A FRENCH DOMESTIC EPISODE.

- The righteous indignation of all well r ‘regulated Parisian families has been aroused by one of these too frequent domestic episodes that set forth in true colors perhaps the vilest institutions that have as yet taken root in the social systems of great cities—namely, private pdefective agencies. The facts of this episode, which is about to be ventilated • in the tribunals, and which, it is hoped, will lead to drastic measures, are briefly as follows :—M. Lenormand, a Parisian advocate, married, in 1875, a fascinat . ,|ng and frisky widow, somewhat older ; than himself and of a temperament at once too ardent and too jealous. Their domestic felicity barely outlived the honeymoon. Lenormand was suspected of infidelities, and Madame became 1 incompatible and shrewish. A few months ago Mdme. Lenormand sought pretexts upon which to base an action for a legal separation. She had re • course to one of the private detectives agencies that have sprung up in Paris lately with toadstool growth. Soon all • the mechanism of the renowned Tri ! ’ cochib Cacolet type was put in. motion against the husband, who is hale, hearty and handsome, and enjoys an income of L 6,000 a year. Ingenious tissues of ■falsehood, scandal and-slander of the. most piquant description were fabricated by the fertile imagination of detec tives, who, to demonstrate their raison d’etre, did not hesitate to drag in the mire the reputations of honest men and women. Among the' many victims whose domestic hearths were assailed

_hy these social vipers were M. and Mme. .Clpvis Hugues. M. Hugues is known depute des Benches du Rhone, municipal councillor, poet and essayist. M. Hugues Recently married a young lady endowed with beauty and wit, tempered .with the sterling virtues that make up a good wife. M. Clovis Hugues’s menage was the happiest imaginable. The other day there was brought to Mme. Lenormand an utterly truthless story, one of the incidents of «which was that Mme. Clovis Hugues inad been previous to her ■ carriage the mis'treiss of M. Lenormand. This scandalous report reached the ears of M. Clovis Hugues. It burst like a bombshell in the midst of his conjugal felicity and narrowly missed ending in a most thrlling and fatal tragedy. Sober judgment, however, prevailed, an&aj>reees en diffamation is about to be instituted, which will bring to light ■ ' doings of the private detective agencies, against which the feeling of ; the community is greatly excited.

FASHION.

Mrs Armytage; writing in - the Fort nightly. Review , says that “ nothing is more’ remarkable in modern dress than the rapid degeneracy of a fashion, when once it has ceased to be uncom mon.. All its worst features are imme mediately emphasised and forced into undue prominence. What was origin ally artistic and refined deteriorates into gross caricature. Many instances of this might be quoted. The mantle, known -on- its introduction as the ‘domino,’ a creation of Worth’s, 'adapted by English taste to English ways, soon ‘'caught the fancy of the crowd. Imitators seized upon its peculiar .quaintness of outline and im mediately exaggerated it into the ugly and unbecoming covering so long popular as the Mother Hubbard cloak. The same happened with the cleverly insinuated tournuic, a suspicion of rounded contour, which speedily de generated into the hideous and ob jectionable crinolinette. The same was observable in head-dresses. Pointed, poked-out bonnets became ‘ grannies in the hands of. indifferent artists; and the 1 -latge 1 hats, so much approved of by Trench ladies a year or two .t{^ckf, - .grew into the, enorm ous machines piled up with orna ment and: vast in circumference which have already become unfashionable in this country. The vulgar depreciation of colors has been equally marked. Bipk has come into fashion ; so has mauve, Bismarck, enragd eau de Nil, peacock blue, all in turn to grow uni versally, common. The same has hap pened with stuffs. Embossed velvets have just had their day, as plush had a short time ago, as satin will ere long again* knd ■ biochd and silk. It is not difficult *to trace the stages through which a fashion passes from its prime to its decadence,. or to explain how it becomes depraved and debased. It is due principally to the insatiable desire oil a number of ambitious people, not quite: of the highest class, to clamber up to the topmost platform, and there ruffle it out with the best. They can not be the rose, but they will-live near it. But the lesson is necessarily an in complete one. An artistic triumph in dress can no more be carried in the memory than an exquisite grouping of forms or a, changing of color. It may be copied, but it cannot be reproduced; certainly not by the misdirected ener gies and.little-instructed talent of an amateur.”

THE ASHRHRTQN GfUARjL>IAJN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 18«8.

Printed and published daily, for Thb Asm burton Guardian Company, Limited, .by Henry Vincent Sawteu, of Burnett Street, Ashburton, at the Company’s, Print* ing House, West street, Ashburtom • Wednesday, November 38, 1883. "



