THE Mount Ida Chronicle AND St. Bathans Weekly News. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1880. THE KYEBURN MURDER.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume X, Issue 571, 19 August 1880, Page 2

THE Mount Ida Chronicle AND St. Bathans Weekly News. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1880. THE KYEBURN MURDER.

Mystery has shrouded the murder at Kyeburn since the morning ou which its • committal was made known/ The efforts of the police to discover the perpetrators have been unavailing - and, indeed, after the, first day or two nothing else was/'expected. /The' murderers were " sufficiently" well acquainted with -the'- : details of their horrible woi'k to refrain from taldnoaway any trifle from the house, after they failed to find' the ; money which they believed'. was : \in :: it, and : which wan doubtless the object of their assault. Only one ray of lio-bt' is shed over the matter. Airs Young when dying, distinctly said : that: the perpetrators were,'/' Chinamen." As she gave the same answer when twice questioned, it is to be presumed that she was conscious at the time. Her last words ring in our ears; and, whenever we think" of the horrible affair,, her words, and their purport, crowd upon our imagination. I For death gives life's last words _..» power to [ __ _ live, " .-...■•'... .Abel, like the stone-cut epitaph,, remain ... After tlte vanquished voice, and speak tp men la addition to the dying words of the murdered woman we hare ' certain evidence, which tends to confirm our belief that, the, perpetrators, were Chinamen. The manner of ■ the mur-der-is not European. The descendants of the Western Nations of the Great Continent, unfortunately, have committed as great crimes as this, but their ordinary manner of murder is not the same; Sudden .dispatch,: with a knife, stick, or pistol,' is their, style, .and at;, would only be in the greatest \ emergency that the process evidentlyused at the, Kyeburn would be employed. : Everything points to the. perpetrators :being Chinese. : Tnt? tracing of a murder is -,getierally a perplexing" and '■■ sometimes impossible thing, but in tins' instance the difficulties;are very :gteat\j increased by the fact that all communication vith the suspected Chinese has to be effected through, the medium of an interpreter. The embarrassment is also nuch increased by the fact that none of the Chinese will give the slightest assistance to further the ends of justice. .When a capital crime is committed -by : a EuropeanV every respectable member of the community does what he can to.assist.in capturing and punishing the criminal. But . the; Cbines'e in; this" : district, do exactlj the reverse. Every" possible obstacle is thrown in the way of the police. They cannot see that until this matter is cleared up an unpleasant imputation, rests upon the .whole. of ,the race, and that it is to the interest of every man "among them to do. what he can to help the officers of the law.. If the nonimplicated Chinese . would assist as heartily as Europeans would in similar circumstances there is but little doubt that the existing mystery would be quickly cleared up. <■ . • The intricacy of the affair was reported tq : the ..Government, we. presume, and the offering of a good re • ward was suggested, with a free pardon to an accomplice, . The;. Government, in response, has .offered a free] pardon, as suggested, 'but the reward isonly;£100. ; For all practical puijposes it would Have been as well if no reward had been offered. 1 VVe imagine, nothing'but a very great temptation: would induce a man to give up information which would make him a tra'tor to his "confederates, and would show, by his own confession, that, he himself was as bad as they, in assists ing, or quietly standing by, while they performed such, a foul deed. No one will say that the reward offered js

likely to tempt even a Chinaman, notwithstanding that a pound is worth double as much .to him as it is to a European. We regret very much that we must blame the Government for their action in this matter. They do not seem to have recognised the magnitude of the crime. Their action is an insult and an outrage on the feelings of the residents of the district. It is not -.ah uncommon thing for double the amount now offered to be allowed in the case of the burning of a stack. v\ e hope the matter will be again represented to them, for it is of the very utmost importance that the perpetrators should be convicted, and we can hardly hope that the police will be able to gather sufficient circumstantial evidence to do it. ..