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fidaila aloae for the following places a>s Kndee, sabjeot to the necessary alterations THURSDAY, MAY 30 B'or Norfahern Forts and Westporfc, per Tarawera, ai 6 30 p ra

THE ASHBURTON TRAIN SERVICES

I Trains cave Ashburhon dally for — UHRISTOHURCH—at 7.20 am, 11 * m 5.15 p m, 7 6 p tn {expreaa) TTMARU—a^ 10.56 a m, 3 50 pm DUNEDIN—ah 12.54 pm (express) SPRINGBURN—at 4.25 p m Trains arrive daily at Ashbarbon from— 1' OHKISTOHUROH—ah 10.46 * m, 12.48 p m (express), 8 pm* TIMARCJ—at 10.35 am, 2.55 pm HUNEDIN—at 6.67 pm(expifei»): SPRINGBURN-»f)9.46amF _______

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Phases of Moon for May

Commercial.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

\ (Kecaived M»y 29, 8 48 p.m) Sydney, May 29 Owing to the holidays mad the Royal visit, business foas been almost, at a standstill in the produce markets. Wheat,chick, 2*4dto2s 5d ; mining, 2a 6d to 2s 7fl; floor £515s to£6 sa; MaDitoban,£lo 5a to £10 lOe. Oats, prime New Zealand, feeding la lOd to 2s ; medium In 7d to Is S£d; iooal Is 7d to la 9d; milling;, 2-t Barley, N Z prime, 2a 4d ; Cape, la 8d to 2k Maize, 2a 4d to 2a sd» Peas, 3b 9d to 4s 6d. Bran, B£d; poll&rd, B|d. Potatoes, Circulars £3 10« *o £3 15s ; JN Z Derwents, £3 in Oniona, Victorian, £11 to £11 10a; New Zealand £10 to £10 10s. Batter dairy 7£d to 8d ; ore&mery, 9d to 101; Oh«e«e, N Z loaf, sjd to 6d ; bacon, N Z, 6|d to s|>l (The above quotatiooH are those ruling between merohaot and retailer, and do sot represent the slightly lower values obtained by a recognised broker.) Melbourne, May 29 Wheat, 2s 9|d to 2i lid; oats, Is 3d to Is 7&d; seeding. Is lOd. Maize, new, 2a 5d to 2s 7d; old, 2a 3d. Bran IOJd to lid ; pollard lid to 11.VJ ; potatoes, £3 to £3 15s; onioßß, £10 to £10 10s Adelaide, May 29 Wheat 2a 3£d to 2a 9d; flonr £6 ss; Chts, Algerian, Is 9d to 2s ; etout-, 2s 3d to ( 2s 9i; bran and pollard, 11-£ d

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET

Ghbistchuroh, May 29 There were moderate entries ab the Addlngfcon market today. Cattle—22l hi a 4 of fat cattle meb with alow rasponsa at first, hut subsequently pricss haffdeiied up fairly well. Steers £6 to £9 12s 6d, heifers £5 8a 6d to £6 10b, cows £4 7s 6d to £3 10<; best beef 21s 6<J, medium 18-s to 193, cow and Inferior 14s to 17s, per 100'b* ?heep—2ooo fat Kmbs were penned. Good qaallty brought I2a6d to 14s 9J, Ueht and inferior 10a to 12s. Fife aheep—37oo were yarded, the bulk being ew«f>, many of them unfinished. These brought 12s to 14a 2d ; good croßibr«d wethers were scarce, and sold »l 16i 8d to 19". Store sheep— About 1200 were pecintiil, hut very littie business was dona. Pigs—A modente entry. Bsooners met with a slight improvement nn last week's rate?, »nd sold at frctn 38? to 48s 6d; porkera were not bo brisk, 24» to 35f

GERALDINE STOCK SALE:

There wai a good attendance at the Qeraldine live stock Bale ypßferday, when the entry of sheep waa about 7000, and there was a good eale of hogget,* and yonn£ owes. Fat ewes sold at 12s 2d, 123 3d. 12a 51 to !2a lid ; full mouth ewes 11s to 12a 4<i ; cross bred e^ei? 5s 4d to 9i si; threequarterbred lambs 8* sd, 9a sd, 9s sd, 10s, 10* 9d to 12s 6d ; a good pen of same realised 13s ; merino ewes 13s; t.hreequarberbrpd forward wethers 15b 3d to 15t 10fi ; halfbrcd wethers 16» 5d ; fat wethers 16a 51 ; halfbrod ewat 7h 91 to 8s 3d. Cattle—Young cattle 30s to £1 12s ; steers £3 10»; cow in prnfi" SA to £5 ; dry cows JBS to £4 li 51 ; springing heifers £3 10b to JB4 17s 6d ; shorthorn bull" &>, 10s to £2 15s, Pigs—Wsanora ss, Bbor*« v- od to 10a, bow in pig £2 7s 6d.

