A STRANGE FATALITY.

& ■ • — ■ — * ■ Dusedxjt August 6. > Longworth'a brlok-ttlln. m North-east vallej fell la at 8.30 this morning, bury ing a son of Mr Longworth's. and a man named Bainfield. The former who is 20 yean of age sustained fatal injuries and the latter is m a oritical condition - ••.. Later The aooldent wai occasioned by the ■rjpporta to the now kiln being removed before the brickwork had proper!* set. William Longworth, tha deoeaied, was a bricklayer by trade, aged 23, and un marrlecL Joseph Benfield, the other man buried m the falling debris, also sustained oompound fraoture of the left leg and a timple fraoture of the right bat no Internal Injiiriei. He has a wife and sixteen children* ■

SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS

SHOCKING IMMORALITY. : ; . Wkllikotok, August 6. j Sovtt ihooking revelations were made at the R.M. Court this morning when a family of three generations was charged with various offences of either poonpying Inrotbeli or leading ft life of vagancy. It appeared that the grandfather, an old man of 79, owned a collection of wretched huts near Qhniaee itreet, known as the Rabbit Warren, and hit son with four children,, two of whom were described as amongst fh« lowest prostitutes m the town, lived In tham. The huts were built of old kerosene tins, picking oases, eta., and were abont four feet m height and six fett iqaare, not large enough for a man to stand np In. The father, who was once fteapeetable, wai proved to have brought men to the pltoe, and the Beach said it wai terrible to find a man so degraded ai to life on the prostitution of his children. Imprisonment for terms of two and three months was inflicted la the oase of Astall, hii daughters, and two ether women. The grandfather was not , dealt with as he was sefzad with a fit, and the two younger ohlldren were remanded.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Fire. Auckland, August 6. A fire broke out m Union street shurtl After 'l2 o'clock, and destroyed a house . Owned by Mrs Cooper, and occupied by ber ada, and two adjoining cottager. jDamages not known. fs '; ■;■■! ; ■ ■-■' : ■ Veaeela Lost. !Th6 barque Oalentia 94 days out from Ike Bay 61 Islands for Hobart Is believed to be 16s*» The owner applies for insur ance £750 on hall and £450 on cargo. No trace has yet been fonnd of the ■Sooner Colombia, 31 days oat from Mtrour]r B *y *° Napier. - Embezzlement' Napier, AofOßt6. At the B.M. Court, William Danbar Wm brought up with embezzling £640 frofiailH Commercial Bank, Molong, New Bonth Wales, The Information was with drawn. Aooaied will be forwarded to Sydney by to-nighVs steamer and handed DTir to the Sydney antho rlties. Valedictory. Timaku, August 6. A valedictory soiree was given last sight to Captain Webster, the retiring Harbor Master, The Mayor presided. Tb]b gathering comprised a number of Influential citizens, and the health of the pairing gaest was received with en thulium, Captain Webster goes to Auckt land to- embark m an enterprise there.

A WARNING.

♦ , Beware of the wife who, as Bhe kliies yon good bye, slips a bit of paper into Jrour pocket, saying : •There's a Hit of a few little things rd.llkfr. yen* to get on your way to the train." Pleaee don't overlook any of them. It will take you but a few moment and I want allof them to-day. That's a dear.' Jenkins has such a wife. He takes the little slip, says :— Yes, my dear ; Til get them. He gives himself ten minutes before taking the train for home and thin is the Mat: ..'Six lemons, a dczen oAngcs, yard of blue ribbon, dczen shirt buttons, bottle bt aconite pellets, bunch of celery, bottle iA vanilla extract, pound of almonds, {roand of m*p!e eagar, yard of black Oimbrio, ton cents worth of whalebone, box of glycerine jujubes for baby'B cough, card of hooks and eyes, figs, dater, yard of lace like tample, shoe-strings for Johnnie, paper, of: pins, bolt of blue dress braid And something fur baby.' 1 . He drives home with (wo lemons and an, orange, ; and looks unutterable things when, Jfin Jenkins wy8 s : * ''.«<Sbti didn't hare time to get the other things'? Why, my dear, I could have bought them all m ten minntea.'

