FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

ASTONISHING THE NATIVES. One of Lord Wolscley's officers, who hap pened to have a glass eye, was one day exam ining a prisoner, a zealous follower of the Mahdi. Why do you believe in the Maluli. asked the officer. “ I believe in him/’ replied Ihe man. be ausc he can woik inhaeius. The oihgpi iniim-dialdy took out his ghc-' PV... tossed it up in ihe ait. vao-Jit it. "nd out it had. into its p'see. " l'T«. thin'., the Mahdi conic do that be asked. I'm man was appalled, and cou'nin 1 .s> Hiiotlo i 'v--".

.VI. PASTE I ITS SI t'Cl.-'', "in a letter addressed to Fiijurv t)r Jauicot calls attention to the fact that out of 170 persons bitten by mad dogs who have placed themselver under M. Pasteur’s treatment, only one has died, a youth named Peltier, who was not vaccinated until 07 days after the bite, and succumbed a fortnight afterwards, his death having been occasioned, as had been satisfactorily demonstrated, not by the virus artificially introduced into the system, but by that of the dog.

FULFILLING THE FIRST COMMAND MENT. | A patriarchal couple named Lcgcr, who have done much to take up for the shortcomings of many of their countrymen and women in rcpopulating France, are now living at Rozey- Belval, in the Aisne. They have bad twenty seven children, of whom twenty-five are living, and throe are nerving in the army in Tonquin. The father and mother-aged respectively ninety-three and sixty-eight cultivate a farm, aided by six sons. Of the twenty-seven children twenty-one were boys. The woman gave birth to five in one year three on January 2, and two on December 27. THE BEGGARS’ NEWSPAPER. The latest novelty in newspapers is pub lished in Paris, and entitled the ‘ Bon Guide.’ It is the organ of the vagrants and sturdy beggars’ interests. But one copy is published. The craft are allowed to peruse it every morning, where they find the ad dresses of the charitable people, weddings and meets, good to be farmed. Advertise ments are received. One is from a blind man, who is willing to sell bis standing ground in a street; in fact, retiring from business. There jis another wanting the services of a blind fiddler and an intelligent child to do the guide, philosopher, and friend business. Truly, the uses of the art of printing are every day being more and more developed.

SONG OF THE PHINTEIi. Forever bending o’er my KK, my life’s not filled with EE;, Forever sticking to my stick, my labors never CO. To do what’s right I make my rule, I mind my PP and QQ ; I’ve got my faults, I will confess, nor try them 2 X QQ. I loved a girl named Emmeline, my love for her was great,— An Em among a thousand Ems, none could her M’U late. And when she said she did return my love, with blushing grace, I printed on her lips a kiss, and did my Em M_—,. A LION’S AFFECTION FOR A DOG.

Mr J. 0. Edmonds, proprietor of Womb well’s menagerie, sends to the Livrrjitu’l Past an extraordinary account of a dog suckling a young lion. He says: “Three months since two lion cubs were born in my menagerie. Three weeks afterwards, for some reason, the mother forsook them—probably her milk failed, We found one dead, and the other nearly so. My bead keeper removed it, and put it with a female dog to suckle, and has succeded in rearing it to its present age. The strange fact is that it refuses its natural food—raw flesh—but partakes freely of any cooked.food, especially vegetables of all kinds, and actually takes tea with relish. It has become quite attached to the keeper’s wife, and follows her like a dog.”

A CASE OF HIPPOPHOBIA. The Vienna correspondent of the Time* writes: The death is announced of Count Bommisch, a Hungarian magnate, who was known in society for his extraordinary hatred of horses. This aversion amounted to a real hippophobia, and it obliged the Count many years ago to throw up his commission in the army. The Count died at an advanced age on his estate in Slavouuin. He was a dis tinguished agriculturist, an excellent land lord, and on all subjects but that of horses, asses and mules, a man of sound judgment. Ho would not allow any animal of the equine kind to come upon his land, so that visitors who rode or drove to see him had always to alight at his park gates. He himself for many years used a vehicle drawn by trained deer ; but latterly he went about his estate in a carriage with'a team of oxen. His horror of horses is said to have been innate, as there was no accident in his life to account for it.

RUSSIAN MILITARY PREPARATIONS. According to a statistical statement in the “ Cronstadt Gazette,” no fewer than 20 vessels of various types have been begun, completed, or equipped within the last year for the Baltic and Black Sea fleets of Russia, or for the Siberian flotilla. Of these the most important are the large ironclads Catherine, Tchesme, Sinope, Imperator, Alexander 11., and Admiral NaohimoS, and, furthermore, the gunboats Sivutch and Bober, and several torpedo boats of the Lieutenant Iljin pattern. The building of granite walk at the port of Cronstadt has also been proceeded with, and docks have been constructed at Sebastopol. Considerable additions have likewise been made to the steel-armor manufactories of ObnkhoS. The plan of converting the port off Liban, in Courland, into a naval harbor is said to have been abandoned, but on the other hand it is likely to be made a squadron station for the Baltic fleet.

A FRENCHMAN ON GERMAN INTRIGUE. M. Yves Gnyot, the French deputy who has for many years given his closest attention to the social conditions of England, and who boasts the acquaintance of “ Mr Bradlaugh and other famous economists,” has been giving his views on the disturbances in London. M. Guyot has it on good authority that one of the prominent leaders in Trafalgar square was a Prussian agent who is employed to spread Socialism and discontent in this country. This agent is a factor in a deep-laid plot of Prince Bismarck’s, which has for its object the closing of all industrial works and factories in England, and the consequent economical apotheosis of the German Empire.” Probably M. Guyot’s national prejudices have a good deal to do with his ready credence of so far-fetched a theory.

