Mail Notices

Mails close for the following plaoe* aa under, subject to the necessary olteratioßß: THURSDAY APHIL II For Northern Ports and Westport, per Botomahmift, at 6 20 p tn ; guard's van S 15 p m. For Kaikonra, per Wakata, lOZOftm. FRIDAY, APRIL 12 For Northern Ports and '^Weetporfe »Ik» Auilrftlir, (due Sydney April 176h), ft«d South Ariic» per Turawera, 10 30 a m.

THE ASHBURTON TRAIN SERVICES

Trains cave Aehburton daily for— OHMBTOHUROH—at 7.20 am, 11 ftm 3.15 p m, 7.5 p m (express) TIMARU—at 10.65 a in, 360 pm DUNBDIN—»b 12.54 pm (express) SPRINGBURN—at: 4.25 p m ! Trains arrive daUy at Ashbnrton from— [ OHKISTOHUROH—at 10.45 »m, 12.48 p tn (express), 8 pm ' TIMARU—*t 10.35 am, 2.65 pm DDNEDIN—-at 6.57 p m (express) SPRINGBURN-at 9.45 a m

EPHEMERIS

SUN.

Commercial.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET

United Press Association—By Kleotrio Telegraph Cheistohuboh, April 10 The Addington sale wass held to-day. Sheep.—Fat sheep numbered about 3000, mostly ewer, freezing buyers doing very little, and there was an aaoier tone in wethers which sold ab from 17a to 18a 6d, and up to 19; 3d foi extra prime, good ewes 14s to 16s and up to 17s 6d for extra prime, secondary and old 10s 6d to 13s. 2500 fat lambs were yarded, of which 1800 were taken by freezing buyers, who competed fairly keenly at 14s to 16a 4d ; 700 were withdrawn to go to the factory on owner's account, and inferior sold down to 10a 6d. (There was a yarding of 8500 store sheep, mostly ewes. There was a fair demand for wethers and good young ewes and forward lamhe, but backward and aged sheep were neglected. Forward wethers told at 15? to 16s, others Yhi 6d to 14s, good young ewes 16s to 17s and «p to 19i 6d for nice halfhreds; found 14a to 15s 6d, and aged down to 12» 6d, merino webhers 7s to 7s 2d, and ewes 6* to 7< 6d ; forward lambs Us to 13e, and others down lo 10b. Cattt/e.—224 fat cafctlo were yarded, mostly lair gui I fy to gool eteero. An over supply caused prices to decline except for best beef, prices of which were kept up by heavy withdrawals. Good to prims brought 20» to 22s 6d, othera 17* to 19s 6 1 per 1001b, heavy steore £8 to £9 JOa, lighter £6 15s to J7 10s, prime hoiferis £7 to £8 2* 61, others £4 15s to £6 15?, good cows £7 to £8 7s 6d, others £4 7« fid to £6 10s. There wai nothing worth quoting in store cattle; Beat dairy cows brought £6 101 to £8 10?, others £3 to £5 10j. Pigs.—About 400 pigu s including some choice baconers, wera penned. Biconerg gold ab 35s to 52i, arc rape 3| 1 por Ib 5 ft lrkers 20s to 355, eqa»l to 4d per !b ; fltort-s 123 to 235, and imall 5< to 10a.

Ashburton Guardian Magnaest Veritas et Prævalebit THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1901. Local and General.

