woman might be disgraced and her use fulness impaired, all because the law afforded her no protection. The Hon. J. Hall said he had heard no reason for legislation. At the present time the subject had not been taken up in the Home country, and he did not see the necessity for it yet. He would oppose the motion. , , Mr Shepherd said that when he read the Bill, it struck him that properly speaking it should be called a Bill for the protection of abandoned ■women. A woman living a loose life might bring an action against every one who said a word against her, and the result that she might ruin her. husband with costs. If the Bill were amended in that respect, he would like to see it passed. Mr. Macandrew thought the second reading at all events should be granted. Mr. M'Lean thought the Bill might lead to great hardships. He moved as an amendment —“That the Bill be read that day six months.” Mr. Stewart replied that he would be willing to insert a clause about the costs, so as to meet the only real objection that had been stated. If the House allowed the motion to pass he would not press the matter further this session. • The amendment being withdrawn, the motion was put and carried. OAMARO HARBf R. Mr. Shrimski moved the second reading of the Oamaru Harbor Board Act, 1876, Amendment Bill. ■ The Bill was read a second time. Friday, June 11. . . AFTERNOON SITTING. The House met at 2.30. ' Replying to questions, it was stated that . Jonas Woodward, Public Trustees, had • practically ceased being in Government ■ employ on the Ist May. He had a right . to subscribe his name as manager of a Trust Company. ■ At the request of Go ; vemment he was temporarily carrying on the duties of Public Trustee, but without salary. The San Francisco mail contract terminates in 1883, and could not be ter minated sooner, unless a breach occurred. , No officer in the employ of Government , acted, or received a premium to act as a j correspondent for the Press Association or any newspaper. Sir John Goode’s report on the Buffer harbor was not expected for £ three months. t Major Atkinsdn stated that new and c simpler forms of property tax schedules would be issued, and the time for sending £ them in extended. The Railway Depart ment collected freights for the Union • Shipping Company at Dunedin and Can- y terbury to convenience the public, and no commission was charged for collection, f, Crombie’s property tax pamphlet was a r private speculation, and Government was not interested in either costs or profits. Beading lights for steamers at Tory g ■ Channel would be erected shortly. 130 j. West Coast natives had been detained j, in prison, waiting trial, for eleven months. One died during incarceration. Their maintenance and cost per week was g L 75. tl NEW BILL, The Evidence Amendment Bill (Mr. Stewart) was introduced and read a first t] time. , st " THE PHARMACY BILL. p Mr. Dick moved the second reading of the' Pharmacy Bill, and, after some debate, replyinging to objections made, 'said he would not object to an amend ment enabling women to be candidates, and the statutory examination so arranged •would take place throughout different ( parts of the colony. The motion was carried. P THE ELECTIONS PETITIONS. P The Hon. John Hall moved the second . reading of the Elections Petitions Bill, and lr explained its clauses. He stated that it P 1 was identical with the Bill before Parlia ment last session. ® Dr. Wallis denounced the Bill as un- “ constitutional, and calculated to impose serious hardships on members. Mr. Tole suggested that questions of “ J fact should be lett for the determination ta of juries, and that, on questions of law, appeals should be reserved from the judge to the Court of Appeal. ® Mr. Turnbull complained that the Bill ®’ did not determine what corrupt practices & and bribery were. . . The debate was interpreted by the 5.30 r adjournment. ir IMPORTANT GOLD DISCOVERY. ** Kumara, June 9. ir A most important discovery of gold has been made by the Long Tunnel Tail Race d' Company. They have been two-and-a- w half years bringing in a tunnel through a P ; reef which exists between Dunedin Flat and the Teremakau river, and have T just broke through into the wash, which si for thirty feet averages one grain to the dish. This is 130 feet below the surface, and as the lowest ground at present worked na has been thirty feet, this discovery is con- w sidered very important. All the ground st below this depth is workable by ground ai sluicing, which means nearly the whole of ac the goldfields. h' —oi

