a cargo of spirits, has gone ashore on Lonsdale, Port Phillip Heads, and is in a critical condition.

WRECK. Melbourne. October 4

The fcarpue Glanfiuse is expected to become a total loss, but the cargo will probably be saved. No loss of life occurred ty the wreck. REVENUE RETURNS. Sypnkt. October 4 The revenue of New South Wales or the last quarter amounted to Xr,660,000, being a decrease ot £5500 as compared with the Septem ber quarter of last year. DEMONSTRATION. The annual deraonstrption of the Eight Hour League is taking place to.day. A pnblic holiday is being ob served.

SPORTING

ASHBURTON RACING CLUB,

A meeting of the Committee of the Ashbur ton 'R.'v'np Club was held at the Commercial Hotel on Sa nrday evening. Present -Messrs Parnell (chairman). Denshire, Thomas, Crisp, Zander, M. Friedlander, and R. Friedlander. The principal business before the meeting was the consideration of the action of the Dunedin Jockey Club in fixing its Spring Meeting for da'es which clashed with those of the Ashburton Club. The action of the D.J 0. was severely criticised, and after some discussion it was resolved that the Ashburton Glob's races should be held on December 9tb and 10th, instead of November 25th and 26tb M previously arranged. TINWALD RACING CLUB. A meeting of the Tinwald Racing Club was held on Saturday night, when eleven gentle men were present. It was decided to hold the races as usual on January Ist, 1887. A draf‘ ol programme was submitted a« under, and was adopted:— Hurdle Bare, £ls, 1J mile ; Novel Hurd’o Race, £2O, 1J miles ; Cup. £3O. 1* mile; Time Trot, £ls, 2 miles ; Maiden Base, £lO,l mile; Flying Hack Race, £lO. f mile; Selling Hack Bice, £lO, Jr m,le : Consolation, £lO,l mile; Hurry Scurry, for entrance money, 1J mi'e, for herses that have never won public" money. It was resolved that last year’s officers be requested to again act. The Club reserved to itself the right of handicapping. It was decided that the district should extend from the O-ari to the Belwyn. After trarsiction of nnimpoij tsnt business the meeting adjourned for a week. TIMARU RACING CLUB’S OCTOBER SHOW MEETING,

Tha following nominations have been received for the principal events at the Timarn Racing Club’s October Show Meeting:— LADIES * BRACELET. Wrangler Kate Ben H. Hathaway Ivanhoe Sawdust Mount Juggler Polly I Pirate Sluggard Finance No Mistake Fawn T.B.C HANDICAP. Garabin Larry Nellie Finance Derwen ter Jack Quibble Melville Viking Little Arthur Tbe Brewer Zealot Jackal OCTOBER HURDLES. Wrangler Sawdust Ben H, Pira’e Warlock Locknough Mount Fawn Kata Moody

ITEMS BY THE MAILS

A BATCH OF ENOOHS,

A great sensation has been cursed at Dunkirk by the notime’y and un x peeted return, after seventeen years’ ab sence, of three married fishermen. They bad been cast away in Greenland, where they have been (jo says the story) held in captivity by tbe natives. Like three Enoch Ardens they have returned to find three Phillips in their places, or, as the reports pnt It, “ their wives in the mean time had taken other husbands.” PBINOE ALEXANDER OF BUL GARIA. Prince Alexander of Bulgaria Is new 39 years of age, Is brother to Prince Louis of Bittenberg, an cfficer In the English navy, and cons : n to the Grand Luke of Hesse. Be served in the Hessian Dragoons until the Russo- Tnrklsh war brore out, when he acted with the Russian army, and was an eye witness of ths battle of Plevna and other campaigns The Bulgarians -chose this German Prince as their ruler but since be baa been on the throne be has suffered much from Russian intdgue. He has 2,G00,0C0 subjects, and can bring into the Asia an army of 80,000 men. A HEARTLESS HOAX. The Labrador horror turns oat to have been a huge bosx originated as a joke. The London Daily News says that the British Government displayed praise worthy alacrity in telegraphing for in formation, and the replies to their in anities havo sat the matter at rest. Toe Admiral on the station heard nothing of the distress, except to hear it denied The Governor of Ke vfonndltnd was s'ill more emphatic in his expression of in credulity ; and the Attorney-General of the province, who happened to be in London at the time, received from » private source a formal contradiction of the whole story.

THE LATE KING OF B AVARIA, Those whose du.y it is to overhanl the effects of the late King of Bavaria are finding many strange things Precious stones, cat sod uncm, have been found to the extent of a small fortune, stowed away in old stockings and sewn np In sofa cushions Love-letters to nearly sll the Royal ladies in Europe, married and sit gle, have come to light. But perhaps the most cartons memento is a box of wooden toy soldiers, each piece being labelled with the name c£ iome prominent cfficer in the *rn>y. What Ludwig ued them for no one will ever know now; but It ii supp sed that be was in the habit of holding private court martial upon them after his attendants had retired for the night.

