NOTES.

" Honest John Bryce " is to be compli mented upon the clearness with which he expressed himself m dealing with political questions at Patea the other evening. Although weby nomeansagree with all lhat he said on that occasion, we nevertheless concur m a good deal of it, and think that he has done the electors a service by placing before them m the strongest possible light the extent of the indebtedness of the colony. Not that this has not been done before, but it has never been done more plainly, and it is especially desirable that the public should at this juncture justly appreciate the true position. For until the people of the colony thoroughly apprehend iti exact financial position, and the magnitude of the burden which it has to bear, it is not to be expected that they will be able to make up their minds to those sacrifices of luxuries and conveniences which must be submitted to if our finances are to be placed on a sound footing. >This is what the bon. member for Waitotara had to say upon this point :—" He found the debt of the colony, including the Public debt, the Local Bodies' debt, mortgages, and uncovered debts, amounted to nearly and the interest, taking the Local Bodies at $}£ per cent, mortgages at 7 per cenfc and the un covered debt at 8 per cent, amounted to Allowing £1,400,000 for money borrowed m the colony, interest had to. be -sent out each year. . . . Would it startle them to be told that the whole of the Customs duty, the beer duty, the Property tax, and three other heads of revenue, were required to pay the interest on the Public debt?" No doubt putting the matter thus plainly will startle those of the" electors who have hitherto given little attention to the subject, and it ought to startle them. Nor only that, but it is high time that strong and determined effoits should be made to prevent the further aggregation of indebtedness by exer cising the most rigorous economy and living within our means for the future. We question very much whether the colony, as a whole, has yet seen the worst of the financial crisis through which we have now for some two years been passing. In Canterbury we have, we think, touched bottom, and hope, and believe, that times are on the mend, and that though recovery may be slow, still that it has already began. But we fear that a great part of the North Island — Auckland especially — has yet to experience the worst of the crisis. Information which has recently reached us from a well-informed source gives a very doleful account of the prospects of country settlers both m Auckland and Hawkes Bay (excepting only the large flockowners m the fatter Provincial district), and a still worse of the present condition and immediate prospects of Auckland City. The building mania, which raged two or three years ago, has resulted, it is said, m the city being immensely overbuilt, and the consequence is that the number of unoccupied houses and the amount of unremuneratively invested capital is enormous. Indeed, we are told that the pinch of this state of things is only just beginning to be felt, and that ere long many of those who have thus launched out m advance of the require ments of the times will have to go to the wall. After that happens, with all the suffering which it means, the mending process will begin m their case as it has already, we believe, m our own Provincial district, but until then it is vain to attempt to believe that the clouds have quite rolled by. When the dark days through which we have been and are passing have wholly passed away, it is to be hoped that we shall have learned the lesson of pru dence, and not be tempted by the sun shine of returning prosperity to launch out once more with a reckless heed lessness, or an unwisely sanguine estimate of the promises of the future. If so, our time of adver- 1 sity will have brought forth good and useful iruit. In ihe mean time the sooner we set about the process fa/niliarly spoken of as cutting ouf coat according to our cloth the betfer. And m order to this there must be the most ihoroughgotng and uncompromising retrenchment, begin ning at the veiy top of the tree and ex tending almost to the very lowest branch —certainly to every big branch. We concur with the proposal of various Reform Associations that the Gover nor's salary should itself be re duced, and Minister's salaries, and allowances must follow suit. Were the circumstances of the colony different, we would not touch the honoiarium ol members of the House of Representa tives, for the payment of members is one of the soundest planks of a true liberal platform, but as matters stand the exigencies of the case demand that retrenchment should extend m every possible direction, and member? of the Lower House must help to amend the position of the exchequer by reducing their allowances by twenty five per cent, ; while the nominated House should be called upon to submit to a reduction by one-half, Having thus begun with themselves, our Legislators can, with a good grace, enforce retrenchment m all other directions, and ii this be done the need for further taxation may be almost entirely, if not altogether, obviated. The Piemier is quite right m saying that borrowing must be tapered off — nay, that it must very speedily cease altogether. Some people, we know, insist that it must cease now, and that not another penny should be borrowed for years to come. But, while concur ring m the necessity for the exercise of the greatest prudence m the matter, we do not think it would be either prudent or sensible to leave the railway works at present m band m an unfinished state, and hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of work lying idle and absolutely unproductive— nay, worse than that, going altogether to rack and ruin. To finish all works m hand , (save the North Island Main Trunk line, for which statutory provision already exists, and the Otago Central), not more than a million and a quarter would be required, and this sum, spread over a period of five years, or even less, if thought desirable might, and should be devoted to the rendering productive the expenditure already in curred ; and at that point the borrow ing p . Itcy initiated m 1870 might be

