The Evening Echo. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1879.

Matt, Notices. —The next mail for Northern ports and Australian Colonies per Easby closes at Christchurch to morrow at I*so p.m.; for Northern ports per Wanaka at 3'50 p.m. San Francisco mail closes at Christchurch on 31st inst.; via Southampton and Brindisi, on the 15th inst.

Thistle Lodge, S.C.— At the meeting of the Thistle Lodge of Freemasons last evening, in the Templar Hall, there was a very large attendance of brethren, both of the Thistle Lodge and visitors. At the close of the Masonic business, Bro. St. Hill,'in the name of the brethren, pre sented to Bro. It. W. Shearman, P.M., Somerset Lodge, E.C., a gold Masonic jewel, as a mark of the lodge’s recognition of Bro. Shearman’s kindness in allowing his sample rooms to be made use of as a meeting room. Bro. Shearman suitably replied, expressing his pleasure at the prosperity enjoyed by both lodges, the members of each having very considerably increased since their inauguration. During the evening, Bro. Fletcher, Lyttelton, It. W.M., discharged the duties appertain ing to his office.

The Crops. —From the Hinds district -we learn that the crops look remarkably well, and a correspondent states that where the land has been well prepared wheat will very probably yield about 40 bushels to the acre. Late-sown oats look remarkably well also, and will likely give 40 to 45 bushels. It is satisfactory to know that the late crops will yield alto gether far better than was anticipated, and wheat all round is very hopeful. From Ashburton to Longbeach the accounts we receive are cheering. Mr. Dawson’s crops of oats and barley were all cut last week, yielding 25 to 30 bushels. Mr. Taylor’s, at Ashton, are heavy for the land, between 35 and 40 bushels being the probable yield of wheat. At Wheatstone, Mr. Jones shows a very fair average for'his good land, and will probably cut 40 to 50 bushels to his acre of wheat. Mr. Grigg’s wheat will likely average 50 bushels ; Mr. Whitelaw’s also 50, and 35 for oats. Messrs. Fleming, Anderson, Clark, Bishop, and Prebble have all very fair crops. In many parts of the district the straw is less stunted than was expected, and in some places it averages a length of from 2 to 3 feet. Harvest is now pretty fairly commenced, and in a fortnight or thereby it will be mostly over. The R.M. on the Move.-— For several months the R.M. has been under notice to quit the Road Board Office, but up to the present we have not heard where he intends to cast anchor. No steps, so far as we can learn, have as yet been taken by the Government to provide the Court with a suitable room in which to hold its sittings, and meanwhile the County Coun cil have rented the Road Board Office for their meetings and head-quarters. In it the County Secretary that is, and the County Engineer that is to be, will be accommodated in future, and the R.M. with all his myrmidons will have to go on the wallibi for another house. We hear it whispered that after to-day’s Court the Road Board mean to lock the door upon the dispenser of justice and eject the Court furniture, so that during next week the pile of statutes and other law literature owned by the R.M. Court, as also the old pulpit doing duty as a wit ness-box, may be seen, escorted by a posse of policemen, making way through the Ashburton streets to some other more hospitable erection, in which his Worship may rest at peace and endeavor undis turbed to be a terror to ,evil-.do.ers and the praise of those who do well,

Photography and Forgery. —Photo graphy has long been employed by the police to assist them in identifying per sons who are “ wanted ” and the exten sive use to which tho art is put by the authorities is evident from the display made at the International Exhibition in tho pavilion set apart for the French capital. Here, not only a large series of criminals’ portraits are ? gshown, but ex amples are presented of various other applications in which photography has been found useful to assist officers of justice. In cases of murder, for instance it seems to be the duty of the police photographers to photograph the scene of the deed, and also to record by the assistance of the camera the position of the victim. There is a special branch of the Paris police who are photographers in uniform, and a place is set aside at the station for a studio and dark closet. In a word, the occupation is now a part of the policemen’s duty ; and in cases where we might employ a dark lantern they would have recourse to the camera. There is little doubt that the Paris police have been able to detect many a crime by resorting to assistance of this kind. Several instances of forgery upon notes and bonds, in which the original figures were erased and others written in their place, have been discovered in this way. We believe that the Bank of France has an officer of its own upon whom devolves the duty of examining any suspicious documents with the camera. In a photo graph, it seems, ink marks, which are invisible to the eye, are frequently repro duced, while an erasure, let it be ever so carefully smoothed over, becomes apparent in a finely-executed photograph. In a word, it is next to impossible to make an alteration in the matter of f writing or printing upon a paper surface without the photographer finding you out sooner or later. Even upon the subject of style in handwriting, the camera gives a sharp criterion. By pho tographing a word or Wo, and enlarging the up and down strokes to very wide dimensions, the character of the writing is more easily studied than in its original form. This instrumentality is some times used by inquisitive police agents anxious to get at the history of a doubtful docu ment. —“ Daily News.” Orphans in a Strange Land.— Amongst the immigrants who left Britain in the ship Canterbury, that arrived at Port Chalmers the other day, was a widower and his three children, two boys and a girl. They were nominated by some friends in Invercargill, and the father, a first-class cutter, had been engaged by Mr. Geddes, tailor, of Tay street. Sad to relate he died during the passage out, and his three children, a melancholy little group, have been for warded to their destination here to the friends who sent for them. It is fortunate that they are past the ..helpless age, the elder of the boys having turned fifteen, and the girl is old enough to take a situation as nursery maid.

