cases of pellagra, sometimes from the be ginning, occasionally later in the progress of the disease, there is mental alienation, which may break out in sudden paroxysms and assume every form, from laughing and loquacious maniacal exaltation to the gloomiest, fiercest, melancholy, with sui- an d homocidal tenden cies. often, however, it begins with hebetJße or slowing of the intelligence, and a prostrate apathy of mind which be comes true lypemania with siupour, and betrays itself by delirious words and deeds, in fear of persecution and in hope less despair. Pellagra runs, usually, a slow course, lasting for years, during which it betrays itself in attacks which may continue for months, and less fre quently in winter, and still less in autumn, and which recur always at the same season in successive years, with graver and more extended virulence. Like every other malady, pellagra renders the system more liable than it otherwise be to obnoxious influences ; and so it frequently happens that in its progress other common maladies supervene, especially those of the respira tory organs. It is computed that in more than one-half of the cases of death among the pellagrous, intercurrent diseases of the lungs is the proximate cause. But, independently of that, there are cases of pellagra in which it assumes an acute form, either from its commencement or in a more or less advanced state of its chronic course. The malady then takes in some measures the aspect of typhoid (tifo pella groso), and is generally fatal. In these cases, as in those of a persistently plow course, death most often happen from an intractable diarrhoea, which has exhausted the patient.

THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

THE TWO LANDLORDS. (From the Agricultural Gazette.') CHAPTER 11. The people of Compton buried their squire, and then waited for the new era to proclaim itself. What would the new king say on the game question, or what would he do ? The stranger had stopped a day in Compton ; he had observed the dilapida tions, moral and material; and wished much that the duties of a general repair lay-with him. He was told of an entail, and went sorrowful away. According to the view of some writers, all we have said of the evil plight of Comp ton might have been summed up in two words—“impoverished ” and “ entailed.” To be entailed and poor, and poor be cause entailed, are two of the greatest evils that can befall a landed property ; but, in the case of Compton, it turned out that rumour, which is ever floating in the air, and will for ever float there, was, as it often proves to be, unfounded. The old squire, instead of being poor, as he was reputed to have been, and tied hand and foot with settlements, mortgages, and the entail, had left L 30,000 in hard cash at his country bankers, besides leaving a will, directing the sale of his unentailed and unencumbered property at Compton. It would appear, then, that the con dition of an estate depends more on the character of the owner than on the state of the law.. Unjust laws should be altered, but the ij lagement of estates and the well-being people will never be brought to ofnftcirm high level till all owners are good agriculturists and good men, or till the common sentiment of society renders the neglect of an estate an odious offence. The Compton property was bought by a wealthy gentleman named Goodhope, who drove down from London, thirty miles, having a taste for that sort of exercise, and was recognised at once as the stranger who had been so well received in the par lour of the Dew Drop inn. Old-fashioned folk often call a land proprietor a “ statesman,” and that is what he ought to be. He ought to be able to detect the necessity for reform, and to invent the needful measures of reform. All the evils in the case of Comp ton were founded in the impoverishment of the farms. Capital is the very sun and source of the welfare of an estate, and if it be lost or removed the same miseries ensue as when the sun in heaven ceases to perform his office of warming the earth and bringing to maturity its crops and fruits. Mr. Goodhope undertook the task of restoring capital to Compton as a necessary preliminary to other measures. The times were prosperous, his covenants were liberal, and his land was good, though the estate bore a bad character. Among six selected applicants who called on Mr. Goodhope together, by appointment, Mr. Lambert was the chief spokesman, by vir tue of his large capital, and reputation as a farmer. He was in treaty for Weston, a fine farm of 500 acres, the most impor tant