca is well armed, (Received Wakapuaka, Jan. 19, 9 10 a.m, Guardian Office 10-6 am) The Russian War Department. St. Petersburg, January 18 The estimates of the Russian War Department show an increase of thirty five million roubles for the year. Mr Morley on the Liberal Party. London, January 18 Mr John Morley, speaking at Brechin, justified Sir W. V. Harcourt in resigning the leadership of the Liberal Party. Speaking for himself he said he would be unable to take any further responsible .part in the counsels of party. Referring to the imperialistic tendencies of many pro minent politicians^ he said imperialism meant militarism. • lI.SI.Ji. Pylades, H.M.S. Pylades will be commissioned in February for another term on the Australian station. Municipal Elections- Fifteen labour candidates have been elected for Dublin and nine for Cork in connection with the Urban Council elections. Suspicious Interviews. Frequent interviews between' Mr Chamberlain, Sir AlfreH Miiner, and Mr Cecil Rhodes in London are attract ing attention, The TransTaal. Capetown, January 18 A quieter foaling prevails in Johannesburg. No serious injury was done during the disturbances. The Transvaal Government officials are accused of partisnship. The Carlists. Madkid, January 18 The Spanish Oarlists are jubilant. They believe the army will desert if the pretender lands. Coffin of Columbus. The cofSa of Columbus was opened at Cadis? and found to contain thirty bones and a quantity of ashes. It will, be re interred in Seville.

Australian.

United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright.

(Received Wakapuaka Jan. 19, 10 a.m. Gtubbian Office 10.50 a.m) CM Rains Sydney, January 19 Good ra^ns have fallen throughout the greater part of the colony. Federal Wnion. Brisbane, January 19 The Premier wired to Mr Reid that he desires by every means in his power to further the cause of Federal Union, and has much pleasure in acoepting the invitation to, attend the Premiers' Conference. Victorian Wheat Harvest. Melbourne, January 19 The Australasian's final estimate of the wheat harvest is 20,421,000 bushels, five million more than the greatest previous record. About twelve and a quarter million will be available for export,

GERMANY AND SAMOA.

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'(Received Wakapuaka Jan. 19, 10 a.m, Guardian Office 10-50 a.m) ( Sydney, January 10 Both the morning papers have leaders commenting on the seriousness of the developments at Samoa, and condemnatory of the actions of the Germans, and urging the necessity of prompt interference on the part of th.c powers concerned to permanently settle the tro.uble, George Brown, secretary to the Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society, considers that the Sainoan incident will prove beneficial, and show the world that the tripartic control is absolutely useless, Either one power must annex the group or a system of self govern* ment by the natives under the prQteoto*'* ate of one of the three powers must be instituted;.

THE SOUDAN.

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(Received Wakapuaka Jan. 19, 10-35 a-m, Guardian Office 11-25 a-m) Cairo, January 18 Ahmed Fedil, the Khalifa's cousin, who was recently defeated, on the Nile, sugered another severe reverse. The gunboat Metemmeh captured two thousand of his followers. Fedil escaped.

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Frledlander Bros., Limited. ' CORN SACKS CORNSACKS. "VITE are now Landing ex "'Elbe," 1000 BALES FULL SIZE AND FULL WEIBHT CORNSACKS, Which we offer to Supply at j LOWEST MARKET EATES. Clients who desire delivery direot ex Ship will please give us their instructions early to save railage or extra handling, FRIEDLANDER BROS., Limited. THE Ashburton Drug Co. (LIMITED) HAVE just unpacked, direct'l'from the English Manufacturer, a new stock of all the Drugs used in compounding physicians' prescriptions, specially made in conformity with the new British Pharmacopcea, 1898. Tlie Im> of dispensing medical pre j»or±»*it Boripbions is the special and W orlt constant care of the manager (J. M. Oambbidgb), who has been engaged in this duty for 36 years, as well as having had the benefit of an JtCugflish training and experience, and holding an English certificate, To thoße who unfortunately have to take medicine, especially incases of Serious It is of the utmost import- JJlsieSSl. ance that the drugs should be new and freshly im ported ; that the medicine should be accurately and skilfully prepared ; and that exactly what the Physician orders should be used, and nothing else substituted in ita place. 'Xli©.l** >lc© should never be the first and only consideration- Drugs can be bought at all prices. We prefer to import all our Drugs from a firm we can rely on, though we could buy many of them cheaper ia the colony., But we charge v omo^a titan is usual in most of the larger towns, and generally a little less. A/X* A.ILJL* An urgent call for medicine •JTIMLtfiS is responded to at once, whether during business houra or at night, Sundays or holidays. Night Dis pensary — opposite Dr Maude's, and next to Dr Hunter's residence. J. M. Cambridge, MANAGER. 11 135 Insist upon hairing 1 our Pare Don't toe put upon. WJiey are the Beep and Cheapest. Absolutely pur*. Copied but never equalled. Gn»xa»te»& Kicer and Better Valtt© than any *»t 4d per Ib. 70.0x9 money. Compare our %/- Teg, with any at S/4> c and our 2/4 with any at &/- per Ib. §• C o -«-w^ B» I g I S S »^ £*• "*^ l^ta^^^^^ iini I 1 1 O &^i a 00 Ik UJ ►—, M S CO &*" . Jg g m 1-** 07 3 "CD --^-1^ CRS t-3 1- i 3' Mr) /«aZBaBBWto, ". If I » k> Qf^ , g- t M ln 1 <i lllllMliW



