AN IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.

An important judgment in a case nearly ’ * Tltfeoting Hew Zealand was delivered by ; ’ JJr Justice North at the new Law Courts, ' London, on the 18th July, tho Mr J. M. T Stokes referred to being formerly a resident of this city. The action (Stokes v. Ducroz) was for the administration of jjkMristo-ef JohujiMilburne, Stokes, but . ffiestio'n of s interest was as to the ' domicile of the testator, upon whiohjdc pended the question whether legacy r, - was payable of' a n.im . ■' legacies, many of which-were - i various hospitals in L.-n.ion ■ ; peared th*l„Mlf, s H t ''‘V ’’if 1 ■initirii 1 in Jamaic'. ;a -I’.-i ••> :*vSo'W mr..'; - UAUV‘ diedther ; u I ! 'U, uni., | toqoni't - .V r' •■•nalac.d oy in? motwt ■'■■in 1819. uni *.•- •'Vi?rc.:.Uo-d to a chem.st ; r in London iu 1820. U«* tiic.-s p.’.rsmm o’ j .studies, and iu 183» bs •■■■■ ; ■’’degree afc Kdir»b : hi r: ‘ hewentovsrt'j Su't Z:AtVud, wnoi; j mother then resi-*.’"- remain'"* >• •«*;*• ■ till 1845, wh*n he “'out to L./Ua ana h*l > • various medic,ii appoiutmen’.;. tn ■ i he met with jv- ace.d«v,t ■‘••“-t ‘V' | leg, whereupon ho return •: t ' • --' JI,J - j and in-1857 no ■.y;a - .n «ent r..r , ■‘■■Eesluid, and rc-m vued U l ' v j*’* ! cams back t.-. In t..- < .v'-' l *., i married, find •-■i 1834, -ho went u* i 'Zealand- joined bis mmber iu the pur-,- chase of 30,000 acres of land, which farmed in. pavioorship. a wife died in 1672, aqd ljr ! n >l ier cam® then to *" Lns.aiid, Wvmg a ■person to conduct the. tana m.-flevr oea ■ land. The iostaior died-in September, 1880, and - by iris will be gave many logacicj and annuities, add directed 'the ■. sal® ■of •• his share in tfie New Zealand . ‘ estate, the-'proceeds of which .were do be divuied_between twelve of the prin < o.paj'ihoapitals in London and one hos- Zealand." Upon all these, legacy duty was claimed by the' £ferown, on the ground that •the testator at ! ~the time of his daajh was domiciled in England, while it wjas contended'm op position to the .claiiri that the domicile of Idle testator was in NewtZealaud, or if tiot - that at any safe there was j ho, proof of an, English jjbmicile, and consequently; that ■ yonmuwrevert to tjie dotnici'e of origin, - whwp was of New Zealand legacies given to were allowed exemption'/ from turned out ihat t|ip New .Zealanders con strued charities to mean charities to them-, selves and not to other people, s so 1 there’ - was 1 consequently duty to be paid upon" i'thq? hnspital.'iegabieß,fandthd representa tives of the hospitals thought It very hard Afiatsthay should have to piy legacyduty Now tZesland’ land In England, and this was rths.gronnd upon .-which the r-qnaaiion.no w name on.for decisions ; ■ His Lordship, after going through the facts and evidence in the case, gavehis Jjqpipk^n;^hftt‘itthp : testator’s domicile of , origin was. Jamaica; where rbia. father was domiciled; that subsequently he acquired an English domicile. and,t,hst.hi& inten tion of going to N &ii Zoaland-was bbly -fdr' the pnrpose of keeping a farm and making iwslumcieut borne to enable him to return and Qswtn'En%l®ndt This intention was' f ally .expressed in a letter written to bis mother apon making up bis mind to join'. , .her'tHllibe Sheep jfarrd. . .After .returning-. / to England, and residing there for some years, he went out again', to . New'/Zea land for the benefit of his wife’s health;. after -her death hek returned iapfl: ItSnled in London. It was true that at firat-he only- lived -in a boarding-house ; but he afterwardj .ioined his brother, and lived with himPihl»& hbdae. These facts were sofiScient in -his lordship’s opinion to show Jbfaatj'.eyen it he ; had ever given ; ttp his English domicile j?y going to New

Zealand, he had subsequently; ncqnired a fresh domicile in , ;He should, therefore, decide that the testator'®' domi ■■ cile English at the tHne of his depth.

THE PRIMAL CURSE.