-;■■.. It is important, in more than an ordinary degree, that this matter should be unravelled. If it is not, it will have a very bad effect upon the Chinese mind. We know'that the morals and principles of this race are very different from ours, and that it is only for fear of consequences that many of our laws are respected by them. Ever since the Chinese came tV 'the Colonies they have been credited with the committal of innumerable-small peches, but fear has restrained them from great offences, fit-is well known that thei ordinary entertains \an;' almost superstitious dread of a policeman and a court. He seems to have an undefinable dread' of the law, which is greatly owing, no doubt, to his having only a very hazy notion of what our laws are. He has found by experience that it is a risky thing to go into a man's farmyard and walk off with a duck ; that it is not safe to rob a miner's tail ace; that hitting a man on the head with a shovel, even though under provocation, cannot be allowed; and that it is much the safest to be the owner of a right before engaging in mining. But t crime that has been committed at the Kyeburii . quite surpasses anything that has ever happened here before, and there as y t appears to be. a fair chance of the perpetrators getting off scatheless. The impression that will be conveyed if this should be the ease, .will be that it is only with minor offences that the law can deal, and that, to be safe, it is only necessary to commit a great crime. Now this is an impression that should not go unchecked, not only in the interests of the colony at large, but especially in the interests of the Country districts, where opportunities too frequently exist for cowardly and murderous attacks to be made on people- living in isolated places. .Considerable disquiet prevails in this district, and will continue to do so until the mystery is cleared up. We hope that the Grovernment will recognise what is their duty, and do what lies in their power to bringthe murderers to justice. We think that,, so far, they have not done so. ..... ■•.-'• -. ,- ... ♦ : — ; The report of the Kail way Commission is pregnant with contradictions of every conceivable character. Engineers ■and surveyors of high reputation in the profession, the shining lights in their own departments in. the great Civil Service of New Zealand, honorable members of both houses of Parliament, and the leading and influential citizens who composed the numerous deputations which interviewed the distinguished gentlemen of the • Com-' rhission, contradicted : each other in their evidence "in the heartiest manner possible as to the necessity-for this .or that, line of railway r and the: fertility of the land in this or that district.. ..So much/so is-this.the case that, to;:.the unprejudiced reader, it must be a work of great difficulty.to arrive at a definite and satisfactory conclusion. Others again have given evidence very wide of the mark, and somejfar short of it. Some have sinned wilfully, others have erred unintentionally. Some have given their opinions based from personal 6bseryationg, while others have assumed a knowledge they nevar possessed.: To the latter class evidently behongs Mr George Fache, who at Clyde, and beforethe Commission, made the following remarkable statement, after obse.rying,.that the Dunstan Valley would be as productive as any spot in the whole of the British possessions---" I "am well acquainted with the Ma'nio- " toto Plains, and with the capabilities " of the coun' ry. The]plains are twenty "miles long, and. from two to four "miles wide." Like the noted Railway Commission Mr Eache must have passed over the Plains in the dark, or in that happy state of mind akin to the feelings of Tarn O'Shanter, " o'er a' " the ills o' life victorious."

Mit N. P. Hjorringj Mayor of .JSase'iy, has been gazeued a J.P. ; We believe that the miners who left Naseby for the Hawea rush have returned. f •: The County of Maniototo has received their balance, amounting to £1392 17s 3.1, of the surpulus land revenue of the. provincial District of Otago. ". 1 The time for sending in returns under the Property Tax Act, which expires on the 31st Augustinst., will, probably be extended : until the 30th of September. . j , ' Nothing new has transpired- thij week cf any consequence about the: Kyehuijn murder. Several Chinamen are still.in custody.; They will be brought up, on remand, tomorrow.; ''•'■■ ' '■'•'■' ■■ , At. the R.M- Court on ; Thursday last the. only b.usiness was a. case between Lee Tan andSlu Lan. .Chan,, a claim for £l2 I9s, in' which judgment was given for plaintiff for amount claimed, with 15s. costs. ■: '• Those who wish to try their luck iu Mr Strong's jewellery and property consultation must not forget that the drawing takes place on Monday next. Mr Strorg offers substantial and numerous prizes. The jewellery is displayed in a very effective manner in his shop window. It all seems to be of first class quality, and anyone inspecting it will hardly be able to resist the temptation of making an effort to become the proprietor of some of it at a very cheap figure.

