COMMERCIAL.

[by telegraph.]

Dunedin, June 4.

Prime fat beef, 22s 6d. per lOOlbs; mut ton, 2|d. per lb ; good sample mill wheat, 3s. Bd. to 3s. lid.; fowls wheat, 3s. to 3s. 3d.; oats, Is. 3d. to Is. 4d.; malt barley, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 10d.; feed, 2s. 6d to 3r.; potatoes, E2 75.! 6cL; old; hay, jL4 ; new oaten hay,'L3 ; chaff, L 3 ; straw, L2; bran, IS; pollard, I*4 ; flour, LlO, large sacks ; oatmeal L 9 10s.; pearl barley, L2O; onions, 75.; cheese,sd. ;bacon, rolled, lOd.; hams, Is.; sides bacon, 10d.

Christchurch Corn Exchange. The following is the Christchurch Corn Exchange report for the “ week ending Friday evening, the 4th June : ' - Business in the grain trade during trade , ; during the week has been of the most - limited description, and indeed is in a most depressed condition. Latest advices from Home regarding the wheat market . are not more reassuring than formerly. The one and only grain of comfort which exists is that returns for shipments of oats to the United Kingdom are now to hand, which hare netted 2s. per bushel. The quality moreover has been highly ap proved of, and met with ready sale, both for milling and seed purposes. It is to hoped this will give an impetus to the further exportation of this cereal. Wheat.—Seed samples are now being inquired for. Small parcels of this class are (being sold at from 4s. to 4s. Gd., accord ji) ing to quality ; for fair milling quality fit for shipment, 3s. 6d. per bushel, f.o.b. in ‘' "Lyttelton, is the quotation. Chick wheat is still in large supply, and quotations re main unaltered, Is. 9d. to 2s. 4d. per bushel. Oats. —The recent advices from Home have caused more inquiries to be made for parcels of good heavy milling quality fit for shipment. It is reported that Is. Gd. per bushel, f.0.b., has been offered for the f. foregoing class. Feed qualities do not, as j . yet, appear to have benefitted, quotations '* Ji remaining as before, Is. to Is. 4d. per '- i: bushel. : ; •il; Barley.—The market for this class of grain drags along a weary existence. Only parcels of undesirable malting quality are meeting with any attention, and for such . very low prices are being accepted, viz., 2s. Gd. to 3s. 4d. per bushel; feed and second rate quality is next to unsaleable —prices nominal. Potatoes.—A slight improvement has taken place in the market, and transactions : have been more numerous. The principal sales are for forward delivery, or rather for delivery all through the season. Sales for immediate delivery have been effected at 255. to 265. at stations within a radius of 8 miles from Christchurch. For those edi who Undertake to delivor throughout the ><; season, and when wanted, 355. to 375. Gd. is the price quoted. In all cases sacks are extra. Grass Seed. —The market remains very flat, no sales are reported during the week. Good heavy well dressed samples, 2s. 6d. to 2s. lOd. per bushel. Cocksfoot remains inactive at 2hd. to 2fd. per lb. Cheese and Butter.—4d. to for the former, and Bid. to 9d. for the latter, with a good demand.

MAIL NOTICES.

■;> Mails arrive at the Ashburton Post Office— From Christchurch, at 10.35 a.m., 4.55 v p.m., and 8.15 p.m. daily. From Chertsey, Rakaia, &c. at 10.35 U A. m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate places at 5.25 p.m. daily. Fr»m Temuka and Timaru at 9.25 a. m. y : and 5.25 p. m. daily. From Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 p.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 a. m. daily. From Wakanui and Seafield on Tues days and Fridays at 2.30 p.m.

Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office, as follows : For Christchurch and North at 6 a. m. 9. a. m., and sp. m., daily. For Chertsey Rakaia, &c., at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. : ! For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, * and Geraldine, at 10.15 a.m. daily. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 6 a.m. and 10.15 a.m. daily. . For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge, on Tuesdays and Fridays, at 10.30 am. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.m. daily. For Wakanui, and Seafield, on Tues days and Fridays, at 6 a. m.

W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1880.

