The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1879.

The last election, and indeed every New Zealand parliamentary election, pre vious to last, gave ventilation to the ques tion of the members’. hohdrarium. , ' Dis contented people, who overflow with patriotism, seem to think that the work of legislation should he done by ultra-patriots whose circumstances enable them to devote their time to the public service, and incur the inevitable expense that at tends the steps of every public man. This feeling usually induces the cry against members of the House of Representatives regarding the honorarium, and as a result some nasty things are occasionally said at election meetings, and references are made to the “ loaves and fishes.” In the circumstances of New Zealand,.payment of members must con tinue, and if members are to be paid, it is as well they should receive enough to cover at least all needful expenses. While this is done there is some hope that a poor man may hold a seat in Parliament as the representative of working men ; if the honorarium is dispensed with the go verning power of the colony will at once drop into the hands of wealthy men who can afford to live in Wellington half the year. It is amusing to note the perfor mances of the; 'House; every dime the esti mates are discussed, and this question of the honorarium comes on. Some fond lover of his country wishes to reduce the payment to members and moves accord ingly. This was done a few evenings ago in Committee of Supply, while the Esti mates were under discussion, and it looked as if our legislators were' about to be mulcted in 3.0 per cent of what they have hitherto been receiving as their Parlia mentary wages. But the House thought better of it, and had the Estimates re committed last night with a view to raise their own screw back to wliat it was pre viously. It is- remarkable however, while every public servant is just now in danger of being “ docked,” the hearts of the members should soften towards them selves, and on second thoughts they should resolve not to • reduce their own honor ariums.

Meteor.— A brilliant meteor was seen on Monday night at about eleven o’clock, bursting apparently just over the town ship, and although the moon was shinning brightly at the time, the phenomenon caused an extra illumination for the time being. Sunday Night’s Frost. —On Sunday last, it will be remembered, by those who were early enough abroad on Monday morning,'■ that snow fell tosome depth.; During Sunday night the frost was some-' what severe. Twenty miles up towards the hills, the frost seems to have been severer still, ice having been seen as thick as a half-crown. This is unusual in mid summer ; and, as a "consequence of tire unseasonable cold, much of the young fruit has been destroyed, and is lying in handfuls under the trees. Some of the grain crops, too, show signs, though not to any serious extent, of having had their tops frost bitten. The correspondent who supplies the foregoing information adds that some of the wheat in the Mount Somers district is breaking into ear and looking splendidly.

Laboii-savxng Machinery. —What is to be the ultimate result of the constant “ improvement in machinery ? It is easy to answer that by cheapening pro cesses of production, articles which only the wealthy could formerly enjoy are brought within the reach of the poor, and that in this way the consumption is greatly increased, and a market opened for the increased supply. Up to a certain point that works admirably, but may there not be a point beyond which it will not work ? Does the demand increase in a ratio suffi cient to furnish employment to those whom improvements in labor saving machines throw out of work, and if it has done so in the past, will it continue to do so in the future 1 A person visiting a cotton mill will be struck by the loneliness.of the vast halls in whiciKthe weaving is done. Busy minds are constantly seeking means to make it more lonely—tlltd is, to reduce the number of persons necessaiy to carry on the work. A vast change'itas been wrought in this respect during tii&s past decade, and the end is not yet, by sfly means, indeed, in some branches facture it is claimed that the machinery has been made so nearly perfect that one person can tend a large roomful of machinery and have but little to do at that. Should the advance in this direc- labor saving be as great in the next debacle ; as that which has passed, it is difficult tp believe that the old arguments will hold .good. There is much food for eafjJftst thought in this.

G.YpC —A moipited drill wifi take p!#ae on the ground nea? Quill’s Hotel, at (5 p,m. sharp. Trooper Scott in charge. / =•-; ■

