Drakes, 1 Gander, 3 Goslings, G S -.ans, 4 Peacocks, 4 Partridges, 7 woodcocks, 1 Coo to, 1 Teal, 2 Cranes, and 1 Heron. The supply of vegetables is very sc;inty, being limited to 2 Beans and 1 Onions. The clergy are not generally fond of made dishes, and accordingly we find only 2 Carries. The supply of sweets is more liberal, and includes 4 Pyes, 11 Rico (puddings, we presume), 2 Jellies, 3 Moulds, and 1 Cake-bread. For condi ments we have 2 Pickles, 7 Salt, 1 Mus tard, and 1 Pepper. For dessert there are provided 3 Peaches, 8 Pears, 1 Grange, 1 Sweetapple, and 8 Nutts. _ Nor is the cellar department to be despised, for there are 3 Binns, in which are stored a dozen and a half of Perry, the same quantity of Hollands, 1 of Ginn, 8 of Port and 1 of Newport. On the whole, we trust the “ Abbots ” and “Priors ” and “ Monks ” who have settled in our Church will have no cause to complain of the want of good cheer. The above may suffice to give a sample—and it is only a sample—of the quality of fare which Miss E.G.P. has so kindly provided for our entertain ment.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

HYDROPATHY AND ALLOPATHY.

To the Editor. Sir, —There is very little in the letter of your correspondent, “Eve’s Grandson,” with which I do not entirely agree. The greater part of his letter seems intended to show how difficult it is to be quite sure that we are right as to the character of any particular disease, and how easily one disease may be mistaken for another. No one doubts or denies this, and it appears to me one of the strongest arguments he could produce against allopathic treat ment, or against any kind of treatment which avowedly depends upon such dis tinction being correctly made. His argument most strongly recommends a system in which we deal only with what wo can see, and feel, and in -which we adopt a treatment that will certainly assist nature to throw off the disease, whatever it may be. It may be exceedingly interesting for a patient to know the difference betw r eeen the “ symtom expectation ” and the “ sign sputa,” to be sure the disease lie is suffering from is one which his learned medical attendent can do nothing what ever cither to cure or alleviate. But I think most sensible persons would prefer to know that, whether the disease of the lungs has or has not reached the in curable stage, the utmost possible relief is afforded them by immensely improving the action of the skin, relieving the stomach, and purifying the blood—all of which the intelligent hydropathist knows how to do. Then, even if “ scarlatina co-exists with typhoid fever,” the great business of the hydropathist would still be to get the skin restored to healthy action, and the combinations, known or unknown, would lead him into no mistakes. He never dreams of the incomprehensible folly of producing pers piration on the known, seen, felt, and ac cessible skin by using James’ powder, or putting a “drug, of which he knows no thing, into a stomach of which he knows less. ” If we even happen to mistake, as we are told “ ignorant people ” must do, “ malignant scarlatina for diphtheria,” we should still make no fatal mistakes in the treatment. Both require the utmost at tention to the skin, the utmost care for the stomach, and the utmost economy of every atom of strength, and in neither case do we want to bleed, or purge, or stupify with opium, salivate with mercury, burn with caustic, paint with iodine, or paralyse with brandy. Themostsuccessful treatment I ever saw in my life was a qase of small pox, which was mistaken by the sufferer’s ‘ ‘ ignorant ” wife for fever, and vigor ously packed until the unmistakeable eruptions showed her the alarming mis take she had made. But her patient re covered with a rapidly and completeness that never follows from any other treat ment. I once saw the same mistake ad mittedly made an allopathic practi tioner, whose died, as a matter of course. The mistake was found out and exposed by the legally qualified fraternity, because the practitioner was not “ legally qualified,” but was an old man who had acted for thirty years as the trusted and undoubtedly trustworthy assistant of a legally qualified doctor with a large country practice, in which the assistant had given pounds of opium and mercury, cartloads of brandy, and drawn hogsheads of blood from the doctor’s poorer patients, entirely on his own Your corres pondent says— ‘ ‘ Mr. Saunders makes a very sweeping charge against medical men generally when he says that they make grievous mistakes in their treatment.” To that I can only say that I could fill many volumes with evidence of that well known fact; but I never yet met with anyone to deny it. Your correspondent greatly mistakes me when he says that “Mr. Saunders insinuates that if all patients were treated hydropathically they would not have died.” You will admit, Sir, that this is very hard upon me, after I concluded my long letter with a very plain intimation that I hoped to die myself in a warm bath or a wet sheet. I think, too, that his notice of the great founder of homoeopathy is rather unkind. Both phrenologically, professionally, and historically, I have always thought Hahne man a truly great man, and I cannot help thinking that the allopaths would find out a lot of their mistakes if they would only do as he did, and try their medicines on themselves before they try them on their patients. I admit that it is passing strange, and that it puzzles mo more than anything else I know of, that those who are most inti mately acquainted with the anatomy of the human body, and haveacquiredthegreatest skill as surgeons, and have devoted their lives to disease and its cure, who have the advantage of all past experience, a monopoly of the evidence to be obtained from dissections, and information taught in our hospitals, of all the advice that the most able men of their day can impart to them, have never led but always dragged behind in the art of curing disease ; have left a poor hunted down heretic to dis cover the circulation of the blood, and to be burnt, with his books, at the stake for his success ; a brave and intelligent milkmaid to tell them that baying taken cow pox would make her safe in nursing a case of small pox, and a poor farmer to show them that water and not mineral poison is the agent by which animal poison can be washed out of the animal system. In every century they have condemned in the strongest terms, and proved in the most satisfactory manner, that the practice of their craft in the past century was not only useless and mistaken, but culpable and destructive. Nay more, we need not go from one century to another to get a condemnation of their practice—each generation of doctors condems the practice of the past one, and proves that they were worse than useless ; and yet when they look back three thousand years, at once the most modern legally qualified practi tioners tell us that “ it is positively certain that none among the most eminent of the new schools, or sects of more modern date, havebeen more successfulin curing diseases than were Hippocrates, Galen, and Syden ham,” or, as Dr. Rush says, “We have done little more than to multiply diseases and increase their fatality.” flow can we ac count for such a total and admitted failure by thousands of the best and ablest men in every civilised community, under every advantage of experience and education, except on the ground thatallalongtheyhave been hunting on a false scent, have been wasting all in attempting im

