THE ASHBURTON TRAIN SERVICES

Train* cave Anbburton daily for— OHRIBTOHUROH—at 7.20 am, 11am 3.15 p m, 7 5 p m (express) TIMAP-U—» 10 55 am,350 pm DUNfcDlN—ab 12 54 pm (express) SPRINGBURN—afc 4.25 p m Trafne arrive dady at Aehhnrtoa from— OHKISTOHUROH—at. 10.45 »m, 12.48 p m (express), 8 pm TIMARU—at 10.35 a m, 2 55 pm DUNEDIN— »t 6.67 p m (express) S?KINGBURN~a»J 9.45 a m

EPHEMERIS

PhAiea of Moon for February

SUN.

Mail Notices.

Mails close for the following places rb andor, eabjeot to the neceeeary alterations ; FRIDAY, March 1 For Northern Ports and Wcstporfc, also Australia (dn« Sydney March 7th), lodis, Chios, Straits Settlement, Sooth Afrion, etc., also United Kingdom, via Brlndiei, a»d Continent of Europe, per MoDowai at 6 30 pm, late fee lotters gaatds vrq expreae SATURDAY, March 2 For Weßtporb direct, per Poherua, at 10 30 am Foe Northern Ports, and Wesbporfc, per Rototnahaoa, at 630 pm Late fee letters, gnard's van, expreea

Commercial.

THE LONDON MARKETS.

London, Feb 27 The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,510,000 qaartere, and for the Con tinent 1,050,000 quartern. B*nk shares—Bank of Australasia 76, Unihn Bank 37 ; the others are anchanged.

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Quotations »re as follown • — Wheat (nominal)— Hunter's, pear!, and velv t 2» 3d to 2a 4(1, »nd Tuscan 2i 4ii to 2a 5d Oats (now) — Canadians li 5d to Is 6d, short fe< d Is 5d to le s|d, Dans and Danish Is 4'i to la 4|d Barley (new) •—Malting 2a (at country station') Beans—{nominal) Peas—(nomtnnl) Flour(millera' quotations nominal)— Boiler £7 f atone £b, sharps £3 IQ*, bran £3. Oitrnpftl—£lo OiUcheaf Chtff — 42* 63 afc near cotintry station*. Hay —£3 5a to £5 I<K neljven d ; primest baled £4, f ob Seeds—-Ryegrass, farmera' !otH Is 31 to Is 64; p'ime • eavy, town drpnnefi, 2o 6d to 31* 3d, ! Cocksfoot, 21 to 2^ for bright seed, to 51 for pxtra j?ood, town machine dreseed 161 b to 17tb need, 3i<i to 3|4, cowgras* sfl to 6<l, extra ohnicfi 6£d, White clover, 6& to 7£<i. Dairy Proilucß-—Cheeie, dairy 4d to fri, faotorj 4| fl to sd. Butter-^rfaetory, local, lOd, dai'y 7ii to Bd, ia!t, m bojtea 6>i to 7d. Bacon and hums, 6d to6i^, factory bVinn pud hnms, per 1b higher. The above price?, ercppfc whe-e otherwise ■tate'', are those paid to frtrmfrs, f.o.b, Lyt'elton.

BIRTH.

SsrMOUB—On February 2?th, the wifrt of <}. W. Snyim>nr, Ashburton, of a daughter,

DEATH.

HANMEB— On Fshrunrv 2S i»t. Tanoroj} Street-, Ashburtnn, Fmv.n . ihsfibe.© Hasmke, m his 45th year.

Ashburton Guadian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1901.

