HORSE MARKET

Mr T. Bullock reports for the week ending Saturday, May 23th : —There was about an average attendance of farmers and others- There was a large entry of horses for the day's sale, v'z , 44. The medium, draughts offered were not of such » good stamp ac those at previous sales, consequently lower figureß were obtained. For light harness horses, of whioh there was more than an average number, biddings were languid and the roservea plaoed upon a number of them were fx sesslve. Owners appeared to expect similar prioes to theje obtained a few Greeks ftgo for a better class, otherwise mote would have changed hands. Twenty four oat of the entry of 44 were sold as follow*, viz .-medium draughts of a light .description, £12 10a, £13 10s' 10-, £16, £17} aged £9 10s £10; do, of a good stamp, £12 ; inferior, £6 lOi, £7 10s ; 3-year-olds, unbroken, £15 10s, £16, £J6; light harness horsee, £4 G»0, £8 6s, aud for a fairly good stamp ip to £13 10a was obtained ; backs, £4, £5 sb, £6 10s, and a five-year-old mare brought £11 ; eorubbers from £1 153 to £3. Harness, sundries, etc,, at nnrket ratei.

PROPERTY SALES.

Previous to the ordinary horse sale, I offered by Older of the [Registrar of the Supreme Court a number of properties m the estate of Robert Wilkin, deceased, situated m the town of Ashburton, Tinwald Town Board. District, and a number of Beotiooß m the township of Hinds. There Vflß a good attendance, and a good deal of interest appeared to be evinced m the sale, find the wholo were sold at the following prices, viz. :— Half interest m T.S. 754, Ashburton, £8 ; Lot 70, containing 1 rood, township of Tinwald, with buildings thereon, £80 ; Lot 73,. containing 1 rood, with butcher's shop and dwelling-house attaohed, £140 ; Lot 148, 1 rood with cottage, £35; Lot 149, 1 rood with «ottage, £30 ; Lot 151, 1 rood with build ing, £50 j Lot 150, 1 rood, £20 ; Lot 43, containing 37 perches, with buildings, £100 Lot 250, containing 30 porches, £7, The buildings on those properties were m a very dilapidated state. Town ship of Hinds, Lota 20, 1 rood, £1 5s ; 22 do, £1 j 23 do, £2 ; 28 do, £1 5s } 30 do, £1 : 40 do, £1 10s ; 42 do, £2 ; 44 do, £1 10a ;46 do, £1 15s ; 47 do, £1 6s ; 60 do, £1 15 b; 51 do, £2 ss ; 52 do, £2 Bs. Lot 70, containing 2 roods, £1 15s ; 71 do, £1 15 b; 72 do, £1 15s; 80 do, £2 15s. I also sold by order o£ the mortgagee Lot 22, containing 32 perches, part of R 8. 14880 fronting the Wakanui Road, with inferior building thereon, £60. Several other properties were offered, but biddings not realising owners reserves were passed m.

A SOLDIER'S SEARCH FOR A WIFE

Private William Hall, of the G4tfi Foot (North Staffordshire Regiment)', was •harged at West Bromwlch with being absent without leave from his regiment on the previous night. The prisoner is the man who some weeks ago wrote to the Chester board of guardians asking them If they could find him a wife. The letter found its way into the newspapers, and has brought Hall some 800 replies from all parts cf the country from young women willing to throw la their lot with him for better or worse. On Friday night the prlione'r absented himself from duty for the purpose of meeting one of the girls, with whom he had made an appointment at Stourbridge. This young woman wrote from Bromegrove, and stated that she was the daughter of a farmer, but added that her father wa« dead Be had, however, left her £120 m mocey, and Bhe was now getting a very good living, and raving a little, which she was puttiDg m the bank. Bhe was living m a house with a servant glrly bat «ho thought of petting married, m a good hnsVand would be useful to her to attend to the cows, and ehe wsb sure they oonld do well together. She was going totakeafarm In Gloucestershire, and DO one would know where they bad gone to. If he meant business and intended leaving the army, she would buy him out with her own money, if they liked each other ; but to be sure he would not make a fcol of her, the asked him to slhd her railway fare to Lichfield, and she would give it him back .when rhe met him. She enclosed her photograph, and rt quested him to tend his, so that she woold know him when they met. If be was true, he would Always have a good home with hor and a hard-working wife The sequel to all this romancing was that the prisoner was remanded m custody to await an atcort from his regiment;

A CRIMINAL'S PARADISE

The " Dally Telegraph's " Paris corres pondent says : —New Caledonia is the criminals' pared lie. All the murderers hope that their llvea will bo spared by the President of the Republic, and that they will lave a happy time m "La Nouvelle," as they call it* The cases are not Infre* quent m which prisoners stab their turnkeys with a view to being condemned for the crime, and then transferred from Glatmox and other jails to their Utopia. Yon may romember the case of the man Fenryrou who mardtred his wife's lover, Aaber, at L'Peoq. The pair are now living comfortably m New Caledonia on thole owa hod, which fa «uUlvatad f ot them by convicts. Pel, the Montreuil eloebmaker, who made away with his wife and servant, is a hospital nurae. Other examples might be cited to show that steady behaviour soon works marvels In New Caledonia, Little wonder that orimlnali should prefer the colony to the hard and monotonous life of a. prison. The Societe Franoalse de Colonisation has decided to send twenty-five f*milies of emigrants to the New Hebrides. They are to embark at Marseilles on the 7th of March,