possibilities, and expecting to cure disease by the drugs that are only fitted to pro duce it, whilst our untrammelled farmers, an I manufacturers, and mechanics have, successfully sought the agency, nut of' poisons, but of the great carrier which nature uses to effect every important change, and to build up and sustain every function both of vegetable and animal life.—l am, Ac, A LURED S A UNDER',.

aUtE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1880.



Bless His Heart.— The Pr.pe has in structed his representatives.at the various courts to observe the strictest etiquette— a matter which has been neglected of late years. A Windfall. —Sir Stafford Northcote has decidedly had a stroke of luck in the successive deaths of several rich men within a few months, events which will cause a windfall to the Exchequer of some L 500,000. St. Stephen’s. —lt is officially an nounced in the “ New Zealand Church News ” that the resignation by the Rev. W. E. Paige of the incumbency of this parish, will take effect on the 31st of this month. It is uncertain to what cure Mr. Paige will be appointed. For continuation of reading matter see fourth /age. Holloway’s Pills.- —These celebrated Pills arc essentially useful in purifying the blood, cleansing the stomach, gently .stimulating the kidneys, and acting as mild aperients. A few doses of this purifying medicine set the foulest stomach right, remove all bilious symptoms, steady the circulation, give strength to the muscles and composure to the brain and nerves. The Pills ate so innoxious that they may be taken by persons in the most delicate state of health, and with marvellous effect. When the system has been enervated by over-indulgence, or exhausted by mercurial preparations, these Pills ate excellent restoratives, they expel the poison and enrich the blood.— Advt.



Wanted. WANTED— A Sober Man as BAR MAN, must be well recommended. Apply— Mr. T. Quill, Commercial Hotel, Ashburton. SSOg TT7ANTED, a good SMART BOY for the shop. Apply Herald and Guardian office. ANTED, a RUNBOY, for the Herald and Guardian. Apply at the office. WANTED, LAMBS, First Cross Merino Ewes. Apply to ACLAND, CAMPBELL, & Co., 572 g Ashburton. from WANTED- EMPLOYMENT by an experienced hand, to drive or feed a threshing machine. Apply, Guardian Office. ' -558 g VI7ANTED KNOWN—That Visiting YV Cards, plain or mourning, can be obtained printed in various styles, at the “Herald” and “Guardian” offices, near the Rai ■<« r ay Station WANTED KNOWN—That Money can be saved by purchasing your Sta tionery and Account Books, for cash, at the “Herald” and “Guardian” Whole sale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Build ngs, near Station. WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est and neatest CARDS may be had at the “GUARDIAN OFFICE.” Found. HORSE FOUND. FOUND, opposite Wakanui Mill, a HORSE, with saddle and bridle. Owner can have same on application to the undersigned, and paying expenses. H. Moffatt. Wakanui. 583 g