wound upi As to the Otago Central, the carrying on of that line as far as the Taieri Lake may be insured if Par liament accepts Mr Pyke's proposal for a grant of land up to one-third of the cost to a Company or Syndicate, and we are strongly of opinion that that is the wisest course to take, and with this line thus provided for, only a mil lion and a quarter need be borrowed to complete all railway works m hand — Such a sum as that would be readily forthcoming, and on favorable terms too, if only it were seen that the Colony had determined to make an end of the borrowing policy, and henceforth to live within its means— and that we are persuaded is the determination at which the Colony has arrived, and that the result of the impending elections will demonstrate this most emphatically.

"GODLINESS AND MANLINESS."

Fr >m a book which has boeu published, entitle 1 " Godlineas and Manliness," by J. W Diggl-, VJ.A , wo take the ■■fallow ing extract*: "1 1 o Fifth Gommardiucnt associates the nuMljqr co-ordinately and equally with the father m the ettsora and aiftclions of tho ohild, According to anoiont law, the mother wbb a species of nobody In tho family. At her husband's death she doscended as a kind of propotty to the oldest eon. But euoh a servilo position, with no higher dignity than that of chattel, was repudiated for the mother by the Fifth Commandment. It exalted the mother to the father's ado as oo regnant sovereign with him upon the throne of the children's affection aad obedienoe. It did not endow the father with despotic power— jus vitcc nccisqiic— ai an Eastern tyrant, and degrade the mother into a harem Blave. It upraiced father ard mother to a conjoint teal of family king and family queen, and plaood m their hands the sceptre of a coequal claim upon the children's regard. It bade every ohild, m tones whioh must have ■ounded strange and startling to the ears of those accustomed to regard the mother as tho property of tho father honor thy faihsr and thy mother ! 1 his recognition of the dignity and saoredness of motherhood Is one of the most benig nant educational provisions of tho Doca iogue. It ia an evidence of the great advance of Jewish legislation beyond all other legislations of the ancient world, and a sign of its fore-ordained purpose of preparations for Ohrtst, In whose Vlcgln ftfother all motherhood finds its sweetest emblem atd uttermost perfection." Of a kindred type ia the admirable chapter on "The Fidelity of Women." It is very btisf :— "A 'man gives up a sinking cause Booner than a woman does The men ran away from the Gross ; the woman were faithful unto death, Men like the winning side ; women are ohampions of the deaperate hope. Deborah caved lirael, and Joan of Arc delivered France, when no man could be found to lead an enterprise so unpromls'nj. The men outran one ad jther to catch a glimpse ofjthe risen and Victorious Christ ; but it is doubtful wbtther they could have gone to the sepulohre at all simply for the sake of embalming the dead aud defeated Christ. Women, too, linger m memory over the past with a richer tenderneos than tr»en. Women are retrospective ; men anticlpatlve, women tarry long, with a fidelity painful fetid eweet, over the recol lections of their childhood, and the little Incidents of their betrothal, and the bnried faoes of their lost childreu. Women have more keepsakes than men, more dried flowers, more faded photo graphs, more associations with old spots, more packages of oft-read letters, more tendrils rooted rouad the long-left home."

THE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS.

The delimiting of the boundaries of the various electorates, under the new Representation Bill has considerably affected the old electoral districts, as far as this locality is concerned. The de scription of the boundaries, as pub lished m our last issue, will have doubt less been read with a great deal of interest. It will have been seen that the old electorate of Ashburton has been diminished greatly m area, all the country south of the Ashburton river, excepting Tinwald town district, being cut off and included m the new elec torate of Rangitata. The town district of Tinwald and Hampstead, which were formerly m the Wakamri con stituency, have been added to Ashbur lon, as have also the township of South Rakaia and the country west of the main trunk line of railway, which also were previously included m the same electorate. Wakanui as the name of a constituency has ceased to exist. What is not absorbed by Ash burton, goes with portion of the latter electorate, and of that of Geraldine to form a new district to which has been given the name of Rangitata. Although rumor had mentioned the names of two or three gentlemen likely to seek elec tion to Parliament for the districts m which this county is interested nothing very definite '.ransspired, possible candi dates m all probability holding back till the results of the labors of the Represen tation Commissioners were announced, and it was known with certainty what the boundaries of the electorates were. Now that this is known the electors will very soon have the opportunity of choosing the men who are to represent them. For Rangitata it is quite likely thf i there will be several Richmonds m the field. Mr Rolleston has deter mined to stand, and we believe Mr Ivess has also decided to come forward. For Ashburton the old member, MrW. C. Walker, will stand, and so far there has been little talk of an opponent to him, and certainly no one has been mentioned who would have the ghost of a chance. However, though not much is known as yet as to what gen tlemen are likely to come forward, that is a matter which will speedily be set at rest, and m a few weeks time the electors will be called upon to make their choice.