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN T ' in {By cable from Reuters Agency.) i B London, June 8. tl The wool sales closed to-day. The total re quantity sold during the series amounts to re 360,000 hales, and 25,000 bales have been st held over. Merino wools have closed at m par., and crossbreds are 2d. to 3d. lower, oJ coarse sorts being 4d. in An official statement has been published b; to the effect that the Government has oi decided to abolish flogging in the army w and navy from next year. w June 9. The match between the Australians and Eighteen of Malton, in Yorkshire, was A resumed to-day. In the second innings tl the Home team have lost eleven wickets L for sixty-one runs. The weather was very d showery during the day, and in consequence ci of this play was stopped. ii It is announced that Sir Bartle Frere’s a salary as High Commissioner at the Cape si has been stopped. This is said to be not ti owing to any objection of the Liberal o party to Sir Battle’s continuance in office, n but to the fact of cessation of his duties as p High Commissioner. p The match against Eighteen of Malton, p in Yorkshire, was resumed to-day, the wet weather of yesterday having stopped play. The Home team, whose innings had a been interrupted, finished their innings d for 95 runs. The Australians then went c in for their second innings, having 87 runs to make to win. They won the match by o four wickets. G The Merchant Shipping and Under- p writers’ Association reports the arrival of c the Marlborough from Port Chalmers, v sailed March 15; Otaki, from Port t’ Chalmers, March 28 ; Piako, from Lyt telton, March 5 ; May Queen, from the Bluff, February 24; Glenlora, from Napier, A February 12 ; Lutterworth, from Welling- e ton, February 13 ; Anazi, from Auckland, p January 27. v Consols 98§ ex dividend. New Zealand ti securities are unchanged. Adelaide wheat and flour, and Australian tallow are at last quotations. C June 10. v The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Earl Kimberley, has sent an official des- fi patch to the Lieut.-Governor of Natal, t: instructing him to avoid allowing extension n of territory to be a plea for disputes h between the colonists and the native tribes, 3 and to abstain from interference with free e tribes. Constantinople, June 9. f< The Grand Vizier and Said Pasha, the n Minister for. Foreign Affairs, have re- h signed, Khaireddin Pasha, Minister of £

c- Commerce, has been appointed President vr of the Council of Ministers ; and Aladdin Pasha has been appointed Minister for 0 Foreign Affairs, with the rank of Grand !t Vizier. n Calcutta, Juno 9. :0 The Right Hon. Lord Lytton, Viceroy ie tf India, has arrived at Simla. Washington, June 8. General Grant’s prospects of being again y elected President of America are now e improving. 4. The Republican Convention have chosen u Mr. Garfield as their candidate for the d Presidential election. Mr. Garfield is a t Congress man in the State of Ohio, i. Mr. Arthur has been nominated as 1 Vice-President of the United States. 1 AUSTRALIAN. t {Per PeutePs Agency.} 1 Melbourne, June?, t In the Legislative Assembly, all opposi tion to the payment of members has 3 ceased. j A telegram from Mauritius, dated June t 2nd, says that the sugar market remains I unchanged. Freights are nominal and 3 tonnage scarce. Melbourne, June 10. 5 Oats are very dull. The time for the receipt of wool entries for the Melbourne Exhibition has been > extended to Ist December, and wool to be i deliverable up to 23rd December. The time for the receipt of wool en tries for the Melbourne Exhibition has been extended to Dec. 1, and wool will be deliverable up to Dec. 23. Melbourne, June 11. It is thought probable that the division on the Reform Bill will take place bn Thursday next. Williams, the member or Mandurang, who introduced the Bill for the payment of members in the Assembly, has con sented to limit the period of the measure’s operation if Government will facilitate its passage through Parliament. Sydney, June 9. ] The man who was arrested on suspicion I of being Byrnes, the bushranger, was sub- , sequently released, as he turned out not to be the man wanted. Sydney, June 10. The miners’ delegates last night signed ] a compromise, and it was undei-stood that ' the strike had ended, but the lodges to- * day repudiated it. | Sailed—Wakatipu, - for Wellington yes- i terday. 