, . HARBORS ACT. .The Hon. Major Atkinson moved the second reading of the Harbors Act Amendment Bill.—Carried. TRB BOAT) BOARDS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill was reported, read a third time and passed. INSPECTION O|F MACHINERY EXTENSION BILL. In Committee a new clause was inserted ni«lring tlii« Bill applicable to Government works machinery. The Bill was ordered to be reported as amended. • PUBLIC WORKS ACT, 1882, AMENDMENT ■' BILL. Classes 5 and 6, relating (to asse-sment oMand taken for public works, were struck otit. ‘ Clauses 14 and 15, relating to railway offences, were struck out. ".pjatise 17, providing for the licensing of refreshment rooms by the Minister of Public Works, was struck out, and the Bill' was ordered to be reported with amendments. ■ ’“l* *; . OTHER BILLS. Tha District Railway Act Amendment Bin was ordered to be reported with amendments ; the Industrial Societies Bill was ordered to be reported without ■ amendments. , , The Harbor Act, 1878, Amendment Bill raned with amendments. , : ; The following Bills were reported, read a third time, and passed Inspection of i Machinery Extension, District Railways Act. Amendment, Industrial Societies, Harbors Act Amendment Bill, Public Works Act Amendment Bill. The House rose at 1.30.

IN THE LOBBY.

[from OUB PAEfcIAMKNTABY COREESPON , , , , DENT.] .n' Ksi -.li WiuuHCßOir, To-day. VJ Tbe Speaker of the Legislative Council Is f.feyerely taken to task in to-day’s Tpm&, for his attitude towards the School Committee - Elections Bill as. follows : ‘.‘ltiaiptat aU advisable that either the imsaf&ality orithe sound judgment of the Speaker ,of the,LegislativeOc unoil should be lightly called in question. A case oc the Upper House on Wednes day, however, which seems to demand apOke little notice, as indicating either pitftfality or want of discretion on the part-of Sir Wm. Fitzherbert in his official capacity. .The School' Committees Elai- jjllljs which was designed to abolish yfa’c cumulative vote, had been carried twiflo through the House of Bepresenta tives.laet aeaaioa, aud this by a substantial majority.-,: 'Last session it was rejected by the ;Upper , House. On Wednesday it aagne jup again from the Lower House and oiki .the motion- being put 17 • members Tptftd lor At and 17,’agsinst. The Speaker, gave his casting vote, and the Bill WAS; lost, What was singular in the dttdsion listiwas that Mr Campbell, who ba&last session voted in favor of the Bill, ob this - occasion voted, against it under misapprehension, he having only , just then entered the Chamber. Even, grant ing, however, • that the Speaker was not awaro. of .'that fact until after npng hie. decision, and also conced ing that-' when the division was taken the i numbers could not be altered, itj.-.waa .scarcely good judgment to ejtereiss a casting vote in order to throw out 'for another year a Bill which had been twice carried through the Lower Home, unless indeed there was, what did iWtappear, some obviously strong objec tion to the Bill becoming law. An Upper Bouse, especially one which is of a nominee . -character, is supposed to exist mainly as.a* check upon hasty legislation '■lni.another; place.’ Here there could be no Each thing as hasty legislation. The .Speaker apparently made a decided mistake, andtobstructed the Biil which he ought to have helped to pass.” 1 y.iv-fi, ■ i i . - -

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.i{MIITKB*fI TKCEORAHS —COPYRIGHT.] [Received Aug. 31, 1.25 r- m -] A Royal Visit. ■ Copenhagen, August 30. The Czar, and Czarina of Russia arrived in this city to-day on . a visit to we King and Queen of Denmark. The Jews in Hungary. VIENNA, August 30, The various municipalities through out Hungary haye|been enjoined by the Government to use rigorous measures td repress the anti-Jewish outrages, and to summon the, military with this object when occasion , requires, Paanine in India. S>nc ;r. : Bombay. August 30. vjOwiog to the distressed state of the of Northern India, hundreds reduced to a condition of faininfi.Ehctensive. relief works are being-organised by the Government. High Tides.,, ... : New York, August 30. f Ekceptionally high tides, have been experiencec .along the Atlantic sead board*, owing to incursions of the tjjpf Serious . damage has been caused atseveralcoasttowns. The British Consul. / f"! . CaiCotta, August 24. Major Evelyn Baring, lately Financial Metnber of the Viceroy’s Council has Idfclhdik to take up the position to - wnich he was appointed in May last, viz., the British Resident and Consul Oenetal iu Egypt

AUSTRALIAN.

