The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL.. Y.-No. 1,470

ASHBURTON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1885.

[PRICE—ONE PENNY



Surveyor. Civil Engineers, &e. C. E. FOOKS AND SONS, Architects, Cjto Eh&ibubs, Licensed Suetitobs, and- Laud Beokbes, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, Ashbdbton. Shipping.



Shortest and most direct ROUTE TO GREAT BRITAIN AND EUROPE, THROUGH AMERICA AND, via SANDWICH ISLANDS. The Pacific Mall Steamship Company (under contract with the New Zealand and New South Wales Governments) will despatch the undermentioned steamers as aimer:— Passengers hooked to London, Liver pool, or Paris at a through rate, thus securing special advantages. For rates of Freight and Passage, and •or fall Information, apply to GABD’NER & PICKERING, Agents, 161, Hereford street, Christchurch.



Conveyances. TIN WALD AND MOUNT SOMERS RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Ceach leaves Hood’s hotel for Cavendish Railway Station everyT uea da; and Saturday, meeting each train. Passengers by morning train may pro ceed by coach to Alford Forest, thence to Methvea in time for the last train for Christchurch, or may return in time for the last train for Ashburton. In JOHN HOOD AUSTRALASIAN ARCELS EXPREE.fi.



Parcels and Packages forwarded to any address, at cheap, through, inclusive rates. One charge. No extras. No trouble. No charge for booking or for collecting packages up to 661bs weight within the city. Daily despatches by Fail, and to Great Britain, Europe and Australia by every steamer. Extract from tariff, including all charges to Address of Consignee 2 PJ % 4L IT £ a £ W 8 % i* Wo are now receiving parcels for Homo to despatch per Tongariro, sailing this month. Revised cheap rates. Insurance effected if desired. Tariff and all information on application CT3FP & GRAHAM, „ Box 237 Post Office, Christchurch ; and Lyttelton. Telephone 22. 8 1672 Business Notices.



DANISH Seed Oats. T“ ,hte ßEWffi CLOTHING fall Stock DRAPERY FLANNELS) &o. Boots and Shoes, Luge Stock of Groceries sod Oilmen's Stores. SPECIAL VALUE IN CHOICE TEA ' FEED AND SEED OAT , FLOUR, BRAN, AND SH BPS. All at the lowest prices possible. Gena '•no value and no make-believe or sham Ijatga. discount, and other induce men oronih. Families waited on weekly '■c.M&t ■, Svisit, Ash* UK TO It BIDJNBY "WOLF From the Royal Academy of Masio rbfeuor Of Pianoforte and Singing, .i to informthe inhabitants of Ashbnr iand sttrrohnding district that the fresl tfww Mhaametteea .on THURSDAY, th< Bth instant. For terms apply to Mr Wolf, at hi leeMence, Cos streetj or at Mr T. F stationer, Saunders’ Buildings. halls and parties arranged foi Pluoofartea toned, toned and regulated yU I a Bobert Alcorn, GX Oorts Ujjl AD'MX® OH ANT. Cheapness, and FjA i \ and Dots Olothl® .gfttn^DOOßN 1 d;to.the Grocer; and Chi na War sS&ikO 1 $*V specialitymy J _tr-\ in Ohristchoreh * pTW, and ansarpaaaedj 68*



Consultation. g PORTING NEWS, £ 1,000 320 CASH pRIZES SEVENTH GRAND HAMBURG DRAWING IS NOW OPEN.



To a purchaser of 25 programmes one will be given gratis. The six previous drawings were filled, and applications that came too late will be registered in the seventh drawing. The seventh grand drawing for L 4,000 will [close the end of February, and the eighth Hamburg drawing will open on the Ist March. This seventh grand drawing will consist of 320 money prizes, amounting to L 4,000 subscribed by 8,000 members at 10s each. The various Money Prizes will be dis tributed as follows : 1 £3OO prize; 1 £2OO prize; 1 £IOO prize; 2 £SO prizes; 10 £3O prizes; 15 £25 prizes; 15 £2O prizes; 15 £l6 prizes ; 160 £lO prizes ; 100 £5 prizes. Total amount, £4,000: 320 money prizes. To a purchaser of 25 programmes one will be given gratis.