THE BURNS STATUE

(Civil io the " Otago Witness ) Barm aits enthroned at last m the Rdina of the South, and we have only no * to reflect on our singular merit m paying thjfl homage to his genius— and our elngalar temerity In neglecting to pay the balance of the little bill. That ugly un paid balance— £2so or thereabouts— how the soul of Barns woald scorn a people (that set np a statue to him whilst unable or trawilllngfto meet the just claim of the orafttmr n that made it ! Sooner or later we shall meet that claim, no doubt, if only io prevent a bailifi taking Burns m ezeontion ; In the meantime the Com mittee who " unveiled" him to-day would do only ft wise and proper thing if they veiled him np again to-morrow m a stout tarpaulin, resolved to keep him m that eclipsed condition until tho Otego publlo should pay the uttermost fai thing, and they could exhibit Sir John Stefile'o receipt In foil We are growing dreadfully familiar m New £ca T and with debts and loans. Oar oharobes are In pawn, oar private dwellings, oar harbors, our railways ; the very coil we tread is hypothecated to the foreign oreditor. But a ataf ue with a debt on it— bb if it were a church — ii s new thing under the son. There hasbeennothingllfre it till now, even In this great loan land, where everything the inhabitants possess, orgeem to poßsesß, "la praotioally "up the spout." What concern have we with statues if we can't pay for them ? A gigantic collection box •toocMn front of the pedestal during Tuoa day's ceremonial, from which, when the veil was lifted, Barns was perceived to be steadily averting his gem. Poor Barns I Want o' siiler was his bane dur ing life, and pursues him even m his fm mottality. Better drop the voil again, and cover him up unt'l wo oaa look m his hones^aoly face wHk, some seme ci uel£ fOlJWvt

THE WALLSEND ENQUIRY.

Grrymootii, May 20

The Wallscnd enquiry wns continued . Willium Walker, m crops examination by Mr Binna, said he knew that had he com ninnicatod with jsr Binns an investigation would follow without divulging his name, but there was not sufficient danger for him to writo. Ho was never given a copy of any rules.

Gettos, a miner, deposed that he was working with Waiker when ho saw the flames lift him to the low Bide of the board. Paw him try to got on his feet, and Bhouted to him to keep low, Throw himself down flat, and the fire did him" little injury. Had been mining 20 years, and had worked m some of tho mo t fiery mines m England. Consdered it unsafe to test with a crook, as done m the Walls end mine The lamp is too high above the line of sight. The face is a high one, and tho brattico is not clobo enough to the face when she makes gas. Had known gas to fire where he worked since April 25th. Told Rankin the day after it oc curred. Lowory once handed him a piece of brattice cloth to beat out tho fire with. He was not sntisGed with the way the latnps were inspected ; In other places Ihey are tab en to pieces, and examined m the presence of tho workmen. The lampuian does not examine the top of the lamp, and the Davy is not examined at all. Cross-examined by Mr Kitchinghatn, witness said he had Been gas light five or six times after the shots. They kept a piece of bratti(M cloth for beating out the fire This occurred since the accident. It was hot dangerous. Two or three batts were knocked out. Had seen similar firing m other mines. There waß nothing unusual In it where the gaa was m. Did not know whether gaa could be discovered before firing- Thought it nnmual when he first worked there not to have hla lamp properly examined at the bottom: of the pit. Saw rules at tho pit top, but never read them. It ia possible to discover gas with a clayey without its being put out, but it 13 more easily told with a Davy. The brattice was sufficiently close to the face on the day of the accident. Never saw fire from a shot except m the Wall send and Unsworth mines, acd the Durham and Heddon mtnes. The Dur ham la more fiery than the Wallaend Thej do not shot coals there.

By Mr Binns : The explosion, he thought, was from tho gas being lighted by the shots. It is safe to blast powder m the Wallsend with sufficient air travelling to clear the place. Have seen gas hanging m this plate 4 it was usual to see it if the brattice was back.

By Mr Boaes ; The flash at Unsworth was similar to the explosion at Walleend on April 25, only later. It was much stronger. The coal is damp m the Walls end If it stands a day or two. Did not think it possible m a short drive, euoh as Dana was m, for coal dust to accumu late and causa an explosion. A shot that did its work ib aB likely to fire as one that blew its tamping. John Jaokson, miner, Baw the gas fire twice after the shot. This was caused through the powder being too weak. The air m the Wallsend miue is damp, and coal dust soon acts damp. Once witness put out the fhrae with ha shirt, and Rankin pu l it out with his hat. Was sitting at the bottom of the shaft ones when the fan was broken. Thought thero was no danger and asked the fireman to unlock kis lamp, but he refused to do so. HBy Mr KitchiDgham .• A feeder that firea Is frequatt. The place was properly examined before firing the shot oh each occaeion, and no gas was discovered. The enquiry will be resumed on Mon day.