ATTEMPTED "SUICIDE

Hokitika, July 7. B. U. Solomon, traveller for Matheaon Bros , Dunedin, jumped off the stern of the steamer Sha? into the river. He had heavy clothes on, whioh kept him afloat. Two men on the wharf saw the uck, j promptly got a boat, and reßcned him before he sunk, although he fl >ated a oon elderablo dlatanoa m a Btrong ourrent, the rescuers' running no email risk of being swept out to sea. On being brought to, Solomon said, •' What ia the matter 1 " and asked for hie hat. The police took him m oharge for attempting suicide, and ho h%a been oommltted to the Lunatlo Asylum for medical treatment, I r < is rumoured that on the morning of the attempt he sent telegrams to his wifa aHd ovnpl^yero at Dunedin, whfoh gave a suspicion that his mind vras m an unsound Btate. The Telegraph Department refuses to produce tho telegram?,

THE lItOZEN MEAT TKADE.

" Anglo Australian " In (ho " Europ9tn Mail " writes :— "lt ia strange to me atf loaet to hear on nil aides that the trado m frczm mutton from .New Zealand la dull, and that 'there ia no prospect of *ny improvement ' How is this 1 lam well convinced that an enormous quantity of New Zealand meat goes Into general middle class oouaumption and Is palmed off on the purchasers as English mutton, of which it ia usually a first-rate speci men, and this adds, if anything, to the evil, Frut-rnte Now Zealand sheep can be bought here for 2a lOi the stone, and white the arrivals of New Zealand sheep have of late been more heavy, those from La Plata have rather diminished. Whit, I wonder, can be done to correct tho present anomalous state of things? There cm be no doubt whatever that the desideratum ia to get the trade out of m ;-y of the hands ioto which it has oo un fur.unately fallen. If all the Australasian fresh meat sent over here could but go into general public consumption as such, the trade would m a very short time become something truly gigantic Of course, I assume that the low current rates origin ally offered to the consumer will bo maict lined. How U this to be done. Well, one way that naturally occurs to me ts simply this, Let a syndicate bo formed, with the requisite machinery on this side, to import the meat into the United KiDgdom, to open shops of the common kind, just llko the other butchers, for the extensive sale of the colonial meat at prices which must draw the ordinary householder to give the meat a trial. This might ba done effectual, and yet at fiiat it would only be needful to open a few shops iv certain populous neighborhoods, and, as the business ex tended, add shop to shop m adjacent localities.' Of course theso chops wou'd rece've the imported meat direot, and would take care that tho other butchers did not buy up colonial meat cheap and ■ell it as English, which some of them would certainly try to do. I throw thia out a« a very crude suggestion, but really think it is worthy of working out m detail."

WHO IS MOTHER SEIGEL?

