Mail Notices.

Mails close for the following places, as under, subject to the necessary alterations:

THURSDAY, Oct. 23

For Northern Ports and Westport, per Eotomahana, at 6 p.m.

FRIDAY, Oct. 24,

For Northern Ports and Westport, also Australian States (due Sydney Oct. 29th), and South Africa, per Monowai, at 10.30 a.m.

Mining.

United Press Association — My Electrio Telegraph

Dunedin, October 23 To-day's sale3—Davis Bend 3s 6d, dis.; Junction Electric 12s.

Commercial.

London Markets.

London, Oct. 21

The wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom amount to 2,140,000 quarters, and for the Continent to 1 ,900,000 qurrters.

Australian Markets.

Sydney, Oct. 22 Wheat — Chick 4s 9d to os ; milling os to 5s Id ; New Zealand, 4s 9d to ss. Flour—To £11 per ton; Manitoban .£l2 10s per ton. Oats — Algerian, 3s 7d to 3s Bd;New Zealand prime feeding, 3s 7d to 3s 9d. Barley, prime, 4s to 4s 3d J Maize—New Zealand 6s 3d, Argentine, j 5s lOd to 5s lid. Bran —Is Gd Pollard-Is 7d Peas—Prussian Blues, 8s 6d. Potatoes— £7 10s to .£8 per ton; New Zealand Derwents ,£6 5s to .£6 los per ton. Onions, Victorian, .£5 to JSS 10s; Ameri can £7 10s to £8. Butter—Prime, lid Cheese, loaf, 9id, large Bfd to 9d. Bacon—Hid Melbourne, Oct. 22 Wheat —5s Id I Flour -<£L 0 10s per ton. Oats—Algerian feeding, to 3s 6.id Maize—ss7dtosslld * Bran—ls 4-d to Is 6d Pollard—ls 4d to Is 6d Potatoes— to £5 17s 6d per ton. Onions - £2 to <£4 per ton Adelaide, Oct. 22 Wheat-4s 9d. Flour— £ 10 per ton Oats, Algerian 3s 5d to 3s 7d ; stout, 3s 7d to 3s lOd. Bran —Is 6d Pollard—ls 6d

Addington Live Stock Market

Christchurch, Oct. 22 There were medium entries and a small attendance at Addington market to-day. Cattle.-In Fat Cattle, 143 were entered, and the sale was somewhat irregular, and prices were low comparatively at the start, but recovered under competition, and good beef reached last week's range, with a slight improvement in some cases, prices per 1001b running from 28s to 375, with probably a few instances in which 40s per TOOlb was touched. Per head, steers ran from £'J to £13 15s, extra to £15, heifers £b 15s to .£8 12s 6d, cows £o LOs to £10 10s.. extra £12 12s Cd. Storo Cattlo.—Stores were in meagre entry, but competition was fair. Yearling cattle fetched from .£1 9s to ,£1 10s, 15 to iS-months old £2 4s to £2 17s 6d; 2-year-old steers £3 6a to ,£3 15s, and at the latter price 32 were sold, 2-year-old heifers .£3 0s Cd to £3 15s; 3-year-old' heifets Jii 15s. No 3-year-old steers were entered. Dry cows fetched £i 10s to £4t 15?, and dairy cows £4i to £8 15s, Sheep. —There was a medium yarding of Fat Sheep of which a few were good lines of I crossbred ewes and wethers, and there wore also several corumondiible lines oi merino sheep. Butchers bought most of the fat stock, though buyers for freezing wete uot wanting. There were some really good fat sheep, and all over there was fair demand, but the market was irregular and prices on the whole were just a shade pasior. Prime freezers fetched from .£1 to £1 3s 3d, medium i7sGd to 18s, hoggets 14s to llis Gd, slvrn wethers 15,s 3d to 17s 3d, I merino wethers 17s to 235, heavy crossbred ewes 20s to 24s 4d, medium 17s to 19s Gd, others 14s to IGs Gd, shorn ewes 18s lid to 19s 4d, merino ewes 17s. Fat Lambs.— | There were 1(30 fat lambs in the market, I i mostly of good quality. These were all I bought by butchers at j.4s 6,d to 16s 9d for best, and 12s to 14s for medium. Pjgs. - Pigs were in fairly large entry. ! A demand for fats and stores by Qutside : 1 buyers, caused si 3harp ris,e yalu.es, and as a number of smaller porkora wgre taken by those buyers for stores, pork was dearer. | Baconers fetched about last week's prices. Porkers fetched s£d to Gd, baconers were , sold afc 45s to 65?, porkers at 28s to 38s. '. Large stores at 20s to 27s 6d, medium at ] 14s to 19s, weaners 11§ to 13s 6d, and suckers 7s to 10s 6d. j

Buraside Stock Market.