A SEVERE DOMINIE.

The ghastliest s hool legend I ©vor heard rcas at Mr Poppletona'a academy for young gentlemen from nine to four teen years of age, I have since had reason to believe that some particulars of it were borrowed from a dreadful incident (hat happened durine the last century at the University cf Cambridge ; hut all Poppleton'a boys believed it to be origiua', indigenous, and true m every particular, and so of course did I. The discipline of the school was severe m rcy time, bat my Poppleton wsb said to ha»/a been on angel of mercy compared to Mi father, who presided over the establish ment before him. In his latter days however, his conduct had been almost Ghriatinn ;he came in r (to the educational biuiness) like a lion, but went out like. a lamb, m consequence of the follow* ing incident : — A young gentleman — Bodgor by name— bad been gent to this school at the beginning of the Eeq'er term ; whereat, from his dulioate con stitution and nervous temperament, he ought to have been sent to a girl's sohool. The wicked Poppleton so terrified. him that he ran away the next day, but was overtaken by P, upon a pony, and brought back captive, it was averred, with a rope round his little neck. He was sent to his dormitory with the, comforting remark to sleep upon that on the morrow morning he would be caned to within an inch of his life, but no measures were taken for his security. It was thought the broken spirited youth would not dare to run away again. When the morning came, howavee, no Bodgee was to bo loand. The wioked Poppleton started eff once more on ponnyback with the rope, but when he ieturned In the evening he had nobody at the end of it. The country was tcoured, and a number of little boys were taken up but none of them the right one. Bodger's papa arrived post-haste op the fifth day of his son's absence and " pitched into.Foppleton " to that extent vhat t'.iere was no school for a week afterwards. There was even a vague report that Bodger, senior, had slain the common enemy; bet the delight which that intelligence infused m ovory youthful bosom was only temporary. The head master reappeared, but without his cane. His evil temper was subdued, and the boys took the greatest possible advantage of it. They chalked lip, "Who .billed young Bodgei " and " Who hid the body?" upon the paling 3 round his private garden m the largest Roman hands. On Mb front door were once found the words "Who ate him 1 " engraved so deeply tint they had to be erased with a plane. And yet these terrible inuendoes were hardly less awful than* the thing which had actually occurred. There wai a cartaln room over the laundry where the boxes which the boys brought with them were kept untityhey went home for the holidays, and nothing else was kflpt there, so that it was not visited for months together. Into this apartrceut poor Bodger had fled, and shut himself np m his own box — which was dear, to him, perhaps, as having come from his home. It wsb the siory of the «« Mistletoe Bough," with this sad addition, that he could have got out if he liked, for there waa no pprlng lock. The unusual number of blue bottle flies which came m and dni of the to Dm through a crevice m the door at last attracted some body to the spot. This hideous incident was the thing most insisted upon by the narrators of Ihe story, and considered most satisfactory by the hearers. We never saw a bluebottle fly at Poppleton's without exclaiming " Hooray, here's Bodger J" or something to that effect— From school legends, by James Payn,

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

A Daring Burglary. Auckland, Moy SO,

Yesterday morning it was discovered that a daring 1 burglary had takon place during the night at O W. Goqdson's Lon don Arcade, the window being stripped of jewellery to tho value of £'360, which wns carried off by the: thieves, without leaving any other trace than an o'd lantern left m the Bhop. Entrance apparently was ob tained by the back door, the lock being picked, and a hole made to remove a heavy iron bar from the inside. The fihop is m a prominent position m Queen street. The window had no' shutters"; and gas was left burning all night for safety so that the robbery is enveloped m some mystery. A G-anerous Gift. Mr James Billworth, of Remuero, is the donor of £100, to furnish a Kindergarten school, and promises £100 annually t to provide free dinners to poor children. : : A Dangerous Fellow. Charles Patterson was apprehended on Saturday night, charged with assault ing Mra Cowdery by throwing a quantity of vjtroll on her. Fortunately the fiery liquid went on her dross and she was not injured, High Tides. Wellington, May 30. Sir Jay. Hector is of opinion that the recent high tides are the result of the voloanio dietutbance m New Mexico on 4th. On Saturday, May 7, a very hig tide was observed at Wellington, when I should have bean half ebb, The water rushed up the Hutt river, flooding the floor of the refreshment stands at, the racecourse to a.depth of several inchci. Accident to a Steamer. The steamer Maori, which left Grey mouth for Wellington on Friday, mot with a miehip on Saturday mariiing. It was found that trn bollor was leaking and the water running into the stokehole threatened to put the fires out. The vessel waa taken into Tory Channel, where the files were extlnguiphed and the leakage temporarily repaired, and the veaael came on to Wellington * Appointment Duwedin. May 30. Dr Macandrew has been appointed to the charge of the lunatic Asylum and gaol at Hokitika. Fire. The home of Walter Fow'gj Oaverahani wa« destroyed by fir* U&t night. The furniture was Insured m the Equitable for £150, . :

A WOMAN'S SUFFER NGS AND GRATITUDE.

