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Mtilß close for the following plaoeß aa '■ under, subject to the necessary alterations THURSDAY, JUNK 20. For Northern Ports and Weatport, per M iraroa, at 6 30 pm FBIHAY, JUNE 21 For Northern Porrs and We*t.per^ nlgo Australia {''uf> Sydney June 27th), per Mokoia, at 10.30 a m SATURDAY, JUN^ 22 Fnr Duoedin Direct, al»o Taßtna^ift, Aua tralii* (due Meibournfl June 16), Ceylon, liidU, China, RtraltH Settlement, and Sonfch Afr ca. ilho United Kingdom (du«' London Augu 4 sih), and oontinent of Europe, fpf-oiaiiy addresied via Brindisi, at 1230 pm

Commercial.

United Prees Ass'iciation—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright

London, Jane 18 Wheat at Mutk Lnne is 6d lower on the week

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Sydney, Jane 19 Wheat, chick, 2s 5d to 2a 6d ; milling, 2<i 7(1 to 2> Bji; flour £515 a fco£6 s«s Manitoban, £10 10a to £11. Oats, prime N — inland, feeding •B 2s ; medium 'G' la 9d to Is lOd; milling, 2« Jdi Barley, feeding Is l(M to 1b lid ;«eed 2s Id to 2b 2i. Maiza, prims 2a 4d, Peas, Prussian Blue, 4s 3d. Bran, B£l ; pollard, B^d. Potatoee, Oirou!»r Heads £4 10* to £4 15s; Onions, New Zealand prime, £B 5«; Viotorian, £11 ss. Batter—Dairy m, creamery la 21; Ohee«e~New Zealand, 5d to 6d. Bacon— 6|d to Bj,d (The above quotations .are those ruling ; between merchant and retailer, and do not represent the slightly lower values obtained by a recognised broker.) Melbourne, June 19 Wheat—2« 9£d ; oats, fair to good, Is lid to 2s ; maijte—2s 3|t3 ; barley—malting, 2a 4d to 3s 2d Adelaide, Jane IS Wheat, 2e 9d 5 flour £6 5a to £6 7" 6d | oata, Algerian la 9d to 2s; white, 2a 3d to 2s 9d ; bran and pollard ll^d

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET

Ohbistchdroh, June 19 There wa« a fail market at Addlngtoo today, but* poor Attendance, BHBEP~Tbere w»s a fair entry of fat sheep aud a good demand, especially for ewe and second ol&si muttou, but a brisk demand for the better class also, and prices all round showed an improvement on last week of about. 2s per head. Freezng wethers 16s 6d to 19s, extra heavy 19* 2i to 20s; best quality ewee 15^ to 16s 9d, medium, 13s 61 to 14s 9d, others 8a 6d upwards ; merino wethers 11s 2d to 14s Id. There was a small yarding of fat iambs, and prices rose Is 6d on be-^t sorts, and one prime lot fetched l7e 31. Freezes 14* to 16*, and butchers 13s ;o 14s 3d. 2000 store sheep were entered, half of them lambs. There was a keen- demand, and the sales were ft' follows :—l5O at 9» 6d, 208 at 10s lid, 284 at 10« Id, 117 at 10a 7<i, 268 at 10s lid, 49 at lls, 57 at; 10* 9(i, 11? at 10a 7d, showing a riaa of quite Is per head on the previous week* Thera was little demand for ewes, and every line was withdrawn. Fifty hoggets, i» low condition, fetched 9s 6d, 100 crossbred wefchere 12s 9d,

Oattlb—24o head of fat cattle were yarded, nmetly ordinary quality, »nd sold slowly. BsefV^r IOOIbs, 18s to 21a for Rood, tip bo 22* i6d for prime, oow and inferior 14» t<, 17s 6d j per head, steers £8 tio £95s for ordinary, up to £11 for prSmosb, heifers £5 to £7 10s, cows £5 15« to £7 17s 6d. There was a slow demand and a small entry of store oattej Two year old £3 10« i three year old {good line) £5 10** Good dairy cows was m demand up to £10. Pios—There was a large yarding of pig"", bnt tb.B market was sluggish, except for good bftcocers, which sold from 35a to S2s 6d, or s£d per lb ; porkers 20« to 345, or 3id to3}d per lb ; stores 10a to 13s, weanera 3t to 6b 6d. The day's numbers were 8108 sheep, 413 cattle, and 458 pigs.

