THE MARKETS

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Apblaidk, October 21

Shipping wheat, 3s 6s per bushel ; town flour £9 per ton ; country brands £& s*. Wool freights. — Scoured — steamer, j£d ; sailing vessel Ib ; greasy wool— steamer, sailing vessel, f£d per Ib. Charters, 2^6. Sydney, Ootober 21.

New Zealand wheat continues at 3s 3d to 3s 6d per bushel. New Zealand oats are slightly easier, is iod to 2s 2d per bushel. Maize maintains last week's advance, and is quoted at 3s iod pea $6\bs. The market is glutted with potatoes, which m consequence are 10s per ton lower ; 35s per ton is the best price obtainable. London, October 20. Consols remain at 102^. New Zetland four per cents are still quoted At par. The Bank rate of discount is 4 per cent ; market rate, $}&. Colonial bceaditufls and tallow maintain last quotation!. Weekly returns of the Sank of England, published to-day, show the total reserve m notes and bullion to be j£i 1,700,000, an increase of ,£400,000 during the week. The proportion ol reserve to liabilities is 44 per cent, as against 42 per cent last Thursday. New South Wales Three-and-a-half per cents are quoted at £99.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[KITTTBB'S TEMGBAM3— COPYRIGHT.]

SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH.

London, Ootober 20.

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach has been pronounced, by his medical advisers, able to resume his duties.

OBITUARY.

The death is announced at the age of lixtjr-seven of the Right Hon Alex ander Bereiford Hope, P.C., Member of Paiiament for Cambridge University.

HARBOR DEFENCE.

Captain Carr, of the Royal En gineers, has been directed by the War! Office to prepare a scheme for the complete defence of the harbors of the United Kingdom. The newspaper comment adversely on the appoint ment, and urge that an officer holding a higher position should have been selected.

A WATER-LOGGED VESSEL.

The ship Nancy Holt, bound from Eureka to Melbourne, with a cargo of red wood, has been sighted water logged and abandoned.

GERMAN PROTECTION.

The German Government has decided to increase the duties on imported corn.

A SUBSTANTIAL LEGACY.

An uncle has left Earl Cairns •£x,000,000.

THE FISHERIES DISPUTE.

Mr Bayard has ordered the release of the British sealers seized m Alaska.

PRINCE FERDINAND.

The Russian Press admits that the outlook for Price Ferdinand is more favorable.

CANADA AND AMERICA.

The Canadian Press denounce Mr Chamberlain's assertion that the com mercial union of Canada and America would mean political separation from Great Britain.

MR GLADSTONE.

Mr Gladstone is expected to visit Ireland m December.

FIGHTING IN BURMAH.

In a fight between British troops and Docoits m Burtnah, Major Kennedy and Ctptaio Seville were killed. • The Dacoits loss was forty killed.

HEAVY FAILURE.

The Leipsic Discount Company has Hailed with liabilities of 11,000,000 marks.

RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

Russia proposes to make reprisals if Germany increases her corn duties.

(Reealved October 22, 1.15 pa) THE MAILS. hovvov, October 21. * The mails per Orient steamship Orizf, Melbourne, September i6tb, were delivered to-day via Naples, four days m advance ot time-table date.

AFFAIRS IN ZULULAND.

CArxTows, October 21.

Latest intelligence from Zululand reports that country to be m a very dis turbed condition. King Dinzulu is manifesting great discontent at the present position of affairs. The 6th dragoons stationed m Natal have con sequently been ordered to proceed to Zululand.

AUSTRALIAN.

[bCUTOK'S TILBORAMS— COrTBIGHT.]

AQUATICS.

Sydney, October 21.

Hanlan proposes to postpone the time fixed for the sculling match with Beach to a later date, owing to his bands being m bad condition.

(Rectlved October 32, 1.15 p.m.) A CONFERENCE. Sydney, Ootober 22 Sir John Hall, who recently arrived here} had an interview with the Premier yesterday wheo matters of common interest to New Zealand aad this colony were discussed. It was suggested by the Premier that New Zealand should be represented bya member of the Government at the forth coming Conference. Sir H. Parkes also expressed himself favorable to the consideration of the Canadian route or the speediest means of transit for Aus tralasian mails.

POSSIBILITIES IN RAILWAY SPEED

When George Stevenson asserted his ability to run passenger coaches at a speed it twelve to fifteen miles an hour, roientih'o and practical men deemed him fit for a lunatic asylum, bat time has shown that trains may be run at a muoh greater velocity without materially adding to the dangers of railway travel. The flight of the fast express oa the Pennsyl vania railway is a marked example of the possibilities m tho way of sustaining high rates of speed. This road now ruus the fastest train m America. Nine hundred

and twelve miles, including eeveu stop pages are accomplished m 25£ hours, and the average time is 36.30 miles an hour. A portion of the distance is ran at the rate of 75 miles an hour the driving wheels of the locomotive on this train make 268 £ revolutions a minute. William Vander bilt's spurt of 81 miles m 61 minutes on the New York Central is declared to be tha highest rate of speed ever attained In the country, but this speed was not a surprise to good engineers, many of whom are firm In the belief that 100 miles an hour will yet be accomplished on Amsrioan roads. •