ROYAL SCANDALS.

, The "Now York World" say": -The Gonrfc of Vienna has been distracted daring the last few weeks by a succession of scandal*. The relations between Grown Prince Rudolph and Grown Princess Stephanie have long been strained, and their squabblings have recently brought them to the verge of separation. The Grown Princess abruptly left Yionna for Abcezi, having expressed her intention of returning to Belgium at the close of her ■toy on the Adriatic. The Emperor has personally interfered to avtrb his daugh ter-in-law's departure, and the Prince and Princess of Saxe-Oobarg Gotha and "Other relatives have also exartei them •elves with the same object. The result Ss that the Grown Princess is to pay a ■be weeks' visit to her parents at Brussels. She is to be joined at Loehen by her husband, and they are to come to England together to represent the Austrian Oourt •t the Jubilee celebration. The Crown Princess will afterwards visit Spain, and ■he is not to return to Vienna until the •otamo. Still worse fa the case of the Archduke Otto, son of the Arobduke Charles and a nephew of the Hmperor. He was married last year to the Princess Maria Jos.efa, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of Prince George of Saxony. The Arch duke's conduct has been so bad that his bride has left him, with the full approval of her relatives, and it is by no means Unlikely that he will be imprisoned for the good of hit health and the correction, and reformation of his manners and ex ' dosses. ' , ' , Ljattty pomes and Arohdoke Ferdinand, brother of the aforesaid culprit, who m herited pirt of the vast fortune of the Pake of Madeira, and who has been dis graced and forbidden the Oonrt m oonse quenceof fftnost gross outrage on some pea sants, which was brought to the notice of the Emperor by the bishop of L-arz. It ll stated the Archduke and some of his equally hair-brained brother cffiiors were riding m the country, when they met a Peasant fur. era 1. 1h y compelled the pro ten*i n n to stop, insulting the mourners, tßflfj ia'ly, 1 o edtile as it cc mi, they are acoueed of having opened the coffin and trpn t*kea the corpse oat, after which they leaped their homes over it The Archduke m,mfc be a brutal ruffian if he Was guilty of this oalrage, The storj however, has been common talk at Vienna for weeks although no notice hae baer taken of it by the newspapers, as thej 1 ire afraid to mention members of th< B/py.al Family exoept to eulogis.e them.

FOLLOWING THE MAD KING'S EXAMPLE

«, Two young Munioh ladies, the Baro neeßes Ann and Louisa Guttenberg, aged respectively 26 and 23, committed suicide by drowning themselves m the Starnbsrg Lake, at the identical spot where the King of Bavaria' was found dead eleven months ago. The " Daily News " corres pondent says they bad held many melan choly conversations on the tragicat fete of the monarch, and repeatedly went to the lake merely to throw flowers into the watery grave. At last they gave way to tha impulse of following tho King's example, and, taking a boat, rowed close to the spot, whioh is close to the shore, and dropped silently into the water. Next morning when the mlsß'ns: boat roused suspicions, a search was made, and they were found m the soft day, firmly clasped m eaoh otber'a arms. They were both pretty, highly cultivated, and rich

SETTLEMENT IN QUEENSLAMD.

■♦ An association of politicians, including delegates from the Trades and Labor Ooonoil m Queensland, have proposed a Bcheme for the establishment of settle* ments in ' the coast districts, where the rainfall is ordinarily sufficient for agrionl tare, and where access to markets is easy. loland districts also will be settled by groups of settlers, say 20 adults, either tingle or heads of families each group containing one or more indivi duals with bush or farm experience Officials are to be appointed by the Government to guide and advise settlers daring the first year of corporate ex is tenoe. The Government are to be asked to anrvey groups of farms, say 20, m localities where water is perm«nent, the area allotted being according to the quality of soil ; agriculture, combined w.th grazing, being considered m the survey. The maximum area is limited to within 160 acres, riparian rights being vested m the oorporaie settlement as oomraon property. To inaugurate ihe schema the Government is required to advance money m gums not exceeding m the aggregate a total equal to £lfo for eaoh member of the group, which is distributed over a period of 12 months. These advances are charged as a debt upon the settle* ments at 4£ per cent interest, the whole to be repaid within 12 years, the security of instalments m repayment being guaranteed by the joint and several liability of the groups formed. A corporate authority shall regulate the administration of oomblned farms, and decide matteis re defaulting settlers ; titles of ocoupancy to.be issued when the advances are repaid.

