CORN EXCHANGE.

The following is the Corn Exchange re port for the week ending Friday, tho 29 b July .*— Bat little change Ijbs taken plaoe In values of grain and produce during the pact waek. Shipments have been light, and local requirements are of the most reitrioted character. Seed Tußcan and barley hM an occasional enpulry. Freights to London are reasonable, but advices are unfavorable to Homeshlpers. Wheat.— Limited sales have taken place at 3s 7d for Tuecan and Pearl, and 3i 6d to 3s 7d for Hnntem ; second quality Is rather dull at 3s 4d to 3b 51 ; chicken - wheat Ii m better supply but dealers are nil and not t/>xoious to increase stock. Oats are offering plentifully, and prloca hsve slightly receded . Prime milling can be purchased at la Id to Is lid, and short feed are dull at Is 9d to Is lOd ; long descriptions are valued at Is 6d to Is Bd. Baeibi.— Prime malting samples are not m stock, and maltsters are buying •eeond quality at 3s 6d to 3a 9d ; feed IfBM are dull at 2* to 2a 3d. Bsans are m good demind at' 3s 2d to Bi9d. Pbas are quiet. Prussian Blues are moving oft slowly at 3s to 3s 2d, and feed lines are worth 2s 9d to 2< 103. Gbass BXSD —But few sales have yet taken place, machine dressed being quoted at 3s 53, and farmers' parcels are with little demand at 2s to 3s ; Cocksfoot Is firm at 4d to 4£ for prims heavy seed second quality is selling at 3£d to 3|d. Potatoes are still unsaleable, the Sydney market being still glutted and the interprovinclal orders are very email. Kidneys are m good demand for orders from the North Island. Daisy produce. — Business is almost at ft standstill. The quantities offering Is far In excess of requirements. Prime tub nutter has a limited enquiry at 6d to 8d ; second qeality without demand, Cbeeiie Is dull at 3d to 4d. Tbe above prices are those paid to farmers and for delivered f.o.b. Lyttelton, saoki extra.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Auckland, July 28. The Board of Education haying referred the question cf retrenchment of their expenditure m office salaries &o , to a Committee, the latter recommend that the Secretary and Chief Clerk's salary be reduced, that singing masters ahd drill instructors at Auckland and the Thames be dismissed. It is estimated ibese-reduc tions will cause a saving of £1050 iv the annual expenditure. .The Premier visited the new Calliope Dock this morning. He was much im pressed with the magnitude of the work, and said the fact of Auckland possessing such a dock practically settled the ques tion of tbe location of the bead-quarters of ships of war m New Zealand. He further remarked that tbe harbor was the best m the colony. Sir R, Stout left again for the South to-day. The Council of the Chamber of Com merce met tbe Premier yesterday morning to ascertain his riews on various matters of public importance. The Premier stated with reßpcct to the new Auckland Custom House, that tbe tenders bad been ia excess of tbe rote for the purpose, but he thought •n arrangement had been come to by which the building would be proceeded with m a reasonable time. He did not think there would be enough money to finish, the North Island Trunk Railway, And more would have to be borrowed, but It would sot be finished m three years It would be impossible, m view of the cry for retrenchment, to propose a vote for n connecting line between Auckland and Taracaki. With respect to the mining industry, the Premier remarked that two things *ere needed to make Auckland the wealthiest province m the colony— first, the deTelopment of the mineral resources of the Coromandel Peninsula ; second, the establishment of small fruit growers In the North. He had vUited the Tbamts Sobool of Mines, aDd had gathered that the wealth of the Peninsula had hardly been touched yet. In his opinion technical eduoation was the only hope of the colony, and he recommended the establishment by the Ohimber of evening teobnlcal classes. On Monday a bankrupt named James Warren wm committed to gaol for one -month under tbe penal clause of the Bankruptcy Act for not having kept books showing the state of his affairs. The Minister of Joatloe was applied to for tbe release of Warren, on the ground of his - wife's Hlnes*. Me Tele communicated with the Governor on the subject, and Warren has been released. WKtiiwaiON, July 28. The Act under which tbe Board of Governors of Wellington College Is consti tuted provides that members for the city of WefiV°B ton *kall, ex officio, be members oi 1 the Board. The point has been railed that there are no members and no such constUuenoy at the city of Wellington, and the opinion of the law officers of the Crown will be taken as to the right of the representatives of the districts Into which the city is split to sit on the Boatd. The Tborndon School Committee is at loggerheads with the Board of Education, The post of Infant mistress is vacant, and the Board selected one from tbe appli cants, whom It presented to tbe Commit tee for approbation. The Committee generally expressed strong disapproval of the action of the Board m selecting any one before consulting the Committee, especially as the Board's selection was usually tantamount to appointment, whether the Committee liked it or not. It was pointed out that the Board had on several occasions entirely ignored the Committee, and made appointments with ont the consent of the latter, and if this was to continue It would be a fares to bavsi ft Committee at all. The Committee then proceeded to consider the applica tion Itself, and ended by choosing a lady not selected by the Board, whom they ro quested that body to appoint, (n con formity with the unanimous wish of the Committee, and clause 45 of the Act. M» jor Atkinson has consented to address • public meeting here, probably on 4th August. An appeal care was argued In the Banco Court before the Chief Justice to day, In whioh the question at issue was whether s> settler is responsible for damage caused by a bush fire started on his land which extends to that of bis neighbor. The case was an appeal from the decision of tbe Resident Magistrate m a case In whioh damages were awarded for the value of property destroyed. The appeal was dismissed with costs. Dunedin, July 28 At • meeting of the Harbor Board to-day • letter was received, asking what amount tbe Board was prepared to pay for dredg ing the bar to a depth of 27ft at low water within nine months. The apparatus to be used for this Is Wellman's patent. A dredge on this principle has been recently erected on the Molyneux for dredging the river for gold. The matter was referred to the Wokrs Committee. No fewer than forty cases were sent down for hearing at the Resident Magis trate's Conrt to-day. During the first two days of the present week, 250 summonses were Issued. A boy named Arthur Mosley recovered £15 to-day m the Supreme Court for Injuries sustained by being bitten by a dog belonging to defendant, Alexander Montgomery. Ikvbrcabqili,, July 29. The Invercargill Corporation have re oeivsd an account of £150 for freight by direct steamer on £250 worth of gts plant, and will demand a refund from the shippers, who were not instructed to ship t>7 iteißWF,

