mails. Fortunately the one addressed to Vanderbilt was exploded by a jolt of the mail cart, and when the half-binned mail bag was examined the Field package was discovered intact, and plunged into water to guard against consequences. * It h claimed by the promoters of the ; Atlantic and the Pacific Inter-Ocean Rail ' way Company that the time by this route from New York to San Francisco can be made in five days. It is whispered that a new improvement in railroading has been discovered which will revolutionise that and put it fifty years ahead ot the age.

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above waa held last evening. Present: Hia Worship the Mayor, and Councillors Roberts, Ivess, St Hill, Bird, and Orr. mayor’s statement. The Mayor reported the overdraft at the Bank to be L 1,138 4s Id. Amounts 1 received since last meeting : Licenses under by-laws, L 4; pans, L2 Ss 4d; earth sold, 14s; Borough seal, LI la; rates, L 73 10a; previously Ll6l 2a 6d. ; COR F.ES PONDBNC E. Correspondence was read as follows:— : From the Timaru Wreck Relief Fund Committee, asking for subscriptions in aid of the sufferers by the recent shipping disasters, and towards the erection of a suitable monument to those who lost their lives on the day of the wrecks.—The Council resolved to accord its hearty operation to the relief committee.' From the Lands Registry Office, noti-. fyingthat certificates of title for 64 sec i tiona (reserves), were now ready. From Mr GollinS, asking permission toj burn shavings id hia garden.-—Resolved that the request be granted, subject to the burning being done between sunrise: and sunset,' -

Cr St Hill asked permission to light fires for. killing blight on fruit-trees. Granted on the same conditions. 1

From Sergeant Felton, stating that the police knew no reason why the applica tions for carriers’ licenses, received last meeting, should not be granted by the Council

' ENGINEERS’ REPOST. This report was read as follows: ' Lighting fires for tiring wheels.—This ques tion was referred to the Works Committee, who make the following recommendations: —That blacksmiths be allowed to tire wheels in the open .air by enclosing the. fires with iron plates three feet high, not less than twenty-five feet from any building or other property, and that blacksmiths take all the responsibility for any damage done to surrounding property, and leaving it optional with the Council to with draw this permission at seven days’ notice, no fires to be lighted before sunrise or after sunset. Tenders for Metalling.-Six tenders were re ceived for supply ot 1,000 yards of shingle. The Works Committee accepted that of Mr Frank Lowe, at is 3d per yard, for unscreened shingle, and 2s for screened shingle for foot paths. The Labor Gang have been engaged in re-forming West street, and forming railway crossing at Kermode street, fixing lamp-posts, making and fixing culverts and bridges, clear ing trees in plantation on North-west Town Belt, attending to water supply, etc. Appli cations have been made to us as to whether the Council would allow deviations or loop holes to be made through private proper, y along the lines of the water races, for watering cattle, etc.. We do not know if the agreement with the proprietors of the mill-race will permit of this, otherwise we are not aware ot any very Serious objection, as there need not be much loss of waste, if carried out under the direc tions and supervision of the Council. If it be allowed, each case ought to be granted on its own merits, as though it may not be objection able in tome instances, it might be inadvisable in 'others.

On the motion of Or St. Hill, it was re solved that the distance of the fire from the'building (referred to in clause 1) should be altered from 25 feet to 20 feet. Clause 2 and 3 were adopted. Action in clause 4 was deferred till the next me ■st ing for his Worship to make enquiries and report upon the matter. INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES REPORT. ■This report, which contained nothing of special interest, was read and adopted. NEW BY-LAW. A .letter was read from the Borough solicitor enclosing draft of new by-law to be substituted for by-law 55, relating to cattle straying. This by-law enables cattle straying on reserves, elc., to be im pounded by the Council whether they are attended or not. The solicitor to Council recommended that a special meeting be held to consider the new regulation. It was resolved to hold a special meeting of the Council to' confirm the by-law imme diately previous to the nest ordinary meeting of the Council. . FIRE BRIGADE BALANCE-SHEET. The' Fire Brigade balance-sheet was laid on the table,as .desired by the Coun cil at its last meeting. The statement showed a , small discrepancy, and the Council resolved, after discussion, to refer back the balance-sheet to the Fire Brigade Committee, with a request that the defi ciency be corrected.

PRISON LABOR FOR THE DOMAIN. . Onthe motion of Cr Harrison, seconded by the Mayor, it was resolved—‘‘That it be a recommendation from this Council to. the Domain Board to endeavor to obtain prison labor to improve and beautify the Domain.” CARMECS’ LICENSES. Carriers’ licenses were granted to J. Edwards and Keil Duff. f COUNTS’ COUNCIL ELECTION. The application of the Town Clerk to conduct the County Council election on the 16th was granted. ACCOUNTS. Accounts amounting to Lllß 18s 9d : were passed for payment, and the Council adjourned. :

THE IRISH ASSASSINATIONS.