The asks : 'Whence come the weeds? "A -hundred years ago, when an English farmer intro duced an iron plough, his workmen throw it S#i<* and.Bai4it bronght in the weeds. And* it was true.—An old neighbor says “ they’re aat’ri-to the sileAnd that is . - true. Andl say manure brings them in, tqa‘ 4And-that The fact is, the &ga\‘4B so stocked' with . weeds' from the -mwfaoo-down -to bed - rock - that any .better < ikihd. of cultivation? 'encourages the weeds to grow, and with better crops -sT®lß#eStiU ntorenbundant weeds, in the > fpqocis® ratio that At & easier to grow weeds crops.*' And so. weeds are natural to ; for the-soil ia full of seeds,, and (the better ploughing we do with the better ploughs we have, the more the weeds -gkoft ; UndHho more wo-cultivate the soil, the more new or old seeds we bring up ; and the mo.-e matinVe we use, the stronger is the growth. It- -is-very discouraging. :Xhe more aifariher works, and the better X Jiecdoea'his-work/,the more he is pestered with- .'difßoalties' i>f all kinds,- The mere icttops, the more insects ;- and the richer -the- soil, the more weeds. ■ There' is no frqm ; .the old curse, and the brpw ,mßßt r sweat,, or the bread will not be and June is tbs'month when falls the. heaviest;, Np,doubt, at this.curse of.'endless labdr foil .mankind, the materiials, for it—the jeeds-jof,iveeds—began to fail ;and stock; ith&'groaiM}, #nd. harp been accumulating ever since, and; lip.ione knows'how deep they He in. the-ground.-everlasting and m^vpij-dying, .but waidng : lheir tarn ;to be 1 Drhiignt^t'o.the-surface and. to germinated

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1888.

Printed and published daily, for TEW Ash- -J'i burton Guardian Company, Limited, by Henry Vincent Savyteix, of Burnett Street, Ashburton, at the COnjpany’s Print ' I ingjHouset West street; Ashburton, , Friday, October 12, 1883, J ■ "



/.freezing fpr *xpprfc will not be cobfineJ ' to she?]* and'cattljei and one near .Patea/aod a director of tbe West, poast ’Mew (jJqmpapy, intends breeding pork it will paybetteij than-mutton, as the pigs mpijceji at six months of age. << -Oourier” says—r‘ ‘ Two hundred forty Maoris inarched to the Waiaua bridge on Tuesday, and marched hack again. On the following day the re bearsed by 190. a prominent figure. All were jvell dressed, and several of the young Sftftnjdjpnned,the blue ribbon.” Some' tfery remarkable statements made the otheijday (jayetbe Poll Mol Gazette ) by ** a ‘promi^nir. member of the New detective ” to a some- What'credulou's Boston reporter, will no dosbj: help. to confirm old ladies of both {.'Cb'Ontry as to the dreadful - Mfilire df lhe American woman.. Accord ing to, this authority the result of the woman’s rights movem ,nt in New fi Tork is that-more ~wo|nen' go armed than men, and -thd-' Softer sex are declared ‘to be much more formidable to roughs and burglars'th n men.' -A jnan when he "hears a burglar l /throws up the window end shonts'rbt' thftf police ; a woman slips her haul under the, pillow, and, rushing up fb' : tie in'truder, thrusts the bar rel against. his clothes', and ’ fires. “ A woman with a piatbf/ says the detective, “Is the gameat thiii'g oh earth. In every case where a man hail been shot by a woman his clothes have been burned.” That -may be ; bpt when the preeminent detective went‘bn* toa* ate that evbry other woman,, in Broadway carries a' pistol— usually a nipkel-plated Smittfand Wesson - —in .her'bosnm; : add Wheii'be adds that ” Mdme. Modjestca sleeps with a' brace' of pistols under her pillow, that Mdme. 'Adelina Patti is a “ terror with a re. VTolver,” and that Miss' Anderson once States army at Vim worth by firing blank ’cartridges have felt that a little ioomuch upojj ce lepOiter--



Hop Bitten. BEAD IT ALT IT MAY SAVF V ; Hit-y ' vv: New ew :.ea > •,, w i we ; > ! .e d ' , -- & ' r -■* ■ *'■ I ; a ’ r u. T,aw’,v;.;, Literary | • y,f •,. xal i r-. i and all those j ‘•v'e.-v .' •-•j-r employments cause ' ; l!V celari'.ic.-. ur the Blood, Stomach, ! 'li.i.'ci- >■! iv.aneys, or who require an j ' ,».p; l . i/vr l Tonic and mild Stimulant, I - UMfoe Bitters are being highly ‘ curative, tonic and without . t ‘intoxicating.” •£***■■ t “No matter what your feelings or ■ ‘Symptoms are, or what the disease or ' ‘ailment is, use Hop Bitters. Don’t 1 wait until you are- sick, but if you only ‘ feel bad or miserable, use the Bitters at ‘once. It may save your life. Hundreds ‘have been saved by so doing, at a trifling ‘cost.” Ask your druggist or physician. • “Do not suffer yourself or let - your * friends sufler, but use and urge theta to ‘use Hop Bitters.” '* Remember, Hop Bitters is no vile, ‘drugged, drunken nostrum, but the ■ ‘ purest and best Medicine ever made, and . £■ ‘no -person orfamily should be without - ‘it. ' ' ■ - I - HOP BITTERS MANUFACTURING Co, Melbourne, Autralia, Rochester,; N.Y.j -tJ.S.A., Toronto, London, Antwerp,.}Paris. •