Thirty-one years ago Colonel Meiggs read a paper before the New York Farmers' Oiab on ' Fctare travelling,' m which he expressed the belief that railroad oars coald be safely propelled bjr iteam at the rate of 300 tnilea an hoar. He said : 1 The Emperor of Rustia has taken the fir«t great atep toward what I deem the ultimatum of railroad travel. Instead of oat Ing what I call a mere drill through the country and going around evarything • m the way for a straight line, he has oat a broad way for 500 mile*, from St. Petersburg to Moscow, Be has made it •11 the way 200 feet wide, so that the engineer sees everything on the road. This is a part of the fotare : The rail, road from point to point with a mathe matical line ; the rail) ten times stronger than ara now used ; the locomotives on wheels of far greater diameter ; the gaage of a relative breadth ; the signals and time perfectly settled, the roads on both sides during the transit of trains having the gates of the walls all oloied. Then, Instead of travelling 100 miles an hour, we shall more safely travel 300 miles an hoar. One of the latest efforts at improve ments m locomotives ib that of a French man named Estrade, who has constructed an engine which he calls La Parisienne, which when watered and fired weighs foity-two tons Its driving-wheels, six m number, are 8$ feet m diameter. The j cylinders are on" the outside, with ralv© boxes on the top, The diameter of each cylinder is 17$ inches. The engine iB built for high speed, and will carry a pressare of 200 pounds to the square inch above the atmosphere, or an absolute pressure of 215 pounds. Estrada's engine is designed to run at the average rate of seventy -eight miles an hour

THE MINOR MISERY OF LONDON

(" The Pali Mall Gazette.") When they told me at the ' railway station that the last train to the suburb where I lived had gone, I determined, mindful of the pleasures of night-wander ing In Parie, to eeek shelter m no hotel, but to see what sights the streets of the sleeping city might afford. it lay m the gntter of that narrow street there, where any passing cab, or yonder fruit-laden dray might, without olame to the driver, have crushed Its life cut. It waa a little child, so light mmy hand as I picked it up, thit for a moment I wondered whether it was Indeed a living thing. Had It learned at so early an age to suffer and ba still ? It seemed ■o, for it made no cry. Not an abandoned babe, moreover; for there coiled up asleep In a doorway, lay Its mother. The child bad dropped from her relaxing arms and had rolled into tb.6 kennel. In the Strand, now vaoant of all traffic, save of the walking lepers of the street, insolent grown since a riqued police ourtalls not their so repulsive aggressions. « Our new Instructions bids us leave them alone,' says a constable to me; 'and very glad we are to be relieved of the trouble of chivvying them about,' There Is that danger In applying the rebuke of Talley rand—that he to whom you forbid over zeal will sink m oomplete Inaction.

In every doorway of the side-streets of the thoroughfare single misery has taken refoge. M aery In company is here In Trafalgar equare. L curk us sight, indeed, this ' finett site,' as I then saw it It was all dark, with a conchant mob of homeless vagabonds taking their rest on the stones. Not all m rags there, mnch black coated misery was there, Sooh was he who presently tells me he was a City clerk, and who to judge from his tongue and manner, m«y indeed have once done clerkly work. His pillow is a "Daily Telegraph." This paper bedding affords a curious study. Most have such furniture to their resting places, and as I walk round I take notice what papers are most m use. The " TCcbo" pillows most of those who are m rags. Black-coated misery takes It bed fittings from the Conservative prets. One is a starving and homeless outcast, bat one respects the institutions of one's country. Four hundred sleepers, men and women, promiscuously tide by side, I couni m the shadows of the finest hotels of the world. Bigh up on hlB column stands over all one who spoke onoo of England and her expectation. That lour hundred men and wome and their ohildren ahould thus be flung on the pavement — starving aban doned, m the very heart and centre of the luxury of the world— who has failed m bis doty? Far off gleams the light high up that tell us that the people of Eng land are even now being cared for. Her Majesty's Commons are at work, and provision is being made for the common wealth. It is a sorry beaoon, seen from a sorry sea< Back to Ooyent garden, where more misery is to be seen. No sleepers here, but men standing shivering under arohes — a mother yonder muooblng some gar* bage picked from the refuse of the street. Hunger In the centre of tho plethora o f London ! But one lives by contrast, and society loves the antithesis. ' A penny sir, for a oup of ooffee. It's terribly cold.' How often do I hear the words as ' I paea a now open ocffee-taise, filled with prosperous market men ! ' Can one get soup anywhere here !' 'No clr — coffee, I oocoa, and ginger beer.' Are there no soup kitchens open now 1 ' They don't have none, save m the winter.' Is it true one is hungry m the wlntor only ; ' the other nine montha one is not, or '' should not be. In Paris one can always ! and at any hour buy for one penny a good bowl of soup, nourishing and com forting Often at the Halles, where chiefly the soup merchants ply their trades, have I thus breakfasted. It is infinitely better than ooffee, tea or ooooa, and It is a matter of wonder that the minor indus tries of London do not number eoup-etalls. In Paris these pay very well, and are greatly appreciated by the customers for whom they oater. As the day dawns I am baok m Trafalgar square, where the silent reveille of a cold wind bas awakened the sleepers. Some are sitting staring at the world ; othors are oocupied over their sad toilets : a | woman there with a needle and thread ; • man hero with a tooth brush and the water of the fountain— it is my ex-Olty clerk. To what another day are those arising ? As I stand on Westminster Bridge, the thought of that line comes to me whloh speaks of the lying still of all this mighty heart. Lie still, the warmly bedded and well-fed. As for the other 1 Well for tuem Still there cling* The old qoeittoo ; WW pot God do

