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GARDEN AND FIELD CALENDAR FOR
JULY.
By A. LnoDsownE, Seedsman, Goulburn.
THE ground is now well soaked by the recent
rains,and gardening operations can only be
conducted on fine days, and heavy work, such as
trenching, clearing, &o., must be pushed on
without delay, and all vacant land turned up
roughly to enable the frosts to sweetenit' and
destroy the insocts. During July severe frosts
and rough stormy weather from the west maybe looked for, with some dull and perhaps wet
weather with coast winds.
KITeCHEN GARDEc.-BSOW peas, broad beans,
cabbege, Biruasela sprouts, brocli, carrot, beet,
parsnips, lettuce, onions, &a. Keep the coil
loose and colean between growing crops. -Plant
out herbs, rhubarb, asparagus, &c., &c.
FnELD.-Preparo laud for cabbage, carrots,
potatoes, &o.; sow rye, barley, oats, &c.; roll
advancing crops on fins days.
OncAeRD.-FPlant out young trees, prune and
transplant;dress trees with lime, &o., to destroy
blight. Plant out stocks for grafting next year.
FLOWn Genens,.-All the heavier work of
the garden should be proceeded with; beds and
borders dug and manured. Annuals and
Biennials.-Plant out those that are ready dur
ing favourable weather, and sow in warm sunnyborders. Gladioli and other bulbs still out of
the ground may be planted. Roses-continud
pruning; dahliass-as the stoma decay lift the
tubers and store them in a dry place.
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Week D Day of Sun Sun Moon Moon
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ay Month. rises sots. riso°. sots.
Saturday .. July 12
7-
5 5
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:2 45, 1, 17
Sunday....,,
13 7 5 6 3 47 '145
Monday....,,
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Tuesday.... 15 7 4 '5 -7.::56 41 .19
Wednesday. ,, 16 74 5 8 6 555 4 9
Thursday... 17 7 31 5 8 7 22 5 2
Friday......,
18 7 3 5 8 8 5 .559
EVENING PENNY POST
SATURDAY, 3JULY 12, 1890.
WHEN soldiers and policemen at one and
the same time disobey the orders of their
commanders people begin to think it time
to put up their shutters and furbish what
ever weapons of defence they can muster.
London has been in an intermittent fever
of expectation for a long time. First there
was the great revolt at the docks, which
starting from small beginnings rapidlydilated into the.most serious strike of his
tory and paralysed trade to such an extent
that it is calculated the direct losses alone.
amounted to upwards of £,,Ooo,ooo. Bythe time that that trouble had been ar
ranged other 'workers-lighterinmeri,;. gas
stokers, bootmakers, and a dozen others--.
imitated the example set them and threw
down their tools. With each dispute there
was much wrangling, much haranguing,a great deal of correspondence and more
newspaper diatribes or congratulations ac
cording to the views held by the editors.
Timid people went to bed nightly with
much apprehension and many tremors,
and awoke every morning with a visage
that might have stood for the personifica
tion of trouble. Good old Conservatives,who always sware by the throne and the
constitution, and held that the truest
political economy and the highest type of
statesmanship was to keep the lower
classes in their proper place, demanded
with acerbity that the police should be in
structed to stand no humbug, that the
streets should be kept clear of allriff-raff,
and that, if necessary, the military should
be exhibited by way of a wholesome
menace to demagogic agitators. What in
the name of law and order could be ex
pected but trouble and lawlessness if the
baton was not freely and vigorously used
on vulgar heads. But the gas-stokers and
the rest after ebullient threats got at least
a traction of what they demanded, and the
revolution didn't come. Then the tele
graph clerks under Government hissed the
Queen instead of uproariously.cheering at
the mention of that august name, and re
fusedto admit that they were in clover.
At the same time the postmen and the
letter-sorters got up a little trouble of their
own, and threatened to pitch their bags
and letter-stamps and all the parapher
nalia of St. Martin's-le-Grand into the
river Styx, or beyond, if irritated 'too far.
It even went so far, and the sorters
got so exasperated, that barricades
bad to be erected within the
confines of the General Post-office
to prevent the unionists from dismember
ing the blacklegs that the Right Hon.
Henry Cecil Raikes had smuggled into it
to circumvent the 'disaffected ones. But
the trouble for the fearsome citizen did
not end here. The police turned out to
be human, and Bow-street began to writhe
internally; and while public opinion was
recoitingaghast at the spectacle of the
guardian of law and order, the official
representative of everything constitutional,
playing football with his helmet and whit
tling,out of sheer devilry, the serviceable
end of the sacred baton into profane
chips, there was visible a sympathetic
movement amongst the grenadier guards.
Then London awoke to the fact that out
of all thisfriction, now that it had involved
police and military, there might easily
come fire that would not soeasily
be
quenched. On behalf of interrogative
thousands questions were asked in the
House of Commons, and reassuringanswers given thereto The police com
prise a good many elderly, staid men in
their ranks, and these are not indifferent
when a discharge may be in.question.
When the dispute with the aristocratic
snobs and mnartines at the 'head of the
force had developed so far that another
stage would have signified mutinyand
open rebedllion,and when, to be accurate,
there was already mutiny and undisguised
rebellion amongst a section of the consta
bulary, the natural conservatism of grey
hairs held back in the leash the
older men. To cow the discontents and
show to them that the law must be obeyed,
even by policemen, orders were dispatched
to the barracks for the stalwart grenadiers,
and there again the spirit of revolt was in
evidence. Choleric majors swellingwith
huge and racy martial oaths and bristling
with lace and polished steel no doubt
grew black with apoplectic rage. That a
private soldier should dare to have an
opinion of his own, should have the
audacity to resent any order whatever,
should frown and mutter and showinsur
bordination to his officer; should put in
his toes when order to stand at ease, or
fold his arms when commanded to march,
or glare straight ahead when "eyesright"
was the order-Great Scott,this was a
case for drum-head martial and fatigue
duty for evermore!