1 Brisbane, June 9. ( In the case of Brooks v. Swanwick, in " which plaintiff, a prisoner, sued for Ll5O 1 given in charge of the defendant to de fend him at his trial, the latter has been ® released on recognisances. * Brisbane, June 10. It has been stated by the Colonial ® Secretary that the balance of the Queens- 4 land loan had been offered in the colony P to several wealthy institutions. King George’s Sound, June 9. The P. and O. Company’s steamer Siam arrived here to-day from Galle, with ' the inward Suez mail. 5* Newcastle, June 11. All the collieries, except Wallsend and n the Co-operative, have decided to accept Sl scale orders, and are booking them at 10s. _ per ton. r INTERPROVINOIAL. Jj (Per Press Association.) a ' Grahamstown, June 12. An unknown person made a murderous jj assault on Mr. Campbell, • solicitor, last q night, striking hint on the head with a a , blunt instrument. Campbell was unpopu- p lar through informing against men work- u ing without miners’ lights, and this is sup- tl posed to be the cause of the assault. S( The Star draws attention to the filthy w state of the Auckland quarantine station, u; and states that 100 passengers by the Earl «. Granville have died from fever contracted on the island. It says the quarters were _ alive with vermin and filthy in the ex- -» treme. J Auckland, June 11. m Good gold has been got at the 360 feet ~ level in the Kurunui mines, the deepest _ ever got in that portion of the field.' . Shares are going up. \ Joseph Worms has been committed for trial on three charges of forgery and utter ing. . t The Wangarex settlers pi’otest against -g the Property Tax, owing to the small portions of the loans that have been spent - in the North Island. The schooner Marion left New Gale- ~ donia for Auckland on the 14th of May, with 21 passengers and no cargo. The passengers are probably Communists. , £ Mr. Sheehan leaves Auckland for the Thames to-morrow, to address his con stituents. Pi Napier, June 9. It was known on Tuesday morning by a -a merchant.at the Spit that the beer duty ’ would he imposed, and he cleared out his a stock to an hotelkeeper. A brewer also got g an inkling of the state of affairs, and acted accordingly. The duty saved by one q hotelkeeper alone was L6O. At a meeting m of licensed victuallers held before the ~ Statement was made, the tax—the amount _ of which was known—and the question of r who was to pay the tax, were discussed. This morning a worse blunder was made. The police had received intimation early in the evening that they were to hold themselves in readiness for extraordinary duty. They remained up all night, but no further in structions came. It was not until ten minutes to ten o’clock that they received official intimation of what they had read in the papers three hours before, and the 8 1 brewers were not slow to take advantage of the delay. All the carts in the town were employed in carting beer, and the whole duty collected did not exceed L 250. r Napler, June 12. A meeting of the Licensed Victuallers’ Association took place yesterday, when they carried a resolution “ That the Licensed Victuallers of Hawke’s Bay deem the imposition of 6d. per gallon on n colonial and imported beer to he a great p injustice to the trade and general public, and that it is a gross injustice to place such an imposition upon a colonial indus- g try that is already heavily taxed. A copy B of this resolution to be forwarded to the members of the House, representing this province.” It was resolved to place a petition in each of the hotels for signature, praying that the tax be abolished. Wellington, June 9. 1 A resolution was unanimously passed at J a meeting of all the brewers here that the duty be added to the price of beer, and a collected on delivery. n At the Compensation Court, in the case, of Kirkcaldie and Slains and the General Government, judgment was given for the " plaintiffs for L 4853, and fifty guineas L costs. The claim was for L 6750, the . value of land taken by the defendants for ' the new railway station. Wellington, June 10. At a meeting last night of the Political Association, formed for the purpose of endeavoring to have the Property Tax re pealed, a deputation was appointed to wait on the city members this afternoon, to represent the views of the Association. Wellington, June 11. At an inquest yesterday on the body of Cornelius Croft, killed on Tuesday, a verdict of accidental death was returned. Dr. Hector states that the exhibitors g from this colony at the Sydney Exhibi- .. tion obtained ninety-nine awards for first merit, eighty-five for second, eighty-one for third, and fifty-nine for fourth—being 324 in all —so that more than half of the exhibitors obtained awards. T A woman named Eliza Blanford, was - found dead in bed this morning. The 7 medical examination showed that death t had resulted from suffocation while in a fit.

