In part IL a pianoforte duet was very nicely rendered, which was foil? wed by a recitation entitled ’‘Deal Dull.” The fancy costume drill by the youngster* was very effective, and their gorgeous dresses added to the amusement consid erably. A recitation by D. Brown and M. Bennet was capitally given, as was also another recitation by «. Leebody. “The Hunting Song” with chorus brought. the entertainment to a close. The Rev E. A. Scott, Messrs Ward and Dempsey delivered short addresses, the I latter gentleman thanking the audience for their attendance. The National An them was then sung, after which all pre sent left the room, thoroughly pleased I with the hour and a quarter spent with I the pnpils. We must not forget to men- I tion the fact tt at, thanks to Mr Dempsey, I the gems larrikin was “ conspicu ui by I his absence,” and the large audience w« J in no way disturbed by whistlings and I catcall*, now become so prominent at our J public entertainments. I

WHY LYNCHINGS OCCUR IN AMERICA.

The riot and bloodshed at Cincinnati are simply the results of the outrageous verdict rendered by the juiy in the Ber ner murder case. The crime for which Berner was tried was peculiarly atrocious, and his guilt was exceptionally clear. It was a brutal murder, deliberately com mitted hy the prisoner and another man for the eole purpose of robbery. Their victim was their employer, who was clubbed to death in a stable and then rpbbad of a roll of bills which he had in hie pocket, amounting to 246de1, which Was divided between the murderers. The facts ascertained left no room for doubt as to the guilt of Berner. Indeed, he confessed his crime. On the trial both the evidence and the law were over whelmingly against him. There seemed to be no escape from conviction of murder in the first degree. It was generally believed ihat there was no alternative but a verdict of murder or an acquittal, and the latter was deemed wholly out of the • question. The jury, however, found the prisoner guilty simply of manslaughter. - This unexpected and unwarranted verdict was characterised as “ an outrage” by the Judge, and was denounced still more emphatically by the spectators in Court It was universally condemned by the Press, and aroused a popular indignation which first broke forth in threats to mob . the jury, next found expression in a vast Subtle meeting, and finally led to riot and loodabed. * This outbreak in Cincinnati is not a matter of merely local concern. It springs from a cause of general operation. It is a consequence of flagrant miscarriage of justice; and both the cause and its effect ate growing common throughout the eountry to as extent that may well cause alarm and arrest attention. The failure to bring murderers to punishment has be come so general and so gross as to call in question the efficacy of our criminal ad ministration and to sound a warning to the whole nation. It is a startling fact that escape of mur derers from the penalty of the law is the . rale and conviction the exception. A writer in the current number of the Cen tury has collected statistics showing that more than 1,600 murders were com mitted in the United States last year, while the number of legal executions was only 93. One year affords but an approxi mate number of hangings to murders. But the s .me writer reaches the conclusion that the number of yearly mur-’ dors in the country is 1,300 0r'1,400, and the number of executions less than 100. In other words, oat of every fourteen murders only one suffers the extreme penalty of the law and thirteen escape the : gallows. Another most significant fact i repotted by the same authority is that in , 1883 the lynchings in the United States ( outnumbered the legal executions by 25 per cent, —there being 126 of the former ; and 93 of the latter. We recently gave the figures showing i that during a period of little more than i twenty yearn—from 1860 to 1882— 170 ( persons weie tried in Massachusetts for ( murder in the first degree. Of this num ber only twenty-nine were convicted and only sixteen hanged. In Connecticut during a period of thirty years—from 1860 to 1880 -of the ninety-seven pris- i oners tried for murder in the first degree i only thirteen were convicted of that : crime, and not mure than seven were executed. There were 186 homicides in New York city during the four years end ing with 1877, or an average of nearly one a week. During the same period there were four executions, or just one a year. < The number of persons tried for murder in the first degree in the city averages about twenty a year; the number hanged does not average more than two or three. These are startling facts, which show an alarming defect in our criminal sys tem, and saggest the inquiry whether our ■ laws for the punishment of murderers and the prevention of murder are uot . administered in behalf of criminals rather I than in the interest of society. There is no question that these laws are far more favorable to the prisoner than to the people. It is much easier for the de fence to escape than it is for the prose cution to secure conviction. In nine murder.• eases out of ten the 'jury, as is amply proved by experience, is simply a body organised in the interests of criminals . At every stage, from the -summoning of the jurors to the ren dering of the verdict, the prisoner has advantages and opportunities from which the State is cut off. In the Cincinnati trial, lor instance, the defence had five times as many peremptory challenges as the prosecution, and while the prosecutor r stood alone daring the trial five of the beet criminal lawyers at the bar appeared for the prisoner. Cues are notoriously common in which the jurors deliberately and wilfully side with the prisoner out of sympathy with him or-through indiffer ence to the claims of society, and acquit him against the evidence and in violation of their oaths. The outrageous acquittal of Pokes, the surprising verdict of the Cincinnati jury in the Berner case,' and ■j,/ . the flagrant results of other recent crimi nal trials can be explained only on this theory. • , Lynch law and mob rolo are always to be condemned. There was a time when - these occurrences were chiefly confined to { .■ frontier regions. But they are now! breaking out in more law-abiding com munities. Notable instances of this are - aaqo*! of the'Pnkes’ acquittal in Penn «£■’sylyaoia and the consequences of the Berner verdict in Cincinnati. The Cin riot is not to be defended er ei- bat it is a warning, and should it have a wholesome effect on the. shame sfejg'ffiitjogy' abuses throughout the country it least one good fruit.—Jyisto “M Herald. ~

