The Timaru Herald. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1886.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3542, 4 February 1886, Page 2

The Timaru Herald. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1886.

The telegram v. bich we published yesterday uioruing giving the jio'a-oiiiici of the new Gladstone Ministry, us announced on the authority of the Daily News, will have excited attention more ou account of the omissions from the list than of the new naaics which it contains. The experiment of trying Mi Childei'B as Chancellor of the Exchequer m the last Liberal Administration did not turn out very well, and so Mr Gladstone, it appears, is oucc more to take upon himself the office which he has filled with so much distinction iv the past. Mr Childers was thrown out at the General Election, but a seat was found for him just m time to admit of his inclusiou m tin. Cabinet. He now occupies the position of Secretary of State for the War Department, the portfolio held by Lord Hartington iv the last Liberal Administration. As for Lord Hartin^ton, Loni Derby, Mr Goscheu and Lord Carlingfuril, they all appear to be holding aloof Lord Sclborne, for so many years Liberal Lord Chancellor, is also conspicuous by his absence, his place being filled by Sir Faner Herschell, foruierlj Solicitor-General. Lord Sclborne is a very staunch supporter of the Church of England, and it is pro bablu that tho piomiuent manner ie which the disestablishment question was l)i(. light forward by some of the Liberal leaders during the recent campaign, has (i good deal to do with his preaenl abstention. The result has been very rapid promotion for Sir Farrei Ilcrscbcll, who was scarcely ever beau of until within the last few years, aur now occupies the highest office iv the land to which a lay subject may aspire Apart from the great distinction of tht appointment, he has also the substantial satisfaction of knowing that il he goes out of office again immediately he is entitled to a pension of .fc.5000 a year for life. Sir W. V. Harcourt takes his old post nt the Home Office, while Mr Chamberlain, formerly President ol the Board of Trade, is now " the Rulei of the Queen's Navee,'" and Mi Mundelhv becomes the new head of the Board of Trade, a position for wbic-b liis souuil business capabilities and knowledge of finance make him eminently qualified. He was a member of the last Liberal Ministry, occupying the position of Vice-Presi-dent of the Council, but was not m the Cabinet. Tho appoiutnient of Mi John Morley us Chief Secretary foi Ireland Ib undoubtedly intended tc conciliate the Painellite party. Mi Morley is a Liberal of the advanced school, and is well known as a literary mail of great ability. He was for some years Editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, m which position he was succeeded by Mr Stead, and he has written r number of very able historical and other works. This is the first time he has held office m nny Government. One of the surprises ol the list is the appointment of Lord Hampden as Lord Privy Seal. His Lordship, better known us Sir Henrj Brand, was for many years Speaker of the House of Commons. Previous tc tbat he was Liberal "Whip. In the discharge of his duties as Speaker he managed to exhibit the most dignified impartiality and won the most genuine respect and esteem from all sides of the House. Having retired from that position to enjoy, as everybody thought, the quiet ease of a, country gentleman's life, it is indeed astonishing to find him coming once more, into thfi turmoil of political strife and actually taking office, So far as we know the case is without a parallel m the history of the English Legislature. Should tho Earl of Rosebery have charge of the Colonial Office, as suggested, the appointment will be very popular m the colonies. We know tbat Lord Eoscbery is a statesman oi broad and enlightened views, and that he has taken the trouble to see the chief portions of Her Majesty's dependencies for himself. The time maj tome perhaps when it Bhall be confiidered that no politician is fit for the position until he has gone through a similar preparation. Lord Grauville never possessed sufficient firmness as Foreign Secretary, and il is said he is now likely to be shelved m favor oi LordKiiuberley, who will be remembered not altogether favorably, as a formei Secretary for the Colouiea. Tho nen Ministry is not without a good proportion of able men, but it remains tc be seen what success is likely to attend the formation of a Liberal Cabinet independently of the AVhigs. Mr Gladstone way have resources not appareni to the world at large, but at present i( looks like an experiment of the mosl , hazardous character. [Since tbe above was writtea, ft tplegram has come to hand somewhai altering the constitution of the Cabinel as at first aunouaced.]

