Untitled - Papers Past

No. 2518— Estab.1851.

The Otago Witness

DUNEDIN, N.Z, i WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1902. (.PRICE SIXPENCE.]Public loticss

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~\y£&L■mmmmsteamships. ,■[/UNDERTHE BRITISH-FLAD. .^^S X,

*^^^^f CAKADl^plcipicw CANADIAN-PACIFIC STATES and EUROPE.

RAILWAY, C\uV\^^^ Choice of Mail Lines fromThe most substantially and y>\!lvX^ Montreal, New York, or otherperfectly

-built Railway GRANDEST SCENEBTMn theWORLD.

"b the American \s?§r^^r ROUND THE IVORID TOUBS ItLOWESTContinent. <+ V>\^r BATES

r$ .^r^ Europe and Return without repetition of Sceneß.R£) 4$P From Sydney. Brisbane. Suva.&£">

*AORANGI . May 19 May $ May 27MOANA ;.. June 16 June 19 June 24MIOWBRA ... Ju'y 14 July 17 July 22

And thenceforward everyFour Weeks.C\\S \^r Pasteneer* frora NewZealand havetho option of joiningthe MailSteamer\\3 \^r

*a Sydney, orliter vUAuokfftnd at Suv*(Fiji).

"> V^.^^ FARES irom Dunedin:— To Vancouver or Frisco, JEIB 143 to £U Is;Liverpool<* *andlLondon? £SS !Us to £70 1.;Round theWorld, £50 to£144 8sM.

.^^ Map*.Guide Books, andall information free. Apply ov writej«ap-, uuicc VNION S.S. COMPANY OF N.Z. Ltd.

Public Notices.'"^fe^fcv. QHAW» SAVILL, ANDOWg^^ ALBION COMPANYpSI^ (LIMITED).

JOE, LONDON.— ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS,withSuperior.Accommodation for all Classesof Pa*aengen>,ccalliue at Atte Video or Riode Janeiro.'TcnerirTe, andPlymon?h.S.S. Tons. Com- From Date., mander.

Matatca -3322- Holmes Wellingt'n June 19Tokomaru 6238 Maxwell Lyttelton July 3Mamari .. 3583 Banks

—July

Delphic... 8273 Breen—

JulyWaiwera 6200 Stuart

—August

Gothic ... 7730 Kidley—

An?. 14Aotea ... 636* Evans

—Sept.

Faksea ... 4331 Prosser—

FollowKarahea... 6564 Barton

—Kumaha .. 6000 Scotland "»■

—Athenic 12000 Kempron

— —Kangatira 4045 Nicole

— —Maori ... 5317 Moffatt

— —Passengers .orwaraed IromDunedin toFort of

Departure of MailSteamer Free.Special facilities are afforded for bringingout

friends and relatives from Home by issue ofgiaesageorders in thecolony.

for freightorpasiageapply to the Agents:NATIONAL MORTGAGE & AGENCY

COMPANY OF N.Z. 'LIMITED),MT7BKAY,BOBEBTS. AND CODALGKTY *COMPANY LIMITED i

THENEW ZEALAND SHIPPING

COMPANY'S LINE.FOR LONDON, via MONTE

ggJEgg^ VIDEO, TENERIFFE, andi^HHH^ PLYMOUTH.

The Magnificent

R.M.S. PAPANUI,{£82 Tons Kegister., 4000 Horse-power,

From LYTTELTON,On or about JULY 10.

To be followed by theR.M.S. RUAPEHU

(Twin Screw),

About AUGUST 14.

Tit st Accommodation for Passengers.

Coastal Passage to Port of Departure FREE.

Warrants issued for Passages from theUnited Kingdom to New Zealand. Throughbookings to West Coast of South Amercia,Falkland Islands, Bahia, and Pernambuco.

For further particulars apply toTHE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COM-

PANY (LIMITED),9 Bond stbeet. Dunedin.

>■_ "

j?g7| «g/sg& '~ CEANICSTEAMSHIP

A. and A. LINETO GREAT BRITAIN and EUROPE, via

AMERICA.

TO ENGLAND IN 26 DAYS.

KOYAL MAIL EXPRESS SERVICE, bySplendid, New, Twin-screw Steamships, builtexpressly for tho Service.

These Steamers leave Auckland for Tutuila(Samoa), Honolulu, and SAN FRANCISCOeveryTHREE WEEKS as under:

—R.M.S. A

2Cpm° ds- 'Kri£Co - London-

Ventura June 27 July 13 July 25Sierra July 18 Aug. 3 Aug.15Sonoma

'Aug. 8 Aug. 24 Sept. 5

FAST LINE, AUCKLAND TO SYDNEY.Quickest route to United States, Canada, and

England. Luxurious Atlantic Liners, CUN-ARD, WHITE STAR, N.D.L., HAMBURG-AMERICAN, from New York and Boston.

PASSAGEMONEY.— Dunedin to San Fran-cisco, £18 14s to £il 10s;New York, *31 14s to£56 10s; Liverpool or London, £35 2s to £7313s 4d.

Smooth waters of thePacific. Escaping ex-tremes of heat and cold. Five days longesttime at sea.

Superb,Fast Limited Trains to Chicago, NewYork, Boston, Philadelphia, etc.Grand Canons, Yosemite Valley, Niagara

Falls, World's Grandest Scenery.

For particulars, Railway Maps and Folders,etc., apply to

"kEILL AND CO. (LIMITED), jAgents, Dunedin.

Come and see our A. and A.Line Albums ofAmerican Scenery. lmy

CORONATION HOLIDAYS./COUNTRY CUSTOMERS are invited bylV* WILLIAM TAYLOR, Watchmakerand- Jeweller, of Manse street, Dunedin, tohave all Timepieces adjusted before comingto town.

All Jewellery Repairs should be sentEarly to avoid disappointment. 28my

X\TANTED L-\OWN— Without a doubti»T» Pi -JiR DIOK is the most Reliablewatchmaker. Opposite Coffee Palace, Mora*

Public Notices.

"CORONATION!r have just received from London asupply of MEDALLIONS, for use «as coatand dress adornment at the CORONATION"FESTIVITIES. Each Medallionbears fivebeautiful Portraits— viz., King EdwardVII, Queen Alexandra, Prince of Wales,the young Prince Edward, and our latelamented Queen Victoria.

LOYALISTS,By ■wearing such a Badge as this, youconvey to the world your loyalty to andappreciationof THE BRITISH THRONE.

The prices (posted) are:—

Small size, 3d e?.ch, or ... 6 for Is 3dMiddle size, 4d each,or 6 for Is 9dLarge size (onstand), 7deach,

or 4 for 2s 2d

PICTURES.Ihave also some very fine Oleograph

Pictures of the KING, the QUEEN, andQUEEN VIC?* 3V_

The . .<u yet Published.Prices, 2s each;or the set of 3 for ss.

ALEX, SUGO,Bookseller, Stationer, &c.,|

42 George St., Dunedin.PIXG-PONG SETS at 4s 9d, 7s, and 15b.

The Best-Vulue in the Market. i""npHE' DON I

rJL MANUFACTURING & CLOTHINGCO., 91 GEORGE STREET, DUNEDIN,

Solicit your patronage. They,keep * a LargeStock of Colonial and other Tweeds, etc., either:in thePiece or Manulneturad, and.every article,being Dunedin made,.they guarantee both Fit

'Material, and Workmanship. Country orderswill receivecareful attention. The Manufaciur-:ing Department will forward Patterns of !Tweeds, etc., with Measurement Charts, to any!address, and our CountryPatrons will find that jthey can procure their Suits Made toMcasurs jax Our Establishment at Retail Stock Prices. I

/fl/k SAC COAT'

■OtT^a » Measurement,

4 JsL*. inches.

Jfe^Lw 2 at neck to" " ?*!&»— jL >. 2at waist |

Jp~'

Ml > 1 to 3 for fullpi<X 4:;. W< «<"&**& lengthIW* i. X -

rjp Centre ofIif...,..^ hufe,. j.!,fc,« mijSJ back 4 to 5I\ O / at shoulderJ \ , i Continuing\ 1 | to 6 at el-

y I 9 t bowiLr:\«"V jk"-, -* And on to 7- '

1**" 'wr's /

I ' I Sound chestJ 1 over waist-J■If {a ; * coat at 8 j■-- I Bound waist■ I over waist- <

U V I coat at 9 i"*»f J~-J Pattern No.

Price.

Health withoutDoctors.

It is well to be cured if one is ill, butit is infinitely better to keep from being1

ill. "Papers on Health," by Prof. Kirk j(Edinburgh), teaches how to keep healthy, jand shows how to recover one's wontedjhealth and strength if on© should un-!fortunately become ill. Of the original!edition of the book nea"rly 100,000 copies!"were sold, and it haa now been revisedIand biouglit up-to-date, andall the itomsof advice and information are arrangediy.lphabetically Get it from your book-seller, or yon can receive it for 2s postfree from ftniPKiy, Mabshall, Hamil-ton, Kext. & Co., Ijondon. j

CHEAP MONEY!CHEAP MONEY!

3N SUMS OF£100 to £10,000. I

COUXTItY, CITY, & SUBURBANFKEKHOLDS.

At 4£ per cent. j

Terms of repayment of the mostliberal character, which can be ascer-tainedon inquiry.

For forms of application apply tothe District Manager, Goyernment

Life Insurance, Dunedin.J. H. EICHAKDSON,

Goyernment Insurance Commiesioner.

WIDE-AWAKE RETAILING.

HERBERT,HAYNES,

AND CO.,DUNEDIN,

Are Supplying in-THE MANTLE DEPARTMENT

Stylish Black Broche SilkBlouses,

in fire different patterns,at 19/6 each.

LADIES1 FASHIONABLE DRESSSKIRTS,

inBlack and 20 different shades of colour,

at25/6 each.

Manufactured by our own Experts,

Perfect Fit Guaranteed,

HEnBcRTj

HAYNES,AND CO.

ROBIN & CO. have for Sale, "the far-famed Jackson Spung Single Buggies;

cheap.

ROBIN & CO. have for Sale, DoubleBuggies;new and second hand.

ROBIN & CO. have for Sale, their far-famed Patent Eureka Roadttcre.

ROBIN & CO. have for Sale, FamilyWaggonu.

ROBIN & CO. have for Sale, a Styli-hDogcart and Harness, worth the

money.

KOBINT & CO Build. Sell on Commission,

jttgggjfi QHIRE LINE DIRECT

wKB^^KBS- OTAGO TO LONDON.PERTHSHIRE ... SOOOtons 3500 h.p.BUTESHIRE 8000 tons 3500 h.p.BANtfFSHIRE ... 8100 tons 3500 h.p.FIFKSHIRE 8500 tons 3500 h.p.NAIRNSHIRE ... 8500 ton's 3500 b.p.MORAYSHIRE ... 8500 tons 3500 h.p

The abovemacnificent Steamers, whichhaveall been speoially built for the New Zealandtrade,and make anaverage passage of 46 days,will be despatched,at.regular intervale.

Steamers" are fitted throughout with ELEC-TRIC LI&HT, and accommodation isprovidedfor Saloon Passengers.

OUR NEXT FOR LONDONFrom WELLINGTON will be

FIFESHIRE-B. Coull-JULY 2.(Calling at CanaryIsiar.as).

Doctor and Stewardess carried.SALOON PASSAGE MONEY, 45 Guineas

OTAGO TO LONDON.For Plans and further Particulars, &c. apply

to the Managers.TURNBULL, MARTIN,& CO.,

Australian Mutual Provident Buildings,Princes street, Dunedin.

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.SYDNEY io LONDON, via COLOMBO

and PARIS.— Steamers of 6500 tons, underFrench postal contract, -will be despatchedmonthly,as follows:—

Steamer. Sydney.|j Melbourne. A dela

Austrauen ... July 7 July 10 July 12Pqlynesien ...lAny. 4 Aug. 7 Aug. 9

Passengers booked to Bombay,India, China,Batavia, and Japan. Table wines are includedin the passage money. Return Tickets at Re-duced Rates. English spoken on board. Re-turn Tickets (First Saloon) between inter-colonial port3are available for Teturn by P.and 0., Orient, and N.D. Lloyd steamershaving room.— For further particulars applyto NEILL & CO., LTD., Dunedin.

THE TRUSTEES, EXEOUTORS, &AGENCY COMPANY ;OF NEW ZEALAND (LIMITED).

SPECIALLY Empowered by Act of Parlia-ment to act as Executor, Trustee?, Re-ceiver,Liquidator, Guardian, Committee under

tho Lunatics Act, and Attorney under power,in the same wayas anindividual, butunlike auIindividual the Company never dies nor leavesthe country,nor becomes incapacitated, and itsfinancial position is easily ascertained. ThisCompany is specially qualified therefore to uctfoi absentees.CAPITAL,«£50,000.

(10,000 Shares of £5 Kach)TOTAL LIABILITY, £100,000.

Directors: E.B.Cargill, Esq., J.M. Ritcnie,Esq.,James Mills,Esq.,P. C. Neill,Esq,JohnRoberts, Esq., J. R. Sinclair, Esq.

W. Lawhence Simpson,Manager.Office:

xchangeBuildings,Liverpool street,Dunedin.Agent in London: H. J. Gibbs, Esq.,

34 Leadenhall street, E.C.Tho Conroany collect rents, dividends, inte-

rest, or other income, invest money, negotiateloans, purchase and f.ell real and personal ro-perty, manage estates, and generally act ».sagents.

Forma, charges, and all othe-t informationcan be obtained on application *.t the on.cc otthe Company or any of its agencies.

Ti/r ONEY TO LEND.

The DUNEDIN SAYINGSBANKis againprepared toLEND MONEY onFREEHOLDSECURITY at Lowest Current ftateec

FEED SMITH,17n Manager.

MONEY TO LEND.

TTAGGITT UROS. & BRENT,Solicitors, High street, Dunedin, haro

MONEYS TO LEND at CURRENT

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' ■ : "**Public Notices,

m^* mWE TABLEOFCONTENTS"^ JL of this Issue will >>« ,foundou t&ge 84. . :

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FAMILIAR IN THEIR MOUTHS A 9! HOUSEHOLD WORDS.-Shakespeare. '

W. J. PRICTOR & CO,,: IMPORTERS & DEALERSINBOOKS,

MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS,DUNEDIN.

Dlvcl. Pstd.AMERICAN MAGAZIXES AND PAPERS.

Dlvd. I>st<r.s. d. ». d.

Le Bon Ton .. ,18 0 00 0Home Companion* 9 0 11 6Ledger Monthly 9 0 11 0Etude (rmisical) 12 0 14 8Keith's Magazine ...... 9 0 11 "American Homes 9 0 USDelineator 12 0 1* 0Locomotive Engineering .... 15 0 17 ( ■

Automobile Magazine 15 0 17 6Science and Industry 9 0 11 0Machinery 10 0 12 0Engineering and Mining Jour-

nal , SO 0 52 "Electrical Review 35 0 40 0Metal "Worker , ",. 26 0 23 0Caesier's 21 0 23 0Scientific American 30 0 32 0

'Electrical World 36 0 40 0Book Lover 24 0 26 6Current Literature- ...... 18 0 20 0World's Work 18 0 20 0Atlantic Monthly 24 0 26 0American Review of Reviews.. 18 0 21 0North American Review .. ..85 0 " 40V 0Recreation .. ». 9 0 11 O'Arena 4

„ 18 0 20 9Overland Monthly--- .-. .. """90 11 ■"

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Broadway Magazine 9 0 11 .0Metropolitan Magazine , .. 12 0 14 *)- "

Eclectic ." , .. .. 18*0 " 20 -"Ainslee's Magazine ...... 9 0 11 BSt. Nicholas 20 0 22 0Harper's .. 24 0 26 BMunsey .. .. 12 0 14 OCosmopolitan .. , 12 0 14 8

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M'Clure's 12 0 14 0Smart Set .. 16 0 17 6Miller .: 20 0 22 aDry Goods Economist .. .. 30 0 32 6Puck '.. 26 0 28 8Judge 26 0 28 »Truth 18 O 20 0Colliers Weekly ... 35 0 40 0Pilgrim 9 0 11 »Success 9 0 11 8Standaul .. .« 35 0 40 9Judge's Library 6 0 6 8Puck's Library c 6 0 ' 6 8Sis Hopkins's Book...... 6 0 6 6

POSTED ANYWHERrTIN NEW ZEALAND1.*

Andall other Magazines at BameAverageRate".ALL COLONIAL PAPERSATPUBLISHED

PRICES.All Orders Must be Accompanied with Sub-

scriptions for one Year's Supply.

THE PERPETUAL TRUSTEES,ESTATE. AND AGENCY COMPANY OF.

NEW ZEALAND- (Limited).With whichare incorporated theFirms cf

Gillies, Stbeet, andHisLor and Coknelland Moodie.

Subscribed Capital £ i°?'i£ sPaid Up £24,279

Dihectobs:Thomas Moodie,Esq.Walter Hislop.Esa.Keith Ramuy, tt*q.W. E.Reynold*, Ecq.

Managed:Walter Hislop.

Offices:Coiner of Rattray and Vogelstreets.Dunedia.

This Company is empoweredby Special A;tof Parliament of New Zealand to act as Exe-cutor and Trustee under a will; as Trustee-under Marriage or other Settlements; aaTrustee in place of other Trustees wishing tobe relieved from their trusts; as Agent lor "

Executors, Trustees, or Administrators, andv Attornoy or Agent for persons resident m.the Colony or abroad. The Company under-takes the Investment of luoncy on real orother securities ; the Collection of Rents, In-terest", Dividends, or other income; the Ne-gotiation of Loans; tho Sale and Purchase «tProperties, either privately or by auotion;and the Managementof Estates.

The Company has For Sale and To Lease,Properties inall partiof the colony, full par-t iculars of which canbe had on application lAthe ofhec.

Money To Lendat Lowest Current Rates.

L4.DIES' HAIRDRESSER.HAIR COMBINGS and CUTTINGS

Made up atLONDON PRICES.

Theatrical Wigs Supplied.52 and 54 GEORGE STREET,

DUNEDIN.Orders by Postpunctually attendedto.

ITVSE AUSTRALIAN ALLIANCE ASSUREX ANCE COMPANY.FiSRE INSURANCES effected on ALL

CLASSES of Risks at LOWEST CURRENTRATES. MARINEINSURANCES.

Our limit is £10,000.Good Agents required wherenot rcprcsra'.ed.All Losses PaidPromptly inDuiiccln.

BAJRR, LEARY, &, CO., Agents,

OTAGO WITNESS. Jliine 18, 1902."'

he said, was his flag which he would "nail

to the mast." Provisionally, it was pinnedto the front of the chairman's table.

The New Zealand Times states that inrecognition of the liberality of Lord Roths-child in presenting t« o etallions to thecolony last year, the Government has de-cided to send him a collection of photo-"graphs of New Zealand scenery. These, willbe enclosed in a waka-huia, or Maori case.The case, which is of totara, measiires 24ir»by 294in, and is 4in deep. The sides ar.*l'cover have

-been carved ia Maori style by-Mr Jacob Hebberley, of Petone. v

It is seldom (writes the Southern Stan-dard) that a man has the opportunity ofreading his own obituary notice, but thatunique experience befel Mr John O'Dwyer,a well-known character of this town. _Hisreported death in these columns last issuewas premature, a# Jack is still in the lanaof the living-, although his recovery te ex-tremely problematical. This is the second

—if nol the third time— that Jack has beenreporte-ldead, and he has deceived the pub-lic so often that they are beginning towonder if he is immortal.

Why, a^ked Mr Jellicoe in Wellington onMonday, when charges against palmistswere being heard, do the police prosecutepoverty-stricken palmists, while the practiceof palmistry for money at a recent bazaaY -w6s overlooked? He added that as con- .juring was also among the prohibited tilingsin the sajiie section of theact, it followedthat some of the gentlemen that appearedin the .Opera House should be in gaol.Tho stinend'ary magistrate remarked thai;there \vai3 no finality to argument by -analogy.

Three railway linesmen had a narrowescape from sciio:is injury at Halcomb©recently. They wero driving themselvesand a troilj- along tho lino, v.hen a ballastengine, rounding a curve on the road., wassuddenly seen to bo within a few yards ofthem, the hig-h wind prevailing having pre-vented them hearing its approach, and thebond in the track obscuring tho view. For-tunately all on 'board hud th© presence ofmind to at otieo jump for dear life, andthe next moment the cowcatcher smashedinto the vehicle, hurling it after them, andcovering one of its late- occupants with itsshattered remains.

A brutal and dastardly assault was com-mitted at Clyde last Saturday on MrWilliam Albeit, of the Dunstan Time*. Helives in a twit, and as hewas going home,fibout 10 p.m., someone struck him a severeblow over the head with a bottle, with ther-sult that hi., foreliead was cut open so thatthe risrhi eyebrow fell down over the eyeand biinded him. He called for assistanceto two young men who live iiian adjoiningtent, but they, not knowing what was thematter, told him to go to sleep. The poorfellow lay bleeding .ill night. In the morn-ing he was found and taken to the hospital,the doctor in charge of which is afraid.blood-23ois3iiiug will set in. So far no cluehas been found to the perpetrator of theoutrage.

Mr H. G. Ell, M-H.R.. lias made arrange-ments for keeping a unique manuscript bookin the Christr-hurch Public Library. The 'idea is to write into it the names of places ■

in Canterbury, andan account of ther.eago.ijsfor which the names were given. BotliMaori and Europe-an names will be dealtwith. The Hon. C. C. Bowen, whto takesconsiderable interest in the snbiect, wiltgive his as-istnne?. Names will be addedfrom time to time, and it is suggested fsaysthe Lyttelton Times) that a full and valu-able topographical history of the provinceivill soon bo compiled,

A smart piece of work was executed by_the New Zealand Companywithin the past few days. On Thursdayaight last a;i order was received hy agentleman in D'jnedin .for Foveral pieces ofmachiner3r."

Tho party to whom it was sentsaw the Engineering Company the nextlnarniug. Tho patterns were made and-moulded on Friday, the articles cast onSaturday, put through the lathe 3 andfinished* the same night, and then deliveredto therailway, and sent 200 miles up coun-try, arriving at their destination on theMonday night following.

The Pomahaka settlement, according tothe Southern Standaid'-s cf.rres-pondent, ij;fa=t drifting towards aji ignciminious end.lie write*:—■"At present Pomahaka re-renibles a deserted village. Wefedn of everyknown \ariety are growing splendidly. Theimprovement? on the vacant sections areIgoing to ruin fast. Mo^ "of the fences',which were erected five to "seven years agowith light manuka stakes, are now fial on thegTound. Stray cattle can easily get access

1 to the vacant &e>ctians,-aud it is ausual sightto see a cow poking- her head out of abedrTooin. which was once occupied by »■hard-working settler. Tho Land Board can ,write off the improvements at ouce. andgive up all hones <jf.securing back rents onthese Factious."

The New Zoalind Herald hns been shownan enveloue that lias Iwen revusued after 4.

-10 months' tour.of the globe. ,The envelope,which wati specially made, and measures 13iixby sin, was despatched from Auckland in

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August la&fc. and has in turn passed throughDayton (Ohio, U.S.A.). Havana (Cuba),Montreal (Canada), Nassau (Bahamas,8.W.1.), Port of Spain (Trinidad). Bortioa(Briti-h Guiana). Valparaiso (Chili). Kinir-ston (Jamaica). Bet.ancon (France). Brussels(Belgium), Odowa. (Russia). In the lattercountry the postal officials evidently ob-jected to the packet, for a notice— "

NOlladmi.-> an transport

"— caused the envelopeto be returned to Auckland. It is certainlya novelty from a philatelic point of.view.

The Coronation.

TO THE EDITOR.Sir,— Great preparni-on is being made' in.

New Zealand to honour th° King or, Corona-tion day, and a deal of money will be spenton useless display. To honour the King in,a way that would bo pleasing, profitable, andunique, I"should advocate giving all th*patients in the hospitals 2s pel week;during the reigr of the King. Therewill be a>good number who will-hare reason tobe glad and acclaim "Long live the King."1Thenlet young and old turn out onCoronation!day, and plant trees inall the districts of thejcolony, and let the forest be called Queen.Alexandra's forest. Bydoing this, her memorywouldbe always green. To recoup tho nationalpurse by the outlay, put a duty of 2d a lb onitea. Nobody would mios it,and it would reachall.— lam, etc.,

DOSALD NICHOLSOS.Kocky Point, June 4.

Growers of Fruit should consult Nuiiroand Blair's general catalogue of Plants, inwhich will be found not only a collectionof standard varieties, but all the latestnovelties worth growing. In this cataloguewill also be found an up-to-date selectionof Seeds of allkdnds,^

OMNIUM GATHERUM.The Westport Coal Company's output last

week was 9357 tons.The Gazette contains the regulations for

the examinations of engineers in New Zea-land.

En<jH-h i- Muihed l>y 95 per cent < f thepiuuciits ofteuc'uug the higher schools mEgypt. ;

Open-air concert5 are to hv gi\cn in thecourts and alleys of B.rmmgham this bum- Jmer.

Newcastle i- about to pave its maiifthoroughfaieh with wood -at a cost of£70,000.

Ti>e Telegraph Department ad\i->o that]the cable rate to New Orleans i& 4s 7d perword.

O\er 200 applications were received for aposition as station manager in tho Gisborne

',district last week.'" Sulphurous Soddon"

is the name givento the.- Premier of New Zealand by theDublin Independent.

Owing to the absence -«f rains in Japanthe forthcoming rice crop nronisses to, bethe best, on record.

A .Melbourne cable states that Inkermannfell in the Steeplechase on the 9th, and therulei (Ef. Underwood) was killed.

The Balflutha Borough Council havedefinitely decided to erect a town lioll tocelebiuto the King't. Coronation.

The Topanui Borough Council has de-cided to celebrate the Coronation by theerection of a town hall at a cost of £400.

London bridge a to be made lift widerthan it l- at present. The work ha-, beencommenced. The present width is 65ft.

Of .Spain's Mirface. 01113' 37 per cent. i>cultivated. 26 per cent, being pastmc andfore«t, anJ the rest wild and barren moun-tain land.

Tho Blackball Company shipped fiomjOreymouth last week 1015 lorn roal, and theBruui.cr Company 2033 tons coal and 12^tons coke.

Through a workman turning the wrongvuhe, the g.'ts was i-hut off from N<-\v Ply-mouth tho other night, and the whole townwas left 111 daiknes-.

The a\era^e s-thoolboy lo=ps 275 wholescTiool days dufing the year* of In- <-duca-tion by the c*J,iim-ine.-s of 0111 pjcbcat -yetemof weights and measure?

During the year ending September 30 la-l5968 lieen=ed brewers in England produced37,217,880 barrels of beer, 011 which£14.052.843 duty was paid

Instead of an extra ration, the outdoorrecipients of relief from the WellingtonBenevolent Trustees will be given lewt ofcoal each on Coronation Day.

The EmpresH Dowager of China is creditedwith having developed quite a craze forforeign ways,particularly in the direction ofsocial function? and amusements.

The bulk of the Maori population fromWaihao, Waitaki North and South, andTeinuka. will take part in the Coronationcelebration procession in Timaru.

Where the proportion of water in a sampleo£ Jautter exceed! 16 .per ceut«. the butter is

not genuine, statpa a regulation which hasbeen issued by the'Board of Agriculture.

The Bishop of Norwich, speaking " hisDioce-an Conference, said that a \\Q\imust be

''as wise as a serpent, as :--iarp-cyed as a lytix, and as patient as an ass."

The Glutha Leader understands the ex-penditure of about £10 on fireworks in con-nection with the Balclutha Coronation cele-brations has been cut out of theprogramme.

For ufing an old United States flag as abag in his business of rajr collecting, a manhas been fined 20dol at Boston, the chargebeing "contemptuous use of the UnitedStates flag."

As gfting-Eame idoa of the cash value of-London, it is noted that the gross amount offire insurances over property in the LondonCounty Council's administrative district lastyear exceeded £1.000,000.000.

Each decade of years brings a lengthen-ing of average life. In 1900 the deaths in271 cities of a population of 5000 or mciowere 18 5 per 1000, whereas the death late inthe same cities in 1890 was 21 per 1000.

An attempt wai made the other night toburn down Mr W. Shennan's store at Ber-wick. A stick of phosphorus was placedunder th" shop door, but it was fortunatelydiscovered before any damage had beendone.It has been decided the Coronation -cele- -

bratious at JKaitangata should take the formof a procession of the school children andvarious friendly societies. For the expensesincidental thereto,.the borough council hasvoted £30.

" 'While a young man was showing a dyna-

mite cartridge to his fiancee in Berlin, itexploded, bhatteiing hi* anrn and hurlingl)iiii mtf a pond som«* yards awaj'. Thecifrht of oi><> of the young woman's eyesWA-. dp~troyed.

A« the result of the efforts of a numberof f-ea cantains and persons aa^oeiated withImaritime affairs, a sum of £222 has been!collected in Wellington and banded to thewidow of Hip late Mr M'Pheraon. who wasdrowned while serving as chief officer ontho Ohau.

According to a Home paper, the reasonwhy King Edward <hang<xl his plans andtook a yachting cruise on the English coast

|instead of taking his intended holiday at?*Jioe, was owing to the reported discoveryby the Italian police of an AnavchHl plotdirected against Ins Maje&tv.

A movement is proceeding in Americaio omit the "Dear sir" and '"Yours truly,faithfully, sincerely." etc.. from letters.This, gays the Toronto Globe, is a feignof the grossmaterial .spirit of the age, whichattacks al-o the kissing of babies, and thelnterehangi of kisses among ladies."Ido not think any member of Parlia-i mr-nt has the right to claim reelectionbecause of the grant-, lm has assisted in ob-taining for hi- district. Certainly 1 do not.It is only the duty of each member to teethat of tho .total sum spent in the colonyhis district gets a fair share." -Sentencefrom a speech by Mr W. H. Field. MH.R.

To show how co<-tlv it was to the FriendlySocieties to do anything like justice totheir Orders m public processions, the re-presentative of the Druids at Wednesday'smeeting of the Processions Committee inconnection with the Coronation celebrationsm Chriotthurch said that his Order had goneto the expense of £50 for its display onJubilee Day.

At tho meeting of the Tnv&icargill BoroughCouncil en Thursday night it wa= pointedoul that lefoim wa-. needed m the arrange-ments for the eicape from fire at theHmrtlie-. Most of ilio cliuroli <\ooi-h openinward-, a mailer tliat would bo ienou? inc-a-o of a panic. Tiie dange-ivm-? practiceof public c-hairs and forms in the aisles wasal*o commented on.

How tho law operate'-.— A working manin Wellington was (saj'3 the Tost) fined £5for using obscene language. He paid 25^,and then disappeared. Then his wife ap-plied to tho Benevolent Trustees for thesupport with which her husband could notpio\ide her. They piote=ted against the con-duct of the husband, but gave temporalyrelief.

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self to the rebuke of the ungodly and-*what is even worse— to be accused by CityCouncillors of

"hysterical rambling.""

Hech mon!"— says a correspondent, ad-«dressing his

"Dear Ceevis "—""— "

Iaye mis-,dooted thae knee-breeches and" silveflbuckles."' His allusion is, Igather, to theattire in which Mr Gibb as Moderator cele-Ibrated the union of Northern and Southern'Presbyterianism. He "» would have muchpreferred, he goes on to say, that theModerator shouldpreside as a kilted High-lander "wi' pibroch an' sporran, a' com-plete." Whereby Irecognise my Scotchfriend to be, «a counterfeit. A

"sporran

"is indeed

'an article, of dress"; but a"

pibroch,'*— letme see, what is a pibroch?Not a musical instrument, is it? Anyhowyou can't wear*a pibroch so this satiricalcritic is bowled out. There is a grain ofreason -in him, all the same. That is tosay, Mr Gibb's exaggerated conception olhis own dignity may find its best explana-tion in Herr Teufelsdroeeh's dissertation?

xon thePhilosophy of Clothes.

Dear" Civis,"— In your elaborate disserta-

tidn'on the objectionable word"Britisher 'in

Saturday's Daily Times, you wind up by ex-pressing your fear that there is no escape foius from 'the Eateful word— but do you notthink that yeu are-just a bit pessimistic in thematter? Curiously enough, youhave made noallusion whatever to the word

"Briton." You

have limited our choice to "Brit

"or"

Britisher "—and absolutely declining to h»knownasa"

Brit'atany price,havelesignedly

ooncluded to be a Britisher." True it is,that up to the present time, we have beenaccustomad only lo style ourselves

"Britons"

"ir> connection with an expression of our objec-tion to personal slavery, and of the fact thabBritannia rules the waves

— but this is of thenature of a monopoly, and Idon't ccc whyBritannia or anyone else should monopolisetho good old word

"Briton

"—a better than

which we could not find. If brought intogeneral use its present somewhat theatricaltwang would soon disappear

—and there is a"

Civis Romanus sum"

flavour about it whichis quite pardonable, and should bs acceptablein these imperialistic days.

So cheer vp—

you may be a Briton ye(."What! you are one- already you s»y? Just so.Then why should younot be called one? Andif you,and other"Cives" throughout this and|other red-painted portions of the globe wouldonly advocate- the paramount claims of|'* Briton "--ths odious wofd "Britisher" wouldsoon he unheard, except, perhaps, from thamouths of our American cousins, whounques-tionably originated it.— Tours faithfully,

Juno 9. G. A. R.Tho prose use of

"Briton" to denote*simply

a native of Britain has long ceased. Thehabits of the word arenow poetic, rhetoric,melodramatic: "Britons never shall be.slaves

";"Britons strike home";'But nothing he'll reck if they let him sleep 00.In the grave wherea Briton has laid him. »

My correspondent will be able to talk of*himself as a

"Briton"when he can talk

of his horse-as a "steed," andof the house*he lives in as a "cot.' Because specialisedto poetry, rhetoric, melodrama, the word"Briton"

now counbtes attributes thatmay-be 'ndfc -universal." Thus? we say "to fightIlike a Briton

";in-which phrase "

Briton"

obviously connotes eowrage-and endurance.Ava courage and endurance necessarily andialways qualities of every one who mayclaim to be British? In praise of my owncountrymenIcan go far ;but not so far/as that. The word"Briton,"' in short, hasan excellent use of its own, a use that wecannot afford to . surrender. ily cor-respondent may be invited to try again.

Civis..

As it is almost certain that on the occa-sion of the King's Coronation several ofour leading colonists will be honoured bysome recognition by his Majesty the Kingof the services they have rendered to theState, therehas been a good deal of specula-tion by some of our contemporaries as tojthe gentlemen who will be thus singled out.|The name of Dr Logai^Campbell, of Auck-land, who, as mayor of* that city, presented|Cornwall Park to the citizens on the occa-sion of the royal vuit, has invaiiably beenincluded in the lists put foruard, and so ahohas tho name of Captain Russell, ex-leaderof the Opposition. 'The fact tliat the IjCon.W. J. Steward, member for Waitaki, didnot receive knighthood after being for aterm Speaker of the House of Representa-tives— an honour bestowed on all formeroccupants of the position

—has naturally k<l

to his name being included in the H?t < Cprobable recipients' of Coronation honourTl>o Hon. A. J. Cadrnan, e>:-Miiii>ter ofRailways, is generally regarded a< anothergentleman likely to be honoured, -whilciseveral northern newspapers consiJ'U- that!ho H<'n. W. Rolln-toii may aUo have beenleôunvr. t'v.'1. Hi- K.\re]]ci:ty tljr» Gover-nor i', n..' ii>-'j, ii"v. cv<i. to nave made1.i.-nvn l!." fo:i."Pi< '/f it's fifp.itfliC-> to theS^cietaiy of Ht itc fi i il:e Colonies, and that

j Mm::i <-.*'} iv<: likely to be equally reticent!en the -uhject of the acKice tendered to hisK.\cel!rncy ib .-liown by Sir J. G. Ward, onbein^ approached b> us for fcome informa-tion, rei>l\iP£ that lie »vas sorry it wa> notIjci-»ible for him to give any oifieial infor-niPuYin conc.ii'ihg probable Coiouationhonour-*.

Mr E. H. Cur«-,v, S.M., J.ad a busy clayin the Old-age IVn-ions Court on the 10th.'Three new pensions at £18 pw annum weregunted; 31 renewals for the some amount,one at £17, one at £16, one at £15, andfwo at £11, making a total c-Largc on thoio1.enue oi £672 for the enduing 12 month?.Ina letter to the Dunedin Drainage agd

'Sewerage Board, Mr.N.Y. A. Wales, mirecommending the septic tank" system forDunedin and suburbs, says about three acresof ground would be sufficient for the pur-pose^ And suggests a,site .between PelichefcBay and the cement works, and perhaps an-other installation at the -southern 'end ofthe bay. WorEs. for 30,000 .people might?be roughly estimated at 10s per head, or,"15,000. This would provide for a maxi-

mum flo,w of 60gal per personper day. Th«estimate of cost was based on English in-stitutions, and might be sliclitlir exceede*1W U»c colony

Now that our war news lias finally be-come peace news we reach the stage spokenof by the prophet Kruger, the stage atwhich we " stagger humanity."' No inci-dent in the war itself satisfied that predic-tion;nor did the sum of incidents. Suchbuffets as ws gave and received were allin the game— the rubbers to be expectedby whoever plays bowls. Itis true thato\u" amiable neighbours, barracking for theBeers, professed themselves staggered by |this or that ruinous British

"disaster,"' and jstaggered again by British

"methods of |

barbarism"

when we took charge of the ■

wives and children abandoned by our com-batant enemies. Empty pretence, all that. ■

What really staggers humanity—

French, jGerman, Russian humanity— Is the spirit iand temper of the now surrenderedBoers

—their cheers for Kitchener and Milner, theirvoluntary ascseveration« t over and above theoath of allegiance, that they would beloyal to the King, their singing of thoP.ritish National Anthem, their declaiedhopp that when next tin»y fight it may be1)v our aide. 'Eheê are fact-- to knock thewind out of Anglophobes the woild over.The pe?re itself was bad enough— paintingnew territories hateful British red, settingfree for use c'sewhere a quarter of a millionBiitish legionaries inured to war and to :the newest weapons of wji\ Bad enough,all that. Such and such 'ire the terms ofpeace, announced nxi nstoni^hed Germannewspaper, "and where <io we tome in?"Ibis state of painful flabbergast, in nowmade worse by ths conviction that our re-cent enemies mean sincerely to become ourfilends and will be a nev/ element of"sliwrth in the Empire. Inshort, the pro-lifer, home or foreign variety, is in mostr.nLapp/ case. The liof-rs themselves havedeserted him, and— whatever tiie war mayhave been— the peace is a veritable&taggfic-r.

Amongst the woist sufferers muM be MrJohn Morlfy. There is a good deal in 3irJohn Morley that to the student of his-tory will suggest Robcpien-e. Not thatheis charged with cutting off heads;— theopportunity never came to him, or lather,let us say, the nece&ûy was never laidupon him. But neither did Kobopienebegin iv that way. Qu.te the contrary.Being in his younger days a jinlge ot thehigh comIin the e\>:--copal piovince ofAzras he resigned hi? oftke because of ahumane scruple about capital punishment.Such were his principles at that time,snd loyalty to piinciple was ever theRobespieire motto. Lyter, when It? cutoff heads by the bushel, it was stilt uponprinciple;in the interval he had got a newset. Robespierre, first and last, is exhi-bited in a single xitteiance— "

Peri&sent lescolonies plutot qu'un principe"

! He wa.sproposing that the blessings of the Revolu-tion— liberty, equality, fraternity— shouldbe extended to the blacks in the FrenchWest Indies.

"But that would mean the

massacre of the white*,'' it was objected.Whereupon Robespierre: " Pen.1-!! the colo-nies rather than a principle!" And that isMr John Morley all over. Now that hislugubrious predictions about the course andending of the war have been falsified, he isfor granting to the surrendered Boeis animmediate Parliamentary Constitution, and,in effect, is inviting them to make troubleunle;-s they get it. Robespierre, if he wereextant, could do no more than say ditto toMr John Morley— Perish the colonies ratherthan a piinciple! Thin-blooded doctrinairesboth, there is not a pin to choose betweenthem, except that the one in tribute to hisfeti&h cut off innocent heads, whilst to theother, still in the humanitauan-faddi^tstage, the opportunity for that foim ofdevotion has not yet come.

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"French Misrepresentations of England

"sets one wondering. Do these slanderouscritics actually believe what they say? Or,on the other hand, is it conceivable thatthey are right? Can it be that our diplo-macy is as deep, as dark, as deadly as theymake out, and our people as brutal, asbestial, as piratical, as unscrupulous? Inthe current French belief Macchiavelli wasa baby to Chamberlain, and Genghis Khanin comparison a pattern of humanity. Itwas Chamberlain thatplanned,plotted,per-petrated Fashodaj alone he did it. TheGovernment is nothing;Chamberlainevery-thing. So also in the Boer war. It wasChamberlain's war; ChamberlainT^-scorese\erything off his own bat. This funda-mental incapacity for grasping the simplest"'facts in our system of government is re-assuring. One may venture tobelieve thatthe French reading of our nationarcharacteris equally unintelligent. Igive a fewexamples. The first, from the Echo deParis, though merely an editorial opinion,is worth quoting in contrast with theopinions of someof our own-editors, accord-ing to whom"we are, in matters commer-cial and financial, little better than.a nationof fools.

Like a spider, feeble and inoffensive in ap-pearance, but whose 10 ey« ""take in everypoint in the compass, England lies hidden,at the bottom of lier island, holding all thethreads of the money markets, and of theknown and secret financial organisations ofEurope.The next represents the views of MrCamille Pelletan, a responsible politicalwriter, respecting our military ambitionsand the secret purpose of the alliance wehave struck with Japan.

As to England, it was notorious that sheintended to attack us, cost -what it might,before being engaged in SouthAfrica. Apreyto Chauvinist folly, which has possessed allparties and Liberals like M. Chamberfain, sho■will emerge from the war with the Boers withthe necessity of restoringher damaged- prestige.And we leave our colonies to the mercy of heralliance with Japan) . . . The. convictionof those who know the Far East i3that thewar will break out bafore two or three yearsare over.How formidable an adversary France mayexpect to findus in the war we areplottingis expounded in a volume by M. Aubin.Fleets and annies

—yes;but they are not

the worst.There is not a nation in the world more

skilful than England iv isolating, dividing,enervating, irritating, or frightening her ad-versaries, and provoking them to give way todtingeroxis impulses. Her skill is all the moreredoubtable from the fact that her malignityand her suppleness are covered under a showof rigidity of principle and of perfect integrity.Would that this were true, the firsthalf 'atany rate. Ishould feel more comfortablein view of certain contingencies. One moroextract, anestimate of our national charac-ter by M.Boutmy, hepd of the Ecole Libredcs Sciences Politiques, and a "writer ofimportance.

!N"o map who has lived long £n England candispute the bestiality of the jgreat majorityof the British race. Tc^Say, as of old, sport,'betting, intoxication count among the plea-suresmost appreciatedby Englishmen. To-day „"ns of old, they nsed the overloading of a fullstomach to stimulate their genius. If we maybelieve the testimony of a ntate&man at thobeginning of the century just en-ded, all theirgrand reholutiona and all their most ingeniouscombinations have conic into being during thehalf-hour that Englishmen consecrate afterdinner to copious drinking and to conversationbetween men.One thing stands out clear— the French are>cry much afraid of us. There is no goodreason why- they should be ; but s>uch. isthe fact, and >n that fact, more than inyi.ything el»e belonging to them, lies somea.sstlrance that they will let us alone.

Here, from the same Quarterly Reviewarticle, is a paragraph Ihave culled for myfriends the Anglo-Israelites. In the lengthyseries of lunatic French alarmists is aM*.Louis Martin with a book entitled

"The

Knglishman: Is he a Jew?"' Says theleviewer:

v,e first look up this voluni" v;e sup-posed it was a French reproduction of a crazytheory which soiiio years ego had gained abody 'of adherents in England sufficientlynumerous (o have a newspaper of their own.The theory, if our recollection is con-set, waßthat somehow or other some of the lost tribesfound their way en bloc to the Briti.sh Islesand idefitified themselves so closely with thenative population that, though they gave uptheir creed, they perpetuated their race. The

'

_dea commended itself favourably to »" certainsection of tho evangelical ■world, who derived

'great consolation from thenotion that by someicruote possibility the Birlisli nation lnigbtform part of GOil's cLosen people, ancl ivhoconsidered that if our descent from Abrahamcould be recognised, tho recognition would addgreatly to our pt^tus hoth ir. this world andihe y.Oikl 'o com". The 'u?nn of tiip ii°\vt,dii«»e-! <-n %\?<3 c^ll^tl, v. t.' Wi '■■"", the

"Eaiiucr

of Iî**1." V.'c Mi=pect Ih.tt M. Martin hadl'pvcr i'.^jrd of i'-:e "B.iniifr oT J iafl" or he■wou'd crrt.iiiily hire all idcl lv it to <mere»his Ihesl=.To d'ivotee-j .">f the

"orazy t!i»ory ''

thf toneof tbe>e will hardly be agreeable. Jt is notmtiely what the writer s>ys,but th-j na-.'ya.ay in -fthiv-h he says it. However, therei« no getting sway from the fact thai thoQiwrtuly Review feprcserls the high-"W3iermaik of British periodical literature—

a factwhich crazy theorists of the Anglo-1-iaelvdiiety areat liberty to make the best of.

i

The Rev. James Gibb, after reading inthe new-papers, where be didn't expa(t tonnd it, hife petulant letter to the iLiyor,together with comments theieupoa by theCity Council, expresses in a letter to theDaily Times his conviction that he did wellto be angiy. Maybe. At the same timelie has, or ought to have, an inner anddeeper conviction that he would have donebetter to conceal the fact, digesting hisanger in the sacred privacy of his owninterior. A simpleexplanationin thenews-papers

— "The Presbyterian Church was not

repiesented at the peace celebration be-cause Mr Gibb did not receive the Mayor'smessage in time"

—would have met all the

exigencies and saved all the proprieties.Instead of which Mr Gibb contrives toaffront the Chief Magistrate of the city bya- letter of imputations, insinuations,menaces, odious comparisons between thisMayor ami &%.JMj.— iksreJu: exDaaiatthim-.

June 18, 1902.

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Two boys were "before the QueenstownMagistrate's Court the other day on acharge of stealing a cake and tin from, theshop of a local baker. They pleadedguilty,and as they were leaving the court, afterreceiving a severe caution, one of themexclaimed, "What aboufc the cak-?j whoSets tlia&l"-

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When Mr Andrew Bell, of Auckland, wasvisiting ■frie Old Country lately, lie wasgrieved to find that the grave of ThomasCarlyle, at Ecclcfechaiij Lad been totajly

June 18, 1902.OTAGO WITNESSduciug capabilities of his shorthorns thatthe wizard of Sittyton devoted his besteffort?. Becsivo n>ilk r.nd the dairy countedfor so little with him, he to a laige extentoverlooked this \ery important qualifica-tion in his stock, and the ie=ult ha* beenthat it is iow frequently said of Scotchshorthorns., as it ha3been so often said ofHereford?, that they are not able to produceenough milk to rear their own calves. Thatthe majority of Scotch bulls will materiallyimprove the quality of our cattle as storebeasta is unquestionable; but thpt they willexercise a similarly beneficial influence; on<he milking capabilities of our dairy stockis very, very doubtful. For this reason, wecontend that in districts where dairying i-sthe mainstay of our farmers the greaterpo=?ible caution will ha\c lo be exercised inthe intioduction ol bulls of this type."

other point raised in Dr Soinerviile-'s lectur© 'may be discussed. Inreference to the Eng^lish Land Act. he estimates that the com-pensation of the unexhausted manure by the*use of nitrate of soda or sulphate ofammonia may amount'to £5 or £4 per ton,although applied to corn crop. But for thi»to occur, the cora and the straw producedthrough the application of the manure mustbe fed back i<"> the farm. This is, of course-,wholly different to the case where the cornand straw aie sold off. It \s commonly re-cognised nowadays that if the manure pro-duces a crop which is fed off green the landi-i improved thereby, and compensationshould be given.

BREEDING FOR FERTILITY.A writer in an "English agricultural journal;

with Oie knowledge of a strong desire onthe part of owners of valuable bieeds of ewefiockb for numeious births uf twins, says:

—"It mry -ecm a <-troi:g opinion to express,hut "iveK- it i* di-crcduable to our stock-breeders that the annual lambing importsshould meagrely announce 'Twins fairlyplentiful." aud so on. 8o many years havopassed since Danvin published his two-voluraed 'Animal" and Plants tinder"Domesticeatio'i.' that it should have been impossiblefjr any ewe in any well-to-do farmer's flock"to pioduce le«3 than twins oxept as a raioand unwelcome throw-back to ear!itr habit.Indeed,,if the matter had been 'cientiucaLlyattended to, our fheep should now bo pass*ing into the tiiplet-bearingstage ofevolution,fully provided with stamiuu andmiik-produt-ing powers to keep pace* with such im.rc?.scclfertility." He proceeds to poinc out tl.abto increase the feitility of any^ domrsri-cated animal, man ba- ouly to followNattue's plan and eliminate- the less fertile-generation after generation; and in doing-so he hr? this immense advantage overNature, that the results of his work becomeImmediately apparent, becauc-n ho can makethe process cf elimination inexorably com-plete, wherea« Nature can only work by theencotuagemc-nt of tendencies on the rver-age. With regard to sheep, the fir?l.simplesfc&p should have been lo >-plic up a flockso that the produce of (.sell ram could besubsequently identified, and only those,strains of rams which had a proved tendererto propagate twliê— if. that is to ray, theinfluence of the- ram v.as iour.il to have asiyprepotency iv i-

-!= lîj'eet— -Lc-uid be v-.cil

again. It i- too lt.tr, of roitrje, for any suckmeasure to be adopted for this scacon:bui.the time ia close at hand for the second, andprobably the niOre important, .=tep. As theylambs appear, twins and their dams shouldbe marked as suitable for breeding pur-pose?, none 'of tho single-bearing ewes oriheir progeny being used again. The> ?aiueprocosJ, icpeated year after year, would "ivftthe farmer a =i)ain cf cheep, no matter v.liafcthe breed might be. who-e anccttoj-s formauy generatioi.s had been born as twins,aud it is. of course, a matter of scientific-certainty tiiat thi-s tendency, inherited fromboth parents every time, would become-absolutely fixed,ai.d all that would be neec?-.sary to prevent reversion to the conipaia-ijre'y wild type of single-bparinjr ewes wouldbe the inexorable elimination of every such?ew«? and her progeny.

DIRECT AND INDIRECT SOILENRICHMENT.

Early i:ul per*Utei.t tiihge— tillag? that'ac'.ually keeps tac kr\o- from showing-is fat.il to weed grov. tha if v.-ell followedup But fallows sl-ould iiave their quietus

|now that once again they are shown by in-numerable tests to be terrible soil robbers.The rapid formation of soluble plant food bythe action of almo-iiheiie ogeuts in thoconstantly tilled roil, in the absence ofplants to absorb it, is followed by rapidleaching and a consequent lo=s, not- onlyof humus, but of mineral fertilisers a# well.Good crops may. and do, follow a fallow,but at a disastrous ?"-= to th_e soil. Itmcrt-

1 gage3the future. Now that the humus ideais in the air green-maiuuinc? is urged uponfarmers very frequently nt institutes andelsewhere. It add?. w.~ are told, humus lothe soil, and this material holds waterstrongly, is the cantr.- cf bacterial action,and ofohemical changes that react on. foils.A well-fertilised soil will increase in soilhumus provided a good rotation is adopted.Nearly 300 vcars ago Eaeon wroto:— "TheFourth Helpe of (.round is the Suffering ofVegetables to die into the ground. Ai»cl sotoFatten it:As the fc-tubble cf Come, espe-cially PeaEe." The roots and stubble ofclover and other leguminous plants leavenearly a.s much organic matter in the soilas ths tops remove. But a crop cf cloverof two tons and a-half. would, if ploughedin. make &:i expotiMve addition lo thestubble tliat is had for mulling. As some S5per cont.— always over nine-tenths of thoweight of the roots and stubble— is derivedfrom the air. humus may actually increasein the soil as the dirtct result of good farm-ing, always on condition that a rotation isadopted favouring it. The organic matteralways in good noils will vary from about100,0001b to 150,0001b. tuul the addition of40001b in a crop of clover is not a greatlatio of increase. This if not a leprc-euta-

!tion of the whole subject, but iv thejaDsence of trial tests that have showneven ifor one year or for a. series of yearsa compensation for a crop to grow succeed-ing" crop3, it must be held as adequate until

[ accurate tests demonstrate the contentionIof &ho?e who advise us lo iwe one crop tofeed another. Green-inanuriug is a goodplaything for the rich. Tillage has donesomething, muck a little, and other fnotoishave added, tut the system of moderateannual manuring, coupled with ti'lage,forms the basis of the gain. It is tinder-

|stood, of eotuvso. ihat true- chemical farm-inor sack's to add direct plant food to thesoil, and on this ha'-is the f.vrin should beoperated. While it ii not denied that thesoil phould be looked upon in a limited

[ sense as a mine to be cxnloitcd, and thatilime, salt, as-he3, and " tillage while crop-ping may be used as a substitute forfallowing, and prove useful aids under wise

!and limited conditions, the royal road to'tipbuilding poor lands and the advance-ment of farming i- in the main throughthe soil ration. This way surelypays, and the other, if it .enriches at all,is at the expense of the future, unless veryjudiciously indulged in.

FARM AND STATION.

AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORALNEWS.

I A deputation from the Otago A. and P.Society, consisting of Me;?r= Ceorge Robert?,John Ansu". H. V. Fulton, and the Hon.X. Fergus, waited upon tho traffic superln-

, tendent on Friday with ieferer.ee to the-prompt carriage by rail of live t-toek for 1h»coming wiater show. After the deputation,had expressed their vio\v» on the que-tiou,Mr (Irantpromised to midfrtako that .-tockcoming from the north and .south would becarried right through with as little delay aspossible. The deputation thanked Mt Granton behalf of tho A. and P. Society for -hi*promised assistance, which would be mt'chappreciatedby exhibitors to the show.

A further portion of th.^ Windsor Parkestate, comprifinsr about ''200 acre*, has, i.-eon.offered to the Oo\ eminent by Mr Menloveunder the Land for Settlement* Aeh TheCommissioner of C/own Lands (Mr D. Isar-ron) and Mr .John Dnncau, a-= members ofthe Land Purchase Board, inspected theland this week, and their report has beenforwarded to the chairman of the LandPurchase Board v.\ Wellington. 'We under-stand that this portion of the estate islf-.-.s suitable foi- Mibdii isi«m into ?mall arrai»

j than the fir-t portion bought T>y the-Government.

A petition ha- been forwarded throughthe Mayor of Balflulhu tn the Coveii'menc'signed by 50 lal>ourer?, droveiv, and others,

Ia-king the Government to purchase thorto£<?bax»k esta-te, adjoiuin^ Balclutha, tl»eproperty of Mv .Joliu M"Nei!, coiitaimiiffabout 160 lure-, for the .puipore of dividingit into small area-, for or-ciniation liy work-|ii-^r nK-n a^ home-. The petition «ill liereported en in due our-c.

We have been permitted to c-npy the. fol-lowing e.\tia((-> fiom a letter received bytbr- Taieri and I'cniiiiiila Company from,their Lireipocl agent-, from which it willbe .seen that the butter sent Home by thecompany norf command-, a higher price thanthe fine-t I),ini-r-.i c- viumntaiiee of whichboth the tompam' and the co]onj- haveeveryreason to be proud:— "Imay mention thatwe are now making, and have been for thola-t week or 10 days, a better price forTaieri butter than we aie making forDanish. This week we have t-old finestDuuibh butter as low as 104«, whereas wohave not takenless than 106s for Taieri, andin many cases we have been able to mako108s. Wo have been gieatly pleased through-out the heasou with the quality you havesent, and seeing that yon have s-ent forwardso many thousand packages it leflects thevery highest credit on tlie management ofiyour company and on all those connectedwith the making and putting up of thobutter. It is a strange fact that in Ireland,

SHORTHORN BREEDING FROM ANENGLISH POINT OF VIEW.

A= a general purpose bra<-l. tlie short-horn i-s without a nvaL- Other breeds haêtheir particularpoaits of merit, but for "all-ro-jnd ' oxcelltMice the shorthorn f-tandsalone. This is one of the secrets to thegreat populanty of tho breeel i\\ o\er thev.oiid. With daiiymen in England, short-horn* of a good milking strain have forlong been c->pccial favourite". Animals oftjii~ type? aie not only deep Tnilfcer=. butwlien thfii- period of lactation comes to anend and their milk .supply falls off. theypossess such a well-developed aptitude forlaying on fic-h that but little difficulty I1?I 1?

experienced in getting them into suitablecondition for being sold a» beef. Thorp aremany who hold that it is a mibtake lo aimatgetting tlie two qualifications of milk andbeef production in the c:iine animal, but the"experience of many of Tie most fciicee-ssfuldairymen in the United Kingdom disprovestlu^ contention, and hence i* it- that in re-cent years with the cxooption of v fewtransitorily "boomed" herds, pedigreed .aidnon-iêdigrecxl "■milking of "Oiort-horns have reali.-cd the highest avc .icrc atherd sales in the Home country. Ko longas the milking properties -of the shorthornare properly cultiwttcd, 'o lontr will thebreetl hold its own as the be&t git"ii -t"i j.lpur-pose breed in existence

For ovei 60 yenrs the Str.T.n"- of theDuffryn, Newport, Monmouth. L.ivo de\otedtheir c-nergies to the devc-iopaitnt and ad-vancement of milking -strain- of pedigreeshorthorns, and fiom the caili°.et dates ofthe English Royal acry few have passedmore prize winners at the National and"Smithfield Club shows through their hand'sthan the Stiattone fiave done. Quito re-cently the proprietors of the Bleeders' Ga-ret:-\ of Chicago, besoupht Mr ft. Strot ton,tiio pirsrnt occup or of the Dufiiyn. tof.nour tIK-rn v. ith lus \kw- on the puishngIjnncip'os which should be observed in iliebreeding of shorthorns h; mplv. he wrotea- follow.--.— "I fed that it would be some-wlal jjie-i'inptiioin on iiiy p. it to aii-nfvjn ii <|uc~tio:i, 'What lino <if breedingsl'ou'd lie pui-ued in futii'C for 11^ hiîiertcle.do-uncut of the short'-oin lirrcd"

' )>t-

«au se i'i,-~ i- a \cy l.ilge 'uhiect. Slirit|horn br>icil:i.^ i- no! an e>:ct science :therefero go iuaiiif uivoificiii. btsxia jut.to what j^

'tlie highest, development,' and one dares

not speak dogmatically upon the subject.By the 'highest development,' Iunderstandthe most perfect form, with style and qualit3r,combining good milking properties with aninclination fb feed quickly for the butcher.Others, and Ithink they are very numer-ou-3, would leave out milk altogether fromtheir consideration, and confine their stand-ard of excellence to a purely be&f-produeer.With this Iam very much at variance, forIthink the past reputation of the shorthornlias been won by its combination cf the twoabove-named qualities, and not hy eitherone alone, and Ithink it absolutely essen-tial that neither of the-se leading characteris-tics fchould be neglected by our breeders,for whatever may be the requirements of'rancheiv,1both inEngland and America, themilking qualities of shorthorns are of theutmost importance to a very largo majorityof breeders, and it is quite certain that thepurebied shorthorn, judiciously bred androared, is as capable now as in days ofyore of holding its premier position as thedairy cow and the< grazer.

"Successful shorthorn breeding is not to belearned from any written rules, it is oneof ihoze things which maycome intuitively:it may come from careful study of practicalrequirements in tho animal to be produced;it may, and often doe.s, corue by accident,the Jucky purchase of an impressive' sine;but the skill of the .=!.orthorn-breeder isshown by his capacity to'know when he hasa good &ire and how to iise it, and when hehas a bad ono, how quickly to discard it.Many a breeder's reputation has been madeby the purest accident of falling againsl a'good getter.' and many a reputation ha--been losl by inability to see and*believe thata well-bred sire i- not necessarily a e;ooc1tire. To lay down any hard and fast rule-sas to the proper.course for breeders to pur-sue T could not attempt, so much dependson the ideal you have in view:but, havinggot that ideal, work up to it as well asyou can.Iwould say. regardless of 'line-breeding,' of course always keeping in mind,first, strength of constitution: second, affi-nity of Ftylc. nnd blood. Iam a strongbeliever in a "change of blood," but Ia!:-ofully recognise the danger of an excessiveinfusion of frch blood. Iam rather aheheiei" in a 'blend.' which Ihave foundto work satisfactorily in my own herd. Ihave introduced tlie Tsooih blood of FitzMowbray (49.591) and tlie .Scotch blood ofField Marshal through Field Officer (61,962),s:rc of Flag .Signal (65,527). and oilierchanges through Medallion (56,175). sire oftlie champion heifer at the Chester Itoval:Timbrel 23rd. and asain through Excelsior(65,466), who'.e dam. Lady Elsie (one of thebe-st cow- 1ever faw) was purely Booth byIvmg Harold (40,053) The successful com-Iniiation of thceo crosses m my herd ha<- nodoubt cau«pd my two bulls— Alto (68.147)and Flag ..Signal (65,527)— b0th fiom thesame cow— to have been used respectivelyby Mr Booth at Warlahv and Mr Willis atBapto.il Manor— facts which say more thanany words that Ican care to use in answer-ing your questions. That the Scotch -cattledo inquire a. cross to give milk, length nfm.:.rlcT, quality, and a. littlp more style isIUiink, generally admitted hefoie they cania.uk a» the liighe.-t type- of shorthorns en-graven on our memories."

Iv confirmation of Mr Stratton'n state-ment a1

-to the deficiency in milkingcapacity

of tlie present tune fashionable Scotch shor.-horn*, we nive the follow ing extract fromthe Farmer->' (iazotte. A <-üb?cnber <o thatlournal wiote:

— "In (me of the <v-nys on'The Best Breeds of Cattle Best Ada-pled forIreland," recently reproduced in yourcolumns T noticed a paragraph to the effectthat 'Po much attention ha\mg been givento the beef producing qualities of the Hi otchshorthorn--, they are useless foi milkingpur-pr><-c<\' Owing to the numirtT of premiumsoffered by our county committee?, and the► carcity of eligible bulls in this country, iti- \e-rv probable that we may lime a num-ber of Scotch shorthorn buIU competing forihe-e premiums at the forthcoming '"howsand .«a!e;-. This bîng Qo, Iwould be \erymuch obliged by your letting me know in\iiur next i-.»up of the (i:i?e.ttc whether itl-a fart that .Scotch shorthorn-, are.an<-tat-edin ih" (-.-ly Il'fer to. r.selc-s foi jnilk-producmg purpose^. If they aie our eoimtyoommitterp will be conferimg \ery doubt-ful ble3<-iti£s on fanners who intend pro«c-nig purebred shorthorns with ordinary dairyrows for tlie purpose of nnpro*infr the milk-produempr qualities of their herds by {riv-mg prominence to those. Scotch bull-." The<»ditor"s answer i->: — '"It is unquestionablythe ea-e that Scotch shorthorn-, aie, as acla--, ]jooi- milkei -. Here and theie excep-tion- may be mot v. iih. but taking them asa whole."the th:(!c, drip, sanpy cattle uponwinch the late Mr Ciuik-h.mk left the im-press, of his fe'.vill a- a breeder are butvt-ryindifferent performers at the pail. Ciuik-shank'a -objeit in establishing what ha« nowcame to be known as the Scottish shorthornvis tn improve the breed as farmers' cattle,but in that part of the couutrj in which heh\cd farm' rs keep cattle almost entirely forhecf-production. The consequence was thatit uad to the development of the beei-iilQ-

EXPERT VIEWS ON RIVALFERTILISERS.

Piofessor Somenil'p, in the course of arecent lecture at tho British Surveyors' In-stitute, compared tlif* relative values ofsulphate of ammonia and nitrate of &ocla,and in the main strongly expressed Ins he-liff tliat nitrate of soda is a more efficaciousmanure than sulphate of ammonia. On the'otliei hand. PiofesÔi Maiden if ratherinclined to differ fiom him on this point,even when tlie expeiimontb £iom which thedeductions were drawn are considered- Itshould not be forgotten that the Rothatn-'6tcd experiments on wheat'and barley growncontinuously year by year do not showthe complete value of the mainue to jthe farm, but only to the particular cropto which they are appliedr*

-This con-

tinuous corn,(.topping is jiot an ordinaryfarm practice, und allows the unused nitro-gen lo be va-hed ovit of the soil duringthe long interval between autumn andspring, when there is no crop on the laudto take up the nitrogen -u^ it becomessoluble—

a feafure to winch Dr Somerviileelsewhere allud&s. In days of fctrict rota-tion it might ha\ c been linpoasihle to a\oidthis loi»s, but where catch cropping and■"needs" are .ô commonly taken, and where,if not taken, they ought to be, it i.-. un-fair to take tlic effet t on the corn crop onlyinto consideration. Professor Macreker'.spot experiments are c.«»n worse in thi^ re-spect tlian is continuous coin cropping. Dr.Sozncr\illo point-, out lio«- it is that the 1ootcrop, which is an autumn feeder, utilisesthe nitrogen from sulphate of ammonia to

better advantage than from nitrate of soda,and g:\e-. a good illustration of Uip differenteifooti of sulphate of ammonia and nitrateof wida on the varieties of glares composinga pa-lure,by showing that on the Rotham-.»ted plots shallow looted erases jirevailedinn,t wheiv Milpli.ite of ammonia was used,and ilig dccpei ones where nitrate of soda\\a, employed, the conclusion being thatthe nitrate of &od<i was washed down to alower depth. ''In point of practice," Pro-fis=nr Maiden say-, "we should not be pre-pared to follow tin-, reasoning implicitly, atin 111-t.ii'cp. und'r our obscr\ation we havenut found it ro he irLillililo.''

In i(.-ii(ct lo !on -, Professor Maiden'sexpeiinient c|uite confirms that of Dr Somer-ville, wlirn he say« tliat theyare overvalued.Before th.-> days of more active phosphaiicmanures they gained a repute that has notleft them in spite of proof in. favourof otherforms. That bones poasc?3 good mammal 'value would be denied by no one, but thoprice requires adjusting to the actual goodthey do in comparison with other manuressupplying the same amount of plant food ancleffecting tk& aapiQ amount of. moYith. Qua

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DUX AND BLUE JAYPLOWS

(1201 Tattern).

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TRS-Bs^ FURROW.!II

So great has tlc run been on these jImplements that our last shipment is jnearly sold out.

Shey are doing excellent work, and nowareOpenly acknowledged to be the

Best Plows in the colony.

DUPLICATE PARTS. „TVe havea full stock, and advise Farmersto order early, so as to avoid delay once therush of the season is on.

W.E.REYNOLDS& CO.BOXD STREET, DUNEDIX,

DTAGO DAILY TIMES ANDWITNESS.

Southland Office.fTVHE Branch Office for Southland or iheiA Otago Daily Times and Witness News-papers Company (Limited) ha6been RK-MUVED to the New Zealand Pine Com-pany's Building, Imercargill, near the Rail-way Station.

Orders for ADVERTISEMENTS inTimes.-"Witness, and Outlook, and other SouthlandBusiness, will he attended to hy the Com-jiany's Agent for Southland, Mr JAMESHUNTER.

HORSE COVERS, OIL CLOTHING,TENTS, SAILS, FLAGS, SHIP-

CHANDLERY.Alex. Thompson.

163 & 165 PRINCES STREET, DUNEDIN.

PIRST AWARDS at New Zealand andSouth Seas Exhibition for Oil-clothing,Tents, and Horse Covers.Solo Manufacturer of Thompson's Patent

Crupperlftjs Horse Cover.Manufacturer of Eveiy Description of Cart-covers, Oil-clothing, I'Tag-. and CanvasHose.TENTS, MARQUEES and FLAGS FOR

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OTAGO DAILY TlMES— Rates for SmallCash Advertising — V/anteda, To Lets,

&c, 16 worda far 6d, stjictlj Cask uj Ad-

The dairy-farmer can tave liis milk byusing Nimmo axd Slack's "Lactina." which"is a .°plendid substitute for milk. It mixenwith water, and is roadily taken by thecalf at all times, and

fit tells its tale ia

a very short time. Price. 6d tcj lb; 50»

oftheiProcessionl i- 5i BRAND ON THE HEEL !'OF EVERY.PAIRJSAJIUARANTEE manufactured by j

OF . SARGOOD.SDNand! \' QUALITY^ ' CWEN, DUNEDIN fc !

Interesting andWelcome Newsfor Farmers&Dairymen.

SHARPLES ~«i20th CEXTUKY

CREAM SEPARATORSAGAIN* TO THE TEOKT.

These Machines are up-to-date, showing re-markable Improvements.

Capacities IncreasedANDPrices Reduced.

Now made inthe followingsizes :— IS. 30,50, C5. TO. 150. 250, 320, and 4.";0 gallonsCapacity per hour.

SEXD FOR NEW CATALOGUES.

J. B. NUcEWAN,AGENT, DUNEDIN.

"where there are now so very many cream-eries, and where they ate able to knowexactly what is required on this market,

there are none of them who are- «.ble to«end forward sa article co even and reliableas that -which you arc able to tend."'

Air J. C. Anderson, of String, is atpresent fittling a contract for tho supply of100 tons of turnips fcr the Australian mar-ket. The roots are (says the Free Press)a nice sample of Swede, the smallest beingselected for bagging purposes. Mr Ander-son will supply a further order for 100 tonslater on.

Some idea of the tremendous fillip whichthe North Otago Dairy Company has givento dairying interests in the district (says theOamaru Mail) may be gathered from thefaofc that the company paid out no less than£3000 last month for milk, and that whenthe sux^ply of milk was already on the wane.

Farmers in the Gore district, are complain-ing of the rapid increase of hares. In acouple of years, it is predicted, hares willbe as great a nuisance as the rabbits.Itis stated that experiments made at the

Government farm at Ruakura =eem to indi-cate that ragwort is the cause of the cattledisease known as "bush sickness."

The Marlborough Daily Times states thatsi sevan-acre paddock of clover at TuaZVlarina yielded 13 sacks of cleaned cloverseed. Each sack weighed 2601b, whichbrings in a return of £15 per aero.

The Union Steam Ship Company's newsteamship Aparima loft I'lums on May 18with horses for the Cape of Good Hope,whore rfie was expected- to arrive on June33, and thence proceeds to Ca'cntta. vrhcroshe if <iue on July 8. A fill! hir-d Jia= hec-:isecured at Calcutta for New Zca'aud, ay.dshe is expected to leave in August, arm-ing in the coJoay in September. On hertrial trip the Aparima ar-ciaged 13i knotsan'hour.

The Press .states thar Mr Lo»viie hasadopted at the Canterbury Agricultural Co!Icgft th-s Fi^lem of working the institutionthat he found succc-^ful at ihc RoseworthyCol'ege at Adelaide. This is in making thestudents do all the farm work without thoaid of hired assistance. The .services of fourfarm hands have therefore be&n dispcu-edwith, and the only men now employed arethe farm overseer, shepherd, and gardener.

According to a cable menage l.^nFilhers from Xcw York, ai>n»!gnnv in <-f wZealand frozen lamb has been 'old i itcity at -the same price v.b Amcr'uu !.i:nl>,notwithstanding the c-haige^ f- r transporta-tion and storage, and the importduty, whichhad to be paid on the consignment. Theconsignees say thar the trial shipment wasan experiment whioli h,i? L°en successful,and that as a ro-nlt further shipments willbe made in ISO3.— Home Ccrre-pondcnt.

A traveller through one of cv.r li'.gedairy-ing districts the other day (;ay» theHaw-era Star) was very much struck withthe idea of dehorning all dairy cjttie. Thesight of a large yard full of d«horr«Hl cattle,and all standing quirt, is a rr>nt contrastto a yard of horned one-, oach trying toget out of tho way of smother. l)o!ioin_-dcattlomilk betto-r and kec]> ir> condition bet-ter, as can bo peen any time by a persongoing through a district where both arefiicle by side.

A curious civil case was before tlie Su-33~eme Court at Timaru, when a Lcatlownfarmer sued a neighbour, claiming £200 a-sdamages for flooding his laud, and ."-oughtan injunction stopping the defendant froma repetition of the offence-. The defend-ant brought a similar action against theplaintiff. After engaging counsel from Dun-edin and Tixnani plaintiff refused to taketheir advieo, insisting on tho case beingconducted on the lines laid clown by him-self. Counsel therefore withdrew from thecase. Mr Justice Williams remarked on thefoolishness of the plaintiff, and cH=mi==edthe action, ordering plaintiff to pay costs.Tlis Honor granted an injunction to preventthe plaintiff from flooding the defendant'sland.

Owing to the test= at tho Stirling DairyFactory being somewhat below what wflcexpected, the suppliers wore inclined totliink that the milk tests were not correct,and the directors decided to have an inde-pendent investigation. The services of MrW. M. Singleton, dairy instructor. Welling-ton, were obtained, and he has now reportedthat the factory manager (Mr Beyers) hadexercised every care when testing the milk,and in two or three instances had made thereading of tho tests slightly more than he(the instructor) would ha\e done. Thedirectors havo now cloc-idod to raise the priceof milk te-sting 3 6 to sd.

At a recent stock sale at Inglewood. NorthIsland, a purebred Jor-py coy,. winch tookfirst prize at the New Plymouth agricultural&*iow-, was sold at £25 10°.'The Wyndham Farmer states that on tho

subdivisions of Glenham tsfato the newsettlers are giving prac-tioal evidence oftheir being an. energetic body of men.

-A. Christchiirch resident, at present =tav-ahg at Bournemouth, in the South of Ens-Sand, stales that Cantr-rbury mutton ii told"tliere as follows: — Legs and loins, 10d per3b; forequarters, 9d per lb; necks, 7d perV>.

The United States boasts of the world'srecord of having grown 5200 million pounds'worth of corn, and 2200 millions' worth oftrheat, during the nineteenth century.

Lately a middle-asedman was admitted to

the Lambeth Workhouse who, upon beingsearched, was found to have a bank book inhis pocket showing1a balance of £1000.

Tlie drought inSout'i Austraiia has provedthe stability and utility of camels, mule?,and donkey*5. On many of th-o stations theseanimaJs are being used for boundary riding,tiic hordes being either dead or totally unfitfor work.

On Friday Mr G. J. Fulton, flax grader,vij-itcd the Bluff to examine some 360 balesof flax awaitingshipment. From the South-land Times we learn that while some of thefibre was found to be m a \ery good condi-tion, a large quantity of it was exceedinglydisappointing. Much of it was poorlystripped and cleansed, badly fielded, and■very mixed. Other bales, a2ain, were dis-coloured through having been carried incoal trucks; the pressing, too. in a few in-stance-;, was carelessly done. Mr Fultonad-vised exporters to keep their qxialities sepa-rate, as a little inferior stuff in a bale ofgood fibre lowers tie grade of the whole1-alc.

For the y&ar ended March 31 the Vin-roiit County Council expended £139 4s onthe destruction of small birds.It is pleading to nonce (writes

"Rusti-

cu=."' in the- Bruce Herald) that- the plan ofselling fat cattle by live weight continuesto grew in favour. The system was longand strenuously advocated by Mr M'Jannett,of St-'riing, and it l<a; to much to recommendit and can be carried out with =o littleinconvenience that it is strange tho oldsystem should stand so hard. onee 4the liveweiglu>W£ known, the dead weight can becalculated with an accuracy correct enoughfor all practical purposes, and the work ofestimating the value of a fat animal beeonic-soLntjht ii\cchanieal. If the animal is in primerondition. a greater value per hundredweightiv.n ho givc-ii, not only because of the im-proved quality, but because tlie dead weightbears a higher pioportion to the live weight.In poorer-conditioned animals, the valueper hundredweight becomes necessarily10-.ver. It is easily «een. then, that theonly qii'^tioii with which the buyer needtrouble himself is> the quality of the animal.He need not take the bize into considerationat all. The weighing scales will do thatfor him with an accuracy he could scarcelyhope to attain even witJi years of practice.And yet, l'Otwithst.imlintr the manifest ad-\amagca of <tcllint> Vy \l\o weight, it stillmccU with strong opp'x-itiun i'1 some quar-ters-, s.-i strongly < ou-"rvati\c aie homepeople in their opinion-.

Negotiations for theresumption rf MrDeidrichs'a rotate of 5000 acres at Kokatahi,near Hok.tika, haio -o far advanced thatthe Land Purcha-e Board lias now recom-mended tho rcitunpt-o'i of 1700 acres, thebalance of 33C0 acr^s being left to Mr Deid-rie'.is and family. Th° c?>e was to havecomebefore the Compensation Court on June 20,and extensive preparations were beinej madeby the Crown and Mr Deidrichs for theconduct of the respective tides. A numberof experts and land \aluer-3 who have beeninspecting the country were recalled on Fri-day, and it i- now expected that the matterwill be odjiutod on the recommendation ofthe commissioners.

The ort'hiary monthly meeting of the com-mittee of the Gore A. and P. Associationtook j>hicc on the 7th in^tr, Mr G. Milneshice-proident) in ' the chair. Walter Dal-glicah. stock jiiipcctor, wrote in reply totho a.-ôciation'.-i communication, stating thathe recognised that it would be much wot&convenient to have a copy of tho brandsaud earmarks of all in the duuic-t keptin Gor-', and he had forwarded tho letteron to the Secretary of Agiiculture, who hadthe matter under consideration.

— MessrsMurc'och anil Mlhies worf appointed to TP-pre-pnt tho association at the AuriculttualConfi-ro'ice to bo held at Fhmpdin on the24tU m-t. A printod l'=t of the resolutionsto be dUous«.ed by that body wa-^ laid on thetabie, and aa cxpres-ion of opinion, for thedirection of the delegates, was gncn oneach. A lesolution that the (Jovornmcnt beasked fo establish an agriculturel college wasappioved. The delegate were mstiuclcd tooppcê the resolution that judges be allowedfree railway pasae-. when tiavellinjr betweenplaces for thepurpose of judamg. The reso-lution that agricultural societies combine anilpublish .ipaper wa=s not supported, membersbeing oE opinion that new^papeis were al-ways"ready to pi\e agricultural aôciaticns<»\cry support. A 10-olution tliat tho UnionSt-eamship Company be a-ked to allow areduction of 10 per cent, to indgos.. the =amcas is allowed to onmm<Mc-ial traveller?, wasappro\cd. The follownvj; resolution wa-?unanimously approved— "That, with the ob-ject of improving thebreed of hordes in NewZealand, a tax shoulcTbe placed on all en-tiic hor-es tised ss _f tallion=, and that allentiirs standing at the sorvic o of the publicshould be examined annually by a compe-tent, -ir.-.rcetor.'' In the matter of ha\incrthf> Stud Book piinted annually, instead oftn-annua'ly. as at prpsent, the delegateswc-ro iiiatructcd to vote " with the majority."A ic~olution that tlic Imperial Governmentbe approached with the object of appoint-ing a hliver of ca\alry hor-e?, the personappointed to act as judge at show, wa3 ap-yrc -cd. A vo=olution a.-kinj the Govern-ment to rr-intro,luce the bill dealing with" trotting" at aui-lion s.ilps was stronglysupported. A resolution that meetings beheld in a more central position wa- goneullyappro\ed, the delegates bpinc; instiuctcd tosupport Christchurch as tlie mo-t lonvenientcantaas. A resolution that tho Uovftraxaent

the association was somewhat behind in thematter of special prizes, and he thoughtsome of the largo firms at Home might btoappeaJed to. A good deal might be doneif members set their minds to it.

The following provisions for brandingmeat intended for consumption in or oucof the colony-are. contained-inthe new regu-lations under the. "Slaughtering aud In-spection Act, 1900":— The'brand is to be ofan approved colour and design, and shallbe affixed (a) In the case of meat for human,consumption withm the colony, slaughteredat an abattoir or meat-export slaughterhouse,by the inspector; and (b) in all other casesby the manager or licensee, as the case maybe. In the case of meat intended for con-sumption within the colony, tho brand shallbe stamped on every quarter of the carcase.In the case of meat intended for export, thebrand shall be affixed to each carcase, orseparate portion of a carcase, by a labelor tag approved -by the Minister. la the "case of tinned meat, such mark shall beaffixed by label to every tin, in addition totlie particulars required by section 41 of thoact. No mark other thanthose- hereinforomentioned'shall bo placed on any carcase, orportion of a carcase, or en any label ortajr, unless such mark is approved by thojliniater. The stamp for branding the offi-cial number on meat for consumption withintho colon}' will be supplied on applicationto tho Secretary of Agriculture, at Welling-ton, on payment of 2s.

One hundred and sixty cases of poultry,containing 2846 birds, were shipped to SouthAfrica, via Australia, per Westralia, on the7th inst. It is anticipated that tho Sussex,advertised' to sail direct for South" Africa on'July 1, will take a consignment which willpractically clear the heavysfoeksyin tho dif-ferent freezing wtablishmenis in tho colony.As.Lyttelton alcnoiiolds about1700 -cases, ifcis evident that the -Sussex cargo will bo a .hc-avy one.

During last eight years, it is statedX-ew.South Wales;, Victoria, and Queensland "have lost 29.C00.000 gheep through drought. ',

From* the Earl of Rosebery's Home farm.it l)almeny Park, near Edinburgh, was dis-patched on April 15,by special train to Glas-gow, for ehipmeut to Quebec, on board thoAllan Line steamer Marina, what is pro-bably the largest and most valuable consign-ment of large whito pedigree pigs that hasever been shipped from this country. Thingreat consignment, consisting of about 90head, are for Mr D. C. Flatt. of Millgrove.Hamilton, Ontario, who owns the largestand most renowned herd of the large whiteYorkshires in either Canada or the U.S. ofAmerica. The manager at Dalmeny Homofarm has taken the greatest care that thisconsignment should be altogether a moatsuperior lot, and a record one in every-way.Individually, any ono of the breeding sow.-?would form a, valuable acquisition to anyfirst-clays herd, and each of the boars s.ennwas chosen with the purpose of being fifeto lead any herd. Going, as they are, intoone herd, this valuable lot will no doubtgive a good account of themselves on theother .side of the mill pond, and we under-stand that Mr Flatt intends (at the requestof his Government) to exhibit a, choiceselection of hogs at the great show to beheld at St. Louis in 1903, which promisesto excel the World's Fair afr Chicago, or the .Pan American, where imported! pises from.tho famous Dalmeny herd carried all before *

them.— Scottish Tanner.At thelast American census the matter of

farm prddiice «a< specially inquired' Into,the results of which have just been pub-lished as a special "report. There arc5,700.000 farms in the United States, andon 5.100,000 of fhrse poultry are>kept. The-total number of birds, three months old andover, en tlrrse farm-t v.'n=; 233.600.000 chickens(iiu'hidincr guinea fov.-'n). 6,700,000 turkeys,5.700.000 uci?sp.5p. pnd 4.3C0.000 ducks— an av«--ac,-,-. oi 46 €-hii-keiH lo rac-h farm and aboutonp each of tho oilier fowl. The aggregate\aluo of all thr>:<> birds (on rhi» fnnn) h pufcat £17.160,000. Dunne 1899 these fowlspicchir-od ju-t on 16 billions of cprss, valuedat £23,800,000. the \a!ue of the poultryr iis.--rl and sold in tiie .'"ame year be-ine putat £27.380.000, tlie average production beinjrat tho vsi'r. of about £11 nor farm.' The total."up-racf." income ]>or fowl amounted to ju3t4s 8d for t!.« year.

-A <-la*3 i* to bo held at Balolulhn (sava

the- Free Prefix) for wool instruction by the-woo! export at prcont instructor at reehni-.r-al School. Dunpdin. and at Oamaru andXgaparr.. This c\n** should b»» of inrerest toour younsr na-torulisK. is a thorough insizh.6i»to wool-ola=siii'' will be given to all pupils.Tho-e taking advantage of thi^ dafs will10-nrn Ji'>w to ola.s 1;. sort, and value woo] ofall erratic.. As the fco js within the reach oEa'l the o'.'K-s «hould bf> liberally patroni-od.

The following: resolutions in relation tosmall-bird rjoiôniiig,. w^ro carried unaui-mou--lv at the last meeting of the- ManiototoC'ountv Council:— That in view of tI)A enor-mous inor*>a«e"in the uuniVwr of -small birdsin tho interior, this counr-il iake similar step^to iho°e taken by the central counties v/he-rwt!ie evil pxiat-s io an p-vpii greater oxtent—viz.. (1) That the council -oronare its own

it will be later on in respect to forage andloots for horses and cattle. One great turnwe have done the Boers, if none other.These farming operations, which are con-ducted under the superintendence of ex-perienced Englishmen, have demonstratedthat three good crops a year canbe got fromTransvaalland. All"along- the railways, andunder cover of blockhouse lines, vast campsor locations of natives have been, formed.Along this western railway to Ivlerksdorpthe Kaffirs, who in this way have beenbrought under our protection, are living incomfortable huts, and have thousands ofacres of mealies, Kaffir corn, and potatoes.*>]ready planted, and hastening under thebeaming sun to harvest.

The annual report of the Minister ofAgriculture for the Dominion of Canada forthe year ended October 31 last shows alarge increase in the export of agriculturalpioduce from Canada. In the butter tradethe value of the oxports in 1901 was3 295.663d01. having- increased from 1,052.089dol in 1896, or over 200 per cent., whilefrom Montreal alone the number of pack-ages carried in cald storage increased from227,863 in 1900 to 410,893 in 1901. Thebacon trade also shows rapid progress. In1896 the value of the export? of pork,bacon, hams, etc., was only' 4,446.884<t01;whereas at the close of the last fiscal yearit bad risen to 11,829,820d01. Of chee-e. in1890 the exports were valuedat 13.956,571d01.in 1900 they exceeded 19,800,000d01, and in3SOI they rcoched 20,690,951d01. The reportf-tates that the special fattening of chickensfor "old country" markets has passed be-yond the trial stage, and that work at t3ieEvpfrinienlal Farm lias been prolific of pro-fitable information to tbc dairyman, thehorticulturist, the agrienhurist, and thepotiltry keeper, while researches in the en-tomological1* section, fca^c been of gr,eat ser-vice.

The prize lint for the nxth annual showof tho Sottish.National Fat Stock Club,which is to he held in the Waverley Mar-ket. Edinburgh, on Wednesday and Thurs-day, 3rd and 4th December next, has beeni.-.sued by the secretary. Mr Jame; Wylie.Royal Bank, Le\iu street, Edinburgh. Theamount offered in ordiuary prizes, challengecup-*, champion prizes, silver plate, specialprize.-;, etc., is £1403. This sum is appor-tioned as follows:— Cattle, £996; sheep,£162: pig-,-, £33; roots, jyraiu, etc., £185;and butter-making, £27. The tofal sumoffered in 1901 was £1393, t!>o inrrea.se for1902 bring £5. In 1900 the total cum of-fered in, prizes was £1313.

The committee of theNorth Otago A. andP. Association met on Wednesday last, MrT. Reid (president) in the chair."— Mr Jas.Reid wrote advocating the holding by theassociation of a winter show in Oamaru. aslikely to draw tiio farmers together andbenefit th» association. Members tlioughc ii,■va-3 too late this year to couiider the mat-ter.

—A 6ub-eon-,mittt-p- w.-.a set up to frame

a list of judges, members of the society, tosubmit to theNew Zealand AgriculturalCon-ference.— The SecreJary reported that hohadreceived a cheque from the il'ManusM'Lachlan Match Committee for £10 12s.being the as-ociation'-, .->fcaro (20 per cent.)of the grop* gate receipt taken at the showground ou Juno 3.— The meeting consideredthat there wore not sufficient members prc-j-cnt to justify them in going on with theschedule and: Tules, and it .was resolved 'sohold a special meeting on the 17th mat. toconsider the programme and -regulations.—Mr Wylie gavenotice to move that all cupsaud pieces of plate be done away with nothe iipm show, and money prizes substi-tuted.

The monthly meeting of the CanterburyA. and P. Association was held in Chri-st-cl.ureli on "Wednesday last, Dr I,evinge (pre-fcklcni) in the chair — A letter from Mr FrankO. Andrews regarding; the award of theMidges on tlif trial of his new potato ciigxerwa-. read. Ho contended that the highpraise given to his machine by the judgesshould have been followed by tho award ofthe gold medal. The report cjf tho judgeswa< upheld.— -The Sheep Committee reportedthat the question of judging competition*,for young farmors and farmers' <-oii.«, re-ferral back to this committee by the i/cc-ue-ial Committee, had been considered Thecommittee- approved of such competition51,, "uml-hI that the sheep entered in tli^ <-hnwiH-lp; were not u-ecl for the purpose. Withrogi'id to judging by points in the =howelates tho. committee did not see its way toj("commend tL'it the practice chonl'l bo mtro-ci.if-cd. Ihn. committee had decided to re-fotiiniond that at the ram hiii no iiulitidualbivoder <-hould he allowed to -e.i more thansix stud sheep m <irio iu:i. AVlhtc onebrrouoi entered more than mx stud fheep,tlie lot would bo out i>p, and tlic priority off-ale drawn foi in the usual way The com-mittee did uot think it dcsiiable that long-woollcd and black-faced bheep should be soldat the <-aTn»' tinio, as a buyer might wantboth Irii.ds of sheep. Tho report was adop-ted.—Tho Hor.-,e Committee- appiovedof thoprinciple of judginsr competitions for youngfarmeis oi fdirac-i-3' hem. but did not re-(ommem! lip adoption of points judging in.the horse classes. It recommended that anow cla.«s .should bo added to the cataloguefor tho bcbt walkjug horse (hack), mare, orgelding. Several other alterationj were fcug-g-osted. The report was adopted, with anaddition of a new class for Clydesdale maresor fillies (any age).— Tho Cattle Committee,in its report, made several HiggeFtion'3,wbiali were agreed to.

—The President said

be asked to give a bonus to the person in-venting a cheap method of destroying noxi-ous weeds was approved. A resolution thatassociations adopt a uniform colour for prizeticket? at shows wa.3 supported. The dele-gates v.'ere given a free hand on the ques-tion of the Education Board being ap-proac'icd to introduce into the school sylla-bus the elements of agriculture.

A meeting of the Waimate A. and P. As-sociation was held on the 7th hist. Therewere nearly 40 members present. The presi-dent (Mr Hertslett) occupied the chair. Th©annual report and financial statement for theyear ended March 31, 1902, were read andadopted. The report was considered highlysatisfactory. Classes were increased from175 to 200, and the prize money from £262for the pre\ious year, to £325, whilethe entries numbered 572 as against557. The special prizes awarded amountedto £80 in value as against £64- the previousyear, and prize money was £209 9s as against£157. There are now 138 members on theroll. 16 having been gained and eight with-drawn during the year. Important improve-ments were made to the show grounds dur-ing the year at an expenditure of £58. Therewas a sum of £2 18s Id in hand and £16owing to the association. The committeeappointed to collect exhibits for DunedinWinter show have been actively employed,and the re-appointment of committee wasrecommended. Tin* election of officers wasthen proceeded with, the result being— MrN. Francis, president;ifr G. Miller, vice-president (two nominated): Mr D. P.M'Leau, treasurer: Messrs Hertslctt, Stud-holme, Orbell. Mitchell, Ward, Saunders,M'Govorin, M'Gowan, Beckett, Douglas, W.Dunbar, and Morgan, members of commit-tee (18nominated). A xote of thanks andanhonorarium weregiven to Mr C. Aklmrstas secretary, and a vote of thanks and an ■

honorarium for services as auditor to Mr C.!V. Cochrane. I

About 30 South Canterbury sheep-ownersmet the president and secretary of the

'Canterbury Sheep-owners' Association atTiiraru on the 6th inst. The objects of theassociation were explained to those present,whos-e flocks constitute the majority of thesheep owned in South Canterbury, and whosubsequently agreed to join, the association.Messrs C. Orbell (Level-,), B. Tripp (OranGorge), and R. Campbell were elected to ifill ths"vacanc!«v3 existingon the. committee. \

The Mayor of Ealclutha has been notified,by the Minister of Lands that the petition jwhich lately wont forward from there for the jacquisition of the Roscbank estate under ithe Land fcr Settlements Act had beenreceived, and would leceive immediate atten-tion.

Waimale notes, in the Oamaru Mail:—Since the dry weather of the la-t few weekscommenced, much farm work has been donethroughout the county, the land having gotinto good order for plough, cart, and har-row after its long saturation from flood andcontinued damp weather, and farmers areworking away vigorously and hopefully afterthe lengthy gloom of wet weather and forcedidleness, the loss on grain crops in manycaês being nearly made up m the rue ofprices which occurred at the right time foitheir interests. .

At a meeting of the Canterbury Agricul-tural College Board last week it was re-solved that, with a view to increase thefacilities for practical veterinary instructionto students, the director be requested to en-deavour to arrange \Hts to farnii in theneighbourhood where cabC3 of disease among

animals may occur by the lecturer on veteri-nary science accompanied by studento in

the second and third year of tlunr course,and alro to airange for farmers desiring itt') send animals requiring treatment to thecollege, to bo looked after freeof charge.

Referring to the opportunity offered pro-ducers by tin' South African market, a mem-ber of the Farmer,' Union -tated at a meet-ing of the committee of the local branch(says the Talmerston correspondent of theNew Zealand Timeb) that there would bea hamUomc profit from shipping potatoes tothat market. He bad chartered a -cow onhi- own account some time ago, and shippeda cargo <.f produce from Foxton to "\\ iatAn-tralia. with mot-t satisfactory rrsult-.

Tliomao -Langdoii was charged at thef'hristchurcu Magistrate's Couit, on the-10th in«t , with feeding swine on unboiledmeat and offal at his slaughterhouse, H:ii-.~wood road, on May 24.— AlexanderMacPl-er^-on, the inspector, stated that whenhe \isitert the di-fondant's slaughtoryard. hefound 59 pigs feeding off uncooked heiHsi>ncl ontr.iil- of cattle. The food was -implythrown into holes, from which the swinefed.— The defendant practically admitted theoffence at this fctage.— Mr Beetham ic-marked that he thought the practitc was abeastly one, and an abominable bu-inc-.-.It was no wonder that so manj peoplesuffered from cancer.— The def«iuhuit re-plied that this had boon the practice forthe last 40 yeai--.

— A fine of £5 was impord.— The same defendant waa then charged willistoring in his hanging hou=eat his _.slaujjMer-yard portions of carcase

—namely, feet of

cattle— likely to become a lnutance. De-fendant was fined 20s.

Tho London Daily Telegraph writes:— Thefarming operations carried out by the ArmySupply Department and the enil administra-tion, m our new South Africa colonies area tnuniph. Large quantities of oats andmealies have been cultivated to ensurelatwns for 300..000 men fur six. mouths. So

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poisoned grain, and thafc on and after IstJuly (as maybe agreed upon), with a viewof simultaneous action being taken duringthe remainder of the week, a person be em-ployed to deliver a portion of the same toeach settler in th© county. (2) That eachsettler, say for a fortnight before thedelivery of the grain, be requested to pre-pare a piece of ground on his farm, to makeit attractive by feeding the birds, to receivethe poisoned grain, and make it more effec-tive.

At the Roxburgh Magistrate's Courton Thursday last, befoi-o Mr Burgess. S.M.,William Gray was charged with feedingswine with offal at his slaughterhouse, Rox-burgh, without having first boiled it, andwas also charged with allowing swine towander within 50yds of his slaughteringpremises. Defendant, who pleaded guilty,was fined 40s and costs for the first offence,and 5s and costs for the second.— M. Roug-han pleaded guilty to feeding swine withoffal, such offal not having first been boiled.Fined 40s ifnd costs 15s.

The Pomahaka correspondent of theSouthern Standard writes:During the lastsix weeks or so, the weather has been favour-able for all kinds of farm work. Thresh-ing has been accomplished with little ": a >

difficulty, and the same can be said ■» J*.regard to carting away. Excellent p*w*were obtained for good, sound oat?, few, it;any, being rejected, 2s 4d net being thehighest figure going. The farmers gene-rally in this and surrounding districts have

1received a good fat surplus for their year'slabour. Turnips are fairly abundant, andare feeding off better than, expected* LeaIploughing is now receiving attention, theground being in good order, although it stillhas a sour appearance. The rabbit cart isstill running daily and doing good busi-ness.

The takings for admission to the South-land Metropolitan Wiziter show amountedto £108 18s 6d— first day, £21 5s 6d; secondday, £87 13s. Last year the total was £117and in 1900 £98.

At Addington yards yesterday (says lastFriday's Lyttelton Times) Messrs Dalgetyand Co. and Pyne and Co., in conjunction,held a special sale of shorthorn cattle onaccount of Mr John Deans, Riccarton andHomebush. The day was most unfavourablefor the sale of live stock, being cold anddamp, and the animals^ consequently look-ing their worst, but there was a fair attend-*ance, and the sales were,on the whole, satis-factory. Times have changed since thepalmy days of cattle-breeding in New Zea-land, when the ring at Tattersall's was en-circled by a thong of eager buyers to whomlOOgs for a young shorthorn bull vasa priceexciting no special comment. Yesterday thetop price for a bull was 22£gs, for the eight-year-old Waterloo's Florist VIII,which hasbeen used with much success inMr Deans'sherd for several year?;and good 18-momhs'-old bulls from Homebush, by that good bullRussell's Butterfly 11, and which a few yearsago would have- fetched 20gs to 50gs, ormore, were sold at from18ggs down to T^gs,while bull calves of great promise went at7gs to lOggs. Stud cows were well competedfor. and four of-the six offered foundbuyer?at 24gs to 26gs. The Homebush cows andheifers were sold at a great disadvantage,their owner, who alone could positivelyidentify them, being prevented by illnessfrom .oeing present, so that no guaranteecould be given that they were pennedaccording to the catalogue, and they wereaccordingly sold without pedigree; but the

jexactbreeding would be supplied, if possible,Ito the buyers. This was also the position'with regard to most of the bull yearlingsand calves. Most of the Homebush draft,also, had never been handled, and were toowild for owners of small or milking herds,though many of them were of establishedmilking strains. Under the circumstances,the prices realised for cows

— from 17gs downto 12g=. an avciage of £15 3s for ]3 headsold, and for heifers, from 15gs to llgf,averaging £12 8s 6d for seven head—

musthe considered satisfactory. Several cows and|heifers werebought for North Wand Govern-ment farms. The prices bid for the unsoldlots were little Ijplow thoseof the lots sold.With the exception of the stud cows, the

j fctock was entirely bought in the rough.The loasp-in-perpotuity of Mr George Rort-

gers's Eldor.-lie farm of 639 acres was «okl!on Thursday by Messrs Fleming and Hed-ley at £450, which amount, for the mostpart, represented goodwill. This (observesthe Oamaru Mail) affords another instanceof the keen TTemand which exists for laudin this district, and it has also come to ourknowledge that there are other cases in

which quite as large a premium has beenoffered lessees for sections on the KhlersheFettlement. It is the fame in legard to allthe settlements, and the Government woulddo well to take a note of the fart andstrivp to satisfy a demand which will takeno denial. .

The standard sample1* of wheat for thepresent season have been fixedby the Ohrist-olnirch Chamber of Commerce a« under:

—TWan 631b. pearl and Hunter's white 621bper unixMal bushel Samples can beobtained from the tecretary.

'keep up with tho times. Farmers can onlyrealise what science is doing for agricul-ture by reading and attending lectures, andif we do not endeavour to make use of theresults of scientific research, we shall fall

jlOCPyears belaud. It is an axiom that scienceIand practice should go hand iv hand, and| it is quite feasible for any farmer to ascer-" tain for himself what crops are best suited

for his soil and what manures it requires togive good results. The best way of bring-ing about an extended knowledge of agri-tural chemistry— which is the branch ofscience with which farmers are- chiefly con-

■ cerned— is by teaching it to the rising gene-j ration;and that, Ihave alwa3*s maintained,|can best be done by making it a branch of!study in the State schools. This is being re-cognised as wanting in the State schools ofthe United Kingdom, and Ihope that if a, progressive step of thi3 sort is taken by the

jBritish Legislature, our own Legislature will; follow suit. TVo are to have State-madeiartisans and tradesmen in the future by|means of technical education, but so far, there aro no signs of any intention to intro-'duoe the teaching of the rudiments of agii-culture into the country schools.

A Briti3h trade return for the last sevenyears shows that there wasBritain's « falling-off in the imports

Mutton of mutton during the firstImports. quarter of last year, the first

time there has been a dc-j rreaso in that quarter since 1895. In theMarch quarter of that year the weight ofmutton imported from all parts was573.339cvrt, and the amount increased each

■ year until in the March quarter of ISOO thej amount imported from all parts wasSl9,oB6cwt. valued at nearly one million anda-half sterling. The same quarter of 1801showed a slight decrease, and this year amuch larger decrease in the same quarter.But although the imports during the March

j quarter of this year were 90,000cwt less than! for tho corresponding period in 1900, thej value,— that is the declared value— was: £34,000 more. The frozen meat trade haslargely developed in tho Argentine during

, tho last seven years, for in 1895 Britain im-j ported only 163,381c\vt of mutton in theMarch quarter of that year, and in thasame quarter of this year the amount was314,308cwt. According to the same autho-. rity there has been about the same falling-offin imports of beef during the first quarter

,of each of the two last years. In the Maieh1 quarter of 1900 the declared value of live,chilled, and frozen imported beef wa«£4,424,106; in 1901, £4,370,414; this year,£3,970,715. This, in addition to the Home-grown suppliers, makes a nice little bill forJohn Bull to pay for three months' supplyof beef.

It ia not so very many years S:inc3 a greatdeal of wheat sti-aw was

1 Use of Straw burnt, as the readiest way ofonthe Farm, pelting- rid of it, and pre-

venting it from cumberingthe ground, though oat straw was usually

" stacked and left for stock to pull at duringthe winter. In those days mixed farmingwas little practised, and grain-growing oe.cn-

Ipied the chief place in farming practice.'I Now, however, that sheep and cattle are; kept upon a much more extensive scale, and

the growing of turnips and other roots isconsidered essential, one very rarely sees ablazing straw stack in the autumn, and asa con-equence most of the straw is returnedto the soil in some way. It is often foundprofitable to sell straw to be cut infochaff; but, generally spea*king, it iseither consumed upon the farm or con-verted into manure by being used aslitter for cattle and horses. Of course, theorthodox method is to cut it into chaff, and,after mixing with pulped roots, steam thewhole and feed to cattle in stalls Stockdo not thrive upon .straw alone, and should

Ieither have a fair bite of grass in the'same paddock as the straw stack, or elsej have access to loots. Straw is the basis of( that valuablegeneral manure known as farm-yaid manure, and besides being an indirectsource of profit, adds greatly to the health,cleanliness, and comfort of cattle. A far-mer can better enjoy hk own comfort bythe fireside on winter nights if he knowsthat his beasts are aUo in comfort andwarmth among plenty of straw Iknow'farmers who, in place of carting shingle intotheir farmyards to prevent mud, just scattera few loads of wheat straw about to soakup the mud and water when necessary dur-ing the winter and early spring. By thismeans tho mud nuisance is avoided, and atthe ond of the wet spason theie is a lot ofgood manure to cart out on to the land,though of course it is not of such goodquality a.-> that made under cover by meansof the mine and droppings of cattle insheds or covered yard*." But any sort ofmurk makes a good ton-dressing Cpr grassin the spring, and is well worth tho labourinvolved, to say nothing of the convenienceof uîng straw as a substitute for shingle

! where the latter is difficult to obtain. Then,too. theie is-always a lot of lotton strawin the stump of an old straw stack, and thisj-hould also be u*<hl for top-dressing grass,as it is not a licli ninnure for applying toroots, etc A great deal of straw has beenso damaged by 'the wet harvest as to beof little u-e for chaff or for feeding in anyform, but will ultimately be turned intomanure. In any case htiaw i-> v,*th stack-iniTand v. inntr down, and however inferior,

is bound to be of use sooner or later.

Good malting barley generally meet* witha ready eale at a fair price

Barleyr.Oats but when the sample is or;

'

ns poor quality it i-> only fit forIlorsefcort. feedin; to horses or pigs,

and just now inferior bar-

ley is worth loss than oats, weight forweight. Barley is inferior to oal- v hortc-fecl, but if properly used ie will do as a

■ bub,tituto and lessen the consumption of' oats whoitl.o latt'-r are in such good de-mand as is the case at present. Chemicallycempared the chief difference consi.-t* m thx;

; ft-ct that barley is much poorer in fatthan oats, though richci in carbohydrate-.

' The percentage of albuminoids is about the: some in both, tUo'igh this, of course, varies> in different, tamplcs. Oats have inora than■ double as much woody fibre because otI ' their hu-k. of which barley has none ex-I'

cept the rkia of the gram. The fatteningi effect of barky ond bailey mfal a, pig> food is explained by the m-huci? m caibo-■ihydraUs, bat it bus been proved by >xpen-

" | monts'that bailey is not equal to oat- at.■ , horsefeed. Barley is too bard to be fed' whole 'to horses that have failing teeth, ar.d

for .=uch it should be softened by steeping.i It has been found that horses which have■ been accustomed to oats :lo not keep■ up the same strength and condition upon

bjrlcy and sweat moie easily, but in- I Eastern countries hor-es have been fed on>Ibarley [or ceneiaUoiio. and can do very fast

BtDboteb.

Weekly Sttck Sales: Forlniyhthj"a -j, i,r ji j Invercafgill, luesdaygfiurnside, WednesdaysAihburton, Tuesday* Monthly:Addingtoo,Wedneidays Clinton, Palmer*tonWinter, and Wai-

Fcrlniqhtly: kouaitiBilcluthft, Fridays Periodically:Gore, Tuesdays Heriot.Kelso,and Kye-Oamaru, Tuesdays Lura.

About 150 head of cattle were yarded atBurnside last week. A few pens of primemoderate-sized bullocks brought £10 to £11,but the bulk of the yarding was little betterthan fair store cattle, and prices for thesewt-re decidedly iv favour of buyers. A fewcowa and heifers of good quality brought£7 to £8.

Owing to the export trado there has beena steady drain right through the s-eason onall our prime fat cattle, and we may expecteven higher prices to rule from now towell on in thespring for all prime beef. Agood deal of medium beef is going intoconsumption at tinning works, and the out-look for beef is cheerful. From latest Lon-don reports (May 9) ifc appears that thedemand for beef is better than for" mnttonand lamb. Be3t I\ew Zealand beef is sell-ing at ojd to sid for hindquaiters, 4fd forforequarters. There has been much to en-courage us to increase our export of beef,and it is a matter for regret that notwith-standing this our export of beef, instead ofincreasing, has decreased during the pasfcyear. The total amount of N.Z. frozen beefreceived in London for the year endingApril 30 wen 43,554 quarters, or 14,201 lessthan previous year. Itwould appear, then,that raising and fattening cattle doe 3nottake on with our farmers. It is perhapsa bit alow for some, and not so exciting ascatering for the cheep market, but anyfarmer who this year has sold fat cattle,or, better still, sent thêm Home frozen,will be pleased with the results, and willnot regrot the loss of any pleasure theremay bo in the excitement of Ihe frheen mar-ket. Imust say thai lam greatly surprisedto notice that so few farmer.-; seem to see thevalue of our frozen br«ef trade, and thatthough for year«

— -indeed, =ince it was first.started— the results have, been encouragingenough we have still to record no progress-iv fact, the revei.=e. f hope this will notalways be so, for J look upon our frozenbeef trade c one that =hould be of greatvalue to our farmeis, and tlio possibilitiesof which seem to inn quire a=i encouragingas any of our export-, and thi=> is not byany means r>aying too much.

The «hecp market, at Burnsidf* was not\ery brisk, 'but all good shoip sold at latesequal to those lately ruling. Inferior :-heepwere not bo ea=ily bold, and a coiioKlerableportion of the yaicling- are. but stores. Ex-port buyer-, take a few good lam.bs at 10s6d to 12s, but the state of the market athome is not encouraging.

The London reports dated May 9 showthat the total imports of New Zealand lambfrom January 1 were 561,112 carcase?, or anincrease of 137.138 on .same period of pre-vious year. Cold weather in Knglaud hastold heavily against the consumption, and\ alues* were ©%on then lower by id per Ib.Canterbury-, of best bize and quality werecelling at 4Jd, whilbt best North Islands worebunging about the fame. Since then themarket has weakened considerably. Aus-tJulian supplies of lamb have been heavieralso during the «ame period, the importsbeing 453,638. or an increase of 131,046.The import of Au-tralian mutton, however,during sameperiod was 414.459 loss than la-tyear, the total imports being only 120,105.There is al=o a decrease in Now Zoalandmutton import of 105,709. and about the.same decrease in River Plato mutton ship-ments Since then heavier shipments fromboth New Zealand and River Plate havelowered pi-ices considerably. The quota-tions for best at 9th May were:

— New Zea-land CanteiburyS) o|d to 4^d:Dunedin andSouthland, 4d; North Island 3ld to 4dThe grading and quality of Dunedin andThe grading and quality of Dunedins andably reported on, as showing steady im-prmement. Roth N<mtji li-lund and Otagoond Southland lambs were bringing withinad of be'-t Canterbury, and in some casesabout equal puces.

At Addington Li=t week 9000 fat sheepwere /arded, the quality on the whole fairlygood. (Tiifoitunately the London cabledreports were not encouraging, and pri-.eswere down fully Is for be=t wether% andewe* wore also lower considerably. "Bestfreezing wethers made Lbs to 17:-, maidenewes about the same. A large quantity ofewes, went to the freezer at about 10s 6d.Really good heavy lambs or tegs sold at lla6d to 13.5, but export buyers were vory dis-criminating, and a large portionof the yard-ing went to graziers at 6s 6d to 10a. About4000 store sheep were yarded, and buyerswere by no means keen. Some good lor-ward wether* sold at 136, backward ua&% IQs

NOTES ON RURAL TOPICS.

to 11s; aged and inferior ewes at boiling-down rates

— 2s to 4s.

The grain and fodder markets have beenquiet, butprices don't give way at all. Thequietness is in some measure due to theuncertainty as to whether the Common-wealth is going to take the duties offfodde>r lines so as to supply their starringstock at moderate rates. It seems certainnow that no such reduction %\ill take place,,as such policy does not suit some of theStates who have feed, and are doing re-markably well under the protective tariff.So Australians will jusfe have to enjoy theblessings of their protective tariff, suc^las they are. Holders of wheat do notseem inclined to give way as to price, andlIthink they are right. The quantity ofsuitable milling wheat is not excessive. Theoat market will improve, for it seems certain'that supplies will be wanted for Australiavery shortly, despite their tariff. A verylaige proportion— possibly one-half— of thetotal oat crop has already been exported1,and the position for those who still holdseems a stronger one than for many yearapast.

The lack of earnestness on the part ofcommercia' men, farmers, and, lastly, theGovernment over initiating our South Af-

Iriea-n trade is deplorable. The Uovern-,meat; after all, are just what, the pcopfawhom they serve allow them to be. Andin this matter they have shown &n utterwant of earnestness. It is two years now

!since this was mooted and the service|promised, and even our Acting-Premier, SirJoseph Ward, practically confesses to be

Iquite in the dai'k as to what is being done.The Union Steam Ship Company's offer wasrefused; and it Ls said ,that the service nowcontemplated is with a company which ha3exacted the same terms as were refused!the Union 3.5. Company— viz., the right tofill up with cargo in Australia when it isnot available in New Zealand. The Go-vernment have not displayed by any meansthe same go over this matter as they havedone over far less important matters. Ifthey had secured the service the countrywouldhave backed them, even if the amountauthorisedby Parliament was exceeded. Ialways have maintained that the amount soauthorised was utterly inadequate. Iam.particularly surprised at Sir Josph vVard'sattitude over thematter. Itis quiteunlikehis usual plucky progressivenes3 in othermatters that ho has handled so well. Ourposition now is to some extent one of shut-ting the stable door after the horse isstolen. Australia, to say nothing ofAmerica, is leaving no stone unturned toiucrease and maintain her hold on SouthAfrican trade. Some commercial men hereare quite happy with the existing state ofthings— viz., soiling New Zealand produceto Australian houses to keep their trade,going. Will this suit farmers and pro-ducers here, however? lam quite sure_ ibwill not. If our Government are not alivethe Tietorian Government are. Amongother things they have done is to securea contract for the supply of 20.000,0001b ofpork annually to the Imperial Cold StorageCompany. There is" not one thing thatSouth Africa requires that cannot be sup-plied by New Zealand as well suul .ascheaply (to say the very lea3t that can besaid) as Australia can supply it. And arewe to lose all because of our lack of go?Even the Germans have asked America tocombine with them for an open door fortheir products in South Africa, a'.tacugh.both countries shut their doors right in theface of all goods from Britain and hercolonies. The war is over, and the popula-tion in South Africa on the gold and dia-mond fields, will be far greater than ever itwas before the war. It is a market weshould fight for, but the effort New Zea-land up to date has made to secure even %share is absolutely contemptible, consider-ing the benefit toNow Zealand invorred.

The National Dairy Association reportsaid that New Zca'siul butter had beenbringing prices equal to 'best Danish. Thisitsrlf was satisfactory, and indicated greatprogress. But it appears that the Taieriand Peninsula has been beating best Danishby 2s to 4s per cwt. Ths agents saythat the quality and evenness of the manythousands of boxe3 received reflect greatcredit on them, and they remark thatcreameries in Ireland— which are nearer themarket and have many advantagps— cannotput forward an article so reliable and si.even as this which is carrird many thou-sands of milee. Icongratulate the Taieriand Peninsula, management, and Iknow,the praise given 13 byno means undeserved.Taieri has a good name in all parts of the*world now. Let me just say to the Taieri!director?:Stick to your good brand, and'keep the good name you have always had.Don'fc on nuy account change ifc to GoldenChurn or Silver Churn or any other bogusbrand. ''Taieri" is good enough for ally-one. Isay this because Iknow there arcbuyers who like to export butter with, theirown names on, or some fancy brand. Ihope the Government will compel all fac-tories

—cheese and buttei— to ship under one.

name only. Many other factories have es-tablished reputations under their piesenfcnames. To alter is not wise at all.

OUR YORKSHIRE LETTER;(From Our Special Correspondent.)

BRADFORD, April 18.NO. 2.— HOW THE TRADE OF BRAD-

FORD IS CONDUCTED.It is in the wool industry proper that

Bradford stands paramount, there being noother tingle city in theworld consuminganything near the quantity which Worstedo-polis does. Ab a .vool mart ifc ia not onlyunrivalled, but it may be said practicallyto sefc the pace for every other market iretlio world, and what Bradford does notknow about wool is not worth knowing.For centuries Bradford has been identifiedwith the buying, combing, spinning-, andweaving of wool fibre, hand-combing beinglargely practised in the sixtoenth, seven-teenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth, cen-turies, this to-day being superseded bymachine combing. Readers will thereforebe able to ccc that the industry is the onlyone which is indigenous to Wor=fcedopolis,and only having one trade, it will bo seen/

I— — ' "■*

The addre«s gi\en by the cliairman of theWalkaka branch of t!«o Far-

A Word in nicr-' L'rion at a recentSeason. meeting was very appropri-

ate and seasonable, andIfully endorse his mows, a* then expressed.One sentence alone could be made the textof a sermon (the advantages of a. know-ledge of agricultural chemistry) that wouldapply to all farmers in the colon}-. Ireferto the followins words: "There is a va*tamountof knowledge justoutside the domainof piaetical agiiculturo which the majorityof farmers are ignorant of. . . . Take,for instance, the constitution of the soil andthe composition and analysis of manure?."The scientific side of agriculture is a sealedbook to most of us, and we are prone toexcuse our indifference to it by saying thatpractical knowledge is the main thing, andthat men who dabble in scientific farminggenerally come to grief. That is a narrow-minded view tc take, and we cannot denythat science has done an immense amount ofgood to farineis in all civilised partsof theworld, and that without the knowledgeachieved by scientific research we shouldnot be enabled to succeed in our practicalside of farming. It would require columnsof .-pace in which to set forth all that sciencehas done for agriculture, andIneed oulyenumerate a few of the diaco\cries by scien-tists which ha\e benefited farmers: artifi-cial manures and feeding stuffs, dippingpowders and fluids, analy=is of soil?, plants,food«, etc. In fact, science has made .suchlapid stiidcs that practice h,is been unableto keep abreast of it. and farmers, are- al-most inclined to think that it i» uec-âvyto employ a professor of agricultural chemi«-,Iff (Hk l^dk imxxxk *m —hi* tha iuiiUfX trO

June 18, 1902OTAGO WITNESS*work upon it In comparing one gram with,another, it should be remembered that grainis only the concentrated food of a rationand that other aiid more bulky foodo are le-quired in addition. When changing thegrain ration of a horse it is necessary to do=o gradually, beginning with a small allow-ance, and slowly increasing- until a fullration is reached. If this is not done thesudden change is very likely to bring aboutstomach disturbances, such as cofio anddiarrhoea.

The editor sent me the specimen of woolreferred to in Mr Wm.

Wool from Snow's letter in last week'sLammerlarr issue as having been taken

Ranges. from the fleece of a sheepupon Abbotsford Station.

The sample s-hows a staple about 13in or14in in length, of good quality and ingood condition, being,1should say,a three-quarterbred Leicester cross. Mr Snow doesnot sayhow long the fleece has been grow-ing,but itappears to me to be of more than

'two years' growth, though quite sound andfree from any sign of break or weakness.The quality "of the wool, apart from itslength, proves good breeding and goodcountry, for as a rule double fleeces are inpoor condition and xery dirty and matted.Iha\p seen pure Lincoln wool nearly asIon? in one >eason, but t!ie( sheep werepampered and highly fed. Ishould like tohave a few thousand sheep bearing fleeces:such, as the one under notice.

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dry season all over the East Coast, andlarger numbers than usual were forced overhere. To crown all, the butchers at thefreezing works could not be got to, or wouldnot, work in March and April, with theresult that a large number of fat sheep couldnot be got away before the feed failed, andthey became stores, in place of making roomfor stores in the ordinary course, and thereis little hope forîny of them getting awaynow before the spring. So, taking all thingsinto consideration, it is not the season somuch as the adverse circumstances of themarket that is the cause of the low priceof stock;and Igee little hope of a risebelore the spring, if then.

The grain market is steady, and stock infew hands— wheat 4-s, oat-s 3s. Potatoes area little easier, as. the farmers are now dig-ging. Having been kept back by the roughweather in May, they now wish to selldirect from the paddock;but the price isstill good— £3 10s per ton direct from pad-dock, which means a good thing. Ihavegrown a good many ton3in former years,and Ialways considered £2 10s off the forkbetter than £3 10s after storing, asloss and rcbagging amount to verynearly £1 per ton, unless they had beenextra"well picked in the field and kept well.So, taking all tbing3 into consideration, theagriculturists brave had a real good time, andthey wanted it.

The flax-milling business is nl=o goingahead with leaps and bounds, and mills arespringing up everywhere, and farmo'-s aregetting a nice little cheque for the bits offlax they may own in tho creeks or oddcorners of their paddocks, which previousto this was so much wa>3te land. Ihaveheard it estimated that an pete of decentflax is worth about £7 to £8. If the priceis at all li'-:e!y to continue, it should pay tocultivate ilax instead of grain. But therehavo been so many upa and downs in flaxthe=p 20 years that Isuppose the trade canhardly be regarded as permanent enough towarrant its cultivation a= a crop just yet.However,Ishould not think that many willdo much more clearing if they are at allnear a railway, or have enough flax withina radius of five or six miles, as the millowners arc carting farther than that, andpaying a good royalty for the privilege ofcatting it. One thing, if Ihad flax to sellIshould not let the cutters in during wetweather, as the carting makes an awful mes-3of land thaf lias been cultivated or is inyoung grass.

The different Farmers' Unions are doingfair work ou the coast, although the rankand file ought to take more interest in themthan they do, and not leave all^ the work tothe few. Ihope, in their own interest, theywill be more alive and attend the meetings,as it is very disheartening to tho few whoreally do all the work lo see their neigh-bours not taking the trouble to attend ameeting. From report, the southern furmers are doing better work than we aredoing in tho north, although it vt>-.- thfnorth that tlip- example.

At a meeting of the Sheop-brepdo«' As3n-ciation at Palmerston North, Mr W. J..lacoh, of Kivvitea. was requested to bringbefore the International Association of GreatBritain thonecessity of the mother countrycleaning her flock.-, of scab. Does it

(not

seem an extraordinary thing that GreatBritain cannot get rid of the curse of scab,while none of the colonies have known whatit is for years past? Considering the largearea of sheep rins and the rough timberedcountry over sue% a large area in compari-

son witli the mother country,Icannot un-derstand why tho many associations inte-rested in sheou havo not taken measureslong aiio to iid themselves of tho stispnn,of carelessness in allowing this diseaf* todestroy their flocks, ond ifc is something tobo proud of that we should send a delegateto help them in the matter.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.WELLINGTON, June 13.

The Minister of Lands will visit the H:i-tuma settlement next week for the pur-pose of inquiring into tho grievance* of thosettlors respecting the valuations of theirsections. He will open the Winter showat Dunedin on tho 2St'i iust.'

The Government have decided to acquireDiedrich'o Kokatahi rstate of about 1900acres, near Grey-mouth. The land will becut up into dairy farms. The price isabout £3 per acre.

Rabbit Farming.TO THE EDITOK.

Sik,— T'nder tho above heading"

One \\ hoKnow, " again expatiates, in reply to " I'air-play," on thi.s pet question. 1have readthe letters of

"One Who Know-

"and"Fairplay,' «nd think

"Ono Who Knowo

"

would be better employed minding his ownbusiness. He would then bo content to"live and let livo, and would not, grud«?o thetrapper or landowner anything that in.-.y

be 'made out of the rabbit.;. i'er!iap» liehas a few rabbits not required for u=e 01his own family, and would like io di"»pos<»of them to better advantage than curreniprice. If "One Who Knows" has lived 11:Dunback any time he know^ very v,cl!what a boon to the district the labbit mdustry has been, and should Li.r.w that therabbits are now perceptibly lfc> than a fewyeais. ago. Only a few days ago a tannerassured me he had not 0110 rabbit when"he had 10 a few years ago. And well""One Who Knows" knows it. unless 'Jie is

oiip of those that will not =cc. 1 tako himto be one who is always eruakmir abouthis neighbour^, ov ln« neighbour's po-sessions, and who would like Jo tee the tabbitspoisoned and lot rather than sec themturned to profit. Iagree with "Fairplay"that trappers are not the mêk bo>>

"OneWho Knows" would make them appear,and they daily show they ha\e more thanthe

"pluck of a flea.""One Who Knows" '-hows he. at any

rate, has the pluck of a flea, and, like th.itinsect, pokes his nose into coiner-, aivlondea-\oure to annoy people without aiiyprovocation, and causes dis=atisfartion who-,1none exists. The inspector* he referb to ai"men who attend to their duties conscien-tiously, without fear 01 favour, and without unnecessary harshness.

Dunback and dibtnrt to-day show whathas been done by systematic tupping

—trap

ping, which, while ridding tho country ofthe rabbit nuisance, has aûrcd a liveli-hood to hundred* of mOlking people anda'ssi^ted to solve the unemployed difficulty.

Weic '"0110 Who (thinks he) Knows"' toascertain the amount of ""imaginary"' dollarscooped in by the landowners Iam ahaidhe will find them very, very few, and thatthey would not go far towards paying forthe turnips and gra«s which bunny mustnecessarily dc\our while waiting to betrapped or poisoned. Bunny has roamedNew Zealand f^r many yesr=, and will con-tinue to do. sstot We ante hnna

"One Who

that when that is slack, the whole city isunder a cloud.

No stranger can'tread the streets of Brad-ford Jiut what"he will see at once that the>rool tradepredominates, as wool tops, noils,?yams, and pieces are to be seen cartedabout the live-long day. Also the ware-houses, offices, etc., bear material evidenceof "wool being dealt in, as thousands of■windows are labelled, "Wool, tops, noils,"giving the passer-by full notice cf the tradeconducted on the premises, while men wear-ing long "

checker-bratb" are as numerousas blackberries in autumn.

The buying and selling of wool form theprincipal attention of a huge number ofpeople six days a week, and to facilitatework, Bradford is favoured with a WoolExchange, to which allmembers of the tradecongregateby hundreds two days per week—namely, Monday and Thursday, which areknpwn as "

market daye." This exchangeis situated in Market street, the principalthoroughfare of the ciry, and within easyaccess of the two railway station=, trainterminus, etc. This exchange is certainlyan,indispensable part of tho Bradford wooltrade, but readers will no doubt be sur-prised to learn that three-fourths of thetrade is not done on the exchange, but inthe offices, warehouses, aud mills scatteredup and down the city. The exchange isHied very largely as a centre or gatheringground for members, all ?ections being re-presented, and to which all go on marketdays. At the same time a good deal of |business is transacted, scores of samplesof wool, tops, noils, and yarns arc shown,and plenty of transactions are effected onthir spot through the samples shown, andconfirmed by letter afterwards, especi-ally if a contract ha.° been made. Bnt, i

a/3 before said, the principal weight ff buî- Jness in the' raw material is done in the ,warehouses on days other than market days, ;and samples are shown every day of the 'week. Oftentimes when a sample is shownto a party, the offer will be kept opin tillthe meeting on 'change, when an agio»>m»*ntIs " come to, or if the price asked is ,not conceded and the seller will not tal<*less, he is at liberty to offer the game else- j"where. In no case is a hard and fast rule 1adhered to, both buyer 3and tol'eis ger.-e-rjlly leaving themselves open, and not be-ing bound unless a definite offer has beenTrade. Where a firm is used to making at.andard top, and a spinner knows its<,uality, lenpth, etc., then transactions arcoften effected without a sample being shown,thai; day's current price only having to beagreed upon. In connection with the wooltrade proper, a good deal of bickering andhaggling has to be gone through, and tho("ifferencs of price or market value of atop is a daily bone of contention betweena topmaker and a spinner. The same ob-taina when selling noils and also yarn*.|eacli buyer beingdesirous of obtaining stockat the lowest possible price.

The question has l>een asked. How farare standard quotations, say, for 40's and i60's tqps to be relied upon? Isay oan-didly that, unlike the Continent, Bradfordnever issue? a standard quotation for anyproduct, and the,exchange,officials p.iy 1.0 Iregard whatever to what aie called

"cur-

rent market prices." Every week there is Ja difference' of a "halfpenny between one jmaker'squotation for 60's and another man's jwho is supposed to be producing exactly the <

same article. For instance, one maker to- jday is quoting 21d for his super 60's tops, |and will not sell at a fraction lc-js;anotherman 13 asking 20£ d, and willing to sell atthat. How is a man to know what io the '.actual current price in the face of suoh jdifferent quotations? The question can only Ibe answered by saying that in the actual 1value of the tops there is without doubt |

a full iddifference on account of the.higherpriced top being better in length, bettercolour, and. above all, a better quality. Thiswould be called a "super 60's"'top, suitable

ffor ■spinning into long warp yaiTs. the otherbeing shorter, but perhaps equally as fine, !

"being only fit for spinning into woft yarns, jor thicker cont-s. It is this fact that always [causes men to quote for a "super

"60's and

an "ordinary" or "average"' 60's top. Thecame obtains in speaking- of 40' acrossbred 1tops, there being here a difference of id|to 3d per pound, it all depending whether jf), man is quoting for a prepared or long- ]combed lop or a "cardod" or short-combedtop. If crossbred vool is of good longlength and this quality, it is always pre-pared, and not carded, 011 account of theextra value of a prepared top. Readers willtherefore see that the Bradford wool tradepresents many varied feature-:, v.lioh :ivp

all highly essential to tho conducting of Ithe industry, and it is impossible for anyiiard and fast rule to obtain. As faras T can see— and Inow en a3ife-long connection with cho article—

"N the spirit of gambling ini.?e<i byfutures' quotation is altogether unknownin Bradford, nobody buying forward with jnnidea of depressing values or causingthem 1jo apprepiate. "When men buy 500 pack of■iops, aspinner willstipulate delivery, say. of100 pack per month; but in every case thet-snsacriou is a legitimate one, because the |ftuff will be delivered, whereas on the Cou-■finent buying forward is purely a paperfransaction in the majority of cases, thr><" ratracting parties agreeing to pay tho dif-i"f>renc9. either for or agamst. when tho'lato of delivery should take place. Thi*is purely gambling, but in Bradford suolia thing does not obtain, cvpiv sale beingattended with the delivery of the stuff.WOOL AGAIN HEADING- FOR A RISE.

The wool market is again heading towards 1n further improvement, and all departments jr.'-e feeling slightly the increased inquiryt'lal is apparent in more quarters than one.jOspecially is this noticeable in the wool andtop section, where spinners are pressingtopmakers to keep up delivery, insisting on"quantities being delivered which will keepgoing all frames accoiding to contract. Inmany caês topmakers, finding better pricesruling, are somewhat disposed to sell else-where, hence users are adopting the policy>f bringing pressure to bear with holders ofthe raw material in order to make deliveriesof yarn to manufacturers. Thi« may betaken as one of the best signs m the wholemarket, indicating a very extens;\e con-sumption in every department. The late"quieter feeling seems" to fiave given placeto one of expectation over the future,and those having- raw material to offer

.-are not disposed to «ell unless theycan command a better price than was pos-sible a fortnight ago. Spinners apparentlyare more willing to pay prices nearer thoseasked by topmakers, transactions at old'rates being quite impossible to effect. Theprice asked for so long for supei 60's tops

—namely, 21d, lias been paid in several in-stances this week, and for 64-'s and 70's ashigh as 22d and 22|d is being demanded.Even the vei-y heavy weight of direct im-port wools now arriving is not upsettingTftiu£3 is til© least, ju' *-ka l^t j* hfim.t

By Axtigua Ovis.The month of May has been very un-

pleasant for both man and bea^t, as the"oldest inhabitants" cell me they havenever too1such continuous storms of thun-dc-r, accompanied with bitcoi'- cold winds,rain, and hail, as we had Ihe greater partofMay. We takeit all the worse. June, sofar, has been very pleasant veather. burwe have had a good many fro.-ty nights,wrich stop what little gro-.rth in pasturesv.c might ej.fect. ,So stock of all kind havohad a. trying time, and have made a bad

to face thewinter, and as the autumnwas so backward, grass i« lery scarco, andturnips are not doing well, aGIhear of lotsgoing rotten. Icannot get any satisfactcryreason why they should go off so early inthe season, as although we have had suchviolent weather, the- rainfall has not beenexcessive, so we- matt look for some othercau?e than tho weather, ami ishall take upthe subject again after hearing the opinionôf the=e who have suffered.

Hay and straw are also scarce. There isa good demand for straw in Rangitikei, anda large quantity is being sent away by railwhere in former years it used to be burnt.The straw press has been at work, andnow not as a novelty, as it was a year ortwo ago. There is not a great amount ofrye or clover hay »aved in the district forsale, as there was «o little demand for itformerly. Of course, all farmers entitled totho name saved enough for their own use,and no cue, in my opinion, ought to selleither hay or straw if he. wishes to keep hisfarm in good heart. Of course, circum-stances alter the rule, and tho towns haveto be supplied from somewhere. However,a good icany have got a nice cheque forstraw whichin former years they would onlyhave had the trouble of burning.

After the alsove remarks ifc will be easilyunderstood thatr store stock -arc in littledemand, and very hard to pell even atthe reduced prices that vendors have hadto accept. Lambs are very hard to selloven at ridiculously low prices. The- rrcord,Ithink, was at Fcilding the other day, asmall lot bringing the modest sum of 7d, andIhaveseena e'eal worse. With a little catethe majority of them will pull through' .thewinter. For tho ihformatiftn of southernreaders Imay quote prices that are goingin tho ManawatuandRangitikeiat present :Palmerston North: A good yarding of sheep,and average of cattle. Tho demand for allclasses was limited, and busihes- at auctionwas not brisk, although the greater part wasdisposed of, vendors in most cases havingto reduce their reserve. Three-year steer,£5 17< 6d: two-year s(<?ers, £5: weanersteers, 25s to 30s;fat cows, £5 to £5 10s ;fat >■ and forward wethers, lls: *tor«wether?, 7s to 8s 4d; fat ewes, lls 9d;ewesin lamb, 6s 9d to 7s 4d: two-tooth wethers.63 lOd; lambs, 4s 3d lo 4i sd; cull lambs.Is 6d. Hunterville: Sheep and cattle wellrepresented. Sheep were dull of sal© gene-rally, but good lines of wethers mot a poodmarket, the yarding comprising 500 iirad ofcattle and 4500 sheep. Fat cows broughtfrom £4 15s to £6 ss:cews and ral-ps. £47s 6d;store cows, £3 10s;dairy heifers incalf, £4 17s 6d: two to two and a-half yearold steers, £3 3s to £4 15?;weaners andyearlings, 26s to 42s 6d;Micep— fat ewes. 8sto 9s 3d; two-tooth ewes in lamb, 8s 6d:empty owes, 7>< 2d to 3s 7d;two and four-tooth wether":, 9a 6d to 10s 3d;lambs, ?.">3d to 2s lOd.

Tho freezing companies are giving 14s onthe farm for wethers, which is a good price,Iconsider, and compares very favourablywith the southern markets. The farmershere, 111 looking over tho pricot going inChriitchurch, do a growl, hut they forgetthat thru- price is net uii-h, net even, thetrouble of truckinsr them:no ( ommission orrailage lo pay. and norisk of market, whichmeans a lot But fata, both sheep and cattle,arc going to remain tearce for tho next fewmonths, Ithink, unless the feezing noiksclose down earlier than u^nalIn travelling about this last month, 1have

tried to find out the true rause of the low-price of store «to(k that ha-- hoon existingthe last few month-, and wlucJi Ithink isdown to bedrock now.

Although the autumn rains wero late,and very partial, and May was a \ciyrough month, that does not accountfor the state of things afc piescnt. Womust go back to last spring. When lamb=."or rather hoggets, came off thf» turnips inSeptember, th^y would not bring more than9s to 10s, and as they had cost the turnipman 8s or more, and tho death-rate washeavy, he did not like to lose money andturnips both, so those who could do so hungon, with the hope that prices would rise,thus hurting their general flock, getting fewfats away. and also hurting their ewea andlambs. Then there id another clans' of far-Imei=, or rather dealers (there are ton m.-'nyid-oalers and too few farmers up and downtho coast), who buy in the spriug and shear,with the expectation of making a. chequefrom the .vool. That did not come off lastspring, so, finding they could not sell exceptby losing money, they tried to hang on also— at the expense of the fat stock or lambs, ifthey had any.

Then, again, dairying is making rapidstrides everywhere, and taking up a

I large extent of country that was formerly' devoted to the fattening of tho surplus from1 the rough country:that is another,big con-Isideration in the congestion that hasoccurred.

Still another item: the number of estatesthe Government have purchased, and whichare taking such a length of time to get intooccupation by the small settlers. The stock

, had to be crushed on to a full marki-t. the>Iland they had come by lying idle mean-Iwhile; aad on tog of all uiey omj. a. \exz

OTAGO WITNESS.June 18, 1902.Irushed to the combs. No doubt the strongprospect of peace inSouth Africa ha^ helpedto give some stimulus through the entiremarket, and while the accomplishment of

. this fact would relieve many from muchanxiety, still no boom would ensue. Menseem most concerned about doing a steadycontinuous trade at prices which will helptowards further development, speculationbeing an unknown quantity. Every sectionof the market seems to have quite as muchto do as it can conveniently get through,and consumption being on such a big scale,the future is regarded with absolute confi-dence.

Colonial crosabreds and English descrip-tions are moderately firm, the latter being,if anything, a little devoid of life and sta-bility Many country holders are wantingto unload in view of the coming clip, andthis is bound to weaken the market forhome-grown wool?. Irish sorts are un-changed.

AGRICULTURE IN THE WEL-LINGTON DISTRICT.

Knows '■' will use his fertile brain to invent;a rabbit exterminator,and, should he do so,he wiiL he justly entitled to praise, and wewill henceforth know him as "One WhoKnows How to Catch 'em Quick."—Iam,eTc. Would Eike to Kxow. j

Dunback, June 13. j

TO THE EDITOK.Sir,— Inoticed in your valuable columns

a. letter upon the above subject, and Icanqiiite agiee> with your correspondent "

OneWho Knows," asIam in a position whichhe mention?. Men like myself hove to <".<"-li\er rabbits to certain exporters. If not Iand my fellow trapped would be imme-diately told to gather up our traps and beoff, "as so-and-so lias bought the ground,and he must receive the rabbits." Now,Sir, Isay this is a shameful way of treat-ing men who have to earn their living witlithe sweat of their brow, and Ithink it istime some of our worthy M.H.R.'s took the*above subject up and brought this sort ofthing to a standstill, and gave the poorrabbiter a better footing.— lam, etc.,

Middlemarch, June 12. Tkapi'ek.

Otago A. and P. Society's FieldTurnip Competion.

TO THE EDITOIt.SiP,

—"With reference to the Qiago A. andP. Society*

o fiist prize (gold medal) for bait15 to 30 acred of broadcast sown Aberdeen.turnips, wop. by me, the statement has beenpublished that " the fertiliser used by ilrMatbesonin this connection was 'Challenge'turnip manure." This statement ie utterlyand absolutely incorrect. The crop of tur-nips which won tho prize comprises about25 acre? of broadcast sown Aberdeen turnip's,sown on the first furrow in new land which■was broken up last spring and sown, inDecember. There was not a solitary particleof manure of any description used. Theturnips were sown with the well-known littlehand machine formerly, and sometimes still,used for sowing turnips broadcast. The landin question is very rich, having originallybeen covered heavily with enormous flax,tutu, and fern, and the use of manure wouldhave been perfectly superfluous. When theturnipswere sownIhad not the most remoteidea of competing for a prize. The designof this letter is to remove any*"erroneousimpression that mny have been made by "thecirculation of the information referred to(for it is possible it may have been copiedby other papers); to vindicate the characterand quality of the land, and secure for itthe credit due to it.Imay just mention hero <liat two of the

turnips grown on this field were weigh.ee1— "

one weighed 221b and the other ?,01b.— J am,ftp.. Ai.f.x. Mathesox.

Rivcriiew, Mckorcta, .Tun-2 12.

National Dairy Association.TO THE SDITCE.

Sir,— When attending last year's Juiie rce^t-ing in Dunedin of the National Daisy A.<-socw-

, tion, Iwas very much surprised afc_the sm,ill[ a.ttenda.ucj on that occhmcvi. J£cw*~is it Thatthe, various dairy factoiw-. R.i t'ns island 11c-sÎect their o'vn interests by not seeding cle'e

'g?.tc-s in these meetings? Snrc'y a few pouortaspent ip this direction would, well repay ti:eoutlay.' The coming inciting;, to be held d\ir-ir.g Corona-tion week,it is to bo hoped will bemore. Successful than last venr's one, andall interdsteJ in dairyirg"matters should scnveto attend. —l am, etc..

Old DAraYj£.«N.

An old lady whose age is ovr 65 yearsapplied to thr> Christchurth ptinenilu'ryliiagistiato on Tuesday for a. nuuntcnaucoorder against hc-r ""on. The ",011 fluted (fcay.-sthe Lytteltou Time3) that lie had given hera houpe on condition that she should rena'in a widow. ''There's not much chanceof her not complying with Hint condition,"1

=aicl tho Magi-.tr.itc. " Indeed, y.wv We-.-hip," answered the foil "I'm not «o -urc«f that. She's keeping company now.*'

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THE GARDEN.

generally is this acknowledged that it hasreceived the title, "Monarch of the Woods."The natural ox-der to which it belongs iscalled Mastworts, from the acorns or nutsproduced, the fruit commonly known as"mast"

—thus beech mast. The genus is

Quercus, from the Greek, meaning fine tree,and of the species there are about 100varieties, found in nearly all the countriesin the Northern Hemisphere, some of thembeing veritable shrubs. Of these varietiesBritain has only two indigenous— Q. rubusor pedunculata. It has been well remarkedthat the oak has from remotest antiquityobtained pre-eminence. The great size, nobleaspect, long duration, and the strength anddurability of its wood all contribute to en-hance its importance, and it was h*CSIsacred by the ancient Greeks and Romans,by Gauls and Britons, and 13 now held asthe emblematic tree of our nation.

England is justly celebrated for her his-toric oaks, and reference to a few may le-vive old memories, or perhaps be new tosome of our readers. Besides being cele-brated in prose and poesy from the earliestof times," particular trees receive specialmention, and to Mr3Lankester'g diligentscrutiny we are indebted for the informa-tion. Passing from tho Druidic times, thehistory whereof may be counted apociy-phal, we find the Saxon kings giving as adowry to their daughters on marriage somuch oak forest, the acorns' from whichwoxild rear so. many hoge. The Abbott'soak at Woburn Abbey is brought intonotioe, as on its branches, by order of KingHenry VTII, a dozen of abbotts, priors,vicars, and other contumacious persons werehung. Queen Elizabeth's oak, in HatfieldPark, under which she is said to have beensitting when news of the death of her sisterwas brought to her, is still standing. TheSidney oak, at Penshurst Park, eaid to havebeen planted to commemorate the birth of"Sir Philip Sidney, "

whose spirit was toohigh for the Court and his integrity toostubborn for the Cabinet." is still ahandsometree. The oak of Dick Turpin. tho cele-brated highwayman, still stands on a plotof ground nearly opposite t'-.e "Green. Man,"and ibehind it Dick u=ed to tako his stand,as it grew near ihe high road, and gave afavourable cover from which to noticepassengers.In Windsor forest there are several cele-

brated oaks, one of the Kingoak, so namedby William, the Conqueror. It was standingnot long ago. and within its internally de-cayed stem eight men could find standingroom. Tt was saippo^ed to be over 1000years old. In almost every county in Eng-land there are remarkable historic oakswhich it would take too much space to enu-merate. In Scotland there are many notedtrees, but only one of them will be noticed.It is known as Wallace's oak, at Ellerslie,}-.is patrimonial estate. In the branchesand amid the foliage the great hero, withthree hundred of his adherent?., found as-afe hiding plane when pursued by a relent-less foe. In Ireland the oak nourished injyreal profusion, witnessed by the fart thatironf her peat bogs large trunks and limbshave been due. from which valuable articlesof furniture have been made. This ranstsuffice for the oak— not by any means ♥"hebiggest tree in. the world, but which yet hasihe proud distinction of being the tnost cele-brated. ■ .

THE CHESTNUT."With clear grained wood of sovereign

use."THE HAZEL.

Araang thn bonny wading banksWhere Doon runs wimolirgclear;

Where Biuce anco mled the martial ranks,And shook*!he Cairick spea^.

Some merry frien'Jv, Irtntr.a folkTogether did convene

To bum their mt3 an' 000 their stocks,And haud their Hallo'een.

THE ALDER.A «mall tree rearhinjj to 50ft or 60ft,

growing on the banks of streams and indamp spots, of which the poet sang:

Thatch me well and keep me dry,Heart of oak Iwill defy.

This distich refers to the quality of thewood, of which Mitchell says:

"The j>tnkf>s

of alder will not last 12 months, nor willthe timber do for posts or anything olscwhen it in in contact with the ground, <\ccptunder water." Peeled for rafters, or otherinternal work, the durability is very great.

THE BIRCH.comes next for notice, and if the oak bethe monarch, tho birch is the most gracefulof British forest trees, and a proof of thi«may be seenin the pair growing in the Octa-gon, one on either side of Burns's statue.The tree has become deservedly popularwith our conservators, as shown by its fre-quencyin ihe.Tubileo Park andon the smallpiece of tho Town Bolt between the roadsin front oi the Southern Cemetery. It is avery l.ardy tree, and seems to thrive beston barren, rocky, or sandy soils, growing asluxuriantly on the poorest as on the richest.The peculiar* bark distinguishes it from allother British trees. In the older ones it isvery nigged on the lower part of the stem,but smooth above, separating in thinpapery layers of silvery whiteness, while itslight small foliage and slender branches ren-der it one of the most elecant. There arcfew varieties of the birch differing more asregards size than in any other respect. Thewhite is the one specially referred to. Nowonder the poet? of our fatherland drew in-spiration fiom its beauties. Spenstono,Philips, L&ydfMi, Coleridge, and other Eng-lish bards celebrated it, and in Scotland,where it i« mo-t prevalent, Scott, referringto tho delicious fragrance exhaled by thebuds after aprmg showers, says:"

The birch tices wept in fragrant Miower,

And of course Bums could not permit itIto pass:I The biae=; asernd like lofty wa'?,

The foaming stream deep roaring fa's,: O'erhung wi' fragrant, sprcady shaws,! The Birks of Aberfeldy.! Bonnie lassie, will ye go

To the Birks of Abeifeldy?

The birch is of greaß value, and is appro-pilated for many uses in different countries.Our popularly-known New Zealand birchesbelong to the beech tiibe.

POPLAR, WILLOW, BEECH.The Poplar white, grey, black and

aspen. Tho willows in their groat varie-ties aro familiar to all, and each has itspersonal attraction, drawing forth the lauda-tion ofs its particular admirer.

The beech id one of the mo-.t useful offoiest trees.

" It often attains a great size,Rogording it, and a few others, future re-marks will appear.

I. M. I.

Never neglect s bad cough; there is noknowing what n may develop into. TakeTL'bSICUBA.

[ (Continued.)It 5k the duty of every true-hearted in-

habitant to promote the welfaro and pros-perity of our colony, and more paiticularlyof his province, by any, all, and every fairmeans, either in developing latent resource",

encouraging new industries, or the promo-tion and extension of those already exist-ing. Mineral deposits aie not limitless.They can 'be worked out or exhausted, butcannot be renewed or reproduced. Newstrata, may be discovered; the old vein3will never flow afresh. Itwill take time to

deplete our hidden treasures, but time itselfis of limited duration. Gold does notyield the same returns as of old. Coal andshale are unearthed with great aigour. and inincreasing quantities, borne of the older dis-covered seams being already woiked outand the pits abandoned. The slate quarriesat the Kakanuie came- to an untimely end.Copper and other lodes made a flash in thepan. Lime and sandstone, together withgranite, have apparently a long existencebefore them. Tlio black band ot Tarunakifor 'all practical purposes seeiiu to loom asfar as over in the future, and other de-

posits of los«er importance ha\c not toed themark. The existence of iron ore in abun-dance is a firmly-rooted belief, so also ofsalt bed?, the precise localities being yet tobe discovered. All mubt hail with delightthe recent announcement of vatt deposits ofcoprolites at Hor=eshoe Bush, the prelude,no doubt, to many more, which will absorba great amount of labour and prove thesource of immense fortunes to the luckydiscoverers, and add wonderfully to the fer-tility of our luxuriant soils. Encouragementof native industries comes next to bo rec-koned, and several solid grounds mufct belaid before a just conclusion is arrived at.Social economics are first requirements, andhow are they to be fulfilled 19 the. question.

On its social economics the prosperity ofour colony largely depends. To continuea contented and happy people, home com-forts and attractions must be made morealluring. Sanitary and dietary conditionsarc essential considerations which cannot beomitted, and with these a .solid educationalsystem is closely allied—

not a mere- tapidwordy repetition of answer?, but teachingto undeistand, think, andapply. For fcuccos*a high-class education is not imperative, al-though it is desirable. The proficientworker. Belf taught or from tho technicalclass room, is immensely superior in anywalk in life to a theoretic. A poor manonce saved a city when the great andmighty were baffled. Our bnghtest men ofgenius have risen from the ranks. A gooddigger becomre Premier, a telegraph messageboy a great Cabinet Minister by their ownindomitable pluck, helped by hbeial pro-gressive legislation, which th&y largely as-sisted to otabh'-h, and by which Hip brother-hood of man has been raked noar the pointof accomplishment. They male- the leverto gain promotion, the fulciuin being steadysoif-reliaiice.

Industrial pursuits are the material ele- \ments in national .success. Great sirideshave been made, gi&ater will be made, andfor this end e\eryone should uso his besteffort to discover, invent, or improve, andin no department of labour is tliore belter ,i-cone than agriculture. In it. widest sensefoi-p-iiy is taking- a lead.

A feu notes rr^arding iAe hardwood trf-es<jf the Olrl Woild may not be unacceptable.Fn=t o\er ;i!l ihe otiurs thp oaJc takes pre-ced&iice, &ud the Bntjjsh lead* the .van.. So

OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK.I FRUIT GARDEN.— The planting out of all|kiads of fiuit trees, should now be carried on

with Ms?our, taking advantage of eveiy dry daywhen the soil 13 m working order and avoidingtreading upon the soil aftei heavy rains, asticca planted while the «ojl is at all stickywill not do so well a^ those planted undermore favourable condition*. Those unaccus-

I tomed to the planting of fruit trees should be1 careful not to plant too deep. If the stems

are examined, jt car eavly be seen the depthI they wrre planted vhen m the nursery. They| shou'd be planted at least 3m above thej levelof the ground around to allow for settling,otlieiwisc they are sure to be too deep. Spread

:the :root= and tread the whole firm. Apple3. pears, plums, apricots, and cheme3 re-quire much closer pruning than peaches and

i nectarines. The latter do not form spurs as1 m "the former, but produce, their fruit chieflyIupon Ihe wood made during the previous sea-

son. The older wood shouid be cut out, where-practicable, and ths tree= kept uell furnishedwith young wood. Stray.berries and rasp-berries may still be planted out, as before ad-vised. Gooseberries should have the prefeieuceas regaids early planting among bush fruits,as they cue among the in -1 to move in early

i spring. These useful bushes do not as a ruleIaeceivf* the attention they deserve, as in the|majority of gardens they are represented byI a niimbei of old stagers thai ought to havebeen grubbedup yeais ago, as old bushes onlyproduce s> '"mall crop of poor flavouied berriesand give a large amount of trouble in prun-ing, e*c, and occupy far too much space. All

jsuch should he discarded and young trce3plarii"1 cut, which come rapidly into bearingwheie \ aiieties are grown Cuttingsshould jo\v be put in of the best sorts only,and these if attended to during the? coiningfic.ison will be fit to plant out next. Piumngof all kinds of fiuit trees may now be com-menced, as the leaves aie by this timo all off.Where a quantity of trees arc to be piunedmuch of this work may be done duung or. after heavy rains when the soil ia too wot todig. In all cases the tree.-> should be prunedand cuttings picked up before the beds aie

FLOWER GARDEX.— Lawns which haveIbeen formed during the piesent season shoulcl| be looked over, and if the seed is coming upj at all patchy more seed shou'd be scatteredovei^the thin places and covered with fine drycoil. Upon a dry afternoon the roller shouldbe ruu over it— about twice a week. As soonas the grass is long enough to cut it should Lemown with a scythe and kept quite short dui-lrg the wintei. The formation and sowingdown of lawns may still be proceeded with.

I The genera! propagation of ali =how sorts ofchiysanthenrums shouldnow commence. Selecta healthy fhoot that It-= sprung up as aMteker, take thii off wlicn about 3m long,le;'viii« a shoit heel to Cculi cutting, whichshould be inserted in s.mdy so.l and placedin a cool and shtidv fra>;'<» to stuke, which atthis trno of tlie year \.-;ll i:ike about six week*.As scon v-> they s'lcuv -i<r\ s of movng theymust have mote .iir ci.ulually enen them, andcitexwiida be >!dced in <vi ojisu smd feito-.eci

OTAGO WITNESS. June 18, lUO2

SURPLUS HEW ZEALANDPRODUCE.WELLINGTON, June12.

In reference to the cable from Australiathat 10,000 tons of damaged New Zealandwheat was available for shipment, the Agri-cultural Department states that the quan-tity of damaged wheat in this colony hasbeenover-estimated. A great deal of cerealin North Otago and South Canterbury haasuffered from rain, but the quantity will,Mr Ritchie thinks, be found to be muchtless than 10,000 tons. He points out thatthe area under wheat and oats in New Zea-land during the past season was much lessthan during the previous season. He alsostates that as our root crops were not largelast season the supply on hand will only,be about sufficient for our own requirements.Even if turnips were available for export,he doubts whether it would pay to send!them to Australia seeing that the freight'would be heavy and that the cargo wouldhave deteriorated by the time it reachedthe pastoral districts. New Zealand is abloto supply Australia just now with wheatenand oaten chaff, but Mr Ritchie questionswhether stock-owners would find -such feedsxifficient in the present condition of thesheep and cattle.

position.Thebeds or borders that wereplantedcut with hyacinths early in the season. mii9tbe carefully hoed, as the bulbs will soon bapushing through, and may be cut off withthe hoe if great care is not taken. The weedsshould be kept down by hnnd-wceding wherea hoe cannot be used. Where odd stools ofpansies have been kept from last spring theymay now be broken up and divided into verysmall pieces, as such will be found to growvery freely ifplanted,now. Thi3 is only advsiedwhere really desirable varieties ihave beensaved, or in the case of named sorts, as thiswill be found the best way to increase stocks.The common kinds are best renewed bymeansof a packet of seed of a good strain. Alldahlias should now be dug up and stored, awayfor the winter.

KITCHEN GARDEX.— A second sowing ofpeas should be made as soon as the first sow-ingis well above the ground. For the secondcrop some of the best wrinkled peas shouldbeselected, such as stratagem, Yorkshire hero,anticipation, etc., which should be relied uponfor siicccssful crops. Onion seed for themaincrop may be sown now. "Whers transplantingautumn-sown seedlings is not adopted the sow-ing should be made upon very clean land, ormuch labour is involved in keeping the bedfrom wced<3. A small sowing of carrot seedmay ba made this month for early spring use.The main sowing of these and turnips shouldnot be made till August. Parsnips, however,should be sown now, as they require a muchlonger season of growth. The planting out ofasparagus and rhubarb should be continued;the soil for these should be wellmanured eachyear, but at the time of planting- an extradressing should be trenched into the soil, asit can be applied at a. good depth where theloots can feed upon it. Seed of the earliestpotatoes should now be selected and spreatTout in a- cnol store for thepurpose of sprout-ing, -whicii is better than planting them atonce into the open land, although there aremany positions where they may be plantednear the coast line without risk of injury fromfiost. For the earliest planting whole sets ofa fair size should be preferred. Spinach, coblettuce, radish, Enfiekl market and St. John'sDay cabbage may stil! be sown. All vacantspaces should be dug over, so as to prevent thegrowth of weeds and iübbish, nt the sametune improving the condition of the soil. Themain crop of cclciy should be used up, as ifWt too late m the season much of it is aptto run to seed.GREENHOUSE, FRAMES. Etc.—Tube-lous-rooted begonias should not have any morewater given them, but should' be stowed awayunder the stages of the greenhouse. The potsshould be placed on their side to keep themfrom getting wet during the winter. Cine-rarias- and primulas should row be coming oninto flower, and must be allowed more roomfor the leaves to develop. Cinciarus shouldbe removed to the greenhouse a few weeks be-fore coming into flower and hardened off, soas to stand the exposure to the sun and airwithout flagging. If the pots are at all full ofloots they should have weak liquid maiuiregiven, them everyother watering. Pelargoniumcuttings which weie inserted m February atthe time of cutting down the plants shouldnow be- fit for pottingoff into single pots— (Lnpots -will be found themost useful size. Theyshould be perfectly clean inside and out, andwell drained, and the drainage covered up withsome coarse leaf mould or green rnoso to pre-vent the soil stopping up the drainage. Thesoil should be composed of v mixture of loam,leaf oiiould, manure, sand, and a handful ofbonedust. Each cutting pot, 9& it it turnedout. should be distinctly labelled, or muchconfusion will occur later on.

10-- -

!_,— Business Notices.

A PRUDENT DAIRYMANOr Creamery Proprietor who understands his business desires, aboveall,a

CREAM SEPARATORrh|cliskims clean,runs smoothly,costs little to keepup,takes smallpower

to driye3 isof solid construction, and standsyears of wear and tear.

THE "ALPHA-LAVAL"Is the onlymechanicalskimming contrivancein the market which

complies with these conditions. Properly handled,it ensuressatisfaction and -success all round.

300,000 CREAM SEPARATORS.First in thefield in 1879 with the pioneer "LAVAL" Centrifugal Skimming

Machine. The "ALPHA-LAVAL,"themodern outcome of twenty yearsofesperi-enc« and research,' hassteadily retained its unapproachablesuperiority in the Dairy

"■world,and,innumerable imitations and unscrupulous infringements notwithstanding,its salesLavenow topped the total aboveslated.

The momeßt is therefore opportuneto pointout that during the past five years the.«* ALPHA-LAVAL"

has beenplaced by the jury absolutely

' FIRST AT EVERY EXHIBITION,Show,or Agriculturalmeetingof importance ever heldin any of the fiveContinents ofthe.Universe, and that the Sales of "ALPHA-LAVAL

"vastly exceed those of all

other makes combined.

For ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES andall other particularsapply to

MASON, STRUTHERS & CO., ""Vh^,,Chief Agents for New Zealand;

i —OR TO—

A, fc T. BURT, LIMITED, '-saasT'PLANTING SEASON,

ORDER NOW FROM BOXA-FIDB GROWERS OF NURSERY STOCKS.

Fruit Trees Hedge PlantsOrnamental and Flowering1 ShrubsRoses and RhododendronsHerbaceous Plants.

All Thoroughly Clean andHardy.PropagatedandGrown in our Owa Nurseries— Danediu and Alexandra South,

£X O*%PV 3D E^£vT^&& Sfo^TCRI£!FF;'

DUNEDIST. "

THOS. PATERSON & CO.,MANSE BTREfiT, DUNEDIN

(EttablishfdDunedin1879),ReceiveConsignmentsof

FRUIT,EGGS,BUTTER,OHEHSB,BACON,and other FARM PRODUCE.

Agents forHick's Patent " Montauk'' foncaly*woolly, ank other bight. Ross'b Antidote.

Severe Asthma.DoctororderedScott'sEmulsion,,

whichcured her.

Asthma is one of those miseries of lifewhich sometimes make it^seem impossibleto longer endure the affliction of existence!Yet the way to a cure is simple:"4 Nairn street, Abbott road, Poplar,"

London. England, April 10, 1901."Gentlemen,—Ihave great pleasure intestifying to the great benefit my motherreceived from taking Scott's Emul&ion. Mymother, who is a great sufferer from asthma,was taken very ill at the beginning ofJanuary with bronchitis and congestion ofthe lungs, and her doctor, who has attendedher for years, said the usual remedies woulddo her no good, but recommended her to.

MRS. BEDLOW.{Froma photograph.)

try Scott's Emulsion. At this time the suf-feier was at her lowest ebb, but after tak-ing a small bottle, the asthmatieal coughdisappeared, and persevering with thetreatment, Iam pleased to hay that my2nother, after being confined to her bed fornine weeks, is now as well as ever she wa«.a result solely due to Scott's Emu!cion, aa

|no otfier medicine war taken.—Iremain,

youis respectfully.!

" (SiY.-eJ) A. J. Bedlow."i Mr Beillow ,vrito3 that

'" a small bottle o£Scott's Emulsion caused the asthmatiealcough to disappear "— a course of Scott'sEmulsion completely eradicated the asthma.It is ever the same old story in troubles ofthe throat and lun&s when fcscott's Emulsionis used:First, relief, then cure.

Another point, too, which is daily madein the coirespondence which reaches .us:'"

The doctor said the usual remedies would!do her n.o good, but recommended Scott's *Emulsion." The doctor did not recommend;common cod liver oil, tho doctor did .notrecommend (substitutes for or imitations ofScott'a Emulsion, they "

would do her nogood''— what ho did recommend was Scott'aEmulsion, and only that.

This doctor's experience is the same asthat of countless physicians; they can relyon Scott's Emulsion;with any other- thingthe result is still in doubt. There is, o£course, a solid scientific reason for this

—the scientific blending by our especial pro-cess of pure cod liver oil with hypophos-phites of lime and eocla.

A distinguished physician who carried oiiba series of comparative tests finds: "Scott'sEmulsion is three times as efficacious as jfchftsame quantity of common cod liver oil."If you reflect a moment on these facts youcan only reach one conclusion: to buyScott's Emulsiou And to get it, see that anicturo of a man carrying a big-'fibii is on!the wrapper. This picture is on noprepara-tion in the world other than the genuineScott'a Emulsion.

You can obtain a sample of Scott'sEmulsion by sending fourpence to Srott andiBowne, Limited, 483 Kent street, Sydney,and mentioning this paper. AIL chemist*bell Scott's Emulsion.

A carpenter named Bertif Jones has beenmibsing from his home in Boulcott street,Wellington, bince Saturday, the 31st May.on which date he went to the Otakfraces.

A very bright band of young ladies saileclfrom Halifax a week or two ago, destined;,for South Africa. Th»y represent tho pickof our Canadian school teachers, whom theImperial Government dc=ire to have takocharge of the reorganisation of the educa-tional system at the (Jape. They were 50in number, and they were selected for their-fitness to undertake a special work of thisnature They went away with bright facesand happy hearts, as our gallant soldier;boys have done, but the task before themiis really a very serious and trying onej,which will call for all their resources p|tacb aud CQU2&2&

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The most satisfactory preparationknown!for the

DESTRUCTION OF BLIGHT ANDINSECT HSTS.

**MONTAUIC" can either be paintedoninfected trees with abrush or sprayedon withan

"Imperial* or other spray

pump."MONTAUK" can be handled by" children,withperfect safety;does not

injure the skin or clothing, and is as■ indispensableto the owner of a dozen

treesas itis to the largest orchardists.

"MONTAUK" effectuaUy destroys- ■

MILDEW MUSSEL SCALECOTTONY CUSHION SCALEBLIGHT ON HAWTHORN HEDGESWOOLLY APHIS or WHITE BLIGHTFUNGOID GROWTHS on FRUIT TREESRED SPIDER, (Jc, &c.

"MONTAUK" is recommended by leading nurserymenand all who have triedit, andis themost efficacious and mostsatisfactory Insecticide inuse.

TESTIMONIALS FROM LEADINGFRUIT-GROWERS.

PRICE of'"

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2S each;One Gallon Tins, 6s each;FourGallon Tins, 21s each.Special quotations given for large quanti-

ties. Prices f.0.b., Dunedin.

Sole Proprietors & Manufacturers

SEED MERCHANTS AND SEEDGROWERS,

inKTANTED— FowIs, Ducks, and Geese, inIT any quantity.

—Irvine aud Stevenson,

George street, Dunadin, Bin

OTAGO WITNESS.STune 18, 1902.

musical knowledge. The M.K. oeitificato.'uust have been gained within a period ottno years from the date of the practicalexamination. All these conditions Miss Feaha' fulfilled, and out of the bix eligible can-didates for the exhibitions at the last exami-nation she ;s one of tho three successfulone*. In all her jjievicu*. examination.- shehas gained %cry high marks. In the exami-nation for intermediate pass last year shewas awarded 95 marks, and in tho honoursdi\i?ion 98 marks out of a possible 100.

ment was carried bj- the casting vote of themoderator.

Trials for license having been assignedto Mr Joseph Shore, student in theology.the same wore proceeded with, Mr Blairexamining inHebrew, Mr Currie in Greek.Mr Dalrymple in theology, and Mr Allan inchurch history. Mr Fraser reported on ahomily on "The Priesthood of Christ," MrKilpatrick on a lecture on

"The Tempta-

tion of Christ," Mr Ramsay on a"Sermon,"

and Mr Miller on an "Exegesis on theEpistle to the Hebiews, ii, 5-9." Mr Dal-rymple moved, and it was agreed to— "Thattaking a conjunct view of the trials thosame be cordially approved of, and that themoderator proceed to license Mr Shore. 'Tho Modeiator thon put the prei>cribedquestions, and these being answered satisfac-torily, he, in tho name and authority of theHead of the Church, licensed Mr Shore tothe ministry of the gospel, and, along withthe members of the presbytery present, gavehim the right hand of, fellowship. TheModerator afterwards addressed words ofcounsel to Mr Shore, and in prayer com-mitted him to the guidance and keepingof the Lord Jesus Christ, on whose servicehe was entering.

Inconnection with the assembly's SabbathSchool examinations Mr Will moved, andit was agreed to— "

That each minister beappointed supervisor in his own parish.'

A request from Waiwera for leave to usethe " individual cups

"in the communion

service was received, when it was moved byMr Dalrymple. seconded by MrFraser, andagreed to

— "That considering the- practicalunanimity on the part of the congregationthe applicationbe granted."

An application from Waitahuna for theusual quinquennial grant of £50 for mansorepairs was received, when it was moved byMr Fraser, seconde-d by Mr M'Xour, andagreed to, that consideration of the matterbe deferred till ne\t meeting.It was agreed that Mr Budd, student in

theology, on passing his exit examination,be taken on trial for license.

Mr Blair, reported that ho had examinedthe treasurer's books, and found thoni welland accurately kept. '

The presbytery adjourned to meet forordinary 'business in the Church, Milton, onthe second Wednesday of September, at10 o'clock. '

consideration for the =taff. as well as in nunier*oils other way=, your conduct of a great Statedepartment has been characterised by a busi-ness acumen we all appreciate and that mustcommand success. To enumerate all you have)done for the colony as a wkoie,and Southlandin particular, is out of the question in anaddress of this nature. All we havebeen ableto do is to briefly touch upon a few of thesalient features of a public life marked byvigour, originality, and statesmanship, and!which we feel confident has still before it a.long record of distinguished public service.In conclusion, permit us, in the name of theelectors of Southland, lo extend to you. andyour esteemed wife, Lady Ward, our heartiestcongratulations on the honour conferred uponyou, and to wish youboth every happinessandprosperity. [Hero follow the names oi the townand suburban Mayors snd representatives ofpublic bodies throughout Southland.]

Pir Joseph, on lining to respond, wasgreeted with prolonged cheering. It was an.atter, he «aid, of intense gratification tohimself and to Lady Ward that they ehouldfind them&elves 'o highly esteemed in theplace where thry had grown up from child-hood. They would treasuio the address—not; only for its artistic merit, which ".misgreat, but as a concrete manifestation of thegoodwill of his many friends in Southland.Whether he might claim -credit for the ini-tiation of the reforms referred to or not

—and he was not indisposed to accept thatresponsibility— lie had done his best to bringthem about, and that not only in the faceof political opposition, but also notwith-standing the cold douches of pcF'imisticfriends, and was pleased to see them sosuccessful in operation. Sir Joseph thenrecounted the history of some of the re-forms referred to, and after again thankingthe assemblage pioposed tho health of theMayor, and hoped he might long occupythe position to which the ratepayers hadtwioe in succession elected him.

The followinjf is the full text of the ad-dress, which.' if should be explained, hasbeen ready for presentation for monthspast:- -

Honourable and Dear Sir,— At an epoch inthe history of the colony marking the openingof a new century, rendered memorable by thevisit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall tothe Antipodes, the electors of Southland desireto exnicfs to you then appreciation of yourgreat publicseiviees, and to voice their recogni-tion of tho honour clone to you and this partof the colony m the conferring upon you byhis iJajcsly the King of a knighthood. Youhave been identified with so many public re-forms which now ha\e the force of statute law,thouphbut years since regarded as dreams, thatwe feel do one cou'd have been more fittinglychosen for the distinct on. To you we areindebted for that beneficent measure the Ad-vances to Settlor* Act, u'ider which seme threemillions sterling havebeen advanced to farmersin moderate sums, ar.tl on sound sc-cmity atl.ites that have enabled many to becomeindependentof tiie private money-lender, whilethe influence of the innovation has alfo madeit<-c!f lnamfc-t ;n the rclucocl mice of moneyfor industrial undertakings, thus materiallyassisting to hrmg about the' colony's presentprosperity. Thatbold and statesmanlike experi-ment, the universal penny postage, which pro-mises even better iesu!t3 than you with greatpeisistence foretold, we owe entirely 1o yourfirm advocacy, despite the opposition of poht.-cal friends as well as opponent--. Tl.ar.ks, alsoto your untiringefforts m Parliament, at \ar.-ous Aue 'iialasian Po-tal Conferences, and al=oin Britain and Canatl* during your visit totho^e countiie?, that most important Impenelwork the Pacific cable is almost now com-pleted, and the time is near at hand when an"

all-red" line encircling tho earth will be an

accomplished fact Without your peisistentand consistent achocacy over a long period ofypais we leahse that this great project wouldstill be in embryo and the Empire minus a,means oi communication -which, especially inthe ccr.t of cduplications with, fcieiguPowers, muH pio\e of inestimable value.Beyond these important enterprises, now suc-r-essfnlly launched, you have, as Minister ofRailwayo, proved a most capableadministrator,and in the reduction of fa7es and freights, accele-rating the speed of passenger trams, improvingthe fighting and" seating accommodation ofcarriages, extending existing and buildingnewworkshops so as to keep the manufacture ofrolling s'.ock within the tojgnx, suicl m vom;

CLUTHA PRESBYTERY.The Presbytery of Clutha met for ordi-

nary business in the eburch, Baklutha, onWednesday last. There werepresent— TheRev. Mr Miller (Moderator), and the Rev.IMessrs Currie, Dalrymple, Kilpatrick, Will, ]Frafier. Maca(lister, Howe, R. S. Allan, and 'Blair (ministers), and Messrs Sandilands, !Begg, Geggie, Burns, Somerville, E. Boyd.|Adam, M'Caw, M'Hattie. M'Neur, and j.Young (elders). An apology for absencewas received from the Rev. Mr Reid. |

The clerk was appointed presbytery icorrespondent to the Otago Daily Times.

The Clerk laid on the table a letter fromMr M. G. Tait expressing his regret thathe was unable to take up home missionwork at Ahuriri.

— It vras agreed to leavethe supply of Ahuriri for the winter in thehands of the convener of the Church Ex-tension Committee, with the request thatthe convener secure the services of MrScott (student) for the bummer months.

Mr Scott, student missionary during the1-ast summer at Ahuriri, submitted a finan-cial steteinent for the four months of hnterm in the district.

Mr Kilpatrick moved, and Mr Currieseconded

— "That itbe a recommendation tothe Church. Extension Committee that allxnoneys collected in, our mission -stations'fee_bent in to the Church Extension Commit-tee, and that the .missionary be paid by thecommittee."— Mr FraEcr moved as an'amendment— "'

That it be a recommendationito the Church Extension Committee that inmission charges a treasurer shall always boappointed, who shall pay the funds locallycollected to the missionary in charge, theturn paid to be* reported by the treasurer to.the Church Extension Committee, who shallpay the balance of salary due ''—Seconded"by Mr Allan.— The amendment was carriediby a good majority.It was agreed to continue Mr Harkness

in charge of Ratanui for another threemonths, the Rev. Mr Dalrymple (as Mode-rator) to visit the district, and report tothe September meeting of presbytery.

Mr Fraser moved— "That the "presbyteryrecommends Easter Monday as the day ofthe meeting of npxt synod."— Seconded byMr Will. Mr Fyfe moved as an amend-ment—"That the meeting be held duringthe week of the Dunedin winter show."'

—Seconded by Mr Dalrymple.— Motion car-ried by a large majority.

In connection with the fixing of the Sus-itcntation Fund minima, it was agreed thatcommittees be appointed to \i.-it aid-receiv-ing congregations, and that the cougrega-tional balance sheets for the past threeyearsbe examined. In accordance with thismotion, it was agreed that Messrs Miller(convener), Rameay, Allan, and Adam boa committee, with presbytmial powers torvisit Lovell's Flat; that Messrs Kilpatrick.'(convener), Macailister, Currie, and Fyfevisit Clinton; that Messrs Blair fcoinener)."Kilpatrick, Macalliatcr, and Geggie visitClutha,; that Messrs Currie (convener), Dal-rymple, Boyd, and Sandilands visit Owaka;and that Messrs Fraser (convener), Miller,Reid, and Adam visit Waihola.It was moved by Mr Fraser, seconded

}>y Mr Macailister— "That these committeesreport to the Susteatation Fund Committee.within a month." — Mr Currie moved,seconded by Mr Will— "

That they reporton tlie 24th mat.. at latest.■"—The aincnd-

PRESENTATION TO SIR J. G.WARE.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

INVERCARGILL, June 12.A large number of the electors of Awarua

and representative men of this town anddistrict assembled at tho Club Hotel thisafternoon to participate in the presentationto the Acting-Premier of an illuminatedaddress of congratulation onhis knighthood:and appreciation of his many public services. The addre»s, which is the work ofMr W. E. Gladstone, of this town, is amost artistic production, measuring sft by3ft 9in, in a mas6ive gold frame. The o\alof the address is surrounded by devices em-blematic of the various public services controlled by the presentee, and the corner*are adorned with gems of New Zealandscenery.

Tho presentation was made by the Mayor(Mr Longuet), who rapidly reviewed themany public services of the Acting-Premier,and expressed the very general appreciationof his social and political qualities, andventured the opinion that it was feltthroughout the colony that in honouringSir Joseph by conferring a knighthood InsMajesty the King had honoured not onlySouthland, but Now Zealand generally SnJoseph's health was diunk with musicalhonours, and three ringingchecia woregixenfor Lady Ward.'

Mr I. W. Raymond «aid that, althoughhe had not always been able to fee rye toeye with Sir Joseph,^ he could not bubadmire hie ability, energy, and devotionto the public service, and hoped he mightlong be bpared to continue a caiecr whifhhad been so fruitful and promised co well.

Mr Gilfcdder, AI.H.R., was proud to beassociated with Sir Joseph, and felt surethat under his able administration thecolony would continue to prosper. Forquite a number of the beneficent reform-,brought about by the present Governmentduring its 10 yeais' administration, whichtime did not admit of his particularising,the Postmaster-general was directly respon-sible, and not the leait of these were theintroduction of cheap money and the in-auguration of penny postage.

The Hon. H. Feldwick was pleased toha\e an opportunity of adding his testi-mony. "When the honour of knighthood \\a-conferred on Sir Joseph there was a generalfeeling of gratification in the Upper House—

a feeling which he had means of know-ing was entertained throughout the colony,in Australia, and even in the Homeland.

Mr A. Paape, representing Labour, andparticularly the sawmillmg industry, eaidthat Sir Joseph had earned the thanks ofworkers throughout the colony by intro-ducing the Ajbitrrtionand Conciliation Act.

TRINITY COLLEGE LOCALSCHOLARSHIP.

Our cables on Wcdneoday intimated thatMiss i*na Fee had won a London Trinity Col-lege local musical scholarship. The young ladyis a daughter of Mr D. M. Fea, of Dun-edin, and is a pupil of Mr A. J. Barth.The exhibition referred to is in the formof a grant of nine guineas to the successfulpupil, which will be tantamount to givinghti another year's tuition with her masterfree of expense. Three of thcee exhibitionsare given annually to successful candidatesin pianoforte, organ, and violin playing, orsinging, outside the United Kingdom. Nocandidates over 18 yeais of age at the dateof the examination are eligible except inthe case of vocalists, and no candidate iseligible who has not before the time of theaward gained a certificate in one of thethree divisions at the local esaniuiaUous in

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PARCEL POST.■No. I.— DRESS PARCEL for 20s.— Con-

tains 6yds double-width homespun.Tweed, dark colours; suitable for chil-

i clren'sandwomen's dresses;6yds double-V width black figured Alpaca, rioh heavy| appearance; lyd Velvet for trimming

each Dress, -with Buttons, Bone, Silk,and Twist. Sent, carriage paid, bypoat or rail, for 20s.

JSb. 2.— DRESS PARCEL for 20s.— Con-itains 6yds double-width Costume Tweed,for autumn or winter wear; 6yds fancydiagonal pattern Dress Material for

.children's or women's wear_j 6yds prettyi fblack beaded Gimp for trimming; 6yds\ -jpretty coloured washing Gingham for

«prons or pinafores; and 6yds prettyiLace for trimming, and lyd of Silk forthe front of the two Dresses. Sent, car-riage paid, for 20s.

$fo. Z.— DRESS PARCEL for 25s.— Con-tains 3yde self-colour Blouse Silk, ineither blue, pink, cream, cardinal,.white, lemon, or heliotrope;6yds prettyJLace- for trimming, and 3yds lovely* Chiffon: also, 6yds" double-width newif autumn Dress Material, in navy,myrtle,

T- peacock, marone, cardinal, heliotrope,grey, or any other colour, and black.Also, 6yds of a nice soft Lining, andSilk, Twist, and Bones. Sent, carriagepaid, for 255.

2?o. 4.—DRESS PARGEL for30s.— Contains,3yds of thb celebrated Venice Velveteen_ for Blouses, in navy, moss, peacock,poppy, brown, cardinal, and black;one of the new Chiffon Ruffles for theneck, and 6yds double-width blackfigured Lustre, or 6yds rich black orJiavy Serge, or 6yds black or colouredCashmere All-wool. We also sendBodice Lining for the Blouse, and bothSkirt and Body Lining for the Dress,all Bones, Silk, and Twist required,and2doz Button?. Sent, carriage

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Contents of the parcel:—

2 beau-tiful Flannelette Nightdreßsei?, Jlovely Flannelette Chemises, 2 prettyKnicker3. all full size and good flan-nelette; one pair splendid Corsets; 1pretty white Muslin Apron or HollandCooking Aprou; 2 pairs black Cash-nereHose. This parcel can also be hadr» White Lorjgcloth. When orderinge.'easo say whether Flanneletteor Whit*liongcloth is required. Free to any ad-dress in New Zealand, 20s.

Ko. 50.— CASHMERE PARCEL— LADIES'BLACK. EAP.CEL con-tains 7y<3s of a.rich blue-black Cashmere(very wide), colour and wear guaranteed,lyd rich black Silk for trimming, 6yds cf. » nice soft-finished Lining, and 2 dozenButtons to match the dress. Sent by'post or rail for 20s, Carriage Paid.

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White Fur Necklets, 4 tails ... 2s lid eachBrown Fur-Necklets, 4- tails ... 3a 6d eachBlack Fur Necklets, 5..tails ... 4s 6d each

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CIAL BLANKET PARCEL contains 1pair extra large, fleecy, downy, and very-soft Colonial Blankets, suitable for beatbedroom:1 large size, v.-eli-made honey-comb Quilt, with nice deep fringe; 6ydiof nice Twill Cloth for pillow cases, 40inwide; 1 vry nice Blanket or Rug,1large white Marcclla Toilet Cover, and1handsome Lace Antimacassar. Thissplendid Parcel sent, Carriage Paid, for4Cs.

No. 117.— COLONIAL TWEED SUIT forMen. W..11 made and finished, iv mediuraand dark colours; sent,Carriage Paid, for29s 6d. Sizes from 3to 7.

No. 113.— COLONIAL TWEED SUITS forBoys. A splendid suit of a heavy ColonialTweed, extra well made and lined;sizeifrom 10 to 2£. This Splendid Suit sent.Carriage Paid— 21s.

No. 7.— OUR UNIVESSAL BLANKETPARCEL. Contains a pair of Double-bed fleecy wool Blankets,' 1 large sizeAustrian stripe Rug, suitable for bed,sofa, or buggy; 1large coloured Counter-pane, fringed or plain border; all suit-able-for double beds. FYFEANDCUM-..ING respectfullyask you to try this par-"*lighted. Sent, Carriage Paid, "for 25s toany port or railway station.

No 9.— Ladies anticipating and about1o cela.brate-the most delightful event in thenlife should take our advice and iecuraone of cur wonderful Matrimonial 1nr-cels—

abig quantity sent out andn-av tr-ial satisfaction given. We can.with '.cn-fidence. recommend it. Wouldn't ->t haa grand present?

THE MATRIMONIALPARCEL contaius 1pair extra quality real Witnfcy Blankets,large size, for double bed*f 1pair goodWitney Blankets, for ordinary use, full"ize;1pair full-size pure white twilledCotton Sheets; 1 pair real BoltonTwilled Sheets, extra large size;1 superior white Marcella othoney-comb Quilt

—lovely design,

yearly 3yds long; 2 pairs of very hand-'-me whits Nottingham lace Curtain^.rith very handsome design and border:

Oyds superior twill pillow Cotton; 2nicequality toilet Covers, full size;1set verypretty toilet Mats; 6 large size TurkishTovrels;1whiteTablecloth,1unbleachedTablecloth— -both, full size; 6yd» goodlinen check Glasscloth; 1,very prettyGipsy Table Cover, and OrientalRug for sofa or bed covers. This usefuland every-day Matrimoniad Parcel sent,Carriage Paid to your own door, for £5.A splendid andextraordinary parcel.

No. 119.— COLONIAL TWEED KNICKER ]SUITS, in a heavy make of All-wool |Tweeds. Our own make. Sizes 6 to 8, |Carriage Paid, 9s lid;Sizes 9to12, Car- ,riage paid, 12s 6d.

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SUPERIOR BLACK SERGEDRESS PAR-CEL for 20s.

— Contains a full dreS3Length of a glossy black diagonal Serge,wears like pin wire; 6yds of the newBraid for Trimming; 6yds of a nice softLining;2dozpretty Buttons, Bone, Silk,andTwist. A veryserviceable and econo-mical Parcel for 20s.

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two, are of the marine type, dry back,capable of developing 500 horse-power. Thoengines will be horizontal compound, anddevelop 450 indicated horse-power.at a speedof 120 revolutions per minute. The cen-trifugal pump will be 9ft in diameter, witha runner sft 6in diameter, and peripheryspeed of 4200ft per minute, capable of dis-charging 200 cubic yards per hour, throughapipe 16ft in diameter and 2400ftinlength,delivering tho material at a height of 20ftaliove low-water level.

Tho total weight of the dredge completefind in working trim will be close upon 36Dton>3. Tho whole of the work, including-engines and boilers, has been specially de-signed by Mr Reynolds, is to be

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stiucted in the colon}-.

OTAGO INSTITUTE.The usual monthly meeting cf tho Otagro

Institute was held on the 10th m thechemistry lecture room of the Uiii\ersityThere were between 60 and 70 ladies andgentlemen present, and the President of theinstitute (Professor W. B. Beuha<m, D.Sc.)occupied the chair. It had been intimatedthat Miss M. E. A. Marchant, M.A., wouldgive a lecture on "Impressions of Florence,"'but before Miss Marchant proceeded withher address Mr A. Bathgate brought for-ward the question of the destruction ofalpine flora in the neighbourhood of MountCook, pointing out that sheep were destroy-ing the native reserve, which was alicadytoo small. He al-o pointed out that greatt'lestruction was going on in ihe part knownas "The Garden," and he moved— "Thatthe institute, ha\ing learned with regretthat sheep are a'lowcd to run upon thereserve at Mount Cook, and that the inter-esting native flora of that locality is conse-quently threatened with extinction, stronglyurge on the Government the necessity forthe immediate adoption of adequate mea-sures to protect the reserve referred to fromthe depredations of stock, and from injuryby fire; and that the Government bo askedto make and protect further reserves in thatlocality, including the country between thoTasman and Hooker Glaciers; further, thata copy of this resolution be sent to theHonourable the Minister of Land?."'— Mr F.R. Chapman seconded the motion, whichwas carried unanimouslyI Prof.of.soi1 Hcnham then introduced thelecturess. Miss Marchant, who proceeded togiveheraddress. is was somewhat lengthy,ibut of a highly interesting character, andjduring its delivery Miss Marchant kuc-'oeeded in gaining tho close attention of herauditory. The lady dealt with the City ofFlorence generally, ana then gave a vivid|description of its people and their character-istics, in which connection Miss Mairhantrelated several very amusing anecdotes illus-trative of their highly excitable tempera-ment. The magnificent churches and otherbuildings to be seen in Florence, its lovelygarden*, famous works of art hv celebratedartists, both in painting and sculpture,Italian wiiters (micli as Dante), and manyothers whose writingshave made an indelibleimpression on the minds of men, wore re-ferred to at ,-orae length. Tt was obviousfrom the general tenor of Mi=s Marchant'sremarks that the City of the Florentineshad impressed and interested her greatlyduring her \isit, and s-he succeeded admir-ably in conveying to those present a veryfair idea of the wonderful sights to be M»enin this wonderful Italian city. At the closeof the address a numher of slides were putthrough the lantern by Mr A. Fieklwick.illustrating some of the historic places .andbuildings referred to by Miss Marchant. thatlady giving a brief description of each as itappeared on the screen." On the last picturebeing shown the President oi the Institute(Professor Benham) expressed himself w\satisfied that th« address mu«i have provedenjoyable to all those present, but moreparticularly to tho*p who had themselvesvisited Florence, and concluded hv accord-ing to Miso Marohant. on bclmlf of then.eiKb^rs of the institute, a ho.Tty \ot«- ofthanks for her interesting loriurc.

CO-OPERATION IN THE BOOTINDUSTRY.

AX INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.Nearly 10 years i.have elup-ed =irup a

mo\ement wu> initiated by the Bootmaker-.'Union lia\ing for its objettue a <o operativeboot factory. The ideu. wahconcned in thefar-<-eeing mind of Sir Roheit Stout, whosaw in it a solution of the constantly recurling <'i-put"» between employer- and em-ployed, and he gave it for what it was worthto the leaders of tin- union. The movementhad it* birth during the stormy d;iys ofstrikes and lock-outs, but it remained forthe iv>ore peice-ful era of industrial concilia-tion and arbitration to sec the crystallisationof the idea into practical form. Mr R. Fergu^on. who is one of the prime movers inthe mattei, was pood enough to give aTimes i-epoiter yesterday an outline of theproject.

During the progress oF the Aucklandstrike, which cost the unions £6000, SirRobert Stout suggested that the bootmakersbhould pave their own funds, buy their ownmachinery, and start business on then- ownaccount. Thst was tho only solution hecould see to the labour difficulties whichwere then causing so much ttrife incommercial and industrial circles. Mr Fer-guson states that he treated the suggestionvery seriously, and set to work to see whatcould be dune. The fust stea was to get

the union to revise its laws to make pro-for one-third of its income to be set

aside for a co-operative fund. This wasagreed to, and tho money was put by yearby yc*r. About throe years ago a secretcommittee was set up, and it was electedby ls-uing to members of the union ballotpapers asking for the nomination of sevenmen whom they considered most suitable tobe entrusted with the management of theconcern. This committee has been work-ing quietly ever tince, drafting rules andpreparing things, so that a start could liemade whenever a favouiable opportunityoccurred.

'About two months ago the committee got

word that the boot lactory in connection jwith Messrs A. r.nd T. Inglis's busines-- wasto Ije closed donu, and that the plant wason the market. Negotiations were enteredinto with a -\iew to purchase, and the wholeplant «a!eventually secured at a satisfac-tory figure. The plant, Mr Ferguson states,is .suitable for all ordinary classes of work, ]and \', in good condition.

(After obtain- «

ing the machinery, the .next thing was tosecure a building, and after looking about■Iho commit (ee c.ime to terms with Mr R.Hudson for the premises formerly used byLim as a flour mill at the corner of St. An-drew and Cumberland streets. This hasbeen lea'ed ior five years, and the work ofpreparing the place to receive the machinery-is now going on. sThe pole object of the scheme is to im-prove the condition of tho men, and theunion has no desire to enter into compe-tition with anyone Their intention is toemploy a good staff of men, and pay themgood \vage=. They do not intend to go infor certain machines usually associated withan up-to-date plant, such as pegging, rivet-ing, and nailing machines, which are usedin the manufacture of a cheap class of boot,and are regarded as tending to lower thequality of the article. Eventually, theyhope to retail their own work, and so doaway with middlemen's profits. In orderto avoid hampering operations by a multi-tude of counsellors, the control of the con-cern has been invented in the committee re-ferred to, who will have a free hand inmanaging it. The working manager will beMr R. Reynolds, late manager of MessrsA. and T. Inglis's boot factory, and Mr J.Hale, foreman clicker in Mr M'Kinlay'.s fac-tory, will be in charge of the clicking de-partment. Tt is expected that work willcommence in about^ three weeks' time, andthe promoters are looking forward confi-dently to carrying on with success.

As far as we have been able to ascertainthis is tho first instance of a trades union-devoting its funds to an experiment of thisnature, and the_ result, which is-Iraught with ,great possibilities, will be watched with in-terest. The basis of the business will be tosell for cash and to buy for cash, and theprinciple is a sound one. The Committeeof Management will be required to supplythe union withva half-yearly balance t-heet,which must be certified to by two auditorsof repute, and a .special meeting of theunion will be convened to receive it. In theo\ont of the business turning out mceess-fully- -a' the union expects it to— the profitswill piobably lie devoted to expanding its°cope and sphere of operations.

THE GO RE-KELSO RAILWAY.DIVERTING TRADE FR&M DTJNEDIN.

About 150 residents of Gore and fannersin the district attended a meeting at Goreon Wednesday, 4th inst., to pass resolutionurging the construction of the Gore-Kelsorailway. The Mayor presided.

The fiist resolution, proposed by MrThomas Green, wa?

— "That in the opinionof this meeting the time has now arrivedwhen the Go%'ernment should at once takein hand the construction of the Gore-Kelsorailway, and to further this work a sumshould be placed on the Public Works Esti-mates during the coming session of Parlia-ment." Mr Green traced ,the history cf theagitaticci for the railway, and said they -mustshow the Acting-Premier, figuratively speak-ing, that the British lion was aroused. MrG. R. Elder (Chatton), Mr R. M'Nab,M.H.R.. and Messrs PemWe (Waikaka).Lamb (Waikaka), A. Bain (Mayor of SouthInvercargill), I.W. Raymond,Stead,Hawke,Beattie, and the Chairman supported thomotion, which was carried unanimously. Thecase for Southland was put by Mr Ray-mond, who said that Kelso, Waipahi, andGore formed a' triangle. The distance was110 mile; from Drnedin to Kelso, and' 30miles le*s from the Bluff to Kelso via the

"Valley. That represented a con-siderable taving in haulage, and in. timeof transit. He looked, however, beyondthe immediate benefit it would be to thosealong the proposed route, and realised thatthe trade of the district beyond Kelso wouldbe diverted to its natural port— that ofBluff Harbour. The desire of the advo-cates of the Gore-Kcho railway was to,open up a fertile district by railway com-.numication. and -cheapen tho cost o? transitto the producers along the route. and> to-.

Ithose in Central Otago. as by this means[ production was increaspd, which meant add-1ing to ths. profits of the railway. Helooked on Southland as having a mort-gage cci that j.arfc -of -Central Otago knownas the goldfields. If they kept together

i they would get the railway. It had been,said that Southland had more railways thanany other part 'of the colony, but Southlandrequired rnor« railways, as it was tho wettestpart of all New Zealand, and consequentlyrailway communication necessitated less ex-penditure on road works. The port chargesat Bluff wore 15 per cent, less than at.Dunedin, and with an .increased volume oftrade at the port, and with its presentbuoyant revenue, still further reductions inport charges must be made at no distantdate. A competentauthority had estimatedtho co.-t of the line at £60,000.It was resolved to forward the resolution

to the Acting-Premier (Sir Joseph Ward),the lion W. Hall-Jones, the M.H.R.'s forthe districts of Wakatipu, Clutha. Mataura,Invercargill, and "Wallace, and that thesehon. gentlemen be urged to use their in-flue'.ire in having the work carried out.It wa» further resolved that petitions in.

favour of the construction of the Gore-Kelso railway be distributed for signaturethroughout the various electorates interestedin the line, and that the same be forwardedwhen completed to the various parliamen-tary representatives referred to.

NELSON HARBOUR DREDGE.Th/* diedge for tlio Xelbon Harbour Boaid

for rutting the iipw entrance through theBoulder Bank, and now heing constructedby Measro .John M'Gregor and Co., Dun-« dm. should upon completion prove an in-teresting and u->pful machine, and will bethe first of her type m Australasia. Thedredge, winch ha\ been designed by MrLeslie H. Reynolds, whose scheme for theNelson Harbour has been adopted and willIx! carried out by him. will be of the typecombining the burket ladder with the ce-n-tnfugal pump discharge. The spoil from theproposed new cut will be excawited by thebuckets in the oidinary manner of thebucket ladder (hedge, but the dischargefrom the buckets will be delivered into arevolving screen, perforated to admit of tliesilt, sand, and shingle being screened intoa hopper well m the dredge;whilst theheavier portions and large boulders fromthe cut will be delivered from the end oithe screen into barges, and from them de-posited in the line of retaining walls, whichare to flank the reclamation areas. The &iltand shingle referred to, after passingthrough the perforations of the screen tothe hopper well, will h& disehar.^l by acentrifugal pump within the area of theretaining walls mentioned.

The dredge, which is to be constructedentirely of steel, will be 90ft in length and30ft in breadth, and will have a lifting anddischarging capacity of 200 cubic yards perkftur. Xh.o boilers, of jjjuck tkera will h*

June 18, 1902.OTAGO WITNESS.12

WHAT IS A COUGH?A spasmodic effort to expel the mucus

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A young lady who was going ont to New j A petition is in cour-e of signatuie ini Zealand to be married went to a West End Balclutha asking the mayor to take a poll

dressmaker for her trousseau. The dress- of the ratepayers on the question of ratingmaker suggested a warm one. The young on the unimproved value,lady asked why, seeing that the climate of Wellington achieved a record last Thurs-Kew Zealand is a beautifully mild one. The day in the number of debt ca«ea (161) feetdressmaker replied, "

Iossure you. madam, down for hearing at the Magistrate's Court,rou are mistaken, for that is Vihsre the The Times states that the highest numberFro"ar, mf..afc fioaies irotat'' IP^gviousls. (icalfc with m one day was 158.

T.S ____^ .THIS iOUSrEISTG— ROO23ME SUITES SPST XjiEIj^^ESES^S, !

the act, and some of them were against itto-day. A labour leader in, Wellington afew days ago had. said he was begin-ning to disbelieve in the act because thoemployers were increasing the cost to theconsumer. That, of course, recoiled uponthe workers.

Another questioner asked if Mr Allenthought that the act helped labour partiesto foment dispute*.

Mr Allen replied that this was dyingaway. Ifc had been so in Wellington. Theposition in his own mine had been greatlybetter than in the past. There had beenstrained relations, but now the position wason a sound basis'.— (Applause.)

A questioner then asked if Mr Allencould say that any employers had been un-necessarily dragged before the courts.

Mr Allen said he thought they had some-times.

Another. question was, "Were you infavour of the Conciliation Act when it wasintroduced 'i

" .Mr Allen said he was always in favourof conciliation as opposed to strikes. Hewas not in favour of some of the details, andwas not now.

An elector asked how the Govermtfenfccould interfere with private enterprise ina State "coal mine-" if it paid the samewages?

Mr Allen said because the CJovernmenf;coxild sell the coal at any coat it pleasedand ruin those, who had placed money inthe trade, -if -t-ho -coal was ■ sold by tl;i>Government at a> loss the taxpayer would

"have to make it-up.Another elector asked if there were to bo

three issues at next local option poll?Mr Allen replied that he could not say.

There had beeii rumours that tho act wouldbe amended so as to provide for only twoissues, and he believed the two were quitbsufficient and the amendment would removea great deal of trouble that existed atpresent.Inanswer to a further question, Mr Allen

6aidhe was most decidedly not iv favour ofState control of the liquor traffic.

MrFerguson thenmoved a vote of thanksto Mr Allen for his address, and Mr Westonseconded the motion

Mr Bradley moved an amendment to thoeffect that tho meeting expressed its thanksto and confidence in Mr Allen as therepresentative for the district.

This was seconded, but the Chairman put.themotion only to the meeting,and declaredit carried.

Mr Allen thanked the meeting for thomotion, and said he wae quite satisfied withit. If he was well enough arid stronpenough, which he hoped to be, they wouldhave an opportunity of expressing theiropinionat the election.— (Applause.)

A vote of thanks to - the chair concludedthe meeting.

THE CHRISTCHURCH-DUNEDINEXPRESS.

THE NEW TIMETABLE.Consequent upon accelerating the speed ol

the Dunedin-Christchmeh express trains,several important alterations are to bemadoin the Duncdin'section as regards theordinarytrains. The Oamaru 2.20 p.m. train, reach-ing Dunedin at 8.10, will leava Oamaru ab2.5 p.m., and reach its destination at7.45 p.m. The train leaving the city at 4-o'clock- for Pa.lmer«ton will r-eaeh Palmer-ston at 7,15, instead of 7.50, as at present.This has formerly been scheduled 83 a goodstrain with psssenger car attached, but itwill now become an ordinary train, and willcross the down express at "Waikouaiti, asat present."leaving town at the same time asusual, -and-gaining 55 minutes on the jour-ney. There ar.e to be no material altera-tions in the 7.40 a.m. to Oamaru,except thatit will reach Oamaru five minutes earlier.The evening train from Oamaru to Palmer-fiton will leave Oamaru at 3.45, instead oE4.10, and reach Palmerstou at 7.30, insteadof 8. The Nganara and Tokarahi train willleave Oamaru "20 minutes later, and willconnect with the down express, which willleave Oamaru at 4.38, instead of 5,8, andreach Dunedin at 8.15, instead of 9, Theup' express will arrive at Oamaru at 2.32,instead of 2.45. The 7.30 train from Oamaruwill differ slightly as to stations, bufc arriyoat the same time. The Kurow branch trainwill leave Oamaru at 3.50, instead of 4, andawait the down at Pukeuri- For-merly this train did not connect with thoexpress.

The Weatport News states that a success-ful experiment was made on the bar theother day, when a vast quantity of sandwas displaced by means of blasting.

While "quarrying at the lime biu'ning".forks in Alexander street, Greymouth, sayathe Argus, Mr John Polil ditcovered thefossil remains of one of the Petro-Sauriauspecies. Sufficient, however, is not yet un-covered to warrant an accurate'description,but judging by tho size of the rib1 bonenlaid bare the saurian in barrel was a» roundas a large bullock. Mr Pohl is endeavour-ins; to obtain the complete fossil with as'ittle damage as possible.