“iEglea” in the Australasian says : The landlord of one of the best hotels in & country township lately engaged a be witching but unsophisticated housemaid. It was part of her duty to charge of the,bar.each morning, this being the time when the local civil servants called to ob tain tne stimulants necessary to brace them up for the day’s exertions. Strange to say, after the advent of the fair Lucy, the daily receipts of the bar fell off seri ously, and suspicion began to haunt the landlord’s mind. , Just as she was leav ing her post One morning he entered. the bar, pulled out the drawer, and found no thing ip'the. till, although the callers that day had been exceptionally numerous. Pointing to the empty space, ho slowly Baij, “ Loot at the till; how do you ac count for this ?” She instantly exclaimed ‘‘ Oh, sir, this is not the till I used ; this is the.o'ne,”:pointing to the contribution box of the local hospital which stood on the counter.! The landlord was dismayed. The hospital committee held the key of that receptacle sinto which had gone his receipts for a fortnight. But rather than apply to the committee for a refund, and raise a laugh against himself, he resolved to pocket’the loss, and perform an invol untary act of charity, without even get ting credit for his generosity. No good health with thin, impure blood. Hop Bittejra makes .rich blood, good health and strength. -Look’up. and read.—[Advt.] T^uCKtHEADs-heayy stomachs, bilious con ditions,—Wells’ May Apple Tills—anfirbjUous- CatlftrlW' jt} and Moses, Moss and Co., Sydrry, General Agcals. 1 Wells’ “Rough on Corns.”— Ask fo ■WeUs’ Rough on,Corns.” Quick re lief, TO»piete7 permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents. 1



Hop Bitters. VALUABLE TRUTHS. “If you are suffering from poor health ‘ or languishing on a bed of sickness, take ‘ cheer, for Hop Bitters will cure you. “If you are simply ailing, if you feel • ‘ weak and dispirited, without clearly * knowing why, Hop Bitters will Revive you. “If you are a Minister, and have over ‘ taxed yourself with your pastoral duties, ‘or a Mother, worn out with care and ‘ work. Hop Bitters will Restore you. “If you are a man of business, or ‘ laborer weakened by the strain of your ‘ every-day duties, or a man of letters, ‘ toiling over your midnight work. Hop Bitters will Strengthen you. “If you are suffering from overeating ‘or drinking, any indiscretion or dissipa ‘ tion, or are young and growing too fast, ‘as is often the case. Hop Bitters will relieve you. “ If you are in the workshop, on the ‘ farm, at the desk, anywhere, and feel ‘ that your system needs cleansing, ton ‘ing, or stimulating, without intoxicating. Hop Bitters is what you need. “If you are old, and your blood thin ‘and impure, pulse feeble, your nerves * unsteady, and your faculties waning, Hop Bitters will give you new Life and Vigor. “ Hop Bitters is an elegant, healthy, * and refreshing flavoring for sick-room ‘drinks, impure water, etc., rendering ‘ them harmless and sweetening the mouth, fand cleansing the stomach. Cleanse, Purify and Enrich the Blood with Hop Bitters, And you will have no sickness or suffering or doctors’ biils to pay. HOP BITTERS is an elegant, Pleasant and Refreshing Flavoring for sick-room drinks and Im pure Water, rendering them harmless, sweetening the mouth, and cleansing the stomach. Sporting.



SHBURTON SUMMER RACES. For District Horses only—seo Rule I. To be hold on the RACECOURSE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1883. Judge—S. Saunders. Stewards—J. Ivess, M. H. R., E. G. Crisp, C. C. Fooks, W. Saunders, A. Harrison, and L. E. Corsbie. Treasurer—J. C. Bell. Starter—fi. Brittan. Clerk of the Scales—A. Harrison. Clerk of the Course—W. Mai tin. Handicapnors—Messrs S. Saunders, E. G. - risp, and C. C. Fooks. Programme : 12.30 p.m.—CooNriES Hurdle Race (a handicap), of 25 sovs ; over six flights of hurdles, about 3ft 6in high ; nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. 1| miles. 1.15 p.m.—Selling Hurdle Race, of 15 sovs ; over five flights of hurdles, about 3ft 6in high : no weight under 10st ; post entry, 1 sov, to be made with Secretary immediately after Counties Hurdle Race ; winner to be sold for 15 • sovs, any surplus to go to the funds. 1J miles, 2p.m.—Counties Handicap, of 40sovs; second horse to save his stake ; nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 2 sovs. 1£ miles. 2.45 p.m. —Novel Race (a handicap), of 25 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov ; accept ance, 1 sov ; the winner to bo sold, the proceeds going to the fund ; weights will be declared immediately after the Counties Handicap is run. 1 mile. 3.30 p.m.—Town Plate, of 20 sovs. for all horses that have never won an ad vertised stake exceeding 15 sovs ; en trance, 1£ sovs ; weight for age. miles. 4.15 p.m.— Christmas Handicap, of 30 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov,; weights will be declared after Town Plate is run. miles. 5 p.m.— Consolation Handicap; of 10 sovs ; for all beaten horses during the day ; nomination, 10a, to be made im mediately after the Christmas Handicap is run ; acceptance free ; to be notified within ten minutes of declaration of weights. 1 mile. RULES. 1. A district horse shall mean any horse that has been commonly resident in the Counties of Ashburton or Geraldine from September 27, 1883, and up to the date of the forthcoming meeting, and owned by a person who has resided in one or both of the said Counties during the same period. 2. General rules of Ashburton Racing Club and Canterbury Jockey Club racing rules strictly adhered to, and new scale of weight for age adopted. 3. Five per cent, will be deducted from the gross of all moneys payable in accord ance with programme, for expenses of the course.



