'them ready to be drafted from J. U. Boyle's. Witoess objected m writing to the sheep bt ing drafted. Ultimately tbe ,{ sheep were put into a small yard, and -the strangers taken out. The ewes were , . much knocked about und trampled m con ; Meoueuce. Witness's Bheep Wf re delivered to /him at Ghe»tsey ; the bailiffs refused '"' to deliver them at Dromore, from whence they had been taken. Witness found hia sheep to be. very weak from want of feed. Since he had regained possession 133 died) m addition to those tha< had died about the yards, and the others had never properly recovered. The lambing had > been a very poor, one, only tqual to about ■ ■-.•: 25 per cent," whereas it should be abjut . 80 par cant. Witness ascribed the poor '""'" ness of the lambing to the knocking about • the ewes had sustained. Tha sheep which , survived were dam*ged to th« exeat of •boat 2s per , head. Several B order i: Leicester rams which wsra taken away, .witness had since received back after they ..had sastalned damage to the extent of • about -sa, per head.— By Mr Harper: •>--■" Witness was a son-in-law of Mr S. Boyle's,, .•'-and Mr JO. Boyle was a son. The sheep when they were seized were feeding on - thetutsocks on Grown Lands at Dromore, '"* wiinesß had no authority to depasture them there. — •They" had bean thus .^epMkured since tha beginning of July /. Prior to this they had been fed on Mr "' ; BoyTe'* ran i lathe Rakaia river bed. This ; paddock waa i 300 acres m extent, and 'there had Tbaen 1400 sheep cii It since May - till, the .beginning of July. The two * '' Boyle's travelled the sheep from Rakaia ■ Dromore. While the sheep were at .-, Erftkaia, witness had no control over them. A man named Barns was, m con junction "with witaeu, J G. Boyle and S. B^yle, j^iobklfig after the sheep. Witness did not ; know whor paid Burns his wa :es, though witness , and J. O. Boyle, whose sheep f -they were gave him orde s Witness had ; «ofr paid his father-in-law for the f^ed of  T^he flheep at Rakai*. An aotl< -n was '■'.' taken against witness m the Mag's rate's *' : Oburt In June before the seizure, the ; : -Biibject of the present action, had taken pl*ce, but the sheep were not i»eiK?d, aB - witness bsd sold them to J C. Boyle 11. -Msyi •Witness bought the *heep back from Boyle about a mon*h before they — Twere. seirad by the Sheriff They were ' paid * for by bills, which were not ; met j thejT were withdrawn. The sale 1 -,W»e. at the rate of 4a a head. Wit- ( '" ness had not paid J C Boyle any money, ' nor had any money, been paid witness by Boyle when the sale to him took place Witness had originally bought 872 Jieep; ! E -" 'fie' had 700 a* th* tlma of se zure, thus I having Vwt 172 during the year. Some ' got into the Aoton estate and witness ' never got them ag» m. Whatbeoame of ' tbe others witness did not know. The p'eroentage of lambs the previous year ' 'wis 86. When the sheap were seized "iHinesj made no protest bayond the ' 75 formal letter he wr..te. It was wi'h Mr Boyle's advice that ha wrote that letter. ' jS. Bojle had not claimed to be the 1 ' owner of the ekeap. From tbe time the . ! ■heep were seiz d *I-1 the beginning of j .^tOctober, durinji whioh time 133. of ' v^: witness' sbeeo died, he went out to the ] three times » week. Witness ' "*' did not count all the sheep. He counted ' 203 dead m both mobs— J. O. Boyle's 1 end his own. H« cmld not say how many ' of thesg he counted belonged <o him he- | causa they had. been skinned. He d'd ' not kn«w who got the skins. The sheep were sold m October by Macpherson ; the 1 proceeds went t> Perceval, of Chrisr eburch Re examined by Mr Cayglll :It wss a' common thing tn depasture sheep ' on the tussocks at Droroore. When witness originally bought the sheep he paid for them by hie cheque. When he ' sold (hem to J. C. Bofle, Boyle paid for ! them by bills, which were not met, a"d It was m cone, qaence of this that ihe bi Us, which witness gave to Boyle when ; the' .sheep were re-bought, were with drawn. Perceval had a bill of asle over '■ the sheep ; that, was only the proceeds of the sale m October went to him. Samnel Boyle knew the rhenp the -„. plaintiff .had at Dromore m July last. On July 30 witnets acd tbe boy Burns ' - wete shiftksg the camp to another piec9 '■■■ ~qt land when the baiHff c^me np and ' demanded the cum of £500, odd. Witness •aid he conld not pay as the Bank cf Australasia had already t^k'n all bis ■heep. The bailiff intimated bis intention - of eeft'ng the sheep which witness was drlTir.g— Hudson* and 3. C Bcyle'a. Witness replied that tbe sheep were not b'n. «'Ha h«d told the bailiff to whom tjiey belonged, arid addad that bills of .■ sals over these were held. Witness also ' wild Out the sheep were heavy m lamb • and to rerdbva them would be to cause \ them terlous m jury, Gunn^y, one of the . bailiff, paid "It was all cut and dried m I .Ashburton : yesterday," and that be m ' .tended to take the e^eep. The witnenc vthea described m detail the neizare. He offered to give one of theballiffsany accomo daticn he bad there* while the other went Into £jh burton to verify witness's state ment as to the owners of the sbeap and i the holders of tbe bill of sale over them, ~TW«-«flkr was not a-scepted. The sheep were driven away by the bailiff much too ; fasr. None of the sheep bel>ni?od to ( witness. Hudtons ewes were said to be cqosl to any m Canterbury. Witness ' gave evidence as to ruseivlng a letter : from Mr Parker, empowering the bailiff : to priva np tbe sheep to Hudson and J. i O Boyle— The witness wAß«nbj;cted to a lengthy examination by Mr xUrper. (Left Fitting.)