The grand principle of these Hamburg Drawings is that a purchaser of 25 pro grames is guaranteed a prize, aad the chances are in favor of the investor draw ing a large prize, as there are Ji2o_ large prizes to 100 small ones. To any inves tor of £2 the chances are only 6 to 1 against him drawing a prize, and the head prize or any other may bo drawn by any investor of 10s. - Bead this carefully.—ln Boaz’s Grand Hamburg Drawings the greatest odds are only 25 to 1 against an investor of 10a drawing a prize. But carefully note the enormous odds against investors drawing a horse or cash prize in any of the horse consultations. The marbles are replaced for each drawing of the cash prizes, which gives the enormous odds against investors. This Company would simply ask investors to calculate the odds before placing their investments in any horse consultations; and this. Com pany would not presume to tell the public that they bare a number of chances arid can win a number of prizes for a single in vestment of 10s.



Note.—Prize winners whether winning large or small prizes are informed that their names will not be made public with out their written consent. This course will be pursued in consequence of the company haring received many letters at various times from prize winners, particu larly requesting the company not on any account to make their names public. This 7th grand drawing for £4,000 will take place under the supeivision of a com mittee of eight gentlemen, and the prizes will be paid over as early as possible after the drawing. Nemos —Country cheques marked cor rect by Bank, only payable to a number, and la added for exchange. Post-office orders preferred, made payable only to Boaz. Bank notes accepted. Two 2d stamps for reply and result. Registered letters and telegrams not received. Name and address of applicant should be plainly written. All letter* must be addressed Box 64Post Officr Dnned’ 121136 Care Mr Mosely, Wholesale & Retail Tobacconist, Business Notices



Gc JL. Beath & Co.’s ANNUAL SALE NOW ON. The Cheapest of Goods EVER OFFERED in Canterbury. 21 DAYS ONLY. DAYS ONLY. Previous to opening up. NEW AUTUMN GOODS. AUTUMN NEW AUTUMN GOODS. VISIT DEATH & CO’S THIS WEEK.



See Christchurch Papers lor Prices. Gr L. Beath & Co., ARGYLE HOUSE OASHBIi STREET, CHRISTCHURCH 5 100 T O P U R 0 HA SERB OF OB r vVN LANDS. FOR SALE—The NEW ZEALAND CROWN LANDS GUIDE for 1884. Pricfej <)ne Shilling. Apply, ; “GUARDIAN J 'FFIOE.



Consultation. £3^ooo Will close February 24, 1885. Registered letters and telegrams received. DUNEDIN AUTUMN MEETING, 1885, To bo run Feb. 26, 1885, 6,000 members at 10a—137 prizes. Fach ticket has eight chances, and can obtain a prize in each drawing. Dunedin Cup—4o nominations. P.O. orders preferred. Cheques must be marked correct, and Is exchange added, outside of Canterbury. Will keep open until advertised date of closing, and sell irrespective of number applied for. If 6,000 is exceeded all prizes increased pro rata.



First Priza, L,IOO0 —137 Prizes. Address—ROßlN HOOD, Care of Thos. Stapleton, Box 238, P. 0., Christchurch, Cr care of Jubal Fleming, City Baths, Colombo st., Christchurch,



fjl o JOCKEY CLUBS. LIBERAL ARRANGEMENTS may be made with the underaigued for the Supplying and Working of Totalisators. References from principal Clubs in Otago and Southland. MASON AND ROBERTS, Box 246, P. 0., Dunedin. £2,000 DUNEDIN CUP. £2,000. Will Close To be Run Will Close Feb. 24tb. 26th Feb. next. Feb. 24th. 4,000 at 10s. 137 Prizes. D UNEDIN CUP. 40 Nominations. First 503 Second 200 Third 100 Starters divided 200 Non-starters do 200 1 200 Cash Awards. Tasman, in the above Pro gramme, would tugge-at that early appli cation should be made, as from the large amount of supp-n t that has been promised from the sporting public, in all probability No. 2 will be started on the same event. Names of principal winners can always be obtained, and books open for inspection to subscribers. Each ticket has six chances, and can obtain a prize in each drawing. Remittances may be made by Post Office Order, payable to Tasman only. Cheques, with la exchange, payable to a number or bearer only. Two stamps necesaa y for replies. Address only to— TASMAN, Care Mason and Roberts, Box 246, P. 0., Dunedin.