“Five Sundays,”— l.Bßo is leap year, when the ladies have it all their own way.; They have an extra chance this time as. there will be five Sundays in next Feb ruary. This fact occurs bub three times in a century. Thus, after 1880, we shall have to wait until 1920 before the shortest month in the year can again boast of five Sundays. ' -Had.- —Curran once met his match in a port, jolly, lceen-eyed son of the sod, who acted as ostler at a.large .stable, and who was up as witness in a case' of a dispute in the matter of a- horse-trade., > Curran much desired to break down the credi bility or this witness, and thought to do it by. making the man contradict himself by tangling him up in a net-work of adroitly framed questions—but all to no avail., -Therostlcr was a companion to Sam Weller.' His good common sense and his equanimity and good nature were not to be overturned. By and by Curran, in towering wrath,- belched forth, as not another counsel would have dared to do in the presence of the court:' “Sirrah, you: are incorrigible ! The truth is not to be got from you, for it is not in in you. I see"the villain in your face 1” “ I’faith, yer honour,” said the witness, with the utmost .simplicity of truth and honesty, “my face must be moity clane and shinin’ indado, if it can reflect like that ! For once in his life the great barrister was floored by a simple witness., He could not recover from that repartee, and the case went against him. In Advance oe Her Time. —The “ Loafer ” theses : “ There are people who cast their bread upon the water, but who wax impatient over the “ many days” they have to wait before it comes back to them. A little lady (four years old) fore closed her mortgage the other day in a very: summary manner. She is a unit in the congregation of one of our most thickly populated churches where, like many of her seniors, she been for some time in the' habit of contributing three pence in silver every Sunday for some time:past.‘ A few Sundays since she as tonished her parents by thus addressing the collecting churchwarden —“ You come here Sunday after Sunday and take me treppence in your bag and never give us any. ; Neck Sunday you bring me turn money.” The abashed churchwarden fled swiftly on his feet, and, I’m afraid, the little girl had a severe caution, unaccom panied by pudding, on her 'return home: "■ A Slighted Young Lady. —One after, non a married lady of malure years was rading upon the balcony of her elegant welling ill a New York western avenue. Along came a little school girl of some five or six- springs, and, peering through the fence-paling-, called, “ Miss, miss, come down here !” “ What do you want!” asked the lady. “Come down here,” beckoning confidently with her finger. Come up here and tell me what you want.” “No,. I. shan’t; you comedown here,’and I’ll tell jam.”. “ No, my dear,” said the lady ; “ if you have anything to tell me, come up here and say it, or say it where you are.” “ Well, the next time I stop at your house and ask you to come down and pick me some of your pansies, you’ll know it !” And with a contemp tuous toss of the head, and a flaunt of her diminutive skirts, the indignant young lady moved on.. Clear the Kitchen. —A famous noble man once called on Abernethy with refer ence to an inflamed eye. His lordship, after waiting an hour for Abernethy to get through with a number of charity patients, whom ,he never left to attend to the highest nobleman, began the conversa tion by saying, “ Doctor, I wish you would examine this eye ; I fearsome deadly mis chief is at work here. ” ‘Tf you sit there in my patients’ chair, and let me do the talk ing, I will soon find out what is the matter with you.” A few short questions, and the doctor concluded the interview with the following words Your difficulty is not where you think it is, in your eye, but”—pointing his finger.at the patient’s ssomacli —“it is there, in your kitchen. Of course, when the kitchen is out of order, the garret and all the other rooms in the house are more or less affected. Now all you have to do is to clear the kitchen, and -the garret will require no special purification. Your lordship must, do as the famous Duke of Wellington' did on a well-known occasion-put off the supplies, and the enemy will leave the citadel.”. ■ F- a. m-i

A New Chttm Shot. — He was not long from the old country, and it being- Iris first visit to a squatting mansion, lie was much delighted with the chase of the marsupials. At the same time he thought he could teach the natives something. At the next hunting party he carried with him! the revolver he .had brought from England, duly loaded. He rode his host’s favourite horse, and as there were ladies present resolved to distinguish himself in their eyes. One of the pouch-bearers having separated from those pursued by the clogs, he kept the spur going, and was soon within short range. Drawing bis revolver, he prepared for . action, but through sonie mischance his index finger; pressed on the trigger a little too soon. It was also unfortunate that, the ; head of his host’s horse was precisely in the line of fire. No spear’from a catapult travelled with morejdestructive momentum than did lie from the saddle of the steed hehad sped. He walked home, and the liorse —did not. He is not sure this day. whether the com pliments paid him by his corteous host on his riding and shooting were equivocal or sincere. Somehow.he inclines, to regard them in their less complimentary con struction. —AEgles.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS

(Age Special. ) London, Dec. 2. The Queen's indisposition is severe although not serious. The Viceroy of India has determined to appoint a special Commission to sit at Lahore, and try the Ameer Yakoob Khan fbff complicity in the embassy massacre.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

TODAY’S TELEGRAMS.

>v Auckland, Dec. 2. At the of the Auck land Building and Investment Society the

rapqyfc ‘showed tlio |?soGigts to ba ‘£4jo3, casliilinpiand JS4BI. '*• s&vj At the fh*at/a ward- prizes to the pupils, of the New 'Schobr'of Art, founded by I)f, Campbell, thied young laclieS: carried off the x>rizes.O" ; !/ j ; j The inquiry into! the stranding of the barqueMildred was conducted : with closed doqrs, land the evidence/ hasJ.been--for warded to Wellington': ''S? v ' : Arrived—Myrtle, from Fiji. The charge of manslaughter* against the Rev. Geo. Brown was ‘ dismissed, the Attorney-Geiieral retiring froln cation. .• . : ,! . ; A. i

Grah vmstown, Dec. 2

The “ Styr” states that .imless, Govern -ImiehPtake energetic -nieiishre's m* the' dis pute -wetween -Alley- and -the- Hik-utai na tives, re the Pakaramea block, serious consequences will ensue: In the fracas on Saturday, between the survey party and the natives, one of the European hurled a billhook at the natives and afterwards pre sented-a* revolver: Mr. Derrick, R.R., has gone to Hikutai to endoador to settle the dispute. ■ — ■ , ... Wellington, Dec. 2.