Sporting. RACING CLUB. SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY "anD/'PRIDAY, . November 15th and 16th, 1883. President ; - ■ ; E. G. Wright, M. H.R. Vice-President ; >-'■ . ; ‘ WJ "Or’ Walkeri i*. ■ ■' • ■' Judge - : Matthew Stitt. , ■ ; ■•; ' . Stewards : 0. H. Dowding, TEI. Friedlander, J. Grigg, T. Leahy, W.G.; Ross,W, Saunders, .. H. T. Winter. ; Treasurer : C. 0. Fooks. ■-i v; -Starter : ■■ David Thomas. Clerk op the Scales : j M. Friedlander. i Clerk op the Course : . ; W. B. Denshire. Handioappbrs : Open Races— E. G. Griffiths. District ■Races G. Crisp, C. Fooks, T. Leahy, M. Stitt. . First Race each day to start at 1 p.m. FIRST DAY. 1.; County Hurdle Race (Handicap), ; ■ of 30 bovs; ' over six flights of hurdles aboatJSft 6in high ; norai-



nation, 1-aov ; acceptance, ■ 1 sov . IJi miles. District horses only. ! 2, FeeeHandxoap, of 40 sovs ; ■ accept-i ;. ance, 2sova;l mile. - 8. Maiden Pdate, of-40 sovs; weight for age 3 sova; miles. 4.-. Ashbobton Gup (Handicap), of 150 sc vs; nomination, 2 soys ; accept ance, 5 sovs ; miles. 5,, Ladies’ Purse, of 40 sova-; welted weights for age ; gentlemen riders ; entrance, 3 sova; miles'. District horses only. ; ...» -. i -I, 6. The Post Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sova ; nomination, 1 sov, to be made to the Secretary - immediately after the Ladies’ Purse is run ; acceptance, free, to be notified ■ within- ten minutes of declaration of weights; 1 mile. District horses only.



SECOND DAY. 1. Handicap Hurdle Rack, of 60 sovs; over eight flights of hurdles about 3ft Gin high; nomination, 2 aova ; acceptance, 2 sovs'; 2 miles. 2. Racing Club Handicap, of 75 sovs ; nomination, 2 sots ; acceptance, 2 sots .* miles. 3. County Plate Handicap, of 40 . sovs ; nomination, P sov ; accept , ance, 1 sov ; -1J , miles. District ' hofses only. - * 4. Elying Handicap, of 50sovs, notni y nation, I sov ; ,acceptance, 2 sovs ; f mile ’ 5. Totalisatok Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sots ; nomination,! sov; accept ance, free ; f miie. District horses ■ only;- "r-- " ’ i 6. Consolation Handicap, of 20 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov, to be made im mediately after - the Totalisator Stakes is run ; acceptance, free, to I be noti6ed within ten minutes of declaration of weights. Distance, I 1 mile.; • ■ • ;' RHLES AND REGULATIONS.



1. No entry will be received except oh the condition that all disputes, claims and objections arising out of the i racing shall be decided by the Stewards', or whom they may appoint; their decision on all points connected with carrying out this programme to be final. 2. Canterbury Jockey Club Racing Rules strictly adhered to. 3. A district horse shall mean any horse that has been commonly resident in -the Ashburtou County from July 31,1883, and up to the date of the forth coming meeting, and owned by ,a person who has resided in the said county during the same period. 4. A gentleman rider shall be deemed to be one who has not ridden for hire dpring the past five years. 5. All entries and nominations to be ac companied, by entrance fees, name and ago of horse, and colors of rider, and in the hands of the Secretary, addressed to Quill’s Hotel, hot later than 9 p m. on Thursday, November Ist. Weights for the first day’s Handicaps and Open Hurdle Race will be published on Friday, November 9th. Weights for other Handi caps will be published at 8 p.m. on the evening of the first day’s racing. 6. Acceptances for the first dayc Handicaps and Open Hurdle Race to be paid to the Secretary not later than 9 p.m. on Tuesday, : November 13th; ac ceptances for other Handicaps at 9 p. m. evening of first day’s racing. 7. Five per cent will be deducted from the gross ‘of all monies payable in ac cordance with this programme for ex penses of the course. 8. All nominations and acceptances go to the fund. ' , ,S. SAUNDERS, 8 232 . Secretary



Consultations. 'Z~f ILL CLOSE, ON OB ABOUT 15 i h OCTOBER. IOLDFiBLD CONSULTATION COMPANY, - ■ • i rlb’ourne Cup, 1883 (the coming ■vent of this year.) - o > 1 ESTORS AT £1 Each. re ... £4OOO £2OOO m 1000 £ 800 5* 300 200 W .’ll should take a share in :!.<• i once, as shares are being r ;uarp, Applicants please send dv >aal £i notes (or P. 0.0. preferable safer). Registered -letters NOT ac cepted. Will be drawn under the full in spection. and satisfaction of bona' fide Committee of Shareholders, and result slips sent promptly to every investor. Enclose 4d in stamps for reply and result. Note —A fortune may be' the result to anyone investing for a small outlay. All awards are substantial, the lowest, being equal to many first in others. A quorum of leading gentlemen of the highest social position will act a scrutineers.” Address to “ QUA RTZOPOLIS,” Care of T. LENNOX, Box 53, P.O, Thames,