The Inward Mails—An Bngliah and an Australian mail arrived at Aehburton lust jsifchr. Hampstkad School Commimbb. — The \ usual monthly meeting of the Hampatead School Committee, fixed lor last evening, lapsed for the want of a quorum. Bbbss for Official Functions—lb has been officially announced in Wellington that tit persons pretend by invituktloa a% any fone :ion attended by th« Duke an ' P'-ness of York shall b« required to wear hatf uiuurniog. Cleaning Sals—Mr David Thom&B held a clearing «&le oa Mr R 0 Maiden's farm, adjoining Tar*, yesterday, befora a fair abundance. The implements and sundries were all disposed of, but the Rams sucg«bs did not attend the tale of sheep. POAOHEBS BIWABB —At their annual meeting last night tho Acclimatisation Society practically decided to cease spending more funds in improvements, with a view to d«T eilng all the money poitible towards putting a stop to pouching. An energetic ranger is to be appointed, and other steps taken to put) an end to this practise. Pboi'OSEd New Roite so Hanmeb—The Hon. Mr Mills has received & letter from Mr John Duncan, chairman of the Peloras Road Board, urging thafe the Government should grant & subsidy for a bi-weekly coach service between Bisnhoim and thef Hantner Springs} Mr Duncan believes that such a service would be liberally patronised, a» it would eriftbie Mariborough and Noth Island people to travel to and from the Springs more quickly and more cheaply than by the Ohrißtchurch route, Faibion School—Prolog the erection of i ♦he uohool at Fairton, the delay in starting I having been caused by the necessity for the | site being re-surveyed, th« Board of Edoca tion has authorised Mr James Malcolmson, manager of the Fait field freezing works, to rest the large room in Mrs Huff»m'« boarding house. The necessary furniture hat been ordered s and a female teacher will open the school during the current month. It is expected that thirty children will be oa the roll at the opening. Stami? Booklets—A week ago a notice decrlptive of the stamp bo klets, which j were recently issued by the Postal Depart* meat, appeared in our columns, and as a result numerous enquiries were made at the poit office with tho object of parchaa' »g» The booklets had not been sapplied to the local office up to that time as they had been Intended for the larger centres only. To satisfy the local demand the postmaster has now received & nnmber of the booklets. Enquirers can new make their pui chases. ASHBUBTON ACCLIMATISATION S<Msim.~r The fifteenth annual meeting of the Ash burton Aoclimatißatior Society was held last evening, in Devano'a Hotel. There wan a fair attendance of members, Mr P H Cox being in the chair. The report for the yea? ending March 31, showed tha'o the amount) received for finning licenses during the year bad exceeded that of any previous year bj nearly 50 par cent* Reference wsi made to the difficulty in getting oases against poachers, whose depredations seriously •ffeoted the fithing in t&« Ashburton and Bak&ia rkaw,—A full report appears in another column* Home Again—Miss (OsreGo, who volun teered as a nurse for fcba South African campaign, and left Tiomiu fully a year ago, returned on Sunday last to her home in Christohuroh. She wan nureing in the Portland Hospital for some time, and also in the Hospital fcb Pretoria, After that she did duty oa one of the troopships from Capetown to London, which carried some BCO convalescent patients. She remained in London for three months before r«tpruing to the colony> Mies Carcon is well known in Ashburton, having beea a nurse in the Hospital for five years. You can depend on ridding year children of Worms with Wade's Worm Figb, the wonderful worm worriers ' prise* li

Weather Repout.—-Captain Edwin fore , cseis:—North to weeb and south west gale, j giaes farther fall, indications of heavy rain. Acclimatisation Meeting—A large at -1 t«ndsnce of enthusiastic members gathered at the annual meeting of the looal nooiety last nieht. 'I/he services of the Beorafc»ry (Mr A H Shnry) oame in for highly oompli tnentary references daring the evening, TiNWALO Conobbt—The Ashbutton Musi oal Union will give a ootioert ie the Tinwald Hall tomorrow evening. A capital pro gramme of vooat and Inßtramental ifcemi h»a been prepared And a musical treat of the first order is in store for those who attend. Sams of Tb«mih6 Stailtoks—By cable we learn that at the Sydney blood staok sale yesterday, New Orleans, a trotting stallion from New Zealand. waß sold for ISO guineas. The horn referred to is prubabiy the one bred by Mr J Moorhe&d, of this district, and a priaa winner ab the Aihburton Show a oouple of years ago. To OorkißHM*k—The Cornish Society in Wellington, which ia forming branohes throughout the Colony, ie preparing an address *o the Dnke of Cornwall on his visit to Naw Zealand. It is deeirabl* that if possible overy resident Cornißhman should append his earns to the address. Thk Returning Tboopebb.— There are four Ashborton men amongst the troopers returning by the Tongariro, which may be expect o'l to arrive in aboafe three weeks. These men are returning because their time of service has ezptred and it teemt fitting that some sort of welcome should be accorded to them on their home coming- A very tnthusmstio meeting was held yesterday in Timara to arrange for the reception of the looal men there.