The meeting ©n Wednesday evening last, by a unanimoun votp, protested agatost tba Borough Council having given the Hospital Board permission to drain the sewage o£ that institution through the street channels, so that itsa not necessary for us to urge anymore of th« many reaaom that might be given against the proposed scheme. We may |ast mention, however, that we have obtained a great quantity of evidence m support of our &rouraents on thin anbjecf, which we should have pro daced.had th<» supporters of thessbgsme to drain theHosr 1 14* l'4*l through the town succeeded m bluffing the meeting that their precious proposal was not only eafp, but the only possible method of disposing of the Hospital sewage. Thanks to the unmistakable opinions given by three oat ol tour of the medi cal men, Including those fijpeciaHy AW nected with the sanitary affairs of the Borough and the Hospital, and to the intelligence of the hufgesees present at the meeting, the resale of their verdfat wag not for a moment In doubt j and we congratulate the indabitants of the town upon the vote they have recorded At the «ame time we think it is due to everybody concerned to clear up one or two misunderstandings which have Arisen m connection with the action takeo by the burgeiaea of Ashburton to ; protect themselves, An idea seems to j have been entertained that the pro moterg of the meeting wished tOieepßjjre the members of the Borough Gooncll f who supported the proposal of the Hospital Board—that is to say the majority of the Council. We believe we may safely say that there was no such desire. But it will readily be admitted that when the members of any representa tive body act m a way that appear* to foe .antagonistic to the interests of their eonßtita«ate» the proper course open to the latter is to |irot^»t as the burgesses lof Asbbnrton have Just donp. If this were cot so, people would be banded ; over to the tender mercies of thair representatives with their mouths ! &\pMsp antii the next palling day. Ifc |s we to ink generally admittei that the J jßoroqgh Ccmtveiilotfs and their Mayor, ,wbo passed the ob.noxlojas raaolption, did so m the belief that they wera wtfoa fe>r tl»e be»t f .yho ,M*yor appear*

to have supposed that no other way of disposing of the sewage from the Hospital was open to the Board. Id fact he eaid so. Bub he apparently overlooked two points, which the meet ing did not. One was that the Borough is not called upon to provide Hospital drainagp, and the other was that the Hospital Board did not ask the Borough to go any farther than grant the permission asked for. On the con trary, the Board affirmed that m the event of the Boreugh refusing to allow the Hospital sewage to run into the street channels, Mr Baxter's scheme was then to be adopted. Thus it will bfl seen that both the Mayor and M Thomas—no doubt quite unintentionally—-misled the meeting. The former initiated a discussion upon theirrelavent question, what could the Hospital do with its ie#agf», if it could not run it into the street channels, and thp latter was very emphatic upon the impossibility of disposing of it other wise; so reach go, indeed, that he wou'd prefer to see the cesspit abomination continued for six months longer, and he got the meeting to pass a resolution to that effect We shall see, however, what the Hospital Board has to say to this. Befote concluding, we may refer to the comments made upon the atti tude of this paper In this matter by some of the few supporter! of the Borough Council's action. We were practically blamed for creating a needless scarf, by making quite *n unnecessary fuss about a very trifling matter. We are content to point to the opinions of the medical .men already published sad to the unanimous opinion of the burgesses, as expressed at the recent meeting,fora completejast'fication of cur action. Had we not put the case as strongly as we did, the burgesses might not have risen to the occasion, and the drainage of the Hospital sewage infe) our street channels might Lave become an accomplished fact. If any believers m the barmlessness of that scheme stilt remain m Ashburton we shall be prepared to show them the further evidence to the contrary ne have already stated that we possess.

Local and General.

