PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

•Tuesday— November 29. The Council met at 2.30 p.mi MIDLAND RAILWAY. The revised contract of tho Midland Bail way Company, as Bent up from tbo House, was considered. Sir Frederick W hitaker moved that the Council concur m the alterations. lie reviewed the matter from the first contract to the present time, lie considered that the interests of the colony wou'd be conserved by the new contract. Mr Waterhouse moved that the matter be referred to a Select Committee with the view to obtain a legal opinion as to whether clause three would absolve the ooloDy from any future claims for compen sation.

Mr Olivei and Mr Pharazyn favored the appointment of the Committee, but expressed the opinion that it would have been better if tho scope of the Committee had been enlarged. After further discussion, the debate was adjourned to next day, and the Council rose.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

TUKSDAT— NOVBMBBK 29.

The House met at 2.30 p.m. QUESTIONS.

Replying to questions it w»s stated that the Naval and Military Settlers Land Bill would be brought In thia session ; thftt no complaints had been received by ibe Surrey Departments respecting the passing of the work do no by village ■ettlers, and miking payment for the same before the arrival of the village steward ; that the reduotlon of future judges' salaries would receive consideration with Other retrenchment proposals ; that the intentions of Government with respect to the North Island trunk line would be ex plained m the Fublio "Works Statement ; that the proposals relating to the perman ent artillery and the volunteer force would be explained In the Defenoe estimates ; that it waa customary to allow draughts men In the Survey Department to undertake private work after office hours, and to discontinue the praotioe would lead to much Inconvenience ; that it was lnpossible to tax foreign bondholder?, if It were not Government would be glad to do co j that the question of supervision of egress from churches, theatres, etc, wai one for munleipal authortfes, but Government would give Instructions m the matter ; that preoedenoe of Parlia mentary business would be considered during the reoess with a view to make it more businesslike, quicker, and more nieful. THE LIN9 ACT. The Bon Mr Richardson moved the ■eeond reading of the Land Act Amend* mentßlll, wbioh he explained was brongbt In by Government m order to meet the necessities of the oolony m regard to land settlement. He referred to the various systems which had been brought into force with results not altogether satis factory. At present there were 14,000,009 «orei of open and 6,000,000 acreß of bush land open for settlement. Latterly the lands had been so administered as to diseoirsge cash purchasers, and the mis take was cften made of placing people on land without capital of any kind. To these causes he thought many of the unemployed were due. The four prlnoipal feature! In the Bill were that the choioe of tenure was left to selectors ; the land waa to be classified ; the abolition of waste land boards ; and relief to existing settlers. From a monetary point of view the perpetual lease system was the best, but it was completely overshadowed by the desire to seoure freeholds. Not more than 640 seres of first class and 2000 acres of second class land could be purchased, and this would avert the possibility of large holdings. The cost of land boards lest year was £2210, which Government thought too much. Their duties were to be performed by the Commissioners of Crown Lands. The Bill also dealt with land belonging to endowed bodies. Di Hodgkinson agreed with the Bill except the abolition of land boards Mr Mackenzie ( Waihemo) said that the Bill upset the whole of the land legisla tion which the Premier's late col'eague, Mr Rolleßton, had brought into effect. He advised the House to look carefully into the various clauses, and it would be found that they were sacrificing the future to present necessities, Practically the Bill meant tbat more money was to be obtained for public lands tban m the pa.Bt, for rhongh the selector was supposed to choose his owp tenure, the whole aim of the Minister of L&ndg was evidently to encourage cash purchases. The debate was interrupted by the 5.30 Adjournment. lhe House resumed at 7.30 p.m. TALIDATION WfcL. The Public Proclamation Validation Bill, to enable the date of the Mayora) •lection at Dunedin to be altered was passed through its remaining stages, THE LAN» SILL. Mr Mackenzie resumed the debate on the Land Bill. He criticised each clause, and raised various objections to some of the ohanges proposed m the existing Act. He averred tbat the measure favoured dammylsm and urged the Minister to keep the land boards and make them eleotlve. Mr Valentine was satisfied with the Bill as a. whole, wbioh refleoted great credit on the Minister of Lands. He thought it a pity that the honorable gentleman had not gone still further, and abolished commissioners of school land endowments. The land legislation of the late Government had dono exceeding harm, and it was high time a remedy was applied. Village settlements would never be a success while they were planted so far from commerlcal centres. He hoped to see the Bill amended m the, direction of disposing 1 of land by ballot instead of a*uotlon. }5.t B,uch»nan also congratulated Mr Richardson on his wotk, aod prophesied tbat it would most with general acceptance throughout the colony. . In answer to Mr Mackenzie ha pointed out that all the liberal provisions of the existing Act wonld be still available under this measure. He knew for a fact that many settlers had been driven from the colony because they could not get land cm deferred payment or perpetual lease. Now it was proposed to allow them to select their own tenure. He had not quite made up his mind as to the wisdom of abolishing lands boardß, for he was afraid it would throw too muoh power into the hands of the Minister of the day.