So the rebellious
grenadiers who had refused to parade,or
overhaul their kits,or something or other
the particulars of which do not specially
signify, were confined in quarters,and the East Yorkshire Regiment ordered
up to provide against possible contingen
cies. The police dispute is said to be at
an end-perhaps it is,perhaps it isn't.
Prophecy is a risky undertakingat any
time, and especially so when the whole
democracy is aroused. The revolt amongst
the guards is also said to have been sup
pressed, Again, it may be, and it also
may not. But the postmen and the sort
ers are stillfretful, threatening to paralyse
the post.office. If the last few months
had not familiarised us with labour dis
putes of all sorts, we could have guaged
with more correctness the serious nature
of an uprising which has affected three
such bodies as the military, thepolice,
and
the Government servants in the post and
telegraph offices. When the police fail
and the military are not to be trusted tbe
foundations of society are in imminent
peril of being turned topsy-turvey. The
Sydney Daily Telegraph while allowing
ordinary workers in the Commonwealth
the right ofstriking
as an ultimatum de
nies it to policemen and soldiers.. The
line cannot be So drawn. If these too
are convinced that their rights as men are
denied, they possess as men the further
right to exercise the ultimatum of the
artizan. To say that they can resign is
an evasion of the question, for so can the
ordinary artizan. Neither does thatap.
ply to the soldier who enlists for a term
and is not his own master, owing to the
currenicy of his engagement. We learn
that the grenadiers had been over
worked, useless or -unnecessary drills
had been imposed upon them by some
feather-bed specimen of an officer, they
were deprived of their right torest,
and
were, at the. top of it all, detailed for
police work. Against this accumulation
of tasks they objected, and we would like
to know how else theycould have brought
their grievances under notice. Com
plaints tp the commandingofficer
would neerely have p?prught the spokes
men to.the guardroom and beencgpunter.
vailedby-
redoubled punishment drill.
They, could not resign. Nothing was
left but craven submission or revolt.
They chose the latter, and the effect has
h?by to show both the authorities and the
democracylthat the soldiers are not
automate but men, ero if worried too
much will fraternise with the
?a?1
they
are called upon to disperse rather than
use bayonets upon them. When the
French troops a hundred years ago re.
fused to fire upon the mob, but grounded
their arms in defiance pf theirofficers,
the
fire which had been smoulderinf was
fanned into a flame, and we all know theconflagration which ensued. Let us hope
for the sakeof civilisation and all that is
precious to us that wiser counsels will
prevail to-day than prevailed under Louis
8IFTINGS.
A late cablegram stated that Mr. Parnell had
beengisipg
ovidence before the ParliamentaryColonising Comraittce, ynd that he had advocated
a system of migratio forfip
Aystitute Irish
people. We suppose that the corzwitoe pildejto is the one about which sometbing lhas preyt
ously been heard, especially that relating to a
system of state-aided emigration wherebyable.
bodied paupers and paupers not able-bodied wore
to be shipped off to thecolonies, or wherever a
landing-place could be found not toostrongly
defended by the dwellers already there. That
Mr. Parnell should advocate atch a stop does not
speak very highly of hischarity for the Irish
people. If Ireland were visibly overcrowded
and the producingcapacities of the country
taxed to the utmost such a proposal could be
understood; but the facts are altogether the
other way. Irelangd only supports a population
of half what it used to do, and if there are deos.
tituto people in such numbers as to oven suggesta migration it must be because of evil laws or
habits or something of the kind, and not because
destitution cannot be avoided. Why should a
destitute Irishabman be expatriated from a land
which could support him and his descendants for
generations in comfort ? He has as much right
to a homo there as anybody else. It is taken
largely for granted that Ireland has too manypeople in it, in spite of the fact that the popula.
tion is lowar to.day than at any time almost
during the contury, while the productiveness of
the country is greater than over. It is an insult
to a rational man to hear advocated such a policywhien the most perfunctory comparison of popu.
lation returns and trade returns would show
beyond dispute that the cause of destitution was
not excess of population but rascally distribution
of wealth. If a community were to produce
£1500 worth ot wealth each per annum it would
look roseate in the trade returns and sound well
as commorical averages;but if one tenth the
communitytook nine-tenths of the wealth not
all the trade returns and averages in the universe
could prevent suhob a state of affairs as.exoist
in England, Ireland, Europe and parts of
America. Better far compel monopolists to
migrate and give honest labour an opportunity
of. enjoying that which it so abundantlyproduces and could multiply fivefold if
onlyfree
scope were allowed it.
The hops deterred which for long made sick
the hearts of the people of Crookwell (esapeoially
those who had bought land in anticipation of a
boom) will soon be forgotten in the joy of hoperealized. The bill providing for the construction
of the line has passed safely through the Lower
House, and only awaits the sanotion of the
Legislative Council and tho Governor to becomelaw. Business people both in Goulburn and
Crookwell are looking forward with interest to
thetime when the work will be commenced, as a
great fillipto trade is naturally expected. The
joining of the two towns by the iron way will of
ourse result in mutual gain, and Goulburn will
benefit quite as much as, if not more than,Crookwoll. The most striking feature in
connection with the bill is the cool way in which
the idiotic alterations and restrictions of thePublic Works Committoe were ignored by theMinister for WVorese and the House and without
apparently one word of protest from any member
of the committee. Where was Mr. E. W.
O'Sullivan, member for Quoanbeyan, when this
fell deed was done? The public at large have
already manifested a spirit ofinquiry
in
connection with this well-paid committee and
their laboure. If the House intends to over-rule
their recommondations of what earthly use are
thoy-how can their existence be justified ? If
reductions itn cost and suggested deviations in
route made by the committee are to be passed
over it is only a step further tobring
before the
House proposed works absolutely rejected by the
committee. WVe hailed with satisfaction the
formation of thecommittee, believing that it
would kill theb system of log-rolling which was a
disgrace to our Assembly; but if thae committee
is to be merelya means of increasing the
salaries of certain hen. members and enablingthem to see the country without cost to
thomeelves it should be buried with all possible
haste.