A laege meeting of Home Rulers has been held at Glasgow. Thirty thousand Irishmen attended the meeting. A laegb number of supposed Fenian emissaries, have arrived in Ireland. Four hundred rifles havo been purcl ased at Dublin and have been taken to Cork. It is expected that a complete organisation exis's .n Ireland Wb understand thai a ploughing match is to come off at the White Horse Hotel, Becks on Friday, August 27th. We are informed that there are a number of good ploughmen m the district, and that the match is likely to be aa interesting one. It is reported, but we, do not ihink there is any authority for the rumor, that llr W. L. Rees, cne of the Auckland me.nbers in the last parliament, will bi a candid»te for the seat rendered vacant by the death o? Mr Ii eland. Mr H. Bastings and Mr Fergus are also mentioned as provable candidates. Mb J. Ireland, M.H R. <br Waikaia, died in Wellington, on Sunday morning last. On thn Housa meeting on Monday the Premier moved its adjournment until the evening. Out of respect for the deceased, the Government had the remains carried to Lyttelton by special s! earner, and from thence by rail to Laurence. ' . .- Me Pyke's bill to amend the Education Act provides that private schools shall be entitled to receive the same capitation allowance as granted to the public schools under the Ad , on condition that the average number of pu ils attending the school is twsntyfive or more, and th school is strictly in accord an Re with th° Education Act', 1877, and the regulations framed thereunder. The Duke of Manchester, tin popular pre- ; sident qf the Royal' Colonial /Institute, is about to. pay a visit to Australia and New Zealand. He will visit the Melbourne Ex hibition, and.will be able, by a personal visit, to testify to the value of his Canterbury settlement. We may be sure (says the 'European Mail') that tlie colonists- will .give him a hearty reception. Harvest has set in, writes a correspondent from San Francisco..- The yield of wheat is an average, but the vastly greater area sown will run up the total, available for export to more than 100,000,000 bushels. Where is the market ? The new wheat and barley in California is so far of inferior quality, and will not fetch high prices, it is probable that a great deal of it may be fed to stock the grain-buyers objecting to the unclean, inferior, and ungraded parcels which come to market. Owing to this negligence on the part of grangers, to continuous cropping of wheat, and to the want of care in selection of seed, California shipments sell lower in the English market as a rule than either New Zealand, Australian, or.Chilian wheats. This fact should not be lost on your farmers. The Flouring Miller's Convention at Chicago did .'not pay expenses. I should add that California exported 100,00:J,000 centals wheat, valued at £6,000,000, in the year ended June 30 just passed. Messrs Grant and Foster have arrived safely in England. Mr Grant, writing on . June 14th to a friend in Auckland; says : : " We spent some time in America, and only ; reached home on May 21, after a very pleasant voyage., .My son will put our report into the hands of the publishers in London some day next week. We retain very pleasant recoliections o£ our visit to the Antipodes, and I have no doubt that many will' 'coms out to the. Colony as the result of our favorable report, -Of course there, is nothing decided, except in a few cases, but my time seemed to be fully "occupied in hearing ami answering questions. I shall have to leave my sons to look after the farms, and devote : the summer almost entirely to New Zealand matters. I believe that'several will come to the land of sunshine and cheap land.. If . several farmers come out, it is possible I may ; come out to assist them in the selection of farms. The farming pursuits here are rather better than when I left Home, but