CORRESPONDENCE.

I We do not hold ourselves responsible lor the opinions expiessed by our correspondents.

OLD MEN'S HOME.

TO TlfE EDITOB. Sir, —The "Illustrated London News" is being cent to the Old Men's Home, where it is much appreciated. Would any of your readers help me m paying for it. Any small subscription would berrry gratefnlly received. A sum of 12 1 lOd was collected the other day at an enter- < t&inment at the Homo, but more' is yet required. Perhaps yon would kindly recelva any sums that might be handed you.— lam, etc., B. A. SooiT. The Parsonage, Ashbuton.

THE REAL ISSUE BEFORE THE COUNTRY.

TO THE EDITOB. Sir, — In the Hou«?e of Representatives, on the 25th May last, the leader of tbo Oppoßitj»n moved, as an amendment to the motion made bj the Colonial Treasurer, for the Recond reading oE the Customs Dutiee Bill,— '•That, m the opinion of this House, the tariff and the other financial proposal of the Government are unsatisfactory." After debate the amendment was carried by a majority of 42 to 38, whereupon the Ministry, instead of resigning, asked His Excellency to grant a dissolution, m order that they might take the sense of the country upon their financial proposals. The dissolution was granted, and now the electors are asked to say '• Yea " or " Nay " to the financial proposals of the Govern ment, as embodied m their Budg t, nnd upon no other question whatever.