BURNSIDE MARKETS.

DuNEDm, May 29, At the Burnside market yesterday 219 fat cattle were yarded. Only a /cry few were prime. The best quality were well competed for, and last week's prices maintained. For inferior and medium the demand was less active, many going to graziers, Besb bullocks realised £8 17s 6d to £X 0 ; good to best £7 10s to £8 10s; light, £5 to £6 17a 6d ! bast cows and heifers, £6 10.* to £7 15a; medium, £417a6<i to €5 10a { light and aged, £8 to £4 ss. ,

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1901.

A report ia current that the Public School Teachers of the colony are to be paid at the end of this month at the new rate proposed under one of the icales that b»VO been propounded during the past six months. W© think it is due to the teachers, and to the pabiic also, that some explanation should be given why the expressed intention of the legislature—expressed nine months ago — that immediate relief should be given to anderpaid teachem, haa been bo flagrantly disre garded. The bill originally broagKt in by the Government providing for a colonial scale of salaries, wan one which Pacliameafc considered reqairad much consideration, aad a good deal of amendment, and the Premier with drew all bat one clanae, which pro vided for nn increase of the capitation allowance of ss, to enable the relief to be given at once, He rightly described the case as oae of urgency, and rather than keep the teachers, who were suf fering an injustice waiting any longer^ he preferred to cut down the bill to the one clause referred to. When this grant was under considera tion in the Houße of Representatives, Mr Hail Jones ttsid that the Bill was only a tempararj measure tor that fear and to ensure that tjiere should be bo delay. The Premier was equally clear oa this point- He said of the te&phers, "I honestly wish to place tha AebooJ teachers of oar colony on a better foot ing than they occupy at tho present t£me. There is no clasg in the comman&y who have so great a responsibility ewfc on them The future of our nation to a great extent lies with our touchers, and we should not keep them for a iay longer • on the miserable pittance many of them 5 now receive,, Taking* it altogether fch«ir

position is most unsatisfactory ; and if we wish to make our national system eu«h as it ought to be, we should sari ously consider (he portion of aff-iirs, and do what is right to oar tescherp." j Yet in spite of that we find that the matter has been hung up all this time, and now it is only intended to begin the new scale aa Parliament commences an* other session. Indeed there it a fur ther rumour that the funds now avail able will only admit of paying one quarter's salaries under the new scale. We cannot however givs this report credence albeit it comes from a source deserving of credit, Certainly there is nothing improbable about ir, seeing what % large sum of money rnusfc have been expended in connection with the negotiations and investigations that have been carried on for months past. As wo have naid the teachers and the public are entitled to some ex planation as to whether the rumour* referred to represent the real state of affairs with regard to the relief to be given to the teachers, and we trust that it will be forthcoming.

Everybody who reads the newspapers mnafc have been struck by the remark able increase in the number of cases of assaults upon women and children that have occurred in New Zealand lately. Every sitting of the Supreme Court in the colony during the past week one or more of sooh cases have been in the calendar. At Napier then were three of them. The Judges and Magistrates have commented upon the matter but no one seems to have been able to account for this sadden in crease of this kind of crime or to sug gest a remedy. A telegram we publish today which states that a man who pleaded guilty in the Supreme Oourfc Napier to a charge of this nature was fined £100 with the alternative of a year's imprisonment, i correct goes fot to account for the unenviable notoriety which the latest criminal calendar has given to Hawke's Bay in this connec tion. For if a man who can afford it may pay £100 for indulging his crimi nal desires, instead of suffering the punishment meted out to those who cannot, no wonder women there are at the mercy of every lustful scoundrel. The statement, however, which has been telegraphed by the Press Associa tion is so extraordinary, t hat we are inclined to think the facts mußl be exaggerated. Surely no Judge in New Zealand would paes such a scandalous sentence fur an offence of the nature described. Besides, if we mistake not, the crime is not one that can be dealt with by a fine. We hope that further information wiil explain what now Appears to be a glaring miscarriage of justice.

Local and General.