GERALDINE STOCK SALE.

There was & good attendance of bnyers at the Geraldine Farmers' yards yeterday. Bidding was spirited, and thore was » good sale. Two tooth ewes brought 10» 6d; M and forward four tooth wethers 16s 4di ? small wethers 13b 6d. There was a fair entry of oftttlp, springers gold ab £4 Jos to £6 7s 6<3 4 Pigs -Stores 5» 3d to 9s.

BURNSIDE

United Pic.cc Association—By Elector Lu.N.t«l.i 1 Juuo U F-it. Tatllo-As there are no Bales ucxl week 291 head were yarded, the quality being uuususUiy good. Good beef was e&gerly competed for, and sold at about) ?,6n per 1001 b. Best heavy bullocks £S0 10s to £11 13s 6-3, medium weights £9 to £10 7s 6ri, others £7 to £3 17s 6d, best heifers (very prime) £7 17a 6d to £9 10», medium £6 to £7 15s, others £5 ISs to £6 10a

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1901.

The people of Timaru have evidently got into a, progressive frame of mind, if wo may fudge from the proceedings of their public bodies recently. The Borough Council, the Harbour Boari, the Levels Oounty Council are all pre pared to go ahead and spend money' m improving the town and the harbour and the district, and whether those who have to find funds for the works proposed, approve of these forward movements or not there can he no doubt that, some of them at least, would be of great advantage to the people of that, part of the country. The last progressive step taken by our southern neighbours, was at a meeting of the Tituaru Hospital Board held on Taesday,when a report drawn up by the Chairman on the subject of dealing with consumptive patients wag con sidered, The finding of the Commit* tef which had to deal with this ques tion wag, m effect, that on grounds of humanity and m the interests of public health, suitable homes should be pro vided for the treatment of consump tives. They recommended the Board lo bring th^ matter under %^% notice of the Government with a view to legisla tion, and also to ask the co-operation of other similar bodies, We are fully m accord with the opinions expressed by the Committee of the Timara Hos pital Board, and we trust their appeal to other local bodies for co-operation on the proposed work will be promptly responded toi As ye have more than once pointecf,out the question of how to deal with phthisis—probably the greatest scourge of the human race, has been neglected iv a moat remarkable manner by nations which pride them selves upon their advancement m medical science. We may even say that this neglect is a positive scandal, and a disgrace to the age we live m. While our scientists are hunt ing about for the bacciili of the diseases which affect humanity, we permit the worst of all of them to continue its ravages amongst ns. A few days ago Mr H G El!, one of th* members for Ohristchurch, informed his constituents that consumption was "ten times more dangerous than bubonic plague", and yet as Dr Mason says "victims of this disease are constantly landed on our shores m so advanced a stage, that them is obv'iisly no hope for them," Bnt. at present, there is no esylum for such unfortunates except the ordinary hospital. It is evidently a great m" justice to the people of this colony who have to make use of those establish— uient*, that such cases as these should bo received intotheua. We doubt very much whether the m-tjority. of persons quite realise tho risks they daily run through coming into contact with consumptives. The fact is, we have got so used to the presence of this dreadful malady amongst us that we give this aspect of the subject very little consideration. Wo recommend any one who may be Rceptic'il as to this statement, or who who n ally desire information upon the subject, to get Dr Mason's pamphlet recently issued by the Health Depart ment The perusal of this will open his eyes on this vital question. We believe the Government has already taken some steps m the direction sug gested by the Timaru Hospital Board, and we sincerely trust that the action taken by the last named body will meet with hearty support throughout th« colony. We are not by any means sure that it is not the dut> of a pro gressive and philauthropicJGovernmeni to provide some relief for the unforttr nate members of the community, who are afflicted by this dreadful scourge. It must not be forgotten that some of them—probably most of them—are actually victims of the neglect of proper sanitary rules by the nation at large. Dr Mason's pamphlet unpleasantly shows the countless risks that are run by healthy persons under existing conditions every day of their lives.

Local and General.

