CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold omselves responsible for the opinions expressed by onr, correspondent*.

THE REREDOS CONTROVERSY.

TO THB EDITOB. Pm. Allow me a few woidain answer to your Monday’s remarks ; then, so far as i am concerned, the subject is ended. You say, “ Holy Writ nowhere condemn* the adornment of edifices sot at art for public worship.” Neither does it forbid polygamy or slavery, which are cfter mentioned in Us pages, yet will anyone key it sanctions such customs i We are left In doubt as to what is meant by the Chris tian Church, and excepting as regards the temple no weight Is attached to buildings by God’s Word. I agree with you tha> private and personal holiness is not enough. We must adorn the edifice collectively and pnblicly. Ornaments aro not wanting. Shall we mention a few 1 The proclamation of American Indepi n deuce, the Emancipation Act, the passing of Reform Bills, the bursting of slaw fetters, setting such countries as Greece and Bulgaria free from Turkish tyranny, and the opening of Neapolitan prison, lot your readers glance, down ihe annals of hi«»ory ; there they will find recordeo deeds which have adorned, which will adorn theOhntch ofChrist tilllimeshall be bo more. Justly fon observe that eanb and «ky are studded with beanties man’* works may IMVar equal. Yet are all these given for the eervico of those templts nanud in 1 Corinthians 3 16. and the Giver bath said “ Heaven is My throne and earth is My foo'stool and where it the place of My rest ? ” There is an answer to the question. In memory of the Cross, tie altar on which was offered the sacrifice for all mankind, let ns ketp high onr hope in tho present, our fab hi the future *trencth of the Church and its Hem'', adding bTa and good will to ali and while differing from yon in opinion permit me to offer my sincere thanks fir the kindness and courtesy with which you. have given publicity to these opinions —Yours, etc. Rs flection. IWe on onr part also gladly acknowledge the kindnesa and courtesy of out cor respondent. It cannot be, it will never be, while the world lasts that we shall ail see eye to eye. We are always open to conviction, but nothing in onr correspondent’s letter convinces us that per se there ts anything harm ful, nay anything unfitting in the erec tion of a reredos in a cathedral or in the ornamentation by works of art of tho interior cf any building devoted to pubic worship, even though the repre sentation of the Cross of Christ be the leading featnre cf that adornment. At the same time, we readily admit that when such ornamentation is fonnd to offend those who are weak, Christian duty dictates that we shonld abstain from that which though quite lawful in itself is a etumbllng-bh ck to the weak. Yet it la perfectly legitimate at tho same t’me to seek to deliver our week brethr n from the bonds of their prejudices, and we feel persuaded that the spread of that true Christian liber aliam, which is the fans et origo of such noble measures as K» flection ii stances, will one day have so broadened out the minds of Ch> Ist lens as to emancipate even the narrowest from the ancient and, aa we venture to think, unen lightened, prejudices which would ba> lab all beautiful occeseorles from our Churches and our public worship, and which were they pushed to their logical limit would unstring the very harps of the angels, and picture the plains of Heaven in tints of sepia.— Ed.]

THE OLD SOLDIERS’ LAND CLAIMS COMMISSION

The subjoined "correspondence, which has been handed to us for publication, will show that the subject to which we drew attention in a recent issue, viz., the desirableness of facilities being afforded for the hearing and adjudication of the claims of any old ■eldiers or volunteers who may be resident in this district, has not been overlooked : “ Ashburton, Nov 6, 1886. The Hon the Minister for f’efencs ■ Sib, —I beg to enclose a letter from a constituent, whose claims deserve atien tion and consideration, if correct I shall be much obi ged if you can inform me for him what steps steps be should take to establish his claim. I enclose a short extract from the Ashburton Mail, of November 2, which suggests that some reasonable facilities should be given to old soldiers residing in tbeßouth, possibly by the Commission hold ing a sitting in this Island, and I com mend this subject from this point of view for your consideration. If necessary," I will see that an affidavit setting forth the claim mere formally shhll be forwarded.—l am, &c. f T 7. 0. Walkeb.” [Reply.] •To W. C. Walter, Bsq., M.H.R., Ashburton. Will decide on arrival at Christchurch. If there are many claims from Ashburton will sit on 9th December. W. Gudgeon.” In view of the foregoing, it will be seen that the proper course for clsituants »ill be to send in their claims forthwith, and as full information as possible thereanent, addressed to “ Major Gudgeon, Chairman of the Old Soldiers’ Land Claims Com mission, Christchurch.”