The Frisco Mail—The Ashburton portion of tbe Ffitco mail arrived by tho express to'?»y. Tbeatment of Farm Animus — An article on *' Shoeing and the care of the feet' of horses will be found on our fourth page. Peice of MoTTON~Tho butchers of Tim aru have notified their intention of reducing the price of mutton by £dperlb, a? from June l«t. A. and P. Association— Tho annual meeting of the Ashburton Airrinuitural and Pastoral Association will be held on Tuesday, June 11th, The business to be dealt with, it to receive the annual report and balance sheec, to elect officers for the ensuing year, and general. Suddkn Bbath—Mrs Elz»both Capell, wife of Mr George Capell, AHenton, was found dead in bed by her husband at an early hour this morning. Mrs Capell has been subject to spilepricfti'i for years, and it is believed 'he died during one of these seizures. Tnce will be no inquest. The Sm/rAN and Chess—The Snltan of Tarkey is one jf the most enthusiastic chessphyere in Europe He will play the game for heurß without intermission, and will not allow any matter of State to intefere with the problem in which at the time lie ia engaged. A Local Band—A meeting i« convened for Friday evening to consider the question of forming & new band. Ib is hoped that all those wh desire to see a local band re established in Ashbarton will attend the moating (which will be held in the Guards' orderly room), whether they are musloiani or merely persons who desire to support suoh a laudable undertaking. Failing to Biroßf—Ths Uimaru Borough Council decided on Monday night to take action against a medical man who had failed to comply with the Council's regulations, by not reporting to them a case of typhoid fever and also a case of scarlet fever, which have recently been found to exist within the horongh. St Georgb's Brand—Messrs Irvine and Stevenson, of the St Georee Works, Danedin, call attention by advertisements in this issue to a number of their manufactures^ which are pronounced throughout ft aw Zealand, the Australian Commonwealth, sad South Africa, to be of superlative quality. Those who have not yet used their jams, moats, tongues, Lily ntaroh, etc, should give them a trial, as tbe St George's brand stands as a synonym for excellence and parity. Farms fob Sale—The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company announces in our advertising columns that the Burnt Hill Estate, Oxford, has been subdivided into e!even farms, which will be offered for eale hy auction on Thursday, June 6th, at the East Oxford Town Hall. The farms are of convenient sizes and well watered, snd good roads lead up to them. Lithographed plans may be teen at this office. ASHBDRTON MINSTREM—A business meet ing of the Ashburton Minstrels waa held last eTfjoiDg at tbn Musical Union rooms, The Secretary reported that the first performance of the company, which took place at Waterfcon on Thursday last, had been highly successful, both from an artistic and & financial point of view. It was (iacided to give further performances aa follows; —Obertsey, Thursday, June J3; Hinds, Wednesday, June 19th; Staveley, Thursday, June 27; Methven, Thursday, July 4 ; and Watarton (return visit), Thurs day, July 10th. Broaching Oakgo— The broaching of cargoes is becoming rather a common occurrence on some of our ooaatal steamers, and generally it ia so cleverly done that importers do not find out their loss until they begin to unpack the goods. On Monday Mr F Cullman brought under notice a glaring instance. He had opened one out of four puses of boots, and found that nearly half pf the boxes were either empty or nearly so. Tha oase had been opened at tbe bottom hy the prising up of a board, The card board bo^es had then foeen silo open at the bottom and the contents removed, The board bad been so neatly _rep}»ced that there was on the outside nothing to arouse hus? pioion.—Exchange.

Woundbd War Hobshß—4 meeting was recently held in Wolverhampton, at whioh it was pointed out that one of the wont I features of the South African War wm the sviffariDg caused to horses, tens of thousands having died. It was claimed that) the suffering could be much lessenod if the army veterinary denartmanfi was reorganised, the pomber of the veterinary surgeons increased, and the .terms of the Geneva Oonyintion extended. A resolution, inviting the representatiyes of the (threat Powers to «nt«r fnto an international agreement for the ■iftenjiion oj[ tfye term? of the $anev» Convention to thofe who a battle tend , wounded animals, wag pardpd. OH Where, oh where is fcbe Best B.00J; Shop ? Wby Millob'B Zaalandia B00J) Store, ol course.