Stipendiary Stewards—The South Can terbury Jockey Club has approved of the appointment of stipendiary stewards to aot for the whole of tb<« colony. . . The Royal VisiT-iThe eoaehballders and blacksmiths of Ashburton announce that their places of business will be closed on Saturday and Monday i-eri on mcottnt of the Royal Visit to Oanoerbury Municipal Holidays—lt it notified m our advertising columns that fcho Borough Oounoil offices and Public Library will be cloaed from lpm on Friday «o 9a m on Tueidav 25th inst m connection with (tie Royal Viaib Personai,—Mr Henry Willis' eldest sor, Alfred, who has just returned from the front , where he was m the Naw South Walea Ambulance Corps for over twelve moabhi, returns on the Monowai from Sydney t and will probably reach hire on the 21th inst, He has six weeks furlough, Railway Tickbts—The Railway Depart ment announces that tickets to Ohrfstohurch for use on June 24th may be obtained at the Ashburton booking office on Saburday 6 Passengers for the morning trains to Christ ohuroh on the 24th are requested to purchase their tickets m advance; a step !n the direo tion frequently advocated m these columns. •J'HE WBATHBR—After a long spell of dry «eeather, a welcome rain commenced to fall Saab' evening, and continued throughout the night ma well *s into today, although thers were signs of cleariug up as we went to pr«fs ' Io will prove a boon to the farmers by eaablinp them ta bring up arrears of ploughing. Thb Auckland Royal Rwjbfhon— It was a noticeable feature of the Auckland racoption to Royalty that, although the windows and the tops of the various buildings on the line of the Royal procession were fully oooupied hours before the passing of the IV yal party, there was on the other hand ample room on the footpaths. The central portions of the streets were roped off, and behind this barricade the avenge spectators would not number more than three or four deep, leaving the footpaths almost dear. The portions of the streets wfaioh were expected to be most occupied were! actually the least availed of by onlookers. I