M? DnjMiji bold that oonnty councils should be given powef to ol^sify land a'nd> In fact do a great deal of work now done by land boards, the abolition of which he agreedwith,

Mr Co wan gave a general approval of the Bill, and commended the desire of the Minister to relieve settlers, bat he would pot l'lp to see land boajda disappear. &jr £osndowments,' his own opinion' was t^ey had not been judiciously mansged, »pd he therefore agreed with the proposed ohange. Me Seymour Intended to support the seoond reading because the good m tho Bill predominated over the bad. He hoped to see the clause relative to the Und boards exercise m Committee, and suggested that if payment to members Here stopped they would get just as good men.

Mr Beetham thought the Waste Lands — .... ww nuum uaa ie neceeßary to make some tmendmsnts In the BUI, but on the whole.it was a businesslike production. He thought the proposal to' opon the lands to sale bafore survey » wloe one, for big tint; wwy double fettleri

I had to be refused land because the survey stuff could not overtake their work. The 1 minimum price of land m Wellington district had been fixed too high. He disagreed with the limitation of purchas able quantity of first class land to 640 acres, nnd also thought the land should be divided into three classes instead of two. It would bo moat unwise to abolish the land board system altogether, but It ought to be made partly eloctive. M»jor Steward considered the Bill a distinot improvement on the present Act with the exception of the clause relating to land hoard?. Sir Julius Yogel thought it meant neither more nor less than a forced sale of Crown lands, and would tend to increase rather than diminish the size of holdings. The result would be a war between the landed and the landless classes, and m the end a very severe graduated land tax. Dummyiem would be concealed only by the thinnest veil, as a man could make a purchase m each survey district. He would be able to Becure as muoh as 100,000 aores m all. They had for some years beon going m tho direction of conserving the land for purposes of settlement and population, and it seemed to him that they were now about to undo all the good that had been done by the last two Govern ments. Under clause 3 a large quantity of pastoral land m Canterbury, the leases of which would shortly fall m, could be bought for 10s an acre, though thia land eight years ago had been withdrawn from sale on the ground that it was worth more than the statutory price of £2 per acre. The abolition of waste lands hoards was a piece of centralisation which wonld not be acceptable to the colony. In other respects tbe Bill was an objectionable one as favoring speculation, and he hoped to see it very materially altered by the Waste Land Committee. Mr Fisher denied that there was any attempt to force sales. Government only desired to see the land pay for the ad ministration of tbe law relating to it. During Sir Jalius Vogel's term of office the result had been a defiolenoy, and they were trying to remedy this. He quoted Sir Julius Vagel's Ashburton speech to show that he had changed his views abont the land legislation of the paßt few years siaoe leaving the Government benches. The whole of his remarks were dictated by hostility to the Government. Mr Seddon, m the course of a lengthy speech, opposed the Bill, and moved It be read that day six months. Mr Taylor said that, with the exception of fixing the prioe, all that was sought by this Bill oould be effected under the present Act. Mr Guinness moved the adjournment of the debate. Government opposed the motion, and on a division tho ayes were 6, and the noes 38. | At half- past two the second reading i was carried by 34 to 4, and the Bill waß referred to the Waste Lands Committee. Tho House then rose.

ASHBURTONS LIVE STOCK MARKET

Mr E. G. Staveley (for New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited), reports on Ashburton live stock stle on 27th inst : —

Moderate entries of stock, Including about 3000 sheep, chiefly stores, for which there was- a good demand Fat mixed orossbreda m wool, 10a ; fat shorn ewes, 6s ; small four-tooth halfhalf bred m wool 8s 9d crossbred hoggets m wool, 03 21, 7a 10i, and 9a 2d ; four-tooth mixed cross bredfl, shorn, m good condition, 7s lid ; shorn crossbred ewes, with good per oentage ef lambs, 7s ; do do, m wool, 9a 9d.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Three Card Trick. Wellington, November 30. At the R.M. Court, a charge against Patrick Ferguson, for playing the three card trick on board the Te Anau, was dismissed, the Magistrate holding that he could not convict either under the Gaming and Lotteries Act or tbo Police Offences Act. Under the former Act it had not been shown that the ship was a public place, and under the Police Offanoes Act cards are not instruments of gaming, although they are under the Gaming and j Lotteries Act. Criminal Assault. Charles Martin has been arrested on ft charge of a criminal assault on a girl under 12 years of age, and remanded till Saturday. Copper Miping. Nelson, November 80. The Champion Copper Mining Com pany's property waa put up to-day and bought m for £2900. Committed flgrTriqi. Chkistohukoh, November 30. This morning John Handera, his sop William Manders, and Frank O'Neill were committed for trial on a charge of stealing three pair| of trousers from. the abop of Peter Cairns. John Madders was alep committed on a charge of stealing 351bs of tobacco from tho shop of Taylor and Papps, Drifted to Ben. Westport, November 30i George Craddock, a boatman plying on the Bullor river for 20 years past, drifted across the bar yesterday afternoon and has not been picked up;

