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Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1900. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

•" ■ Apropos to the proposal recently made byMr'John Studbolme, junr, that some •M of asricHur.! instruct™ .hould be given in the btate schools, the fol- -1 owing summary of a circular, which baa been issued to managers and teachers, in rural elementary schools is .' mi . j ■  , % mteres ing:—There is no desire that any attempt should be made to teach the children practical agriculture; but teachers are desired to impart, in every .... , i j * .1/ way open to them, knowledge of the common objects of the country, and of the meaning and object of the processes of agriculture going on around their •1 ti. • 1 • j 1.1. «. it i.L- pupils. It is explained that the thing to be aimed at is to develop the habit of inquiry and research so natural to children, to interest them in the plants, antaaL, in«eot S . .„* . forth, P.hl* they encounter in their daily walks abroad, and to connect these things in their minds with tba lessons they ten I. .cbool. Teacher. c to dv- course intelligently and agreeably upon whatever may present itself, never forgetting that the great thing is to leadtb. child™ to «bink for eh.m- selves, to observe what la before them, and to draw correct inferences from their observations. Object lessons, therefore, must not be mere repetitions of descriptions from text-books or mechanical interchanges of set ques- tions and answers. They must be vital interchanges of spontaneous ,1 ■ .. •  , .. . r,. , thought, in which it ia the part of the teacher rather to question and to encourage questioning than to present his prmils with infor- „,„.;' «i „ j j"i.j -a. «. niation already digested into cut and dried propositions. It IS suggested that the object lesson might be worked in combination with the drawing les- r . Th, children might be rt to draw m school the things they have been seeing and discussing in their walks with the teacher, these things being of courae placed before them in the order of their difficulty from the limner's point of view. Some know- ledge of the use of the simpler tools used in farming and gardening is also ... . , &, , 6,. • i .7 indicated as useful, and it might easily be acquired in leisure hours, were pro per questions put in school. The rules of arithmetic might, tt ft thoaght, become positively attractive if children were led to apply them to the ordinary affairs of the country, and a boy en- couraged to measure the length and . A ... ... , , 8 . " breadth of his father's garden might attain to some understanding of the simpler problems of plane geometry In short; the teacher, by beginning - . ... ... • r. ° &, with what lies within the personal experience of his pupils, and by fol- lowing a natural principle of assocta— tion, might not only impart to them ', °. , , ,J . r. , , much useful knowledge of rural sub- jects, but also lead them to take an intelligent interest in studies which are at present too completely disso- •k j£  • ,-i i. c • ciated from their daily lives and faun- liar ideas to be regarded with anything but weariness. It is impossible to praise too highly the aim and intention eif i ti • - . A of this circular. It IS an attempt to hnoianise and vivify rural education upon the bread and permanent prin- eiplea which govern all real education f , -r? . , . . i . • • whatever. It inculates the training of a child's faculties instead of the mere burdening of his memory, and

shows how the training can be got out of facts are useful aa easily as out of facts which lie far outside the sphere in which the countryman will probably move.

Local and General.

* # * On the fourth page to-day will be found a short story.

The^Faulty Telegraph Instrument.— An inspection of the wuea connecting with the telegraph office on the racecourse waß made yesterday, and it was found that, after all, the trouble lay in the wires.

A Loyal Society.—Owing to the celebra tion of the relief of Mafeking yesterday the meeting of the Poultry Society, called for last evening has been postponed till this evening at 7.30 p.m. at Mr Stephens'' office. The business relates to the forthcoming show, and a full attendance is expected.

Accident.—Mr T. Cotton met with an accident to hie trap yesterday. He was driving tandem and was about to turn the Pcab Office corner from Cameron to East Street, when two ladies orofged in front. To save the ladies Mr Cotton pulltd the leader sharp round with the result that the trap was capsiVed, Mr Cotton and a com panion thrown out', and the shaft broken short off. The occupants were not seriously hurt and after patching up the shaft drove on.

Tub Plakue ahd the Mails —A high authority on plague germs has given it as his opinion that the bacilli are not necessarily destroyed in letters and papers by the mere process of fumigation, especially as carried out in these colonies, as only the outsides are affected by the disinfectant, whereas it is quite possible that the germs may have been left on some inner surface). If this be ao, it might be as well to disinfect all papers from Australia at once on opening them. In this connection it may be mentionod that the printing trade in Sydney has supplied the most victims to the plague;

Willowby Band of Horn—On Thursday last, the Willowbv Band of Hope held its usual meeting. Rev, Jory, the newly elected President, ocoupied the ohair. The programme, prepared by Mr W Harding junr, and Mis'* Grayburn, was all that could be desired. Items were contributed as follows :—Organ solo, Mrs Harding, songs, Miss Pratley, Miss C. Chapman, Mr W Pratley, Mr T Wheeler; recitations, Misses Edie Watson, N. and 0. Jory, A Grayburn, Masters P. Jory, and Henry Williams. A dialogue by Masters Colin Parker and Arthur Hayman, added much to the even ings entertainment. The meeting closed in the usual way.