A serious accident occcrred here last evening. A,horse,-while being taken out for exercise, bolted and knocked down two young children named Hoskings ;.one escaped without injury, but the other lies in a critical condition.

BRITISH & FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

LAST NIGHT'S ; CABLEGRAMS,

(Reuter's) St. Petersburg, Dec. 1. \ Leon Miriski, the: murderer .Of Genera Drenteln, has been sentenced to death. London, Nov. 29. Arrived —Downiemont, from Sydney. Cairo, Nov. 29,

The relations are critical between Egypt and Abyssinia, in consequence of the hos tile attitude of the King of Abyssinia.

(Argus Special. )

London, Nov. 30.

The first meeting of 50,000 in Hyde Park condemned the Irish arrests, and demanded reforms of the land laws.

The Pope has written to Archbishop M‘Cabe, of Dublin, deprecating agitation on the ground that Government is anxious to redress the grievances.' A Vienna telegram states that the Porte is insincere’in its professed willingness to initiate reforms.

Obituary—Michel Chevalier, the politi cal economist.

filT&ald. Spetidl (Undated). General Roberts sent' a native envoy to Turkestan to.treat-with the independent chiefs'with a view of counteracting Rus sia’s intrigues. The British .-are still undisturbed in the occupation of Cabal. Mr. Roebuck, late member for Sheffield, is dead. The President recommends Congress to increase the provision to secure the effi cient representation of America at the Melbourne Exhibition. The press ap proves. America has sent a man-of-war to Samoa to establish a coaling station.

AUSTRALIAN.

( Special. ) Melbourne, Dec. 2.

The Commissioners are advised that France has applied for 17,500 feet of space in the forthcoming Exhibition. The Intercolonial cricket match with Tasmania commences at Melbourne on Dec. 0. -

( Reuter’s Telegrams.) Melbourne, Dec. 2.

Saile d—- Arawata.

A caucus of the Council' was Held to day regarding the'intended resignation by Sir C. Slalden, of the leadership.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

LAST NIGHT’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Dec. 2.

A lad named Swinburne, aged 16, has been arrested for sheep stealing. The prisoner stabbed a man in two places, who endavoured to arrest him.,., He was remanded. - •

The gold returns for the month are nearly 6000 ozs. At Lie Licensing Session to-day Superin tendent Thomson said that there was a complaint against' the Nevada Hotel on the ground that a barmaid had been em ployed who was- addicted to gross im morality, ; The barmaid had left, so that he should take no further action in the matter.

There arp 17 candidates for the senior, and 31 for-ithe. junior examination.for the Civil'Service.

Geahamstown, Dec. 2.

The Alburnia mine has declared a dividend of 17s. Od., absorbing nearly : £70.00, -payable, next Friday.; sales, 775. 6d. ; sellers, 80s ; buyers, 775. 6d. at the jelose.

Nelson, Dec. 2,

Alice Sutton, charged on remand with infanticide, was dismissed, the Crown Prosecutor saying- there was no evidence to substantiate the charge. - The Volunteer.demonstration held yes terday was a great success. Wellington, Dec. 2.

At the Appeal Court to-day, in the case of Cheymoul v. Gleich and others, judg ment was given for plaintiff. The de fendant in this action had been adjudged a bankrupt in Adelaide aiid absconded. He afterwards . came ,to New Zealand and again became bankrupt. The credi tors in New .Zealand, now: brought this action to retain the goods and propertj r of defendant, and prevent them being banded over to the trustee of the Adelaide bank ruptcy. . Their Honors decided that the bankrupt, by bis visit to England and set tlement in New Zealand, terminated his domicile in Adelaide, and that in reference to property subsequently acquired, al though as between -Gleich*' and the Ade laide trustee, the trustee might be entitled to it, yet as between the New Zealand creditors and the trustee, the creditors must have the preference. It is understood that to-day negotiations long pending for the purchase of. the “ New- Zealander”- and “New Zealand Times” were completed, and they will shortly be merged in one as a Govern ment organ. Both the Bank of New Zealand and Mr. George M‘Lean are said to be concerned in the transaction.

An official enquiry into the accident t*> the steamer Tui on Sunday week was held

EO-t|ay ? a»4 iherpoure fpjjitdjilft? |t*B 4 WS? sel grounded through wapt. or proper judg ment iiaving bgen exercised By.the paster, particularly ! dn|having; left his\ -post; on the bqdge at iiti'riie wlYen/he could not see the light, arid;had yiothirig ydiateverA to guide Him, merely to set the foresail, ,tvhich'\Yiis of no earthly use under, the circumstances. After observing that thh vessel must V liave g’orie five or six points out of her. course, the Court ordered the captain’s certificate to be suspended for three months, and ad judged him to pay the cost of the inquiry. An enquiry is being held as to the cir cumstances connected with the recent col lision on the Featherstoiv line. '.: Government will introduce a clause into the Property Assessment Bill to prevent the capital of investment companies being taxed twice, which, as the “ Otago Times” pointed out* ■ wouhl-be the-effect of the Bill as i now stands.