SINGLE TAX LEAGUE.
THn half-yearly meeting of the Goulbhurn
branch of the Single Tax League was hcld at
tbhe Y.M.C A. Rooms lastevening,
Mr. J. W.
Wombey, one of the vice-presidents, in the chair
in the absence from town of the president.
It was carried that the secretarybe
empowered to nrrangy for an open-anir meeting,but it was suggested that it would not ce wise
to take steps until the weather became warmer
and more settled..
A motion was agreed to that in future meet
ings of thesociety be called as frequently
as the
secretaries may deem neessary and that an
annual meeting be held in July. It was
pointed out by the mover that more active pro
paganda work should be undertaken.
Mr. H. Pinn, seeretary, read the following re
port:
HALF-YEABLY ItREPORT eF Te GOetnRn DANCa[ rOF
TsE SINOLE TAx LEAoE.
ISueessstilh
continues to ereon the efforts of those
who in the Colony of Now South Plales are lissemni
enating thie majestic principles laid down in "Progaressn
andPoverty."
theo eombor oft the Gooalburn league, althoerugh theyhave not done nas much eas they might, have not bean
idle. Meetings have been heldregularly every month.
with the exception of Mfarch, when lIr. George's visit
rendered such unnecessary, and for thie most part have
beena well attended ; but it is for memblersato consider
whether the time has not now arrivedfor more active
propaganda work in order to reach those who will not
attend meetings. After the hnlf.ycarly meeting in
January r. T. J. Hebblowhito read iapaper on "'Tihe
Weakness ofTradoesunioenim,"
and a discussion folt.
lowed. At thle February meeting Mnr. A. Lansdowne,
who had been inited to do so, reTd a paper ebodyineg
objections to the single tax, and an interestingdebate
ensued. A voteof thanks was heartilyaccorded Itr.
Lansdowne for his kindness, and the wish was ex
pressed that other opponents Ca the principle would
follow his example. In April tIhe speclal business was
a discussion on"lCompcnsation,"
opened by Dr.Hollis. At the May meeting a chapter was read from
Progress and Poverty, a diescussion fotllowing; and
at tile Jne meeting a lively debate took diae on tihe
subject of the beat menoenlisting the synpathy of
the masses with our objects.
A single tax coference was held in Sydney ic
Marech this branch being represented by ecssrs. T.J.Hhbblewhite, F. 0. Furner, and It. T. Ball (lMayer).
Tihegreat event of the half-year has been the visit to
tie colonies of Henry George. That visit partook
very much of the nature of Ic trinuphal tour, as lie
was everywhere received with teonor and his deliver.
anees listened to with respect, often with enthusiasnm.
Daring the three years tClt have elapsed since the
niingle tax agitation commenced a wonderful change
has taken place in the feeling of the country. Instead
of our being regarded as hand of enthusliasts advoca
ting a fad, we are reeognised as a power ia the laud;
instead of the single tax being lightly swept away as a
thing that can never be rcalised it has asnmaed definiteshape as a policy the followers of which will have tobe reckoned with ; and instead of the cause having a
few adherents scattered here anl there throughout
the colony it has been emnbraced by thoisaods, com
prising men of all ranks of life and of all shades of
thought. tIuch of this change is due to the visit of
Henry George, and whatever lappens now thie cause
of the disinherited of the world niiet go forward, and
in the and achieve sicceesa. It is for is, collectively
and individually, to do all that in cis lies to hatecnthat day.
The tteaeurer-Mr. P. R. Everett-suimitted
a balance-rheot, which showed a email amount
to credit, but it was stated that there were a
few outstanding accounte.
Both documents woer adopted on the motion
of Mr. T. Tineon, and seconded by Mr. R. H.Mitchell.
The eleution of officers resulted as follows :
-President, the Mayor; vioe-precidente,
Messro. Womboy, Mitchell, and Me Naught;
secretaries, Meoura. R. J. hobblewliito and H.
Pin; treasurer,
Mr. F. Trompp ; eommitiei,
Messrs. J. E. P. Walker, A. G. Fe'rner, 4.
Tilly,R. Holloway, W. Lunn, A. Wilkie, E.
Howard, F. R.Everett,
W. Donald, F. Gray,A. Doyle, W. T. Dowhiret, T. Tinseon, W.
Wilkie, and N. Neville.
Arrangements suggested by the secretary for
the holding of Progress "and Poverty class meet
ings having beenapproved,
the meeting closed.
MASONIC/6BALL.
Tao annual bell of the Masonic Lodge Duke of
Edinburgh, No. 70, a fixture which had excoited
considerable interest, duly came off inbhe
Academy of Music last night. There was at
attendance equal to about thirty-five couples,
but some of the members of the lodge appeared
to be non.participants in the dancing, about
twenty -five couple being the largesot
number which took the floor. Amongst
the visitingbrethren were members
from all the other lodges in town, Bro. Con
ningham and others from Sydney, Brother
Fryer from Bungendore, and Brother Baeshford
from Crookwell..
Thearfangefints, which wore most complete,
had Been left in Pho hands of a committee, con
eieting ofBrother"
H: Cbtterell, I.P.M., T. A.
Wilkie, W.M.) J. W.Dlaniel,
'J.D'.
A. D.
Ness, and D. McDonald, with Brother W,
Campbell, J.W., as treasurer, and that most
effioient secretary, Bro. A. E. Riohurds, S.W.
SMr. A. H. Judd, the secretary of the hall,
had been entreusted with the task of decorating,
nod it was evident at a glance that great paine
had been taken with it. From the contra of the
ceilingdepended a most elaborate chandelier
made of paperwork of different oelonrs. Loops
were attached from this to the circle,and the top of the stage. The
ironwork of the circle was also embellished with
paperwork, and festoons of the same material
8opended from the woodwork. The posts
euppooiting'tho olQbp woro enlivened, and buntingwas placed round the walls under thq circle and
in front of some of the upper windo?s?. On the
stage werp a suite of furniture and sorie pot
plants, with a banpir og which wore painted
emblems of the order.