SALVATIONISTS’ PROCESSIONS.

The English Judges have decided that it .is ultra vires, unreasonable, and repugnant to the general laws of the land for civic authorities to attempt to limit by municipal legislation the natural privi leges of the Queen’s law-abiding subjects. The authorities of Croydon, like those of Napier, passed a by-law, aimed specially at the Salvationists, prohibiting them from using instrumental music in the streets on Sundays. The Salvationists defied the municipal authorities in both cases. Police Court proceedings resulted, and in both cases the offenders were con victed and fined. The Napier Salva tionists’ appe#l is f till under the consideration of Mr-Justice Richmond, ■who will most probably be guided by the dicta of Judges Hawkins and Mathew in the Croydon appeal. These Judges held that the by-law was i‘ most unreasonable and cruelly oppressive, and therefore could not be enforced.” Salvationists’ and other bands could now play on Sun days to their hearts’ content •

LEGAL INCOMES IN INGLA'D «. The acceptance of six* L-.nl (Jniv ci x iL>rshijj by .Mr farrer Hera h 1 invo ves a considerable pernniaiy s.oriti o, The ’ salary L LtO.OOO a-ycar, a d it is uiuior j stand that of late vests Sir Farrar Her i schei’a jirofeesl nal receipts havo more i nearly roadie i L 20.000. Bui there are conipctrnlions, since thn Lord Chancellor | receives far life a u> ni'n p<‘ii<>,aii j Lo.Oi 0 ajnar. The mast, uonapi. ions ins'ati' "I saerui.-ine ju<iii«i,ary iinhiion for . ilieial lani-' is to he i>■ u ■ >t in ill ceo i of S.| Unlace l.'avey. Mr Har.y has for in.iuv vans hr.fii teed'it};; .*•) it ’'H' "t , ,tons'.lor;, 1. y ovei 1,20,(D0 '.s j SdicOn: General ho get-' Lti.OOo am! s knighthood, with no retiring pension. There are fees which prooabiy bring the olli ial income up to L 9,000 a-yoar. Still, a man who has for a 0110 time been

earning, according- to some accounts, L30,0C0 tv-year, may think himself privi lodged to accept a fourth of that sal-ry. Mr Davey is a moat indefatigable worker. One of his associates says that ho thinks nothing, tfhon in an important case, of working light oil twenty four houis at a stretch without taking sleep Sir Richard Webster, the Attorney General in the late Conservative Government, is also a tremendous worker, keeping his lamp burning far into the night when ho has any special case on. Sir Richard Web ster attributes his immunity from illtuis, in spite of his tegular condition o' over work, to the fact that he is a strict teetotaller.—Exchange

A WONDERFUL CURE.

The S>!.hirii Mail says:—‘ The par ticnlars of a truly marvellous case whirl has been treated at tiro Gonlboimi (New South Wales) Hospital have he n pub lished. Gn May 24 last year a youth named James Siddons, who had been par tially paralysed since ids birth, fell into the tire and received terrible injuries tor.is head. The nose was reduced to ashes, and the eyelids and sca'p presented a sicken ing spectacle, so terribly had they sultered He was received into the hospital on the day he received the injuries, and three weeks later his scalp came off, leaving tiie bare skull exposed. In course of time a new noso was .actually formed, a fresh scalp, provided with hair, replaced the other, and about a fortnight ago the frontal came away, and underneath was a new forehead covered with llcsh To complete this wonderful statement, it has only to bo added that the pati nt regained th > use of oho of his par-lysed hands, but by what agency is not known.”

A WHOLE FAMILY INSANE

A singular case, bearing a strong resem blance in certain points to that of the un fortunate Hampton family of Coburg, though,; fortunately, unaccompanied by the tragic feature of . bloodshed which marked the latter, says tho Melbourne correspondent of flic Pitsk, under date April 2d, was brought under notice yester day at Carlton. In tho course of the after noon tho local police arrested four members of one family, Philip Ryan, aged (>5 ; Jane Ryan, bis wife, aged JO ; Margaret Ann Ryan, their oldest daughter, aged 22 ; and Elizabeth Agnes, the youngest, aged II ; all of whom were alleged to be insane and unfit to be at largo. For some days past all the members of tin’s eccentric family have conducted themselves strangely, showing unmistakeable symptoms of lunacy. At about haf-pasl three o’clock p.m. they were taken from their homo in a cab, and conveyed to the city watch-honso. After the usual charge had been entered agaiust them, they were separately examined by Dr Wihnot and Dr Brett, who, when tho unfortunate persons were taken before the Police Magistrate, testi fied that all of them were of unsound

mind, and incapable of taking care of themselves. As in tho case of tho Hamp ton family, the minds of the Ryans appear to have been unhinged by religious mania Mrs Ryan was very violent, and resisted the police when they called at her house to convey her to the lock-np, and she had to ho brought away from her homo by force. She and Her daughter talked wildly and somewhat incoherently about their being “ God’s own people " The old man told the doctor that “he had cleared hell of all the devils therein,” and he made use of similar wild expressions to the police, denoting clearly that his brain was disturbed. After hearing the medical testimony and asking the accused if they desired to put any questions to tho doct us, which they declined doing, the police Magistrate ordered tho four demented persons to be taken and detain the Yarra Bend Asylum. ed in

FARMERS’ LEAGUE.

