ONLY SAVAGES.

The following is from the epeoial re porter of tho Age, writing from & vfwol orul*lng|off the New Hebrides Islands The scenery along this portion of the coast is highly picturesque Many water falls of considerable size are to be seen like silver 1 threads streaking the sides of the mountain and cliff lam shown t u e site of a village which some little time ago was shelled by tho French warship L’AlHer. A Frenchman named Mathieu, In the employ of Mr Morgan as a trader on this part of the coast was murdered by some of the inhabitants of the village. Tho L’Allier was sent to inflict punish ment on his murderers, and on her arrival off the coast the captain sent ashore and demanded that they her surrendered to him, the s’tarnative being the destruction of the village. At about 12 o’clock that n : ght a small canoe earns off to the ship cont lining a little boy, who demanded to see the cap tain, as he had something important to communicate Ho was ushered Into the captain's presence, the aid of an interpreter, demanded his business. The ohlef of h’s village had ordered him io go on board the man-of-war arid tell the cap tain that he might kill and eat him, on condition that “fight he finish.” In other words, that this poori little life should be taken, and Tris infant body eatsn, and that constde-e 1 fall compensation for the loss of the murdered Frenchman* The little patriot was fully persuaded that he bad looked his last on his beloved island He was kindly treated, and the cap tain took him to Nonmea, as the poor fellow’s life would have bean fcrefelted had ha been sent back to the shore without fulfilling his mission. The village was shelled the next day, but I do not think any lives were lost on that- occasion, as the natives having had warning retreated to the in tsrlor of the island, and did not retnrn until the departure of the ves 01, They found their houses;burnt and broken, and the ground torn up in all directions. Tots was not a great loss, as a few days’ work enabled them to repair the damage done. Vengeance, however, still pursued t’lem They found a number of shells which had not exploded, and wishing to show their contempt p£ the 'white man’s lumps of Iron, built a large fir« and rolled them Into It. The consequence may be imagined. A number <i the unfortunate wretches were killed on the spot, 1 asked one of them about >ho matter, and after discrlbing the Leiden t, he concluded by saying, “Man a-wee-wee : ho no fight fair.”

SENSATIONAL, LAND CLAIM IN FIJI.

Mr Chariwood. of Melbourne, has claimed a boat half the township of'Sava, Including the block on which the Govern ment buildings stand- The circumstances are briefly these :—The commanders of United States war vessels hied Cabokau, the late king, £9OOO, and threatened to blow Ban out of the water if it was not paid by a given time. Cikobau had not £9OOO, so a company formed in Mel boarne, ana called the Polynesian Com pany, paid it, receiving in return deeds of lands in various parts of the group worth, •ay, ab nt £9-00, among which was Suv». When the British fl g went up the Government refused to cc nowiedge the transaction and returned £9O 0 to certain of the shareholders ; but Messrs Jas M’Ewan and 00., with a quarter of a million at their back, held the greater port'on of Suva, and to save appeal to the Privy Council a delightfnl arrange ment.of • specially prne and confidential character was entered into between Sir Arthur Gordon and the firm. The up shot was that each is Slid to have taken half the ares. Suva was then declared the cap til. Now <~harlwood claims under the Polynesian cnnpany's title, and as the Crown is directly interested in the result, the matter was reml't-d from the Governor-ln-Couocil to the Supreme Court. Argument has been h-ard, and judgment is reserved.

FRANCE AND ENGLAND ON THE SEA.

The San Francisco Call says :—“Franca is coming to the front as a rival of Eng land in steam navigation. The new French liner La Bourgogne has made her trial trip across the Atlantic, and, com parin'! her passage with that of the Btmrla, the crack Cnnarder, making Allowance for difference in sailing dis tances, the French ship is only fire and ••half hours behind the English. The officers of La Bourgogne say th-it she will • mpleioly eclipse her initial {ferformanees vhen hsr engines get into better working order. La Bourgogne is so built and fitted that she can be converted into a war-vessel •t short notice. Many English steamers are so bnilt, and the adoption of a system of Government subsidy conditioned on like construction is now agitated in this country. It would result in a 1 naval militia’ ready for quick conversion to war like purposes ‘ Francs has never lagged behind in naval design and construction. Eve' when England was sweeping the French N*vy from the seas in the early part of this century, it was admltud thut French bulls were as gcoi models as were those of England. The Vnalish we e the better riggers and sailors by nature and training. ~ There has always been » suspicion among naval expert' the introduction of steam, ironclads, etc., threatened British naval supremacy The reduction of naval warfare to a scientific and mechanical problem tended to pot the French matelot on an equal footing with the dashing Br tish tar. There may be reasons f r the suspicion. Sir Edwni Beed, the noted English naval cocb'too tor, In a recent magazine article com pared British and French ironclads, to the disadvantage of the former. The French fleet presses closely upon that of England In size and efficiency. France lacks the colonial system of England to foster her mercantile marine, but she is reaching ont with her steam lines for the trade of the world, and improving her ships and maritime methods. So far as war vessels ate concerned, the attention of England has been aroused to the ad vances made by her Continental neighbor, which may result in improving her own fleet. If La Bourgogne and her sister ships of the French Line yet to be launched break the record for merchant steamers, there will be add tional reason for Britannia to look to her laurels. Meantime, the United States seems con tent to watch the race for naval and com mercial supremacy without taking any part therein.”

