SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORI' OF LYTTELTON.

ARRIVALS. Jan. 29.—Richard and Mary, schooner, from Nelson, with a cargo of timber. Jan. 29. —Amaranth, schooner, from Manu kau, with 43,000 feet of timber, consigned to Guthrie and Larnach.

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close i> follows :

For Christchurch and North at 10 a.m. $ p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. . For Chertsey at 10 a.m. daily. For Rakaia at 10 a.m., and 4 p.m. daily. For Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds,' Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.15 a.m. daily. For Temuka,: Tiinaru, and South at 10.15 p.m. and 3 p.m daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. , For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbcach, a 3.15 p.m. daily. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

CHRISTCHURCH NOTICES.

Mails close at the Chief Post Office, Christ church, for the following places as under, sub ject to the necessary alterations For United Kingdom, via San Francisco, on Feb. Ist; due in London on March 18th,

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Evening Echo. THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1879.

The Chinese .Question in Austra lia, 1878-79,” edited by L. Kong Meng, Cheok Hong Cheong, and Louis Ah Moay, Melbourne merchants, and pub lished by, Bailliere, of Melbourne, is a pamphlet, however ably compiled, not at all calculated to. quiet the class of men whose antipathy to the Chinese is impel ling them to agitate for the exclusion from, these colonies of the Asiatics. The editors of the pamphlet appeal to the “British population of Australia not to sanction an outrage upon the law of nations, and not to violate the treaty engagements entered into between the Government of Great Britain and the Emperor of China and then they go on to recount the cir cumstances under which “ jealous China” had the seal of her gates broken by force of the Britith arms, and howthe isolation of. her people from the rest of the world ceased.. The pamphleteers .lay to tlie charge of .Western nations the blame of dragging out from their country the very men they now' want to drive back, and affirm that if John Chinaman is an evil, he is one brought upon Europe and America by the greedy thirst for com merce and the avarice-impelled enterprise of the European and the American, The great point made by the Melbourne merchants is the argument with which they commence and close their pamphlet, viz.—that any exclusion’ of the Chinamen or restriction of their immigration is an in fraction of international law and a direct breach of the treaty of 1860, which guaranteed to the English and French the utmost freedom of ingress and egress to and from China, and to the Chinese a similar freedom as regarded French and English territories. It is this inter national law argument—this pointing to the national honor of the country—that

will probably win the day for tho Chinese immigrant if he wins at all ; but the Chinese merchants have not stopped at simply claiming their countrymen’s legal right to be amongst the citizens of British and American dominions ; they turn round and let us have it “ straight out from the shoulder. ” Contrasting the British people with the Chinese, they say : “ Ours is a well-educated people. Indeed it is but seldom that you could discover a China man incapable of reading, writing, and ciphering.. Can you assert the same of all English and Irish men l Let it be re membered, also, that our people are not educated at the expense of the State or of the municipality. Parents pay for the instruction of their own children, and the, poorest person in the land would be ashamed to bring up his offspring in ignorance.. All;.: education is based : on religion and morality.” The pamphlet quotes from the newspapers of 1841-2 telling of the state of society in England —of the murders, poisonings, combina tions for murder, murder for purposes of theft; ships'cast away for their insurance, and, having in view the opium weakness of. ihe : Chinese, a contrast picture is painted of the thousands of children drugged to death by women in the Eng lish manufacturing districts while the mothers toiled for bread in the factories. Boys and girls from eight to ten years of age toiling in the coal mines for bread for ten hours a day, naked to the waist, drawing trucks of coal along the drives and galleries, and children equally young, half starved and untaught, slaving for ten hours a day in factories, are pointed to as impossibilities in China. We are twitted with knocking down wives, jumping upon them with heavy iron-shod boots ; selling women in the, open market place for a few shillings and a pint of beer ; adulter ating food till protective laws became necessary ; with the social evil that curses the United Kingdom ; with the statement that the British population is the most drunken in the world ; with an assertion that the divorce courts denote great depravity amongst all classes, high and low ; and that the ruffianism of the roughs in the manufacturing districts was some thing appalling. The editors say : “ Man for man, we unhesitatingly assert that our countrymen 1 will compare favorably with any European people in morals and manners, in proof | whereof refer to Hayter’s statistics on crime, &c.; and that they are superior to , the average Englishman in filial affection, , in respect for the aged, in honesty,' in cheerfulness,, and in patient,-plodding industry. They are free from moroseness and discontent, very good tempered, grateful for kindness, faithful to their employers, quick to learn, clever to imitate, peaceful, orderly, sober, and methodical.” After such a high character of their countrymen, the following paragraph must come in pat: “In the name of heaven, ’ we ask, where is your justice ? Where your religion ? Where your morality 1 Where your sense of right and wrong? Where your enlightenment ? Where your . love of liberty ? Where your respect for international law ? Which are the pagans -—you or we? And "what has become of those sublime and lofty sentiments of human brotherhood and cosmopolitan . friendship and sympathy which are so often on your lips, and are proclaimed so wisely from pulpit, press, and platform ? ”