She is a lady, who by the merest accident, has made a most valuable discovery, and she is creating the wildest enthusiasm air over the country, and eveiybody is talking about her and asking WHAT IS MOTHER SEIGEL'S REPUTATION ? And she tells them to rrad the thousands ol letters, something like the following from Mr Perkins : — A WONDERFUL TESTIMONIAL, "Grove Pharmacy, Ealing, W., Jan 2, 1885. " Your medicine must be the most wonder ful discover/, for during my experience of moro than twenty years, I never knew any proprietary or patent medicine m such universal favour and demand. It is simply extraordinary, and if I were to send you an account of every statement made to* me m its favour, you would have to publish a separate book to contain my testimonials alone. (Signed) " Thomas J. Perkins." And then people ask — WHAT DOES MOTHER SEIGEL DO ? GIVES RELIEF AT ONCE. " 59, Bloomfteld road, Plumstead, "Jan. 7,1885." " I find the sale of your medicines increases every year, and everyone speaks well of them that tries them. I know a lady that attended the Female Hospital m Soho-square for some minths, with pains m back and side,' and bilious, and could Uke no food, but got no benefit from any of the n.cdicines they gave her. Before she had taken all the contents of o"e bottle of your syrup she felt relief, and is now quite well. (Signed) "W. K. Baker." THE EFFECT WAS MARVELLOUS. • "Medical Hall, Bangor, Jan. 5, 1885. , "I hear people constantly speaking very highly of Scigcl s Syrup. There is a case of a young married lady m Anglesey who had been suffering from stomach asthnfa for a long period, who had consulted some of the best physicians of the day, but without deriving any benefit. She was daily getling worse, but at last a friend persuaded her to try Scigel's syrup. She procured a bottle, and the effect was marvellous ; she rapdly improved, and now she is as strong and healthy as ever she Iks been. (Signed) "11. Lloyd-Jones." WHAT IS MOTHER SEIGEL GOOD , FOR ? DOES NOT RESTORE THE DEAD, HUT SAVES THE LIVING. Mr J. W. Savill. of Dunmow, Essex, writes,— September, 1884:—"! introduced your medicines into Dunmow almost as soon as they were brought out m London. I sold m a short time eighteen pounds' worth. I have known many grand cases of permanent cures ; and, as yet, no case of failure. JVot withstmding many competitors, Mother Seigel's Syrup holds its own ground. I be lieve it a good medicine— it will not restore the dead to life, but it appears to save the living from dying. A CASE 01" CBAVKL CURED. "Fcltham, Jan. 6. 1885. "It has always given me pleasure to re commend your medicines to my customers, and the results of their use have invariably been most satisfactory. I could furnish you many testimonials. One case just now occurs to my mind. A c mstablc of the police force of Tooting, S.W., where I for many years had a shop, was a patient of mine, suffering from a bad attack of gravel. He was per suaded to try ' Mother Seigel's Syrup.' He purchased a bottle at my Bhop, and by the time he had taken half of it he reported him self to me as quite cured. The effect was simply miraculous. (Signed) ««J. D. FLORANCE." J« MOTHER SEIGEL RELIABLE? Would respectable chemists write like the following if not ? SURGICAL OPERATION AVERTED. "Ticehurst, Dec, 1884. Mr Edward Corke. Chemist, writes :— " Your medicine maintains a steady sale m this district, and is well cs'ablished m general favor, I know an o'd man, over seventy, who some three or foui years ago was advised to submit to the operation for stone. lie certainly was suffering from .some distressing symptoms, and could scarcely walk. 'Instead of taking that advice he tried Seigel's Syrup, with the result that, after one bottle, he could walk about faiily well, and, having taken three or four 2s 6 J bolt cs, he was completely cured. He is still about, hale and hearty for his years. If any of the symptoms of the old trouble come on, he takes a few doses of the Syrup, and all is well again." WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT MOTHER SEIGEL. AN EXPERIENCE OK FORTY YEARS. " Coshahi, Hants, Jan. 2, 18S5. "My customers, over a wide country dis trict, are not very demonstrative, and I have no written testimonials to send ; but verbal admiration of yourmedicine is m the ascend ant, and my experience of forty years assures me that no other preparation has so rapidly acquired a popularity, and so firmly main tains its reputation as Mother Scicel's Syrup. I (Signed) "Thomas H. BAKIR.