N.B.— Agencies in Melbourne, Dun edin, Christchurch* Nelson, Coromandel. Auckland and Ashburton. 9 668 A FORTUNE FOR FIVE SHILLINGS. a fortune for sb. 'A. DAM AS TOR’S NOVELTY CONSULTATION ON THE , MEL B O URN E C U P, 1883. To be Run on the 6th of November, Capital... £5,0.00,, Iri 20,000 Shares of 5s each. 431 Prizes guaranteed. as follows Melbourne Cup. .First, ... r ... £SOO Second... " ... 300 Third 200 Starters (divided)soG Non-starters ... 1,000 To be distributed Cash Awards. , 6 at £IOO each 6at £SO each 10 at £25 each 20 at £l2 lOseacH 40 at £6 5s each 200 at £5 Os each £2,500 £2,500 Each ticket has seven separate chances, Race and Cash Awards being drawn for separately,- i ; Please send Post-office Orders, when convenient, or Bank Notes. ; Cheques miftt be marked “ correct ’’ by Bank. If Stampahre sent for tickets please'add one shilling in the pound extra. Notice.: ;t~ Roistered’/letters not ac cepted. Two stamps required for reply and result. Will close on or - about the 3rd of November. Address— i “ADAMASTOR,” Care of Lyons and Hart, 7 60 : 80x,151, P. 0., Dunedin, i Robin hood’s great novelty COMPANY ON THE MELBOURNE CUP AND NEW ZEALAND CUP, ,1c 83, Run 6th November, ini Melbourne and Christchurch. Subscribed capital of £IO,OOO, in 20,000 Shares of 10s each. 285 'Si^Separate allotments, each Share having Six Distinct Chances. Melbourne Cup. (150 Prizes) First Horse...£2ooo Second tdorse ICOO Third Horse... SQO. Other Starters (div) ... 1000 Non-starters (div) ... 1500 New Zealand Cup. (66 Prizes) First Horse... £looo Second, Horse 500 /third fiqrse,;.; ’ 250 Other Starters (div) ... 250 Non - starters (div) ... 1000 £6OOO | £3OOO 69 Cash Bonds. . \ ,3,at£!po ; ( 20 at £lO each £2OO 6at £oD each 300 |4oat £5 each... iOO £IOOO Each Race and Cash Award drawn separately, thus an investor of 10s has Six chances of winning £3165. Application,: if by letter, with 2d stamps, and exchange ..on /4sheqaes„(lsj ,; Money orders, 1 Bank notes and drafts, registered letters, and telegrams received add 'promptly at-, tended to; ’ Address— > ROBIN HOOD, Care of Thos Stapleton, Box 238, P. 0., Christchurch;' Or care of Jiibal Fleming, City Baths, Oh. Ch. 9 ;004 £3OOO. USTR ALASIA’S SWEEP: MELBOURNE CUP. THE GREATEST RACING EVENT OF TBB YEAR. (Ruh in Oct.—Close as soon as filled.) 12,000 SHARES, 6s EACH. An even Four Shares, 20s. To be distributed as follows : First Horse £IOOO ) Starters divide £l5O Second ... 500 | Non-Starters 100 Third ... 250 | Total J £2OOO And 10 Prizes at £25 each , ... £250 .. . 50 Prizes at £lO ~ - ; .... 50Q 50 Prizes at £5 ~ ... 253 Total in Prizes, £looo. Grand total £3OOO. •THE THIRD CONSULTATION OF MY 1883 SERIES. The success apd satisfaction over events may be deemedj sufficient introduction for that announced 1 above.



Clients are requested to send for not less than four shares, taken up in one name. A pound secures four chances—not one only. The right of declining any particular subscription is reserved. Deducted for expenses, 10 per cent. Probity is guaranteed by good com mercial bona tides. References ; Mel bourne Sportsman and City Journals. Bankers— Sydney : City Bank. Melbourne : National Bank. Applicants, are requested to enclose bank notes and ‘eeoisieu the Letter (strong registered envelopes obtainable at every post office) ; if crossed cheque, add Bank charge for collection (payable “Aus tralasia ” or Bearer); also add 6d on notes when other than N. S. W. or Vie., and in all cases 4d postage for reply and result. Enclose two addressed envelopes un stamped. , One extra' Ticket (FREE) with every twenty to one address, . thus enabling the promoters of Clubs for every twenty tickets a chance of fading a winner with out investing, necessarily, a penny. pSf- REGISTER LETTERS Application, as usual, by letter. In tending applicants would oblige by writing immediately, to hasten the time for drawing. Subscribers, “ Australasia’s ” Letter Box will be found at the Offices, 40 Hunter street, Sydney, ADDRESS; AUSTRALASIA, Care of Mr H. J. Franklin, Wholesale Bookseller, Printer and Publisher, 8-223 40 Hunter street, Sydney.