I invite the attention of the electors of ABhburton and Rangitata to this plain fact, because the Ministry and their newspaper organs, discerning that the common eonse of the people is altogether adverse to these financial proposals, are endeavouring to raieo a variety of side iegueß and parly crite m order to deetract the electors' at tention, and lead thorn to vote for Minis terial candidates. The country, however, has been deliberately asked to expresa an opinion upon certain definite proposals, ann the answer of tbe constituencies will be regarded as given for or against those pro posals jnst as they return Ministerial sup porters or the reverse. < The constituencies should pay no heed to the promises of retrenchment which | are now being made so freely by Minister s and their late supporters m Parliament . Had these gentlemen been m a majority when the division upon Mojor Atkinson's amendment was taken, there wou'd have been no real retrenchment, but tho country would now have been paying needless additional taxation at the rate of £325.000 a year ; it would have been paying a bas tard kind of protective Customs Duties, heavy enough to press severely upon the consumers, but not sufficiently heavy to effectively stimulate local industries ; and it would likewise be suffering from the imposition of a progressive proper ty-tax, than which I cannot conceive any measure more prejudical to the interests of farmers and working men, since its inevitable effect would be to cause the withdrawal of much of the capital already invested m the colony, aud to prevent men with money coming from other )and to settle m New Zealand, thereby caußi'ng a rise m the rate of interest, and a dimination of the fund available for the employment of labor. Cen acybody believe that c&pitulists would be such born idiots as to sett c m a colony where they would be subject to special taxation ? I have ventured to draw ' the attention of my fellow-electors to these points, because it seems to me to be of vital im portance that, when polling-day arrives, we should know really what questions we have vo vote upon. — I am, etc., CUAfI. W. PrjRNELL

A TERRIBLE OPPONENT.

The latrst specimen of latter day marine fighting architecture is the Sans Pareil, which is briefly described by '• Engineer ing" as followjs :— The Sans Pareil was launched from tho Thames Iron Works yard on Monday, May 9. Tho following are the chief elements of design : — Length, 340 feet; breadth, 70 feet; depth, 37 feet, 6 inches ; displacement m tons, 10,470; engines, 7500 Indicated horse power natural draught, and 12,000 indicated horse power forced draught, by Meßßrs Humphrys, Tennant and Co. Armament :— Two 16-inch 111-ton guns twelve 6-inch 5-ton guns, Dine 3-pounder quick- firing guns, one 10 inch 29 ton gun, twelve 6»pounder quick-firing guns, two 1-inch Nordenfelt guns, eight 14-inch Whitehead torpedo tubes, and four 0.45 inch Nordenfelt guns The Sans Pareil has 170 water-tight compartments, neces sitating the introduction of 969 water tight doors, scuttles, and valves, and the steam engines, main and auxiliary, amount to 55 m number. The dead weight of the Sans Pareil is stated to be 6000 tons, a greater weight than any launched m this country Bince the Great Eastern.

SPORT IN ENGLAND

The weather is terribly against us (says an English letter writer). A cold spring his been followed by the commencement of a wretched summer. Here on the Ist June we are glad to light a fire when evening comes on, and the spring fhwera are only just beginning to be In perfec tion. The country, it is troo, is looking lovely, but it is with a beauty which ought to have been seen a month ago, and though at one time we had promise of a magnificent fruit crop, gardeners are now In utter despair at the winds and frost which have played sad havoc with every blossom. Nevertheless, out-door pastimes are m full swing, m particular yachting. The new Scotch cutter, the Thistle, has proved herself an unmatched competitor In the races wh'ch have bean run, and she goes to America with high hopes of winning back the cup which i n&a lost so long ago as 1851, and has never been recovered. Her career will be eagerly watched for reasons I have before alluded to, but gceat doubt is en tertained that ehe wilLjbeat either the Puritan or the Mayflower, let alone the new yaoht which the Yankees are known to be building for the oomlog match, The bfcyole Championship cf the wor!d has just been won by RlGw^rd Howell, of Leicester, against W. M. Woodside of Philadelphia. Five matches were arranged bit as the English champion won the first three, the remainder were- not pulled off. The first was over a twenty mile course, and the tbitd for a mile. The times occupied by Howell were, pupceeslvely, lh Omln 54ieo, 3Smln 3§seo, and 2m'» 47seo. These records— at any rate, the first— have, I believe, never been beaten, even by the winner himself. A proposal is on foot for Cambridge to go over and row Harvard, and a sum of £600 Is being raited for the purpose, but tbe suggestion Is not being very warmly taken up— possibly because the last Anglo- American race was fought out on the Thames under circumstances not very acceptable to the Americans, and some little ill-feeling resulted ; but this was some years ago, and if the match could be held, say triennially, It would come to be a raoognlaed institution, and would' be conducted under rules that would be acknowledged by both sides.