SMARTER THAN HE THOUGHT

It was a New York capitalist who flung a thousand dollars at one of his sons, and ■aid, “ There it Is, and It is the last dollar yon wll get from me ! Yon don’t know enough to pound salt ! Speculation! Why, you haven’t sense enough to buy and ship eggs 1” Twelve months after wards the old man went down to Florida t» see about a three thousand acre tract of land he had purchased at three dollars an acre for an orange grove. He went to the headquarter of “ The Cooohehoone Orange Grove Agency,” and found that his son was President, Secretary, Trea surer and aole Half-an-hour later he discovered that his 30QD acres raised alligators instead of oranges, and that the bey had cleared about SOOOdol by the transaction

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Wire. New Plymouth, October 9 The schoolmastei’s rtaideroe was burnt down st Lepperion this morning at three o’clock. The children had a narrow escape of being burnt No cause ss to the origin is known. The Supreme Court. Wellington, October 9. At the Supreme Court William Msrsden was convicted of stealing a watch and remanded till November 1 for sentence. In the meantime enquiries will be made if the case can coma under the First Offenders Act In the course of some remarks in the Suoreme Court to-day, on the First Offenders’ Probation Act, the Chief Jm tlce said that during 13 or 14 years he had b en on the Bench there had only been som ■ three or four cases before him in which, in his opinion, the Act would apply. He thought such cases as those of a young woman or joucg person found guilty of silly acta for the first time were the proper ola*s of offenders to be dealt with under the Act, and not every offender of whose previous history nothing was known. Temporary Inaauity. Blenheim, t'etober 9. At the Inquest on Darnel Wilson who suicide i by shooting himself in tho fore head at Pelorus v alley, a verdict of “ temporary insanity ” was returned. No o tuie was assigned for the act.

WHO TOLD?

The difficulty of keeping a secret which is known to more than one ptrson increases in geometrical ratio in proportion to the number of the origi nal depositaries, and it might almost have been predicted, therefore, that the results of the analysis made of portions of the body of the late Captain Cain would in one way or other transpire. The public interest in the matter is so keen, and the activity of those whose business it is to be purveyors of news so great, that it needed the greatest watchfulness to keep the matter con cealed, and this was so well known and so fully appreciated that the Minister for Justice appears to have given very strict injunctions to everybody con cerned to communicate nothing what ever to the press or to the public until after the trial of Hall upon the indict ment ujfcn which he at present stands committed. Those instructions seem to have been faithfully carried out by the Crown Prosecutor, the police, the medical men who conducted the autopsy, and all and singular (as the lawyers phrase it) who were connected with it, for they have persistently and determinedly refused to afford even a hint as to what was or was not dis covered. All this was exactly as it should have been, for it was very pro perly foreseen that if it should happen that indications were found leading to the belief that the deceased had been a victim to the diabolical art of the poisoner, and the fact were permitted to become known, it was likely to be preju dicial to the trial of the present indict ment upon its merits. Tor, however strictly a Judge may charge a jury to dismiss from their minds any consider ations other than those arising from the evidence led in the case before them, and however conscientiously a juror may strive to decide as though he neither knew nor had heard anything beyond the testimony given in Court, it is not to be doubted that the alleged facts in connection with the recent post mortem examination are such as are calculated to influence the jury to the prejudice of the prisoners, and not the less powerfully because unconsciously. And as the aim of all our criminal procedure is to secure the impartial trial of all who are accused of breaking the law of the land, it is very greatly to be regretted that the wise and necessary precautions of the Minister in charge of this particular department should have failed ot being effectual. We do not allege that the reported dis covery of antimony in large quantities in Captain Cain’s remains is true; nor at this moment are we concerned to enquire whether it is so or not. All we say is that it is a thousand pities, even if true, that the fact should have been made known before the impending trial, while if it be not a fact at all the statement is more than a pity—it is little short of a crime. “ Who told the story ?” is therefore a question which ought to be answered at the first con venient opportunity. It is said that it was a Minister, and that that Minister was Mr Ballance, but he declines, as we understand the telegrams, to say whether he ever made any statement at all such as that reported, whether he was mis understood, or whether anything he may have said was founded upon reliable information or upon mere rumor. That is probably the wisest attitude to take up under the circumstances, and it will be only fair for the jury to regard any thing that may have been said or printed as mere unauthenticated rumor for the present. After the trial now about to be entered upon it will be time enough to enquire how the late Captain Cain came by his death, and if by poison, by whose hand it was adminis tered. If it prove hereafter that the story as already published is correct, and that Mr Ballance was responsible for giving it premature publicity, we venture to think that it will also trans pire that he has gone through more than one very bad quarter of an hour with his colleagues, the Attorney-General and the Minister for Justice, and very deservedly so too.