To Let. TO LET BY TENDER. nnO LET, for a term of years, one of X the best DAIRY FARMS in Canter bury. It is at Lincoln, being situated within one mile of the Station of the Lin coln and Akaroa Junction Railway, and contains 230 acres, sixty of which are in crop, and the rest laid clown in grass. The buildings consist of a four-roomed house, three-stall stable, chaff house, piggeries, etc. Further particulars can be obtained on application at H. Moffatt’s store, Man chester street, Christchurch, or at the Wakanui Mill, Ashburton. Tenders to be sent, addressed “H. Moffatt, Ashburton,” not later than March 20th, 1880. Possession will be given on March 25th, 1880. 576 g For Sale. POYNTZ AND CO. FARMS FOR SALE. ON EASY TERMS OF PAYMENT. ESSES POYNTZ & Co. have the following properties for sale : Several Ashburton, Tinwald, Rakaia, and Wins low, both for sale and to let. Apply, POYNTZ AND CO. 197 Ashburton. FOR SALE, ACRES Tussock Land, in I 3 >o*oo L o ts to suit purchasers. Ycry Liberal Terms. 74 SAUNDERS BROS. TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE. FOR S A L E. One Second-hand Double Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in thorough working order, with rollers, moulds, Ac., complete. This machine has been replaced by a Double Royal Wharfcdale, which necessitates removal of the Double Demy Machine formerly used for printing the “Herald’’and “ Guardian,” for hand or steampower. Can be seen and all par ticulars obtained at our office. For a Country Office this Machine suits admirably, as it can easily be turned by hand, for which we have fitted a fly wheel and handle. Pmca £7O. WEEKS & DIXON. Ashburton, January 14, 1879



J. E. Buchanan and Co. TO FARMERS, CATTLE DEALERS, SPECULATORS, & OTHER 3. IMPORTANT SALE OF GRAIN, STOCK, FARM IMPLEMENTS, &c. FOR ABSOLUTE SALE. Messrs j. e. Buchanan and 00. have been favored with instructions to sell BY PUBLIC AUCTION, ON TUESDAY, Oth MARCH, The Auctioneers call SPECIAL AT TENTION to this announceanent. A RARE OPPORTUNITY. Sale at 12.30 p. an. Sharp. Luncheon Provided. J. E. BUCHANAN & CO., 573 g Auctioneers. H. Matson & Co. PUBLIC NOTICE. SALE OF CHOICE LITTLE FARM OF .120 ACRES WITH LARGE IMPROVEMENTS. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES. MESSRS. H. MATSON & CO. have received instructions from the Mortgagees to SE L L



AT THEIR CANTERBURY WOOL STORES, ox SATURDAY, the Gth MARCH, 1880, Sale at Two o’clock, The whole of that Choice and Compact FREEHOLD FARM, Being Lot 4 on deposit plan No. 415, containing 120 Acres 3 Roods and 10 Perches (more or less), part of R.S. Nos. 21090, 24005, 21095, 8395, 10771, 10843, and 8398, and known as JAMES WARD’S FARM, LONG BEACH, With Largo Improvements. Also, at the same time and place, Lot 3, on deposit plan No. 415, con taining 20 Acres 5 Perches, being part of R.S. Nos. 10840, 20303, 8395, and 24230, close to Waterton Township. Sale at Two o’clock sharp. Plans and Conditions of Sale at the Office of the Auctioneers, H. MATSON & CO. Thomas & Bruges, Solicitors for Mortgagees. 135 c Educational ‘lSS GOODGER has much pleasure in informing the Ladies of Ash burton that she is about to open a PRIVATE SCHOOL, and solicits their patronage. subjects : English, French, Music, Plain and Orna mental Needle Work. Refeef.es : The Very Revd. Dean of Christchurch, and J. P. Restell, Esq. Terms on application to MISS GOOD GER at the Somerset Hotel, Ashburton. For address, sec future Advertisement. 124c-5G90 T. Bullock. THE undersigned has the following PROPERTIES to LET with a pur chasing clause, or FOR SALE on liberal terms of payment— -1 ACRES good WHEAT LAND, XOU nlj ploughed and ready for cross ploughing for wheat ; situated about three miles from the township. (Oi7 ACRES, near the above ; also good L) « WHEAT LAND, ploughed once^ and ready for cross-ploughing. AC RES, partly improved, near Wins- Dl/ low. This will he sold very cheap, and on very liberal terms. TOWN PROPERTIES. VALUABLE BUSINESS SITE in Bur nett Street, being T. S. 177, next the “ Mail” office. PART of T.S. 139, Peter Street. This will be sold cheap, and on liberal terms. TO Railway Employes, Mechanics, and Others.—FOß SALE, cheap, Lot 78, situated on East Town Belt. Terms, £5 cash ; balance by monthly or quarterly payments. T, BULLOCK.