The following ate the detailed .particu lars of the murders at Phoenix Park On the evening of May 6th, after dinner, the Secretary and Mr Thomas Henry Burke went for a walk in the Park, and when about half a mile from the city gate and a quarter of a mile from the lodge, a car dirove up, from which jumped four men, and immediately attacked Lord Cavendish and Mr Burke, stabbing them

both several times in the throat and breast. The victims struggled hard for life, and in the struggle became separated, their bodies being found some ten paces an art. ' Two gentlemen named Macguire and Artinel, who were on bicycles, shortly before had passed Mr Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish when on their way along the main road through the xiark, and on their return journey they found the Chief Secretary dying iu the centre of the carriage way, and Mr Burke prostrate upon the pathway. Both gentlemen wore lying in large pools of blood. The police at the Park Gate Station were informed of what they had seen. They at once proceeded to the scene of the murder, and conveyed the bodies to the hospital. On examination it was found that Mr Burke had received several stabs near the region of the heart, and his throat had been cut almost completely across. Hia clothes were absolutely saturated with blood, and the hemorrhage must have been tremcn- clothes were also tom. His gloves had boon torn in many places, and hia bands boro marks suggestive of a fierce encounter with his assailant. Lord Fred erick did not wear gloves. He had been stabbed*in several places about the. chest. One'wiiihd was through the right lung, and • jpphetrated deeply. It is supposed that' Mr Burke was first assailed and •tabbed through the heart, and that Lord . Oavdadisb attempted to defend him, but 'stabbed the assasams.

vapidly from the park by the chapel gate’ When the bodies were fresh found, Lord Cavendish’s lips were moving, as if he was trying to speak, but he showed no further signs of consciousness. Lord Spencer and the vice-regal party were just going down to dinner at the Lodge when the news was sent to them. Some of the members of the household were at the opera at the Gaiety Theatre, and were sent for. When the cause of their depar ture was known, excitement was intense. A proposal was made to stop the perfor mance, which was ultimately cut short. The murder must have been quite visible from the windows of the vice-regal lodge, and it is said that Earl Spencer himself saw a scuffle from his bedroom window. Earl Spencer, to whom the news at the first was broken by Colonel Coulfield, was terribly shocked.

THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN.

Mr Isaac Sharp, a missionary, de livered a very interesting lecture in Dunedin the other night. Speaking of Greenland, the home of frost and ice, the lecturer after describing the effect produced on the minds of travellers when they first witnessed the sun shin ing at midnight, remarked that in far Northern, as in other lands, the amor j>alrioe prevails, and, in the views l of the -people, they are the chief of the race, 7 and foreigners barbarians. A painter, however, whose name we did not catch, astonished a chief in this frozen land by skilfully forming a frag ment of ice into a burning lens and

lighting his tobacco with it. It was something beyond the Greenlander’s comprehension, and shut him up. Ice land was described as a land of nega tives. In it, notwithstanding it is in habited by 70,000 people, there is “ no dissent, no army, no navy, no prisons, no roads, no inns, no carriages, no trees, no poultry, no snakes. Travelling and internal traffic is done with ponies, and some times as many as 300 of these little animals will convey their riders to a place of worship. As, however, there are no means of securing them, through there being nothing to tether them to, their tails, which are unpolled, are con verted into loops by tying a strong knot on them, and then the animals are tethered in threes —the head of one to the tail of another. By this means they cannot travel except in a circle, and thus are prevented straying. The people are generally well educated, and many, even in the humbler walks of life, are able to read Latin and speak other languages. Their own language —the Norse—has been jealously pre served, so that it has become almost a foreign tongue to the Norwegians, from whom it is derived ; the latter having admitted additions from other tongues, which has enlarged and enriched their vocabulary, while in Iceland it is sta tionary.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1382.



Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Outward Infirmities.—Before the discovery o: these remedies many case of sores, ulcers, &c., were pronounced to be hope’essly incurable, because the treatment pursued tended to de s.roy ihe strength it was incompetent to preserve, and to exasperate the symptoms it was inadequate to remove. Holloway’s Fills exert the most wholesome powders over the un healthy flesh or skin, without debarring the patient from fresh air and exercise, and thus the constitu.ional vigor is husbanded while the most malignant ulcers, abscesses, and skin diseases are in process of cure. Both Oint ment and Pills make the blood richer and pmer, instead of permitting it to fall into that poor and watery state so fatal to many laboring under chronic ulcerations —[Advt.]