it At the inquest this afternoon on the n body of Eliza Blanford, who was found ir dead in bed, a Verdict was returned of d “ dead from suffocation whilst in a fit of epilepsy. ” The following measure has been re y coived from the Lord Mayor of Dublin for circulation among the Irish Relief Committee in New Zealand ;—“ While ac a knowledging with the utmost gratitude f the munificent contribution received, I feel bound to say further that any assist i ance which can be extended will he much 3 needed during the next two months. I i would therefore, rsk that your subscrip tion lists be not closed, and that any s further contributions may be forwarded.” Hokitika. June 11. The Albion, for Newcastle and Mel bourne, took with her 5,9200z5. gold shipped by the Bank of New Zealand, and 17680z5. from the Union Bank of Aus tralia. Timabxj, June 9. . , At the criminal sessions, Judge John ston, in addressing the Grand Jury, ex pressed a hope that the Legislature would so amend the laws relating to sale of drink as to prevent licensed persons having a pecuniary interest in drunkenness. The criminal calandar contains fifteen cases against twenty-two persons, including shooting with intent, forcible entry, arson, forgery and robbery. Oamaru, June 11. The Steeph chase Meeting was held in glorious weather, and there was a good attendance. For the Maiden Steeplechase —Miss Hmigerford, 1 ; -Robin Hood, 2 ; Leap Year, 3. Handicap Steeplechase— Clarence, 1 ; Agent, 2 ; Little John, 3. Selling Steeplechase—Leap Year, 1; Stella, 2 ; Johnny, 3. Dunedin, June 10. The Beer Tax here amounts to close on L 3,000. In anticipation of the new tax considerable stocks were cleared last month. As contrasted with the corresponding period last year, customs receipts show the following increases : —Tea,- L3IG3 ; Sugar, L 3,960 ; case spirits, L 4,049; kerosene, L6OO ; ale, in bulk (imported), L2OO ; ; n bottle, L2OO. 1 Dunedin, June 11. 1 A meeting of publicans and brewers was held to-day to consider the beer tax and Licensing Bill. The brewers intimated that they intended to charge the tax on publicans. Two delegates were appointed from each side, to go to Wellington, if necessary, to work in conjunction with other associations for the repeal of the tax. Regarding the new Licensing Bill, the following amendments were proposed : —“That clubs pay a licensing fee of LSO and be subject to police supervision, and £ the operation of the local option clause ; that wholesale licenses be L 50,, and be £ subject to local option ; that only restric tions re barmaids be that they be not em ployed over ten hours a-day.” Invercargill, June 10. A rabbiter, name unknown, was found - dead in a woolshed at Woodburn station, Waiau. Some poisoned wheat was found' " on the ground, and there were traces in his mouth. He is supposed to have com- v mitted suicide or been inadvertently poi- g sonecl. 2 It is feared a Stewart’s Island boat, the Pride of the South, is lost. She left the Island on Friday and has not been heard o of since. The crew was- composed of J three men, under an old resident, known 8 as BohjDavidson. Inverc. rckll, June 11. \ A requisition of the country settlers of Jj Riverton district, calls a meeting at g Thornbury, for Monday next, to protest against the Property Tax. The country people complain of their inability to understand the complex forms issued by the Property Tax Commissioners. It seems pretty certain that many forms will never be sent in, while the others are unintelligible from the cause referred to. *

THE ASHBU-RTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1880.