Dunedin, October 2g,

Cattle.—lGß head of fat cattle were yarded. Competition was keen and prices : were about the same ag last week. Best bullocks <£13 to £15 10s, medium -£10 10s ! to .£l2 10s: best cows and heifers £10 10s ' to £12; medium £9 to .£lO ss. Sheep.—2799 wereienned. The demand was confined to trade requirements, and . prices were slightly easier. Best wethers 32s to 25s 6d, medium 18s 6d to 21s, best e^ea i(?e to 2ls, extra heavy 245, medium 15s (3d to 15s 9d. Laivfcs— 93 were penned,prices ruling about 2s lower for tj;^ best, which realised 163 to 17s 9d, others 11s fco:lsss. j Pics. —134 were yarded, all sorts meeting ' with a good sale. Suckers 10s to 14s, slips iOs to I9s, stores 20s to 265, porkers 28s to Ms baconers 38s to 51s, heavy pigs 58s to '$i ' ' '

Tenraka Stock Sale.

There was an entry of about 350 head of cattle at Temuka on Tuesday, the yarding consisting principally of dairy cows, a<noug6t which were same really good specimens. Cows just calved a&d near calving brought £8, £8 10s, .£9, £d 10s« 4$ 15s, £10 to £L 1; aged ditto .£4 10s, £5, to <£6; 2-year-old steers and heifers £3 10a, £3 18s Gd, £1 to £& 14s 6d; fat cows up to .C 35s to JJ10; fat bullocks, light weights, £;D t>%; yearlings, 325.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1902. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Interprovincial News will be found on the first pngo to-day, and Cable and Election News on the fourth page.

Sandow. —We understand that Sandow, the great exponent of (he system of physical development, will during his tour of the Colonies pay Ashburton a visit, He expects to appear in Ashburton on December 27th, when no doubt there will be a large audience to greet him.

Land for Contingenters.—The block of 8000 acres in the King Country which has been set aside for a special settlement for South African soldiers has been in spected by the Auckland Commissioner of Crown Lands, and will be surveyed for settlement as soon as possible. It is about eight miles from Te Kuiti.

The Stamp Act.—ln order to set at rest doubts concerning the meaning of 'tasc£jon 15 of the Stamp Act Amendment of last session, Mr Harper, solicitor, of Christ church, has been consulted; He says that this means, in effect, that in future any person acting as agent for a marine insur ance company not doing business in tne colony will have to pay an annual license fee of <£200 to fche Government, and must send in an annual statement to the Public Trustee of the business done each year.

Weather Forecast. — Captain Edwin wires ■ Heavy gales from between west and south-west and south; glass rise; weather very cold. Property Sale. - Mr F. Fernman re ports the sale of town sections 579, 580, and 581, with three houses thereon, to Mr Wm. Cook.

Pekbonal.—We rG gret to learn that Mr Horace Brown has been seriously ill for some time. Constable J. Hogan, who has been laid up for about three weeks, is now in a fair way to recovery.

Musical Examination. — The exami nation of Ashburton candidates in practical work in connection with Trinity College, London, will take plaoe on Tuesday next, beginning at nine o'clock. Mr Alfred Mis towaki will be the examiner.

Twitch Eradicator Trial.—The Ash burton A. and P. Assosiation will hold their trial of implements for eradicating twitch at Mr Geo. Mcßae's farm, Greenstreet, on Monday, November 3rd, at 1 o'clock.

A Well Deserved TRruuTE. — Com menting on Mnjor Steward's opeuing ad dress to his constituents at Waimate on Tuesday, the " Lyttelton Times" says:—"We cannot imngine that there is likely to be any change in the constituency. Major Steward is too practi sed a speaker, too progressive a Liberal, too useful a member of Parliament, and too energetic and thorough a representative to be rejected after so many years of splendid service."