Im O(»JMA*»ANi.-Ith»ibetadsticitsly 1 dsoidtd that Ooleotl Pole Pant on will leave | the colony m October ntxt. Hixna -On account of tha Inoltment weather, iho enttmainmcnt announced to ba hdld lit Hinds last nigho by the AshburtoQ Minstrels was postponed, B M CotJHT—Owing to the delay to t,h Timaru train conveying Mr Wray S M the eitticg of the local court thli morning was delayed nearly an hour, ' Tjechinoal Ci.AFf es—Mr F MakeSg has we understand agreed to takw charge of the book keeping clues m the Technical eohool and will meet hi* student* tonight at the Borough sohool at 7 80 p m L.O.L.—The members of the Star of Ashbnrton L.0.L., No 23, are requested to take part m the reception to the Duke of Cornwall and York m Christohuroh oa Saturday next. The Insomcni? Bokb—lf anything were wanted to illistrats fche extraordinary inaolenoa of the Boer leaden, It it supplied m a cablegram we publish today, which reports that. Krultzlnger is acting m north* ero Oape Oolony, on the asiumption that) the district was annexed by Steyn to the OWBge Freo State m the early part of the war The Train Serviom—Last aighb's ex press train from the south was an unusually long one, being composed of 18 oars and three other vebioles, Among the passengers were about 250 cadets from the southern towns, on their way to the review m Cnriatchnrcb. The train was running half an hour late, and delayed the arrival of! the slow train from the north by about 20 minute*. Gorno HeMS—Mr J Bayne, lately director of the Canterbury Agricultural College at! Lincoln, intends leaving for Boetlarid on Saturday* On Tuesday, a farewell social wis tendered to him at Lincoln, when an address, signed by a number of the local leading agriculturists, was presented to him. In his reply, Mr Bayne said he waa likely to return to the oolony again. Traction Ensikb Dritbrs Union—At a meeting of engine drivers at Timaru on Satnrday night, it was resolved to fo»m a Union for South Canterbury, to be called the Traction and Stationary Engine Drivers and Firemen's Union. A strong executive was elected to frame rules and arrange preliminary matters i» connection with registration* . A Contrast—Tho following is an extract from a letter received m Melbourne from a ■ettler at Quatnbatook, en the Ultima railway line m the thirsty ' mftllee' region :~ * There has been no rain hero for nine months. The plains are like rolling deserts of sand* While Melbourne h«a gone screaming mad over a crowd of rtuoftl satellites and vloeroys, with their feascing and champagne, hare m the gxim depths of the mallae, men curt their tankful of filthy liquid home, and thank God if they can give themselves and their stock one drink a week.' ACQOMUOPAmoS AT RoTOBOA—In addi tion to the extra accommodation arranged for by all the hotels and board'ng houses at Rotorua during the Royal visit, hundreds of tents were taken there by visitors* Ab the last moment, many intending spectators , from Auckland who were holding back m fear nf not obtaining lodgings, packed up and started of by train to take advantage of aa offer by a travelling showman to provide aocommodetion m * circus tenis at Is per head The showman did a grand business, tome 400 people paying for the privilege of sleeping nndet his canvas. New Zealand Horses — The London Daily News of April 29 nays:—The Hon W P Reeves, Agent General for New Zealand, has brought under the notice of the War Office the opportunities afforded by his colony for securing good horses for South Africa, The horses taken by ihe various New Zealand contingents have scoured general commendation. The Government of the oolony named has now been asked by the Imperial authorities bo undertake the purchase, inspection, and shipment of a trial draib of from 500 to JOOO horees for the Cape- New Zealand, always famed for its good stamp of horseflesh —it is the birthplace of some of the best known hors>os on the Australasian turf—has lately been making special efforts to maintain and advance its high standard. An Exciting Incident— Despite the fact that the authorities m Auckland had issued stringent regulations with respect to the occupying of verandahs, etc, on the line of route of the Royal procession, these were m many instances btoken m the excitement of the moment. As a representative of this • journal followed the Royal party up the main street he was stattlsd by the sound of < rashing gUes over his head, followed by the feet and legs of a lady who had foolishly Attempted to cross the glass portion of one of the principal verandahs. A serious result seemed impending, but by stretching out her arms and grasping the hand of a gentleman who leaned over, her descent) to the footpath beneath Waa preveutmi, al though she suffered several severe outs. Kylb MdtoA£ Imfrovemxnt Association The usual weekly meeting of the. Kyle Mutual Improvemoot Association was held In the schoolroom on Saturday evening last —-Mr John Lambie m the chair. There was a good attendance of members, and an animated debate took plaoe on the qaestion " Is War Beneficial 2 " The line of argument taken by Mr J. Carruthers, who was the principal speaker m the affirmative, was that war was the natural order of things. All animated beings made war on each other, and man was no exception. I»i was nature's law, and was on the whole beneficial, and resulted m the survival of the fittest; The saored writings also spoke of war m heaven when the devil was defeated and chucked onb. Mr T; Mulligan led for the negative, and contended that war was the reverse of beneficial, and drew a pathetic word picture of the horrort of war, main taining that nothing tended so much to retard human progress, and asked how anyone could reconcile war with the profession of Christian principles. A division on the question gave a small majority m favor of war. At next meeting Miss Annie Mulligan will deliver an essay on "The benefits <l opsn air sports and recreation." The Doke and thb Maoris—Hi* Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York has, since his arrival m Hew Zealand, derived particular pleasure from his contact with the Maoris—m fact (says the Wellington correspondent of the Lytidtan Times,] so interested has he (become m them, that he m as anxious to learn as muoh of their history mythology, and language as possible; On Tuesday Sir Joseph Ward waa informed that His Highness desired to meet a gentleman acquainted with the Natives and their lan gunge, and m consequence of this, Mr A L D Fraser, member for Napier, who is a rsoog nised Maori Scholar, attended at Government House, where he was received by the Dnke. His Highness asked MrFnser a number of questions, showing how deep an interest he has m the Natives, and made a number of en§ ulriesas to the pronunciation and meaning of certain words and phrases he had heard made use of during his tour. His Highness was particularly anxious to learn the legend of To Ikaa Maui (tho fish of Mani), the mythology! fiihermim who angled New Zealand from the ocean, It) _ti possible that one result of Mr Eraser's visit waa the ever weloome salutation of 'Kia ora given by His Royal Highness ab the oonolunion of his speeoh to the deputations which presented addresses to him during yesterday afternoon. Tho fourth shipment of the new wash* ing machine has now arrived at tho DIG, and orders for trials awaiting fulfilment will be allotted In their order. The following Is amongst the latest of many original Aahburton and district testimonials :<—Dear Sirs, I have much pleasure m adding my testimony to that of many others who have used your labor saving machine. A very large wash can be done m an incredibly short time with excellent results. I have tried a number of washers, but I think there cannot be any doubt that your machine holds first place. The wringer which is attached adds very considerably to the value of the machine*—Faithfully Yoara, Ewi jsWji^ us, Peter Street, Anhburton.