[k«UTBB’B TBI.KOBAMB—COBTBIOHT.] 1 „ [Receivod'Augußt 31, 12.50 p.m.] ' ;' ' The Btmda Eruption. Melboubnb, Yesterday. ■ The‘Dutch Consul-General in this city* , a telegram this morning from ‘Admiral Van Gogh, commanding tHe'naval forces in -Java, confirming the statement that a tremendous seismic eruption has occurred in the Straits of Suiada,! and that the charts of those seas'tan no longer be relied upon. The lighthouses in the Sunda group have .been overthrown. :ij ; The Postal Union. Mr Graham Berry, replying to the German Government’s communication the decisions of the .Postal Conference at Sydney in May last, has strongly urged the acceptance of the cbbmtions sought to be laid down by tHb colonfes in joining the General Postal; Union. . , August 31,12.50. p. m. ] V . Eccleasiastical assignation. ‘ v Melbouenb, To-day. ' VXbeßev. .Charles Strong has re signed the charge of the Scots Church, at''the'same ‘ time intimating that he does so from a desire to spare his con gregation from the inconvenience atising from the action for libel which he understands the Presbytery intends ; Substitute against'him in consequence of a' speech he made on Wednesday iUt',- ' . Sydney, Yesterday. Sailed,' this afternoon—Union steam ship Te Anau, for Auckland.

Sporting. The latest betting on the A.J.C. Derby is 6 to 4 against the field, Martini-Henry being a firm favorite. The latest betting in the Great Metro politan Stakes is as follows First Demon 7 to 1, Navigator to to 1, Nor man 12 to 1. Much interest is being taken in the race. Nothing is going better than First Demon and Mas querade. Yately is also going well, and Sir Modred has much improved of late. Earthquake. A severe shock of earthquake was experienced at midnight at Raima, a seaport ninety miles south of this c'ty. The dwellings in the town and neighborhood were severely shaken. A Memorial. At a meeting of the Diocesan Synod to-day it was resolved that a Synod Hall should be erected as a memorial to the late Bishop Barker.

TELEGRAMS.

[per PRESS ASSOCIATION.] A Serious Fire. Auckland, To-day. At Te Kopuru the Kaipara planing sheds and 3,000,000 feet of timber were ■burnt during the night. The fire was raging all night. The whole station and large sawmills escaped almost miracu lously. The fire is now well under, but ! the danger is not over. The loss includes : 15,000 to 20,000 posts. Inquest. Opdnake, To-day. An inquest was held on the body of : Clarkthis morning, before Captain David son, acting-coroner. The jury returned a a verdict that deceased shot himself while - of'unsound mind. The Otago Harbor Board. Dunedin, To-day. All the papers urge the withdrawal of the Harbor Board Re-constitution. Bill.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 81, 1883.



Entertainment. jyj- ETH VE N LIBRARY. An Amateur Dramatic Performance will be held in the SCHOOLROOM THIS EVENING. Bardell y. Pickwick By Members of Committee and others, ' to be followed by music—Vocal and Instrumental, and to wind up with the • usual DANCE. 8 330 LOST, a BEAGLE ; two soars on head. Apply office of this paper. 8 443 _ ’Special Advertisements. SPECIAL ENTRY. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1., IAA Doz. Bottled ALB, in lota to suit purchasers A LFR E D HARRISON, Auctioneer. 8 440 pUBLIO NOTICE, The next SITTING of the District Court will stand ADJOURNED from the sih to the 7th September next. By order. WALTER MARTIN, Clerk District Court. Ashburton, 30th August, 1883. 8 439



; ■ MWWtt'M bALikARDS. Messrs, r. wilkin & 00. (F. o. Tabart, Auctioneer) will sell at the above Yards, on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th, 1883, igQO First-class HOGGETTS 500 ® roßß '^ SHEEP ' 300 er * no , The Auctioneers wish to draw special attention of Dealers and Butchers to these lines. ft. wilkin & co., : FBIEDLANDER BROS., 8 442 Agents, Ashburton. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. """The Rev J. Elmslie, M.A., of Christ church, will PREACH Morning and Evening, in the above church, on Sabbath, September 2nd. Special reference will be made during the service to the death of the late lamented Mrs Beattie. 8 437 Notice of Bemoval- OTIOE OF REMOVAL. J. HARVEY, BOOT and SHOE MAKER, has REMOVED from Tancred street to the shop in East, street, lately occupied by Nealas and C.o. Repairs neatly executed. 8 415