} coal mine, giving the reason that the publicI was charged too high a rate for its coal.'How far that was true it was not for him1 to say except in so far as dealt with in the" commission's report, but he knew how his

mine was paying.— (Laughter.) He did notbelieve the public understood the intricaciesassociated with coal winning, or they wouldsay less about it. If the cost of getting coalwas increased, then theprice to the consumermust be increased also. There were one ortwo mines that had been paying in thecolony. Kaitangata was fortunate in havingone, and there was another on the WestCoast, but he would like to ask where wereany others inNew Zealand that were payingdividends. The Industrial Conciliation andArbitration Act had increased the wages,butho did not object to that so long as the costcould be borne by the industry. He did notvote against the State coal mine, because hovanted to see how it would work.— (Ap-plause),— but he eaid the State was not in aposition to enter upon a State coal minework when there were so many other workswhich required the money much more

urgently than the State coal mine.— (Ap-plause.) There were roads and bridges andrailways languishing for want of money, andthey were of more importance.— (Hear, hear.)His opinion was that the GoVeYnirrent shouldhave devoted its energy to opening up thecountry rather tharf-to going into » 'costlyexperiment— and it was only an experiment— which might-be a success op might bo afailure.— (Applause.) The State Coal Mine3measure had alreadyJw»d an injurious effect,for ithad frightened awaycapital. An Eng-lish syndicate,, for instance, had instructedsurveyors to survey coal lands in Nelsonwith a view to opening up extensive coalmin<>s, but when it learned tho provisionsof tho State Coal Mines Bill the instructionswere countermanded and the syndicate tookit? capital elsewhere. The act also stultifiedprivate enterprise, because -private ownerswere not going to lay out capital whentheState was threatening to become a competi-tor.—(Hear, hear.) TheStatecoal mine wouldhave topay similar wages to private owners,similar haulage rates, etc., and so the costof production could not be any differentfrom what it was to the private owner, andthe private owner found the profit smallenough in all conscience.— (Hear, hear.) TheWorkers' Compensation for Accidents Acthe considered a good act. He believed thatany harm coming to a worker shouldbe compensated by a charge upon that parti-cular industry in which tho workman wasengaged.— (Hear, hear, and applause.) Hehad criticised the details. He did not be-lieve in some of tho details now, but thoprinciple was good. It was very stringent,and it provided that an employer was liable,unless the workman was guilty of seriousand wilful misconduct. It did not takeaway any of the privileges whioh the work-men had before, for they, could claim underthe common law or the Employers' LiabilityAct. There *va3 one clause he was doubt-ful about, and that was one which made themortgage second to the claim. He did notknow that that was going to be of co muchimportance as ho had thought it would be,for the insurance was very cheap, but that,the act was good he was quite satisfied.The difficulty was that having anothercharge upon an industry increased the costof production, and this was bound to tellagainst the manufacturer. If every countrydid the same then things would be even,andthere would be no effect on any trade be-cause of establishment on a similar footing.—(Applause.) Ho did not know of any otherlabour legislation he needed to refer to thatnight. The Government had increased thepay of Ministers, members, officials, and theGovernor when the country could not affordit, for the last loan was a failure. He didnot think the increase was justified at anytime, for they ought not to encourage ina young and democratic colony a rate ofhigh living.— (Applause.) The Governmentshould first provide for the producers.Tho Government should convey theproducts to the ports of shipmentand assist the producer's to convey,those products to their markets at thecheapest possible rate, for if the producer?of this colony were to competein the world'smarkets they should receive a3 muoh assist-ance as possible.— (Applause.) In regard toa preferential trade with tho Mother Coun-try, he thought the Mother Country wouldhave a say in that aleo. New.Zealand couldnot expect that preference, and that Britainwould abandon her large trade with othercountriesunless New Zealand was preparedto.take that large trade. Ho would beglad to encourage a ifoam service to SouthAfrica if New Zealand could cater for thetrade, but she must take care that in seek-ing fresh markets she did not neglect those-she already had.— (Applause.) Ho was notspeaking against trade with South Africa, ifNew Zealand could get that trade, but inseeking after that small item of trade she«hould not neglect the great Mother Conn-try trade.— JHear, hear, and applause.) Hebelieved the country had got into that con-dition in which it could not depend upenits politicians as muoh as it ought to do.—(Hear, hear.) The electors could not dependupon the politicians to think for them, andhe wanted to ask the electors there and inNew Zealand to think for themselves

—(Hear, hear.) He wanted them to considerthe question* of the day, and then theywould elect representatives who would re-present the intellect of the people, andthen legislation would proceed in the rightdirection.— (Applause.) Now that the warwas over there would follow a great andsevere war of commerce, and some nationswould rise and some fall. It had been saidthat Great Britain was losing her trade andAmerica, was capturing it, but he did notbelieve that American manufacturers couldyet compare to the British.— (Hear, hoar )This war of commerce was going to be abfvnv "one, and the colonies and GieatBritain would have to see that they mam-'tamed tlieir bupremacy of trade as well asof arnT=.

— (Applauce.) The nation wouldha^e to maintain Its supremacy of the seas,and then cropped up the question of thePacific and tlio waterway of the Pacific.More depended, upon this than upon anyother to v«. The question was as to whatwas to become of tho Pacific Islands andtheir trade. It required that men. who hadthought these tilings out should be put intothe councilb of the nation. He believedthere was iri" the Anglo-Saxons that qualitywhich, if they- put their shoulders to thewheel, would briiiff them out all right inthe end— (applause),— and he hoped theywould remain on top for ever.

— (Applauoa.)A member of tho audience asked if Mr

Allen could show any case where concilia-tion had restricted production.

Mr Allen said ho could cite numerouscases, mentioned from time to time in thenewspapers. He would not cite any casesin New Zealand, though he believed they;had occurred. He preferred the act to thestriken TUe labour jaeonlehad been, against

MR J. ALLEN AT KAITAKNGATA.Mr J. Allen. M H.R. for the Bruco elec-

'

torate, addressed his constituents at Kai- (tangat-a on Friday, the 6th, v.lsea there wasa good s.udience, and the Mayor (Mr J. IM'Corley) occupied the chair.

Mr Allen, ivho was cordially received,sjioke on the linee of hie remarks at Milton,already reported. He referred to the ad-dresses of the Duuedin members, fayingMr Millar's speech was a stern criticiem ofthe Government financial methods, andmarked the trend of public opinion. Thenext member (Mr Arnold) had also spokensome home truths, and. latterly, Mr Barclayhad appeared before the public, but he did:jot know ■uhere the colony was

— (laughter)—lior did he eeem to understand itis finance?,

ac he had treated the questions like one atsea. A politician like that, who did notknow where he was, would find out— perhapsat the next ge-neial election.— (Laughter.)His (Mr Allen's) opinion was that the Go-vernment was going at too fan a rate. Hethen quoted figures, as at Milton, in sup-port of his statement that he did not believein the existence^.of the declared surplus.When the Government camp to the liabili-ties it had to meet and. had to pay, there,would be no surplus. He objected to theeducation systembeing controlled.Jh:om Wel-lington, which control would soon becomea political one. There wtjs no one in the_colony wished to see the teachers better paidthan he did, because he believed the veryroot of our existence as a nation'Tlependedupon the education of the children.— (Ap-plause.) There was much' that was wron'g1in the act as it now stood, but ac it origin-ally came down it was full of injustice.Then technical education had been placedunder the control of two gentlemen whomhe could not believe were sufficiently trained

Ito conduct it to a Siiccessful issue. If tech-nical education was to be a success itwouldhave to be thorough. The importance of

j technical education was not fully realised.iIt was of the utmost importance, and itwas necessary that it should be efficient inthe highest degree. In regard to the Con-ciliation and Arbitration Act, lie would sayat the outset that he was entirely in favourof industrial conciliation and arbitration.

—(Applause.) It was a long way preferableto the strike and the ruin caused by strikes,as in the past. He thought it would begenerally conceded that the effect of arbitra-tion had been to generally increase thewages, but in his opinion there was onlycne justifiable increase in wages, and that"was where the men were able to producemore, to increase the output, in compensa-tion for their increased wages. The manu-facturers of the colony had to fight bothinside and outside competition, and theycould not do so successfully -when handi-capped by a high, wages sheet if there wasno increase in their output in consequence.In America, where wages were high, theemployers,had from, the workmen a greateramount of intelligence and energy put intothe work, and from these circumstancesai-ose the right to demand higher wages.

—(Applausp.) As to the question of increasingthe production, ho was. not sure that con-ciliation had increased the production inthis colony in the samoproportion as it hadincreased the wages. In Great Britain thereappeared to have been a position taken upby the workmen to limit their output. Hewouldask, Was thatnot damaging the wholeposition in tke long run? It was necessary,to ensure success, in a country where highconditions of labour were expected, thatother conditions should also be high, 'lhecountry must have a healthy population,and the people should be well educated,technically and otherwise, and have an in-terest and energy in their work, and producea greater output. In New Zealand it wasdifficult to estimate the effect that act hadhad upon production. He had knowledgeof instances— lie was not, however, going tomention them, that would bo for anotheroccasion— where there had been attemptsto Hmrfc tho output. Ho' warnedthose men. and otherc, that such acourse would prove disastrous, and therecoil would be on their own heads. Theonly hope for the better wages system wasthe striving towards the conditions he Jiadmentioned —(Applause.) He would not ob-ject to old-age pensions if the act was ona right principle, but he asked the electors,to consider if, the time had not come whenthe country should demand that the RightHon. the Premier should fulfil thepromise he had made to bringdown a different act providing forthe

- assurance scheme which woiUdci.title a man to say,

"Ihave contributed

to the fund for my pen-ion. Ihave a rightto it, and it is my just due."— (Applause.)That was a right principle. He had in hismind a scheme, the detail.- of which he had-not worked out comi'Me'y yot, but it wouldccme to lh<* frcui Intor on. -(Arplause.)He would now d^\ vurh s. nue-lion of moreparamount ;ntprr-«i t<: '. "< nii'liencc, the-StateCoal Mine* Bill. They v ere aware that dur-ing the pa»t 12 month* a Coal Mines Com-irission had been tra\ filing through thecolony. It had limited Kaitangata, and hedid not think the Kaitangala people werealtogether «ati-Ded with the commission —(Applau«e.) The commwion had reportedupon a nutift ho was intrre.-t-^d in. and itl>ad reported ad\er'oly. He looked uponthat commission ns having been purely apolitical one. He thought it had gone tol.is mine with the intention of ha\ing athiust at him, but so far as he was con-cerned it had penally failed. — (ApplauP3.)He admitted that the mine was not inproper order, as ri.e staff was engaged in.shifting the working, but to -ay that it wasdangerous was absolute rot.

— (Laughter andapplause.) The commission had gone into aneighbouring mine, hadpeered into a{jallaryor two, and asked the mine o\cri=eer, "'la itall like thU?" Of course. th» mine managprhad said "Yes; it., all like this and the-coinmi-sion had gone away satisfied that the

1 irine was all light.-— (Laughter.) The rcm-mission knew a lot about coal mines Within■a. few weeks the «ea was coming through theroof of that mine, and was probably comingthrough now, but las mine still stood. Hebelie\ed the commissioner^' repoit was apolitical attaik upon himself, but he did notneed to meet that attack any more there.—(Hear, heie) With regard U. tho legisla-tion in connection with coal mine;-, anamendment: had been made to the poal MinesAct. He had no obirftion to it. It pro-vided for Time being reckoned fiom pit topto pit top instead of from staiting work toleaving off, but the miners niy.-t considerthat if they worked too -hort a time' they

|mu-t expect that the pay would be reducedalso. They c ould not get a reduction oftime without a reduction of pay.— (Hear,lieai ) With reg.ud to the State Coal mine:the State had taken upon itself quite a newiiulity, and was deteimined to start a Stafs

June 18, 19021 OTAGO WITNESS. 13

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OTA.GO WITNESS June 18, 1902.

A COLONIAL POLICY,

SEDDON V. STEAD.

RETURN OF TilAT £260 CHEQUILCFboii Ova Own CosßEsroxDXNr.)

LONDON, May 10.Iam indebted io the courtesy of Mr W..

T. Stead for being able to publish the letter'which Mr Seddon wrote to him in reply to-that from Mr Stead cf 23rd November last,,in which the latter gentlompn forwaivbd hischeque for £260,. being a refund of the sumvoted to the Australasian ''Review of Ee-views" by the New Zealand Parliament at-the instance, of the Premier,

Mr Scddon's letter runs a3 follows:—

"Premier's Office. Wellington, New Zea-

land. 31st March, 1902.'"Dear Mr Stead,— Your letter of the 23rd

November last reached me in due course-Kindly e\euse the delay in replying thereto."1 was not aware when tho item for the-payxnent of the Australasian 'Review of Re-view?

'was before Parliament that you were

the holder of the majority of the stock inthat journal."In a letter written to Dr Fitchett in

December, 1930, and published hi tho.NewZealand japer?, he states that the- 'Reviewof Reviews

'for Australia was under dis-

tinct ownership from the English 'Reviewôf Reviews.'"

The transaction in question was be-tween the New Zealand Government andthe proprietary of the Australasian 'Review"of Reviews,' and ifr the amount paid wasallprofit your share couldnot -hare been morethan £140 :Iam satisfied, however, thatthe net profit did not exceed £20, andl amat a loss to understand by what force ofreason you should feel culled, upon to send£260. You could not refund that which,you never received. Tersely put by Dr-Filchett to me in his letter of the olsfcMaich, 1902. alluding to your action, he-

I hay-!: *He sends you his cheque now to re-3ic\e hi* own feelings, but it is his own1.-'yney he sends and not the moner of thecompany which owns the 'Review- of lle--views' for Australasia.'"'

Jt is correct that several members ad-versely criticised the transaction, butIcan-not agree with you that a discussion on-public expenditureis ?. waste of time.

"There is another fide to the question:which you seem to have overlooked— viz.,,that Ihe opposition to flio item was in.reality an operation of pin-pricking, whjcliis practiced by journalists as well as mem-bers of Parliament. - -"

Whilst appreciating tho feeling which,actuated you in wishing to avoid receiv-ing.jmblip moneys voted under a misappre-hen'ion of facts, Ithink you acted hastily,and n'lou'.d have waiteduntil theprofitsfromthe Australasian *Re\iew of Reviews' onthe transaction had reaehel you, and -youcould then have anonymously paid, as con-science money, tho amount into the Public-Account, although by co doing there wouldbe the risk of the money co returned bîng-utilised in equipping, contingents to figlitin what you incousianrat'jly term a suiaidalway; or"there was the other alternative ofopenly returning the moneys received byyou as a shareholder in the journal in-question."In conclusion. T deeh-e-tostate thai Dr

Fiteheti. when making the suggestion, didso with the> view of helping the colony, andthe transaction was straightforward andhonourable alike to both sides. For my ownpart, Ihave nothing to legret. Icame in-advertently loan erroneous conclusion from,what Dr Fitchett had published, but not-withstanding this, had all the facts beenknown to members of the Uou«f> they wouldhave v>as=ed the item— lepudiation is not h*the colony.- vocabulary."I cannot accent the pioffered sift to

the colony, and return your cheque here-with. The object intended has, Ianticipate,been served, and Ithank you very kindlyfor having drawn my attention to the cor-rect relationship of vourtslf with the Aus-tralasian 'Review of Reviews'; the infor-mation supplied will enable me to put my-self right witli (lip Hoiue of Representativesat the' earliest opportunity.— Faithfullyyours (Signed) . R. J. Sei>dox."Ishould like to pay that Igive the letter

exactly according to the copy t>upplied to-me, which I have followed verbatim efcliteratim. Imention this to explain certainpeculiarities of expression which.readers mayperhaps find somewhat confusing.

BIBLE-READING IN SCHOOLS.THE OAMARU PLEBISCITE.

OAMARU. June 10.'

The plebiscite hasjust- been taken of-the ■

electors in the "Oamaru electorate' on thequestion of Uiblc-resdiuij m schools. Thevoting panei? were distributed and collected v

by worker^ m onrufction with all- thei-lmrciies v:i the alcctorate. It was Ebunclthnt'2637" voted in favour of the- proposalond 137 againit it, while 85 declined to vote.The number of names on the roll at thetune of last election wa- 4080, therefore ac-tually 63 per c-«nt. of the r-leclors voted infa\our of the proposal. Tlio Oamaru Pro-bytery, as tho (Jcneral Assembly Comiftit-te«x on J'lblf m S'cliools, to-day resolvedthat, after the lCMilt of this plebiscite, theystinngly rofoinineiHl tliat similar plebiscitesb" taken tluousiioufc the colony, and, ifMmi';tr ic.sulh are obtained, that in eveiyolofhn.ito the r|ti^stion \>c made a test attiie nPxt election. The \ote here, it wasfctatpd. was taken with care. The largeLumber of abstinent^ from \oting was due,in part, to only one adult in many of thehou-cs signing.

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THE QUESTION OF DEFENCE.

TAXATION OF FOREIGN GOODS.LONDON. June 11.

Mr Archibald Colqulioivn, the well-known explorerand authority on colonialmatters, read a paper before the RoyalColonial Institute on

'"Our Future

Colonial Policy." Hr> advocated afederation founded on defence, represen-tation of the colonies- on an Imperialcouncil, assisted by closer commercialunion, emigration to the colonie=, andimproved mean's of communication.

Mr William M'Cull&eb, a member ofMr Peacock's late Victorian Ministry,the Victorian representative at theCoronation, was unable to be present,but sent a memorandum advocating MrHofmeyer'» scheme of a 5 per cent, dutyon foreign goods imported into the Em-pire, to be applied for*purposes of de-fence. He declared that the Britishwere already losing ground in the- Aus-tralian trade owing to German andFrench subsidies." He advised com-pulsory school corps throughout the Em-pire, and preferred triennial conferencesin London to an Imperial council.

PREFERENTIAL TRADE

SPEECH BY SIR M. HICKS BEACH.NO DUTIES AGAINST FOREIGNERS.

STRIVING FOR FREER TRADE.LONDON, June 10.

Inthe Hou&e ot Common1-, Sir W. V.Harcourt asked Sir M.Hicks Beach, theChancellor of the Exchequer, if the corn-tax was a.step towardspreferential tradewith the colonies

Sir M. Hicks Bench said he introducedthe tax as a war revenue tax because itwas necessary to permanently enlargethe area of indirect taxation. He ridi-culed the notion that the duty was a pre-lude to a custom- union of the Empireupon protectionist lv.si«. He disclaimedthe interpretationof Sir W. Laurier, theCanadian Premier, as to the object ofthe tax. Freetrade throughout theEm-pire did not necr-->,irily involve the im-position of duties as against foreign na-tions, but if wo could secure freetradewith the colonies oven some sacrifices inthat direction might be made.- Suchfreetrade was not at present possible.The Government'spolicy wa-> not to im-pose duties ajrainbt foreigners, but tohelp "to make tlve trade of the Mother-land and the colonies freer.

An amendment in favour of limitingthe corn tax to one year was negativedby a majority of G.).

The Standard, r-omniouting on thespeech, understand- Sir M. Hicks Beachreferred to the po-îbilitv of obtainingan all-round reduction ol duties for goodsfrom one British port to another. !

Mr John Morley. during his speech ntEdinburgh, strongly condemned any at-tempt to ioim v colonial zolhereiii.

MUSIC EXAMINATIONS.

A DUXED7N CITIL GAIXS ASCHOLARSHIP.

LONDON, June 9.The Trinity College local exhibition

for pianoforte plaj-iug 1m- been awardedto lua Fea, of Dunoclin.

Trinity College has presented theUniversity of Loivion with £3000 toe-tubli-h a chair of music.

Of .Toon of Aro wo'v: often read.How she her gallant soldiers led,Till most of France she did retake,And she herself burnt at the s-take.These days are past, the world grow old,But still we often catch a cold,To keer off which we can assureThe use oi Woods' Gu__t PErrEßifiirr

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Easiest on the HOESES, Easiest on the DEIVEE,Easiest on the OWNER'S POCKET.

negatived the proposal to reduce theduty on woollen piece goods to 10 percent.

IRISH AFFAIRS.

IMPORTANT TRIALS COMING ON.

LONDON, Juno 14.At the instance of Lord Dcfroyne,

with a view to enforcing the law laiddown by the House of Lords in the caseof Quinn v.Latham, the Court of Chan-cery in Dublin has issued writs against30 persons, including several Nationalistmembers of the UnitedIrishLeague andthe proprietors of the Freeman's Jour-nal, on a charge of conspiracy to com-pel the sale of property below its valuein the course of the no-rent agitationon Lord Defreyiie's Connaught estates.Damages are claimed. The trials willbe the mast important for years.

see a strong Imperial reserve createdin the colonies, -trained and equippedon* the lines of the Imperial army, andready to serve anywhere in any case of

j emergency. If the Motherland andthe colonies agreed^ the returning troops

j would form an excellent nucleus. A1 small annual bonus should be paid the1 men, and the drill should be sufficientto retain them ready for service. Hodeclared that the Maori volunteers whendrilled were sure to exhibit in the fieldthe chivalrous qualities of their ances-tors. He considered that the hospitalsand refugee camps in South Africa wereexcellent. The allegations against theauthorities were grossly unjust.

Mr Seddon anticipates that the Im-perial Conference will last a mouth.

TEMUKA, Juno 16.The Acting-Premier has received the fol-

lowing cable from Mr Seddon, dated Lon-don, June 14:— "Had a nice reception at

Southampton. The Sheriff and Mayor ofSouthampton welcomed me;also Lord On-slow on behalf of the Colonial Office. Metby Mr Haracr [Mr Scddon's secretary, pre-viously on leave at Home] and a number of-New Zealanders;also by members of theLancastrian. Society, who presented MrsSeddon with a bouquet."

THE

SHIPBUILDING COMBINE.

The Conference of Chambers ofCommerce adopted resolutions askingthe Federal Parliament to pass a Billsof Lading Act to better protect thointrrest of shippers in favour of State-owned cables, penny postage throughout;the Commonwealth, and the adoptionoi the decimal system in schools.

June 13.The Chambers of Commerce Confer-

ence adopted a resolution protestingagainst- the administration of theFederal Customs Department, which ismost harassing and restrictive of busi-ness.

The Governor (Admiral Rawson),speaking at the Chambers of Commercedinner, an-d dealing with the relationbetween the navy and commerce, saidthat a strongnavy stopped those panicsby which millions of money were lost.If one quarter of the money lost inpanics had been expended on-the navythere would have been no panicGreat Britain must have her navy sostrong, that she can meet any threenations.

Admiral Beaumont declared thatwhilst foreign Governments might havea poor opinionof the British,,army, theyhad a great respect for the navy. Ifthe future of Great Britain lay in hercommand of the sea, thenTevery divisionof the Empire should be adequatelyprotected. Unfortunately," as yet thiawas not so. ,

THE BOVERIC'S DRIFT.XEW YORK, June 13.The shipbuilding combination in

America, are building the largest drydock in the world on Staten Island (NewYork). They have secured contracts for'three years aggregating 37,000,000d01.

LONDON, June 12.As a result of recent shipping com-.

bines,members of theHouê of Commonsinterested in .shipping have formed aVigilance Committee. j

DIRECT SERVICE WITHSOUTH AFRICA.

A STEAMER TO COMMENCE WITH.

MR SEDDON AT HOME. LONDON, June 15.The promoters of the N.Z. and S.A-

steam .service have secured a steamerto begin work in. a couple of months.Co-operatingwith the Cold StorageCom-pany, they will establish refrigeratingdepots at Beira, Rhodesia, and Mashona-land.

A CONSEQUENCE OF THE DELAY.'PERTH, June 14.

The owner of the horses .shipped bythe s.s. Boveric is meeting with furthertrouble. Originally the hordes werevalued at £'35 each, but owing to delayconsequent on the breaking down ofthe steamer and the termination of thewar the owner was unwilling to placethem on a depreciated market. Thof-hippers, however, insisted on fulfillingthe contract to land the horses in Dur-ban, and were proceeding to re-embarkwhen, it is alleged, they were preventedby the owner of the horses, againstwhom an injunction was subsequentlyobtained restraining him from interfer-ing with the re-embarking. It is un-derstocd that further proceedings arepending. It is stated on competent authority that

tho Americans "are th« moht untidy amongall the great nations."

COMMERCIAL CONFER-ENCE.

SYDNEY, June 12.Mr Robert Reid, in his presidential

addre^-'to the Chambers of CommerceConference, dealing with the questionof preferential trade within the Empire,■said that he hardly thought it fair thatwe a-> an Empire should go on openingour doois all over the world while ourrivals ■-hut theirs in our face. On thoother hand, we had beaten all recordsby our enormous trade, and we werehonouredin that our accumulated wealthand growing power <-howcd no sign- ofdecay. Cut while we should rejoice ata trade done within the Empire on adifferential basi«, it wouldbe unreasonableto expect the Motherlandto do anything

'to jeopardise her present mercantile'.supremacy in the world.

Touching on shipping combinations,Mr Reid declared that if these combi-nations wore to increase and grow, no-thing would save us from disaster butthe ownership to a certain extent oftlie large lines of steamer-> which actas a bridge between Australia and thoNorthern Hemisphere.

Referring to the cables question, MrReid said that the Eastern ExtensionCompany's introduction of a .'is ratewas only brought about by the NewZealand Government'^ decision not tosubmit any longer to the disability ofan extra charge, and if they had not jcome to terms the company would havo j10-t Niw Zealand's business. It wa^

'high time that the merchants of thoEmpire awakened to the importanceof State-owned cables, when an increasein traffic would not be followed byenormous rates, to the hindrance of ourcommercial Empire. If the ImperialGovernment possessed its own cables i

it would not be under the thumb of |any. ferejgtt ?o.wjr*

, RECEPTION AT SOUTHAMPTON.

CHEERED BY LONDON CROWDS.

IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

LONDON, June 15.%

The Capo liner Saxon, with the RightHon. Mr Seddon (Premier of New -Zea-land), Captain Seddon, Colonel Porter,and part of the New Zealand CoronationContingent, arrived at Southampton.The Sheriff and Mayor of Southampton,, Lord Oiislow, and the Dua.e of Con-naught's* aide-de-camp met the part}-,and gave them a cordial welcome.

i Mr Seddou,interviewed,&aid thepeaceterms secured the great essentials— un-conditional recognition of tue King'ssovereignty and the abandonment ofBoer independence. He wm gratifiedwith his South African tour. He hadvisited the camps of the New Zealander*-,and saw the wounded in the hospital-,and those injured in the Machavic rail-way accident. Vi<count Kitchener andGeneral lan Hamilton had warmly eulo-sii&ed New Zealand, declaring thathad left her murk in South Africa. Hecon-idered South Africa wa>a a greatcountry, and had many po-»>-ibilitie-, if

! the peace condition*. Merc «i*-cly inter-'

iMvted. !Mr Seddon '■aid he favoured a trien-

nial conference of Imperial state-inon. <

He was optimistic regarding the out-come of trade discussions. He dis-claimed any intention of dictating theterms of preferential trade. Whateverthe result, it would not damp colonial

|patriotism. Regardless- of '■entiment,|and, as a mere matter of safety, states-men ought to make the Empire -,elf-sustaining, giving contract"> whereverpossible to the colonies'. The more theystrengthened them materially, the better

! able would they be to a=<=ibt the Mother-land.

Mr Reeves (Agent-general) ami manyNew Zealandcrs met- Mr Seddon andparty at Waterloo station, and drove in

the royal carriages to the Hotel Cecil.Large crowds warmly cheered them. MrSeddon spends the week end at LordOnslow'i) seat.

Mr Seddon, in the course of an inter-view, said that he expected a differenceof opinion on the question of Imperialdefence. Personally, Uo ivould like to

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OTAGO WITNESS.'June 18, 1902. 15

THE FEDERAL TARIFF.♥

MELBOX'RNE, June 11.The Senate pined on the froo

li^t, and reduced tlio duty on oilraen\stores to 15 per cent.

An amendment to reduce the duty onstarch was lost, the voting being equal.

June 12.The Senate has reduced the duty on

felt hats and caps to 25 per cent., andplaced bags, sacks3 packs, and bales forbran, chaff, compreêd fodder,potatoes,onions, or wool, and hessian flour bag>,sugar bags, and corn sacks on the freelist.

June 13.The Senate has reduced the duties on

dre^s hats to 25 per cent., and on hats,caps, bonnets (not elsewhere included),parasols, and sunshades to 20 per cent.

There was a long and hostile debatein the House of Representatives on theBonus Bill. Aii amc-mlnient to refer itto the select committee was negativedon the casting vote of the Speaker.'The second reading was then carried by

'24 to 18. Determined hostility was

'continued in committee, and will pro-bably result in the bill being dropped.

The Senate* aiter a protracted debate,

SUFFERED FROMGeneral Weakness andTired

Feeling'AND CURED BY

A Testinfony fromtne WesleyanParsonage.

Welhngfoji, Xew Zealand.Febiuary 19, 1898.

To Mr S. A. PALMER,Agent for VITADATIO.

Dear Sir,— lt gives me great pleasure tohand you this note in fa\our of WEBBER'SViTAi)ATIO, the Great Herbal Remedy. Ihad buffered a long time from general Weak-ness and Tired Feeling, v.-hieh were doubtlesstlia effects of chronic disordered or partiallyinactive state of the Liver and Kidneys, which,a-, nil know who suffer with this trouble, is aKiiuce.of -/rent annoyance. Of course, as youmay suppose, 1 tried very many remedies,some of which did me good for a short lime,when Irelapsed into my former condition.In ths year IS9O, a friend, who had heard o£VITAjDATIO pleaded with me to try whateffect it would have in my case, and Icon-sented,nnd used in all four large holtlcs; andthe result has been ray complete satisfaction,and ever since that time Ihave enjoyed thelj-'st of health. Nearly two years havingelapsed since the VITADATIO was taken is,Ithink, conclusive proof that Iam now safe tosay my restoration to good health and freedomfrom ray former complaint is permanent.

—Ycurs gratefully,

J. ITKENE*For further particulars,

S. A. PALMER."Warehouse, "Waterloo quay,

Wellington.

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HiS RUPTUREGORED.

Engineer on theMidland RailwayRestored by the Wonderful

Rice Method.Oneof the well-known engineersonthe Midland

Railway,havingbeenin theiremployalongtime,relates some veryinterestingfactsabout howhetfured himself of a bad rupture by the KiceMethod. His name is George Jordan,and is ingoodstanding,so whathe sa3

-sfor the benefitof

other railwaymenwhoare rupturedcanbereliedupon as truthful andof value.

27,BishopstoneRoad,Gloucester,Dr."W. S.Rice. July21, 1301

Dear Sir,—lam very pleased to say that lamcured ofRupture afterusingyour treatment forthree months, having been rupturedfor seven-teen years.Ihave already spent a lot of money ontreat-

ment, having paid one doctor sixteen guineaswithout gettingmuch good,andIhad lost allhopeof bsingcured untilIread your advertise-ment in Lloyd'sNeivspajKr.Iacted strictly onyour advice,andIhavenot

been troubled withmy Eupture,since the first■weekItriedyour treatment,andalthoughIgetalot of shakingabout (being a locomotive enginedriver ontheMidland Itailway),Ihave not worna Trusslorabont two months, andIdo not feelthe slightest weakness now, and am enjoyingbetter health thanIhave had for seventeenyears.

Youcanmake whatnse youlike of this letter,asIamanxiousforallsufferers to know of yourtreatment: andIshall advise all my friendsafflicted with thig complainttonse it,asIknowit will curepermanently.— Yoursfaithfully.

Gkokge Jordan.TheRICEMethodof curingruptureia as near

perfect as anythingcould be,and p.great manyremarkable cures have been effected. EveryrupturedrailwaymanshouldwriteDr.W. S.Rice,0PPStonecutter'Street,LONDON,EC,who willsend a FREE SAMPLE of his method, also acomplete and iilnstrated series of pamphletsshowing conclusively thut his method cannotfail ola cure. Itis a home treatment at smallcost, ■without paiu, danger, operation, or anhour's detentionfrom work. Do notfail to writefor either yourself or someone yon know toboruptured.

OTAGO WITNESS. June 18, 1902

FARM AND STATION.(Continued from page o.^

WAIRARAPA AGRICUL-TURAL NEWS.


At the time of wr'ting a warm,but hca\y.downpour of rain is being experienced,which will, doubtless*, counteract the evileffects of the late sharp frosts on tho grassto a very appreciable extent. Grass cropswere completely ruined by the severity ofthe frosts, and farmer^ generally are nowgladdened with the prospect of having theirwinter feed partially restored.

The committee recently appointed in con-nection with the movement to form a localco-operative freezing company, or in someother way remedy the existing unsatisfac-tory state of affairs regarding the freezingof f-heep, etc., are losing no time in takingaction to give effect to or accomplish theinnate desire of many sheepbreeders in th©manner as mentioned above. Preliminaryarrangements were made at a recent meet-ing, and it wa3 also decided to hold meet-ings throughout the Wairarapa, under theauspices of the Farmers' Union, to put theproposal clearly before all farmers con-cerned. Very encouraging support has al-ready been promised, and up to th© presentkeeninterest is b&ing displayed in the move-ment, but this cannot b© taken as 'definiteindication that the project will be success-fully established because the> most criticaltime is when farmers are called upon tocontribute. It is then that the interest,so strong at the first, almost entirelyvanishes, and the inevitable result occurs—viz., non-success. This is, at least, my pre-vious experience of Wairarapa farmers, andit will be \ery pleasing if the present in-stance rroves an exception, as it will showthat farmers are keenly alive totheir own interests, even when they do have'to risk a few pounds. Big things areexpected from the concern, when it islaunched, but it is just as well for the in-terested farmers not to bo too sanguine, forthe simple reason that if failure does occurthe recoil will not be so severe. Certainit 1.0 that concerted action is indispensableto the ultimate success of the movement,and unless the co-operation of farmersthroughout the Wairarapa and Bush dis-tnct« is secured, it is practically useless forilie promoters to continue- with the scheme.If the concern ia going to pro\e of suchbenefit to farmor"> as is claimed, it is to behoped that everyone affected will lend h.Kassistance in furtheiing its object.

.ômo members of the Eketahuna branchof tho Farmers' Union at a lato meetinglaired thoir voices against tho action of someGo\ernmcnt employees who were taking anactive part in the Wellington Trades Coun-<il. and aîihng in passing lesolutions tothe detriment of farmers!. The view takenup was that these employees were paid, toa rrrtain extent, by the money contributed■io the State by tho farmers, $nd that theyshould either dissociate - themselves fromthe council or resign their positions. Amotion to appioach Sir Joseph Ward on thequcbtion «as not carried, the majority ofmembers holding that Government em-ployees have a perfect right to take pattin public bodies the tamo a^ any other in-dividual

Rabbit poisoning will be commenced at theend of the prc-sent month, and it is intendedto make a determined attack on bunny, aslia * been done m preceding seasons, with amow to reducing tho nest to a minimum.

is not too high, some thousands of tonscou'.cl probably be placed to stockowners.E\en should we get a good fall of rain onthe plains, it would be necessary to feedthe sheep for some little time, a» theywould be too poor to permit them gettingon to the herbage w Inch springs so quicklyafter rain, as it would scour them."

Wednesday.The Sydney Morning Herald lemarks:

—'"The Millers' Association has protested tothe Federal Minister of Trade and Customsagainst tho proposal to temporarily eu>pendth« duty on wheat. No nu-r.tion has beenmade of bran or polkud. Tiider ordinarycircumstances probably the city millerswould have hi«n delighted to have seenwheat— their raw material— freo as long asthe duties were retained on flour and offal, iBut this year eorre of thr millers are wellstocked up with comparatively cheap grain,and consequently they Jo not relish any-thing being done that would hinder theirgetting a profit, or oven tending to reduceit. Whatever action the Federal Govern- jmont takes, however, it should be in the !interests of the people as a whole, pnd irre-spective of those of any section."

The probable effect of the arrival by theVentura of another 1200 to 1300 tons ofArri-riean flour for the New Zealand marketis being actively discussed, especially in\iew of the fact that othe:- similar ship- jments ;>re likely to follow. Despite the un-favourable reports made by baker? upon thequality of the 'Frisco flour, it i.s pointedout that, having come into the colony, itia bound to go into consumption in someform or other, and therefore must lessen- theoutput of the New Zealand mills. Whetherthis in its turn w ill affect the wheat marketremains to be seen. The great element ofuncertainty in the rituation is the Federaltariff suspension question, and in the mean-time all buying is practically in abeyanceawaiting development?.

The Melbourne Age reports that a con-s:derable number of speculative orders forflour have been sent to America partly forNew Zealand, and adds by way of com- Iir*eut : "It is plain that if the Senate'swish were agreed to the market would beflooded."

The bad weather has interfered somewhatwith the loading of the Ilford, and shipperseoem disinclined to do further business inthe meanwhile. Theie are rumours of an-other War Office contract for oats comingthis way, via Melbourne, in which casobuyers will probably be very particular asto the quality of the oats they purchase.

Thursday.The inquiries instituted last week by

the Agricultural Department as to the sur-!plu, supplies of fodder available for Com-monwealth requirements i-liould ho com-pleted by now, and 111 all probability the,Federal Government arc in possession of the jrequisite information. In \ icw of the strong.opposition offered by the Australian Pro-tectionists to any suspension of tho tariff,it is on the boards that some compromisewill be arranged. It is rumouMd that theFederal Government will appoint an agentin New Zealand to buy up such supplies as 'can be secured at leaionable rates, and thatthe^se Governmental stock* will then be ad-mitted into New South Wales and Queen=-

'land duty free The New South WalesRailway Commits>ioner» have already re-duced the freights on fodder to a nominal |figure, and in this way New Zealand pro-duce could bo taken right into tho heartof the drought-stricken districts and dis-tributed to pastorali'-ts at such low cost aswould enable them to feed their starvingcattle. Such a course, if adopted, wouldnaturally provoke strong protest, from theAustralian commercial community, and itremains to be <-een whether the piopositionwill be canied out., Wheat holders seem in no w i-o dauntedot the importation of <-o much Americanflour. Having taken their wheat intothey declare that they can afford to sitdown and watch it for a while. An e\i-dencc of the firnme-s of the market is foundin the reported sale of a largo lino of primevelvet at 4s 3d on trucks- Ashbuiton, freeof commission and charges

Although the Han Francicco flour nowoffering m Dunedin has been condemned bythe bakers a-, woithlras foi biead-bakinpr.it is finding a fair amount of favour withhouseholders. This apparent contradiction it,easily explainable, for flour which is tooweak for break-baking will make capitalscones and cakes. Indeed, it often happenswith some brands of local flour that tlio501b bags letmlcd in tho .stores are not ofequal strength to the Kicks supplied to thobakers Her.cc it follows that the continuedimportations of American flour must limitthe output of the New Zealand mills. TheAuckland millers are, of couiê, bearing thebrunt of the attack, but it locks as if theSouth Inland millers will feel the pinchbefore long. What with tho high piice ofwheat on the one hand and the low-priced 'American flour on the other, the local mil-lers are on the hoin, of a dilemma. It onlyneeds a cargo of Manitoban flour tocome along to add to the millers' perplexity.

'It 13 stated that an agent for a Sydneyfirm is actively engaged in taking ordersfor Manitoban flour in the North Island,and that he will .-hoitly be visiting the'South Island.

The curious feature about the presentposition of the New Zealand wheat marketis that, compared with rates ruling in Lon- I4°_*. ffiMat_her£ ja exactly 2$ per busfcelI

too dear. That is to say, in order to placea cargo of New Zealand wheat on the

ILondon market at thepreaent time, it wouldbe necessary to buy it at 2s 4d instead of4s 4d.

The oat market is unchanged. TheChrist-church Press reports:

—"The Tottenham

finished loading oat3at Lyttelton for Dur-ban, for Messrs Geo. G. Stead and Co. andFriedlander, on Saturday, taking 142,650small bags. The Oakleigh arrived on Wed-nesday to complete loading for Messrs A.H. Turnbull and Co., having taken in partcargo at Port Chalmers and Timaru. TheRomford is also due from the Bluff direct,where she took in a portion of her cargo.The vessel will complete loading at Lyttel-ton for Messrs Geo. G. Stead and Co. and

I Friedlander."Advices from Southland state:— "As A

result of the declaration of peace there isa feeling aoroad that it ■will mean a cessa-

tion of shipments of oats to So*uth Africa,but withal there is no sign of the market

[ weakening in this respect. Already great1 quantities have been shipped, or arc being

shipped, and more large vessels are comingto the Bluff almost every day, so that wemay .say that the sale of this yenr's oatcrop is practically assured. Even now allgood samples are eagerly snapped.,up assoon as available. Then there is the proba-

bility that Australia must, in the nearI future, com© to New Zealand for suppliesof fodder, so that altogether there appearslittle likelihood of a fall in prices thisseason. There is no noticeable change inthe oat market, and the price remains asheretofore— 2s 3d to 2s 4d. sacks extra, atwayside stations, for good-coloured, well-cleaned, dry samples. Shipments of oats

1 coastwise and intercolonial., for the weekj just over were only 1000 sacks. The Work-

field took 130,375 801b bags for SouthAfrica, and several other large vessels havearrived to take in oats."

Saturday.It was a great disappointment to traders

generally that after so many months ofweary waiting Sir Joseph Ward was unableto make any definite announcement concern-ing the starting of the subsidised directsteamship service with South Africa. Ac-cording to the Acting-Premier's confession,the matter is still in the hands of thesolicitors, and the regular sailing of theboats is as far off as ever. Meanwhile,Australia and America are straining everynerve to capture the South African market.-The Melbourne Age remarks:— "There ap-pears to be a great possibility in the way ofconnecting Australian produce business withbranches in South Africa, and we understand

1 tllis matter is likely to ho raken up at no: very distant date. Melbourne firm* have in

fome cases placed repiesentati.-es in Africa,and these do a considerable wholesale trade,

; but it is now further proposed to extendJ into the distributing business there by directconnection with wholesale buyer3here. Theproject is a good one, and would probablyprove financially successful." There is signi-ficance, too, in the following extract from,the "New York Exporter**' Journal":— "'"According to the secretary of the Johan-nesburg Chamber of Mines, .South Africa,it is probable that at the end of the next

1 five years there will bo 17,000 stamps work-ing in the district between the Kandfontein'and Geduld mines, as compared with 6000

I at the outbreak of hostilities 'and le£3 than.2000 r.ow. This would mean an expenditureof fully 195.000,000d01, of which a very largepart would go to foreign manufacturersfor importedr-upplies. of various kinds. Thenew machinery requisite to install 11,000new stamps would involve a very largoexpenditure."

According to St. Petersburg advices to tho"Finanz Chronik," of London, the NationalConvention of the North Australian Colonyhns informed tho Russian Minibter ofFinance of itn determination t<) grant a sub-vention V> :i -steauialiip lino which is tomaintain a regular service between Australia,and England by way of Siberia. The newline is to start from Port Darwin, NorthAustralia, then go to Port Arthur, makingfetoppages at Manila and Hongkong, wherefreight and passenger:, will be taken up forthe Great Siberian railway at the latter'aterminus at Port Arthur.

Some misunderstanding appears to exK*-(remarks tho Melbourne Ai-fjus) with regardto parliamentary resolutions respectingdutie.-. on oereak and fodder. To help toexplain the position we will take, wheat.This grain, under the old Victorian tariff,was subject to a duty of 2s lid per cental.Tho House of Rcprescntaihcs in consider-ing the uniform Tariff Bill adopted a dutyof Is 6d per cental, which practically camointo effect at once. Tho Senate ha-? ieFolveclto request the complete removal of theduty, but its request has not come into

Ieffect, and cannot do =o without the con-currence of tho Hou~e. Neither can it comabefore tho House for consideration untiltho Senate has quite finished with the TariffBill, and returned v to the House. Whenthat will take place nobody can .say with;certainty. Should the House refuse to con-cur in the reque-t, then the Senate willeither have to give way, or proceed bythe method provided by the Constitution:for arming at an agreement. All this willtake time, and it may be reasonably ex-pected that under no circumstances can anyof the request1!of the Senate become effec-tuo for some weeks to come.

Tho local wheat market is exceedingly1 qniebj but, a,t Ilie ;>a_ifl tiiae* b_l_M_ US

THEBREADSTUFFS AND PRODUCEMARKET.

Tucd.-iy.'In view of the fact that the Federal

Cabinet have not yet arrived at a decisionwith inspect to the Mispenmou of theduties on fodder, the following advices,dated Sydney, June 2, will be of interest,as coming from a firm who are in directcommunication withgraziers and others, whoare forced to feed their breeding stock, andto whom they arc forwarding large quan-tities from day to day — "Seeing that theduties will probably be lifted for a period,what would would be required aie the fol-lowing — Oaten or wheaten hay, meadowhay or clover hay. oaten or wheaten chaff,oats, and maize

—in fact, all linos of feed.

At the moment the following are to-day'squotations (delivered in drays. Sydney) "—Tasmanian oats, 3s 4d to 3s sd:Algerians,os 3d to 3j 4id. Chaff, choice gicenquality, carrying plenty of feed, £5 10s to£5 15-- (principally Adelaide and Victorianimportations); Tasmanian, £4- 15s to £5 2=6d. Corn, 4s 8d to 4s lOd;wheat, 4s 4d;bran, Is 3d; pollard. 13 3id. 'Delivered indrays, Sydney' means Sydney weighbridgeweights and covers freight, wharfage—

infact, all expenses. Of course, mediumqualities of chaff can be purchased at lowerfigures than we have quoted. Oaten haystraw chaff. £3 10b to £3 15s;wheaten strawchaff, £3 5«. There are a great many in-quiries for New Zealand meadow hay. whichwould be the very be=t hay for feeding$H£& with, lambs iA iootv and. ij tlia juina

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Abottle picked up on the beach at Port The usual monotony of the Polire Court.Waikato on Wednesday last contained a proceedings was somewhat dnci sified on Mon-message from Captain H. W. H. L'hatfield, day by a rather exciting- cro^s examinationof the Union Steam Ship Company's of Inspector Donaldson by Mi Hanlon.btearaor Monowai, dated October 21, 1901, After about 10 minutes of <-omewhat heatedhaving been- thrown overboard when the talking and wordy passages, Mr Donaldsonsteamer lost her propeller whilst on the i exclaimed desperately, "Oh, gi\e me a fewfoj««e from the Bluff toHawaii < _u_u.tw to _& sul bieat__'-

if anyone were paying according to qualityit was the best test to adopt. Some sup-pliers on being shown what the test leftwere terribly surprised at the result.'Mr Cooper thought the difficulty of grad-

ing would, be to get the grader*. Hethought inspection of dairies would helpconsiderably. They- could not get goodbutter from bad surroundings. He couldnot help thinking that when experts werearound getting milk for analysis, if they hadcalled into farms and given farmers someadvice re sheds they would have done muchgood. Mr Kinsella had told him that hewas going to give milking sheds his atten-tion, although he was afraid it was out ofhis province.

A letter was read from Mr Kinsella regret-ting his inability to be present owing to theconference being arranged without consult-ing his division of the department. flyalso pointed out the fact that a great deal

[ o£ new work was going on in the Aucklandprovince, and they had almost six months'engagements ahead.

Mr Young regretted the inability of MrKinsella to be-present. He had hoped thatgentleman would have been there to enlighten them on the Wisconsin test. ,Hewas afraid they must depend more on them-selves than thi expert?.

Mr Wright, in speaking of the curd test.,said he had surprised some of his milksuppliers with the beautiful cdour they ha.lbrought in the milk.

Mr Batey said it was the duty of everymanager to keep the quality of the milkfrom degenerating He thought all first-class milk should be kept together, even if itrequired two plants to work it. He. wasafraid as yel tho test \va= too great anundertaking.- Mr Young thought it could Le u»cd occa-sionally.

Mr Gwillian said that from the remarksmade he would conclude that everyone inthe room was to a great extent in favourof the curd test. Ho thought it v,«s neces-sary to test -every day. He considered thatinspectors would not be as effective a3 judg-ing and paying by tho Wisconsin test. j

Mr I'atey moved that this meetina; offacto:y managers approve of the WieeTTiismtest as a means of detecting tainted milk. —Carried.

Grading of butter was next discussed, 'a fiechairman thought they should grade on but-ter only, not on brands. 'i

Mr Batey said that grading on a marginof £6 to 100 for fir=,t was too much. Thereshould be a higher grade, cay from 92 tc j100. He did not see the difference thatgrading would mako. " " '

Mr Dempster pointed out that second-'

grade had fetched as much in the Homemarket as first. He thought the tempera-ture in grading made a difference. Ho jwa-« not aware if they allowed for it.

Mr Batey said that butter for counterswas what they wanted— a good keeping but-ter. He thought that butter should firstbe kc-pt in a cool store, and -then takento an ordinary temperature, and left therefor, say, two or three weeks, and then begraded. It would show the keeping quali-ties.

Mr James said that from 83 to 98 was thostandard. He would like to see the 95;it,must be such a beautiful sample that theywould put it in a gla&3 qh,fo. Why nothave a grade they could get near sometimes.

Mr AVest had seen al! kinds of grades from90 to 9?. The difference between thewas not great, but when they came to the93 tho difference was very marked. lie didnot cast any reflection on graders, but hothought tho good men were always leaving,and new men taking their place3. Therewas not sufficient inducement given them tostay. They should iindergo a strict inspec-tion, and then h© paid for their services.A rnon might unronsciously be biassed. Hefe-lt coiiviivecl it would be best to gradebutter withoiit seeing the brands.Mr Gwillian was in favour of Qradinsr,but local men .should not be graders.

Mr Falconer moved that this meeting ofdairy managers regret the inability of MrKinsella or any of his staff to be presentat. this conference.— Seconded by Mr Youngand carried.t

Mr Greville then gave an address on'Over-run, and Factors Affecting It."At the conclusion, in reply to a question-Mr Greville said that he considered 10 percent, a fair over-run.Mr Young said that the secretary had sentsamples to the Victorian Government foranalysis, and had received the followi-vreply a* to result:— lbeg to inform ycuthat the average of 41 samples tested dur-ing the eeason is as follows:— Fat 84 61moisture 12.43. curd 0.62, soluble salts 2 54*ash 0.38 boric acid 0.453. R.che.t testrefraction at 25 qc. 23.427,"*" yot.t rof thanks to the chairman andalso to Mr .Grevillo wa* passed, and theconfe-ience rose.

1 ing-Premier's plea was that the farmersshould not turn against the Government,which has

"honestly endeavoured to do themgood, because the Government nas at thesame time "endeavoured by legisation toplace the artisans and workers of the colonyin the same position, to -enable them tosupport their families and to bring themup respectably." Tha.. plea simply igroresthe eral raison d'etre of tho Farmer;.' Union.The farmers have no objection to tJ:e Go-vernment legislating for the people of thetowns, but they cannot afford to remain pas-sive when the "artisans and workers," en-couraged by the Government, atten-pt tosway the legislation of the colony by theirwill, and by the voting strength of theirunions menacing the interests -of,every-otherclass. Sir Joseph Ward that -theGovernment attempted to bluff the Unioninto denuding itself of all poliiie&l powerwhen he expressed the opinion that the Far-mers' Union was a good thing1for the colony.We take it that ths farmers quite under-stand their position, and that while ihf-yrecognise what the Government has donefor them, they will also keep sight of thepre-eminent need which calls for activeexistence.

Mr Seddon cables that he has sesn LordMilner with reference to re-stocking SouthAfrica with cattle. He say^ that New Zea-land can supply on even terms with Argen-tina better bred catlle fieo from disease.Sir Seddon has (like his Agent-General inLondon did over tho meat contract) alreadymade himsalf look ridiculous. First of all,if New Zealand can <-paio any store cattle.Australia will rcqinru ie-stocking first;secondly, the price of cattle in Now Zcs-land will not allow of any competition withHouth America; thirdly, tho cattle of theArgentina arc as free from disoa.-e a= anycattle in the world, and the hoof i-> a-5 good;and fourthly, Argentina and Uruguay have40 million cattle to draw from ar againstNew Zealand's one million two hundredthousand. 'Tis a pity Mr Seddon cannotbe curbed.— Australian lleoi. Trades Journal.

A meeting of faimc:3 interested in theestablishment of a creamery in the Wind-sor district was held on Friday last MrGeorge Livingstone was \etetl to tho chair,and after a few remarks called upon MrGuild, manager of the Xcrth Otago DairyCompany, who stated the term- on whichhis company erected creameries^ in the dif-ferent districts. After question* had beenasked and answered by Mr Guild, it waimoved by Mr "\Vat«on, seconded by MrFindlay, that a crpanieiy be erected in theWindsor district. The following gentlemen wero then chosen to foirn a commit te«

"—namely, Messis Livingstone, Watson. Fiiid-I lay, Elliott, and John^tone. A number of

thoaO present then applied for share?, r.nd 'as a result fully 150 shares were taken upin the room.

In the fat she-ep guessing competition att''e Southland Winter show, the live v.eightof the sheep was 2401b exactly, and thebutcher's dressed weight was 1473b. Ninopersons guessed the live weight eorrectlv. -

The annual general meeting of the Klle«-msre A. and P. Asjociation was held at

■ Lceston on the sth inst. Mr A. K. Jnvvocdj presided. Tho annual report aud balance! sheet were submitted, and, after somo dis- j! cushion on the latter, were adopted. ■ The1balance slie-et showed acredit balance ofover

£12. The election of officers for the ensuingIyear was then proceeded with, Mr .famesIleiulerpunbeing elected persident and MrA. Chamberlain vice-president. A working

I committee of 24 member1? was elected.Messrs W. F. M. Buckley and James Hen- jileison were elected delegates to represent j

| t!.e association al the agricultural confer- jienca to be held in Dunedin on June 27. j, The Canterbury Agricultuial and Pastoral jI Association submitted the judges' li=t for jI the ensuing show seaGon.

Tho Canterbury Fiozen Meat Companyhas declared its usual interim dividend of4 per cent, for the half-year just closed.| A subcommittee of the Northern A. andP Association met on Friday la-t, and drew

j up a lLc of competent judge* for shows, to■ be submitted to the agricultural conferencej to be held in Dunedin next week., There, is but httlo to report in eonnee-'tion with the wheat maikpt movements dur-

, ing the. j.ast month— the record being siniplv' om of a gradually improving range ofvalues, without however, any very largeamount of actual business. First hand wheatmay be said to have practically ceased toexist, and though the published reports ofcertain stocks at the different country sta-tions make it apparent that there is still

Inlenty of grain in evidence, vet it is ppr-! fectlv well known that the bulk of the same|has long since passed out of tho grower ->

hands. The position is an anomalous one,possessing at the same time a certainamount of strength, and it is sincerely to behoped that enough vitality may remain in

the market to prevent the opening rates ofue\t season boms at iliPir only too frequentlow-water mark -Sydney Co-operator'

Mr D Archibald ha<= now. hi« Otne;ofriends will be pleased to k-arn, a grazing

run on the Cheviot. It is the largest onthe settlement. bein<r 441S aeie«. Mr Archi-bald had charge of the Awamoa «tud sheepfor the past 22 ycore.

What feedme droiifrht-ptricken sheep in

New South Wale= mean« ju-t uo.v is shownby such paragraph* a> the following, whi'h,is extracted from the Miulgce Guanlian:—"Mr F. K. Body a grazier near Warren,has lately taken"delivery of n second 1000hags of wheat for sheep-fecchngr purpose*.At a rough estimate, the co^t of the 2000bags, vhich he considers will provide a twomonth-,' supply, is about £2000

NEW ZEALAND FARMERS'UNION.The monthly meeting of the TokomafriroI'armeiV Club was held at Milton on thesth inst., Mr J. Tough (president) in thechair.— The president was appointed to at-tend the agricultural conference to be hcidin Dunedin on June 25.— Tho Secretary re-

ported that all the jnlgc-s nominated at aprevious meeting had consented to act.— Amotion was carried that refreshments shouldbe provided for the judges only— lt wasagreed that a rcfieshment stall be added totuo show arrangements.— Mr Russell said itIwas a pity that «ome information could nott»e given by tho anihoritics regarding thenature and results of the experiment* macJ.>by farmers in >he district with Governmentwheat. Mr Tough replied that very littleof the Government wheat had been threshedvet. Last year somo of the farmer* werecaiele.-j in sending information t-o the De-partment, but tins year, he had no doubt,a statement would be issued when the re-turn, were handed in.

A meeting of the Wyndham bianch tookplace on the 7th iiiit.. Mr Doull in the chair.A motion was carried aflirming the desira-bility of the county council taking over thoduties of laving bud poison.— It was unani-mously ro-ol\ecl that Government veterinarysurgeons should bo compelled to attend anyca«e in which their professional services areinvoked, and that they be permitted tocharge a fee of 21s and upwards, and ex-penses; fees to go to the department.

—Mr

Laidlaw (who was strongly supported) gavenotice to move at next meeting that thelocal train arrangements be fully discussed,with especial regard to those in force onTuesdays.

Mr Jos. Mo3ley, president of the Stirlingbranch, has received a communication fromthe Acting Premier to the effect that he hadreceived a copy of the resolution passed bytho bxanoh at a meeting held ou 9th May

prime lines of velvet suitable for millingpurposes do not seem inclined to give way.A shipment of 'Frifco flour is coming directto Dunedin by the next mail steamer, inaddition to which a sample -shipment -ofManitoba flour is expected here from Syd-ney. Some idea of the price at which thislatter can be placed on the market may begathered from Sydney reports, which statethat100 tons of Pillebury's were placed toarrive in September at £9 17s 6d c.i.f., etc.,and100 tons of Lakeof the Woods to arrivein August-September at £9 ss, both lots exa, special Canadian Pacifio steamer, to sailinJuly. Every ton of American flour landedin New Zealand must necessarily restricTthe local output, and the millers do notattempt to conceal their apprehension at thegravity of the situation. On the one hand,some grainbuyers incline to believe that be-fore the end of. the season there will be agreat scarcity of good milling wheat, but theattitude of Australia has to be considered.Should the Commonwealth Government liftthe wheat duty, Australia would be floodedwith American wheat, in which case Austra-lian flour wouldbe sure to find its way overhere.

Argentina appears to be suffering from adrought just about as severe as that in Aus-tralia. The "North Western Miller's"Argentine correspondent remarks:— "It isyears since the country has been in such abad condition. In the provinces of Santa.3?e. Cordoba, and Entro XLios everything isparched by drought; in some parts it hasnot rained for more than six months. Firstof all, the wheat crop went, and then themaize. Flax, however, hos turned outsuperior to all estimates, and whereas afcthe beginning:of the season it was thoughtthat -we should have about 150,000 tons forexport, it is more than probable t'.iat wewill eeud away just over 250,000. I\u* greasexcess over the estimates i? due to the ex-ceptional yield in tho south of tho provinceof"Santa Fc and in the province of Buenos|Ayres. The result of the wheat crop hasbeen so bad in the three upper provincesthat the national Government has had toguarantee a loan of 800,000dol for the pur-chase of seed wheat for the colonists. Such» thing has never been known before. Itis true that a few years ago we did haveto import one or two cargoes of seed wheat,but -vye -have never had such a miserableyear in the upper provinces. On the ot'ierhand, in the province of Buenos Ayres, thocrop is one of the best on record. Ites noreason for modifying tho estimate that 1made in November: that there would beabout 400,000 tors for export; if arythinc;.it may be a little less. Some have placedit at 250,000."

The oat market is quiet, and althoughthere is some inquiry from Australia nobusiness is reported. Advices received by ithe last mail, however, seem to indicate that|Australian buyers will shortly come in atruling rate3.

The following extract from Messrs A. S.Paterson and Co.'s circular, da-ted Dunedin,May 23, and printed in the Sydney Moin-ing Herald, makes interesting reading:— Av-ei-y large trade has been done in catsduring the month at advanced prices. It i-, ,reckoned that fully naif the oaPt in New Zea-land this year have already* been negotiatedfor export to South Africa. The quantity jnow available is limitetl, and a considerable iproportion will not be on the market till |the spring. 2000 tons of oats were sold at2s 10£d*in centals, for June shipment. Tbiswas an extreme price. A sale has sincebeen put through at 2s 9^d. and bujers arenow offering 2s 9£d. B grcdo oats are worth

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2i" 9d f.0.b., s.i., and C 2s P.d to 2> B£,' 'inferior oats according to sample. Duns arc jvery scarce, arid arc worth 2<* lOd. Primo

tCanadians have sold for Australia at 2s 10idand Tartars are inquired for at 2s lOd to 33. jThere is a scarcity of seed oats this season, jand the quality of the oats offering generallyis inferior. We think the market will keepfirm for some time. Shippers on thk sidehave lost heavily on cats this season. For- jward -sales and a rising market have been asource of trouble to everybody in tho trade, jThere are inquiries in the market for June- ,July shipment, but shippers are not keen to jtake on any further orders until they see ■

their way through the present contracts. ■

Altogether, it has been a most disappointingand disastrous season to everybody con- ioerued except the fanner, who has had highprice3for very inferior oats.

Tuesday.The prospects of further importation of

American flour is having a slightly weaken-ing effect upon the wheat market, althoughholders are"disinclined to make any sub- jstantial reduction. An additional depress- 'ing influence is found in the dulncb.i of jtrade. Bakers are only buying from hand.to mouth, for the impression prevails thatwith the slightest drop in the price of wheatthe Flourmillers' Association would bringback the price of"flour.-

Ou the other hand, it has to be remem-"btrod that there is very little whea* inDunedin, and deliveries will be very lightuntil the 6nring.

The Chrlstchurch Press reports :—"

Therehas been rather more localinquiry for wheatduring last week, and the sale is reported"of a line of 12,000 bushels, at equal to 3slOd, and another line of 2500 bushels of Tus-can as equal to 3s 9zd, at country stations,'".'hose being actual transactions will give afair indication of the present market value."'

Timaru advices stale that farmers havebeen holding out for 4s for their wheat, andthat price is now obtainable for prime"amples, although themost that millers careto give is 3s lOd. Southland millers arenowoperating on the Timaru market, and ap-parently their stocks are getting low.

Ashhnrton reports state that a few linesof prime milling have changed hand?, 3s10£ dbeing the highest price recorded. Seedlines have touched as high as 4s 3d.

The following were the shipments of grainand produce from Lyttelton for the weekendedFriday last: For South Africa, 85,279bags oats; for Australasia, 93 sacks barley,4019 sacks potatoes; for Suva, 5 sacks oat>,245 sacks potatoes; coastwise, 806 eackswheat, 2175 sacks and 254 baga oats, 10 sacksbarley, 125 sacks bran, 270 sacks and 180bags flour, 5522 eacks potatoes, 210 sackssharps. Total shipment*, 606 sacks wheat,85,533 bags and 2180 sacks oats, 103 sacksbarley, 125 sacks bran, 270 sacks and 180bags flour, 9786 sacks potatoes, 210 sackssharps.

AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORALNEWS.

Reviewing Sir Joseph Wards speech atWinton, the Southland Times writes as fol-lowb on the attitude of the Government to-wards the New Zealand Farmers' Union:Sir Joseph's account of the benefits whichthe Government has bestowed upon the far-mers was a repetition of the statementwhich every Minister and Ministerialist hasmade since the Farmer*-' Union assumed for-midable iliaiflMiftiit, Xas gru^ of vke £ct-

pointed delegates to the South Island Con-ference, to be held onJuno 25, 26, and 27,and Mi- Guild to arrange a meeting in Tn-vcrcargill.

After some discussion the subscriptionwas .fixed at 5s per annum.

The next thing discussed was the advisa-bility of forming a union. The Chairmansaid it had been brought up as some mem-bers thought a union desirable. He, per-sonally,could not see the advantage. Theycouldnotcoerce the employer. Unlessall themanagers joined they would be in the sameposition as they were now. He couldnot see how the Government would helptiie smaller number to rule.

Mr Dempster explained that it wouldbe something tangible. Now, if askedwhat power they had, they cou'd simplysay_ none; that they had met to discuss

i'matters amongst themselves. By forminga union they would be in the same positionas other unions.

Ir. reply to a question, the Chairman saidthat since the association started it haddone a lot of good. He- thought it wouldbe wise to go on as they were for at leastanother year.

Mr Falconer then moved— "That im-mediate steps be taken to register as svnassociation." He thought that if managerswent in direct opposition to farmers, thefarmers would «upplant them with theirson-. The question of wage for assistantrhould l»e fixed annually, and by that meansmeet farmers in a lean year.

Mr Dempster moved as an amendment—

"That the question of registration shouldhe held over till next general meeting."They would then know their ground.—.Seconded by Mr Hogrg. The amendment\v..s put and lost, and tho motion carriedalmost tii:an:moiif)3'.

Mr Curio moved, seconded by MrWright— '"That honorary members be ro-c-opted provided they are practical men."—Carried.

Mr Young moved, seconded by Mr Fal-coner

— "That honorary members' subscrip-tion bo fixed at one guinea."— Carried.

Mr Falconer said that the old grievancere factories advertising for managers with-out 'fating salaries bhould be discussed.He thought if it were made known thatmanager* would not apply for such appoint-ments it would have a good effect, and showthe power of the association.

Mr Faulkner moved— ''That they makea condition in one rule that any factoryadvertising for a manager mun state wagn?,or members are requested not to apply."—Seconded by Mr Dempster.

Mr Wright moved as an amendment—"That no steps bo taken in the matter tillpfter next annual meeting."

The amendment was carried.Mr Batey, referring to factory assistants,

said that the work went merrily along dur-ing tho season, but when shut down as-sistants* vvero dismissed. He felt sure theycould bo employed about the premises.

The Chairman was quite in sympathy withMrBat«\v. First and second assistants couldbe found sufficient employment to keepthem on. It had been discussed in his fac-tory.

Mr Dempster said that wlion s>ln.c-k assis-tants in the Wairarapa chaese factories woreemployed savunK wood for boxes.

Mr Cont>cr paid that there was anothersubject on tho same lines. Somo factoriesasked the manager io give a price for thewhole working of the factory, finding theirown nssistants. He thought that a badsybtein.

Mr Wright thought a better prineiplowould be- to give assistants holidays in ro-tation, extending to the number of Sundayseach assistant has worked, and give themJlull pay for that time. By the time eacha>si<-tant had taken his holiday the slack.season v.mild be over.

Mr Gwil'ian asked the association for anopinion on buying milk by quality. Hethought it tho only fair way. He oftenhad inferior milk sent to the factory, but itwas not just bad enough to refine.

Mr Batpy suggested sending the milkback a-> thp beat means of improving tbequality. Ho would not allow inferior jquality of milk to affect the general out-put.

Mr Gwillian s-aid the quality was 38 pointsmine, which was not quite bad enough tosend back.

Mr Batey said that the curd teat was themost effective.

Mr Gwillian instanced suppliers who neverbrought anything better than 88 pointmilk.He intended introducing a system of theWisconsin test, which gave absolute proof,and reduce the price according to thequality.

Mr Falconer was afraid suppliers wouldbring bad milk and get test price instead ofthrow ing it to the pigs.

Mr Ku.-s quoted an instance where the curdte>t«had beon used, and the suppliers whosemilk, was at fault immediately pot noticethat uiilec

- there wa3 an immediate refoimthe milk would be refused. He was quiteMire- that the- r-urd tost would come intogeneral ti'-e. It was the one thing fac-tories wanted.

Mr Fahonor .--aid lie found sending themilk back wa» the only remedy.

Mr Jaino-, said that it seemed to himthat th<' Wi-oonsin te«t required a lot ofattention. Home people who were alwaysworking with milk werenot instructed inwhat wa> required by the dairy experts.They want to be flioun how to put into thefactory a first clabs sample of milk, tothat tho manager could stand satisfied thathe was getting >-ound milk. He maintainedthat a manager who looks after hia factoryhas quite enough to do without looking aftermilk as it comes in.

Mr Young endorsed the la^t sprakei's re-mark:?, as the manager could not be on theplatform and look after his work.

Mr Batey thought that iiispectui1- should

be on tho platform, '"ay, three times amonth. He could then follow any inferiormilk.

Mr Young .=aid that in Ameiica faetoiiescombined and paid an inspector to vicitfactories in that way and found it beue-fieia.l.

Mr Falconer said that Mr Deem, the in-spector, had done a lot of good in his di-,trict.. Mr Deem was v conscientious m-spec tor.

Mr Young said that the Palmerston showwas offering prizes for sheds. He thoughtit was tho poor-class farmer who wantedencouragement to improve his surroundings.

Mi Dempster agreed with Mr Batey thatinspectors should inspect on the platform,and follow the bad milk home.

Mr James instanced men who milked.in the open field, where everything wasViire,yet the man never properly washed hisbuckets, and you rould follow the bacteriaright along the line.

Mr \Ve=t said the curd test took a loto' labour. He had used it last season, andliuud it easier t-o geud tUe oylk bask* but;

NEW ZEALAND FACTORY BUTTERAND CHEESE MAKERS' ASSO-CIATION.FOURTH ANNUAL MEETINO

The fourth annual meeting of the NewZealand Butter and Cheesemakers' Asso-ciation was held on Tuesday, the 3rd inst.There were about 40 members present. MrJ. Young (president) presided.

The report and balance sheet were readand adopted.

The election of officers for the ensuingyear was then proceeded with. Mr M.West, of Xgaire, was elected president, anil■was duly installed in the chair. MessrsYoung, Gwillian, Cooper, Johnston,M'Douald, Falconer vice-presidents. MessrsFalconer, Dempster, Dunford. Johnston, andGuild were appointed members of theExecutive, and Messrs Paget and Hansenwere appointed District Secretaries for letdivision of Taranaki, Messrs Johnston andLittle 2nd division, Mr West 3rd division,and Messrs Stanton, Walker, and Dempster4th division; for Canterbury, Mr Middle-ton; West Coast, South Island. MrCunningham: Hawke'e Bay, Mr Morcdith;Otago and Southland, Mr Guild.

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— (Applau.se.)Mr A. Douglas seconded the adoption of

the report, and in doing so, said it wasnot clear to him that the millers' combinewas in the interests of the farmers, and ifthe millers said they would only give acertain price for grain the farmers wouldhave to take it.

Mr Charters asked what the trust wasfor if it wasnot to make money. How didthey make it? There was only one way itwas made in Now Zealand:it was madeout of the poor, hard-working farmer.

The report was then adopted.The following committee was then ap-

pointed:— Messrs J. Govr, R. Charters, W.Blackie, R. Cullen, D. Andrew, T. Gawn,J. Henderson, A. Douglas, W. Charters. .7.Nimmo, R. Law, J. Graham, A. Blair, F.Wright, and D. Reid. Mr W. Blackie wasunanimously elected chairman.

On tho motion of Mr Graham, it was de-cided to wiite to the member for the dis-trict urging that legislation should be intro-duced to correct the anomalies that exiateclin regard to representation.

A vote of thanks was passed to the retir-ing president, and the meeting adjourned.

CANTERBURY MARKETS.Chribtchuich grain and produce report (Lyt-

telton Times, 14th met.):— The markets hay«been anything but nctive duringthe week, andbusiness in most departments has been re-stricted to filling local reouirernents. Atten-tion 'has been called to a paragraph which,went the round of the Canterbury papers, tothe effect that a large hue of wheat had been,sold at Ashburton on Tuesday at 4s 3d free ofcommission and charges. It appears that tha''large line" was only 120 sacks of old wheat,the property of a grower who has two years']-wheat on hand, and was sold to a Tapanuimerchant for seed purposes. Although thesale of this small quantity probably did takeplace at the price staged, it cannot in any wsyjbe taken as an indication of market valuer?,since, as is often the case, buyers -will giveaai outside puce for a small picked lot of ok|wheat for a particular purpose. Localmilleraappear to be well stocked with wheat, andhave virtually ceased buying for the present,aid offers U Auckland have mot with tb?">

reply that tho mills there will not purchase7 03. moie tliis month- The market litre hm.'

buying consumer, for this reason: themillers hitherto were competing againsteachother, and each mill would have a travellerin the Taieri, in Lawrence, and in otherparts of the country. What was the result?It was that these men were under-sellingeach other. The millers had to bear thecost of these men, who were under-selling-their neighbours and incurring bad debtsin their effort to get custom. If that hap-pened, how could the miller give the farmera reasonable price for his grain? If themillers combined and only bought fromone man then tho farmers might have tocombine against them, but there was nocombination in respect to purchase. Eachmiller «as free to purchase wherehe pleased.Having dispensed with selling agents andcanvassers touting for business, the millercould really supply the consumer at a lowerprice, and hava a legitimate profit. Hecould thus afford to give a better price tothose from whom lie was buying. So faras the producers and the legitimate trades-men were concerned, the Millers' Unionde3er\ed thesupport of the farming inter-ests. The labour question wa3 one that,so far a3 the farmers were concerned, wasnot likely to affect them very much. TheFarmers' Union bad been warned to avoidpolitics. The fanners were to be thehewers of wood and drawers of water, andapparently they.were to allow other peopleto think for them. They had to pay anytaxes that might bo imposed, and leavepolitical matters, which required intelligentuud careful consideration, to others. Thatdid not coincide with lus view of what theyought to do. He had been gnoved to noticethat some of the unions protested that tlieyhad nothing to do with politics. If theunion wa- not goina to touchpolitics he wasprepared to wa-li his hands of it. When thePremier urged the Farmers,' Union tokeepclear of polities he betrayed a guilty con-science, and the thought that, if thefarmerscombined, itwouldnecessarily be against theGovernment. There was eyeiy necessity forfarmers to interfere in politic*. What then-friends meant in warning them, was notagainst politics, but against becoming parti-sans. There were plenty eff questions forfarmers to take an. interest in

—the settle-

ment of Crown landu and the question offreehold tenure. He was gratified to teethat our lands weie being dnideel andsettled. The Janefiekl settlement wa3 be-coming a pleasure to see. There was onedefect about it: the owners euouM be al-lowed to acquire the freehold as they couldand when they could. As soon as that «asaccomplished we had worthy members ofthe community, far more likoly to take aworthy interest in things than if they weretenants under any Go\ eminent, and morelikely to be kept from partisansliip, log-rolling, and subserving to the controllingpowers. As to representation, farmersought to have something to cay about it.He had heard that night on the train thatthere was a probability tho Taieri electoratewould be extended further in the directionof Green. Island. The tystem of alteringboundaries was a most vicious and injuriousone. What did it matter if there were afew hundreds or a few thousands morevoters in one distiict than another, as longa- there was communion of interests? Thciewore many other thine* he might touch on,Lut h« would not iiks uft suite t'tpTQ that

Gold tankard— W. Blackie 1and 3, C. Wyeth'2 and 4.'

Fieldcarrots.— Rsd— Flint Bro3. 1, 2, and 3.White— W. Blackie 1and 2, Flint Bros 3.

! Red beet— C. Wyeth 1, 2, and 3.I Onions (231b)-Joseph Irving 1, H. M'Quil-

lan 2, W. Blackie 3.Cabbage.— Drumhead— C. Wyeth 1and 2.Wheat. — Farmers' classes: Tuscan— John.

Cowie 1and 2. Velvet— M. Hishon1, J. Cowie2, D. Shand 3. Open classes: Fleming andCo. Ist in all classes., Oats.— Farmers' clashes: Sparrowbills— H.I Smith 1, W. Ford 2. Hamilton— J. Scott,Sutherland, W. Ford (equal) 1, H. Smith 2,G. W. Cunningham 3. Dun— J. <?cott, Black,J. Holms. Open classes: Long Tartars—"Wright, Stephenson,and Co. 1, Tothill, "Wat-F,on, and Co. 2 Hamilton and dvn— JamesScott Ist in each. Sutherland— TothiH, Wat-son, and Co. 1;Fleming and Co. 2. Sparrow-

| bills (Danish and black)— Tothill, Watson, anct;Cii Ist in each.

Grass Seeds.— Cocksfoot— A. R. Mackintosh1, W. Ford 2,F. Ford 3. Timothy— William!Ford 1. Hard fescue— Allen Browning1,F.J.|Dyer 2. Gorton— Tothill, Watson, and Co. 1.j Any other variety— Tothill, Wat«on. and Co.1, 2, and 3. Ryegriss (perennial)— W. Ford 1,G. Walker 2, A. Caldpr 3, F.Ford 4. Italian—W. Ford 1, F. Ford 2.

Linseed— J. Thomson 1and 2, VT. Ford 3.Collection field Feeds (open)— Tothill, Wat-

son, and Co. 1and special; Is.M. and A. Co.2 and special.

Hams juid Bacon. (Judge, Mr Hopcraft).—Flitch ba.,011 (unsmoked)— Lindsay and Co. 1,Dairy Supply Company 2. Flitch (smoked)— ■Dairy Supply Company 1, Lindsay and Co. 2.Rolled (un°nioksd)— Davy Supply Company 1.Lindsay and Co. 2. Rolled (smoked)— DaiiySupply Company 1and 2. Pork ham (smoked)— Dairy Supply Company 1, Lindsay and Co.2. Poik ham (unsmoked)— Lindsav and Co. 1,Dairy Supply Company 2. Fanners' clnsses:Flitch bacon (unsmoked)— Mrs H. S. Irving.Fktch bacon (smoked)

—Mr- H. S. Irving.

Rolled bacon (uuamoked)— Mrs H. S. Irving1, Mrs George Bcnnu 2. Rolled bacon{smoked)— Mrs Georga Bennie 1, Mrs H. S.Irving 2. Pork ham (unsmoked)— Mrs G*Bonne 1pnd 2 Pork ham (smoked)— Mrs G.Bennie 1, Mrs H. S. Irving 2. Beet' ham— C.Wyeth 1.I Dressed Poultry.— Pair fowls, Rouen clucks,and goose

— Flint Bros, all prizes. Turkey—

Flint Bros. 1, Mi«n Fanny Scott 2. Dozen,hen eggs— Mis A. Manson1, Miss Horman 2.

Potatoes: Flint Bros., Clifton, 42; Cloyeth,Woodlands, 11. Other roots, exceptpotatoes: Flint 8r03., 86; Walter Blackie,Taieri, 39; C. Wyeth, 32. Grain: JohnCowie, Winton, 10; James Scott, Drumoak,8. Farmers' dressed seeds: Win. Ford, IslaBank, 17; John Thomson, Whiten, 7.Largest number of entries for the show:Flint Bros., 47; Miss Drain, 20; WalterBlackie and Cloyeth, each 19.

All the arrangements are perfect, andreflect great credit on the secretary (Mr

-Cuthbertson).June 11.

The Southland A. and P. Association'swinter show was continued to-day, and waswell attended. In the prize list for sc\\ tfactory-made cheese suitable for export theproper order should be— Edendale 1, Wynd-liani 2. The following is the prize list ofthe principal eections :—

Butter (Mr Jas. Sawcrs, judge).— Fresli but-ter, separator, not factory mftde, lib rolls

—Miss Mary Dram 1, Miss Drain 2, Miss A.Halliday 8, Mrs Jas. M'Crostie 4. Xon-sepaia-tor, 31b rolls (week old)— Miss Mary Drain 1,Miss Drain. 2,Miss A. M. Brown 3,"Mrs H. F.-Munro 4. Separator or factory made, lib rolls—

Miss Mary Drain1, Miss Drain 2, Daily Sup-ply Company 3. Powdered do, lib rolls— MissDrain1, Dairy Supply Company 2 and 3,MissMary Drain i. Salt do, lewt, fit for export

—Wyndham Factory 1 and 2. Salt do, in jar,not factory or separator made— Miss Drain1, Mrs HughM'Lood 2, Mrs Jas. M'Crostie 3.F.mcy butter— Miss M. G. Grieve 1 and 2.Fancy table do— Miss M. G. Grieve 1and 2. j

Cheese.— Five cwt factory-made, full-creamcheese, COlb, ched.dar-.sha.pcd, high colour, suit- iable for export— Edendale Factory J., Wynd- jham Factoiy 2. Two cwt faetory-inade, straw

'colour, 351b— Edendale Factory 1and 2. Twocases factory-made loaf,straw colour,121b each— Edendale Factory 1and 2. Two farm-madecheeses (new)— Miss Mary Lindsay 1, Mr3R. C.Lindsay 2. Best single cheese (open clisi}—Edeudale Factory 1, Gore Factory 2.

Potatoes.— Field Ashleaf kidney— Flint Bros.1, C. Wyeth 2. Laustone kidney— Walterlilackie 1, Flint Bros. 2, C. Wyeth 3. White(except kidney)— G. Simpson (Whita Elephant)1, C. Wyeth button's Abundance) 2, FlintBro3. (Sutton's Supreme) 8. Derwcut— FlintBios. 1and 3, Walter Blnckie 2. Bruce— FlintBros.1and 2,T A. Cunninghams. Up-to-date— G. Shave1,Flint Bro<-. 2, C. Wyeth 3. Early"Wlnte Hebron— Flint Bros. 1. Any othervariety— T. A. Cunningham (White Elephant)1,R. Meek (WhiteDcrwent) 2, Flint Bros. (."But-ton's Abundance) 8. Collection garden pota-toes—Flint Bros. 1and 2. Six of o:ie '.ariety,boiled in their skins— Flint Bios. (Derwenta)1,Mies Maiy Drain 3, Miss .Dram 3.

Turnip*".— Swedes, purple top — Walter

Blackio (Taieri) 1,R. Meek2, George Young 3,K. Finlayson 4. Green top— R. Meek1. Anyother variety— D. Scott (Elephant) I,WalterBlackie (Standard Swede) 2, W. Halhday(Monarch) 3. Abeidaen Yellow, purple top

— K. 'Finlayson1, A. Drysdale 2, Colm Grey 3. Do, 'green top

— A. Drysdale 1, Colin Gray 2, G.'

young3, R. Meek4. Hybrids (except Waite'sEclipse)— James Holms (Romney Marsh) 1,Flint Bros. (Sutton'a Favourite) 2, J. Holms3. Waite's Eclipse— Flint Bros. 1and 3, Geo. 'Young 2. Early white field— Flint Bros. 1and2. Any variety (except swedes)— Flint Bros.1, 2, and 3. Dozen swedes, any variety— W.Halliday (Monarch) 1. Collection field turnips,12 varieties, not more than three swedes— G.Simpson 1.

Mangolds.— Long red— W. Blackie 1 and 2,Flint Bros. 3, C. Wyeth 4. Orange globe— W.lilackie l» Flini Jfcw. 2 and & Q_. Wyetji 1. i

SOUTHLAND WINTER SHOW.(From Our Own Correspondent.)

INVERCARGH.L,June10.The Southland A. and P. Association's

Winter show was opened at the ZealandiaHall this afternoon by the Acting-Premier,who expressed pleasure at the splendid dis-play of produce, and predicted a prosperousfuture for the Southland district. The show,indeed, is most satisfactory, the exhibitsthroughout being of a high standard ofexcellence, and the entries exceeding innumber by over 100 those of any piovioiisyear, the principal incroases being in cheeseand fruita. Tho arrangement, too, v mostadmirable, and admits of a most effectivedisplay. The farmer's table shown by' Mr3Lindsay, of Balcarres, is particularly fine,including everything from an oat stack toa plate of porridge, from a dressed lamband Bucking pig to trifle and merringucs.That it is the only one of its class is, nodoubt, duo to want of notice. The house-wife's table i» also of exceptional merit:asis also the exhibit of preserved fruits, jellies,etc., shown by Miss Thomson, of Win-ton. The fruits

— apples and pears—

are of ahigh order; in fact, the judge considers them,the bobt he ha3 seen this year;as are aloothe bread, cakes, and pastry. The rootsare quite up to former years in quality,though not quite so numerous as in thepast. Messrs Tothill, Wtitson, and Oo.'sexhibit of geeds lifts again taken the goldmedal for tho third time in succession, theNational Mortgage Company being a goodsecond. The gain"-* of most points are:

—Farmers' b.-u

-H. S. Irving,Roalin,

18; Mrs lici. nine, Waianiwa, 18.Poultry: Flint Bros., Clifton. Cheese:Edendale Factory, 18 (gold watch, presentedby National Mortgage Co. and Tothill, Wal-son). Butter: Miss Drain, Waianiwa, 17;Miss M. Grieve, Waianiwa, 14. Honey:MrR. W. M'Lachan, Dipko, 11(an easy first).Bottled fruits, jams, and pickles: MissCatherine Thomson, Winton, 12; Mrs Cha3.Boniface, Riverton, 7. Bread: Mi&s Drain,AYliaauffia, 15iMrs S&wjejr^ EdctylAle* *lv

"iskiug the State to undertake tho grading,freezing, and disposal of farm produce, toestablish cool storage depots at Home andin Africa, and to make advances on producean transmission to the markets of tlie world.The Acting-Premier further stated that hedvould bring the matter before Parliament inthe ensuing cession.

A sub-branch of the New ZealandFarmers.Union ha^> been formed at Romahapa.

ANNUAL MEETING, TAIERI BRANCHThe annual meeting of the Taieri branch

of the New Zealand Farmers' Union washeld in the County Chambeis, MosgieJ, on(Monday night. Mr D. Reid occupied thochair, and there were about a dozen nienu-

bera present.The Secretary Submitted the following

report:— '"Your committee have to reportahat since tV.H biv.iwh was forme-1 on the28th of August last the branch has held fourmeetings, ami ha? enrolled 72 members,■with a cub-branch at Brighton, with L6menvJbe-i's, making a total of 88 member.-. Your

.committee appointed Mr Blackie a delegate"to the conference at Milton, and also asa delegate to the conference at Dimedin.

*iM2mber»' biib&criptions totalled £12 7s. of."which £8 14s ha.*- bo?n paid to the Pro-vincial - Secretary. Sundry expeêsamounted to £1 Is 61. and there was acrodit balance lit hand of HI 11s 6d.",The Chairman, in"moving the adoptionhf the report, said that, judging by thefcneeting\ the members were apparently satis-fied to leave cvciything in tho hands of thecommittee. They had not had many metings during the year, as they did not thinkit necessary. He wa3 opposed to makingthe union into a debating society, andthought they should meet for business only-He had paid particular attention to reportsof meetings in other districts, and heithought there was 100 much of a desire toundertake too many things all at once..There was not a circumstance that onecould think of that was lefi untouched, and4h© tendency of that wae certainly not toadvance the interests of the union or tojnake it the power in the land it ought tobe. Branch unions acting with the centralbody coulct do a great deal to assist farmersin. marketing and distributing their pro-duce. He could not ccc why such a union*hould not regulate the local market forproduce. They recognised they had to shipa largo proportion of the produce, eb itcould not all be consumed in the country.JLet them retain in the colony what wasjufficient for their requirements, and shipthe balance away, andso keep up the pricelocally. This wculd be a beneficial direc-tion in which the union could operate. Thejsame principle could apply to frozen meat,as it did at the present time in regard topuiter. Another legitimate question for theUnion was tho reduction of shipping charge*.(The railage of exports ought to be broughtto the lowest possible point. He did notJinow what were the views of members onIhe millers' combine, but he saw it had beensubjected to a good deal of criticism, espe-cially by meetings of trade unionists inAuckland. So far as the farmers were con-cerned, it looked to him that the combinewas in the interests of the producer, so long■43 it was conducted on its present lino'-.It was aho in, the uitjccâwa of tha o&s!i-

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LONDON, June 11.The Antwerp wool sales opened brisk

Out of 2213 bales of La Plata offered1324 were sold. Buyers were numerous.Good to fine Monte Video wools "werefroni 5 to It) centime? above the Aprilsales.

. June 14.The Antwerp wool sales closed ani-

matedand firm. There was keencompe-tition for fine qualities, which realised15 centimes above April- rates. Tenthousand four "hundred and thirty-fivebales of La Plata were offered, and55.39 *old; 680 Australian were offered,and 290 sold.

SYDNEY, June 13.At tho wool sales prices were some-

vrixai irregular to about par with lastmouth's A small lino of scoured-olrl at 2!d.

->res=iN Daltfely and Co. (Limited) reporthaving received the following cable fromtheir head office, dated London, June 11:

—"Antwerp wool salts.— As compared withthe average rates of last AufLwerp woolsales prices are higher by 5 per- eetit.1

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Rabbit Trappers' Co-operative FreezingandExport Company.

TO THE EDITOR.Sib,—Iam glad to learn that a movement

is being made here and in several of theprincipal rabbit centres in the south for thapurpose of organising a Rabbit Trappers'Co-operative Freezing and Export Company.It is the intention of the promoters to in-duce as many trappers as possible to take aninterest in tho concern, so that they willhave some' incentive to support- it with theirhupplies of rabbits. If the promoters- meetwith the success their efforts deserve, it istheir intention to have erected suitablefreezing plant, and, if ueceKary, preservingworks, in tlie most central places.It is needless to point out io those in-

terested in the industry the advantages to.begained by (supporting such n company, if itbe judiciously launched, as their commous-encio will tell them that if it pays the■wirioun firms at present engaged to freezeandpreaer\e rabbits it will pay the men whosupport these people to do their own busi-ness through their own company, providedit is conducted satisfactorily.

Under existing conditions we have severajfirm-,operating in almost every centre, be itlarge or smaJl, and this necessitates the em-ployment of agents for each firm, with theirmultiplicity of plant. Now, one thing cer-tain is the trapper has at present to bearthe expense of this i--y»tem of catering forthe trade, and it is quite evident that witl-mic agent only, with ample plant, in eachrentre, a gre;.t savins; could bo effected irtthis bianch of the business. It seems thatthere is united artion being" taken by theworking" men in almost every sphere oflabour in this colony except rabbiting, and«hy should not tlie followers of this humbleI though arduous occupation not combine totry and improve their condition. If theywill only do so and assist the promoters tomake tho Rabbit Trappers' Co-operativeCompany an accomplished fact Ifeel eon-\ inced that they will have no reason to re-gret it, as it means that tlie trapper williecci\e considerably increased prices andhave gome control over the conduct of hisbiwuesj, whereas under the existing condi-tions he is compelled to accept what is left;after all the middlemen have had a "cutin." The project inquestion is in the handsof men who are fully cognisant of the factthat the average trapper is not a man ofcapital, and whorealise thathe wouldrequiromost fa\ourable terms to induce him to takean interest in the company. Ihave goneinto the matter of £ s. d. with expertassistance, and am surprised to learn whata very moderate capital is required to floatthe concern. The main thing is to secur*t!ie trapper*' supplira of rabbits and returrthem the very highest prices available inLondon after deducting tho necessary exponies. Oh-en a fair trial, Ifeel certain thattlie trapper-, would find their returns 6cmuch higher than at prcbent that the com-,pany would be one of the most prosperousio-opcrative concern*- in the colony in a\ery <-hort time. Trappers don't seem tnloalise what power and influence they wouldpossess if they only took concerted action,and T only hope that .-oine of them will coonawaken to a -,pn.<=e of their capabilities il

|united. Suffice to know that if they assistto make tl\e project anaccomplished fact by'-upporting it when they am appealed to toiV> so tlioy am at the bame time assistingin the formation of. the strongest possiblesafeguard they can organise for their own

L protection and benefit. The rabbit exportersliavo their combine for the purpose of pro-te<ting their own interest* and regulatingprices to suit thom^plve-s. Let the trappersin n-lf-defcnre combine to control theiiown businc-o and ship through thf-ir owncompany to London, thcieby .securing thebe^fc pricpn obtainable, instead of whateveitlie present exporter1

- may choose to gi\«lIIPJM.Iapologic-6 for the length of this letter,

but trust j-ou will find room for its inser-tion, as its t-.ubjert matter is of interest tothousands of people m the colony.— Iam,etc. Tkapper.

Clinton, June 13.

The Threshing Question.TO THE EDITOR.

Sir,—Ihave been a reader of the Witnessfor the past few years,and in locking throughmy la&t week's paper Inoticed a. letter from

a Tapanui farmer with reference to threshersandthe proposed altering of the present systemO(f paying threshing hands. It is to be hoped1

tlfat it will be altered, but not in the way heij&gßases— lsper hour and jja- tLc iairjiers 6d

assumed an easier tone. Good millinglineshave been offered during tho week at 3s lOdon trucks at stations, without meeting withany response, although a few small lots havefeeen sold,at this price to go to South Otago.Most of the holders of largo lines, however,have expressed their intention of holding for4s at country stations. The Ventura, whicharrived at Auckland with the San Franciscomail,* brought another consignment, between1200 and 1300 tous, of Californian flour, and itis stated that further lots are to follow. Thequality of the flour, however, does not appeartobo giving satisfaction. A Christchurch mer-chant yesterday received a telegram, from anAuckland house, stating that several bakerswho had bought forward declined1 to take de-livery of their purchases, on account of thequality,and that the importers of one hne re-acted it on the spot. This fcoing the case,

.he importation does not appear likelyto affect,"he price of the local article, which is stillihiar at £10 10s per ton. Although there docsAu'u appear to '« much demand for oats iiomoutside, the market remains firm at quotat.on3,in consequence of the very few that are offer-ing. Oatsheaf chaff contmuts to be keenlysoughtafter, but good heavy parcels are ficarcc.The weakness in the Australian potato markethas been reflected here,and as contracts madefor "forward deliveries to Melbourne have beencancelled, and the stocks have gone into storeat Lyttelton, merchants have almost ceasedto buy Derweuts. Growers now seem veryanxious to sell, and the large quantities offering have brought the prica down to £2 15s atstations. Dairy produce of all kinds is veryfirm, and the local factories have advancedthe price of butter by another Idper lb.

Timaru markets,_ for the week ended Fridaylast-— Prices of wheat arc unchanged. A fewline3of second quality have been sokl at 3s9d to 3s 10d, but holders m most cases areholding for 4s. A fair-sized line of good mill-ing was sold the other day at equal to 3s11jdon. trucks, Timarn, to go south. Oats aredaily "getting scarcer, and very few are offer-ing, but'any that come forward are disposedofat 2s 5d on trucks, Timaru, for long sorts,short feed bringing Id to l^d more. Someholders of prime Danish are declining to sellat less than 2s 6d at stations, but this priceis beyond what buyers can give at present.There is no malting barley offering, but feed'oits are saleable at 2s 6d to 2s 8d i.o.b. Sales«' f Derwent potatoes are being restricted,hrongh growers holding out for more than

■>..iemarket value, which now rules at £-3. Many1 the farmers have now decided to pit and'"old, in hopes of higher prices ruling l?ter<j.i inthe season.

Abhburton markets, for the week ended Fri-r->y last- — Very little business has taken placeduring the last week. A few lines of primemilling wheat have changed hands, 3b lOJdoemg the highest price recorded; a few lineshave also been sold for seed, one line of 120>acks going to a Southland firm at 4s 3d ontiucks. Millers continue to hold off, and seemafraid of flour rates being reduced. To-day's\alues are.— Tuscan, 3a lOd to 3s Httd;Hun-ter's and Pearl, 3s 9Jd to 3s lOd. The com-pletion of contracts for oats has made it diffi-cult to sell large lines at full rates; small lines,however, continue to meet with ready sale forlocal and coastal trade, while prime millingcats are sought after and command high rates.Values to-day are —Canadians, 2s 6d to 2s7d; 'Sparrowbills, 2s 4d to 2s sd;Duns andJDamsh, 2s 3d to 2s 4d. Sales of oatsheaf chaff'have taken place as high as £4 per ton forprime heavy, £3 15s pei ton, however, is thegeneral price for fair average quality.

The exports of grain and produceiroin Lyttelton for last week includedihe following lines.— 816 sacks wheat,243 sacks and ISO bags flour, 2214 sacksand«5,525 bags oats, 93 sacks meal, 103 sacksbarley,62 sacks malt,125 sacks bran, 210 sacks3Dollard, 38 sacks peas, 9 sacks beans, 10,586.sacks potatoes, 92 sacks, 114 bags, and 481gunnies onions, 170 sacks seed, and 882 balesstraw. Included in the foregoing were 4819sacks potatoes and 93 sacks barley for Aus-tralia, 85,279 "bags oats for South Africa^ and 5sacks oats, 245 sacks potatoes and 39 sacksand25 gunnies onions for Fiji. The remainderwas for New Zealand ports.

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For "that tired feeling" try WOLFFSBCHNArr«— it disj«]g lsoKUfic

cargoes nor parcels offering. Supplies of NewZealand oats are limited, and quotations aienominal. Stocks of New Zealand beans areexhausted, and prices nominal.

New season's New Zealand rabbits are justcoming to hand;theconditionand quality of re-cent arrivals have been mostly satisfactory.The National Mortgage and Agency Companysay that 255 crate3 have been received fromNew Zealand. Selected rabbits from the colonyof 31b and up are quoted at Sid each for re-liable brands; largo, 2Vlb and up, 8d each;young, 2lb to 2Alb, 6id to 7d each.

"With reference to tallow, the New ZealandLoan and Mercantile Agency Company saythat the demand has lately been more active.At this week's sales the bulk of the offeringswere cleared under the hammer, and valuespcncTally show considerable improvement.Theinquiry for beef tallow has been particularlybiisk, and values for fine to gocd qualitiesmark an advance of aboutIs6d, and for ediblesoits fully Is per cwt since the March report.Finest mutton tallo.v is also in better requestthan for some time pnst, and is 6d to Is percwt dearer. Considerable business has alsobeen done for airival, at, for mixed sorts, fTorn30s Gd to 325; beef, 31s 3d to 31s 9d;mutton,32s 6d to 34s per cwt (c.i.f.) On the spot finestmutton is quoted at 36s 6d to 37s 6d; fair, 33sto 345 ; fair to goodbeef. 31s 3d to 32s 9d;andhne edible, 34s to 35s per cwt.

Buyers of flax have been very apathetic dnr-ihe kst fortni<rl>\ aad the National Mortgageand Agency Company say that, in sympathywith Manila, winch is ctill dull and easier,prices are about i'l per ton lower except fovavailable -parcels on the spot or near at h.Hid,which have sold at about prfvioua rates. Thasales i'i;l«de about 80 tons, in dock and "near,at d837 to £37 10s per ton, and 350 tons forarrival February-April, £34 to £34 15f;April-May, £33 5s to £33 10s per ton;April-June.£32 15s to £33 per ton ('c.i.f.l. Terms >for NewZealand flax (ex warehouse) are given thus "

Superior, soft, and bright, £38 to £30; goodmedium, well-drsssod, £37 10s to £37 15s:fair medium to medium, £36 to £37 ; fairmedium, rather strawy, £"5 10s to £36; tow.£10 10s to £12. The New Zealand Loan andMercantils Agency Company alfco ndlo thatbusiness in New Zealand flax ka3 been quiet,fnd in sympathy with lower prices for Manila..values for distant arrival hero have ruledeasier.

As for salted New Zealandpelts, the NationalMortgage and Agency Company state that theposition of the market remains unchanged.Home buyers ore taking practically all "thoNew Zealand pelts coming forward -withoutany change in price, there being a. specially jstrung domand for heavy freezing sheep peltssuitable for splitting. American buyers arestill holding off. Latest reports from thatmarket indicate rather auore activity, and lithe usual demand from the United States inthe early autumn is experienced, prices will'probably remaui about as they are, though inthe case of pelts of medium- and commonquality, it will not be surprising if values xul^rather easier. There is a moderate demandfor lamb pelts at about last season's rates.

Supplies of basils,Ihear from the same firm,are still very modci'ate, and values continuefilm and unchanged. Privately there ha-s beena fair trade passing at steady prices in leather.For hides there has been a fair inquiry, andpiiccs generally are rather firmer, heavy NewZealand ox being quoted at 4Jd to 45d; lightox, 4d to 'V,d; cow, 4d to 4^d; seconds, 3£dto 4»d.

The quantity of rabbitskins available for thebp!p- on the 25th ult. showed a reduction*. Sixhundred and three hales of New Zealand andAustralian skins were' offered, and 586 balesv.cie The National Mortgage and AgeucyCompany's import states that there was a veryfair attendance of buyers. In contrast to lasttales, best skins were m little request, whilethe demand lor cemmon grades was againactive. New Zeal.wul was poorly representedat tho sales— by only 07 bales. Little atten-tion was given to the icy wn.ter skins cata-logued, and a decline of Idper lb was takenfor the sold portion. Ingoing and outgoingv. ere also Idper lb cheaper, but the low gradesfairly maintained values. Small and kittensa+;ain made extreme rates. The collection offei'vei* grey andblack wa3 mostly unsatisfactory.Prime quality brought 2s 3d per lb. The nextsale of labbit&kir.s will be held on the 4thJuly.

COMMERCIALCABLEGRAMS.LONDON, June 10.

Copper. Spo1,LZi 12^ 6d;three month*, Xjl

17s Cd.Wlieat.— An Austi.'liin cargo at '29?.

June 11.Copper.— Spot, £'54 2s 6d, three months, £54

12s 6d.Tin.— Spot, £131 , three months, £127 10=.The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat

for tho United Kingdom is 3,625,000 quarters,and for the Continent1,500,000.

Stocks and shares arc unchanged.At the tallow sales 1330 casks were offered,

and 001 sold Mutton— fine, 38s 9d;medium,32b, beef -hue, 35>i 6d, medium, 31e 6d.

June 13.The Bank of England "returns show

the reserve-, to be £25,775,000, andthe coin and bullion £34,877,000.The proportion of reserve to lia-bilities is 52.01. The notes in circu-lation total £29,312,000; public de-posits, £10,909,000, othei depoMt>,£38,447,000 . (Jovomment securities.£14,1298,000, and other -eciirities,£27,191.000.

Three months' bill- are discounted at25 per cent.

Consols-, £96 10-.Quotations for colonial Government

stocks are Mibjoined, compared withtho-c >■ iliujr :it the clo-e of labt week:—

Wheat: An Australian cargo --old at29b <kl, and another at 295.

The wheat markets are steady, "butquiet. Victorian and South Australian Icargoes (March -liipment), realised 29s3d. An Australian cargo sold at 29bl\d.

Sng.ir: German, 6s 4d; first mark-,7^ 9d.

Copper:Spot, £o4 los; three mouth-,£54 10*.

Tin: Spot. £131 ; three mouths,.$!& i&.----- -

NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE INLONDON.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)LONDON, May 2.

It is stated in the latest produce marketreport of Messrs W. "Weddel that there hasbeen no arrival of New Zealand butter sincethe 17th ult., and consequently stocks eregetting very short, while, as the Gothic withthe next cargo is not clue before the middleoi next week, holders of New Zealand butterare firm in their prices, although values areslightly declining in sympathy with the largpfall in all kinds of butter which always occursat this time of the year. New Zealand butteris 2s pev cwt cheaper on the week, while Rus-sian andDanish are from 4s to 6s lower. Mayand June are as a rule the two cheapest monthsof the year for butter. Choicest brands of NewZealand cheese are making 58s to 595, andchoicest Canadian is quoted up to Gls for l?stscp^'i's make.

The unproved tone in tho wcol market hasbean \.- 1-11 maintained during the last fortnight,and Mcsus Weddel remark that there is everyindication that the better state of affairs hasoome to Htay. This applies more specially tothe fine-haired wools, the demand for whichcontinues exceedingly active. Long, bright,coarse woolshavealso lately shown ahardeningtendency,while the lower descriptions of cross-bred producehave been fairly steady. Domesticwools, however, continue slow of sale. The listof new arrivals for the series of sales to opennext Tuesday closed on the 26thult., when thototal of 240,000 bales was reached. New Zea-land is represented by 83,400 bales.

During the last fortnight the market for NewZealand mutton has appreciably strengthened,and now occupies amorehealthy position thanfor some time past. Messrs W-eddel say thatstocks arc in small compass, and shipmentsreported afloat are only moderate, and, witha fair inquiry, importers have found it com-paratively easy to establish a further advanceof fully id per lb. Even at the latest quota-tions, consignees decline to realise any quan-tity of mutton, but are confining their salesto small lotp. Canterbury sheep of 601b aver-ago made4Jd per lb, while forcarcases of lightweight 4id is obtainable, and heavy sheep aredearer at 3£d to 4d per lb. Dunedin, South-land, and Wellington Meat Export Company'sbrand of mutton of best weights realise 3Jdto 4d, and heavy grades are firm at 3Jd per lb.Ordinary quality North Island sheep realise3Jd to 3jd, while even ewes and inferior sheepare now worth 3jjd to 3Jd per lb. At the closethe tendency of tho lamb market is firmer,thoughno recovery has taken place from thedecline of Jd per> lb. Canterbury lambs of30lb to 421b have been sold at 5d per lb, butthe general quotation is not below 5Jd to aidper lb. Heavy grades are firmer at 4Jd to 4£d,and tegs make 4Jd to 4|d. Other qualities haveorce more como into demand in consequenceof the higher prices of mutton. Best-weightNorth Islandlambs realise 4Jd, larger carcases4£d, and tegs4!d to 4idper lb. Practically theonly frozen beef on offer at Smithfield is fromNew Zealand, and forequarters of this descrip-tion are quoted at 4Jd, and hindquarters at 5dto 51d.

May 10."WOOL.

Messrs Charles Balme and Co. inform methat the third beries of colonial wool sales ofthe present year opered on the 6th inst. withthree catalogues totalling 12,655 bales, and in-cluding 6681 bales from New Zealand. Theattendance of buyers on Tuesday was large,and the competition from all sections of thetrade was animated. Prices for Australian andNew Zealand merino wool ruled in average 7£por cent, above the rates current at the closeof the March series, while fine and mediumcrossbreds showed an advance of 10 per cent.,and coarse crossbreds were higher by from7£ to 10 per cent. A small but representativeselection of South African wool was includedin the catalogues, and sold at an. advance?of7i pc-r cent, on last sales' closing values. Forthe entire serie3 the net available supply ofwool consists of about 228,500 bales, allowingfor the deduction of 139,000 bales forwardeddirect to the manufacturing districts. Withold stock the total quantity is about 239,000bales. Of th° new airivals, some 95,318 balescsmo from New Zealand.itesein Bftjmc further repjjii ihjjji Jjlft ia*

proved state of business in the manufacturingdistricts, as veTl as the unfavourable advicesrecently received fioni Australia, which telluf a continuance o-f the severe drought inQueensland and parts of !New South Wales,and indicate a fuith.r reduction, in the sup-plies of merino wools next season,have had amarked effect on tlio course of values for alltho finer grades of wool sinoc the close of theiMnrch auctions. The coirser sorts have alsoshared in the movement, notwithstanding tinlargo quantities available. The sale room iswell attended, and competition is animatedand general for all classes ot produce. Merinowools reali&e an advance in average of 1H per>:ent., the rise being most pronounced oncomb-ing descriptions, and least noticeable on shortfaulty parcels. Fine crossbred woolb readilycommand 10 per cent, more than pt the endof lust sales, while on the general run of Ihemedium qualities th" improvement is evenmore marked. Coar?-^ shinment*, however, arenot more than 7£ to 10 per icit.dearer. SouthAfrican wools arc selling on the same lines asAustralian and New Zealand,merinos, and maybe quoted at 7J per cent, aboveMarchrates.

NEW ZEALAND MEAT.The improvement recently noted in thr>

mutton market has been maintained duringthe last three weeks, and the New Zealand"Lean and Mercantile Agency Company an-nounce that yalues have lataly advanced con-siderably, primo Canterbury mutton beingworth from 2s 8d to 2s lOd; Dunedin andSouthland, 2s 6d to 2a 8d;and North Island,2s od to 2s 7d per stone. The demand forlpmb shows a slight■impiovemont,especiallyfor poorer qualities, but values for prime NewZealand lamb have weakened. The best frcmCa-nterbury is to-day quotedat 3s 4d to 3s Sd;Dunedin and Southland descriptions at 3s 2dto 3s 3d; and North Island ■ironr 3s to 3s 2dper stone. The continued shortage of beefhae had the effect of fuither advancing valuesoi all descriptions, although the demand isnot brisk. Prime New Zealand hir.dqiiartersoi' Thursday realised frrni 3s od to 3s 7d, andforequarters from 8a Id to 3a 2d per fetonc.

DAIRY PRODUCE.The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile

Agency Company's report states that consider-able suppliesof all kind= of Continental butterl.f-ve been arriving, more especially fromIlussia andFrance, \vi»h the result that valuesge:?erally arc lowv. This has had thr effectof curtailing the demand for colonial butter,particularly for secondary and inferior grades,

values for these descriptions mark a shaipdecline. Quotations Finest, 102s, good toline, 90s to 90j, mforior, Sis to 88s per cwt.Supplies of Canadian cheese sue now in mjiulllOmpnss, and prices lia\ o gone u;> some ■!« pcicwt. within the labt three weeks. New Zealandcheese,in sympathy, fcae also shared in the lm-piovement, and value rule from Is to 2s pfrcwt higher, the quotation now being 5C% to SBsP"r cwt.In the northern markets supplies r>i Xcw

Zealand butter aie very small, and prices a.ceasier in sympathy with other forts. MessrsMathie and M'Williain note that Fiieslandand Dutch butter 19 now arrivingm largely in-creased quantity,and is of exceptionally finequality, and as choicest Fricsland butter isthis week obtpmableat 97s 1o 98s por cwt itis naturally proving attractive to buyr*.Large supplies of Hussian <md Siberian butterare alto arriving in this country, and thequality generally shows an improvement onlast season's makes. New Zealand butter laquoted at 102s to 104s in this report. In Scot-land, tho same firm r.otes that New Zealandcheefee is firmly held. Notwithstanding thestrongposition, from the holders' point of \iew,the sale is exceptionally dull, and of the niObtpaltry and retail description. Buyers seemdetermined to hold off, and only buy whenforced to do so. Finest New Zealand cheeseis quoted from 57s to 60s. Evidently,remarkMessrs Matlue and M'Wilham, we must waita little until retainers gf-t rid of their stocks,andrealise that holding off \.on't iodu<-e pricesthis ceason.

:miscellan-eou3.In their latest report on the grain market-

up to the end of last week— Messrs W. Weddeland Co. say that stocks of New Zealand wheataio nearly exhausted, and for the small quan-tity offering there is good inquiry owing to thescarcity of English wheat. Tuscan ib quotedat 31s 6d to 32s 6d, and Hunter's and pearl3U to 32* jicr iSfilb. Aftsat, there we aeittio}.

,OTAGO WITNESS.June 18, 1902.Pig irou, 51s 3d.Spel'er, £18 13s 9xl.Lead, £11 6s 3d. The imports fop

the past month totalled 18,450 tons,including 5065 tous Australian, and theexports to 4722 tons.

The Bradford wool market is inactive.-Prices are unchanged.Silver, 2s 00lb<X per ounce.

June 15.Frozen ileai.— Xorth Island is a sixteenthlower; the rest is unchanged. Canterbury

lamb declined a sixteenth. Fair Xcw Zealandlarcb.3 are one-eighth lower. New Zealandbeef (1801b to 2201b), fair average quality. Oxfores, three-sixteenths lower.

Copper.— Spot, £54 10s; three months, £5i12s 6d.

THEWOOL SALES.

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HAVE a very Largeand Choice Stock of FASHIONABLE WINTER SUITINGS, including FANCY COATINGS,SERGES, BLUE and BLACK VICUNAS, WOBSTED3, and HOMEand COLONIAL TWEEDS.

SUITS TO ORDER at £3 3s, £3 10s, £3 15s, £4, £4 4s, and £4 10s. Samples sent on application.

WE have a Fine Stock of RAINPROOF and "WATERPROOF OVERCOATS at 37s 6d, 40s, 42s 6d,455, 50s, 52s 6d, 555, and 60s in all sizes.

OUR. LONG CHESTERFIELD OVERCOATS are verycomfortable incold weather. We have most FashionableShades at 40s, 455, 50s, and 555.

OUR COVERT COATS in Navy, FawD, and Brown shades are always very popular, as they are the best style ofCoats for Riding, Driving, and Walking, and our priceß are tlie lowest— 2ls, 28s 6d, 355, 37s 6d, 40s, -*-ss,and 50s.

jgs- TO THELADIES-— We have pleasureinannouncing that wehave made a large purchase of ROSLYN WOOLHOSE at less than Mill price, and "we are selling— Women's (all sizes), Is6d;Maids', Is3d;Children's, Isa pair.

MEN'SHEADY-MADE MEN'S READY-MADE YOUTHS' STRONG YOUTHS' CAMBRIDGESUITS

VICUNA SUITS, TWEED SUITS, TWEED READY-MADE Slightly damaged.37/G. Were 22 G.

Worth42,0. 25,«. From 22/6. Sow !«,«.

BOYS' SERGE MEL- MEN'SSTRONG READY- MEN'S READY-MADE YOUTHS' STRONGVILLE SUITS. MADR TWEED BLUE VICUNA TWEED TROUSERS

Were 9/6. TROUSERS, 8' Were 5/11 to 6/6.Now 6/6. 18/©.Sizes 10, 11, 12. 5/11. Woith U>,Q. .Now 4/11.

As these are Net Town Prices, full value of Goods ordered, with Carriage added,must be remitted withOrder.

&m «sSfc %Wm jaLJE&'2ir'IEX^CX2 96 12 GEORGE STREET, DUNEDIN.

June 18, 1902.£?0; milkers, J7s 6d to 255; lads. 10s to 15s;cooks and bakers. 25s to 30s:trappers, skl pe*liair; shepherds, 255; housekeepers, 15s;.fe-male cooks, los to 20s.

has been the cause of the high prices latelyruling. Nc v Zeala-nd beef has practically heenthe oily frozen beef on ths Smithfield market,and it has been of excellent quality. MrCameron believes thnt the prices for beef willremain high for a considerpble time. Muttonalto 1? improving :u price, but has been slowot corsumption. The market, however, lookspromising. Lamb has been in heavy supplyth:=> season. River Plate sent 7000 carcaEes,as against 4000 last year. The various irn-1-oiters of iamb ha.*e been forcing sales, andprices consequently dropped, but if warmweather s»ts in the trade will take a spurtand prices use.

THE LONDON MARKETS.WELLINGTON, June 16.

T:ie Agent-general's cablegram, dated Lon\don. June 11, says:

— "The mutton market isdull; prices unchanged. Stocks of lamb areheavy, and widely distributed amongst theagents, wiio are pushing sales. Average price:Cuiloibuiy ljinb,4\d; other brands, 4id. Koalteration in beef supplies. River Plate beef'is increasing. Hemp is depressed at £34,Jv.lv-Scpteniber shipments, £-27 103. Cocks-foot him, JXV.Y Zealand 171b standard, 505."

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETSMcsns Douakl Reid and Co (Limited) re-

port having held their weekly auction sale ofgrain and produce,at their stores on Monday,v hen prices rule-3 as follows.—

Oats — Buyers have, in most case', suppliedtheir immediate orders, and as very little ifveshbusiness 13 boiugdone the market is extremelyquiet,and all sorts pro difficult to place at late

j quotations. We think that the lull is onlyI temporary, and hope, before long, to see re-

newed activity in Iho market. We quote:Prime milling, Qs 7d to ,2s Sd;seed lines, to 2slOd; good to bast feed, 2s 5d to 2s (3d.; inferiorand midnun, 2s 2:1 to 2s iiper bushel (sacksextra).

Wheat.— Prime quality is f'te only class mfa\our with mil 'era, and :a m fair demand atlaic quotations. Medium is stillneglected, andiowl wheat, which is in moderate supply, meetswith read 7 salo, if in good condition. Wequote: Prime milling, Us lOd to is3d;medium,15a 4d to 3s Od:good whole fowl wheat, Ha 2dto 3s Ccl; broken .md damaged, Cs Cd to 3s per,bushel (sucks extr-O.

Potatoes. —The market continue? to be fairlywell svipphed,and vahics are steady at aboutlate quotations. We quote: Prime Derweuts,JSI10s to £1 15s; medium to good, £i to £i 7s6d:other sorts, £3 to £3 15s per ton (bags 111).

Chaff.— Prime oaten sh?af is still in short.supply, and meets with ready side 0:1 arrival.Medium sorts a»-e plentiful, aixd are difficult1o p!<ico e\en at leduced v.Miies. Wo qr.o^c:Prime oaten sheaf, £i 7s Gd to Si 12s Gd:extraheavy, to £1 15s; medium to good, £3 5s to dis<s inferior and light, £2 10s to JM \er ton(bags extra).

Turnips.— The market is glutted, and asclearance have to be effected all on offtr onifonday fold pt 1educed prices. Best swedessold at 12s Gd to Hiper ton (loose, ex truck).

ile=srs Dalgety and Co. (Limited), DiiiiedJu,report havi!)"- held their wiAly auclioii salec!_ Moii'day. Their catalogue was a lepreaen-

'tahve ore, and. ur.der spirited bidding, ncarh'e\ery lot was cleared t>t the undermentionedrate.—

Oat*.— The market is slight.y either, shippershaving evidently fulfilled the., requirementsand rue'holding off. Me^Ktiine sioek3 in store,which are few, are fuuiiy held. Prime seedlines have 2, fair i«.qujry. We quote: Prim?seed, 2? 9d to 2s lOd;prime milling, Gs 7d to2s 7£d ;good to best feed, 2s 5d to 2s 6d;in-ferior tomedium, 2s to 2s 4d (bags extra).

Wheat.— There is veiy little business passing,glowers holding for bigger prices than millersarc inclined to give. Prim<j samples are as-kedfor, butmedium quality is only saleablpas fowlfeed, which is rnoTt* plertifu'l, but still com-mands a fan sale. We quoie:Prime velvet!>nd Tuscan,4s to is 3d; medium do,3s 7d to3s lOd; fowl feed (whole),3s Id to 3s 3d; fowlfeed (broken),2s 9d to 2s lid (bagsextra).

Potatoes.— Supplies urc now steady, and arereadily quitted u,t late rates, the demandbeingfully equal to what is coming forwaid. Wequote- Prime Derwents. £4 10s to £i 15s;good, £i to £i 5s;others, £'i 10* to J53 15s (bagsin).Chaff.— Prime heavy oaten sheaf, in bright

coi -dition, id scarce, and has a very good de-mand st fuliy last v-eek's rates. Mediumquality is, however, very plentiful, and hardto sell. We quot? Prime, £4 7s 6d to £4 15s;good, £4 to £4 ss, nifdiuui, £3 to £3 103 (ba"sextra).

°

Drover on the Farmers' Union.TO THE EDITOK.

Sir,— Being very much interested ia thesuccess of the Farmers' Union, Inaturallyscan pretty closely all that appears in thepapers relating thereto. In the Witness justto handInotice "Drover" (in the lole of guide,philosopher, and friend winch he has assumed,towards this organisation) delivers himself ofa homily on the attitude the Farmers' Unionshould taks on the wages and labour question.He has been moved to this by the action ofthe South Canterbury Union in opposing thedemands of the Shearers' Union, which,shortly put, are a<s follows:— Higher shearingrates, preference to union shearers, half-holidayonSaturday, andpractically control of the shedduring shearing. For opposing these very,modest demands the South Canterbury Unionis assuicd that it has kicked over the traces,that the proper attitude for the union to takeia such cases is to kneel down and-kiss theilod— or, as "Drover" pnts it, to allow theConciliation Boaidand Arbitration Court to fixlip all these qupstions. Now, had it been n.question of butter or cheese or fat stockquotations,Iwould have beep quite preparedto sit st the feet of ''Dio'.or'" and learn; butwhen the question 13 how the members of theFarmers' Union look iipon tha Industrial Con-ciliation and Arbitration^ Act as a means o£fixing up labour disputes,Iimmediatelyre-sume the perpendicular and tell him straight

"that he has Hot grasped even the frh.ge of the"situation

—t!i-vt in tho opinion of the ■fanners

i that act is simply a delusion and [a. snare.And in. this opinion, the farmers do not standalone. Wh.nt has been the result of the in-quiries sent out by the different employers'associations throughout the colony? It hasbeen unmistakably shown that a large majoritywere strongly opposed to the act, both as toits principle and operation;and, certes, thecause- is not far to seek. Just glance at theawards which have been given under the act,and «ay where either conciliation or arbitrationtcmi'S m. Higher wages, shorter hours, andpreference to unionists is the- almost invariableaward. Ican only recall two cased not on.these lines. The first was the Waibi miners*dispute, adjudicated by Mr Justice Cooper,and 'for which decision no stona was leftunturned to get him shunted off the bench.The other was in the Invercargill carters*dispute, w''eii preference tc unionists v»3 re-fused; and we know what a howl followed.These are juct the straws which show the trendof labour unions, and what ihe fprmers haveto ex

-o2ot from thes--- precious act?. But

liobab'y 'Drover" will tell us tlißt we are-singing out before we are Inirt. 'xhat is notco, for although the farmers have not beencited before the court directly, they hr.ye in-diroctly suffered ihiough these award=. Sup-pose, lor instpKce, ''Drover" buys a Line ofcheese— or any other farm produce, for tham.itter of th?t. The Caiter3* Union have twoslices out of it— first, die from the factory tothe truck; and when it arrives in Dunedin,l'rom the truck to the stora. Then the Store-men's Union, have another slice ifor receivingand delivering; cr if it goes to the ship's sidethe Lumpers' Union are there ready for theirslice. Au.d thus the genie goes 011. Of courseit does not matter two straws to '"Drcver"Low much tlie coat of handling is increased,a3 he simply gives less for thfe cheese in thefirst place. But how very different from thefarmer, who haa to 1ompeto in the marketsof the world. To him itmeans grafting harderr.nd 0 closer practice of economy. And, to farfroni the w<>ges and labour question being a,ir.mor one, as "Drovei' would have usbeiieve,Iventure to make the assertion that had no*the farmers come to retihsa that thess labourunions menaced their very existence, thaFarmers' Union would never have attained toa tenth of its present dimensions; :<tA toeliminate this plank from its platform wouldbring ;t to the ground like a pack of cards.All it wants to stiffen up a few of the weak-Jviieed members is jus1 a, few more turns' oTthe labour union sc-rew, and then we shallhave If.-s haggling as to whether the member*'subscription shall be ''half a crown" or "fivsbob." "Drover" tries to show that the actionof the South Canterbury Union is against theinterest of the farm labourer, the smallfarmer's hand3, and the small farmer himself(who has a cut-in at shearing). If "Drover"is not wilfully blind, he muss know that the«,eare not the men wi>have- our wea.thcr-eye on;and when we pray. "From the labour agitatorand the haid caae, good Lord deliver us," wesnail have a good lousing "Amen" from theses«me men. These men are .jii3tstartingon theload^that 75 per cent, of the present farmers

111 New Zealand have trod bafore têm; and"what we are trying to do is to keep that

road clear, so that everyone may have ti fairfield and uo favour.— lam, etc.,

Tiie President S.C.F.U.June 13.

CLEARING SALETheOtago Farmers' Co-operative Associationof New Zealand (Limited) report having held apale at Pueriia on Tluusday on behalf of Mr

A. Petrie, when the whole of his live and deadstock was placed under the hammer. MrPetrie's popularity in the district was a suffi-cient guarantee that the attendance of thesettlers would be up to the generalaverage,andvi tins there was no disappointment, as, inspite of ra.ther unfavourable weather, there wasa very large gathering. The sale went withvim from start to finish, and Mr Petrie'sfriends vied with ea.ch other in givinghim agood send-off from active farming. Following»ro some of the prices :

— W-^thers, 11s 9d, Us4d. 13a Id; ewes, 13s. lambs, 9s 3d; mares,£40 10s to £46 10s,geldings, £35 to £37 .hacks,£16 10s to £25 ;cows, £7 5s to £9 10-=;heifers,£G to £6 7s 6d, steers, £2 Is to £5 ;calves, at203, implements, etc., full prices.

DUNEDIN HOUSE SALEYARDS.Me3sis Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report

a3 follow? -There was a very small entry foithis week's sale The attendance also waslimited, but it included two or three buyersfiom up-country in quest of useful draughthcrt-rs fcr making up their plough teams, andthey secured all the horses in tê yard thatwere puitable for their lequirements. Thofollowing were ths principal pales— namely,bay gelding, Byrs. £46, bay gelding,7yrs, £42 :b.iy gelding, Byrs, £40 , black gelding. 7yrs. £'3730s; and four \ecy old horse? at from i'l7 toi-'25. There were 110 good light harness horsesifirward thif- week. On Saturday i»ext weshall osei a specially selected consignmentof IG superior four to seven years old draughtl.iAies and geldings oxi account of Mr ThomasIJyder (of Southland),-and on Tuesday, 24th111st. we hold oui great annual sale oi Clydes-dale marcs and geldings Present entries nurn-bei 116 head of the best draught mares andgeldings, filhes and colts to be found in Otago.W'p quote present values a? follows — Superiorjrungdraughtgeldings, £A oto £50. extra good,puze horses, £52 to £55, medium draughtirares Pnd geldings, .£3O to £38; aged do, £18to £ 25, upstanding carriage horses, JE3O to£35 , well-matched carriage pairs, £80 to £90 ;strongspring-van horses, £2-3 to £36; milk-cartand butchers' order-cart hordes, £18 to £25;tram horses, £12 to £16; lighthacks, £10 to£15; extra goodhacks, £18 to £25; weedy andaged hacks and harness horses, £3 to £3."

BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONTRUSTEES.

The weekly meeting of the Otago BenevolentTru-tecj was heid on Wednesday afternoon;present— Messrs P. TreEeder (chairman), W.Burnett, R. Clark, R. Wilaon, W. Talboys, andthe HOll. H. Gourlpy.

The Secretary reported that two deaths haJoccurred in the institution since last meet-ing, they being Van Tak (aged 70 years) andKichsud Grey Bell (aged 79 yeai3). A state-ment was laid on the table lowing that ihscot of outdoor rehoi ca=es for the past month,per week was £ I(>9 33, the numbers being 12!men, 221 women, and 519 children, while ioi-the corresponding month of the previous yearthe figuies had been 98 men, 222 women, AH<l548 children, at a coat of «92 11s.

The Finance Committee i-cpoited that it hadconsidered the Rev. Bryan King's suggestion.19 to boarding-houses, but inquiries showedthat sufficient encouragement could not begained to wairant any movement on the linesof his scheme.

A letter was read from Messrs G. and J. A.Cook regarding the estate of the late WilliamHuntor, Sjndymount, bequeathed to thetn.stees. The proceeds had now beenrealised,ar.d after charging with » proportionateamount of the debts, cic, the firm found thatthere was a balance of £255 10s ud to be handedto the trustees. The executors hod retained5 per cent, comnvssion on. the gross amount,but this could be done only under SupremeCourt order, and the trustees' solicitors hadinformed them (the executors) that no appli-cation for the order had been made, as theamount involved wainot a large one. Inaltprobability the Supreme Court would allowthe full 5 per cent, on the realisation of the1-roperty bequeathed to the institution.— Thetrustees decided to receive the letter and toinvest the money in the endowment account.

Accounts amounting to JE37O 19s 5d werepassed ifor payment.

The board then considered applications forrelief, and a total of 51 was dealt with, afterwhich the meeting adjourned.

per meal. It is absurd to ilunk of it. Whatabout the amount of work the threshcis do foinothing for the farmers? A, thicsher engage--,for a job for the eeaeo.i with the millowner;he acts es agent for the mjn in the wav ofkeeping time and lilting the men's money,"andacts as "boss"; then whan you go to a farm tothresh the farmer bosses- he pays the wages,but only when the belt is on. But first youcome in at the gate- yoti might have a longor short distance to go to the set, which istwo stacks, say one of oats and ors of wheat.Perhaps it is wet, or it has been mining pei-haps the day before. Then it makes theground soft, and we have to putclips on theengine, then perhaps pull out wire iope a;,dwind the mill, then j.ossibly thr engine mayget stuck and has to wind herself out. Thereare all these chances of thing's happening, andof consequent duties which have tobe attendedto by the mill hand?, which might take one,two,oi thiee hour?. Whichever the wemightha, it has to be done, and we get nothing torthat. Then when weget to the net it might bea bad one, on a sideling, or soft, and mighttake a long time to set— perhaps half anhour.No money is paid for all this time, 'ifcen. thebelt goes on, whether it 19 daylight, starlight,or moonlight, and then the thresher is uiakir.ghis 9d. When the set is finished there is. abig row of bags to cov-ci with straw and wireddown, which is +0 be done viler the mill' hasfinished. All hands on en average arc con-tinually working at every set they thieshquarter of an hour bsfcre the mill start*, andquarter of an hour after it stops, "for whichthey get nothing. Of course, th«y pay half-hour shifts 111 the Tapanui district, but theieare numbers of other districts in which theypay no half-hour shifts. Then there 13 theshifting the mill from one far to another onsoft c.ay roads, parhaps working three andfour hours m wet 01 snow. Whatever theweather might bs like, it has to be done. Thebig fainxer thank* nothing of thig. Thathreshers, who aie the voist paid labourersof any ia thicountiy,and theplaces they haveto sleep in at> tinier are little better thaa pigstyes, some of them being badlym need of aplagvts (inspector's visit. Iadvocate betteraccommodation for threshers ami Is per hour,time to start as soon as the mil draws be-tween the stacks, time to go on a quarter of anhour after the mill stops, and if there are twoor three sets on the place,half an hour be paidfor every shift over to one. Then thresherswill be fairly paid for their work, and it willhelp to enconrage them for the work theydo on the road for nothing. Idon't see why"LeadingFarmer" shouldn't remain a farmer,ami not want to turn boardinghouse-keepcr andlive off thre3her-liands.—Iam, etr\,

Stkaw AVhapper.Warepa, June 13.

DUNEDIN MARKETS.WHOLESAI.n PRODLXE REPORTS.

Mr .T. Flemins, Princes street south, reportsunderdate the17th iust :—:

—

Good Derwent poUto.swan+ed ;£4 10s to £415? per ton. Market bare. Good sound chaffranted. Swede turnips,14s to 16s per ton.

I-AUM AND DAIRY PRODUCE.Messrs Irvine and Stevenson, George street, j

report paying for produceduring the weekendingthe 17th inst. as follows :—Bacon (roll),6Jdp. lb Fresh butter, 10cl toHam,7Jdp. lb Is per lbFresh eggs, Is 9d d<z Salt butter.9d

Fresh butter, good ordinary (in lib and J-lbprints),8d to 9dper lb. Pigs, 1201b to 1601b,3J.(perlb. Ducks, 3s to 5b pair. Geesr, 4s to »s.Turkey?,A\A per lb. Fowls: 2a to 2b 6d.

PRODUCE MARKET.The sale is reported of a large line of

turnips for shipment to Australia— probably

a speculation, in hope of the tariff sus-pension.

SOUTHLAND GRAIN MARKETINVERCARGILL,June 11.

Oat-?.— There is good inquiry, and all Ime3are being bought at 2s 5d for A giade, and 2-i4d for B grade. Furthei oidera from the WarOffice are said to have been jeceived, and themarket lemams firm The weather i<s now,and hes been Tor Eome time, favourable forfaim work.

EXPORT OF PRODUCE.WELLINGTON. June 11.

The return of the quantity and value of jfiozen moat and dairy produce entered for ex-port from New Zealand l??t month ihows thefollowing totals —Butter. 13.136cwt, value£63,425, cheese, 76G3c\\t, value £ 16.652, beef.S3.SO3cwt, value £42.413, carcase3of mutton,155,46G, wlni £119,348. legs and piecpa ofmutton, 1-1.351cwt, value £10,148, lamb.»l,Slscwt, value £142,580. The quantity ofbuttrr sent away was nearly double that ex-ported in the corresponding month of lastyear, but there was a shrinkage in cheese ofabout TOOOcwt as compa-red with May, 1301. Acomparison with the latter month shows about33OO0c\vt cheese, übcut 94,000 carcases ofmutton, nearly 11,000 legs and piece? ofmutton, and 87,000 carcases of lamb in favourof May of the present year.

THE FROZEN MEAT MARKET.WELLINGTON, June 14

!Mr Cameron, inspector of New Zealai-d pio- jdue? in London, reports that thy shortage of }supplies of chilled beef from America has beensteadily causing the market for all classes ofbeef to become firmer. There is a greatpcarcity of prime fat cattle in America. Theproduction of beef in the Stites has been niftdeexpensive owing to the short corn crops. MrOftsaotsg &£* MSX believe tli&i. iiis &ailiuet

THE LABOUR MARKET.Joliii Skcue and Son report under date Jimi

17 as follows.— The "boom0 for first-classplcughmen, horsemcii, and general agriculturalworkers still continues. Top wages arc beingoffered in all directions. We are also verybusy with farm and station couples, milkers,■trappers, cooks, and baker3. Taken all round,this market is very active. We quotewages as follows:— Ploughmen,20s, 22s Gd, anda fejDtJ4.4aai.jf%yu.AsA station.SSUfilfii. ia

20 -OTA GO" WITNESS,

Wheat perBest milliußMcliuJii doFowls' ...

MillingoatsFeed oatsMaltbarleyVeed liarlcyOapc VarleyMaize . .Jlour, !o 200'sFlour, in50'sPollard ...Bran

rbu'-uel i per ton. 4,:J |Barley.lust ... 120/0:J/.O Oaten liav 70/0

3/-S/4 ! Oatmeal, in25'- 290/0217 j Oatenchaff 65,0-85/0

2/4—2/5 ' Ryegrass hay ... 70/0410 Straw 40/02,6-2/9 ! Pearl barley .. 220/0... 3/3 ■ Onioiia ... 9/Or.wt... -1'I per lb

per +on. Holleiibaron ... 7<l... 2:JO/0 iSide bacon . 7d... 215/0 ISmoked ham? . 8d... 110/0 i Cheese f>ld... 100/0 ; Wood &alt tiuttev,6dto' Sd.accordinstoquality

TT" ET Rl HI!S IViiCT1d IN USE IN ENSLAND

■ I #\r\ ITS "mmm|\Vm?■ -iuWTlfflftk. OVER FIFTY YEARS.

. . . FOR DRESSING SEEDS . . .Kumerctss Te&timcßJals received in Canterbury ardOtago testifying that thePEOTECTOR

Prevents Smut mWtcat, Cats, andEarley;PreventsBestructionofSeedbyBirdsor Woiras;SeedGeixninatesa icrtnlght Fariier; Saves aQuarterEushelol SeedperAcre.

This Specific lakes the place of Blueslcne. ard by its use the Seed is strongly carbo- Obtainable£rom alllisedâTid is prolededbcib ly Iheimoll and taste from fceirg eaten by biids and other Storekeeperspestg. The Seed also germinates quickerby itsuse. and Ironmongers.

PRICE: Cue Sfcillirg per Packet, -whichxsillEressEight Enshels.

national rnmimm & mmw co.of new luimuBTJNEDIN, SOLE AGENTS.

llMUfaJMl'ilfrMHTs r' eS£ HS ata price within reach of almost every-jfiSS]Bwu body'spocketbook,but itismade withthe same careandJjßaj KSm exactness as Winchester rifles that cost five times asJEa| MSB much. The name "Winchester" on this rifle is affISCS Gran! Buarantee'n itself of its quality. The Model1900 is a(BBEK£9sI hammerlesstake-dov/n,andcan be taken apart easily

andquickly*-. Itfs made with an18-inch roundbarrel,fittedwithopenfrontand rear sights. It sjioots .22 Short and .22LongRim-Firecartridges,andBulletBreechcaps.Thesecartridgescostsolittle thatone canafford to shoot asmany times as he likes as oftenashelikes. Some makes of.22 Caliberriflesarea fewpence cheaper,but they are a great deal cheaperin quality- than they are in price.We don't try to see how cheap v/e can make thisrifle,but how good.FOR SALE BY ALL IRONMONGERS

IThi« ffffllEfiiaWZi ih Cln 25 Quaker Panels 9■ 11110 l& J||§g|jr Jw ▼ ▼ I" ■" and ai/ Postal Note D

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wkrJHfc wre Skin Eruptions, Boils, Feverish Cold,jSp Influenza, ThroatAffections, and

TESTIMONIAL.--"Ihave been anurse for ten years,andhavenursed casesof scftriet fever, pyaemia,erysipelas,measles, gangrene, cancer,andalmost everymeationable disease. During this liinoIhavenot beenill for a single day,andthisIattribute to theuseof Eno's 'Fruit Salt,' which has keptmy blood in apare state. Irecommend it to all my patients during convalescence. Itsvalue as a means of health cannot be overestimated."

—A Phofessiosal

Norse (Qualified).THE EFFECT OF EKO'S'FRUIT SALT' ON A DISORDERED, SLEEPLESS, andFEVERISH CONDITIONIS SIMPLY MARVELLOUS. Itis,IH fact,NATURE'S OWN REMEDY, AND AN UNSURPASSED ONE.CAUTION.— Seecapsule marked ENO'S 'FRUIT SALT.' Without it youhavea

WORTHLESS IMITATION.prepmcaonlybyJ.C.EKOtLtd.,atthe'FßUlT SALT'WORKS,LOHDON,byJ.C.EMQ-3Patent.

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Ethzl R. Pewjauik, Barriste^ and Solicitlor, Albert Buildings, Princes street, Duned>a(oppesite C.P.0.), has trust moneys to lend*»

NORFOLK ISLAND.. June 16.The Southern Cross has arrived after

a cruise in the islands. Matters gener-ally are quiet. There was a slight nativedisturbance in Malayta. Father Roua-lac's mission vessel Eclipse js ashorenear Wanderer'sPoint, in the Solomons.The Southern Cross unsuccessfully triedto tow her off.

SHIPPING SUBSIDIES♥

BRITISH SHIPPING HANDI-CAPPED.

LONDON, June 13.George Renwick, of Fisher, Renwick,

and Co., shipowners1, Newcastle-on-

ating"

Boss" Croker, state that

Croker's best quality was his truthful-ness, and they take him at his wordwhen he said that he would never againbe the Tammany leader.

Congress is formulating,a scheme ofcivil government for the Philippines,whirh is equivalent to an offer of liberalterms to the rebels.

June 14.During a fire at a leather goods fac-

tory in Philadelphia 200 girls rushed thefire escapes. Many were crushed, and

fell to the pavement. TwelveHvere killed.

Tjme, giving evidence before the statim*ship Subsidies Committee said foreignGovernments encouraged and fosteredmerchant shipping, especially by subsi-dies. The British regulations harassedtheir ownsubjects. Foreign ships oughtto be treatedin British ports the cameas British ships. The suggestion to givo(British shipowners the entire coastal,-colonial, and intercolonial trade wa3infinitely better than a direct subsidy*He advocated the appointment of siMinister of Shipping. He feared therfnavy would be insufficient to protect"commerce in war time.

Dr Tucker, of the Chatham Islands, a»wrived at Christchurch by the s.s. Toroa.He is in bad health,- and-, has come', toChristchurch in order to go to the hospitajfor treatment.

INTERCOLONIAL.MELBOURNE, June 10.

Mr Peacock (the ex-Premier) trippedon a carpet and fell, breaking a coupleof rib?.

June 12.Admiral Beaumont ha« advised Mr

Deakin that the French Governmenthad issued regulations for the NewHebrides similar to the British inreference to the recruiting of nativewomen and the importation of firearmsand spirit^. The effect is to removethe advantageFrench traders had overthe British. The action is regarded asshowing a desire to work in harmonywith Britain.

June 13.In the Federal House- of Representa-

tives a statement was made that theprimary object of theQueensland TimberTrust was to get local timber usedfor butter boxes reduced in price.Questioned if he would carry out hispromise to take action against trusts, MrKingston said the Government weredetermined to legislate against truststhat oppressedthe public. A bill wouldbe introduced nest session. There wasno proof that this trust intended to rai«eprices. It was only when prices wereunduly raised that the Government pro-posed to act.

.SYDNEY, June 10.In connection with the Federal Mili-

tary retrenchment proposal, it is under-stood that a number of prominentofficer": are amon^-t those asked toretire.

June 11.A conference of .the General Council

of the Chamber* of Commerce in theCommonwealth resolved that before MrBarton adopts the proposal to enter intoan agreement while in London with theEastern.'Extension Cable Company withreference to the charges for Easterncables, it is desirable that the terms becommunicated to the council. A resolu-tion carried in favour of uniformity ofholidays in the Commonwealth omittedEight Hours Day from the list of sug-gested general holiday-. j

The Waikave, which has sailed for !Auckland, takes an Eniilish mail. Hnr jpassengers include a large contingent ilor the Fiji excursion.

The censure debate in. the Assemblyis dragging on lifelessly.

June 13.Mr T. A. Dibb-, manager of the Com-

mercial Banking Company, Sydney, hasdonated £1000 to the m-w hospital onthe North Shore.

June 15.Obituary. — Tire Right Rev.Cowper. Demi

of Sydney, a-eel 92 yeais; and Dr While,Piesbyterian divine, aged 81 years.

The steamer Ras Elba, while leavingNewcastle, struck a rock, returned, andwas beached in 10ft of water. Whilemaking back she collided with thesteamer St. Ronald, outward bound,doing flight damage to the latter.

June 16.The British capitalists who floated the

Lithgow IronworksCompany are capableof putting up two or three, millions ifrequired. If the Federal Parliamentconfirms the duty on iron manufacturesand the Bonus Bill is pa^-od, nearly:Y)UO men will bo employed within ashort period." Arrangements 'have beencompleted to lay down an extensiveplant.

ADELAIDE. June 1-1.The Government are can}ing out their

retrenchment -scheme in the public snr-vice. Eighteen officers who ore septua-genarians have been retrenched. A billwill be -hortly introduced under whichnumbeis of others will be retired.

BRISBANE,June 12.The Minister of Railway- ha^ decided

to abolish live railway pa-sCs> which hoestimate^ l.i-t year cost the State£-0.-30,000. In future all State depart-ments must pay like the general public.

The Central Queensland Moat Com-pany has been registered with a capitalof £150,000 to acquire the bu-iues-, ofthe Central Meat Export Company.

The leading timber merchants haveformed a tru-t to protcv 1 the interestsof the trade.

June 14.The. police complain th.it the difficul-

ties in hunting the Kennif-; are largelyincreased through settler* supplying thefugitives with necessaries and informa-tion.

HOBART, June 1-2.At the Midlands sheep .show Mr Tho«.

Gibson, the well-known Tasmauianstockbreeder, took the bulk of the champion-ship awards for merinoes.

June 13.The Fisheries Board have accepted the

American Fisheries Commissioners' offerof a milliou and a-half of quinßat sdlinoHOY4.

Ferdinand's present visit to St. Peters-burg.

In view of the Imperial Conference,the Post Office is inquiring of the Agents-general what subsidies are paid for mailservices.

The committee under Earl Camper-down, recently appointed by the Admir-alty to inquire into the Government'ssubvention agreement in regard to mer-chant cruisers, are also making similarinquiries.stated that the commercial agent of theVictorian Government has agreed tosupply the Imperial Cold Storage Com-pany with 20,000,0001b of Victoria fre>hpork annually.

June 14.The Duke of Argylo opened the "Wad-

ham Colonial Art Exhibition in Picca-dilly. It comprises IGO work«, repre-senting most of the colonies. It is con-!sidered the best colonial exhibition yetheld in London. It is hoped to estab.-|lish a- permanent gallery. The Duke ofArgjTle suggested that the great artschools of Sydney, Melbourne, and ?sewZealand should unite and form an Aus-tralasian Royal Academy.

The bill which Mr Hambury, pre^i- ,dent of the Board of Agriculture, hasintroduced in the House of Commons,extends the margarine provisions of theFood and Drugs Act to butterine, ex-cepting the section restricting theamount of butter fat. It provides thata statement that tho butter has beenadulterated or impoverished, indicatingthe approximate increase by water,must

Jbe legibly printed on the wrapper. The"title "butterine"means butter to whichany substance' has ber-n added wherebythe amount of water is increased, butdoes not include margarine. The billcomes into operationat the beginning ofnext year, excepting for brine butter*,where the moisture does not exceed 18per cent., which are exempted till 1904.

PARIS, June 10.Lieutenant Bandie, while experiment-

ing with a naval balloon off Toulon, fellinto the sea and Avas drowned.

June 11.The new French Premier (M. Combes)

promises bills dealing with old-agepensions, military and judicial adminis-tration, and the reform of disciplinarypunishments in the army.

June 13.As a sequel to the notoriousDreyfus

case, the widow of Colonel Henry, whodiedmysteriously during the progress ofthe trial, recovered £20 damages andcosts from Joseph Reinach on theground.-, of libelling her late husband.

A clerk in the Bank of France em-bezzled £40,000, and absconded.

BERLIX, June 10.The Reichstaghas read a second time

the bill sanctioning the recently-adoptedBrussels Sus;.\r Bounties Convention.

June 12.The Brussels Sugar Convention was

read a third time in the Ruic-h-stag.June 13.

The Upper Hou=e of the German Diethas reierred to a committee a bill toprovide the Mini of 12 million*- sterling \to buy land in the Polish district-, -withthe object of -ettliug, German peasantrythereon.

VIENNA. June 10.The Austro-Hungarian sugar manu-

facturers hro protecting agn'in^t thesugar duty.

June 11.The Kaiser's recent anti-Polish speech

led to racial recriminations in the LowerHouse of tho Reichsrath. The sittingwas abruptly closed.

ROME, Ju..e 12.The notorious Italian bandit Mu-o-

lino, who successfully eludedpursuit foryears till October last, when he wasarrested on charges of muvder, has beenfound guilty on aILcounts and sentencedto imprisonment for life, with solitaryconfinement for eiiiht year--. He isalleged to have been guilty oi -ome 20murder-. i

WASHINGTON, June 10. IThe HoibP of Representatives has

pa--cd tho Anti-Anarchist Bill by 175votes to 39. A motion to omit thesection making the killing of a foreignambassador punishable by death waslost.

June 16President Roo«-evelt'» Me^-aue to

Congress .strongly urg^-i tin.1 coiico-ionof reciprocity with Cuba.

NEW YORK, Juno 10.St. Luke's Sanatorium, at ( Imago,

has been destroyed by fire. Ten jjer=oiiswere killed and 30 injured, includingseveral patients .suffering from deliriumtremens, who were strapped to theirbeds.

June 11.A tornado three milrs loug by two

-wept the Lake Park di-trict, in theState of Minnesota, killing 10 peopleand destroying a church and nine farir*houses.

June 12.A violent storm occurred at Peoria

(Illinois), and many deaths are reported.Thousands of acres of corn have been-'lestroyed. Havoc was caused amongstshipping, and devastation elsewhere.Washouts occurred ou the Illinois-lowarailways, causing loss of life.

June 13.Violent earthquake^, extending over

a fortnight, have been experienced inTnkan, Ecuador.

The Tunun.aii£ Hall chieis, in yejnidi-

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.LONDON, June 9.

The Committee onMilitary Educationliavc recommended promotion by selec-tion instead of seniority. The onlychance of a general improvement in mili-tary education is an honest system of jpromotionby merit.

The India Council have imposedcountervailing duties on Austrian andGermansugar.

Three Hooligan* have been arrestedfor the manslaughter of Mr Spicer, whowas killed in the street while returningfrom the peace rejoicings.

The remains of Sir Daniel Cooper■were buried at Brompton. A numberof representative colonials attended thefuneral.

The Nord-Deutscher.Lloyd steamerKronprinz Wilhelm made the passagefrom New York to Plymouth in five daysllhrs 32min, establishing a record.

June 10.Au appalling fire broke out at the

GeneralElectric.Lighting Company'sfive-floored warehouse in Queen Victoriastreet, London, at 5 o'clock in the af-ternoon. The buildings were 70ft high,smd the fire escapes being only 50ft thefiremen wereunable to relieve a numberof girls on the upper floors. Severaljumped 60ft into a tarpaulin held in thestreet. Seven were grievously hurt, andtwo were itliinjured. Eight girls andone boy weresuffocated. Several heroicrescues were effected by the firemen.

June 11The revised Estimates submitted to|

the House of Commons by Sir M. Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,put the " expenditure at £176,000,000and the revenue at £152,000,000. Thedeficit will be met by a consols loan,leaving a surplus of £6,000,000.

The Cape Colony loan of £3,000,0003 per cents., at £96, was covered two-fold.

Groat indignation i<s expressedin Lon-don that no fire escapes above 50ft highexist.

The King and Queen yesterday werethe guests of Mr Choate (the AmericanAmbassador) at dinner.

The House of Commons, in com-mittee, decided by 279 to 193 to main-tain the corn tax. Sir H. C. Banner-man said that he believed that the taxraised hopes and fears in differentquarters', threatening friction betweenthe Motherland and the colonies.

Mr Austen Chamberlain said that theOpposition had asked Sir M. Hicks-Beach to declare that Britain will neverunder auj' circumstances consent topreferential relations with the colonies.It would be a strange proceeding toslam the door in the face of the colonialPremiers and condemn their proposalsbefore hearing them.

The Canadian Ministers proceeding toLondon are authorised to co-operatesubstantially with the Imperial Govern-ment in any decision favouring a fastCanadian steamship line.

Mr Barton and Sir J. Forrest arcvisiting Rome. The Roman new-paperscordially welcome them, recalling Mi-Barton's expressed sympathy withItalians.

June 12.The Pope accorded an audience to Mi-

Barton and Sir J. Forrest. He de-clared that he had followed with keeninterest Australia's progi-e^. He wasdelighted at peace being declared, andjoined heartily in the festivities at theCoronation of Good King Edward.

Brigadier-general Sir Frederick Lu-gard, High Commissioner of NorthernNigeria, was married to Miss FloraShaw, head of the ColonialDepartmentof The Times newspaper at Madeira.

Sir M. Hicks> Beach has promised anexpert .inquiry as to the practicabilityof a graduated income tax.

The periodical monsoons have burstover India.

(The above news implies that the faminean India will soon be at an end ],

Ebenezer Cunningham, a boardschool boy, came out Senior Wranglerin the Cambridge University examina-tions.

Mr Sheehan, M.P. for Mid Cork, hasbeen sentenced to five weeks' imprison-ment at Thurles on a charge of incitingand intimidation. Ho refused to givesecurities for his good behaviour for ayear.

In consequence oi the revolution[Venezuelan gunboats are bombarding.the town of Laguayra. The German.warships Gazelle and Falke are proceed-ing thither.

June 13.The liquidator of the London, Globe,

and Finance "Corporation sued severalfirms of brokers for £1,000,000 damagesfor breach of contract in regard to deal-ings in Lake View Consols -hare-;, MrIWhitaker Wright alleging that they hadagreed not to sell under £17 per .shareand to divide the profit with the Lon-don, Globe, and Finance Corporation.SA. verdict for defendants was returned,the jury finding that no contract hadlieen made.

The Standard's Berlin correspondentjstates that the Czar informally recog-nises- Bulgarian independence. TheSultan of Turkey's name wa« not men-tioned ja the tfia^k djiriuj* Prince

OTAGO WITNESS.June 18, 1902

CABLEGRAMS.

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the Spot!'' . i 4 Know the spot? <

[p ' ft][ , f] R'ght in the"

small "of the back, < I

J$W/ /'"^dEgL I: /// / f^mFj J But it always comes there,

\!;^^^C AhvaJ's starts> in lhe one sPot>' '

<\ ■ /N^ljffi^/'ffiCdfcli^ But it don'L stop'there-— «(A f/f /i//i w§S* < The ache -goe& °nj *I111 'illIv * < S Goes °-n **""nr* ljiuk~ < '

%^ ' 1111 lI VsiP« / Follows the nerve centres— " j

■^^JJLJL^ ' ■*■ You call it all backache, ;I' " Ought to call it kidney ache, I

,V^HBMb^9»B ; Because it comes from the-kidneys, m

SBkS * There's a luiking danger in it all, r

mfW SSIm \ Never neglect backache.' ' <

(

y ?■Iff Stiff/ » *Never- neglect the kidneys' cry foi 11

;i J ffflfj Ijm Sei'ious trouble is Mire to fallow. ( |_, j 1 If If1 IW Urinary difficulties set in. :

1 I// jft'-^' Doan's Backache Kidney Pi'.ls are \

W 'j» Doling Backache Kidney Pills cure f)

X BeF"*^ Cure excessive urinary discharges; f*' ' ■ i'\ Cure letention of the urine; «

< ■ \ -«<^sllSii£ Lure evel'y kicUieJ' il]- 4r

DOAN'S BACKACHE KIDNEY FILLS fENDORSED BY DUNEDIN PEOPLE. i

V ___ . . JA A DCXEDIX WOMAN. ever so much better in every way,.They I

are grand pills, and budly wanted by»Mis TJogers,Hanover street,Thirton, say-5 thousands." - p< > "Two years ago my health went all wrong. '_

Pains inthe backstarted— anagony aboutthe ~ "^ '■ iJ (

kidney*, that was frightful at times. Ialso & DUNEDIN MAN. " Ihad violent headaches very often, and ter- ■

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nble giddiness which almost made me fall. Mr George Terry, 171 Maclaggan street,

v There w.\s a dazzling befoie the eyes which this city, says:— "l am pretty healthy,lIdid not like «»s well. Ilost my appetite, ;s'enc;s

'encr'l!1y speaking, but sometimes'lhave a yand wasn't fit for much in the way of good deal of trouble with the "kidneys. I

V strength. Ihad medical advice, but was feel it most in pains in the smallof the tjack.

treated wrongly, andIused different modi- Isaw that Doan's B?<kache Kidney Pills1 fines, sometimes purgative, which did me were recommended foi such troubles, soIi

more harm than good, weakening me. I obtained some oi these pills at Marshal's «wanted all the strength Ihad to help m<s Pharmacy. Smce using themIhave lost ." bear my troubles. 1got a box of Doan's the pains m the back entirely,and my kid- t.

Backache Kidney Pills at Marshall's Phar- ncys are m a proper state. They are pills finacy, Pnnces stieet, two months ago, and winch will do all that their proprietors say ""

'IwhenIhad taken four doses of these pills j they will do, and anybody w.th disordered 4 jIfelt eased. Since thenIhave used thiee j kidney* should ii'c them. Ican strongly r

<(boxe«, and am free of the pains and feel '1cr runiend them. '"___

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4 Be Sure You get Doan's, the kind your Neighbours endorse* ,i> Don'taccept asubstitute. All Chemistssellthem. 3-abox.

v FOSTER-M'CLELLAN SZ, 00., «

i 76 PITTSTREET,SYDNEY, SOLEPROPRIETORS. „>:...>,*■.j^^^:. , c. ■ ■{■ ■ ♥■ <■ ' * ■ ■:■ ■ * ■ ■:■ " «»»-■«»-—»-.

RHYMES FOR THE TIME.There was an old woman who lived in a ahoe,Her children were sluggards— what waß she to. do?She bought an Ansonia Watch for each ope,-' "

And now they're so punctual they vise with' the sun,

THE ANSONIAIs an OPEN-FACE, STEM-WIKDIKG WATCH of "SUPEKB FINISH. It

has a Secohd'hancl.

Ask your dealer for ©ne, and if he doesn't stock it, tell him todo so.

BISKOP XEYILLTHE SENIORBISHOP,AUCKLAND, June 12.

Dr Coyrie, Bishop of Auckland and Pri-*mate of New Zealand, intimated at a meet-ing of the Standing- Committee to-day that,acting under the advice of two medicalmen, he had thought it his duty to forwardhis resignation of his office as Bishop andPrimate to the Bishop ot Dunedin, thesenior bishop, who, according to church law,is the authority appointed to receive anysuch resignation. The Primate has fre-quently stated in the Diocesan Synod andelsewhere that when he felt himself unable-to undertake the great amount of travelling-in connection with his duties he would re-sign. That time, in his opinion, has now;come.

June 13.Bishop Cowie's resignation is to take efFecfe

in Se-ntembcr.A private movement was originated about

two weeks ago for thepurpose of presenting-Bishop Cowio with a purse of povereignson the thirty-third anniversary of his conse-cration, on the 29th inst., and met withconsiderable success. The resignation of the-Bishop alters the position of affairs, and-'the-cMmmittep have now decided to make th©movement a public-one. The presentation,i-, to be to the Bishop and Sirs Cowic. Al-ready £300 lias been collected.

TWO STEAMERS FOUNDER.SYDNEY, June 12.

The Norwegian steamer Hermondfoundered in a storm.

Eastern file^. to hand add a few de-tail*, to the cabled reports of the loss> ofthe British India steamer Camorta.She was carrying mails along theCoromandel coa«t, and failed to arriveat Rangoon after a terrific cyclone. Alifeboat was subsequently picked up, andseveral steamer* sent out, but no tracewa^, found of her. The Camorta had

'600 native passengers, beside*: the cap-tain, eight European officers, and acrew of 79 natives aboard.

The Auckland-built schooner Advanceivas wrecked at Botany Heads- thismorning, and her captain drowned.

The Advance was leaving Botany Bayin ballast ii> a heavy .sea. She missedstays, and drifted on to a reef, aud«ank while Captain Jiitr--trom was* be-low recovering property. The crew ofthree scrambled ashore on the rocks,much bruised.

NEWFOUNDLANDFISHERIES

of =tc'.k. ihe price of meat i- very lutih,;4:id attach!v rising.

THEBROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA.

FRENCH FISHING A FAILURE.

LONDON, June 12.The French fishery on the Grand

Baiik. Newfoundland, i- a completefailure. One hundred ve-v-ols are ljiugat iM:. Pierre Jielple-^. Bait is unob-tainable, owing to Newfoundland's-.tmigent law-.THE KING'S HEALTH,

THE MEMBERFORGALWAY

ARRESTED IN LONDON".

LONDON, June 11.Colonel Lynch, member for Galway,

was arrested lit Victoria r-.iilway station,London, on hi- arrival from Paris. Hewas taken to Bow street Police Court.

June 12.Lynch hj- been remanded.In the Uous^ of Commons Mr

o'Kelly a-k'ul it Lynch had not aburgher's right oi surrender. Mr Bal-four said Lynch >va- not a burgher.

Mr M'Ncjl! a^ked, Is it not a JMiuis-ter's bounden duty to communicate tothe House the fact of a member'sarrest ;"*

Tiie Speaker iep]i°d that it was not abounden duty, bat a usual practice towiite informing the Speaker.

Mr John Redmond ga\ c notice of aquestion whether the Government wereextending to Lyuch the same terms ofsurrender as the Cape Dutch.

June 15.Mr Lynch, who was elected to repre-

sent Gdlway city and wa^- arrested onreaching London from France, has beenremanded for a week. The Crown sub-mitted evidence showing that he wentto South Africa as Dr Leyds'.s emis-ary,that he controlled and commanded anJnsh Brigade, and that he Was fightingrepeatedly.

AN ATTACK OF LUMBAGO.

QITIET AND-JXEST DESIRABLE.

NO CAUSE FOR ANXIETY.'; LONDON, June IG.

Tlie King and Queen ha-d.arranged io.review 40,000 tioop- from the RoyalPavilion at

*Alders-hot to-day, but late.

ln>t night a Court circular announcedthe following:—

"The King is uni'ble to leave hi->rooms to-day owing to an attack oflumbugo, caused by a chill." |

Other advice^ .state that after wit- jnewng a torchlight tattoo on Saturday jni^ht and momentary waiting iv the jrain for the carriage to return to the jpavilion, King Edward became unwell, iSir V. Lakinir, one of the Phjviciuii"in-Ordinaiy. was telegraphed for. inul jproceeded after midnight to Alclershot,and pre-cribed. The prescription waspreparedat the Third Brigade Hospit.il.The physician recommended a day spentin perfect quietness.

King Edward i< confined to his couch,but was considerably belter towards (evening, when he roê. Later he ox- jpected to be able to attend the review.

The Standard states that there i^ no jcause for anxiety as to the condition ofthe King, who was somewhat run down ;latterly through cou-tant attention toState dutie-. > I

The Queen :ui<l I'rinco and Prince^ of iWales visited the camp hospital during ithe afternoon. J

THE COMMONWEALTH.

LONDON. June 12. 'The miners on strike in Pennsylvania

urge the companies to raise the pricesof coal, in order to pay their demands.The Times New York correspondentsays, that {he question to be decided iswhether the owner-, or the unionistsshall control the mine--.

June 14.Dr Cockburn, ex-Agent-geueral for ,

South Ati-tralia, i-enro-c-nt, the -Aus-tralian Commonwealth at the Interna-tional Labour Confers-1110 :u Du-'-cldori'.

AUCKJaAXH, Juno 13.. !Applications have beon fl't tl with* the !

clerk of awards for reference duett to theArbitration Court in the- saddlers', builders',labourers', and iyj'Otjrapliie.il depute.";, j

The fneU in cr»'iv':in-i v, it' V:o ':\>r-v-

picLition of the ii.i'nung trad-- awaid inWellington, which was <'i" <-übj.>ct of angrycomment al last week's meeting of llieTrades,and Labour Council there, seem tohave lieen distorted by the uneakers on thebubject whose remarks woie published by uson Saturday. The award in question pro-\ides>, it appear*. r':v tiir.c and a-quaiterbf;iug paid ior woil> done To.- a certain time.'iftor t'.io expiry of ihr rc-ogni-ed daywork, for time and a-half for a furtherperiod of o\ertime up to midnisht. and fordouble time aftrr midnight. Tlip questionaro-o as to llic rate of paymont which shouldb? granted to men who. under special cir-oum-tanet?^, had to fommtnrfi ;< clayV w»rkat 6 a.m. insload of "8 ii.ir. Tlie aware1speoifi'infv ior Ihe paysncisl of double in1

after midnight applied only in 'h^ ca.-P of .v

day's work being continued after midnight.In tliii> case, howr\cr, a dajr'> work wa->being- commenced earij'. and not continupcllate. Tho contingency \\a<i cue which lh°ecuiL had not contemplated, and ior whic'iprovision had i:ol b -t-ii made in the awan!.Thr> que-lion v,a< ( on-criunntly submitted toit for fptllomen'

— " If an employer iv f|tili\ ili!» ii'en In commence woik on =peciai ocr°-sion-> earlier than tho ordinary iiwie for coin-menc-iug work, what p\tra lato blmuld bopayable?" The an~wv>r « a^ Lliat llv inoni)iu~l bp jiaid at the iatc of nr»ip ai'.d a-ipisrter if iUo limn ol i-l.ii-lii:^ i- ;ntrr i>a.m. and double tnnn ■! ") fmv- tlj.it hoiu.I'ljrm tin \va-> founded !!( xu.a-nl :<Un<lwhich Hiembcr.^ of ll»e Tndt-s Council -.-■r,Wcllfngron inatlo upon Ih" court. Hut ilicppealkors conveniently ouuttod lo mentionthat, while delivering it? inierpretotiou. thecourt amended the awardIn turh a way astoconvey a substantial conee£?ion.tr> the workers-making provision in it for Mie time neces-sarily occupied b>\ workers, in proceeding tosuburban or country work.

_ * .UNREST IN RUSSIA

A protect h being made by tho Goulburn(N.S.W.) Progress A'sot-iation against theregulation under which ladies attendingclasses at the Technical College have todivulge their ager.

LONDON, June 12.Two deaths from plague occurred on

the steamer City of Perth, from Cal-cutta, while quarantined at Dunkirk.

.SYDNEY. June 10.One case of plague wa-> reported to-

day.June 11.

One case of plague was reported to-day. The sufferer is dead.

June 12.One case of plague was reported to-

day.THE LYTTKLTON CASES.

CHBISTOHUUOII, -Tune 15.The four patients at the tbmpovary in-

fectious diseases hospital are jiow con-valescent, and will all bo released in abouta week. They include Thonißi .Shields, whowa<r tho first case from Lyttelton ;his sister,Jane Shields, who caught the plague; whilenuraincj her brother:tho hny lio^cr.*, alôfrom Lytteltcu. who Ims been duugcrotuJ.vill; .mcl Moore, ihe man who was taken r.ffHie Monowai at Lyttolton. airl who. UrFenwick, ir.edica! officer in charge, say.-, ha^been suffering from plague minor.

TRADES AND LABOUR.

A SUSPICIOUS FIRE.CHRISTCHURCH, Jane 13.

Tho inquiry into thoburning of the BlackHor?e Hole] i- providing sensational dis-closures for the delectation of the public.The most important ■ciidenea was that ofNellie Griffen, a servant at the Black Horse-at the lime of the fire. Witnes3 stated tliafct>iie at the back of the kitchen. MrsSnook*, owner of iho property, went to Wel-lington.ifew days after vmners went to thehotel, and wa= Away for three weeks. MrsSnooks took some silver plate with her—butter dishes, cruets, etc. Mrs Sncoks didinot tell her why she was taking the goods.When Mrs Snooks returned from Wellingtoneoirce sacks containing dressmaking things-were sent to Hobby's buildings in a csrhThe removal tcok place wlrilo Mrs Sroot*\\;u away. M<- Snook-! paid another viito Wellington, leaving the house about 5.20p.m. the night of the firr. She wont a«vayin » trap driven 1-y a man named "'Fred,"*who wk3 an occupant of the house. Afciv d.i)'s before Mrs Sneoks left she saidthat if anything- happrned in the v.-yy offire, t-hf (witness) was to -^n out of a \v"r.-ilciv. .Mr, .Sno'»k? also iji-J (iat her (v.-it-n"?5

") fiol'n'i would co-jt her £4 <>r £5.

She (wiir.es>) packed her dothe?; and k»°nfiihom pitched for tlire& nights, sio she ivsifrlghtfued of getting them burnt. M:souooks told her not to say anything- to any-bodj-. On the night of the fire Mrs Smithand sho left the Icitehon for bed an 20minutes past 10. Thf kitchen fire was out,

and tk« lighr in the sisling loom was put o"^by Mrs Smith. Th«-re was a cupboard inthe sitting room that contained rubbish anda box of soap.. When the light was put outin the sitting room there were-no signs offire from the clipboard. After "Fred," whowas la-it in. had gone to his room pfie heardMrs Smith calling out "Fire."' She (wit-np".) got out of ihe window immediately.The house was full of smoke, but ther» wcrono signs of fire. She could not see v.'Jierothe smoke was c-nming from. She ssuv MrsSmith and '"Freu

"'ami two boarders stand-

ing about outside. They were 6tanding"outside for about 10 minutes before theyfuv Ihr- flames brook out in the middle of!':" lu'ildi-JR. She could vot sec v.here the)'"iv ''.jrted. Wh"n Mrs Snooks left foi-Trohngion the second time she look withanail her clotbrs. Another \vitne.-~ namedMax O. Maboney, stated that on the c-veiiinpfct May 15 he airived at the Black Hor?e-about diiiV. .]. Slatteiy was with him. Theyiiaa tea ihivre. and intended to stay For ..hei.i.'.r. They wenr to bed between 6 and 7o'cl'icl:, .i.'id slept ii xhf sn.'iie room

—one nf

'.\\n--o o\cr the s>tiins< roarp. They had noliql^ts ai all in the mom. Tâte at niprht.abour 10 iiiinir.es before Ibe outbreak ofi\r(*. "]<'iel" came up and asked Slattervif ho would hu%e i. long shandy. "Fred"had r.ni bef>n called to come up. He wr-ntdown u> sre-t ihe drink, but on returning-.ca;d that Mrs Smith would not give it to:!-«.u. When

'"Fred

'went away he ieffc

:' |jirri cantllo in ihe room, and left the-door npcic. SJattery got- a drink of wnier-and then blew out the candle. About 10minutes afterwards he (witnesd) felt suffo-rated >vith smoke. He and Siatterr erot up.Hlattory meanwhile- si»jji»g out.

"Police,"Muwlor." They could uofc fiad their vraynut of the roo:ii, but tojnebody, he thoughtalady, C2EM upstairs witli a candle. Slatt^rv-(■.illwlout. "For G'od-3 sake fave your foul,and follow me." They got out, and a few-minutes afterwards they saw the flame- blazeout of the Eitting-room window, \yhieh hadpreviously been broken by "Fred."

The inquiry ha* been adjourned to the27th iiist.

PUSHING OX RAILWAYS.ST. PETERSBURG, June 11.

Fifty to.uher'- in the national school-of St. Petersburg have been arrested inconnection with the circulation of revo-lutionary propaganda.

June 13.llir-ch Lockert, who last month -hot

at and wounded the Governor of theRu'-'-ian province of Vilna,ha- been exe-cuted.

Renter's Agency states that Russiaearly next year commences building arailway to the Per-ian frontier, ulti-mately continuing it to Tabriz.

CHINESE AFFAIRS

A FEDERAL LOAN.THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S

ALLOWANCES.MELBOURNE, June 10.

In the Federal Hou-e of Representa-tives Sir George Turner moved the""econd riM-dmgt. of the Loan and LoanAppropriation Hill-. He explained thatthey authorised the i-ue of £1,000,000worth of inscribed stock, to be expendedchiefly in completing buildings takenover from the State Governments, ex-tending and improving the telephonic-and telegraphic services. An item of1*50,000 lor connecting andSydney by telephone was included.

The Federal House, after a long andheated debate, voted an additional£oUOO to :-over Lord Hopetoun's ex-penses during the royal visit. The Go-vernment were .strongly condemned forits whole methods of dealing with theGovernor-General's establishment. SirG. Turner promised that Parliamentwould be fully consulted with referenceto future Governors-General.

Sir G. Turner, iv the House of Repre-sentatives said that the financial posi-tion of the State*' prospective falling-offin revenue made it absolutely impossibleto avoid borrowing to construct neces-sary works. He proposed to establish a

fund of 2 per cent, in connec-tion with these loans. This would wipeofi each loan in37 year-. He estimatedthat tke Commonwealth, would have to

LONDON. June 11.China has agreed in a treaty she i>

now negotiating with Britain to prc-vide for the removal within two yearôf the barriers which impede traffic andcause" '"ilt accumulation in the CantonRiver.

June 12.Sir E. M. Satow, the British Am-

ba-<-:idor. ha*, accepted 'the principle of«i pro rata reduction in all foreignindemnity claims against China arisingout of the rccpnt disturbances.

Tho Timers Peking correspondentslates that in order to meet the Ru'-ianview China, with. Gie^t Britain's taii-

THE DUTY OX FODDEPv.

MELBOURNE, June 13.- Mr Deakiu has receiveda letter fromthree ex-State-Ministers of Agriculture,claiming to represent the agriculturalinterests of the State, urging him nottosuspend the foddeiv duties, as there is'at'present an-ample supply of grain »hdfodder to meet all Australian wants forBorne time.i In_ the Federal House Mr .Deakinfctated that unless the New Soutli WalesJjGovernment took action in the matterof the fodder duties he was afraid thel"?deral Government could do nothing.

In the Federal House of Representa-tives the monthly Supply Bill passedall stages. During the debate the Go-vernment werebatlly heckled over thenon-suspension of the fodder duties. MriFuller, in order to ie*-t the feeling ofIthe committee, and as an instructionito the Government to remit the fodderfluties, moved to reduce supply by £1.{Mr Deakin reiterated the pleas thatfthe Federal Government were unable>to act owing to tlfe States not beingunanimous in the demand for the su>-ipension of the duties. If all had de-snanded, then the Government wouldihave faced the difficulty and taken allrisks. Under the circumstances theycould do nothing, but there were severalways in which the States could giverelief. Mr Fuller's motion wa& nega-tived by 22 to 7.

SYDNEY, June 10.in the north-western dis-

trict and portion of the coa^t, the wholeStiate benefited J>y the rain. .It wasespecially good in-the Eastern Rivevinaand in the south-eastern area*. Over

-. Sin fell atKiaudra, butit was lightoat west. Splendid general rains haveFallen in Victoria and Soutli Australia.TJiese are considered a hopeful preludeto the break up of the drought in NewSouth Wale?.

The Premier, in reference to the fod-der duties, says that in spite of theattitude of the Federal Government, lie$}oes not despair of being able to affordbelief to the pastorali<=t<-.

June 11.The Daily Telegraph says it is .stated

cm good authority that there are 10,000tons of damaged wheat in New Zealandavailable to feed starving stock if theduty were taken off; also that thereis a considerablesupply of mangels, tur-nips, hay, and chaff available from NewZealand, but not hi large quantities.

ThePremier,inreply to inquiries as toihesuspension of the fodder duties, saidhe must withhold information till thepensure motion was decided. It is con-sidered improbable that the Governmentwill take any action in the direction ofsuspending the duties, as the difficultiesin the way are believed to be too great.

The Railway Commissioners have re-fiuced the rate for the carriage of fodderto a nominal figure to relieve starving>tock. This course wa-> advocated by theGovernment.

June 12.'.Good showers have fallen on thesoastal districts. The weather is veryjold, causing the death of large num-»ers of starving stock.

June 15.Owing to the drouaiit and the scarcity

OTAGO WITNESS. Jane 18, 1902.

sent, promises that China herself willbuild iijy railway between Peking andthe Great Wall without foreign capital,and not mortgage it a-> security to anyforeign Power.

BESIGNATION OF THE PRIMATE.borrow half a million yearly for a fewyears for necessary works. The Houserejected the item £300 to pay the ex-penses of a Coronation church servicein Melbourne. The feeling is stronglyagainst subsidising churches, and thuscausing possible irritation amongstreligious bodies.SHIPPING DISASTERS.

THE BUBONIC PLAGUE

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crease, it would be perfectly legitimate toterm the items upon which the increaseswere put by the Government an increase oftaxation;but, happily, no increase whateverhas been made, but, on the contrary, a verylarge deciea°e was ejected. As a matter offact, the reduction? made by the Govern-ment in the rates levied through the Cus-toms amounted to £196,000 in the year1901. it should always be remembered, inconsidering the system of taxation existingin New Zealand, that about 75 per cent, ofit is obtained through indirect channels, andthe fluctuations of trade affect this forbetter or worse, a> the case may be. Therehas been n» increase in taxation of any kindmade by the colony for tho lji^t tMen year**.There have been enormous decreases duringthe -ame period.— (Applause )

THK RKYKNTK.fn e\ery department in t!:e colony, except-ing icriirorid), there is a considerable in-crease of the levpnuo upon that of the r>re-\lous year, a>id Iam -ere thai yon -%.% i11 l;egiatified to know that for tho two monthsei.c'mg the 31-t May of this roar the revenuel-«ti 1 greater than it was for the correspond-ingpeiiod of la«t yrarby £2200: not a largesum. but the point ia that two months al-ready of tlie present year exceeds the cor-lesponding two month- of last year, whichg-tve good remit-,—(Applaud ) The amountreceived itoui l.nur" end income taxsmaountcd in lmr.id' figure? to £492.000,dnided under tlie following heads: Ordi-nary land tax, £234,000: graduated andabsentee l?ud ta.\, £79,000— making a totalof £315.000: income tax, £179,000 :-totalfor both. £492,000. sii-i» l£9i up to the31s-< March !a«t the land tax has increasedfr.om £297.200 t > £313,000. which you will*cc is a \ery small iiictcaee, " i-epresentingonly some £16,000. Tlip income tax for thesame period has increased from £67.4-00 to£179.000, an increase of £112,000. This"shows two thing-: (1) that the argument ad-vanced by Mime that the income and landtax was abnormally great is not borne outby the actual result*; and (2) the still moreforcible one t)nt the earnings of the people*h;»\e b'en --o much, greater as to give an in-cica^p in their income returns of £112.000. —(Applati.-e.)

THK RAILWAYS.Since- resuming control of the railways on1-t January. 1595, the Government has madepopceF&ions in passenger fares and on freightof articles of everyday use or of local pro-duction amounting approximately to£4 20,239. Tlicpe concessions have, consistedof reductions in both ordinary and seasonticket rates, aKo in the rates for schooland pleasure parties, wockeis* ticket*, race-horses, hunters, polo ponies, hounds, lhe-tock, firewood, chaff, lime, timber, frozenir.eat. butter, cheese, and other dairy pro-duce, manure, brick*, clay, coal, wool, emptybutter and vegetable packages, phosphoriêdpollard for extermination of rabbits, NewZealand-grown vegetable-, green iax, agii-cultural produce, onions, bonedust, guano,manure, gait, rock salt, linseed beans, bran,native flax, Hour, pea«, sacks in bales andbundles, private siding rentals have beenreduced, and hoiidav excursion fares inau-gurated. Thti following i* apjroximately tliovalue of the concessions p*>r annum oi\ thebf«sis of the traffic at the time the reductionswere mack :—Live stock lates , lp , 525,000Chaff, lime, etc. ># 3ôooAgTictiltttial piodu.-e 40,000MHJntr"s .. . i]qqdFree^cai-riageot lime and lPclu^rcl mt s

for butter, eh-ese, and variius .'.myproduce ", 5.000

Fiozen mea ifiimM.)\-u!ga tn'.al per annum o".. . j£7<S,OO9- (Applause.) In addition to the foregoing,

cames-ions on article^ which are directlyproduced or mainly used by the farming andpastoral communitir-s, material benefit-, «hei.ilnp of which cannot l,e estimated, butwhuh neverthelci« amount annually to a\ery cons,idevable sum. ha\e been conferredon farmer^, pastoralists, and dairymen byrhe rodrction in ordinary fares, the aholitionoi the extra charge of Idper ton on goodscarried o\er the branch lines of the colony,the abolition of the charge for an additionallive miles for goods conveyod over the Rimu-taka incline, and the free conveyance onreturn journey of stud stock for breedingpurposes.— (Applau.-e.) The result of theworking of tê railways for (he year justerded has been most satisf&etorv, tho trafficand revenue having maintained that buov-anry for which they have been remarkableduring recent year?. Tie following are the-actual reMilts of tho working of the railwaysfor the year jui-l ended a^ compared withthe previous year:

—

The total uKiea-e in revenue i- £147.350:total imna-c in p\p*Miditure. £124.390:net ir.crca>e jh revenue, £22.960 The neiieveiiue i- approximately equivalent to £36s 7d per < onr. on the capital cost of tlierailway*, o-tiniated ."t £18.317,328.— (Applau>e.) The follow ins Mations have nowbrrn fitted v ith interlocking apparatus;Addnij/toii Junction, Ilornhv Junction, Ab-hotsford. Wituratiii. Uiirn-ido, Wellington,Westport. Rollest m The electric tramtablet --vstcm of tiain signalling ha> beenm-.ta.iled between Mo-gii'l and Waitati.Turakma and Hawcr.i. Te Aro and Ko.ithcrston, and i-> -uper-u-dnm tlie Winter block.Both mtfilocking and tablet, haveiiivon geueial i.iti-f.u-tion, and added to th"■-.ifetv of working tram-. The holiday e\f ursion ticket-* continue very popular withtiicj piibln, and aro largplv availed of when-ever i-Mied. especially during the generalpuMie holuiaw.

—(Applause ) The total e\

mi-ion bookings for the jear eudmg 31-tMaidi, 1902, \v!>* a- follow,. -

l>eincc an iiicvpa^c over previous year of62 207 pa-senger-, and £34.112.— (Applause.)The r:«pidly-c«pandi«jg traffic hats ncee«i-tated thr increasing of goods and passengertrain per\'<e= to a very considerable extent,and during the Dan year these, increased

train services represented-an addition of54,063 trainmiles, at a cost of £13,517. Theimproved train services "and increase in thptraffic, have necessitated very large addi-tions being made in the railway rollingstock and the employment of engines ofa more- powerful type than had been pre-viously used. A now time-table is now iacourse of preparation, and will be broughtinto operation on Ist July. This makesprovision for reducing the jovirney time ofthe Christchurch expresses by 45 minute*each way, the train being tinved to arriveat the- respective termini at 8.15 p.m., in-stead of 9 p.m., as at present. Connectionswill bo made by the K«row and Ngapara.branch trains and the express from Christ-clrnrth, the jouvnoytime of tho mixed train,between Duuedin and Pahnerston will be»reduced, and the goods services between,lnvcrcargill, Riverton, and Nightcaps willbe re-arranged in such a manner as to ad-jnit of settlers in. tho whole.of.the Westerndistrict getting their stock through to Dun-eclin inone day.— (Applause.) A new misetltrnin is also being arranged to run between"Wiiiron and Imercargill on Saturdays.

THE ROLLING STOCK.On 31st March, 18S5, "the rolling stock onthe railways of the colony consisted of 269locomotives. 493 cars, with, a seating accom-modation sufficient for 17,455 passengers,204 biake vans 8264 waggon?, 5477 tar-paulin*. At the corresponding date of thisyear there were 362 locomotives. 701 cars,.with seating, accommodation for 26,778 pas-senger?, 267 brake vans, 12,177 waggons.",5951 tarpaulins. During the seven years

'the railways have been, controlled by theGovernment increases in the rolling stockhave therefore amounted to 93 locomotives.203 curs, 63 brake vans, 3913 waggons, an*l3454 tarpaulins. In addition to> augmentingthe number of engines and waggons thotractive power of tho former and the carry-ing capacity of the latter have been materi-ally increased, thus securing greater eco-nomy in working,' while the comfort otpassengers has. been added to by thecushioning of second class carriages.— (Ap-plause.) A^ tho workshopa of the. colony-could not possibly ymdertake tho work ofbuilding the whole of. the rolling etocfcwith that- expedition which was not onlydesirable but an absolute necessity, a pro-portion of it bad to be imported in orderthat the Railway Department might be en-abled to reasonably raeot the demands ofthe traffic.— (Applause.) The additions mad«to the railway plant have placed the de-partment in such a position that it is nownot only enabled to satisfactorily cope withthe increasing business, but will, it is anti-cipated, be able to undertake the buildinjcof any additional rolling stock required in.the near future. Considerable pc.itions ofthe running truck have 1.-ecn relaid with,heavy metals, sleepers have been respaeedand renewed where required, station yardsand buildings improved and added to asoircumEtances required. Din.ig1 cars havebeen placed on the mail and express trainson the Palmerston North-New Plymouthand Chriatehurch-Dunedin lines, and the"Wertinghouse brake has been fitted to tlu»bulk of tho rolling stock on the Welling-ton Xnpier-Xew Plymouth line, and the*equipping of tho remainder «>[ the "stockwith the brake is being proceeded with &"*quickly as possible. The fitting of th/aWcstinqhomo brake to rolling btock for U«*on the express trains on the Hurunui-Bluffsection has been completed, and arrange-ments for th^ equipping of the remainder,of the rolling siock with tho brake are hovrin progress. Locomotives of the mostnowerful type in the colony, and whichhave been specially designed for consump-tion of local lignite coals have been under-going (rial in tho Invore&rgill district for 'wrnne time past, and the results to date*havo been most satisfactory, the engine*hauling very heavy trains at about halftho cost of the ordinary type.— (Applame.)The bountiful harvest in Southland has ledto very heavy demands being made on the>Railway Department for wnveypnee ofproduce, ami tho ituanLitv of grain carriedin the tlktnot up to date jrivally exceedstl>nt carried in any previous year. Dunns;the fortnight ending May 24 over 152,000sack-, were carried in the Inytjrcargilltrict. The quantity of grain carried toBluff for ■■-liinmer.t for four weeks endingMay 24 was 22,212 ton*, being an increaseof 11,441 tons on the business at. Bluff forthe corresponding period of the previousyear. This heavy traffic taxed th© capa-city of the Bluff station and wharves totheir fullest extent. With a view to facili-tating the work of the station and providefor thn business now being done, ithas been,decided to increase the -yard accommodationto give standing room for an additional'loowaggons, and the work will be put in hand

Iat an early date. The growing trade hasrendered it necessary to erect railway-workshops' at lnvcrcargill. Suitable landlias been obtained for a site-, and the pre-liiuiiuuy works in connection with the erec-tion of the shops is now being undertaken.

|—(Applause.) And while the splendid addi-'tional facilities that hay» been given to thopublic on the railways fiom end to end ofthe colony hive Ikjo.ii afforded, the staffhave not bef-n forgotten.— (Applause.)Tlioir positions ha\i> been greatly imnroved,.uid 1can vith homo ph-a-ure and prida

i '■ay tiui they have b"-?n placed upon a bef-Icr liK=i-> than they hitherto occupied, and

] nidopd one- t?«?ncraUv better than that ofn<anv other railway* in other roinnries towhich T could refer.— (App'sJUsf.)

ADVAN'CKS TO SKTTLERS.During the «au)i> period the Advances ro"Settlers Department .shows what Ican onlycall a inaenificprit re»ult.

— '.Auplause.) Onthe 31=t March la«t £3,074,000 had beenadvanced. Tho 1 per c<nt. linking fund■which had been retained1 by t'te PublicTrustee ha? already produced £95,930. The.net profit for the yoai amounted to £25,025,and ilicic was a -inn of £20,123 +o credit.on (lip 31-,t March. 1901, and with interest£719 tin- makes a total sum now to creditot tho ri-->iir.inc.-> fund, in round figure*. o£-£'.3.Soo: and. further, although the cffic.ihas been <=e»cn years in operation, it has.*ot made a loss on any of its transactions,nor is there any overdue interest; so thatthe stoutest of the opponents of the system:cannot do other than say that the resultsachieved by it have been excellent. At thf-present moment there is about £35,000,000out on mortgage from all sources in thocolony, and 55,000 mortgagees. Since thaiadvances system has been in operation it i-*not an over-estimate for me■to say thasthere has been a lowering in the value e£.interest of 2 per cent. There arc, of course-some people who will tell you that the;Advances to Settlers Office has had nothin;?to do with the bringing down of the rate:of interest. Ido not agree with those whe-Jsay so. It is very largely responsible for tlu£reduction in tho rato of interebt that quiekl'.|followed the creation of that departmentThe Government ruled the market, ant

we save only one or two accidents in ashort space of time by havinga tried equip-ment such as this is, it indirectly pays theState even upon a monetary basis, apartaltogether from the necessity of the laud-able desire on the part of everyone, to pre-vent accidents to human beings travellingby the railways. What have we adoptedthe tablet system in the running of ourtrains for? What have we established theinterlocking system for? Surely with thepraiseworthy intention of not only addingto the efficiency of the railways, but ofgoing for the safety of the tteople who usethem.— (Applause.) What have, we addedso enormously to the rolling stock of thecolony for? Eucirelv in consequence of thoincrease of traffic. Works of this kind maybe termed gigantic. If we do not intendto u=;e the railways for the carrying of theincreased traffic of the reople one couldunderstand any argument finding fault withthe increased e\pou'liturc nece«ary to ha\ethem fully equipned; but it mxiet bo rememLered that this great carrying concernis repaying o\cr 3 per tent, interest uponthe total moneys expended upon thorn,and that interest i- not being providedfor by the taxpayers as taxnayers: it isbeing provided by the people who use therailways— 'applause) :— so that wheu thereis comment made upon the increase of thepublic works expenditure, Iaffirm it i-sneces.-arv to diagnose the position and todistinguish as between that for public worksproper and that for the necessary additionto the open Hues of the railway service.Then, again, take the argument of the mem-ber for Bruce regarding the 1.per cent,underwriting upon our loans. Tt is quiteoutside the power of Mr Scddon or "anyother Colonial Treasurer to prevent th.-.Tt. is the fee fixed by the Stock Exchanc.If the whole- of tho money required 'couldbe obtained in the colony without interfer-ing with or dislocating the general avenuesof trade in the colony itself, it might thenbe possible to ha\o a loan for large sumsraised without under.writinar at all; butwhere underwriting is done— and a wi-eprecaution ifc i« — in the Old Country, it i&not the Colonial Treasurer who fixed thscost for the underwriting; it m fixed bythe London Stock Exchange under its rule:.,f>nd 1per cent, it the rate charged by them.And co, in reference to ths arguments ad-duced by the member for Bruce regardingthe old-age pensions. Surely Ministers can-not be blamed in the matter referred toby him. a» all applications are investigatedunder the law by the stipendiary magis-trates, and no interference with the lawcan or would bo attempted by any Minis-ters of the Crown. He also states that thepublic debt of the colony has reached£56,000,000. In this he is apparently mis-taken. As a matter of Licfc the figure are£53.000,000. The statement of the memberfor Bruce that the public w-irks liabilities iriMarch l;-st amounted to £600.000 is quiteincorrect. The actual sum was £318.000.For the year -1901-2, the total expenditurefrom the- Public Works Fund amounted to£2.143,252 as against £1,309,021 for the pre-ceding year. It will therefore be seen thatlatt year the total cxpeml-ture from thePublic Works Fund was £834-,231 more thanin the preceding year. These figures are-running pretty close up to £1,000,000 extrafor la5t year. The growing tendency to.clamour for increased public works expendi-ture must be resisted, and T trust that thecommon sense of the thinking people of thecountry will assert itself and support theGovernment in a policy which, while pro-gressive and reasonably meeting the de-mands of the country, must at the samelime be consistent with the circumstance*of the colony.— (Applause.)

TAXATION.A« an apt illustration of what Iam pointing our, the income tax paid for tl'P year1892-3 amounted to £67.367, while for th'-year 1900-1 it amounted to £173,809. Theincrease from 1895-6 to 1900-1 was £81.031.equal to 87.34- per cent

--(Applause.) Thepopulation imiea<-erl during tho same period9.86 per cent. The year just ended shorn?a further increase. Now.Ia-k ymi to brarin mind the fact that in estimating the in-crease of what i> termed the taxation of theGovernment you are r.ekcd to believe thatowing to the largely-increased incomes ofthe people, as represented by the figures Ihave juet quoted, and upon which they areonly too glad to pay the income lax them-selves, the larger amount of incometax paid i=> additional taxation imposed bythe Government of the country upon thosewho pay income tax. Such a contention is.-o fallacious, r-o utterly unsound— -and, indeed, Imay say. so utterly contrary tothe truth,- that it surprises one to find tliatthere are people who would ask you to ac-cept their statement that, because of theincreased incomes -of the people and thelarger amount of income tax in the aggre-gate paid upon the increased incomes, thatii an increase of taxation. It is nothingofthe kind (Applau.-e.) It would be quiteas lcai-ouable for them 1o t-ay that if badtimes had exit-ted and the people's income'-had fallen t<» a iery laige extent, and asmaller amount had been leeeived last yearthan the year before, that meant areduction of taxation. On the face of n. itwould be an absurdity. -

1Applause-) Theamount of income tax will fluctuate ex.it tlvin proportion to t)

-e imro:v-e or <!<■( rea-e

uf the incomes ot the people, m the < asomay be. The «ame rf-maj'l.o apply, but withgreater foicc. to another great branch of ourindirect taxing >-y»tem-—name!} . flic Pu--lom-. It ih not aigucd by anyone that -nice1595 6 the Go\eminent has increased thedutie-s paid by the people through the Cu*-tom-> Department, \ »>t e\eiy year time thenboth the amount of revenue raided by theCu-tomn Department and ti>e amount p^rhead ol population -liowu a considerable in-crease eai!i liar. (Applau-i1.) Iwill givethe figure- foi emh year separately: -1895 6,amount rawd by Government £2.335,761,amount per head £3 7-> Id; 1896 7, amountlai-sdl by Government £2.521,911, amountpet head £3 11-: 1897 8, an.ouut raided byGovernment £2 678,576, amount per head £Z13, lid: 1898 9. a/»om.t ra'-'-tl by Governmeal £2.707,099, wiuunt pn- head £3 13s3d; 1899-00, amount rai-cd by Government£2,891.126, amount pe.- head £3 16-, lOd:1900 01, an.omit rai-cd by Government£3,042,890. amount per head £3 19-> 6d. Itwould be an ak-tud doctrine for me to a-sk>-<)u to accept, that because <>f the incic.wdliado of the colony and the con-equcntlylarger importation*-, the ineioase in tin Cus-toms duty was to he teimcd an increase oltaxation."It lnu-t surely l>o clear to themost ordinary mind that it i-an me reasc ofrevenue, coming, it is true, through one ofthe indirect souices that are u»ed to niretthe general public expcnditiue of the colony.It cannot in the pioper =cii.--c be termed anincrease of taxation. Jt tho Governmenthad during any of tho yeaio i-iiwe 1895 de-eded to niciearc t!«c Customs taxation by,-.a. 2j, 5. or 10 per cent., and the revenuefrom the Customs then gho\\«d a large in-

THE COLONY'S FINANCIALPOSITION.

LEGISLATION FOR NEXT SESSION.

(By Oub Special Repobtebs.)

WINTON, June 12.Sir J. G. Ward, Acting-Premier, ad-

diessed a meeting of his constituents atTVinton to-night, when the Oddfellows' Hallwas crowded with a representative audienceof ladies and gentlemen. The lion, gentle-man was -escorted from the special train,by which he travelled from Invercargill, bya body of pipers, andall along the way andon his entrance to the hall his reception,"\ras a most cordial one.

The Mayor of Winton (Mr C. D. Moore)occupied the chair, and there were also onthe platform Lady Ward, Miss Keith, MissJSloore, Hon. H. Feldwick. M.L.C., Messr-M. Gilfedder, M.H.R., D. M'Farlane. M.Hishon, P. Deegan, J. Watson, and others.

Sir J. G. Ward, who was again ap-plauded on rising, said: Mr Mayor,XiOxlies, and Gentleman,

—Ife<?l it is

oolite unnecessary for me to aspire youthat my meeting you to-night affords me thegreatest possible pleasure. Icould not have"other than the happiest recollections of theuniform courtesy and lepeated kindly actsof thgse whom Ihave had the honour torepresent sines the year 18S7, when you"were "kind enough to uannphantly returnme to represent you in Parliament.

—(Ap-

plause.) During the year3thathave elapsedsince then there have been many changes inthis electorate. It is painful to me to re-member that many of the old pioneers who■wereperennially known to me, and who wtrchighly respected in this district, have goneto their long home;but itremains for thosewho are left behind to continue the good■work which those men commenced. Tho■whole face of the country may be said tohave been changed for the better by theexertions put forth by the people. That aremarkable improvement is evident xipon allsides cannot be gainsaid, and yet, notwith-standing what has been done in the j-.sst, itis only natural that you should =til! be look-ing forward to something better and greaterthan what has already 'been accomplished.It is one of the brightest and best charac-teristics of the people of New Zealand andespecially of Southland, in the onward marchin which we in our respective walks in lifee.vd engaged, that pur efforts all go in the<!:rcetion of making things better for our-oelves, our families, and those dependingi.pon us, and for the benefit of posterity.—(Applaus?.)

LOOKING BACKover the 15 years during which Ihave beenyour representative, one can fee inthe great■evolution that has taken place

—nafc only in

New Zealand, but inevery civilised country,—the strong evidences, apparent on all (=ide3,

-of the fact that the people are not content"with the antiquated condition of things,thatprevailedin former years and whichpre-sented the power of the State boing usedJor theuplifting of humanity, and, with thegeneral education of the masses of thepeople"that -is going on throughout the civilite:!."world, -it -will not be possible for us to re-vert to those conditions of the past whichstultified and trammelled theprogress of theBritish race.

— (Applause.) Our own countryhas been pointed at by many, who haveeither not understood what our people arestriving for or who have been wilfvlly mis-led by traducers of the happy SouthernIsles,as the land of experiments. It has not in-frequently been said that Now Zealand, aithe result of experimental legislation thathas been going on, would gradually driftinto a state of chaos, and that the attemptthat was being made tome the power of theState for the benefit of the people would beabortive, in that it would leave them in aworse condition than formerly. Let it besaid, however, to the credit of these whohadgreater faith in the stamina of the NewZealander3, that these gloomy predictionwere by no means fulfilled, and that we mayr.ow as a people congratulate ourselves- uponthe knowledge that we have passed throughthe budding stages of experimentalisin intothe full fruition of success and prosperity.It will lie within the recollection of many■who are lulling to me this evening thatthe United States of America have oftenbeen pointedout as the laud of freedom, theland of progress, the land where go-.vernmental conditions were all in favour'of the advancement of the people:but it is singular that the most

inquiries concerning the condi-tions prevailing in New Zealand for thepast few years have been coining fromAmerica.— (Applause.) Ihave pettonallyreceived many letters asking for copies ofour advanced laws, and reports as to thoworking of them. But America, althougha great country, and one for winchIhavothe most profound admiration, is still be-hind Xew Zealand in some respects, winchIwill briefly refer to. As far as the ufoof tho power of the State for the well bemjiof the people is concerned, the people ofNew Zealand themselves own the railways,the post and telegraph services, the tele-phone system, and has its own PublicTrust Office, its own Insurance Office, itsAd\anc3S to Settlers Office, not one dfwhichi? controlled by tho people of the UnitedStates of America.— (Applause.). Imagine,if you can. what the condition of affair=>would be in tin- country if the great na-tional -works and systems ju>t enumerated"were privately owned. You would have ex-orbitant rates whiUt your nrhileges wouldbe very much curtailed. In Xew Zealandthe poorest individual has tho tame pnvileges as the wealthi-it inip.. in go far as theuse cf the Staio ui'-iiuinons 1 have men-tioned i^ enncfrnnd.— (Applau-e.i This,however, i= not «-<» m Ainouca. If you de-fire an exemplification of the power of the■nurse compared with the oow.r of theState a.-, effecting the intoic^t* of the people,.turn to the great millionaire* <>f America,such as the- RockfclW-, tlio (Guilds, Morgang, and others, and ceo thegreat ad\antagei secured to them b\ tin ir wealth overthe smaller competitor m rho «ame lino ofbusiness. There the god cf \w.t:i!i o\o>rshadows almost every one oi llio great industricb upon which the penpli- huve todepend for their evisteuce. and m >-uch away as to malo the people lon-* fur theassistance and protection wimii the Uowrumerit affords to the inhabitants of NowZealand. In Amenta it !"< not ihc (loiernme it. but th? lar<*p speculator who mmmaiid-- tlu- r.'.ilroid0 and all thorc avomn -.through wh'ch the producer must -end hi-803da tv the market*, the la'.ier bciug taxed|

up to any amount which the speculator,whose only interest is his own pocket,chooses .to impose. America is the land ofcorners, and the country where powerfulmen with enormous wealth, operate to thedisadvantage of the working classes. InNew Zealand, however, the Governmenthas so far prevented anything of that kindtaking place. Those in this country whotell you that the State ought not to beused as it is to assist the people will,upon close investigation of matters, bo com-pelled to admit that every one of the- greatpublic concerns which the Government hastaken in hand, and such as have been runin other countries by private enterprise,has resulted greatly to tlie benefit of thepeople as a whole. In regard to our State-Iowned railways, telegraphs, telephones, etc.,■Iunhesitatingly assert that we are at_ least50 years ahead of not only the- UnitedStates, but, in the case of our railways, ofEngland itself.— (Applause.)

THE FTXANC'ES OF THE COLONY.The revenue and expenditure* of our colonyfor the year ending 31st March, 1902, is of amoct reassuring chat-actor. The total revenuefor the year is £6.152,E00. The balance fromthe preceding year wvs £532,500, making atotal of £6,655.300. Of this amount £500.000was tran=fcried to thp Public Works Fund.The expenditure for the year was £6,414-,900.If you deduct that amount from the£6,655,300 you get the balance for the yearof £270,400; and. considering that the ie-.missions in the Customs duties, the reduc-tions upon the railway charges, and the in-troduction of the penny postage system havebeen made. a= you know, by the Govern-ment, running into round figures reductionsof £300.000 per annum, it cannot be re-garded as other than a wonderful result forthe balance of £270,400 to haic been theoutcome of the year's operations.— (Ap-plause.) Some critical financiers, anxious tominimise the year's results, will tell you thatthe remainingbalance after paying £500,000into the Public Wovk.3 Fund of £32,500ought to be deducted in arriving at theactual credit balance at tlie end of the year.Ido not think that on any reasonable orfair ground such :i course could or shouldb? followed. The figures disclo-od are thosethat are the available balance for the useofthe colony on the 31st Maieh last, and theamount of £270,400 is correctly stated.Again, it is argued by -fomc

—for instance,

the member for Brr.ee, in a lecent speech,took up the sain? line— that by not includingliabilities on one Fide and including amountsdirected by law to bo mi included on theother side, he conveniently forgot to men-tion that the year's expenditureincludes thepayment of the preceding yiar's liabilities,which were about £207,000. Now. the lia-bilities for the year just ended amount to£184,000. or £23.000 less than the precedingyear.— (Appiaue-e.) Therefore, the surplusmight fairly be credited with this difference.Yc\i cannot find any country in the worldwhich includes two sets of liabilities andl-ays for them out of the one year's revenue,ft would not be possible for vany Treasurybooks to be brought io a close at the endof the financial year without some liabili-iies lemainiug. and which r«.quire to be dealtwithin the succeeding year. It does appearto one to l>e to extraordinary that where,upon the face of it. it ip obvious that thelast year's re\fnue had to bear an oxp-endi-tur.efor £207,000 of liabilities of the pre-ceding year which could not have been gotinto the preceding year's accounts, thattherefore the old argument i-, aâinbroughtout— that practically every liability at theend of the year should bo provided for be-fore a balaute of the jear's operations if?struck. lucre were non*1 of the liabilitiesof last year created a., the result of thewithholding of the payments of accounts.