Thb SroRTSHAK—The New Zealand SpfTtsman of today's date contain*—- Inter alia, an excellent gronp picture, oho wing the committee of the Pirstw (Ashburton) : Footlv»n Club Antiquated °noKB - Amongst tho iboes possessed by Qjnru Al('xamha~anil iho collects boots ami shoeh of »il periods worn by ffttnous persons— i,h« pair whaolt Hh« treasures moat are lho«u onou worn by Mary Queen of Soots. Uni«|Oß TkaSkuvmk-Tliw tx Etii()rcin« of Germany pca»«.'eHoii a, unique to* norvlufi. The tea tray han boon iieaion nut «f an <>!<' Prussian halfpenny. The talipot iff i»<*d<« out of a Gorman farthing, and the tiny mqm are made from ooitw of. different Uermwi principalities. Pbbsonal--Th« Ditnedin Star's London speoial says that; Air L A Nlonll, of Ashhur toa» arrived Homo laiti Bundny by iho Waiwera to take* <htrg« of hi* firm's frown meat business at this mid of t,ht» world. For the next year or mo hi will m%kt> London hi* headquarter!, but expects r« mwk« « trip to New Zealand during that pvriod, Bapxist (."horoii taut ui^lit the B*pti«t, Church was we 1 Dllad, when Rev Guy Thornton gave hit Inoturn, * H«w I wai led from Infidelity to Christianity,' The large aullenoe lUtetiod nlth firtat intor^nt u> Mr I Thornton's account of hl« «zperlenoi»t la hit nearob for truth, Nurfc HmuUy ftftarnoon Mr Thornfcon Ih to luoture to men only on parity. The plaom lor meeting will 100 »d« vsrtilmid on ijaltirdiif Naming I'nowraiTH ~ Aft<*r granting a prohibittan «fd«r vi the Police Oonr^Ohrht* ohm oh, the preilding Jnitioia gAve % etrong oxpreiifon of opirslod with regard to the common praotloe of fronds endr.tvoaring ha have the wuinmof prohibftrn] poriom koptj tat o* new«paper*. They oomidered It ver) unfair to nappre»i the namot, nince It loft people likely to unwittingly get themialvoß Into trouble through not knowing that a pernou wm prohibited. Thsy would iovito him to drink, and warn held rowponttble if he dcoeptod. The Benoh thought the names should fi!w»y« bo published. ObBABiNd Sam—We dwnire to remind our readers that the oleitring ntlo of the whole of the wtook iind plant of the Buooleuoh Estate, recently acquired by Mr Edward Gafcoß, will be eubmittud for .vale by auoticn by Messrs Friedlander Bror, Limited, to morrow, at the Tlnwaid 6»l«yard(». fflhe flooka oomprlae sotn» of this fineet Koglitb. LBioeiter and Bhropmh're stud sheep and rama in Oaa»erbury, and they will be alwjed according to age »od Hold in lota to «uit' punhasaM. A line of 1600 freezing lambi will al«i be aubmitted. The horeea are a fine uioful lot, are by wetlknown •iron, and should bring good prices There is the usual MBortaienti of farminji implements, harness and sundries to be offered, and all are in firsb olaia order. Catalogues of the sheep and rams may be obtained from the auctioneers, Messrs Friedlauder Broa., Limited, Nkw Zbaiani HonsßS—The Premier l»8fc evening, in opening the Winter Show, said he believed thafc if the colony had 6000 more horses for remounts equal to those which had'been sent to South Africa, the Imperial authorities woald be only too pleased to accept them to' morrow. The Premier went on to say that recently an order was given to a number of troopers at the seat of war to gallop forward in order to intercept a large Boer convoy. The distance was twelve miles, among the troopers were New Zealanders, Australians. Canadians, and some Imperial roen. The order was given, the troopers went off, and the New Zealandors reached the enemy two miles ahead of the other troopers. Naw Zealand horses are undoubtedly good bat this yarn raa&t be taken with salt. A Desobndent of Bonnie Prin§e Charms — Bastington, a village of some 1400 inhabitants, six miles east of Gloucester, has refused ro ilect npon its parish council a nobleman who has sought to obtain their suffrages by coming before them as a Jiunal descendant of Robert Brace, and, on the distaff side, of the unfortunate Stuarts, Obarles Campoine Paynter, a count of the Holy Roman Empire under the title of CounS de Sigrl, lays claim to be one of the Royal Stuart race, and he has been canvassing the parish, attired in the Royal Stuart tartan, and his carriage decorated with the Royal Standard of Scotland, the Royal Stuart standard, and his own family standard and c at of arras. He personally fiaw every elector in the village — about 300—but when the result of (the P' H wbs declared the scion of the Old Pretender stood tenth on the list and outside the council. Hie ancestor lost the throne In the long ago, and today thd count miases a aeat on a parish council. Verily the Stuarts are an unlucky race.

