The Ellesmere Guardian. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 5, 1891.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 932, 5 August 1891, Page 2

The Ellesmere Guardian. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 5, 1891.

A quantity of leading and other matter is unavoidably held over.

There will be a field Jay at the Lseiton R.M. Court on Friday. Orerjtwenty caHes have already been set down for hearing.

The offioers of the Rolomahuna claim to have seen the mighty sea serpent off Portland Light, on the East Coast of the North Island. They say it is at least 100 feet long, and lias huge fins. Its back js black; its belly white.

Somb time ago Mr William O Brien prooeoded against Lord Salisbury for libel. The jury found for the defendant and ordered plaintiff to pay coats. Mr O'Brien has refused no do'so, and has been declared a bankrupt at the suit of Lord Salisbury.

Thb Press says:-— We learn on excellent authority that Mr Ballance is supposed to be anxious to go Home as Agent-General, and tho following changes ie the Juinistry will probably take plaue:— Hon K. Syldon, Premier ; Hon. J. G Ward beco lies a paid Minister, and Mr Ruen j tins .eituoiu portfolio. •- :

Tfib Fire Brigade met. for dry practice on Monday evening, After having gone through some satisfactory work, a meeting of the Brigade was held at which tho meat bers, to the uumber of fourteen, were formally enrolled and Jthe rules adopted. It was' decided to hold the regular weekly praotices on Monday evening.