A Long Watch. — “iEgles,” in the “Australasian,” writes : —The lighthouse keeper at Cape Otway retires from busi ness next month, after more than 30 years active service on that lonely headland. Just imagine the terrible monotony of his occupation, pei*ched up there above the thundering surges of the Straits. In 184 S he lit his first lamp, and his perpetual lantern-lighting bridges a period which covers the discovery of gold and its almost exhaustion. How many scores of thou sands to whom that light of his has been as the beacon-fire of anticipated fortune have since learned the bitter lesson of disappointed hope! Some, of course, have achieved unanticipated fortune. But as all our growth by migration of people has come against the sun, from the west, the linkboy who ha lighted the main thoroughfare for the bulk of the people of Victoria has been the old Otway illu minator. He has impartially shown the way to a McCulloch or a Berry—to Mademoiselle Balancez and the Bishop of Melbourne. To him it mattered not whether his warning was to merchant or magsman —to lady or loafer. Of the myriads he has. faithfully served through the dark night-watches, not one face could he recognise or identify. During his unbroken service he has seen the machine make 870,4G7 revolutions, and the light flash 2,638,000 times ! Surely this jis a man who has well earned his superannuation allowance. 'ihe Largest Tree in the World. — One of the greatest curiosities in the world has lately been exhibited in San Francisco. It is the section of the largest tree in the world, called “Old Moses. ” It was 240 ft. in height, and at one time was much higher. The section now on exhibition measures 100 ft. in circumference. The age of this tree is estimated at 4824 years, and over 200 persons can be admitted within the in terior. It will be exhibited in the Eastern States, and then taken to Europe. Such a curiosity as this should attract a crowd of visitors, for it is doubtful if its equal will ever bo found again.

A Liberal Politician.— “ Swear not at all,” is the only injunction observed by Kearney. He doesn’t swear at all, but he swoars at a trifle more than four-fifths of them.—“ Norristown Herald.” Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton ire often at a loss to know which is the best Establishment to visit for the purchase of Drapery, Clothing, and House-furnishing Iron mongery, and General Stores. Orr & Co. offer special advantages to the public that can be met with nowhere else in Ashburton. They keep at all times the largest and best-assorted Stock of every class of Goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers at home, which beinp bought entirely upon cash terms, they are enabled to ofier goods of sirh sterling value as cannot be equalled by any other house in the trade. Every article in stock is marked at the lowest price, from which no abatement is made so that the most inexperienced buy tjieir goods at the same pi ices as the best judges.—Advt

TODAY’S COURT.

Before A. LeGrand Campbell, Esq., R.I\I

DRUNK, ETC

John Connor, who hacl been four times previously convicted of drunkenness, was brought up charged with having been drunk and disorderly on the 9th instant; also with indecency, and with assaulting the police and with resisting them in the execution of their duty. Connor pleaded guilty, and was sent to gaol for 14 days in default of a £4 fine. William Cole pleaded guilty to having been drunk, and was dismissed with a caution. George Young, who gave himself into custody yesterday, having sustained an injury to his ankle while drunk, was also dismissed. DISCHARGING FIREARMS. James Bruce was fined 3s for discharg ing a gun within the township. STRAY BEASTS. John M £ Cor mack was charged with tethering a coav on the Alford Forest road, to the danger of passing vehicles. Accused pleaded guilty, stating, however, that it had been done by the people at home in his absence, and without his knowledge. He was fined 35., with costs—in all, 28s. Henry Brittain, for allowing a horse to stray, was fined 3s. G. F. Scott was charged with the same breach of ordinance, but the charge was departed from, owing to an error in the indictment. John Hefford was fined 12s. for 4 stray, horses ; Thomas Andrews Os. for two ; B. Smith, 3s for one ; J. F. Butler, 3s for one ; B. Williamson, 3s each for 4 ; John Chalmers, 20s for stray cattle; John Fonder, 3s and costs, also for cattle ; and Henry Brittain 3s each for three horses. DEAD CARCASES. Thomas Brankin and Thomas Dudson were fined 10s each for allowing dead beasts to remain unburied in the river bed. FELONIOUSLY ENTERING A DWELLING. . George Johnstone was charged with having entered a house belonging to Ed. Mossman, and taking therefrom certain property. There were three charges against accused —the above-mentioned, and two of larceny of the property alleged to have been taken away. Edwin Mossman, commission agent, living in Ashburton, said he bought a house and ground about three weeks ago. The house had previously been accused’s, who had handed over the key to witness on the completion of the purchase. Put several articles of furniture in the heme, and left it locked up. There were two or three articles belonging to accused, such