San Francisco Mail. The San Fran cisco mail closes at the Ashburton Post office at half past seven to-morrow evening. Kelly , and Leon. —To-night the Kelly and Leon Troupe perform in the Town Hall. The crowded houses they have performed to in every part of New Zea land visited by them testify to the galdeii opinions they have earned from all sorts of people, and doubtless their fame will to-night lead to a similar expression by the Ashburton public. The “ Only Leon” impersonates female characters with such skill that he holds an unrivalled position in the professionin his own peculiar line.

Seafield School Committee Election.- —On Monday the annual meeting of householders was held in Mr, Silcock’s house. The object of the meeting was to hear the report for the past year of the retiring School Commitee and to elect a new Committee for 1879. The report was read and adopted. There had been a fair attendance at the Committee meetings held, and as there had been no funds ..received none had been dispensed. The following Committee were then elected Messrs. Murdoch Bruce, I. M. Jones, J. M. Maidens, W. J. Silcocks, John Hard wick, W. H. Parsons, 0. Daly. It being harvest time there was a very • limited attendance of householders in the district. A vote of thanks was given to Mr. Bruce for his conduct in the chair at the public meeting, and for the attention he paid to. the educational business of the district while chairman of the last Committee. Thanks were also given to Mr. Silcocks ,for his kindness in allowing his house to be ■ used' as a meeting place for the Oommtttee until the school-room was completed, and also for his honorary services as Secretary. At the conclusion of the householders’ meeting the newly elected Committee met, when Mr. Bruce was re-elected Chairman. A letter was read from the Board of Education, in structing the Committee to advertise for a schoolmaster. The Chairman said he had advertised in two Christchurch papers for a master for the school, duties to com mence on the Ist of March. Resolved that on the first Wednesday in each month the Committee meetings be held in Mr. Silcocks’ house. A motion was read from the Board stating that three members of the Board would retire on the 31st of March —viz, Messrs. Mont gomery, Duncan, and Bowen—and that successors would require then to be elected.

St Stephens’ School Treat. The Sunday scholars of St Stephens had their treat to-day. The Church bells rang at eleven o’clock and the children assembled, proceeding in a Body to the paddock; outside the Town Belt, lent for the occasion by Mr. Hay T. Smith. Messrs. Fooks and Gates were in charge of the children, numbering 100, and several lady teachers also assisted. Prizes for racing &c., were competed for by the scholars, and other games were provided, such as cricket and the like. At one o’clock lunch was provided on the sward and heartily enjoyed. The „ day was disagreeably blowy, which somewhat interfered with the enjoyment, but the children went in with great zest for the games and races. The Messrs. Saunders placed at the teachers’ disposal the large grain loft at the mill, and arrangements were made for finishing, the days’sport in the granary, if it should have been necessary, on account of rain, which at one time threatened,- to leave the paddocks and seek shelter.