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Gale m Wellington. Wellington, Ootober 22

The north-west gale of the last two da; s was one of the most violeot for many years, both m the harbor and on the other side of the ranges m Wairarapa. Scarcely any damage is reported m town, but the train was stuck up approaching the incline by the fury of wind, and had to bo divided and taken on m sections.

THE DEAD ALBATROSS AND ITS MESSAGE

Referring to the finding of a remark able message from the sea m the shapo of a band fastened round the neck of an albatross, the West Australian says that the boy who secured the albatrosi states that the bird was quite warm when he found It, The message on the band is as follows ; — " 13 uaufrages snnt refugees surles lies Orozst, 4 Aout 1837." Trans lated this roads as follows :— " 13 ship wrecked sailors have t«ken refuse on the islands Crozjt, 4th August 1887." Oar oontemporary In a later issae says : " everyone mast have been astonished at the extraordinary incident of the albat ross found on the North Beaoh carrying its moßssge from the sea. The perhaps moat remarkable part of the incident is the question — what cou'd have induced the bird te leave ita haunts and fl/ 4000 miles straight away? This mast have .< been the first thought of many. An interview with the discoverer of the bird, however, sets the question at rest. Upon being asked If the tin band was fixed tightly on the neck, he said, " Not very ; it was low down and the feathers were rusted ; bat I found a broken shell with the fish In It m the bird's throat above the band" Here then appears to bo the secret. This ahell was probably taken by the bird from its baaota at the Orozet Island*, and being unable to swallow it, discomfort and pain oiused it to wander —as ib usual with all animal life —until it reached oar shores. It may be safely assamed that, had the band of tin caused no obstruction, the bird might have carried the message round its neck m the South ern Ooean for the next half-oentory or more."

AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS

The annual report of the railways of Daw South Walei wai limed the lame week as the report of the Victorian de partment. There is a great contrast between the two documents, A few years •go the Sydney lines were paying over 4 per cent, while now they are saddling the State with a heavy defiolt. At that time the Victorian railways were saddling the State'with a deficit, while now they pay 4 pet cant and off or to the State a small but sufficient surplas. The salient figures are : Capital invested : Victoria, £26,171,000 ; New South Wales, £27.300 000 Gross receipts : Vlotorla, £2,453,000; New South Walts, £2,190,000. Expendltnre : Vlotoria, £1,427,000 : New South Walea, £1,492,000. Net receipts : Victoria, £1,026.000 ; New Sonth Wales, £667,000. Net Intereafc earned : Victoria 4 per cent ; New South Walej, 3 pe* cent. It is no wonder (aayg the " Mel bourne Argus) that a large party In New South Wales it clamouring for the Vie torian system of management and another Mr Speight and no doubt it Mr Speight were available his service* would be bid for.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1887.