A NEW TERROR

♦ \ Somebody m always adding a new hygienic terror to life says the "Speotator. " This time ft ia Dr Klein, who delivered aleoture at tho Royal Institution, showing that we may catjh acarlet fever from milk which has not been polluted directly or Indirectly *by the fever m the human subject. Oows, he alleges, are liable to acarlet fever, though m them the diaoaße ia not serious ; but if we catch it from them thro gh their milk, It becomes serious In us. Careful official itqulry appears to prove that this has been re peatedly the case, »nd that an epidemic of scarlet fever among cows, not caught m any way from human beings, may be followed by a burst of ecarlet fever among the customer* of the faro*. Even condensed milk of the cheaper kinds will convey tho Infection ; Dr Klein has found nrcrobes m tins of milk Idenrical with the microbes detected m Fcarlet fever patients. Milk should be heated. up, Dr Klein says, to 85c, at which temperature the mic robes die— c fact which suggests that tho«e who drink their tea very hot are wi»e men. , ..

SIR JULIUS YOGEL.

The "Tablet," (the chief organ of our Roman Catholic fellow colonists) was moat favorably impressed with fcir Julius Vogel's speech at Chrißtchurch . In its leading article this morning our contem porary says : — " We have read all the speeches, not only of all the 'eadera, but also of the rank andjfile, and have formed academically an opinion as to thoir merits ; and. we must say that this speech of fc=ir Julius Yogel is far and away the ablest of all we have read. He speaks like an expert who is thoroughly master of hJB Bubject. He knows bis business, and can evidently not only think ably and clearly, but can also express himself clearly . There is something very touching m his resumi of his services to the country, and his comparison of statistics as regards the period of his initiation of the Public Works polioy and of the present term is convincing, and, to his opponents, crushing. That he has been hardly treated no one can deny. Sir Julius Yogel Btands out head and sbonlderß above every public man at present before tho people as a statistician, politician, and financier. And as to statesmanship, there ie no public man that can come near him. Let the result of the approaching election be what it may, it will be a calamity if Sir Julius's Borvices should be lost to the colony."—" Oamaru Mail "

DR WRIGHT'S DISAPPEARANCE.

♦ : (Feom Pvi-a.) Dr Wright has turned up all right 5 And he is right and I was right, and all ia right as tight oan bet Told yo^ 80 ! I wonder where he's boon all the time? Don't make impertinent enquiries ; He'a been slumming and loat his way, moat likely 1 Sydney's a rummy place for a stranger to get fooling round m, I can tell you 1 Worse than London I Well, I'm not sure that it UVt 1 Some queer things take place m London sometimes 1 -. >■■ No, not really ? You're chaffing { There was a very qomioal incident some years ago, that happened to a wealthy Australian! ! What was that 1 Did he lose himself ? That's jaat what nobody knows? Ho and his wife were staying at a private hotel m a quiet street out of the Strand, and one evening a friend came to dinner with them ! Ah, friends will do that m London, if you let them ! Shut up ! Well, after dinner, and a little music and so on, the friend took his departure, aod the Australian went down stairs to Bee him out t It was a fine summer night and ho went out on the pavement with him, m his evening dress, without a hat 1 And he caught cold, eh ? Sarve him right 1 ' He never came back, anyhow ! His wife want to bed, supposing ho would return every minute, and the hall porter waited for an hour or so, and then looked up, thinking it was' no business of his whore the gent had gone 1 And you say he never came baok at all ? Never ? He'B never be^en heard of since 1 How about the friend ? Oh, tho friend was sent for next morn* in^, of course, but he knew nothing \ He said he had parted from his host at the corner of the street not twenty paces from the hotel \ He'd hailed the first hansom, nnd shaken hands with the Australian and driven homo! Then where did the Australian go 1 Nobody knows, and nobody ever will know till the grave gives up its dead and all eeoreta are revealed '

THE WATERLOO CUP.