THE ASHJBUKTON GDAKDIAN, SATDEDAi', OCTOBEB 9, 1886



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SATURDAY, 16th OCTOBER. Sale of Privileges OF THE ABHBDRTON AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION SHOW, to take p'ace on their Grounds on Friday, 29th inst. T. BULLOCK lias receiyed iVI instructions from the Secretary of the Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, AT THE ARCADE, On the above date, the right of Lot I—Publican’s Booth, No. 1’ Lot 2—Publican’s Booth, No. 2 Lot 3—Confectioner's Booth, No. 1 Lot 4—Confectioner's Bpoth, No. 2 Lot s—Right of Sports Sale at 2 o'clock. 10 C 7lB T. BULLOCK, Auctioneer.



Harrow Escape. * * * Rochester, Jane 1, 1882 “Ten years sgo I was attacked with the most Intense and deathly pains <n my hack and Kidneys “ Extending to the end of my t es and to my brain ! “ Which mads ms delirious ! “ From agony ! ! 1 ! “ It took three men to bold me on my bed nt times ! “ The Doc’ors tried in vain to relieve me, but to no purpose. Morphine and other opiates ! “ Had no effect ! “ Af er two months I was given up to die ! ! ! ! “ When my wife heard a neighbor tell what Hop Bitters had done for her, she at ono got and gave in' - some. The first dose rased my brain and seemed to go hunting through mv system for the pain. The second dose eased me so much that I slept two hours, something I had not done for two months. Before I bad used five bottles, I was well and at work as hard as 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 most acute and painful rheumatism all through my system that was ever known. “ I called the doctors again, and after several weeks they left him a cripple on orutohes for life, as they said. I met a friend and told him my ease, and be said Hop Bitters had cured him and would ours me. I poohed at him, but he was so earnest I was induced to nse them again. In less than four weeks, I threw away my orutohes and went to work lightly and kept on using the bitters for five weeks, until 1 became as well as any man living, and have been so for six years since. It has also cuted my wife, who had been sick for years ; and has kept her and my children well and healthy with from two to three bottles a year. There is no need to be sick at nil if these bitters are used J J. Berk, Ex-Supervisor. “ That poor invalid wife, Sis'er, Mother, “ Or daughter 111! “Can be made the picture of health 1 “ with a few bottles of Hop Bitters ! “ Will you let them sujffer ! ! ! ! ' Promcnts the (Swindler* ? If when you call for American Hop Bitters {see green twig ( \f Hops on the white label and Hr Soule's name, blown in the hott'o), the vendor hands out anything but American Hop Bitters refuse it and shun the vendor as yen would a viper; and if he has taken .your money for anything else indict him for the fraud and aue him for damages for the swindle, and we will pay you liberaHy for the convic tion.