A VOICE FROM AUSTRIA.

Near the village of Zillingdorf, m Lower Austria, lives Maria Haas, an intelligent' arid ndustrious woman whose story of physical suffering an^ final relief, as related by herself is of interest to English woman. " I was em ploy d," she say*, "m the work of a large farmhouse. Overwork brought on sick head ache, followed by a deathly fainting and sickness of the stomach, until I was unable to retain either foed or drink. I was compelled to take to my bed for several weeks. .Getting a little better from rest aad qut«^, I sought to do some work, but was soon taken with a pa*n m my side, which m a little while seem to spread over my whole Body, and throbbed m my every limb. :This was followed by a cough and shortness of breath, until finally I could not sew, and I took to my bed for the second, and, as I thought, for the la?t time. My f iends told me that my time had nearly come, and that I could pot live longer than when the trees put on their green once more. Then I happened to get one of the Seigel pamphlets. I read it, and my dear mother bought me a bottle of Seigel's Syrup, which I took exactly according to directions, and I had not taken the whole of it before I felt a great change for the better. My last illness began June 3rd, 1882, and continued to August 9, when I began to take the. Syrup. Very soon I could do a little light work. The couch left me, and I was no more troubled m breathing. Now I am perfectly cured. And oil, .how happy I am ! I cannot express gratitude enough for Siegel's Syrup. Now I must tell you that the doctors m our district distributed handbills cautioning people against the;medicine, telling them it would do them no good, and many were thereby influenced to desiioy the Seigel pamphlets; but now, wherever one is to be found, it is kept like a relic. The few pre served are borrowed to read, and I have lent mine for six miles around our district. People lrve come 18 miles to get me to buy the medicine for them, knowing that it cured me, and to be sure to get the right k : nd. I know a woman who was looking like death, and who told them there wasno belp for her, that she had consulted several donors, but none could help her. I told her of Seigers Syrup, and wrote the name down for her that she might moke no mistake,. She took my advice and the Syrup, and now she is m perfect health, and the people around us are amazed. The medicine has made such progress m our neighborhood that people say they don't want the dector any more, but they take the Syrup. Sufferers from gout who were confined to their bed and could hardly move a finger, have been cured by it, 1 here is a girl m our district who caught a cold by going through some water, and was m bed five years with costive ness and rheumatic pains, and had to have an attendant. to watch by her. There was not a doctor In the surrounding dis'ricts to whom her mother had not applied to relieve her child, but every one crossed themse'ves anr said they could not help her. Whenever thr little bell rang which is rung m our place when somebody is dead, we thought surely it was fos her, but Seigel's Syrup nnd Pills saved he. life, and now she is as. healthy as anybody, goe to church, and can work even m the fields Everybody was astonished to see her out, knowing how many years she had been m bed. To-diy she adds her gratitude to mine for God's mercies and Siegel's Syrup."

Maria Haas, The people 01 England speak confirmin the above,

AFTER MANY YEARS.

" Whittle-le- Woods near Chorley, " December 26th, 1883. " Dear Sir,*— Mother Seigel's medicine sells exceed' ng well with us, all that tr yit speak highly »n its' favor. We had a case of a young lady tlut had been troubled many years with pains after eating. She tells us that the pains were entirely taken away after a few doses of your medicine. — Yours truly, "EPeel."

AFTER SEVERAL YEARS.

ill X Ul\ LfXi V Ul\iXU A Um\U| " Stoke Ferry, January 9th 1884. *' Gentleman, — I have used Siegol's Syrup or several years, and have found it a most efficacious lemedy for Liver complaint? and general debility, and I always keep some by me, and cannot speak too highly m its praise, — I remain, yours truly, " Harried King,"

AFTER SIXTEEN YEARS.

95, Newgate Street, Worksop, Nttts, " December 26th, 1883. " Gentlemen,— lt is with the greatest 0 pleasure I accord my. testimony as to the efficacy of Mother Seigel's Syrup. My wife; who has suffered from acute Dyspepsia -for over sixteen years is new pjrfectly better through the sole help of jour Syrup. I have spent pounds m medicines from doctors— in fact, I began to think she was incurable, until your marvellous' medicine was tried,— l re* tnain, yours, thankfully}

Home Items and Topics.