A mketivg of the Farmers’ League was held at the Arcade Chambers on Saturday. There was a fair attendance. Air I. Sargent, the convener, proposed (hat Mr John Grigg should take the chair. Mr Grigg said he would like to know some thing of the objects of the Association. Mr Sargent said the principal object the promoters of the Association had in view was the obtaining for the farmers of cheap money. Mr Grigg thought the matter of cheap money was one in which every farmer should work for himself, because a combination would be helpless. But there were plenty of other things to which a Farmers’ league might turn its attention. There was the question of charitable aid. This county had to contribute something like £ldoo per

annum, which money had formerly come out of the Consolidated revenue. The Government when they met the House of Representatives would make a great crow about the great relief to the Consolidated Revenue they had effected, but they would say nothing about the burden falling upon the shoulders of the poorest class in the community. A most pro voking thing was that the representatives of country districts swallowed such stories. If the Government had devoted a portion of the Property Tax towards charitable aid it would have been quite fair, but to put the burden on the occupiers of the land was manifestly un fair. And this was only the beginning of the evil. They would lind that before long the Government would endeavor to saddle the cost of Education on the poor farmers. Ho cautioned them not to send men to the House who had not their wits about them, and whose interests were not identical with their own. When he was in the House he saw

there was no hope for the farmer unless there was a distinct country party. At present there were only about ten men in the House whose interests lay with the farmers, and what could that number do among ninety members? Mr Grigg condemned the tariff proposals • of the Government last session at some length and said it would be a great evil to this country were it ever to em bark ina policy of protection. Mr W. Strachan agreed with Mr Grigg that there was plenty of scope for a farmers’ association, but he did not see why they should not include cheap money in their programme. Mr Grigg having announced his willingness

to take a part in the working of the Associa tion, withdrew, and Mr W. Straohan was voted to the chair. After a brief conversational discussion, it was resolved, as the motion of Mr Sargent, seconded by Mr Buckley, that the member ship fee should bo 2s (id. Those present agreed to call meetings in their several districts in order to form sub committees. Mr W. B. Moss was appointed Secretary of the Central Committee, and the meeting adjourned.

TDK Avti I'UIU'ON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1880.



The fate of soverigns has been reckoned up by a Frenchman. Of 250-1 who governed 01 nations, 500 were driven out 01 abdicated, 21 suicided, 12 maddened, 100 fell in battle, 123 were imprisoned, 25 martyred, 151 assassinated, and 108 legally condemned and executed. “ Uneasy lies the bead that wears i fk crown,”



MOUNT HUTT ROAD RO.\ltU. GENERAL ELECTION. 1 HEREBY give notice that the follow ing Candidates received the number of votes sot opjiosits the t uaun s .a the Election hold by mo mi May Bs.li, 188<i. Mtvhvcn Ban hill Total. Holmes, John ... bit Jad:;mi, Ju1.,01 .'i ’Jo 7,‘ at c M l l lan, W in. i; ;T m; (hinoroo, 1), ( i'"io. lied) ... :• ■■! ! Alin;;(..o, (i, hi. m 1; 7m ( liilJiß, In if- I Hi i i'tm e .1, cl are Mioirt 11 elmes, | ■ Uickson, McMillan, Cainmon. and Aline- J ton duly eluded as members of the Mount Hutt Road Board. J. 0. McWILi I \M, -Substitute Upturning Glliccr. Mothven, May 10, JSSi). m JO



MEW ZEALA ND HAIL A 7 AYS AUTUMN FACES AT ASHBURTON, MAY Jdru and 14 m. ATURDAV RETURN TI NETS to Ashburton will bo issued at Christ church, Timaru.and into:mediate stations on the 10th and 14 h of May, available for return up to and including the 16th instant. On the Id h and 14th trains for and from Ashburton will slop at the Saleyards Siding (opposite the Racecourse) to take up or set down passengers. Fares to Ashburton siding and back— Fust cla;s, tid ; second class, 4d. Tickets available for day of issue only, .M 10 By Order. j



WANTED —Tenders for TRIMMING and STUBBING 100 cans of Gorse, Singletree Estate, Alford Tt orest; Tenders to be in by 22nd May, 188 G. M 10 MaTSON, COX & CO. rpENDERS wanted for RE-FIXING -L roof of slaughterhouse. l(j R, LAIN CAST Ell. Notice of application fob A PUB RIGAN’S LICENCE. 1, GEORGE ROBINSON, of South Rakai.i, Hotelkeeper, do hereby give notice that 1 desire to obtain, and will at the next Licensing M< etiug to ho holdon at South : akaia on the 3rd day of June, 1880, apply for a certificate authorising the issue of a Publican’s License for a house situate at South Rakaia, and known as the South Rakaia Hotel, cou taiuiii" twenty-three loom, exclusive of those required for the use of the family. MlO Dated the (Rh day of May, 1^8(3



Hop BiUers. 15 M E M B 15 R T II I If you arc sick, HOP BITTERS will surely a : d Nature in making you well again when all else fails. If you arc comporalivcly well, bur led the need of a grand lonic an 1 slimulanl, never rest easy till you aie made a new being by flic use oi American t. o s. If you are costive or dyspeqlic, or are suffering from any of the atniierious dis eases ot stomach or bowels, it is youa own fault if you ivmain ill. for Am. Co s arc a sovereign remedy in all such ci m plainls. If you are wasting away with any form of Kidney 1) sense, slop templ ing Death this moment, and turn lor a cure to American Co.'s IE YOU ARE SICK. HOP HITTERS. HOP HI ITERS. HOP HI TTERS.