SEED DRILL, by Reid and Gray. Nearly new. Splendid order. Cheap. Apply H. MATSON & 00., 10+809 Ashbnrton. SEED BARLEY, WE bare some PRIME SEED BARLEY for sale, H. MATSON & 00., 10+810 Ashburton. \\7 E have for sale, cheap, one of the W beat Farms in the district, con tain ng 307 nc-es. Fences properly trimmed ; everything in apple-pie order ; 05 acres in wheat, 47 acres in oats, Joking sp'endid ; 100 acres shut op for grass seed Apply B . MATSON & 00., 10+811 Ashburton. SERVANTS WANTED. SEVEN GENERAL SERVANTS and one COOK for Ashburton and suburbs. Also, one COOK and one GENERAL SERVANT for the country. Apply to Mrs Randall’s Registry ffice. A. W. RANDELL, FRUITERER, &o , Town Hall, Aahbnrton. TEN SHILLINGS REWARD LOST from Q rice’s Slaughteryard, one white COW; no brand ; curled horn ; short tail. Finder will be re warded on returning the same to Grice’s Shop, lin weld, or to Wm. Gray. Willowby. 10817 Meetings.



DDFELLOWS; HALL, MONDAY, 11th OCTOBER. The Standard Comedy Company IN THE LITTLE SENTINEL And a Grand - MUSICAL OLIO OF SPECIALITIES, The whole to conclude with the Screaming Farce, MIS i AKES. Prices of Admission, 3s, 2s, Is. $787



A’body kens Ye, CONCERT?OCT. 15 BAZAAR! BAZAAR! BAZAAR! A GRAND BAZAAR in aid of the Wesleyan Church Building Fund will be opened in the TOWN HALL ON SATURDAY, 23i0 OCTOBER, And continue for One Week. Save your money, and secure bargains. Every requisite from DRAWING ROOM SUITE to BABIKS’ BIBS, of good quality, well made, and of chaste design. 94.696 'ZU “SnOUTHER TAB SHODTnEB.” ASHBURTON CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. SEVENTH GRAND ANNUAL CONCERT OF SCOTTISH MUSIC AND DANCING Will be held in the TOWN HALL, ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1886, When a programme which will eclipse any of its predecessors will be placed before the public Tickets: Dress Circle (seats numbered and reserved to the number of 60), 3s ; F rout Seats, Bs ; Second Seats, 2s ; Back Seats, Is. Entrance to front and re served seats by right-hand side door, which will be open at half-past six for the admission of front seat ticket holders only. Tickets to be had of the Directors and Members of the Committee up to s'x, o’clock on the Concert Night. Reserved seat tickets may be secured at Secretary’s Office, Royal Saleyards, I(Ioore street where plans can be seen. Musical Director and Accompanist: Mr J. H Brooks. A IkALL "VVill bo given after the Concert, the musjo for which will be supplied by Messrs Brooks and Woods’ Bapd, . Admission—Three Shillings. 10*T83 J. 0. DUNOAN, Secretary,



Public Notices. FLEMINGTON OHBBSE AND BUTTER FACTORY. TO MIIK SUPPLIERS. THE above Factory will open for the reception of Milk on MONDAY, the 11th tort. For price and fall pa t'culars, apply to the Manager a* the Factory. 10814 STEPHEN S. CHAPMAN. FUNERAL NOTICE. THE friends of Mr J hn Bell are respectfully informed trial the funeral of hi« late wife will move from his residence, Waterloo, on SUNDAY, at 2.30 p.m., for the Waterloo Cemetery. BAKER BROS , Undertakers. Divine Service will be conducted by the Rev. A. Blake in the Presbyterian Church, Flemington, at 7 p.m. Service at Winslow at 7 p.m postponed till 24th SPECIAL BANK HOLIDAY. NOTICE is hereby Riven that MONDAY, the 18th day of OCTOBER being the 25th Anniversary of the opening of the Bank, will bo held as a SPECIAL BANK HOLIDAY at all the Offices of this Bank in New Zealand. D. L. MURDOCH. General Manager. Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, Bth October, 1886 10°800 WHITE, CAYGILL, & CO., BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, J. W. WHITE, Notary Public. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Messrs Which and Co. (White Smithson, and Raymond), of Timaru, and John A. Caygill, of Ash burton, have this day entered Into Partnership aa Barristers and Solicitors, at Ashburton, under the style of “White, Cayglll and Co." Mr J. W. White, will attend tha ait'inga of the Courts at Ash burton. WHITE & CO.. JOHN A. C.iYGILL.