— "All your own fault If you remain Bick when you call Get hop bittera that never— Fail* — The weakest woman, smallest child and sickest invalid can use hopbitters, with safety and great good. — Old men tottering round from Bhou matism, Lidney trouble, or any weakness will be made almost new by using, hop bittern. Q^My wife and. daughter were made healthy by the use of hop bitters and I recommend them to my people. — Metho dist Clergyman. ■ Ask any good doctor if hop Bitters are not the best family medicine On earth 1 I. — Malarial fever, Ague and Biliousness, will leave every neighborhood as soon as hop bitters arrive. — "My mother drove the paralysis and neuralgia all out of her system with hop bitters."- Ed. "Oswogo Sun." Ij^Keep.the kidneys healthy wlrh hop bitters and you need not fear sickneßß. —The vigor of youth for the aged and infirm m hop bitters'! ! I {— " At the ohange of life nothing equals ) Hop Bitters to ally all troubles inoident > Thereto," J " The best periodical for ladies to take monthly, ond from which they will receive the greatest benefit is hop bitters. — Thousands die annually from Borne form of kidney disease that might have been prevented by timely use of hop '■ ■bitters. : v< — Indigestion, weak stomach, irregular ities of the bowels, cannot exist when hop bitters are used. A timely ♦ •"• use of hop Bitters will keep a whole family In robust health a year at little cost. — To produce real geuine sleep and child like repose all night, take a little hop bittera on retiring. ; Prosecute the Swindlers! If when you call for Amerioan Hop Bitters (see green twig of Hops on the white label and Dr Soulc's name blown m tho bottle), the vendor hands out anything but American Hop Bitters refuse it and shun the vendor as you would a viper ; and if he has taken your money lor anything cUe indict him for the fraud acd sue him for damages for the swindle ana we, will pay you liberally for the oonvio tion. ;

-Lli^:^AMitrßTbj^' ;^ilJAil)ikN,' MONDAY, MAY 30, 1887



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Stratz and Co. WATEEBUEY WATCHES. ■WATEEBUEY WATCHES. HAVING received our first direct supply of WATEEBUEY WATCHES from the Mukers, we ore now enabled to Sell you a WATERBUKY WATCH with Half-a-dozen KNIVES Mid FOBKB (white or black handles} for 13s 6d. J. F. STJBATZ & CO., Christchurch. REVOLUTION IN THE WATCH" TRADE. ■■. ; . P AS formerly a Watch could only to- bad by a wealthy man, but now, *ith theaiiof improved machinery, and ; *n«wsyßt«a of bueineas,' J. R STEATZ & CO., PRACTICAL WATCHMAKERS, JEWBLLEES & MANUFACTURERS, 261, High Stheet, CHRIS,TCHUROH, v Pho s th.n vithiu the reach of all. • SEE WHAT BEADY MONBY.WIItL DO. We have Just rewired the FIRST SHIPMENT of EHRHABDX'S htsQ. MBH LEVER WATCHES, under onr" new contract with Mx W. HhrhaTdt, and 1 as our contract is to take so many hnndred. , a year, wo get them at a "fcrioe ,that? enabled us to cell at ',C ■ . £2 .10s. A PIECE • -'- i> and we guarantee them to bo exactly theu. came kind of Ehrhardt'a Watch that hw, been Bold m hundreds m ycur districts, cn 1 credit, at from £i to £8 a piece, and then, perhaps JE2 103 was paid down to ttart; . with. ■•■..- NOTICE, . Please notice that if we had not Started to'.aell Watches nt, a low profit m yonjf. districts, you wonld still have to pay. the same old exorbitant price 3, v " J/F. STEATZ &COS £5 10s ENGLISH HUNTING LEVERS* If anyone can get a better ,'madfl| better finished, or more suitable WntcH -for colonial use at £10 10s at any. placa m New Zealand than our £5 Itis English Levers we will me ie yon a prasant of ours, J. F. STEATZ AND CO. ' " Are the Government enntractora for the Repairing and Timing llio Olocks on the Canterbury Bail^-nyß, which we do at the rote of '2a per Olcck a year. These Clocks have to go to half a minute, and, since the beginning of onr contract, which is now ■ 18 months, we have not hnd a single complaint, . . •.' E.OMETHING TO ABTONIBH THE WORLD. J, F. STEATZ & CO. Huve just been established 10 years the beginning of June, and m that time have more Clocks out with their name and address on than any other firm m Canter* v bury, many of whom have been established 80 years. £100 To anyone who can prove this not to to Iruo. We would be pleoeed if our customers who have bought watches frcm u<i would eend testimonials of the watch's* perform* ance, and satisfaction given, ai theymra of gre&t service to us, and if any Watch or Clcck does not give perfect Batißiartion, wo . are Milling to change it £0 times if neces* sary, until eatisf action is givea. THE WATERBUEY WATOHi Which is ao well published *U over New Zealand, and is sold at Icb Gd, oau le had from onr firm for Us 6 D And as soon, as we can make dtrecfc ■ arrangements with <he makers, we expect to be cblo to Eell them at a much lower pi ice. In IBSL we had 25 Watetfntfy Watches as a c ample, an elf Bold ecmtt of tticm then as low as 123 6d, SPECTACLES t SPECTACLES 1 1 J. F. STEATZ & CO.^ Have received a large consignment of Spectacles of every detcriptioij to suit all Bighto, which /we are selling from Is a pair : genuine crystals, 5s Gd. Guaranteed best pebbles, 7b 6d pair j gogg'e&i 6d pair j ere protcctois, 2s pair. We have also imported the latest improved instrumetfc fcr testing the sight, wl io'a we will do at any time free of charge. J. F. STEATZ & CO.'S NEW PRICE LIST FOR REPAIRS, Watch Glaeses fitted to Waterbury and other Watches, Cd. : Hands fitted to Waterbmy Watches, 6d. Waterbnry Watches cleaned and repaired from Is to 23 Od, highest charge. Geneva Watches cleaned, large size 4aod, small siza 5s 6d. ''„/. _. ., Geneva Watches mainsprings fitted, wi tu. bare 33 6d; f-plate, <is «d. American Levers cleaned, large size 4a 6a t small size, 63 Gd. American Levers mainsprings fitted, wita bars Sb Gd ; 3-plate, 4s 6d. Englieh Levers, winding to the ngnt, cleaned 5s Gd. Englieh Levers, winding to the right, mainsprings fitted, 4s 6d. English Lovers, windicg to the left* cleaned 6s Gd. English Levers, winding to the left, main* springs fitted, 5a Od. Watches sent from country districts, it they can be returned by rail, 6d extra mast be added for carriage. ALL WOBK GUARANTEED. J. F. STEATZ & CO. Sell over 1000 Clocks a year, which U more than all the other Bhopkcepers m Christchuich put together Bell. £60 to who can prove we hxve not a Larger Stock of Clocks than any other chop m Ohrißtchuich. We have always 600 m stock, varyina m prioes from 2s 6d toJEiOlOa. CLOCK REPAIRS.. Our charge for Clock. Repairs, Time- pieces, is one half the Watch Repairs, Striking Clocks a amall extra charge. Inspection of cur large and well assorted Stock invited. Note the Addrees,— a J. f. steatz & co;;;- The only double-fronted Jeweller*' Shop 111 the city, one window for Ladies Jewellery, and one.for Gentlemen's. ' " SGI HIGH STREET, iBIAtSGIIfy QSRISTCEBBCH.