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| and yet in the face of this fact the Mail I professes to disclose what took place at I the meeting. Most people will probably I conclude t at a newspaper which know- I ingly publishes things which are said and done in private confidence is quite capable of inventing a little fiction to give zest to the dishonorable disclosures. The point, however, to which I wish to draw attention is that, if ws are to have a Paul Pry going about amongst us for the pur- I pose of picking up the odds and ends of private conversation, and then publishing the scraps thus obtained, together with his own embellishments, in the Mail, the sooner public opinion is brought to bear upon such practices, as it was formerly brought to bear upon a now defunct Sockty journal, the better will it bo for the community.—l am, eta, Resident.

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND. [redxek’s telegrams—copyright.] London, May 32. | The cricket match Australians v. Mary lebone Club commenced to-day at Lords. The following are the names of the Home team:—Gentlemen players, Messrs W. G. Grace, Rotherham, O’Brien, A, G. Steele, 0. T. Studd, J. G. Waiker, I. D. Walker ; professional players, W. Barnes, W. Flowers, Sherwin, W. C. Woof. The attendance at the match was enormous, and the weather was splendid. An excel lent wicket was pitched, and the ground was in first-rate order. The Home te an went in first, and remained at the wickets throughout the day, having lost nine wickets for 465 runs when the stumps were dra,wn. The following are the scores: W. G. Grace, ,lbvr roi C. T. Studd, c ... ... ... 2 I. D. Walker, c.. ... ... 22 J. G. Walker, c 9 A. G, Steele, st... 134 W, Barnes, not out 95 O’Brien, c 7° Flowers, b O Rotherham, c 1 W. C. Woof, b o Sherwin, not out S Extras ... ... ... 26 Total for nine wickets... 465

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[bBOTBR’s TRLEOR AMS —COPTKI6HT. 1 The Governor of Victoria. London, May 22. At the banquet given last evening to Sir Henry Loch, the newly-appointed Governor of Victoria, by a number of Victorian colonists now in London, EarF Rosebery presided, and the com pany included Sir Saul Samuel, Agent j General of New South Wales, and var ious notables. The chairman, in pro posing the toast of the evening, warmly euldgised the tried services of Sir Henry Loch, and urged him on his arrival in Victoria to inculcate the de sire for unity of the empire. Sir Henry Loch, in reply, promised to exert him self unceasingly to encourage a feeling of affection and confidence between the colonies and the Mother-country. Affairs in Egypt. London, May 23. In the House of Commons last night the Government was questioned regard-, ing the reported equipment of steamers under the supervision of the British naval authorities in Fgypt. In reply, Mr Gladstone explained that the Ad miralty were making arrangements for the service of small steamers to act as patrols between Assouan and the first cataract, and. Wady Haifa, at the second cataract on that river. The Premier also made a statement regard ing the approaching international con ference on Egyptian affairs, in ' the course of which he declared that the Government would never consent to revert to dual control by England and France of Egyptian finances, and added that no Power had as yet atttempted to alter the basis upon which the British Government had proposed that the conference should take place. Monetary and Commercial. The total reserve in notes and bul lion in the Bank of Englaud is Lx 5,400,000, being an increase of L 300,000 during the week. The pro portion of reserve to liabilities con tinues at 48 per cent. The Bank rate of discount remains at percent., and the market rate at ij4- Consols are unchanged at 101 and New Zealand securities as follows: Five per cent. 10-40 Loan, 104; Five pier cent 1889 Loan, 102 }i. Four and a half per cent. 1879-1904 Loan, xoi% •, Four per cent. In scribed Stock, The markets for colonial breadstuffs and tallow are without quotable change. The Wool Sales. At to-day’s wool sale 12,100 bales were offered. The market continues firm.