The DramA. —Arrangements have been entered into with a view of bringing to New Zealand a continuous stream of first-class artistes from Europe, America, and Australia. The Queen’s Theatre, Dunedin, the Theatre Royal, Christchurch and Theatre Royal, Wellington, have been bespoken by the leading theatrical mauagers of Melbourne and Sydney, who will act in conjunction with Messrs. Hiscocks and Hayman, now in this Colony with that object. Dramatic, operatic, concert, and other companies are to. follow each other in tours round the Colonies ; and the managers announce their intention of securing only the cream of these. The arrangement, if properly carried out, cannot but be advantageous to the amusement loving public, who will then have opportunities of witnessing the performances of artists they might not otherwise be able to do. The system will be inaugurated in Dune din on the 12th of April next, when an opera-bouffe troupe, including the baby ballet corps, at present performing at the Melbourne Opera-house, will make their appearance at the Queen’s.

Death of Tom Hood’s Daughter.— The last relative of Tom Hood, the poet, has just passed away. Mrs. Francis Freeland Broderip, only daughter of the great humourist, died on November 3 at Clevedon. In conjunction with her brother, Tom Hood, the late editor of “ Fun ” the deceased wrote and published the life of her father. She was married some years ago to the Rev. John Somerville Broderip, M.A., rector of Cossington, Somerset, who predeceased her. The Glasgow Bank. —Efforts are to be made in Dunedin to raise a sum by way of assistance to the fund which has been initiated in Scotland in relief of the desti tute sufferers by the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank. ~ The subscription list sent from Home contains subscriptions from £3,000 to £1 Is. The total sum raised at last accounts was over £300,000 ; but at least £500,000 is required to meet the cases of extreme distress and destitution, even in a temporary way. A Glasgow paper gives a list of upwards of 150 failures in Glasgow and the West of Scot land directly and indirectly traceable to the stoppage of the City of Glasgow Bank. The total liabilities of the Scotch firms who have been dragged down are £25,000,000. The value of the capital of the Scotch Banks on Octobei Ist was £24,000,000 ; the value on Saturday, 16th November, was £19,000,000. The Quakers. The neighbouring northern towns of Stockton and Middles brough have this year re-elected as their mayors members of the Society of Friends. At Stockton (says the “ Pall Mall Gazette”) “Mayor’s Sunday” was cele brated by the Corporation accompanying their Quaker head to what George Fox would have called the chief “ steeple house” of the town. But the celebration at Middlesbrough was perhaps even more remarkable. There the Corporation ac companied their Mayor to his own place of worship, and the spectacle was pre sented of a mayor’s chain, of Corporation banners and other insignia, being borne into the sober interior of a Quaker’s meeting-house, with the attendance of the various borough officials, including the police. The days when the Friends met “in the milder cavers of Tropho nius” have gone; their disabilities, like those of other sectarians, have almost entirely vanished ; and the aspect of the world to them is very marvellously changed since the days of their founder ; but in hardly any way could the change have been more marked than by the fact that a mayor and corporation, with the whole of the civic force, should enter a meeting of theirs for worship. In the olden days the mission of the mayor and his satellites would have been to break up the assemblage and to imprison its members.

“ How did ye like the doctor the day, Thomas V’ “ Weel, John, the sermon was not that ill; but I dinna like yon trash o’duties at the nither end o’t.” Strangers- coming to reside in Ashburton need not be at any loss to find the best estab lishment to visit and purchase their drapery .clothing, and general stores. Leaving the Railway Station and turning down Havelock Street, they will see the establishment of A. O. Aitken & Co., who are now offering special advantages, which exceed any before offered to the public. Keeping at all times a very large and exceedingly well assorted stock of all classes of goods, bought in the best mar kets and on the most favoi able terms, enables them—to use trade parlance—•“ to do the thing well ”; in fact the goods offered by them are such as cannot be excelled either in quality or price by any house in the trade and ate marked at such prices that making any abatement is unecessay, and the most inexperi enced are enabled to buy their goods as avorably as the best judges.—A DVT.

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LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[special to association.]

London, Jan. 28.