Tenders. mENDERS are invited for the Erection J of a SUNDAY SCHOOL. Plans and specifications may be seen at our office, where tenders are to be sent in not later than 4 p.m., September 3rd. t 2'OOKS & SON, 8’429 Architects. fjpO FARMERS AND OTHERS. TENDERS are invited for the LEASE 'of 1,327 acres, being R.S.’s 28,403, 28,406, 28,407, situated in the Wakanui Road District, for 3 or 4 years, with or without a purchasing clause, and either [ for one section or the whole lot. Tenders to be sent in not later than MONDaY, September 30th. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 8 384 , T. BULLOCK. To Let and For Sale. TO LET—In one or two Blocks, for one Crop, about 250 Acres good tussock LAND, situated near Methven. Apply to William Morgan, Methven, Store keeper, by whom tenders will 1 e received up to FRIDAY, September 7th, prox. 8 395 ED POT A TOeTs . ON SALE, a large quantity of several new kinds of Early beed Potatoes ; also Bath Kidney for seed, and Blue Der j wents— at reasonable prices. A. W. RANDELL, 8|49 Fruiterer, East street.



For Sale, JpOR SALE BY TENDER All that Valuab’o PROPERTY situated in the very best business part of the Town of Temuka, consisting of the AUCTION ROOMS now in the occupa tion o! J. M. Oilivier, with a frontage of seventy feet on Main Sou b road, to gether with TWO SECTION', suitable for Cattle The wh le is under a lease of twenty one years at a low rental. Tenders to be sent to the undersigned, on or before September 4th, 1883. Further particulars, Apply to J. ASH WELL, Agent ; or J. M. OLLIYIER, 8 388 Temuka. J 1 O B SALE. 1,090 acres on theßangitata; improved; easy terms, and very cheap 123 acres, Longbeach district 60 acres, Hinds ; unimproved ; good land Sections at Hindhope, very cheap, must be sold. Apply to JOSEPH OLAEK, 8 428 Ashburton and Tinwald.



Public Notices. ALL TRAFFIC is STOPPED on the Eoad between Mr Digby’s and the County Saleyarde. 8 431 By order of the Board. C'f BOURK, Runner, will deliver the Ashburton Guardian from this date to all subscribers west of the Railway line, and also at Tinwald. The Ashburton Guardian Office, 20th August, 1883. IJI I NWAL D STORE. NOTICE. The TINWALD STORE has been RE-OPENED under the management of Mr W. BIGGS, and Customers will be attended to as formerly. 23d UNITED FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. With Unlimited Liability of a large COLONIAL PROPRIETARY. Fire and Marine Insurances effected at lowest tariff rates —less 25 per cent. ALBERT ROBERTS, Agent, 1391 West street, Ashburton.



Ashburton permanent BUILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY. The above Society pays Interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum for De posits at Call, 6 per cent, per annum for three months, and 7 per cent, per 'annum if fixed for 6 months or over. J. WARD, Manager, Office Arcade Chambers, Burnett street. nlfi I BEG to announce that I have ar ranged to TRANSFER my BUSI NESS of Land, Estate, Commission, ■ and Insurance Agen f , Rent and Debt Col lector, etc., to Messrs J. Ward and Son, of t!.a Arcade Chambers, and I have pleasure in asking my clients to give my successors a continuance ®f their support. The transfer takes date from the Ist July next. WILLIAM SMITH. 29th June, 1833.



O STATION & STOCK OWNERS, MERCHANTS, TRADESMEN & THE PUBLIC OF ASHBURTON & DISTRICT. - the" Will Sm\ Mn addP from idertake Acq ies, as well , confidentia careful reaaoi prompt apitlements, to meij " and D for Messrs Australasian ING'IfGENCY, by whiclf nJfealia a parcel of 21bs in weight can be lojpwded from Ashburton Ad delivered Vin any part of ” ' ” r yfi' for the sura of [ior Ireland fi jas oe seen a' t or C Eng Sc of C I an WA ents Tai offi bers. SON, 3d rathe LIVERPOOL ANA LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, Arcade Chambers, Ashburton 29th June, 1883 4871 i George Jameson.