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Auckland, November 29, The Inquest on the body of Dawson terminated to-day, when the Ooroner'a Jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, there not being sufficient evidence to Bhow by whom committed, Tho jury exonerated the police from blame m the matter. Captain Davis master of the barque Kirkdale, was charged at tho Police Court to-day with assaulting David Butcher, steward of the vetnol, on the high soaa on October Ist. The Bonch directed that the complainant receive his discharge and half of the wages doe to him. Wakqanu*, November 2#, Mr Balianoe has given instructions to his solicitor to take action against Mr Gilbert Carson, proprietor of the " Wanganui Chronicle," for certain statements made regarding Mrs Ballanoo. Wellington, November 29. It is understood that Msrjor-Generai Sir George Whitmore has determined upon taking up his permanent residence In England, and that he will leave theoolony tome time next year. Sir GBorge has jast completed the manuscript of a work which It la said he intends publishing, and which will be of great Interest to this colony ; It is a complete history of the Native disturbances on the East and West Qo&atfr, which be> ■■■*$ domjnanddp of the QojQnial Foroes Bnoceedeii m suppressing. Hokitika, November 29. A woman named Mrs Russell, walking from Okarita to Rose, a distance of about sixty miles, has been lost on the road. A 'mailman who left since has arrived, and aayo he saw no t^aco of her. \l is feared Bbe"haß loßt her way In the bush, or else was carried down one of the rivers and drowned. Very little hope of finding her alive Is entertained. Bjearch payciea are now out. Invercarqili,, November 29. The first lengths of the pipe of the ' Inveroargill waterworks were laid this afternoon by Or Lumsden, Chairman of the Committee, and the oldest living Mayor of the town. The water will be pumped from n deep well on ♦»»- — ' ' * ' _«. >uu t,uWD. » The Bluff Harbor Board have praotl ) oally adopted the reooujmondatioa of the . Chamber of Commerce ''that they should i increase the port charges on goods m and i dit Id preference to tilting the stepping i due*, •?

THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE.

The annual report of the Dead Letter Offioe, whioh is one of the yearly ourlosl ties of the session was presented to Parliament recently. It atatea that no fewer than 103,083 unclaimed letters had to he dealt with during tho year, of whioh 66 729 were opened and returned to the writers, 21,144 were returned unopened by postmasters, and 6600 were destroyed. Besides these, 19,330 bookpackets and circulars (mostly Dr Barnardo's and Mother Selgel'e) were returned to foreign countries ; 6291 were returned to the senders through the Dead Letter Office, and 8110 were returned by Chief Post mnstem ; a total of 33,361 book packets and circulars, against 23,184 In 1885. The undermentioned articles of value were found enclosed m letters opened m the Dead Letter Offioe, and returned to the senders where practicable :— 164 money orders, £596 13s 3d ; 29 postal notea, £16 7a 6i ; 38 bank drafts, £1383 180 8i ; 92 oheques, £827 14s Id; 21 dividend warrants, £24 9s 6d ; 7 promissory notes, £285 la lid ; stamps £6 6s 3sd ; bank notes, oolontal and foreign, £100 12a lid ; gold, £14 10s ; silver and copper, £3 2s 7d ; representing a total of £3264 16s Bsd. In addition, 6 gold rings, 14 k;o d nuggets, 1 gold locket, 1 Geneva gold hunting watch, 1 lady's silver watch and gold ohain, 1 gold pin with pearl, 4 silver watches, 1 silver chain, 1 silver bracelet, 1 silver locket, 3 silver brooches, 3 pairs of silver earrings, 1 pair of greenstone and gold earrings, 1 greeostone brooch and earrings, 1 greenstone pendant (ailver mouuted), 1 circular piece of greenstone, 1 aluminium albert chain, 1 steel chain, 1 shark's tooth and silk ribbonß, 1 silk necktie, 1 New Zealand war medal, were also enclosed m unclaimed letters 4312 unclaimed registered letters were dealt with ; 20 letters detained for postage were received, 12 of which were subse quently forwarded ; 882 newspapers and 26 books and other articles without addresses were aleo received — of these 38 were delivered, and 69 bookpackets for warded to London and other countries for return to the senders ; 77 letters were posted without addresses ; 45 iolters with libellous addresses were intercepted ; 191 letters "were imperfectly and wrongly addressed ; 2736 letters were refused by the addresses ; 22 letters were posted with previously used stamps. The unclaimed property, the accumulation of years, is to be sold publicly, and the proceeds paid over to tlie revenue. • All unclaimed illustrated newspapers, &c , are now distributed to hospitals aud lunatic asylums. — "N.Z, Times."

LIGHT FROM WIND.

Under this beading the Paris corres pondent of the '* Times " telegraphed aa follows :— " Experiments are being made at Cape de la tlave, near the mouth of the Seine, on the production of electrioliy fur lighthouse purposes by moans of the force obtained by windmills. The suggestion to do so was made by the Duo de Feltre, and it is a system proposed by him that is to bo tested. The wind works a dynamo-electric machine employed m oharging accumulators of suitable copaci'y. The electricity so produced and stored is to be used at will to make a fooas light. The system, if successful, will have tho advantage of costing only the putting up of tliß machine'y. Tho whole question to be ascertained, la whether a außlaioat quantity of electricity can be stored to provide for the requirements of any poonlhr station when there is no wind to move the sails of tho mill. M. de I'Angloßeaumanoir, a civil engineer at Paris, has been authorised by tho Minister of Pubilo Works to make, at the expense of that department, the trial of thia system of eleefcrio lighting at. at the la Hove Ighrhoase. The experiments will m no wny endanger or Inconvenience navigation as tho present machines are at hand to be used should the new system fail to work . " The old idea has been tried rmny times, and once again «re opine it is doomed to failure, — " Electrical Review."

