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THE ASHBURTON TRAIN SERVICES

Trains leave Aahhurtoo daily for— UHRISTUHUROH—at 7.20 am, 11 am 5.15 p hi, 7.8 p m (express) TIM ARU—at 10.55 a m, 3.50 pm DUNEDIN—at 12.64 pin (express) SPRINGBURN—at 4.85 p m Trains arrive daUy at Aehburtoo from— OHRISTOHUROH—ab 10.45 %m, 12.48 p m (express), 8 pm TIMARU-at 10.35 a m« 2.55 ptn DUNEDIN—at 6.57 pm (express) SPRINGBURN-ab 9.43 a m

Mail Notices

Mails oioae for the following places at under, subject to the necessary alterations; SATURDAY, August 31 For Northern Ports and Westporfc, per Tarawera, »t6Sopm MONDAY, September 2 For Taemaaia and Australia (das Mcl bourne Sept 9th), also Ceyloa, India, China, Sbraifcs Settlement, South Africa, etc, also GoDfcineat of Europe and United Kingdom (due London Oct 13), via Briodiai, also Hono lu'u, Canada (due Vancouver Oob 3rd), United States, and United Kingdom (due London Oat 16th), specially addressed via Vancouver, per express, to oaanecb with Westralia, at 12 30 pm For Northern Porte and Wegbporfc, per Rctorua, ab 10 30 a m WEDNESDAY, Sepb 4 Por Northern Ports and Westport, also 5 tmoa, Hawaii, Philippines, Japan, United Slai-ee, Canada, etc. United Kingdom, and Continent) of Europe (due London October stb), via Sin Fianoisoo, per Talune, at 6 30 p m.

Commercial.

United Press &a?ooiatioa—By Eleabrio Telegnpb.—Copyright! London, August 29 The Amerloan-vißlbls supply of wheat is 37,423,000 bushele.

ASHBURTON GRAIN MARKET.

The Ashhurton Agency of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association of Canter' bury, Ltd, quote as follows on August 30, 1901 :—

Wheat—

Prime milling Pearl _ 2s 3d to 2* 4d „ „ Tuscan.., 2s 4d to 2a 5d Bunter's 2a 3d to 28 43 Oats— Duns la 9d to Is lOd „ Daoieh Is 9.1 to Is 10(3  Sparrowbills 1b 101 to Is lid  Canadian 1« lid to 2a Barley—Ma!tiog t prime 2b Inferior Is 6(3 Peas—Bus Prussian 3a „ Partridge 3< to 3s 6d OhftS—Good oateheaf 42- 61 Grass Seed—Farmers ia &d to la 91 The above are prices current paid to f&rmers od trucks at Ashburtou

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1901.

Notwithstanding the diamai picture presented to the House of Representa tives a day or two ago by Mr 'Ell, one of the merabera for Christchurch, with a view to show that the drinking habits of the people were becoming more prononnced, students of history know that the reverse in the case, and that the British of to-day are much more temperate than their forefathers were, It is not so vbry long Bince it was considered a reflection on a man to aay of him that he had never been drank. Now nobody with any self respect would like to be twitted with having so far forgotten himself. It is, however, a matter for regret that chiefly owing to the «?ant of agreement amongst thoae desirous of promoting reform in this respect, no very marked improvement has so far been accom» pltehed, and victims of intemperance are still much more numerous than should be the case in a country pro fessedly siyiHsed. We have persis tently advocated the adoption of more stringent measures with 4fffnkards, and especially with those who are t»o£ so far gone as to be past recovery. We are pleased to see that one magistrate at least ,ia determined to deal with inebriates in a sensible manner, and haa publicly notified his intention to issue prohibition orders again at sll persons brought before him having th« reputation of being habitual drunk ards. The same magistrate has aho shown that be does not believe in dis missing such offenders vitjji a cantion he generally inflicts substantial finesj, If more of oar magistrates would act similarly we might reasonably expect some satisfactory results. There is one direction in wbiush pjablic opinion might do much more ia the way ol reform than any other agency can ac complish. We refer to the discounter ancing of the custom of "shouting." Tiie abolition of this idiotic practice would do more towards reducing the Drink Bill of the country than the speeches of nil the prohibition orators in" the world, We notice that our con temporary, the Mew Zealand Tablet, In its issue of 29th August, d#als with this matter in a very interesting artipl® from which we make fcbo following extract;—"A far-reaching non-treating or^anieition would save many a youth from looking too often upon the wine when !t i« red, and would do more for the cause of temperance than an »rmy corps of prohibitionists, Sjqcli as or? genisation was started in » modest way in the United States some three years ago. Writing on the subject some time »go we said : 'Towards the close of 1898 r Non-Treating Club was formed la Chicago. It started with one membejt—» jrniatkably live one, by the way—Mr Montstfc, the founder of the association. £n three months it had drawn into ijs mp V