still very dull--money very.scarce, and farmers generally have lost heart as well as money." ' The Engineer "" of May. the 21st says the work of examining the 5000 employes of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as to their 'power of distinguishing colour and f orms was begun in Jersey City on April list. Acutehess of vision was tested by printed cards placed at a distance of 20 feet, also by means of small openings in a screen illuminated on the farther side. Many,who passed successfully these ordeals failed signally in the colour tests. Three skeins of woolen yarn wereiused, one being light green, the second rose, and the third red. Each of these was placed on a table in front of the person examined, at a distance of three i jet, and,, with the vision of either eye obstructed by a spectacle-frams, tin man was requested to name the colours ; i also to pick out a similar shade to one or other of the three specified troni different skeins of woolen yarn numbering from 1 to 36. One young man correctly designated the test skein as red; but on being told to select a similar shade from the skeins before him, he picked three shades of blue, two of yellow, an lone of red. He could not distinguish no difference, and the same thing happened to half-a-dozen others who followed him. The skeins in a row were then derided into three sets, with 12 numbers in each. Some men proved able to distinguish all the shades of green, but failed lamentably in picking out the shades of ; red.. The officers of the road.: were greatly impressed, it is said, by theresuit obtained. ; ' ■ ■ - Me Forsfcer's Bill for amending the Relief of Distress Act, passed by tho last Parliament, provides, that another £750,000 shall be advanced out of the Irish Church surplus for pubiic works, and that £30,000 shall be advanced by the Treasury for fishery piers. The Bill also authorises the advance pf money for the construction of railways on the security Of guarantees given by tho Baronial Sessions. At a meeting of Homo Rulers to consider the measure, it was not verv favorably regarded. Meanwhile much anxiety is felt in Ireland in regard to tho next three months. Hitherto the measures taken have been, equal to the emergeucy. There have been no deaths unmistakably to she.er s f ai'vatioii ; (he small farmers hive been furnished wi'h *eed and have got. thur lan<U tilled, a i . i!i w .i■;; .ouse accommjda!i >' i is. nowhere yet qirte exhausted. But the mnst critical pe iod of'the whole year has arrived, when in most instances the people's own food supply from last harvest is entirely consumed, and the new harvest is months off. The disi.resa is therefore intense. 'Private accounts,' says the 'Statist,', "which reach us from districts, not the -worst -affected give harrowing pictures of the suffering peasantry. Deaths, not -a- few, which are the subjects of no Coroner's inquqstv are;'said ;'to bs caused -by Wontinh'ed'privatibil; r ---'TJriliappily, just as the most trying time h »V- cbrin», the charitable funds which afford-d relief are ': being 'exhausted, anfl the* m neywhi.ch':was)to be advanced by the state to enaljle the able bodied to, set -to work, is doled jout r so dilatorily, and in such small amounts,; that it is to be feared it will do- little good.: Twothirds' of the - agricultural year are now ovtr —that of;the time within-which.tbe money ought to be .spent^—and the starving are-put off with talk of inquiries,! " At the Dublin Mansion house Relief C -mmittee me -ting Inst week, it w s sugge led to wind up the opera tions of the Committee, in consequence of the falling off in the subscriptions, but the pro-, posal was postponed. On that occasion it was. stated that the 'New York Herald ' Committee had in hand £27,000, the Land Lea?ue about £20,000, the DueheßS of Marlborough Fund £13,000, and the Mansion-house Fund £20,000! ■•'"'.. .'_.''"