Stud. HORSE CARDS neatly and cheaply printed in all colors and designs at the Guardian office. THE Imported Thoroughbred Steeple chase horse QUAMBY will travel the Ashburton district during the present season. Particulars see cards. Apply JOHN CARTER, 9 515 Grove House, Ashburton. TRAVEL this Season, through I Methven, Chertsey, Seafield, Waka | nui, Waterton, Longbeach, Winslow, and i- Ashburton districts, the celebrated THOROUGHBRED HORSE KINGFISHER. See future advertisement, or apply to E. COOKSON, Crown Stables, Ashburton ; 9 562 Or D. M'Dougall, Proprietor. TO Travel in the Hinds and Rangitata districts the Clydesdale Entire Horse YOUNG SIR COLIN- For particulars apply to CHISNALL BROS., 10 633 Ohinemuri. TO Travel in the Rakaia, Methven, Hororata, and Dunsandel districts YOUNG BLUELIGHT,



(Dapple Gray), A good upstanding carriage horse or hack, stands 16| hands. Young Bluelight is out of an Arab mare—imported from Sydney by Sir Ora croft Wilson—by Bluelight, Terms—L3 for single mare ; L2 10s for two or more; guarantee L 4; payable May 31st, 1884 ; groom fee ss, payable on first service. See future advertisements for further particulars. Apply to CHARLES INDER, 10 632 South Bakaia. 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 Kydgle out of Nutcut, dam of Dagworth, Hercules, Al, and Ella, ail the greatest 'performers in the \Australian colonies, under heavy weights at all distances; Kyogle by William Tell out of Cassandra, dam of Tattondon. 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 to show that Python is one of the grandest'' and, stoutest thorough-bred horses at present in New Zealand. 9610 Apply to the Grooth in charge. TJIHES -Hackney'Stallion, THE WAIF, will serve Mares on the Lowcliffe Estate. Terms —L 3 ss, with free run till Ist January, 1884, after which a charge of 2s 6d per week will be made. The Waif is 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. Young Major’s three-year-old unbroken colts from Lowcliffe mares have invariably topped the market at the annual sales in Christchurch. Terms—L3 ss, with free run till Janu ary Ist, 1884, after which a charge of 2s 6d per week will be made. N. B.—No mires will be allowed to be removed until all fees are paid. 10 642 TO, TRAVEL THIS SEASON IN ASHBURTON ANDSURROUND i ING DISTRICTS, The Clydesdale Horse PRETEND E R. PEDIGREE. Pretender is a dark bay with black points, rising nine years old, with good bone and substance; stands 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 He also took second prize in 1877. Terms—£2 for the season, guarantee £3, payable on the Ist January, 1884, and 5s groomage. Groomage fee payable on first; service. Will be in Ashburton every Saturday. For further particulars apply to



HAY SMITH, Or to the Hroom in charge. 9-559 TO, STAND THIS SEAS N, 1883. The pur ? 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 Jess, by Cromwell (imported). Terms—£3 each cash first time of service, or four guineas end of season. Groon>age fee 6s. Every care taken but no re sponsibility. The above figures refer to Draught Stud Book for New Zealand. J. CARTER, 9-560 Grove Farm, Tinwald. TO Stand this Season, at Longbeach ! and Wheatstone, The pure bred Olydf sdale Horse Lord Beaconsfield. Terms—£4 for one mare. Grazing free of charge to January Ist, 1884. Also, the throughbred Horse Cataract. Terms—Three guineas each mare. Grazing free of charge. Omaragt is a bright bay, stands about 16.2, and is a very sure foal getter. Pedigree—Out of Tarndale by Traitor, Tarhdal© by II Barbiere, dam Advance by Sir Hercules—Ariel by Operator—Ade laide by Theorem. See Stud Book, vol. 6, folio 60. Traitor out of Deception by . raducer, Groomage—ss, payable at the time of service. Every care taken but no responsibility. 10 641



VPO Travel this Season in the Ashburton X district, the Thorough-bred entiie Daniel O’Rourke. Daniel O’Rourke was got by Sledmere (a), dam Biunette (a); by Tadmor, dam by Hetman Platoff— Birthday, by Panta loon—Oonoria, by Oamol. 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: he has proved him self such by winning the Christchurch Cup and Derby in 1876 If mated with good mares he can produce good racing stock. He is the sire of Badsworth, Sir George, j and others too numerous to particularise. A horse of his description should be well patronised in the district. Daniel will travel the following districts :—Kyle, Wakanui road, Waterton, North and South of the River, Longbeach, Winslow, Tinwald, and remain in his box the end of the week at M.’ Beecher’s Central Hotel until Monday. Terms —L 45s per mare, payable Ist January, 1884. Groomage fee ss, pay able on first service. For further particulars apply to th groom in charge. 10 661 R. H. PE APPOINT. TO Travel this Season, in the South Bakaia and surrounding districts, 1883, the celebrated Stallion RING O’ THE VANQUISHERS.