Tennis Cmjb Social.—-Including several friends, there were between thirty and forty persons present at the Baring Pquare Tennis Club Social, held on Thursday night, in the Wesleyan Sunday school. Musical items were contributed by Messrs W McDonald, E Undrill, Wright, and Misses Jones (2), F Parsons and R Williams. Rev. Thog. Pee also recited vary effectively Mrs Remans' poem, "The Lady of Provence.' A gocd portion of the evening was spent in parlour games, which included an episode calculated to upset more than the gravity of two sedate and etaid seniors of the church. During an interval, Mr M priest), president of the club, presented on behalf of the donors, trophiea won in the season's tournament by Mjtaa Minnie Baker and Mr Sid. Dixon, who, in each case, had scored their victory from "scratoh." The former was the recipient of a racquet, and the latter a useful writing cabinet. After paying all liabilities, the olub closes Ite fin* ibrbod with ft few shillings to the good. J

GALLANT LITTLE MAFEKING.

Kelieved at Last.

Enthusiasm at Ashburton.

Ihe following speeches were delivered at the conclusion of yesterday afternoon's pro-

cession :— Bis Worship the Mayor, Mr Hugo Fried lander, addresing the crowd Baid they had gathered there, as they all knew, owing to the news received at the Mail office hat. an unconfirmed cable had been received by one of the Lords in the British Upper House atmounoing that Mafekiug had been relieved.

So far the ntws hud nob been confirmed. They all hoped it would be confirmed iv due course. (Cheers). All would agree with him f ro m pulling down the British fUg at M*fe king deserved every credit. (Loud cheers), He was sure that although New Zealand was' •?»•* fch°Ußa»d a of miles away from South Africa, there were na British subjects who e lt more deeply thankful for the relief of Mafeking than New Zealandera. (Cheers), The very fact of that large impromptu oro"d ' drawa toßet. her f ™fch pwotioaUy no notice was a proof of their pleasure that Ma f ekin g wa9 relieved. (Cheers). He hud read the other day a remark made by a Kaffir woman, and it bore handsome testi monV° l he f-T^u^ eßfch°Bia«m »how° by the fiaghah. that the English oould o*pquero* pquer everything bub de*th. (Cheers), They might say it was only tha remark of a Kaffir woman, bub it was very much to the poinfi. Wherever the English went they "wdM " SSL*** might) be opposed by natural fortresses and a strong enemy, in the end the English w°uld conquer. (Cheers). He would not «£ *Z»TBZ2£ Wht ZS'<& tne English fl»g has not been pulled down by the Boers at Mafeking. (Loud cheers), The Hon. Major Steward, M.H.R., said JT^TJSK JK3SEJ?L tsl 2 they might at short notice, a great event in the history of that empire. (Cheers). They were there to rejoice at the successful result ?' thG .""fife* J\* fence of .^ afekin K {^ whether he be English, Irish (cheers), Sootoh (cheers), or Colonial might) well be proud (°h?">* Britishers had proved again at Mafeking, for the thousandth time, th« pluck ftnd endurance of British soldiers and the resourcefulness of their officers, and amongst all the British officers who had distinguished themselves In the field, either in this campaign or any other, nob one had shown roo £ s reßOurc / 8 than 'the erstwhile Charterhouse schoolboy, Colonel Baden- Powell. (Loud and prolonged cheers). He, the *P®ak,! r» v«ntared to say the rUU! "^"'l.™',?. *\<tZ bered hundreds of years hence with pride by generations yet unborn. (Cheers.) 'he speaker briefly reviewed the history of tSSZ. 1m& days ago. On 12 oh October Mafeking was cut off and ai armoured train captured 40 milM soutn of fche town- Oa 17bn October, eeven months ago, martial law was pro claimed, and if hu hearers counted the days of the Biege they wou i d find a merß handful of men, shut up with Colonel Baden-Powell had held the P lace against an overwhelming {^^^J^SSTjTCi endurance and they were proud it had resulted so successfully, and the old flag, that many of them gave their lives to maintain, stillfloated proudly over Mafeking. (Loud cheers,) But while they spoke of Baden- PoweUf let them no f forget the hero of Kandahar, Lord Roberta, (Cheers) aQd the soldiers, the Tommy Atkins (oheere), Rudyard Kipling Bobs (cheers), who had not only crowned hiß own brow wLth fmh !aure j 9| jj Ut had won further honours for the flig he had been so proud to maintain. Lord Roberts evidently seliseli, eyed th. c b.etlf the dftJ better the deed, as ho had proposed to honour the Qaefln by relieving Mafeking on Her Majesty's birthday, May 24. When he found it was necessary to relieve them "°"we a.Bksd, th«m to hold out till the IB'h. He had been a little better than his word for he had re i ieve d them on the eve of previous day. (Loud ohoers for Lord Roberts). War was in itself an evil, but e*en often resulted in great good, The greHesb dramatist in the English language had said •• There's a Providence that shapis our ends, rough hew them as we may," and another sweet English poet, Cowper, had Ba^.!r". ... God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform, He plants His footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm.