A REMARKABLE BIGAMIST.

ths Assize Court of the Seine has had to deal with a remarkable bigamist. The eolprlt !■ a Polish Jew, small, 111-nude, •nd ngly—ia short a sort of foreign Quilp His name was Felnstein. Wherever ha vent he got married, becanse, he said, he could not do without feminine society, and fincjnp virtuous women fools, profited by their folly and crednlty. Felnstein’a firsr matrimonial venture was in Russia in 1870. He abandoned there his wife and fonr children, and came to Paris, where he got Implicated In a robbery, and was con demned to thirteen months’ Imprison m«nt. In gaol he fell In with another Polish Jew named Mayer, who died there, leaving a widow la fairly good circum stances; After bis release Felnsteln caliec CD her, and in three weeks they were en gaged. She would have married him then jjlil she not resolved t» devote a certain camber ol months for the late M. Mayer. The period she named was too long for him, and under the name of Herzfeld he wooed and won a very decent Jewess, named Bachel Garlinski. In a few days he absconded with his second wife’s jewels and money and wont to Nancy where he beard of a certain Anna Jarewska, wtio had SCQOf, and proposed for her. He was accepted. The bride anj bridegroom were comirg from the mayoralty when Bachel came-ascotted by plocemcn, t forbid the banns at the synagogue. The bride fainted, and the bridal paity dis persed to escape being called upon to pay for the wedding feast that had been ordered. When the antecedents of Feins e'n were brought there was quite a pile of letteta on the Public FroaecnW’s fable from Russian, Polish, Oilman, and other Jewesses whom he bad Imposed npon and swindled. It came out that he six wives, and vras regularly engaged to fourteen singl'd women and widows. The Court sentenced hini to six years’ penal servitude.

CRICKET

The cricket matrh between the Ash burton Borough 0.0. and Ashburton Junk r 0.0. was played on the fotmer’a ■round yesterday, snd res Itcd In on asy win for the Ashburton Borough Club The following are the scores : Ashburton JuNroß.-*-lst innings. Murdoch 12 bB. Davis ... ... 3 J, A CayglU 11121 o&b G, /Andrews 6 O. Chapman 321212211 tun out ... U HI Buchanan 2111131211 bB. Davis 14 . Buchanan 2221 2211 b Q. Andrews 14 T. Blackburn I c Amos 1 J Blackburn o Amos 0 P. Todd 12 b G. Andrews 3 a. Carson c L. F. Andrews 0 B. Whittle 1 run out ... ... ... 1 A. MoLtnnon 2 not out 2 Byes 12 Total 70 - SHBUI.ton B eoßGhOlob — (at inning ■ Crawsbaw 312 b Oaygill ••• 0 G. Andrews <4lll b Todd c Chapman 8 W A'lams 4 b Todd 4 Webb 21 b Oaygill * w. C. u»viß 11123 run out 8 L P. An Tews ill 11 il o Todd b Caygill 7 vV. Davis 11131* b Oavvill U Slower 1323113 bE. Buchanan ... 14 K. Davis 2321121 c Todu b E. Buchanan ... 12 Amos 311131321122 o Chapman b Todd 21 Peate 411213131 not cut 17 Byes ••• Total ... ... —. 130 Ashburton Junior. —-2nd innings. Murdock 111 bW. Davis ... ... 8 Chapman 12111221 not ont ... ... 11 Oaygill 133121 not out H Wide 1 Total ... 36 STRAWBERRY cULIUKE. The following novel system of straw berry culture is much, in vogue among the careful cultivators in the neighbor hood of Michigan, United States, by which the fruit is produced at a profit when sold even for 2d (four cents) a quart: “ The plants are grown in hills about 3 r t apart each way. Late in the autumn the ground is thoroughly mulched with straw or some similar materia*, and, until tho fruit is harvested during the Jane and July following, no further care is bestowed upon the plants. But soon after the picking season is ended, when the old mulch is in a proper condition as to dryness and inflammability, the mulch is fired, and the whole “ patch ” burned over; the operation of burning being assisted by men with forks who it.r the old mnlch until all is consumed. This burning accomplishes a double purpose ! it destroys the annual growth of runners and all weeds and feeble plants ; and it burns off the entire leafy growth of the plants, leaving, however, the “ crown ” or body of the plant which lema’ns in a dormant or resting condition for some weeks and until stimulated by the late summer rains. All insist upon the need of this rest, the Sabbath of the straw berry ; and where the plants have not been mulched the scythe is used to remove the foliage, so that the dormant period may be insured to the plants. When the summer rains have set iu the strrwberry makes an astonishing growth, which is a ded by the thorough use of cultivator and hoe uni.il the time for mulching has arrived. By this means the ordinary vicissitudes of the season are measurably overcame, so that failures are nearly or quite unknown.”