Mr. Mo~aul being disabled,the
catering was
undertaken by Mr. P. Aroene, who carried out
Lie contract in a manner which satisefied the
committee.
The musole was supplied by Messre. H.
White, of Goulburn, and Roberts and Maid.
meant, dfdnov, and was excellent as regards
imee and harmony.S.osqngo
the costumes worn by the ladieswere soee
very obaroeing sxamples of the dress
maker's art, and as a rule the colostrs were well
selected and blended admirably. In the follow?
ing list no particular order is observed :-.Miss
Lee, pink liberty silk, tastefully trimmed with
ruby plush; Miss Richardson, cream nun's
veiling; Miss Glonvale, butteroup satin with
spray of buttercups; Mrs. Wedd, cream
satin; Mrs. A. Barrett, white nun's veilingwith figured
liberty silk; Miss L. Daniel, cream
satin with tulle skirt;
Miss Molenes, pink nun's
veiling with pearls and cream roses;Miss Jones,
brown velvet; Mrs. W. Daniel, black lace with
epaulette of white feathers;
Miss Halls (Narra
bri), cream satin bodice, cream laceskirt;
Mrs.
Parker, cream nun's veiling, ivy leaves, and red
roses; Mrs. F. Stewart, black lace bodice, black
tulle skirt, and pink ribbons;Miss Holtermann
(Sydney), pink nun's veiling, this costume beingin what might be called the Grecian style; Miss
Everett, cream nun's veiling; Mrs. Clay, cream
sun's veiling and cream roses; Miss Annie
Taylor, white satin with scarlet flowers and
aigrette; Miss Wright (Orookwell), green
figured liberty silk, relieved with pale pink
tulle; Mrs. Gillard, pink nun's veiling. There
were a number of other married ladies present,but as they had evidently not taken any special
pains in the way of dresa and perhaps would not
thank us for mentioning their modest but
becoming costumes we refrain from doing so.
Messrs. T. Wilkia and A. D. Nose were most
energetic Mes.O.It remains to be said that there was a good
sprinkling of spectators in the gallery, and that
in the early part of the night they appeared to
enjoy themselves quite as much as those on thefloor.
GOULBURN LANDS OFFICE.
FOLLOWING are the collections at the Crown
LendeOffice, Goulburn, for the quarter ending
30th June, 1890:
n£
d
Auction sale
......
321 2 1
Deposits on conditional purchases., 768 12 6
Intercet, instalments, and balances.. 2110 17 0
Deed fee .. .......... . . 1 0 0
Transfer fees ....................6
11'
0
Subdivision fees.........,...;. 14 3 11
Improvements conditional purchases 16 11 8
Deposits conditional leases....,, .,
323 7, 0
Reonts conditional l`ses ;, ,..
. 177 11 9
Route annual leases .....
....78 13 3
Timber licensee ,,,. ...5 10 0
Balo of lithograph., &o. ;..,,.
4 10 6Improvements conditional leases 15 0 0
Total ......3901 12 8
The total nnmbor of conditional purchase
applloations for the quarter waoe 60, and the
total number of condtioual lease applications
was 34.
Millers' Union.
A SBOTING of the local branch of theMillers'
Union was held on Thursday evening. Cor
respondence was road and commented upon from
Bathurst, Melbourne, and Sydney branohes, and
Mr. A. Nene, proesident, was elected delegate
to represent the branch at a conference to be held
in Sydney on July 18th to drawup a now code
of rule. One now member was enrolled.
Vital Statistics.
DuI?o the quarter ending Juno 30th there
were registered at the office of the local registrar
of births, deaths, and marriages 144 births (77
males and 67 females), 39 deaths (20 mules and
10 females), and 28 marriages. During the sameno
period 04 charges were brought by the pohleo
and 84 summonsues itaued; 3 persons were
cozmmitted for trial.
MOONEE VALLEY COURSING.
T?E third d ty of the coursing in the Australian
Champion Stakes took place at the Moonneo
Valley Plumpton on Thursday. Therunning
ground was in the same soft condition as on the
previous day, and told very much against the
hares. The trials were run off euacesefully, and
the day ended with onlyRed Hined II, Ruford,
and Good Neows being left in the Australian
Champion Stakes. The defeat of Lincoln byBrooklyn Girl in the fourth ties was unexpected,
but Lincoln was hardly himself, and it was
thought that his back was injured in some way.
In the fourth ties Red Hind It boat Melfort
Spy,Brooklyn Girl boat Lincoln, Hard Metal
beat Royal Lady, Ruford beat HErl Iahn, Good
Nows beat Heroe's-taoe-ye. In the fifth ties Red
Hind II beat Brooklyn Girl, Ruford beat Hard
Metal, Good News ran a bye.
In the Broadmeadowo Stakes Churohill heal
Quiver, but was beaten by Her Ladyship, who
divided the stake with Hazelbloom.
Melbourne, Friday.-lTho fourth and eon.
eluding day's courving took place to-day. The
programme was gone through most successfully,and the winner of the great stake proved to be
Red Hind II., a famous greyhound which
almost every time she has run has bshown the
posscssion of brilliant powers. On the conclu
eton of Thursday's operations only three dogs
were left in the Anustralian Champion Stake,
these being Red Hind ILt., Rauford, and Good
News, the unheaten greyhound, who won the
last Victorian Waiterloo Cup. To-day the firest
course of the day was between Red Hind It.,
and Good News, the latter being fairly defeated.
Ruford ran a bye alone, after racing a hare
which he only turned onne. When numerous
trials for minor stakes had been ran off, Ruford
and Red Hind It. mot, and the last-named won
with a decisive lead. There wore few exchanges,and the kill was performed by the winner. Last
easeonu, in the Australian Champion Stakes,
Red Hind II. got into the lasttwo, when eho
was defeated by Flageolet.