as jugs and a becl-key. These witness told accused he could have if he wished. When witness took charge of the house there was a register grate and a mantel piece. (Witness iden tified the articles produced outside the Court as his property.) When ho went to the house on the evening of the 3rd, those articles and some others had been taken away. The locks of the house doors had been forced.

By Mr. Ireland (for accused) —Witness purchased the house on the 20th of Dec. He bought all the things on the ground, including grates, &c. The stove Avas not a fixture.

Mr. Ireland asked His Worship to dismiss the ease as witness could not swear to the articles being fixtures when he purchased the property. W. H. Gundry, of Bullock and Co., deposed—Their firm sold the property, as agents for the trustees in Johnstone’s estate, to Clark and Steel, and subse quently to Mr. Mossman on account of Clark and Steel. The sale consisted of a section with buildings erected thereon. Fixtures always go with a sale of build ings. If a grate was fixed in a house it would certainly be sold with the pro perty. It was the custom to do so. All proceeds of the sale went to the trustees. The accused had no right to remove any thing from the premises. We acted as agents and sold the trustee’s interest in the whole property to Clark and Steel, and merely transferred the sale from them to Mr. Mossman. They simply sold the house, and knew nothing about a grate and mantelpiece being fixtures. Andrew Wood, carrier, Ashburton, said that the grate and mantel-piece, then in his cart outside the Court had been brought from Johnstone’s house by him (witness). Johnstone asked him to go on the evening of the 3rd at 5'30, and remove some things. They were lying outside John stone's premises, and Johnstone asked him to take them to his own place, and to put the range, fender, and mantel-piece inside the house ; the rest could remain outside. Constable Farmer proved arresting the accused on a warrant at Methven. When the charge was explained to him, he said the things were his own, and he was inno cent,

Mr. Ireland held that no proof of break ing into the house, with intention to steal, had been adduced, and that this was fatal to the prosecution. Sergeant Felton held that as the accused had filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, the property belonged to the timstees, and had been sold by them to Mossman. He asked the Bench to remand the case for a week for further evidence. All the informations were remanded till Friday next, and bail was allowed, prisoner in £SO, and two sureties of £25 each. The Court adjourned for lunch.

A Caution,-- When young ladies go out blackborrying they should be careful where they stand. A young lady living not far from Mohawk went the other day, audit sohappened that she stopped directly over a bumble bee’s nest. Distance to the house, half-a-mile ; time, two and one half seconds !

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.]

London, January 3. Money is in less demand ; rates are dropping.

The corn market shows a downward tendency. Adelaide wheat is neglected— selling according to quality, 39s to 50s ; Hew Zealand, according to quality, 41s to 455. * Jan. 5. Messrs Tweedie, Williams and Co., bankers, Truro, have suspended payment in consequence of a run. Their liabilities are unknown. The new South Australian loan tenders have been opened. Prices range from 88 to 90. A proposal submitted to take the whole at the minimum was declined. Jan. 6.

The Macedonian insurrection has been crushed. The Turkish troops are said to have committed frightful atrocities. New Zealand Fives, 99. Paris, Jan. 5.

The French Senatorial elections give a great Republican triumph. Fifteen Con servatives and sixty-four Republicans were returned.

Cape Town, Jan 5. The frontier disputes at the Cape have been settled in favor of the Zulus.

AUSTRALIAN

Melbourne, January 9. It is estimated that rust has destroyed a quarter of the wheat crop of Victoria. Photographic forgeries of Union Bank one pound notes are circulating. Wheat, easy at 4s. Bd. Sydney, January 9. The lock-out in the Woollongong mines keeps 6,000 men idle. Another difficulty has occurred, owing to the seamen who have refused to resume Avork demanding back pay from the time of the strike. Other similar claims are made, Avliich are supported by the Sea men’s Union. The A.S.N. Company’s Board are considering the demand. Operations on the site of the Interna tional exhibition buildings Avere commenced to-day.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

From the New Zealand Press Asso ciation to the “Echo.”