AUSTRALIAN.

[BETTER'S TELEGRAMS—COPYKIGHT.] 1 Shipping. Melbourne, Yesterday. Arrived, this morning—Union steam ship Arawata, from the- Bluff. The Oriental Bank. The hearing of the petition in the case of the Oriental Bank Corporation was centinued at the Supreme Court to-day, and ’adjourned! until the 29th inst. . Coursing. Sydney, Yesterday. The Waterloo Cup to-day was won by Monsoon. Hanlan. No doubt is entertained here that Hanlan defeated Laycock with the greatest ease. The Markets. New Zealand wheat, 45 per bushel ; New Zealand oats, 2s xod; maize, 4s xod. Sugar Co,’s No 1 pieces per ton, L 34. Adelaide, Yesterday. There is do change to report in the local produce markets during the week.

THE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, MaY 24, 1884.



The Bad and Worthless are never imitated or counterfeited. This is es pecially true, of a family medicine, and it is positive proof that the remedy imitated is of the highest value. As soon as it has been tested and proved by the whole world that Hop Bitters was the purest, best, and most valuable ■family medicine on earth, many imitations sprung up and began-to steal the notices in which the press and the people of the country had expressed the merits of H. 8., and in every way trying to induce sobering invalids, tp me their stuff instead,; expecting to make money an the credit and good name of H. B. Many others started nostrums put up in simi lar style to H. 8., with variously devised names in which the word “ Hop ” or "Hops ” 'were used in a way to induce people to believe, they were the same as Hop Bitters. All such pretended remedies or cures, no matter what their style or name is, and especially those with the word "Hop” or "Hops” m their name or in any way connected prith them or their name, are imitations er counterfeits. Beware of them. Touch none of them. Use •nothing but genuine American' Hon. Bittpm, with a bunch of cluster of green Hops on' the white label, and Dr Seule’S name blown in the glass- Trust' nothing else. Druggists and chemists are warned against dealing m imita tions or counterfeits.



Meeting OOU THIRD MEL' JDNB 18th, 19th All-Aged Stakes at L 3 Puppy Stakes at L2 2s Nominations and Acts Somerset Hotel, Ashburti June 16th, 1884, when tl place. F. MAINW H Ashburton, May 24, 18f RAC I The half-yearly GENEI of the above Club will I Club’s Room on TUEaI next, at 8 p.m. Business : To receive the Comm'tt Balance Sheet Emotion of Officers And general. S. SAUJ 5 1030 UPPER ASHBUR BOARD. Owing to Monday next Holiday, the usual s ttinj Board will bo ADJOURN day, June 2, 1884 The time for receiving tended to the latter date. By order. D. M 5 1031



Bazaar. Bazaar. Bazaar. BAZAAR. J N AID OP THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WILL BE OPENED ON SATURDAY, MAY 31st, ISB4, At 11 o’clock, IN THE TOWN HALL. A most magnificent and beautiful and select lot of goods will be sold. The prizes are too numerous to mention. A mongst the many will be— One sound good PONY One COW in full profit One STEER One Entire Set of Bedroom FURNI TURE PICTURES LOOKING-GLASSES TOYS CHILDREN’S CLOTHING, &c., &c. THE BAZAAR WILL BE OPENED ON SATURDAY, at 11 O’CLOCK, By Joseph Ivbss, Esq., M.H.R., And will close on the following Saturday. I have to thank my many Protestant and Catholic friends for their great kind ness in sending goods. EDMUND COFFEY.