Long n«o tlio Rev. 11. H. Barham m his inimitable " Ingoldsby Leyends " hit nff tho propensity of ecientilic men when ho described tho husband of the Lady , Jane as wearing " horrid green specs 1: and " always poking his nose into this and to that." We aro afraid that the learned , men of the present clay have not lost the r h:vl>it. They are alwr.ys pryino into things , and testing them with their microscopes, spectroscopes, and chemical reagents, and . the worat of it is that their revelations never contain anything reassuring to the public mind, but Ihe3 r aro always shocking us with some fresh hoiror3. Fur ysars ' past a Government official has reported • an the (junli'y of tho water supplied to • the English metropolis. Each month he has had something to report as to the amount of recent or previous sewnge contamination traceable m the water, 1 tho presence of albuminoid ammonia, - chlorides, and other nppotising topics. Occasionally there have also been vaguo references to " moving organisms." This, s however, it appears is not sufficient, so now another Government olliciiil has been : appointed to ninke a " biological examination" of the Londoners' drinking water. " Tho examination," wo are l ' told, "is made by cultivating with gelatine, and furnishes a means <f i counting the actual number of micro- , organisms present m a given sample (f water, and the result rf tho observations 1 shows to what extent tho method of sand , filtration, which lihs been adopted by tho water companies, i 3 efficient m removing these lower forms of lifo from water ; and it is hoped that this method of (xamination, t:>kon m conjunction with the results . of chemical analyse?, n ill furnish a more complete view of the condition of the ( rrater supplied than can le obtained by , chtmic.il analysis nlono." Recently it 3 was leported tliat the number of microoifraniims discovered m one cubic cenli- - metre of unliltered Thames water was lo'4-i. Tho number of organisms contained m tho water after it had passed through the tilterin" beds i,f the various companies varied from '2 to 103 per cubic I ffnthnHrc. Tlie forlunatt) Londoner, ! with a knowledge of decimals, will there- ' fore be able to calculate m future to a • nicafy not only how much organic imI purity, but .also how many anh at denial he j swall 'ws overy timo ho drinLs a glass of I water. Whether it nil] add to his enjoyment of tho bsveragu is another matter. We should haro thought this was one of those casts whi:ro ignorance was bliss, and 'twas folly to be wise. 1 Tho Car of New Zealand, we ull knotr, j is remarkable for its learning. It may _. also bo reuiaikable for its good looks and . even for its piety, but hiiher'o it has not been distinyuislud for its humor. Its members seem to tliink that tiding to 1,-uv ' is a very porion* hu.iiii"!)*, which opinion, 1 we mny ad'l, is cordially shared by their -' clients. At leug:h, however, tbcre are l symptoms of a lHw dt'pariu.e. Thu other - day a caso was heard at Wt;liitigt<.n m \ which a civile formerly m the U.'vernrnent Insurance department hrougbt an , action a^.unst the Board for ovt-rtime. His solicitor facetiously rcmaikcd tlrit " tin's was aiiothi-r claim brought .".gainst • the Government Insuianco Association 3 on account of " a s::vDri'd hand !" After • this there is surely hope for tho^o who > wish to see our letjal proceedings enlivened y by an occasional joke. And as clients g have to " pay up and look pleasant," why shouldn't they have a little fun for their a money I 1 It has beconia proverbial that eminon t s lawyers who attempt to make their own 1 wills invariably leave a crop of expensive s law-suits for their heirs and executors, and thu sad end of Dr W. U. Carpenter, the eminent physician and scientist, ' stems t<> show that it is equally dangerous 1 for doctois, however distinguished, 1 to attempt to treat their own ail--1 ments. Dr Carpenter, it appears, 0 MifF.M'cd from rheumatism, for tho : relief of which ho took hot air c baths. Tlieso he administered to himself m a somewhat primitive fashion by » wrapping himself m a blanket, sitting