Catholic Literary Srowrr — Ther« was a good attendance of members at) the weekly meeting of the above Society, held in the Boys' School last evening, and the chair was ocoapied by Mr W. So»l. Th» greater part o! the evening wu occupied by the member* debating the question— " Hai the use of fire armi tended to the speedy termination of war," and the discussion throughout was of a lively nature, the jtraior members taking tha lead* ing part, and tome very creditable speeor.es were delivered by them* At the conclusion of a couple of hours debating a vote waa taken and a verdict recorded In favor of the affirmative side of the question: Slaughtering an© Iksfeotson Act — Regulations under the Slaughtering and l Inspection Aot appear iv the Gazette. (They I provide for the registration and licensing of all slaughter houses, and that, for the purposes of licensing, the colony is to be divided into nine districts. Existing licenses are to continue in force until June 30 next, but the local authorities concerned must, before issuing any licenses, transmit the application for the approval of the Minister of Agricultme. Brands are to be affixed to every carcase, whether Intended for local consumption or export, and tinned meat must also be stamped. The fee for registra tion of an abattoir is £5, and for & lio«nee there will be an annual fee of £1, The inspection feet tor live stook and meat afe a slaughterhouse are fixed at 3d for every head of cattle, and 3£d for every twelve (or fraction of twelve) calves, sheep, or pigs. Where theto'al amount of inspection fees paid in twelve months does not amount to £200 that sum is required to be made op with the last payment. U.A.O.D.—The fortnightly meeting of tha Star of Ashburton Lodge of Druids was held last evening. There wan an average atten dance of members Bro Kennedy, A.D, opened the Lodge at the usual hour. A con siderable amount of correspondence was read. The senior trustee Bro O'Connor wrote resigning his offics, which waa received with regret and a motion expressing the Lodge's thanks for the excellent work Bro O'Connor had done as Trustee of the Lodge I was ordered to be placed on tho minutes. The Birds reportsil on the sick brothers, and ' p»y was passed, also a special donation oat j (f the Benevolent fund, to abroMser who has hud a very lengthy illness. The funeral money dun to a brother on the death of his wife passed, and the Secretary was ordered to write Bro Bryant of Goraldice » letter of co^rTo'ence Ife wm resolved to hold a special summoned meeting next Lodgo night, for the purpose of electing a Trustee in the place of Bro 0' Connor resigned After some discussion it w»» resolved to accept the invitati"n of the Salvation Army, to attend a United Friendly Societies Church Parade on Sunday next. Members to meet at the lodge room half an hour before the procession starts. Ont cai» didate has proposed for membership. After transacting ordinary routine business the Lodge was closed by the A. D.

| Tha New Zealand Olotbicg Factory art I now allowing their winter *tock of under do) hing, and invite inspection at they claim that it la the best and cheapest ever shown in Ashhu'ton< Hendy'd Egg Julep, a preparation for promoting an abondnnfc and luxurious growth of hair, is at sale on H. E Bonning' ton, Chrmist. A M Hendy, hairdresser, Danedin, hat geisha frames for ladies hair dressing on sale In all colours. Tenders are invited by the Springburn Line and Cement Company for makis? a rosd to their Linekilne Spnngburr. Plant may be seen at Messrs John Orr k, Co. The Kaiser's yacht, the HohenzalUm, although It it one of the moit luxuriously fitted of veaiels from bedroom—one can hardly amy cabin— nud bathroom to t&loou »jd curdery, It really far more o! a cruiser than oar own much abused Roys! yacht. The Hohei zoliern, indeed, is r veritable ironclad, »ni might prove an awkward cus tomer for anything iesß than » first class cruiser to tackle, and her naval qußiiiioationd oonttitote no im%U p»rt of her charm In th« eyea of herßoyal matter.

The Old Pioneers.

Yoa will hear men talk of the present, and sometimes the fafcnre ag well, Bat very few mention <hs past—of hard* ships they don't often tell. Still I think they should no'er be for gotten, the days of an olden time. When all men were tame and good'hearted —to be selfish was nofc In their IJnej From Nelaoa right down to the Bluff, there are landmarks still to be seen, That repall pleasant mem'ries to me, of the good old days that have been ; When the grand old pioneers were toiling and m Hlng for wool and foi grain, And the only cares that we had weitt met with a cool refrain. Oh give me friends like I had then, and the hearty hand-shakes of yore. We lived the free life of the plains, miles a way from a pa b or a store. And the old bollock draya were ft treat— yes ; ife a'l comes back to me now, We had money to spend " and we spent ir," though bard earned by sweat of the brow. All vre?e to each other as brotheii. and seldom we?e feelings of fltrifp, One was as goad as another, there was m< distinction in life; All had a rough friendly atyle that made them friends by the score • Thalr religion was •• helping a stranger/ all had a welcome or more. i P yoa met at the shearing or harvest), it was always the same jovial smile, Never the cold hair m«»nt greeting, that is often the preseab etyi*. Always united tn friendship, they mads life's harden the less, Toiling and sporting together in a way that one almo&t could bless. Then tiara's to the old pioneers, their memory never wilt fade, You will read their strong*hearted doings in townships and roada than they made; And the old landmarks that are left), will tell the story for long. Of men that were good and true with hearts fcbab were brave and stroDg .— F.W. Fa<?an,~Aiford Forest,.

Board of Education.