WOOLLEN FACTORIES FOR CHINA

From the last report of the council of the Woolgrowors* Association cf Aut» tra’asla we learn that strong efforts had been made to open up ttsdo with China and inquniee were being made with the view of starting a blauket factory in .Shanghai Information obtained ind’cated that. there was a good opening forsta-ting factories in China in the immediate future. T e c;st of cr oting a blanket factory and providing machinery was estimated at £6OOO, and it was expected that a ) ortirn of the capital required would be got in China As phoning the trade done, it is stated that 35,000 pairs of blankets were imported into .Hongkong and 4369 into Shangh i io the year while mtec- llaneous goods amounted t0£785,631. Inquiries had also been made respecting th»- piospec s of starling woollen facto:ies in Jh.p.m. The result had been of such a nature that the council drafted a circular of a proposed company w'th a nominal caritai ■ f £loo,oooln £1 shares, he snm of £15.000 being all that was required to make a start. The Japanese <re prepared to take 30 per per cent on the whole captisl. and otherwise showed theilt firm belief in the proposed company as a com mercial euccass. The scheme cf the council, however, had not met with a very hearty response, as only 21C0 shares had been applied for, and the council express a s’rong hope “ that thle grand opportunity will not be allowed to lapse for want of a few thousand pounds being subscribed, as they consider that this is the first p-ac'ical e Bp for opening up trade wi f h the teeming millions in China in the fntn--p "

BOW TO FEED A HORSE.

It is about as difficult, as we understand It, for a men to find out just how to feed a horse to the beet advantage, all things considered, as I- is to find out how to feed himself. How many men know just what, to eat, and how much 1 How many are el careful about their feed as they know c ow to be ? Their own feelings may ba a warning someiimes, or the appetite may Indicate a need In feeding the horre we bve no such remainders. It is a'l judgment, and half of that is guess work. Oara are the natural grain food. This is the popular verdict. But does not the horse need tomtthiug else 1 Yes, he wants a reasonable allowance of good hay, clover, or timothy or the two < ombined Oat straw 1- good when the oats ere cut before the has lost all of its green hue. Wheat would be found a nourlf hing food for the horse, and not so dear as some would at first think But it is very concentrated food and all such must be fed with great eare, and in connection with coarser food of some kind. If oats are crushed, or just c.arse ground, they will prove more nourishing. In England they are passed between rollers. Bet if a horse's teeth are good it will generally grind Its oats pretty well. There Is a great differ ence in horses, however, In this respect, ju tas there is in men Some bolt their food much more rapidly and less masti cated ban others. Bat whatever grain yon feed, do not let the horse drink im mediately. If we do, much of the food will be washed out of the stomach without being digested. See that the horse is properly watered a little while before eatinv its grain Corn is not the best food for the horse. It is too carbonaceous, ■r heating and fattening. Not everyone wants a fat horse. Eat is not a sign of the best of health in either man or horse. I< is better to sell the corn and buy »ata with the money received t r r it. Corn is apt to make a horse stiff and logy. It is very concentrated food, as well as fasten ing- All dry feed is net the best for the horse’s health. It needs a few roots, apples, carrots, and potatoes, «r other succulent food, as a relish and a regulator of the bowels. Nor is all grass good fo? the horse, If it is do any work as most people know, we to presume. A moderate ration of grass, followed with diy hay, and always accompanied with oats, will do a horse good. The horse, like man and other animals, relishes a littb’ variety, and it does him good.— Live Stock JouTi\al

THE NEW GOLDFIELD.

[rBDTER's TKLEORAM3— COPYRIGHT 1 Adbl'ldr, November Is Splendid aocouu's i avo been reoirel from Teetalpa In Goalln’s Golly • nugget weighing a pound baa been fourd Good re’urns aro reported from . o'-ier parte of the goh-fiald. The Warden stakes t’ atjgo d gold has been dUoovesd by a psrty of men wbilo excavating a da n in tho neighborhood. Three hoou.ed men arrived m tho bold fr.'na Adelaide during Lai week. In const quent of the permanence <f the field having been ascertained two additional wardens have been appointed. Good parcels of wash dirt have been forwarded <o Adelaide, and are bain* exhibited in this cl y. A sqmtter in the neighborhood of Team!pa infotmed a warden that some men struck a pocket valued at £2COO

Listen to your Wife.