The fortress of Kalat-i-Ghilzai, the only important stronghold between Candahar and Ghuznee, has been occu pied by the British. The Afghan garrison retired without making any resistance. Several other unimportant places have also been occupied. The wheat afloat amounts to 1,367,009 quarters.

AUSTRALIAN

[By Submarine Cable.]

Melbourne, Jan. 29,

The Cabinet has resolved to support the action of New South Wales and Queens land in regulating Chinese immigration. A Board has been appointed to inquire into the circumstances connected with the escape of Weiberg; A man was admitted into the hospital almost pulseless, after a veal dinner in a Bourke street restaurant. The Ringarooma has arrived. The Australian exports of wool since Jan. are 98,000 bales. The Arawata takes the English mail. Brisbane, Jan. 29. The schooner Ariel from San Francisco, which has arrived at Cooktown, reports a vain search for the reported Guinea Islands. The Bowen, mail steamer, has arrived at Cooktown. There have been heavy gales in the China Seas, and the loss is reported of the Madagascar, fifty days out. Great damage has been done at Thursday Island. Sydney, Jan. 29. Rush has challenged Laycock to scull him for £2OO. Sir Hercules Robinson, by the mail, received his commission as Governor of New Zealand, and will probably leave at the end of February. The Sapphire leaves Sydney on Satur day for Auckland, and will arrive there about Feb. 10, stay a week, and proceed to Plymouth to be paid off.

The San Francisco mail leaves about the end of February.

The Bulli lock-out men return to the Union, and future difficulties will be settled by arbitration. Montgomery was sentenced to five years’ hard labour for the robbery at Go vernment House. Sailed —Wakatipu on Saturday.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

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

Napier, Wednesday,

Sergeant Kelsald, drill instructor, who was accidentally shot in the leg at the rifle range on Saturday night, died last night. An inquest was held to-clay, and a verdict of “Accidental death” returned, without attributing blame to anyone. The funeral took place this afternoon with military honors. There was a large attendance of volunteers and others.

An accommodation house at Woodville, which was owned by the murdered man named Olland and his partner Thomson, who was tried for the murder, was burnt down last night. The fire was supposed to be occasioned by the sparks from the bush, which was burning all round. Wellington, Wednesday. The Commissioners appointed to enquire into secondary education have decided that it is no part of their duty to enter upon the question of religious education in schools.

The wreck of the ship City of Auckland was sold to-day at auction by Mr. Wal lace for £l5O, Mr. Cooper being the pur chaser. The sails weie sold to Captain Williams for £GO, and the cargo of pig iron to Mr. Boonstra for £l2 10s.

The Wellington has left for the Hydera bad to assist in towing her off, as she is now almost free and afloat.

Blenheim, Wednesday. A tunnel at Mountain Camp Creek fell in, burying three men, named John Sweeney, Robert Diamant, and William Dorsett. “ The Express’” Havelock cor respondent telegraphs this morning re the accident:—“The miners only succeeded in extricating Dorsett at dark last night. He was much injured, but is improving. Diamant was choked by the pressure of a slab against his neck. Although relays of miners worked desperately to recover Sweeney’s body, it was only excavated at 4 o’clock this morning, frightfully mangled. Robert Nesbitt had a miraculous escape inside the tunnel. ”

Timaru, Wednesday. It is probable that steps will be taken shortly to form a company in Timaru for the purchase of one or more steamers to carry on the rapid increase of trade at this port.

The. Steward of the Timaru Hospital has demanded an inquiry into the death of the man Cassidy on Saturday, in order that his character may be cleared from the charge of ill-treatment. Nelson, Wednesday. Mr Pitt addressed a crowded meeting of the electors last night. 1000 persons were present. He expressed himself against denominational education, but would support Mr Curtis’ Bill as a means of giving justice to Catholics. He denied being pledged to the Catholic party, or seeking their block vote. He would sup port the construction of the trunk railway to Nelson, if necessary, by every constitu tional means. He opposed the property tax and an elective Upper House. Be would oppose the introduction of Chinese, i

and would move for a select committee re the registration of friendly societies. He favored the Local Option Bill, and advo cated* an amended Licensing Bill. Mr Pitt received a vote of thanks.