Money to lend in any sums on approved freehold security. Offices : Bullock’s Arcade 10*803 THE PARTS ERSHIP between WILDING, LEWIS, & CAYOILL has determined by effluxion of time' All accounts owing to tie late firm are payable to Wi’ding and Lewis, Solicitor?, Burnett street, Ashburton. Dated this Bth day of October, 1886. F. WILDING W. MILLER. LEWIS J. A, CAYGILT, WILDING AND LEWI6~ ~ Jg ABBISTERS AND F. WILDING, Nofabi Public. Offices : Next “ Mai'” Office, Bnrne't-st., Ashburton. Mr Wilding will attend the sittings of the Ashburton Courts on Tuesdays and Fridays, and may be consulted personally on those days. The firm is now repn sauted hi Ash burton by Mr Claytok, an English Solicitor of considerate experience, who will be in daily attendance at the office to receive instructions and confer with client?. +WBO9 BROOM VILLA, Wakanui Road. MISS STEANE still continues to receive Pupils, and thoroughly grounds them in English (Grun., Geo., Histy., Die., and Compos’n) with the accomplishments of Music, Singing, French, and Drawing, at the most moderate terms. Evening lessons in any or all of these could be resumed if sufficient en c uragement were given AN OPENING FOR A LADY BOARDER. 9692



ASHBURTON AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. THE NINTH Annual Exhibition W or STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, &c , ILL be held at the County Sal® yards on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29. ENTRIES close on FRIDAY, Oct. 22 H. H. SECRETAN, 9J618 Secretary.



FISHING. ANGLING. FISHING fI'HE Undersigned baa JUST LANDED, A- ex Ruapehu, A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF FISHING TACKLE, ® Comprising RODS, MINNOWS, FLIES, and all other Tackle, of the very best quality. Also FISHING BOOTS, LEGGINGS, From the best makers. These Goods have been indented by Mr Shury, and specially selected by my agent. I have also landed a Complete Stock of CRICKETING AND LAWN TENNIS MATERIALS, All of which I offer to the Public at Specially Low Prices WILHELM~ZANDEE, TOBACCONIST* HAIRDRESSER EAST STREET ASHBURTON. 9718



TIMARU AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION, THE ASSOCIATION’S fjnVENTV ijTKST OF STOCK, &c M Will be held on tbe ASSOCIATION’S GROUNDS, WAI-ITI ROAD, ON TUESDAY, 26th, and WEDNESDAY 27th OCTOBER, Consisting of SHEEP, CATTLE, HORSES, PIGS, DOGS, POULTRY, DAIRY AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. IM PLEMENTS, WOOL, <so., &c. Prices amounting to about £550 will be given in pieces of Plate, Medals or Cash ; also additional Private Prises, value £IOO. Entries for Sheep, Cattle, and Figs close o,n SATURDAY, 16th October ; ad others TUESDAY, 19th, FOR PARTICULARS SEE POSTERS. Programmes may be obtained on appli cation to the — J — ; — 3 0719 P. W. STUBBS, Secretary.



Business Notices- MUSIC. MRS a . C. CLARIDGE is prepared to receive PUPILS for PIANOFORTE and OHGAN Terms on Application Cox street, Ashburton. 9668 WESTGATE & BATES, (From G. Elliott, Christchurch), Fishmongers and poulterers OYTSTER SALOON, Tancred street, Ashburton. N.B.—We are now receiving daily Fresh Fish of the best quality. 9648 MRS MANHIRE, Fancy goods warehouse, Saunders’ Buildings, East street. Ladies' and Children’s Clothing in great variety. Paper Patterns in stock and designed to order Special Lines in Aprons and Pinafores. 9624 THE worst form of Fever, Prickly Heat, Smallpox and Measles rapidly cared by LIMPLOUGH’S PYRETIC SALINE “Tt saved my life, for the fever had obtained a strong hold on me.” —O. Fiztgkrald, Correspondent of Man chaster Guardian, In Albania. Abundant medical tesimony enclosed with each bottle. It is the care for Cholera and PREVENTIVE of most diseases incident to. Tropical and Colonial life. It allays thirst in a remarkable manner and cools and vitalises the blood, J. 8. Purdt Esy., writes:—“l would rather go shot cf anything than this never-faHin traveHers’friend.” 968 THOMAS CHAMBERS, Prize Medallist, PRACTICAL BOOTMAKER, TOWN HALL, ASHBBBTON, HAS great pleasure in informing his old friends and the general public of the district that ho has RETURNED to ASHBi ETON, and all work entrusted to him at above address will be executed in his well-known style, and satisfaction guaranteed. BESPOKE WORK A SPECIALTY. Repairs neatly and promptly executed. 9601 TO THE LADIES Grand Show cur New Spring Goods. ANDREW ORR TS NOW SHOWING A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF NEW GOODS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.