—(Apvlauee.l Everything that could bebrought tobook wa= brought to book, jind ifI were to advaiu-p the itrgniuent that thebalanco ought to he increased by the differ-ence m tho amountof the liabilities actuallyp.-.id for tho preceding year and the lesseramount of those .standing at the end of theyear, those who criticise in the direction Ihave just indicated would be the very firstto ooiimlain of auy such course. And,again, the member for Bruce is entirelyv rong regarding the school teachers' sala-ries, as the wlarico were included in lastyear's expenditure. Advantage is apparentlytaken of gome "delay in connection with theprovision for the Otago teachers' salariesonly, not for the whole" colony, to assumethat this was wuth a view to treating abetter financial position. It is nothing ofthe kind, and the whole poinl at once dis-appears from the fact, a-iIcay, that thesalaries were included in last year's ex-penditure.— (Applause^ Regarding the in-crease in the interest upon loanw, it is notpossible, and it would bo idle and ridiculous*for anyone to expect, that where increasedindebtedness has been incurred to meet thovarious purposes the reoplo °f the colonyiloirc, the direct charge for interestshould not increase. Tt has iverea-ed. but 1shoul'l have thought that it would ha\e beenfully i(.cognised by resnonsibie public men,as it certainly it. by the majority of thepeople of the coloay, that a great deal ofthe loan money i.s remunerative to the tax-payer-, ft l? u-ed fur the >->urc!'a-.r> ofestates for the lending of moiir-y to rhc feettiers, for the lending of monoy io lo<alpublic bodies, apart altogether from any ex-penditure unon public workr, or upon rail-way?; aivl no man of ordinary intelligencecau fail to recognise the imix rathe nece^-itythat exists for prowding ioad* and bridgesfo_- the settlers who haw aone into the connIry to till the land-.- {Applause ) Then,again, the expenditureupon the public worksit- regarded as< h'gh, and I have no hesita-tion whatever in saying that it i-> --o :butthere is an element that must not bo <n?rlooked. We ha\e a very great amigrowing railway (-onice in our colony.It is a great commrrt issl concernpure and simple. The additions to openline" have to be provided for; roll-ing stock has to be obtained; and with agrpat asset such as thii is it would bo as-uic-idal and di-astrous policy to pursuenot fo gise tins great bianch of the m-'lusirial life of the colony the attention thatis iiPcei-ary to cnrblc them to fulfil theimportant functions for which they wereoiignuiHy established. -(Applause.) Lookat wh.it has been dojie m a few directionsonly. The Wchtingli'ou.-c brake, has beenapplied to the lolling stock of tho NortliI.<=Ltnd :md to pait of the rolling stock ofthe South Island, and the (Jo\ernment has:uith< iimd the whole of the rolling stock

j of ihp South 1.-lauil being equipped with, tiu> braLo, aiul entirely on i'ie giouncis of<iCMioi.ij ancl safoU. though, of course, thefii-r <o-t, which \-, larec, ha- to be pro\ ii'od for -(Appl.ui-.p ) Tho -a\ ing in time)m the runninu of tiiuie- alone— which mean*.i <-.i\ iii.; in time lv !ic people who ti.i\clby Hi" lvi.i,-. cG.i»Klerdb!c. The prc\cn-Uou of acudtutb i- incalculable

—that is, if

, OTAGO WITNESS.

SIR J.G.WARDATWINTON.

.June 18, 1902 ! 23

Passenêi^ .. ..Seascn tickrtsParcels .. „.Hor«cs .. ..Carriage?Dogs (decrease)Drav=, etc ulrci v..ise)Cattle (incvcast) ..SheepPigs . . ..Chaff, iiinp. etc .. ..\ToolFno\v<otlTimboi'

■ i.mi . .. ..Mirrhadfli-oM-iernls .. ..

(iom)

Ikcrease.1,112,543

17,85744,034

505170251

"210.59.'!

312,66rJ4,1007 5345,3587.406

-1C.3504i),77.!

4,51G77,551

.No. of P..S- llf*T,C-

■xhrx.1"- ,11'cl lacI<j a-. ..lolida\ i\<Hi1

-OH

.. So,950.. GS1,4-11!1U».

A. G.IG7136,813

Total .. 770,391 j£142,280

the advocate5 of a policy which would hs.-uicidal and would be the forerunner pro-bably of the dislocation of many of thestaple industries of the colony. Tho re-marks Ihave just made have reference 'moreparticularly to the employment of peoplein the Government service than to the other. important branch of public works expendi-ture.— (Applause.)

PUBLIC WORKS.' In connection with our public works ex-penditure, I,should like to "express myopinion as freely and emphatically as J can., There is' an apparent effort being made in

} .some parts of the colony to force the handj of the Government, and make thorn go"' in for a lavish public works expenditure., Well-wishers of the colony should carefully| ponder over the position that presents it-

self in collection with its progress and de-velopment. To expect a colony such as thisis to go on borrowing enormous sums ofmoney annually for public works expendi-ture is to really expect the impossible, and.if the public men of our colony do notrealise the fact, then they must be plainlytold that such a policy would ultimatorvlead to a disastrous position, and this allclasses in the country must necessarilyavoid. Ibelieve in a progressive policy.

—(Applause.) Iam very far from feeling

vat all nervous of the position that is ahoacfcof our colony. We require firmness and!courage, tempered with caution and reason,and Iclaim that these characteristics havenot been wanting on the i>art of the Govern-ment in carrying on its responsible dutiessince its accession to office:but the 'con-stituencies of the colony must be reason-able. There is a growing tendency to thinkthat the Treasury doors should be widenedto enable people to place further burdensupon it. Requests have been maclo foi*the operations of the Treasury to be soextended as to enable local bodies to in-crease their spending powers in variousdirections, the Government to supply thenecessary money by way of loan. Thisshould and must be checked. Tho mainduty of the colony is to see that tho finan-c:al stability of tho colony is maintainedin the strongest possible position, and to

1 see that our credit is utilised for colonialpurposes in contradistinction to local one?.—(Applause.) The colony (-hould make ux>its mind to cany the railways alteady be-gun to the point at which it is intendedthey should stop, and its policy in this re-.speot should be a vigorous one to ensurethe railways producing sufficient revenue tnrepay the State the. interest upon the cost

[ of their construction, and do that whichj they were primarily intended to de—open

lup the country and afford facilities tothose living in the du»trict<. which theytraverse.

—(Applause.) Having made up its

mind what railway* are to be completed,the colony should inaugurate a system of

I finance for obtaining money for what maybe called fir.-t class reproductive work=. Thdmain trunk lines already commenced .should?have precedence, andIcertainly am of theopinion iliat the colony ou^lit to v iprorou&ly"

, prosecute the connecting link of the NorthIsland main trunk railway, and tho otherrailways that are in course of constructionshould have a reasonable expenditure madeupon them m ordor to carry them to their.stopping point. Havinsr definitely decidedupon the point* to which these iailwaysaie to lie carried, and when the time hasIaniverl for completing the v.ork, the colony[ should then borrow reasonably for that pur-pose, and the Miiplus revenues from thoConsolidated Fund lmining, as it is hoped)they will do this year, into £500,000 ster-ling, should be us-ed for opening up landsand roading the country.

— (Applause.) Bya policy such as this, if vigorously, but afcthe same time prudently, carried out, thecolony would be adopting a course which noright-minded person could take exceptionto upon the ground that it was calculatedto weaken us financially. We are naturallylooking forwaid to a much more extensive.settlement m the interior, and a greaterdevelopment of our produce for export.This cannot be succcxofully carried out un-le-s we give those who go into the interiorand put up with hardships and inconveni-ence, the necessary facilities for gettingtheir produce to the seaboard;but, at thesame time, the colony ought not to go ouborrowing large .sums of money for railway-making purposes without a defined lailwaypolicy, m> that for a time at all events thopeople in our own colony and tho-,0 out-side of it should clearly understand whatfinch a policy implies. Itherefore iepoufcthat tho constituencies and those who lead1public opinion in those con-titu.-n< ios shot-'d!be reasonable, and approach this all im-portant matter in a broad spiiit, and place,the welfare of the 'olony above all otherconsiderations.— (Applau-.e.) There i-> stilla great deal to be clone. The Government

not cull for any special remarks from meto-uii?ht. A? to the ln-onsing laws, upon

..which there is a great diversity of opinion.Ido not thiiJc any attempt should be made

i to deal with them in the expiring <;c-s«ion of! Parliament. If the ltforeudum is placed

upon the Stalute Book doubtless some mea-sures Ihave alluded to could with advan-tage be submitted direct to the people. The

[ taking of the referendum will necessarily in-volve c onsiderable outHy. and proper in-tervu!- will require to be nrranged for it tobe taken, m addition to which some neces-sary safeguards, to prevent abuse, must beprovided There will he further remissionsin railway charges — (ApplaitFP.) These willbe announced during the sitting of Parlia-ment. There will also be a measure intro-duced for the classification of the civil ser-vice of the colony, and an effort will bemade to give effect to it.

RETRENCHMENT.T believe that every colonist, according tothe best of his ability, i.s desirous of benefit-in? lii« country.

—(Applause.) But there are

some, no doubt from honest motives, who'advocate lh& wholesale pulling down of the

i general expenditure. To thoê Iwould saythat, as one who has tried by careful study-to master the probable consequences of a; wholesple retrenchment, Ihave come to the

1 conclusion that, excepting where actualnecessity compels a wholesale reduction, it

Ishould be avoided, or at least it should not!be done from any light consideration or as

the ouleome of a mere party cry. As far asIIhavebeen able to follow the effects of puclia pol>cy. it^ has pnoved di-asrrous in manydirection.-, t*iat were never contemplated bytho-j who.started it. Idovuot for a momentv\i=h it to be understood that [ believe ina policy of uunecc.-ary expenditure citherfor the carrying on oi the departmentalwork of the colony or for public works ex-penditure. On tl><; contrary, Ihold theopinion— much more decidedly than, per-haps, gome of my opponents would give mecredit for— that unnecessary expenditureought to bo avoided, and tlut our publicwork- expenditure should be made primarilyupon lpproduclive works.— (Applause.) At]■resent there is no reasonable ground for thecry, proceeding from some quarters in whichthe matter has not been considered, for theletrciicbment of officers of the Civil Servicealmo.it indiscriminately. The spendingpowerof a community n of vital' consequence to

i the. body politic if you dislocate this un-iinnpce'sarily, and to an appreciable extentin the Government service of the colony,jt dees not end there; ii .--^readh throughevery avenue o! occupation in the countryand hrings in ils tiain ger.cial consequencesv\hi(h fxo in the direction of ieducing thevolume of tiade and bringing dcprciMon inits wake. At one time it was. not an unusualtiling to have it .said, "Reduce your perma-nent general expenditure," and 1can wellrorolleet when the Atkinson Government inll"69 wasi foiccd, .igain=t the will of the late"Sir Harry Atkinson, to reduce the nerma-l.rnt appropriations by £50.000 per annum.IThere were m-iny cruel and unjust thing,done in order to bring obout this saving,vineh, after all was .said and done, was but

'a nominal one. as the great majority ofthono who were nished unceremoniously outof their position^ were f-hortly afterwardsre-employed in various other directions bytho Stale: but a great deal of harm wasdone. What the colony ought to, and indeedmust, aim at is to that the ta\atiou ofthe people of the colony is not too high;that the levonuc is m ( \r,-., of the oxpcndi-tme: and, if it -houhl tuin out at any timethat the financial equilibrium could not bemaintained by reasonable taxation, then,without creating panic, or without dislocat-ing the service from end to end of thecolony, a puidenl reduction should be madein our permanent appropriations.— (Ap-plause.) Tt i.-, only tho-e who ha\e had theresponsibility upon theii shoulders, aud, as a jlciiilt, ,i more intimate knowledge of theeffects of an unnecessary policy of this kind,

'that can properly gauze it- (Oiiicqciences.

'If we w.tnt oui colony to keep on a steadyload , f ijro.spenty, mcii c,f nil shades ofc pinion ohould het-itat>' hefr.no making aplmigo intoan unknown .ibv-". which would fin all probability be piodutti\e of harm in- jstead of good to our eointiy. As an illu=- 'iration of what i-. i,p-*ing through my mindupon this point. J may fcta'e that in theI.iiarc Pmi'loying depat tmruU which areunder mv por-onal adnllnl^tratlon [ havemade it a rule ne\er to antiiori->e the em-ployment of aiiyons merely for the Kike ofdoing fo, and nnplfn inent has only beengntn when there hi- b~" v woik to do.—(ApplatL-e.) "Whcic it ha- been shown fromtime to time that work ha-> been slack, thosewho were in t-sxess of the number of handslequired for the time being had to standaside. Thodopartineutri of the colony f-hc.-.idbe carried on m n way similar t', r/iat inwhich a rni-,m"-s man would carry on- hisafiau-; and Mini ccis of tap Ciown, withgrave and .senous responsibilities on tlieiri-houldoi-s, must endeavour to lead publicODiaion when occasion reauires it aaa-iast

because the Government ha= at tho sametime endeavoured by legislation to placethe aiti'sans and workers of the colony inthe i-ame position to enable them to suppoittheir families, and to brinir thorn up ic-spoctably, that is a reason for the firm-ing community, whose interest5,I«ay, havebeen careful'y attended to by the presentGovernment, turning against us for havinghone-tly endeavoured to do them good? Tsay that the farmers' unions are a goodtiling fd tho tolony, and 1 hope they willsucceed. Any poiso'i who attempts to createa das? prejudice :<-> between the farmersof the country and the workers in the townand cities is an enemy to his country.

—(Applause.) Our aim should be to removelestrictioiis, and to aosist as far as the powerof the State will permit us, in every legiti-mate way. all classes, in the colony, whetheri.i lhe town ot country, to do the best pos-sible for themselves and with v-> great afieedom a< the Constitution, under whichwe are governed will allow.— (Applause).THE PREMIER IX SOUTH AFRICA.

The Premier is just about due in England.Ho has gone there on a mission— not forany class in the country, but to representall classes. — (Applause.) The matters whichwill require to bo considered at the Con-ference of Premiers are of the greatest im-portance and consequence to our country.They will include the question of dealingwith the trade of the British Empire. Therace for commercial supremacy is a keenone. and it behoves the public men of Eng-land to co-operate w. ith the public men ofits dependencies in evolving a scheme whichwill enable a larger portion of the tradethat rightly belongs to us to be had upontemis as favourable as possible. Iwill nottake up your time by dealing with the im-portant matters further than to say thatthe whole colony will watch with thekeenestinterest the efforts of its representative inthe person of the Premier, and Iam surewill wish him well and every success in thearduous and responsible duties which hehas to perform in connection with the cere-mony of the Coronation of the King.— (Ap-plause.) That ceremony will be upon ascale of unprecedented grandeur aud mag-nitude, and Ihave no hesitation whateverin saying that the lepresentative of NewZealand will carry out whatever is requiredcit him officially in a way that will reflectthe greatest credit upon the colony.—(Ap-plause.)

THE COMING SESSION.Iam tflad to bo able to say that Hie Go-

lias the woi'k for the se--ion in :v\ory fotwaid stale. Ido not think that%w> s'inuki atieiupl m Hie U.<-t s-ovion <■!tli" I'ailiaitK-rt, to i'o too i.iu<h Jf in thoiir-i placo wekeep the fh.ancc- of tlio colonym y f-oiiml po-ition and lay out a prac-t:c.il. piosfips-uo, and prudent laihvay.lands, and roads policy we shall be doingthat winch h admittedly of paramount im-joi-tance to the country.— (Applause ) Thelegislation to be "submitted in the comingsession, while dealing with many importantlratiers, will. Itrust, be found to bewithinthe limit-, of practical procedure. Thecolony should agree to adopt a referendum,co that some of the large social questionsin which the deepest interestis taken shouldat certain times be remitted to the peoplef< i consideration and decision. The elccto-lal laws require attention, and an effortwill bo made to enable the people in evciy(on-vtituiMicy in the colony to leturn mem-ber-, who will represent a majoiity of theircnn-rituent.«.--(Applaui.r\) Steps havo allc.idy been taken to \ui\f <nery adult ofboth dashes placed upon the electoral roll.Attention will bo gnen to the all importantmatter of the export of our products, andthe House will bo a.=ked to place the neces&ary legislation upon the Statute Book toenable it to rrceno that attention whichits importance demands. The railway em-ployee of tho State are in the position ofnot ha\ing a system under which they canbe- r-upilaiiiiuatod upon retirement, eitherHi tho result of arc-idont or old ago, and.PutLament will have placed before it vmea-ui-p dealing with this question. A pro-posal wiM also be submitted for the rogulaturn and government of the biu-iness ofpharobioking. Then some npcc---aiy im-provement!, will be made in tho FactoueaAct. Unhappily jmenile depravity has beenfound to exi~t m home part» of the colony,and important proposals concerning it willbe submitted to the Hoti-,c. Amendment-,dealing with rating in unimproved valueo ofland will be placed before members for con-sideration, wlulo the House will al=o giveattention to the conservation of rhcr.-.Safeguard-j for the public who have oc-caciou to do bu&ine^s with fcccond-handdealers will be made law; important amend-ments of tho Coroners Act will be intro- Iduce; the land laws will be still furtheramended;proposals dealing with the ques-tion of rebate to Crown tenants will haveconsideration — (Applause.) The House willhave placed befoie it proposals for Statefire in'iuancp, and there arc oMier measure*vvhiah. uill ali-o be submitt'.-d, bvt which do,

others were compelled to conform to it.—■(Applause.) Thepaving of 2 pc-r cent, aloneis, as Isay, a low computation, but itmeans a saving of three-quarreii of a mil-lion per annum in interest. They have alsoout of profits written down the discounttnd charges of laising the loan by tome>30,000.— (Applause.)

TOURIST DEPARTMENT.

liince its establishment the Tourist Depart-ment has,I-venture to say, done excellentWork. It would he superfluous far me on>ueh an occasion as this to go into detailstoncerning it, butJ. am justified in statingjihat it has alre,ady been the means of ad-rertieing our,colony in various parts of theWorld more effectively than it lias been

lidvertised in the past.— (Applause.) Time'only will fchow the actual results of theworking .of such a department. Rotorua.however, has been very greatly improvedby the department, :md has gone up oon-(iderably in the estimation of those who-Frequent it. Last season— the first duringwhich Rotorua ha^ been under the adminis-tration of the Tourist Department— thenum-ber of visitors was greater thanat any otherperiod of its history. The department con-template carrying out extensive alterationsalso at Hanmer with a view to providingmore adequate accommodation for those whovisit that favoured locality. To give aflight idea of what the infusion of new bloodsnto this department has already broughtjibout,Imay state that the revenueat Roto-

.xua has increased this season by £242, and

.■the number of bath.> taken by 24,000. AtHanmer the increase in the number of bathstaken is 2021, aud the revenue ha.- increased?>y £243, although the scale is lower at bothplaces than it was previously, f fpel morepersuaded than ever that in Us natural at-<iractivenes3 this colony po«3esses an asset■of immense value lo it, and, judiciouslyworked, it will add a revenue to the Rail-jway, Custom*, and other departments that-will repay the colony tenfold for any ex-penditure that it makes m opening up, de-veloping, and making tho tourist resortscomfortable for people. Inaiinot leave thermatter without saying that all who areHnterested in the continued success of thisgreat productive branch of our national lifefihould see that those visiting the colony orcolonists visiting the s]jots themselves arc"treated with every attention and considera-tion, and that anything approaching over-charging should not be allowed, as it wouldassuredly have the effect of preventingmany"from coming and even going through ourcolony who otherwise would do so.

—(Ap-

plause.) The report that will be submittedVn the course of a few weeks to Parliament"will. Iam sure, convince the public thatthe Tourist Department has more than justi<ied its existence thus far.— (Appl.iu-'' )

HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

The Health Department <=ince it=> establish-ment has t'lOne excellent work. As you3niow, there has practically been :■ cycle ofinfectious diseases going the iound=, aud"binder the organisation of thoHealth Depart-nreiit, as it now exist in Ne« Xca'.arid, th<>york done to pievent the introduction of■""nfectious diseases into our .countiy ha- beengreat.— (Applause.) The Chief Health Offi-«-er and his staff have left nothing undone toarade the tlpjMrtment useful to the people,and upon the whole the results havo beeneminently successful The precautions takenV>y the people have helped grefUlv to nnm-miise the introduction of the bubonic plague\o our colony; and, although we have had aiittle of it, there are no grounds whateveraor fear in connection with this much-dieaded disease.— (Applause.) The Govern-ment has made an offer for one of the con-sumptive home.- to enable those sufferingfrom that malady to be treated, and, a3 younre doubtless aware, an inebriates' home hasulso been established at Woitati. There canhe no two opinions a-> to the importance of*he country treating those who are sufferingin ahumane way, and thi-> is the dc-iie andeffort of the Government in connection withthe matters to which 1have referred.

WAR WITH SOUTH AFRICA.Happily peace has Miperseded strife.

—(Ap-

plause.) The elements that were the causeof the war need not be in any way con-sidered by u=. We are all familiar with thefact that our British fellow residents infSouth Africa were being treated by the re-presentatives of the Boers in a way that wasunjust, and, indeed, intolerable.— (Applause.)'The strong right arm of the British toldier—

iand by thatImean the men of Britain,bothifrom the Old Land audHidependencies— hac

in the face of enormous ode's gained atriumphant victory.— (Applause.) Britonandi

Boer now dwell m the same countiy underDneKing, and Iam sure that the people ofKew Zealand who have so loyally stood bythe Empire in its trials and difficulties willbe among&t the first to welcome theBoers andlo extend to them every consideration thatwill tend to smooth their path and to oblite-rate the natural bitterness that is the resulto£ the hardly fought war.

—(ADulau£e.)

|Whilst speaking upon the C|ue-tion of the| var in South Africa,Imay lefer toi THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THE1 WAR.

The trade of the colony, like many otherportions of the world, ha-, benefited on thecommercial side materially during the SouthAfrican war.

— (Applau->e.) The following willgive some idea of the amount.-, that havebeen evpended in the colony mhcc the warbegan:— For South Africa. 55 steamer': ton-

| ii.tgfe of produce <.|n'ppCti, 202,685 toiw; notvalue, £1.571,501. llcmounU pnrcha-ed inthe colony .-—Through the Agricultural De-partment. 1479 holies; direct, 820 horses;total. 2299 hordes, at an overage of £20,£45,9£0. Tn addition to which £675,574 hasbeen paid to the Defence Department ofNew Zealand for pay, equipment, gratuities,horses, forage, and transport, so that thei total expenditure which has been mide in

I the colony under the headings just men-tioned amounts to £2,093,055.— (App1au-e.)

STEAMERS Ftfß SOt'TH AFRICA.The trade returns that Ihave already givento you show that the connection withSouthAfrica is an important one, and- tliat everyc-ffort should be made to secure a portionk>{' the trade for this colony.— (Applause.)The Government has tried to obtain a directline of steamers for some time, but thedifficulties that presented themseKes havenot be&n 'io easily overcome a« one wouldhave desirei!. The only tenderer who putan offer in upon the lines, indicated by thoGovernment"was Mr Sleigh, of the Blue Starline, and after negotiations the G-o\eminentfinally decided to offer him the service.The matter was remitted to London, and Tunderstand that the necessary agreementshave been engaging the attention of thosolicitors for the colony. a« well as tho=efor the contractor, and I hope to hearthat the matter has been definitely andf-atisfactorily arranged.— (Applause.)WHAT HAS BEEN DOXE TOR THE

FARMERS.The attempt on the part of some to liyand create an impression that the farmers

"of the country are not favourable to thr>present (Jovernnicnt is one to which Idesire to make reference shoitly, and a re-view of the measured passed in the interestsof the farming community sinco the parentGovernment came into power will hhow thatthere never has been in the history of tlifcolony a Government which has removedby legislation the disabilities and tlifficxilties under which the fanners of this colonyexisted, in any way approaching what ha-I>een done by tho pro-cut Government. -(Applause.) A review of tho legislation putupon the Statute Book will show thaf <!■">adjustment of the taxation irado by- thopresent G'o\cr:nnent ielie\i'd tho ereat ljulk<if the farmers from.tlio unfair impositionthat under the old i|y=t»'m they weie subjeoted to.

— (ApnlaiK-e.) .iVo..jyave piacrualattention to. obtaining oliPap nK>n''y forthorn, and Ia*k any experienced farmer intho countiy to say whothrr pii'vioii- to tli.its>-tem lieing. brought into operation thefarmers wcro nut fwqucntl}- bo'iig pulledright and loft by thobP from v.hum thoyhad obtained advance-*. Tlur^ 1-. now apVntifiil dimply of -money at a late that aman can afford to take it up at, and byu-uig it lejfitnnatt'lv make ,1 mirpm forhini^H and l\'^ family — '-Xiinlru c) We c-tahhshud an Ari ic-ultural Dcparliiicnt which,at fii-t. win ij'iol.-pnohod by .-0n.0.. biit uponthe piactical hide of its oi:(i-( .'..^ it la-fchown it-elf to be of inc-ti'iiab'< u>!\antai<cto the farmer- of tho countiy. The tradingand insptction of butter and <!h' >:,c:,c- Iki»lifted tho tiarlo m thoso artu-h to a h-\clnc\er hitheiio attained.--(Ap])';n;.-f> ) 'lhelegislation for the punfioation of manureshas done- an n'iun_t;<.o. iininuut of good tothe farmer*. Ilie lowermpf of the tate'on farming produce alone upon our lail-ways has meant an enormous taunt; to thofarmers who have ii?oil them. And tholowering of the paSFenôr faro« ui<on ourrailways has surely benefited tho farmeiv.We established a sj>to.m in London <if ro-gular advices beins cabled out for tho hcnofitof the farmers. We have sont a ti^do re-presentative to find additional markets andto furnish information which will bo. gieatlyfor the benefit of the farmer^ We havebroadened the land lawv of the colony ina way that lias enabled thousands of farmeisto get holdings for themselves at rates bywhich they have been able to make a livp-

ilihood.— (Applause ) We authorised^ £50,000(o be spent in obtaining cool stores in SouthAfrica fo. the benefit of the farmers' pro" duce, although our representative ha= 'strongly leported agaTnst it. The povicifulfreezing combinations thoro are apparentlyof such a character as to render it difficultfor us to get in. In every branch of thefarming world that you choose, to refer to

, you will find that the Go\ eminent has legis-lated and administered in order to gueassistance to this great -ido of the industriallife of. the colony, and l= it to be said that ;

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be renciy to commence work when the arrivalof spring permits resumption of dredgingoperations in a better state or efficiency, thanever. "

The dredgemaster of the Bendigo drecige re-ports that he has succeeded in raising theladder 2ft, and he expects to get it clear with-out the assistance of a sand-pump, which itWas thought it would be necessary to procure.

Thesecretary of the Victory Gold DredgingCompany has roceived advice that the dredgehad a fair trial mn on Wednesday. Steadywork will probably be commenced withoutdelay.

The operations of the Keep.it-Dark QuartzMining Company have been conspicuouslysuccessful over » long term of years, so muchso that shareholders recently received their134th dividend.

The dredgemaster of the First Chance dredgereported on the 10th inst. that the waggonwith thenew crown wheel was camped outsidethe township that night, and he expected thewheel to u-ach the claim the next day. He willget it fitted up as soon as possible.

Tlie number of applications received forshares in the £Cew Alpine Consols DredgingCompany is, so far, satisfactory, and there isevery indication that the company will besuccessfully reconstructed. Already 1500shareshavebeen taken up, and shareholders who de-sire to take up their quota should do so with-out loss of time. The dredge started work onTuesday, but,unfortunately, had to stop againowing to the driving rope breaking.

The secretary of the Fourteen-mile BeachCompany reports that he was advised early ivthe week that the lower tumbler shaft andbushes required renewing, and that in conse-quence work had baen suspended. The matterwas at once attended to, and the new shaftand bushes havegone forward. It was antici-pated, therefore, that work would be resumedabout the end of this week,but he is now ad-vised that m unshipping the tumbler to effectthe repair? the boat, capsized and the tumblerhas been lost in the river. A new tumbler wassent ou Saturday.

A half-yearly balance sheet ha9been issuedby tho AlexandraEureka Gold Dredging Com-pany for the period endedMay 14, from whichit is seen that very satisfactory progress ha 3been made. At the beginning of the periodthe profit and loss account showed a creditba'auco of £74 13s lOd, and the gold returnsfor the six months represented an income of£2142 193 sd, makirg a total of £2217 IS9 3d.The expenditure reached an aggregate of £126S7s sd, in addition to which £600 was paid individends, equal to Is per' share, while therewas a credit balance of £349 os lOd to "becarried forward.

TheCentral Charltondredge ha^ beenunder-going a very extensiveoverhaul duringthe lastfortnight, but now that the repairs are effecteda steady run is anticipated for a considerabletime. The dredge has been provided -with a.new screenand a. new set of bucket lips; whilethe remainder of the machinery has also been1

put in firat-class -working order. V.Torli wasonly resumed on Wednesday, 11th.

The finances of the Biver Molyneux GoldDredging Company have, principally owing to-the inability of the dredge to get «o work onthe high river, become rather low, and thedirectors have been forced to appeal to theshareholders for monetary assistance'io enablethem to tide over their difficulty. A circular'has been issued, setting threeproposals'before

} shareholders, who are called upon to "decide!what is to be done. The fir3t proposal is to,Iraise a levy of 2s per share, which will bo siiffi--cient to clear off all the liabilities, including1

themortgageof £600, and leave sufficient money1

in hand for working expenses for three or1lour weeks;-and the second is to rai3e » levy,-01 Is per share, which will enable all the1debts to be discharged with the exception of tho'mortgage,and leave a balance to work for fouror five weeks. If shareholders vailnot agreetoeither of these proposals there will be but. "

on© alternative—

that is, to wind the companyup. Theproposals submitted for raising fundsappear very reasonable, and if responded towill enable the claim to be thoroughly tested,which up to the present has not been done onaccount.of the high river. If, after a thorough,test, the claim proves unpayable, there willbe 110 objection to liquidation; but it wouldhi a pity to fiiicl that course adopted beforeit is conclusively proved that the ground is tm-lemunerative. Whatever course is determined'on, shareholders will conserve their own in-terests by replying without delay, as the comrpany's future will be decided at the meetingwhich will be held in a few days.

The Majestic Gold Dredging Company paidtheir first dividendonMonday lust, the amountbring Is6dper share.

The Empire Company's thirty-second divi-dend (amount Is per share) has just been de-clared. The total value of the dividends paidto date by the company represents 42a 6d pershare.

The loss of a pair of girders belonging to ajMarshall engine might seem curious, but dur-ing the past few months even more cumbrousmcchinery has foundits way to a. wrong desti-nation. Mr E. Roberts, consulting engineer,effers a reward for a pair that has gone astray.

The manager of the Deep Stream Amalga-mated Hydraulic Sluicing Company reports »return of 40oz for eight days' actual sluicing-.TII2 whole of the pipeline jwidpltuit were re-moved during last month, and owing to hei>vysnowfctoruifc and bad weather generally actualsluicing was vot cornxDPin-ecl tillMay 3).i The necessary raachineiy to enehlc repair*to bo effected to the Junction Electric 2Co. 2dredge has been sent forward, and should hav<\a:rived at its destination by this time. Itwill be placed in position and work resumed aasoon as possible.

The dred^cinuster of the Garibaldi dredge re-ports that he ha? now filtered the crpek, andhe consideis Ins troubles :tre pvaci.cally at an

1 end *o far as ability 'o diedge is concerned.He will wash-upnpxt v.-col*.

Tho coiitiactor for tie erection o( the mathi-npry on the Lower Enfipld dredge (Mr O'Brien)Ins 110iv returned to his work, which ho ishaving pushed oil a« quickly as wcssible. Ho1-cppct? to hnve the ihedge ready for workHitlun the next fortnight.

Our Wethorstoues coircspondent wutcs thaii!it GcJdeii Crescent Company finished clean-ing up on forenoon, obtaining 560z2dwt 4ii:c7u«»vc of the return of 330z last Satuv-d?y). This makes a total return of 10$oz llclwtfiom tho paddock, on which work was com-menced 0:1 April 29. During this period, how-ever, there was about »mc day.-*' idleness owingto the water r^ce bcuigblcekul with snow.

In his report for la»t week the cired^emasteiof the Three-mile (li'eerstone Creek) GoldSDredging Company states that during the latterpart of the week the gro"in<l was very rough.especially I*l the bed of the creek where soino

laipe boulders were encountered. Thebottom tu'iibler, which had been giving sometrouble, carried away ou Friday sight in therc\igh ground.- He has lowered the elevator afew feet hi order to prevent tlie stones fromrolling back. Since the report was v/ritten mnew tumbler has been fitted up,and the dredg*has been working for two days and a-hali.There will, however,be no wash-up this week.Tho ertflion of the machinery on the OldDtmcSaii dredge is proceeding steadily, and ifnothingunforeseen happens themachine should'be completed and ready for work early in July-Shareholders must remember, however, thaueverything depends on their paying up theiiarrears of calls and the levy of Is per sharp.With regard to the financial position of tli€company, there is a niorts;aßre over the dreclgsand claim to the amount of £1001, iucludina tk*.

with heavy quartz veins. The dredge is invery good working ord«r.

At the beginningof last week the wash whichthe Vincent Extended dredge was treatinglooked promising, but there wasno gold. Thedredgemaster had. to suspend operations at 4o'clock on the Monday afternoon on accountof peace celebrations, and a3 there was nochange in the ground by Wednesday morninghe pulled 30 yards ahead. There was only 7ftof water where he started, and he did not setbottom until Saturday night, whenhe had gonedown to 52ft. It was, however, only touchedonce on Saturday, but on Monday a face wasbeingopened out. The bottom was fairly soft,aid looked well, but there wasnot much goldin the small amount of material trea'.ed.

The dredgemaster of the Pon.t i-Or dredgere;orts that o;i resuming work after effectingrepairs ho dropped the dredge back about halfa length m oider to te?t the bottom, whichhs wa3 unable to icach prior to the ladderbeing extended. Th« avoTage depth was 40ft,and the bottom was foirly soft m places, butcarried uo gold. He was occupied till nearthe end of last week in taking a cut rightacross tho face, which was filled up with drift,and a lot of baling was necessary to keep itclear. 11? has tnken the dredge up to whereit was prior to the stoppage lor repairs, andwill work ahead in the top layers for a dredgelength or so before trying to bottom again, asthe gold seems to be in the top wash.at pr°-gent, though itmay make on the bottom againas he gets further ahead.

On the 7th inst. the dredgemaster of thaPaul's Bea«h -dredge reported that he thoughtthe ground then being worked would turnout satisfactorily, as there was plenty of ■ftuvhynd a little rough gold had been obtained. Ifho had goodbuckets, plenty of fuel, and a goodsteady' run ho expected to do fairly well. Whileprospecting on the beach one evening with adish he found some good ground with finegold, which could be worked to the best ad-vantage when the river is high, as no driftcould get into it. He also states that heknows another place were miners Save gotgood gold as far down as they could get, butthey could not reach the bottom. Tho dredgeisnow working in the centre of the river.

The Manuherikia ch-edge has obtained someexcellent returns since -work was resumed, andas a result the directors have Ieen enabledto declare another dividend of 23 per share,payable on Tuesday next, 17th inst. This isthe fourth dividend declared, and means adistribution of £1200 among shareholders,while the total sum returned in this way is£4803, or 83 per share The excellence- of thereturnsmay be pattged from the fact that thisis the second dividenddeclared sir.cc May 19,shareholdei-3 thus receiving 4.$ per share inthree weeks.

The Central Electric dredg- had. states thediedgemaster 111 his report for last week, asteady week's run with the exception of the9th, when work was suspended on account ofIho peace celebrations. He expected a betterreturn than was obtained, but tbo west bankhas not turned cut so well as was anticipated.Tlie reef rose quickly as the dredge broke intothe bank, which the dredgemaster does notthink will stand much dredging. The work-ing headline broke on Friday evening, andho has been wDrking 011 the west side of theuver until he pets it splicedagain. The dredgehas been work?ng well considering the heavystones met with. If a steady run is obtainedthis week the return is expected to be aboutthe same as that for last week. Tho dredge-master clops not consider it advisable to workunder the bridge, aa when the old bridge wasbeing dismantled and the new one built a lotof old iron fell into the river. Th" area i-.however, not large, and is not likely to bemissed.

The dredgemaster of Ihe Xew Halfway Housedredge reported on the 7th inst. that the airpump broke down on the previous Mondaymorning, which necessitated a stoppage to takeit to pieces and put on a temporary nut untilanother was made at the foundry. On Tues-day night the gullet of the main f-teaui pipeburst, and this had to bf taken do*-n and le-paired, while on Thursday another stoppage.vas made in order to put in a new winch-pinion as the old one showed signs,of givingway. No gold was obtained until Wednesdaymorning, when the ground showed an improve-ment, but threo-quartera of the return was goton Thursday morning. The dredgemasterthinks the ground witl improve as ?>c worksahead. The bottom wa^ still hard, with" a littlevash on the top, and tl.e gold was all in thereef, and could be seen i« it when pieces werebroken off. There were not so manybig locksas previously.

At a meeting of the directors of tho XTnitvG.D. Company held on Wednesday ,a dividendof Is prr share was dec'arwl. payable on Satur-day next, and £100 was acld<vl to the rcseivj

find, which now stand-, at £300 Theprospectsof the company are still veiy '.right, as thedredgpma-.ler reports that he is on good gold,and exppot3 a fair return this week.

The directors of the Chnrlton Creek G.D.Cc nipary have declared a, di\ldend (the fou:-tcenth) of 6d per share.

The directors of the Manuhenkia G.D. Co,m-pany have dpclar«*d a dividend (the fourth) or2- per share.

An Auckland iflegTam 3ta,tf* that thp W.»it<~-kauri Company for the six weeks Mjv

31 treat-ed 29&G tons of oie for bulho.i valuedat X-436.5.

Thedred^-n'i^tei of tli? Xew Golden Graveldredge (Mr T. Barney wires i'-at he startedwork onThursday

Th- tscptarv of 11"- I'"]."' M-igr.etir GodDredging Com] an, h.i-, iariM-1 the followingwire from the dredu'Oini^f-r

' Sma'l r.tur'ithis week, not ove, ba. ypt , t-.i ect to Io.erend of week."

The dredsKtnastoi oT the Durslan Lr a1dredge w.res that tho ladder haulers l.ioke onTuesday night, necessitating a stoppage. Im-pairs are being effected at the foundry, ardwork will probiblvbe resumed on Saturday.

The dredg<ima=ter of the Vincent Extendeddredge wires that he lrst 21 hours owing tothe breakage of the shift ladder blocks, iicrrs-sitating new ladder, lines being put in. Picis following the lead of gold.

Messrs JI. F. Necs and Co. report receiptofadvice from their Mr Brown that the re-pair?, reeaulking, and raising of the top sides'of the New Nevis Company'sdredgp are com-pleted, and she .has been launched, and theengine, boiler, and elevator have beenplaced in position. The fix-ng of theremainder of the machinery -will bedone during the winter months by the4»uLt£ cnameer and men, and the dredge Trill

length into the terrace, and got light on tothe wash in the centre of the cut. The dredgeis working well,and thebottcin is very soft.

The dredgemaster of the Molyneux Kohinoordredge, in his leport for last week, states thathe ha& struck some solid ground on the westside of the cut, and he expects some fair re-tuins should it lnst, for any length of time,but as the old dredges ha\p been all over theclaim it is very difficult to say when thedredge may drop off the lead again. Theground impioved very much since Wednesday,nJid most of the gold was obtained betweenthen and Fnday mornnig, when the dredge-master noshed Tip. The dredge is new clear ofall silt, and tho dredgernaster hopes to see agreat improvement in the returns.

The erection of the Victory dredg" is prac-tically completed. aid a few days should seeIke machine at work. The drpdgeaiaster (MrPettigrev) reported on the 4'h mst. thai hefinished laying the tables that day, and he ex-pected to complete the work of raising the damthe following day. Men have been employedin duvmg tunnels in the cliff for nnchomge,ai.d r good number have been driven. Thelines were being laid on Wednesday, and mostof them werp expected to be finished on Thurs-day. The dredgemaster had completed all hispart o: the work necessary to enable p. mn tob^ taken out of tha machinery. He had a.tiial of the main engine and pump on Wednes-day night, and expected a full trial of all themp.chinery on Thursday or Friday.

In hi3report in reference fo claims madein connection with the proclamation of theGrey River as a. water course for the deposit oftailings and miningdebris, Mr H. A. Gordonstates tnal 7.1 claims have been betiled, thoamount paid being £6990, while 10 claims re-main unsettled, the amount set apait for thesebeing £1231. Practically only a few claimsnow remain unsettled, as one owner is in Eng-lar.-d, pnd not likely to offer any objection ;the Public Tiustee is another, and has sinceaccepted the amount offered; two settlers haveconsented to take the amount offerer!, but le-fused to sign an order to pay over the moneyto the mortgagees.

When the Oiwell Creek dieJge started workthere v.as some delay in bottoming the claimowing to the dredge striking old workings,amiit was found necessary to strip more groundi!i front of her. Eventually the bottom wasreached after, however, a good deal of diffi-culty, and it proved to carry very good gold,6oz "dwt 18gr being obtained fiom 12ft by12ft by 7ft ct wash tieated. Tho depth fromthe siiifiee to the bottom at this point was68ft, but the overburden, which consisted of61ft, earned very hifcle gold. Unfortunately,undT present conditions the dredge is incap-able of working to su.:h a depth with success,and, as the engineer advises that the pontoonsare incapab'e of carrying the extension ofladder and elevator necessary to woik theground successfully, the directors have beenforced to close down, and call the shareholderstogether to decide what is to be done. It iaprobabls that the company will be put intoliquidation, and that an attempt will be madeto reconstruct it.

The directors of the Mystery Flat G.D. Com-pany have declared a dividend (the second) of*23 per share, payable on Saturday. 14th inst.Thi<= njeaib a distribution of £551 4s amongstshareholder 3.

An Auckland telegram states that the Waite-kaun Go'il MiningCompany for the six weeksended May 31 treated 2986 tons of ore for bul-lion valued at JE4363.

All accounts against the Magnetic G.D. Com-pany (Limited) must be in the hands of MrThomas Cullender on or before ihe 30th mst.

The rn.xstei oi th<^ Kf>lly aid Casey Coni-jianj'--.dredge :id\i';ed the secretary on the 11ththat ho had seemed a crew, and would com-nipnccdredging about noon next day.

The dredgemaster of the Electric Extendeddredge has odvised the secretary that he wasstarting woik on tho11th.

The secretary of the Endeavour DredgingCompany reports receipt of a letter from thodredgemaEter staling that the screen rol'ershave been fitted up, and he expected to gc ianother start on Tuesday night. 10th iust.

[ The Tuapeka Times .states that the "Waita-Ihuna dredge obtained % return of I4oz last

week. The same paper .-says it is reported thatMr AY. J. Farrell lirs leased the Deep Leadclaim, Waipon, 4o Me-srs Kviight and Caud-well. who \wll in future wori iton tribute

The dvrctors of the Electiic Gold DtcdmuK:Compary have doc\a.ved :\ iLykVtul o! 1% per,Rliarc, payable on Saturday, 21st mtt. Tills is1the fourteenth di\idend declared in this com-pany, and represents a distribution of £2600amongst shareholders, who lmve received noless than 30s per share in dividends, or a totalof £39,000 since the registration of the com-pany.

Prior to the Leaning TCock drecigedown tho river the drecigeinaster wafhprl upand obtained lloz ot gold. Before KO! --Kthrough the gorge he bottomed at 38ft on ahard reef, which carried no gold. He thenpulleda length ahead, but couid not woik, sohe stopped work, and shifted farther down.

Inhis report for last week the dredgemasterof the Rise end Shiuc diedge stated thatowingto broken time the return was n.ach cmal!erthan it v.ould otherwise have been. Th<: washis very good and tight, and durii.p l.i >l weekthe dredge only croasfd the padd'vk, whichisabout 83 yards wide, three ume<-. TUc goldis a very fine sample, ;-nd the pro=pict= tiievery bright.

The diedgemaster of the Upper Magneticdredge reported on the 7th inst. that the pro=pects were good at the beginningof last week,'but the wash got poorer afterwards, and onThursday lie struck a hard bar, which he didnot expect to get over until Tuesday. Hepulled ahead 30ft during the week, and thedepth of the ground was 48ft Theground wasstill rough on the west side of the river.

The dredgtmaster of the Ranklebum Amal-gamated Companies' dredge (Mr F.C. M'Clure)reported on the 7th June that tl p dredge waswoiking on the west side of the rr,er, takuißa cut out to near the centre, where the reefrises \eiy abruptly, as much as fiom sft to9ft.' "He Vheved that after cjossing the reefa drcp channel exists nearer to the east bankof the i;ver, and may.contam richer dredgingground than where she is now, but as thechannel s''e ia in at present shows indicationsof narrowing in and the prospects are im-proving «omewhnt hethinks it advisable to giveit ? further trial before shifting across. Thegreatest depth diedged dming the week was23ft fiim the hurfacc of the water, and thed-pth of washh.n beeu from lift to 18ft Thewash is of » very fine nature, much of it being

\ci£ eiitJL. ftiui Urn bottom, is linid. blue. x**L

The chedgemaster of the Alexandia Leaddredge reports that he was rather surprisedat hist, week's return, as some time was lost,m addition to -which a good deal of drift wasencountered in working up to the old paddock rfrom v.hich tho <lr<»dge hpd been shifted flown,and which was iiUecl with drift. Ho hsvsworked up to the olfl i:\ce how, arid tho gronuuii looking much better, while the gold is a'«oa better sample. He expects the returns toimprove as he gets further up.

The secretary of the Otago G.D. Companyreports ihat work was Tesumcd on the 10th.

Tho dredgemaster of tlie Vincent ExtendedG.D. Company wired on the 10th that he hadstruck soft bottom aiicl tho pto^pects alegood.

Tho dredgeniaEt.-r of the Leaning Roc!--diedge advises the «ecietaiv that he has gotthrough the nflirow part of tho claim safely.

The dredgemaster of the Alpine No. 2 dredgewires that he resumed woik on the 9th.

The dredgemaster of th" Sailor's Bend dredgereports that the ground is vj-rv iou«h. and thewash veryhard. The wa=h ih. ho.vevur,lookingwell, and as the dnu is rev. lii»ht the clied°egets over more gicijid than formerly, withth" result that Letttu returns are obtained.

In addition to the su'ostituticn of a newengine and boiler on the Erickson's Rewarddredge in place of those previously in use, themachine i& being s\ibimttpcl to a thoroughoverhaul 111 other respects. A lot of new ma-terial is being putin, and when completed thodredge should give a good account of herselfand run steadily for Feme l:rrc.

The trial run of thr Trafalgar dreage la^tweek was vciy successful in even- way exceptthat there was not a sufficiency of watei owingto the pulley on the pump having, by someiiMstake, been made too small. The necessaryalterations aie now being effected, nnd workshould be commenced very shortly— if a starthas pot already bscn made.

The dredgemaster of the Spec Gully dredgereports that tlie dredge worked fairly well lastweek. Tlio gipnnrt improved a little, but owingto the botto-n tumbler bcn;g m nrccl of rep.nithe dredge could nut be inn to iti fullcapacity.

Ike rctuni fiom tlie Dimback (hedge lastwe<>k was not quite fo good as the dredpe-mastcr expected, as the ni.its Wile lookingwell, but its snialhic-s ua-> due to the fartthat, the gold was flukey, arcl coii"-eqiienilyli^litci than nuggetj- gold He i-> now workingla th» &olid wash, wlieie the gold if uug^cts,crd if the giound continues <Ithe camp rutuip))"- aspects an improvement in this week's le-tur.l. lie lias itcikcd aUv.i kft'.i « uiedjjc

OTAGO WITNESS.June 18, 1902.

MINING.NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENT.

Lightof Day."—

On irquhy we learn that thestatements made in your letter are incorrectin several respects. It is not thf case thatit was decided at a meeting of shareholdersto call up no more than 5s per share. Thisamount was simplyan estimate of tho direc-tors,and had the share lists not been to badthere would have baen almost, if not qtiite,enoughmoney to test the claims. Tlie num-ber of directors of all five companies has beenleduccd to three, and only half fees aredrawn, while tho secretaries receive halfsalaries. The directors of the auiplgamatedcompanies are not drawingany fees, and thosecretary is working for half salary. ?\omaterial advantage would be gained by goinginto liquidation until the dredge ceases work,a3 according to the agreement an the com-panies are liable for aproportion of the costso long as any particular company wantb itsclaim tested. The diedge is, however, notlikely to work more thnn about a fortnightnow unless the ground improves. As indica-tive of the lack of interest taken by share-holders in their properties, it may be meu-tioned that the Union Jack Company madethree attempts before they rould hold then-annual meeting,and when the annual meet-ing of tlie Prince Imperial Company tookplace only two shareholders wrie piescnt.Shareholders in ihr> foimcj company willshortly be called together fo. tlip pmpospof considering tl.r question of liquidation,while those in the Prince Imperial Companywill have an opportunity, at the adjournedannual meeting to be held m a few days, ofdeciding what is to be done.

THE WEEK'S MINING NEWS

■will not shirk its legitimate responsibilitiesindoing its best to accomplish it, but whilstthis is so the Government will not be drivenupon a course that it believes to be unwise.or unsafe for the colony as a whole tofollow.— (Applause.)

A HOPEFUL OUTLOOK.Looking at the whole position of ourcountry, its resources, its settlement, itsproductiveness-, there are no grounds forapprehension.' Ou the contrary, the outlookis hopeful.— (Applause.) The country nnsgot beyond the time when its people werj

largely dependent upon one particular pro-duct which a drop in the market mig'itseriously affect. The expansionof trade ha:-,upon the whole, been as much a.% if i>otmore than, we could have expected. Thebusiness of our people is to hold what theyalready haveand to add to it. The Govern- 'ment will do iis part to provide, as far asit can reasonably do, th© facilities for open- jing up lands and giving those already onthe land the opportunity to get their pro- jducts to the seaboard at as cheap a cost aspossible.— (Applause).

CONCLUSION.Having trespassed so far on your time, Ijfeel that Ishould now acknowledge thegreat cordiality and enthusiasm with which i

you have received my remarks. MayIsay, japart from the pleasure which it has given ito me to be with you this evening,Icannothelp feeling a thrill of pride in knowingthat Iam one r.f those fortunate individualswhose privilege it h to call New Zealand"home," .and a glorious land it i> for oreto be able to claim as his home. — (Applause.)Looked at in the light of comparison withsome other countries wliich figure pro-minently upon the map of the world, w<*

occupy in some measure an insignificantplace; but we may be pardoned for payingthat, whatever the conditions may be underwhich the people in other countries live,there can be none which conduce to a hap-pier state of the people as a wholethan those under which we in New Zealandlive- to-day.— (Applause.) Ithink it is oftentoo easily forgotten that we enjoy a freedom jwhich precludes tlie possibility of the exist- jence of those class restrictions which prrep ',50 heavily upon the people of many other i

countries. SVc live in a part of theEmpire,that, within the last two years, has beendrawn by-ties of -affection and kindred, by;the claims of common cause, closer to the ■

dear old* Mother Laud.— (Applause.) GreatBritain has passed through many vicLsci-tudes, but none perhaps which have throwna greater strain upon its resources, avidupon the loyality of its people than thowar which has raged in South Africa fornearly three years past, and can we not,without egotism, point to the share we havebeen permitted to take in the upholdingof British prestige before the eyas of tin*world at large? Isay we should all feel1;oud to belong to the great and gloriousUmpire which, although it has sacrificed (co many thousands of its best and bravestr.ns, yet recognises the bravery and splen-«.id patriotism of an enemy that one could.''most say it wore an honour to Sght, by" iviug terms of peace which have been :i'arpriae to the leaders of every chiliseil |" \ca upon the face of the globe.— (Applause.) iT ran only hope with you that the mor^l j■ id practical effect of the war which has""Ist concluded will be si universal and long< nduring peace;but, if ou the other hand,destiny should mark out some other coursefor the British people, then there can b©no doubt that the recent campaign willenable us to look forward with confidenceto whatever rnav happen in tho future, andcertainly for New Zealand Ican say that,rl-ould "any hostile nation attemut to in-yade our shores, the same dauntless intre-pidity will characterise- New Zea'anders thatwas shown in the great battles fought uponthe Fouth African veldt.— (Loud applauseand cheering).

Sir Tokeph, who -wae frequently s\p-pLujded, spoke for two hours, during wbiebtime he retained the close attention of hi*hearers.

Mr J. Watson moved— "That a hearty vote«f thanks be accorded to Sir J. G. Wardf-r his very ablo and interesting addres?."id that renewed confidence be expressed" him as ouv representative and in thev.crnmcnt of v.hic'n he is so distinguishedKnaiber; also expros our approval of

■> proposed legislation he ha« outlined inaddress."

This \va3 seconded by Mr Ml.rod andc '— icd unanimously.

Sir .7 G. Ward replied, and after ? voteihank- to the chairman the meeting con!" '. with hearty cheeis for Sir Joseph. d Lady Ward.

MUTTON-BIRDING ON STEWARTISLAND.

Tl.e s s. Express returned to Diinedin onTuesday, after taking the parties of mut-ton-birders off tlie islands. She- left PortChalmers on May 26, and meeting a strongS.W. gale anchored under theNuggets nextday. Started again on the 29th, but hadto enter Waikawa Bay for shelter. ReachedPort Adventure on the 31st, and Port Pegasiis on the Ist nc-t., having experiencedheavy weather all the trip. Se\i_r.il attempts were made to laudon Evening Island,but without sucee?-. The Exprp--> thercfoieheaded for Colac Bay with part of the mut-ton-birders, arriving at 6 p.m. on the sth.lieftthe Bluffat6 p.m.on the 6th forEveningIsland, and ajrived on the 7th. and gotmutton-birds and passengers on board. Su<ceeded in getting the last of the muttonbirders off on the Bth, and left for (JuLkBay. arriving there next day.

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Friday, in consequence of which there was nowash-up last week.

The dredgemaster of the Hartley and Rileydredge repoits that he commenced shift.ng thedredge early last week, and that there was nowash-up on Friday.

Tho secretary of the Junction Electric GoldDredging Company repoits that the No 1dredgeiresumed work at 12.30 on Saturday morning.i The secretary of the Leaning Rock God

Dredging Company received a wne from thej dredgemaster on Satuiday morning stating that'he had got down to the bottom of the claim

'■ safely.I The dividend of Is per share declared by the

directors of the Empire Gold Dredging Com-pany a few days ago was the thirty-second to;dale, and its payment makes a total of 42a per, share returned to shareholders.1 The dvedgemaster of the Gold King dredge1 was engaged last week in re-lipping the buckets1 and effecting other repairs, consequently there

was no wash-up. Work was to be resumed onlie;iday.

i Tlie Tuapeka Times xir.derstinds that theTuapeka Dredging Company have received per-lrission fiom the Minister of Public Works todredge through the railway reserve at TuapekaFlat, and the dredge will commence operationsat ence.

Shareholders in the Benciigo Ooid DredgingICompany will be gad to learn that good pro-

gress is being madem the direction of raisingthe ladder, and that the work should be .suc-cessfully sccoinpliehed very shortly. Thedredgemaster advispd the secretary on Satur-day morning thathe had jaised it 6ft.

j The dredgemaster of the First Chance dredgei reported on the 12th inst. that the new crown

wheel had arrived, and he expected to start theaiext morning to get it down to the dredge.As it would require to be lowered with ropesand tackle, on account of the toai track being

i too narrow to admit of it being tak^n that way.|the work would probably take a few days toaccomplish.

The consulting engineer to tlie Sullivan's|Lead Gold Dredging Company reports that onIthe Slh inst. the contractois for the construe-Ition of the pontoons were busy finishing tan ing

and painting, all the other work ha'1 ing beencompleted, except the hare' weod rap p:"ce,which had"not arrived. It wa= up to the

j rlnim on the sth insl., hovever, uior.g with (!ieMitdke castings, =o that the whole work wouldbe completed in a few days.

The secretaiy of the Gieenstoue Creek GoMDredging Company advised the Dunedin StockExchange on Saturday that the directors hadallotted 90 debentures of £5 etch, fully securedon the dredge and claim, in terms of the cir-cular is&ucd on May 2. Ihe balance of thedebentures, numbering 10, have not yet beenapplied for. These debentures hay* jvcurrencyof two yeais. and bear "interest at' the rate of20 per cent, per annum.

Tlie secretary of the Blackwater River GeldDredging Company reports that a contiact todismantle and rc-eiect the recently-purchasedCaledonia dredge on the Blnckwater Riverclaim has been let to Messrs H. F. Noes andCo Tlie woik has already been commenced,and the dredge should be uncler bteam againm about three months' tune.

The secretary of the Lady Roxburgh GoldIDre-lgmg Company leportt that Me=>3rt Steven-

son and Poole are pushing on lhe woik of le-|paning and remo\ ing tlie machineiy with all, possible despatch so as to enable the dredge to

take advantage of the present low river. Thedredgemaster report? that the dredge has been

!pulled up to the nilworked topboundary of theGold Queen claim, which it is intended to givea trial. The river at present being very lowtho dredge will be unable to get on to theLady

!Roxburgh ground till a nee takes place. It isi expeoted to have the dredge woiking in about

10 days' time.The diedsemaster of the Central Charlton

drrd?e (Mr J. M'Coilundale) reported on the18th inst. that all the machinery Is working ina nrst-rlnss manner. The reversal of the top

|tumbler made a great difference, and it nowholds on to the buckets and never slips as itd.d previously. A few inches of freeboard have

Iliaen gamed, which is a great boon in its-elf.j The average depth of the wash is Bft.I The return from the Monte Clmsto dredge is

j 41oz for IP.O hours' dredging. The necretuiywrote as follows to Mr \V. R. Fio=>t (the Dun-edm directoi) on the 12th mst. —"We expectto finish the ground we are now on by Satur-daj, and will then pull ahead to wheie westopped work m January. Tlie ground is veryshallow, about 20ft. and for this reason it wasworked much more quickly than was expected.It was thought when we struck gold that itwould o-rupy the dj'edge about two months Ido not anticipate a targe return this week, but

i we should get about 40oz. The giound at pre-j sci.t hci'ig worked i^ \eiy poor. The panic

that at present Fceuis to possess shareholderis not by any means warranted, a3 fiom theground to which we are shilling the dredgo" eot Vloy. while working to a deptl1 of 47ft, andwith a large amount of dutt moving. The riveri>- inv.- ]sft lower than it was when last we

i tried this gioiuid, and as the dredge will beiliker about a length ahead of where she ceasedj operations last January (to avoid a narrow ripiI there >s every reaaon to s'ippo3e that goodreturns will be obtained. The dredgemasterwil! probably start to shift on Saturday, and

J the dredce will commence work early in the" week. ' The telegram announcing the returnjstated, however, that the work of shifting aheadwill hi urdcitiiken on Tuesday,

j When the bottom tumblor fur the Fouitef--j mite Beach dredge wu= lest in the river no tiu.ej was lott in ordering another The older wasgiven in Mcs=r« Cossens andBlack on Thursdayuicrniiig, and that firm peuoimed tlieir woikwith Mich expedition that th«> tumbler wa<3placed on the railway trucks 0,.Friday night,and went forwaid onSaturday lnoimug. Si,ei. alairan«emcnt.s ha\e been made foi i*-> convey-ance t i tl c rl.uiu on it* mnv.il at T.a'Aiei.ce.aid 't she uld leaih t'u^ dn^go to-day o: trmoiroiv Fortui.atr'y Mo==r=; Co=fens ai.dBlack had a «paie tumblei m tiic r yard, butthe shafting reouncd ultpraticn. and it v/asnece-=ary to maJcp i.cv. l.ushe- T'jo companyarehighly )>!i'n-ed w.i»h thp pffoits marlo by theabove-named fiun to meft tliPir wants, and theirforeman (Mr M'Leal^did all he cou'd to exne-dit» mnttcr 1 The lailway gocti= »?pnt (MrWallace) was also vrrv cbliciiig in tiio uiiettionof makingairangenie-rl-i wheiebv tlie eoniwnvwcie enabled to sei.d t'n. tmnblei o:i to Law-lenee without any clel?\.

The secretary of the R. .ai.ee Comppiiv lepoits that theie was i.o v..i-'i up hist week,as the diedge was videmoi' g ir,)aus.

I The three tors of ilir l'iPU'.ei (Bullei; GodP/Kciging Company h.< docLncd a tl.v.dendo!15 pei en t on the prefer"]* <" '"haies.

1 Th.- piiiitei&lup bet'.".'»«]■' Mo-=is Cogan alie"Cia-.vic-d has ljer:i diôlveil by mutual consentThe busiiir.e., will be (airicd on by Mr DavidCrawford, while Mr Co»nn will ranv on the

I business of sharebrokei m Jetty stieet1 The ppcsotarv of the Tuapeka G.D. Company

lepoits that tne company's application to workthe Railway Uesei\e has been gi anted by theGoveir.meu'i, ji.J uoiiv v ill be icmined th» a

w tek.Thiiiv was. o v.v;h-uo Cioni t!"* Bound-aiy

Cieek dredge !■*- 1 weok. but it is u-poited that£ac it operating on bitter wash

lhe lelurn iio.u '.he Ws lahuni. drt dg<- forlast week was 17oz 17d\\t. The icturn foi theprevious week wns 14oz

The secretary of the Enfiejld Company re-ports that the dredge was shut down foi tvoweeks, the last wpsh-un beine on May 20.Wo:k was resumed on Friday, Hih inst Thedredge has bên thoroughly overhaiiled. andnew bucket lids, pins, and huks put in. Owiug

cost of the erection of the machinery, which i3£516. The prospective cO3t of boats and other-wise completing the dredge is £300. The assets*include £174 103 representing the arrears oftails, £333 the mount of the levy remainingun-paid, and wire ropes to the valueof £70, mak-inga total of £577 103.

At the Warden's Court, Lawrence, on Mon-day,9th, Mr G-. Cruickshauk. Warden, deliveredJudgment on an application by G.R. Scott andpthers for a water race at Waipori, the grantingof which *as objected to by the Bakery FlatSluicing Company. In this case his Worshipwas called upon to decide an interesting ques-tion as to priority of water races. It appearsthat four water rights were granted some yearsJ»go to divert water out of Stony Creek, and allthe races have been more or less in use ever£ince. Nos. 3 and 4 races were owr.ed by theBakery Flat Company, who decided to use thelatter as it commanded, their ground, and theydammed, the creek so that the water from Nc.B went down No. -1 channel, there not being|enough water in the creek for all four. The J|No. 3 race thus became unused, and a suit forforfeiture followed, which was granted. Kcott,(the successful plaintiff, within seven day* ap-plied for this No. 8 race, and the burningtauestion was whether race No. 3 or race No. 4ladpriority. Did Scott have the same priorityRs theholder of his race had originally prior tothe forfeiture, or didNo. 3, by being forfeited,|thereby fall out, No. 4 move up one step »i:d j£No. 3 fall in beh:nd No. 4? The whole ques-tion, was bound up in the effect of the decreeDf forfeiture. Decisions of the late Sir Kohertaioleswortli and Mr Justice Holyrocd were tothe effect that the forfeiture decree did not act ]sis a transfer on the register, but wiped the jtitle clean of? the register and left the privi-Beg« open for application, the same as if sur-rendered. "By regulation 37 it was providedthat as between licenses diverting water out of£he same stream thepriority should be counted ]from the precise time of filing the application, j;»vhich time was to be recorded in the roaster|andin the license. His Worship therefore held jthat forfeiture only cleared away (he old titleand the successful plaintiff h«l to apply anew.|His priority to the watar was counted from trc ,time of his filing his application, and lie mustyield to any other existing rights. Anotherreason' why the applicant urnst lo=e ipriority io No. 1 was that as No. I3 had been declared. abandoned bythe operation of the law of privilege to diveitthe water was dead, and the original right couldnot be set up again. Scott's application musttherefore yield in piiority to the aircadv exist-ing licenses, including those of the objector.The application was granted, and cost3(£3 3s)were alldwed the objector.

The directors oi the Roxburgh AmalgamatedMining and Sluicing Company have declared» dividend (the thirtieth)of Gd per shaie.

The directors of the Alexandra Eureka GoldDredging Company have declared a" dividendof 6d per share, A recent issue of the Gazette coiHairsamended regulations under the Mining Act,andincluded therein are the rules laid down inconnection with the examinations to be heldJpr the issue of dredgemasteis' certificate*. Ineach miningdistrict wheie dredging is earnedon the board of examiners shall appoint a|(certificated dredgemaster of expeuence andgood repute, and a harbourmaster, who, to- jKether with the inspector of m ups foi the dis-trict, will fronducn the examinations at such(times and fllaces as the board may determine,ftheapplication fee Is £1, and applications must "(ifoe made Tk> tlie secretary of the board of i.examiners', "Wellington, at least a month beforethe date fixed for the examination. Candidatesfbr examination must be at least 24 years of |age,and accompanying the application must be ifeatisfaetory evidence of sobriety and good char-acter, and of at least three years' employmentona dredge, twoyears of which must havebeenserved on a dredge working in deep or swift-inowing streams. The following subjects areSaid down for examination —(a) Layirg hues jiind the methods of running lines for winkinga, dredge;(b) moving a dredge up and downstream; (c) mooringa dredge und protecting itrgainst floods, etc.. (dl boats and the uoiking'of them under conditions incidental to dredg-|dng operations, (c) a knowledge of the special jTiiTes prescribed by iegulation.S3 of ''

The Mm- |mg Act,1893," and it» amendments, and of anyother requirements of that act and its amend-ments relating to diedging; (f) such otheranatters relating to the safe v\orking of dredgesas the board may deem desirable, including a■knowledge of machmeiy and the strength ofjopes. Applications for certificates of serviceus dredgemasters must also be made to the>acretarv of the board of examiners,and the feeIs the same as in the case of examination, iPenalties are provided in case a bolder of acertificate is considered guilty of an offence or {misconduct rendering him unfit to hold theiame. Dredge-owners nuist from time to time |lyjtify the inspector of the nameof the dredge-,Waster, together with the number of his cert:- 'Rcate, and the name must at all times be placedW some conspicuous placeon the dredge. j

The dredgemnstei of the Leviathan orodp^(Mr D. Sutherland)wnes a return of 450z 9dv1for 136 hours' arxigmg. The dredge v.v.-Stopped on Saturday to effect various small re- |pairs." The dr -dgeaiastcr, -nhis repoit, dated9th inst., stated th.it he was experiencing pom«

.troxxble with the jmount of stripping andtimber, but he expected in another loriniglit io itee the stripping on tlv dechne. I

The'dredgema'ter of the North Beach cii"d^t» |(Mr Sidney C. F.K-he't «i'h a icturn oi ::Cnz16dwt for 126 hems' dredging Mr Faclie :n jhis report, dated 7th nit., stated that theground was murii th" same, but, ii anything,jnoregravel wai making on the lull side of thecut. It was -.'bent vli»[» he then w.i3, oi aJittle ahead, an impioveiuent in the wash wasexpected, 'lhe diedge was working we!1,everything being in good woiking oido

The secietary of the Cornwall God .Dread-ing Comniw.y reports a return of 12oz 15<i\vtlor 122 hours' diedgmg. The dredgemnhterreports that the heavy boulder wash, whichfrvas promising so v/eif, has eudden'y griven!out, but as this oecurtcd at a similar bend,of the river a. mouth ago he has no fear of

slot5lot picking th.-> f/ood f.iouud up again whenle goes üb-j %.:t a dredge lengthahead.Theaccrctjry of the Vincent Extended Com-

pany reports a return of 17oz Odwt for 9.-)

Jiours' dredging. The dredgomaster lcnori^that the prospects tire good. Work h.\s bentuspended in order to effect repairs to theladder-lifting blocks.

The Majestic diedge obtained 450z 2d\.t ofYold for five days' work last week. The drccigi'-ftiaster ipports that i.ov that the rivei « solow he prcpo-e^ shifti % down stiepm ». dOpening out o It, vn'ter ground, which hethinks wil! c.''c toiy returns He a'somtends to gi'-o tho dredge an overhaul for two>r three days before setting into the winterground.

The leturn last week fiom the ChampionCompany's dredge for seven daya' limningwas[6oz sdwt of gold. Tlie diedgomaster reportsBiat the wash did not turn out so well duung)pe past week, but as he intends working intolhe bank on the east side Le is hopeful of -.inImprovement in the returiii. The return fromJie company's sluicing claim for 10 days' ele-iating was 31oz 6dwt. The manager is now» lifting his plant preparatory to openingup afesh paddock.

The dredgeniaster of the Dun«lan Lead dredgeHires that he resumed work at midnight ontnda.j. There wasno wash-uplast week.

The dredgemaster of the Endeavour dredseliports that the machine is working steadily.Nt he did not exrjoct to react bottom until

OTAGO WITNESS. June 18, 190?

Notes from Reefton.(From Our Own Correspondent.)

REEFTOX, June 14.Alpine.— The mine manager reports-— '"

Thecontractors started extending No. 7 level oaMonday evening". Owing to one of the con-tractors being sick, the face has been workedby three men. who have driven Bft sines start-ing. The country is nice looking. There «a good track, with a little stone and water mthe face". In No. 11 wfe have holed through'from the fourth stope to the crosscut from theintermediate, and we have plenty of air now.The reef has not shortened for tho last four,stopes in the north end, but is small and hard.Onehundred and six tons of quartz have goneto the batteiy, and 20 tons are in the minopaddock."

June 15.The Bii'ier Junction dredge made another

start after repairs were fixed up, and is nowon very fair wash.

The Rocktands dredge, after opening upagain, soon came on payable wash, and is now.workingon agood face, which, from prospectsavailable, should average 220z per week. Tiiederedge is worlang well.

The Mokoia diedge made a good retmn lastweek,and is workingsteadily insplendidwash.

The Al lesults are somewhat poor, but th.ais accounted for. as the dredge is beingshifted?lower down the claim, andis not expected to damuch till it has properly opened up again.

The Buller dredge, which was bought by anAuckland company, is now bsing worked downto her claim. At first it.-was intended to waitfor a flood, but after a week* wear* waitingit" was decided to work down to the. claim,which has been proved before by dredging.Excellent returns are looked for.

The Reeves's Proprietapy dredge is on excep-tionally good wash at present, snd is givinggood return«. The company is now clear ofdebt, and has a sjood future b?forc it. Share-holders aie anxiously awaiting the developmeiißof the proposals to flcst it nito a larger com-pany, the timo of the option having nearlyexpired.

Notes from Greymouth.(From Our Own Correspondent.)

GREYMOUTH,.lunc 12.The month of May, as previously stated,

snowed a considerable falling off m tlie yieldof gold from dredges, the total jx>r the five

\ weeks b?ing 24700z. For the correspondingIperiodof th? previous year the yield was1030oz.iAlthough the returns for May last were poor,Ithe lowest average per dredge per week was20o*s

lOdwt, the average for themonth being 114ozper dredge, which allows a good margin ofl.iout.Thi; hhaie market is moving little, and %good many small transactions are lecordecl,;A'o Towns, Callaghans,and Victorys hardeningiv little. Tho following sales have taken place:||Al, 20s;Aldinga, 17s;No Towns, 35s 6d;Cal-laghans, Ss p; Leviathan (preferential),5s 3d;|Black Water, 339d dis.

The North Beach dredge is wchkingwo.l, buSIdon't anticipate much improved returns for

isome weeks Thecross lead supposed to somaiv appears to be further to the north tluvn wasIexpected.i The Ahaura dredge is close to where the 40oz|return was got. The Coast directors seem dis-

satisfied with the quantity of wash being got.He does not think more than an acre and a--half has been treated since the first start.

J The Grey River Consolidated dredge is not! hkely to get satisfactory returns for some timoyet.

*

The Premier dredge had a good deal oEtrouble with timber last week, consequently a,large amount of dirt was not treated.

A trial run of the Trafalgar &howod thatr analteration of thespeed of the.pump was neces-

( sary. This isbeingattended to,-und the dr«dg©is expected lo be in fxill working order byMonday next.

The Eldorado dredge pontoons are stillmoored on the Old Diggings claim on theBuller. The machinery is still in Melbourne,but apparently there is a shortage of cash.: The Kolunoor dredge is still pushing ahead,

a1id the dreJgeuiaster expects to reach good.Iground in the course of another week. Boringoperations proved the ground to be 71ft deep,|and went through no less than three falst>

bottoms, the first at 32ft. The old companyj averaged some 4dwt to the load from 52ft io71ft, and then another rich deposit was foundricher than any of the top ones.

Juno 1".The No Town dredge, though ?he had but a

*hort mn. will huvi> a good return, and thoShellback should show an improvement.

The Maori Gully dredge has been beachedfor repairs, which arinot serious.

The Ruby Creek dredge is laid up.The batti-ry at the Progress mine lias now

cnnpleted foui years' steady running, in whichtime 188,681 tons of quartz have been crushed,nnd it is pleasing to note that the last crush-ing (May month) provides a new record forthe mine,both from the point of view of the*itens of qtiartz crushed and the gold won, the-1 former exceeding the previous records by 200tons and the lattar by 188oz of bullion.

June 15.The return* for last w<?ek will exceed the

estimate frrmed.The Bullcr Junction dredge was idle part

of the week putting on a new crown wheel.ilhe company is prospecting 100 acres freehold.|over which they have an opt:o.:. To get to

to the tight nature of tho wash, the cuttersare quick.y worn out, but are lessening thestrain on the buckets and machinery.

A run was taken out of the machinery of theAVaikaka United No 2 dredge on Saturday,when everything woiked satisfactorily. Thedredge started working full time on Mondaymorning in opening out.

As the returns from the Ahaura River diedgehave not been satisfactory for some time thetinances have suffered accDrdmgly, and theposition is now such that the guarantors havebeen called together to coisider what is to bedone with regard to the future.

The realisation of the assets of the GoldQueenDredging Company has been completedby the trustee for the debenture-holders (MrJames Brown), and that gentleman is aboutto pay a dividend of 12s 9d in the pound onthe debenture issue.

The secretary of the Royal Maori G.D. Com-pany is in Teceipt of a telegram from thedTedgemaster stating that the lower hangersof the ladder broke on Saturday night. Theladder was lftisod on Suuclav. New hangerswill be sent forward this week, and work willbe resumed S3 soon as possible.

The dredge which was formerly owned bythe Bannockbuxn Creek Company, and whichis now the property of Messrs M'George Bros.,has been removed from Cromwell to \\ aikaka",where her owners have purchased " port-.onof the PaterEon's Freehold Company's clnnn.Good progress is being made with the erectionof the machinery.

There was no v.psh-up from the Woodstockdredge at the end of last week,butfor 72 hours'work prior to the 12th,inst. Eoz 12d-wt wereobtained. The dredge was idle for 16 hours,waiting for coal, but work has been continuedsince, 'h. wire was received from the dredge-master on Monday stating that the dredge isr.ow workingin a northerlydirection, and thatthe gold indications are favourable.

Operations in connection with shifting theGolden Glen diedgc are at present at a stand-still owing to the inability to get the machinepast the obstructions in the river, a rise inv.lnch mn-t take place before the work canbe completed. The buckets and ballast have1oen ifmoved, and advantage will be taken ofthe isf-t favourable opportunity to get the.dredge to the place where it is intended to.I'sumc v.oik.

The Cromwel' CD. Company should lie near-u-g the end of its troubles, and in the ordinarycourse of events the dredge should be at workagain befoie long. The new plates for theladder shouM reach the cla m on Wednesday,and the buckets will piobaly leave Dunedin to-y.aids the end of the present week. Specialairangements are being made for the speedyconveyance of the buckets, -to the claim, andoa arrival theie they will be placed in positionwithout delay.

Ak Auckland telegramstates that the MaranuGold Mnnng Company's return is valued at£1400 from 540 1on«.

The Gentle Annie prospects are lookxiig verymuch better.

The Royal Maori return is poor, butIexpectan improvement a bit further ahead.

The Alpine Consols dredge is likely to haveanother run on Mondny.

Notes from Clyde.


CLYDE. June 11.The river is about fit its lowest winter level.The Leming Rock dredge is working in a

promising part of her claim.Good piogre3s is, bsmg made with the work

of erecting the Old Dunstan machmeiy. Thedredge will be ready in time to take advantageof the low river.

The Davis's Benddredge (the old Cairnmuir)it. said to be worsting very deep ground.

The Unity, Vincent, Vince;.t Extended, andMatau dredge3are working interruptedly.

The Boundary Crpek dredge tapped bottomlate last -week, but the results are not known.The dredge,Iam told, works very well.

The prospects of ths Halfway House dredgeare improving.

A dredgehas been purchased fov the FiaserRiver basin. The intended site of operationsis where the Hydiauhc Sluicing Company hadits plant some years back.

June 12.The Leaning Rock dredge is being shifted

io that part of her claim known as Pioneer

The Vincent diedge diopped back to thelower boundary of -her claim.

Shareholders expect a change in the mono-tony of affairs which have been contributingto the failure of ths Vincent Extended dredge.

Kawarau Notes.(From Our Own Correspondent.)

Jm:c 12.The Gentle Annie dredge has lately been

steadily lucreasirg her weekly returns, andpromisea to soon earn .is good a leputationasthe neighbouring Meg and Anme and UpperMagnetic. The lntter did not resume dredgingafter the mishap to her ladder until Tuesdayafternoon, and as the bottom isstill rctigh ai.ddeep nothing sensational can be osuectei tlu-»week. ,

Repai:« to the Meg sud Annie drcdie vrihbefinished this week, and""she will then haul up-stream to the solid ground at the herd ot herclaim.

Mr Rillston is making lapid headway wuiitho erection of the machmeiy or. the Grar.dJunction dredge.

The Kawarau is abno:mally low ju~t now.Boulders and gra\cl banks are visible in nild-Blream tint h<r. <? never beca seen befoie byai yone about here.

Notes from Puapeka.(From Our Wetherstones Correspondent.)

June IG.The Local Industry washed down three

boxes on Satuiday for the return of lOoz, re-presenting eight diys' elevating. The companjlire likely to finish the paddock this week.

lhe Golden Crescent declared a.iother divi-dent of It 6d kbt Thursday, being the ninth,and making 10s Cd paid back.

The Golden Rise had the electiic Lght in-stalled last Thursday night. It is far superiorto kerosene, and throw* a s&adow n«ar*y halfa mile away. It is driven by a small Peltonwheel, and takes very little wp.ter to work if.There aie a few alterations to be made in-ityet to ensure its wo'kiug steadily all nigh}.The men who are working on the night shiftare delighted with the change.

Notes from Roxburgh.(From Our Own Correspondent.)

JtOXBURGH, June 10.The Ladysmith Companyhave washed up for

fUfoz for a month's sluicing, a portion of thetime being snent lepairing the race.

The manager of the Coal Creek Flat dredgehad sn unpleasant experience. He fell intothe wellhole, and was pretty well half-drownedand numbed with the coM before he was gotout. The diedge is working steadily.

The Molync-ux Kohiuoor dredge started againlast nigh.." after being idle two or three daysrepairing. Her good return !a=t week is verygratifying. .Extensive alterations and repairs are stillbeingeffected to the Lady Roxburghdiedge.

Theremaining buckets and elevator trays fortheRoxburgh Jubilee dredgearrived this aftei-noon, and good progress is bomg made withthe fitting up.

June 12.The wcatliov co.nl. uc& u:.e, and the river is

still going down.Tho Coal Crtvk Flat dredge is working

steadily with impiovuig prospects. Ianticipateshe will have 30oz this week.

The wash the Teviot dredge is operating onis reported to be wideningout.

Local ."hareholders m the Main Lead Hei-cules are pleased that an effort is to be madeto put an elevator on, as they consider theclaim has not been propeily ttbtrd.

A gentleman from Bald Hill Flat broughtthe news into Roxburgh to-day that anaccidenthappened at the Fourteen-mile dredge yeatei-day. From what Ican gather the men were

"-taking the new tumbler on board in a boat,when by some means not explained the boatwas upset, with the result that the tumblerwent to the bottom, and the two men had anarrow escape. It is alKo reported that theladder broke away.

A case of breaking in and stealing at theMillei's Flat Hotel has |ustbeen reported. Thearticles stolen consisted of a watch and pairof boots.

June IG.A slight fall of snow took place last night,

but the weather v dry md fros>ty to-day.Tho Coal Crock Flat diedge will be idle the

beat part of this week to allow of generalrepairs and also the relippir.g of the buckets.The ground ben.goperated upon is very roughand shallow, and theie :s heavy wear on thebuckets

The Endeavoui drrdge ha* inside a freahstart, having got the pump rod-., which broke ,l*st week, fixed up again. I

The Maiestic dredge is being shifted downto the bottom of her claim, as the l.ver is lowtoo low to continue longei whero she is.

Tho Excslsioi dredge was stopped part oflast week owing to runningihort of c<"ml. Sheis again workingsteadily. however, and m thevicnity ere splendid indications of gold, al-though she ha1

-not yet got on to it

QUEENSLAND MINING.(Fhom Our Own ConKEsroNDEXT.)

Office of the Inspector of Mines,Courthouse, Rockhampton,May 29.

The chief topic of conversation here timingthe past week or two has, been the unmistak-able failing of the water supply at the MountMorgan mine. For the past two years of thisscven-yeara' drought a good deal of apprehen-sion on thl-i score has been felt by all con-nected with Mount Morgan, but it was onlyon the directors announcing that unless rainfoil in sufficient quantity the mine would beclosed down that the gravity of the situationwas realised. The imminent contingencyweighed heavily on the directors of the com-pany as well as on the deeply-interested generalpublic. What would have been the conse-quence of closing the mine foi many monthswas almost too dreadful to contemplate. Inan ordinary time, with the pastor?1 and agii-cultural industries of the State ina pioapc-irouscondition, the stoppingof Mount Morgan, withits pioduction of thiee-quarters of ti millionworth of gold, would have bên seuous<"iough;but at this time, when a disastrouslilight has fallen en the pastoral industry, theclosing of Mount Morgan would be the culmi-nation of disaster. So long aa the great mm»continues to employ 1250 workers, the civilpopulation of Mount Morgan ai:d Rockhamp-to.e have still a substantial means of support.This boon has just been secured in perpetuity,<r at least until the gold becomes exhausted,by the events of the past 10 dnys. Almost atthe last moment, for the 27th of this monthwas named as the da> on which woik was tocease at the mine, welcome relief has come.\Vi>pn the arrangement of the- managing dircc-ior with the Minister of Railways for the uin-l.ing of "wi<ter trains was completed, only fourday* remained befo.e th° date of the catas-trophe. By the ananêment come to thelCaihvay Department is to cany 900 tons o{water daily a distance of 18 miles The MountMorgan Company is to provide tlT> tanks andto pay the actual cost of haulage, eotunated atvItout JE2OOO per month.

The position of afT.uiß in otii^v tnmes regaid-mg the watei supply i"L3rmblcs veiy much thatof the Mount Morgan, but to carry water tothe3e mines is quite out of the question, con-sequent!v. jn not a few c?°es closing-down hasbeenresorted to.

Notes from Cromwell.(From Our Own Correspondent.)

CROMWELL, Juue'lO.The weather is fine, and the mcr falling

steadilyEverything is veiy quiet in dredging at

present. The accidents to the Junction Elec-tric and Cromwell dredges have materiallyaffec ted the weekly returns from hereIdo not think theie is any improvement in

the Hartley and Kiley, but the dredge maypick up the run :tgam, as there is a Roodstretch of river in front of h<n yet unlued.

The Alpine No 2 dredge started workingshifts yesteiday. Ibelieve they bottomed lastweek on rich wa=h.

The Eleetnc Extended drpdgemaster hissecured his crew, and expected to get starteddredging to-day.

June 12.The weather is fine. There was hgb.fr rain

yesterday, but it did not affect the river.Operations for lifting the Junction Elective

No. 1 dredge are progressing well, but Ibelieveit will take all next week befoie the diverfinishes stopping all the holes

The wheel for the Junction Eletiiic Xo 2is on the load, and the dredge hhould yetstprted next week.

The Kilry's Bearh dredge is on soft bottomagai'i. tiiid should have a fan return.

The Alp ire iNo 2 dredge should gft goodleturns after a face is propenv opened out.

The dredsemaster of the Kelly and CaôyCompany has a crew engaged and expects tostart this week

The Alpine Consols dredge*- drhing lopebroke when she was having a trial mn m oidc-ito try and bottom. Ibelieve the io]n ia bcin^rspliced tohave another tual.

Juno 14.The weathei is fine, ai.d the m... :.<lh.> gr

steadily.The Hartley andRiley dredge lias ocer moved

about 25Oyd-s"lowci down the claim, as she v.asnot getting any gold where she was. Thedredge i-j expected to start woik on Mondaylnoininpr.

The Alpine Xo 2 dredge is bottoming alllight. Ibelieve the giound is lough.

The I'ppei Magnetic dredtrc is still oh pornground but 1 expect an improvement nextweek.

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]|fEMORIAIi WINDOWS,

STAINED GLASS WINDOWS,LEADED WINDOWS, Etc.

ROBT. MARTIN.17 Manners St., WEI IJNGTON,

Manufactures the abovp in Great- Variety.Has Designed and Fixed"a

Croat Number in Ch.uroh.es andPrivateHouses, etc., throughout theColony, which have given great satisfac-tioD.

For Fuller Particulars write direct toR. MARTIN,

17 Manners Slreet, Wellington.

ALPINE Nc 2 GOLD DREDGING COM-PANY.

The following report for the year ei.ded April30 will be presented to shareholders in theAlpine No. 2 Gold Dredging Company at thethiid annual meeting:—" The directois regret that they have not amoie satisfactory report and balance sheet toplace before shareholder,but the river, daringthe past eight months, has been such thatdredging would have been unprofitable. Thoamount of gold won was 54.30z sQ\vt Ccr, valuedat £2114 $-> lOd, for a period cf about 12 weeksfrom the Ist July to 30th September, averaging450z p<~r working week, which niust be coi>-sideied satisfactory. Sevc-ial attempts havebeen made to start dicdging. but through theobstructions in tho c'aim adjoining the dam-ming the rivei bottom was unable to bereached. The river has fallen considerablylately,and the drcrigeina&ter hopes to make afrc>,li <-tart on Monday, the 9th inst., undermore favourable circumstance'-. Failingbottombeing icuched, your directors have decided tolmniprlutely lci'gthen tho ladder. Your dircc-toi» have in the meantime minimised expensesin ever;, possible way, and a caretaker at al.onniitil sa'nrv has b°en the only rxpencc onbo«rd during the ppetact eight montli9. Two ofthe directors, Messis Peter Aitken and E. S.Paterson. and Messrs Ban,Lcary,and Co., thecompany's a.icl>tGi<=, retne, and offer themselvesfor re-elect.on.'

The balance sheet shows that the finances oithe company are in a s-.itibfactoiv conditionOn April 30, 11)01. the prohtand loss accountshowed tho sum cf £527 17s 9d to debit, andthe expenditureduring the vein- amounted to£1427 2d 9d, niakni" a total of £1955 0s 6d. Thedredge won 5450z sdwt 6gr of gold, valued at£2114 9s lOd, and the hum of £130 7b 5d wasreceived from ihe sale of shuie.a, thus leaving .-.credit balance of £2SD lCs 9d. Tho nominalcapital is £GSOO, but 290 shares hftvp beenunallotted, thus reducing ii to £6210. There isa loan oi £'200, the accrued interest on whichaniountb to £9 is,and there are other ii.ibilimnto the extent of £173 2s 4d.

GREAT CENTRALDREDGING COMPANYThe following r< por' for the year "ndedMar'h

31 will bo submitted to suareholdeis m th"Great,Ccntial DrHg ng Company at the ail.ualmeeting —

"The dnectors regret that they ha\c ro' a.more satisfactory report and balance sheet toplace befoie shareholders. Ihe circumstancesin connection with the company's affairs Bincecompletion of dredge have been very adverseand quite beyond anyone's control. Findingthat the dredge required a longer ladder to workthe claim preparations weremade to have samelengthened, but your chrectoiß deemed itprudent to wait until similar alterations Ladbeenmade to other dredges, and thus ascertainbeyond doubt whether such proved successfulbefore committing the company to further out-lay. An additional drawback has been en-countered thiough the obstiuetion in the rivercai.sed by the recent thunderstorm, which hashad the "effect of damming up the river coc-eideraljly. The wrious companies interestedaro cndcavoiuing to make arrangements for theremoval of the oLst-iuction, and it is to be hopedtijftj,a£ an earljdate such will no loader eîflt.

CANADIAN FLAT HYDRAULIC SLUIC-ING AND ELECTRICAL TOWERTRANSMISSION COMPANY.

An extraordinary general meeting of =-hare-lio!d("-s in the Canadian Flat Hydraulic Sluic-ing and Electucal Power Transmission Cciv-pai.y was held in the office of Mr "\V. E. CHeid, Government Insurance Buildings, onthe 10th for the purpose of considering,and, if thought fit, passing the following le-o-lutio i

— "That it has been pioved to the satis-faction of the company that the companycannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue itsbusiness, and thnt it is advisable to wind upthe company, and that the company be woundup accordingly."— There were 11 shareholderspresent, and Mr Jno. M'Neil, chairman ofdirectoip, presided.

The Chairman paid thei»l was no necessityfor him to enter into details. He knew it wasthe desire of a number of shareholders thatthe company should go into liquidation, andit was the deFire of anumber to postponesucha course. It devolved upon him to more thelesolution, pa3sed at last meeting of directors,as to liquidation, andhe would do so foimally,though it. was competent for him to voteagain«t it.

Mr Laffey requested the chairman to explainthe effoits the directors had put forth to carryon the company.

The Chairman said theyhad made strenuousefforts to raise money and to finance the com-pany along, but they had r.ot been successful.There was a considerable sum of money out-standing for unpaid calls, but whothei th^sewere recoverable or not he did not know. Updid not know whether the- propci means hadbeen taken to recover them.

Mr Bellett thought that, looking at the listof names, the money should bo lecoverable.

Replying to a question, the Secre-tarv ssulthat since the balance falicrt was made out hehad received £13 15* for unpaid calls. (Theamount owing m the balnnce sheet, published,was £1347 15s). The solicitor had advised himthat they had judgment for the remainder,andeveiyone had been treated alike. The solicitorhad also advised him that summonses hadbeen issued against all defaulters, with theexception of -two, and he (the solicitor) wasfollowing up his action with distress warrantsand judgmentsummonses.

Mr Bellett repeated that the names on thedefaulters' list were good, nnd ho thought itwas prematme to wind up the company.

The Secretary said the company was beingpressed veryhard for £200, auel it was only bydiplomacy that they wereprevented from beingsued. He mentioned that he had not drawnany salary for a long time, nor had the direc-tors had any fees.

Mr Hayne seconded the motion for liquida-tion.

Mr Bellett moved as anamendment that themeeting be adjourned for a month, so as tosee what could be done to carry on. Hethought the solicitor should be instructed toget in all the money he could.

Mr H. S. Hitchon seconded the amendment.Mr Laffey said the directors had done all

they possibly could to carry the company on.They had gone as a personal security to thebank to pay wages, and they werebehindnow.If they went into liquidation the liquidator wasbcund to get the money in. If they adîrnedthey would only incur further expense.

Mr Hayne: The company will be summoneelif we adjourn for amonth.

Mr Bellett having withdrawn his amend-ment,Mr J. Lowdcn moved m p'aco of at thatthe meeting be adjourned for two months,and that two trustees bo appointed, to raisecapital on security oi the assets of the com-pany by debentuic or otherwise, th.it 300 de-beuturea of £5 e;icli be issued, bearing intercut. »i 10 per oeut. en the ain;out called wÎ^c

OTAGO WITNESS.June 18, 1902

debci:tu cs to 1;° isn>:d pro r.ita to share-holder? one debenture for each 25 paid-upsh:>rc= held; 2>Js to b? paid on ppplicat'on,2IKon al'o'.n:et.!>, aiicl the balance in zuo.iihly eal':oi 20= each.

This amendment was seconded by MrHitchon an.l carried by eight voles to three,and Messrs P. J. Bellett and J. Lcvdon hav-ing betn appointed tiustees :i canvass wnsmacu- .n the room, with 'the result fiat £-130v.ortii of debcntUiCs were promised to he takes:uy.

holders thereof shall bo entitled pari passu -t»receive tlu whclo of the net*profits of tliocompany until anaggregate amount of20s shall-bo paid cut cf such profits in respect of eachr: tho said prcf-.rcace shares. (2) That whenand as coon rs an aggregate amount of 20ashall have been paid out of t* inet profits o£the company in respect of each of the saidpieference the same shares shall ceaseto have any preference or priority as to divi-dends, and the said profits shall thenceforth'bedivided among all the members of the com-pany pari passu m proportion to the respec-tive amounts paid iiy or deemed to bo paidatpupon the shares held by them respectively. '(3)That in case the compary fhn-11 be wound upjthe surplus assets (if any)of the company shallbe applied in the first p'aco in returning, tothe holdeis of the said preferer.ee shares thefull amount of their canital of 203 per share;and the lesidue (if any) of the said surplusassets shall be divided among all the membersin proportion to the nominal amount of capitalheld by them respectively. (-1) The capitalpaidup on the preference shares shall not be liableto cancellation or reduction in respect of Joss-or depreciation until 20s per share, on suchshares has been paid in full.

'The motion was seconded byMr E.Ackroyd

and carried.It was decided tohold the confirmatory meet-

ing on the 30th ir.st., r.t -i.30 p.m.

Two oE the directors, MoFsrI*.1*. Enri and Broad,and the comf»-vny'« auditor, Mr George Blythe,retire, a

-id ofiei them-elvtj for re-olectioyi."

At t.'ie begiuiticg of tho year the profit andless aocotuit slicv.-xl a debit balance of £62113b, and tli2 expenditiueduring the 12 month1?airo'.mfod to £i 933 12s 7d, making a- total of£-2*1.) 3d 7d. The po!d won was 50oz 6dwfc f>gr,valued ut .CIS.' 11- 3.1, in addition to whiJi £'1710* v.-a.- received as a refund in -connectionwith road constructirn. =o that there was a.debit baliir.cp of £2108 Is Jd to be came.l foi-vard. The capita' h.'s all been called up, butthere i-- £11 m cnll^ in arrear. The accruedinterest on the debenture issue is £9S 12s lid.and there are sundry creditors to the extent of£"220 Us Cd. against "winch there is £lli 12s lOdin the bank.

FIRST CHANCE GOLD DREDGINGCOMPANY.

ness, willnot seek re-election), offer themselvesfor re-election, and they leave their reappoir.t-ruent in the hands of the shareholders, as wellas the appointment of one other from them-selves to fill the vacancy caused by Mr E.Withers's retirement. Mr James Brown,auditor, also retires, but offers himself for re-election."

The balance sheet show? that at the be-ginning of the year there was a debit balance&f J6363 193 to" profit and less, and the ex-penditure during tho 12 monthis amounted to£3723 19a 6d, mailinga total of £4057 ISs Cd,again«t which the gold won represented a c?shvalue of £3492 19s od, Icsvhig a debit balanceof £594 19s Idat the end of the year. Thencminal capital is £13,000, but 206 slipres havebeen unallotted, and 8b shsres, on which £195s has been paid, have bcea forfeited. Hiereare bills payable to the pjiiount of £336 3s Cd.and sundry creditors to the extent of £318 Hs7d, against which there is cash in the bankamounting to £539 6s lid.

GOLDEN VEIN GOLD DREDGINGCOMPANY.

An extraordinary general meeting of share-holders in the GoMen Vein G.D. Company washeld in the Dunedin Stock Exchange on the10th for thepurpose of considering the questionof 'voluntary liquidation. There were nineshareholders present, and Mr W. G. Somer-ville occupied the chair.

The Chairman explained that theprospectinghad proved that tho claim was not payable,

Ihavingbeen tested from, the lower to the topboundary without satisfactory results. TheKia-Oiadredge had been chartered from March10 to May 17, a period of nine; weeks, and thegold won.during that time was 460z 19dwt"17gr,valued at £176 2s lid, while the expenditureduring that period Amounted to £615. Theonly course for the company was therefore togo into liquidation, and he moved

— "That the

Goldan Vein Gold Dredging Company (Limi-"ted) be wound up voluntarily under the pro-visions of

'The Companies Act, 1882,' and its

amendments."Tho motion was seconded by Mr William-

son, and carried.The Chairman thoa moved that a confirma-

tory meeting be held in the company's offLe011Friday, July4, at8p.m. This was leccidedby Mr Blenkinsopp, and carried.

Thi3 was all the business.

THE GOLD COAST.The following interesting extracts from a

letter written.by a gentleman at Accra, GoldCoast Colony (West Africa), have bt:en kindlyplaced at our disposal- — "

The country is veryunhealthy, especially just now in the rainyseason, and pt C3pe Coast Castle, where Istayed the other day, 38 white men (mostlymining men) d:ed in April and May. Evenhere, tli3 seat of the Government, where theofficials live in the utmost comfort, with highpay, and only eight months' work in the yearend a four months' trip home on fullpay, threedied last week. Ilike travelling round thecountry', and up to the-present have remainedfairly healthy, althoughI-had a touch or twoci fever. Travellingantl any sort of locomotionis torture just now, as the jurglo country isnearly all under water, and the rivers (which">.re large) flood the country for mil°s. Twoweeks agoIhad actually to build a coracle ofbpnibco and cover it with the waterproof"round sheet oi1my tent to clear out, and eveni'aeii Ihad to strip and swim twice. Alltiavelling is done on foot. Iwill shortly beon mv way to Ashantee, and hope to get toICuniiissi, wlisro mining has already started.There is a great hope of a large amount ofdredging goingon here shortly, and cne dredgehas already gone up ths cauntiy in pieces; buta lot depends on how long the boom iast=.The oi Iv drawback is the very dense jungle,w'u-Jh covers all the country for about 25')mileb tin.

this ground they have had to take a narrowcut around 17 acres of tailings, hence the pre-sent poor returns. If the bank of tailings hadbeen cutinto theriver would havescoured theseSown 'on to the claim, and this would havebeen detrimental."'

A few transactions took place on SaturdayalightinN&Towns,Leviathan (preferencei,andleviathanFreehold. The latter are now being'

rather, strongly held. I,The Pactolus dredge only got a proper starton Friday. Themachinery has been thoroughlyoverhaviled throughout, and is in good condi-tion. A steady run for six months is nowdeemed almost certain upongood ground. The i

seconddredgefor this company shouldbe com-pleted ina.month, whennothing less than lOOozper week is anticipated. ].The North Beach dredge obtained 330z forfive days. The ground is improving, and thelead Taylor had previously known of is com-ing in. The dredge was stopped on Thursday/through some pins breaking and letting the"buckets downinto the well. With the excep-tion of the bucket pins, which appear to wearvery fast, and are a constant source "of trouble,the machinery is working admirably.

The Maori Gully dredge is now on the hard.Itwas foundthat three snagshadgone throughthe hull* Repairing is beingproceeded with,and a, start is likely to be got next,-week. Whenallthese expenses are paid this company will be.a.bou4.Jclsooin" debt, but as the dredge was ongood wash when she went' down, a xeeoveryshould not lake lorg.* The Premier-dredge obtained 350z for 92iours. The falling off was due' to cleaning^fii?* day"earlier. Tn6 wash is'rich, but timber istroublesome.'/>TJie,.Shellback return is Soz lidwt for 113hour'fl. The'wash is again deepening, and animproved return" is anticipated this week.; The ?£ohikohi dredge got 220z 7dwt. Thewash is rough and shallow, and water is stillscarce.

The Greenstone Creek dredge obtained 2Sczlor 135 hours. The dredge is now workingacross the creek in solid, unworkedground. lfthis'wash continues very much better returnsmay be expected.

The Welcome dredge obtained 28oz for 160hours. The wash is thickening, and a betterreturn should be forthcoming this week.

The Al dredge obtained Boz for 123 hours.The dredge is cramped for room, and has totreat some failings." The Greet Woodstock dredge washed up Hoz14dwt for two weeks. The dredge is workingtip the creek to where good ground is knownto exist. " , .

Good work is being done with raising theTotava. F.lat dredge.

—' ,The Erickson's Reward dredge wi1roon oe

again, in commission. All the machinery is

nearly in place again.A pßrty of miners are turning the channel

of the Moonlight Creek, so as to work somegood ground in its bed.

Arrangements are being made for construct-ing pontoons for the Mosquito Xo. 0. Company.

Good progress is beingmade with the Stonyay.dMosquito Lead's dredge. The bidder only

nwaits landing.' The"other machinery is aboiu:"'! r?ady. The dredge will be fitted withI'o'-oltfs patent tables. i

Jane IG.The Nelson Creek obtainedßsoz for 129 horns.

The dredge is working within three chains of ■

■Hie northern boundary and on the oppositeside of" the stream from where the big yield |■was obtained. The increased yield is there- ■

lore thebest evidence of the valueof the claim.'Ihe ground now being worked is much easierilnd softer on the bottom, but ths washis veryTongb, anil containedblocks of vock that have■fallen off the adjacent cliff. The gold is ap-parently increasing, andIanticipate threefigures within a fortnight.

The Greenstone Creek nut up a r«rord forihe company, getting 28oz for 133 hours. Thedredge was turned for the northern ba>:k ofthe creek, on which side good prospects weregot a couple of v.-pck^ back. This company h<isincreased its capital twice, besides issuing de-bentures, rather than go into liquidation. Itishoped it has got on the turn of the tide.

The Xew Greenstone Three-mil*1 dredge didnot wash up last week as the diedge only gota fre?h start on Wednesday morning.

The Giorastone Junction's return of 31oz4dv/t sgi- foi 124 hours wosunder what was ex-pected." Ihe dredge wah hampered by a longbpell of diy weather, in consequence of whichthe wat-T in the dam is several feet below the■normal. An attempt will be mide to turntonic water fioin the cret-k into the enclosure.

The No Town Creek return is 30oz for 90jiouis. Tho machinery is working admirablysince being repaired, and, £iven a clear runthis week, 1expect to sect the company beatits own record by a good many ounces. Theground now on is good.

A iew days will exhaust the Government6tipply of water at Kumara. The whole districtwill then be idle. Some of the miners in theback gullie^ hvvcnot worked more thnna weeksince Easter.

■ Arsef 2ft Gi« widehas been evtm the Oar«r-nGully claim, Moonlight. Tho discovefiy is animportant one.

REEFTON RETURNS.(From Our Own Correspondent.)

GREYMOUTH, June 11.The Consolidated Goldfields of New Zcaiaud

returns for May were:— Progress Mines, 238£0 a

goW from 5250 tons, of the value ot £9873;Golden Fleec-e, 5910z gold, from 718G tens ofthe value of £2398; Wealth of Nations, 4840zfrom 970 tons, of the value of £1993.

— total,34630z. fiom 7406 tons, of the valueof £14,254.

GOLDEN BED DREDGING COMPANY.The directors of the Golden Bed Dredging

Company will submit tl'e following leport forthe year ended May 31 at the annual generalmeeting of shareholders.—"The directors, in presenting their thirdannual report, have much pleasure vi statingthat although th» gold returns fell off for sometime after the last annual meeting, the out-look at present is much more promising. Theground now being worked b> the dredge isrich in gold-bearing wash, and as the dredge-master states there is a large area of it beforehim, and from which ho expects enhancediclurns, the company should be in a dividend-paying stage at an early date. One of thechief factors in the low returns for a while,homo months ago, was-the trouble the dredge-}i-a«rter had with the silt, which not only

clogged the buckets, but ran back under thedietlge and helped to refill the paddock he waslvcrkiog; it also formed a heap just under thestern of the dredge, and co tended to push thedredge forward too quickly to enable the bottomtobe cleanedup. This was got over by gettingji sand elevator made and fixed on the dredge.This has overcome the difficulty, the sandbeing taken away and dropped'far beyond whereit con cause any trouble, ai->d since its erec-tion the dredge has been working excellently,»>.d anuch better returns of gol.l have beengot. The finances of the company arc now in"this position: we havemoney in hand to meet«il liabilities, andall gold got from this tuneforward after deducting working expenses,will go towards dividends and creating a re-serve fund for possible contingencies. Dur-*ing the current year, through tho retirementxif Mr C. A. Wilson from the board, ycur direc-tors appointed Mr William Brown, accountantof this city, to fill the vacancy until the annualsneeting. The directors have all decided tojetire as before, but all, with tiie exception of1^;iL V.'x'.hvxzistho*. thj&u£.a i,;.«kiUio QX Uiu.-

RIVER MOLYNEUX GOLD DREDGINGCOMPANY.

An extraordinary meeting of shareholders inthe River Jlolynenx Gold Dredging Companywas held on Monday evening in th«Queen's" -Rooms to consider the finan-cial position of tho company, " and,failing an advance " by levy or other-wise on the part of shareholders, to pass aresolution to wind the company up voluntarily.There were,aboiu 25 shareholders present, sndMr T.K.Harty presided.

The Chairman said he regretted the circum-stances thathad brought them together. Thsdirectors hadhoped that before this the dredge\sould be getting payable gold,but the drift hadbeen very heavy. The dredge had, however,at last got to tho bottom, and tho situationwas not without hope. That day they had got"a little glimpse of sunshine-, the dredge having-secured 2(Joz, ar.cl that had been get sinceThursday. If the dredgcma3ter went on work-ing he might get better leturns, for though20oz would pay expenses, they wanted some-thing better than that. They would be calledupon to decide whether the company shouldbewound up or not, bnt lie- took it thatnow tho.'majority of shareholders would favour givingthe claim a further trial. Tho dredgemaster'a-opinion was- that the claim had not been-properly tried yet. The river was now low, and.he wasat aptace wherehe hadbsaten the drift,'and had bottomed. Mr Harty then read aletter from the dredgemaster, who is ashareholder, and continuing, said from that-they would see that they might expect to getsome good gq!d, but tho work could not <ha■proceeded with without thematter of £1000 orso. Itwas m.pity, he thought, that thiey didnot all, put,their shoulders to the wheel, nowthat they had goton to good gold.

"Circularshad been sent out, and/the total-number-*in

favour-of a2s levy was 1755,1 in.favour of* lglevy1900, and in favour of liquidation 275, andthis represented 4000 shares— practically halfthe company. ,It was,however, for themeeting,tosay what shape the future should take. Tho'.company, 'he mentioned, owed .£9OO altogether,,and against that thero was the 2Qoz of .goldthoy had been advised'of, so that practicallythey owed £BJO, taking in coal, wages, andeverything.

Replying to questions, the Chairman saidthe expenses would come to £10 or JEBO a week.It was a very difficult place to get coal' to. It

I would take fully 20oz a week to work tha1 dredge.Mr Tapper thought that one of the first"

charges on the 2s levy should be the paying offthe mortgage.

The Chairman said that tho»e who subscribedwould take over the mortgage. If thoy carried2s it would pay off the mortgage and providefunds to go on with. The" snnount of the

■ mortgage was JECOO, s>nd thero was £300 of opendebts. - '

j Mi Tapper: If a certain number of sharc-j holders paid the 2s, andit was not sufficient topay oft" the mortgage, they would come insecond to the mortgagees.

The Chairman agieed that that was so.Mr J. XT. Lawson said he had made up hia

mind for liquidation,p.s he thought it was.thoproper course. Why, he asked, .should thosepresent put their hands in their pockets andJind 2s to makeup for the deficiency of others?He proposed that the shareholders ask themortgagees to step ;n, and they could get theshareholders in the room, to provide as much,as £600. (Mr "VV. Watson: That would not befair to absent shareholders') Continuing, MrLawson said 2a on 6000 shares would he £600.Why should half the shareholders prove thispioperty and let the others stand aside to seahow the thing jumped.

Ihe Chairman said he did not think it wasfair to force shareholders who could not'payout They had paid tip to a certain amount,and were entitled to a certain amount of con-sideration. If the mortgagees took possessionthey would have to sell, and it was open to thepublic to buy. If the company was to be re-constructed, thenby allmeans carry the resolu-tion"that the" company bo wound up in theordinary way, and they could then form theirnew company, and buy the dTedge at auction. -

Mr Riddell did not think it advisable tocany oiu Mr Lawon'a hdieme. There wereonly two ways open. One was reconstruction,and the other the issue of preference shares-,a«id the latter ws>s the best course. Those whotook tha preference shares up wouid have thftwhole thing in their hands. It would prac-tically be the forming of a new company, whichwould mean reconstruction, but it would bequicker than reconstruction.

The Chairman It would be tantamount to2s 6d instead of 2s on an average. He thenformally woved the motion, that the companybe wound up voluntarily, and this was for-mally --econcied by Mr Lawson.

Mr Riddell then moved as an amendment—

"Thai the capital of the company be increasedby the i>"sue of 1400 new hhares, to be calledprefeience a'narcs, and that «i.eh preferenceshares b2 offered to the shareholders pro Tatn.

j on the following terms. 10s on applicationandj 10? cr. allotment, and subject to tho following

conditions— that after the redemption of thomortgage o\-or tiie ceinnanv'-, property and thopayment of its piesent liabilities, the holdersj of such preference sli.iips thall be entitled",

Ipan pastil, to receive thn whole of the net;profits ot the company until the agfevagato.amount of 20s shall have been paid out ofthe net profits of the company in respect ofsuch preference shares; that as soon as thoaggiegate amount of 20s has been paid out ofthe net profit of the company in respect ofeach of the said shares these shares shall ceasoto haveany preference as to dividends, and theprofits shall then be divided among all -themembers of the company, pari passu, in pro-portion to their respective amounts deemed tobo paid upon the shares held by theni respec-tively; that in case the company be woundup the surplus amount, if any, of the companyshall be applied in the first place in returningto the holders of ths said preference sharesthe full amount of their capital of 20s pershare, and the residue, if any, of the saidsurplus assets shall be divided among all thumembers m proportion to the nominal ainomiuof capital held by them ic-i.pcUi.vcly! the. ca^,»

A meeting of Oamaru shareholders in theabove company was held in Mr C. W. Cook'soffice on Thursday afternoon. Dr "Watt occupiedthe chair. About 700 shares were represented.Considerable discussion took plae3 a3 to theteims upon which the directors propose recon-struction, and the following resolutions wereunanimously passed on the motion of MrFirth,seconded by Mr Cooke.— "That we favour re-construction, but fake strong exception to theterms'of payment proposed, which practicallyprelude a Inrge number of shareholders fromtaking up their' quota, and'we suggest that theterms ba 2s Gd on application, 2s 6d"on"allot-ment, the balance'by ihont'hly calls of 2s 6d.Failing a reasonable extension of terms, weconsider a' grave injustice will be done to anumber 'of members who are unable to find thenecessary cash' to pay up in full. That thedebenture-holders bo asked to extend the timefor retiring- their debentures, so as to admit ofth* above proposition l>eing carried through.That a renwrnt.itiv/> attend the meeting inDuuedin. on beh.ilf of loctl shareholder*." Themppfing closed with a vote of thanks to thechair.

MAINLEAD HERCULES GOLD DREDG-ING COMPANY.

An extraordinary general meeting of share-Lo'ders in the Main Lead Hercules G.D. Com-pany was held at Lawrence on Tuesday even-ing (says the Xuapeka Times) for the purposeof considering the financial position. About adozen shareholders were present, the chairmanof directors (Mr D. M'lntosh) presiding.

The Chauman briefly explained the object ofthe meeting. So far the operations.of the com-pany had not proved a success— a result theyattributed mainly to the want of an elevatoron theirdiedge. Their funds were exhausted,and the question was were the shareholdersgoing to make an effort to provide sufficientmoney to equip the dredge with, an elevatorand so enable a fair test of the claim- to be.made or allow the company to go into liquida-tion. He mentioned that the directors had anelevator (almost new) offered to them, whichwould suit thîr dredge, at a very cheap rate,and they estimated the total cost of putting iton the dredge would not exceed. £200. He in-vited suggest-ions from those present.

The position having bên discussed nt somelength,it was uuanimou.sjy ''Jecided. that g. leyyof is fid per share be shuck- on all shares 'inorder to provide a =ufne,ient turn to purchasethe elevator leferred to aud pay working ex-penses for a month, -;ê Jevy to.be a firstcharge on the company and bear interest at59" per cent. Messrs D. M'lntosh and JohnThompson were appointed to- act es trusteesof the money raisedby the levy.Several shareholders expressed their confi-dence in the valueof the claim, nnd it was theunanimous,opinionof all present that it wouldbe a pity to see the company go into liquida-tion before the claim had luvd a proper te=t.It was mentioned that letters had been re-ceived from shareholders at a distance exoresf-in{* their wil!inxne«s to fall in with any reason-ab.o proposal the directors might decide upo.iin preference to immediate liquidation.

All shareholder piescnt undertook to paythe lew on ib.p shares hpld by th«m.The mooting closed with v. vote of thanks toih\; chair.

MOONLIGHT GOLD DREDGING COM-PANY.

Ar extrsoidiuary general meeting of share-holders m the. Moonlight CD. Company washeld at the company* office on Friday eveningto consider the question of issuing 750 forfeitedsharos as preference Miaies. There were eightf-harfjioldfi-s present, and Mr TV. R. Fiost(uhanmauof directors) presided.

The Chairman lead a letter from Mr A. Dal-ziel with logard to the claim. Mr Dalziel, afterseeing the boundary pegs^ stated that he hadunder-estimated the amount of timber on theclaim, but he still thought the expense of clear-ing it would be small, provided two men wereemployed to crosscut the timber into lengthsand let it he for the fiist flood to sweep itaway.There were a few patches of bush on the claim,but he has no feur of the timber being adrawback as far as dredging is concerned. Hecould see no big stones, except what could beeaeily toped with. The claim looked heavy inplaces, and no. doubt would be heavy dredgingground,although it looked worse than it reallywas. A mistake had been made in choosingIhp building fi}c for the pontoons, as, if theyhad been built about lour chains behind thepresent site en the bottom boundary of theclnim, a, dam coxil'cl have bc>;n constructed fo"half the cost b't the present one, thf re beiij?;anatural clam liali'loinied,maddition to whichoptiiiiig-out operations would be facilitated. Ani'mbtr cades of machinery were in a safeposition on the claim, and Mr Dalzicl's opinionwab that the com] any would have a good andpowerful diedgc, while ths claim should prove:", lich cue. Some o: the gold,was very heavy,aid piec c-3 wouldnot pa=s through theholes ma f-cxeon, a speeially-constiucted box being re-quired to tr"at the wrsh after it weni thiouglithe bcreen. The Chairman remarked that thesito for the pentcons had been chosen becausethc.r expc-it adviser considered ttwt good goldwould be got 'I'mmediatey after starting. Hothen went on to refer to th<» financial position.The liabilities corupnscd -ecuiod crcditois tothe extent o£ £180' 14s TOd, and the contingentliabilities amounted to £'2.258, including thebalance due oil trie. pdul£6ns;' makm? a. totalof £-24 i7 14s lOd. There was ca&li in the bsukand Oil hand fd tile extent'of \£62o los Id, suit!il.o balance of the calls cousidercd good was£122 12s 3d, or a total oi £1049 7s 4d, lcavn.fr.ideficiency of £1358 7s GJ. The directors hadthf promit-c of a lean en mortgage of £1250,£.1 d th<y intended to !ohuo preference pharei,uiin h woul'l g'^c them a balance to credit ota!.cut £oi)0 to «.'p»f v.itli, so that they couldhave » lU'i oven if thiy did not fret on the go-Idstraight away.In reply to questions, the Chairman stated

tiiat 750 shares lisu been forfeited. Theinterestto bo paid on the mortgage was 25 per cent.The vendors on the West Coast h^d agreed totake up thrir quota of the preference shares.The pontoons should be completed in threeweek«, and a, lot of the machinery was aleradyon the claim, while th« remainder could botaken up as <=oon as the company went aheadagain, a:.<l contracts let for the erection andhousing.

Mr J. H. Carter then moved the followingresolution — "

That 750 forfeited shares in thecapital of the company be issued (payable—2s 6d per share on application,23 6d per shareon pllotment,and the balance in calls, as thedirectors find it required) upon the followingterms: — (1) That they be called preferenceshares, and that, after the redemption of thejzugtâjie eyei tkc toaiDajus's juva&te, the

CALEDONIA GOLD DREDGINGCOMPANY.

An ex'iaorclinary geneial meeting of «harc-holdt-isi in the Caledonia Uold Dredging Com-p.tj^y was held m the Dniiedm Stock Exchangeon ThuTaday for the purpose of considemig thequestion of voluntary liquidation. There were11 shareholders present, and Mr J. InghsWright 'chairman of directors) presided.

The Chairman said that subsequent to thelast meeting of shareholders thedirectors foundthat there was no possibility of gettingenoughmoney to procure a fresh claim. By the timethey arranged for a claim, shifted the dredge,nnd kept enough money in hand ior workingexpenses for a short time they would neednearly £2000, and shareholders who had beeninterviewed individually led them to believethat it would be impossible to find anythinghko the amount required. The only othercourse open to them was to sell thedredge, andafter a good deal of bargaining they succeededin disposingof it to the Blackwater RiverCom-pany for £-2250, which was considered- a veryfair price, taking all things into consideration.The motion before the meeting was in favourof voluntary liquidation. The directors hadbeen approached with the object of inducingthem to buy another claim and a, small dredgeon the West Coast, but their inquiries in thisdirection h.id not led to anything satisfactory,and they felt that they had nothing to put be-fore shareholders. 'With regard to the mererii ha.'.d, the general opinion of shareholdersappeared to bo in favour of having it returnedm the shape of a dividend. Hementioned thatall thf1directors werecontributing shareholders,andhad done their very best to make the com-pany a =uccess, but the claim had proved worth-less, af'.er being thoroughly tested. He thought.=hart-hold t^> would rcce.\e about 3s 3'l pershare back.

Mr A. Sligo said the directors were justifiedingiving the claim a second trial owing to thedifferent opinions that had been expressed inregard to the previous working. Personally,ho had every confidence in the first dredge-master (Mr Hay). The directors had gone to aconsiderable amount of -{roublein investigatingthe different claims under offer, but they came,to the conclusion that they couldnot be enteredI'pon. All the schemes were too risky, and hecould s-pp nothing but voluntary liquidation.

The Chairman then moved that the companybe wound up voluntarily, the motion beingseconded l>y Mr Sligo and carried.

Mr Paterson thought shareholders wouldagreethat the conduct of the directors hadbeenadmirable, and that they had not been able tomake the company a success was not due toany faiiit of theirs.

On the motion of MrFrost, seconded by MiDouglas, Mr A. T. Finch was appointedliqui-dator at a remuneration of 25 guineas.

The Chairman remarkpd that a dividend of3s pei .share would b,e paid to shareholders atthe meeting to be ho\d to confirm the resolu-tion they had passed.

On themotion of ilr Sligo, seconded by Mrfalcrson, it was decided to holda meeting onJuly 3,al the company's office, at 5.30 p.m., toconfirm the resolution.

On the motion of Mr J. H.Nimnso, a heartyvote of thanks was accorded the directois for"She wayin which they had conducted the affairsof the company. The non-succe«3 of the com-pany was not duo to any fault of their", andihpy hiul throughout possossed the full con-fidence of shareholders. It said a good dealfor them that the Caledonia di-pdge had bean ntwoik for «ome time, while some other com-panies that were floated at the same tune badi;ot yet not a start.

Messrs Wright, A. Bum. A. Sligo. Acl:roy<\and Fine1' having letuimd thank*, the meet-ing c!o«c'!.

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23s and 23s 6d. First Chances have weakened.On Monday week shares were in the marketat 3s, with buyers at 2s 3d, while selling o6ersof 2s on Monday failed to elicit any response.Transactions were recorded at 2s 3d and 2s 9don Tuesday, and at 2s 3d and Ss onThursday.Gentle Annies have hardened' a little, buyersadvancing from 11s to 12s aud sellers from 13s6d to 13s 9d- Gold Kings have been inclinedto case. On Monday week sales were effectedat 4s and 4s 3d, the quotations being 4s l^dand 4s 6d, and the latest inquiry from buyersis3s 9d, v.ithout any response. Golden Rivershave weakened a shade. Sellers have been inthe market at fiom 6s 3d to£s 9d, but buyershave dropped from 63 to 5s Qd. Two transac-tions were effected oi\ Tuesday at 6s 3d, endfour on Monday at 63. Buyers of JunctionElectrics have receded from 19s 3d to 18s Gd,and sellers from 19s 6d to 19p, while salestook place at 193 Cd on Monday week, at 19son Tuesday, and at 18s 3d -on Thursday, Fri-day, and Saturdar. Lady Roxburgh'shave beensteady, v:ith buyers at from 4s 3d to 3s 9d

1 di&., and sellers at 3s 6d and 3s dis. LeaningRocks were wanted 0:1 Monday week at 6s,holders closing at 10s, while on Jlo::day twoparcels changed hands at Bs, with furtherbinc-rs at 7s and sellers at 7s 6d. Leviathanpreference shares havebeen firm. On Mondayweek a sale v. as made at 5s 6d, the closingquotations being 5s 3d and* 5s 9d, but buyer?liars now moved up to 5s 6d and sellers toSo lOd. Manuherikias h.ave been inquired forat from 35s to 36s 9d, while holders have askedfrom 37s 6d to 40s. Sales took pJace on Wed-nesday at 36s 6d and 37s 6d. Meg and Annieshave hardened perceptibly, buyers advancingfrom 14s to 15s 9d, and sellers from 15s 6dto16s 3d. Aparcel changed handson Tuesdayat 15s, and on Wednesday sales were effectedat 15s 4Jd and 15s 6d. Molyn-eux Kohmoorshave been steady all the week, and shares weretaken up at 5s dis. on Tuesday, at 5s and 5s3d dN. on Wednesday, and at 5s 3d ar.d 5sdis. on Saturday. Monte Christoes have fallenback. At the commencement of last week thequotations were 22s and 25s 9d, while thelatest are 15s arid COs. Transactions were re-corded at 2-2s Gd on Tuesday and at 21s onThursday. There was an improvement in NoTown Creeks, buyeis of which advanced fiorn33s 3d to 34s 9d, while sellers moved up from34s 9d to 35= 6d. A sale took place 011 Thurs-day at 355. Old Dunstans were neglected untilWednesday, when a parcel of shares changedhand's at 2s, with further buyers at Is andsellers at 3s, and since that time the stock hassteadily hardened, sales taking place at 3son Friday and Saturday and at 3s 6d on Mon-day, two lots being taken up at that price,while the closing quotations were 3s and 3s 6d.O'rigs have gradually weakened. Sales wereeffected at 23s on Moaday week, at 233 6d onWednesday, at 21s (ex dividend) on Saturday,and at 21s 6d and 21s on Monday, when theclosing quotations were 20s 6d and 21s. Riseand Shines have also fallen back. Transac-tions wore effected at 22s 6d on Monday week,at 23^ 3d on Friday, and at 223 9d on Satur-day, while the latest quotations are 21s 6d and235. Two lots of River Molynsuxs changedhands yesterday at Is, and further buyer3offered 9d, but holdfirs would not accept lessthan Is 3d. Tevlots have weakened a little,and two sales were male on Monday at 4s 6d,with additional buyers at 4% and sellers at 4s9d. TJmtys improved until Thursday, whenthey fell back, but they show signs of re-covering again. Sales were effected at 17s onMonday week,at 17s 6d dn Tuesday,at 18s 6d,19s, 19s 3d, and 19s 6d on Wednesday, at19s 6d on Thursday, and at 19s-,18s 9d. and ISs6d on Friday, the latest ouotatioiis being IS36J and 193 Cd.

June 10.— Alexandra Leads, 4s Gd; FirstChance, 2s 3d and 2s 9d; Golden TJ:"t-r, 6s Yd;

Junction Elpctric, 19s; Meg and Annie, 15s;Molyneux Kohinoor, 5s dis, Monte Cliristc,22s Cd;Unity, 17s 6d;Roxburgh Amalgam?-teISluicing (paid), 4s 6<L

June 11.— AlexandraLead, 4s 6d;ilfinuheri-kia, 36s 6d and 37s 6d;Meg and Annie,15s 4£dantl 153 6d;MolyneuxKohinoor. 5s and 5s 3ddis; New Halfway House, 7s lid; Olng, 23sCd, Old Dunstan, 2s, Unity, 18s 6d, 19s, 19s3d, and 19a 6d.

June 12.— AlexandraLead, ss; Alpine No. 2,2fls;Bendigo, 9s 6d, 9s 3d, and Sd 9d;Calla-ghan's Creek, 8s 3d p.; First Chance, 2s 3dand 2s; Junction Electric, 18s 3d; MonteChristo, 21s;No Town Creek,35s ;RiverrMoly-neux,Is;Unity, 10a 6d.

June 13.— Junction Electric. ISs 3d: OldPunstan, 3s;.Rise and Shine, 23s 3d;RoyalMaori,3s 3d and 3s; Trafalgar, 24s 6d;Unity,395,19s 9d,and 18s 6d;Waimumu Queen, 5.J.

June 11.— Alexandra Lead (ordinalv), 6s 6d;AlexandraLead (preference^, 20s; Bendigo, lla,10s 6d, and 10s 9d;Junction Electric. 18s 3d;Molyneux Kohinoor, 5s 3d and 5s <H«i. , OldDunstan, 3s; O'rig, 21s; Rise and Shine, 22s9d,Royal Maori,2s 9d and 2s Gd.

June 16.— Alexandra Lead, 6s 6d, Bendigo,10s; Golden River,6s; Leaning Rock, 8-i. OldDunstan, 33 6cl:Oirig, 21s 6d and 21s, RiverMoHiieux, Is; Teviot, 4s Gd.

tal paid up on the preference shares snail notbe liable to cancellation or reduction in respectof loss or depreciation until 20s per share onsuch shares has been paid in full; all appli-cations must be sent to the secretary not laterthanthe 30th day of June, 1902."

The amendment, which was seconded by MrJ. C. Jones, was carried unanimously, but justprior to this a shareholder mentioned that ,hehad received a letter from Alexandra offeringto underwrite 600 of 1500 pound shares in thatdistrict.

Two hundred and fifty of the preferenceshares were subscribed in the room, and themeeting then ended.

OLD DUNSTAN GOLD DREDGINGCOMPANY.

The following half-yearly report for theperiod ended June 10 has been issued by thedirectors,of- the Old Dunstan Gold DredgingComnany to. t!ie shareholders "—"Attached herewith is the half-yearly state-

ment of the accounts of the company in termsof'The Companies Act,1901/ showing the exact

tLua-ncial position. As will be seen on referringto the statement there are still arrears of calKSue of £174 10s on450 Fhares, and the responselo the levy of Isper share made by your direc-tors to enable them to get the dredge com-pleted and accordingly to make a start dredg-ing this winter has not been so general asrould be wished, or, indeed, as V7a« to havebeen expected. And as the work cannot bejarriedon without funds (inter alia., it may beacre statedthat everything has now to be paid!or cash down) your directors cannot but im-biess upon shareholders the necessity of notilone paying up their arrears, but also ofjostributing their quota of tb.2 levy, and thuslid in bringing about the result so earnestlyfc> be desired; or there is no disgusing thelisagreeable fact that the alternative of liquida-tion must follow. That the company's claim'13 a valuable one is evidenced by the payablereturns obtained by the Davis's Bend Com-pany immediatelyon our lower boundary,andri shareholders are but prompt, and in theirtrue interest pay up,your diiectois confidentlyexnect to have the dredge at work early inJuly.'

At the beginning of the above-mentionedperiod the company had £50 -is Sd in hand, andduring the -six months payment of arreai-3 ofcalls (£110), the levy of Is per share (£-77), ar.d(receipts from sale of wire rope (£l2 103 fid)Brought the total up to £249 15=s 4d, against■which the expenditure reached a total of £203

.3.8s lid, leaving a balance of £45 16s 5d .n illeLank. The nominal capital is £3500, but 300Bhareahave beenforfeited, and there are arrearsof £174 103 on450 shares. There is a mortgageof £1091 over the dredge aud claim (including£516 for the erection of machinery andhousing,due in February; 1903), and the prospectiveliabilities are £300, while the other indebted-ness amounts to £315. The pontoons andmachinery arivaluedat £6305 5s lOd, and whenthe- other assets are taken into account therei3adebit balance of £793 17s 9d.

THE WEST COAST.(From Our Own Correspondent.)

GREYMOUTH. June 10.The Maori Gully dredge was refloated. An

examination of the hull shows that it haslUEtained but little damage, while the machi-nery,beyond being a little rusty, is as good as■when she sank. The dredge will likely startwork next week. The annual report, to bapresented afc the general meeting on June 23,flays:"Dredging wa3 commenced in Decern-iber, and £507 4s Cd worth of gold was ob-tained up to'the time the dredge sank. Thedirectors hope that v.-hen dredging work is re-sumed the ground ahead of the dredge willyieldprofitable leturns, ss there was evidenceof a marked improvement in the eharac/.irof the washdirt when the unfortunate acci-dent happened. The liabilityof the company.was £377. The cost of raising the dredge was>stimated at £350, making a total of £1327.,The bulk of the debt was due to the foundry.[.The directors say that piobabiy it will beaifccessary to raise additional capital by theifsue of debentures or preference shares, andthe directors' decision hi this matter v/illshortly ba communicated to shareholders.

Te Hokitika River dredge, having got thetoilers thoroughly cleaned out, the dredge-raaster expects a solid run this week.

The falling off in the Cornwall return wasdue to lost time in shifting the buckets. The■wash is improving, and should go up to 250zthis- -week.

The Commissioner's Flat dredge has got allihe machinery on board. The contractor says■he will bs finished at the ei":d of the month.1REPORTS FROM WORKING DREDGES.

1 The secretary of the Alpine No. 2 Gold Dredg-ing Company reports -a return of 15oz for S9hours' dredging. The dredgemaster leporlsthat the ground has been veryrough.

The secretary of the Central Mntaura Com-pany reports a return of 20oz 19dvrt 6gr fromilio'No. 2 dredge for 130 hours' work. The*.redge during the week has been workingthrough the tailings left by the prospecting,dredge.

The secretary of the Charlton Creek Companyreports a return of 14ok for 80 hours' work.!The dredge was stopped from Saturday las-t tillTuesday of this week m order to replace abroken pinion, hence the sho:t time actual'ydredging.'. Mr if. J. Ramsay leports the Palereon's

.Freehold dredge's return for last week as 290z.,A. Wellington, telegram reports the returnof the Kokikohi dredge to ba 2207 7d\vt. TheTakaka Sluicing Company obtained 51oz "for14 days.

The drodgemast-er of the Great Woodstockdredge reports a return of 14oz 14dwt for \vov.-eeks' work. The local director wire* that heexpects a steady improvement.

The secretary of the Clyde Drcdgir.% Con-panv reports a return of 9-loz for the v;oekThe dredgemaster reports that the liver ii2ftBin abovenormal, and also that he is stoppingr.rrk to-day to alter the tables and save-alls.

The Golden Run dredge last wet-k obtained7j>oz 2dwt working on the Golden Gate Com-pany's prounS: Of this 230z lldwt goes toHie"Golden Gate Company, -while the GoldenBun Company retai«3 15os Ud^vt as its ownchare. '

Th» eeeretary of theEam^c'.eusthGodDredg-ing Companyreports.a return-of 85oz from IheICo. 2 dredge for 130 hours' dredging. The Xo.Idredge will resume work this week.

The secretary of the Rise and Shine GoldPredging Company reports a return of 520z.Ihe wash continues of a similar quality tothat previously worked, and the machineiyis running well.

The secretary of the Empire Gold DredgingCompany reports a return of 220z IJdwt fromthe No. 1 dredge last week. There was nowaah-up from the No 2 diedge, winch wasundergoing an overhaul.

The secretary of the Gabriel Gold DredgingCompany reports n. return of 20oz Sdwt 12grfor 122 hours' work The dredgpruastfr le-ports that he is workingup on ;he road side,of the claim, where ths wash .s improving.Ke states that he will work up a faa- distanceon that side.

The dredgemastpr of the CVrtra! Electricai'cdge reports that ha washed up l'ioz lOdwt

,He is working close to the ondge.The return from the DunLack dredge is looz

Idwt for 129 hours. The drergemaster r?port-ihat silt interfered with the return for the last"«hree days.

The secretary of the Waiinumu Gold Dredg-PM Comswz reports » ictuxa of 12oz feu 03

attitude of the officers attached to th»garrison.

The barbed wire fences between theblockhouses within the late war areahave been removed.

June 11.A proclamation issued at Pretoria, im-

poses a tax equal to one-tenth of thevalue of the goldproduced after deduc-tion of the cost of production and sumsallowed for the exhaustion of capital.

Signor Prinetti, Italian Minister forForeign Affairs, is inquiring at Pretoriaas to the possibility of sending* emi-grants to South Africa.

Opperman's commandosurrendered afcPretoria, and were delighted at news ofpeace.

Mullen's commando at Balmoral glee-fully threw down their rifles, and in-sisted on shaking hands with the Britishofficers. They had a big sing-song inthe evening.

Fouche represented the Boer Go-vernment when Bezindenhout's andOdendaal's commandos surrendered afcAliwal. Fouche, re-ponding to ColonelTervan's complimentary welcome, ex-pressed a hope that the next time hefought it would be beside the British.

A conference of magistrates in theOrange Colony discussed the questionof the earliest date for the repatriationof the Boers.

Skirmishes which have occurred aredue to tho great area to be covered bythe peace emissaries, and the difficultyof communicating early news of peaceto isolated outposts.

Three hundred and seventy-sevenBoers surrendered at Hopetown, includ-ing 331 rebels.

Seven thousand Boers had surrenderedup to Monday morning.

Mr Seddon, the Premier of New Zea-land, in the course of an interview atMadeira, said he would have preferredfirmer peace conditions.

The Berlin newspaper Neli PreussKreuz-Zeitung urges Germany andAmerica to co-operate to secure themaintenance of the open-door in SouthAfrica.

Lord Strathcona and the colonialAgents-general are much dissatisfied afcnot having beeeninvited to the thanks-giving tervice at St. Paul's. MrGrainger, the South Australian Agent-general was alone present. The Govern-*ment organs attribute the omission toinadvertence.

The dominant note in conversationamong those who have surrendered iseulogy of British fairness, as shown inthe execution of the two British officersMorant and Handcock.

Dr Leyds and his Hollander confrereLangermans announce that funds arebeing collected to reinstate Germancom-batants on their farms and to maintainthe Boor propaganda.

The Daily Telegraph states that MrSeddon has declaredthat thp^great diffi-culty in the future will not be with th©Boers, but with those behind them.

The Standard states that Dr Kuyper,the Netherlands Premier, insists onKruger swearing the oath of allegianceto the Kiug, the same as Botha and DeWet.

June 12.The surrender's total 9310.Commandant Vanzyl Vandermerve

has arrived at Vryburg. He welcomedpeace.

Commandant Kemp has surrenderedat Mafeking. He was adverse tosurren-der, but finally yielded to the viewsof the majority. He says he isglad Viscount Kitchener did notattach the .shame of unconditionalsurrender or the Boers might havecontinued the .struggle for a coupleof years, .though with no certainty ofsuccess. Food was plentiful in theWestern Transvaal, although exhaustedin the Eastern. He was quite satisfiedat the settlement. There will be no-bitterness, and he predicts harmonybetween the races.

Two hundred and nine Cape rebels|surrendered at Cradock. :

A proclamation issued in Cape Colonyaccepts surrenders for another month.Thode failing to surrender within thetime fixed will be subject to the extremepenalty of the law.

The rebels whosurrenderedat Gradockhave been handed over to the civilauthorities.

The Government are engaging ninetransports for three mouths' service tocarry the Boer prisoners back to South.Africa. Each will carry 60 officers and1550 men. Vessels that have been usedto transport horses are not accepted tocarry troop*-.It is considered in London that the

new form of tax on gold in the Trans-vaal favours miners.

Major-general Fetherstonhaugh hassucceeded Lieutenant-general Lytteltonin command of the forces' in NataLGeneral Lytteltou went to Natal pre-liminarily to succeeding ViscountfKitchener.

Mr Chamberlain, presiding at aCorona Club dinner, iv the course of aspeech, said: '* The country now en-,joys peace, honourable to both parties,on the lines we ourselves traced at theoutset as alone affording a basis for apermanent settlement. Great Britainhad been very generous in everythingrelating to personal or private matters,but had yielded nothing of the sub-stance. The country may well be de-.lighted at the way the terms have been

MR KRUGER LOWERS HIS FLAG.

DELIGHT OF THE ST'RREXDERERS.—WOULD LIKE TO FIGHT BESIDETHEJ3RITISH.

|Dfi LETDS&HIS HOL LANDERS

THE SURREXRERIXG COMMANDOS.—HARMOXY OF RACES PREDICTED.

DOERS CLAD IX SKINS.

DE WET'S GOOD ADVICE.

THE SUKREKDERS CON-TINUE,

TOTAL TO DATE, 16,300.

THEKIXGHEARTILYCHEERED

LONDON, June 9.Wheu the surrendered Boers reached

Bloemfontein they refused to shakehands with those who had surrenderedprevious to peace.

The Boers who came in at Vredefordexpected that 15,000 troops would wit-ness their surrender. They were sur-prised aud gratified to find only GeneralElliott and his staff.

CommandantHertzog remarked to theDaily Telegraph's correspondent that DrKrause deserved all he got and inoi'e.He ought to have observed the law or'openly fought in the field. All the Boerleaders are delighted at peace, and ex-press a wishto work on the farms.

Thanksgiving services were held in

many Anglican churches in Cape Colony,and similar services in the churchesand chapels throughout Great Britainand in the Embassies abroad. ManyAmericans attended the services on theContinent.

Mr Michael Davitt unveiled a monu-ment in Armagh to pro-Boer Irishmenwho were killed on the Modder River.Subsequently he said that the day wouldcome when England would recognise thewrong she had done in forcing war onthe Boers. The bystanders becomingaggressive, the police interfered to pre-vent a fight.

Viscount Kitchener reports that 2500rifles were surrendei'edon Saturday andSunday, 44 being given in by Capel-ebels, the remainderchiefly by De Wet'sfollower.?. All the surrenderors cheeredthe Kiug heartily.

Corporal V. Kogarty, of the TenthNew Zealander*, died at Newcastle ofpneumonia.

Lieutenant Robert M'Keich, of theNinth New Zealauders, was killed atNitueugt, near Vereeniging, on the 4thinst. Lieutenant Henry Rayile, of the>ame regiment, was slightly wounded.

June 10.At a banquet at Johannesburg, Lord

Milner pleaded for a truce from politicalstrife. He trusted all would developa wider patriotism, embracing an ideal,world-wideEmpire.

Many weeks :igo 300 Bushmen, failingto be included in the SouthAfrican Con-tingents cabled, in the name of theirrepresentative (M'Millan), offering theirservices direct to the Imperial authori-ties The men hung about the city forweeks, but no reply came. It transpiresViscount Kitchener replied:—''LordTullebardine will lie glad to accept forthe Scottish Horse." The Postal De-partment .sent the reply to Sir William.M'Millan, at Melbourne. He was un-aware of the Sydney movement, and,thinking the request to be for more men,handed the message to the Minister ofDefence. The latter iuformed ViscountKitchener that the Government wereraising thoir own contingent0, and wereunable to recruit for other-,. On May16 the Marquis of Tullebardine cabledurging the despatch of the men. Thisal«o went to the wrong MMillau,andthereply was sent: "Federal Governmentcan do nothing reTnliebardineproposal."The 300 men were thus robbed of a se-cond chauce of ftoing to the front.

The War Office grants a specialgratuity to the troops in Africa whohave served more than 18 months andfor additional -ervice after the end ofla^t year.

The Daily Mail states that Mr Krugeron Saturday ordered the removal of theTransvaal and Orange Free State Flagsfrom his villa at Utrecht.

The municipal and church clocks haveceased to chime the Volksleid (the Boernational hymn).

Fifty Boer officers at Bermuda at-tended the Governor's "at home."They were deliehted with the friendly

hours' work. The rest of the time has beentaken up in building tho dams, damage towhich, was caused 1y theTecent floods.

The Teturn irom the Spec Gully dredge is]Soz 7dwt for 150 hours' work. The dredge-inaster reports th?t he lias been repairing.

The Stafford Waimea dredge obtained 13ozTcuvt for broken tinio last week. The dTedgehas been stopped, as the wheels of the screendrive gave out on Wednesday.

The secretary of the Perseverance Companyreports a return of 360z 13dwt 18gr from, theNo. 1dredge. The No. 2 diedge resumed workon Saturday. The directors of this companyhavedeclared another dividend of Is per share.

The secretary of the Chicago Company re-ports a return of 15oz 2dwt for 200 hours'dredging. The ground is inipro.-ing.

THEWEEK'S DREDGING RETURNS.r During the -week ended Monday, June 16,returns were reported from the following 66dredges, the total yield bemgr2i1003 Odwt 21gr,or an r-verage of 330z per diedge.—

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGENotwithstanding that nearly all last week's

returns were very satisfactoiy, there v/as nomaterial improvement m the share marketyesterday. The majonty of the ftocks heldtheir own pretty well, however, ami a very fairamount of business wa* done. The liver hasfallen to 2ft 9in above the normal mark, andthe weather continues fine. For the purposeof showing the alterations in the market dur-ing the week we make a short review of someof°tho principal stocks. Alexandra Leads im-proved considerably in expectation of the largereturn which came to hand on Saturday, andbuyers advanced from 4s on Monday week toGs'3<l, while Feller* moved up from 4s "id to6^ fi'.l. Sales were made at Is 6d on Tuesdayand Wednesday, at 5s en Thursday, at 6s GdonSaturday (whena paicel of preference sharescharged hands at 20M, ar.d at 6= 6d on Monday.Be.ulisoes weakened until Friday, since winchtime tlipv ha\? rrooveied somewhat. At theij'ft'pnmgof last week the quotations were 10sand 12=, while the lalo=t are 9s and 9s 9d.Salts tcok place at 9s OJ, 9s :id. and Ss 3d onThursday, at 11.= aud 10s 9d on Saturday, ar.dat 10= on Monday, Enterprises ha\ c been inthe market at from 26s to 27=, but have beenlaxifniv ntidected by uuieis, who have ofiexed.

THE KINK'S CORONATION.The Mosgiel Borough Council ha= lesolved

to commemorate the Coronation by thefr&ction of a clock tower and o'opk, and. avisit of inspection in connection with theproject was made toMosgiel on Thursday byMr .1. Hislop. architpet. Some councillorsaie enthusiastic enough to believe that thecouncil might go further and erect a townhall with a clock tower to it.

A new public library, to cost £400, is tobe preoted at Alexandra to ec-le-brate theKing's Coronation It has also beon de-cided to hold a procession in the afternoon,and to arrange for an entertainment in theevening.

At an enthusiastic meeting of the MartonCoronation Committee a propor-al Uy erectan ouiameutal lamp in the park ■wasadopted, instead of placing: it af the iime-tion of the two main streets. The towni> to be profusely decorated, and will in-i'ude fhe arclie?. After the proeos-iion amuted servu-e. followed by a clemonotrtitioii,will be held in the park.

The Port Chalmers Borough Council i-sinviring tcndeis for the erection of a handrotunda and the laying out and asphaltingof Kinpr lidward VIIsquare, which is themode adopted of commemorating the King'sCoronation.

Mr Win il. M'Kouzie. Thames street.Oainaru, writes to us on the subject of theo'd wmrtnvll above Severn street, which,he claim-, could at moderate expenditurebe converted into a splendid memorial ofth« Coronation of King JOdward. and onethat would be a great attraction to visitorsto the town. He explains that there isover an acre of ground and a dwellinghouse, and his scheme is to lay out theground into nice gardens; while the tower,which has eight windows on each of twosides, could have an equal number placedin each of the other sides, and that thesecouid separately be dedicated to thememory of the brave soldiera from the dis-trict who took their share in the SouthAfrican war:while a statue oC King Ed-ward could be erected on the top. Thepublic would visit the gardens, and fromthe tower they could \iew the MackenzieMountains to* th» north, the KakanuiMountains to the south: Livingston andthe Kakanuis to the west, while to thecast » shiu could be siaited 30 miles at

OTAGO WITNESS.sea. He is confident that if this grandold landmark were so utilised it wouldprove an attractive feature of the to^vn.

June 18, 1902

THE LATE WAR.

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yjz. awi. gr.llar.uhcr.k'a, Al?xandrs, 130hr3 378 3 0Electric. Cromwell ... 148 0 0f-'siior's Bend, below Alexav.dra,

l.'lhi* 241 10 0C'vde, Alexandra, week .... 91 0 0Teviot, Roxburgh, ISOhrs ... 91 7 12EarnFcJeugh No. 2, Alexandra,

ICOhrs .... So 0 0Alexandra Ls.id, Alexandra,

134hcs 84 0 0Unity, Clyde, week 76 0 0Golden Run, Miller1* Flat 75 2 0(Of this return 290z lldwt gce3

to the Golden Grte Company,whose ground is being worked).

Sbeddan's Freehold, Waikaka,210hrs ... . . 71 0 0

G«.n*ie Annie, £a.virau River,UShrs . 53 6 0

Rite and Shir.c, Upper Chuha . 52 0 0Majestic, Miller's Flat, Sdys .. 45 2 0O'rig. Mamiherikia, 12lhrs 44 1 0Monte Christo, above Clyde,

32OhTS .... . 41 0 0Golden Berl, Miller's Flat,

120!:rs 40 10 0PcL-scverance Xo. 1, Alexandra.. 36 13 0Ri.'ey's Beach. Ciomwell, week.. 32 0 0Mysteiy Flat, Waikaia,104hrs .. 29 13 0Ettrick, Roxburgh,125iirs ... 29 3 0Royal Wainiumu, near Mataun,

131hrs .. 28 12 0Upper Waipori, Waipon, 138hra 27 0 0Long Valley, Roxburgh, 123hr3 25 0 0Coal Creek Fiat, Roxburgh,

125hrs .. 21 0 0Wainiuniu Extended, nr lld-

tnura, 119h:s . .... 23 7 0Empire Xo. 1. Waipon . 22 13 0Molyneux Kohinoor, above Rox-

burgh, s&hr3 .. . .. 22 12 9Matf>u, C;yde, week . 22 0 0Enterpuse I\o. 1, Alexandra,

135hrs .... 21 4 17Central Mataura X 5. 2, Ms- taura,

130ht3 20 19 6KiverMolyneux,below Alexandin 20 10 0Gabriel, Tuapek.*- Flat, 1221n5.. 20 8 12Success, Waipori, 138hrs .. 20 1 12Waimnmu Central, nr Matanra,

133hrs .. ... 20 1 0Molyneux Hydraulic, Alexandra, 19 7 9$ri?c Gul'y, near Mataurs,

loOhrs 18 7 0Grlden Gate, IVliller's Flat .. 18 G O;ln addition to this the Golden

Gate Company receive 290zlldwt of the Golden Run re-turn, that company's dredgeworking on the Golden GateCompany's ground).

Waitamma, week 17 17 0Viucent Extended, Clyde, SShis 17 9 0Davis's Bend,aboveClyde, 4idys 17 2 ©Ccago, Miller's Flat, Sdys

"17 0 0

Golden River, below Alexandia,lt>ihrs . . . ,,1650

Champion, Beiumont, sdys .. 16 5 0WsUtaka, Wpikaka, l'yihr=i .. 35 IS OChicago, Alexandra, 200lnq .. 15 2 0Dmiback. Dunback, 120hr3 .. 15 1 0Golden Tieasuiv, Miller's Flat,

wtek 15 0 0Alpine No. 2, Cromwell, 89hr<; li 0 OInchtlale, nr Paiinereton. 137bis 14 12 0Rankleburn Amalgamated Com-

panies, Beaumont 14 12 0Globe, Waikaka, ]33hrs .. 14 8 0Charlton Creek,nr Gore, 80hrs . 14 0 0Happy Valley, Tuapeka 14 0 0NewHalfwayHouse,above Clyde,

week . 13 14 16Charlton Valley, nr Goie. 1041ns J3 13 0Central Electric, Upper Clutha . 13 10 0Upper Magnetic, Kawprau Kiver,

80hrs . '. .. .... 13 10 0Voltaic, :ir Cromwell, 78hrs .. 12 14 0Waimumu, nr Matanra, G3hrs 12 0 0Waimumu Queen, nr Mataura,

119hrs ... 11 16 6Inch Valley. nr Palmerston,

131hrs ... 10 0 0Royal Maori,Up Clutha. 136hr= . 10 O 0Waikaka Queen, Waikak?, 86hrs 8 18 0EvansFlat, Tuapeka, week 8 3 0Lady Charlton, nr Goie,l'23hi ■?.. fi 18 18Point dOr, Up Clutha. 136hr^.. GOO

Total .. 2218 0 21The We-jt Coast.

Nelson. Cre-k. 129hr.., .... 95 0 0ZSo Town Crpp-k, 'i(>hrs .» SO O 0Leviathan, l.^Clirs .. .. ... 45 9 0Premier Buller, 92hrs .... 35 0 0Itceves's Proprirtiiry, lllhrs .. A3 0 0North Beach, 126hrs S2 16 0Mosquito, 91hrs 31 18 0Greenstone Junction, IJ-ihis .. 31 7 0Welcome, 160hr<! 23 0 0Gir. stor.p Creek 135hr3 .... 23 0 0>rn'o.a ?00';i= 02 12 OKol t,i1., .. 22 7 I)Callaz ..!.". !2T ]"= .. .. IS 8 I)ft-.r.)! Wo "«,to-k, ' vk-. .. U 14 0Stafford V'j.rarj I'okon time.. 15 7 OCorr.wail. l'>2hr- 12 In 0Ahaura Kivoi,10fll>r-< .... 11 6 12PocklancL Bpacli i-i'i'm .. 0 15 OSUellhvk. 112h"' 8 14 0Woodstock, "2his 8 12 0Al, 123hi3 8 0 0

Tntol -. .. .. .. ofil 0 T>

A REVERIE AND ARETROSPECT.

(Frbm Ovr Own Cobhe&poxdext.J

WELLINGTON. June 15.War has left its grim trace3on some of

those who have just returned from SouthAfrica who were entertained at luncheonby the Government on Saturday afternoon.At one table sat- two men, each of whoruhad lost the. ufc of an «rm. One wasparalysed by lightning, and the other wasshot through tho upper pnrt of tho body,the bullet tearing through t'esue "and bonoin its passage. It came out al the backthrough the sh6ulder-blade. The man who.was struck by lightning goes on to Rotcrua,for curative treatment, and the one with,the bullet wound goes into the hospital foranother operat'on. Some of the wo7indsimade months ago are j-till open. Many lookstrongand healthy, bub there arc others paloand thin, who are not tho men they were,and never willbe again. Tlie>o are tho men!we are noiv welcoming back Ln a somewhawcold and formal way. The shouting ancßthe jumping heart with which a few nionthoago we nibbed them goctl-byo. have- givcrisplace to calmer tones and mildor pulce-boa-ts.rA few peopl"— friends or re'ativ'1!—-vh'itko1!— -vh'itkohnnds with them as they leavo tv -f^--ship; the Government giw= hi...-- .<-luntheon, in which there is tieer aod \c-;>-

tables— botfi much appreciated. Ther.i i;a little speechify'ng, not too much now tint.Mr Seddon ha- gone, and then they go ontheir several ways. Home of them will neverhe able to do much work again, and it issad to think that we may be in danger oFforgetting them, llioy are young now, bubthey make light of their trouble^, aiKlsniilcperhaps a Jittle *ad'y and chat in a friendlyway, tolling you tales i>f the regulars, stori"»of the hospitals, and recitals of brave deedsdone on the \e!tlt— of the other fcllowfi*deeds, not their own. In all one's experi-ences with the returned New Zealander thoimpression that is deepest is thai of tht*quiet modeety of the men. They are readyto give everyone ebe credit. The Boers ar«»brave, they say, and so arc the"Tommies— braver even than the New Zealanders;'and they will tell you thing"? about thenxand their mates, but not one word of theirexploits. Tliis> modesty on tho part of th»New ZcalaiuWi heroines a little hard on thaNew Zealand journalist, who, a3 a rule, ha*a certain regard for fact-. In America ifcwould not matter, tho facts could bo in-vented; but hero— well, it does not payany journalist to have the inventive geniunof an Edison: Thus itmay happen than aneditor may airily telegraph you to get per-sonal reniiniscuncrs of the Bothasberg fight,and you may set out just ai airily in thehope of getting good "copy.*' but you come*back onipty-hnndcd. Iinterviewed severalof the. Bothasberg men. but one and all putme off. There has beon a very good accountof it in tho paper, already they say: therois nothing more to add. Here isabig,strong.follow, a, farrier-i-ergeant, from the south.You would ni'vrr dream tlj.itho lias had abullet near him, or that he :-. ono oftho heroes of J3otiia->bf rcj: but inthat little affair he had on-; bullet throughhis shoulder, another thiough hi* leg. anda third through h;s smm.irh. But ho is alllight again, a.id h", iili" >■'> many mo:e cfour returned \olunt-_ r<=. think.? of gointcback to Africa— that land '«f bounclk?ri hori-zon am) onporhinity— whore lift think1, .iman with money or :i n.a'i with a. trade itv.iro to pro-»per. His wounc'-.- ore healec1,and ho i-, -Jrong agrin. o\c-ept for a littlfafctiffne=» in tho arm or leg, which will wear»f¥ in time, '■o it doesn't matter much if woforget him. But there are 'always those*other;

—young follows '.till, but incapacitated

-\vho»o future looms darkly ahead. Thc-arji-f» wo are in danger «f forgetting, and itii !<-r these wo should build our memorial,not in rounded curves of sombre bronze or(old marble, but in comfortable wood or

or brick, fashioning therefrom the fcurvalls of a homo, where, free from care andlvant, th^y foulfl »pend their declining year?In happint"-".

With what fnip «-pir.t thp=.o young ama-tftir New Zealand bear theirwound*. You would ii^er think that the,ynuii<; fellow Ihave ju^,-,been talking witlihas had half h.^ shoulder shot away. liehas, bocn chatting quite merrily, and ifc isonly when wo mug

"Auld lang syne." and

1 graM) his lifelf-s-,, withered hand that Xicalico that Bothasberg has hit him hard—harder, perhaps, than he yet realises. Ho.has hod a. large experience of tlie hospitals,and he does not mince matter.-* about "oneof them. Neither doc he nor,his- "mateshesitate to condemn tha detail camp afcMarilzburg, where they were

"put in dog;.kenneK" But, on the v/hole, he is loud;ill his praUcs of the British officer and the",British "Tommy." In one hospital th«{sister asked bun whero he came fiom. Hi »said Np\t Zealand. " Goodne«," re--plied; "I thought jou were a

'Tommy,'iYou've just gotall tin- nay-of ;> 'Tommy.' "1'Xbli he tokl with glee. lie was ouite1

accepted. It is a good augury that ourlate opponents, after doing their bestto maintain their independence, areready to loyally accept the altered con-ditions and co-operate in developing an£l*a of unparalleled prosperity."

Viscount Kitchener reports that Van-jfconder's and Vanbeeren's commandos,with 403 rifles, surrendered onMondayat Ventersdorp. Afterwards at a campjconcert, the burghers sang "Auld langsyne

" and"

God save theKing." Fur-\ther surrenders have taken place in the.West Transvaal of 167 rifles and 23,000rounds of ammunition; at Ermelo, 303rifles; at Zoutpansberg, 150;— total,3671arms on the 9th and 10th inst.

Viscount Kitchener inspected andthanked the National Burgher Scouts.He promised that they should returnto their farms as soon as possible. TheScouts enthusiastically cheered ViscountKitchener and LordMilner and tlie de-claration of peace. The Scouts are onamicable terms with the surrenderor*.

Beyers's commandoof 152 surrenderedat Piefersburg,. and" Hans Grobelaar'spf 318 at Ermelo.

Beyers admitted getting ammunitionthrough Portuguese territory.

Large numbers surrendered at Reitz.Kearly all were armed with Lee-Met-fords.

The surrenderors have expressed re-sentment against tho French and Ger-man press for encouraging hope, fndthus protracting the war.

The Middelburg surrenderors wentinto the refugees' camp and arrangedan impromptu ball with the Scouts andrefugees.

A fund has been started in Johannes-burg to rebuild De Wet's and De laKey's farmhouses.

Jtme 13.Some surrenderors in the Transvaal

■were wholly clad in skins, with bootsmade of old portmanteaux, and hatsfrom cows' paunches.

Seven hundred andeighty-two, belong-ing to the Kroonstad and Hoopstadcommandoes, the majority ill-clad, underGeneral Hottings, surrendered on the10th inst. Some old men were un-armed, while many of the youngstershad rifles. De Wet described the latteras the best fighters, holding their posi-iion? long after the older men had re-tired. He urged the surrenderors toprove their iidelity to the new Govern-ment. Lieiitenant-generalElliot spoke,bringing the King's messages of good-will. The King andViscount Kitcheneri\ere lustily cheered.

A Government Gazette issued at CapeColony announces that rebels surrender-ing before July 10, or captured or sur-rendered since April 12, will not bepunished by death on admitting thatthey are guilty of high treason, but willbe disfranchised for life. This does notapply lo justices of the peace, field-cornets, or colonial officials, who will botried, but excused the death penalty.Murderers and others found guilty ofacts contrary to the usages of warfareare not exempted from the utmostseverities of the law.

In the Hou-e of Commons Mr Brod-rick stated that a small Royal Commis-sion would be appointed to make ageneral inquiry into the conduct of thewar. It was impossible to make aspecial inquiry in regard to army con-tracts simultaneously.

An agreement establishing inter-colonial Freetrade in British SouthAfrica fixes the transit rate of goodsimported into tlie Transvaal throughCape and Natal port-, at 1 instead of3 per cent., and admits Cape and Xntalgoods to the Transvaal free of duty.

Lord Salisbury, congratulating theHertford Militia on their return fromthe war, said:

"If we were disappointed

in regard to the duration of peace, andin years not distant there should be ademand for action on the part of Eng-lisn soldiers,Iam afraidIcannot com-fort you by saying that the militia willbe spared."

Two thousand Boer< surrendered atReitz.

The total surrenders to date number11,022. This includes Steyn's body-guard and Dutoit's staff.

LordMilner gives 10 days' rations andtents to those who are able to supportthemselves on their old farm«.

One blockhouse out of every sixPiectcd in connection with the war willbe left standing.

June 14.The King delivered two great speeches

at audiences given separately at Buck-ingham Palace to the Lord Mayor andmembers of the CityCorporationand thechairman and members of the LondonCounty Council, who were bearers ofpeace congratulations. In the firstspeech the King expressed thankfulnessto Almighty God for the termination ofilio struggle, and recognised the .sacri-fices, admirable fortitude, and sponta-neous exertions of his .subjects at homeand bej'ond the seas, contributing to theincreasedunity and strength of the Em-pire; also the valour and endurance of.the troops who had been opposed by a"brave, determined people. He rejoiced,io think they will now become ourfriends. He earnestly hoped that, bymutual" co-operation and goodwill, the(bitter feelings of the past would bespeedily replaced by ties of loyalty andfriendship.In his second speech the King said

Its looked to the introduction of a sv§-

tha Seventh, who were wouuded at Bothas-berg. These have made an excellent ip-covery on the voyage.

NEWS OF CASUALTIES.WELLINGTON, June 10.

The Governor has recehed the followingmenage from the Casualty Department,Capetown:— Death from pneumonia at New-castle: 9242 Corporal Fogarty. Dangerouslyill at Wakkerstroom ;6077 Patrick Lee and6057 William Grant, from injuries receh ed;at Newcastle, Sergeant J. Turnbull and8660 D. Baker, both enteric fever.

RETURNING TROM THE WAR.WELLINGTON. June 11.

The following New Zealand trooper* areon board the Papanui, due here next Satur-day:— Sergeant Sheather. Troopers Candish,Ewart, Fyffe, Hackett, Hornig, MvDonald,Quin (Tapanui), and Stephens.

The troopship Manila, which arrived atAlbany yesterday with 300 of the SeventhRegiment Now Zealand Mounted Infantryon board, will call at Hobart and Sydney,and then come direct to Wellington.

ILL OF ENTERTC.WELLINGTON, June 12.

The Governor has boon advised thafcPrivate Evan?, of Dunedin, ib dangeroufalyill of enteric at Pretoria.

NEWS OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED.WELLINGTON, June 16.

The Acting-Premier has been advised asfollows from Capetown:— Patrick Leel. ofAVoodlands, Southland, has had his rightlog amputated at the Potchefstroom Hos-pital, owing to injuries received in the rail-way accident: he is doing well. Lance-corporals G. E. Wallser and Stantan (Diin-edin) are convalescent. John M'Kayißherton) is doing well at Harri&mith.(iollins (of A*hburton) has returned to NewZealand. F. .1. Chambers (Woodend, Can-terbury) sailed by the Delphic on June1. J. D. Beat-ley (of Wanganui)i3in Cape-town, and well. Trouper Peddle is in thepolice foice, and stationed at Bolsoburg.

NEW ZEALAND TEACHERS ARRIVE.v WELLINGTON. June 16." The Acting-Premier has received a cable-gram from Major Pilcher, at Capetown, an-nouncing that the New- Zealand teachers

jarrived safely on the 6th inst., and aie>Icomfortably settled; alco that the Directorof Education writer: "We are looking for-ward to great things from their co-opera-tion in educational work in the Natal andothT camps."

A' REGRETTABLE OMISSION.(From Our Own Correspondent.)I "VVEIrIiINGTOX, .Tune 16.! A siugi'lar omission occurred in cabling

the death* of the Botlia-.berg dn\e. Thel.ame of Private Aichie M'Lran. of Blen-heim, was not included in thu list of tlio^e'killed, and hi-j rc!ati\«»& only heard of hwdeath when inquiring about him. from mem-bers ot tl>e Seventh Contingent vho ic-tui'iiod to Wellington la^t wecL.BOER 'CATTLE RUSHES" CHECK-

MATED.Ifc was recenily decided that blockhouse

fctioos should in future bo rendered proofagainst mob cattle rushing by the adoptionof wrought-hon fiat-bar fencing. In con-nection with the supply of this fencing, avery smart piece of work was recentlycarried out by .Messrs Bayliss, Jone-, andBaylios (Lrd.), of AVolverhampton. OnMarch 27 the (loveuiment placed an orderwith this firm for about 40 mile-> of con-tinuous Ine-bar iron fencing, m accordancewith % reque.-t made by Lord Kitchener.Although at the time of recehing the con-tract the neees-oxy material for its fulfil-ment was in no more advanced ftage thanthat of pig-iron a«ul puddledbars, yet withinthree week:* the whole +0 miles of five-barfencing, weighing approximately ovrr 1000tons, was placed at the Gove-rnmont\ dis-posal, and all this without any serious dis-turbance of Me«srs Baylis«, Jones, andBayliss's ordinary working. So mvfh h.isbeen «aid of the prompt delivery by Amci.-un firms that it is interesting io know thatwp are quite able to do e\en belter. Inview of the interest taken in the blockhouses-yt-tem, we may >-ay that thii fence ii s=ode«igned tliat an enemy to make even ashort prap in i( would hiwo to knock outno tewor than 50 wedgf-, un-crew 20 boltsami nut*, and withdiaw fi\ f flat bars about15ft loncv: jet it ca:. be i-eadily taken topieces at l*»i»ui c. ren-.r.\cd. aivl ro-crcctedon otlier bites; so that, now the war ishappily mcr. it may b<¥ employed for mil

j war, pa-toral, or agritultural fcut ing pur-! po-e<-.

THE NINTH CONTINGENTj \ l»t;<-i irum Mnjoi .Lukt-ou, d.m d fnun!Ni>ufa=tle (S.A.). tato* that iln.unh liitifI -was seme sickness among-t tho Ninili Conj rngent t!»oy wore, on tho whole, di 1113- ai'j light, and 'had l-'on compliment*d I.v tl."j (Jencr.il on t!n*ii cxo-llmit l>eha\ lour mum-I landing.! Captain l.oa>l<\ of IV Cavi-i-ham Hide-,I lias lecened a lettn- fiom Chaol.im Captai:>'Dutloii, of tho Njmili Contii-ifPiit. <>atru [Durban. Apiil 16. Ho -tati- that t!ie^n:>over was a pleacant one on the w'iclr. Theyneie rather cramped foi roo nnn thn K'lit,but e\oiything na- done that could b^ tomake officer^ and men comfortable, ami tliefood was all that, <otild ho desired. Tin'hcr-ps landed m fiist rate condition, and tl><>loss of siv wan very f-mall out of 563 onboard. The 1)o\m woio w-iy fit and auvioi"-to get to the fiont AH Wf.i can.i-id onthe remount giound. wlnr'> tlieie ,-.;i=- litt'.oor no accomriiod.ition for tl-e officer-, and anumber had to stay ri !" u\- in toy.n. T}n<(Oiitingent wab to i'inT<- to Ncnca'-tif,where tht-y would (.imp until tlie l'or«e,

were fit aiid tli" men rrtitti-'l Aft^r iefer-ring to the fait that Mr Sodden h.id sailtdwith the Tentli, the writci r\i-rt -sod a l.opethat Captain Loa^by wa-> with (hf-ni, a> Ifwould be delighted to shako hands with himagain Tlie Cocr-jham.hoys were all wrlland fit. The writer gives an amu-iug a<(ount of the Zulu lickthaw iunner» m Dmban, and lcmaika that Dmban Miopkeepei-know how to charge foi aiti'les lcquired.On thp whole, he add-, the men of thoNinth Contingent ha\e maintained a goodreputation. A few <-kk men would ha\eto be loft in Durban.

THE SEVENTH CONTINGENT,DETAILS.

Tiooper A. Claik, of Cavrr-ham. who!went to South Afnca with the Lighth Con-

tingent aa one of the dctaiU to fill vacaii-i cic3 in the lank-, of the gallant Seventhi Contingent, has written an interesting letterIto Captain Loa^by, dated Biingspruit, ApulI24 itom which ive &re permuted to make

teni of which, with God'sblessing, -would bring South Africa thepeace and prosperity following on itsestablishment in every quarter of theglobe. He confidently believed thegood feeling displayedbetween those sorecently our opponents augured well forthe future of the vast country added tothe dominions of the Crown.

Botha, De la Rey, Meyer, and Reitzare expected to arrive at "Utrecht inJuly. Botha spends, several weeks inLondon in August.It is expected there will be 5000 ad-

ditional surrenders before the 17th inst.Many of the l-ecent surrenderors are

young boys and old men.June 15.

Eighteen hundredand seventeen BoorssurrenderedonFriday, bringing the totalto 12,8.50.

The Timers Pretoria correspondentsays the burghers acquiesce in loyalty tothe new conditions, but it wouldbe un-wise to be too sanguine. Their friendli-ness is partly due to the revulsion aftertheir extreme suffering*. The- war wouldsoon have been ended without negotia-tions. The Boers had reached the h'.fttstages of exhaustion. Many comman-does, indescribably ragged, scramblingfor the sugar distributed by the authori-ties and eating it like bread, is sugges-tive of recent privations.

June 16.Generals Badenbor«t, Dupl^&is, Bester,

IThereon, and Jacob, with 890 men he-longing to Bloemfontein, Boshof, andBrandfort, surrendered to General Elliotat Brandfort. They were well off forfood and clothing, and the majoritywere provided with rifle1-. The officerswere allowed toretain them. Good feel-ing was manifested, and the King washeai'tily cheered. Food was latterlyscare in many parts of the Orange RiverColony, and the drives stopped supplies.The Boers lived principally on meat andmealier. They had no bread, salt, orsugar, but plenty of honey, coffee, andKaffir corn.

Austrian and German syndicates andexport associations are sending manycommercial travellers to the Cape.

Up to Saturday 16,500 Boers h.ulsurrendered, including De la Ray* 800at Lichtenburg, 590 others in WesternTransvaa,], 382 at Wakkerstroom, 570 atUtrecht, 242 at Nylstroom, 390 on theDelagoa railway, three Cape rebel*, L'sburgher officers, 807 rebel?, and £.7burghers, comprising the followers ofFoucho, Malan, Smith, and tho twoPypers, Odcndaal, Convoy, and Bezin-deuhoui.

Half the electorate of Capetown haspetitioned for the suspensionof the Con-stitution. Signatures are arriving fromall parts of the colony.

De "Wet visits Europe in July.Lieutenant C Tapper, of New Zea-

land, is convalescent, and has resumedduty.

MELBOURNE. June 12.There i-; a growing exodus of Vic-

torians to South Africa since pea.ee wasdeclared.

SYDNEY, June, 11.The State Premier lias cabled Lord

Miluer on behalf of the people of Aus-tralia asking him to welcome as fellow-citizens the brave men who recentlywere in arms against u<-, and to expressthe conviction that thfir membership inthe British Empire i-> an everlastingguarantee of freedom.

PERTH, Juno 10.The l-ran^porl Manila has arrived with

alarge contingent of returning troopers,1 including 300 of the New ZealandSeventhContingent.

[-HOBART. June 1(>.

[ The troop-ship Manila ha< arrived. S!\oleaves to-day for "Wellington, via Syd-ney.

One of the Now South "Wales Bu-h-men, when siiflcving from insanity,eludod his warder- and jumped ov.t-boardon Saturday, and was drowned.

BACK FROM THE WARTHE MEN AT AUCKLAND.

AUCKLAND, June 10.Seventy-three officers and men belonging

to tho Sivth and Seienth Contingent-., midrr(he command of Lieutenant Christian. ;w

ri\ed to-day from S\dney by the Zealandia,and go onby her to Wellington.

The returned trooppis li id ;i fine tunacross. Lieutviiaut Chrii-tian. who j- incommand, hails from CJreyniouth, but didnot belong to any New Zealand contingentHe joined the Imperial Light Infantry atthe outbreak of the war

The following returned troopers go on toDunedin:'— Trooper- Samuel .John. Sell, ofRosly?i; Fred C Chittock, of Pomahaka :W. A. Hay, Macraes Flat;A. R. Leading-ham. Maheno; Alfred Horn-, Dunedin;H.S. Taylor and C. H. Taylor. Kaikorai; XSmith, Baleluilia; and Robe.t J. Garry,Dunedin.

The returned trooper= are a1!a1! tonval<\=epnts— mostly from the Sixth and Seventh Cou-tingente. A few are New Zealander* whobecame members of the nregular fonesraised i.i South Africa. The Sixth Con-tingenters were in ho^pltal when the pre-vious draft left Capetown, being unable totravel. They form the final batch of thatregiment. "With two exceptions, the tioopersare in «plendid health. These exceptions areSergeant (J. Coleman (of Wellington), whowas^fetruck by lightning while on patrolduty, and was partly paralysed on the rightnde;and Trooper D. R. Revell (of A-h-burton), -ftho i-> recovering from typhoidfyver, but is almost well. Sergeant Colemanwas unconscious for four daj& after he »a-struck, but impro\ed gieatly -svhile in hos-pital. Hi^ tomplete ieco\cry i^ nowanticip.ued.

WELLINGTON, June 13.The southern trooper-, who have return^'!

Iby the Zeal.uidia will be examined by th^J Medical Board this afternoon, and piobably, go on homewaul by tomorrow c.ening'-1 ftteajaai. Tl>q jluuJjl feviuc lueii of

OTAGO WITNESS.June 18, 1902.the following extiacls:— "When we ar-med at Durban we had to wait four daysto get into the harbour, as there were be-tween 30 and40 large steamers also waiting-their turn to get in. We started unloadingour horses at 12 o'clock, and shortly after-wards it started pouring rain, and kept onall night. By 6 o'clock in the evening wehad our hor-es entrained, our,kits ashore,and all ready for the front. We were inlarge open trucks, without any covering andonly standing room. It took us two daysand two nights to reach our first camp(Newcastle!;so what with rain and opentiucks we had rather a rough passage.When we reached Newcastle we went intocamp for eight days with the Eighth Con-tingent, and there we got our horses,which, by the way. are Prussian ponies.The Eighth got all the New Zealandhorses we brought over. The New Zealandhorses are supposed to be the best forthe work here. They will last out fourPrussian ponies. Some of our ponies areknocked up already with the little march-ing we have had. We left the Eighth atNewcastle, 140 all told, Seventh.Contingentdetails, under Major Bauchop, a PortChalmers gentleman, and proceeded alongthe line of blockhouses. After four days'march, doing outpost duty every nigfTt, wereached Vet Kopje, where we wer.e put inthe trenches to wait the incoming drive,which had 600 Boers in front. These brokethrough the lines about two miles fromwhere we were entrenched, and although wecould hear the big guns quite plainly andsee the flashes, we, of course, could takeuo active part in. the fighting. We leftthat station ami joined the Seventh Con-tingent, undcv Colonel White. We theremet Jack Cole and Jack M'Cracken, twoCavcrsham boys. They both wished to boremembered to the corps. They have hada rough time of it. The last battle theywere in at Bothasberg, the Boers brokethrough, and out of the 90 men engaged24 were killed and 42 wounded. Every manof them stood to their posts, and if weall do our duty like they did we will beable to keep -up the good name whicheveryone here has of the New Zealanders.The

"Tommies

"cannot do enough for

v«. We have had one night march sofar, and are not anxious for another. Wewere galloping a good part of the time—fiom 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., and then halted fortwo hours, and went on in extended ordertill 5 at night. We had received word thatthere were60 Boers in front of us, and thenight march was to cut them off, but wegot there rather late, and only capturedfour of them. We charged the others, butour horses were too tired, and the Boersdisappeared over a hill. We have justfinished a four days' drive, but have gotno news as to how many were captured;though about eight miles on the left therewas constant firing between 5 and 5 o'clockin the morning, and ju=t then a thick mistcame on which blocked our view. Thereare 29 columns altogether. Our column con-sists of New Zealandcrs, Queensland Bt'.fh-nicn, and Minister Fu»ileers — 1300 i.i all-"'

THE GALLANT GORDONS IN THEWAR.

"When thf true and full history of theSouth African war comes lo h*> written, nonewill figure in it more honourably than theGordon Highlanders. From fiiist to last,we gather from some figures in the Aber-deen .Journal, th'Tc have gone to the frontinulor the name, tho colours, and theglorious in^piiation of tlmfc regiment, a totalof 3830 mcii. The Gordons was one of theff:w regiments which put two.lino battalionsinto tho lield. and we doubt if any otherregimental di-trior, in the province, with apioportionate population to that of Aber-deen, lias sent close on 4000 trained menn.to the fipld under one badge and onenaai" And certainly no part of tho king-dom or the Kmpire haa sent to South Africamen who have more nobly upheld the beattraditions of the British army. But at whata. lamentably heavy cost! Of those whofought under the Gordons' name no fewerthan 218 have found their graves in theSouth African \ohlt, while 383 w«risv.uundcd, bringing the total casualties upto 706. Kat-h ot the battalions losfc itsloader m the face of the enoiuy. while ill all19 oiliceiv, 3 colour-sergeants 13 Fergetints2 lance-sergeants, 8 corporal-. 14 lajiee-eor-poials, 3 drummers, and 175 privates areincluded in the Ions? and pad list. While theroll of tho dead is a long one. the roll ofhonour for the Gordons is in propor-tion, and thoroughly in accordance, withthe reputation and traditions of the rcgi-n.ont. The Gordon Highlanders proudlyhead the li-t of South African V.C.'p. Nofewer than se\en officers nun commissionedofticon. and men have earned tho eovrteddistinction; while the decorations next inrsteem, the D.S.O. and the D.C.M.. haveI)f>n won by quite a small army of theGoidon-. "*

THE GERMAN SLANDERS.

THE DTWEDJN MEETING A FAILURE.

A meting of (iTinan residents was calledat the Yiitoiia Hull, Agiicultmal Building;,mi Mond.iy. "for the puipooe of repudiatingiin1 calvniuiif^ t.f a rertam section of thel!(rm.iii pio-1 !e\f!'cd aga.in=t the British(i(j\iliniiiMit in tht-ir louduct of the lutewav in Soui'm Afnta." Two women and 16won iitu.'ii'!" i"i After waiting until 10uumilcs pa-t 8 o'clock fo.. a larger attcafl-aix«».

Mr Bciiio Xovmaii took the platform,and *aid lie v, a*" the guilty party who hadrollrd tiie mooting, but, the attendancebeuitf =o <--niall, lie did not consider it wasw oith while going on witii tho businti-t-.Some letter-; had appeared in the pr?-=,but lie cJul not intend to iakc- any noM-efil them. If any lady c.- gentleman hadany -iig^f-tx.u t) make ho would be ahulto hear v.

Xo response wa- mri'l*» io 111" apjval.Mr Newman: If vnt «o.i!d liL(» n.o to

r< ad tlie l» %-,oliuiuii« n via1- intended tn pio-

pce j will do fo. If not, tlie meeting rU\(>l'.

Tbero was no m)U'=t of tho kind fromthe -mall oi<n\d at tho. door, and Mr Now-m.in thru left tl'R platform, with tho lomarkth«<t- he (ould do iio muic, ant: thnt themeeting was over.

Our Po/mor-ton oorre-poiulent wiite=:-r-Inotice- by I'nday's is-.ue that a letter myour columns, tigncd "Neme?ib,'' alludesto the subject of the flag afc the DistrictHigh School. Sonic month-* ago a flag—T'nion JeH-k— was generously pretented iothe school by Sir F. Sargood. On Peace-Day, when the scholais v/ere being paradedto salute the flag, it could not be found—

atleant, it was not hoisted on the pole;l<utinstead, as you already know, a Boer tlagwas run up. The flag rope being broken,the flax cannot be taken down, and there

it remains to this d»y, fluttering in th«breeze. The question taturivlly arises, Whohad charge of the flag? what has becomeof it, and by whose authority and sancitonwas the Boer flag hois-^d? 1consider ourworthy Mayor and the school committeeshould at once institute inquiries, and takeimme-tLato steps to ieiaove this eyesore toall loyal subjects.

The returned troopers ex Zealandiaarrived in town yesterday e\euing from th«north.

The first distribution of some handsomely-illustrated cards in commemoration of tooproclamation of peace took place in theCollege street School, P«.lmerston North,yesterday, the cards being presented by Msrirani, M.H.R., and the Rev. C. O. Harper,chairman of the. school committee. Thecards, which will be distributed throughout;the -Palmerston North schools district,. are>profusely illustrated with representations ofprominent generals, and contain particularsof all the important features of the war.

New Zealanders are everywhere in CapoColony and Natal. In a letter publishedby the Southland Times from Mr J. T.,Martin, formerly of Invercargill, he men-tions that during a visit to Port Elizabeth14 New Zealanders attended a meeting te'arrange for a reception to the Right -HonjMr Seddon. At Capetown he came acroaja- number of ex-Invereargill residents. AtDurban 30 New Zealanders attended-a meet- 'ing to form a New Zealand Rugby Fool-ball Glrib, when' C. Rogers and' A. *.T.Scandres3 (of Southland) were elected presi-dent and vice-president respectively. There"are about 40 New Zealanders in business atDurban.

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| i.o.n Mu-.ro? Gully to Mr C Reid's; also-that the roid mentioned be iepa»rerl as it wa<iabi:ost im%;;-s=;a!)le in itj prcscrit «;tate.— Rv.-toUed Hint the v.-ark ba attended to.

Mr H. Hait, Ciiairman of the RehauceDifd£..ng Company, wrote applying foe per-iwîon to lcmove footbridge at Cuhill's oldcos-ing >!i older to atlow the dredge to workabove it —The lequest was granted condition-ally that the place referred to wa3 not a road-hne, tho company to erect a small wirebarrier at each end to protect the public when.th'bridge \va3 removed.

\Eessx3 Gotirley and Co. anI14 other rate-payers in tho Beaumont Riding wrote askingrthat the footpp.th3 at Beaumont be gravelledas they v;ere ina very bad state.

—Work to be.

cicne.Mr John J. Keppel wrote, on behalf of the

Ranlcleburn Sav.-milhng -Company, re the-liankleburn Bush road, which he said wasonly partly completed and tho company's saw-mill plant had consequently been iying idle*for tiie past 12 months. He asked that tcn-'lers might be called at once for the comple-tion, of ilie work.— It was lesolved that ten-liTs be called for the work when the Goveni-/nont "nibsicK' of £100 was available.

Mr John Ro?=, Waitahuna, wrote ackno-.z-!elining receipt of statement of revenu*1.-ceipts and expenditure from sections 11 and.3G, block 11, Table Hill, and mentioned th.stthe slv:tem;iit did not give the true positio-Lof the matto-.-. there being payments not eu-tered i-: the statement As to the expend.-turc, he failed lo sej how such an amoui:icculd be <-pent on a road thr.t was mostly i■a state of nature.—ilr TJoss, who w^s in a -to.daitce, said the work had-been passed bythe coiiucil 18 years aô, but it was still inabeyance. He had written, to the council fora statement or the moneys said to have been,s-pent en it, aiid-hc was told there v.-er» nomsnow to come. He then wrote to the Land.Office in Buriediu, and'he found. t>rat tlic sum.of £383 13^ had accrued from the land fund.He aslced now only for 20 chains o? road tob-* attended to, and, considering th.it therouero ±'200 accrued from the lar.d fund, he-thought he was entitled lo tha-fc small con-sideration.—Cr Oudaille i-nid seeiug that onlya part of the road hrd been done, and thac-there was some moni»y owing, he would move

—""That tenders be called for vent m-e'i.r^ for-tho ooiupletion of the 20 chains, which v.cudcost abo it £20." - C?rri?d.

The Secretary of the Go'.dcn Shore Dr?dg-m^ Compatry, Waipori, v/rote stating that uc-" thing had yet baen done to make the crossing*ar:<l appra^ches pas<>able. A-. their supply o£LQii was practically cut off, the dredge wouiclba stepped iKilejs tho work was at encociiriecLout.— To hi attended to by the chairman.Mr Robert May,county engineer, wrote stat-ing that nil the timber for Fitzgerald's bridgehid, for the most part, leffc Dunedin. Whavremained was expected to bs sent forward at.oiicd. and there "J.iou1-* therefore be no AeUym the erection of the bridge.— Received.

Messrs Dalziell ar.d^llaggitr, solicited, wrote-e.iclo^mc; »n ar.-pi;-_--,'J:oa ior i>t»rmi»«iOii tornable the Golden B?'l Urcdgiug Comya.-y ;r>v ark a load rnnimig llircugii portion" <;. iiecompany's claim. If permission was giventj*directors werp prepared to make good the load-hne to the satisfaction of the countii. Co.:-s:cleration deferred to next meetingm accord-ance with resolution minuted dealing v.utksuch applications.

Mrs H. T.M'lntosh, Tipanui, vrrot? ctba.t her fence on section 22, b:ock IV, G]<?.-.-kenich, was beiug destroyed by eaftie ruiinuijfon thfr load-line. Vhe cattle kept continuallybreaking the fence and <le«troym«r b.ev crop=,"hence her application ta have th- icad«-ayopened, aud her offer to pay half the rspwiseîncurred, withMr? Eellamy, whohad,however,refnaed to agi-re with that arrangement—E--le^rred to inspector to report lo nest msftinc'

rhe dredgccifistcr of the Inipeiial chedê\\aitahuna, wrote intimating that the dredgehad been working on a portion of the raud-leadiag from the township ot German Fli.t.tHe aslr?d the council's consent to the workrproceedinf,', and their approval of what had:already been done They had a road- in. caurr*ot construction, so that traffic would rot bosuspended. They were prepared to onter i"to-the usual bond.- Cr Sim"moved that considera-tion, he deferred to next meeting.— Ci Beiiwii-*in seconding the motion, considered it a raUic-ac<it!U.ilaus state of things that the compa; vHhould apply for a concession which hid i

-ready boen t.iken v.-jthout authority. It was j,liberty that sliould not ba toleiated aad -.vh-.beside 0,illegal, and t'-ie request should r.ol !

-granted. -Cr Walker yueuticiicd \vliPtli?i- t "company had worked the roadway at ail. <had taken any liberty whatever with the to*. -cil.— Themot.on was carried.

THE LATE INSPECTOR YOUNG.The Chairman made feeling reference to : -

death of their late esteenred officer, Inspect -Young,and spoke inhigh terms of praise of ivi v "manner in which he had carried out his dut:<He (the chairman) moved that the con:'!tender to Mrs Young and her famiiv tsdeep sympathy lii the heavy loss sustained.Most of the members of the council referredm highly eulogistic terms to the good work-the late Mr Younghad done in his capacity o£inspector, and the motion, was then carried-

Mr E.K.Green,Inspector of Miaes, wrote,mreppect to the Haveloek Dredging Company,pointing out that the company had promised-the council to work the road onlyand that Hi»dredge is therefore being worked iinla.wtnJlywithin the five-eliam limit. He a«kecl thecouncil's assistance in taking such <Hep=» a*might be necessary in compliance- with the lawa3 laid down in section 16, aubsectnon J, oi theMiningAct of.1899.Ir this connection Mr Robert M'Ara-, secre-

tary of the Haveloek Company, wrote askingpermission to dredge near the vicinity of th.«bridge on the Main road crossing the Waita-huna River, stating that the company, waswilling,to give-a furtlier bond than that alreadyheldby the council, if necessary.

—Cr OudaiHe

s%id authority, had been granted to Uu> com-

IXek. October 4. 19^1:Trooper Wm Smith,

1 kiiled in action. Gehik Xek, October 4,1901;Corporal W J. Byrne, accidentallyshot. Go! levonden, October. ISOI; PrivateNathaniel Pater-,011. died of enteric. Now-castle,.No\ember. 1901: Private Harry CoNlins. died of enter:r. Hîlbron. January 24,1902; Private Tl>oma« Drcnniu died fromchloroform poiicming at tlowiok. January 30,1902; Private T. S. Hicken=. died fromwound-. February, 1902: Private F. CBrown, died ot wounds. February, 1902;Private Hugh C. Gillies, died at Cariginas,February. 1902: Private William RobsonDavis, ciied of wounds at Char'estovrn, Feb-;niury. 190?: Private J. 11. Wright, diedot ent.ric at Hei'brtu. Fobruarv, 1902:

, Lieutenant Harold L. Dk-ken«on, killsd in! action at Botha«berg, February 23, 1902;1 Lieutenant Wm. George For?yth, kiiied at1Bothasberg. February 23, 1902; Farrier-sor-j geant Owen H. Turner, killed at Bothas-i berg. February 23, 1902; Sergeant ArthurJ R. Xoonan. killed at Bothasberg, FebruaryI23. 190i:Corporal Alfred Frith, killed at;Bothasber'-'. February 23. 1902: Corporalj Albert Henry Russell, killed at Bothasberg,February 23, J902: Lance-corporal WilliamRoddick, killed at Bothasberg, February 23,1902; Lance-corporal Drucan Anderson,hilled at Bothasherg. February 23. 1902;L<inc«'-t orpnral Percy Xati in. killed atBothpsberg. February 25. 1902: FarrierLeonard Gicenwood R^-tt'T, killed atItoatha-.hei-K. Februaiy ?3. 1902; Private

i David Ih'uet', killed at Bothasberg, February23, 1902:Private Joseph W. A-hmore, killedat Bothasberg, February 23. 1902 ;PrivateJohn Cot'nilian, killed at Botbatberg, Feb-ruary 23, 1902:Private William Dunlop.ki'lccl :,t Bolbasbercr. February 23, 1902:Private Pon>i- Fletcher, killed at Bothasberg.Februar-.- 23. 1902: Private Harrr Finch,killed" a: Hochasbcrg. February 23. 1902:Private Wil.'iam Gibb Alonahau. kiiled atBothasbcre. Februftry 23. 1902; PrivateThomas M'Lew, killed at Bothasberg, Feb-ruary 23. 1902; Privafp Alexander Scott,killed at Botha-^berg, February 23. 1902;Private Walter Stevenson, killed at Bothas-borg. February- 23. 190?:Private Herbert R.Ti'iims, killed a' ]sotha-,bcrg, February 23.19D2; Piivate. Alfrrd John Whitney, kiiledar Jsothnsb?rg, I'Vbrua'-y 23. 1902; Lance-|corporal Peter George, died of enteric afcElaadsfontein. February 24-, 1902; Private

j Archibald M'Lean. killed at Hol«pruit. Feb- "":ruarv. 1902: Caplaip Robert G. Tubman,

clied of enteric at Heilbron, April 11. 1902.Eisrhlh Xew Zealand Contingent.— Private

J. Han ifc, killed by raihvav accident :itMai-havie, April 12,

"1902: Private F. L.

D Lowe, killed by railway accident acaiacluvio. April IE. 1902; Private A. H.M'Donahl, killed by railway accident atMacshavie. April 12.

'1902;Private V. H.

j lirown. killed by railway accident at Mac-havie, April 12, 190?; Private P. Rogers,

, kll'pd by lailway accident at Machavip,j April12/ 1902:Private M. Canty, killed byrailway accident at Maehavie, A]jril 12,1902:Private A. F Leers (alia; W. Fos&), killedby railway accident at Madiavie, April 12,1902; Private R. Osborne, killed by rail-way accident at Maihavie, Anril 12, 1902;Private J. Bruce. Icillpdby railway accidentnfc Muchavie. April 12. 1902: Private J.Moloney, killed by rnihvay accident at Mac-;havie, April 12, 1902; Private C. Bourne,killed by railway accident at MaTehavie..Apiil12,1902; Private J. C. Simpson,killedby railway accident at Macbavie, April 12.

i1902 ;Private J. H. Jones, kilJecl by railwayaccident at Machuvie. April 12, 1902;Pri-vate Alfred Pearson, died at Potchefstroom.'April 12. 1902;Private A. L. H. Wav,- diedfrom injuries at Vaalbank. May, 1902;Pri-'vat» D- A. Cameron, died from enteric atVryburg. May. 1902.

Ninth New Zealand Contingent.— PrivateRobert Henslow. died of dysentery at Xew- !caaiie, May, 1902.

TUAPEKA COUNTY COUNCIL.Th« regular meeting of the Tuapeka County

Council was held at Lawrence on Friday after-noon, there beingpresent— Mr Simpson,(chair-man), Crs Bennet, Bennetts, Cotton, Osborne,Ottiey, Oudaiile, Sun, and Walker. j

CORRESPONDENCE.'

The Secretary of the Lawrence Gold Drcd§r-;ng Company Wrote ie Duffy's Croasing, andasked to be informed what was to be done inorder that tho company's bond might be re-leased. Tha company suggested a. meetingbetween themselves, the council, andilrDuffyin order to endeavour 1-c settle the dispute,jiid xsked to be informed as early as possiblewhen such x nicetuig couid ba arranged.—Received.

Mr J H. Tarkei, Pet Office Creek, Wai-pen, wrote asking th?t v road mightbe made fiom Big Flat dredge forabout one mile and u-half down the creek,as they haveno road safe for a. vehicle to travelon.— A sum not to exceed £20 to be spent onthe work :f the place was a. roadline.

Mr W. Quin, chairman of the Tapanui Dis-trict High School Committee, wrote askingfor » share of the funds, if any were- to bedistributed by the council, in connection withCoronation celebration.— To be considered whendistribution takes place.

Mr (>. L. Denmstoii, ex-Mayor of Dunedin,wiote asking the co-operation o£ the councilin meeting the expense of erecting a. fallen,aoldiera' monument in. Dunedin to com-memorate those from Otago and Southland in'Kcw Zealand Contingents who fell in the warin South Africa.— Received.

Mra M-'Dowell and seven other ratepayers inthe Beaumont andGabriels Ridings wrote ask-uu; to have a culvert re»?.ired on the road

Idied of enteric at Pretoria, February 61901; Corporal C. Parknison. died of en-teric at Pretoria. February 6, 1901:PrivateJoseph Preecy Robert*, died of enteric at' Pretoria. February 25. 1901.

Fourth New Zr-aland Contingent — Privatoj D. F. M'lntosh. died of c!v?eutery at Um-| tali. Ji-up 5. 1900: Pnvai<> J. i'\ H. .îxon.

died of malar.a.l fevrr at IVna, June 19,1900; Captain J. A. Harwy. killed in actionat Ottoshoop, August 16. 1900: Private S.Macdcugall. killed in action at Ottoshoop.August 16,1900; Private J. yorecsei). kiileilin action at Zeerust, October 18, 1900:Pmate O. Bottom, died of wounds at Kunbirley, November 10. 1900; Private H. M.Yorke. diod of enteric at Kimberlc-y, Novembar 6Q, 1900; Private J. Salter, felloiprboard and \\a» drowned, November 29.1900; Private T. (). Martin, died of enteric

1 at Pretoria, January 17. 1901; Private C., X Ward, died of enteric ut Johannesburg,. January 1. 1901: Private D. M. Coraor.,'diad of enteric :ic Krugfisdorp. February25, IS01:Private J. Lainoni, died of outcri*1

at PoichHstroom. March 21. 1901: PrivateJ P. Lines, died at Johaune^burer, Aprd23. 1901: Private S. L. Matthews."died atCapetown. Juno 11. 1901; Private 11. Frank-ham, died of meningitis at Albany, July 4,1901; Pri\ate Seth Kyle, died a- sea' on

I Tagiu. June 26, 1901; Prhatc J. P. Heo-nan. dii'd from ab-ce.-s on b\ei, DuisediuJloipita!. August P, 1901.

Fifth New Zealand Contingent.— PrivateJR. V. James, died of enteric at Zrerust.November 21, 1900; Corporal H. King.died of enteric at Kic-rksdorp, November22. 1900: Private W. _Caldwell. died of en-teric at Pretoria, December 13. 1900: Pri-

, vate K. <i. Einm=. died of pernicious feverat Buluwayo, December 22, 1900; PrivateT. Witheis, died of enteric at Johsuinev-, burg, Januaiy 5, 1901; Private DanielClarke, killed iit action at Klerksdo'rp,January 17,1901;Private J M. F. Murphy,died of enteric at Ivimberley, January22, 1901: Corporal H. A. Kdwaids, accident-ally killed by explosion, of mine (whilst inartillery battery) at Zeerust, January 20,. 1901; Private C. W. Smith, died of dysen-tery at Mafeking, January 19, 1901:Private.1. Farrel', died of pneumonia on boardChicago, February 21, 1901; Private J. >

i Browu, died of enteric at Lichtenburg. Dc- 'icember 18, 1900; Private J. Beck, died of,

wounds at Lichtenburg, March 9A. 1901:\[ Private J. Mays, died as a result of aeri-'dent at Kokemoer. April 17, 1901:Private

, G-eor«e Ashhy-, died of enteric at Krugcrs-dorp, April 27, 1901; Private T. H. Phil-pott, killed in action near Kamelfonteiu. 1April 28, 1901; Private J. R. Atkinson, 'killed in action near Paardeberg, April 29,1901:Private B. R. Barrer, died of entericat Kimberley, May 17. 1901; Private J. L..Young, died of pneumonia at Worcester.June 11, 1901: Private A. Wookey. killed atDoornbutt whilst trying to escape from Boer icaptors. March 27." 1901; Private A. W. IKendall, died on board Tagi^, off Otago

■ Heads, of embolwm, July 10, 1901:PrivateF.W. D. Forbes, died of pneumonia at Port

, Chalmers, July 12, 1901; Private DanieliM'Kay. died of inflammation of the lunusat (leraltline, July 20, 1901; Private L. J.M'Keohnie, died of enteric in Dunedin Hos-pital, July 23, 1901; Sergeant W. A. Mof-fatt. died of pneumonia in lnvercargill. July28. 1901: Private P. Nekon, died of acutemeningitis at Dunedin, October 1. 1901. "

, Sixth New Zealand" Contingent.— PrivateW. J. Moore, died from dysentery at Pre-toria, April' 12. 1901;Private J. S. Hurrey.'died of wounds al Bethel. May 14. 1901;Private R. M. Robertson, diedof enteric .atPretoria, May 5. 1901; Lieutenant F. J.Ryan, killedat Paardeplaats,June 16, 1901:Private Henry Strawrbridge. killed inactiouMokari Drift, September 27, 1901;PrivateWilliam Frederick Raynes, killed accident-ally, September 27, 1901:Private WilliamMatthew*, drowned in Caledon River, aboutSeptember 27, 1901; Private G. Bates, diedof enteric, Standerton, January 2, 1902;,Private William Tluirston. died of enteric,

iStauderton, Januaiy 2. 1902; Sergeant-imajor Sidney Smith, killed in action. Zwar-

water. January 3. 1902; Private WilliamHeury Stock, died of enteric, Charlestown,January 9. 1902:Sergeant Win. Moore,diedof enteiic at Wakker^troom;Private F E.Paul, died of enteric, February. 1902; Pn■\ate F. Goodo. died of enteric. February.1902; Private L. Walsh, died of enteric atWakkeWrcom, Februaiy, 1902: PrivateEgbert Dawson. died of enteric at Charles-town. February 9, 1902; Private A. M'Kay.tlied of enteric at Wakkerstroom. February,1902; Private Wm. Partridge, died of enteric at Charlestown, February, 1902:Pri-vate Basil Stephens, died of enteric atCharlestown, February 17. 1902; TrooperJohn Kirkwood, killed in action, Reitepruit.March, 1902; Trooper'Letts, died at Bus-tardsdrift, April,1902.

Keveuth New Zealand Contingent.—Ser-geant W. JEL Pepper, killed in action atKlipfontein. May 26, 1901; Private J.O'Dwyer, killed in action at Klipfontein.May 26, 1901; Private W. Doukin, lulledin action at Klipfontein, May 26. 1901:Sergeant J. H F. Cotter, reported killeda-t Hemelfontein. June 13, 1901;SergeantF. W. Wylie, reported killed at Klipfontein,May- 26, 1901; Sergeant Robert M'Lean,reported killed; Lieutenant G. Leece, re-|ported killed near Vasburg, August 23,1901:Sergeant-major D. J. Love, reported killednear Vatburg. August 23, 1901;LieutenantT G H. Twi-tleton. reported died of pneu-monia at Hosberg, August 26, 1901:Ser-aaant Q. A. Duiizan, killed iv action. Geluk

proud Sit having been mistaken for aTommy."'^Tommy" and the New Zealanders seem

lo l»ave got on very well together. "LookJiere," he added, "' 'Tommy's' an .'all-right' chap. When Iwas ii> Africa Icouldnave got anythingIliked from the

'Tom.:

mies.'.I've seen them come along and give,its their rations and tea when we had none.jWhenIwas in .Standertou Hospital Iwa»getting 2oz of port wine, and there weretwo

'Tommies

'who were getting a bottle

'of stout; a day.- They used to give me aJbare of their stout. Whenever a

'Tommy'mad anything and you had nothing:, he'dcome up and say.

'Muck in with me, chum,

and take 'alf o' it.'"

Hhere seemed, however, to be a mutualgive-and-take between the '* Tommies

"and

the- New Zealanders. and my soldier man,'becoming reminiscent over bis glass of veryordinary beer, gave me illustrations of iton veldt and in hospital. "His memorycarried him back again to the StandevtonHospital. ''

When Iwas in hospital atStanderton," he said, ''I had port v, a:e,andIused to ohuck half of it over to TigerSmith, a regular, vyho was near mo. YouBee, Tiger was on brandy and Iwas onpoet, and it wa3 a sort o' change to mix.thorn, up. Yes," he added, reflectively,thinking, no doubt, of the "Ticer't."brandy, and the other two "Tommies." who,were on stout.