Tbe southerly buster at its height, With Wind «td rain aod sleet, I Is bound to give us every eight, Wet olotbea and.cold damp feet. Bad ooughs ani colds must then prevail, We'll try to make them fewer,. And take a dose of never fail— Some Woods' G eat Pufpbbm im} 0«BB

t Raikmakin* —TheNS WStat« Minister j of Works, who has interested himself on the /production of rain m time of drought by I means of explosions, has received a oomrou flicfi'iiia from Mr Clement HVragge, pro mising every assistance, end adding that h thought that if experiments were tried m Australia the most; important rosulta would be forthcoming. When full information is supplied by Mr Wragge, the Minister will I oonMder the desirableness of placing a sum Jof money upon the Estimates to provide for a few of these guns. Employees' Liability — Tho Southland News learna on good authority that at the present rate on taxation for compensation for aoaidanis the Nightcaps Coal Company m its comparatively small way will have to pay over £200 a year. It is estimated that the Westport Goal Company wiil require, on the same basis, to pay fully £2600 per year. The latter company contribute at the present moment probably over £700 per year m taxation under the Goal Miners' Relief Tax Acb, Ecchre — A friendly game of euchre was played at the Fire Brigade station Usb night between members of the brigade and some of the employees ot the Falrfield works. The challenge had been isiued by the Fire Brigade team bat their visitors beat them badly the result of the game being Fairfield 26, Fire Brigade 14. During the evening the mem* bers of the brigade entertained their visitors to supper and several songs and recitations were rendered by member* of the company and a pleas»nt time was spent. The return match wili take plaoe at Fairfield on July 4th, A Night attack oh Portsmouth-On the night of April 19th the naval and military authorities at Portsmouth combined to dis cover a means of making the naval arsenal and dockyard secure against attack by sub marine aod torpedo boasts. Important op erations were oarried out, lasting throughout the night. Beven torpedo boat* tried to foroe an entranoo into the harbour past the vigilant searchlight, but m this they were unsuccessful. As soon as the boats showed their notes anywhere within the watched zone a heavy artillery fire was directed upon theim The thunder of the guns kept the whole town awake until the small hours of the morning. AH the forts were manned by the Royal Artillery, and when the fire was hottest the noise was deafenings Brutaii Attack on a Football Riferek Disgraceful scenes followed the Glamorgan Rugby League match played at Penyeralg betweeen the home team and the Pontypridd. The latter proved the victors* Dissatisfied with the decisions of the referee, 'Mr J E Webb, Newport, a section of the crowd surrounded that gentleman before he left the ground, and, despite the efforts of the police and. some of the players, he was several times kicked and struck on the head with a stone, and also under the right eye. Amid great excitement Mr Webb was got to She nearest house, and afterwards conveyed to the station, amid much hooting. Numbers of the visiting side also suffered at the bands of the crowd, the captain being kicked. Railway Charges—Anomalies m railway charges are equally glaring \a the Old Coun try as m New Zealand. The following are a few examples:— * The rate for cotton yarn delivered from Manchester to Glasgow and the Went of Houtland if* 25s per ton. To Dunfrrmline it is 37« 6d per ton. For plumbers' lead from Glasgow to Alloa the rate is 7s 6d' per ton. From Glasgow to Dunfsrmliae, only fifteen miles further, it is 18s 66. The fare for a passenger from Edinburgh to Dunfermline, seventeen miles, is 1b 6d ; and the fare from Edinburgh to Kirkoaidy, twenty seven miles, is 1«. The return fare from Glasgow to Dunformjine is 5a 6rt, »nd to Kinross, thirteen mi lei further, it is 4< lid.' The King as Guardian —It is not gener ally known that King Edward, since his accession to the throne, has become the, guardian of the ohildren of the Duchess of Cornwall and York, and of his other grand < ohildrm,over'whom he hss complete control, I the rights of their parents being superseded This « as decided to be law nearly 200 years ago, by a mo j irity of ten to two of the judges The right >as frequently used by the Georges, who had a habit of quarrelling with, thiir sons. Before members of the Royal Kamiiy can marry they wili have to j obtain King EdwurdV consent, or the mar' i riagn is void under the Royal Marriage Act. Yi.rae Lady Attacked by anEa«le — A young lady, Miss Mott, daughter of a London barrister, while staying at GHengorm Ca«fcle, Scotland the Mull reel* denao of Mr Frederick Morgan, London, was climbing the steep and rocky heights overlooking the Mishnlsh Lochs, when ahe observed a very large bird perched on 4 crag abovo her. Recognising it as an em.' or white tailed eagle, she thought it would naturally take to flight on her approach, and sha felt m no way al%rmed. As she drew near, however, th« eagle, which wan of a laige s<ze, ruffbd Its feathers, and emitted shore angry screams Then it flew up and hovered m a menacing attitude about a yard over her head. She bravely struck out at it with her walking stick, but fearing that the bird, with its formidable talons and beak, would swoop down on her/ehe beat a hasty retreat. The eagle pursued her for some distance down the kill, but to her relief It lew off as she approached her friends, who were fishing on the loch. It is thought that the eagle had m the vicinity either its nest or some choice morsel of prey, which It wan defending against intruders. The Gold Disqoveby m Leith—lt Ii understood that the Crown authorities m i Edinburgh have intimated to the directors of Leith Hospital their Inten tion of claiming all the gold found m the ground belonging to the hospital m King Street, Leith. The actionjhas been taken m consequence of very satisfactory testa applied to specimens of the quartz ob tained by a Government official who visited the place a few days ajro. Piecns scored were found to be rich m gold. The position of the hospital directors, of course, is that they are not carrying on mining operations, and as the plaoe will be covered over soon with cement founda 1 tions forothef works, they do not purpose taking any action m the matter; 4. new and interesting faot was brought out, when further evacuations were being proceeded with. Much of tho sand thrown up by the w rkraen, ie is s*ld glistened with the prtcions metal. It may be added that the vein seams to run m a north westerly direction towards the Water of Leith, from which It is distant > about three hundred yards, and that the quantity of gold is very irregular, some pieces of tha quartz being rich m the metal and others very poor.