Extension of Telephone Hotras—From tomorrow (2nd mat) the Ashburton Telep hone Exchange will remain open until 10 pm< Magisterial-—Three drunks were brought before Wm. Morgan, Eeq, of Methven, J.P, this morning. Two of them being first offender*,, they were fitted 59 and costs ; the third was fined lOt and costs ViXAl* Statistics—The vital statistic* for the month ending 28th February, 1901, are—Births 19, marriages and deaths 7. SiiKEr Sale.—Owing to the bad weather the sheep advertised for sth March for Mr Peache by the Farmers Co-operative Atßooia tion will not now reach msrkeo until 12th March &*■ TSnwald yards. I iNTBELOOKiNO SYSTEM —The Installation i of tbe interlocking system at the Wellington I railway station will be completed early m March. The system is to be applied to the Westpacb station as aoon »s the English expert engage 1 by the Railway Department ia finished with the Wellington installation. A RXOOBD Mbetino.—Th« proceedings m connection with today's meeting of the Ashburttn County Council were 'reated with suoh promptitude thab the Council rone at 12. 15, and it wae unneaersary to adjourn as usual for lunch. The whole of the business, which was fairly heavy, was gone through id about an hour, which, we understand, is record time. Hakvkst Labowri—Thn correspondpnt of the Tim.'.ru He-aid writes :—ln the 8b An drews district, thtra is a sc&roity of hafvaci ter?, and m consequence most of the farmers ire working ehorthanded Numbers of t,hfl loafer class are hanging round tho riverbeds and other favcurite camping places, but men of the right stamp, who will accept In an hour and do a fair day's work, are few and far batween. Federation — The Ashburton A »nd P Association have p*lled a meet ing of irern bers, farmers and ethers _ interested, to discuss the question of Federation, 3-d appoint a dehgite t> attend » pentral meeting to be cnvened for the purpose of expressing bha <pini>n of Rottlera m Oanterr bury on the nv»l?flr. TJhe meeting will be held m the Associa'iouV rooms on Saturday March 9 h at 3 p m Good Market For Potatoes.—The Agri cultural Gazette lately remarked that if a Statement made by the ciptalo of a tr&ning vessel m reference to the opening for potatoes i-i South Africa is to be orecUfced, it woud pay well to export tubers to tba't country. The war price, it says, has been £30 per | ton, and ib is never less than £15. Why South Africa should pot be self supporting ia resppnt of potatoes is not clear ; nor is it easy to explain why ab anything like £1$ per ton, large supplies arp not sent from Australia and New Zealand. Febiobts to South Afbioa—Messrs DaL gety and Co, have ascertained the following Facts by cab'e horn their Melbourne ofljoe: —The freights from Melbourne to South Africa by the regular lines are t Wheat, §0s ; oats, 655; general cargo, 50a per ton. Intercolonial freight add transhipped cargoes are extra, and, even at these rates, the available epaoe ia barely sufficient for requirement*. Freights from New Zealand are ; Wheat, 455; oats, 55a ; general oargo, 50). It appears, therefore, that the state* ments whioh hove been freely made that the freights from New Zealand to South Africa are higher than those from Australia are the very reverse of correct. Presentation —On Tuesday evening (says the Oamaru Mail) Mr W W Wilson, of the Post Office staff, was the reoipient of a handsome travelling bag on the occasion of fets Scaling for the Post and Telegraph Office, Aahburton, Mr Be«wick f (ha Chief Post master, made ihp presentation, and while congratulating Mr Wilson on- h^S promotion whioh, he said, had b«en well e»rned f regretted that bU tervices would be lost to tbe Oamarn branch of the savvies. Mr Wilson thanked his office associates for their unfailing kindness and oourteny during their association, and Mr Beswick for bis fl ateriog aiiusjpsj to his services an*?good wishes' for the futu.twt '. Tap CoArj Tbadjs—-Acsjjrding to advices received by a leading firm of ahiporaar^ m Melbourne, the shipment of coal at Newcastle (s notr proceeding at an enormous rate, but she demand is y iil greater thanthe (supply. Previous to the holidays (state the Age), the fleet, of vesee's detained there for cargo' p?ae reduced to no ler 70, but recent arrivals baye brought the ii«t up to 100. oomprUlug bouia of the largo sailing resgels sfioat. Some of the smaller coal companie* have taken &dyan> | tage of the pinch fes dem»od 12s per top for i their staple, whioh m some o^ss? hae been i paid to obtain despatch.— Twenty onest«a>m« era arrived at the port of Wesfcport during !aat wotk with the fxoeption of Saturday. The Imdian Tsoors—The Indian Troops di/d piot arrive at 6 o'clock last night, owing to rongh jsrcat^ie? delayiDg arrival of their atesmer at Lytteitpa. At t si|sht o'clock the Meyor recsived a telegram frost thpPPoob o J O Ward requrttißg that special refresh'? ments, which were msntioned, phopld be provided ab tbe oost of the Government, aad the Mayor at once made arraagememts tp oasry out thi« desire, The train conveying 160 of the meo reached Athburtoo at mld» night, and a> the most convenient method under the oiroumatancas, were each handed separate paoketa containing banantts.oranges, biscuits, and grape*, and were also supplied with lemonade and gioger beer. Despite the late hour a large number of raatdenta assembled *b the station. The troops will retora porth next Monday, when & stoppage will be i«L<ieio',&.phburtsen to allow residents to have a view of ilia riilSs. The Mayor has not yet received advice of tine exact thm that) tbe train will arrJTe.—A meeting of the general reception committee hat been conven ed for Saturday evening, ab 8 o'clock, m the Borough Council Chambers, to consider smugepse^tg for receiving the ladiaa • Troops 1' •'•"■* ' ■

The Seventh Contingent— The South Canterbury portion of the Sovinth Contin- ' gent paused through for Ohrintohurch by the . express last night. There was a large i number of bheir Irienda and acqu»in!»noes on the station platform to bid thorn yood byes At the train moved away three hearty cheers were givto

ALLEGED POACHING

A CASE IN OOUJttT.