Greymouth, Dec. 2.

The Customs’ revenue for the month ended November 30, shows an increase of over £2OO over the corresponding month of last year. The rush at the Seventeen mile Beach is increasing, and ground is being taken up in all directions, mostly by old West Coast diggers, who are hastening back daily, as the locality has always been a favorite one in consequence of the heavy nature of the gold. Since October 100 miners’ rights have been taken out, and to-day 20 more were applied for. The rush is heavy.

Dunedin, Dec. 2.

William Petrie was received into the Dunedin Hospital yesterday suffering from a gunshot wound received while out shooting at Mullocky Gully on Sunday. He was walking in front of a companion, when the gun of the latter, which lie was carrying at half cock, went off, and Petrie received the charge in his right elbow and side.

The bell for the new Town Hall tower, to be used for fire alarm, was cast at A.-T.' Burt’s foundry to-day. It contains 15 cwt. of bell metal. The Council has resolved to take a plebiscitum. of the' ratepayers to decide whether the Mayor should in future be elected by the Council or ratepayers. Invercargill, Dec. 2.

The quarterly Licensing Court was held to-day. All the new applications, three in number, were refused. Most encouraging news is to hand from the Longwood reef. : Mr. Printz, pro prietor of a claim there, arrived in town this evening, and brought with him the gold taken out of the rich spot struck recently. The gold, which was in four pomade bottles, turned the scales at 22-lbs. avoirdupois. Allowing for the sand mixed with the gold, there must have been 19ozs of clean metal, this being the produce of two tin dishes of stuff taken from the reef. The gold was followed upwards of two feet above the roof of the drive, and looked even richer than where first struck. About 130 ft. from the face of the tunnel three other shots of gold were passed through. These were not so rich, but payable, The lode varies from one to two feet in thick ness. It lies between well-defined walls, is highly oxidised, and dips to eastwards at about one in six. The tunnel’s total length is about 530 ft. Another party of men are working about half a mile from Mr. Printz’s claim, and are reported to be doing well.

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Tuesday, Dec. 2.

In the Legislative Council to-day, after disposing of a large 'mass of preliminary business, there was a discussion, lasting about an hour, on the petition ;of the late Chief Surveyor, Mr. Jackson, but nothing definite was done, and the subject will probably recur again. Sir F. Bell gave notice to move —“ That this Council deemed Sir Julius Yogel justi fied in believing he had the sanction of Government to join the Land Company.” The Hon. F. Whitaker notified the in troduction of a measure to prevent in decent performances in theatres. The Hon. T. Fraser notified to move Government to introduce the Westing house brake on the railways. There was considerable discussion on the proposed condensation of “■ Hansard,” but after several members, including the Speaker, had remarked on the difficulties in the way of condensation, the debate was postponed. An Imprest Supply Bill for £250,000 was passed, and a number or unimportant measures were advanced a stage either in Council or Committee. On the order to read the Lawrence Athenreum Bill a third time, it' was thrown out on the motion of the Hon. Dr. Pollen by 16 to 10, Dr. Pollen stating it to be undesirable that the Legislature should intervene to legalise doubtful pecuniary transactions between small institutions and their creditors.

The Council adjourned till 7.3.0. The Evening Sitting was in Committee on a number of little measures, which were imported with amendments. The Council rose at 8.35 p. m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Tuesday, Dec. 2.

AFTERNOON SITTING. The House met at 2.30 p.m. NOTICE OF MOTION

Mr. Dick gave notice of motion that the House sit on Saturdays during the remainder of the Session for the despatch of private members’ business.

QUESTIONS.

In reply to Mr. Ormond, The Hon. J. Bryce said that no good purpose would be served by having printed the specimen pages of the New Zealand Lexicon, furnished to the Native Office by Mr. W. Colenso.

Mr. Hutchison asked by what au thority the public were charged Is. for each plan examined in the survey offices in the Colony ; and if the Government will direct in future that all maps and plans of surveyed lands be open to all authorised or licensed surveyors free of charge. ... ... The Hon. W. Rolleston replied that the charge ivas only made for- inspecting original maps of a public character, the same being authorised by section 160 of the Land Act.