If you arc sick with that terrible sick ness Nervousness, you will find a‘ Hahn in Gilead” in the use of Am.ricau Go's nor HITTERS, If you are a fre<iuenter, or a resi.lentof a niiasmalic district, barricade your sys tem against the sc uir.e of-- malarial, epidemic, bilious and intermittent fevers —by the use o' American Co s HOI’ HI TT; RS. That poor, bedridden, invalid wife, sister, mother or daughter, can be made the picture of health by. a few bottles ol -American Hop Hitlers, costing but a lr.lie. 11 you hfvs rough, pimply or sallow skin bad breath, pain, and a; lies, and feel miserable generally, American HOP HITTERS will give fdr skin, itch blood, the sweetest breath, health and comfort. In short, they cure Aid. Dis ease of the Stomach, Bowels, Blood, Diver, Nerves. Ridnes, Ac,, and LSOO will be paid for case they will not cure or help, or for anything impiuo or inju rious found in them. WILL \OU LET THEM SUFFER? dense, Purify and Enrich the Blood



with AMERICAN nor HITTERS, Aiul you will have no sickness or snllciing o docUns’ bills to pay (tiI'SKK IK THIC .NAMKOK UK. SoKI.K lIIXUVN N EVERY UOTTI.K, IK NOT IT ISCOIS t.'XTK.K Kf. Public Notice. STORAGE at Tinwald at lowest current Ratos, apply, 4 053 FRIKDLANDER BROS J __ (Jj REWARD—Strayed from Winch- more, Bay Thoroughbred Mare, Lnaek points. Had on stable rug, canvas cover and leather halter. If returned to Winchmore or Union Bank, above reward will be paid. 5 090 LOT 7, containing £ acre, opposite the Woollen Factory. As this Section was not Sold by Auction, on Saturday, will bo received for it up to Saturday next, May Btb. T. BULLOCK, c u T () Persons in pursuit of Onnc or other wise TRESPASSING on the Fail hold Estate will be PROSECUTED. 4 503 J. T. FORD.



iTAINTED TO I* UKCIUS E- V 1,000 SACKS of Seconds ok Wheat. Apply to 2 284 FIUEDLA.NDEU BUGS.



J. Meech HAVING determined to relinquish business, la following up his late Auction sale with a CLEARANCE SACRIFICE of ALL GOODS AT AUCTION PRICES -®3Si The Public can, therefore, VISIT HIS WAREHOUSE I AND SELECT ANY ARTICLE AT A TREMENDOUSLY REDUCED PRICE during the next few weeks ; and mind you don’t forget it 1 Crockery, Ironmongery, Kitchen Requisites, and Genuine Furniture, -MUST ALL BE DISPOSED OF FOR SALE. Splendid Hearse Mourning Coae Plumes Velvet Pallp Horse Covers Etc. Etc. 01 E A P I In the meantime, FUNERALS will conducted from L 5 upwards J, MEECH EAST & xANCBED STREETS,



| Auctions. M K K, <X)XT(‘jS is ii strucled to sell on THURSDAY N T I<;XT, Al Mir. Commercial iloi? 1 Vardfr, the well known Hurdle Uac'choß-c 1 i ILIj A\AjAS. rnrticuiaii- in future advertisement. j in I; AI , IM ; ,MK\, I. .1,. A All O . II K;!S. Ashburton Hares. .VI \ A i ; AN ! i ii, i.a



IHAVK riuoived instructions from variouH owners to St 11 by I'uolu: Auction, nt thn Yards of QUILI/.S HOTKI,, Dio' tolh w.ng Race Horses, Brood Mares, Two year olds, Yearlings, Foals, Hunii-rs, + Hacks and Harness Horses : Princess Royal, by Cassividauiius Miss King Bosoneath, by Lcolinus--Lsconfoed Ohestnut Yearling Filly, by Cassivclaunus —Rosoneath ; a beautiful filly ; en terod for the Welcome Stakes ; took first pnY > at the Ashburton Agricultu ral Show for nest Thoroughbred colt or filly.



Horse Clothing, Pacing Saddles, Bridles, and all the requisites for a Racing S able The above are to he s ild literary without reserve. Chcsnut Mare Shepherdess, in foal to Dighy Grand Chesnut Mare Fusee, in foal to Dighy Grand Black Mare, by Blood Royal, in foal to Python I Black mare Bobs, in faal to Hornby Chesnut Colt Foal, by Cheviot—Fusco Black Filly Foal, by Cheviot—B'oud Royal Mare Brown Yearling Golding, by Hornby— Bess Yearling Filly, by Python —Castaway Mare Two-year-old Filly, by Python—Blood Royal Marc Two-year-old Filly, by Python—Fusee Three year old Gelding, by Traitor— Sydney Mail Four year old Golding “ Centurion,” by Tribune Bay Gelding “Jasper,” 7yrs, by Default Grey Gelding Sultan, by Dexter “ Archduke,” 3yra. Bay Colt, by King of Clubs—Maria Theresa ; one of the grandest specimens of a Thorough bred horse that over trod the turf



In addition to the above are many other horses, particulars relating to which will appear in the Catalogue. h'. r convenience of the residents in the district, Messrs Friodiandor Brothers have kindl- .consented to receive any further entries that may bo made. Sale to commence each day at 10 30 a m, FRF,DERICK COTIoN, 5 Ot-tt Auctioneer. iA. Harrison. Alfred Harrison, AmiONKi-.H, STOCK AND ■ STATE aok nt and valuator. SATURDAY SALE at 12 o’clock sharp —Homes, Cattle, Pigs, Produce and Merchandise, 'gen* Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company. FOR SAL E For Sale Double Furrow Plough by Hied and Cray, nearly now.