—♦- NORTH CANTERBURY

The North Canterbury Kdncation B>ard met at the r ormal School yesterday; The following i-.f m& from the report are of looal interests—ln the report of the Building Committee the Board was reoommended to approve of the proposal to start an aided school at Fairton, under certain conditions. The following tenders for painting and repairing tehooi buildings were recommended for acceptance ?™W H Collins and Co, Seafleld, £76, and Rlvtr*ide, £22 10*; J Wilson, Wakanni side, £33 si, andWakanni main, £42 lls. J Wilson, of £efton, find W Higgs, of Chertsey, had been informed that their tenders of £48 and £26 5s respectively, for repairs to the local school buildings, had been accepted conditionally. The Normal School Committee reported that, the question of Increasing the allow ances to students, so as to make them more in accord with the salaries proposed by thn Department for the pupil teaohers, had been' deferred* The Appointment* Committee reported that Mr T Mitchell, matter at) Asbton, was granted a month* leave of absence, owing to illness. The Board wai recommended to increase Mr Blank's salary to £140 » year, tha Truant Officer to provide and keep in repair hit own bicycle, without which all the work could not be performed, Tho reporb was adopted.

Interprovincial.

United Press Association—By Electric v jYtlegraph Paimkestok North, April 10 The draughts tourney results tonight ar«: —Booker 11_, Frodie 18, Relf 4, Clausen 4}, Borehnm 17£, Bruce 13£, Mulvey 16, Murray 5, Bell I£, Henderson 10&, Gibson B§, Gardiner 18 with one frame to play. Tht tourney has now resohed a very interesting stage. Champion Brodie, ex champion Boreham, and Gardiner all have 18 points, ' the latter with one game to pl»y. If he wins he wil be first; if he loses there will be a tte between the three for first place; The game will be decided in the morning Wklmkgion, April 16 The Premier is detained at Grsy mouth in attending the deathbed of a citizen whom he duoribes as one of his oldest) and dearest friends, Hokitika, April 16 Miss Hewitt, of the Chrlitohuroh Hospital, met with a severs accident on Tuesday. When ridiog down 8 hill on her bike, without a brake, she lost oontrol, and had a spill. Her face was much cut and her arm broken. She is on a visit to some friends i here. _________________

Sporting.

United Prwtß A»st elation—By Bleetsrl Telegraph—Copyright

ANOTHER VICTORY FOR ADVANCE.

(Received April 10, 8 20 p m Sydney, April 10 The following are principal results of the third day's racing :— Avl Aoki> Stakes, one milf—• Advance 1, Dandy 2, Fulminate 3 Paul Pry was the only other starter. The New Zsalander won as he liked by three part* of a length. Time -—Imin 41£3ec. Betting—-5 to 2on Advance. OtiMBBBLANO Btakes—La Carabine 1, Saa Fr*n 2, Daudy 3. Won by a length. Bsttlng —11 to 8 against La Carabine

O.J.C. AUTUMN MEETING

WINNING PAYMENTS.

The following stakes have been paid In connection with the C J C Autumn Meeting : Mr G G Stead £1185, Hon G McLean £570, Mr E J Watt £440. Mr F Griffin £220 Mr John Parkinson £200, Sir G-orge Clifford £155, Messrs T Sbeenan £150, W Spring £135, A E Harrison £125, Larry Markey £116, 8 Brown £50. D O'Brien £25, A Moss £25, W Davies £20. G L vir»e*toi»e £s>o, H A Knisrht £20. O G Dalgety £15, D Rutherford £15, W Rutherford £10—total £5490.

THOROUGHBRED STOCK SALE.

Messrs Pyoe and Co, offored by auotloa at Ohriatc^urch yetterday a number of thoroughbred horeeu. Mr D O'Brien's lot were all passed in, Maiatun at ZlQgnt, Calibre ftt !80gn», Heriot at 60gn«, Gold at !2guf, and Cavalry, Military, and Caisson without a bid. On account of Sir George Clifford, Roottisb Minstrei wae Bold at 200gs to Mr W Rutherford. Other rniioellaoeoQe lots sold were Rougesnonb at 15g«. Romany at 13t?8, Redan sb 23g«, and a three year old colt by Stepnisk—llluiioD, at 14g«. Several other horses offered tailed to find buyers.

THE CONWAY CASE

United Frees Association—By Bleetrio Telegraph—Copyright Received April 10, 4 45 p m Sydney, April 10 The Oonway case is likely to be further adjourned till Wednesday next, certain witnesses not arriving till then.