BURNING OF THE PARIS OPERA HOUSE.

INCIDENTS OP THE CATASTROPHE

The English papers contain full aid graphic accounts of the burning of tbo Paris Opera Coxique. Some of the incidents narrated are p?cu iarly pathetic and painful. Among the v.otimis aro M Langereau, of Touts, and his wife and daughter, wko had come up to attend a friend's wedding, and for tho daughter to buy articles fur her own approcohln* marriage. The bodies found on the stair case between the upper and lowor boxes show that death was due simply to soft' joatlon. There is no trace of tire en them. Somo of the women hnvo their gloves faateued, and evsn their bcmnHs are still tied under the cbin, though c !&• plaoed and crumbled. In one case, how*, ever, a woman's hair was diehevolhc. The women are mostly etout and elder Jj j having Buocumbed m the fight for epreuf and their faces are lacerated and bruised. The men, too, are mostly obese. Their oo*t tails have m many cases been ton off The watches found on the bodhs are all found to have stopped at a quartet past nine or twenty minutes past nine. As the fire did not beak ont till aftrr nine, their unhappy owners mint h;ng been almost immediately suffocated <r trampled to death. Among the bodies found was that of a girl m the lower gallery, apparently English, for she wore a loDket inaorlbod " Mary." One p»Per m Paris sta'oi that two persons m a sitting posture on be Been m one of the boxes. Frorc the ledge of wbat was the upper gallery three bodies can be seen hanging head downwards, the victims having been jammed by the legs by eorae falling tim ber. Among the victims there are s*ld to be a email "Vienna banker, M De esauer, and his young wife. The latter has recently won the fi<*Bt przi of 35 000 florins m, a lottery, aid m onoequoi 04 of this good luck, they troated thorosplves to a pleasure trip to France. Tht> unfor tunate couple have left three young chil dren behind them Sinoe tho rcnrning of the fira an old gentleman, looking very pale and aad, has been sitting on a frng inent of beam opposite tho entrance through which the dead bodies are brought to be put m coffins "and carried away. He went with his wife and daughter to see v Mignon " acted. He wa? separated from tnem on leaving the hall, but supposed they had gone out before him. They have not been seun since, but he h»B taken up his post on the log, where he ei*s with his eyes fixtd on the spot to whioh the dead bodies ur». brought to be borne out. Every time ■ new one comes he rises, looks at it, aha^ns his head, and returns to bis seat sobb ng, A young man of twenty five has been m like manner waiting for tho diioo7ery of the bodies of his father, mother, and sister.

SIR JULIUS YOGEL ON EXHIBI TIONS.