PaWic Notices. MR F. G. THOMAS, SURGEON-DENTIST .WILTj VISIT ASHBUETON ON TUESDAY, THE 31st INSTANT; And may be consulted jit tho Ootnnierciul Hotels : HAVES & GO. MAINTAIN that it is no uso (o inako huo acd cry about what one is going to do, unless ono is prepared to do it, and m advertising what we have for sale you are kindly invited to look through our Establishments, and vC i will find that we are docidedly tho Cheapest and Best House m town for everything. NO MISTAKE IN THIS. Trees Trees Trees NOTICE TO PLANTERS. THE undersigned begß to call the attention of farmers, settlers and others to his extensive etook of FRUIT AND FOREST TREES, among which are about 3.0C0.C00 Forest Trees, Inclu- ding 200,000 Cupressua Macrocarf a, one and two years old; 200, C00 Pinus Insig- nia, ono and two years old ; 100,000 Pinus Larlcio ; 3C0.0C0 Silver Blroh; 10,000 Pinus Auatriaca; all other kinds m proportion. All kinds of Cabbage Plants on sale, and a few thousands of very early Strawberry Plants. N.B.— All orders by post, or otherw'M, shall receive my best attention. JAIMtES PORTER, OLIFTON NURSE Allonton, Ashburton f2B PC7JBLIO NOTICE; TN retiring from the Tailoring Business X so long ant! successfully carried on by me under the Btyle of CraigheAd and Co. I bog most heartily to thank the many kind friends and patrons who have so liberally supported me durlrjg the time I have resided m Ashburton, also to Inform them and the publlo generally that I have disposed of my business to Mr Hugh O. Oraighead, who oomes to New Zaa'and well recommended with over thirteen years praotical experience, and all the latest and newest Ideas oonneoted with ! the trade. ALEXANDER ORAIGHEAD. Athburton, January Ist, 1887. "DEFERRING to the above, I have It much pleasure In intimating to the residents of Ashbnrton and surrounding district that I have decided to settle m Ashburton, and hope by at riot attention to business to merit the same favorable support whioh has been extended to my brother. The Aehburton Tweeds being quite equal, and m some reepeota superior to imported goods, I wIH support the locV industry as far as the requirements business will permit. Fit, Style, and Wobkaiajcship Guaranteed. - HUGHC ORAIGHEAD. Aohburtorij January let, 1867. 12 . George Jameson ABEBUKTON COUNTY STOCK AND SALE YARDS CO., LIMIiED. DIPPING SEASON, 1887 THE CONCRETE DIPS are now 50 feet long, and fitted with all the latest improvements. For part'culars as to cost of dipping sheep, apply at the Caretakers, QEO. JAMESON, 3 164. Secretary. Drain, Pipes. A Lti SIZES— From 3 to i 5 lnohea— Wltli BENDS, ELBOWS AND JUNCTIONS FOR SALE BY GEOEGE JAMESON, _____ ASHBURTON T AM A Z^ASH pUROHASER OF WHEAT OATS AND BARLEY GEOEGE JAMESON, ASHBUK3ON. 01 T. Bullock. EOR SALE, very cheap.— A New Slngle«aeated Buggy. Apply to TT BULLOCK. , AOWDRAY Farm, 605 Acres, part \J of Lowcliffe Entate, Coldßtream Road Board District, late H. G. 0. Boyle'a. Not having sold this property by auction, I am prepared to receive offers fur it up to SATURDAY, May 2 1st. For full particulars apply to BULLOOK *TK) LET.— Dwellinghouße, together with j_ small nlnble, Moore'a Road, near the Presbyterian Manße. Apply to T. BULLOCK. TO LET — Two Cottcpeß m Grey street known a« Coutts' block ; rent at 6 porwMk - t/btomok. fT?O LET,— At o low rental, Property In j_ Tanored Street, recently m the occupation of Mr Dolman, on which Is T^OR .SALEj—Oentral Site, being part h» ©I TS 177, containing One-eighth A-*© Acre, haviug a frontage of 33 feet °n Street, and adjolniug the «'M A *i'" Osffico- cr y liberal terms of navinenl'^ li>eacce P ted *- A P ply to T. BULLOCK. nm? qATi, '—Lot 2s, fronting the North terms if requireu. ' '°»'^ BULLO OK. -! mo TWT nt a w r6atul,!Sbop and T D Sogho«Be to*M : °«f. Btreet - kW ' m occupation of Mr Luca ""jjtjTjTjOOK • '. TINWALD— Town Sectk ■*; . 373,374, 375, 376, 3, \ tt blook, fronting Thompson sti A * {J. " the County Baleyatds, fot aalo 1 y \ ■ IUW pcioo. ft,nd m liberal toriiiß. Apply Jl v ' T, BUM.O*. *•