At a sale of greyhounds on Friday Hard
Moetal realised 101 guinoas, the purehaser beingRI. Allen.
INTERRUPTION OF THE CABLES.
Tae Superintendent of the New South Wales
Electrio Telegraph reported yesterday afternoon
ns
follows:-"
I am advised by the Adelaide
ofiloe as follows:
' Both cables from Port Darwin
to Banjoowaungio have been inoterrupted near
Banjoewangie nineo 7.30 a.m. The cable from
Roobuek Bay to Banjoewangio is also inter.
ruptod nearBanjooewangie.' "
The followingmemo. has boon received from Mr. Todd, Post
maester-General of South Australia, and as there
is no telling when communication will beho restored
the Hon. D. O'Connor, Postmaster-General,approved of tho proposal contained therein beingcarried out:-" Am in communication with the
agents of the Eastern and Australian SteamshipCompany, and shall know in the morningwhether the Tannadteo, which is nearly due at
Port Darwin, will be availablo fortakinog
messages to Baujoewangie, and on what terms.
In the event of the Tannaudico being chartered
will you contribute towards the cost as in 1882I"
AiELArIDne, Friday.-Regarding the breakingof the oables botw'eenu Port Darwin and
Banjoewangie, M[r. Todd states that ho supposes
the cables have all broken simultaneously near
Banjooewangio. So far as can be ascertained the
breakage was caused by local volcanic eruption
and occurred without warning. He believes the
repairing ship is at Singapore, and will be cunt
to tho spot immodiately.
Twelvth July Celebration.
Tit annual celebration with connection of the
L.O.L. Institution will be commenced on Sundayafttr oon by a service in the hall of the Y.M C.A.
to commence at 3 o'clock. The Rove. W. W.
Rutledgb and Slado will deliver addressee. On
louddy evening a tea-meeting and oicodrt will
be held at the same plahce. Some of our best
local amateurs will take part,and addresses are
advertleod to be delivered by the Rove. Dr.
Gilchbrist, W. W. Rutledge, and W. Sparling.
Arrears of Rates.
Wo have been informed that the borough
rates havinggotinto such a ohronio este.to of arrears
(another six monthi rates now being about to
be demanded), and all the effortsof the Mayor and
theoflloials to got thorn in by the ordinary meoans
having failed, Mr. Thomas 8. Russell, bailiff,
has now received fullauthority
to enter upon the
premisos and sell off, if necessary, the goods and
chattels of alldefaulting
ratepayers.
Heavy Fall /ii Wheat.
A heavy fall of wheat,but
fortunately only of
a temporary nature,was experienced at the
Argyle Mills yesterday, one aide of the large
galvanized iron store at the mills being forced out
and about sixty tons of grain precipitated into
the poddock. Rats are supposed to be at the
bottom of the mischief. The wheat is eatoked
in tiera. Some two or three feet of space la left
between the bage and the side of the store, and
it ie supposed that the rats attacked some of the
lower bags, and others being defective were
forced down by the pressure from above, endingin the whole mass being forced against the aide
and kneokipg it out. The effectsl were mosto
markhdd, some of tbo'sheootehf irkn b?ing torn into
ribbons and rendered utterly :useless. "Somd of
thehbags were of course buret open and the grain
spilt. The damage may bse roughly estimated
at about 60.
Survey Office, Goulburn.
Many of our roeaders will learn with pleasure
that Mr. T. W. Conolly, second oldust son of thelato Mr. W. Conolly, has beooa appointed senior
•ta
-s..
-
or of the Goulburn Land Board Di.triot. Mr. Conolly, who
p upil of Mr.
Deeoring, the present Distriot Survey or who took
chargo yesterday, and also of Mr. Twynam, will
resideoin Gotilbtro.
Wes/eyan Mutual Improvement SBoolefy,
A VERY pleasant evening was passed by the
members of this society at Wednesday's meeting.
The President, the Rev. W. Rutledge, wis in
the chair. Mr. Aetbury read an instructive
paperon the poet Tennyson, and selections from
the poet's works were ales given by the same
gentleman, the President, and Mr. Mitehell.
The moock trial, which has several times been
postponed, will positivelybe carried out on the
23rd instant. It will take the form of a breach
of premise case. On the motion of Messrs.
Aetbury and Mitchell it was resolved "That the
treasurer prepare a list of the names of financial
and unfinasciol members, the same to be laid on
the table on Wednesdaynext."
For nerxt meet
ing night a debate, "Ought Capital Punish.
meat to beAbolished,"
has been arranged, Mr.Mitchell openingin the aflirmative.
The Shearers' Union and Non-Union:
Labour.
We are informed by theshearers'
secretary.
at Wagga, AMe. W. W.Hoead,
who hae juste
returned from a meeting of the ExecutiveCouncil of the A. 8. U., held in the Tradesflail, Melbourne, that immediate steps are tobe taken to prevent the shipment of all wool
shorn during the onsuing smason by non-union
labour. Shbeopownere, who in the past have on
deoavoured to crush unionism by the employment
of non-unionists, are to be at nonc notified of
the intentions of the union. The Trades and
ILabour Councils in each colony have promised
support to the A. S.U.,
and the various water.
ide1 unions in Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbano,Adelaide, and Melbourne are making preparae
tions to assist the shearere to the utmost. The
President of the union, Mr. W. G. Spence, who
is'
general seoeroetary for the AmalgamatedMiners'
Association, proceeds to Noewcastle with
the object of advocatingthe cause amongst the
miners, and in the event of sufficitent non-onion
wharf labourers being procured to load any non
union out wool at that port (a contingency
hardly likely to arise)the Hunter River minore
are to be asked to refuse to supply coal to the
steamship owners who maybe engaged in the
trade.
Dawn of Day Lodge, No. 2u8.