en a stool, and having at his feet a P small gallipot of ignited spirts of wine, 1 so that the heat from tho latter passed s inside tho blanket. While he was so j treating himself a few weeks ago the f gallipot upset, and the unfortunate „ gentleman, who was 71 years of agi', was severely burned about tho head, face and body. Medical aid was sent for, but it " was evident the patient was past all 1 human help, and m fact ho died during I tho night from tho effect of the burns. i Evidence was given at iho inqucet by a . doctor to the elfect that the use of a gallipot m such a caflo was a very dan- . gerous proceeding, and that there wore proper lamps sold for tho purpose. Poor Dr Carpenter, m fact, was guilty of an 1 amount of imprudence which lie would '" probably havo condemned most strongly 5 m a patient, and ho paid tho penalty with r his life. r - T)nvNKENNESS. — Ono individunl was ar- , rosled for this offence last night. He will couie beforo the Bench this morning. 1 PitKDGiXG.— Iho Oamaru drctlgc is ox- ' pectcd to arrive here some time during the l middle of no it week. 1 Spouting. — The full programme for the k B.C.J. Club's annual race meeting, on sth and 7th May next, will be found m another ' column, f Resident Maqisteate's Coubt, TniAnr. 1 — H. 11. Hennah, Ksq., J.P., presided at this 3 Court yesterday, anil lined a first offender I<>3 for being drunk whilst m charge of a lioi'se. . Education Boahd. — The ordinary monthly meeting of tho Bouth Canterbury Board of 3 Education will be held at their olliees, Go--2 vernment Buildings, at 11.15 o'clock this 3 morning. j Educational Institute. — A meeting of the members of the South Canterbury Kilncational Institute will bo held ut the Timaru - Main School on Snturday morning at e!cvcu - o'clock. j; BAZAAR. — A baznar and gift auction m connection with tho Temtika Presbyterian ' Church will bo held m the Volunteer Hall, • Tcmnkn, on the lGt-h April next. Contribu- " lions m nid of tho bazaar would be gladly ro- . ceived. t Kotick to BrsiXESS Pkople. — Tho Inj spector of Weights and Measures (Constable Hicks) desires us to intimate that having sent the standard weights and measures to > Wellington yesterday to be re-verified, it is ; no life tradesmen nnd others taking weights, t etc.,' to him to bo tested till a week or so's £ time has elapsed. . TIIISITY I'IIKSBYTEMAN CIIUIiCU.— We understand that the General Assembly of the 5 Presbyterian Church of New Zealand meets - m Auckland on tho 9th inst., and that the f Revs. Barclay, Mclvee and Gillies, with Messr3 John Cuthbort and Andrew Hnrt, elders, are to bo tho representatives of the B Timaru Presbytery. During Mr Gillies' 1 absence his pulpit is to bo occupied by the c Rev. Mr Miehio, of Moriu'ngton, Dunertin. 9 A Chai.lkn'OK. — Wo were m Formed yejterday that tho Volunteers employed m the Mail , ofjtco, Oamaru, had sent a friendly elmllongo • to the Timaru Hillo Corps to fire a nintrli, . seven or ten men a eido, at an early date, r Wo undorstfind tbo cbajlepgo hns been net ceptctl, and that the day tho match is tocoino off will be fixed on shortly. Deputation, — Tho Hou. Mr Bullnnce, 3 Minister for Native Affairs and Defence, and 1 Sir Goorgo Whitmore, ColoneJ-Conimaudunt - of Iho New Zealand Volunteers, were pusseu- . gers by the Southern Kxpress train yesterday i afternoon, en route for Dunedin. During llie train's etay hero Mr Ballanco was waited on *■ by a deputation, who requested that tho t Volunteer Encampment at Easter should be held m tho vicinity of Timaru. Mr Ballanco . informed the deputation that as tho site for i holding the encampment had not yet been docjdfld on ho would givo the mattat his con--1 sideration. Tha deputation, after Htiunkipg