New Advertisements. XTTANTED IMMEDIATEDY—AP VV PRENTICES to the DRESS MAKING. Apply, Mrs Hooper, Cameron street West. 6140 tTTANTED KNOWN— MAPvSH’S W SCOTCH PIES, ALL HOT, Fresh every day, from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m., and from 7p. m. to 10 p. m.; price 3d each. Pioneer Bakgby, Tanered street. 614 e THE Tender of Alfred Nordstrom is Accepted for Fencing. Matson, Cox <fc Co. 015 e



TO LET—Five-tloomed HOUSE, near School. Apply, H. M. Jones,'Bar ing Square. 697 e , jjl UNEII A L NOTICE. : The friends of the late JAMBS TOOHEir are respectfully informed that his Funeral will leave the Hospital TO MOSROW, at 2.30 p.m. THOS. A. GATES, 612 e ’ Undertaker.



Jjl O R SALE. SEED WHEATS, true to name Hunter’s White Pearl (Essex) Purple Tuscan and White Tuscan, first class Small Lot of Huaters’s and Essex, . damaged OATS. Canadian SEED, and PEED Crushed OATS, 3s 4d per bushel JOSEPH CLAEK, Ashburton and Tinwald. 610 e



Hew Advertisements. i SHBURTON HUNT CLUB. The Hunt Club HOUNDS will MEET at Chertsey, on THURSDAY next, at 2 p.m. FRED. A. SHURY, Cl 3a Don. Sec. Amusements. The Members of the aboVe Club will give a Fancy Dress Kink, In aid of the LIBR AR Y F U ND, ON THURSDAY, Bth JUNE, 1882, AT THE TOWN HALL. Non-mcuibersof the Club will be allowed to Rink, but no Linker admitted unless in Fancy Dress. All Linkers requested to wear gloves. A number of Round and Square Dances will be performed on Skates, between which there will be Vocal and Tnatru trenta! interludes-



Tickets can be obtained From the Library Committee and the Secretary. Admission Members, Is ; Visitors, 2s Gd. Doors open at 7 p.m. ; Polonaise at 8 p. m. sharp. L r TTWITDV T 7 A -VTTtTPT7> SERVICE. A PUBLIC EVANGELISTIC SERVICE Will be held in the '’OWN HALL, THIS (Tuesday) EVENING. To commence at 7.30 o'clock. Addresses by the Revs. E, Scott and J. Nixon. Sankey’s Hymns used. All cordially invited. United Choir meets at 7 o’clock. , Public Notices. A SHBURTON ■ COUNTY A. COUNCIL. EXTRAORDINARY VACANCIES. 55G0 HENRY ZANDER, Hon. Sec. Ecclesiastical.



Extraordinary Vacancies having oc curred in the Ridings of Ashburton and Mount Somers respectively, caused by the resignations of Hugo Friodlander, Esq., and Duncan Cameron, Esq., I hereby give notice that, in pursuance of the Counties Act, 1876, and the Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876, an Election to fill the same will be held on FRIDAY, the 16th day of June next, at the County Saleyards and the Longbeach Ro.id Board Office, for the Riding of Ashburton ; and at the Mount Somers Road Board Office and the Alford Forest Main School, for the Riding of Mount Somers. Nominations in the form prescribed in the second schedule of the Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876, will be received at the County Saleyards Secretary’s Office and Mount Somers Road Board Office, up till 12 o’clock noon on SATURDAY, the 3rd day of June next. Forms of Nominations may be obtained on application to the undersigned. CHARLES BRADDELL, Re turning-officer. ~shburton, 25th May, 1882. E69e LEAHST has Removed to the late residence of Mr A. Orr, Tancred street. CONSULTING HOURS—IO to 11 a.m., and 7 to 8 p. m. 376 e V. R. Licensing district op mount hutt.



In conformity with Clause Ko. 46 of the Licensing Act, 1881, I hereby give notice that a POLL of the RAIE PAYEB.S will be t:\ben to determine whether Publicans’, Now Zealand Wine, Accommodation or Bottle Licenses may or may not be respectively increased in the above named district. The POLL will be taken at the Board Office, Methven, and the Schoolhouse, Barrhill, on FRIDAY, the 2nd day of June, 1882, between the hours of 9 a. m. and 6 p. m. T I 0 E. Having Sold my Butchering Business, I hereby give notics that all ACCOUNTS DUE to rne must be paid to Mr W. H. Gonduy, East street, without delay, in order that the books may bo closed. 487 e OCTAVIUS DIGBY. 3770 ARTHUR MAKEIG, Presiding Officer.