holding on the estate. The letting of farms in prosperous times is an easy and simple business. The landlord settles the terms with him self, and then announces them to the ap plicants, and they aie accepted. If he be a “ statesman,” there is more to do. “ I preferred seeing you all together, gentle men,” said the lord of Compton, “ for the sake of conference and dispatch. We will consider this a cabinet council. The ques tion of rent need not be discussed ; we are agreed on that point. There are other matters which may be debated with great advantage to the common weal.” The landlord was here congratulated by his visitors in a very hearty manner on his declared intention to make Compton an example estate. He had begun at the right end, they said, in the destruction of the ground game. “Yes, and in giving you the right of shooting hares and rabbits, in the woods and out of them, during January. I should like to have drawn the line at rabbits, and to have kept the 100 acres of woods exclusively to myself.”—“ Hares eat swedes the same as rabbits,” said one of the future tenants. “ Unfortunately they do. We might feed them in the woods, on Mr. Meclii’s plan. I should like my son to have some shooting, and I am fond of it myself; but there is no middle course. If you have the rabbits—and you must have them— you must have the hares too. We must draw the line at pheasants and partridges. The covers must be alloted to the different farms, and you must work your wicked will in them, I am very sorry, but I can not help it. People must be put before game. When I say ‘ people,’ I am think ing of the labourer as well as the farmer. You know the wretched state they are in. Gentlemen, you and I are the guardians of the poor. I would never have parted with my woods, but the truth is that game and a prosperous tenantry are incompatible on the same estate. Harold and I must forego our hares, and find our pleasure in the welfare of the people. ” The visitors were touched by the man ner of this speech, and they declared that the hares should not be killed down so but that enough for the squire and his sob should be found at the fall of the leaf ; |wkl they kept their pro mise. “ Speaking, sir, of the labourers, said Mr. Lambert, “ their idle days are over. They will have work enough to do in future.” “ Yes, we shall need a great many hands for our improvements.” “They are rather a rough lot, I am afraid,” said one of the visitors. “ They have been injured to some ex tent, no doubt. Nothing spoils good men so soon as want of employment and bad pay. There are remedies in which I feel

■ a deep interest, and I shall ask your coun s sel and co-operation by-and-bye. At pre , sent there is other business to attend to.” 3 Mr. Goodhope here produced maps of ; the estate. “ With regard to timber/’ he said, “lam guided by the same principles ■ as in the case of game. There must be no ■ bar to perfect management. The fields 1 must be cleared of hedgerows ready for ■ steam cultivation when it comes. I hope ■ to see it soon at Weston, Mr. Lambei t. “ I hope you may,” said Mr. Lambert. “ I am ready for it when it can be made to pay. But we shall see it at the ho ne farm first, sir, I suppose.” “ I don’t mean to farm an inch of the land myself except the kitchen garden. I doubt if a home farm can be made to pay. You are adepts in your art, gentlemen : I am only an amateur. ” “I will tell you what I think you will prove to be, Mr. Goodhope.” “ What is that “ A first-rate scrutineer*.” Mr. Goodhope rubbed his hands like a man who felt and anticipated pleasure, and laughed cheerity. His visitors were already as much at home with him as the guests of the Dew Drop inn had been. “ The field timber stands condemned,” said Mr. Goodhope, “ for the same reason as the rabbits. After all it is not so very beautiful ; not beautiful at all, in fact— only quaint. At present we have no breadth of landscape. I was looking for the church spire to-day from the windows at Weston, Mr. Lambert, and positively I could not see it for the trees standing about your fields—yours that will be. ” “I quite agree with you,” said the coming tenant. “ ’Tis a good landscape spoiled, sir.” “That is what I told Mrs. Goodhope, One tree hides another, and ail the salient noints are obscured by the hedgerows. She will think so by-and-byc, I am sure. Take these maps, gentlemen, two of them among you, and return them to me with the fields marked out with a view to steam cultivation. I may modify, hut I shall not mar your plans. I propose to plant some clumps and small copses at salient points of the estate, with a view to orna ment, and for the sake of shelter ; and if these 10 or 15 acres of plantations should give us more ornament than we get from these abominable hedges, so much the better. ” Mr. Lambert, being a diplomatist, here hinted that the question of rent had not been settled. In those days a landlord could, in point of fact, dictate the rent and everything else ; still it was not worth while assuming that, so Mr. Lambert said with a free born air, “ About the rent, sir ?” “Forty shillings an acre,” said the landlord ; “ the land tithe free; its quality you are aware of as well as myself. 