In a parliamentary paper just received, is given the whole official correspondence relative to the appointment of Captain Wm. Jackson Barry as lecturer in England on the very important subject of emigra tion to New Zealand. Many persons who know the “ captain ” have often wondered what strange infatuation seized the last Government, under the influence of which they sent the worthy “ Captain ” to Eng land to trumpet forth his own praises, with the colony’s as second fiddle. But the correspondence now before us gives us an account of how the thing was done, and it appears from the letters there given that the Hon. Robert Stout must have fancied the idea a happy thought, of ridding the colony of the redoubtable “ captain,” inasmuch as he seems to have jumped at the proposal with great eager ness. The proposal to Mr. Stout to send Home the “ Captain ” originated in Otago, whether with Barry himself or with the 127 persons who in a memorial to the Premier recommended him as a lecturer, it is difficult to say; but a memorial thus ' extensively signed was forwarded to Wellington, with the

almost immediate result that the Dunedin Immigration Officer was ordered to find the Captain a passage Home in a sailing ship at a cost of L4O, with L2O to find him in cash when lie arrived in England. We do not say that Mr. Stout did not do the colony a service when he thus took steps to get rid of the Captain ; but do say that the service was not so effective as it was wished to be, for the Captain is here again. It was in Sep tember, 1878, that Captain William Jack son Barry set sail, and in the same month the Agent-General had penned to him a memo, by Mr. Stout, apprising him of what had been done, and stating that the passage and pocket money paid was to be recouped bj “ lectures” delivered by the Captain. When a sufficient number of these oratorical efforts had been made to wipe off the debt of L6O due by the Cap tain, “the question of his further employ ment” was left for Sir Julius Yogel to de termine. Sir Julius acknowledged this memo, in November, but at this time Captain Jack had not arrived Home. In December, however, of the same year, Mr. Ballance saw fit to be at Sir Julius again on the question of the Captain. Barry had been vaporing about the colony of his grand appointment as an immigration agent and public lecturer, and Mr. Ballance not at all prepared to risk his Government’s reputation for wis dom, by owning to their selection as a lecturer of a character like Barry, told Sir Julius that with liim lay Barry’s employ ment as a lecturer. Sir Julius, whatever his faults, has a keen eye to the colony’s good name, and he, failing to recognise the Captain’s merits, of coui’se failed to em ploy him. Captain William Jackson Barry then set out on his “ own hook,” and according to his own story, the ex- Mayor of Cromwell became a great man in England. There is no further correspon dence between the Agent-General and the Government on the subject of Captain William Jackson Barry until January of this year, when we find that, however, successful the Captain may have been in England in his own eyes, and however high a pinnacle of fame he may have reached, he had become hard up. Any how Sir Julius Yogel paid his passage over here again, and from the tone of his published letter we infer that.he was very glad for the credit of the colony to have the old man hurried out of England, and back to the colony, which, while residing in it, he could not injure. The Captain is now in New Zealand, and it is quite refreshing to notice his “cheek.” To wit, this is how he writes, almost im mediately on arrival, to the Immigration Minister :

“ Referring to the memorial addressed to the Government in October, 1877, signed by many of the chief representa tive men of Otago, I have now respect fully to submit that it was only right that the Government should reimburse me for the actual outlay which I have incurred in the service of the colony. It is true I have no legal claim, but I venture to think there is a moral obligation. I have a letter from the Immigration Minister to the Agent-General, in which the question of my engagement was left to his discre tion ; but when I reached Home Sir J. Vogel had just received a telegraphic message from the Government which pre cluded him from incurring expenditure. I therefore proceeded to work on my own resposibility and at my own cost and ex pense—expending £SOO in travelling through England and descanting upon the advantages which New Zealand presented to labor and capital. The result I need not describe. The press throughout the United Kingdom affords ample testimony to this, and I have no hesitation in saying that through my efforts and labor a wider and more extensive interest has been ex cited in New Zealand than has ever been created through any individual instru mentality. I may say that Sir J. Vogel, in a letter to Mr. Macandrew, admits the value and extent of the services which have been rendered by me. I shall not further dilate on this now, as I trust that is unnecessary, and that the Government will see its way to reimburse me the out lay which I have incurred, either in money or in land.”

The Minister for Education, however, fails to find any promise or undertaking in the whole correspondence on the sub ject of the Captain’s employment that would justify the Government in enter taining the application, and so ends one of the greatest farces the ex-Government ever enacted. It is amazing that men claiming to the character of statesmen, could ever have been so far left to themselves as to send home a mountebank like Barry to cry up the colony of New Zealand.