Upper Ashburton Road Board

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Upper Aihburton Boad Board was held in Boards offiae, West street, on Monday. Present—Meiers E Herring, J Tucker, and R Campbell. Apologies were received foi the absence of Messrs Harper, Buckley, and Stitt la the absence pf the Chairman, Mr Harper, on the motion of Mr Campbell, seconded by Mr Herring, Mr Tucker wan voted chairman and treasurer for the meeting, COKRISFONDINCE. The following correspondence was re ceived :-» From Mr T Harrison, requesting the Board to consider th» advisability of erecting guide poatß.— Reßolved that the macterbe deferred to a full meeting of the Board From Mr A F Roberts, stating that he will comply with the Board's request re alteration to gates on Haokthorne road From the Chief Engineer of Beads, re alteration of department! From the Tinwald Town Board, notifying the Board of its intention to apply to the Governor under th« terms of leotlop 8 of the Public Works Acts Amendments Acts, 1900, to have the cost of maintenance of Archibald street, Tinwald, a road largely naed for the purpose of traffic by this district apportioned. —Resolved that the matter be lsft in the hands of th« Chairman of the Board for his consideration and subsequent action From the Receiver of Land Revenue, informing the Board that he had paid to its credit* in the Union Bank of Australia the Bum of £35 9« lid on account of * thirds * accrued for the quarter ended April 27,1901. From the Registrar General, forwarding forme to be filled in for statistics for the year ended 31sb Maroh, 1900 From the Colonial Secretary, informing the Board that the result of ths elections for the Road District was published in the NZ Gazette of the 23rd msb fETIffJOH A petition was received from ratepayers at ths HindH praying that a road situate north west of Ashburtoo borough reserve be formed It was resolved that the matter be held over for a full meeting of the Board, the members of that portion of the district being absent TENDERS The tender of P Clifford was accepted for the formation of 130 chains more or less of Dromore road NICHOLAS' GROSSING The completing of this crossing was left in the hands of the member for the ward ACCOtfNTS Accounts amounting to £}66 17s Id were passed for payment, and the Board adjourned

gANDJBR & SONS ECOALyj«W KSTRAOT.— Under the distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Italy, awarded Diploma at the international Exhibition, Amsterdam, a cknowledged by Medical .QMnies and Uni versttiea all over the globs. That the prude, resinous oile, whioh are now foieted npoo the publio undnr the name of Euoalyp Extracts, may not be mistaken for Sapder A. Sons' Pore Volatile Eupalypti Extract, we state :~r-It is proved by teacs made by the Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bono and Griefsw&ld (Prussia), that only products tohab are saturated with oxygen and freed 0 acids, resinous aDd other suhatanoes adherent to primary distillation, will develop the curative properties possessed by the plant) To avoid the appalling consequences result ng from the application of substitutes, eto in oroup, bronchitis, diphtheria,dysentery internal inflammation, etc, ineiat m gettio SANpEJt A}*P tONS' PtJBH VoLATIN|i Eup "jffx EjcsjsApT, apd be ?»fe

A PLOT AGAINST ROYALTY.

A KB A Hi UN.

A WHOMCHAI.tt UONnPIRACY.

' "IJnHml I'rnun Aufififftilwi \',j Klsntrio

Kiioftlvfld May y,{|, f> 1/5 p rf , JtoMr., May 28 H|)t»frn<)f:l, am! kftljun r;Uck*iuith, who rw)«»Hy nrrivr.d from Hwilzwlarid, Attontfil.nd to commit. Rutoirln af, Hohio, Italy. Ho nffirrnwl i.hut hn hmj barm gflolvnlrtil to kill *M Kuinor, and divwipud th« »iium«H of f>t ; hor«, who, ho nlfognd. h»d been chown to {fill ff »]ena, Qoflon of Italy, tho Czir, and Preiident Loabet

The Plague.

, United Prone Association—By Electric Telegraph—Oopy right BnuBAHJt, May 20 Lockyer in dead

The Royal Visit

Dnttod I'rflsn AH*oo!nt,!on~~By Kleobrlo Tel6Rr*ph—Copyright

Received May £9, 9 7 ft m Syiwky, May 29 After the military review yesterday, the Duke complimented Major-General Fronds on the excellence of the mancetmea, and the turn-out o! the men. He also expressed to the Premier Ma high appreciation of the decorations and celebrations generally. Fifteen handled penons attended last night*n Royal reception. To-day's functions consists of a levee and the presentations of addressee, while the Lieutenant-Governor's dinner wiil be given tr-d-ty. Meliournk, May 29 The gangers engaged in guarding the line near Wangaratta, during the passage of the Royal train to Brisbane, were attracted by a large number of Blips of paper thrown oat of the carriage windows. The missives proved to be letters addressed principally to the Duchess. Poems would Beem to have been numerous, and it will, no doubt, be consoling to the writers to know that the verses have evidently been retained, for only the letters accompanying them were found thrown away. Other letters are from children, and from persons seeking monetary assistance^ The epistles bore varying datee, as if their perusal had been delayed, in order to relieve the tediousnesa of a long railway journey. Capetown, May 28 Sir Gordon Sprigg, Premier of Cape Colony, considers that the Government, and not th» municipalities, ought to take the initiative in connection with the Royal reception, which woald, therefore, be on a scale of great magnificence, London, May 29 All the British newspapers are eulogistic of Sydney's reception of the Royal visitors.