New Seeds, PURE, AND RELIABLE. CLOVERS GRASSES MANGOLD CARROT, also SUTTON’S CHOICE FLOWER and VEGETABLE SEEDS, ia small packets, from sixpence each—in great variety, also BATH KIDNEY and BLUE DERWENT POTATOES. GEORGE JAMESON, Ashburton. 7 160 HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL New Zealand International Exhibition, 1882, for Glazed Drain-pipes, Moulded Bricks, etc. Ford and Ogdon, South Malvern and Christchurch, ■ FIRE-BRICK, DRAIN-PIPE AND FIELD-PIPE MANUFACTURERS.



AWARDS for Salt-glazed Stoneware Drain-Pipes:—Canterbury Agricultu- ' ral and Pastoral Association : Grand No vember Show, 1881, First Prize, Silver Medal. Ashburton Agricultural and Pas toral Association : October Show, 1881, First Prize. The Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s Silver Medal for Bricks, Special Quality. First-class references from Engineers, Architects, Contractors and others. Manufacturers of Malt-kiln Tiles, Fire Tiles, Fire Bricks, Special Brick (red and white), Air Grates, I Chimneypots, Roofing, Ridging and Floor ing Tiles, harden Border Tiles, Pig Troughs, Flowerpots, Jam and Pickle Jars, Butter Crock,., Bread Pans, etc. Fireclay, Cement of the best brands. Goods forwarded by rail direct, from the works, South Malvern, or from the Christ church depot. For quotations apply t' GEORGE JAMESON, 861 (Agent, Ashburton,



T. Bullock. OR S A L E. R.S. 33344, 33345 , 28899, containing S2O acres 3 roods 20 perches, about half a mile from the Hinds railway station. Price Ll 10j per acre. OR SALE, 94 acres 2 roods 38 perches part of Ringwood Estate. This is very good land, well fenced, and laid down to grass. |jl O R SALE. R. S. 28752, containing 140 .acres, sit uated about 3 miles from the Town of i Ashburton. This is new land, and suit-I able or breaking up for wheat. ■p 0 R SALE. Price L 55, Town Section 818, Aitken street. Cash deposit only L 8 ss, balance by instalments bearing interest at 6£ per cent per annum. Apply to T. BULLOCK, HEAT LAND FOR SALE. R.S. 27429, containing 118 acres 2 roods, n its native state, situated only about three-quarterg of a mile from Dromore station. Price, L 425 ; terms, as may be arranged T. BULLOCK. T. BULLOCK. T. BULLOCK. Apply to T. BULLOCK.



M' , 0 E Y ■ Two special sums to be lent on Mort gage on freehold security, viz., L7OO and L 450. T. BULLOCK. mo LET—SHOP in East street. Ap- JL ply to T. BULLOCK. J( O LET. House of 4 rooms, in Wakanui road, presently occupied by Mr C. Dixon. T. BULLOCK JP O B SALE, 353 acres, improved and well-watered, with dwellinghouse - thereon, near the Oheea&'and Butter Factory. , T. BULLOCK OR SAL E. 35 acres, improved, with cottage, near Mount Somers School. A pplv to T. BULLOCK. jP OR SALE, 100 aces, fenced being R. S. .27795, situated near Maronan Station ; price, L 3 10s per acre. A large . proportion of the purchase money can remain on mortgage. T. BULLOCK.



R, E. *F % A R.S. 33344, 33345, containing 267 acres, f/thont half a mile fysWUia Hinds Railway Prjira.<£2 10s pat acre. ulloc: Town Seel wald, the tw Apply Zftfsm, 507, Tin brner sections, to T. BULLOCK. MBER 8. AT AY, S FRE E H O SAL Wi Also CTION ereon 0 T I O N S, O ALHORD FOREST ROAD ** T. BULLOCK has received instruc tions from Mr C. Wickens, to Sail r Public Auction, at the Arcade, Bur iett street, on Saturday, September 8, .Lot 32, Situated near the Town Belt, North, and known as Mrs M'Lean’s Land, on which is erected a Cottage Also, 2 SECTIONS 9 Numbered 7 and 8, Clark’s Block, ALFORD FOREST ROAD. An inspection of these Properties is in vited previous to sale. Terms very liberal. Sale at 1 o’clock.