Wellington, Thursday,

Mr Frankland, actuary, attached to the office, of the Registrar of Friendly Socie ties, has compiled a valuable table slioav ing the minimum rates payable during life, Avhich Avould enable Friendly or Benefit Societies to grant the various snni3 granted to members, and at the same time maintain a condition of soh r ency. Makereta te Paul, daughter of Ngpaki te Puni, eldest son of Honinani te Puni, died at Petone on January 8, after a long illness. She was greatly respected by the Hutfc and Taranaki natives, and acknoAA r ledg'ed as a chieftainess of the highest order and ability. The ship Hyderabad aars moved 90 feet seaward yesterday, and is confidently ex pected to be got off to-night. Timaru, Thursday. A number of sections of land, 2{? miles from Timaru, Avere sold to-day, and ave raged £221 per acre. Post Chalmers, Thursday.

At the Magistrate’s Court to-day, Robt. Paterson, chief steAvard of the steamer Easby, Avas convicted of smuggling a case of brandy, and fined in the mitigated penalty of £25 and costs. John Wybord, for abetting him, aatis fined £3 and costs.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

London, January 7. The Truro suspension has renewed un easy feelings. Liabilities, £500,000. Melrourne, Jan. 6. Wheat sixpence and flour one shilling loAA’er.

The Mayor entertained the Canterbury team yesterday. A two days’ match versus South Melbourne i 3 being played to-day. The team play the East Mel bourne, Bohemian, and Richmond Clubs next Aveek.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Friday.

The Directors of the Pumping Associa tion have informed Mr. Black, the mana ger, that his services will be dispensed with, there being no funds in hand for the undertaking. The tightness in the money market is affecting permanent stocks, especially in surance and bank shares.

At Manga whare, Northern Wairou, a man named Low died suddenly of apo plexy. Auckland, Friday.

The Catholic clergy have given a dona tion of £SOO out of their maintenance fund for the now city school building, and Dr Wood gives £IOO. . Wellington, Friday.

It is understood the Cabinet have re solved to advise the Governor to com mute the capital sentence on Walsh to one of imprisonment for life. The Agent-General advises Govern ment that iron is likely to fall still lower in price rather than to rise for some time. Mr, Travers, city solicitor, advises the Corporation that it cannot raise a special loan for street formation or repair under clause 39 of the Municipal Corporation Act, as such works do not come within the definition of works for the convenience and health of the inhabitants. The Attor ney-General’s opinion is to be asked.. Great complaints are made about insuf *

ficient wharf accommodation. At the Clu imber of Commerce committee meeting Mr. Levin said if further facilities were not given, the Union Company might have to arrange for transhipments at some other port.

IteAvi and Mr. Sheehan Avere warmly Avelcomed at Alexandra.

Up to ten last night the position of. Carterton Avas most perilous from serious fires ranging in and around it, but at that hour though several buildings Avere re peatedly on fire they AA r ere extinguished by vigorous' exertions. Strict watch Avas kept during the night. Large quantities of fencing and timber have been destroyed. The fire is still smouldering on all sides but the danger is over. Dunedin, Friday. A deputation from the Otago Har bour Board waited on the Attorney- General this morning in order to learn Government’s intention respecting recla mation privileges Mr. Stout said the question was, whether the Government could legally give effect to a proposal to exchange eight acres for land elseAvhere in the bay. If the exchange could be made under the present state, he pro nounced that a CroAvn grant should issue ; and if not, he Avould have a clause for the purpose inserted in a Special Powers and Contracts Bill. Adam Gordon Seymour, traveller for a book importing firm, Avas remanded till Monday by the Bench on two charges of embezzlement. The police intimated that additional charges of larceny and forgery Avould be brought against him. Great dissatisfaction is expressed at the management of the Athenseum, the lib rary of Avhich AA r as lately locked up because subscribers delayed returning their books. The extension of the railway to the suburbs of the Hilltops is being agitated. If the project is carried out, it will in crease enormously the value of suburban land.

OUR CHURCH NEEDS POWER.