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* Medical, AN OLD ESTABLISHED AND POPULAR MEDICINE. Baxter's Lung Preserver hao been os- tabiißhed over a quarter of a oentury, and patronißed by all ranks of oooiety, and enjoys a success unparalleled, Consumption, Coughs, Oolds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Oongh, Soro Throat, and all affoofciona of the Cheat and , Throat, EFFOTUALLY BELIEVED & CURED BAXTER'S Lung Preserver. TESTWfNULS: From Rbv. Oharlks Penny— Reefton (Late of Ohristchnrch), March 17, 1884. I am happy to say'your Pulmonio Elixir afforded my wife and* ohildren almost im- mediate relief In Coughs and oolds, and many to whom I have had the pleasure of reoommending yonr specific have spoken of it as Invaluable. In one case when evory remedy tried was powerless to give relief (the cough was so distressing) the first dose of your Elixir proved litest effective. In another case (sore throat) a oure was soon brought about that the patient resolved n the future to &take no- thing else. Other oasos could be oited, but these Will be sufficient to show that your Pul* monio Elixir li a remedy of no mean ofder. ; From O. F. Saltkb, Esq.. Barrister and I Solicitor— ; IngttV Buildings, Ohrlstohuroh. : March 20, 1884. I have used your Pulmonio Elixir In my family foi nome years past, and have found It very effioaclous m ohest and throat oomplaints. From William Rbbd, Esq., Shipping and Customs Agent — Lyttelton, Nov. 28. 1883. I have used your Lung Preserver mmy family for the last fourteen years, there- fora have tho greatest pleasure In bearing testimony to Its efficacy In .the treatmen of coughs, colds, bronohltis, oroup who o Ing cough, eto. I have recommend to my friends, who have also proved^ very palatable and speedy oure for and throat complaints. I have ualfo found a single dose of " Lung Pr6serv ohcok it severe paroxysm of ooughing tiull on all occasions have great plea In recommending it to sufferers, as I older it a boon to mankind, From Isaac Alibi* Esq., Commission Agont — Hereford street, Ohrlstchuroh, Deoember 6, 1883. After seven years' experience I. have great pleasure m testifying to the efficacy of your " Lung Preserver," having proved it m my family to be a specific for coughs, colds, etc, a few doses invariably subdu- ing the nesty harassing cough, while re- lieving the throat and ohest, it does not, like other nostrums, disorder the digestive organs by inducing nausea, constipation, headaches, loss of appetite, eto. I oan heartily recommend it as ,the best, oheapest find most palatablo mixture known for cough*, colds, hronohitls, whe oping cough, ate. So highly do we esteem it that we always keep a supply on hand. FromW. B. Soorr,, Esq., Builder, oto., Peterborough reet, Ohriatohuroh, December 4, 1883. Some yoaro ago I was recommended to try a bottle of your " Pulmonio Elixir and Lung Preserver," for tightness m the ohest. I did so, and from that time I have never been without it m the house, have found it to answer m every respect for coughs, colds, and sore throat, and would strongly advise those that are suf- fering from such oomplaints to try it. To be had of all Ohemlsta and Store- keepers, m bottles, la ljd, 2s 9d, 4s 6d and 11s eaob. Wholesale Agents— J. Baxior, Chemist, 21, Victoria street, Ohrlstchuroh \ Messrs Pi Etonian and Co., Sainabury, Ellisdon and Co, and Kempthorne, Pronser and Co., and may also be obtained of mer- ohants throughout New ZoaTancU are requested to ask for Baxter'i Lung Preserver. Be cautious against being put off with some other medicine, which dealers may recommend, solely on the ground of having mote pro- fit. DR. ROOKE'S MEDTOINES. DR. ROOKE'S ORIENTAL PILLS. DR. ROOKE'S SOLAR ELIXIR. These well-known Family Medioines have had a continually increasing sale throughout the United Kingdom and the British Colonies, since their introduction m 1836, and are especially notod for their Strengthening and Restorative proper- ties. Honoe.the Invariable suooess m the Relief and Cure of Indigestion, Livor Oomplaints, Aathma, Bronohitis, Pul- ufonary, Consumption, Rheumatism, Gout, Sorofula, Goneral Debility, and all Diseases of the Nervoua System, whether arising from a sedentary mode of life, un- healthy occupation, unsalubrlouß climate^ or other oause whatever.' DR. ROOKE'S ORIENTAL PILLS Are Bold In boxes at la lsd and 4a 6d each DR. ROOKE'S SOLAR ELIXIR Is sold m botties at 4s 6d and 11b each DB,. ROOKE'S MJ£DIOINE§ may be obtained of all Ohemisla and Patent Medloine Vendors; and of «y Agent J; BAXTER, Chemist, Ohbihtohuboh. DR. ROOKE'S MEDIOINES may be obtained of all Ohemlsta and Patent Medioine Vendors; and of my Agent . J. BAXTER, OUKMIST, CHUIfiTOnUIIOH, DR. ROOKE'S ANTI^LANOET. DR. ROOKE'S ANTI-LANOET, Every Household should possess a Oopy. All who wish to Preserve Hoalth and thus to prolong life should read Dr. Rooke's "Anti-Lancet," or ".baa Guide to Domestic Medlolno," whloh tains 172 pages, and ia replete with anec- dotes, Bkotohen, JH.ographioal matte r, traits of eminent man, eto. DR. ROOKE'S ANTI-LANOET may be obtained Gratis of J. Baxter, Ohemist, Ohriatohuroh; or, post free, from Dr. Rooks, Scarborough, England. DR. ROOKE'S ANTI-LANOET. Con- cerning this book, the lato eminent author Sheridan Knowlen, observed:— "lt will bo an incaloulablo boon to every person who read and think. CROSBY'S BALSAM OOUGH ELIXIR Ib specially reoommonded by nevorul emlDent Physicians, and by Dr. liooke, Scarborough, author of th<* " Antl Lan- cet." It has been uuod with the most signal suocosß for Asthma, Bronohitie, Consump- tion, Coughs, Influbnia, Consumptive Night Sweats, Spitting of Blood, Short- ness of Breath, and all Afloctlons the Throat and Chest. Sold m bottles, at la 9d, 4s 6d an<? 'i^ g»oh, by J. Baxtjbr Ohomiat, VloWfia street, Ohriatohuroh. and wholoatta by jAicBB M. Obobby, Ohemist, Scitrborcttgb. should rc^d Crosby's Pjt.xg Troatiio on "Disease of the Langs and f arr-v«Me!N," a copy of whloh o»n be had Gvatli of all Ohtmirtii MB JOHNBA