GRAND DISPLAY OF NOVELTIES. NEW MILLINERY NEW SI RAW 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 ORR. Auctions. SATURDAY, 16m OCTOBER, Lots 80 and 81, Hampstead, For Sale by Public Auction. MR T. BULLOCK has received instructions from Mr John Arres (in consequence of his having left the district) to sell by public auction at the Arcade on the above date, His FREEHOLD L TS—BO, contain ing 2 roods 4 perches, 81, contain* ing 1 rood Si perches, fronting Cambridge street, Hampstead, a short distance from the Wakanui Road. They are fenced, and the land is of first class quality. Inspection invited. The terms of payment will be liberal, declared at sale. Sale at 12 45. 10802 T, BULLOCK, Auctioneer, TIN WALD YARDS. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 12lh, 1886. SHALL OFFER the following - 600 C^. OSSBREDS ' 4 ‘ tooth * B™°** CROSSBRED WETHERS, nearly IHO CRO3SBRBD HOG&BTS CROSSBRED HOGGETS £> MERINO EWES, with large per hti fJ V/ cent«ge Lambs 200 OROSBBRBD ewbs > with iar 8® percentage of Lambs, Also, lb-month and 2-year old STEERS 0Q Head MIXED CATTLE Also, AT AND STORE CATTLE JP l JIAT AND STORE SHEEP AT AND STORE PIGS. F 10813 H. MATSON <fc 00.



Tenders. WANTED not less than FOUR TEAMS to Oart about 1200 yards of Shingle from the River Bed on to the Main South Road- Specifications to be seen at the Surveyor’s ffice, Ashburton, and Mr Reid’s Store Tinwald Sealed tenders to be addressed to the Chairman, Tinwald Town Board, not later than 5 p.tn on WEDNESDAY, OCT iBtR 13th next. J C. BELL. 10805 Surveyo-, Tinwald Town Board Auctions. MONDAY, 11th OCTOBER. Clearing Sale OF Superior Household Furniture MR T. BULLOCK has received instruc tions from Mr Geo Winser (in j consequence of his 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 FURNITURE * EFFECTS, com prising handsome Piano (in walnut, by Russell, full compass), solid Rose wood and Mahogany Tables, Pier Glass (50 x 40) Sofas, Chairs, Carpets, Pictures, Fenders and Fire Irons, Bedsteads, Horsehair Mattress, Washstands (marble top), Chests Drawers, Telescope Table, Sewing Machine, Washing, Wringing, and Mangling Machine, Crockery, Glass, Kitchen Furniture and Utensils, &c. At same time and place will be offered his property, T.S.’s 542 AND 543, HALF ACRE, corner of Cox and Cass streets on which is erected a SIX ROOMED HOUSE, with Verandah, Venetian Hinds, &c , Ac. This property is well situated, and ought in the course of time to materially increase in value. Terms of payment will be very liberal declared at sale. Sale at 13,45



10j769 T BULLOCK, Auctioneer. The bhoys from the Emerald Isle. AT SCOTCH CONCERT. OCT. 15 SATURDAY, 16th OCTOBER. RURAL SECTIONS 26708, 26728, AND 26924, Situated in the Wakanui Road District FOR SALE By Order of the Mortgagee. MR T. BOLLOCK has received instructions to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, On account and by order of the Mortgagee, AT THE ARCADE, ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, R.S.s 26708, 26728. and 26992, con taining in all 242 ACRES, situated in the Wakanui Road District, about five or six miles from Ash burton, and lately in occupation of Mr Thomas Greenaway R.S; 26708, containing 79 ACRES, wilt be offered separately, and the other two sections in one block. Owners of rich land in the Wakawnl district are respectfully! nvited to inspect this, as it offers a favorable opportunity of their acquiring plains land at a low price and on liberal terms, which I hare no donbt they could work profitably with their estates. Liberal Terms Sale at 12 45. T. BULLOCK, °10755 Auctioneer, PRELIMINARY NOTICE. To Farmers, Investors, h Others. MILES & CO. have received instructions from MESSRS DUDLEY & NORTHEY To offer BY PUBLIC AUCTION, During the month of NOVEMBER NEXT, The whole of their Valuable Estate, Known as RIVERSDALE Containing. 24:00 A 0 R E S 24:00 And situate THREE MILES FROM THE TINWALD RAILWAY STATION, On the Sooth Bank of the Ashburton River. The Property will be divided into con venient sized FARMS OF QQ ACRES AND UPWARDS, AND WILL BE SOLD ON EASY TERMS. MESSRS MILES & CO. are also in structed by I. R. C. C. Graham, Btq., to offer BY PUBLIC AUCTION, (At the same time and place as the Riversdale Estate), 700 AUBBS 700 of his Tinwald property, known ss Graham’s Farm, Fronting on Graham*. «ioad. The land is of good quality, and suitable for ail kinds of agricultural purposes. It is now being surveyed, and will bo laid off as follows : ABOUT 300 ACRES IN BLOCKS OF 35 to 40 ACRES, AND 400 ACRES IN BLOCKS OF -ABOD -100 ACRES EACH, and will be sold on easy terms. Plans of both properties are in course of preparation, and will be circulated shortly. J. T. FORD, Auctioneer; GEO. JAMESON, i Ages Ashburton