A Reiia.eka.blb Beetle. — Fragments of a remarkable beetle have just come into the possession of Oaptaiu Hutfcon, Curator of the Christuhuroh Museum, The frag ments were found in a mound of dry soil iv Stewart's Island, aud consist of the head and horns, wing capes, and fore-legs of the insect. The horns are If inches in length, the breadth of the head is H inohe3, while the lenght of the beetle from horn tips to tail is no less than five inches. This is the first specimen of its kind that has yet been found in New Zealand, and nothing like it has ever been discovered in Australia. Cap tain Hutton saj s that the nearest specimen he knows is tha great Indian beetle, a tropical insect, and he considers the presence of the remains of the beetle in New Zealand may indicate that a time ex isted when New Zealand was a tropical country.

The Dairy Industry.— The New Zea land dairy farmer can look forward to a prosperous season. Most of the factories in New Zealand have made contracts with Home buyers for the next six months at unusually high prices. Our dairy produce is now fairly established on the London market, and, owing to the high standard of grading demanded by the Government officials, the English factor 3 buy it with confidence. Large factories' outputs have been sold as high as |10£ d f.0.b., Home steamer, whilst 10d was easily obtainable. Toven better relative values have been ob tained for cheese, some buyers having gone within the fraction of 5d for the seasons' make. Mount So hers Coal. —About a week ago the Mount Somers Coal Company sup plied the Railway Department at Christ church with fifty tons of coal to order. This is the first order the Government has given the Company, and the coal was to be tested as to its suitability for use on the locomo tives running on the Canterbury railways. We are not yet in possession of the filial results of the test, but we understand that the Department are thoroughly satisfied with the steam raising qualities of the coal, and that on account of its freedom from sulphur, it is the best coal that has so far been used on locomotives running through the Lyttelton tunnel, It is to be hoped that the final results of the test will demonstrate the value of the coal for general use on the railways, and that a large order for further supplies will be the outcome.

News in Brief.

Mr Albert Ager requests the electors to meet him in the Oddfellows' Hall on Friday evening, October 31st.

Mr John McLachlan will address the electors at the various places in the electo rates on the dates as announced in our advertising columns.

Messrs Friedlander Bros., Ltd., instructed by the executrix of the late Mr Geo. J. Cox, ■will sell her interest in the 120 acre farm on the Racecourse road, on Saturday, November Ist. ' ' •

Mr G. O. Clayton is the successful ten derer for a new hall for the Trinity Presby r terian Church, Timaru. The contract price is £1000.

The Ashburton No-License Council have an advertisement on the front page of this issue re the forthcoming licensing poll.

The operation which Mr F. Pirani! M,H.R., underwent at Wellington last week, for an affection of the eyes, was successful, and the member for Paltnorston North hopes to make a speedy recovery.

A large order has been received in Timaru from Greymouth for supplies of fowls, cjucks, and turkeys. The lqoal supply, how ever, does not equal the deinaud, notwith standing tha number of poultry farm 3 in and around Timaru has considerably in creased.

A man named Peter Hughes was arrested at Timaru on Monday on a charge of horse stoaling at Mataura. The police have been searching for Hughes in the Timaru district for some time, the. warrant for his arrest having been issued sinae July, The horse stolen was valued at ,#SO.

A Ballarat message says that about 1000 persons assembled at the railway station on Tuesday, the Bth inst. to take farewell of Dr Torrey and Mr Alexander as they passed through in the express train for Adelaide, en route to India.

.1 v this isaue Mr E. Gibbard, the Eeady Money Draper, Tanored Street, has a replace advertisement, notifying the arrival of another consignment of new season's goods, men's and boys' clothing, etc., of exceptional value, and specially selected to meet requirements for the coming Show.

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBUKTQK—THURSDAY.

(Before Q : A. Wray, g.sq., S.M.)

Giyili SASEB,

D. Miller and Co. v Walter Mann, cjaim £7 Is 6d. Judgment was givgjj for plaintiff by default.

11AINTAINANCK

Pox v Fox. Mr Wilding for plaintiff and Mr Purnell for defendant. This was an ap plica£io,q to pqmppl Ambrose Fox to find sureties for the payment qi 6s per week for the support Qf his wife, according po a pre vious ffider pf £he G.Qurjb. AoGttsad wss cow prder.ed to sureties for the payment of the rnoaey.

DESTITUTE CHILDREN,

Five young children were committed to the Burnham Industrial School under the lud<zs£rJ3,l Schpols Act, having no means of s.ubs.ist^nec,

POLITICAL.

Mr John McLachlan, M.HR., at the Oddfellows' Hall-

Mr John McLachlan, the sitting member for Ashburton, opened his campaign at the Oddfellows' Hall last night. There was a large audience, among whom where several ladies.