\ T. Bullocfc. FOR SAi.E.— An improver! Farm of 245 Acres, being R S. 27237, situated about 5 mies from Chertsey. Low prico and liberal toims apply to T. BULLOCK. CHEAP PROPRRTX for sale fronting the^ A ford Forest Road, being Lot 25, containing about 2 roods, on which is eroded a 4-roomed Dwelling: house, &o This property is wo.l situated, will be sold cheap ani on easy terms. Apply to T. BULLOCK. rpHRtfE-liooraed Cottages sear the Ufai _L Works to let at a low rental. T. BULLOCK mO LET.— 7- Roomed House m Burnett JL street near the Orange nail. fc T. BTTLLOOK.^ TO LET at a low rental. — 4-roomed Cottage at Hampstead. T. BULLOOK. MoOORMICK TWINE BINDERS. T>ERSONS having nach for sale will IT please communicate with the under- signed. \ T. BULLOOK. TINWALD. ' TO LET, at a low rental, a 3-Roomed Cottage, near Mb Shearers, Machinist, Apply to T. BULLOCK. rpo LET.-8-roomed Dwelling-house, , JL together wiih an acre of land, pleasantly situated on tho Town Belt North, fronting the Domain. Apply to T. BULLOCK. POR SALE at a low price and on liberal terms, 15 acres of land with 2-roomed Cottage thereon, fronting the FairQeld Bond, not far from the County Saleyards. Apply to T: BULLOOK. BUILDING SITE near the Woollen Factory For Sale, being Lot 47, con- taining more than 1 acre, fronting Alford Forest Road, and next to Mr Wlldamlth' property. A large proportion of the money can remain on intereot at 6 per cent, per annum.— Apply to T. BULLOOK. FOR SALE. ~ DOUBjr,T?-SEATED American Wagcon. -Apply to T. BULLOOK. frtOß SALE,— Central Site, being par 1 of TS 177, containing One-eighth I of aa Acre, having a frontage of 33 fee' on Burnett Street, and adjoining the <l Mai Office. Very liberal terma ol pay mo will bo accepted. — Apply to T. BULLOOK. TINWALD. , ■"■" TiO LET— A Four-roc mcd Houae with Shop, adjoining Mr Heaeltine'a pro- perty, and near the Railway Station. A e<r rental will be accepted. T. BULLOOK. TREVORTON. LET. —Trevor ton House, conta-n* ing 9 Rooms together with abnucf acres of land laid "out as follows ; — Large Lawn m front of the House, Shrubbery round about it, and a belt of forest trees. Kemainder m grass paddock. 'J here is also a Stable and Coach house erected on the property. AppJy to T. BULLOCK. Willie Brewed a Peck o 1 Maut.— On Show Night. TKf ALD RACING CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. JANUARY 2*d, 1888. President. Donald McLean. Vioe-Pbesideni s. J. O: N. Q-iigg and O. M t Strachey. Judge. Matthsw Stitt. Stewards James Begg, Qeo. Jau.es, H g Fowler, M. f-'cott.O. Jepheon. TREASORKft. M, Scott. Star er. David Thomas. Clerk of the Poles. Stephen Clark; VLERK . F THB COURSE. B. Hanks* Handioappbrs. The Committee. First Eace to start punctually at 12.30. 1. Handicap Hurdle Back, of J5 boys; over 6 flights -jf hurdles, about Bft 6in high. Second horse to receive 50a from the stake. Nomination, 10 3 ; acceptance, 69. 1£ miles. 2. Novel Hurdle T?ace, of 20 soya; over 6 fl ghta of hurdles, about 3ft Gin high. Winner to be Enid by auction, and the whrle of the proceeds to go to the fands of the Club. Weight lOat. Post entranca 10a. 1£ miles. 3. Tinwald Cup Handicap, ©f 80 bovb. fcocond horse to receive £5 from the stake, Nomination, 15? ; acceptanco, 103. 1£ miles. 4. Trotting Rack, Time Handicap of 15 scva. Second horse to receive 503 from the stake. No wtdeht under lOit. Nomina. tion, 10s ; acceptance, oj. Pall and go. 5. Maiden Race, of 10 boys. Weight foe age. Entrance, 10s; 1 mile. 6. Flying Handicap, of 10 snvs. Entrance, lCs. Cup winner to carry 71b penalty. 6 furlongs. 7. Novel lUoe, of 20 boys. Winner to be sola by auction, aod the whole of the pro. reeds to go to the ftrndß of the Club. Poat entry, 103, Weight, Bat np . 6 for- longß. 8. Consolation Handicap, of 10 soys. En- trance, lOs. 1 mile. 9. Hurut Ecurry, for entrance money. Ea« trance, 10i, For horses that have never won public money. Catch weights. RULES AND BEGULATIONS. 1. No entry for the above Races will be re- ceived except on the condition that all dis- putes, claims, and objections aiising ont of the racing shall be decided by the (Stewards, or whom they may appoint, their decision on all poiats c nnected with the carrying ont of this programme to be final 2. O J.C. rules will be m force. 3. The races a"6 open to any horso com- monly resident m the district from the lßt of Octobsr, 1887, to vhe date of meating, and owned by a person who has resided m the district during tho same period. i. The district above mentio od is bonnded on tho north by the Selwvn, and on the sooth by the Orari. 5. Five per cent will be deducted from the grcss of all monies payable m accordance with this prosramme for expenses of the course. 6. No protoßt will b? received unless lodged withiu 15 tciautes after the race hos been run, to which the prot et refers, and must be ac* compared by £2 m cas^i, 7. Horses* breaking m the Trot must pnll and go, and trot to the satisfaction of the Biownrils. 8. All nomination* and acceptances goto the funds of the Clnb. . 4o , t _ '"""" -.■ .. . . ; -~*?*3jji NOMIiS ATIOS S.' '"'^ * r - iSat All nominations most be accompanied by f eeß, age. name, description of horse, colors of rider, to be m tho bands of the Secretary, ad« dreaeed Bcoti's Hot 1, Tinwald, bofore 10 p*m. on Satuidajr, December 10th, 1887. WEIGHTS. Weights will be declared on Saturday, 17th December, 1887. ACCEPTANCES. Acceptances and Mf ideu; entries most be m the hands of the Secretary, at Scott's Hotel, Tinwald, not later than 10 p.m. on Tuesday, December 27th, 1887. An efficient Band will be on the ground, also a totalisator of the most approved make, Charges — A dolts, lv eaoh , children, half price ; carriages, 2s 6d each ; horses m saddle! QYRIfc JEPHSON,:Z2 . X 0 108 Secratorjr*