The New South Wales State Government

-■ ——♦ ■■ — United Pros* Association—By Ekotrio Telegraph—Cop right (Received W»k*pu»k» April 10, 10 30 pm, This office 11 40 p m Svbkby April 10 Mr See has iucceeded in forming a Ministry as follows—Mr See, Premier and State Secretary; Messrs B R Wise, Attorney-General; B W U'Suliivan, Works | J Perry, Labour and Edu cation | W P Crick, Lands, T Waddeli, Treasury; J Kidd, Mines and Agri culture; RQD Fitisgeraldj jTaatiee; F B Satton, V ice-President of the Executive Council. The official declaration of the poll of the Federal elections was made at the Town Hall to-daj. Mr Barton and Mr O'jQonnor left for Melbourne to-day. The other Federal Ministers are there. Until the end of the sees ion the Federal Government will he administered from the southern capital. The Labour caucus dismissed the offer of portfolios in the new Ministry. One of the rales of the party provides that members cannot accept office as party unless they hold a majority of the portfolios. Messrs McGowen and Smith did not care to sever their con nection with the party by accepting] Mr See's oJSer. I

The Presbyterian Bodies of New Zealand.

United Press Association—By Eleotric Telegraph D»nei#n, April 10 The final steps towards the coneum - mation of the onion of the Presbyterian Churches of New Zealand *vere taken at a pro r« nmia meeting at tha Presby terian Synod of Otago and Southland held in the Old First Church Hall last i evening. It wfti stated that the Bill concern ing the disposition of the properties of i the Ohurch which was adopted at last Synod had been taken charge of by Mr M'Nab, and the Union Committee will take all steps consequent and necestary upon the passing of the Bill through Parliament. A conference of tht Union Oomatittee will be held, probably in Chrfatchurch, to arrange details. The Synod, by a resolution, fixed the last week in October as the time for the inaugural meeting of the United Assembly. Id all probability the day will be October SI. Some appropriate and striking ceremonial will be deter mined upon, and a? far as possible the proceedings will correspond with those which characterised the recent union of the Free and United Presbyterian Churches of Scotland.

A Remarkable Discovery.

United Press Association—By Bleotrio Telegraph—Copyright Received April 10.10 6p m JNkw York, Aprii 8 The Scotland Yard authorities, in ! conjunction with American detectives and Pinkerfon'a Agency, ascertained that Gainsborough's picture of Geor gina, Duchess of Devonshire, which waa bought by the Messrs Agnew for ten thousand guineas, and stolen from their house in May, 1876, after being I cut from the frame was concealed in a | town in the Western States. Mr Moriand Agnew visited Chicago and identified the picture, which was i aniDJurer!. It has been taken to I England,

SOUTH AFRICA

United PreH Association—By Electrio (Telegraph

ENGAGEMENT AT PIETERS BURG.

Received April 10, 4 38 pm Lokdon, April 10 The Boers evacuated Pietersburgthe night before Colonel Plumer's arrival, exploding two trucks fall of ammu nition. Two engines and 39 trucks were captured. Lieutenant Walker and ore private were killed. Lieu tenant Sale was severely wounded. All were Australian Bushmen.

PLUMER'S CAPTURES.

BRAVE AUSTRALIANS.

CAPTURE OF A BRITISH FORGE Received Wakapuaka April 10, 10 4 p m This office 11 21 p m London, April 10 Oclonel Plnmer at Pietersburg cap tured 60 prisoners and a seven ponnder gun, and destroyed 210,000 rounds of small arms and 1000 rounds of big gun ammunition, also a considerable quantity of powder and dynamite. Kigbt Australian Bashmpn expelled 40 burghers from the Iron Pass, thus capturing the key to Pietersbarg. Two Bushmen were wounded. Colonel Placoer commended the little party's gallantry. Four hundred of Schpeper's com mando on Saturday surrounded 100 Lancers, Yeomanry and Brabants Horse near Aberdeen. Twenty-five escaped, the rest after some hoars fighting surrendered, There were six British casualties.

The Chinese Situation

United Press Association—by Eleetrio Telegraph—Copyright London, April 10 The Viceroys and Governors of the Provinces memorialise theTbrone tmme* diately to decree that loyal Princes and ChinMi autocrats ihould travel to study foreign countries. The army is to be re-organised on western methods, colleges and schooli extended, and the standard dollar currency adopted,

CABLE NEWS.

United Prong A»«ool»t.loo—-By Klaot.rio Tel«g aph—Copyright THE RUSSIAN SQUADRON AT TOULON; Pabis, April 10 Tbe French are delighted afc the unexpected return o! the Russian squadron to Tooion while the Italian iquadron was there. GOLD ROBBERY Bare o£ bullion worth £12,000 have been stolen from the North German Lloyds steamer Kaiser Wilhelra Der Grosge, on the passage between New York and Cherbourg. N.S.W. POLITICS, Syp^rEY April 10 A large public meeting demanded the immediate assembling of the State Parliament, to deal with the finances and the question of the reduction of members. PEDIGREE HORSE SALES At the blood stock sales held in connection with the agricultural show, a number of New Zealand horses were disposed of at good prices. Mr A M'Kee's coaching stallion "Whinatone, brought 50gs; Mr F Shaw's trotting stallion New Orleans 150gs; Mr Andrew Ohrystal'g draught stallions, Major Robin l?0gs, Ford's Fancy 120/?s and Ronald M'Arthur 105gs ; and Mr A Frazer.s draught stallions Lord Roberts 95gs and Renfrew Jock 125gs, and his Peggie 60g«. A FORTUNATE NEW ZEAL AN DER. Hobart, April 10 Mr J H Vincent, of Manawatu, won the first prize of £3096 in TattemaU's sweep on the Sydney Cup. ILLNESS OF A QUEENSLAND MINISTER. Mr Ohatway, Minister for Agricul ture, who has been ill for some time has taken a serious tvr n? and there is little i hope of his recovery.