Tha eases of alleged poaching brought into Court by the Acclimatisation Societies, are, io themselves, an excellent propaganda of the art of tront-oatohlng without a rod and without lisonsei At Gera!diu«y on Tuerddy, a case wm heard m which a, lad named Wheeler was charged with " snaring." trout with wire m fcho Waihi river on December 29 and 31. Whca'er wai able to prove an alibi, and so got off, but the evidence of the ranger itr interesting a* showing that the illegal fisher man can often make better baskets than the tree sport who uses only legitimate meant to eatob the " spotted beaatiea," The caw had been adjourned at a previous sitting to allow Wheeler, who was charged together with a youth named Rowe, to bring evidence to show he had been wrongly accused, apd at tha present hearing he did so successfully. Ooles, the ranger, said he was m the Waihi riverbed on December 29, and eav aooused there with a yoorng fallow named Rowe. He kntir th« accused well, and saw tha trout soared by him with wire. While he wai watching he saw five or six caught. Accused was on the other side of the riv»r, about twenty yards away, and oonld not see him, and he did not speak to him then. Again, on December 31, between eleven and noon, he saw accused with yoaag Rowe clearing the rubbish out of a hole of water, and then commencing to soars trout. They took twelve on '.his occasion, which were buried m the shing'e as they were oiught. H« cama »ip to them «od took the fish out of the shingle. Be was about ten yards away, and could not possibly make a mistake about Wh«»!er, He oould ewe%r that he waa the right man.

HOSPITAL COMMITTEE

The monthly meeting of the Ashburton Hospital Committee was held ab the County Council chambers this morning Preseat— Messrs H Friedlander (chairman}, M Stitt, J D*7ison, and S 8 Chapman. A ri;emo of business transacted since last meeting wa« approved; Correspondence was read from Dr Trevor, medical tffioer, reporting that twenty five new patients had been admitted during the ! p*et month, seventeen of whom remained, and two ieaths had occurred. Mlw Robert! had joined the staff as probationer, and gave promise of making a good nurse. The doctor brought up the question of taking patients suffering from delirium tremens Into the Hospital, and added that if euoh patients were to be taken into a special room special furniture would be required. The medloal officer's report indicated that trery thing m. the Hospital was m a satisfactory state.— Received. From Mr C Braddell, respecting the oollection of outstanding patients' fees, aad offering to undertake same at a charge. The Chairman said the collection of outstanding fees was a matter whioh nquirad consideration* Some persons had the itn preision that the Hospital, being a public institution, no charge could be enforced, H« thoughb fees should be collected weekly. It was resolved that the Chairman't proposal, bo place the aooounts i» the bands of a solicitor be adopted. Accounts amounting to £275 were passed for paymeab Mesrra Scaly and Stilt were appointed a Visiting Committed A circular was read from Dr Mason, chief health officer, asking to be supplied with some idea of the number of chronio or incuraWe cases which were unsuitable for treatment m a general hospital, where the qo-X to the Stuie w»a greater m most of these inetancea than if the unfortunates were oared for m a special inatitution.™Received. Tho Chairman thought this information would be difficult to supply, I It, was decided to ssk Dr 1 revor to send a DEUBIUM TKBMEHS CASES The Chairman e*id not many of the«e ci^es were received locally, and It was rosoved that this matter be referred to the nfxt mact, ng of the Board. Tie ritxfcmreting wat fixed for the first Frid»y m April ____

Goblin Land.

|By CHAS. W. PyRNBLL.)

A region cr»ggy, worn, »nd wild, Where the rugged rocks aps^-luJ Bear huga gnarled and knotted trees St ffl y bending to the brefSß) When it roams along the gien Never pressed by feat of men. Goblin land 1 goblin land} Sombre c'ouda their shadows whf«k O'er the sun's great copper disc, Gaunt birds through the boscage flit, And their hoarse cries intermit With the torrent's Changeful rear, Chaanting tunes not heard before. Goblin land! goblin land! Here the goblins, troop by troop, Shake the rooks with their wild whe^p, , And with dances weird and strange Through the savage region range, D*noes rhythmic, flowing free, Full of fire and fantasy. Goblin land | goblin land 1 Knotted Hmbi with pasfion starting, To eaoh body gtim imparting Motion like the stormy sea When the wind howls angrily, Thus they beat a ftantio measure, j Thus their hearts are knit together Goblin land ! goblin land I Sometimes from his cavern borne Comes to earth the sweating gnome, Rolls his fiery eyes around, Macks the goblins as they bound, Waves of ptsaion 'gin to roll Through his deiue and sluKgish sou. Goblin land ! goblin bod 2. Music weird of wondrous tori", Wafted from Euterpe's throne, JSljjehes all the air Around With rich streas'ns of languid sound,, Stirs the blood withist the Vein?j 1 Wakes new pleasured and new pains. Goblin land I goblin land ! When the lustrous moon shines clear, Gleamtfg from her lofty sphere, I Clothes the land m mystic light, ; With a wan and pain delight, 1 Then ,£he fairies come and gf\ ! Lighjbly tripping td and fro. ■ Gob m lam;.? goblin landj Lasd where elves and: spirits throng, PariipQ Earth Ip doth jjelon^, Part to realms whioh m&n discerns Whea the soul within him burns, Jsy its fitful #*me rerealed, Half disclosed, snd half concealed, goblin land J goblin l»nd J Tim@.