4. All disputes, claims, and objections j arising out of the racing shall be decided by .the stewards, or whom they may ap point, their decision on all points con nected with the carrying out of this pro gramme to be final, and entries will only be received subject to these conditions. 5. All nominations and acceptances go to the fund. All entries and nominations to bs ac companied by entrance fees, name and age of horse, and colors of r'der, and in the hands of the Secretary, addressed to Beecher’s Central Hotel, Ashburton, not later than 9 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1. Weights will be published on the morn ing of Saturday, Dec. 15, and acceptances for the races to be paid to tV ‘■'cr’ c'ary as above at later than 9 p.m. on Satur day, Do2-i. HBURTON HOTEL. ARCHIBALD M'COLL (for many years Manager of the late Sir Cracroft Wilson’s Rangitata Station) begs to in form his numerous Friends and the gene ral public that he has taken possession of the Ashburton Hotel, which has been greatly improved and entirely re-furnished and re-decorated, and is now replete with every convenience and comfort. A. M'Coll would, therefore, assure his patrons that they will have every atten tion bestowed on them. Excellently Furnished PRIVATE APARTMENTS for FAMILIES. All Liquors kept in stock e under the special supervision of the oprietor, who will guarantee them to be of the best de scription and quality. The Hotel is situate close to the Ash burton Bridge, and the Stabling (being now under. the Proprietorship of Mr James W. M‘Rao, late ol the Somerset Stables), is sufficient guarantee that Coun try Visitors will meet with every Ac commodation in that respect. 1330 pOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. The New Bankruptcy Bill, 1883. The Chattel Securities Act Amendment Etc Etc., Etc.



Robin hood’s great novelty COMPANY ON THE C. J.C. SUMMER MEETING, To be held on. the Christchurch Race course on TUESDAY, JAN. Ist, 1884. Midsummer Handicap and Middle Park Stakes. 2,000 Shares of 10s each—£l,ooo. 70 Prizss Five separate allotments, each share having five distinct chances. List of Prizes : Applications, if by letter, with two two penny stamps and exchange on cheques one shilling added. Please write signa ture and address legibly to avoid errors. Money orders, lank notes and drafts, registered letters and telegrams received and promptly attended to. NB. All letters containing coin must be registered. Address— ili bin Hood, care of Thos. Stapleton, box 233, Post-office, Christchurch; or . Jubal Fleming, City Paths, Colombo street-, Christchurch. In answer to numerous inquiries we beg to state that we are in no w iy connected with any other Company. N. !>—Our Spring Meeting Consulta tion of 1882 (12 months since) closed with 3,178 subscibers at 10s each ; our Mel bourne and New Zealand Cup, 1883, just closed with 7,069 at 10s each, showing the progress wo have made and the esti mation in which we are held. 11 915 4 FORTUNE FOR s*. A Registered Letters Telegram s not ac cepted. ADAMASTOR’B Novelty Consul tation on the Dunedin Cup, 1884. Post Office Orders payable to Ada mastor. £SOOO. Will close on or about FEBRUARY 19th, 1884. DUNEDIN; CUP, 1881, To bo run at Dunedin on the 21st FEBRUARY, 1884 20,000 Members at 5s each. 304 PRIZES, To be distributed as follows ; Cash Awards. Will close on or about tha 19th February, 1884. Each Ticket has seven separate chances. Race and Cash awards being drawn for separately. When convenient please send P.O. Order to Adamastor). By so doing you protect yourself against loss, as it is equal to Registration. Country Cheques must have Is exchange added, and mirked correct by Bank. Two Btampa must be sent for reply and result. My Consultation will be advertised in all the principal papers in New Zealand. If stamps are sent, p’ease add Is in the £ extra. Programmes sent Free on ap plication. Notice —Not less than Two Tickets sent to any one address. Result will be sent to every Shareholder directly after the drawing. N. B. —The Press of New Zealand can know, by applying to the undermentioned, where the three principal prizes go, also their names and address, if required, but not for publication. Registered Letters or Telegrams not ac cepted. Post Office Orders or Bank Notes preferred. Address— ADAMASTOR, Care of Lyons and Hart, 11 910 P.O. Box 151, Dunedin. Conveyances. LONGBEACH ROYAL MAIL COACH Leaves Longbeach for Ashburton daily (Sundays excepted) at 7.30 a. m., Waterton 8.10 a. m., Ashton 8.25 a. m., Wheatstom 8.45 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in time, for the 10.24 express from Christchurch to Timaru. The coach leaves the coach tables, Wakanui Road (opposite Central Hotel), Ashburton, at 4.5 ! ' p.m., arriving at Longbeach at 7.30 p.m. Parcels or left at any of the above places wi l ! receive strict attention Fares—Through single fares, 5a ; return same day, Bs. ; From this date RETURN FARE at SINGLE RATES, on Saturdays only, between Waterton and Ashburton. W. E. BOND, Proprietor, 4270 Longbeach, mINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS X RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND ANAMA ROYAL MAIL COACH. This Coach leaves Hood’s Hotel, Moun» Somers, for Anama Railway Station, at 7.30 am. and 5.35 p. m. every Tuesday and Saturday; returning to Mount Somer on the arrival of each train. Parcels and Luggage punctually attended to. Single fares, ?a ; return, 3s. .n JOHN HOOD Hotels



LFORD FOREST HOTEL. Who has again taken the hotel at Alford Forest, would bo glad to receive a call from his old frionds and as many new ones as can make it convenient to give a look in. Good accommodation for horses. 1328 pJohn Tisch, MR LAURENCE OXLEY has been Appointed Agent for the Ashbur ton Qdabdian at South Rakaia.