Futile Botices A FOR SALE, BLOCK OF LAND, CONTAINING ££ AOBlfl, Close to the Woollen Factory, and having GOOD FRONTAGE ON HE ALFORD FOREST ROAD. The Land is well Fenced, and should prove a sound investment. TO LET, TWO SHOPS, WITH DWELLINGS ATTACHED, IN HAVELOCK STREET, Close to the Railway Station. MANURE FORKS. A CHEAP LOT just to band. Just the Tool for the Garden at tta - present Season. J- F. FERRIMAN.



Mrs Meech DRESSMAKER, BURNETT ST,, opposite Mail Office, BEOS to inform the Ladies of Ashbur ton and county that she has opened business on her own account, and solicits a share of patronage. Mrs Meech will snetalu her reputation for farhion and general excellence. 9710



rpO STAND THIS BSAffOS. Tam O’Shanter, By Messenger — Banshee, Will Travel the Districts of WAPERTON, WHEATSTONE, FLEX* INGTON, WILLOWBY AND LONQBEAOH. Fee: £3 3a. Draught Stallion, Spring Bank, By Young Banker (imp.)— Fanner's Leas, Will Stand during the Season at ■ LONGBEACH & FLEIUNGTON. Fee : £4 4s. A redaction will bomqdn on more than two mares. Mares will be grazed free to January Ist, but no responsibility incurred. JOHN GBB3G, 10°794 Proprietor; They Keeled, they set, they crossed, they cleehit. mi Great Gift Sale OF DRAPERY. CLOTHING, BOOTS, GROCERIES, <vr PROVISIONS FOB THRFB MONTHS ONLY. HAY E S & CO, FINDING their Stock excessively bwa have determined to reduce It fully one-half by making an IMMENSE SACRIFICE OF THEIB 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 tha Drapery or Grocery Establishment will have the opportunity of competing. The following is the Prize List;— Ist PRIZE, value ... ... £6 2nd ~ ~ ... ... £3 3rd *, ~ ... £2 And 10 PRIZES, value 20s each. These Prizes will be awarded to tks lucky ones who shall guess thanumbar of Peas in the large Glass Jar which will bo placed on view in the Drapery l Window, next the Arcade. jar* Read this Carefully. THE GLASS| JAB OF PSASI Now on view, was filled by Maura Duan and Stracbey, and was sealed by Ur J. C. Duncan, Broker. Each Customer purchasing Goods to the value of 10a will be entitled to one guess as to the number of Peas the Lucky Jar contains, tbas • Customer spending 20s would be entitled to guess twice, and, of course, for every additional 10s spent, another guess, sad so on The Jar will be opened at the conclusion of this GREAT SALE by • committee appointed by those interested, when those who have been fortunate enough to guess the correct numbers will be presented with the above mentioned Prizes; but, in the event of tho exact number not being guessed, the nearest to the correct number will be awarded the First Prize, oud pro rata. This is no deception, but the power ef ft READY MONEY BUSINESS. The following list of Bargains is worthy of special notice : White Calico, 2Jd per yard Grey Calico, 3|d per yard Grey Calico, yard wide, 2s 9d per doS Welsh Flannel, 9d per yard Scarlet Flannel,' 10£d per yard Fine All-wool Saxony, Is per yard Cream Holland. 5d per yard Colored Bed Quilts,' 3s 3d and 3e fid Scotch Cloth Blankets, 6s lid, 8a €d, and 9s lid par pair Witney Blankets from 7s 9d Checked Winceys. 4Jd and s|d Bleached Sheeting, 2 yards, B£d per yard, wonderful value Homespuns, 7£d, 9£d and 10Jd Double-width Cashmeres, all colon, Is 4£d per yard Black Cashmeres, Is and la 3d All other Dress Materials ftrftrtfp Reduced Ladies’ Wool Squares, 8d Men’s Heavy Tweed ItaomotTs IK Men’s Tweed Suits from IQs fid - Boys’ Overcoats, 2s lid A grand line in Yontha’ Twotii Trousers 5s 9d Boys’ Suits from 4s 6d Ladies’ Cloth Jackets. 4s Oilcloth, 1 yard wide, 6|d A splendid Tweed, all wool. 2s fid A quantity of Black Velvet Buttons, Id per doz, and a lot of Remnants watch must be cleared In the BOOT DEPARTMENT than aan some Special Lines which cannot be rubbed out. We are also paying special attention to Prices in our GROCERY DEPARTMENT. Hayes and 00.. ABOADE