Mr. H. Hirst asked if any further claims had been made on Government by the contractor for the Western railway in Southland since the award of the arbitra tors was made ; and if so, what amount l Mr. Oliver replied that the amount was

eluded the grbijyatoig' rewa't(|, .y d Mr. George allied if thpre is fjtill a reward offered for the capture of Hiroki, and, if so, presuming stabulary were to capture him wOulcLthey'i be entitled to the reward, afid if tli&.Gp-d vernment still consider it necessary; tou keep up the large force now stationed* fin the West Coast of the North Island ”% Mr. Bryce replied that no reward had been offered;' and that Government con sidered it necessary in the meantime to keep the Armed' Constabulary force at the West Coast, but expected that the neces sity would shortly pass wray. In reply to Mr. Gisborne,

Mr. Hall said the Government would advise His Excellency to. lay. before Parliament, during the present session, : copies of the despatches which have passed between His Excellency and the Secretary ‘of State since the ; close of the session of 1878. - ,

In reply to Mr. 1 Fisher, ■ : ■ Mr. Hall said the -Government did not see its way to iiiake provision on the Sup plementary Estimates, to provide suitable accommodation for His Excellency when lie visited Christchurch or Dunedin. f ;

BILES REPORTED. ‘ , ': The following Pills were introduced and read a first time d —“ The South Island Native- High Schools,” Mr. Sheehan ; “jThe Otago Harbor Board Endowment,” Mr. E. Dick; A Bill .to . amend “ The Civil List Act, 1883, Amendment Act, 1863,” Mr. Shephard. HONORARIUM. . On the motion for going into Commit mittee being put, a .motion: was made for the re-committal of- the Estimates for the purpose of re-considering the proposal to reduce the,,amount to be paid ,as honorarium. ,

-The motion,* for recommittal was :put and carried. , ,

In Committee , the .item, expenses ; .of members of both Houses, £22,690 3s. 2d. was considered. :j i:

Major Atkinson proposed.that the sum as originally printed be passed!

It was explained that the ten per cent, deduction on the previous occasion re duced the item to £20,525 3s. 2d. The House divided—Ayes, 37 ; Noes, 26. r-. ‘ ' • .

The following is the division list : Ayes—36. —Messrs Andrews, Atkinson, Ballance, Barron, Beetham,; Brown, Dc Lautour, Finn, Fisher, J. T.j Fisher, J. 8., George, Gibbs, Gisborne, Hamlin, Harris, Hirst, Hislop, . Hutchison, Ireland, Lundon, .Macandrew, Mont gomery, Moorhouse, 01iver, : Reid, Seddon, Shanks, Sheehan, Sutton, Tainui, Tawliai, Te Wheoro, Thomson, Tamoana, Wallis.

• Noes—26.—Adams,: Bowen Bryce, Bain, Dick, Hall, Hursthouse, Johnston, Ivenny, Levin, M‘Lean, Moss, Murray, Richardson, Rollestoii, Saunders; ;Shep hard, Shrimski, Speight, Stevens, Stud holme, Swanson, Tole, Trimble, Willis, Wright. The deduction previously made was re stored. , IMPREST SUPPLY. An Imprest Supply Bill was granted to the amount of £250,000. LAND BILL. The Hon W. Rollestoii moved the re committal of the Land Bill, for the pur pose of adding the following to section 11: —“Provided that in the case of lands sold on deferred payments since the first day of January, 1878, the payment of the aforesaid one-third shall cease, .as. soon as by such payments, together with any pay ments previously made the total amount of one-third of the land has been paid over as aforesaid.” To section 27,' add to first paragraph, “ Provided the conditions of occupation and price to be paid for lands within settlement by the persons placed upon thereon by the contractor, shall be submitted to and approved by the Governor before any. such contract as aforesaid shall be executed. ” To section 27, adcl to second paragraph—“ Every person placed on any lands as aforesaid by any contractor who has fulfilled the con ditions of his occupation, shall thereon be entitled to a grant direct from the Crown’ for land lie has become entitled to hi' respect of his occupation.” ’ ’ The;debate was interrupted by the-5.30 p.ni.-adjournment. ” ; r v ‘"

EVENING SITTING. - ’ ' The House resumed at 7.30. Consideration of the Land Bill was re sumed in Committee. .. .

Mr. Pyke moved as :an amendment— “ That the following be added to clause 7 —‘ Any purchaser of land on deferred pay ments who, by reason of the operation thereof, shall have. been prevented from obtaining full 320 acres, shall, subject to the approval of the Waste Lands Board, be entitled to select additional land in the neighborhood not being more than;' when added, to. his purchase, will make 320. acres, and he shall pay therefore at the same price as he shall have paid for such original purchase. ’ ” ; • The House divided —ayes, 25 ; noes, 39.

Mr. Seddon moved —‘‘ That | clause 28 re rebate in respect of adult persons intro duced from the United Kingdom be struck out.”

A. division took place on the question that the clause, as printed, staud part of the question—ayes, 25 ; noes, 39. The clause was struck out.