For Salo—Light Spring Cart, cheap. Light Express Cart, in good order ; very cheap For Sal a—Cheese Press, hv J, and T. Young For Sale— Merry-go-round ; a heap of money to bo made at Paces, School Treats, etc ; on view at rooms ; cheap, LFlt LI ■ HAPIMSON To Let and For Sale- J A O R SA L E—McCormick’s Twine jL’ Binder. T. BULLOCK SALE 2 Soctfoiiß at Mothven. T. BULLOCK. nnO LET.Two 1! roomed Cottages, JL near the English Church.—Apply to I. BULLOCK. ritO LET—A Five Roomed House in Cameron Street, at present occupied by Mr K. Bevan. Apply to T. BULLOCK. fllO LET—4-Roomod House at Tinwald Centally situated Apply to T. BOLLOCK. mo LI T —Five-roomed House, centerally X situated in Burnett street, opposite the Mail otlioe.— Apply to



_ Meetings. lIA K ATJOIIK TOWN mSTKIGI’, 4 MKKTING of Ilatcparcrn, to consider Hi" propriety of the i a u« of the now Town Dut. lot, will bo bold nt ho IIA.M I’STKAD SCHOOLROOM, ON TUKSDAV, MAY 11th., At s v m. I -.11 KI'K '!'■ iN Gdl ATV HUNT :\ tun (ioiK-cil and Hall



| oddf*; buoys’ habb. 1 MONDAY, MAY 24xn, 1880. Prices ; Concert 3s, 2s, la ; Ball— Donhlo ticket ss, Indies 2s 01 o (>!)4 D D F K I, L O W S’ HAIL Be sea ... Messrs Kignold and Allison Business Manager Mr K. A. Underwood (funeral Business Agent ... Mr Biddy KXTUAORDI NARY AT Til VCTION. E 'll TWO NTOUTS ONLY. 'i'he Latest Australian Success. • THE RIC KA R DS- R A VNO RCOM PA NY. Proprietor & Manager—Mr H. Rickards. •MR HARRY RICKARDS, Ihe Inimitable \ocal Comedian, THlfi BKOTtIKRS RAYNOR, World renowned Musical Comedians, Miss Kaik Bbbte, Miss Nellie Wis so.n, Miss Ada Funskn, Mu Hunky Cka.mkk, Mu Hahky Puillivs, Mk T. W. Hjiodks [and Edcak Austin, the Light ning Cartoonist.



WKDNKSDAY, 12m MAY. ISS6, ! })'■ original Farcical & Musical Absurdity, “ KUIC-A BRAG. ” THURSDAY, 13 in MAY, 1886. “ S P O O JN 7 ,8.” Commence ;U <S prompt. Admission—l‘Js (id and la. 5 (iS 1 ) THE 15IG SHOW is COMING. ST. LK O N’S .Royal Palace Circus Proprietors Messbs St. Leon.



hippodrome & menagerie OK WILD PERFORMING ANIMALS Will Exhibit in all its Enormous Entirety at ASHBU R T O N, ON M O N 1) A V, ioth M A Y. POSTIVELY THE ONE NIGHT ONLY. A STUPENDOUS AND MAJESTIC CONSOLIDATION or TII EWO R L D'.s WOND ER S. 50 Unequalled Stud of PEUFECTLV T.LUNED HORSES * PONIES. 50



Magnificent Collection of ‘>Q LiV.NG WILD ANIMALS. OQ Mammoth Company of £ STAR AKTIVI’Ks—MALE p,~ AND FEMALE. O') The (trii.iio.it King Pageant on Earth. Remember the daj Monday May 10. JAMES MORGAN, o (>fi() .Business Manager. Public Notices J>A N K H O L I D A Y. Pursuant to “ The Hank and Bankers Act Amendment Act, 1882,” THURS DAY, the loih day of May, 1886, is hereby appointed a SPECIAL BANK HOLIDAY at the otlic a of the under mentioned Bulks at Ashburton and Ka k aia ;



The Union Bank of Australia, * united. JOSEPH PALME!?. Chief Oliiter. The Bank of Australasia. JOHN LAWFOKD, Acting-Inspector The Bank of Now Zealand. SHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. Notice is| hereby given that CAMERON STREET EAST will be closed at Its junction with the SOUTH EAST BELT for WHEEL TRAFFIC until further notice. The public are also cautioned to keep to the footpaths and Roadways of the South East Bolt, axteu dakk, on account of material deposited and other obstruc tions incident on the drainage works now in progress. 683 D. L. MURDOCH, General Manager, FOOKS AND SON, Borough Engineers. April 27th, 3 680. 4 631



T. BULLOCK. fl', O LET—Four a"d Five-roomed X H< use in Town; Two-roomed Cot tage opposite Woollen Factory, o 472 H. IVL_JO]S;ES._ J7V>K SALE at Dromore—2oo Acres , adjoining township. Well fenced and watered. Half in grass and haif in stubble, with shelter plantation. Terms easy. — Apply to Edw Hi) G. WniGHT, Windermere. 4 G3O rno dairyman, dealers and i OTHERS To lot, a paddock containing about 38 acres at the corner of Town Belt east, part of Mis McLean’s block, and lately occupied by T, B. Lester. Oilers will bo received at my cilice up to noon on SATUUPaY, May 15th, 5 005 T. BULLOCK. JAOR -•'ALE—Building Site, near the F Wollen Factory, being Lot 43, fronting '.ho Alford Forest Road, contain ing 1 acre 2G porches. Ouly A‘s cash required ; balance by instalments. T. BULLOCK.