COP —IBB 5. ADA MELMORE will close on or about 24ih Feb., 1885. 10,000 members at 10s each. Danedin Cup. (49 nominations) First ... £I,OOO ■second ... 700 Third ... 400 Starters ... 250 Non-starters 630 £2,980 Gash awards. 2 at £IOO —£2oo 5 „ 50 10 „ 20— 200 27 „ 10— 270 25 „ 16 100 „ 7 £2,020 Each ticket will have eight chances One extra ticket free of charge will be given for each dozen tickets purchased. Registered letters and telegrams not accepted. Please send notes or P. O. orders when convenient. Address—ADA MELMORE, Care of Mr Mitchell, 1 115 Box 318, Post Office, Dunedin.



Government Notice. T IHE PUBLIC TRUST OFFIC e OF NEW ZEALAND. Atention is directed to the provisions of ihe Acts establishing this Office, and to the advantages placed thereby within easy >each of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State offers to every per ton : 1. —About to make his or her Will or Codicil. 2. —lntending to provide for Wife and Children or others by deed of Settlement. 3. —Settling Property by way of Mar riage Settlement. 4. —Desiring to renounce the Trusts of Will, having been appointed Executor or Trustee under the same. 5. —Having acted as Trustee, Executor or Administrator, wishing to bo relieved oi che burthen of Trustee hip or Adminis ration, the option of us i ig the State ma thinery, and gives an absolute guarantee against loss of funds by fraud, peculation, or dishonesty. Every information may bo obtained f,Vm ALEXANDER LEAN, Agent at Christchurch; Or from It O. HAMERTON, Public Trustee Wellington, 12th May, 1882



Business Notices. ONE box of Clark’s b 41 pills is war ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (acquired or constitutional), gravel and pains in the back. Guaranteed tree jlrom mercury. Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by all chemists and patent medicine vendors. Sole pro prietors, The Lincoln and Midland Coun ties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. Whole sale of all the wholesale houses. 1 18 OEID AND GRAY’S New Positive Feed Broadcast Beedsower, For Sowing Grain, Grass, Turnip, Rape, Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Sower can be arranged, when ordered, to sow Lucerne or other small seeds simultaneously to the sowing of Ryegrass if desired. It is the only Sower in the Market that will sow with absolute regularity on either exces sively rough or very smooth land. It will sow any desired quantity of Grain or Grass by simply changing one wheel. Corn Drills all Sizes.



Jointed Pulverising Disc Harrows.— The Best.—Over 500 in use. Improved Prize Chaefcutters. —With cast-steel mouthpieces, when properly handled, make no long straws, conse quently chafi requires no riddling. They are in use largely all over New Zealand, several of the large-sized machines being lately fitted up at Christchurch. Improved Double and Treble Furrow Ploughs. —The best, and consequently the cheapest in the market. 3,4, and 5 leaf harrows. Square linked chain har rows- New design of tripod harrows. 5 and 7 tined field grubbers. Cambridge rollers, 20, 24, and 26 inches diam. Plain cylinder field rollers, Horse gears for 1, 2,3, and .4 horses. Best iron-bark swingle-trees. Ropes and pully gear for 4-horse yokes. Threshing machine fit tings Belting all sizes. Iron and brass castings of all kinds to order. Fencing standards cut and punched to any length and guage. Drays made from best sea soned timber, with Gilpin axles. Gray’s patent standard for folding sheep. Winnen. jf the Gold Medal at the Melbourne Exhibition for their Double Furrow Plough, vide Jurors’ Report:— “ Ploughs —ln ploughs there is one ei > hibit to which we wish to draw special attention as being the best, and that is the Double Furrow of ReF and Gray, of Dunedin, New Zealand, in finish and con struction it is far superior to any other