'" Vps, l"d do anything fora regular boldier

"— "And the Britishofficer," chimed in a mate. "He's all light,too, They're as bravo as the New Zea-landers are; yes, braver. What were thosefellows who were with 113

— die Eighth Hus-sars?

""No: the Eighteenth?" '"I be-

tlieve you're right. Well, anyhow. Isawtwo, of their officor* killed. They wouldn'ttakjß co\er: they just walked up and downas cool as ;f they were on parade, ajid first

fne and then the other was bowled over,t was just the same \yith the men— when

they took up a position they would siton their horaes till thoy got an order whatto do. They didn't seem to mind the bul-lets. Our fellows used to get oft" the mo-ment firing started and get behind a rockor any cover that was handy; same withthe. -officers. Our officers would give theirprdars, ami then take cover, too. With theregulars it's different. We were allowed touse. our own discretion, but the

'Tommies

'hadn't been trained that way. Behaved»voll? Ishould smile. You should see theWay they took charge of the women andchildren! You'd have thought they weretheir own. The Boars? Oh, yes. they were-very bra\e. If we did die ilumi3 the Boers'did we'd have got Victoria Crosses over»n^ over again. They were good to us.roo. They captured if of our fellows, andchanged clothes with them. They did iti.uito good-naturedly, laughing and jokingrvith one another, and. Lord, you shouldpiave seen the figure our fellows cut aftarWie exchange: One of our fellows said,'Oh, very v:MI. its your turn to-day: itwill be ours next.' A few days afterwards,»ve took some Boer prisoners, and one ofnur men recognised one of them. He cameup and said cjuite pleasantly. 'Ihad thepleasure of exchanging tunics with you lastweek.' Ye«. they were very plucky, andthey mu3t have been very determined. Weused to think wo had hard times occasion-ally, but they had far worse. You see,.they were being chased <=o, they had not(thesame advantages that we had." 1 saidthe Seventh, at all events, would have apood^reception when they got back to NewKeal*udi '" Well, there are not so manyof .them to coma back." replied my friendof the open wound.

"There were 600 ofthem to begin with, but on the sth Marchlast they paraded on the veldt 208 strong,

and at Fremantle the other day 1sec therewere only about 300 of them." "TheKing," interrupted the Minister in charge,and as we ended our brief but friendly chatwe all rose and toasted bis Majestv— all buta man

—one of his Majesty's soldier-., who

had suffered much for the Empire, and.paralysed, could not rise, even at the name«f "The King."

JAPANESE WARSHIPS ATAUCKLAND.

AUCKLAND, June 16.The captain and officers of the Japanese

Warship were entertained at the North Clubon Saturday night. Captain Izichi, in hisipeech, said he did not think it was anAccident that brought Britain and Japan

allegiance in the East. If a war shouldbreak out the British and Japs would fightside by side. England is mistress of theseas: Japan, he hoped, would be mistressof the Eastern seas in war in the future,because the ruliug factor in both the Em-pires should be sea power. Although the■present navy were able to do good workin the Eaßt for the time being, Japanmust have more ships, and at least mustkeep up with any country whose interestsin the East may conflict with those ofJapan. -

Farewells VF*ve exchanged this morningbetween the officers and crew of the twoJapanese warships and the citizens. Thetown clerk went off to the warships to bidgood-byes. Amongst the telegrams receivedby the captain of the Hiyei was the fol-lowing from the Acting-Premier:— "Wishyou good voyage and safe return home."Captain Iwasaki has written to the Go-vernment thanking Ministers for makingtheir~*sta;f in port so enjoyable. Captain

(Iwasaki has stated that when be returnedto Japan he would interview the Emperor

Iwith a view to ha-viug one or more oftheir warships visit the colony regularly.Both the Hiyei and Kongo left the har-bour early this afternoon, and sailed forSuva. (Fiji).

NEW ZEALAND'S DEATHROLL.

A HEAVY TOLL.< — -

The following i.s a V.si of all members ofthe Xew Zetland Contirgc n:s whohave- beenkilled in action, cr who hr.-re died ofwounds, of di-eaic. en by accident. It wascompiled by the Christchurcli Pvcs-, a* accu-rately as possible, from "-special returns andthe telegrams in the pay-era:

—Fir«t New Zealand t

— Pmate(r. Li. Bradford, woiti'cp'l at Jasfontcin.December 18. 1399, died of wouiids Decem-ber 23,1899: .Sergeant H. \V. Gcurley, kilk-din action at New Zealand Hill, Slingersfon-tein, January 15. 1900; Private .!. Connell,killed in action at New Zealand Hill. Slin-. ijersfontein. January 15, 1900;Private H..1. Booth, killed in fiction at RensLurg, Janu-ary 25. 1900: Pm.itc H. Burroughs died ofe:iten< nt LLnnbeilpy, .March' 6. 1900; Pri-vate J. AI. l'attr-r-on. died of enteric atKoiidebcach, February 19, 1900: Pri-vate J. Jenk.*. died of enteiic at Uonde-besch, Alarch 21, 1900: Private L. 11. Tar-rant, died of typhoid fever at Pretoria,.,April 20. 1900; Sergeant J. H. A. Brock,died of. enteric »t Blucinfontein, ?,iav 25,.1900: Private J. Wylie, died of tumour stPretoria. Ma;,- 18, 1500; Pmate W. J.Byrne, kiiled in action at Johannesburg-,May 28, 1900; Prhats K. Come, died ofenteric at Germiston. news, d.f., July 13,1900: Private C. H. Bnderby, died of entericat.Pretoria, July 26, 1900: Private E. H.Pidmer, died of enteric at Pretoria, Novem-ber 22,1900: Lieutenant .A. C. Neave, killedin action at Paardebc-rjr. February, 1900;Private D. J. Ryan, died of diabetes atWellington. October 30. 1900.

Second New Zealand Contingent.— PrivateT A. Hempion, dietl of dysentery at Car-narvon, April 5, 1909; Private T. G. An-derson, died of enteric at Dielfonrein, April26. 1900; Farrier—ergeauD M. M'Kinr.py,died of enteric at Bloeinfontein, May 28,1SO0: Private T. W. Poo'e. died of entericat Blocmfontein. June 23. 1900: Prhate- I..7 Moeiler, died of enteric at lvroonstad.July X, 1900: Private. W. J. tiooilland. died,of enteric at ICroonstad, July 11. 1900;Private L. E. Smith, lulled in action atVet River, .May 5. 1900; Pmate Frank

'Bourn, died of enterio at Johanr;o?burg,June 13. 1900: Private F. Broome, died ofenteric at Johannesburg. June 23, 1900;"Sergeant A. Keid, died of enteric at Jolian-nesburg. August 8. 1900; Corporal J. H.Parker, kdle<l at Thabanchu. llay 1. 1900:Corporal Rodney Devereux,killed in actionat Reitfontein, November 29, 1900:Private 'J£. E. OppenliPim. killed in action at Reit-

'fontein. No\cinber 29-, 1900: Farrier-sergeantK. E. Smith, died from wounds received" inaction at- Reitfontein, December 2, 1900:Private W. A. Jennings, killed in action atKeitfontein. November 29, 1900; I'mate TV.A G. Earle, kiiled whilst on a fora&mg partyat Bronkhurst Spruit,'January jl. 1901;|Private William Yewdall, killed in action atBalmoral, January"23/1901; Private E.

#A.

Wigmort".'killed in action at Balmoral.

Januurv 23, 1901:Sergeant S. J. Henderson,died of woundsreceived at Balmoral, Janu-ary 23, 1901; Private A. H. Harrison, diedof enteric at Naauwpoort, February 22, 1901:',Private A. W. Dudley, died of enteric atPretoria, February 28, 1901; Private 'H. G.Williams, died of enteric at Springfontein,April 19. 1901. !

Third New Zealand Contingent.— Private'R. W Morns, died of enteric at Ka&t Lion- 'don. April 11, 1900; Private R. Mlntjre,died of enteric at Elandefontem, June 10.1900;Private W. Audcrson, died of entericat Pretoria, June 21. 1900;Private T L.Sport, died of gangrene at Pretoria. June10,1900; Private- C.Wiifgin'. died of entericat Ocrmistou, uew» d.f., July 13. 1900:Lance-corporal E. B. Ta-»well. died of en-teric at (iermi3ton. news d-f.. July 13,1900;Lieutenant W. J. Berry, died of septic'pneumonia at Johannesburg, June 10, 1900:'Lieutenant H. Bradbourne. died of woundsreceived in action at Roodekopjes, August28, 1900; Lance-corporal R. H. B. Upton,died of disease. June 13, 1900; Farrier W.1 C. Colvin. died of di»ea,e, Juno 12. 1900:Private C. E. Smith, died of enteric atPretoria, September 7. 1900:Private G. W.Franks, died of enteiie at Capetown, Sep-tember 27, 1900; Private Luke Perham,killed in action at Roodekopjes, August 19, I19C0; Private W. Scott, died of enteric

'fever at Pretoria. October 19, 1900: PrivateJ. jW\ Sansom. died of enteric fever atJohannesburg, June 6, 1900; Saddler W.N. Moffatt, died of enteric at Johannes-

'burg, June 15. 1900: Private W. P. Walters,died of enteric at Johannesburg, June 22,1900; Private J. T. Andereon, died of en-teric at Pretoria, October 20. 1900; Ser-geant F. Russell, killed in action at Reit-fontein. November 29, 1900: Private G.Hyde, killed in action at Reitfontein, No-vember 29, 1900;Lieutenant A. Ross, diedof enteric at Pretoria, January 10, 1901:Private \T. Boyce, died of enterir at Pre-tm-ia. .Tonuarv13. 1901; Private J. JC JJlau

OTAGO WITNESS: June 18, 1902.30

THE X*OJE*TJ3lmj£±TZ IBS*,APS"Z> O^3

38"""^*"^^^ WHITE SHIRTS AND COLLARS

CERTIFICATE, WELLINGTON, 189G. ... ce*ra***as*a"«*^^^^ If jijL IIGOLD MEDAL, OTAGO, 1898

SBai**«*«** 6BSttfc^^FIRST AND SPECIAL AWARD, AUCKLAND, 1899. ... ... **

BB*SXaSB=S****a:sa**^^HIGH-CLASS AWARD, CANTERBURY JUBILEE, 1900-01 a*a*RIS**^^

June 16.—We have been having a spell ofleal good weather since the last buist, and itbehoves all of iis to do our level best whilstit lßsts, as we shall have more bad weathersoon enough. It is not ofter Iventure topiophesy about the weather or anything else,j butIstand to whatIsay in tins case.

Farmers' Union.— Inotice that one of theplanks m theFarmers' Union platform is thefreehold tenure of land m all cases. That isvery satisfactory. Ineed i.ot refer to the dis-advantages we Government eternal leaseholdersare under, asIhave referred to that before. Ihave heard of some farmers speaking veiyslightingly of the Farmers- Union. Ilook atit in just the opposite way. We had all to

j learn to walk before we could run, and the|Farmers,' Union is in th" same state. It is

just in its infancy, butIpredict a gr«at futurefor it--againIprophesy. Ishouldnot be sur-prised to see it- turn into a gigantic co-opera-tive society. There is so much co-operationgoirg on in the world now that we farmerscannot afford to sit still and let others makemoney out of us, but we mti«t be up anddoing and 100-king after our- own interests.!Let everyone stick to theFanners' Union, anda bright day is in store for the agriculturalcommunity. Of course, we shall have dark|days as well. Itas not plain sailing with any-one in.this,world.

Rabbits.—Iunderstand the Governmentvacantsections are going tobe poisoned aboutJuly 1. Ihear that tlieie is a prospect of thelabbit trappers of Olago combining also, andforming a Rabbit Trappers' Freezing aiv:l Ex-poiting Co-operative Company. Why not?,Everythingis tending to co-operation, and the i+ ropping industry is assuming laige propor- ''. on-?. Ircmembei a few years ago a gentie-nif.li down southgot a.lot of abuse for speakingoi the rabbit "industry," but it is an mdustiyijg'it enough, and it is bringing thousands of 'pounds into ihe oolcr.y. It is keeping down therabbits, and that i-> all we can expect, as wecan rcvei blot Uipiu out o'l existence.

Rats.— A gre.-'i raid is WiUg made on these- jrodents. With the assistance of another Ijhad a very successful skirmish with them some jhtt'u- time asfo, bu\ like the poor, they are ialways with us. Thy ha' c actually been fe?d-]i)g on myharness lately,but \cry cousidf rate'}' jthey leav- the Imekle-j. 1 tout know :: they ja:e plaptip rats, but they <uc certainly :> great "plague to n>e. ,

ARROW TOWN.I June 14.

— In the Garrison HhJ. Queei.stcv.-n,on Thursday evening a sociiil v.-as tâclered tothe Rev.Father O'Dorusell, on the osju&ion ofhis relinquishing his clerical duties in theparish foi some time on Recount c>£ ii!-'iealth.Although the idea of tjie sec?! a1d the ac-companying pTesoiit«it:o-i was o\ly nêoied theprevious fc'aturdaj. eneigetie o:i!n» c«-icg le-sultcd iv a very c:cd:tab c " umb3i of sovc-leigna being collected, and thoê, aith «n ad-dress, cmpiiasisi jg the rev. gentleman's gooIqualities, were presented :n a neat and ap-propriate speech by Mr F. JPBride. Otherspeakers also eulogised tlie ;cv. gentleman'swork, e&pec2<diy in the iinpro-.enrents i;i t,heQuecnstown, Arrow, and Cardroiia Cl1inches.Hopes were- expressed mat it v.-ou.db. but a brict spi'.c-^ o: tur.e e-ieFather O'Dcnneh'= hc?!t!i wcu'cl becomplete!)' restored, a«:d h's rc-iurii to hi*duties m ths parish au acconiDhsiicd laet.Dancing was indulged in. end aitogethpr a.very enjoyable eveumcr wjs spe^t hy t'loseprc&ent. The Rev. Father O'Malley ycjs asloium tcneus during Father O'Dcii-Keil'sabsence.

Church Services.— At th 1 locpi churches enSunday evening last spec :a! sc:mon» were de-livered bsaiing on peace. At the AnglicanChurch the vicar, the Rev. H. J. Bicok, de-livered a most impressive address to <> hugeand appreciative congregation. The rc\. ger.-tleman's words ter.d-ed ail thiough to thosefamous lines of Kipling's, 'Leat we forget."Those prei-rnt were much impressed with ti'.e6e:mon mid the abil.ty of its composition. Atits conclusion the longi^gaiion rose and sangwith great .heartiness the fiisi verê of theIvatiomil Anthem. The vicar intimated tart aspecial scrcicj -would be held in the church onCoronatioj day, but as lie iiruld be unable 1oattend through the service alQueen.town,Cap-tain'"VViiig would conduct the service here.

Coionation Celebrations.— The local com-mittee held a meeting on Thursday oenmp,when various propositions were freely discussedas to details for the celebrations on Corona-tion day. It was decided to invite the chil-dren attending the schools in thf outlyingdis-tricts and to present cy-ch child with a medalin commemoration of the day. A donation ofa guinea was made to the local band for tl.epurpose of purchasing the "CcroaaTrio.il March.

'The Queenstown Ccuimrtto" met o.i Wednes-day night and put through a let of liu'incssVarious- sub-committees woie appointed, and itwab decided to wait on Mr Sfart, the photo-grapher of the Government Survey Depart-ment, who :« at present in Queenstown, andask bun it iio will take photogrc]>h* of theprocession, etc., on tiiat dsiy, and as thesewill be repieduced in illustTn.i<d papers, ctr.,an advertisement of the locality will result.The mayornotified the meetiii^ that it was theintention oi tlie council to erecu a rotunda asa memento of the day, und it v.as decided tolequest the mayor to deliver an address attlie laying of the foundation stone. It was re-ported that the ladies appointed hud bs?u suc-cessful in collecting about £30. in aid of thesocial aud dance. A vote of thanks wp.s ac-corded the laches for then txei'.ô il-,i1-, aid themeeting adionrned for a week.

Municipal Council.— The monthly meetingof the Borough Council was liplcl c>n the 14thmst., the business disposed of be;1'?1'? of ageneial nature.

Hospital Meeting.— The iroi.lhiy meotiiiE; rfthe trust^î « .' tin- Ariow Dictiict Hospital washeld at t!ip ii-stitulion o.i Saturday la«t, andwa* attendtd by Messrs B<vm lelmnnian),Baird, Bute). M'Dor-iiell, nud Jopp. 'Hi? tica-surer reported a credit ba'unco of £00~ Is 7d.Account'- to tiif .-.uicunt cf £lU9 19s <d wrepassed for piiynmiit Tlie following tender* |were accoxi'.ed -Rations. T..1. Cil!cr; medical jcomfort";, M. Putchard. breadand ii.c-a', niter jnate mouiu brtivci V\r. Jc ikins ard Co aid ]Romans :ind M'Skimminp bunalp,J. Webb, jTha sui^con reported u= xollow- — Ti'Ûd jduring themonth. 14, 7 lPina.ned from Apul;7 admitted; 5 di»chaiged, 1 dir-d. and S le-majned; out-patients. 11, attciidiUices. IQ.Messrs Bevm aud Bntel v ere re-ai-poirtod 'Vimtinsr Committee for the current month. |

Telephone Facilities. '\:- oi:"r<?pt!< mavci ]fptuig on a suggestion m tii" !o'-al par.or. üb->

'obtaircd o Isrsre r.i.mber of m^j.^l'iip- to a ]retitioj, which has since Wen iorwardod to the |Postniiister-general. rrqucstirg tli.it the localpost offic bo gazetted a telephone bureau. Thecounty chauruan, Mr William Reid, has alsoforwarded a request in the same matter. Xowthat communication :s to be established withVictoria Biidge and Gibbston by telephone, their-quest, if granted, will lesuh in ureat con-vcnipnce to resident- of tho-.e district 1-, as we-11as to those who have communication aheadyestablished.

Kntertamment.— To-night a siand en(ert.\in-

m?nt is -to be given m the Athc-nseum Hall, maid of the funds of the school. A good nio- jprramm^ has been piovided.mostly by the chi'- !dren themselves, and no doubt the entertain- |merit -will result -m material benefit to thefund^ of the School Committee.

Wcatbei. -The weather has been very nr.r>tlurmp the nast week, and however darkly womay look forward to the coming months tolive for the piraenl is enjoyable.

pekn, West have besn attended \o by the sur-facemen. The footbridgeand crossing at EvansFlat,known a3 Tracey's Crossing,has been re-moved by the EvansFlat Dredging Company,and has not been replaced. There are severalcomplaints about it.

The report was adopted.| general.

I On the motion of Cr Walker it was resolved!o providedrain pipes for the road leading toGerman Flat.It was decided to invite applications for the

positions of puntmen at Tuapeka Mouth andRankleburn.

The council agreed, on Cr Bennet's motion,to grant the council's emp'oj-ees two da\s'holiday during the Coronation celebrations."

Thegeneral rate was fixedat in the pound.On the motion of Cr Bennet it was decided

that the clerk apply to the Government to haveall votes made available as soon as possible,especially i'loo for Eankleburn Bush road, auclit was also agreed that the clerk apply for £200for maintenance metal on the Lawrence-Waiia-huna road.It was resolved to c-losp that portion of the

road runningthroughsection 2, block 11, Crcok-ston.

The followingreturn showing the expenditureion the various connty works lor the monthsof Apul and Ma}1 was tabled — Governmentvote, Borthwick and party (quarrying stone,Eae's Junction), £27 10s: contiact Xo. 590(G.v.), giavel Grant's HiP,through Waitahuna,£i~ 4s; No. SSO (couniv). gravel Kelso toScrubby Fiat, £'10 2s Sd:'Ko. ."570 (G.V.), Fitz-gerald's biidge, ±150; Xo. 565 (county), forma-tion Eankleburn bush, £2 10s; punts, daylabour, and carting, £522 6= 9d.

Accounts amounting to ±1537 2s 5d werepassed for payment.

— Tuapeka Tiiaes.

psmy by a previous chairman, and he thoughtthecouncil-wouldnot be justifiedinrefusing therequest made by the secretary.— Cr Ottrey ob-jected to the demand of the company beinggranted, and he hoped the council would takeaffirm standin thematter.— Cr Cotton said thecompany had already received authority and"were entitled to consideration.— The Chairmanthought the company were acting in a verystraightforward manner inconsulting the coun-cil in the matter for which they had alreadyauthority.— Cr Bennet said the company hadgiven a"bond for the liberty they had alreadyreceived. The present application referred toan altogether new matter, and required newterms.— The Chairman said the mining ques-tion was going to bs the cause of serioustrouble. If the council was going to instist incarrying out the resolution to the letter themining community will be placed at a veryserious inconvenience and loss. He was speak-ing on general public grounds, and held it"was not right the company should suffer andablow be struck at such an importantindustry.It was wrong to say that these men shouldsuspend operations for two months.— It was■then decided to receive the Mine Inspector'sletter.— Cr Oudaille explained that the com-pany had workedall the groundnear the bridgeand -werenow three or four chains up the river.They had been allowed lately by the councilto cross the roadline, which reallymeant work-ingit. He moved—" That the Havelock Dredg-ing Company be granted permission to dredge"within one chain of tho Waitahuna bridge, inaccordance -with the application received fromthem."—This was seconded by Cr Cotton, andcsrrried. i

COHOXATIGN BUSINESS. 1Messrs Eyes, Smith, and Darton waited on|

the council as a deputation from the LawrenceCoronation Celebration Committee to ask for

-assistance in celebrating the Coronation. Mr;W.F. Smyth understood that Vincent County"was giving donations from it3funds to manyof the small towns in the county, and hethought Tuapeka Connty might do somethingof the same kind. It received a great dealcf revenue almost within, the boundary of

Zi&wrecce, and he thought it might aeaist to-the extent of J215 or £20.

— The Chairman saidif the council was in a position to do some-thingit might join -with the borough pnd dosomething jointly. He hoped members would-.«how their loyalty in it prpctical manner.— CrBennetts said vi the council assisted theBorough of Lcwrenca they would have th«tame righ*. to assist Roxburgh, Tapanni,Heriot, and Waitahuna. He thought it wasaltogther a big order considering they werea publicbody and that they would not be act-ing legally in giving money for such a pur-pose.

—Cr Oudaiile said the proposal was not

1-racticable, and he could not see why theyshould use the ratepayers' money in =uch a"way

— Cr Ottrey was cf the s?me opinion—

CrBennei said the counties, unlike boroughs,"wcnld not be subsidised by the Government, soIhat made all the difference. The boroughs■were perfectly safe in giving some of theirfiMidß, but it was altogether different with thecounties, who were not subsidised. — Mr Smythsaid he could not understandhow it wg=s thatYncent County was going to expend ±'200 andTuapeka County couldnot see its way to spendanything. Ha was of cpiuicn that the councilMould get half the money spenton ih-* Coro-nation celebration.— rflie deputation then ie-,iired. !

APFOIXTSTENT OF COTTXTY ENGINEER.'

Cr Sim paid, while expressing deep regretai tbe clcat'i cf tJjo late Inspector Yobdj, liethought the time had come for the appointmentof-a periaimoi.t engineerandmsuiector of countyworks. For what the council had paid to MrYoung and Mr Hay it could get a. capable en-gineer who would look after all their worksill an efficient and satisfactory manner. Hemoved— " That applications be invited for theposition of engineer, inspector, and authorisedbirrveyor for the county."— Cr Bennetts, m.seconding the motion, said he considered ita step :n the right direction. Every now andagain krge turns cf money were paid to en-gineers and yet it could hardly b? said thatcomplete Fatifefaction was given.— The councilhad pnid roughly £MSO a year for the servicesof an engineer.— Cr Cotton held that a prac-tical workman was better than an engineer,ani.he thought ihey should appoint fu.-li a.man. Hahad quiteerough experience to showhim that engineers were- a fjilure. A bullockdriver, said Cr Cottcn, would be ashamed toown to some of tho work done by engineers inthe district.— The motion, on being put to themeeting, was carried. -It was resolved thatCr Oudaille, the chairman, and the clerkshould prepare conditions to be submittedfor the acceptance of the engineer to b? ap-iomled by the council. i

INSPECTOR Oi' WORKS' REPORT.The inspector of Works reported as followsior the months of April and May -The Mainroad from Lawrence town boundary to the footof the Big Hill has been patched in the worstplaces, but work had n> be stopped throughdie weather breaking. K,om the fcol of the-Big Hnl to Beaumoiit lus been slightlyratched, but had to stop thiojj-h bad weatherT would leeonxinend that tlie white gravel pitt>2 cleaned out and a section of it strippedpre-paratory to letting a contract for tame whenvathcr permits. 1would also recommend thatiJ-

bint-stone /quarry at Big Hill be cleaned< it ready for getting metal out when required.'.\e hillY,getting cut up and a httlppatching-i placps vonkl greatly improve it for homei.■".!<». Tho road from Beaumont to the Stone'icuse is very bad, but the worst of the holesIrivobeen,filled in. Ihe worst portions of theload from the Stone House to Boxburgh havi-br-on attended to by the surfacemen, but the■v.oather has delayed them from carting on it.Mi? road fiom JRoxburgh to the Côal CreekIl

c-1S very niucli cut UP owing to the heavy

'-_«jnc onit. Iwould recommend that GO chains■:it be pouched and gi-adcd, tho weather nowi^-ing sui'able ov.irg to the na'iue of theground. The road fiom Coal Creek to Allen'sTill wants to be gravelled m the worst pov--.ons when woatiier permits. At culvert is,wanted at Allen's Hill over a water race so asto give ea'.y acce&s to the gravel pn. which jf-j.ii b? done by tho surfacemen. Towards ;Sliinglc Crp»k there aie two small culvcrth re-quired. This work can be done by the surface-men with stone alongside the road. The road-irom Roxburgh bridge, about throe miles on theeast side of the nver, is much cut up, but isbeing attended to by the surfacemen with twodrays. There is on this road 22 chains ofunformed red which i, very bad Iwouldrecommend tha* it bt ploughed and graced,■which would make a good road for some> time.Ihe load from Rae's Junction to Heriot isvery much cut iid, but the worst poitioas of ithave been shjrhtlv patched by the surfacemen. IHeriot township is much cut up by tlie heavy"traffic to the lailway. Fiom Heriot to Kelfois in good order, though Kclso township vmuch cut up by the heavy grain traffic 1o therailway station. From Kplso to Taparui is ingood order, and fiorn Tapanui towsuds thePomahaka l* in fair repair, pi.d also the roadleading to the Ranklebum. The latter hasbeen a little cut up by the 'ate r.nus., but wasattended to by the surfaceruc-n. Ihc road Law-rence to Woipori, al Reidv Cieck and BulgersCreek,is verymuch cut up owing to tic hea-\y itraffic. Theother portions are net to bad, roi:-sidering tho time of the youi. The road fromWaipori to the lower crossing is bad in p!acp=,but there wil! rot be much tiafnc on it diningthe nest three month". The Ma;n road belowthe Tuapeka Hotel has been broken by themining operations of O'Brien and Franklin,tuthas not been replaced according to promise.fhe V7«£t pofkoiia gi the ipade Uuousli lua-

OWAKA.Jur.r 10.— Th" unvtihug of the monument

Pitcted m oui loâl cetn^tTV by the peopleoi Owaka in memoiy of Trouper Ashmore andCaptain Tubmstn w:is a red-lettor day in ourniidst, the folk turningcut fiom all directionsto the number of nearly 300. Tho memorialstone js quite an ornament to the cemetciy,1Inchhas beer, for -,ome time under the supei-\iMon of Mr ]îrel, and has consequently beenirt.ch improved in cvotv respect. Tlie monu-ment ir 12ft high,and bears the following in-scription " — "iimemory o* Trooper Joseph W.Ashmore, who was killed .n action at Bothas-b:rg, South Africa, 21th Febiuary, 1902, aged2.1 vcai 5. AKo nf Caulain H G. Tubman. whodi"d of enteric fever at Heillrron, South Africa,ilth Apul,1902; ased 30. Erected by unb'.'-f-üb*cnption. ' The Owaka I?ifiV» a d C'Uth.iVciHiteeis, miniberui!i Jii-niu 70, i'on? \Mlh.'our K'uriu'd troop"i- <\V. Smi"i. V\' ?J.it1;.-11W M'Kiihiv, and J !lv.arn. v. v -.U" od nt1 -terson's J1...1, a: d, led '.v C.ipliun i/oeg,maiciifd to t!1'- ceinc'e'v find wr>c p'itc-erl >-oas to form "> -qu^rp, aft"i whu!i ihe Rev. W.Wiucfi'-ld ltd us pia\-r. Speeches a

-.>propri,\te

'o the occas on v.fio then gi\pn by MessrsJ Craig, J. W. Tho.nsoi-, .M.H.R., G. Todd,sn.d the Hew M'-o'-rs M'ltijj'ifld a::d Heaven.'} lie foui relumed trooppr-a pla!.'1"! two tre°si>'i Acer s-c'iwodlf 11 mcl a fiouble-iiowcrnig.ii^j.'c.', t!K-o hc.'i'j cent by thy staff of the( iOi». <-i fi S' l-oo'. a'fjrcc with :i bn&s «late1>

-..iiIIPC tni-, ln'criotic1 "Planted by teachers,dccrtjp stu-^t School, in nipimory of CaptaiuIt (J. Tubman. 31 -t M-v.1902." Durirg then "eting the hymn "Sol! we gather at theiiver" \va-> sm g. and at the clo=3 the NationalAnthem, sifter which three oheers were givenfor "our bo\ s" aid for the llemorial Coni-inr.tec. The gathering then chspericd. thevoluntepr= marching to the hall, where theywere disnii- cd.

Peace.— We, alcng v ith the rest of the world,a.t-joicefl greatly ,n oux own <iuiet wajover the

WAIKOUAITIJune 16.

—We have been having spells_ ofrain,

of late, and our roads, which were getting intofairly decent order, are now covered with mud.and the ground all round is very soft anddirty. Gravel is being -spread on the centreof the main road, which will soon set and btin good order for the winter. The approachesto the railway station are in a disgraceful state— foot passengers stepping off the boroughcouncil's clean asphalt footpaths have to wadethrough deep mud, on what are supposed to hepaths, before they can get to the station plat-form.

Library Trustees.— Messrs D. W. Malloch,and A. Heckler have been appointed tius-tees of the Waikouaiti Athenaeum m place ofMessr? A. G. Reid and K. Ox!cy, who havel?ft the dibtrict.

Dairj Jtems.— The dairy factory is now openonly on three days a week., about 500 gallonsof milk .conrng in every sreoed day. Thasupply at the Morton and Gcodv.ood creameriesis larger, and they are open four days in theweek. Or.c supplier at the Merlon Creamery-had ve:y ciratic tests lately. Six weeks agohis test "was 4.8, the following iortnight it was3.2, and the last one was 11.0' The latter testis unprecedc--.t"d iv tins district, and it natu-rally caused v great deal of talk and inquiryat the creamery.

Presentation.- A p'easing ceremony tookplace in St. John's Schoolroom on Mon-day lught last, wlien. on the invitation.of ii.p workers of the parish, a largonumb 'i i>r , cecils assembled at a social given.m ho i-ii i.r Mhs C'.t'.a Ailtock, daughter ofthe Mayor, o\ the occasion of her approachingli'stiru.KP Ih~ R"v. C A. Fraer presided, andtli" ,jro.r?di> ?"> opened « ith some music andson^s, a-, fo'low- - 'The bailiff's daughter,"Miss Cokcr, "' Xmon "

and "Honey dear,"iliss Graham; ''Barbara Allen" Mr Davis;" Si1'-p.- moonlight winds," Misses Smith."Mary of Anrylo," Mr Stewart;

"Death ofNelson." Mr Browne; ard a -chorus by thochoir be.vs. The Vicar -then snid ihey werebidding "

farewell"

to Mips Allcock, not "thatthey wore going to ]n\e h jr, but hoping shawould fare well in the state of 'life "she wraentering int>-. and they rejoiced withher, for atsuch a time it was usual to makemarry. Shehad been n pood church worker,and had given{roelv of her services in the choir; pupd! arid;Sunday school, therefore they thought her workdf3e>-ved some -recognition. He had thereforemuch pleasure in oresentine hor w.t'n a hiiic"-somp silver teannt from tho cl u'cb"("V«p.su'tab'y engraved, ar.d a nicely-bound hj'ni'iIj-iok from the pumls of the S'undnv Schc.n'.Mr Fraer then called on Mr Davi? .«"

'-ti-d

TAPANUI..Tu".e 16.— Here a= e'seuiicre thiousrhcTi* tnr

cc o:iy the ruVig to;jic rf ccaverhation ia tSi<-ccn-m;,' Coionat.or. r -k-bratioii**, aiid '11").;1 1").;.vis viot <romg to be behindhand la fomir.cmouting the jM.pirluiii t\cm. Meetings ha\ " b.ci.held, aid the ou'toiiie is n pietty r-xteusr o|piogiammc. The mo~t mipoitaiit and p---iiiia-

|neut mark of the crowning of -King lidwnrdwill be the election cf a town hall, a^d this

j should pio\e a boon tc \ha place. Tnc cxi.-t-[ ing Athenaeum Hall is inconveniently situal d.

too small, of a harn-iiko arclntectuic, and cn1-1-?inadequate for the puipo-ri rcqu.rod of it.The Boiough Ccuuru have, tarnfore, \>jscv

started a scheme to lia\e r> '-uitabl.? toyn lifdlbuilt near the post rffice o«i their own f-cctiO'i,and the Government sub"=idv will be taken ad-vantage of. For the Coronation day thr> pio-pian.m' eminence* m the 'nornmg v.it!i rr-hgious s"ivi..e3, <vd at noon th^ s< bool <hil-uicn, vo'urtcei-, and public march (headed byPiOL-majo. Duncan) m piocesaior to theBriouj'-i O iincil Ch.mibr.r-. whero an excellentflagstaff lia^ been erected. The hoisting of thofia^r, feu do joip.etc., will be ?one through, andthen feasting will commence In the after-liooii ejtfoits foi the children Will be add

Ju:i" If.- The long mxII of iro=t and densefog is '"till with us and the c

-oi ing's and morn-

ings v.re bit'eily cold indica.tii.« <=r.cw to bevciv c'o^^ at hand

Coronation Cilebrai on" —A v,ell-att*i arc!meeting of the general committee o: m.iiirf'-'p-m'ent ivai held on the evmuj* of Ihursdavlast, when final arrangements, for ihis uiiivcr-alfunction, weie cacouleted* Kud sue as follows.—

LUMSDEN.

OTAGO WITNESS.Jjine 18, 1902.tidings of peace. The bolls -were set ringing;whistles blew, tin cans rattled, and even the12 o'clock train as she came m gaijy decked 'with flags uttered an inspiring "Hip-lrip-hiphurrah!" Special services mere-held.morning'arid evening m the Anglican Church as s "

thanksgiving service.

THE COUNTRY.

WAIWERA.June 16.— For this time of the year thfweather is very seasonable. Tho grain havingpietty well all been got away, farmers aregenerally settled down in earnest to theirploughing, which is now the chief order of thoitay. We are,of course,a littie upset at timesby the celebrations, which we are bound -to

give fuH vent to as true Britishers. Now thatthe great war is over, let us see to it that w*get a fair share of the commerce with SouthAfrica. Itrust that our leading men will actpromptly in this important matter, and nottrust to mere empty talk. If there is notsoniething more done soon lv .his directionby our Government or the leading commercialmenIthink (here is every likelihood of theClinton branch of the Farmers' Union takingthe matter up and assisting to bring thaunion's influence to bear.

Agricultural.— Last yeai abo.ut this time Ihad a look roun-d with Mr Irving, who hadjust thou purchased the Kuriwao Estate, whenray attention was directed particularly to apaddock then being broken up for turnips. Itwas literally a bed of a kind of couch grass,snd Ihad a little hope at that time of thesuccess of the attempt being made to eradicate [it. A few days agoIwent over the same pad-dock again,,and to me the sight was marvel-"'lons. ,Instead of the tough old lea -which Isaw a year ago being torn up with the diggerplough, .there is' to-dcy a magnificent crop ofSwedish and other tuniipa, and scarcely aweed to be seen. The present owner is rnak-

":iig manynotable improvements on tho estate,'and Ishall be very much mistaken, at tha ■present rate of things, it" we do not see ths

-much-neglected Kurivcao again a fine estate, "

ajid a credit to the district and to the ener-getic proprietor. With tho latter's consentIhope at a future time to give some detailsps to the mode of procedure.

School Matters.—Iunderstand after a littleparleying -with the authorities the School Com-mittee have selected a teacher of their own.choice. Let us hope the selection will provea good one. For my own part Ishould havepreferred a. married man with a family, forvarious reasons. Perhaps, however, the highcredentials the young man just appointedbrings with him will make us overlook thisdrawback. Let us hope all ■will make hia '

duties as pleasant as possiih while he isamongst us.

WETHERSTONES.June 16.— In an article on "Forestry," in

last week's Witness, mention was made cf theblight on Scotch urs in Otago. Some yearsago there were a few firs planted at Wether-stoi.es. During the first few years they wereblighty and scraggy, but they appear to havegot over that drawback, and are slowly grow-ing. Ihave heard local gardeners say thatthe altitude of this place (over 400ft) is toolow to successfully grow Scotch firs— that itrequires an altitude of 1000ft or more inOtago for their successful growth.

Weather.— The weather last week was cold

and changeable, there being fro3t,"a damp fog,end some light showers from the east. Thebaiometer has been slowly rising since thelOtli, and at present it is at 29.78, havingrisenover 7-10tha. The lowost reading of the ther-momoter was 32deg at 7 a.m. of the 14th; thohighest 56deg at noon of the 12th. The rain-fall for Mny was 3.Gin.

WAITAHUNA.June 10.— The weather recently has beenvery fine, enabling the farmers in the outlying

districts -to get their grain carted into therail- 'way station, largo quantities of -which have *gojie from here. As many of thefarmers areonly able, by reason of the distance from thestation, to deliver one load a day, theboon offine weather and good Toads is appreciated.

Ameeting of the Peace Demonstration^Com-mittee was held on Monday night, June 8,MrAlexander Garden in the chair, when it wasdecided to haveapicnic in the school groundson Coronation Day, to which all the childrenin the district are to do invited. The localRifle Club -will alsomeet, and, -with the school "children, will join in a procession and parade -the township, and return to-the grounds,-tea'being dispensed at about 3.30 pan. A smallsum of money was voted for fireworks, and*arrangements made for a boa nxe on 'CoghiH'3 'Hill, which is to be set agoing at'7 'p.m. Anumber-of those present wete-appointedasub*committee to oarry out the views of.the meet* "ing, Mt R. M'Ara being appointed secretary. "

'Mr James Allen, M.H.R.,addressedthe elec- 'tcrs in the .Good Templars' Hall on Tuesday,June 10, Mr "W. J. Livingston (president of th«New Zealand Club)beingin the chair. Ther€was a large gathering, Mr Allen being well re-ceived and havingamong the audience anum-ber of lady friends -who admire him,, apartiiom his political views, for his gentlemanlydeportment and unblemished reputation. Af»the conclusion of his address, which was re- ,ceived with satisfaction and during the deli-very of which the audience expressed its ap-proval an the usual way, Mr R. Craig pro-

-jyesed a hearty vote of thanks to Rnd confi-dence inMr Allen,and said among other thingsthat he had never heard Mt Allen speak tobetter advantage. Mr John Rose seconded -the motion. Mr Garden supplemented theirremarks by saying that it would be well for "the country if both Houses of the Legislaturecontained mere men of the mental calibre andspotless reputation of Mr Allen

—a sentiment

which mst with the instant and hearty ap-proval of the audience. A vote of thanks waaaccoidcd the chairman on the motion of MtAllen.

WAIMATUKU.j June 11.

— During the past month severalthings new and perhaps interesting have oc-cupied our atention.

1. We have a new storekeeper, Messrs W.and H. Southern having sold out to Mr T. O.M'Gill, of Invercargill. Itixist that Mr11'Gill, who is a young man, will findWaima-tukn congenial to his taste and profitable tohis trade.

2. A new fanner will soon bs added to theFlat. Mr J. Ross, who for some time farmedpart of Mr W. Boyd's estate,has purchased the-well-known farm of Mr W. S. Fraser. As Eoonas Mr Ross has a house built, his family willtake up their abode among us.

3. The Wesleyan circuit has a new mis-sionary, ii young man named Michaeks. Hedoes not mean to be accused of laziness, forhe, with the Rev. Mr Boys is taking up newfickls. In addition to the present preachingstations— viz., Otautnu, Aparima, Nightcaps,Riverton, Hillend, Drummond, and Waima-tuku, they hold services at Orepuki, Titua,Koromiko, Thornbury,and Wild Bush. These"services do not mean the opening-up of ther.ew districts, for with the exception of theLst'iiumod place, Presbyterian 'services arebold in r.H of them and Anglican in some ofthem. Whether, in the face of the cry of theag", "Union cf the Churches, ' there is roomfor these extra seivices is a question beyondthe piovnice of these notes.

4. The new Presbyterian charge of Wajaniwa,Wright's Bush, and Waimatuku scama to bedoing well. The weather being so extremelylougli and cold during tho pp.st month toldagainst the Sunday attendance,but 'ast Sun-day night our hall was almost packed. Theservice was a special thanksgiving one, a:r>dRev. Mr M'Laren, who is here for a fewmonths, preached a vciy stirring pa-trioticaddress, which was listened to with thedeepest attention. At the clo3e of the servicea Chuich Committee was elected to work inroujunctioi.' with others at Waianiwa andWright's Bush. The committee are Messrs T.Stobo, W. Strang.W. Gray, jua.,W. S.Fra6er_.D. M'Kenaie,and J.Fraser.

5. Apropos of newness, Mr T. Borland onSuiiday afternoon preach°cl a mosi inqt>iring,eloquent sermon on"The New Son^." The los>-son^ deducted were practical axd logical.

G. On the 2fith ult., wehud anew king of en-tertainment -a social thatwas not a social, but,'

(.-cause of pcme fooiish misunderstanding, afiasco.

(weather permitting), and in the eveninga pro-menade concert, dan.cc, etc. Given p. tine daythere will be a large turnout, and there ehculdbe plenty of entertainment for both young andold. Judging by the list in circulation therewill be no want of funds .to carry cut theday's events on a liberal scale.

Drainage.— The local Borough Council, are atpresent earnestly discussing the question of adrainage scheme for the borough. The prin-cipal proposal is to lun a main sewer to thePomahaka River, and thu3. avert pollutingsmall streams that pass through farmers' pad-decks. Some of the landowners are forcingthe council's hand to act, and ere long ascheme must be put in motion. The councilfuliy discussed the question lately, and it nowstands down awaiting a visit from. Dr Ogston-and a report by him. With a main outlet fordrainage the borough should be plact-d be-yond the attacks ol filth fever, and thematterhas. been sc long before the public that therear» hopes cf something definite being donethis time.

Debate.— At the Weekly Club meeting onFriday evening a debate on the subject,"Should the Juiy System be Abolished?" wasthe programme for the evening. Mr P. Hay(seconded by Mr D Cclquhoun) supported theaffiimative, and Mr Moore (solicitor), sup-ported by the Rev.Begg, the n-egative. Bothsides made the most of their allotted time.The "abolit.on" went for wiping out the jurysystem altogether, and replacing it with judges,v.'lnkt the supporters of the system advocatedthe conturaance of juries, but strongly urgedpurification and pmendment. There wad agood muster of speakers in the discussion, andv vota on the question resulted in a majorityof one for the continuance of juries. The at-tendance for a "men's light" only was dis-appointing. *\.t next meeting Miss Barr willgive a pn-i>c-r entitled '"Coronation," and anytime remaining Trill hz taken up with uu-proinp'u speeches. i

Poultry Show.— The annual poultry showtskr^ place on the sth July, and the pro-giatume contains the usual lengthy list ofclasses. Fanciers should be getting theu ex-hibits in show condition.

MAKARORA.June 7.— Winter is on us, and a« usual our

lulls are covered with iiiow down to the Lushfii.e. We (ire having shaip frosts at night andbeautiful balmy days. Strangers comirg tothese parts vie quite enchanted with thev.eather.

Our Industries.— -Everybody seems veiy busy.Our steam sawmill i= kept going, and :t takesit all its time to comply with the demand.Our local flajcmill is in the hands oi 2n cner->£f-tic mini, Mr l'.tao Hurring, who recentlybought the property. He intends working itall the winter.

2Cew Proprietor.—Ihear that the late MrW. (r. Stewart's run and effects have been<-old to .Mr John Faulks, -who has for maiiy\cai- been manage! of the run. It i« amatterfor congratulation that ht -will st:il remainv.\tb u».

(ciouai.cn Calibration. —A public me»tmglook x'late ii the schoolroom on the 7th fortli'; purpo-j rf coli-.dering the celebration ofKmy Hdward Vll's Crronation. About 20pcis-o is attend'"!, Mr Isaac Hurring, the cou-\ever, being voted to the chair. A committeewas formed, cci'lstuig oi Messrs Hurringr,Faulks Gaudiu, M'Kee, uii'l J. B. Ewmg. Asab-cnplion list v.as pH°>ed round for the' r<c-.sary fluid", ai.d iii wa* collected, withjmo,poets of £5 or £6 mnu1 lttti r on. It wasarranged that twfiil and -uitaWe books andsubstantial toys be? procured foi tlie schoolchildren. also that » picnic should be he'dcii Fi.day, the 27th Mr Malcolm Campbellkn.dly pionnsed the u-e of his paddocks forIhr r.ccasion. ()' course to wind up the usuialiop win Ijp r~'.d ;i'. i.ishu in Mr Campbell'svoolshed, «-uitab!v daw up 'or the occasionJi is to l>e honp'l tiie c °rk "! tl.e v,<ather wi'l'"mile on Us t!at di.>. anil that only r.«,but all those ci.nprrefratfd tlnougLout thp En-i>,;e to celebrate that pieat c c-:oji mgy i.cblessed, with favourable v-eatli-r.

'First, religious seiviccs, from 10.30 to 11.30Ia.m.; 12.30, children to -assemble at schoolgrounds; » public procession there to beformed, starting at 1 p.m., comprising themembers of local lodges, juveniles,footballers,and citizens; line of march, themain thorough-fares, on to the village green, whore chil-dren's sports are to be held, to last abouttwo hours. The procession v,-ill then be re-formed, and march to the site of the proposedLumsden reading ioot, where the foundationstone is to be laid. The W.G.M. of the Tai-mgatr.ra Lodge, Masonic Order, is to performthe ceremony in accordance with the usual< ustom of the craft, several residents beinga'fcc a«ked to give addresses. The regaling ofthe j-cung ones at the Public Hall is the nextjtcni, followed b> mere speaking nnd singing,succeeded by a short interval. At 6.30 a torch-light procession and fireworks display takesplace, the citizens and business people beingexpected to light up their residences andpremises. At 8 ? conversazione will ba com-menced, and carried on for about three or fourhcurs. The final act of ihe day's proceedingswil' b? the sing'iig of '"God save the King.'Gneii five weather, 1anticipate this will pro\ea zed letter day for Lumsden.

S.M. Court.— A piolonsred fitting oi thiscourt (tv.o days) took place last veek,9th and10th, when it was painful tc notice how young-and old who had to do with the day's pro-ceedings were compelled to stand out on thedrinp ground i»nd main road, exposed tothe midwinter blasts, for from 20 to 30 hours,b?ing commanded ?t their peril not to absentthemselves from the convenient hearing of theccurtroom officials yet neither shelter norbitting-room was provided foT those compelledtobe in attendance. Several have, to my ownknowledge,contracted very severe and trouble-some colds through the exposure to which they jwere subjected. It is «iid that tenders for ibuilding new polire premises v.ill soon be

[ called for, and the urgent necessity lor s-uchw?s_riever more clearly exemplified than cilast court day. j

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PENLNSULA.June 12.— 0n Wednesday, at the SchoolHall,

Portobello, a social and dance were givento welcome- home Trooper Chap. Hall, of theSixth Contingent. The function, notwith-standing the »ncl"mcnt evening, was decidedlysuccessful, the attendance being good. The"Chairman (Mr Barton) made a few opening re-anarks, after which Mr Nelson sang

''Rule,Britannia," the audience taking up the re-frain. Mr K. G. Allen, M.H.R., gay? an in-teresting speech on the late war anel its Ics-eons, and' Major M'Caraiey gave an' epitomeof the doings of the contingent to which theguest of the evening belonged. Songs weregiven by Messrs P. Mess, it. Jack, W. Rus-f-11, and a recitation by Mr Wm. Rodger. Pre-vious to the serving out of refreshment* theChairman presented Trooper Hall with ahand-liome marble clock, suitably inscribed, as atoken of the esteem in which he was held byviho people of the district. Trooper Hall-thanked his friends for the handsome present,«nd gave the audience a brief account of his3iersonal experiences during the campaign.After a few more items the piogramme wastxhausted, mid after the usual votes of thankswere givena veiy pleasant and enjoyable socialcame to an erd. The hall was then clearednor dancing, which was indulged in for somebows. "

June 13.— Tl"1 monthlymeeting of the Penin-«ul«. Road Board, held at the board's office,liighcliff, onSaturday.-was attended by MessrsJtosß (chairman), Walker, M'Curdy; Fairbairn,wad Guna. Mr R033 was unanimously re-elected chairman. Mr Walker was elected+ieasurer, and, authorised, with Mr M'Curdy,4o couuternigii cheques. The price forbreaking bluestoae metal in Highcliffand Anderson's Bay was fflccd at2& 3d per yar-1. Mr Waiker wasauthorised to attend to some work concerningwhich a letter was received from Mr Black.The clerk was instructed to write to Mr Myersrequesting him to have the trimming fioni hislicdge 011 Manse load cleaned up; also, to MrOuthrie to again request him to remove the"boat shed at Hooper's Inlet. Mr Samuel wasgranted permission to lay pipes underneaththe water table to carry water 'from his dwel-ling. Tho clerk of the Portobello Road Boardwrote drawing the attention of the■board to some retails required tohe done at tho junction of Ander-son's Bay road.- Resolved that the work besittended "to It waj dc-c-idsd to procure threeImshels of poisoned giain. The Ancler'on'.sBay School Committee wiote asking the boardto take steps lo widen the road from the Mainaoad to the school, ns a portion o£ laud re-<[i'irccl for widening tb? said road would ha\e■lo be purchased.—lt was decided that theiinancial position did not warrant the boaiJpioceedmg wiUi the work. Messrs Landrethnnd Morris attended to ask the bo.i:il to takethe necessary steps to have the :cad made"thiough the Camp t state to the iLmi'road.—Messrs Wa:ker, Fairbairn, and M'Cuidy wereAppointed to inspect the proposed road, in< conjunction with the nieniber^ of tl<o Porto-.ljelloRoad Board, and to repoit at next ineet-ang. MrM'Curdy wrote objscting to the boardallowing a quantity of water to becollected along the road o*?po3ite other pro-nllowing a quantity of water that is beinga;erties and pa"-t culverts which were putunelcrthe roael at the points at which it would flowaiaturally and carried a distance along theMain road, thus cau"'ng damage to hisproperty.— lt was decided to obtain the opinionvi the board's solicitor on this matter. It wasdecided to instruct the surfacemen to dressthe bank of the road at their earliest con-venience above the water trough. Itwas re-eolved to procure ashes for the footpaths forAnderson's B;.y. The clerk was instructed togiu&icly notify the board's intention to makeb rate of Jd in tho pound on the rpteabfe valueof all rateable properties within the PeninsulaIRoad District foe the year ending 31st March,1903. Mr John Bishon was appointed col-I'-ctor. The board passeel a lesoiulion of sym-pathy with the (family of the iate Mr PeterMurray, the deceased gentleman having boenfor ranry years a useful member of tlie board.Accounts were missed for payment amountingto illO Ts.

KUROW.One of the largest meetirgs oi householders

ever held in the schco'house for the electioncf a school committee took place on Saturdayivening, the schoolroom being packed to thefloor. After the preliminary opening businessHie chairman called for nominations. n>» fol-

£4 10s.-— —The Faimers' Agency Companyyarded 21 head, ar.d cold- For Mr A. ScunessiÔtakia),1 cow at £6 ss, 1 do at £i , tlr W.Kirk (Mosgiel), 1 cow at £5 103, 1 do at £5;Mr W. Lindsay, 1 bullock at £7 10s, 1heiferat £6, 2 do at £5; Mr W. Hastie (AUs-nton),1heifer at £7 ss, 1do at £5 10s, 52 do at £5, 2do at £3 17s 6d;Messrs JohnKirk, W. M'Kay,and others,7 heeel at quotations. The XewZealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.(Ltd.) sold: For Mr John Smith (Glenfalloch),3 bullocks at £10 17s Gd, 2 do at £10 12s Gd;Mr W. Kirkland (Elmgrove), 3 bullocks at£8 15s; Mr William Townlcy (Sandymount),1cow at £5 10s Dalgety and Co. (Limitcel)yardeel and sold: For Mr George M'DonaklStirling), 2 bullocks at £11 5s to £5 ss, 4steers at £7 123 Gd to £7; Mr William Kirk(East Taieri), 1at £5 l"s 6d; Mr R. Sparks(Maungatua>, 7 steers and heifers at quota-tions. Wright, Stephenson, anel Co. sold 34Lead as follows:— For Mr Peter Macdonald(BlantvreFarm),5 bullocks at from £9 l'Js 6dto £10 2s Gd; Mr William ShanJ (Keith Hall),3 steers (light) at £7 7s Gd; Messrs G. H.Blackwood (Kaikorai Valley), W. Townley(Highcliff), J. Moloney (West Harbour). J.O'Conr.ell (MomingtonK and Professor Park(Wnkcn), 26 head at quotations. StronachBro3. ar.d Morris yarded 30 head, and sold:For Mr William Leask (Ophir), bullocks atto £3 2s 6d and cows at £7, Mr Sonntag(Brcckville),light bullocks at to £6 12s Gd, andhfifers at £4 17s Cd;Messrs L. D.Robertson(.Sandymount), Wiiliim Kirk (Mosgiel), andothers, bullocks and hoifprs 3t quotations.Donald i{«id and Co. (Limited) yarded andsold: For Mr J. T. Gibson (Otakia),1bullockat £8, 1 cow at £7 ss; Mt William Shand(Keith.Hall), 3heifers at £7; Mr William Kirk(East Taieri),2 cows v.t £6 17s 6d; privately40 bullocks at a satisfactory price.—

—Otago

Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zea-land (Limited)"yarded 64 head, and told: ForMr WlKi»m Kirkland (Elmgrove).12 bullocksat £9 5s to £3 ;Mr K. Charters (Ury Park),'9"bullocks at £6 15a to £7 12s 6d, 5 cows andheifers at £3 103 to £4 10s; Mr W. Shand(Keith Hall>, 3bullocks at £7 12s Gd;a client.3 steers at £5 10s, 13 cows and heifers to £G15s; Mr Alexander Sonness (Otakia), 5 bul-locks "t £3 12s 6d to £7 17s Gd: Mr JainoWyllie (Roseberv), 5 cows and heifers at £7lis to £.7 2s Cd;" Mr D. M'Curdy (Anderson'sBay), 1 heifer at £5; Mr James Henderson(Anderson's Bay).1cow at £6; Mr D. Suther-land (Ijochend), 1cow at £4 17s 6d;Messrs W.West,R. Bruuton,J. Henderson, L.D.Robert-son, T. L.,Young, 6 head at current rates.

Calves.— -tkago Farmers' Co-operative As-sociation of New Zealand (Limited) fo!c!:ForMr A. Jensen (LookoutPoint),1at20s; MasterTom Perniskie (Alhutton), 2 at 7a.

Sheep.--2700 were pfeciied, which proved inexcess of requirements. Prices, a3 comparedwith last week, dropped Gd to Is per head onwethers, anel about Is to Is 6d on ewes, thefall bring most noticeable on unfinished lots.Best wethers brought 16s 6d to 18s; 3 ex-ceptionally heavy, 21s: good, lls to 15s;medium, lls 9d to l'2s 6d; best ewes, 13s Cdto 143 6d; a few pens extra heavy,16s 6d to 17s 3d; good,12a Cd to 13s; medium,9s to 103 3d; inferior, 7s to Bs. The Far-mers' Agency Company permed 501, and sold:For Mr J. Black (Springfield),35 prime wethersat 18s, 22 do at 17s 9d;Mr James Anderson,33 wethers at 15s 6d, 39 do at 15s, 35 do at 14sGd; Mr T. Shple (Fairfield), 56 ewes at 13s;Mr J. Jackson, 36 ewes at 12s 2:1;Mr Jack-son Munro (Outram).210 ewes at 9s; Mr T.Mackay, 42 ewes at 8s 3d;aaid privately, forMr G."H. G-ilroy (Stirling),360 wethers at 16s3d, 120 do at 16s. The New xZealand Loanand Mercantile Agency Company (Limited;sold:For Mr John Stewart (Tuapeka West),80 crossbred wethers at 163, 38 do a+ 15s Gd;Mr William Souter (Flag Swamp), 36 cross-bred wethers and ewos at 13s Gd, 26 do at 12s;MrsE.E.Bruhns (Hyde), 32 crossbred wethersand ewes at9s i'd to 10.->;'Messrs Dickson Bros.(Bclmont), 41 crossbred wethers■at 15s, 41 doat 14s 9d, 41do rt 14a Gd.— Dalgety and Co.(Limited) yarded and sold 42G: For Messrs.Tchustonc Bros. (Kinross), 42 ewes at 14s Gd,40 do at 9s; Mr D. Geffrey (Wedderburn), Cihalfbred owes at 10s 3d to 9s; Mr John Wfir(Gimmerburn),106 halfbred ewes to 10s; Mr

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Hugh Gibson (North Tainri), 7 cwps at 9s 3d;other vendors, 97 ewes at quotationsWright, Stephenson. and Co. sold 677 as fol-lows:— For Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Co.(Gladbiook estate). ]2 extra heavy cros&brcdewes at 17a 3d. 45 at from 13s Gdfo 14s 6d:Mr James Holni3 (Wuiinahakr.), 94 crossbredwethers at from 14s 1o 16s 6d. 2tr~crossbred ewesat 14s Gel; Mr J. Young (Mataura). 60 cross-bred wet»>ers at ftom 14s 3d to 16s 9d;Mr W.Ayson (Gore), G5 crossbred wetheis at froml'is 9d to ISn 9tl; Mr J.;nries Milne (Pukerau),9* crossbred wthera at frcu 13s 9d to 15s,ji.d 26 crossbred ewe.J at 8s fid; Mr AndrewAlexander (The Elms), 43 cro3sbred wethersat 16s 3d; Mr John Peterson (Viewfield), 108crossbred wethers a* from 14s Gd +0 lGd;MrAthol Campbell (Hcathcote). G2 crossbred ewesand wethprsat from lls to 14s 3d: Mr JamesStirling (Roaeneath). 42 crossbred ewes at 13sltd. Stroni'ch Bro«. and Morris nnnned and*o'd: For Mr S. B. Grai-t (Middlcmarch).crossbred wether* at 15s 3d, aiid ewes at B'*9el; Mr John Nolan (Middlcmarch), crossbredewes at 9s 6d; a client, crossbred ewes at quo-tations.

-— D. Reid and Co. (Ltd.) \nrded 234.and fold: For Messrs Tolhill, Watson, andCo. (Clcrc). as agents. GO ew"6 at 14b 6d to12b Od: Mr A. A. Scott (Wailio'.a). GO ewes atlls Gd to 93: Mr RoVrt Crwn (Deer Park),"2o wethers at lls: Mr X. MFuifyen aiidJie-marcli),7 cw<=3 at 10, C.I to 'J->; Mr T? Mitchellfl'ortobelio). Si) ewes at 10s <o ».s Gd; Mr T.Moc (Becks), 2 ew« at 9s 6d. Otngo Far-mers' Cooperative Association of New Zea-land (Limited) penned 723. and sold: Vor MrA. W. Muwhinry (Whiimiolci). 24 wethers »t21s to Ms 3d, 44 ewes at 12s to 10s 3d; Mr J.H. Sadlier (Woodlands). pe«- Southland Far-mers' Co-operative, 60 wthers mid maidenewes at 14s to 13s: Mr F.J. Wright (Mosgiel),38 wethers at 14s Cd. 42 ewes at 10s; Mr A. C.Wright (Mosgiel). 37 ewes at 63; Mr W. Ben-nett (Winfield), 54 ewes at 163 Cd to l-2s 3d;Mr John Smith (Tuapeka West. 243 wethers atIGs; Mr James Black (Gimmcrburn) 15 wethersat 14s 9d, 37 ewes a* 7s; Mr J. M'Leod (Gim-merbuxn), 3 ewoa at 83 9d; Mr Peter Law(Patearoa), 15 wethers at 13s fid. 51 ewes at I10s Gil to 9s 3d; Mr James Paul (Waipahi),GC weHiers at 15? Gd *o 14s Od.

Lambs.- -561 penned. Prime quaWy xamoswere fair.v weil competed for,and sold at aboutJa3t wsekvs n-tcs. while secnr>cHty «-or^ wereneglected and hard to quit. Best lambs brought10s to Us; good. 8s Gd lo 93 0-5: medium, 7s1o 8s; others, o.s Gd to G« O'l. The Formers'A'»eiiry C'onioanv nenned 104. and nold: "ForMr Xcvill (Id* Valley). -It at 10s 9d, 31 at 9s9d; Messrs Munro and M'Kay, 22 at quota-lions. The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercan-tile Agency Comuany (Limited) sold: for MrsE. E. Bruhns (Hyde), 41 afc S=s. 36 at 7s 3d.35 at 6s 3d. Dnltseiv and Co..(Limited yardedand sold IG-2: For Mr D. Geoffrey fWcdder-bur-.r), Cl lauibt at 10.s Cd to 83 9d;Mr JohnWeir (Gimmerburn). J9 lambs at 9s Cd:Mr-Ku»h Gibson (Xoith Taieri), 50 lainba fit 10sG.I; othsi- vendors. T) at B=. Wright. Ste-i>hcnson. and Co. '.old 105 «fc follows: Mr .Tame?SHrlh'e (Roscnpatlu.4 at Us; Mr Robert Gawn(Deor Park),51 at 10=; Messrs Hamb',y Bros.«"!imuierburn).70 at 10s. SlrorachEros,andMorris r-anued and Eo!d: For Mr Jolin NolanOlidcHeniarc'i), prime Inmbs at lls 7d.Donald It?id and Co. (Liluited) yarded 2£B, "

<\«id fo'u: Po,' Mr Thou. Mcc (Becks), 148 at11s to 7s 9d: Mr N. M'Fadvcn fMiddlemarch),Gl at 9s to 6s 9d: Mr W. Patr'ok (BHlmora.!).33 at 7s 9d fo 7s; Mr R.Gawn (Deer Park).44at10s Tko Ota&o Foxuiexa' Co-oi><-iK»ive 'As-

The directors of the National Mortgage andAgency Company of New Zealandhavedeclaredan interim dividend ot Is 3d per share, pay-able on July 9.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.SYDNEY, June 11.

Wheat: Chick, Is 4d; milling, 4s 4d to 4ssd; Sydney country values equivalent to 4s6c! to 4s 7d. Flcur, £9 10s; Mar.itoban, £1210s. Oats: Ta&manian, Ss 4d to 3s sd; Al-gerian, 3s 3d to 3s 6.1. Barley Cape, 4s 3d.Maize: Prime, 1» lOd. Peas: Piussian blue,7.5. Bran and pollard, Is34d. Potatoes:Tas-manian, £5 10s to £5 15a. Onions: Victorian,£7 103;Xew Zealand, £7. Butter, Is 5d toIs6d; Xew Zealand, Is5d to Is s\d. Cheese-Kuv Zealand loaf, Bd to BAd. Bacon, 7.\d to9d.

MELBOURX:-:, June 11.Wheat., 4s l»d to is 2d. Flour, £9 10s to

£19. Oats, lit Id to 3s 3d. Barley, prime, Is9d Maize, 4s sd. Bran, Is 2d. Pollard, Is3d. Potatoes, £4 10s to £5 5«. Onions, £6 to£7 10s.

ADELAIDE, June 11.Wheat, weak; bi^rra r.re offering to 3s

10id. Flour, £9 5«. Bran, Is 3d. Pollard, Is3id.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.CHRISTCHURCH,June 11.

The usua' wreklv sale of stook was held atAcielington tc-day.

Fat Cattle.— 203 yarded, mostly prime foHf.All met with a good sale at 19i Gd to 2is 6dper 1001b. Prime bullocks realised £12 to £1417s Cd; prime steers. £3 to £11 10s; lighter,JL'5 103 to £8 10s; prime heifers, £3 to £11 as:others, £5 5s to £8 10s; cows, £5 to £7, andup to £8 l'is for prime.

Fat Sheep.— Over G3OO penned, mostly gcodsorts. The market was weaker by Is per headfor wethers, and easier all round for ewes.Freezing wcther3 fetched 16s 6d to 183 6d;maiden ewes, 15s 6d to 18s 6-1;ewes for ex-port, 10s Gd to 15a Gd; but hers' best ewes,12s to 15s 4d; others, 9s to lls; extra primer.ierino wothers, 18s to 23s 63; other3, lls to13s Gd.

Fat Lambs.— l3oo penned, mostly of betterquality. There was a fair clearance at 10s Gdto 13s 3d for export,and 6s 6d to10s for others.

Store Sheep.— looo penned— a mixed entry,—and although there v/as a butter clearauceprices were easier. Backward wethers realised10s to lib 4d; better sorts passed at 13-5 :eood,scund, youiig ewea F-old at 13s 9d to Its 7d;a few aged serif", 2s to. -Is 9d;lambs, 6s -3d toBs.

Pig.«.— loo yarded. There v.-as a greatly im-1roved demand for nil classes, suckersespecially. Baconsrs Tcalised ."53s to 535, eqiulto 32d to !d per !b;porkers. 20s to 303, or 4dper lb; ot'ieis, lOi to18s; suckers and weaners,5s to ?s.

WEEKLY LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCEREPORT.

Wetlne'day. June 11.

Fat Cattle.— lC6 herd weiv yardid at Buru-side to-d\y for this week's requirements. Theliiidc was well represent i. and the shortsupply caused prices to ri«e to the cxter.t of5s to* 10i per hsad. Best bullocks broughtfrom XlO lOi to I'll 10s; gcod. JEB 103 to £D5?;medium, £7 to £S ; beat cows and heifers,£7 15s to £S 10s; good, £0 10s to £7 10s;jiirdium. £5 5i to £t>: iuiciioi-, £i 17s Cd to

OTAGO LAND BOARD.The regular meeting of the LandBoard was

held on Wednesday, 11th, when there were pre-sent—Messrs W. Dallas (in the chair), Clark,Duncan, md Kirkpatrick.

John Watson opplied to be allowed to cut10 loads of manuka Ecrub from Shepherd'sHill, Herbert; and David L. Watson appliedto be allowed \o cut 20 loads of manuka, scrubfiom Dogs' Den Bush, Herbert.— Both appli-cations were granted, subject to the run-holders' consent at Is per load.

Frank Bower applied for a lease over PuntReserve,section 72,block 111, HUlcnd district;and T. Ross applied for the issue of a certifi-cate of title for section 9, block VI, Catlin'sdistrict, the required impiovements havingbeen effected.— Bothapplications were Teferredto the ranger for report.

The District Engineer of Railways appliedto have sections 5 and 6, block VII, SuttonTown,reserved for the use of his department.—Sections to bo reserved as desired.

The board was requested to determine asto how sections 41 anel 43, block I, UpperTaieri district, lately held by J. T. S. Cierar,should now be dealt with.— Sections to be re-oxêned at a capital value of 25s per.acre.

H. Birley wrjte, in reply to the board'srotice requiring him to show cause why hisO.R.P. license 161 over sections 1, 2, and 3,block I,Upper Wakatipu district, should notbe forfeited for his non-compliance with theresidence condition.— Exemption granted dur-ing the pleasire of the board.

The Receiver of Land R&ysr.ue reported thatthe following, whose holdings had been de-clared forfeited, had now paid all arrears:

—O.L,06, R. Poison; L.I.P. 78 V.n, P. Taylor;L.I.P. C9B, William Gillespie.— Forfeiture rc-seindod.

Michael Fahey applied to hi allowed to ex-change his occupatioa license, No. 55, overan area of 1-00 acres on Run No. 238, St.Bathans, for a lease.under "The Mining Dis-tricts Lancl Occupation Act,1894."— The appli-cation tobe made to the warden.

The Bruce County Council wrote in regardto R.P. Sharp's application to have the ditchthiough the Barnego Settlement cleared out,and stated that the county was prepared topay one-third of ths cost of such clearing.

—Received; consideration being deferred.

Consideration of tho case of A. B. Carson,who had been called upon to show cause whyhis lease in perpetuity, 938, over section 4,block XVIII,Lower Wanuka district, shouldnot be forfeited for };ss non-compliance withconditions w?.s deferred.

Henry Mackay, on behalf of J. B. Mackay,applied to ba alloA-ed to acquire an area of 40acres under O.R.P. license oir run adjoiningsections 2 and 3,block XVIII,Lower Wanakadistrict— Application declined, the board hav-ing no power, the lar.d being under pastorallease.

Ranger Mackenzie wrot" stating that Mrs J.Thomas had withdrawn hei application forland in the Dart Valley. -Noted.

JamC3 Kerr applied for a license to occupy(he remainder of the mining reserve in bockI.Hock and Villa? district— Referred to theranger for report.

E. Wells applied for a grazing license overpbout 10 acres adjoining his section 23. blockVII, Upper 'Taieri district.— Declined; theland beingalready held under pastoral license.

Donald M'Gregor wrote asking if the boardwould lease section 49, block XI, PomahakaDown 3estate, subject to an anticipated re-duction in rent.— To be informed that theboard was not aware of uny anticipated reduc-tion in rent.

E. C. and X T. Jopson wiote in reply tothe board's notice requiring them to showcause why their L.1.P., 215v.i1. and 75v.ir.over sections 2G6 and 267,bock I,Blackstonedistrict, should not ba forfeiteel for their non-compliance with levidence and improvementconditions.— Consideration deferred.

Ranger Mackenz:e reported on the applica-tion by Daniel M'Krnzie for right to occupyan area on thewest side of Kun No. 474, Holly-ford Valley.— License granted, under clause 11Gof the act, at a rental of 20s per annum.

Application for an occupation lease undor"The Mining Districts Land Occupation Ait,

1894 ":Frederick Mark Watkins, 100 acres >"n

block XII, Tarras district.— Messrs Chalmorand Brodrick. on behalf of the lessees of therun, wrote objecting to the ax^phcatio:: beîggranted.— Applicationdeclined.

Application to purchase lierpclr.al leasr :William Murcott. section 11. b'.ock XIII,Moeraki distr-.ct.— Referred to the rai.ger for

I report.The following applications for rural Invid,

jin/l<« the Laud for Settleineuts Act. Windsor

OTAGO WITNESS- June 15, 1902.

lowing were duly nominated: — Messrs JamesBarclay, T. A. Monro, R. M. Massal, John,Rohertaon, William Fraser, George Neille,"\Vni.Warwick, Rev. Fynes-Ciinton, Jas. Phillips,J. M. Chalmers, and Charles Gray. Keeninterest was taken m the voting, whichresultedas follows:

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T. A. Munro .. 56 Wm. Fraser .. 40Geo. Neillo .. 49 Rev. Fynec-Clinton 32Jas. Barclay .. 49 Chas. Gray .. 31John Robertson .. 48 Jas. Phillips .. 2>R. M. Massal ..48 J. M. Chalmers .. 27Wm. Warwick .. 42

The Chairman declared the first seven dulyelected. At a meeting of the newly-formedcommittee, Mr Geo. Neillc was unanimoitslyelected chairman, and Mr Wm. Warwick rc-eleeced secretary anel treasurer.

Miss Allcock had been, from the first, a willingand interested scholar, who gradually passedupwards from class to class until some eightyc-ars ago she became a teacher. She wasiilways regular inattendance, and took pleasureinher work, and had earned the goodwill andaffection of all who knew her. He was sureall present had much pleasure in recognisingiher service?. The Mayor (Hr T. Allcock), inleturning thanks for Miss Allcock, said thisrwaa one of the occasions on which he couldaiot say much, but he felt deeply the kind ex-pressions of regard which had been tenderedfto his daughter, and he thanked them moatteincerely on her behalf. Refreshments wera!then handedroumd, and dancing wasafterwardsindulged in for the re3t of the evening.

Domain.— The new banks along the lagoon

canal are proving the engineer's surmise to"be correct,as duringeach spell of rain wehave(had since tho canal was closed in the flood"water has scoured out a channel through theibeach to the sea, thereby saving the beard theexpense of employingmen to open out a chan-tnel. The lower lagoon is gradually filling witn.fresh water,and it is hoped that it will be quitetfull before next summer, so that boating mayUse indulged in. Tenders are being called forerecting fencing on the Tecreatiou ground, toprotect a plantation of trees waich is to beanade alongside the canal.

Beach Fish.— One advantage of living close"to a beautiful beach like ours is the chance ofpickingupa fish just ca?t upby the surf, ies-"terday morninga young lsdy tookan early con-stitutional before breakfast and picked up a-fine fresh "king" fish weishing lo'.b— a very■welcome present for the table.

DUNTROON.June 16.— A few of Mr Neil M'Gillivray's

lilends met in Orr's Hotel on -Saturday eveningto wish him good-bye, a3 ho leaves here forChristchurch to-day. Mr D. Sweeney wasvoted to the chair, and said they were all sorryto lose Mr M'Gillivray, and he hoped theirfriend would get onin Christchurch, as he haddone here. The Chairman then proposed the(healthof the guest of the evening, which waschunk with musical honours. Mr M'Giliivray,in responding, said he was taken by surprise,and could only thank those present for theway the»y had treated him, and finished bysaying he would come to see them again when-ever a chance occurred. A large number ofsongs, recitations, and stepdances were gonethrough, and the company broke up a very en-joyable eveningby singing "Auld langsyne."

General.— A meeting of farmers tobe held inDuntroon last Friday was postponed till Fri-day next, after the sale. Rain came on lastWednesday evening, andcontinued till Fridaynight. Although many tanks were empty, far-mers were not wanting rain for a month or soyet. A Coronation, service is to be held inSt. Martin's Church on Sunday evening, the29th inst., at 7 p.m.

ST. BATHANS.June IG.— A meeting was held in M'Clin-

tcck's Hall, St. P>a'.lians, on Wednesday last,to consider what slep3 should ho taken to"celebrate the Coioojtion of King Edwerd. MrJ. Eag!e presided, and Mr R. Cowan acted as*>ecretary. Il was decideel to calebrate the«vent in a way that would be creditable to"the serond town of importance in the countyof Maniototo. The meetingnominated a largemid ii>fluent;al committee, and left it entirelyan then hanils to draw up a programme suU-.able for tlve s?reat occasion..Before tlosing'tfißpublic mei>t;i:g the Chairman desired the coni-■mittee to leuiain i-i the hall to make preh-■minary.arivngcmcnta for the celebration. Mr'William Pyle vcfi elected permanent chairmanof the. committfe and Mr H. Excell secretary.Itwas resolved that the district be canvassednn support of the movement that the secretarytake immediate steps to secure an abundant■and first-class supply of firework?, anel that3> » also conv.-ne s meeting at an early"late.

'Mr R. Cowan laid on the table writtensugeations as to how the time should be occu-pied from early morning until midnight. Thesugestions were considered good, and met withapproval, but were deferred for further consi-deration.

KAIKOURA (MARYBOROUGH)..June B.— We have had a fine, but dull anddally v.-eek, bittut marniiigs ai'cl evenings andshort days. "Ifo* snow having fallen thiß weeJr,a little has melted from the range, ai.d'thesnowline is at present about 2.080ft above sealevel. Dull, flat, andunprofitable must ha thewinter evenings of the majority here, wherenot even » mutual improvement society canexist.

'The Holiday.— There wa9 a good show of

bunting here on the Prince of Wales's Birth-day, and fires were lighted along the beach inhonour of tho long-awaited peace, which hasconio almost a? a <-hock to the pro-Boer, whovaguely looked for something to turn up thatthousands of lives ami some £300,000,000 mighthave been spent in vain.

Paik settlement, weie approved- — AnnieMecnan, section la, A. G. Sutherland .stctio.is1and la; P. Walsh, section 3a;Mary V.'ebber,section 4a; J. F. Kydd, tection Ga;ThonnsAVatson, section 7a; T. L. King, section Ba.This land was all m block VI, Awamoko dis-trict.

— Thomas Gibson, section 9a; JamesTurtle, section 10a;Agnes W. Howden, sectionlla; Euphemia Bond, section 12a; Mary J.Thompson, section i3a;William Scott, section14a; Alexander Orr, section 15a; Richard Mil-ler, section 16a; A. and J. Beck, section 17a;Annie E. Collis, section 18a;G. A. Collis. sec-tion 19a. All this land was in block VII,Awamoko elistrict.— Alex. Sutherland, section20a;Paul Flynn,section 21a;R. Hanr.a, sec-tion 22a;S. J. Davis, section 2-la;E. J. Wal-lace, section 25a;T. J. Wilson, section 26a;M. Mansfield, section 27a; Win. Johnston,section 28a;J. H. Millar, section 29a;J. B.Steel, section 30a; P. Baxter, section 31a,Thos. Harney, section 32a. All in b'.ock IX,Awamoko district.

— Mary Fallon, section 33a;Win. Davis, section 34a;A. Matheson. section35a; A. Graham, section 36a; A. M'Kenzie,section 37a;J. G. Allan, section 3Sa. All inblock VIII,Awamoko district.

The following applications for leases in per-petuity on village homestead allotments hiKouiako Town were approved:

— Wni. Baxter,sections 23 and 26; Ida A. Paterson, section 27;A. Patterson, 'sections 28 and 29; J. W. Mar-shall, section 30: Isabella Dowle, sections 31and 32; Amy M. Howell, sections 41and 42;James Xicol, sections 43 and 44; WilliamDowle, sections 45 and 46.

The following applicationsto purchase ruralland heldrunder perpetual lease were approved,subject Jo the Minister's sanction:— JohnBlack, section13, block 111, Poolburn district;J.W. Heass, section 32, block IX,Warepa dis-trict.

James 31'Ginipsey'a application to completepurchase of deferred-payment lease over section3, block I,Domet district, was approved.

Applications to transfer were dealt with 13follows:— C. E. Spear to G. Whrrt«ker. section1,block XI,Tautuku district, Heathfield settle-ment.—Approved. O.R.P. 68. C. Brown toEuphemia Brown, section 35, block IV,Gim-luerburn district.— Approved. O.R.P. 17, J.E.Ewart to Johanna Ewart, section 30, blockIV, Gienomaru district.— Approved.— — L.I.P.59Ss, Ellen Corrigan to John Murray, section110, block 11. Ardgowan estate.

—Consideration

referred. L.I.P. 7615, James M'lntyre toHenry Lister, sections 32 and 63, bock VII,Tokarahi estate.— Consideration deferr.-d.P.L. 1008. H. J. and C. Hansen to JamimaGent, section 2. block V. Ranklcburn district.

—Approved. S.G.R. 2501, M. L. M'Lean toWilliam Johr.stoa. sectio-i 21. block XI, andsection '1, block XVII, Muniototo district.—Referred to ranger for report. Mis. License111G, Jame3 Rohb to 'Joseph Gunn, miningre-serve in block XI. Waitahuna We3t district.—Approved. L.I.P.6195, JohnHeavey to Mar-garet Johnston, apction 133, block 11, Ard-erowan estate.

—Consideration deferred.

L.I.P. 6065,Rose Robinson toHenry Callaghau,BPction 119, block 11, Ardgowan estate.— Con-sideration deferied.

Section 197. bTook I. Town of Xaseby, nothavingbeen purchased,the board was requestedto determine as to what upset it should beoffered at when again put up for sale.— Con-siderat'on deferred.

A salutary effect of the working of thoMaori Councils Act is recorded by Mr H.Parata, one of the Native inspectors underthe act. It is (say* the New Zealand Times)in the dbllootion. by the councils of accountsowing lay Natives to European tradesmen.Creditors have been handing the overdueaccounts of Native customers to the council,which deals out justice with rather lessleniency than the ordinary stipendiary magis-trate.

COMMERCIAL.

'Eociation of New Zealand (Limited) penned163,and sold For Mr James Black (Gimtuer'ourn),18 at 9s 3d;Mr F. J. Wright (Mo=giel), 40 at7s to 6s; Mr A. Harvey (Spring"), 64 at 9s 6tlto 8s 6d;Mr P. Law (Patearoa), 2at 11s 3d;Mr J. M'Leod (Gimmerburn), 45 at 9s 6d to7s 9d.

Pigs.— 79 penned. Porkers and baconerswere well competed for, and sold in favour o£vendors, but smnll pigs were dull of sale.Baconers brought 40s to 58s; porkers, 24s to265; stores, 16s to 18s;slips, 12s to 15s ;i,suckers. 6s to 10s. Wright, Stephen=on, and1

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Co. sold 20 at quotations. Donald Reid andCo. (Limited) yarded 30, and sold:. For Mr S.Kinney (Henley), 2 at 465; Mr D. Meir*(Henley),10 at 16s to16s;Mr A. Grieve(NorthTaieri), 2at 49s 6d;Mr W. Thomson (AyrshirePark),11at 18s to 15s; Mr Archibald Steward(Wyllie's Crossing), sat 49s to 45s 6d. TheOtago Farmers' Co-operative Association ofNew Zealand (Limited) sold for various vendorssuckers at 10a; porkers at 31s, 31s 6d, 325;baconers at 425, 50s, 555, 57s 6d.

Country Sale.— The Otago Farmers' Co-opera-tive AsEociation of New Zealand (Limited) re-port having held their monthly sale at Owakaon Friday last. The entry was a small one,but,quality considered, the prices obtainedwerathe best of the season. They sold for sevenclients at the following rates:— Heifers, £3 IG<*to £5 ss;cows, £3 to ±'5 17s 6d;horses, to £23.

Sheepskins.— The demand for these continue*good, and nil offering at the weekly auctionsales sell readily at prices fully up to recentquotations, particularly for the best fine woolskins. Merinos and best halfbreds makeup to6d per lb; ordinary halfbreds, from 4d to sd;'.'best crossbreds, up to 4d; medium, 3d to 3id;'green crossbreds, 2* to 3s; lambskins, Is9d to2a 6d. "

Rabbitskiu3.— The market for these also con-tinues firm, and all coming forward meet with,ready sale at for best winter up to Is Gd p«rlb; medium, Is 3d to Issd; autumns, lid to1h3d; summers,9d to lid; small and inferior,;5d to Sd.

Hides.— AH coming forward meet with readysale, particularly well-saved heavy ox hides,for which thove is a first late demand at fullyup to quotations. Prime heavyox,4jd to 53d:rxira prime, slightly more; good ordinary oxand cow, 3jd to 4Ad;lighter weights, from 2Jdto 3Jd per lb

Tallow and Fat.— These are also readily sale-able at fully up to quotations. Beat renderedtallow at from 19s to 22s 6d;medium, 16s to19s; inferior tallow and best rough fat, from14s to 15s; other, from 11s to 13s per cwt.

Grain.— Wheat:There is very little doingin this, millers confining their purchases to afew lines of very prime quality, most particu-larly velvet. Other classes are not at presentin demand except as fowl wheat. Quotations:For prime milling, 4s to Is 2d; medium, 3s 6dto 3s 9d; best whole fowl feed, 3s to 3a 2d;inferior, 2s Get to 3? (sacks extra). Onts:Tuomarket for thess during the past week has beendecidedly quiet, probably owing to shippersbeing busy clearing up their recent purchases,while millers also seem to be fully stocked.Present quotations are: For piimc, brightnulling, 29 7d; best bright feed, 2s 6d;medium, 2s 4Jd to 2s 6d;inferior, 2s to 2s 3d.Seed oats, for which there is now some littleinquiry, can bo placed at from 2s 7d to 2s 9d(.-acks extra). Barley: *There is not much,doing in this at present, though there is «.moderate quality available. Prime malting i-tquoted at from 3a 8d to 4s;medium, 3s to 3sCd; milling and feed sorts, from 2s Gd to 2s9d (sacks extra).

Potatoes.— Moderate supplies are coming for-ward, for which there is a fair demand at aboutrecent quotations. Quotations: For best Der-wents. £4 10s to £\ 12s Gd; medium, £4 to £4ss; white sorts, £3 to £3 103.

Chaff.--There is a good demand for reallybright, heavy, well-cut chaff, of which thereis not much in the luaiket. Medium and in-ferior quality, however, with which weare wellsupplied, is hard to place. Quotations: Forprime, £4 7s 6d to £4 12s 6d;good, £4 to £4ss;medium and inferior, from £2 to £2 10s(sacks extra).

[The individual leports of stock agents,wool, rabbitskin, or grain brokers cau be in-serted in the Daily Tinie3 and Otago Witnessat special rotes.]

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.Messrs A.Moritzson and Co.repoit for week

ending June 17:—Wheat. -Demand quiet. Best velvet, 4s to

4s 3d; bcßt Tuscan, 4s to 4s 3d; fowl wheat,3a to 3s 6d (sacks exfral. Oats: Best feed,2s 7Jd to 2s 8d;medium and inferior, 2s to 2a7d. Bailey: Feed sortj, 23 9d; milling, 2slOd;malting, 3s to 3s €d :Lakes. 3s 6d to 4s.Potatoes: Best kidneys, £.1 to £3 ss; Derwents,£1 53 to £1 10s. Chaff: P.rime quality, M 10sto £4 13s. Ryegrass:Farmers' dressed. Ss;machined, S-» 9d to 4s Cd per bushel. Cocks-foot, 2jd to .lid.Hides, 3*d to 6d, according to quality.

Tallow.— Rough fat,14s;rendered, 16s to 21a.Sheepskins.— Pelts, 6d to Is 96: crossbred,

Is lOd to 3s 3d;halibred, '2s to 4s 6d.Rabbitskms.— Summer, 5d to lOd;small. 3d

to sd; autumns, ltd to 14d; winters, 15d to17d.

PP.DDUCE REI'OHT.-

Salt b-.itter. 9d to lid.Pigs.— To 1601b, 3Jd; over,2Jd to 3*d.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.Messrs Ximmo and Blairreport as follows:

—Wheat.— There is an inquiry for primevelvet,

but other sorts are neglected. We quote:Prime milling, 4s to 4b 3d; fowls' wheat, whole,33 to 3a Id:broken, 2s 8d to 2s lOd per bushet(sacks extra).'

Oats.—

Buysr3 holding o!t. Ths market lia3been very qiiiet this past week, and salc3 art*consequently difficult to effect. We quote::Prime milling,2s 7d to 2s 8d;good feed, 2aodito 2n 6d; inferior,23 2d to 2s 4d per bushel(sacks extra).

Chaff.— There is still a good inquiry for primeoaten, but medium quality meets with no de-mand. We quote: Prime heavy oaten, £i 10j

to-Jfc'4 15s per ton (sacks extra).Potatoes.— There is no change- to repoil from

lust week. We quote: Prime Oainaru. Dar-wents, £1 10s" per ton (sacks in).

DAIRY PRODUCE REPORT.Butter.— Salt, 8d to Old; fresh, 8d to 9c!

per lb.Pigs, 3ld pci lb.

FRUIT AXD PRODUCE REPORT.Messrs Thomas Paterson ana Co., IZanse

stieet, report for the week ended June 17:—

Apples: Cooking. 3s to ss;«deß3ert, 4s to7s. Pears: Choice desssrt, 7s to 12s; cookers,4s to Cs. Bananas: Ripe, 2id to 2Jd; green,ljdto 2d. Oranges: Choice Islands, 5s to 6s ;>repacks, double cases, 8s Cd to 10s. Lemons :1Italian, 17s 6d; Victorian, 14s; Sydney, in-ferior, 4s Cd to 6s. Tomatoes: Hothouse, now,worth 8d;very scarce. Onions, £7 10a to £10.

Produce.—

Buttel: Fresh, from 8d to lOd;separator, lid to 12d. Bacon. Rolls, GJd,Hams, 72d to Bd. Cheese: Faims, 4Jd to 4»d;factory, Sd to s|d.

Pigs,3Jd to3Jd;good demand.Potatoes.— Kidneys, £3 15s to JB4; Derwents,

£i 12s 6d to £5.Poultry.— Hens, 2s to 2s 6d; roosters, 33 to

3s Gd; ducks, 3s 6d to 4s; geese, 4s to Ss perpair; turkeys— hens 4id to sd, cocks 6d to 8dper lb. We receive poultry any day exceptSaturday. Poultry crates supplied afca smallcharge.

"Agents for "Eclipse" marking ink^

."or wool a»g]u, a.:ilia eAfikft. axA c*M»>

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SOUTHLAND LAND BOARD.The fortnightly meeting, lield on Thursday,

June 12, was attended by Messrs John Hay{Cbjef Commissioner), A. Kinross, J. M'lntyre,D.-King, and-A. Baldey.

Thos. Reidy attended on behalf of his son,in connection with sections 62 and 63, blockXXLII, Invercargill Hundred, and stated hehadmade improvements on the land, and thentransferred the property to his son, but thelatter did not now want the sections. Appli-cant now desired section 63 transferred back tohim, and was prepared to pay back rent onthat section.— Resolved that .Mr Reidy makeapplication, for transfer at nest meeting.

Mr W. Macalister attended on behalf of J.Kinzett, with reference to his client's licenseover a small area at Hillend Bush, by whichhe was aillowed to sell firewood, etc., that hecut. Mr Kinzett was under the impressionthat he could enter into an agreement withothers to cut-timber on the section, butnowhe was informed that he had exceeded hispowers. He now wished his position in thematter settled, and if necessary would cancelthe agreement with Pettigrew. and another.Kinzett had been complying with the condi-tions regarding clearing and grassing, a'hd nowwanted to know if he had an exclusive rightto cut timber.— Resolvetl that Mi Kinzett hasno exclusive right over the timber, except asregards the dead and fallen timber thereon, andthe board has no objection to the latter beingcut,and sold by applicants' employees. Theboard grants applicant an exclusiveright overthe laud grassed by him, so as to protect himfrom trespass during the continuance of hislicense.

The department notified that the Ministerhas approved of the remission of fir.^s incurredby G. S. Fleming for non-paymentof pastoral

, run rents within due time.— Received.The Southland Acclimatisation Society re-

quested that 7§ acres adjoining section G34,Hokonui, be lenerved for the purpos3s of thesociety and invested inJohn Turnbull, WilliamRussell, Edward Tanner, and James Harvey astrustees.— Government to be recommended ac-cordingly.

The same society applied requesting thatan island at the mouth of and near the leftbank of the Waiau River, containing about 90 jacres, be reserved for their purposes and simi-larly vested.

—Held over until the islands m

the Waiau River are defined.The Bluff Harbour Board notified that its

members have decided to leave the matter of re-letting small grazing run No. 8, Taringaturadistrict, in the hands of the Land Boaid, butdesire to know why they had received no in-timation of the forfeiture of John Deegan'slease.— Resolved that the run be re-classifiedas a pastoral run, and offered for a term of 10yearsat2sd per acre rent, burdened with valua-tion for improvements, the Harbour Board tobe informed that it has not been the custom t"notify forfeitures either to them or the OtagoSchool Commissioners.

' jThe- 'Stock Inspector applied for reservation

of sections 15, 16,and 17, Clifden Township, foruso of Department of Agriculture.— Held overfor a month.

John Barber asked to beallowed to select ad-ditional land, on villagehomestead lease, overeeotious 15 to 20 and 78, Clifden Township.—Refused.

Mrs C. A. Moffat leucwed her applicationfor rebate of«ent o.i section 19, block VIII,Waiau-Merrivale.— Board sees no 'reason toalter its decision.

Wm. "West was granted a grazing licenseover an island m the Waiau River, be!ow thoPerry Reserve, at £1 per aiinum.

On. the recommendation of the Chief Com-missioner, itwjis resolved that sections 10 and11, block IV,Oteramika, be withdrawn fromselection, owing to alterations of aie?% causedby roads required tobe taken.

An application by J. Wilson for tho lease cfislands in Waiau River, near section 9, block IXV,Longwood, was held over.

Mr W. F. Indcr, on "beha'f of John White,applied for grazing light over ? rescue op-posite section 6, block 11, Otama. the diedg-ing claim over which h?s been abandoned.—Land isa road line, and applicant applyto theKnapdala RoadBoard.

The Otautau Town Board requested thatsection11, block I,Otautau Athenaeum Reserve,be vested in then).

—Government to lj? recom-

mended accordirgly and to authorise i^sue o-ftitle for sains.

Mr il'lntyreand Ranger Campbell reportedinspection of sections m Waimatuku Townshipproposed to be sold, and also those held ontemporary lease. They valued sactions 9,10,and11, aiid 16 to 18, block IV,at £Q per acre,andsections 8 and 19 to 25 at £4, and recom-mended that the municipal reserves 14 and 15bo leased for a term of years at 63 per acre.They.also inspected the sections held on lease,and recommended that A. M'Bride and Thos.,and C. Burke be notified to immediately clearofi gcrse; otherwise their lcas;s will be for-feited.— Report adopted.

The following applications were granted —Chas. Giumball, sections 9 niid 10, block VIII,Wmton Hundred, G. S. Hay. sections 9, 10,and 11, block VI,Dindhurst; J. Oilman, sec-tion 2a, block 11, Seaward Bush township; A.Pescde, section 17, block IV,Otara; and J.Jackson, section 21a, block IX,Wyndham.

Transfers as follows were approved.— Sec- jticng 2 to B,.block IT, Fernhill Village, fromP. Cahill to T. Latchford; section 10. block ]111. Alton, R. M. Lockhead to George Youn?,end aectio 1 la.blocks XIV and XVI,Jaco'.?3River Hundred, from B. A. A. Pearce to P.Curtin (subiect to Minister's anprovai)

John Anderson was granted rignt +0 ox-chaiig'e tenure from agricultural lease *. leasein perpetuity o\'er section 14, block XIV,Otera-mika Hundred.

G. Fitzgerald applied for exemption fromresidence in regard to sections 32 and 95,blocksIand 11, Longwood.— Application to sub-letapproved, but the person must reside on pro-perty.

J. W. G. M'lntyre's surrender of sawmillarpa No. 448, Preservation, was accepted1.

It was decided to call on James Wvbrow,holder of sections 16a and 20, block IX,Waikawa, to show canso why his sectionsshould not be forfeited

Forfeiture over sections 12 io 15, block

. June 18, 1902. OTAGO WITJNESS.

Auctions-FRIDAY. 20th JUNE,

At 12 Noon.At Rooms, Rattray street.

For Absolute Sale,BIG FLAT DREDGE AND CLAIM.

By Order of Mr D. Leslie, Liquidator.

DM. FE A & CO." are instructed by Mr D. Leslie,Liquidator of the Big Flat Dredging Com-pany (Limited), to offer for absolute saleat auction, in one lot:

STEAM DREDGE (complete).— Pontoons(Nces), kauri and bluegum, 70ft x 25ft x sft6in deep:engine and boiler (Robey), 12 and16 h.p :ladder.' dredging depth 27ft 6in;buckets, 3^ cubic feet ; screen, centrifugalpump (Cossens and Black),.winches, engine,elevator stack 16ft to 18ft, M'Giegor), boat,tools, gear, wire ropes, stores, etc.;aboutthree weeks>' supply We3tport steam coal:also empty bags; dredgemaster's hut (14-ftx 10ft), with Jockey stove. The above willbe sold at they lie upon the claim on Post

IOffice Creek, about 15 miles from Outram,!on Main road to Waipori Eveiything isIpractically now, as dredge only worked about

three months.Also, SPECIALDREDGING^ CLAIM, 61

acres 1rood 1? perches, held under Govern-ment license;rent paid to 30th June next.

N.B.— Tim property offers a splendid m-|diicement to an3r enterprising syndicatedesirous of further working the claim. Itis acknowledged that the company did notthoroughly test the claim, and it is con-

|fidently asserted by old miners in ihe dis-1 trkt and others that 'there is good pay-able ground ahead of^ the dredge, whichIwould take from four to mx weeks to reach,;but the company could_not continue opera-|tions to prove these assertions owing to1financial difficulties. Full particulars tobonafide purchasers en application to

D. LESLIE (Mitchell and Leslie),Crawford street;

Or THE AUCTIONEERS.

SATURDAY, 21st JUNE,At 11.30 o'clock.

At the Dunedin Horse Saleyards.FIRST-CLASS DRAUGHT MARES and

GELDINGS.

WRIGHT, STEPHENSON, & CO.have received instructions from Mr

Thomas Ryder, of Invercargill, to sell byauction, at above time and place:

lb first-class diaught Marcs and field-ing*. 3 to 5 yearsold;all fcound andstaunch.

1handsome Cob, 5 years. 16ju

TUESDAY. 24th JtTNE,At 9 o'clock.

At the Duuedm Horse Saleyards.

ELEVENTH GREAT ANNUAL "WINTERSALE OF

CLYDESDALE HORSES, HACKS, AND'HARNESS HORSES.

Under the Auspices of the Otago Agricul-tural and Pastoral Society.

WRIGHT. STEPHENSON, k CO.ha\c recei\ccl instructions to cell by

public auction, at above time and place:116 magnificent Clydesdale Marcs and

Gelding.-', and unbroken Colts andFillies, by the best sires in Otago,and from the most of the leadingbreeders— viz.: Messrs J. and J.Miller (Maungatua), John Nimmo(The Grange), Samuel Young (We4Taieri), James Patrick (Taieri),Webster and Callander, Alex. Ban-natyne (Waikouaiti), Tho-. Demp-ster (Flag Swamp), Wm. Waddell(Waikaka). Donald Miller iPalmer-ston),T. H. Russell (Milburn), FordBros., Wm. Shand (Keith Ha*),Wm. Kirk, Geo. Nichol (Taurima),Robert Charter* (Ury Park), MisKennedy B. Ferguson (Waitati), ■

and others.N.B.— The railway excursion farr? in con-

nection with the Coronation celebrationsdate from Monday, 23rd inst., so that coun-try \ isitort to the f-ale will have the advan-tage of the reduced rates.

The Auctioneers will attend fo the truck-ing of animals purchased at tlw» tale.

FRIDAY. 27th JUNE, . 'At 2.30 p.m.

At the Wool Stores. High street. Dunedin.VALUABLE FREEHOLD DAIRY FARMand TOWNHHIP SECTIONS, Middlemarrh.■VSTRIGHT, STEPHENSON. & CO

»▼ ha\o received instructions from MrGh.-is. l>orc to sell by public auction, atabove time and place :

Sections <U and 45. Block V. Strath-Ta'en District, containing 102a2r 4p. ring-ftneed ; all laid down 111 the bc-.t of Eng-lish gra'-ses; well watered. Tins wouldmake a «-plondid dairying farm, being withintwo miles of a creamery, by a proud road.

Alô, Sections 4 and 5, Block 11. Town-ship of Middlemarch, 2 rood', with good■=tone Cottage thereon. 28my

THURSDAY, 3rd JULY,At 1o'clock.

At the Prince of Wales\ HoM, Clinton.FIRST CLASS FREEHOLD FARM.

For Bona Fide Sale.

WRIGHT, STKPHEN.SON. AND COhave ref-ened instructions from Mr

James Duggan. who ha-> de<iclpcl uponacquiring a larger property, to by aucuon, at above time and place :

His excellent little Farm of 86 acresand 3 roods, being Section 16, BlockXI, Pomahaka, with four-roomedhou-e, stable, shed, etc. The Faun35 only one mile and a-half fromWairuna Siding, ai.d four mile- fromClinton, with both of which it iscoi.necled by good macadamisedroad. It is subdnided into sr-venpaddocks, with po.=t and wire fence*in splendid oider, and the Farmitself w in great heart. Fortyacres are 111 oat stubble*, six acre:-in turnips, and the balance in glass.The property is well watered.

Mr Duggan's Farm is probably the be&tof its size in the Wairuna district, and hay- jing become too small for present require-ments* i& offered lor genuine gale* ]

Late Advertisements.

PATERSON, BTJRK, & CO. (W. " J.BURK), Venetian and Holland Blind

Works. Venetian Blinds all shades a^dcolours. Every description of HollandShades made and fitted on the shortestnotice. Country orders punctually attendedto. Cheapest and most reliable House intown. Moray Place (opposite NormalSchool), Dunedin. 23ap

L4\OFOR SALE.Near Gummies Bush School and Po^t Offiea

and Aparima Dairy Factory; four1q six miles from Railway.

GOOD Agricultural land, in areas of 140to 350 Acres, fenced and subdivided,

suitable for farming and dairying; now inEnglish grass, and in good condition forcropping. One larger block, with all neces-sary farm buildings, etc., and containing richswamp land, easily drained.

Prices moderate. Terms: 12£ per cent,cash, and balance can remain a long termofyears at 5 per cent. Immediate possession.

JOHN C. ELLIS,18ju Esk street, Invercargill.

ESTATE AND FINANCE AGENT,27 RATTRAY ST,DUNEDIX.

FOR SALE OR LEASE.200 acre FARM, near Clinton; nice dairy-

ing property; cheap.123 ACRES, Catlins; fir=t-elass dairying

property; very easy terms.53J, ACRES, Broekville; good plottghable

land; well watered.96_ ACRES, Whare Flat; good grazing

land700 ACRES, near Wyndham;good build-

ing*; cheap; e-a=iy terms.530 ACRES, near Wyndham;easy terms.BILLIARD TABLE; full rizs; Alcock's;

cheap.960 ACRES, near Wyndham;easy terms.60 ACRES, Blueskin.

LOANS ARRANGED ON LOWESTTERMS. 12f

Properties for Sale aucl.Lease.

TVTILSON, MACKAY, * CO.,**STOCK AND LAND AGENTS,

Balclutha,Haê a number of Fir^t-class FARMS intheir hands FOR SALE and LEASE in theClutha and surrounding districts, and willhave pleasure in forwarding particulars onapplication and in arranging for inspection.

TYPEWRITERS.

THE BALL-BEARING "DTSNSMORE'V-the ideal writing machine.

THE "YOST"— the favourite double key-board. ■

'r

THE "BLlCK"— the marvellous little type-writer that has taken the worldby"storm.

Price, from £9 15s. :Good Second-hand Machines from £6 10s.TBE TYPEWRITER CO.,- LTD., "

12 Rattray street,.Dunedin/Typewriter Importers. Repairers> Dealers inIIBju Supplier.

! J. & W. FAULKNER,Engineers, Ironfounders, fron Bedstead and

Ornamental Iron and Wireworker*.

"ITJtT'E have pleasure in announcing to thej » » public that, havingsevered all conucc-1 rion with the firm of J. W. Faulkner andHo.!*-. Limited, we have COMMENCEDBUSINESS for tho MANUFACTUREof Iron and Brap» Bedsteads and WiroMattresses. Iron Gates and Pillars.,Iron Railing?, Wire Shutters, and allkinds of Ornamental Iron and Wire-work, at the promises now he-ingerected afcthe Corner of Castle and St. Andrew street?,where vie shall be pleased to receive all workdeclined by the firm of J. W. Faulkuer andSon, Limited, and we GUARANTEE allwork entrusted to v? to the ENTIRESATISFACTION of customers.

I .7. & W. FAULKNER,'Corner Castle & St. Andrewstreets,Dnncdin.

OTAGO AGRICULTURAL ANDPASTORAL SOCIETY.

GKA.\» WINTEB SHOWOf

("ier=e. Butter. Hani, Drc«od Poultry,Bread, Scones, Grain, Seed". Root*.Country and Farm Exhibits, Fat Stock<\nnpetin<.ns, Agricultural and DairyImplements New Zealand Manufac-ture1-. f'tc.

Will he held in theAGRICULTURAL HALL BUILDINGS

AND ANNEXESOn

WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, & FRIDAY,JUNE 25, 26. and 27, 1902(Coronation Bates).

All Kxhihir- must be> placed in portion byTUESDAY EVENING. 24th rust., in orderthat they 111.1} be ready for judging 011 thefollowmi; morning.

Fuil paiueulari on application to Membersof Committee, L'oudiij Representatives, or

H. V. FULTON.Secretary.

P.O Box BA.8A. DiuKdin.

AuetioasÎMPORTANT LAND SALE.

Balance of the CelebratedOROUA DOWNS ESTATE,

Manawatu District, near Palmerston North.

OQAA ACRES RICH LEVEL LAND,OOUU Subdivided into

26 FIRST-CLASS FARMS,Ranging from

86 to 900 ACRES.Suitable for dairying or any other class of

farming.

All level and ploughablo, 'mostly richflats, originally native nax. Railway runsthrough the property Most of the sectionspartly fenced and in English grasses, andsome under cultivation.

TERMS.— £2O per cent, at sale. £10 percent, in three years (bearing £5 per cent,interest), balance for five or seven yearsfrom date of sale at £5 per cent, interest.

For plans and further particulars applyto

ABRAHAM & WILLIAMS, LTD.,Auctioneers. Stock and Station

Agents,Palmerston North;

Or toJOHNSTON k SIM,

Land. -Estate, and General Agents,Palmerston North.


TO L E T.39ali4P,with FARMBUILDINGS,

At Seacliff.Now occupied by Mr Charles Boiid,

To 30th" A;n-:1, 1010.And 50 ACRES at Saddle Hiil, now occupied

by Mr M'Mastev, to 30th April, ]01C.

Conditions and full particulars fiomJOH:NT REID & SONS,

18ju Liverpool street, DunMir.

TÂRMS TO LET BY TENDER,-*- ClosingMONDAY, 23rd June, at Neon.

Excellent and Very Convenient Farm, of362 aero*, at Clarendon, with buildings com-plete: alto 1257 acres tableland, four mile"-from above. To Let, ciiher together, orseparately, for 14 years ending 30th April,1916.

Printed conditions obtainable, and tendersto be lodged by Noon of 23rd .lUNE, with

JOHN REID »V SOXS, j4ju Li\erpool street, Dunedin.

FOR SALE, the TEVIOT DOWNS jESTATE, consisting of 2400 Acre,

'Freehold " and 3403 Ac-re5Leasehold.

Satisffictciy proof erf (he paying qualitiesof the properly will be {riven to a bona tidtbuyer.

GIDEON A. SMITH & SOX,_18ju* Roxbuigh.

JOX.ITHA\ MAKIUaOX,F.CJ.S. M.1.M.E.,

CONSULTING- MINING- ENGINEER &GEOLOGIST,

IS prepared to Prospect Thoroughly ardFvnnhh Reports on Mineral Properties;

also an Expert on Dredging Claimt.. TwentyyeaiV Colonial Experiom-p.

Tp|e>gram or Cable Address:Iluutly. Auckland. N^ 21my,

17V >R .SALE, Mr PcrohcH's v. oil-known- compact FARM, containing 160 Aoroa(more or lets) oi first-cla-9 Agricultural Landin good stato of c-ulti\ atton; situated mPuerua district, within <~«.«y distance ofCreamery. This Farm is fenced, subdivided,chiefly 111 E.itrliîi gras-;, and there are 6-roomed House, - Woolched. Barn, Stable,Dairy, Jlul, Honhoiwo. and Water Wheelthereon, together with 360 acrfs of Lease-hold adjoining, held under PerpetualLeate at nominal rental; fenced. Mibdi-vided, 30 acics being in turnips. Thi^ landglows good crops ot gra«s, oate, and tur- .niph. Mr Petehe4i's «ole reason for selling!15 that owing to ill-health he has to retirAfrom farming. Terms easy. Full particularson application to WILSON. MACKAY. A- ,(X).. .Auftionetr-s, Stock and Land Agent?,Balclutha, who will arrange to take inteiHl

-intr puroh.iser-, o\er the property. 11)u

"lofmslozt 15»"<>«.,

BREEDERS of PUREBRED BERKSHIRE. YORKSHIRE WHITE, and

TAMWORTH PLGS. Our Stock is th*\t'iy best -tiam procurable in the Polonip=.being owned and bred- by Mr JAS. ROWE,Windsor Paik, Chii->tt-hiirch, winoh 15 a mffi-cicnt guarantee.

A= Mr Rowe ha.- ghon up the above.we have been fortunate enough to <-e( ur<-his valuable Bre.dir.g Stock. Stuck-, com-pletely 'old out at present.

Address. HERBERT, OTAGO. N.Z.

TRUST MONEY TO LENDOn Freehold Security or Municipal De-

bentures.— £15,000 to Lend in suras of £5000and under at from 4'i per cent, to 5 per cent.The TRUSTEES, EXECUTORS,& AGENCY

COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND (LTD.).28ju W LAURENCE SIMPSON.Maruger.

/GALVANISED CORRUGATED IRON— Iltedchffo Crown la the best and cheap-

est iron manufactured. To be had from allironmongers and storekeeper^.

Auction*?ARM FOR SALE AT TOKOXUI.

TUESDAY. 24th JUNE.

AT FORTROSE YARDS.

JTiJESSR-S I. W. RAYMOND AXD CO."JjJ- have received instructions fiom Mr T.R. Johnstone to offer his Farm, compile

330 ACRES.

Improvements consist of cottage andstable;150 acres have been improved bycultivation, 50 acres being in young gras-The Farm is well fenced and subdivided: Uwithin three-quarters of a mile from a dairyfactory, school, and post office.

As Mr Johnstone has decided io sell, noreasonable offer will be refused. A portion«f themoaev con remain at 4a4aper cent,

FURNISH THROUGHOUT AT

F.A.HOOPER&CO/SOCTAGOM, DUMEOIW.

DINING IIOOAI— THE ROOM FOE £7 10s.1Dinner Set, 25 pieces 1 American Brcom I 1Tea Ret, 21piccc3 1TinDinnerFloorcloth (12 x 10) 1Table 3 Chairs 6 Tumbled1Set Jugs, 3 sizes 2 Blacklead Brushes 1Set Shoe Brushes 1Knife Board3 Saucepans, in Bize3 2 Galvanised Tuba 1Kettle 1Fryiii"Pau1 Wood Washboard 1Galvanised Bucket 1Japanned Ccal Hod 1Teapot1Hair Broom 1 Washup Basin 6 Teaspoons C D(s.\nt Spoons6' Tablespoons 6Desert Forks

-G Table Folks UTabio Knives,,

oDesEert Kmves

F. A. HOOPER & CO.. octagon, dunedin.

XXIII, Invercargill Hundied, held by Chas.X»a-wrence, was rescinded.

Minor matters were disposed of In committee,and the board adjourned to Tuesday, 2ith inst.

METEOKOLUGICAL.The following abstract of weather at Dunedin

for May is kindly supplied by Mr H. Skcy.—Mean barometer, 29.612m.Mean elastic force of vapour, .246in.Mean temperature in shade, 43.7.Mean daily velocity of wind, 149 miles.Mean amount of cloud (from1to10;, 5.7.Total rainfall, 2.702in.Number of days on which rain fell, 17.

Auctions-

FRIDAY, 27th JUNE,- 1902,At 12 o'clock

DONALD REID & CO. (LIMITED)will sell by auction, at the Otago Corn

and Wool Exchange, Dunedin, on the abovedate:

PASTORAL LEASERUN 219c,NaeebyDistrict, 7220 acies good pastoralcountrj'.

The lea=e ha= nearly nine year* to run atthe low rental of- 2d per acre.

Improvement-: About 10 miles fencing,good hut, shecpyards, etc., etc.

The Run will carry 4000 sheep duringsummer months and 2000 during winter.,Valuation for improvements 111 terms ofLand Acts at end of theterm.

This offers a rare opportunity for partieswanting a piece of good grazing country,which would be very suitable for a syndi-cate of farmers.

Terms at sale. 16ju

FRIDAY. 27 th JUNE,At 2 o'clock.

At Dalgety's Wool and Grain Stores.

IMPORTANT SALE ofVALUABLE FREEHOLD and LEASE-

HOLD PROPERTY,MANIPORI STATION.

DALGETY & COMPANY (LIMITED) ;are instructed by the Trustees in the

Estate of the late Hon. Mathew Holmes tosell by auction, on Friday, 27th June, attheir Wool Stores, Dunedin,, MANIPORI STATION,

Consisting of:10,829 acres Freehold, wrll suldivided

by first-clas3 fences25.680 acres Leasehold, Run 176: annual

rent, £80 5-i; lease, 14 years torun

10,000 young crossbred Sheep, of whichabout 5000 are e\\ps

24 head of Cattle6 Howes. 1

Buildings consist of comfortable 8-roomed |house, woolshcd for 10 sheareis^ shearera'hut, concrete phoep-dip.

The above Property is being offered forabsolute sale, tendered n°cesv-aiy for Uip>|purpose of closing accounts in the estate olthe late Hon. Mathew Holme*.. ;

The Estate is good sovad sheep country,and eminently adapted for breeding cross-bred sheep, lurge numbers cf which are an-nually pold off the station.

Terms very liberalFor further particular* apply to

DALGETY & CO. (LIMITED),Dunedin, Christchurch. Timaru, Oamaru,7ju and Gore.

THI'RSDAY. 26ih JUNE.At 12 o'clock.

At Offices of tho Otag<i Fanner' Co-opera-tne Association, Crawfcid street.

FERNHILL FARM. FERNHILL FARM.

OTAGO FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVEASSOCIATION" OF NEW ZEA-

LAND, LIMITED,kindly instructed by MrD.Tvid Andrew, of BrooklancK, will offerby Public Auction his Farm, known asFernhill Farm, containing:

About 700 Aores, and situated at ChainHills, Taieri.

The Property will be offered as a wholeor in two parcel-..

This Farm adjoins the Dunedin JockeyClub's new Racecourse at Wingatui.

Mr Andrew, having now left the district,is desirous to sell, and the present 1^ anexcellent opportunity to acquire .1, reallygood property c)o~o to Dunedin and Burn-side market*, and 011 ea-y terms.

Fuither particulars fromHAGGFIT BROS, k BRENT:

Or, jOTAGO FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE

ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEA-LAND. LIMITED. lljii

CLEARING SALE.

WEDNESDAY. 9th JULY, 1902,At 1o'clock -haru.

TODD BROS & CO.have received instructions from Ale\.Williamson, Esq., of Crookston (who has,

sold his farm), to sell as above, on the jpremises, all his Live Stock, Implements,!and Furniture, without reserve, at follow-:

300 crossbred Ewes70 fat Ewes40 two-tooth Ewes and Wethen

300 Hoggetb5 Rams :

Bay Gelding Bob, 6 yearsBay Gelding Dick, 8 yearsBay Gelding Prince, agedUpstanding bugy Horse, 5 year*Massey-Harris binder. 3 furrow Dux

plough, set 4-leaf harrows, dray (byWatson), 5 collars and ha.mes raifcsaddle and breeching, loadingchain*,winkers, blocks and ehaiii.-, ridingsaddle and bridle, 250 yard-, netting,,hwingletroes, bugs, etc., etc

Also Furniture and cooking utensils in-cluding a No. 2 Shaeklock range. j

As Mr Williamson ha= cold hi* pmpcity,\ everything will bo bold without the slightestreserve.

Luncheon provided.TODD BROS. & CO ,

OTAGO WITNESSc June 15, 1902.

Public Notices.i

EVER PLAYED

A leading citizen has just in-formed me that PING-POXG

w" invented, and that it tvul be w

played in every household this■winter.

PHICES are as follows :—

Posted Posted

No. 1 Set ?* 6s 6d 7s 3d JS'o. -I Set-

16s 6d 17s 6dNo. 2 Set

-8s 6d 9s 6d No. 5 Set

-18s 6d 19s 6d

No. 2a Set-

12s 6d 13s 6d No. 6!■et- 22s 6d 23s Cd

No. 3 Set- 15s Od 16s Od j Special Children's Set, 03 6d posted.

PING-PONG" TIDY'S," 3s 6dposted. Splendid for holdingHacquet, Balls,

Net, and Standards. &c. Hangs on the wall.

PING-PONG "SCOUTS," 2s 3d posted. For lifting Balis off the floor

Extra Nets, Is 9d each posted. Extra Standards, 3s each posted.Extia Balls,Is 6d and 2s 6d per dozen, or 2d and 3d each.

Vellum Racquets, Is 6d, 3s, 4s, np to 6s 6deach, Postage 6d extra.

Wooden Kacquets. Is ed, 2s 6d, 3s 6d, 4s 6d, 5s each. Postage 6d extra.

BOOK.- -

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.A Charge ofSundayTradingat Gl»nore ... 55ASuspicions Fire ... ... ... 22ActingPremier in Southland ... ... 73Athletics .. ... """ "■" 52Art and Arti3ts ... ... """ "Birth?,Marriages,nndDeaths ... ... 43Benevolent Institution Trustees .. ... 20Bible Reading inSchool* ... ... 1*Bowlint ... ... "■■

""" "'*(Jmciliation and Aibitiation ... ... o*(/hiKtchurch-DunedinJfxpress ... ... 13jClutha Tresbytery

"Correspondence ... ... -" la" -"Cycling:Notes by Demon ... -"" «lCiicket ... ... ... Vii-«Cablegrams... ... ... 14>1°'?}Casualties ... ~^"?... ... """ ■**1 hefsandDraughts .. ... """ "*"Caiibbean Disaster ... ... """ -LCalendar for the \Vc-k ... ... »Co-oneraiiua in ilie Boot Industry ... J*Conciliation andArbitration Act ..;- **Cointrv -Arrowtowu, "WetheratoL es, U ji-

kojaiii, St. Bolbaos, Duntroon Kai-koura (Mûlborongh),PomahaVaDownsI-Ain.silm, Walwera, Wunaka, Waima-tukn.Makaroia,Tjpanui,Owaka,Wa;-tahuna, rortobello. Kurotf, Pcuinûli... SI-_>:"*

Dry HoiAn TreatmentXUtnr'a Wallet .. ... "" -7"Football ... "" 52Farm and krvnoN.

— Farm Notes Agii-culturai and Pustoral News, Note' ■■

llmal Topics,Stock and Grazing N *,Wairarap* Agricultural News, Z.Farmer*' Union, Shorthorn 1". > ingFrom aTEnglishPoictof View, 1 ctand Indirect Soil Enrichment, I'xi-.'Views on llival Ferti.is rs, JUreaJit-tl<*t>r Feriility, Apiculture in iha Wel-lingtonDistrict,- Land for .Settleraei t,lireadstuifii aud Troduce Market,N.Z.I'artory Butter and Cheesemakers'As-sociitioD. Southland Winter Show,Cant-rburyMarket',etc. ... 6?,16-20

Funat>d Fancy .. """ ■"- °SFijiFederation ... ... """ e6lANarns Collmn.— Poultry Note, Hie

Kfiinel .. ... .- " 49-50Forest-y ... ... - -

"- «Garden ... ... ... ... }£"Go" ... ... .-

- »?,Gore-Kelsi Kiilway ... ... """ *■"11. altli Clunm . . "" —

}j4"Tapai eic Warship3at Auckland... ... pjjX sir's < oronatfou ... ... """ dJI.\dii:s.— Answers to(J l-respondent?,Table

'J'nlk-, Ladies' dossil), Illustratol F;ih-hi nF, Home Inter*bt3, Lam AfterStorm, Wedding-,etc ... ... Cl-63

LIIKRAKY ... "" " '"Liitli: Folks:By Dot.— Letters From

Little Folk, ... .. "■" «"-?2\, >CAI ANO tJKNKRAf. .. "- "■":J;'

Liyingthe StewartIland Cabl5 .-. 73Mi.MACi.— 'lhe Week's MiniDß News, Quo*a-

tioDs at the Stcck Exchange, liipirgNotes from GreymoutL, ljd", lua-peka,QueenslandMining, etc. ... 25-2S

"VIt'i -ii;m in J'wivo .. """ °j>Mr J. Allenat Kaitangita ... ... l->Mutto-j-KirduifjonStewart Island ... 25Now Zealana's DeathRoll ... ... "«>Notes and Queries .. ... """ 43Naturali<t ... ... """ »*Mew /-alandNews Item^ . ... ">/Novelist.— My Lidy'sDiamonds . 09,HONelson Hub-ur Dredge . ... 12Otago Institute ... ... ... «Oran urnGatherum ... ... ""> j*Ob'tuary . . . ... "■" 56Prrs-'ntation ro SirJ. (i.Ward ... ... IIPublications Received... j.. ... „ 5SPoetry " .. ... ?T. ...59,71PipsingNo'.es ... -"■ "" *»Pater's C-ata With.The Boys ... ... WPersonal Ittms ... ... """ >JSPersonal Notes ... ... — "ltepr?seatation Commissioners ... ... ;»ShoreStones ... ... «►

'*Science Notts ... ... """ °*Souihlacd N«ws Notes ... "■"

""Sketcueu.— TheDiversions of a Psycholo*

gUt, Qu-erAecideEts.Egvpt inUudrass,'(ioin' in Swimmiu'," Keying State

FccretsSafe,IrishPeasant Life ... oo'toSpoi-ti.ng

—Kscing Calendar, T^lk of the

Day. InaNutshell, CanterburyDoings,Wellington Notes, Auckland Topic--,Spoit'ngNotes from Australia, Racingin Kngianrf, Weights, Acceptances,liacingFixtures, TheB-ttinff Market. iH iS

St\ok.— N.Z TheatieBooking, TheoTriralnnii Musical Notes. V.rf llington A\ uirWhibpsiP, Ar-und the World. PollardOpeta Compary, "rjnppho" in Ebj;-land, etc ... ... " " SG-37

"ged.lonDaybyDay" ... ... 6SSepulchred inFait ... ... _ ... b3Sedd'.n v. Stead ... ... "^ 14SurplusNew Zralar>d Produce . ... 10Sir J. G. Ward at Wmton . ... 2SS»n Kranc scoMailNews ... ... 4RThe Contrtfngal Railway ... ... 70Tr nityCollege Local Scholarship ... HThe Little Black1tote .. .. ... «»The Late Wsr .. ... ... }■*ITuapekaCounty Council .. ... """

Tfco G vernor of Samoa ... ... 27Ups acd Dowrs inChina ... ... 71Wrtck of the Ma,vhera ... ... 4*>Wea her Chart ... ... -"" &Week ... ... ... .- «

ILLUSTRATIONS.Ander.ons B.yCricketClub ... ... 41A CoknialMissionary inChina.. ... 42Albion Cricket Club .. ... ... MAMormr.n SundaySchool in L'tah ... .'if»lialfour Presbyterian Church .. ... 42C-ptain W. Carncroes... ... ... 41Drerlcing inNew South Wales ... ... ?7Farm Life atBod.-beck . «"»

Laying the.FoveauxStrait C'-<ble ... J»Late War inS. Africa:Members of Ninth

Con'.itigMiS .. »" "■" x>Late JlrAndrew Mercer . .. 41Life in H.Aftici:ThrefBushman Girk .. 31Mr EdwinBooth's Hot Dry Air Apparatus.. 4)MijorPennicook ... . ". 41'MrW. S. Percy ... ... """ -}'PekinDucks ... ... ... ">■*Peace Celebrations ... ... "". jl'j1

'Public Buildings of Dunedin ... ... <JS.S. Napier ... .. ... """ 41The McLaohlan-McManus Contest at

Oamaru... ... ... " 3°Troopers J.M'Cornish,HanDab, D. Matbe-

toD. T Donnelly,andT. Wybrow ... 40-41"Wants His Mot" er"... .. ... 35YoungNew Ze.land:Some of Dot's Little

Folk .. ... ... - 37

1851 J.OTAGO WITNESS « 1902

Terms of Subscription (Including Postage),Payable 111 Advance-—

Australia* and South Sea Islands—

Twelve mouths £] 7 SBritish and Foreign— Twelve Months.. 114. "

*Except Queensland, £1 14s per annum.In New Zealand.

Quarter .. .. .. .. .. ... ..070Six Months 0 13 "Twelve Months .., .. ..„ , 15 8

NEW POSTAGE E»TES.To Austialian colonies (except Queensland)

and South. Sea, Islands, Id.To Great Britain, other British possessions;

Queensland, and all foreign, countries, Id foethe first 4oz, and idfor each additional 2oz obfraction thereof.

Remittance by cheque. Money Order, or Pos-tal Notes. If cheque sent, 6d exchange mustWo added. Money Orders payabl* to

GEORGE FENWICK,Managing Director.

In a Roman tomb recently discoveredthere was found the skeleton of a womanwith a set of false teeth finely wrought in

pure gold.


SHEPHERD (married, no family), wishes,SITUATION;good with horses and

general farm work;handy with tools.— Ad-dress, stating wages given, to C, DiptonP.O. 18ju

WATCHMAKER (young, practical, goodcity experience, leferences), WanU

SITUATION in New Zealand.— AddressO. S^B., 181 Glebe road, Glebe, Sydney.

B' ILLIARD TABLE for SALE, cheap;in first-class order: all requisites.—

F. A. Hooper and Co.. Octagon. limy j

SELLABLE Working Ferrets :4ft Bolting ]Nets, If, Ferret Muzzles Is,.— C. B'lls,

bird-dealer, wire-worker, Dunedin.

NORWEGIAN Leather Coats:everlasting;Wind, Waterproof; for carters, rab-

biters, doctor*, anyone exposed to theweather.

— Bille. 9ap

FOR SALE, ROOFING IRON, cheap.Just to Hand, Carpenters' Tools. Lino-

Ipum, etc.— Galbraith, 149 King street.

Op£-GUINEA Handsome New UprightOO English PIANO; illustralions for-warded; payments, 20s monthly.— MusicalExchange. Octagon, Dunedin. 18ju

CORNET, in Cnse, and Tutor (complete).for 50s; posted to any addiess.—

Holden's Musk-al Exchange. Dunedin"\TIOLIN, in Case, Bow, and Tirtor (com-V plete). free to any address for 25s.

— jMusical Exchange. Dunedin. " 23ap

SKENE'S Labour Exchange Supplier —Ploughmen. Shepherds, Cocks. Bakers, j

Slation-Farru CoupW.-, Poisoner-, Gardeiwr*, jBlacksmiths. Tradesmen, WaggoHC-is oto. j

READY-MADE Pouch Blouses, from 4s6d; Skirts from 8s 6d;Full Dress,

lined (our own make), 19« 6d; Ladies'Toques aud Bonnets, from 85 6(1—Mrs Sul-livan, corner Rattray and Maclagân street*.

BURNHAM INDUS'!RIAL SCHOOL.

WANTED.— Competent SHOEMAKER-ATTENDANT- good all-round man-

must be a striot disciplinarian. Salary, £110per annum, ri-ing to £130, with freequarters.

AppJv. with testimonials, to18JU

- *

MANAGER.

Otago Early Settler** Asso-ciation.

AT the Coronation Celebrations SittingAccommodation will b© Provided for

100 Ejrly. Settler* («ivc* included) whoturned up to, and during, the year 1852.

■Applications for tickets to reach me notlater than SATURDAY. 21st inst., aUo forBadges (if not already supplied).

L. LANGLAXDS. Secretaiy.Office. Agricultural Building-:, or Box 226.

-«r O O L CARTING.

'TENDERS in\ited till 28th JUNE forCarting Forthcoming Clip from Tarras andMorvenHills to Kurow or IdaValley.

T. M'WHIRTER,llju Manager.

. WOMAN'S UNFAILING FRIEND.

TOWI.F/S PENNYROYAL aud STEELPILLS FOR FEMALES.

Oldest, Safest, and only Reliable Remedyfor all Ladies' Ailments extant.

Quickly ooirc-ct all irregularities, removeall obstructions and relieve the DistressingSymptoms so prevalent with the sex.

Prepared only byE. T. TOWLE <fc CO..

66 Long Row. Nottingham. England;And sold by all Chemists and Stores through-out Australasia.

IVwareof imitation— injurious and worth-ies*.

Government Notification-

District Lands and Survey Office,Invercargill. 11th April, 1902. '

T\TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the1^ undermentioned SECTIONS will beISUBMITTED FOR SALE by public auctionat this Office onTUESDAY. 1,1day of July.

1 1902. at 11 o'clock a 111 :— Ji TOWN OF TNVEKCAROILTi.'

Block XXVI. Section-; 20 and 21.Block XXVIII. Sections 17 and 13.

Area 1rood each. I'p-et juice pi«r sec-tion, £50.

One-fifth of the purchase money must bedeposited on the fall of the hammer, and(;ie balance, together with Crown grant fee(£1). within 30 day* or the deposit will beforfeited.

Sale plans will shortly be ibsiied.

Full paiticulai- may bo obtained at thisoffice.

JOHN HAY.Commi"ir>ner of Crown Lands.

"[W- E W ZEALAND RAILWAYS.

CORONATION CELEBRATIONS,JUNE 26 1902.

DUNEDIN WINTER SHOW,JUNE -23, 26, and 27.

EXCURSIONFARES.

HOLIDAY EXCURSION TICKETS will beIssued asunder— .

From any Station on Huiimm-Bluft Sectionto any Station, from 24th to 2Gth June.

From any Station on Hurunui-Blufi Sectionto Dunedin, from 23rd to 26th June.

From Oamaiu, Clinton, and IntermediateStations, including Branches, to Dunedin, alsoby Morning Trains on 27th June"All the above Tickets will hz available for

Return up to and including Monday, July14.The Return Fares will be: First Class, 2d

per mile; Second Class, Id per mile. Theminimum being 4s and 2s respectively.

The journey must be commenced on the datethat Ticket is tuken out, and maybe broken atany station wheie the tiaiu is tuned to stopafter travelling 25 miles from the original start-ing staticn, piOMcLd the specified time is not

1 exceeded^» HUu Bs Older.

EVERY MANSUFFERINGfromNERVOUSandPHYSICALDEBILITYshouldsend toravaln&bloPamphletexpl&inlnghowallNervousandOrganicDcraugementttmaybosuccessfullytreated withoutetomachmedica-tion Themethodiseasyandple.ifta.rit.and willeffect aperfect and.permanentcure. Sent,In a plainsealed*"nveloperrcoof chare*E.NORTON,c9*GO,CnANGEHYLive,London,EnoOrer30 years' continuoussuccess.

APIOL and STEEL PILLS, indi-pens-able to ladies; by post. 4s od.— Ad-

dres« Mrs L. Uawkii-s, 106 George street,Dunedin. 14au

N' EIRVE, BLOOD, and jSKIN DISEASESI

PERMANENTLYpURED. ;HERR RASSMUSSEN'S {

AEfaline Herbal RemediesHare been beforethe publicfor

TwentyYearsstudCUBED THOUSANDS.

For tbfr Nerve?,Sr>ine,Blood, Skio, Piles,LiTer,andKidneys,Kheumatism, &c,kc.

Beracdios posted111plaincover.Tree Book scut onnpphcaUo:?.

All Cobrespondsnoe Stuictia Puivate.Advice Free.

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"LINSEED COMPOUND,"j TradeMarkof! KAY'S COMPOUND ESSENCE OF LINSEED,Aniseed. Senega. Squill, &c. The finest reme-Jyknown for Coughs, Cold*, and (Jhe»t Complaint*,Bronchitif, Asthma,Influenza, Consumption,&c.The oldEDglishremedy. Thirty-five years'PiovenEfficacy. Equally aeiviceable foi Horses andCattle."

LINUM CATHARTiCUM PILLS,purely vegetable, for Indigestion, Biliousness,Constipation, Headarhe. Agreeablyaperient.nfIAAIIIIiIC —Transparent Cement,mends(jUHUULInCt Glaßß> (jjjina> Kirthenware,<fee, and all Broken Articles. Manufactory—Stockport,Ksgland. Refuse ail substitutes.

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Periods, atLOWEST CURRENT RATES OF

INTEREST.CALIjAIV & GALI*AWAY,

Solicitors,Corner Water and Vogel streets (opposite

U.S.K. Co.'s Office), Dunedin.

"\XfITNESS -pnOTOGRAPHIO-TTkEPAETMENT.

npHE Publishers of the Otago Witness begA. to announce that

Mr GUY MORRIS andMr GEORGE HICKS

are the ONLY RECOGNISED WITNESSPHOTOGRAPHERS. Mr Morria hascharge of the Town Work, and Mr Hicksfif the Country and Outside Work* 7my

MARSHALL'SPHOTBGRAPHICJEPARTMENTR»ulete with Every Article that is used by the

Amateur and Professional Photogiapher.

PREMO OUTFIT No.1.-CAMERA,4 x 5.PREMO B.— This is a universal favourite

among all desiring a high-grade Camera at

moderate cost, and who do not care tor theelaborate features possessed by the more ex-pensive outfits. Its great popularity fully

attests its merits Ithas a central swingonck,rising and falling front, thus making it suit-able for both hand and tripod work. It is

furnished with the Victor shutter, having iris

diaphragm and pneumatic release, R.R. lens;leversible view finder. Tlnee double darkslides go with the Carneia. The followingoutfit "oes with this Camera

— Daik RoomLamp (flat) portable,1Developing Wish, 1 lov-ing Dish. 1Fixing Dish, 1Printing l'rauie.2 Bottles Developer ("The Simplex"), 1BottleTonini? Solution, lib Fixing Salts, 1 PacketPlates (12), 1Packet P.O.P. (24 Sheets) 5x4.1Book Instructions.

PREMO OUTFIT No. 2-The same outfitwith a Premo B Camera, 4x5, fitted withachromatic lem of good quality 15 2s 6d.

PREMO OUTFIT No. 3.— Premo B Camera,half plate: Camera, fitted with achromatic lenaand outfit asfor No.1. Piice complete, £G 15».

PREMO OUTFIT No.4 —Premo B Catnoia,ha,lf plate, R.R. lens, and outfit as for I\o.1,£3 sa.

PONY PREMO OUTFIT No. s.— Half PlateCamera, Acluomatic Lens.— ln designing thePony PTemo No. 4 Cumeia, the aim of themakers has been to present a high-gradeCumeia.containing in themost compact form aildrsirpblo feature that appeal especially toWheelmen and Tourists, yet at moderate cost.It is a strictly high-grade instrument. Price,withoutfit as foiNo.1, £6 15s.Inaddition to all the above, wehave Stocks

of the following- —Stereo Cameras, first quality;Kodak Panoram Cameras, No. 1 and No. 4These takebeautiful pictures, embracing a verywide view. No. 1, 7 x 2iin;No. 4, 12 x 3iin.No.1, £2 17s 6d;No.2 £3 17s 6d. We also haveBrownie Kodaks, which, with an outfit com-plete, wecan supply for 12s 6d, post free. Westock all sizes of Kodak Films, with Camerasto suit.

THORNTON PICKARD CAMERAS—Veryhigh grade.

HALF-PLATE AMBER CAMERA, with 3D.D. Slides, Tripod R.R. Lens, T. and 1.Shutter. £12 10s. Same Carneia, fitted withFocal Phine Shutter, £15.

HALF-PLATE RUBY CAMERA, fitted withTurntable, T.and I.Shutter, R.R. Lens,Carry-ingCase,Tripod, 3 D.D. Slides, andFinder, forusing as a hand camera. Price complete, j£16 103.

'We also have Premo iPlate Cameras, fitted

v.-ith Zeiss Lecses, the highest grade in thev.-orld;£18 10s

We al3o have ?; Plate Long Focus PrctnoCameras, suitable for Portraits, Landscape,Coping,and everyother class of studio and out-eide work;GoerzLens, 3 D.D. Slides. A veryhighgrade Instrument; £23 10s.

We have a Special Department where we doPrintingand Developing for Amateurs, Platesor Films. Prices on application. We a.l?ohave Albums for mounting the finished printsin, from 2s to 25s each. j

Address all Communications ta

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, & PRINCES STREET. DUNEDJN»


InMemoriam.

fPERSONS in want of Headstones, GraveBailings, and any kind of Cemetery

ork, try THOMSON & CO., Moray place,opposite First Church, Dunedin. 11s

JCIOE SALE, KYLEDALE FARM,334 acres,IT situated four miles from Mataura railwaystation.— Apply Wright, Stephenson; NationalMortgagej or A. Gait, on the property. 4ju

"X7IOR SALE, a Complete DREDGINGiMJ PLANT; buckets 4ft; can dredge"33ft; elevator 20ft; 12-horse engirre and 15-horse boiler (Marshall's); can be seen inbur yard, Crawford street, Dunedin.— Cos-Bens and Black (Limited). 28my

Qr||-|-ACRE Compact FARiI for SALE:Ovfvf in good heart; in the WaipahiDistrict; price reasonable.— Apply, for ad-dress, J. Robin, Octagon. 23ap

XirrANTED— SHEPHERD for Yearly Eu-t*T gagement. Apply (giving age andexperience) to Station, Box 215, Dunedin.fpO LEASE, 255-acre FARM, mostly inML grass; house, farm buildings, andsub-divided; good metal road to factory; P.0.,school, aud s-tore, and railway station twomiles off.— Apply W. Boyd, Waimatuku,, Southland.

"; llju

JFA RDWELL. Reed street, Oamaru.— The?c*- Missas M'Caw are prepared to receive

.- L.ADY BOARDERS or Young Ladies toattend the'Waitaki Girls' High School.;*~IORONATJON BARGAINS.— Sirs Drea-\j ver cordially invites all country friends

■- to see" her well-selected stock.iOTYLISH Toques, trimmed velvet, wing,- k5 sequin,103 6d;Trimmed Velvet Hat?,Bs lid:Bonnets, 12s 6cl;Children's Hats. s=;lU.iT^TOOL Tarns, all colours, Is lid: Cliit-ITT dren's Jackets uud Loug Coat*, e-veiysize and colour. 7s -lid up.

CRAVKNETTK Coats, three-quarterlength, 255: Long Coats. 255; Black

and Coloured Cloth Capos, frill, fur coliai.17b 6d.

HANDSOME Matales?e and Siik Mantlesfrom 30s: Tailor-made Costumes;

lilk-Hned Coatst 17s 6d: Girls' Sac Jacket?,L7s 6d;,T ONG- Fawn Jacket?.- 16s 6d up; White' 'M-J Fur Muffs. 3s lid: Necklet*, 1, 6c!;Coloured Muffs. 8s lid; Necklets, 2s lid;

«H|TINTER Blouses. 3s lid: Velveteen do,ITT 5s 6d and 7s 6d: Ladies' Skirts from12s 6d; Silk do. 13s ~6c!. _PAA LILIUM Auratiur.s. AcclimatisedUW Bulbs, from l> 6d to 2* 6d each;300 Lilium Auralum, Platyphyllum Ma-crantha,

THE largest floweringof all the Auralum«.ciimscm spotted. Imported Bulbs. 2s

" to 3s each.- *)K LILIUM Aratum, Rubm Vittatuni.V*O crimson Ftripcd, 2* 6d to 3? 6d each;. JSCOO Rose Bushes, 12 named rarietie°.

" riTEA Roses, 12s: 12 Hybrid Perpetuals, 8s: rJL (na-med);40,000 Cabbage Plants, 8d per

■lumdred. .■TtjiJTRS A. SMITH. Florist. 37"George Mrest.

,-tiyX Telcp.hona. 1293. " 18juRA

* E. "WSATKTXP, Princes street, forlt\.m Infants' First Cloiho?. Infant. Out-fits from IQg.

fiSJHEN in town visit A. k E. Watkiii"*.!» T Best houte for Children's Coats. Hut*,riul Bouiiet><.iX &~E. WATfvIXS for Ladies' Corals.itl» All best make*. Fur Boas, LuteCollarettes. Wool Singlet-

FOR the Coiotiatiou.— Newest Vojlings;Kid (ilovcs 2s 6d:lovely Neck Rands.

A. & E. WATKINS. 60 Princes street.

»R ROBINSON, Sivgeoii Dentist, cornerGeorge and b't. Andrew streets (over

"Irvine and Stevenson)

FT|R ROBINSON. Surgeon Dentist, cornerImJ George mid St. Andrew streets. Arti-licial Teeth: Full Sets, £10 10s; Single Tooth,from 103. . _9m

OTAGO BIBLK WAUKHOUSE. RoyalArcade. Dunee'iu.

IMPORTERS of Album-, Photo Franks"Ladies' Bags, Purses, Gent»' Pocket

books, Ladien' Companions, Writing Desks.jVSrORKBOXES, Fountain Pen,, Sration-'T t cry, Bibles, Hymn Book. Gift andReward Books, Birthday and Text Books.

.QCRIPTURE Toxt CiuU, Birthday Cards"^ Wedding Cards*, etc. All order-promptly attended to.— GEORGE DERBY-,SHn!E,' llju

THIS COUPONEntitles yru to a BsautifuT.v Illus-trate1 Catalogue of PRAMS. ODCARTS, SIAVING MAOHINKR,4c if sent with you" Name andAddress to LOUHHIiAD. 0.l llJuuce>

btreet, Dunedin

i\fOTE.— Ladic? suffering from any inter-vL^l nal complaints can cure themselves.with the celebrated home tieatment, DRiBLOOM'S "ORANGE BLOSSOM." Oneahonth's treatment, 10s, post free.— Addressfrlrs L.HAWKINS, 106 George street, Dun-edin.

W\R BLOOM'S COMPLEXION PILLSvLf Give the most beautiful complexionnne could desire— clear, fresh, freed fromFreckles, blackheads, or pimples; rosycheeks and skin produced by using "DrBloom'h Complexion Pills," 4a 6d box,Post free, on receipt of nrice.

— Address, MrsLi. TIAWIvINS, 106 G«arge street, Dunedin.

.MRS LOUISA HAWKINS'SFEMALE PILLS, 5s and 10s bos, are thejcading Remedy for all Female Complaints,Recommended by the Medical Faculty.Either,sent post free on receipt of stampsDr postalnote. Address:Mrs L. Hawkins,,106 George street, Dunedin. N.B.— For allChronic Complaints consult MrsLouisa Haw-Jrin». Advices (personally) free; by letter,it; or send symptoms and 10s, and xaediciussWill b» forwardedhs return mail.

—Guy, photo. PUBLIC HTILDIX-JH OF DUXEDIX THE TOWN HALL.

LIKK IX sonIf AFRICA THREEBCSIIMAXGIRLS.

"WANTS HIS MOTHER!"(Photos, by A. Simaon.)FARM LIFE AT BODSBECK, FERXDALE- MR WM. JOHNSTON AND HIS TEAif.— Ger^tenkorn, photo., Invercargill.

Otago Witness Illustrations.

VIEWOFTHE

DYNAMOMETER.The

Dynamometerregistersthetensile

strainuponthecablewhileitis

beinglaid.

Thisinstrumentis

reallythe

"pulse"of

thecable-laying

machinery.

VIEWSHOWINGCABLE

PASSINGOVERTHE

DRUMOFTHEWINCH.

j

Thecable,

whichweighed6tonstothemile,wascoiledinhugeirontanksdowninthe

hold.Onthe

leftoftheabove

illustration,the

cablel

isscon

passingoverthedrumofa

powerfulcablewinch-

thenceoverthe

forecastleoverboard.

;

Jt/jte 18, 1902.OTAGO WITNESS.

LAYING THE FOVEAUX STRAIT CABLE TO STEWART ISLAND.36

LADYWARDAND

THEACTING

PREMIERENJOYING-

7

AFTERNOONTEA

WITHSOMEOFTHE

GUESTSONTHE

UPPERDECK.

THECABLE

BEINGPAIDOUTOVERTHE

BOWSOFTHE

TUTANEKAI.

'

(Photosby

Hicka.)

VIEWOFTHE

OFFICERSAND

GUESTSONTHE

BRIDGEOFTHE

TUTANEKAI.

YoungNewZealand:

SomeMembers

ofDot'sLittleFolkPageintheWitness.

MRW.S.

PERCY,

&.B

TommyBongin"The

MessengerBoy."

—Blaikie,photo.

DREDGINGIN

NEWSOUTH

WALES:VIEW

SHOWINGPORTION

OFWORKED

GROUND.

DREDGINGIN

NEWSOUTH

WAWES:THE

EXPECTATIONDREDGE.

N.

GND

.

ViewNo.1

showsthe

ExpectationDredge,

ownedby

MessrsMarks

andCo.,of

Sydney,atworkonthe

Encombeeneor

SnowyRiver,

N.S.W.Thedredgehas

beenat

workfortwo

yearswithsuccessful

results.MrA.W.

Brunton,formerlyof

Waipori,is

manager.ViewNo.2shows

portionofthegroundthat

hasbeen

worked.Inthe

distancea

fewhousesof

Kiandraareto

beeeen,famousmtheonlypartof

theAustralian

Commonwealthin

whichsnow-shoeracingis

indulgedinduringthe

wintermouths.

OTAGO WITNESS.June 18. 1902. 37

THE START FOR THE 440 YARDS HANDICAP, WON BY A. E. CUMINGS

O&GOg©

SB«oftMM

HBOOTPft

o

Q<en

Hg,<WovGROUP OF THE OFFICIALS WHO CONTROLLED THE CONTEST.

Jr-VE 18, 1902.OTAGO WITNESS

The MeLachlan-MeManus Contest at Oamaru.

McLACHLAN AND McMANUS.

A. E. CUMINGS.

GENERAL VIEW OF THE SPECTATORS ON THE OAMARU SHOW GROUNDS

38

The above snapshot shows Cumings on themark for the 440 yards handicap, which he won

easily.

The two runners shake hands before the startof the 300 yards race.

-/!f.. "!':'

Sittixg: J. E.Hood (Hon. Treasurer), M. D. Harming (Hon Secretary), Wm. Bee (Superintendent of Sport"), H. A. Potter (Refciee).Staihmxg: P. S. Duggan (Press Steward), W. R. James, C. Christie, O. R. "Wise (Timekeepers), A. Dalgleish, D. Brown (Judges), R. L

_, , _. , Eule \Handicapper), J. Dalgleish (Starter), A. Direen (Chairman Ground Committee).—Photos by Hicks.

THE LATE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA: FAIRLIE GROUP OF THE NINTH NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT

(Froma

photo,kindlylentbyMrW.

Forsyth,Owaka.)

AMORMONSUNDAY

SCHOOLIN

UTAH.

THE LATE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. WEST COAST GROUP OF THE NINTH NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT■(Photos, by Armstrong.)

PEKINDUCKS(UNDERSIX

MONTHSOLD).

DUCKSAT

WILLOWBANK

POULTRYFARM,

STUDHOLME.

—Guy, photo. THE ALBION CRICKET CLUB,

OTAGO WITNESS.June 18, 1902. 39

Winners of Third-class Championship, Season 1901-02. Matches played,16; won,16.

Standing: E.Manley,D.Pollock,D. Sutherland, H.Permin, D.H. Thomson (Hon Sec).Sitting: A.Beck,E.Moen,H.Guy,W. Uttley (Capt.), J. C. Cameron, J. "White, A. Stewart, J. Bartholomew,

Theseducks

werebredat

WillowBankPoultryFarm,Studholme,fromMrE

Reilly'aimported

strain.Some

ofthe

birdsweigh

lOJlb.

Inwater

apeoiallydammedtackfortheirconveniencebyMrE.

Reilly,the

(Photo*.1»yP.

6mitl.)

proprietor.

Thereare108inthegroup,which

comprisesa:

TheologicalClass,

meetingat

21stWard,Salt

LakeCity.

Includedinthegroupare

four

fromNew

'Zealand—MrForsyth(Owaka),

MisseaRuffle(2),

Auckland,and

MissArmstrong,

Wellington.

ENTHUSIASTIC PIPERS AND JUVENILE FOLLOWERS CELEBRATING THEPEACE DECLARATION AT OAMARU.

JUVENILE PROCESSIONISTS AT MOSGIEL ON PEACE DAY.—Mrs Hicks, photo.

THE PEACE CELEBRATION AT INVERCARGILL:VIEW OF THE CROWD ROUND THE BAND ROTUNDA.—

H. C. Welch, photo.

FLAGS WERE GAILY FLYING AT SEACLIFF RAILWAY STATION TO WEL-(Photos. by Hicks. COME THE GLAD TIDINGS OF PEACE. The Knife shown above has beenhanded to us by Mr Snowball, the Corporation Inspectorat Burnside Abattoirs. Itwas swallowed by aBullock,andpenetrated the animal's stomach,

found its way through the diaphragm, and was puncturing theheart. The bullock was killedby 'Mr J. Samson, Burnside.

TROOPER HANNAH(Ninth New Zealand Contingent),

Of Mornington,Dunedin, N.Z.— Luscombe, photo.SIR J. G. WARD ANNOUNCING THE NEWS OF PEACE TO THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OP THE POST OFFICE, WELLINGTON.

t— Schaef Sarony, photo.

TEOOPER J. DORANMcCORNISH(No. 4320 New Zealand Mounted Rifles).— Schaef Sarony, photo.

OTAGO WITNESS.

The Peace Celebrations on Monday June 2. 1902.

Jxjne 18, 1902..40

—Guy, photo. SOME OFFICERS OF THE NINTH CONTINGENT WHO LEFT DUNEDIN ON MARCH 12. THE LATE MR ANDREW MERCER,

CAPTAIN W. CARNCROSS. TROOPER T. A. DONNELLY(Ninth New Zealand Contingent),

Of Haldane, Southland.

June 18, 1902. OTAGO WITNESS.

THE S.S. NAPIER.

MB D. EDWIN BOOTH'S HOT DRY AIR APPARATUS: VIEW SHOWING APATIENT "UNDER TREATMENT.

—Mrs Lahatt, photo. MAJOR PENNICOOK

41

ANDERSON'S BAY CRICKET CLUB, SEASON 1901-1902.This well-known steamer wasbuilt inAuckland 30 years ago. After changing hands severaltimes, she became the property of Mr Keith Ramsay, of Dunedin. Last year she was boughtby a syndicate of Dunedingentlemen for"the purpose of salving the Antioco Accame. Her

present owner is Mr F.J. Sullivan, of Dunedin.

Back Row: J. Jeffery, M.McAdam, G. Pressly (Deputy-captain), G. Kirkwood (Captain),A. Reekie, N. O. White.

Feont Row: C. Fenwick (Secretary), A.Bonnin, J. Newall, L. Edwards, V. Fenwick, A.(Photos by C. W. Sundstrum.) Reid.

(Of the Tenth New Zealand Contingent),Formerly captain of the Chitha Mounted Rifles.

Who died in Dunedin recently. Mr Mercer was one of the pioneersettlers, and duringhis long career in Otago took a deep interest inthe progress of the settlement. He was for some years a member of

the City Council, and occupied the Mayoral chair for one term.

Standing;Lieutenants Collis andRayne. Sitting:Lieutenant R.McKeitch,Captain J. W. McMillan,Lieutenant Edgar C. HazlettLieutenant R.McKeitch, ofLawrence, was killed, and Lieutenant Rayne Blightly wounded at Vereeniging,on June 4, 1902.

(Photos by Clayton.)

■ , TROOPER THOS. E. WYBROW■ " (Ninth New Zealand Contingent),

Of Haldane, Southland.Captain Carncross, M.H.R. for the Taieri, was captain of the Taieri Rifles,and well knownas theproprietor of the Taieri Advocate. He recently left for

the North Island to take over a newspaper at Eltham.

CORPORAL D. R. MATHESON,Of the Johannesburg MountedRifles, who died

at Greylingstad on May 25, 1902.—Martin, photo, Oamaru.

BALFOUR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH RECENTLY OPENED.Minister,Rev.James Lymburn.—D. Ross, photc

Housemaid (entering hurriedly): "Oh, if you please, mum, you know when you allowed cookto go out justnow for anhour? well, she's comeback so very— er— hesitatingly— poorlyI

Mistress: " So verypoorly? Goodgracious, Jane, whatever IS the matter?Housemaid:

"Well, you know, mum, you told her to do them bantam's eggs for master's tea,

and she's trying toboil theping-pong balls!" — * rom

MR W. J. STRONG AND HIS LATE WIPE AND CHILD. MR STRONG AND TEACHER (Sitting).

June 18, 1902.OTAGO WITNESS.

A COLONIAL MISSIONARY IN CHINA.SeeArticle

"Ups and Downs, inChina"

elsewhere in this issue.

TWO BRIDES AND BRIDEGROOMS RECENTLY MARRIFDIN THE CHAPEL.

A CHINESE MUSICIAN. A VIEW IN THE GORGE,

MR STRONG AND TEACHER.MR STRONG AND PROFESSOR BRILLTHE RIVER STEAMER PIONEER.

42

The cook is standing at the rear. Note the lengthof the Chines© teacher's nails.

This is the steamerwhich took all the refugees down from Chung Ching toIchanglast August,12 months ago,andwhich picked Mr Strongnp in the nick of

time half waydown the river.

and at a fixed price. The high price? nowruling render the question of direct freight-age one of the utmost important. Altready, on account of Australia's drought-,stricken condition. South African tradersare asking for New Zealand quotations inorder to avoid the extra cost of tranship-ment, via Australia. And all the time, aswiti iss the poultry export industry, theCommonwealth is monopolising the SouthAfrican trade with the aid of New Zea-land produce. It is to be feared that un-less some suitable shipping facilities arearranged within the next few months thiscolony may say good-bye to all prospectsof trade with South Africa.

And the worst point about the whol*bungle is that the Govern-

A Suicidal ment, while waiting "lorSystem. this,Mr Sleigh to buy .his

boats, had a fleet of NewZealand-owned vessels ready at hand. Aswe have over and over again declared, had;the Union Steam Shin Company's alterna-tive tender been accepted, the direct ser-vice .might have been running merrilymonths ago. and tons of New Zealand pro-duce be on the water at the present timedestined for South African ports. It"iswell here to emphasise an important pointmade by Mr-Holdsworth on behalf of therUnion Company, in the seamen's disputenow being heard before the ArbitrationCourt. Mr HoloV.vorth said:— ,Iwould urge the broad question of the

importance, apart from the interest1? of llie'companyIrepresent, that a loeally-ownetlmercantile marine is to a maritime countrylike New Zealand. Of course, it may befairly argued that the steamers would befound in any case, whether ownsd by theUnion Company or any other company

—there ia no doubt- about that;b\it the ad-vantages of having the enormous expendi-ture that shipping creates centred in'a.country like New Zealand must beof verygreat value to it. Remove the> local owner-ship to Australia, or Great Britain, and itwill be found that some thousands of peoplewho at present owe their subsistence towork in connection with the repairs, \>p-keep, \ ictiuilliner. and tho manning; of tliesteamers would have to look elsewhere fora living.Vjewed in thN lifl;ht. the merits ofSleigh's Blue Star line sink into insignifi-cance in comparison with the "Union SteamShip Company's boat*, and we confess jtoconsiderable surprise that such an impov-tfint factor has not carried more weightwith the Government in then- decision.

The American ship-building combine con-tinues much in evidence, its

Millionaire latest achievement beingand Moaarcli. the building of the largest

dry dock in the world onStaten Island, New Yoik. It is statedthat they have secured contracts for threayears, aggregating 37,000,000d01. Whatmanner of man. is the controlling geniusof this gigantic combine?

'Mr Pierppnt

Morgan, monarch and millionaire, is thusdescribed by a friend: — "A large man,,thick of chest, with a big head s.et closedown on burly shoulders; features large,an extraordinarily prominent nose ," keenfgrey eyes, deep-set under heavy brows;. v.high, 'fine forehead; a square, bull-dogchin. His hair is iron grey and thin, andhis moustache is closely cropped. 'For aman of his age and size he seems unusuallyactive, moving about with almost nervousalertness. He is a man of few words,always sharply and shortly spoken. Whena man comes to him, Mr Morgan lool»sat him keenly/ waiting for him to speakfirst. And liis decision follows qurcklv."It is said that in.America Mr Morgan liasgiven away immense sums of money forcharitable and other purposes;but alwaysdiscreetly and even secretly. He hasfounded several splendid institution I*,1*, in-cluding a big hospital for New York. InWall street he often lends millions of dol-lars, at a rate of interest below what themajority of houses ask in times of stormaud stress. Frequently he has rescued theUnited States Government from a financial"corner," with profit to himself, of course.Altogether, it is probable

—such is the mil-

lionaire's commanding position— that MiMorgan wields more power than any monsuch in the woild.'

What Mr P-erpont Morgan really wants-may be best divinedby not-

Slethods of ing' what, by his peculiarMorgflMislng. methods, he has already

accomplished. He is a prac-tical nun. who is aware that in the man-agement of every great enterprise, com-peting with others equally iinpoitant,theremust be an enormous miste <>f energy,money, and labour. He believethat theelimination of that wa«te must result inbenefit to all concerned. And excellenceha3 taught him thac tne quickest audcheapest way to effect a rcfoim is toorganise a '\omlnne." He commencedoperations in the United States by '"Mor-yariismq" the ivih'.av*. Sikntly. buteliectually, he obtained control of theprincipal

'lailv. ay» ; and he continued to

leduc expenditure to such proportions thatthe profit appeared to justify Uie actionhe had taken. Hu, next experiment -waswith the steel industry, wheie the savingeti'ectcd is said to have been on a colossalscale. Extending his operations furtherafield, he acquired a controlling interest inthe Atlantic shipping trade, whence thepiesent much-advertised American .""hippingcombine. Millionaire Morgan is creditedwith a desire to form a huge transportenterpiise by land and by sea., which shallgirdle the globe, and place the world'scarrying trade under his control as far aspossible. Producing on a gigantic scale, theUnited States traders need foraiim mar-kets for their merchandise, nnd Mr Mor-gan's transpoit schemes will help to carryAmerican goods to foreign markets at a,big profit.

Obviously-. Mi% Morgan, even with hi.< grea\command of wealth, would

A Master of be unable to successfully3le». carry out Lis gigantic

scheme's were he not pos-sessed of a masterful mind. It i». generallyundeistood that in ckaliau with his buitin

protectionist or freelrading, federation itselfis a good thing, for sound political rea-sons. For those who desire it, therefore,to put in the forefront of their argumentsa commercial j>olicy which arrays againstthem large masses of the verypeople whoseco-operation they desire is a mistake otno (-mail magnitude. It lays them opento the charge from which, Ifear, someof our colonial friends could not easilyclear them«elveF — that it is protection theyseek by means of federation, and not fede-ration' itself. As Iwrite, additional evi-dence is furnished us as to the anxiety inthe colonies for protection. Only the otherday Mr Seddon was reported to have saidthat the attachment of New Zealand to themother country was not sentimental, butwas based on £ s. d. The mother coun-try bought New Zealand mutton, and thatwas the reason why. No one wouldattach too much importance to a casualexpression in conversation, even if true,but that it should be reported when MrSeddon is coming home to advocate hisideas of pioff1once is not quite pleasantleading fin friends of Imperial federationon patriotic grounds. dne of the firstpo'nts to be deteimined, when the coloniesand themother country are in council, can-not but be this question of freetrade orprotection as the policy of the Empire;and it is the colonies, and not the mothercountry, that should give way. Their sodoing will be the first step to Imperialfederation, -which will hardfy be possibleon any other footing."

A cu-eiul pern?al of the Acting-Premier'sWinton speech certainly

The leads to the conclusion thatUtiner-Premier's New- Zealand would be bet-

DeliTeranre. ter governed were Sir J. G.Ward to step into Mr Secl-

dons shoe«. And since Mr Seddon is, byuaôn of the plaudits of the multitude inAustralia, in South Africa, and in theHomeland, expanding at such a rapid rate,it is reasonable to assume that henceforththis colony will not be large enough tocontain a man of his expandedideas. AnAustralian once wittily remarked thatit" was no wonder New Zealand en-couraged prohibition advocates, for thecolony was s.o nairow that anyone underthe influence of akohol was in danger offalling over the ed/e. Tn the same strainit might well be t-aiel that should Mr 83d-flon. loaded with Coronation h'.uoms, de-termine to legume his retidence in ourmidst, this colony would star.d in dangerof being speedily submerged. Judging,however, by the hopeful tenor of the Act-ing-Premier's speech, under good manage-ment there is no cause for apprehension,so tar as the atfaiis of the colony areconcerned. His 15 years' retrospect wasmon interesting, closing with the boldsi-atemenl- that "in regard to our State-owned railways, telegraphs, telephones,etc.,Iunhesitatingly assert that we are atlea^t 50 jeais aheadof noL only theUnitedStates, but, in the case of our railways, ofKngland itself." It v<is .specially signifi-cant that amid the many topics touchedupon, not one word was said about morelabour legislation, whilst the Farmers'Unions came in for a word of praise,coupled with a wish for their success.Reasonable reiienchment is Sir J. G.Ward's text, and even the .severest Go-vernment ciitic could wish for nothingmore, providing that it is honestly carriedout. Heie are the Acting-Premier'.s -voidson thi» point:

— "I do not for a momentwi-h it to be understood thatIbelieve ina policy of unnecessary expenditure, eitherfor the carrying on of the departmentalworks of the colony or for public worksexijeuditme. On the contrary,Ihold theopinion— much more decidedly, perhaps,ili.tr, s»,me of my opponents would give meaudit fol—thatf01 —that unnecessary expenditureought to be avoided, and that our publicworks expenditure should be made pri-niHrilv upon leproductive works. What"lie Colony ought to, and, indeed, must,aim at. is to see that the taxation of thepeople is not too high, that the revenueis in excess of the expenditure, and if it.should tuin out at any time that the finan-ual equilibiium could not be maintainedby teasonable taxation, then, without creat-ing panic, or without dislocating the servicefrom end to end of the colony, a prudentreduction should be made." Should SirJoseph Ward came to hold the leins ofGovernment, it is to be hoped that hewill keep true to the spint of these words.

Hut tli<- wo.ik jioint in the Acting-Premier'sWinton deliverance was his

Trade Tritli reference to South Afiicansouth ATrica. trade. Certainly he was

;ible lo paint a bright pic-ture of the commercial side of the war,and hi-5 ffiiement that ovi»i" two millions>-le lin^j hail 'jt;en expended in tliK colonyIn the linpeii.tl Government bince the com-mencement of llie war elicited considerableapplauic. Mi Waul then went on to snytint the twidc retinus he had given showedthe connection with iSouth Africa lo be animportant one. anel that every effort shouldbe made lo stcuic a portion of the tradefor thp colony. And there, unfortunately,he lmd t-j for he was unable to an-lKiuuce that the Government had completedany .UTaiiLreiiicnLs for that regular anddue l ""i.jain»lnp counniinieaiion \\ > th SouthAfiica vJin.li alone makes r)(l "'~l

')le le

builfl'iis; up of a permanent and piofitabletrad.j. li ]< tiue that the tardy announce-ment ha- ju^t been made by cable fromLondon iLtr the piornoters of tha NewZealand and South African hteam service(presumably the Mr .Sleigh of the mythicalBine Star line, mentioned by the Acting-Premici) have .'tuned a steamer to beginwork in a couple of mouths,and, co-operat-ing \wth tlie Culd h'toiage Company, theywill e-Un'i-h lefriêrating depot.- at Bcita,Rhudesui, .>nd Maslionaland. Cut eyen ifno further mention be made of the un-paidonable delay which has already oc-■cun'ed, the meie itnnouncement of the sail-ing of one steamer is of little avail. WhatNew Zealand shippers need is an officialassurance of a regular monthly service atthe lowest possible procurable freights inorder that they may enterinto contracts withSivfetj to dtli\erproduce iv <x stated time^

NOTES AND QUERIES.Shipowner.— Holes in the bottom oi below the

water line of ships are mine good with ironplates. Portland cement .- extensively usedlor coating the inside, e=?eci*!ly where platesare becoming thin from rust, and to maksgood faulty lapsand joint-. If properly doneit will effectually stop miner leaks. Theulates must first be thoroughly cleaned andscraped free from scale or inst, and thecement acphed in the iiriial manner. Anadmixture"of iroi. filings or bciinga poundedup to fine powder with Portland cement"makes an excellent patch. The writer hasused this mixture to make good the bottomof an air-pump, and-it has pioved efficientfor seven years.— Nemo.

Ax Amateur— llr .H. M. Davey, consulting

engineer, kindly replies:-Your letter v.aasubmitted to a firm of consulting cngineeis.Tvho kindly reply: Approximately SK tons,

with about 2ft draught. You, l-owe\T, donot give bufficient data for anything like anaccurate calculation ot the displacement o£boat itself.

Doubtful.—il) Mouay paid under a mistake

oi law (such as an error as to the constiuc-tion of a document) uiuy in general ho re-covered. (2) Probate dti'y is payableon every deceased peno.i's estate where thefinal balance of the estate exceeds £100.

A Subscriber.— Anyone,oa paymentof 2s cansee the invei:toiie«, accounts, and affidavitsfled in connection with a deceased person'sestate in the Supreme Court oi DistrictCourt offics vhere irebate or leMers o! ud-ministration (as the case may be) has beengranted.

3t4iKER.— Space will not permit of our repub-lishing Kipling'- "Recessional Hymn." Xodoubt"any leading bookse'lei can supply itto you.

W. A. "W. — The music airl woicls of theXation.il Anthem will appear innext week'sissue.

Subscriber.— (I) Both ore the =aoie; ''Hilher'a

Tubeicu'osis Its Xature, i'reveutioij, andTreatment," 8s lOd (po'tec'n (2j '-Cissell'sFamily Doctor, 13- Gd (po,tsd» ;"Di Black'sFamily Medical Advisr-r," C- Gd (ported), atBraithv/aite's Bcok Aicade, Princes stieet.

JUud.— Your method of cuiiug the .--heen'lcinis the one usually adopted, uiid the resultshou!d not bo as you describe. Anotherrecipe is as follows —Tack the skin on aboard, not stretching it too tight. Scrapeoff all fat and shreds, then cover thickly witha. mixture of one part carbonate cf soda, t»voparts soap, and three parts powdered alum.Stir and "renew it eccasionally. Iv a weekremove the powder and go over if with aclean sponge, wetting only a small area atn time, and working it till div ygaiu witha smooth stone. Another method of pie-servizig skmo is to dissolve arsenic- with anequal quantity of washing soda by boilingthe two together, and paint on the skin.

D. M., Livingston.— Xo, the mor.ey would Iji

returned to you by the postal officials.Weekly Eeader.— We know of no up-to-date

book obtainable in Dunedin giving lecentinfoimation concerning the Aigentme Re-public. '" The Paatoralists' Review

' hasoccasional articles which might be useful toyou. Messrs Stronach Bros, and Moms aresigents, and you couid lonsult their file. MrJames. Begg, of Clinton, has recently ie-tumed froai the Aigentme,aud if you were,to communicate with h m he rnigh* be ableto furnish you with the mfoiniAtioi. you le-quire.

i"ARMnp.--It is extremely unlikely that fliei"are any hand flour mills in Dunedin at the-present time, as they are piue'y iehc^ ofthe old pioneer days and yre ncvei iibeel

now.Importer — The piactice of nominatinc; im-

migrants to be brought out partly at theGovernment expense h.t= been discontinued.since December 16, lt-90. ai.d there was nofree luiraigratidh in the year 190() Certainreductions are, however, arranged by theAgent-general with the shipping conipanio-in fares for men with modeisle means whointend to take up laud and 'ettle in thecolony, but there are no assisted p*-fcjg r<>

for girls from Scotland.James- Black.— Following are the uamf= "T

all the pteamers that arrived m Port ('ho-

mers and Dunedin in the month of March.1875:

— Samson, Maori,Taranpki, Alhainbra.3Lady or the Lake, Otago, Shag, BeautifulStar. Express,Comerang, Wallal, WangamiiWellington, Bruce, Albioa, Pho?br TawiiM,Ladybird, and Omeo.

Bubsceiber.—It is rather r- large oiclei- to a~k

lor the names of the leadingengineeiiug andhonworks in the principal cities of Africa,and;we can only give you a few. There are"sveral iron ioundnes* in Durban uotnblx

So far Mr fêddon'.s tiiumplial progie^.- ha"not been marred by a .-Ingle

Cheeringthe check. He was dulyC'hanipioii. " lionised" w bile touring

South Africa, and imme-diately upon His arrival at Home. Hewas -warmly cheered by large crowd" as hediovc through the London stteets. Fustof the colonial Premiers to appear on the,-cene of the coining Coronation festivitiesiic i» naturally taking full advantage of Uielibeial arhcrti-i.ig of whiclx_ he has beenthe subject nt the hands iff the Londonpre«-«. Mi- Seddon is sufficiently diplomaticto rend Ihe signs ot the times, and he hasthat convenient memory which enables himto ignore on occasion .ill previous utter-ances on any giveji subject. ■ Theiefoie,now that 'he'is, able to propetly appreciatethe national rejoicing!) over the declarationof peace, we hear no mure of his disappoint-ment at the abandonment of the uncondi-tional surrender which he so lately and sostrenuously advocated. His last declara-tion on the subject is that the peace termshave secured the great essentials.— viz., un-conditional recognition of the King'ssovereignly and the abandonment of Boerindependence. Bat leaving on one sidethe pomp and circumstance which in thecane of a tiip to the old country are in-separable from a man of Mr Seddon's 'bom-basic disposition, the actual value of hisvi.-it to London v ill largely be gauged bythe result of the Confeience of Premiers,in whose dipcus-sion" ho is bound to takea leading part. Alieady he has expressedoptimism with regard to the outcome ottrade discussions, while at the sametime he disclaims, any intention of dictat-ing the terms of pieferenti.il trade, declai-ms that, whatever the re.-ult. it will notdamp colonial patriotism. Sir "NYemy&sReid, writing in the NineteenthCentury onthis very point, says :— '"Those of us whowatch the coir.se of events in the distantpm turns of the Kmpire cannot fail to ba-luiek by the featuies of the times. Thelir-t is the unabated, and, if po-sible, mi-ireased demonstrations of loyalty to theCiown and the Kmphe which the colonies-continue to offer to us. The other featmeof the times is the extent to which thestatesmen of the colonies regard them-selves as entitled, in virtue of the seivicesthey have rendeied to Ihe mother country,to paiticipate in the settlement of question.ôf Imperial policy. This i> a delicate ques-tion, not lightly to b? raised, and by nomeans ripe for full discussion. But the.speeches which Mr Seddon, for example,hns made of late -how how full the colo-nial mind i- of this subject., and howstrongly the 'Hon"s cub- believe that iheyhdve earned the r^'ht to be called into Ihecounsel-! of the lion. 'J lie coming meetingof. the chief &t.ilD»men ot the Outer Bn-tains in London at the time of the Corona-tion vill furnish .-in opportunity o£- c-oii-fevenee and di-eu.*«ion thrt i« not likelyto be wasted, and it i- po-.-iblc that thesummer of 1902 will witne— a maiked de-velopment of the piint-jple ol Imperialfedilatioii."

The leltliuii of c'.o-er <.'iinmeixi.il union t«ilinperi11 fedei'.itioii is one

The Empirc'n of tlie |>o.nt> aiound whichFiscal JiL-iLe di is likely toPolicj. l'ige. «i>> iu\clvuig lutlicfil

thiintjes ia the l'!mijiie'«>fi-cal policy. Mr ScdJ-on has. deftly ln-'"eited the thin cdê of the wedge lnr f-ay-ing that, ie/aidle.>s o£ <-entimenl, ;md asa more matter of safety, statesmen oughtti» make the rmphe seli-îippoitiug. givingcontiacts -\vliLre\er po^>ible to the colonies.In this connection the tollfnving exttactfrom an article on 'Ilie Dream of a Bu-ti.sh Zollverem." by Su RobeiL (Jifl'en. will

a idea of the avei.tge opinionh&!il at Home on the matter:— "Reciprocaloi prefeiential arranêiftents betweerj tliemothei country and the eulouie^ «ie mostd-mgeiutus. economically and politically. Itiv a complete niiscanct j/lion that they aieof ilie same n.ituic sa a zollverein, whic-liis "* measure of pure fieeliade, .but happens>

not to be possible for the $uti>-h Einpneis a. whole ihe cauê of federation of theKnipiie lia« come to be- identified with apolicy of protection, until ftdluronts of aheetivde policy aie «ilmo«t under compul-sion to choo-e between the abandonmentof their ideas and the piomotion of Im-pellal fedeiation itself. This is not a de--iiable lc-ult. Whether the commercialpolicj of vke ifcdeiftied Euioiife ia to b$

BIRTHS.BUSKTN.— On th- l=t June, 1902, at her r-si-

elencr, L'ppec Macldggan street, the wife ofAlbeit. Busier-, oi a daughtci.

KMANUET..- On the 17th JuiiC, ai " Chelten-liPUi,' C.«rj;iU -'re^t. Dunedir., the wn'e ofAba Enianiifl i.i~c Bcitha Mendelsohn), of» da.'glitcr.

MARRIAGESANDERSON - CAMPBELL.— On the 4th Jime.

at the residence of the brideîoom's fathei(Captain Audcr on), "File Villa, William=-town, Melbourne, John Ander=oa, marineengineer, to Ada, fourth unughter of the \at?Mr Duncan Campbell and Crust),Diuieuin.

CUTTEN -fIUFFIE.-Or ihe lltli .rune, at St.George's Church. Na-eby. liv the Rev. G. W.Chri«t:'a'i, Enie»t Cai-gi'l Cutten to AgnesMary (!uffi>.

fIILLKSPIE— 3E-BEATH. -On the 4th June,1302, n' die residence of Mr James Stark,Bel!ekncv.es, by the. Rev. Mr Scorgie,Thomas Gille=pie (o Floveucr M'Beath.

HOWATSON— STUART.— On the 13th June,at t!io resiflenre of the brulc's parents,Win-°£>tni, by the Rev. J. B. H-Jl, David Howat-son. soco :d son of the late Mr AndrewHowatson to Isa Bella, set-on:! cinughtci ofM^r John Stuart.

MACAULAY- MALCOLM.- On the 2Dth May.at First Chinch.Dun-xlin, by '.he Rev. Jamesf-ibb, Peêr. p!d"et f-on of ihe late JohnMacauky, Flag Swairn, Hpwk^lmrv, toHelen, eldest daughter of Donald Malcolm,Otaki.i.

DEATHS.I'.VLLANTYXE.— On the 6tb .1u,.«. at_ liei

mothei'i i<»s:'lonce, Staward Downs, liden-dalo. Jane Stalker, beloved v lfe of John C.BalUntyne, manager Titiroa fet.ition, and.. uuuêat .si«ter ot Mis Alex. Watson, MoriJ-ington, ni <\ Mis Henry Ive, Wyndharu,»ged46 \eara.

BLACKWOOD At his late lesjdonce, Ba!-clutha, l'i>ter, be]rv«>d hmbaud of MargmetBiackwnocl; aged (>3 ye.irs.

BARCLAY.-On the 14th June, at her'Tes:-fienc1, No. '"> street, Opcho, Alice ilaryBarclay: iised 40 years.

BfSHOP.--Oii t!io 15th June, at her son'sresidence, Bru:.-3wick .street. South Dunedin,Chailotte Wilkinson, relict of the lateEdwardBishop, late of Lyttelton,New Zealand; aged7-2 years. Deeply regretted.

DUKE —On the nth June, at London street,Annie 'ilnrie Aolin. the bjloved wife ofWilliam Henry Duke.

HEENAN. O.i ihe 17th June, 19012, at therc-idence ot Mi W. lr. Biowne, Georgesheet,Wi.ufiod, daughter of the late Dennislfoeiiau. Flowers ie->pectiully declined.—Private uiK-i ment.

HILL -On llirt ICLIi Jine, at lver ie"ide::ce,Magnetic street, Vc.i Clialmns, Esthci, theb<»lo\ e<l vif" of Jo m Hil', iijjcl 02 years.JJeepl-y rpgietteci.

JOYCrJ.-On the 12th June, at Brighton.Kdwaid Joyce, agcl C2yeais.

M-BUIDK. -On the ndi Jui"-, at High street,Mussolburgh,.lane,eldest daughter of James>M'Bride, avt-H 2C \eais iind 9 iroutlis.

PAINE.-On the 14th June-, ;it Ivonsington.Alice Maud, the beloved wife of A!.r<-d Paine,and second daughter of Ceor;;.- ai.d l&bollaStuart Fieeman; in h"r tweii'-: -fiiPt yeai.Deeply legietted.

POPHAM.— On the 10th June, at Middle-march, Thomas Popham, late trooper mFourth New Zealand Contingent; aged 25ycais.-

TOLMIK.— Or. liie 12ih June, at <' ■" le-iiclc-nceof Alfred Bradfield, Tahat ka. Cat'ius R.\ei.Jolm Tolmip, c-g<d 7Jyear=. -

IN MEMORIAL.ALLAN.— Tn loving memory of James Daivock

Allan, who departed tins life ?t Gore, 12thJune. 1901 Gone, but not £oie;olteij.—ln-serted by his loving father a:id mother,susteis, and brother*.

In loving memory of my dear fatliei v.ho diedat Poftobello, June 12, 1901.Sleep on, clear father, thy tasks ale o'ei,Thy lovuig liand-5. shall toil no nioie,

Not gone from memory,not gone from love.,But gone to a brighterhome above.

Father's gone,but not forgotten.—Inserted by Ins loving duughtci. Mi« R.

lleatli. Hepthdale, Uuniobin.NIEPER — In loving memory f>f Paulie

Kiepcr, aecidcuUUy drowned at AleXi-ndia.June 14, 1901.

The iitt'e cot is empty nevr,The little clothes, laid by.

A mother's hope, .i father's joyIndeath's cokl arms doth he

Go, little pilgrim, to thy homeOn yonder bli^ful shore;

Wo miss thee heie, but hope to tomeAVhere thou hast gone before.

.-^-Inserted by iua Aorrowiaa lather ftiul mother.

OTAGO WITNESS.June 18, 1902.IN MEMORIAM.

PUDDY.— In loving memory of William, thebeloved husband of Mary Jane Puddy, v.hodied at

"Woodhead." June 13, 1900.

Long days and nights he bore in pain,To wait for cure was all iv vain;But God, alo:ie, who thought it best.Did ease his pam, and ga% c him rest.

SUTHERLAND.— In fond and loving memoiyof our dear mother, Isabella Sutherland, \\hodeparted this life on the 16tli June, 190], atCraig-Gowan, Manngatu?.

Mother is gone, butnot foigotten,Nor is the good advice she gave;

Sweetest thoughts shall ever lingerAround our darling mother's grave.

Long days and nights she bore in pain,To wait for cure was all in vain;-But God nlone, who thought it best.Did ease her pain, and gave her rest.— Inseited by her lovingdaughters.

SetiaciMons or Birtlij. Marriages, *ndDeatht appaarUgia'heWitntis alsoreceiveinserciou Iv theDaiijTimesant in thfM.athljSannarrfor Kur*pe tritbout Additionalcha gc,

piSUaar.on fr«m t'uecauntrv' di-tneu requireto b?rerificd bytv.t *ixuature»f eitherour agent ia tUe districtfrom which the

or thenc, 3? jicr mwti»n V.'hea rerses are added lo "la■. r.ur'iine<l»in»*e'

the Point Engine and Boiler "Works andIronFoundry, H. A. Chadwick, Prince Edwardstreet; John Jescop, Railv.ay street; andthe Victoria Engineering Works, Shepstonestreet. InCapetown there are Ihe BritanniaIronworks, Sidrey street; the South AfricanIronworks, Rose street, the Globe Iron-works, Bree street; the Vulcan Ironworks.Join street; the Atlas Ironworks, Breestreet; the Clyde Foundry, Bree street,and the Phoenix Foundry, Harring-ton street. "We are unable to giveyou infor-mation regarding other citie?.

J. T. P.— Mr Davey replies: Six heads, sboutfrom 12 to 14 hor&e-power.

Axxious.— (1) The members of the EighthContingent will very probably b? retained infecuth Afiica until the term for which tlievhave enlisted has expired. (2) The tiooperswho went to South Afiica with the EighthContingentto join the Seventh have -enlistedwith the Eighth. (31 Except under specialcircumstances, the menibeis of the last threecontingents will not be allowed to remainin South Africa when the time for whichthey have enlisted has expired, but theywill be required to return to Xew Zealandfor discharge. (4) On application to theRegistrar you can, on payment of a smallfee, nscertatn the correct age of any personif you are acquainted with the place of theirbiith.

The Otago WitnessWITH WIMCU JS JSCOItPORAIED THE SOUTHERN

MERCURY.

THE WEEK.

{wj;dxesdav,jcxe is,no;.)

VETERINARY QUERIES.[iniweni bj a d ilj qtijlifltd Tel«rin»rT Surgeonman be received bj MO2TDA.T nii&t to ensure replj

iv the Eccseedinz l«ue.]

L. C. Limchills.— Probablyyour steer has metvith an accident, and the swelling is theresult. As it is a. peculiar case it mightbabetter to consult -<m expert and have anexamination made. It is always the safestaii.'l ofteii the cheapest course in the end.Otherwise lancing might be of some benefit,afterwards applying hot water, bathing it,then dressing it with .m antiseptic lotion.

Coxstaxt Reader.-Have your horse's teethcwuunfd, and if there an- am irregularitiescm them take him to a", expert and get himto smooth them down with a tooth-iasp.

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WITNESS SUBSCRIPTIONS.

The following subscriptions were receiveduptoJune 14:

—J. A., Gore, to June 7, 1902P. ML.,Caversham, to July 30, 1902.F.H., "Wellington, to July1, 1903J. R.and Son,Duneditt, to August1,1002D.It.M.,Mandeville, to January1, 1903J. T., Ceitre Bush, to April 29, 1902J. ME.,Coal Creek Flat, to January 23, 1903A. P., Edendale, to June 13, 1902Mrs J. S., Dunedin, to July11, 1902J. X.,Patea, to March 30,1903J. M., Middlemarch, to August8, 1002J. F. R., Eufie'.dT to April 19, 1902W. P., Mosaburn, to July 3, 1903D. W,.Roxburgh,to April 12. 1903D. C, Maungatua, to May 26, 1302A.M'G., Kelso, to October 13. 1903J. L., Otaina, to February 20, 1903J.M.,Mararoa,to June 33,1803D. G., Clarkesville, to May 30, 1903Mrs R."W., Dunedin, to October 29, 1902W. E. D. C. H., Tokarahi, to September 1,

1902MrsM., Picton, to Jure 16. 1902Mrs S., Luggate, to September 12. 3909W. D. M., Crookston, to July 21, 190-2J. R., Athol, to May 14, 1903G.E. W. X.,Palineraton, to July 1. 1902J. A.,Merton, to July 17, 1902J. 8.,St. Clair, to September 13, 1902J. S., Winton, to July30, 1902W. S., Matapiro, to July13, 1902A. S., Wairoa, to August 20, 1902"W. S., Allandale, to June7,1902

■J. S.", Tongaporuta, to August22. 1902.7. T.8.,Mahitaki, to December 4, 1902J. G.M-D., Te Aroha, to March1,1903C.H., Kapuka, toSeptember 2G. 1902Mrs J. K. C, Jfewington, to September 19,

1902W. 8.,"VTangaraii, to August 9, 1902T. H. W., Canvactown, to August 30,1902A. F., Kokomai, toDecember 29, 1902J. L.. Totaratani, to Auguat14, 1902W. M., Puerua, to Octoberi2,1902R. X., ilamiitou South, to April 27,1903W. S., Waiv.-pr.-i South, ioOctober 13, 1902J. S. W., Ps7i>"itua, to September 3, 1902J. H. MA..Hamilton South, to Juno 22,190QJ. R. AY., Ov.aka, to December 30, 1902.

Subscribers remitting cheques must add Cdfor exchange, and Post Office orderi must beBade payable to

GEORGE FEXWICK,Managing Director.

A Native named Takerau was accidentallyscalded to death at Tokaanu, at the southend of Lake Taupo, on Sunday morning.Whilst going to bathe ho fell into a boilingmud spring alongside the path, and waswith difficulty extricated, owing to thetreacherous nature of the ground. Helingered tmtil about noon in intense agony,as the whole of his body below the neckwas terribly scalded.

Inspector Cullen has received a reportj from Aratapu regarding the supposed drown-ing of William Kcane. fireman, employeden the =.s. Ethel. It appear* that on thenight of Jv.oe 4 Keane loft the steamer atDargavill-e wharf to take a keel boat toanother wharf, about a quarter of a mileaway. The captain walked along to thewharf to help Keane to haul the boat up.When about halfway he thought he hearda groan and a faint

'"cooee."' The captainaroused the crew, who searched, but neitherthe man nor the boat could be found.

The three-year-old daughter of MrsArthur Browii, rending at Kaukapakapa(Auckland), was found drowned on the 9thin a pool containing 18 inches of water.

A faulty cuhcrt was the cause ol au{.ooideut at Mataur.i la■si week which mighthi.ye been very tcriou--. Mr Finch, of thatt'-wn, was ruling along tho Wyndham roa-1when hi-- horse put i*s foot, through a cul-vert, with the result that the animal waskilled. The rider. )iow«»i«.r ? wae fortunateri.ough to escape injury.

Mr Fownes, the well-known commercialtraveller, while- stepping off a train at Grcj-moiUli, frll between tlio railway platfoimand the carriages, tho- wheels of tho lattergoing over his clothes and pinning him tothe ground. The carriage had to be rai-edwith jiveks in order To get him out. Hewas taken to the hospital, where it wasfound that he had sustained severe biuiscsand an ugly tcalp wound. His escape fromdeath was miraculous

An employes lit the Htnpit.il named JamesFoster fell from a window he wr.s cleaning atthe institution on Tuesday morning and hadboth his legs broken. From the window tothe ground was a distance of about 30ft. andthough the injuries he received were sosevere, ho is progressing favourably.

The infant child of Mrs Weir, of Vauxhall,died suddenly about 2 o'clock on Wednesdaymorning. Dr F. S. Batchelor was sent for,hut by the time ho rppched the. hou«e thechild,

"which was only 11 weeks old, was

dead.A youth named Victor Couchman, ap-

parently about 18 or 20 yearn of age, metwith a painful accident on Wednesday after-noon which might easily have resultncl veryseriously. He attempted to get on the frontplatform of a moving tramcar in Georgefitveet, but, missing his footing, fell \eiy

clote to tho wheels, and the step cf the rearplatform caught him and dragged him a gooddistance. One of his legs was cut verybadly just above the knee, nnd it wasfound necessary to remove him to theHospital, where thp wound was stitched up.He- is now progressing favourably.

William Hally, who had both leg- brokenby a waggon passing over them at Waipoii,and who was taken to the Dunedin Hospital,is making progress towards recovery.

Within the last few days two'accidents

have happened at Kurow. On Tuesday alittle son "of Mr Walter Munro wae run overby a horsey and had his arm broken, besidesreceiving injuries about the head. Whiledriving a shooting party over the Slip road.Mr J. O'Neill (lato of the Bridge Hotel)was thrown out of the trap, breaking severalribi and serious!v injuringone of his earn.

C. Gillespie, playing for Mastortnn ngair.-tFeatherston at a football match in Carter-ton, collated a Maori player, and in thefall brokf.his right leg.

An elderly m?n named Thomas Knno,employe*! a-> gardener at Athburn Ball,met with an accident on Thursday morning1

while working at a chaffcutter, and had thotops of three fingers of one hand cut off.His injuries were attended to at tho Hos-pital, after which he returned to his home.

At the inquest on the body of tho boyDcmler, who died at Pahnorston North lastweek from injuries sustained by being eaujrhtby the shaft of a gas engine, the jury addeda ridor to their verdict of accidental death.that, notwithstanding tho certificate issuedby tho Inspector of Machinery, they did notconsider the engine properly protected, inorder to ensure immunity from accident.

Mr David young, driver of the locomo-tive on Brownlee's tramway, Blenheim, vascrushed between some loprs whilst loadingtimber trucks from the loading bank atRai Valley on Thursday Hi« Siijurie* con-sist of fractured libs and internal crushing.

A barmaid named Nellie Morii« v employedat the Occidental Hotel. Ma^-terton. diedvuilde-nly on Saturday night in a fit ofepilepsy. ,

An accident in connection with exravat>ing operations at the rear of Speight'^Brewery, near Maelaorgan street, occurredabout 5 o'clock on Saturday oveninp. when,owing to a fall of earth and rock loosenedby the rain, tho contractor (Mr HenryBrenehley, of Athol place) and Mr JohnWooley, also employed on the work, eachsustained a fracture of the Wt leg, whiloWooley was a good deal cut about thohead

"The sufferers were conveyed to the

Hospital, and are both progressing satis-factorily. .I William O'Brien,a station hand at W airau

Valley, about 15 years of age, was founddead in bin bed on Monday morning. Ho

Iretired the pievious night 111 his usual stateof health. _

Thomas Drvdon, a visitor from Dunedinor Northern Otago, cut his throat in severalplaces with a razor at Invcrcarprill.. The manhad been here for a week, and Ins mannerwas peculiar. Hopes are entertained ofhis lecovery. „..,

We regret to hear that Mr J. T. Wright,of this city, had the misfortune to fall onthe steamer while on his way to Sydneyand splinter his arm. Advices from Auck-

1 land state that the injury is not of a seriouscharacter, and has not preventedMr Urightgetting about as usual.

An accident occurred on board the b.s.

Zealandia ,t the cross -wharf on MondayImorning,a wharf labourer named H. Marksfalling from the stagingon the deck into thohold. Itis not exactly clear how the affairoccurred,, but tho man had a btrap of anempty basket round his ankle, and basketswere"being returned empty to the hold, soit is supposed that Marks trippedon a basket

Iand fell to the bottom of thehold, a distanceof 30ft. He- did not lose consciousness, andwould not go to the hospital. His injuriesapparently were very slight.

A Wellington message states that T.Pvooney, steerage 000k of th© Papanui, andan old servant-of the New Zealand Shipping

kCorjipanjk died on t^ ygjrgge fjg®. EsfeMk

THE CONFESSION OF FAITH.(From Our Own Correspondent.)

CHICAGO, May 17.Although Uie Presbyterian Revision Com-

mittee has kept its conclusions tecret it hasleaked out that the following are the prin-cipal changes to be made in the creed: —(Confession of Faith): A revihion of thechapter containing tho famous doctrines ofpredestination and foieordination. Thesection which reads "by the decree of God,for the manifestation of Hif <?lory. somemen and angels arc predestined unto ever-lasting life, and others foreordained to ever-.lasting death is to be revised hiinply bythe use of a "'declaratory statement" which"will be in effect a footnote of explanation.The footnote will not affect the integrityof the doctrine of forcordination, but willset forth that the mercy of God is extendedto all men: that the Presbyteiian Churchdoes not endorse any fatalistic doctrine.The chapter on

"Infant Damnation

"is to

be revised by the use of a similar declara-tory statement. In the confession the sec-tion reads: "Elect infante, dying in in-fanoy, are regen°rated ar-J savocl by Christthrough the spirit, who -uoikelh when,where, and how he pleabrs

"'Tho declara-

tory statement states that the Church docsmot hold that non-elect infants dying minfancy are damned. The committee hasdeoided to revise the text of but threechapters of the confession. The first ofthese is chapter 16, section 7. which reads:

Works done byunregener^ted man, althoughlor the snattei of them they may be things■which Gcd commands :\nd of good use, bothto themselves and to others, yet, because theyproceed not from a heart purified by faith,mor are done in a right manner, according tothe word,nor to a right end. the glory of God,they are, therefore, sinful aad cannot pleaseGod or be meet to receive grace fiom God.The revisionists recommend that this sectionbe changed to state that while the goodworks of unregenerate men do not make fortheir eternal salvation they are of moral.value, pleasing to God, and place the un-saved man en the road to salvation.(Chapter 25, section 6, reads at present:

—There .s no other head of the. church but the

ILord Jesus Christ. Nor can the Pope of"Rome ba 111 any sense the head thereof:butis that anti-Christ, that rum of sin and sonoiperdition, that exalts hunt-elf 111 the Churchagainst Christ and all thrt is ca'lcd God.This is to bp changed by eliminating lefcr-enco to the Pope. It was incorporated intothe chapter at a time when the Pope wa«making exceptionally vigorous pretensions.and it is now meaningless. Chapter 32.section 3, reads:—

Whosoever takethan oath ought duly to con-cider the weightiness of so solemn an act, andtherein to avouchnothingbut what he 1= fullypersuaded is the truth. Neither may any manbindhimself hi oath to anything but what is

SHOOTING MATCH.The Poriobello Rifle Club held the fourth of

a series of prize competitions at their range,Hooper's Inlet, on Saturday. The conditionswere seven shots and a uighter (optional) at500, 600, and 700 yards. At the 500 yards rangeMr James Garr succeeded in scoring the pos-Bible, and Mr A. Porterfield 34. Appended area few of the scores

—

Mi W. Geaiy, sen., won the range prize inthe first class and Mr W. Geary, juu., in thesecond.

When you ask for TUSSICTHRA, ccc thatyou get it. It is absolutely wfEvlliblcu

HAWKES BAYMr J. E- Bannister, previously appointed

fi<-eond master of the Boy;' High School,having declined to accept the position, theboard have appointed Mr E. W. Andrews,of Wanganui College, to fill the vacancy.

One of the probationer nurses of theNapier Hospital, Mit» Nellie Anderson,daughtei' of Mr Allan Ander.«on, of Wel-lington, died in the hospital on Thursday oftyphoid fever. Nurse Anderson had onlybeen on the staff about four months, anddevelopedsymptoms of fever about a monthago, progressing favourably until last Sun-day, wr><*n a change for the worso tookplace. This was the last ca»e of fever inthe hospital, and the only one which ha«>proved fatal.

WELLINGTONThe general meeting of the North Island

Council of the New Zealand Sheop-breeders'Association was held at Palmerston N. Thereport dealt principally with the compilationof the Flock Book. The balance showedthe credit of the branch to be £310 123 lid.Mr Gco. Wheeler wtts re-elected chair-man.

The Irish National Federation, Welling-ton, have forwarded £50 as a donation tothe funds of the ]nsh parliamentary party.

A decision has been come to to abolish asbank holiday^ saints' days, Whit Monday,and the holiday that has heretofore followedBoxing Day and Easter Monday.

The Chief Justico has granted an injunc-tion at the instance of Mr Thonia= Mitchell,

OTAQO WITNESS,

CASUALTIES. SOUTHLAND NEWS NOTES.(From Our Own Correspondent.)

.June 18, 1902.

good and just, and what he believeth so to be,and what he is able and resolved to perform.Yet it is a sin to refuse an oath touching any-thing that is good and just being imposed bylawful authority.This section is revised by leaving out thesentence beginning "It is a sin to refu=eto take an oath," etc. Two entirely newchapters are to be recommended for addi-tion to the confession. One of them treatson the Holy Spirit and the other is "onthe Gospel."

NEW ZEALAND NEWS ITEMS

ness associates, he assumes a dictatorial-attitude characteristic of the Bonaparte- -maxim, "Be master." He is said to be-a keen judge of character, manipulating- men as he manipulates finance, and gettingout of one and all the maximum of ibrain,energy, and zeal. He knows every phat*of his business in all its practical ramifica-tions. He distributes ths work among hiscollaborators with a nice appreciation ofthe personal capacity and aptitude of eachone. 'Bold ■would be the man who daredto risk a criticism or venture a suggestion,or who failed to performhis allotted mis-sion strictly in accordance with inslruc--tions. Morgan has no use for such men.He will control everything, and take fullresponsibility for the success of each enter-prise. His collaboratora have only todeftly fit in their portion of mosaic, ofwhich the pattern is alone known to Mor-gan himself. Frequently he has conductedbig ''deals" by the aid of his paitnerswhen they have only learned the object"which he "was pursuing after it wa^ at-tained. The resultant pofitP, in -Khiehthey share in due proportion to their capi- jtal and collaboration, suffice to convincethem that his methods can be safely reliedupon. The American people believe inMorgan, because they see the result* of hishandiwork throughout the United States.

.Although ordinary ibuiine.'.f: life has itshumdrum side, yet there

Cariosities in are compensations in theCommerce. occasional enlivenment pre-

sented by he considerationsof the curio&ities of commerce. Of thesea remarkable instance is found in the largetrade which is carried on between Canadaand theUnited State* in frog meat. Thou-sands of po\mdi of succulent bull-frogs'rear limb? are constantly kept in coldsti>r:Lge in the Dominion to keep up thesupply in the markets of theprincipal Ame-ricaii cities. It seems that in the UnitedStutc? tkese frog legs are esteemed a greatdelicacy, and in off seasons command ashigh a*price as 3s pel Ib. The dealers buyin killing time— that i&, spring aijd sum-mer— when the legs ai%e worth about Isper !b. and thus the trade is an exceedinglyprolilable ono. The leg.s of a large bull-frog average ilb, but sometimes run upto nearly 2^. Another cmiosity— afeoAmerican— occurred in connection with therecently-reported attempt to corner the eggmar'ret in the States, as the outcome'ofthe notorious Beef Trust tran«icti'£y«. Themagnitude of the tr;»de in. eggs in the Statesmay be gathered from the fact that a'train made up of 12 refrigerator cars, con-taining about 2,000.000 eggs, was recentlyloaded by one firm in the vicinity of New-ton, Itansas, and shipped to San Fran-cisco. It was the first instance of a train■with a cargo consisting exclusively of eggspassing into the State of California. The12 cars comprising Ihe train in wliich thisfragile cargo was transpoited weie con-structed in a manner best calculated topreserve the delicate freight without break-

■ ing. They were built upon a plan which■ tsnabled the shippers to pack great num-

bers of crale«, f=o that ;il! available spacein the cars was utilised. After much' trouble, there was devised uhat is probably

the eas-iest-going storage tar in America.These cars were especially constructed tocarry such a load, and "are.divided intocompartments, so that the proper amountof air is distributed evenly to each crate.The cars are fitted with p-issenger springs,and are designed to «vJe with as littlejar as a Pullman sleeper.

AUCKLANDJohn Arthur GoocUiff, wl>o attempted

suicide at the Salvation Army Barracks,Epsom, and was pronounce':! to be sane,pleaded that he was tired of hi? life. Themagistrate (Mr Brabant) said: 'Your lifemay not bs very valuable to yourself, butas a magistrate Iani bound to take care ofit as far ssIcan. Isend you to gaol forthree months."

At the Police Court J. G. Wynyard. ofthe Auckland Drug Company, admitted ship-pingon the steamer Ksuiim nitric acid notdistinctly marked and without a writtennotice. He pleaded that the offenc-e wascommitted through the ueg'igenee of ajunior employee. Tbe defendant made goodthe damage clone to the cargo caused by thefire. Th© Collector of Customs, being1 satis-fied that there was no undue carelessness,and that the clerk had acted in ignorance,0 nominal fine of 20s, and corts, was im-po-ed. The maximum penally is £100.

In accordance with a decision arrivedat by the representatives of rham» vsbodies, telegrams were despatched to theGovernment urging the necessity of open-ing up the Piako land--, comprising 200,000acrea. for settlement. The Governmentalready have details as to the cost of drain-age. The Government are also to be askedto push on the Waihi-Paeroa railway line. 111accordance with a promise made by SirJ. G. Ward when on a visit to the gold-fields.