1 cannot discover any difference in the value of the farms you have applied for, gentlemen, and the terms of occupation will be the same —each farm to be put in order and held in a twenty-one years’ lease, unless objected to.” “How about unexhausted improve ments, sir?” This was a subject then but little can vassed, but Mr. Lambert, as a person of advanced views, felt bound to broach it; and Mr. Goodhope, having frequently discussed the subject, was ready for it. “The question,” he said, “is a com paratively simple one with us. The land is of a character that cannot be improved by draining. The buildings are for me to do, and for you to keep in repair. But I see you have something to say, Mr. Lam bert ; let us have it by all means.” “ Suppose I require additional buildings at any time ?” “ You have seen the plans and helped to prepare them. Do you think additions will he needed ?” “I am speaking for all, sir, and on principle.” “ Ah, I see ! you have a theory to air, pray explain it.” “ The buildings that suit a tenant on entry may not be sufficient later on. He may alter the character of his business ; he may become a breeder of superior stock, for example, with a world-wide reputation ; he may then require addi tional buildings, which he may have to erect. Will he be paid for them at quit ting “ Will they be likely to be required after he has left, Mr. Lambert 1 I should not ask the question, but I well know you are not a man of mere theory, nor a man of mere words.” “I hope not, sir. I must admit that a stud or herd of world-wide reputation would not in all probability be found on the same farm during two generations. ” [to be continued.]

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1880.



Tenders. WANTED— TENDERS for CROP PING 25 acres, adjoining Chertsey Railway Station. Tenders close FRIDAY, May 28th. Specifications on application to 479 c JAS. BORTHWICK. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. TENDERS are reqnested for the fol lowing SUPPLIES, delivered at the Ashburton Railway Station : I. —loo to 200 Casks Cement. 2.—20,000 feet Timber, more or less, Totara and Black Pine, for cul verts and kerbing. Also, for the following WORKS ; 3.—Repairs to Immigration Cottage, N. W. Town Belt. 4.—Concrete Channelling and Tim ber Kerbing, cement aud timber provided by the Borough Coun cil. Specifications may be seen at the Borough Council Offices, and Tenders, enclosing a guarantee deposit of £5, to be delivered at the Town Clerk’s Office on or before MONDAY, May 31st, at 4 o’clock p.m. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. | FOOKS AND SON, 487c-891g — 38 Borough Engineers. WAKANUI ROAD BOARD. TENDERS. fXIENDERS are invited for the follow -8 ing works :■— No. 23—Seafield road, re-formation, &c. , adjoining Fairfield Estate. No. 24—Beach road, making foot path on east side from Town Belt to Trevor’s road. Specifications can be seen at the Board’s Office, Moore street, and tenders, accom panied with 5 per cent. deposit, andendorsed with No. of contract, will be received till 10 a,m. on THURSDAY, June 3rd. FOOKS & SON, 887 g Surveyors to the Board. UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. TENDERS. TENDEDS are invited for the following WORKS : No. (55—Clearing watcy-way, flax swamp, for and erecting concrete bridge and approaches, old Rail way Reserve road to Maronan. ISTo. (56—Repairs at Narrows, Alford Forest road. No, 63—Cutting Winchmore road into road to North Branch Ash burton River. Tenders, addressed to the Chairman, to be sent in not later than Noon of TUES DAY, Ist June. For specifications, &c., apply to 1 ROBT. D. PULLAR, 889 g Clerkt