Invercargill, Wednesday. The last advice from Gore reports Mr. Conyers better this evening than he was in the. morning, but little better than he was yesterday. The doctors say he has arrived at a most critical stage, and that the next 24 hours will in all probability decide his case.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

V Dunedin, Thursday. The Balclutha householders having com mitted the absurdity of electing nine in stead of seven members for their School Committee, the Education Board have declared” that a new election must take place.

A heavy storm of : wind, accompanied with slight showers, swept over the city to-day, doing some damage to fences and roofs of buildings. About four o’clock this morning a man was arrested for burglariously entering the house of a Corporation laborer. He alarmed the inmates by projecting half his body through the bedroom window, which faces Stafford-street. At first he gave the name of Tim Flaherty, but on being in terrogated by the police and the Bench he reluctantly acknowledged that his genuine name was Mathew Delaney. The Bench committed him for trial.

An able-bodied man was arrested during the night with a fowl in his possession, and on his own admission that he had stolen it, he received seven days im prisonment.

COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE IN CENTRAL AFRICA.

The “ Edinburgh Courant ” of the 26th November devotes three or four columns to the narration of an interview had with Mr. H. M. Stanley, upon the highly im portant subject of commercial enterprise in Central Africa. The explorer expressed himself “ amazed at the want of considera tion as to the future 'which Englishmen exhibit. All other nations seem to be awaking to it, and are doing their utmost to obtain a freehold in Africa ; but Eng land, that can supply the world with the products of its manufactures, is waiting for other people to plant themselves there. ” With regard to the attempts already made to open up trade, he remarked : “So far as concerns the various businesses that have been established on the east and west coasts of Africa, there is not one of them that lias a gloomy prospect before it. But my idea is that a railway from Zanzibar to Lake Victoria would give Africa a stimulus that cannot be measured ; and the Euro peans, who would be engaged in traffic, once they found themselves on the uplands of Africa, would feel, different altogether from the travellers who have been com pelled to wade through miles of swamps. A new route having been discovered by myself in the last journey, we can carry a railway without going through any swamp, and reach the high lands by an easy gra dient. When the railway company had found that their efforts were a success, a very small line might be constructed from the south-western side of Lake Victoria down to Lake Tanganika, about 150 miles

in a. straight line. Steamers put on Lake Tanganika would give 329 miles for water, and 200 miles of railway from Lake Tanga nika c.O Lake Nyassa would still give 360 miles more. Then a little railroad of about 50 miles would enable us to make a semi circle from the mouth of the Zambesi to Lakes Nyassa, Tanganika, and Victoria, and back to Zanzibar. ” In reply to the objection, frequently raised, as to the un suitableness of the climate to Europeans, and the diseases to which they are exposed, Mr. Stanley observed : “What has hap pened prejudicially to travellers is the fever, accompanied often by hunger. The traveller, immediately on entering Africa, has to subdue his wants and tastes, and compel himself to subsist on the rude pro ducts ur.e.l by the . natives. No matter what the traveller may have been in his own country, he could always command a certain quantity of good wholesome provi sions ; but in Africa he can at present have absolutely none of them. Neither can they be taken from England, the cost of carnage being so great. But when the railway is established the white man will be able to take his luxuries along with him—such as tea, coffee, flour, bread, wholesome meats, and wines. Fever then could be easily reduced, and after the first few months of inoculation by the atmospheric influences of the interior the traveller would feel himself able to surmount the malaria.”