For Sale. 9 >AR Framed BEE HIVES. T. A.. ? Gates, Saunders’ Buildings. 828 g Tenders. TXT ANTED—TENDERS for CLEAR- V ING Fourteen Miles of Drainage on the Cliatmoss Estate. Pull particulars can be ascertained by applying to James Scott, at Montgomery and Co.’s Store,. East street, Ashburton. 535c-930g; Wanted. WANTED KNOWN—That C. Haw kins, theTinwald Bootmaker, has REMOVED to premises Opposite the Tinwald Post Office, where he is still open to Sell first-class Boots and Shoes at hiy usual Cheap Rates. All kinds of Boots Made and Repaired. 005a—417c ANTED KNOWN, that M. NEALAS is now OPENING UP First Class Assortment of BOOTS and SHOES, suitable for Winter wear, which he intends to dispose of at his usual CHEAP RATES. 924g-536c To Let. TO LET—OAKLEY FARM, Orari (late Mrs. Arenas’), for a term of ten years.. For further particulars apply to F. LeCRHN, Esq., Timaru, Or to FRANCIS ARENAS, Temuka, Or to FRIEDLANDER BROS., 87Ca Ashburtpn. A SPLENDID CHANCE. TO LET, for a term of Fifteen Years — 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., 877 g , Ashburton. Public Notite SLAUGHTER LICENSE. I HEREBY give notice thaM intend to apply for a SLAUGHTERING License for Rural Section large md small cattle, at the meeting on 7th July, 1880. \. % WILLIAM SAUNDERS. Seafield, June 12, 1880. 942 a UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD, Baker and Brown’s Tender accepted. R. D. PULLAR. 939 a Clerk to the Board. MOUNT HUTT ROAD BOARD. NOTICE TjpENDERS for Building Additions to THE ROAD leading through Sections No. 15380, 7325, 26603, 1324, and 7245 is CLOSED against all Traffic from this date. W. B. COMPTON, June 10th } 1880. 81la



le d if if Public Notices. TO THE INHABITANTS OF WINSLOW. n sf e I h I Y 1 1 A PUBLIC MEETING will be he! on SATURDAY, 12th June, at th Winslow Hotel, for the purpose of con sidering the necessary steps to be takei to procure a School for the township. The Chair will be taken at 8 p m. NOTICE. EDWARD TAYLOR, BAKER, Satindees’ Buildings, BEGS to intimate to his customers anc the public generally that he has this day disposed of his Business to W. White and'solioits a continuance of support foi his successor. [ ‘ ACCOUNTS. : MR. W. WHITE is AUTHORISED t to COLLECT ALL DEBTS due to me . in rsspcct of my Bakery Business due at ! this date. ; EDWARD TAYLOR, Baker, Saunders’ Buildings. Ashburton, 9th June, 1880. 552c-937g NOTICE. ANY Person found TRESPASSING in pursuit of Game or otherwise, on the property of the undersigned at Anama will be prosecuted. 921 g W. S. PETERS. “IVTOTICE is hereby given, that on MONDAY, the 28th day of June, 1880, at the Borough Council Chambers, Ashburton, at 7 o’clock in the evening, a. meeting of the Council of the Borough of Ashburton, will be held for the purpose of confirming the undermentioned resolu tions passed at a special meeting of the said Council held at the Council Chambers on Monday, the 31st day of May, 1880. 1— “ That By-laws be made and put in force, in and for the Borough of Ashburton.” 2 “That the By-laws as published in the Borough of Ashburton on the 10th day of May, 1880, and as considered ' to-night, be adopted.” Dated this 31st day of May, 1880. CHARLES BRADDELL, 91Gg Town Clerk. [ SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD DISTRICT. EXTRAORDINARY VACANCY. I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that an ELECTION of ONE MEMBER to serve on the South Rakaia Road Board (in the place of Neil Maclean, Esq., resigned) will be held at the Road Board Office, South Rakaia, on W r EDNESDAY, the 23rd day of June, 1880 Nominations will be received up to 12 o’clock noon, on Tuesday, the 15th day of June instant, at the Road Board Office, South Rakaia. A POLL, if necessary, will be taken on WEDNESDAY, the 23rd day of June instant, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., at the following places ; Road Board Office, South Rakaia And the Schoolhouse, Kyle. Nomination forms can be obtained at the Road Board Office, South Rakaia. A. MAKEIG, 935 g Returning Officer. LONGBEACH ROAD DISTRICT. NOTIFICATION OF THE VALUA TION LIST. TAKE NOTICE.