BAD FRENCH

The following story is told by tho London correspondent of tbe " Manches ter Guardian" of Lord Beaconsfield and Lord Ampthlll. The latter's tact, sajs the correspondent, wts skilfully employed at the opening of the Congress of Berlin, m 1878 m a delicate matter whioh taxed It to utmost. On tho evening before the Congress woa to he opened Lord Rowton (then Mr Montagu Oorry, and Lord Beaconefield's private seoretary) came to Lord Odo Russell, as our Am basßador still was, and begged hie assist ance lo a difficult task. Lord Beaconi field fancied he could speak French ; thia was a delusion Accent, syntax, grammar —'all was equally faulty, and, as ho had prepared en, elaborate French speech for the opening pf the Congress, the results bade fair to be deplorable. "We shall be the laughing-stock of Europe," cried the despairing secretary, " Pray try what you can do with the ohief. We dare not approach him on Buch a subject." Lord Odo at onoe entered into the humor of the situation, He went to tbe great man and said, " We hear a dreadful rumor that you are going to speak m French to morrow. No one can do it better tban you ; but then all the Congress can do it equally well. But there Is one thing which only you in r all Berlin can do — you alone can make a really fine English speech All the Ambassador* are counting on the intellectual treat of heating English spoken by its great living master, Do not diaßppolnt them." Much im pressed by this view, Lord Beaconsfield consented to change his plan. Tho Congreßß was duly addressed m English, and the linguistic honor of Great Britain was saved.

THE BURGLAR UNDER THE BED

A great and lonfs-looked for ovont (aays tho u Pall Mall Gazette" of Sop Umber 15th) has at laat oomo off. On this planet some hundreds of millions of wemon have religiously looked under their bod m search of a hidden man every night of their llvoa slnco they were old enough to have beds of their own. They have looked for him, but hitherto they havo never found him, Arithmetio fails to compute the numbor of beneath-bed lnspeotlons thai ll»7e taken p'aoe since the oustom began, and until last Saturday midnight wltho-it reealt. At last, how ever, the Bearp.V lv, -a? by juiViiouo k&u be^n or6^ned : with, auobess. THe lodjj; ejpepiod man has been found. He waa a burglar, twenty years ot age, who was discovered lurking under the bed of Mrs Ann Wntson, at 103 St John's Wood terrace, and who is now In gaol awaiting trial. It is a great event, which will redouble the dlllgenoo of female Inspection all over thj world.

Mary Ann Wataon, who tpld her story at the Mfirylebono Police Court, behaved with unnsaal Intrepidity j— rShe was about to get ioto bed when something prompted her to look under the bed, and she found the prisoner oonoealed there. The Im mediately oanght hold of him and dragged him out. Shu held the prisoner for some time wHIo her servant called out of the window for the police. Fearing that th accuse^ might do her «- M £ ..- a threatening attitude, witness released her bold, and he went downstairs, where he was ultimately found and i banded over to the police. After the acoDsed was looked up witnoas found m the passage of her house a jemmy, a bunch of keys, and other housebreaking Impbfeenti, which she bsuded ove? to the

TAR-SUGAR

The London correspondent of tho "ArguB 1 ' recently mentioned, m a cable message, that a large faotory had been established at Madgebnrg, m Germany, for the purpose of making saccharine matter from coal tar, the article pro duced being 300 times sweeter than sugar. With regard to this new produot, a correspondent of the Londoa periodical i '* Light, Heat, and Power,'* gives some interesting details. After giving the etory of the discovery of eacoharlae by a German chemist — Fahlberg— at the John Hopkins University m Baltimore, Md., he Bays that while it took a long time and much hard study to learn the philosophy of its production, It has taken eight years to reduce the manufacture of it to a commercial basis. It was formerly sup posed that the physical quality of sweet ness was typified by the oarbo. hydrates ; that Is, the sugars and those starches whioh, by chemloal treatment, are brought into the group. But Fahlberg'a discovery does away with this old standard practi cally and scientifically. It (s 230 times sweeter than the sweetest cane sugar, equal to unity; What is more extraor dinary, it differs wholly In principle from all the oarbo-hydrate group ; that is, from all other known sugars, m noway belngaua oeptible to fermentation. Every house wife knows how preserved fruit mildews, how jam moulds, and how yeast ferments and spoils. AH the operations are the result of the action of organisms feeding on the sugar, therefore an inseparable feature of all sweetening process. But yon cannot produce fermentation m saccharine. On the contrary, it le a powerful preservative — a quality ir pos sessoaa im common with all coal tar produots. Of this the oorresDondent says he hid some curious illuotratfons from tbe samples Mr Salmon had brought with him from MBgdeburg. There were Btravr berries, for instance, put up over a year ago, which had never been cooked, and whlcn preserved absolutely their flavor of the garden. Another novel and In teresting quality of this new produot is that it la striolly antldlabutio. German pbysiolans are making mnch of thta phase of tbe discovery, and there has already been established an Independent faotory for the manufacture of antidiabetlo bisouits for the uae of the large olass of patients to whom all sweetening has heretofore been forbidden On this point the correspon dent says there seems to be no doubt. He was shown copies of the declarations of Professors L&ydea of the Berlin University ; Stadelmann of the Heldel burg University j Stutger of Bonn ; and Moeso and Aducoo, of Turin, all made upon personal analysis, and all highly oommendiDg the dlaoovery as a gain not only to commerce but to medical science. Professor Sir Henry Roscoe, m a lecture before the Royal Institute m London, has already described the new oompound as "the most remarkable of the many remarkable produots of coal tar." An immense faotory with the best machinery and appliances was started m Magdeburg, Germany, m February, employing between 200 and 300 workmen to manufacture sacoharlne, with a oapltal of nearly £200,000. The oorrespoo dent sayß ' l that of course the prlnoipal idea of tho intro duction of Baooharine, bo far as America's sugar trade goes, is that by combination with glucose a sugar can be made which will drive cone sugar to the wall," According to thia authority, it Ib a mistake to call "saccharine "either an adulteration or an unworthy chemical trick. It Is a great solentifio development, an honest produot, possessing marvellouß properties. None of these, it is asserted, aro Irjarloas while some aro m the highest degree valuablo. The coal tar to be used m the Ma;»deburr/ factory comes from England, which country produces many thousands of tons of this produot of gas making