Austrian gumdiggers are arriving at Auck-land in dozens every week from the farnorth, the greater number being from thegumfields round about Parengarenga. Lastsummer there were about 300 men on thesefields, and to-day the number remaining isestimated at about 90. It is stated that theAustrians are leaving this district becausegumdigging is not sufficiently remunerative,more especially in the winter season, whenprovisions become very dear owing to thebad state of the roads.

An open-air meeting, convened by theTrades and Labour Council, resolved

— "" Thismass meeting of Auckland citizens viewwith serious conoern an association in thesouth known as the Southern Mlling Trust,and urgently request the Government tointroduce during next session a bill makingillegal all rings, trusts, and combines. Fail-ing legislation against combines, the meet-ing urge the Government to take the neces-sary steps to take-over the manufacture anddistribution of flour and other food sup-plies."At Russell, Takarihi Kaupeka wa=charged,

before Mr Bloomfield, S.M., with attempt-ing, on January 28, to murder AgnesTanui,a Native woman, with whom he had beenliving, by firing at her with a revolver. Hepleaded not guilty, but was committed fortrial. It came out in evidence that Kau-peka had not been near Whangururu sincehe left there. He walked through to Auck-land, arriving there on February 2, visitedWuikato, Rotorua, Wellington, Napier,Chri?tchurch, and other places. Ho thendecided to go back.

The Primate (Bishop Cowip) beinfc theonly candidate for the position on theAuck-land University Council to represent theAuckland members of Parliament, was dulyelected.

The Auckland Art Gallery is to be en-riched by the addition of a picture pre-sented by Mr George Fowldfc, M.H.R. MrFowkls some time ago publicly announcedthat he would not accept for his own usethe increase made last session in the hono-rarium of M.H.R.'.■=, but would devote themoney to 6ome public object, and he istherefore giving the picture. The paintingis by Mr More Jones., who is a member ofthe Council of the Sydney Art Society Ierepresents the departure from the Waite-mata of a troopship beating the NorthIslrad Battalion of the Ninth Contingentfor South Africa.

Tho captain and officers of the twoJapanese warships in port on Fiiday enter-tained a Jargp number of ritizens en board.In bis speech Captain Iwasaki expressedthanks for the kind treatment and goodfeeling extended to the Japanese, and added:"We are very proud of the treaty justentered into. We highly esteem you as ourallies, and we should be so plea'-e-d if youfind that Japandeserves your alliaeu-e. NewZealand had many t-ources of inherentwealth. Japan should hope that a liberalexchange of commodities between the twocountries should take place." Mr Fowkls,M.H.R., on behalf of the people of NewZealand, heartily reciprocated ihe friendlysentiments expressed by Captain lwa<-aki.

TARANAKI

of Wanganui, restraining the Xpw ZealandLoan andMercantile Agency Company andothers from proceeding with the sale of theAramoho freezing works and other proper-ties of Mr Mitchell, advertised to take placeat Wanganui on Saturday by order of themortgagee. Leave was reserved to me.cto dissolve the injunction on giving24 hours'notice. Mr Ivlitchell has also issued a writagainst the company claiming £10.000damages.

A Native meeting held at Pareroa, nearPatea, last week, decided tc arrange forpresenting a testimonial to the Hon. MrCarroll as from the whole of the Natives ofthe colony. The testimonial will take theform of a_ purse of sovereigns

At the inquest at Wanganui into the cir-cumstancesconnected with the deathof Geo.Towe, who died at the Criterion Hotel onThursday morning last, a verdict of "Deathfrom heart failure, caused by chronic alco-holism

"was lettuned. The evidence showed

that deceased lived at tho Criterion Hotel,where he kept the books for the licensee.He received no salary, but was given ahome and allowed to have whatever liquorhe wished. The licensee said that Towewas a sober man and would not drink toexcess. The coroner, summing up. saidthe man had been drinking himself to death.If thp licensee did not know it he must bevery ignorant :if he did know jt, he wasdeserviug of gra\e censure.

WEST COASTAt the Westport S.M. Court on Tinnsday

J. Occann was convicted of fraudulently ob-taining a pension by s-tating that he hadonly £32 in the Bank of New South Wales,whereas he had £400 on ft.xccl deposit. Hewa3 ordered to refund tho li^talmeutr- >fpension already received, amounting to £54.and. in'addition, to pay a fine of £15 andcosts.

Negotiations for the resumption of Died-rieh«'s estate of 5000 acres at Kokotahihave so fnr advanced that the Land Pur-chase Board Iravc now recommended theresumption of 1700 acres, the balance of3300 axres being left to Diodrichs* andfamily The case was to have come beforethe court on the 20th, and extensive pre-parations were being made by the Crownand Mr D^edrichs for the conduct of theirrespective sides. A number of expert landvaluers who have been inspecting the coun-try were recalled yesterday, and it is nowexpected that the matter will bo adjusted onthe recommendation of the commissioners

A Spanish seaman who left the barqueCharles G. Rice at this port was deemeda prohibited immigrant, and ordered to beplaced aboard the vessel, which h now atAuckland.

CANTERBURYMr W. W Collins addressed n mooting of

his coiihtituents at the "Theatre Royal on the4th. He said the increase in expendi-ture from £5,479,703 for the year endingMarch, 1901. to £5,895,914 for the past yearshould receive close and careful attention.lie received a vote of thanks and con-fidence.

At the Charitable Aid Board meeting amember moved that the last clause of section'16 of

"The Registration of Births andDeaths Act, 1875," be repealed. He alsomoved that new clauses be inserted to theeffect that when the mother of an illegiti-mate child registers the child she shall stateon the application tho true name and ad-dress of the father. If the father does notwithin 28 days give notice that he objects,the registrar shall outer the name in theregister. If the father objects he mustappear before the court, and if the magis-trate finds that the father of the child isthe person stated by the mother, the magis-

trate shall make an order, and the registrarshall enter the name of the alleged fatherin the register. The magistrate shall havepower to order the father to pay all costsincidental to the proceedings, not exceeding£10. It was resolved by the board thatcopies of the motion should he sent toeach member before next meeting.

The inquest on James Joseph Kenny,who died of injuries received at BurnhamSchool, showed that Kenny and Malcolmwere fast friends, and that the stabbingwas purely accidental, no blame being at-tachable to the boy Malcolm.

Thomas O'Connor was committed for trialcharged with breaking and entering theEoyal Geonre Hotel on May 30 and «teal-ing £28 worth of jewellery. George M'Kay.who pleaded guilty to the same offence, wasremanded for sentence. Matthew Barnettwas fined £5 for betting at totahsator odds.The magistrate refused to inerea«e the fineto £5 1« to allow of an appeal being made.A second fimilar charge against the sameaccused was dismissed.

Owing? to the SouthAfrican markets; beingglutted with poultry, buyers for export haveceased to operate for the presf.it. Pricesfor fowls woakened perceptibly at Saturday'smarkets. A large quantity of dressed poultryaie offering here now from Auckland at2s 6d per pair.

Lieutenant-colonel "Webb, officer com-manding the district, handed to LieutenantH. H. Browne, of the district staff, a hand-some silver cigar case, forwarded from Syd-ney by Car-tain Cosgrove, of the SouthInland Battalion or the Tenth Contingent, onbehalf of the officers of the battalion. Thegift bears a suitable inscription, and theletter accompanying it statep that it is in-tended as a flight token of th© esteem inwhich the officers of the battalion heldLieutenant Browne.

IKVERCARGILL,June 16.The weather since last Iwrote has been -ex*

ccedingly pleasant— heavy frosts at night andkeen, bracing sunshine during the da}'.

There was nothing doing in the oat maikefcoa Saturday; indeed, there were very fewfarmers in town, most of them havingcome infor the show earlier inthe week The few salesthat were effected w:reat the oldprice of 2s 5don trucks at wayside stations, sacks actra.The Ilford 15 now completing hei loading atBluff, and expects to get away on Wednesday,or Thursday.

The market foi store sheep during -the lasfcvxek has been very quiet, those only buyingor selling who had to do so. Pecple are be-ginning to think there is going tobs a scarcityof feed, as the turnip crop is unlikely to lastout, there being in many cases more shawthan bulb, and the whole crop haa sufferedconsiderably from the recent bad weather.Store cattle of all descriptions are sellingfairly well, but if "there is going to be a short-age -of feed it is bound to affect them too.Kat cattle and shaep are selling well, nnd it1= probable that fat cattle will keep high 111.1-Mi.e until the summer grass is on."Iucder-ht i-.d tlic.e in great mortality among hoggeta■'gun tii:-> hcahou, the reason lor v.hich :b-nofcu~ ail certain— one explanation given being'that they pick up dirt with then feed, thebicaks being too large and the turnips being1considerably trampledunderfoot. Perhaps theGovernment vets, could m?kc a definite pro-nouncement on this matter.

Speaking at the opening of the TVintonshow, the Acting-Premier said: "If a littleletter spirit i.nd a little more common sens©v tie infused info public alTiurs on the others-vle they would lemovc that tariff which had<(ott<^ so much to make their people pay highprices, and affoid New Zealand the opportunityof supplying them with the .produce theyi.ceded at modcrite prices. Southland wouldL2glad of the opportunity tc dispose of thapioduce which was grown so abundantlyhere.There were few people 40 years ago who, evertwith a knowledge of the fertility if. the soil,;m'ed by climatic conditions, dreamt that indo <=hort a tint" we should be sturounded byoerythh.g one could desire, even to the extentof luxuries, produced on our soil not onlyabundantly, but in a way that would comparewith any part of the world. It was not gene-rally thought that oui climate was favourablefor fruit-growing, but a glance at the tableashowed that wehadnothing to fear in the eventof rot getting a full supply from other coun-tries. The root crops and general producewere also par excellence, and no better couldbe seen any.vhere. Southland alone could p:o-dr-ce enough to feed end clothe the wholepopu-laiion of New Zealand,~and they could pictureto themselves what the yield would be whenthe co'.ony was more closely settled. '

Mr Ilopcraft, judge of the hams and baconat the show, <.aid that he had never judged- abetter lot, and only one ham could inany wayhave earned coi.denination. All the othersdeserved prizes.It is worthy of note that nearly all the prizes

for wheat wo.iat the Winter show went to theCentre Bush district, Mr Mortimer Hishon'sbags of "velvet" being particularly fine.

The show was most successful throughout,especially m fruit and cheese;and the farmer'stable by Mrs Lindsay, of Balcarres, and thoexhibit of preserved fruits shown by MissThomson, of Winton, probably could not havebeen beaten in New Zealand. Ihave beenasked to draw attention to the fact that'thepuze-takers for sc\vt ol fnctory-made full-cream,rl.eese were Edendale 1, Wyndhani 2, and notWjrdham 1, Gore '2, as previously reported.

On Tuesday last Mr J. A. Hanan, M.H.E.,diow the attention of the Acting-Premier tothe desirability of havingthe houses of mem-bers of the- Fire Brigades connected with thocentral station by telephone, and sa.d that heunderstood this has been done 111 Dunedin.Sir Joseph said he was not aware that such,was the case, but would inquire into the matteron rcacbicg "Wellington.

Mr G.J. Fulton, the Guvemrnent flax-grader,paid a. visit a few days ago to the Bluff to>examine a quantity (about350 bales) of flax mstore there ready for shipment. Some timeago Mr Fulton issued a lcaflst of instructionsto flaxmillers, which v. as pretty well circulatedthroughout the country' and reproduced in thelocal papers, but it does not appear to havehad the desired effect, as several of bis instruc-tions appear to have been quite disregarded.Mr Fulton lays special stiess on the importanceof keeping varying qualities of f.bre separate,ps bales which are on the whole gcod are sureto be graded low 11 any portion is found tc bepcor. Mr Fulton considers that the exportfrom the Bluff is now sufficient to justify thestPtiomng of a giader the.-c. He wishes tovery ttrongly impress on miliers the necessityfoirtaking evpry precaution to have only goodflax scut forwaid, and to see that it is keptclean and carefully handled.

The Invercargill DairyFactory have justre-ceived a letter from Messrs Wed-del andof London, in which they say, inter alia. "Weare pleased to note that you are improving*our plant and making other arrangc-mer.ts,but we doubt whether yen will considerablyimprove the quality of your butter, for wethink tint impossible."

While the Acting-Premier wa' at Wintonla«t week, Captain White, of the Winton Rifles,

asked him whether volunteers wishing to travelto the leading centres for Coronation daywould be ijriuitecl fiee railway pacse°. SirJoseph i.roinis'tl tc look into the matter whenhe icturned tr Wellington.

Th.- jucpaiationd ait- being lapidly pufehedforw?id m the different departments of thefoitbcomnif? Coronation celebrations. An offerfrom Messrs Stokes ar.d Bickcrton, of Christ-chiirch, to supp'W fireworks for £60 and sen<lan expeit in charge of them was accepted athist meetiuq. It has been arranged to presentmedals due to returned troopers in this district<.v Coronation Day. Re the children's demon-stration, a, suggestion was submitted to allotprizes for the best representations of a mimiccoronation car, with king and queen and sol-diers and sailors. The Secretary reported thattbo school children wers taking up the projectv.ith great enthusiasm. It was decided to givethree prizes, of £3, £2, and JEI, towards this:money to go to the successful scholars' schoolcommittee. It was also decided to buy 2000medals, at 3s 3d per dozen, for presentationto the children. All the town choira aTe totake part in the celebration at the Rotunda,and ths Garrison Band is to lead the singingof the children.

There is some talk here a4present of forminga military band, there beinga feeling that the.Battalion Band is likely to have too much o£ita own way.

Among amusing gossip going the rounds itis generally asserted that during his recentvisit Sir Joseph Ward bought the SouthlandDaily News— for a penny. The little yarn haga somewhat chestnutty flavom.

Some excitement was caused at the BlufEby the arrest of two young men namedDavid Swanson and Frederick Dennett'by Detective M'llveney and Sergeant M'Gxath.They are charged with beinsr concerned in theRangiora Hotel robbery. The particulars arethat tbe Red Lion Hotel was burglariously en-tered, and the cash box, containing jver J650and a diamond ring valued at £V 2, was,stolenfrom the bar. Three w«n who engaged beds attho hg&l thtjaeyjeujxtfgjltf., but Tfkq had dis-

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1899.October 11-— Time fixed by the Boers for

cpmpliance with their "ultimatum ex-piied at 5 p.m.

October 14.— Boers march on lvnnl>erley ana. Mafeking.October 15.— Kimberley i-olatcd.October 20.

—Boer position on Talana Hill

■ captured by the British under Symor.=.October 21.— White moves out force under- French to eject Boers .from Kland'-s

Laagte. Boers routed.October 22.— Yule retires from Dundee <>n- Ladyamith. via Beith.October 23.— Death of General Symons at- Dundee.October 30.— General sortie from Ladysmith.

" Naval guns silence Boer siege artillery.Surrender of part of two battalion* and a

mountain battery at Nichokon'b Xck.October 31.— General Sir Redvers Buller

lands at Capetown.November 1.

— Boers invade Cape Colony.November 2.

—Ladysmith isolated.

November 9.— General attack on Lady=initlirepulsed with heavy locs to Boers.

November 15.— Armoured train wrecked byBoers near Chievelr-y. Over 100 Biitis'itroops captured.

November 19.— Lord Methu^n's column forthe relief of Kimberley cor.c-entra.tcd atOrange River.

November 23.— Melliuen a'tacks Boeis atBulmont with Guards Biigade ;md 9thBrigade. Boer> diivcn from thoir posi-tion.

November 25.— Mcthuen atticks Boi-r* inposition at ]'Ip.»lin and dislodge-, llieni.

General Sir Redvers Buller amvs inNatal.

Novemlwr 23.— Methiien ci sea"*, 11.000Boers at Modder River. Battle lastingall day. Boers evaluate potion.

November 30. —Sixth Division for SouthAfrica notified.

December 1.— -Australian and Canadian con-tingents leave Capetown for the front.

December 10.— Gatacre attempts night at-tack on Stormberg. but is surprised anddriven back with heavy los.«.

December 11.— Mc-thuen attacks Boer po-i-iion at Mugeiffontoin. a<ul v repukr-dwith heavy loss. General Wauchopekilled.

December 15.— Buller advances from Chi"ve-ley against Boer positions near Colen=o.British force repulsed on Tugela, with1100 casualties and loss of 12 guns.

Mobilisation of Seventh Division ordered.December 18.— Lord Roberts appointed

Commander-in-Chief m South Africa,with Lord Kitchener as Chief of Staff.

December 19.— Regulations lnsued for em-ployment of Yeomanry and Yohmteenin Soutli Afi-'ca.

December ?.O.— Foiination of City of Lon-don Volunteer Corps for South Africaannounced.

1900.January 6.— Suffolk Regiment lo=es heavily

near Rciisbt'ig, over 100 pn-oneis taken.Boer attack on Ladysimth repulsed.

January 10.— Lord Robert- and Loid Kitchener arrive at Capetoivm.

Forward movement for lehef of Litty-niitUresumed.

January 11 - -Dundonald <-<>i/.is pout nnTugela at PotgeitcrV Duft.

January 18 — Bullet makes second attemptto relieve Lady-mith. Duudonald, hav-ing crohsed Tugela. (".-.gages Boeii nearActon Honi"-.

Crossing of Tugela by Warren and Lyt-telton concluded.

January 21.— Warren attack; Boer-" rightflank.

January 23-24.— Spion Kop lapturcd andheld during 24th, but evacuated on thenight of January 24-25. General Wood-gate fatally wounded.

January 26-27.— Buller's force rccro =es theTugela.

February 3.— Maedonald, with HighlandBrigade, marches out from MoclderRiver.

February s.— Buller's third attempt to re-lieve Ladysmith commenced. Lytle'.toncrosses Tugda, and delivers attack onVr.al Kraiitz, which he captures andoccupie=.3febnj*tf 7.— ;Yft«l Sr&Bts §yacuated wvd

British force withdrawn across theTugela.

February 9.-Lord Pvoberts amves atModder River.

February 11.— Frtneh. having heen sum-moiied from Southern Frontier, leave*Moclder River with Cavalry Division andHoive Artillery.

February 13.— Lord Roberts at Dckiel'*Drift

February 15.— Lord Roberts at Jacobsdal.Relief of Kimberley.

February 17.— Rearguard action betvve?nKelly-Kenny and Cronje en route toBloemfontein.

Fourth attempt to relieve Lady«mith.Buller pre«es advance on Monte Cutto

Hill.February 19.— Bullcr takes Hlangwane

Hill.February 20.— Boer? under CVonje, having

laagered near Paardeberg, are bom-barded by Lord Roberts.

February 21.— Fifth Division cro=<=cs Tugela.February 23.— Bulle:- unsuccessfully attacks

Railway Hill.February 26.— Buller makes fresh paâge of

Tugela.February 27.— Cronje «.i!rreiuW» at Pa;ude-

berg.PieTer's Hill, the main Bopi- position be-

tween Ladysmith and the Tugela. car-ried by Hildyard.

Februaiy ?8.— Relief of Lady-smithCiemerit-. occupies Colesberjr.

March 5.— CJataere occupies Stormberg.Bi-abaut agaiu defeats and mu\=uos Boer=.Overtures of foace made by Beer Presi-

dent?.March 6.-— Field Force arrives at Carnarvon

to cjuell risimr in north-vvc111.1 11.,1.

March 7.-— Lord Roberts lout'! a largo forceof Boeii. at Poplar Grove.

March 10.— Lord Roberts defeat* Boers atDriefontein.

M.n-ch 11.— Overtures of peace rejected byLord Salisbury.

March 13.— Lord Roberts, without furthertightiiiir, takes poshes? ion of Bloemfon-tein. Boew letire on Krooust.u!

March 27.— Death of General .Toubcrt.March 31.— Broadwood attacked at Water-

works. During retirement R.H.A. aiidconvoy entrapped at Koorn Spiuit. Sixguns loHt, 350 casualties.

Ai.ril 3.— Detachment of Royal Irish Riflesand Mounted Infantry r-mrounded near"Reddcsburg

April 7.— Colonel Dalgety isolated nearWppcner.

April 15.— Chermt-ide leaves R«"ddrr-«burg torelieve AVepener.

April 25.— Dalgely iclioved. Boers retreatnorthward*, under Botha.

May 10.— Zand River cio-sud. Boers rapidlyretreating before Lord Roberta's ad-vance.

May 12.— Lord Roberts enters Kioonstadwithout opposition. President Steynhaving retired to Heilbron, which heproclaims his new capital.

Attack on Mafoking repulsed. 103 BeerpritoOii€rd. including CommardantEloff, taken.

May 13.— Mahon. with Mafeking ReliefColumn, repulses attack on Koodoos-rand.

May 15.— Bullt occupies Dundee and Glen-coe, having driven the Boers fiom theBiggarsberg.

Plumer, vcinforcavl by Canadians pndQuecii-landers from Oarringron's Di i-vion, join-, hands with Mahon.

May 17-18.-Relief of Mafekiug.May 24.— Advance portion of Lord Roberts',?

force (Tossrs the V.ial near P.ir_y.May 28.— Annexation of Orange; Free State

under npme of Orange River Colonyformally proclaimed at Blomfontein.

May 30.— Flight of President Krugei fromPreloiia.

May 51 -British flag hoisted at .lohannes-burg.

Surrender nf 500 Yccnanrr at Lindlcy"Tuise- 2-4. —Futile negotiations between

Buller and Christian Botha for armi'tice.Juno 5.- Occupation of Pretoria,"funo 8.- Hildyard takes Botha's Pas?. Sur-

lender of 4th Derby&hires at Rood"\al."Tune 11.— Stubborn fight at Alleinaiis Nek.Heavy Boer losse=.

Juno 12.— Boer* evacuate Lains's Xek.Robert-, defeat-, Botha at Diamond Hill,

east of Pretoria.June 14.— Boer attack on Sand River re-

puleed.July 4.— Rol;crt3 and Buller join liaud- at

Vlakfontein. Railway to Xat-il clear.July 11.— Surrender of Scots Givys and

Lincolns at I'itval Xek.July 21.— Advances eastwards towards Ko-

niati Poort begin-.July ZQ.— Surrender of Prii'sloo and 3000

liofrs to Huiiter ill Brandviater basin.August 16.— island's River garrison lelieved.August 25. — K.\ecution of ('ordua fur con-

spiracy to kiduan Lord Robert?.«iusv-t 26 27. -FijTl.tuig at Dnlui.i.mtlw.Alight30.-- liritiih occupy Xooitgetl.iciit and

li'lww- 2000 pri-oner?.S«])'inhiM' 6 -Huller occupier! Lydenburg..Septciiilc'/ 11

—Kruger, flying fiom theTransvaal, take-* refuge at Lorenzo Mar-

ques.Septemler I.7. -Proclamation i--ued by

Rol cits cil'inj; on hurgliers to sur-rendi.-r. Fivnr-h occupies Barberton.

■September 25. -Hritish force occupies Koliidii Pourr. Mânv* Boor* cross Portu-guese frontier and suirend-r to Portugnecf.

October 9.- Dc Wet driven acro-s the Vaalout of Orange River Colony

October 19.- Krutrer sail= fr<jm LorenzoMarques for Marseilles on Dutrii mancf-war.

October 21.— Buller =a.U from Capetown foihnglaii'l.

October 25. —Formal annexation of SouthAfiican Republic, to be stj'led TmnsvaalColony.

Xovninbor 6.— Dp Wet defeated at Botha-viUe.

N«.vcmber 22.— Kinder lands at Marseilles.November 27.— Garrison at Dewetsdrop cap

tured by De Wet.Xovemher 29.

— Lcicl Kitchener takes oversupreme cr>inmand.

December s.— De Wet's first attempt tocuter Cape Colony frustrated by Kno\.

Dot ember 11.— Roberts tail-, from Capetownfoi EngLind.

December 13. Clements defeated withhtavy loss by De hi Rey at Nooitpe-dpcht.

to Brabant's H<>r-e at Z.istron.December 14. De Wet and Stoyii i-tape

through Spriukhaans Pa-.s.December 16 20— Boer raid into Cape

ColonyDoLcmbcr 20.— Maitial law pioilaimed over

liorthcin di-tncts of Cape Colon}-.Deicm!>>ji 22 —War Office announcedespatch

of leuifortemeiiti to South Afiua.Dcccmbt-r 23.— De Wit fai!« in attr-jipt to

break liack ni'o C\tpi> Colony. Caporaid'.-r» di'neu uonhwarcis

OTAGO WITNESS.June 18, l9U2f.I't-hruiuy 6.— Tvitchener's first great drive

commenced.Tebruaiy 11.— Captuie of Commandant Pot-

gieter.I'tbruarj 23.

— Conclusion of a great drive.The .Seventh New Zeakmders were at-tacked at Bothasberg, but they gallantlyrepelled an onslaught by 800Bo rs,losing24- killed and many wounded. Boersto the number of b9 were killed, and903 were made prisoners or surrendered

March 8.— Lord Mcthuen and a number ofMaior I'arris's column captured by Dela R<=-y.

March 22 (about).— Conclusion of drive, re-sulting in dispersing De la Rry's forceand capture of 158 prisoners.

April 12.— Colonel Colenbrander defeatsBeyers at Molcpapoort.

May 5.— Conclusion of General Baker'sdrivein Orange River Colony, 208 Boersbeing taken.

May 12.— Conclusion of General lan Hamil-

ton's drive in the Western Transvaal.May 23.— Announcement made in London

"that the chief points of tho peace pro-posals had been satisfactorily brttied atPretoria

May 31.— Peace terms signed byBoers.

appeared in themorning, their beds not havingbeen occupied, were suspected of having com-anitted the Tobbery.

Scarcely a week passes ButIhave to re-cord the departure of some Invercarguhtenorthward. The latest to go is Mr Turner, oithe Stock Department, who has just beentransferred to Canterbury, rfter serving aschief stock inspector here foi 11 years. Mrburner has proved himself a mo=t capable anclindefatigable officer here, andhis promotion toa. larger district shows that the AgriculturalDepartment fully appreciates the manner mwhich he has carried out his arduoustiuties. The duties of a stock m-epector bring him into contact with everyclass of farmer, breeder, and owner and mcarrying out the important work devolvingupon him, Mr Turner has always acted im-partially and judiciously.

The next departure from bore will ba that of■\£r Faris, assistant railway tiaffic manager-who has been promoted to the position, ofeudit inspector for working railways at- \\el-3ington, and leaves to assume the uuties oi

Siis new position next week."We have also the usual presentation". Air

Thomas Mouteath, who has hecn head masterof the Edendale School for the last 23 years,■was onFriday last presented with a gcid foun-tain pen and pocket book by the boys of hisschool. Auothei presentation was that to MissHardie, on leaving the North InveTcargillBchool to take up a position in the school at~\£akarewa. The presentation in tins casetook the form of a valuable gold wig and t-.vovolumes of poetry.

"While -the Acting-Premier was here lasuweek a deputation from the Chamber of Com-aneroe waitedupon him to urge the preserva-tion of th« natural attractions of StewartIsland and to reserve aportion a3 a sanctuaiysor nativebirds. Sir Joseph agreed that por-tions of the island should be set aside lor

-tourist purposes chiefly, and reserves saouidbo niad« so that some parts would not b3destroyed. Of course there was a great dealof.opening up and settling to be done therevet "but the attractiveness of the island as awhole should be preserved. The islets shouidIjs reseived for ever. The right way would be■to havea special report made as to what por-tions could best be reserved, and he wouldsee that something was done to have differentplaces reserved. T

While on this subject,Im?y <*ay tuat^1had a conversation ths othei clay <wi(h tneStewart Island ranger, who told me thatpigeons and kakas are very plentiful this yearand also that opossums have thriven amaz-ingly and spread right throughout the bush.The deer, pheasants, and partridges on thesanctuary at the mouth of the FreshwaterKiver are also doing well, and the river itselfis well stocked with trout, a fine 8-pounderhavingbeen taken during tha past season.

DIARY OF THE WAR.

Decombo'- 29.^-Snrrcnder of Li^crjioo^ ar■ Hehetia.

1901..Tan'uary 1.— Colonial Defence Foice called

out m Cape Colony.January o.

—Defeat of b'ljyguard near Lind-

ley by liotha.January 7.— Dctern-.ir.rd Bi«or nttaok on Bel-

fast and other stiitioiis on railwaj" toLorenzo Marque*;.

Janvary 18.— De 1p Rcj'« force defeatednear Ventorobunr.

January 28.— French enter? Krmclo. .Smith

Dorißii repola determined attack byBotlia. Swee]iint> mo\ement commencesin S<)iith-pa<tem Tr.in^vaal. finally rc-ult-mg in capture of eight guns, 734-pri<-oners. and large quantities of ammu-nition. transi>ort, cattle, etc.

|Fr-bruary 7.— War Offico announce despatchj of additional 30.000 mounted troops.February 10.— Do "Wet slips through into

Cap? Colon}'..February 13.— Botha writes to Kitchener pro-'posing an intcn iei\.

February 28.— After a desperate chase Do! AWt rccros=;es Orange River, having lostall guns, ammunition, tran^poit, andmany prisoners-.

Kitrhener meet- Botha in response to tiieBoor Commandant'-j desire to conferwith him with a view to peace nego-tiations.

March 3.— Unsuccessful attack by De la Reyon Lichtenburg

March 16.—Botha brt>ak- off negotiation.March 22-25.— Babington routsDe la Rey at

Vontersdorp. and captures throe jjunaand six Maxims.

April 8.- Plumer occupies Pieter?')urg..Vpri! 10.

— Ci\il j\iri»diction resumed inj Trant-vaal.April 14 Rawliiifon captures laagor and

two guns at Kleiksuorp.April 20.— Winter operations in the- bn-h

veldt begin. During following twoweeks many small captures are a'mcldaily reported.

May G.— Miiner loaves Capetown for Kng-1 "land.

Miuiu-ipal go\ernu.ein -tailed in Jol-ar::o--burg.

May 24-.— Mihier r=.rpi-ied by the Kii.g andraised to tlie peerage.

May 29.— De la Rty defeated by Di\ou atVlakfontein.

June 2.— Kruitzinger captures Jamestown,Cape Colony.

June 6 — Elliot engage* lie Wet rifar Reil/,and capturcts liis coiuoy.

Juno 12— Disaster to Vntorians near Wii-

manFru3t.June 26.— Boer attai-k on blockhouses along

Delagoa railway.July 4.— Tiain -urtcked by Boers near

Xaboomspruit.July 5.— In reply to Botha's inquiiies about

ending war, Krugpr telegraphs to Botha(o continue fighting.

July 13.— Broadwood surprises Reitz, andcapture's Steyn's correspondence-. Nar-row 0.-cape of Steyn.

July 14.— French drive 3 Stheeppr-'ri com-mando with hea\y loss out cf CamdobooM.ountains.

July 20.— Death of Mr« Krugcr.July 30.

— W. Kitchener raptures ore gun.32 prisoners, from B. Viljoen, nearMiddelburg.

Avgtxst 1.— Kitchener reports shooting ofnative prisoners by Boers.

August 6.— Proclamation by Iôid Kitchenerof permanent banishment from SouthAfiica of all Boor leaders taken m tirni«after September 15.

August B.— Commandant dc Villiers and twofield-cornots surrender at Warmhatiis

August 13.— Kitchener reports the largest

return of Boer los=es ye-t made in aweak. More than 800 prisonc-is, 700waggons, and 33,000 cattle.

August 13.— Kruitzinger's commandos routednear Stcyusburg by Colonel Go;ringe.

August 17.— Boer laager near Middelsburgcaptured by S.A. Constabulary withheavy locv

August 19.— -Duke of Cornwall lands atCapetown.

August 21.— Kitchenpr's despatch publishedcommenting on inefficiency oi ceitainrpinforop-mpnts.

August 25.— Kitchener announce' receipt ofletters fiom Steyn, Do Wet, and Bothadedaiing their intention to continuefighting.

August 27.— Loul Miiner returns to SouthAfiica.

August 31.— Train wrecked by Boers nearWaterval.

September 5.— Lotter's commando rapturedby Colonel Scobeli; Commandants Lotter and Breedt prisoners.

Seftember 10.— -Colonel Ciabbe- routsScht_epeiu"s commando at Jjamg^burg:

Van der Merwo killed.September 17 — Bnh»h forep under Maj'-r

Gough surprised near UtrochtS.nut'; commando mrprisos 17tli Laiicnr 1

at Elands Ri\er I'ooitSeptp-.iiber 20.— Xiuitzingcr f'-i- to foic

a crossing of tho Or.ii,, j^ner. afterinflicting hea\y 10-, on Lovat"- Scout

-Sc)}rr!ril<er 26- Botha\ attack on For!-;

Italia and Prospect, on tho Zu'u border,repulsed with so\ere los->.

September 29. —Proclamation i=sue'l at Pre-toria, pro\idmg for nale of the properti' sol Bocis -till in thefield, in a< coidaiuewith previous j.roilauiatioii.

Septmilicr 30.- Dv Li Rej'-i attack- uponKek^w all's ca:n» at 1eatenoff with hea\y 10-.» on botli m<!o=.

October &.— Botha break-, l>aek to the noi tliancl cv<A**im Pivaan Ri\er.

October 8.-- ilartial law extended thiouyhout Cape Colony.

Ottciber 15. --Colonel Benson's column attackod near Bethel in a \ lolent hail-storm. Colonels Benson and Gumnesqand other officers killed and guii1

-of the

column caned off.Xo\ember 15.— De Wot began to coikv-u

hate hi- forces noitli-east of the OraiijjeItiver Colony.

Dpccuiljpi 3.— Ptace bugge^tioin liuie ojit.-miTtall}' diocus-ed.

December 6.— Miss Hobhou-e airented nndcJeooitnl.

December 16 — Boer commandants, in eon-ferr-nte, discuss surrender.

December 17.— Commandant Badenhorstcaptured. llea\y mortality ie])Oitedfrom concentiation cainp-.

Deci'inber 13.- Cominandai't Kruitzinger {

captured. jDecembci 25.— De Wet and his foreo attack

and captuie Major William-.' ■> camp offour coinjiaiiics of Yeom iiry at Twee-fontein by climbing a steep kevj

"The

]jicki-t= were overpowered and 'many oftne Yeomanry ahot down.

1902.Jai vary 25 - -l'ugagcment at Leeriii=i>iiui ;

New Ze<tlandcr» disfjUy coa^picuousbravery. _ -

J,n.uaii 28—

Capture of Comman-Jai.t Vil-

A gTant of 200 Bibles was also inede to thaDuliedin City Mission, through Mr Duncaa"Wright, foruse inhis Bible classes in the Stataschools, and to aid and encourage him in hisgood work. The cost was £3 6s Bd. TwentyBibles and Testaments have been given tovarious Christian workers for use among thedestitute and sick, at a cost of JEI Is 3d.

The manager of the New Zealand Bible,Tract, and Book Society in Dunedin reportsthat 5766 copies of the Word of God have beensold during tho past year

—a slight increase on.

the previous year. These include ScripturalPortions, penny Testaments, and foreign.Bibles and Testaments. The foreign Scrip-

■ tures are purchased for use among the sailors,ibut the French, German, and LatinaTe mostly1 purchased by the students of the "University:iwho are studying these languages. Quite a|number of small Bibles and Testaments havej been purchased for presentation to departingItroopers and their officers when they left for

South Africa. The board would gladly notothe good work done by Mr A. R. Falconer ana.his friends in this matter. The manager ofthe Depot also informs us that marked Testa-ments are still in demand for Gospel work,and for dealing with the young. This book hasbeen eagerly used by the army Scripture-readers and chaplains m the South African.

jcampaign.| The board has also voted the sum of £145to theNationalBible Society of Scotland, and;the sum of £145 to the British and Foreign.iBible Society for the year, and £9 to periodicalaccount. Ithas also voted to the lattersociety

< the^suin of £3-4 collected at the Rev. F. H.ISpencer's meeting, thus helping to recoup that|society its heavy expense in sending Mr Spen-icer to visit us year by year.'

The retiring members of the board this yearaxo the Revs. \V. Curzon-Siggerss, F. Wayne,end Colonel Morris, but all are eligible for re-

1election.I The Rev. F. H. Spencer, the euthnsiaatiaIand energetic agentof the B. andF.B. Society,!paid a six weeks' visit to Otago and South-I land during the year, and visited the follow-Iing places:— Oamaru, Pukeuri. Papakaio,Dtuitroon, Livingstone, Kurow, Hakataramea,

,Otiake, Enfield, Ngapara, Oamaru again, Kaka-!nui, Herbert,Dunedin, and lectured inTrinityWesleyan Church, Old Kr.ox Church, and St.IMatthew's. He also visited Naseby, Kyebnrr,iEweburn or Eanfurly, Patearoa, Ivokonga,Middlemarch, Allanton, East Taieri, Mosgiel,North Taieri, Ontram, Otakia, Berwick, "Wai-hola, Taieri Mouth, Milburn, Lovell'a Fla-t,Hillend, Balclutha, "Warepa, and-Kaibiku. MrSpencer lectured in all these places, with lan-tern illustrations. He also preached in -Kurow,Otiake, Oamaru, Dunedin, Naseby, East Taieri.Milton, and Port Chalmers, thus putting tip avery arduous and busy six weeks' tour. Thocollection* from the-meetings were considerably,more than in former years. In making hisreport, Mr Spencer also offers several valuablesuggestions for the consideration of the board.He also promises a visit during the currentyear, and has drawn up a-full syllabus of thotime and places thathe proposes to visit. Theboard would bespeak for him a hearty wel-come on the part of all ministers of the Gos-pel, for his work is undenominational, and onthe part of all friends of the Bible Society,work.

The reports received from 16 branches inOtago are given, and also long extracts fromthe reports of the Home societies. In theForeign Bible Society's report the OtagoBible Society is congratulated upon theenergetic way in which the work is organ-ised.

Tho Chairman, after referring to . theabsence of the president, spoke briefly aboutthe work of the Goeiety and,its value, andthen moved as follows:— "Adopt tho re-port and balance sheet, express gratitude toGod for His signal blessing on the effortsof the pa3t year, and anew commend thework of the society to the Christian public."

This wa3 seconded by tho Rev. J. U.Spence.

The Seoretary called attention to tlm mainpoints of the report, and especially to theincreased contributions and to tho goodwork done by the collectors and branchsecretaries.

The motion was then pur, and unani-mously agreed to.

The Rev. A. V. G. Chandler then movedand supported the following morion:—"

That this meeting express heartiestthanks to the collectors, branch sec-retaries, and office-bearers of fchosociety for their self-denying labours again,crowned with success, and be3neak a con-tinuance of that interest and effort for thegood of tho society and the advancementof the kingdom of Chri&t."

This was seconded by Mr Spence andagreed to.

The Rev. J. U. Spence then moved andMionorted the third resolution, as follows:

—"That this meeting express thanks to theRev. F. H. Spencer, agent of the Britishand Foreign "Bible Society, for hisadvocacy of Bihlo Sociotv work, and anewcommend him to tho friends and workersof this Poci<*t>" whero lie proposes to visitthis year. Further, the meoling would also

h"art(p<»t thanks tn t'ic> British andFocpian Bibl/> Society for allowing theiraffr>nt to visit Otago and Southland year byyear."

T'lis vrnipeconded by Mi K. Ro<-erpar, andunanimously agreed to.

Thf R<»v. R Mnckir* thon mnvpil and theR"v. MrBorrio "^fondprl— ''

That the follow-ing £rc»ntleim>n hi* pleetfd members of thoboar'1— namely: Co!on'»l Morri=, thn Rpv.A V. G. Oliandlfr. and Mr W. T. Todd."

This" was agivd to.Mr Rnercf r.ir>'-o»d. and Mr Chandler

seconded, n very boartv voteof tharks toth« V-pv D. "Bnrri* (f,rcrplavy). This wasonrnrd. and t!>o Secr^tarv replied, falling.i*ff>nHnn to In j>nod work donr* by thftNew Zealand Bili'o Tract, and Book Scciftvoarrvins tho pfriodualw from Britum fi-pe ofro-t for many \-> ars. Hf »l-o <-ncike of tlmfood wor'f cjiuetlv done by t'>e trf-a«urpr(*>fr ~K. Rir-pvoar). and moved n vece oftiwlcs to him f<T ''is very officiant nnd■"iliine sorvicPs. Til-, was "efondcd by MrSoonre. and carrloci by acclnmat'on.

Thr lnretint t»rminarcd by Mi Duncan"Wright leacl'ii^ in nravnr.

A farthing newspaper has been stalledin Vienna.

There are 32 miles of shelves filled withbooks in the British Museum Library.

The Liyttelton Times states that threetelegraphists from the Christchurch officeare leaving for South Africa almost imme-diately.

An Opunake resident left a load ofpotatops on the roadside. A trap accidentresulted, the total expenses in litigation anddamages being over £10.

Tho Ohinpmuri Gazette stales that anold-atjp pensioner, 80 years of age, residingat Hikutaia, mis&ed the morning train theother day. and walked 17 miles into townto draw his pension.

The New Zealand Shinning Company'ssteamship Otarnma left Port Chalmers on.Sunday, the Bth, for London, via northern;ports*. Her Homoward loading at IVrt Chal-mers consisted of I*l9 rniari'rs of frozenbeef, 5422 r-areases mutton, 5650 cases rab-bits, and 17 halea rabbitskins.

THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEET-ING.

[ The thirty-seventh annual meeting of theOcago Bible Society was held in the

j V.M.C.A. Rooms, Moray place, on the lOtb.j There was a small attendance of the public,|hut a number of ministers, collectors, and|friends of the society were present..The[ president was unable to be present owingj to family affliction, and Mr R. CHisholm!was called to the chair. Apologies> werej sent from the president, the Rev. P. W.j Faircloi'gh. and Mr G. M. Thomson. Thej meeting was opened by the Chairman read-ing tho 19th psalm and the Secretary leadingin prayer.

'Hip report and balance «'ieet were takena« road. Tho following are the principaliclan-ps of the leport:

—1 Your board has againmuch pleasure in Jay-|ing their annual report before the subscribers:uid friends of the society. The good hand ofI God 3ia3 bueu upon us for good, and has|b'.csjed the effort* of our collectors, so thatthey have reported more funds than ever

Ibefore. Thee collectois who have returnedtheir caids report the sum of £319 17s lOd.'Ihis, with the balance from last year oi JE3I 19s2d and £14 19s 6d reported late last year, alsothe sum of JE33 10s lid collected at the meet-ings held by the Rev. P. H. Spencer (agent

i of thp British and Foreign Bible Society) andsuudiy receipts amounting to £4 153, makesa grand total of £441 2s 5d on the credit eide.This is very gratifying, £>nd shows that theearnest advocacy of Mr Spencer in his yearlyvisits is beginning to tell. As we get thevarious districts better organised, increase thenumber of collectors, distribute information,there will be a rising tide of enthusiasmfor the working of Bible societies that willtell .inore and more for good. We should uotonly kenp up with, but increase, the risingtide o" missionary enthusiasm, and lead -inthe gieut campaign of winning the world forJesus Christ. "While glad i-t1 the success ofthe last three or four-years, and especially ofthe past year, your board realises that muchmore might and should be done. Our con-tribot oin from Otago and Southland mighthe nmi -lally hici-eased. and would be bo ifwe could get the cities and towns betterui«;<i.»ia-a and collected, and the wide areasyet nr.t<Mi'hed brought within' tho scope of cuteffort-. Thereare large areas with many well-to-do people wher» our society has piacticallyno foothold, and where the work of the Biblesocieties is amost unknown. Our efforts willbe to overtake these area3. Some of thecountry districts do remarkably " well, andthose who do the work in such districts, andespecially the band of collectors, are worthyof'allpraise and imitation. May God richlyble.°B and reward them. liewill.

The boarddesires first of all to express grati-tude to our Hea/euly Father for the manytokens of His blessing. We pray that Hewould continue to guide and btess all oureffortswu^this work.

The board vould also record their th?nks to"he Rev. ]"'. H. Spencer for his arduous ar.dabundant labours in Otago and Southland;would anew welcome him for another sixwetkV tour, and commend him to those heptopos»s to \isit; they would also throughhimexpress their gratitude to the British andForeign Bible Society, to which he belongs,r.r.d which allows him thus to visit us everyyear free of cost;si'id they pray that God'sinch Musing may follow him m his laboursthi> ushciit the whole of New Zealand, anditst upon the noble work of that great societythioughout the world.

The board would also express their heartfeltgratitude ar.d record their thanks to the nobleL-a-ul of men and women who act as collectors,i'nd who so vilhngly and loyally do their workfrom year to year. The collectors really arethe j-o'iety its hr-ud and mainstay, at least—aud c ir cacc(".s under God depends "mainlyupon tliPiu. May the Divine Head of theChurch \ery abundantly bless them, and re-cord their "ffort-. for the extension of illskingdom and manifestations of His glory;maj He count them worthy of double honours,Kive them an abundant entrance into Hiseternal Kingdom "■viieii (heir work on earthi-« clone, "lie to ca<_h o: them the welcome," Well devie. pood and i.uthful soivant, thouh--', be(-u i.tl'*if'd OM-i :i f< w things,Iwillmake thf-e ruler over many thii.g1-,enter thoun,to the joy of thy Loid.

'The hoard continues to import and distribute

500 " Monthly Reporters" or '"Gleanings" ofthe Butish and Foreign Bible Society everymonth, and 500 " Quarterly Records of theNat'onal Bible Pociely of Scotland. The<r:eater '. umh?r nf the^» aierut into wrapner&s

urd ported to fie oolWtois and subscribersontitlrd tn them, ami '.o other friends of thesociety. SoriT> aie sent in packets to the\ .incus blanches a3 detailed below. Thi»means a deal of work every month. Then,collecting card-, circulars, and other material",vi well . ai>o annual reports, h.ive hecu dis-tributed to our ami> o; collector". The workis t'lib mcieaîng,and the expense m po-"tjgeand cariia^-e alone ih considerable. To thish.ts to b> aJdtd the ccne=pondfence and workncccsscr- f,l airj.ngir;» a six weeks' tour foithe Rev F 11. Spencer, pud distributing thereces«aiv handbills, pos+ei-., and literature.Bui th'iuirk a-.rl expense .ire well lewarded,and bring n> good icturns

The board would also* mention th" deep debtof <'re*itude i' ii under fot nmny years to theNcvv Zcal.u.d Bible, Tra"t, and Book Societyfor importing, fiee of cost, all the periodicalsimr.urtc.fl, thus &avin<j the society a cor.sider-ab'c bum annually for carriage. This reallyamounts for thelast few years to a handsomederation to the fu.uls of the society, and theboard would specially thank that society forits penerous action.

The board again made a grant of Bibles totin Industrial School, so that the inma^'Jmight, have Bibles for the various Bibleclasse-,, ami that a neat Bible with inscriptionmight be presented to each child as from thesociety when it lea

-.vi the institution. ThoC93& TJft* £1 6a.

OTAGO BIBLESOCIETY.

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June 18, 1902.OTAGO WITNESS.

SAN FRANCISCO MAILNEWS.

(Per Ventura at Auckland.)

THE EVACUATION OF CUBA.'A despatch from Havana date May 20,

JEays:—To-day America has fulfilled its con-tract and carried out the letter of its agree-ment to make the oppressed island of Cubaa free land. Senor Palma attached his sig-tnature to the document as President of theJCuba/n Republic, and after the exchange of,oongratulations, the veteran General Gomezascended to the roof of the palace, where he(was accorded a great reception. General{Wood personally loosened the American,colour3, which were saluted, and with hisJown hands hoisted the Cuban flag as the'net of the United States, General Gomezassisting. General Wood and his staff andthe American troops embarked immediatelyafter the hoisting of the Cuban flag, and the'American ships steamed out of the harbour.fat the time the transfer took plaoe atHavana General Whiteside. at Santiago,turned over his authority "to his Cuban suc-cessor, and sailed away with tlie Americancavalry, who had been in garrison there.'Just as the tun readied/ its zenith to-daytheRepublic of Cuba was born. Great gunaboomed a farewell salute to the Stars andStripes, and slowly the flag of the free camedown from the staffs of the palace and"Morro Castle. A moment later Cuba's flagrose to the peak on the fort and palace.A great wave of*cheers swept through the-streets of the cily and over the house tops,,-where thousands of people were gathered,and a new member had been added to thesisterhood of nations, and the promise ofthe great American Republic was fulfilled.An hour later the cruiser Brooklyn was hulldown on the horizon, bearing General WoodQiome to the United States. Dramatic as/was the remarkable demonstration when theflog of the United States was lowered andthe flag of the new republic hoisted in itsplace at neon to-day on the palace whenceSpain had ruled the island for centuries, itwas hardly more stirring "than the magni-ficent friendly demonstration which attendedthe departure of the cruiser Brooklyn asshe sailed out of Havana Harbour afew minutes before 4 o'clock this afternoon.A flotilla of harbour craft loaded to theguards with people, and dressed with bunt-ingfrom stern to stem, escorted her to sea.The water front was -a> solid mass of people,Mid the old fortification* at La. Punta, with"Vlorro Castle opposite, which guards theentrance to the narrow neck of harbour,was a human- hillock.

A CYCLONE IN TEXAS.Dallas (Tex.), May 19.— Advices from all

Hvailable sources here last night were toILe effect that a disastrous cyclone sweptAcross Texas yesterday, causing loss of lifeand almost incalculable damage to property.

.The cyclone is believed io have originatedon the Gulf coast at a. point almost directlysouth of Goliad, and it travelled in a north-easterly direction as far as Kentucky. Itleft desolation behind it in foiir States, butTexas seems to have suffered more thanothers. "A special to the Xetrs from Goliad,■Texas,says that 90 people are dead and over0.03 are wounded. One of the most destruc-tive cyclones ever"known in Texas struck"this place about 3.45 o'clock this afternoon",{lasting only about five minutes, but leaving■death and disaster everywhere in it3wake."It(caniG from the south-west, without warn-ing, and completely demolished a stripAbout two blocks wide through the;whdte -western part of the town about aanile long. Among the many houses de-molished are the Baptist Church and par-sonage (just built), the Methodist Church,nnd a coloured church. It is impßssible toestimate the number of houses destroyed,but it is thought that the total will reach100. The damage done cannot bo approxi-mated, butit is very great. All human deadand wounded have been taken care of. Thepath of devastation is strewn with all kindsof debris and dead and wounded animals."The pitiful cries of the wounded are hoardeverywhere, and at times are heartrending.

A MINING DISASTER.TJp to midnight on May 2 82 bodies have

teen taken from Fraterville mine, at CoalCreek, the seen© of yesterday'? catastrophe,in which 227 miners perished. Ernest Mac-tlonald was taken out. alive. At a late hourhehad fallen into a spring, and was coveredby water, except half his face, when found.He had entered Uie mine 15 minutes afterthe men, and his story of tlie explosionyvt.a told while his breath came in fitfulgasps.- Itis impossible for him to livemoreUir.n a few hours,.for he is horribly mansrled.Both arms were twisted from his shoulders,:vJOth eyes blown erut. and botli tkigbsbroken. The caiue of the disaster becameknown to-day. The gas had collected inthe abandoned mine close by. into whichan opening had been accidentally made lastweek by a work boy in a lateral shaft. Anattempt was made in o!osc the opening, butit is believed that a leak remained.

WRECK OF THE MAWHERA.

ALL HANDS SAVED

THE VESSEL A TOTAL WRECK.AUCKLAND. Juno 15

News received by the Taviuiu s-tates thatthe Union Company's steamer Mawhera wastotally wrecked on Apatiki Lsland, in thoPaumotus. Tho details aro very meagre.The steamer ran on the reef late at night.All hands were saved. Tlie news m.^brought to Papeete by a trading schooner onMay 31, and a French warship was de-spatched on Juno 3 to the scene of thern-eck, which is 300 mile^ from Papeete.

June 16.The Mawhera was wrecked late at nrghi.

It was an exceptionally dark night. She,was struck by a heavy squall and drivenDn the resf. The boats were lowered, andthe officers and crew got over the reef, en-tered the lagoon, and landed on the islandwithout further incident. The purser, whobrought the news to Tahiti, states thatwhen he left the steamer was full of water,and that the cargo was being washed outof the holes in the hull. The funnel wasgone.

Tiic Mawhera, when ur-cked. was en-gaged in her usual crui-c of picking upcargo for Tahiti. Late at m^lit fLo ;aunil the reef at Apatiki. The casualty isattributed to the curiont-5 between theislands, which, it is st-ited. are of a mostunreliable character. The inlands and reefsnre said to be wrongly located on theExisting charts, there having been nothinglike a proper sur\ey for many years, dptain Winchester, who has had many vcars'experience in the Society erous, and ia at

present on a visit to Auckland, told a re-porter that the island where the steamermet ■with disaster is between six and sevenmiles out on the chart. Nothing furtherwill be known regarding the wreck untilthe return of the Taviuni next month,when probably the officers and crew of theMawhera will come by her. Captain JohnDawson, who was in command of the' Mawhera. has had a good many years' ex-perience in the Island trade.

i.The following telegram, was received from

t Auckland by the managing director of thei Union Steam Ship Company (Mr James'■ ilills) in connection with tho wreck:—'■ '"The Mawhera, while en route from Faka-l rava to Kaukura, ran on Apatiki Island, ini Paumotus, at 10 p.m. en May 27. All" hands were saved, and the purser and five1 passengers arrived at Papeete on May 30.; The purser reports that the position of the1 vessel is hopeles?. The forefoot is out of' the water, and the stern is in about Bft of

water. There is water in the forehold andengine room, and the after-hold is full ofwater- The copra cargo is coming outthrough the bottom, and tho vessel itsbumping hearily. TLe vessel left Fakaravaat 4 p.m. on May 27, to arrive at Kau-kura, 70 miles distant, at 6 a.m. on the23th. There is no report fiom the captain,

1 but he asks for a vessel to briug the crowand balance of the passengers to Papeete.' A man-of-war left on June 1for that pur-pose, being expected back on .lune 5. Onarrival of Captain Dawson, and learningactual position of affair*, it is proposed tosell the wreck and salvage by auction."

The Mawhera was an iron screw steamerof 554- tons gross. She was built in 1823 byMesers* H. M'lntyre and Co., of Paisley.Her dimensions were— Length. 174ft Sin;breadth, 25ft 6in;depth. 14ft 7in. Her en-gines were by Messrs Muir and Houston, ofGlasgow. The Mawhera was originally builtfor Captain Williams (of the Black Dia-mond Jine, Wellington), and ran betweenthat port and Greymouth. She was pur-chased from Captain Williams by the UnionSteam Ship Company in 1855, alonj withthe Wainui, Koronui, Grafton, and jlaitai,being then a comparatively new vessel. Shecontinued to run in the Wellington-Grey-mouth trade until displaced by the Ma-pourika two years ago, and for the last 18months or so has been trading to the Tahi-tian Group, where her name appeared onthe French register as Croix dv Slid (South-ern Cross). The Mawhera was valued atabout £7000, and was uninsured, the com-pany's policy being to carry their own nekon all vessels up to a certain amount. Shehad accommodation for about 40 saloonand about 20 steerage passengers, while she>had a cargo capacity of about 500 tons.Her.speed was about 10 knots per hour.

At the time of th« wreck the Mawhorawas under contract to the French Govern-ment of Tahiti to preserve regular com-munication between Papeete and the out-lying groups of islands, and she also acteda3 a feeder for the Union Company'ssteamers Ovalau and Taviuni, which tradebetween Auckland and Papeete;and theSpreckels steamer Australia, running be-tween Papeete and San Francisco. Thechief industry in some of theoutlying islandsin the Tahitbin group is the pearl fishery,pearl shells and copra forming the stapleproducts.

Of the fine steamers purchased by th«Union Company from the Black DiamondLine in 1885 only one (the Wainui) now re-mains, tho Koronui, Grafton, Maitai, andMawhera having all been wrecked.

SPORTINGi

! RACING CALENDAR. I; June 26 and 27— Hawke's Bay JC. Winter. I1 June 26 a<id 28— Tahuna Park meeting. I; July 2 and 4— Napier Park R.C. Winter. I: July 10 and 11— Gisborne R.C. Steeplecha=e |1 meeting.; July 16 and 19— Wellington R.C. Winter.

August I—Amberley1— Amberley Steeplechase Club Annual.

; August 12, 14, and 16— C.J.C. Grand National.1 NOMINATIONS.

June 27 — C.J.C. Grm.d National (Grand Na-tional Stepplechase, Grand National i

1 Hurdles, Winter Cup, Eeaufoit Steeple- '1 chase, Lincoln Sxceplech..se, and Syckn- i1 ham Hurdle Handicap).! July 11— Ambcrlc-y Stcep'ecbase Club Annual.: Ju.y 2C— C.J.C. Grand N.-uoual (gcnLral ci.-i tr.c=>: WEIGHTS ARE DUES June 27— Tihana Pai"k mettn.g(second d.iy).

Ji.'.ie 27— Xa>,ipr Park R.C. Wintei.June 26— Gisborno R.C. .Steeploclu.se mcetißJ-

i Job 3— Welliaston B.C. WuiUt-.

July 21— C.J.C. Grand National (Grand Na-tional Steeplechase, Grand National |Hurdles, and Winter Cup).

July 21— Amberley Steeplechase Club Annual.ACCEPTANCES*.

June 18— Tahuna Park meeting (first day).June 20— Hatvke's Bay J.C. Winter.June 30— Xapier Park R.C. Winter.

:July s—Gisborne5— Gisborne R.C. Steenlcchase meeting.July 10— Wellington R.C. Winter.July 23— C.J.C. Grand National (.Grand Na-

tional Steeplechase, Grand NationalHurdle3. and Winter Cup).July 26— Amberley Steeplechase Club Annual.|August B— C.J.C. Grand National.I PIÂL PAYMENTS.August S— C.J.C. Grand National (Grand Na-

tional Steeplechase, Grand NationalHurdles, and Winter Cup).i

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.J. T., Bannockburn.— Thorndcan is letumed as

by Benin Abdallah— Eulalie.Query, Southland.— According to the SluriBook she had one foal to Musket.

TALK OF THE DAY.IMPROVEMENTS AT WINGATUI.

In the pa»t many owners and trainershave hail a grievance against tlie Wingatuitrack? on account of what ho* been termedthe "switchback"' nature of t''e going par-ticularly that part between the homo turnand the winning pooh The depressions |where drains have been laid across the jtrack and other places where it has sunk inmade ground, have also come in for hostile;criticism. It is almost impossible to have a Itrack as level as a bowling green, and that !state of perfection is not expected, but what!can be avoided is that a track shouJd notbe trappy or dangerous. Small dips and Ilumpiness in a track will cause- a great deal jof extra strain on a horse's legs and bhorten.his career on the turf. Tlie existence of upand down-hill going is sometimes unavoid-able, owing io the lay of the land on whicha track may be laid out, and providing thatthe ascents and descents are properlygraded, and the surface is fairly even, itshould not weigh against the merits of thetrack. The Oamaru track may be cited asan example, as the rise on the hill is gradualand unbroken by small dips such a» existat Wingatui. However, the dips at Winga-tui will soon be a thing of the past, as theWorks Committee of the .club are about towipe them out of existence. The first dip,and the worst on the track, i> the one be-twoen the turn into the straight and thodistance-post. The turf on this dip is tobe turned back and after the hollow hasTieen filled in, the turf will be relaid. Bydoing this, one of the greatest faults thatexists on the track will be done away with.Thesmaller dips will also be attended to andimproved by liberal top-dressing. The lumpwhich exist* a few yards north of the six-furlong post is to be done away with, andall the other minor faults oF the trackremedied as far as possible. The track atthe fcven-furlong post is to be improved by -making an addition to the back -stretch, andby doing so the first three furlough of aseven-furlong race will in future be astraight run. to the four-iurlong posr. Atthis latter post further improvements areto be made. At the corner near tho fonr-furlonsr post a new piece of track -will beTaid down, which will have the effect riallowing the first -two furlongs of a fourfurlong race to be run over a straight course,and a sprint over this journey will have onlyone turnin it, instead of being run on a turnover the first two furlongs, a« is the case atpresent. At each of these new starting postsbarriers will be erected, and at the conclu-sion of tho work to be done to the maintrack there should remain little else to bedesired except the improvement of the turfon the track. This latter can only be ac-complished bj time and by the club adopt-inga liberal lop-dressing scheme.

On the inside of the training track a newplough gallop is to be laid down, and whenit is in working order the present ploughwill be sown down in grasp, which shouldremit in a first-cla.-.s grass prallop beingobtained. A "plough on the insidp of thetraining track thould be m a much betterposition than on the outside, a-* by havingit inside, its proximity to the ditch shouldallow it to drain quickly in bad weather—aconsideration which would not fail <o pleasethe tramprs habitually using the Wingaluitilicks The rniirp drainage of the course i.s |to be improved by having the ditch wliioli jmn-> aiound the in.-ide deepened andwidcnci.', and pipes put in ./here they arcconsidered necessary. In the enclosuresextra gravelling ii to be put down wherenecessary. The ornamenting )f tho courseis not to be neglected, and further improvp-monts in lhafc direction avp eontocipiated bythe- committee. In duo time extraplantingwill be done on the oourv-«\ and whilst thewants and comforts of the club's patronswill he ftudied as far a» possible, the pleas-ing of the eye will not be forgotten. Tn thonot too far distant future Mr H. L. Jameshopes to see an artificial lake on the insideof ihe < oursc. its position to be almostin front of the graiidetaud At least soinutl Igleaned m a conversation with that |(roiitlom.an about t!i° abo\e mentioned im j|provf-menU. With the "lakp idea" in viow,all top-drefr-jiiiß to ho Urocl on tho coursecou'd be token fiom *h«» inude. and hv doingso iim club would kill "two birds with one

[ itODC."THOROUGHBRED BREEDING.

Tlit> following remarks on breeding will!p.obably not prove without interest at the,rre=ent timr>. Speaking of the unceitain-tics of breeding for racohor-o?, a man whohas had years of expciienco. said recentlyto the repr<'Benuti\o of an American paper:

j "We are no nearer the positive than ourjgrandfather* wc-ie. W<> talk of tlie be»lj blood l'nc^ to ere-«, we try Hie cioss, andI failure rr-ult°. It ir. ra-y to breed to colouror rion to form—

ror> formation— but when itcomes to breeding for the tlivei=fr qualitieswhich go to make a lac-ehorse. we arc grop-ing in the cla.k. It is only m a general waytl.at the breeder lias any knowledge. Heknows that if he breeds a good mare to agood horse, the product l- likely to bo good;but if the horse or the mare was of reallyhigh cla-3. the probability is that the pro-duce will not br> as good as tho better of (, its pirenK When the first foal= ot MissWoodford and Fircnze were first led into thesale rin»r, and when Sahalor"? first gf»t wereshown by the auctioneer, there went up°houts of applause from the ringside. Thatwas purely scnt-ment. The yearlings were1 cautiful to the eye. and because of their|pioiznitor«. they fetched big prices. What (

was the re=ult." MeclioeritV- Nothing mow.And yet theie are those who argue that it is

L a science, thi^ breeding of racelioj;E§fi* If

it were a, science, results would b« certain,since science is certain. Results are not cer-tain, but teetotally uncertain. There areno morepatient, liberal, and careful men inany business than some of those who devotetheir lives to the industry of horse-breeding.These men give us good horses every year..Not great horses every year. A breedingestablishment which gives the world one i

great horse in 20 years is to be congratu-.latcd. Of course, itdepends upon whatone's |conception of a great racehorse is. We get iin the way of labelling a horse who wins afew races in fast time with reasonableweight up a great racehorse. All things arerelative. The horse which is labelled a greatone this year may not be above plater classnext year. It is the inclination to extol thebeat horse of his year. But the best horse ofhis year may be— generally is— only betterthan tho=e whom he met in his year. Thatdoes not warrant tho labelling him as great.There aro great two-year-olds, great three-year-olds, great four-year-olds, whose great-iies; began and ended in one of those year?.It is folly to call such animals great racc-horset. They were great in their year. ThusDomino was a great *wo-year-o3cl. Perhapsho was the greatest two-year-old our turfhas known. Tremont may have been hispeer -ome there are who insist that he wasDomino's superior. Neither was great afterlas iwc-ycar-old foim— Trcuumt retiringafter !his tnal -with Hanover. It is idle to saythatTremont. had lie not -broken down in histrial as a three-year-old, would have beenas good as hewas the year before. Nobodyknows. He broke down, and was sent tothe peaceful pastures of the stud. That is

all that is known of him. So it is withother horse 3of whom it is said if he hartb-en trained on he would have been so andso And what are the breeder to do? Howare they to proceed? They must keep one^pprrmentinsr and prayine that a freak maybe foaled in their barns. fireat

(geniuses arc

freaks— so are great racehorses. .THE POSITION OF STAKEHOLDERS.\ decision given in England recently on

the liabilities of stakeholders zn matt-he-5,

e'e is one that should prove of general in-

terest,as the point is one which is frequentlydebated amongst sporting men. Ahe casearose out of a boxing contest, and the fol-lowing is a brief report of the caw.The case was that of King v. Macfarlane.de-

fendant being the proprietor of SportingLife, and plaintiff a boxer who, in a con-test on December 19, 1900, with anotherpugilist named Wood, was declared theAvin-ncr, his opponent being disqualified Woodea\e notice to defendant, the stakeholde.,

not to pay over the £50 deposited by him:ond after vainly trying to bring about anagreement between the parries, the stake-holder handed each of themhis money. Km:?thereupon sued for the £50 Wood had de-posited. After legal argument, Mr Jus-tice Parling, before whom and a commoniury the case was tried, in giving judgment,said" It is admitted there are no facts in

dispute here. It is perfectly plain on thereading of this agreement that this contract\va3 void by reason of its being a wager.That being so, if Wood revoked the antho-jrity he had given to the stakeholder topay the money to the winner, the stake-holder wee bound to act upon that revcCa-tion, and payback to Wood. That is whathe did. If it had been paid over to King

before Wood revoked' itr. King could hav<?kept it. and Wood could net havo recoveredit. either from Kingor from the stakeholder.There can be no doubt in the world aboutthis. It is perfectly plain, upon tho con- ',

tract itself, that this was a wagering con- .tract within the Gaming Act. The onlyquestion is whether the Gaming Act oughtto havo been pleaded to raise this pointIdo not think it was necessary to pleadthat act. As soon asIsaw the point I

(was bound to take notice of it. But, forall that, if it be. necessary 1o plead thoGaining Act, Ishould allow the defendantto amend and plead it. As there are nofacts in dispute, and th< »n is nothing togo to the jury, Ithink my judgment mustbe for the defendant. But Ithink it is:i case in which, having regard to the cir-

ciimsfanc-08. ond to the fact that it maybe necessary that the Gaming Act. should bf>pleaded. I~ should not agrco io have itpleaded except upon the terms that the de-fendapt does not lecover any costs of thfaction. My judgment will be for defend-ant without cOotF.

HANDICAPPING BY RULE.Amongst the irany proposed nil's md

amendments to existing rule« thai will comeup fo; rhscupsion bofore the Rat-ing Con-ference is one new enp, which rune ns fol-lows, and which \* fathered by the Canter-bury Jockey Club:—

Allhorses entered in a handicao, which havenover, prior to the piio.icstion of ill',- lvoiplitp,started vi any race, hh.i,ll be allotted, it of thecame age. equal weights,subject to the usualsexual allowances, and if oi different age"?weights proportionate to the weight-for-agepcaleunless the special conditions of the racepiovide otherwise.

Or in the alternative—Allhoises of the Fame age entered in a han-

<Lsap, and whi<h have never btaited m aiiylace prior to the publication of the weights-,shall be allotted fqual weights with others ofthe tame age, subject to the usual jrc.-ual al-lowances.Th's to me, apprar~ to be a. stop toward*"tying the hands"' of a handioapper. andbe-xdes attempting- to make a weight-ad-jv.-ter handicap by lule, it als-o takes au.iy

one of the chief merits of the conditionsthat should be foundattached to sueh a race.In a handicap the horses entered are sup-posed to be brought together by the weightadjuster in such a manner as to produce adead-heat on paper, and the data on whicha handicapper should compile his adjust-ments are ng<«, form, breeding, etcMany a=sert that only form and a&p hhouldbe considered. The«e are generally foundto bo men uho own highly-bred maidenlior^c-. who have :> reputationfor galloping, and who think that such ahor-o should bo as lonirntly treated as tho\eriest crock. It i,perhaps _'ig!it that allhor-r=< i-hould be handicapped as bad on^suntil they have done something to provethcm<=clic« othenvi-o. But few handicapperswouldallow a thousand-guinea yearling, bredin the purple. t«. jneet on equal terms anunfashionably-bird noddy, who perhaps co*ta tenuer as a yearling, should tho both ofthem make thei. debut in die same handi-cap. It sometimes happens that a coltwhe is closely related to the best performerin the land is entered in a maiden handi-cap, and on breeding lines and conformationho may look a stone better than anythingelse engaged in the race. In such a caêwould it be fair to letr him in on equalterms with the others? The suggested ruleappears to be a rich man's rule and not jqvl& ioi. tlie itfloi awnfija*. 4*il WJJL Ui* l

rule adopted it is highly probable that richowners would then be able to farm handi-caps in the same manner as they gather in -nearly all the w.f.a. races run in the colony.The main objection is that handicapperg "shouldnot be asked to handicap byrule, andthe proposed rule looks like a step in thaidirection.

CARBINE AS A SIRE.The success of Carbine's stock on theEng-

lish turf this seasonhas called forth opinionsfrom several experts on breeding as to whatare the most suitable strains of blood tha*should be possessed by mares selected toconsort with the son of Musket and Mersey-The Oarbine-St. -Simon strain was supposedto be an ideal union, and it has achieveda fair amount of success, but an English au-thority recently said that mares by Friar*^Balsam should furnish themost suitab>7«<msrte3 for the world-famous Musket norse*His reasons aTe given below. When loos:-*ing over Obligado recently at Oamaru, M/>O'Brien, who now owns the English-hrec??horse, toldme that when he was negotiating;for his rmrchase Mr Gates was- very loth*to part with trie son of Orrille and Shot-Jover, and had he not also owned EenzojU(by Friar's Balsam) he prohably would not*have sold on any consideration. WheirfObligjado".? first crop of mals made theitf,appearance, Mr Gates regretted havingparted with Obliprado. and *)V all sides no- .thing but prai<""- is Heard of them. flow-ever, if the Aiighsh authority previously .alluded to is right, Mr Gates may yet provsfto have retained a horse who is destinedto make his mark at the stud. Benzoinwas an unsound horse, but withal a first-class performer on the turf, and, writingfrom memory,Ithink he is the only Friar"aBalsam horse in Australasia. On his dam'aside TBcnzoin is well enough bred for any-thing. He is from a mare by Bendigo (agreatperformer) out of Lady Paramount, by.Toxopholite (sire of Muskot) out of Thrlfr,the dam of Tristan, who waa one of thebe3&performers in his day on the Eugli3h turf.-besides winning several valuable races inFrauce. Thrift was a daughter of Stock-well. If Carbine should achieve successwith Friar's Balcam inare=, a eon of thalatter horre perhaps may be reasonably ex-pected to gain houour3 as a stallion if mate'lwith marcs possessing the Muskot strain,through a good source. Methinks,however,that theoretical breeding is deepei than as-tronomy and about as easy fp fathom. Butno matter. Thousands of horses are not dis-covered to be "beautifully bred" until theyhave gained fame a3 racehorses. The Eng-lish writot mentioned above delivers him-ssif as follows: — The merits of Carbine ac atsire are now generally recognised, and Ianconvinced he wiH be of great use if usedproperly. Idesire to place on record myopinion of what strains of the blood willsuit him best. Mares of the Galopin blood,which ha3been extensively recommendedâsthe "correct cross," are not the correct thin?at all. Ihave many reasons that explain,to me why the Galopin blood on Musket, as.kindred blood, is, and should be, successful, 'butIhaveyet to learn why the reversecrce-»should be so. It id my purpose J.o sJioirhow best we can utilise the very valuable 'blood contained in Carbine. He is of Eng-lish parentage, although Now Zealand-brea.and Idareaay accidentally produced. Had vhis sire and dam remained in England theyprobably would have never met, and _*>n-pequ-ently we should have had no Carbine;'but they gravitated by the force of circum- 'stances towards each other in tlieii n&xrhome. The Musket line of Touchstone istl;e liardip-£t of the strain, and we recognise,or should, that in-breeding tc Touchsionofrom English parent's is a sure way to cro-duce excitability in tho "offspring. Thisnervousness is one of the factors that causesthem to tshow erratic form. For maresof this temperament Carbine is just, the sir» .to use. Ihave noticed in many cases goodresults follow from the union of a marawhose sire came from the same line as th.-ihorse to whom shs i% put docs. Carbine*himself is an instance of this. My advice,therefore, to breeders is to continue thismethod when breediug from him. Marcsby Friar's Balsam appear to me, if otherthings are rqunl. to be composed of just thamaterial to suit him on blond. Anyon*having a subscription to Carbine, and pos-

'sessing a Friar"*. Balsam mare, should mostdecidedly use her to fill the subscription inpreference to all others, no matter howbred.

THE BETTINGMARKET.Mpssis Barneli and ("Irani report the follow-

ing business -NEW ZEALAND CUP.

1000 to 18 afi,t Calibre1000 to 23 Inipenitoi](X)oto 25 Rin^man1000 to 4a S:cgc V\\:\700 to 10 Kn.a.70» to 1-2 ],u;ire.iteCOO to 17 Fukir500 fo 25 Melv.cod590 to 8 Kelpie-400 to 14 Lar]> Lillian400 to 12 Sinus4'JO to 10 Bowman.

NEW ZEALAND CUP AND STEWARDS'.500 to 6 spainst Siege Gun s»ud Red Oauntlct400 to 5 Fi.ce:> Gun jr'l Grand Rapt's400 to -I Pampero a> d Red Gauntlet.

Mr A. Mu^s report-, the fn!".ovwng business!o ithe N"\v Zealand Cup —

100 to 4 a£st Pampero100 to'-J Glonaladale500 to G Terrapin500 to 10 Imperator500 to 12i Welbeck500 to 15 Grand Rapids500 to 5 Magnificent500 tomMehvood100 to 4 Arlullcs300 to It farapcro100 to 5 Pamnoro100 to 3 Glenaladale20 to 1 Achilles200 to 8 Sipge Gun300 to 15 Tortnlla100 to 2». Tradew-ind200 to B"Ostiak100 to 4 Ponri'a500 to 12J Fakir200 to 11 Pampero.

MELBOURNE CUP AND NEW ZEALANDCUP.

500 to 2J agst Patronage ar.d Mel'.vcod500 to 1h Debenture and Alelwocd500 to 2J United States and Mehvood200 to l"Khaki and Achillts200 to 1Brakpan end Achilles200 to 1New Broom and Cruciform200 to 1Brakpan and Canteen200 to 1Kinglike and Achilles200 tc 1Kinglike and Tradewind 1200 to 1Flagship and Porirua.200 to 1King]ikeand Pampero200 to 1Abundance and Pampero200 to 1KLnglike and Glenaladale

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AUCKLAND TOPICS.Ct Tuno.l.

Juno 16.With the North New Zealand National meet-

ing ever, racing matters have quistentd downhere. The Guard and Battleaxe figure amongthe New Zealand nominations for the jump-ing events at the V.R.C. National meeting, butas they are only in one race each, it seemshardly that either of them will besent across to Australia. Although it wasrumoured sit Elieiaiie tiuraia the week that

tions of local owners and trainers— encomiumswhich will be echoed by the foreigners when<hey arrive. The steeplechase coutsb properhas never been in better order,and the variousobstacles have been trimmed and topped up.Ihear that a Canterbury country club will

shortlyconsider the advisableness of rearrang-ing its scale of nomination fees, in the direc-t-on of establishing a free acceptance. Theproposal, so far asIcan understand, is, in-stead of charging, for example,15s for nomina-tion and a similar sum for acceptance, to askowners to pay 30s at time cf entering their1-orses, and nothing for acceptance. HowowLers will view the ■suggestionIcannot say,butIcan say this that the idea was triedat the Autumn meeting of the AshburtonRacing Club, the Farewell Handicap beingselected as the race. Theidea was a good onvfor the club, but on the face of it was bad forowners. An owner might be tempted to enterahorse for this Farewell Handicap, for whichthe weights were declared overnight, and ifthe same animal ran poorly -ii a previous en-gagement ths o',vn?r would rightly considerthat it wonl'l be a'most useless to start hishcrse in the Farewell. But he would thenhave lest ins 30=. Tomake racingpopular,ardmstii confidence m a hjmdicapper, the nomi-nation fee should be reduced a.s much aspossible, and so enable o.vners to see theweights cheaply, rather than make them payeg much for the privilege. Low nominationfoes =s what a club should endeavour to assure.rothigh ones, p.nd it savours somewhat of grablo charge the whole amount due on a race itii.ominaiio:i fee?. Itrust the membes o: thechib referred to will have sufficient good senseto decline to support an innovation which willassuredly decrease instead of increase therevenue, and that they will remember that itis quite bad enough lor an owner to see hishorso beaten after having yeen the weights.To pay without viewing them is manifestlyunfair,and w:ll most certainly not be toleratedby owners.

The Rothschild trotting chestnut mars Irenewas shipped to Tasmania last week. A com-plete list of her performances, as required byI'ie Tasnianian authorities, accompanied ihcrusr;?. She is undoubtedly fast but somewhaterratic, but,properly tieated, she should provefairly successful in her new home.

Regarding the handicaps for the Tahu'-.aPark Trotting Club'i ensuing meeting, andreferring to the prospects of the Canterburyhtises engaged therein,Ishould say tli3t fewof them have much chance with the nowDunedin-trained Boldrewood. Of courseIamreferring to the divided Prince of Walcs'sHandicap, inwhich the horse namedhas 12secstart. He has not always shown his best form,occasionally declining to leave the po3t, buth; is an undoubtedly tost horse, and Ifearthat neither of the stable companions, Whatar.dFrederick, will be able tohold Boldrewood.The pair named are undoubtedly fast, andWhat is one of the speediest horses we have,but it id questionable if he can give Boldre-wood 6i=ec per mile. SeveralCanterburyhorseswill be competitors at the meeting, and asali are sneedy it i= possible that s> tew ptakesmay R-.d their wny into the porkets of localowners.

By <thD way, Ishould say that Mpid ofHonour should prove extremely dangerous inwhatever event she may be started.

The Ashburton County Racing Club has suc-ceeded in attracting a capital nomination forthe Ashburton weight-for-age stake, to bedecided at the roxt Autumn meeting o£ theclub. Thirty-four entries were received, in-cluding this year's winner (Cruciform), Orloff,Cannie Crnel, Blazer, Pallas, Welbeck, Rose-mere, Golden Vein, and several other fairlywell-kuown quantities. In addition to these,anumber of untried youngsters are includedmthe list. Sir George Clifford has nominatedno fewer than nine. The following is the list,the stake being worth 150°ovs "— Cannie Chiel,Golden Vein, Dirk, Aherlow, Brave Heart,Aidchattan,Quarrynian.Treadmill, Tc-morrow,Secret Society, Roseal, Cruciform, Orloff, KingLog, Armigera, Machine Gun, Bayonet, Fire-brand, Punamu, Petard, Sans Peur, Pallas,Bluzer, Rosemere, Grand Cham, Cyclamen,Welbeck, Roscommon, Impcrator, Furious,colt by Torpedo— Sabrina, geldingbyMusketry--Hermione, filly hv Seaton Delaval— MissGladys, colt by St. Leger— The Witch.

A horseman named P. Huut hadh:s shoulderboi.e broken through Swirl, whom he wasexercising, falling; with him.

G. Muiray-Ayusley ha3dlways affirmed thatHuku would not hesitate to jump the cross-country schooling fences at Riccarton wheneverhewas af-ked to do so, and the son of Vanguardhas bow proved that his trainer made nomis-take. Last week he was gi'-en a couple otturns over the obstacles, and how well hojumped will be understood whenIsay that hedid not touch or attempt to run down one ofthe fences.

J. Pine, the well-known Riccarton horseman,met with a somewhat severe shaking recentlythrough the mare he was riding colliding withPuntmu.

W. Holmes, who was granted a rider's licenseat tne- recent monthly meeting of the Canter-buryJockey Club, has accepted anengagementto ride for*Mr J. B. Re-id during the ensuingseason. Holmes is a ccrnpetent horseman,and as Mr Reid has a large miinber of pro-misinghorses in training it is likely that theairangement made may benefit both employerand employed.

Several Valdhurst horses have put in an ap-peaiauce at Riccarton diuiug the week, butonly oanterir.g work has been required o;them.

Dun-das is jumping very woll over the school-ing hurdie3, and if this fellow gees on im-provinghe should make a valuable addition to

ihe ranks of our hurdle racers.L. H.Hewitt, tho well-known jockey,did not

leave on his trip to Sjdiiey until Friday last.By-the-wav, seveihi papers have published thef^ct that, he had severed his connection withMr Stead. This is incorrect, as he will ridefor the Yaldhurst sportsman during the com-ing season.

J. 11. Cunningham, who recently died inthe Christchurch Hospital, wa« well known otRiccarton, and was a piommentmember of theTrameis' and Jockeys' Cnc!:et Club.

At the U9Ul<l monthly meeting of the com-mittee of the Canterbury Jockey Club, Mr C.G. Stead was. elected chairman for the oituu.kyrai. Jockey'b licenses ivere granted to V. J.Holme? arid 'E. Langley. On the recommenda-tion or the Wcstlaufl Racing dub, tho dis-qualification cf Harold Knight was removed,liie following u\i:isfers were agreed to

— ?'romMr W. G. Stead to Mr W. M. Wateon, brownyeaihng <.o!t X' Lord Ro«plyr— Lady Ger-tiude, fiom Mr (>. G. Stead to Mr H. Acton-Adams, bay filly Cyclamen; io Mr Gam Ca*-rmgtou,bay colt San Remo, to Mr V. Ham-,bay geldingGrand Chain, to Mr D.H. Lewis,

brown colt St. Hilda. It was resolved to sug-gest to the conference that all ciubs shouldgive notice to owners v.hen foifeits are due.The ordinary committees were appointed. Avoleof thanks was passed to Sir G. Clifford forhis past services as chairman.

Bettingon the New Zealand Cup finds SiegeGuv well at the head of the quotations, andif backers who are prepared to accept abstudprices about the son of Frailty should happento Fcorch their fingers th-y have only them-selves to blame.Iaaw the Gipsy Grand colt Imperator in the

streets of the city a few days ago, where he be-haved himself wMI. fie has grown and filledout nicely tirce being purchased by "MrMachell."

Skobeloff is occasioi-uiiy taken out with theChristcliturch hounds, llf is not jumping any

IN A NUTSHELL.dominations for the C.J.C. Grand Na-

tional meetingclose on June 27.— Acceptances for the first day of the Ta-luna Park Trots close on Wednesday, June18.— The Carbine colt Sandbag won a five-furlongrace at the Thirsk (Eng.) Spring meet-ing on May 1.

To increase their powers of endurance,2oz of sugari3now included in the daily foodof armyhorses inArgentina.—

The Viectorian trainers James Wilson,.Jim., and James Scobie each train 11 horsesengaged in the Melbourne Cup.

'fke champion American trotter Cresceus{2mm2|Bec) had 50 approved mares at 300dol«»ch onvisiting list for this season.

OnMay 7, at the Westchester race track,iNew York, a horse called Sergeant Carried7.8 and ran five furlongs in 59 l-ssec.

The Englishmare Nemesis, who is by St.Gatien out of Mosquito (fullsister toMusket),lias produced a colt to Bill of Portland.

The American sportsman Mr J. R.KeeneEi&xted his two American-bred colts Kearsageland Cheiro inthe Two ThousandGuineas, wontySceptre.

Tie Carbine colt Pistol, whoran second toSceptre in the Two Thousand Guineas, started»t' SO's to 1against for a win and 100's to 8sgkinst for a place in the-race. '

—Mr G. Grant has sold the troting stal-lion The Baron, by Rothschild— New Year, byBundoora, to Mr J. Gardiner, of Abbotsford,Green Island. Tjieprice paid was £190.— Inwritingof thenominations received fortheprincipal races to be decided this spring in"■Fictorhv, the Australasian says that they arejenmrkable for Quantity a-nd not quality.— The death is reported from West Aus-tralia of Labourer, by The Workman— SisterAgnes. He was bred by Major George, andtaken to Australia incompany with Seahoree.— The Kentucky (America) Derby,mn MayS, was won by a colt named Allan-a-dale.Owing to having very "dicky" legs, he wasprepared for the race by being worked in asnlty.— When the English sportsman, Mr Faber,paid21,000gs toR. S. Sievier for the colt Dukeof Westminster some little time back, Sceptre-was also under effer to the same gentleman at18,000g3.— InAmerica a liorseowner named Mr Thos.Xiswaon is advertising £100 inprizes for racingmen i?ho select and register the most appro-priate names for their horses during the pre-sent year.— InCalifornia a pacer and a galloper were

matched to run three heat3 of aquarter mile each,bothhorses to draw a sulky.The pacer won all three heats in 33eec, 32sec, jand SOisec.— Screw Gun 8.4 started third favourite, at I100 to16, inasix-furlong,handicapat HighfieldPaxk on May 3, and finished unplaced. The j"winner, Goldrush, carried 7.2, and did thejonxraey in lmin 14 4-ss2c. /■— The New Zealand-bred Town Moor, bySt.Legcr— Miss Laura, had a vrinuing repre-sentative at the Brighton (Tasmania) Princeof Wkles'a Birthday meetingin Merseylea, who"won a mile race from six others.— According to an English paper there has''ately bean an attempt niade in Germany to"■■■■oycottAmerican .-jockey.*, several owners hav-ingdeclined toemploy them. Themovement iaCue to the jealousy excited by the Americans''success.—

At the Hexham (England) Springmeeting ]«*"» Arml 30 the Ysrridge Steeplechase was wonby Mr B. Bourke's Bloomers, and Mr R. F.',TrenKolm's Pants finished secord. The latestcase cf bloomers to the front and pants after |Lloomeis.

—In alluding to Mr M. Hobbs's colt Bill"Perkins Teceutly,Isurmised he was from3£»thleen, by Taiaroa, whereas lie is from theBetrayer mare of that name. Bill Perkins's<d*m is by Betrayer— Nancy, by Diomedes—Harebe'l.— Amongst the mares oil Bili of Portland's■visiting list this season iv England 13 Mr K.S. Sievier's Sandfiake, by Trenton— Sandiway,l>y Doncaster

— Clemence (grand-dam of Car-Time). Saudflake was produced with an arti-ficial insemmator.— Kempton Cpr.nor. had tbf mount on ArdPatrick in the Two Thousand Guineas, in■which he finished third to Scentri* and Pistol.JT. H. Martin, the American rider, who steeredArd Patrick to victory in the De^by, had the jxncunt on Pistol. j—

Amongst the nominations which were *entin on Peace Day for several of the two-year-old events to be decided nsxt season m Vic-toria was a filly by Preston, out of a marccalled Submission. She was entered as Peace,"which must be considered au appropriatename.

—In the Great Metropolitan Stakes Hand.-ca.p, of 935sovs, two miles and a-quarter, two"on» of Carbine comoeted m the race, oudfinished outside the first three. These were |"WaTgrave and Manlicher. who finished fourthiand fifth respectively. The former went out ]favourite at s's to 1,"and the latter at 100's to j12.— "The worst o' these lady backers,' ob-served a well-known bookie, "is that they usp

«o much face-powder. Lawd-lummy! Iwas■writin' out a telegram aside o' one of 'em. ivj■the paddock just now, when she turned loundIand sneezed, an' the whitening s-he shook offlier fa«e powdered me a.l over like a FatherChristmas!"—

Sceptre putup a record in the Two Thou-sand Guineas, wh-n shs covered the RowleyMile (lmile 11 yards), over which the race isran, in limn 39sec. The previous record wasGaltee More's lmm 40 3-ssec. In her OneThousand Guineas victory Sceptre establishedai record for that race also, when she did thetrip in Irain 10 l-ssce. j

Australasian says thai "the New Zea-land hor9e Battleaxe, entered for the GrandTsatioaal Hurdle Race, won the Century Stakes,«f £1000, at Auckland last year, bat as Boreasv.-38 second, the form did not amount to very!".uch." Mirny good judges in th's colony con-sider that Boreas was one of our best handicapliorses in hi3day.— They were both new chums at the greatfame of racing, and they watched the horses«"oiii^ their preliminaurs for the first event.- *. the Valley or Saturday. Sîid one- "Why/->a't they all go together?" '"Don't show your""'anky ignorance." clumetl in the other. "It's:Uandicao, and some of 'em have to give the< thers a start."— When refusing the 35.000g? offered forSceptre, Mi R. S. Sievier lemarked he might:-" tempted with 50,000g5. According to au*.nglißh writer, 40.000gs could bave been had|'ir*the asking. This was prior to the Derby

'"-inprun. and. according tothe "Special Com-" 'Issioner" of the London Sport=mau, 38,000g=v-as also'refused from a Ri'3sian buypr.— The invasion 'of FiancC" by American"-ainers had the pffect 'of raising the fees- ''arged to train a horse in La Belle FrancPreviously the majority of trainers were paidat the rate of £2 per week for each hor3? and30 per cent, cf the winnings. The Americansth-manded £3 and 10 per cent., inaddition tothe ownerspaying shoeing and other incidentalcharges.— Salute, the Carbine— Festa gelding racingin England, appears to be a cut a'-ove theordinary. Jii3t before the last mail left he■won the M<?y Plate on the las* day of theICewmarket Swing meeting, which made hisfourth win this ??asuu. Salute earned top■weight (9.0). and beat nir.p others, amongstwhom waa Kins Edward's filly OmtUttiua.

CANTERBURY DOINGS.BrFsitz.

If ever th?re was a quiet place and so devoidof spoiting news, that locality during the pastweek is Christchurrh. There are no ensuingcios"-at-hand meetings to chat about; ardthough there has bên a fair amount of usefulwork accomplished at Riccaiton,even that ha=not been of a particulaily interesting nature.

Walking around the steeplechase schoolingfences ore cannot helpcongratulating the care-taker on the excellent woik Aceoniplishod byhim. Every fence has been carefullybuilt i<p,the gorse-topoed onr3 are trim and neat, andthe approaches to them have befn levelled insuch 4 in?liner as to call forth lie co.i<rrfl.tn!a

OTAGO WITNESS.June 18, 1902.Deerstalker appears to be going on satisfac-

torily in his work, and should he train on hewill be ahard nut to crack in the spring. Hisstable companions, Dirk and Golden Vein, arealso executing fairly strong work. The othermembers of the Chokebore team, especially thelecently-broken youngsters, look remarkablywell.Redoubt, Fair Play, snd J.P. are jumpingfairly well.R-awmore, the sprinter, has been turned outfor a short spell.

COURSING.The Akaroa County Coursing Club held its

first meeting of the season at Birdling's Flat,Little River,onTuesday and Wednesday. Therewas a large attendance of visitors from Christ-church and the Bays. Mr T. Nutt,as slipper,performed his duties admirably,and the judge,Mr E. E. Nutt, gave satisfaction. Hares wereplentiful, but they were very wild, and inmost instances rose too far away from the dogsto get sighted. The hares generally were verystiong,and so^ne long courses wererun. Therewere still some five coursse to run, and, therain s-cttmg in, it was decided to postpone thefinish until Thursday next. The following aretho results —

FrRST Round.Mr August Lehevre's BouncingBoy beat Mr

Jeffrey's Lady's Cham.Mr J. Flyri's Hawk beat Mr J. F. Bucha-

nsxn's Huku.Mr G.- Tabarils Gaineo beat Mr J. Bell's

Colonel Bush.Mr Connelly's Fri=ky Lass beat Mr Mum-

ford's Red Rose.Mr V. Kissell's Toddles beat Mr J. Bell's

Miss Bruce.Mr Henning's Kaiwara beat Mr E. F. Le-

lievre's Leverzco.Mr A. Lehevre's Wakaroa beat MrJ. Dick's

Sceptre.Mr W. Fox's Maggie beat Mr Gread's Juno.Mi W. Fox's Emperor beat Mr G. Bird-

ling'3 Porn-Porn.Mr E.F. Lelievre's La Mooche ran a bye.

Second Round.Jiawk beat BouncingBoy.Cameo beat Frisky Lass.Kaiwara beat Todd!s3.La.Mooch* beat EmperorWakaroa hus to meet Mrggie.

Thihd Round.Cameo beat Hawk.

(Unfinished.)

Percy Johnstone was to take the pair over tothe other side, Battleaxe,Ishould say. isalmost certain to remain on this side, as when,being indulged in a run at Ellerslie one daylast week he by some means cut one of Hisforelegs, which would be all againsthis beinggot ready to do himself justice by July 5,when the big Victorian Hurdle Race is (o berun.

The Auckland Racing Club Committee liastabled the following notices of motion to bedealt with at the Racing Conference at Wel-lington next month "— (1) "That in order toencourage lads there shall be an apprentice'srace in the programme of each metropolitanclub, except at Winter meetings. Horses to beridden by duly apprenticed boys only." (2) ■

"That all nominations shall close on one andsame day of week." (3) "That on and afterAugust 1,1904, no programme shall be passedof any club whose course is less than a milein circumference." All these motions shouldcommend themselves to favourable considera-tion, and while the second may not be accept-able to certain of the clubs, the first and thirdshouldmeet -with general support. Theencour-agement of apprentices is certainly a step inthe rightdirection, as is .i!so the proposal thatit should be made compulsory to have allcoursesat least a mile incircumference. Itisalwaysdangerous to aliow large fields to starton cramped courses, and mere than oncopa- ltrbns of tho sport have with fear and-trembling- watched tho racingunder-such con- 'ditions at the Takapuna co\xrse, which, though !well appointed and well kept, is certainly on'the cramptd side, and dangerous. Probablythis club will now take tho"hint, and have the-*

J distance increased and the course at certainpoints widened.

Hylas and The Doctor will probably be sent 'to Gisborne next month, and, all going well, "

j the first named will thence bs sent on to,!Christchurch.

Another Auckland pair mentioned as likelyto make a southern tour are CannongateandFrances Lovcjoy.

Although Gobo failed to dp anything inboth ,

tho jumping events in which he figxired atNorth New Zealand Grand National meeting,there are some here who expect to see the sonof Natator make a better showing in eventsahead.

BATTLEAXE FOR SYDNEY.Later.

Battleaxe was shipped to Sydney this even-ingunder care of Percy Johnstone. A private

i telegram received states that he has got topweight in the V.R.C. Grand National, whichcomes as a surprise, seeing that he has nersrso far figured over tho sticks. His leg troubleis expected to bs all right aga.n in a fewdays.

SPORTING NOTES FROMAUSTRALIA

By Ravekswohth.

MELBOURNE, June 4.TIIE JUNE ENTRIES.

Monday last was sefaside for the"taking ol ■

entries for several important handicaps andclassic events. Therewwas a falling off irT'theyoung Tace3, but the Cups show an advancem pointof numbers. Tiro entry- cf 170 Ipr theMelbourne Cup is only one shqrt of the "record, ,while the 190 received for the Caulfieid Cup is .'a record. Ido not notice the names of any. ..New Zealand horses in cither of Hie Cups,-hub- '■Battleaxe has been engaged in the V.R.C.Grand National Hurdle Kace to bo run, on .July 5. The Sydney contingent is particularlystrong. It comprises no fewer t'ian 58 horses(counting Abundance suid Felicitous, nowtrained m Sydney), and there are some first-class onesamongstthem. The first that strikesthe eye is San Vzsun, -whose trainer :<» evidently,in hopes of going one better than last year,when the son of Gozo ran such agood second to Revenue in the MelbourneCup. Brakpan, Great Scot, Australian "Colours, Warrior 11, Patronage, Lucknow;Gauleon, Blue Metal, Sequence, and Sir Leo-nard are other3in the Sydney lot. Palmer,Galtee More, and Narelle are entered from ■

Queensland, while the South Australians in-clude Chatter, Troubridgo, and Roysl Artillery, ■

and the West Australian houses Limber andKilt. The Victorian-trained contingent is, ofcourse, the most numerous. Maltster, UnitedStates, Strata, Florida, Footbolt, Combat, TheIdler (who 13 apparently not going out cf thecountry),Haymaker, Loyal, Benvolio, Arnpier.Hymettu3 (who is to be givenanother chanceto distinguish himself next spring), Flagship,Wakeful, and Kingiike are some of the notice-ablennûea in the list. Kevemie is absent. Hehas not apparently recovered from hi3Austra-lian Cup injuries sufficiently long to be ptifcinto training for another Cup. The conditions -of the Maribyrnong Plate were rnado muchmore- liboral than last year, but still there in '

:\ foiling ofi. Thi3 is the case withall the other classic races for bothth© V.A.T.C. and the- V.R.C, and there "

will apparently not be as many two-yeay-oldsin training this season as there were last sear .son. A cursory glanca at the Caulfieid Cnp ■

reveals the names- of such horsea as W-akeful, "Kinglike, Vanity Fair, Palmer, Bpnnio Chjel, .Hymettus, Australian, Debenture, Axnpier, -Loyal, Wairiri, Blunderer, Galtee More.Royalty, Limber, Abington, Khnki, San Fran, *Patronage, Brakpan, Great Scot, AustralianColours. Warrior 11, Gauleon, Sequence, Blue -Metal, Rabato,and Sir Leonard.

Comparative fables of the totals received bythe V.R.C. and V.A.T.C. during the past fewyears are appended"

—V.R.O.

V.A.T.C.

* Not yet closed.The entries for the A.J.C. Epsom Handicap

and Metropolitan ore also very satisfactory.There are 11< in the former event and 101 in.the latter. Nearly all the good horse3in train-ing in Australia have been entered for one orother of the races.

MOOSiEE VALLEY RACES.The Steeplechase meetingof the Moouee Val-

ley Racing Club on May 2i was held in brightweather,' and there was a splendid gate. Therewere four jumping eveut3 on the programme.The jumping talent wasnumerous enough, butnot particularly good, and there is every indi-cation of a scarcity of smart horses in this de-uariinent for the N^tia.idld. If New Zesc

—An American racing secretary wrote asfollows to several horsemen before the presentracing season commenced:— "Everything mustbe on the square this season. Crooked workhas nearly been the death of horse-racing;the time has come when a halt must be calledand thebest horse must win, or else the sportwill cease, or become a gambling machine pureand simple."— Prior to the victories of Sceptre in theTwo and One Thousand Guineas races Carbineheaded the list of winningstallions in England.When the last mail left the order was:—Per-simmon (sire of Sceptre), £10,642; Carbine,£3189 ;St. Simon, £2340 15s;Isinglass, £2738 ;Ayrshire, £2439; Common, £1941; Freemason,£1870; Matchmaker, £1813 ;Sheen, £1800, Mei-ton, £1673; Prisoner, £1515.— The American-bred cold Nasturtium,which was purchased by the Hon. W. C.Whitney for £10,000, with the object of winningth " Coronation Derby, has turned roarer.Prior to the colt being shipped from Americaseveral of his stable companions had influenza,but the Derby colt did not develop his attackuntil after he had reached Newmarket. Whenput into active commission after his illness, itwas found that the colt had become affected'inhis wii_d.— After her win in the Two ThousandGuineas, Sceptre was considered to be worth30,000 guineas by the "Special Commissioner"of the London Sportsman. The filly missedthe Derby but won the One Thousand Guineasa-id Oaks, and has engagements in nearly allthe most valuable stakes yet to be run thisseason. Sceptre is also heavily engaged as afour-year-old,and as a five-year-old claims nnengagement in the valuable Princesb of WalesStakes at Newmarket.— Professor W. J. Miller has a peculiardental case recently (says the Sydney Mai!). Ahawker brought to him a horse- suffering froma fistula, in the jaw, and in the course of exa-mination. Mr Miller found one of the lowf-rmolars badly decayed. He extracted the tooth,andifounda, piece of common wirean inch long,and nearly the thickness of s>, packing needle,embedded in the tooth. Mr Miller \ms pre-served this extraordinary specimen, and it hasexcitedmuch interest among th-s horsemen whohave seen it.— A visitor from the oldcountry informs anexchange that since the advent of America:jockeys in England it is astonishing how maiiynew racing jackets have been iesi?tert<l iiithat country with shoulder straps oc braces.Thislias doubtless l>»en brought about by theintroduction of the Sloan crouch, for when aboy is down on his horse's neck his head andshoulders are alone visible to the spectators onthe stand ahead. And while hoops, spots.stripes, and stars alike are hardly discernible,the braces stand out very prominently.— Statistics aic dry reading. This item,however, gathered from the American Govern-ment reports,i3worthy of note. In the pastsix years England has bought in that country32,000,000d0l worth of "horseflesh. The bhip-ments of mules from September, 1899, to De-cember, 1901,alone aggregated over 6,000,000dc1.During th' year ending June, 1901, Englandlook from life States a total of 75,003 l.orsea.The export business done in hor=3.-» of !&leyears has indeed rn-de lapid strides, and i^>daily on the increase.— Talking of Sire? (says Reginald^, it100k5*5* as though Grafton is destined tobe the great success of the +;me. An-other of his sons in Clifton*ga-ve him auadvertisement on Saluiday, and during hi3comparatively short torvice at tke stud in thiscountry the imr-oited horse has done remark-ably well. The Galopin bloodgobfioni Giaftonseems to stand wear, and is in all ways muchstouter than the same "fashionable" strainwhen comma; through the St. Simon and otherchannels. Trainers who have had to do withthe Graftons so Tar speak of them as hardycustomers that will stand punching.—

Inher victories in the,Two Thousand andOne Thousand. Guineas, Sceptre was riddenby H. Randal, who is riding this season fortiie first time as a professional. Up to thisseason he was a prominent gentleman rider,and only took out a professional license ouleceipt of a hint from the Jockey Club. Sinceentering the ranks of piofessionals, Randallhas received ;i fair amount of patronage floraowners, and must be considered lucky to h*vescoied fj f>ee'y ''ii' the r'assirs" in his firstsâiou Ii my memory selves me ar.ght,Randall had a m'-unt (us » gentleman rider)in Voiodyovski's Derby.— After making all preparations to sail forEngland, and while acluallv on the sieamslup,accompanied by hi 3 father, mother, tv,obrothers, and a sister, the American riderHarry Coc'iran, who wps to ride for Mi Wil-liam C Whitney at Newmarket and elsewhere,\vj3 seized with fear at <-^-ht of a womanwhose nerves had given way at the piospectof a sea voyage, ard he b;g«jecl lus father torail tbe trip off, which the parent reluctantlydid. The boy's pccidenl at Saratoga lastsummer has undoubtedly affect-st. lus nerves.By declining to go abroad he loses a retainerof 10,000do] and the prospect; of ■earning asmiicii more v. mount?.— A horse that Inok my fanev ("jivs theAuckland writer

"Phaeton ") n good deal atthe North New Zealand Grand National meet-ing was Frost. The Foulehot gelding iumpedthe bip fences in the Great Northern Steeple-rhjse in proficient style, and thathe i>> a solidlittle feHow is shown by the factthat li» camp out on the followingday as fresb as oau't to have a "go" in theGrand National Hurdle.? Frost was going infine style when he came to sriief through fill-ing over Tresham, and, though Iam notquiteprepared to Eay that, he would have wonhad no accident occurred,Ithink he wcuklhave been very hpndy to the winner. Evidentlv the fall which" Frost Buffered knockedthe steel out of him. as I><> could mako no <<ortof a show in the Winter Steeplechase, mi onthe third day.-- The Jjnauosedevoid a good deal of atler-tion to racing:, pony racing being, natuially,most popular in a country of pomes. The Im-D<>nal racecourse at Tokio was laid out by theEmperor of Japan for hi3speciaJ race meet-ing, which lasts three flays and la held everyyear in his birthday week. The course is n«ai!ya i>'ile ro-ind, and is one of the best in Japan.To tl>p Western eve it is too picturesque tob» altogether like business, bordered as it iswith cln*rrv trees, while m the centre is r.lake with various decorativp buildings aboti'it Many of the Jaoanese Royal Family andthe- nob!«s keep lacing studs, and give ( up«and uurses. the prize of tli<* birthday v <*el:meeting being th? Impeiiwl Cnv>. Count Ttn.whr*e r.anie is well k"fwn in J*"urnnp, ha* soirp

of the best ponies. Tli<» toUhsator system cfbetting is tlis one niO3t in vogue.

WELLINGTON NOTES.By Oslooih.

June 14.The Wellington Racing Club has received

most satisfactory entries for the Steeplechasemeeting. Hurdle races have filled best, therebeing 33 in the Winter and 44 in the Final-Hurdle Handicap. The following is a list ofentries received this year and last (the MaidenHtndle takes the place of the Maiden Steeple-chase).—Maiden Steeplechase (1901) 7, (1902)23; Stewards' Handicap, 25— 23; WellingtonSteeplechase, 21—22; ParliamentaryHandicap,It -16; Winter Hurdles, 26—33; Hunters'Steeplechase, 18—17; Hutt Flying Handicap,18—30; JulySteeplechase, 20— 26; Winter OatsHandicap, 26—26; Final Hurdle Handicap,29—44; Second Hack Steeplechase, 22—17;Ff*al Hack Handicap, 37— 31;— totals, 299(J901;, 341 (1902). Weights are due on July3;acceptances and entries for Maiden Hack Raceclose on July 10. Dundas is engaged in theMaiden and openhurdle events,and Sir Agnesin the flat races. Auckland is represented byHippowsi, Wilson, Hylas, Kophia, Ruins,Sliaybird, Evening Wonder, The Swimmer,Bellman, Royal Conqueror, Treshum, and St.Olga; the SouthIbland byPipi, Wind-whistle,.md Clanb-urn.

Harry Underwood, killed at Fiommgton lastMonday, x&s a Wangamii boy. lie rode Doctorin the Wellington Steeplechase in 1889, won byRo.ssiter. The following September he went toIr:dia with Mr John btcvens. M.H.R., wherehe won bigpony races onLittle Wonder, Para- jkaretu, Dardanelles, and Owhiti (jumper),andaftciwards returned to Australia. Deceasedwas a brother to Mrs Y. Collett.

Battleaxe has been a useful stake-earner forMr Watson this season. Out of -27 starts hepeered on five occasions, winning £1390 instakes. His utableniate, Okoari, was hardlyso successful. She sported silk 11 times, win-ning three races worth £310.

Walter Be3t has entered a FUbleinate ofFiost's for the Hunter3* Steeplc-chise- »t theHutt. He is named Bawn Boy, grey gelding,by Nightcap— Kahikaiea."W. H. Hartgill, of Dannevixke, the well-known stipendiary judge, was on a visit toWellington this week.

Dr Cleghorn, who died suddenly -this weekat Wangamii, was well and favourably knownhi sporting circles. Rosep!ot carried hiscolours successfully this season, and was a. jcompetitor at the Auckland meeting last week.Daring the late Dr Cleghorn's residence inBlenheim lie took a great interestin the. Marl-borough Racing Club, and raced King's Own,Awalere, Fore Koyal, Horton, ar.d other horseaunder the assumed name of "G.Blenheim.

'

The half-century of place money won byOstiak in the York Handicap at Ellerslie in-creased the Stspn:akgelding's wmr.iugsfor the»tason to £910.

Pukana has not made a good start in Aus-tralia. He started in two steeplechase eventsat the A.J.C. Winter meeting on May 31 andJune 3. On the first day he was ridden byJ Brookes, aixl fell at the second fence. MrDaly dropped thi Voltigeur gelding to 9.9 onthe" tecond day. when he w.ia vidden byM'Nnlly, but ba.ilk'd at the first fenco. Bothrcces ivere won easily hy Tasmanian-ownedBay Eagle,by Stationer.

The Maiden Hack R-ce at the Hutt willprobably go to one of Porirua's two-year-olds.All Baldwin may enter S^rgius (brother toOstiak), Dodona "(Hotelikiss-Sybil), and theEuroclvdon

— Saat* Katerina filly.Mr S. H. Gollan has been granted a gentle-

man rider's, licjrse by the Hawke s Bay JockeyC!ub. He is e::pecttd to arrive in thp colony !

m tune for the meeting to be held at Hastingst'ns month. Mrs Gollaii has a nomination inthe Ladies Bracelet —

a four-year-old geldingby Captain Webb— Cartouche (Nordenfeldt—Tires Deuce). Mis Goltan won the race m 1634with Lady Hamilton Other hordes owned bythe Squue of Mang^tarat* wlu«"ii have been j■niecessiul m tiie lace were Melrose a id Renata. ,

Oorge Price brought FieUl BaMery back I'"rcm Auckland this week. The Ilotchkis3I'orse was supported by the right -people fortlir> Fm..l Handicap at Elleral-r. W:th theweight he is likely lo get at the Ilutt, Fieldbattery "should ■-cove "for hif- re-.v owner there.

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Numeof Race. '91. |'87. p*.;m 00. 03.

We'bourneCu~Iv~131 142 147 17»| ?5« J7-JM»nbvri,ongFlat*- 87 103 114 101 J27 137 10SAsco! valeStake.| » 10) 103 108, 117 138 105VietoiiaDerby .. S7 JOBI 118 328 J46 178 137DaksStakes... .. ' 00 03 75 G6 79 8» 51Sf.Leßcr Stakes.. i 77 93 H2{ 101 125 154 129.Sue*1Prod. Stake*! .. . 4» 423N. Hurdle Race; 62 80, 52 60 57 61 5S"J X.Steepl chase

*40 41' 35 42 -to! 4f.| 4c

Nameof hace. |'%\ |'H7. j'9B. ,"!«>_ j'OX fOl. ,'O2.L'uulfieW Cup

''137; 149,' 157|' 15J 170 148 190

I'oorakHandicap , llOf X'81 130 124 J3B 121 128FuvenileJStakes .. s!i 41' 51 5* Ct 81 52Federal Stakes .. 631 43' 5H1 62 79 S7 60

Guineas 831 «> lltf 9S 103 141 120Mma Stakes 79! 58| €8, 7li 91 103 7H!Tulu:ityStake**... 117; 87. 110, 107 10^ 124 JW[JebutantStikes .. ...I ...105 117 913.N. Huidle Kace ...\ ...! .J .. Cfi 75 673.N.Steeplecbate .. ! .| ...! .J U7| 62] 7^

landers are anxious io win our Nationals, nowisthe time to send horses over. There were13Btart«rs for the MaidenHurdle Race, and theyiknocked the hurdles about so much in thefirst round that there was little left to jumpin the second round. This suited Bridegroom,Sjvho is by the New Zealand-bred Russley, andlias plenty of pace. He was well backed andpvon with a lot tospare. Plumer, by Montrose,/unexpectedly won the Trial Steeplechase, beat-jing a hob favourite in Argaxa. Another out-Blder in Realgar 9.5, by Malua, was successfuljin theFederal Huidl« Race. Realgar won theJCaulfield GrandNational Hurdle Race in1898,jjwhen owned by the Messrs Miller, but hasnot shown any form for a. long time. Thatsmart man in patching up horses-, G. P.{Brewer,now hashim. Though there were onlyao startera for this race, odds of 5 to 1 were(betted on the field up to the last moment.rTurk 12.6, the top weight, seems to have goneright off, as he ran very badly. The fourthjumping- race, was the Commonwealth Steeple-chase, which, the grey Breadalbane 10.9, byjCrlenmarkie(site of Glenloth), won.with lengths/to spare. Haut Ton, by Mercury, fell in theBrace, and, having broken a leg, was destroyed.fPhe Langwairin Handicap, five furlongs,/brought out a good field, and vjctory resteil/with the Zalinski mare Golden Queen, anm-anate of R. H. Frew's stable. She led allJfche way, and with Turner "'Sloaning" wonJeasily in lmin 3sec. Another Zalinski inLyd>-)dite wasmade favourite for the Valley Handi-Vcip, eight furlongs and a-ha-lf, but fell whengoing well, and a good finish ended in favourtof Gold Bar 8.1, by Gold Reef (son of Golds-bfough) by a. narrow margin from the Maluagelding Architect 6.9.' " THE BRISBANE CUP MEETING.,The Autumn meeting of theQueenslandTurfClub was continued on Saturday, May24, whenIthe Brisbane Cup was run. This was worthBOOsova, the distance being two miles. Rabato8.10, who won the race last year, was madefaVourite; »ekl lie went very near to repeatingbis performance. He only lost by half alength, the winner being Palmer 8.11, by Pil-krim's Progress from Zeph, by First King.rThis is a four-year-old now owned by K. A.Miller, who used io race Tridentate with agood deal of success. Palmer was formerlyraced inMelbourne by James Wilson, jun.,andWon the Caulfield Futurity Stakes a» a two-i-ear-old. Very little has beenheard of PalmerBince. MrH. Mosman's filly Circe 8.6, by Cas-(tor, ran a good third. Flama 8.0, by St. Blaize,was successful in theFlyingHandicap,and DoAa-r 10.0, by Gibraltar, won the High-weightHandicap for the Sydney division, going out at6to4ina. big field. Ivan8.12, byLittle Bernie,accounted for the two-year-old' event, theKJJaret Stake. The other races were of nogeneral interest.

"The meeting was concluded onSaturday last,when Palmer was again in evidence, taking*he principal event, the Morcton Handicap, ofSoOsova, ono mile and a-quarter. Including a101b penalty, "theson of Pilgrim'sProgresshad9.9 to carry, <tnd' he beat Rabato 8.10 in an.'easier mannerthanhe did inthe Brisbane Cup.{Blunderer 8.13, whoran third, subsequentlyc»m? outâi}d won.the weight-for-age event,the Royal -Stakes, one mile and a- .distance.

like.Palmer,hails from Victoria. Acouple of iqrsea- ftr GoS& were returned -wiu-aiers, Dan O'Connell 8.9 -taking the New Han-"dicap, six furlonge, ancl^Galtee More 7.9 the3High-w£ight Handicap, seven furlongs.7 ' r"- RAGING IN SYDNEY.

The rMpDrefidd Racing Club meeting onSaturday Mp;y 'TJ*, was a gre^, success, the"attendance being- large and fields dilto. TheHeading event, the Moorefield Handicap, oneanile, and a-quarter, went to Soldier 7.7, by.(Prodigal, -ah outsider, Tho Maine 7.5. whoBtarted iavourite, being a. poor second. F."IKuhnrodo the first two winners, landingRcikkHarbour 7.7, by Gibraltar, winner of the'Xogarah Stakes and Plain Tom II8.0 winnerjtof theFlying Handicap, both races being runever six f-.irJoyjge. The stewards were not"fcatiafied with the performance of Valento, who'lan, second in the Flying Handicap, and die-)qualified themare, trainer (J. F. Mutton),and[rider (T. Martin) for 12 months. The Thorn8.4, by New Guinea, was backed down to afchort price for the Stewards' Mile, and wonpasily. Suivre, by Grafton, earned 9.5 to vic-tory in the Two-year-oldHandicap, and1 Wait-fe-BitII8.0, by Yauko, accounted for the Wel-(ter Handicap. Itwas a good doy for backers,Jour absolute favourites winning.I Last Saturday the A.J.C. commenced a two-Bays' meeting atRanclwick. The leadingevent/was the Ellesmere Stakes,run over amile anda-quarter, which went to Mr R. Richards's(kurantia 6.7, a three-year-old filly by Grand{Flaneur from Goldlike, by Trenton, tiained by

E. Cornwell. Aurandia, who was an out-Bider, won easily from The Maine 7.7 ar.O theunlucky T.M.S." 7.12, who was again backed.Another outsider inChippy Norton 7.0 was euc-'«essful in tHe principal spring ra.c*>, the Prn-.-,cess May Stakes. Bob 9.5 who started a hotfavourite, not getting a place. Chippy Nor-,*on is by Far Niento (imp) from Gloria, a fullsister to Godlike. It Is rather a coincidencethat G-loria and Goldhke were sent to Eng-fland in the same boat in 1900. They were soldinthe old country for a. few pounds each. Mar-ion 11.7, by Lochiel, won ihe Hurdle Race;/The Persian 9.6, by St. Blaize, thes NoviceHandicap, onemile;and theTasmanian Bay"lEagle lI.Q was successful in the Steeplechase.The New Zealaader. Pakuna, started in the3atter event, but fell at the second obstacle.1 The meeting was brought to a close yester-jQay, when Kmg P;«i 10 6, who started f-t-.vouiite but fell the fii=t day, appropriated theHurdle Race. He is by His Reverence, sire"of Hibernian, who won at Epsom last Satur-day. Lady Mary 7.12, a filly by Projectile, wonHhe Nursery Handicap, seven furlongs, for S.Fielder's stable, while Bay Eagle, raised to11.13, was successful again in the SecondSteeplechase, Pakuna, refusing this tirce./Uceasy 6 9a three-year-old filly in J. Mona-chan's stable, accounted for the principalevent the Trince of Wales's Stakes, one mileand three furlongs. Velocity 8.4 was success-ful in the Exeter Stakes, six furlongs.

ADELAIDE RACING.The Birthday meeting of the Adelaide Rac-

ing Club was commenced last Saturday. Prin-cipal interest ina general way wasHaken in the(City Handicap, a. race run over seven fur-flongs. Clifton 8.6, by Grafton (imp.) from. Loch'(Ena,by Lochiel, beat all tho favourites in thisevent. Fortune Teller 9.3, who belongs toQueensland was second and Lucky Dog 8.0

.who hails from West Australia, third. Thefavourite Aruirnl 7.9 was never in it. The win-ner paid a dividend on the totalisator of £11fl2s. Sir Rupert Claike won the Maiden Platewith Fairy States, who is by the New Zea-Sander Hova, «uid is a fuU biother/ to the.erratic Fairyland. Both are trained by JamesiScobie, at Ballarat. The only other race thattame to Victoria vs«s the weight-for-age event,ithe Parkside Stakes, one mile and a-quarter,which went to The Victory, by The Admiral.!Ihe winner is owned by Messrs Clark and[Robinson, win recently had Niphetos for-warded lo England fo. racing purposes.IScutum 9.10, by Escutcheon, gothome in tho'Hurdle Race, and Express 9.0 in the Steeple-chase, while the Adelaide Stakes, for t;\o-year-olds, was won by Footmark, who i» a fullVist-er to the Goodwood Handicap winner Foot-fcolt, by Thunderbolt (son of Musket) fromfootstep.

BENDIGO RACES.There wa3 a. two-days' meeting last week

W, the mining city of Bendigo. It was large-lyfcatronised by Melbourne racegoers. The bet-ting wa3 pretty heavy, and one punter is saidtoLave lost £2000. Usually favourites win at

f Bendigo, but on this occasion only one gothome, and the bookmaker who doffed the bagand started as a. backer had a veiy bad time.There is no doubt one or two races werefixedup,but the stewards took noaction after-any race. Inone case,however, they set goinga horse that was travelling badly in the mar-ket, Levard. They called the jockey in andtold himif he did not try to win he would bedisqualified for life. Levard won all right.The principal event on the first day was theGrand Handicap Hurdle Race, of loOsovs, twomiles. There was an impression abroad thatRisdon 10.10 -was to be heavily supported, andthe Tasmanian was rushed at the openmg ofthe betting. As it happened, however, thestable did not want much on, and those whowaited got a good price' Risdon was neverousted from his positionas favourite-, but oddsof 5 to 2 could be obtained on the field at thestart of the race. Risdon was kept among hishorses until approaching the last hurdle, onceover which he had the lace at his mercy, andwon, with something inhand, from the well-backedEarl of Carrick 9.12. Mr R. Crawford,who is a member of the V.R.CraCommittee,was present to see his horse win. This is thefirst victory accomplished by Risdon since hisarrival from Tasmania, and the way he wonsuggests that he is more than useful. TheCaulfield trainer, I.T. Carslake, who has beenunlucky for some time, won a couple of races,theBendigo Plate, onemile,with Speculation8.0, and the Coronation Handicap, seven fur-

!longs, withRescued 7.8.The principal event on the second day was

the Grand Annual Steeplechase, of 170«ovs,two miles and three furlong*. This wns a.chapter of accidents, all but two of the sevenrunners -meeting with mishaps. The winnerwas Deingomar 9.5, who was sired by Kan-garoo, a horse that the late Tom Corriganused to ride. Deingomar, who comes fromBallarat, was an otitsidcr. Backers who laidodds- on Earl of Carrick 9.12 for the SecondHurdle Race got a great shock. Earl of Car-rick got rid of his rider in a foft 'way vhenleading six furlong9 from home. The veteranEli -Jtllelt won the Winter Hauditap withGaidner 6.10, who is a six-year-old .«ou ofMalua, and only beat the favourite Rescued7.10 by a head. The well-performed Combat9.12 ranbadly in this event, as he didin Specu-lation's race on the fiist day. Hi^ turn willcome later on.

EPSOM RACES.Melbourne racegoers assembled at Epsom on

Saturday, and beat the books bsrdly. Of thesix races, four were won by favourites and oneby a second favourite. The outsider to winwas Corncob 7.2, by Cobbitty. He won theEpsom Handicap, five furlongs nr.d a-half,in a canter. He had previously been heavilybacked tor the Trja! Handicap,six furlor-gs,butwith 8.4 up ran nearly last. His change ofform can only be accounted for by assumingthat weight stops him. The Trwl went toHibernian 7.10, by imported His- Reverence.Hibernian is owned by a heavy punter in J.Stevenson, who will be remembered as winningtlie Melbourne Cup on Auraria. Hibernian,was backed for a pot of money and weneasily. Another heavy-backing crowd—Wheeler's stable— won the Welter with LochSly 7.13, a four-year-old filly by Lochiel, whowent out a strong- favourite and beat Sweet"Rose 7.8 by a head. Dutcli Admiral 8.4, byThe Admiral, won the Jumpers' Flat Racr

—his maiden victoiy, though nearly five yeaisold. The grey Breadalbane 10.11 was success-ful in the Steeplechase, while a hot favouiitcin Sandboy, who wa3 leniently treated at 7.4,got home in the Epsom Handicap, ore mile.Sandboy is by the Cauiiield Cup winner, S?n>foin. C. Cooper rode both Hibernian andSandboy. He is riding in good form again.

ODDS AND ENDS.Mr A. Vowlcs will act as handicapper for the

Williamstown Racing Club for the remainderof the season, in plac of Mr Geo. Vowles, de-ceased. He will probably be permanently an- |pointed. j

H. Ham=on has ariivpcl at Flemuigtoii fromthe country fith a stroiig team of jumper?,owned by the Messrs Manifold. The contir.-gent comprises Sonlt, by Wellington — Little.Louie; Victor, by Wellington — Little Lady,Snulhia, by Wellington— Sylvinia, Orthez, byWellington— Angler mare;Debourg, by AVel-ling— Madrigal;and Holkpr, by Wellington—Mi«s Edge.

Owing to the drought, some of the NorthQueensland racing clubs are not faring toowell. At the recent Hughendeii Jockey Clubmeeting the totalisator investments onlyamounted to £415, and the club lost JE4OO onthe fixture. In consequence of the prevailingbadtimes, the annual subscription to the Rock- jhampton Jockey C.ub has been lcduicd to ,ijguinea. JThe New Zealand-bied Etmig has riiivd '"-i

Melbourne from the countiy. Autique, LastChoice, Shoddy (.V.K C. Giand NationalHuraie Kacc v.inner), a.-.d P..; Out la^c aUocome down.

The SydcVy jockey, A. Hood, who has beenconnected with R. O'Cr-mior's stable for somotime, was badly injuredby a fall from Lark-rng at Kogaiah la>=t week. While ridingLark-ing a gallop thehor*s bolted and smashed into "

a. fence, breaking some of Hood's rib=. and itis feared the lungsare pc-iforated by a biokenbone.

The V.R.C. Committee have di°qi'i>lif">d fo'four months a boy named Alexander Feigussonfcr absconding from the service of James Wi.-SOll. JUII.

Mr W. R. N. Virgoe, who was well laiownon the turf a few yeais ago, and us "Mr W.Neil" won the V.R.C. GrandNational Steeple-chase in 1834 with Chippenham, d.ed on the2Gth Muy. Latterly Mr Virgoe w*b betterIm:cwii in sporting"cireleb as a. refeiec at lc.\-mgmatches.

Ausiialian (by The Australian Peer) w?s <=oldprivately a few da>s ago to his trainei, J. E.

j Brewer.i Ponding the completion of ihe private tiarkat Sandown P-.n-k. Bo.ir.ie fiîel and the re-mainder of Mr H. HiiwkmsT horsPs v.,11 bp

tiained privately at Dandenong by P. T. IJev-■wood, who won two Caulfield Cups withUymettus.

Suivre, who won the Two-year-old Handicapnt Moorefield on Saturday week, broke a smallbone inher foot during ihe race, and she willprobably net be seen o»i a racecourseagain.

Lucknow, whose lameness after the Bris-bane Cup was not considered serious, is re-ported from Queenslandto be worse, andKel=ohas ordered the horse home to Sydney, withthe intention of restinghim for some time.

A heavy-weight boxing match which is r X- ■

citing a good deaJ of interest is that between |the smiling black, Peter Felix, and BillDoherty. fixed to take place in "Melbourne niJuly. Felix is a very clever boxer and willprobably "win, though he is not much of ;i

punishcr. , ._Scabbard, b"y the- New Zealand-tired Escut-

cheon, won the principal event at the Kyneton(Victoria) meeting last Friday.

Scotch Reel was ridden a very peculiar racein the Steeplechase at Epsom on Saturdayla?t. The stewards held an inquiry, and de-cided to disqualify the mare as well as her Ilidcr, H. Howie, for six months— an absurdly jlenient sentence if the stewards were qu.te|satisfied that Scotch Reel was not ridden towin. I

The New Zealand racehois^, Blue Petti, lias !ariived in Sydney.

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A two-year-eld filly by Preston from Sii^ jmission, entered for the spriiig eienl, onMonday, beais the name of Peace Rather ap-propriate considering the day, Ihe oreoi' whichnews of peace bring dec^-ecl br'vc?n theBritish and the Boers was lcccived.

First Piineipal won the City and Subur-ban Handicap at Epsom because ho wasthe host-conditioned hor=e in the race.Speaking of trained and untrained horsep.theNewmarket correspondent of the Sports-man says:— "You can bring trained horsestogether with weight or start, but there isno reckoning up the difference betweentrained and untrained animals, and the num-ber of -good ones that are yearly relegated.to oblivion for the simple reason U\at theynever had a chance because of not beingtrained is a good deal larger than mo^tpeople inv.gine. In my mind's eye Icanccc several of them now that Iha\e knownsent out of training as no good for racingthat never had a chance: and when some-times Ihr-ar the best horses of differentyears di-eus'-ed, Ithink of some of those" chanceless

'hor3es that would, Iknow,

under other circumstances, have piu a cfifferent complexion on pome of our racingrcuoids, and even, perhaps, necessitate nrearrangement of the Bruce Lowe figwe ey~.-te-in, based as it is on the classic winners.Were every horsi* equally well trained, thatt-y?teni would, Iam satisfied, point outwove winners ami good horses than it dee->under existing circumstances.''

If Mr Sievier Jias been offered 35,000^3for Sceptic by a mau who is in a positionto put down the money, sayB Truth in aniV?ue published before the decision of theDerby, he would, of course, act widely inaccepting that sum for the filly, looking atthe matter from a strictly practical point of\iew. Ido not spp Sceptre winning morethan tv.o-thirds of that aniount, c\en if shecarried off the Derby, the Oaks the GrandPrix, and Iho Sf. Tjeger;and jt -will neverbo possible to baok hrr at rational odds.It 13 quite on tlio cards, moreover, that shemay go off be-foro Epsom, in viliich caseit would be months befoic phe recovered h^rform, and perhaps she might nevor againbe the fame animal. Sceptic will be> averitable- marvel if she can be kept iip toconceit pitch until (he midcOo of June, con-bidering that she na» qiiito to run onMarch 18, and her two races i-.t Ncw^-rketeasily as they were won, must have takena lot out of her.

Until lately, they iirvcr appeared to beparticular about the length of the coursesmi ihigland. Now. howe\Pi\ tins i-. net thfc.i c, and many oi the tracks are being re-ivc.tvreu. Amongst the interesting itemsim a rcitnt "Calendar" (>-ay.s '"Vigilant," ofthe Sportsman), the first Irame across istliat >t)ihli affpcls the lengths of thr> coiirw?at New market, and it appear-t that, owingto tiif adoption of Uip stflrting gate fore\oiy race, which makes it certain thatlioisps will get away irom tho correct mark,the lengthb of Fe\era,l of ihe courses whicjiarc mo-t generally used ha\ c been reined.Thus the Cesarcwitch course in future willbe exactly two miles two furlongs, the sur-plus 35yds having been cut off. The New('iinbridgChhire courao will be exactly halfthib distance— namely, one mile on© furlong,in-tcad of one mile ono furlong and 17yds.Ele\en yards has been lopped off the Row-ley Mile, which in now a mile in fart aswoil a= in name; whereas 17yd«i have beenadded to the two Middle Miles of the 8.C..biinging tl.em up to two miles exactly, andhalf a doz&n yards ha\e been put on to thoT y.C The?p are the only alterations noti-fied, except that the Peel Course of sixfurlongs will in future finish at tho DitchMile w-inning post instead of at the T.Y.C.po:-t. None of these alterations appear lobe of very great importance, but, as aninn-pasing amount of interest appears toatta<h to the times accomplished in \aiiousn-'-es, it is just as well to know that thedin'.auces will be exact in future.

The >-ioi-y oi Sceptre and Duke of West-min-ter is one of the most curious in tuif.hietory. so far as it has gone. Both werebred at Eaton, inCheshire, by the late Dukeof Westminster, and both came up for ealeas yearlings in July, 1900. For Sceptre MrSicuPi gave the jecord yearling price ol10,000gs andDuke of Westminster went intoithe same hands at 5600g=, while (oays a|wiiter in Field), it may be added. Cupbearer

was fold to the present Duke of Westmin-ster for 9100g=. Sceptre and Duke of Wost-min-tcr werp sent to Wantage, to be- trainedby Charles Mmton. and the filly won theWoodcote Stakes at Epsom and thp JulyStakos at Nowmarket before bein« boatcnin .he Champagne Stake* at Doncaster.Duke of Westminster won the New Stakesat A=cot and the Richmond Stakes at Good-wood (beating Game Chick on both occa-sions?), and was then sold by Mr Sievier for

I 21.000gs to Mr Faber, and removed fromi Wantage to Kingsclere, where he has beensaite trained. Sceptre lemained under Mor-ton's care- until last autumn, when theiAmerican. Davis, took charge of the team,jDavis trained the filly for the Lincolnshire-|Handicap, but Almost immpdiatolv after that

ince his connection with Mr Sievier camefo an pnd. and duringthe la°t six week* thefilly has bpr-n trained by her owner, who.thous'n quite- now to the business., has scorpd" a eijyial success at the fir&t alterant. This

OTAGO WITNESS. June 18, 1902.

Mr Septimus Miller, chairman of the V.R.C..who lecently lost his only child, has leasedhis horses for a term to his brother, Mr AlbertMiller.

COURSING.The Derby and Oaks meeting of the New

South Wales National Coursing Associationwas concluded at RootyHill last Friday week.The results were:

—Deiby.— S. J. Greenhalgh's Great Heart, by

Lindsay Gordon— Gipsy Queen, beat P. A.Lamb's Llangloh, by Honeydew— Lozenge, andwon.

Oak?.— S. Bladon's Bequest, by DukeM'Pherson— Stars and Stripes, beat J. Raf-ferty's Impudence, by Trafalgai— Willing Lass(.withdrawn), and won

Birthday Stakes.— S. Bladon's ror f b Bee-line, by Leopold— Besant, boat J. Rowan's f dRower,by Black Do\iglas — Leenos, and won.

Duke M'Pherson, sire of Bequest, has notbeen at the stud long. P^s first puppies arerunning this season, and tney are all promis-ing. He was a very fast doz when in training.

Last week there was courting at Moonee Val-lej-, wheii the Goodwood Cu;> and St. Legerwere run off, with the folliwng result:—THE GOODWOOD CUP. for 18 all-age?, at

£3 3e. Winner, £28; runner-up, £12; onodog, £o ,two dogs. £3 each.

Deciding Course.— F. D. Macgilhcuddy's bkw d The Hermit, by Goldsmith— Polonaise,beat Messrs Clarendon Bros.' bk b Ve»se, byBltick Star— Poetess, and' won the> cup.ST. LEGER STAKES, for 16 puppies,at £3 3s.

Winner, £2£; mnner-up, £11; two dogs,£Z each.

Deciding Course.— E. C. Weibgen ns fw dHarvester 11, by Peeler— Trinity (Nov., 1900),beat E. F. Sirett's f or r d Cumberland, byShillelagh— Rhapsody (Aug., 1900), and won thestake.

Four other f-vents of minor importar.ee wereaô run oft". Harvester ITmust be r very g?niedog. He ran on three legs during the last twoCOUIMS.

TURF TOPICS.

is very remarkable, Irafc even more remark-able still is the fact that Mr Sievier, havingbought a colt and filly from one particularstud for the aggregate sum of15,600g5, shouldwin two good races with the colt, sell himfor the enormous sum of £22,050, and yetkeep the filly (evidently much the better ofiTie pair), and tan the Two Thousand withher, having tiaincd her himself for at leastsix weeks of her preparation, and beatingin the raoe the colt he had sold out of thestable. We can think of no parallel casein turf history at the moment, and it mustbe added that with the bulk of racegoersthe victory was exceedingly popular, a veryopsn policy having been pursued with MrSievier's horses ever since he became anowner. Indeed, the cheering was most pro-rounced, and there was more of it than hasbeen heard at Newmarket for years-.exceptwhen Diamond Jubilee or Peisiinmon won.

A sporting writer says:— "The remarkablesuccess of the Carbine stock at Newmai'ketwas further maintained last week at Epsomand Sandown Park. At the former coursethe two-year-old gelding Salute succeeded inoarrying off his third race this season, win-ning with some ease from a number of morefancied competitors. Salute has only startedon four occasions, and has the fine recordof three wins and one second. At SandownPark the valuable Tudor Plate (lOOfeovs)wai won by the Derby colt Fowling Piece,although he. was manifestly lacking in con-dition. The victory was only achieved by ashort head, as the colt swerved a good dealin the hands of the American jockey, Jen-kins. Fowling Piece is a fine big colt, andone of the beat looking of the Carbines yetseen in England. The Australian horses ranvery disappointingly in the City and Subur-ban Handicap. Mr I/. Robinson, just re-turned from Australia, was there to see Dun-donalcl run, and the ooit appears to have hadthe confidence of the stable. "While alwaysin a, prominent position, he never reallylooked like winning. He ran better, how-ever, than Australian Star, which has beena continual disappointment ever since hewon the same race last season."

RACING IN ENGLAND.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.April 30.

THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEASSTAKES,of 5050sovs. For three-year-olds; colts 9.0,fiilies- 8.9. R. M. (one mile). 97 subs.

Mr R. S. Sievier'3 b f Sceptre, by Per-simmon — Ornament, 8.9 (H. Randall) . 1

Sir Edgar Vincent's b c Pistol, by Carbine—Wenowah, 9.0 (J. H. Martin) 2

Mr J. Gubbins's br c Ard Patrick, by St.Florian— Morganette, 9.0 (K. Cannon) .. 3

Colonel H. M'Calmont'a Rising Glass, byIsinglass— Hautesse, 9.0 (G. M'Call) . 4

Mi J. Gubbins's Port Blair, by Blairfindc—Income, 9.0 (C. Jenkins) 0

Mr J. R. Keene's Kearsage. by Kings-ton—Flying- Squadron,9.0 (H. Spencer) ... 0

Prince SoltykofTs Snowberry, by Ayrshire—PcrceNei?e, 9.0 (S. Cemsoru . .. 0

Duke of Westminster's Cupbearer, by Orme— Kissing Cup,9.0 (J. Fagan) 0Sir E. Ca.=sel's Assiout, by FlorizelII— ■

Rose Gules, 9^ Hah\v) 0Mr A. James's Perseus by Si. Simon—

Andro-jieda, 9.0 (D. MaheO 0Mr J. R. Iveeue''-} Chciro, by Hoioscope—

Vsva,9.0 (D..Condon) .." 0Mr H. J. King'sPrince Florizel, bj Flciizel

ll— Good Hope.9.0 (H. Jones) 0Sir J. Blundcll Maple's Royal Lancer, by

Royal Hampton— Lightfoot* 9.0 (W. Lane) 0Mr G. Faber'a Duke of Westmin c-tcr, by

Orme— Gantlet, 9.0 CM. Cannon) .. .. 0Betting: 4 to 1agsl Duke of Westminster,

4 to 1Sceptre, 9 to 2 ArdPatrick, 9 to '2 I'oitBUir, 7 to 1 Kising Glass, 100 to G PiinceFloriael, 20 to 1Kearsngo, 25 to 1Cupbearer,25 to1Assiout, 25 to 1, Royal Lancer,33 to 1Snowberry, 50 -to 1 Per-ous. 50 to 1Cheiro.50 to1Pistol.

Place Betting: Even* Duke oi We- {minster.Port Blair, a'ld Sceptic; 11 to 10 iigsfc AulPatrick, C io 4 Rising Glass, 100 to 30 Print oFlorizel, 5 to 1Kearsage, G to 1Cupbearer, Gto 1Assiout, 6 to1Royal Lsrcer. 8 (o1Snow-berry, 100 to 8 Perseus, 100 to S Cheiro, 100 to5 Pistol.

The first tobreak the linp was Rising Glasson the stand side, followed by Ard Patiick,Poifc Blair. Pistol, and Sceptre, on the farside, with Kearsage in the centre, and Snow-berry next, these rlcar of Duke of Westminsterand" Prince Florizel, wiht Perseus la-t. Sothey lan to the Bushes, where Sceulre drew tothe front, followedby Pistol a>id Ard Patrick,with Rising Glass and Port Bl<ur next, ami,niaknis the remainder of the imining, woneasily by two lengths, three lengths.separaiprtthe second and third. Rising Glass was fourth,Port Blair fifth, Kcarsape sixth, Snmvberrvseventh, Cupbearer eighth, and Cheiro last.Time, lmni 3ysec, a record for ihe race.

Friday,May 2.THE ONETHOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES,

of 345050v5; thice-year-old fillies 9.0 eachR.M. (one mile).

Mr T?. S. Sievier's b f Sceptre, PeiMin-mon

—Ornament <n. Randi>ll> 1

Maoor E. W. Buml's b f St. Windelinc, l.ySt. Siaion— Queen of Spring (W. Lane-) 2

MrL.Brassey's br f Black Fancy, by Ladas—Black Dxicbess (J. Childs,) . 3

Major Eustace Lodcr's Game Chick, by Gal-linule—Tierco (Maher) .... .4

Mr J. C. Dyer's Lady Macdonald, by Ayi-shire— Primrose (G. M'Cal!) . .5

MrW. C. Whitney's Ballantrae,by Ayrshire— Abeyajice (C. Jenknib) .. . .. 0Mr J. Musker'* Lady Bntta. by Melton—

Britta. (J. A. Smith) . .. 0Mr G. Faber's Ice Maiden, by Krntla!

-Lonely (M. Cannon) °

Pnnce Soltykoff's Mountain Daisy, by A>i-shirc—Light of Other Djvs (Clemson) .. 0

Sir E. Cassel's Doctrine, by Ayishue—Axiom (W. Hakey) .. . 0

His Majesty's Kcila, l>y Pfr&imnaon—

Meado* Chat (H. Jones) 0Sir E. Vincent's Punctilio, by Florentine—

Wasp <H. Aylin) ... ""°

Mr Leopold de Rothschild's Venus, by St.Simon— Lady Loveinlc (K. Csnnoi.) .. 0

Mr J. Musker's Dorothy Melton,by Mc-lton— Horton%ia (J. H.Martin) . .. . 0Mr R. A. Oswald's Salt Tears, by Amph.on— Saltire (F. Wood) 0

Belting- 2 -to 1 on Scewtre. 11 to 2 a?;st.Game Chick. 100 to / St. Windehne. 100 to 6Ice Maidsn, 25 to 1L<icly Macdonald, 33 to 1any other (o).

The favou-ite won easily by a length and a.-h-iH Time, lnim 40 l-sscc, a record for thelace.

WEIGHTS, ACCEPTANCES, &c.WELLINGTON NOMINATIONS.

Maiden Hurdle Hanoican, of lOOsovs. Aboutone mile and a-half.— Ngapuhi, Mangatera,Aide-de-Camp, Reliance, Clovis, North Star,Pearl Shot, Oabome. Roer, Mourner, Ruania-lu.nga, Hippowai, Wilson, Medallius. Tcha,Chasseur. Hylas,Lady's Link,Tauhei, Pumau,Scphia, Dundas, Aitua.

Stewards' Handicap, of loOsov1;. Sevnfurlongs.— Fleka, Windwhistle, Will-o'-the-Wi3p, Triumph, En Garde. Kelpy, Platypus,Ringlet, Titoki, Muralo, The Miller, Hokio,Gipsj Jack, HotUj Field Battery, Terrapin,

'Katriona, Durable, Boko, Chasseur, Oracle,The Shannon, Hinetaum, Tyrone,St. Olga, SirAgnes, Rubin, Bill Perkins.

Parliamentary Handicap, of 200sovs. Ninefurlongs.— Will-o'-the-Wisp, Ideal, Platypus,Kelpy, Kalmwai, Hokio, Hotu, Crusoe, Clan-burn, Ostiak, Hinetaura, Loch Eren, Oracle,Materoa, Rubin, Zealous.

"Wellington Steeplechase Handicap, of4COsovs. About three miles. — Frost, Kufus,Whangaroa-, Awahuri, Great Scott, The Guard,Lcchade, Plain-Bill, Straybird, Kohunui, Right.Metal, Gobo, Moifaa, Cronje, X Jam, Waitio,Derringcotte. Evening Wonder, Pipi,Mudman,Shylock, Stulor.

Winter Hurdle Handicap, of 300sovs. Twomiles.— Ngapuhi, Frost, Whangaroa, RoyalConqueror. Aide-ds-Camp, Rufus, Reliance,Hotu, North Star, Dr Bill,Pearl Shot,"Kahu-wai, Smithy, Stockade, Great Scott, Waiwera,Til* Guard, Aquinaldo, Ruamahunga, Strath-npirn,Hukn, Bellman, Kohunui, Sabreur, TheHenipie, Gobo, Wilson, Medallius, Moifaa,Prnrcse, Shylock. Tresham, Sudor, Dtyndas.

Hack Hunters' Steeplechase Handicap, oflOOsovs. About two miles and a-quarter.

—Mangatera. Cassimir, Bawii Boy, Clovis, ThePhantom, Pauba, Redshank, Sir James, TheSwimmer, Hutana, Monument, Banshee IT,Hokowhitu, Tchi, Beaufort, Petev Osbeck,Pumau.

First Hack Handicap, of 80sovs. One mile.—Syndicate, Waiinoa, Blsmcy, Hinekura, Wai-whera, Waitoa, Raema, Insurgent, Bellinite,Wehenga, Seaweed,.Lissa, Ziska, Purifana,Olive, Cumulus, Valiant, Dede, Armadillo,Laureate, French Maid, Robin Gray, Culcita,DnmDum, The Gus^ser,Horoeka.

Hutt Flying'Handicap, of.125soys. Six fur-Jcrgs.

— Will-o'-the-Wisp, Windwhistle, TKelpy,En Garde, Platypus, Ringlet, 'Titoki, Muialo,Smithy,The Miller,Hokio,Gipsy Jack, Hotix,Field Battery, Terrapin. Cave, Katriona. TheShannon, Shrapnel Shell, Durable, Ostiak, St.Olga, Chasseur,Hinetaurz, Oracle, Tyrone, SirAgnes, Zealous,BillPerkins. ,

July Steeplechase Handicap, of 250sovs.Two miles and a-half.— Frost, Eufua, Clovis,Whangaroa, Dr Bill, Awahuri, Great Scott,Waiwera, The Guard, Loohacle, Plain Bill,Straybird, Kohunui, Right Metal, Gobo, Pipi,Moifaa. X Jam, Cronje, Waitio. Hyla*, Der-niigcottp, Evening Wor.der, Madma.:, Sudor,Shylock.

Winter Oats Handicap, of 150sov«. Onemile.— Fleka, Will-o'-the-WKp, Windwhistle. Ideal,Platypus Kelpy, Muralo, The Miller, Hokio,Gipsy Jack, Clanburi, Terrapin, Cave, Boko,Katriona, Crusoe, Ostiak, The Shannon, Hirie-taura, Loch Eren. Oracle, Maieioa., St. Olga,Rubin, Sir Agnes, Zealous.

Final Hurdle Handicap, of 20030v5. One-mile and three-quarters.— Frost, Ngapuhi, DrBill, Roy.xl Conqueror, Whangaroa, Aide-dc-Camp, Rufus, Reliance, Hotu, North Star,Pearl Shot, Kahuwai, Smithy, Stockade, Roer,Osborne, Great Scott, Waiwera, The Guard,Aquinaldo, Mourner, Sudor, Ruamahunga,Strathnairn, Huku, Hippowai, Bellman, RightMetal, Kohunui, Gobo, Sabreur, Medallins,Vvilson, Tirea, Moifa-i, Chasseur, Penro«e,Lcdy's Link, Tauhei, Sophia, The Hempie,Tieshani. Shylock,Dundas.

Second Hack and Hunters,' SteeplechaseHandicap, of lOOsovs. About two miles.— The.Phantom, Cassimir, liangstern, Bawn Boy,Clovi-, Puapa, Redshank, Sir James, Hutana,Monument, Banshee11, Hokowhitu, Tcha,Th-sSwimmer, Bernfort, Peter Osbeck, Puraau.

Final Hack Handicap, cf SOsoya. Sis fur-loi,s?.—BUrney. Syndicate, Waimoa, Hine-kura. Raeiua." Waiwhera, Insurgent, Kiw,Bellinite, Wiehenga, Seaweed. Liasa, Ziskr.Puritann. Monument, Olive,Waikakaho. Dcdp,Arohn. Cumulus, Valiant, Armadil'o, FrenchMaid, Languid, Laureate. Ctic^'+a. Dum Durc,3he Guesser, Hoioeka, Aitua, Robin Gray.

V.R.C. GRAND NATIONAL MEETING.MELBOURNE,June 16.

The following handicaps havebeen declared:Iturdlu".

—B»ttle.ixe 11.12, Califorman 11.10.

Lowland Chief 11.7. Aie»di:i 11.7. Loch Fad11.7, Turk 11.2. Repeater 11.2. Victor 11.0,Regalia II11.0. Colonel 10.13. Achilluiski 10.13,Siarra 10.11, Risdon 10.11, V.'ollogorang 10.11,Bridegroom 10.9. Destroyer 10.9, Booby 10.5,Cos>i of Arms 10..'. Shoddy 10.4, Holkar 10.4,Tib 10.4, Report 10.4, Rickshaw 10.2, MorninK-to'i 10.2. Gosport 10.2, Boomal 10.0. Error 10.0,Mftal'cid 10.0, Lord Roberts, 9.11, Kaimate911, Realgar 9.9, Examiner 9.0, Dutch Admiral99, Conquest 9.8. Newport 9.8, Rawdon 9.7,Tayvan 0.7, 1.-is O.G. Battler 9.G, Informer 9.5,Jack Homer 9.5. Tonga 9.5, Perquisite 9.3,Earl 0.2, Carrick 9.2. Seaman 0.2, Illusion 9.2,AWop 9.2. Pathos 0.0, Slow Dick 9.0,Foam 9.0,Br.nnockbmn 9.0, Scout 9.0, Tortjus 9.0.

.St"e»Wh.;s-\- Arcadia 12.7, pihe Guard 12.7.Erro. 1-2.5, Aloha 12.4, Biokerage 12.2, Vigil12.0, K.muate 1-2.0. Mystery 11.12, Wooral 11.7,Diiunmrr 11.5. Hclkar 110, Freedom 10.10,Breacialb-ine 109. Younj Cheswick 10.9, La-mond 10.S, Sindhia, Bay 10.7. Eagle 10.7,Ro/iaia 10.G. Regent 10 5, Full Charge 10.2,Hcio 10.2. Wallaby10.2, Royal Mail 10.0. Men-suraiion 10.0. Kio'* 10.0, Offender 10.0, A.N.A.9.8 Bush L«d 9.0, Ars-noo O.G. Sir Hartley 9.6,Forty Winks 0.4, Norman 9.2, ]>i'>?:oniar 9.2,Emmor 9.2, Inkcrman 9.0, Game 9.0, Taiufa9.0 BushieO.O, Ja-.k Tar 0.0.

LAND AND WATER.A dead native rat was picked up at New;

Plymouth the other day. Thn tpccies is\ovy luiely "-ccii now

— in fact, is becoming:almost extiiu t, and thib one is to be stuffedfor the mu=eum.

M'-^t of tli« v/orld's supply of furs com©

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[l'a.Dcier<: aud breeders of doxs-arc cor.liallv inritedto corktributeitemsto thiscolliiuc. *' Terror

'willeuiltuiour tomake

his deparunrutasInterestingaud up-toduiu-is possible,but ikorder todo this he must tiu\c theco^>nemttotiof hisrc3>l**rsh-nce lie truststliiiiiMitauou»Hlbe cheerfully responded to.J

'.—By the Talune, which sails on Saturday

next, Messrs Neill and Renuie are seudinjfthedr crack collie bitchJieniiosa (Ch Herd:

Iwick ex Ormskirk Formosa, imp.) to SydneyIon "a visit to Mr Finnemore's newly-im-ported dog Wishaw Jock. Hermosa is oneof the best bitches in Xew Zealand, havingwon both the Collie Club and New ZealandKennelClub's championships last year. Wi-j shaw Jock is described as an almost perfectcollie, being a big,, upstanding tricolour,with- immense coat ancl frill, long flat he-ad,,splendid ears; and true collie expression. H«is considered the finest spechnen-of the latestEnglish type now in, Australasia. 'He iaalso a near relative of th© sensational -Wi-;shaw Clinker, winner of the Crystal-Palaceand Scottish Kennel Club's championship*this year. The result of mating these twodogs will be- watched wijth great interest;and should produce scmo high-class atcck>»which will bo gladly welcomed, a.i we hareimported no new types for some years. Thethanks of the collie fanciers are due toMessrs Neill and Rennie for their enterprise,which we trust will be duly rewarded.— Particulars of Gveyrcouth and South-land news appear in Poultry Column.— The pedigrees of Rewi Truth-and Jetwere wrongly stated in last week's notes ofdog sent to Mr M'Conuochie. Rewi Truth,is by Rewi Truth out of C. B. Nell, and

|Jet by Rewi Jack ex Rewi Moa.I —Boiling a Dog for Fat!

—Dog owners,

and fanciers may find peculiar interest at-j taching to the circumstances relating to themysterious- disappearance of a dog at Black-burn, England, but it is to be hoped that,in view of the high price now offering for*fat in Dunedin, similar temptations wilLnot prove- as irresistible here as in England.It appears that a youth, charged withstealing a fox terrior at Blackburn,, made asensational revelation concerning its disposal."His own admission, coupled with tho volun-tary statement of his brother and ]he evi-dence of the prosecution, shows tur.t tlfffI fate of a good many missing dogs has been.'a violent one. This particular terrier wa»worth £30, and yet the lad delibevatelv-kiiled it and "rendered*' the enw:a=e for-th*sate of the fat he could extract. This pro-duct, it appears, is a saleable,article, having "certain medicinal virtues, and fetches- aaoutIs 6dper Ib. The more serious part oi th&affair is a statement— inado' voluntarily, and.implicating a person not present

— that the. 'practice- has been- hysfcematisVly carri'# on-for years. If this is well-founded, the- casn;ought not to rest whereL'c is- The ladmade,a- piteous appeal for leniency, says the Prc.W<ton Herald, andadvanced as » reason for hi*remarkable act that he had been six weeks 'out of work, and was hard up. The Bench-could scarcely iui\-e met the justice of Lh<i-cais by imposing a fine, and themonth**imprisonment in the second division towhich they sentenced William Heaton seemsnecessary to- mark the gravity of the offenceand to inflict personal punishment upon the"delinquent, to act as a warning to otherswho may be engaged in this extraordinarytraffic.— Tho following from the Montreal Ga-zette of April 9 is funny enough to deservewide circulation:

—"In discussing the dog

show in Ottawa, the Citizen has dropped!the velvet g!ov» and shown the iron, fisfethusly:

—The Ottawa Kennel Club yesterdays

inaugurated its recont stage of reorganisa-tion by an attempt at a beith »how. It issaid that it is 12 years since an exhibitionof this kindhas- been, held here, and, judging "by the frosty manner in which this attemptis being conducted, the people don't wantanother for 112 years to come. The manage-ment of the Ottawa Kennel Club- evidentlylabours under the opinion that it has beena long time in the business, and that it hasthings down to a science. On the otherhand, the majotity of the exhibitors feltlust evening convinced that they had wastedabout 12 hours of valuable time, and werethoroughly disgusted with the treatmentthey had received front the judge and thecommittee, of which Messrs A. P. Mutch-inov and J. O. Cox are the star duet.' Theentry list is largo enough, and there- aresome good dogs, but the club- ha* givenMr Watson, of New York, a corner on thejudging business, and that gentlcmzz, handsout blue ribbon* to Great Danes and Dach-shunds in the .=ame breath. While one maybe capable of mastering the good points of afew classes, it is hardly fair to assume thathe can go through tho whole dog creationaud rpad them off like a score card. That,however, ia Mr Watson's jab, and no doubtho is do:ti£ the bcrfc ho- can, which is notby anymeans satisfactory to quite- a numberiA peonlo who consider that they know athing or two about a dog. The only oc-currence of interest at the show &o far wisnn impromptu fight between two fox terrierslast evening in the pit. There were a fewladies prpsent during the afternoon andevening, but these had probably no placeOih?. to S;'O."

At the Ghristehurch S.M. Court Chas.Rea-der was<=entonced tosevendays' imprisonmentand ordered to pay the posts, for cruellyill-treating «« doy. ft was shown thatReaderkicked tlu> dopr. and then threw it from thecart ho was drh in;? in, breaking both itsforflpß.-. The Magistrate stated that Readerhad b-'en guilty of Ihe most diabolical< rwlty.— "Athenian,** a regular and talented contiibutor to Our Dogs, in the course of a>i»rie» ' f articles upon '"Dogs in Literature,'7refers to one of Tenny.=on's works as fol-lows:

—The drama of I'Be-eket" was written in

ISB3 when, the poet had reached the ageof 74-. and it is noticeable that in that playi< the one really sympathetic mention of the'log that Ican call to mind throughout hisirorks. In act i, scene 4, within the re-lectory of the monastery at Northampton,n banquet is prepared for the entertainmento£ Becket and his noßle guests, but hkiptainers aware that he is under the King'sdispleasure, forsake him, and Bc-cket ordershis remainingattendant to "Call in the poorfrom the streets and let them feast." ADoor man enters with his dog, ancl the fol-lowing dialogue ensues:

—Poor Man: My Lord Archbishop, mayI

TheOUfOWltD^s lia' apjioinfd theofficial org«i !\>be pablication of of tlie Uuuedin Tunclcr

Club

DATES OF SHOWS, 1902.South Island.

Christchurch— June 19, 20, 21Timaru— June 27, 28Taicri— June 27, 28H*ugiorj— July 4, aTapanui— July 4, 5kelson— July 10, 11, 12Oamaru— July 11. 12Gore— July 11, 12Dunedin— July 17, 18, 19Marlborough— July 13, 19Hokitika— July 22^ V.Tuapeka— July 25, 26Naseby— July 25. 26Ashburton— July 26. 27luvercargill— A-njivt 1, 2, 3.Biuce.— August 6.

Xorth Island.Auckland— June 19, 20, 21Wellington— July 3, i,5North Auckland— July 4, 5~Xew Plymouth— July"lß, 19Mastertor.— July 23, 24

POULTRY INOTAGO ANDSOUTHLAND.

By Terror.

NASEBY."Mr J. Kirby. whese invitation took nil?

to Naseby, keeps Mmorcas and silver Wyau-dottos, and has good strains of both breed=.He has raised various other bieeds ofpoultry, but has done so merely to furtheithe interests of the fancy, and he partsfreely -with such birds as soon as they arefar enough advanced to be easily handledby novices. Isaw three lots of verypromising chickens already cooped for travellingupon my first entry into Mr Kirby'a pre-mise.

Fanciers who imagine that they knowmore than, the alphabet of poultry lore be-cause they have- successfully raided birdsunder such conditions as prevail, generally(£>6SLki&g, ftloQK tll& New Zealand iiiabaaid

TO CORÊ&roXDEXTHknwive.— You: iettpr ,i> Mick- ha, b-en ;e-

fciTcd to Mr Kdwin fiiil!-., of Stuciholmf,who will probab'y reply dircc'.

POULTRY NOTES.BiTerror.

— <">ne hundred and fxty cn*^.ccnta.iuug2846 birds, were shipped to South Africa,via Australia-, per Westralui. on Saturdaylast It is anticipated that tho Su-sex. ad-vertised to sail direct to South Africa onthe l«t; prox., will lake a consignment whichwill practically c-Wr the heavy stocks inthe different freezing establishments in thecolony. As Lyttelton alone holds about 1700'"ast=, it i< e\id<?i.t that the Sussex shipmentwill i>e a heavy one.— A paragraph in tl-e ChristcJiurch newspubl^hed tin.-- week cjii possibly be ex-plained by the fact that the South AfricanCool Storage Company have advised theirclients that they have no further spacefoi New Zealand frozen poultry for 12months, which means, nn doubt, that theyhay no room for New Zealand frozen pro-duce of any kind. Evidently it is high timethis colony had cool storage "f itsown at the Cape. in view of thp factthat «oine of the Au.-u-ahan evporteis prat'ticalry control the South African frozenpoultry trade, it i- a question worthy ofserious consideration by our AgriculturalDepartment, whether Australian exportersare not interesting hemselves in shuttingout the frozen produce of tins colony fromthe Soutli African market. I"nque«-tio»iablyAustralian uiterisla arc affected by the ;-d-mitfcedly quality of N >\v Zetlandpoultry, and the fact that it ia landed it a

TIMARU POULTRY YARDS.Dear Terror.— During, the last five or Six

weeksIhave had a look round the principalfanciers' yards in and about Timaru. Themajority of the flocks inspected w«re foundto be somewhat backward, owing to therecent excessive wet weather and othercauses; but although the date of the Timarus'iow is the second on the list, it is antici-pated that the sliow will b& up to its usualstandard. «Mr J. Lillico, a well-knownbrown Leghorn fancier, has added the whit©variety to his fancy. At the time of myvisit he had about 20 to 30 brown andwhite Leghornpullets running in the garden.With these is tho Crystal Palace hen, whichwas awarded first and champion at theChristchurch show last year, and also firstand special at Timaru. This bird has comethrough the moult very well, and will takea lot of beating. On thewhole, Mr Lillico'sbrown pullets ore a better lot than thoseof last year, and his matings from importedstock have undoubtedly proved sound. Idid not see a brown pullet with the slightestfeign of rust, and all were verj nicely pen-cilled. The white pullets are chiefly bredfrom Messrs Tonar Bros', stock off importedbirds;and a feature of the pullets is theirbize. One of these pullets weighs BJ<ll>, aaidsho still was of good Locrlvorn type. Thepullets are all excellent in colour, have goodyellow legs, and the lobes and combs arealso very good. The cockerels, of which hehad a large number penned up, are on apar with the pullets of both varieties, hutare not quite so forward as the pullets.Mr (i. Ennis, another brown Leghornfancier, differs from the former fancier inthat his cockerels are better than hispullets. He had 18 cockerels pennedup, all of which are a very superior andeven lot. They are very strong in colour,and his best bird is a large bodied typicalleghorn, .with a, fine comb and good earlobes. The pullets had not "shot," but asthey come on to lay, would look in betterbi'iow condition. Mr Ennii* had also fourMinorca, pullets, hatched from an imported"train, the eggs of which were procured fromsomewhere near Mo&giel. Owing to absencefrom home, Mr Condon (white Leghorns)and Mr Connelly (brown Log-horns) will beabsent from this year's show; but Messrs

1J. and tx. Thomson hax'e one or two brownsto show, and also golden Wyandofctes. Theirl»s>t year's cockerel, which was awarded firstand special at Timaru and medal and cupat Oamaru, has moulted- very well, and asa cock, to use a well-worn phrase, will takea lot of heatinp. Messrs Gilmore and Yel'-lantl are the principal breeders of tho game\aa

-ietiess. They have some very good speci-

mens of Indian, Pile Duckwing. andblack and red games. One of their old brids19 now 13 years old. and has " won a prizeevery \ear. Mr R. Warrington,a well-knownsilver Wyandocte breeder, has pone in forbuff Orpingtons. Ho ha* a cockerel im-ported from Tasmania, and a cockerel fromMr (Jedye. of Christchurch. One of hispullpt- is a really good bird, very even incolour and of the ritriif. shade. Mr Burns,of Minorca fame, had ill-luck with his earlyhatches, but he has given his later hatche-ssuch sHlful attention that they are looking\ery well furnished. He ha.9 a large mim-lyjj. of cockerels penned up. These we-reTired fion> tho strain, of Messrs Tonar Bros,and of Mr Bunne-mnn, of Australia. Al-though Mr Burns has got some very goodMincrcas, he is going to have some strong.Iopposition. Mr Erierly. another Minorcafancier has three very fine pullets, whichwould look well in the best of company.Messrs Brown aud Peterson, two youngfancidis. have somo very good W»ek Orpinsr-ton.-. a breed which has comeinto favourin tin, town lately. The bufr Orpington hthe fanov of Mr Taplin, also a younjrfancier, who has about 60 young birds. br#>dfrom the fir.->t and sppc-ial prize bird at thel.vit Timaru show. Owing to a removal nfulacp of residence. Mr N. J. (Jrnhame'sha'chory arrangements are very much cur-tailed. Hf> has reared fcomp 17 Langshans.nnd according to thos** who have seen hisblrdu, they arc much better spwinreu.e thanthose of any previous year. He. had halfa. dozrn cockerels and tht» "snm.p number ofpultets penned up. Of these three of thecockerels and f.wo of the millets were of tip-top quality, and Ishould like to see themshown against Hie stock nf arbor wll-kuowu.Laii(r.=han breodei-s. White Wvandottps are*iii»«>tincr with favour in thi» district. Mr d.Blair i« tip »tron?c>«t breeder of th<«=e. piulwith Mr K. T. Rateman, a youns' fancier,lias lust imported a onrkcro] and four mil-lets from Svdner. The-?" bird* prrived invery good condition, and pleased the impor-tpvs very much. The i= a typicalWyandotte. with fine c«ml) p«'l 'obps. andi" w).it<»— w'ijc-)i rannot hesaid about somel>irr{» of this variety iho.t arc to ha seen.The pullets are a very even lot. beiii" Inrpp-framed bird*, with pood combs. Mr T?ato-inan has about ?0 white Wvandottc"— f-lics*>remaining out of nhout 50 renrpd. H» bredfrom fctock pmmrpd from Mr Blair, nnd f!".-■»>!nn Invercanjill -"train. Mr Blair has- n w»U-known strain of white Wyaiv!ott°«. atwl thisva-- has reared "orttf very ?ood 'rcoirionxof this variety. Next year the=e two Uist-ria*»fvl fanrioia should have some "lin-'oo-dpi-5" for the charnnion sUoxr ar Tirr.aru Mr.f Wl>ittak«r. of Fairview. niio*'-or whiteWynnclottf faiifier. ha= only 'm« ':i>* vf»Mbird* his" f.trmincr ooprations ileinnndiusr ,ti!his rime. His liroHisr. Mr C. Wr-itiakerof Clirernoui lia-> some v°n : u-e'v liêd■ulvei- and oolflrp W-.-aii'-'./itTr-' m.i1 jI-o s jlarge number-cf bl.uk Ornintffvi-,

White Wyvvloitp. ,[Mentinii i' iio inntl<» in tl'o forecoin^ lPport

upon poultry in Timaru cf .i recpntU ""mvir.ted brown Leghorn rock now nf Mr .F. I.ii-lico'jj ynrds Qupstioning Mr A. M.T ""a'-bv abrown Leghorn fancier of marry vear-' -tar I- !ma. and who has sreri tlio bird, T cot U---> jfollowine particular-:— '"It is *)io fin''--^ birdof the breed Ihave *-ver seen T< i- c fmagnificent carriage, immense sizp a.'.d " frich, brilliant colour throuahoiit. 'I'l " comliin large, well carried, vnd serrated. ioti\ cf :good textur<x. The hackling, both nv;k int' jsaddle, is of burnt oranprf*. clearly uonciile'1and uniform. Legs areof strong colour, and ithe wine barnntr well defined and tUstino^ \It was shown only seven timefi at Home (inEneland. Scotland, and Wales), nnd took sixfirsts, one second; the last-mentioned at thfCrystal Palace." As further evidence of«-v.o uKinras&ion made upon his mind by this

cheaper rate than th?l from tho Common-wealth States. A circumstance which lendscolour to the suspicion ihafc New Zealandis not getting fair play in this matter isthe fact that there has been no attempt toblock the Australian produce, Australianfiles showing that export produce is steadilyri=ing in value.— Tho schedule of the Graymouth Poultry,Pigeon and Canary and Kennel Club's ex-hibition, to beheld on July 16 and 17, isto hand. Inotice the name of Mr F.Rogen appears in the committee list, and asMile judge of the show. In addition to theordinary prize-money there are 38 specialprize? detailed, varying in value from £ 5to half a guinea, and the names of giversof other prizes are published. A special, byMr Fred Rogen, is £2 2s, for best bird inshow, exhibited from over 100 miles fromGreymouth. In the 250 cla*9es provided,cook, hen, pullet and cockerel classes areprovided in all the leading"breeds of poultry,excepting in Hamburg?, Bantams, someof the game classes, and Spanish. Dog=.pigeons and canaries are well provided for.L'oTnnetition is invited in eggs, white andtinted, photography of birds, and cakes,scones, etc. Entries close on June 30. MrJ. B. Merrett fills the tecretarial office.— " Hokitika'« schedule for show on July22 and 23 has also arrived, and proveseqtially attractive with the foregoing in ihematter of specials. In 216 classes it pro-vides foi the exhibition of all featheredshow stock, including stuffed birds, and suchmiscellaneous classes as eggs, hens andducks, collections, and photography are notoverlooked. Entries close on Jxily 15;sec-retaries, D. J. Evans and A. Kellar.—

The Southland Club's Poultry, Bird,Pet and Dog Show schedule for July 31 audAugust 1 fixture is in circulation, and. asusual, is most, attractive to all fanciers.The special prizes, though not over nume-rous, are well allocated. Entries close onthe 12th prox. Secretary, Mr R. Clark;judge (all birds), Mr,F. Dacre, Christchurch;dogs, F. J. Mackane-ss. Dunedin.— - The Ashburton schedule of chow, 25thand 26th prox., for birds only, comprises235 elates, and includes classes for exportbirds and table birds in couples. Thespecial prize list is very attractive. Entriesclose on July 10. Secretary, Mr J. B.Christian.

—As showing that the simple-minded (!)Yankpe ha= more regard for the safe de-livpry of his stock than for the pecuniarywell-Wing of his foreign customer, instancethe case of a reetnt exporter of poultryto New Zealand, who, in order to encouragedue attention on the part of stewards,affixed the following poetical stanza to thecoop in which the birds wpre- dispatched:—

We have left oi;r native free-landFor th© isle of fair New Zealand.As out houseboat goes a-pailing,We will gi\ c you without failingEggs, quite fresh, that you are needingIn exchange for gensreus feediKg.

Perhaps, and it is to be hoped such is thecase, the eggs laid upon the voyagedid lotfail into the hands of a rival non-importingNew Zealand fancier; if to the contrary itwill notbearare occurrence. Anyway. th:sexporter needs cautioning to pen cockerelsand pullets separately when tending to ih'ucolony, for the complaints on the scoreIam*hinting at arc far too numerous.— "Dear Terror. — A', an old fancier Iwiah to put in a word or two in restraint ofthe tendency which Inotice prevalent withour judge*., and not altogether absent fromyour note* iit times— to give undue pro-minence (in my humble opinion) to minorfancy points m judging oi considering ourutilitarian breeds. At tho present day wevery wiac-lj place utility before everything.The breed:) that will lay most eggs summerand winter, or that combine in the high-^-tdegree laying and table- qualities, are thosemot-t in favour. Witness how ninny of thefavourite bhxL of 25 years ago im-o nowalmost, or quite, absent from our shows.\X>- mu«t, however,be on our guard, lest byduly exalting mere arbitrary fancy points,and breeding for those points, we sacr.-fies more important qualities, and de-teriorate our utilitybrepds. Take Minorca?.Are not our judges demanding a l^ggy,over-combed bird, a inerocopy of the whlte-facpd Spanish without the white face? Thebeet type of Minorca is a short-legged, full-breasted bird, aud breeders of Spanish aretrying, by crossing with such Minorca.*, toget back to a better type, and resuscitatetheir breed; while we out here are doingall we- know to deteriorate our Minort-asby breeding for leg? and ennb, and breed-ing"out of the true type, and making colourof eye of exaggerated importance. Thentake, say, Orpingtons, probably the in'osluseful of recent fowl inventions

—so recent

that the correct type has scarcely yet beenestablished, for Iha\r; seen photographs ofchampion black cocks (one sold for £150, andtho other hai never been beaten) fo un-like in every point that they might be tak.-nfor different brc-c-de — and yet hero thecha-nces are that black buds whoso ftyes werelight would probably have in the show pensto give place to utterly inferior birds ingeneral build, and correct in other respects.Such a course f think most unwise, and Itrust Imay induce you to pound a warningHOtC; but it rehts principally with ourjudge/5, for, uf course, it they demand acertain c!a.--> of bird, breeders ha\e to pro-duce ir. Many other examples might legi\en in illustration of my subject if spacewould pwrfit. OE course, in the matterof feather, where colour is the distinct fea-ture—rake Silver .(iroy Dorkings, for in-stance correct colour should be required,aud ret— =trange inconsistency I—l1

—Ihave seenin rooent years a silver grey Cock with a-*many white :i- blac'.c feather-, in his tail, aHinfrle gup of which should disqualify, take afir^t prize.- Duckwisc."

Keplyimr to "Duckwing,"' I wish tohay Hint he p\pre*-?efe my own sentimentsto the letter, not excepting e\en when hecomplains that Ieive undue prominenceto faiu-y points. He should remember,however, tliat this ii a fanner'slolumn. and that Iwrite fot fanciers aswell as farmer^. As regards "minor" fau^ypoint-;, I, of course, miagiue that '"Du-'k-uing" means that all fancy business ismino. in comparison with utility mterestv.and that he does not wish to contend thatt give undue prominence to insignificant"fancy" points whilst overlooking more im-

portant "fancy" points. Shortly after lattyear's show I drew attention in thesecolumns to the tendency in the fancy tobreed monstrosities, and bpoke somewhatstrongly on the question. My correspon-dent i-psaks of Orpingtons as probably themost useful of recent fowl inventions. Ihaxe nothing to say against this very limitedexpression of approval, but Igo no further.In my humble opinion they are being muchover rated a? .-v utility breed, whatever theymay be from the fancy ntandpoint. Theyan di-cppcmtin? as fle-h carriers, and can-nnt or.iiipare with many of the pure breeds

OTAGO WITNESS.June 18, 1902.bird, Mr Loasby declares that, good as itis, Mr Lillieo's old bird,, with which l.i>has done so well in New Zealand show=,'looks very poor in comparison with the new-comer. . The newly-imported bird wasshipped by Spratts. Limited, and arrivedin magnificent condition, and quite fit fcrshow.— Tehbor.]

THE KENNEL.Br Tekroh.

as layers :they arc not such consistent c-g-gproducers as the L.'.ngshan, and though goodmothers, are far too prone to cluck tohold their own with the lighter breeds.They are handsome birds, hovrevar, and Ilike them, and am anabitious to breed themtrue to type. As Ifancy is the case with'"Duckwiug," my best bird is light-eyed.There is more in the eye, however, thanf=ome imagine, and perhaps when T get thedark eye,Ishall at the same time secureother Langshan qualities predominating—i.e.. constant laving and more fleshy

from the Russian Empire. The huntersof Russia and Siberia annually capture3,000,000 ermines, 16,000.000 marmots, and25.000.000 squirrels.

A Hampden correspondent writes thatlocally the fishingindustry is at a standstill.Owing to the diity ftate of the water nearthe beach, the fish have moved further out,where- the water is deep and clean.

Hundreds of bai'racouta have recentlybeen cast on the beach between Turakinaand Rangitikei Rivers.

Whaling operations have commenced forthis season at Whangainumu, and the fir*t■whale was captured last week.

A. Sydney cable states that E. P. Simpson"won the State golf championship. c

An Adelaide cable states that the inter-"nnivetsity eight-oared boat lace resulted asfollows:—Melbourne 1, Sydney % Adelaide 3.Won easily by three lengths.

A Westport telegram says:— The half-milerace for £'50 a-side, mn at Wairaangaroa onSaturday,between T. Sherlock and P. Walshe,ihe latter receiving 25yd*, wa= won by Walsheby 80yds.

FANCIERS' COLUMN.

need only to try their theories at Naswby,where i:> the winter snow lays for weeks,to learn how completely cirevmstancet altercases, and that practices which hold goodin one locality may bo altogether inapplic-able in another. Poultry kept at oreanlevel in Now Zealand, or -within a hundredor two feet of same, can be comfortablyhoused, in the frailest oi structures,providingthe roof is sound. l/ndcr ouch conditions,too, range at all seasons is advantageousAs regards food, eggs may be got even inthe winter without any radical change beingmade. Lastly, while incubation and brood-ing, whetherby natural or artificial methods,are carried on under what may be termednormal conditions near the coast, when youget to the altitude of Naseby, all is differ-ent.

By the way, it will be interesting topoultry keepers in Naseby and neighbour-hood, which is at an altitude of from ISOOftto 2000ft above sea level, to know that athermometer regulated at sea level (a<? mostare) would be actually reglsteiing a tem-perature of about 103deg. Fahr. when onlyshowing 104dog. From this it^ will liegathered that to get the necessary incubatortemperature of 103deg to 104deg for hatchingpurposes the thermometer should only regis-ter about lOOdeg. To be exact.Imay say(liat Iunderstand that water boils at adegre-e less of temperature for e»ery 550ftof altitude. The state of the barometer,of course, influences the matter, but forincubator purposes the information Ihavegiven is near enough.

Mr Kirby\ fowlhouses are all of sun-burntbrick solidly put together, and coheredrun3are provided to meet winter conditions.When this fancier todme that ho fed maizein th© winter months. Iheld my counsel,but I'ad Ibeen inspecting a Dunedin orChristclmrch yard T would have suggested avery -paring1i.se of rhafc cereal. At Xas&byhowever. Ishould imagine tho free use ofmaize— because of its superior fat and heatproducing qualities— compulsory. Mann'iboue-ciUter.=. even though seldom used, nowornament mo-t up-to-date poultry establish-ments, wherever they may lie- situated:butin Na-eby and neighbourhood, if winter esgsare looked for. they must be much used,and valued as indispen-able adjuncts, for Ireckon that unless fresh-cut green bone—that bf>st of all egg-producerc— is fed dailyas well a? i!i<i maize, eggs are out of thequestion unu«*r s=uch severe conditions. Asregards arriViial incubation, Iascertainedfiom Mr Ki-'jv that nischine-j <>v t'.ic I:ot-dry air principle fad to meet the recjuire-nionte of high, diy, airfi bracing Ni»seby.and that the machine whichha* bee-u provedmo&t suitable i* the Simplex, who'e Moisturepans are indispensable, and 'equire regularattention. That a woll-n>?di» machine, ir-respective of the moisture q>te-uon.i= neoe=—sary in tho locality about \.hic'a I am re-porting will lw» better understood when Iray llu»t Iivns informed that it i* v-> un-comirou thing, to itnd water frozf-n in theincubator room op winter morning--, not-withstanding the presence of a. banked-upfire all aught. An equally severe te=t forthe machines i<- the sudden and violent con-trasts botween the temperature of a bright-imny day and the cold which immediatelyfollow- i"iiset. Incubation, however,Iwasassured, was child's play in comparison withthe difficulties of brooding. Brooders haveto be well housed, and. to maintain even-ness of temperature. F<*lf-regulating heatingapparatus is as absolutely necessary as withthe incubator if the rearing of a fair pro-portion of bird* i.* expected.

Mr Kirby'< principal house is 6ft \ £ftsquare, and a chicken house equally wellbuilt is 7ft x 7ft. To provide againstdraught each roo«fc opens from a pav=age.and all buildings a-re made inviting andcheerful by provision of glazftd window*. Akeioseno mixture and -pe-eial brush is cou-■\enipntlvplaced n eavii house, and I«awe\ idei:ee of t!»<»ir constant useupon |T>u-ho«,nist boxci-, aiifJ other woodwork. Tn -hort.<*vrr.vtliinar wa« >o sweet and {lean in andibout all thp housf-, y.iid', and the birdsthemsflve- that o:.e roukl =i;pncl an hour hiand about them, a- Idid with l'>e proprie-tor, handling, talking, and binoL-ine/. with-out the least -ucfgPition that a postwou'd b" a ronven«« "ice. or that there wasthe elighce-it cause to bless the Duke- ofArgylc! Mr KiWjy provide- his birds withplenty of gre-en *<=tufF— gro-.riusj 7arge quan-tities for their specia' use-, and supplies gritaud Fhell in abundance. As Isuggested inmy opening -pntence. this fancier keep? goodstock. Imay add that T gather he isambition* to get amongst the leading lichth:if =o. Ihave not (' "> slightest doubt butthat he will succeed- indeed, a good sire toeach of his breeding pi>n&, i->alone necessary to make the bestresults possible, no later than ne\t sea-son, for f saw .->ome very trim yet weightypullets in tlir> yarc'o. fit progenitor- for thefinest show stork.

Next week ftf tIcê the l-noit of mv tripwith particular.- of Mr V. R. Moss-, birds atNaseby and Mr Clunie'i .it Kyeburn

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KELPIES.

mHE WILGAR DOWNS KFNXELhas WON MORE TRIALS than ALL

OTHERS COMBINED. M'Leod's Biddy,

the Champion Puppy of ISOI. started seventimes, won four (including £30 Champion

Prize in Sydney), twice second, and once

third.

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UNIONIST ATTACK ON THE ARBITRA-TION COURT.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)WELLINGTON, June 13.

To any critical observer of public opinionis has been evident for some months pastthat a timo of stress was near at hand inconnection with the administration of ourarbitration and conciliation laws. In thelocal Trades and Labour Council of theEmpire City there have been mutteringsnot loud but deep, and now the denouement'has come. Iam indebted to the EveningPost reporter for details.

Last evening, at the weekly meeting ofthe Trades and Labour Council, attendedby about 18 delegates, a letter was read fromthe Wellington Building Trades Labourers"Union tuggesting the com cuing of a conference ot crnde unionists to consider theposition of unions under the Conciliationand ArbitrationAct, especially in respect tothe preference clause.

Mr A. Collins moved that the letter bereferred for consideration to the conferencelhat had been convened to deal with theproposal to appoint under the act an in-spector to investigate breaches of awards.JHe co:i«idercd that the conference wai repre-sentative, and fitted to deal with both sub-jects.

Mr Colo (delegate of.the Painters' Union),in the course of a violc«t speech, statedthat a bigpercentage of the unionists of thiscity cursed the Conciliation and ArbitrationAct. It would soon be the biggest curse thecolony ever had unless unionists raised theirvoice in protest against the methods in whichthe act was carried out at tho present day.Speak.\ig specially of tho Arbitration Court,Mr Cole said that Mr M. O'Keefo's remarksthereon in connection with the Thamesminers' dispute had not been widely backedup, but many unionists, including himself,agreed with them.— (Murmurs of assent.) Adecision of the court had now come closerhome. Referring to the matters of interpre-tation ol the painters' award, which wasreported 33resterday;Mr Cole stated that theaward distinctly laid down the principle thatwork between midnight and 8 a.m. shouldbe paid for at the rate of double time, andno man, unless he was a maniac, could mis-take it. Tho employers wished the men tostart work at 6 a.m. without being creditedwith double time, and the president of thecourt had interpreted the award as providingin such cases for payment at time and aquarter. How he interpreted it that wayGod only knew. The award could not beamended save with the consent of bothparties, and it was scandalous to give aninterpretation of that kind wlien only oneparty asked. Unionists were not receivingjustice from the court. If the interpreta-tion was -the unanimous vote of the court,tho workers of the city should pass a voteof censure on Mr Slator. IfMr Slater wasalive to hisdutieshe should get up andlettheworkers see that he was «ot a party to thecourt's decisions. The president of the courtshould be elected byboth parties, and thenthe, parties would have in the holder of theposition some sort of confidence, which theyhad not now. The president should not b:ja judge, but a commercial man.

Mr D. M'Laren (building trade? labourer)said the question was whether the tradesuniens were stronger under the pre=ent actthan under the old Trades Union Act.— (AVoice: "Weaker, weaker.") His union hadpreference, but it was so hedged with con-ditions that it was absolutely useless, andhis union summed it up as

"d " non-

sense." Registration under the present actmeant the giving up of the right to refuseto sell their labour at a satisfactory price.Itwas timo unionists asked for tonic returnfor that concession. If the employer, woreallowed to give non-un:onists all the benefitsof awards while unionists were walkingabout, the latter lost. All trades unionistswere largely namby-pamby. The old fight-ing spirit— Ihe spirit of the of "90—had died out. The fighting responsibilityunder the art was thrown c.i the shouldersof officials and secretaries, and this hadweakened the individual unionist morallyand mentally. The workers' position underthe operation of tho act should be fullyconsidered, not only in Wellington, butin other centres. There had been breachesof awards for which there was no means ofpunishing the offending employer, and theformer means (striking) had been givenup.

Mr A. Collins said that the loiter of thepainters.' award had been practically alteredby the interpretation. The preference clausehad been hedged round with conditions thatit was impossible for tho unions to complywith. He looked on the Supreme Courtjudge as on Cae=ar's wife— "abo\c sus-picion."— (Mr Cole :

"More, than Ido.")The indge had laid it down that rhp. decisionof the court was unanimous.— (A Voice:"Then shift Slater.") Shift whom theyploased, he found fault with the court, notwith the individual. The act had beenstabbed by last session's amendment.Let members of Parliament mind thatat the next election, the worker- did nottake their coatsoff, as they did in1690, andoust tho whole lot of them.

Mr A Graff said the act had taught theemployers to organise and had led to thebreakdown of the employees' organisations.It was time the employees started to buildup their funds and organisations again, andif the employers wanted to fight, let themhave it.

Mr Lyons contained of the judge refus-ing to give an interpretationin a case.

Mr Cole stated that he heard Mr S.Brown remark afc a sitting of the court onWednesday with respect to a case thatarose: "The best way for you to get overthis difficulty, Mr Waddell. is to sack theman." That remark passed unnoticed, andwas not reported. What worild havo beensaid had a worker said that the beat waywas for a man to "chuck the job"?

Mr Nootstated that a painter who claimeddouble time between 7 and 8 a.m. waspolitely told to leave the job. In givingtho time and a-quarter interpretation thecourt was playing with the workere. AtHome they were wi?e in refusing to acceptit and to surrender their independent action.The workeiß here were ruled by one man,the president of the court. If necessary,let them fight, and there was no gaol in thecolony big enough to hold the lot of them.

Mr A. H. Cooper said the court hadperpetuated innumerable inconsistencies andabsurdities under the oooks' and waitresses'award. Only two hotels in Wellington wei'epaying wages as low a3 those fixed by thecourt. The unionists were bound hand andfoot under the act. Even if they met theact bj- difibaudmentA the ac-tjaift jthc Mjnis-

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS BYMAIL.

TERRIBLE EFFECTS AT ST. PIERRE.

(Per Ventura, at Auckland.)SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.

Beports of the destruction of St. Pierre,

Martinique, reached the outside world onMay 9. The first definite information camefrom the Amerioan, Consular Agency, St.Pierre, and was as follows:—"The destruc-tion of St. Pierre is complete. The upperend of tho island of Martinique is nearlyall under ashes. The southern part is safeas far as the defetruction of cities goes, butall vegetation has been destroyed. Peopleand stock- are perishing for water. Riversare blocked by ashes; food is scarce, and(famine cannot be escaped. The crater ofLaSoufriere, on St.Vincent, is in full erup-tion. An eruption is visible 50 miles away.Steamers report thick ashes 200 miles awayfrom the island.- The loss of life nauet beenormous, but it if= impossible at this time10 approach the shore. Every effort is beingmade to reach Sr. Vincent, but there- isgreat fear that some of those makingthe effort will bo lost. Forty thou-jsand people periehed on Martinique,including the Governor and his wifeund many other notables. Th^ entirepopulation of St. Pierre, and practically alljfche residents of near-by villages are among>the victims. All the shipping in the har--fcoiu:, with the exception of the Britishsteamer Roddam, wasdestroyed, with nearlyall the crews. Tho Roddam has reached(her. Her captain is badly burned, and all(tfie crew either dead or hurt. Now craters♥inthe t,ide of Pelee have opened. Shipstiassinp St. Vincent report that La SoufriereSs hidden behind clouds of smoke, and the"3av£ discharges from it are constant andrme with a era&h like heavy artillery."

The details, whichhave not yet ceased tocopie in. confirm and increase the horror«f ibis disaster. Tho following is from FortV.o France-. Island of Martinique. May 12:—'Abtiut 30.000 people lost the-ir lives as thea-esult of the 'outbreak of Mont Pelee, atBt. Pierre. The commander of the French

Suchet gave tho American. ConsuliMr Ayme, at Guadaloupe) the first newsVif the disaster the day after it occurred.«2tfr Ayme has reached the desolate spotwhen-! St. Pierre stood, and confirmed theRwfu\ story in all *"*«»>ntwl dotails. Thurs-kjay morning found t.lO I-ihabitants of St.Pierrfi anxiously looking ro'vr.rd* the thickrlouds shrouding Mont Pc! crater. Allrlay on "Wednesday horrid detonations lia'lbeen heard. These had been echoed fromBt. TJionias on the north to Barbadoes onthe south. During tho night these- hadceased, and only fine asho^, like rain, fell»t St.'Pierre. The Governor, th';n at Forfcde France, tried to &iop the panic tho vol-canic disturbance had caused. He toldthe alarmed people the danger would not in-crease, and sent a detachment of soldiersJto prevent a general exodus of the inhabi-tants. Later he went to St. Pierre, andthere perished. A BritisK steamer arrived atSt. Pierre some time afterwards with 12passengers. They were all watohing the rainDf ashes, when, with a frightful roar andterrific electric discharges, a. cyclone of fir©»nd mud and cteam swept down from theDrater over the town and bay, destroying the*leet of vessels at anchor off the shore.There the stories stop.

Twelve survivors only are at the MilitaryHospital at Fort de Franco, while 30,000.-iorpses are strewu about or buried amongthe ruins of St. Pierre, or eke floating, the■orey of sharks, in the surrounding seas.Twenty-eight pitifully burned human beings■were brought here Sixteen of them arealready dead, and only four are expected■to recover.THE DESTRUCTION OF ST PIERRE.

The Associated Press steamer chartered"t Guadeloupe reached Martinique at 6.30on Tuesday morning The lofty-hilled island"washidden behind a huge veil of violet andleaden-hucd haze. Enormous ouantities of-wreckage of ships or buildings were, en-countered. Huge trees and bodi&s of humanheings were floating here and tliero. FromJjehind the volcanic veil came blasts of hot"siuds, mingled with others that were icyvoid. At Le Precheur, five miles north ofSt.Pierre, menand women in canoes begged"piteously to be rescued. The whole "northond of the island was covered with a pilver-*3rrey coating of ashes resemblintr dirty snow.Furious blasts of fire, ashes, and mud swept"over the steamer. St. Pierre waa reached.The city stretched nearly two miles alongyihe water front and half a mile back to thecliffs at the base of the volcauo. The"'houses of the richer French families were"Tjuiltof stone. The i-uinswere still burningan places, and frightful odours fillecl the air.Not one house' was left intaot. Tho strootscould hardly be traced. Here and therewere heaps of corpses amonp the ruins,almost all face downward. Through themiddle of Placo Hertin ran a tiny stream,the remains of the river Goyane. Greatirees, with roots upward and scorched by.fire, were strewu about. Not a humanbeing was. found alive in the town; not abird or animal was seen. Jagged walls, theremains of the theatre, banks, and the old.stone custom house, were found, and anDid clock tower still stood, the hands ofthe clock still pointing to 7.50, the hour

.fvhon the fire-flood descended on the^ town./The place seemed unreal, unnatural.iDarkness enveloped it, due to the volcanicjjiust clouds. Ashes from one to several feetthick covered everything. On the levelledapace surrounding the Cathedral of St.iPierre lay hundreds of dead. It wasthought they rushed for the religious edificewhen death came upon them. The cathe-dral and bishop's palace were destroyed byih-fs. Wfiod and auickli«i£. broushi from

OTAGO WITNESS.

CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATIONACT.

June 18, 1902.

comein withmy poor friend,my dog? TheKing's verderer caught him a-hunting in theforest-, and cut off his paws. The dog fol-

lowed his calling, my lord. Iha' carriedhim ever so many mile3in my arms, and helicks my face and moans and cries outagainst the King.'"Becket:Better thy dog than thee. The

King's courts would use theo worse thanithy dog— they are too bloody. Were theChurch king it would be otherwise. Poorbeast! poor beast! Set him down. Iwillbind up his wounds with my napkin. Givehim a bone— give him a bone! Who mis-uses a dog would misuse a child— they can-not speak for themselves. Past help! hispaws are past help. God help him!

THE

CARIBBEAN DISASTER,

ter of Labour power to bring disbandedworkers under anaward. The power of thepresident of the court was proved by the.fact that when the president (not the per-sonnel of the court) was changed the wholepolicy of the court changed. A judge wasnot going to be persuaded by a workingman. The president had interpreted onoaward, not on its terms, but on wliat hesaid was the intention of the court in fram-ing it. That meant that they did not know*what any of their awards might mean. Thecourt could not be overruled by Parliament,and there was no escape. One employerhad set ur> a time-recording machine with a1

pres3 button, and allowed each employes50 minutes a day for calls of nature andlost time. The court had recently ordered;that tho. costs of action for a breach, ofan award be deducted out of the employees^wages.— (A Voice: "What about the Truck:Act?'") That wa3 meant as a warning tounionists not to report breaches of an award".

Mr Collins amended his motion to theeffect that the consideration of the questionas stated 111 the letter be referred to a con-ference of all union?, tobe held fotir weekshencp, and in this form it was agreed to.

The Typographical Union also takes up>the running in criticisiug the .ArbitrationCourt, and tho secretary (Mr J. W. Hen-richs), in an open lettor, which occupiesa column and a-half of c!o?e type, takesthem very severely to task. This letter isa most severe condemnation of the Arbitra-tion Court award?, and tends to> show that;the court has attempted to grapple withquestioPes it does not understand, and ha*failed in the attempt. Tlio letter is far toolong to quote in extenso, but Imay state-that- after pointing ovit various anomaliesin the awards, tho secretary of the Welling-ton Typographical Union winds up his letterwith this suggestive paragraph:— *' Puttingthe question generally, sirs. dce= it not seem:that tho anomalies alluded to are likely tobring into disrepute the useful principleof arbitration in industrial disputes?"'

OTAGO TRADES AND LABOURCOUNCIL.

At a meeting of the Trades and LabourCoi»uc-il. hold on Thursday evening, the fol-lowing resolution was passed: — "That thiscouncil, after carefully studying the effectsof the Conciliation and Arbitration Act, isconvinced that every employer of labourwho honestly raid tho recognised union rate*of wage before the act came into operationhas been considerably benefited by the act.a-> sweating employers have been compelledto observe the awards of the Court ofArbitration and pay the same rate as lionessemployers. Therefore the act has a bene-ficial effect, and if wisely administered mustimprove- the industrial status of tha countr}Virrespective of any opinions lo the contraryexprcE3ecl by the EnV~Joyers' Association f-i*elsewhere. Nearly aIdisinterested person*of eminence whohave investigated the word-ings of the act have reported favourably o tit, and New South Wales and West

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tralia have, adopted similar measures."

Fort de France, were used in burning thebodies of the dead. They were piled inheaps, which were set on fire. Disinfectantswere scattered through the streets as fastas the searchers cleared them of the bodies.It was impossible to tell whether many jhad escaped from the town. Hundredswere found at Le Carbet and Case Pilote.villages near the city. Over a thousand haddied since the eruption from burns andinjuries. Not a drop of water could besecured at St. Pierre. The vaults of theBank of Martinique were found intact.They contained 400,000d0l in specie, whichwas brought here for safe keeping.

POISONED BY GAS.The commander of the Suchet reports:

Crevices and valley3are constantly formingin the northern portion of the island,where the land is in a perpetual state ofchange. Fortunately that portion of theisland was evacuated in time by the in-habitants, who fled to Fort de France.Lava continues to pour down the mountainIside, accompanied by terrific thunder and[ lightning. The dearth of provisions is be-ginning to be felt throughout the island.The means at the disposal of the authoritiesare inadequate. Communication is practi-cally cut off with the surrounding islands,except by stray vessels, which are seized bythe inhabitants to escape from Martinique.Careful inspection showed that the streamwhich co completely destroyed St. Pierremust have been composed of poisonousgases, which instantly suffocated evoryonewho inhaled them, and other gases burningfuriously, for nearly all tho victim-* hadtheir hands covering their mouths or wero insome other attitudes showing they hadsought relief from suffocation. All thebodies were carbonised.

THE SUPPOSED CAUSE OF THEEXPLOSION.

A despatch from St. Thomas of May 10says:As fiiller reports of the Martiniquedisaster arrive the catastrophe grows inhorror. It now appears the immediatecause of the terrific explosion that blew-offthe top of Mout Perec crator was tho nres-sure of the large lake in the hoart of theold crater. The sudden rise in the tempera-ture converted the mass of water into steam,with the result that the whole top of thomountain was torn away. It is now esti-mated that the loss of life hi Martinique is60,000." A steamer from St. Vincent gives agraphic account of the scone. Tho steamerleft St. Vincent hurriedly on Wednesdaybecause of the threatening state of affairsthere. A heavy fall of sand fj-om the craterof the volcano there covered the vessel'sdeck an inch deep. Tim vessel steamed towithin a mile of St. Pierre, and witnessedthe terrible explosion of Thursday morning.The explo&ion seemed to lift the top ofthe mountain entirely off. At the sametime the land heaved and swelled, and aterrible convulsion took place at sea.. Thewater rose in a huge threatening ma"-s, asthough it would engulf every livingthing on the ocean. Then a i.ia&s of firedescended upon rlio city, and a pail ofsmoke covered ovoiything from sight.

THE ST. VINCENT DISASTER.News regarding the disaster at St. Vincent

was received later. A despatch from Fortde France, dated May 14, is as follows:—"

Sfc Vincent passed through a veritablebaptism of fire, and the results are onlyless terrible than those which followed theeruption of Mont Pelee, destroying St.Pierre. Le Soufriere has been activenine davc. and the victims are num-bered by thousands. A line drawn fromthe Chatcu Bclaire to Georgetown woulddivide the island of St. Vincent into halves.There it, probably no human being ali\enr --h of it. From St. Lucia the eruptionof J a, Soufriere was visible during the nightof May 7 and tho following flight. Thesteamship Wear, of tho royal mail service,in attempting to force hor wav to Kings-town, ran into a floating bank of ashe*.For throe hours the ship was practicallyhelpless in a cloud of smoke and sulphurousashes, denser than that which floated downfrom Mont Pelee. When Kingstown wasfinally reached at daybreak it was foundpanic-sticken. The streets were covered2in deep with ashes and 6toncs that hadfallen during the nic;ht. Kingstown is 15miles from the crater which ejected, yettJif rain of missiles ivas_ almost inooasaiifc forthree days. From the Chateau Belairo wordcame that the distress there was great. Acall had been sant for a clergyman, aimone was takon by the Wear. Down thesides of La Soufriere were flowing hundred'!of streams of lava, which, united andseparated, foimed a network from whichthere wa^ no escape for any living thingcaught withinits grasp. Already 1000 bodieshave been recovered, and it is known manyhundreds lie buried under the ashes. ThoGarib Indian are exterminated, and it i.«believed 2000 lives have gone out."'

FURTHER ERUPTIONS OF PELEE.The following cablegram vividly describes

the present terrible condition of the strickenislands, which so recently presented a per-fect picture of an earthly paradise:—''Fort de France. Island of Martinique, May20.— Mont Pelee is in active eiuption, itsoutburst exceeding that which c-auseel theruin of St. Pierre The display it, awful inits grandeur. A severe inundation at BassePointe, on the north-east coast of thisisland, at 2 o'clock this morning,away 20 houses, and 50 other buildings weiedamaged by the flowing mud, which hasswept over the Valle de la Rivioic. Therewas no further lo?s of life. Bas.-c Pointehaving been abandoned several days ago.Access to the ruins of St. Pierre is stillimpossible."'

THE EXPERIENCES OF THE RODDAM.

A BRAVE CAPTAIN.New York, May 18.— The Norton line

steamer Etcnia arrived here to-day fiomRiver Plate, via St. Lucia, where she calledfor bunker coal onMay 10. "At St. Luciaon May 11," says Captain Cantell, "Iwenton board the British steamer Roddam,which had escaped from the terrible volcanioeruption at Martinique three days beforeThe state of the ship was enough to showthat those on board must have undergonean awful experience. The Roddam wascovered with a mass of fine bluish grey dustor ashes of cement-like appearance. In someparts it lay 2ft deep on the decks. Thismatter had fallen in a red-hot state all overthe steamer, setting fire to everything itstruck that was burnable, and when it fellon the men on board burned off pieces offlesh. This wad shown by finding portion ofhuman remains when the decks were clearedof the debris. The riggings, hopes, tar-paulins, sails, awnings, etc., were charredor burned, and most of the upper spars hadbeen swent overboard. The skyhzhtß were

THE GOVERNOR OF SAMON.THE PEARL OF THE .SOUTH SEAS-,

Dr Soff, the popular Governor of Samoa,who took charge of affairs there when th#main island was ceded to Germany, dus-played a great deal of tact and was verypopular there. From sn extract of a speechdelivered by him (published in the Samoan-uehe Zcitung) it wouM appear that h:sdiplomatic talent has provmled even in theReichstag. A translation of the extract ap-pears in the Polync.-ian Journal as follows:"On Maioil 6 the Samoan Budget was takeninto c-or-ideration in the German Reichstag-.Dr Solf paid Samoa formerly was under.the control of a Municipal Council, foundedon the Berlin Treaty, and nho nominallyof a so-called kingship, which was reallyAnarchy, modified by a bpeciou-.form of self-government, really a family clique based oilthe dan system. The German Govcrnmenbtried to construct out of there discordantelements :> re-.il autonomy, especially as it:had the confidence of the natne*. We suc-ceeded 111 t'oing away with their familyfeuds, at least as far as the Samoans canhe truiled, and they dare not rise against;the Gorman Government. The autonomymentioned is founded on the patriarchalsystem. District* were founded in winchwere put incn with nice titles (the peopletl-ink "a. groat deal of titles-). Then villager-cuiicils wero constituted to govern thcsodistricts and take the plaeo ut mayors. Thefetamoans being veryaitute, the men pboye-r..entiouetl supposed that they were Imperialofficials and wnntcd payment.— (Laughter.)J told them that if they werepaid they mustdo something for it, Iwfc their wi?h to bepaid in advance — (lauprhter)— could not becomplied- with. Itold them also that Ger-many wanted nothing from Samoa, bubwould not spend money on it. «o they musfcpay thfmi>elven their own official--. Thw theyhave done with pleasure— (laughter),— andhaveeven a-skcl for a tax to bo impo-?d on.women and children because a higher payfor themselves would re-ult.— (Laughter.)Only a small paifc of the 40,000 marks towhuli the tax amounted lias been paid to thoofficials in the shape of salaries. The otherpart will b» given to them as a present inthe form of waggons for making roads. Thebettor the road the larger the waggon pre-sented to the respective chief officials.