KING O’ THE VANQUISHERS, rising 4 years, is a beautiful bay with splendid action and fine temper, and baa got more bone and hair of the right sort than any other colt of his age in New Zealand. Pedigree ; The King was bred by Messrs Fleming and Hedley, out of their famous brood mare Miss M'Cormick, imported from Melbourne. Miss M'Cormick was pur chased by the late David Nesbitt from M'Cormick Bros., Tasmania, and was specially selected for her breeding quali ties—the correctness of that judgment has now been fully verified. Mias M'Oor mick by Lincolnshire Hero; gd 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 year old class.' Young Vanquisher’s dam by Loch fergus Champion, g d by Champion, better known to breeders by the name of Blair’s Champion. As a 3-year-old, Young Vanquisher was first at Geelong; third at . the Grand National, Melbourne; as' a 4- year-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, 10 654 .Proprietor, South Rakaia. TO Stand this Season the imported powerful. and fashionably bred thoroughbred horse CASSIYELAUNUS, Bred by Mr G. Newing in 1869, got by Caractacus, hia dam Campanelle by Stock well—Florence, by Velocipedi—Marga rette, by Actseon—Snowball, by Prime Minister—Vesta, by Delphini High flyer. • Caractacus (win er' of the Derby in 1862),. got by Kingston—Defenceless, by Defence. See stud book for full pedigree. ' Cassiyelanua is a bright bay, with black points, standing over 16 hands, and show ing immense power and great quality.. As a two-year-old he won two races at New market, boating large fields. Caractacus is now the most fashionable as well as the most-’desirable representa tion of the Venison blood. . . . . Kingston 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) accom plished by rail. It is stated upon reliable authority that Venison walked upwards of 900 miles, ran fourteen, and won twelve times in his three-year-old racing season. . . ’ . Caractacus is in every way most worthy the notice of breeders who fancy the Venison and Defence blood (and who could object to the latter especially ?) more particularly as he—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, Ja 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 for the forthcoming New Zea land and Canterbury Cup—Envious, Fair ! colt; also, sire to Encore, late winner of thejlJunedin Tally-Ho Steeple chase, Miss King filly, and others foo humorous to particularise. Will travel throughout the district, of which notice will be given, and any fur ther information on application to MR A. HOBBS, Owner, Quill’s Hotel; or from MR T. QUILL, 10 651 Ashburton. Business Notice.



pHOTOGRAPHY. Oartbs-de-Yisite Portraits Are now taken at C. LAWRENCE’S STUDIO, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, Ashburton, From 7a 6d to 10a per dozen. Satisfactory Pictures - Guaranteed. • 966 •0 R I C 'K E T. The undersigned will offer during the coining season the whole of his enormous stock at Wholesale Prices, comprising the balance.of last year's Stock, the whole of Mr E. Fuller’s Stock, and 20 Cases to ar rive per Waikato. HUNDREDS OF BATS, To select from by the following makers:— Cobbett, Duke, Lillywhite, Jeffreys, Bart let, Ayers, Bussy, Grimwood and others. Extra large discounts to Clubs and Schools. TO ARRIVE—A Large Stock of Lawn Tennis (good), with all the latest improve ments. W. BRICE, Opposite Bank of New Zealand, CHRISTCHURCH. 8 338



Business Notices. An evil and its remedy.—tj the Editor, —It is ahealthy sign oflhe times when our local papers are beginning to deal in a fearless manner with bankrupts and the. bankruptcy laws. The time has come when something must be done either by the legisla ture or by business men themselves to put an end to a state of affairs which is a disgrace to our boasted civilisation. We (the under signed) have been doing business in Ashbur ton about years, and the money we have lost during that period by bankrupts, levan ters, and blacklegs generally amounts to a great deal more than the margin usually allowed for bad debts. If the law cannot pro tect us then rve must protect ourselves, and there is only one way to do so, viz., to abolish the credit system altogether. This system has been the curse of other countries besides New Zealand, and past experience has proved it to ] be rotten to the core. Owing to recent heavy losses we have resolved to sell for cash only in future. The honest man who is willing to pay his 20s in the £, and pay as he goes, will find this no disadvant age but a great gain, as he will be able to obtain a first-class article much cheaper than he would under the old system. We shall exert our selves to the utmost as heretofore to give our customers full satisfaction, and every order will be executed in our usual first-class style—but we shall no longer run any unnecessary risk. Under the cash system we are prepared to offer a special line of tweeds at the following unusually low prices ;—Gentleman’s suit made to order, £2 18s fid; ladies’ tailor made ulster, £2. All other goods in proportion, for cash only. CRAIGHEAD & CO., . TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Tancred Street.



SEEDS. NEW SEEDS. We beg to intimate that we have re ceived our SHIPMENTS of NEW SEA SON’S Seeds, which on trial have proved to be of extra fine quality. Our FARM SEEDS ncludo white and red clover, alskye, cow cass, trefoil, lucerne, cocksfoot, rye grass, /oree, carrots of sorts, mangolds of sorts, including the new mammoth kinds, which have given such great satisfaction to ouc 1 customers during the last two years. Our GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS. ' - are the finest we have ever had the satis faction of offering both in quality and variety. They contan® many novelties highly spoken of in England, and offered here for the first time. Also TREE SEEDS, comprising blue gums red gum, weeping gum, peppermint gum, swamp gum, stringy bark, silver wattle, black wattle, pinua insignia, pinus maritima, cuptess, raacrocarpa, and many others. ■ Also SEED POTATOES, among which is the new, American ruby, queen, American fluke, and others of the earliest sorts known ; also Bone Dust in large or small quantities. Tools of all sorts.' Plain and ornamental Flower Pots. Pruning and budding Knives, etc, etc. Sealyßros., SEEDSMEN, ASHBURTON. 756