• •••»*• Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill, He breasures up His bright designs, And works His Sovereign will. They might depend upon ib that over all wars there was an over-ruling power which sought to bring good results. The speaker referred to the .American oivil war and showed how the success of the North meant liberty for all men irrespective of race or creed or colour. The victory at Mafeking was the final burning of the tide in favour of the British arms and against the Boere. The latter in times of peace, notwithstanding that they boasted of a republican form of Government, denied equal privileges to men of their own colour, men who were, in fact, of their own kin, and treated the dark races

as mere animals, literally, without souls of

their own; in times of war, conducted themselves like the veriest savages, abasing the Geneva Convention, outraging the white Sag, and firing upon the hospitals of the sick and the shelters of unoffending women and children. The bide had turned in favour

of the flUg " that for a thousand years has braved the battle and the breeze," The flig which had always been the symbol of liberty all the world over, which protected alike men of every creed and color, and seenred for all equality in the eyea of the law. , (Loud cheers), It would be asked what would happen when the fighting was over. This was going to make for the happiness of millions of men. Another result of the war was the welding together of congeries of peoples into one united in divisible whole. Any blood the nation might outpour to-day, and any treasure expended would be paid back a. thousand fold in the glorious benefits that would result to the British race. (Cheers). The people of New Zealand were proud that they had done their little towards this grand lesult. They did not think their sons who had gone to the fronb were one whit better soldiers than any other soldiers of the empire ; God forbid they should say they were better than the Tommy Atkins of England or of any of the colonies, bub this New Zealanderß did realise and realised with pride, the same blood ran in their veins as ran in the veinß tf their forefathers* (Cheers). They thanked God they had lived to see that day (cheers), and even if the rejoicings were premature by a few hours, the meeting was prophetic, and the British fbg would yet fly over a united South Africa. (Cheers). They thanked God they lived under the flag of freedom, the fUg of Her Majesty the Queen, (Pro longed cheers). Rev R A Woodthorpe, M.A*, eaid he had been asked by the Mayor to say a faw words, and he took it as his duty to accede to the request. (Cheers). They were gathered together thab day to celebrate a moral victory. They were there nob so much to praise the heroes, bub to assert the great moral principle that Britain had been fighting for equality of the races and the development of a great empire. (Cheers). He thought the lesson he had addressed to the children that morning at the thanks giving service would come home to everyone in that large crowd, namely, there was no feeling of hatred in their hearts towards their enemies, bub underneath it all there was the working out of a great moral pur pose, the promotion of peace, brotherhood and liberty. (Cheers ) The Rev T Fee expressed his great pleasure at being present. Although a •stranger to most of them he was nob a stranger to the British flag or to the loyal feelings that filled every British heart. (Cheers.) They were all exceedingly sorry when the Boers, in their madness, lifted their puny arms against the great British empire. Everybody saw that, although the Boers Slight) give t>he BfltUb some trouble, there

could only be one ending to the dispute, and that they must go under. (Cheers), Tne British nation had euah blood in their veins and such a sense of ripht that they had long ago oome to the opinion that the Boer, nor any other nation, would be allowed to drag the grand old British fl»g in the mire .with impunity. (Loud cheers) New Zealand had done great honour to hersef in sending her sons to 6ght in South Africa, and though some mighb lay down their live*, they would be given in & good cause, and the God of battles was upon the sHe of those who fought for liberty and freedom. (Cheers). They all truste i many would come back bringing their laurele with them. (Cheer*) If ever, in the future, the British nation was in danger of finding itself in a, corner, the I example set by New Zsaland would again be followed, and the colonials would rally round the fig and show Britains enemies she oould not be trifled with War was au evil, essentially evil, and except for liberty and defence, could nob be justified. But there were worse things than war and when the Boer nation defied England and thought because she was lenient to them ou account of their small victory at Majuba Mill they would drive the Britishers in the sea, and take ' South Afrioa. Britishers the world over were sorry for them. The Boers would live longer and know more. (Laughter and cheers.) His opinion was no nation would receive a greater benefit} as the outcome of the war than the Biers themselves. ' Eng land wanted to teach the Boers to be men, to teach them when they went to war there was a white flag to be respected, and by and by, when they stood shoulder to shoulder with British soldiers they would learn to respect the flag and Britishers would learn to respect them. (Cheers ) The British nation must not forget that although they had suoh an army as they had, and their m»n were as good as any men who carried arms, still the race was not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, and everything was over ruled by an all wise Providence. They looked forward to the time when the golden rule shall be the rule of naftbns as well as the rule of indivi duals and peace shall reign throughout the whole world and there shall bo no moie cause for war. There was a fine prayer tn one of Kipling's poems :—