Public Notice. MR SIDNEY WOLF, From the Royal Academy of i Music, London, PROFESSOR OF SINGING AND PIANOFORTE, . Cox Street, Ashburton. j Singing Class for Ladies and Gentlemen 1 at the Oddfellows’ Hall every Thursday Evening at 8 o’olock. Terms —One Guinea per quarter. 4 602 Ashburton county council. Notice is hereby given that at the next ordinary meeting of the Ashburton County Council, which will be held on Friday, the 6th day of June, 1884, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon,, the following resolution will be considered by the Council Resolved —“That inasmuch as it ap pears to this Council that the river works proposed to be constructed on the banks of and in connection with the river Ashburton are for the special benefit of that portion of the County of Ashburton, which is comprised within the boundaries hereinafter mentioned, this Coun cil do make a Special Order defining such portion of the said County, and such Special Order to be as follows, that is to say SPECIAL ORDER. Tp pursuance of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Counties Act, 187®>. the Roads and Bridges Con i struction Act, 1882, and the Acts amending the said Acts, the County Council of Ashburton do hereby order and declare that the portion of the County of Ashburton which is comprised within the fol lowing boundaries shall be deemed to be the portion of the County for the special benefit < f which the said works are to be constructed, and the Poll and Special Rate re quired by the said The Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882, to be respectively taken and levied shall-only be taken and levied of and on the ratepayers of such par ticular portion— ' Bounded on north-west by road line forming north-west boundary of R.S. 4923, with continuation there of to south side of Ashburton river bed bounded on the west by south *: side of Ashburton river bed, on south-east by South Pacific Ocean on the east by road line forming western bcu..J. ry of R.S. 845 and the northern boundary of R P. i 27965 to south-west corner of E. S 21685 thence iri a straight line to bend of road at north-west corner of R.S. 14857 thence along road forming eastern and northern boundary of R.S. 7774 thence along road linefto the starting point as shown in plan in County Coun -.n, ciPOffice. : By order. ■ F. MAIN WARING, Clerk. Ashbtyltop, May 17th, 1884. 6 963



Public Notices: jS ! ° T— I 0 r> The undersigned requests AL L CLAIMS against tlio Into W. R. Boyle, to be sent in at once. T. BOYLE. Ashburton, May 23rd, 1884. 5 1019 N OTIOE TO DEALERS, DROVERS, Ac. SHEEP Any person Driving Sheep or Cattle through the Coldstream Bun after this date, without giving notice as required by the Sheep Aet, will be prosecuted. C. H. DOWDING, 5 943 ' Manager, IF the two Draught Colts and, two Draught Fillies left iu my paddocks on April 18:h, 1883, are not Claimed and all expenses paid up to date, the same will be SOLD to defray expenses on May 31st at the Saleyards of Messrs Matron, Cox and Co., Ashburton. HENRY ANDERSON, 5 964 Flemington, TS 0 w READ V. MAPS of the Town of Ashburton and Suburbs, showing sub divisions up to date may be obtained at our offices, Mounted, 22s 6d ; unmounted, 16s. FOOKS & SON, 5 995 Licensed Surveyors. WE, the undersigned, having pur chased the Book Debts of E. C, Freebee, of Ashburton, butcher, have placed the same in the hands of Mr W, H. G pndry for immediate Collection, and his receipt only will be sufficient dis charge. All accounts must be paid at once. DAVID THOMAS, OCTAVIUS DIGBY. 19th May, 1884. 5 970



rjlO FARMERS AND BREEDERS Horses. Horses • Wanted a number of upstanding HACKS, sound, broken or unbroken, from 3 to 6 years old ; not less than 15.1 hands high, for export. Apply personally or by letter, not later than May 25th, to E. COOKSON, Livery Stables, 5 904 Ashburton,



THE ASHBURTON COUNTY STOCK AND SALEYARDS COMPANY (LIMITED), is prepared to Dip Sheep in largo or small lots at the following Reduced Scale of charges:— For the first 600 sheep, one penny each For the second 500 sheep, one halfpenny each For the second 1000 sheep, one farthing each For flocks of over 2000 special arrange ments will be made. The material used will be charged for in addition to the above. GEORGE JAMESON, 3 407 Secretary. Ashburton high school BOARD. The Ashburton High School Board pro pose to open a High School for Girls, and are commencing to build for the purpose. Parents intending to send Girls to the School are requested to communicate as soon as possible with the Secretary, as, if sufficient inducement offers, temporary arrangements will be made for commenc ing classes, pending the erection of the School.