The Manchester Guardian, Juno Bth, 1883 says At one of the “ Windows ” Lookin; on the woodland ways 1 With clumps of rhododendrons and groat masses of May blossoms !! 1 “ There was an interesting group.” _ It included one who had been a “ Cotton spinner,” but was now so Paralysed 111 That he could only bear to he in a reclining position This refers to my case. I was first attacked twelve years ago with “ Locomotor Ataxy ” (A paralytic disease of nerve fibre rarely ever for several years barely able to get about. ~ And for the last five years not able to atten 1 to my business, although Many things have been done for me. The last experiment being nerve stretching. Two years ago I was voted into the Home for Incurables ! near Manchester, in May, 1882. : I am no “ Advocate ” ; “For anything in the fhape of patent ” Medicines ? And made many objections to fiiy dear wife’s constant urging to try Hop Bitters, but finally to pacify her— ’ j Consented 11 I bad not quite finished the first bottle when I felt a change come over die. This was Saturday, November 3rd. On Sunday morning I felt si strong I said to my I room companions, “ 1 was sure 1 could I “ Walk 1” , , ’, | So started across the floor and back. I I hardly knew how to contain myself. II was all over the house. I am gaining strength each day, and can walk quite safe without any Stick 1” | Or Support. I am now at my own house, and hops soon to be able to earn my own living again. I have been a member of the Manchester “ Royal Exchange ” For nearly thirty years, add _ was most heartily congratulated on going in the toom on Thursday last. Very gratefully yours, John Blackburn. Manchester, (Eng.) Deo. 24th, 1883. , , ' Two years later am perfectly well. Prosecute the Swindlers 11 If when you call for American Hop Bitters | (see green twig of Hope on the white label and Hr Soule's name blotvn in the hofth), the vendor hands out anything but Aenericani Hop Bitters refuse it and shun the vendor as | you would a viper; and if he has taken your money for anything else indict him for the fraud and sue him for damages for the swindle, and wa will pay you liberally for the convic ion.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1886



A WOMAN’S SUFFERINGS AND GBATITUDI'. A VOICE FROM AUSTRIA. Near the village of Zillingdorf, in Lower Austria, lives Maria Haas, an intelligent and industrious woman whose story of physical suffering an final relief, as related ■ y herself is of merest to English woman. “ I was eon nloy d,” she ays, “in the work of a large farmhouse. Overwork brought on sick head ache. followed by adeathly fainting and sicVness of the stomach, until I was unable to retain either food or drink. I was compelled to fake to my bed for several weeks. Getting a little bette- from rest and quiet, I sought Jo do some work but was scon taken with a pain in my side, which in a little while seem to spread over my whole body, and thr bbed in my every limb. This was followed by a cough and shortness of breath, until finally I could not st w, and I took to my bed for the second, and, as I thought, for the time. My f iends tol i me that mv time had nearly come, and that I could rot live longer than when the trees rut on their green once more. Then I happened to get one of the Seigel rarophlets. 1 read it, and my dear mother bought me a bottle ot Seigel’* Syrup, which I took exactly according to directions, and 1 had not taken the whole of it before I felt a great change for the better. My last illness began June 3rd, 188 a, and continued to August 9, when I began to take the Syrup. Very soon 1 could do a little light work. The couph left me. and I was no more troubled in breathing. Now I am perfectly cured. And ob, how happy I am! I cannot expre-s gratitude enough for Siegel’s Syrup. Now I must tell you that the doctors in our district distributed handbills cautioning people against the medicine, telling them it would do t em no good, and many were thereby influenced to des’roy the Seigel pamphlets ; but now, wherever one is to be found, it is kept like a relic. The few pre served are borrowed to read, and I have lent mine for six roil s around our district. People h ve come 18 miles to get me to buy the medicine for them, knowing that it cured me and to be sure to get the right k nd. I know a woman who was looking like death, and who told them there was no help for her, that she had consulted several do tors, but none could help her. I to'd her of Scigel’s ‘•yrup, and wrote the name down for her that she might make no mistake. She took my advee and the Syrup, and now she is in perfect health, and the people around us are amazed. The medicine has made such progress in our neighborhood that people say they don’t want the dcctorany more, but they take the Syrup. Sufferers from gout who were confined to their bed and could hardly move a finger, have been cured by it. There is a girl in our district who caught a cold by going through some water, and was in bed five years with costive ness and rheumatic pains, and had to have an attendant to watch by her. There was not a doctor in the surrounding districts to whom her mother had not applied to relieve her child, but every one crossed themse ves and said they could not help her. Whenever the little bell rang which is rung in our place when somebody is dead, we thought surely it was for 1 her, but Seigels Syrup and Pills saved her life, and now she is as healthy as anybody, goes to church, and can work even in the " '<?s. Everybody was astonished to see her out, knowing how many years she had been in bed. To-day she adds her gratitude to mine for God’s mercies and Siegel’s Syrup.” Maria Haas. The people of England speak confirming the above.