For<Sale. BAR Framed B1?E HIVES. T. A. Gates, Saunders’ Buildings. 828 g WantedT WANTED, a General SERVANT. Apply at once to Guardian office or to Mrs. M'Kcllar Wix, St. Leonards, Sea field. 470c-8(15g ANTED KNOWN— 9 hat 0. Haw , T kins, thoTinwald Bootmaker, has REMOVED to premises Opposite the Timvald Post Office, where he is still open to Sell first-class Boots and Shoes at his usual Cheap Rates. All kinds of Boots Made and Repaired. 805g—417c WANTED SPLIT, in the Alford Forest, 300 Cords of Firewood, 2,000 Posts and Rails, and 10,000 Stakes. All black birch. Apply to P. TISCH, 880 g Ashburton Forks. Public Notices. NOTICE. IMPOUNDED, at the Mount Somers Pound, on the 15th day of May, 1880, as undermentioned. If not claimed on or before the 30th day of May, 1880, will be sold to defray expenses. From James M‘Kenzie’s farm, at the forks of the Hinds, one bay gelding HACK, shod all round ; branded like WH on near shoulder, not distinct. B. CLARK, Poundkeeper. Mount Somers, May 21st, 1880. 886 g R. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. (Christchurch Section.) ALTERATION OF TIME TABLE— RAKAIA AND ASHBURTON FORKS RAILWAY. ON and AFTER MONDAY, May 24th, trains will leave Methven for, Rakaia at 8.20 a.m. and 4. 30 p. ra., and Rakaia for Methven at 10.30 a.m. and 7.35 p.m., instead of as per present time tabic. «‘ I ' v PREDK. BACK;: General Manager. General Manager’s Office, Christchurch, May 22nd, 1880. 885 g SLAUGHTER LICENSE. I HEREBY give notice ihat I intend to apply for a Slaughtering License for R. S. 20905, for large a;ul small cattle at the County Council meeting, on the 2nd day of J une next, jy J. STANLEY BRUCE. Wakanui, May 4th’,,,a880. 809 g "no^icr AFTER this date the sitting of the Resident Magistrate’s Court, South Rakaia, will be held on the second THURSDAY in each month at 11 a.m. By order, A. MAKEIG, 878 g Clerk of Court. NOTICE. ACCOUNTS RE WESTERFIELD. HAVING disposed of the Wester field Estate, ALL CLAIMS against the Estate must be sent in by the 31sfc day of MAY, for settlement, otherwise they will not bo recognised. Addressed to J. Davison, Wcsterfield. E. C REED. May 4th, 1880. 410c-S2sg DISSOLUTION OF PARTN R SHIP. •ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the PARTNERSHIP hitherto existing between Messrs. Cosgrave ami Murray, trading together as Blacksmiths, Mount Somers, is hereby DISSOLVED by mutual consent. Dated this 4th day of May, 1880. EDWARD COSGRAVE. 8190 JOHN MURRAY. ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL BOARD. rjIENDERS arc invited for FENCING X the Ashburton High School site. Plans and specifications can be seen at the County Council’s Offices, Ashburton. By order, E. MAIN WARING, Secretary. Ashburton, May 17, 1880. BGOg ASHBURTON STEEPLECHASE MEETING. SATURDAY, MAY 29th, 1880 List of Officers : iesident : E. G. Wright, Esq., M.H.R. Fice -President : W, C. Walker, Esq. Stewards : ■. Hay T. Smith | Mr. J. Hunt ■. John Carter Mr. E. Saunders ■. L,. E. Corsbie Mr. A. McLean -. R. Friedlander Mr. E. S. Coster -. Neil M‘Lean | Dr. Ross Judge : Mr. M. Stitt. Starter : Mr. John Carter .ERK OF THE Course : Mr. E. oaUlldfi''. .erkoftiieScai.es: Mr. E. F. Wright. Hon. Secretary : Mr. J. Wilkie. Hon. Treasurer : Mr. C. C. Rooks. Handicaiter : Mr. H. P. Lance. first race to start at 12.30 r.M. 1. Ashburton Handicap Steeplechase, of 40 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each for acceptors ; over about 3 miles of fair hunting country; nomination 2 sovs. 2. District Handicap of 20 sovs., added to a sweep of 2 sovs. for acceptors ; 2 miles ; nomination 1 sov., for district horses only. 3. The Wakanui Stakes, of 20 sovs.; weight for age ; open to all horses ; 2 miles ; entrance 1 sov. 4. Farmers’ Steepechasb, of 15 sovs.; about U- miles ; weight for age ; en trance 1 sov.; for district horses only. 5. Hack Steeplechase, of 5 sovs.; 1 mile ; catch weights ; entrance 1 sov.; for district horses only. Rules and Regulations ; The N.Z. Grand National Rules strictly adhered to, except where specified. A district horse shall mean a horse commonly resident in the County since March Ist, 1880, and the bona, fide pro perty of the owner ; and “ owner ” shall mean a person or persons commonly resi dent in the County of Ashburton not less than six months previous to this meeting. The decision of the Stewards on all dis puted points shall he final. No protest will be received unless 2 sovs. he deposited, which shall be forfeited if the protest be considered frivolous. Nominations for the Handicaps to be sent to the Secretary at Quill’s Hotel not later than 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 20th. Weights will be declared on Tuesday, May 25th. Acceptances on night of general entry, Wednesday, May 2Gth, at 8 p.m. All entries to state age, color, and name of the horse, and the colors of the rider. JAMES WILKIE, Hon. Sec. Ashburton Steeplechawa.