“The Story-teller” column will be found in this evening’s issue on the fourth page.

A Sham Parson. —A man named Atter bury, alias Cornock, who had passed him self off as a clergyman, is in trouble at Auckland, where the police have their hands on him for larceny. He is now under l’emand.

The Colleen Bawn. —There is still no sign of the missing schooner Colleen Bawn. The Hinemoa failed to find any trace of her, and has returned to Wellington. It is now believed the schooner has foundered at sea.

The Roasted Maori. —Recently an old Maori was literally roasted ever a fire by another near Napier. The “ cere m my ” was performed in the belief that the devil had got into the unfortunate native, and required burning out. The old man has now died, and the native who roasted him is awaiting trial at Napier for assault. The death of the victim will probably alter the charge against the prisoner. Settling Day. —The Steeplechase Com mittee met on Saturday night for the pur pose of striking a balance-sheet, &c. The Treasurer reported a deficiency of some LI 5, which was accountedforby thepaucity of c mtributions from the public. The great bulk of the work and expense has fallen upon the Committee,’ and this can easily bo understood when we state that the total subscriptions from the public, outside the Committee, which have been collected to date amount to L 5 14s. Gd., of which Mr. Quill subscribed L 3 3s. If the Ashburton people wish to enjoy racing, as they seem to do when sport is provided for them, surely they can assist the Race Committee a little better than this. As it is the Committee will have had all the work to do, and have the sub sequent pleasure of paying for it. They have themselves to blame +o a certatn ex tent in not having had a reliable canvas ser and collector, and hence the defi ciency.

Parliamentry Papers. —We have to acknowledge the receipt of a batch of Par liamentary papers, &c., from the Govern ment Printer.

Railway Changes. —Mr. W. Ennis, Inspector of Permanent Way, at Ashbur ton, has been appointed to a similar posi tion at Invercargill, and, we understand, will remove thence on Wednesday next. Mr. Ennis is an efficient officer, as his pro motion to a more important district proves, and we learn that tangible ex pression is to be given to his fellow oflicers’ esteem before he parts company with them. Mr. Ennis’ place will be sup plied by a gentleman from the Northern line.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

THE IRISH RELIEF FUND.

To the Editor.

Sir, —I am much obliged to Mr. Hugo Friedlander, the “Treasurer,” for his in formation respecting the above fund, which is, so far, satisfactory. But, Sir, I think the fact that the bulk of the money is left to lie in the Bank to the good of no one, while hundreds of men, women, and children are starving for the want of it, tells a tale of want of sympathy, and is a crying shame against the inactivity of those who have the con trol of it ; and the fact that there are certain individuals who are in possession of subscription lists, and are either un willing or too indolent to hand them in, is a disgrace to their humanity, and the sooner the lists are advertised for, together with the names of the holders thereof, the better.

But why retain the bulk of the money for the sake of a few more pounds which are difficult to get in. Why not send it on to its proper destination, and remit the balance afterwards, which could be easily done ?

What would have been the l-esult if all the Committees thnugheut the world had adopted the same course ? Why, thousands of people would have starved, and died a lingering death ere the help would have reached them ; and, accord ing to the latest telegrams, hundreds are at this moment suffering the pangs of hunger, and the want of other necessaries of life, which the money now lying in an Ashburton Bank would, had it been sent, have helped to alleviate.

There are three on the Ashburton Com mittee who profess to be of Irish blood. Where is their honor 1 Where is their patriotism ? Where is their love for their countrymen ?