The Pacific Cable.

United Press Asaoeuation—by Elaotrio Telegraph—Copyright

London, Feb. 27 The ??acifie Cable poard haa adopted a resolution disapproving of New South Walef agreement with tbo Eastern Extension Company. SvDXKYt Feb 27 Mr Audley Coote, m a letter to the Precs relative to tbe Paoioo cable, says that if it goes by Fanning * Island to Vancouver, a section of 3650 miles et one- stretch will aots as a boll gate to all messages going over the whole c»ble. It> it, he says, useless to make such an expensive cable that a lection will cost almost as much as the whole of the other sections put together. He suggests arranging a compromise by wbloh the man* 1 ufaoturing Cable Company will let a line from Fanning Islacd be landed at Honolulu, and tbeaoe go by Vancouver. The whole undertaking, he addu, will thus be much benefited, and the only extra co«b will be that of a repeating station, \

COUNTY COUNCIL

The ordinary meeting of the Ahhburton County Council wag held to-day. Present — Messrs 0 J Harper (cbuiim»r), H Frier'• lander, M Stilt, S Chapman, J Lamb c, J Johnston, W Morgan, and OAM Buckley. An apology was received for the abeecce of Mr E G Weight, and on the motion of Mr Lsmbie leave of abseoee foi this meeting w»s granted RUArDNA MBETIN« The Chairman reported the remit of the ratepayers meeting on the damage to head» worki of race, and despite the small oppoci* tton, he thought the ratepayers would record auffi iant votes m favor of the proposed loap. As the suggested concrete pipes would require to be completed and well dried before the fronts sec m he was doubtful if the work could actually be started until after nexfe winter If No. 1 district carried the rote, the smaller district No. 2, being dependent for water on the former, they would doubtless also agree Mr Kriedlander thought Iron pipps would bt preferable and he aaked if it bad been definitely decided to form the piping of concrete. The Chairman replied that no decision had been come to. Iron or steel pipe* would probably ba better The Engineer stated oonorete pipes would bt the cheaper. A charge from the channel into the solid wall would be too expensive Mr Fdedlander's motion that the Engineer reports on aost of proposed concrete and iron piping for the work completed at Headworks, was carried jsnuinehr's report. The Engineer's report was read as follows: Aehbnrton-Rangitata Water Supply—This serviea continues to be satisfactory. The mains and distributing races are all m fair order, and the small improvements author ised m the Hinds Gorge are being carried out. A new flume is also being put m on 1 the ftfontalto property, of larger capacity I 'nan the old one. The small race between Windermere »nd Hinds, which was so long delayed, is now m progress, Ashburton-Rakaia Water Supply—The supplies from Pudding Hill, the auxiliary channel, and the Rakaia river, have all been well kept up recently. At the latter place an additional sluice has been pub m at the main terrace for the better regulating of the sapply during freshets, whioh are now pretty frequent m that river. Nearly all the sheep and foot bridges have now been put down, and the timber has arrived tort be last three m the Rakaia district Except from the Wakanui Creek, which had an inadrqaaie supply for the races for three days, but has since been fully restored, the services throughout the district have beeu satisfactory. The supply m the North Athburton river is still ample for reqaire m«nts. The fords and culverts are all m fair repair. Ashburton Forks and Mount Sotnera— There is an abundant supply m this district. County Bridgeß—Very little repair has been necesßauy during the past three week?. In the Rangrata bridge some scantlings are required between the deck planks, where shrinkage has taken place. These will be filled next week. County Plantations—Most of the goree grubbing has now been executed. You will observe from the Hanger's report that a fire took plaae recently m a plantation at Chertsey, caused apparently by sparks from the railway engine. The grass has been burnt) on an area of about seven acres, and the bottoms of the trees singed, bub I understand there is not likely to be any permanent damage. Bridle Tra< k, Mount Winterelow- On this I beg to annex a separate report. Mr Latnbie complained that foot bridges had not yet been erected over various races m his portion ef the County The Engineer's report waa approved (L«fb sitting)

Ashburton Horticultural Show.