THE NEW BISHOP OF MELBOURNE,

In the came of the new Bishop of Mel bourne there is a quaint fi ness which cannot fail to strike even these who are fond of exclaiming “ What’s in a name?" Field F.owera Goe ! So they *o ; never was a truer statement, nor one mote entirely consistent with the great doctrine of the mutability of human affairs and the transient character of life which it is the peculiar duty of a bishop to inculcts. That a prelate with such a good name shpuld have been found in Bloomsbury is another very apposite coincidence. The designation and late sphere of the new Bishop of Melbourne, when borre in mind I y those wi*h whom he is in future to be b; ought in con'act, will help him materially in teaching that great truth which is so often heard from the pulpit, that the grass wiihereth and the fi >wer fadetb.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

A Wflavy Calender. Auckland, October 4, Judge Ward, Addressing the Grand Ju y at the opening of the criminal se. - si on, expressed regret that on the firs orcadon of his presiding here the calender should be the heaviest known in Ai'ckUnd f.T ramy years. Seasons if o imneriial depression iovariaG? pn • due d 9 heavy l ot of crime, but ha sio cere y trusted ‘hit <he long lut of dim - oat o-s-a now be'ore him was not taken as a fair indication ot the state of the mer cantile barometer in the north. He then proceeded to comment up.m the charges, : fwh oh there are no fewer than 46 to be dealt with.

Burglary. The To Awamatu Railway station was entered by burglars on Saturday. The till was robbed of ninepence, but an at tempt to break into the safe was unsuc cessful. Th* IHaiU, Wpllingx n, Oc ober 4. The Mararoa wi*ti tire e.ngiish mail of September 9 left Frisco for Auckland on September 25 contract time. T. 1 e Ala meda, with the colonial mails of Sep tember 14th sr.iv- d at Frisco f ora Auc land on Hud mat, two days earlier tnan timetable date. Allcsred Worgary. Christchurch October 4. A German, named Gotskoff alias Koit\ was arreted to-diy chirged with terming J 6. Rndenklan’a name to ch> q tes for £5 14a and £6 9j. Saprenie Coart, A'i the Supreme A'ourt J Farguihar as-uaed of malicious i jury to property, •• as ditcharged, n > bill lining been pre sented to the Grand Jury. J hn Ha ;hes plosded gull y to forging and ultoriug a cheque lor £3 and was sentenced lo 5 years penal servitude

THE CABLE DISPUTE

Wellington Oo ober 3 Tha Press Asstm-ia ion ha» rec j ived the following from the Superintend e t of the Gable Company—“ PostmA'ier-Gerseral of Victoria telegraphed on Wednesday *o Postmaster-General. ent'gestmu the desir ab!en?B» of cmiiog to terms with C >n ! any upon res-souabls haris. Mr Derham funner suggest sd that all colonies should be invited to cjr.t ihu'e to P r Da<win, New Z island, and Tasmanian Gable in proportion to popo’at'on. Id f e a t-'rooou Mr D rham received a reoly from Mr Satton o the effect that he had communicated with the O>.Z Government and representative of thn Etstetn Exten sion Telegraph Company <n the subj-ct, and hoped to he sbie to prevent, increased tariff being charged. Mr De h m subse quently tela-raphed to tha buperinten dent of tbe C unpany and requested him in view of oegot aliens being opai ed up to arrange to portpone the raising of ihe tar ff fo-a m mh, The Superintendent immediately replied that he had cabled a request to that effect to Mr Pender, The action of the New Zealand Government In refusing to cm tinue its subsidy to the Company. Is not viewed wi h favor in V'C'oria, New South Wales, t oath Aus tralia ard Tasman-a. each of which con trib' tsti the Port Darwin and T etna ran o>b'es. N w Zealand d es not cootrlb tte one penny towards either of these oanlea, notwithstanding the fact that eha derives a large amount of benefit from t‘ i ose services. Should the New Z ‘sUnd Gov ernment refuse to pay a subsidy the ques tion arises as to whether charges on messages received by tha Port Darwin and Trsmanian cables for New Zealand should not be raised.”

RAILWAY MISMANAGEMENT.