STan C.T., Bro. Rufford, presided over a
fairly.attended mooeting of the above lodge, hold
on Thursday night. One candidate presented
himself formemberchip and was duly initiated a
member of the lodge. The oflico of mrehball was
declared vacant, and Bro. Webstor woeas
unnuimously elected and installed to fill thevacancy. The lodge being without an L.E.D
,
Bro. Trompp was recommended to the Grand
Lodge to occupy the position. The item on thesyllabus being-"
Why Do I Abstain?"
several membere gave various reasons for
adopting the principles of total abstinence. A
short programme of harmony was roendercd, and
the lodge closed in the 'usuoul manner.
A Little Girl Burnt to Death.
A six-year-old daughter of Mr. G.Peters,
of
G(rose-street, Parramatta, sucoumbed on Thurs.
day oveuiog to tho ettoots of burns received thoprevious morning. The little girl was warming
herself by the fireo when her droess caught fire,
but although her father soon came to har asosis.
tanco theo lamas wore not extiuguishud before
severo injuries wore sustained An ilquest was
hold on Friday afternoon before Mr. IBowden,the Parramatta Coroner, and a verdict of anoi
dental death returned.
Shocking Accident to a Reporter.
G?ENERAL regret was expressed amongst neows
paper and sportingmen on Friday when it be
came known that Mr Harry Poutseen, the turfreporter of the Daily Telegraph had met with an
accident which will disabled him for sometime,
if it has not a more serious result. He yester
day morning mounted a fine animal belongingto Mr. Ivey, of Surry-hills. He rode easily
along Bourke-street for srme distance, when the
animal bolted and dashed at full speed into
Cleveland-street, Redfern. A few minutrs
afterwards Mr. Poulseon was soon by a lad
named Rogers, who was driving a butcher's
eart, clinginghold of the horse
mane, while
the reins, which had slipped from his hands,were hangingin front of thn animal'shbead. He
had, therefore,lost control over the horse, which
the next instant dashed into the bu'roher's eart.One of the shafts grazel the horse's side and
entered Mr. Poulsen's leftthigh, the fores of
the collision driving it clean through. As the
horse broke clear Mr. Poulhen was left impaled
upon the shaft, where he hung for fully half a
minute. He then dropped to the ground, where
be lay until picked up by the bystanders. Mr.
Poulsen was conveyed to the Sydney Hospital.
Dr. Hollie found that besides the thigh being
terribly lacerated, the pelvis bone was badlyfractured. The patient was placed under bchloro
form and conveyed to the operation room, when
nearly two hours were spent inattending to him
At a late hour last night Mr. Poulson was in a
very critical condition. Tno unfortunate youngmaun is a native of Auckland, where he is well
hkown in press and other circles, and where be
won distinction as an amateur pedestrian. Onlylast Wednesday he narrowly escaped meoting
with a horrible death while performing a very
plucky act. A drunken man, who was seated in
the same tram as Mr. Poulsen, had fallen from
the car between the rails, when notwithstandingtheb fact that a tram was approaching at full
speed on the other line, Mr. Pouleon jumped off
and lifted him clear. In performing this he sus
tained some escratches and just escaped being run
over.
The Stud Sheep Sales.
TeE 'firat stud sheep sale held on Thursdaywas that of the Barooga Vermont Australian
morincos, at Messrs. J. H. Geddes and Co.'s
wool stores. There was a large attendance of
repressentative buyers, and business was com
menced promptly at 10 o'clock and speedilydespatohed. Messrs. Farland
Brothers'
six
Baroogarams realised £1658 15s, with a general
averago of £27512s,
and six stud ewes returned
a total of £278 5s, the general average for thesale being £46 7s Gd. On the conclusion of
business buyers attended Messrs. Goldebrough,Mort, and Co.'s sale of selected and Ri ck rams.
The bidding was brishk, and the remainder of
the catalogue was disposed of in about two hours
and a-half. On Thursday the sales realised
£6842 17e, which, added to the £12,216 15l
previously received, makes a total of £19,059 12s
for Messrs. Goldebrough, Maort, and Co.'s sheepfair thisycar. Mr. G. D. EHaypurchasedanumber
of sheep on Thursday, the following falling to his
bid-aon account of Mr. James Gibson, Belle Vue,Epping-fivo selected rame, 10 guineas; on
account of Mr. Thomas Parramore, Beaufront
two pure merino selected rams,12- guiness.
Great dehosophat
/IT'S NI0E TO 03 A FTHETn.
Somewhere in the Big Book the reporter of the
day tells us to" multiply,"
and James O'Leary,a well-known Goulburnite,
"
did thatsame,"
until now he has pegged his vingt-un (that is
Greek for 21) hole and all are boys. James is
now 85 years of ago and recently"
tied on"
to
his fifth wife. The other four, of course, are
under the dandelions. Wife No. 6 is a pretty miss
of 27, and when sho msid Goulburn was going to
have a now citizen the amative James wont crazywith delight. Mrs.e O'Leary laid up for theaspipious occasion and James went round treat.
ing everybody in the city,and had wagers every.
where whether it was going to be a boy or a girl.
Finally, on arrival, it was a boy. Then James
O'Leary was happy, and since that eventful dayhe has not had a sober day in Goulburn. Hewrites this account of the affair :-" In 1865 I
was gold-mining in Victoria and was attacked
hy typhoidfever, which laid me on a sick bed
for seven months;
I was delirious most of the
time, so cannot say exactly what happened to
me during that period; all that I know is that
for seven or eight years afterwards I was
continnally in the hands of the doctors, who
somehow did not seem able to grapple with the
peculiarities of my case; they finally advised a
sea voyage. I went to Europe, stayed there
some tioiths, caught a severo cold in the'tryin'gEnglish wintor which turned to
pleurisy and
laid me at death's door for the second time. I
was earried on to the steamer to come to Aus
trailsa, asI thought to die. However, the voyage
revived me a little and I could walk with the
help of a stink. On arrival at Sydney I roead of
the wonderful effeoots ofOlemonts'
Tonic in
reitoring enfeebled strength. I got a bottle,felt better, got another, felt better still, thenanother and another, and kept at it till I had
taken ten bottles; and I felt as if 60 years had
been taken off my life-more like a man of 30than one of 83. It completely restored my
strength and health, and I believe it is the most
wonderful medicine the world hes seeoon, for
Olementsa Tonlo mage a yoang inau of re,when doctors, their physic, and their sea voyages
failed. This is afact,
and there is no denyingsuch fapts. I am now 85
years of age, have
married my fifth wife within the last 9 yearts,and have a son under six months old, and hope
to live another 20 years. I think that says
seomethingin favor of
Olemeotte'
Tonica.