Business Notices. 3 LATEST STYLES FROM LONDON & ■ Paris. CRAIGHEAD & CO., Merchant Tailors, TANCRED (Next, Orr & Co.) PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. 982a-4450 J. R. CHAPMAN, P AINTER, GLAZIER, PAPER HANGER & SIGNWRITER, Importer of Paperhangings, White Lead, Glass, &c. The trade supplied at lowert Wliolesale Prices. HALLO! HVLLO! QUILL AGAIN. REDUCTION IN PRICES. BOTTLED WINES & SPIRITS. T. QUILL, O BEING the necessity of a Wholesale Bottling, Wine, and Spirit Store in Ashburton, has determined to supply that want, and therefore begs to submit the following list of Prices, every article guaranteed to be of the best and purest description. PRICE LIST. Brandy Flasks, 2s. and 4s. per flask. Fine Old Port, per Bottle, ss. and 6s. Superior old Dry Montelado, (old Sherry) o’s. & 6s. Very old Scotch Whisky, per Bcttle ss. Fine old Irish Whisky, per Bottle, ss. Superior old Jamaca Rum, per Bottle, os. Fine old Martelle’s Dark Brandy, per Bottle, ss. Hennessey’s Brandy, per Bottle, 6s. Superior Square Gin (J.D.K.Z.), per Bottle, 6s. Superior Old Tom (Swain Booth’s), per Bottle, ss! All other brands equally Reduced. QUILL’S Assorted Dozen of Best Whies and Spirits for £3 10s, containing— -3 bottles Brandy 2 „ Port 2 ~ Rum 2 bottles Whisky 2 ~ Sherry 1 ~ Old Tom (Ready packed, and forwarded to any par of the County on the shortest notice.) One trial will prove to Quill’s customers the quality of his taps. COMMENCING MONDAY, 2Gxh APRIL. Open from 7 a. m to 6 p.m. winter months. Note Address— T. QUILL’S, WHOLESALE BOTTLING STORES, Commercial Hotel, (Near Railway Station), Ashburton. 751g-33Cc PRACTICAL WATCH & CLOCK MAKER, JEWELLER, &c. ROBT. MURRAY, MOORE STREET, BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON, HAYING had over thirty years’ ex perience in some of the leading establishments in England and Scotland, trusts by good workmanship and atten tion to business to merit a share of the patronage of the inhabitants of Ashburton and County. A well-assorted stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, Spectacles, &c. Watch Glasses and Keys, of best quality, fitted. All Watch and Clock Work and Jewel lery repairs executed on the Premises. Specimens of Workmanship by R.M. shown in the window, AT MOORE STREET (Next Door to the Road Board Office), BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON. 824g-429c HORSE BREAKING. nnHE undersigned is now prepared to B Undertake the BREAKING of HORSES to double and single harness, also to saddle. Mr. Willcocks has had a very consider able experience in Australia, and his success there as a Trainer is sufficient guarantee as to his ability. All orders to be left at the Coach Office, Commercial Hotel, Ashburton, or the Wheatsheaf Hotel, Wheatstone. 403c-816g 'GEO. WILLCOCKS. GRAIN. ESSES. ROYSE, STEAD, & CO. are prepared to PURCHASE GRAIN or to make ADVANCES ON GRAIN consigned to them for sale or ship ment. C. PERCY COX, Agents for ROYSE, STEAD, & CO., 493 g Ashburton.