The peculiar and inexplicable sys’em on which the railways of the colony are conducted, has been the cause of much grumbling and much sarcasm at the expense of the Department. But neither grumbling nor sarcasm has had any effect upon Mr Maxwell, the General Manager. The “ Autocrat who rules our Railways,” as he has been called, issues his mandates from his office in Wellington, and from these there is no appeal It will be remem bered that Mr Richardson, the Minister fot Public Works, nearly two years ago promised a railway crossing at Cameron street, and gave good grounds for the assumption that another at Moore street would also be granted. But there seems no more likelihood of our getting these crossings now than when the Minister was interviewed on the subject. We had good cause for hoping otherwise, and in fact, through out the colony hope was felt, when Mr Richardson assumed office that the power of the “ Autocrat ” would be curtailed, and that the railways would be conducted on such a basis that tl e public would receive the benefit, but that confidence proves to have been wholly misplaced, for the expected reforms have never been carried in'o effect. All who have been unfortunate enough to be compelled to travel by one of the ordinary trains on the Canterbury lines will have a lively recollection of the ordeal, and, perhaps, it may be intiresiing to them to learn what Mr Richardson, shortly before he became Minister for Public Woiks, thought regarding this matter. Speak ing of the then railway management, for which he took his predecessor in the charge of the portfolio of Public Works severely to task, he referred to the mixed trains running between Christchurch and Timaru in the follow ing terms; —“ Those who have had the misfortune of travelling by these trains will agree with me that it is about the most curious and agonising torture that one could possibly endure 1 in travelling by rail N> w the way in which the running of these trains is managed is not likely to be attended with anything like economy, but absolutely the reverse.” The “curious and agonising torture” still continues, and is likely to continue for an inde'inite period, and the way in which the running of the trains is managed does not appear yet to be attended with anything like economy. The Timani Herald, in an article on this subject some days ago exactly describes the condition of affairs, when it says ; —“ The ‘ mixed ’ Christchurch-Timaru trains crawl along at the same wheel -1 barrow pace, and have continued so to 1 crawl during the two years in which 1 Mr Richardson has been at the head of the Department. One of them , leaves Timaru at half-past seven , o’clock in the morning, and arrives at Christchurch at half past two in the afternoon. The other leaves Christ -1 church at a quarter-past one in the afternoon, and reaches Timaru at ten 1 minutes past eight in the evening. 1 They stop everywhere—even wheie there is nothing to shunt or nothing to drop or take up. They stop to kill [ time. They must stop, or they would i get to the journey’s end in advance of the time-table. The engine-drivers

have a hard life of it in devising means to was'.e the hours. It is a deadly business and a part of that system which Mr Richardson was pledged to reform —a part which he went through as most curious and agonising tor ture when in opposition, but which he has elung to so pertinaciously since he has been in office.* Mr Richardson is indeed the worrt kind of sinner, for he sins against knowledge, and is condemned out of his own mouth. It will besa ! d, ‘‘Let there be a change then in the Ministry, and we shall have all this remedied.” We are not so sure of that, for the re sult of changes in the past has been absolutely “ nil,” for Ministries may come and Ministries may go, but the mismanagement seems to go on for ever. Indeed, we have begun to think that it is very doubtful whether the railways of the colony will ever be managed as they ought so long as the present system of control is adhered 10, the lessons of experience pointing to the necessity of a complete and radical remodelling of the whole Department. — Mail.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1886



We know Hop Bitters are above and beyond bJI m a nutritious tonic and curative. Genuine de by Am. 00. Bead thoroughly the



]!?arrow Encapp. * * * Juno 1. 1883 “Ton ye.rs »go I was r. tracked witii tl.e most Intense and desthly pains in my hack and - Kidneys. “ Extending to the end of my t et nod to me brain ! “ Which made tn« d-ltrious ! “ Fr m agony ! ! ! ! “ It took three men to hold ma on my bed at times ! “ The D c ora tried in vain to relieve me, but kico (U p l *-. Morphine and other opiates ! “ tiad no t-ffec' ! “ a t or two months I was g.ven up to die ! ! 1 1 *• When my w fo heard a tttignbor tell what Hop Filters had do ~e for hor, aha at onci got and gave me arms. The first dose eared my brain and seem’d to go hunting <hr>ug. mv system for the I'S'n. The second dose eased me so much that I slept two hours, something I had not done for two months. B fora I had used five bottles, I was well and at work as hard os any man could, for over three weeks ; but I worked too hard for my strength, and taking a hard cold, I was taken with the mos' acute and painful rheuma'isra all through my system that was ever known. “ I called the doctors again, and af er several weeks they left him a cripple on crutches for life, as they stii. I met a friend and told him my case, and he said Hop Bitters bad cured him and would cure me. I pooh, dat him, but he was so earnest I was induced to use them again. In less than four weeks, I threw away my crutches and went to work lightly - and kept on using the bitters for five weeks, until I became as well as any man living, and have been so for six years since. It has »1 o cuied my wife, who had been sick foe years ; and has kept her and my children well and healthy with from two to three hottl-s a year. There is no ne.d to be sic c at all if these bitters are used. J J. Bkrk. Ex-supervisor.