E. KILWORTH, Architecture X . and Mechanical Draughtsman, and Building Jontractor. Office: Steam Boe Hive, Sash, Door, and Cabinet Factory, Wakanni Koad, Ashburton. Workmanship Guaranteed at Lowest possible rates 11 31 O "1 OA per day to be made by per ot'-L Bons of either sox, In own localities, at work for us. Now easiness. All meet with wonderful suc cess. Anyone can do the work. Capital not required. We will start you. Outfit worth £1 mailed free. The employment particularly adapted to the region In which this publication circulates. Bey and girls earn nearly as much as Full particulars and instructions mallo reo. Now is the time—don’t delay, but ■ write to us at once. Address Stusson vir Do Portland Maine. Dnitid States Ashburton SHEEP AND TIN WALD DIPS. The Ashburton County Stock and Saleyards Company is prepared to Dip Sheep IN LARGE OR SMALL NUMBERS, With any material that Farmers may desire. Good paddock accommodation provided free of charge. GEORGE JAMESON, Secretary. A. W. RANDALL HAS ON H4Hl> A CHOICE STOCK OF APPLES, PEARS, Hot-house Grapes, AND OTHER FRUITS. Prices very low. A LARGE QUANTITY OF BLUE DERWENT POTATOES. 8 869



Parcels Express. NEW ZEALAND EXPRESS COMPANY. Reduced ratas for freight to Ashburton Parcels, etc., from Christchurch or Dunedin delivered at address in Ashbur ton at the following fixed rates. Through daily : and at slight increase for heavier weights. No extra charge for two or more parcel .or one consignee if from one consignor or for parcels charged rate and a hah under the railway tariff if received fv time for goods despatch. Receiving offices—Christchurch : Bed ford Row, Dunedin ; 7 Manse, street. Parcels, etc., forwarded through and delivered at any address in the world Rates and all information on applioa ion to F, McFARLANB, Acgnl New Zealand Express Company S Ashburton,



V. ■>■■■■ l /7AASAS SA ZS'AAf =^s= =3**} r*~~j 3 & U- J 9L-SZ ISTCHU u —%=s=^SßE^- rpHE HOUSEHOLD REMEDY for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Influenza, and X all affections of the Chest, Throat, and Lungs. Remember—One dose taken in time may save a valuable life. Price—ls 6d and 2s 6d per bottle. Prepared by E. 0. DARN, Chemist, Christchurch. N.R.—Ask your Chemist or Storekeeper for It. 4 482 LITTLE’B SHEEPDIP-



A 11 ™ l Beveral y ear8 ’ trial, this NON-POISONOUS DIPPING FLUID (a now | universally admitted to bo the best ever Introduced. Its great superior!™ over other materials consists in its cheapness, its undoubted efficacy in destroyin' all ticks, lice, and every Insect that infests the skins of sheep or domestic animals'; and in Us cleanliness, and absolute hsrmlesaness to those concerned in Its use Pom.r ot an oily character, It is highly beneficial to the growth of the Wool, which it loaves soP, clean and bright, without robbing it of theyolk-its natural nourish ment—or leaving it harsh and dy, as is the case when alkaline mixtures, such as lime and sulphur, or arsenical prpa rations are used. It is entirely without the ruinous effects invariably resulting from the use of such materials. It is not onlv non-poisonous, but may be used internally for worm in the throat in Jamba : it wll also ollectually cure foot-rot, and AS A SPECIFIG FOll SCAB IT HAS N&VBH BEEN KNOWN TO FAIL. To those who dip in full fleet Ss wTbe found for, being of a warm and protecting charter, sheep will not catch cold, though dipped in the depth of winter. ** ON SALE IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES BY George Jameson, d d!7 A R IT Tl IT II T O V



[ QOLDLSTRIIAM HOAD HOARD. PUBLIC NOTICE. Beach Bond, Hinds Bangitala, IS UNSAFE until damage by FLOOD IS REPAIRED. E. G. WHIFIGT, Chairman Coldstream Hoad Board, 5 (>93 N O T ill E. ' 1 LL ACCOUNTS owing to DH. W. G. A. BOSS must bo PAID before the 15th Inst, and all claims should bo sent In by that date. Mr John Curtis wiM attend at Dr Rosa’ residence on TUESDAY and SATURDAY in each week. Ashburton, May 1, ISSti. 5 yipTli rvirfou SALE cue - ab WOOLPACKS, full weights FENCING WIRE. Nos. 8 and 9, »t less than *: LINSEED, colonlai BARBED WIRE, from L 27 lOs to LW a ton TURNIP * RAPE SEEDS, all doserip lions, guaranteed to grow OATS & CHAFF, large stock, low prices ENGLISH AND OTHER CLOVERS MATSON, COX & CO. HO BONO PUBLICO



Hood people all, both great and small, again I come before you ; and while It’s true there’s little new, 1 h >po I shall not bore you. Again, this time, I come in rhyme, and thus my theme pursuing, all may discern, and mark, and learn they should be up and doing That, is they should, for their own good («nd mine, I won’t deny it), deal at my store, I'll any no more, just take the hint and try it. My general store holds goods galore, in wonderful variety, such value, these ate sure to please all classes of society. And, also note, that Nelson, Moate and Co. aro still supplying to all who please their blended teas—they’re grand there’s no denying. So come and buy, these 6ne teas try ; you’ll ne’er regret the action. At various prices, each kind nice is, all giving satlfaction. Now let me finish by thanking all my customers for their continued patronage, and by assuring them that I shall always do my best to servo them well, by supply ing genuine goods at the very lowest possible prices.



