TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 957, 31 May 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] Arrived. Auckland, To-day. Arrived —The barque Clyde Captrai Hoyle, from London, 112 days out; Jfflore Trade. .. . Mr Mills, the managing director of the Union Shipping Company leaves per Jiaoguin to-night for Fiji, to arrange fojj. extension of the trade. ’lu-y£ Timaru Victorious. The hand-ball match between McOauliffe of Timaru and: Hagan of Auckland, was won by thhe former. t ,_ The Fibre Company. j r The Auckland Fibre Company’s annual report shows the total expenditure to’ be L 20.689 9s Bd, and the credit balance L4OO. A Missing Man. \ : , Charles Thomas, a chemist, who 'wa!s * burnt but three days ago, has hot beOU seen since the fire. A Strange Accident. , , The well-known trainer Walsh, while exercising the colt Musketeer «n the road at Bemuera, met with a nasty accident. The animal became fractious, and by rearing managed to loosen the saddle, and Walsh was then thrown off, landing (6h to the fence, and having his left eye gouged out. Assistance being procured the injured man was removed to this Hospital, but on the way the eye -Went back into its socket by involuntary thnet oular action. A medical gentleman, r who eaw Walsh at the Hospital,’stated fhat his sight is in no danger, and theinjured man is rapidly recovering, ‘ ' Satisfactory. ' ,,i ‘ ■ .Colonel Trimble has addressed W qpujj stituents at Waitara, Inglewood, UrepuL and New Plymouth, and has received votes of confidence at each plies. 1 , . The Missing Surveyor. No anxiety is felt here for Mr Oarbeeb ; for it is supposed that the survey are.at t R native settlement on the Upper Wanganui river a search party of natives!

from Mokaa' have,' howetffcr, started to 1 ascertain the whereabouts ot the party, which are nine in number. The Governor. I - Napiek, To-day. His Excellency who is a guest of Mr Thomas Tanner, rode yesterday v siting places of interest in the district of Hastings, and inspected Messrs Nelson and '* -Williams’ boiling down meat preserving works at Tomoana; To-day he went by djiacial train to 'iskapu, and it is expected ho will, return to. town to-morrow, embarking atlOo’clock for Wellington. ‘Vital Statistics. The vital statistics for the month of May are:—Births, 27; marriages, 8; deaths, 14. *, • The Hon. J. N. Wilson. Y The-Hon. J/ N. Wilson: delivered an address at the Working Men’s Club, on “ Nationalisation of the Land. ” He was replied to by Sic G. Whitmore. The Governor’s Movements. N ■ Wellington, To-day. 1-tfThd-' Governor lea v es Napier in the .Hinemoa. on Friday, and will arrive here about noon on Saturday. Committed for Trial Edward Tolley, on a charge of setting ifirb to the Waihengs Hotel, hits been *’ 'Committed for, trial after a hearing of foiit days. Bait was allowed in two sureties'of £2OO each. Mr •Fargne.'.MH.E. ' DtTNBMN, To-day. -h.-Mp Fergus,. M.H.8., addressed his -: cOrbtitifents last night, and'received 1 an ei’unamouslvetoof-confidonce. He' cohs; aidered the' Government had been too lax I'-during''the'racaas .in pushing- forward. I‘tbuMic works. It was simply painful to Railway was prdgßsasihg- In the Upper —House- are form demanded immediate at(l tontioo. -He favored the election* by large districts, and members to be elected f4r - I

Vickers is still uncaptured. He was seen at/Whare Flatten,n^iles ; from town, j^nofslept at a settler’s Hut thepe. • .