" That, poor inva'id « fe, Sis'er, Mother, “ Or daughter ! ! 1 ! “ Can bo made the picture of health ! “with butties of H-’O BiHera ! “ Will you let them suffer ! ! ! ! ' Pronecntn the Swindler* ! If when you call for American Hop Bitters (see green twig < f J/oj)g on the ml itr label and lie \st>ule's name blown in the hott c), the vendor hands out anything but American Hop Bitters refuse it and shun the vendor as you v.'ou’d a viper; and if he has taken your money for anything else indict him for the frau i and sue'liim furdamages for the swindle, end weSftill pay you liberally for the convic tion. '



IMPOUNDED at by tho Ranger, on September 27 th, one old b*y Hack mire ;no brands or el;oas. If not c aimed and expenses paid will ba sold on v'ctober 14th, Q. SHFLTjOCK, 10 762 Pouadkteper L r T, for a term of years, a farm X of 500 acres, vithin three miiea of Ealing Hailway rtition, and aoj lining the properties of Mosers B xier, Jackson, and Godfrey, The whole is under English grasses, a portion having been down 5 years, and is in a thorougnly tit rendition for pri fitabie occupation. It Is surrounded rnd sub-divided by capita' fauces, and possession can be given in November. lor particulars apply to J. TBOMPSDN. Pleasant Point.



TO LET. THE School Commissioners for the Can terbury Provincial District invite TtSNljt-BS for the L M '-ASR, from the Ist of November, 1886, of RES i.RVE No. 2278, containing 75 ACRE \ situate on road from Maronan to I inwa d, and about 40 chains north east of the Ashburton Bormgh Endowment Reserve No 2413. Conditions of Lease may bo obtaine 1 j fain Mr H. H. Pitman, Government | Buildings, Cnristchurch Tenders to be sent in on or before the stb of November next. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted H. R. WEBB, Chairman. Christchurch, October 2nd, 1886. 10767 MONDAY, 11th OCTOBER, Clearing Sale OF Superior Household Turnlture MR T. BULLOCK has received instruc tions from Mr Geo Winser (ia i consequence of hie leaving for the North Island), to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At his residence, corner of Cass and Cox streets, on MONDAY, 11th OCTOBER, The whole of his superior HOUSEHOLD FURS'ITUffB & EFFECIS, com prising handsome Piano (in walnut, by Russell, fu ! l compass), solid Rose wood and Mahogany Tables. Pier Glass (50 x 40) Sofas, Chairs. Carpets. Pictures, Fenders a»d Fire li ons, Bedsteads, Horsehair Mattress, Wsshstands (marble top). Chests Drawers, Telescope Table, Sewing Machine, Washing, Wr nging, and Mangling Machine, Crockery, Glass, Kitchen Furniture and Utensils, &c. At same timo and will bo offered Irs property. T.S.’s 542 AND 643, HALF-ACRE, corner of Cox and Cass streets on which is erected a SIX ROOMED HOUSE, with Verandah, Venetian B inds, &o , &c. This property ia well situated, and ought in the course of time to materially increase in value. Terms of payment will be very liberal declared at sale. Sals at 12.45 10J769 T. BULLOCK, Auctioneer.



Public Notices. MUSIC. MRS A. 0 CLARIDGE is prepared to receive PUPILS for PIANOFORTE and ORGAN Terms on Application Cox street, Ashburton. 9668 Seed Potatoes. FOR SALE—Kidneys and Blue Dorwtnts. GEO, JAMESON, °10752 Ashburton WESTGATE & B ATES, (From G. Elliott, Christchurch), Fishmongers and poulterers OVTSTER SALOON, Tancked street, Ashburton. N.B. —Wo nre now receiving daily Fresh Fish of the best quality, 9618



ASI’BURTON GUARDS VOLUNTEERS A MEETING of the above Corps will be held in the Drillshed on TUESDAY (TO-MURR H'), sth October, im -o riiatoly after Parade, for the purpose of Ejecting Officers and other important business. aUSTRALIANMUTUALPROVIDENT SOCIETY. 'in HE ASHBURTON AGENCY IS J CLOSED from this date. Members are requested to remit Premturtia and address communications t> the Christ.burch DiatDct Office. Oil tho HRnd is the Life.—Clarke’s world famed blood mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from ail impurities from whatever causes arising For rcroful.a, scurv’s', pkin and blood dis e-ses, and sort s of all k nds its effects are marvellous Thousands of testi monials, Sold in b titles 4j 6d and 11s each by chemists ai d patent medicine vendors everywhere. Sole proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. 1 16 JOHN G. RESTELL, 1 iouienant Commanding. October 4th, 1886 10768 9563 B. K. STOCK, Agent.