Afc tha Resident Magistrates Court Ohr!s' church yesterday morning, b fore 5 Met Bra 0. Whitefoord and H. J, Hall, D. O'Bcten and P. Butler sought to reoover : from T Quill and W. G. Judge, £100 aa * \ damages iv connection with the dispute arising out cf the reoent Waterloo Gap Ooaraing meeting. Plaintiff.' statement of claim alleged that the defendant Thomia Quilt, Is Treasurer, and the defendant W. G. Judge, 1b steward of the coursing meeting lately held at PhunpTpn Park, called the Waterloo meeting ; that plaintiffs nominated a dog called John Drumm for the said Waterloo Gap, aud paid the nomination fee of £12 10s to defendants, who accepted the same Id the fourth roand of tho said Cup, John Dramm met and competed with a dog oilled Haroun-al-Rasohld, winning the course ; notwithstanding that John Drumm won his course with Haroun-al- Rasohld and was entitled to continue m the Waterloo Gup, the Btewardß, neve theleas, deolined to allow him to continue iv the same ; Haroun-al Raechid, subse quently to beingidefeated by John Dramm ran a natural bye, then met and defeated Killarnoy m the final coura?, and the stewards adjidged him the winner of the Gap, bat the plaintiff* say that John j Drumm is the winner of the said cup, and claim the stakes. The value of the stakes payable to the winner of the Waterloo Cup is £113 Is. Plaintlffj abandon £13 Is so as. to bring the ease within the jurisdiction of the court. The evidence showed that when Haroan and John Drumm were slipped they changed places before the judge caught sight of them. Haroun won, and the judge ordered the flig steward to pat up the red flig, being under the impression that the dog w&s running under that oolor He discovered his error on referring to the slip steward, and ordered f^e white flig to be hoiated aDd gave the course (o Haroan. The bench gave judgment for the defendants, but refased to allow costs on account of the remisneßg of the fl»g steward.

PROTECTION V. FREETRADE

We have m previous articles alluded to the great reaction which is taking place at Home m favour of a return to Protection. This reaction is gradually extending, and its influence is even now beginning to be felt m the colonies. Only the other day our cables informed us that Mr Dibbs, at one time Treasurer of New South Wales and as staunch a Free Trader as any either on this or the other side of the line, had been converted to Protection. After many years of unswerving allegiance to the cause of Free Trade, he has become coyinced that it is, under present cir cumstances, barren of benecial results. Mr Dibbs says that " under certain conditions Free Trade is the best policy to secure the happiness of the human family, but m this oase it must be universal." Now, without going so far as Mr Dibbs, we may say that we believe that Free Trade would be divested of a great portion of its mischievous effects if it were universal — if every nation were to put it into practice. But for one nation to adopt Free Trade, and open its ports free to the products and manufactures of all the cither nations, while these close their markets to her, is surely the height of folly, as Great Britain has discovered to her cost. ..We do not agree.. with Mr Dibbs ia regarding Free Trade as " the best policy to secure the happiness of the human family," even were it universal. It might suit some countries, but it certainly would not suit that portion oi the human family which claims. Great Britain as their domicile. Its tendency must be to reduces wages to the lowest level. Goods manufac tured m a country were wages rule" high coiild c hot successfully compete with those manufactured, where a low rate of .wage obtained. To compete successfully the rates of wages must be assimulated, that is, the wages paid m England must be reduced to that ruling, say, m France, Germany, or Russia. It was with this view that the theory of Free Trade was reduced to practice m the Mother Country — that it was m fact, as we have previously said, conceived of greed and born of selfishness. .Moreover, m addition to reducing wages, we regard Free Trade as having the tendency to lower the standard of excellence m our products, and/w tanto to demoralise the people. . For these reasons we have always been opposed to it, and we sincerely trust that the reaction which is so largely developing itself at Home, will prove successful m secuting a return to Pro tection. Then again, if Free Trade, under any conditions be the best policy to secure the happiness of the hu/nan family, how comes it that other civliised and enlightened nations have not adopted it? If it be the unmixed good that its disciples would have us believe it to be, one would imagine that the other nations of the world would greedily have appropriated it for their own special benefit. But they have not. Why? Simply because they are too " enlightened." They are suf ficiently enlightened to see that, it is absurd to try to induce various countries to adopt one cast-iron policy, and that j each nation must regulate its own I policy, according toils circumstances, re quirements, and surroundings. America is reckoned about the smartest nation m creation, yet she has not adopted Free Trade, France has not, Germany has not, m fact not a single nation except our own has. It is the old tale of the monkey and the chestnuts. While for the last forty years they have been pouring m their goods " duty free " into England, they have been virtually closing their markets against Blitish manufactures, and laughing m their sleeves at her. But we are happy m the knowledge that the " re-action " we have alluded to is bearing down all before it, and that it is " Lombard street to a China orange," that within a decade Great Britain will return to the policy of Protection by means of which her greatness was built up. — Mail.