MrtHS, who assaulted Ilia wife m Anliburton recency, baa. been remove'! i" I yt(i''tO't cvn 1 tn await, tho fitting of tlrCriminal Courf. Tub sni'cial correspondent of the Prens luinliHiiiul the Shop Hours Bill will hi. oi vitli i:dfj<ic| -ra'ule opposition iv 'h ' Upper (lou-o. IMi'ion* again** it i.ro pouriuj.' m whole-mile. The Ijoid >n Financial News eulogine^ tins t)t» 'g-*t pre-en-ed t<> the Now Zenli.n I l\irliiiii)ent by the BilUnce G .viTiiummm •<o Bnyn ii nov«' ca')loj;nim. But mih'ippily f.»r the Gr v mmen», tho News d<>«»not BHtd m "liv very highest rauk among lilu^lish financial , journals. v And * " eulogy i/n'eiicli a bu 'g it na Mr?B illadce*'* will not do much to enhance its reputation a* a critic • f finaDor. Wb woulil remind our readers (hut t»morrow evening he Kisiht Reverend the Lord Bi.-hop of Christchuroh will deliver >i leoturo i,i S .uthbridgc, taking as bin subject, 'On team London.' Just now the jiu-alioi o£ donling with th> poor. i-i attracting the utlentioii ot every eivilis.id ntaie throughout thu world, and 'the view*; of His Lordship shpnld be of deep interest. In addition to iho iinporance oE the .subject, from the well known lecturing ability of did Bjahop, the au'Henco wiH.enj »y a rare literary treat. ..... • Fob the sake cf ihe public, it m with regret I hit. we learn thnt Mr Donald Burns, who has.fflr the last four yenN been tcslos^raphiHt at Kbuthbridge, is to be removed to Uhristchnrch. During tho time he hih hes-n here, Mr Burns has st'ii iiid tliic'nveniehce of the public mtwry way eonHistent'with hU duty to the Department, and a more courteous an l obliging: official it would be difficult to find. At the same' time, as the removal, is for Mr Burns' ad- ' vnn'cement m the Department, we congratulate him heartily upon it. He leaves to-day. ■■■■'■■• : Me; David Christie Murray, who bus just returned from Australia, has an article m the Contemporary Itevieto on the Antipodean Press, which he asserts w tho best and , noblest m the world. The jed'linu: jour nels of Melbourne and Sydney, he nay?, are perfect models, unsurpassed m extent and variety of newsj liberality, enterprise, sound licjlieHiOn to principle, excellence of nub eclftorial management and force justice and pictnresciueness m oxp-enssion of opinion. The piincipnl newnpapers published m Adelaide, Brisbane an 1 New Zealand aifri journals which Mr Muirr,a,V! considers noioityjn the world need be, a .... shamed of. ,!.:,!;.•>.•'■...: • ■ :•• >■-„'. ■' ■.- : Mk WifctbTji^HftY, who haß answered the Hen \V. Fortescue's article ori "The Sea "Jthy Side of Australia," points out that th^ right measure of' indebtedness is not thtotal sura of the 'debt or its proportion to the revenue of a, Colony, but the amount , of interest to be paid per head. It is truo that the debt has increased during rle; period, under notice ; but old loans at high ratee!of interest have been paid off; with, j tho fedtjlt tbut, tlie., interest charge, jior ' headj remains, nnaitered. On the other liand; the Colonies have rnw railways t<>' the Rood, an')' |theße im'msn9«»ly U'd.l t«» the value 6i'tiie'fr :: territories. Tho Daily Chro\iicle,'\n an articla on WilloiighbyV n joinder trt the " Se imy Side of Ausfralid/ conpjders that the writer has shown thai the Co.'oaius are solvon!t;and falily assured of a prosperous future.,^ . .:,••! This is w h at ■ the (3o\it khind, Ti^es ,say a , about the proposal to increase the honorarium : 'It is inconceivable thai a sonse o? decency'Bhould not rostrairithe'Prerhier and his fMlo'wers from so gross "an abWi of their temporary power.' -There is '^o warrant m the circumstances oE the,ooJ,Oßy there iirione m their own Jhustings d*> clarationa; there is none m their action, tot ward s the Civil Seryioe ;.for -..such .. a proceeding. Ib iM^'Banance, distrustful of the slaunchnegs of ;the labour phalanx which carried him into power, and dooa he think it nocesaary to again propitiate the waverers by this grp^Bta.ppe*l'tf ) i^ l > e ' )<: i cupidity? ' 'If is d'iffi.jrlli ita light? upon I any other solution. We read tint 'oheers were given by Mihisterial 1 %'vp T p'Ot > teiisi thi» afternoon when the Premier gave notice of his Payment of MdniberdiißiU^ Of, cou^e ; und the hungry p»ck will cheer yet louder when. the Bill jcpn>t>B into the Hotiso. and paasea, aait certainly will do into law. But will the country chaei? Will the working men who Bent their follows into Parliament cli^er? Will the.genhine economists of the colony cheer? W«iiinagine not. There will come a day when the mischief wrought-by misguided finance and the selfish prodigality of •Liberal' representative^ wjHf bring the couhtry once more-fabe to' fade --with imperative retrenchment, . The EdjtoifpjF >the War /Cry, sends Ob. the folio wing 'Pfesa Information/ Vegafdthe Salvation Army: — Colonel M'Kie, the champion evangelist of the Army, accompanied by his A.D.0.:, S'a€Capt Plant, arrived at the B'ufE by the S.S. Te on July 27th. The Cqlpnel^ has held, v Bucce»Bf ill campaign bt- Invet-, cargill, and comes on to Dunedin for a weeik's meetings, there. — The Salvatipn Army, which has hitherto published a separate War Cry for each of the Australian :Colon«e8, is about to merge all thesa journals into one, to be publialiad at Mcl bourne. This will take the shape of a sixteen page pap«r, profuafcly Muntrated, and absolutely devoid of advertisements, andall for one penny. It will start witty a circulation of over 100,000 woekly.^-r Archbishop Riordan, of the Roman Cath olicj Church, lecturing m the Qrand Opera House, San Francisco, said,—' I know no one I who has done more for the regeneration of the masses m this century than General Booth I regard him aa one of the noblest of men, and can you tell me where I can find another band of Christian Workers who carry the gospel iatoi the' sluma that aie systematically visited by the ! Salvation Army.- — Antwerp is the latest Salvation army opening on the con tioent of Europe.— A party of Salvation Arrpy officers hare st°rted a 'trek' of 1000 miles by bnllook waggon to MaahonaLaod. They are armed with riflos f"or the purpose of killing c;aiD« to provide food for the jpbiney.— General Booth has recently interviewed the President of the Swiss Republic. The attitude of hostility " hithurti) uHKiuued by the Swiss authorities lowurd* tho balvation Army has giron a place to amicable relation*. — Tne Htonelayiug ceremony ,ia connection wiih the building of a new' Salvation Army Barrucka m Dunedin takes place on August Bth. The foundation Stones of the new Barracks at Mosgiel were laid on July '23rd. Preparations ar« on foot, for the uruution of Barra,ckg at Tiraarii and Geialdine. • ; ■ : ;

Ax important po'nt^MHU^myMfi^fP^ \ m the Courts m Uri£b»nd. ; the Uoioti/ M 'i»j3«ge and. Ajj«<u-y;.* (Jomp'iny hiK^d*?- : . clinea t(i;p?y % dr)(y;«w.iiß ummolh re\ r-iaeh'r' ii>g the mrtnoy of investors, outside tri<» c l«»ny, nhd c/timq-imiHy a w!.ritii*ta beeii f-erve I • n »h<< Co np»ny to onforoe it. \h nil lh« ufli'T Coioy.ni-iV wi tikn»4;. .. Hiu i'nr Kland. ih < <-•>»>•" *»**%, i*>«> regarded us a ti'Ht. t -«*.^--..> > /;^-- i