Ashburton Acclimatisation Society.

The fifteenth annual meeting of the Ashbur ton Aoolimatieation [ Society was held last) evening ab Devaa'a Hotel. Present—Messrs ghury, Cambridge, Cox, Field, Denshire, Flower, Mitchell, Peßeer, Pilbrow W John ston, Orisp, Gurtiß, Dawson, Walker, Cromio Bowman, W Smith and Marsden—-Mr P H Cox occupied the chair. The balance sheet already published in ' these columns, of c, satisfactory nature, was read, and Mr Cambridge enquired if id was correct to place the Rakaia reserve as an asset, and the Secretary replied that it had been granted by the Road Board for 18 yottra. The Chairman pointed oub that there was thus a goodwill. The report for the present ■eason wan read as follow* s — Your Committee have much pleasure in submitting their fifteenth annual report:— The season now drawing to * close has been tha best we have ever had financially since the Society separated from the North Canterbury AcolimaUfation Society. The highest amount ever yet received from the sale of licensers, wliioh is our Hole source of revenue, ivas £79 12s 6d for ■'•" reason 1896-7. This year we have reoeivtd £98 12s 6<l, made up as follows :-—

Owing to continual nor'-wester! the forge rivers fUk&la and Rangitata, have been fre quently in flood, the Rakaia month being almost oppose Southbridge, and the Ban gitata mouth opposite the Temuka, huts have made the fishing at these rivera incon venient- The Ashburton, owing to the heavy flood shortly after the commencement of the Benson went straight) out to tea, and left the lagoon dry, and although a few Urge fiih were caught the fishing was nob up to former years either for efze or number of fish taken. Expenditure—This haa again exceeded our income amounting to .£lO4 14a 5d spent, »s against £98 12s 6d received. Of this amount £8? 5s 8d has been spent on the Ash bur too river ; on Rakaia 14s 9d, and on Rangltata 10s for rent of paddocki The expenditure at Ashburton Is made up by—

The cost of fencing and planting is more than it should have been, but owing to aheep having gob into and destroyed the trees the whole work had to be done over again,, and the fence made sheep proof. A good many trees will have to be replaced both at the Aahbartoa and Rangitata plan tations* Mr John Studholme, junr, has pro mised to undertake the planting at Rangitata, the Society finding the treee. Shags'Heada—A oooaiderable expenditure hae bees incurred, greatly exceeding any previous year, »c your Committee voted £2' to the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society for the extermination of ahags in the upper waters of the Rakaia instead of participating in the work. One man killed hi a day 61 shagp, besides destroying many eggs at Mr Harper's on the Rangitata, for which we paid him £3 Is Locally only 24 shags were paid for, not more than hall we bhve often paid for in a year. The kitchen or cookhouse at Aehburton having proved itself co gieafc a success, ib is proposed to erect similar buildings both at Rakai* and Rangitata for the convenience of ! anglers, and your opinion is invited as to I the advisability of erecting the earns. No case of poashing has been prosecuted thia season, and although known to redone, ib seems impossible to geb & conviction, anglers refusing to give information so that a case could be taken to Oourt. Alteration of the Shooting Seasen—- By an | Act passed last session, "No. 45, ' To amend ! the Animals Protection Acts,'the shooting season is altered for the whole colony, except Otago and Southland, from the Ist April to l«b May, and closing 31st July, OUgo and Southland etill keeping (he old dates. Re Deer—A letter has been received frcm the Otago Ac Hmatisafcion Society re red and fallow deer,which I now read. Your opinion is invited ac to whether it is advisable to endeavour to obtain any. The Society has no liabilities, a!! Recounts being paid to date. In addition to onr balance on hand, £42 15s 10d, wo now have the Ashbnrfon section 2102, £50 ; planta tion fencing and kitchen costing £60; plan tation and paddook at Rangitata £43; fencing R&kaia paddock and pump £25 15?, Total assets, £221 10s 103. You have now to tleob officers for the ensuing season. All members retire, but are eligible for reelection. Mr Gambridga thought it unfair to change the whole 10,000 trout, £18, to Aehburton, whereas the trout were distributed in other quarters. A discussion, on illicit) shooting took place after which the report was adopted, Correspondence was read from the Colonial Secretary, intimating that a charge of 6d would ba levied on licenses to take or kill gfemt, Issued tnrough the Post Office, to povar estimated cost of aervioe by Poit Office Department*