Instruction will be given in English, Latin, French, German, Drawing, Elo ; mentary Science and Needlework. Parents may select the subjects in which they wish their daughters to be instructed, with the Lady Principal’s ap proval. Arrangements will be made for such pupils as desire to be instructed in vocal and instrumental music, charges for which will be extra. Fees per term L2 2s, payable in ad vance. F. M\ IN WARING, 5 993 • Secretary. rPHE ANNUAL GENERAL MEET JL ING of Shareholders of the Ashbur ton Woollen Factory Company will be held on THURSDAY, May 29th, 1884, in the Arcade Chambers, at 3 p. in. Business : To receive the Annual Report and Balance Sheet. To elect three Directors in the place of Messrs Hugo Friedlander, and J. Orr, who are eligible for re-elec tion, and the late John Carter, de ceased. To elect two Auditors for ensuing year. Consideration of notice cf motion, and also the following resolution : “That the Directors of the Ash burton Woollen Factory Company, Limited, be empowered and re quested to issue 2,0 0 preferential shares of £5 per share, such shares to be part of the issue of 6,000 shares originally agreed upon in the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and the capital repre sented by such preferential shares to be part of the origii-al capital of £25,000. That h Idera of these preferential shares will have a pre fereutial claim to iutereit over ordinary shareholders to the extent of £8 per centum per annom, and in the event of the Company being at any time wound up, they will be the first to receive the money paid by them.’' S. E. POZNTZ, 5 1C22 Secretary. pUBLIC NOTICE. Having been appointed Sole Agent in the Ashburton County for the sale of “ The Maclean Pickle and Preserving Company’s goods,” I am prepared to re ceive orders for pickles in bottle or jar, pure vinegar, cordials, and catsup. The quality of these goods is vouched for in the following extracts, and they Can bo supplied much cheaper than the imported article :—Encourage local industries ! ! ! “ The Maclean pickles obtained the high est award at the International Exhibition 1882, against several of the principal English manufactures ; the highest award at the Canterbury Agricultural and Pas toral Association’s graod show, 1883; and also a letter highly commendatory from the President of the New Zealand Indus trial Exhibition, 1883 and 1834 (no awards having been given).”—“ Professor A. W, Biokerton, Colonial Ar dyat, re ports : —The pickles having been ex amined, were found to bo well preserved, of good color, and perfectly free from adulteration. These pickles have been > in use in my own household for some time past, and 1 consider them to be superior to those imposed. The samples examined were purchased from a grocer in the city, g,nd may therefore be considered to rep’ e sent the average quality.” —S. E. POYNTZ, Novelty Empor: m, Burnett $ rtreet, Ashburton, 3 505



Election Notices. mo THE ELECTORS OF ASHBURTON. Gentlemen, — In compliance with the request of a large nnmoor of influential electors in various p>irtn of the district, I have the honor to inform yon that it i< my intention to offer myself as a c ndi date for your suffrages at t he forthcoming election, necessitated by Mr Wright’s re tirement. I shall take an early opptr tunity of explaining my political views at length. Your obedient servant, 5 1017 OH AS. W. PURNELL. rno THE ELECTORS OF ASHBURTON. i Gentlemen, —Owing to the resignation of E. G. Wright, Esq., as member for this district, I purpose offering myself as a Candidate, and will take the op; porlunity of Addressing you at the vari ous centres at as early a date as possible. Yours faithfully, 5 966 J. CATHOART WAPON. Mr Wason the Electors of Ashburton MEET H I M AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE, METHYEN, ON TUESDAY, 27th INST., At 7.30 p.m. 5 997