OST or STRAYED-Tffo COLTS, one chestnut Colt, with blaze clown face, branded.! on near neck ; one chest nut, broad white blaze down face, silver mane and tail ; very hairy legs. Branded J onnearneck. £1 REWARD willbegi.cn to anybody giving information that will lead to their recovery. Apply to A. Alford Forest. Ooße •JjUYE POUNDS REWARD. LOST, from Methven, on or about the sth of May, one chestnut HACK, gelding, about eight years old, white star on fore head. Whoever will deliver the same to the undersigned, or give such information as will lead to bis recovery, will receive the above reward. ROBERT PATTON, Methven Hotel. 26th May, 1882. Co9e



SCEKE : Ashburton. At the tea-table of a well-known resident ; colloquy between the lady and her visitor ; time : 5 o’clock p.m. Visitor: What a nice cup of tea ! My dear Mrs Blank how do you manage it 2 Mrs Blank : I am "lad you like it; but I dont kno wof any secret in the matter, excepting, perhaps, that I use Kelson, Moate and Co.’s Backet Tea, from Carson’s. Visitor :J. have seen the advertisement about the Packet Teas, but I paid no heed to it ; I shall certainly use this tea in future. I see Nelson, Moato and Co. have been recommended by the judges at the Christchurch Exhibition for the award of a gold medal for superior Tons and system of blending, il. M. Oakson’s Fruit andltalian Warehouse, next Bank of New Zea'and, East street. Sole Agent for: Nelson, Moate, & Co.’s Pofß Teas, , in packets., and Wc* Bee advertisement and handbills.



o 1 E. TO PASSENGERS. The Coach to Cracroft will bo DIS CONTINUED until further notice, on account of bad roads, and the Mail Will be carried on a pack-horse. A. JACKSON, 2'770 Proprietor. CHALLENGE TO THE WOULD. £I,OOO Will bo Shown in ASHBURTON EARLY IN JUNE. Ticbborne, Not the Claimant, but acknowledged to be THE LARGEST BULLOCK IN THE WORLD, ALIVE. Height, 7ft 2in; length, 12ft Gin; 10ft Sin round the girth; 3ft Gin. across the hips; sft 4in. from the wither to brisket; weight, 3,2001b5. Bred by Mr W. Power, of Poworscroft Station, Gippsland, (Victoria.) This leviathan Bullock has been wit nessed by over 100,000 person?, including the Governors of South Australia, Vic toria, and New South Wales, also their Royal Highnesses the Princes during their stay in Adelaide. Acknowledged by public and press to be the most perfect and gigaidic specimen of the bovine race ever seen in the world. Don’t fail to sec tills Mammoth Bul lock prior to his departure for Europe.



Admission —ONE SiII!.LING 577 e P. G. HANSEN, Propriu •Sj&t.tZ&sauoai. Money. ON EY T O LEND. 1 1 Ji -GQifllA TO LEND, on First-Class *OUu Freehold Security. Apply to 5330 MATSON, COX & CO. I*4 O N E Y . Several Sums ready for investment on approved Freehold Security, at the lowest current rate of interest. Apply to T. BULLOCK-



J. T. Ford and Co. mo STOCK OWNERS, FARMERS, i AND OTHERS, IN THE COUNTY OF ASHBURTON. We be" to announce that we have COMMENCED BUSINESS AT ASHBURTON, AS AUCTIONEERS A- COMMERCIAL AGENTS, For the Sale of STATIONS, FARMS, LIVE AND DEAD STOCK, .PRODUCE, &c. ' We have arranged with Messrs Frtedlander Bros, to receive entries, and to make arrangements for sales on our account in the Ashburton District. Our experience in all classes of Farm and Station .Properties, Stock, Produce, &c., and our intimate knowledge of the markets in the chief centres of New Zealand, combined with the close ac quaintance with the requirements of the district of Messrs Freidiander Bros., who will carry out the arrangements for sales, s a guarantee that the business entrusted to our care will be well and promptly attended to.



J. T. Ford and Co., AUCTIONEERS, Christchurch, Tina aril, and Ashburton. WITH reference 'to the. above, our name is a sufficient guarantee that anv business entrusted to our care will receive every possible attention. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Merchants. May 23, 1881. 880 a To Let and for Sale. FOR SALE by the Undersigned, and carefully selected for Seed, WHEATS of the following sorts : Hunter’s White, Pearl, and Essex, Eon Spring Sowing - Purple Straw, Tuscan, and Brown Lammis Oats —Canadians and Tartars Barley, Peas, &c. To Arrive in June— Clovers—Red, White, and Alsyke Cow-Grass and Trefoil Also On Sale— Ransom and Sims’ D.F. Ploughs Ransom and Sims’ and Hornsby’s Plough Shares Fencing Wire, Posts and Rails, Stakes, Staples, etc., etc. FREDK. PAYITT, . 535 e East street, Ashburton.