Subscriber.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

(per press association.)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Friday, June 4. EVENING SITTING. The House re-assembled at 7.30 p.m. HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS BILL. on the motion for the second reading of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Bill was resumed. Mr. Hutchison said the Bill, from clause 4 to 33 would be found to be cum bersome. He thought there should be the beginning of the principle of settle ment inserted in the Bill. He meant by that that every person requiring relief should be admitted into the institution at once ; the question of what district should be chargeable with their relief ought to be left over for after consideration. His reason for advocating that principle was that every part of the colony was not to be chargeable alike for the maintenance of these institutions, consequently it was but right that the settlement question should operate. The constitution of the Boards was a most important matter. It was necessary that these Board should not only be prompt in their endeavors to render relief, but they should also be careful not to destroy in any way chat spirit of self-reliance, which was one of the most noble instincts of our nature. It was likewise necessary that great care should be taken not to weaken in any way the family tie—that tie which should lead them to do their utmost to prevent mem bers of their family becoming chargeable on charitable aid. In connection with this subject, he deprecated the conduct of Government in attempting to reduce the rates payable for labor. That was economy at the wrong end, and tended to aggra vate the evil this measure was meant to alleviate.

Mr. Barron regretted that the measure, though a good one, was necessary.

Sir W. Fox looked on this as one of Jhe most important measures that could be brought before the House. He could not approve of the Bill to the extent that other, members had done. The fault he found with it was that it dealt with the symptoms not the root of the disease. In doing so they only succeeded in driving the disease inwards. It was calculated to promote a taste for pauperism. The poor law agitation in England years ago had this effect. The men were, so to speak, born in pauperism, and they lived and were content to live in pauperism. After having grappled forty years with the evil it was a common saying that every respect able person or ratepayer carried so many paupers on his back. The fact was they had made a mistake in not striking at the root of the evil. How was it that the French peasant was enabled to hoard up his money. It was this : They did not indulge in the habit of the bar parlour ; they did not indulge in horse-racing or sweepstakes ; they did nothing of that kind. The only amusement indulged in was a game of dominos in a little parlour on Sunday afternoon, and they practised the most rigid economy in their expendi ture and persevering industry in their labours. If they could respite the money that was at present paid for drink j if the Licensing Act proposed by Government was amended in a certain direction then that would be striking at the root of the evil. Close at least some of the public houses, and remove the temptations at pre sent existing for drinking and “ shout ing. ” Let them inquire what were the tendencies to pauperism. Let them ask the relieving officers, governors of reformatory schools and other public in stitutions, and they would be told that it was drink. If they would remedy these

evils then they would grapple with the evil ;. they would be striking at its very root instead of merely trifling with it, or rather, encouraging pauperism by means ot a Bill of this kind.

Sir G. Grey said that Providence had brought one essential aid to his side that night in the speech just delivered by the previous speaker. He had traced out the evils of pauperism as it existed in Britain, and then contrasted it with the state of population in France. It was true that pauperism of the most dreadful kind ex isted in Britain. The Premier' had ad mitted _ that this was a poor law. He maintained that apoorlaw oughtnottobe at present required in this country. The description of the French peasant, with his. small holding of land, presented a striking contrast to the English paupers. The great difference was this, the latter had no little plot of ground he could call his own and had no home—he was an outcast. Looking at a starved wife and family was a sad picture, which made him resort to drink ; that was the secret of his sinking deep in the social scale. Now, what were the facts of the case in New Zealand ? The Government and their friends had gridironed the country and done other, things to prevent the poor man acquiring homes here as in France. He looked upon it that the tendency of our legislation was to create a pauper population, to make men drunkards and outcasts. He believed that if the previous speaker would only follow, out his argu ments to their own reasonable conclusions he would most assuredly come round to his side of the House, and take care that not another acre of native land was grasped for purposes of acquiring great landed estates to the detriment of popula tion as a whole. In some of the countries referred to by the Premier in support of his proposed poor law scheme the chief portion of taxation was drawn from land. For instance, in Belgium.2oi per cent, of the taxation was taken from "the land, but in New Zealand land was made to con tribute next to nothing. He agreed with the previous speaker in thinking that this Bill was calculated to promote pauperism. If the Government would tear up their Native Lands Bill and bring forward Bills for promoting bona fide settlement instead of promoting Piako Swamp jobs they would do more to prevent pauperism; more to prevent drunkenness, than all charitable aid schemes could possibly do. The Hon. W Rolleston said that the re ception this matter had met with con vinced him that the country was now con tent to settle down to practical legislation. The question was one which had different origins, and therefore required to be dealt with by different methods of treatment. The distress contemplated by the measure before the House had had a variety of origins. For instance, indisci’eet immi gration promoted by. Government was one. Another was that arising from the vicious habits of the population. A third was that which arose from accident and disease. Each of these demanded different modes of treatment, and he claimed for the measure the credit of having made ample provision for each of these cases. Sir W. Fox had spoken of certain evils which ought to be dealt with as striking at the root of the evil such as drunkenness and horse racing. He had to remind them that it was these evils in their secondary consequences, in their consequences upon the wives and families of guilty men with which they were called upon to deal. What they had to do was to face the evil as existing, and he claimed for the measure that it would effect that object through the local bodies. By assisting Government to make the Bill a complete measure they would do good service to the country.