Hams and Bacon. SIDES, ROLLS. AND HAMS- This is VERY PRIME QUALITY, having secured firsfe prize at the recent Showß in Chris; church and Timarn. # JOHN ORR & Co. Marayilla Garden Teas. Purveyors by Appointment to Her Majesty's Hospitals, Army and Navy. THESE CELEBRATED TEAS are £ sported to 03 by the Growers from their Gardens in Ceylon, thus saving all Middlemen's Profits. Ten priza medals for PUEITY, STRENGTH A.ND FLAVOB. Everyone should try them JOHN ORR & Co., SOLE AGIISTS. „**-""■ '"""" ■"■ """"l-l ""•"■»'"""i™mr "-""" "'"»■»"■—■ ■ ——— "-■»■* —-—■—imuj— ii a.. >.»><«_.,...< Sugar for Jam. WE Guarantee the Pore Cane SUGAB of ihe Highest Quality, and especially Suitable for Jam making. JOHN ORR & CO., ASHBUBTON.



{INSURANCE} ™»» We beg to announce to the people of Aehburton and Distrlcb that we have com pleted arrangements whereby we are now prepared to offer all Cash Customers to the extent of 10a or over, A FREE ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICY, which holds good for Seven Dayß from date of Issue, and on flxpiry can bo renewed at our Stores : i hus enabling anyone dealing with us to keep covered against accidf nt for_£loo in the event of death, or £1 per week in the case of Total Disablement. And the Beauty of ihe WHOLE SYSTEM ia that it COSTS THE CUSTOMER ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. We do not make any advance in our Prices to pay for this, but still continue to give to all alike THE BEST VALUE AT BOTTOM PRICES IN EVERY LINE OF OUR IMMENSE STOCK. Buy your Goods where you can get your Insurance for Nothing, It may be handy when you le*st expect It. If it costs you nothing you might ag wdl have that thrown in. Guarantee from Insurance Company, and all further particulars on application to JOHN ORR d Co.



OUPS & SAUCERS PLATES DISHES WATER JUGS TUMBLERS TOILET SETS BUTTER JABS, and every article in Crockery and Glassware at Reduced Prices jit JOHN ORR & CO. ASON'S JAKS, JAM JARS IN NESTS, SCREW TOP JARS, ENAMELLED AND BIUHS PRESERVING PANS. For many years now we have altogether undersold all our Competitors in these special lines, and we are determined to add another season to our record. We Guarantee to Sell these Goods cheaper than any house iv Chriatchuroh or Aahburton. JOHN ORR & CO.



DONAGHY'S BINDER TWINE, MACHINE OIL, BINDER! WHIPS, HAY FORKS AND RAKES, iNGLNEEfiS* 1 TOOLS, HENDERSON'S DUNDEE LEATMBU BELTING, CHAINS AND SECTIONS FOR MASSEY-HARRIS AND MaCORMICK REAPERS AND BINDERS, At Lees than Agents' Prices, and all Requisites for the Harvest Field at Lowest Prices. JOHN ORR & Co. OUR STOCK OF ELECTRO-PLATED WAKE AND CUTLERY IS by far the Finest ever Imported into Athburtoo, aud we are now making [* BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY in our Windows, JOHN OER & 00. WE ARE OPENING AN IMMENSE ASSORTMENT OF * Fancy Glassware and China. AMONGST other Lines we are Showing Three Thousand GLASS VASES^and SPECIMEN GLASSES, ranging in Price fiom Sixpence each, and as we believe a larger variety has never been imported by any firm in Wow Zealand, we feel confident) in requesting the inspection of the General Public. In order to\dispose of our Immense Stock in theae lines we have marked them at prices from 50 to 50 percent neiow ordinary prices* Inspect ovh Windows. JOdN ORR & CO.