Mrs Meecli DRESSMAKEE, BURNETT ST , opposite Mail Cffice, 1~5 EGS to inform (he Ladies of Ashbur ton and c unly that she has opened business on her owa account, and solicits a share of patronage. Mrs Meech will sustain her reputation for fathiou and general excellence. 9710 BEOOM VILLA, Wakanci Eoad. 1%/TISB STEANR still continues to IVI receive Pnpi’s, and thoroughly grounds them in bnglish (Grim., Geo., Uisty., Die., and ( ompos’n). wTh the accomplishments of Music, Singim?, French, and Drawing, at the most moderate terms. Evening lessens in any or all of these could be resumed if sufficient en ci urngement were given AN OPENING FOR A LADY BOARDER. 9092



ASBBURTON AGRICBLTI'RAL AND PASTO !>AL AS. OCIaTION. THE NINTH Annual K > Mbition OF STOCK, IMPLh MEETS, 4c, \717 ILL bo held at tho County Sale » * yards on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29. ENTRIES close on FRIDAY, Oct. 22 H. H, SEORKTAN, 9JGIB Secretary.



VTTT E HAVE FOR SAL E— PRIME SEED WHEAT, OATS, and BARLEY Some of the above lots have been grown in the Timaru district. PIG FEED FOR SALE In any quantity. Just T mded — All Kinds of CLOVER SEEDS, choice quality RYEGRaSS and COCKSFOOT foi fe.ile FRtEDLAMDF<R BROS |Pg> -s THOMAS CHAMBERS, Prize Medallist, PRACTICAL BOOTMAKER, TOWN HALL, ASHBURTON, HAS great pleasure in informing his old fi-ends and the general public of the district that he has RETURNED to ASHB RTON, and all work entrusted to him at above address will be executes in his well-known style, and "Satisfaction guaranteed. BESPOKE WORK A SPECIALTY. Repairs neatly and promptly executed.^ FISHING. ANGLING. FISHING TpHE Undersigned baa JUST LANDED, ex Ruapehu, A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF FISHING TACKLE, Composing RODS, MINNOWS, FLIES, and all other Tackle, of the very best quality. Also



FISHING BOOTS, LEGGINGS, From tbo best makers. These Goods have been indented by Mr Shury, and specially selected by my agent. 1 have also landed a Complele Stock of CRICKETING AND LAWN TENNIS ) MATERIALS, All of which I offer to the Public at Specially Low Prices WILHELM ZANDER, TOBACCONIST & HAIRDRESSER EAST STREET ASHBURTON. §7lB



Meetings. BAZAAR! BAZAAR! BAZAAR I A GRAND BAZAAR in aid of the Wesleyan Church Building Fund will bo op ne t in the, TOWN HALL ON SATURDAY, 2 ’io OCTOBER, And continue for One Week. Save your money, and secure bargains. Every requisite from DRAWING ROOM SUITE to BAUD fc>’ BIBS, of good quality, well made, and of chaste design. 9£ 696 A SHBUR TON PERMANENT £l BUILDING and INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Monthly subscriptions and other pay rnents d e will be received at the Society’s dices, Burnett street, from 9 a. m. to 5 pm , and from 6 to 7.30 p m., TO MORROW. Depo.'its received at the higheat cur rent rates of interest. TABLE Showing the Scale of Repayments adopted by this Society for a Loan of £IOO upon first-class security. J. WARD, Directing Manager. Tenders. SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD DISTRICT. FffENDEBR will be received up to noon 1 oo THURSDAY, the 7th October, for the following works : Metalling 315 Chains of Mainwaring Road Metalling 12 Chains Seacord’s Bead Slaking a Concrete Culvert on Great S ;tnh Road. Plans and specification'' can bo seen at the ttoud Board Office, t-outh Rakuia To dera o be endorsed, and addressed to the Ch innan of the Bad. Thu lowe-it or any tender not neces sarily acc pted A. MAKE ' G. 10f747 Clerk to the Board.



THE ED' C-mON BOARD OF THE DIHTHIOT OF .NOivTH CANTER BURY. TO BUILDERS. I ENDERS are invited for the erection cf WUtu and Side Schools, and one Master's House, at Mayfield, JKangitata. Elans and specifica! i can be seen at the ■ fliae of Messrs Tuaner and Retail, Timber Merchants, Ashburton. Endorsed tenders, addressee to iho Chairman cf the Board Christch'vch, will be receiv'd not later thin 12 o’cl ck noon on TO 'Y. 6h Ucobir. ') ha Board does not bind itself to accept the 1 west cr any tender. KV-suAKD o. Far ; Architect to the B Christchurch, 22nd 1886.



.Auctions. PRELIMINARY NOTICE To Farmers, Investors, & Olliers. MILES & CO. have received instructions from MESSRS DUDLEY & NORTHEY To offer BY PUBLIC AUCTION, Daring the month of NOVEMBER NEXT, The whole of their Valuable Estate, Known as MYERSDALE Containing. 2400 A 0 B E s 2400 And situate THREE MILPS FROM TIIF. TINWALD RAILWAY STATION, On the South Bank of the Ashburton River. The Property will be divided into con venient sized FARMS OF ACRES AND UPWARDS, AND WILL BE SOLD ON EASY TERMS.