FOR SALE, Cheap.—a FARM, con taining 284| Acres, well watered, situated at Wakanui. 100 acres in fallow, 70 acres in English grass, balance in stubble. Apply to Thomas Dalton, Wakanui, or Office of this Paper. 418 e I N W A L D. FOR SALE— Quarter-acre Sections in good positions, well situated for Hotel ; also, one acre near Bridge approach. OATS, CHAFF, BRAN, and POTATOES, at Lowest Cuirent Rates. General store, mount SOMERS. WANTED to SELL or LEASE, the above Store, to which is attached a seven roomed House and Store-room, quite new and fitted up with Tanks, Leamington Range, Copper, and every convenience, together with a four-stall Stable and Coach-house, quarter acre section, all fenced and cultivated. The Stock, which is a carefully-selected one, Fittings, and Plant to be taken at valuation, or other wise to suit purchaser or lessee. The business is in splendid working order, and doing an average of £2oo per month, situated in a new and rising district, where the coal and stone is just being opened out, in which a large trade is sure to be done. The railway just completed is within 3k miles of the store, and there is every prospect of its being completed to the bridge, J mile from the store, in a very short time. This is a splendid opening for a small capitalist. The reason the present proprietor is dis posing of his business is ill-health, being ordered a wanner climate. 5c20 FORD, TTPPINO, A-. CO., Christchurch. O R S A. L E. 410 e JAMESON & ROBERTS



Farther particulars by applying either by letter or to W. H. PUDDICOMBE, Present Proprietor Mount Somora Store; Or WILLIAM SMITH, 4940 Comm ; Bsii)ii Agent, Ashburton. N D FOII SALE, CHEAP A splendid SECTION of LAND, at the Corner of St Asaph and Durham streets. For par ticulars apply to W. PENGELLY, Christchurch; Or 472 e L. H. WILKINS, Ashburton T O E T, That Eight-Roomed HOUSE, with de tached ofiice, Stabling, and productive Fruit Garden, now in the occupation of the undersigned. Possession can be given early in June. Apply 557 e J. M. CAMBRIDGE. TO LE T. The FARM belonging to Messrs Cowan and Tomes (lately in the occupa tion of Mr Francis Cass), Wakanui, comprising the following : Rural Section 28403 —7osa Rural Section 28404—05 a 28r Rural Section 28405—103 a 1 r 13p Rural Section 28400 —387 a 2r 20p Rural Section 28407—234 a 3r 10p*



Matson, Cox, and Co. Matson, Cox, & Co. LAND, STOCK, AND ESTATE AGENTS. LOANS NEGOTIATED at Lowest Rates and on most favorable terms. WOOL, GRAIN, SEED, AND GENERAL MERCHANTS.



We have nowjon hand FOR SALE— Woolpacks Corn sachs Castor Oil Fencing Wire (7, 8,9, 10) Barbed Spiked Wire Stakes Posts Rails Staples Turnip Seeds of all dese tions Clover Seeds do Timothy Cocksfoot Rye Grass Mangolds Potatoes Teas in boxes and OATS, BRAN, CHAFF &c., &c.



agricultural machinery reapers AND BINDERS, <fcc. We arc now prepared to purchase WOOL in large or small quantities, or ship same to the Melbourne or home markets, or to sell at the forthcoming Wool Salks in CmtisrcHUitcii, and to make, LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES Wn en in Our. Stores. FORTNIGHTLY SALES OF STOCK Will be held at ASHBURTON AND TINWALD ALTERNATELY. NEXT SALE at TINWALD YARDS On TUESDAY, JUNE 6. Agents for Royse, Stead, and Co. Agents for Robey, s Threshing Machines. MATSON, COX, & CO. Tenders.



ROAD DISTRICT. "TENDERS are hereby invited for STRAIGHTENING and WIDENING of the HINDS RIVER-BED between Boun dary and Surveyor’s roads, for WIDEN ING SIDE DITCH’on part-of Dobson’s road, and for FOOTPATH at Tinwald, Drawings and specifications for these Works may be seen at the Office of the Board, where written Tenders, addressed to the Chairman, will be received up till three o’clock p.m. on FRIDAY, the 2nd of June next. If intending Tenderers call at the above Office on Wednesday, the 31st instant, at 10 o’clock a.m., the Surveyor will show them over the ground on the Hinds River Longbeach Road, 25th May, 1882. 576 e OUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are invited for the following WORKS:-- „ „ No. 46-Formation of Cuttings, etc., Woolshod, Creek road, 22 chains. Ko. 47 —Formation of Footpath, Tram way Reserve road, Alford Forest, SO chains, more or less. Specifications for the works can be seen at the Road Board Office, Mount Somers, where tenders, addressed to the Chairman, will be received until 1 p.m. on MONDAY, June sth. The lowest or any Works. W. CUTHBERT, District Surveyor. tender not necessaniv accepted. O J. WENTWORTH COOKSON, Jun. 59 So Surveyor.