THE TROUBLE IN AFGHANISTAN

. — _ -*— ■■■ " With reference to the reoent troubh * In Afghanistan,. the London oorresponder • of the " Melbourne Age " writeB :— " Tii r Ameer himself is playing into the hand 9 of the Czar, for his merciless tyranny an J his grinding exactions, often amouotio 5 to actual confiscation, have aroused th | most bitter hostility to h'.a rule and hay - taught hia subjects to regard with favc J any possibility of a ohange of the oondl > tlons of existence. Abdurrahman 1 throne is, therefore, very insecure, an b aB his people most cordially hate him, i i is but a question of time before he wi! I be either assassinated or deposed. S far an England is conceraed the position of effurs is extremely delicate. If i oonaeqaanco of auy menacing advance oi the part of Rassia British troops wer thrown into Afghanistan, there is ever, probability that the Afghans would regan such a proceeding as a hostile demoDstm tlon, aud such they would resent, possibl; inviting the assistance of Russia to punlsi it; and yet if a Russian advance h allowed|to take place without a oounte move by Britain, iherd is but a sma) chanca of keeping the Ameer on th< Afghan throne Russia will be tot cunning to place hereelf m a false posi tion by any hasty action, but as aoon ai the various intrigues hare baen broogh to a laooessful itioe a swift and sar< blow will be struck. It is a poouliai ooinoidenoe that ever flince the Cs*r's at tentlon has been diverted from Bulgarii rebellion* and insurrections have come t< an end there and that no sooner has th< Russian Agent appeared m Gentral Aid than revolts oconr and mutinous out breaks follow each other m rapid too osession. The Oaar has a clever way ol making his enemies fight his battles,"

WHO IS MOTHER SEIGEL ?