—The Valuation List for the Longbeach Road District for the year 1880 is now open for inspection at the Road Board Office on Longbeach Road. All objections thereto must be left at the Longbeach Road Board office on or before the 15th of JUNE, addressed to the Assessment Court ; and a copy of every such objection must be left at the same office not less than seven days before the next sitting cf the said Court. W. CUTHBERT, 931 g Clei’k to the Board. MOUNT HUTT ROAD BOARD. ROAD CLOSED. JVTOTICE is hereby given, that the West Coast Road from the North Corner of Broom Park to the second cutting North, is CLOSED until further notice. Methven, 7th June, 1880. 932 g THE EDUCATION BOARD OF THE DISTRICT OF NORTH CANTER BURY. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HINDS. THE Education Board of the District of North Canterbury proposes that the locality comprising all that part of the district contained within the following boundaries, that is to say Commencing at the junction of the road north-east of section 16743 with the road south-east of said section, thence south-westerly, following the latter road to the southernmost corner of section 30758, thence northerly, fol lowing a road forming the western boundary of section 30758 to the southermost corner of section 28186, thence north-westerly, following the south --western boundary of the latter section to the westernmost corner thereof ; thence southwesterly along the south-eastern boundary of Lot 11 of the sub-division of Reserve No. 1371 (in red) to the road separating that lot from Lot 14, thence north westerly following said road to the railway line ; thence south-westerly following the railway to the eastern most corner of Lot 11 of the sub-divi sion of Reserve No. 1381 (in red); thence north-westerly, following the north eastern boundary of said lot to the road northwest thereof ; thence south westerly along said road to its junc tion with the road separating sections 33459 and 31453 ; thence northerly, following the latter road to the road separating sections 28193 and 28192 ; thence north-easterly, following this road to its junction with the road first above mentioned* and from - thence returning south-easterly along the same to the commencing point, shall be erected into a separate School District to be called the School District of Hinds, pursuant to the Education Act, 1877. • And the Board hereby calls a public meeting of the householders of such locality, to be held on MONDAY,.the twenty-first day of June, at seven o’clock in the evening, a: the house Mr. Donald M'Lenan, for the purpose of electing a Committee, and considering the boundaries of the said proposed School District. The Board further directs that the first meeting of the said School Committee be held in the place appointed for' the elec tion, and immediately, after the election upon the the same evening. J. V. COLBORNE VEE.L, Secretay. • Christchurch, 10th June, 1880. 038 a



Business Notices. id ' ie i sn Dissolution OP ’ Partnership. d is 3 ORR AND CO., B t to announce that they intend to DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP on ' Ist SEPTEMBER They will therefore, on Saturday, , May Ist, offer the whole of their superio ( stock, amounting to oyer £20,000 worth of b 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 All outstanding accounts must be paid at once so that partnership accounts may be adjusted. I ORE & CO., ASHBURTON & RAKAIA April 24th, 1880.. 3 P.S.—A Large Shipment of Drapery Goods just opened up ex Pallala. Guns! Guns! Guns! POWDER. SHOT. CAPS. ORE AND CO. JJAYE now on hand a very fine assortment of BREECHLOADING DOUBLE AND SINGLE-BARREL GUNS, And as these have been imported direct from the manufacturers, we are prepared to Sell at the most Reasonable Prices— Fronv£2 10b to £25. O R RAND CO, ” ■ • • I£9c-9g