Paris isli'erally filled with violets. Cartloads of- the sweet-scented flowers are to be found in every street, and every lady you meet, has r. purple bouq-iet fastened to her bodice. ■ Prince Pierre Bonaparte, the cousin of Napoleon"III, who murr °d a seamstress, is said to be now so reduced in circumstances that he is living in the most humble manner at Versailles on a sm ill pittance fr ni Prince Jerome. Mu. Pyke has received a telegram from a leading 'anterbury man to the effect that the line which was so strongly recommended by the Railway Commissioners, from Oxford to no" use except" "to two properties, namely, those of the H on. John Hall and Mr Railway Commissioner Wright. The Public Petitions, Committee have-re-ported to the House on the petition of the miners at Maerewhenua to have the llaerewhenua River proclaimed a water course under the Mines Act, for the discharge of tailings The G >mmittee recommend the adoption of one of two alternatives, either the purchase of the riparian rights or the gold mining interest. The Committee Jleel- - that they must leave the decision with the G-overnment. The members for the district are endeavqiing to bring matters to,an issue The vagueness which characterised the allusion of the Minister of Publie Works to the intentions of the Government in reference to the Otago Central Railway has at last been dispelled, and those who have opposed the scheme through direct and indirect considerations, will now exult in the utterances of the Minister. A cruel injustice is* about to be done to Otago, and at the instigation of one of the- Dunedib members ; ablow has been struck at the further settlement of the lands of the interior ; and present appearances indicate an entire abandonment of the works. In the House,, on Tuesday evening, in Committee, of : Supply, on the item ""Otago Central Railway, £S8,000" the Hon Mr Oliver said that-this sum would be required to afford employment to the unemployed, and liabilities on existing contracts, and that he intended goinc south : when the session closed, to .remove the menengaged on the work if possible to more profitable employment. Although a strong effort was made by Messrs- de Liautour, Pyke, and other members, to have the item passed as printed the House was not in the humor to fairly consider bhe matter, and reduced the sum by £20,000 r leaving a nalance probably sufficient \ o meet present engagements. It will be seen that this action on the part of tbe G-overnment is in effect carrying out the recommendations of the Commission the foundations of,which were unreliable, untrustworthy, and highly flavored with} strong prejudice 3. The 'European Mail' writes in gldwinoterms of the team at present playing in England The Australian-: cricketers,: says our contemporary, are jubilant in consequence of their tive-wickets victory over YorkshireCounty Eleven, the most important "match played by them since their arrival. G-ood fielding and bowling undo-ibtedly won then* the match. They are- weak in batting, but, in our judgment, are the best fielding teans ever seen in this country. They can <nve any quantity of start in the fielding department to the best of the English counties. Of the bowlingpowers of Spoffortb and Boyle theexhibition of ISBO was convinoin-f proof; and the first named has lost none of his skill. Of the new-men, Palmer is "a very straight fastbowler, with enough spin to render him very difficult. Alexander, too, can bowlfast round, and Groube is a useful change bowler of maximum pace. In the field this team is evensuperior to the other. Blackham is perhaps* the best wicket-keeper in tbe world, unless there is a better at home in Australia, and Boyle is a certain catch at short ]e-x, his performance in the second match of Yorkshire* being little short of wonderful. It is very unfortunate for the team that the shadow of the unpleasantness when the English team visited Australia should rest upon them We regret to hear from Sfc Bathans that adaughter of Mr Wi-mael Fahey, about seven : years of age, vpas burned severely on Suuday last, and has died in consequence of the injuries she received. It appears that the little .girlwas out playing with other children, about 2 p.m., near an abandoned hut, in which was some grass.. The hut was only some 50yds away from her father's houses One of the children set fire to the grass, and the flames caught the clothes of the little girl. She immediately ran towards home, and her screams attracted her mother, who ■ hastened to meet her In extinguishing the flames Mrs Fahey was severely injured. °The child was considerably burnt about theshoulders and legs, and at midnight she died. Everything was of course done to al- : lay her sufferings, but no effort could save her life.- ;Mr Robinson, the; Coroner, left Naseby on Monday to hold an inquest. Our informant remarks that this event should be a warning to parents to make children refrain from lighting fires of grass, which they frequently do in the locality, as it is an-ex-tremely dangerous practice, not only to life, but to-property also—Our correspondent also mentions the fact that there is to be' an entertainment in aid of the National School Fund, which will come off on the 31st instA particularly good, programme is being prepared. -The local talent is likely to- be supplemented by assistance fiom Na^eby.