Mr. Kelly proposed to .’amend a clause making the provision re deferred payment land, applicable to New Plymouth. The House divided on the proposal;— ayes, 16 ; noes, 47. . ... . The Bill was then reported with amend ments, read a thii’d time, and passed. , THE DEBTORS AND CREDITORS ACT, 1876, AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill was committed. A motion was made that workmen’s wages should be protected as a preferential claim for a period of two months. Mr. Andrews maintained that a provi sion of the kind was liable to abuse in as much as preferential claims of that kind were found to swallow up the available assets of small estates in liquidation. Mr. DeLautouf' allowed that the ex punging of a provision of the kind would be a hardship both to the workmen and employers. Good workmen stuck to em ployers, even although they might be a few weeks in arrear. If this provision was expunged, the effect would be that employers of that particular class would be debarred from carrying on operations. The clause as printed was put and car ried at 12.50 a .in.

(By Telegraph to-day.)

The House sat till 3.15 this morning, in Committee, on various Bills, but nothing of importance was done.

The Queen's Garden.

•j y" j - *' ' ’ {Lahdon Journal.) i The; Queen v|as, not .twenty years of age (when, • • the throne. Comiug fihtb ' possession.;; of powerj with a heart ffresh, tender,-lin'd pure, and with all the iinstfnG.ts/ih'elmed to fivevey, ire may be rjsure that,'., she founds many things that tried.lier’ strength of resolution to the ut most. On a bright, beautiful morning, the young Queen was waited upon at her palace; at Windsor, by the Duke of Wel lington, who had brought , from London various papers requiring her signature to-V a sentence of Court-martial pronounced > • against a saldieF b’f tlielihd, thb?knteiice that he-.be upon the pien;lookect- upon-the 'v*,» wondrous beautieapi;Hat- nature to her view. “ Wlia't has this man done?” ' she asked, The Duke looked at the-paper, and replied,Ah, my royal < • man- 1 fear- isTincorrigible..;yHft'hSJSude'A serted three times.” . .“And can you say anything-in his behalf, lington shook his head. “Oh, think; again, I pray you. !”.... Seeing.-; that; iHer; Majesty was so deeply fnoved, and feeling ' sure she would not ...have ,theman ,shot ,pf' any event, he finally confessed that ‘the man was brave and gallant-, and really a A good soldier. “ But,” he added; “ think of the influence.’’. '“influence !’' the Queen cried, . her eyes; flashing;: and her • ■ bosom heaving with'' strong emotion. “ Let it.be ours to yield influence.; I will • * try mercy in' this' man’s case, anil I charge your Grace to let me know.the result. A good soldier you said- Oh thank you for ' r ’ that! And you '.may tell him 'that-yciur good word saved him. ” Then she took the paper and wrote, with a bold,'firm i ;.-,; hand across the dark, page the bright£(|ayf’‘ ing word-7 “Rardoned!’’TheDuke wasfond : of telling the stoiy,.. and .he .was willing also to confess-that-the : giving -of that _ paper to the>-pardoned .soldierdgaye hiait far more joy than he. could .have ex perienced from the taking of the city. ; *; •

Living Ornamentsfor Ladies Dresses.

The Parisians are’'wild 'about'thd : so-,: called English fashion' .of Vwearing living " . jewellery (says a correspondent lof uthef “Milliner and-' Dressmaker:”) —the fact being that the idea-- is American, not ; - English, and \vas originated'by an can, whose Mexican beetle caused some sensation at-the-court-of- St.--Petersburg.- - The writer suggests that the common cockroach —the homely blackbeetle—■ re lieved with gold harness of exquisite workmanship, would really. be,.more. effec-. five than the dull brown and; black of the Mexican beetle. The glossy and plentiful'’ and unpretending blackbeetle is recom mended as becoming to blondes ; but the poor- brunette, is ' left ..high' and edry; with, only a miserable cricket to set off her beauty. May Ibe allowed to call atten tion to the charms of the slug as an orna ment for the 'f‘ blackGiaire'd gckldesses ” of the period. If the blondes take pos session of the blackbeetles—and thereby clear our kitchens for us—why should, not brunettes monopolise slugs, and clear our gardens ? ;

The Doctor in the Kitchen.