MESSRS MILES & 00. are also in structed by I. R, C. 0. Graham, Etq., to offer BY PUBLIC AUCTION, (At the same time and place as the lllveradalo Estate), 700 AUEES 700 of his Tinwald property, known ra Graham’s Farm, Fronting on Graham-- -ioad. The land is of good qualify, and suitable for all kinds of agricultural purposes. It is now being surveyed, and will be laid off as follows ; ABOUT 300 ACRES BLOCKS OF 35 to 40 ACRES, AND 400 ACRES IN BLOCKS OF i BOOT 100 ACRES EACH, and will be sold on easy terms. Flans of both properties are in course of preparation, and will be circulated shortly, J T. FORD, Auctioneer ; GEO. JAMES Agent, Ashburton 1



Public Notices. MKa MANHIKE, Fancy ggods warehouse, Saunders’ Buildings, Hast street. Ladies' and Children’s Clothing in great variety. Paper Patterns in stock and designed to order Special Lines in Aprons *nd Pinafores. 9624 THE worst form of F.ver, Prickly Heat, KrusPpox and Measles rapidly cured hy LAMLL UGB’S PYRETI J SALINE “‘lt saved nay life, for the fever had obtained a strong hold on me." •—O Fiztgerald, Correspondent of Man chester Guardian , in Albania. Abundant medical tea imony enclosed with each bottle. Ic is the cure for Cholera rod PREVENTIVE of moat diseases incident to Tropical and Colonial life. It allays thirst in a renutruahle manner and cnols and vitalises the blood, J. S. Purdy Fay., writes; —‘ I would rather go ahor i f anything thin this never-fa in travellers’ friend.” 9 68 TIM'VRD AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL A SOCIATION, THE ASSOCIATION’S NNUAL gHOW OF STOCK, &c., Will be held on the ASSOCIATION’S GROUNDS, WAI-ITI ROAD, ON TUESDAY, 2Gth, and WEDNESDAY, 27th OCTOBER, Consisting of SHEEP, CATTLE, HORSES, PIGS, DOGS, POULTRY, DAIRY AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, IM -I’LEMENIS, WOOL, &c., &c. Prizes amounting to about £550 will be given in pieces of Plate. Medals or Cash ; also additional Piivato Prizes, value £IOO Entries for Sheep, Cattle, and Pigs ch se on RaTURUA v , 10th October; al others TUESDAY, 19th. FOR PARTICULARS SEE POSTERS. ' Programmes may be obtained on appli cation to the undersigned, F. W. STUBBS, 9719 Secretary. T WENT Ilf fIRST A m TO STAND THIS SF.ASON AT ASHBURTON, And Travel the Surrounding District*, The Thoroughbred Horse, Kingfisher. For Pedigree see cards r lerms-For one mure, £3 3s. A reduction will be made for three or more mares, tin property of one owner. First-class padd cks for marcs at Is per week. Groomago fee, ss, payable at first service. E. COOKSON, Proprietor, 9J735 Livery Stables, Ashburton. The Thoroughbred Horse Perkin Warbeck 11. VS7IUL. Stand ihia season at Grove Park,. Tinwa'd. Pedigree He is by the c« to.reted ho ne Perkin Wmbnck (impi, out of Miss Kate (imp). Pei kin W ib ck was go by Adventurer dam Bumble K te, by Voltigeur—Swee f *briar, by tt . ckwell— Eglantine by Flying Dutchm n—A z lia, by Cattcn—Annot Lyle, by As) t>n Lamia, by G'hanno Adventurer I y Newurns'er. dun Palma, bv Emilias. .Newminster by Touchstone, d m Beeswing. Miss Kite was got by 1 dveotarer, her dam Fpiriing Life, by Prime Minister—Cai d ewtek, etc , etc.



An examination of bs p’d’gtee wll show that he v'osetsses a double vein of the famous Adventurer blood, and is one of the vei-v b st bred animals in the Youthen Henvsphere. Teima : Three guineas, dne on Ist January, 1887. Orocmage free, ss, pay able at first service. For farther par- ILL stand in Asbbmton and trave the surrounding districts this season. Ho is a*dark brown or black horse, stands 1G hands high, got by English Tim Whiffl r, out of Flying Scud. Tim Whiftier was by Van Galen, out of S bil, by Uglj Buck, out of Sylph, by Titha da puta, Van Galen being by Van Tromp, out of I it do Casino, by Inheritor Fl yin ; Scud was a dark bay mare, bred in Victoria by Mr J. Harper in 1865, got by Fisherman, her dam be’ng Jeanette by I ittle John, Whiihelmina by Romeo, Moss Rose by Emigrant, the I ri er mure (For extended pedigree see English and Australian stud b oks ) Tim Whifth-r was scarcely ever beaten in England. The dam of this horse being by Fithernvm shows h s gr>nd blood, as a study of the stu i book will show that Mu ket’s great succi sa baa been from AustiaUan bred mares, for th < descendants of tbegrardold fisherman, viz., Martini- Henry, Nordenfeh, and Trenton, are al descended from Fisherman on the dams side. Terms : One Mare, £3. A reduction will t e made fi r two or more mar°s from one owner. broomage fee, Ds, paynb’e on first service. tieulxrs apply TOWARD GATES. 9676 The Thoroughbred Horse Macilleathean 9633 GEO - APPLETON, Proprietor, Ashburton.