II is said that at leaßt 450,000 meteors fall from the heavens and strike the earth every hour during tho year ; and yet when a man goes home with a damaged hat, and tells his wifo he was struck by a meteor, she will not believe him.

A return presented to the House on Wed nesday shows that there were m Deoember last 288 private sohools m the oolony, which were attended by 12,197 soholars. Of theso Behools 128 had less than 20 pupils, but 72 had over 50 pupils, 20 between 40 and 50 pupils, 27 botween 30 and 40, and 41 between 20 and 30. Of the total number 8363 children attended Roman Catholio schools with over 50 soholarß m each.

TEE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN,fR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1887!



George Jameson TURNIP AND_RAPE.SEEDS7 FOR SALE- Popple and Greea Top Aberdeen, Mammoth, Grey atone, and other varieties: These havo been thoroughly tested; and are guaranteed new and freah. GEORGE JAMESON, Aehburton. Wool Season 1887-88. T IBERAX CASH ADVANCES made ±J on Large or Small Clipa at Currwtf Kates, Woolpaoks and Twine Supplied. GEORG3 JAMESON, Aehburton,' Wool. Wool. MESSRS MILES AND CO; beg to inform their friends and clients that they propoee holding Local Auction Sales of Wool Throughout tho Season as usual, and are now prepared to make Liberal Advances on large or small clips free of Commission, and at a low rate of interest. BALES will be held as formerly m MR GEO. JAMESON'S SHED, WEST STREET,] Where every care and attention will be given to each lot entrusted to our care. The Shed is well lighted, conTenient, ami m every way suited for the pioper display "Wool. WOOLPACK3 AND TWI3E flupplfo* at liOwoat Current Kates. J. T. FORD, Auctioneer. GEORGE JAMESON, Agrat; Public Notices. First Wool Sale FOE THE : SEASON WILL BE HBID IN ASHBURTOK ON FEIDAY, DEO. 9th, 1887. MILES AND CO., FRIEDLATOER BEOS., H. MATSOff AND CO. 11*141 ECONOMY IN TIME : ECONOMY IN LABOR: ECONOMY IN FENCING MATERIAL. Patent Titan Wire Strainer. ADVANTAGES: XT straios a wire anywhero, either post or midway ; makes tho bast knot, and ono which seldom breaks old wiro ; does not slip about m working : Btralns with unrivalled power, ease, and freedom from annoyance ; dooa not allow the wiro to Blackon moro than ONE- SIXTEENTH of an inch while being pecured ; combines lightness end strength m tho highest degree ; can be conveniently applied to all purposes which requite wires to be joined under tension. A REVOLUTION IN WIRE FENCING EFFECTED BY REID'S PATENT TRIPLEX WIRE STRAINER. (Patented m 1885 throughout Great Britain, the United States, and the Colonus.) No Straining Posts! required except at the angleß of fences. The boring of Straining Posts unnecessary. 0 The advantages claimed for these, the latest and most mproved moana of strain* ing wire fences, ore : — THEY COST NOTHING, because they pay their cost m tho Btraining yonte they save. THEY AEE A DIRECT GAIN m economy of time snd labor, because no boiing of straining posts is required, and the whole process of straining occupieß only about quarter the uflual vine. THEY EFFECT A FURTHER SAV- ING of time and labor as leng as the fence exists, because they are left perma- nently attached to the wireß, which can therefoio be tightened or slackened when« ever desired. Comparative Estimate of 14 chain* of G-Wire Fence. UNDER OBDINARY METHOD. No Wire Stretchers left attached. 0. d. 2 etraino of 7 chains each, requiring . 3 straining posts at say 3s each 0 0 Labor at 2 strains of 6 wires, say 1 man for 1 hour, at Is per hour 1 Labour digging, ereoting, and fixing 3 straining posts and stays for same, say 1 man for 4 hours, at Is per hour « ... 4 0 Labor boring two straining poets, say 1 man for 20 minutes , 0 4 Total uTi UNDER NEW SYSTEM. Triplex Wiro Stretchers being left attached to "Wire. 8. 1 strain of 14 chains, Patent Triplex "Wire Stretchers used midway, and straining 7 chains on each side ; only 2 straining posts required, at say 3a each ... 6 0 Labor at one strain of 6 wires, say 1 man for 20 minutes, only no fnsieningg,eing required ... 0 La bor erectin digging, and fixing 2 strain m posts and stays for Bnnie, Bay man for hours 40 minute ... , «,, 2 No boring required... ... ■,„ 0 0 °Cost, of 6 Triple Wire Stretoherß, at say about 8d each , , 4 0 Total ;., ; 13 *NOTfi V;eLL. —If TITAN WIRE STRAIN ]3R be used and removed after straining, the above item of 4s will also be saved, though at the expense of future efficiency. Showing New System to be so moo more economical than the old nne — that balance is left over ajter Including the cost </ Tv-iplm Wire tiireichei 111 McGallum & Co, SotoAg ts.fpr the County q|