AN ALTERATION IN DATES

PROGRAMME OF THE N.Z TOUR FROM AUCKLAND* TO DUNEDIN THE OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENTS United Press Association—By fiieetrlo Telegraph Weliington, May 29. Tuesday, 11th Jane—The Royal party will land fct 2 pm, at Auckland. The Mayor's address ia to bo handed in. Her Boyal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall will press a button ab the end of the wharf prior to entering the carriage, as ft signal for fl*g hoisting. The Friendly Sooietiea, if desirous, can match past the hall door of Governmerb House. The addresses of other bodies to be presented ab Government House. His Royal Highnnss replies. Dinner and reception, full drpss. ' Wednesday, 12th June - Review and Mayoral reception, at 3.15 p its. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall will then i lay the foundation stone of the Maori Girls' I High School. Thursday, 13bb June—The Royal train will leave Auckland at ten o'clock, and will arrive at Rotorua ab 430p m» The Maori j addreia will be presented at the station, ' and an eseori will be formed to the hotel, j His Royal Highness then replies to the address. Friday, 14bh June—Excursion to Waio tapu; Saturday, 15th June—Maori gathering at Rotorua. Beburn to Auckland. Sunday, 16th, and Monday 17th June— At set en route to Wellington* 18th June—The Royal party will land at Wellington ab eleven. Tha Mayor's address will be handed in, and the Consols will be received at Government) House on arrival. Ab 230 o'clock, the Friendly Societies, if dosirouß, will march past Government House. At 3(15, the foundation stone of the Town Hall will be loid. A full dress reception will also be held Wednesday, 19th June—Beeeption at Government House at three o'clook. Ad dresses will be presented afterwards from outside bodies. His Boy al Highness r«plie»> A Parliamentary reception will be held in the evening Thursday, 20th June—Exonraiou by rail from Wellington Friday, 21st June—The foundation stone of the railway offices will be bid at noon, and the Royal party will leave for Lytbelton at four p m Saturday, 22nd Jone—Their Royal High* Dense* will land ab Lyttelton at 11.30 am, and arrive at Cbriitchuroh at twelve o'clock. The Mayor hands in the address. Proces sion to the Provincial Chamber, and other addresses will be handed in there. His Royal Highness replies, and proceeds then to lay the foundation atone of the Canter bury Jubilee Memorial. In the evening the Mayor's reception takes place Sunday, 23rd June—Service in the Cathedral Monday, 24th of June— Inspection of children at 10 30, and the Friendly Sooieties if desirous, will march past. Their Royal Highnesses then proceed to the review. The afternoon will be free. Tuesday, 25th June—The Royal party leave for Dunodin at) ten o'clock, 'arriving at tliat city at six. Wednesday, 26th June—At 11 30 o'clook there will ba a procession to the Octagon, where there wilijbe a presentation of medals. The Mayor's address will be handed in either then or on the previous evening. In the afternoon at|23Q o'clock the children's demonstrations will be held. Agricultural •Show at 3 lsp ,m and Horticultural Show after* In the evening the city reception, takes place. Thursday, 27th June—- Addresses to be handed in at the Club at eleven, and his Royal Holiness replies. Foundation stone of Queen's statue will be laid At noon, Tfee itoyal party leave Duntdin at eleven p m for Lyttelton,

The phenomenal ran on the new wash tag machine have cleared the D I. C. oat of first, eecond and third shipments. At present the firm are unable to supply the demand* and it will be the end of the present month before the next consign* meat (now on the water will arrive.

SOUTH AFRICA

United Pretse Aneoiatioa— by Eleotrie I'elegtoph—Copyright

London, May 28 ) Lord Kitchener catalogues sixty I three Boere as killed, thirty-six' wounded, 267 taken prisoners and dghty-'hree surrendered. The captures include 24S rifles, 2000 rounds of am*!! arms ammunition and 179 waggons, and many horses and cattle. London, May 29 Commandants Erasmus and Pre toria®, with SCO men, crossed the Pie tpniburg railway, near "Waterfall North, The Boen sniped Major-General Elliott's force from Kroonstad to Har riumtth, inflicting slight casualties. Gener*l Elliott collected 1700 horsei, 2000 cattle, and some refugees. The Boers derailed a train near God won, Prior to th« explosion which caused the derailment, riding along the railway afc night tshpy fired on a train, killing four and wounding *^c sick men of the Welsh Regiment, »iv were travelling to hospital. After seizing some boxes of biscuits the Boers decamped.* Communications between Zeernst and Mafeking has been opened. Ex-General Bchoeman, while light ing a cigar in hia own boose in Pre tori*, accidentally dropped the match into a half-charged 4.7 inch shell, a relic of the Ladysmith siege. The lyddite exploded, killing Schoeman and ht« daughter, and wounding his wife and two other*.

ALIEN LABOUR.

