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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1550, 8 June 1885, Page 2

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, before Messrs Alcorn and T. Bullock, J.P.’a, Tyson Hodgson, on the medical testimony of Drs Leahy and Ross, was committed to the >unny-ide Lunatic Asylum —D. Wilson, for having been drunk, was fined 20s and costs, with the alternative of 48 hours’ imprisonment.— John Burke O’Brien, a loquacious inebriate well known to the police, who bad “just been relieved from a lengthened term of confinement,” threw himself “upon the leniency of the Court,” and was fined 10a and costs, with the alternative of 48 hours’ imprisonment. A correspondent has kindly directed our attention to an omission from our report of the annual meeting of subscribers to the Waterloo Library. Mr toal, who has hitherto acred as librarian, was re-appointed, and Mr Taylor took occasion to speak in the highest terms of the manner in which Vlr Soal had performed the onerous duties of his office. We again remind those gentlemen who have given in their names as members of the Ashburton Guards, that a general meeting of the corps will be held at the old Borough Council hambers this evening at half-past seven, when officers will be elected and the company sworn in. Gentlemen intending to join, who have not yet given m their names, are also in vited to attend. Mr W. 0. Walker, M.H.R., will proceed to Wellington to-morrow. A trotting match took place at Riccarton on Saturday, between Mr Drake’s Dot and Mr Sheensn’s Kelsey, resulting in an easy win for the former. The seoond of the series of popular concerts in connection with St Stephen’s Church will be given in the Church Schoolroom on Friday next, at 8 p.m. The charge for admission will be sixpence. Members of the Ashburton Choral Society are particularly requested to attend a rehearsal of “ Lea Cloches de Corheville ” at Sfc Stephen’s schoolroom this evening. The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council will be held at the Council Chambers, Library Buildings, this evening, at seven o’clock. At the conclusion of the ordinary meeting a special meeting of the Council will be hold to consider the proposal to raise a loan for the Borough. The usual monthly meeting of the Winslow School Committee was held on Saturday evening. Present—Messrs Hayman (in the chair), Williamson and Oennen. Correspondence was read from the North Canterbury Board of Education, from Mr 0. Martin and from Mr Smith, and dealt with. Accounts amount ing to LlB 3s Id were passed fur pay ment. It was resolved to grant the master a weeks holiday, the school to be closed during the time. Notices of motions, re the appointment of a Secretary and the election of a member to fill seat on the Committee, vacated by Mr Rainey, were given for next meeting, and the usual vote of thanks to the chair terminated the proceedings.

The financial difficulties of Russia are now known to lie extreme, and the formal bankruptcy of the Russian Government is expected as the inevitable result of a great war. The desperate stress of the Russian Treasury has led the Government to propose! the extraordinary measure of imposing a tax of 5 per cent, upon the interest of the foreign debt. In Germany the proposal to tax the coupon has produced the strongest excitement among the German financiers, who have been the principal supports of Russian credit of late. Urgent remonstrances have been J addressed to the Russian Government from the great financial centres at Frankfort, Berlin, etc. In a strongly-worded article on the threatened taxation of the c mpon, the 4- Ugemeine Zeitung declares that such a step will destroy the belief that Russia would, under all circumstances, keep faith with the foreign creditor, and warns the Russian authorities that it will be fatal to Russian credit. To defraud the foreign creditor of 5 per cent of his income in order to lighten the burden of internal taxation is declared to be the sure forerunner of repudiation and public dishonor. As German finance has mainly kept up Russian credit, it is felt that the straits of the Czar’s Government must be extreme before risking the alienation of such indispensable support For sinking spells, fits, dizziness, palpitation and low spirits, rely on Hop Bitters. Genuine made by American Co, Notice Indigestion and Liver Complaints.—For these complaints Baxter’s Compound Quinine Pills have proved a specific, acting powerfully on the liver and mildly on the stomach. Sold everywhere, or post free from J. Baxter, Chemist, Christchurch, for 19 rr 44 stamps.