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Just to hand a fine ' Assortment of Sperm Can dles, alsc 130 and 150 light KeroaeneOil Wholesale and Retail Agent F R NELSON, MO \TE, & CO’S Pure Blended Teas. Agent for Arthur Yates’s Gar den Seeds Tea, Grocery, Glass, and China. Brushwaro and Fancy Goods Warehouse. H. M. Carson, Bast Street Ahsisukton.



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JW. McRAE having taken the above , Hotel, aollcita a share of patronage from the people of Ashburton and sur rounding districts Boat Brands of Wine’s Spirits and Beers. Good Stabling—-Feeds, Onje Shilling. Horses and Baggios to let on hire at prices to meet the times. For the convenience of travellers hansom cab will meet all trains. Potatoes. I HAVE GOOD EATING POTATOES FOR SALE. 4 584 GEORGE JAMESON. Bankrupt Stock. Wellington, April 7, 1886. MESSRS HAYKS & CO., Ashburton. Ge.M'L' mkn, — Yeur tender for Drapery Stock, amounting to £2,757 (two thousand seven hundred »nd fifty-seven pounds), has been accepted. We forward you draft at sight for amount, less your de posit of 10 pc cent. HARVEY & JOHNSTONE, Ageuls for the Consignors in London P.S.—The Goods will be shipped to morrow without fail.



It will be aeen from the above that we are tho successful tenderers for a .Stock value £2 757. The Goods were shipped to the order of a firm who are now Bankrupts. Tho New Zealand agents of the Consignors in London wore empowered to seize tho shirment on their arrival and oiler the same by lender, and <-ur i fir, as stated above, has been a<ceutod at a large discount. Tho Stock, which of C' urse is all fresh and new, consists of Blankets, Flannels, Calicos, Sheetings, a Splendid lot of Dross Goods Clothing from the Best Houses, Millinery, Fancy Goods, iloi sery, Gloves, &c,, &v



Heavy Dross Tweeds, 7|d per yard Heavy Homespuns, in a.'l shades, 7JJ Black Cashmeres, la, full width Fine Cashmeres, in all shades, full width, 1s 4id # A Splendid Lot Broche's, in all colours, 4|d Wincey, worth KHd, now 6d per yard Checked Winceys,*s|d Melton Cloth, Is OAd, double width English Blankets, 7a lid, white and



coloured Heavy White Flannel, all wool, 9|l Ditto, fine make, all wool, G tod Grey Calico, yard wide,~2d 9d



Mrs Adams, AGENT FOR MADAME WEIGEL’S PATTERNS, HAS now on hand a nice assortment of crewol wools, silks, filoselle, fiossotto, lace, braids, transfer patterns, now designs, crash, oatmeal and satin cloths for art needlework, five o’clock tea cloths, embroidery frames, etc. THE LITTLE SHOP (Next Mr Ranger’s baker John Totty



dozen Scoured ditto, 2i 9d por dozen 80in White, Sheetings, lOJtd 80in While Twilled Sheetings, Is Loom Counterpanes, honeycomb. 4s 9J Colored Quilts, 2s lid



CLOTHING. Men's Tweed Suits, 15a 6d Bovs’ Kuickor Suita, 4s 9d IVRn’a Union Tweed Trousers, 4s 6J Men’s Heavy Colonial Tweed Trousers, grand value, well cut, 7a lid Men’s Trousers and Vests, boat goods,



Begs to inform the inhabitants of Ash burton and district that ho HAS TAKEN Those large and commodious Premises known as THE SOMERSET STABLES- Saddle Horses and Baggies always on Hire. 4 506 JOHN TOTTY. Baylis and Co. SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS East Street. Great Clearing Sale on account of Stock Taking.



14s Boys’ Overcoats, 5s Men’s Tweed Ulsters, Ifia (3d Waterproof Coats, splendid value, 7s Men’s Dux Collars, Id box



MILLINERY. Underclothing and Baby-Linen Depart ments, In all those Departments Great Re dactions have been made. Ladies’ Ulsters, Tweed 2s lid Ladies’ Corsets, la 3d Ladles’ Black Cloth Jackets, from 4s 6d Ladies’ Tweed Skirts, braided, 3s 6d Black Tips, 2s each Linen Collars, lil each Tapestry Carpets, Is 6d Felt Carpets, l£ yards wide, Is lid China Mattings, white an : cob irol, 1 yard wide, 4id Oilcloth, 1 yard wide, OJd Best Linoleum, 5s lOd, lull 2 yards wide Striped Window Hollands, 1 yard wide, 3d per yard. Honeycomb Towels, 2d



In order to reduce our Stock of Groceries, Crockery, Glassware, Brush ware, etc., to facilitate Stock Taking, we are now offering Greater Bargains in the above lines than any house In Town— tor Cash ; Candles—per box, at sd, ssd, and Gd per lb. Kerosene— from 7s 6d to 10a 6d. English Pickles—Bd. Fry’s Cocoa—ls 5d per lb. Teas at cost price by the Box. Sugar—3d ; Tapioca, 3d. Vermicelli —lid ; Macaroni, lid. Soap—from !s 6d per box. Crockery in largo variety, at Cost. Perambulators (4 wheels), 22s 6d ; and everything else equally as cheap. Dairy Produce Purchased. Country Customers liberally dealt with. YUS AND CO., S’ Q* in East Stre fc,