She is a lady, who by the merest accident, has made a most valuable discovery, and she is creating the wildest enthusiasm all over the coun'ry, ami everybody is talking about her and asking . WHAT IS MOTHER SEIGEL'S REPUTATION? '•"■'"■■ And she tells them to n*ad the thousands of letters, something like the following Mr Perkins:— - ■•■ ■ -^ • A WONDERFUL TESTIMONIAL, "' x, " Grove Pharmacy, Ealing, Wi, -:''V' Jan. 2, 1885^ >' ■ . •;.]:'.'<!• *' Your medicine must be the most wonder« ful discovery,r for during my experience of more than twenty years. I never khew>hy proprietary or patent- medicine m ..such: universal favour and demand, It is simply extraordinary, and if I were to send you an account of every statement made to me in.its favour, you would have to publish a separate book to contain my testimonials alone. >.. (Signed) " Thomas J. Perkins4, And then people ask— WHAT DOES MOTHER'SEIGEL DO? GIVES RELIEF AT ONCE. i.? " 59, Bloom&eld road, Plumstead, "Jan. 7, 1885. " 1 find the sale oi your medicines increases every year, and everyone speaks well of them that tries.them. I know a lady that attended the Female Hospital m Soho-square for some months, with pains m back and side, and bilious, and could tike no food, but got no benefit from any of the medicines they gave her. Before she had taken all the contents of one bottle of your syrup she felt relief, and is now quite well. • •■ : - (Signed) "W. K. Bakkr." THE EFFECT WAS MARVELLOUS. • " Medical Hall, Bangor, Jan. $, 1885. •' I hear people constantly speaking' very highly of Seigel's Syrup. There is a case of a young married lady m Anglesey who had beep suffering from stomach, asthma fox a long period, who had consulted some of the best physicians of the day, but without deriving any benefit She was daily getting worse, but at last a friend persua.ded.her to try Seigel's syrup. She procured a bottle, and the effect was marvellous; she rap'dly improved, and now she is as strong and healthy as ever she lies been. ' '"■'•: (Signed) " H. Lloyd-Jones."

WH AT IS MOTHER SEIGEL GOOD FOR?

DOES NOT RESTORE THE DEAD, BUT SAVES THB LIVING. : Mr J. W. Savill. of Dunmow, Essex, writes, — September, 1884 :~ M I introduced your medicines into Dunmow almost as soon as they were brought out m London. I sold m a short time eighteen pounds' worth.- I have. known many grand cases of permanent cures ; and, as yet, no case of iailure. Not withstanding many competitors, Mother Seigel's Syrup holds its own ground. I be lieve it a good medicine — it will not restore the dead to life, but it appears to save the living from dying.

A CASE OF GRAVEL CURED.

"Teltham, Jan. 6. 1885. "It has always given me pleasure to re commend your medicines to^ my customers, and the results of their use have invariably been most . satisfactory. I could furnish: you many testimonials.- One cose just now occurs to my mind. A c unstable of the police force of Tooting, S.Wr, where I for many years bad a shop, was a patient of mine, suffering from a bad attack of gravel. He was per suaded to try ' Mother Seigel's Syrup.' He purchased a bottle at my shop, and by the time he had taken half of it he reported him self to me as quite cured. The effect was simply miraculous. (Signed) '«J. D. FIorANCK." IS MOTHER SEIGEL RELIABLE? . Would respectable chemists write like the following if not ? SURGICAL OPERATION AVERTED. "Ticehurst, Dec, 1884. Mr Edward Cobke. Chemist, writes :— "Your medicine maintains a steady sale m this district, and is well established m general favor. I know an o'.d man, over seventy, who some three or four years ago was advised to submit to the operation for stone. He certainly was suffering from some distressing symptoms, and could scarcely walk. Instead of taking that advice he tried Seigel's Syrup, with the result that, after one bottle, he could walk about fairly well, and, having taken three or four 2s 6d bolt es, he was completely cured. He is still about, hale and hearty for his years. If any of the symptoms of tie old trouble come on, he takes a few doses of the Syrup, and all is well again."  '.:.'■ WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT MOTHER SEIGEL. AN EXPERIENCE OF KORTY" YEARS. " Cosham, Hants, Jan. 2, 1885; 'My customers, ever a wide country,dis trict, are not very demonstrative, and I have no written testimonials to send; but verbal admiration of your medicine. is m the ascend ant, and my experience of forty years assures me that no other preparation has sq rapidly acquired a popularity, and so firmly main tains its reputation as Mother Seigel's Syrup. {Signed) "THOMAS H, BAKIR. :