The following special prizes have been awarded m convection with the la' c show of the Aahburton Society:—Most successful exhibitor at the Show, T Pitt, (The prize is a cap value 435 5s which must be won three timet before becoming the property of the exhibitor); pot plants—Open cla«s, T Pitt} amateur class, & T Dodds. Out blooms,-™ Open class, T Pifctj amateur class, T Craig» hsad. Fruit. —Open class, TP. ltj, amateur o'ass, Mfas Ghambere. Vegetable classes.— Mrs Bushes,

Fire Brigade's Competition.

United Press Ai>aeciation~By Electric Te'pßraph CHRISM^OROH, February 28 LApDERRKBOUB-I>uaedin City, 24ece, I; Napier, 24| teoa, 2 ; Master ton, 25iecs, 3, Ashburton'ii time was 26|aec» CopEiiK» Pbapticb—C'aversh&m, 42|^eo8, 1; Somoer, 42|'ccc, 2 ; Hawers, 43|<eor>, 3i Aaliburton—(Sicca pen.) 48|ieo8 MANOAXi Enginb Compejition {five men) —Chriatohuroh City, 42|iecs, 1; Gore (2aeo peDj 43<e08, 2 ; Hawera (4seoa pen) 45§ieo8, 3 (2«eoa pen) 61|<ea6

Passengers and Captain

United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph

San Fbancisoo, February 27 The Alameda, from Sydney, was befogged on her arrival at Ban Francisco, ,©n Feb 2s, Her passengers protested against thp delay, but when they heard of the City of Rip tfaneiro disaster on the previous d>y, they presented the captain with a testimonial

THE FLAGUE

United Presi Aasoolation—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright Capetown Feb 27 Owing to the apathy of the Cape* town Corporation the Government has undertaken the suppression of the plague.

THE ROYAL VISIT.

United Press Association—By Eiectrib telegraph—Copyright Melbourne, Feb 28 Mr Keir Hardie, M P for Merfehyr Tyefvil, will move m the House of Obmtnons that the vote for the expense? of the Dake and r>uche3B of Cornwall m visiting the colonies ifaould be redaceci to £1000

THE VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND.

Wellington, Feb <jjß It has been definitely decided that the Puke and Duchess'nf Cornwall are to arrive ajb Auckland on the lj.th June, and take their departure'from the colony on the 22th. %ek Royal Highnesses wI!S thus jiavtt aeVeoteea oie»r daya m the polony, and h|?e an opportunity of yisitiog Kotorua.

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

RUSSIA AND MANCHURIA

RUSSIA'S RECEFT UNDERTAKING ONLY A VERBAL O>E

Unitad Prm /»Bsootatioo—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright London, February 27 In the House of Commons Lord Gran borne, Foreign Under-Secretary, aaid (hat the undertaking fe iven by Russia that her administration m Manchuria would be only temporary acd provisional was only a verbal undertaking, ( London, Feb 28 The Pekin correspondent of the 7imes e'a c that RuKfk is pres&ing Yang Yo, the Chinese Plenipotentiary m St Peters* berg to sign a further convention streng thening exclusive Russian protection m Manchuria, granting Russia, special pri vileges m Northern China

KING EDWARD VII

United Press Association—by JSleotrio Telegraph—Copyright

Adelaide, Februnrj 22 Over thirty thousand people witoeutd tha prool*m»tiioß of the King, and the review of tbe Imptrial and local troop* by Lord Tunny sen*