Lord Airlie remarked to one of his tenants that it was a very wet season. “ Indeed, my lord,” replied the man, “ I think the spigot’s oot

A Find. —Some lads, whilst out rabbit coursing near Williamstown, Victoria, sat down near a fence to refresh themselves. While there, one of them discovered a parcel wrap ped in a newspaper, which on being opened, was found to contain a quantity of jewellery, valued at the result, no doubt, of a robbery. One of the youths took the parcel home and gave it to his mother. The police, hearing of this, called on her, but the good woman declined to give up the parcel. The police are at a loss how to proceed. Afghan Fruits—A. correspondent of the London Standard gives an account of the fruits of Afghanistan, which recalls to mind the report of the Israelitish spies on the return front the brook of Eshcol. He says: “ The fruit all along the line of march is cheap, and in great quantity. As for its quality, I have never seen it equalled in any country of the. world. There is one kind of grape of which it is no exaggera tion to say that each one is the size of a large walnut, and the bunches are often so long that a tall man cannot hold them clear of the ground.” 5 ' * V • ''

THURSDAY January 30, 1879.]

THE EVENING ECHO.



Butter, inferior to best if? Ib Eggs, $ dozen s. 1 d. 0 to I 2 I 3 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, $ lb 0 10 to 0 0 Bacon, prime smoked, lb 0 10 to 0 0 Hams in cloth, $ lb I 0 to 0 0 Flour in bags, £? ioolb 12 6 to 13 0 Oatmeal, $ 25ft 7 0 to 0 0 Lard, $ lb - - 0 9 to 0 0



Hotels. “ THE WHEATSHEAF HOTEL,” WHEATSTONE. G. H. WILLCOCKS Begs to announce that he has just COMPLETED THE ABOVE HOTEL, which will bo OPENED on the 25th inst. EYERY COMFORT & ATTENTION Will be found for TRAVELLERS AND THE GENERAL P U B L I C. LIQUORS OF THE BEST QUALITY. ’ 299 Boarding Houses. ANSTEE’S PRIVATE HOTEL AND BOARDING HOUSE. TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON, J. G. ANSTEE BEGS to intimate to the public that he has opened the above Suparior and Comfortable Hotel. Sitting and Smoking Rooms, Large Dining Rooms, Ladies’ Private Dining Rooms, and Suites of rooms for Families. The Bedrooms are well ventilated, and every attention paid to cleanliness. The Table will be found all that can be desired. First-class accommodation for Boarders. FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATION FOR BOARDERS. WARWICK HOUSE, Cox-street, Ashburtox. gLU C A S Begs to intimate to the Public that he has opened the above Boarding-house. Per sons requiring lodgings can rely on secur ing all the comforts of a home. 302 TEMPERANCE BOARDING HOUSE, Moor E-street, Ashburtox. (Late Womer’s.) PR0PR1ET0R............J0HN CANDISH. fJIHE above Boarding House is now Open for the accommodation of Boarders, Travellers, and others. Private Rooms fer Families. Breakfast 6 a. m. to 9 a. m. Dinner ... ... 12 ; to 2. Tea 6 to 7. Board and Lodging, £1 per week. MEALS & BEDS-ONE SHILLING. THE PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE AND DINING ROOMS, Wills Street, Near Railway Statiox, Proprietor ... ... Thos. Clark, Is now open for the convenience of Boar v ders, Commercial Travellers, and the Public. The house is entirely new, and beauti fully fitted up with All Comforts. Every attention will be paid to patrons. FIRST-CLASS TABLE, AXD TERMS LIBERAL. Families accommodated with private rooms. Breakfast, 6 a.m. to 9a. m.'; Dinner, 12 (noon) to 2 p.m.; Tea, 5.30 to 7 p.m. M E A L S—• Breakfast or Tea, Is. ; Dinner, Is. 6d. SERVANTS REGISTRY OFFICE. No Charge. FRANK BROWNE,’ Manager. Photograhy. PHOTOGRAPHY. MILLION PRICES jyrß. E. TEAGUE begs to ann< that he intends reducing the pri Photographs for the Holidays to— 9s. per dozen Cabinets... ... 255. ~ Notice.-—This Gallery will Perm&n



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Special Notices. ALFRED HARRISON, Baring Square, Ashburton, AUCTIONEER, STOCK, ESTATE, & COMMISSION AGENT. OPENING DAY— SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Ist, 1879. Lunch at 12 ; Sale at 1 o’clock. See full advertisement on the third page.