Tub Breakwater.— We understand that | Mr Goodall has approved of the »chedul.- of* prices m Palliser and Jones' contract f.>r I )n< \ extension of the Breakwator, aud that noii-.ne will bo lost m making a start. C Battery. — A carbino match between members of tho C Buttery of Artillery and the C.V.C. fakes pl.ice this nrtcmoon nt, the ran^e, f'nltwater Creek. The names of the Battery team are as follows :— Maj >r llainersley, Lieut. Jackson, Sergeant- Major Eigen, Q..M.S. King, .Sergeants Jackson, King and Hughes, Bandmaster Herd, Gunner Foster; emergency, Corporal Waugh. The team? will leave Major Hamersley's olllce at 1.45 sharp. Intercolonial Weather Exchange — New Zealand- High pressure to tho northeast, heavy gloomy weather m the north, fine m Ihe south ; winds between north-nest nnd north-east, and strong on the we3t coust, with showers. Australia — Fine, with high pressure over the centre ; wind, S.W. and W. and moderate ; overcast on tho west and south coasts. Barometers — In Nesv Zealand : At Russell, 29.0; Wellington, 29.8; Bluff, 20.5. In Australia, : At Hobart, 29.6 ; Portland, 30 0 ; Albany and Sydney, 29.9. Departure. — AYe arc very pleased indeed to hear that Mounted Constable Sinclair, who hns been stationed iv Timaru during tha hist six months, has been promoted m the service. | Constable Sitx-lnir leaves by the Kxprcss today for his new post m Invereargil 1 , and we nro sure his many friends here will wish him every success m the Southern city. During his short stay m Timaru he has shown himself to be a very encgetie nnd cnpnblc officer, and courteous and attentive to all he came m contact with. Cricket. — A cricket match is to bo played on tho new Caledonian sports ground this afternoon, between an eleven representing the grocers and ironmongers and ono representing the drapers. '1 he names of the teams <ire as follow : — Drapers : Gerity, Pavies, Green, Bowie, Hussell, Cop, Mu-ker, Mahan, G. ICiihn, DruinniamlauJ Foster ; emergencies — Torrence and Simraonds ; grocers and ironmongers: M. Shepherd, W. Priet-t, Holmes, Orwin, T»oberfcs Philpott, Hayes, Ful'.arton, Hill, G. Webb and W. Webb; emergencies— Camp'iell and Ifatton. The match will commence at 230 sharp, and should provo a very enjoyable one, provided the elements ar« favorable. Just m Time. — A young girl and a child had a very narrow escape of being drowned m the surf near the railway engine cleaning shed on Tuesday afternoon. Both hr.d their shoes and stockings off wading m the water, when all of a sudden a larger wave than usual rolled up tho beach and carried the girl off her feet, not, however, before she hid time to catch hold of the child. In receding the wavo carried both bat 1 , into the surf hole, but fortunately one of Messrs Jones and Peters' men was at hand, and rushing courageously into the surf, he brought the girl and child sntVly to 1.-iml again. The girl immediately became insensible, but after a few minutes recovered and wus able, to walk home. The accident is not expected to produce serious results. Woodbuky Races. — A meeting of persons interested m th-.-se races was held m tho Woodbury Hotel on Saturday evening, llr J. 11. Dean was vt.tcd to tho chair. Tho decivtary (*-"r fl-.irmer) read the statement of accounts for the year 1885, showing the receipts to be £7«" 0* fid, and the disbursements £72 Ms lid, leaving a credit balance or JCS 5s 7d. The report was adopted. Mr Quail moved, and it was canied — " That the annual race meeting take place on Easter Monday." 7ha following gentlemen were elected 119 a Committee, with power tj add to their number : — Mersrs T. W. Corbctt, T. Dor.lv, If. R. Flatman, A. Scott, J. 11. Dean, R. J." Goodwin, E. Biisco and R. Gould. The elect'on of officers is to take place on Snturdnv next. The meeting then adjourned. Timahu Swimming Baths.— Since the baths have been opened there has been quite a rush of tho public to patronise them, and it is quite evident their establishment is regnrded 11 11 a very great boon. The dres ing boxes are conveniently arranged, the bath itself affords ample room for v good swim, and (he attendant is very courteous and obliging. Altogether, the arrangements reflect great, credit on all concerned, and the promoters may well fed gratified at tho success which has attended their efforts Tt lus been suggested t > us that it would be. a great convenience to ;i large section of the fair sex who are- not able to patronise the bath during the ordinary hour?, if it were