Rakaia. The New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency Company are now representing ub ni this district RETT- fiKAV T. A. GATES, PETER] U [STREET M°f L D PICTURES I W Framed Artistically. N E MAPS Properly Mounted. G None but the best matertalq ONE BCT THE BEST E Cabinet-making Executed G W in inimitable style, N and Cheaply. I M Ok L ® u UNDERTAKER & CABINETMAKER,



ADMISSION FREE.—There are several subjects agitating just now the public mind, and need not be enumerated: These all, however, retire before the all engrossing ques tion, Where can we procure good tea? Many fortunate persons have set this question at rest by purchasing the fayorite blends of Nelson, Moate and Co.; but many have not done so, and, consequently, their minds are still un settled, and a feeling of unrest prevails. The remedy is easy and certain. Give me a call. Admission 'ree ! Great variety of well-chosen goods in stock, too numerous to particularise, and all to be sold at the lowest possible prices for cash or monthly accounts. H. M. Carson, Grocery, Fruit and Italian Warehouse, between the two banks, wholesale and retail agent for Nelson Moate and Co.’s pure blended leas, in packets and boxes.



R OTHIRHAM WATCHES From £5 10s. ATCH MAKERS tjEWEUERS, j/ichJ>T. OH-CM.



COACH FACTORY, Havelock street. Established 1876. Baker & Brown, OOACHBUILDEES, &0., Manufacturers of all kinds of buggies and carriages of English or American designs. Workmanship Guaranteed. Buggies repaired, re-painted, re-trlm mod, eta 196



Business Notices. FOR the Blood is the Life. —Clarke’s world-famed blood mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, scurvy, skin and blood diseases, and sores of all kinds, its effects are marvellous. Thousands of testimonials. Sold in bottles 2s 6d and ll.s each by chemists and patent medicine vendors everywhere Sole proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, Kngland. 1 16



Horse Breaking. TOTTY & LOVELL are prepared to Break Young Horses to Saddle at L2 each ; Saddle and Harness, L 3 10s. VIO O AN STABLES, Tancred street. 9 1647



pEOWN IRON WORKS, ARMAGH STREET, Christchurch. Portable flanges Burn Wood and Coal—in Four Sizes. PAINTED CORRUGATED ICON IN Wjur. Six and Seven Feet Lengths. 40 per cent. Cheaper than Galvanised Iron. 10 1988



RG 4LLOWAY. • WHEELWRIGHT Wakanui road, Ashburton. (Next Ray’s Machine Shop) Special attention is devoted to all kinds of repairs. Combined with moderate charges. 211199 Mount somers & methyen ROYAL MAIL COACH. On and after January Ist, 1885, the undersigned will run a Coach each Tues day, Thursday and Saturday, starting at noon from Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers, for Springburn and Alford Forest, there connecting with Duffs Coach from Methven returning same evening. Fares—Spring burn, 2s, return, 3s; Alford Forest, 4s, return, 6s, 1 27 T. HIX. Hgriesselioh AND 00. • WEAVERS’ HALL, WOOL EXCHANGE, LONDON, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Established 1855. Ship to order any description of British and Continental Goods upon 2£ per cent, commission, selected by buyers with Colonial experience, and attend to the prompt realisation of Produce at highest prices upon 1 per cent, commission. Orders to be accompanied by Letters of Credit or part remittance in Bank Drafts or Produce. Open Policies of Insurance for floating cargoes to cover sea risks. References—Chief Office of the London and Westminster Bank, or Agra Bank, London, and most of the Colonial Banks. Current Price L ; sts, Produce Reports, and any necessary samples or information on application. 1 35



BALLANTYNE’S Great Sale. FIRST-CLASS DRAPERY & CLOTHING BEING SACRIFICED AT MARVELLOUS PRICES. TH E Premises are shortly to be taken down and re built. The Goods must therefore be cleared out, so that all who are likely to want Drapery should take the advantage of making an early call at DUNSTABLE HOUSE. NO DISCOUNTS.