Public Notices. E ' SHEEP SHEAES. ! J n o?,h E r f :Ki^j' lMo -""' ww , 8.8.A. N.Z. UA..N.Z. ■ 38 A.S. with and witbont Drivers 75. ALSO,— Real Turkey Oil- stones. J. OEK & CO. (LATE^gHR AND ALQOBN.) ¥OBE BARGAINS. WE have received ANOTHER BIG LOT of TRAVELLEBS' SAMPLES, Whfoh we can Sell at English PRICE ™ Th ,° r, P t tlnol P»l Hues are Boys' anc Men s Suite and Trousera, Hats, Hosiery Towela, Qailts, Shirts, Infant's Pel Uses Oorßetß, Sunabadcß, etc. The lot are marked In plain Figures, and now Ready for Sale COME EARLY AND SAVE 60 PER OENT. JOHN OBR & CO. ECONOMY IN TIME : ECONOMY IN LABOR : ECONOMY IN FENCING MATERIAL. Patent Titan "lire Strainer. ADVANTAGES : IT straioa a wire anywhere, either at post or midway ; makes the best knot, and one which seldom breaks old wire ; does not slip about m working ; strains with nnrivalled power, ease, and freedom from annoyance ; does not allow the wire to slacken moro than ONE- SIXTERNTH of an inch while being Hecured ; combines lightness end strength m the highest degree ; can be conveniently applied to alt purposes which require wirea to be joined under tension. A REVOLUTION IN WIRE FENCING EFFECTED BY REID'S PATENT TRIPLEX WIRE STRAINER. (Patented m 1885 throughout Great Britain, tho United States, and the Colonies.) No Straining Posts required except at the angles of fences The boring of Straining Poets unnecessary. The advantages claimed for these, the latest and most improved means of Btrain- ing wire fences, ure : - THEY COST NOTHING, because they pay their cost m the straining posts they ■aye THEY ARE A DIRECT GAIN m economy of time snd labor, because no boi ing of Btraining postß is required, and tho whole process of straining occupies only about quarter the usual »ime. THEY EFFECT A FURTHER SAV- ING of time and labor as long as the fence exists, because they are left perma- nently attached to the wires, which can therefoio be tightened or slackened when* ever desired. Comparative Estimate of 14 chains of 6- Wire Fence UNDER OKDINARY METHOD. No Wire Stretchers left attached. b. d. 2 Btraine of 7 chains each, requiring 3 straining posts at say 3s each 9 0 Labor at 2 strains of 6 wires, say 1 man for 1 hour, at Is per hour 1 Labour digging, erecting, and fixing =, 3 Btraining posts and stays for same, cay 1 man for 4 hours, at Is per hour 4 0 Labor boring two straining poßts, cay 1 man for 20 minutes ... 0 4 Total ... 14 4 UNDER NEW SYBTEM. Triplex Wire Stretchers being left attached to Wire, 0. d. 1 strain of 14 chains, Patent Triplex Wire Stretchers used midway, and straining 7 chainß on eaoh side ; only 2 straining posts required, at Bay 3a each .... 6 0 Labor at one strain of 6 wires, say 1 man for 20 minutes, only no fastening being required ... 0 4 Labor erecting, digging, and fixing 2 straiiing poßts and stays for name, cay 1 man for 2 hours, 40minut<? > 2 No boring required 0 0 *Cost of 6 Triple Wire Stretchers, at Buy übout 8J each 4 0 Total 13 0 ♦NOTE WELL - If 1 ITAN WIRE STRAINER be UFed and removed after \ straining, the above item of 4s will also be saved, though at the expense of future efficiency, r bowing New System to be so much ■ more economical than tin old *>ne — that a ; balance is left over ajter jnclwlng the cost «/ TripkK Wire Sfi~et elm !!! McCallura & Co. SotaAg t§ for .the County ot n&irt ;