—Another item of news is thab M'Pherson and Company are prospecting, with water, the ground between Vinegar Hill and Gully." This ground is . expected to turn out well, and a nuailef of miners are awaiting with interest, the result of the present trial.' The Empress Eugenie (the 'Cape Times'" says) experienced fine weather whole of her progress through Zul'uland and she also enjoyed good health, with the exception of a slight attack of malarious fever incidental to a visit to that part of South Africa The same vessel mentions that there was on board the Trojan, the vessel by which the Empress returned to Europe, the Basuto* posy, a fine specimen,of his breed, which the Empress rode in Zululand.' He is bound for Chislehurst. Regarding the departure of the Empress, which took place on, July 6, the 'Cape Times' says:—''The Empress must have left our shores deeply impressed with the thoughtful consideration of the-people of Africa. She asked of us that she should not be the subject of .public demonstration, 'however kind in its' design, or of prying, newspaper criticism,.or of.any of those attentions which she may have expected in' many couutries. Her wish has been fullyobeyed, and the closing scene yesterday of this solemn visit was in accord with all that has been done. •- At-three olclock the Trojan was cleared of' visitors ; the great steamship \vas v nioored in the entrance channel, and the gangway, with its "sides covered with the Imperial purple" and its flooring carpeted, was placed-; the ground was kept by the Royal Engineers,"vahd Colonel Hassard, C 8., the commandant, at Cape Town, was in attendance. The-crowd was sibt 'and as the" carriage'of the Empress drove up, hats were respectfully lifted in- a silence that was almost profound.'." : -The impress" bowed graciously to the right and to the left, and when she stepped on to the deck and auswered the salutation of Captain fravers she walked across to Mr Fuller-md thanked him for all the kindness" he had shown, and for the excellent arrangements which had been made on her behalf. In the few minutes before the" vessel left, after the Empress had come on board, the Dean of Cape Town was introduced to her by Sir Bartle Frere, and almost immediately afterwards the -Empress embarked, Lady Frere and the Governor and party left the steamer Trojan. ' The steamer at once went to ■ sea, .and was escorted out of the bay by H M -S. BoaAicea."

Pl't Evelyn Wood has procured »ora t vigs from the Napoleon willow at Mt Helena, to plant on the spot where the Prince Imperial lust his life. At Hamilton, on August l'\ f he following grants were made bv the Warden :—'leach and Bailey, extended claim and tail race This was all the business. The Courts which are generally held, on* the same trip, at Hyde and Vfacraes, had to be postponed, in consequence of the Warden—who is also the Coroner—having to preside at the inquest at Kyeburn, on Wednesday. liie Parliamentary correspondent of the ' Lyttulton Times' writes:—! have just heard that Government has withdrawn its circular issued to ci\il servants and others relative to the reduction of 10 per cent., with an intimation that the circular is to he considered as not having been issued at all, pending instructions. It is understood that this action of Government is consequent upon several threatened actions for damages in consequence of the proposed reduction having been made applicable to pensions and salaries under permanent Acts. An Trish surgeon who had restored the sight of a poor woman observed in her case ■what he deemed a phenomenon in optics, on ■which he called together his professional brethren. He stated, to them that the sight of his patient wan so completely restored that she could see to thread the smallest ■needle or to perform any other operation which reqtiiied particular accuracy of vision But when he presented her with a bojk she was not capable of distinguishing oue lett -r from another. This very singular case ex. ■cited the ingenuity of all the gentlemen present, and various solutions were offered Doubt crowded on doubt, and the problem grew darker from every explanation, when at length, by a question put to the servant who it was discovered that the woman had never learned to read. The Deceased Wife's Sister Bill has passed through all its stages, after a discussion in which"the objections raised were mainly by legal members of the House on the wording ■of clause 2, involving the disposition of property. Mr Hutchison, however, spoke •warmly on the principle involved, characterising the passage of such a measure as '• one of those blunders that are worse than •crimes." Mr Speight made a rather unseemly speech, making several coarse allusions to the mo'ives of an absent member of the House. It is understood that the Governor will reserve the Bill for the Queen's assent, and it is thought that the retrospect ive clause affecting children born of such iinir.ns before ths passage of the Act will prove fatal, and that the Royal assent will