From the auditor, Mr A H Field, tender* ing his resignation of that office, as he wished to become an active member of the Society. A letter was read from the Ot»ga Society, stating its inability to supply young Fawn Deer, and suggesting that they could be obtained from Wellington, The chairman spoke in favor of plaoina Deer In ths Ashburton disbrlob, say ab Alford Forest. Hitherto the Society had devoted itself to fishing, but he though!} thay should go in now for deer. He thought financially it would ultimately prove a success. It) would probably oost £40 or £50 to make a commencement, aod he thought fche Canter bury Society would combine. Mr Dawsenf was more Id favor of restock* ing the river with fish. Mr Cambridge moved in favor of a recom mendation to the new committee to fe%ke steps to arrange with a ktadred Society to obtain deer, if funds permit. Mr Dawson tabled an amendment seconded by Mr Da Beer against) the introduction of deer, and that their funds be devoted towards restocking the river. Mr W Smith pointed oub that dear were already on this side of the range*. Mr Crisp said unless something was dona in restocking the river, the proceeds from licenses would be greatly lessened. The amendment) was carried, sfx^votes being recorded for the motion. Mr Crisp urged that something be done to protect the fishing in the Ashburbon river. Mr Shury replied that for many years all their surplus funds had been paid for a | ranger without any result) Members admitted having seen poaching, but they did not care to take steps to pro secute the offenders» Mr Cambridge moved a recommendation to the inoomiDg Committee that expenditure on new improvements be stopped absolutely, except for rapairs and that the money b« expended instead in obtaining the service of a thorough ranger. Whilst) admitting the value of the Improvements already made, they should now devote their efforts to ob tain more fish. The young fishermen were not getting the sport required to encourage them, as the river was being cleared by poaching and dynamiting. They should obtain a ranger, and if a good man were paid he would do his work thoroughly, and it was their duty now to conserve what fish they already bad. His motion was seconded by Mr Dawson. Messrs Bowman, Flower, and Crisp spoke strongly in favor of the motion, the former speaker referring to the successful work of the ranger on the Opihi river. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr Cambridge also moved in the direc tion of stopping the sohool licenses, this season there were over 24 free licenses. Benefits had arisen over these free licenses lv the past, bui they should now be stopped he considered Mr Shury urged thab they be continued. An amendment in favour of granting one license to every hundred boys in a sohoo was put and ultimately carried. A discus* siou took place upon other free license*, which bad been granted, and it was ulti mately decided to leave this subjjot to the committee. Mr Cambridge epoke in favour of making a im&H charge to aen\

members for iho uee of reserve svt the mouth of the Ashburton River. The pad deck wti used by numerous parties who visited the beach, and they would net cbj ct to paying a small fee, sir! thus further help th« Seeiely. It was decided to place thlt before the incoming committee as a recommend** lion. Repairs to a road at Rakaia were ordered to be made. It was decided that fa future the office of auditor should not carry a free license. It wsa deoided to write off the aunt of £20 for depreciation. The election of officers was then proceeded with, and the following were duly elected :—Prmdent—G A M Buckley E«q, "v*ioePreßidsntß--Me»sr« J Btudbolmt jnr, W J Steward and J MoLachlan Tr*a»nrer —P-F Cox Esq. Seoreiary—A M Shnry iiiq. Auditor—J Friediandar E«q. Com mittee—Mnairs Field, Cambridge, Walter, Pilbrow, &Qd D« Beer. The usual honorarium of £5 5* was granted to tb Secretary for hi* ■ervicei Votes ot thank* were pas««d to the oh air* man for preeiding, and the Secretary for hUi excellent work, and his devotion to the interests of th« Society.

An Election Declared Void.

REVELATIONS OP BRIBERY.