Stud. HORSE CARDS neatly and cheaply printed in all colors and designs at the Guardian office. nnHE Imported Thoroughbred Steeple -18 chase horse QUAMBY will travel the Ashburton district during the present season. Particulars see cards. Apply JOHN CARTER, 9 515 Grove House, Ashburton. TO Travel in the Hinds and Rangitata districts the Clydesdale Entire Horse YOUNG SIR COLIN. For particulars apply to OHISNALL BROS., 10 *'".3 Ohinemuri.



Travel in the Rakaia, Methvon, Hororata, and Dunsandel districts YOUNG BLUELIGIpir, /riannlo flroiA (Dapple Gray), A good upstanding carriage horse or hack, stands IGf hands. Young Bluelight is out of an Arab mare —imported from Sydney.by Sir Cra eroft Wilson—by Bluelight. Terms—L3 for single rnare ; L2 10s for two or more; guarantee Lt ; payable May 31st, 1884 ; groom fee ss, payable on first service. See future advertisements for urther particulars. Apply to CHARLES INDKR, 10 632 South Kakaia.



PYTHON WILL Stand at Ashburton, the same as usual. Pedigree —Python is a bright bay horse, bred by the Hon. E. K. Cox, N.S. W. He stands 16 hands high, by Kyogle out of Nutcut, dam of Dagwurth, Hercules, Al, and Ella, all the greatest performers in the Australian colonies, under heavy weights at all distances. Kyogle by William Tell out of Cassandra, dam of Yattendon. William Tell by Touchstone, imported from England. Owing to an accident when a two-year old, Python was never trained or raced. A glance at the tabulated pedigree will be sufficient t> show that Python is one of the grandest and stoutest thorough-bred horses at present in Xew Zealand. ' 9 610 dpply to the Groom in charge. fJpD.E Hackney Stallion, THE WAIF, will servo Mares on the Lowcliffe Estate. Terms—L3 ss, with free run till Ist January, 1881, after which a charge of 2a 6dper week will be made. The Waif ia by Castaway, dam Fanny, an imported carriage mare. Fanny was repeatedly shown in the carriage class at Christchurch, and has never been beaten. Also, the Draught Stallion Young Major By Old Major. Yeung Major’s throe-year-old unbroken colts from Lowclitfe mares have invariably topped the market at the annual sales in ChrisLchurch. Terms —L 3 ss, with free run till Janu-. ary Ist, 1884, after which a charge of 2s 6d per week will be made. A'. B.—No mures will be allowed to be removed until all fees are paid. 10 042 R > TRAVEL THIS SEASON IN JL ASHBURTON ANDSURROUND ING DISTRICTS, The Clydesdale Horae PRETENDER. PEDIGREE. Pretender ia a dark bay with black points, rising nine years old, with good bone and substance ; stands 16jr hands high, splendid temper, good action, and a quiet worker. Pretender is by Prince Charlie (imported from Scotland by Mr W. Boag) out of Maggie by King Fergus (imported from Scotland by Mr David Innes). Maggie’s dam imported from Tasmania. Pretender gained second prize at the Northern Show as a two-year-old in 1876. He also took second prize in 1877. Terms—£B for the season, guarantee £3, payable 01 the Ist January ( 1884, and 5s groomage. Groomago fee payable on first service Will be in Ashburton every Saturday. For further particulars apply to HAY SMITH, Or to the Groom in charge. 9 559 mO STAND THIS SEAS N, 1883. j The pure Clydesdale Stallion DUNDEE (46). Dundee is a beautiful bay, seven years old; bred by Mr Robert Wilkin, Christ church. Sire Prince Charlie (4) (im ported); dam Charlotte, by Lord Haddo (imported; 2nd dam Jeas, by Cromwell (imported). Terms —£3 each cash first time of service, or four guineas end of season. Groo rage fee ss. Every care taken but no re sponsibility. The above figures refer to Draught Stud Book for New Zealand. J. GARTER, 9-560 Grove Farm, Tinwald. fllO Travel this Season, in the South 8 Rakaia and surrounding districts, 1883, the celebrated Stallion KING C’ THE VANQUISHERS. KING O’ THE VANQUISHERS,, rising 4 years, ia a beautiful bay with splendid action and fine temper, and has got more bone and hair of the right sort than any pother colt of his age in New Zealand. PEDIGREE I The King was bred by Messrs Fleming and Hedley, out of their famous brood mare Miss M‘Oormick, imported from Melbourne. Miss M'Cormick was pur chased by the late David Nesbitt from M'Oormick Bros., Tasmania, and was specially selected for her breeding quali ties—the correctness of that judgment has now been fully verified. Miss M‘Oor mick by Lincolnshire Hero; g d by Black Champion. (See New Zealand Stud Book.) King o’ the Vanquishers is by that famous stallion Young Vanquisher, im ported from Scotland by the late David Nesbitt; g sire, Vanquisher, first prize at Oamaru in the 3 yearn'd class. Young Vanquisher’s dam by Loch fergus Champion, g d by. Champion, better kn > n to breeders by the name of Blair’s Champion. As a 3-yoar-old, Young Vanquisher was first at Geelong, third at the Irand National, Melbourne; as a 4- yeai-old, first at Geelong and second at Ballarat the same year. He was after wards purchased and imported to New Zealand by Mr Holly, of Christchurch. LEONARD WHITE, 10 664 Vro’srietoi South Rakaia,