—(Laughter.) Respecting the character ofthe South Sra Islanders, Ifollow my col-league, Yon Bennigsen. Icall now onyouto show these people as little as possibleof force, but meet tho circumstances of thecase by treating them with presenta andgifts.— (Laughter.) Samoa i-> indeed, as itis called inHerr Ehler'n book, the 'Pearl ofthe South Sea^,' _ and Ibeg of you, in myown name and in the name of my browr*clients, not lo be too economical as regardsthe spending of a little gold when you seftthis

'pearl.'— (Laughter and acclamation.)"'

The Budget waspassed, even those membersof the Reichstag who are generally mueliopposed lo outside expenditure voting in it«ifavour. Dr Solf was warmly congratulatedas regards his speech byhis colleagues andother?, after which Prince Bismarck held along conversation with him.

The Gore Coronation Committee has de-cided to recommend the establishment o£a public library as a permanent memorial.;It ib suggested that the present Athenseumshould be taken over by the Borough Coun-cil and converted into a publio library.Three hundred pounds 13 to be voted tothe object— £150 for tho purchase of newbooks, and £150 for the liquidation of ex-j»|ini> JiafcilitisajaJi £ta bjii]4isSf»

smashed, and the cabins filled with volcanicdust. Ivisited the captain of the Roddamin the hospital at St. Lucia, where he gaveme an account of his terrible experience.He had just arrived, and anchored atSt. Pierre, Martinique."

On themorning of Thursday, May 8, diecaptain was standing near ihe accommoda-tion ladder talking to tho agent of the ves-sel, who had come on board, when he sawwhat appeared to be an enormous blackcloud like a wall with patches of fire in itapproaching the sea from the land. With itcame an immense tidal wave of burningwater, accompanied by a loud and terriblenoise. He shouted, 'Take shelter,' to thecrew. Immediately the steamer was caughtand tossed over on her side, aJmost capsizingher. The darkness fell like a pall, andvolumes of red-hot matter showered down,while the air was thick with sulphurousfumes and dust. The sea was a confusedmass of boiling mud. Fires soon broke outin different parts of the ship The screams,groans, and shouts of agony from the in-jured people, mingled with the terriblenoise of the boiling water and rushing air,together with falling fire, caused the mosthorrible confusion and fright. The shocklasted a few minutes. The captain of theRoddam, knowing the necessity of escape,rushed to the engine-room annunciator andsignalled below to start the engine at fullspeed. The anxious moments, increased, byhis sufferings from burns and agony ofmind, were relieved by the vibration of theengines and a reply from below. It hap-pened, fortunately, that although the crew-had been running off from duty at engines,some of the engineers were near by. Thoterriblo tidal wave which had swept over theRoddam and nearly capsized her hr.d partedthe cable, and the vessel was adrift whenthe engines started. It was found that thesteeling gear had become disabled in somemanner, and could not be worked for nearlyan hour. The Roddam'e engineers werebacking and going ahead with the hope ofbringing her head toward tho sea and awayfrom the land. Once she got dangerouslynear the steamer "Roriama. Both vesselswere in flame=. Some of those siboardjumped into tho boiling water, some felldying to the deck. All this time red-hotmatter was falling, and the wator washissing and steaming. Smoke and dustfilled the air, and poisonous- fumes spreadabout. After some time the Roddam's steer-ing ctear moved a little and enabled thecaptain to head her out to,sea, and, withmuch difficulty, he managed to steer her alittle distance from tho land. As the aircleared the scene on board the Roddambecame all the more ghastly. The shipsteamed on through thick hot dust. Thescroams from the iniured became mor«audible. Some rushed frantically about, withtheir olothes on fire and large pieces of fleshburned from their arms. Others in theiragony laid writhing in the red-hot dust.In about two iTours the air became gradu-ally clear. An investigation of the casualtieson board showed that besides the captain(who was frightfully injured) only two en-gineer?, two sailors, and a boatswain wereable to do duty. The fire wasstill burningabout the ship, and the rigging waG inflames. The captain decided to try to reachthe island of St. Lucia, 40 miles distant.This he succeeded in doing by 6 o'clock onthe evening of May 8. The steamer wasdifficult to handle owing to her partiallydisabled steering geor, which could not bemade to work properly. In the time occupiedon this terrible voyage the experience ofthe survivors was still worse than thatalready gone through. Tho brave captainand his men, fighting fire, exhausted, andscalded, struggled to do something to assisttheir dying shipmates. Those working be-low strived to keep up steam. The captain,(suffering greatest agony) succeeded in navi-gating his vessel safely to the port of Cas-tries, St. Lucia, with 18 dead bodies lyingon the deck and human limbs scatteredabout. A sailor stood by constantly wipingthe captain's injured eye?. Ithink the per-formance of the Roddam's captain was mostwonderful, the more so when Icaw Inspitiable condition. Ido not understand howhe kept up, yet when the steamer arrivedat St. Lucia and medical assistance waspro-cured, this brave man asked the doctors toattend to the others first, and refused tobe treated until tills was done. My mter-ii>n- with the captflin brought out thisaccount. Ileft him in pood spirits andreoehing every comfort. Tho sight of hisfaco would frighten anyone not prepared totee it."

PANIC AT FORT DE FRANCE.»w York. May 20.-A cable to the

Herald from Fort de France says:— *ortdc France is in fi terrible panic to-night,and Pelee threatens the city with destruc-tion. The volcano has become more activethan ever, and refugees are crowding intotho, city panic-stricken ar.d fearing the endof the world is at hand. For 24- hours Peleehas been in constant eruption, and the islandhas boon shaken by the workings of forceswithin the earth. Hundreds have fled tothe ships in tho harbour, which are nowcrowded. Thirty thousand are on shore, outoff from escape. If Polee pours it» firesdown upon them a cataclysm is feared evenworse than that which recently filled th<=>world with horror. Last night wa? one ofterror here. The earth se*med to havelost its foundations, andout of Pelee poureda storm of death. The culmination camethis morning with a series of explosions thatshook down the'walls in the city and senttho. inhabitants fleeing in terror to the opencountry. Thousands fell on their knees intho streets crying to Ood for mercy. Cloud9of ashes and stones filled the sky and thendescended on the city. The force of theexplosions wasmuch greater than that whichaccompanied the eruption that destroyedSt. Pierre, when great sheets of lightningilluminated the sky. Through the teiribleblack smoke clouds it could be seen thatPelee was throw int? out great columns oflava and stones. The air was perfectly calm,but the waters of tho Caribbean Sea wctelashed into terrible fury, indicating that thesame force that causes the volcano to labourit also working tremendous changes at thebottom of the sea. The eruption somewhatsubsided this evening, and the fears of thepeople were calmed, but there is still greatdanger that the city will be overwhelmed,and the vessels* in the harbour have steamup in readiness to get away at a moment'snotice."

Primrose Day, in memory of LordBeacousfield, was obser\od in London onSaturday, April 19, in the usual fashion bythe general weaving of primroses and thedecoration of the statue of Lord Beacons-field.

Everybody who lias tried TUSSICURAtestifies to its wonderful efficacy. One doseWill give sufficient fisaaU

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Ralston, Slaoriland's representative, againthis year.

One of the novelties of an Americanrace meeting is a contest between a motor-bicycle and a tandem driven by the tworiders. One would think that it is merelya matter of horse-power with the motor toenable it to win. There may be other con-ditions, however.

The Nice meeting was concluded byseveral record attempts made on the famousSalon road. Nothing remarkable happenedwith the exception of a fine 100 kilometre'sride by Gabriel on a light car (voiture le-gere). Time, lhr 6min 15sec, which givesan average of over 85 miles an hour.

It is somewhat doubtful as to whetße*the following order willpopularise the motorm Germany, although it may mean prac-tical business in the long run. but it is anunmistakable proof of the great importancethe Germany military authorities place onthe motor vehicle, and its eventual uee in'time of war. By a recent army order, allsoldiers liable to be called upon to serve thecountry, and able to drive a motor, mustmake this at once known to the authorities,stating which motor system the drh"er hashitherto used and also the extent of hisexperience.

A system of electric omnibuses is be-ing tried over a three-mile route in thosuburbs of Paris. The traffic is not anti-cipated to be sufficiently great to make itworth while to incur the cost of laying- tramlinos. Tho usual overhead electric wireshave therefor© been set up, and on themrunsa trolley with a three-phase motor. Tietrolle-y, which is self-propelling, is connectedby flexible cable with the omnibus, to wiricliit supplies the current for propulsion by"means of the main motors on the vehicle. 'The flexible cable allows the omnibus torun across the road if neces3ary to passother traffic. -—

That old-timer, Nat Butler, the Amoii-can, accounted for an hour's paced event ai, "Cambridge (Mass.), but there was anyamount of pacing trouble all round, whichmay account for the poor performance ofjust under 36 miles in tho time.

According to the latest files, one ofAmerica's millionaires, Mr Vanderbilt, hasdisposed of his well-known automobile,known as the White Ghost, to Mr Drake,for19,000 dollars.— I«ast season's rhampicn, Kz-amer. isriding well again this season, ami latelyaccounted for a scratch quartev-miio in ihegood time of 28 2-ssei-.

Mr Vande-rbilt, who i» in Paris, totake part in some of the big motor mi*events, has just had a trial speed with hiscar, and covered 18 miles 35 yards in 16minutes, or at the rate of 67 miles an hour,which eclipses all previous performances.

It has been Faid that Belgium hadno less than 2100 automobiles registeredlast year, which gives some idea of th»growth of th* motor industry in Europe.

It is said (writes the New Zealand Time*)that this winter will be a bad one for theengineering trade. One Wellington firmanticipates that for some months to comeits hands will be working restricted timein consequence of shortness of orders aadojerstacklnu of, 'm&nufuctiue*!

As evidence of the condition of thelabour market in Palmerston North theManawatu Standard states that nearly 40applications were teceived for two positionsfor young men within ail hour of the pub-lication of the newspaper containing theadvertisement.

Cycle stealing U rife just vow. andcyclists are warned that care is necessaryto protect their machines from being littod.Over thiee week*, ago a friend of mine hadhis bicycle «to!en, and as yet he cannot findany trace of it.

The Cycling Track Committee areabout to initiate a movement for the pur-pose of collecting subscriptions to be de-voted to the construction of a cycling tra>-kfrom the Anderson's Bay road to St. Clairvia the Queen's Drive and the back of theold racecourse. This fund will be en-tirely separate from the one now in processof collection, and all nr the money will

ibe spent entirely on track construction. Ifthe committee are as well supported as theydeserve to be, cyclists will soon be in pos-session of a trsc-k that, when ridden upon,will be a thing of joy, and must give afillip to cycling. Itrust that the subscrip-!tions to the work mentioned will be liberalj and come in promptly.

Ml- Frank M'Keohnie. late of Dun-cdui. and a delegate of the Dunedin CyclingClub, has been appointed Chairman of thoCouncil of Nev. Zealand League of Wheel-men.

A meeting of the Dunedin CyclingTrack Committee was held on Friday even-ing. Mr G. Mondy occupied the chair.The lion, engineer (Mr F. B. Smith) for-watvled specifications for the proposed 'im-provement* to the track. The town clerkhawng reported that the council could notMipplv tlie tar required, it was resolved toproceed at once to fill in all the crab holesand make the track fit for riding, and thatother work be put in hand at the earliestpossible date. Several subscriptions werei received in aid of the track, and a con-

siderable number of donations have been])-omised. The secretary of the DunedinCycling Club wrote offering the use oftheir room for holding committee meeting*.The town clerk of the South Dunedin

IBorough wrote stating that the council had! \oted £5 to the track fund.

Fifty pounds in prize money is agooct amount to be given by a bicycle clubfor a billiard tournament. The MelbourneBicycle Club are spending this sum for atournament now running.

A man entered a shop at Brunswick,Melbourne, and emptying the contents ofthe till made off. He was seen, andtho alarm given. A cyclist living nexts tothe shop took up the chase and had thes-atisfaction of overhauling the thief andbringing him back. The thief got threemonths' imprisonment, and the cyclist waswarmly commended by the bench for hissmartness.

Track racing should boom in Aus-tralia next season. The Federal Councilintend importing a team of foreign racingcracks to follow the league's circuit. An

iendeavour i> to be made to gel the Ameri-!can flyer (Major Tay'oi) to make a lacing, visit.

The Goulburn to Sydney road recordwds lowered at the beginning of this monthhy A. W. Somerville, an amateur of somenote, his time for the 134 mile.s being 9hrs45nnn, being lhr IVmin better than Green'samateur record, and 38tniu faster than Mol-rose's professional figure*. The cmrse iso\er hilly country. -.\;tii a fair road surfaceonly, hence the average of 14- miles perhour may be c-on-ictered good.

The motion tabled for the annualmeeting of the Melbourne 8.C., to theeffect that the ''Sports Betting SupprcssiinAct 1901" should bo enforced at all i-;;ce

j meetings piomoted by tho club, \\a» lo&l.j — A contest akin to the Melbourne-Wa»r-j naiiiliodl road race, v ihe 100 miles' road

c\oiit of American Century Wheelmen, ofChicago. The time prizes consist of thro©bicycles, while the fir?t prize is a motorcycle, and three ot'ie-r bicycles for second,

j thud am) fourth po-mon--. As in the Dtin-;lo| iau', in which e^cry competitor finish-

ing inside 13 hours will receive a certificate,tho Century Wheelmen will piovide Fome-tliins for ail fonteatar.t-s covering the 100miles- within 10 hours.

Tho final nûlt of the big two day?"paced match, iec-< nt!v hold in i'aris, 13 toliauci. The soiond pai tof the content, whichwas o\ei a ili«-t«imf of SO kilomcttes (19in'lf-' 1226 .\.iid-) v is loouiisible for a finepeiformdiiccj on the part if lli * Germanihampion (I. Kohl), who in the fir-t i-eotionof tho race letuid, owing to pacing trouble*.On this orcabiou Robl was well served withpace, and from the s-tait hi> and the Dutc-ucrack (Dickcntmauu) rode a forcing pace.Lap after lap Robl endeavoured to p.ib.-> thebpeody Dutchman, but without s-ucppss;. Thfpuce \v."» toriilk : the iir~t 6i miles hi ingcovered m 9imn 25-ec. Attain and agymRobl tued to jjain tho lead, ultimately c!oiii<;-o before 12£ miles \m'k> lidden (tinie. 16miu13ê<). From this out Kobl rode- a- if 1 cwere po«>-e—ed, calling "Fa'-tcr, latter,"' tohis pacnitf mac lime. Dickontmami couldnot <-taud the race-, aii'l was subsequentlylappid, tho ro-t of ilit- conijjctitors beingoutpaied and laps Ic-luml. World' >■ record-began tallinc; from tlie twolith.nule, untilat the hour Itobl had c-tablished a new ;c-cord- viz., 41 miles 1514 yards. Rob! wonby a lap and ahalf, and kept on for the50 miles reooid. which he covered in Ihillii'in 23=ec. Dickentiiiaiiu finishedsecond, with De Guicbard th'i'l ;I'd Luitonfourth Lhckentmann. «lii \\ 'm tlie fii-tday's race, won th<' nnte-t iii?lit out, r.d-ii'g -"plciididly both day.

Road racing men who contemplateentering in New Zealand for the Warrnini-bool to-Melbourne road race, arc ad\icodthat entries will b» ret eive<l by the DunlopCompany. Lichfiek1 street, Chri-tchun h. -ipto Aujni^t 1. and entry foims can be ob-tained from them on application.

The fir^t te-.t inconnection withracingon the Continent is that the French sportsba\c invited an English amateur team offour to Pans to compete against four oftheir iders. The affair has been lookedupon with favour in England, and, accord-ing to last news, was likely to come off.— — Tho first motor car torn round thewoild was started upon by Dr E. E.Lelweri!, Mr M. Cudell, and an Englishjournah-t named Harvey, at the beginningof May. Patrol?, says the Auto-Car, Lon-|cjUiik Jijiyo already been sent out over the

LEAGUE OF NEW ZEALANDWHEELMEN.

i A special meeting of the Council of iliaLeague of New Zealand Wheelmen washeld at Christchurch on Juue 9;" present

—Messrs F. M'Kechnie (chairman), A. 'Dick-son, E. Nordon, F. E. Asquith, J. E. Green',W. Baxter, and H. S. Batchelor. Mi-M/Keqhnie was appointed chairman of theCouncil in place "of Mr G. E. Good, re-signed. Mr E. Nordon's appointment aarepresentative of the North Canterbury,Centro was confirmed. Pursuant to notice,Mr Dicksonmoved in the direction of allow-ing riders to compete m novice races with-out taking out a license. The motion wascarried. Mr Afcquith then moved to deletethe rule preventing any but amateurs from,occupying seats on the Council. Motionshad been carried by the Otago, Aucklandand North Canterbury Centres, favouring-the proposed alteration. Mr Asquith saidhe had given notice of the motion in orderthat the matter should be thoroughly dis-omsed by councillors and Centres. At thosame time he pointed out the possibledanger of the Council being swamped bycash racing cyclists, who might bo called'upon to deal with cases they were directlyinterested in. Mr Batchelor agreed withthis view, and said that several cases whichoccurred last season might oasily have pre-sented difficulties if cash riders had beenon the Council. Mr M'Kechnie said hothought the alteration might prejudice tTieCouncil's position as an appeal body, lutapparently his Centre thought differently.Mr Nordon said" that when a few year1?back cash men could have taken seats outhe league's executive, none of the pre-dicted troubles were in evidence. The.present rule constituted a blur upon fom-

Ififths of the colony's riders in debarringthem from direct representation, and ah'>upon the Centres with whom the respon-sibility of electing councillors rested, lielooked upon tlie suggestion that racingmen might swamp the Council as a merebugbear. Mr Green said ho considered thoadmission of cadi iider.s to representationwas a matter of bare justice. If theywished to assist in revivifying the league,so much the better. The motion was ivii-r:ed by four votes to two. Proposed al-terations allowing members of the cycletrade to ha\e a seat on tlie Council, andalso to act as timekeepers for record-*, w?i«rejc( ted.

An ordinary meeting was then held, luir-ther correspondence concerning the pctionof two PalmrTrton North riders (Messra \Y.Ciarkson and1 R. Wofdruffe), in competingin an amateur rare while applying for ic-instatoincnt, was received, and considerationwas held over until next meeting. A le-port wps received from the WanganuiCentre concerning a North Island rider, T.Kirk wood, who, while under sentence oldisqualification by the North CanterburyCentre, had competed at Manaia andIlawev.".It iva, considered .hat Kirkwood'-= was ;naggravated case nl defiance of the league,and it nil-, di-oidcd that ho .should be d._quaLfied for I.ft-. Reports of proeGeuinq;«were received from the North Caiiferbuiy,Auckland, and S( utli Canterbury Centre*.The Christchurch Cycling Club asked for nnopinion as to whether a handicappor"?duties included the arrangement of heat*.This was an appeal from *the North Cante <

bury Centre, which had decided that its hai;-dicapper'.- duties did not include the ar-rangement of^ heats. Ihe Council decidedagainst the Centre's opinion. H. Amos'-smotor-paced records: of fi\e mile* in lOmia29sec and two miles in 3min 35scc. accom-plished at Lancaster Park onMarch 28, wer<\passed. Letters were received from theAmberley Cycling Club and tho Wanderer-^Bicycle Club, Napier, dealing with the lov.condition of the sport in thei- respective^districts. W. Leviib, captain of the i\t\funct Manawaiu Cycling Club, « rote c>.«plaining the position in that di-trict. IIwas decided to wipp th" r-lnb off the ml;T. Gate*, winner of Hie Half-mile Aaaa.tfcur\

vcutp, small relay statioiu at 600 milesapart being1 established, at which stores andfittings will bo kept. The motor oar itself—

a 20-hp. Panhard-Levassor— cost £5000 tobuild. It is 13ft lonp:, and s£ft wide, car-lies four passengers on the front seats, withsleeping accommodation in the rear portion.The area of the roof is 70 square feet;the\an portion of the car is strongly built,carrying on the top luggage, arms, andscientific instruments. The car will holdsufficient oil, water, and provisions to coverstages of 600 miles, and is fitted with pneu-matic tyres. The route to be followed isfrom London to Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, Mos-cow, across Asia to Peking. Thence persteamer to San Francisco and aoross theStates to New York, and then shippingacross the Atlantic to London.

The Dunlop Tyre Company, England,has secured another victory in the'law courtsagainst the New Lamb Tyre Company,which sought, by substituting thin ropefor the wires, to escape indictment for in-fringement. Tli© jiulge, however, said thatalthough the Dunlop tyre is always madewith wire- edges, their patents cover Euchtyres made with edges that are renderedsufficiently inelastic, either by means ofwires or other equivalents, to secure thesame to the rim';, and found that the ropeused in the- edge.- of the Lamb tyre wassufficiently inextensible to secure the tyre tothe rim without the aid of frietional andpneumatic forces, which the defendantsclaim, assisted in holding their tyre to therim. The judge held it also proved thatthp Lamb tyre was not made according totheir own patent, because it had been foundto be an unsatisfactory commercial article.The Lamb tyre as marketed was a distinctinfringement of the Dunlop patent, and thecourt went so far cs to express the opinionthat if the defendant tyre- had been con-structed in conformity with the Lamb pa-tent, it might not ha\e infringed the Welsh(Dunlop) patent rights.

The Dunlop tc?t race on August 2promises to bring the champion road menof this colony together, as amongst thelikely starters mentioned are Rakton (lastyear's winner), A. O:\lcler, Nattras, Wearne,Bain, R. Connell, Congreve, and others.

It was thought by experts that thepresent Paris season would bring about thedownfall of a number of records, and theyhave proved correct in this, as Roblrecently got middle world's at 20 kilo-metres, and broke all records fromthat to the end of the journey. His c?is-taure for the hour was M miles 1514 yards,and the SO miles now stand at lln* llmin46sec, as against Btuigc's liTt 14-min 55 3 5sec.

In dealing with the subject of hotelaccommodation—

a voxed question at timesto cyclists— Cycling (England) says that fromtime immemorial an innkeeper has beenbound to accept any tra\ oiler as a guest,provided there- ha3bpen accommodation tospare, and thp traveller has been well be-haved. This is the rule to the present day.and any innkeeper who capriciously turnsa traveller from his cloots* no matter thotim& of day or night, is liable in damagesfor any injury or expense that befalls- thewayfarer by reason of tho refusal."

We are firmly of opinion (say*Cycling) that the spring frame will be, andthat beforo very long, a standard patternpuiong our standard iuaui;facturer3, and inpopular demand among riders. We do notsay this without considerable experimentwith many patterns of the spring frames ontlie market^ to-day, nor have we forgottenthe delight1:afforded by Ihe somewhat crudepatterns wliieh were marketed a docad© ago.It will l>e remembered by those who wereriders '-otue dozenyears ago that the ppring-framo movement received a check by 'theadvent of the pneumatic tyre. It wasimagined tliat the air-shod wheel proved acomplete panacea for-vibration, but furtherexperience hae convinced tho most thought-ful that therei3still room for fome devicewhich will effectually arrive at ihat end.The pneumatic tyre does undoubtedly minimise road shocko, but it doe3not do so com-pletely. We- havebeen oominced that themachine lasts longer and that the rider cancnvfr "renter distances with less fatigue ona spiiug frame than upon an ordinary rigidframe. Experiments, witli the 'best sprinjj-frame cyclos on the market have shown thatthey offer considerable advantages over give-and-take road3. The casual trial does notreveal the remarkable difference; the truetest must be a lengthy one, and slow asthe movement towards the adoption of thospring fraiie is we feel sure that once thebpnefitti aierninaj have been realised, thosewho ri('i> for pleasure will not be slow ingiving iti (hums o> cry possible considera-tion.

The latest electric cycle lamp to beplaced upon tho English market is known asthe Coronation, and a reported to be animprovement. Tho advantages consists inthe e\trenielv portable form of the battery,and the simple and effective way in whichthe exhausted battery can be removed andy new one inserted in its place, the con-nections being made automatically, so thatllieic i-, nouood to connect up wire-,to termi-u:il> Tho lyc'e lamp is designed oorrpctly.The ca-.o -,ti;ip-> to the top tube, and the'ainphold'M- clios round the head. Allt''oiibl''S and annowmcps are a\oided, !»->

thorn i^ merely the -wirfliinff on niul off,and the ienowing of i\\r- batten' occasionallyat a co;t of It. 6d. The light is equal toobout five candlepower— quite sufficient forordinary work, while the lamp is un-doubtedly convenient to handle, and at thefame tune it i= entirely free from tl.e de-fects of previous electric eyo'e lamps.

■ The exigencies of present-day ia<insr-.oem Jo demand that the crack rider shallha\e liii onu pacnn; motor behind which(o train, the objw t u< ing to diaw him out tohi- iMinoU capacity *■<> develop hiiv latentspefd i]iitilit:c-i lie iray p'.=*-Ps* Tin^ uracti'i- i- (fiinnion mi fho Old Woild .md luibbeen t\w incar- oT ui'parthinp .-< % ri<^ mw■»!"< I.id .i fin** ti m of -i.rcl foi >-l'<;rt di-?Iv.iro— if. <-pin>l"i«. and other* w!>o couLlwithstand a killing nacp for an hour or io,

and who arc termed "iniddle-dit-tancender.-." uliile the mechanical pacing ife re-'-poneible f<>r tlie wondeiful records of up-wards of 600 miles within the limits of ?Ahour-j. If the motor as a pacing machinebecomes tlie uiiial thine with thc> fir.-t-clas,men, it mil come liard upon the racer whofollow- thi> =i,oit for it-; own sake. Time,however, v.ill pinKibly adapt tho ririum-stancee to inert the occasion, and it is notunlikely that special motor-r>aced races willbe provided, and which will serve to varythe programme also.

Should Andrew Ralston win the Dun-lop representative test race he can be sureof receiving a great welcome, as his splen-did ride in the last Warrnambool road raceis still fresh in the memories of the other-aiders, and it ha.s been mentioned that noth-ing would giye jnor» ulcasure than to Bee

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kicking was indulged in at very close quar-ters

—a decidedly dangerous proceeding.

Players onboth sides on Saturday ran greatrisks by the indiscriminate use of too muchboot.

In view of the fact (says an Aucklandwriter) that the Otago team goes on tourthis season, "Jimmy" Duncan's determina-tion to play again is hailed with delight inthe southern centre. The news will hardlybe received with the same measure of grati-fication by the provinces to be visited duringthe tour.

At a recent meeting of the WellingtonRugby Union, it was decided to play home-and-home matches with Wa-irarapa, Waira-rapa to play Wellington on Coronation Day.Auckland is to be asked to play Welling-tonon August 9, Taranaki to play Welling-ton on August 12 or 13, and Southland toplay Wellington on the 27th.

Mr A. C. Norris, the well-known Welling-ton referee,has been mutually agreed uponto officiate in the forthcoming representativematch, Wellington v. Christchurch.

The ex-New Zealander, W. Hardcastle, isone of those not a favourite with the crowd(says "Cynic," in Sydney Referee). A pre-dilection for off-side play and an indiscrimi-nate use of theboot— a characteristic of NewZealand forward play— do not tend to makehim popular. Hardcastle was repeatedlypenalised on Saturday for off-side, but it didnot deier him. Often as the free kick wasgiven against hi^ side, it could fairly havebeen awarded still oftener. Hardcastle is astrong, hard, and able player, who helps hisside immensely byplayingpracticallya wing-ing game and killing the opposition half-back work when the ball is lost by hie own

[ pack. He leaveshimself open to the penalty.iand, it may be ?aid, take- the liok with im-punity.'" Smilor,"' the well-known member of ll:eNew Zealand Native team, after several3'eare absence, reappeared in the footballarena on a recent Saturday up Napier way,playing for a junior team. In his day,"Smiler

" was one of the leading foot-ballers in the colony, and he showed by hi,display in the junior match that although heTias lost a lot of his old form, he can stillplay a fair game.

In the Auckland senior football competi-|tions on Saturday Grafton 5 (try converted)beat Ponsonby (nil).City 16 (four tries, twoconverged) beat Subtn-bs 6 (two trief-). Par-nell 8 (try converted and penalty goal) beatJXorth Shore (nil). The final matches of the-first round will be played on Saturday next,when City and Grafton will provide thematch of the clay. Owing to the near ap-proach of the rep. fixtures, the AucklandUnion will then decide to curtail thesecond round. j

Cunningham, who represented Auckland ion tour last year as centre forward, injured jhis leg recently and will probably be bidjaside for the balance of the season. Promi-nent authorities set him down as the best ilock man in the colony, and his serviceswill be greatly missed this year.

At the annual games of the Sydney Uni-versity Athletic Club on May 28. New South jWales footballer H. P. Blaney kicked fourgoals out of five attempts.

Ex-New Zealandrr (Milton, Otago)Coomber. playing for Ncwtown againstWestern Suburhs in Sydney on Saturday,May 3i; was responsible for scoring all thopoints (10) which gave Newtown the victoryby 2 -clear points over Suburbs, who scoredB— two goals from marks. The ex-Miltonplayer scored a try, kicked a penalty goal,and a goal from a mark

— 10 point!;. Anexceedingly good performance.

Two New Zealanders— Mr G. Garrard.Hon. seciet-aTy of the Canterbury RugbyUnion, and "Offside"' Mackenzie— contributean article- each to the Queensland RugbyUnion Annual for 1902. Mr Garrard dealswith '-Referees" and "Offside Mac" "RugbyFootball." The annual is said to be thebest shilling's worth of football literature inAustralia. Beside, containing full accountso[ the various iuter-Sr'tate, Now Zealand andEnglish mntchets, the annual c.i'tuins some()T illustration:;, included in tlr number be-ing the first New Zealand <" am to visitAustralia and the New Z-a'.?'i<i Nativeteam.

Senior matches in Ti-vrrcnip'il laci Wed-nesday resulted in ill-: Star defeating Tnver-eargill by 18 points to nil. and Britannia de-featingPirates by 3 points to 5. Jacobs hasreceived his transfer, and will play forPirates.

The professional footballers of to-day,says County Oentlernan, are only a modernkind of hired gladiator*. The playing ofthe game has become merely a question ofmoney. Small blame, to lh> men who seea good opening and take it; and if itpleases other men to watch them play, thereis no more harm in that than going to acircus.

Mr P. F. Warner, the well-known Middle-sax cricketer, and Mr R. F. Neileon, theScots International footballer who has beendoing good service at tho front for morethau two years, were a month or two backintroduced to RudyardKipling in Capetown.Mr Warner was introduced as "one -of thefllMvuelled fools" and Mr Ncilson as "a mud-died oaf." "Isuppose," said Kipling, "thatyou two fellows feel inclined lo go for me.but Istill hold that sitting under a goalpost will not teach a man to sit a horse."'"Seiiously,'' continued Kipling, "I knowhow many athletes ha\e shown themselvesrattling good soldiers during tl'e present war.As a matter of fact Inever meant to referto actual athletes at all, but merely to thelaige number of people who spend all theirspare time looking at other mc-n playing.However, Ifelt that if 1did not exaggeratemy protest would pa^s unheeded, and thevery fact that Imade so many peopleangryshows there was truth in whatIraid.''

At the Middle-brouprh County Court onApril 14, Judge Templar heard an actionbelieved to be unique in the annals of thegame of football. C Rule, a boiler fire-man. Graham street, South Bank, sued F.Gardner, of Graugctown, to recover £20 forpersonal injuries, loss of time, and expensescaused, it was alleged by plaintiff, whilstplaying a friendly game of football. Rule,it was stated, was playing forward on theone side, and wa? getting the better ofGardner, who was playingback on the otherside, when the latter threatened him, saying,"If you come that again I'll fettle you."This led to Gardner being cautioned by thereferee. Later. Gardner, it was alleged,took a running jump at Rule, who. in con-sequence, was badly injured. Gardner wasordered off thefield, and the prame stopped.As the re-lilt of the injuries Rule was un-conscious for some 60 hours. For the de-fence, it was contended that all Gardner didwas to legitimately use his weight, and thathe did not wilfully injure- Rule. The judeeentered judgment for plaintiff for the fullamount chimed Ho ob-erved that in play-.ins football all htt'e- knocks leeeived were,not to be looked upon as a.-=aults, but forone nlaver tri ru=h at another and etiijie 1

NOTES BY FULL-BACK.The Otago Rugby Union have decided to

devote the proceeds of the two matches—North Otagc v. a Dunedin t<Jani and theJunior trial match— to be played at Caris-brook on Coronation Day to the parentsof the late James C. Adam.

The first round of the Senior fixtures vasconcluded on Saturday. Alhambxa defeatedUnion by 23 ro'nts *° n^ '■> Kaikorai de-.feated Pirates by 11 points to nil:andDunedin sniccnnibed to University by 6points to 3. The Southeiii-Zingari match"was ordered to be replayed. In this match,played at Carisbrook, Zingari were leadingby 7 rooint& to 6 when the referee declaredihe game closed owing to the darkness i-.nd"his inability to ccc the ball.

The following table shows the positionsof the clubs in the Senior Flag competi-tion at the end of the first round:—

" The wnplayetl match Pirates v. Union hasbeen awarded to Pirates by default.

t The Southern-Zingari match hat been de-clared "no contest, and has been ordered tobe replayed.

A correspondent:Notes on the play andcriticisms on the players who take part mSaturday's gumes appear in Monday's issue.

C. Hislpp, the ex-Pirate half-back, whohas been pbying with the Balclutha Clubfor the past two months, returned to townlast week. This player will be availablefor his club for the remainder of the sea-son.

A. Smith, the Zingari three-quarter-back,■who received injuries lo hi* shoulder in thematch against" the Alhambra parly m theseason,has been so troubled with the woundever since that he intends giving up thejjame. for the present in order to give *Lisshoulder a proper chance of healing. SmithSias played in the Zingari three-quarter linefor the pa-t five years, and always withcredit to his club.

A correspondent signing himself "Toinh-line'-' writes asking if the Union-Piratesmatch, unpiajed owing to the dealh of J. C.Adam, will be played at the close of dieseason. [The match will net be- played, aaiThe Union Club having no objection, theO.R.F.U. has awarded the game to thePirates by default.— Full-Back.1

The first round of Senior fixtures con-cluded on Saturday with Alhambra leadingfor the premiership and Kaikorai runners-.iip. Early in the season

— in faci\ after thefirst match had been played— Alhamora«howed themselves a splendid combinationbothback and forward. Since then theRert-and-Blacks have gone on eteadily increasingin strength, meeting with little opposition,and easily defeating any other team pitied"gainst them. For several Saturdays theycame off the field without a point beini;scored against them, until the second lastmatch in the round, when the 'Varsity. Lya brilliant piece of play, succeeded in cro;1;-im; their line.

On Saturday last it was mainly a questionnl how many points Alhambra would runup against the Union. On the day, and con-sideration of« the fact that the game v.asplayed on the Alhambra team's own ground,and the further consideration that it wai thestrongest team in town against the weakest.23 points, the score which Alhambra suc-ceeded in putting up, was, after ,all, notout of the way. The game was c drearyexhibition of forward play, brightened oc-casionally by flashes of passing amongst theAlhambra backs, who handled the greasyball in a surprisingly e'ever manner.Xaikorai, although second on the list, haveplayed several patchy games this eeason,andthey havehad one or two close finishes. Themajority of the matches in which this teamhas been engaged have been playes on theirown ground at Bishopscourt. This an itselfbas been of some assistance to the one-timscracks. Where they would have been hadDuncan not come forward it is hard to "-ay.Certain it is that they would have beendefeated in at least two of their matcheshad it not been for tin* ecr\>ces enderodby the veteran. The Kaikorai fifteen havechanged considerably from the hard-workingcombination of a year ago. Then the teamdid show some inclination to train, butnow they go on the field scarcely fit tolast the game out. This state of affairs wasless noticeable last Saturday than on severalprevious occasions, the players keeping wellup to their work. At the same time Iikdsure that if the present Blue-and-B!aekteam were to train as regularly as they didin their premiership days they would giveAlhambra a tough contract to beat them.The material is there;it only wants bring-ing out.

The Otago Rugby Union have asked MrF. T. Evans, the well-known Christchurchreferee, if he will act in the Otaeo-Wellmg-tx>n match, to be playpd in Wellington onSeptember 13, and that crontleman has con-sented to act A better man, Ifeel sure,could not he selected for the position. MrEvans ha? frequenTly acted in this capacitybetween tho rhal provinces— Wellington andOtago— and has always given the greatestpossible satisfaction.

A conspicuous feature of the play in allthe senior matches on Saturday was the I>avdkicking on the- rait of the forward--. Tiiefact of the ball bping wet and tjioa-v n-.rbkinsr fieldinpr -lifficult. certainly it warrantedthis style of ilay;but in ie\eral in--(.ancc>it WP<= carried on too vigorou-.lv Thib «<lsparticularly noticeable in the Zincnri Sou-thern match, where thp forwards kuked tohard that they utterly failed to follow upwithin any reasonable distance, their ownkicks, with theresult that {he opposing barl.c

returned with interest. Acain. mnch ha-rd

OTAGO WITNESS: June 18, 1902.

Championship at Auckland, complained ofthe medal he hadreceived,and submitted itfor the inspection of the Council. It wasdecided to request the Auckland Centreto communicate with the promoting club,'

tin order to obtain medals worthy of the' league's championships. A sub-committeewas appointed to draw up rules governingchampionship medals. Mr I>ickson drewattention to the fact that the AustralianFederal Council having decided to jointhe International Cyclists' Union madethe former body quite powerless to dis-qualify New Zealand riders, jeven if dieNew^Zealand League, which also belongedto the International Cyclists' Union, didnot join the Australian federation.

FOOTBALL.

and thanking the union for the confidencereposedin him.

The Referee having withdrawn his state-ment re the questioning of his decisionsjbya spectator in the match Alhambra Secondv. Port Chalmers, the matter was referredto the Referees' Association.

Tho Owaka Club appealed for a try whichthey alleged to have scored in the match.Owaka v. Waiwera.

—After consideration of

the referee's statement, the appeal was dis-missed.

The appeal of the Oamaru Club againstthe decision of the committee in only sus-pending Herron for one month was eon-oidered,' together witha report on thematterfrom tho North Otago Referees' Associa-tion.— After consideration, it was decidedthat the Oamaru Club be informed that thecommittee regret that the statements nowsubmitted are at variance on a materialpoint with those contained in the notes ofthe evidence forwarded by the North OtagoReferees' Association, but that they cannotreopen the inquiry.

A letter was received from the PonekeClub, Wellington, -sympathising with theunion in tho loss sustained by tx»e death ofMr J. Adam.

The referee (Mr Restieaux) in the matchZingcxi-Richmond v. Southern reported that\w liad occasion to stap the match eightnn u:tcs before time owi-.ig to darkness jet-liiia in.— It was decided that the match-beplayc-d over ngain.

The committee decided to approve of thfesuggestion of the New Zealand Union thatthe penalty for a player liftinsj his foot intho =cruai before the ball is inserted beenforced this season.It wa? resolved—'" That -the Referees' As-

soettlTion be written to informing them thattho'->maieh Southern v. Zingari-Richmonclwas not started until '3.17 p.m., and thatconsequently the match had to be stoppedeight minutes before time owing to darknessEfcttinqj in. This committee impre^es ontho ae-iociation

-the necessity of all games

being started punctually."'A letter was received from the Secretary

of the Harriers' Cub asking permission torun a half-mile race on tho Caledonianground next month, the race to take placeat thehalf-time spell of a football match.

—It v.as decided to grant the request.

ATHLETICS.

to both players and spectators— a very rarething in football nowadays.

Our Wellington correspondent telegraphsthat inheavy rain the Swifts (two goals) beatthe Rovers (one goal);Marist Bros, beatSt. Jqhn's by two goals to one;Diamondand Petona did not play.

A Wellington telegram states that Orientaldefeated Athletic, Petone defaulted to "Wel-lington, Poneke beat Old Boys by 8 pointsto nil.

A Christchurch telegram states that inthe matches on Saturday Ldnwood v. Syden-ham ended in a draw, neither side scoring;Christchurch beat Old Boys by 14 to nil:Merivale beat Albion by 7points to 6. Thepoints for the championship now stand:

—Linwood B£, Christchurch 7, Sydenham 5,Albion 4, Merivale 2£, Old Boys nil.

ASSOCIATION NOTES.Bt Sockerist.

The following table shows the positionof senior clubs for the ChampionshipCup: —

JUNIOR PREMIERSHIP.

Last Satmday the giounds were not invery gcoclcondition, and consequently first- jclpes garner were out of tho question. Jttow-e\-cr, a very fair game was witnessed -atNorth-East Valley between the Northernand Wakari. In this match Wakari ]*>nwwhat claims they had for the Charity Ban-ner, while 'Northern showed that theirchances are very fair.

At precent a semi-final seems inevitable,which Ifancy will take plnce between Nor-thern and Southern should nothing unfore-seen happen.

Next Saturday Roslyn and Northern meetat North-Past Valley, and an interestinggame may be confidently expected. Roslynttill have a painful memory of lastyear'scontest at the Valley, when they suffereddefeat by; 5 goals to 1. Each visiting teamto that

'rendezvous knows how hard it

is to defeat the Blue-aud-whites on theirown ground: and whatever laurels theNorthern may lose on other grounds,, theyquickly retrieve on their own.

Roslyn had a day out last Saturday, andran up the high score of 8 goals to 1.againstGreen Island. The combination, of. thehill team was of a very high order, and attimen their play was exceedingly neat andpretty.

Doheriy showed splendid judgment atcentre-half, and his placing of the ball wasfirst-claw. Each of Roslyn'e sweepingrushe-j could be traced to him. Shouldhis display of lai-l week continue his gaininga repreeentative cap must be a fore.gone con-clusion.

Adam Dobson must be considered asbeingono of the most consistent playors in Dun-edin. Ros'yn's opponents know full wellwhat, a veritable thorn he is. That heranks with New Zealand's best there isnot the slightest doubt.

Captain Brown showed a glimpse of hisold form, which is gradually taking chapeeach weok. It it. wonderful the amountof ground he covers when controlling theball.

Owing to a slight accident Stables wasunable to take the field. A substitute centre

'was soon forthcoming, and he played a verycreditable game.

W. Sparrow, of Mornington's half-backdivii-ion, has left a gap behind him. Hetook his departure foi England last Fri-day.

Patterson, erstwhile full-back in Wakari'sinterest, has applied to the O.F.A. for sutransfer to the Gieen Island Eleven.In the current number of theYoungMan's

Magazine there appears a rather interestingand instructive article on Association foot-ball, written by our champion forward, M.Chadwick. There is not the slightest doubtthat "Monty" has treated the subject in amasterly style, and "were his views on thegame entertained by many of the seniorplayers in this colony there would' soonbe that "precision and confidence" whichare characteristic of the game asit is playedin England. The article deserves the att'en-ton of all lovers of the game.It is understood that the Auckland As- j

sociation football authorities wish the cliam- !pionship match against Otago played mAuckland some time in August.

The re-played international Associationmatch between England and Scotland, atBirmingham on May 3, ended ina draw withtwo goals each. When the teams met enApril 5, at Ibrox Park, Glasgow, the matchwas also a draw, with one goal each. Thegame was ie-p]aycd as s. benefit to theIbrox disaster fund.In the re-played tic for the Football As-

sociation Challenge (--'up, at the CrystalPalace (London), on Saturday, April 26,Sheffield United, after leading by one tolove at half-time, beat Southampton by iwogoals to one. The crowd, which numberedIcsj, than 40,000, was far below expectations.

OTAGO RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION.The weekly meeting of the Otago Rugby

T'uion Committee was held on Monday;present

— Messrs Hutc!ii=on (president),M'Laren, Harrifc, Duncan, Maeassey,Munro, Wilkinson, Priest, Macdonald,Ro=p, Hanlon, and Smith (hon. fecretary).It was resolved that the West Taieri Club

be suspendeduntil a reply is received to theletter from this union re playing Little, asuspended player.

Watt, the player who had been reportedby the referee in> the match /Union Secondv. Zingari-Richmond Second, attended inresponse to the instruction of the commit-tee, and was cautioned by the President forhis offence.

Air F. T. Evans wrote agreeing lo act asreferee iv the match .WelliuEtfltt SU. Otaao.

NOTES BY AMATEUR.General Sir Redvers Buller was recently

elected president of the newly-fcrmed Lon-don Devoaian Athletic Club.

Representing California University againstYale on May 10. Plaw won the shot-put witha distance of 41ft 9in. Later in the dayhe won the hammer-throw v.irh 148ft 4in.California team of a dozen ir.cn competedagainst over 30 Yale athletes. Yale even-tually won by 8 points to 4.

Charles B. Fry is rightly regarded as oneof the finest all-round athletes of tho age.Born in Surrey on April25, 1572, he is ap-proaching the'completion of his 30th year.lie is a pluckyand,speedy Association,.full-back, Mill xeprescnted -Oxford' from 1592 to1595, an dnl?o gainedhis blue at cricket andathletics, narrowly-missing it at Rugby.

At the recent meeting of the NiZ.A.A.A.it wa? decided, after some discussion, thatthe Y.M.C.A.-^Harriers (Dunedin), South-land and Invercargill Harriers be affiliatedfor the remainder <jithe' season, at a fee of. 10s 6d each.

The board of the Australasian AthleticUnion has passed G. W. Smith's record of.15 4-ssec for the 120yds hurdles, and W. F.Simpson's 14min 49sec for the three-mile flat.

At a recent meeting of tho London Ama-teur Athletic Association, the Norther.-iCountie* A.A.A. proposed that in futurethe- 100yds championship may be run eitheron cinders or grass instead of a cinder-track being compulsory, as has always beenthe case. This was a way of facilitatingthe championship being hold elsewhere- thanin London, as now there are hardly anycinder sprint tracks in the-provinces.. Afterthe proposition had been carried by a showof hands, a ballot was demanded, and it ob-tained 55 votes to 33, the Northern ami. Midland voted alone counting 45.

! Groat preparation-, are being made,for the international Olympian gamesin Chicago in 1904. The plansoutlined for the building include astructure of steel and concrete exceeding m

j size the great Flavian amphitheatre o£Rome, nnd having a poating capacity lUtimes, that of the Maduon .Square- d'arden.New York, "which is cnnnblo of seating- 5003!people. The- stadium at thePan-Americanexposition at -Buffalo, seated 13,000 people,and the great Flavian Amphitheatre ofRome, an area of 180ft by 287ft, with thebuilding covering 513ftby 620ft,was supposedto scat 40,000 people comfortably, but.could

Ibe ciowdcd up to 50,000. The structurefacing Lake Michigan will conr a groundarea of 600tt by 1000ft, with an arena EOOftlong and 200ft wide.

The jramos of 1904 will consume a largeportion of September and Octobe-r, and theeffort? will he principally along six generallines: (]) World's champion contest-: will beorganised in "standard fajjorts, including fieldand track athletic-,, equo-slriaiii'm, yachting,lowing, billiard-}, turning, and all othergames international in character. (2) Exhi-bitions will be givon of Iho sports peculiarto \arious countries of the world. Underthis head properly will fall "baseball, Ja-panese wrestling, French f-avate, or boxingwith the feet, German schlneger contests,boomerang throwing, the navigation of dif-ferent types of water crafts, etc. (3) Thepurely athletic exhibitions will be varied by,historical displays, spectacular in nature-.Evening representations will be given of tluigames of ancient Greece and Rome, and ofthe tourneys of Mediaeval Europe, with ap-propriate costumes, pageantry, and settings,the brilliancy of these scenes to be greatlyheightened by means of the illumination^and the pyrotechnics! effects which modernscience has placed at our command. (4jAs the highest development of physical acti-vity the military oxerci.-es will be renderedparticularly prominent. Prizes will be givenin all branches; the competitions for thoawards being of a nature to test the pra-ficency of the. participants, notonly in pa-rade ground drill, but more especially inthose qualities which tend to render themeffective combatants. (5) The organisationof a lompreheneive exhibition of sportingapparatusand equipment, includingnot only,weapons^ the implements employedin differ-ent games, and other inanimate objects, d\x<also horses, hunting dogs, earner pigeon?,and fish, field, and forest game. (6) Therewill "bo a department called the Olympiccongress, in which it is intended that ailother feature? of the games shall culminate.

4t thj l&stmeeting cf the New. Ztahuui

liim in the stomach waa not football. De-fendant might have had to answer a chargeof manslaughter.

At a recent meeting of the WellingtonReferees' Association, it was decided to askthe Appeal Committee of the New ZealandRugby Union to indicate the effect of afailure of the ball to reach the ten-yardlimit after a kick-off. The rule- states thatat "kick-off" the ball "must" reach thelimit of ten yards, and at "drop-out" nrastroach the twenty-five yards -line; if othervise, the opposite side may have the ballrekicked or scrummaged at the centre, or in

J the middle of the twenty-five yard line, asI the cape may be. A case law on the same

subject says that "in event of ball not reach-ing the twenty-five yards limit, the oppositeside may play the ball at once or claim aslaw 2directs." Further, it is specified thatat "drop-out" the opposite side may notcharge, otherwi-e another "drop-out" shallbe allowed. This -has led to diverse opinionsin the association, and the Appeal Commit-tee is to he asked to say whether the case-

i law .should be allowed to o\or-ride the rule,or vice, veraa.

For the first 20 or 25 minutes theKaikoral-Pirates match was a dreary one for thospectators. Subsequently the gams becamemore open and more exciting. The superi-ority of the Blue-and-black combination wa-sufficic.it to keep the Pirates defending forthe greater part of the game, so the latterhad little chance to show their skill inattack. Miller, at full back, repeatedly tameto the rescue of his side, and by well-judgedkicking got them out of danger. The threo-quarter line wa« weak, and the halves werenot brilliant, though they did not spare

| thcmselvcH. Matthewson, Fenwick. Thom-son, and Burt were piominent among thd

1 forward*. The weak spot in 'the KaikcrAi| team wa-> Jnok-ca, but fortunately he hadi little to do, and few opportunities cf makingmistakes. Wiltinson came out of his shell,and played a really good game. Ho put insome very smart dodgy runs during theafternoon, and always found the tcuchlinewhen necessary. Booth played in Baxter'splace at cantre. as the latter was lvsiing aninjured ankle, in view of the Alhairbramatch. Sinclair. Duncan, and Williamsonplayed with, if anything, mere combinationthau usual, and the two last-mentioned putin some very tricky work. Torrar.ce, Adam-son, Fraser, Ronald,.and M'Laren were thepick of an even lot of forwards. Spiers hadthe misfortune to get kicked in the head,and had to retire. M'George, the Pirate'centre, also had to retire owing to an injuredleg. Mr J. Wilson controlled the game im-partially, and his decisions gave satisfactionto both sides.

The game between the Alhambra andUnion teams was distinguished asbeing littlebetter than a pure scramble all through,which, considering the condition of theground aod of the ball, was in. no way sur-prising. Alhambra forwards made thingslively from the start, and never failed tosecure the ball. As a result the Union teamwere in a very unenviable position, thnstrong rushes of their opponents being mostdifficult to stop on such a day. Union, how-ever, played a sound defensive game, allthings considered. The Alhambra backs oneand all handled the ball surprisingly wellconsidering its condition,, anda large ainouiitof their score was due to passing rushes.Playing a winning game, however, they werenaturally conspicuous, and could hardly gowrong. Bennet a«d Matson were in theiibest form. The Alhambra -forwards allplayed a hard game, and seemed bent onrunning up a score. Given, Mitchell, andRoddick were perhaps the most prominent.The Union team played an upliill game withdetermination to the finish, and the backstackled resolutely. Davie put in a vastamount of useful work, and W. Munro waslikewise always in the thick of the mud.Green had more to do as full back than heshould have had, butdid well,hisspeculatingbeing rather frequent, but on the day ccr.u--able. The forwards did their host, Munro,Harris, and George working like Trojans.Mr W. H. Haydon gave every satisfactionwith the whistle.

The cessation of play at the Zingari-Richmond v. Southernmatch eight minutesbefore time emphasises the necessity forpunctual starting. Play was 12 minuteslate in starting, and there were two or threedelays, so that before the match could beconcluded it became too dart for the refereeto continue, and he stopped the game withthe score at: Zingari 7 points {from a tryand & goal from «, mark) and Southern 6points (from a try and a penalty goal),leavingtha issue to be decided by the union.The decision was loudly questioned, and alarge number of spectators made an exhibi-tion of themselves by hooting the referee.The .game throughout the necoTid spell wasmost exciting, each side playing gallantly,though the wet and slippery nature of theground prevented much finesse. Mason, forZingari, played well. Collie seems to havecontracted a habit of picking out the ballfrom the eorum. Casey and Chambers werethe best amongst the Southernbacks, and S.Casey, Taylor, and M'Ewen amongst theforwards. Popham, behind the scrum, wasin the right place, and his kicking wasof service several times in slopping rushes.Amongst the Zingari backs Bolt. Collie,and Mason may be mentioned, and Stewart,Mitchell, and Smith amongst the forwards.A certain player, mentioned previously, wasup to tricks again, putting his knee up toward off collaring. The game was a tightone throughout, and well played.In the match' 'Varsity against Dunedin the

all round play of the former was distinctlybetter than on -the previous Saturday. WiRepa was safe at full back, and his reap-pearance was welcomed, especially "by theyouthful "

barrackeit." The two wingf.— 'White and O'Kane

—were both in good

form in fielding and kicking, but O'Kaneshould make more use of his epeed, as hewas one of the fastest men on the ground.Adams did not find touch as well as usual,but his play was. on the whole, excellent.Fairclough played at five-eighthe, and didvery -well, except for his disposition tohang on 100 long. Thomson does an im-mense amount of defensive work, but healso seems a bit too fond of theball. Uttleyplayed a good solid game, and, consideringthe dirty state of the ball, got it awayfairly well. The forwards played with moredash than usual, Gib-ay, Gibeon, Hotop, andGordon being the best. Bond, the Dunedinfull back, was very safe, his kicking beingvery good. Stalker- and B. Watson were thebest of the Dunedin backs, the formerespecially doing a lot of work. B. Watsonwas the only one of the Dunedin backs toget his kicks into touch. The five-eighthsplayed a fair game, but were rather slow.M"Laren did a lot of spoiling work. TheDunedin forwards played a good game inthe loose, and held their own in the scrums,getting the ball as often as their opponents.Dunne was the best of them,but Sincock andOorson ably supported him. Mr Downesreierecdia «. manner eminently ftti^faotojx

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THE COLONIAL PREMIERS.

THE KING'S HOSPITAL FUND.ENTERTAINING MAID SERVANTS.

OBJECTIONS BY RITUALISTS.

LONDON. June 9.Fourteen hundred troops,representing

the army in South Africa, are aboardthe transport Bavaria. They are ex-pected to arrive on the 25th, in time to

take part in the Coronation fe-tivitie^,if they make a fast passage.

Mr Seddon (Premier of New Zealand)will arrive in London on the 14th inst.,and Mr Barton (the Federal Premier)and Sir J. Forrest on the 19th hist.

June 10.Captain Macdonald, Lieutenant- Blair,

Hardham, Wilson, and ol of the NewZealand Mounted*, atao Captain Tara-naki, Lieutenant ITru, and 31 Maoris,are passenger- by the Kinfauus Castlefrom Capetown to England.

The Lord Mayor of London presidedat agreatmeeting at the Mansion Houseto arrange for a Coronation gift Jo theKing, who desired to give it to thehospital-. It was resolved to open anational fund, and £50,000 was .sub-scribed at the meeting.

The King has notified all corporationsthat he would prefer contribution- to hishospital fuud instead -of acldres-scj ofcongratulation on peace. i.

June 11.Inconnection with the Coronation, the

Queen entertain- 10,000 London maid-servants ut tea, and gives each a Coro-nation medal.

The colonial Coronation -tand in Par-liament street is one of the bc-t on theline of the proce-sion.

A number of Ritualists declare thatthey are unable to use the service re-commended for Coronation Day, and de-cline to announce the King'- oath tomaintain the Protestant reformedreligion as established by law, on theground that the word

"Prote-tant

"does not occur in the Prayer Book.

June 12.The &t?amer Bavarian takes 2000

colonial troops to witnosfe the naval re-view.

MELBOURNE, June 12.LordHopetoun, through the secretary

of the unemployed, has donated £100for a dinner to unemployed fair-ilia? onCoronation Day. He sends a similarsum to Sydney. He specially desiresthat the dinner be carried out withoutostentation.

June 14.Owing to the refn-al of the Federal

Hoii'-e to vote fuutU, thereby robbing itof its national official significance, theproposed united religious service onCoronation Day has beenabandoned.

SYDNEY, June 11.The Protestant churches have ar-

ranged a united senice in the TownHall for Coronation Day.

June 13.The Siate Government propose to

cpeiid about £1000 on Coronationdecora-tions and illuminations, and a similaramount for feasting the poor.

ADELAIDE, June U.The fund for feasting the poor on

Coronation Day exceed- £2200.

THE REPRESENTATION COM-MISSIONERS.

WELLINGTON", June 12.The Representation Commissioner*, who->e

duty it is to readjust the boundarn"* ofelectoral dis-triets in accordance with thr-movements of population, and provide forsix more seats, held their fir?t meeting atthe Parliament Buildings this morning. ThoSurveyor-general (Mr Marchant) was electedchairman of tho North Island Commission,and Mr T. S. Western chairman of theSouth Inland Commiasion. The sittings < ftho eoimni-Moners will be continued m Wel-lington, and will List ;omc tinee week*-.

Some time ago (say= the Pie?-) Mr H.(i. Ell, M H.R., dre\v the attention of theCommi'-Kjuer of Police to the fact thatcircular^ inviting persons to takr> tickets mGerman lotteries were bîng delivered 1ythe Post Office, and a-kod that steps shouldbc> taken to prevent thi«. The matter vasultimately referred tc> the Postmaster-fjoneral, who has replied to Mr Ell's letter,m which ho suggested that a short bill giv-ing the Postal Department power to refusedelivery of gaming and lottery circularsemanating from persons beyond the colonybe introduced, stating that the matter, whichi* a very difficult one to deal with, -v illhave the consideration of the Government.It tickles the palate, pleasant and benc-

.ficiaL. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS.

consented to take charge of the cadets, MrStrong would arrange as to returnedtroopers, Messrs Langlands and D. Reid,jun., as to early settlers, and Mr Rattrayas to "eterarss.— It wa3 decided to provideseats for 100 veterans, and the report wasthen adopted.

The following reports were submitted tothe committee on Friday night last:—

CSREMOXHL f'OMMITTEE'S RErOKT.Mr P. R. Sargood (chairman of the com-

mittee) presented the following report em-bodying the finally-arranged programme:—-

PROCESSION.Returned troops, volunteers, cadets, and

bands (as arranged between Colonel Robin andthe Musical Committee) to assemble in Al-bdny street and George street, and start at 11a.m., proceed via Princes street to Cargill'sMonument, wheel round south side of samedown Rattray street and Cumberland street,cae'ets, returned troops, and bands to fall outat south gate of Triangle and take up theirpositions xherein. Hillside "Workshops will b»included in p,ocession, and will fall cut andpioceed along Crawford street.

School children to assemble at 10.30 a.m.along south side of Triangle, m touch withveterans, the publicbeingrequeste-d to reser\ethis space for the children.

Veterans to assemble by 10.30 a.m. inRattraystreet, along the south side of Triangle.

Early settlers to assemble by 10.30 in Rat-tray street, alongsouth side of Triangle, whereseats will be provided for those imable tostand. ;

School children to follow the procession downRattxay street, and halt at south gate ofTriangle until the"early settlers and veteranshave taken up their respective positions, whenthe children will be marched through thesonth gate into the Triangle. The northerngate of the Triangle will be kept shut, thepublic beingadmitted by the south gate only.

Official -citizens, to whom special cards areiscued, will be admitted to the Triangle onproduction of same at the northern gate, andate requested to assemble m the space re-served tor them by 11.30 a.m.

CEREMONY.At a quarter to 12 tho Mayor, the Minister

of ihc Crown, 1is Honor Mr Justice Williams,accompanied by the Mayoress, and ColonelRobin, will mount the platformannounced by afanfare of trumpets, when short addresses willbe given by the first threa named, and theMayoress will then hoist the flag amid ageneral drum, military, and cadet salute, thesinging of the National Anthem by all present,and cheers; the massed bands playing underconduct of Bar.dmaster on platform.

Presentation to the Mayoress of commemora-tion flag. Mayor and Mayoress will then planttwo ouk3, with short addresses by tho RightRev. the Moderator (Rev. lames Gibb), RightRev. A. Verdon, and the Rev. A. Chodowski.

Returned trooper 3 will then be presentedwith war medals by the Mayor, preceded bya short address by his Lordship theBishop ofDunedin. Or. receiving medals returnedtroops will march to northern ga-te, followedby the veterans, where they will be taken incharge by tho Luncheon Committee, andmarched to the luncheon hall.

The Mayor and partyand official guests willimmediately thereafter leave Triangle by nor-thern gate, followed by the bands and chil-dren. The cadets will then be disbanded,which will close the proceedings.

Additional particulars were embodied inthe report, in which it was stated that theeuily settlers numbered about 200, of wnomprobably 100 wo\dd require seats. It wassuggested that if the committee supply flagsfor the sc-hool children the school commit-tees might supply the sticks. After thepresentation of medals the veterans fall inbehind the returned troopers. The LuncheonCommittee take charge of both returnedtroopers and veterans at the north gate andmarch them straight to the luncheon hall,preceeded by a band. Tlie cadets remaininposition and salute theMayor and ColonelRobin as they leave the Triangle. Thenorthern gate is to be closed to the public,and entrance to be granted only by ticket,badge, or uniform.

In the discussion that ensued on tho re-port it was agreed that the Finance Com-mittee hhould contribute £10 towards thecost if issuing invitation cards.Itwas decided that tho Maoris be allowed

to take part in the procession if they wishodto do so, but that the request to be paid£20 for so doing be declined.

The rei;ort was then adopted.ILLUMINATION" COMMITTEE' REPORT.

Mr Christie (chairman) presented the fol-lowing report:

—The committee recommend as follows:—That the torchlight procession start at the

Octagon at 7.30;proceed along George streetto Ficderick street, down Frederick street toKing street, along King street to Hanover«treet, up Hanover street to George street,thence along George and Princes streetsto the Southern Oval Reserve; returning alongPrinces street to the Octagon.

At 8.45 the Town Hall will be illuminatedwith a fireworks display. The committee re-qune a, sum of money, amounting to £133 Bs,to earn- out thei» part of the day's proceed-"l."*.

Vi in committee further recommend that'lie geneialpublic be asked to have their shopsand houses m line of ronte Liilliantly lighted,such to be advertised m our local papers.

soldiers' luxcueos committee.Mr Stilling (chairman) submitted the re-

port of the Soldiers' Luncheon Committee,the details of which wero to the effect thatat. 12.45 p.m. the Garrison Band were toplay tho veterans and leturncd troopers(on parade then in the Triangle) from theTriangle to Messrs Roa-i und Glendining'snew warehouse in High street, and also playselections during luncheon. Lunch to be-,er\ ed m the above-mentioned hall at 1p.m., arrangements for which had beenmade with Miss Murray, who wasto cater at 4& per head, withthe guarantee of 200, the sum to includesuitable ""ouvenir cards approved of by thosubcommittee. A suitable toast list h?d beendrawn yip, subject to thi- a.ppro\al of tho«eintcrot-tod pfi'-onully. Tho number to bepresent had br-c-n o^timatfd on iho follow-ing b.iM-.:— Veteran.-, about 100: troopers,about 100; garri'-on oflicoi.-, 20; mb-eom-mitte>-, 9;- making a total of 229, or,250. Tho hall allowed provision for a muchl.ucjer number if iiPro'-aiy.

Mr Stilliiiff -aid tin- c-tiiuatcd cost cameto about £ p5 or £90.

Mr Cohen suggested that the cost belimited to £75It was ro-olvpil that the Luncheon Com-

mittee i=»ue tickets for the luncheon to themenibeii of the different committees-.

The lcpoit was then adopted.lirSIC \L (OMMITTEE'b REPORT.

Mi "Wills, (< haii-man) submitted he follow-ing lepoit, which \\a^ adopted without dis-cus"ion:

—The Musical Committee beg to leport as fol-

lows — Ithas bepn arranged to give a fanfareof trumpets by 25 trumpeters and drummerson the hoisting of the Royal Standard at theTriangle. It lsêxpectcd that nine bands (220men) will take part ii> the performance of th 3National Anthem at the ceremony in theTiwnalß. Five Uiousaiid cociea oi the National

Anthem (newstyle, words and music) are beingprinted for general distribution among the■public. Ten bands will march from Mansestreet to the Caledonian grounds at stated in-.tervals from 1.30 p.m. All city bands and"some of the country bands are expected totake part in the torchlight procession.

At a special meeting of the RoslynBorough Council it was decided to donatethe sum of £100 towards a free library forthe district in honour of the Coronation.This, with the Government subsidy of poundfor pound, will go some way towards theaccomplishment of this desirable object. Inaddition, £25 was voted to be .-ent to thecommittee in charge of the city celebra-tions.It was resolved at the meeting of the

Port Chalmers Coronation Celebrations Com-mittee on Monday, 9th inst.. that the plansfurnished by Mr H. Bauchop -for the erec-tion of a band rotunda be gratefully ac-cepted, and that gentleman requested toprepare working plans and specifications fortho oreotion of the same, tho cost to beabout £150. The Works Committee wereauthorised to call for tenders. It was alscvresolved, on the motion of Cr Leech—

"Thattwo marble tablets be included in the speci-fications." It was further decided, on themotion of Cr Tait, that a committee beappointed to draw up details for inscriptionson the tablets nud arrange a programme forCoronaticui Day. tho committee to consistof Mr E. G. Alien. M.H.R., the Mayor,Messrs Edgar, Tait,.Jteusiie, and Do Maus.Cr Leech proposed, Cr Cable seconded*, andit was carried— "

That the Masonic body berespectfully roquest-ad to lay the fci.ntiatioiistone of the rotunda." The Port Chalmersand SalvationArmy Bands,, with pipers andthe drum and fifers of c£io Boys' Brigade,intimated their intention of attending. The.postal authorities intimated that they wouldilluminate their building, and it is expectedall the business places and private residenceswill both decorate and illuminate. Mr E.G. Allen. M.H.R.. was requested to com-municate with the Acting-Premier (Sir J. G.Ward) with a view of getting one of H.M.ships at Pore Chalmers duringthe festivities.It was resolved to asphalt the Custom Houiesquare in honour of the occasion, and a sug-gestion was made that the square be named!King Edward VII square. It was decidedthat bonfires be lit at the end ofthe Recreatico ground. Lieutenant-com-mander Waters, P.M.A., intimated that hKcommand would parade on the occasion,together with the cadets under Lieutenant,Dodds.

The Pahiatua Coronation Committee have,decided tc erect a clock and t-ower to com-memorate peace. A special loan of £30(1will be raised for tho purpose. Much feel-ing is shown owing to the town band havingarranged to play at a counter demonstrationat Mangatainoka for £5. Their action isstrongly condemned. The Mayor has ar-ranged to bnag a band from Woodvill<\

The Roman Catholic Bishops of New Zea-land have received a copy of a letter sent toCardinal Vaughan, Archbishop of West-minster, by Cardinal Rampalla, of which thefollowing is a translation:—

"Most Eminent

Lord,— Iam happy to inform your Eminencethat the- Holy Father, in his desire thatCatholics throughout theBritish Empire may.more easily participate in the festivities thatwill mark the Coronation" of his Majesty theKing,- haa deigned- to dispense them fromthe law of abstinence on.Fridajr, the 27th.June,- and the Saturday following, which i*the vigil of the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul.But it is the desire of the Holy Father-thatCatholics should make up for this dispensa-tion by the recital of certain prayers, thechoice of which he remits to your Eminence.Your Eminence is also authorised to com-municate the above dispensation to theEpiscopate, so that it may be duly broughtto the knowledge of the faithful. Ireadilyavail myself of this occasion to repeat theassuranceof profound veneration," etc., etc.

A meeting of ex-vohmteer3 was held atthe Garrison Hall on Thursday to considermatters ;n;n connection with the invitation toex-volunteers to take part in the militaryprocession on Coronation Day. Kx-Lieuten-ant-colonel J. B. Callan presided, nsd fchertiwas a good attendance. After an informaldiscussion an executive committee, consist-ing of tbc chairman and Messrs S. N.Brown, Henderson, W. Mills, J. B. M'CaT-lum, and J. K. Macfie, was appointed toarrange details. It was also decided to re-quest all ex-volunteers not present afc themeeting to send in their names to Mr J.B.M'Callum.

Our Gore correspondent telQgraons:—

"At a special meeting of the MatauraBorough Council on Wednesday night itwas decided, in accordance with a resolutionpassed at a recent meeting of residents, tocelebrate the Coronationby the erection,ojan Athenaeum. The- committee possesses asuitable aite and property of the value of£150, and thecouncil, in order to earn thoGovernment gubsidv of JG2OO. voted a similaramount, which will make the tot3l moneyavailable for the structure £550. T.iepermanent memorial for Gore is not yetdecided on. Three suggestions-— a hospital,a gymnasium, and a public library— havobeen made. The question of the mainte-nance is the difficulty about the. ho.-pualscheme. The library question is not meet-ing general favour, so a gymnasium, forwhich ££0 has been raised, will probably bedecided on." .

A public meeting was held in AfClin-tock's" Hall. St. Bathaus on Wednesdaylast to confcider w hat tteps should be takento celebrate the Coronation ofKingEdward.Mr J. Eagie presided, and Mr R. Cowanacted as secretary. It wa0

-decided to celc-

brato the day in a way that would bocreditable to the second town of lmportal-rein the County of Maniototo. Tho meetingnominated a large and influential committee,and left it entirely in their hands to drawup a suitable piograinme for tho pieafcoccas-ion. Before d s-ohing tho public meet-ing, the tlui'rm.in cU-biied the lommitteo toremain in the hall to make preliminary ar-rangements for tho celebration. Tho incit-ing wpnt into committee. Mr William Pylswas elected permanent chairman, and MrH. Eveell seerptary It was rcsohed matthe district be canvassed for support of thojmovement, that the secretary wiro to thehardware shon* in Dunedin and secure an.abundant and first-claus supply of firework',and that the secretary convene a meetingat an early date. Before dissolving thomeeting Mr Cowan laid on tho table written^suggestions as to now the time should b'ioccupied from early morning until midnight.Many of the -suggestions were very good,and met with hearty approval, but were<deferred for "further consideration

At Clyde the first item on the Coronationcelebration programme is to be a religiousservice at 10 a.m. Following this thrro willha a procc-sion at 11.15 a.m., shoit ad-dro=-e^, etc., at noon, children's treat at J.p.m.. sports at 2, fireworks at 7 p.m ,and1<*mv«rsaiioii« at 8.30 p.m. and a dance..

THE DUNEDIN CELEBRATIONS.

MEETING OF THE CEREMONIALCOMMITTEE.

A meeting of the Ceremonial Committeein connection with the Coronation celobra-"tioii^ wa-held onThursday :present— Me,.]'S.invrrjcl dhairniaii),' Gnrnnv (hon. see.).Will*. J. W. Smith. LaughuuK, Fraer, ,).Hutchison. Tapper, Murray, Strong, Lyon,D. Ileid, jim.. and Colonel Robin

Mews Shaddock, Burk, and Bellett wereadded to the committee.

A letter was road from Colonel Robinstating that he had rece..'e'-t ad\ice that39 mcdala were ready for presentation totrooper, on Coronation Day, and the Mayorwould he expected to present them. Anumber n'ore weie to arrne in the colonyon June 10, and would sent down in a dayor two. This function would requite onlyabout 10 minutes. Ho would K'ê noticeto the trooper-!, and tho only tlnng for thecommittee was to place the function uponthe programme.

— It was decided to agieeto this.

The Chairman said he had reccued «acommunication from a gentleman who «a5working up a Maori earnhal, and who cie-aircd to know if two tableaux w-ouldbepeimilted to join the procession, illustrating,?ay, the Treaty of Waitangi, and anotheifccene from Maori life. The cost v.ould \>p

about £20 or £25. — Th" matter was rcferirdto the Ei.cc.uthe Committee without comln^nt.

Ihe Cadet«, Returned Tioopcr-. Vctt?una.and Early Settler-, Committees leportedthat members had been detailed to arrangewith the various bodies to take up po-itionsduring and after the procession a.- suggestedin the instructions from the CeieinonialCommittee. Mi Rattray had been appointedto airange with the -c-cretary f'<r badge3 ortickots admitting the veterans to tlio lj.uicheon. Mr Lungland- had undertaken tomake a list of name? of early settlers whohad arrived m the colony up to and includ-ing 1852. and the committee had agreed tosuggest to the Ceremonial Committee thatsuch settler-; only i-hould be invited to thefunction. Seats would he arranged for theearly settlers both in fiont of the ColonialBank and m the Triangle. _It wa= notthought ad\isablo by the committee that theradets should be asked to form a guard of. honour at tHe luncheon, M,r Murray had

THE KING'S CORONATION

OTAGO WITNESS.3une 18, 1902.Every additional harrier club is heartily

welcome, and it is therefore plcabant tonote that a movement is on foot to Ftartone at Gore. Messrs E. Lloyd and J. D.Miller, the promoter?, deserve credit formoving in the matter, and it is to be hopedthat their efforts will be crowned withsuccess. Gore and its surroundings areparticularly suited for cross-country running,and with proper management there khouidbe no difficulty experienced once a club isformed. A team representing Dunedinharriers will be passing through to Inver-cargill by the morning train on CoronationDay, and if the promoters of the GoreClub desire information -for future guidancethey should not fail to take the opportunityof a chat with some of the Dunedin boys.They will certainly be heartily welcomed.

The Invercargill Harriers are "till goingstrong, and last Wednesday's run is spokenof as one of the best outings of the sea?on.The race with the team representing Dun-edin harriers on Coronation Day is beinglooked forward to. A southern exchangestates that Peters, Nash, M'Kenzie, andThonipson are in good form, and that theDunedin boys will have to look out if theydesire to win the five-mile race.

Of the first ten to arrive '"home" in th'1final sprint of the Dunedin Harrier" onSaturday afternoon no le-s than «even werefirst-year men

— viz.. Hui=thoii3e 2nd. Israel4th, Mooney sth, Spawl 6th, Simpson 7th.Burton 9th, and Duncan 10th. AH of themj:rosnise well, and with training should beheard of in the races which are still to beheld.

An English runner now resident in thecolony gives some \aluable hints to begin-ners in a recent issue of the Young Man'sMagazine. He says: ''Generally spt-aking.any young fellow over the age of eighteencan enter into a systematic course of train-ing, provided he is careful not to do toomuch at first. The great mistake made byamateurs in this colony is that they do notput sufficient time into ground work: thati«. preparatory work such as walking, etc..in order that they may first of all he liar^land muscular and in a good healthy condi-tion.- As a rule the man in this colonyconimences to train about a mouth or sixweeks before his meeting, and starts to Timstraight away. This,Ithink, is the worstthing he can do. He should put in at leasta month's hard walking in order to fit him-self to begin training, and then start histraining proper with slow running. Whenwalking it will be bettor for him to keepto flat work and leave hill work alone. aq

the former will do him moie good as far asrunning is concerned. After those preli-minary exercises ho may start sprinting, butnot until he is very fit. With regard tosprinting, it is a common fault with a largenumber of sprinters to finish a race at aslower rate than that at which they staited—that is to say, they set off at a great pareright from the jump, ami air h.rhned toslacken pace slightly as they come to thepost. In practising sprints up to, say.220yds. it is better to run for all but thelast 20yds at three-quarter pace, and fullspeed for the remaining20yds. But beforea man can expect to h& able to put on thisincreased pace at the eiid of a race it isabsolutely essential thathe have the ground-work to whichIhave ju?t referred."

The above refers especially to short-dis-tance races* but the principle which thewriter inaisfr 011

—viz., a good ground-workbefore anything-else,i& even more necessary

for lon^r-dirtaiTCe men. Endurance com-bined with 'a- fair speed and good judgmentare thepriinaiy' qualifications of the latter,and in order to obtain those hill-walking, atnot too' fast a pace,' i« considered good. Itwill be found that that, along with a littletrack sprinting and a weekly run with thoHarriers, will get a man into'first-rate form.

THE M'LACHLANv. M'MANUS RACE.Tiie Oamaiu Mail reports that at a lull meet-

ing of the MLaplilan-M'Manus Committee alegal opinion was read to the effect that then.'atch being a Hager, the cojitract na;nulland void, pud that M'Lachlan could claim alefund of his deposit f'on- the stakeholder, whocould be sued for it. M'Ldthlun signed a state-ment, in winch ho alleged ihat there was a\irbal airangprucut between lnmselt and Cum-minsby which he (M'Lpchlan) won the lecentSydney match by anangement. It was thenarranged that Cummins or M'Manus shouldchallenge him for a race over three distances,and he alleged that it was arranged with Cum-mins that he (M'Lachlan) was to win the."00yds, M'Manus the 440yds, and the final w&5to he agreed upon between them. AVheiiM'Manus fouled him in the 300yds event atOainaru iie did not enter a protect, as hethought, there might be a mistake, and hespoke to Cummins, who referred him toM'Manus. He -alleged that the match " was"cut up

'in Sydney before he left for NewZealand. M'Manus signed a statement thattheio was no troth in the allegation that theSvdncy uiatch \va > niraigcd. He d.-n-ed tlutthere w?.<s any nr~.uigeiiien+ as It who v.as tovui at Oamaru, ":'iid said he had 1everauthorised Cummins 'to make' any s-iu.li airmige-ment on his behalf. Alfred Cummins declaredthat the Oamaru ni.itc.ir was 11111 honestly.onthe part of M'Manus. It was resolved to sendtht> evidence to the Council of CaledonianSocieties. It was resohed to tiy and obtainfurther evider.ee on the maltei

Amateur Athletic Association, the questionof G. W. Smith's record of 15 3-ssec forthe 120yds hurdles was again brought up, inconnection with confirming the record of35 4-ssec, which was passed at the last■neeting. It wasresolved that in view of theformer record passed in 1901, the record of15 4-ssec in December, 1901, be held over forfurther consideration. Correspondence wasreceived from various clubs with regard tothe Smith-SimpEon fund. The Secretarystated that caeh received so far totalled £199,and a further £15 was promised. The mat-ter was referred to a subcommittee to finallydeal with, consisting of Messrs Anderson,Grierson, Johnston, Tonks, Cardale, andLees. A letter was read from, the Auck-land Athletic Club with regard to the losssustained over the New Zealand Champion-ship meeting, and suggesting that this loss""be made good out of the profits of the Aus-tralasian meeting. The Secretary stated thatthe chairman had requested that a balancesheet be forwarded to the council. This hadnot arrived, but a telegram received that daystated that the loss over the New Zealandmcc.ting was £2A 16s 9d, and the profit overthe Australasian meeting £79 19s 6d. Itwasresolved to leave the matter over until a"fcalauce slieet is before the council.

With reference to the proposed AmateurAthletic Association of Otago, the roughlydrafted rules of which appeared in this.column in a previous issue, "Sprinter,'l ofShe Canterbury Times, says: "Ihave beforejcae a" copy of -the rules of the proposedAmateur Athletic Association of Otago. Itis to be composed of athletic clubs in Otago"which, are affiliated to the New ZealandAmateur Athletic Association, and its ob-jects are 'to further the interests, of ama-teur athletics in -Ofago and to fettle all dis-putes between affiliated clubs.' The forma-tion of this body, which Iam pleased to■welcome, is nothing more nor less than astep in the local government movement— asapplied to amateur athletics. Such a- move-ment is bound to come, particularly in viewof the extraordinary conservatism and apathyOf tho head body in Christchurch. The only"lifference in its present introduction is thatinstead of enthusiasts making their effortthrough the head body, as has been tho casein other branches of sport, the Duuediniteshave adopted the simpler and easier methodof forming their own centre and leavingother districts to follow suit if they wish.As a result of following tlii^plan the OtaaroAssociation's powers are at present both ill-defined and exceedingly limited, but it isinevitable if the-southern body continue? inactual existence " that some understandingon thi« pointshall be come to with the coun-cil in Clirifctehurch."

The athletic championships in connectionwith Sydney and Melbourne Universitieswere decided in Melbourne on Wednesday,June 4. with th© following results:

100 Yards.— N. C. BaTker (Sydney), l; H.H. Hunter (Melb.), 2; L. M. Macpherson<Melb.), 3. Won all the way by two yards.Time 10 l-ssec.

440 Yards.— N. C. Barker (Sydney), 1;L. 11.Macphersou (M-). 2.. The only starters. Wonby six yards. Time, 53sec.. 880 Yards.— H. Sutton (M.). 1;W. H. Pal-mer (S.), 2; H. M. Green (S.;, 3. Won bythree yards. Time, 2min 7sec.

One."Mile.— H. Sutton <M.). 1:W. H. Palmer(S.). 2; F. L. Davies (M.), 3. Won by sevenyards. Time. 4min 58sec.

120 Yards Hurdles— L.M. Macpherson (M.I,"l; N. C. Barker and H. ML.Duigan (equal).2. Won very easily by ten yards. Time, 17"

High Jump.—H. ML. Duigan (il.\ sft Gin.1; C. W. Thompson (S.). sft sin, 2; L. M.Macpherson (M.>. sft 3in, 3.

LongJump.— H.H. Hunter (M.).21ft lin, 1;H. ML.Duigan (M.), 20ft 9in,2; N. C. Barker(S.).20ft 7in,3. .News has been received in Auckland (wir&smy correspondent in that city) that Mr "W.W. Robinson, some time back a prominentfigure in Auckland athletic circles, and arep. cricketer and footballer, who has beerliving at Home for some years, intendssupervising the training of the- New Zealandathletes, (i. W. Smith and W. F. Simpson,for the English amateur atlilotio rliamnion-shius on July 5. They could not well bein better hands.

HARRIER NOTES.

The harrier team picked to represent Dm:-edin in the race against Invercargill in thesouthern capital on Coronation Day will sofar consist of the following:— R. Kilroy, T.Gordon, ,T. Caldow, H. Divers, R. Brickell,ti. Morton, and F. Titcliener. One or twomore are likely to go. but they are notsure of being able to g<H away from bim-jiess. In the meantime, the abo\e, who areall in fairly good foim, will d<; a littlespecial training.It must be evident to harrier.* that in

order todceep a club together it i=> absolutelyjicowsary that the weekly runs be conductedan an orderly fashion

— i.e., certain rul°afhoultl be laid Jov.n and -.trietly adherodto I)/ the members. There is a tendency'i the Dunedin Club for the fleeter ones

To break away from the re?t of the pack.Tliis will have to be put a .stop to, as thereis nothing more calculated to discouragenew and inexperienced runners. T7n-]es-! the .captain, who lead? the pack, givest!ic word, no runnei i-hould pass him dur-ing the- course of the run, and the captain.a his turn should ccc that there is ai.nity amongst all the meinbi.iv. It i- un-derstood that the D.H. captain will infuture carry a whistle, and if he uses itwell there should be no more complaints.Harmony and good-feeling amongst all themembers of the club on Saturday afternoonshas hitherto been one of the inn-t attrac-Ti\o featmes, and it would bo a pity to iecit bickeu up owing to a Liltle tlioughtle-s-

Wot weather <-honld not deter harriersfrom having an outing. It wib a little sur-prising, therefore, to learn that the St.Andrew Harrier postponed last Wednes-day's run owing to the wet afternoon. Dur-ing the wintei months theie are not manyWednesdays (nor Satmdays either) wli2nrain does not fall to a greater or less de-gree, but even if it Miom it 19 bad poluyto send round postponement notices. Putthe words '"wet or Iry" at the font of thosyllabus, and even if only a few enthii'-ia-taturn up. it will let the general public knowthat the clubs possess such lyen, md theyare always the onc3 to carry thing:- through

On the Dunedin HairiciV ne\t >.yllabu-will appear a half-mile race, tc be I'e-<ided during the intervalof oneof theRugbyfootball matches on tho Caledonian ground;also, a one mile and ahalf novice rate onTahuna Park. There will be three excellentprizes given in each race, and competitionbhould be keen. Novices should start train-ing at once, especially attending to a littletrack racing to improve their speed.

The St. Andrew Harrier? run from MrsGould's etore, Woodhaugh, this afternoon,starting at 3 o'clock sharp. Meet at Car-

Monument at §,20,

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excellent, Maclareu getting two superli4's to kg off Jones. Armstrong -dis-placedSaunders at 70. Maclaren, wheahis score was 34, was missed by Darlingfrom a sharp right-handed chancein theslips off Trumper's bowling, otherwisehis batting was excellent. "When stumps"were drawn the score was two wicketsfor 102 runs. Scores—

June 13.Owing to the sodden state of the

ground and the adverse weather con-ditions it was decided,after an examina-tion of the wicket, not to resume playin the test match to-day.

June 14.Owing to the continued wet weather,

the test match was abandoned withoutfurther play. The state of the game;it the end of the first day was as fol-lows:—

Exglaicd.—

First Innings.C. B.Fiy,c Hill, b Hopkins «. 0Raujitsinhji, b Hopkins .. .. 0A. C. Maclaren. not out .. 47Jackson, not out 45

Sundries 10

Total for two wickets .. 102Bowling Analysis.— Hopkins, Iwo wickeis for

l&runs. Jones'had 31 scored off.hini, Saunders15,Trumper 33,and Armstrong 5 for no wickets.RESULTSOP THE TOUR." "-v'PJnyed. Won. Lost. Drawn.

12 5 16''"'May 5.— Again LondonGounty, cjrawn. -

--May'B.— Beit JCotrta by anraningsand 4runs.<May I*2.

— Bsat Surrey by an innings and 78runs.

May 15.— Against Essex Ccunty, drawn.May 19.— Beat Leicestershire by seven

wickets.May 22.— Beat Oxford University by an

iunings and 54 runs.May 26.— Against M.C.C. and Ground,

drawn.May 29.— At Birmingham. First test matcb,

drawn.June 2.— Defeated by Yorkshire by fiv«

wickets.June -s.— Against Lancashire, drawn owing

to b?d weather.June 9.— Beat Cambridge University by aa

innings nnd 183 runs.June 12— At Lords: Second test match,

abandoned owing to rain.

BOWLING.S««retarl« trerequested toforwardparticular*|[{U« |l*y<4

u<»(rtrtkeauins Miauhei.

The mombove of the- Caledonian Bowline:Club held a social iv the bowlhouse onFri-day, thore being over 40 persons present.Apologies were received from Messrs T. R.Dodds, J. Evans. A. Evans, and T. Cornish,sen. Mr C. F. Greenslade was in the chair,and a most enjoyable evening was spent.Cards and singing were indulged"in. Amongthose .who contributed to the programmewere:— Messrs' W. M'Keod, R. C. Torranee, "W. Aberncthy. -J.- Torranee, B. Collett, 8.Davie-, and J. Anderson. Mr R.. Capstick(of Tiniaru) presided at thopiano. A plenti-ful supply of-refreshrnente was provided. Avote of thanks 'to the chair and to Mr Cap-stiek brought- the pToceedittcs to a-close._

The Dunedin Bowling Club green wasclo«ed for the seas-on on the Prince ofWales'* Birthday by a match President v.vics-President, the latter winning after an.enjoyable game bj- 24 points.

Vice-president. President.A. J. Barlh Ci. E. BrownS. Sinclair W. M. Hogg"VV. Dall J- C. Shortil. Sinclair (") .. 15 J. Thomson (s) .. 10.7. Hennie J. ATkle"W. Gocdlct J. GiuarP. Miller J. G. BentleyD. Scott (s) .. 20 W. M'Lnren (s) .. 14J. Spratt G.P. MollisonJ. White J. HoodJ. Johnson J. GilmourJ. Hunter M .. 16 A. Gillies (s) .. 15J. Andei«c»i J- RobertsonDr Back R. M. MarksC. Fynmorp P. G. M'lntoahD. Ru&soll (-i) ..20 A. Fr?ser (?) .. 13

71 «At the condition of the came the mem-bers adjourned to tl>e pavilion, wliero thoPresident, in a short speech, formally de-clared ihe green closed, and referred to thetermination of a mo<-t enjoyable season. Mjrft.,T. Wheeler 'proposed the toast of "TheVisitors," whichWas responded to by MessrpD. Scott (Roelyn) and VV. Dall (St. Cla-ir).Tho- health of tun president (Mr Hislop) andthe \ i<*»-presidenl (Mr D. M'Pherßon) wasdrunk with musical honour?, amid great en-thusiasm. Other toa.-t,- honoured were"Peace." proposed by Mr Dall; "TheLadies," propofced by Mr Hislop, who madespecial reference to their attendance onSaturdays, and their dispensing creaturecomforts; nnd "Tin* Match Committee.'The proceeding- terminated by all joininghrartily in the singing cf "God save the■King."

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CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION7Hi: ACT OPPOSKD BY EMPLOYERS.

WELLrXGTON, June 11.The report presinttd at the annual meet-

ing of tho Welling' on Employers' Associa-tion stated that the answers &ent by mem-bers of tho a==ociation to questions relatingto their -experience of the working of theConciliation and Arbitration Act showedthat a large majority were strongly opposedto t'ne act

— both to its principle and opera-tion. In Canterbury and Aucklaud answershad been received by the local associationson bimilar lines. The Otago results werenot to hand, but tho practical outromo ofthe inquiry was to absolutely contradict thestatement 6o often put forward that theemployers in the colony were generallyfavourable to the act.

A millionaire in America has 1,000,000dollars, or £200,000; in Germany 1,000,000mark-, or £50 3000; but in Britain£1,000,000.ItWill Xgt Do to fool with a bad cold.

No one can tell what the end will be.Pneumonia, catarrh, chronic bronchitis, andconsumption invariably result from aneglected cold. As a medicine for the cureof colds, coughs, and influenza, nothing cancompare with Chamberlain's CoughRemedy.It alway3 cures and cures quickly. Alldealers sell it

t-'.ie splendid bats-ing of Braund. His free-dom all round the wicket and the « asewith which he avails huiuelf to the full ex-tent of hislong reach made his centurya perfect gem. It wa<= far ahead of any-thing on the Australian fide. Their bestcricket came from Darling, who took fulladvantage of the short boundary to thepa\ilion, but undoubtedly earned every nmhe scored, and proved that the rest rasnot rusted his ability. Everybody exceptDuff seemed bent on proving the falsenessof the allegation, which Iand other criticsadvanced— that oui visitor^ would bo aslow-batting team. lam quite willing toallow they wore not at the Crystal Palace,but they paid the penalty for altering theirmethods, and were s.iept down byLlewellyn. Duff Ihave exfepted becausehe was s>t the wicket half an hour for eightruns. But Ithink his intentions were tomake a tall score, only he absolutely failedto time the ball, and simply mowed away inthe air. Armstrong is a graceful, talcingbat. likely to get a lot of runs; He threwaway gloves after he recehed a few balls,and several of has comrades never put themon at all. (Jregory b.ittcd up in the firsteffort when things were going wrong, justas he used to do years bac.c. when he and(larham were known as ihe midgets. Cle-ment Hill was, not in the vein, but thatattractive cricketer, Trumper, showed whathe will do later on. Koble started hittingas though, he were Albert Trott, hut he\va> quickly dismissed. Kelly kept wicketsquite as well as Board— very high prais*indeed. As for the bowling.Iprefer todefer judgment. The evolutions of Saun-ders furnished matter for amazement, andthe umpires held their peace. Noble andHowell obtoinr-d niost of the wickets. Asfor Hopkins, if his future deliveries are tobp of the class he has so far exhibited, the?e!er-tion committee will certainly shelve himto the rank of spectator. But it's earlyclays yet. and the friends of the colonialswere a little too emphatic in expressingtheir disappointment. There are magnificentpossibilities about our visitors."

VISIT OF LORD HAVTKE'S TEAM.A Christchurch telegram states that theNew

Zealand Cricket Association have guaranteesIrom associations in tho colony for £1900 to-wards the cost of a. visit of Lord H?wkc anda team of Englishcricketers during the comingsesson. The association will cable to his lord-

ibh:p the arrangement made.

SEATS TO VIEW THE CORONATIONPROCESSION.

LONDON, June 12.Baroness Burdett Coutts has invited'

the Australian cricketers to witness the| Coronation from her house in Picca-dilly.

A FINE PERFORMANCE.LONDON, June 10.

Playing against Middlesex, RhodesYorkshire's crack bowler, captured sevenwickets for 24 runs.

THE AUSTRALIAN TEAMIN ENGLAND.— —— —

A WIN AGAINST CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITY.

I LONDON, June 9.The match ngain-t Cambridge ITniver-

fcity was commenced in showery weather.[ The -wicket was -ilow and the attendaucemeagre. Darling:, Noble, Saunderb, andHowell stood out, Trumble playing forihc fiist time his accident. DrPope, of Sydney, who left for England"with tlio Australians, completed theteam. The University secured first u<-eof the wicket, Ebden and Gilman facingthe bowling of Jone> and Trumble. Thelatter soon got to work, and cleanbowled Gilman. One for 13. Eight runslater Harper skied one from Trumble,and was caught by Carter. Two for 21.Dowson joined Ebden, who wa^ playingsteadily. The new-comer made free withthe bowlers, Jones especially proving ex-pensive, but Trumble wa^more difficultto play. With the <-eorp :il 54 Donjon«ol )e>* before to Trumbli*. Three for54. Perm succeeded, and had tottedup 3 when he was caught by Carter.Four for G'J. E'udeu livened up, and wasplaying ingood form at the luncheonadjournment, when the Mjore «tood atfour for 74.

Resumption °f P'av Wils delayed aconsiderable time by rain. Armstrongand Trumper were the bowlers. Blakerhad added a single when he was givenout leg before wicket to Armstrong.Five for 75. E. WiKon aw-ted Ebdento carry the total to 93, and then failedto stop one from Trumper. Six for 93.Fry came in, but went out without add-ing to the score, Trumper scattering hisbails. The >-nme over was fatal to Wil-son, and the remainder of the wicketsfell rapidly. Trumper clean bowled F.WiNon after he had made a couple, andgave Driffield his quietus with the firstball sent down to him. Nine for 103.Ebden's time had now come, his longand useful innings being ended by Carter'-tumping him. The innings whichlasted two hours and twenty minute*,closed for 108.

After some delay owing to rain,Trumper rmd Duff opened the first in-ning-i of the Australian team. Duff,after a free innings was well caught byF. Wil-on in the '"lip-:. One wicket for49. Hill joined Trumper, and the pairpunished tho bowling freely, playing outtime. The weather was bhoweiy.

Noble i-> at Brighton recuperatingfrom influenza. Darling and Howell arein London confined to bed from theeffects of influenza.

The Sportsman learns from MajorWardill that nothing is definitely settled

Ianent the American tour by the Aus-tralian cricketers. Should it not takeplace, the team will probably make ashort tour of Westralia on their way

Iback.

gested, "and Mr JMaclaren's opinion, tele-graphed fromPort Said, is that you will bebeaten in the test matches." "My opi-nion," Clem Hill replied, "is that thoteam is quite as powerful all round as thatof 1899." "Ithink il is abetter side thanthe last," said M. A. Noble;''a better tfJewithout doubt: and Joe Darling is of thesame opinion." Noble said he felt tho-roughly fit, having quit© shaken off theeffects of an injury to his side sustained inmaking a catch afc Adelaide. "As forSaunders," said Hill, "he is a fine bowler,and the fact that he broke his right collar-

! bone in one of the te?fc matches will not, affect him in the least, as he bowls left-hand. It was quite a mistake to thinkthat Jones had lost his pace. His Austra-lian form last season was patchy— sometimeshe bowled exceedingly well and sometimes'he had his 'off' day."i Of the five test matches in 1899 only onewas completed, and that was wen by Aus-tralia. The five games, briefly summarised,werea3 follows:—

j At Nottingham Englishmen completely out-\ played; had to get 13-1 for three wickets,j lianjitsinhji93 not out.

At Lord's: Australians won hy 10 wickets;Trumper and Hill each 135, the former notout.

| At Levels- Abandoned. Au&tralia 172 andj 244; England 220 and none for 19. Great re-i co\ery by Austialia.ss second innings. Briggs

took ill first evening at Leeds Music Hall,'took no further part in match. Noble and

iGregory '"pair," Hearnehat trick. Even game'at finish.

At Manchester- England led by 176 on first' innings. Another big recovery. Australia,! v.-itn seven for 340, declared; England lost

three for 94; drswp. Noble, t'i hours for 60and 80— "a miracle of patience and self-re-straint." Eight bowlers tried in Australia'ssecond innings.

At Kenmngton Oval— a contest of record*F. S. Jackson and Hayward, 185, record forfirst wicket test matches; England's 37G re-cord for England in test; total, 1173. record

j for tsst in England;average world's reeoid forj te«ts. Australia 325 (Gregory 11"; and five for234;Jr.;;vu.

With reluctance must the subject of A. C.Maelaren be approached. Having the bestinterests of cricket at heart, it is painfulto read (says a writer inLondon Sportsman)that "it is theprevalent opinion that Hamp-shire has been outbid by Lancashiie." Mark3"ou, it is tho services of an amateur —thoamateur who has captained thi> English team!in the last eight test matches— which arpthus being put up to auction. Xo one hasa. higher opinion of the brilliant capacityof Archie !Nfac!aren, or has derived greaterenjoyment from a large number of his fineinnings than mysolf. He is al-o a superbfield, and a very clever captain. But. graut-!ing all this, and regarding the matter"from Ithopoint of view of purr; sport, them ari~e,sthife question: lb English cricket pajiug- toohigh a price for A. C. Maelaren? Do w©want a so-called amateur to be declining apost '" considerably more remunerative thanthe last one"? What is tho meaning of "afree lance"? Heaven forbid it should be anew definition for an unpaid amateur, forthere are dozens of unpaid amateurs truehona fide sportsmen in county cricket to-day.. Jn a rrcent :--suc of tho BadmintonMagaziue, H. D. G. Leveson Gowcr andmy-self wrote:

"The definition of an amateur

is a gentleman who receives his bare out-of-pocket expenses whilst playing cricket. He!i» entitled to get travelling expenses and the;cost of living during -the days he i> playing.But anything apart from this, whether it bo

j retaining fec=, the creation of imaginaryposts with conifci table salaries or remunera-i tion for the fcncrifi.ee of prospect*— any or|nil of these ought to constitute professional-ism." From thi<i manifesto Isee no reasonto draw back. When we read "Hampshire

Isportsmen cannot be disabused of the idea[ that A. C. Maclaren is boiiie; paid far moveI tuan ihey can afford to pay,"' either they areentirely wrong, or else- t-he saul A. C Mac-laren ought uot to play as an amateur. Ourhouse ought tc be set in order without dp-

| lay. if only because of what the piofessionals| feel on the subject.j The first century of the English Countyj cricket reason wa=> made by Lockwood,play-ing for Suii'py against Woicc-^tershire o:i

!May 1, when he played a fiuc innigs for102.I The match, Surrey v. Worcesteivliirc,played on the Oval on May 1. 2, and 3, wasdrawn, rain on the third day interferingwith the play. In their first innings Wor-cesterohire compiled 149, and in their secondhad three wicket* down foi 60. Prirw-ipal'coreiv for VJWceîevshivp \vDift:Bovley 55and 7. Cordon 22 and 2b /nut out), niul ]Wheldon 27 and 27 (not onU. Surrey intheir only innings made 29?.. Lockwood waxtop scorer with 102. Crawford 61. Abel 43.Hayward 3*, and Bush 23 beng next in

Warwickshire- v.London Countym- playedon May 1. 2, and 3: rain p"f a «top toplay. «; il 1:10- match v.ai drawn. Given finewcatlur, London County would have won

I>V an iîiinps. Quaife and Lilley. two mem-bers of M-.H-laren's team recently in Aus-tralia, played for Warwickshire, and TCraundfor London Conntv. Warwickshire's iirbt in-nings, 143- l-'irhwitk 67 Second innings,eight wiokoU for 194— Lilley 72 (not out).Londou t'juntv. 357— C. J. B. Wood 97,e-x-Auslralian Mmdoth 50. W. Smith 50,Braund 46. Braund t-ec-ured throe Warwick-shire (firht innings) wickeU at a cost of 50urns and Lewcllvn fi\e for 69. Second ir.-nint?s, Lewellyn hacked five for 83, Braundfailing to RC-t a wicket for 37.

In an outside match. Ksher v. Thames(Ditton), on May 3, four Australians— Hopkm=. Duff. Carter, and Armstrong— assistedthe former. Tl>p Ditton team, batting first,put together 99. Just a-> their inning-,closed a downpour of hail and rain putan end to further proceedings. The wiekr>t-keeping of Carter was much admired. Inbowling Duff took 2 w u-ka* for 10, Hop-kins 5 for 38. and Armstrong 2 for 33.

The "Vorkslurcmen experienced no di9i-cultv whato\er in winning their match atLord's on May 6. with the moderate team

! put .against them by the Marvlebone Clubthe margin at the end of a brief spoil ofplay beinc: an innings and 71 runs in favourof "thp champion rounly. In the macehWilfrid Rhode? took 9 wicket* for 5C runs.MC.C., 27 and 93:93:YorWiin*. 196.If a society could possibly be formed for

the reformation of British weather.Ifeelsure (say* the cricket writer of LondonSportsman) the Australians woulcl hand-somely subscribe. They seemed so un-comfortable in an atmo=7>here wherein snow,

darkne*?. sunshine, rain, and a keen windhLocedcc! one another with Hie rapidityof a mutoscope, that they nui«t not be so-rrioii'ly ]mitred on their trial trip Therewas an air of friendhneFß and cricket on onoa*v footing about the opening match atth'1 Crv-Uil Pn'ace a?ain= t London Countyv. Inch aUo disarm* vfry s-haip criticism.]_ Yet no words are hash enough to

CRICKET.TO CORRESPONDENTS.

%. Gee, Eiversdale'.— Pamphlet you wrote fornot yet tohand; expectit in a few days.

NOTES BY LONG SLIP.The colours of the Australian cricketerspow in England are the same as the 1899

tern—

green and gold, the hat bands frontedby the Australian coat of arms. Darling

and Trumble. (vice-captain), amiiKoble constitute the Match Committee;thetwo first-named, with Major Warclill, -.ie»lso the Finance Committee.

Australian cricketer Poidevin, who intendspema-ining about four years in London prac-tising his profession— dentistry— lias joined,the London County Club, and was to haveplayed liis match at Lord's against theJMarylebone Club. The young Australian'scareer inEngland will be watched with inte-rest not only by his admirers in the Com-monwealth, but also by those in New Zea-!land.I The accident which laid Trumble. the re-kloubtable Australian cricketer, aside before(the campaign commenced, was a very pain-cful one. It happenedon the third day ofpractice at Lord's. According to a London

Trumble and Arm?trong atihe» same net were.bowling to Hill. "Arm-strong sent down a short one; and the ballcame back whistling like a slipll. After de-livery, the bowler stepped in front offPrumble, who did not see i* uîil too late,fflien ho threw out his arm hj protect hi>>Jjody. The ball struck him full on the Tightthumb, knocking the top joint back out ofits socket, and cutting the flsh to- the bone.'A surgeon put three stitches in the wound."

Playing <for Surrey against Es»ex, atDLcyton, on May 26, W. M. Lockwood, tlie

fast bowler, was responsible for aSine performance WLth the ball. In the firstinnings of Essex he captured nine wickets'"ior 59, and it is Faid that it was this fontxhat caused him to be chosen in the Englishtest team."I cannot see," cays Jack Worrall, '"how

Hie present Australian team can hope to hold"their own against England on any class of/wicket; but on one damaged by rain they.must go down, for they have not a forcing-batsman on the side, and very few of themen have any idea of batting when the ballis biting." The Australians have been pkiy-dng on wickets soaked by rain since the com-imeneenient of the tour, and have acquitted"themselves splendidly against the countyteams.

English first-ela^s cricket commenced on'April 24, with the match, London Countyv. Surrey, and atier three days' play, dur-ing which lime good cricket was shown, vic-tory rested with London County by 196runs. The veteran W G. Grace commandedLondon County. First innings of county—169. Principal run-getter?: li. W. Beldam16 L. Walker 38, aud Board 31. Secondjnnincs. 433— W. ti. Grace 97, ex-Austra-Jian Murdoch 92. G. W. Beldam 60, L.jWalker 46. and A. E. Lawlon 37. Sur-rey: First inniugs, 196— Brcdcwell 52.Haye3 31. Second innings, 210— Brockwcll70, Baker (not oui) 51. W. C Grace cap-jtured five Surrey (second inninge) wickets ata. cost of 33 runs..Ex-Australian Murdoch's brilliant 92 forLondon County against Surrey was an ob-ject leiion in style. This batsman couldscarcely have played a more attractive ni-;nings, quite the- feature of which was hissuperb square cut. After Murdoch* dis-missal, A. E. Lawton, who, it will be re-membered, acted as coach in this citythree or four sea«on3 back, hit »ip 37 m 20minutes.i The return match between the LondonCounty and Surrey commenced at Kenning-]ton Ovalon April 28. C. B. Fry and Brauiid,replaced Gill and Tine on tin- county side. '.This was Braund's fir&c appearance since

his visit to Australia with Maclarcn's team.Xondon County had little difficulty in de-ieating Surrey, the verdict at the finish|.toeing nine wickets in favour of the county.]lSurrey 297 aud 192; London County 407,*nd one wicket for 85. Principal run-getters'on Surrey side were:Abel 18 and 77, Brock-/well 39 and 5, Hayea 50 aud 0, Bush 9 and"30. Holland 8 and 52, Crawford 97 and 0.Lees 31 and 8. On the County side C. BIVy was topnotcher with 82, Grace (W. b.)

6L Wood 59. Lewellyn (not out) 65, BraundV55, scard ,31. Br.aund bagged five SurreyUGiet innings) wickets at a cost of 168 rune,ILevrellyn two for 93, and Grace two for 25.In the second innings Rtauikl captured t\v<;

ior 80, Lewellyn five for 70. and Grace three£or 33." Asked as to the alleged differences amongjthoprofessionals in Maclaren*-- team in the'matter of bonuses, Mr Maelaren. in a re-<cci»t interview, was very emphatic. » hatahev were- promised, !he eaid, was £300 amiexpenses, and Iadded that. Iwould try andget them a bonus of about £50 if the tour

.was a success, but. of comso, Icould not(promise anything. The tour was a success,and the Melbourne Cub cairied out tapir

a«n-eemenfc fully and gave the men a bonusof £25 at the dinner. Lil^y told me th'i{pros, were very well satisfied, and x saidbo. We were splendidly trer.tcd every-where. Asked as to the prcpecf- of thepresent visit of the Australian?, Mai-larcn*said it would depend a good deal on thewickets. Inany ca?e the Australians would*io well, but, a* usual, they would not becomfortable on any wet wieketi.

L. O. S. Poidevin tells a re-freshing stoiyof Dr W. G. Grace which }he ex-Au»=traliansays illustrates what a fine "young" old manrtho doctor is. He ih fond of followiug the/beagles, but on one occasion during the win-,ier was so bad with influenza that he wascompelled to refrain from joining in thojun. His enthusiasm, however, took nimout to a nlace close by where he expected,-to see the beagles as they passed. rheyv*lid come that way, and seeing no one neari^hejn, the doctor couldn't resut the tempta-tion to follow, and not only did he keepgoing to the finish, but lie actually camo inan easy first. Already he has made threereuturies (retired) in minor fixtures, oncl in-Vleed he looks like getting many more iniirst-elass games. Beyond question he iathe G.O.M. of cricket, and the pleasing partof it all is that Sr.cce-<- hrs left him asflio foui.d liim — genial, good natured, and"beloved by all.

I'p-ni ai.-ningm Ei.gl;Mul the 'Australiansweie interviewed by a London E'\ening>Tc-.vs roprcsenisti*.c. "Duff was tcld thatwhen he scored a century in his first test

mat<-'.\ a cchoohniutcr from a suburi anparish wrote- to the London press, claiming'to ha\e taught him his cr.cket 2s a boy.Being a nati\o of Sydney, and not havingbeen pre*iou=ly out of Australia, li.A.Dwas tickled.

"Critics seem to think this team is iufenorip. ike last*' t 10 Daily M;.il interviewer sug-

OTAGO WITNESS. U.ttne 18, lUO2.

June 10.The match was resumed this morning

in bright weather, though it was atreacherous wicket. The overnight scorestood at one wicket for 87. Trumperadded a single, and then lost Hill, whogave an easy catch to Ebden at cover-point. Two for 88. Armstrong fol-lowed. Play immediately became lively,Trumper playing good cricket. Hereached 60 after being badly missed at28. Cambridge's total was passed in75 minutes' play. Trumper was withinthree of his century M'hen he lost Arm-strong, who was bowled by Dowson.He played sound cricket. The partner-ship produced 117 runs in 85 minute*.Three for 205. Gregory filled thevacancy. Fast scoring was continued.When lie had been three hours at thewickets for 128, Trumper was ea=ilystumped by Winter ,off Dowson. Hisinnings was. markedby sound play, beingmarred by one chance only. His scoreincluded 114V Four for 252. Gregorywas 24 when Hopkins came to his assist-ance. The latter, however, failed toscore, Winter dismissing him with anice catch. Five for 259. Kelly tookthe vacant place. Three more runs wereadded before the luncheon adjournmentwas reached. On resuming play thesjorc rose rapidly to the vicinity of thethii'dcentury, under the influence of thewarm sunshine tha pitch becoming moredifficult. Both batsmen were missedowing to loose fielding. Kelly's endcame at 293, E. Wilson clean bowlinghim. Six for 293.

Carter joined Gregory, who was play-ing lively, pretty cricket and piling onruns. When he had reached 72 heplaced an easy catch in Driffield's handsat point. He gave two chances in thesame over. Seven for 333. Carter wassmartly caught in the blips by F. Wilton.Eight for 337. Jones succumbed "toDowson's first ball. Trumble was absentill. Dr Pope had little chance to .showwhat stuff lie was made of, and theinnings closed for 337.

The second innings of Cambridge wasnothing but a procession, the first eightwickets falling for 26, Hopkins beingquite unplayable. He performed thehat trick with Blaker, Fry, and Wil-son*- wickets. Harper was the only oneto reach double figures, and the inningsonly realised 46. Australia thus wonbyan innings and 183 runs. Scores:—.Scores:—

Camxkidge University.— First Innings.Gilman, b Trumble .. 4Harper, c Carter, b Trumble .. 5Dowson,lbw, b Trumble .. ... .. 18Perm, c Carter, b "Trumble .... 3Ebden, st Carter, b Trumper.. .. 63Blaker, lbw, b Armstrong .<»... GE. Wilson, .b Trumper 6Fry, b Trumper « .. 0It.F. Wilson, b Trumper 2DrifTiald, b Trumper ()Winter, nol out .. .» 4

Extras ..' 7

Total 108Bowling Analysis.— Jones, no wickets for 2S

runs; Trumble, 4 for 33; Armstrong,1 for 21;Trumper, 5 for 19.

Second Innings.Ebdcn, b Hopkins , .. 0Gilman,b Jones : .» .. 9Dowson, b Jones.. .. .. .. .. 0Perm, b Jones "% .. 0Blaker, lbw, b Hopkins.. _.X .. 1Harper, not out 24Fry, b Hopkins f>E."Wilson, b Hopkins -. .. 0F. Wilson, b Hopkins .. .... .. 4Driffinld. b Hopkins .. ... .. .. 2Wilter, b Hopkins "

Extras. ,a " 6

Totu! 46Bowling Analysis.— Jones, three wickets for

30 runs, Hopkins, se\iî foi 10.Australia.— Fir*.; lim -lg-'.

Trnn> M-r, st Winter, b Dowsoa .. 128Diift. c F. Wilson, b E. Wil'-on .. 32Hill, c Ebden, bDowfon 25Armstrong,b Dowson . .. ..39Hopkins, c Winter, bE. Wilson .. 0Kelly,b E. Wilson . .... 12Gregory, cDnffield, bE.Wilbon .. 72Carter, cF. Wil«on, b Dowson .. 2Jones, b Dowson , ... <>Pope, not out .. 9M .. .. .... 2Tiumble, absent .. i. .» .. .. 0

Extras .. .. .. .. tsji >■ »" 25

Total 337Bowling Analysis.— Dowson, five wickets for

H6 runs, Wil«on, four for 107. Dnffield. nonefor 24, Penu, none for 30, Blakor, none for 10.

THK SECOND TKST MA') CHABANDONED.

LONDON, Jimp 12.The second test match was com-

menced at Lord\ to-day under mo^tinauspicious conditions. Owing to theheavy downfall of vain play wa> notstarted till late iv the afternoon, theground being drenched.

England is playing the same team asin the first test match. Saunders playsfor Australia, Carter, Trumble, andHowell being omitted.

The Englishmen went fir-t to thewickets, Fry and Maelaren opening.Fiy retired immediately, before citherbaibmen had scored, Hill taking an easycatch off Hopkins at short-leg. One fornone. Eanjit«.inhji .succeeded. Hop-kins produced a sensation by at onceclean bowling the Indian, the secondwicket falling without a single runhav-ing been .scored. Jackson filled thevacancy. The rain was now falling, not-withstanding which play was continuedJackson, making the most of bis oppor-tunities, put on runs, but when thescore had reached 19 (Jackson's contri-bution being 15 and Maelaren's 4) therain stopped play at 4.15.

Play was resumed at 5.15 p.m., butthe li^ht was bad. The battiaa was

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players of the Old Country." The correctcostume for an Australian wicket-keeper atthat early period was a r6d shirt and'Zingaiicap. Why it was neceâryto

'"distinguish"

theman behind the stumps from the rest ofthe players in that obstrusive fashion is notstated. Perhaps some surviving cricketerof the fifties can say.

Our Invercargill correspondent telegraphsthat the management of the Orepuki shaleworks has been taken over by the J. G."Ward Company as from the 12th inst. Thenew management intend to retain Mr Dun-lop as manager.

The United AnoientOrder of Druids, Dis-trict Grand Lodge of Otago and Southland,Wave presented a handsome oil paintingto the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Thepicture, which is 6ft by 4ft in dimensions,and supported by a massive gold frame, isentitled "The Phantom Ship," and is byMr W. Ayerst Ingiam. of Falmouth, Eng-land. The is bold and striking,and the painting will be a valuable addi-tion to the gallery. It depicts a three-mapted vessel at sea in the middle distance,with all sails set, while looming up andovershadowing portion of the vessel is thephantom ship, an old-time three-decker,and down on the horizon is the last glow ofsunset, which faintly tints the leaden skyand sea. The colouring of the sunset andof the reflection in the bed of the wavesis very fine, and the- break of a wave inthe foreground of the picture is admirablyillustrated. The shadowy outlines of thephantom vessel, with its ehroud-like sails,is a masterly piece of work, the outlinesbeing distinct, and yet obscuring nothing.The picture will be placed in a conspicuousposition -in the gallery shortly.— The DunedinFanciers' Club, havingpaidarrears in dispute, the disqualification fromholding the show .next month under KennelClub's au3pices, lias been withdrawn. Theschedule has now been approved.

The annual service of Uie St. BarnabasAssociation of the different Dunedin andsuburban parishes inaid of the Melanesia.Mission was held at St. Matthew's Churchon Wednesday pvening. In spite of thecold, wet night there was a very representa-ti\e attr-ndaiiee of the associations. Amongstthe oßUciniiug clergy were the Revs. CanonMayne (who read the Litany). C. S. BowdenIwho read the Lesson), F. Wodehouso (whoroad the prayers), and W. Curzon-S'ggers.The preacher was thr» Right Rev. 8.3h0pXevill, who, taking his text from the pro-phecies of Isaiah concerning the isles, dweltupon our duty as the Queen of the Isles tospread the Gospel not only in Melanesia,but in tho i-les to the north a«d east. Hethoiighr tho time had- coino w'ipn whatmight be called the waste of expenditureinvolved in journeying to and fro from Nor-folk Island might CPa=e by altering theheadquarters of the mission, and by extending the juri-dktion of the Bishop ofNow Guincn. At prespnt the Bishop ofNew Guinea had ou!y three station'! toMipervi=e, and tlif-e wr-re on the NewGuinea coa^t. If to New Guinea wereadded the Solomon L'ss aud tlie NewHcbrido.*, that would set tho Bishop ofMeiane.-ia Ivc-p in transfer hia headquarter*to L'"iji. uhirh he could work togpthpr withtiit> rest of the piesent diocese of Melanesia.

Mr Murphy, of Cluistr-him h, w!-o liasbeen in Duupdin for the past day or two.h-M completed arrangements for the hold-ing during ihe Winter show week of theconference of delegates from the variou*aifrioulmi-al ami pa-foral societies of NowZealand. tituW the auspices of the Otag.->A. and P. Soci-ty. About 40 delegates areexpected from the north, and the meetingwill be held in the A. and P. Society'sboard room, commencing on Tuesday. 24thin-t. This gathering1 will certainly not bethr> least important of tho meetings to beheld in Dunediu during Coronation week.

A meeting of the executives of the Northand South Island Sheep-breeders' Associations will be held in Dunedin some dayduimg the Winter show week.

Sir Joseph Ward spent Friday morningat Gore, where lie received deputation-, whobrought uiuler his notice one or two localquestions. In tlie afternoon the Aotmg-|Premier returned to Invercargill. It is hisintention to remain in Invercargill to-day,where private affairs demand hiw attention,

aud on Sunday lie leaves the Bluff in theTutanekai for Tiinaru During his tour ofthe southern province. Sir Joseph has hadan opportunity of learning the esteem inwhich he is held by some of hi* admirers,oneof whomaddressed himas the

"GuardianAngelof Southland

"at Gore yesterday. At

Winton a nervous chairman created a laughby referring to him ao the '"Premier ofSouthland." *

The engine attached to the norrh-goingexpress broke tlown on Friday near P<tln?er-htfjii, and the train was delayed there anhmir aud a-half, an auxiliary engine havingto be procured from Dunbick. The f">c-pre.=* engine war? able to do some woik,ond tlie two took; the train to Oamaru.whe-re the other engine waited. The croj-

nig with the down express was altered «oas not to delay that train, and it reachedtown only a .fe-w minutes late The exactnature of tlie breakdown had not beenascertained at the traffic office on Fridayevening

A peculiar compensation claim has beeP.set down for hearing before the ArbitrationCourt at iti Dunedin sitting-, in which JohnDickson, of Inveroargill. miller, claimant,procpedo against William Kruest Richard-son, Outram, flourmiiler, respondent, for thesum of £300 a- compensation for injuryarising from au accdent on March 3, whenclaimant wa- engaged in lifting a mIconnection with the water Vrheel used by

It appears from statements made by DrMason, the Chief Health Officer, to theChrktchurch papers, that a death fromplague occurred in Auckland about) 10 daysago. Owing to the absurd reticence whichis shown in Auckland over the occurrenceof the plague there this circumstance wasnot published at the time. The patient, itseems, was not known to have(suffered fromplague until a post mortem examination wasmade, two days after his death. The mat-ter was then, and not till then, reported to

the Auckland Health Officer.A full committee meeting of the Dunedin

Horticultural Society wa3 held at thesociety's office on the 10th for the purposeof electing a secretary. A large number ofapplications were received, and as a resultof the- ballot Mr George Duncan, of MessrsDuncan and Power, was elected to the posi-tion. Regret was expressed that Mr Every,the,late secretary, had not sent in an appli-cation, and.it was resolved that the com-mittee place on record their appreciation ofthe' services l'endered by him during themany years he held office, ancl" express re-gret that the policy, of retrenchment whichthe-society, are forced to adopt necessitatedan alteration in the secretaryship.

"With a- view to- the encouragement of theBhidy of modern languages in the Univer-sity of New Zealand, Mr H. W. Eve, theagent in England of the University, liaskindly offered an annual prize of £10 forthe highest answering in French> and Ger-man, combined, at the B.A. or B.Sc. degreeexamination. No regulations have- yet beendrawn Tip for the competition, but the prizewill be awarded this year should there beany candidates taking both languages andshowing sufficient merit. It might some-times happen that a candidate who had takenone language for his first section would takeihe otheji in his second. Tn such a case, theTTnivcrpity would no doubt allow the candi-date to take again, for tho purpose of thiscompetition, the language already taken, soas to combing both languages in the Bam?examination, and Mr Eve is willing that thisshould be done.

Messrs John M'Gregnr and Co.. of theOtago Foundry, Dunedin, have been en-trusted with the coiulrurHon of the diedgefor the Nelson harbour work*. The dredge.which is to cost £13,265, has been speciallydesigned by Mr Leslie H. Reynold? foreffecting the new entrance through theboulder bank which it i* proposed to cut.

The submarine cable connecting StewartIblond with the mainland was succes-Ju'.lylaid on Wednesday, and al 7.10 la-t evening"»c received,by favourof.SirJoseph Ward, amessage from our special correspondentfrom Halfnaooh Bay, the most foutherlycable office in the world, notifying that thecable had been successfully laid and a pro-ject which had been in Sir J. G. Ward'smmd for the past 15 yeor» had been carriedtc a successful iisue. vi *■ -*- j

- ,At last week's meeting of ths Ciiy Coun-

cil the Mayor sarcastically drew attention tothe fact that the council had waited over20 minutes in di^cufing thr» qiieMicn of■whether a stiver lamp should be plac-cnl onone side of a '-Ireet oi on iho oihrr -it wa«a thing hardly to be rn»ditod. he s-ait'-Later on in tlie eveniut;, though it was notreferred to, the council spent a oriusider-ubly longer time in endtôiirmg to decidewhether to discuss the question of Sundayliquor traffic in open council or not. Themotion was not nut until the matter hadlioen discussed half an hour in committee,and was finaly lost.

To the long list of disputes and applica-tions already set down for the considera-tion of the Arbitration Court another appli-cation has been added. The claimant i->the Public Trustee (acting on behalf ofBihel "M'Lean, daughter of ArchibaldM'Lcan, who was killed last year on aCentral Otago dredge, and on account ofwhose death a sum. of £400 wp> recentlypaid by the First Chance Gold DredgingCompany to the Public- Trusteed and therespondentsare two illegitimate fhiMien ofthe deceased. The question fur the court tosettle i-= whether these two children aredependents, and. if it be settled that theyare, the court will have the further taskof apportioning the amount among thethree childien.

An indignant prote-t wai received at lastweek's meeting of the City Council fromthe Re\. .Tames Gibb. Moderator of thePresbyterian Church of Xpw Zealand, as toIhe treatment the Church he representedbad reeehed in connection with the peacecelebration.3. He complained that he hadbeen .<-ent for at the last moment to appar-ently fill the place of someone who hadbeen asked to attend and whohadnot turnedup. Under the circuiu-.tauces, he had feltv.o inclination to hurry, and when he hadc;ot to the Town Hall the crowd was> tootlen&e to penetrate. Mr (Jibb referred to

the fact that during the late Mayoi'o termof office no trouble had been experienced.This last fcentiment \\a~ regarded by a t-ec-tkm of the council a^> a reflection on thopresent Mayor, and wa= strongly deprecated. In the course of tlie discussion enthe letter opinions were expressed that itwas hysterical, and that in place of « iitingit th& rev. gentleman might with ad-vantage have waited upo.l the Mayor for anexplanation.The letter was finally received.

"There is in the British Museum (~ay« theDaily Chronicle) an

"Australian Cricketer-)'

Guide," publishednearly half a century "g°-

Itcontains a prophecy that has since beenabundantly verified:

"I<r is no vainglorious

boast to tay thai among the young cricketersof the present day may be found manywho, with assiduoui practice, promise to"iT&I at no distant date wme oi the finest

OTAGO WITNESS.

LOCAL & GENERAL.

June 18, 1902.where the local volunteers take part in the

-Coronation celebrations, and returnedtroopers should parade at the nearest placeof celebration. War medals will be pre*sented at Duueuin, Invercargill. Oamaru,-andGore.

Mr Malcolm Ford, a popular amateurathlete, shot himself dead in New York onMay 8, immediately after fatally shootinghis brother, Paul Leicester Ford, the his-torical writer and author of several success-ful novels, including *' The HonourablePeterStirling"

and"

Janice Meredith." This(says a New York correspondent) is a tragicending of a long-standing family feud. Thefather was partial to Paul, despite liis phy-sical defects, rather than to Malcolm, whose"life was less severe than suited tho paternalwishes. The family, except Paul, pympa-thised with Malcolm, who received from theresc of his relatives some compensation fordisinheritance when his father died. Hisconduct was never publicly known to de-serve the father's severity. The shootingoccurred at Paul Ford's residence, a fewdoors east ofFifth avenue. TheFord family '"have been respected for generations in.,Brooklyn, where they owned valuable real-tstate.

Messrs ScoullaT and Ghisholm- (Limited)have received notification through the-PublicWorks Department that their tender for fur-nishing,thenew Law Courts in Dunedin has

%been accepted.

A CHARGE OF SUNDAY TRADINGAT GLENORE.

THE BRUCE LICENSING COMMITTEE.At tho Magistrate's Court, Milton, on Mon-

day,beforeMr Cruicksliaui, S.M., tVilliam An-derso;:, liccEaee of the Victoria Hotel, Glenore,was chtirged witti selling a bottle of whi3ky tobe consumed off thepremises to one Wilson onSunday, June 1, 1902. Inspector O'Brien ap-peared to prosecute; and Mr D. Reid, for thtdefendant, pleaded guilty.

From statements mado to tlie bench, it ap-peared that on the Sunday inquestion severalyoung men called at tho hotel, ami were sup-plied with refreshments, and one of thenum-ber purchased a. bottle of whisky. They thenset out for their homes— from two and a-haltto eight miles distant,— but o:i the way"broached cargo," and one of them took morethan was good for him, with the result thathe slept out all night, and his father com-plained to the Licensing Bench.

The Magistrate, after admonishing the de-fendant, fined him £2, and coats (13s), the con-viction carrying an endorsement on thelicense.

A second charge against the same defendantof supplying liquor to one of the party who '

sl«pt on thoprevious night.within three miles "of the hotel was withdrawn ca tlie application. .of the police. (

A meeting of theBruce Licensing Committee -■was held immediately after, -when an applica-tion was made for the renewal of the abovolicense, consideration of which had bean ad-journed from the annual meeting. .

The members of the committee present were— Messrs Cruickshank, '(S.M., Chairman),'

sCoble, Russell,M'Kimion, Adams, and Fraser.An objection to the granting of the license

on the grounds of the above case having beenlodged.

Mr Reid, appearing for the applicant, brieflyaddressed the committee, and pointed out thatMr Justice Richmond held in Faber anctLiddle v. Fraser and others thatone convictiondidnot necesisarily mean that the licensee kepta disorderly house.

The police offered no objections to Hie grant-ingof the license.

After consults tio'i. the Chairman said thatthe Committee, who knew more of the circum-stauces than he did, had decided to grant arenewal of the license for three months, andthat if in the meantime no further complaintswere made against the house the license wouldhe extended for another nine month". He toldtlie licensee that this should b2 a warning tchim.

'"Your Independent member is an indr-pendeat nuisance."— Mr George Fisher inextenuation of his acl-nowledgnicnt Ihat J:eis a Government supporter.

respondent in hn business at Outram. Thenature of the injury is «et downas aneurismof the heart.

Our Christchurch correspondent states thatthe experimontofsending to sea boys from theIndustrial School has so far proved wonder-fully successful. Of 25 who have gone tosea from the Burnham School 24 havewritten the manager, who reports that theirrecord has been extremely satisfactory, andthat the lad? are well pleased with theirprospects.

Mr Rhodes*.? liberal bequests to educationha\e apparently fired the Mayor of Durban,Mr Ernest Acutt. for he has just announcedhis intention of giving the Natal EducationDepartment the sum of £3000, to bear in-terest at 5 per cent., for the foundation ofan annual scholarship of tlie value of £150,to enable a girl from his native town

—Durban—

to pursue her studies in England.Mr Acutt was one of tlie first scholars ofthe present Superintendent of Education forNatal when the latter was head master ofthe Durban High School.

One of tho hte Mr Rhode-s's architecturalfancies was a classical lien pif, in which"

the tawny fr>rm of the king of beastswould be caught &ight of between marblecolumns.' How the lions helpedMr Rhodesround a free-trade curve in connection withthe duties on meat is told by Mr E. E.Garrett as follows :—-"There:

— -"There was keen curi-osity among Cape politicians to know justhow Mr Rhodes would do it. 'And now.gentlemen, Icome to the meat duty*— thiswas addressing a crowded Capetown meet-ing. 'Ihave just had brought home to methe scarcity in meat. Iwent up to look atmy lions, and Iafke-d the keeper what theystood me in for meat. Iwas astonished tofind it had risen to £250 a year. Well,gentlemen, Iam not a family man;butthis made me think. Irode a little furtherround the mountain, and saw this cityspreadbelow me; and Ieaid to my self:

"Thereareall these people with families to feed, andthey are finding out with their familieswhatIhave found out with my lions."

' "—" —(Immense cheering and laughter.) "Well,he has taken the curve his own way,whispered a friend on the platform, undercover of the cheering: " there goes thomeat duty, and. perhaps, if we can teachtheâbrutes of his to eat coin, we may getrid of tho grain duty tco." Mr Rhode=.ho-.ve\cr, did not live to fini-jli his free-tradecurvp.

.Lord Salisbury- in his speech to the Prim-roae League early in May said :—" Remem-ber that out of tho confusion that recentevents have cau=ed, that out of the teiriblcdifficulties that have aiiFC-n, there is arisinga state of things perfectly new to the world,a condition iv which an Empire dependingnot ouly on territorial contiguity,, but merelyupon the action of its naval defences— thatsuch an Empire is slowly arising out of thesea, that it lias behind it tlie feelings andthe affections of some of the most vehementraces upon the face of the world, that thefuture destinies of the- Empiredepend uponthe pradence and judgment with which thoseforces are guided, that the guidance of thoseforces must be in such a, country as ourslargely affected I)}' tlie trend of popularopinion. And popular opinion in this coun-try is largely affected,ia largely modified, bytho-e organisations which command popularopinion; and most of all among all thoorganitatiom that have that power there i?aligned to the Primrose League an in-fluence on the present condition of politicalsociety which they will hp both unwise andcriminal to neglect. It ia with them thatthe power will ies.t of determining whetherthe movement of the.,e great forces that havebeen unchanged shall be for evil or forgood. If they act up to the call of then-high destiny, their mission will be remem-bered as the greatest ble.Wng which theEmpire of England has b»*en able to obtain.— (Loud cheeiv.)

A man named Charles Hendrick wasairested on Sunday evening by Plain-clotheConâblp* Connolly and Kennedy ona t-hargo of breaking and enter-ing the bar <if Mr Blaney'» Cale-donian Hotel aud stealing a small sum ofmoney from the till, besides helping him-i»elf to some of the l'quor in tlie bar 'themethod adopt&d for gaining an entrance, to

the bar i-eenis to have been that aftersecreting himself on the premises, he. afterthe placo had been closed and tho inmatesgone to bod, took the screws out of the lock,pushed tho door op"i>. walked in, and helpedhimself

The Hospital returns for tiif pa*-t weekshow tlt.it 27 patient,, were admitted duringthe ne-k and 10 were discharged One deathii lpported. that of George Bame-, lea\inga total uurrbcr of 119 ii.matc^ now m th<~ii'-t!t'itii>:).

It i- no! often that a member < f thepolice forct> i= miperyoi'at&d sucep-'.fnlly.but a «y> of t!u- kind hu- ooc-uired qmt<-'"fcently, aivl on the strength of re-pre-entatior.B. or. rat.or. of rtiisiepresentation-.j prhato hot?!k«'iper :■> alleged toJ-ave been defrauded m the oxtentof £2 145 for beard and lodging.Dan.el Murphy, a in' M'Dunaid. :■> thename of the individua1 who U allcgpd toiiave successfully pract>-ed his aits uponthe unsuspecting hotclkeepei- He repie

rented himself a» belonging to the policeforce in Auckland, and i- «aul to hate statedthat he came hither m scanh of someoffender against the law After stopping mthe- hotel for something like a fortnight liedisappeared as f-uddenly a= he had apnearpd, and nothing was heard of* him untilSaturday, when he wa- ob*er\ed going into

Mr Laffcy\ hotel. Tho polite wcie com-municated with, and on enteruu? the hotelit i- alleged that tho object of the man'sviiit tbpra was found to ba to disnose of

seme property, which probably existed onlyin his own fertile imagination. A depositon the sale was what he aimed at, but theappearance of the police put an end to anypossibility of the transaction being com-pleted. Murphy will appear at the CityPolice Court this morning to answer acharge of having obtained board and lodgingto the extent of £2 14s by means of falsepretences, and it is'understood other chargesof a somewhat similar nature are pending.

The individual communion cups were usedon Sunday for the first time at the com-munion service at St. Stephen's PresbyterianChurch, North Dunedin.

At the last meeting of the WellingtonSuburbs Licensing Committee Mr Gullysaid that in the Coronation Hotel case everypossible attempt had been made to influencethe licencing committee beforehand, al-though the committee wa=? of a judicialcharacter. He thought it was a matter thebench might well take notice of. He had12 newspaper articles and paragraphs whichwere intended to prejudice the question.Public meetings, a. resolution of ihe CityCorporation, andat least a dozen newspaperarticles were all intended to influence thecommittee beforehand in granting or notgranting the license in question. He didnot know any reason why a licensing com-mittee should be subject to that kind ofsuggestive influence, and he desired toenter his protest. The chairman (MrHaselden. S.M.) said if he could have hisway he would punish heavily everybody whowrote to newspapers or sent tracts or any-thing of that sort to influence members ofthe committee, aud he would punish veryseverely those who sought by indirect andcovert means to "get at

"'members of a

committee.During an address at Ballarat the Rev.

I)i-

Torrey, the evangelist, scathingly do-nouacod dancing, aud said if ever thero wasanything that was a passage-way from thebest society down to the lowest and beast-liest society it was the respectable honi.'dance. ,He objected to (he hugging tomusic, which was indecent, and everyChristian girl and man should give it up.When nine yeans of age lie learned dancing,and kept it up till h© was the best waltzerin Geneva. At his mission meeting twonights later he read a letter asking him. ifhp would mind attending the A.X.A.ball and show some of his wonder-ful waltzing. When the laughter hadsubsided, Dr Torrey said he was vowa respectable man, and he would thereforemind very much, neither would he go toany of their gambling hells and show howwell he could play draw poker, though, per-haps, he knew more about it than any maniv the hall. But there was another letterha desired to read, whichstated, "You haveevidently attended some extraordinarydances in your time, or you wouldnot formthe opinion that you have of dancing.HerewithIforward you an invitation to ourdance in the A.N.A. Hall to-morrow night,when you may for the fiist time see arespectable dance, where the girls are nethugged.— G. F. "Walker, hon. secretaryBallarat Quadrille Club." The audience wasconvulsed with laughter whoa the note h.idbeen read. Continuing, the rev. gentlemansaid if this was a respectable dance thewriter of the letter waß right in stating thati; would be the first time. However, hehad made up his mind to go. ,-

John Brittain, a seaman, was arrested atOt-akia on Sunday evening by Constable J.Walton on suspicion of stealing a bicyclebelonging- to Alexander Douglas, of Mosgiel.Th« owner left the machine in his paddock,aii'l the accused is alleged to have stolen it.A man ran after him and got the bicycle,whilst Constable Walton overtook ths ac-cused at Otakia. The accused was on Mondayremanded by Mr J. F. Leary, J.P., to Dim-edln, and will tome up at the Police Courton Thursday.

An amusing reference to the disgracefulstate of Princes street was made on Mondayby MrHanlon while defending at the PoliceCourt an hotalkeeper charged with neglect-ing to keep his backyard clean. He was< ro&t-exdmiiiiiig Inspector Donaldson, anda^kecl if the yard was as bad a? Princo"street was at the present tune. "Ye?," re-plied the u-itnes-i, "quito as bad" "Thenit must be mighty bad," letortcd Mr Han-lon, and oven the magistrate smiled.

The Coluik-1 Museum (-ay.-> oiu- Wel-lington cotrespondent) appear-*. for-ome reason or other. to be in;i very bad ease, and is anything but a errditto the Government at present. It is an ill-lighted, diu-ty, uninviting building, with poorexhibits badly classified. Both the- Chri^t-el.urc'* and Dunedin Mii-cnns are miles:'.l.'"a'l of it Lmlh from a popular and a.'CKMit.fc point of \ icw.*" Th«" lii*-* Ar.ijhran Chinch at Waipiatu--S. ("rrp.«'!:t -i ( 'hiirr-h -w;i- consecrated onSuixlay by Hi-hop Novill, ,i«-i-t<d by l!ieKi'\v. 11. .1 Daw- (form"i vicar of Hie di>ti'. i) :uk( <; W. Clirwtiiiii (the presentvu.iri J-ijrge <oiiarcgauons I.re nrr-eiilijotli morning raid oxomnfc- Tho church la

built of brick, and is- « oil and completelyhi.iihed both nvit-ide aid ip.m'lo, ami reflectsgitat credit <->n thp contractor, Mr AaronDjke. Tlie chinch will .-eat 100 poop'e, andhas been opened entirely free of debt. Greatcredit ie due to the collector-, of the fund(Mrs Hoy.ell uad Miss Math:a-). who arelargely responsible for ihe fortunate ptatoof affuirs. Mr J. Drake was the architectaud Mr P.M'Atamney inspector of works.

All returned members of contingents arem\ited to parade if posbible with the Dun-!L'Jin garrison troops on Coronation Day,and those who intend to be prepent arc re-quested to notify the district adjutant.Similar parades will be held at all centres

55

$ Onlya Cold. \2 a

_ «$'/ not looking a? tilt 4/RSL. PiIvery welt o* at 'liif^9 if ?h?:mi?er»*C0 wjsZîW SI//."oh> nothir>g f

V aboveassertion ? Ifpeopleonly knew jr£ the danger of a cold in the nose, they J& would not look upon it as a. mere f$ detail. A cold in the nose is often AA the forerunner of a complication of &£ ills, and so, too, are damp feet and A1chills.** Inorder to guard against evil \\ effects from colds, the body must be Jt kept in a healthy glow.© That Bile J$ Beans for Biliousness will do for you, J0 This is their mode ofprocedure. They ,<?p go direct to the livpr, cleanse that £$ organ thoroughly, and set it in good &A working order. In tlicir journey £> through the body, they cause the A> bowels to disperse the unnecessary jT?| and impure bile in the stomach, and 52 -sf-'e that just a sufficient quantity of vt that fluid remains with the patient.0 The kidneys, and consequently the &0 urinary organs, aje repaired, a.nd a Qp full passage is allowed the blood to fcA proceed on its course of circulation. A% The blood running freely through A1the body of necessity brihgs friction /fc? or magnetism, and that frictionJ brings warmth. This is what Bile ]5£ Beans succeed in doing, and that is § ■

<£ the reason why they are inyajuable A0 during- the winter season,andnohome #(.f) shouldbewithouta.b.ox» c> «

This company has during the past five yearssupplied 11 brides to as many bridegrooms.Only two haye been "professional" mar-riages, the remaining nine having weddedoutside the footlights.

Youngcontralto vocalist MaudHewson, ofthis city, now appearing as principal bal-ladist with Harry Rickard3's Sydney show,writes me that she is to be married in Wel-lington, New Zealand, in a few weeks' time.Maud is an ex-Pollard artist, having madeher appearance in Dunedin with the "Peren-nials as Casilda in "The Gondoliers."Iam advised from headquarters, and hare

been asked to make itdefinitely known, thatGeo. Musgrove's Dramatic Company in"Sweet Nell of Old Drury," with NellieStewart in the name part, will make theii'fiist appearance in New Zealand at Auck-land, opening in that city on September22.

English imported actress Miss Lulu Evans,who recently joined J. C. Williamson's Musi-cal Comedy Co., after "starring" with pre-sent Pollard Co. in New Zealand, salariedwith the latter institution at the rate,of£30 por week.

Since Amy Castles's tour of Australia manyof the Commonwealth's fairest are cultivat-ing Castles mannerisms, and generallyaping the young Bendigonian, with theidea,probably of being credited with voices tomatch.

Miss Grace Palottamakes her final appear-ance in Melbourne with Williamson's Comi©Opera Co., playing Lady Holyrood in"Fjorodora." Mr Thorley, thenew "bari-tone, will play Frank Abercord, originally-played by Wallace Brownlow, who has leftthe company.Ihave received a copy of "My Sweet-

heart in Fair Australia"

from Messrs Pal-ing and Co.. Sydney. Mr Austin Walsh,tho long gentleman of the Casino trio, witlipresent company of World's Entertainers, isresponsible for the production, which hasbeen sung into popularity by 3lias France*Gwyiine, of the same company."Sappho," produced in London 'for th&first time on May 1. is spoken cf as a realflesh-aud-blood drama, ac opposed to a lotof the wishy-washy stuff of the present day.The play that made Olga. Nethersole famouswould be improved by '"cutting" to comewithin 8 p.m. and 11ditto. First night thecurtain came down at a-quarter after 12.

Bendigo singer Amy Castles top-noted toa vast multitude of Adelaide serenaders oi»Prince of Wales's Birthnight. The freeshow was a great success. Amy came out onthe balcony of the South Australian Hoteland sang the first verse of "Home, sweethome." "Three cheers for our Amy !" from.the vast assemblage so touched the heart ofthe young Bendigonian that sh» warbled thesecond. Adelaide has been,honoured. Firsttime in Australasia of

"Castles in the open

air."A* a. result of the big crush at the Prin-

cess Theatre on Will Percy's benefit nightthere was t-loê upon £130 in the Pollardtreasury bag. As the young comedian'sshare of the amount is less expenses onlytbe "benefit" will be a substantial one. Tho"purse" might be well presented by. themanagement of the Pollard Opera Companyat the first performance of

"The MessS&nger

Boy "on Wednesday night. The occasion

would be a fitting one, as on that,eveningPercy will have the opportunity which hehas been longing for sine© he joined thecompany— of "creating" a part

— all previouncharacters the young comedian has playedhaving been "done" on the Australian side.Also, it would be fitting to celebrate th» firstproduction by the Pollard Opera, Companyof a piere which has neier previously beenplayed in Australasia.

Another Amy Castlet— only mor» sc—

banbeen "discovered" (all geniuses are "die-covered") in Mi=s> Hilda Mulligan, ofManly.The name does not set well to music, butniobably Hilda will got there just the same.In the meantime she is 18 years of as;* witUa voice of exceptional quality, under fullcontrol. The recently-di^covered one is agrand niece of Vincent Wallace, of

'* Mari-taua

" fame, and goes to London to study afcan early date.

Conductor King was absent from his usualseat in Pollard Opera orchestra, at Duuedia

1Princess on Friday night, and matters gotFomewhat mixed in coni-enuence. P. O.(horns missed the baton much more so thancTIA the big audience. Frequently the choris-ters got a bip break on the musicians, antfthe latter had to go at a terrible pace toreduce, the (ran. Later in the evening theoroh.cs.lra and the people on the stage beganto take s real live interest in one another,and at the finish tliev were great friends.Understudy violinist Zeplin, who conductedand played at the Fame time, is to be con-gratulated onhis effort*.

American Company of World's Enter-jtamers at present touiing the. North Island!of New Zealand are keen stamp, coin, andcurio collectors. While in Dunedin. eeveralof the fair Americans visited the differentGovernment offices daily, ftamp-hunting.Coon -.iuger "Phene" Gassman has a rarecollection. Her weakness, however, outside,of Icr love fm "picb" Bill and Irene, iicoint— a waist-belt of silver coins collected!from all parts of the world ia one of herchcic-e=t; possessions. If Miss Gassman wantsa coin, the price will not prohibit her from,obtaining it. While in Dunedin she pave£10 for t«o coins the face value of which.'«a* 25-" HeeausC T lo\e yon

*' .Tennie Opie i«»doini? ilbiftraled songs in her native town.Adelaide A good voice needs no suchmcchanif-al a~r,i-tanee— the song- sheet is anexcellent airaugement to dissruise a poorfis;uie, and help-, along anîndifferent voice.Jennie Opie'.s voice and figure are both ofconsiderable moment— one is a bit moieconsiderable than the other— but both areconsiderable. Hence these tears. Why thesong sheet? These remarks apcl.V equally tostatuesque Frances Gwynne, of World's En-tertainer?, recently in this city. The vouneAmerican has a voice both uowerful and!sweet, with a figure to match. Unfortunately,owing to the limelight on the fcong sheet,one olily got a passing glimp=e of MissGwynne, but that glimpse was sufficient tnmake isask: "Why sing in the gloaming?'*Many Dunedin patrons of the American,show would have preferred the "lime" onMiss Gwynne—

not on the song sheet.The best free advt. managers Geach ami

Willoughby have received (o date in con-nection with their laiest success,

"The

Wrong Mr Wright," is in the shape of astory told of a 6tout Melbourne gentleman.iwho»e name is asboeiated with a prominent;company. He Lad been to see "The WroneîMr Wright," and was so overcome withilaughing that on leaving the theatre he had!itohang on for support to a friendly verandalupost. A wliceman, finding no notice wastnken of hib command*, to "Move on," asketEhim hib name.

"I'm the wrongMr B

mean tho right Mr Hang it all! *don'r know at this minute who Iam. Calllme 'Stuffy.' and move on yourself!

"and:

he flapped his coat-tails like Mr Rites. Theipoliceman, filio k%i, UQISV *tft» this f?<-cs»

C«tttlkuUt«f fit» tieFra'«iii»o chreuiolinnibeirasoTsmenU■"( <«iai* »Fo iirltU. All c«itaiinic»Uons to be »l«ronc4"T«HOhi. OUjo Witness Oftce.

NEW ZEALAND THEATREBOOKINGS.

Princess Theatre, Dunedin.Pollaul Opera Company— May 24 to June 28

(1902).Riokards's Tivoh Company— June 30 to Jtilv

12.Geach-Willoughby Company— October 25 to

November 7.Geo. Musgrove ("Sweet Nell of Old Drury")

Company— November 10 to November 29.Frank Thornton— December 5 to December 18.Pollard Opera Company— Boxing Night to

January 22.Hawtrey Comedy Company— January 24 to

February 14.Alhambra. Theatre.

Dixs Gaiety Company— Permanent.Theatre Koyai., Christch^jrch.

Harry Rickards's Vaudeville Company— June16 to June 21.

William Anderson's Company—August (Na-

tional Week).Pollard Opera Company— August 20 to Sep-

tember 12.Pollard Opera Company (pencilled)— Carnival

Week.Ge<ich-Willoughby Comedy Company— NoTem-

ber 14 to 22.Musgrove's Dramatic Company ("Sweet Nell

of Old Drury")— December 2 to13.Frank Thornton's Comedy Company—Decem-

ber '26 to January 8 (1903).Charles Hollow-ay Dramatic Company—Janu-

ary 26 to February 7 (1903).Opera House, Christchurch.

P. R. Dixs Gaiety Company— Permanent.OrEH*. House, Welj,ingtox.

Wellington Amateur Opera CorapanT— June 24to July 2.

Pollard'Opera Company— July 14 to August 9.George Musgrove's Company

— Octobsr IS toNovember G.

Geach and Willoughby Comedy Company— No-vember 'H to December 26.

Charles Holloway Dramatic Comuany— Decem-ber 26 to January 22 (1903).

"

Pollard Opera Company— January 23 to Feb-ruary 21 (1903).

Frank Thornton Comedy Company— February24 to March 10 (pencilled).

Theatre Royal, Wellington.P. R. Dixs Gaiety Company— Permanent.

Waxganui Opbsa House.William Anderson's Dramatic Company— July

12 lo 19.Geach and Willoughby Comedy Company— De-

cember 26 to 31.Fiank Thornton's Comedy Comnany— January

17 to 21 (1903). >Chailes Holloway'a Dramatic Company—January 26 to*Febiuary 27 (1303).

Hawtrey'« Comedy Company— April 11 to IS(190\!).

Oper* House, Aucktaxd.Aiidoiso.i Dramatic Company— June 9 to 30.George Murgrove's Dramatic Company ("Sweet

Nell of Old Drury")— September 22 toOctober 13.

Pollard's Opeia Company— October 18 to No-vember 22.

Geach and Willoughby Comnany— December26 to January 21 (1903).

Holloway's Dramatic Company—

April 11 toMay 2 Q903).His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland.

Opening Night (December 26)— J. C. William-son.

Frank Thornton— -January 24 to Febiuarv 14(1903).

Hawtrey Comedy Companv— March 16 to April4.

Holloway DiAmatic Company—

Aprit 11 (fourweeks).

City Hall.Dixs Gaiety Company—Permanent.

THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES

By Pasolix.

TUESDAY. June 17.Dix Gaiety Company at Dunedin Al-

hambra <ontinues to do good business in.spite of the disagreeable weather and theiopposition from other attractions. Two oldfavourites— Mr Frank Leon and Miss LizzieKirk — have returned to this popular play-house. On their la«t appearance theystruckthe casual observer that they were artistsof exceptional ability. This time thecasual in struck still more forcibly by themeiits of tho two performers mentioned.Miss Lizzie Kirk well deserves the title,"Queen of S"rios." She is undoubtedly thebest in her line seen in this city to date.Olive Lenton, who lias filled out as to bealmost unrecognisable from the previousOlive, has recovered from a »

-ecent iirlK-!>osition, and is doing a lot of things which

this paper highly commended her for doingon a previous occasion. Harvey and Morris,Jeannie Johnston, Alf. Holland, and therc^t of the Gaiety Company along with thenew titagraph pictures are well worth tee-ing for several nights yet to come.

To gi\e tome idea of the labour and t\pens-e attached to the prociuctio'n. of a comicopera it may be stated that for "TheAlesF(Miger Boy" opening at the PrincessTheatre to-night no le«s than 70 ladies' cos-tumes were made locally under the super-vision of Mrs Pollard and Miss A. Drumm,the millinery being in the hand.-, of Mi=>nDow. The excellent manner in which thewoik ha« been turned out is a credit to oilconcerned. It is estimated that £500 willnot < over^lr Pollard's initial expenses instaging "The MebSenger Boy.'1 Mr LeaderWilliams, the senior artist of the PollardOpera Company, is responsible for teveralpretty bet>> in the new production. .

Mi--, Agnes Janson, through New Zealandwith the Grand Opera Co., is in London,where she will Miig during the Coronationfestivities

Clarence Vaughan. an unassuming memberof Pollard's Opera Company, who ha= di=-played considerable talent of late in musiccomposition, is again to the fore with a newpiec-e entitled "I love you so" The latestcffoit of the young composer will be sungby Mr D. O'Connor in "The MessengerBoy."

Mu-ical Burglar Cha«. Sweet, of presentAmeiican Company of World's Entertainers,will ioiu the No. 2 company in Melbourneat the conclusion of the Maoiiland tour ofNo. 1

Baritone «h\%e\ Wallace Brownlow, whohas been associated with J. C Williamson'sComic Opera Company since selling out hisintercut in a public-house in Coolgardie,leaves for America at an early date.

As a matrimonial agency Pollard'? OperaCompany havo been more than succPssfuL,£ud tlieir recoid woidd be haid to beat.

THE FIJI FEDERATIONQUESTION.

AN OPINION OF WEIGHT.

Considerable interest has oi late beenfioused by the question, dealt with in thesecolumns recently, of federation of the island'colony of Fiji with New Zealand, and in'connection therewith the t-till wider ques-

tion of a confederation of the whole of theSouth Sea Island groups with New Zealand'su a governing centre, which, it might boremarked, was Sir George Grey's great(dream. In view of this fact, and learningcf the arrival in Dunedin of the Rev. W.ISlade, of the Fijian mission, a representa-Vive of this journal waited upon the rev.gentleman and was ghen some interestingpp.rticularp.

Mr Slade eaid at once that he was an«arnest advocate for federation of Fiji to"iNew Zealand, and his own action in ad-vocating it had been on behalf of thejuatives. He had watched for 16 years thetendency of thenative policy introduced byjibe Crown Government, and had come tothe conclusion that therule was irksome and{cordially disliked, and that some improve-ment was urgently necessary. The people/themselves felt tiie Government policy tobe.irksome and oppressive. As the peoplebecame more enlightened they desired moreliberty than the Government allowed. Thepoll tax especially was found very galling,each male over 16 years of age being re-touired to pay 245, and it was paid in pro-)uuoo according to the commune system,hvhich was made, the 'medium for much

According to t-hc commune sys-ptem, every native was obliged to work atIhe common labour in hie commune, andVoukl not leave without permission, whichkvas not often granted. Inaddition to this,the Fijians paidCustoms revenue on variousgoods, and ah-o the salaries of the officerspf their own commune, so that there waslittle or nothing left for the natives them-feelyes. This system was applied only toFijians who formed a very small proportionk>f the population, and thus 20,000 Indianlabourers and over 2000 Tongans, Samoans.land Cook Islanders who reeided in Fijir.scaped at the expense of theFijians. Theseinjustices were keenly felt by the natives,gmd they desired a change. They were al-lowed no liberty, and were always underrhe galling rule of officialism. The present;Administrator (Mr Allardyce) was regardedwith more favour than Sir G. M. O'Brienhad been, but though he might desire tohelp the official Government, he w?s not em-powered to make any change?. The com-tonunal system had been sanctioned by theVUolonial Office in London, and could notifee altered without the Home Government's"Sanction. Some of the best friends of thea»ativeß belonged to the present system of

but they were ritizens, and<were outvoted by the officials, whose voteih« Governor always commanded. There

no such thing as reprtentation in. anyJshape or form. On the part of the nativesthere was a debirc for amore liberal Govern- ■

'jnent, and on the pait of the Europeans atlesire for representative Government. The jSatfer, of course, looked-at the federationjqueßtion from a corfimercial standpoint.oome favoured federation with theCbmmon-.wealthand others with New Zealand.," A. federation of Tonga, the Gook Islands,iFiji, and New Zealand would be a verystrong federation, and the Rev. Mr Sladosees no reason to doubt that New Zealand08 just as competent to shape the destiniesof the islands as the commune is. and it9ias had its experiences of the Maoris toKuide it. He haa no doubt that New Zea-Uand would treat the natives with fairnessand consideration, and it was absurd tojthink that the islands could not be governed'xs well under a federation as by officials who/were often strangers to the luillve modesfind conditions of life. He believes in fede-ration with New Zealand, but tho nativesjthemselveshave not much idea about it, asthey are not allowed to attain much know-ledge. The chiefs, however, are largelyFavouring federation with New Zealand.|The great exports from the group woreFruit, sugar, copra, and maize, and it wouldte3t largely upon which was the bettersnarket. Sugar came nrs>t in value of ex-port, and there was a duty in the Common-wealth against- imported sugar, so that fede-ration with the Commonwealth would meanthe removal of that tariff, but all the sugar"from the Rewa River and Nihililia mills■nd Lambassa. estate at Yanua Lewi, prac-tically the whole of tho output, came toINiew Zealand. Then, the labour questionrame up, and the Colonial Sugar RefiningCompany, which owned all the estates, wasr Sydney .syndicate, and feared interference

their employment of Indian coolies on)Hic- plantations if New Zealand assumedVontrol. This being fo, xhe company wasfostered in every way possible by the Go-vernment The Indian labour was a largeffactor in the question, as there was a totaltof 20.000 Indians in Fiji, and they wereY>f the lowest and most degraded caste Onemf the most depressing features of life in{Fiji was the steady decrease of the Fijian(population, and the increase of Indians, sojthat Fiji was in a fair way to become asecond Demarara. The Indians were guiltyof the worst crimes, and ne\er a session ofthe court passed without borne cases of

-Indian crime being brought up. The Euro-pean merchants generally favoured fedora.-

'June 18, 1902.OTAGO WITNESS.

THE STAGE.passable number. One may mention thatone of the coloured plates is a reproductionof Sextus' picture of the racing mare "Shot-over."

The May number of the Australian Photo-graphic Journal is, as usual, full of interest-ing information on all branches of photo-graphy. Achertieemeuts are a great feature,aho the "Exchange and Mart," a most use-ful thing in a journal of this kind. Theillustrations are not numerous,but they areall made of use as object lessons in com-ment and criticism.

The Monthly Review for May, of whichwe have received a copy from the publisher,Mr John Murray, is an excellent thing.There is sterling companionship of a veryleal and satisfying kind in this bulky bluevolume. The editorials comprise MrRhodes and Greater Oxford, and that com-prehensive "On theLine," which all readersmu«t enjoy. Among the many excellentarticles w© may mention "A Footnote toImperial Federation." "Art and Religion,''"The Education Bill," "The Austro-GermanPress." and in lighter vein "Joseph Joachim.Maker of Music," with its accompanyingsplendid portrait: the second part of thebeautifully illustrated "Shell of Leonardo,""An Unknown Humourist," and furtherchapters of the very curious serial "Danny."

PERSONAL ITEMS.lion with the Commonwealth because theirtrade was principally with Sydney, and therewas a large import trade in goods of Syd-ney manufacture. Sydney especially laiditself out to cater for the trade which mightbe taken over by New Zealand if NewZealand took any trouble in the matter atall. The steam service was also better fromSydney to Fiji. In all, the European*totalled about 2500, and they were chieflysettled in Viti Levu.

Questioned as to hie views upon the pro-posed wider policy in the Pacific, the Rev.Mr Slado thought tho trend of the Imperialpolicy in the Western Pacific was makinga confederation of the island groups an in-creasingly important question. He favoureda consolidating policy making for the unionof the widely dispersed British possessionsin the Western Pacific1, and, with the Cookgroup and Niue within her boundaries, lieconsidered New Zealand might at oncemake a bold step, as she had often done,and take in Fiji. Fiji was at once thelargest object on the horizon of Western.Pacific affairs;it was themost extensive andrichest of all the island possessions, with anarea of 4.963,930 acres, a highly productivesoil and a rich trade, and with Fiji includedwith New Zealand, then Twnga and thelesser groups would soon follow. The un-developed resources of the Fijian grouppromised a great and rich trade. Ifit paidto include the Cook group, it must followthat Fiji would pay tenfold.

Speaking of mission work, the Rev. gen-tleman went on to say that out of a totalFijian population of 95,000, over 91,000 be-longed to the Methodist mission. The. mis-sion was quite awake to the needs of thepeople, and it was developing educationalwork on a large scale. Practically the wholeeducational system was in tho hands of themission, which now required higher schoolsfor the more advanced scholars. The Ngai-korokoro Government Technical College hadunfortunately been closed down, the Go-vernment not beingsatisfied with the remits.For the past 16 years he had been stationedin Fiji, of which period seven yeara hadbeen spent at the Ba station. Incidentally,in answer to a question, the rev. gentlemanremarked that the traditional great stone,against which the victims for "the fiendishand revolting cannibal feasts o[ formertimes were battered to death, was now thobaptismal font in the Ba Mission Church:the missionaries had converted even astone. The mission Generally would wel-come federation with New Zealand, but hehoped that whatever country Fin combinedwith the prohibition of strong drink wouldstill be enforced, as now. Fiii could notsystem of government, and federation wasurgently necessary.

In conclusion, the Rev. Mr Slade f-aid lieintended conducting a series of meetingsduring this week in Dunedin on behalf ofthe Methodist mission, as lie had been doingin the north, and he intended dealing moreespecially with the philosophy of missionsand their scope and aim.ANOTHER CLERGYMAN'S OPINION.

AUCKLAND, June 14.Archdeacon Calder, the Anglican Bishop's

Commissary, on being interviewed on hi-,return from Fiji, said that hr> went to theIslands thinking that it would be a ■verygood thing for that Crown colony to blo=-s=om into the glorious freedom of a colonialConstitution, but after reading the Consti-tution and seeing the relative proportionsof white men and natives, and learningof other matters that he knew nothing ofbefore, he had come to the conclusion thatfederation would be a very good thing forNew Zealand, but not for the Fijians. Thenatives were fairly treated, and it was-treatment that they could understand,though it did not accord with the whiteman's views. But Fiji was not a whiteman's country. Fiji was ruled for the na-tives in accordance with nathe capacities.He did not think that the natives knewanything about federation. That was en-tirely a white man's move, principally bystorekeepor=. lie was unable to speak .asto the views of the nlanter-i on federation,but there was much horenc-s m the groupin consequence of the Federal tariff affectingtheir Sydney markets.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.In the Triad for June there !"- nothree;

claiming special attention, though that all-rcund briskness and \i\aeity which alwayscharacterises its tone comes cheennglyamong us this wintry weather. Mu«ic, asusual, and all thereto pertaining

— speciallyperformers and audience?— chumi- the lion-,share of interest. Arts and triences al--ohave plenty of passing note*, and a eouplôf pages of really nice photographic repio-ductions "top off" the bill of fare veiy suc-cessfully.

The Badminton Magazine for April, ofwhich Mr Braithwaito has hent us a copy,has very sterling claims on the esteem ofthe public— especially that portion interestedin sport of »arious kinds Some curionierrors in binding somewhat annoy tiiereader, who finds himself stranded between"MediaevalFootball" and "MotorCar Day,"two very >pposite ends of the dial surely !Having solved this difficulty, however, onediscovers some interesting articles on tra%elin Norway and trout-fishing thcie. "TurfReform." "The Coming Cricket Season, '"Fishing." with a readable story or two,four coloured nlate=, and several really in-teresting pages re->ulting from a photo-cranluc arize cornuetiuou. make ud a \eiy

Mr R. B. Gore, who has been clerk andcurator of the Colonial Museum at Wel-br.gtcn, is about to retire from servicecfter 40 years' service. He was bornin PJj'inoutli in 1840 He landed inAucklandin 1862 from the «hip Black Eagle.After a short time spent in the northerncapital, Mr Gore went to Christchurch, andthence to Dunedin, where he joined SirJames (then doctor) Hectorin the GeologicalSurvey Department, to which he has beensecretary since its inception.

*Mr William Robb, of Invercargill, has

succeeded Mr C. Simmons as guard on theClinlon-luvercargill railway section.

Mr A. Grigor. who has been transferredfiom tho Balclutha. branch of the NationalBank to Oamaru, -was, prior to his departurefrom the former place, the recipient of atravelling bag and a silver-mountel pipe,the gifts of his friends.

Mr J. E. Palmer, late proprietor of theMount ft'uart estate, who is about tolt-a\e for South Africa, was tendered afarewell eociaJ at .Milton on Friday. Hewas also the recipient of a beantiful goldalbert.

Mr T. MocGibbon lias been elected acouncillor of Mataura, in room of MrCameron, elected mayor.

The Tuapeka Time* authoritatively statesthat the iivmour that Mr Bennet will notcontest the Tuapeka seat at the generalelection is without foundation. Mr Bennetwill seek re-election.

On Tuesday Mr John Anderson, of SunnySlope, Otakarama, who is about to leavethat dis-trict, was presented with a goldalbert, a gold-mounted greenstone pendant,aud a siher-mounted walking tiick irom huneighbours.

The Southland Daily Xews learns thatMr I. Faric, of the Railway Department,Invercargill, has received an appointmentas audit inspector for Working railwaysand leaves for Wellington in about a fort-night.

Our Home correspondent write- by the ln=tmail:

—Ihear that Mr Grindley. of Dunedin,

is expected in London shortly, and will joinhis family, who havo been re-ident inLondon for about two year*. Very fcoonafter his arri\al here, Iunderstand that MrOimtlley and his family will proceed toWest Africa, probably to Johannesburg,wheie they intend to fettle, and, accordingto present arrangements, they will leaveLondon come time in June. Sinr© they ha\ebeen living in London, Miss Nora Grind-ley lias bpen on a visit to America, whereshe stayed for three month.*

Mr Guy C. Morris, of Dunedin, has re-ceived information that he lias beenawardedthe rir't prize of £3 in the "Scenery'" classof tiie Graphic- photographic competition.

The We^tport News states that Mr A. B.Lindop. manager of the. Westport CoalCompany, has tendered hi-s resignation to thecompany.

The Rev. Father O'Donnell. of the Waka-tipn district, who is leaving the district fora --hort time on account of ill-licalth, waspresented with a pur-;e of «.o\-ereigns and anaddress by hifa parishioners on Thursdayevening. The Rev. Father O'Donnell is tobe relieved by tho Rev. Father O'Malley.

Mr H. T Turner, who for the past 11years has been chief stock inspector forSouthland, ha« been promoted to a similarposition in Canterbury.

The Western Star states that Mr JohnNeave, at one time in Rherton, is now'-ecretary to the Chamber of Commerce,Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

In taking leave of Mr Thomas Monteath.who, for the past 23 years, has been headmaster of Edendale School, the boys ofhis class presented him with a gold foun-tain pen and pocket book. Mr Monteathterminated his long connection with the«c!iool la'-t Friday.

OBITUARY.Another old colonist passed away on the

10th in the per=on of the late Mr DavidMan, cooper, of Port Chalmcia. Thedefeated was a native of St. Monan«, Fife«lnre, Scotland, and was many years inbusinc* at Port Chalmers He leaves avidow and two «on°.Dr Cleghorn, who was wellknown through-

out the colony, died suddenly at Ins resi-dence, Wanganui. Some hours before he- hadattended a patient, and retired to bed ap-parently in good health. He awoke later,and told his wife that lie thought lie wasdying, and asked her to «ond for anothermedif.il gentleman. Before the latter arnvedUr C'lf(jhorn had expired. Deceased hadbeen i-uffering from angina pec-tori*, and hiodcatli was not altogether unexpected.

An old and respected tesiclent of Bal-clutha, in the person of Peter Blaekwood,patted away at hi*, residence on Tuesday\irivinsr in'the colony 25 yeai-, ago. he wentto Bnhlutha two year- later. He was aeaipenter by ttade. pud hi-s first job nas atthe Balclutiu traffic bndi>;e. He. «a? of aquiet, inoffensive die-position, and enjoyedhiis Uinal health up to Peaeo Day. when hecaught a rlull which brought on congestionof the lun?-. from which he. died somewhatsuddenly. He leave* a wife to mourn herlo=;;iiho a =on and l«o grandsons m theNorth Inland.

A we'l-known old identity of dorp in thepei-on of Mr W. B. Anderson died atMuiueka i2s«.hon diatuct] on Tuesday last.

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-Walter Everard, of tho Hawtrey ComedyCompany, writes me that bvsiness in "VVes-tralia has been, splendid. After the gold-fielcb had been vkited, a return season atPerth was played, when the company pro-duced for the first time in Australia a far-cical comedy entitled "The Lady of Os-tend."' The new piece was well receivedby a crowdedhouse. Mr Everard says thatthe comedy will be included in the com-pany's repertoire during the forthcomingNew Zealand .tour, which commences inDunedin in January next.

Charlie Pollard's Liliputian Company are ,doijig excellent business in America. Thekiddies play "Gaiety Girl" and "Geisha"to the life, and have hit the pockets andhearts of ths 'Murkans. "The best malecomic opera company travelling never re-ceived a tithe of the honours, literal'.yshowered on the efforts of those * kiddies

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from the antipodes;, and dwellers'under thesame old flag." The juveniles are appren-ticed for three years at salaried ranging fromnothingupwards— and not very far upwards.Their keep and education, make the biggesthole in the treasury. So there's money in jthe venture.

"The Holy City," Stephen Adams',; (MrMayibrick's) well-known song, has recentlyfcaen the means of bringing out some in-teresting facts in the London law courts.The publishers, Messrs Boosey and Co.,claimed and,,gained an injunction, with £115damages, against the piracy of the song-.Mr George Boosey's evidence was that thtcomposition was an extremely profitableone. It was sold over the counter at 2sa. copy; thetrade price was Is 8d; thecomposer's and ginger's royalty was 3£deach, but the latter had been compoundedfor. The cost of printing was lid per jcopy. Between +0.000 and 50,000 copies of"The Holy City" had already been sokLThe pirating printers had sold the work inthe street for 6d a copy, a much higherprice than is usually paid for a song in thestreet.

Mdlle Antonia Dolores Ims returned^ toSydney after a very successful tour in NewZealand. Whilst at Wellington Mdlle. Do-lores was presented by the Maori chieftainRaujfiuia with a huia feather, and also withan enth'e Maori costume, including thofeathered mantle which only these^ ofprincely birth may w&ar. "This, 'asBangiuia gallantly remarked, '"will sit withgrace <and dignity upon the shouldera ofthe Queen of Song." Her programme for"the future after the Sydney season includ&sa visit to Brisbane and a journey north a*far as Charters Towers. "Still travelling1

rapidly. Ishall pause at Melbourne. Ade- jLaids, Perth. Coolgardie. and KalßOorlie. jand shall then leave for Europe. It is myintention to enter upon a tournee of theContinent. Ihave never appeared in Ger- >many. Iako wish to sing »in -Vienna, iand after- that Ipropose to revisit Russia, jSome years ugo Imade crowds of friendsit "Warsaw, St. Petersburg, and Moscow,and Ihope to find that audiences ther&have not quite forgotten'me."

John L. Sullhan, the one-time monolithof' the 'ring", is again an actor. Tho bigfellow is with an "Uncle Tom's Cabin"troupe, and pays that he in making money.Talking of (he present day pugilistic cham-pions, John recently said: "All the big fel-lows are looking for toft snaps. If Ihadany way I'd put the whole lot of "em on aship, send it out to sea, and sink it. There'dbe a lot of bubbles as the gang went down.Icould whip the whole lot of 'em in mybeet days, but, as 1can't fight any morenow, Iwish to say that, as an actor, I'vegot 'em all skinned to death. It* mevoice that does the trick. Why, when Iletout a roar on the stage they have totake the heroine in back of tlif scenery, andgive her smellin1 «alts. Some day I'm go-ing to play Hamlet, and when Ido I'll letout some real roars that will &how the weak-kneed guys in thi* business how a g<iodactor can do Ihe trick. It's the >oicf. Itellyer, and that.* all there ia to it. Me-^hap"ain't just what the matine© girls get struckon, but the roars hold them spellbound.See?"

Sir Henry Irving ha3just celebrated h><sixty-fourth birthday, and the genial J. 3j.Toole completed his seventy-«econd year mMarch. The patriarch of the English stagt.and doubtless the oldout actor in the world,however, is Mr James Doel, who entersIupon Ids ninety-ninth year on March 9, wit'ithe general good wit-hes of the professionthat he will be spared to complete his cen-tury. MrDo»l began his career in p«pport-ing Edmund ILean at Kx«»tp,r long before"che little man iv the capes" came to tak>>the town by storm at Drury Lane. Hutthe veteran actor was scarcely a child whenlie- rowed- oufe with his mother to see Xa-poleon enter Plymouth Sound as a prisoner.Of other great players to reach a good ageis Mr George Coppin. now in his eighty-fourth year, and Mr Joseph Jefferson, thedoyen of American, actors, who recently en-tered upon his sevenry-fonrth year.

Miss Josephine Stauton, late of JosephineStanton Opera Company, who plays Mari-ana in "The Thirty Thieves," is (pays Aut-tralasian) entitled "to the rank of leadinglady by the quality of her voice and herskill in using it. Vocally, her performanceand that of Mr Piddock were quite in ad-vance of the rest of the oast. Miss Stanton'sbright rendering of her firit song, '" I'mgoing to be a lady." wa- quite sufficientto ertablbh her mii.-ical .=taru=. She hasnot. however, the knack of capturing anvaudic-ncs by her acting in quite the samedegree as certain stars of comic opera withless vocal ability. The Lord Mayor of MrCharles Van Dyne hit the general taste.He made up as an elderly beau, .êamy of"visage, and played witli a crabbed sort ofhumour and a strong American twang.

Adelaide Critic thubly: "Otago Witnesspays that the Broughs lost £300 in Dunedin,and therefore curtailed their season them;that Janet "Waldorf was fiozen out of thetown; and that P. R. Dix has had to closothe Alhambra for lack of bupport. It thenrebukes Dunedin a& a spot where naughtbut a third-rate circus or the sexual-religion*melodramas of a Barrett can thrive. Theroarp other spots as banal.''

This paper did say that he Broughs lo«tmoney in Dunedin. while a encus m tlietown at the same time was coining it. and■Jhat a capable actress like Janet Waldorf,incapably supported, was allowed to go outof the town very much unheeded, also that1?. R. Dix closed down Dunedin Alhambrafor a few weeks;but it certainly did not re-buke Dunedin for patronising? and recognis-ing the undeniable meiite of Wilson Barrettand his company of all-iouud actors and"ecresses in & repertoire which included

Dix,sailed from Dunedin, per Mokoia, for Mel-bourne on Sunday.

Gippsland appears to be the happy huntingground of the Lynch Family of Beilnngers;the "family has beei. bellrmging to big busi-ress for the past few months.

Theatrical managers in London hare beeninformed by the Lord Chamberlain that ailtheatres must be closed on the evening of theCoronation and following day.

Miss Maggie Moore, who was recentlymarried to Mr H. R. Roberts in New York,will appear with her husband at the TheatreRoyal, Melbourne, in October next.

Mr August Manns, the veteran musical con-ductor of the Crystal Palace, will continue hiswork there till WO4, whenhe will have finishedhalf a century's service in that capacity.

Recently-returned actor Harry Pliniinerthinks that though actors receive highersalaries iv America than in Australia theconditions of their work are much harder.

Last mouth Jean Gerardy. Jo3ef Hofmann,and Fritz Kreisler concluded a series of 25concerts in the States. Geraidy and his eon-cart parry are due in Sydney next month.

American actress Janet Waldorf will con-clude present Mclbourna season with produc-tions of "Much Ado About Nothing." "Ladyof Lyons," "Iniromar," ar.d "Twelfth Night.'

Hurry Rickards's Company, with JugglerCioquevalli as the star turn, opened m Chnst-clmrch on Monday last. Dunedin follows onJuno 30, after Ashburton, Timaiu, pndOam?.ru.

J. C. Williamson intends reviviiie s^ve-il ofGilbert and Sullivan's operas. "lolanthe" and"Patience" v/il) be put on, and the next newpioduction will be "The Circus Girl," now mrehearsal. .♥

Ernest-Thiel,' late of Xauce O'Neil Com-pany, has joined ey-Tom Pollard artist EddieN?.b!e's Australian Comedy Comppny in SouthAfrica. Eddie's prices at "the refugee camps otSonth Africa aie ss, 3s, and 2s.

'■(Jriêldi," anew opera by Cavalier Cottvan,an amateur composer of talent, has been pro-duced with much success at Rome. At the endof the first performance the composer wascalled 40 times before the cuitain.It is feared that Miss Ada Reeve, who is

seriously indisposed, will be unable to appearm the ''Three Little Maids" at the ApolloTheatre for pome time. Miss Madge CricMonhas been engaged to play the part,

"A Chines'? Honeymoon," the musicalcomedy wmch Geo. Musgrove's company isactively rehearsing at the present time inMelbourne, recently celebrated its two hundredand fiftieth performance at London Strand.

Arthur Xelstone, clever patter comedian ofpresent World's Entertainers Company, willprobably tour New 'Zealand with a show of hisown, said show consisting of sevcra' membersof the American combination and others toarrive.

The Castles Coiace-t Companj appeared in

the Town Hall, Melbourne, o:i Saturday, June7. to a crowded house. Westralia follows, afterwhich the Bendigo vocalist spends a few weeks'holiday in Victoria; then Paris, for furtherstudy.

At the conclusion of Miss Janet Waldorf'sengagement with Mr Williamson at Ballaratin a. few weeks, the dramatic company., whichwill be headed by MrH.H. Vincent, will visitWest Australia, .and appear.in several newplays.

Tba peiinaiient buildingin Auckland wheieWinh's Circus is going to be, "housed" dur-ing the winter months is now completed,andwas to have been opened, under the patronageof '>,he Auckland City Council, on Mordayevening.

Josephine ■Stanton, Bertha Xilfason, GertyNorenberg, Stella Libut, and Chas. Van Dyne,of recently-diabanded Josephine Stanton Com-paaiy, ar* mentioned as taking part :ti Mus-grove's "Thirty Thieves

"in Melbourne.

What has become of Henrj Hall«m and Geo.Kunkel?

Oi>e migat borrow ahint fioru Kansas even.A strolling comwany staged "Hpmlel" there,snd next Jay the local paper thought that"right now" would bo the time to settle whowrote the play. How9 Marry, by digging upboth Bacon ajid Shakespeare and seeing whichhad turned ever.

A lion-tamer named Douglas was attackedby a lioness in a menagerie performance atl'enzince, Cornwall, last April. Tho animalmauled the tamer's hand andhnd a paw liftedto his neck when Douglas forced his stick intoits moutli and hurriedlyescaped from the cage.The lione-s had previously attackedhim.

Mr Henry G. Marquand, a wealthy aitpatron of Xew Voik, who died recently, someyears ago pad between £8000 and £10.000 fora specially made SWuwav concert grand niuno.decorated " by Alma Tadema, the ce'.pbratedpainter. This instrument is said to be thehighest priced and most artictically decoiatedpn.no ever'made.

Mrs John Sandes. of Melbourne, who madsliei first apncarajicc s>s the Empiess MarieLouise, in "The Royal Divorce," with Mr Wil-liamson's dramatic company some months ago,liss, jonud Mr Musgrove's dramatic combina-tion. She will make her fiist appearfvnee inSvdiiey a.J the Duchess, of Portsmouth in"Sweel Nell of Old Drury."

Latest prize-fighter to play acWi is TerryM'Govern, who is to haveanew play next year.Theodore Krenier will be the author. It is

toh» 'knownas "A City Chap." M'Govem willplay tho part of u> real high-class, up-to-dateco!le»e boy in <he piec.". Of course, he will dosomething in flip boring line-. Them will b^maidens iv distress to rescue, and M'Govemwill rescue them.

Their Rovtl Highnesses the Prince andPimcess of Wales and tRe Duchess of Teck,attended by Lady Mary Lygon, Sir CharlesCust,and the Hon. Kelson Hood, were present.<t the Hayrriarkot Theatr",London, on theafter-noon cf May 6, at the performance of "AMiu-ruge lias B-'en Airanpjed" and "The LittleMinister,' givenin aid of the Prmce-s Mary*Viilaee Homes at Addleston^.

Mr Harry Rickards's latest engagements areannounced in Sydney as follows — The- Flc-icntz trouue of acrobats, dno June '5. "Con-ceitma King'" M'Cann, due June 21, the Har-'vpy Biolhpi-, luvenile aciobais. ovi on June1G Mr A. J. Sory is to leave Lmxlc" »n July,and Sando'v, who will be oneof Mi Eickards'aUiK atuar'ions for the year, will arrive in

oji .July 10, a,ud make his first appcar-anre two days later.

Pantomimic artist 3 Havtor irio CEdie.Arthur, ard Frank), through New Zealandvider P. R. Due's management— one of thelêst pngaeementgP. R. D. has made— wpre ati.aest at tlie Empire Theatre, Sheffield. FrankHaytor foiwards me a. "loster," which advise«ma that the Haytors are very big people inEngland. They fire on top of a Inc companyof atar turn.-. An old favourite in "Listen-to-tnc-music-nf-the-tin-pot-band" Jake Friedmanfigures on the bill.

MrsLangtry has noteda. curious coincidencein connection with the recent levival oi "TlieDegenerates" at the Imperial Theatre, Lon-don. On the Wednesday preceding the day onwhich the play was oiigiaally pioduced at theTT.mnaiket Theatre, in the Anjnipt of 1399, ahor*p from Mr3La.ngtry"= stable t:oh » raceat NVwiiarket. The i»int thing;ha« happenedIh.s year, her stable beingapfau! victorious atNewmarket on the day before "The Degene-lates" was revived.

A country critic states that "Barrie Mar=cheland his talented company appeared before a.well-filled hall last evening in an excellentprcgramme, including the comedy 'BritishPluck.' The audience ws delighted with theevening* peiformnnc">." "British Pluck""comedy" ' At Dnnedin Alhambra "8.P." wasth* gone-jt ruel^d-jrama, Butj who imams.

June 18; 1902 OTAGO WITNESS."

The Sign of the Cross.""Man and His

Haters," "Virginius," "Th& Manxman."Anyway, my statement is backedup by suchan authority as Wybert Reeve, a, man ofmany parts and ma-ny years practical experi-ence, "and Iprefer to take hi«. remarksagainst several so-called colonial criticsWybert Reeve says:

"Australians have seen

Mr Wilson Barrett. Take him for all inall, and Ithink you have the best Shakes-pearian and legitimate dramatic a-ctor of to-day;his Hamlet and Othello are strikingperformances, to some extent original andeffective; he does not offend:he has fewmannerisms which detract from his perform-ances; his elocution is clear, seldom at fa.i:lt.and he cerira'nly is the only Virginius anilClaudian on the stage."

Why on earth the theatres s=honld be clo.-edin London on Coronation and the followingday a London writer cannot so much asconceive. Though a stupid and ciucl regu-lation, it is not an unforeseen one, a= pro-vision is made in theatrical contiacts to re-lieve managers from, the liability for wagesor salaries in cas>e of the Lord Chamberlainexercis-'ng his power to clo=e. The DailyMail (-ays that on the forthcoming occasion"the King has taken care that the actors,actresses and other employees of the theatresconcerned shall not suffer financially throughth?ir enforced idlenc."." Is his Majesty,then, going to pay them? Tho managercannot afford to; at kftst if he can. andnot miss it, he is= a lueVy man, for salariesare no small item in the night's expenses.His rent, which is enormous, he must be atthe loss of, and that should be evil enoughfor him to suffer, loyal as ho i>-, hard work-ing, and on the keen lookout for such achance as an unrestricted Coronation mighthave afforded. How Miall thoplayer* =ur?orno detriment and tiie manager none beyondthat of rent? Echo answers, How!

Actor Tyrone Power, at present in Lon-don, writing to a friend in Melbourne, de-livers himself thu3ly: — "'. . . . Businesshere is woeful; this horrible war has setback everything, but we look for betterdays. Theatrical affairs are none too bright;so far the performances Ihave seen havebeen awful. Australia ought to go down onbended knees to the Broughs, for there isnothing over here to compare with them.Isaw Mr Martin Harvey as Eugene Aramin an absurd drama, yclept 'After All," andwas thoroughly disappointed;he was v. eakand amateurish— hi fact, amateurishnessseems to be the predominate keynote of thepresent day performer. Here one seera« per-fectly satisfied to pay 10? 6d to watch ayoung1 gentleman and lady learning theirbusiness. Fancy going to a tailor and order-ing a pair of trousers which, when delivered,possess only one leg! For excuse, thotailor say?:

'Ah, but the young gentlemanwho made these tiouser» is only a beginner:come next year, an<l ho will bo s-o far im-proved as to provide you with the otherleg.' Question:Would we accept the trou-sers? Yet we unhesitatingly pay large pricesro have our dramatic trousers with one legr-One of our leading dramatists had the checkto tell me that 'Loncl in did not want ex-perienced aetor=:what Lon'lon wanted was* types."" — Xot bad. <^h? Ireplied: "Fromwhat Ihave seen Iquite appreciate thefact.' Iwent to *ec a new play by a lead-ing dramatist, .Tone?— every dramatist's lead-ing— sntitled. 'The Princess's Xoê (did youever hear puch a rotten title?), and 1 ven-ture to say a more "salacious play Ihaveueter witnessed. It is incredible to under-stand how lndips and gc-ntlemen could pas-sively submit their ear^ to l>o trncd to suchimpure strains: lh? acting \\a.- as haltingas the play, though interpreted by our leati-ing actor. Again, pro and see th<? Broughs,and thank your souls you have nut a com-pany of actors and .ietre-=se~. T have madeup my mind to ro to uo inorr* theatre* Lilcemany more ivho love the drama.Iam forcedto the mu-io hall>. where, atany rate, theamateur ha=; uo footing, and wher? filth i<not disguised inuler irite- epigrams

"Brisbane, Jilie 4 1902.

Dear Pasquin,—lhave been going to writeyou for some time of late, but the o!d stoiy--too much work— has prevented me. " SweetNell," in Brisbane, has done icdlly bi« busi-ness, packed houses nightly giving Mi=s X-'heStewart d perfect ovation. With reference toour Xew Zealand dates,Ishould like to makeit clear that the first appearance cf Mr Geor?<!Musgrove's company iv your colony will be ntAuckland on September 22, 1902. Iam quiteconfident that ICgw Zealand will not fall be-hind in giving this admittedly fine shew thewelcome it deserves. *We open in Sydney onthe Uth mst. A return Melbourne season fol-lows, then Xew Zealand. Many thanks foryour efforts on our behalf. Ienclose presscuttings on "Sweet Xell." With kind regard?,yours sincerely, T. P.Hudsox.

THE GHOST WALK

(ByPasquin-, Jt"N.)

'■Human 1-ro;-" l-'eriy :-, in Sjdney ' rest-ing.

Trick cyclists Valdares joiu "VYiith s CircusinAuckland.

Ben Fuller is on a fiyir.g visit 10 Duncdmon business bent.

Will Percy's benefit night on Friday Ust aviolent financial success

The- building of a new theatie m Melbourneis being much talked about. "

Acrobats and comedians Lenuon, Ilyniau.midLennon have left for London.

The Juvenile Dartos are v. ith P. R Dix.'1-Wellinglon Gaiety Company.

Pollaid's Opera Compaq- return to Du.iedin inDecember,opening on Boxmg Night.

Alice Leamar, one-t me wifo of "Scareciow"Johnny Coleina::, :s touring the English pio-vinces.

"The Me«ci'ge T>oy," fh-t production inAustralasia, DTinedin Pur.cess to-uight (.WeJ-n-sday).

Paderewski is announced to compose a newcantata for the Bristol music festival of nextSeptember.

"Sappho-" the notoiiou=, with Olga Xethersoleas Fanny Legrand, ws> produced at LoudonAdelphion May 1.

Comedian and comic «mgei- Austin Rucid,one time of Dixs companies, was at Idlest atthe Empire, Cardiff.It is announced that the receipts of the

Metropohan OperaHouse, Xew York City, thisseason were £260,000!

Miss Jesbie Ramsay (Mrs Will Percy) earnsthis paper's congratulations for her KittyHutherton ir>_ "In Town."

Hawtrey Comedy Coinpanv return to XewZealand in January, opening in Duued.n Prin-cess on 24th of that month.

'^Riding to Win." jlnew sportirgdrama, arda revival of "The World" urt- the nextBland'oltians to go up at Sydney KoyaL

Eddie Geaoh forwards me a "roster" of th^violent success of "The Wioi:g Mi Wright."Apparently all is Wright and nothing Wrong.

Miss Ada Feirar appeared as Mr- Lewellynin a new four-act play, "The Finding of"Kai.cy," at the St. James's Tlieatic. London,on May 8.

The Lmgard Sistor= (Edie and ifaricl,h.iv-i ing ccuffiifeVed their inÂ^xatni witl* S. i?

Barrie ■ may have knocked the piece intocomedV. And certainly, with a scene or twocutout, it wouldmake a laugh-prodticer.

Mr Lionel Rignold, who visited Australiasome yeais ago (says tho Era), has been offeredthe title-part in a new comedy entitled"Brother Bill," written by that well-knownAustralian author, Mr Carlton Dawes, and hasalso been asked to create the principal comedypart in a new piece by Mr Fenton Mackay, theauthor of "The J.P." Both these ploys willbe produced in the season at the West End c?London;but Mr Rignold has been compelledto decline them at present, being now on tourwith his successful comedy, "The Wrong MtWright.

Various matrimouiil rumours are flying 'around (says MelbournePunch). One says thatthe daughter of a prominent variety managerhas entered into a lnatEinionial engagementwith a returned Australian artist. Anotherstates that a beauty lady inJ. C. Williamson's i

popular opera company is about to be married,,md that yet another member of that company "

is marryinga rich American and going over to jsettle in Yankeelaud. Verily the Williamson icompany ;s a3 miport-int matrimonially as an ,agency." Girls will foou b? paying bonuses toget into the organisation. The record to dateis really F-ne.

"SAPPHO"INENLAND.Miss Olga Netherao'e began her season at "

ti.e Adelphi on May 1, electing to stage for it I'"Sappho," an adaptation fcr the stage of the jnotorious novel of the samename. I* won a jhctit:ou"s importance in New York by reasonof police court proceedings to stop it that 'failed. Though one may not have rsad thotale, probably nobody inthe theatre last night(says aLondon writer)was ignorant beforehandof "its drift, thanks to recurrent paragraphsthe original pubiicifciaii, pnd translations forsuch of his Majesty's lieges as could get onmore comfortably with than ■ without them.Stippho is a n>ck-name, the bearer of it themistress of one FUnuant, who when we maketheir acquaintance is breaking with her. Shedoes not care, because a provincial youth,Jean Gaussin, has taken her fancy, and Fla-!mant, it turns out, has been getting moneyby forgery to supply her demands His arrestoccurs at r masked ball, where we meet mostof the characters. They and their friends are ia disrepiitable gathering, if we may accepttheir own estimate, for liere seems not to bea respectable womanamong them,and themenare worthy companions. The scene was a.lively,not to say reckless, one, but it haidlyearned the compliment of a thrice-raised cur-tain at tha end of the act— an opinion whichwas frankiy, if inarticulately, \irged by a ve-bsllious portion of the audience who had thepresumption to do their own thinking. Jeandoubts thepurity and the depth of his fc°lingfor the woman. Present, she fascinates him;ppart from her, better influences resume theirpower. Sappho, on the other baud, is con-\inced that here is the unselfish love which,and which only, has been wanting in all herlife to make her a "good" woman. Judgingby evidenc? the play offers, vhat she feels i<*animal passion, neither better nor worse; andonly th-at she is ready to be deonvedshe couldnot so misconceive Jean's attitude. He sayshe floss not love her, and she obstinately"insists that he doas. lie ougM to luiow bc=t.She seducea him to hrh >r will, yiid they iwo for ja while together. It seems a vnrv long whit?,!for tho play is intolerably stuffed with, uu- ■

essential deta.il and trivialities that mi^ht b-r|amusing enough m their place, but that plac-0 'ia not here. At last, induced by ifamlly per-suasion and following his own inclinations,Jean breaks with her-about 11.30 p.m.. withstill an interval and anact to cover. By thenfhe audience was weai-ied;only good acting,could Mive tho situation. Fortunately it wa«there. T'ai> fourth act brings him back, "thedoj to his vomit," but she determines to leavehim fo>- the sake of her child, there being oneby Flam-ant. This was at three minutes tomidnight, when the writer left, the curtain stillbeing up. Fine acting may carry through thepiny; it probably will. Where it misses itsi:.tended effect is in failing to arouse sympathyfor the heroine. She loves Jean, a young manhalf her age. with tigerish fury. Is that anexpiation foi'her many past sins-? The womanj* a degraded crea-ture who cherishes the ideaof nobility of scnl, which were it hers shewould not suspect the existence of, and cer-tainly would not boast about She is a cour-tesan, a woman steeped in vice, and she hashuman feelings. But who doubted it 9

The chances for acting are not many in theopening scene— the ball, a Tather intricatebusiness, not going altogether smoothly on thefirst night. The delays, 100, between the fourdivisions of the play, apologised for in tlie bill,were so span out ao to try the pntience'of theaudience. The caus* for tuem seemed inade-quate, and that was an aggravation. Thetedium of the story was relieved towards theend of the second act. Miss Xethersole hasbrought back with her a strong Amcricnn ac-cent, but shereturns a far more capable arti"tthan she w»s. The appeal to Jean was fullof .soul, of the most passionate longing, ofcruelly tortured feelings. One might find it'hard to believe inthe stability of this Sappho'aniotiv.es, but not that she believed in themherself. It wa3 a fine emotional display, apiece of moving acting such as we too larelyro<-et Again in Hie seen" of separation"-he rose to the demand and had her reward inlepeated call*. Mr Frank Mills play? Jeanwith quiet power. Mr Barnes, was excellentas a good-hearted fe'low lvady with any quan-tity of that cheap stuff, advice, ar.d barringM-i«s "Nethersole, who lifted us to a higherplane, thers was nothing m the play to r-xcelMr W. H. Day's character sketch of a volup-tuary lingering supi-rfluous in aworld he wantsto enjoy mterminubly. The child Joseph wast leverly acted.

WELLINGTON WING WHISPERSBr P.Romjtb*.

Jn..e I.S. IDear P.iaqmn,— The Rickaidi Xo. 1 Cot.i ]

prai.. oi V.udivi'lo Entertainers lia, U-ea i.i ipossession of our Opera House throughout the |wM-k. The "easou is to c.-lose io-tnorrow mght. jThe bright particular star oi the coi:&tella- ■

tion—in fact, by companion, the pl.u.et among i

stars—it Pail Cinquevaih. AH other pei-

formors in this milky way of vaudeville Cii'q.mto inzmcnificaiice compared w*th this, gieat jperformer. Ihavp l.egrd thstt ho haf- not beenhimfflf at-ai! .it-all thi^ week, l)-il <-itt:ng at ihis feer as a ))erfcrmer would not lead ins to !suspect that this master of the ftrt of balance ,ir.d gravitation wa* (suffering fioin mclisposi- itiou. His 30-minute turn is a very gre.it and !very clever exhibition of jugglery aiid strength 'He must be seen to be apprecmted. Madame ITitus has won many admirers here by h"rtravesties and imitations, and Mr Titus, whohaidly gets a word of recognition, is, m myopinion, oa exceptlonally "lulful an'l clever jmanipulator of fhe keyboard of the piano. Aflei jthe Cinq, and t!:e Titus 'urns havii brû re mi,the lost oi t' r performance fades away ii.toiio'hingn«=s- All Kickarrls cjui't expect to dov>,big business unless he gives abetter-balanced Jprogramme. To my mind, Ihe two hours ajida-half show given by the World's Entertainerswas, taken altogether, more enjoyable thanthe tv?o a.nd a-half programme given by theRickards Company, though the latter companyhad in Cinq, a star far brighter than any indi-vidual star amonj; the Rial Entertainers. Bothcompanies did big business in Wellington, a£ddid not teem to affect each other's crowd.

Right up to the close of its season here ftie"World's Entertainers crowded the TheatreRoyal nightly. Before the curtaiu rose stand-ing room only was obtainable at each perfor-mance. The ssason closed, on Saturday .night.On Monday the company left for Napier. Neariyevery member of thje 'company returns toAmerica from Auckland'- after" -the New"1 Zea-land season. Professor Powell is the oniymember who returns to Australia,- as 'his en-gagementdoes cot cease until~Februaiy next.

Dixs Gaiety Cojipany returned-to theTheatre Royal .on Monday last, after its jaunthi the country. Of the new people, ValVousden, the ventriloquist, is good goods, anda whole host in himself. The Miniature, Dartos are prime favourites.- Rangfnia, theMaori tenor, who for some time ran a showof his own through the country dis-tricts," presents a new feature among theGaieties. Pope and Sayles, of course, nave

J'sayled"again into pop(e)uiarity. ,<, -\ ,.Harry.Baxter and Amy w-ho .were.lreres.in.'Vrellipgton quite a,while,-have joined

i"\fan- Burg's stock dramatic"coraparty in Chiist-i church. There- is sqme.tallcof "Van* B-'jun-'niuga company on tour through the colony.

Mr J. H. Brown, of Wellington, 13 to go tothe Fiji to take biograpli pictures of the Coio-nation celebrations in the Islands for theAmerican Biograpli Company. Tho records,which are to be shown throughoutNew Zea-land, should prove highly interesting.

'Sweet Nell of Old Diury"' and Nelliei Stewart of Australia are to visit us shortly,j Sandow is to be tho big star of Rickards's!No. 2 Vaudeville Company, which is to tour'

Xew Zealand."Salerno," said by some to be the equal oiCinquevalh, is to be the star of the secondcompany ot the World's Entertainers which.

. is to visit us.-

POLLARD'S OPERA COMPANY.MR PERCY'S BENEFIT.

The fact that, on the occasion of the com-plimentary benefit to Mr Percy, despite theabominable weather, the Princess Theatre

■ wa" absolutely filled iv. all parts lastevening,nnd that standing room was at apre-mium, is something of an iudication of the

i popularity ihatMr W. S. Percy has succeededin for himself among local theatrepatrons, and the popular comedian may ac-cept the fact as a very sincere compliment.The piece cho3en for production on the oc-casion was very happily selected, and in thoold favourite musical comedy "InTown ' thoPollards last evening, one and all, fairly roseto the occasion, and gav-.> a performance thatwent with a swing and vigour only equalledby the heartiest of appreciation from the hugeand good-humoured audience. Few pieces inthe company's repertoire, it is safe to say. pro-vide a better evening's entertainment than"In Town, with its bright music, smartlywritten dialûe, and effective setting. It i**also a piece that affords unusual opportunitiesfor the comedian? among the company.. La»l»evening the frost vows of the stalls were again,occupied by University students, and on hisappearance Mr Percy was greeted with theirnow familiar war-cry, and presented by thestudents with, a lam-el wreath and anothermore or lesa appropriate present. Tho ap-

j pLvuse did net subside for several minutes.' iliss Jessie Ramsay (Mrs Percy) was like-j wise nioet enthusiastically -applauded on ap-j pearing. and also had to submit to be- war-,

cried, receiving also a very beautiful bouquet..To her was allotted tho leading part of MissKitty Hothorton, which she has not takenhere before, and a large amount of praisemustbe accorded^lier for her efforts. Her singing1

in, the part was specially pleasing, and shenegotiated her not too easy music with facilityand taste. The song 'A gipsy maiden I

' inthe first p?rt was specially well rendered, andthe same may be said about her other solo,'"

Dreamless rest," in the second act. Thebalcony- duet with Mr Percy was eartremelygood on the part of both. Mr Percy has somany "good" parts that it savours of xeitera-tioi^to cay that Captain Coddington is oneot his best, though this is a, fact. As thehappy-go-lucky, writ-pursued man-about-towu.he kept the audience in a perpetual state olmerriment, and even more so than usual ivthe peculiar appropriateness of his part tothe occasion. Of his solo3

"Some do it this

way ' was excruciatingly funny, and"

Themanabouttown "

and'" Cafe Chaiitant

'hardlyless co. Needless to say repeated recalls vereinevitable. Mr Alf Stephens had a part thatthoroughly well suir.9 him in therather gi'ldynobleman, the Duke of Muffshire, who is notaverse to getting away from his wife's apron-strings and renewing his youth in the gr£ en-room of the Ambiguity Theatre. His actingwas m his happiest vein, and his singing upto the mark also. His song, with chorus, "TheHouse of Lords," was perhaps his best vocalitem. The park o£ the Duchess was taken byMis? Marie Mctcalfe, snd with success; andthe same remark applies to the performanceof Miss Alice Pollard as Lady Gwendoline,her daughter. Their duct, "

The golden,mean," "was deservedly recalled. In the partof Loid Clanside, Miss Nellie Wilson scoreda distinct success, and her duet with MrStephens, "Dear papa," took,exceedinglywelLWhen it is said that Mr Quealy as the Rev.Hopkins could hardly hs improved on it willbe understood that the comic element was ex-ceptionally strong. Hi3delineation of themeek curate was irresistibly mirth-provoking»nd thoroughly well sustained. His particulars,ong and dance in the second act was recalledtlirpc times. A good deal of praise must beiilso Riven to Mr Albert, who took the part.ol Shrimp (the call-boy) with considerablecrime ability, and sang the call-boy's songto advantage. Tho remaining characters weir,

all well sustained. Mr O'Connor pleased^nlluitii hU rendering of the introduced so:;g"'Neath the shade of the palm. At the fallo' the curtain the applause was vociferousand Mr Percy wa3 constrained to make a shortspeech. This he aid m a, very happy vein,fhankim,' those present one and all on behalfof luinsHf and Mrs Percy for their kh;d2:e«s.

i During the past month or two he had. Lscj.