" God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of the far flung battle line '. Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine, Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet. Lest we forget—lesb we forget!" If the Lord God was with them they seed fear no foe, bat if they trusted in the arm of fi;sh, and gave to man the glory due to God, the mighty empire of England would fade away. Let them pub their trust in Him and Ho would make them always to triumph and would never fail them. (Applause.) Rev. W Rains said he was proud to cele brate the relief of Mafeking. (Cheers ) They had all been waiting for the relief and now they were proud of it, and wished to cc e brate it with their whole hearts. (Cheers.) They believed the war was working for the good of the whole human race. He believed it would be vastly better for the Boers to be under British rule, which wbh the best rule in the world, and would bent fib all who came under it. (Cheers) A great deal of the bitterness and hatred that now existed would pass away with the extension of British supremacy. The eagerness with which peoples who had come under England's control wanted to fight her battles proved they had received benefits. (Cheers ) He trusted it would not be long now ere the British flag waved over Pretoria. (Oncers and voice ' ten day's,' laughter. The Boers would not then have to trouble themselves as to what they would do with the Queen, (laughter). She would look after herself, and the British subjects would look after her interests. (Cheers.) He trusted the official confirmation of the relief would soon arrive, (Cfteers.) At 7.30 p m. a procession consisting of the volunteers and fire brigade, headed by the band, paraded the town enioute to Baring Square, where a huge stock ot tar barrels and cement casks, surmounted by an effigy of Kruger, had been stacked. Fireworks were let cff as the procession moved along, and the orowd was the largest seen in ABh burton for many a day At 8 o'clock sharp the members of the Fire Brigade, who had surrounded the pile, applied their torches. It had been well stacked, and primed with tar, and immediately blisjwd up, and burnt splendidly for nearly an hour. Unfortunately the fireworks sent for could not be obtained at either Chriatchurch or Timaru and the large orowd assembled were disappointed. By degrees the people disp#ree.l, some going to their homes, some to Miaa Amy Mnrphy'e concert, and some to continue their revelry till after midnight,

EFFELTON.

From Oar Own CarreßponilMit

A social in connection with the Flemington Presbyterian Church was held here on the evening of the 16bh, and proved a thorough success. The evening was fine, and, not withstanding the bad roads, there was a large gathering—the schoolroom being quite filled. The programme consisted of addresses, music—both vocal and instrumental—and recitations, followed, of course, by the inevitable coffee supper. The following contributed to the evening's entertainment by singing solos, duets, or quartettes :— Misses Sarah and Mary Bell, Prabble, Dakers, and Mrs Green Messrs Wheeler junr., Dakers, Ewing, Jones, MoKetzie, J Shearer, Werren, and Bond Misses John ston and Lill gave recitations, while Messrs Wheeler, senr., and Parker gave valuable help with the violin and flute. Messrs Me- Kenzie and Wheeler, janr., played the accompaniments on the organ. Short addresses were also given by the Rev J Skinner, who presided, and Mr J i Mo- Kenzie. The audience evidently appreciated the various items, and testified their delight by frequenb rounds of applause. The re feshments were supplied by the ladies of the district, and were abundant, varied, and choice. Again and again the superior qualities of the eatables was commented on, and Eiffelton has made quite a name for itself by the excellence of tha spread which it supplied on the occasion. Cordial votes of thanks were given to all who had helped in any way to make the meeting so successful, especially to the ladips, the singers, the speakers, the reciters, and to Mr and Mrs HeSsley for tha use of their organ. " Our Boys" in South Afrioa boo were remem bered. Hearty cheers were given for their gallant conduct in the past, and earnest wishes were expressed for the'r speedy and victorious return in the future. This very enjoyable meeting was closed with the bene diction.

News in Brief.

The Ashburton Drapery Company have a replace advertisement in another column of special intereac to ladies. A Sheffield lady has six sons now at the front.

Prince Francis Teok, now fighting at the front, is 6ft 6ia in height. The Maxim-Nordenfeldb gun fires l|!b shells at the rate of 300 a minute.

We are spending this year £8,460,000 on shipbuilding, as against France and Russia's total of £8,454,000. In the Transvaal there are three blacks bo every white man ; in Natal eight blacks to every white man in the population. A perfectly new electric searchlight plant, stamped with an Ipswich trade mark, was captured from the Boers ab Uolenso.