\ Mr. Earnest Hart writes in the Medical Journal,” in continuation of a previous article that the public mind is not .sufficiently awakened to the importance of ia thorough and active campaign against the waste of food which characterises the 1 ' habitual dietary of rich and poor in Great Britain. A good doctor, it has often been said, must be a good cook ; and it is re ported of a cynical physician of great repute that, being seen to issue from the kitchen of a large institution which he. was visiting, he said, on being- interrogated, “I always go to salute the cook; the cooks are the doctors’ best friends ; if they were not so bad we should have but few patients. I owe, half my income to bad cooks.” A bad cook- j s wasteful of material, of money, of fuel and of health; ;and, with a few exceptions, English cooks are all bad cooks in one sense or other ; unskilful in execution or extravagant in selection, and destitute of sound and economical traditions .... In the French household the little-.piece of stewed 'meat *is preceded*' by a pleasantly-flavored soup, made with the bones and parings of the" meat and some of the iemnants of yesterday’s dinner, with perhaps crusts of bread and some vege tables added; the meat itself is served with stewed beans, or carrots and onions, or potatoes. If the joint of one day be a piece of beef, next day the cold meat ap pears, perhaps cut in'slices, with oil and vinegar, or with a mustard sauce. The cold potatoes and jcold stewed beans or cauliflower of the previous day make an excellent salad next day, with perhaps a tomato added, cut in slices. The macaroni and cheese left over from a previous meal reappears at the next, reheated with other sliced cold vegetable, celery or salsify, or whatever else, and covered with a little browned scraped cheese. ’"', -r The commonestffisli'is'served habitu ally Avith a little 4 broiyn .butter ; ’" and and neither workman nor epicure need despise the nourishing and toothsome dish. Gold fish . reappears i either ‘ a l’huile,’ or with a sauce of Oil and mustard beaten together into; a cile&hfivafidt fi* least as welcome as on the .first day, when eaten hot ; or, Avith bread-crumbs and pepper and salt,-a. J parade" is made," in which much bread and a little fish make up. a most nourishing .;and . appetising ‘ plat.’ Even copgep,:-soup’and £ |.dog r fish soup are not below-, the appreciation of a maritime population ; iandtthose who;have tasted both on the coast of Normandy can ans Aver for them being both palatable and nourishing. ‘Bouillon baisse,’ the fish soup of Marseilles, is a specialty Avhich it might not be easy to import ; but’ anyone who has tasted it, either in Marseilles or in the Rue Boieldieu, in Paris, will not think it a dish to be despised. What a plebeian and usually coarse - 'and- tasteless dish is tripe as usually prepared in Eng land ; how digestible, nourishing and cheap a dinner may be made off ; ‘ tripe h la Caen ’ at a hundred restaurants In Paris ; and ‘ soupe & la fromage”- . the plebeian ornament and: charm of many a ‘ petit souper -fin ; ’ and tlie whole tribe of vegetable purges—potato soup, carrot soup, turnip soup—- so simple, so nourish ing, si- inexpensive, and easily made. Tliey are not unknoAvn in England,;, but lioav rare ! Again, in .the art of cooking potatoes and fish, when shall Ave learn to fry fish, say, as the poor Jews in White chapel do 1 or potatoes as is done at the corner of every poor street in Paris ? this

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AdvertisejiJen|iSv| :®r •' i.mVj \rj i e- * & ■ j i’■ :AA NEW ZEALAND* ki.IIiWAYS. ; j U'.i }f;4? I js;? ;• ; | TENDERS FORSOOK' STALLS.' <{* SEPARATE- Written Tenders will be received at this' office, ad dressed to the undersigned, Up to noon of WEDNES DAY, 10th December, for the LEASE of „ BOOKSTALLS.at, the Lyttelton,. C.hrist ciiurch- Ashburton, and.Rangiora Railway Stations; fpr-Oiie Yeaiy(} . ;-K. i ' l Tenders to be accompanied by a marked cheque‘ for : £o. Specifications.and conditions can be seen . at. this office, and at the Lyttelton, Christ church, Ashbux;ton, and Rangiora Railway Stations.,.- AA • - S The' highest-or any- tender will not necessarily be accepted. , ■,;, FREDK. BACK. , „, .. i : A K O'IT AT A iIARO General- ’Manager.-' : ' General Manager’s Office, - ' Christ church, Dec. 2, 1879. 770 a t" SERVICE OF SONG will be given, j\_ in the Tinwald Schoolroom, on THURSDAY,: 4th inst, at 7.30 p.m., in aid of the" Sunday School. Mr. _ Savage; Conductor. The Rev.. Air. Beattie in the OTvill* r '' ' ', r , • 768 a * " ’ ' R- GALLOWAY. ; ’’ANTED.—-A Respectable Young -;i y y/,-,; ]VJa>i, to drive a Baker’s Cart. Apply*-* r-. ; • r * * - • E.’TAYLOR, 7(;g a Saunders’ Buildings. WANTED —A Good Junior CLERK. Salary, £IOO per annum. Apply by letter, gin , own - handwriting, to “ Clebk,”,;Box 12, Ashburton. 764 a f 7 .a.Ha.!>'.■. .a-.£ '-> ~- / -= ; • _J ■ ''ANTED. KNOWN, tbe season for l is at hand, and we can supply, after the IstDecembei, 20,000 Cabbage Plants,'i2o,ooo BroccoH Plants, &c.- —Apply at the Seed Depot, East Street * ; 745 a ' SEALY BROS.