[ membership o! 6*0,000 men. It .was not a total abstinence—nor even > what is commonly called a temperance —movement. Its card of membership contains the pithy injunction J •• When you want a drink, take it, and don't j imagine you will offend anyone by not asking eight or ten to j )in you," Mera • hers pledged themselves simply to 'avoidance of the pernicious habit of " treating." Well, ono act of the fijt | tery of imitation is worth a dozen mor ganatic compliments. A club or association on similar lines has been started in Australia, It is sorely j needed across the water. Customs of I this kind are described in tha Old Law j as the plague of wise men and the idol of fools, Members of the new associa tion—to which we wish God-speed— will probably have to stand for some time the odinm of the idolaters of the old treating custom, and an abundant pelting with that variety of " chaff " which hits as bard and cuts as deep as sparrow-shot, But the movement de serves attention as an upstanding figbt against a grave Bocial abuse." We thoroughly agree wuth the views of our contemporary, and believe that a movement of the kind referred to would be productive of very satisfactory results, if supported by the press and the public generally,

Local and General.

An Ocean Liner—An interesting artio'o entitled '•'Feeding iho fires of an Ooaan Flier," will be found on our fourth page* Heavy Rains—Oh Thursday, while the nor'west gale was blowing on the plains and carrying olonda of dust before it, heavy rama were falling in the Staveley, Alford Foreife, MocKt Somere, and Methveo dictriota. Cattle for Sooth Africa--The Akuroa Mail Bays :—Another shipment of 500 cattle ia being gent to South Africa, and also 100 heifere purchased by the Government for the Government of N&ta'. The BiAOTJiryisG Association — We understand that the ladies who are collecting funds on behalf of the Beautifying Associa tion are meeting with a fair amount; of gEHKiesa, one lady ao far having reoeived subscriptions to the value of £7. Effect os Labor Legislation—We bear oq good authority that it is the iatention of some of the owners of sawmills is the Gad terbur; distriob to close down their mills if the demands of the men are conceded by the Arbitration Court. Tub Butter IndU6Tß7—The Te Awatamu D<*iry Factory Company, Manaia, have sold the coming season's output of butter at a figure equal to 10J per lb. Salvation A.KMY —Special meetings will be held tomorrow in tha Salvation Army Barracks, when members of the Ohristchuroh band will present a grand musical programme. Tub Jessie Niooll—The schooner Jessie Niooll, which a coup c of weeks ago waa abandoned off the Kaikourae, and afterwards towed into Lyctelton, was yesterday sold by auction and brought £201. Mr P« Curtis, of Aahbartoo, conducted the sale on behalf of Messrs Matson and Co., Ohrhtohurcli. The New Getjeb—ld Ib reported from Rotorua that the eruption of a new Bed very largo geyasr at the foot of Tarawera Moun tain was witnessed from Waioiapu on Thursday of last week, about 5 o'clock. It is thought to be at the end of Rotomabana, j and that the waters of the lake havo percolated into the old drift. , Found Dead—A man name j Christopher Harold, well known in racing circles, was | found dead in Cass Street last evening about ten o'oiock, having bnrat a blood vessel. He was taken to Devaae'a Hotel, where he had been staying. No icqueet will be held as he ' hus beej in poor health lately, and bad on a previous oacaeion burst a blood vessel. The funeral will take place on Monday, ad two o'clock, from the residence of Mrs P Norman, Moore Street West, The Waikato District—There ia likely to be very little wheat sown in Waikato this BeasoD (saya the Waikato Timts), as farmers 2md the present low prioe anything but payable. A fair aoreago is beiDg sown of the Algerian, Danish and Garton varieties of oats. Dun oats are not as popular with farmers as hitherto, on aooount of their liability to damage from the oaterpil'ar. A Wobk of Art—The address presented to Mr Hugo Friedlander by the members of tho Borough Council, oo the ocoaßion of his retirement from bhe offioe of Mayor has been beautifully illuminated and engrossed by Mr Wade of Ohristohuroh, whose skill ia this kind of work is well known through' out Canterbury. Mr Friedlander has kiodly given permission for this work of art to be exhibited today in the window of Mr H M JonoSi Falling Into Line—The Otago D^ily Times of yaaterday says :—Mr Arthur Glass, ganeral organiaing secretary of the Farmers' Union, has this week formed two branches in the Taiezi—one at Mosgiel and tho other at Outram,—and branches also at) Milton, Balclutha, VVaitahuna and Lawrence. Mr I Oscar Fisher, the assistant organising I secretary has now completed his labours in Southland* The Factories Act— 1 We haven't got anything to do with laundries,' said an Auckland builder at the conference at Wellington laßt Monday morning, when the delegates were considering the Factories Act. ' I don't know ao muoh about that/ replied the Timaru delegate ; 'if your wife and daughter work in a laundry on your washing, there's a factory at once I'— (Laughter). ' And you'll have to allow them an hour for lunch I' added a Wellington mans ' Oh, we don't know where we are 1' cried the Aucklander, amid more laughter* Pig Hunting —The Temuka Leader states that a parly of pig hunters had some splen did sport oa the ranges, about ten or twelve miles to the back of Four Peaka Station, going out With several cf the Orari Gorge Station hands. The party meb at Four Peaks Station, where ha 1! a doz^n mules were picked with swags and a starb was mada for P.Oisaatj Gaily hu*, Tho parly traversed the bills for a couple of days, and fund any amount of n'eres'fng, not to Pay exciting, n)or\ Pi^s were p entiful, and with gun and dog they succeeded in bringing to earth bo few> r than twenty five pigs in tho two diys* Heavy fuow lay on the ground, which mada climbing somewhat difficult, bub in spite of all obstacles a thoroughly enjoyable time was spent, WAKANOI! PbESBYTERIAN ChUBCH An- NOAL hioctAii Gathering—After Song and laborious preparation on the parti of many friends for the annnil social meeing in the Wakanai Presbyterian Church, tht» fierce nor wester that blew on Thursday, excited fsarg thaji the attendance would be com* pletely spoiled. Bub by sundown 1 the wind j had fallen? and a feaaulfful Quiet evening followed. There was a record' gathering at the sohoolhoase where a band of busy helpers were kept hard at work for over two hours in entertaining young and old who had coma to the annual social reunion of the congregation. Tables were provided by Mesdamea Corbetb and Sinclair, Meredith and T Vv*ilion, and these were ably assisted j by the Misses Corbett, Wilson, Doak, and i others. [Eae bachelors had a table to them* Bclyey, £t)d were represented by Messrs George Mergdit-h, and Sam Wilßon, and Howard Barton. ' Needless to cay, these gentlemen and their friendi, yied with the ladies fn giving a hearty welcome to all patronised their table. At the after meeting speeches were delivered by the minister, the Rev G B loglie, and by the Revs T Fee and Jackson, and Mrs IngHs. The musical programme was both good and lengthy. Tae Misses' Gates pang and played srery sweetly, and Mr and Mrs J§ G (Jraighead were ajao exceed ngly well received by the audience, Mr MoClurg twice charmed the company with hie violin, and the church choir, under tho leadership of Ml X G Cralghe&d, sang four anthems in a very pleasing manner. A vote of thanks was proposed by Mr David Doak. which was heartily accorded to all who hsd given their help, and the benedic* t|on brought) a first oliua meeting to a close,,