Daring an address at tbe ln<fn*trl&l oon veraazione at Christchuroh laet n : ght, S.r J. Vogelsaid: — "Now Zealand agriculturo ia represented at £10,830,000, manufac turer at £7,436,000, commoroo nt £13.431,000, and raaaport at £1,760,000. Agrloul me thus rep r eßontß 33 3 por cent, manufactures 22 3, commerce 40 1, and transport 5 3 per cent respectively. These figures show ft remarkably email pero n tage cf manufacturer, and en equally remarkably large proportion of commerce as compaaed with the similar relative figures In other parts of tho world. No one who studies the figures will have any difficulty m diagnosing the malady under which the co'ooy labore — too much oorntperco and too little manufacture ; or, m c mvertiblo terms, too much working for other countries, and too little working for Itself. It has to be borne In mind that there may be large industries m the eonntry withont reference to supplying other markets, and this seems to me to be the o 1 jfct which has most to be kept m vlevr. if the various countries of the world persist as they do m shutting oat foreign imports by heavy duties, it stands to reason that the largest fa notion open to new industries Is that of supplying onr own matket, and thus to avoid the nece slty of eendlog rrnney away to pur chiee the commodities of other countries. NaTerthelesa, wo may hope to send our productions to nil partn of the world. There are countries where manufacturing makes no progroos, to which we might be able to B6i. d our surplus goods af.er sufficiently supplying tbe local demand. I do not think there is sufficient appte olaticn of the general praotico of export* ing commodities far below the price at which 'hey are supplied to local consumers. It may seem almostinoredible, but 1 believe it can be shown that it frequently pays the manufacturer to export goods for 60 per oent less than he supplies the home de mand. The result is bronght about by reason of the cheapness with which, as a regular role, large quantities can be made of any article m comparison with the manufacture of a imaller number. There are two particu'ar industries to which I should like to call your attention. The Brit is sugar. I so firmly believe m the necessity of establishing local industries that I am strongly of opinion that tha present low rate of sugar should not stand In the way of Investigation being made as to whether or not it is possible, by pro duoing sugar m the colony, to save the immeoao sums which are raised by little better than slave labor. Tbe other in dustry to whioh I wish to call your atten tion is that of cotton manufacturing. There Is'not a cotton faatory m the whole of Australia or New Zealand, as far as I am aware. In Canada there are.aeventeon cotton factories. The results shown there are of an extraordinary nature. By increasing the rates of duty In 1878 the cotton produots rose from £230,000 to £880.600, and the wages paid from £65,000 to £189,000 ; being' an increase daring the short period of 230 per cent on the number of handa employed, 243 per cent an the amount of waged paid, and 2B2 per oent on the products. In oon elusion, let me Bay that I am inclined to modify the opinion which I held three years since, that it was desirable to hold yearly colonial exhibition of the industries of the colony m the various centres of population. I still think tho exhibition of 1885 answered a good purpose, and that it may be desirable occasslon»lly, after a term of yoars, to hold a similar Exhibition. But, knowing the oost^of the Exhibition, and steing what may be done by Individual efforta at various centres, I am inolined to think that it would be preferable, instead of an ambitious colonial Exhibition to encourage local Exhibitions of the present character m various pariß of tbe colony. In short, I incline to think there should be yearly exhibitions, under the charge tf industrial associa tions, of a character allied to the exhibi tions of the agricultural and pastoral as* eociations, from which incontestably large benefits have amen. If annual exhibitions of this kind wero held, small prizes and other oncouragoment might bo given ; and the Government if it wero able to render assistance, would bo able to do bo at a much less cost than was entailed by the Industrial Exhibition of 1885. Whit I see to-night, and the experience gained at such exhibitions as have been held hore and m Auckland. Wanganui, and else where, lead me to concludo that most attractive collections on be get together at a very small cost."