f’O Travel Ashburton and surrounding districts the celebrated thorough bred horse KINGFISHER. Kingfisher is a dark brown horse standing 16 haul: high, and is admitted to be one of the most powerful thorough bred horses in the Australasian colonies, and has proved himself a very sure foal getter, as will be soon by the following: In 1880, in Hawke’s Bay district, King fisher served 98 mares, and was success ful in getting 92 foals. Further particulars apply to ED. COOKSON, ([Ashburton ; 10 725 Or Groom in charge. rpO Travel thh Season in the Ashburton X district, the Thorough-bred entire Daniel O’Rourke. Daniel O’Rourke was got by Sled mere (a), dam Brunette (a) ; by Tadmor, dam by Hetman Plato tT—Birthday, by Panta loon— tlonoria, by Camel. Sledmere, by Daniel O’Rourke, dam by Sleight-of-Hand —Hampton (brown) mare. Daniel O’Rourke has been a very good per former on the turf : ho has proved him self such by winning the Christchurch Cup and Derby in 1876 If mated with good mares he can pioduco good racing stock. Ho is the sire of Badsworth, Sir George, and others too numerous to particularise. A horse of his description should bo well patronised in the district. Daniel will travel the following districts : — : yle, Wakanui road, Waterton, North and South of the River, Longbeach, Winslow, [ Tinwald, and remain in his box the end of the week at Mr Beecher’s Central Hotel until Monday. Terms—L4 5s per mare, payable Ist January, 1884. Groomage fee ss, pay able on first service. For further particulars apply t) cli groom in charge. 10 6GI R. H, PEARPOI iaT. T)?Stand this Season the imported powerful and fashionably bred thoroughbred horse CASSIVELAUNUS, Bred-by Mr G. Newing in 18G9, got by Caractacus, his dam Campauelle by Mock well—Florence, by Ytdocipedi—Marga ret te, by Act aeon—Snowball, by Prime Minister—Vesta, by Delpbini High flyer. Caractacus (win er of the Derby in 18G2), got by Kingston—Defenceless, by Defence. See stud book for full pedigree.



Cassivelanus ia a Dright bay, with black points, standing over 16 bands, and show ing immense power and great quality. As a two-year-old he won two races at New market, beating large fields. Caractacus is now the most fashionable as well as the most desirable representa tion of the Venison blood Kings’on was in every respect bred to stay. His sire, Venison, proved himself a horse of undeniable stoutness, and it is worthy of remark that during his career as a three-year-old he travelled on foot his circuit, which the more modern won ders (Fisherman and Rataplan j accom plished by rail. It ia stated upon reliable authority that Venison walked upwards of 900 miles, ran fourteen, and won twelve times in his three-year-old racing season. . . . Garactacus is in every way moat worthy the notice of breeders who fancy the Venison and Defence blood (and who could object to the latter especially I) more particularly as ho—as well as bear ing a marked resemblance to his hand some son in other respects—has a good temper. . . . He is one of the large stamp, but, like, his sire, a nice-sized, level made horse, with plenty of quality and racing points, and most likely to get racehorses.’' — Copperthwaite's Sires of the Present Day. Sire of various winners and first favorites lor the forthcoming Now Zea land and Canterbury Gup—lilnvious, Fair Agnes colt; also, sire to Encore, late winner of thejuunedin Tally-Ho Steeple chase, Miss King filly, and others too numerous to particularise. Will travel throughout the district, of which notice wdl be given, and any fur ther information on applicition to MR A. MORES, Owner, Quill s Hotel; or from MR T. QUILL, 10 651 Ashburton. Publication. IN THE PRESS, AND WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED, “OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS.’ BY ALFRED SAUNDERS, This Book, written by an old New Zea land colon! t, will be found to contain the most modern and complete information upon the Breeding, Rearing and Manage ment of every description of Domestic i’oultry; suggestions for the improve ment of Poultry Shows ; all that is known about the nrineiples to be observed in the mating of Breeding Stock; and some well defined rules for selecting, with certainty, the most economical and beneficial de scription of food for any animal, from a baby to a mouse. It will show the best sort of fowls to keep, and the rules for selecting them ; and, whilst condemning the cruelty and mischief of many common practices, it will point out how to keep poultry with certain profit, in brilliant health, and producing abundance of eggs at every season of the year. 2io



Government Notice. The public trust office OF NEW ZEALAND. Atention is directed to the provisions of the Acts establishing this Office, and to the advantages placed thereby within tha reach of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State offers to every per son ; I.—About to make his or her Will or Codicil. 2. —Intending to provide for Wife and Children or others by deed of Settlement. 3.—Settling Property by way of Mar riage Settlement. 4. —Desiring to renounce the Trusts of a Will, having been appointed Executor or Trustee under the same. 5. —Having acted as Trustee, Executor or Administrator, wishing to be relieved oi the burthen of Trustee hip or Adminis tration, the option of us i ig the State ma chinery, and gives an absolute guarantee against loss of funds by fraud, peculation, or dishonesty. Every information may be obtained from ALEANDER LEAN, Agent at Christchurch; Or from R. 0. HAMERTON, Public Trustee Wellington, 12th May, 1882.