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Afi«ooi*tlon—-By Kleotrio Teleg Aph—Copyright Briobaste, Feb 28 The Bey A Hutchison has been elected President of the Wesleyan Conference. Sydney, Feb 28 The States Re-distribution of Seats Committee has recommended the dla appearance of eight electorates m the country, and one m the city, and the creation of six new electorates m the suburbs of Sydney, and three m the country» The land at Ula, m New Britain, i secured by the WesUyan Mission for an [Industrial settlement, is fifteen hundred acres. The chief idea is to evangelise the natives employed, and then make the work self supporting. A cable message has been received announcing the death m London of Mr James Huddart. founder of the Canadian —Australian line. The Imperial Government has awarded to the widow of Lieutenant Grieve, of the Pew Sooth Wales forces, who was killed at Paardaberg m February laat year, while attached to the Royal Highlanders, a pension of £80 a pear, a compassionate allowance of £15 yearly to each of her children, and gratuities aggregating £l€o. Mrs McDonald has been found not guilty on the ground of insanity on the charge of mntdering her infant at Alexandria, and has been detained during '< the Governor's pleasure. Sailed, HM S Porpoise, for Portsmouth ; She is to be replaced by the Phoebe, now en route to Sydney. The German warship Moewe has sailed for New Britain. Baker was found guilty of wounding Detective Detective Toomey with Intent to murder. The jury added a recommen. da* lon to mercy on the ground of the wrong from which prisoner considered he was suffering. Baker made a statement (hat Toomey got him a sentence m $aeenßl*n<s, though he knew he was innocent. The death sentence was passed. [Detective Toomey wae stabbed by Biker m the back m * Sydney street;, near the General Poßt Office. The Wesleyan Conference passed resoladons infavour of the commemoration of Methodist union next year by 96 votts to 10 M. McDonald broke the Australian plunging recoid ccverirg 68 feet 7£ inches.

American Steel Combine

ITS POSSIBLE EFFECT ON BRITISH INDUSTRY

United Preeß Association—By Electric Telegram—Copyright

London, Feb 27 The Sheffield firms believe that the American Bteel combine will not effect the high grade and best carbon steels, bat will possibly injure the English girder «nd bridge work, New York Februarj 28 The capital of the American Steel Trust consiits of three hundred million dollars m bonds, four hundred million m prefflrenoa stock, and four hundred million m common stock,

The Railway Disaster

FURTHER REMARKABLE EVIDENCE

Unlted^Preßß A«Bociation-=.By Eleottio " Telegraph—Oopyrighb Sybmey, Feb 2S At the inquest regarding the railway accident near Sydenhan?, the jury, wit* nesei c, and experts visited the scene. Mr Oartuthera pointed out the spot where he aaw the broken fishplate, declared to have been replaced. Experts examined swore that it had not been replaced. Mr Garrathers said it was impossible to swear as to the exac'i rail. It was a tarce to ask him to locate it after the repairs. Two other witnesses, who stated th&t I they saw the broken plate jaat after the accident, located different) places, and complained chst repairs had been made. A for tier p inted out that the fishplate was two mils beyond the spot described by Mr "Carruthcrs, where, an honr after the accident, the fractured plate had been | replaced. ' Anothvr witness, who deposed th&t he examined the line a few minutes after the | disaster, confirmed the fettler's statement that he caw distinct indications th&t the engine went of? two rails' lengths nearer Sydney. :; " ■' '

Buller and Joubert

4 renegade subject; who fought Under joubert m Natal, related |n a letter to his mother an Interesting incident cf the early p%rt of the war. Be Bays that; when I/»dysmith was invested, and news reached Jon herb's force that General Bailer was approaching, the Boer leader massed the borghera and made them a speech. "I have to tell yon," he safd. *• that we now have to face the bravest and finest general m the world, who Is accompanied by an array &f men who wonld go through fire an«* water for him. f hose of you who fought m the previous straggle with the English $ need not tell you I speak of General Boiler." As soon as Jouberb had finished a greyheaded Boer, 72 years of age stood up. "We think," he said, '* that we have on oar side the bravedt and finest general m the world, and he may be snre that his men, too, will, if necessary, go through fire and water for him, and m defence of their homes and independence."

South Africa.