reserved for ladies until thres o'clock on Thursday afternoons. We commend the idea to the Director?, who, we arc sure, will give il their favorable consideration. Mk Bryce's LiDEr, Action*. — The following is fn.m the London correspondent of the Dunedin Slur :— " Mr Brjce writes from Bailey's Hotel last night as follons, with regard to his libel action against Mr Kusdcn : furiously enough, I am m the sime state of uncertainty as to when my fiction is to be tried that I have been m' for tho last tno yrnrs. Jt may be tried to-morrow ; but if net, and I don't expect it, it cannot come on till after tho Christina* vacation. However, it is now quid at the head of the list, ify counsel are Sii'FarrerHersehc)), Mr Murphy and Mr Paine. Ktisden has the AttorneyGeneral, the Solicitor-General, and Mr Edwin Jones. That the action will go against Mr Bryce is the opiniou of every lawyer to whom I hiive mentioned the case. Moreover, it will c-ost him a pot of money. Mr Rusdeu would never havo engaged such expensive counsel if his lawyers had not assured him of winning the action," Geraldixe Racing Ci.ru.— A Hireling of this Club was hold iv their otQces on Saturday last, when the following members were present.—Mr X, JI. IVarpoint (Chairman), Messrs W. P.. 1). I.awson, 1). Penoon, X, Taylor, H. S. Cook, J. Mundcll and 1). McKenzie, Secretary. A draft copy of the programme for the Aulumu Meeting was presented by tho Secretary, and adopted as follows : -First day (May 27th), Handicip Hurdle Race, of 50 soys ; Novel Hurdle Race, of .'JO sors ; Autumn Handicap, of 75 povs ; Selling Race, of 30 soys ; Gang Forward Handicap Steeplechase, of 100 soys, ami Hurry Scurry. t-ecoud (hy (May 281 h), Hurdle Handicap, of 40 soys ; Novel Fhit Race, of 30 fovs ; Railway Stakes Handicap, of 40 soys ; Tullvho Handicap Steeplechase, of 75 soys ; Hack Flat Selling Race, of 15 eovs ; Consolation Handicap, of 30 soy.<. A circular wa9 received from the Canterbury Jockey Club stating that they would not take entries unless accompanied with the amount of entrance money m cash. Kesolved —"That tho Geraldine' Racing Club fully endorse tho above de-ision, and for the future all fees must accompany entries." The meeting then adjourned. GkraiiOlkb Tow-fl Boahu — The usual monthly meeting of lhe Board was held on Tuesday last. Present — Mr R. 11. Pearpoint (Chairman), Messrs John Mundell, John Huffey and Robert Taylor. Tho following correspondence wa3 considered :— From the District Land Registrar, forwarding Crown Grant for Section 72, Geraldine. Resolved — "That the Grant be deposited with tho rest of tho Board' 9 documents." From the Treasury, Wellington, advising tho payment of £7 10s to tho credit of the Board forasplmlting the front of the Courthouse and Police Station. From the Gcraldino County Council, enclosing a detailed statement of Hie receipts and expenditure of the Raukapuka Licensing District from May Gth, 18Si, to June 30! b, 1885, showing the amounts to be paid by tho Toivu Board and County Council respectively. Proposed by Mr R. Ti.ylor, seconded by Mr Mundell, and carried — " That this Board fail to see the justice* of being called upon to p.iy about four-fifths of tho cost of administering the 1 icensing Act. within tho Baukapuka Licensing District, there being four liconsed houses outside and only three within the Town District, when those outeido entail a larger expenditure than tho threo within the Town District, thereforo this Board would request tiie County Council to re-consider the matter with a vieiv of adjusting the expenditure on a more equitable basH." Tho question of organising a Fire Brigade was next considered. Tho Chairman suggested that as replies had not been roeeired to the Board's lettei'3 from several places, it would be better to hold a special meeting to discuss this question. This was agreed to, the meeting to be held on Wednesday, the 10th mat., at 8 p.m. The Overseer's report was read and considered, and tho following resolutions passed thereon: — (1) That the Overseer be empowered to put on day labor to tle&r out tUe water tables of all vegetatioti.