Edmiston Bros. & G-uiidry- WEDNESDAY, 10th MARCEL TO MILLOWNERS, COIN TRACTORS, TIMBER MERCHANTS, AND OTHERS. 75,000 FEET OF TOTARA TIMBER, In lots to suit purchasers. Sizes—l2 s2,Bx 2, 8 x li, 6 x Ih, 0x 2, 4x2, 3 x 2. ESSR3. EDMISTON BROS & GUN DRY have received instruc tions to SELL BY AUCTION, At their Timber Yards, on the above date, 75 000 FEET TOTATIA timber - Sale at 1 o’clock. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, 575 g Auctioneers. THURSDAY', 25xh MARCH. ASHBURTON MUNICIPAL RESERVES. Messrs, edmiston bros. and GUNDRY have been favored with instructions from the Borough Council to | LET BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at their rooms, East street, on THUESD AY, 2 sxn MARC H, the following very • VALUABLE SECTIONS in the Township of Ashburton for a term of 21 years— T.S. 210, West street, next to Messrs. Jameson Bros’. Store. T.S. 211, corner of Baring Square. These sections arc first-class BUSINESS SITES, being close to the railway station, sidings could be easily obtained. Also, Reserve No. 1689, Fronting Wills street, Cameron street, and the East Town Belt. This Reserve has been divided into ten lots, upon six of which are erected SIX TWO-ROOMED COTTAGES. These lots will be let separately on 21 years’ lease. Sale at 1.30 p. m. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, 584 a Auctioneers. THURSDAY, 2oxh MARCH. 593 ACRES OP GOOD PLAIN LAND. Sub-divided into G Farms. Four miles from Ashburton. VERY EASY TERMS. 14/fESSRS. EDMISTON BROS. & 1> B GUNDRY have received instruc tions from W. N. Milton, Esq., to offer for sale BY PUBLIC AUCTION, ON THURSDAY, 25xn Mabch, The following



98 98 UNIMPROVED FARMS. R.S. 28216, ACRES, R.S. 28217, ACRES. R.S. 28218, ACRES, R.S. 28210. ACRES. R.S. 28220, ACRES. R.S. 28221. ACRES. These farms are adjoining the Akaroa and Kaiapoi Borough Council Reserves, about four miles from Ashburton. They will he sold on exceedingly liberal terms viz., 10s. per acre cash, the balance for a term of years at a small rate of interest. This is really first-rate plain land, and we would draw special attention to the magnificent crops this season on the ad joining land. Sale at 1.30 p.m. EDMISTON BROS., & GUNDRY, 564 g Auctioneers. Gazette in Bankruptcy. Y. THE .ASHBURTON GUARDIAN,. (County Agricultural and Sporting] Recorder) is a GAZETTE for all Notices I under The Debtors and Creditors Acts. Public Notices. NEW ZEALAND TRUST AND LOAN COMPANY (LIMITED). CAPITAL SUMS ... £1,000,00( 0 F £BOO t ° £20,000 READY TO BE ADVANCED UPOI FREEHOLD SECURITIES. Information can be obtained upon appli nation to J. C. M'DOWALL, Manager, 378 a Hereford street, Christchurch. I HEREBY give notice that I will not be responsible for any debts my wife, MARY ELLIS HARRIS, may contract, she having left her home without just CJUIS6 E. WHEELEY HARRIS, Ashburton, March 2nd, 1880. 171 TO FARMERS. THE UNDERSIGNED arc CASH PURCHASERS of WHEAT, OATS, and BARLEY, and are prepared to SHIP WHEAT to the English markets on farmers’ account at the lowest possible cost. P. CUNNINGHAM & CO., 561 a Ashburton and Christchurch. CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL. NOTICE TO PARENTS, rinHE above school WILL BE OPENED | on MONDAY, March Bth, 1880. JOSEPH MEGSON, 559,- Chairman. FRANCIS PHILIP O’REILLY, Barrister, Solicitor, & Conveyancer, TANORED STREET, ASHBURTON,* Next Messrs. Orr and Co.’s. 363«