Entertainments. S' T. STEPHEN’S SCHOOLROOM, ASHBURTON. SECOND SIXPENNY ENTERTAINMENT. TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1884. Commence at Bp.m. 5 1029 E LOIN DISTRIC C SCHOOL A Ball Will be held in the Elgin District School room on FRIDAY,.JUNE 6th 1884. Dancing to commence at 8 p.m. Tickets 2s. 6d. each. ReFreshments Provided.' 5 1023 OWN HALL, ASHBURTON. T Positively for one night only. WEDNESDAY, MAY 28. First appearance in Ashburton of MI S S AU GUS T A L. DARG ON, the highly gifted elocutionist and star dramatic artiste, in a series of recitals, readings and dramatic sketches. See opinions of Australian and New Zealand press. • Selections from the following dramatic gems:—Scenes from “School for Siandal ” (Sheridan) Snow ” (Watson) —Divorce scene ‘ Henry YIIl.” (Shakespeare) “Fontenoy ”or “ Charge of the Irish Brigade ” (Thomas ’Davis) —Scene from “ Deborah ” (Mosen thae)—“ The Raven ” (E. A. Poe)—Chase scene, “ London Assurance ” (Boucicaul) —“ A Man’s a Man for a’ that ” (Burns) —“ The Lost Heir ” humorous, (Hood) — Scenes from the “ Honeymoon ” (Tobin) —“ Bingen on the Rhine ” (Mrs Norton) —Scenes from “ Macbeth ” (Shakespeare) —“Charge of the Light Brigade” (Tennyson)—Court scenes, “ Merchant of Venice ” (Shakespeare) Ride ” (T. B. Read)—Comic chapter, “ Widow Bedott Papers" (Witcher). Prices, 4s, 3s, 2d. Box plan at H. M. Jones’. Commence precisely at 8 p.m. Car riages at 9.45 W. K. Eisnor, business manager for Miss Dargon. 5 1021 Tenders. T ENDEKS FOR PLOUGHING. WANT D Tenders for Ploughing 70 acres stubble Land at T.auriston, inches by 10. Work must be commenced at once and completed by 20th June. GEORGE JAMESON, 5 987 Ashburton. T o BUILDERS. TENDE RS are invited for the EREC TION of a Girls’ High SCHOOL, in tim ber. Plans and specifications may be seen at our ( flice, where tenders are to be sent in not later than 5 p.m. on TdURSDAY, 29th. C. E. FOOKS & SON, 6 994 Architects. T o BUILD B R S. TENDERS are invited for the Erection of a SCHOOL Building at the Convent, Ashburton. Plans and specifications may be seen on application to tho undersgned, to whom tenders are to be sent not later than 4 p.m. on THURSDAY, sth June next. The.lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 5 1028 R. BIRD. CANTERBURY PLANTATION BOARD. TENDERS are invited for SKIM PLOUGHING three inches deep, about forty acres of Tussock Land, near Wins low, to be completed by the 20th June. Tenders, addressed to the undersigned and accompanied by a deposit of L2, must be lodged at the County office, Ash* burton, on or before the 27th inst. EDWARD G. WRIGHT, 5 1002 Chairman. •^JTPER ASHBURTON BOARD. ROAD TENDERS are invited for the follow ing works : No. 16—Formation 40 chains (more or less), on bank of Hinds river No. 17 Formation Charles street, Tin wald Plans and specifications can be seen at the Board’s Office, where tenders will be received till noon on SATURDAY, 24th inst. CYRIL JEPHBON, 5 984 District Road Surveyor. COUNTY COUNCIL. POISONED WHEAT. TENDERS are invited for the SUP PLY of 200 Bushels of Poisoned Wheat for the destruction of Birds. Conditions are on view at the County Council Offices, Ashburton, and City Council Offices. Christchurch. Tenders endorsed “ Tender, Poisoned Wheat,” will be received at ti e - Council Offices, Ashburton, on FRIDAY, 6th June next. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By order. F, MAIN WARING, Clerk. Ashburton, May 81, JLBB4. 5 10X0



Railway Notices. ZEALAND RAILWAYS. (Christchmch Section). TRAIN ARRANGEMENT'', MAY26th, 1884 GRAND NATIONAL CHA Bs AT i tiki TCIiURCH The following alreiationa wi'l be made in the ordinary trains on the 26th in.-t. In lieu of the 730 a.m. train from Timaru to Anhburtou and the 10.55 a.m. train froth Ashburton to Christchurch, a Stopping at other stations to pick up or set down passengers if required. The evening train from ; hristchurch to Ashburton will start at 4.50 p.m., and run 35 minutes later than usual through out the journey. Thu evening train from Rakaia to Methven trill start »t 7 o’clock, and run 20 minutes later than usual throughout the journey. FARES: Saturday return tickets will be issued at all stations on the 23rd, 24th and 26th, and will be available for return up to and including the 31st inst. Goods traffic will be suspended on the 26th. FREDK. BACK, Traffic Manager. District Traffic Manager’s Office, Christchurch, May 20th, 1884 5 996 Stock Sales A K A I A Stock Sales. The undersigned will hold regular SALES of all classes ’of STOCK* etc., etc., at South Rakaia, on the under mentioned dates, the Ist and 3rd THD r>< 3* - DAY in each month ; June sth June 19th ] THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND ! MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED. I 0. W. TURNER, ’ Agent, Matson, Cox & Co. ' L. OXLEY, Rakaia Agent. !