His Worship the Mayor occupied the chair, and briefly introduced the speaker. He said they were there to listen to what the member for the district had to say, both as to what he had done for them, and also ' what the Government had done, aud per haps, to state what were the intentions of the Government. He had no doubt that they would give Mr McLachlan a patient hearing. Ashburton had a very good record in this respect. He mentioned the incident at Auckland the other night, on the occasion of Sir Joseph Ward's address in that city. He thought that when a politician came forward to give them an interesting address, the least they could do was to give him a fair hearing. Mr McLachlan, who was received with applause, said h» was exceedingly pleased to see such a large attendance. He could not tell them much, aa Sir Joseph Ward had told the country, through the news papers, all there was to be told. He did not intend to say anything about what he had done, but as the Mayor had struck the chord, he must refer to it. (Hear, hear). When anything had been wanted for Ashburton he had not been behind. The new Post Office would have been built whether he was their member or not, so he did not claim particular credit for that, although he might tell them they got a better building than they would have got without his efforts. (Hear, hear.) He had gots .£IOOO for the repair of the Ruapuna water works. He had got £200 for road making, which the late Mr E. G. Wright had said would not be got, but he was more potent than Mr Wright. As Sir Joseph Ward told an Ashburton man in Wellington — 'If you don't give him what he wants, he worries till he gets it." (Laughter.) What was the reason of Mr Brock's candidature? He did not know, for he did not think they had any good grounds for saying he (the speaker) had neg lected their interests as their representative. 16 might be that he came forward as an Independent. He thought that there was au underlying motive to assist Mr Stud holme. (No, no.) He might be wrong, but it seemed so to him. Why did Mr Studholme come forward ? To return to the good old days of soup kitchens. (Laughter.) Did the party he (Mr Studholme) would • support, if he got there, supply all the good Acts of Parlia ment ? If he (the speaker) had served them well in the past, they would record their votes for him.-If they did not think he had ] served them well, they would not do so, and ' he would have no right to complain. An amendment had been made in the Electoral Act to prohibit canvassing, and any person canvassing now was committing an illegal act.

LANDS FOB SETTLEJIBNT.

He had always been in favour of the optional clauses introduced by Sir John McKenzie—viz., purchase for cash, de ferred payments, and lease-in-perpetuity. But last session the Minister of Lands introduced an amended Land Bill in which was an insidious clause giving the Minister power to place any lands of the Crown on such conditions as he thought fit. Now, the fact was that the Minister was influ enced a short time ago by a few Socialistic members to withdraw the Kawhia lands from disposal, after all the expense of issuing posters and inviting applicants. When his Bill was submitted to the Waste Lands Committee, it struck out the insidi ous clause, and the Minister dropped the Bill.

ADVANCES TO SETTLERS,

When Sir Joseph Ward went Home and floated a loan he was ridi culed. But ho got the money, and interest was reduced, which was a boon to the small farmer. Part of the policy of the Government was the roading of the back blocks. Large sums of money were laid aside for the purpose. If the settlers could not get roads they could not get their produce to market or access to the land, and the Government had recognised thia in dealing .with the bush land of the North Island.

DAIRY INDUSTRY.

A great factor in our prosperity was the phenomenal increase in the export of our dairy produce, which was due in a very large, measure to the great benefits that we.re derived from the Lands for Settlement Act. A few years ago we sent produce to London, and it barely paid the cost of shipment there. He had sent produce Home, and had to sell itto a costermonger. (Laughter). We now Exported dairy produce to the value of over a million of money. This was due to the excellent work of Sir John Mc.Kenzie, who Hd given valuable aid to this'ali important branch of the colony's industry. The Government had appointed experts at Home to look after our produce, as our interests were none too well served without theip assistance, and it was quite right that such should be the case.

BOIjICY OP THE GOVERJJMESfT,

He remembered Sir William Eussell vehemently opposed the Lands for Settle ment Act, The Act went on the Statute Book, and was likely to remain there. The Lands for Settlements Act was the, great Mclfenzie scheme. Mr Bolleston forinu* lated the scheme, but Sir John McKenzie went further and placed it on the Statute book as an olmostperfectlaw. Sett'ement had progressed under the Act. He remembered being on the Waste Lands Committee. He always opposed anything that would inter fere with land for settlement.

LABOUR LEGISLATION.