Frisco Mail — The frisoo mail was despatched ;from Ohristchuroh by ifscial train at 245 p m today and jwill thertifer* be delivered this evening* Baring Square Chorck—At a meeting •. f i he baring Squaru Church Trustees and lanies of the congregation held on Toes* d-»y fvening last it was decided to invite Dr Morley to preach the anniversary sermons on Sunday J nly 21st. The annl*, vereary soiree was fixed for Thursday July 25th and the choir was asked to prepare a special programme for the game, lb was reported that owitg to tit renovation of the church, next Sunday* services would be held m the Oddfellows Hall. Ab English and Australian mail arrived by the express ig.im the south last night.

TEE POISONING CASE.

VERDICT OP "GUILTY."

United Press Assooiation~By Electric Telegraph Ikviroahoilx., June 19 The trial of Oharles Henry Arnett, for attempting to murder Charles Milno, by placing strychnine In his food, at Edendale, m Ootober last, was concluded tonight, the jury returning a vardiot of 'Guilty." Mr Justice Cooper passed the maxim t, m sentence —imprisonment) for life—saying i tiat soioh a man was not fit to be at large. The crime of which Arnett, who is a Riverton half caste, Is convioted, was deliberately planned to get rid of a man named Milne, The latter was a rabbi ter, employing others, and had dealt with Mr Sullivan, of Dunedlo, a rabbit buyer, for whom Arnett was agent at Matanra. Arnett appropriated the proceeds of Sullivan's cheques to Milne to the ezteat of £400, forging names of different parties to cover up the defalcations, and when Milne pressed for his tnoaey he set a day on whioh he would tquara op with him. Arnett had previously bought strychnine, bub on the 29th of Ootober procured more at Mataura, and prooeeded to Milne's bat, nine miles off, enterißg it unannounced, and seemed taken aback to find Milne m the hut, tha settlement not being due till two day* later. After some talk, Milne left the but to see to hit horse, leaving Arnett alone with all the materials of the dinner on the table, of which Milne and his mates bad partaken, Milne and Arnett left the but together, bat some little distance away the latter mads an excuse to part company, and was afterwards seen by a witness on the road between the hat and where he bad parted from Milne, the inference being that he returned to the hut j and placed poison m the sugar and batter. At tea all the rabbiters were taken suddenly ill, and m consequence the police took the matter tip. An analysis showed deadly quantities of strychnine, and the detectives m the course of their investigation found that Arnett bad stolen Milne's money. 'Ibis put them on the track of Arnett;, who was arrested tor' theft and forgery, and got three years. In the meantime the poisoning oase was worked up, and it wa» evident that had Milne died Arnett would hay* been relieved of the liability which he had promised to wipe off two days later. <Fhe Crown separated the charges, indicting Arnett last week for attempted murder of Milne'a mates, Gordon and White, when the jury disagreed. The time m which the poison was placed m the food was narrowed down to one hour, and no one could be found to say that they had seen anyone but Arnett on the road near the hut m that hour. The accused said he bought the poison to kill ratß for « man who was to give h<m ten shillings for doing so, bat the m»n whs not called to give evidence for the defence. Arnott was quite unmoved I when sentenced.