THE ASHBUftTQN GUARDIAN, PBIDAY, JULY 29, 1687



Frledl&nder Bros. Public Notices. Public Notices mO MEET TII X ME A C. TRUCKLE, PROPRETOR of tho Trit.ce Albert Boarding -House, Wills Stroot, 'shburton, next Cddfollows 1 Hall, wlule thankinz his many Fiiends ami Customers «.i lv * . .*• n for their liberal support for tl)'o pnst 10 JIBSI btrCGt fIUCtIOD KOOHI yoars, 80licitsa continuance oft ;ho earne. AWD Board and Lodging, 14s 16s, l'Bs pw *AWX*QCJ_£>xi.Zj/i^.XV per week. Dinners only, 4a per work.. 11HB undersigned, haying been orsted by n i -,""T""" c i- •,. — • 6 * * Good acar.mmodation for Familiar, ond,, snmerons Olwnts to mnlw provision " private roms f or I adic9. 752 for peviodlcM As Byron says — m I never, n.>, I norer, Auction Sales B^^nSJf" 1 - (Yellow Dwarf T «» . TAKE MOORE'S PILLS, LAND FAttTVT RTOfilT v Chtifltch « rch . March 9th, 1887, lam i*ANU) XAMM. HIUUJV. happy to testify to tho value of your ■D-D/vrvrrrrra L L iv ° r / nd , Stonmcll '° p il's> having used t JKUIJUUJS, them for the last fourteen years, nnd can A AnnO Al Onniil recommend them to overy household with GENEEAL MEHCHANDIBE ORR & ALCORN ™*° <*°*~-±°- «— • . Hare pleMnreinftßuenndnir that Sole Agent for Ashbur ton,— OHAS. NEATF, they .aye engaged PIoVPV Pharmaceutical Chemist, 7 IG6 Mr Petes Williams, || *- 1 , George Jameson Late of OaMMo, who had several yeari . ■ experience m the Auctfoncsring Business, for IX7^ Te i QI * rcce^ ve^ 1 )Vfl"ITTi T^iTi£*Ci f V ©x steamer Taiaul, j-tao/aAo, X l|JCa. the holding of Sales at their from London, . --— ' : xr-ntTr iTrrirnTAiT -r»^~,..« - A SIZES—From 3 to 15 inche*— NEW AUCTION BOOMS & white clover A. With HOESE BAZAAE ' RaD olovjsr bhnds, elbows and junction ' OOWORARq And also FIRK BRICKS Bast Strict, UUW OKABS FOR SALE BY "" , Perawly tho TOWN HALL, which haabtea AND GEORGE JAMESON, fitted upfor that porpose. ALSYKS, SHBURTON All Land, Stock, Prodnce, etc, enteosted to them for Pale by Anction wfll be submitted Thaw . S«eda have been JU £lli fi.€ufl, b, Mr WILLIAM who *11 have entir. carefully selected, and are of THREE rpHQog^j) ACBE g control f thi. branch of their b«!n«s, and tt§ C?(|M they hope that by itnderin* OR THEREABOU IS, PBOMPT ACCOUNT BALBB, MODERATE ™ blocks op To the wishes ol eliwte, they wttl'aeeiw « hit wIU be Contlntted * °r "* •haw of pnblio patronage; another WEEK. TO LET FOE CHOPPING^ . LENDERS are Invited up to 31stAu£Uife — — JL next, for the rfghfc to grow. on« Kftfiniflr SfllPQ AH QflfnftfaVQ Turnip Crop and one Grain Crop on the ACgUiai DdlCb 011 OdlUrUajS Palrfield Enate, adjoining the Ashbarton of ADD JP-r A I HAD AT Township. The land ,ha 8 not been under FAKM PKODUCE, FUBNI- UKK ® ALWKJN- ""i^To^Z^ b 8 giren „. Ist October nezh TUEE, IIOESES, CATTLE. PUns of the Eotate may b 3 B e ? n, and ' *■"•"> partioularß obtained, on application to HGS, & FAEM IMPLE- ME GEOEGE JAMESON MENTS. •-..-■■ ASHBURTON. 