Business Notices. LATEST STYLES FROM LONDON & PARIS. (d CRAIGHEAD & GO., Merchant Tailors, TANCRED STREET, (Next Orr & Co.) PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. 982a-445G NEW SADDLERY. &c„ &c. J. TAIT, & CO., PRACTICAL SADDLERS & HAR NESS MAKERS, Wills Street, Ashburton, (Next to Cookson’s Stables), HAVE recently opened up a Choice Assortment of First-Class Goods, comprising— Double and Single Harness Shaft and Leading Harness Saddles, English and Colonial Horse and Saddle Cloths Rugs and Waterproofs Bridles, Bits, Martingales Whips, Spurs, Gloves Brushes, Combs, &c., &c. From the best makers, which will be sold at most reasonable prices. Harness of every description made to order, or repaired on the shortest notice. J. TAIT AND CO., (Next Cookson’s Stables), Opposite Railway Station, Ashburton. 9150 McS KERRY DRILLS. A SHIPMENT of these celebrated Drills is expected shortly to arrive. They will range in width from G feet 6 inches (12 Hoppers) to 10 feet (17 Hoppers). Orders taken by the undersigned, FREDK. PAYITT, Ashburton, For the SOLE AGENT, JOHN ANDERSON, 646g-2400 Canterbury Foundry. REDUCTION. CHEAP ! CHEAP ! ! CHEAP !! ! A N unlimited supply of every size of l\, BUILDING TIMBER now on Sale by the undersigned, at 12s. per 100 ft. and upwards. Always in stock:—Stakes, Posts and Rails, Firewood, &0., at cheap rates. ALPHEUS HAYES, Timber Merchant, East street, Ashburton. N.B.—Orders for Bridging and Culvert Timber supplied on the shortest notice. 7380 J. R. CHAPMAN, jpAINTER, GLAZIER, PAPER HANGER & SIGN WRITER, < Importer of Paperhangings, White ‘ Lead, Glass, &c. 5 The trade supplied at lowert Wholesale ; Prices. 17 , 'W yJO: m ( c OTTON & 00. 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 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 NEW SHOP. JUST OPENED, TO MEET REQUIRE MENTS. AESTENS & £JO., TOBACCONISTS, Fancy Goods and Stationery Depot, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, East street, Shop formerly occupied by Weston. Good Stock of Cigars, Tobacco, and Pipes of every description. HAIR - CUTTING, SHAVING, AND SHAMPOOING on the premises. Licensed to sell Postage Stamps. 76(Jg-3660 o. c



Business ITotices. t £IO,OOO ate of interest. Asliburtc n. TO LEND, in sums t suit borrowers, at lowes F. P. O’Reilly, Solicitoi 424 - 535 NEW ZEALAND TRUST AND LOAI COMPANY (LIMITED). QAPITAL £1,000,00C SUMS OF £3OO to £20,000 READY TO BE ADVANCED UPOI FREEHOLD SECURITIES. Information can be obtained upon appli cation to J. 0. M‘DOWALL, Manager, 578 a Hereford street, Christchurch. • PATRONISED BY ALL CLASSES. THE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGE. N IN E K ’ S TRADE MARK. PURE EXTRACT of KEROSINE WILL NOT IGNITE IF LAMP IS UPSET. Burns in any Kerosine Lamp ; gives a brighter light, lasts longer, is free from smell and free from danger. Sold by all respectable grocers and storekeepers throughout the colony. The next time you want Oil for your Lamp try a tin of “ Niner’s Extract.” Sold in pints, quarts, half-gallon and one-gallon tins. Wholesale and Retail Agents for the Ashburton District— O R R AND CO., Ashburton and Rakaia. 316c-735g HALLO! HALLO! QUILL AGAIN. REDUCTION IN PRICES. BOTTLED WINES & SPIRITS. T. QUILL, SEEING 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) & 6s. Very old Scotch Whisky, per Settle ss. Fine old Irish Whisky, per Bottle, ss. Superior old Jainaca Rum, per Bottle, ss. 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 Wines 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 part of the County on the shortest notice.) One trial will prove to Quill’s customers the quality of his taps. COMMENCING MONDAY, 26th APRIL. Open from 7a. m to 6 p. m. during winter months. Note Address— T. QUILL’S, WHOLESALE BOTTLING STORES, Commercial Hotel, (Near Railway Station), Ashburton. 751g-336c 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. TIN WALD 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 he spared on their part to enjoy their good opinion, and if keeping only the best quality of goods, dispensed with civility and care, 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, ENERAL STOREKEEPERS* . Tinwald. 851 g