Mr Ward's Enighthood.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph

Dunedin, June 19 B Tha Wellington cotreipoodent of the Dunedin Star sayt :— Mr Ward hut done & great deal more than talk Liberalism; be has put the principles of true Liberalism into practice. Under &H the circumstances, it is, we conceive, most ungracious— reasonableness, of course, is out of the question—that the memberi for Dunedin should have taken upon themeelvat to express to the honorable gentleman their dissatis faction at the honors bestowed on him, which they choose to think are a diaqualifi eabion for a leading position m their party. We do not by any means feel assured that Messrs Millar, Arnold and Barclay voice m this matter the opinions even of the labour section of Ministerialists, and, most certainly they are nob m sympathy with % very large majority of the workers of the colony, who will be pleased that the King has delighted to honour the man who hw conferred co many material benefits on the community.

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

PBKIN GLOBED TO CHINESE SOLDIERS.

United Frees Association—By BEeobrio Telegraph—Copyright

(Received 1155 pin) Hong Kong, Jane 19 Ministers have decided that it is inadvisable for the Chinese eoldi#re to return to Pekin until the end of August, when the Legation Guards will be the only troops left,

CRICKET.

HEAVY SCORING.

United Press Association—By Eitotrio Telegraph—Copyright) London, Jane 18 A 0 Jonei, playing for Notts, and Captain Greig, for Hampshire, each scored 249 against Sussex aud Leicestershire respec tively. ■ __

BOWLING

United Press AasooitSon—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright Received Jane 19, 11 55 p m London. Jane 19 In the bowling match, Australia v. Leicester, the latter won by ninety seven to eight.

CABLE NEWS.

United Ptess Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph-Copyright)

(Receved Jane 19. 9 34 d ml

SUBMARINE BOAT TRIAL

London, Jane 18 The submarine boat Narvel remained under water for twelve hours. For about lix hours the crew were comfort able, but then their condition became seriouf, the men suffering from ex haustion and nausea.

LORD HOPBTOUN'S OPINION;

Melbourne, June 19 The Federal Parliament entertained the members o! the State Parliament at a dinner, The Earl of Hopetoon, m a ipeecb, eulogised the wonderful orderliness of the Australian crowds. He valued the opportunity he had of becoming acquainted with the people. He had spent the best years of his life m Victoria, and loved Australia.

A FRENCH RAILWAY

Paris, Jane 19 The Fftriai&alßaLhs have bten heavily subventtoned by the Franco • Indo- China Government to provide three millions poaads to construct the Laokai Tuconien railway.

THE CIVIL LIST

Londoh, June 19 j The Civil List has been passed by : the House of Commons by 370 votes to 60.

SOUTH AFRICA.

United Press Association—By Eleotilo Telegraph—Copyright

ANOTHER BRITISH PATROL SURPRISED.

BEYER STRONGLY POSTED. (Received Juno 19, 8 5 p m) . London, Jane 18 Viljoen commanded the Boen ia the engagement at Steenkovesprnit. Commandant Maritz, with 168 men, surrounded a British patrol, killed two, wounded two, and captured twenty, A British column has gone m pursuit of Commandant Beyer's force, whioh is laagered m a deep kloof at Zand Rivnr* poort, north-west of Warmbatbs, Two attempts to dislodge him Lave proved resuitlesß.