Public Notices. Public Wotico F. H. von SCHOEIEBETGr sTORfIPE ITORJICF FRENCH POLISHER. » ■ UHAUt, O I U KIAU t. CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, wnnT w^nT vxrr\n>T AND UNDERTAKER, WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. HAS opened In Premises (next W, fr-in-m tt j • TT i. Patching) East street, and hopes to 'pHE Undersigned begs to nnnounco to receive a fair share of public support, ., hlB nu merou a friends of Ashburton being prepared to MAKE FURNITURE f n , d the surrounding districts that ho has ElTls Rn Xt ra acT B FSfa^ ™wT E AIInD LOAN AND MER. SJgJa .. ve'y°.» rail. F °"'' t ° r ; i 4°7 SrSSoISSS! 1 " '" """^ W F FANNAFORD n<^ 1S f re P aref^ to receive Wool and TINSMITH AND METAL- PLATE Grain f or BORAGE or SHIPMENT. WORKKR ~— BURNETT STREET, opposite "Mail." n,£^ a] SQil** 1 ™ 0 ™ madoon WOOL, 1 GRAIN, SKINS, &c, m store or con- T7EEPS In atock and can make to order Buried for Sale. lV all varieties of TINWARE for WOOLPACKS and CORNSACKS at DAIRYING aid FARMING pnrpoßea, tte Lowest Prices. - TWINE, All Goodß sold at lowest remunerative CHAFF, prices. OATS, . OILS, Repairs of ary sort promptly executed LAMPBLACK, &c. In a skilful manner. Please give a gjII. GRAIN bought and sold. HORSE HAIR and BEES-WAX pur- chaied for CASH. 10 Land and Estate Agent, Jy| N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency Co "RATTTTT* t>t>aQ PEED. MAKEIG, J>AXVJCL<JLV X>J£ivJOi 1135 Ashburton. BTJILDEBS, UNDERTAKERS, Ac; — ' Oorner Wakanui Bo ad and Oass Btieot, (Next Central Hotel ) i Or at Baker and Brown's Goaoh Factory, H'.velock Btreetj ll|LOj notice. Wool Season, Proctor and Co. 1QQ N Q n BULLOCK'S ARCADE (Late HATES J.OO#-OCV BifiG to inform the public of Aahburton mm _ mtm and surrounding districts that they are determined to uphold the character W7^ are prepared to mako LIBERAL which their establishment has co lorjg held H CASH ADVANCES against Large as the BEST and CHEAPEST. or SMALL Clips of Wool, whether m They are now opening a well-asaorted tended for Sale In stock of GROCERIES, etc. , which they Cash diep ° 8e ° f at the L ° Wo6t Bate iit4 ASHBUETON OR ELBE- LOOK~HEREI Jg£i WHERE. THE PREMIER TAILOR, ' t. a We have made most Batlsfactory'arrangeS Town Hall, nenlßfM SHIPPING CLIENTS' WOOL, IS making Tweed Suits m first class style from £2 10s Od. Trousers from 18« I' prices realised m Asbbarton are not Gd (specialty), Heavy Saddle Tweed considered Batiefaotory. Suits, £4 0s Od, It 1b our Intention to hold GENTS' OWN MATERIAL MADE UP. PERIODICAL WOOL SALES Trousers, 7s 6d ;:Sao Suits, 355 ; Pagetß, Throughout the Seanon, Of which doe notice will be given, and Teams Cash' aa our GRAIN STORE, whloh was oon- m n „„ __ A _ , stracted with dne regard to LIGHT, will TOWN HALL, be EMPTY, we shalis.have an opportunity of displaying the Wool to the very best EAST STREET. advantage, which should be a disideratutn ■ ' ■"• ■-■■■■ ' ' ■ to the Seller. It: Mcualluin Ohargeß exaotly th r fl^ eaaObr , Btoharch; (LATE CF ORR AND ALCORN) Farmere, consult yo"u7be 8 t interests, and /)EGS most respectfully to inform the Sell \j Inhabitants of Ashburton and Sur- _ * rounding Districts, that ho will open on __^^^^ SATDRDAY, 15th INST, WOOLPACKS AND TWINE ThoHO premises m Tancred Street, known , as Fowler's Buildings, with a large and of the] well Assorted Stock of GROCERIES of the best e ß oriptionß,jat Loweot Prices BEST QUALITY SUPPLIED. I Note Addbkbs, — °~~ , B. McCALLUM, h. MATSON & CO. ! FAMILY GROCER, ] Next MITCHELL AND TURNER. 10 76 MESSRS TOTm ftpp frm FRIEDLfINDER BROS - Vl/Xlll UXlll VX; \J\J HAVE FOB;BALJi; THE FOLLOWING , ARE NOW SHOWING ROPERTIES- T n«nm ni An Irrt1 rrt ■ 11K ACHES, he-ntr B.S. No. 20078, LuOiYQsG OuOCKS LXO 20079. 20295, nt Aehton, lately *-* orcupiedbj Mr Thos. Mftgee. TM "I A A ACttES.heingß.S. 28585, 28586 al I** lUU Alford Forest. |«^m i/mi^^«,, AAA ACRES, lnid down fn grass for 5 , DHMMOMPIT DV rhyJ" y°aie, divilcd iuto 2 paddocks, i UU I M IVI UI H UL.I II , w nr AORES m graßß for 5 yearß afc # VJKJ Dromore. Including the following- 400 AoßEß " at Aebburton - ': Perforated Zino, Babbet Metal. W 1 ()Ci A^\' b . ein S PW fc of J R ' s .- ™ 6 ** Netting, Engine Packing ' £^1^ WaX am, now occt>p le d by Mr Patent Pcythes, Hayrakea and Fork 122 A ° RES ** WeetcrfieW ' , „ On ACRES Do, ' Saratoga Trunks, Gladstone Bags, OO Portmanteaus f{C\ D ° f I>0 ' New Patent Tilo Register Grate OAQ Do. Do. Fenders, Firo G wards, Fire Iron «x j n, t»« and Lapip Stovqa ]_Q4 Pl Wgh Line, Seaming Twine and Rope LOO Bedsteads, French Stump, Half Tes ci Jl£\J and Ools LOTS IG, 17, 18,10 and 20 each contoining xr „, »„„;„„„ Pm-owiliiiintnt-a' about J an acre, fronting Winter's Road nnd Now American Perambulators oharif b street, b eing immediately opposite tbo -.tt i , n i. r> ,n Woollen Factory. Buttor Workers, Milk Pans and Chumß LOT 77, fcouch-eaet Town Bolt, ABbburton, containing i-acrc, with Dwelling-house Oils, Painte, and Colors of all kinds ftagm^ mo Varnißhcs-Oak, Copal, Body and No 580, 581, with 4- Larnage . roomed Houbo on each Section, Cameron etrcot. Gr^ndstoneß and Fittings, Knife Cleanora TOWN SECTIONS No (565 and 6G6, Park m croat variety street. ° For price, terms, and full particulars apply Digging, Manure, Stone, Potato, and to the underßignod. Hay Forks "-"" c i a n i OUR FIRST Axob, Picks, £ hovels, and Breast p ' oUghß WOOL SALE Mapglos, Wringers, and Washing . Machinoa OF THE SEASON Saws of all kindß, including Fretsaws Will be held on the ; Hammers, Winches 9 TH OF DECEMBER. Bolts, Locks and Hinges' of|alllkinds t w i rv, i, mi * REGULAR AUCTION SALES Lampblack, Oil, Roddlo Sheep Sheare, 11a N.Z., B.B,A.N[Z« SATURDAYS, 38 A.B. and 75's or Fwm Producc^Furniture, Horses, Cattle, Figa, Turkey and Washita Oilstoneo, ' and Farm Implements. Bales of STOCK i? County fcaleyardu every n TUESDAY, > f~*\ i|'l IffiWIIHItfWM^ SHEEPSKIN Poles tvery Second FRIDAY 8 V Jife"*^. Clearing Farm Salaß, and otfce? Local Bales r^^SHaHH^ MONDAYS WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND »• " FBIDAYS. John Orr and Co,S rBiEDLA^ER bros., ?ETBB WILLIAMS,