QUILL’S HOTEL, LIVERY, BAIT AND LETTING Stables, ASHBURTON. JOHN BEECHER bega to inform his friends and the public that he has under taken the management of the above Stables for Mr Quill, and trusts that his long experience in this particular line of business will ensure a share of public patronage. Single and double buggies always on hand for hire, and only first-class quiet and good horses, both in saddle and har ness, kept on the premises. Wedding and Picnic parties liberally arranged with, and those requiring con veyances of any description will save money by calling at the above Stables before hiring elsewhere. Horses bought and sold on commission and quietly broken to saddle or harness, and all charges strictly moderate. JOHN BEECHER, 10 2001 Manager.



Business Notices. F 0 E S A L E CRUSHED OATS, 2s 6d per bushel. OHAFF, BRAN, &c. FIRST-GLASS POTATOES A LOT OF IRON TANKS. Joseph Clark,



TO THE INHABITANTS OF ASH BURTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. G. J. F. Lublow, While thanking the inhabitants of the above districts for the very liberal support accorded to him for the past five years respectfully calls their attention to the unprecedentedly large stock of goods now held by him, recently received FROM THE HOME MARKETS, comprising some of the very best class of goods manufactured in the West of Eng land Mills, and consists of plain BLACK CLOTHS, BLUE CLOTHS. FANCY COATINGS, AND HEAVY TWEEDS of every •vhade, suitable for the coming season. A splendid assortment of the newest Over-coatings ; also, a choice col lection of Kaiapoi and Mosgiel Tweeds, etc., of the newest patterns. Upwards of 4,000 yards to select from of. English, Scotch and Colonial manufactured goods, from which ho is prepared to execute all orders entrusted to him at astonishingly low prices. Style, fit and the beat work manship is guaranteed. Come, see and judge for yourselves. A variety of Kaiapoi Flannels, Under shirts, Drawers Socks, etc., always In stock ‘-**B4



P. Cairns, lAILOK AND OLOTHIBU TT 0 H e-h m w co m O e+- 00 #fiL a O m ■+3 cs os CD 2 O » g xji 73 w A 0 CD hi > o> ® e.'* o ox o OQ CORNER OP HIGH AND ST. ASAPH STREETS, CHRISTCHURCH All Goods warranto well shrunk, by our patent shrinking machine. PATTERNS OF TWEEDS SENT . ON PPLIOATION 11



Public Companies. IVTEW ZEALAND LOAN & MBR JM OANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). Capital, £3,000,000. Reserve, £210,000. Makes LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on Freeholds, on Stations and Stock, and on growing clips of Wool. RECEIVES CONSIGNMENTS of Wool, Grain, Tallow, Leather, Hides, Skins, etc., for sale in New Zealand, Aus tralian, and London Markets. UNDERTAKES INDENTS of British, Continental, East Indian, and Ameri can goods, and Commissions in all branches of Mercantile Business. HOLDS PERIODICALS AUCTION SALESof Wool, Grain, Skins, Hides, Tallow, Live Stock, Land, etc, at its Salerooms, Warehouses and the Cen tral Markets. Special and Clearing Sides also conducted. Supplies WOOL PACKS and CORN SACKS, at Lowest Current Rates. AGENTS IN CANTERBURY FOR— Ruston Proctor and Co. ’s celebrated Com bined Threshing Machines and Engines, acknowledged to be the Best Machines imported into New Zealand. Felton and Gullleaume's Patent Galvan ised Steel-barb Fencing Wire- Candy’s Patent Cotton Belting. Maldon Island Guano. Farther particulars on application at the Company’s Offices, Christchurch, Ashbur ton and Rakaia. JOHN COOKE, Manager Christchurch. H. H. SEORETAN, Agent, Asbonrto . 0. W . JRN.EM



Easiness Notices. 10,000 BOTTLES SOLD LAST LAST WINTER. USE DR ERNEST LOW’S Cherry Pectoral, A safe, pleasant, and reliable medicine for the cure of Colds, Coughs, and all Throat and Lung diseases. Sold all over the colonies by Chemists and Storekeepers in Is 6d and 2s 6d bottles. Wholesale Agents Haeeis AND Son, and Kempthobne, Pro3s.ee and Co. Christchurch : or to the proprietor, fl. CITRON, 6 1110 Akaroa.