The Stud. rpHE AMERICAN TROTTING HORSE Blackwood Abdallah, Will stand this season at Lyndhurst, Dun- das, and at owner's Stable, Ashburton. For particulars apply to MAX. FRIEDLANDER. TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON IN THE ASHBURTON. WAKANUI, AND BURROUNDING DISTRICTS. mHE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE COLT, Johnny's Fancy. Bred by Mr James Gow. of Taieri, by Lord Salisbury, dam Sally 2nd. For particulars and terms, apply to MAX FRIBDLANDE 9f148 p r o orP r . TO STAND THIS SEASON, AT OWNER'S LIVERY STABLES, BURNETT STREET, { FIIHE THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE Athlete,- Bred by Mr Sibbald, of Burkes Pasß. ATHLETE is a beautiful brown, aDd stands 15 hands 3 inches high. Ho is by Detractor, dam Promised Land. Detractor ia by the celebrated Traducer, Promised Land by The Pier For extended pedi- gree see N.Z. Stud Book. For particulars and terms apply GEO. F. SCOTT, Proprietor. 10f97 Bazaar Livery Stables. ( TO STAND THIS SEASON. mHE STALLION Wizard, By King of Cluba, dam Charm, both imported. WIZARD ia half brother to Spade Guinea and Stonyhuret, and full brother to Charmer, and was bred by the Middle Park Stud Company. He is a ■ beautiful whole-colored chestnut, and Bhows grand power and quality. For full particulars apply to O. KEAoNS, Or Wm. HEALY, Proprietors, 9°12 Ash burton. , TO TRAVEL THE ASHBURTON AND i! LONGBEACH DISTRICTS. * mHE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE, J Young Major, j YOUNG MAJOR is by Major, who was ii imported to Tasmania from Kngland by a R. Q. Kebmode, Esq. He took firßt prize v at the Boyal Society's Show m iin^land, and many first prizes m Tasmania. YOUNG MAJOR waa bred by Mr James Stark, hiß dam, Smiier, imported from J Tasmania, where she was a first prize taker, and her progeny gained many awards. Tbkms : One Mare £3 ; groomage, ss, payable first service. For 3or more mares, property of one owner, special terms may Be agreed on. 1 ANDREW DAWSON, ' Proprietor, 131 Waterton. \ TO STAND THE SEASON at Ii GROVE FARM* TINWALD, ii mHE . THOROUGHBRED HORSE, Perkin W^rbeck 11. " G PEDIGREE. J ~~ ~ 0 v Touchstone JiNewminster Deeswin£ j CO A * CQi^Palma EmUius n ri ■■*  t] w I' rancesca h| H£ „ Voltaire C "Z o Voltigcur . , M.S >* Martha Lynn **> ; .. i) ,r> — U S Swcctbiiar „ , , fcl -a Stockwel m „ Eglantine p _ j « Touchstone " I .■ !5 v Newminsler „ k| 5 Beeswing F* I l k23 Palma Emihus Jj France sea M"i — l W.S Melbourne „- -^ Prime Minister T> . . , r T -. S « Pantalonade H^ v ft'Se 88. Candlestick Wnie Warden n Maid or Burghlcy PERKIN WAKBECK 11. has splendid l action, possesses great strength, is as handsome aB they nro made, and is a horse calculated to throw a moat valuable class of racing or other stock, j An examination of his pedigree will show that he possesses a double strain of the celebrated Adventurer blood, and is j one of the very beet bred animals m the Southern Hemisphere, The eona of Nowminster have, as a family been more successful at the etud than any family of modern days, and with the exception of 0 Hermit, who is now standing m England at 200 guineus, Adventurer, the grandsire of Perkin Warbeok II has produced the most winners of them all. For further particulars applj to a EDWARD GATES, b Grove Farm, ?' 30»10 Tinwald. J MONEY TO LEND. » b I HAVE £200, £400, £1,400 and other «. sums, waitng investment on good freehold security at current rates of interest. JOHN A. CAYGILL, 10+59 Solicitor, Tanored, atrqet} a



Public Notice EjlOR SALE— Tho Lease of the Ober ! eey Hotel, with ovar five years I run Apply to the proprietor, 10J119 H. CHILDS. ASHBURTON AGRICULTURAL AN PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. THE TENTH Annual Exhibitioi or STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, &o. WILL be held at the County Saleyard Aahbarton, on FRIDAY* OCTOBER 28m. In addition to ?the Private Prize Lli already published, the following Priz« are offered :— Ma Lkonard Weitk, £2 2a— For th beat Yearling Draught Colt 0 Filly. Da J. M. Twehd, £1 la -For th best Fox Terrier of any age, doj or bitch, Mr Jomn Small, £1 Is—For th largest Collection of Small Birds Heads. Tbws Com pant Limithd, Christ oharch — Special Prize to th largest Prize Taker In Butter. Price to be paid for Birds' Heads an< Eggs, 1b 6d per 100. Exhibitors are requested to enter as earh as possible this week. * JOHN G. RESTELL, 10*5 Secretary. Wee Jouky Daidlea.— Shew Night. rniMARU AGRICULTURAL ANE X PASTORAL A SSOOI ATION. THE ASSOCIATION'S TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL SHOW OF STOCK, &0,, WIUj BE HELD ON THB ASSOCIATION'S GROUNDS, WAI-ITI ROAD, OH TUESDAY, 25th, and WEDNESDAY 26th Octobeb, 1887. CONSISTING OF SHEEP, CATTLE, HORSES, PIGS, DOGS, DAIRY AND AGRIOTURAL PRODUCE, IM- PLEMENTS. WOOL, &0., &c. PRIZES amounting to about £550 will be given m Pieces of Plate, Medals, or Jaih. PRIVATE AND SPECIAL PRIZE LIST, and for further particulars Bee PoBt«r», Entries close for Sheep, Cattle, and Pigi on SATURDAY, 15th met ; all )thers ou TUEBDAY, 18th inst. Prize Lieta may be obtained on applica- tion to the undersigned. F. W. STUBBB, L 0 57 Secretary. George Jameson TURNIP AND_RAPE SEEDS. [7IOR SALE- Purple and Green Top V Aberdeen, Mammoth, Greyetone, and ither varieties. These havo been thoroughly tested, and ,re guaranteed new and fresh GEO Gfci JAMESON, 10S17 Ashburton. Wool Season 1887-88. riBERAX OASH ADVANCES] made U on Large or Small Clips at Current iates, Woolpaoks and Twine Supplied. GEORGE JAMESON, O|l6 Ashbarton. CLOVER SEEDS JUST landed, ex steam or " Kaikoura,' my first shipment for the season of BED CLOYEE, COW GKASS, WHITE CLOYEB, AN» ALSTKE. Tboao Seeds have been carefully selected nd are the best obtainable. I HAVE ALSO IN STOCK— MachiDe-drepsod Ryegrass and Cocks :oot, also Linseed, Peap, Barley, Oats Vbeat, Potatoes, ana all kinds of STATION AND FARM STORES. George Jameson, ASHBUBTON. Wool. WOOL UTESSRS MILES AND CO. li. beg to inform their friends end lients that they propose holding deal Auction Sales of Wool throughout .the Season as usual, and are iow prepared to make Liberal Advances n large or Bmall clips free of Commission, nd at a low rate of interest. SALES will be held ac formerly m «R GEO. JAMESON'S SHED, WEST STREET, Vhere every care and attention will be tfven to each lot entrusted to our care. ?he Shed is well lighted, convenient and a every way suited for the pioper display •f Wool. WOOLPACKS AND TWINE supplied t Lowest Current Rates. J T. FORD, Auctioneer. • 113 GEORGE JAMESON, Agent. artificial Manures. FEE BELFAST CHEMICAL COM- PANY. BELFAST, CANTERBURY. Analytical Chemist and Manager, MR ROBERT MORGAN. rHE Belfast Chemical Company's Manures are Bold subjeot to ;naranteed analysis, and every care Ib aken that they are all m perfect condt- ion, ready fur immediate use. PS ICE LIST. Per Ton £. b. d. $0. 1 Guano Superphosphate 6 0 0 „ 2 High-class Superphosphate 8 0 0 „ 3 Dissolved Bonec 7 0 0 „ 4 Potato Manure 7 12 „ 5 Bone Duet, fine 6 10 0 6 Orchard and Gar Jell Mannre, 10* per cwt. tell very on Railway at Belfast Station. GEOBGE JAMESON, Q*B6 Agent, Anhburton, Echoes of Weil Qow.Hßootoh