Public Notfces. MOisEY TO LEND. I HAVE £200, £490, £1,400 and othei sums, waiting investment on good freehold security at current rates oi interest. JOHN A. OAYGILL, 10t58 Solicitor, Tanored street £20 REWARF. IN consequence of the amount of Poaching going on m the Creeka on the Legmhor Estate, the above reward will be paid to anyone giving information that will lead to a conviction. From this dato NO ONE will be per- mitted to fieh m the Creeks on the Lagmbor Estate. 11*68 DONALD McLEAN. LONGBEAOH ROAD BOARD. mENDERS are Invited for— No. 64 -Fatting In Pile Bridges, Wfttorton Road and Wheatotone Bond. No. 65— Making Ford, Boaoh Road. No. 66— Ford and- Drain, about 12 Chains, Terrace Road. To be m by 11 a.m., FRIDAY, Deoem- ber 9th. Particulars can be Been at oar office FOOKS & SON, 11J 159 District Surveyors. "south"bakaia road district. •TIENDERS will bo received up to Noon I on THURBDAY, the Ist December, for the following works : — Tussocking about 2\ mi'es of Rakaia and Upper Aahburton Boundary Road. Walling up cuttings oa Great South Roa<3. Caretaker for South Rakaia Cemetery ; and for about nine (9) Acres Clover Hay. Specifications can be seen at the Road Board Office, South Rukaia. Tenders to be be endorted and addressed to the Chairman of the Board. The lowest or any Tender not neces- sarily accepted. A. MAKEIG, 11*152 Cleric to the Bonrd. WANTED KNOWN. AT I. SALEK AND CO.'S, Licensed Pawnbrokers, East Street, A FIRST-CLASS Watchmaker and Jeweller is employed on the Premises. Watchea cleaned and repaired, and bvbty description of Jewellery made and repaired At LOWEST CIIRISTOHUROH PRICES <^S WATCHES CLEANED &S GLASSES, 8d ; HANDS, 9d. WATERBURY'S repaired from 2s 6d, N.B. — Waterbury's reduced from 13s 6d to 12a. II 126 SADDLEKY 1 SADDLERY ! I MR A. IRELAND, having started m above Business, m premises next door to Mb Patching, Tent Maker, East Street, hopes, by strict attention to Busi- ness, to merit a Bhare of public patronage. THS LOWEST PRICES CHARGED. Evo*y *eqoisito m the Trade kept m Stock. P.S. — In order to encourage Eu6inefs, I intend to give a valuable Astronomical Tolcecope, to be drawn for m 6 months. Each purchaser of goods, to value of £5, will entitle buyer to a ticket. 11*19 Mt. Seiners Coal. THE TRAMWAY havlng^been com- pleted, the undersigned can'enpply COAL m *ny quantity : ASHBURTON, 17a per ton, by the Truok TINWALD ... 17a „ '  WINSLOW ... 17a „ „ HINDS ...17a „ EA.LING ...18a „ DROMORE ... 17s „ „ OHERTSEY ... 17s „ Terms Cash. Messes TUCKER and RESTELL, Sole agents for Ashburton, 11*30 B. F. WRIGHT. NEW SUMMER TWEEDS. IN thanking pur Customers for pnet favors received, and hoping fa , continuance of the eamo, wo beg oa announce that we havo just received t large assortment of Summer Tweede, comprising all the 'latest designs, and of the Best Quality. These Tweeds consist principally of Ashburton Manufacture, and the Buccess the Ashburton Goods obtained at the reront Show is a sufficient guarantee to their quality, WE HAVE ALSO* IN STOCK- HEAVY SADDLE •TWEED?, WORSTED COATINGS, SERGES, etc. Customers may roly on getting the lfttoßt style, first-clas3 fit and workman >• ship. H. &E. CEAIGHEAD, Tailors, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. A. Harrison. Alfred Harrison, ADOTIONEEtt, dTOOK AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR. S ATURDAY SALE at 12 o'clock sha»f — Horaen, Cattle, Pig?, F*odu<» •nd. Ejloj^ibqndlag. ! FOR BALE— Farming Implements, and Vehiclei of all kinds constantly m Yardi on view for Pale. Clearing Sales held m Town oi Country as required, and moßl liberal terms arranged with botl Buyers and Sellers. Rents collected, and the business o absentees managed with care. Valuation made of Pro.psrUafi ov Mer chandifle o,q <a»oy terms, Ad\ (knees made instantly on Good delivered at the Stores for Sale. Agtnt for tbe Norwich Union Fire In jurnnoe Company. Agent fc>? &$; MUTUAL LltfE ASSOCIATION O. AUSTRALASIA i !L?RE,DIuTiRJS9N,