Excitement ran high in Maidstont on Feby 21th. for after long and tiab orate preparation, the time had arrived when two of His Majesty'i Judges lit to hear the various chargea in the pet ition lodged against the return of the bitting Liberal member of Parliament for the Borough of Matdstone, Mr John Barker by Mr Fieune Stanley Ooro wallia, the Conservative candidate at the last general election. The }adget were Justice! OhanneSl and Kennedy* The Olerk of the Court read the petit ion, which act forth that Mr Barker won the seat, by a majority of 88, by means which the petitioner character iaed amounting to bribery, treating an personation. Alfred Atkins, an engineer's fitter, ■aid he knew Albert Turner, whom he met before the election. Turner taid if witness con Id get a few 'doubtful*' he could offer them 7s Sd a piece. Subsequently witness found two 'donbfc fals.' On the morning of the polling day he met Turner's son, who gay* him four packets, each containing 7a Bd, and 10a out of a packet. Two of the men who received a packet each were named Jtsnner and Rollett. Edward Boliett, labourer, and Henry Jenner, painter, both said they knew the witness Atkins, and that they re ceived 7s 6d each. William Mugger* idge, a packer, said he had known Turner for twenty years, Tomer took patt in politics on the Liberal side. On the day after the poll he saw Turner who beckoned to him behind the bar in a public honse, and gave him l(k Did be say anything to you when he gave you that monej?—. He aaid. "Don't forget Barker." Thomas Ring, a gag stoker, said that on the day of the election a man named Martin, a papermaker, asked him what he wanted for voting for Barker. Witness said he wanted lQs. Martin gave him £1 2s 6d to be divided be tween witness and two friends. In the evidence on Tueaday George iVakefields corn chandler, deposed that the week before the election Mr Barker with his Liberal chairman, canvassed his (the witness') brothers, who were in the business. Mr Barker said—"Mr Oornwallis does not trade in Maidatone; he trades in London." Mr John Potter the Liberal chair man, then said—-"If you return Mr Barker to Parliament, you can have the whole of his trade. He keeps 300 horses—lso in London and 150 at Bishop Stortford. Mr Bar kercan give you more orders than Mr Cornwallis." Mr Barker himself added —WI do keep 300 horses, and you may as well feed them a« anyone else." After farther evidence had been given a eto illegal practices by the candidate, Me Gill said he thought he oughb to ex' plain the position of the respondent In view of Monday's evidence. It was felt t hat they could not defend the casei of bribery by Whiffen, Hewetfc, and Turner. They placed themselves in the hands of the Judges co far as the allegei illegal practices ty Mr Barker were concerned, The respondent had got a complete answer to them*

Mr John Barker, M.P. later went Into the witness box. Exairlned by Mr Mathews, he eaid when he addressed the General Committee he made it courts' takeably plain and clear that he wished the election to be fought fairly and sqaarely. His iuatraotlona Were specific, and were printed on the canvassing cards* It was a ifoct that no charge bad ever been made against his election agent. The Court adjourned till Wednesday, when eleven witnesses admitted paying sums to voters, but all asserted that the money was his own, and had not been repaid them. Mr Justice Kennedy, in giving jadg. ment, said the admission on the part of the respondent's counsel on the previoni day did not end the case, because it wai the doty of the Court to report to the Speaker on other points, one of them beiug whether there had been corrupt or illegal practices to an extent which they could describe as extensively prevailing. There were also the personal charges; The Court fonnd that charges of treating were comparatively slight, and they did nob think the charges of illegal practices) chiefly relating to the conveyances and the cost of horses' keep, justified them in dealing with the matter specifically- There therefore remained the charges of bribery. On those the Court weuld have to report to the Speaker that the election was void. The proved oases of bribery extended through all the wards, and the uniformity of the payments pointed to ft certain pre'arrangements on the p»rb of some persons—the existence of something like a plan, something more than the casual and nnpremeditated expenditure of some unscrupulous partisans. Still, the total number proved was only 25, and there was no evidence jgrhich enable^ the Court to form a satisfactory opinion as to the prr portion of the bribable oUss. Bo* on the whole the Court did not think they would justified in reporting that bribery extensively prevailed.

THE ASHBUKTON GUABDIAIi: THURSDAY, * APRIL 11, 1901



Phases of 1 Full moon Last quarter Apogee New moon First quarter Perigee

Moon I

for April D H H 4 05® p m 12 527 p m 5 6 Opm 19 9 7a hi 26 3 45»m 10 830 am



Date jpri! i» It »0

11 12 13 14 15

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Ktoes 6 SO 6 32 6 53 634 6M

Boti 5 3 5 2! 6 2i 82*



10.000 Rainbow Trout ... 18 0 0 Bulaoce owing on land & expenie* 32 15 6 Coefc of Kitohen .. 19 18 8 Horiß Yards ... 6 0 0 Planting and fencing plantation 10 10 0 Repairs to Pump ... 13 6

87 5 8



Mono' yearly license* 78, Boya' „ „ 17, L»<iiee* „ „ 2, MeOB 1 half 896E0D IS, Boye' „ „ 9,

£ 8 d IB 0 0 8 10 0 0 10 0 9 7 6 2 5 0

Total Itoeneea cold 121

98 12 6



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