Public Notices. THE EDUCATION BOARD OE THE DISTRICT OF NORTH CANTERBURY. ELECTION OP COMMITTEES. rniiS householders of the undcr-men- I tiouod school districts, that is to say, the districts of Ashburton Fox-ks, Kyle, I Longbeach, Mount Somers, Se,afield, Tinwald, Willowby, Having failed to elect Committees at the annual meeting held on 2Cth January, the Board, in pursuance of the powers in that behalf conferred by the Education Act, 1877, section CG, hereby directs that a PUBLIC MEETING of the householders in every such district bo held on MON DAY, the twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, at seven o’clock in the evening, for the election in each district of seven house holders (section 64) to form the Committee for such district for the year ending with the fourth Monday in January next. The place of meeting shall be the schoolhousc in each district, and this is understood to mean the main schoolhousc in any district which has more than one school. The Board further directs that the first meeting of each school committee be held in the place appointed for the election, and immediately after the election upon the same evening. J. V. COLBORNE VEEL, Secretary. Christchurch, 21st Feb., 1880. 538 a ;



Public Notices. IRISH RELIEF FUND. mHOSE Gentlemen who received sub § scription lists from the Committee of the above, are requested to return them to His Worship the Mayor, Trea surer of the Committee, as goon as pos sible, together with the amounts collected. By order, CHARLES BRADDELL, sSlg Secretary. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. INTENTION TO STRIKE A SPECIAL" RATE. OTICE'IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Council to levj’ a SPECIAL RATE of Is. in the £ on that part of the Upper Ash burton Riding, lying between the two branches of the Ash b u rton river, at a Special Meeting of the Council to be held on the 18th instant ; such Rate to be paid on or before the 29th INSTANT. By order U : ;F. MAINWARING, d Clerk. Ashburton, March-5, ISSO. 582 g OTICE is hereby given that after this date the Resident Magistrate’s Court at South Rakaia will OPEN at 2 O’CLOCK p.m. on the days appointed for holding Court. By order, A. MAKEIG, ’ijiio Clerk" of ‘Court. WHEAT. ffTHE undersigned are Cash Purchasers 8 of Wheat in any quantity. Farmers can arrange to ship Wheat through us to the English Market, on terms, and re ceive liberal cash advances thereon. P. CUNNINGHAM & CO., Ashburton. OATS. The undersigned are Purchasers of Oats for Casli in any quantity. P. CUNNINGHAM & CO., Ashburton. BARLEY. ! The undersigned are Cash Purchasers of Prime. Malting Samples, good color. P. CUNNINGHAM & CO., Per G. M. ROBINSON, 539 g Ashburton. GRAIN. M ESSRS. ROYSE, are prepared to STEAD, & CO. PURCHASE GBAIN 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.