All the above can be hart as one com pact Farm—is nearly all laid clown in English grass, and well fence!, with plenty of water. A pply, S9Bo MATSON, COX & CO. rg’iO I ET, to a good tenant, at a b-w Rental, a FARM of 000 Acres. Land is all fenced, is partly laid down in grass, and is well watered. Apply for particulars Ollice of this Paper. 23e Public Companies. In , OPT'D LiIITISH AND MERCAN TILE IKBCRAACE COMPANY. Est ai;cisn v. o 1800. PuR-cribed Capital h ire Fund Life Fund ... Premiums for 1880 £2,000,000 .1,201.248 3,880,107 951,173 Asiinar.'roN Agency; POYNTZ AND CO., East street. 774 j ANTED KNOWN —If you want to Grow a splendid crop of Turnips Purchase some of Mayo’s Bonedust. —Address F. Mato, Hamstead Mills. 255 d



QOUTH raKAIA road,district. TENDERS will be received up to THURSDAY, the Ist June next, for the following WORKS ; - ■ Forming 105 chains of Cemetery road. Forming 115 chains of Collin’s road. Forming about 12 chains of road at Chortsey. Forming 32 chains of Railway Terrace Fast roach Repairing 250 chains of Acton road. Making two open crossings. Tenders to bo endorsed and addressed to the Chairman of the Board. Plans and specifications can be seen at the Road Board Office, South Eakaia. A. MAKEIG, 544 a Clerk to the Board. riIENDERS are invited tor ALTERA- I TIONS and ADDITIONS to the House lately occupied by Dr Stewart, for Mr Andrew Orr. Tenders to bo sent in by 5 p.m. on FRIDAY, 2nd June. For plans and specification apply to 505 e BIR D. E D. SEPARATE TENDERS for BREAK ING UR or CROPPING 450 Acres (near Methvcn), in one or more lots. Water on land. Tenders to be sent in before 12th June, 1882. For particulars of tender, ap"ly to R. PATTON, Methven Hotel; Or D. CAMERON, 31e Clones, near Methvcn. .-3£2fc N o c MOUNT SOMERS AGENCY. Mr W. H. Pcjddicombe is authorised to collect money and transact all business in connection with The Ashburton Guardian in- the Mount Sorters and Alford Forest districts.



Business Notices. O C A L EXHIBITION Das much pleasure in announcing to his Customers the arrival of an Immense Stock of ‘ New Drapery, Clothing, & Fancy Goods, Ex Lurline and City of Perth. A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF GERMAN JACKETS, Nice fitting goods. Several cases of New Millinery, Plush, Seal and Velvet Hats and Ponnets, in Gre Variety , , . , Black and Colored Velveteens, in all the newest shades, at very moderate prices A Great Variety of the new Liver, Bail and Road Serge, so fashionable m Engl (see Queen’s Journal) A Grand Selection of Honioepun Tweeds, in ail the shades Bosierv and Gloves, in endless variety Umbrellas, Stays, Ties, Collars, Dress-Trimmings, Etc, BLANKETS AND FLANNELS. An Immense Stock of Boslyn, Kaiapoi, and English Blankets . and Flannels jus opened up. Flannel from 9d per yard. CLOTHING, &C. Men’s Suits from 40a upwards. Boys’ Suits from 12s Cd. Suits made to ordo correct fit guaranteed 40 down Men’s and Boys’ f iats just to hand, splendid value Men’s Shirts in endless variety, from Is Gd 10' caeca Boots jiist to hand, greatly reduced in prices A. O. begs to state that all his Drapery Stock is Purchased FOR CASH thereby saves Large Discounts, of which the public will get the full benefit. SOLE AGENT FOR DAVIS’ VERTICAL FEED SEWING MACHINE.



LTON BREWERY CO. The above Company having commenced Brewing, are now in a position to Supply Ale and Porter Of first-class quality, at reasonable rates. A quantity of Yeast and Grains always on hand. G. “WOOD, ([.ate of the Ashburton Brewery), 7£ c Resident Manager.



Alford brewery. Quinton Bros., BREWERS & BOTTLERS, NEAR. THE OLD MEN’S HOME, ALFORD FOREST ROAD, ASHBURTON. Quinton Bros, beg to inform the public of Ashburton District that having completed their New Brewery at the above address, and engaged an ex perienced Brewer, they are now prepared to supply ALES and PORTER of first class quality, brewed from pure Malt and Hops. Having taken First Prizes at the Ash burton Agricultural and Pastoral Shows in 187 i) and 1880, they trust this will be a sufficient guarantee of the quality of their Liquors. Family Trade will be specially attended to. QUINTON BROS., ALFORD BREWERY. 858 d r|THE FUTURE OF NEW ZEALAND. As the future prosperity of these sunny isles depends in a great measure on the support which is given to colonial manu factures, A. Craighead & Co., MERCHANT TAILORS, TANCRED STREET, Have determined to encourage the manufacture of Colonial Tweeds as much as the requirements of their business will permit. By following this course they will be enabled not only to foster the growth and development of the internal resources of New Zealand, but will alsc be enabled to offer to their friends, patrons, and the general public a very SUPERIOR ARTICLE AT A MODERATE PRICE.