J __ Public Notices. bT STEPHEN'S OHUrCH, A&HBUBTON. yB SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23rd, 1887. U npHE Kbvd. W. E. Qillau, of St. jy X Matthew's Church, St Albans, will ? conduct the services at St Stephen's t n Church to morrow. 101139 10 ' t w JJOG -lORRHOIDICON A SURE CURE for" PILES. A new discovery. Forwarded to any address S !. on receipt of 7s 6d. Communications strictly confidential. I WALTER B. MOSS, _ Ashbnrton. n TJ AYE S AND CO. beg to inform .. LjL their numerous Customers m Town and Country that they have sold the ~ GROCERY, &c, Department of their '® Business (carried on m Burnett street for some yearn) to Mr A. Proctor, whom they wish to recommond as their »ucceßsor ~ m the Trade, being confident that his Goods and style of doing business will ® give every satisfaction. 10fll4 t : H. H. STEPHENS g "T> EGB to inform bis many Frieodi and ■ iy Customers that owing to Mr Hayes t having disposed of hie Grocery Business, 1 he has been engaged by Mr D. MoFailanb ) to take charge of hii East street Grocery 9 Establishment, and hopes he will meet at 3 heretofore with the favors of his old Customers and Friends, j 10 102 H, H; STEPHENS, i — - — I MR F. G. THOMAS, 1 HURQEON-PENTIST > kJ WILL 1 VISIT ASHBURTON 1 ON I MONDAY, 24th OCTOBER, r And may be consulted at the Commercial 1 Hotel. 10 ]2 r 1 ™PHM,-3liow Night. BANK HOLIDAY. PURSUANT to "The BaDka and Bankers' Act Amendment Act, 1882," FRIDAY, the 28th day of October, 1887, is hereby appointed an a Special Bank Holiday at the offices of tho under- mentioned Banks at Ashburton and Rakaia. The Union Bank of Australia, Limited, JOSEPH PaLMEK, Chief Officer. Ihe Bank of Australasia, — E. W. MORRAH, Inspector. The Bank of New Zealand,— D. L. MURDCCff, 10 141 General Manager. P. XT A W X I N B While thanking his Customers for the success already obtained m his new enter- prise, has just received a fresh supply, and is prepared to Sell as Cheap as any House m Ashburton. Also, — A new line of Men's, Ladies' and Chil- dren's Boots and Shoos, just m from the Manufacturer. C H earnestly solicits a call. Motto : Small profits and quick returns Honest Men and Bonnie Lassies.—Sootoh Concert. TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON IN THE METHVEN AND LAURISTON D]S TRICTB. mH CLYDESDALE COLT,— Diplomacy. Bred by John Grigg, Esq., of Long- beach. Diplomacy's Hire is Lord Beacons- field, dam Pleaßant by Prince Cbarlio. For particulars and terms apply to D. McKENDRY, lOtld Cairnbrae. f&B* LOOK HERE! Jss) THE PBEMIER TAILOB, Town Hall, IS making Tweed Suits m first -cla«s stylo from £2 10s Od. Troaiers from 18b (specialty). Heavy Saddle Tweed Suits, £4 0s 0d r GENTS' OWN MATERIAL MADE UP. Trousers, 7a 6d ; Sao Suits, 35b ; Pagets, 40s. Turks Cabm- TOWN~~H ALL, EAST STREET. Trees Trees Trees - NOTICE TO PLANTERS. 1 fI^HE nndorsigned begi to call the X attention of farmers, settled an* ' athera to his extensive atook of FRUIT 1 AND FOREST TREES, among wblob » are about 3,000,000 Foreat Trees, Inclo- I ding 200,000 Cupreisua Maorooarpa, om and two years old; 200,000 Plnus Inslg- ] nfs, one and two years old ; 100,00 C Plnus Larloio; 300,000 Silver Birch; , 10,000 Plnuu AnstrUoa; all other kind* m proportion. All kinds of O*bbng« / plants on Bale, and a few thousand* of j very early Strawberry Plants. N.B. — All orders by post, or other*'*", . { shall receive my beat attention. JAMES PORTER, * (CLIFTON NURSKRY; Allenton, Aah'Sarton ■m - - _ 1 - - g 1 11 ii 1 1 fEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTOBJT rHB NEW GOODB FOB THE ' WINTER SEASON ARK NOW OPENED OUT The k ib THE LARGEBT & BEST SELECTED I IN THE TOWN, And the variety of Style and Patterns m \ Men'a, Youths', and Boya' Clothing ' leaves nothing to bo desired. Thousands of Men's and Boys Suite, newest styles. Trousers and Trousers and Vests manufactured of slew 1 , Zealand Tweeds. Every garmen warranted shrunk Jverooftts, Waterproof Coats and Leggt^gs iii great variety Hats, comprising every new sty!* worn Ohildron's Jersey Suite, Ohild/3J Men- of.War Suits Gentbmen's Hosiery, Scarves: Oxford Regatta and White Shirts Rugs, Portmanteaus, and Travelli a Bags Hie celebrated WERTHEIM SWING* ] MACHINE. Time Payments. < ' N.Z CLOTHING FAOTOTHT, 8*97 Bt»MJ, \