Mr. DeLautour could not agree with Bill. It would bear particularly hard on the province from which he came. Out side Dunedin all the hospitals reared by the hands of the people would fall. They had not been in the habit of looking upon their hospitals as semi-workhouses, but as institutions provided by their forethought, and into which they could go without sacrificing their independence of character. As an administration Bill it was bad. They were raising up bodies responsible to no body. It was to local bodies they had to look for checking the tendency to pauper ism. Again, unnecessary expense and extravagance would be the order of the day, as it had been in connection with their education system. Government ought to know that making grants without the exercise of direct control by Govern ment was a great blunder, and one which had led to the most serious abuses. In Scotland it was found that the outdoor relief system had been the means of aggravating the evils of pauperism, and yet, with that fact before them, this Bill proposed to confer that power of outdoor relief upon the dispenser. He deprecated the combination of charitable relief with relief to accident and disease contemplated by the establishment of hospitals. This was an attempt to forego the system which had been established in Otago, and place them on the Canterbury system. The Bill was calculated to create pauperism of the worst kind, and was fatal to our insti tutions as they existed. For these reasons he would oppose the motion. The Hon. R. Oliver spoke in support of the Bill. He maintained that it was de? signed to foster a spirit of independence, and -would tend to the more perfect management of charitable institutions. . Mr. Speight thought the Bill had been presented to them in a straightforward manner, still he took exception to a number of its provisions. The Hon. J. Hall denied the statement that Government desired to reduce the price of labour. When Government wanted labour it paid current rates ; when it did not want labour it provided, so to say, for those unemployed, a kind of sub sistence. It was right that the terms under these circumstances should be such as would induce the person so situated to accept them for as short a period as he possibly could. In reply to the objections stated by Sir W. Fox, he said that they had disease, and it was absolutely necessary that they should deal with it, as it at present existed. Had the evils been fewer, they would be bound not only to eradicate them, but take steps for the cure of the afflicted. He was alive tq the necessity for encouraging habits of sobriety and thrift amongst the population. If there was one man in New Zealand who had done much to encourage the accumu lation of large estates, that man was Sir George Grey, and yet he took this oppor tunity of twisting the subject so as; to make it a weapon of offence againstffhe present Government. It was curious that he should condemn a Bill that the Govern

ment of which he was the head had pre pared. Mr. DeLautour not only, sneered at the Bill, but sneered at those who had gone the length of giving Government credit for good intentions. He could not' have read it, or he would not have spokem as he did. He spoke about the tendency of the Bill to induce the erection of extrava gant buildings, as had been done under the education system. In fact, lioyever, the two were very widely different. Under the education system, the districts! pro vided no part of the fund, while,under the Charitable Aid Bill, as proposed," the dis tricts would have to tax themselves to provide one half of the money. He looked to local taxation to avoid any tendency of the kind.

The motion was put and carried on the voices, and at 10 15 p.m the House ad journed.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

(Per Reuter's Agency.) Another Laurel. London, June 4. j The cricket match between the Austra lians and Eighteen of Burnley, in Lan cashire, was concluded to-day, and resulted in a victory for the Australians in one innings, with 27 runs to spare. In the second innings of the Burnley men, SpofForth took twelve wickets in fifteen overs. The Australian team has now scored its fifth win, with one draw in its favour, and has not yet lost ; a match. The Markets. Best Austaalian mutton tallow is to-day quoted at 355. per cwt. The total stock of tallow in London on June Ist was 17,100 casks. New Zealand wheat, ex ship, is at 48s. At the wool auctions to day, 10,000 bales were offered, making a total of 304,300 catalogued since the opening. The tone of the sale was firm, and there was a better demand for cross breds. June 5. At the wool sales to-day, 8,300 bales were offered, making the total quantity catalogued since the opening, 372,600 bales. The. firm tone which marked yes terday’s sales was again sustained. The San Francisco Mails. The Homeward mails via San Francisco, with. New Zealand dates from April 14 to 27, were delivered in London to-day. The European Conference. All necessary arrangements have been made for the approaching European Con ference to be held in Berlin. Lord Odo Russell, British Ambassador at Berlin, and General Sir Lintoft Simmonds will represent England. The Powers to be represented at the Conference have agreed to take the question of the Greek claims first into consideration. ' A; ; The British Government are making efforts to prevent any serious conflict oc curring between Montenegro and the Albanians, and hopes are entertained that a peaceful solution of the difficulty may be secured.