For Sale- PotatOeS. PDR SALE, in large or small quanti ties, good BLUE DERWENT POTATOES. GEORGE JAMESON, 5 913 West street. ARM FOR SAL E f}/4 A ACRES of the richest Farm ing LAND in New Zealand, situated on the Waimate Plains, North Island. The owner, a single man, who is a prac tical fasmer, is prepared either to sell above right out, or join partnership with a suitable party in this and another pro perty he owns adjacent. Capital required about LISOO. For further particulars apply to MASON, STRUTHERS & CO., 5 1007 Christchurch. Auctions- SATURDAY, MAY 31. MR T. BULLOCK has received in structions from Mr Healy, to Sell by Public Auction, at the Arcade, Burnett street, on Sa urday, May 31, R.S. 25241, containing 200 ACRES 200 Situated about 7 or 8 miles from Ash burton, in the Wakanui road dis trict. Intending purchasers are invited to in spect this property previous to sale. Will be sold on liberal terms of payment. Sale at 12.30. T. BULLOCK, 5 956 Auctioneer. SATURDAY, MAY 24. MR T. BULLOCK has received in structions from Messrs Furneaux and Dunlop, to Sell by Public Auction, at the Arcade, Burnett street, on the above date — Sound young Draught HORSES J Bay HACK 2 Tip DRAYS Quantity HARNESS, etc., etc. • Sale at 1 o’clock. T. BULLOCK, 5 981 Auctioneer. ! SATURDAY, 31st MAY, 1884. | ONE OF THE 88-T FARMS IN OaNTERBDaY. Messrs h. matson & co. in) conjuction with Messrs Matson, Goa and Co.), have received instructions from Mr Robert Anderson, to dispose of by Public Auction, at their Land sale rooms, Cashel street, Christchurch, on Saturday, 31st May, 1884, At 2 o'clock— HIS MAGNIFICENT Farm OF 410 ACRES 4io Divided into THREE FARMS of 110 acres, 145 acres, 155 acres (more or less) Of tho choicest land in Canterbury, ad joining the Flemiagton Cheese Factory and School. The improve ments are very complete ; good fencing ; the land first class re claimed swamp, and is without doubt the beat all-round Farm in the fai-famed LaNC BEACH DISTRICT. We know the land thoroughly, and can recommend the Farm to anyone requiring a property, the good qualities of which have in no way been exaggerated in the above advertisement. H. MATSON & CO.. Christchurch.' I MATSON, COX & CO., 5 937 Ashburton.



Business Notice. STIMM • begs to inform the work • ing men of the district, who are in want of a comfortable home, that he has taken the waterlog boarding-house in Tailored street, and hopes to receive patronage. Board LI per week. Meals, t a!i hours, Is. 3 453 I JEST Robber Stamp Manufactory in S ) New Zealand. —Stamps of any size and for any porpoie made by Leonard Pom, Gunsmith, and ten years practical Sewing Machinist. Mathematical, Musi c«l Instruments, Electric Batteries, Musical Boxes, etc., repaired. 138 Olou ceater street, opposite Theatre Royal Christchurch. 5 9 0 ’VTEW BOOKS ! NEW BOOKS ! ! iAI New Books.—Land Nationa'isa tion, by Wallace ; Progress and Poverty, by Henry George ; also, Social Problen s, by Henry George ; Sergeant Ballantyi eV Experiences, John Halifax Gentlem* n,, Abbott’s Life of Bonaparte, The Race horse in Training, by Day ; The Invasion of the Crimea, by Kinglake; Cycloped a of Practical Quotations ; 10 vols Cham bers’ Encyclopedia; Choice Works of Mark Twain, in 1 vol; ditto Artemus Ward, T vol ; Life and Works of St Paul; Four Years of Irish History by Duffay, Chambers’ Book of Days, George Eliot’s Works, Life of George Cruikxhank, Bal four’s Botany, Thompson’s Land and the Book. Thomas F. Farley, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, Ashburton. ■y lOTORIA HOUSE A HEAVY STOCK OF NEW & DURABLE WINTER GOODS IN DRAPERY, CLOTHING, ’ Boots, Ac., io select from. | Sterling Value ! Popular Prices !! • The Shilling Table sti ll the Attraction * Dimant and Coe, Ready-Money Drapers, Clothiers, Ac. c (Late J. Orr and Co). * East and Tancbbd Streets, Asebubton. 9528



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Cashel street, Christchurch. TO our Customers residing ai Ashburton, Rakaia and sur rounding districts. Lames and Gentlemen, — Though the medium of your widely circulated paper (Asubdb ion Guardian) we thank you for your liberal patronage in the past. We have to-day entered into an arrangement with the Directors of the above paper to keep you well informed as to our imports, special bargains and prices, and trust the arrangement will be satisfactory to all parties. From returns just sent down from the seat of Government and centre of Emigration, wo notice that over 1500 Now Comers have settled in our province during the past month. If you have op portunity kindly mention our name to any such as the cheapest Cash House in Canterbury for General Drapery and Clothing. Let them know that we import direct from the Old Country all we cannot manu r acture in New Zealand, and that there is a sure saving of from 15 t > 20 per cent, together with a good day’s out ing, by making all your pur chases at our House. Our Tailor dug Department is now in thorough working order. We are showing over 200 samples of Tweed*, and guarantee our work. No fit —no pay. Ask to see our 58s suits made to order. Wish ing your district every prosperity and a good Representative in the House of Representatives, - Wo are, Yours faithfully, G. L. BEATH & CO. DEPOT FOR SALE OF A KAIAPdI UANPFACIUBES.