OTICE OF REMOVAL. J. J. Doyle, HOSIER, CLOTHIER, &c., Wishes to inform his patrons and the public that after Monday, Bth May, he will bo happy to attend to their require ments in those centrally-situated premises lately occupied by Furness, next Murray, Jeweller, in East street. To meet the times a Discount of 2s in the pound on all parcels of 20s and over will be given for one month. Intending purchasers would find it to their advan tage to call and inspect the prices in Men’s and Boys’ Clothing, as the stock is all quite new. J. J. DOYLE, EAST STREET (Shop lately occupied by F, Furness), Ashburton. 414 e



L F O IV D FOREST The undersigned have always on hand for sale POSTS, RAILS, STAKES, STRAINERS AND FIREWOOD, In any quantity. BUILDING TIMBER FOR STABLES As per order. All outside the Bush. OOOJ> SECURE PADDOCK FOR HORSES, Cooper Brothers, N.B. —Delivered in any part of County, as per order.



-|JMIEE TRADE BAKERY, AND SOMERSET BUTCHERY. Having combined the two Business© together, and by keeping a good LOA at 6d, and ICozs to the lb, trust to receive a share of patronage. Stick to Free Trade andFKEETEADE wile Stick to You. R. LANCASTER. T 4



To carry this idea to a practical issue they have just been favored with a large consignment of the CELEBRATED KAIAROI TWEEDS, Manufactured to their special order for the coming season. As these Tweeds are equal, and in some respects superior, to anything of the same class that can be imported, they feel confident that, by strict attention to business, and by the exercise of their usual care in cutting and fitting, they will continue to give that satisfaction which their rapidly increasing business warrants them in believing they have given in the past. PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. A. CRAIGHEAD AND CO. Undersigned wish to intimate that hoy are in a position to supply every class of Agricultural Implements and Machinery, including Grain Drills, of different makes, comprising the “ MeSherry,” “Champion,” “Farmers’ Friend,” and “ Anglo-American,” at the Lowest Prices, and are prepared to indent Engines and Combines, and extras for Engines and Combines, from any Eng lish maker for next season’s threshing. P. & D. DUNCAN, Ashburton. (Head Office, Tu-im street Christchurch.) v 240 c



Geo. Eooth & Sons, 4 GRICCLTURAL IMPLEMENT J\_ : IMPORTERS, Tuam & St. Asaph steeets, CxiIiISTCHUKCH. SOLE AGENTS FOR— Ransomes’Engines and Threshers Tiirst and Bradley’s Gang and Sulky Ploughs Randall Revolving Disc Harrows “ Farmer's Fiiend,” and “Monarch’ Grain Drills The Wonderful “Easy ’’Lawn Mowers. The Best of Everything. All kinds of Farm Implements and Requisites always in Stock. Write us for Circulars and Prices before purchasing. Agent: FREDK. PAYITT, 473 e Ashburton.



W. H. GUM DRY, Estate & station agent, LICENSED LAND BROILER AND GENERAL MERCHANT EAST STREET, ASHBURTON HAS ON SALE— Fencing Wire, Nos. 8 and 9, 17 Posts and Rails, Stakes Turnip, Clover, and Gorse Seeds Station and FarnrStoies Boiled andJßaw Oil Raddle Lampblack, Ac., Ac. COAL AND FIREWOOD. Agent tok AUSTRALIAN M CTIJAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. STANDARD FIRE & MARINE IN'; SURANGE COMPANY. STAND.- lib PROPERTY INVEST MENT SOCIETY. O K SAL E Quarter-aero Section, No. 91,8u110 1 1 Block, East Town IE it. CLeap. Term easy W. H. GUNDRY ONEY TO LEN On approved Freehold security in various Bums, at lowest currer' tales Apply to W. H. Gundry, LJCDMSED LAND BRO ER . (und-r the Lana Transfer Act



nB U lIT O N B 11 E WER Y. Messrs Wood & Co. BREWERS AND BOTTLERS, Have much pleasure in informing the public that, having completed their exten sive alterations in the above Brewery, they arc now prepared to supply, "Whole sale and Retail, sv first-class article, both in ALES and STOUT, at a greatly re duced price. They have also made special arrange ments for supply ing those light LITTER ALES so highly appreciated both at Dome and abroad. All Ales and Voider from this date will be guaranteed, and delivered carriage paid to any railway station. WOOD AND CO., Asu .guiito» Bn tiWEuy, Cameron street. N.B.—On Sale, a large quantity of good MALT VINEGAR, price 2s per gallon, Fresh Yeast ariGraina on Sale daily. 227 d