In an article on the accession of the Rev A. R. Fitchett from the Wesleyan commission to the Church of England, the “ NeAV Zealand'Churchman” says : Our Church needs power : we are lament ably weak in the pulpit; and, say Avhat men will,-so long as preaching is an im portant part of the functions of the Chris tian ministry, so long will men be im patient Avith dull mediocrity, and demand, something that has thought, and origin ality, and pith in it, from the occupants of the pulpit. At least here and there, one or two clergymen of preaching power may be tolerated in metropolitan parishes : and character and general attainments being in every respect good, it is not any great disadvantage to a minister of our Church that he should have been once a Wesleyan. We may feel sure that if such a man accepts the Prayer-book and sub mits to re-ordination, he will loyally submit himself in all things to the estab lished order and practice of the Church. As regards doctrine, there is probably not so great a divergence of opinion between earnest Wesleyan ministers and sincere Evangelicals or devout Broad Churchmen, as there is, on the other hand, between the extreme Ritualists or the Rationalists of our Church, and the extreme Loav Churchmen. Breadth of toleration, Avith loyal submission to the Prayer-book, are the tAVO distinguishing characteristics of good Churchmen now adays, and in that point of vieAV Ave do not see Avhy Mr Fitchett should not prove a great accession to us. We are aAvare that some of Mr Fitcliett’s views on scientific questions have not pleased everyone, and have made him some enemies ; but Ave believe that his desire has been merely to point out a possible via media betAveen certain positions of modern science and the teachings of Christianity. Whether he succeeds in this or not, his motive is a good one, and should not be condemned. On thg Avhole, Ave think if Mr Fitchett obtains orders 'in our Church lie will not be un faithful to our standards, and Avill give us a much-needed stimulus in the Avay of both' thought and practical work. At all events, AA r hen the Church at Home is discussing the pos sibility of receiving Avhole bodies of Nonconformists, it is surely not for our clergy to give the cold. shoulder to one •who is, in every respect, a representative man, and is likely to form a link between the members of tAvo communions that are so closely related by history and tradi tions as are the Wesleyan body and the Church of England.”

The Normans and the Uhlans.— During the Franco-German war a couple of hundred Uhlans arrived in a Norman village.. One of the peasants hurried to a neighboring hamlet to warn a well-to-do farmer that he might expect a visit from the unwelcome raiders. The farmer was equal to the emergency. Calling his wife and daughters, all went to work with a will. Torn quilts, tattered petticoats, dilapidated gowns, were thrown over the ’ backs of the cattle, enveloping them up to their horns, while their feet and their heads were bound with straw. Then, the sheep and goats were treated in the same fashion; bottles of medicine were scattered about; a large trough was, filled with water, and in its midst was placed a great syringe. Up came the Uhlans ; but at sight of the strangely attired animals and the monster squirt the}" hesitated. At last one of the trqopers inquired what was the matter. “ The rinderpest,” said the farmer. S t.- had to answer no more questions; by. visitors turned their horses’ heads an* galloped off at their best speed to make requisition elsewhere. An attorney was making a high-flown speech the other day, telling about angel a tears, weeping willows, and silent tomb stones, when His Honor said —“Confine your remarks to the dog-fight.

fRIDAY, January 18, 1879.]

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Drapery. KNOWN, that HOOPER, AITKEN, & CO. are Selling their Cloih ing, Boots and Shoes, &c., CHEAPER THAN ANY HOUSE • ‘IN -ASHBURTON. . 'YY ANTED KNOWN, that HOOPER, AITKEN, & CO.-have opened up a .Splendid Lot of Fichus, Manilla Hats, and a Larger Assortment of FANCY 'GOODS. ANTED KNOWN, that HOOPER, AITKEN, & CO. are paying Particular Attention to their « DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT, which is superintended by a Lady whose Experience has been gained at some of the Best’Houses in New Zealand. Yy ANTED KNOWN, that HOOPER, AITKEN, & CO. have determined, prior to removing to their New Premises, now in course of erection, to reduce their present stock as much as possible, to effect which, they are now offering all Goods at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.



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Special Notices. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Alfred harrison begs to announce that on or about the Ist Feb., 1879, he will open a NEW AUCTION MART r In Baring Square. A. H. will make a specialty of Sales of Furniture and Effects, Sales of Stock and Merchandise. ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT, &c., HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON, Near the Town Hall. 213 THE ]^CHO NEWSPAPER - AND GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, Has Removed to new buildings, East street North, near Post Office, and next Quill’s Hotel. THE LARGEST STOCK OF MACHINE CASTOR OIL IN ASHBURTON !! COMEtoSANDO & OLSEN’S if you want to buy really good machine castor oil, and oil-feeders. 246 WE have much pleasure in intimating to our friends and the public generally that we have this day taken into Partnership Mr. Thomas Hooper, who has for some time past been connected with our Firm. The Business will in future be carried on under the name and style of “HOOPER, AITKEN, & C 0.,” who will carry out all arrangements made by the late firm. Dated at Ashburton, this 9th day of January, 1879. A. O. AITKEN & CO.