Bnelnoßß Notices. McCallum & Co, FRESH IMPORTATIONS or FENCING MATERIALS NOW TOJHAN WIRE. WIRE. WIRE. BABBED & PLAIN. No.'i 8, 9 and 10, OVAL STEEL WIRE No.> 8, D»nd 10, ROUND STEEL WIRE BARBED WIRE, "BEST DOMINION ' BiRBED WIRE, •< AOME " STANDARDS STANDARDS STANDARDS. ' Out£,and 'Punobed to any length sod guftge required, McCallum & Co., Iron, Timber and Coal Merchants & Importers AS EBURTON, OAMARTT DUNEDIN & INVER- CAEGILL. DISSOLUTION OF IN Consequence of {he DISSOLUTION of PARTNERSHIP we will offer tho whole of our EXTENSIVE STOCK, CONSISTING OF DEAPERY, CLOTHING-, AND BOOTS £9000 _ £9000 HARDWARE AND GENERAL IRONMONGERY £7500 _ £7500 GLASS, EARTHENWAEE, AND GROCERIES, 1 £1900 £1900 At euch prices as will coittttiand a CLEARANCE within Two Months. ■ As tho DRAPERY, IRONMONGERY, and CROCKERY STOCKS are our own Importations lately landed (some still to arrive) bought direct from the Manufac- turers, purchasers will have an oppor- tunity of getting NEW GOODS, and at SUOH PRICES as will be better than buying from BANKRUPT STOCKS at any price* ORE & ALCORN, i



Aiictiogß. SATURDAY, JUNE 4th. J-Acre Winter's Road, Allenton, with house thereon. MR T. BOLLOCK has received in- structions from Mr Patbiok Mbnotiin, to Sell by Public Auction at the Arcade on the above date — Lots 57 and 58, each containing £-acre, part of block known a? Alison Smith's, j one section off Winter's Koad, Allen- ton, on which is erected a 2-Roomed Dwelling House, now m the occupa- tion of Mr Barkness. The Land is of good quality for Garden purposes. It ib well situated, being high, dry and a veiy healthy locality. Terms of payment easy* Sale at 12 30. T. BULLOOK, 5°234 Auctioneer. Public Notices RANGITATA ROAD DISTRICT. rpENDERS for work on G&wler Downs J. Boad will be received up to 11 a.m. Juno 6th, 1887. Specifications to be seen at County Council Office. O, J. HABPEB, SJIBB Chairman. NOTICE TO SHEEP OWNERS. Joseph Fold's Patent Mixture, A PERFECT CURE for all scour and lung worm m sheep. One gallon sufficient for 160 sheep. Price, 17s 6d for one gallon ; two gallon tins, 17s per gallon. Sent to any part on remittance to JOSEPH FORD, Baling. AQBNT3 WANTED. 4t279 ASHBURTON O.\B, COAL, AND OCKE3 COMPANY LIMITED. NOTICE is hereby given that any Person Lighting Street Lamps, other than the Servants of the Gas Company, will be prosecuted, ard a Reward of ONE ?ODND is offered to any Person giving iaforma'ioii which Shall lead to the con- viction. By order, J. WARD. Secretary. ENCOURAGE f OCAL TNDUSTftY Ei LI AND ASK FOR Blankets, Flannels, Tweeds, AND Knitting Yarns JFBOM THB ASHBURTON WOOLLEN FACTORY. THE BULLI DISASTER, PERSONS not sal- scribing towards this urgently required Fund through any local Committee In their own locali- ties, or m any other way more desirable to themselves, can do so by addressing their kind contributions either to the Central Committee m Sydney, the Branoh Committee ab Bulli (eight miles from Wollongong), or to W. J. POULTER, Mayor of Wollongong, A. A. TURNER, Police Magistrate, Joint Treasurers, Wollongong Branoh, Bulll Relief Fund. Town Hall,* Wollongong, N.fi.W., April 6th, 1887. WHICH IS RIGHT, TO LIVE AJND EAT, OR EAT AND LIVE ? SOME People Live to Eat, and some Eat to Live. Which is best ? To live we must eat, and having settled this, it becomes an important question what to eat, as on the wholesomeness of food depends health. Therefore try T. Hoult's REAL EPPING PORK SAUSAGES,* At the NEW PORK BHOP, between H. Zander and Co. 'a and the Bread Co.'s, where you will find the above, also PORK PlfcS, BRAWN, FAGGOTS, PIGS' OBEEKB, PIGS' TROTTERS, POUL- TRY, SMOKED HAMS AND BACON, all his own make and curing } also FRUITS of all descriptions. HffiRBAL BEER from own Factory, Confectionery, &c TEA AND COFFEE at all hours. Sitting Room at back of shop for Visitors. 6 104 Important N otice. TRANSFER OF BUSINESS. 1* BEG to announce that I havo SOLIJ THE WHOLE OK MY STOCK- or TIMBEE AND THE GOODWILL OF BUSINESS TO Messrs Tucker & Rested . TIMBER GENERAL JlSßcuAtfj®, rro vvhol an RECOMMEND MY CUSTOMERS AndJJthose] who'|kindly PROMISEDiMEJSUPPORT, j' W." W. WHITE.