AUSTRALIAN.

{Per Reuter's Agency.) Shipping. Sydney, June 7. The San Francisco mail steamer, City of New York, has arrived here. The Newcastle Strike. There is a prospect of the strike of ccaV miners in the Newcastle district being shortly terminated. Certain proposals have been made by Mr. Lloyd, which it is thought may be agreed to by both masters and men. The Distressed New Ireland Immi grants. Cooktown, June 7. Advices from the Duke of York Island to 30th May, confirm the news recently received of great distress among the Chandernagore immigrants, wh« have now returned to Likiliki Bay. Nine more of the party have died of fever and ulcers, from which they were suffering. When latest advices left New Ireland there were no signs of the Genie vessel, which lately sailed from Aden with another batch of immigrants.

NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.) Alleged Forgery Cases. Auckland, June 7.

A man named Worms, charged with forging a receipt for L 3, purporting to be signed by Messrs. Hoffman and Laurence,- and Gatlings, charged with forging a cheque, purporting to be signed F by J. Abbott, for L 65, on the Colonial Bank, were both remanded. Robbery. J. Cosgrave and Co.’s drapers’ shop was broken into, and the cash-box rifled of LlO, last night. The police are investi gating the case. The Colleen Sawn- Wellington, June 7. Nees, manager of the Ngia Bay saw mills, Havelock, was a passenger by the Colleen Bawn, which is supposed to be lost. To Arms! The publicans held a meeting this afternoon to discuss the Licensing Bill now before Parliament. “Great Dissatisfaction.” Invercargill, June 7. Great dissatisfaction is expressed at the action of the Government in making changes in the railway staff. Less efficient men are being brought from the North to fill the places of local employees. In one case, a porter has been brought from Auck land. . ; An Excursion to the Melbourne Ex-

hibition.

An excursion to the Melbourne Exhibi tion is on the tapis, probably a large party will be formed.

Sale of Privileges. Tjmaru, June 7. The sale of privileges for the South Canterbury Steeplechases realised Lllß. A Friendly Act.

Beadle, a young man who was arrested a few days ago in Dunedin for stealing a watch from Glen, an acquaintance, at Timarii, lias been discharged, as it 'ap peared that he merely took charge of the watch while Glen was drunk.

The New Licensing Bill.