Daring the siege of Ladysmith 4000 horses of the cavalry brigade were converted into soup or sausages in a single month. Prisoners at Pretoria may see their friends for five minutes only. Two warders are al ways present during the interview. The Boer Government gives Is 3d per 100 for empty cartridges, which are refilled at their dynamite factory with smokeless powder.

Nippers, supplied to the troops for cutting barbed wire fencing set up by the Boers, were In many cases made of soft metal, and proved absolutely useless. Secret, instructions were ab one time issued bo soldiers in Capetown to sleep under arms and carry constantly 100 rounds of ammuni tion, so as to be in instant readiness for a rising of the rebel Cape Batch. The average depths in yards of the great oceans of the world is as follows :—Pacific, 4252; Atlantic, 4026; Indian, 3658 : Ant arctic, 3000; Arctic, 1690 ; Mediterranean, 1476 j Irish, 2401 English Channel, 110} Adriatic,, 45 \ Baltic, 43*

CHOLERA IN INDIA.

United Press Association—By Rleotrlo Telegraph—Copyright

(Received Wakapuaka May 19 8-25 a.tn, This Office 926 am) Calcutta, May 18 Cholera is spreading in the towns and villages of India

There are forty-five famine camps in o» c district. There are a thousand victims in the Godra camp, Bombay Presidency, and many at Gujerat.

THE LATEST. Home and Foreign.

United Press A«soci»tion~By Eleefcdo

Telegraph.—Copyright.

A SERIES OF MURDERS.

Stockholm May 18

A man named Nordiung, released from gaol after serving a sentence for incendiarism, armed with revolvers and a dagger, ran amok on the steamer Prinscarl, on a voyage to Westmans land, Stockholm, killing seven, includ ing the captaio, and injuring five. Several passengers were victims.

Nordlung escaped in a boat, but was captured ashore.

Reotired Wakapaaka May 17, 8.40 am, (DhU Offiot 9 40 am}

f TOOKHOLM May 18 Nordlung desperately attacked the detective*. He confessed he deliber ately planned to avenge himself on mankind. Ho died insane.

THE PACIFIC CABLE.

United Prets 'Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright-

Sydney, M*y It Mr Crick has received a cable mes sage from Mr Chamberlain containing the Pacific Cable Board's estimate of a single line through the Pacific at a cost of £1,800,000, which could be manufactured and laid in eighteen months. With a cable rate of > two shillings per wore), it is estimated that the Pacific portion would result in a loes of £54,000 a year, but with the stimulus of a reduced r&te and the development of loco 1 Pacific business, it is reasonable to hope that the deficit would disappear in some years. Aus tralian Governments are asked to give an early decision as to whether they are willing that the scheme should be proceeded with.

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright

Sydney, May 18 The full Court, after a lengthy con sideration, refused Mr R. D Meagher's application for reinstatement on the roll of solicitors. He was struck off in connection win the notorious Dean case. Jhe Chief Justice, in delivering the unanimous judgment of the Court, said, 6eping how recently the public mind had been disturbed in the flatter, and how vivid the recollection must be, he considered the application prema ture, and on that ground alone it was refused. In a very few years, suc oeaaful application might be made.

The Premier has received a cable message stating that it is intended to introduce a Bill in the British Parlia ment; authorising trustees to invest in the inscribed stock of any responsible Colonial Government. The cable mes sage mentions certain conditions ai ready agroed to by Canada.

London, May 17 A fire at Edward Lloyd, Limited's, paper mills at Sifctingbourne, six new machines were seriously damaged.

St. Petersburg, May 18 By an explosion on a Russian tor. pedo boat, six persons were killed.

The Duke of Orleans, professing profound respect and gratitude to the Queen and the Royal Family, informs the Bachelors' Oiob of London, that the heir of the king makers of France refuses to barter his French sentiment* for hospitality, and refuses to resign his membership of the Olub.

MAFEKING RELIEVED.

Hark ! the cheering voioes ring, For relief of Mafeking; Of heroic Baden-Powell we will boast, By fighting Bobs we'll stand; The soldier to aommand, And the Empire and our Queen shall be the toaat.

New Zealand's valiant boys, One and all to-day rejoioe; Tii a proud and glorious prestige you

maintain, Knvious nations watch you now; For the martial type you show, Bespeaks the blood that circles in your veins.

British freedom was obtained, When our father's blood was drained J And riverß ran, deep crimsoned with their

gore. For our liberty they bled ; For their bobs their lives ware shed, And we, those sons, are valiant as of yore,

Our own boys nt the frcnt, In the fiehting bear the brunt; The old fUg and the Empire to sustain, Patriotic feeling strong; In the spirits of the young, Is distilled pure from the mother's milk they drain.

All classes now combine, From the camp, the forge, the mine; The choicest of bur sons can now be seen, At duty's oall »nd beck ; For the dear old Union Jack,. Proudly ranked among the I'Soldiers of the Queen."