Public Notices. TENDERS. WANTED Tenders for Cutting az?d .Burning about 6| miles gorse fences at per chain ; one side and top. Con- tractors to provide themselves with everything. For particulars apply at the station. Tenders close June 15th. I E. H. PETER, Annma. <■ ... .. ASHBURTON CEMETERY BOARD. 'TENDERS are required" for Fencing and L Planting. For particulars apply to the Undersigned. , Also Tenders for the supply of Trees, particulars of which may also be had on application to the Undersigned. Tenders mnst bo sent m by FRIDAY, June 3rd, at 12 o'clock noon. J. WARD, 5+232 Chairman; TO LET, A BLOCK of LAND for Cropping, m good hsatt, part of the land being ploughed and having never been cropped, Bent of same 91 per bushel for wheat, 4i per bushel, for oats, Tha land is Bituated m the Wakanui diatriot, near Mr D, Leddy's property. Apply to Ui MoDONAID, Ohertsey, or J. W. MoRAE, Central Hotel. LAND TO LET FOR CROPPING. fIIENDERS aro invited for Cropping from X 1000 to 1500 Acres of firstclass land on the Fairtield Estate, m or more blocks to suit tenderers. Tenders to bo sent m on or before SATURDAY, 4»h Juno. Full particulars on application to the undersigned, or to GEORGE JAME9ON, A shbnrton. .. . MILES &<CO, 204 Hereford Street. Chrislchurch. 5 201 LONGBEAOH ROAD BOARD. PUBLIC Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of this Bonrd, at a meeting to be hold on FRIDAY, June 10th, 1887, to strike a separate Rate of a HALF-PENNYin the £, on the rateablo value of Property m Nob. 1, 2, 3, and 5 Wards, and THREE FARTHINGS m them £ m No. 4 Ward, for the period commenc- ing April Ist, 1887, and ending March 31st, 1888, payable m one sura on FRIDAY, July Ist, 1887, tni that the rate book and estimate of such rate are open for inspec- tion at Messrs Fooks and Son's offices Ashburton, JOHN GRIGG, 5+197 Chairman. SOUTH IUKAIA ROAD DISTRICT. riYENDERS will be received up to noon 1 on THURSDAY, the 2nd day of June next, for the following Works :— Metalling about 60 Chains, more or leas, on Main warlng's Road Fencing at the Publlo Pound, Rakaia Specifications can be seen at the Road Board office, South Rakaia. Ttnders to be endorsed and addressed to the Chairman of the Board. The lowest or any tender not neoes* ' sarily accepted. A; MAKEIG, 5*21-2 Clerk to Board. ODDFELLOWS' HALL, ASHBURTON. GRAND JUBILEE CONCERT, By St. Stephen's Choral Society, aided by the Orchestral Society. THURSDAY,"2ud JUNE, 1887 Mozart's Twelfth Masß.'and Handel's Pet'tingen To Deum. Band and Chorus of 50 performers. Admission— 2s and Is. Doors open at 7.30. Commence at 8. 5 196 DRUIDS.--JUNE IST. A WIFE OF FIVE HUSBANDS. All Disappeared Mysteriously. MUSHROOM KETCHUP. HORRIBLE DEPRAVITY, MY TURN NEXT. Thirty lhousand Mileß a Minute. LEAVE IT MB, JUBILEE. I am a Medium.



Hollbway's Pills and Ointment.-— Travellers to and from distant dimes would do well' to bear m mind that these changes and the altered diet and surroundings of their lives en* tail manifold risks to health. Ocoasions are sure to rise m which they will need a remedy such as these renowned Pills and Ointment, and no traveller by land or sea should ever fail to have a supply at band. Then he may truly be said to have a physioiau always at his call for the various emergencies of travel. Chills and fevers Bhould be promptly treated, and the printed directions should be carefully studied at the commencement of any illness, for Holloway's remedies can be safely used m all climates.