Public Notices. ODDFELLOWS' HALL. : TO-NIGHT. TONI3HT. fFRIAL by Jury of " John Barlejcorn," I Court opona at 7.30, Trial at 8. Verdict at 10 o'clock. Admission : 2s and Is, Children half-price. 11 170 THISTLE LODGE, No. 627, S.O. THE Installation of R.W.M. and Officers of the above Lodge will bo held m the Orange Hall, Burnett Street, THIS EVENING, at 7 30. Visiting brethren cordially invited. 11 169 THOS. SMITH, R W.M. ASBBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. TENDERS FOR DOG COLLARS, npENDEBS are invited for tho supply of J Dog Collars for the year Specifications may bo toon on appilica- -lion to tho Town Cork, to whom landers, together with a jj^arantoo deposit of £2, are to be sont m by 12 o'clock NOON on Monday, tho ith December, 1887. CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Borough Counoll office, 29ih November, 1887. 11 168 ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. mENDEBS are invited from competent X porßonß for making tho Valuation of tho Borough for the year, 1888, and com- piling the 801 l m terms of the "Bating Act, 1876." Tenders, accouipaniad by a guarantee deposit of £!&, to be left with the Town Qlerk by 12 o'clock NOON on Monday. th« 6th December, 1,887. T The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted . CHARLES BRADDELL, Tdw4 'Clerk. Borough Council Office, 29, th November, 1887. ' H 167 RAKAIA MONTHLY SALE. THURSDAY NEXT, DECEMBER Ist. SPECIAL ENTRIES. KAA CROSSBRED HOGGETS. " uu 200 Superior crossbred HOGGETS 50 Fat SHEEP. 40 Fat SHEEP. 2 First claßß DRAUGHT HORBfiS 1 COW (springing). f PT^p Produce. &n^ # quantity Houßohold Furniture. Also, \ at same time and place, account a client,— «• , 38 Acres Land, divided into two pad docka, good fences, water-race through | each, also good well of water. Frontage on 3 two roads, within a quarter of a mile from l town belt, at present let to good tenants. i THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN &M^ I CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY, L'Xft. b H. H, BECRETAN, Agent, ilfies £.Q.ETAV£I4ii r ,Aqc^ o e n ,