Strawberries, C*TR awberries, Q STRAWBERRIES, And other Emit for sale, wholesale and retail, price moderate. B. BROOMFIELD, Kent Nursery, Allenton. 12 2242



FOREST HOTEL, John Tisch, 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 giv look in Good acco* odation for horses. 1328



T o FARMERS. BEFORE PURCHASING, INSPECT THE JOHNSTON Twine Binder, THE LIGHTEST DRAFT, THE MOST SIMPLE AND DURABLE HARVESTER AND BINDER In the Market. Price—£ss. THE JOHNSTON WROUGHT-IRON SIDS DELIVERY REAPER, THE KING OF REAPERS. Has gained the Highest Prize in Every Contest throughout the Grain Growing Countries of the World. Price—£37 XOff. THE JOHNSTON MOWERS Have Changeable Speed. The Lightest Draft Machines in use. Price—£lß. Best Manilla TWINE at very lowest quotation. Also, OILS and General Har vesting Requirements in Hand, KELSEY BROS. Sole Agents, Christchurch:, 110



CHAMPION Cord Binder. FARMERS contemplating purchasing a Binder this season should first see the above machine, and carefully examine the numerous improvements. In case any Farmers have not been aide to attend the trials held, some opinions .of those who have used the Champion at e here appended. EDWARD REECE, Agent for New Zealand. Greendale, January 2,1885. Mb E. Reece. Dear Sir,—l am pleased to bo able to inform you that since purchasing my Champion Cord Binder I have cut and tied 30 acres of grass seed, much tangled with clover and trefoil, and the machine did its work well. The relief rake and new butter are great improvements, and are indispensable for all kinds of crops. I find the machine very light draft and easily handled, well built and strong, and I think you ought to do well with the Champion.—Yours truly, G. Ridgen.



Burnside, January 3, 1885. Mr E. Reece. Dear Sir, —In reply to your enquiry as to my opinion of the new Champion Cord Binder, tried on my farm during last harvest, I may say it was worked for days together in the heaviest and in all kinds of crops—viz., wheat, oats and barley—and in every case gave entire satisfaction. It is a very clean cutting machine, and leaves a clear stubble. The binding is equally good and reliable. It is a very strong machine, simple in construction, easily managed, and thoroughly practi cable. To anyone requiring a machine, I consider it quite equal to any in the mar ket, and in some points superior. Yours truly, W. Boag.



We, the underaigned farmers, having been present at the Exhibition of the Champion "3ord Binder as made at Mr Cherry’s'Farm, Eyreton, hereby express our complete satisfaction with the efficient way the grain was handled. The numer ous improvements in the machine are most invaluable, and contributed materi ally to the success of the trial.—(Signed) F. Denton Henry Fenwick Robert Dailey George Bailey Thomas Burgin Tnomas Davies H. Beal Hay Smith David Lundy Charles Overton, Waipapa George Smith H. Martin James Leahy Hugh Elder 1&S 5 and 20 others.



Business Notice. O T I 0 B. NEW BAKERY & FLOUR STORK, &0. Benjamin Morris Desires to return his best thanks to the public for the liberal support accorded te him since he has taken over the Wester* field Mills. He begs to state that he has now OPENED a STORE in the TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, where all orders by his former customers and others will be promptly attended to. WHE ATEN MEALfrom Westerfield Mill BRAN and SHARPS always in stock He also begs to] intimate that he has now OPENED A BAKERY, under the management of a first-class Baker, and trusts by strict attention to business to merit a share of public patronage. ANALYSIS OF WESTERFIELD FLOUR. " I have examined bath chemically and microscopically the whole grain flour manufactured by Mr B. Mobbjs. I find it to be quite free from adulteration, and made from sound wheat of good quality. “A. W. BIOKERTON, “ Colonial Analyst.” August 25th, 1884. 8 168