TO STAND THIS SEASON AT NF.THERBY 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 Mack Sail by Wanderer, out ot Fairy (imp.) (For tabulated pedigree see cards ) Terms : £lO 10s for thoroughbred mares. £5 5s for half-bred mares. Also, the Thoroughbred Stallion Rouser, By Messenger, out of Kate O’Sbane, Will stand at Netho by Farm, and travel the districts of Ashburton, Methven, Mount Somers, and Alford Forest. Terms : £3 10 ; guarantees, £5 ss. fceason, 1-st January, 1887. Guarantees, Ist Ju y, 1887, 9985 L, MARKET, Proprietor.



BmrineM Notice* TO THE LADIES Grand Show OF New Springs Goods. ANDREW ORR jTS NOW SHOWING A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF NEW GOODS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. GRAND DISPLAY OF NOVELTIES, NEW MILLINERY NEW STRAW HATS ZEPHYRS, in checks and stripes SOMMER HOSIERY MANTLES AND JACKETS COSTUMES NEW GOODS NEW DRESS GOODS NEW CARPETS New Goods IN Every Department ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES AT WHOLESALE , PRICES. ANDREW ORB. Great Gift Sale OF DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS, GROCERIES, & PROVISIONS FOR THREE MONTHS ONLY.



HAYES & CO, FINDING their Stock excessively large have determined to reduce it fully one-half hy making an IMMLNSW SACRIFICE OF THEIR WINTER stock, And n addition to the reductions made, they will give a large number of VALUABLE PRIZES. For which every Customer Purchasing Goods to the value of 10s in either the Drapery or Grocery Establishment will have the opportunity of competing. The following is the Prize List : let PRIZE, value £5 2nd ~ „ £3 3rd ~ „ £2 And 10 PRIZES, value 20s each. These Prizes will be awarded to the lucky ones who shall guess the number of Peas in the large Glass Jar which will be placed on view in the Drapery Window, next the Arcade.



Bead this Carefully. THK GLASS) JA.K OF PEAS, Now on view, was filled by Messrs Dunn and Strachey, and was sealed by Mr J C. Duncan, Broker. Each Customer purchasing Goods to the value of 10s will be entitled to one guess as to the number of Peas the Lucky Jar C'n'ains, thus a Customer spending 20a would be entitled to guess twice, and, of course, for every additional 10s spent, another guess, and so on The Jar will be opened at the conclusion of this GREAT SALE by a committee appointed by those interested, when those who have been fortunate enough to guess the correct numbers will bo presented with the above ment oned Prizes; but, in the "vent of the exact number not being guessed, the nearest to the correct number will be awarded the First Prize, and pro rata. This is no deception, but the power of a RKADY MO>EY BUSINESS. The following list of Bargains is worthy of special notice : White Calico. 24d per yard Grey Calico, 3id per yard Grey Ca’ico, yard wide. 2s 9d per doz Welsh Flannel, 9d per yard Scarlet Flannel, 10£d per yard bine All-wool Saxony, Is per yard Cream HoT»nd. 5d per yard Colored Bed Quilts. 3s 3d and 3s 6d Scotch Cloth Blankets, 6s lid, 8s 6d, and 9s lid psr pair Witney Blankets from 7s 9d Checked Winceys 4£d ands|d Bleached Sheeting, 2 yards, BJd per yard, wonderful value Homespuns, 7£d. 9sd and 10$d Double-width Cashmeres, all colon, Is 4Jd per yard Black Cashmeres, Is and Is 3d All other Dress Materials Greatly Reduced Ladies’ Wool Squares, 8d Men’s Peavy Tweed Trousers, 7s lid N eu’s Tweed Suits from 10s 6d Boys’ t’vercoats, 2s lid A grand line in Youths’ Tweed Trousers 6s 9d Boys’ Suits from 4s 6d Ladies’ Cloth Jackets. 4s Oilcloth, 1 yard wide, 6id A splendid Tweed, all wool, 2s 6d A quantity of Black Velvet Buttons, Id per doz, and a lot of Remnants which must be cleared



In the BOOT DEPARTMENT there are some Special Lines which cannot be rubbed out. We are also paying special attention to Prices in our GROCERY DEPARTMENT. Hayes and Co,. ARCADE