HEMMIFG IN BE WIT

A BATTLE IMMINENT

FUBTHER SUCCESSES OF GENERAL EKENOH

United Prtin AeaociatioD—By El«otrlo Telegraph—Copyright Lon*oh, Feb 27 The following colonial casualties la recent engagements are reported-— YictoriaD Bushmen: Private* Fisher and Hollo way, severely wounded { Privates Pearson and Jones, slightly wounded. Westralian Buehman t I?rl vates Kattan and Burke, severely wounded Mr Bennett Burleigh, the Daily Telegraph war correspondent, statet that the Australian* setting m South Afric* greatljf desire to be inclndtd m one command Forty Boers have been captured »MP Willow more Three hundred surrendered fO General French after some fighting Lord Kitchener has reached Middle burg. He reports that up to the 25th General French's additional, capturti include one nineteen pound Krvpp goat one Howitzer, one Maxim, twenty thousand rounds of email arms amsm nition, six thousand otttle, ten thousand sheep, and 287 waggons There were no British caau&ltiet The Boers m Pretoria are filled with consternation at Genera! Freneh'i 6uece«eeß | General Scheepet't laager at Willow more, with all supplies, wm captured ! when the bulk of the commando wu absent Mz Bennett Barleigh cabled OS Toeeday evening that the Orange Rivet w*b still high, and that the British columns were tightening their grip oil SteynandDe Wet General Hartzog is near PetrasviHf Patrols are engaged, and a battle !• imminent

THE WAIMATE SENSATION.

United Frets Association—By Electric Telegraph Wadute, Fabnutry 28 After identification, (wo men gars evidence that they directed deceased to M'Oarthy's place at hia request on Jan 10. John Davis aod Rose And Ernest Davis (son and daughter) mw deceased on the road near accused*! place. The boy and girl saw him aliva on Jan 11, and the father and girl found him dead on the evening of Jan 12. On the afternoon of Jatt 11 the bo; was on the road minding a cow* when McCarthy and his children cam* out with a dray. He accompanied | them, and saw M'Oarthy give the man food and a bottle of tea. The man complained that his leg was poisoned* M'Oarthy said that the poor man could not walk. The man was than about ten chains from accused's gate. Where the body wag found dead wai twenty chains further from the gate. The first new witness, Catherine M'Oarthy, daughter of the accused, now nineteen, stated that about 3pm oq Jan 10 an old man came to the front door and demanded admittance, but the door was locked. He wtnt to the back door, and the girls locked that, The man kicked the door, and M'(3ar« thy, who was at the stable, forty or fifty yards off, came to the house, bringing a stick like an axe handle, but not so smooth. When he came to tbe door he asked the old man what he | wanted. The man replied that it wsi bis place, M'Oartby told him to go. Ho said that he would not. Then M'Oarthy hit him with the stick several times. The man fell, and M'Oarthy continued to strike him when down; The man sang out, bat witness could not say what, and tried to get np baft could not. M'Oartby lifted, him up with his hands, and helped him to walk by putting his arm under his shoulder, and took him to a wire fence forty Of fifty yards away, and ac the man could not get over, picked him up and threw him over, The mother of witness and several other children saw the beating and tbe fence incident by looking through the windowf, M'Cjaithy then got a wheelbarrow and wheeled the man by a private road to the main road and a few chains along this. It was § dark night. .During the night witness heard somepne calling out outside, and at breakfhst next morning witness'^ father said that he had heard someone roaring, He told his son Jerry, after breakfast to see to the sheep, and then take a bottle of tea and some bread and butter to the old man on the road. On afternoon of that day witness went with her father and the other children along the road.and.their father took soiaefood to the man, when thty returned the man had crossed to the other side of the road* Next day witness's father went to O»m ---aru In his trap, aud when coming back witness saw him pick up the old man, place him m the trap, and take him ia the direction where he was found dead that evening. Next morning after breakfast their father told them all to say, m case tbe police came, that he did not hit the old mac. Witness had heard that he repeated this to the others. He did, not do bo to fitness,' ■• ■» EUeu M'Oarthy, aged fifteen and a half, was the next witness Asksd whether she remembered the old man coming to the home and kicking this door and her father coming from the «table m consequence, she said that she d£<§ not, because she was m bed at the time pressed Vhether thit was trp, witness began tp cry, and the procewU ings were interrupted for some niinnte§ His Worship did not believe thftt tha tears were ganuine, and threatened wife ness, whereupon she persisted m her denial, and said that she bad not made a different statement. Mr White asked leave to treat her as a hostile witness, and confront her with a differ ent statement made to the detective, Mr Raymond opposed, and before the argument was concluded the Oourtad* iourned at 540 pm, to allow the pri* ! goner to be taken back to Timaro Gaol for tbe night, he being a long sentenced prisoner, for whom the Wai« ibate took-op was not considered a teoh« nicaliy correct lodging.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph

W A'.matb, March 1 Cn the resumption of the M'Oarthy case this morning the Magistrate ruled that Ellen M'Oarthy might be treated as a hostile witness Her statement made to Detective Fitzgerald, »o«J

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