| Bnaineflß Notices. nnHE worst form of Fever, Prickly J Heat, Smallpox and Measles rapidly cured by LAMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC BALINE. "It saved my life, for the fever had obtained a Btrong hold on me." — O. FiztqbraliD, Correspondent of Man- chester Guardian, m Albania. • Abundant medical testimony enoloaed with eaob bottle. It is the oure for Cholera and PREVENTIVE of most diseases inoident to Troploal and Colonial life. It allays thirst m a remarkable manner and cools and vitalises the blood, J. S. Purdy, Esy., writes: — "I would tather go abort of anything than this never-failing travellers' friend." 9862 O. 0. FOOK3 AND SON, Architects, ivii. L«orsjtß»a, Valtatoes, Liowkrbd SUKVEtfOBa, AND LAND BbOKBBB, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAT Abhbubton. A WONDERFUL BOOK FOR Is. OONTAIIUffO * / \ f\ THICKS AND DELUSIONS WITH lUU OABDS. 26 MARVELLOUS COIN TRICKS, dr the performance of which only a rommon pack of cards pnd the ordinary coins of tho realm are needed. ALL FULLY EXPLAINED Albo, a large collection o AMUSING RIDDLES, CHARADES, GAMES, &c, And ovor 200 TRICKS WITH CONJURING APPARATUS. A illustrated, explained, and mndo simple with a catalogue of English, French, and American Novelties, Games, Toys, Ad Covering over 800 pages and illustrated over 800 woodblocka. Both books mailco free for Is. JACK AND HIS BRIDE. Mecnanical FIGURES DANOB. to MUSIC and keep perfect time. Is 8d each, the pair 2b, THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH'S CHANGEABLE PACK OF CARDB Woadorfnl Changes with Lightning Rapidity 1b 2d, post free, TS.9.W. etasjpß taken at par; post office orders and postal netcn preferred. If (tamps «{ other colonies oreeont add 2d m tho shilling ) exchange. Take Isotich.— To ndvextieo onr business fee will for a short time send > ao whole of the above mentioned articles to one address post p» fr2s 6d Addrcßß all orders : H. YORK & CO., 401 Georgo etrcct Sydney Lock Box 41, King street, fost OOirci FOR COUGHS, OOLDS, Bronchitis Asthma, Coryza, Inflaonza, Con- sumption, &c. KAY'S COMPOUND OF LINSEED, Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Toln, &o with Chlorodyno. KAY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expeoforant, for Coughs, Colds, and Chest Oomplaints. XT AY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs, and J[\. Colds, is equally serviceable for Horses and Cattle. KAY'S TIC PILLS, a specific In Neuralgia, Face-aohe, &c. Con- tains Quinine, Iron, &o. . r^OAGULINE.—OemeDt for Broken \J Articles, Sold Everywhere. Sole Makers:— KAY BROS., Stock- port, England KEATItfG'B POWDEB. KEATING'S POWDER. KEATING'fe POWDER. KEATING'S POWDER. HILLS BUGS, FLEAB, I MOTHS, r BEETLES. THIS POWDBR is gui HARMLESS to ANIMAL LIFE, but is unrivalled m destining FLEAB, BUGS, COCK- ROACHES, BEETLES, MOTHS m furs and every other Bpccicß of insect. Sports- men will find this invaluable for destroy- ing fleas m their dogs, as also ladjea for their pet dogs, THIS ARTICLE has found bo GREAT a BALE that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article m imitation. Tho PUBLIC are CAUTIONED that packages of tho genuine powder bear tho autograph of THOMAS KEATING. Bold m tinß by all Druggists. HEATING'S WORM TABLETS. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS. A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, both m appearance and taste, furnishing a rnoßt agreeable method of administering tho only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It fa a perfectly safe and mila preparation, and is especially adapted foi children. Sold n tinß by all Druggist s. Proprietor— THOMAS KEETING, London. GRATEFUL— COMFORTING . EPPS'S OO OO A. BREAKFAST. BY a thorough knowledge of the natnr* laws which govorn the operations of dlgofltion and nutrition, and by » oarofu application of tho fine properties of wol ■efootod coooa, Mr. Epps has provided ourj breakfast tables with » delicatolj flavoured beveragd which may nave m many heavy doctor's bllla. It U by th» adjoionj use of snob, articles of diet tha a c'onßtitution may be gradually built uj «ntil Btrong enough to resist every ten denoy to disease. Hundreds of nubtji maladlcn ire floating dround us ready < ftttaok wherever there In t weak point "*Vo may escape many • fatal oh»ft bi keeping ourselves woll fortified with pur< food and a properly nourished frame. •- An article In the Civil Service Gazette, Made sitnply with boiling water or mill Spld In £lb paoketi by Qrooers, labellw tbtw : — JAMBS EPPS AND CO., HOMOiOFAtrniO OHBMIBTR, london, knglanl ' blancarOT lodine op ! -iaoiSr pills \ PPROVED.hytho 1 Academy of Modicfne J&. of Putin, uro epccially recommepded by tbq Medical CelebritW of T the World for Bo^fnla (Tamore, King's Evil, eto), the oaiijr jfjges of OonsumpUon, Constitutional Weak- ncßg, Poorness of Blood, and for etimulatiug and rcgulnting its periodic course. Nono genuine unless signed " Bluncard, 40, ruo Bonn* parto, Paris." Sold by Draggielo and Üboaii't throughout . bVColontor