be re'usod. Agitation has already commenced to get up a petition against the Bill being assented to. The ' Times's' correspondent says that the Russian authorities'.in Siberia made some •curious discoveries whtn examining the food which friends are allowed to bring to prisoners. Two hundred and thirty roubles (halfcrowns) were found one day in a basin of buttermilk. A man was repeatedly found drunk. His wife brought bira milk *nd the ■officri'S tasted it, but still the man was drunk. At Jength it was fo.md that the milk-jug had a false bottom, and a hole in the handle. What will not topers do for ■drink ? Another Woman essayed to smuggle brandy in a pig's entrails. An officer gave his opinion that 80 per cent, of the thousands of criminals that had passed through his hands owed their exile to drink. The correspondent concludes by saying:—" I left Asia with' the impre?sion that if a prisoner chooses to behave decently well, he may be in Siueria more comfortable than in many, and as comfortable as in most, of the prisons of the world." That Australia should contribute towards the populating of South /ifrici, writes the * Jape Times' of July 6, is a singular episode in the history of our colony The Northumberland, which arrived in Table Bay ou Wednesday last, brings over 100 passengers who have come from Australia to try their fortunes at the Cape. They are mostly gold diggers, who, finding gold digging in Austra ia not quite so remunerative to the poor man as in the days of old, have beeft led to come to the Cape by the news that goldh'elds have been discovered here. We ■do not know, on what representations they were induced to come to South Africa, but a passenger by the Northumberland assures us that they are of a class who make capital colonists, for they are prepared to do other work besides gold digging. We trust thut this is so, for if these people were gold diggers, and nothing else, tbf-y are likely to be ■disappointed on their arrival. We may tell them that up to the present time the goldfields of South Africa have not been a success. A few people have managed to live at Pilgrim's Rest, in the Transvaal, and there is a confident belief of paying gol Ifields existing in this land. But they have yet to be -discoverod. In the debate on the Railway Commis--aion's Keport, Mr Wright, one of the Commissioners, and the only member of the House on the Commission, has lately been •credited with saying nasty things. The whole weight of this precious report rests on his shoulders and from the dressing down he has had since it first saw the light, both inside and outside the House, we can understand him seizing an opportunity to vent some of his bottled-up spleen on the Hon member for the Dunstan. Mr Wri«ht cannot forget Mr Pyke's utterance in thcHouip, long before the report was tabled, that'' the only Evidence of the Railway Commission (Mr Pyke's) district was of empty bottles lying around." The Hon. the member for the Dunstan must have said this as a joke, because those wh have had occasion to intetview or enlighten the Commission are incapable of perceiving or even understanding the 111 eral character of the remark The other night the Hon. tho member for Coleridge (Mr Wright) thus twitted Mr Pyke— "Certain members had condemned tho report in anticipation, par ticularly the member for the Dunstan. He (Mr Pyke) had charged them with ruralising when they were in his district. He could recall the fact of some travelling theatrical company being in tho district at the time, and when they enquired as to the where abonts of that hon. gentleman they found he was starring the Vincent County with the prima donna of the troupe. Charity, it is said, begins at home, and he would leave the House to judge how far charitable intentions had to do with the proceedings of the hon. ■gentleman, and the prima donna." In making this statement Mr Wright was mi-lead-ing the House. Mr Pyke, if we understand aright, .Was engaged,- at his own expense, in the laudable work of rasing funds for a deserving charity (the Dunstan Hospital) by initiating'performance* it the drfferdni cer. : tres of population a work also'in which he was very successful. No " piles of empty bottles " marked his route, and the luxuries ho treated himself to, which no doubt he did, were defrayed out of'his own pocket, and not from the pockets of an overtaxed people. We have no doubt when the time comes, Mr Pyke's Roland will bo as highly seasoned as Mr Wright's Oliver.

t Holloway's Prr.LS.—No more Nervousness.—The niomeui, impurity enters the blood health is diminished, und our nerves warn us of the disagreeable fnct, "Oast our impunities out I" savs common sense, and long.oxporieneo testifies thutlfolloway's Pills accomplish this with tho utmost cortainty and completeness. Tothedyspoptioand apathetic thor give now lifo and fresh onergy by the wholesome influence they oxomse over tho stomach, liver and other internal Or'gahs. The most wretched indigestion fades' before theirfcorrective power, and therewith, gloom of mind and- iridlsposUion for exertion disappear. HoKoway's Pills ptirlfy and regnlata tho circulation by steadying the heart's action. ■•-•'■ v ■ '■