GREAT BRITAIN REFUSES COLONIAL RESTRICTION.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph-—Copyright

(Received May 29, 92 p m) Melbourne, May 29 The Queensland Federal representa tives are perturbed over the cabled report that the Royal assent has been withheld from the Sugar Industry Guarantee Bill, recently passed in the Queensland Parliament, because of the clause preventing the employment of alien labour in factories. It is con-1 aidered either that the influence of the' sugar interests has been brought to bear fco block the Bill, or that the Imperial Parlirment views with dis favour any Australian attitude which may be construed into hostility to the i Japanese. If the latter view ia correct, it raises the question of how Japanese are to be treated under the Bill dealiog with alien labour proposed to be in troduced in the Federal Parliament.

Germany Severely Criticised.

HER ACTION IN THE POSTAL DIFFICULTY.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright:

(Received 10.55 p.tn) Constantinople, May 28 The Turks severely criticise the action of -Germany in insisting on further valuable concessions Id re ference to the Anatolian railway, in return for her declining to support the European concert in connection with the recent postal difficulty. Germany, some time ago, obtained important concessions in consideration for the construction of the railway through the Anatolian provinces in Asiatic Turkey.

The Methodist Conference.

THE UNION OF CHURCHES.

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Received May 29, 012 pm Brisbane, May 29 The Methodist General Conference adopted resolutions that precedence to religious bodies at official functions should be accorded solely on the ground of the numerical position of the Otiorchee, apart altogether to any titles or designations of the heads thereof,, and against any alteration of the Coronation Oath which wonld in any degree relax the safeguards ensuring the Protestant succession, or permit the Oath or declarations to be under-, stood in any other than its ordinary meaning. It was also resolved to ask the Federal Premier to take steps to safeguard the missionaries of the New Hebrides. The Union of Motbodist Churches ia to be deemed general from January Ist next, and the naaie of the Methodist Oharch of Australasia will be adopted, notwithstanding the non incloeion of the New Zealand Primitive Methodists.

THE CRISIS IN CHINA

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(Received May 29, 921 am) London, May 29 Count Waldertee has reduced the srea of foreign occupation. The Morning Post states that a Yun nan syndicate has secretly projected a loan, having secured the right to construct a railway from Seoul to Pingyang. The French Government supports the project. The contract awaits the sanction of the Emperor of Korea. The German quarter in Pekin is to be experimentally entrusted to the Chinese authorities for a fortnight. London, May 29 The Standard's Shanghai correspond dent states that 4000 Kwei Chan insurgents entered Sgechuen* causing a panic. Three thousand Yunnaneae troops threaten to join them ' Pourparlers ' are passing between the Allies in China with reference to ths appointment of a successor to Count Yon Walderaee as Oommand6r-in- Ohief

CABLE NEWS.

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ADDITIONAL WAR HONOURS, London, May 28 Amongst the recipients of war vere Oolonel WilHamn, of the New Soafch Waleß Medical Corps, who has been made a Companion of the Bath, and Lieutenant-Colonel Kelly, of the Victorian Bushmen, who has l^eec nia.de a Oommaad^r of

the Bath, The King inveets them on June 3rd, \ A QUESTION OF RETROSPECT. j Washington, May 28 The American r-upieme Court has decided that Customs dues levied on Porto Rican prodncts before Ooogrew passed the Acts imposing such dues Are illegal. Thoee levied afterwards are pronounced legal. THE WESTMINSTER CONFES SION OF FAITH, JNew York, May 28 The American Presbyterian Assembly baa voted io favour of the revision of the Westminster. Confession of Faith. A QUESTION OF EXTRADITION Mblbiurne^ May 29 Extradition proceediegs in connec tion with Marshal 1, arrested some time ago on a charge of forging a cheque for £200 in South Africa, hate failed. Mr Justice Hood ruled that a Magistrate had no power to eiga a warrant retaining the accused In custody, Marshall baa bean discharged. THE TASMANIA^ PARLIA MENT, Hobaht, May 2$ Parliament has opened. Gongr&tn- latory addresses on the Kind's ac cestion, and an address of welcome to the Duke and Duchess of York wero adopted. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. Melbourne, May 29 The Federal Parliament has resumed. The debate on the Address in Reply was continued in both House*, the speeches being of s general character. THE HAMBURG AMERICAN LINE LoxooK If ty 2S The Hamburg-American Lisa ha* purchased, at the entrance of Shanghai Harbour, a site 8000 ft long for doeki FRANOE AND MOROCCO Morocco has promised redress for the murder of M Pouzet, and! a settlenesl of all the Algerian frontier difiscalfcien. She sends a mission to France. FATAL COELIERY EXPLOSION New York May 29 An explosion in the Dayton colliery in Tennessee killed twenty-one and grievously burned nice others.

A Visitor's Impressions of the Ashburton District.