NOTICE. MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. “ftTTOTICB is hereby given that the Mount Somers Road Board pro pose to stop a road from the south-east corner of section 23518 to south-east cor ner of section 19975, and to take in ex change thereof a road from 'the aforesaid south-east corner of section; 23518 to the south-east corner of section 21989, joint ing Government road at south-west corner of section 25614. Plans of the abovd are now deposited at the Road Board Office, Mount, Somers. J; Dated this 2nd day of: January, 1880. f i; By order,; 0. J. WEMTWOi|rH COOKSON, Jew., i |' Clerk to the Mount Somers 343 g v \; Road Board.-. LONGBEACH ROAD DISTRICT. : PAYMENT OF RATES. P"FlO facilitate the payment of the above JL rates, Mr. . BIGGS will? receive and give receipts for Ml rates paid to him at Mr. JosephUlark’s grain store,Tinwald, until further notice. -h-J W. CUTHBERT, 677 g Collector. NOTICE. „ % RATING ACT, 1870. i It: VV THERE ASi. at a sitting of the Assess ’ » me|t Court for the Road District* of Longbehch, held this 28th FEBRUARY, at, Longbeach, before-me, F. Guinness,' Judgo-of the said.Uburt, it was proved that no Valuation List had been prepared as required' by the said Act. Now, therefore, under the provisions of Clause 28 of the said Act, I order that a Valuation List „he made, and I hereby appoint FRANCIS GEORGE PARRY LEACH to be the Valuer for the said dis trict, and I do further fix SATURDAY, the 20th day of MARCH next, the day for the completion and inspection of such list, and that the last day for delivering objections thereto shall be SATURDAY, the 10th day of APRIL next. The Court will sit at 10 o’clock in the forenoon on Saturday, the 17 th day of April next, for the purpose of heai’ing and determining all objections to the Valua tion List for the said district, FRANK GUINNESS, 585 g J udge. ' NOTICE. RATING ACT, 187 G. WHEREAS at a sitting of the Assess ment Court for the District- of South Rakaia, held this twenty-first day of February, 1880, at South Rakaia, be fore me, Frank Guinness, Judge, it having been proved that no valuation list had been prepared as required by the said Act, 1, therefore, under the provisions of clause 28 of the said Act, order that a valuation list be prepared, and I appoint FRANCIS GEORGE PARRY LEACH to be the valuer for the said district. I : do fix THURSDAY, the 11th day of March next, the day for the completion and inspection of the said list, and the last day for delivering objections thereto shall be MONDAY, the 29th day of March next. The Court will sit at two o’clock p.m. | on Monday, tho sth day of April next, for : the purpose of hearing and determining all objections to the valuation list for the I said district, PRANK GUINNESS, 1 551a-108c *.Judge.



Public Notices. NOTICE. EATING ACT,...1876: —-V"' THERE AS, at a silting of tlio Assess ment Court for the Road District of \VAKAN jLJ.F' Lol l this nineteenth day of February; at Ashburton, before me, F. Guiubbss, Judge of the said Court, it was proved that no . Valuation List had bee# prepared as required by the said Act. •fF Now, therefore, under the provisions of Clause 28 of the said Act, I order that a Valuation List be made, and I hereby appoint Francis George Parry Leach to be the Valuer for the said District, and I do further fix THURSDAY, the eleventh day of MARCH next, the day for the completion and inspection of such List, and that the last day for delivering objec tions thereto shall be the twenty-fifth day of March next. The Court will sit at ten o’clock in the forenoon on the third day of April next for the purpose of hearing and determining all objections to the Valuation List for the said District. FRANK GUINNESS, 79c Judge. NOTICE. RATINgTaCT, 1876. TRET'S ERE AS at a sitting of the Assess ’ ' ment Court for the Road District of Mount Somers, held this 23rd day of February at Mount Somers, before me, F. Guinness, Judge of the said Court, it was proved that no valuation list had been prepared.,as-required by the said Act. therefore, under the provisions of clause 28 of the said Act, I order that a valuation list be made, and I hereby appoint FRANCIS GEORGE PARRY LEACH to be the valuer fur the said dis trict, and I do further fix SATURDAY, the 13th day of March next, the day for the completion and inspection of such list, and that the last day for delivering objec tions thereto shall be the 3rd day of April next. The Court will sit at 10 o’clock in the forenoon on Monday, the 19th day of April next, for the purpose of hearing and determining all objections to the valuation list for the said district. FRANK GUINNESS, 99c J udge. Business Notices. R CULLEN, GENERAL CARRIER and FORWARDING AGENT, Burnett street, Ashburton. Trains at tended daily, and all orders promptly at tended to. ■ 4COg james McDonald, PRACTICAL TAILOR, East stubs t, Ashburton. A good Stock of Tweeds and Cloths on hai d. Summer Goods open shortly, 172 NOTICE TO FARMERS AND OTHERS. WHEN you want any Copper, Zinc, Iron, or Tinware made or re paired, it will be to your interest to con sult JOSEPH HYDE, Moore street, Ashburton, And he will cure all complaints cheaply. 469 a BREAD!BREAD! Co-operative Bread and Biscuit Factory. Triangle, Wakanui Road, Ashburton. A. THIELE, J}EGS to inform the public that he is f? now in a position to SUPPLY BEST BREAD, 6d. per 41b. loaf, unsur passed. Delivered daily to all parts of the Borough, also, Confectionery, &c. Mixed Biscuits reduced from Is. to Bd. per lb. Wedding Cakes made to Order. I 122c-5700 OE \ t TRAL - SHOEING FORGE, Tanored street, Railway crossing, (Opposite Qrr and Co.’s.) T> 088 and BURNS, Agricultural Im- Xl; plernent Makers, General Black smiths, Wheelwrights, Machinists, Ac., •beg to announce to the public of Ashbur ton that they have commenced business as above, and hope to merit a-share of public support. . HORSE SHOEING GUARANTEED $ ' TO SATISFACTION. 5600 GREENSTREET , Ashbu: WILLIAM REYELL, lacksifnlh, Wlieelright, and Agricultural “ Machinist, nrAVIKG considerably extended his Business Premises, can guarantee 1 work entrusted to him to he executed a thoroughly competent manner, and ith despatch. 359 g QHARLES REID, ASHBURTON SHOEING FORGE, Corner of East and Dodson streets. A large and varied experience in the manufacture and repair of Agricultural Implements and Machinery, warrants 0. R. in guaranteeing sound and satis factory material and workmanship. Horses safely and scientifically shod on the spot. 252 TO FARMERS, LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS, SPORTING MEN, AND OTHERS OWNING HORSES. GEORGE KIDD, Mooee Street, BEGS to announce the fact that the PRICE for SHOEING hacks and lightdraught HORSES is now REDUCED to 7s. per set, and that all horses of this description will be specially attended to by himself. Horses liable to cut are shod on a prin ciple of George Kidd’s own invention, which has proved an effectual cure for brushing. All kinds of blacksmith’s work, and repairs to agricultural machinery of any description done on the shortest notice. GEORGE KIDD, 75c-526g Moore street, Ashburton.