6J105 :. . SALES OF BTOOK IN COUNTY BALE ' ~ — CLOVER SEED. Season . ■ Clearing Farm Bales an other Local Sales „ on Mondays, Wtdnesdajß, Thnredays, TUST landed, ex steamer "Kaikoura," and Fridays. my firet Bhipment for tho season of — BED CLOVEE, FRIEDLANDEii BROS. cow geass, PETEE WILLIAMS, WHITE CLOYEE, 1 Auctioneer. I AKD I '. _ ALSYKE. • These Seeds have boen carefully eolected and aro the best obtainable. I HAVE ALSO~IN ■ STOCK— ■' m — mmm * m^ mm TM"cCft,llTini & CO. Machine-dressed Ryegraes and Cocks- ___^ Wheat, Potatoes, and all kinds of /I At TT fIAKTT r*AIT BTATION aNl^£arm stores. tUAL ! tUAL ! tUAL George Jameson, pBESH supplies of ASHBUETON. NEWCASTLE COAL T. Bullpcfc. WESTPORT COAL jj^q LET for a crop of Oats, aboutTlO GREySoUTH COAL, L Acreeayhe back of "The Grange." Also- T. BULLOCK. WE ARE BUYEES Nfltive Bu P erior to Mount Somerft for^salb. Coal - QET of Harrows, new, price £3148 OP (J 6d, T. BULLOCK Fresh suppließ|o£ TINWALD. Building Timber and Building Materials of mO LET— A Cottage near tho 1 !: School. Qq+o J. Apply to T. BULLUCK. evef y description. m 0 LKT-fi-Foomed Houeo^in Cameron T3 i ■ X Street, opposite the Wesley an Church, Jb&riey A PP iyt 0 m FEESH IMrOETATIONS t. bullock. ri c a FOR SALE> •n n « VM «.. M • avvmM «.«« WM A NUMBER of Blue Gum Poles, WUW^TWfI MJTUBTXTQ suitable for Stockyard Kails, or rJurlUlriU liiAi£li\lnLD making a frame for Rough Stable. BIQHEST PRICE QTVW: ' U.JBULLOOK. NOW TO HAN A FAE^ of I 2 8? ACBES m the Xjl Bangitata District, to Let, at a low "R 1 7JT17'nT A'N"nii''D "D"Dr\a Rental, with a Purchasing Clause. It is XlUhiVliAmJMl UKUO. - all Fenced and divided into 7 Paddocks, DITTT>T^ TXTf-TIT^ IXTTFIT^ part cultivated and laid down m. English nr f\Tn?T> crevcrno W I IV IV WJH.IV W I KiHi- Grasses, the remainder m tusßok. Thoro CLOVEE SEEDS r f J " LI '- U * ' -ixtu t t aaiu 5s a 10 _ Koomod Houeo orcctod on the CLOVEE SEEDS BAEBED & PLAIN. Pro P ort y' Btabl ° »^er Buildings. _ T ,_ rt ^ rt ,». T n __^ T « ?T «,,m For full particulars apply (o CLOVER SEEDS. ' 7tos t. bullock. No.;aß,9andlO, ROUND STEEL WIRE (}ty -| rvS TOWN SECTION 260, — - oD I J-\J Tinwald, near Iho Railway «« .„„ r . «« W ...«.-,. BARBED WIRE, "BEST DOMINION Station for sale at the above prico. Persors W& ABELAHDINGM ««ABAB,» desirous of qualifying themselves for a All kind* of BARBBSD WIRE, '* AOME|' vote at the forthcoming election this offers them an opportunity. - - CLOVEE SEEDS, ' - mmm __t. bullocl. OTAIinADnO OTAIinADnO TOLET.— Dwellinßhouse, together with OHOIOEBT QnALITY oTAHDAIIOS 8 I ANUAKUO 1 •«•" "table, Moore 'a Road, near CHOIOEBT QUAHTY. the Presbyterian Manse. Apply to — STANDARDS. t. bullock. _ T)VTJflT»i{jtj cl nAriTrflw^nmr m° LET,— At-a low rental, Property m EYEGEASS & COCKSFOOT Out and Punched- to any length and JL Tancred Street, recently m the gUßge*rtqutred ( occupation of Mr Dolman, on which 1 FOR BALE. erected Shop, Stable, etc.— Apply to — - T. BULLOCK. "MflCftlllliTi A CO. TJIOR SALE,— Central Site, being part FBIEDLA*TDER BROS. J*"^»iiuiu <*> v>u., % TS 177> lnl one-efghth „ of an Acre, having a frontage of 33 feet IVAti Tlinnfll> Ofin TAD I °n Burnett Street, and adjoining the liUlii lllllUul dUU irtJdl "Mail" Office. Very liberal terma of ' payment will be accepted. — Apply to -, t i iv T L T. BULLOOK. Merchants & Importers ?^w ASHBUETON, OAMAETI £. %&.SL! 2JrS.fi? 1 * T. BULLOgK.^ DUNEDIN & INVEE tinwald. CARGILL* mO LET— A Four-roc mod Houbq with Atlfifi v/-i***vix */# j^ gh 0P) adjoining Mr Heßeltine'a pro- " AW^ perty, and near the Railway Station. A