I overwhelmed with' congratulations fiom all! f.art3 of New Zealand. He looked upon Dan-; edm J.3particularly hi? home, however, sincei 11 years ago he had made here his first

.ipp'/airinice. Eu one aim had been to winthe hearts of his hearers then and now, andj he appeared to have in some measure sue-

I ceeded. He fell tUat he must likewise tlia-ik! the management and all the members of the' company without exception for their kindnes-»■ to h:m. He might tell the audience that often| suggestions weremad« by members in the cora-; panv. who were not at the top like himself,

ay.d these were sometimes adopted, and tb*credit was perhaps awarded to himself. H<jlikewise wished to thank the press for theirercouragement, and anyone else he- .might"have, left out. to whom thanks were due. Mr Percy

1 was. further applauded, and"

For he's a- jolly'" goncl follow"

was struck up by the orchestraaiid joinedm by the audience, who then dis-persed.

The Uîuckt Box is always getting hisfingers Lurnt, his hand cut, or his sliouldersprained. His parents should keep a.bottleoF Chamberlain's Pain Balm in the hou-=e.Tim i« a liniment of superior merit. Oneapplication gives relief. Trj it. All 'Wkissell is.

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Also 26 B-K B 2, P-K B 2, P-Q B 4; 27Q-R, P-B 5; 28 B-B 2, B-B (B x B wouldlose the queen);29 R-R S, R-K 7; 30 B-K 85,Kt-Q 2, 31 K-B, B-Q 7; 32 Q-K winning,for capture of the queen or moving of thequeen loses therook. Also 26 B-K 82,P-Q B4;27 Q-R, P-B 5;28 B-B 2, B-B; 29 R-R 8,Kt-Q 2;,30 B-K R4, R-K7;31Q-Q, Q-K 6ch;32 K-R, Xt-Xt3;33 R-Kt 8,Q-Q 7;34 QxQ,R xQ;35 B-Q 8, R x B;36 B x Xt, RB 8eh; 37 B-Kt and wins;or 33R-Q 7,34 Q-K Xt,Qx Q; 35 X x Q, R x B;36 R x Xt, B-K 3;

■37 Rx P, R-K 7; 38 R-Kt 8 eh, B-Kt;39 B-X B 2, and goes to Q 4, threatening R-Kt 7,and White has good winning chances despitethebishops of opposite colours.

(c) R xR, followed by Xt-Xt, was better.(f) Going to the king side with the king

was taking a t-hancs, but a win was necessaryto secure the match, and the only way to se-cure winning chances was to havemy king onthekingside, andIthought the risk justifiable.Besides, the two bishops should be fully cap-able of caring for Black's queen s'de aspira-tions.

(g) Black has ?. vision of winning, expectingto get his K-Q 4 and using his passed pawn,but White this time has more than a vision,and at last gets his bishops to work.

(H) Else the X and pawn will co-operatedown the board.

(i) To guard K-R 3, as White intends to drivethe bishop dflf its present diagonal.

(J) Kt-Q 3 would have been a-n^wercd byB-K B 4, threatening B >- K.t.

(X) K-K 2 would lis.\e made White's taskharder

(l) This was the third unfinished gjjne.Tho Britisher resigned it. White has si forcedwin by 57 B-R 3 eh. If 57 K-Q;58 P-Q 6 andXt must lake. If 57 K-K 2; 58 P-Q 6 ehXt x P; 59 B-Kt 3 eh, and the knight falls.If 57 K-B 2; 58 P-Q 6 eh, Xt x P; 59 K-K 6,and the knight falls,. If 57 K-K 2; 58 P-Q 6eh. K-B 2; 59 P-Q 7, etc. Of course, afterWhite ivins the knight, he simply crosses hisK-Q B5,and wins thepawns by using his twobishops to tlrire back the Xiiig

— AmericanChess World.

Robinsou on Chess.There are three games that run with cards—

cheao, draughts, and backgammon. Icannotinclude halnia, in that it is an ephemeral fri-volity, which, Jike the anonymous novel ofg-emu3, will vanish as it came, no one knowswhither. Draughts ar«> a poor sort. Theiranruo is against them. But chess— chess hasin it all the wisdom of the ancients. Itis likethe Sphinx--only more s=o.

A friend of mine who, when kindly treated,answers to the name of Sam recently crossedtha Atlantic with a swell player. He wni, thesort of expert that could play 12 differentgames blindfolded, and add up the householdbooks for his wife at the same time. Slimthought his name was Titchtikoff, but he was-not sure. Anyway, he could never get it outwithout sneezing.

Onenight afler his return Sam happened tomention, Titchtikoff at his club, and imme-diately an old gentleman, whom he did^i.otknow, meandered across aim sat down oppositeto him.

"You have the honour of being acquaintedwith the great Titchtikcff ?" he? began."Ihavebo,1

'said' 9am.

"ThenIwill play you a game,'

said he,andthe nest thing that- Sam knew ho was staringat tlio old fellow across a chess board. Forthe lest Iwill let him tell the btory

—it i-3 all

his own."I never had. a desue to set up a.-> a rhess

expert, butIdidn't see howIcould get outof thia game. The old gentleman moved outa. prawn"— thatis Sam's prommciation,not theprinter's— "and Imoved out a prawn. Hemoved out a second prawn andIraised himanother. Then he shifted one of those th:nj»sthat go about the board as if they were cross-eyed—

yes, :i knight, that's the word— and Imoved another prawn. That seemed to shakehim. He got down and studied the board forabout two minutes; then he said- 'What sortof opening- do you call that?' 'One of Titch-tikoff's lßteft, saidIshortly, forIdidn't wantto argue the point. 'He always was a revolu-tionary,' %aid the old gentleman. 'He lookedmore like an anarchist,' said I, and after thatthe conversation languished.

"Well, we played and -we ployed, and IfoundIwas getting into rather a tight place.The old gentleman ambushed a knight nndswept up an outlying patrol of prawns beforeIcould say knife. Then he began playing allsort-3 of mean tricks, andIgot annoyed. Hewasn't going to win as easy as that. 'Do yonmind touching the bell behind you?' said I,and before ho could turn back Ihad one ofhis castles in my pocket."I don't quite know how it was he didn't

notice it. Ithink he hail got some big schemeon, and it broke down so suddenly that hegot rattled. Piesontly he began to recover andpooh had me nearly fixed again. It was a caseof now or never. 'Do you mind passing thematches?' said I.

'They're on the table just

behind you,' andIgiabbed his queen."Il jvas my turn to move, and suddenly I

sawIhad a fair chance at his king.'Check.'

said I,moving a castle.'

What do youmean?'said he, angrily. 'Don't you see that's myqueen you'regiving check to?'— and so it was.Thosn beastly chess-men were so much alikethat I'dmade amistake and grabbed tho wrongone 'But where is my king?' he went on,snuffingaround the board with his eyes start-ing. 'I'm. afraid it'a a little unfortunate errorof mine,' said I,most polite'.j\ '

Itook it lastmove.'

"He was as hot-tempered an old man asIever met. He began toget quite rude, soIgotup and said that Ihated to play games withmen -who couldn't take a beating. Iaddedthat thoughIfelt it was an extreme punish-ment, Ishould certainly refuse to play withlmn next tune he asked me

— and he glaied.Th<-n Iwent home "— Pearson's Magazine.

Chess Items.An inter-State tc'egraHiic che=s match has

I'"ii arranged to take place on Hie firs-f avail-able holiday, after Coronation day, betweenVictoria and New South Wales. The follow-ing are the names of the respective representa-tives selected —

Yictohia. Xew South Wales.E. W. Buzzaid A. W. BrittonF. K. Esling J. K. ChristensonII E. Giant L. S. CiAauthoip.D.E.Hay W. CianeC M. Jonai <>'. B. HallE. B. Lough ian 13. J. HillT. Tavlor N HillC. G Watson W. H.JonasF. H. Wilson W. J. MilesJ G. Witten. E. N". Wallace.Mi T. T. StflW..ich will be the director ofl>lay. Mr H Charhck has been asked to actas adjudicator, and Mr C. M. Jonas has beenrequested to represent New South Wales inMelbourne. Mr J. Sneddmg was appointedruenager of the Xew South VVolcs team', andMos=rs Parry. B&aumont, Harrison, and Bam-ford tellers. It is'much to be regretted thatMr Jacobsen is btanding out, of this fixture.

Who hasn't been attacked by Grippe,And languished iii itu hold?

How many give this life the slip,Neglecting rough or cold

daunt men wit'i cough and hollow cheek,Whoso death ?ePin-> almo->t suie,

Can pick up li"alth if they but seekFor AYooßi' Gbear PErPEUMIirr C'.'&S.

DRAUGHTS.Ctfir&TTGTSD BT JOS. AIXBITBTXT.

\ S--'?:!c=3 o: pril.ler.... t»m-i. and iuh.jci iaTltt4 ttt ibl| i«!ff=a. Qsm3Jth«':;<l f-e irtliitoIn fixcoUironi v btltV,*«<tl ceni*;><<&£c:::i. tA'ircucd witaeDraught!Killtar.

PROBLEM 2000.By W. G. W. Leggett,inDraughtsWorld*

[Blici.J

[VYmTI.]

White to play; Black to win.Black men on1,3, 20, 26, king 22; White meH

on 10, 21. 28, 32, king11.

GAMES.Game 6261.— "

SingleCorner."By J. L. Richmond,Marsden.

Wylhe beat Maitin,187-2 match.(a) The position here is left in Richmond's

"Single Corner" book as almost, if. not anabsolute win for Vhite, a. remark the authorstill adheres to.

(b) 13 17, 15 11,S 24, 23 19— White wins.(c) Given to correct Game No. 5892, by Mr

J.T.Patter&on, also F. W. Slade, in the Aprilnumber of theDraughts World.

(d) Given as a ioss in Richmond's"

SiugisCoinor " book, Var. 14,note (c).

(,e) Several critics are adopting 15 10 herp,but this seems to keep the terms of the bookcorrect.

(f) F. W. Slade plays 1G 19 here. Mr T.Cowie's 10 7 move wins and corrects thatpipy.

— Glasgow Herald. '

TOWN v. COUNTRY.We would again remind readers of the forth-

coming Town v. Country match, which, is totake place during Coronation week in thoOlago Club's room, Maclaggan street (nearlyopposite MessrsA. and J. Macfariane's grocer'sshop). Thenight of thematch -will be notifiedin this column next week, and also in thoDunedin dailies, so that players in town willnot be in ignorance of the arrangements. Wobelieve Mr J. A. Boreham will be present totake charge of the country team.

THEDRAUGHTS DILETTANTE.

A LESSON FOE LEARNERS."The looker-on can see more than the

players" is an axiom one often hears laiddrwu in the clubs and cafes where draughtsplayers do not congregate.

To the draughts player this common fallacy,i« too well known to need exposing; but th-si.ovice should disabuse his mind ot the idea,once and for all, if he desire*, to become anexpert, pnd learn that for an onlooker to boable to ace more than the players he mustknow mor"; and that tha+ is the only sensoin which the axiom applies to draughts piay-ing.

A similar idea exists with reference to thelittro-ture of the game. No sooner do somewould-be experts acquire a knowledge of thonotation of tin game than they conceive thoidea, that thoy are equipped and fully qualifiedto criticise the play of the most brilliant ex-pert or famous analyst.

These observations are not made at random,nor dictated by caprice, but are the outcomeot a. somewhat lengthened experience among"all sorts and conditions" of draughtsplayers.

The subject was brought more forcibly tomn.d very recently by the receipt of a contri-bution purporting to do no lea.'., than correctthe twenty-second game in the Barker-Jordanmatch for"the World's Chpmpionship.

Now the game in question has. a. note at-tarhed to it, pointing out that it ia "Bookthroughout. ' One would think that this factalone%houlcl have made the would-be criticchary of rushing into print with a, supposedcorrection. But no! it seems only to havoacted as an incentive, to have awakened thadesire for greater glory.

The -would-be critic takes up the gsune atthe thirty-ninth move, the position standingas illustrated on the followingdiagram:

—White— Barker.

Black -Joidan (to play.)He has made a. grand discovery— "Jordan

aliould have won the game 'right off the reeiby playing 15, but instead of doing so he gaveaway si piece by 15 19, thenplayed 15, and thegiiiue resulted in a draw."

We beg to enlighten him. H^d Jordanplajui1& fiiiiksi mhiljl liivc tluftwn awwr ft

— About 40 tons of letters pass dailythrough the general post office, London. 1—

A German professor calculated that at10.40 a.m. on April 29 last, exactly a mil- |liara (1000 millions) of minutes had elapsedsince the birth of Christ.

_ J— One small portion of the Wankie coalfield in Rhodesia is estimated to be capableof yielding 1000 tons per day for 100years.— Mr Whitelaw Reid, proprietor of theNew York Tribune, who is to be the specialrepresentative of the American people atKing Edward's Coronation, has taken BrookHouse, Park lane, at a rental, it is said, of£4000 for six weeks including the use ofthe eervants, plate, linen, and everythingcomplete. This is just the sum that waspaid by Sir Edward Thornton, our Ambas-sador at St. Petersburg, for the six-weeks'use of a maneion in Moscow at the corona-tion of Alexander ITT.—

A new apparatus has been designed forstereoscopic vision by X-raye. By using twosources of X-rayf in the same tube eacheye views independently the shadow, withthe result that the picture stands out du-tinotly. showing all the space relations ofthe objects viewed. It is thought that thismethod will be of tlu> utmost value in sur-gery, permitting immediate examination ofbroken bones, etc., as if they were viewedby the eye iwth their positions accuratelyindicated"in«=tea3 of with a silhouette effect,as formerly.

CHESS.COXDrCTED BT JoHJC MOTJAT. j

PROBLEM 1903.By .Tosef Kvicala. I

[Black.]

[WniTE.]

PROBLEM 1904.By M. Havel. I

[Black.J

[Wmms.] I

Solutions toProblems.Problem 1895.

Key move Xt x X B P.Problem 1890.

Key move. Q-Q H.

ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT.(-;. y. W.— The solution to Problem 1596 is

Q Q 8, as you will notice abo\e.

Solvers ami Their Criticisms.Problem 1895.— Fairly good key, giving

square, and beingsacrifice; mates similar, onebeingpure and economical after p x kt.— CJ. F.AVoodham.

Games.Played in the recent cable match— United

States v. Great Britain —Howell (United States), Michell (.Great

Britain).

(a) Sec the notes to Pilisbun's gjrae forcemment on this move.

(B) 23 B x Kt. p x h (foicecl): 24 Q-Q 4would havedone lor drawing,but White playedfor niore.

(c) Best,Ithink, as While thieatens R-K 2,etc.

(di Here is a. peculiar situation. On my 2Gl'iimoveIfound the following variations dining .my consideration of the- move 20 B-K B 1, 'R-'K 7 , 27 R-R 8, Qx R: 28 Q x R, Q-KBch ,29 B-Q, P-K R 4, 30 B-Q 4, Xt-Xt f , 31 P-X Xt A (if P x Xt, 32 B-K 5, etc.) and wins9. piece, feu if 31 F x P.. 32 T Kj,w sai-.\ ""

"SEDDONDAY BY DAY."

MORE PRESS REFERENCES.

.(F»OU OUB OWN COBBESFONDEJrr.)LONDON, May 2.

JjMt Seddon continues to occupy a pro-minent placein the columns of British news-~ jpapers. The Leeds Mercury terms him, an/'lmperialist of Imperialists." The Morn-ingPost says

"he is fast becoming the most

'conspicuous of colonial Premiers," while jSocialist papers deride him. as"Barnum

Seddon.""Mr Seddon," observes Truth, "evidently

has perceived that swagger ana bluster havesucceeded in the case of Mr Chamberlain, >

and he is modelling himself on that greatman. Australia and New Zealand both de-sire to be the leadingState at the Antipodes.The former is the larger, the wealthier, and ,immeasurably the most important. Had the |latter joined in a united Commonwealthscheme it would eventually have become to.the former what Ireland is to Great Britain,or rather what it would be were Irelandio the enjoyment of Home Rule. This, ofcourse, by no means suited the New Zea-landers. Mr Seddon has come forward asjthe great man of New Zealand. So far Isympathise with him all the more that onborne issues he is a sound Radical, there jtoeing much in the New Zealand domestic :legislation that'we should do well to adopt, jBut Mr Seddon is not satisfied with a sort Jof State-Socialism at home. He wouldhaveNew Zealand play a great part in thePacific. He is, in fact, a 'Pacific Jingo,'with a special eye to getting for New Zea-land islands and other such unconsideredtrifles which might possibly be snapped upby Australia, and he looks on us to supporthim. Hence his habit of out-Jiugoing Mruhamberlain— his declarations that the Cham-.berlain policy must prevail in South Africa,his contingents, and his denunciations of allthose who differ from the Colonial Secretaryas traitors to the Empire, varied withthreats of what he will do if the Chamber-lain policy is not adhered to. A very astutegentleman is this New Zealander, with aneye not only to annexation, but to possiblerewards for his zeal from Mr Chamberlainin the shape of preferential tariffs for NewZealand exports.

'In the opinion of the Outlook, " Mr Sed-

don is in danger of letting his enthusiasmrun away with him. The writer proceeds:"At the complimentary banquet given tohim on the eve of his departure for thiscountry by way of the Cape, he said that,although the proclamation of peace wouldbe welcome, 'we are as determined as everthat it can only come as the result of un-conditional -surrender.' These be big words,but it is doubtful whether fo big a

'we'

helps Ne.w Zealand or the Empire. Obvi-ously there are other colonial Premiers, alsoa statesman or two in London, and if theyall took to using the Imperial 'we

'in this j

large and dictatorial style, the result wouldIlie mere noise and no action. Wisdom, not joratory, is what is wanted at this critical }juncture."[ Under the heading

"Seddon and Senti-

ment," Commerce remarks: — "Mr Seddonis well iv the tunning for first place next jJune with a programme sufficient for themost ambitious. He intends, we aro as- j-wired by himself, to bring forward the sub- |Sects of preferential tariffs favouring rebate jlor colonial products, the provision of Im-perial resetves in all British dominions, the jincrease of the Australasian squadron, the■admission of the learned profession to SouthtAirica, subsidies to British-owned mailsteamers* capable of being transformed into«:rui£er3 in case of war, and triennial con-ferences between the Secretary of State forthe Colonies and the colonial Premiers."Tib but a natural corollary to all this thathe should look forward to the time whenftherc will be, not Great Britain and Ire-Band, but a British federation, with repre-sentatives from all parts of the Empire at-tending a council to deal with important.questions and tto settle great issues."

According to the African Review:"MrJSeddon ie bulking large as the big man ofEmpire. The Prime Minister of New Zea-land," continues the writer, "is a truepatriot. He is a bold, if scarcely an origi-nal thinker;all the ideas he champions have"been championed by the pioneers of theImperial Fedaration movement years beforeMr Seddon took to politics. But that's adetail. We admire Mr Seddon's outspokencourage, and we freely allow that the oldfogies in high places at Home must begalvanised into life and energy by men ofJSmpiro, who have grown up in those freenwid untrammelledcountries beyond the seas"which' contain so much of the real force andinitiative power of our race. Nevertheless,.we would say again, as we have said before,that the Imperial cause will gain nothingbyignoring hard, unremovable facts. Thecolonists are naturally impatient;they feelthat if they had only the reins of powerhere, in the centreof the Empire, theywould 'make things hum

'in double quick

time. The 'old hats,' moreover, are solidfacts; and any attempt to remove them,forcibly must inevitably lead to ructions.

'

On Tuesday afternoon, at the offices ofthe Colonial Consignment and DistributingCompany, 15 Dowgate Hill, a meeting washeftl for the purpose of considering thequestion of presenting Mr Seddon with sometestimonial on the occasion of his visit toEngland. Sir E. Montague Nelson occu-pied the chair, and stated that letters ofregret for non-attendance had been received{ram Lord Onslow and Sir James Fergusson,two ex-Governors of the colony, who ex-pressed sympathy with the movement. Thedesire was to tender Mr Seddon some re-cognition for his

"Imperial services,' and.the movement had been confined to New |JSealanders and those with New Zealandinterests exclusively. The reason for thiswas that there was no desire to select MrSeddon more than any other Premier, butNew Zealanders thought they would liketo make some recognition of the servicespf the Premier of their own colony. Itwasthen decided to form a committee of some$0 or 40;to collect subscriptions;that sub-scriptions be limited to not more than 10guineas; that the' question of whether thepresentation should take the form of a setof plate or a portrait in oils should beconsidered after it was seen what subscrip-tions oamc in. The following were ap-pointed an Executive Committee to carry

»ut the objects of the meetine:—

Sir E. M.INelson. Messrs W. Acton Adams. George{Beetham. A. Fell. J. A. Ewen, F Hyame, jO. H. Inglis, W. E. Robinson. P. Men-.nell, J. C. Wason, M.P.. J. A. Potter (S.B.

'>nd A. Company). Mr W. 0. Dawes (chair-'jttian of the New Zealand Loan and Mer-

'tantile Company) was appointed treasurer,knd Messrs Marriott Watson and W. A.Porter {CO. an,d D. Como^ny) hon. secre-tarie*i ' ■'

—There has just passed away a resident

of Dorking, Mr Henry Boxall, who had aunique record as a bellringer. Born in thesame year as the late Queen Victoria, herang on her accession, her coronation, herwedding, her two jubilees, on the occasionof her death, and on the accession of KingEdward VII. He rang in three monarchies,commencing with William IV.—

A Stockport couple, Alderman Josephand Mrs Wood, recently celebrated their

1 golden wedding, and the event was markedby the employees of the alderman's firmby the presentation of a handsome testi-monial as a token of their appreciation and

;esteem. In the course of the speeches CrWilliam Wood, a son, said that his motherandher three sisters, 6acliolder than herself,had all known the pleasure of celebratinga-golden wedding.

j —Tears do not weak...i the sight, but

improve it. They act as a tonic on themuscular vision, keeping the eye soft andlimpid. Women in whose eyes sympathetictears gather quickly have brighter, tenderereyes than others.— Paris has been erecting along its princi-pal streets large lamp posts provided witha box containing- a stretcher, dressings forwounda, and a telephone connecting withthe nearest ambulance station. On the out-side are a barometer and a letter box.— Duke Charles Theodore of Bavaria, the

!celebrated oculist, has performed more thanfour thousand operations for cataract.— An account of a surgical operation ona man's heart was given at a recent meet-ing of the Academy of Science in Paris.iThe patient— a young soldier— had beenstabbed in the chest with a knife, the pointof which penetrated the pericardium. The|wound in the heart was sewn up with threestitches, and although complications set inthe patient recovered.— In Havana there is a device for pro-tecting passengers from being over-chargedby cabmen. The lamp post-> are paintedvarious colours, red for the central district,blue for the second ciicle, green for thethird, etc., and thus the " fare

"knows im-

mediately when he has passed a legal bound-ary, and pays accordingly.— Along the coast of Guinea are foundcats whioh are distinguishable for their darkskin, bluish-grey hair, which grows shortand thick, choir bare ears, long legs, andvery odd appearance geneially.— The Island of Java supplies the gieaterpart of the cinchona, bark from which theworld's supply of quinine is made. Thereare about 25,000 acres of this island devotedto the cultivation of cinchona.— China contains some of the richest coaldeposits in the world.— The nettle, which has18 common varie-ties, is the moat widely spread of any wildplant.— In trial by jury in Germany, a vote ofeight to four is necessary for the convic-tion of the prisoner. A six to six votemeans acquittal.— The Rettering School Board and Ur-ban Council having been at cross purposesregarding the site ot si proposed refusedestructor, it was resolved to settle the dis-pute by a game of golf. The Urban Coun-cillors won, and the school board havehad towithdraw their opposition.— The habit of drinking paraffin is spread-ing to an alarming extent in many districtsof France. It has apparently been preva-lent for some considerabletime withoutDeing recogriibed, and h quite as persistenta habit as alcoholism Though paraffinmakes the drinker morose instead of brutal,there is no doubt that, so far as the victimof the habit" is concerned, it is oven moredeadly than ordinary drunkenness.— A curious barometer is said to be usedby the remnant of the Araucanian race,which inhabits the southernmost provinceof Chili. It consists of the cast-off shell ofa crab. The dead shell is white in fair,dry weather, but the approach of a moistatmosphere is indicated by the appearanceof small red spots. As the moisture in theair increases, the shell becomes entirely red,and remains so throughout the rainy sea-son.— There aro in London 850.000 ppople,in families of five, occupying one room.— The cost of firing a single shot from a16in gun would pay a private ."-oldier forfive years.— Instead of an engagement ring, theJapanese lover gives his sweetheart a piece

of beautiful silk for her ?ash—If the oarth were equally divided

among itc- inhabitants, each person would

get about 23i acre*.— The highest price ever paid for a poemwas 6000 golden crowns, paid to Sannazaio

|by the citizens of "Venice for his eulogy ontheir city—

a poem of six lines only.— In Japan small children of the poor,who have the gift of straying and no nui-Ro-,

to look after them, are t-afeguarded by thesimple precaution of hanging label* roundtheir necks which tell their names andaddresses.— The lines of no two human hands areexactly alike. When a travellot in China (desires a passport, the palm of the hand iscovered with fino oil paint and an lnipret-- jsion is taken on thin, damp paper. This jpaper, officially signed, is his passport.— One of the mof-t curious instances ofantipathy to tW negro is reported from Ox-ford, Miss., where a white man, undersentence for murder, has requested thejudge not to appoint his execution for thesame day as that of his accomplice, acoloured man. The reason he allegeb forthis request is that he is opposed to thesocial equality of negroes with whites.— Stunted dogs are very much admiredby Parisian ladies. The demand for them

lis mot by at least 40 professional "dogdwarfere," who bring up the pupa on analcoholic diet, which has the effect ofstunting them.

"'"'— There is a man in the Havant Work-house who, having been completely baldfrom the day of his birth, has now .starteda fino crop oof hair at the mature age of92.— In the matter of woman's rierhts. Aby.*sinia is far ahead of Europe. The housewith all its contents belongs to the wife, andif the husband offends her she turns himout until he is fully repentant and makesamends.— Some very interesting statistics apper-taining to rajlway travelling were given at

I the annual dinner of the United KingdomRailway Officers' and Servants' Association,

| which was held in London recently It, seems that out of 1.142.000,000 passengerscarried in 1900. only 135 wore killed and'2400 injured, whilst out of half a million

1 railway servants 568 were killed and 4500injured. Improvements in the working ofrailways fue continually being made, withthe result that year after year thcic i= aeteady clecliuc of cjvtualtiea.

OTAGO WITNESS.

MULTUMINPARVO.

June 18; 1902.58

Whit« to play and mate in two niovei.

7 i, 3 B 4, 8, 1B 1X 2 P k, 7 Xt, 8, 5 Q P1, 6kt r.

WkiU t© play and mate in three mores.5 Xt 2, 8, 3p 4, 1Q 6, X 3k 3, 8, 8, 4 R 3.

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While. Black. ' White. BlackHowell. Michell I Howe]). Michell.

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3) ; 43 B-0 KB315 Xt-Xt 3 B-Kt3 !44K Xt 3 Kt-Bl« QKtQ4 KtxKt i4SK-K4-r Kt-K :{

l7KtxKt QQ2 I 1H P-Kt 4 P.QSIBBK3 llxKt 47PxQP P-115<.19 Bxß B-B 4 1 48 P-B5 PxP>0 B-Kt3 P-B3 49 P xP B xPn21R-R7 RKt2 |SJB-B3th KQ222 R-R6 Kit 51 FQo Kt-B2i3R-K-b R-K J52 Kt-B 2-i Kt-KMRxR QxR , 3JB-Kts B-Q «-.jJSP-83-C K-K2 54 KB4 Kt-Q3-k2d B-KIJ2 Q-QB-D 55 KBB Kt-K27 Q-R R-K ,5G K-K5 BKt828 R-R7 QK3 I Resigns, i.

piece by 117, andthen played 27 24, forcing aneasy draw ina few moves.

On^the other hand, the sacrifice by 15 19, asplajrecl by Jordan, followed by 15, leaves theWhite pieces in a critical situation, and ifBarker had not returned the gift immediatelyby 21"17 Black would have won the game.It is in such emergencies that the player

exhibitshis skill, and brings mt'o evidence thebeauties of the game. He peiceives and judi-ciously weighs all the probabilities of the situa-tion, and, before he makes 1116 move, he care-fully calculates the result. But the dilettantelooker-on, with confidence in his favouriteaxiom,makes a superficial survey,incapable ofpenetrating beneath the suxiface, and, self-satisfied with hi-? conclusions, he then with-draws, to entertain-his friends of a like capa-city with the wonderful -'mare's nest" he hasdiscovered. "Many a tims and oft" have suchiucidents '"transpired under .our notice.

Andersoh'^the 'colebrated player and author,in the preface to the famous "second edition"of his "Guide to the Game of Draughts,' re-anarks that the scope of many of the moves inhis games may not bs perceived by the averagereader, andhe deprecates criticism from such asource on that account

—advice whichshould

be taken to heart by every student of the"eilent game" who desires to make headway.Legitimate criticism is the life and soul of thegame, and our remarks must not be miscon-strued to reflect upen the valued work of thequalified critic, as that is ifar from our pur-pose. His work isgenerally a "labour of love,"and is not given forth to the world until themost extreme.care has beenbestowed upon itspreparation;it has been examined and re-examined, at an expenditure of time thatwould astonish the dilettante.

To siich painstaking labourers in thedroughts vineyard all praise i3due. Theirproductions enrich draughts literature withmany a'rare blossom and priceless flower; andundoubtedlyhave had a far-reaching effect indeveloping- ths game and in promoting- theknowledgeof the depthand beauty of the com-binations that our apparently simple pastimei3capable of." Our object is to encourage the bona fidestudent, to put him on his guard against pos-ing as a critic, with merely a superficial ac-quaintance with the game. He must bepatient,diligent, andpersevering in his studiesAbove all, he mu-t drink deip at the fountainof draughts knowledge before he can becomequalified to pass judgment upon the play ofthemasters.— Leeds Mercury.

THE WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP.

SIGNING OF ARTICLES.All the preliminaries in connection with the

match for the championship of the world andiSO-aside between Richard Jordan (champion),Ed'inbuTgh, and Harry Freedman, Glasgow,liftvo been adjusted. The principals and theirsupporters met in Edinburgh and signedarticles. Play begins in Edinburghon July12, and will be con-tinned every lawful daythereafter. The following, from the GlasgowWeekly Herald, are the conditions whichgovern the contest "—

Articles of agreement between Richard Jor-dan, of Edinburgh, champion draughts playerof the world, and Harry Freedman, of Glas-gow, to play amatch at draughts on the fol-lowingconditions:—

1. That thematch shall consist of 40 games,restricted openings, wins and draws to count,for the sumof iSO starlinga-aide (fifty pounds),which shall be lodged with the stakeholder.That the match be for the championship ofthe world.

2. £10 forfeit shall be deposited with the.stakeholder by each party to this agreementv/ithin three days from the date of signingarticles; other £20 a-side on or before the14thday of June, 1902; and the balance of £20a-side onor before the 12th July, 1902; and' itis hereby agreed that Mr W. "Wilson, of theGlasgow Weekly Herald, shall act as stake-bolder.

8. That the restriction shall be the same asplayed in the Ferric-Jordan match, 183G.

4. That the match shall commence in Edin-burgh on Saturday, 12th July, 1902, at 1p.m.till 4 p.m., and from 6.30 till 10 p.m. No newgame to be commenced after 3.30 p.m. and9.80 p.m., and shall be continued every lawfulday at the same hours until the match becompleted.

5. That the match shall be played according■to the standard laws, a« laid down in M'Cul-loch's Anderson.

6. ThatMr Robert Henderson, of Edinburgh,will officiate as referee.

7. That the money collected for admissionshall be divided equally between the twoplayers after deducting rent of hall and all*ther expanses.

8. That either player ariiving over half anhour late shall forfeit one game to his oppo-nent.

9. That the games shall become the pio-perty of the winner.

10. That Harry Freedman shall receive £7sterling as expenses.

11. The parly failing to perform tins agieo-ment shall forfeit the first deposit (X'10) lodgedwith the stakeholder to the party performing,or willing to perform, the same.Peter Jobdak (Wit- Richard Jordan.

ness.)D. Ritchie (Witness). Harry Freedmo,-.

11th day of April,1902.

DRAUGHTS ITEMS.Gaidinrr v. Brodie.

—For this match a foifeit

of £25 a-&ide is to be deposited on Saturday,2lst inst. From various sources we learn thatthe contest is creating great interest. It in-volves the largest stake ever played for in thecolonies that we can think of at the moment,and the principals are two of the strongestplayers 112 Australasia.

Visitors.— Mr Robt.Stevenson, Skippers, whois now well known as a contributor of manyinteresting problems to this column, has ar-1lved inDunedm. As this is his annual periodof enforced leisure, he is likely to make alengthy stay in, town, and will havean oppor-tunity of making acquaintance with the OtagoClub and its members.— The genial southerner,Mr M'lwrick, was at the Otago Club again onSaturday evening, and manifested no lack of" cal inpursuit of his old love. "Old age,

'ac-rorduig to Scott, "ne'er coolg, tho DouglasUood";neither can it cool the ardour of auian— particulaily a Scotsman— who has oncelasted the sweets of thatpeculiar bondage— thatgentle tyranny— experienced by every devoteeof Dameh. When Darnch waves her"wand,

"Misfortune,glumshin*, leaves hei seat,Life's cares nae mail" corrode,

But to oblivion's depths retreatAfore the good axil' brod."

The Late "IlerdLaddie."— A friend sends ussome information about the estate of tho lateJames Wyllie, the "Herd Laddie," which wehave never heard before. He says "Wyllie leftcstat* in Victoria to the value of £447, andthat his Scottish estate was valued at £854'

Jordon on Preparation.— Mr James Milne,IRiversdale, in the course of a letter, speaks ofthe interest taken in the forthcoming Gardmer-Brodie match, and continues —When JCt E.Jordan, world's champion, was in Southlanda few years ago,Isaid to him: "In practisingfor a great match, Mr Jordan, Iexpect thealrain will be pretty severe?" "Oh', no," wa=the reply. "All you have to do is to piny foran hour or an hour and a-half every day.""From this one may reasonably infer that theplayer who acts accoidmg to Jordan's advir»ia OiVflhr to annear on th6acftna ixteh and fit

— Too many men try to pull themselvesout of trouble with a corkscrew.— "They say she leads him a dog's life."— "A dog's life? Well. Iwish somebodywould pamper me like that."— "I'm 28, and Iwas never kissed byany living man,'" boasted the New Woman."All are dead now, are they/" innocentlya=ked her friend.— In Explanation— ''AVhat does it meanby saying that a war correspondent must beübiquitous?" — "Why, it means that hemust Fay he was on the -pot whether he wasor was not.-'—

The teacher \va- telling themabout thesea=on-3. He asked:

"Xow, oneof youboys,tell me which is the proper time to gatherfruit."— *' When the dog's chained up," re-plied Johnnie.— Nell: "Ihave been assigned to read apaper on 'Ideal Woman

'at the next meet-ing of the club." Jack: "Well, all you willneed to do i-> to ftand up on the platformand let them look at you."— Mr Billuß-. "Johnny, i-5 there any hotwater in the house? I've managed to vpceta jar of fruit on the tablecloth." JohnnyBillus: "No, but there'll be plenty of itwhen mamma' comes back— Elderly Lady: "All right, sir: Ishalliiuj you for breach cf promise." YoungMan:

"You'd better not attempt it. If

you do. I'll bring an action for slanderagainst you for sayingIproposed to you "— Not Hers.— Tess: "So she objects tobeing called an old maid?"" Jess: "'Yes;she says the has remained >»ingle fromchoice." Tot-:: "Of oo;m>o: because e\eryman of l.er acquaintance cho*e <=omeoneelse."'--

.Some little tim» back a profe==or in themedical depaitmcnt of acertain college askedone of the moie advanced s-tiu'.eiits, "Whatis the name of the teeth (hat a human beinggets la«t?"— "False teeth, of course,

"was

the reply.— Physician (looking into hi? ante-room,where a number of patients arc waiting):"Who ha-i been waiting the longest?

"

Tailor (who ha3 called to present his bill):"1 have, dootor:Idelivered the rlothes toyou three years ago."— Orderly .Sergeant (entering barrackroom):

'"Any complaints to be made?"—"Yes." shouted a private: "the meat »a?all hours to-day"— "Pitl you ever see meatwithout bone-?" asked the sergeant, laugh-ing. "Ye-, sir." replied the private;"

»au?agos !"— Old Croakybo:" T think we'd better

have the passage and staircase rppaperedwhile I'm laid up, Mrs (irimage." MrsGrimage (his housekeeper) : "Lor1, sir!'adn't yer better wait and see 'ovv yer goeson furst? Them coffins do make such workwith staircase wall-papers."— Criticised.— Mrs Gush:

'"How do you

do, clear? Plow did you like the readinpr ofBrowning at the club last night?" MrsBluff: "Oh, pietty well. P»ut Ididn't likethe way her dress hung." Mrs Gush: "NorI, either. And it seemed to me she mighthave held the book more gracefully."— The Servant (in a registry office):"How many are there in your familyV"Tho Lady: "Three." Servant:

"What are

the wages?" The Lady: "Twenty pounds."Servant: "Where do you live?" The Lady(sarcastically) :

"Oh, don't bother aboutthat: we'll move anywhere you wish."— Stirred Up.— " Well," remarked theearcastic tourist, '" this is about the dullestdistrict Iever saw."— "D'ye think so?" re-turned the native rustic.

'" Ye'd belter waitfor a couple of weeks, an' then see howthis place'll be stirred up."— "Indeed.What's going- to happen?"— '"

Ploughin'."— Mr Wallace: ''ft seems to me thatit ever a bachelor realises lu.s unhappy lotit must be when he is in bed ill." MrsWallace:

"Yo-. There is a great differ-

pnoa between a hired nurse and a wife. Ifhe goes to throwing the medicine bottlesand things at tho nurse when she happensto hurt his rheumatism she will leave."— A man was waiting his turn to beserved in a Dublin fishmonger's while a littleweazened old gentleman priced every fish inthe shop. "How much is this— and this—and this

— and this?"' be asked. At last theexasperated shopwoman exclaimed. ''Ah, goan out of that wicl ye. It i-n't fish ye want,but information!

"Clarissa, when you passed me byWith scornful hp and haughty eye,

My faultIdid deploie;Your anger,like a poisoned dart,Stiuck death intomy guilty heart,Ivowed to sin no more.

Clarissa, when you did forgive.And bid my fainting heart to live,

Nor killed me with disdain -So soft your eyes, so sweet >on lip,Where like a be- Ihu.ig to sip,Ifain would sip agiun.— "How fallacious s-onie of Uie=e proverbs

aie!" lomarkeil the sagnc iot<-> man. "Take,for example, that 0110 about there beingnothing new under tho mih

"—"" — " Is thereanything really new?" i-aul In-, wife. "Ofcoiuse there 11. Don't you read the paper-vDon't thc=e X-rays enable you to take 11man and free right through him"— " Yen,William, dear," t-hv answered, gently. "But.any woman could do that befoie X-iayweie even thought of."'— "Sandy," '-aid Mi- .Simpson to h*>roldest olive bianch tho other «l.iy when Ucreturned fiom school, "Iforbid ye to playor 1111 aboot vw" that Bobby Wilson onymair. Mind that, an' if Iever hear o' youjplajm' wi' him again I'll gie ye a quidliokin' "— "Why ha\e Ino' to play wi'Bobby?" queued the young-tor, wath somes>urpri*e. "Because he'- a bad laddie," re-plied his mother.

" Wcvl, ma," returnedSal dy. after a moment's thought. '"I dmiiathink I'm that avvfu' glide my-el' that yenoed to be sac feai't."

— Repoit^ of a remarkable cure by elec-tricity and hypuoli-.ui oome from Piague.A man named Adolf Resch met with anaccident which resulted in serious neiveshock, 10-.s <>f spetvh, and partial idiocy.Dr Jaksch, of the Prague Hospital, »üb-jected the man to a treatment which bushad the most beneficial effect. After beingelectrieised by a powerful current the pa-tient was hypnotised While under the in-fluence he spokto, wuh -difficulty st first,but afterwards with pa=e, .and finally he notonly regained the power of speech, but theu~e of his intellect.

Football is a manly gameThat haidens mui-tle, knits the fiame,And makes New Zealand's hardy youthOur piideand {.tienßth, and that's the truth.B.ul coughs and ookls attack the strong

As much the weak that's sure,Let both— they never can. go wrong

—

IN THE DEPTHS.Lord, from the depthsIcall,

Hear thou my cry;Painting,IJail, Ifall—

No help is nigh.Stretch out Thy hand to me,

Send me relief;HelpThou my doubting heart

—My unbslief.

Dark my unseeing eye,Dark is my soul;

Where is Thy light on high,Thy promised goal ?

Storm clouds beset my way,Pitfalls my feet;

Help Thou my steps to strayStraight to Thy seat.

Clasp Tho.i my trembling hand"'

-,-Close to Thy side, ,

Straight to Thy promised landMy footsteps guide.

Teach me once more to pray,My prayers receive,

Teach me once more to say—'" Lord,Ibelieve.'June, 1902 — E. E.B.

TAHU'S SON.O lovely seas, O <-ol;tnry shores,Departed trenches, mined palisades!The solitary moonbuiiolds thehills,Snow-splendid, silent a.3 the "wintry deepsBeyond. Kerguelen. Barbarism and blood,The horrors of the prehistoric timesSink back to silence, but a tale of loveVHI-'bscpd about these mounds for evermore.

Poetic from his infancy,he feltMuguiiicence above hint when, the star^Stole, we«tward from the solitary sea,To sink behind sublimities of snow;Magnificence beneath him when the brineThundered on sullen headlands and the stormsWere loosed from frozen wastes;about him

stillMagnificence when Dian dimmed the stars.Or sunlight glinted from the foamy streamsInmountain gorge0.

Sickened, he turned awayWhen vile tohungas held communion withDevils and demons, and drave to hideous

deedsHis fallen fellows.

One there was with whomHe worshipped in the forest aisles and foundGod-head about him, dreadful, undefined,But lifting him aloft, aloft, untilHis spirit swoonedbeyond the outmost star.O then, he clung about his virgin bride, r

-Deeming her deathless, seeing in her eyesSweet spirit lights that told of glories gone,Of blisses yet tobe when-Sun and MoonAnd solitary star are rolled awayBefore the pulsings of the Mighty HeartThrt moves the cosmos. Mutin, melodiesWould waken him to seek the whare whereHis dusky darling slept. With kisaes heWould waken her. The star that heralds nightWould hear the tales oi deeds of glory done,Of hopes that lured and beckoned from afar,While heart to heart the passionate loverssate,Dreaming heroic dreams. What woes, whatdoomsFor ever follow holy lovings here!Ah!sny not po.

The aged ManawaWould seal the compact of unfailing peaceWith Ngatimamoe. Prom Waipapa downHe journeyed with a hundred warriors,Bearing his bounty tohis former foes.The mists of morning ineltedi from, the hillsWhen Ngaitahu entered at the gatesThat closed on them for ever. ManawaReeled, stricken by the treacherous Tukiauau

amongHis helpless children. Cannibals stood with-

out,And death awaited whosoever daredTo brave their weapons. Hardy warriorsWent forth and fell with hideous woutids. The

swardWas oick with gore, andhorror held theheart3Awaiting doom. Would no one tell their taleTo stalwart tribesmen,?

Tahu's nimble sonThVillcd with the mightiness of love and feltThe heart that pulsed against las henrt, the

handsThat brushed the forelock from his forehead

and foundAJinglingprison inhis nervy hands.Her soft sweet mouth, her quivering lips, O

wouldThey cling to his nomore 9 O had he kissedLove's last long khs and strained her to hisheartUpon the brink of doom?

He heard the groansOf those about him, rose and swore to winA pa-.-age from their foemen to their friends.The dying Manawabade sad farewelllo all hi3children, blessed his youngest son,And saw him spring among the serried spears.0 then, for mighty love hadnerved the man,With lightningfeet he doubled on his foes,He leapt the wall and moat that flunked their

pit,Andheaid the ro'ier on the sand below-Sound oniuiious. The savages behindWere haul upon,him; love and life before,He flunghim=e!f with desperation sheerInto the boiling surf. He gained the sand.He <-tood, denounced the murderers j>bove',He dared their spec"d, then turned his face

towaidTh" distant, hazy headland; set his teeth,C etched at the wispc of tus.ock that heheldWith lusty strength and flung himself alongThe yielding sand. Ko foot might follow whereThat fleet-limbed stripling fled. Now sullen

nightSank on the murky forest. Far awayThe woka lifted up his lonely wail,The gull wasscicanung to the 6alty windAnd blackness veiled the mighty Kaitarau.So all night long he toiled with hea'-ics heartAnd straining muscles. Melancholy lr.omWao on the heaving waters when he wonHn native gates and told the hideous tale.

Ah 1 Blood has flov.a for blood, and woe onwoe

Has fallen upon the treacherous 2Cpatirnamoe,But long as j^gaitaliu breathe and loveThe tale of TaJiu's nimble son will stand,The ta!e of love that nerved his flying feet.— Charles Oscar Palmer.

Brentwood Faim,Maj 21, 1902.

To Prevent C'nocr, begin in time. Thefir^t symptom* i= hoarseness; this is soonfollowed by a peculiar rough cough, which13 easily recognised, and will never be for-gotten by one who ha» heard it. The timeto act is when the child first becomeshoarae. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy isfreely given, all tendenoy to croup willeoondisappear. Even after the oroupy cough hasdeveloped, it will prevent the attack. Thereis no danger in giving this remedy, as itcontains nothing injurious. It always curesand cures £LuicJ4y. All jkaleig sell it,

for the struggle, while the man who does over-much practice finds himself stale.

Port Chalmers v. Otago Club.— The fiistmatch of this season between these two clubswill take place early next month. It wasfound impossible to hold one this month onaccount of the Coronation week engagements.

Solution to Problem.Problem 2007 (By Robt. Stevenson)— White

men 24,> kings 28, 2C, 9; Black men 13. kings15, 25, 29. White to play ar.d win.

"GO."

THE NATIONAL GAME OF JAPAN.

4000 YEARS OLD.

A RIVAL TO CHESS.(Translated from Mittheilungen der Deuts-

oheu Gesellschaft fur Isatur und Vol-kerkunde Ostasiens by Air JoasMor.vT, Ch^&s Editor of the OtagoWitness.)

GAME ?.— PlayedJuly 19, 183C.-Plate 14.This game is interesting on account of the

freedom with which the players move, Whiteespecially plays a very bold game

K.118 I'2l. 124, 127, 130, 133. 156, IW, H2.174, 179, IS2, 185, 18S, 191, 194, 199, 202, 207,210, 213. 216.

(a) Excellent. It occasions the fine episode■10 to 52, the lesult of winch is that Whiteh»3 only at P 4 a, fairly secure position (alsoono at 3D 2, but too small), whereas Blark issecure at D 16 and R 16. Everything else isfetill in uncertainty, but Black has also goodprospects in the centre of the left side. Bothplayers from the 53thmove are foiced to aboldadvanoe.

(b) rlhe position of White has giadually im-proved.

(c) Intended lo secuie the While pieces onO file. It would have been better, however,in'st to properly secuie the position at O 10.Black is weak there, and is obliged to gujrdF 9, wheie he would be doubly attacked.

(di White lies, puichasrd his position on G-ii'e too doarly. He lias given away 25 to 30point;at P 2 and as many at C 11.

(El On th.s ko depends the fate of t'le gain*<f> Whit 2 re=igni.

Impure water causes bladder trouble-—

.WOLFE'S SCgSAPrji is invaluably

THE REJECTED LEGION.They are fighting on the kopje, in the sprui^

and in the kloof, >,Aiid we, because of our colour, perforce iniu

stand aloof.■\Ve have offered more than once to help you

in the warTo extend our glorious Enipuc, and put down

the sullen Boer.Kia kaha.(A)

Our forefathers before us,-fighting foi theiirights,

Haveoftei;shown their prowess mmany stub-born fights

Vith thetaiaha(E) andmere(c), whose swift anddeadly blow"Would cleave the head and shoulders of themightiest of the foe.

-;--. ESkiri!(D)'"* Ihe-iiuere; bow nolonger used, is hung v.ucnthe',wa"ll; ".'."'- 'Likewise the taiaha adorns nianv a pakeha's_. hallf '

"-Now, well equipped,in khaki clad, the nativa

mounted corpsAre aimed with the latest pattern .303 snip.'!

bore.Anahiai a!(E>

Out late-lamented Queen, how we loved hejnone can tell;

Xow for her son, the King, oui lives we'ddearly sell."We have 'seen and shaken hands witb the

Prince— his only son—' " J

"We have seen his wife— the"Princess— and our-heart.-* the fairly won. ~,

Ho arolia.(F)Then waive,oh, waive,dearEmpire, all thoughts

t>t racial colour.And let your dnrk-skmned subject" stand be-side his pale-fac?d brother.We would rally,from all quarters, from Ihtnorth, south, east, and west.To upholdthe Empire's mana(o), we'll some a-,your behest.

Kia ova.(H)—Angus M'Kinnoic.-Arapa\v.iiHii, May 30. 1902.

<a) Kia kiiha, be sho.ig— to fight; (b) Taiaha,battle-axe;(c)Mere,greenstone club;(d) kokiri,Hiarge; (c) auahiana, smart; (f) he aroha,loyalty— love; (g) mana, prostige;(h)kia o;a,goodhealth, or luck.

THE SONGS OF BURNS.O did the bardic ken. beforeHis spirit left this lovely world,

j That on. the earth's remotest shoreOur heartstrings would be thiri'd,AndScotland live hi lonely heartsBecause her rustic bardic tang?Ah love, sweet love l she ne'er departs,

But bides the mighty lulls amtui^,

"Where lad and la.?3ie bieatbe againThe tender tale that Eden heard,

And all forget the gloom and painOf bitter winter. Deathless bird,

Sing on for ever from thy cloud »

Of loveh, never-failing light,"While myriad beauties round us crowd

And steal from snowy height to height;

Again we- breathe the blisses thouDidst breathe in long-departed days;Again wekiss the tender mouJ

And feel the throbbingheart. The way*Of lovers to the sordid world

May seembut foolishness. Ah, yet-Again we feel oar heartstrings thirl'd,

And know that Robert Burns ia great.—CHABtES MOHBISOST.

June i,1902.

THE NOVELIST.

MY LADY'SDIAMONDS.

By ADELINESERGEANT.

CHAPTER VI.— XAX.Joan I.iy and li«tened in tenor to the

appalling noises with which the air ap-peared to be filled, and tried in vain tosee what had happened around hex*, forthe light had gone out, and the air -seemedto be thick with smoke and steam. Shedid not realise until afterwards that hex-chief thought at that moment was forGeoitrcy. and not for herself. Her wholeheart and mind were absorbed in a terriblefear for him. If lie were uninjured, she

a.% sure that he Mould have come to heihelp at once, and the minutes that shtspent in this state of suspense seemed tcher like hours. But at last she heard th<voice she ""knew, and in spite of her&elf sgreat sob of gladness run through heiveins. She heard him calling her bjname:

"Joan— Joan, are you thexe? -Are youhurtV"

She managed to call back clearly: ""So,Iam not hurt, Ithink, but Icannot getout. Have you a light?"

He struck a match, and <=he siv hisanxious face for a moment amid the sur-rounding gloom. He came as close to faci-as possible, feeling hi.s way amongst thebioken fiagments of the carriage, and laidhis hand ;it las-t upon hers.

"Thank tlod you are safe!" lie said, in a-tone of deep feeling. '"I will get you outa- soon a'- possible; but we must have alight firsI. Ithink you are safe for thepresent. Will you be afraid lo stay herewhile 1 try to get a lantern and ascertain'what, mischief has been done?"'

"'Xo. Go quickly !'! she said. "Nevermind me. There must be many others whowant your help. Poor things! Some, ofthe passengers must be dreadfully hurt."

"I am afraid ko," said Geoffrey; "butIshall get you out first of all, and thenyou can help others if there is anything tobe done for them. Idon't think it ought tobe very difficult to extricate you.'

He hurried away, leaving her hand ach-ing from the strength of his clasp upon it.But after nursing it with her other handfor a minute or two, Joan carried thecrushed fingers to her lips, and kissed them,as if in that way to repay the warmth ofhis greeting.Ina few minutes he was back again, and

the flashing of a lantern told the girl thathelp was near. The guard canle and lookedat ber, and one or two men, whose ser-vices Geoffrey had procured, began to pulli ftv/aj the fchatteied v.oudwoik which formed

orAGO WITNESS.June 18, 1902.

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Celtic poetry abounds in wild an<? far-drawn imagery that yet appeals vividlyand directly to minds that scorn thesmoother, more obvious phrases of then.odern school. Itstrangely combines thesimple and .sensuous w itli the allegoric anclmyrtic in such a manner as to cast amisty sheen over the deep presentments ofhuman passion. In Saxon poetry thesingers meaning is like the well-beholdenface of a beautiful woman;in the Celtic,the bard's thought is like the same fairwoi">n..n veiled— the snowy grace of illusionlending mere favour to the dimly discernedlineaments.

The tragic history of Ireland has intro-duced a dark and tragic element into thenational song, which at the first was per-haps pre-eminently joyous and generous.For even at the dai-kest hour a sanguinestrain runs through her folk-songs, and aloftiness of spirit breathes through herdirges. An. alien ferocity sprang up amongthe hunted, harassed people;but the trueand gentle knigbtliness of Brian Boiu hasnot ceased ,out of Irish poetry all throughthe iombre centuries of lieland's visita-tion. In any case love of fatherland is auiling passion in the Celtic heart; in Irishhearts it became a worship. And in thedays v.hen patiiotism was ;i crime, it be-hoved the bard still more to speak darklyand veil his passionate emotion undermyttic figuie*. Many are .the names be-.stowed upon Ireland. Sometimes in asemi-humorous refrain she becomes the'"Shan Van Vogh"— the Poor Old Woman.Again and again she takes the name of aliving woman;and the allegoric devotionft" the poet lives on to unremembering age:;. j ;lil' passion of a human lover. Ot sucha cast is the beautiful address of the Irishpeasant to his lady (the ancient Church ofIjelimd). where he lepudiate.s her hatedrh<.l:She wooed rue io iemp!cs, r.hile thoti layed'sl

hitl \n cave<=;Her friends woic all nipstors, while thins, alas!

v cie &!a\cs,

Eul c/ead m nnr shioucl at thy feet 1 wouldiath«r bo

TLan wed where Ilov. not, or steal onethought fro.n thocl

Two of these poetic names for Irelandarep-rhaps more plaintive and characteristicthan any others, combining, as they do.e.-otsric form with tenderly human imagery.One is the "Silk of the Kme ''- -a phraseth.it carries the imagination back to' themorning of time, when om nomad fatherscounted their wealth in cattle, and typifiedrll lovely oiid previous things as pertain-ing to the herds which they so admired andvalued. These were the days when theLatin talked of the "ox-eyed Juno"';whenthe Greek pictured the bright pastures ofHeiios by the mild western waters;whenthe Hindoo saw in the Dawn the divinecow-girl seeking her cloud-cattle tlirough.the shining fields of heaven. Xo wonderthen that the burning song of the mediaevalbard enshiined his beloved country as the"Silk of the Kine"— the fairest creaturethat fed on earthly meadows. Many price-less poems have doubtless perished on theirnative soil ; but happily many of thesemediaeval balh'ds have been preserved andretouched in tin: sympathetic translationsof the bright band of Irish poets contem-porary with Thomas Mooie about the be-ginning of last century. A great Celtic re-vival seems then to have come over Celticliterature, similar to that which now iscnr'ching the British world of letters undersuch leaders as Fiona3lpcleod, Dora Siger-'on. Moir.i O'Xtill. Xora Hopper, W. B.Veal":, and other living writers. A remark-able link between these two revivals has

Iin -c been bioken by the death of AubreyT. do Vere. an Irish poet, who reached the>i _'c of 88. and in his early manhood was abright and lovable figure in literary circles,being a valued friend of Tennyson andothermasters of English song. His father. SirAubrey de Veic, was a dramatic poet ot>onie note in the last pait of the eighteenthcentury;and both father and son mnm-tnuied the be^t traditions of their ;ldss.ibeing ide.il Inth oountiv gentlemen. The. younger de Veie had lived out, of thoiw(.ild many years before his death; andhis work is little remembered by the pre-sent generation, though much admired in itstime, c-nd still prized by students oilMiionnl literature. He was a very volu-

|mmous author, and translated a great dealfiomjthe I'-rse., His most famous work was"Inisfail."'('a~collection of poems on the his-toiy of Ireland. From this is tnken thefollowing ballad, which miginally waswiitten in the dark days 0f '1642:

I DIRGE OF RORY O'MORE.Up the bca-saddened \a!k;. at e\cning\ rte

clincA heifer walk: loum?. the "SAk of the Kmc" ,From the dcey to ilic moantain she lo.mis,and

spinFic:n the mountain's £iccn ran to the puiple-i rimmed main.

Whom seek'st "thon, sad mothci 9 Tinlie ownis not thinel

He droppod from the hcad'antl, Ik ca lk mthe brine.

'Tv/aa a. dream' Lu£ ill chciii) at thy feet did' he followThiou;jh tho meadow -sweet on bj the? mariî

j :.nd mfl'owWas he thine? Have they win him ' Thou

peck'bt him, not knovircjjI Thyself too art theirs, thy sweet biesth ?ndI sad lowing', Thy gold horn is tljen-, thy dark eye ami

thysilk ,And fiat which toimciits tLce. Miy milk, is

I then nnik.'"Tv.as no drea-n, mother lard1 'T'.vps r.o dream,

Inisfail'Hone dream.3, but sricf dreams j.ot— the gr.ef

of tho Gjcl.j FromLeix and Ikerren to Donegal's shoreRolls the dirge of thy last any thy bravest—

O'Mcre.From Aubrey de Vere we aho hear the

second name, sacred at first to the suffer-ing moth rf.i.id, though often sung in I'tterdavp by those who discerned no deepermeftnu^ t'hw the praise ol j, bc-kned

a barrier between herself and freedom. Itwas very fortunate that the first shockhad thrownher to the floor;for if she hadbeen sitting, she would scarcely haveescaped "Without injury.

As it was, she had escaped unhurt, ex-cept for a few trifling bruises;and aftertwo or three minutes' energetic work theJncn released her sufficiently from, the debristo enable her to get one limb after anotherquite free, and finally to emerge altogetherfrom the remains of the compartment. Sheetood at last at Geoffrey's side, and hereyes fell upon a weird and awful scene.! The engine of the express was a mereskeleton. Itlay helpless on its side, still,"however, belching forth smoke and steam ;/while a lurid light showed that the wood-work of one of the carriages had caughtfire, and dark figures were -working fiercelyin the effort to extinguish the flames. Someof the carriages also lay on their sides—two op three were simply shattered intofragments

—and from beneath the mass of

/woodwork and iron came the most heart-rending of all sounds— the cries of tlio.sewho had been injured and were unable tofree themselves. There was ft fear, too,that the fire would spread, and that a stillmore terrible death awaited those wholay imprisoned underneath the brokencarriages." '"It is not a sight for you." said Geoffreyquickly. "There is a farmhouse, Ihear,close by. Will younot go there and wait?"'

"Is there nothing that Ican do?'' saidJoan. "You are going to help, are younot?" Surely Ican be of some use, too?"''And almost before Geoffrey could utter aprotest she had left his side and divedinto the very midst of the ruin, whence ina' moment she emerged, carrying a child,whom she sat down upon the grass. Thelittle "thing was uninjured;but Joan hadseen its mother's face, and had recognisedthe fact that shewould never claim herchild again.

There were other cases of the samenature. One by one. men, women, andchildien were carried forth, for there hadbeen a great amount of injury to life andlimb, and the number of sufferers was. al-most unprecedented. They were not farfrom a country town, and several doetoiswere speedily on the spot, while everyoneworked with might and main 'to extricatethe injured and cairy them to some placev.itcie their hurts could be attended to.

Joan was soonbusy among the .sufferer-.Geoffrey, working -with a will amongst theother men, caught .sight of her fiom timeto time ministering to the wants of thosewho were in pain, and he reproachedhim-self angrily for having at any moment sus-pected*her of actions that were anythingbut sweetand womanly.

When the work of rescue was- almostcompleted, and all those who bad been.seriously hurt were taken away, he tajj)e

uponher in ihe early-morning h^hl, .sittingupon a grassy bank, with the motherle-ibaby in her arms, and her knee supportingthe head of a young girl, apparently about15 or/16, who seemed to be unconscious.Joan looked up at him. .and spoke, a» hewas glad to observe, w.iib evident forgetfu'-ne'ss of the terms on which tlrej' hadparted the night before.

"Oil, Geoffrey,"' she said, "this poor yirlJs injured, and 1don't know how. Shehad been left behind, but Imanaged toget her away from the train, although shecould scarcely walk, and now Iam afraidshe has fainted. Have jou anything inyour flask?"'

Geoffrey knelt down and examined thegirl's face, and moistened lier lips withbrandy and water ;and," under Joan's diiec-tions, laid her perfectly flat on the ground..With this treatment the colour graduallycame back to her pale lips. She openediier eyes

— dark, wild eyes they were— andstared about Then, seeming torecover consciousness, she made a suddenolutch at her tinoat, which Joan noticed as■peculiai, and .sat up. gazing at her com-panions with the ah of a hunted animalat bay.

"What is it?" she gasped. "What's hap-pened? What are you a-doinq; to me?*'

Her accent was provincial lather thanpockuey. and yet there was a tivanj;abouther speech which suggested the Londongirl. She was commonly butneatly .dressedin a blue-stuff frock ;uid a close-fittingjacket. The straw hat which lav on theground beside hex wa.s a mass of artifk-.alflowers, which had been soiled and limpbefore a falling beam had crushed themcompletely out of shape. There was asmear of blood across her forehead, andoneof her wrists was red and swollen, andhanginglimp, as though from a had sprain.

"You are all right now," said Geoffiey,rc-.ssuringly. "Let me look at voui hand.Doesn't it pain you a good deal?"'

She pushed back her sleeve. «nd lookedat it wonderingly.

"It's awfully bad," she said. "It shoot"like fire. Iwas struck on the head, tooIthought Iwas killed !" She shivered alittle, and then laughed hysterically.

"You might havebeen killed," Geof-frey, "but"for this lady, who e;ot you outof the carriage. But Idon't think there is

very much wrong with you now. Iwillget the doctor to come and look at yourwrist."'

The girl— she was rather pretty, Joannoticed, now that she did not look sowhite— looked after him silently, and thenbegan to shake and cry, a sure sign thather nerves were thoroughly unstrung.

"Aie you hurt?"' said Joan, soothingly."Tell me where you feel any pain, and 1will tel1 the doctor about it See whetheryou can jivt up and stind comfortably.There. Ithink you are all ri^ht,"' as thegirl scrambled to her feet "You will beDttici* T>ri_sent'iy

"J don't want him to br n_' the doctor.'

said the g'i'. 'He'd u;>nt me to <ro tihospital, peibap1-. :.H<J Iwon't no' T caiugo,Itell you1 ' She clutc^'-d Joan by t''esleeve :is she spoke. "They will be expecting me in Londoji. Iwont be kepthere !"'

"Nobody will try to keep \mi"

<-.i.'lJoan. "DoVt be frightened. We shall allgo to London by arother mm:— those oi

as who are able to go. Will your frien.Nbe waitijyj for jou at ih3_6isiU>ft2 !ou

with her, and induce her to tell you whereshe live*. Ihave a fancy that it might beworth while for us to know."

"But why? What could she have todo withus?" said Joan, openingher eyes.

"It's the merest fancy,"' said Geoffrey,smiling back at her. He was delighted tofind her so friendly and so sympathetic;but he did not "want to tell her the exactreason why he desired a knowledge of thegirl's name and address.

The girl was travelling not from St.Romuald's, but from a place close t-o it.He had seen her get into the train at alittle station not five miles south of St.Romuald's. Could it be possible— althoughthe thing seemed so unlikely that he didnot like to mention it— was it possible thatshe, with her mysterious black bag, aboutwlikh she was so anxious could be con-nected in any way with the persons whohad stolen Lady Rockingham's diamonds?Geoffrey felt that he would give a gooddeal to*know the contents of that bag.

Joan, across whose mind no shadow ofsuspicion flitted, was somewhat .surprisedat hi» lequr'-t, but did her utmost togratify it. After all, it "was not very hardto win the trust of the pale-faced girl withthe big, dark eyes and the twitching, rest-less features which so clearly betokened anervou* disposition. Her name was Nan,she speedily informed her fiiencl— NanCronm, and she had been staying in Scot-land with her aunt, but was now going.)bock to her home in London. j

"And have you a father and mother liv-ing*'"' Joan asked gently,.,as they sat Mdvby side in the special train that Hum- !dered southwards, as if to make up for

'the tune that had been lost.

Kan's face clouded over."Mother died when Ivias a baby." .she

said;"and father, too. Ilive mostly with jmy uncle, and he's ?. bad "un— as bid :■.<■

'

they m.ikes "em, I can tell you!"' .-he ,added, with sudden sharpness, whicli

'Joan .is rather distressing.

"1 hope he is kind to you?" she said."Oh, pretty fair,'' said Xan. vaguely.

"Ha doe»n't hit me very often: but. of !couiae. when he is in a regular wax, there's ]no holding of him. It i*n't him that 1|am frightened of,' sh? added, in a lowerand more confidential voice; "it's his son, iOosiah. Mr Josiah 1have to call him. be-

'cause he says he won't have a brat likeme calling him by his Mrsi name. MrJosiah's real hard, lie is. Uncle, he doesUive me a shilling or a kind word now andthr-n, but Josiah never."'

"And tloe* he live at home "nith hisfather?"' said Joan, wlio was becominggenuinely interested in the levelations otthis lonely little maiden.

"Oh, bluss you, miss, Mr Jos,:ah'« muchtoo grand for the likes of t.>. He lives,

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in a tint somewhere in Kensington, Ihaveheard; butIdon't lightly know where,be.caufee he is s-.o afuiid lest we should goand see him— uncle and me. But uncleknows better than that, and wouldn't liketo intrude. Mr Josiah comes to us everySaturday, when the shop shuts up, ;md he |looks at the things uncle's bought in theweek, and giveshis opinion."'

"What sort of things?"' said Joan. [The girl's eyes dropped, and her manner j

suddenly changed. "Oh, mostly old rags."she said indifferently— "old clothes anduniforms and broken china. Josiah, hekeeps his eye on the books, and uncle hasto teil him about all the sales, don't youse<-?"'

"And where is your uncle's shop?" saidJoan. "I should like to come and see youhome day

Nan iooked positively aghast."Oh, you wouldn't cto that, would you.

miss? Uncle wouldn't bke it. We don'thave any visitors. He wouldn't like me totell you where he lives— only it is downPimlico way, and not very hard to find,neither. If you tell me where you live,miss-, Iwill coma and see you some day,and tell you how we are getting on." Andthe pale, little face lighted into a smilewhich was far sweeter ttu'V. Joan couldhave imagined befoiehand.

"Yes. do come and see nif," said Joan,earnestly. "I should like to know how youaie getting on. You must come to tea .somedi>v. and.then we can have a nice talk."

In her heart she was so far inteiestt-d inthe gnl that she was already devisingmeans for getting her away from the dull. 'drudging life to which she was accustomed, |and she had almost forgotten Geoffu-y'sdesire m her wish to brighten the girl'sexistence.

Geoffrey did not show any further signof interest in the girl. He helped her outof the carnage at St. Pancras, and then \turned to assist Joan, who was far moreimportant to bin* than any other personin the world. Nan scarcely stopped to saygood-bye, but scudded along the platformas fast as her feet would caiTy her.

"Look!"' said Joan, suddenly. "Someone has met her. Poor little thing! 1wonder if that is the Cousin Josiah ofwhom she snoke?"'

Geoffrey looked round;then he uttereda violent exclamation, and da-shed m thedirection in which Nan and her companionhad gone. But they had been too quickfor him ;they must have got into a caband driven off ;for when Geoffrey reachedthe door, and stared blankly out of thegloomy portico, be could see no sign otcither of them, and had to return cies'L

-fallen to Joan, to explain hit, s'.ri.iije

conduct as, bp«t he could.But he did not tell her why lie had

been so startled, or why he had made thatsudden rush in pursuit of Xan. For hedid not like to inform her that the friendwho had met Nan at the station wa= noneother than the man with the pointed, blacl:moustache who hud received the dininondsfrom a womans hands at the castle well.

(To be continued.)I *

Long live the King! Btit who can tellThe certainty of life?

The man who feels to-day go wellMay die of sickness rife

Couf»h«- and colds are prevalent illsWhjth we must all endure,

Thcuerh ne can save the doctors' billsk With Woods' Great SEssEnm&x Cvfi£«

can telegraph to them, you know, that you,are safe." j

"There will be somebody waiting for me,Iam sure of that," said the girl, with an

'odd little laugh; '"but Idon't knowwhether you would call him a friend. He ;will be in a great way about me,Iknow.But there is the luggage!" she wailed, asanother thought occurred to her. "I c.m'tgo on withoutmy luggage."

"Have you a box in the van?" a^kedJoan.

"No, it is a bag;but it isn't in thevan. It was in the carriage. Imust getthe bag,"' said the girl, with a look al-most of terror upon her small, pale face."It is— it is very important. They "will ,half kill me if Idon't bring the bag!' |

"We will see whether we can get itout for you," said Joan. "Andif you speakto the officials about it, Idare say theywill take care of it for you, even if wecannot get it now

*'"I must get it myself if 1 can. Which

was the carriage you dragged me out of.miss? Oh, Idon't like to go near it.Iam.so frightened. But Imust. miss. Imu«tget thebag."

Joan could not help smiling a little. Thegirl's distress seemed to her ludicrouslyout of proportion;but. as Geoffrey came jup it that moment with the doctor, sheexplained to him the nature of the girl'sanxiety, and he at once volunteered to goand look for the missing piece of luggage.

"Though Iexpect it will be buried '■odeep that Icannot get it out," he said."Show <the doctor 3*our arm, there'" a goTxlgirl, and Iwill go and look for this ftagof yours."

The doctor examined the injured wrist,and pronounced it to be rathei badlysprained;but while he was binding it upthe ghT= eyes followed Geoffrey with a sortof feverish eagerness, as if &he were moreintent upon his movements than the ex-tent of her own injuries.

"He is a gentleman, isn't he?" she said,appealing rather wildly to Joan. "Hewouldn't take it and go off, would he? Hewill bring it back safe if he sees it there?"'

"1 iim <«!>ie he Mill do that."' =aifl Joan.And the doctor gave a sharp look at thegiil. and lemarked drily:

"Your bag seem- valuable?"To Joan'b surprise the giri coloured vio-

lently, and looked iniich too frightened andsubdued to reply. Howe\er. at that in-stant (leoftrey emerged from the head olsplintered fragment", bearing in his handa &hiny. black lcutlur handbag, whichcvrtainlv did not look n< if it containedany arLicles of value. The jzhl held outher hands eageily foi it. and a glow ofrelief lighted up her face.

"That's it! That's mine !" she added."Thank you very much, sir."'

"It's pretty heavy." said Geoffrey, look-in * ;it it ciitic illy. For the life of him he jcnuid not Help thiukin;: thai, it was verylike theb i^' which he had s,aen m the handsof the woman who badpersonated Jo.m atthe castle well. But, after aU. black bagsof that character were extremely common,and there was not the slightest reason to■suppose that its owner had anything to dowith the mysterious couple who had metby moonlight at St. Ronmald's to give andto receive a treasure of diamonds andgold.It was heavy indeed, When the girl re-

ceived it, it was plain that she couldhardly .support its weight with one hand.Yet, as the other was useless, she wasobliged to carry it as best she could. Geof-frey good-naturedly offered to hold it forher. but she refused his offer with so fiercea gesture of repulsion that he turned away,feeling half amused, in spite of the scenesof pain and suffering which he had justbeen called upon to witness.

He spoke to Joan, telling her of the <ir-ivngeinents that had been made for theconvenience of the uninjured passengeis.They could either rest for a time at thefarmhouse of m hieh he had previouslyspoken, or they could go on to the nearesttown, whence, after a short delay, theycould be conveyed by special train, if theyde-ired it, to their destinations. Joanelected to go on at once. She could be ofno farther use. and .she w.i.s anxious to getback to her own home. Her only anxietywas for tho poor little child whose motherhad been killed in the collision. Rather tohei i-elief, howevei, it was claimed bythe dead woman's sister, who, although in-jured, was now able to make inquiiiesabout her

" relations, and Joan thereforeconfided it to the care of its aunt. Then jshe made hei' way with Geoffrey to thepoint further up the line wheie carriageswere waitinaf to take them to the neareststation;and it was hot until they wereon the point of stepping into one of theapartments that she discovered that thegii1 whom she had befriended was closebehind her. toiling beneath the weiirht otthe heavy bag, which, however, eVe wouldlet no one cl«e touch, seeming oulv anxiousto keep as close to Joan as possible.

"What you going to do?"' Joan askedher kindly. "You want to get to Londona;, quickly a^ you can, don't you?'Yes, if you plpase, mis*-." She evi-dently thought that Joan was able to com-pass everything she cho.-e.

"Get in here with tis, then," viid Joan."We will see that you get into the righttrain. You can put youi bag down andrest."

The girl uttered no word of thanks butshe seemed glad to rest, for shestill looked white and shaken. Cups ofmilk anrl coffee were handed round amonpsithe passenger*, and Joan, who could hardlytaste her own, was pleased to see that thegnl ate and drank hungrily.

"What a curious little thing she i>!"'she said to Geoffrey. "I don't fancy *-h;»realises the suffering and miseiy aroundher. Her thoughts seemed eoncentrued on

i tais mysterious black bag."'I "Yes, it is curious,

' Geoffrey aêed.Then, aftti a par-se, he added in Joan's

j car: "I should rather like to know heri rume. Do \oii think you could tret to

know it while you ;ue talking to her?'

! "Oh, Iwill ask hei."' said Joan"I don't f«mc\ that *-he will tell you if

you jsk \lt-i\lt-i ,ii too straightfoi ward a man-nî. If vc-j cci.A uiaußiLS t» alike friends

OTAGO WITNESS.

Hy Jessie Mackay.

THE LITTLE BLACK ROSE.

June 18, 1902.

■woman. Much more famous, indeed., thanthe first is ibis -name of Ireland— "TheLittle Black Eose.M This is the title ofanother balladof Aubrey T. de Vere's -.The Little Black Rose shall be red at last,

What made it black but the East winddryjAnd thetear of the widow that fell onit fast?It shall redden the hills whenJune is nigh.

The Silk ot the Kine shall rest at last!What draveher forthbut the dragon-fly?

In the golden vale she shall feed full fastWith her mild gold horn an-3 her slow, daife

eye.The wounded wood<-dove lies dead at last.

The pine, long bleeding, it shall not die?This song is secret. Mine ear it passedIna wind o'er the .stone plainof Athenry.

The "stone plain of Athenry," it will beremembered, was the scene of a tragic re-verse suffered by the LvWi in their long ra:sistance to the Saxon invaders.It is interesting to speculate how far the

second verse of this beautiful ballad itsdirectly reminiscent of the Greek tale of10, changed into a heifer and driven fromland to land by the gadfly. Did the trans-lator wittingly introduce a closer analogy,or had the o'.d bard, writing presumablybefore the light of the Kenaisranee hadfully reached Ireland, made use of aniirAiP diiply remembered from the eailieablegends of the race?

(To be continued.)

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— Few women will attract more attendtion at the Coronation than the BaronessBurdett-Coutts, who, in spite of the factthat she was 88 on April 21, still _retainsher activity, mental and physical. Shewill, of course, be present as a peeress inher own right, as she is one ot the few,women members of the aiistoeraey whohave that distinction. Everyone will hopethat she will be spared for many years tocome, for she has never been tired of doinggood.— The Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg,the only unmarried daughter of the lateDuke of Saxe-Coburg, completed hereighteenth year on April 20. She is thuswithin two or three months of the agewhenher sisters married, andas they werenoted for the early age at which they were"settled in. life," it will probably not belong before the Princess is betrothed.— The new Count-ess of Lytton is simplycharming. From the moment she enteredsociety she became one of its favourites.Naturally artistic, she at once appealedto that section knownas "The Souls,"' and,carefully sheltered beneath the wing of theDuchess of Portland and the Marchionessof Granby, she was introduced to » thoseof like mind. Her husband also tends in.the direction of the artistic, and duringhis sojourn at Cambridge was one, of themost successful members of the dramaticclub.— Madame yon Olenhausen. of Massa-chusetts, is the only woman in Americawho wears the "doss of Iron,"' that rareGerman decoration, and she is the onlywoman in America, whom the militaryofficers composing the suite of Prince Henryof Prussia wouldhave been officially obligedto greet with the German salute of honour.—

There is much speculation at the vaii-ous Courts in Germany hays Truth) os tothe second wife of the* Grand Duke Ernestof Hesse, as it is known that he intendsto marry again. The names most gene-rally mentioned are those of the GrandDuchess Helena, only daughter of theGrand Duke Vladimir, and first cousin ofthe Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin;and of the Duchess Sophia of Oldenburg,only daughter of the reigning Grand Duke,and niece of the Duchess of Connaught.— Miss Erica P-aulus was not loug sinceselected as an "official" architect in Aus'tria, she having previously hud other com-missions under Government. The lady ob-tained her architect's diploma ;>t Buda-Pesth, in spite of the fact that a body ofthe building trade actually petitioned'theMinister of Public Works that she mightbe excluded from competing.—

Finer than any other single trait inwoman, because itis rarer, is perfect frahk-nes<53 not in word alone, but in thoughtand act— the courage of conviction, tha.splendour o.f sincerity. Women for count-less ages have "cherished a tradition thtxtit is a grave mistake to lay bare theirwhole heart even when they feel

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deepest, and that a man's serious interestis more firmly held and endures the longe*when he is kept in ignorance of how trulyhe is cared for. This feeling is at the baseof eveiy form of coquetry. It teaches

One to boastful enemy, "Thou couldst haveno power at all against me except it weregiven thee from above.' Here is one chaf-ing in strong rebellion against some cruelcalumny, some foul injustice which, as acanker, is eating into his life. Only Godcan know how wildly he rebels, how hebeats. a sit were, his head against ironbars, now bearing bold front in defiantscorn, now crushed and broken, oi sullenand resentful, chilled and frost-bound.While anothei i.s goaded to stormy angerby long-continued and studied slights andpetty insults, despicable, indeed, yet gall-ing to a proud spirit. Yet another hasbeen stianded far from home and friends,stucken by disease, slow-working, yet hope-less of cine. Active, every-busy brain orhandh must now be t till; there is no morework for them. Ah. me. patience is a hardlesion to learn at best, and a sick chara-bei is not the place to make it easier. Theheart knows many a cruel storm eie pa-tience has her peifect work. What i« lifenow but a desert, far-reaching and lone-some? In it he has no part to play, notask (0 do. no*pleasure to enjoy. He livesonly tc wpit for the end. bereft of powerto help or .hinder any in life's battle;livesto yearn for his lost strength, 01 to longi"oi death. And yet once all the stormshave cleared away there may be an after-time both calm aiS3 blest. From many adying bed a radiance" has been shed, light-ing many. Taught by suffering a masteryo^ er every heart-sterm. they in turn have.given jichly of their experience for thehelp and encouragement of others, and thusin then hours of weakness and helpless-ne>- have achieved greatei; triumphs tiianin their hours of strength. Those who haveexperienced the sweetest calms succeedingtheir life-storms are the ones who have,foi getting themselves, or forcing themselvesin:n the background, stretched out ever-icai:ly hands to help other stricken ones;to comfort, to cheer, to lift up, or in anyv>a\ to bless them, finding their -comfortand b.dm in the recoil from that which theybring into other lives. Not very many ofus, Ifear, ever come to stand on thatcalm height where so much peace mustdwell, and from whence we can look withso much deaier vision and say of theliar1:

My heart was hot and restless,And my life was full of care,

And the- burden laid upon meSeemed greater thanIcould bear.

And of the present:Butnow ithas fallen fromme,It is buried in tho sea:

And only the sorrow of ethersThrows its shadows over me.

There he? the speediest, most effectualway of passing from some of life's lierceststorms into the after-calm— bearing the sor-iows of others. True, there are stormsthrough which we must pass victors intocalm—

conscience struggles, and battleswith the selfishness in us which seeks sooften to be uppermost.

The well-known Liebig Company's Ex-tract now bears, in addition to tno blu«signature, J. v. T!*iebig, a new name madefrom the Liebig's Extract of Meat Com-pany's initials—

Lemco. Such a simple de^ceto pre-vent mistakes we wonder was notthought of before.

mums and laden with delicacies. Amongstthose present, besides tlie hostess, wereMr and Mrs Finch. Miss A. Fraser, Mi«sDeans (Christchincli), Mr Lowry, MrGully, Dr Blomfieid. and Mi.s« 0 Eoyê.

The Ping-ponj; Club held its weekh/meeting in the Kia-Oia Room> on Thurs-day.

Zilrs Ogôr's Glee Club continues to hevery well attended at its weekly meeting?.

Miss Gerti-.ide Mill* hns returned fromChri°tchuich, Avhere she ha? been pacingvisits for some time.

Mis« Deans relumed to nei home InChri.'-tchurch last week.

Miss Royse and Miss Tv igg (Napier)have gone south to Inveicargill to visit MrsJames Watson.

Mi^s Branson is to be married co MrLow on the 24th inst. in All Saints*Church. The wedding will be a quiet one.

Mips Beatrice Farquhar went noith bythe s.s. Mararoa on Tuesday. She hasgone to pay visits at Bulls, etc.

2>liss Fra«ei (Wellington) is in toy.n. andia the gue&t of Mrs. Branson.

Miss CiilkKon ha? gone to Ceutiai Ocagoto visit her'biother there.

Mrs Leslie Ham« and her little daugh-ter came do-in fioni Auckland on Sunday,and are staying at Mrs FeigutonV 111 Staf-ford stieet.

Miss Raw-on left Dlinedin la<-t v. e^k fo.her home in Wellington.

Zvliss Robeits hu» gone to Cotte.-brookIo; v. shoit vi*>il.

Mrs Lninprh hw= left f«r Wellington,V.iisvs she v.ill m futuie make hei home.

The M!'.«» r; M'Tem ,ue staving withtheir >i-tei, Mii J. F. Reid, at l-kler.-lieju-t nuv.lin Robei Gii'k'« left for Ai'.tkhuui by

the .j. M.usiOt' la«i week.

A pretty wedding took pl?ce lv. Chnstchinch ia^t week, when Miss Kdith Tabarl-was mariied to Mr E. V. Palmer. Theceremony took place at St. Mark's. Opawa,which was beautifully decoiated for theoccasion with lovely flowers, ferns, andpalms. The bride, who was given awayby her brother, wore n charming: thoughsimple, gown of white crepe de chinetrimmed with silver, the &kirt havingnumerous tiny frills, and the bodice drapedwith lace, and her ornaments were pearlsand diamonds. She was attended by fourbridesmaids— Miss Mary Tabart, Miss Mur-ray-Aynsley, Mis? Gladys Rhind (Welling-ton), and Miss Ogle. They wore soft creamsilk dresses, with transparent lace yokesand sleeves, black straw hats, swathed withchiffon, and canned lovely Coronation redshower bouquets. Kach wore a goldbangle, the gift of the bridegroom. MrC. Clink acted as be«t man. After thectlemony Mrs Tabart held a reception ather residence in Opawa. Mrs Tabart woiea handsome tiained gown of black silk ;Miss R Tabiirt. a red velvet gown, madein princes-, ptyle, white vest and blackpicture hat;Miss Tabait. violet frieze cos-tume, s-happed with black glace silk, violettoque;Mrs .Stead, lovely gown of mignon-ette green tucked cloth, lace and chiffonvest, and Parisian toque ;Miss Stead, astjli«h frock of bright Coronation red cloth,large white picture hat. and white furs ;Mrs Denniston, handsome black costume;Lady Clifford, bright red frieze cloth.Among.-»t other guests present were Mrs J.Palmer. Mrs Wardrop, Mis and Miss El-woriiiy. Miss Reeves. Mrs Rhind (Wel-lington), Mi>s Cowlishaw, Miss Denniston,Mi«> and/Miss MuiTay-Ayiifcley, MissWynn-Williams, Mis Wilding," Mi> Gould.

The engagement is announced of Mr CA. Hill.-don lluUon. hflh son of Mr K.('. Hutton. Dtinedm, to Mi-^ Ethel RBiire, yonn,je-.t daughtei of Mi W 15iat:.Chi ibtchui<-h.

IXVERCARGILL. June 16.On Sdtuiday evening, 9th iiT-t.. Mi J.

L. Watson gave the second of the suiesof concerts got up by him for the benefitof the hospital patients. Son^s vieie ten-dered by Mis Scandictt, Misses Royds,England, and Nuise Lakenian. and MessisWatson. Bioad, and Waymouth, and aviolin io'.o by Mr Ferguson. At the con-clusion, Dr Heuchj' thanked the perfoimers on behalf of the patient1-. s))Llallymentioning Mr Wat?on"s kindne>> 111 pie-paring the piogramme.

Mis>s Twigg and Mi'-s X. Roy=e aieguests of Mrs J. E. Watson.

Judge Denniston. accompanied by MiAichie Denniston (judge's associate)', leftby last Tuesdays express lor Dunedni, enloute for Chriijtchurch.

Mr H. C. Henderson, of the local staffof the National Moitgage Company, hasbeen transferred to the Dunedni bianch.Prior to leaving, he was piesented by the

with a silvei-mounted umbiella, suit-ably insciibed, and a caBe of pipes.

Mr and Mis Hull, who have been re-siding at the Southland Club Hotel, ha.\enow taken a hou<-e at Gladstone.

I Mr and Mis Miller have letiuned fiomtheir wedding trip, and are staying atthe Crescent Hotel.

Mrs 'Fowler goes north to Wellington atthe end of the month, to be present at

her brothel's (Mr Hartmaun) wedding,v, hkh is to take place early in July.

Mis Trîl and Mias Pheila Macdonald;>re the guests of Mrs Cuthbeitson, Gala

J street.

'' i.ii tali, tbsHirml;, oltbtd, lillwoitiß tmiltrt." _-Ciimri.

teaellia «:il bs pUuid to rtaei7e iciMrs frsm c»mi-Mftlßjtfl.fe 4S? dlttft ef inMrJJt 10 ttesj, »sd to repljMjMpih joflllomor this p*fs, thensm 4a pluzie*aiv or lh«"erreipondtntt »» ks puhV.;i=il. Lc::t/« 10 oe ida.^tei)"

KmraeKoa." e»re «f the Editor.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.Hiss O. M. C,Crookston.— Your initial?, by a

printer'serror, appear as "Q. M. C. " 3monglast week's orders for "Ernmeline's Essays. 'Thank you,Ihave hadpleasure in doingso.

Earhy.—Isee you have ordered my proposedbookletunder a misapprehension, Harry. Itis a selection from my own articles which itis proposed to publish, not contributions tothe Cosy Corner Club. Lst me know if youstilldesire a copy.

Sub Rosa.— (1) Cards only. (2) Yes, certainly.GanIhelp you any further?

Mas Agnes F.— lam glad the magaziues gavepleasure, and delighted that you are po gladto pas3a pleasure on. 11l or well,Ican seethat your plan of life will always renderyoua centre of love and attraction. Yes, 1-think the "Master of Ballantrae" s. dchght-iuLbook.

Alpha.—Iwish you would describe your partof-Southland for our next meeting, Alpha. Ihavo certainly nevei been off the line oftravel indicated by the railways, but Ican-not Tealise that Southland scenery could bebeautiful. But the "Garden of New Zea-land!" It shines in my too brief memory ofits bsanty as a veritable "heart's desire."Your enclosure dulyreceived,witli thank=. Isincerely trust the project may be succcasfu',but we yre a long off 250 copies yet!

Zephyr.— What a pleasant letter, Zephyr! Ithoroughly enjoyed reading it, but 1 ?ce Iam not to share niy enjoyment vith others.Your stipulation of "Private" in the corner«ball be rigidly adhered to. Ialways like :nycorrespondents to feel that I?rn loyal totheir slightest confidence. Int'eed, you arcright in saying a country girl's life i^not tobe despised— whatevermay be its drawback?.TVhat compensations there arc!— a goodliorse, foi example, Zephyr.

H- N. R.— Excuse nay using these del'gbtrulletters instead of your initials— they areyours -equally. Thanks for your pleasant note—

it seems so charming io think of havingan interested reader in Japan! How luckyyou are to have been theie. How interestingit all is— old Japan, with its art, its temple^,its Daimios and Mikado; new Japan, withsuch men as Marquis Ito and CountIMouye at its lielni^ Ina recent number of■IheStudio were some illustrations cf modemJapanese arti«'3' work. They wcis so ex-quisite—and so pimple. Do >ou oe:> nir.nyanagazines? It is so hard to k<_ep abreastof things in th? country,Ialways thii:!:. Itwill always be apleasure to me tohear fromyou. Your enclosure of '2s. Muly received andnoted. Thank you.

Bachel.—Ihavebeen th-nîng of yov co oftensinceIgot your note. Ifeel as if yov wereso lonely, and with IImc-w you ?'-d werenear to you. A printed m^bsage '-.eem? c.poor substitute for the warmth, of airiend -in times of difficulty. HoVrevcr, I' Siappen. just to have come acioss several"littJe articles onthe subject in question (bothbeforehand »iid afterward) \vhich strike meas the very thing you want. The writerspeaks so sensibly as well asnicely, co prac-tically as well as sympathetically, that Iam sure you would find these articles of gieatlielp. Home Chat is ihe nameof the journal,and it may be obtained from Me Prictor,news agent, Princes street South, Du::edin.The price is,Ithink, 2d. The issues inquestion are February 22, March 1, 8, and29.

1/Ihi.andaig.—ihad quite given up the ex-pectationof ever hearing from you again- myfriend; but you were not forgotten, as myreference io yon at the first meeting of thesesbion fhows. Is it peevishi Imay as welltell the honest truth, and £««y Iwas hurt atyour defection from the littio circ's whichwas so appreciative of your efforts! But Iunderstand it all, all, and shall be sincerelyglad to welcome you once more to our Co3yComer— aye, more: use any persuasivepowerIhave to.turge you to accept our com-radeship as a substitute for tho full deliglitcof "literary friendship" of which circumstanceand surroundings somstimes ro!> us. Iwishyou would sendme the Plains sketch for theJuly meeting, and the other (just written atthe moment you feel "moved" to write it),andIwill keep it 03- me for our next "Mem-bers' Meeting.' The clu'o wfil tra»rel m NewZealand exclusively or. July 9. Tiy tohe with us then, t am a terribly busy— notbustling!— woman. Iknow; but never toobusy to be warmly interested :n my corres-pondents,especially— as isonly r.aturaI—these1

—these

whose evidently congenial taste innke themappear to be actual friends.

X.EX.— Will you express to your sisters the icalsympathyIfeel with them in your irreparableloss, Lex? Time alone can bo your coui-iorter.

Violet.—Iam indeed, sorry, my dear comrade,that so untoward a fate was yours l Butyour absence found yon unforpotten.as youwill see when you read the club's report. Yes.try to join us on oui New Zealand travelmeeting. A description of your neighbour-hood—the shale works, for example-wouldbe most interesting. No, indeed1 Mypilonce ha^ been due to sheer inability toperform the lipht duty and pitasure com-bined, which shall eie long command myentile attention.

TABLE TALK,

Monday Morning.Mis Colonel Mcmis gave a very enjoy-

able afternoon tea on Thursday, the 12thinst ,at her lesidence in High street. Thispleasant paity was given as a farewell toMiis Lily Branson, who is- to be marriedthouly. Between 20 and 30 ladies werepresent, amongst them, besides thehostess and her daughter, being Mis andMiss Branson, Miss Giaham. Ivlis Curzon-fiiggers, MisRattray, Mrs Raphael,Mis H..Williams, and Mis M«cas<ey.

Miss Stephenson gave a most «ucce csfulping-pong parly on Tuesday, the10thinst..at "Conisborougu,

"her lcîdcnce. m Lees

<^reet. Mrs fcStephenson, along with herdaughter, received the guests in the draw-ing room, but an adjournment was soonmade to the large dining room, wheie twofull-Sized ping-pong tables were arranged.Needless to say, they were in use all even-ing, the cold night*causing the guests tothoroughly enjoy the games, 'shortly after10 o'clock a most recherche supper was"served in the morning room, the tableslooking lovelj. decorated, wjih. uirjsaatlife-.

tea on Wednesday afternoon ha honour ofMiss Twigg and Miss N. Royse.

Mr and Mis Tipping gave an enjoyabledance at the Bluff the other evening inhonour of Sir Joseph and Lady Ward.

At the invitation of Sir Josephand LadyWard. a large number of people took ad-vantage of the trip to Stewart Island lastWednesday for the purpose of witnessingthe laying of the new cable. The day wasall that coulc1 be desired, and the sea per-fectly calm. Consequently a most enjoy-able day was spent. Over 100 were pre-sent, including about 20 ladie*. amongwhom were the following:— Lady Waid,Mrs Henderson, Mrs Caiswell, sen., MrsTipping. Mrs Niohol. Mrs Waddell, etc.etc.

Sir Joseph and Lidy Ward left for Wel-lington by the Tutanekei on, Satuidayevening.

CALM AFTER STORM.

Above. cLuk clouds are rcudcVng In fiercewiath; lo'id and tempestuous io ihe viw:

of the wind;before it mighty trees bendlow, and many a frail blossom i-s snappedasunder ;the fields of standing giain aielaid low without the aid of scythe orreaper, and the tops me rudely

*Levered

from off the stacks-. Nor ha? the stoimdeeper respect for the town. Pell-melL hslus-hes tlnough it, carrying with himmany a piece of roofing, and hurling downrail chimneys. da?hing his aiicuvty ofhalftones against l?rgc windo-.r.s till theci'iiah of breaking gla« mingles wirh llietempest's ioav; the woteis, down-di ivenfrom the cloud:,, are met by that from thebursting sewer--, and together they .sweepalong tiie street... Men iu?h on in madpuwtit of hats, ar.d women of umbrella 5

- ;while far away out at s-ea and on the3 »". ful coci-(. the wiaHi of the stoim i?moie Terrible still. Ihe mighty wave-.mk-ken to madness, leap high in air. torecoil to deep abysses. Woe to the gal-lant ship* riding theie. woe to brave cap-tain and erew—

to all on board, unle&s erelong there *-ound forth, as of o'.d. a "Peace,be st.l!.' Alas! for the noble vessel* ■id-ir.g neui the tieacheroti* coast. What hutthe (lod-built rock- can withstand thosefearful"shocks frommouniain wave1-, whichall night long break with ceaseless loaragainst high cliffs, oi dash fmiou&ly inupon the golder, sands, cairying with themtheir burden of and seaweed! Allnight long the seastorm raged. At dawn-ing camo a cdlm. Far as the eye couldreach, the radiant sunlight sparkled uponan azuie sea ;scarce a ripple disturbs its'till depihe, save where it laps againstthe locks with a soothing swish, swish,or creeps softly in upon the bright sands.

Inthe daikness andstillness of his cham-ber sits a man with head bowed upon hislifted hand*. But though theie ii, stillness,silence in the room, in his sou] a fiercetumult is raging—

as veritable a storm asever raged on land or sej. He is doingstein b-ittle with a strong temptation. Ithas come to him as temptationsalways dc—in his hour of daest need. He lacksneither strength noi will to work, be itwith brain or hand, and yet it is longsince he earned sufficient for ihe needs ofwife and children, and now he Jias beenoffered work, lucrative, but not honourable.Temptation points to ,the palecheeks of his w lfe. so dearlyloved, and to her drooping form ;it haunts him with the yearning w istful-ness of her great eyes, the pensive cmvesof her sad mouth;with the pinched facesand hungry pleading of his little ones

— pilescomfort high upon the scales beside dis-honom and privation;bitter poverty, per-haps starvation, be.Mde his firm, unyieldingintegrity, then dares him to choose thelatter. The battle is very fierce, and Na-tuie's voice i» crying loudly within him.In veiy tiuth he i.s lesisting unto blood,though it flows not outwardly; and yet.should he fall, how many would speak onehelpful word, how many stretch out a,lifting hand. To some' such temptationcannot come, because they can never bev.here it could touch them. Let them becareful, tnen, not to judge hardly, or feelstoinfui of the brother who falls. He mayhave been within a hahVbreadth of beinga hero.

Speak gently to the erring,Ye know not of the power

AVith v.lnch the dark temptation cameIn eoj.ii" u'iguaidcd hour-

Ye r-ay not know how earnestlyTin v stiugplecl, or how well,

Until the ho'ir of weakness cam",And sadly thus they fell,

f^hould he conquei, not all the po\\ci<- ofMcuiest, darkest poverty can 10b him oithe c-ilm that follow ■- that fierce stoimtwixi conscience wid Nature. Into the

mid^t of a miith-loving household .Sorrowhas come. .She came hand in hand withsicklier, and stilled the merry voices; shechangod the laughter into tears, like theidid, diizzling lain of the east wind'sblinking; ihe stayed many days, chilling,snaking with gnef. till the heart giewhaid and cold. Then, with a quick step,came Death, and he lifted one, oh. mideaily loved, and bore him away: thenall the .baldness and coldness weie brokenup. It w a.s like the wild stoims. whichsometimes burst iipor us after days of chilleh izz'.e The heait^, left desolate, cued outfor their lost one, and in their pi'in ques-tioned G-ud's light to smite: but Soirouhad come with a mission, and «he fulfilledit. Bhe touched their eye*, and they wen-opened to see a Fathei's. face, bcam.n^ mlove behind the stoimcloud ; then ear-and they heaul Him say. "As many as 1love Ilebuke and chasten."'

Joy after soirow, calm «ftei lj!a<-t,l?est after weanncs-j, sweet rest at 'p°t

Neai after distant, gleam after plocm,Love aftei loneliness, life after tomb,Aftor long agony, rapture of bh-s,Right was the pathway leading to ilu-i.

Perhaps the fiercest storms that Mvepthe human soul are tho«e raised by ihe handof man

—Imean we are apt so tc dis-tinguish them. Some, peifoice, we bow be-foie, and acknowledge in them a hand—a voice mightier than our own; in others-\\e see but the human element, forgetfulid ktilnia iw>i&? siifiiiea so lonjj a&o. by

OTAGO WITNESS.

THE LADIES' PAGE.

June 18, 1902. 61

Was Very WeakLost Flesh Rapidly,

Took Quantities of Medicine, Failed all the Time.Was Quickly Cured with

'Some time agoIhad a very severe attack of influenza ■which, left mogreatly weakened. Ilost flesh rapidly and was ina verybad way.

"■Itook quantities of medicine, but constantly grew worse all the time.Finally,Itried Ayer's Sarsaparilla and began to improve from tho start.

'"I tookabout six bottles and was perfectly cured. Ihave usedthis remedyin ray family a great deal andIknow it to be a thoroughly reliable healta-giving compound and family medicine. 1

John Murrell, Pvailway Station Master, of Sunnybank, Queensland, sends usthis letter together with his photograph, which we reproduceabove.

This is a strong letter, one which must remove all doubt. It is additionalproof that Ayer's Sarsaparilla is

"The World's Greatest Family fVßedicine."Youought to profitby itgreatly, for if youare weak,have lostflesh,are with-out appetite,and feel languid and depressed,here is aquick and certain cure.Perhaps the trouble is with yourbloodand you aresuffering from headache,boils, eruptions of tbe skin, scrofula, and rheumatism;or if you are suffering

from weakness of anykind, here is a prompt and most perfectcure.**

Pwemoves lil Effects of Ilot Weather.

AVER'S PILLS-A VegetableLaxative for the Whole Familial

June 18, 1902.dene justice to the good things provided, thehealth .of "The Bride and.Bridegroom" wasproposed by Mr "VVm. Gardiner (Papakaio) anddrunk with enthusiasm. After a soffg by MrEosey (Oaniaru), the bridegroom responded ina neat little speech. The toastof "The Brides-maid" was p:o'posed by Mr John Sutherland,and responded to by Mr J. Dovey. The thirdtoast, "The Parents of the Bride and Bride-groom," was proposed by Mr W. Sutherland,and was drunk with musical honours, bothfathers responding. An adjournmentwas then,made till S p.ni., when the evening partycommenced. At a few minutes past- 8 the

[ grand march started, with the bride and bride-igroom at thehead; then came the bridesmaid

and groom, Mr and Mrs Grant, seii!, Mr andMrs Dovey, and guests to thenumber of about35 couples. Songs were iuterspersed with thodancing till aboiit midnight, when tea and:cakes were handed round. About this timothe newly-married pair quietly left for theirfuture homo. The dancing and singing werekept up till 4 a.m., when the party wound upvith the to?^ '"Our Host and Hostess," thasinging of "Auld lang syne" and "God savethe King" "bringing the gathering to a close.Those who contributed to the evening'sanrasenient by songs were: Mis M'Leod,Messrs J. M'Phee, J. Dovey. W. A. Wise, J.Headley, D. Sweeney, and J.Johnston. MessrsSweeney, Dovey, sir.d J. Sutherland (violin)and1

I Miss Orr (piano) supplied the music,Mr Grantj acting as M.C. The bride's presents werej numerous, valuable,and useful.— Guest.I . WEDDING AT WAIKOUAITI.j Dear Emmeline,— A wedding which excitedmuch interest locally took place in St. JohnlsChurch. Waikouaiti, on Wednesday, June 11,when Clara, the daughter of out Mayor, MrAllcock, was married to our respected fellow-townsman Mr Mudge, the Rev. C. Fraer per-forming the ceremony. The service waschoral,and thechurch prettily decorated by thebride'sfriends. The bride, who was given away byher father, wore a most becoming dress ofcream, with wedding veil and wreath. Hertv.-o bridesmaids, Miss Maud Allcock andMis3Mudge, also worecream,and carried hand-some show-er bouquets. The two groomsmenwere Messrs Mudge and linrie. After thaceremony the happy couple drove to thebride'sfather's residence, followed by the guests, ancla most sumptuous breakfast was partaken of,which was held in a large barn, beautifully-decorated foi- the occasion. The toast of "Bridaand Bridegroom ' was proposed by Mr Davis,and suitably responded to by the bridegroom.Several other toas's followed:— ''The Brides-maids" (Mr Mudgp, responded to by thegioomsmen); "The Parents" (Rev. C. Fraer,responded to by the Mayor); '"The Guests"-_(Mr Allcock, responded to by Mr Templeton);, "The Ladies" (Mr Heckler). The latter toastwas responded to by Mrs Keach, who, in re-turn, proposed the health of "The Gentlemen,"nil the ladies Ftar.-ding up and singing "FortLey are jollygood fellov/s,'amid lnnnhnierri-mc-nt. The guests then retired to the houseto inspect the many lovely wedding presents,after which all drove to tho railway station toI se-s the young couple off. The bride's travellingdress was fawn sacque coat and skirt, with.pink front, and dark green velvet hat linedwith pink. Mr andMrsMudge left for Oaniaruamidst chee-s a/id shewers of rice. At night,despite the inclemency of the weather, a largonumber of 'friends assembled at Mr Allcock'shouse in honour of the occasion, and gamesand dancing were indulged intill 3 o'clock the

j following morning. -CjunthtCousin.

OTAGO WITNESS.women to play at indifference even whentheir very bones are turned to water, andwhen their hearts are melting like waxbefore the flame of their desire. Itmakesthem strive against their nobler instinctsIn oi'der to pique and puzzle and perplex.They have been taught to believe that aman valuesmost that of which he is neverwholly sure, and that h" will think butlightly of what is given to him freely andfnankly v.nd without reserve. There is acertain element of truth in this, but itapplies only to frivolous men and frivolousvomen. To the man who is worth any-thing this veiy frankness and completeabandonment of self possess a charmsupreme above all other charms that ]woman ever shows-. Coquetry is in itselfso poor a thing, is >.o universal, that itsimply wearies one who has a wide experi-ience of life. While the tricks and smallpietences of the flirt, the insincerities andhesitancies of the woman, who still holds Jsomething back, may fascinate the manwho does not count, they meiely bore theone who is worthy.— Coincident with the visit of King Ed-ward to the Isles of Scillj*. the announce-ment wasmade of the engagement of MarySofia, the eldest of the five daughters ofMrT .A. Dorrien Smith, of Fresco Abbey,"Lord Paramount of Scilly,'' to Mr Towns-hend Boscawen. The groom is a son of-the late Rev. the Hon. J. T. Bogcaweu,and cousin of Viscount Falmouth. Major-

■ general Smith Dorrien (who, it will be ob--served,has transposed the family sxtrnames)is anuncle of thebride. The wedding willbe celebrated in London in July.— The Duchess of Albany, who, with herdaughter Princess Alice, left Englandnearly three years ago for Germany, inolder to be with her i-on Duke Charles Ed-ward of Saxe-Coburg during his minority,will return to resume residence at Clare-mont, E*-her, to which considerable addi-tions are being made. The Duchess andhe: children will be in England in June forthe Coronation festivities.— The following announcement appearsin a Staffordshire paper: — "Will allfilends, enemies, and acquaintances (par-ticularly those of the fail .sex) kindly takenote th.it my engagement to Miss RebeccaW has, for the fifth time and for ever,been cancelled? Like her love for me, thelaige diamond in the brass rmgIgave her(which ring she &till wears, pleading tliat

:it cannot be removed) is a base imitation.— Philip G"

There is a ring offiapkness about the first half of this notice,fiom which it may reasonably be inferredthat Philip wishes his lady friends in par-ticular to know that he is once more aprize in the open marriage market. Butsurely his mention, in the second half ofthe advertisement, of a ring which was notgold (thoxigh it glittered) will spoil hisohances of securing the complete confidenceof some other lady.— The Duchess of Sutherland, who latelyhad a very serious accident in the huntingfield, -nhilst hunting with the North Staf-fordshire hounds near Market Drayton, hasrecently been on a journey to Russia withthe Duke and Duchess of Marlborough.They created quite a sensation at St.Petersburg, where they attended variousfunctions, and had also the honour of beingpresented to the Empress of Russia. Thetwo beautiful Duchesses made a strikingcontrast together, one (her Grace of Marl-borough) being so tall, dark, and of suchstatuesque demeanour, the other of me-dium height, fair, and fragile-looking.

"— \ well-known lady doctor attributesmuch of the physical inferiority of womenas compared with men to the "wearing ofsknts when young. Until the age of nineor ten she would dress girls in. knickersand short blouses, and she would teachthem to dance "almost as soon as theycan walk." When at school, 20 minuteswould be devoted to athletic exercisesmorning and evening; and this authorityli'commends for women not only cycling,swimming, archery, and skating, but fenc-ing and the me of the pistol.— Madame Schirmacher, a doctor, writ-Dii woman*, woik, in a French magazine,

iy>- tliac over 6,300.000 French womenwink tor then living, well on for 3,000,000ot whom are married. Moct of these out-ride workers (over 2,700,000) are employedin* forestry or agriculture, including womenlandowner--. Industrial occupations claimne.uly 2,000,000 more, the cloister 120,000,the thc-atie about 12.000, and the liberalpiofessiont. 138,460.— Ina short time will be held in vaiioustowns, of the Haute Vicnne and the Cor-i4zs, tlie two departments forming the oldLimousin province, the Hair fFairs," or"Foires aux Cheveux." Country girls willbe imited to sell their tresses, or to barterthem in exchange for cheap finery andlrinket«. The fairs are u.-ually held in suchplaces as Tulle, La Roche, Canillac, andLapleao. When the ghls have selected thegoods they desire, or received money, theykneel down before their executioners andbecome transformed into apparently beaid-lo^s boys in petticoats. The operators hangup their spoils before their booths as anhulu<'cinent to other girls to part withthen black or brown tresses for a trifle.Afte/ 1lie faiis me o\er the spoils arebought up by an agent, who suppliesd«'ai".x m I.iris and elsewhere. It isanirmed t'.at a food deal of the hair fromihe hca<K m tlie LimouMn giils :s sentto Lonr.on

The Court of Ihc Emerald Isl*.Though Ireland has not been allowed

Home Rule, "-he i-j allowed her separateand distinct Court. Iht Lord-Lieutenantholds two Drawing Rooms in Dublin everyyear, which differ somewhat from thoselioM in London. An article, entitled "TheCourt of the Emerald Isle," in the Lady'sMagazine for April, tells much that is in-teresting about the sister Court.

"Another injustice to Ireland!— the Lord- jLieutenant has no longer the time-honoured jprivilege of kissing the fair debutante;and yet it is whispered (without reflec-tioiii on the gallantry of Lord Cadogan)that his Excellency has bowed, with cheer-ful submission, to the new decree. To be

iobliged, "willy-nilly. to kiss. a. multitude of

Er>n's daughters, old and young, prettyand ugh*, Tvas not an unmixed .blessing,and though no Lord-Lieutenant has beenunchivalrous enough to beg to be excused,we may suppose that many of them Tvereglad -when the ceremony was over.

"The kissing at the Dublin DrawingRoom, which is now to be abolished, wasthe last survival of a very ancient custom.William IV was obliged to kiss every peerat his Coronation, and though he scampedthe ceremony as much as possible, andmade every effort to avoid kissing thebishops altogether, we are told lie showeda kindly readiness in saluting the prettydebutantes who .appeared before him atthe next Drawing Room.

"The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland holdsa unique and most important position. Helias no fixed tenure of office, bub his ap-pointment changes with the Government.The office has continued in one unbrokenline since the days of the first Governor,Hugh de Lacy, who was appointed byHenry IIin 1i72.

"As the actual representative of the Eng-lish Sovereign, the Viceioy naturally main-tains a great amount of state and cere-mony, and gives magnificent entertain-ments. A Court circular, recording hismovements, is issued daily, as in'England,and js,copicd into the papers. He has afine military escort, and takes precedenceof every visitor to his Court, even of sodistinguished p. one, for instance, as the

■Prince of Wales himself."The chapter of beauty at the Irish Court

has always been a long one, and Irishwomen, since the days of the fair Gun-nings, Peg Woffington. Kitty Clive, NellGwynn, Miss O'Brien, and other famousbeauties of old, still bear the palm for goodlooks. The pessimist who in 1896 wrote:'When the Viceroy holds his Court theIrish lady dons her feathers arid jewels ma Dublin hotel, and proceeds to the Draw-ing Room in a hired cairiage," might havehit the truth in s=ome cases, but he omittedto add thdt in all probability the impecu-nious debutante graced her "hired carriagewith a dignity equal to that of any crownedhead.'

~To ensure publication in the forthcommn issuelettersshouUl retch the Witness office if possible onSatuidaynight,but onno account later than Slonduylight

§"" Descriptions of balh, it-c..mustbe endorsed byeither theWitness correspondent for thedistrict or bythe secretaiyto the ball committee. She JUS ofamicorrespondents tchodo notcomply icitk thisrttle icillbe sent to the secretary for endoisement prior ioappearing.—EMhIELINE

WEDDING AT MIDDLEMAHCII.Dear Emmeline,— On June 11 a very pretty

and popular wedding took place here, thocontracting parties being Mr H. "Webb, eldestson of the late Mr Richard Webb, of Lawrence,and MissSarah Tisdall, second daughterof MrJ. T. Tisdall, of Avoca Terrace. At 2 o'clockthe little English Church of St. Cloud's wascrowded with eager cn!ooker3 to witness theceremony, the young lady being a generalfavourite withyoung and old. The bride, whowas given away by her father, wore a lovelycostume of ultramarine cloth, the bodice hav-ing a full throat of beautiful tucked white silk,the skirt handsomely trimmed with silk tomatch tho material. The style of dress suitedthe wearer perfectly, and ehe looked reallywinsome. She wore a wreath and veil andcarried an exquisite shower Vouquet, composedof white chrysanthemums and geraniums, withmaidenhair fern. There were threa brides-maids, Miss Carrie Tisdall, sister of the bride,and Misses Belle and Millie James, meces ofthe bride. Miss Carrie Tisdall wore a prettydre39 of white embroidered muslin, trimmedwith insertion and lace, the pretty fiock beingfinished with a folded belt of silk, the charm-ing toilette being completed by a pretty whitefelt hat, trimmed with white tucked silk andfcrget-rne-nots. The two little maids worepretty frocks of royal blue, with white silktrimmings. They also wore white felt hats,trimmed with white silk and forget-me-nots.The three bridesmaids carried lovely basketsof white flowers. Imay here say that thebride's dress was mads by Mrs J. Davies, andreflected great credit on, her. 3lr Webb, thebridegroom, was supported by his brother, MrGeorge Webb, and tho officiating clergymanwas tho Rev. D. O. Hampton, of AbboUford.After the ceremony was over the guests droveto Avoca Terrace, the residence of the bride'sfather, where quite 60 persons sat down at thowedding breakfast. The table looked perfect,tho pretty wedding-cake forming the centralpiece. After all had done full justice to thegood things provided, Mr Wm. Kirkland, byrequest of Mr Tisdall, took the head1 of thetable, and made a capital chairman. Afterthe usual toasts had been drunk the companyadjourned to the drawing room. I>i the even-ing p. great number of young people were en-tertained, and .a most enjoyable dance was in-dulged inv at which many pretty and becom-ing dresses were worn by the young ladies. Themusic was supplied by Mr de Lautour (vio-linist), from Dunedin. During the eveninggongs were well rendered by Mrs Thomson,Miss Taylor, Mr Kirkland. Mr Thomson, MrM'Tagfrert, Mr Davics,Mr Pugli,and. Mr Gil-bert. Dancing waskept upuntil the "wee sma'hours." The presents were numerous, costly,and handsome. This wedding was the first totake place in the little English Church, whichhas only recently been built here. Mrs Boyerpresided at tho organ. OnJune 12 the happyyoung couple left amid showers of rice forDunedin, where the honeymoon is tobo spent,and carried with them the good wishes of allwho 'know them. The bride- tiavelled1 in herwedding dress, fawn coat, and stylish hat ofbrown velvet, trimmed with gold silk, raid longwhite feathers. We all wish the- your.fr coupleeveryhappiness and piosperity.— Guest.

WEDDIXO AT DCXTROON.Dear Emmeline,— On Wednesday, 11th icst.,

a very pleasing ceremony was performed at thelesidenco of Mr H. A. Dovey, Pleasant \ie.v,Kokoamo, -when the marriage of their onlydstughtci, Margaret Ann (Sis), to Mr WilliamSimor.3 Grant, of Du^troon, was cek-brated.The v/eddmg took placs at 2.30 in a largemarquee, which wa3 erected for the occasion.The ceremony was performed by the Rev. P. S.

Hay. The bride looked charming in a hand-tome white Bilk bodice, nicfly tucked and hotwith white lace an-d chiffon, trimmed withwhite bebo ribbon, and transparent collar.The skirt was mn.de with bridal train andseveral flounces. She wore the usual veil andorange blossoms. The bride's travelling cos-tumo was a blue rep with tucked skirt andbvids of siik, *he bodice being nicely trimmedwith, cream isce and gold, black velvet hattrimmed with blue silk, black tips, and silverbuckle. The bridesmaid, Misa Ethel More,wore a cream figured lustre trimmed withcream satin and: insertion, with heliotroperibbon, white leghorn hat with white featherand heliotrope chiffon. The bridegroom's pre-sent to the bridesmaid was a handsome goldbrooch eet with pearls. Mr James Dovey(brother oi the bride) acted as groom. Afterthe ceremony about 60 guests sat down to thewedding breakfast, which was beautifully laidoa twft lor.g trestle tlbies^ When, cvtrisiic h&d

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This is to certify that ALFRED ASTON"has been a great sufferer for the past, fouryearsor more. Iconsulted 13 different doctors,and.after describing my symptoms,neither of themseemed to understand my ca?e. One said thatIhad heart disease, and that Iought never togo out alone, asImight clie at any moment.Another said Ihad absre&s on the liver; an-other, after treating me for four or five weeks",said he did not know what was really thomatter with me. In the month of September,1833, Dr LOMAX-SMITH, after treating mefor some time, advisedme to go to the Christ-church Hospital, m which institution Ire-mained for one month. Iwas then told thatthey could do no more for me, so Ileft thaiinstitution without receiving any benefit. Ithen returned home, having lost all hope, andwas gradually getting worse. Sought medicaladvice inFebruary, 1898, whenIagain wentinto the Christch-urch Ilospital for treatment,and aftei remaining four weeks the doctor toldme he could do no more foi me, which filledme with despair, andIthoughtIwas returninghome to die, when my daughter,Mrs Donovan,of Belfast, -strongly advised me beforeIwenthome to con&ult

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Herbalist, Armagh street, ChrUtchurch. After-much persuasion 1 consented, althoughIhadlittle faith of your being <->blc to do me anygood sifter 13 doctors failing. After describingmy symptonia,you assmed me that you coulddo me good, which inspired me with a littlehope. Aftei Leing under your treatment fora fortnightIcalled to see you to report howIwas getting on. You told me then that youveio .sure you could cure me. because youknew that Iwas >-uu*ering from Hydatids. Aftertaking 30 laige bottles of VITADATIOIwasquite lestored to my usual health, and wasenabled to go to my v.ork, which Ihad notbeen able to do for nine months previously;Ihave been workingfor the past sevenmonthe.My frifiids and neighbours thinkIam a livingmiracle. Ishall always be grateful as long asIlive for what VITADATIO has done for me.Iwillinglygive you this testimony, -with, thohope that it may be a benefit to sufferinghumanity. Ishall b» pleased to answer anyv.-ho wish to make further inquiries, providingthey send v ttaoipcd addressed envelope foricply.

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OTAGO WITNESS.much in vogue, and has. asIsaid, variedlittle, or nothing from the originalsave, perhaps, that it is a ehade larger andthe materials employed are very light, no

ar-une is,1902:

ILLUSTRATED FASHIONS.dip"in the chocolate, and lay on a butteredpaper to cool.

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white, and beat the former for n, short time.When the pastry is lietriy baked, take it ou;of the oven r.rci bru-Ji it over with the bntcnyolk of egg, tlier put it back m the oven toset th? glr.ze.

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Dear Emmeline,— It may truiy be saidthat never was Fashion more liberal in herviews thanat the present time, for plentifulscope is given in all directions for th-e exer-cise of individual taste, and anyone* is freeto affect well-nigh any style which may hither fancy, so long as it is becoming to the■wearer. With the advent of March the newmodes became more assured, and this season"tilings are unusually advanced, for peopleseem impressed with the importance of being"well prepared beforehand, as it is expectedthat no sooner is the season in full swingthan there will be a great rush for newclothes, and the modistes will have theirhands and time more than fully occupied,"and therefore everyone who procrastinates"will have to wait an indefinite time for herthings, and probably hav^e to put vp withhastily-executed work.

The momentous question of the skirt andthe exact amount of fulness which shouldpertain thereto is one of the points whichis left to individual fancy. Ever since thecommencement of last season a vigorousattempt has been made by tho sartorialauthorities to introduce a greater amotmti)i fulness, and in seme cases it has takenon and proved a success; but the majorityof women on. this side of the Channel showa conservative spirit and cling faithfully tothe p!ain skirt -with a fiuTflow round thefeet and sufficient train to produce an ele- heavy fabric entering into its construction.

Straw lace work, erin, or wired black lac-eare used, and are bent into all sorts ofbecoming curves, so as to harmonise andshow to advantage the features and outlinesof the face of the wearer. Another prettyand lighter chapeau is here depicted of asomewhat French style. This is ou thelatest form of sailor hat with an up-turnedbrim, a narrow band of black velvet sur-rounding the crown, ornamented by a fancybuckle in front, while a wired bow of laceis arranged at the back, the ends fallingon the coiffure behind. The effect is ex-ceedingly smart, and is markedly becomingto a small-featured face. There is a tendcucyboth in picture and floral hats to a, "cur-tain '*' effect, produced by draping blackor white chantiliy lace round the brim, butit is a style which is somewhat striking, andtherefore to be avoided by those who donot wish their hats to become too wellknown to their friends.— Yours truly.

COQUETTE.

By a 8.--::er."With the e:ccept:on of the BLuien See, a

fanly deep Swiss lake whose bright blue wateisare so marvellously clear and peiiucid that ob-jects at the bottom a;e seen with,peihaps evengreater "distinctness than if the great mountain,basm in which it lies were void and dry, with-out doubt the most extraordinary sheet ofwater exist.ng inany part of the eaith is

" thatbituminous iaks where Sodom stcod~—

the DeadSea.

And well has the dieary ar.d njelancholymland ssa earned its awesome epithet. Foisome distasice round its shores tile greatprirciple of life app?ars to be practically anni-hilated;for with the exception of a few stuntedbushes, with here pnd thee a specimen of theapple of Soclozn— a fruit externally apparentlyluscious ar.d delicious,but internallybut ashesand loathsomerottenness

— everything is blasted,as though the destroying myimidoua of the fellangel ot death wers ever hovering over thedoomed sterile waste. Its dismal, melancholyshores, saturated with salt and strewn with,lumps of sxdphur and bitumen, present a spec-tacleof utter desolation, while its acrid, torpidwaters, pungent and bitirg as vitro1,and tooheavy and inert to prodnci any enlivening,rippling wa.clets, he -ulleri and runcre.il. asthough th?y realised that they weic but thesepulchral pall shrouding the entombed le-mains of the most wicked and most profligatecities which have ever st'lhed th^ face of thisfair earth. But low they are believed to hesepultured at the bottom of t\at cauldron c£nauseous, stinging s-nn-liquid (fo.- on°-lourthof its bulk cons.sS- c.i \.u.uu^ t ungent sallc);too wicked*even for t1.3 earth '■„ o;,viand pi\ vthen decent burial, \,li.'l n any of thosowretched, uncoflincd, mtansl'd misciea:it=, bjtaking refuge in pits and cellars, escapeddestruction by the fire and the bmnstone whichconsumed those cities of the plain, there t!ic\would still he, tlietr bodies, on ing to t'1? pie-servative action of tho=e =alts, unaltered sincethe time when th-y fell suffocated w.th thefumes of th.i burning sulphur, htei-illy, likeLot's wife, turned into st.lues <A cat.

What a scene must have been enacted whilethe destruction was '.n progress! The terriblefiie-storm commences sudden]}, and withouta. moment's warning, a tremendous thunder-bolt or aerolite exploding immediately over thedoomed sister cit-es;(see Jo3°phus, p. -11) mightytonguesand fork-; of hv.d flame h:therand thu'ie., ptic-'i's o'. lrir'ii;; tulphurl.iunchsd t?cwn up-in th; rulpnU "

illanjir."liquid torrents, eddying up ai.d do-- v thestreets and flooding Ihe houscb-in fluid fire;■while a dense lain of bitter salts suffocatesand petrifies tho5 3 upon whom it falls. And toall the tenors of th^ scene must have beenadded an earthquake, causrng the depressionin which the dread lake r.ov/ rests. Surelysuch a pandemonium,stuh a terrible Ecene ox'icry, weird destiuction, could never iia\ c beenwitnessed before or after upon this earth.But a lime will come vben those rebels

against the might of Jehovah, together withnil those who forget Him, and who scoff atthe idea of being what is called " religious,"will suffer a far worse penalty than tho->e menof Sodom pa.d. Oh. why v.ill they not, like Lot,escape from the destruction, and lay their =ii'supoii Him who has p.ud the penally fo.- themupon the Cross?

— In a remote part cf the parish of Kin-cardine, Ross-shire, there dwells o game-keeper uho^e nearest neighbour ll11l1

-about

five miles distant. There i» a bridle pathbetween both houses, yet if this keeper woresending a letter by post to his nearest neigh-bour, it would be earned a distance of noless than 83 mile--. He would first take it10 miles to the nearest post office; fromthere it would go by mounted post ninemiles to Ardgay :thence by vail 50 miles toGarve; then by mail coach eight miles:and finally by foot pest six miles It wouldthus travel 33 miles by road and50 miles hyrail. and bo delivered at the nearest houseto the one it was sent from, only five miles

A SMAHT TOILETTE

.*nfc elTec!:. 'The pretty toileUe depicted_jb made en Prinecese with embroidery onihe skirfc reaching from the hem to theinees, anda short Empire bolero in de coupecloth. The throat is finished by a collar andjabot of lace. The tailor-made skirt is thisseason again, devoid of any fulness at theback, where it is made perfectly plain andas tight-fitting as ever, the fulness at thefeet having a fluted appearance, and stretch-ing out to a considerable length towards the.back. To sotae individuals this extremesimplicity and utter lack of fulnes.3 at theback of the waist is extremely trying, and" much less becoming style than that in"which the fulness springs gracefully frombelow the belt, arranged in the form of in-verted box pleat3or a series of narrow pleat-sags, pressed into shape, b\it not stitcheddown. The perfectly plain skirt should notbe attempted by the amateur dressmaker,as it requires considerable tkill and muchexperience to turn it out a sucress, there-fore if she is wise she will confine herattention to those with a certain amount offulness at the bacV. Tliore i>> no likelihoodof any diminution in the length of ourskirts for either spring or summer wear:butthere is a marked advance in the ekilful-ness with which the superabundant folds atthe feet are now arranged, for instead ofcKnging in a fashion apt to prove "^Bnbar-rasthig to the wearer, they are now arranged

HOME INTERESTS.PRESERVED FEUIT JELLY.

This is a favourite, sweet for juvenileparties.Quart of jelly (packet), tin of pineapple chunksor apricot*. Make the packet jelly into aliquidwhich will make a stiff jelly when cold.Pour out into a large, shallow piedlsii, anddrop m apricots or chunks, and set to ccoi."When required, turn out and cut into stripsor squares, each containing !>ome. fruit, and pileup high on a glass dish. Raspberry jelly andpineapple are very pretty together.

BULAWAYO YEXISOINf.Bone a small piece of beef or a fat jointcf

mutton. Rub 101b of meat with 4cz of sugar,then pour over it one glass of port and thesame of vinegar. Let it lie for five days, ttlienwash and wipe the meat quite dry and s-oagonwith pepper, nutmeg, and salt." Lay in adish, and to every 10!b of meat allow" lib ofbutter, spreading it over the meat. Coverwith a thick ciust, and bake in a slow oven.Sugar gives a. better flavour to mept than salt,and <loes not harden it.

OMELETTE SOUFFLE.Two -eggs, loz of castor sugar, loz of butter.

Put tho yolks of the two eggs into a basinwith the sugar, and beat them for six minutes ,whisk the whites stiff, and mix them lightlywith the yolks. Hiivs yeady the butter dis-solved in the omelette pan, pour in the eggs,hold the pan over a slow fire for two minutes,then put it into a quick oven and bake forfour minutes till the omelette has risen. Turnthe omelette on to a Shot dish, fold it, siftsugar over, and serve instantly.

LITTLE CHOCOLATE CAKES, ORDROPS.

Scrape some chocolate to a powder, andmix loz to -each pound of sugar (pounded andsifted), make it into a. pa«<e with cold water,boil gently. Drop on thick white paper witha spoon. Coffee drops are made m tins way,allowing loz of coffee to lib of sugar.

AN INVALID'S DISH-FILLEIEDHADDOCK.

Choose a fresh haddock, have it fiUcted, 'ayitr m a dish, and add pepper, .=a!t, and a. lumpof butter the size of v walnut. Pour nar .1te&cupfu! of milk, cover th« dish, i.!.d b "!:« 1ia moderate oven for 15 minutes.

BEEF PATTIES.Underdone beef,oneonion,pepper,salt, somo

cii'st. Cut the men into small, s-,.tare pieces,chop the onion finc'y. and mi;, with the meat,addingsalt and pepper. Roll the paste ratherthinly, cut it m rounds; put a little of thechopped meat on ore httlf, fold the oth^r ov.'i,and p'.ich the ■edges together Fry the r-ittw-m hot laid till a nice Lrown, or bake them ina good oven. Time, about 20 minute'-.

RABBIT QL'ENELLE.Boil tLe rabbit, then Uk? the meat and

mince it, pound well in a mortar, and mixinto a. stiff paste, with one egg and a littlecream, season with mace and white peppei.

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Pour into a mould, and tie up in a cloth,boilfor three-quarteis of an hour. Her<-e withwhite sauce.

APPLE GINGER.This is a delicious jam, and can be made

all the year round. Two pound- of a»ple=,\oz of ginger, 21b of sugar, ar.d one prut ofwater. Pare and cut the apples (the slice*must not be very thin) and thiow them iiitocold water to prcseive the:: colour. Put thesugar and water into a brass pan, and whenit bods add the epsencs of ginger, then diemthe apples out of the water and put them intothe boiling syrup, and boil until tcrder and■transparent,but not broken much Then pen ■

into "small jars and allow to cool.LEMON SYRUP.

This is a very refreshing drink. Two poundsof sugar, two pintsof water, loz of citric ac.d,half a draclui of essence of lemon. Boil thesugar and water together for a quarter of anhour, and put v into a, ba=in; let it remaintill cold. Beat the citnc acid to apowder, mixthe csse.ice of lemon with it, then add the^ctwo ingredients to Hip syrirj Mix well andbottle for use. Two tabl-ospcoiifu'.s of syrrp tor. tumblerful of cold water.

CHOCOLATE ALIICND?Blanch the almonds by pu'^tivg them for

a few minutes in Lot writer and lubV.ugoS tJi "»

skin. Melt some chocolate; take up eachalmond; »©2ar*U-l£ t-i* ft law *» <** "fe» wei>

A riCTL'RE HAT

to stand well out in flutes. A well-cut"uuder-sksrt :s, of course, a sine qua non forthe success of tin; mode, and numerousfrills or flounces aid and abet in keepingthe skirt from contact with the feet. Theart of lifting- these flowing skirts is onewhich requires some j-ti'tly. as one is aptto out n ludicrous figure by allowing ■sun-dry folds tc nscape tho grasp and trailuntidily behind, or to go ro tlc otherextreme and exl'ibil a greater amount ofankle than is d»rirab!<».

The pretty picture hat «-ketelied I- formedof black" erin trimmed with ostrich pkirnec,and worn well tiLted to the right side. Atwist of black tulle swathes the low ciown,and the knot of blaok velvet ribbon whichappears on the bandeau is lightened by ajewelled buckle. Tina picturesque style of

"ihat still holds its own in the world of mil-linery, and has proved itself an invaluablepossession to those wlu invested in it when,it first made its appearance A little rectirl-ing of the feathers and fresh tulle are allthat have been necessary to render it up todate and suitable for either afternoon orevening wcai .it -every imaginable kind offunction for the past two reasons. ThisCplissr tLc all-black. ninUuc k*l Jm, miit*v

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AXOTHER PRETTY CH.»?EAU.

Business Kotices

And Rest for

I Ina warm bath with CIJTICURASOAP andasingleanointingwith CUTICURA, purest of emollients and greatest of skincures. This isthe purest,sweetest,most speedy,permanent,andeconomical treatment for torturing,disfiguring, itching1,framing, bleeding,scaly,crusted,and pimplyskin and scalphumours, with loss of hair of infants and children, and issure tosucceed whenall elsefails.Complete External and Interns) Treatmentfor Every Humour,Conaiitinc of CdticdraSoap, to ctetmc the «kin of crutti*nd scale*. CuticvisaOintment, to instantlyailayitchingandirritationandlootbc andheal, andCuticora Jlksolvkxt,to cooland cle»n«e th« bloody A3ixow»Set m oftensufficient to curethe leverest humour*when tilelis fail*. Auit.Depot! It.Towns Xt « -o,SjCSMff,N.8. W, So.African Dep6t:LessonJ/td., Cape Town. Pottee Corp., Solo Propi.,Boston,U.8. A. .

TTNKE TRIES RJUTa%

IHas stood the test of more than aquarter of a century.

Manufactory— WOßCESTEß, ENGLAND.

Igents for Hew ZeaIand— FLETCHER, HUMPHREYS & Co., CHMSTCHORCB.

j! For INFANTS^ INVALIDS, and The~PIQED."

j(| over seventy years' UNDER " A perfectfoodfor Infants:' " ' }iESTABLISHED REPUTATION. ROYAL Mrs.Ada S.Baixih,Editress of "Baby." . I-*' *^H PATRONAGE. . I

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' /\ "An excellent Food, admirably adapted to the wants of infants and $1 / \ young persons, and, being rich in phosphates and potash, is of the J' /in\ greatest utility in supplying the bone-forming and other indispensable }I /i-!b- \ elements of Food." sir chas. A. cameron, c.b.,m.0., J/ \ Ex-Presidentof tlieRoyalCollegeof Surgeons, Ireland. »/ Patent \ €

/Air-tight \ "Neave'sFood is net so binding to thebowels as many of the foods ft\ Tins. / are> and thte Is 3. great recommendation." 1

I1I 1 \ / PYE HENRY CHAVASSE, F.R.C.S.E., etc \i

( x_/ NEAVE'S FOOD has for some time been used in the *#

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\ A MOST NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR NURSING MOTHERS. \*

5 If tlia directions givenon each tin are followed, the Infantile system may be regulated without ©'

X the Kid of medicine. V

HEALTH COLUMN.The New Drug, Arrhenal.

Professor Armand Gautier, the Frenchrhemisb and physician, member of theInstitute, who has discovered the new,medicine specially useful for intermittentfever, has called it "arrhenal." Ifc is madeby iodide of methyl acting on,arsenic inpresence of excess of alkali, and, chemically,speaking, is methylarsenate disodie. It canhi taken by the mouth, as well as liypo-dermically, and, while almost tasteless, isagreeable to the stomach. In fact, it often*pacifies gastric or intestinal troubles. IGis, moreover, not unfavourable to the kid-neys. The salt is dissolved in waterj-making a 5 per cent, solution. It is giveniduring four day*, first in 5 drops, t«:en 1,then 9, then 10 drops, in a little watertduring luncheon, and the dose is repeated!during dinner. After these four days thetreatment is stopped for four days, thertresumed, beginning with 10 drops or so,and continuing for four days, then stoppingfor four days again, and so on. Exceptin some cases, it is needless to exceed thisclose-.

The medicine has a markedeffect on thewell-being of the patient. Itimproves theo]>petite and digestion, and helps consump-rive, ancomic, or diabetic patients. In 24hours it considerably increases the numberof red and white globules in the blood.In fact,arrhenalnot only cures intermittent;fever, but many other diseases— for in-stance, tuberculosis, pulmonary or ganglio-nary (acute or chronic) antenna, "SaanfcGuy's dance" (chorea), vomiting, and cer-tain skin di?eas2s. All the powers of thisvaluable and new drug have not yet beenascertained.— London Globe.

Good and Bad.According to an eminent doctor, an

exclusively pork diet tends infallibly tores«imism.

Beef, if persevered in for months, makesa man strong and cnc-rgetic.

A mutton diet, continued for any lengthof time, tends to melancholia;while vealeaters gradually lose energy and gaiety.

The free use of eggs and milk tends tomake- women healthy and vivacious.

Butter used in excess renders its usersphlegmatic and lazy.

Apples are" excellent for brain worker?,and everybody who has much intellectualwork to do should eat them freely.

Potatoes render one dull and lazy, wheneaten constantly and in excess.

Beading at Meals.'"That man is a fcol!" said a physician

to a student with whom lie was dining ina re&taurant, indicating in the direction ofanother table where a guest sat eating hisdinner and reading a newspaper.

"He looks intelligent,"' said the student."All tho more fool!" continued the

physician. "Now observe him. His coffeais cold, as are the meats before him. Hatakes two bites, and then looks at thepaper. His mind is removed from histcod, when it should be centred upon it,iinless he is engaged in conversation whichis not argumentative. The appetite isdeadened, the functions of fiis digestionare interrupted. He knows this, undoubt-edly ;but he is the victim of the reading-habit at meals

"Because it is the universal custom thecustom is all the more obnoxious tothinking men. It makes dyspeptics, andproduces nervous diseases.'

Housework is Healthful.I "It is hardly possible for a, woman togf:t .i greater variety of heali.li>' exercisethan by doing light housework," writes alady well known as an authority on domes-tic subjects.

"The woman who does her own house-work is more free- from physical ailmentsthan the woman who, regarding her domes-tic duties as drudgery, relegates them toothers. The- latter, inorder to retain goodhealth, finds her&elf compelled to seek exer-cise in other ways, and this is certainly theinferior method, for by taking part in thefiuties of her household she would not only-keep well, but have the satisfaction ofseeing the work properly done, for fewservants can be relied upon to keep thehci.se in the same condition as the mistressl'eiself would do.

"And this is to say nothing of theeconomy effected, which is very consider-able, for it means not only a. saving inwages, but in all the expenses incurred forexercise, travel, and recreation in order toacquire the health which costs the indus-tiious housewife nothing io obtain.'1

—The glass hospital for consumptives

winch is to be erected in Philadelphia willlie modelled in its general plan after theone in London, which has satisfactorilydemonstrated the effectiveness of sunshinein che treatment of that fell disease. Eacttpatient occupies a small room of glass, intowhich air haying an excess >f oxygen iipumped. This gives actual relief to the!sufferer, and rapid improvement is madeby selected cases.

Advice ao Mothers.— Are you broken*irt

your rest by a sick child suffering with thepain of cutting teeth? Go at once to aichemist and get a bottle of Mrs Winslow'9Soothing Syrup. It will relievo the pooijsufferer immediately. Iti3perfectly harmlesspr.d pleasant to taste, it produces naturalquiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain,and the little cherub awakes

"as bright as a

button." It soothes the child, it softens th*gums, allays all pain, reheres wind, regulatesthe bowels, and is the beet-known remedy lor.dysentery and charihcea, whether arising from*teething or other ctuses. Mrs Winsloir'rfSoothing SyruD H *oiu bj UaskciO* d**Ur#

SCIENCE NOTES.

the fuel exceeded the supply of sawdustobtainable in tho vicinity of the factory,and shiploads were, therefore, procured fromSweden and cartloads from distant manu-factories. Sawdust, which previously couldbe had for the asking, demanded a market1price as soon as it became known that acertain factory- could make use of it. Eventhen it was profitable to manufacture the* riquettes. Making sawdust briquettes ofthis kind would, therefore, seem to be worthinquiring into further,— The popularity of thenew electric tube-railways is in great measure duo to the bril-liancy with which the carriages are lighted,as the passengers arc thus enableel to reacttheir newspapers in comfort. Possibly theLondon omnibus companies have felt boundto follow sujt, for they are abolishing theiroldand evil-smellingoil lamps in favour of ago s apparatus which gives a really service-able light. This is known as tho Phos eys-tem of lighting, and the gas employed isftcetylene.,. Jhe London County Council re-quire that each public vehicle shall showa bull's-es-o light on the outside, and thePhos lamp is co arranged that it will per-form the double duty of throwing a lightahead and providing for the needs of thepassengers within. The lamp is of the simpleform familiar to cyelista, the turn of atap allowing water to drip on calcium car-bide so as to cause a gradual evolution ofga3. The disagreeable, garlic-like smell oftinburnt acetylene is guarded against by theprovision of a chimney for each lamp. Thosystem appears to be very successful foromnibus-lighting, and thus applied, will bea grand advertisement for acetylene light-ing, which may in time to come be foundsuitable for many other purposes.— Most people are aware that the nerve*of the animal body respond to electricstimuli, and that these responses cease whenlife is extinct— a consideration wliich hasbeen offered as gruesome comfort to thosewho are oppressed with the fear of beingburied alive. But very few know, as Pro-fessor Bose explained to the Linnsean So-ciety, that the exact eTeath point of a plantcan be accurately determined by the electii-cal method. Response to electrical stimuliceases with the death of the plant. Manyother curious parallels in the behaviour ofplants and animals are made apparent byProfessor Bose's electrical tests. The influ-ence of anaesthetics in producing waning ofresponse is exactly the same as the effretproduced on animal tissues. The killingaction of various poisons is alto demon-strated by the i

-apid decline- and final aboli-tion of response. These experiments makeit clear beyond all doubt that all paits ofplants— not merely those which arc knownto the motile— are irritable, and manifesttheir irritability by an electrical response tostimulation. The result may bo the startingpoint for further researches a« to what is thenature of

" nrilability," and by what molc-nilar change i-> it cliaiaclcrised.— MorningPo-t.— There is a common belief that electricincandescent lamps give out very little heat9<and that, therefore, fire danger from them'ie practically non-existent. Heiice it is thatsuch lamps aro frequently found disposedwith much unconscious carelessness in theneighbourhood of combustible marcricls, inshop windows, for example, for decorativeeffect, and the wonder is that fire lossesfrom such use of the lamps are not morewidespread. Many experiments have beenmade and recorded to show how real theselamp fire risks are, and reference to some ofthorn will well bear repetition as possiblyuseful in emphasising tho need of greaterraution in securing illuminating effects. In.|one ease whore a lighted lamp rested againsta vertically placed white pine board a spot,about an inch in diameter, avid of a light-brown colour, appeared after about fourhour?. In the caie of a similarly disposedstrip of well-seasoned, varnished oak, thovarniî became blistered in three minutesand blackened in about 15. The wood hadthe appearance, of being charred at and nearthe point of contact with the lamp, but wasnot ignited. With a lamp encased in twothicknesses of muslin, tho latter becameFcorched in one minute, in three minutesgave off £moke, and at the end of six

Iminutes, when the muslin cover was removedfrom the lamp and fresh air reached itsinterior, it burst into flames. Where a lampwas laid on inflammable material, the effectseemetl to be more rapid, due, probably, tothe pressure exerted by the weight of thelamp. A newspaper was, in this way. car-bonised in three minutes and ignited in 45.The lamps used were of 16 eamllo-power. Inone instance, cited recontlv by the LondonLancelot, it was found that on immersing a16 candle-power lamp in half a p.ntof water,tie 1-Uter boilfMl within an hour. Again,with a lamp buried in cottonwool, the woolsoon began to fcorch, and ultimately bur^tinto flame. A lamp in contact with cellu-loid fired it in less than five minutes. Allthese trials indicate, in a fairly ciuclusivway. what may be expected under certainconditions from a popularly supposed abso-lutely safe- form of light. Intimately asso-ciated with the electric incandescent lamp isthe flexible cosd connection, ami in this weha\e a pvobablv even more pronounce.lformof firo mk. In two cases, recorded sometime affo, short-ciicuits developed in cordssupporting lamps not turned on, and whilethe curreni waa almost instantly cut off bythe blowing of fuses, the momentary arcswere sufficient to set firo to the cords, whichwn-f oily md di-iv with lint, being in acotton mill. In b.Ah ca->eK strands of thefine who had probably broken and mi-hcdthfir sharp ends through the insulation,causing the trouble, and both occurrencesshowed that, however quickly ct-rr-M.-t ma;bo cut off by properly acting fuses, tho heatof the arc pioduced is sufficient to make thecord;- burn — t'a^sier's Magaim<\ for Apnl

THE NATURALIST.

— Dr Koch notwithstanding, most peoplerightly continue to boil the milk they pro-pose to drink. If the tubercle bacillus intnilk is not harmful to human beings, yet, inthe Transatlantic phrase, "there are others."'Some of tho condition^ of their liies haveJately been made the. subject of investiga-tion by Mr H. W. Conn, of Middletown,("United State?. The general conclusions rie

-Bented by his paper are that milk fres-hlyilrawn from the cow contains a large variety»f bacteria, and of theso tho largest num-ber are streptococci. There is no increasein their number during the first six hours,«sut a very great increase in 48 hours. Dur-ing this time, the streptococci at first in-crease in number, and finally decline anddisappear under the pressure of the strugglefor existence with other bacteria. At thejend of the "jtruggle, th-. '"lactic bacteria,"/which arc veiy few m number at the outset,Occupy a position of supreme control;theirliroportlon to tho whole number present be-ng considerably over 20 per cent. Another

observer, Mr Pre&cott, oj Boston, while en-gaged m an examination ot certain lacticbacteria, was impressed with tho similaritypresentedby some of the cultures to B cohcommtmis— that colon bacillus of whichionany hard things are said and believed, andwhich,ia srcsuiienily. as£Qnla.tad williseyi&ie.

Tin' common wild spotted oichi« willii'-u.'iiy bear <>^ many as 30 "-ced-vc-seN,c ich containing 6200 <-eaK Allowing that10.000 of these seeds weie bad, that wouldleave 176,000 to grow and become plant-,and these wouM cover <t full acre of giound'1he next year vhe seeds of thu acre, if thesame propoitmn matured and were planted,would cover 176,000 acies and the i<ie;it-graudchildren of our little spotted riichiswould, if they all grew up. more than coverall the land on the globe. Yet the spottedorchis actually docs not increa-e at all innumbei-, so the amount of the pla itpioduces, pio\t3 how kcui i^ the simplefoi life.

\ plant'- great object m "life i- to producenot lews nor stales nor hand-Dire blo*--suiDs. but a.ed, and to eiiuble that teed.

How Plants Fattlc for life.

IAs tlio remit of a, long series of invpsiitfa-ti(/n<=, Mr Picsrott remained finally in doubbwhether tlie=c lactic bacteria were true colonbacilli from unknown sources, or whetherthey were lactio acid organisms not absolu-tely identical with the colon bacillus, thoughalmost impossible to distinguish from them.Another curious point in milk investigations(Russell and Hastings, Wisconsin) is that

■ the scalded skin which forms on milk acts|a^ a protection for the tubeicle bacillus upto 82deg.— An immense amount of damage hasbeen done since the establishment of ourcomplex railway systems by the emissionof sparks and live coal from the v funnrls oflocomotive engines; and unfortunately fai-rccrs, who have been thechief sufferers.

■ have met with little sympathy from the lawcourts; for it has generally been success-fully argued on the part of the railwaycompanies that every reasonable precautionhas been taken to prevent such accident.^.By an invention due to Mr D. Diummond,engineer to the London and South-westernRailway Company, it is believed that sparkemission from locomotives will bo entirelysuppressed. The invention consists of anumber of fan-shaped deflecting plate.-)against which the ga=es from the furnacestrike, and any anconsumeel cinders whichwould otherwise find their wny to the openair are thrown, back into the smoke-box.The device can be fitted to any ordinaryrailway locomotive without difficulty, andwill in a short time be in use on all the.engines of the South-western and some otherrailways. Indeed, there is every reason tosuppose that the adoption of Mr Drum-sioiid's invention will become universal:for it not only stops the sparks, but actuallyeconomises the consumption of fuel and giveta better head of steam. Itis calculated thatthe saving of coal works out at 51b pertrain mile, wliich would mean, supposingthat all locomotives in the United Kingdomwere fitted with the apparatus, a yearlysaving of £400,000 sterling— taking the priceof coal at 10s pei ton.— The Jenatzy motor omnibus, which nasbeen tested in Franc©, derives its motorpower from a novel eyi-tem of meohanU-u,consisting of a petrol engine, of which theflywheel on the crank shaft is replaced bya dynamo, which acts a& a flywheel at the-same time as -'t sends current into a storagebattery. The advantage claimed i* that tliopetrol motor need only be of just sufficientpower to propel tho vehitle on the le\el at jthe highest desired b-peed, and that theenergy jlorcd in the battery is utilised in

''the second— electric— motor when additionalpower is required. It is claimed for thisarrangement that tho petrol consumpticii-.

reduced by about 50 per rent The car <anbe started by the electric motor, pro\idedthat a store of energy is present, and whenrunning tho petrol engine fan be hioughtinto use.— Sawdust in ea'-:e form appear* to luvr-been used as fuel in Gen^tinv with intiirrpromising results. United States ConsulA. L. Frankenthal, writinga short time agofrom Berne, Switzerland, says, that the saw-dust cakec> are octagon shaped. 6jin long.3?iu wiele, and |in thick, weighing about I

each. In the district fcuiioundim? tl.e.factory where these cakes are mad<», thoschools were heated by them, the combus-tion leaving very little ash. and piocoeding \without a large flame. No binding inariedi-cnt is spid to be used, the sawdust beiniisimply dried and pre-sed into the dfeirodbriquette shape, and owing, thus, to tho

'absenco of tarry or oily substance-3, theio isno smoke in Turning Tho weight of «ik!ia I'riquPttP indicate-- tho heavy nrcsurelintlcr which it takos it= -liar)o. and the odposlook like polwlio'l oak : iv fa^t it i- heavierthan n pieeo of hardwood of tho mzcThe ikiinand sxeaiM kv the .uojonl^ltv f^

once produced, to bury itself in the groundand take root.

For everysingle family of plant, and per-haps every species, has at least one par-ticular enemy,bird, beast, or insect, besidesmany other casual ones. Into the bargain," other plants, bigger and stronger, perhaps,and quicker growing, are crowding it out,and stealing its air and sunlight and water.The result is that every plant in a wildslate has to do constant battle for exis-tence.

Thistles have many enemies,in the shapeof birds, which eat their seed*. Thistle-stalks, when green and young, contain goodfood for cattle ;but if cattle were addedto their natural enemies, the thistle wouldsoon disappear. Consequently, the thistlefamily has developed weapons to protectitself in the way of spines, which make itimpossible fodder for creatures with mouthsless tough than that of the donkey. Roses,gooseberries, and many other plants whichare gieen and tender in their youngerstages have developed thorns to help themin the battle for life.

Most grasses produce such enormousquantities of seed that they can, afford tobe eaten. But some, such as the Alpinefescue gras?, are not so prolific. The fes-cue, therefore, produces stiff points, whichprick the noses of cattle.

Poison is the weapon of many plants—such, for instance, as the common butter-cup, whichhas sobiting a flavour as to raiseblisters in the mouth. The giant asclepiasgoes a step further, and produces a milkysap, so poisonous as to cause total blind-ness if it touches the eye of man or beast.Only one creature can tackle the asclepias.and that is the goat. So, too, with thedeadly nightshade, a\ hich is fatal to man,but i^ kept within bounds by the rabbit,which eats it with impunity.

The common bracken, growing as it doesin open places, wuiild very roon disappearit hoi>o> and cattle found it a pleasantlond. But the fern leaf protects itself bycontaining s-o much tannin that its tasteis extremely unpleasant. Only a few cater-pillars will eat fein leaves?.

Some plants pay insects to fight for them.Such is the bulls-horn acacia. All up itsstem grow huge thorns in pair«, and at thebase of each pair is a hollow knob. Theseknobs form, dry and pleasant homes forv hole armies of a savage little ant, whichflies out and bites severely any intruder.Not only does this acacia give shelter toits army, but it provides them also withfoorl.

The horns m\j fillfd with a sweetish pulp,which the ants burrow out- and devour.The leaves also are covered with little pear-shaped lumps of sweetness, which are thespecial delicacies of the ant army. Manyother tropical plants, such as orchids andpas«ion flowers, are protectedby ants. Thisguardian-hip is most valuable, for otherwiseanother iiweci, the parn&ol am, wouldclimb the .sLalks and cut the leaves, whichare the lungs of the plant, to ribands.

There are plants which fight indirectly bysending out colonists in the shape of seeds.A puff of wind carries a bunch of thistle-poeds skimming over half a dozen fields.The dandelion adopts a similar plan. Theash, maple, and sycamore provide their"«ceds with wings, which carry them a longdistance. The arrow-head produces seedswith such a shiny, oily coat that they willfloat downstream for miles without injury,and germinate on some distant sandbank.

A Curious Beetle.— A beetle is likely tomake its way shortly into the national ento-mological collections which has an ex-tremely curious history. Forty-three yearsa.go the beetle was found and described bya collector in Madras. A very incompletespecimen found its way to England, butwas so incomplete and so different fromthe descriptions supplied by the finder thatit remained unrecognised. The originalbeetle, which in shape and appearance isnot unlike a brown filbert, is covered withtiny brown scales so closely &et that theirdivisions are not distinguishable without akns;but when these scales- are rubbed off,as in the specimen just mentioned, thebeetle discloses a black surface underneath.But some weeks ago a collector, who wasottered a small private collection, pickedout fot- purchase seven small beetles aboutwhose identity he had an idea. When hefurther examined them hK idea proved tobe a correct one. He had found seven ofthe missingbeetles. They had come, how-ever, not from Madras but from the Sey-chelles.

Speed of FNies.— Few of us have anaccurate idea of the rate at which fishesswim. When we say that a person is "asfat as a porpoise,"' we hardly associate aquick rate of swimming with that indivi-dual, yet lie and everybody else would liketo be able to get through the water asrapidly. Porpoises have been seen to dartround and round a steamer travelling 17miles iui hour, thus pioving their capacityto swim at a greater rate than that. Thedolphin may be placed on a level with theporpoise;but the bunito ha^ occasionallybeen known to appioach 40 miles for ashort distance. Herring» m shoals movesteadily at a rate of between 10 and 12miles. Mackerel .swim much faster; andboth trout and salmon go at a rapid pacewhen migiating up a stream fur spawning.Whales aie not fish in the scientific sense;but it is inteie^tin^ to note that thesemonsters swim at a rate of 16 miles anhour when excited, although their ordinaryspeed is estimated at between four and fiveinili -.

-\nt.«. as Hypnotist*-.— That ants doctorthtir sick by hjpnotiMn .md magnetism ispioved by observation. An ardent studenttell-. linn he wnne^-erl wh.itmay be tc-rmeda «-i-ance in medical «-c-iencc among ant=.He s.iu <.evei.il of t,li£>e little creaturesemerge fiom the hill, and noticed that therewcie some among them which were weakand emaciated— invalids in fact. Theyweie accompniiied by healthy members ofthe community, and all made their waytownid a distant mound. On followingthen movements thiough a glass, the obser-ve --.uv on tin--, wound a big and sturdyant, which inide "-onie motions m thednection of the advancing invalids'. TheKmei Vifciit uu tliß mojutadj juje b_y. one.

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(Pilot.)That monkeys are imitative ar.d nothing

but imitative "is a very common view, butone- that will not stand the test of experi-ment. So far at least a'i my observationsgo, monkeys' do 'not learn more recdi'.ylrom seeing things done than other animalsof the more intelligent orders, but theycan imitate more on their own account.Generally speaking, Ifound that mymonkeys either acquired a tiick rapidlyfrom a slight hint or had very great diffi-culty in acquiring it at all For example.a chimpanzee with which 1did a gocd dealof work failed wholly to learn the verysimple operationof opening the bolttd box.■which the elephantmastered in about halfa dozen lessons. This s.-ime ape picked upat once the plan of ufeing a stick to geta banana out of an iron pipe. At fir-the would pivsh the stick in and then puckthe end of it. Later, when Igave him ashorter piece of piping and a long iron, herapidly learnt to push the banana rightout at the other end. On the other hand,

a.little Rhesus called Jimmy, whom MisersJ.ennison allowed to pay me a long vi«itin my house, wholly failed to learn this^though shown it over and over again. IfItook his paw and guided it so as to pushthe stick, he would look anxiously ai theopposite end to catch the potato which heloved;but if Ilet the p*w go he wouldi\X once pull the .stick ont Mistead of push-ing, and the amount of potato which youcan get in that fashion is not very sus-taining.

Yet Jimmy was no fool. He lived ina corner of my study fa«tc-nc-d by a beltof sacking to a cord tied to a chair which"was near the fire, and Jimmy was in clover.AU day long, if no food was to be had.he would sit up on the fender, or evenstand on his hind legs two or three inchesfrom the fire. Iwas afraid at fir^t that hewould burn himself, but except that lic-ence touched a bar with bis paw, heseemed always peifectly on his guard.He would pack his pouches with the blackcinders, but 1 never knew him to pick upa hot one. As evening came on he gotsleepy, and would wrap himself up com-pletely in a large du.-t sheet which coveredhis chair. He passed the night in a boxmade for him with a small doorway, andthis he would stop up with the shertrolled into a great ball, or with the carpetput for him to lie upon. Jimmy wouldclimb about me happy enough (and throughassiduous and rather obtrusive attention tohis person his fur was as clean and pleasanta.s the most fastidious cat's}, but hesc-olded any wom-in or child who enteredthe room, and, if possible, flew at them.Of the universally benevole.it Jack he stoodin abject terror. He would at times carryon quite a long conversation, but it wasmonotonous work, for he answered every-thing alike with the same sound, whichIwill write: "Egh!"' Thus a- conversationwith him would be of this kind: "Jimmy !""Egh." "There's your potato. Jimmy.""Egh!" "Get it, Jimmy-!" "Egh.""Th'ere's nothing in the way, Jimmy!""Egh." There was a sameness about thiswhich induced me lo leave the investiga-tion oi monliey language to someone withle^s capacity for being boredIwas anxious to see whether Jimmy

would have to use a footstool to reach foodr.ot otherwise obtainable. An experimentof this kind hus been tried, with negativeresults, upon ant?, w hicli. though so wellaccustomed to move small object* about,did not avail themselves of neighbouringgrains of dust to get food placed justLfcyond their reach. It was by no meanseasy to arrange this expeiunent. as 1 hadto reckon with Jimmy's elasticity, whichwas proportioned to his eagerness and byi.o means a fixed quantity. However. Ij/ot him to use fir-t Jack's box and -j.ftei-wards a chair for thi< purpose, the potatobeing placed on a table and his chair or

-box somewhere pretty near. He would"topple a-chair over so that it fell into thedesired position, or he would drag Up thebox, or throw open the lid *o that it fellat the right spot, and then climb on it.On one occasion he toppled jvtr. box andall, and a small boy who was present, and"who lov3d Jimmy with a love that waI-

not reciprocated, and which survived acouple of bites, was indiscreet enough to'laugh. Jimmy's fury on tins occasion wasone of the queej\.*t exhibition* Ihave e\er

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QUEER ACCIDENTS.(Chambeis's Journal.)

Insurance companies transacting '"acci-dent

"business have calculated that one

out of every 10 persons insured meets withan accident of some kind, and receivescompensation therefor, each year. Werethe uninsured accidents tabulated, it isquite possible that the percentage would be2imch magnified. The same authoritiesestimate that one accident out of everyhundred terminates fatally.

With these facts before us. it may per-haps be of interest to recall some of themore extraordinary accidents of recentyears, and allow them to poini their ownmoral.

Xot so very loiv ago a discussion tookplace in one of the daily papers as towhether ladies when cycling should as-sume the traditional skirt or the moreadvanced '"rationals." The writer has not,and doc-« not wish to have, any opinionon tli» subject ;but the newspaper contro-versy brings bic-k to his memory a curiouscycle acc'dc-nt which occurred to a ladyabout four yu'r- ago. Whether the lady inquestion wd^ in skirts or rational*- at "thetime did not iiAnapire; but the fact re-main* ilnt sl)9 siuvjved an accident 1owhich ijimy a knickerbockeLed male wouldhave succumbed. The lady was riding inCounty Donegal, and having arrived some-wki't laic for a steamer that was aboutto cro^s Lough Swilly, she. in her anxiety.lo«-t control of her machine, with the re-sult that she rode over the pier-head., fall-ing a distance of over 20ft into the water.The lady was rescued practically unhurt;the bicycle was smashed!

An almost equally miraculous- escane wasrliat of a cyclist who was nding in thesuburb? of London. A stone threw himoff his machine ; and, as ill-luck wouldhave it, a sharp point entered his mouthand came out under his eye. Thanks tothe healthy condition of his blood, he waswell again in three mouths. Xow, this isa point th-'t deserves notice: cyclist-, whonaturally run greiter risks than pedav.triaus. are usually in good condition ;andit is beâuê their physique is so robustthat quick recovery of cyclists from acci-dents is the mlc lather than the exception.

Wlnl the more recent exjierience of in-surance offices i--, now that women cycli-tsarj a-s mmioun!,- as men, the- wnter has nomeans of a«cetl..ming. Some year<- ago.however. lady insurer

—they were not

cyclist.- then—iieie not encouraged to take

out accident policies-. The manager of oneof the laijiot offices said at the time,"Women vie not veiv piofitable customers.They are !e.«« exposed to danger than men;but they make claims for very smail in-juries ; ar.d It l< a matter of extreme diffi-culty tt> test the genuineness of a woman'sclaim."

More tragic than tiie cycling accidentsalready alluded to was that which befella motorman in,America. One morning hismotor burned out. Trying to remedy mat-ters, the man. in his confusion, managedto get the controller charged with electri-city ;and as he unfortunately happened tobe wearing a celluloid collar, "and the appa-ratus came in contact with it. a bLizelound the poor fellow's neck wa<- the u-suit. He was carried off to the hosj iia'in an unconscious condition.

Artificial teeth have been the <- tiso ofmany an accident ;but perhaps the mostextraordinary fatality cA the kind was thelot of a gentleman of Southsea *ome timeago. He was nndieasing before bathing,and as there was :■ cold wind blowing, itis believed that the consequent shiveuugsent his artificial teeth down his thtoat'with fatal results. About the same timean old lady living at Battersea swvlloweda set of seven artificial teeth durincr sleep.Dedth, of cour-e. was thf natural" conse-quence. The-.e instances are sufficientlystartling to induce wearers ot artificialteeth— and who does not nowadays';— tobe much more careful with them than tlievusually are. however accurately the teethmay be fitted. Many fatalities might bequoted which emphasise the advice that,appearances notwithstanding, artificialteethshould be discarded at bedtime.

Balloon accidents are common occur-lences: but an aeronaut's adventure atVincennes a year ago was sufficiently start-ling to merit notice. Owing to the stateof the weather the balloonist was unwillingto ascend;but, as is usual in such cases,the uproar made by the disappointed andunthinking crowd overcame his better judg-ment and made him take the risk. The ex-perience ua?, one would think, sufficientto le*«l a lifetime. Afiei being knockedabout amonu the houses, the balloon col-lided with the telegraph .vires and tookCie. The howlint: cioud. ?.-liich a fewminutes before had forced the aeronaut torisk an almost ceitj'ii death, now stam-peded, many being trampled under footUltimately the balloon exploded;but the-car had got fixed m the wnes, and befoielon^ the aeronaut wa-- lescucd unhuil.

AhouL two yeATS ajio a. very fcinijulur

accident— singular on account of ;ts com-plications— happened to the coachman ofMr H. E. Kearley, M.P. for Devonport.The coachman, in making prepaiations fora drive, attempted to fill the carriage lampswith oil while they were still alight andhot, when an explosion occurred, and theunfortunate coachman was badly burned.Two fellow-servants at once drove off fora doctor;but, the night being dark, theyran their tiap up a bank, and a smashwas the re.-nlt. On recovering conscious-ness they cut the harness in order to freethe horse, when the animal immediatelydashed away. Such a concatenation ofdisasters would, we imagine, puzzle themost expert calculator of accident risks.

A most extraordinary batch of curiousaccidents was collected and published bythe Traveller's Record in 1899; but asthe Travellers Record hails from Hart-ford, U.S.A., leaders must use their owndiscretion as to the credibility of the list.Personally, the writer has every faith inits genuineness. It is the juxtaposition ofthe incidents which encourages scepticism.Here are a few .samples: "It was the doc-tor who smashed his hand with a hammerwhile hanging a calendar, and the carpen-ter who Was thrown from his waggon whilein search of the doctor." "The electricianran fiom the bull, and broke his leg ina too hasty jump over the fence, whichlanded him in the ditch;but the farmerworked with the electric wire and burnedhis hand

"''The clergyman burned his

bend kindling a fire:aiVd the vlumber feûp the church sr?p- nnrl sprained hi& ivii«tand barked his knee." "The hunter iswounded l»y a charge from another man'sgun ; and the lawyer aimed his foot atanother man"s dog and hit his own frontdoor-step."'It is not nt all incredible that such in-

cidents as the above may have happened;yet the way in which they are contrastedcould only have originated in the land ofMark Twain and Artemus Ward.

Inan American court not very long agothe presiding judge gave what most peoplewill acknowledge to be a rather novel de-cision in an accident insurance cfise. Thedeceased, it appear.*, was wearing a tight-boot, and this -caused an abrasion of theskin of the big toe, which was followed hyblood-poisoning and death. The judgeheld that death was occasioned by '"exter-nal violent and accidental means, withinthe meaning of the policy." The insur-ance company had to pay.

The present writer had. on one occa-sion, a disagreeable experience in oonnec-:ion w ith a blood-poisoning ca»e. He hadinsured a gentleman for ;". large amount—about £4000. Within three lonnths thegentleman was dead; bjs death, it, wasstated, having been caused by carelessnessin cutting ;i corn.

While speaking of "feet" accidents, men-tion may be made of a fatality which oc-cured to a resident in Steyning, Su.-sex, vyear or two since. Coming downstairs onemorning, he trod on his bootlace. A fallwas the result. It was thought that hehad .sustained only trilling injuries; butsuch was not the case. Within a weekhe was butied, and the insurance companypaid the claim of £500.

The hat. as well as its opposite neigh-boiu

-the boot, has often been the cause

of accidents of various descriptions, butusually of aminor character. Not so thatwhich befell a leather merchant of North-ampton. Going into his house one day,hi> hat struck the lintel of the doorway,with the result that it was forced fartherdown on the wearer's head. The conse-quence was compression of the skull, fol-lowed by death.

An extraordinary accident, md one thathas a pathos all its own, happened to agentleman in Cardiff «ome years ago. Hetook into bed with him his little three-\ear-old son. who was suffering from ear-ache. The child, in his restlessness, kickedhis father in the groin. Death fiom phleg-moßous erysipelas followed; this, as themedical evidence proved, being the directlesult of ihe kick. The deceased gentlemanhad. fortunately, taken out an accidentpolicy a few month* before, and the claimfor £1000 was at once paid by the in-surancei company.

»-i> Fire, lather "than watei, ■would, onewould think, be more dangerous to life atwhat tlm reporter dearly lovers to- call "aconflagration.' This is not always thei'a?e. for :i rirein in in l\e\v .Icr>e_\, while1.0lUuj the uozilc of .> lirtsjpipi. directingv i-tic am ot walur on a burning budding,lost control of the pipe, and the rushingw..ter, which stiuck him on the cheek,completely uu^hed in on1.- side of his

Flower*, again, would baldly be su*-peitcd if- one of (he probah'e causes of.■aid^ni: vet al the "lying m «-tale" <>fthe l«te M. Gai.ibetta th;~od»ui of thefluwer.J smmundiiig the eufnii was sopowerful that one of the watchers wasa«nhy\iatcd. ;iud was only lestorcd toconûoiunes,-. with conîderabl-i difficulty.

In the amamn of 1900 a good deal ofpublic- eonuvotioa was caused by the di.s-. jjpeaiance oi a Brecon hoy among theWelsh niounUiiiS. The poor little lad wasaf!"r\v«uds found— a corpse. The hillynatu:e of the Principality has, unfortu-nately, been the cause of many a death.Xot the least singular fatality recorded inthi<- connection was that of -i couple ofjuris who, one Christmas time, went carol-■" liging on the mountain*. They vcie bothfie /.'in to death.

Somnamtjulism, *mokmg in bt;d. football,l.ghtnmg. dynamite, and th» incautioushandling of hiearms- not to mention thenow happi'y discarded crinoline— have allbeen active agents on the accident liat;but (»c easily does frequent occurrencej'ecus-torn u1

-to tragedy!) they are too well

kiown to lcquire special comment.Howevei. the i;uniharity which breed1

- !coi.tempt is sometimes rudely encroachedupon by the occuireuce of some hithertounheard-of accident, which act-> a,s a spon-taneous detonator to sppouhtion. Somejc-ars ago. for example, while a gentlemanwas walking fiom St. Jame-,'- Park toI'all Mallon ,i blight afternoon n- summer,lil suddenly received a blow on the shoulderv.-ukli caused lum to stumble, aud at " the

EGYPT IN UNDRESS.(St. James's Gazette.)' The brilliant season is over in Egypt,

and Cairo is emptying fast. The greathotels, with the exception of Shepheard's,whose hospitable doors are open through-out the year, have either already put uptheir shutters or will do so in the courseof the next few days. Of the gay, andfashionable crowd, that since Christmashas been pouring money into the gapingpockets ot the happy Caireens. there re-i>iain now tiufc very few to sip their coffeeundei the gorgeous awnings on the SavoyVerandah, or to watch the constant streamof many-hued humanity that flows pastShepheard's. and even these few are mak-ing them ready to flir. No more till nextwinter will the huge hall at the GhezirehPalace echo with the hum of pleasant talkand rippling laughter, and the softstrains from the musicians' gallery ;. nor "

again till then will the loveliest and hc-st-dre^secl women in society mount and de'r -scend and group themselves on that superb .marble stairway whose dazzling majfnifi-.cence forms'so perfect a setting to theirbiauty.

Empty and silent stands Mena._ House.:No more shall the blatant.hprn..announce., the daily coach.:no more from the Piazzashall w gaze up at the. great Pyramidand watch the trembling tourist's' climbtho|p giant steps;no more do battle withblack-robed beclaween. bearers of brum-magem scarabs -ar.d- -homs-made*.Ushabtifigures ;"«r repal the wild-eyed-youth v.hoyearns, for" guerdon of one"real, to mafcethe descent of Olieopsfhid" the astvr.t ofthe neighbouring Gheezeh "all in 10 min-utes"—"One real ya Sa'at el Bey';"Fourshilling?, mister;not too much"*: or resistthe blandishments of the fawning Syriangentleman who sell", as a bargain, theglass turquoise. No! these wort-hies, too,have vanished; the bedaween to their-summer haunts-, there to.manufactuie fresh"anteekas," for next year's tourists; andthe Syrian— well, who shall say where hemay go while in this life, though* onecan make a fair guess as to his course here-after, but he sure it is somewhere wherehe looks to find fools to gull.

Let'us leave gaunt Cheops— invstio-, ma-jestic, marvellous— tv stand guard over thelonely, Still hotel, and let us drive backto' Cairo, along ths' alley" of syouwfes, 'through the soft, cool night air* od.Ronsof green moistures and of flowers; ourcharmed ears revelling in the, thousandveiled voices that float from the nativetown; distant ehaunts that tell of a mar-riiige festival

—plaintive choruses pui.ett:-

ated bj- the throb of thesilver Tdniinând'

the wail of the melancholy chrlinfca ;#;# hoarseshouts of fanatics in. the "Zieca, the evv

of the' sherbert seller with" Xis tinkling-copper bowls, the warnings of tneÊ^cesand the cabmen, and anon the deep-grous-ing of an angry camel, flung athwart asnatch of joyous melody from the militaryband in the Esbekeeyeh;but all. soundsand scents, songs and laments and prayers,softened, subdued," and blurred; andblended into that sweet Eastern harmonythat somehow lulls the mind into contentand fills the breast witfi peace. It Is pro-bable that we shall not again visit ourold friend Cheops till next winter, but thenImean to wrestle with my sense of fitnessof things, and make a trip thither in thenew electric tram Fancy an electric tuim-way from^Cairo to the Sphinx. But there!that is the spirit of the age, which givesUs steam launches on Gennesaret and abuffet where bishops may munch buns atGolgodia.

Not only to the great and wealthy, iheseekers of pleasure and of health, is thespring exodus fvom Ivgypt confined. The"humble folk who have ministered to !:icircomfort and ealeied for their pleasures fol-low close in the wake of their patrons.Each steamer Tiiesteward bound nowadaysbears from these shores a small army o~£waiters, Swiss, Austrian, Bavarian, whowill wend their way in due course to the

same time he heard a loud, crackling noise.On recovering he looked round for hisassailant; but there was nobody visibleexcept a policeman, who was many yardsaway. When the gentleman reached homohis shoulder was examined, but no injurycould be found to account for the pain init. Soon afterwards the servant, who hadtaken away his master's outdoor coat tobrush it. brought back Ihe garment and 'pointed out that the nap en the shoulderwas pressed flat, as if a hot wire had beendrawn across it. Everything, in fact,pointed to the probability that the wearerhad been struck by a meteor. The in-cident might well be used as a blackboardlesson for children— aye, and for some

, grown-up children, too— who imagine that

'"shooting stars" only shoot in the dark.Flies are generally supposed,to-.be more

dirty than deadly; but sometimes theirbite is not quite so innocuous a« peopleimagine. A girl in Canterbury found thatthe sting of a fly had caused a pimple toform on her face. Inflammation spread tothe neck; and, in spite of every medicalattention, the poor girl succumbed toblood-poisoning. On anothsr occasion vleading ins'irauce company had to pay atlumsand pounds for the stingof it fly. Theirsured, a staid, middle-aged man, had. itappears, become interested m the vagariesof a bluebottle on the windowpane. Thenthe boyish instincts returned, and he triedto catch the fly. The insect, which hadjust concluded a sumptuous repast < ftaintedmeat,retaliated with a vicioiu littlestin^r. and a death-claim was the resiTlt.

'It was the am? company, 1 think, that '

1 was obliged to pay « thousand pounds to 'the heirs of a farmer at Reigate who ivn

Ia thorn under his nail while examining a! sample of oats ;and that company's booksI also show a payment for damages resulting

from the bite of a spider. ,A dog'sbite is— or was before MrLong's

regime—more to be dieaded than that of a

'

spider;but it is not often thai the faithful |jinimal's sprinting powers bring about a \fatal ;uiishap. However, on one occasion, !in the neighbourhood of Knightsbiidge, a jcollie dog ran full iilt between a, gentle- ;man's leg*, causing him to fail he-wily on ,'the pavement. 'Ihe injured man was takent<- »St. George's Hospital, and there sue- ',cuinbed to a fractured- skull.

One of the most mysterious accidents -if, indeed, it was an accident at aaloel— oc- Jciirrcd in Indianapolis about 10 or 12 years ;aero. A man named Bateiuan went to a

'livery stable and hired a horse and con-

'veya'nce. In the small hours of the fol- ilowing morning the l-.orse returned to the ]stable minus the driver. Forty minutes !after the arrival of the horse, a railway ;train ran over and decapitated a man wholay on the rails at a- spot a coup.c ofmiles distant. On the person of the de-ceased were found an insurance policy for£1000, together with a note instructingthe finder, in case of accident, to send anotification to a certain person, and alsoa letter signed by the missing man, Bate- "man. Mr Bateman's brother-in-law, who, jcuriously enough, was the engine-driver of ithe train that went over the man, wascalled upon to view the remains, and heat owe said that they were not those ofBateman. Mrs Bateman, the wife orwidow, whils identifying the insurancepolicy and letter as !ier husband's, deniedabsolutely that the body was his;and theostler at* the lively stables swore that thedead man was not the man who hired thehor»e and conveyance. There the inquiryended, and so far as we know the mystery |has never been solved. !

The"'

Port Krin Mystery," as it was ;called, is not yet forgotten,but is, perhaps,of too debatable a character to warrantleference here. An almost equally remark-able case occurred not long before. Thepresent writer had obtained an insuranceproposal from a gentleman for a smallamount— either £100 or £200. Shortly ,after the insuruice was completed thegentleman and his wife went to a. popular jseaside resort for a iioliday. One day,while hi* wife and he were standing at thedoor of their boardinghouse before goingfor a drive, ilia lady, discovering that she1-eid forgotten her gloves, went upstairs la jget them. She ws,s absent only a few |minutes, but when she returned her hut-hand was not to be seen, nor has he been ,been since. Some- weeks after a headless !and legless trunk was picked up in the} iiy; but as there were no means of identi-fication. "Found drowned— person un-known," was the only verdict possible.

One of the strangest claims ever madewas that which came to light' in an Ame-rican law court in 1896. A man took outan accident policy, payable to his wife, foi£2000. Having"boiro.ved money from 'n«partner in business the policy-holder turn. -ferred the policy to the said partner as ,;

si-it ol collateial security. The partn rthereupon employed a, negro, w ho. for a iopof 300dol, murdered the person insuiedThe negro was .sentenced to imprisonmentfc- life, the instigator of the crime com-mitted suit ids in jail, ar.d the widow of tli.-muiJertid man siud the company for theamount of the policy!

As -> -et-off against the horrible <_'im!-r.ess1 of the above case, this article may b?concluded by the quotation of th° detu'Nof a couple of accident claim's which w<-iehumorously narrated by Mr R. X Mun-kittriik in the columns of a New Yoikpaper. "A certain company lcceutly p.t.doOdoi to a merJiani who had sprained h:sknee m kicking a dog. The same com-pany p.t.d 75d0l to a man who had misseda dog lv attempted to kick, and in sodoing injiued his great-toe upon the solaIt will tlni" be .seen by the lynx-e\ed stu-dent of affair* that it "s more profitable tvmi«s the dog and kick the sofa, than tomis.s the iofj. and kick the dog. It can-not be expected that> a man can reach twoobjects at the same time with one kick:and yet, if we realise 15dol more by miss-ing the dog and kicking the lounge thanby kicking the dog direct, it opens up anew vista of usefulness for the sofa whichmust endear it to all people who are frugal,a>» wc-11 a5 to those who are tainted withthe unseemly lu'-t of gold so prevalent atthe present writing. Besides, il must bemuch more satisfactory jx> v sensitive, dog

OTAGO WITNESS.to feel that he has been missed by hisowner's foot when lie realises that the misshas yielded the said owner, his heirs, ad-ministrators, and assigns for ever. 15dol o.fthe shekels of the realm."

June 18, 1902.

Another very simple test of intelligence,which might be tried "with almost anyanimal, was this. The cord, being fastenedto a certain point, was carried round atable, chair, or box, and the potato soplaced that it could be leachedif the chairwere freed or if the monkey had the sense"o go back and walk round the obstacle.The results of several experiments on thispoint "were nor all alike, and when puttogether go to show that Jimmy couldrecognise the obstacle when it stared himin the face, but would not. so to say, sitoxwn to think oi?t his position without«ome stimulus. Thus, when his cord wasLiought round the box, Jimmy turned andIushed thebox away. When it was carriedlound the table he evidently had no notionof going round, but j.fter straining towardsthe 2>otato for som ? time gave it up andbegan wandering about. In the course ofbis rambling he presently came round thetable to the tire, and sat there warminghimself. Then, "making round, he saw thepotato, and got it at once. However, hehid learnt bis lesson, for when Iput somen-ore potato down he made but one trial toleach it directJv.

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— Mr (J. D Leslie, R.A., in his eailiesfcdays, essayed to become a chemist, but hisadvisers discouraged such a course, and heturned his attention, to art, with what successmost people are aware. The first picturewhich he sold was entitled "Hope." Itwas painted on the sly. for the young artistfeared the criticisms of his father, Mr C.Leslie, R.A., who would mo.-t certainly havedemanded some alterations. He receivedlOgs for it, and though his father consideredthat in some respects it required correction,he nevertheless conceded that hifa t,on wouldnever starve, as he had the ability to paint apretty fact?.— Mr Frampton, tho new R.A., is notashamed of the fact that he has made hisown way in the world. "Iam up now,"he once told an interviewer, "

but Ihavehad downs, very low downs. In 1878 Iwasstone-car\'ing, and the spirit of adventure

jbeing strong within me, Iwent to Paris,where Iarrived with precisely 10s in mypocket. Imounted the scaffolding in frontof the Hotel de Ville, then building, andobtained work there as a stonemason. Iwas in clover till one day a fellow-workmanasked, 'Are you Allemand?' Misappre-hending, Ireplied, 'Yes'— and there wasno more work for the tuppceed German at

j the Hotel de Tjlle. So my first Paris tripended. Iwrote tomy friends for my returnfare, and starved till the money came."— The generosity of Sir Henry Irving isa. bywofd in the profession, and there ishardly a mummer who has been

"down on

his luck" at some time or another who hasnot a tale to tell of the great actor's help-ing hand. It is not only to wearers of thesock and buskin, however, that this samehelping hand is confined. Itwas Sir HenryIrving who gave the late Onflow Ford hisfirst start along the road in which he met■with so much fame and good fortune. Thesculptor, who from his boyhood had always

jadmired Irving's Shakespearean perform[Attfiefl. thjia tol<j the story.*, t'J y^^

OTAGO WITNESS. June 18, 1962.

rarious summer and autumn haunts ofthe great world, so that you may, if thatis your manner'of life, be served in halfa dozenEuropeanresorts between this and

by the willing folk who haveWaited on you this past season in Cairo..They all do well, these good people, as'also do the cocktail artists and the musi-cians and the billiard-markers, and makeho smallharvest outof Cairo. One of these3ast, indeed, has confided to me that hehas cleared no less than £150 in the seasonfin addition to his stipend, chiefly by giv-sng lessons to his patrons and teachingthem trick strokes.: To the uninitiated it would, no doubt,seem that so soon as the winter visitorsleave Cairo the native element leaps into"prominence; a certain loose Oriental un-.tidiness of dress and demeanour, is every-where apparent in these quarters whereliithertoall has been trim and of Europeanneatness. At fiist sight one might thinkJthat the descendants of former dwellers in/these quarters hadcome to seek the smells,their lawful inheritance transniittd from'all time—

an inheritance now lost to themtfoi ever by reason of the sanitary-vandalismof the English. But it is not so. If youflook again you will see that these facesare familiar ;that here are AH, and Bak- jiheet, and Gebreen, and Abu Taweel, thejfather of length, and Abu Shabat, thejtarantula, and Abu Gamoussa, father ofjthe buffalo, arid the Sheikh el Mushrabat,'or lord of the drinks, who was your butler,land a host more, who have all been ser-vants in hotels, in clubs, in private houses,dn Nile steamers and Dahabeahs, and incamp, and who, having put aside the rich Juniform common to native servants here,lire now in undress, taking holiday. "*

'his 'Hamlet*again and again, and Ilongedto do a statue of him in that character. Butit was some time before Icould get antintroduction to him, and a still longer timebefore Isucceeded in obtaining sittings. Re-cognising that Iwas a young man on thefirst rung of the ladder, he agreed to giveme my chance, and ultimately purchasedthe statue from me himself when it wasfinished."

ART AND ITS MARKET: TROTON.The recent sale of the famous Troyou,

at Christie's, for 7000gs is only another in-stance of the fact that there are peopleready to give large sums for artistic trea-sures, even in these days of general andcommercial depression, and that a really,good picture can always command a. mai'ket.No one at Christie's expected "Cattle am?Sheep" to fetch the price it did, favouriteartist as Troyon has become, and the bid of7000gs was a dramatic surprise to most ofthe dealers and art collectors present.

Troyon's career is an interesting one tofollow. "

Thou cam'st not to thy place-byaccident, it was the very place God meantfor thee," are lines appropriate to a many

who started life as a ceramist, in a factory,at Sevres, and by the good fortune of meet- "

ing Roqueplan received his first instruc-tion in art. Roqueplangave the young fel-low lessons in landscape painting, and!finally persuaded him to go to Paris, thatkind mistress of tho art=. In 1842 Troyon.was studying at- the Louvre. Paul Potter'sworks claimed the young student's allegiance,and the old Dutch painter influenced his -'disciple, for no one can look at Paul Pot-ter's

"Animals in Landscape," in thoLouvre, and then at Troyou's two workqwhich also hang there without feeling thats.Troyon owes a good deal to his dead and)gone master, the master who only spokoto him on canvas. Hertford House possessestwo fine examples of Troyon's work. Ifcseems strange to realise that the now fam-ous

"Cattle and Sheep" was purchased1

from the artist at a time when his pricesranged between £40 to £100, and that afew years haverun tho value up to 7000gs—another instance of the truth of the oldcouplet:Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer deadThrough which the living Homer begged his

bread.

ever a King or a Prime Minister pay? anofficial visit abroad—Ido not mean justtakes a foreig-i holiday— every one is onthe look-oat to discover some politicalmotive for the trip. The outcome of thisover-alertness is sometimes ludicrous. Afew years ago a certain mler made a shortstay at the palace of a prince of anothercountry. Eager critics at once pouncedon a little speech made in private by thatruler, and breathlessly announced that theSovereign himself, in his own words, haddeliberately referred 1o an approaching'understanding' between the two countries.What were the facts? The Sovereign hadan unmarried daughter, and the 'comingalliance' to which he had playfully alludedsimply presaged that daughter's betrothalto his princely host!

"When a real treaty-making trip has tobe undertaken an elaborate plot is some-times concocted to throw the watchingother nations off the scent. Take an au-thentic instance. A certain country desiredto remodel its postal system. This wasa genuine fact;and one of that nation'shighest statesmen went on a tour throughfive or six lands, investigating their me-thods of dealing with post?! questions. Insome countries he stayed weeks; in oneonly a few days. Yet in tho«e few dayshe had signed a great defensive alliancev :th that land, an act which, of course,had nothing at all to do with post officework. On his return home importantchanges certainly were made in the postalservice;but that business, though in itselfeminently useful, had in reality been suc-cessfully used as a " blind

" to keep secretthe treaty-making. Such facts explaintouswhy it is an axiom in nearly all diplo-matic services that evjry Minister indulgingin a foreign trip should, for the time being,bjregarded with suspicion. 'The Premiersuccessfully made the ascent of Mount Ve-suvius,' was one day announced in thenewspaper?.

'Ah!' commented a states-

man of experience, 'when away from homeone never knows what they are up to!'Again: 'His Excellency has gone abroad.''What for?' 'To take the ,varm baths,"was once explained at the Foreign Office.'Or perhaps,' observed the inquiring poli-tician warily, 'it is some other countrythat i>. getting into hot water!'

"Of course, the reason why all State con-cerns of this kind are kept so secret is inorder that nothing may be purposely doneby others to thwart the project beingcarried to a successful ishic You willreadily see that it is much easier to effect ;some stroke that will prevent, or at anyrate delay, the makii.g of an alliance be- itween two countries than it i«, after thetreaty is in force, to persuade some otherPower to join you in coalition againtrthem. The story is told of how, for a jbribe of a hundred pound* mddenly thrustupen an unsuspecting servant, a foreigndeputy, calling at a Minister's official resi- jrience, was permitted to peep through adoor left njar,;:t a mysterious visitor wait- iing for audience within. A wire in cipherfrom that deputy informed his Govern-ment that thePremiers of twonations werein secret conference. That Governmentat once guessed the business on hand, and avigorous countermove. promptly made, ren-dered quite abortive the alliance for a par-ticular object that the Premieis a few dayslater announced.

"Perhaps the most remarkable fact aboutthe keeping 'dark

'of State secrets is that

tieaties and alliances arc not made by Par-liament. To thus openly dis:cuss themwould be, naturally enough, to take thewhole world into your confidence. £ô ;all treaties are concluded nominally by theKing himself ; in reality the King actingas the wisdom of his Cabinet directs. Thenationhas practically no say in the'matter.Secrecy is positively essential;and to ob-tain it this enormous power that sways themost vital interests, that may settle thefiite of millions of people, is vested in thePrime Minister and the few statesmen whoform the Cabinet. Oi this fascinatingsubject 1should like to speak more fully,but that may not be. Let me just say,however, that there are «tate.*men whohave even gone on impoitant diplomaticmissions carefully disguned. There ispolitical 'make-up' as well as that con- |nected with police matters.''

blunted and deteriorated. The Irish pea-sant, when his feelings have been fomentedby political agitation, seeks to right hiswrongs, real or imagined, by crime, amidthe universal sympathy of his neighbours,wholook upon him as a hero and a martyr.Mischief of this nature is not easily un-done; for the past is always whisperingin the ear of the Celt, and reminding himof what it were well for his own happinessthat he should forget.

In "Castle Daly"' Miss Keary gives us af.dthful pictureboth of the violent misdeedsand of the uncomplaining patience of thepeople at a time when Ireland was not onlydecimated by famine, but also torn byinternal revolution. 11 is a book to whichthe woids that Ruskin is reported to havesaid of "The Absentee" may fitly be ap-plied: "You can learn more by readingifc of Iri«h politics than from a thousandcolumns out of a Blue Book." Miss Kearythrough her imaginative sympathy realisesnot only the larger issues involved, butthose sxibtler contrasts of character thatmake it difficult for the English and Irishto understand one another. Strange as itmay seem, she only spent a fortnight inIreland in her life; but her father wasIrish, and had so impressed her mind withthe ''fweet misty pictures of the West"'that after her visit she found little to alterin" her. descriptions of the country whichshe had chosen as the scene of her plot."Castle Daly"' is the story of an _Irishfamily in the 'forties. The owner is atypical Irishman, endowed with the virtuesand the fault-, of his race. On a visit toEngland he is captivated by the daintyreserved «race of the daughter of a well-ordered English house; he thinks she hasjust the qualities wanted to remedy theevils that he feels incompetent to combn,t,and that the aidour of his love will awakeher from her somewhat cold stillness.When the story opns. which is after 20years of married life, his sanguine naturehas not given up hopes of maSing hermore responsive. But a continually un-successful attempt to check her husband'slight-hearted extravagance and some yearsof ill-health," combined with a sad tempera-ment, have not helped to make the well-brought-up English girl adapt herself toher surrounding's.

In the first chapters of "Castle Daly"we havea delightful picture of a happy-go-lucky Irish home, the centre to which allthe peasants congregate from the surround-ing mountains in their joys and sorrows,to have a w ord with the "inasther," afriendly talk with Ellen and Connor, thetwo younger children, and a meal in thehospitable kitchen. The most inteiestingpersonality in the Jook is undoubtedlyAnne O'Flaheity, an old maid, who livesin p lonely valley, spending her life intrying to cure Irish evils by Irish virtues,and who by the arresting qualities of hermind makes the wild peasant populationbothlove and obey her. Miss Keary treatsall her characters with sympathy. Eventhe dogmatic brother-in-law is given hisdue:he is one of those Englishmen whoare convinced that all that is wanted inIreland are English methods administeredby a firm hand, and who speaks to thepeople "not angrily, but in the cheerful,decided tone he though appropiiate to un-educated people, who«;e intellects couldonly be reached by strong \\ ords or shout-ing." It is scarcely possible to praise toohighly the skill with which the Englishagent and his bister, who come over torestore order in the chaos of Mr Daly'satfair«, are dr'iwn. Their high-minded andconscientious, hut ungenial, dealingswith a peasantry unused to impersonaltreatment and distracted by famine andpolitical ferment form the chief interestof the book. The difference of the oldsystem carried on by Anne OTFlaherty andthe new, ns introduced by the agent, MrThornley, i.s well described in their firstinterview. The wi.-don1 or folly of thework of Anne's life i^ in question. She.shows the practical young agent her indus-tiial works, and expounds to him all hernio^t cherished schemes for the bettermentof the people. He listen^ politely, andthen proves by well-argued and thoroughly-establishrrl laws how baseless all AnnVaarguments are.and how sure her work is tofall to pieces in the long run.

ART AND ARTISTS.

A MUCH MISUNDERSTOOD DISEASE.

HINTS ABOUT SCIATICA.

There are. few ordinary diseases aboutwhich so much misconception exists a<»sciatica (says a writer in a London journal).Many suppose that sciatica is induced bycold or wet. The truth ie, however, thafecold and wet only start the pains—

nor thodisease. Medical science- teaches us tiiacsciatica is a nervous disorder— due to norvotrouble of some sort. Pressure on the nervaor other injury frequently causes it. It,may al«o bo partially induced by acutorheumatism, malaria, nnajmia, or generaldebility, because vitiated blood, as most ofus know, affects the nerves. When the>sufferer feels the shooting, burning pains ofsciatica, liniments, embrocations, and out-ward applications are frequently tried

—generally with little or no success. A per-manent cure lies only in a good nerve tonic.Such a tonic wasdiscovered some time agoby an eminent Edinburgh physician— DrWilliams. To him wo owe the origin ofthe greatest nerve-tonir and blood-builder ofthe age— Dr Williams' pink pills for palepeople,— which are a permanent cure forsciatica, neuralgia, St. "Vitus's dnnco, hy-steria, and other nerve disorders. Here thocase of Mr Robert Thomas, of 110 Durhamstreet, Sydenham, Christchurr-h, is quoted.Thifi is what Mr Thomas says:

—"It was nino years ago since Iwas at-

tacked l>y excruciating, shooting pains inthe back and left hip. This attack was go

sudden and severe that Icalled out inagony. A doctor was sent for, and he pre-scribed lotions and internal medicines, butthe pains increased in severity, and extended)right down the left leg. Later on the elec-tric battery was used withoutsuccess. Otherdoctors who attended agreed that Ihadacute sciatica, but as the years rolled on Icontinued to suffer agony, and Ialmoct gaveup hope of p\er obtaining relief."

Then Mr Thomas continues:— "One day,ciuite 18 months ago, when the sciatic painswore exceptionally severe, my wife said:'There is one medicine which you have notused yet

— Dr Williams' pink pills;youmust;give them a trial.' Iobjected very strongly,but my wife had her way. A box was pur-chased, and Ibegan taking its contents. Iwas considerably surprised to find myselfimproving in health asIcontinued takingthese pills. Then the pains lessened, amimy liinb^. which had been exceedingly stiffand painful to move, became more flexible.T purchased another supply of Dr Wil-liams' pink pills, and whenIhad taken alittle over a dozen boxes Ifound myselfquite cured. As the sciatica had troubled!me for nine yearsIconsider my cure a re-markable one, especially when every othermedicine r,ro\ed a failure. The cost of thopills was almost nothing1 compared to themoney expended for other treatments— aniexpenditure which, during the past ninoyears, must have totalled £300."

Owing to the mountainous character, ofNew Zealand, and its proximity to the sea.the climate asÛts in developing such ail-ments as rlir'-matism, sciatica, '-neuralffia,bronchitis, influenza, and consumption. Re-liable proof can be adduced, however, that)all these ailments have been cured by DrWilliams' nink pills, which are sold by re-tailers, and the Dr Williams' Medicine Co..Wellington, three shillings per box, post-free. Mr Thomas is gardener by profe*.fcion, and his complete recovery is proved!by the fact that he is now hard at work'again. Indeed,his own well-trimmedgardenshows ample evidence of his attention..Itis hoped that the foregoingarticle will

prove of value to those who have hithertobeen ignorant of the origin and correct treat-ment of sciatica.— Advt.

Inhabitant beat and boomed his wayaround the square, staggering against thewind, the dust in his teeth, his throat, hislong hair, his eyes. A layer of dustcovered up the bear on his chest. We werea khaki-clad army— Nature's army— oppos-ing forces of Nature.

Boom!Boom!Boom! Above the shrill-ing of the wind, above the howling of thedogs; the shrieking of the coming storm,rose that solemn sound. Boom!Boom!Boom! We passed the square, and turneddown the long wooden wharf which ran forthree-quarters of a mile into the OttawaRiver. Boom! Boom ! Boom! We werechoking, a sea of dusty faces, an army ofpanting forms. Boom! Boom! Boom!Stinging particles whipped and lashed, thewind turnedus half round, thrust usagainstthe wooden sides of the wharf. Below,the lapping of the water was a torment.We were parched with 'hirst, our lipscracked, bleeding, our tongues swelling.And still the Oldest Inhabitant strodeahead, and still came back to us theboom-ing of his drum. A little hand slid intomine, a tiny habitant loped beside me.-My! My! My! It's all hell let loose!"he piped in shrill, quavering tones. "Hurry,Mister. Hurry, for all you'ie worth !"'

we hurried. Hurried with half-closed eyes, bent forms, tingling handsand loins until we reached the end of thewharf. Then the Oldest Inhabitant facedthe storm, the lightning flashes of snake-like flame, raising his hands to the greatManitou in silent invocation. One crash-ing, thundering, reverberating blow uponthe drum, and he flung it down. Fromthe opposite mountains came the crackleof artillery, from out the narrow gorgesruahed the pent-up winds. The heavensopened with a rush and a his> and a roar;the Oldest Inhabitant siezed me in a gripof iron, andIflew through the air.

Splash! splash! splash! A convulsivesobbing of indrawn breath— a splutter ofunwelcome water. Then down into thedepths of the icy flood. Down! down!Down into eternity! There was a pressureof thousands of tons of water. Cold, re-lentless hands thrust me down lower !lower ! ever lower ! veins swelled tobursting. Ifelt in imminent danger ofsuffocation, full of wild rage,.of impotentfury! Then there came a gradual uprising,flj'ing, floating, cleaving the water into thelight as one shot up from abyssmal" dark-ness, and the great raindrops struck' likebullets. All around sleek heads rose up,brown paws were -thrust rejoicingly intothe flood. Ifloated onmyback, supportedby .he Oldest Inhabitant, who was dex-terously ridding me of my flannels. Icouldsee Jiis face, see the faces around me.Some of the faces hadgrey beards attachedto them. Little copper-coloured impsfloated by with shrill shouts, and still the jheavy rain-drops smote upon one's face,still throughout one's parched body thrilledthat blessed sense of healing, of vigour, ofperfect sanity and joy. There was a rend-ing and ripping of flimsy garments, andaway they went into the flood.

''God,but it's great!" fiercely muttered the OldestInhabitant as he thrust me along. "Guesswe'll go down stream."'

We went down stream, the currentswiftly bearing me on, aided by an occa-sional push from the Oldest Inhabitant.The pall over the river lifted. Raj-s oflight shone through. In the hills faintlysounded the rumble of retreating thunder.The warm sun— the blessedsunof heaven!—! —shone down upon my upturned face. We■were floating, floating, floating upon a seaof silver— a sea of sweet scents, of coolIwinds. On, on, on, the dun-coloured palllifting higher and higher and higher.

Again the sunlight. A little sandy cove,shallow, limpid, clear, green boughs lav-ing the water's edge. Diamonds glitteringon every spray. Above, a blue uncloudedsky. Beyond the shore, the greenest,gayest sward that ever feasted mortaleyes.Isat down in the sandy cove, and rubbed

the raindrops from my eyes. "Where aretie'!'1Igasped. "Where are we?"'