£1 REWARD. LOST a Black Leather Pocket Book containing £5 in single notes, and other papers, besides name of the under signed. Anyone 1 returning same to office of this paper,.'will, receive above reward. 7G2a „■> JAMES WILSON, i mOWNH A L L. ;1 MONDAY, DEC. Bth. ■ iT Will be 1 presented the Two-Act v ; y ' opera, ;*•' " THE DOCTOR OF ALCANTARA. #ULL COMPANY AND CHORUS. ’ TWENTY-FOUR IN NUMBER. •r: :- 234—758 a Ashburton Caledonian ... ... . SOCIETY. PROGRAMME OF SPORTS, To be held on BOXING DAY, FRIDAY, 20th DECEMBER, 1879. 1. Music—Bagpipes, Pibrochs, 1 prize, Marches, Strathspeys, 1 prize. 2. Quoits—lst and 2nd prizes. 3. Men’s Open Handicap Hurdle Race prizes. 1 .... 4. Handicap , Hurdle Race — For boys not over .16. years of age—44o yards ; Ist and 2nd prizes.,, 5. Running High Jump—Men and boys, Ist and 2nd -prizes.... A 6. Tossing the Caber- —Ist and 2nd prizes. !<, v ‘ ;l . 7. Standing High Jump—Men ana boys, Ist and 2nd prizes. ’ : J 8. Handicap Race—loo - yards, men, 1 prize.■ ' , ' . , , 9. Running High Jump—For boys under 16 years of age, X prize. 10. Highland . Reel—lst and 2nd prizes. 11. Highland Fling—lst and 2nd prizes. 12. ' Irish Jig—Men, Ist and 2nd prize. 13. Irish Jig—Ladies, Ist and 2nd prizes. 14:- Sword Dance —lstiand 2nd prizes. 15i a Giiikb !> Handicap-’ Flat Races — !200 yards - 300 yards, 440 yards, , j ’2ncl, ; arid 3rd prizes. iYAUXTiNG WITH Pole—Men, Ist and 2nd‘ prizes'. 17. Vaulting with under 16 wears,lst arid 2nd prizes. :18. Flat Race— Men, | mile, Ist and 2nd prizes. 19. Walking Match — Men, 2 miles, Ist .and 2nd prizes. 2©. Putting the Stone —16 lbs, Ist and - 2nd prizes. ' 21. Throwing the Hammer —16 lbs, Ist .and 2nd prizes. 22- 'Wrestling— Cumberland Style, 1 ’ - -prize J Collar and Elbow, 1 prize! 1 23. Flat Race—Men, 1 mile, Ist and 2ad prizes. it 24. Three.. Legged Race —100 yards, 1 prize. , . < 25. Running . Hop, ' Step, and Jump Ist and 2nd prizes. 26. "Running -Long Jump—Ist and 2nd ' prizes. • 2%. Best Dressed Highlander—l prize. 28. Gymnastics on Horizontal Bar 1 -.-. Vi . prize. • . * ..i<29ii:OiaXi.Men ? s Race—Over 40 years, ti gahif XOO yards, Ist and 2nd prizes. 'Handicap Consolation, Race —1 or boys and men, ‘MO yards, Ist and 2nd -.vbfpvtzkiiMd ... • . « #-••351. Singlestick-—1 prize.



entrance fees and amount of pnzes advertised during the month oi npr «> .• By order of the Directors, . ; ' T:T. E. HYDE HARRIS, *7 *. ; ' : - ' • • Secretary.' T Novi.'24, 187*>. ■ 239 ~ 750a ' ; —r... • I * ’I Dl '■ i - THISTLE LODGE, No.. 627, S.C. <m .. Ashburton. ' -.-d 1 -: • .ANNUAL INSTALLATION OF ICERS AND BANQUET, ON ' ■ j >Y.EVENING, DEO. sth, 1879.! Installation in Lodge Room at 7 P- m. B mo net in Bro. Quill's at 9 p.m. jameb mutch, •240—Tola Hon. Sec.



N’evy Advertisements^ T' OST,.on Saturday, a Scythe: Shavpen " 8 1\ irig. £>TONE.;' The owner would be gladiifltlie Finder would leave same at the Herald Office] r;; \\ ' : ' 766a'. .' , ; SERVICES-in connection/ ..with . the ’Second ’ Anniversary' or tAe" ' above Church, will be conducted by the Rev. ' W. BAUMBER, of Christchurch, On SUNDAY, DEC. 14. Collections, in aid of the Building Fund Oxi TUESDAY following, a TEA will be held in tlie Church, after which a Public Meeting will take place, addressed by Ministers and other friends. Music by tlie Choir. ’ 755 a A CARD-.> - . ? •• rr - Mr cattl in , SURGEON DENTIST, Is now at Quill’s Hotel, and.will attend patients until further notice. 671 a ' BIRTH. Fletcher. —At Ashburton, on the 2nd December, the wife of Francis A. Fletcher of a daughter. DEATH. Dolman. —-At her residence, Tan cred street, Ashburton, on the 3rd December, after an illness of five weeks, Matilda Jane, the beloved wife of Joseph C. Dolman, aged 26 years.