Several good Acts had been passed in connection with labour legislation. He held that the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act was a good one, but the Government were pulled over the coals for it. A difficulty solved by it was if a work man met with arf accident or received' any permanent injury he could obtain redress in'the shape of'compensation. Now the Act ahi} labourers under the scope o| i'ta provisions, ''

BORJROWINU

If the money paid for land was a large sum, then he would ask them to consider the advantnges obtained by the Advances £q Settlers "in smal} sums amounting to oyer £$,QQO,tibO, aU "of "whipli'is change able to/ fchp '£14,p00,0CQ.' ' Those "who benefitted by fche loan's wqpe. |;% sm^ll landholders, either rural or urban. In addition, large sums had been

spent on railway construction, public i buildings, telegraphs, road formation, etc., I which could not be carried on without ioamj; Wo borrowed the money from the London rnoftey *aarkefc, and th. 9 Gfqvern njent yvere paid back in the. shape, of grnall gums. Tfye money had b.een lent to me.n Vho could nqt afford to borrow money in large sums. As an example of the advan tage to be gained therefrom, he would point out that the men who borrowed £500 could not get the money at 4<l per cent. ; or even under such, favourable con r dj.tic,ns ifS th|3 Gpyerntnent held out to them, fop they often had tq pay 8 and 9 per cent tp private lenders. The Government have been accused of borrowing and squandering, but of the .£14,000.000 that has been added ft the debt during the last eleven years, no less than £2,229,1gS all out pf loan money, has been expended in the settlement of the land, With this we purchased 107 pqtate?, con taining acres. On this we have a profjt of £89,377 Us (3d.

REVENUE,

Mr McLachlan hers explained the revenue account and how the £'6,083,500 wa3 madft up, showing that was a decrease of £26,570 on the previous year, his figures being taken from the Financial Statement,

OIiD AGE PENSIONS,

Speaking on the Old Age Pensions, Mr McLaehlan said that his opponent, Mr Brock, had stated that he was prepared to increase the Old Age Pensions to J22 a month. Now he (Mr McLachlan) would bo in favor of this if the country 1 could afford it, but it could notbff done as things stood ab

present. Mr Brock was also in favor of making them universal. Mr Brock had advocated raising the pensions to 10s a week, Ihe money to be obtained through tho customs, but the speaker pointed out that by doing so they would be actually J taxing the working classes. Fancy taxing Mr G-rigg of Longbeaeh, in that way. He thought that the pensions were quite high enough, but when the people became too old to do anything, ib might be increased. An enormous sum would be required to meet the increase proposed by Mr, Brock. He knew people who were " stronger in the wind" than himself, but to give these people 10s a week would induce them to abandon the light work, which some of them wefe now doing. The Premier's estimate of the cost for 1899-1900 was £90,000, and the aotual amount expended £157,342. For 1901 the estimate was £99,000, and the actual cost was £197,292 ; and for 1901-02 the estimate was .£103,000 and the actual cost was .£207,468. These figures showed an alarm ing state of nffairs. The proportion of the population of the colony over 65 years of age was 416 per cent. s which was too severe to carry out Mr Brock's idea.

THE PREMIER,

Whether it was due to the absence of the Premier or not that there had been no " fireworks," Mr McLachlan said that the legislation of the la3t session had been got through in a very satisfactory manner. If the Premier when he returned to the colony and the House, brought forward legislation calculated to benefit the people of New Zealand, then he (Mr McLachlan) would cordially support him as he had done in the past. (Hear, hear.)

FISHERIES CONSERVATION ACT,

In regard to the Fisheries Conservation Act, Mr MoLachlan stated that the Accli matisation ,; Societies did not ask for sup port. For himself, he would state posi tively that he would oppose the idea of a man coining on his property to fish when he liked. He could see no harm in obtaining a license to. sell trout. A Bill had been passed which had met the demands of the Acclimatisation Societies, giving power to erect buildings for the use of anglers. The

RAILWAY SUPERANNUATION BILL would take a whole night to explain. The Government had brought in a Bill to provide for railway servants in old age. Sir Joseph Ward said that the amount he proposed to supplement was about .£29,000. The Legislative Council objected to it, as it was thought the railway men wore putting their hands in the public purse, but the Bill was carried with slight amend ments.

An Act was brought in last session called

THE BIRDS NUISANCE ACT,

which was in effect that any owner of a place who failed to kill birds within a certain distance would be liable by law. This was struck out, and it was as well that it was so.