Business Notices j ; -L. Poyntz & Co., Land, estate, and general AGENTS. WALTER A. WOOD’S Twin* Reaper and Binder.—All farmers desirous of securing any of these Machines in time for next harvest must apply for same before the 15th of June next. POYNTZ & CO. Agents. IT'OR SALE. —A newly-erected fours , roomed house, on £-acre of lane), in McLean’s paddock ; fenced. Price, £IOQ, POYNTZ & CO, i FOR SALE.—A two-roomed house, with J-acre of land, near Mr Bean’s residence, on N.W. Belt. : POYNTZ & CO, J FOR SALE.—A block of five bouses, on N.E. Town Belt, now let to good tenants at fair rentals. POYNTZ & 00, FOR SALE.—T.S. 641, Burnett sired West, Ashburton, with a good four roomed house; well-fenced. POYNTZ & 00, OR SALE.—A four-roomed house, on J-acre of land, at back of N.E. Belt, FOR SALE.—T.S. 717, Cameron street l adjoining the properties of Messrs Milsom and Alcorn. Price, £65. POYNTZ & CO. jp T.S. 858, 879, Grey street. ~ 118, 119, Moore street. ' - ~ 1011, 1012, 1013, Cox stree West „ 822, 828, 818, CB9, 676, 318 FOR SALE.—Several blocks of goad land, on the N.W, Town Belt, from 5 to 10 acres each. POYNTZ & CO. SALE 316, 781, 810, 820. POYNTZ & CO. POYNTZ & CO.



FOR SALE.— 2| acres in Walsh’a pad dock, broken up and securely fenced. POYNTZ & CO. FOB SALE.—A farm of 143£ acres,, being R.S. 21013 and 21245, about two miles from Tinwald, well-fenced, and sob-divided into five paddocks, laid down to permanent pasture ; a good four* roomed house, stables, and necessary out* buildings. POYNTZ & CO, ..... FOR SALE.—A farm of about 850 acres all sub-divided and highly improved, in the Waterlon district. POYNTZ & CO. FOB SALE.—A farm of 250 acres, about 31 miles from Rinds Eailway Sta tion, being R.S. 28192, 28193, with dwelling-house and stables. POYNTZ & CO. FOR SALE.—R.S. 2T429, containing 1181 acres of unimproved land in the Ashburton district. POYNTZ & CO. TTIOR SALE.—R.S. 34036, 34037, 34038, Jj 34039, containing 480 acres of unim proved land at the Rakaia North. . . POYNTZ & CO. 1 ipOR SALE.—R.S. 27192, 27194, con- JP laining 632 acres, well-fenced, ! ahd ;il broken up, about six miles from Ashbur ton. ' ' POYNTZ & CO. FOR SALE.—An unimproved farm, 0f... 862 acres, being R.S. 26C64, 27277a* well fenced and broken up ; 400 acres In. :; English grass ; a five-roon>ed house, eight- r stall stable, and outbuildings ; a concrete tank capable of holding 16,000 gallons. POYNTZ & CO. npO LET on lease, with purchasing f clause, a farm of 127 acres, on the Wakanui creek, well-fenced, and in Eng lish grass. POYNTZ & CO.



nno LET FOR CROPPING -• 200 I acres of land in the Seafield district# : POYNTZ & CO. TO LET—Several two and four-roomed houses in various parts of the town and suburbs. POYNTZ & CO. MONEY. —Several sums for invest ment at current rates of interest, POYNTZ & CO. SALE or TO LET—An 8-robmed JJ House, well built and thoroughly finished ; together with eight or ten acres of land, all well fenced, and in English ■ t'raes. Surrounding the house is three ouarters of an acie of garden, tastefully laid out and planted with choice trees. The propei ty fronts the Public Domain on the Nor (Inwest Pelt, and is in a con venient posit ion for a geutk man’s resi dence. POYNIZ & CO. fjj'tO LET—A convenient seven-roomed. jj House with stable rnd detached office, situated close to the centre of the town. The garden (comprising quarter acre) is well stocked with fiuit and other 1 trees. POYNTZ & CO. jT¥tO LET—A ihiriccn-roomed House § w ith one acre land, on the Wakanui road, within easy distance of the centre of the town. Attache d to the house is a well and tastefully laid out garden planted with choice shrubs and flowers. * POYNTZ & CO. AGENTS for the SALE of Andrew and Heaven's Celebrated Chaff evtter and Horse Gears. POYNTZ & 00. EAST STREET, A SB BURTON