WANTED. nn SHEARERS, 2 Fleece Rollers, '4 Fleece Pickers, and odd hands, on TUESDAY, November 30th. C. Q. TRIPP, Orari Gorge, Woodbury. 21st November, 1886. lIXOQ SHEARING. SHEARING Commences at OLENT HILLS on MONDAY, DECEMBER 6tb, 1886 MOUNT POSSESSION shed to follow weather permitting. THOS HARRISON. II 114 G. LAMBIE. ONE POUND REWARD. LOST OR STOLEN from Windermere one bay gelding, branded S on near shoulder Anyone giving information as to his whereabouts, or will deliver him to JAMES McRAB, Central Hotel, Agbbur ton, will receive the aboye reward. M. MoBAB, U 70 'Windernje*o.



Meetings. TINWALD PRESBYTERIAN QHUBCH JgAZAAB, Christmas Tree IN THE TOWN HALL. DECEMBERSrd & 4tb, 11 16 Public Meeting. IN response to a largely-signed requisition, I hereby convene a PUBLIC MEETING OF BURQFSSES, To be held in the TOWN HALL ON TUESDAY EVENING. NOV. 23, At 7 30 p.m., For the purpose of affording the Candidates for the Mayoralty »n opportunity of expressing their views on Municipal affairs. R. FRIEDLANDER, UJI23 Mayor. Public Notices. FUNERAL NOTICE. THE Friends of Mr Thomas Austin are respectfully informed that the Funeral of his late wife Emma will leave his residence, Grey street, Ashbnrtoa, TO-MORROW (Saturday) at 3 p.m , tor the Ashburton Cemetery. J MEEOH, 11 121 Undertaker. jsC rpo STAND THIS SEASON I AT NETHERBY FARM. ASHBURTON, And visit the surrounding neighborhood, The Thoroughbred Stallion Johnny Faulkner. Pedigree : He is by St. Albans, out of Impudence, by Peter Wilkins, out of Prudence by Jersey, out of Black Sail by out of Fairy (imp.) (For tabulated pedigree see cards.) Terms : £lO 10« for thoroughbred mares. £6 5s for half-bred mares. Also, the Thoroughbred Stallion Houser, By Messenger, out of Kate O'Shane, Will stand at Netherby Farm, and travel be districts of Ashburton, Methven, Mount Somers, and Alford Forest. Terms; £3 10 ; guarantees, £5 6s. Season, Ist January, 1887. Guarantees, Ist July, 1887. ~ MABKEY, 9635 Proprietrr Ashburton A. & P. Association Show. ASHBURTON TO THE FRONT. Grand Show OF M ANUfACTUBED TWEEDS, TARTANS BLANKETS, FLANNEL 6 FINGERING WOOLS SHIRTINGS, DRESS TWEEDS COLORED FLANNELS NAVY SERGES CRICKETING FLANNELS, &c. All the above Goode have been PURCHASED BY ANDREW ORR And will be offered for sale immediately after the Christchurch Show (where they will be exhibited). These Goods are admitted to be superior to anything of the kind ever offered a Ashburton, both for style, finish, and quality. Orders for suits should be given at once to secure the best patterns. ANDREW ORR