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_|»|lb MEET THE TIMES], i. C TRUGKLE, i. PROPRETOR of the Prince Albert _ , Boarding - House, Wills Street^ /abburton, next. Odd fellow a* Hall, whilb to tlianking his many Friends and Customers Id for their liberal support. 'for the past 10 of : years, solicits a continuance of the same.-' Board and Lodging, 148.16 b, 18s pe* - , week ; or JJa per "day. Board only,- 10» — per week. Dinners only, 4s per week, ;<3ood accommodation for Families, and )- pfiyateroomg for Ladies. 7 52 _. ■ TO WORDING MEN. * 1 MRS fIMMO, 1. ■. ' " PaO?BIE*BBS3 OP THH 2 WATERLOO BOARDINGHOUSE, t Tanored Street, Ashbnrton, •I ITEGS reßpeotfnlly to inform tKe , 0 JO general publlo, p»rtioalarly the " r f working olassee, that she has reduced ths [ rates for Board and Lodging as under: y Board and. Lo^lnp, per week, 16a to 17a Dinners only, per week ... ... 4s  Board only, per week ~ , ... 10s y Tha cooking Is done by Mr Tlmrao, whose reputation as a first-olass chef rem»ln« ansullled. A capital table, and meals at all hours. * 7 59 f Creprge Jameaon ■ -I 1 X Ltr SIZES~From 3to 16 laohea-r 3 : .' :■■.•• •■' . with ■■■■'■ ' "'■',,■:'}■■:: BENDSi ELBOWS AND JUNCTION -1 / And also EIRE BRIOKS ? FOR 'SALE BY E GEORGE JAMESON, SHBURTON E ~ •- ■ - Faiifield. THREE THOUSAND ACRES OR THEREABOUTS, ; IK BLOCKS OF . \ ; 200 to 1000 Acres, TO LET FOR CROPPING, ; ' 1 mENDERB are invited np to 31st August X next, for the right to grow ona Turnip Orop and one Gtain Crop oh the Fair field E«ate, adjoining the Ashbarton Township. The land has not been under drop for seven years. . Entry for Ploughing will be given on Ist October next. Plans of the Estate may be seen, and particulars obtained, on application to MR GEORGE JAMESON ■j, ASHBURTON. "' . 6J105 •;::.. o CLOVER SEED. '■*■'' ""■■ " "■-■" ■ -•'■" -^ *~^.A JUST landed, ex steamer « Kaikoura,' my firßt;shipment forthe season of RED CLOVER^ ; ::y COW GRASS, WHITE CLOVER, - x ALSYKE. These Seeds have been carefully selected and aro the-best obtainable; - ,<v - I HAVE ALSO~IN STOOK-r- Machine-clreesed Ryegraes and Cocks- foot, 1 also Linßeed, Pea*, Barley, Oats,- Wheal^ Potatoes, and all kinds of • ' STATION AND FARM STORES, George Jameson, ASHBUKTON. I D ; T. Bullock. ~ FOR SALE. FvOUBLE-SEATED American Waggon. Apply to T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE^ ~T 4 Strongly Built 4-Wheeied covered W. Waggon, suitable for a Hawker. : . T. BDLLOCK. FOR SALE. •■-.?" Q<ET of Harrows, new, price £3 sg. . T. BULLOCK. \ TINWALD, TO LET— A Cottage near the" School. Apply to T. BULLUCK. TO LET— S-Boomed House m Cameron Street, opposite tEe Wesleyan Church, Apply to T. BULLOOK. CHEAP TOWN PROPEBTY. -r mOWN Section 1148, well situated r» X Cameron Street, with a well buiK Lean-to thereon for Sale, for £45. ; 4gs the owner has settled in/ the North Island, he has authorised me to accept, this' figure for it. . •■••-. TVJBULLQOg. FAEM of 1280 ACBES m the Bangitata District, to Let, at a low Rental, with a Purchasing Clause. It is all Fenced and divided into 7 Paddocks, part cultivated and laid down m English Grasses, the remainder m tussok* There is a 10-Boomed " House erected .on the Property, Stable and other Buildings. For full particulars apply to 7t98 T. BULLOCK. O/y "ljfVS TOWN SECTION 260, cO # JL\J Tinwald, near the Railway Station for Bale at the above price. Fersoi a desirous of qualifying themselves for a vote at the forthcoming election this offers ' them an opportunity. T. BULLOOL. TO LET.— Dwellinghouse, together with email stable, Moore's, Road, near the Presbyterian Manse. Apply to T. BULLOOK. mo LET,— At a low rental, Property In X Tancred Street, recently m the occupation of Mr Dolman, on which i erected Shop, Stable, etc.— Apply to . . •■• .- T, BULLOCK. I^OR SALE,— Central Site, being part ' of TS 177, containing One-eighth of an Aore*J>aving a frontage of 33 fee on Burnett Street, and atfjoloing the "Mail" Office. Very liberal termß of payment will be accepted. 1 — Apply to T. BULLOOK, TiSfWALD. TO LET—A Four-rccmed House with Shop, adjoining Mr Hiseltlne's pro- perty, and ne»r the Battir^y Station. A le<r reutnl will be aocepiw.,. : •.. ; ;:.. Tt BULLOOK,