TO STAND THIS SEASON AT ASHBURTON, And Travel the Surrounding Districts, The Thoroughbred Horse, Kingfisher. For Pedigree see cards. Terms—For one mare, £3 3s. A reduction will be made for three or more mares, the property of one owner. First-class paddocks for mares at la per week. Groomage fee, ss, payable at first service. E. COOKS ON, Proprietor, 9J735 Livery Stables, Ashburton. The Thoroughbred Horae Perkin War beck 11. TXT ILL Stand this season at Grove ’* Park, Tinwald. Pjsdiobeb He is by the celebrated horse Perkin | Warbeck (imp), out of Miss Kate (imp). I Perkin W&rbeok waa got by Adventurer, dam Bumble Kite, by Voltigeur—Sweet briar, by Stockwell —Eglantine by Flying Dutchman—-Azdia, by Oatton —Annot Lyle, by Ashton—Lamia, by G’haun.. Adventurer by Newminster, dam Palma, by Emilias. Newminster by Touchstone, dsm Beeswing. Miss K*te was got by Adventurer, her dam Sporting Life, by Prime Minister —Candiewick, etc , etc. An examination of his ped'gtee_ w*ll show that he possesses a double vein of the famous Adventnrer blood, and is one of the very b“Bt bred animals in the Southern Hemisphere. Terms: Three guineas, duo on Ist January, 1887. Groomage free, ss, pay able at first service. For farther par ticulars apply 9676 EDWARD GATES. JEt The Thoroughbred Horse Macilleathean WILL stand in Ashburton and traye the surrounding districts this season. He is a dark brown or black horse, stands 16 hands high, got by English Tim Whiffl r, out of Flying Scud. Tim Whiffler was by Van Galen, out of Svbil, by Ugly Buck, out of Sylph, by Titha da puts, Van Galen being by Van Tromp, out of Little Casino, by inheritor. Flying Scud was a dark bay mare, bred in Victoria by Mr J. Harper in 1865, got by Fisherman, her dam being Jeanette by Little John, Whilhelmina by Romeo, Moss Rose by Emigrant, the Urr er mare (For extended pedigree see English and Australian stud b oka ) Tim Whiffler was scarcely ever beaten in England. The dam of this horse being by Fisherman shows h ; s grand blood, as a study of the stun book will show that Mu ket’s great success bas been from Australian bred mares, for th* descendants of tb© grand old fisherman, viz., Martini- Henry, Nordenfelt, and Trenton, are at descended from Fisherman on the dams side. . ... Terms: One Mare, £3. A reauction will be made for two or more mar«s from one owner. Groomage fee, Be, paynbo on nrst service. GEO APPLETON, 9633 Proprietor, Ashburton- TO STAND THIS SEASON AT NETHERBY FARM. ASHBURTON, And visit tbo surrounding neighborhood, The Thoroughbred Stallion Johnny Faulkner. Pedigree : He is by St. Albans, out of Impudence, by Peter Wilkins, out of Prudence by Jersey, ont of black Sail by Wanderer, out of Fairy (imp.) (For tabulated pedigree see cards ) Terms • £lO 10s for thoroughbred mares. £5 5s for half-bred mares. Also, the Thoroughbrtd Stallion Houser, By Messenger, out of Kate O’Shane, Will stand at Netherby Farm, and travel he districts of Ashburton, Methven. Mount Somers, and Alford Forest Terms; £3 10 ; guarantees, £5 ss. » Season, Ist January, 1887. Guarantees, Ist July, 1887, ~L. MARKET, 9635 Proprietor.