Business Notices. N DENTISTRY. ■jyp 11. J. P. ARMSTRONG Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist. (From Dunedin) Gan lie consulted at Ralcaia from and after Saturday next. 513c-907g Acland, Campbell, and Co. CONTINUATION OF SALE WESTERFIELD STATION. Messrs, acland, Campbell, & CO. will submit for sale at Westerfield Station, This Day. A number of Draught Horses, Hacks, Pigs, Farm Implements, &c. Sale tc commence at 11 o’clock. ACLAND, CAMPBELL, & CO., A uctioneers, 94Sq Christchurch and Ashburton. Alfred Harrison. This Day. SATURDAY, JUNE 12TH. At 12 o’clock. UNDER BILL OF SALE. HORSES, IMPLEMENTS, HARNESS, &c. ALFRED HARRISON has received in structions to sell by Public Auction, under bill of sale, ON SATURDAY, JUNE 12th, At his Yards, SUPERIOR DRAUGHT A HORSES 4: g TIP CARTS 2 2 DOUBLE FURROW PLOUGHS 929 g WOOD’S REAPERS AND BINDERS MUORMICK DO SINGLE FURROW PLOUGH LARGE ROLLER SETS HARNESS For absolute sale. Sale at 12 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON, Auctioneer. 2 B 1 1 1 6 Matson, Cox, & Co. MATSON, COX& CO., have received instructions from Mr. Joseph Clark, as Trustee in the Estate of J. M. Smith, William Fleming, &c., to sell BY PUBLIC AUCTION, AT THE TINW AL D YARDS, ON TUESDAY, JUNE i 5 th, AT TWELVE O’CLOCK SHARP, U DRAUGHT MARES AND GELD INGS, All first class and thoroughly staunch. 9 MILK COWS, In full profit and ih calf. Q SPRINGING HEIFERS, O Well bred. STEERS, FAT. 7 16 80 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 YEARLINGS AND CALYES. PIGS, STORE AND FAT. M'CORMICK’S REAPER AND BINDER. DRAYS. DOUBLE FURROW PLOUGH, Reid and Gray. SINGLE FURROW PLOUGHS. SETS HARROWS, Three and four leaf. THREE-HORSE ROLLER, Cambridge. DOUBLE-SEATED BUGGY. FIRST CLASS FAMILY WAG GONNETTE. HARNESS AND SUNDRIES Too numerous to mention. LUNCHEON PROVIDED. 934 g Jameson and Roberts. SATURDAY, JUNE 19. Messrs, jameson & Roberts have received instructions from the supervisors of Messrs. Wood Bros’ Estate TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, On the above date at MESSRS. ROBERT WILKIN & CO’S NEW ZEALAND WOOL STORES, Hereford street, Christchurch, At 12 o’clock sharp, That valuable FARM AT DROMORE, Known as WOOD’S FARM, situate with in one mile of the Dromore railway station, and containing 1050 AORES - All fenced and laid off as follows : PT7 A Acres are sown with English Oi -1 grasses, and divided into four paddocks. IOA Acres are ploughed, ready for JLOtt cropping. 812 Acres are in tussock. ; 1060 ; The Homestead is all that is required. 5 It consists of a comfortable cottage and | storeroom, stabling for eight horses, iron granary, two wells with a never failing r supply of good water, and a large concrete tank with a holding capacity of 25,000 gal -3 lons, iron tanks, windmill pump, &c., £ &C. . The land is well fenced with sod banks, ’ three wires and stakes, and planted with 1 gorse, and it is divided into seven pad -1 docks. The whole Farm is well situated, is in first-class 'order, and ready for im- B mediate occupation, and promising a speedy return. The proposed County 5 Council water race will run down one side of the property. An inspection is invited. e Further particulars may be obtained from JAMESON & ROBERTS, Ashburton ; Or, » ROBERT WILKIN & CO., a 927 g Christchurch.