Public Notice \ HIGHEST CASH PRICEB given for ■ Wool and Skins AT THE iishburton Woollen Factory. 4*114 OENTBAL HOTEL* JW. MoBAB having taktn the above c Hotel, floliolts a chare of patronage .rom tho people of Ashbarton and sor* ronnding districts. Beßt Bjrands of Wine's Spirits and Beers. Good StabKng— Feeda, Okb Shiiuno, forces and Boggles to let on hire ft piiess to meet tha times. . For the convenience of travellers hanoom cab will m oat all trains. IT EATING'S POWDER defltroyo oth XV flfift". moths, bedtles, and all nseots, whilst quite harmless to domestic [ aoimals. In exterminating beetles the access of this powder is extraordinary. ; Is porfeotly olean m application. ne artlole you purchase is KEATING'*' '. Imitations aro noxious and Ineffectual Bold~in tins, Cd, Is, and 2a Cdeach, by ohemiats. 1 i NOTICE TO SHEEP OWNERS. ijoseph Ford's Patent Mixture, A PERFECT OURE for all scour and lung worm m ehoep. One gallon sufficient for 160 Bheep. Price, 17a 6d for one gallon ; two gallon tins, 17b per gallon. Sent to any part on remittance to JOSEPH FOftD, Baling. F. FERRIMAN, Agent for Aehburtor. AGENTS WANTED. 4t279 BAYARD AND BLAYN PAPER SIXTY years of great success proclaim superiority m the treatment of Violent Oolds, Irritation of tho Oboet, Aching, Bprain Sprains, Sores, Scalds, Corns, Bunions, Bof Corns, etc. Thiß medicine, the property o which has been established more than half a century by thousands of cures, is of an invalu- able use m many inflammatory diseases against which there are not many effi aoloaa remedies, and is therefore justly considered by t\ great number of our most eminent physicians at the most active and least irritating agent m the bovo affcctionß. In order to avoid counterfeiting, Messrs Fayard and Blayn's signature hns to be reqnired on every roll of paper and on tho box. WholPßale 80, Bue Boint-Merri, Paris (France) and cold by all Chomißts m the olonies. G. L. BE4TH & 00. OHRISTOHUROH. NELSON, LONDON. Cashel street. Trafalgar street. Fore street' GREAT Stocktaking Sale, OF £35,000 WORTH OF GENERAL DRAPERY AND CLOTHING, At the pome time wo shall offer tho Stook of - MESSRS- SHAW & CO., DUNTROON, Bought at Gs 8d AND 10s IN THE £, Along vith Warehousemen's Stock (bought at a tremendous Discount) of 1204AYARDS> DRESS BICILIANB AND ROYAL CORDS. Is 9d reduced to !>Jd 2s reduced to Hid 23 reduced to lljd 2s Cd reduced to la <3Jd No better material made for giving good wear. For particulars see Price Ltete, G. L. Beath & (Jo., ARQYLE HOUSE, CHKISTCHimCH. NEW BOOKS AND NEW SUPPLIES OP BOOKS. H. J. WOOD & CO., STATIONER'S HALL, 240, HIGH 8 OHEISTOHUROH, And Fbiedlandbbs' Bdildings, ASHBURTON. WE roieivo from London publiebin firraß regular shipments of from 15 to 20 cases monthly by the direo steamers. The reading public are respectfully invited to inupcot our large and varied Stock of Books m ovory brunch o Literature. As wo buy for cash and buy largely, wo aro allowed extra discounts, and are .m a position to give exceptional advan- tages to our cueton>«m f and a, libera discount on parcel, and to Library ?ommittoes. H. J. vVOOI> & UO. Wholonale aud JLtotail Booksellers and Stntionorn, OHRISTOHUROH <* ASHBURTON. ACCOUNT BOOKS Jn ovory varioty of wi/.o and stylo of ruling, from tho largo»t Imporial Ledger Bxtra eupor handmado, full calf, doublo Russia bands, down to a penny Pubb Book. A vory Largo Stock alwnye kept, and any etylo and slzo made to Older, Writing, Printing, and Wrapping Papere n nny quantity. Commercial and General Stationery and ovory description of Stationera' Sundriea. Commercial Note and Letter Papers by the case or packet — an assortment of over 3000 reams m stock. Commercial Envelopoa— ovor 3,000,0 stock m Cbrietohurch. Croam Laid Ruled Foolacap— over 360 camßinetook. Brown Wrapping, Doublo Imperial* various weights, by tho balo or roam- best value m New Zealand. Sohool Exercise Books — ovor 100 grosa iißßOrtod : a stock. Bobool Slates, Copy Bookß, aid School Boquisitos. Parchm ruled and headed ••This Deed." SUBSCRIBE Rib' WANTED For Illustrated London- News, Sporting find Draraatjo Nowb, Sciontifio American, Young Ladies' Journal, Family Herald, Family Reader, Tho Graphic, Enginoor, Punch, Homo News, European Mail, Bow Bells.— -We deliver m town immediately on arrival, and wo poet to subscribers m all parts of the country without dolay. H. J. WOOD & CO. Stationers' Hall, 240, High stroct, OHRIBTOHURCH, And at Friedlanders 1 Buildinge. ASBBUBTONj, 5 '