The Rev Richard Harding writes to the Methodist Reorder from Marktbury, WilSowby, Canterbury, New Zealand:— I thank you for your excellent) Winter Namber of the Recorder \ which reached me here. It wat not the first copy that I saw, for ib had already reached my brother William's boose, its well as those of torn* good Methodist farmers hereabouts. Tim is a very interesting country, The Colncy in this part hai just celebrated Its Jubilee. Fifty years ago the first two emi grant ships reached Port Lytteltou , with about 700 souls. The vast Canterbury plains lay before thum, but the land was utterly unsubdued. It was marked by swamp and bush and waterless plains. The towering, Bnow-olad Alps, which are before mo as 1 write, sent down their abundant) streams, but they ran to waste, and when in flood to devastation. There were but few Maoris and do whites to meet the emigrants. There were scarcely any animals, wild or tame, in the country. How different now! The land is reclaimed and forced. Good roads have been made by the Government in all directions. The rivers have been arrested, and made to flow in 'racef.' through every farm. These are in all gradea of cultivation. One has only jcttt been rescued from the wilderness state. Another is fenced, bub sadly wanting labour. which the hard working owner ia supplying with all his might. And another bis reach ed a perfection not surpassed at hornet At I write the merry rattle of the reaper and binder in in my ears, and vast flocks of sheep are feeding before me. From tbeie coins your Canterbury mutton. You may be aura that it is vary prime. The freezing works are near me. Nothing passes for England that is halt or injured, or it in any way inferior. A railway station is >two miles { away, from which 'the finest of the wheat 1 is being sent to London. The people are many an<? well fco do. Christobarch is a large and fine city; Within living memory ox teams were "stogged' in its swamps; now cabs, trams, and draya traverse ita broad and lengthly streets. Ashhurton and lesser towns are ever growing. The country is a farm labourer's paradise. He can earn a shilling an hour. Many do so, and rent or own a few acres for them selves. S But it moans work; everybody must work, lie who will work, and who has brains and some cash, cannot but get on; Of coarse thero are drawbacks* Yesterday the wind rose, and the farmers 'were ezoited lest it should end in the dreaded hob nor wester, which ripens the grain in a Tory short time and sheas ib on the ground. Happily, the wind died away, and today ws have splendid harvest we&ther. With the advance of the people thej have nob forgotten religion and education. A State suhool is provided for all. The denom inations are building churches. The story of this Wiliowby Circuit is worthy of a place in your next Winter Number. The foun ders ef the first settlement) debeimined to have a purely Church of England settlement. Bab their first ship brought some Methodists among its passengers^ Today they .are here notably from Bomefset,Deven and Cornwall. I have tt> preach ab the re-opening of fcheis large and renovated church, which, like the houses as yet, Is of wood. It stands among pine trees at the cross roads, with only the State School, thePoab Office, and one ether house near. The people coma from every quarters They tell of revivals as in the < anaient days like that which swept the Men dips in my boyhood. The oircnib ia very wide. My brother drove me to Baapuaa, a health resort, near the Alps, where they have a ' Union Church, ' Mount Pesl, just ! beyond, seems to English eyes to be tea mile* or so from us. It is realiy thirty mil«s, We> started home at eight, crowed twenty lwe> water courseß, and did not see a single par son in the whole distance of twenty five milts There are hot springs in this Island, but i hey are not so widespread or so awe inspir ing as ab Rot ore a, I must leave you foe today, [Io will ba remembered thab the Rev Mr Harding, who is a Westeyan Minister in England, vMtmd New Zealand in the early part of the year, and stayed with his brother (Mr W Harding, Wiliowby) for some weake. During his stay in this district, he preached several times in the Baring Square Church, and took part in the memorial service to Qaeen Victoria m the Oddfellows' Hall]

INTERPROVINCIAL.

United Press Association—-By Blectrio Telegraph UHKigTOHwacH, Ma; 29 With the exception of 150, all the remountt which are to be shipped to South Africa by the Cornwall next week, were purchased in the North Island, The Imperial Bemoan* Commissioners cow in the colony are well pleaßed with the stamp of horses whiob the Agricultural Department has selected. * Last night, the safe in the office of T. A. Bullick, merchant, was broken into and the sum of £40 stolen. AocnctAN», May 28 At the Board of Education Mr Mnit moved that the Board take Immediate utepi to acquire a, site on which to ereat a training college for teacher*, He thought a Normal School waa urgently necessary, Mr Farrell seconded. He thought that young teachers were not sufficiently looked after, and a proper oouxso of training thoald be givno them. Mr Bftgnall suggested the endown* raw* °f a obair of Pedagogy *ttl»UniTßriity- The motion was agreed btt. ihe Mislefer of Education wrote to tfte Board of Education stating that there wa» i «reat di^oulty in obtaining New Zs&land ensigns for schools, bvb 75 bad now b*»B reoeived, of which 25 would be forwarded to the Auckland Board,

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