I (2) That the Clerk be instructed to collect all I iici-.nints for asphalting before (he next : ■ •nli.'.nry meeting. (3) That a sub-Committee I 1.-.? formed, consisting of Messrs B. Taylor, Julin Mundell, and the Chairman, to instruct Ihe Overseer v. hat lengths of asphalt to topdrcss. euc-h Cimniittee to also instruct tho C!er'; re objections to valuation libt when recrived. (4) That the big etoncs on Dr Fish's road he not picked off. The Banger's report was then read showing the number of horses nnd cattle found wandering upon the streets. The report was approved. Accounts to the amount of £18 11s 7d were examined and passed for payment, after which the Board resolved itself into a Local Board of Health. Tub Inspector of Nuisances' report was read and considered. Proposed by Sir Mundell, seconded by Sir fluffey — " That notice be given (o tho lessees of .Reserves 69G to remove the under-ground drain pipes so as to prevent any accumulation of offensive matter." Mr R. Taylor made application to have the drain filled m on the rresfc side of Beservo 696. lhe request was granted. The Board then adjourned. I'IiESEXTATIox. — Yesterday afternoon all the employes of the Timaru Herald assembled " round the etono " m tho printing office for the purpose of bidding farewell and making a presentation to Mr Q. W. Gardner, the lato Manager, who has brcn compelled by iilncss to retire from that position and is about to pay a visit to England, with Mv 3 Gardner, for' the benefit of his health. Tho Editor of the Herald (Mr W. 11. Triggs) having referred to tho length of time (twenty ye.irs) during which Mr Gardner had been connected with tho Herald, and the high esteem m which he was held, proposed the health of Mr and Mr 3 Gardner and family, and expressed on behalt of the staff the warmest wishes for their future happiness and prosperity. Tho toast was very heartily houored. Mr HaggeM., the head of the jobbing department, then read an illuminated address, which had been signed by the whole of the staff, as an expression of their regard for the late Manager. The addresß, together with a small purse of sovereigns, was then handed over to Mr Gardner, on behalf of tho " companionship," by Mr F. Osborn, the printer of the Herald, who, it was mentioned, was engaged on the paper at its birth, upwards of twenty-one years ago. Mr Gardner responded m very feeling terms to the toast, and warmly acknowledged the presentation, which he said was quite unexpected, and he was afraid undeserved. (" JS T o, no.") He added that the twenty years which he had spent m the service of the Herald were the pleasantest years of his life, and he thanked all who had been associated with him for the kindness aod assistance he had always experienced at their ' bauds. The proceedings then terminated. Following is n copy o£ the address, which wns tastefully illuminated by v junior member of the ft iff, nnd handsomely framed : — "To Mb Gkoiiok Wm. Gardner, — We, tho employees of tho Timaru Herald, New Zealand, cannot allow you to leave tho colony without expressing to you the sincere regrit itc feel that you have been compelled, m consequence of fulling health, to resign your office a.i Manager of tho Timarn Herald Company. For the long period of twenty • years wo believe that you have conscientiously discharged the responsible official duties width ji-.ive been entrusted to you, faithfully maintaining that strict integrity which should characterise the actions of all who are called upon to act between employers and those employed. It is, under ordinary conditions, painful to sever a butiness connection which had extended over many years between those who have harmoniously worked together, but espeeiilly co under tho trying circumstances of your retirement. Wo tender you our hearty sympathy, and hops that the voyage Home may so re establish your health that you nnd your esteemed wife may be permitted to return to Timaru and enjoy a happy re-union with your family and friends, with many years of added usefulness and prosperity." : A Chance pon Inventors. — Baron I eon de Loiirul, of Aico, has offered a prize of £120 for the best easily carried instrument for tlio improvement of hearing m caßes of partial deafness. The instrument is to be constructed on tho principle of tho microphone, and must bo completely finiahed nnd sent m before tho end of 18871 The award will bo mndo nt the International Congress for Otology, to be held at Brussels m September, 18S3. A>- TJ.vFOUTU.vATn Mistake. — One has heard :i great deal of ill-remunerated toil, but Mr Kilhy, tailor, of Leicester, has had an experience which caps ail others m this connexion. He has had eight months' hard labor for nothing! Having been mistaken, for a gentleman of the name of Sharpe, lie was convicted of burglary, and has heen spending his days over since m prison. Something, I think (remarks the Argus correspondent) should be done for Kilby besides giving him a free pardon, which the Queen has been "graciously pleased" to do. lathe moantimo. if he. has any pswer of expressing himself, he might make a handsome sum out of his mental experiences while m gaol. It