WfiATHBnJREPOHT— Captain Edwin wires:. —Moderate northwest to West) and couth winds jjglaes rise. The Riflhs' Annual foout—The Ash burton Riles Annual Social took place last evening in the Oddfellows' Hall. There were a goodly number of guests, this being an invitation affair, amongst whom were some of the officers of tho Guards, and several returned troopers. Excellent music was supplied by Miss Richardson and Mr R. Oul'cm, and da- cinq waa kept up with great | spirit until the small hours. A liberal and tastefully arranged supper—Mr Madden being caterer —was provided in the ueutvl room, which, as we have befora remarked, ia too small for the purpose. ' Hampstbad School Hoko —In spits of the bolsterinus weather on Thursday afternoon a fair number of ladlea responded to the invitation of the headmaster. Plans of operations were discussed, and c large amount of support promised. Several novelties were promised in connection with the exhibition, A. looul gentleman who takes an interest in eleotrioity has promised to exhibit a considerable amount of hi? electric apparatus. Promises of support have been received from unexpected quar' tera and everything promises a very success ful carnival. After appointing a oanvasaiug committee the meeting adjourned for a fortnight. Volunteers.—We understand thabOap tain Sparrow, whose tflorts wera mainly responsible for the resusitation of the Ash* burton Volunteer Guards, haa tendered his resignation as captain of that corps. Satis fied thab his efforts have been rewarded by the establishment of a strong company, he now feela 1b his duty tr> devote bis apare time to the advancement of his business. It ia understood that Lieut Nicol!,who haa proved himself a thoroughly efficient officer will be elected unopposed to the vacant cap" taiocy, Lieut R Shearman taking the position of senior BUbaltern. Messrs F Robiiliard and A J Tyrrell-Baxter are among those stated to be contestants for the junior lieutenancy* Criticism—Painful and Free. -An lowa newspaper, in a criticism of the performance of certain ladies of the music hall, laid they were ' spavined, atringhalt, and with legs as clastic aa the curves of a broom handle, 1 and their danoing Was described as * a orosa between the hoctchio kootnhie and a fox | trot.' One of the ladies was referred to as a ' j«de,' another as a ■ frtoky filly,' and a third as a'capering monstrosity.' Their fingers j were called < talone," their mouths ' caverns,' their features ' rancid,' and their voices * the wails of damned eouls,' They were * strange creatures' with ' painted faces and hideous mien,' and other compliment* of like nature •were freely bestowed! lo a word, the dramatic orltio appears to have the right of way in lowa, RtTDGE-WHITWORTH CYCLES—AS Rodge- Whitwurth Gyolea are Admitted to be the strongest neatest, tightest, and best in the market, we recommend our friends when buying a machine to havo nothing else.— Rk D. Johnston, Agent, A«hburton« 8 233