Public Companies. UTU A L FIRE IN oU HANCE. Lowest Rates of Premiuni. Insurers Share Profits without any Liability whatever. THE AUSTRALIAN MERCANTILE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Capital £250,000, With power to increase. Twenty per cent, of the profits divided annually amongst the policy holders. Directors : John Blyth, Eaq,, of Messrs Jehn Blyth and Co., President Allred Shaw, Eaq., of Messrs A. Shaw and Co., Vice-President Joseph Webster, Esq., of Messrs Joseph Webster and Co. Robert Reid, Esq., of Messrs Warns and Reid Stanford Chapman, Esq., of Messrs Vir goe, Son and Chapman. List of Shareholders: John Blyth, Esq., J.P., of John Blyth and Co., merchants, Melbourne Alfred Shaw, Esq., Wm. Hughes, Esq., Matthew Gill, Esq., of A. Shaw and Co., importers, Melbourne, Brisbane, etc. Gavin Shaw, Esq., J.P., merchant, Mer bourne W. McLean, Esq., O. McLean, Esq., of McLean Bros, and Rigg, iron mer chants, etc., Melbourne A. Currie, Esq., of A. Currie and Co. merchants and shipowners F. S, Roberts, Esq., Henry Meeks, Esq., of Briscoe and Co., iron merchants* Melbourne, Sydney, etc. G. Whittingham, Esq., J. Whittingham, Esq., merchants and millowners, Melbourne Edward Duckett, Esq., wholesale Iron monger, Melbourne W. F. Moffatt, Esq., Wm. Peacock, Esq;, of Robertson afid Moffatt, drapers, Melb urne Joseph Webster, Esq., of Joseph Webster and Co., Melbourne J. S. Peterson, Esq., John Whiting, Esq., of Wm. Peterson and Co., tea mer chants, Melbourne James Dodgahun, Esq., Mayor elect of Melbourne Joseph Dodgshun, Esq., of James Dodg shun and Co., warehousemen Robert Reid, Esq., of Warne and Reid, warehousemen lames McDougall, Esq., D. McDougall, Esq., of Messrs Sands and McDou gall, wholesale stationers A. Rowan, Esq., J.P., of Do Oastella and Rowan, wine growers William Brooks, Esq,, Melbourne Paper Mills John Thompson, Esq., of Kilpatrick and Co., jewellers, etc. Hon. James Service, James Ormond, Esq. of James Service and Gomerchants Melbourne. Thomas Swallow, Esq", J.P., F.T. Der ham,'Esq., of Swallow anq Ariell, biscuit manufacturers, Melbourne, mas Miller, Esp of James Miller and Co jute manufacturers, Ed. Baines,Esq.,wholesale, Ironmonger, Melbourne J. A. Davies, Fsd., miller,Rlchmonb Wm. Dean , Esq.,of Wm. Dean and 00., oil and colonr merchants. F. 0 Largo, Esq., of Lange and Thone man, merchants D. Beath, Esq., of Beath, Schieas and Co., warehousemen and manufac turers O. Smith, Esq., J.P., J. A. Fielding, Esq., of Smith, Winn and Fielding, malt sters and merchants Thoa. Alston, Esq., J.P,, of Alston and Br. wn, drapers EL Moore, Eaq,, J. Christie, Esq., F, J. Spinks, Eaq., of Moore, Christie, and Spinks, merchants, Melbourne Geo. K bertson, Esq., publisher, Mel bourne Sydney, etc. Geo. RanisJen, Eaq , miller, Melbourne H. N. Aloock, Esq., J.P., of A 1 cock and Co., billiard table manufacturers John Lorimer, Esq., W. Graham, Esq., of Connell, Hogarth, and Co., mer chants, Melbourne 6. U. Traill, Esq., manager Oriental Bank Hastings Cunningham, Esq., John K. Smyth, Esq., of Australian Mort gage and Agency Company, limited P. Nettloton, Esq., J.P., wool merchant A. Newell, Esq., of Newell and Co., mer chants S. Chapman, Esq. of Yirgoe, Sob and Chapman, merchants. F. Throated, Eaq., of Throsaell and Tan kard, maltsters A. and R. Coughey, wine merchants, Melbourne J. A. Kitchen, Esq., of J. Kitchen and Sons, candle manufacturers R. T. Blackwell, Esq. of Brooks, Robin son and Go., glass, oil, and color merchants F. J. Sarg od. Esq., H, Butler, Esq., of Sargood Butler and Nicholl, ware housemen, Melbourne and New Zea land J. Paterson, Esq., J. R. Lalng, Esq., John M. Bruce, Esq,, of Paterson, Laing, und Bruce, warehousemen, Melbourne 0. Fenwick, Esq., J.P., of Fenwick Bros. warehousemen W. K. Thomson, Esq., J.P., S. Renwick, i.sq., of James McEwan and Co. iron merchants, Melbourne. Davies and Campbell, solicitors, Mel bourne 11. Harper, Esq., of R. Harper and Co., spied merchants and millers 0. R Parsons, E q., Melbourne agent South British Insurance Company James Thomson, Esq., shipowner, Mel bourne F. E. White, Esq., of A. Shaw and Co. - merchants, Brisbane W. G. Stephens, Esq , of Stephens and Watts, drapers A. Parker, Esq., of R. Goldsbrough and Co., Limited W. E. Adcock, Eaq,, of Adcock, Bros., merchants Hon. J. C. Francis, 0.M.G., of Francis and McPherson Charles Campbell, Eaq., of 0. Campbell and Co., lime and cement merchants John L. Roberts, Esq., director City ol Melbourne Bank A. B. Robinson, Esq., commercial editor of the Age J. B. Simmons, Esq., commercial editor ol the Telegraph Wiseman Brothers, woollen warehouse men A. Jack, Esq., of A. Jack and Co., whole sale stationers H. J. Langdon, Esq., J.P., of H. J. Langdon and Co., drysalters D, T. Russell, Esq., manager Melbourne Exchange Hugh McNeill, Esq., of Briscoe and Co., Dunedin 0. Forrester, Esq., Victoria Sugar Com pany John Binnie, Esq., of George Webster and Co., merchants Arc., Arc., Ac. Christchurch Board of Directors: William Pratt, Esq., Chai man Henry Thomson, P sq., M.11.1L William S range, Esq. John Frith Roberts, Esq. H. Hobday, Ksq, J. MoVEY I, .I i D, Manager lor New Zealand. Offices: Hereford s!r<ot West, Adjoining Union Bunk. Insurances against i iie ellVctcd on almost every deseiijAicn of pioperty. All Losses promptly ullJul n Christ chu: ch. Agents for Ashburton and Dis rid: ORB. & ft® af