UPPER ABHBURTON ROAD BOARD. PUBLIoUoTIOB. RAWLE'S Crossing on North Branch of Ashburton River is uusafe for traffic. C. JEPHBON, 10 140 Surveyor. LOYAL TINWALD LODGE, 1.0.0. F. M.U. TH E Anniversary of the above Lodge will be celebrated by a Ball on FKIDAY, October 28th, Show Night, m the Templar Hall, Tinwald. Tickets 3b Ladies free. Dancing to commence at 8 P.m. 10 138 ABHBURTON AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. ffIHE Burgesses are requested to obeen* I FRIDAY, 28th INBT., bb a Hol>day, being the day appointed for this Association's Tenth Annual Show. (Signed) THOMAS SEALY, 10f137 Mayor. THE SCOTCH CONCERT. ODDFELLOWS' HALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28th. CATTLE BHOW NIGHT. Tickets 3s, 2s, and Is. Doors opeu at 7. Pibroch at half-pact. The usual BALL after the Tickets— Gentlemen, 3a. J. C. DUNCAN, 10J1C4 Secretary. THE ASHBTJBTON WOOLLEN MANUFACTUKINGr COMPY , (liIMITED.) DEPOSITS REOEtVJBD In large or small snms at the following Ratea of Interest :-— Six per cent If fixed for G months. Seven per cent if fixed for 12 months H. SEMPLE, 9*66 Seoretary. IN THE MATTER OF THE LAKD TRANSFER ACT, 1885. MR J. T. FORD bas received ioatruc. tiona from tho Registrar of the Supreme Court, acting at the request of the Mortgagee, to Sell by Public Auction, at the Ashburton County Saleyards, Ash- burton. on TUESDAf, the first day of November, 1887, at 13 o'clock NOON,— AH that piece of Land situated near Mr Jobm Grigo's Homestead, Longbeach, 12 miles from Ash- burton, and about 7 miles from Winslow Railway Station, lately m the oocupation of Ziohajliab Jambs Daties and Rioxard Davifs, containing together five hundred and seventy-four acres (574 acres), more < r less, being ttural Seotions 18894, 21216, 20686, and 26912, with the im- provements, Dwelling-Houses, Stable ; also a Flour Mill and O vet shot Wheel, and other Buildings. The Land is of good quality well fenced and divided into 8 paddockw. For farther particulars apply to MtSBKS HARPER & CO., Solicitors, Christchurch. Or to the 10 94 Auctioneer.



Some fMthing remarks ware mado last week m the Legislative Oounoil on the eonduot of legislators who allowed th«ir accounts at Bellamy'! to remain unpaid when leaving Wellington at the close of the session, tbuß oeeanitatlog the psymsnt of interest on tbs tommittee'B bank overdraft, whioh now amounts to £1752. The amounts due by members on account of last session was given as £458, and those due at the end of the previous usiion^at more than £600. " Roc.i oh lid."—" Bough on Itch •Qni tkin humors, eruptions, ring worm tatltr, Mlt rhaum, frosted test, onilfcUios )tob, iyy f tfi op birta'p itob.