News in Brief.

Mr David Thomas announces for aaie by private treaty an eight roomed house, now occupied by Mrs E W Haumen Mr Joshua Tucker announces that he Is selling Mount Somers coal, and asks householders to support the local district coal. It is the best and cheapest domestic coal in the markc6. Tha Ohriatohuroh Star is responsible for the following: —Ib is an open question whether a church dignitary can ride a bioyole and still uphold the dignity of the church Yesterday morning pedestrians in High Street* would have voted unanimously smongsf) the ' noes.' Aa the head of a church waa riding his bioyole shortly after a water oarb had passed along, he performed the aide slip, and rolled over in the mud, with his bicycle oa top of him. There was great controversy among the onlookers, as to the expression used by the fallen one.

Interprovincial

United Prens Association—By Electric Telegraph Auckland. Aug 30 A man named David Swanson was sen' kneed to three months at the Police Court todiy for riagiog bhe ahanges ia four different hotel bars. Accused entered the bar with a friend and called for two threepenny drinks, and tendered half a sovereign, end got Sa 6d change; He then discovered he had sixpence in his pocket, and asked for the half sovereign back, thus puzzling the barmaid*. He got off with his half sovereign and 9s 6d change in each caae. Christceueoh, August 30 At a meeting of the Chriitchisreh Pus* before' Union, the following resolution wis carried ananimoualy :—••• That thig Union is of opinion that} the Conoiliation and Arbitration Amendment Act, 1901. Fadtorios Ao\ 1901, and the Shopa and Offioes Aot are absolutely neoeaaary for the well being of the workers and industries of bhe colony, and we trust the Minister of Labour, Labour Bills Committee and members of the House of Representatives will streouously fight for the Billa, and pa'B them into taw this aeaslon, notwithstanding the amount of adverse criticism levelled against these Billa by peraoos who look upon workers as instruments of production, who should have no righb to exlab with any standard of comfort." Dunedin, Aug 30 Ab the Supreme Court Arthur Nelson was found gnilty of unlawfully using an instrument, and was sentenced to five years' hard labour. Thomas John White" man, who had been charged with Nelson, was acquitted. John Saywell ( twenty six years, and John Chapman, thirty four years were sentenced to eighteen months each for a&saulc, and intent to rob.

Tinwald Town Board.

The monthly meeting of the Tinwald Town Board was held in the Temperanoe Hall yesterday. Present—Messrs Q Doherty (chairman), J Clothier, J Gudsell, and I Williams C3BEESPONDBNOB From Mrs 0 Reid, requesting thab her name be taken of! the roll, and that of Mr C Reid inserted From Mrs H Smith, requesting that her name ba taken off ihe rol'.and that of Mr 0 E Smith ■ inserted From Messra Friedlander Bros, notifying that the property o#nec! by Mr Sootb had bees leaaßd to Mr J Johnston The alterations werj ordered to be made. JFrb'n Mr 0 J Sfcyche, re Workers' Com* penaafcion Aot-wCooaideiration deferred j From Mr T Bradley,"askinß for a 1*reduce i tion in the rant of Reserved—lt was resolved to reply ' Thab the Board cannot see its way to make any reduction in the rent.' GOESE NUISANCE The Surveyor waa instructed to take proceedings against occupiers of property owned by Mr Soocb, for allowing gorse to ensroach oil the roads. It waa stated that the'usual legal notice had been served COUNTIES BILL The Chairman stated a telegram had been received from the Govgroment, asking that any recommendation or objection to the proposed Counties Bill be forwardsd by the 21at iost. He had seen the H'embers, and agreed to forward a reply The action was approved TESDEBS It was reported that tenders had been called for forming footpath on Carter' Terraoo. and that of Mr Blackburn had been aocepted. —Approved ABATTOIRS ftjr fjudaell gave notice of motion—' That the iiioti&n passed &ti the meeting held in July, re centra! abat'tolrejbelhg at> Freezing Work?, be rescinded STORM WATER The Surveyor waa empowered to make provision for leading storm water off Thompson Street ACSCOUNfS Accounts amounting to £33 133 4d were ■ passed for payment

SOUTH AFRICA.