Auctions. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES, RANGITATA ISLAND. SPLENDID FAR l^L 307 a o b b s 307 With Live & Dead Stock THEREON. H MATSON & CO. have received ■ instructions from the Mortgagees to SELL BY POBLIO AUCTION ON THE GROUND, ON MONDAY, 29th NOY., 1886, 12 o’clock, RES FIB ST-CLASS LAND, / s follows, viz. ; 160 ACRES IS CROP, promising a very heavy yield. ICO ACRES GRASS SEED. Balance In ENGLISH GRASS. The fences are perfect. There la a cqod fonr roomed House on the land ; also, S'able, Yards, Garden, Plantation, in fact, everything in apple pie order for the new own’r. Nothing to do but reap | the fruits of another man’s industry, and pocket the results, N.B. —The Auctioneers wo|ild call the special attention of anyone iu search of a Good Block of Land to this Sale, as they know the property well, and can thoroughly recommend it A^bo, NEAR EALING, 16Q ACRES OF LAND 150 1 Lately the Homestead of Mr Adam Jackson, Beiog H.S. This proper'y is well-watered and fenced ; all in English Grass. There is a large House and Stables, Yards, &0., &c., and it will be sold absolutely to close an estate. Immediately after the sale of the land, We shall dispose of the Live & Dead Stock Consisting of Sheep, Hortes, Cows, Pigs, Drays, Ploughs, Harness, and Sundries, Further Entries are solicited. Traps will meet Express morning cf sale reluming buyers for evening train. Sa’e at 12 o’clock. Terms easy—at sale. Luncheon provided. H. MATSON & 00„ 11 61 Ashburton* Eiversdale Estate. THIS PROPERTY IS FROM <£LALE AT PRESENT, BUT Will be Sold Absolutely IN MARCH, 1887. SALE PLANS WILL SHORTLY BE READY FOR ISSUE. MILES AND CO. J. T. FORD, Auctioneer. GEO. JAMESON, Agent. Land. Land, Land. MESSRS MILES & CO. are In structed by I. R. C. 0. Graham, Eeq., to offer BY PUBLIC AUCTION, ON SATURDAY, 27th NOVEMBER NEXT, At Mr George Jameson’s Store, A -bburton, goo*"" 900 of his Tinwald property, known as Graham’s Farm, Fronting on Graham’s Road, along which a coach runs daily. The land Is of good quality, and suitable for all kinds of agricultural purposes, and has not been cropped for ten years. The farm is only one mile distant from Tinwald Railway Station and three milea from Aahburtcn, and watered throughout with the County races and natural creeks. ABOUT 400 ACRES BLOCKS OF 35 to 40 ACRES, AND 500 ACRES IN BLOCKS op ABovr 100 ACRES EACH, Plans are in course of preparation, and will be circulated shortly. Sale will take place at 2 o’clock. Terms of payment: 10 per cent, cash, 10 per cent in six months, 10 per cent in twelve months ; the remainder may remain on mortgage at. 7 per cent, interest. J. T. FORD, Auctioneer 1 GEO. JAMESON, i Agent, Ashburton.