8-435 T. BULLOCK, Auctioneer. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. UNDER-BILL OF SALE. Wilkin and Carter v. Raymond. MR T, BULLOCK has received in structions to Sell by Public Auc tion, at the Arcade, Burnett street, on the above date — Draught HORSES . 3-Horse DRAY Quantity Harness, Sundries, etc., etc. ' s Sale at 1 o’clock. "”t. BULLOCK, 8 433 Auctioneer. Publication. _ IN THE PRESS, AND WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED, “OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS.” BY ALFRED SAUNDERS.



Thia 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 Poultry; suggestions for the improve ment of Poultry Shows ; all that is known about the principles 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 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 brilliantJ health, and producing abundance of eggs at every season of the year. 8 240



Matson, Cox, and 00. F 0 R SALE, PRIVATELY— -48 ACRES. near '1 imv 107 A C IvES Waterloo, 450 ACRES, freehold 1000 ACRES, leasehold 2500 ACRES, freehold 1872 ACRES, freehold 574 ACRES, freehold 3 roods 23 perches, .O ', freehold 1 r<.od 21 perches, at freehold improved, Dromore, improved, Dromore, improved, Coalgate, improved, Longbeaoh, improved, Loogbeach, 237 ACRES, improved, Longbeach 370 ACRES, improved, Longbeach 200 ACRES, improved, Longbeaoh 440 ACRES, sp.endid farm, Waka nui 80 ACRES, splendid farm, Waka nui 2200 ACRES, improved, Mataura 2424 ACRES, improved, Alford Forest 2120 ACRES, improved, Mount Hutt 564 ACRES, improved, Rangitata 1394 ACRES, all in English grass, Ohertaey 126 ACRES, all in English grass, Chertaey 242 ACRES, improved, Seafield grass, Ealing 308 ACRES, splendid farm, Rangi tata Lland 1030 ACRES, good investment, Cheit sey 30,000 Leasehold, 4000 freehold, 14,000 ■ sheep, Chatham Islands



8 423 MATSON, COX & CO. Rakaia. WE have much pleasure in intimating to our clients and others in the Rakaia District that we have made ar rangements to attend the Regular FORTNIGHTLY SALES OF STOCK There, and we have every confidence in ■soliciting a share of their patronage. No farther comment is necessary from us, than that we shall conduct business at the Rakaia exactly upon the same basis as has been so successfully carried out by our head office in Christchurch during the last twenty years. SPECIAL AND CLEARING SALES As per arrangement. MR L. OXLEY, RAKAIA, Has kindly consented to receive entries for the present. 8 413 MATSON, COX & CO.



Matson Cox & Co. LAND, STOCK, AND ESTATE AGENTS, LOANS NEGOTIATE]) at Lowest Rates and on most rayorable tenrs. W O O L, GRAIN, S E ED, AND GENERAL MERCHANTS. WE HAVE NOW ON HAND I FOR SALE— WOOLPACKS and CORNSACKS. FENCING WIRE of All Sizes—BARBED and PL AIN. GREEN and YELLOW TANCRED turnips. ; ‘ SKIRVIN SWEDES, and other TURNIP SEEDS of all descriptions. MANGOLDS, &c. CLOVER SEEDS of all descriptions. COCKSFOOT and RYE GRASS. TEA in Boxes and Half-chests. OATS, BRAN, CHAFF, &c. AGRIGULTURAL MAGHINERY— REAPERS AND BINDERS, Aa. Wool PURCHASED in large or small quantities or consigned to the CANTERBURY WOOL SALES, g or the HOME MARKET. LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES Made on Consignments. Weekly Sales or HORSES, COWS, PIGS, and ALL FINDS of STOCK and PRODUCE, ON SATURDAYS, At II o’clock,sharp. FORTNIGHTLY SALES OF STOCK Will be held at ASHBURTON AND TINWALD



ALTERNATELY. NEXT SALE AT ASHBURTON YARDS On TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. AGENTS FOR National Mortgage and Agency Co. Messrs Wood, Sinclair and Co. Robey’s Threshing Machines. MATSON, COX, & CO, WEST STREET, , Ashbubtok. Cheap Storage. Apply MATSON, COX & CO.