Puhlk Motlcea* TO LEST — A comfortable 6- Roomed Houbo, with Stable, within 200 yards of the Postoffice. Apply, Geo. Jameson. WE have various Bums of money to lend on approved Froohold Secaritiea at Lowest Curront Rates of Interest WILDTNQ & LEWIS, Solicitors Aflh burton, TO LET, /"COTTAGE with 4 acres Land, East \J Town Bolt, presently occupied by Mr lonby. Apply 7f 1 34 Bank of New Zealand . CONCERT AND BALL AT SEAVIEW A CONCERT and BALL will be held m the Seaview Schoolroom on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3rd m 7»l?i 5 ASQBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. mENDERS ore invited for : - 1. Ploughing 25 acres Plantation Re- serve, Crocroft. 2 Trimming Plantation Fences. Particulars on view at Council Office. Tenders to be sent m to Chairman by 11 o'clock a.m , THURSDAY, 4th August next. WILLIAM BAXTER County Engineer. SATURDAY, AUGUST 6th. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. RQ 25334, containing 100 Acres, *O* Waknnui Road District, for Sale, by order of tha Mortgagee. Particulars m a futore advertisement. T. BULLOCK, Auctioneer. RATEPAYERS OF WAEANUI. IN RESPONSE to the request of several interontod parties, I hereby convene a Metting of the Ratepayers of the Wnka- j nui Protective Works district, for MON- ! D VY EVENING next, the let August, at 7.30, m the Wakanui School, Business : To consider the question of River Protection, ond what shall be doße to prevent further damage by the Kiver. 7J167 GKORGE W. LBADLEY. ASHBURTON COUNTY HUNT CLUB. MEMBERS are notified that the South Canterbury Harriers will meet at Tinwald Hotel on TUESDAY, 9th August, at 11 80 a.m , by invitation. The annual Hunt Club Dinner will be held the same evening (TUESDAY, August 9th) at the Commercial Hotel, at7p>rn. All Members are particularly requested to take part, Tickets, 7a 6 i each, can be obtained from the Sub- Committee, Messrs Jephson, Henry Westoa, and C. Wroughton CYRIL JEPHSON, Hon Fee i ASHBURTON COUNTY HUNT CLUB BALL WILL bo held on FRIDAY, August sth, 1887, the night of the Hunt Club Steeplechases, at tne Oddfellows' Hnll, Ashburton. Music by Ifteming's Band, Dancing to commence at 8.30 p.m. tlmrp. Doub'o Tickets, 7s 6d. Single Ticket, for Gentlomen, 7s Gd, can be obtained from tho Sub-Committee, Messrs Jophson, F. Russell, Henry Weston, and O. Wroughton. CYRIL JEPHSON, Hon. Sec. nANTERBUBY /COURSING r<LUB. Canterbury Stakes, of three guinoas each AMD Oantbrbuey Puppy Stakes, of two guineas each, To be Kun on THE LAGMHOR ESTATE, ON AUGUST 3rd and 4th, Entries for the above will close on MONDAY, Ist August, at 9 p.m., at the Shades Hotel, Hereford Street. CHAB. A. CALVERT, Seoretary. Trees Trees Trees NOTICE TO PLANTERS. THE nnderolgned begs to call tbe attention of farmers, Bottlers and others to his extensive atook of FRUIT AKD FOREST TREES, among whloh are about 3,000,000 Forest Trees, Inclu- ding 200,000 Oupresßu* Maorooarpa, one and two years old; 200,000 Finns Insig- nia, one and two yean old ; 100,000 Plnui Larlolo; 3C0.000 Silver Birch; 0,000 Finns Auatrlaca; all other klndt proportion. All kinds of Cabbage lants on sale, and a few thousands of cry early Strawberry Plants. N.B.— All orders by post, or other w'no, hall reoelve my best attention. JAMES PORTER, CLIFTON NURBWRY. Allenton, Mrton Mr Rolleston imiX ADDREBS THE ELECTORS OF THE RANGITATA DISTRICT on FRIDAY, July 29, Wakanal MONDAY, August 1, Ohertaey TUESDAY, August 2, Pendarves WEDNESDAY, August 3, Kyle THURSDAY, August 4, Soalield FRIDAY, August 5, Llsmore Further appointments at other places within the district will be advertised shortly. • Meetings m overy case at 7.30 p.m. 7 80 * TO THE ELECTOES OP THE ASHBUBTON DISTBICT. TUTR WALKER invites the Electors of ABhburton Electoral District to meet him ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 2nd, ODDFELLOWS' HALL, ASHBURTON, AND WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3rd, SOUTH RAKIIA. Each Evening 7.30 p.m. Notice will be given of other meetings . I have tho honor to be Your Obedient Servant, W. 0. WALKEB. Ashburton July Htb, 1887. 93



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