Engines* Notices- M B THOMAS BULLOCK hM tiw following . TOWN SECTIONS FOR SALK -905 Corner of Grey and Bait streel 427 Tanered street 1039 Corner of Peter and Walki streets ~ - 1060 Peter street 49,68, 69. 64, Kermodc street _ 872 Aitken street 873 Corner of William sad 4itbe *fr*ets 94 Wskanni ro*« . j 95 Waksnnl road 96 Waksnui road -1 112 Corner of West and Kannods streets, leasehold. v’* 76 (part of) Hast street, with balttU; ings thereon 1011 Corner of Walker and Cox gtreelA 1013,1013, Cox street 1010 Corner of Grigg and Peter street*, fronting the Grange 31,32 Mona Square, with building*'' thereon, leasehold 230 Havelock stref'; ' 781 Peter street 1009 Peter street 21 Corner of Dobson and East street 539 t-acre Peter street 638 Peter street 685, 686, Cameron street Thomas Bullock, Al CADE, ASHBURTON. mo LE I— For jpoe crop of wheat, 160 X acres, part of Xagihhor Estate. Apply to T. BOLLOCK. F OR SALE, CHEAP- Doabls-aestef American Waggon, in good order/' < Apply to T. BULLG WJKr f ItlN WALD.—Town Section 368,< Wni I. Mnrdo street, with Comfortable - Cottage thereon, for Sale. Apply to T. BOLLOCK. F DRAY. CHEAP—Second-hand T. BULLOCK - O FFIOB? TO LET in Arcade Cham hers. T. BULLOCK SUBURBAN LAND FOR SALE- Lots 27, 28, 29, 79, and 80, contain ing 1 acre 1 rood, and situated in Walsh’s Paddock, close to the Canterbury Mills. T. BULLOOK \ TALUABLE CORNER BUILDING V SITE for Sale—Lots 62 and 63, corner Wakanui road and -East belt, con taining £-acre. This a capital site for a private residence. T. BOLLOCK ITtOR SALE.—Five Acres of first-class * Land together with’ a comfortable Cottage, the property of Mr Bellamy, situated on Graham’s road, being the main thoronghfaie to Longbeaeh. For terms, price, etc., apply to T. BULLOOK



rnO LET.— 3-Roomed Cottage at Tre -1 vorton. Apply to T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE.—A nice little Homestead containing 41 acres 20 perohSe situated near Wheatstone township. Long beach. For particulars apply to T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE ok TO LET.—A Farm of 305 acres, being R.S.'s 28261 and 28252, situated about two or three miles from the Ashburton Racecourse, upper side of the Railway, nowiih the occupa tion of Mr Thomas Woolley. For parti culars apply to T. BULLOCK FOR SALE Cheap, or other property taken in exchange, Lota 103,104, 105, 106, township of Waterton. Apply to T. BULLOCK FOR SALE CHEAP—Horse Power Chaff-cutter and intermediate motion. Apply to T. BULLOCK L BE R T ROBERTS HAS FOR SALE, CHOICE SEED WHEAT VIZ— Hunter's White Pearl Velvet Chaff Essex and Tuscan ALSO CORNSAOKS (Full Sizb ani Wkiqht) of best quality Blnestone Kerosene, Castor and Boiled Oils Seaming Twine and Woolsacks Oat Sheaf and Straw Ohaff Bran, Sharps Ghickwheat, etc. . Derwent Potatoes RYEGRASS **AND COCKSFOOT C L O V E R S: White, Red, Alayke and Cowgraaa Rape, Carrot, Mangold and Gone Seeds Little’s Sheep Dip Ploughshares Butter Kegs and Nails Lamp Black, Raddle Heart and Sap Stakes Staples .Fencing Wire (all sizes). Plain and Barbed Flour, 60, 100 and 200 lb bags Oatmeal, 26 lb bags Tea, Candles, and Soap, in boxes Sugar, in bags all weights Is a Cash Buyer OF RYEGRASS OATS PEAS TARES and other Produce in. any quantities, or if desired would SELL on Commission. RYEGRASS And all SEED GRAIN thoroughly CLEANED o;i shortest notice. STO RAG E at favorable Rates. LIBERAL AD W VNC ES Made on Grain and other Produce placed in Store for Sale or Shipment Having a Railway Siding can guarantee Immediate delivery lor Shipment or otherwise. Albert Roberts, Agent for ROBERTS, PAXTON & CO., GRAIN MERCHANTS, Chiriatohnreh. Alao,, UNITED FIRE INSURANCE CO, AND MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF MSTRAIiASIA. It*