THE CAIN CASE.

■ !■". Dukedin, January 29 The trfal of Had for the alleged murder of Captain Cain was resumed to-day.

. Dr Ogston was submitted to a long cross-examination. He took no notes of the post mortem examination, but spoke from' memory, and this, with the fact - that he paid more particular attention io locking for mineral poisoning, appeared to be relied on by tha dtfen-e.

Dr Black was the next examined, and Eve \he results of all the analyses made a most minute manner.

THE DEFENCE,

- Mr Deonißton than opened the defence. He said the Crown had abaolately failed to establish the issue they had undertaken to prove. The prospcution bad under taken to establish three propositions — that antimony was found m the body of 0 »ptain Gain, that the administration of antimony necessarily acoele a ted his death and that auoh antimony was conclusively and f ncontestibly proved to have been given by the prisoner. As to the first of these points, they necessarily could offer : no evidence. The whole manipulation of the body, the whole details of the ex amination, had been m. the hands of the Orown, and the prisoner was virtually ii the'r hands bo far as that part of the oase tm ooDcerued. The second point, though to some extent an abstract and technical one, wa3 not vital for the> pro aeoutioa. It was not vital to the defence of cotj-se, because an eliirmative conclu* lion might be come to on h, and the main ground on which they relied for the defence would remaic untouched. The evidence of the proßecqtiQß ahpwed c nr ciu«lvel> that fche deith, of Captain Cain KB| originally attribpted to natural causes. It vas noff a f tempted af er a great lapse of time, wbea the memories of men had altered and the oircumatancea had become forgdtten. to establish a different o »nc^u lion. They wUhed, upon the strength of a loose dia?o6ai«, a careless observation, and a •lovenlyuosi mortem -an examination «finreljrl)teed from bogi ningto end on a foregone, cocpluriouAß to, the real ca^se of 4eWn-^lb\§itabli|h the mornejvtoas pro- P9fi^»l%C »W '^e»*h :>,»•■■ dooolatively accelerated by the !aot of antjmony bei»^

administered- *-The evidence of tbe^prose'-J cation, outside the mere expert evidei;cs. had bnen clearly and unequivocally m th> accused's favor as to the certainty of

lih ace deration of Cain's death, ;,no medical evidence would be called to prove that, considering the very weak stata cf Cain it was impossible to prove affirma tively and cono'neively (hat hla death was accelerated by the administration of anti mony. It was f- r the other side abac>lu tely, conclusively, and inevitab'y to prove that death was so accelerated, and that Captain Gain must have lived after the date he died but for the administration or antimony during his life. It was unneces sary for the defenca to eetibliah that this antimony If it were administered ab all, was not a depressent, or that it could n~t havo a good *fL«ct on the deceased. They had simply t> prove that the data were so inmerfeot as to make it impossible fnr any peison to cay positively that death was accelerated by the administra tion of autim my. As to the third point, tbe alleged administration of antimony by Hall, the defence were also necessarily ci outrisoribed as to the evidence they could ca'l. The Crown had not aUemDted to suggest any proved administration of poison of any kind but had relied on a mass of circumstances, which did not show administration by Hall more than any other person. The Crown sprang from one point to another, suggesting whiskey, champagne, cough mixture and probably j ally as the means of conveying the poisonous drugs. He continued that the symptoms on which the other side relibd ay being evidence of the ad- 1 ministration of poison were shown to be absolutely inconsistent with tbe ad ministration of poison directly by Sail. The Crown had practically relied on simply placing before the jury m a mass the details of Captain Can's last illness, and proving that Hall could have ad minlstared poison, trusting to prejudice acd ill will, arising from circumstances which it would be impossible to ignore, and which had been introduced into this case to induce tbe jury t? find a verdict which the evidence, placed before them could not possibly lead them to do. He put it to them, as reasonable men, that it was impossible to B»y from the evidence given of the circumstances attending C iptaio Cain's death the manner m which bis meals and medicines were administered, the manner m which he was attended, the oircumetanct s of hia nursing and Ivs symptoms — that it was impossible for 'hem, apart from the ehadow attempted to ba thrown over this trial by other circum stance and other events, to find that the prisoner, any more than any other person bad anything to do with administering p ison, if administered.it was Nothing need be said at present as to the motive K eyond ihat the motive set up Viy the Crown h\d broker, down. In effect, It bad been proved that the callous destruc tion of Captain Cain wan resuftless, and must have beou known to be resultlesa at, the time the mnrder wbb said to have been perpetrated He then called. Eiward Wakefierd j lurnalißt, who said he knew accused intinmtelv. He Baw th a book "Taylor on Poisons" m prisoners room &t Mbbard's. Ffe»»lsosaw thp book at Klogadoirn m 1885 He runpmhered reading part of the book and talking tc prisoner about pruesic acid and its effects applied externally m coma ca-es. Hall had told him th*t he had phked up the book a year of two ago m Dune^in.

Benjamin Hibbard, of Tiuwru, said prisoner at one time lodged w'th him He left inl>Bs. He had saen tbe book " Teylor on Po sons " m prisoner's pnßsee slon m 1884 or 1885 He had picked up the book, and was under the imprpsslon that prisoners name was written obliquely at b ck o? it. He had informed the police that ke had seen the book m Halt's possession.