Auctions. SATURDAY, 20th NOVEMBER. SALE OF 48 ACRES ODD, NEAR METHYL, 7 88CTI US'S AT OffWRTSKY, SECTION AT WaTBRTOM, AND TOWN SEC TION IN ASHBURTON. MR T. BULLOCK Km received instructions from Mr V. Harris, TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION AT THE ARCADE, On the above date, i Q ACRES. 2 ROODS, 3 PERCHES. 4rO near Methven, being part of R.S. 32444. Lots 85, 87, 89, 91. 93, 95, 97, each containing about JA . RE, in the Township of Oherteey. Lot 99, Township of Waterloo, Long beach, T.S. 745, J-AORE, fronting Peter street, Ashbunon. Persons desirous of investing small some of money in land are invited to at end this sale. Terms liberal. Sale at 12,45 T. BULLOCK, 1148 Auctioneer. SATURDAY, 20th NOVEMBER. Important Hale PT PROPERTY ADJOINING THE TOWN- Ib HIP OF TIN WALD, And' fronting k Cirter Terrace, being 9 Bl^oVs,vartiog in size from about 3J Acres to about 5 Acres, MR T, BUL' OCK has received Inst’-nctioos to Sell by PVBbtp auction, AT THE ARCADE, On the above da'e, on account and by order of ihe Mortgagee, 7 BLOCKS of about 3$ ACRES to 4$ , ACRES eac'j, being bait of the original Township of Tirwaltf, and 2 BLOCKS of abo t 4 IORES each, fronting Garter Terraois, as follows, viz. Lots 3C6 to 323, about ii ACRb S, part of Block as the Poplar Peddocfc, fronting the Railway, and adjoining Hen. John McLean's property. Lots 32|> to 355, about 7i ACRES, also part fcf Vhe Pojplar Paddock, aod adjuring Ihe above. This will be (Hared in 2 : Blocks. Lots 419 t0'436, adjoining the Town ship of Tinwald, between Harland and Thompson streets, and fronting Graham’s Road. Lots 37 to 56, containing about 4J ACBES, adjoining the above, Lots 457 to 474, containing about 4J ACRES, fronting Graham’s Road ' and Grove street. Lots 476 to 496, containing abont 4j &ORES, adjoining fronting- Grove, Jbhnston, aud Agnes streets. Lois 191, 192, 193, containing 3 ACRES, 3 ROODS, 22 PERCHES, fronting Carter Terrace, and opposite Mr Parkerson’s residence Lot 3, Grove Farm Estate, containing 4 ACRES, 3 ROODS, 31 PERCHES, fronting Carter Terrace and Grove street. To Persons desirous of procuring small holdings, this offers a very favorable opportunity. The land is of very good quality ; it is well situated, and ought in a few years to be much more valuable than it is at the present time, therefore should prove a remunerative nvestroent. Those who wish to invest are respectfully invited to inspect each Block to be offered. Terms of payment will be very liberal, declared at sale. Sale at 12.45. T. BULLOCK, 11 49 Auclioneor. o T. Bullock. ATS.—A quantity for Sale ; good sample. T. BULLOCK. LET—At a low rental, Shop in X Barnett Street next the Arcade. T. BULLOCK. TO LET.—I 3 ACRES joining the Township of Tinwald, together with a comfortable Cottage of 4 Rooms, with good Cooking Range, Scullery, Ac. Apply to T. Bollock. TO LET. —A Five-roomed House, centrally situated in Tancred street. T. BULLOCK. lOR SALE, or TO LET.—Six-roomed House fronting the Town Belt east, j property of MrR. W. Clayton. As is leaving for the North Island, this 11 be sold at a low price. It is well nated, being a high, dry, and heslthy sition. If not Fold will be let at a low ntal to a good tenant Apply to T. BOLLOCK. 10 LET, Four-roomed House, with half-acre Band, fronting Beach road, d near the Presbyterian Manse. Apply T. BULLOCK. <OR SALE—Doable Seated Americas Waggon. 181 * T. BULLOCK. F rO LET—Commodious Grain Store West street. P. BULLOCK TO- LET, HOUSE in Moore Road, originally owned by Mr Sealy, and next to Mr Orr’s property. Apply to T. BULLOCK lAOR SALE or TO LET, Mr Winsor’s ’ Property, corner of Cox and Cass streets. For particulars apply to T. BULLOCK. TO LET—At a low rental, Centra Bakery, together with shop and dwelling house. Apply to T. uulLOOk O LET, a three-roomed Cottage ai Trevorton. Bent, 3s 6d per week »*ly to T. BULLOCK. f| *0 LET—2 Cottages in Grey Street, .J. kown as Contis’ block ; Bent at 5-> per week. T. BULLOCK, F OR SALE—Two sets of three leaves harrows, by “ Howard.” T. BULLOCK. lOR SALE —Lot 26, fronting the North Town Belt. Price, £l9 leral term* If required. Applyto T. BULLOCK. TO PAINTERS. [O LET at a low rental, Shop and Dwellinghouse in Moore street, ily In ocoopstioo of Mr Lucas. T. BULLOCK.