hearing of t)be, chargesi.brought by the police against Mr M. C. Sheppard, landing pf the! Chertsev. Hatch. was con£H ?o r being fined • e T?I l» ap d* ‘ condemned. to '.the,, coats, ‘ whi<?lv were cppsiflerable, .and brought the fall amount up to more than 1j24. In gdditifn. to ,thtf, endorsements ; were the license. . Mr , ,ppt allow shy expenses to two of the wit/nesses, Biddell. and_, F6ster, .as he con- . ‘", ' i-io:; The Nelson Evening Mail states that £BOOO was lost on the Jnangahua election, and that £2OQQ was? sept up from TimarU and' invested on, Wakefield’s return. r facts 'of tljua! interesting; announceArftj. ' wo (^TxTtuxTn. Herald) believe, ifj tne mwn.true but ,there is a pardon- ■ .hble in the figures. The P '£&QOOis a mere rhetorical flourish, while has a couple of o’s too many. /Wo JpLVfireason to know, that an enterbrising citizen of Timaru did. risk £2O, npt op the. net result oftheelection, but ' fin the question of whether Mr Shaw " would get a majority bf 50 6r not. Mr only gpta majority of 42, gnd the f 'reckless.gambler from. Timaru scooped in pxbdtot pooh The three black crows f.Tiave lost hone of their pristine vigor. , f Qn board the s.s. Westmeath, consigned iftoii the ■ Auckland -Museum, jrere two -1 Maori , heads. preserved in the old style. ;lt appears .curious (remarks the Herald ) ■ that such articles as these should have to - rbe aent from Liondon to Auckland, but so .. itis. Within the last few year? even, a good many heads could have been proloured in New; Zealand, but there were

many reasons against making any attempt ■ bp .preserve the heads: of those killed in . ;:i battle as;museum specimens. -As it was 11 desirable, I however, to i have, specimens, icWie had.,.to ;fall back on London. There i iwaa.in, the old days,* and beforef. Ne w Zea,:land:was a colony, a great: demand for l- these, heads for collectors in Europe, and Mr ;Maning, Jin: “ Old . New Zealand,” /.jjive* afghastly humorous sketch of how i stijWas oarriedon, telling-how, when the heads of well tatooed chiefs slain in battle -iWßre aoarce, ;the - Maoris would tatoo v artistically the .fece.of aslave,kill and eat J ihha at tbe iproper time, and sell his head The trade iff heads went oh till the museums in Europe became stocked, and thenit yielded to the * inexorable laws of . ca&pply ( cand demand.. An • bpporturiity lately offered ,to .obtain two heads .in ex- ■ change, and this was taken advantage of by lKCCßieeitiiin. The methbd of ! preserving theseibeadsi may almost be termed a “ lost art,” as it might well be, for the Maoris hatfe been sadly out of practice: Probably attempt a.Cpjreservation was .made .on the * head of Captain Lloyd, °%I one*-of the ImperiaPregimenfe, who was '’%Qled.inta skirmish at Ahuahu, Taranaki. -53 js j Head was carried about the whole "'hounlry; and'the natives need to perform “ihoir'Pai Marire dances before it;

, i Mr Charles; Cligny,. ex General .Inspec--1 we .(France), .ha® designed a foj? i preveriting the collision _of /iriuWupqn railway lines, by. the, application. of.. rtjctridty. . Mr OHguy la, .Aft and, .(Bjpima for rips Jliamanu- hh j ihpphteatable $»?. f recent,. inventions, since the new electric application; iaabsolufejyiflufpmatjo, and,.dgea. n.ofcj require working, consequently no forgetfulness, no possibility pf., error. The contact necejsary for the establishment pLthe .electrip iha line wire by means - ofVft- crupder, placed under the guard4ra, VblcH ir Wrked by the currant of air resulting - feom ; the niovehient of the train itself. A slight copper stem fixed • vertically at the aiis of the cylinder follows the .rotatory, movement, and communicates in .the van continuity with -the point of contact necessary, for the "establishment of the current. Gonsei4 tW6 traiiis froin‘ opposite direo'tfens, which Bj errot are travelling upon same line signals themselves, then *Stop automatically, and . thence tne imvpossibility of meeting. ' A mechanism; combined, which does/,not 'Jexact-the attention of the employ&s, and rbeing self-working, is evidently superior 3&:the best tales. Nire-fenths of railway ■ accidents aye due to the want of vigilance forgetfulness on the part of the employes. Mr Oligny says his discovery .has, then, this immense advantage over {iall olhers in that it alone is mechanical, Uraftomatfcand mathematical