Business Notices. Dissolution OF Partnership. i ORE AND CO., to announce that they intend to DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP on Ist SEPTEMBER. They will therefore, on Saturday, May Ist, offer the whole of their superior stock, amounting to over £20,000 worth of DRAPERY, IRONMONGERY, AND GROCERIES, AT COST PRICE. The reductions in price extends to every Department in our Business, And we trust our Customers will pay PROMPT CASH DURING SALE. All Goods will be marked in plain figures with Red Ink. f f @ All outstanding accounts must be paid at once so that partnership accounts may be adjusted. I I, I ORR & CO., ASHBURTON & RAKAIA Aprilfc24th, 1880, P.S.—A Large Shipment of Drapery Goods just opened up ex Pallala. Guns! Guns! Guns! POWDER. SHOT. CAPS. ORE AND CO. jg'AVE now on hand a very fine • assortment of BEEECHLOADING DOUBLE AND SINGLE.BARREL GUNS, And as these have been imported direct from the manufacturers, we are prepared to Sell atjthe most* Reasonable Prices — ‘ From £2 10s] to £26. ORR AND CO. 199c-9c



Business Notices. jQ-| A AAA |TO LEND, in sums to suit borrowers, at lowest rate of interest. F. P. O’Reilly, Solicitor, Ashburton. 424c-833g NEW ZEALAND TRUST AND LOAN COMPANY (LIMITED). QAPITAL £1,000,000. SUMS OF <£3oo t ° £20,000 READY TO BE ADVANCED UPON FREEHOLD SECURITIES. Information can be obtained upon appli cation to J. C. M'DOWALL, Manager, 578 g Hereford street, Christchurch. FURNITURE 1 FURNITURE ! ! Made to Order by /NHARLES Jg RADER, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, FURNITURE DEALER, <S'C. Chests of Drawers, 3ft. Gin. x 3ft. Gin., with five, drawers, Price 70s. Scotch Chest of Drawers, with six drawers, ’rice £5 10s. Kitchen Cupboard, from 30s. Do. with Dresser, from 40s. Venetian and other Blinds, Curtain Poles, Oxford and other Picture Frames made to order. Furniture repaired and renovated. GREAT SOUTH ROAD, TINWALD, Beyond Clark’s Grain Stores. For Sale, a Light Waggon, nearly new. in good order, Price £22. A good chance for anyone requiring a useful conveyance cheap. 346c-7470 TINWALD STORE. NEW PROPRIETORSHIP JEPHSON & DAVISON, IN announcing to the inhabitants of Tinwald and district surrounding that they have succeeded to the business hitherto carried on by Mr. J. Escott, in the Store in Tinwald, trust that they will merit the patronage bestowed on their predecessor’. J. and D. desire to inform their friends that no efforts will be spared on their part to enjoy their good opinion, and if keeping only the best quality of goods, dispensed with civility and cai’e, and a desire to obtain only a fair and reason able profit on their transactions, will command success. J. and D. mean to be successful. Farmers and others will find their wants well supplied, and on satisfactory terms, at the Tinwald Store, and residents in Tinwald will do well to call where they can be served with an article equal to any to be found elsewhere, and at a figure equally cheap. JEPHSON & DAVISON. GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, Tinwald. 8510 REDUCTION. CHEAP ! CHEAP ! 1 CHEAP !! ! A N unlimited supply of every size of BUILDING TIMBER now on Sale by the undersigned, at 12s- per 100 ft. and upwards. Always in stock:—Stakes, Posts and Rails, Firewood, &c., at cheap rates. ALPHEUS HAYES, Timber Merchant, East street, Ashburton. N. B. —Orders for Bridging and Culvert Timber supplied on the shortest notice. 