Business Notices. F. B. Shearer, or THE May bank works, tinwald, begs to thank the public for then past support, and takes this opportunity to intimate that he is ain position to Manufacture and .Repair on the shortest notice all kinds of Machinery, such as— Flour Mills, Saw Mills, Wheels (cogged and water wheels), Combines, Engines, Hand and Foot 'freshing Machines ; also, all kinds of Spring Carts, Drays, Traps &c. Shearer & Lewis, GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, AND Veterinary Shoeing Forge, Having secured the services of a first-class Shoeing Smith, defy competition. All orders entrusted to their care will receive prompt attention at reasonable charges. Agents for McCormick’s Reapers and Binders. Note the Address— Great South road, Tinwald. SPOd JP O R SALE. Seed. Seedo SEED WHEAT—Hunter’s White. Prime Tuscan, SEED OATS—Canadian. Tartarian, first-class. Danish. KAIAPOI ISLAND POTATOES. CRUSHED OiT S, First-class, Is. XOd. per bushel. ■ JOSEPH CLARK, Tinwald. JJAPPY THOUGHTS! THAT Hayes & Co. READY-MONEY DRAPERS, Arcade, Ashburton, Are Selling A job lot of prints, 3|d Hollands, 5d Flannel, 7£d Towels, 3£d French Dress Goods, 6£ Plain Twills, B|d Sateens, 9£d White Striped Muslin, 4£d . Counts, 2s 9d Calico, 3d Sheetings, ll£d A prime lot of Straw Hats at all prices Kid Gloves, Is A quantity of Frilling, tobe sold cheap Men’s Serge Suits, 14s 61 Trousers and Vests, a nice line, from 10a 6d About 200 pairs Cashmere Boots, at 3s 6d Ladies’ Kid Boots, grand value, 4s 9d Men’s Strong Boots, 7s 3d ; and a QUANTITY OF OTHER GOODS which will STARTLE THE INHABITANTS of A shburton. Observe the Address— BULLOCK’S ARCADE. n2 m 17 N'R.MURRAY^ V, m SHBUR mAKE TIME BY THE jvFORE- J_ LOOK.” The circumstances of social life are widely different in these colonies from those at Home, and therefore the colonial market requires different treatment. This - fact Bobert Murray, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, East street, Ashburton, was not long in learning after his arrival on these shores, and he at once set his attention upon supplying WATCHES, .which, while constructed with every regard to accuracy and reliableness in time-keeping, are also supplied with extra heavy cases, to resist the wear and tear of colonial life. He has just received an other supply of watches, and invites attention to prices. Celebrated Englisn levers, made expressly for R. Murray, specially suited for colonial wear, wit! extra heavy cases, all the latest improvements, at L 6, L 6 6s, L 6 10s ; higher classes, L 7, L 8 10s, LlO 10s, and Ll2 12s; Rotherhams, L 6 10s. Printed guarantee with each watch sold. Attention is called to the Clocks, Jewellery, and English Plate in stock, and to the fact that all kinds of REPAIRING are done on the premises and GUARANTEED. R. MURRAY’S SHOP is CON SPICUOUS by the “ REGULATOR ” of his own manufacture which occupies a place in his window, and serves as an authority on mean time to the town. Watches free and saf» by post on re coin* of P. 0.0 730c-960 Notice of Removal. REMOVAL. To Let. S Having taken the Premises known as Montgomery's Corner, I am prepared to let my Business Premises on the Waka nui road (with or without dwelling). SHOP, with Fixtures, 18ft 6in x 28ft, with Show Room same size. Dwelling consists of 5 rooms, with scullery, etc. Apply, 8 H. M. JONFS. Boarding Houses, &c. IT*BINGE ALBERT BOARDING • 1 HOUSE AND TEMPERANCE HOTEL C. TRUCKLE begs to return thanks to I his friends and the public for their patron- i ago since he has taken over the Prince Albert Boarding House, and trusts by j always keeping a good table and accommo- J dation for boarders and travellers to re ceive a continuance of the same. Private rooms for families. C. TRUCKLE, i Prince Albert Boarding House and Tem- ■ perance Hotel, near Cookson’s Stables, Wills street, Ashburton ; next Odd fellows’ Hall, and one minute’s walk from the Railway Station. Charges strictly moderate. 944