From our Premier's gallant son, Whose career has bub begun ; To the toiling misses far from hill and

vale, 'Mid the oarnage of the field; They will die before they yield, But their sturdy manly nature must pre ' vail.

Their Maori battle orieß, Draw tears from women's eyes ; Who can wonder at the gallantry they Bhow ? Freedom's banners proudly wave; O'ee the mothers of the brave, While their aons with patriotic ardour glow. Tinwald, May 18 A. A.

RUSSIA AND COREA.

IMPORTANT CONCESSION GRANTED

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright

London, May 18

The Pekin correspondent of The. Times states that Oorea has granted Russia a site in Mesampho harhour for a coal depot and a naval hospital, and has undertaken not to alienate strategic points elsewhere. M, Pavloff, the Russian Minister, has intimated that Mesampbo will be made the winter headquarters of the fleer.

The Times, commenting on this sub ject, says the concession is a grave menace to Japan.

Transvaal War.

A Report From Pretoria

The Town Said to be Still Bur-

rounded

The Relief Column

Major-General Hunter's Force

Death of a Victorian Trooper

Mafeking Celebrations in Austra lia

United Preie Association--By Eteotrio Telegraph—Copyright

London, May II Colonel Baden-Pow«ll allowed llloft to enter an enclosure of the garrison, then fired from loopholed barrow*, killing fifty of the enemy.

Pretoria's official statement is that Mafeking is still surrounded,

Lord Kitchener's whereabouts are unknown. It is believed he command! the Maf ekiag relief column.

Those of Colonel Porter's division who were captured, included Troopers M'Donald, Harmett, and Sargeant Doyle, of the Australian Horse, who were wounded. The wounded who were not captured included Corporal Cliant, Troopers Darcy and Williams, of New South Wales, all slightly wounded. Private McFarlane, a West Australian, was severely wounded,

Pretoria's official statement that Mafeking is still surrounded is sugges* tive of Major-General Hunter having left Major-General Barton at Chris tiana and returned to Fourteen

Streams. Lord Roberts explains that the Boers at Christiana, thinking a British force at Pary's threatened Klerksdorp, vent to Klerksdorp. Lord Methutn has advanced twelrt miles along the Hoopstad road. | General French found the enemy in strength forty miles north of Kroon stad. General Bailer i% at Dannhasser, with an advance guard at Newcastle.

Seven thousand Boer* passed north* ward, .

Private Briscoe, a Victorian, died from enteric fever at firandfort.

Sydney, May II

The city has been in a state of jubilation during thn whole day con cerning Mafcking, There was a great display of banting. Band* paraded the streets, and large crowds gathered at the post office, awaiting the hoisting of the signal for the official confirma tion of the news of the relief, and at the newspaper offices. The mail stea mers fired salutes, and all joined in the " cock-n-doodling." Many of the pub lic schools granted half a holiday.

There was a scene of great entbuir asm at the Stock Exchange on the strength of a report that the Governor had received the official confirmation, which, however, proved to be no more than was contained in the Press cable grams.

To-night the streets were thronged with cheering and singing crowds, and bands and impromptu methods of showing enthusiasm notwithstanding the want of confirmation of the new*. There was similar enthusiasm in the country and other districts

Brisbank, May IS The Imperial Bushmen sailed by Hike Manchester Fort, and were accorded an enthusiastic send oft.

Remounts for South Africa.

The New Zealand Contingents.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—

Wellington, May It Including ISO horses now being collected', abont 700 in all will go in. the Tropea and Ormazan.

Botha, Do la Rey, and Ollivies Entrenching.

British. Stratify.

(Received Wakapuaka May 19, 8 5 a.m, This Office 9-6 am London, May 18 England is awaiting confirmation of the news of the relief of Mafeking. There is excitement in every town. Probably there will be ne news before Monday.

The Boers in Natal are retreating to Majuba.

Botha's, De la Bey's,. and Ollivier's commandos are entrenching at Bhen oster river, where the bridge ia des troyed. :

The Yolkeraad endorsed the transfer of the capital to Ledenburg,' The ar% chives have been removed.