F. S. Shearer, or THE May bank works, tinwald, begs to thank the public for theii 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 Trashing 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. 590 d gPE 01 A L N OTIC E. Householders who have not given Shag Point Opal a trial are respectfully invited to dfr ad’,aa it will be found to bo by far the CLEANEST SAFEST and MOST PLEASANT Fuel in the Market. Sold by all the local Coal Merchants. Special rates for quantities of four tons and upwards. For prices apply, P.O. BOX 213, DUNEDIN. 7 149



mAKE TIME BY THE EORE -1 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 . Robert Murray, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, East street, Ashburton, was not long in learning after his arrival on these shores, and ho 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 tsar of j colonial life. He has just received an other supply of watches, and invites attention to prices. Celebrated Bnglian levers, made expressly for R. Murray, specially suited for colonial wear, witt 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 wi£h 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 ceipt ojf P. 0.0 730c-960



Business Notices. QN SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED. SEED WHEAT • OATS BARLEY GRASS SEED CHAFF FLOUR BRAN SHARPS TEA SUGAR, etc. Agents for Moobb & C 0.,, Christchurch, ROBIN SON & TOWNSHEND, 295 Havelock street.



Geo. Booth & Sons, Manufacturers and import ers of AGRICULT AL IM PLEMENTS. CARLYLE IMPLEMENT WORKS, Sydenham (near Christchurch). Maker%of Carlyle Iron Windmills Carlyle Seed Strippers Carlyle Improved Disc Harrows Carlyle Drays, Tip Carts, Spring Traps, &c. Ploughs, Harrows, Cultivators, Broadcast Sowers, &o. Sole Agents for RANSOME’S STEAM THRESHING MACHINERY. Offices and Stores — 213 Tram street, Christchurch. Postal Address—-P. O. Box 89, Christ church. 473 e



jyj- ; -- E ; T H - V E " N.: We beg to thank the inhabitants of Methven and surrounding districts for the liberal support; accorded us since our commencing Business here. We wish to notify that we Have REMOVED into our newand commodious premises, two doors south of our old offices. We have intro duced all sorts of: General Merchandise into our Business, and are prepared to supply Stations and other large con sumers with every description Stores,. &c., at wholesale rates. TIMBERof every de scription at lowest-current rates; Best Newcastle COAL from the Old Lambton Mine. Builders requisites in IRON MONGERY, DOORS. SASHES, etc., always ori hand. Feed OATS and Seed WHEAT and OATS on Sale. Oaten Sheaf OH APE in any quantities (best quality). We have also on Sale .Messrs Booth, McDonald and Co.’s celebrated PLOUGHS, DRAYS, ROLLERS, DISC-HARROWS, and other Farming Implements, which we are prepared to sell at Christchurch Prices, with freight added. We are also' booking ordqmi.fot McCormick’s Reapers and Binders," and ; farmers are advised to make early applica- I tions. ! Hasten and ' Beattie’s flexible Harrows,, Grain and other Produce Stored on the moat ‘ reasonable terms. Agents for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, and New Zealand Insurance; Company. Land arid Commission Agents. Loans negotiated,—C.'J. W. Cookson, Jun. , and C 0.., General Merchants, .Methven*; Methven, July. 9th, 1883. - ' 7 66



Conveyances. LONGBEAGH ROYAL MAIL COACH . Leaves Long beach for Ashburton daily (Sundays excepted) at 7.30 a. m., Waterloo 8.10 a. m., Ashton 8.25 a. m.,' Wheatstone 8.45 aim., arriving at Ashburton in time for the 10.24 express from Christchurch to Timarn. The coach leaves the coach stables, ..Wakanui Road (opposite Central Hotel), Ashburton, at 4,50 p.m., arriving at Longbeach at 7.30 p.m. Parcels or orders left at any of the above places wiR receive strict attention Fares—Through single fares, 6s; return same day, Bs. From this date RETURN FARE at SINGLE BATES, on Saturdays only j i between Waterton and Ashburton. W.’ B. BOND, >. . . Proprietor, 427 c Longbeach. miNWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS JL 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 arr'val cf each train. - o i Parcels and Luggage punctually attended to. Single fares, ?a; return, 3s. n JOHN HOOD Boarding Houses, &c. ; PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE AND TEMPERANCE HOTEL]



C. TRUCKLE begs to return thanks to hiarfrienda and the publjcfor their patron-,; age since he has taken over the Prince Albert Boarding House, and trusts by always keeping a good table and accommo dation for boarders and travellers to re ceive a continuance of the same. Private rooms for families. O. TRUCKLE, 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 LFORD FOREST HOTEL. Who has again taken the hotel at Alford Forest, would be glad to receive a call from his old friends and as many new ones as can make it convenient to- give a look in. moderate. 944 Hotels John Tisch, Good accommodation for horses. 1328



HBURTON HOTEL. ARCHIBALD M'OOLL (for many years Manager of the late Sir Gracroft Wilson’s Rangitata Station) begs to in form his numerous Friends and the gene-' ral pnblio that he has taken possession of the Ashburton Hotel, which has been greatly improved and entirely re-f urnished and re-decorated, and is now replete with every convenience and comfort.: A. M'Coll would, therefore, assure his patrons that they wilrhaye every atten tion bestowed on them. Excellently Furnished PRIVATE APARTMENTS for FAMILIES. All Liquors kept in stock are under the special supervision of the Proprietor, 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‘Rae, late oi the Somerset Stables), is sufficient guarantee’that Cohn try Visitors will meet with every Ac commodation in that respecf'. 1830