738 g c m i/ TON 0 O . HORSE CLIPPERS, 24 Years’ Colonial Experience. HORSES BROKEN IN TO SADDLE AND HARNESS. Moderate Charges. Apply Baldwins Hotel, or Brighton Boarding House, Triangle. 842g-450c LOOK OUT FOR LANCASTER’S CART, FOR CASH. ON AND AFTER MONDAY NEXT. BEEF 2d, 3d, and 4d, per lb. LEGS MUTTON 3d „ FORE-QUARIERS MUTTON l|d „ HAYING secured the Principal lines of Fat Stock in the Ashburton district, from John Grigg, Esq., and Chalmers Bros., there can be no doubt of the excellent quality of the meat supplied. ALL KINDS OF SMALL GOODS DE LIVERED AS PER ORDER. THE TRADE SUPPLIED AT 20s. PER lOOlbs. 482 c R. LANCASTER. FOR SALE, ON VERY REASONABLE TERMS, 163 ACRES OF LAND AT WAKANUI. 100 Acres Cross-ploughed, ready for Wheat. 50 Acres, skimmed for Barley; well fenced. A good Stable, and an abundant supply of water on the farm. The favourable terms on which this farm may be purchased offers an induce ment rarely to be met with. Further particulars, apply to POYNTZ & CO. WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est and neatest CARDS may bt> had at the GUARDIAN OFFICE.”



J. L. Wilson. This Day. UNDER BILL OF SALE, CHERTSEY. MR. J. L. WILSON has received instructions to sell on TUESDAY, THE 2 jTH INSTANT, On the farm lately occupied by Mr. R. Kirkpatrick, close to the Chertsey railway Station, removed for convenience of sale, At 12 o’clock. Without Reserve. 2 bay mare 2 BLACK do. 2 DARK BAY do. J GREY HORSE 2 BAY do. 1 ” ” 2 WHITE do. 2 BAY do. 2 cow IMPLEMENTS. 2 Triple-Furrow PLOUGH g Double do. do. 2 DRILL 2 Hand DRILL 2 Broadcast SOWER 2 Set 3-horse HARROWS 2 do. 2-horse do. 2 Wood’s REAPERS and BINDERS Fjr Sets of HARNESS 2 do. of DRAY do. 2 DRAYS SUNDRIES BG9g J. L. WILSON, Auctioneer. J. Lloyd Crawley. To-Morrow. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20. UNDER DISTRAINT FOR RENT. OATS AND BARLEY. MR. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY has re ceived instructions to SELL 13Y PUBLIC AUCTION, ABOUT 6 000 BUSHELS 0F OATS ' Also, Small lot of BARLEY, on the farm lately in the occupation of Ben. Bates. Farm situated near the Westerfield Stables, on the Valetta road. No Reserve. Sale at 1 o’clock sharp. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, 48Gc-890g Auctioneer. Alfred Harrison. TIMBER. TIMBER. TIMBER. Unreserved Sale AT WINSLOW RAILWAY STATION THURSDAY, 27th MAY. 11 o’clock sharp. ALFRED HARRISON has received in structions from Mr. Alpheus Hayes to Sell BY PUBLIC AUCTION, As above, FEET OF BUILDING 40,000 TIMBER, Consisting of Boards and Scantlings, in Lots to suit Purchasers. Without the slightest reserve. 11 o’clock sharp. ALFRED HARRISON, 881 g Auctioneer. J. E- Buchanan and Co. TUESDAY, JUNE ist. IMPORTANT SALE OF BUILDING ALLOTMENTS. 88 LOl s 33 NEAR NORTH TOWN BELT. TO PURCHASERS OF SUBURBAN SECTIONS. Messrs, j. e. buchanan & co. have received instructions from the freeholders to sell by Public Auction 33 BUILDING ALLOTMENTS gg These Sections have been just laid out, and present a capital oppor tunity for investment. They are situated close to the North east Town Belt, with a frontage on the Wakanui Road, and con tinuation of the North-west Town Belt. SALE ON TUESDAY, JUNE 1. For further particulars see Handbills. J. E. BUCHANAN & CO., 874 g Auctioneers. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. EDWARD TAYLOR has reduced the Price of his best Bread to sd. Cash at shop, and if delivered by cart, old. EDWARD TAYLOR, Saunders’ Buildings, 119 c ' ASHBURTON.