Sporting. racing club. AUTUMN MEETING. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, April 29th and 30th, 1886. President— E. G. Wright Vjcb-Pbesidbnt— W, 0. Walker. Jddge —Matthew Stitt. Stewards. 0. W. Parnell W. G. Ross H. T. Winter L. E. Corsbie H. Friedlander R. Friedlander T. Leahy Treasurer— C. O.Fooks, Starter— T. Leahy. Clerk of the Scales —M. Friedlander, Clerk of the Course— A. Hewson, HaNDIC iFPEBS. The Handicapping Committee of the Club First race each day to start at 12.39 p.m.



FIRST DAY. 1. Handicap Huddle Rack, of 60 sovs ; over eight flight's of hardies, about 3ft 6ia high ; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 2 aovs. 2 miles. 2. Distbict Welter Handicap, of 30 sovs ; nomination,.,! sov ; accept ance, 1 sov. Minimum weight, Set. 1 mile. District horses only. 3. Ashburton Autumn Handicap, of 100 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov; acceptance, 2 sovs. Second horse to receive 25 sovs from the stake. miles. 4. Hovel Rage Handicap of 30 sovs; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. f mile. The winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race, and the whole of the proceeds to go to the funds of the Club. 5. Flying Handicap, of 30 sovs; nomi nation, 1 sov; acceptance, 1 sov. f mile. 6. Post Stakes, of 15 sovs ; entrance, 1 sov, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the Flying Handi cap is run. No weight under 1 OsL mile. The winner to be cold’ by after the race, for 15 sovs, any surplus to go to the funds of the Club. District horses only. SECOND*"DAY.



County Hubble Race [(Handicap) of 30 sots ; over six flights of hurdles about 3ft 6iu high ; nomination, 1 bot ; acceptance, 1 sov, miles. District horses only. Grand Stand Handicap, of 50 sots ; nomination, 1 sov; acceptance, 1 sov. 7 furlongs. Harvest Handicap, of 40 sovs; no* ruination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov ; district horses only. l£ miles. Ope.* Writer Handicap, of 40 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov ; minimum weight, XOst. 2 miles. For horses that have never won more than 25 sovs in one event on the flat. Scratch Selling Race, of 16 sovs ; entrance, 1 sov, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the Open Weller is run. Catch weights, mile. The winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race for 15 sovs, any surplus to go to th funds of the Club. Consolation Handicap, of 20 sovs; nomination, L sov ; to be made to the Secretary immediately after the Scratch Selling Race is run ; accep tance, free, to be notified to the Secretary within ten minutes of ie« deration of weights. 1 mile.



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. No entry will be received except .'on the condition that all disputes, claims, and objections arising out of the 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 Racin Rules strictly adhered to. 3. A district horse shall mean any horse that has been commonly resident in the Ashburton County from 16th, January, 1885, and up to the date of the forth coming meeting and owned by a person who has resided in the said County dur ing the same period. 4. per cant, will be deducted from the gross of all monies payable in accord ance with this programme (for expenses of the course. 6, All nominations andffagceptances to the funds of the Club.



_ NOMINATIONS. All nomiaations.to'fbe accompanied by fees, name, age, and’descriptioiT'of hone and colors of rider, and in the hands of the Secretary (address —Ashburton) not later than 9 p.m. on Thursday, 26th March, 1886. WEIGHTS. Weights for the first day’s handicaps will be declared on Thursday, 23rd April, 1885. Weights for the second day’s handicaps will be declared at 9 o'clock on the evening of the first day’, racing. ACCEPTANCES. Acceptances for the first day’s Handi caps must be made to the Secretary not later than 9 p.m, on TUESDAY, 28th April, 1885. Acceptances for the second day's Handicaps at 10 o’clock on the evening of the first day’s racing.' S. SAUNDERS, 1 140 Secretary.