United Press Association—By Electric I Telegraph — Copyright I

PUNISHMENT OF MURDERERS

ENGLISH NEWSPAPER OPINIONS

THE YI£OMANRY SOA.NDA.L \

(Received August 30, 9 2 pm) London, Aag 29 The Standard referring to the pro clamation, says that Great Britaia has humanely resolvfd to bring home guilt to individuals before punishing them; The Times doubts the utility of formally proclaiming what the enemy are aware they must expect if they allow the war to degenerate into murder. A number of sharpshooters north of Ladybrand captured five Boera and many horses at a farm house used as a Boer remount depot. In connection with Lord Kitchener's complaints with reference to the selection of the Yeomanry, it in stated [ that several substitutes underwent the riding and firing testa when inoompa" tent Yeomen were enrolled. London, August 80 Commenting on the proclamation againat outrages, the 3?. Janus' s Gazette and the Westminster Gazette recommend sending more mounted troops and a liberal supply of remounts with a view to taking vigorous steps to end the war and prevent) acts ef savagery and embitterment* The Globe Bays Lerd Kitchener only needs to have the waste of forces made good. The Pall Mall Gvzeite says one execution ia preferable to many proclamations*

CLAIMS BY EXPELLED FOREIGNERS

Claims totalling £315,000 for direct, and £818,473 for consequential damages, were submitted to the Commission appointed at tha instance of the Marquis of Landsdowne, to Inquire into and assess the losses of foreigners expelled from the Transvaal. The Commission Ignored the claims for consequential damages, and considerably reduced the claims for direct damages, owing to the absence of claim' ants.

CASUALTIES AMONGST COLONIALS

(Received 1130 pm) J London, August 30 ( Privates Lawrence and Bow were killed and Supple and Brunett and Saddler Cook Were severely wounded at Schurveberg Hock. The above are all members of the Fifth Victorian Contingent.

CABLE NEWS.

THE AUSTRALIAN BOWLING TEAM.

United Press Association—By Electric (Telegraph—Copyright.

London, August 29 The Australian bowlers will return in the steamer India. It is probable that a British team will visit Australia in September of next year, THE DOMBRESTLE MINING ACCIDENT. Three miners have been rescued at Dorabreßtle. One was entombed for thirty-six hours. There is still hope of rescuing the remaining eight. A TRANSVAAL APPOINTMENT. London, August 30 Mr W. K. Davidson, a prominent official of the Ceylon Civil Service, has been appointed assistant Colonial Secretary for the Transvaal Oolony. COMMEMORATING THEIROYAL VISIT. The municipality of Capetown commenr orates the Royal vieit by founding mining and engineering scholarship?. lAIJNOH OF A CRUISER. The armomed cruiser Essex has been launched ac Pembroke. THE TAROOM TRAGEDY Brisbane. August 30 Netty Joucguay'a body was terribly mutilated, and the child's skull was smashed, An aboriginal named Gil bert waa arrested on suspicion, He swallowed strychnine and died,

Melbourne Frauds.

United Press A3Sooiatioa~By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copy righb Melbourne, August 80 F T J Dieksoß, the Melbourne University accountant, will be charged with embezzling sums of over £40C0. It is reported that his defalcations extended over fifteen years. Raoing is supposed to be the eauee of them. A warrant bag been issued for the arrest of A H Percival, hon, treasurer of Trinity College, on a charge of appropriating £200 the property of the College. It is alleged that the defalcations amount to over £2000, extended over a period of five years. Percival has disappeared. He came from Auckland some years I ago, where he passed through St John's College aa a theological student. Since coming to Melbourne be has acted as layreader at Christ Church [ Trinity College ia thnChuroh of England College affiliated to, and within the bouadat ries of Melbourne University]

France and Turkey.

(Jnited Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright London, August 30 Various concessions made by the Porte to Germans have caused heart burnings in Russia. The Constanti nople incident, coming on the eve of the Cgar's visit to France, is regarded as a veiled warning to Germany,

Af fairs in china

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Hong Kon<3, August 29 An Imperial edict has been issued prohibiting the importation into China of firearms, ammunition and machinery, but' implying that they may be legally manufactured. The edict is regarded as the voluntary act of tha Emperor. It mentioned that merchants had clandestinely imported certain goods and referred to the disturbances created by brigands. I At a meeting of the foreign Ministers, Sir E. Satow proposed that the return i of the edict should be overruled, but I the objectionable portions of the edict should be eliminated? An appendix was added to the draft protocol, tha Ministers informing the Chinese envoy that prohibition applied equally to official imports.