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Mr W. O. Walker, M. H R , addressed a meeting of his constituents at the schoolroom, Springbum, on Saturday evening. $ t here was a fair attendance of electors, and Mr T E. Mcßae occupied the chair. Mr Walker’s address was of a similar character to that delivered at Ms-thven and fully reported in our issue of Friday last. After severa 1 questions hat been asked and satisfactorily answered by the member, Mr Morison proposed, and Mr Kde seconded, a vo'e of thanks ana confidence to Mr Walker, which was carried unanimously. In speaking to the motion, Mr W. T. Chap man said that although he distrusted .Sir Julius Vogel, Mr Walker’s record of last session was so good that ha felt disposed to support him in the future. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. To-morrow evening a meeting of Mr E. G. Wright’s supporters will be held at the Upper Room of the Town Hall. —The Ashburton School Committee will meet. —A general meeting of the Ashburton County Hunt Club will be held.—The performance of the service of song “ Minnie ” will be rapeaten at the Oddfellows’ Hall. A very general regret will be felt through Canterbury, and indeed through out New Zealand, at the news of the death of the Van. Archdeaco.i Harris, which would appear from the t-Ouglish telegrams published this evening to have occurred on Saturday last. For many years Archdeacon Harris held the responsible post of Headmaster of Christ’s College, at Christchurch. The high position which the College has since carried may be considered as due in a large measure to his labors. Archdeacon Harris was well known in Ashburton, and his telling discourses in St Stephen’s Church will be long remembered by the large numbers of people that invariably flocked to hear him. Archdeacon Harris was an honest and hard worker, and it is well known that his unwearying eff >rts for the welfare of Christ’s College in the early days seriously undermined a constitution which was never a strong oue, and so hastened his

early death. A statement recently compiled of the induatiiea of the Dominion of Canada for the years 1878 and 1884 shows a remarkable increase between those years. In the former year the number of people engaged in the industries was 26,784 ; it 1884 it had increased to 47,828 The wages paid in 1878 amounted to 7.290,000 dole; in 1884 they had reached 16,189,000 dois. Toe products of these industries were in 1878 o' the value of 32,654,000 dots, and in 1884 they reached a total of 77.543.000 dols. The capital employed iu 18/8 was 24,363,000 dols, aud iu 1884 it was 39,438,000 dols. Tiie American Secretary of State furnishes some figures on the trade of the United States with the countries on the American continent to illustrate the working of reciprocity treaties, excluding British North America, the total imports f om these countries amount to 170,338,000 dols, against 116,182,000 dols, aud 115,887,000 dols, the value of the imports into England and France respectively. The total exports of the United States to the same countries amount to only dols, against 127.788.000 dols, and 84,920,000 dols from England and France respectively. The balance of trade is against the United States to the amount of 95,729,000 dols, against France to the amount of 30.938.000 dols, and in favor oi England to the amount of 11,606,000 dols.

Some particulars have been published by the Imperial Minister of War on the subject of the recruiting of the Russian army during the year 1884. The first result noticed is that the number of men tit for service has diminished by 30,000 as compared with the preceding year. The number of effective reciuits had remained stationary or had even Slightly increased in the ten provinces of Poland, the seven provinces of the West, and the three Baltic provinces, as well as in those of Pskov and Smolensk. On the other hand, it had fallen off in all the other provinces of European Russia, especially in those of Viatka, Perm, aud Pultava. This at first sight unfavorable state of things has a natural explanation in a decree of the War Minister of 1882, by the terms of which admission to the ranks has been placed under more rigorous conditions as regards the development of the men’s thorax Thus it happened that at the end of a few months a larger number of conscripts had to be sent home ou account of their health, and particularly through chest complaints. Ou an average, 32 per cent of the conscripts enrolled during the last six years were married—a fact furnishing further proof of the great number of early marriages, which are sc prejudicial to the moral and economic welfare of the country. Iu the majon ty of cases the women and children of these conscripts become a burden on the communes, aud frequently the wives seek other family supporters during the five yeais that their husbands pass with the colors.

The Church of England Temperance Chronicle, a vigorous and ably conducted organ of temperance, gives some inter-

esting particulars with reference to the

spread of sobriety among the agricultural classes. A pamphlet by Mr John Abbey, which excited considerable interest when published a few years sinie, advocating the discontinuance of intoxicants on the harvest field, was widely circulated by a committee, and, as a result of this effort.

many farmers have aubaituted a money payment for the former beer allowance, to the general satisfaction of masters and men. Over LI,OOO was subscribed, which furnished the committee with funds sufficient to send the pamphlet to 112,500 landowners, estate stewards, farmers, and farm-bailiffs, ove- an area of 27,000,000 acres. Every friend of temperance (ana all members of the medical profession are in sympathy with sobriety) can look upon this resolute attempt to promote abstemious habits among the rural population only with approval and encouragement. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following caolegram from their Lon don branch:— Woql : The sales opened to-day (4th June) at the level of last series, except medium and inferior greasy, for which market easier. Coarse cross bred has advanced nearly id to Id per lb. Crossbred is in demand, "but merino is rather neglected. Home buyers are purchasingfreely. The sales comprise ibout 3.10,000 bales. 24,000 bales have been sent to the manufacturing districts direct —Wheat: Market quiet. Adelaide wheat, to arrive per iron ship is worth o i.f., 36s 6-1 per 4801 b, June bill of lading Adelaide, £ a.q , is worth, c i.f., off coast, 34s par 4801 b. Adelaide is worth 35s 6d, New Zealand 325, and Tuscan 34s 6d per 4961 b,

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