THE BOOT DEPARTMENT It Is almost unnecessary to mention, as it is well known our prices are below any other house in town ; that problem was solved by ua three years ago, not by the aid of mathematics, but by simply selling at prices to suit the times. This Great Sale will Commence on SATURDAY NEXT. Reserve your money and come and seoure the Bargains. HAYES & CO. READY-MONEY DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, PROVISION DEAJLEUS UNIVERSAL PRO, ViPEPg AfiOAPB,



Business Notice. ENGLISH WATCHES, ENGLISH WATCHES, ENGLISH WATCHES. VALUE UN PRECKCENTKn, VITALITY' HNEQ L A KP, f TlilGK UN a rFKOAGHEU, U T as the introduction of steam has revolutionised the Commerce of the World, s<> (lie principles o the art of manufacturing, and our New System of Selling ot Watches direct to the Public has effected an equally striking revolution in the Watch FINEST ENGLISH WATCHES AND Trade. BEAD FACTS, JEWELLERY.



Ax First Cost.



Visitors to Dunedin are invited to in* spoct the World-wide Renewed ENG LISH WATCHES, manufactured by STEW A LIT DAWSON and Co., Liverpool, England, and Imported by them direct from their factory to their New Zealand Branch, 34 Prin ces street Duuedid. The success which lias attended the sale of these unrivalled Watches throughout every part of New Zealand and Australia is beyond precedent in the history of watch-making., results which speak in trumpet tones the quality of their watches and the advantages of S. D. and Co.'s new system of dealing direct with the public, saving them three intermediate profits, over cent per cent in the price of every watch. Every intending watch buyer is cordiaily Invited to visit their Establishment, 34 Princes street, and inspect all S. D., and Co.’s manufactures, and judge of the ex traordinary value they offer. Every Watch fully guaranteed and supplied on a week’s free trial. J ust opened, ex Bimutaka. two large shipments of the following Gent’s Open-face English Silver Levers, crystal fronts, price, L 3 10s —retail price L 6 6s; Gents’ Splendid English Hunting Levers, everywhere known as the best, maker’s price L 3 15s —compare with any sold retail at L6to L 7 ; ditto, with three pairs extra Jewels and Real Chronometer Balance, price L 4 15s —full value for L 8 10s — ; Gents’ Snrperb Keyless Hun tiny Levers, L 6 10a —full valnefor Ll2 ; Gents’Three quarter-plate, centreaeo cuds, very 'finest quality,English Chronograph Levers, price L 6 15s— the handomesat watch made, warr anted fivey ears, worth Ll2 10a, See also our Marvellous Defiance sterling Silver WatchesLl 7s 6d and Lli 5 a— justhalf retail prices ; also, ex Rimu taka,a Manificent Selection of our Gents' English Gold Levers, prices Ll2loa, Ll 6 10s, and Llßlos—worth Ll7los to L3O; also Samples of Stew art Dawson’s and Go.’a New Patent Double Minute and Second English Chrono graph, the greatest ilorolo triumph cf the Age; also. Ladies’Sup erb English Silxer Levers, L 3 10s ; Hunters’, L 3 15a —well worth L7los; Ladies’ Sterling Silver Watches, LI 7s fid and LI 16s : ditto, Keyless, L2 10s and L 3— extraordinary value ; Ladieas Magnificent English Gold Levers, lull-piato movements, L 8 10s, Lll 10s, and Ll 4 10s —usual prices, from Ll2 10s to L 22. See also our Ladies’New NonpareilGoldKey less Watches, all 18-carat Gold Cases, the moat elegant watch yet produced. Prices ; Open-face, only L 6 10s ; Hunters’, L 7 10s —cannot be equalled under Ll2. Call early and inspect all these .Umivalled wstehes. Also to hand, New and Elegant Gold and Sil ver Alberts, Ladies’ and Gents’ ; many new registered designs all to be sold at Strictly Wholesale prices. Also, Ladies’ Magnificent New Suites of Brooch and Earrings, Lockets, sod Necklets, all to be sold atcent per cent under Colonial Rates. Remember, we save you all intermediate profits. Note the Address:



STEWART DAWSON AND CO/S ENGLISH WATCH MANUFAO TUBES, 31 Princes Street, Ddnepin SPECIAL NOTICE. MrD. S. DAWSON, of the Firm, who has just arrived in Dunedin, from Liverpool, England, in returning thanks to the thousands of Custimera who have patronisned hia Firm aince they commenced Business in New Zealand, begs to intimate that all Orders sent to Stewart Dawson and Co., Dunedin, now, will receive hia personal attention, ani will be Care fully Executed and dispatched by first return of Post,



Now is the time to order one or more of the best and Cheapest batches ia the World. A full and Magnificent Stock on hand of every artioial show in Illustrated Phamphlet ' * A jQ 10,000 STOCK TO SELECT FROM. Remember that STKWaRT DAW SON and GO'S system of Business saves yon cent per cent on the usual Colonial Bate, ORDER NOW ORDER NOW One of S. D. and Co’s Renewed Engl lish Lever Watches, and Secure your self a Correct Timekeeper that will save you a little time, add 2s fid to the price of either of the above Wat ches for Postage Registration, and send P. 0.0. for amount payaple to S. D. and Go’s Dunedin, and yon will receive by first return of Poet the Watch selected, together with written guarantee ; Mr D. S. Dawson will at tend personally to yoo order, and Ad dress— STEWART DAWSON & CO 34 Princes Street, Dmrxnis, Magnificent New Illustrated Pamph let, the best Book ever Published on Lever, sent Poe| Free