Edmiston, Gundry & Co. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE. IN THE ESTATE OF W. BAYLISS. Messrs, edmiston, gundry & CO. have received instructions from the Mortgagee in the Estate of W. Bayliss, to Sellat their Rooms, East Street, ON THURSDAY, 27th MAY, The whole of the Land included in License to occupy Nos. 25159 and 25160, containing 630 AOEES At Seafield. The Improvements consist of House, Stable, &c., and a Plantation of about 50 chains of Trees. Terms at Sale. Sale at 2 o’clock. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO. 882 g Auctioneers. ANTED TO PURCHASE, GOOD SAMPLES OF RYE GRASS SEED TARES EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & Co. FOR SALE. ON EXCEPTIONALLY EASY TERMS. TWO QUARTER-ACRE SECTIONS, Mayo’s Land, Beach-road, Trevortoh, with well-finished 2-roomed Cottages erected thereon, to be sold on EXCEEDINGLY EASY TERMS. For particulars, apply to EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & Co. SEEDS FOR AUTUMN SOWING. THE UNDERSIGNED have on SALE at the LOWEST MARKET PRICE, WHITE CLOVER RED CLOVER COW GRASS ALSIKE TREFOIL LUCERNE RYE GRASS COCKSFOOT TIMOTHY TURNIP (White Stone, Green Top Yellow Aberdeen, Purple Top Yellow Aberdeen.) EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & Co. 761 g East Street. am—b——a«b—bmb Acland, Campbell, and Co. IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF THOS. SIMPSON. Messrs, acland, capmbell & CO. have received instructions from the Trustee in the assigned Estate of Thomas Simpson, Wakanui road, Ash burton, to offer for ABSOLUTE SALE, ON TUESDAY, THE Bth JUNE, 1880 (if not disposed of by private contract before Saturday, sth June), all the Freehold Estate, CONTAINING !20 A c K E s 120 More or less, being Rural Sections Nos. 4,920 —20 acres, 7,185 —30 acres, and 7,797 —70 acres. If not sold in one lot, sections Nos. 4,920 and 7,185 (containing 50 acres) will be cut up and offered in lots of from 6 to 10 acres. As this land is most advantageously situated, within eight miles from Ash burton Township, it must prove a most a most valuable investment. The whole of the land is of excellent quality, being one of the best selections in the Wakanui District. For full particulars apply to ACLAND, CAMPBELL, & CO., Christchurch; Or, to • JAMESON & ROBERTS, 4880 Ashburton. To Let. TO LET. 300 Let, as a whole or in blocks, for immediate Cropping. Apply to D. CAMERON, 870 g Clunes, Methven. TO LET—OAKLEY FARM, Orari (late Mrs. Arenas’), for a term of ten years.. For further particulars apply to > F. LeCREjS , EsQ., * Timaru, Or to i FRANCIS ARENAS, Terauka, 1 Or to FRIEDLANDER BROS., • 876 g Ashburton, r ‘ A SPLENDID CHANCE. i mO LET, for a term of Fifteen Years— X 1000 Acres of LAND, situated North Rangitata, in one or more lots. Four Shillings an Acre for the first five years. Valuation will be given for improve ments at the expiration of lease, if ap proved of. For further particulars apply to FRIEDLANDER BROS., 8770 Ashburton. IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North,- - PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT. Also, — FORMS OF TO LET and FOR SALE.