OTHER BILLS

that were passed were the Sharebrokers and Solicitors' Bill of Costs, and also one giving the Midland Railway Company £ 150,000 in settlement, and now there was no further trouble likely to ensue with the Company system. The Licensing Act was amended at the instance of Major Steward, to reduce the quorum.

STEAMERS AND SUBSIDIES.

Government had also agreed to subsidise a line of steamers to South Africa, and was this not helping the farmers? Of course it was. The sum of £30,000 was to be expended in creating a trade for produce in South Africa, and he asked if this was not entirely in the interests of our far mers. They had also agreed to increase their subsidy to the Australasian Naval De fence Force. (Applause).

BANK OF NEW ZEALAND,

He remembered the. eventful day in 1895 when the House brought down a proposal to guarantee ,£2,000,000 of money. Ee membered they sat all night, and passed it. The result was that the Bank of New Zealand was now doing an enormous business, (Ap plause }, Now the bank was doing well, was a good property, and the besb oppor tunity will occur shortly to acquire it as a National Bank. He could tell them that should ho be there again, he would support any reasonable proposal to take it over.

THE ELECTIVE EXECUTIVE,

This was credited to the Hon. Major Steward, who had advocated it for years. Ho (the speaker) had voted for it, and always would do so. The members of the Government were all above the average members of the House, but Mr Seddon and Sir J. G. Warcl were head and shoulders above them all in hi 3 opinion. He went on to explain how the .Elective Executive would work.

CONCESSIONS,

Since the present Government came into power concessions had been granted as follows :—^ailvpays, £510,000 ; Mortgage Tax, Customs," £738,00.0; Postal and Telegraph, .£181,000,; or a total of =81,450,000. As the whole qf the land and income tax collected in the colony in its highest year amounted to £492,C00, some idea of the value of the concessions that have been given to the people of this country may be gauged from the foregoing figures. It certainly gives a flat contradic tion to those who have declared that the burdens of the people have been added to by the present Government, The facts show quite the contrary, and he was quite confident that the people themselves are fully alive to the many advantages which have, by way of concessions, been conferred upon them, and which form but a portion of a policy whicli has in other ways done much to help them to more readily carry on the industries in which they are en gaged.

OTHER, MATTERS,

Under the condition of the Lands for Settlement Act, people cannot sell out, but it was proposed to grant a rebate of half per cent if the tenants paid their rents promptly. Cheviot was bought cheap, and the Government had taken a vote to spend £60,000 to bridge the' Hurunui and carry the railway on. That vote he had opposed, particularly as he considered that a Bettermeiij; Bill ought to have' been passed before proceeding farther!

There was a friction which jiacj existed between feo Eaofeories Aeiand'tiis Shops and Shop Assistants Act, and such a matter had been brought under his notice regarding the men working in the grain sheds at Ashburton. Next; session itw.as quite possible th^t that friction would be Removed. It'was knp.wnto most people that the. Groyeniment ha<J acquire^ oogl mines on the Wesc Goasfc, and he saw no reason why they should not do so.

He would be prepared to support a Teacher?' Superannuation Fund, a3 it was a question of benefiting those who deserved it.

The natural wealth of New Zealand as ascertained 1 is If that amount was divided by the. 800.QOQ people now resident in the colony, they could see what it would leave. Besides this, there were a great many small personalities that were not mentioned. He considered that the prosperity of the country was due in a measure to the engineer and chemist as much as to anybody. What could we do without flic engineer who attended per sonally to our frozen meat and saw that it was landed at Home in a perfect oondi, tion.

Last session the Government had brought in a Bill to give municipalities the power to purchase gasworks from privato com panies, He thought this wnsa.stepin the right direction. Why, he said, should a private company have the right to put people in darkness. He thought that the gasworks would be in good hands under the control pf the Borough Counoilg,

CONCLUSION,

In Goncluding his address, Mr McLachlan said that there were many things he had not touahed upon, as he had confined himself to a limited time wherein to deliver his address. In seeking re-elec tion, he would remind them that he had never asked for a vote, and never would. He did not bear enmity against anyone. There were a good many "who said that they would cast their vote a certain waybut did nofcdoso,' He ■ would ■ like to point out .to

them that the working men were not sub jecte4,to what they were in days of old; things were different now. He thanked them for the patient hearing they had given him. But speaking to them as he had done, was totally different to speaking in Parliament. There members spoke for hours on the one subject, but he had on the present occasion a good many subjects to handle. If returned, he would be willing nt all times to do all in his power to advance their interests ns he had done in the past. He cordially invited his supporters to stay behind and help him to form a committee. (Loud and prolonged applause,) . , i:

The Mayor then invited those present to ask Mr McLachlan any * questions, but speeches would not be allowed.