FYoturs faithfully,JAIMES O'LEARY."
Roads in Argyle, do..
On Thursday, Messrs. Oram and Isaac
Shepherd waited upon the heads of the
bl
Works Department, urging im
provements to the roads from Crookwell
to Redground and Cotta Wallato'
Crook
well, past the farms of Messrs. Vidler,
Gilby and others; also road from Gur
rundah to Goulburn and Wheeo road.
Satisfactory replies were given to each re
quest. Messrs. Affleck (Gundaroo), I.
Shepherd (Goulburn), and Oram (Crook
well) waited on the Director of Agricul
tureand'
asked him to hold back the
national prizes for farms till nextyear,
to
give the farmers in the Gundaroo, Goul
burn and Crookwell districts opportunities
to compete. The Director promised to
refer the matter to the Minister.-Gazette.
The Crookwell Railway.
Tnders are to be invited for the Crook
well railway on Friday next.
* The Orangemen and the Premier.
A deputation from the Loyal Orange
Institution of New South Wales waited
upon Sir Henry Parkes at Hampton
Villa on Thursday and presented him with
an address of sympathy in his illness.
The address pointed out that a reso
lution was passed at the first meeting of
of the institution after Sir Henry's illness,
expressing sorrow for theinjury he had
received, and hoping for his speedy re
covery and his return to his post of honour
and distinction as the foremost statesmen
in Australia. In conclusion the opinion
was expressed that Sir Henry had always
been in favour of Protestantism, liberty,
and loyalty. In reply the premier ex
pressed his appreciation of the address as
comining from an influential section of his
fellowcolonists,
and thanked them for
their kindness in thinking of him. Hewas not an Orangeman,.but he had learned
to value the good qualities of a large
number of men he had met with who
belonged to their organisation, and he
believed that their exertions were for the
general welfare of the country. His
accident had certainly been a great mis
fortune to him, but he trusted that soon
he would be enabled to attend to his
duties.
Mr. Frederilok Bull,acsountant in the local
branch of the Australian Banking Company has
boeon transferred to the head office, Sydney; and
Mr. A. E. Gordon heas been transferred here
from the North Shore branch.
Applications for relief to the amount of
£o0,000 have been received from the laosleaydistrict for losses through the recent floods.
The Commereial Bank of Australia, Limited,made a profit during the half-yeaour of £129,417,out of which a dividend of 171 per cent, per
annum is proposed to be paid.
The Seventh Carringtbon Novice Handicap was
won on Friday night by A. B. Turner, with T.
Thompson osocond, G. lHoneoysett third at.d E.Morrison fourth.
CABLE NEWS.
The London Pontmuten.,
LO"DON, July 10.The disaffection in the Post Oflio has resulted
in the delivery of letters being delayed. Therei trouble in esome of the district cflieoos.
Ouo hundred postmenemployed in tho
Leicester-square division have beeoondismissed.
The City of Melbourne Loan.
Lotno;, July 10.
Tenders for the City of Melbourne 4 percoolnt.loan of £450,000 were opened to-day. The
total amount subsocribed was £548,000. Ten.dorers at the minimum,
103.
will receive 78 per
Pant, of the amount applied for. Theaverageprice obtained
wae £103 Os 10.
(To tie Editorof t/i Evening Penny Post)
Den Sna,-I was very much surprised to set
in your issue of Tuesday laet a letter sigtned E.Rufford re two seamen of the RoyalNavy inwhich your correspondent refers to their con.
duct. I would like to know what their conducthas to do with him, or how long he has beenquotifid to judge of theirs or aoy man's con.duct tBut for his and
the public'sinfosaricn
I will stute that their conduct was such that not
even your correspondent could findfault with.
If Mr. Rufford will say thesame
thing to theirfeaes I shall hbe thoroughly satisfiad to
leavo theresult to the two men in quertion; but I say Iltsa moat nomanly thing to do to throw a elur ontwt men who by force of circumstances are on.
Ableo to defend themselves. Iunderstood the
obji-e of the I.O.G.T. was toreclaim the
drunkard, which these men are not, as can beproved by the faoot of their both
being firstactlassepatty offioaers (torpedo men and seamen
gunners)and have two good-ooanduct
badges,and are still
in their first ten years of service, whichshows
that they are men of ability and good conduct,I am suro the Good Templaters of tGoburn as
a
body do not endorse
theremarks of their
A.D.D.but will rather feel ashamed that one of their
number should so far have forgotten himselfand I trust to see something to that effect fromthem. Hoping that I have not eneroachced Itoo
much on your valuable space I will conludoa.T. J. BRIOE.
The Unemployed in Melbourne,tELoeonov
, Thursday.-Ameeting of the
unemployed this morning carried a resolutionthat thebo Government should place £10,000 on
the Estimates to provide for reproductive relief
works. A deputation of four was appointed to
wait upon
'eertain
influentialpersonages."
The crowd then proceeded to the Governmentoffices, hut Messrs. Gillies,
Patterson, and
Deatkia refused to see the depuation. Theythen proceeded to Bishops court, where BishopGoo received the deputation. He expressedsympathy with the men, and he said the morne
ho board the more he was convinced that if
anythiog was to be done it most be on a large
scale, and the only body that could undertakh
the work was the Government. Thomembers tf
the deputation said there must be 10,000 neem.
played in MIelbournae. A deputation from the
men afterwards visited Archbishop Carr, who,however, would not
express any opinion. Theunemployed subsequently held a
meeting oanseomo vacuant land in
Collins.stroeet, next to
George and George's establishment. A con.
tingent of police, with mountedtroopers, was in
Collinersstreet, but the menquietly dhispered.