(From the Wellington Evening Post. J j- j The new Licensing Bill has just been circulated. -It is a bulky document of 54 pages, containing 225 clauses. It repeals existing Acts, and abolishes present licen sing-districts, new districts to be pro claimed by the Governor, with boundaries ■ so far as possible conterminous with those of boroughs, wards, ridings, or road dis tricts, as most convenient. New or special districts may be proclaimed where and when necessary. A “ licensing com mittee ” is to be constituted for each dis trict, comprising the Resident Magistrate of the district, and four persons appointed from time to time by the Governor. The usual provisions are made for the elections and filling up of vacancies. All persons interested in the manufacture or shier of liquor, or in licensed premises, .and all paid officers of the General or Local Government are disqualified from being members of such committee. The mem bers of committee hold office for two years, but may be re-appointed. Two members of committee -form a quorum In native licensing districts a Native Assessor is to be a member of the committee, and no license is to be granted in his absence. Present licenses are to be subject to this Act. which is to apply equally to all districts. No fl bottle licenses” are to be granted in future ; existing bot'le licenses are to con tinue in force until 30th June, 1881, and then to cease absolutely. Unmarried women may hold licenses, but constables and bailiffs may not. The Minister for Public Works may license railway stations and refreshment rooms. Brewers and spirit merchants must take out wholesale licenses, and no person is to hold more than one license. Seven different classes of licenses are provided for, viz :—(1) Publican’s, (2) family hotel, (3) billiard table, (4) conditional, (5) packet, (6) club, and (7) wholesale licenses. No.- j author ises the sale of liquor from' 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.; No. 2, the sale of liquor to bona fide residents at the hotel; No. 3, the keep ing of billiard or bagatelle tables, toi. be used between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.—this, however, is included in the publican’s license; No. 4, provides for booths at races, regattas, matches, &c.; No. 5, forecasting vessels at sea ; No. 6, for bona fide clubs; and No. 7 for sale of liquor in quantities of two gallons or more. Midnight licenses may be granted on payment of LlO extra, and additional bars at the rate of one third extra fee for each. Family hotels to be licensed must contain at least ten and public houses six available rooms, and have ample facilities for escape in caso of fire ; public houses, in addition, must have stabling. Quarterly licens ing meetings are to .be held in March, June, September, and December every year ; one month’s public notice being given beforehand. All applications are to be heard in open Court, and the hearing may be adjourned. An inspector of licensed premises in every district is to furnish a report on each licensed house ten days before each meeting, and also on every new application, transfer, &c. At the licensing meeting applications for new licenses are to be taken first, new applica tions for old houses next, and renewals, &c., afterwards, unless the . latter, are ob jected to, in which case they come second. Due notice of objection is to be given to applicants. No new house is to be licensed if any part is fitted up as a retail store, theatre, concert room, or dancing hall. The committee are to determine cases on “ such evidence as shall seem to them suf ficient whether strictly legal evidence or i not. ” The committee are to decide by a majority, the decision to be announced by the chairman alone, who is to have a cast ing vote, and no decision once announced is to be questioned or reconsidered. The granting of publicans’ licenses for new houses is to be subject to: the vote of the ratepayers or the electors of the district, the sole question to be submitted to the vote being “ The proposal that the number Of publicans’ licenses in the district may be increased,” and a majority of votes to be decisive if in the negative, but an affirmative vote does not oblige the Com mittee to issue new licenses. Objections to granting or renwal of licenses may be made by memorial of persons over 18 years of age, by police, by incorporate bodies, or others, and the Licensing Committee may take cognisance of such objections, and may award costs ?gainst either objector or applicant. An application, if refused, may be renewed at next annual meeting, unless refused on the ground of personal unfitness, when three years must elapse. The usual provisions are made for enforc ing payment of license fees, renewals, transfers, .removals, &c. Packet, club, conditional and wholesale licenses may be granted at any time by the Licensing Magistrate, or any two members of the Committee. The granting of any licenses is to be entirely at the discretion of the Committee, and at any quarterly meeting a license may be cancelled of a house im properly kept. The annual fees proposed are as follow : —Publicans’ license, L4O in a borough, L3O outside ; family hotel, L2O; billiard table, L 1 0; conditional license at discretion, not to exceed L3O ; packet license, LlO ; club, L2O ; ‘ whole sale, LlO. The fees are to go to the borough, county, or road board funds. Registers of licenses and applications are to be kept, and the customary provisions are made as to the conduct and manage ment of houses. - No post or rate office is to be kept at a licensed house, and no liquor is to be sold on credit. The penalty for permitting drunkenness on premises or ' selling liquor to a drunken person is L2O for the first offence, and LSO for subsequent offences. For keeping a dis orderly house, harboring oF bribing con stables, or supplying them with liquor, permitting gaming or unlawful sports, &c., the first penalty is' LlO and subsequent L2O. Licensed houses are to be closed on Sundays, Christmas Day, and Good Fri day. All convictions of: licensees for offences are to be recorded on their licenses. There are the ordinary -pro visions as to bona fide travellers 1 and >■ lodgers. The maximum penalties for sly grog selling are LfiO, or one month’s im prisonment, for the first offence ; IffOO or three months’ imprisonment and five years’ disqualification, for. second ; and LIOO, or six months’ imprisonment, and perpetual disqualification, for third. No actual communication between licensed houses and places of public amusement is permitted. No liquor is :to. be. supplied to persons under twelve years of age, or to habitual drunkards. Inspectors of licensed premises are to be appointed, with power of entry and search. Sale of adulterated

THE ASHBRTQN HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1880.



NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. All orders for insertion of advertise ments must be written legibly on the face of the advertisement. When no order is ' given the advertisement will be inserted until,countermanded, and charged accord- Tngly; notices of Births, Marriages, or Deaths must be accompanied by the sig nature of the sender, as a guarantee of good faith: All advertisements and business letters '■' to be addressed The Manager ; literary communications should be addressed to The Editor.



Miscellaneous £IO,OOO rate of interest. Ashburton. TO LEND, in sums to suit borrowers, at lowest F. P. O’Reilly, Solicitor, 424c-835g WANTED KNOWN, that MR. ' NEALAS is now OPENING UP a First Class Assortment of BOOTS and SHOES, suitable for Winter wear, which he intends to . dispose of at his usual CHEAP RATES. 924g-536c • /' vFFICE and Pocket Diaries for 1880 J-VI/- - H. M. Jones, Stationer, Baring ■Square. 'ANTED KNOWN—That C. Haw kins, The Tinwald Bootmaker, has REMOVED to premises Opposite the Tinwald Post Office, where he is still open to‘Sell ’ first-class Boots and Shoes at his usual Cheap Rates; All kinds of Boots Made and Repaired. 805g—417c



Miscellaneous. YJTf ANTED—TENDERS for CLEAR- V ING Fourteen Miles of Drainage on the Chatmoss Estate. Full particulars can be ascertained by applying to James Scott, at Montgomery and Co.’s Store, East street, Ashburton. 535 c VTVAN TED KNOWN, that Envelope, VV and Notepaper can be obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at. the “Herald” Office, East-street North. : i ll, c CHINIQUY’S LECTURES.—Just Ar rived, New Edition H. M. Jones, Baring Square. . TTTANTED —Situation for a good ex yy perienced General SERVANT. Apply at once, Herald Office. 642 c Ct CHOOL Requisites and Artist M do rials. H. M. JONES, Statio ler , Baring Square. » ALL PROGRAMME CARDS in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Herald Office, East street, near Railway Station, WANTED, a Young GIRL, about 15, to assist in housework. Apply office of this paper. 545 c FIVE POUNDS REWARD. LOST. —On FRIDAY night, between Quintin’s Bottling Establishment and Mr. Corbett’s Farm, £lO6. Numbers known of the ten £lO notes. The finder will receive the above reward on return ing the same to William Frisby, Green street, or G. M. Robinson, at Cunning ham and Co. ’s office, Ashburton. 553 c WATCH FOUND. EOUND, at South Rakaia, a Silver Hunting Watch. The owner can have the same by giving description and paying expenses. Apply, JAMES BRUCE, 543 c • South Rakaia. ORDER OF JUDGE. In the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Wellington District, Tuesday, this First Day of June, 1880. UPON reading the Affidavits of Jonas Woodward, of Wellington, Public Trustee, and of Joseph Henry Benley, of Dunsandel, Hotelkeeper, I do order that the Public Trustee shall be Adminis trator of all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits of ALFRED MUT TON, deceased, and that this order be published in the Ashburton Herald, news paper. (Signed) JAMES PRENDERGAST, 540 c C. J. THE ESTATE OF ALFRED MUT TON, DECEASED. ALL Persons indebted to the above named deceased are requested to pay the amounts of their several accounts to me or to H. H. Deßoukbel, Esq., Christchurch. Also—All persons having CLAIMS against the said estate are requested to forward the same to me or to Mr. De Bourbel, on or before WEDNESDAY, the 23rd day of JUNE next. N.B.—Any claim not sent in by the day named will be liable to be excluded from participation. J. WOODWARD, Public Trustee. Public Trust Office, Wellington, June 2, 1830. 541 c TO LET. OtIX-ROOMED COTTAGE, with lialf- acre Garden, East Belt. Apply, 441 c ORR & CO.



AN EMERGENCY MEETING of the Somerset Lodge will be held at the Masonic Hall on FRIDAY next, 11th inst. Business of importance. By order of the W. M. 923g-537c



A MEETING of the Club will be held on TUESDAY evening next at 7.30 in the Council Chambers. Business important, a full attendance wanted. F. MAIN WARING, 922g-538c Hon. Secretary.