Tho be&t medicine known is Sander and Sons' Eucdlypti Extract. Teßt its eminently powerfulpHects m coughs, colds, iniiuenza, eto.-^thtf relief is instantaneous. Thousands Rive the most gratifying testimony. Hia Majesty the King of Italy and medical syndi- cates all over the Globe are its patrons. Head the official reports that accompany each bottle, We have no occasion to offer rowards m proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medical cliDics and universities, tho oflioial communication of the Consul- General for Italy at Melbourne ; tho diploma awarded International Exhibition, Ansterdam — all these are authentic docu- ments, and, as suoh, not open to doubt. Wo add hero epitorao of ono of the various caBCB troatod at tho clinio of Sohulfz, M.D., Pro- fesaor, etc :— " 0.8., 21 years old ; conges- tiorml abecesß on the thigh. Incisions mado m two places. Although Lister's dressing was applied, the Becretion became, two days later, very copious, and had adopted a foetid, de- composed character. The temperaturo rose enormously. In consequence tho dressing was removed, and on its place wore made during the daylimo repeated irrigations with Euoalypti Extract. The offonsive foeter dis- appeared very soon, the fever abatod within a few days, and tho patient recovered after the lapse of several weeko. m this instance we must not lose sight of the faot that the latter treatment saved th« patient's lif©<" — [Advt.J