Locomotives in the Colony.Mn. M'MMILLaN, in answor to Mr.
Edmunds,aid he was informed that the locomotives at the
depots named were as follows :-At the depot-Newcastle, 45
; Penrith, 31; Bathurst, 26;Goulburn, 32. In
tho diatriet-Newcastle, 55;
Panrith, 45; Bathurst, 2; Goulhuran, 2.
The workanen employed at each of the saiddepots were as fellows:-Newcastle, 135;
Penrith, 36 ; Bathurst, 40; Goulburn, 29. Onthe 30th
Junolast the condition of the engines
in the depots named wasas
follows:-Ia lst
eeass condition -Newcastle, 9; Penatithb, 17;
Bathurst, O; Goulburn, 23. In 2nd class
ouondition-Newuesile, 16; Penrith, 9; Bathurst,
12; Goulburn, 6. In 3rd class condition-New.
cabtle, 14; Ponrith, 1; Bathurost, 1; Gonlbnrn,
1. ;Engines under
repair-Newcastle, 7
Ponrith, 4; Bathurst, 4
; Goulburn, 2.
Proposed Visit of Soullers to America.
Sonete time ago we (Daily Telegraph) pub.
lished a few particulars of a regatta that wea
proposed to be held atDuluth, Mioesota,
The object of the promoters was to securethel
attendaneoo of Searlo, Beach,and Kemp.
Stanbury was thenou not such a shining light.
The prizes were to be large if the Auerallen
seculltere competed and the races were set downfor the present month. Our soullers aet the
timn
the invitation was given wore nut prepared to
visit America, but now as there are no more
fieolds here for racesthey are willing to go
abroad. A letter has been sent to the pro.
moters of the Duluth regatta to say that if the
fixture can be postponed or a similar one held
next year Staabury and Kemp, under the care
of Mir. Deoble, will take part in the races.);
the course of a few days we may oel?ptoreply'tand as the Ameripans hove been anxious to see
Kemp andStgnbhury
it is possiblo that romethingmay be
done to soeure a visit from them. It is
notunlikely
that M'Lean will go, end possiblyBeach,'
though of coutrse the latter would not
compeote. The American papers have oftence.
marked what a"
bigthing" Beach could make
out of a trip to that country; this would now
apply to Kemp and Stansbury. BSuch a team
would oause a groat stir in the aquatic world
of America. Challenges would no doubt be
thrown down to them and the gatoe-money from
these and exhibition matches would be very
large, so that from a speoculative point of vise
the proposed trip bears ahealthy
appeosrtance.
The Railway Commissioners have accepteda
tender for the ereation of an engine hed andpits
at Randwick. Mr. Leggo was the sucoetlegn
tendorer, the estimsatd coat of the workobeing
£815.'
Dr. Boaney, M.L.O., says that the Melbourne
Hospital is a oredit to the city. He states that
no cases of bloodpoisoning
have occurred whilt
the patients wore undergoingoperations.
Sir Henry Parktee ismaking
rapid progress
towards perfect recovery. The Premier is now
able to be taken on to the verandah of his hooes
daily, and transacts official business with the
Principal Under-Secretary.
A carpenter named Henry Hunt, living in the
Wileanniadistriot, has died from the efects
of
snake bite,The Railway Commissioners have acceplted the
tender of Wood Bros. and Co. to light the Mlos
Vale new railway station withelectricity.
Th's
work will be completed next week.
The municipal council of Moes Vale Is calling
for tenders for the erection of chambers. Tenders
are also daily expected to be called for the ere.
tioen of the much needed post and telegraph
offices.
The British India Company has recouped ill
the losses of the emigrants caused by the wreck
of the Dacca. The cost to the companyrs
over £4000.Messrs. G. E. Ardill and Joe Bragg here
replied through the press to the statements
made in the Assembly on Thursday with tregard
to the Vernon boys.
The Colonial Treasurer promised a deputalion
from the United LicensedVictuallers'
Associts.
tlan that if there werono insuperable ocistd
difficulties in the way he would do his bestto
grant a request to ehange the general licensit5
day from June 30 to December 11.
Slowgrove's 100yds. Handicap was wen ea
Friday by W. Reoad, J. Donohue beingseeed
and C. M West third.
A magnificent outcrop of marketable elate bu
been discovered on Oalina run, 10 miles fom
the railway station on the Barrier line, South
Ausatralia.
Too latest demand for an extenselon of the prgO
totive system of Viotoria comes (writesit
Argue) from eome countryfruitgrowerse,
ot
are determined to agitate against the oheapntt
of imported fruits in Melbourne. The
adre,oates
of protection in this aseo are candid
They do not pretend that the fruits whirl
they proposetIs ttxcould be
groen in lht,
colony, and they admit that
the effect
of ie
pr opsed duties must be to raise the grpi
of
the fruits largelyconsumed by lbs
working classes of the metropolis; and tihal
thiste
the object of their movoment. The fed
se
op in it hasbeeq
takten by theOCastlemeskt
Fruitgrowora'
Aseociatiou,which has agreed
to
draw up a petition for presentation to III
Government, requesting that a duty mayt
placed upon bananas and pineapples.It isaurg
that the
importationof
this kind of fruit
free
duty is thechief
reason forthebo
low prices tb
tained
at the present time for other fruitIn
lit
colony. The various
fruitgrowore'
assodetlt
ie
the
colonyare
to beasked to take
antic]
aotioa in the matter.
Mr. G. R. Dibbs, the leader of th
Opposition, is now recovering from bb
attack ofinfluenza,
and expects to bei
the Assembly on Tuesday or Wednesdil
next.
A meeting under the auspices of th
LicensedVictuallers'
Association was hell
at St. Leonards on Friday night;but
.0being out to the vote, a resolution agatit
the principle of local option wasdeclard
to be lost by a large majority.