The British gunboat fort, at Dela goa Bay, nightly Bhams to proceed seaward seven miles, owing to suspected conspiracy to explode her in darkness like the American warship Maine'

News of Mafeking Relief in New South Wales

(Received Wakapuaka May 19,935 am, This Office 10 12 am) Stdnky, May 19 News of the relief of Mafekihg reached Cqotamqndra at three o'clock in the morning, The firebells wen rang by the half-dressed, shivering crowd, who paraded aod then dispersed to their beds. At Goulbourn, the jubilation con* eluded with the burning of an effigy of Kruger. Everywhere patriotism ii at fever heat*

THS ASHBTTKTON OTARIIAN ; SATDRDaI, MAf A 9, 1900



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»* ' """ ' ""'■""■*•*-■'■ '- ■""- ""—* "*" I rf) * ,4 a* * = «s*. s i—\ it. n * js p qd.a :-- £ S«' y 3 * | •• « 0.3 o t—i , s * : fe| o Op J H ASHBURTON ffi/N 7"f HOSPITAL l«Burford House." Conducted by—Mas Maokay. Patients can ba received on an after MAY 14, 1900. MRS MACK A V trusts that her long coDneotioa with the Aebburton County Hospital will be » sufficient guarantee that all Putienfcs (who can be attended by their own Doctors,) will receive every care attention, and comfort. For terms apply to 44 MRS MAOKAY. EGGS. MINORCAS are reoommended by the Govemmaab Expert as being the best layers. I Inve Purebred Minorca Cockerels for aale, cheip, bred from first priss^ Stock. 5 71 H. G. BERRYMAN. ST. STBPHE N' S dH 0 B 0 H, Aehburtoc. FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER FASTER, (May 20 ) 11 a m—Matins, Holy Communion, and Sermon 4 p rn™Ho!y Baptism I 6 30 p m—Evening Prayer and Sermon R- A. WOODTHORPE, M.A. Vicar OATES, UMY MD CO. FOR Gas Lamps, 15s lach- Shipment of Bells and Carbide i Just to Hand. OATF.S LOWSYAN3 GO, Burnett Street. THE New Zealand CLOTHiiG FAGTORY HT AS received a Kpeoial Consignment of L Men'a and B^ye' Tweed Overcoats and Cape?, which they are marking at Rldiculouß Prices to clear. ! SEE THEM AT ONCE. DON'T MISS THIS OPFOKTURITST. Men's Overcoats and Capes 253 6d, for 19a 6 \ ; Boys' ditto lls 6J, for 6a 61 Men's Overcoatß and C&pes 26a, for 21a ; Boys' ditto 12s 6d, for 7a 6d. Men's Overcoats and Capee 32s 6J, for 25a 6ii; Boya' ditto 15-s for 9s. Men's Overcoats and Capes 35?, for 27s 6d ; B >ys' ditto 16s 6d, for 10s. Men's Overcoats and Cspeß 37a 63, for 29s 6d j Boys' Reefers 10s 6d, for 7a 6d. Men'a New Shape Cliesterfieid \Yaterproof Coats made to order. A very large selection of pattercu* Ladies* Waterproof Cloaka made to order. See our pattern?. NEW SKIS'* LAND CLOTHING FACTORY. F. H. BKOKIJNGSALB, Manager THE RAPID LIGHTNING GLOSS THE ONLY RELIABLE SHIRT POLISH IN THE WORLD. T%y["R3 MILLER, of Duaedin, tho Pro fessional Laundress, Bays :—lt is the best I have ever used. It makes Shirt) Ironing a pleasure. -Wine Mothers and Sisters try it »nd «ava your strengtl, temper, and patience. Once fcried, always used. Sold in tins ab BHEARMAN BROS' & JOHN ORR & CO. 5 100 WE ASK— Your inspection of our EXCELLENT TWEEDS AND OVERCOATINGS. Wo have now been in business 26 years, and still retain rmny of our first customers, which alone is proof o Jour HOHEBT WOBK McDonald a Co,, Q}*ilo», Btoi Job lee BuildlDgs Baroett; Street.



NORTHCOTE & HEFFORD J Tpj AYE now landed their Third Winter Shipment of Up-to-date Drapery and Clotking, pn chsaed for Cash fro«» the leading Manufacturers, in mny cases at old prices, and In seme c%s<s al slight advances only. N~~URTHCOTE & HUFFORD for 'S'lTk CORNER for Fur tfeeklers, in White Color ial Blanke.s, Grey and jj Black, Brown, and White, 2s lid White English Blankets, all siz-»«. \ to 17s 6d, TVIORThCOT:-AHKPPORDforNew- ■ ■ 1.1 Dress Matomla, a splendid variety, ■ rpHE CORNER for N*w NIVMv *ry, plain and fancy: also iSe^ea and Now. X Stylish Mats, alao Children's Face Cloths (o<-a-, va'u ■in A^-h burton). [ Millinery, all the newest goods. OBTHCOn & HtPPORL) for | - — ' Velvoteena. all the newest colours, ITpHR CORNER for Fur Trimming, la, Is 6d, and 2s 6d per yard. \_ Bead Ornaments, Buckles, and N~ DRTHOOTE & HEFFOitD for Dr6SS Setß' . Blouse Velveteens fancy stripes . „_„.,. , . .T ■ , ,_, . , and floral patterns. 1b lid and L U per A NEW Variety of Lidies' Fascinators yar <k £%. at 2s 9J each. T^T ORTHCOTE & HBFFORD for New rpHE CORNER for Kid Gloves. 2s 6d, ll Season's Macintobhts, a splendid i 2s lid, 4s 9d, 6i 6d ; Saede Gloves lot, all the beat colors and shades, ab 2e lid ; Far topped, grand value, 3s 6d. moderate prices, ■ ~— — Tk-rriwptTnrvTfi' * nnwß'nim t »„ r| HE CORNER for Ladiea' Combina- &HEFFORD for New | fcioM . Corsets. Merino aud L.W. 11 Jackets in Black Fawn Brown, Underc i O rhing, our leading lines. Very and B!uo, just fresh, 15s to 39s 6d, Sneclal NORTHCOTE & BKPPOBD for Ladies' Oapas and Mantles, worth HPHE CORNER for Dressing Gowns seeing, all prices. X and Morning Wraps. Oar Men's Bay and Boys' for Clothing, Cash Mercery, from and Boots " The are noted Corner" for their . of Cheapness, East; Variety, and and Stylish * Tancred Appearance. Street, NORTHCOTE & HEFFORD, CASH DEAPEBS & OLOTdIBRS.