Friedlander Bros. gONE DUST, BONE DUST. We have much pleasure to inform our clients and others, that we have been ap pointed Sole A gents for the sale of Mr F. T. Mayo’s BONE DUST, for Canter bury, and we are prepared to supply same in quantities to suit purchasers. Bone Manure from bone meal to inch bone. . Bones purchased in any quantity for Cash, either at our Stores or at the M>N> Hampstead. ' For prices and particulars, apply to * FRIBDLANDER BROS. , Genial Merchants, 8 430 Ashburton.



S. E. Poyntz. g tephen e. poyntz, General Agent, No. 3, Feiedlandkrs’ Buildings, Bur nett Strk t, , a shbuktox. TO DAIRYMEN, t'ARMER CO". TRACTORS AND DEA LEHS. ON SALE BO WICK’S PATENT LACTINA.—An invaluable substitute for milk for rearing calves, etc., at a cost ol little over twopence a gallon. BOWICK’S PATENT RECTORINE.— For fattening horses, cattle, and in creasing milk in dairy cows, at a cost of about one half-penny a feed. CERTAIN PREVENTION AGAINST FIRE. . JOHN’S PATENT ASBESTOS ROOF ING, and John’s Patent FIRE-PROOF COATINGS.—SO per cent cheaper than any other roofing and fire-proof. PATENT ASBESTOS CEMENT.—More durable than Portland cement, and at less cost. ASBESTOS FIRE-PROOF PAINTS.— Secures a house against fire. AGENT FOR— NIMMO AND BLAIR’S celebrated Garden Seeds. A stock of same to arrive in a day or two. Reserve your orders. Quality and character guaranteed. PLANET,, Junk's Garden Hoe, Culti vator and Plough combined. Making gardening easy. Price on application. ' ' Agent for Tomlinson and Hayward’s Glycerine Sheep Dip ; Warranted non-poison ous. On hand—Dip in small-sized tins, suitable for small farmers. A Novelty IN ASHBURTON,



A few Bags of PERUVIAN GUANO. Will be sold in small lots to introduce this celebrated manure. IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE— Poultry Hurdles , Wire Netting from 12in to 48m wide Ranges, Colonial make ■ Iron wheelbarrows Register Grates Fountain Washing Boilers Iron' Pig Troughs Verandah Brackets and Fringes Spouting and Ridging TO FARMERS. Rye Grass and Clovers at reasonable prices. Turnips, Mangolds, Rape, etc. TO LET—Three-roomed House. Three Acres Land. S. E. Poyntz, ASHBURTON. 835 Hamburg - Magdeburg fire INSURANCE COMPANY - . Sub scribed capital, £3,000,000. Mr Stephen E. Poyntz has been appointed agent for the above Company in Ashburton, and will be prepared to accept risks at lowest current rates. Prompt and liberal settle ments. James Henderson, 178, Hereford street, Christchurch, chief agent for Can terbury, 1022



Albert Roberts. O T 1 C E. Albert Boberts IS A BUYER OP Peas Tares , Oaten Sheaf ; and Straw Chaff And other Produce. HAS POR SALE RYEGRASS and COCKSFOOT LITTLE’S SHEEP DIP WOOL PACKS, Seaming Twine PLOUGHSHARES, Butter-kegs, Rails BLUESTONE, Lampblack, Raddle KEROSENE, Castor and Boiled Oils TEA, Sugar, Candles, Soap, Rock-salt FLOUR, 60, 100, 200 lb bags, Oatmeal, Potatoes FENCING WIRE, 8,9, 10, also Gal , vanisedßarb Heart and Sap Stakes, Staples TURNIPS, Purpletop, Greentop, Devon Greystone, Whitestone, Stubble, and Rape Swede, Gorse, Mangolds, Carrot and and Garden SEEDsT BRAN, Oats, Sharps, Chaff, Chick- WHEAT, OATS and POTATOES Rye Grass, White, RedJ Alsyke, Cowgrass Clovers, wheat, and Crushed Oats Seed,



MONEY ADVANCED on FREEHOLD i SECURITY STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES. LIBERAL ADVANCES made on Grain and other Produce placed in Store FOR SALE OR SHIPMENT Albert Roberts, Agent for ROBERTS, PAXTON & 00. GRAIN MERCHANTS, Manchester street, Christchurch Also, THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION Of Australasia, N.B.—BONUS YEAR, 1883-4.