QUESTIONS.

Replying to questions!, Mr McLachlan said—

He would not support the referendum until the question of Bible reading in schools came before Parliament.

Was not in favor of the reduction of duty on tobacco.

He would go farther than Mr Brook in dealing with local option. (Applause.) Was not in favor of the .Government? legalising sweeps on the principal .horse races in New Zealand.

He thought it was perfectly right, to help men by influence to obtain billets in* the police "force and other branches of the public service. He had always assisted in obtaining a fair share of the "plums" for the Ashburton boys. (Applause.) The days for bonuses on reapers and binders were gone. We had no great centre like Chicago to put out reapers and binders. He would not support a bonus for that purpose. . _ A Noxious Weeds Bills hadbeen passed, therefore the questioner knew very little about the legislation passed. He had noticed the Canadian thistle even down at Hyde on the Central Otago railway, but on sending up a sample it was designated as something else. The Bill set out that farmers must clear their lands of noxious weeds. If the questioner knew of any place that was neglected, and wrote to him he would forward the letter to the Minister for Lands to get the matter attended to.. It was contrary to the railway regula tions for a " drunk " to get on a railway car. He would provide a cattle truck for the "drunks." (Laughter.) . • He was always in favor of freeholds, but would be prepared to support a revaluation of Government estates. Where tha'freehold could be acquired, then he would give the freehold. "'*' ■':' '

He would not support Bible reading in schools. He was taught the Bible at school,! and it never made him a batter boy. (Laughter.) It was possible for a teacher to convey a wrong impression of the Book.

The reason why locomotives were got from America was that there were no mechanics in New Zealand who could do the work. (A voice—Question.) He meant there were not sufficient men ' and" con veniences in the Colony to cope with the increased demand caused by the reduction of fares, otherwise he would not hare been in favour of getting a single penny's worth from America. He had had a conversation with the Eailway Traffic Manager that day, on the subject of importing engines. The New Zealand made engines could not com pete against the Baldwins in speed or economy of fuel. The only things he would get from America were reaping machines, of which they made the best.

Mr McLachlan said that he was not aware that previous Governments had ever appointed anyone to the tipper House who had never sat in the Lower House. Previous Governments had always appointed men of the right " colour " to the Upper House.

No previous Government had voted for an increase of salary of members, and they were foolish not to do so. Mr Seddon would be cheap at £2000 per year, as would also Sir Joseph Ward at a proportionate, increase. Others would be dear at any*

price. He had opposed the Counties Bill, and had sat on a committee on the subject. The Bill proposed to abolish road boards.

Some of the Socialistic members of Parliament insisted that we should not part with any more Crown lands. They should be kept for the people. Were they not parting with it when they leased it for 909 years with exemption from taxation.

The Absolute Majority Bill was like Algebra—too much involved. Now we had informal votes. If the Absolute Majority Bill had been in force, John McLachlan would probably have a better chance of being returned. (Laughter.) t-^ ' The to.tal gross debt of the colony "is £ 14,000,000 odd. The debt had not'been increased by .£2,000,000, Someone had b,een hoaxing the questioner.

Mr McLachlan would be in favor of mem bers staying at home and drawing, their honorariums if they were not capable of earning the money, and thus save talking and wasting time in the House.

He would, be in favor of helping the settlers in the back blocks.

He did not privately or in any other papacity give the Catholics to understand thsit he would support a grant in aid to their schools.

For his part he would rather:Mr Seddon remain in New Zealand than be shunted away to South Africa. ■. Wecould hot very well spare him just now.

The Government had taken sufficient measures to prevent people being swindled by "wild cat" schemes during the late dredging boom. Mr Seddon himself was" opposed to " wild cat" schemes, and was also opposed to rings and combines, especi ally when the latter threatened to cut off' our food supplies.