THE NEW DRAPERY." A Beautiful EVENING DRESS WINDOW. 80ME THING NEW AND CHASTE. MITCHELL & TURNER. Wm. Strange { Mj££ST d } Thos. Coverdale



A TRIP TO TOWN Is not always PRACTICABLE. Consequently, MANY LADIES residing in Ashburton and District iind it IMPOSSIBLE to visit the Establishment of STRANGE & CO. as OFTEN as they could DESIRE. Their annoyance is natural enough. EXPERIENCE has taught them that the big City Establishments, SUCH AS OURS, offer them THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY, and the WIDEST CHOICE OF GOODS. But such Ladies can always SHOP WITH US BY POST, as HUNDREDS already do, because they know we are LARGE BUYERS, , LARGE IMPORTERS, LARGE MANUFACTURERS. It is also pretty | generally known now that WE BUY EVERYTHING FOR READY MONEY, and that we have a LONDON HOUSE which keeps us supplied all the year round, not merely with plain, every-day goods, such as are in constant demand, but with The Latest London and Continental Novelties in Mantles, Costumes, Millinery, Corsets, Gloves, Dresses, Dress Goods, Under wear, Children's Goods, &c. And Ous* Dressmaking Department closely resembles a West-End of London Establishment.. Our new French Dressmaker, MADAME BOUTEAUD, is acknowledged to be a TRUE ARTISTE. Her creations are the theme of GENERAL ADMIRATION; while our Miss Mazey (in charge of our second room) continues to give the utmost satisfaction to her numerous patrons. As Bespoke Tailors, sve have acquired a HIGH REPUTATION. We make Stylishly-cut Suit (splendid workmanship and material) from £3 3s. Those who prefer Ready-made Clothing will find our famous " ORIENT " BRAND CLOTHING (in all sizes), the NEAREST APPROACH to MADE-TO-ORDER GOODS in the Market— and at about HALF THE PRICE. Furniture we Supply Direct from our Factory to the People at Factory Prices. We also have a BEDDING FACTORY (for supply of pure, sweet bedding), a WIRE MATTRESS FACTORY, and a BLIND FACTORY (under the charge of those famous Blind-Experts, Messrs. GEE). COUNTRY RESIDENTS, If you CAN'T come to town to see us, you can always t « > Shop with us by Post. State your requirements PLAINLY in writing, ENCLOSE REMITTANCE, and your order shall be filled as PROMPTLY and SATISFACTORILY as though you had delivered it in person. ; POST FREE ON APPLICATION. Estimates for House-Furnishing, Blind-Making, Bedding, Wire Mattresses, &c, Patterns of our LOVELY NEW WINTER DRESS MATERIALS, and our NEW SEASON'S SUITINGS, TROUSERINGS, OVERCOAT INGS, &c. (together with full directions for self-measurement), Post-Free on application to STRANGE & CO., GHRiSTGHURGH.



Lots of Rakaia and Methven people have boughb a small sample packet of McKeczie's Hondai Lanka Ceyloi* Tea out of pure curiosity. Didn't believe ii— why, certainly nob—why should they. But somehow or other they are using it right along { wouldn't forsake it on any account Of course they were sceptical at first: so many things ad' vertised now-a-days; but a Teapot test sets any doubt ab rest, CHOPPING BY POST IS A FRAUD-Se O our (roods and examine them at *' The Oomer."—Nobxhooxe & Busman,



4 Cinnamon Care, Wahoo, Koolibah of Benjamin Gum go 2 Ashbubtok Unequalled and Inviaoiblo, Woods' Gre»b Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Coldi, It 64 ana 2a U