Business Notices. JP XPI i: A. TJ ON fF LEASE. Cheap Sale OF Ironmongery Etc. As the LEASE of our PREMISES Expires in OCTOBER NEXT, we have resolved on CLEARING OUT A Large Portion of our Extensive Stocks of IRONMONGERY AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE.



The prices we have, decided on Selling at are bound to effect this object, and save the expense and risk of removal. . FURNISHING IRONMONGERY. A Splendid Assortment of New Goods. • i .. ' RANGES AND GRATES, New shipment, very Cheap. New and Handsome LAMPS. BUILDERS’ IRONMONGERY. CARPENTERS’ TOOLS. 200 Kegs Wire NAILS, all sizes. 80 Tons Fencing W i R E. Galvanized Steel Barb WIRE 50 KEGS STAPLES. Orr and Co. Provisions AND Groceries.



We have a Large and Superior Stock of all the Leading Lines in this Depart ment, and our TEAS are Pure and of Excellent Quality. Those who complain that they cannot procure a good article 6 se where, SHOULD GIVE US A TRIAL. Purchasers in this Department will par ticipate in the reductions, we have now decided on making. The Public will please observe that this is the FIRST SALE OF THE RIND WE And we can assure them that they will get good Value for their Money daring the next six weeks. Crockery AND Glassware. Practically Without Reserve. HAVE HELD, 8-278



Business Notices. ©ANN’S Linseed Balsam. THE marvellous Cure for Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough, and all affections of the Chest, Throat, and Lungs. More genuine cures have been effected by this remark*; able remedy than by any other prepara* tion on sale in the colony. . . . The following articles are contained in! the Balsam, viz.: —Linseed, Honey, Bal sam of Tohu, Ipecacuanha, Senega, 'Sr* tract of Liquorice, and several other Bal samic and expectorant ingrpd : ents. Thr* preparation is free from Morphia and? Antimony, and can be given with safety to infants. Price—ls 6d and 2s 6d per bottle. ©ANN’S Herbal Pills. In all comp'aints arising from the Liver being in a disordered state these. Pitts have proved to be a certain cure. Ti Sufferers from Indigestion, Constipa tion, Sick Headache, ©yspepsia. Sluggish Liver, Loss of Appetite, etc., etc. wilt find these Pills the bast, and safest remedy. | Price—ls 6d and 4a per box. Prepared only by > i ; E. 0. DAN N, Chemist, The Pharmacy, Christchurch. Sole Agent for Ashburton, Mr Charles Neate, CHEMIST. 8 aoj piCONOMY, COMFORT, SAFETY,' The Shag Point Coal " Company,' Limited, beg to inform the Public of Ash burton and neighboring district that.tbeif j FAVORITE HOUSEHOLD COAL Is supplied by the principal local Dealers ’ at prices to suit the times. Special rates’ for quantities of 4 tons and upwards. Be’ sure and ask your dealer for .i' i;;r, i Shag Point CpaJj;; The most economical and efficient Fuel m ■ the market, being free from soot and live; ashes and emitting a strong, steady, and* lasting heat. For terms apply to. your Dealer or at P. 0., Box 213, Dimedinijp J "’ N.B. —The price of every ton' of Shag Point Coal sold is spent in the colony, and a large portion of it goes direct to the revenue. 7 i*r



Coal, Coal, CoaL r|IHE undersigned is now Landing • FRESH SUPPLY OS' BEST Newcastle Coal, Also A SUPPLY OP BEST NATIVE COAL Alpheus Hayes, TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANT East street. SHORT WOOD ’ supplied “ , , IN ANY QUA N'T IT IBS. !



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i 1 RAN 01 S T. MAY 0> HAMPSTEAD, ASHBURTON, HAS FOR SALE— Sections, with or without cottages., V- Potatoes, Blue Derwent ana Bai&' Kidneys. • ' Carrots. Mangolds, in any quantity. Bone Manure, from bone meal to inch bone Also, — An 8-horse-power Engine and Olay too and Shuttleworth Combine and Elevator. Bones Purchased in any quantity fa Cash. Orders by Post promptly attended to. F. T.~Mayo,



Seeds. JJED Sr WHITE CLOVERS ALSYKE COW GRASS GORSE MANGOLDS GRASS SEED PEAS BEANS SIDNEY POTATOES i WHEAT : OATS BARLEY We bare good supplies of the above. ■ All Prime Quality, 7 HUDSON, RIDLEY AND CO., 136,138, Cashbl ssbms. 8 285