Publication.' ' IN THE PRESS, AND WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED, “OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS/ BY AIiFEED BAUNDBKB. This Book, written by an old New Zea ihtid coloni t, will he found to contain the most modern and complete information upon the Breeding, Hearing and Manage* ment of every description of Domestic Poultry; suggestions, for the improve ment of Poultry Shows ; all tjmt 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 to a mouse. It wljl 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. 2*o Government Notice. T HE R. 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 the 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 1 ' t i 2. —lntending to provide for Wife and Children or others by deed of Settlement. 3. Settling Property-by 'way of Mar riage Settlement. > i. 12- 4. —Desiring to renounce the Tenets of a Will, having been appointed Executor-or Trustee under the same. *•« 5;- —Having acted as Trusted Executor pr Administrator, wishiug-to beroUevedoi the burthen of Trustee hip or Adminis tration, the option of us ijg the State ma chinery, and gives an absolute gjuprantee against loss of funds by frauds peculation, or dishonesty. 1 ■ *■'; Eveiy information may be obtamed from : f -, ,t ---aleander lean, : Agent at Christchurch; Or from , ‘ R. 0. HAIIIERTON, Poblin Trusted. Wellington, ': ... c ‘ | : 12thJday, 1882 ’



Medical"' ots .of' DEAFNESS. —Quacks calling thApi selves ‘ ‘Doctors,” are utterly fpla ing the organs of hundreds suffering Dtp deafness,- charging frofn ljßte>ii2o■"for* T ao doing. I have, two infalHble feßaewß (No; J i deafness - arising from colStr'iNo. 2, the' thickening Of' of'''tibe -Tyihpamim) from recipes sent me by fhyse world-known Aurista, jbho; late, sent SSniqr Surgeons tha ; 'Royal^Dis pe'nsary for Diseases ’Of the B«fcr~SSid Stamps for particulars*’te Tt : B. ’Haihu toed, Auckland, N.Z. •>■■l^7o



✓ GRATEF UL—COM EPPS' S 00 0 0 At. f*' BREAKFAST. :’ . ; s BY a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern we opetartionsof digestion and nutrition, and bye careful application of the fine properties iof well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our 'breakfast tables ' with a delicately flavoured beverage which may- save ns many heavy doctor’s bills. It 'is -by the ad cions use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be 'gradually built m ! until strong enhugh to resist every ten dency to disease. Hundreds of subtla maladies. are floating around us ready to -attack wherever there is v weak- pdiht. We may escape many a fatal shiftily keeping' ourselves well fortified ‘with pare blood and a properly nourished frame.— ’ See article in the €wil Service Oaaette, ■ Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets, labelled ; - JAMES EPPS AND CO., J * HOMCEOPATHIO CHEMIST, . ! f LONDON. : . , ALSO, ‘ EPPSi CHOCOLATE ESSENCE KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES. ' COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM Composed of the purest, articles. These Lozenges contain, no opium nor any daletferioas drag, therefore the most delicate can take them with perfect confidence. Thehvbeneficifd eftcct is speedy and certain. This old,' nn* failing family remedy is daily the most eminent Physicians. (In use nearly 60 years). = ' " V ’ MEDICAL TESTIMONY; * ' • ■ July London. 1 ./"• '' 1 ' »’ r; ‘



Sir,—Your Lozenges are excellent, and their beneficial effect most reliable. I strongly recommend them in 'cases of cough and asthma. Von are at liberty to stateßus as my opinion, formed from many years’ experience. J. Bringlok, M.R.C.S.L., L.S.A., f..M. Mr. T. Keating, Indian Medical Serried, Dear Sir, —Having tried your Lozenges in India, I .have much pleasure in testifying to thei« beneficial effects in cases. of incipient consumption, asthma and bronchial affections. I have prescribed them largely, with the best results. > * W. B. G, . Apothecary, HiiLSj - KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES are sold by all Chemists, in tins of various, sizes, each‘ having the words, “ 'Gough Lozenges” engraven on the government stamp. Seating’s Worm Tablets. ' , Keating’s WomTAWejSfc. A PURELY VEGETABLE .WEETMEAT both in appearance and taste, * furnishing a most agreeable method of • administering ithe only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly .safe and mild preparation, and is- especially adapted for children. ' Sold in ns by all Chemists and Druggists. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London Export Chemist and:Druggist. STEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDER i FOR . . t .. . CHILDREN CUTTING. TEETH.’ I CATTION TO PURCHASER The value of this well-known Family Med:, cine- has been largely tested in all parts of tile world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exten sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA. TIONS, some of which in OUTWARD APPEArANC E so closely resemble the on -1 ginal : as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it due to thi public to give a special caution against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. : Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none _ . 3ar genuine:— * • ■ Ist—ln every case the words ' JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST,. WALWORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the Governmea Stamp affix to each packet. ‘ ■ ‘ ■ 2nd—Eatm Single . Powder has direction*, ip: the dose, and he words, John Stkkoman Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thefedn. 3rd —The name, Steedroan, is always with two EE’s. -r. m -'i 4th-—The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets by all Chemists ana Medi cine Vendors. > > i ■ Kkmpthorn, Frosskr and Co for POWELL’S BALSAM o