He could inform his questioner that he was never in favour of co-operative works, but if they were to be continued then they - should be prosecuted under less expense. He could express himself as being in favor of State Pire Insurance. The Govern ment hid successfully established a Life Insurance Department and an Accident Insurance Department, and he considered it could also run successfully a Fire Insurance Department. : " Mr Buxt'on 'moved a hearty vote o| thanks to Mr McLachlan for\his able address. ' ' ! - ; ' The motion was seconded by Mr ifenry D^vis, who s^id confidence would be adde4 at the ballqt b,ox, The motion was carried by acclamation, Mr McLiichlan briefly responding. A vote of thanks to the chair, proposed by Mr McLachlan, brought the meeting to, I a close. ;

At the conclusion of Mr McLachla^s ac| sress, a number of ladies and gentlemen formed themselves into a committee to assist in his. candidature, »

South Africa.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Capetown, October 22 The Legislative Council unanimously adopted the report relating to the murder of Commandant Jfretorious. Sydney, October 22 The White Star Line have received a cable message stating that it is unnecessary now for Cape passengers to secure permits to enable them to land.

The Boer Generals.

The Hague, October 22

Mr Kuyper, the Premier, was mediator between the Generals and the Eaiser regarding an audience.

THE ASHBI'RTON GUA< DJAN ' THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1902



F. FBRRIMAN. FOR SALE. " HAVBLOCK STREET WEST, ASHBUR TON. I HAVE received instructions from Mb Green (who is leaving Ashburton) to Sell his property situated a3 above, com prising one quarter acre of land and a comfortable Dwelling of 6 rooms and scullery, My instructions are to effect a spsedy Bale. The price is reasonable aud easy terms of payment can be arranged. Full particulars on application. F. FEIiRIMAN, Land and Estate Agent. *~ FOR SAL. WILLS STREET WEST. I HAVE received instructions from Mr F. H. Beckingsale, who is leaving for Wellington; to Soil his property situated as ftbove, comprising Town Section 1135, con taining one rood and a modern built Dwel ling of 6 rooms, bathroom, pantry and wash-house. The grounds havo been well laid out in gardens, and from the admirable situation of the property it is well adapted for pur chase either as an investment or for residential purposes. To Trustees in search of a sound invest ment this property is well worth attention, as it will return a good interest on the purchase money. Full particulars can be had on applica tion. F. FEBRIMAN, Land and Estate Agent. FOR SALE. A GOOD Sheop Farm of 800 acres, with good bnil dings, near to School and Church, and within an easy distance of a railway. F. FERRIMAN. FOR SALE. WILLS STREET, WEST. I HAVE received instructions from Mr William Sparrow to sell his two sec tions No. 582 and 583, situated in Wills Street, West. The sections are well fenced and are admirably situated, facing the Domain and within a minute's walk of the Railway Station. Terms can be arranged to suit pur chasers. F. FEREIMAN, Land and Estate Agent. FOR SALE A FARM of 640 acres, in good heart; ■ fences in first-class condition. F. FERRIMAN, Land and Estate Agent mO Let or for Sale, at Tinwald, corner ■with a four-roomed House, } acre section, near to the School and facing Graham's Eoad. F. FERBTMAN, Land and Estate Agent T AM instructed by Mb Haae to Sell his comfortable home on the N.E. Town Belt. This property i 3 cheap and well worth your inspection. F. FEKKIMAN. Land and Estate Agent *~ BUSINESS NOTICES. eTgresham, SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTIST. By Kxamination, October, 1897 F< IGTIT years experience with E. Gr. and i F. W. Gresham, Dentists, Dunedin aud InvercargHl. lias commenced practice in rooms upstairs from the eutranco to Thomas' Auction Kooms, Burnett Street. . Stoppings in Gold, A malgam, and Cement. Gold and Porcelain crowns made ; also sets of teeth with Vulcanite and Porcelain gums. Gas administered. All work guaranteed. Houks of Attendance —9 a.m.—s p.m. Private Residence—Care Mks Grant, Willd Street^ ■'miE====iiini Helpless with fp Rheumatism ■ You'v* tried liniments and prescriptions without result. Now . . . '■? CUKE YOURSELF with THE SREAT... CANADIAN . . , SEAWEED CURE. A medicine and Not a liniment. A Quick and Permanent Cure. SOLS BY ALL DEALERS At 3/6 pkb Bottle. Sole Agent for Australasia:. GEO. W. WILTON, Wellington. 1111 i ===r= ==^imj YOIT R' E A i=" DAISY,"= fTHHAT'S what everyone says about the : EASY ROAD CAET : THAT Messrs Morrow, Bassett & €© Are now Showing afc their ASHBURTON BRANCH, WILLS St. Call early to order as they Sell lite Hot-cross Buns on a Good Friday Morning. AND CO, Wills Street, Ashburton. M. PRIEST, Manager. 4



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