would bo interesting ts know what he thought of things m general, including the Government oil the universe, while shut m durance vile for a crime he had never committed. I know of nothing more likely to shako tho pillars of faith m everything. A Traveller's Tales — In the'absence of any more sensational topic, tho J?all Jlall Gazette hag been enlightening its readers m regard to the "mysteries" of the Australian pearling trado as conducted by the Streeter pearl fleet. Mr George Streeter has considerately spun them some entertaining travellers' talcs, which they have produced with illustrations, and with evident belief. This accomplished raconteur assured the gullable interviewer that the Queensland nativeson the eoait of tho Gulf of Carpentaria are cannibals, and that he saw them " cook a baby for the table." Warming to his narrative, he proceeded : — "The Carpontarian mothers have a way of cooking babies, and if they ever miss them, adopt a pigling m their place. The chiefs are fine-looking fellows, though I cannot say so much for the women ; perhaps the chiefs see this of themselves, for one night, we sent up some rockets, which frightened them horribly, and next morning they sent a propitia! ory present of 40 chosen ladi'-s, whom we returned with thanks. When babies are scarce, they put up with kangnroo flesh, and slugs which they get from the trees." Pearling cannot be a very agreeable business if the following description bo correct. Mr Slreetcr ears: — " Everyone on hoard literally pig 3 it out during the time they am on the grounds, having to sleep and cat on deck, no matter what weather. Fancy 50 niggers, six white men, and 50,000,000 cockroaches nil chumming together, and all living on damper and tea. That's what it really amounts to." A Goon Account. — "To sum it up, sit long ye-irs of bed ridden sicknoss nnd suffering, costing £10 por year, total £340, all of which was stopped by three bottles of American Co.'s Hop Bitters taken by my wife, who h;i3 done her on n house work for a rear since without the loss of a day, and I want everybody to know it for their benefit." — John We'kks, Butler. Find [Advt.] Beukxbeb This. — If you are 6iek llop Bitters will surely aid Nature m making you well when all elsa fails. If you are costive or dyspeptic, or are suffering from any other of the numerous diseases of the stomach or bowels, it is your own fault if you romaini'l, for Hop Bitters is a sovereign remedy m all such complaints. If you are wasting away with any form of kidney disease, stop tempt?, ing Death this moment, and turn for a cure. to Hop Bitters. If you are nervous use Hop Bitters. If you are :i frequenter, or a resi-j dent of a miasmatic district, barricade your system against tho scourgo of all countries — n-.alarial, epidemic, bilious, and intermittent fevers -by. the use of American Co.'s Hop Bittors. If you hare rough, pimply, oreallow ' skin, lmd breath, fains and nches, nnd feol miserable generally, Hop Bittors will give' your fair skin, neh blood, and ..sweetest' breath, and healths That poor, bedridden, invalid wife, sister, mother or daughter, canbe made tho picture of health by American Co.'s Hop Bitters, costing but a trifle. . Will you let them suffer ? In short they ouve all diseases of the stomach, bowels, blood, liver, nerves, kidnoys, Bright's disease. £500, wi1l bo paid for a caao they will not cure or help.Druggists and Chemists keop. None genuine without a bunch of green Hops on white label . and Dr Soule's name blovrn m bottle. Shun all others as rile, puisooous Btuff,-^-[Ai>vx.]

Mobai, Tcni'iTcrDß.— BUuio attaches to a jury of intelligent men when they condemn a man for crime whose moral nature has been perverted by indigestion, diseased liver and kidneys. A thoughtful judge may well consider whether society would not bo better served by ordering a bottle of American Co.'s Hop Bittcr<j for the unfortunate m tho dock instead of yeavs of penal servitude. Ecad [Advt.] Scott'B Emulsion op Ppbe Cod Liver Oil and H-spophospdi es is recommended by the medical profession m the various countries of tho world for its remarkable curative, healing and strengthening properties. It possesses tho combined virtues of f.'iese two popular remedies m their fullest extent. For children suffering from any wasting disease, and for nil throat and lung troubles it is unequalled by any other remedy. It is also almost as palatable as milk.— (Advt.) 2

SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. James A. Oracle and Co., through D. MacleanWill sell horses, harness, tec , on Saturday ; sheep and cattle at Winchester Fair to-day. S.C.J.C.— Publish programme for their race meeting on sth and 7th May next. Miles, Archer ami Co.-Havo land to be let by lender. J. G. Cowan— ls purchasing beeswax. " C.S."— Wants situation m country. Tcnuika Presbyterian Church- Hold bazaar and gut auction on lUth April. SC. Educational Imtitute-Hold ft meeting on Saturday. Manager Freezing Works- Wants a boy. Mackenzie County Council-Important notice re unpaid rates. Shops m Timarti— W'ill be closed this afternoon. Skyo terrier lost— Reward on returning to Commercial Hotel.