To Mr Haggitt —Was positive on the point that prleon£r ha.d the book " Taylor on Prisons "m his possefslon. He was not sure that he had informed tha police bef re the ChrUtchurch trial. He cou'd not s^y ii the book was the one produced, but was sure it was " Tajlor on Poisons " George Buchanan, settler at Timaru, said ha knew tho late Captain Cain inti mately. Ha sat np with him before hia death on alternate nights with Stubbs. He was mainly alone, but could always get assistance if required. In the early part of the night Cain was chatty, and restless later on. He had never noticed delirium. He never slept long at any time, and generally woke up with a cough. He naver complained of tbe cough mixture, but ke always behaved as if he did not like it. Witness had given him whisky »nd- champagne twice, and neither bad ill effects. Witness had taken whisky while watching Cain. He had taken it from the same ttfctle as he gave Cain. He had Informed the police of what he knew.

To his Honor — He had sat np fou nightß with Cain.

To Mr Denri-ton— Cain was chverful snd chatty, and talked of old times.

To Mr Haggitt— He went to Cainatrut eisH or nine o'clock. Stubbs was with him for an hour or bo. Bjth Kaye and Wren need to be m the room w hen t>• gether ;it was generally to attend to Cain, On none of the four nights that he was with Cain was he sick. He thonght Cain had whisky twice or three times, and it never disagreed with him. The cough nvxture, he waa Bure, never made him sick. He had given champagne on two or three occasions, bat could not say how often. .He did not Bee much difference m Gain on the 27th He u»ed to Bleep best between two and five o'clock. Jf Kaye bad said that on no night was Cain not sick, he (witness) would say Kayo had made a mla'ake, unless he exiled phlegm being sick. Witness heard that Cain was m the habbit of being eick He had asked tha police what they were summoning him for, as his evidence would not go for ranch. Witness had been livirg m a cottage of old Mr Hall's. T j MrDenniston— Was never very Inti mate with prisoner. Fad never exchanged rarra than twenty words wi'h priaoner until after the birth of his child, when he had dinner there. He was an old friend of Cain's, having known him about thirty pears. Ethel Morris, of Duned'n, said sh had been a bridesmaid of Mrs HaU. She had lived m Woodlands about a fortnight before the marriage of prisoner. During the time she had been at Woodlands Bhe had seen Cain sick, and on three occ-siorft she aaw a basin beside the captain's chair to receive the vomit. The Court then adjourned till Monday Dunedin, January 31 Hall's trial was re nmed to-day by the defence calling J. Edwardß, who stated thit m 1881 he was employed with Slater, a draper m Timnra. In June, July, or Angust Captain Cain o»nn into Slater's shop and became sick and vomited very much, Dr Alexander had | heard Dr MacTntyre describe the »ymp toms presented by Cain, during h's last illness, and also the evidence of the wit nesses who were with him the niglt before ho died. So far as described the manner of death waß not inconsistent with natural causes. It waa not alto gether inconsistent with death by urinic poisoning. Ho could not draw any certain infetenoa frora evidence as to whether Cain was snaring from Brlght's djsease The ayrnptoiPs were not icoon* siatent with one form of Bright'a disease, or with any congestion of the kidney where excretion fa deficient. CJrinio poisoning m the oloeing hours of the patient, produces stupor, eickneas and slight ppnvulelve movements. The symp tom? described as being apparent im nie ; : fttsiy before death were njjt distlnc tir. Jl suggestive of antimonfal poisoning. y< m ting and^ purging were eyroptoms occurring to witness »a beiDg oonsißtent with antimQuial or po^oqiog'by

■Jrrtt*nt»,--but^aomeT symptoms- <*f- a.nti«" monial poisoning ve'e aleenuv. -Without • inpht» d»tf» ac to tbe Btatd of the patieDt he should heni-tate to pive an '■pinion whether adm n Btration had ac- Oe'eiated deaih. .

PROBABILITY OF AN ACQUITTAL.

Writing on the Hall case the New Zea land Times ep clal ray* :— My own opinion ia that ;» o;nvicii>a i* vo r y vr. probab'.e. lam told that the f rcnnin of the jury remarked to several people' (of omrae long before he knew he wou'd ncoupy euch a ppsitior.) tht aftir g6i:>g through the evidence, he o uld not pot llb'y cay that h is oonolusive to hit mind. If he still .holds this view there mast flither bo an acquit' al or a dinngreerae'it... The latter is by no means improbable. It m esid that one gentleman summoned as a jur;r has declared that he would not dare to find the prisoner guilty, and "" cause him to be barged, lest hi« ghost fhould haunt him for evor »ftor. In case of disagreement among the jury, ifc is understood that a fresh trial wWll take plaoo m W e'linpton. , ;

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, January 29

The provincial Anniversary w«b oele hrated with great spirit. The eight hours demonstration m the. Domain was well attended, and there was a good pro cession of tradeß. The spprta *ere a' so well attended. The Poresterß held a fote at Obehuoga, the Wesleyau Conference a picntc at East Tamaki, whUe two et camera took excursionists. The Regatta passed off euccessf ally.  ...