Medical pOWELL’S • BALSAM OF A , SOLD by all CHEMISTS and STORE KEEPERS. Observe the Trac'e Mark Lion, Net, and Mouse.” 1 ' POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. — The effects of one teaspoonlul taken ,n a little water before going to bed is extraordinary. No family should be without it in the winter Sold by Chemists and Medicine-Vendors throughout the World, is and 2s, 3d pci per bpttle ; a great saving in taking ■ family bottles, ns each. Established oyer 50 yea. s. Prepared only by THOMAS POWELL, Blackfriars Road, London. WILL LOOSEN the PHLEGM imme diately.—The Dean . of Westminster Verger writes: “I was advised to try thi Balsam of Aniseed; I did, and have fourd great relief. It is most comforting in allayir g irritation and giving strength to the voice.” Lionel Brough, Esq., the eminent actor, writes : I think it an invaluable .medicine foi members, of my profession, and,,,Jhave.. always recommended it to my brother and sisle artistes.” ■ r.: TRULY an EXTRAORDINARY EX PECTORANT.—Mr. Edward M. Ulleit, of Bury, Hunts., writes to Messrs. Palmer & Son, Ramsay ;■—“ Having been in the habit of using Powell’s Balsam of Aniseed for a great number of years, I have great pleasure in bear ing testimony to its incom; nable effects as an expectorant. I always uuu u - ingle dose gives immediate relief, and a small bottle effects a perfect cure.” . Wholesale Agents in the Australian and New Zealand Colonies —Elliot Brothers, Eyers & Solomon ; Felton, Grimwaldk & Co. ; P. and S, Falk, Faulding & Co. , Rocke, Tompsit, & Co. ; Rosenthall & Co. ; Kempthorne, Prosser, Co.; S. Hoffenung & Co.; Hemmons, Laws, & Co. ; Berkley, Taylor, & Co.; and all other wholesale houses. Proprietor— Thomas Powell, Blackfriars Road London. DEAFNESS. —Quacks calling jrttein selves “Doctors,” are utterly ruin ing the organs of hundreds suffering from deafness; .charging from L& to L2CTfor so doing. I" have two infallible remedies (No. 1, deafness arising from culds ; No. 2, the thickening of the parts of the Tympanum) from recipes sent me by those world-known Aurists, the late and pre sent Senior Surgeons of the ,-Royal Dis pensary for Diseases’ of the Bar.—Send stamps for particulars to T. B. Hanna- Ford, Auckland, N.Z, 127' 4 GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS’S Op GOA. . BREAKFAST^ BY a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the tine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy-doctor’s bills. ft~ia ~by the ad clous use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every ten deucy to disease. Hundreds, of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is s weak point. We may escape many a fatal ah.-ft by kceping ouraelvea well forfrEed'wlEhTpuie blood and a properly nourished frame.— See article in the Civil Service Gazette. . Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets, labelled : JAMES EPPS AND 00., HOMCEOPATHIO CHEMIST, LONDON. ALSO, EPPSi CHOCOLATE ESSENCE ? Keating’s Powder. Keating’s Powder. Keating’s Powder. Keating’s Powder. Kills Bugs, Pleas, Moths,; . Beetles. This Powder is quite harmless to ANIMAL LIFE, but is unrivalled in destroy' ing fleas, bugs, cockroaches, beejjea/ -moths; in furs, and every other species ofthsect.’ Sports men will find this invaluable , for destroy jpg fleas in their dogs, as also ladies for their .pet dogs! ■ THIS ARTICLE has found so GREAT SALE that it.has tempted others to vend a so called article in imitation. The PUBLIC are. CAUTIONED that the tins of the genuine powder bear the autograph of, THOMAS KEATING. Sold in tins only. 1 - • : Keating’s Worm Tablets.’ Keating’s Worm Tablets. . Keating’s Worm Tablets A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, both in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agieeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INT E S JTI NA L or THREADWORMS, If is a" perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted for children. Sold in tins by .aR ChAhiists and Druggists. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London STEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDEH FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASER The value of this well-known Family Medi* cine has been largely tested in all parts of tht world, and by all grades of society, for upward- Of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exter sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA TIONS, some of which in OUTWARL APPEAR AN( E so closely resemble the ori ginal as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it due- to th public to give a special caution against the ua~ of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested carefully . to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none .ae genuine : T S t In every case the words . JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH. SURREY, are engraved on the Govfirnmen , Stamp affix to each packet. ‘ 2nd —Eacfl Single Powder has directions fp: . the dose, and he words, John StkedmaN' ; Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon, f 3rd —The name, Steedraan, is always spelt with two EE’s. 4th —The manufacture is carried on sole v ; at Walworth, Surrey. . . , ...._ Sold in Packets by all Chemists ana Me cine Vendors. Kempthorn, Prosser and Co A SK for POWELL’S BALSAM ANISEED YELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED “Sir,—l have forajong time suffered severe cough and tried all manner of es. Dr. Liberecht advised POWELL’S AM of ANISEED ; it Cured me after days. You are at liberty to use this n hopes that others may benefit by it.— . am, Sir, Yours. &c., ALBERT COUNT POTOCKI.”