Business Notices. T. R. HODDER & COMPOS GREAT CLEARING SALE, Previous to their STOCKTAKING, IS NOW ON, And will continue for ONE MONTH! !! ESPECIAL BARGAINS. Throughout all the Soft Goods Departments. A large lot of REMNANTS—Shirting, Flannel, Sheeting, Carpetings, Tweeds, Doeskins, Dress Stuffs, &c., &c. Ladies’ Millinery, Costumes, Jackets, Capes, Underclothing Ac., at Great Reductions . Boys’, Youths’, and Men’s Clothing. English and Colonial Colored Shirts. Flannel unders, &c., &c. SPLENDID VALUE FOR THE MONEY Several lines in this Department LESS THAN ENGLISH COST PRICE, being bought during the depression from over stocked Markets. TAILORING DEPARTMENT In connection with the above, under the Superintendence of an experienced Lon don Military cutter. For price, style, workmanship, and perfect fit not to be surpassed in the colony. Ladies’ Habits and Mantles. Mourning and Wedding orders attended to with Dispatch. Military Uniforms. Contracts taken for any Volunteer Corps in New' Zealand T. R. 11. & Co. Knowing that the Public may get wrong impressions by quantities and prices being quoted, HAVE ARRANGED TO GIVE UPON ACTUAL CASH PAYMENTS IN THE DRAPERY, MIL LINERY, Clothing, and Boot Depart- MENTS, THE LIBERAL DISCOUNT OF TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE IN THE POUND upon all Parcels over ten SHILLINGS, IN ADDITION TO THE REDUCED Prices. Cash, for One Month Only, T. R. HODDER & COMPANY’S ENGLISH and AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE DEPOT. A complete assortment of Hand and Treadle Lock-Stitch Sewing Machines. T. R. Hodder & Company are appointed agents for Wanzer Machines, that have gained such preference in Dunedin and South Canterbury, also for rhe Improved Wertheim, allowed to be one of the best Machines used in the Largest Factories. SINGER’S and WILSON’S TREADLES, With their peculiar advantages. TAYLOR’S and HOME TREASURE HAND-SEWING MACHINES, Simple in working and of great durability. Extras of every description with the above. CASH, OR ON DEFERRED PA YMENTS T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY.