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LATEST FROM EUROPE. [Reuter's). London, April 1. Three per cent. Consols, 98§ ; brandy, 10s. 6d. It is announced that Sadi Ali has been appointed sovereign ruler at Candahar under British protection. Bombay, April 5. A report has reached here from Cabul that Mahomed Jan, the leader of the Afghan tribes at Gluznee, has been killed. AUSTRALIAN. (Reuter's Telegrams.) Sydney, April 7. The following further exhibition awards have been announced:—Walton for basils, and Burt, of Dunedin, for refri gerators, both first class. Burt’s refrige rator was also commended. In the Legislative Council last night, the Education Bill was passed through Committee. Melbourne, April G. There is a good demand for milling oats. A cargo of Mauritius sugar has been sold at a decline of 15s. for whites and 10s. for vellows. Mauritius advices dated March 24 state that the sugar market is firm, but there is little doing. Tonnage is scarce ; freight, 325. Cd. New Zealand milling oats are worth 2s. 7d. to 2s. Bd. In consequence of short supplies there is good enquiry. Sailed —Tararua, for New Zealand. She grounded at the entrance to the Yarra, but it is expected she will float off at mid night. King George’s Sound, April 6. The P. and O. Company’s s.s. Siam, with the imvard Suez mail, arrived here to-day. Brisbane, April 6. The revenue of Queensland for the past quarter shows an increase of L 30,000 com pared with the corresponding quarter of last year. There has been a saving in the expenditure to the extent of L 29,000. INTERPROVINCIAL. Auckland, April 7. The German war ship Bismarck is ex pected here early. She left Sydney on the 3rd. Tire house and store at Russell, in the occupation of William Greenleaf, has been burned down. The store was insured in the South British for L 159. The Colonial has has a risk on the stock, but the amount is unknown. A party of Thames visitors went to see Sir George Grey, and were heartily w el coraed. He is in excellent health, and gave a donation of hooka to the Thames Public Ajfcjary. He stated his intention of>'iaißng- Canterbury and Invercargill to address his Southern constituents in re- to numerous invitations. Wellington, April 7. _ An inquest on the fatal fire at Awharaiu commenced this morning. Steps are being taken here to form an ice company. An inquiry, instigated by John Hauli nan, was held to-day touching the con duct oi Mr. Whitelaw, superintendent of i • j 7: syl , um - c °unter charge has been laid by the latter. The proceedings were private. O AMARU, April 6. Seven stacks of wheat were destroyed

l»y fire at Awamoko on Sunday night. It is believed they were set fire to. They were insured in the National for Ll5O ; South British, LISO ; and New Zealand, Ll5O.

A farmer named John Robertson, while returning home last night, was thrown from his horse and picked up insensible. He never recovered consciousness and died at ten this morning.

Dunedin, April 6.

Gorman’s Kirtleburn Hotel, nine miles from Cromwell, has been totally destroyed by fire. It was insured in the Union office for LSOO.

Invercargill, April 6. A prisoner named Wilson, undergoing a sentence for forgery, died in gaol yester day.

The Railway Commission were inter viewed yesterday, by a deputation which claims the Seward Bush Railway. A nunrber ot witnesses were subsequently ex amined.

Guthrie and Larnach’s sawmill recently destroyed by fire is to be rebuilt. At a meeting of the Reform Association, a letter was read from Sir George Grey to the effect that as soon as he recovered he will visit Christchurch, and come on, if the Association wish, to Invercargill. Invercargill, April 7. Louis Schmoll was charged at the Police Court with discharging a pistol at his wife Sophia. The pistol burst in Schmoll’s hand, but the bullet inflicted a wound in the forehead of his wife, but not a dangerous one. The attack is attributed to jealousy on the part of the husband, who was remanded for a week.

Four Invercargill riflemen are likely to be expelled from the volunteer force for insubordination at the Review. One never appeared on parade all the time the corps was in Christchurch. A large number of residential claims have been lodged with the Southland Re gistration Officer. The regulation prohibiting engine drivers from making up for lost time between stations, has been revoked. While in force the trains never arrived to time, which caused much dissatisfac tion.

Barnard’s cowshed, burned down at Makerewa, caused a loss of L6O. It was .uninsured. Boys were seen near during the day. The steamer Ino arrived yesterday with a cargo of Preservation Inlet cojd, in tended to give a trial on the railway. It is said to be equal to Newcastle. While at Chalky Island, West Coast, the crew of the cutter Cygnet found a figure-head and cannon, supposed to be long to the Jack A. Frost, which sailed from here sixteen years ago, and has not since been heard of.

GENERAL ELECTIONS AT HOME.

{By cable from Reuter's Agency.) London, April 5,

The returns of the elections, so far as known, show that 271 .Liberals and 111 Conservatives have been elected, giving a majority of 131 to the Liberals. The total number of seats gained by the latter is 59, and their majority is already sufficient to make them quite independent of the Homo Rule Party. It is generally thought to be quite probable that Mr. Gladstone will not accept office should the Liberals come into power. The election for Middlesex took place to-day, and resulted in the return of the two former members, Lord George Hamilton and Mr. 0. E. Coope. Mr. Herbert Gladstone, a son of the ex- Premier, who contested the election, was defeated. Mr. Gladstone has been elected for Mid lothian by a large majority. In the elections now proceeding the net Liberal gains are G2. Dublin returns one Home Ruler and one Liberal. The Hon. R. Lowe has been re. elected for London . University. The “ Times,” in a leading article, states that it has reason to believe that the Ministry will resign before Parliament meets.

AMATEUR HEATHEN.

(Nau York Times.) The small boy who has been well and piously brought up hates the heathen, though policy compels him to conceal his feelings. He envies the heathen small boy, and at the same time looks upon him as a selfish and remorseless absorber of Christian pennies. This is natural and inevitable. The small boy is told that his heathen contemporary goes constantly bare-footed, wears very little clothing, is never washed, never goes to school, and is never taught anything that is good and useful. Moreover, the heathen small boy lives in a country where tigers and other delightful wild beasts abound, and where the exciting spectacle of a widow burning to death in company with her husband’s corpse —an attraction which no circus in this country has had the enterprise to offer —is simply exhibited free. Of course the small boy of Christian lands envies the blessed lot of his heathen brother, and would give worlds had he too been born a heathen. Now, when the envious small boy is compelled to give 50 per cent, of his pennies to the heathen, he feels that it is both unreasonable and unjust, and his anger burns against the heathen small boy, who, although rolling in every kind of heathen luxury, meanly absorbs the scant wealth of small boys who have the misfor tune to be born in Christian countries. He cannot avoid noticing that the grown folks who think that he should give one half of his pennies to the heathen, do not divide their own property in that way, and he never drops a copper in the col lector’s box without feeling that he is the victim of moral black-mailing. Now and then there arises a small boy with a gigantic intellect, and a degree of courage which marks him as a born leader of his race. It is the exceptional small boy of this variety who heads expeditions against the Indians and organises gangs of juvenile highwaymen. That these enter prises do not meet with success is due to forces beyond his control, but they dis play the greatness of his intellect and the boldness of his character. Of this type of small boy is Master Jaggars, of North Meri den, Conn., -who lately devised an ingeni ous and entirely novel scheme for arresting the flow of American copper coins} towards the heathen pockets of juvenile Indians. Some two months since Master daggers, who had painfully accumulated the sum of 25 cents, with a view to an expected circus, was compelled to consecrate 15 cents to the hated small boys of India. It was this last of a long series of pecuniary outrages that determined him to take a bold stand against missionary assessments, and he therefore summoned a mass meet ing of small boys on Sunday afternoon at Deacon Pratt’s barn, ostensibly with a view to rats, but really to propose a plan of defence against heathen encroachments. Master Jaggars made a moving speech, in which he glowingly described the luxury in which the heathen small boy wallows ; “ He ain’t washed, and he can wear just as little cloze as heserrainter. There ain’t no school for him, nor no Sunday, you bet. He can go swimmin’ every day, and can just lay off on the bank and see the crocodiles scoop in washerwomen and such. Then his back yard is chuck full of tigers and hippomusses, and no end of snakes, and he can steal his dad’s gun and shoot ’em out of the back window. This is the chap that rakes in all our money, and I say it’s mor’n we ought to stand. Now, I move that we all turn heathen ourselves: The folks can’t make us wash and go to school if were heathen, and the other boys will have to put up their money for us." It is needless to say that this speech was received with tumultuous applause.

Howls of execration went up as the luxuries of the hated heathen were de scribed, and the proposal to adopt heathenism as a profession was unani mously supported. A slight temporary opposition was manifested by Master Sabin, who main tained that, in order to become heathen, they must first have their eyes put out— a theory that was founded upon a misin terpretation of “ the heathen in his blind ness.”

The objector, however, was soon con vinced of his error, and expressed there upon a hearty desire to become'? heathen. The details of the scheme were all arranged by Master Jaggars. A plaster bust of Mr. J. S. Tilden was decided to be ugly enough to servo as an idol, and the amateur heathen placed it on an empty barrel in the barn, and bowed down to it with much gravity. They discarded all their clothing except a towel twisted around the waist, and blackened their entire bodies with burnt cork. There could be no doubt that they were very successful heathens in appearance, and, as it was late in the afternoon, they resolved to spend the night in the barn ; to break fast on the spoils of Deacon Pratt’s orchard, and to attend Sunday school in a body, in order to collect tribute from the Christian boys. The Sunday school opened as usual the next morning, although the absence of eleven boys created a good deal of re mark. Soon after the exercises had begun, the teachers were astounded at the entrance of Master Jaggars and his ten associate heathen. It is only fair to say that the heathen behaved themselves with as much propriety as their professional duties wmuld permit. Master Jaggars advanced to the super intendent, and remarked : “If you please, sir, we’ve all turned heathen. There ain’t ,no foolin’ about it. We’ve got a first-class old idol, and we don’t believe in nothing no more. So, if you please, sir, will you please tell them Christian boys to fork over half of all the money they’ve got, and to remember how blessed it is to consecrate it to real genuine heathen. ” There is no instance on record in which s heathen has been converted as quickly as w r as Master Jaggars. The superinten dent held him by one ear, and at the tenth stroke of the cane Master Jaggars re nounced his heathenism, and promised to smash his idol and return to the Christian faith without a moment's delay. The other heathen, alarmed by the fate of their leader, went to the barn, washed themselves, resumed their clothing, and went home with sober countenances, sing ing missionary hymns. The North Meriden revival of heathenism was a disastrous failure, but nevertheless the boldness and originality of the scheme devised by Master Jaggars must command our wonder and admiration.

SINGULAR DISCOVERY.

Early one morning recently a lad en gaged in repairing the drain of the house No. 23, Via dells Stelletta, Rome, found a little shiny piece of metal, and put it in his pocket, waiting for the chance of showing it to some connoisseur. In the meanwhile, a good deal of the dirt from the drain was carted away in the direction of Porta Angelica. The lad had his piece examined by a goldsmith opposite, and he was just receiving twenty francs for it, when the head mason and owner of the house, who had heard somehow of the affair, came to stop the bargain at the right moment. Search was made imme diately on the spot, and 142 gold coins were found scattered between the drain and the walls of the house. Policemen were sent after the cards ; they overtook them just outside Porta Angelica, examined the contents, and found forty-two more coins, to the great amazement of the drivers, who had no idea they were removing gold from such an unexpected mine. The treasure num bers consequently 184 gold coins, of the largest size, perfectly fresh, as if they had just been taken from the mint. The period to which they belong goes from 1450 to 1550 ; the earliest are of Pius 11., the others are of Innocent VIII., Alex ander VI., Julius 11., Leo X. Hadrian VI., Clement VII., and Paul HI. Nearly one-third belongs to Clement VII., a few coins to the Viscountis Milan and the Wladislaws of Hungary. I am sure some were engraved by artists worthy to vie with Dontello or Benvenuto; they are of exquisite beauty. The next day Mon signor Casali, the owner, was offered 30,800 francs for the group. Of course he refused. The treasure was not concealed carefully in one single spot ; the pieces lay scattered in more than 1,000 cubic feet of dirt.

Total Abstinence in High Places. — Captain Le Roy, of the Auckland Naval Brigade, retired from the presidency of the Volunteer banquet on Monday even ing (says the “N. Z. Herald”), because his teetotal principles would not permit of his. giving a toast. The gallant captain errs in good company—that is to say, if he errs at all. A grand banquet was given the other day to Lord Chelmsford by the Merchant Tailors’ Company, and to their honor he drank nothing but water. The fact got publicity in a rather curious fashion. The Master of the Company, in presenting his accounts, had an item respecting a filter. The Court was sur prised, and wished an explanation. The Master explained that at their last ban quet so many of the guests, among them Lord Chelmsford, Lord Thesiger, and the Bishop of Bedford, drank water, that he felt justified in ordering the filter in ques tion. Truly this is a sign of the times.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1880.



For Sale. FARMS FOR SALE. IMPROVED FARM of 5G4 Acres, near Dromore. IMPROVED FARM of 400 Acres, Seafield. 544-Acre Block of UNIMPROVED LAND, adjoining Winchmore Railway Station. Easy terms. Apply to 590 g GUFF & GRAHAM. CORN SACKS FOR SALE, by the undersigned. E. Pavxtt, East street, Ashburton. G72g FENCING WIRE AND STANDARDS. The undersigned have FOR SALE all numbers of Fencing Wire. Guth rie & Larnach’s Co., Limited, Man chester street, Christchurch, opposite the Railway Station. 6730 if* "WWW——— Lost. A Brown Mare PONY, about 13 hands high-, no brand visible, Finder will be rewarded upon giving information to 659 a SAUNDERS BROS. TEN SHILLINGS REWARD. LOST from Ashburton, Bay Hack MARE, Branded on near shoulder, wart on near flank. Apply, E. Cook son, Livery Stables, Ashburton. 6GBo LOST. LOST— From Seafield, about 120 ewes chiefly cross-bred, also three rams, all branded Jjj on off shoulder. Any person giving information that will lead to their recovery to Mr. James Brake, Seafield, or to the Herald and Guardian offices will be rewarded. 670 a



Public Notices. A GLAND, CAMPBELL, AND CO., Auctioneers, Land, Stock, and General Agents. WOOL AND GRAIN BROKERS, Christchurch, Ashburton, and South bridge. We beg to inform our constituents and the public that we have made arrange ment® with Mr. W. R. Boyle to take charge of our Ashburton Branch, and to act as our Agent there. Mr. Boyle will make arrangements for Sales of Stock, Farms, &c. , and is au horiaed to receive and pay all moneys on our behalf. The fortnightly Sales of Stock, &c., at Ashburton and Tinwald, will be held as heretofore. Account Sales rendered with care and promptitude. ACLAND CAMPBELL, & CO. W. R. BOYLE, 228c-6520 Ashburton. Y. R. OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OP ELECTORS. Ashburton, March 19th, 1880. of application to be placed on the Electoral Roll of the Coleridge Dis trict can be obtained at this Office. C. PERCY COX, 627 g Registrar of Electors. Y. R. MOUNT SOMERS BRANCH. mHIS Branch will be OPEN for grain X traffic on THURSDAY, Bth inst. Consignment notes and full particulars as to working can be obtained at the Railway Stations, Ashburton and Tin wald. FREDK. BACK, General Manager, General Manager’s Office, Christchurch, April 7th 1880. 293c-6770 RE JAMES STEVENS’ BANKRUPT ESTATE, ALFORD FOREST. ALL persons indebted to the above estate will require to pay their ac counts at once to Mr. John McDonald, at the Store, Alford Forest, whose receipt will be sufficient. All accounts not paid on or before the 12th April will be sued for without further notice. ANDREW ORR, G24g Trustee. NOTICE. ANY person TRESPASSING in pursuit of Game on the Lagmohr Estate will be prosecuted. 276c-G94c DONALD M'LEAN. ASHBURTON AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION MEETING. THE Annual General Meeting of mem bers will bo held at Shearman’s Hotel on TUESDAY, the 13th April, at 3 o’clock. Members are particularly requested to attend. GEO. JAMESON, 67Gg Secretary. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. NOTICE is hereby given that all Borough RATES NOT PAID by Ist MAY next, will be sued for imme diately after that date. By order, CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Borough Council Office, 6th April, 1880. 33-290c-6780 Business Notices. J 0 S E P H WARD, FAMILY BUTCHER, Wakanui Road, near Post Office, is A CASH PURCHASER of POULTRY and NATIVE GAME, which will bo sold at Reasonable Prices, at his Shop, near Post



Office. 6720 McSHERRY DRILLS. SHIPMENT of these celebrated Drills is expected shortly to arrive. They will range in width from 6 feet 6 inches (12 Hoppers) to 10 feet (17 Hoppers). Orders taken by the undersigned, FREDK. PAVITT, Ashburton, For the SOLE AGENT, JOHN ANDERSON, “3460-2400 Canterbury Foundry. NEW TAILORING ESTABLISH MENT. CRAIGHEAD & Co., MERCHANT TAILORS, HAYE opened those premises situated in Tancred street adjoining Messrs. Orr and Co’s General Store. A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF TWEEDS, FANCY GOODS, &c., &c., JUST ARRIVED. Mr. Craighead’s experience as Head Cotter in connection with First Class Tailoring Establishments in Edinburgh and San Francisco has extended over a period of ten years, and from the immense success which has always attended his efforts to please, he is prepared to guarantee a perfect lit in every case. TANCRED STREET, (Next Orr and Ox’s. CRAIGHEAD & CO. 982 a ASHBURTON STEEPLECHASE T the request of several gentlemen, I hereby convene a meeting on SATURDAY EVENING, at 8 p.m., at Quill’s Hotel, to consider the advisability of holding the usual Autumn Steeple chases. MEETING. 6910-289 c JAMES WILKIE, Hon. Sec. Ashburton Racing Club.



J. E. Buchanan and Co. PEREMPTORY CLEARING SALE. BALANCE OF BANKRUPT STOCK. Messrs, j. e. buchanan & Co. have received instructions from the trustee in the estate of James Stevens to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At the store (late in the occupation of the above) ALFORD FOREST, All the remaining STOCK-IN-TRADE. The store has been sold, therefore every line must be cleared. SALE on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14. Commencing at 11 a.m. J. E. BUCHANAN & CO. 674 g Auctioneers.



TO FARMERS, GRAZIERS, AND OTHERS. SALE OF FIRST-CLASS LAND. Messrs, j. e. buciianan & co. have received instructions from the freeholder to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At the Chertsey Hotel, on TUESDAY, 22nd APRIL, At 2 p.m., The whole of that valuable FARM, being R.S. 2G021 and 26030 situate at Kyle, comprising 400 AOKEB 400 Of first-rate land. The land is all in excellent condition for cropping next year. The property adjoins that of Messrs. Lambic, Gordon, and Buckley, and can be sold in one lot or, if desired, can be sub-divided. Terms most liberal, at Sale. For further particulars apply to the Auctioneers, 675 a J. E. BUCHANAN & CO.



H. Matson and Co. CLEARING SALE. HORSES, IMPLEMENTS, &c. Messrs, h. matson & co. have received instructions from Mr. Godfrey, who is leaving for England, to sell by Public Auction on TUESDAY, APRIL 13th, 1880. At the Ashburton Yards, 1 Chestnut Horse 1 Brown Horse 1 Bay Mare 1 Bay Mare IMPLEMENTS, 1 H. H. Horsby Plough 1 Set 3-leaf Harrows 1 Cambridge Roller 1 Reid and Gray Sowing Machine 1 Reid and Gray Dray and Frame Swingle Trees &c., &c., &c. 6170 Tenders. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. ffOENDERS are invited for the con -1 struction of CHANNELS from the Mill-race at Mr. Williamson Homestead to the Domain ; also, for an OUTFALL DRAIN on the South-east Town Belt ; and for other EARTHWORKS, FLEM ING, PIPE-LAYING, and CONCRETE WORKS in connection withjhe proposed Water Supply. Plans and specifications may be seen at the Borough Council Offices, and tenders, accompanied by a Deposit of £5, to be delivered, on or before Four o’clock on SATURDAY Afternoon, April 10, at the Town Clerk’s Office. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. FOOKS & SON, 695o —288 c Borough Engineers.



TO BUILDERS. nnENDERS required for BUILDING 8 8-roomed HOUSE at Seafield. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of Messrs. Edmiston Bros, and Gundry, where tenders will be received up to noon on Saturday, April 10. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 678a-478c mENDERS are invited for CROPPING J- 430 Acres of land at Ohertsoy, in one or tw r o blocks, for one year, 150 acres stubble, the remainder skim ploughed. Tenders received till March 31st. G. SILVESTER, Chertsey. Or J. SILVESTER, 6560 Springston, MOUNT HUTT ROAD BOARD. TENDERS. TENDERS are invited for the following works : No. I—Formation, full width, from south corner of section 2521 G +o dry creek at Broom Park. No. 2—Chertsey road, formation, 20 feet wide, and picking stones off same. No. 3—Shingling No. 2, 25 yards to the chain, about three miles. No. 4—West Coast road, formation, 20 feet wide. No. s—Shingling No. -4, 25 yards to the chain, about three miles. No. G—Lowering places .on the main Rakaia road, to allow storm water to cross. No. 7 —Fencing gravel pits. Tenders, addressed to the Chairman at the office, Methven, will be received up till noon on Thursday, the Bth, and £5 per cent. deposit required on the work ten dered for. W. B. COMPTON, 679 a Overseer. WANTED, TENDERS for PLOUGH ING 400 acres of stubble land on the Hinds, contract to be complete by July 31. To be ploughed 6 inches deep and 10 inches wide. The contractor to have the use of a sevenstalled stable and house. Tenders to be sent in not later than Saturday, 17th April, at noon, to H. MOFFAT, 285c-6760 Wakanui Mill. NEW PRINTING MACHINERY, ' FOR J>RINTING LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S VISITING CARDS FROM COPPER PIATE. Specimens and prices on application at the EVENING HERALD AND GUARDIAN OFFICES, ASHBURTON.



Edmiston, Gnndry & Co. THURSDAY, Bth APRIL. By order of the Bail iff of the R.M. Court. 5 STACKS OF OATS, 5 STACKS OF BARLEY. For absolute sale. Messrs, edmiston, gundry, & Co. have received instructions to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, ON THURSDAY, Bth APRIL, At Messrs. Cannon Bros.’ Farm, on the Old Ashburton Road, near Ohertsey, 5 Stacks of Oats, containing about 800 bushels 5 Stacks of Barley, containing about 1000 bushels. Sale at 2 o’clock. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & Co. 688 g Auctioneers. H. Matson and Co. ASHBURTON. GRABAT CLEARING SALE OF TWO FIRST-CLASS FARMS AND FARM STOCK. Messrs h. matson & Co. have received instructions from Mr. Benjamin Ede to Sell by Public Auction at his Farm, lit miles from Ashburton, ON FRIDAY, APRIL 9th, 1880, _ 15 draught mares and geldings, in cluding prize-takers; draught stallion Heather Jock,good stock getter and excellent worker; several farm drays, Yankee wagon, a very large quantity of first-class chicken wheat, 100 well-bred pigs (extra good), 75 head of cattle including milch cows, springers, and fat and store young cattle ; 1,100 sheep, store ewes and wethers, and a large .number of sundries, too numerous to particu larise ; harrows, ploughs, harness, etc., etc. Also, at the same time and place, Seafield Farm, containing 234 acres of very good agricultural tural land, situated in the Waka nui district, sub-divided into two paddocks, securely fenced, well watered, and all in stubble. Terms easy at sale. Also, under instructions from Messrs. Clark and Ede, they are autho rised to sell that splendid farm lately the property of Mr. James Johnstone, and known as Rox burgh, and situated on the Ash burton Forks, and containing 230 acres. Roxburgh Farm, if ■well looked after and tilled pro perly, is the best 230 acres in the Upper Ashburton. Terms easy at sale. Land sale takes place at 1 o’clock. Lun cheon at 11 o’clock. Clearing sale at 12 o’clock sharp. H. MATSON & CO., 636 g Auctioneers. R. Davies & Co. SALE BY AUCTION AT AN EARLY DATE. FARM AT SEAFIELD, In the occupation of Mrs. Dannihy. RDA' VIES & CO. have received in 1, structions from Messrs. R. M‘Ker row and Co., as agents for the vendor, to sell, BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At Ashburton, at an early date, unless previously disposed of privately, That WELL-KNOWN FARM situa ted in the Seafield district, and now in the occupation of Mrs. Dannihy, consisting of 62K ACRES OF GOOD ARABLE LAND, Viz.; 230 acres broken up, 75 acres of which arc in turnips 230 acres wheat stubble 150 acres barley stubble, And the balance consists of a garden and avenue, planted with blue gum trees.



The property is ring fenced, sub-divided into three paddocks, with live fences. There is also a good well, whard, and other improvements. Terms at sale, or on application to MESSRS. R. M'KERROW & 00., Rakaia; or R. DAVIES & CO., 689 a Auctioneers, &c., Rakaia. IMPORTANT SALE. OP HORSES, FARM IMPLEMENTS, . LAND, &c., &c. EDA VIES & CO. have been favored with instructions from the trustees in the assigned estate of E. A. Powis to sell, BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At Rakaia, on FRIDAY, the 9th of APRIL, Immediately after Messrs. Bluett and Co. ’s sale, the following stock, &c., 1 Bay Horse, Duke 1 do do, Prince 1 Grey Hack 1 Double-furrow Plough, by Reid and .Gray 1 Dray, do 1 Saddle and Bridle 1 Set Leading Harness 1 Saddle and Breeching 4 Collars 1 Stove and Utensils 1 Movable Wooden Hut 2 Valuable Building Sites Also, on account of other vendors, 500 good sound-mouthed Merino Ewes and Wethers 1 Double-furrow Plough, by Ransome and Sims And sundry other articles R. DAVIES & CO., Auctioneers, &c., 690 a South Rakaia. Public Notices, Ashburton agricultural AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. BEES AND THEIR MANAGE MENT. DR. IRVING, Of Christchurch, has kindly consented to LECTURE On the above subject, in the ASHBURTON TOWN HALL, On TUESDAY, 13th APRIL. All persons interested in the subject are invited to attend. AD M I S,S lON FREE. GEO. JAMESON, 273c-CBlct Secretary.



Business Notices. Guns! Guns! Guns! POWDER. SHOT. CAPS. OER AND CO. JJAVE 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— From £2 10s. to £25.



Public Notices. TO FARMERS. mHE undersigned axe CASH BUYERS Of Wheat and other Grain, or will make LIBERAL ADVANCES On shipments to London on grower’s account. DEERING’S TWINE BINDER. NOTICE TO FARMERS. have this day APPOINTED MESSRS. FRIEDLANDBR BROS. SOLE AGENTS for the DEEDING TWINE BINDER for the county of Ashburton. MASON STRUTHERS & CO. Christchurch 10th. February, 1880. The Deering Twine Binder AWARDED GOLD MEDAL At Ashburton, six machines competing. THE DEERING TWINE [BINDER took the SPECIAL PRIZE at the Oamaru trial etc. yy AYING been appointed sole agents for the above machines, we are now



prepared to TAKE ORDERS for the coming season. As only a LIMITED NUMBER can be supplied, all who wish to make certain of securing those favorite machines fo next season should order before the depar ture of next San Francisco Mail. FRIEDLANDER B R P. S AGENTS FOR THE COLONIAL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OP NEW ZEALAND SOLE AGENTS FOR : THE CELEBRATED ALTHO'USB SELF - REGULATING WINDMILLS, ,