Public Notices. ■ipjjyf WOOL SALES. ASHBURTON TIE NEW ZEALAND jOAN Al'D Mh-.C N i ILE A ENCY C MPASY pHE : I Wi Will hold WOOL SALES At their Stores, West Street, Ashburton, DURING THE SEASON, the fiest sale Will ho held on FRIDAY, 26th of NOVEMBER. 1 X 35 H, H. SECBETAN, Agent. ASHBURTON WOOL SALES Our First Sale of Wool by Auction DURING THE PRESENT SEASON WILL BE HELD AT MB. GEO. JAMESON’S STOEES, WEST STEEET, ON FRIDAY, 26th NOVEMBER. EACH BALE WILL BE CAREFULLY SAMPLED AND VALUED BY MB FORD ' THE DAY PREVIOUS TO THE SALE. £3 MILES AND CO. J, T, FORD, Auctioneer. GEORGE JAMESON, Agent, Ashburton. BARRELL'Ii STEAK PATENT FAMILY WASHING MACHINES (AS ADVERTISED IN “ WEEKLY PRESS.”) ON SALE BY F. FERKIMAK, SOLE AGENT, ASHBURTON. THIS MACHISE IS THE MOST PERFECT AND GREATEST LABOR SAVING J MACHINE EVER BROUGHT BEFORE THE PUBLIC OF NEW ZEALAND. The advantage we claim for this Machine is, THAT THE C T °THES SUSTAIN HO DAMAGE BY WEAR OR TEAR, AS THEBE IS NO FRICTION j and attention is ala* called to the fact that the clothes do not come in contact with the dirty water, bnt are enly immersed in the neara, which is certain to keep the Unen in good color. No brushing, scrubbing, or any pain ul hand rubbing is necessary, and the slightest effort 18 snfficiait «• turn the handle—a child ten years of asre being able to easily work it No Copper or Boiler required, the whole process of washing bein* done in Machine, at same tune. The Machine undoubtedly supplies the beat means of disinfecting the clothes which come in contact with contagions diseases, no germs of infection being able to Emvive ten minutes immersion In us Ste# Two blankets can be washed at the same time or fenr sheets ; ten shirts, or Otha articles in proportion. Any special size can be made for Hospitals, Laundries, a Hole Ikeepers. 10799 W PATCHING, TENT, TARPAULIN, FLAG,' AND HORSECLOTH MANUFACTURER. LARGE STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND OF TENTS OF ALL SIZES CALICO, DUCK, TWILL, AND CANVAS. Manilla Rope, Plough Lines, Fishing Lines, Clothes and Garden Lines. IRON AND WOODEN BLOCKS, Special attention is called to the well assorted STOCK OF REAPER AND BINDER CANVASES, All made on the Premises. - fattens and Canvas kept in stock, and repairs promptly executed. Tarpaulins fm» 6x8t024 x3O always in stock. Oilskin Clothing made on the Premises. MARQUEES from 12 x 24 to 25 x 65 ON HIRE. All Orders bt Letter or Telegram Promptly Attended to. W- PATCHING, 10861 EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Miss Hitchcock, JiRUITERER AFD CONFECTIONER, ’ Friedlander’s Buildings, Burnett street. Refreshments at all hours. Special attention given to DKESSM AKIN G. Lessons given in Painting and all kinds Fancy Work. MATERIALS of all iscriptions KEPT IN STOCK for same Feathers Cleaned, Dyed, and Curled Gloves Cleaned, &c., on the premises. TERMS CASH. 11°57 The Thoroughbred Horse Macilleathean TILL stand in Ashburton and trave ' the surrounding districts this ion. He is a dark brown or black se, stands 16 hands high, got by -lish Tim Whiffl r, out of Flying Send, i Whiffler was by Van Galen, out of il, by Uglj Buck, out of Sylph, by ia da puta, Van Galon being by Van mp, oat of Little Casino, by Inheritor, ing Send was a dark bay mare, bred in toria by Mr J. Harper in 1865, got by bennan, her dam being Jeanette by Je John, Whilhelmina by Romeo, is Rose by Emigrant, the Driver r extended pedigree see English ana itralian stud b oks ) 'im Whiffler waa scarcely ever beaten England. The dam of this horse being Fisherman shows his grand blood, as a ly of the stud book will show that ■ket’s great success has been from itraUan bred mares, for the descendants ho grand old Fisherman, viz., Martini iry, Nordenfelt, and Trenton, are al tended from Fisherman on the dams It erms: One Mare, £3. A reduction be made for two or more mares from owner. [roomage lee, ss, payable on first ice, GEO APPLETON, 3 Proprietor, Ashburton rnQWLE’S P*,NNY~OT*L AND 1- STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and relieve the distressing symptoms so pre valent with the sex. Boxes Is 1W and la 9d, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors, t repared only by The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses Beware of Imitations. MaOPHEK.-ON, SAMPdUN, « CO., tTOCK AND LAND SALESMEN, GRAIN MERCHANTS AND GENERAL. COMMISSION AGB>TS, tT) ILL hold their regular WEEKLY W SALE of a’l kinds of Stock, Produce, and Sundries, at the CENTiiAL AUCTION MART every SATURDAY, at 12 o’clock sharp. Special or Clearing . Sd :a conducted when required. Properties let or sold, rents collected, books and accounts audited, transfers, mortgages, and leases prepared. Loans negotiated on very easy terms. To let for a term of about 14 years, at a remarkably low rental, a splendid Cattle or Sheep Run of 42.000 acres, with plenty of water and good timber cn the property. FOR SALE— Blacksmith’s Portable Forge 1 superior second-hand Dogcart, almost new Quantity of well-made Hurdles Several Properties and Houses on hand to let or for aale. 9598 WHITE, CAYGILL, & CO., BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, J. W. WHITE, Notary Public. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Messrs Whits ANl> o. (White Smithson, and Raymond), of Cimaru, snd John A. Cayqill, of Ash burton, have this day entered Into Partnership as Barristers and Solicitors, at Ashburton, under the style of “White, Oaygill and Co.” Mr J, W. White, will attend the sittings of the Courts at Ash barton. WHITE & CO., JOHN A. CAYGILL. Money to lend in any sums on approved freehold security. Offices: Bullock’s Arcade- 10*003