MEETING AT EALING.

A meeting of ratepayersof the Coldsbream, Baling, and Ruapuna, districts was held in the EUiog schoolroom yesterday afuernoon, to consider the feasibility of obtaining an additional supply of water for the Coldetream Ealing district by cooperation with the Ruapuna ratepayers.

Mr John Studholme, janr.. presided, and there were present :—Mesra J Withell, J Doyle Benr ; and janr, Clements, Jackson, O'Neill, Tarbotton aenri and juor., Lorgely, Taylor and McLauslilan. The Chairman stated they had been brought together because the present supply was inadequate for their requirements, and the insufficiency of water greatly hampered them in making proper use of their land, and they wished to bring this fact promi' nently before the County Council, The present intakes were only sufficient to keep a continuous supply in the present raoesi The County CouDcil should be induced to adopt some new intake such as that proposed by Mr Wright in damming up Lake Heron ; or they themselves should endeavour to get more water by co-operation with Raapuna ; or having their own independent supply by tapping the Rangitata at Oraoroft, and they must agitate until some improve ment waa obtained. Dealing with tha estimated surplus water from 'Ruapuna, if the County Council in sisted, they would have to pay £10 for every 100 gallons per minute for any ear* p(u=. The cost of maintenance was at present unknown, and it might not be known for years what the Ruapuna supply was going to cost, but ha was inclined to think they had sufficient data to go upon, and they would not thus be far wrong in estimating the Ruapuna supply to cost £8000 in addition to cost of maintenance. He did not consider it would pay the people in his district to buy water on terms based upon this expenditure, an 3if the County Oounotl should happen to insist upon those terms, and upon their joining in with Ruapuna upon an equal footing, he was of opinion that they would not be prepared to do so, as some better and cheaper method for obtaining an additional supply might be found. He pointed out that it was a more expensive matter for the Ruapuoa people to obtain water than those in hia district, yet he failed to toe why some reasonable arrangement could not be oome to of mutual advantage to both (sections. His district, he thought, should make a deal with Ruapuna so long as the tatter has a surplus, and it would surely be better for the Ruapuna people to obtain some income to reduce at least the main' tenance charge, As book as Ruapana could decide upon the surplus water which would be available, and indicate some definite quantity, arrangements might be made far their district to buy the Ruapuna surplus water for a definite term of years. It would cob matter to Ruapuna whether they sold the water to the County Council or to his district, The surplus water might not be great, in faot might prove very limited, per haps 1000 or 500 gallons per minute, and he considered that perhaps the simplest method for those in the lower district was to form a syndicate to boy the Ruapuna surplus water, Daaiing with the other schemes, they could do nothing with respeod to Lake Heron that day [except perhaps to urge their claims for water upon the County Council, and with respect to Cracroft, ha thought they should meantime confine themselves to the Ruapuna question, so as to enable those who attended from there to return to their homes, and in this direction he asked for an expression of opinion from the representatives, Mr E Taylor thanked tha meeting for his invitation to attend; The rod of affliction hai taught the people in his district heavily upon the water supply question. He weuld, however, point out that he only attended the meeting in a personal capacity and nob as a representative of the Ruapuua rate' payers. He thought it would be wise to confine their discussion to the Rangitata auxiliary water supply. The Ruapuna district waa well supplied with water, perhaps aB well aB other parts of the county, bub there was room for improvements, but as the result of droughts brought before them some years ago, it had been considered necessary to augumenb the supply. He proceeded to deal at length with the engineers report and the course adopted at previous meetings, pointing cut that the £5000 loan had only bsen carried by a majority of one. Very few people were at the Ruapuna meeting whan the further loan of £1200 was arranged. This had bsen agreed to only on the understanding that it ehouH be raised if £1000 could be got from the Government. He was dealing it further length with the engineers 9 reports and previous meetings, when Mr Studholme i interrupted by saying that these milters | had already been fully vent lated, and it would be better for the mseting, with the : time at their disposal, to confine their j remarks now to the question of obtaining a ; permanent supply. (Applause). Mr Taylor j continuing said that hs estimated there > would be a very considerable surplus instead of only the 60Q gallons per minute as estimated by Mr Baxter. He contended that the imtter had not been fully discussed at Ruapuna as some of thsm considered io should be. In reply to Mr Withell, be pointed oub that Mr Bell's report showed that 9000 gallons per minute would be received at the intake, and allowing for 4000 gallons in their district with an extra 1000 gallons further allowance there would still be a surplus of 4000 gallons to spare; Mr Doyle, aenr, fcelieved the Government was prepared to help them with respect to the damage at Ruapuoa, judging by Mr Harper's opinion, and if that proved correct they would be able to carry through their scheme without depending on the people lower down. Speaking for himself, if the latter were willing to join in the undertaking the Ruapuna people were quite willing that they should do so. He did not think the surplus water oould be sold Mr Withell considered the Ruapuna schema would ultimately lead to a permanent) supply* and having the advantage of a straight) flow he thought they should join in and help the Ruapuna people, but he would not be in favor of coercing those who wished to stand out from the eoheme, and if a supply of say 2000 gallons per minute was available he waa prepared to pay £100 per annum for it. So long as they oould get 14a for fat lambs it was folly to do without water costing them say 5d per acre Mr Lorgley admitted he had plenty of water for his raquiremants, and he supported the idea of th'oßß who wanted water arranging for their own separate supply, and no charge would be made for taking the water through their properties* Mr Wilhell's offer of £100 per annum, he pointed out, was for irrigation purposes, but they could not all go in for Irrigation. Mr Withell contended that as £1000 odd had been practically thrown in the river, as the result of the flood, he could not see that it would be fair to ask those below to pay a rate for that loss. Mr Doyle replied that his district reaped no benefit from thjs arflouni, and if Eating; had b'aen then included'they would also havo Buffered,

Mr Doyle, jun,, urged that they should come to some unanimous decision whereby the water would be available right to the sea, and the result of the union would be that the Government would help them more readily under the greater combination, Mr Studholme expressed some doubt that ia any case the surplus water available would be very small, as Mr Baxter had informed him it would only amount to some 50Q gallons for that papb of the district), und its was therefore well to be cautious. It might be well for the Runpuna people to consider get'ing something oub of them, bswevar small for their surplus water, and after conferring the Ruapuna people ehould advise them whatever sum would be required. From £10 to £200 would be better than nothing for them over their own asset. Some definite proposal, he thought, should be placed before them for their acceptano9 or otherwise. The meeting, he thougnt, could nob move in the matter until the Ruapuna people ooulJ place something definite befoie them* £Jr Taylor contended thab from Mr Bell s report there mtfsfc bo a surplus of 6050 gallons per minute! M Mr Studljolme : here moved thab the Ruapuna Babblers bo asked to meet) and consider on wljab bertha they qould sell any surplus water they h%d to the Ooldsbream. disfcricb Mr Withe!! seconded, and the motion was carried; Mr Studholme then referred to alternative schemes, And thought it would be wisa to

ascertain all they possibly oould about: supply from Craoroft* They should also obtain from their settlers an idea of the quantity of water that would be required, after that going to the Oonnty Council to have their boundaries defined, and obtain an esl im&te of the total length of the races both for water supply and irrigation! If they oould obtain their own independent supply they would then cense to pay their present rate of 5d (reduced from 9i) to the Council. He admitted that he did not understand why this 9d rate had been charged, but he assumed it waa to pay eff the debt on the di&triob for their share of the cost of construction of the intakes. If a new intake were made &t Cracroft this would entail a new loan, and having helped to pay off one of the head works they should not be asked to pay anothnr. He thought they oould obtain a supply from Craoroft, and although Me McMillan was not anxious to have a raoa through his property, he was not the maa to stand in their way when the good of the district was so much involved. He would suggest that a small Committee be appointed to ascertain the water required and the chainage of the proposed channel* Mr Wiihell thoughb there might be a difficulty at Cracrofc with the drifting shingle, which was a matter that created a great difference of opinion amongst engineers, and fche Cracroft Boheme for maintenance wou'd be greater than from Ruapana. Hs moved the following resolution—Jl) 6Thntin the opinion of this meeting the present) County Council water eupply in the Cold* stream, Baling, and Hinds district it altogether inadequate for trieir needs; and thab the Council be respectfully urgad to endeavour to find some means cf sufficiently increasing the present County supply to enable ib to grant all new raoeo rr quired. 1 (2) That a copy of the abora resolution be forwarded to the County Council. (3) That) a Committee consisting of Messrs Studholme, O'Neill, Jackson, Chapman, Tarbotton, and the mover be appointed to obtnin further information, and to call another meeting when they think advisable,'

Tha motion was seconded by Mr Q'Neill, and carried, after which Mr Clements urged thati before any definite decision were come to the opinion of three engineers s.t ieait should be taken, as the oosb would be tmall compared to the ultimate outlay. &, vote of thank* to the chair conducted the meeting,

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES

Wellington, Augasb 30 The House met at 2 30 p m. DEBATE ON FINANCIAL BTAf EWtBNI,

Mr Meredith resumed the debate on the Financial Statement, He regretted the Colonial Treasurer had not been in his plaoa during the debate, and congratulated Mr Gr W Russell upon his forcible, incisive, and oonvinolng speech of Wednesday evening, saying he oould not understand how Ministers could sit atill and refrain from answering the impeachments that bad been made against them. The speeches showed that, financially, we were on the verge of a pre cipice. The comber cf ojmmisßlona that had been set up by the present Government) was enough to fill one with alarm, and it looked as if the country waa being governed by Royal Commissions, instead of by its responsible Ministers. He went on to com plain of the way ia which the colony's interest charges were mounting up. The total public and private debt of the colony now amounted to one hundred millions, and the interest bill totalled £4,246,718 per annum. As to the railways, he pointed out) that fche excess of revenue over expenditure fell short by £125,000 of the amount re quired for the pajrnsnt cf interest on borrowed money. In conclusion, he said he had intended to move that the estimates of expenditure be referred back to ihe Govern ment, with an instruction that (hey ba reduced by £50,000, The Acting Speaker said an amendment having alraady been moved and negatived, he could not accept! a further amondireat. Mr Msredi h said he regretted he had been outflaukedby the membsr for Lyitel ton. Mr Hogg urged that if the claims of the Midland railway bondholder i w;>s satisfied fche money would hava to be found by the taxpayers, who were not resjoneible for tfce poßlibn. Turning to tha gsneral position c f the colony, he said if they wara to have pool reforms their growth must not be rapid, aad that was where we would wish to warn the Gvarnmenti. They had been doing very Weil during the last ten years, but it was not advhabie lh*t they s-hould gq on recklessly spending tha mouey that they borrow' d. Mr Hanan said he did not think members had sufficient informitioa before them to enable them to come to a satisfactory opinion on the 6u*<jeob of the Budget. Why had not those members who raised their voices against tha Finanoial policy of the Govern ment made those speeches a year ago f If there was cause now for condemnation there was also, ha submitted, cause foe oondem' nation twelve months ago, and ha wanted to know the motive for the change of front) now. Some of' those members who hat} adversely criticised the finances of the Government bad obtained very large votes for their districts, and bq long as membjrs clamoured for expenditure on roada and bridges and public buildioga they must ex pect a large increase in the annual appropri ation. The country, however, mast progress it could not stand still, and although he felt the necessity for care and caution, he still felt that they must expend ft certain amount for tha purpose of developing the colony; The debate was interrupted by the 530 adjournments The House resumed at 7,30 Mr Herries brought up the question cf breach of privilege. He said the Bunedin Star of Tuesday, 27th insfr, bad published five columns of evidence given before the Mines Committee, and he asked if members of that Committee were still to be subject to the suspicion of having divulged evidence to the newspapers. Something ought to be done to stop the publication of further evidence. Mr Palmer, Chairman of the Mines Com mittee, said this evidence had been published before the publication of the first baloh of evidenoe by the Star had been declare! to be a breach of privilege. Sir Joseph Ward thought under the circumstances there was no necessity to raise another question of breach of privileges This new phftaa of the question could be considered by the privileges); Committee, which had been sets up to investigate the | leakage of the flrsti batch of evidence. After a short discussion, on Mr McGowanV motion, the matter was referred to the Privileges Committee. FINANCIAL STATEMENT DEBATE, Mr Hanan oontinued hla speech on the Finanoial Statement. He complained that the Adulteration Prevention Aofc was a dead letter because no ftnalyab had been appointed under the Act, ' and (ie regretted that) Mr Lauronson^a amendment is favour cf a §tafca Bunk had not been carried. ' Mr A L D Eraser twitted those membars of the Government party who h»d adversely critloisad the Budget with having shown great inconsistency, Both Mr Graham and Mr G W Russell had, when they were before their constituents, expressed entirely different opinions to those they had advocated in this debate* Recent events had letb him to discover another party in (ho House, which he christened "The I9hmaelitea,',' He dealt at some length wi'h the pasb abbar. ances of Mr $ W Bueaell, atid said he did not believe either his figures or his deduc tions. He also quoted from one of Mr Graham's election speeches, in which ho had defended the Government from the oharga ff having departed from the po'icy laid down by the late Mr Ballance, yet last evening Mr Graham had oharged the Government with this self sarna thing. The name of the late Mr Bal'auce had been mentioned many times in this debate, bub he had been the most maligned man of his day, and had been driven ta an early (?r"ave by the Opposition and Conservative Press, {Hon members— ' Buncombe*) Mr Fisher said the Liberals had bees wounded in the house of their |dend'§; fifona^ members wese quite suddenly found wringing their hands arid looking out) for gloomy forebodings. Why did they hob do so lajt year, or before that? Though there was some just fixation for what) had been said by Messrs Millar, Hornaby, Meredith, and Graham, it ought to be remembered that they had b6en anticipating all they had Baid by the Hon Treasurer bimanlf. Me Fisher went on to quote figures to show tha expansion o! the revenue, and stated thers \

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