Wellington, January 30

The Colonial Secretary will leave for the South m a few days*, "and will cell a meeting of Sheep Inspectors m Canter bury and Otago with a view to discussing the question - of reform m the depart ment. '

Ha sell and Go's auction mart, Lambton Quay, waa destroyed by fire eirly this morning. The builSirg was fu lof pro duce, and the loss is estimated at con siderably above the insurance. The origion of the fire is attributed to incen diarism, and Mr Basell offers a reward of £100 for the conviction of the offender. A i6np-Hentenced.prisoner named Crab t'ee e- cap ad from mount Co :1c gaol to day How la not known. C'ab'reo es caped from LytteUoti gaol some three yea s ago, and wab tired at, and subsequently recaptured. Two years ago he made an attempt, but wae frustrhted. . ITe m still at larv»p, but the Ruthorhies expaot to re capture him m-rnirigf f

RIOT ON A RACECOURSE.

adckl&nd, January 30.

A disturbance tjck place at the Taka puna races over the Annljetsary Baadi o*p. The start was n miserable one, and Jessie, several lengths ahead m front <f everything, was never ciught frcm start to finish, Jesai) winning by a length and a half, Catesby second, and Friendship third. Great confusion ensued at the close of the race. The Judge declined to give a decision, or the totalis tor to pay out, and there were c Ua from the assem blage of some 3000 rf " > T o start ; no Btart " Ewan alHboo, alleged to be ,the owner of Jessie, and racing under style of " B. Thompson," went up to the Starter, Owen McGee, and asked if it was a start- McCJea replied m the nffiimative. It transpired Allison had either one or two tickets on tbe horse a d the trainer one, a fourth being held hy some frier da on shares. As these were the only tickets on Jesaie, the dividend was £104. Owing to the conduct of the mob, the police surrounded Me Glee and get him into the weighing-room, thence to the Stewards' rroov On being questioned, McGee de c'ared the race a start. A protest was entered by the owner of Catesby on (he' ground that tho Bt-irt waa a false one, and the Stewards decided to have the race run over again, which was done. The owner of Jesaie declined to ran hia mare, and the raco resulted Catesby. 1 ; Friendship, 2; tterroach, 3. The totalisator then ■, paid cut a dividend of 41s During the me cc, m protecting McGee, Constable Hansen received a cut on the forehead, and an attemot waa made to drag Mounted Constable Gillies from his horse. One! man was arrested, but subsequently ro leaßed to be proceeded against by Bum mons I*-, is reported that Allison will take legal proceedings against the Club for the stakes, which he says his mare w n ; also for the totalisator ticket money. It was feared at one time during the dis turbance that the mob would smash the grand statd or trie totftMsator.

THE QUEEN'S DESCENDANTS.

Princess br airica has been so peculiarly regarded m the light of an exemplary daaghter that it is strange to think of her as a mother. Her Majesty his now had 36 grandchildren, of whom 31 »re living. Of her own nine children all are living oxcept the Princess Alioe and tbo Duke of Albany. The Crown Princess of Germany h's b*x children allvo, the Prince of Waleß five, the Duke of Edin - birg five, Prircera Christian four, and the Duke of Oounaunht three, and t hare •re five ohildren of Princess Alioa alive and two of.th-a Duke of Albany. The Marchioness of Lojrne (Princeßß Louise) Is the only member of the family without issue. Her Majesty has not only children and grandohildcen, but also five great grandchildren. Four of theae are des cended from the Crown Princess of Germany, and the fifth from Princess Alice, Duchosß ot He«s«.

LAND TENURE IN INDIA.

The average holding iv India Is about 5 acres m extent, the unit of measure ment (bigha) varying from one-third to four fifths of an acre m different parts of the country, 'i here is scarcely any furm in 2 on a large sole, ani the native p-incea let out all their land m these small plots. The rent varies from 5j to £1 per acre, acoording to tho nature of the soil and th>? proximity of a market for farm produce. 'In Upper India, the farmer grows wheat, coiton, or other crops, to meet this portion of hU expen diture, and millet, barley, and peaa for the maintenance of his household, gene rally obtaining Wo cropa m the year. On a holding of 5 acres, a man with a p*ir of bullocks will maintain a family of five parsonp, with the help of his wife and children abova 10 yaars of age. Family men nre the rule, snd not the exception, and it may be added that they are peue raliy to some extent m debt —Mark Lane Express

THE AMERICAN POTATO MARKET.

While exporting nearly all kinds of farm produce, the Americana cannot, or do not grow sufficient potatoes fijp their own consumption. To send wheat, bacon or dairy produce to the States, wculd be as bad bb shipping coal to Newcastle ; and yet there is a market in' Amerloa for potatoes and they are regulary sent for six months m the year, (from Ireland, Eng land, Scotland and Germany, List winter one steamer alone took over 22,000 lack?. German potatoes, on account of their mealy character, are highly priced . It ia owing to the obe&p oaryiago that it Is found profitable to ship potatoes to the States. 1*; ooata abont the same for the freight In the hold of a steamer from Great Britain aB it costs from Albany to New York by rail. This Importation of potatoes is a recent thing. la Scotland J a peok of potatoes — or a " stone " as they call it, weighing about 14 lbs,, cells for 2sd, or 2a Id a barrel. In New York a, peck sells for Is, and 10a 6d a barrel Of course with cheap oopan freight* and a dnty of 7£d a bushel, ths New' T(otte market i» tfiroTsm^bpstj to TEurope and \ ■-, ;"■■'•-^j '*■■?'■s■ y ."..^?.^« ,

THE ....ASHJKPgTQJSj;, toVJUPWA^JtOWPt^Jj^kRYi^ 1887



ASfcBIJUTON IR\DESM.EN'd - RACING CLUB. MEE~TING ri'O BE HELD ON THK ASHBURTON I RACECOURSE OS -THUItSD vY, MAFOH 3, 1887. : FOIi 1 I3TBI T HORSES ONLY. P-e4dent— Vr IV C Walker, M.H.R. Vice-Pcrfi 'cnt —^Mr J. Ivees, M H.R. Judge— Mr W. J Steward. M.H.R. tTEWiPDS: Mr L. Marker j Mr E. Gates Mr A. Hani en J Mr 0. J. Neato Mr R. M. Cuthbettßon. Btarter~Dr Leahy. .- ■ Hanflicapper— Mr T. Qaill. Cler*: of Scales— Mr J. O. Duncan. Clerk of Course— Mr George Soott. PROGRAMME. 1. COUNTY HURDLE RACE, a handicap of 20 s'jvs; S'cond horee to Fove hjs Btake. 1£ mile, over cix fights of hurdles, about 3ft Gin high. Nomination, 10j ; accept- ance. lOai - -" - 2. HANDICAP TIME TROT of 20 boys ; second horse to Tecelve£s from thestalcp. Three miles. Nomination, 10s ; accept- anavlOs. Con- i k.ns— pull and po. 8- ASHBURTON PLATE HANDICAP of 35 sovß ; second horse to receive 6 soys from the stake. H raile. Nomination, 20s; arcer^ance, 15s. , .. . i, BELLING HACK RACE of 16 bovb. No wight unoer lOst. £ mile. Winner to be sold for 15 soys, any purple b to go to the r • - . "Nomination. 10s. 5. FLli..£r HANDICAP of 25 boys: Bscond horse 'o 'e«eive,£s from Btake. N<mtna- tion,l6s : acceota»ce. 108. Three-quarter mile,.. Winner of ihs Asl-.bnrton Plate Hpridicap to carry 7;b t.en»li.y. ~.- ! . 6. NOVEL BACE HANDICAP of, 25 soys. One mile. Nomination, 163 ; acceptance, 10s. Winner to bo sold immediately after ; the race, the whole of the proceeds to go te the funds of the Club. " o 7. CONSOLATION HANDICAP of 10 soya, ' fo'"* alt beateh hoißeßlinri.n? the meeting, One'mile. Nominaticis. lOa; acceptance, •■■"■ ; free. •• > 7 ■ . .-.- .... .:' ' 8i HURRY SCURRY, a. Sweeps'takes' of 103 each. • Post entry nny time of the day, .. : .Catch weight. . ' .'■:■■, RUL^S AND «EGULATXONS. The definition of a district horse shall be all horßes that' have been commonly resident m the country lyiog between the south hank of the Selwyn arid the north bank of the Waitaki from December 31, 1886, and up to the date of the forthcoming meeting, and owned by a person who has resided m the district abova defined during the same period. . . General Ruled of the Asbburton TraJesmen'^ Pncinr Club and "Pacing Rules of the Canter- bury Jockey Club strctly adhered to. Five per cent, will be deducted from the . gro*s cf all moneys payable m accordance with thiß proerarnrce for expenses of the course. All dispute?, claims, an* objcctions.arisiog out o/ the i acinpc shall be decided by the Stewards, Or whom they may appoint, their decision m all po nts cpnnected with the cartying out of this programme to be unal'; and; entries will only be received sut jech to these., conditions. All riominaiionß and acceptances go to the funds of toe Clnb. ;, . ' ~ • '; All entries and nqmini'iona to'-bef l accom- osnled by entrance' fees, "name »Hd< age 1 of the horpe, and colpfs 6f 'ihe.rfder. and m. the hands of the Secretaryjaddressed to^Whittle's Hotel, not later thanO^p.m, on Tuesday, the ; Bth day Fubruary. 1887. ■ Weights will be declared and published m ontside papers on the ; morning of Friday, February 18th, 1887; and r acceptances for the races to be paid to the. Secretary, as above, not later than 9 p.m. on SBturday, the 26th day of February. 1887. . .:,.', ___ _ WALTER £.. MObS, gecretary. BALING CLUB. . President— El^^Wrtg^ia : uA Yice-Pre?ident— John Gii^g^^Stts^ Judge— Matthew Etitt. STEWABD3 : H. Friedlander. W. C. Walker W. B Denshire B. McOwen J. C- N. Grige Dr Leahy ■ R. Friedlander. Treasurer — David Th maa. Clerk of the Scaleß—T. E. Upton. Clerk of the Course— A. Hewßori. Handicappera— The Committee. . . Starter— Dr Leahy. Fikbt Race ok Each Day to Staht at 12,30 pm. "FIRST DAY.: "• 1. DISTRICT HURDLE RACE of 20 sovb | over six flights of hurdles, abput 3Et Gin hieh. Nomination. 159 }; acceptance, 10si 14 mile. Dietrict horßea bniyi ' ;;r ' ' 2. ASHBURTON AUTUMN HANDICAP of 60 sovb. Nomination, ltbv ;; acceptance, ?i?ov. 1 j mile; ' •" L (f v^ : r-< 3. FOAL STAKES of Ibot, each", '.^ith 15 sovb added. For two-year^bl^s bred, bwreid, »nd trained by residerita m the diatiict defined by Rule 3. CoJts Bst 10lb, filließ arid geldings Bit 81b. Nomination, 103. The sweep tnbe poid by 9 p.m. on Ap»il 18th Five furlongs. ' ■ i. HANDIOAPTIME TROT (m saddle) of 20 eovs.. Nomination, 10 >; flc^ptince. Its. "Speight not less than lOat. Breafc'and turn. 3 m lea. !: ""'. :■' '■ 5, FLYING HANDICAP of 25 soya, tTomi. nation. I pov ; acceptance, 10s. f-mile. 6. POST STAKES of 10 soya. Entrance, ' ' 10s; to be made tbrthe Secretary^ .imme- diately after the F.ying Handicapis run. ' Catch weights. £-mile. The winner to be sold immediately after the race for 16 fcovs, any surplus to go to the fund* of the dub. SECOND DAY. 1. DISTRICT WELTER HANDICAP of 20 sovc.. Nomination, I©3; acceDtance, 103. Minimum weight, IGst, j£ mile, district hoes only. 2. ©a AND BT AND HANDICAP of 40 sovb. , Nomination. 1 eov ; acceptance, 1 sot. Seven fircones. ;3 HANDICAP TIME TROT (m saddle) of 15 soys. Nomination. 10 j ; acceptance, 53. Weight not less than lOat. Break and =.. ftara Twice ronnd ths course. District ■hOraes or.ly. • v RyEST HANDICAP of 20 sovb. J*~ <ttat on, 10s : acceptance, 10s: Dis- -raeflfinly. lnile. , v nvr-T -k "* AOE of 16 FOVS - Sntrancp. 10s, 6..J0YM1 L .. to tbe Secretary immediately *° be ,, tna 4 e -«fc Handicap is »un. Catch »« ?r iS c f-~ 'w^ 11^- dinner to weiphts Five 1 . , Xf ax - ter the race the *» SO* »»*»* o ' the Chib. -, A „ 6. CONSOLATION KANDIC H ? f 2 » sovl. NoEoination, 1 soy, to be man.. 1 lmi: Pediately after the Novel Race is run^ «ccep(ance free, to be rotified to th* Secreta»> within ten minu'esof the declaratioa «s*«^hts. 1 mile. ■■'■■■■ RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. The Meeting will be held under the Rules of Racing and Ashburton Racine: Club Rnkß. 2- No entry will be received except on the condition that all disputes, claims, and ob- jeetioris arising out of the racing shall be decided by the Stewards or whom they, may appoi t ; their decision on all points connected with the carrying out of ih'a programme to be final 3. A district horee shall mean any horse thathaß been commonly resident m the dis- trict between t h n - rivers Selwyn and Opihi from January 21, 1887, and up to the date of the forthcoming meeting, and owned by a 1 erson who has resided m the said district during the en me period. 4. Five per cent, will be deducted from the gro=B of all moneys payable m accordance with this progr mmc for the expenses of the course. 5. All nc ruinations and acceptances to go to the funds of the Club. . 6 Trotting Knees. Horses must trot fairly to the satisfaction of the Referee, NOMINATIONS. All norri nation s to be accompanied by fb», name, age, and dessxiption of horße, and I colors of rider m the hands of the Secretary I (address — Asbburton) no later than 9 p.m. I on Monday, March 21. 1887. ; WEIGHfS. I Weights for th* first day's handicapß will be declared on Wednesday, April 18, 1887. - Weights for the second day's handicaps will be dec'ared at 9 o'o^qk-pn the evening of the first day's racing. ACCEPTANCES. Acceptances for the first; day's handicaps must be made to the Secretary not. later tban 0 p.m. on Moa 'by, April 18, 1887. AcQept- ances for- then coud day's Ijiandiciapa' at 10 o'clock on the ever.i g oi the fiiat day's racjoß. . i : -,? j I W 0. C. FOOKS, Secretary,



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X; oin have famj by pvying expeusss. Sii>vAßT,.,Railway. Station. ■$ $. ff- •■} v ~ ■ .'I '} \ '■ •■*.- A>■ :■■■ '« .* ,-Xis ■:'• N^TIG,C ia h reby^fv^i tpt^nelOi§rk| ■*-wift^-be m nit%dain C 9--at ttfeiß/W; U : ur: : u pußje^HaSla,. on, THURSDAY. 3-d"- February pi xt. between ;hj hours cf 9 30 B.m and 4 bO p m. >-i ::<r?;'«:-* >;■■*■; 'i'-iW^itdeff '" , : '"' * il - -:•.>.-/.■ .v& ■>. Clerk of Cvart, 3ht January, 1857"''" r ° ' n : "tl TEMP^ARUALL CO^lP^^, "LIMI-' : " '■■'-' ■•'TjOV:.\js : |pB / tJB'T.^.-'- i ■■:■■« A SPECIAL -MBBT-ING of SI are- holder3 will be held m the Templar Hall on MONDAY, February 21st, 1887, at 730 p.m. Business : The oonsidera-; tion cf winding up of the Company. — Robt. Elston, Chairman aad Secretary. .January 31at, 1887. v: . 1 172 !;TEMPLAR HALL OOMP&RY*LIMI- ; - TED, ASBBURTON. IMOTIOE is hereby given that callß now jLY< due m the above Company must be v'pafd on or before Friday, February 4th, -1887. After that date will be sued for jwiihout further notice.— Fob r. Eiston, Chiirman and Secretary. 1 171 J TINWALD TOWN BOARD^. - NOTICE is hereby given that jlfir F^J. Fooks has been appointed OlerTc'an'cr Purveyor to the Tinwald Town Board. Pates are to be paid to him at Messrs .Ft oka and Son's office, Moore street, Aahburton. JOSEPH CLYRK, * Chairman. v~ ~~~ ' ! A. Harrison.- *•*• f Aljfred Haripsoq, f DOTIONEEtt, STOCK AND ESTATE AGKNT AND VALUATOR. * SATURDAY SALE at 12 Any — Horses, Cattle, Pigs,: Produce end Merchandise. : Agent Norwich Union Fire Insurance J Company. ' I FOR SALjS— \ Moveable Hut on pair wheels ; tw bunks. " .; Champion Wa Machine, 60s, Call anshing ■ Seed Sower, by Halto^J and Beatie cheap. . -.v*-" -'j '. ;.r:':'j;::^ >s Ploughs, Harrows, and^other Impie- rDentn. \ '' _ % ■ . Oheyleßmore Club Tricfcle, tbeibest s kind made—cheap ♦, • Piano, by Bord, nearly new. <ljieap ; . Spring Cart — Cheap % T 1 Ohaffcutter, by Bentall \ String Binder by Wood, good as ~. new, very cheap TO LET Five-roomed Cottage, Cox street rent very low to good tenant <1-'~ZI- T~. ■■■;. . T^'Bllliocfev : :':A\ r y. ' ■ :i TO LET ;Tr A 4-Eoomed House m Kermode street. . . .  , ' , ; :; v T.' BULLOCK. FOR SALE; at a low price, PIANoTby Broadwood and Sons Apply to 1 --' T. BULLOCK.' 'A^^F^o-B^is-Aii -c',- ;. ; i-^iKI/ARGE-SIZED: Grain Bruise^ by f Andrewß and Beaveni Apply to ...... .^O^^l-BULLUdKv : '• -■ TniNWAiD^ToiwhrSeoUoiiß 371y 372, X 373,. 374, 37a,.aTG, 377, ia one block, fronting Thompson street, near ■-.. I the County Saleyards, for sale at a low price, and on liberal terms, Apply to T. BULLOCK. TO LET, at a low rental, comfortable ] Cottage m Grey street, nicely sit Hated, and lately m occupation r $ Mrß Coutts. Apply to T. BULLG^. TOjLET; afc a Jpw/Mn^A sjroomed Cottage, fronting Cambridge street, Hampßtead, near the Convent. Apply to 'IT; 'BULLOCK. TO LET, Lots 1 to 13, containing 3a. 3r. 23p., all fronting Alford Forest Road, and adjolriing Mr"Jamea Smith's property. For particulars aoply to T. BULLOCK. , . ...;.^^;o,i . V TO LET.—For 3 or 5 years, with or wit' out a pu»ohaßing clause, R.S. 25349, containing 13^ a,creß, situated near tht Grange, at the'baok'bf the Raoeoourae. Apply to T. Bullock. •'■■■■■'■■■■'■■* "TINWALD. TO LET at a low rental, 3-roomed Cottugo near IVtr. Sliearer's. T. BULLOCK. TINWALD. TO LET. — Four roomed Cottage on Graham's Bond, lately m the occu- pation of Mr" P: Heron. Apply to T. BULLOCK. OATS.— A quantity for Sale ; good sample. T. BULLOCK. TO LET— AY V low rental, Centra Bakery, together with »hop and dwelling house. Apply to T!O LEI, a three-roouied Cottage ai & ..Tj^ygrtpp. ,,. Rent, §8,6^ per yvatiU Apply v t6' ! ■■'" "'" ' "" ■'■ '"• f : •' T. BULLOCK. LET— 2 .Cottages .i^n, Grey Street kown as CouH.ta''blootf \ Rent a 5i per week. T. BULLOCK, *fT*6R v BA"LE^Twb sets *6t tii'reVjefiivec Jj harrows, by " Howard." r , T. BULLOCK FOR SALE — Lot 25, fronting the North Town_Belt. Price, £10 Liberal terms if required. Apply to T. BULLOCK. — . uAnt/v- — ■ TO PAINTERS. TO LIST at a lo^ rental, Shop n • ?.. .P^elllqghonßp ,;,in -Jtfoore n h&w [ lately In occupetlon of Mr Lucas. . 9ULX.OOK T>BAPER|i BPDEJ^S FOR SALE. (■ X\ " — — ; r^c^^jjiniclc \y v® B||od«E j;i *..s£&s t) A '  .  j) ... J2 ;■ >» ,i> .» ••• 4 Deering Twme Binder ... 10 * Samueleon Twitte>Bjfj(d9r ,. X i& i- • }i i) *•• 15- I T,BOU4OOK,



" It has become so common to begin an article, in,an ; e-egant , utereßtiqg^style^ " Then rjin'it into (soicrie.--fidv^tiSßjne»ti| that Va avoid all slid), "And simp y call attention to the men's of Hop Bitters m. as plain, 'horie&t ■ terms as possible, "To induce \ eople ; > ' • ' j \ ' To eive them Me trial, which' so proves ther value that they will never use anything el6e." •■ The Rbmsdt'so lavorably noticed^in ii.W the papeTß, v ; '•■•■ ."-:■■■''■■■■■• '•■■•■• ": : .-■•"■■ ■'■'■ Religious and seoular is " Having a large Bale, and is supplanting all other medioines. "There is no denying the virtaes of the Hop plant; and the proprietors of Hop BUfori have shown great shrewdness and ability • • * • "In compounding a medicine whose virtues are so palpable to everyone's observa- tion." Did She Die ? « No ! " She lingered and suffered alpng pining away all the time for years." :> •' The doctors doing her no,good. " :r . : "And at last waß cured by thispHop Bitters the papers say so muqh about.^' 4 "Indeed 1 Indeed !" . ■ ; f-i > " How thankful we should^be for that medicine." ■" :? ;] — — .— ... g. A Daughter's Misery. . v 'c. " Eleven years our daughter suffered on a bed of misery, - p " From a complication of kidney, HVerj rheumatic trouble and nervous deb^ityy 41 Under the care of the best physicians, 41 Who gave her disoaso various names, "But no relief, :, 'i ■-'■ " And now she is restored to us m good health by as simple 0. remedy as Pop Bitters, that we, had shunned for years before using it. • , v y> " "■ Ui •;" * THE pABBNTfti ••" Prosecute the Swindlers!! If when you cftll for American Hop Bitters (see green ttvig of Hops on the white label arid Dr Soule's name blown Hn tlie -bottle),- the vendor hands out; anything but American Hop Bitters refuse it and shun the vendor an you would a viper ; and if he has' taken your money for anything else indict him for the fraud and sue'him for damages for the swlndje, . and we will pay you liberally for 'the conyi6«. on. .'■■'*■ " ■■•• ' ; ■■> ' ■ Public Notices. : TO LfiT —4-roomed Cottage, Burnett-. street, near ibe old Borough Council Chambers. Apply toY : ■ T. BULLOCK ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH— A Social Gathering to bid farewell to the Rev A. Otwoy will take place m the Schoolroom on Tuesday, February 1, at Bp.m. .l'-U63l TENDERS. . ■■ rX7 AM TED Tenders for 7HKESHING *V about 400 Acrea. OATS a° d WHEAT, at per thousand, part to ;be' threshed from stook, weather permitting ;. expected to commence about the middle of February, For particulms ispply to, -- TG. MARRIOTT, -i ; 1 IGB Winchmote Roadf ~ ABHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL, ,fpßN^Eß^.Bre,.ta«Jl(j4 r by^j^,AAfe^^ JL tori Borough Council for lease cf River-bed Reserve, between Winter street' ■■ and the Bridge. Tenders to Btate rent for 3, 5, or 7 years. Tenders to be sent to the undersigned, | from whom particulars can ba obtained, by 12 o'clock on MONDAY,. the;7ih February next. . '•,._.. .-'-,,., C a ARL^S BRADDELL, 1 : ...'' Town Clerk, Borough Council office, ,'\ > ; ;; 31st January, .1887. ; ,; V ; . ; . '\ T' AK^;NpTICE.Hriie i ; ' Viau^tion' B^oir J 1 for tlie Borough of'j^hbuirtpn for, the | year 1887 is now open.for inspection at \ the Borough Council OfficQ, Baring. Square , West, Ashburtoti. A ll, objections thereto must be left at the Resident Magistrate's Court, ABhburtbn;' oh" or before the lSth day of February next, addressed.,., to the I Assessment Court, and a copy "bf.^very such oHjectipD must be left at the , Town ' Clerk'B .Office not less than seven days before the neitr sitting ofs tji'e said Court. CHARLES BRADDELL, ; Town Clerk. Borough Council Office, .: r; > - 15th January, 1887; '•..-* .■.■.-:■ ,• 1099 J ASHBURTON COUNTt 00UN0IL, , IB ERE BY give notice thiit m accord- ] arice! with the provisions of ;|h« * Licensing Aot, 1881 r and .-. Begulation t of Local Elactiorts Act, 187G,' ; \t6e Eleption o£ Five r v i>6os to . formV,rt)ie f Liconsing Committeeß for the Ashburtpn District will, be held qn 17th Fe^rufti-y, J 1887; for the Upper Ashburton District, t on 18th Februmry, 1887 ; and tot ; ;ttip 1 Mount Somers District, oq 23rd February, 1887 j at the following places, ; via :;^- --. ! - • For the Ashburion Dwtrict— At the ■ ■ Saleyards; Office, .Tjtitfti'A/, f .;l'^U--l ' For the Upper Ashburton District— At : the Road pftice,: Sfe- . For the Mount Sp'meraJJistnQfeAt the Road Board Ofiioe, ' Motmt Nominatiqn8 3 in the ;f Ojtifi> :^rdscribp^in thei:;f2u<J > shf dul^ofe ' tfee Re«ulatibn^ ; of ] Local : Electionsw.^ct,- > -}fWof:^tll^ be received ; ,Vp t : tip;.^; ! 'o'cldck^,^b^^a^the abovementioned placeß---on .'the ;9lh "d«y of February; ; : 1887^ |or^ jjie • District ; on the lOtirday hi February^ 1887, for the Upper Ash»nxrton Distriot; and on the llih day of February, 1887,, 1 for the Mount Somerfl D'striot. v ' Forma/ of nomination can be had at the , i Office of the County Council, Ashburton. ;,; :, , F. MAINWARtNG, ..'.'.•»■■'/''; 1 Kcturning Officer. AShbutloH, Jan 31, 1887, IJIBO fI^HE undersigned have Just Redeived A , FRESH SUPPLIES or NEWCASTLE COAL - _- , WESTPORT COAL •*'&■ YD.L. timber;' . V.O.L. PALINGS' U ' v< : B ILED AND RAW OIL CASTOR OIL WHITE AND RED LEAD ANtBRICAN-.LOOKS ' HOUSE VARNISH - , SCRIM * l " '" WIRE NETTING - vx '* . : WIRE NAIL8 1 : ■'■' : - : " -' : '" 1 FENpii^ ,^IRE (Bari) .' ' -,■ , ; ; FENCING WIBE^ (Piain) J :± ■-■■ INSPEC i IIi6N~'jNVITED- | ( T IMMRi 4RQN,- : &NDi GOAL L , MERCHANTS. ._., lvs .«- ■> |^JpF^dTU«Bl(s r # i&ft>RTM! ■!