THE COMMANDOS IN CAPE COLONY.

(Received il 66 pm) London, Jane 19 Eight commandos, comprising 1500 men, are operating m the Midlands of Oape Colony, and 300 an operating m the western provinces.

Dukbdin, Jane 19. The Star has excellent authority for saying the Premier has called the atten* tlon of the Imperial Government to the absence of any recognition of the services of Major Madocks at New Zealand Hill and elsewhere m South Africa. It la confidently anticipated that Mr Beddon'a communications will induce the authori* tlea at the War Office to consider the claims of that cfleer. I shall nob be surprised to, hear ere long thati he has been created a Commander of the Bath.

The Colchester Murder.

A QUESTION OF IDENTITY

United Press Association—By Eltetrio Telegraph—Copyright London, Jane It Lilly white man unshaved and shaved condition was confronted by numerous resident! who were familiar with Blatcb, bat the result of the in terview has not bepn disclosed The Daily Mail states that Isaac Liliywhite, of Leeds, after one wrong selection, identified accused ai Ml brother

Terrible Scenes at a Wreck.

CAPTAIN AND CREW DESERT THE PASSENGERS.

With reference to the lon of the Mahsua ueb Company's steamer Arslan m the Bad Sea on April Ist, *he following particulars of the disaster are now to hand from one of the survivors ;<— The Arslan had ok board 2600 troops from Syria destined for the Yemen, whew, ac cording to latest reports, the well known Sheik Hamid ed Die, it said to be holding his own against the Turkish authorities. At Suez three htmdred pilgrims for Mecca took passage m the vessel as far at Yambo. When the ship struck the rock (he captain was m the saloon, He had been informed by ore of the crew just before that) that the vessel was nearfng the reef, bnt he took no notice of the warning. The man had hardly returned en deck when the Antes went right upon the reef and lurched over to one Bide, remaining m that position. It wai nine o'clock m the morning, with a per fectly calm tea. A scene of the wildest! confnsion ensued. Some of the troops were precipitated into the tea by the sudden larching of the vessel. Many were drowned. Others were badly cut about the hands and feet by falling on to the jagged coral reef* The remainder of the troops and the pilgrim* rushed to the lee side of the ▼etief abd clambered on to the bulwarks and Into the "£gi°g> The captain, teeing that the >hip was lost, decided to abandon her and make for the shore m the ihfp's boati, fia armed himself with a revolver, and the orew taking what arms they could, inch ai long knives and revolvers, lowered the few boat* re mtiniDg intact and put cff. Oae of tha soldiers who climbed Into a boat wat stabbed by one of the sailors. Hit body wat thrown back into the sea At tooa at the pasiaagers mw that the captain and orew had abandoned the ship the panic became indescribable* Many jumped into the tea and were drowned, while others rushed about like madmen, tearing off their c'othet and hurling them overboard- Altogether between 180 and 200 men were drowned. The unfortunate people left on the vetse! remained there for 48 hours, when they wevs reaoned by small I boats Bent out frem Yambo, the fending of j the survivors occupying two dayi. fftat troops loat mote of their armi, ammunition, and baggage. Finally three iteamert belong, ing to the same company arrived on the scene and commenced attempting to tow the Arslan, with the result that a largt part of the ship's bottom waa torn off, and the vessel foundered at toon at she left the reef. The pilgrims were obliged to return to their homes, being too late for the religious fo§ ti* val at Mecca

The Crossing of the Red Sea.

Acoording to the Ftmiar Semm Ntm, Professer George F wrlghr, recently re turned from travela m Asia, says It has hitherto been supposed that the children of Israel crossed the Red Sea at Sons, bafc it hat been difficult to reconcile this supposition with the fset that 1,*00,W0 persons crowed the sea m a single night, which would necessitate a very Wide division of the waters. He says; '*My explorations north of Saw hare eonrinoed me and those to whom I hare talked thafc the point of crossing was 80 miles nortk of Suez, because at that point the eon* ditions are all fulfilled. The waters at) that time were about 4ft m depth there* and the mountains are m the west, jast an related, and an east wind would h*r« swept bare a place at least five mile* wide."

TSE^ ASHBtTRTOK nr/fcDlAtf * THHRSBAY, JUNK 20, 1901



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