NEW ZEALAND 1’ ILWAVSV MOUNT SOMERS EXTENSION. THE Mount Somers Station will be opened for Pa-aerK’. r wad Goods Traffic on the 4 h OCTOt ER The Train now r- \ ning between Cavendish and Ashburton will from that late ran between Mount omen Station and Ashburton, leavit " the former Station for Ath barton at 8 30 a:m , and arriving there from Ashburton at 645 pm. The Mount Somers Branch Time table will be otherwise un bered, exempt that the train will only stop at Cavendish if requested, instead of LcL y timed there. By order. 9740 A. Harrison. Alfred Harrison, AUCTIONEER, STOCK AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR. SATURDAY SALE at 12 o’clock ahar —Hones, Cattle, Pigs, Prodnca and Merchandise. Agent Norwich Union Fire Insutanc Company, FO R SA L jtf— Piano, by Bord ; a beautiful instru ment; nearly new For Sale—t arge movable Hut, Sf* z 12ft, on iron wheels; stove and bunks complete. For Pale-One large Mangle com plete and new • A Dog Cart nearly new, in good order; cheap; at rooms Corncrusher, by Bentil!; new Horse Power and Intermediate in good order ALFRED *tapt*ikaw T. Bollock. 171 OK SALE, 40 Acres, being B.S. 25535 . adjoining the Racecourse, on which is erected a dwelling-house, stable, loose boxes, stockyard, &c. Very liberal tenor. Apply to T. BULLOCK. PEAS: -For Sale a few bags, hand threshed ; suitable for seed. T. BULLOCK. lUJ Cb'JL, a three-roomed Cottage at Trev orton. Bent, 3s 6d per week. Apply to T. BULLOCK 1,0 Lc/I?—2 Cottages in Grey Street, kown as Coutts’ block ; Bent at 5i per week. T BULLOCK, JjAUR BALE—Two sets of three leaved X. harrows, by “ Howard.” T. BULLOCK TO LET—At a low rental, Centra Bakery, together with shop and dwelling house. Apply to , T. PULLOCIv FOR Sale—Double Seated American Waggon. 6 181 * T. C' 'BLOCK. Ilu Lhl—Commodious Gram Store in West street. ' T. BULLOCK T» LET, HOOSB in Moore Road, originally owned by Mr Seal,, and ooxt to Mr Ore’s property. Apply to T. I.UI,LOCK c'|' l O LET—A Paddock of 23 acre?, |_ adjoining Mr Grant’s property, near the Fairfield Road. For particulars apply to T. BULLCGK FOR SALE—Lot 10, fronting on the Alford F«»re:-t Road, with cottage, stable, washhouse, celLr, &a. Also, three sections adjoining, on which is erected » five-roomed house on concrete foundations, t-tore, &c. These properties will be sold on very liberal terms, Apply to T. BULLOCK. tllOB SALE Lot 25, fronting the ■ North Town Balt. Price, iJIU Liberal terms if required. A oply to T. BU .LOCK.



Town Sections EOR SALE. 711, Wakanul road and Wills street 708, Wills street 689, Havelock street 745, Peter street 746, do 822, Cox street 818, Aitken street 842, corner Ou>e and Aitken streets 3240, corner William and Kermode sfaree 48, Kermode street 248 do 249 do 333, Moore street 1059, ct. *ier Peter and Walker streets 1060, adjoining 49, Kermode street do 4 do 230, Havelock street, with buildings 231, Havelock street 781, Peter street, with buildings 0(»9 do do 168, Wills street 639, (part), Peter street 1< 0, Moore street, with bnildingr 1&38, Peter street ,050. cortc ; Peter and Walker stress. |SOB, Cox street, with building ,313, Attken street '34 do °625, Peter street 486, corner William and Havelocs strev 691, Cameron street 692 do 723, Wills street 4 • do 7, corner 3ox and William streets 8, adjoining 5, Peter street, with Building 1, Oox street 6, Peter street do 8, Cox street, with build iny , corner Havelock street , adjoining , Barnett street , Wills street do , Barnett street, with buildings , Moore street west do 12, West street (leasehold) 21, corner Wills and Casa streets 36, Cameron street 210, corner Grigs? and Peter streets Oil, corner Walker and Cox streets 013, Oox street 013 do 186 Cameron street 860, Grey st"eet 327, Peter street Wills street 77 (part), Burnett street. 18, Havelock street For particulars, prices, etc, apply i T BOLLOCK



SUBURBAN. Lot 86, North-west Town Belt, oof talulng 1 acre, capital site for private residence Lota 94, 95, 98, fronting the Waken road, good sits for a home TIN WALD, Lot 43, fenced and planted, with thro roomed boose thereon Lota 356, 359, 360 Thomas Bollock 4ROAD3E BHBu