"'Guess we're nigh home," said the OldestInhabitant, shalving himself like a. 'New-foundland, a-5 he strode to the shore."Come on."" liufc I'veno clothes. I—lI —Iam ashamed!"'

"Come on!"' The Oldest Inhabitantseized me by the scruff of the neck. "Comeinto God's sunlight and dry your miseiablehide. Come on!'"

And we strode on, waimed by fJod's sun-light, God's smiling heaven canopying us,God's birds singing to us, God's flowersblooming for us. Strode on, both of us,naked and unashamed.

'"Gosh!"' said the Oldest Inhabitant, aswe regained the verandah. "Go-h 1 butthat's prime!"

—Wkxtworth Siii.k, m the

Sunday Sun.

KEEPING STATE SECRETS SAFE.(Cassell'o Saturday Journal )

"'News of the new international agree-ment fell as a thunderbolt on the Chancel-leries of Europe.' Have you ever in thenewspapers read such a statement as that?'1asked a gentleman w ell versed in highpolitics who had promised, as far as dis-cretion allowed, to throw a little lighton the subject suggested by the title ofthis article. "From time to time theworld is startled by intelligence of someweighty compact entered into between twoor more nations. And often enough noieven those newspapers that are known tobe what is termed

'officially inspired'

have been in a position to give a singleword of warning of the coming surprise.Secrecy, indeed, is of the very essence ofthese history-making transaction*. Thething is only known, when the ink of theattesting signatures is Iry. .And a bookth.it even lover, of

'detective

'.stories

m ould delightedly devour could be compiledif only the whole story of such safeguard-ing of national secrets might be mentioned.

"As you may know, these epoch-makingaffairs are, after the neceâry preliminarynegotiations, almost always concluded atpersonal interviews of the Sovereigns orthe Prime Ministers, (or sometimes theForeign Ministers) of the countnes con-cftrnftrT.. i'or this radian, ii is tliat fiJien-

« GOIN' IN SWIMMIN'."'All day not a breath of air. Even the

huuuning-birds failed to hover over thefuchsias. "Yaller birds' perched by theirnests, regardless of the twittering andcheeping of hungry families. A dog laydialf buried in the dusty road. On thecedar-rail fence of the Oldest Inhabitant'slot brooded a family of turkeys, regardless,of the myriad fat grasshoppers jumping'about under their beaks. Even when twotor three "hoppers" brushed against the(head of the family, he scarcely deigned toigobble tliem up.I Over the river, a dun, fire-streaked cloudcapped the Laurentians. The clear amber

V>f the Ottawa's Hood had blood in it.Every now and then the elms before theOldest Inhabitant's verandah shivered .andnuivered all over. The Oldest Inhabitant'scostume consisted of two garments

—a red

flannel shirt and a pair of patched "pants."£hoes and stockings had he none; hisjnuscular calves redalled the little cockney)who said, "Now Nesau was a nairy man."3?he shirt was open at the throat, andfcatooed on the Oldest Inhabitant's chestwas his totem

—a bear. He had once lived

among "Injuns," and this hfid been theirpicturesque way of claiming liim for theirown. The Oldest Inhabitant had also mar-ried largely among "Injuns" in his time;butnow he was abachelor, dependentuponthe tender mercies of Chi Lung for domes-tic comfort.

"I'm too gum dry to smoke,"' said theOldest Inhabitant. His xocker creaked ashe swung up and down, and the light shonean upon his daredevil countenance, uponihis quizzical eyes, the lurking tendernessof liis smoothly-shaven upper lip, the un-abashed insolence of his bearing. He letshis pipe fall, and picked it up betweenftris toes, then jerked it on to his knee."The man, in spite of his age, was madeof whipcord and elastic. Chi Lung, on theether hand, appeared to be composed of(the component parts of indiarubber andyellow leather.

"What's to be done?"' Iqueried. "Ican't breathe."

"Dunno,"' said the Oldest Inhabitant.He jerked himself upright. "I ain't beenin swimmin' since last year,' he said sug-gestively.

"Been where':""In the. river. Come on." His eyes

ihone. "Take off them fancy things ofjrourn."Iprotested; but the Oldest Inhabitant

Stood over me while Ichanged into flan-nels. At my eame&t entreaty, he allowed |ane to wear a pair of deerskin moccasinson my naked feet. Then he took downan old drum from the wall, slung the cordever his shoulder, strode into the dustyroad, and smote the withered parchmentmighty blows.

"Why are you doing that?"" Iasked, |breathless with amazement, as Itrotted be-Bide him.

"Juss lettin' folk know I'm goin' inswimmin','' said the Oldest Inhabitant,striding mightily forward. "You'll see.(We'll go once round the square. Juss you.trait."Itrotted on through the dust storm as it

began to rise and envelop us in dun-

Soloured clouds. The sweet flowers wereust-coloured, too. Huge elms heaved dis-

tressful protests against the curse about tocome upon them. The green pastures weredull brown, the pretty pink and blue andyellow houses of the French quarter wereall alike— drab! The tin roof of the Court-house was drab; the spire of the CatholicChurch was drab;the outstretched tongueof a passing dog. as he streaked by intothe bushes, was drab also. And throughthis universe of dusty drab suddenly pene-trated the resounding echoes of the OldestInhabitant's drum, to a Dead March in''Saul" kind of measure, which wasitrangely inspiring, set one's nerves ting-Jing, filled one with mystery. The Oldest

uhabitant, free-striding, his long grizzled"hair waving in the wind, chanted unholy.war songs, remnants of his Indian days.

Pattering little feet surrounded us onill sides. Doors were flung open, voices■hrilly protested as. we maiched tip themain street. From corners, from veran-dahs, from stores, from undei fences, fromout the bushes, from over railings, leaped,crawled, jumped, wriggled, writhed, ranc silent army of all shapes and sizes, of allsajjftfcig£ of cosj^înft.^ j&Ad, still the Oldest.

(Church Quarterly Review.)IRISH PEASANT LIFE.

It wu~>not until the beginning of the lastcentury tliafc any successful attempt wasmade to represent the liish as they reallyare in their own country. Thtre were,indeed, gross caricatures of national charac-ter, which condensed inone .mpossible per-son all tjie qualities supposed to be speci-ally Imh. Even more popular, perhaps,was the simple combination of brogue andblunder that was made to do duty for thetypical Irislunan, both on the stage and infiction. If we put aside a few well-drawntigiues in the plays of Sheridan and othercontemporary writers these were the onlyrepresentations of the Irishman known inEngland. It was Miss Edgeworth whofirst treated the Irish ::eriously, and wroteof them with intelligence and sympathy.Hitherto the comic Irishman hadbeen takenout of his own countiy, put into unknownsurroundings, and used as a foil to themore solid English character. But MissEdgeworth carries the English reader overthe sea, and by her graphic sketches of lifemakes him tread with her the Irish soil,breathe the atmosphere of the country, andbecome familiar with the home life of thepeople, both gentle and simple. . . .

In reading Miss Edgeworth we mustadmit that we do not become acquaintedwith the deeper forces "which have influ-enced both the people and the fortunes ofthe country. There is a careful avoidanceof religious and political questions, andscarcely a hint of thepassionatediscontentcaused by the injustice of the penal laws.In judging of the daikei features of thecharacter of a nation, it is necessary to dis-tinguish between what is natural and whatis the result of circumstances. We cannot«hut our eyes to the fact that in Irelandwe have a nation wfcich for centuries hasstruggled against misiule and religious op-pression, with the lesuk that under certainyi.rlit.inns. hex XOQXjIX &£nj& fafiCfifilSj^

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LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK.Motto.— We write for the benefit of other3,not

for ourselves.Dear Dot,

— It is a long time since Ilastwrote to you, and you will,be wondering whathas happened to me. Well,Iam still in theworld, havingmanaged to come safely throughthe Christinas holidays, althoughIsaw someenvious glances cast in my direction

— usuallyfrom the fnir <=ex. Idid not know before thatgirls were co fond of plum duff, but it seemsthey are fond of this ono anyway. Iwas ata -welcome home social the other night, andIsay eight D.L.F. at it. Tussock and Jessicawere singing at the social. Therei3a newlailway being formed near here, and we get|rides home from school on the engine come-Itimes. We got holidays from school to-dayand a tin of lollies was .served out to U3. I|am c^onnng into town some dsy, and Ishall

j wear my badge, and Ihope the D.L.F. willcondescend to speak to a,! PLUMDUFF.' [I amnot so sure about that, P. D., for youknow it is the rule to "cut" a.plumduff.How-ever,Ihope an exception will be made in thecase of this Plum Duff with a badgeon.— DOT.]

Dear Dot,-I was speaking to Areta, and sheo«kcd me \\hniiIwas going to write again.What a nice letter Florodorahas in this week's

jWitness. 1suppose youhave forgottenme,F.|Ha! lia1 Donopony, you have given yourself,away by your last letter. Isuppose you williwonder whoIam,but L. C. will tell you. Didyou see Larrikin whenyou and your sister werein town. Donopony ' She should have visitedyou, but Isuppose was too much engaged.Otherwise you wouldhave found out from herv:ho Iam. Wasn't Monday a lively day inDuncdu;, Dot? Isaw about 10 differentD.L.F., but did not speak. Iwent to theOctagon, and heard the mayor address thocrowd, 'lhe people weiecheering, and youhadto be veiy near to hear what he said. Tuesdaywas quiet, soIthink. Iwas out for a time,but came home with my mate, and we had agame cf fotbnll in the back yard. Oh, Dot,don't laugh; it isn't the first time girls haveplayed football. Iwif-h a photographer hadbeen there. Ionly leceived two kicks, but theywere enough. My brother then broughthomea bicycle, and while he was having tea Isneaked (so he said) it and went for a dandy.ride. It was dark, so nobody saw whetherIwas on a lady's or a man's bike, but my materoared, 1 looked so comical, whenIcameabek.Well,Iwasn't contented, soItook it up thehill, iand wlien Igot on 1couldn't control it,cotho bike, stones, and Iwere all huddled to-gether whenIgot as far as the bottom. Ididn't laugh ther§* soIthoughtIhad better

iput it back where Igot it. Ithen went in-1 side, tidied myself, and we went up town to see

what was on; There was a mass meeting inthe Agricultural Hall, but we were too tired,so we bade each other good-night, and departedfor home, and at 12 o'clock Iwas sleeping likea brick. With love to Areta,Donopony, Signa,and yourself, not forgetting the editor,— Yourstiulv,

VENETIA.P.S. -Where has Sigua got to, Dot? Has she

resigned or forgotten us?— V.[I expect your brother would have said it

servedyou right, Venetia, if h-e had came outwhile you weremixed up with bike and stones.You were fortunate ingetting off so lightly.—DOT.]

Dear Dot,— We went to school this morning,but were sent home after gathering in frontof the bchool and singing "God save theKing" and "Soldiers of the King." Ifyou had been near when we first heardof the declaration which had been issued,you would have thought that the whole schoolhad gone mad from, the noise you would haveheard. We were all so glad to unite in thecelebrations of the termination oi tl;e war. Our

teachers drewus up mline, and we all marchedinto the town and had a proces=ion up anddown, the lnain street, after which we inarchedto the T. Park, and weie addressed by themayor (Mr Hedley). The diffeient ministersgave thangsgiving prayers, to which all thopeople who had gathered around listened at-tentively. After that there was a processionthrough different streets of the town, andthen we marched back to school, and were >dismissed for the rest;of the day and the dayfollowing. Iforgot to say that while we werein the park we sargmany patriotic songs, withthe people joinirg in. Sine-Ilast wrote toyouIhave found out a nun.ber of little folk,among them being Begonia, Childa, Love ofMothers, The Patty Pats, The Scotch Dancer,Lalla Rookh. and Zehca. Would Zehca, FlagLily, and Albion please exchange autos withme. With love to Averna and Boadicea,—Yours tiuly,

KHAKI.[What ahappy time ye-u had, Khaki. it quitp

makes one wish that peace should be clecUietlsay oncea month.— DOT 1

Dear Dot,—lkr.ow two of yom little folk.Nobody Knows and E.D.X.A. Th-y live a'-outfive miles from us. Ilive m a little placecalled the Huia, which is situated on theManukau Harbour. The Hum, buch containsTine pretty flowers and lovely ferns. Ioftentake abunch of flowers and {orris to our teacher.She is very fond of them. On the 14th of lastmonth Ipassed the Fifth Standard, and amnow in the Sixth. Ihave six sisters and threebrothers. One of my brothers is married, andlives near us. We also have two little cousinsliving with iis. They are just like sisters.Their mother is dead. Dear Dot, sometimes Igo for the cows, butIdo not like going forthem when they go far away. Tlie other daymy consin andIwent for a cow. She went inamong some firs, and we had to gc in afterher and drive her out. We got scratcheddreadfully about the huVids and feet. IknewKauri Gum. but lie has left this part of thecountry. He used to often come o'-er to ourplace and stay for a dsiv or two. He used togo cut fishing with my brothers, and the lasttime he went out it v.'s so rough that he gotseasick. Dear Dot,Ithink it is time to leaveoff writing, as my sister says Imust lieoff to bed. Cocd-bye. Dot. Ihope to seemy letter in the Witness some clay —Yourstiuly,

PALE BLUE.[Ihope Pale Blue isnet tired of wailing,but

she lives so very fai off that it takes quite a,long time for a letter to com© down and thepaper with it in to go up.

— DOT.]Dear Dot,

—Ilive iv the Hxiia. It is a small

district situated on the Manukau Harbour.There if only one public building, and that istho school. There are some very pretty sightsin the Huia, some of which are the falls,Jack^y's Peak, the Huia Bay, and a very largecreek, crossed by a bridge about 109ft long.Some people call this creek a river. DearDot, we live very close to the sea, and some-times at high tides we tatch fish from thogate. And when the tides are exceptionallyhigh they come right up to the verandah. "Whenit is ca-lm we very often go for a. row in thkeboat. Every day we see steamers passing andsometimes sailing boat3. Sometimes when itis too .rough for the steamers to cros3 the barthey shelter here until it is calm enough forthem to go out. A steamer and a scow arelying- in here now. Imust !eave off now,for it is lime to go to bed. Good-bye, Dot.—Youis tiulv,

EVER TRUE.[I do not think many of my readers will

know what a scow ia, Ever True, soIiiad per-haps hotter explain that she is a vessel some-thing like a lighter, specially built for carry-ing Jorge quantities of bulky cargo on a veryhg"ht draft, enabling her to go up rivers thatother veasels could not possibly sail up.-DOT.]

Dear Dot,— The days aie getting shorternow, and in the inorn:rgs the ground iscovered with, frost, and the mountains are verypretty. Well, peace is declared at }ast, and. doyou know how Ifeel? Well, 1 feel as ifIcould chop old Kruger's head, off for keepingon fighting all this time. I'm sure very fewpeople thought the war was over when theycent away a tenth contingent. It is gettingvery near the Coionation now, and that meansmore holidays for the schools. We aro goingto have a ping-pong tournament next week,and soon after that a conceit, in aid of theschool funds. Imet one of the little fplk theother day, E.J.O. Ihope she will exchangeuutos with me. Will Clotilda, Maid of Or-leans, Maid of Athen=, and Boadicea corres-pond with me? If they do not know my ad-drens, they might &ay so in their next letters toDot, nndIshall wiito first, as Ihave theiraddresses. Averna was telling me aboutthat letter she got from Mystery, Dot, and Iburst out laughing, andnow she thinks it wa<sI,but Itold her it wasn't, so then she saidit must have been Khaki. WhetherKhaki did do itIcouldn't tell. Imust nowclose, asIam practising for the ping-pongtournament.— Yours truly,

KHAKI'S PLAYMATE.[What a dreadful thing to do, K. P. Iam

afraid you would run away from Mr Krugerif you t,aw him, and as the war is over nowIthink we may very w«H forgive even Kruger,thoughImust say ho 11deserving of no sym-pathy from anyone.— DOT.]

Dear Dot,— It is low nearly tluee monthsp.ncoIlast wrote to the page. Idid not in-tend to write so soon, only Abigail told me tohurry up and write again. Itee there isanother D.L.F.of the samenameasmyself. Iam'borryItook another's norn de plume,butifIput Rogue IIit will be all right , or wouldit be better to change it altogether? There issuch a large number of D.L.F. writing that itis hard to get aname. Dear Dot, was not thatwelcome news about peace being pioclaimed■>Iwas so very glad when Iread it. To thinkthat there wijlbe no more bloodshed and nomore men to leave New Zealand. What a plea-sant surpriseIgot to see v letter from Dock-lenf again. Iread if first of any. Ithoughtshe must have resigned, as. there aie such anumber of old wnters leaving now. It seemshard to part with our old familiar ones, butIsuppose the time must come for us all someday. We aro having very miserable weatherat piesent, butIthink it js everywhere alike.The rivers here weio very high, and some ofthe larger ones roared like the sea. Do joulike reading, Dot? Iam very fond of it,andha\ 2 read a great niany books, but "Alice inWonderland" has not been included inmy listas yet. However,Imean to read it sooner orlater. Ihave lead "The Seven Little Aus-tralians," andIthink, according to what Ihear, that "Alice inWonderland" is somethingthe same. Ienjoyed the other very much.We lately have got three large books, whichtake up a great deal of my spare time— namely,"The Boer War," "Dr Chase's Last and Com-plete Works," and tlie third, the best of all,"The Life of Queen Victoria- Her Reign andVast Dominions." The last named is a lovelybook. With love to all little folk, Dot, audthe editor,— Yours truly,

ROGUE 11.[I think it will be better to keep to your

present norn de plume,Rogue, for, as you &ay,it is difficult to find one that has not alreadybeen monopolised by someone. "Alice inWon-derland" is not a bit like "The Seven LittleAustralians," but from the kind of books youare interested in Iam sure you will be able toappreciate and enjoy it.

— DOT.]

Dear Dot,— You must really excuse'me forwriting again so soon, but 'tis so hard to re-sist uucli a, te.aiHta.Utm.. Was it uot welcome '

news to hear of peace being proclaimed? Isuppose nearly 'everybody went frantic. Ishall tell youhowIcame to know. Rogue andIwere sitting on the verandah, when all of asudden we espied something white flapping onthe gate. Isaid to Rogue, "Look, what isthat on the gate. Surely themailman wouldnotleave letters there?" SoIran as fast as pos-sible, for it was raining, andIdid not wantwhat Itook for letters to get wet. As soonas Iarrived there, imagine my surprise tosee an extra from the Wyndham Herald, stat-ing that peace had been declared. Ihurriedback and gave the joyous news to Rogue, whogave me siich a sneer, as much as to say, "Iwish you meant it, ' but when she read it shecould not but believe it. So we ranandhoistedour flags, and Ican tell you the remainingpart of the evening was a merry one. for us.Iwas so overjoyed that everythingIdid wentwrong with me. Iwas carrying in Rogue's potflowers for her, whenIlet one fall. Oh, sucha mess! Then didn't Iget it, for 'twas onoshe was trying to strike sonic choice fuchsiasin. Ialso experienced many other little mis-fortunes too numerous tomention. Now, Dot,what about Con's presentation. If we are togive him oneIthink it is time we were settingto work to collect some money. At any rate,Iam sending a shilling towards k,and if youaie not going to give him one just place itto the credit of the Cot fund. Ihope youare going to give him one, as he well deservesit. Will you let me "make a suggestion, Dot?It is this For all D.L.F. who have resigned;to wear a certain kind of badge for two years!after they send in their resignations. That is,if it is not 400 miich bother;if it is, justknockit on the head {if you don't object to-such'avulgar expression). Inoticed a letter in a

Iwhile back from Giulia, \rho asked me formy address. Now, Giulia,Ithink it is about!a year sinceIlast heard from you.. Ifyou ad-diess it (for the present), "Camellia I,care ofMt E.H. Smith, Redan Estate, Wyndham,"it will reach me safe and sound. Isee theCritic Club passed some remarks about my

jlast letter. Quite correct, C.C.;-what are youfor but to criticise? Some little folk get of-fended if they are corrected by Dot or theC.C. Now, dear Dot,IhopeIhave not goneover the limit or forgotten our motto. Withkindest legards to all from,— Yours truly,

CAMELLIA I.P.S.- Will Harry, Jessica, Boy, and The

Kid exch'angs autoa with me?— C.

[Con is a tiue soldier, Camellia, and de-sires no reward foi doing his duty. Isay sodecidedly, because Ihave it from him direct.And .indeedIbelieve we should have beentold when he arrived home had it not been forthe fear of the little folk wishingto do some-j thing for him in the form of a presentation. I

|have thought this matter over very seriously,|and Iagree with all the D.L.F. that it wouldjbe nice for us to show how much wo think ofhim; but Ithink our mark of friendshipmust not take the form of an expensive gift.And whatIthink we should do is this:EveryD.L.F. carefully write out hisor her auto., put-ting at the head of it,"To Comrade LieutenantCon," ai.d perhaps putting on the paper inaddition to the noin de plume and name andaddies? of the wilter a verse (either original orselected) of not more than four lines. Theseauto.i .o be sent to Dot for Lieutenant Con. t.shall purchase an auto, book, paste them in asj they come, and on Con's return ho:ne will pre-[ sent it to him. Ishall he glad to hear whatall my friencl3 have to .say on the matter.—DOT.J

D°ar Dot,— We arehaving miserable weatherup here. It has been snowing for the lastweek,and tho snow is very deepin someplaces.

;Itis fine to-day, but ib freezes terribly ]<ajd atjnight. Do yoxi. like chilblains, Dot? 1havegot anynumber of them,,and cannot get a curefor them. My sister told me fo scratch -them,withanail, butIdon't think that would makethem any better, do you, Dot? When Iwasm Dunetjin at Christmas another D.L.F. andmyself were going to visit the Witness office,but. -we.keptputtingit off all the time, and thanwe gave up hope of visiting the office. ]suppose you will have a grand time in Dun-edm at the time of tho Coronation. There isno school here at present, as our teacher hasleft. Ihope it will not be long before weget another one. Ihave 20 autos, and am stillwantingmore, soIshall exchange autos with,any little folk. Iputall the little folk's autosin a scrap-book in caseIshould lose them.With !ovp to Myra, Zoe, and all the rest of thelittle folk, not forgetting yourself,— Yourstiuly,

MYRTHERTIDVYLITE.[Have you ever tried stee^Li^f Uji chilblains

in hot waternight and mOiiiSiig1,l|j(fichertidvyrlite? Itmust be as hot as you eva bear, put-ting more hot water in as it cool^s.— DOT.]

Dear Dot,— It is terribly cold weather abouthere justnow. The snow and rainhave causedsome very big floods, which keep us fromgoingto school. We are going to get our winterholidays about Coronation time, so that will bea chance for some of us to get to Dunedin.Could you tell me of a.cure for chilblains, Dot,for some of my sisters have them very bad?Ihaveread a.good manybooks, such as "Wonby Gentleness," "A Late Repentance," "Elsie'sMagician, ' "Into the Haven,' "Our LittleNan," and a great many more. With, love toall tho little folk and yourself,

—Yours truly,CORDELIA.

[You will see what Ihave said to Myther-t'dvyhto about chilblains, Cordelia. Anotherplan is to burn them out at the fire, but thatis verypainful.— DOT.]

Dear Dot,— It is a long t;me since Ilastwrote,and you will almost have forgetten thatsuch a, D.L.F. exists. Iwi»h (through yourpage) to thank those D.L.F. who so kindly gentmo their autos — namely, Marie Louise andApple Blossom, and Iam willing to exchangeautos with any other D.L.F. Did you jointhe ciowds who thronged the streets on peaceday? Iwent down town, and met Cherryripe,and we saw quite a number of little"folk.Chorryripe was also up on the Prince ofWales's Birthday,and at night we went downtown, and saw the fire at Hudson's. It wasthe largest Ihave ever seen. Dear CarmenS>lva and Ella,Isaw you on peace day. Ihave just finished reading a bock called "May-Duke Blossoms," by Phoebe Allen. Have youread it, Dot? Itis verynice. Dear Dot, whatdo yon think Ibegan last week?—fortune-tell-ing by cards. It certainly is very interesting.Do you believe ih it, Dot? Ido not myself,but Iput more faith in palmi&try. Have you Jtried any of these? Graphology .s also in- jteresting. We are going to have gre<tt celebra- jtions -at Coronation time, and1 it is to beihoped we have better weather than wohad at the time of peace. It come, at thecoldest part of the year, as also did tho visitof tho Duke and Duchess, but we could notcomplain of the weather we had then. Withlove to all the little folk, the editor, and your-self,— Yours truly,

LITTLEDORRIT.[No,Little Dorrit, 1certainly do not believe

in fortune-telling by cards, and althoughmanypeople will disagree with me,Iam nearly assceptical over graphology and palmistry. How-ever, they all afford amusement to while awayspare time, andIsuppose really do no harm.DOT.]

Dear Dot,—-I have borne in silence for a

long time, and so now Iwant to air mygrievances. Wo have all followed with greatinterest Daisy Primrose's account of hertravels and adventures in Western Australia,but now, with sorrow, we have come to anabrupt standstill. And why? Because theCritic (?) Club deamed it their duty to makea lude and uncalled-for lemark re tlie length,of

the narratives. Letus,D.L.F.,unite, brook r.c.insult from the club, And defend Daisy Prim-lose's writings fromany remark mase by thesacritics. Dear Dot, Icannot see why we should!by our silence show we had anything to do, with the rude remark from one of our sex to' one of the fair sex. Ithink a bod3"guard todefend Daisy Primrose's interesting narrativescould be formed of Nut, Boy, Black Watch,

IDr Jim,FiaDiavolo,Cms,Sol,"Bert,and lastly,imyself. Iobject to the term "selfish" beingapplied to^Daisy Primrose, and think Taffy',as head and sole representative of the CriticClub, should offer an apology to Daisy Prim-rose. Ihope all those boysIhave named willin our page have a say in the matter. Wehave been sorrowing and suffering in private,so Ihave elected to make a public proteston behalf of numerous readers and correspon-dents. The girl D.L.F. should also' take thflmatter up. Dear Daisy Primrose, Ihope andtrust that you will resume the story of your,travels and must apologise for acting withoutasking your permission. I,too, was going toprematurely retirs on account of the remarksabout space, etc., but, taking the advice of anold Hibernian chum, who said, "Bedad, mobhoy, you wereon thepage before the C.C. waaheardof; yis, before it was hatched," Ire-main in spite of the C.C. Ifthat club wish tomake any remarks, we, the male members o£the band, will bear the brunt and battle.oftheir warfare, but the C.C. must leave thosesuperior to themselves severely alone. DearDot, excuse all this, but Iam sure you tootwill welcome Daisy Primrose back, as well aswill all the readers of the page. And now fora narration of my adventures. We were all,quietly a-t otir posts of duty on the 2nd -when,the firebell rang. But the climax was reached!when bells rang, whistles shrieked, and people

*'

yelled. Everyone went mad with joy, yourtf-

truly amongst thenumber. Talk about peace!Thiere certainly was peace proclaimed, butthere was no peace while yells, sounds ojgongs, kerosene tins, penny whistles, flutes, ren{the air. We ran out

—masters andmen alike— *

not asking permission. Ifollowed the peoplesto the Town Hall, and oh, what a glorious:crush was there. Icame across old BlactyWatch, who had heard from afar ths hubbub,and who had run aJI the way to take part inthe general rejoicing. Ishall relat? the fuuwe had later on. The Technical took a holi-day (who could blame them?) w we paradedthe town picking out membars of the band.On Tuesday. Prince of Wales's MrthrUy, re-"leased from duty about 11 a.m.,Imet an oldschoolmate and two of his chums, so wesaun-tered off to visit the Caves, via Green Island!Beach. Having arrived, after a stiff climF onhands and knees, at the summit of the cliffiwhich overlooks the beach, we had our lunch,and then proceeded to the Caves, where wospent a good time. Coming home, my mateaspied three' fair ones whom they knew, and!left me. Ihad to pursue my way "all on my.lonesome," as a fit cf bashfulness pieventedme from intruding, etc. We all enjoyed thaouting immensely,and felt we had not spent)the day in vain. Theyheld a coxrrt-martialover me the other day, but have &till to find'the verdict. Dear old Jimmy,Iwish 1haddropped across >ou that day, in spits of your*everlasting chaff. Now, if any of the little*folk see a. blight-faced, laughing-eyed kind oBa fellow making a circuit for the Telegraph!-Office, rest assured, little folk, that is the boyIam writing about. Iwonder why nearly,all the celebrated menown the nameof James.Ihave no les3 than a dozen matss of-, thai? "name. One Icall the "Professor," andIarmtrying to find a nickname for this one. "Chaff-cutter" might be suitable for you, old" man.If time and space permit,Ishall send you afull account of how T came by the nicknames "

of "The Sisterlcss Boy" and "The Old Phil"- ■

for tha O.W.W. Dear Southland Erneraid, I-

lecognised you by your letter. Iam unable to "answer your letter. Matakanui-ite, as you did!not send name, address, or auto, t was notthe one to introduce you to two D.L.F. girls',Tasma, but you mistook the celebrated DrJim for the "quiet boy in the calico suit." Iwas highly honoured and laughed heartily overthe joke. Aud now, with love and kind re-gards to all the little folk, to Dot, and to theeditor,— Yours truly,

HARRY.[Iam very glad you intend to be one of us

in Old Writers' Week, Harry,andIhopeall thaoriginal old writers will follow suit, and bewith us once again on this occasion. Daisy,Primrose was very foolish to take the Critic)Club's remarks so much to lioart, but fromiwhat she wrote me privatelyIam afraid thereisno chance of her rejoiningus.

—DOT..]

Dear Dot,— Barely, if ever, have Ienjoyedthe privilege of listening to such a, magnificent}lecture from all pointsof view asthat delivered!by the Rev.Mr Ward (an American clergymanwho has taken up his residence in Dunedin).in the Garrison Hall on Friday, 6th inst.The spacious building was crowded, to the>doors. Th.3 proceeds were in aid of the Con-

[ tingentera' Relief Fund— amost deservingcause,Iam sure. Apart from the worthy cause foi:which it was promoted, the lecture was a realtreat, and worth going miles to hear. Theilecturer chose for his subject, "Savonarola,"the great Italian martyr and prophet. NeverhaveIheard any lecturer display such enthu-siasm inhis subject as didMr Waid. He con-siders Savonarola as l'on& of the greatest soulsin the history of the world." Later on hesayS:—"Leaving out that One, for ever uniqueand unapproachable, who=e uam^ is abovoevery other name,Ihave chosen to speak, to-night of Savonarola, that scarred, piereirgpeak in the Himalayan lange of loity souls."The audience listened spellbound to his. recitalof the wonderful powers of oratory possessed*by Savonarola and his hundred f.mcs morewonderful gift of piophecy. pihe spraker re-fc-ncd to the wonderful influence wl.m.li thoteachings of Sa\onaioU >■:< rci^'l o.c-r thepeople of his time, how thr.i live- \.<.re pHu.ieu'and their public policies reformed, no ar.ospoke of the subsequent troubles .iiun camoover the city, and of the cruel .m«l I-oinijlo

death of Savonarola by torture i-m! binning.How many of our band intend patronisingMrBurton's "Evenings With Gieat Author?," Iwonder A great many, I hope. CharlesDickens is an author whose woiks we are al-most all familiar with, soIhope to se-> t'.-eLittle Folk's Page well represented it Mr Bur-ton's readings from his works. Ienjoyed redd-ing lolanthe's account of her visit to the hos-pital. Ihope the little patient occupying thocot will have a speedy recovei'y. I aimpatiently waiting for The Kid's account of hisaccident. Cheer Tip. old boy. and write soon.Thanking all those little folk who so kindlysant then- autos, and with best love to Dotand all the little folk,Iam,— Yours truly.

BLACK WATCH.[I am glad you are joining Mr Burton's

"Evenings," Black Watch, as you will gainartinsight into many characters calculated to ex-tend your reading very materially. Ishall beglad to hear your impressions.— DOT.]

Dear Dot,— At last peace has been pro-claimed. What welcome new3, Dot,the war isended at last. Just think of all the poor sol-diers being killed. New Zealand has had itsshare in the war. The long-looked-for and wel-come newj was received in Oamaru about 9.30in the morning. The bells began to ring, thewhistles to blow, and horns also. Soon thastreets began to fill with people. The chil-dren also were provided with flags. Such atime it was— cabbies decked their cabs, cycliststheir wheels, bakers their carts (one bravelystuck a loaf of bread on the longest flag stickhe could find); a thanksgiving;service was lieltSin Takaro Park; tlve school childicn werethere, and tlie people of Oamaru, y-ftc-i thtf

OTAGO WITNESS.

-—That is silly! They'vebought a bird and

put it in a cage. Isuppose they expect me toeat cage and all. Well, Ishan't; so they'llbe nicely sold!"

D.L.F.

DOT'S

Little Folk.little friends throughout thecolonyon

"hiohni.beT live,of theirichool an*oonie lift," holWar trip«. to. Theletters *r« t> bewritten by the littlefolkthemselYCT,«nd mddreated

"Uot,f*re of Editor -Witness," and U bepr.blUhed In the i>»jes deiol'd to"Dtfs Little FolV.

"

Dot's Little Folk's Badge, obtainable on ap-plication to Dot. Price, Is, in penuy or half-penny stamps.

June 18, 1902.

OLD WRITERS' WEEK.

WEDNESDAY, 16th JULY.Little Folk pre reminded that Wednesday,

July 16, is OLD WRITERS' WEEK, and thatNO ORDINARY LETTERS ARE TO BESENT IN between JULY" 1 and "JULY 15.Letters for Old Writers' Week to be in on orbefore JULY 9; and all correspondents whowrote in first Old Writers' Week are sp'c allyrequested to contiibute to this one.

CORONATION DAY AND THE PROPOSEDGROUP.

Dear Little Fcik,—Ihave consulted theeditor about the possibilities of our gettingupa Coronation group of D.L.F., andIam ah aidwe shall have to abandon the idea. He lookedfirst very wi-e and then very perplexed. Then,as if he had suddenly seen the utter futilityof the proposal, he began to tell me of theijhortdays, and how the photographers wouldbe running about all day fiom point of vant-age to point of vantage without r. moment tospare. Of courseIdidn't care much aboutall that:my only object was to get a D.L.F.gioup; but what was to fellow not only in-terested but disappointed me. "Xo, Dottie,"lie said, and the "Dottie" made me think hi3£inilo odious instead of pleasant, as it wVi nodoubt intended to be. "It would be 4 o'clockbefore thephotographers wouldhave amomentto spare, and by the time you gathered yourlittle folk together the winter light would havegone, and a photo could not be taken." H»said a good deal more about if tksre hadenly been a second day, and something aboutlittle folk, having trains to catch, but Icouldn't be bothered listening, -as our projectwaskilled, andwhat-did it matter,howevergoodthe-explanations mightbe. However,now thatIhavehad time to think it over.Ireally be-lieve the editor was just as sorry as... DOT.

A LFTTER FROM CON.Elundsfontein, May 9, 1&02.

Dear Dot and Little Folk,-You will besurprised to fee me turning up agjm, butyou will all remember the old .«aw about thebad penny. You will it-collect that since mylast letterIhave been horns to dear, old NewZealand, and am now again hack in the landwhere the "birds have no song and flower^ nosmell." Itwould take too long to tell a.ll aboutthe trip homo, and my little experiences onthe way,but it was wretched having to spendnearly pll'my time in New Zealand in a camp,after being so long away. Our first port ofcall this time v.-a-i Durban, and after thework of diseinbaikuig v.asr

completed Ihadnearly two whole days to fee the town. It issuch a delightful place, and the street scenesare so quaint. Do you know, it would b; anideal place to bring little children for a, holi-day. Ican just tfaiicy liow s-ome little folkIknow would be pruneed to sec the 'rickshaboys, with ornamental "lion.* tied to theirheads, andtheir scanty co'.Ln c'othii-.g stream-ingwith red ribbons, trotting a'oag the streetswith their light vehicles, vv.d poihaps a whitepassenger silting inside I went to thetheatre one night,mid when the performance■was over \vr found hundred's of 'ricksha boyswaiting outside to take the crowd home. Itwas a most interesting scene. My friend andIjumped into one, a".d off our boy tiotted upthe road. Ahead,as f.ir a* the eye tculd see—it was a glorious mcoihght owur:;;— v.as aprocession of 'riekshss, each with a laJitemswinging from its axle. On either side ofthe road were beautiful shrubs*,5*, lit up by theelectric light*, andIlay back in my seaA andalmost fancied Iwas in fairyland. But Irather fancy that Nut has written a letter tothe page, andIam certain he will have toldyou all about Durban, soIbhall not repeat oldnews.

From Durban we entrained for Newcastleand passed through Colenso and Ladysmith.At Colenso, the spot where young Robertsfell trying to save the guns is marked by ahuge memorial stone, and the position of everygun he tried to save is marked by a largewhite stone. Locking at the monument androw of stones from therailway one could almostconjureup the whole sceneagain.

Newcastle is a very small town, the centreot a great grazing country, where merinosheep are iai=ed ■scry largely. During the wetfecason the fanners drive their sheep away intothe back country, and when the cold seasoncomes again the farmers from the back coun-try or high voldt bring their sheep down withthe Newcastle farmers. A few years ago agreatdeal of machinery was imported from Eng-land, and a woollen factory was built a mileoutside the town, liu't owing to several causesthe venture was not a success. In the firstplace the machinery was secondhand and out-of-date, and the article furnished was too ex-pensive for the kaffirs, and as the concern wasstarted with a view to building up a tradewith them, of course it was a failure, the rea-son being that European firms were enabledto place on the native market a blanket ofinferior quality, and therefore very muchcheaper than the one theNewcastle mill couldproduce, as only the .very best material, finemerino wool (and no cotton to mix with it),couldbe procured. At present themill is keptfunning with a view to future developmentsand is only paying expenses.

Haveany of the little folk ever Tead "Jes3" ?■Well, near here is the farm where Rider Hag-gard wrote the book, and althoughIvisited%he place once before Iwent home,Imade6ne of a party to aride over froni camp toccc it and the famous "Tiger's Kloof;butfortune trea -unkind, fpi j.uit asIwp iidiui

away our squadron's horses stampeded, andI1spent the whole aiternooii helvung to head Ithem off and getting- them back to canip, andnext day wo entrained for Elandsfontom.

On our way we stopped for more than anhour at Mount Prospect siding, where GeneralColley is buried, just at the toot of Majuba,and Ihad an interesting clnt with Yorky,our engir.cdriver. Strange to say, Yoiky hadbeen driving a train in front of the oneIhadbeen tiavellmg in about last December nearthe same station, and our train had bumpedinto his one, making ducks and drakes of theguard's van and a lot of trucks, and giving usall a, good scarce. Xot 400 yards from wheroYorky andIwere standing wecould see a lightshining from O'Xeill's farm, and he told meall about the old man O'Neill. O'Neill's farmwas the place where the peace papers weresigned in 1881, and until last year the Britishhad allowed him to .=tay there unmolested. Onedark, drizzly night Yorky was driving a supplytrain past O'Neill's farm, when he ran overa mine laid by the .Boers, and h:s engine wasblown up and his tram captured. He wastaken prisoner, and had to carry a bag offlour up the side of Majuba and over Laing'sNek, but just as daylight broke the Boerswere hard pressed by the British, and heslipped away. A large party of the enemy hadbeen seen and fired on at O'Neill's farm, andwhen the British rushed the house they foundO'Neill in bed, seemingly fast asleep, Whenquestioned as to what he had heard, he saidthat 'he thought the volleys fired through hisloof were hailstones, but everything pointedto hia being in league with the enemy, andhe was taken prisoner. Of course, being atraitor, he forfeited everything, and the soldiershad orders to remove Mrs O'Neill and histwo daughters, but Mrs O'Neill pretended tobe sick, and the. two girls climbed up on theroof and swore at the soldiers, so they weresuffered to stay on, until one day -a, medicalofficer from Newcastle took a.quiet walk aroundthe farm and found the old lady in perfecthealth; so the O'Neiil family weie packed offdown country, and shortly afterwards some ofLoxtoii's Horse removed the table xipon whichthe treaty was signed in 1881 from the house.It was in a filthy condition, the cracks boingfilled with remnants of food and dirt, but, a?the old saying goes, "I'd give my boots to getthat table."Elandsfontein, where we aie at presentcamped, is on the Rand, about eight milesfiom Johannesburg, and is well known as thelargest junction in South Africa. A3 far asthe eye can reach from our camp are largequartz mines, and Iam trying to get permis-sion to be shown through one of the largerones,butImus* close down now, dear Dotandlittle folk, as Nut, Iam sine, will tell youall about FJandsfonteiu and the wonderfulworkings,a.:d my time to-day is limited. Well.Dot,Ili.ae ru.de up my mind that this \\Ti\lie my last letter ito your page, but every weekwhen your p?ge is finished you can always de-pend that if .ever it comes Con's way he willbe" one of your many interested readers, soafter all he will not be a stranger. IfIamspared to go back to dear, old New Zealandonce agpm, dear Dot and little folk, Ishallwnte and tell you whenIam coming. Good-bye.— Your sincere friend and wellwisher,

CON.[Thisletter will indeed be a joy and a sorrow

to everyone in our page—

a joy to hear fromCon oncemore and a sorrow to hear of his re-tirement. During ail the years Con has beenwith us there has been no greater favouriteamong our band, and his departure from usas a contributor, though not as a friend, willcause quite a wrench at all our heartstrings.Good-bye, dear chum, and mny your secondwound be no more serious -in it3effects thanthe first is the sincere wish of all the httlofolk and your frieiid;-DOT.]

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for my holidays, and Isn-w th= ireszicg worksand paper mills. It 13 very cod when you are.

■ in watchingthem freezing. Whe.i Iwasup thomountainsIsaw a lot of lagoons, and roundthe edges of them they are overgrown by nicegreen moss. AsIwas walkingalongIthought:t would bo nice to walk on. SoItried it, andsank througfi it in mud as thick as treacle.It is pleasant to go up the bush and watchthe falls and gather ferns. There are num-bers of deer 111 the bush, and it is very interest-ing to see them playing about. With love- toa!! the LF. and the editor, not forgettingyourself,— Yo\irs tiuly,

LEXA.[It was an unfortunate rxpcriment trying to

wa'k on the moss, Lena. However,you will beon yoar guard next time you go uu to thelagoons.— DOT.]

LETTERS CONDENSED.John Bull anticipates a great demonstra-

tion o1 Coronation day. "I had some grandfun o1Peace day. Th« bonfire was not a. verybig one, but Ihad tv.o holidays, and Ien-joyed them asbestIcould.

Duchess op the Mountains is rejoicing aamuch as any of us at peace having been pro-claimed, "The tenth co-itingrnt won't ha*»any fighting to do, butIdon't suopose theywiil bo back for a year. Ishould like very-much to come to town at the Coronation, butIcan't get, as Iwas in at the Duke andDt.chess time, and one can't get everywhere,caoi they,Dot'"

Beryl tell3me how she and her friends en-joyed themselves on Peace day. "We wentand got a heap of scrub, and then at night wewent up and set fire to it. Itmade, a grandbonfire. We tlnen wont home- and let offcrackers, and after that wo had a few songsand recitations and about v-.n hour afterward"v.-c lird supper, which elided our day's fun."

Smiling Primrose would like tc exchangeautos -with any D.L.F. "I know at, least a.dozen or 20 boys who have baen at the war. Ilike living in the country, forIalways thinkyou get good, pure, frcsa air when you areliving in the country. The train goes pasfeveryday, so we are able to get cur papers andletters daily.'

AfDREY h-is about two miles to walk toschool. "It has been freezing here these lasttwo or three mornings,ai.d it is very cold."

Majd of the Mist asks ifIJiked to go toschool whenIwas "like us nippers." "It is a.good thing that peace is proclaimed. We heardat schcol about it at 10 o'clock on Monday,and we broke the church bsll and the schoolbell, and then after a while wegot home, an<£we had three days' holidays.'

Birdie tells me her experience in rabbiting:"Iwent out ferreting m the afternoon on. Peaceday, and Iput the ferret in a hole, and outjumped a black rabbit, and Igot a ter.iblefright. Iwent up the gullya little and foundanother hole. Inetted it,and put the ferretin, «rd out jumped two big,grey rabbits. Onegc-i away,but the othei was caught. The thirdwas .1 little stubborn, and wouldn't come out,luiel the feriet caughthui,andIdug in tohimand got him.'

Mysie promises to wnte and tell me abouttho celebrations at Coronation time. "We arehaving terribly cold weatheruphere just now.Winter has set in properly. Do you ever goout sliding, Dot? Beryl and Iwere out slid-ing to-day, and we had grand fun. Ifell downand thenit was,'What ho, she bumps.' Isn'tit a blessing peace is declared, but it is sadto think that so many brave men have losttheir lives."

Black Phijtce is trapping for rabbits, butis not catching many. "1 know 42 DJj.F.There are a great number of D.L.F. abouthere, r.nd we have great fun trying to findout each other's nonisde pining."

Tire Lady op the Forkst -expects to be inDunedin on Coronation day. 'Tiast Mondaynews was received by the mayor that peacohad been declared. As soon as the school-childien. heard this thej made enough noiseto make you think the school was coming"clown. At about 10 o'clock we were dismissedfor that and the following day. Flags werehoisted, bells were rung, and boys and girlglan about the street* with tin.-* tied to a,

piece of string and made as much roise asthey could that way. At about G o'clock therewas> a meeting held in the principal hall, abonfire following, at which speeches, solos,and recitations were given, and which waskept up to a late hour. The evening's enjoy-ment closnd with adance in'the Central Hall."

Little Women go to school in fine weatheronly,as they live a, good distance away. "Weare milking a gooH few cows just now, and wehave also a few pigs. We have an orchardwhich yields a good lot of apples everyyear."

Somebody's Sweetheart would hka to exr-change autos with any D.L.F., especiallyHarry, Redcap, and Jessamy. "Since T lastwiote to youIhave left school, andIwouldrather be going to school than stopping athome, asIliked school very much. Iwas in.the Fifth Standard when Ileft. Itake a.great interest In the Little Folk's Page, and !"am the first to lead the letters every week. Ilike living in the country far better than in.tov/n, because you can play all sorts of game3in the country."

Flake White's school is not very large— only47 children attending it. "It has been, freezing;hard up here lately, and Ithink the ice -willsoon, be Teady for sliding and skating. Th/"placeIlive in is not a very large one;but inthe winter the hills look very pretty when,covered with snow."

Canaryis looking forwards to Coronation day."We are going to have flags for the King'aCoronation,and we shall haveahappy time ofit. We are going to have a concert inthe hallon Coronation day, and IHope you will have*happy time of it 111 Dunedin, too."

Favourite hopes that Estella and "Rixn-kex.ee. will »fit foraat Q. W* YL "SinesI]*rt

g.rl some fruit for helping u=. We liacl notgot far when the girl's* mother came lunmngafter us with a flax basket io put the ferns vi.We did nob want to take the basket, as it wasquire a v.cvf one, but at last wo took it as wedid not want to offend the kind women. Afterwe had fixed up the ferns cur friend wouldhave us go back and look at the baby, and asit wrs tho first Maori baby Ihad seenIfeltvery much like runningoff home with it, ns 1have 110 brctheis or sistcis. We again tookup,cur bundle?, and after losing our waya fewtimes wo ,rrived just m time to get <-ome teaard start for the train. Whdi we got to ihestation we could not 'inrl a teat 111 the car-riages, so we had to st.-uid, and Ican tell youit wps no fun. We got home,at last, for if wehad not Icould not ha\e been bothering youwith this senseless s;rawl. Ithink my 110:1-sensa is ended, so, dear Dot, if you will allowa littie private talk,Ishr.U dance at your wed-ding. Dear Bleeding Heait. hurry up andwrite cgaiu, forIffucss by your last letter thatyou live at a place called R., and if ao T donot live far from theie. Dear Quince, wherehave you got to* Are not your initials N. S.,Red Riding Hood? With love to yourself, thepatienteditor, and all the D.L.F.,— Yours truly,

GEROME.[No doubt you soo.i forgot the ptanclingwhen

you got home and had all your experiences tolelate, < Jerome

— and especially your descrip-tion of that charming iittle Maori baby ar.dits kind mother.— DOT.]

Dear Dot,— lt is very cc!d up here 111 the win-ter— plenty of ice and snow. We have hadabout 2in of snow already, but it i& atl gonenow. The ice will not bear us yet. We navegrand fun sliding on the ice,but the downhillslides are the hest, as we can sit on a smallsleigh and slide all the way to the bottom,but- we get many a fall on the ice, especiallywhenit is very slippery. The s>'ow stop3a longtime on the raountain— near]y all tli2 yearround. This 1& a veTy small place, r.ot manypeople live here, and it is about nine or tenmiles from my other place. There are a lot ofrabbits up here, &o we have great" sport 111caichingthem. We dig them out, and we gome-

times ferjret them. Every winter the boyspoison the commonage. The wild cats getpoisoned sometimes, as they ea', the poisonedrabbits. Dear Dot, the hills arp very bare uphere, with not much bu'h on them. All the-leaves have fallen off the trees, for there arenot many evergreen trees up here— only a fewfirs, and they are green all the year round.The ferrets are a terrible pest up herp. Some-times they get into people's henhouses, ai.dtberv they play the mischief with the occupants.There isnot much scenery a.boub here,but if}cigo to the tops of the highest peaks, whichare over 5000ft above sea level, you can get agrand view of the surrounding district. Thereis a quartz mine up here, and most of themen who livehere work in it. There are a fewalluvial claims, but moat of them belong tot-.vo or three partie0.All ycu, c.vipso up litre aremountains, tutsork, and iock->. The load be-tween the other town and h?;e is very rcaigh.When you leave here the i.oad i=> a.l right, tutwhen you get lower down it »a \eiy bad. Inplaces it is cut out of the tohd rock. Some-times great slips of the mountain side comeclown on the road, then, of course, it has to becleared away before the carts can pasß. Some-times it is two or three d*tvs before 11 can bec'.earc'i away. Dear Dot, so the w?.r has endvdat last, andIam very pleased. We had aholiday onMonday,and we hoisted the two flags— the Union Jack and the New Zealand flag.They were taken down at night, and weiclioiated next day, as it was the Prince ofWale&'s Birthday. Ienjoyed myself capitally.The road is very muddy now. It freezes atnight, and of course after the sun comes outthe frozen mud becomes very soft. We haveapicnic every New Year's Day. bublast time itwas very dusty, and we could hardly do any-thing. Iam very fond of rabbiting,and Igoout wheneverIhave a, chance,andIalwaysgettwo or three. A -few people are leaving thisdistrict, which is a great pity, as there are fewenough in it as it is. You have a good shareof L.F. in this district. Dear Dct.Iliks mincevery well, butIdoiv't appreciate it in the formof nuncp letter. With love to all the L.F.,—Yours truly,

SAWYERS.[That unfortunate condensed column ,Ibo-

hevo some of my frienda go to sleep with itbefore their eyes. T am sure Sawyers has nothod cau3e to dread it,and vethe evidentlydoes.-DOT.]

Dear Dot,- Don't faint when you leahse thatanother new writer has made her way toyour pages. Igave such a sigh of relief thismorning when Iheard that peace had Jjeenproclaimed. Well, isn't it glorious for us allto bp able to say that the xfti* is over. Whenthe bells started to ring, one of the ladies inour house got a kerosene tin and a hammer ;another got the gong, and another got a largptray and the poker, and how we all laughedwhen the bottom end came out of the kero-<»pne tin. rrhen. 111 beating the tray too hard, ahole was scit *hrough it, too. Well, weare al'g!ad the war i<; ovei, and the trooners,Iamsure, will spend many a happy evening talkingof tnci<- adventures in South Africa. IwasForrv to herr of so many acod writers sendingm thcr fare'veM letters. However, we are look-Trp; frrwvrd to some of thp younger ones gettingTnio ihpir phoes and baing equally as good,thoughIcan hardly say better — Yourq truly,/1

BISCUITTIN.P.S.— T cign myself Biscuit Tin, butIam

a better hand at using- the contents of the tinthan the tin itbelf.— B. T.[Iamnot very sure about that, B. T. If you

had only got hold of the tip 0,1peace clay,Ithink you would have used it to some purpose."—DOT.]

Deal Dot,— llive at the foot of the BlueMountains, and Ioften go up the mountainsami geteQffie £ouri& seagulls. Iwaaat M»Uut%

service was orer a procession was foiznccl,headed by the Garrison Band; then came theBohool children with glad faces, waving flagsamid shouts of joy (for peace or for the hol>day?— who shall say?); a. dozendra>s followedloaded with cheering, singing, shoutrrgyoungsters, and not all :ouEgsierc either—eober, solid Tyne street iairly lost its head,occupied two drays, and joined in tho pro-cession, the occupants shouting-, tinging,laughing, waving flags, and tooting on tinwhistles and penny trumpets like school boys.But who cared.? Itwas a day :n a thousand.The city fathers foil into jauk and "pic-cessed," too, taking spasmodic pmi'it? to keeppace with the vehicles, end pau?ir<; afterwardsto count the loss of weight. The whole nffsiji'

■was woundup by a. second gatheiing m TakaroPark, whence, after singing "Eu!e Britannia"and "God save the King," eveiyone (at leastnearly everyone) went home to dn:.er.. Thetorchlightprocession inthe evening wasuse ofthe best that has been seen here. Wiion thetorches were lit, the procession started frcrrjTakaro Park. It consisted of a number ofcyclists at the head, carrying Chinese Jui.-terns, some of the riders being decked 111 amoeb original manner, the ladies beirg- espe-cially noteworthy. Then came the Garr>cnBand, with the \Vaitaki MountedInfantry, theQueen's Rifles, Oamaru Rifles. Waitaki HighSchool Cadets, North, South, and MiddleSchool Cadets, the borough councillors. Fire

(who made a fine display), XorthOtago Pipe Band, friendly socisties, andclubs, Citizens' and Salvation Aimy Bands,and a number of gaily-dressed individuals,.whose apparel and antics created much amuse-ment. Th© route taken was from Takaro Park,through Ribble, Humber, Wear, Thames,■Itehen, Tyne, Wansbeck, Tecs, ar.d Thamesstreets, back to Takaro PaTk. Here the bon- ,fire -had h&en. prepared, and v/as promptly litand burned brightly and fiercely ior pbcnl antour. The united singing of the Xaiiona) Ar.- ■

them and: hearty cheering closed the day'-scelebration of tho arrival of Fer.ce.^ r±he ;Citizens' Band played for a while in Thames |street. X met Giulia. who came s>cd spoke to 1

xae, and -we had a I>.L.F. chat. Isee. that jS!lorodor& says there should be a group of j

'Dot's little folks taken on Coronation day. ;/Why not have a group taken i'l Ormsiu on ;the same day, as well as 111 other place? I,am sure all the country' D.L.F. will !-e ia |Oamaru that day. Could not 'onie of thelittle folk arrange with a photog/apher. Hot

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'As for the tiire and place, that can be left,to the little folk theniseh-p=. What do you [cay, Dot? Do any of the Xoith Oisgo little 'folk agree with me9 Ihope so It- is verycold and frosty now in the morning, f '"hculil \\'*ry much like to cschaoge autc? w;tn Giuiis, j"Maid of the Meadows, M. F. 0., Florodora,and Seven Young- New Zeala-.deis. With best |-wishes to Ivaoida, the grand o!d editor, and ;QDot,— Yours truly,

PRETORIA.rl should like to he ahle to arrange for

groups of D.L.F. wherever theic i.= a celebra- Ttion, Pretoria, but T am afraid all the photo-graphers will be so busy on that memorableday that it is impossible to do so. However,if little folk find itpossible to get up groupsIshall be only too pleased to receive a, copy,and after that comphoicnt surely the editorwill get in some.— DOT.]

Dear Dot,—Ithink it is quite time for me <

%o put on nvy "thinking cap" and tell youmore about that -picn.c. 2Co sooner had weflighted from the brake and had carried theluncheon baskets to the appointed spot, than Jtheladies.sent us in search of wood. We were j{hen sent to a boarding-hou=e for water for 1tea. Having lunched, we went up a flight ofeteps made in the ground, which led to the J.viaduct. Just as we were feomg to go through j/the tunnel a man working there said, "Thpt'a |A good niatsii,"' and he looked at me. Hav.iiggone twice through the tunnel, it was time,to go home. The viaduct is built over a deepgorge, covered,\vith bushes and fern, and at'fehe bottom of it there is a tiny creek. It is avery pretty spot. Have you ever had a rideon a donkey,Dot' Well,Ihave, but the sillylaniinal would insist on stopping. I{huikdonkey is the rightname for an animal like tiiai.HCan any of the D.L.F. fi.id out t'ns puzzle' jAman had a fox, a goose, and some corn, and jho wanted to take them over a river 111 ;i boat. I

andhe could on'.y take one at atime. Piecould jnot leave tho fox and goose together, or tlio "goose and corn. How did lie manage it'" Tlubis 0. piece of po?try that my sistov made up.—13tood at the side of the- ljver

One sunny sitinnier mom.pn yonder side the stores sn<! etik"!Looked grey, and hct, and forlorn.

Ihe river was rushing and fcr,nii"g,As if on the race of Life,

'AndIwatched the deep-blue cuneub |As it flowed as if :n strife.

The pleasant wind brought soft"vMany thoughts of the Pieber.t u'id Past,

Like a bird flying home y.t punset,To lest its "vrc-ary "svings at last. jIthought of past yearsci pleasure,

Of little moments of pain,Butnot one small act of kindness

Came back to my memoryagain.

Il:rcw then bow very htt'e 'I h.'cl thought of ir\ nc.ghbcar arivi

friends,AndIresolved from that vc . L.:cncnt,

To try ard make a.nic:"i,.

Then Tailing my eyes to ti " F-iia.c,A lanitray of h<- pe 1 "-'.

VIVIwill be 111 the l'O1 7011 ior ever.Till Idepart for Eternity-, -here."

We have had such hoa\y h«i -'onii" Ist'i"Some of the hailstones were fs b.g ,1, ii-.^r !l[went to Miss L. Crabb's b.rthday par'.\ ti-day. There were about 20 children p]--«r"i,»,nd v;e playedgames all afternoon. Aft'i hav-ing had afternoon tea and a lollie scra-.nb'e Ihad to go horns asIhad Xour BOiles to walk.

;well Icould d.^nce cveiy night i.i ihr week,1 and not feel in the least tirrd. Tiapping :'s infull swing now. aiid Itell 5011 pnor bi<:my is"copping-out" \ery '■svereiy np m this partof the country. Iset 60 traps now, but as thebunnies .>re l.ot ai p!?n*iful s3s3 they weic la*,tyear,Ido i*ot catc'i to many as 1v.d thtm.Yesterday Icaught 40 labbits out of my COtraps, but to-mcrrow Ishall not have hah" .comary, as the trapa will be covered with snow.This is my birthdpy— the day befoie the Princeof Waleo's biithday. Ihave two biothers,whose birthdays are on the same day as thatof King Edward VII. Iwas £,lad when Iheard that peacr was declared nSouth Africa,as my brother will not have to do any fightingat all. He was among tliO3e unlucky fellowswho met with the railway accident a shorttime ago. Iam trapp.ng suvay upon the hillsrow, tome of which aie hundreds of feet high.Dear me, you should have seen me a whileback, when the snow was covering the groun],Iwas like a starved rat. When the groundis covered with snow it is very cold indeed,and nowIam almost dead with a cold. Iwas telhng the lest of the family the otherday that they were foolish to get a cold. '"Howiis it Idon't get a cold?" Isaiel; but nowIhave it myself, and now they m turn tell methat Inni foolish to get the cold. Dear Dot.Iheard that there was a supposed case ofplague m Dunedin. Is that true? Ihope itis not, as it is bad enough to be in othercountries, with'oul hîng in New Zealand, al-though there were one oc two case3in Christ-church and Lyttaltoii. Now Imust ring off,or Mr E. will be putting this through h;smincer. With fondest love to all the L.F.,Dot, and Mr Editor,— Yours truly,

KARAMEA.[I don't wonder at.your gettinga cold, Kara-

mca, thoughIsuppose you get very, hardy up111 the snowclad heights. Xo, there is verylittle opportunity of getting

-any skating on

the coast, a« floats are seldom heavy, andlarcly come more than two nights in succes-sion.—DOT.]

Dear Dot — We are having fine winter wea-ther just now; bright days and very hardfibfets st nights. This is ai very quiat place,and the two nearest towns are pretty quietalso. There 19 not much work doing now, thedisti.et having gone down a lot lately throughniCDt of the mines and claims being closeddown. Itis a blessing the war is over at last.Everybody,Ithink, ought to hs thankful, formany a poor s-oldier has been killed otic1 manya home left vacant by the death of one, orperhaps two dear friends. The Prinejs ofWa'.es's Birthday passed off v^ry quietly.There was nothing except a football match inQucenstown to mark the first b rthdav thathas b?en celebrated in honour of the Prince.The threshing mill is very busy about here.Ican hear the nojse of it from where Iamfitting. Ishan't be sitting long when it corncshere. There are 10 m°n at work on it, onedriving the engine, one cutting bands, onefeeding, one filling the bags, one carrying themawnv and sewing them, two on the strawstack, two on th° «hcaf stack, while one takesthe bedchafr and dirty stuff away. Did youever see a threshing mill at work, Dot 9Icould tell you a lot about the way it iswoi'tetl, but Ihaven't time just now. Snowasked werf mv initials E. 8.. of !M. F. Theyaie not E. B.but she was right jh her sui-mise as to whereIlive.— Yours truly,

xox.[I am sorry you had no time to give us> a

description of the working of th° threshingmill, Kon, foi though we had a very gooddescription in a ehort time ago, no doubt therewould bo differences in the account you wouldhavegiven us.— DOT.]

Dear Dot,— My fp.vounts pastimc-s are read-ing and cycling. Ihave/ read a great manybooks;, including "St. Elmo," "Ivanhoe,'"Uncle To.n's Cabin," "Round the World inEighty Days," and _nany otheis. Books abouttravc-'s and discoveries interest me most.. Ithink cycling a great pistime. ITide aRudgc-Whitworth bicycle. We have some good roadsfo:- cycling down here in the summer time. Ilive four miles out of Gore, in the MatauraValley. Their are dredges not far from here,tho-e on the Waimunui stream being on the<ne sidr>, while th(V Char'ton Cieek ones aiejust opposite Dairying is the rhic-f mdu->tiyhere. Only a few farmers go in for sheep, buttho>c who do make a good lot out of it, as thoMatama Freezing Works are nepr at hand.Dot, are badges obtainable as s>oon as tliostamps mo «piif With love to all the htiTefolk, not iorgettmg yourself,— Yours truiy.

MATAURAVALLEYITE.[What a terribly long name, why it is

worthy of being, made in Germany. Ye«,M.V.I. badges are =rnt immediately on re-ceipt of the stamps.

— DOT JDeal Dot.— As Ihave rot wnltcn to you for

some time, 1hope the editor will net wear lhat:>wf!il frov.n when he tees this tcrav.l. I"=up-pest his mind will lie occupied with the com-ing < >-or;ts, so that my letter may pass un-noticed. L.ist timeIwrote to \ouItold you'.'bout a trip ] had to the beach, and this timeIsha!l tel you about a trip to the bush. OneClmstmas holidays our school went to ColacBay for a trip. Wo left by ham about half-past 9, and after a great deal of delay arrivedat Coiac Bay between half-past 11 and 12o'clock. After lunch two of vay niates andmyself stjrted for the bu3h. After walking;;bout a nule iloiig the bsa-ch we though it\%as tune we went into the bush. At first wedid not like going in, as \\s thought we mightbo trespassing on vmebody's property. AftTa good deal of talking one of the girls thoughtof a. Maori woman with whom her mother waswell acquainted. So -v.p made for the house,and whon my mate told who she wa3 andwho vc we.o oil" of the children took us toa trra d place, whe-re we obtained some beau-t-fiil fe>ns and cai.r s. Wh?n we had got asmuch as we wanted we made a start for ourcamjpius fiAoucd. site. eiviUK. the ktfcla Maori

With Icve to D.L.F., r.ot forgetting ycur?cr,--Yours truly,

TREASURE.I [Why. whai d-d the niau nier.n by saying

I "'That's a good uiatai. Treasure? Ifind th?tj matai means "to sock to obtain by artui.'e,'1 "to contrive to gel without asking.'' There

seems to have been 1.0 senso in. the leiraik,doe-s thereO—DOT.]0 — DOT.]

Dear Dot,— We are having co!d weather ]u=fcr.ow. but we have not had any snow yet, andJ ivis'i it would come becauseIalways ha\eiinft fun then. 1remember the last time (hatv.3 had .-> gocd fall of it. We werepelting eacho'her e\c*" chance we had, and when.,% wasgct<i,ig pn'Uy well over my three brothers andThe Kc-vc-'.lt and myvelf wentoutside one after-noon, wnoii we had not ■much cite to do, tohave- collie fun before it all disappeared. Wewore pell:,ig away for a while, whenInoticedthr*..Jim (the rowdiest of all my brothers) wasj.fituis' it pretty ensy, as none of them weregiving him much. snow, so Ibegan to give himbonie. He let h.o have my own w.iy for a.viiile,aid then he made ior the neaiest heapthat he could see, and it happened to be alo'u lhat had been taken away from, the door,.=o it v.-ps full of djit, nud my word he did no*;spare me. The snow was pretty thin exceptwhere it had been gathered or blown into ah'-ap, and Icould not get very much, andv.he<i he same snowballs ho made them soft,.ii:d when they hit me they splrshed over me,so th.'tIccuidnot get any from Irirn^ to throwback si li.'m. Ithought that Icould get hima\v;'v fiOi-s the heap by runningaway, but heronid :u.i faster thanIco;ild, although he isfatter, aid when Iran ior the. heap he wouldpass mi- and hz there 1.1 no time himself. Mybrothers tease me about having Ted hair (itis iior nnI—they1 — they only say that because -theyknow IdOfi't like it;."so Jim said that he waspaint:ii:* it vih'tc -.vith the- pnow, but it t\es:-«<- while either— it was Mark and white -withthe i.mw and the dirt. Ithought that he waslatl.c-r a htud fellow to try to snowball, soI"invc- ifc np sir.d w-ent inside to wash ray faceand '-iiake all the cliH out of my hair till Iwashed it. The Reveller is away from homejiiTt now. She is staying with a marriedcousin w'.ic has two children. The eldest is abry about four years old and th" youngest a<;irl about two,'<=o that just suits The Re-veller, as she likes little o.ies. Ilike themico. but Ililf- little babies that can't -walkbs<-t. T go into our neighbour's sometimes tonui'? her baby. She is buch a pretty baby1ut she .s awiul'y shy with strangers, but_Is'ui iio' a stranger to her now. When The]?e\el>.- was at homo she only had about 80-,"?-"(!", to go to school, but «he walks one milpj:dgoe, four *n the train eveiy night andmorningnow. Sometimes she walks home, butitiv cou-in told her that she had better waitfor the train, as it wa3 tco far to walk. Shesaid she would write to you while she wasthem, but Idon't think =ho will, as she doesnot like writing. With love to Hairy's Love.Jessica, and all the l.ttle folk, not forgetting\ourself,--Youis nii'y,

AUBURN.pS.— Dear Harry's Love, aie your initials

M. M.. and do you Ine at the mouth of theClutha River 9 If so.Iknow who you aê.— A.:[That was certainly a dirty «nowbalhr>«.

Auburn: indeed,Ishould call it slush-balling,and by no n"\.]i« fair p'.a\. Idon't thinkMattel" .Tim p'.iycd a manly part, andItmstho will be mo'( (crsuHiaie when tL<? snowcomes tin- wil^'i.-DOT.]

D-ar Dot,-In last week's Witccw Isawthat D.L.F. Civis said something about thosepeople who interfere with D.L.F. in writing toDot", calling them Dot's little fools. Why theyThemselves are create fools tlran those whowrite to Dot. Ifsuch people do not wnte theydo something wo»s<? by scandalising youngerfolk, and they mighi easily employ their timemore piofttably. If there were j.o .suchikini as writing to Dot. there would be manygrown-uo people who would not know asmv hin t!ie writing li'ie a- ihev now do. Ithinkthat it is just the thing to bring up youngfo'k to be able to write good and interestingletter-, and those who tan do so will, nodcubt. m aft<*r ypur-i be able to write talesor U> ks of some description. The weatheT isthe l.L if Ihe day, so Ishall tell you what<,c . <v wtalhei we alo haMiig here just now.Weil, all 'a-.t week it was snowing lieavenslie d cvuy day. but this. week. HD till to-day,■I liiis been \ciy favoui.ible weather. To-day,however, it iinga.n snowing as hard as ever.It hss. jv.-t b"i\i^ a'joxit five nimutps. ar.dnow the <-nov% !-a- completely covered theground, I.H lio.hirg Jjut the white-colcurodelement can be °cch as far as the e>e cunraac h. 1' is> com;ng near skating time now,and then we skull not ctinplum about tLe|weather being cold Do you ever skate, Dot 'Isuppose it is \eiT s<Idoni you ever <-cc iceclown there, Do., "* Ihay- completely o\cr-

Zitiwn my &k.itc-, ar>d had to get a new pair

th-

yar. At the c"d d 1.-st winter Icou'd<scaicely get aluiig w.th th? old or.e^ at all.bn' Ihope to hay» a better paT this yea- Iwas vpiv i-orrv whpn news of the Rignt HenC^îl J. Rhodes'^ death TFached here, for liewa, on? of th" be-4 men -of hi3day. If Iicm.iube r'-ight In bec?mt Preiruer of CapeColo.iy in July, IS9O, and a member of he1

-Majesty's Privy Coancir in January. Ifi9s, andlie did his business as we'! as juv kms cou)«lhave dona it. B^.dp?. tin, nioal astute a.'at<,rtunaie Pinn T)Ln cd nn lmroriAP.t wart nip jiio-,t all ibr '.lrsi j-ohti^'lm financ.al eveni =

1 it ha\e'.1-v. i v"a"c .n So'itn Afnca. As a' >]G".->.n'. 'i a >l l.U'iiiû -y v. h-ro opposing.11cjc =ii i. >- «i > i to 1. lico'ci'^J, hn ab.iity

v.is iinqur-r.i ."'oiy great, and:t isa pity thatl.c died K->fo p Ins qrrat rnilway hne was coai-liletfd froni Capr orn to Cairo. Iwns nt ac uil .i while p-_,o, 1 itIlid not *<<-" ii'iv !ndgi-a,

-.c so huk. I<-.\\: mmii"'" t'c fo'k there but

l>"v had no bpd/fo on th<- r hnt=. Tlpar Dot.do \on hkr di>'i <ng

' T rVi TH" t5-=-t t'ni" Iv s<s mi at s> d:" c T rlirl not hho:<o it vpryweJ,butnay:that1cim da amiti oiUiein f*uli'

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EXPORTED IN CASES OMIiT. Xjgjj/MANUFACTURED f*s%flTPft J§ f^jfl %im mm"L"»

PATER'S CHATS WITH THEBOYS.

-THE MASTERY OF THE PACIFICThis is tlu title of a new ;uhl, unfortu-

nately for most <j£ us ixpcn=ivc book deal-ing with developments pat^, piesent, andpiospective in the Pacific. Ih.ive had thepnvilege of reading it, :nd for your benefit(and mine too) made n few notes from it;and some of them Ireproduce fur you to-day. Ishall probably give you more uf theauthoi's opinions; furthsr on:

—The struggle in the Far East vlm.li

begun with the Cluiio-Japanese "war cameupon v -, as -a -surprise and found us uu-piepaied. It is a .struggle vhich mustinevitably be decided by military power,i'nd therefore will eventually be mainlyfi-ught out

— though perhaps bloodleFsly—by thoê Powei., which have convenientmilitary baês— Ru^-sia, and Japan. The..iiena of tho coming struggle is, howe\er,shifted to an ocean sphere, and the masteryof the Pacific will be decided by navalsupremacy, and will therefore be mo^tkeenly contested by lie great fcea Powei^-.

In thib new arcuu theie are many featuresthe fcijaiiiLiUice of which has hHheito bteu

poissbility of their being misquoted. If Civisgave the original, or "God tempers the wind,"then i\e may safely free Old Boy from the"accusation of mutilation, for we hear andhave read it so often in its incorrect form thatit is geneially accepted as correct, andIthinkis, nicer than the original.

Sciilal writers make the snme mistake asCivi3. Ithink we gave the meaning of am-bition. They have either forgotten, or choseto ignore it. Itmay rot come amiss to repeatcmr former words, "We use it in-its ordinarysense, where it means an eagerness for fame01 a desire to excel or surpass others in anyrespect." Our meaning is surely plainenough.Civis gives an elaborate explanation, andquotes Bacon in support of his arguments 111favour of ambition. His extracts are,Ithink,calculated to give a false lmpiession of the»-3ay. Bacon writes of the effect of ambitionon the State rather than on individuals, andthough offering much gocd advice that ambi-tious men may be made use of to the ad-vantage of tho State, all will admit he lookson them with suspicion. In fact, he says theyare only to be used in cases of necessity. Whenplaced in. a position oi authority we sire toldthat are to be watched and bridled, lest theybecome dangerous. Should they reach aheightlikely to be dangerous men more ambitiousmust be set to pull them down again. As aJ.ist word, he says, "Generally let princes andStates choose such Mwiistei3 as are more scn-tible of duty than of rising." Anyhow, cgainIfidy. luos^, emphatically, that a true man willonly be content to do his best, not because heis ambitious, but because only his best willsatisfy him. >

Dick said Woodland Lassie was a very dis-ciiminating lassie, and had very good ia'tc.

Boy's letter was most interesting. Thecritics all want to join the M. E. r.ow. But-lons s.ud, "I'd like to be with them! Wouldn't1 just! That is the funniest letter we havehad forn long time. 1 was going to Fay it wasa long oue too, but as Boy admits itIneedr.ot bother saying it. Boy, may your shadownevc-r grow less!"

The critics have taken a great interest inClarence George, and hope to hear from TheDuke's Amuser of his first laugh, word, step,tcot-ii, and all other baby interests.

Ivy has a very interesting letter in—so in-

leresting that it held tho attention of thecritics to the end, even though it was an ac-count of a bike ride, a subject that, to \iscTom's words, 'lias been dono to death lately."Little folk, Tom says, are like isheep— whereone goes the rest follow. If one falls off abike, the rest do the same; if one walks up aKill, the rest follow; if one says ping-pong,many hasten to say the same.

Tom had pie for dinner.— Yours tiuly.TAFFY

TO CORRESPONDENTS.Vf.vette.—Iam sorry, dear, but you will *re

fiom the above that we arc not to have aCoronation group.

Heather Bell.— Yes, the photos are all right

after hein<j reproduced, though possibly theymay bo a little soiled.

Favourite.— No, dear, there is no reed for herto change her noru de plume. Y-cs, it islrue thut Con has )>een slight^- woundedagain. Ihope Nut will write and tc-ll usall about it.

Hiawatha.— What an exceedingly personalquestion to put,dear. Idon'tbelieve a bitin Scottish meanness, for you can find meanpeople and liberal people in all nationalities,andquite as gieat a proportion of the latterpvuong those who hail from beyond th-eTweed as among the 'Southron?. T ratherlike the small paper: the abnormally largesize lucd. by some D.L.F. causes a lot of in-convenience.

Tafpy.— Thank you, deor, for your kind wish.It all depends upon the weather, doas it not?

NEW KIDDLESBy Somebody's Sweetheart. — Wi>y i= Rum

Ike n pot?I ByPing-Pong.— Why docs aher pick p pot9

By Karanieu.— What burns to keep a secret ~>By Khaki's Playmate—What is that which

water c&n wash tuid sun won't dr\ ?

LITTLE FOLK'S BADGES.Badges ha'

-e be?n rent ps follows-- MkVel

Hewitt, Marion Brown, H. Stev.ptt. M. Gi1!:-paii, L. M. Mewlnnne;,B. MutLe on

■wrot? Ihave got to know a lot of D.L.F.—

'M.F. 0., Chocolate (I shall send you my autosoon), Galardia,, Mischief, and a iew more. Ihavenot got many autos yet, butIshall ex-change with any of the L.F. that are willing."We arehavingcold weather now, but wehave jhad.no snow. "What a tLreadful volcanic erup-.tion that is in the West Indies." I

Izeeicatells me there have been tv.-o falls ofsnow already where she lives, so that lookspromising"for a severe winter. "Ilive iv th.'country, and dt is a very pretty place in the jsummer, especially when the gardens are all |inbloom, but in the winter the ground is all Jcovered with withered leave0." .

Ping-Pokg is learning music, but she does Inot like it.

"Iam finishing my first quarter, I

»oIcannot play very well. We had a returned |trooper here on Saturday night, and he told 'us many stories about the war." '

Lucky Bell has read "Alice in Wonder- jland," and she thought it veiy'intere=ting. "Weare having lovely weather now,but such wea-ther we had a month ago! Winter again! ("Why, it dees not seem long since the Duke jwas here. His visit 13 quite fresh.in my Imemory yet; and here we are preparing forthe Coronation. The mornings are frosty now,and the evenings long and cold. We are milk-ing four cows, and tho frosty mornirgsmake 113 more inclined to he in bed than togetup and work."

JVahrigal. wouldlike toexchange aulo3 withHarry, Black Watch, and many others.

"EachmorningIhave to go after the cow*, andIcantell you it is very cold. AYe had Ihiee daysholiday to celebrate peace." " j

Light o' Morning got her norn de plnme 1from a book. "We get the Witness eveij ,"week, and we sometimes fight over it to see the

'D.L.F. Page. Ionly*know one D.L.F., ar.dthat is Stray Blossom." ,

Red Eric says they "Had a very gco:l timeat Edendale onPeace day. Some of the schoolchildren got a big dmrn, v kettle drum, andpome other instruments, and blackened theirfaces, and Ican tell you they made enoughaioiseîf they did nothing c!cc. At night there-was a ISoTifire, and a great display of fireworks,andafter thatthere was a concert ar.d ball. I"suppose you -willhave a grand time in Uunedinat Coronation. InWyndham two Maoris are tocook some foodin a Maorioven." |

SixEyes likesher teacher, who is verykind,and teaches the children sewing. "

The coun-try district where Ilive is very prelty iv sum-mer, but we are having very lough v. fatherhere just now. It is snowing veryhaid to-day.soIam, not at school. Ihope it will be goodweather before we get our winter holidays.''

Puddy lias a very quiet little pony, and hecanride it a little. "One day, when my cousinand Iwere out rabbitmg, we caught 0 littlewild kitten. There were five or six cf theman a nest, and they all spiang at us. Womanaged to catch two of them, andwe brouglit them home with us. The3iext day, whenIwent out to feed them,Ifound that one was dead. Iwent ni3idc andtoldmy cousin, and he told me to go and buryIt. WhenIwas gettingit out of the box, theother kitten scratched me;but at last 1man-aged to get it out, and it did not take me very 1long to bur3' it." I

'ALittle SingleBoy would like to exchange 'Autos with any D.L.F.

"Dear Dot,Ilike rid-

ing horses, but Icannot say thatIcan nclevary well;butIsupposeIshall learn in time.'jSomebody's Love has read a great lnanv

'hooks, for she likes reading. She would like toexchangeautos with any D.L.F. "Jn the placewe live in the people are nearly all fanners,and some of them are staiting 10 plough upthe ground already for the next jeaiS crop=.Ilike when the threshing mill comes around,becauseIcan havesuch fun catching mice."

THE CRITIC CLUB.Dear Dot,

—The critics offer their condolences

io A Reader ai:d M.C.H. It is a matter fora-egret r,ow to giow up. Smith Prcmiei's at-tempt to enlightenus was quite succc=s£ul, ai.dlie has our thanks; but why did he say hewould enlighten us "if possible"? Dees he"think us unusuallydense"? for the pleasure3iis very interesting letter has given us he isiorgiven and requested to write agai-.i. But-tons said, "The transmigration idea did notmeet with D.L.F. approval. Only two troubledto give tho matter their attention. Kate Cur-negie is luxurious m her tastes. I thinkHatanui made the best choice. Ishould like>to be the pet of some nice young lady. Thereis a sort of a cousuig staying withus but I'm not her pet. I'm aslave, and daic not whistle inside or sit on thetable or iv the coal bucket, and must alwayshang my hat up and do a hundred otherthings."

Dick said, "I'd like to be a lion, the king ofLeasts, and stalk majestically thiougli theforests, seeking travellers to devour, and stiik-ing terror into the hearts of all who chancedtohear me roar."

"Yoii would do a lot. You would stalkmajestically thiough a cage in the Zoo 01 in«i circus, and. feed onbits ot dead horse,and a<3for terror— some one else would manage that.

'Of course that wasButtons, ami Dick retorted,"Anyhow, you could nevei be anything but adonkey."

SaJly, who is .lazy, paid, ''I'd like to be aenake; thenIcouldmove about witliout gettingup." He was lyingon the sofa, and Buttonspulled him off, saying as he took his place,"Yoii moved that time without any tioubleto yourself." Sally lcscntcd the Ucatmrnt anda fight began, into which all were dray.i' Itci.ded by the majestic lion taking iio--c-='oii Iof the sofa, while the snake air! doi.kcy sat Imeekly under the table.

Civis has set our minds quite at re=t bygiving both qiiotations, and has benefited morethan the Cot fund. He scarcely does justice |

to Old Boy, however, who, if IrememberTightly,paid up some time ago whenhe foundihis quotations were not correct. Civis accusesihim of mutilating tho quotations. Old Boy3id not send them as correct, but,qmlcfis Inuavuideistood h'"n admitliid tuo

OTAGO WITNESS.June 18, 1902,

ot' Britain at this critical point in hercareer, none seem to Colquhoun more im-portant than the utilisation of thafc magni-ficent White Man's Country, Canada, andmore especially British Columbia. Whenthe glamour which the continent of Africahas cast over Britons has somewhat faded(as it certainly will), they will turn to thosecountries oversea, their own without let orhindrance, where Nature has be?n morethan bountiful, and where, instead of sacri-ficing valuable lives in a vain attempt toaurmount climatic difficulties, they mayfound and perpetuate a race unequalled inphysique and those great qualities whichhave made the parent stock so powerful.Australia, though hardly to the same de-gree, affoids great opportunities for de-velopment and for the extension of SeaPower in the Pacific. There are two greatfeatures in connection with the Britishdominions beyond the seas on which thewriter has already dwelt, but which liedesires to bring into greater prominence.These are the need of those which are pre-eminently White Man's countries for apopulationof the right sort, and the neces-sity for closer federation with the MotherCountiy—

a federation which .vould aboveall ensure their" equal participation inImperial defence.

Federation, consolidation, the develop-ment of naval power

— these are the imme-diate and pressing necessities for thescattered Empire of Great Britain. Thegreat need for the Dominions themselvesis forethought in their policies, which it isperhaps a little sanguine to expect fromsuch young communities. Although Fede-ration has long exercised the minds ofBritish statesmen, the question has receivedfresh stimulus by the recent .shifting of thecentre of gravity of the activities of theGreat Powers, and by the necessity forImperial defence. The new problems ininternational politic? which are raised byfresh conditions and an increased areamakeifc more and more imperative that theBritish Empire should be bound togetherby the closest ties, that the scattered con-stituents of which it is made up should btunited in foreign policy, and that all shouldhelp in bearing the Imperial burden.

adventurous career. He left Cambiidge toserve in the Crimea, he has been a minor inWales and Italy, and acted as special ,correspondent in the Ausiro-Italian, Franco-German, and Turko-Servian wars. He wentto Russia at the time of the- Khiva Expedi-tion, and on his~return visited the miningregions of the United States, in, California,Nevada, Utah, and on Lake Superior. Healso accompanied the King, theii Prince ofWales, in his tour through India. Of lateyears, MrHenty has devoted himself to writ-!ing, and his thrilling tales of adventure areIdear to thahearts of boys of all oges. MrHenty, who is in his seventieth year, luesnear London, in the somewhat prokiuIneighbourhood of Clapham Common.[

— Lord Kelvin, who left London at theend of. April for America, has been over-whelmed with invitations from .scientific andliterary institutions in the States. And nowonder, for amongst the scientists of theworld there is not a greater than he living.Eminent in many branches of knowledge,Lord Kelvin is pre-eminent in the science ofelectricity. President of the Hoyal Societyfor five ycar3, he has been honoured bydecorations from Germany, France, end Bel-gium, and is a doctor ten times over. At.the age of 78 he is as alert and vigorous asmany men of 50; nor is he so engrossed in.deep study that he is neglectful 'of thesocial side of life. Glasgow— where his chiefwork has been done—

may well be proudof its honorary citizen. Lord Kelvin is en-titled to append, among other3, the follow-ing letters after his name:M.D.. LL.D.,D.0.L., Litt.D., F.R.S., P.1.E.E., G.C.V.0..D.L. lie is a knight, a baronet, and abaron, and an associate of the

"Immortals."— Like many another successful soldier.

Lieut.-general Sii- lan Hamilton is a writeras well as a fighter. Sir lan, who has foughtin Afghanistan, iv Chitral, in Tirah, inBurma, and on the Nile, was- under General -n

French at Elandslaagte, was shut- up withSir George White in Ladysmith, commandedtho Mounted Infantry in the advance onPretoria— and, to be brief, marked hiaassumption of command in the Western5Transvaal by capturing or killing some 300Boers in a week. Born at Corfu 49 yea-raago, ho is the son of Colonel ChristianMonteith Hamilton. He tells a good talecapitally— "

A Jaunt in a Junk"

may beinstanced— and is not without merits a.3 aminor poet. His "

Icarus"

has admirersamong competent judges.—

Colonel Sir Henry Rawlinson, secondbaronet— on» of Sir lan Hamilton's mestsuccessful column leaders—

was alsoconspicuous m the recent "drives" in thoOrange Colony. He has been, both enter-prising and resourceful. Colonel Rawlinsonalso took part in the overthrow ofthe Khalifa. Sir Henry is lieuten-ant-colonel of the Coldstream Guards,and a few years ago was best known to thepublic as the son of the eminent Orientalistwho first deciphered the cuneiform inscrip-tions. Iti^ somewhat of a shock to realisethat "Henry Rawlinson"' no longer standsfor everything learned in Eastern lore, butfor a gay ana gallant Guardsman. SirHenry, when not on field duty, acts asA.A.G. to Lord Kitchener— who has a veryhigh opinion of him.— George 11, King of Tonija, who, it isannounced, is too unwell to travel to Eng-land to attend the Coronation, v a, monarch,of another ki'i:!. A young man of 28. hehas mlcd over liis swarthy subjects (him-self as swarthy) since the death of. his great-grandfather, George Tubon, who-io -acquaint-ance many of us have made \icaviously inthe entertaining: pages of Mr Ba=il Thomp-son's book, "The Di\era<ons of a PrimeMinister." The elder George and hi^ peoplewere converted to Christianity by a Wes-_Icyan missionary, who iv process of time-usurped all the functions of government,Mr Thompson being sent by the Governorof Fiji to put matters light. Like Ids pre-ilcccssor. Oeorgp IIi-? a We-leyan Metho-dist. llp finds it somewliat difficult toûn-deivfand liL»* position with regard to Kng-I.md. For that :iiatfor it would nuzzle ajurist to define it. Kin? Gcor»e is not aBritiih subject, neither if Touâ formallyunder our protec tion: it is .-imply in our'"-pluTf* of influence

"In old days George

IIwould have befii tallod a tributary prince.His absence will rob the Coronation fe?tivi-tiea of a picf i.i'Okii!* piece of colo'ir— Mr Andrew L;ms celebrated hb 43thbntlidav in Apnl. Ihe distinguished critic;iud htir>ialfur is versatile to a degiae. Hecm wiiif auout chosts with »3 niueii aa-iii--iiine a> he can dilate upon the character ofMary Btuart. His afffction for jjolf i5i 5 veilknown, and in connection therewith a poetictubute penned by Lord Archibald Campbell— niobt pprfiT\id of Scot*:— has been lecalloctdurine the past feiv days. Lord Archibaldba^ a liappv knack of ver-e-making, which.lmfits the brother of the Duke of Argyll.Thi-i v.a-* what h° wrote to Mr Lang on theotra-iinn of the latter's anpointinonfc as Gif-fard Lecturei at St. Andrew's University ia1888:

Oh. Andrew, man, St. Andrew's man,Is a' the warkl to thee ;

InLoiulon fo^s yer cheeks are wan,Be aff. man. to the lea,

Wi1 mbhek, deck, »na driver,man—

■Oh. Auclrcr.-. man. St. Andrew's man-.Man, harp's a health to thee.Profossoi here, Professor there,

Y<«'re Andrew Lang to me.Weel fill ye the Professor's chair

Wi' learned lore, and yet. methink",Iken richt weel yer heart's no there-

It's yonder ower the links.Somebody might now celebrate Mr Land'slove of cricVet. He is almost is frequentlyseen at Lord's ah he is ou the .St. Audicw'sliuks.— Sunday Sun.

— The Marquis of Granby, who celebratedthis jubilee birthday on April 16, enjoys a

i peculiar distinction, for,, whiJe the heir tothe Dukedom of Rutland, he sits in thei House of Jjords as a peer in Ins ov/n right asBaion Mi'nners of Iladdon. At one time hej sat in the House of Commons as M.P. forI the Helton Dhision of T,eieesterslrire, butljoforo that ho was principal private secre-

tary to Lord Salisbury.— Mr Michael Dmitt, while lie was inAustralia in 1895, was returned withoutIopposition for East Kerry and South Mayo.Tniro yearsago he resigned from theHouse.With Mr Parnell and others he founded Ihe

I Irish Land Leajjue. His career has been re-|markable when it is remembered that he be-:gan work as a child of 10 in a Lancashire

cotioi; mill and lost his right arm when hewas 11 H« was 56 on March 25.— Sir William Wedderburn, who was 6ton March 25, was for many years a disfcin-gui'shcd'lndian civil'servant, FCrving inBom-bay fr.nn 1860 till 1887, during part ofwhich tune he was judge <A ilie High Courtof Bombay, and retiring wiien acting mchief secretary to that Government. A'couple of years later he was president of theIndian National Congress, and from 1893till 1900 he represented Banffshirc in theLiberal interest, and wa« chairman of thoIndian PaWiameiitary Committee, a positionfor which his exceptional knowledge cf In-dian affuiii eminently qualified him.— Lord Cun-.e, who, it it ?=ai'.l, has f^rsome tune past l'een by no means a per-onagrata at the Quiriual, has been our Ambas-ihadoi at Rome for four years. He com-Imenced his career as a cleik nt the Foreignj Office, and was subsequently appointedIActin<r .Second Seeietary in Diplomatic Sei-i \icr\ In 1878 i:o became private secretaryto Lord Saii-bury: and was secretary toLord Northampton - «prc,al mi'-Mon to mi-

i \Pt>f King Alfonso XIII of Spain with the| Ordcfr of the Gaiter in 1881. He was after-

wards made Ui.tlei"--ecrf>taiy of State forForeign Affairs; and m 1889 lie became Per-manent L'iklcj secretary in that department.Before going to Rome, 1.-oid Cmrie, who isnow 68 yearof ago, was for five year- Am-bassador at Constantinople— Colonel Sir C'hailes Paisons, X.C.M0..who has been appointed (,'oloncl-on-the-Staffto command the legulnr troops m the Do-

j minion of Canada, waa 47 in May. He waseducated at liugby and at the Royal Mili-

I tary Academy, and hi-s military career hasbeen of a nio-c wiu.-d character. Up dide\ocllent work in connection with the Gaikajand Zulu < xpeciitiuii-, and in the present war] ho was among thooe who were pi;eênt at the|actions- of Laing's Xek and Ingogo, wherehe was seterely wounded. Colonel ParsonsaUo served in the Egyptian and Dongolajcampaigns, and six years ago was made

j Governor cl the Red Sea Littoral, and wasemployed on a special mission in Eutroa,when Karsala was handedover to the Egyp-tian Government.

■ —Mr George Alfred Henty, the famouswriter of books for havu. km Jud. a meat

PERSONAL NOTES.

unappreciated. Here Orient and Occidentmeet both alike on alien ground. Littleknown, unvalued, neglected, the events ofthe past few yeais have brought the PacificOcean into such prominence that, whereiis16 years ago a British statesman of thefirst rank could hardly be induced to annexpart of an important inland adjacent toAustralia, and it was xhe fashion to callthe British oversea j>°ssessions "millstonesabout our neck," now the Great Powerswatch jealously over the smallest and mostremote coral-reef islands, and the whole ofthe vast oceai is practically partitionedoutinto sphere5

-1.

A glance at the map which accompaniesCulqulioun's volume will show how numer-ous are the lines of the steamer routes,practically a, network covering the ocean,and all dating from recent years. Ciblelines have bean hid and others aie incourseof construction, while new ones are pro-jected. The two great Continents of Asiaand America, ■which form the limits of thePacific on either side, for many centuriesbarred the way .o progress, because thef dvaneing natioxi* on each were found onthe .side farthest from the ocean. TheSuez Canal opened a short sea route fromEurope to the Far Easi. Transcontinentalrailways have since bridged the distanceoverland, not only from east to west inAmerica, but from west to eas-t in theEui-opean-Asiatic hemisphere; and thusapproaches to the Pacific have been openedr.r.d its isolation destroyed. A fresh accessto the Pacific, is about to be made in theTians-Isthmian Canal, nnd this complementti the Suez route will prove the greateststimulus to the development of the newocean sphereand of the Fax* East generally.

Among the most (significant features ofthe new situation which mark the beginningof the new century is thj adventof Russia,coming overland, on tho Pacific littoral,where she has acquired an important sea-board with good haibonrs r<nd a maritimepopulation. On the other hand, we havethe sudden appearance of the UnitedStates, coming oversea, and establishingherself in a large, populous,nnd importantaichipelago on the borders of Aftia. Thusthe greatest Autocracy and the greatestDemocracy meet in the Far East, and thequestion of their future relations is one oft!»e most interesting ivi.'ecl by our study ofthe situation. Wjll the United State?,abandoning the policy by which theirforeign relations have hitherto been guided,follow the example of Britain, or will theyconsider what may be termed their imme-diatematerial interests and give the .supportof their countenance to Russia by followingout to a logical conclusion the Monroedoctrine? That Rn«-ia desires to applyMidi a doctrine to allNorthern Abiu. us notto be doubted; and it the United .Stale,*in her new sphere should take a similarview of her own interest---, we may yet f-r-ethe two great Powers of the future— thegreat Autocracy and the gieat Democracy.Slav and Teuton— dominating the Far andthe Farthest East :is two gigantic Trusts.

The newness of the chief factors in thePacific problem i* a remarkable feature.Hie young Republic of the States is inreality little more than two centuriesyounger than the >cimg Autocracy ofRu-sia. which was but a small, half-savagekingdom in the time of Elizabeth. TheRegenerated Japan is only exceeded in itsyouth by the Commonwealth of Austiu'ia,mlio.sc birth is of yesterday. The ancientPowers of Portugal and Spam have prac-tically disappeared from the Fpheie whichthey discovered. Holland lemuins firmlyplanted, but st.ignaiil. yet quiwnng in-evitably from the sho-.k of contact \uth allthis modernity.

Australia is only beginning I<> feel bvrfeet, and must still be regaided as ana!mu;>t unknown quantity, but the immensele.sources and energies of the young Com-monwealth make a principal factor in the.struggle. The Miniiaiity between many ofher ideas and institution-) ai.d thos.^ of liteUnited States is maiked, and might bungabont a convergence of policy - a po.-.sjbU-denouement i\Inch deserve-* the gic-atesoconsideration both in deal Britain and theUnited Sutes.

Tt has ben <-fud that naval "-uprenuovviII decide the M.i<-tuy of the Putin,*, andby that expression i-> meant not meieleicible dominion or teintonal expansion,but the maintenance of commercial lights,the control of communications, and thedictation of a policy favourable to theambitions of the "-uceessful Power 01Powers. The navil development of theUnited States and Japan

"will be the

caihest outcome of the situation, and otherPower.--, hitherto regaided a« chiefly mili-tary, are already straining in the samedirection. Whatever may be the aucces-, oftheir efforts, Great Britain, Japan, and theUnited States po&.-ess natural ulvantageswhich will count for much if piopeiiyutilised.

On the Pacific Mope of Canada. Biitainhas everything nece«.-aiy for the creation of.1 new base for Sea Power, and among thomany dunes that derive unon the Empire

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LITERARY NOTES.OTAGO WITNESS.

ing full details public; but here is givenjust a pictorial hint as to how results areachieved. - " - -

The torpedo boat— and now "submarine"—

destroyer is fitted with a long steel boom,which, when it is not in use, is 6hown bythe dotted line along the side of the ship.To itHe fore-end of this boom a torpedo isfixed; the back end of the boom being-, asit were, hinged to the ship's side. When a"submarine" is sighted down in the water— and there exist now almost certain meansof effecting this— the destroyer gets upspeed and uteams as fast as possible to-wards it. Just as the boat passes over thoenemy downbelow, the fore-end of the steelboom, with torpedo attached, is set free,and sinking in the water it swings backunder the ship till the torpedo is brougHfcclose to the "submarine," now being leftbehind. At that moment, as the pictureshows, the torpedo is exploded by an electriaspark running along a wire with which thoboom is fitted.

What is the result? The destroyer, l'idingover the waves and moving at a tremendouspace, escapes the full shock of the violentupheaval. But the "submarine" in thowater sustains the entire concussion of theterrific explosion, and even if her steel platesare not at ones stove in, the turbulent dis-turbance of the water will upset her equili-brium and send her to destruction.

In our illustration the "submarine" hasalready discharged a torjiedo. J3ut it is toolate-; for, driven out of i^ course by thofierce swirling of the waters rent asunderby the explosion, it comes harmlessly to thesurface, or even itself explodes from, tbeshock whilst still submerged.

THE CENTRIFUGAL RAILWAY.

of hi3are living in the district in a state of ]the direst poverty. With his cousin Dulciehe falla in love, but she remains faithful to-a, former lover, a poor Socialist, who ulti-mately wins*her hand. |— Mr T. Fisher Unwin has published inhis Colonial Library a new novel by WalterBarr, entitled

"Shacklett." The book is astudy partly of heredity and partly of con-temporary American polities. The authorgives a hero in whom there are inherentconflicting elements; from hi-3 father heinherits the tendency to unserupulousnccsand sharp practice which e>nable3 him to de-feat his rivals in the political game of bluff;from his mother he has a vein of almostquixotic impulsiveness which at times un-does the advantages gained by the paternalstrain. His wife, whom he marries after avery strango courtship, continues the goodinfluence, and under it Shaeklett advances toa great public position, when his career isaccidentally cut short during a strike riot.— Another notable new" volume in Un-win"s Colonial Libary is "

Tho Searchers"by Margaretta Byrde. This book is beingissued in England as the second volume ofMr Unwin's "First Novel Library," aseries,ot which

"Wistons," the first volume, wasgenerally recognised as an unusually strik-ipg and remarkable piece of work. MrsByrde strikes a very different note from thatof her predecessor in the. series, for ''TheSearcher*.'" however much they, too. are.Ifinding their way through "a tangled world,"arc at least by no means neo-pagane. Thereis a strong orjtiniistie interest in the soundaud manly Christianity of Hope Godwyn,until he stands to faca a world grown sud-denly cmnty with this alono for snpport.The scenes are mostly laid in Wales, but thecharacters are more than mere dwellersin a remote corner of Britain. It is abook to be called "hearty," to hearten usin our quest for an oasis amid the lugubri-ous deserts of the modern dyspeptic-pessi-mistic novel. Nor is it confined to Society,nor yet to society, whence, perhaps, is itsstrength, since the author passes us fromone social study to another— from man toman and from cla*-s to rla'-a.— A notable book of the week (sajT;; theLondon Sun of April 20) is Sir WemyssReid's "Life of William Black," publishedby Messrs Cassell- and Co. In straightfor-ward, terse language Sir Wemyss gives uaa graphic picture of one of the best noveliststhai, the closing- half of the nineteenth cen-tury produced. Itis a striking circiimstancathat not a few of our greatest writers haveIcomeof a stern Puritan stock, whose sombre Icreed produced in their offspring revolt andIdistaste, and prompted th^em, in the processof mental evolution, to advance to anotherand more liberal plane of thought. Of suchas these was Sir Walter Besant; WilliamBlack wais another. His father's religionwas. Sir Woinyss Reid tells us-gJ' deeplytinctuied with the melancholy ofliia race-and sect. He had the Puritan's dread ormany forms of pleasure that now seem inno-cent, enough, and the world in which hisson was destined to play his part seemed tohim to be a. place of darkness and sin. Inliterature his tastes were characteristic of theman. Hedid not positively forbid his child-ren to read fiction; but the-only novels hopermitted in his house were Scott's, andeven these were only tolerated as a specialfavour." But Black did not long remain** cribb'd, cabin'd, and confin'd

"in this

way, for at the age of16 we find the preco-cious youth writing regularly in a Glasgownewspaper on the work-3 and teachings of*ueh masters as Ruskin and Charles Kings-ley. These naper?

— grave and serious criti-cisms—gave "Black his fiv.=t start in litera-ture. From that day tuitil the end came,

success smiled upon him, in sharp contrastto the severe early struggle of his friend,Piobcrfc Buchanan, whobO stern fight fordaily bread at the outset of his career formsperhaps the most pathetic picture in thostory of modern letter1;.

THE UVT OF FICITON: SOME EPI-GRAMS.

Mr Gilbert Parker, M.P., said some quot-able things about the art of fiction in

addressing the Sesame Club lately. Thus:—" \ man must know truth to writefable." . , L

."" fiction can bo learned, but cannot betaught."

,i.i ■i ri "No groat writer ha*3 ever had tno idea <>tfounding a 'school' of this or that -ofidealism or symbolism, or romanticism, orrealism. Really great men have little timefor promulgating theories: they get hold ofa fpw principles, and by these they live'In the art of fiction tho mdiwdual xs

thrown onhis own innate talent.'

"Love and fighting are not necessarilyromance;nor arc soup-kitchens and divorcecourts necshsarily realism." ."

In the very first, chapter of the book thenote must be struck which shall recurthroughout the book like tho motif in an°P

Like many speakers, Mr Parker laid flownas single .and simple what is really multipleand complex-. He said:"There b only one test for a novel:thatit bo first and before all a well-constructedstory; that it deal sincerely with human lifeand character: that it be eloquent of feel-in<r; that, it have insight and revelation:that it preserve idiosyjicrasy;but, bcioreall that it be- wholesome."

Hero aie five tes=t?, some of them verydifficult to apply.

EXPLODED UNDER WATER.

The centrifugal railway, which is hereillustrated, consisted of a pair of iron rails

i bent round so as to form a circle, the two1 ends being brought out into two inclined1 planes, and the two circular portions of the

rails being made to lie a small distance apart! at tho point where they passed one another.| A small heavy carriage on wheels (which on1 the outside had flanges tokeep them on the

rails) would, onbeing sent off from one end1 of the railway, descend the inclined plane,! ascend the curve, and, owing to th© height

at which it started, the velocity acquired, on.* the way would cause the carriage to! ascend to tho top of thp curve and give it: sufficient centrifugal force at that point to

overcome its gravity and cause it to run on! in that inverted position without falling.

It would then descend insafety on the oppo-1 site side of the curve, and run by its own1 momentum to a landing place at the other

T. extremity of the rails. This ingenious in-'vention or illustration cf centrifugal force*was de\ised about 1839 by a Mr Roberts, o£' Manchester. In 1842 a railway of the bindhere described was aclually set up in the* Kgyptian Hall (London), and persons were' daily in the habit of travelling by it from.

\ one end of the hall to the other. The effectof people traversing tho eirelo upside down'was enough to cause the hair of- the un-'scientific to bristle with terror. Yet, extm-oidinary a? it was, no real danger was to hoapprehended, for the momentum acquiredby the carriage in its descent sufficed todrive it safely on its course. The ptiblio

" dearly lo\e an clement of danger in their1 amusement*, as evidenced by their delight' in a toboggan slide or a switchback rail-5 way.

'Salt and Sincerity."f A very c-Ipvoi- hook.

"Salt and Sincerity,**

r recently published,scintillates with epigrams,, of which the meet pointed gem is the> fol-[ lowing:—"

Some writer? are famous for the bookss they have wutton; others for the books

they ought not to hn\c written."r But there aroother. Herewith a few:

—j Nothing Micceeds like distress.

What is sauce, for the gander may bep saucy for the goose.r If you have a wife, and love her, tell

-, her sc

— tell her half-a-dozen times a day.This was said by a bachelor.If you mind your own business you won fe

c work"more than tigln hours a day.A disciple s-5 a huu who does rot imcler-

t stand. He thml^s that ho is on, but he1 isn't. , ,.R "My son,'' said the piiuosopher on in«'. death-bed— "my wn, two things you should" never do. First, do not endeavour to pryc into the future, for if you will ouiv waife

you shall know all. And, second, do notl- chase- after women, for if you do net, they

will chase after you. Farewell."One who knows docs not talk;one who

talks does not know.People who take pains never do any

more than they arc paid for, never get paidt, for anything moie than th»y do.

Nothing has of late given to the ex,m *of the British Na^ more cause for anxiousthought than the question of how to c Pwith the submarine boats which Mmefocg"

countries are buildingin considerable num-bers. Tho "submarine," though as jet afcomewhat uncertain naval war engine maj

when circumstances entirely favom it, he-roine an exceedingly dangerous foe to thebattleship that floats upon the water.

A.n ingenious and teemiiigly eeitainmethod of dealing with these underwater

— The title of Marie Corelli's new romance,which will be published by Messrs Methuentowards*the end of this year, Is "TemporalPower: A Study in Supremacy."— The longest poem in Mr Alfred Austin'sforthcoming volume is entitled "A Tale ofTrue Love." The opening verses are in-scribed to Robert Louis Stevenson. The lastpoem in the book is a four-lined stanzawhich was " laid on the coffin of the lovedand revered Queen Victoria, at Osborne, bythe gracious permission of her son."— The Bijou series of biographies of cminent men and women of the day, issuedquite recently, were considered, and trulyso. marvels of eheapne&? at sixpence, butnow we are lia\ ing "Men of the Moment,''another series, at one penny each. Thesketches of Mr Chamberlain, Lord Rose-bery, and Lord Salisbury are now ready,and doubtle«s other men who bulk largelyin the public eye will also be "hit off" atthe same popular price.— Biographies, as we know, are not invery gocd odour nowadays. Autobiographiesare, as a rule, in still worse case, borne ofthem, through fear en the part of theirauthors of what looks like ridiculous osten-tation, tell us nothiug. and therefore areunreadable. Others, bc-iug devoid of a pro-per sense of proportion, magnify the un-important details, and so confuse the gene-ral picture. It requires positive genius tobe sinceve "when one is talking aboutoneself:while to knowexactly what is worthtelling seems to necessitate the artistic giftof discrimination and selectivececs—

a thou-sand limes more arduous task when the si b-ject is cue's own personality and adventures.— Telegraph.—

Lucas Malet has. apparently, says"O.

0.," in the Sketch, been inspirited by thegreat success of ''Sir Richard Calmady."Though she is not a rapid writer, she haimade such good progress with her new bookas makes it practically certain it will i>etoady next year. Lucas Malet is accus-tomed to say that she works best on a Jrrpecimas, and ccrtninly her longer novels havebeen her best. Miss Cholcmondeley, on theother hand, l.as no present Inought of fol-lo'vimr up "Bed Pottage." She says itwill be years before she completes anotherlong novel. A book of short Efcories fromher pen may, however, be expected.— Says the Author:— "The question ofthe length and evolution of the ordinary 6sno\ el forms a subject of no small importance.This fact seems to be clear, that the publicwill not buy at the price of 6s a volume byan author, however popular, which does notcontain a certain amount of matter. Onenotorious case will, no doubt, come to theirind of many authors and readers of astory of 25,000 words which was spun out,by the use of large type, spacing, and otherdetads, to the size of the 6s volume. Theresult was disastrous to both the author andthe publisher."— According to the Western Mail, oneof the most .remarkable ladies in fircatBritain resides at Swansea. Miss Dilhvynhas written successful novels, acted as re-viewer for the. Spectator, .carried out theduties of a farm bailiff, and'is now the part-ner in a flourishing spelter business. MissDillwyn walks three miles to business- everymctrning, and remains at her effice dailyfrom shortly after 9 in the morning till5 in the evening. -She is a- member of tlj,oschool board, and chairwoman of the Hospi-tal Committee. Miss Dillwyn has one re-markable weakness. She is a lover of the" weed," in the form of cigars, and makesno secret of he.' pleasure in smoking.— Few men are fo many-sided and versa-tile as Mr W. I/. Courtney, the editor ofthe Fortnightly Review. After a very dis-tinguished career at Oxford, he was electeda Fellow of Merlon,- going later on to New,College, of which he is still a follow. Hehas been headmaster of a public school,editor of Murray's Magazine, and is theauthor of half a dozen well-known books onphilosophy aud ethics. For many years hewas the treasurer of the 0.U.8.C., and row-ing k to-day his recreation;but be foundtime to lecture on poetry, philosophy, andthe drama, and he even entered the ranks ofthe playwrights when "Kit Marlowe" waspioduced at the St. James's in 1893. Atpicent he divides his time between theDaily Telegraph (he is on the editorial staff)and "the Fortnightly Review, although hestill lectures and keeps a critical eye onmodem drama.— There has been a distinct revival ofinterest in George Eliot in recent years Theprospective expiration of the copyright of"several of her novels has induced her pub-lishers to print ehean ditions, and we arenow promised a moderately-priced issue ofthe '"Life," by her husband, .1. W. Cross.Messrs Blaekwocd and Sons, will make the

\ "liifc," which is to be in two volumes, uni-form \vith the Warwick edition. It was in1885 that Mr Cross's "Life" appeared \\\three volumes. The price was then 425.Coupled with this announcement comes thestatement that Mr George Gissing is revis-ing For«ter"«

"Life of Dickenf.

"for a new

edition to be published by Messrs Chapmanand Hall.-- Byron has furnished a largp proportionof the «toc'i quotations current m literatme.but who on earth over recalls a passage of"Saruanapahi"."' of "The Two Foscari," ofthe

"Deformed Transformed," or of "Wer-ner"? As to the last-named, indeed, theHon. F Lcvc>-oii-Gower not long ago pub-lished an article in the Nineteenth Centuryto prove that it was not written by Byronat all, but by Georgina, Duchess of Devon-shire. It i* a\owedly an adaptationof MissLoo's

"Kruitznor." The Duchess wrote anpc ting version of the same tale, and MrLeve-.on-(Jower believes that shf handed itover to Byron, who published it under hisov.n n.'me. Itmust be owned, however, thatthorp is not tho lea-fc evidence m supportof tin-, theory, and the inferiority of "Wer-ner." it-, plagiarism- fiom the original, andthe fact that no manuscript of it by Byrons in existence piw c nothing. In literaryand dramatic meiif it does not fall notablybelow thp standard of the other tiagedie« —Morning Post—

Mr T. Fihher Uuwir. h issuing in hisColonial Library a new no*'el by Mi-s OliveBirroll. sutpr of Mr Ausustinf- Birrcll, K.C.,entitled

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and airived at the C I.M. compound at12.30. ju*t 111 time for dinner. No oneknew of my anival, and, appearing thu^suddenly on the scene, no one knew me."Oh, not the same man," they said;""changed altogether, looking ill and aged."Well. Idon't think T am the same man aswhen Ileft Shang Hai three years ago.This may be, but with what Ihave leftIdebire and am detjrmined to serve theLord. Iwill call upon "(ill that is withinme." bodii, soul, and spirit, and praisemy Lord in s-eeking to do His will.. Graceand strength oncl phys-ical equipment it isfor my deir Master to supply, thnt thisempty vessel may be for the Mastei'suse.

■After dinner I «<iw XL1 Stevenson.Deputy Director of the Mission, with whomIhad a long conversation about my futurewoik. "Needs," he said, "there are every-\\ here, but Ihave been led to offer youthf hardest m oik. fraught with the nio^t(lifiioultitfs, that the Mission has to offer.The icasons which have moved me aresimply this: that, having finished yourexaminations in Chinese, you will readilyface tlu.< new- language [Tibetan] and itsmany tribal dialects, which mu^t betickled, although there ia nothing* in theWtiy of either grammar or dictionary."Thus Tibet, a laud for which-!have prayedmany years— jea, ih3 \ery city which hasb-cr. upon my lip-s daily— has suddenlybeen entrusted to me. It appears thatMr y. wrote me two years ago telling methat on my return the door would doubtlessbe open, but this letter never reached me.

After much trouble, Mr Cecil'PolhiilTurner has been -able to establish himselffiimly in Ta Tcien Lu. a Custom Hou«etown on the bolder between China audTibet, where he is now the sole missionary.Of his two former companions, one (MriSoutar) met hisr death in Tibet while travel-ling far away from their headquarters.Illiiess attacked him, and. having no helpnigh, he succumbed. MrUpcruft, his othercompanion, is now in Ya Gheo, 14 dayseast of Ta Tsien Ln. To reach that distanttpot Ishall probably take boat all the wayto Kia Ting, and then have 16- oi-"20 dayh'1ravelling overland. The last part of thejourney -will be very <acpen>-H-e, fr>r "tilecountry is mountainous jild th-j roads bad,so that loads will hays to be sina-11. Mylabour in my iicm- Fj,her2 (oi.cnIget there)will be (in the one h.uu1 10 picach to thp.Chinese section of >he population in TaTsien Lv, and on the other to learn iheTibetan language, s-.> as to preach to theTjbetai.s there and to tho west, where my'.sphciv of bboui- will -ultimately lie. Shouldthe L iid tJiry, imay be privib4?d tolabour ti.ere in ihf Gospel fo^ 311:1113- years.The v.oik is one which, to be eiiV-'tuaJlydone, a.- 1:1 nece.s-dtute a, n.miadic lifeamo3ig<:t ;i iiouiadic people: Af;:y Glod fibme for jt!

(To be cjiuimieJ.)

PEACE WITH HONOUR.The rUg that latelj ficv.- for Wai-

ls nov. for Peace unfurled.With. h.ii:do extended wide to .shower

Her blessings on the woilcl.

While Peace with rloiTuvr— r.ol/ie wort!1!—1!—Which British subjects gieot,

Mjy loaders not exult vi i>nr\o,But mors nrotect the weak.

Or. Afiic's veldt the hostile frcn.In peaceful groups are formed,

And Uoer »n<\ Briton kow unite,'1o meet a-3 friends uuarmccl.

Their warlike tttituclca ittt eff,Foi one of iimtua! gcod.

In peopling of that grrat wide land,The roorii for brotlieihood.

United by a. common flag,Wrth truth and justice sliarecl;

Xo more the cry of alien lacoXeod on their coasU be maid.

Bill for cftrh o'.lut's u.îl maywork,<>!fl -ac+itin-s soon forget,

Th<* «'rt> of Peace afresh pursue,To biuid <x mighty Stats.

IlaLt&cLAirit;, o^cfiL-UiP.dâm,But ideal aim ot one

Who now repose 0.1 her hills,He for hi*. EuM>:re yon.

The drtjiu to Tiu-f eath cloy to hopr.Events their dnit portcii'l,

That British suzerainty's jH9t ruleShall Afnc'o r?ces blend.

For Peace and all her ti-.un we th.t'.kThe Giver of all Good,

Whose oveuuhugpo.ver has b'-oughi.Tins larg^^r brotheihoois.

To the bravenien who've foughtand '■"'cd,We special hoiour pay,

For Jvmg -j.'.:d Enipne filled Hie breach,That Peace might reign to-day.

On Kin? nov; waiting to be rrowne'lMay blp-i-in;4ri "eh remain,

llav Peace with Honour s<uard In 5 i.fe.Ar.d henceforth crown his roifn.

--A. itus^rLL.G]enkn.i.ch, June o.

— The Ttjlians aic- tli^fu-siiiK tin* achi.al>ii t\ of pi-n-io:nnp! Mi.-" Maddalcna (ti-.t-

natia. a l.i'lv of .r>7, nim lr.e~ ueai Nocera.1? mili'i f'o-H N.qil' ■" H*»r liu^hand lia<»hi an co.id U years, but timing thp 19 j-eaihtht-v li\ed together i'a man an<l wife tl-eylitul bL Hiilcireii bom to riifm, 59 of the lotbeing males. Eleven d*fFer«'iit iiiT-.ei; 111 ninev<j«i= ti-ijiiots wuit bom. and on three thfi'prent occasion- four hoys wore announced.ami once tlicro weio 10111 boys and agul.

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the second having btPn nu'r -nine mom1..*1..*subsequent to the di-;mtioi«*= tumbles 1 Itwo yeais ago which nec-Mtatcd the flightof all inland missionaries towards the coa^t.Considerable insight into the attitude ofboth missionaries and foieionei^ (hiring thetroublous times is afforded by the reeoul-.of those anxious months, though we legietto say no account 01 the evidently d.inêr-ous and eventful flight down to I-chang i*available. After the second journey inlandMr Stro-ig setthd for some months m theimportant city of Sui Fu. in Chiiu's largestand most populous province 01 Si-ch'uan(West China). The most recent part ofthe naiiMtive gives an interesting accoiu>i

lof itinoiations stibse'j:;L.nrly under!jken,I from that city ps a centre and ba-e ofI< pirntions. They leve.ll a change of atti-tude-in the Chmoe very lemark-ablfi. and cons.tituie. alike' a' xl?aMm~«4«fc«l-Jx1?aMm~«4«fc«l-Jan encouragement for redoubled prayer forthat vast empire on the part of all whoknow the way to the Tlnoiie 01 Ci'ivee:-

S.s! Tdi Seng, April 23. 1900.After a very fine night, sailing n> be-

j tween islands, but very slowly, v thej captain only wished to get to the CustomHouse boat at 8, we found oui.-elvcimchoied at the mouth of the Yang-tseRiver at 7 a.m. As we hid a, largenumber of Chinese on h.>uid and enne fioniHong Kong, wheie the plague i- still"aging, the captain (At sure of a longdelay. At 8 tlu; doctoi aid Lui-toia>i-toia>officials came (.11 boaid. ;;nd it took jiMtwo hours to examine all the passenger1-.About three toi.s of sttg c-cane Were seizedfi!»m the Cliincs-e 2>as.-

-?nger-> and confix-

< 'ml. ns It is not ,"llowed into ShanyH\-i irom Hong Kong. At 10 we vetounder way again, and slowly upthe river. It was truly refreshing to --ccShang Hai once iuon\ wnJ how could Ibub give vent to my nine: feelings 111prayn- to God that He might Himselfs]>e.ik to m» coiT'o'^niin; the n<ed of tinspeople, and Ilul lie m.iv gume me to theriglit place for my future ldl)our«. Guid-ance in tht.s rasped i-> needed indeed, for.?iiimanly spjjkinir. one need not leave thiscity before v«. Here i-- loom ioi hundredsof workers.

We landed at one of "ho-e bu'-y wharve=,and the boat haj scaicely got alongsideere the deck \iiis lull of whc-elbaiiow-men.'iickshuM -men, and coolie-, hunting theirplates on our anus .m.IMioiildei -. for onceyou have leally t-edcen a, pi ttc the owner 1êngaged for your service. W lih a, shakeall the tin plates are on the deck, and thereis a scramble by the men foi their number-.A few hundred pds«-engpi<"", -Jach needingat least 0112 or two coolie*, mean at lea«t300 01 400 men boaidtng the steamer. Iwanted tw d men and took two pbtes andwhen the crush wis abated Ihud mythings tokeu on, Wiieu Ssafjfii tiiaib

young manin a tone of satisfaction. "Thatwill'do for me." And Stronghe has beenever since, at least as far as Englishmenare concerned : the name had too manyconsonants for the Chinese ear, and had tobe modified accordingly.

But we are anticipatinga little in speak-ing of the Chinese. It was while in Mel-bourne that Mr Strong made up his mindto give his energies to that gieat quarterof the globe, as from the population stand-point China may literally be called. Heoffered himself to the China Inland Mis-sion, and being accepted by them, badefarewell to his fellow-workers at Colling-wood and took steamer northwards. Onarrival in China he pa.-sed through a meta-morphosis much moie complete than themere change of name that he had made inMelbourne. True, his name was changed;henceforth he was to style himself

SUtfG MING TEH,a name which takes some living up to. forthe two syllables appended to the surnameSung signify ''

Illustrious Virtue"

The ap-pellation was distinctly appropriate for onewhose object in entering that teeming em-.pire was to "let his light so shine beforemen that they might see his good worksand glorify his father in heaven." Weshall see in the sequel with what charac-tei-istic politeness theChinese employed it.More radical than the change of "name,however, was the change of costume fromtop to toe, which many years* experiencelias proved wite and desirable for thosewho wish topenetrate with least embarrass-ment to the inner life of China. The said"top and "toe" are the parts that takeleast kindly to the process: for the one aqueue has to be procured to match as faras possible the colour of the natural hairinto which it is braided— no easy match fora fair-headed Europeao (sometimes thequeue is attached to the cap till the hairgrows to some lengt!:); then tlie toe« Iriveto learn to accommodate themselves to thesymmetrical outline of i,hoes which animpartial shoemaker has made equallyadjustable to eit2iei foot

—in other vrordsI

equally uncomfortable for both.

UPS AND DOWNS IN CHINA.PAGES FROM THE DLIRY OF MR I

W. S. STRONG.Edited by Eldred J. D. Hebcus

M.A., B.Sc.

(See illustrations elsewhere in this issue.)

I.— THE DIARIST.Although" the writer of the following J

notes of travel and adventure is widely andfavourably known in New Zealand, hav-ing in the course of his two years' residencein the colony traversed it with charac-teristic thoroughness from south to northand from east to west, it is felt that anintroductory word may not be out of placehere. Many of those with whom he came jIn contact only slightly require, after tiie i

lapse of more than twoyears, to havetheir memories jogged ere they associate■withhis name their recollection of the eagerand earnest speaker, whose slightly brokenEnglish enhanced alike the interest and "the humour of his vivid descriptions of lifeand work in China. Those who did havethe privilege of meeting the man himseltTrill peruse with revived sympathy the re-cord of his further experiences in the landof his adoption. That others may as faraspossible share the feeling of personal in-terest whichis such an important factor invivifying knowledge and kindling an enthu-siasm we preface a short sketch of theauthor's life as a whole to this more par-ticular account of his past two years. ThetJcetch is necessarily an imperfect outline atthe best, but it may serve to place theauthor and his readers on a friendly foot- ,ing and to suggest the desirability of a 'fuller portrayalof a career both strenuousand varied. j

There lies before us as we write a;birthday book, with the following entry set !down against the dat*- of June 7:— "Wil- j3iam Sjogren Strong (Sung Mine Teh)," to ;which are ;:dded the three Chine.se cha-racters so pronounced and the translationof the two latter into English

—'"Illustrious

Virtue." Thi& is our author.TYILHELM SJOG-REN. j- Wilhelm Sjogren is the name with which

as an infant in Sweden he first set outupon the voyage of life. What were the.characteristics and vicissitudes of the childso called we do not know:no details arcto hind. .Suffice it tosay that oji!cachingyoung manhood our autlior, as a Swedish

-had ■to make his choice as to ;whether he would spend the year? oi hisconscription at sea or on land. The navalservice had for him the grct.ter attiaction,though two brothers hold commissions inthe army. Probably the greater vaiiety jof the siilor's life appealed11101cpoweifullyto his mind. For somn'.. h»l in,i*a thanfour years altogether he served on buaid awarship, and during that time he saw aconsiderable pait of the world, as here and jthere his writings show. Noith and South jAmerica were both visited, and either then

'or subsequently he gained some acquain-tance with the shore's (,f the MediterraneanSea. But the «pot that before all others jattracted his soul was the sunny SandwichIslands, and he and a friend \\ ho wa«like-minded struck a compact that whentheir time was expired they would returnand settle there. Such seem Mill to havebean the intentions of or.r author whensome 10 or 12 years ago he found himselfin London. Little did he think as be set '■foot there that in that greal city he should

'h» met and mastered by a foice that should iturn the whole current of hi* life and am-bition.

Yet so it fell out unto him. Walkingalong the tUeet one day lie vn«. accostedby a siranger. who invited him to a meet-ing in one of the Sailors' Homo in the'vicinity. He went, to experience there the"crisis of his life. Conversion i< a factto-ba understood not by explanation, butby experience: from the^ce-forth Wilhelm !Sjogren could say with St. Paul of u'd.I"Itpleased CJod to ieveal His .Son in me." jThe Hon. lon Keith-Falconer, the lamentedathlete-missionary, had a paying that theman who is in centre to Christ must ex-pect to find himself out of centre— eccentiic-— to the world. Young ■Sjogren had nowa new pivol round which his thoughts and .ambition? revolved. The .Sandwich Ibland ,BcheniD ftll through, and his object becameto please, not himself, but his Muster.Such was the aspiration which filled his ,soul as he came to Melbourne, where next

'

■we find him*. Engaged by day as book- jkeeper <n a large furniture, warehouse he '.gave his spare time to Christian work, andoften might lu.ve been seen at midnight

'busy i» the slum.- at work which by a

'singular consent most church members .relegate to the members of the Salvation ,Army. Fearless by nature, he would pu«h jius way into the veiy stronghold*, of milan-1 by his undaunted earne.-tness cain re-spect for the nie>s:i',-e ho went to proclaim.

'JNot a few lau-ikiiK of both sexes were isocially legeuerated a* 0 result of thespiritual regeneration caused by the truths ,proclaimed to them by Sjopren aud other !Christian workeis of like mind .

WILLIAM ,?. STRONTi. 1Tt was in Melbourne that lie fust adopted '

the name "Strong." being contained to jdo so on account of the hopeless faihue ot

'Englishmen to pronounce"a name that

'began with the letters Sj. and linked to :them a vowel with two dots over it. Who sthat had not been initiated in the ways of

'the Norsemen would dream of calling him

''"Whoygren"? Recognising the difficulty, he :Trent to consult the Swedish Consul about 1it, and a«ked him to suggest a name forhim. "Well, Idon't know, "

said the Con-'

Kul. reflectively. '"You look a fine, strong,aotivg bszl f& ar---'' "filxonju"' cued, the «

These, however,are but the externaladap-tations to environment; much morerigorousand exacting wa» the course of study thatlay before the young missionary. A lan-guage of proveibial difficulty had to beacquired,a literature ofhieroglyphics forcedto convey its meaning to the occidentalnind, so unns.'d to OiiPiital va-vs ai:dmethods. Chinese manners must be learnt,and they are not comprehended in a day.In .short. Sung Ming Teh was required inyet another sense to live up to bis name—he must make himself Chinese. To thisvast task he applied himself with charac-terise ardour, and had not been long inthe northern inland province to which hewas appointed befoie his pi-ogres'- became 'evident. He showed himself to be a, rare Icombination of the reflective .and active (types of mind On the one hand, he could(and frequently did) undertake extensiveitinerating tours for preaching purpose.*,movi::gon horseback or afoot from town tot'rou and village to village, preaching, con-versing, selling books all day long in eveiykind of weather, living in native inns, onfare often coarse and uninviting. Some ,of the later numbeis of this sent.-, of e\-tiacts will show him at this same work inthe \ve«t of China to-day. On the otheihand, he could return from a six weeks"tour and forthwith immeifcc- him.-.elf in ,t

'study for an equal length of hmo. :>ppl\ -ing him=elf to the haidi «l meiu.il ia\ks.with no intermission save for meals andsleep As an instance of what ye meanwe may tell how on one occasion, afterlea\ing* China, he conceived the idea oiwriting a Chinese dictionary on a uev.(Analytical) plan, and for six AVjik* did Inothing etee but Ch.nes-e dictionaiy! ILis jcapacity for 'unrelenting application seemsto be the peculiar excellence of the Teutonicmind. Very many and various were theduties that" occupied the first busy years in('hsna. On one occasion a missionary 150miles away fell ill of fever, and sent atne->JL,e. "Tempeiatuie 104deg," by abâiei on a scrap of papei. Ki.ovvjng thematter to be one of life or death. MrStrong packed off coolies with hi.- bedding(always earned when tiaveihng in China)and a few light necc-saries and started outto walk tn the distant station. Late on theevening of the thiulday lie stumbled, faint-ing, on tli.' doorway of his friend's house,but recovered sufficiently to pull the sickman thiougli. H.-i!f the" journey had beenin pounng h',ll, when it was* only pos-sible to know after sunset that one wason the ionl by walking where the waterlay deepest, Chinese loads being concavejn-tead oi" convex. The coolie* arrivedsometwo days later, but it was well for hi1*friend that Mr .Stiong had not waited iorthem.

On anothei occo«-ion Mi .Stion^ wa* tin-

eifiSStîiieit Ui charge £ well-ejujiuiie^

OTAGO WITNESS.3une 18, 1902medical station (hosp.t-il and dispensary)at p few days' notice, ov, ing to the suddende2>cU'liue of the doctoi. '"I bad only onelecture," he said, in narrating the story,"and that v. as 24 liotus' long." In spiteof this somewhat acetic-rated cour-e of in-struction, he was able to aft'oid lmnypatients substantial relief, by dint of dili-gent perusal of the books in the doctoi'--library, and, in ;,ddition ti> confoundinghis own medicines out of native herbs.e\en performed with success some seriousoperations for which he had the instru-uipnt*.

Tlie energy an;l resourcefulness indicatedby tlie above incidents w ill appear at manya turn in the subsequent pages-:they wtreabundantly displayed during the threeyears' residence in Australasia, to -whichthe state of hi* late wife's health reluc-tantly compelled him to return. We re-mtmber hearing a business man in Dunedindescribe with no little amusement insfeelings when one d'iy h member of theChina Inland Mission entered his office andasked him to suggest an outline of placeshe might visit in the goldfields of Otagoto deliver

'addresses on China.: anythin4

would suit, provided tlie places were '"notmore than 50 miles apart from df>y to din-."'This trip, lika many other* throughoutNew Zealand and Tasmania, was made ona bicycle.

As is well known, there is one countryvbich, beyond all others, remains as \etthe "great closed land" to missionary effort,— Tibet, file ultima Tlmle of the vnevan-gelised world, ths chief citadel that nowrears its head uncapturcd and unenteredby the ciiif-aders of these modern da.s.For many years this land has had a strangeattraction for Mr Strong;and nor, it maybe remarked, in pass-ing, for him alone )fthe ardent fellow countrymen of SvaiHedin. To avoid disappointment it maybe as well to state that the most iec.nladvices are to the effect that he ha.-> halto practically relinquish liis ambitions~"inthat direction. But others are pressingtowards it, both from the Indian and fromthe Chinese border, and some day 1ibetwill be entered and traversed in the nameof theKing of Kings.

For the lest, we may coiulude 'his Liitfand fragmentary introduction oy stalingthat the extracts which follow ci/vev aperiod of some two }ears and trace tlmwork and journey* of the missionary sincehis. return to Chinie.n'.y in 1900. 1"« o

trips up the Y\ing-t«-e River are recorded,

71

INFLUENZA.I ACHED

With a Weary Weakness

A Prompt and Sure Relief.

Tbe Case of Miss M. L.KI<IPE.{By a Blutf Reporter.)

Immense crowds of visitors streamedinto the important towns of New Zea/and to witness the festivities inaugur*ited for the purpose of commemoratingthe close of the nineteenth century.'Ajnong the arrivals of the folks fronV:he country was Miss Marianne LouisaSnipe, whoso home is at Clifton, about/four mi!es from Invercargill. Speaking;oareporterMiss Knipe said,inanswer:o the usual "How are you2''

'"Very well, thank you. fiut you■liouldhaveseen ma this timelast year."'[ wasquite uniit toindulgein1 the usual"3hristaias gaieties.- The-reason is easily,rxplained, for my health was wretched!*The first ailment wasan attack of meas-es, which left mo very low and weak.'Rfhtfst suffering 'from this complaint[ was so restless thatIcould aptkeep/.till a miaute. Iwas always walkingTom one room to another, and at last}[ caught a dreadful cold, which turned';o influenza. Iwas.suddenly attacked'yith chilliness, quickly followed bgilashes of intense heat. My poor limb'siched witha wea.%y weakness that quit**jrostrated me..If Itried iio stand ujjny leg3commenced to tremble, andj;hen they gave way as involuntarily %k;hough my knees had been, struck from)ehind> Iwas troubledwith-anagonistng headache, besides suffering from aeverish thirst, and accompaniedby anrilarming elevationof my t.einperaturev1 most distressing cough also added?;o my sufferings, a. circumstance,whidbj>ccasioned a great amount of expectora->ion. My heart also showed signs e£weakness, especially after theexertion!>£ .coughing,' when it fluttered very;apiclly and causedmomany an aaxioxiyhoughl."

" ' fc"Were youable to render any domaa.-*

ie assistauce,MissKnipe?"''

t£"As long asI-was ajoie to> stand up>'

didalittle housework;butIiras- soojôbliged to lie up in .bed, and foa*3lt&laysIwas just a*helplessinvalid^ being!mabie to 'do anything for myself! xjlid nob. seem to have.enough -strength}o sueeze,-for although-! always wantedfoIcouldnever succeed. AllICould]lo was to go. through, the preliminary]acial contortionseonnected'withtêezQng, and then; it would end with, a coldjjaiserable shudder. My eyes were in.-.'leaned aard watery, with a burning acjiehBehind them which had the effect of;makingme.feelgiddy when \.looked-a4«any reading matter. The co-lour ofm^|,tongue was about white, while not the'least 61 my troubles was a total lo&!of appetite. Wlien Ieven looked atfood a feeling ofsickness came over mb,and asIsank lower and lowerIlostmyusual disposition to bo cheerful," be-sides having tormenting, notions,in xny-head which kept me awake at night.1From the want of nourishmentmy bqaj.becameas thin as a post, comparatively,speaking, for Iwas fairly stout before,my. sickness robbed me of my robustappeaa'ance. There was a feeling inmy.chest as though a heavy weight w&9pressing the breathing valves togetherand preventing respiration." Ineverdreamt that influenza is . such,a dangerous disease as it is, anfiIam very thankful that Igot over ifcso well. There was one period of myillneas whent wasquire discouraged anddisheartened owing to the physic Ihadtaken failing to afford relief, butIwasafterwardstold thatCle7nente Tonichadrured a friend of mine of influenza, soItried it mybelf.""Did GleinentsTonic fit your require-ments?"' *'" Yes, in every respect. After tak-ing afew doses of Clements Tonic Iwasable to eafc a little,and after fasting_ solongIwas gladmy appetitereappeared.A rapid change followed. Myheadceas-ed aching, and the racking pains in mybody were hunted away by ClementiTonic, and at the same time my foodhad a nourishing and sustaining effecton me. This was borne outby a dajjyincrease in flesh and strength, the in-fluenza symptoms meanwhile vanishing.Clfcin«nt«: Tfwiic invigorated one -nonder-fully, and.since my complaint wascuredIhave not required a dose of physicof any sorfc."

"With your permissionIwill reportthis."

'■ You can publish my testimony anyway you like."

/ "?-""STATUTORYDCCLAJHTIO.V.

I,Mauaknb Louisa V.-nve, ofClifton,near Inver.cargill, In the Colony ct Ni-w Ze^lnml. t!o solemnly,and sincerely declare ls>at Ihave carefnliyread lli&annexed document, CDnîl;:ing 01 two folios andconsecutively numbered from cms to t«vo, ar.d lUat>,It contains and is a (rue and faithful account' ofjmy illness and cure by Clements Tonic and also'contains wy full permission to publish in any waymy statements, whichIgive voluntarily, withoutreceiving any payment; andImake this solemndeclaration conscientiouslybelieving thesame tolietrue, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act ofthe General Assembly of New Zealand, Imituled"TheJustices otPeace Act,1882."

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Declared atInverctrgill, this6fih dtyot Tannary,'

IDC thousand ninebundled and one,bsfore me, *- . T. s=. gct-dir, j.p.X

— Inpart* of Norway and Sweden, mlim-p,during the si'nunor, thorc is almost f-ontinr-oiip daylight, barley crops arc grown uitKonlj' from six to ci^ht weeks lnfei-vemny 'between seed-time and hanosfe

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"Did you see anything?"

he demanded."Not a thing, William.""Give me the lamp!

"He handed his weapons to Lobelia, toot

the lamp, and with dauntless bravery wentthroxigh the rooms himself."It wasn't anything, Lobelia." lie saidl,-

with extreme disgust. "You didn't hearanything or anybody!

"The procession moved up the stairway on

the return, trip."You must try to overcome this timidity

of yours, Lobelia," said Mr M'Swa.t, as heput down the lamp and relieved his wife ofher load of deadly weapons. "If Ihadn't'been here to protect you," he grumbled1,crawling back into bed, "

you would havefrightened yourself to death."

The Chinese Coal Barge.The Chinese coalman does not bring your

supply of fuel to yonr house with a horseand cart. He makes the wind dp the workby simply raising a large sail onhis roughly-built coal-truck, and unless the wind is inthe right direction you may whistle for yourcoal, for John Chinaman will not take thetrouble to. wheel it hinr.self, and he wouldicertainly never thinfe of buying a horse.These coal-barges on land have been usedin China- for hundreds of years. They are

clumsily tade, with solid wooden wheels,sometime1* supplied with tyres made ofstraw. They are generally made by themen in their spare time, the only part thatrequires th N aid of the professional cart-builder bei.«£ the metal steering-rod. In agood wind the trucks jolt over the groundat the rate of about six miles an hour.

Mentioned Due!In the course of % case heard recently at

a provincial court, one of the witnssseadescribed himself as a hairdresser."H'm!a barber," remarked the youngsolicitor, who waa conducting the cross-examination.

"Idon't suppose it's a very

"expensive job to set up in business as »barber?

""Not veiy." was the reply. "Still, C-to

are other professions less exacting in thatrespect.'' t

"Indeed!" ejacxilated the solicitor, scepti-cally. "

Can you mention one?"

"Yes," was the calm retort. "A han-->dresier

—or barber, as you prefer to call him— requires at least a chair, a pair of scissors,

a couple of razor*, a lather brush, soap, dish,a comb, water, towels, brains, and a readytongue. Given the tongue, and all the otherthings appear to be unnecessary to themak-ing of a lawye*-."

The emphasis on the word"all

"was nofc

lost en the solicitor, who closed his cross-oxamination.

Another Disaster at Sea.The embryo novelist who sends the

annexed story says the tragic event Atfounded on fact, and occurred off the coastof Kent;but no reports of the presenceof sea- sharks have been received from thatlocality.

Chapter I.Lonclj maiden on the beach,

Chapter 11.Carried far beyond her reach.

Chapter 111.Shark, attracted by the sound,

Fixis.Saves the maid from being- drowned1.

Bridged Through Mud.It really looks as if the engineers of the

world had deliberately thrown down the*glove to Nature, and dared her to set them.tasks too difficult for thorn to accomplish.Take the railway man, for instance. At onetime a mountain repulsed him;he had tobtop or take his line round the obstacle.Now lie runs his cogged rails over the top.or else he boldly burrows straight aheadthrough the enormous mass.

Here is outlined still one more comingtriumph of tlfe railroad engineer. The Penn-"syhania and Long Island railroads of the

United States arc going to rightunder New York and its several adjacenfirivers. This will be the longest tunnel inthe world, 15i miles from end to end.

Pacing under one of the rivers present*a difficulty. The bed of the stream is mud",and mud nearly 130ft deep. To tunnel in.the ordinaly way would be impossible, forthere would be no foundation, and with aheavy train the whole constiuetion wouldsink.

Tlip remedy is as the picture shows. Thomud beel of the river is drawn shaded^.Through this the tunnel is pierced, and realson a bridge, the supports of which rundown to the solid rock below. These sup-ports may be of steel or other piles, stone,and so forth, but aie depicted as all ofmasonry for the sake of clearness.

Amused the Mourners.In his autobiography, "

The Making of aitAmerican," Jacob A. Riis tells an amusingstory of a yi~it he once mad© to the houseof three sisters, whoê brother had been,diowned: —"It warf a very hot day, and, to guard!

against sunstroke, Ihad put a cabbage leaf:in my hat. On the way over Iforgot allabout it, and the leaf, getting hmp, settled:down snugly on. my head like a ridiculousgreen, skull cap." Knowing nothing of this, Iwas whollyunprepared lor the sfieai ms, Pttvvp.uee^ Jug.

Settling aBore.On a train were a delicate-appearing youngwoman and an intelligent-looking young

man, evidently husband and wife. Imme-diately in front of them sat the man to befound in every train, who would die if notpermitted to hear the sound of hie ownvoice at all times and in all places. Theyoung lady had a troublesome cough, a factwhich seemed to bother greatly the talking

j machine in front of her. At last he leaned: forward and addre«sed her escort :

"That gal's got a bad cough. '"Yes.""Ever try linseed tea?"'" She hasn't drunk anything else for more

than 200 yeais. She caught a severe cold[in 1568. Ihad 50 barrels of linseed tea|put into the luggage van for her use be-|tween here and London."; A pause.i "Lungs:"i

"So, bunions.'"Eh?;'"Bunions, Isay. That is purely a bunion

cough, as you will notice, if you watch herclosely. Wait till she coughs again."

"Ain't the draught a little stronj, fromthat window?"

"No, she has to ha\e it.""Why?""Why? Because it take« 15,0001b of air

to make her a respectable breath. We havea patent breath incubator which we use athome. It covers 17,000 acres of valuableland." i

"Did you cay clio was your wife?_""No; J didn't say anything of the sort.

She is ono of those new fashioned infernal|machines that I'm taking up to town to blowup Westminster Abbey. The only troubleis that I'm subject to fits, and when IgetoneIbreak things up terribly. '

"What brinß-3 them on?"'"Talking. Why, it was only yesterday thatIkilled two men, a woman, and a pair oftwins before Icould be got under control.Ifee! funny in my head now. I

""I think I'll go into a smoking carriage,"

said the bore, sliding out as th»y pulledup at a station. "Idon't feel very wellmyself."

"Don't hurry away," shouted the youngman, as a titter ran through the compart-ment.

A Friendly Chat.''D'you call the«e Brussels sprouts, youngman

— in the basket,Imean?""That's the name they go by, mother.""Thought p'raps they was walnuts from

their colour," remarks the thin-armed lady,casually."

"Your 'andling 'em don't impro\e theirappearance," retorts tho stallkeeper. "Leave'em if you don't want to pirchig.""

And what might you 'avo the impi-dence to aek a pound for 'em, Ishould liketo know?"

Price is mentioned with the definite man-ner of one who is prepared to give up lifeand honour and everything rather than'budgea halfpenny."

Does the sum include the barrow ?"

Answer given gloomily that the sum doesnot include the barrow; and the questionadded:"What is the thin-armed lady get-ting at?

""You keep 'em, young man," says thethin-armed lady, with some fleacene?<C "You

take 'em 'ome and light the fire with 'em.Iwonder you can look me in the face andask such a price.""Iwants some kerridge," admits the pro-prietor, "te look you in the face. Takesyears off a man's life to do it.""

Good morning," says the lady, shiveringwith politences; "and Iwish you betterrranners.""Good morning," says the proprietor, notto be outdone incourtesy; "andIwish youa new set of features."

What is gratifying to note is that, afterthis active passage-at-arms, and when thethin-armed lady is almost lost in the slowly-moving crowd, the proprietor relents, andshouts:"

'Ere y'are. You gels always gets yourown way."

And the thin-armed lady comes backthrough the crowd and buys l^lb of Brusselssprouts, and buyer and seller patt on thefriendliest term*.

Mr M'Swat as a Protector."William! Hark!"Mrs M'Swat sat straight up in bed and

listened to a noise she seemed to hear down-stairs.

"What is it. Lobelia?"' inquired Mr

M'Swat, drowsily."It sounds like somebody talking. Lis-

ten!"

Mr M'Swat listened. He, too, thoughthe heard something."1 will see what it is,"' lip said, speaking

very loudly and moving- very leisurely."Don't be alarmed, Lobelia. We arc- wellarmed. Besides these two revolvers," hecontinued, in a high-pitched voice, intended-to terrify any unauthorised persons thatmight be in the house, "'Ihave a heavycane and a large gla-.s paper weight. Becalm, Lobelia!

" .He crawled out of hed, rolloctecl his

aieenal, and tho procession, moved down-stairs in the following order: Mr M'Swal,vitli revolver in *ach hand, heavy caneunder his arm, and paper weight in pocketof his dr<?FMnsr-f?own:Mis M'Swat, ready toscream, wall front hair in cm] papers, lampin one hand, and bottle of camphor in theother.

At tlio landing lia!i-tvay down, Mr M'Swatstopped. ■ ."Lobelia,"' he observed, sternly, "itbe necessary for yon to go in front. Youhave the lamp. Iwill protect you

"

Mrs M'Swat took hrr pl.uo in front asdirected, and the proce.-eion moved on againAt the foot of Uie stair-? William stoppedand took up a commanding position nearthe hall rack. ."Now, Lobelia, go ahead with the lampinto this room on the left. Iwill remainhere to tee if anybody rushes out If any-body does rush out," he exclaimed, grind-inghis teeth m a manner horrible to hear,f'Iwill put 14 bullets through him, knockhim down with this paper weight, and breakevery bono in his body with this cane!

"'

Miri M'Swat wpnt into the room on theh ft and looked about.

"D< you see any tiling. Lobelia? n^kedher husband, in a voice of thunder.

'"Xo, William."riGo through tho otTier roonvs," he roared,

bracing himself firmly against the wall.While William remained in the hall, armed

to the teeth, pale with non resolution, andtrfcmbliii!» with ungovernable ferocity. Lo-belia exploicd all die icoms and came

June 18, 1902.

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=,W. C. Walker, Minister of Education, of which comrnjttees. Iwould aho point out to you Parisian papers need a full column ilaily.the following is a. copy.— that the class of schools which in Otago have to iecord motor car accidents.

At last meeting of the Otago Education suffered most from the new scale are those A rich Tutiipy lady, who has just dipd,BoardIwished tomove a motion respectfully wlth anattendance below 14 pupils. At present has left £200 to a newspaper seller, who,

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there are seven or eight such schools without scoina- that she was nervous, came forwardrequesting you to bring into operation the teach nd m 80Dme inatanceB the only aKelped her to cross Regent street, Lon-Becond schedule of The Public School teachers the boardhas been able to obtain for don shortly before Christmas last.

"Teachers Act, 1901." The board, however, re- some, of those schools are teachers who should ; Another instance of the wily Native'squired that notice bo given. Iam therefore > not have been sent out for a. year or two yet. ' ability to take care of himself:— The Rag-aiow approaching you, as member forWaihemo, Iwould therefore urge that the Government jan (3olmtv Council called for tenders, toso that no delay may occur. lam pleased to ahould, concurrently with bringinginto opera- bp { ffc meeting for the Opotoro andsee tho finances of the colony are such as to tion the second schedule also favourably con- T Ak feriie8, and owe Maori who hasleave the Government with a, surplus of over sider the propriety of making ampler provision „,.-„..! uL<. wcaxv fcITVfclTV wide

"«.cnt« quarter of amillion pounds sterling, and, as for schools having an attendance of from nine lnc° ciossecl lites wcaij' iciry v,iue .tiu

tho Government last session promisedT finances to14 pupils. Itwould be exceedinglyunfortu- I!1 the followmg: Ihereby teidei for thepermituag. to favourably con cider bringing nate were these much-needed schools in Opotoro andTe Akau femes at half-a-crowninto force the second schedule, providingan in- sparsely populateddistricts to suffer. InOtago leE3 than lowest tender. In a sul>c-creased grant,Isincerely trust you may be hitherto our lowest scale was £70 j now schools quent tender he added: iTovitiec^ tiie

nblo to give effect to that promise. lam well of under 14 obtain r. leaser amount, and lowest tender is not less than ±,15. meuwar-e how deeply mteicsted you are in im- teachers will not apply, ahis matter will be novel document caused a broad smile to

proving the condition of our teachers and considered bj- t'io Otaô Bcaid at its next jllumaiothe usually >tolid faces of theeoun-Bchools, and therefore look forward to your " meeting Ideem it advisable to submit this nllors. who accepted the offer of Mr \V.doing ioiu-. "utmost i& JACUiise tke siiuit Uy jaita*i ojiuc ta xaot f/anstdfja.Uga iaoidux H* Jkkor &X ism tt§ Hftlk»

THE ACTING PREMIER ISSOUTHLAND.

DEPUTATIONS AT GORE,

Sir -Toseph Ward left Invcreargill by tlcearly train on Fuclay morning to \iît (.lore,and the residents took advantage oi hi»presence in the town to bring beforo himmatters of local interest. Mr R \TXab.H.M.R, and the Mayor (Mr Brett) metSir Joseph at the station and conductedhim to ihe Council Chamber^, whero theintemewing took place.

THE GORE-KELSO RAILWAY.Mr M'Xab first introduced a deputation

from the Gore-Kelso Railway League, andin doing so reminded the Acting-Premierthat the proposedrailway had been approvedby Parliament a long time ago. Ihe linowould tun from li.n-e up the Waikaka Valleyto AVaikaka, and from there in Mie directionof Kelst). The distance was about 15 milesand there was an immense amount of trafficfrom the Waika-ka side of Tapamu to beconsidered. Owing to the dredging industrythe traffic or. tho road had been very heavy.and maintenance was co expensive tha,t iheratoa frail the district were not nearly suf-ficient to meet it. The league thought thetimt» had arrived when the raihvaj Mtiwhlbe constructed, arid, personally, he w as quiteconvinced that it wonIdpay from the ?tart.

Mr Green said that they had been agitat-ing for the railway for 20 j'ears, but theynever had sufficient political influer-cc toget it. Tlie locality was close to the boun-dary of several electorates. Each memberleft it to the other, and, unfortunately, therailvvaj. instead of coming to Hare-, hadgone down tho Fomahaka, when it shouldhave come down the AVaikaka Valley. 'Gorewas the cpntre for the whole district, andTnvercargill was indirectly interested. Al-though there might be dejection to the lail-way in Dunedin, lie could not see that theGore-KeUo rai'way would interfere with rail-way* the Dunedinpeople were "interested in.

Mr J. Macdibbon pointed out tliat insome parts of the AYaikaka district it wasunprofitable to grow grain simply on ac-count of the expense of carting it. The eo-rtof road maintenance alone to the Southland "

County Council was £SCO per annum.Mr D. L.Poppelwell mentioned that many

settlers had taken up laud in tlie districtexppcting the lailway would speedily bo(onstrucied. The district had proved"itselfone of the be^t from an agricultural pointof view in tho whole of Southland, andmany of the settlers were doing what theycould with stock simply because of tho diffi-culty of getting produce to a market.

Sir Joseph Ward admitted the import;u.< .■>of the proposed line. He knew the chbtnVrhaving been over it hiin«elf, and quite a«ivc-"that a railway would'pay as -soon a« it v.j-put down; but there were a number crailways in course of construction, and '.!-,colony could

'not provide the money in-

quired to enable these railways to be'efm.-pleted. In urging that fre.,h railways btaken in hand they were at once confrontsyvich this fact, and tJi« whole thii?g re«olv-".itself into a question of how much ikoiv>Parliament vv.s prepared to give the Govoinment to carrj' on the railway policy of tlu-colony os a whoie. The represenlatioi;-made by the deputation would be laid beforethe Cabinet for its consideration, and th°whole- matter would be carefully ccasiclo'-eaIt wd- nut pos-iblo for him, even if he weredupon l! to do so, to commit the Govern-ment to any fresh railway until it had beenconsidered by the Ministry.

INSPECTION OF ABATTORIS.Mr M'Xab then introduced a deputation

from the Borough CoiKicil to lay before theActing-Premier a grievance in respect tothe cost of inspection at the bornugiiabattoir. The council had found itself colh'lupor io pay £200 par annum for inapcc-ti"iiby the Stock Department. The killing to ikplace three times a week, and about ilirei1li<»ad of cattle and 15 sheeps wore slaughlere ;each time. This wns equivalent to a to~t '-f25^ tor each inspection, and, apart fi-mthib, (hey could only kill when the inipocto-was able to arrange hi? programme to \i-..the phice. &

Tlio Mayor said that the same iiispec iinspected the frozen meat worka at Matauraand AVoodlands. If the Government coul<lnot reduce the amount, the deputation won'like if they could get an inspector io devil,hi.-! whole time to tho woik, -o that tlu;.could kill any day of the week.

.Sir .losapii Ward sad he did ciot kiinv.if they had recehed the lati Jt regulati<-i.-. ,in connection with abattoirs an.l the charî",

'for inspection. A ehort time ago a revisionof these charges was made by the Govern-ment. What the exaqt amount wns fie couldnit state from memory. There was n,odesire on the part of the department tomake a profii. and he thought tRe alter.tt.'o«.s that had ber-n made would be foundto rediios the tO3t. If this had not bpcui.effected, he would be glad to look into thematter with a view of ha-\ing it done.

The Mayor then thanked Sir Joseph onbehalf of (he deputations for the courtesywith which they hiid been revived

Mdllt* Dolorc*". tlie gifced voral.'»r. had afitorj1 tv tell of New Zealand upon \<cr return tf> Australia recently. "When I u.i-fat Christchurch," she said. "I r.cfi\cd :\letter from a stranger liuug >v Mt^warclilaud juvitinjj me to take a steimev tl:«r(-

aud I do so 'ove tho sea!— on jMipo-e to

Lear her beautiful i-o:eo. We v.U regjrdcti

thi-, a-> some kind of mysterious hoa.x iMifilreochinn: Ihuiedtn, when v frip'id of t!i."writer'^ called and exnlamed, co far a. im'bewildered mouse's c>uld gr.'i.sp Iter uvniiint;.that if Iwent to Stewart f?laiul I -iimt!<!hear s-ucli a giorious \oice that f .-hould :-tonce engage the fortunate po"-e--oi a- the."■tar of my concert party. What 1^ 11 yonAustralians say whon a thing i\ above allimasrinable experience? Ah, 'Take- th«bun.' Thank you, that is just what Imean.eipeeia.l|v wl.pn Ilearn that Stttvprf I-lyndi* chiefly inhabited by seagulls and oy-,tnr.-.and k ."-urroimded by a parti..i"'.ir!y rouphsea

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less, had upon the weeping family. Theyoung ladies ceased crying, stared wildly,and-then, to my utter bewilderment, brokeinto hysterical laughter. For the momentIthought they hadgone mad.

"For some years afterward the thoughtot it had the same effect upon me that tliecabbage leaf produced =0 unexpectedly inthat grief -stricken home."

"GoneInto Laager."The word '"laager" frequently crop? up

in reports 'of doiugo in Soi'th Africa. Hereyou have a rough plan of a t-mall specimrnof such a defended position, having for itsnucleus a farmhouse.

This building will house the women andchildren— if, unfortunately, there are any

—the hospital,-and probably the leserve store

SARBZD WfRF

of ammunition. Near it a well i= sunk: andthe outhou es, mor'.ed X,-will contain stoie^.The piece-, for The l.or-es arc also hcic, in assafe a position as nossible.

Around are ranged the waggons, cart',etc., in which tiie men will sleen, and out-side these come the defence?, made of sand-bags; machine guns, if the fo:ce possessesthese, being mounted at ti.o corners. En-cireHcsr Ihs whole will corro the entrang'ie-ments of barbed wires without which no"laager'1 of this kinu is now complete.

Most Able.In Southern archipeiagoc3 he'd fought tlie

furious canni'jal;He'd skinned and tanned the crocodile, and

found him \ cry lar.abl",Not a word of f'ai he'd uttered, i,ot a word

and not a .<or!!able,When he killad the Bengal t git, ar.dhad found

him very killable.He claimed his strength was very great, for

boars and lions suitable,He 'ised to I00l tii -■ 'c,ii7.zh bcai, and found

him very bootable.He claimed 1:: kilhug mon&tiou? snakes that

lie wns leiy cai able.A'o boa-cons'rictor could esâiê, for he v.-as

unescapable.

Just then his wife came in and said, "I'dthinkit quitecommendable

If.you'd conic and tend the baby, and you'llfind him >>ry tentlitb'e."

And tlieu she «liook Imn by Ihe car, s;udthings not nicn and readable,

She pulled him out, and Jed him home, andfoitnd him very leadable.

LAYING THE STEWARTISLAND CABLE.

(From Our Own Cokbespoxdext.)

(See Illustration^ elsewhere in thi^ ls-ue.)AVcdne6day ]a»t wa- "< red-letter day in

the histoiy of Siewait Inlaid. Notwith-standing its wondeiful productiveness in tinI-her and fish, it- undoubted cf nK-ta!,and its great attrn-ti\eness as a plea-urPand health roiort. the inland lias, c\cn tothis day continued to be to the gieat ma

-■of New Zealanders and Australian^ a termincognita. The absence of a regular steamearvice, and of means of quick communica-tion with the nvvjilaiid ha? hitherto beenicrious hindiunca to its progress. It is now

S years since Sir .T. (;.. tl.cn Mr. Ward,r.i i\u .address to the Stewart Island scctiort<-f the Auarua eloctor*. first moated the con-nection of tho inland with the mainland by" able, but

" that prrpctual want of pcr.eewhich troubles public men

'ha« till now pre-

sented au uiisurmountablc barrier :n thewayof his cherished design. But mcamvhilo,xiotv.ithstanding the tcnou-5 iiaudicap re-feared to, Stewart Island has grown in popu-larity, and has attracted pleasure-seekers, ,not only from distant partsof our owncolony and Australia, but from many a re-moter land, and these drawbacks have In-come more and more. seriously felt. Thelong-looked-for cable see.iuod to be aboutas far off as before, and so lately us Febm-ary last Sir Fredc. lck Sargoodurged 011 theBluff Harbonr -Bo«rd the desirability of

testablishing a means of communication byheKographt but the xlense iogs which so fre- jquently encircle our touthern -coast ren- ,dered this an uncertain and unsatisfactory jarrangement,and the project hat' once more 1fallen back into the category oi the things

'" to be kept steadily in view."

Therefore it was that we were somewhatstartled when, le~-5 than a wrek ago. theActing-Premiar quietly, and without anypreliminary flourish of trumpets, announced jthat the long-looked-for cable would he laid,during his, pie«ent visit to Southland; in-deed, the announcement must have beenjust about as unexpected to the officers ofthe dc-partment, foi it is, only a week sincethe Postmastei -general sent fot the headof tile Telegraph department and CaptainPoet, of the Tutanekai. 10 h>s office in Wel-Juipton, and told thorn that he wanted thee-able put on board tho «teamer and broughtto the Bluff by Wednesday morning Theannouncement, as may he supposed, createdthe keenest interest in Inveicargill and on

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the island, and when it became known thatopportunity would be given to a limited |■number of person; .<> witness the lavuig of "this, the last link 111 the colony"t telegraphic I.service, there was a very geneial de<ure totake advantage of this unicjuo chance, foi.,because of the difficulties incidental l<> eablo- 1laying, and the extreme watchfuli.e-- neces- \.^-ari- in those engaged in the work, visitor-are not generally allowed on board cable-laying steamers, and probably this i< thofirst occasion .in tho woild'o history when a

'■wdiole- shipload of people have been enabledto see this most interesting speiation. t

Considerably ov»r 100 persons boarded 1

Theresa Ward ar the Bluff *lmrf on jmorning, at the invitation of (

Ihe Po«-tmastei'-sreneral. The land lino fromthe Bluff lo the tako-off point had beencomplmed by Tuesday evening, and theTulanokiM had pone out befoie daybreak loconnect the cable, aid by fhe time tlieTheresa Ward's jjasseujjers had been tran-

'shipped off Ocean Beach, this portion hadbeen almost completed, under the supervi-sion of Mr Oirhi'-ton, inspector of telegraphsfor tho (Jtago district. The .superintendentof telegraphs, Mr J. E. Logan, had generalcharge of the whole operation: the activeoperation being in the hands of Mr Buckley,chief electrician, with the whole of the cablestaff. (The Witness photographer wa3 sofortunate as to secure a very fine photo, ofall the-e gentlemen, with the Acting-Premierand the captain of the Tutane\ai.) The"take-off" i-s situated a few hundred yardssouth-east of the Ocean Beach FreezingWorks, of course on the ocean side. .

On the arrival of the Theresa Ward, thecable from the shore to the Tutauekai wasbuoyed up by a long string of casks. Thesewith the boats and workmen were quickly"hoisted aboard, and the cable steamer headedfor Stewart Island, and began topay out theline from over her bowa. The cable, 30

'knots in leagth, was stoied in two immense

I tanks, one forward aiid the other aft,and the payjng-out was superviss-d with careand precaution, the operation being con-trolled by the steamer's main engines, thecable gear being devoted to breaking theflow of the cable from the tank below. Theuncoiling: was controlled by a star? of work-men, who had a most anxious time of it,

j as, a tangle might eraily result in theirde-.tructipn. and the injury of those a-bove.The outflowing cable, pa sing- thiough an

I'eye>' and assisted by a \ertical stationaryroller, was conveyed under a doepJj- groovedpulley to the enormous drum of the winding, gear, and thence, after taking tliree turn-*,under and over a succession of similar pul-leys, till it was conveyed over the bowspritIand into the depths beneath. Meanwhile MrBuc-klcy, (he electrician, and his a=.-istant

kept im con-tr.nt communication with thefliore thr'uigh the ur.foiling wire, and tested ,every foot of its length with intricate ma- jchines devised for this purpose. The wea- ;(Tier fortunately was all that could bedesired, I<ô tea being a-> smooth as glass, and no jhitch whatever occurred throughout the day. Ibut all concerned had a i*w anxious moment-;Iwhen the foi'ard tank was emptied, and it

'hecunc necea«irv lo open the

"rye

"and

to allow a free flow from ihe tank aft along■x scries of guides like a miner's sluice-b^X2S.

Tho alteration having been safely effected,tho cable continued to flow at between fourand five knots per hour, and Ljk- Bay, the,point of junction with the land line, was" readied^ ac 2.3^. Immediately the boats', were got oat, i>i>d the woik of connectionj w.i5 speedily urder way Meanwhile theübiquitous photographer had -a shot nr thesteamer from the shore. Mr Oichwton jf"tabli=hfd telephonic romnumication with

1 Jfalfmoon Bay. and a mi.nb°r '-f aclvpi:tur-011- spirit* struck o;it for the future nictro-]-o!i~ of the Landof Heavenly Glow3throught!p bu«!>. While t'm cable stafr hurried on

, w'n't <li~;r woiic. the strainer's passengersuer« nan^liippod to lh" There=a AVard. t.nd,landed on tho jeitv -it Halfmoon Bay. V.here;a 3ioup of the w!:ole assemblage, withmanyof the islanders. wa3 procured for the pic-torial- paircs.uf the Witness.

Meanvi' iie '"the ehadc» of nigljt were fa!l-iv" "fat-r," and ha-ste \va* made to reach the!post office, where the Acting-Premier 'opened up communication w-it-h the cuter (wcild by wiring lo his Escellencj the Goyer- !nor iv the foUouing tei-oui:— '"The Acting- IPremier presents his compliments to hisExcellency the Governor, and has pleasure fm sending your Excellency the first messageby table from Stewart I--)and, the mostsoutherly cablf1 station in the woild. Al-thoujrh a slicrt lm:c. it i* an important one,inasmuoh a.s it i* the final link which con- ;neets the three main island* of ihe colony 'by telegraph.

—I. t». Wakd." He ai?o ar- '

nounccd that all who chose to do so mightcelebrate the occasion by wiling to their ,friondc

—an opportunity that wa& largely [

taken advantage of. In the course of the j:iddrc-s in which he declared the line open 'the Acting-Premier briefly reviewed the his- !tory of t'le agitation for rhe cable communi-cation which had that day so happilyachieved it3purport- When he was first re- Iturned to Parliament he had .suggested to ,'tli" Atkinson Government that remnants of

'cables should ,bo saved and spliced tillenoughhad hicumulated to connect Stewart Islandwith the mainland: but the cable secured ,»a, a lHiicli rrorp defii-able ore than ho hadventured to hope for. being quit** new. and jonv of the fircsft in the world. It -weighedsix ton« to the knot, cost £4COO, and mightfairly be expected to la.tr quite 30 years. Heheartily congratulated the islanders on thoesUbliUimont of telegraphic and telephoniccommunication with the outer world, anevent which would removemany of the han-dicaps under which' the inhabitants of 1Stewart Tsland had laboured for so manyyear3, andhe had no doubt that it wouldgive a very great impetus to tho develop-ment of the island and make it so muchmore desirable a haveitof re-st for plea.Mire-f->eeker<- and Jiolfclay-iaaker-> tiiat it must at-

'tract visitor.- fioni all over the world Pi1vate cntiirpri=o nvust. ami no doubt would,provide fitting accommodation, and he hadno doubt that the means of tiaiiMt would

jere long bo improved, and they mijrht rea-,souably look forward to a .imc in the neari future when it would be pa-sfiblo to ■spendw»»ek-ends )u the island with that absoluteoutting off from the ■Miter world which had ;

in the past prevented ;i full enjoyment ofthe ccenio beautii'.- of tiii« lo\plv «p«,t bySouthlandors jjenerallv. Tlio t-elegraphic-charges, ho added, would be exactly tho fcame

'a« 111 other p?rtof the colony. Sir JoaeDhwas warm iv I'i-> pi"aisaof tlie energy, c-aie,judgment, and technical knowledge exer-cised by M^r Logan and the eleotrician' andCapt.ini Po^t and liis officers in the success-ful accomplishment of their most difficult;ta-.k He went on to Bay that StewartL-land. bj- rea-on of its mf>st magnificent :harbour-— Pater&on Inlet and Port Pegasu:—liad a groat national value a* a haven of

'lefuge an drefitting station for the auxiliarysquadron.

At the termination of his speech Sir jJoseph and Lady Ward were most vor-ifir- (ou-ly c-heered. Short congratulatory speeches ;were delivered by Mr M. (j-ilfedder. M.H.R., !

and Messrs .T H. Reed (Mayor of Campbell- 'town). C. Robertfon (chairman Soutldand (

County Council), D. M'Farianc (Mayor of \(■lore). Tl Duulop and A. Bain (members of

-the Bluff Harbour Board), the latter of

'whom urged the islanders to construct a (

rPservoir, and so provide themselves with an 1

adequate water supply for 'domestic purposes 1and a? a protection against fires. ]

Soon aftor the return of the party to thewharf, where they re-pmbarked onboard tho 'Tutanekai. the Actinp Premier read the fol- (

lowing cable frrm liis Exeollencv the Gover- ■'nor:— 'Hon. Sir J ft. Wiucl.— Hearty con- ! <gratulaliona on the siifcpssful connection by ' *cable with Stewart LJand. A piojectI1know yon have long desired is now accom- t))li.«hed. As a matter of protection and de- *fence Iconsider the cable will he of con- '<■Miierable value, especially a* a tafoguard —

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PvA>tueli." Tmmedxflteig thereafter th,<j i

steamer cast off, and at 8.45 reached theBluff, v.here a special train was in readinessto convey the visitors to town. Befoir- dis-persing, Mr J H. Reed (Mayor of Bluff)expressed ti Sir Joseph, on behalf of hisguests, their hearty thanks for thr> uniqueopportunity that had been afforded them, andSir Joseph appropriately responded. Cheerswere again given for S^r Joseph and Lrufy-Ward, and for Captain Post and his officers,and on Sir Joseph's invitation "another forourselves,'' and the singing of "Auld langpyne

"and the National Anthem brought

to a cô-e what m«?t for ma113" years con-tinue to be regarded as a red-letter day byall who were privileged to take part in thismost interesting and important function.

DRY HOT AIR TREATMENT.Almoet ovevy day we are confronted witli

some new methods of alleviating pain, themost successful of which aie often th9adaptation and improvement ofold-fashionedidea?. The relation of hp.it to pa:;i i^ toowell known to need insisting upon, and therelief afforded by hot compresses, poultices,aand-bags, etc., in the treatment of neural-gia, muccular rheumatism, and other formsof joint disease iV undoubted. These primi-tive .methods, .howeier, lisr\e their weakpoints. In some instance -> the temperature"obtained and the duration of the applica-tion arc insufficient, whilst m others themode of appJication itself is defective. Ob-jection i« ofton taken to Turkish and Romanbaths on account of the patient's wholebody being e\po-ed to the action of thehot vapour, in addition to which lie iscompelled to inhale- the damp, heated at-moapliere Tor a more or lees lengthenedperiod.

At tho present time ihe diy hot airtreatmc.it is playing an impoitaut p'irt inthe cure of certain diseases. The humansystem can stand a much higher tempera-ture when tho heat is dry than when it ismoist, and when the treatment is associated■with massage surprising results are metwith. Some three years ago a machine wa«iuvonted by a man narupd Tallerman which"Hould produce dry air at a Aery high tem-perature without any lisle of scalding orburning the portion of the body even whenexposed to the most intome heat. Thus,while the mere perspiration would pcaldif allowed to remain on a limb at 200 de jgrc-&3 Fahrenheit, to say not!.ing of 215 de-grees (boiling heat), yet in a proprrly con-structed machine a temperature of 3*oo de-grees can be borne with perfect safety andcomfort.

Sm-h a machine is that which ilr D.Edwin Booth, masseur and medical eleetri-clj.ii. of this city, has recently imported',and which was inspected by a Daity Time*representative yesterday. Mr Jtanth everpudeavours to keep up to the times with thelatent appliances for the relief of .-uffering.and this dry hot air machine is an evidenceof his enterprise, by which ho is desirousthat the public should benefit. Themachine, ishich is not only massive butrather complicated, looks like a miniatureIccomotive. weighing 2501b, but it is so wellbalanced that a chilcl can manipulate it.It rests on a cast-iron suppojting carriage,provided -with anti-friction rubber-tyred cas-tors. The body of the apparatus is heldon a metal yoke attached to a largeelevating screw, with fiand wheel runningon ball bearing collar, rendering the ad-justment to any desired height a simpleoperation. A tilting device is aUo provided,with screw, to that the apparatus mayeasily bo placed at any angle for the easeand comfort of the patient in treatment.The body of the apparatus is constructed asfcllons:— First. Three 'cylinders form thisbody— the inner or treatment cylindei, theintermediate or heating cylinder, theexternal or jacketing cylinder Thesupply of air being liberated betweenthe intermediate and inner cylinders, it isrobbed of its moisture and heated. By forceof expansion it is carried through the in-numerable perforations of the inner cylinderinto the treatment chamber. Two outlettube» are provided in the top of the intermediate cylinder, leading through the stacksin the outer cylinder, furnishing*mean-> fortil© rapid exit of the moisture- laden, heatedair of ihe treatment chamber. Slidingvslve=, operated by a lever, control the cir-culation at the will of the operator. A metaltray, shielded with asbestos, is placed in thebottom of treatment chamber, supportingthe cushion of fibrous magnesia upon whichthe leg or arm of patient in treatment rests.At one end of the machine is hinged a doorof metal of the full diameter of the cylinder.The door affords quick and ready means forreaching the member therein, and for tak-ing observation of the treatment. The metalat the opposite end of the apparatus iscovered with specially- prepared rims ofwood, to which are attached the adjustablecanvases used in treating the \arious partsof tho body. T-herrnometer=. with plainly-marked scales, always in sight of the -opera-tor, graduated to 500deg Fahr., are insulatedwith cork against the influence of the heating medium and f-o placed tiiat the mer-cury bulb alone is exposed to the heatedair of the chamber, showing exact regiitratiou of the temperature of the air in tms,tment chamber.. The eutiiv external finishof the apparatus is of uic-kel plate, thesupporting i»tand being coated with ahumuuin bronze. All ironwork, uickled, is fir=.the»\lly c-.ja.ted with coji]*r. All ma.tena.lxused and workmanship arc of the \pry.bpstobtainable cl-;u-;ietfr. The apparatus isliiatio practically indestructible: still, allpart* are mad'- ii.t'Meiiai.geabli'. providingfor the {substitution of any part 6T a machineshould octuaion require.

Mr Booth demonstrated with v.hat caseand comfort intense "heat could b" appliedto any limb or portion of the hodv wheretl.e pain was located/, the patient nieaii-wliiii.- rui lining m a chair, leading o: <on-Mir.«iug. Our mpresentative placed his handin the apparatus whilst the thermometerregistered 285deg, without ex|>«riounn^ anyinconvenience. Thi<- new machine is fiomevery point of \lew a \ery great improve

inenj on .m\thing pietiously manufacturedYlr Booth works to a lurge extent under thedirection of the medical profession; indeed,except in the case of simple complaints,ivhich require no special diagnosis, he muchprefers that patients .should, before (oininenciug his treatment, consult a phyoicia.n.The testimonial? which adorn his opera!u _, 'room, signed by leading citizens and phy-ii-ians, sufficiently attest to the efficacy of l-i-netliod^ ofcine. Inaddition to hisdiyhot antreatment he has a. complete outfit of ele<trical appliance.-, both heat and eleotiicmbeing tised in connection with the ma&suêTcatment. Mr and Mis Booth have providedthemselves with the best and most modernAppliance8, whilt-t their Massage Institutem Stuaifc street is fitted up in first tla9

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Dorrie's misdeeds might safely have beentraced to that little animal.

My holiday was at an end. Another day,and Ishould be once again in the midstof the hurry and excitement of city life.Whilst sitting meditating over a cheer-ful fire in the comfortable inn parlour,Ithought of many things andreviewed manyoccurrences, but among them all Dome'sface predominated. That baby face helda strange fascination for me, and yet whyshould Ibe interested in hei?

A fierce gust of wind roared down thechimney, blowing the smoke into the room.A .storm had suddenly sprung up. and pre-sently the rain "commenced to beat fiercelyagainst the window panes. Idrew mychair closer to the fire, and felt veiy thank-ful that no business was likely to disturbmy rest or call me out into the beatingrain.

Mj- thoughts ran riot ;but ever as mywandering fancy led ni3 into offices, alongquiet lanes, into the throng of crowdedLondon, or into my dreary lodgings, ababy face accompanied me. Icould notforget her. A vision of little Dorrie clungstrangely to me that night. Unconsciousof time and place,Isat on.

Before meIsaw a beautiful garden fullof luxurious roses, fragrant lilies, drowsingpoppies, and flowers of every hue —

a verit-able paradise. Isaw a golden-haired child—Dorrie. Yes, Dome transformed. Herbaby face was encircled with a halo ofdazzling curls. Her deep-brown eyessparkled as she flitted among the flowers.She was no longer clad in her old bluefiOLk. but in dainty white, that clunggracefully around her tiny. form. Howoften had Ipictured her thus! VaguelyIseemed to "see her as some angel in aparadise of beauty.

SuddenlyIsat"up in my chair, feelingbewildered. Recognising my surroundings,IconcludedIhad been asleep. What hadreused me? Ah,Iremembered! Ithought1heard a cry. It must surely have beenimagination Ipeered out into the inkydarkness. The rain still joured down, andgt.sts of wind blew fitfully. Iheaid aroaring as of rushing water. The littlestream was flooded. Glancing at my watchIwas surprised to find the hour so late— itwas past 12.

A strange unrest seized me. Icouldnot settle to my book. Iretired to mybedroom, but, not feeling inclined for sleep,donned my preatcnat and, noiselessly asIwas able, descended the creaking stair-case. As Iopened the great front doora cold, biting wind blew in my face. Itwas a sign of stormy weather, so one ofthe maids had informed me, when the rainbeat in at that door.

Pulling my cap well about my ears,Istrode forth into the darkness. The roadwas wet and slippery, and Idistinctlyheard the rush of the swollen stream. Thewind, whistling through the stiff, hardbranches of some poplars that skirted theroadway, made ,a weird, melancholy sound.The- village seemed dead, deserted. Nota human sound was to be heard. As Iwalked on towards the river Isaw in thedistance the faint glimmer of a lightcoming from a distant house. Someoneunable to rest during the storm; someone,perhaps, watching at a bed of pain. Myears, strained to the utmost pitch, detecteda. cry. Ilistened breathlessly, foi whatIcould not tell. Iheard only the whineof a dog. Dead leaves whirled and dancedp.ist me;the trees creaked and groaned;a gate hanging looselj' by a broken hingebanged suddenly against the fence. Fora few moments silence reigned— fearful,awe-inspiring silence of the dead. Ishuddered, and quickly retraced my steps.

The fire in my room was dying out— onlya faint flickering gleam remained. Atlength, utterly tired and depressed,Ifellasleep. What a dreary, desolate wastemet eye next morning! The air wasdamp and raw, the road strewn with deadleaves and broken branches. The rain hadwashed the loose soil off the road and de-posited it upon the footpath. Iheardsounds of great hurrying, and someonementioned Dorrie's name. Ihurried clownto hear of her latest mischief. Dorrie waslniio'ing! She had not been inher father'shous.e all night. Xo one knew of herwhereabouts, and no trace of her could befound. A wild thought flashed through mybrain— that cry! No, it was impossible!

Although always in mischief, littleDorrie had some sympathisers, and awilling party was soon organised to searchfor her. Ihastened off to interview herfdther. Not knowing that he was alreadyin the inn, Iwent to his cottage, and onfinding that deserted returned. All hocould tell of his li'.tle daughter was that,having scolded her for some misdeed, he,after throwing her kiUfn out of doors, hadordered her to bed. ' being the last hehad '"een of her. H kittle bed had notlieen slept on, and no one had seen her.A foreboding of evil made me restless andunhappy. Iheard strange rumours of howshe had run away, of how she had beenswept' away by the flooded stream. In allthis uncertainty Idepartedonmy walk tothe railway station, some distance from thevillage. Before Ileft Iinstructed some ofthe men to search the banks of the rivernear Dorrie's house. , Arriving at thestation, Ifelt Icould not leave withoutknowing Dorrie's fate.

When Ire-entered Ihe inn parlour IsawDorrie— little Dorrie, dressed in white, herfair hair making a golden halo lound herwhite baby face. Her long lashes swepther rounded cheeks. Pushing back her<urly locks, I a black, ugly bruise onher fair temple. )

They had found her body caught amongthe blanches that coveied her house, andin her right hand was clasped a soakingball of fur— a dead grey kitten.

They buried her, and some kind soulcarved on a "lmple wooden cross, "OnlyDorrie !"'

WHAT was WRONG WITH HIM.

sensical about it,Irecollect. Incase yoastill cherish any such foolish and ground-less notions, Imay mention that Ihavenot been near the boarding-house since youleft, and there is not a female soul downhere apart from my housekeeper.

"My 'Evolution of Greek Art'Ihavenottouched for a week. Ispend all my tunewandering restlessly about the wood. Ifclooks lovelier than ever now. The pinesfill the air with their scent, and the heathis simply one sweeping, golden carpet ofgenista— or, as you would say, 'bonny,oonnv broom— the lang yellow broom.' .**VCill you not come over to Macedoniaand help me? Ifnot,Ishall see a doctor.Mj' garden is a blaze of bloom—

a dazzlingpageant of pink and white may, fiery labur-num, and every shade of lilac, from deepest'purple to white. Isend you a little ofthe latter, asIknow how fond of it youaie."

There was a postcript added at the bot«tornof the last page in smaller characters."Iwish"you wouldnot sing foolish songs,

with catching lilts to them. Icannot getthat nonsensical 'Love lurks in manyguises' oiyfc of my head."

Marjorie laughed the tears into her eye??over this epistle. She sat down then, andthere and replied to it. This is what shewrote:"Oh, love, love, love!

Loveis like a dizziness;It wimia let a poor body

Gangabout his biziness.There is nothing for it but to find out hername. Then ask her to undertake thecure. A thousand thanks for your elixirof spring.

"Mahjokte Westbrook."For a fortnight after this the Professor

maintained a sulky silence. That broughtit to the last week in May. Then cameforgiveness in the shape of a small hamperfiiled to the- brim with purest and loveliestcrabapple blossom."I found this in the wood," wrote the

Professor, "on that ancient tree at thebottom of the thicket which was such a.favourite spot of yours. Isend it as adecoy. To-diy Iwent down to our littlegreen nook beside the weir, and, leaving;the shade of the trees,Ilay on my backin the green moss, steeped to the very soulin sunshine, and shut my eyes, andlistenedto the. lark?. All the larks of Englandseemed gathered together in that spot, eachstriving, out ofpurest joy, to drown theother's song.

"All the hedges are pint with wildrosebuds. Your nightingale has built a nestclose beside the pf(| '.m, and tries hishardest to disclaim ah ownership;but to-day, wliile he was absent, Icrept up andpeeped. There are fonr 'eggs, cool andgreeny-brown; but Idared not stay formore than one glance, a^ the poor littlehen was so agitated. He sings almost allday and night, too, without intermission.Ihave never heard him in such glorioussong as this season.

"Will you come down and listen?. Iexpect the fledgelings out next week.Would you not like to see them? Thewcods are a study in blue and green. Theground is literally carpeted with wildhyacinths. Ireally must be very unwell.Iwi«h you would come clov.n and give mejour advice. Ihave never felt so strangeand restless in my life before. Please donot make fun of me. Ido not like it.And it is so ridiculous and unfounded.J thought Ihad proved to you its utterabsurdity."

Marjorie wrote a stiff, polite little notein reply to this, nob once mentioning theword "love." She thanked him for thebeautiful blo&som, regretted very much tohear of his indisposition, but say/ no possi-bility of her coming down to Sunnymeadagain that summer. And that was all.

June came—

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Andall the world was green,And every yeld was starred with flower3j*And o'er them all, in hedge or bower,"

The rose bloomed proudly queen.The orchards still sported late sprays of

pink and white bloom, and the birds sangfrom mom till eve, only pausing to attendto the imperative demands of their noisyoftspring.

Marjorie thought of the woods, stillwearing their inteuse Hue carpet of hya-cinth*, though rapidly fading now. Shethought of sundry little secret nooks ofcool greenness, where she was sure shecould find clumps of fragrant lilies-of-the-valley; and she sighed as in fancy shewandered over the golden, heath, past thesilver-splashing weir, and into the blue,.soft shade of the pines.

Then, on the 9th of June, came thefollowing:

—"Mj- dear Miss Mnijorie,— My eyes are

open now, and Icannot realise my crassstupidity and blindness of the last threemonths1. They have been opened since theWednesday before last, when Ireceived\our unkind letter; and Il.aye been'tryingId write and tell you all this time, butdared not. How shall Iconfess? Andwhat will you think of me? For youwere light— light from the first."I am in love

—hopeles-dy, wholly, and

unchangeably in love—

though Ihad nottJie slightest suspicion of the thing. .Iam afraid the name will be a greatshock to you. Ifeel Idare not writelk ... Iwill write ifc quickly, andget it over. It is Marjorie Westbrook.

There! Ihave- done it. Ilovevott

—Ilove you, and Icannot keep theknowledge to myself any longer.

"EverywhereIgo, in fancy you go withme. The wind through the pines whispers'Marjorie, Marjorie'; the water laughsdown into the weir, splashing 'Marjorie',Marjorie';every flower, leaf, and blossommurmurs your name, and the birds cart.sing nothing else but 'Marjorie.' Whatam Ito do? The sickness of love liesheavy (upon me.'* Marjorie, Marjorie, willyou undertake the cure?"1

Marjorie laughed a soft little laugh ofpurest happine&s, and her eyes weie likespeedwells drenched in dew. Her answerwent that morning:

"Dearest Eros,— I have known it allalong. But what was a poor, modest maidto do? Truly, truly have Iproved thatleve h blind.

—Your waiting

"I don't know what is the matter withme!" he said irritably.

"I do," murmured Marjorie."What?"' he asked eagerly."You're in love," ,«he replied solemnly."Fiddlesticks!" repeated the Professor

pettishly.Marjorie leant, her two elbows on the

table, and scrutinised him portentously."Listen to me," she commanded. She

cpunted off on her fingers. "You arerestless and disturbed in body and mind,wholly unable to settle down to your usualwork and habits ; a man of rigid punc-tuality, you have been late down to break-fast three times thi^ week; your appetiteis capricious and very poor; you areirritable and absent-minded. Add togetherthese premises, and you have an incontro-vertible fact." She frowned at him ac-cusingly. "You are in love," she sum-marised judicially.

"Fiddlesticks!'"' said the Professor un-certainly.

Marjorie sprang up with a wicked littlelaugh and ran out of the room, singingblithely:

Love lurks in many guises.He entrance gains unknown.Then makes that heart his own,

And laughs at its surprises.Hey ho'

Be jealousy never so yellow,Love is a merry fellow.

The Professor hold his breath to listen.They left the stuffy boarding-house and

wended their steps to the woods. Therehad been a shower in the night, and theearth smelt sweet and moist.

"Anyway, what you said, apart from itsabsolute absurdity,' remarked the Pro-fessor, ''is impossible. There is no onehere with whom Icould be in love."

"Ah!" said Marjorie softly. Then shelaughed a soft little laugh below her breathan 1 looked up with spai'kling eyes. "Thatis rather a poser, isn't it?"' .she observedgravely.

"It's an absolute impasse!" lie saidfhmly.

"Ah,"' cried Marjoiie, dropping downupon her hands and knee?, "the first prim-rose!" SII9 laid her laughing lips softlyagainst the delicate yellow bloom, andglanced up at the Professor. "7

"That is both childish and extravagant,"he remarked didactically.

She stroked again, and stroked theyellow petals with tender fingers. " '"-"

"Smell it— do1" she begged. t"It dg theessence of spring in a golden chalice!"Then she screamed with alarm, and caughtat the approaching hand.

"Murderer !_ Would you ji'iick it?"The Professor quite jumped."Why not?" he said guiltily.Marjorierose to her feet, her eyes fixed

on him filled with the deepest reproach."Cruel, cruel!" she murmured."I am sorry," said the Professor ab-

jecily. "I did not know you would mind.''"It would have broken my heart," she

declared solemnly."I wonder,'' observed the** Professor

musingly, "what made you say that?""It was the first one," explained Mar-

jorie. "Idon't mind picking great bunchesof them afterwards;but the flowers are£0 dreadfully late this year. And, then,to heedlessly tear up the first sweet, bravelittle herald that dares to announce springhas really come at

"The Professor moved impatiently."Ah, yes," he said vaguely; "I was not

meaning that. Ireferred to your -strangeaccusation of this morning." He looked ather seiiously. The subject seemed to pos-se«.> a strange f?scination.

"Oh," said Marjorie gravely, "'I thoughtj'ou meant the primrose!"

"Of course, such a thing as—

as that"—hurriedly— "is utterly and hopelessly outof my thoughts and province;no man inall the world could be less likely to enter-tain such an idea for a moment. Still, 1am glad Iproved to you its impossibility.What,' he asked, Avith a shade of anxiety,"made you say such a thing?"

Marjorie smiled wickedly at the goldenwillows, and they nodded knowingly backto her.

"How canIsay'r" she replied innocently.Then she quoted softly^under,her breath":"In the spring a young man's fancy

""Fiddlesticks!"' he said sharply.She stole a side-glance at his sulky face.

Then she talked softly to herself below herbreath;"Love! He's the very mould and essence of

illHis vo.ee speaks love, his silence deeper

love.His every look and gesture gives forth love.Eros himself breathed no more wholly love."The Professor got up hurriedly."Really, Miss Maijorie,' he observed

with some asperity, "you are very frivolousthis afternoon!"

The argument lasted them light throughthe spring— till the violets weie over andthe golden daffodils "romped on the lea,"and Marjorie had .satiated her greedy soulwith every spring flower that blooms. Thenshe went home.

She laughed very much before she went."Alas!" she said, "what will you do

without me to keep you in order?''"I>hall be able to give up all my

thoughts to my work in peace," retortedthe Professor. "Undisturbed by your fii-volity, 1shall grow quite wise once more.

'

iShe shook her head."Alas, no!' --he said &oirowfully. "For

to be wise nnd love exceeds man's might."'"That old nonsense!

'said the Piofe-sor

ciosbly..She fled away laughing."Love, love,"nothing but love! Still

moie'" she ciied. "P*iewell, Anteros,farewell1"

11.

A week afte« Marjorie went home shereceived one morning a huge box of glow-ing purple, pure white, and palest mauvescented lilac and a letter.

"Dear Miss Marjorie" (it ran),— "I donot know what lias come over me. Iseemto have lost all interest in everythinglately. You remember Imentioned thebe-ginning of such a state of things -when&2H E£?«Ji e?e? £^jL°Ji_s. e£iJsf§£* f fifift*-

I,

The Piofcsfor was late down to break-fast again. He p"«-ivd his ]jlate aside

By"Moaxakoa/'

f&i length Ireached my destination.Smeary of city life, weary of the noise andDustle of busy London, and weary of thefeame round of monotonous duties, Itook■iholiday, and journeyed to a quiet out-of-rhe-way village in Dorsetshire.( Walking slowly along the narrow road,t was struck with the great quietness thatseemed to pervade the whole village, and

\ therefore anticipated a restful holiday. Thehouses were old-fashioned, many of themwhitewashed, and nearly all had thatched

,roofs. Itwaseasily seen thatno disturbing'sanitary officer had visited this almost un-known* village. The buildings, for themost part, consisted of two storeys, or:rather boasted of a garret. In the distance[ sa"w a moi'e pretentious building, andmade for it, hoping that it was the villageinn. As Ineared the house. Isaw that 1

" had not been mistaken. A board hanging«. from a pole bore the inscription, "TheJLion."I Iwas shown to my rooms by a portlylandlord, who smilingly assured me thata. should be most comfortable. LookingVound my bedroom with its clean whiteJoed and much bescrubbed floor. Ifelt surejthat if Iwere not so, it would be owingto some perversity in my nature., 'Having removed some of the dust ofJtrarel, and with it all memory of grimy{London,Ibethought me of my dinner, andDescended the narrow staircase. As IdidboIheard a great commotion at the door,

a voice raised in angiy remonstrance.Mine host met me at the* bottom of thestairs, and on inquiring the cause of the

he replied: "Oh, it's onlyIDorrie, sir!'' Idid not understand hismeaning at the time, but Iwas soon tofleam. Glancing out of the door.Isaw alittle girl running down the road huggingwhat appeared to me to be a dirty ball ofwool or fur. Thinking that in all proba-bility she was the landlord's little daugh-Jter, who had been into some mischief, Idismissed the matter from my mind, andjfcurned my thoughts to the savoury mealawaiting my attention.'I awoke early next morning, and while

jflressing. surveyed the land from my win-dow. Fai to the east Icould see theteun rising over a hill in the blue distance.lAs he rose, the tops of the houses werejoutlined ingold. The dancing poplar leaves,pinged with autumn's colours, flashed red£tnd gold in the fresh morning breeze. Justfcelow my window something shone'yellowWlso. Looking down,Isaw a golden-hairedVhild sitting on a piece of the broken-down{fence that divided the garden from theroad. She nas singing, and at the samejnime swaying herself to and fio. As she£umed to pluck a, flower. Isaw that she)w-as the >ame little girl Ihad observedthe evening befoie. She was nuising aWritten, a little grey creature as unkempt■and as uncared for as its mistress.■ While partaking of breakfast that morn-ing,Iquestioned a maid about the littlegirl. From what Ilearned from her, itappeared that the child's parents weie ofjfche better class. The mother had diednrhen Dorothy (or Dorri«\ as she was moretamiliarly called) was born. Without hisfife's refining influence, the father hadneglected his duties, and from bad hadgone to worse. He neglected his chihi, andjTooked upon her as a nuisance. Althoughjwwning a small cottage, he spent most of■us time at the bar of The Lion.t Little iieglected Dorrie wandered throughAhe village, unsought by other children,keeking none as playmates, but always-niursing and petting her dirty grey kit-ten. She had rescued the little animal from)«. watery grave, where it had been thrownko drown with a number of its tribe. 1learnt, also, that her kitten had been the'jause of the disturbance ihe night before,it had evidently escaped from her, and

the inn door. Dorrie immediately(scrambled after her pet, and in her hasteAipset a tray containing difches. Poor littlejmite, scolded and ill-used, ihe had picked)Dp her pet, and wandered down towardsthe brook, her favourite haunt.

After breakfast Iset off to explore myholiday lesort. The inhabitants were mostlylabourers working on gentlemen's estatesin the neighbourhood. On the outskirts of

She Tillage there flowed a tiny brook, smallributai'y of a larger river. The banks ofhe brook weie the favouiite playground

.of the village children. One spot wast'acrtd to Dorrie alone. \ mass of tangledVoots and branches had completely coveredjthe trunk of an old tree, and under thisVnass the child used to crawl into what shetermed her house.i' Having inspected that part of the village,\ turned my steps in the opposite direc- ilion. AsIwalked lazily alongIobservedp, number of small boys playing with alittle kitten. Ihalf stopped, for Iwon-Vlered if the little animal was Dome's pet.fTowever. deeming it betternot to interfere,Ipassed on. Presently Iheard some o*ieSobbing and the sound of running feet."Ihate yyoyou

—you

—you wretches!

"'Istopped suddenly, as Iheard such

Vehement words uttered in a childish voice.U'urning round, Isaw Dorrie hugging herlittle abused kitten in her arms. 1 hadoeen light in thinking the little creaturewas Dome's beloved pet. Iapproachedthe boys to learn the reason of such an out-hurst, but the scamps fled ere Ireachedthem. One, as lie turned the coiner, called'out: '"It's only Denies kitten."

The child sat down on the pavement,gobbing bitterly The poor little kitten,frightened to death, wilggled about m herInrms. Iasked her what tlie boys had done.|>ut she sobbed on, and did not answerIstood contemplating the foilorn little

anite as she hugged the dirty giey kitten.filifikexfeflf ffi&l SS less grimy. ELer

curls -were a yellow tangled mass on herlittle head. Her dress had once been blue,but could not now lay claim to any colourin particular. It was fastened by a single■hook, and that not into its correspondingeye. Her frock was torn near the hem,and as she sat there her little dimpled kneepeepedout, giving her averyforlongappear-ance. She wore neither shoes nor stock-ings, and asIglanced at her bare, tannedlegs,Icould not help noticing her shapelylittle foot,— a foot any societybeauty wouldhave envied.

By-and-bye her sobbing ceased, and dry-ing her eyes with the sleeve of her frock,she slowly lifted her face towards me. Shehad a sweet, baby face. Her cheeks wereround and soft, and her tiny mouth curvedin a most fascinating manner. Her deepbi-own fyes were sparkling with tears, anda big drop slowly trickled down her soiledcheek, leaving another runnel among themany. Being anxious to comfort the littlejmite,Iasked her name, and with a sob inher voice she answered.

"I'm only Dome,

sir." Iwondered if she knew the pathosof her answer. "Only Dorrie !" Some-thing, someone of no moment.Ilifted up her kitten and smoothed its

ruffled fur. Gradually the child's sobsceased, and a smile brightened her babyface as she heard her kitten puiring. 1continued to pet it, and, curious to learnthe little one's history,Ibegan to questionher. She told me her "poor faiver

'was

ill, he was always ill, and that he went toThe Lion for "medicine. But." she whis-"pered mysteriously,

"J fink it makes him

worser." Poor Jittle mi'e! Unworthythough her father was, she loved him.

While questioning her we had walked aconsiderable distance, and at length reachedher father's house. Whilst approaching, Ihad noticed a man standing by the door-way. He was Dome's father, a tall, well-made man with a fine head well balancedupon his square shouldeis; but his facewas weak, and bore unmistakable evidenceof his manner of living. By his attitudeIsaw that he intended to scold Dorrie, butrefrained when he saw that Iaccompaniedher. As we reached the door, he liftedhis cap, and asked if Dorrie had beentroubling me. Iassured him she had not,and told him of the accident to the kitten.His brow clouded at mention of the kitten,and he muttered, "Little nuisance." Evi-dently thatkitten had beenin trouble manytimes before. Dorrie had slipped past herfather into the house, so, giving him good-day, Ideparted.

Next day Idiscovered child and kittenin trouble again. Whilst wandering in thedirection of the brook Iheard a child'scries, and instantly Ithought of Dorrie.Hastening my steps, Ireached the banksof the stream, and there, sure enough, wasDome. She was clinging with one hand toa projecting root, halfway down thebank,while with the other she was clasping herwriggling wet kitten. The fewift current

>was carrying her off her feet as she clungthere, half in and half out of the water.Ireached down and lifted her out. Withasob of relief she sat down on the slipperybank nursing her wet kitten. Which. 1wondered, was the moie unfortunate, childor kitten?

When her sobs ceased, she informed meof her trouble. She and kitty had justbeen playing in the "house,"' when kittyhad bounded after a butteifly. and hadfallen ovei the bank to ;istump submergedin the water. The child had clambereddown to rescue the kitten, but was unableto return, and in that state had Ifoundher. She kindly invited me^to visit herhouse, and asIaccepted, she led the wayto a clump of greeneiy. Bending down onall fours, she crawled into an almost im-penetrable mas?, throwing, as she did so,an inviting glance over her shoulder to meto ifllow."

It's quite ea^v," said, bu^fcE doubtedit.Ilooked at the damp earth, then at my

new grey knickers, and wavered; but herpleading voice unsettled me. 1 fell onmy knees, shut my eyes, and pushedthrough the hole. Iwas agreeably sur-prised to find that the creepeis gave wayto my ungainly body. When Irememberedthe days of my youth, Ifound Icould ap-preciate the retreat, but I soon madeexcuses, and she allowed me to retire.

For some days after this Iwas busyexploring my holiday resort, and in thenovelty of discovering new spots had for-gotten tht child, but remembering thatIhad not caught a glimpse of her in allmy rambles, Iinquired at the inn abouther. Dorrie had been sent to school.It was the greatest calamity that could

have happened to her, so Dome herselfthought. The restraint was irksome, un-beatable. They did not allow kitteiih toenter that school.Imet her one morning on her way to

school. She wps clutching <i little Ixjok inone hand, and in the other a dirty rag, towh:ch a string was attached, and on theend of xh.it string, hanging down her back,was her slate. Ia'-ked her if she wasgoing to school. She lephed in a not tooangelic voice that she was. 1 tried to rea-son with her on the advantages of a goodeducation, but J,o no purpose. While Iwas speaking to her she swung her slateround and round about her, and as 1finished, gave the string a vicious tug.Away went the slate, and with a dull,cracked sound dropped to the ground. 1picked it up,— it was ciacked from framett frame. AsIhanded it to her Iglancedat her face, and thereon was an expressionof supreme content. Her wrongs weieto a slight degree avenged.Itwas of no u&e. Dorrie ran away from

school. Coax her, pet her as Iwould, shestubbornly refused to go back. Her father,after remonstrating with her, gave up thetask as useless. It was too much tioubleto attend to her, and so ihe obtained herfreedom.

Her freedom. But for how long? Pooilittle forsaken Dorrie! Careful mothersstuctly foibadc their children to associatewith such a child. It made no differenceto Dome, frequented her usual spot,and played with her kitten. Better, per-haps, foi both had that kitten been allowedto ditteg iuiU il&> kuk. i'iw cause oi §&

OTAGO WITNESS.

SHORT STORIES.June 18, 1902

ONLY DORRIE.For the Witness..

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