. Public Notices. FOR SALE. — Ode of Ferrimac WnsVing Ma nines, Nearly nei Cheap, -' ■ ' . • • .» g. ALFRED HABRTSON. R ■ '■'-•■ WE have various Bums of money lend on approved Freeho Q t Securities, at Lowest Current Rateß v Interest - • lX } ' WILDING & LEWIS, ■ Solicitors Ashburton, f Q LONGBEAGH ROAD DIBTRIOTi H X> OISONED GRAIN can still be ot •t X tamed. •■•-.■••—..'.■ Bfls • FOOKB &SON, [•■ ASHBURTON COUNTy '. ktNT CLUI I s II" EMBERS are notified that the Soat 111 » Canterbury Harriers will meet £ it Tinwald" Hotel on TUESDAY, 9fchAugus at 11 30 a.in , by invitation. p; The annual Hunt Club Dinner will b held the same evening (TUESDAS August 9th) .at the Commercinl Hotel at 7p. m. All Members are pai t fcularl; requested to take- part. Tickets,; 7s 6 each, can be obtained from the Sub Committee, Messrs Jephson, Henr; t Weßton, and O. Wroughton CYRIL JEPHSON, f . '■ ■■ i ■ Hon. Pec 10 THE ELECTORS OF- THE ASH B IJRTON DISTRICT. » n ENTLEMEN,-! : At the request of numerous electors I have reßolvod to offer myself as t I Candidate for your euffrages at th( forthcoming election, m order to give th( oonstilueocy an opportunity of saying r Yea or Nay to the financial proposals oi , the Ministry. I propose to do myself the honor oi addressiog you at times and places whicb will be duly announced. , Your obedient servant, ; 8§32 'OHAS. W. PURNELL. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. VTOTIOB Is hereby given that the O)- XN partnership carried on at Ashburton under the firm of White, Caygill a ■ Co, Solicitors, has this day been dissolve by mutual consent. Mr W. B. Moss la authorised to receive all monies due to- the firm, and Jiie receip will b« a sufficient dieoharge., ~ , . . WHITE ANDOO^ ■: JOHN A. OAYGILL May 31st, 1887. Referring to the above, the business" o Barristers and Solicitors, heretofore carrie on by White, Caygill and Co., will b continued by myself on my own aocoun at the same office?, Tnncred Street. 6J203 JOHN A. OAYGILL. Trees Trees Trees NOTICE TO PLANTERS. THE underulgned begs to call the attention of farmers, settlers and others to his extensive stock of FRUIT AND FOREST \, TREES, among which are about 3,000,C00 Forest Trees, Incla- ding 200,000 Cupreesus Macrocarpa, one and two 1 years old; 200,000 Pinus Insig- nls, one and two yoars old; 100,000 Pinuß Larlclo ; 3C0.000 SUyer Birch; 0,000 Plnus Austriaoa; all other kindi proportion. All kinds of Cabbage Unta. on, sale, and a few thousands of cry early Strawberry Plants, i^ »'.' N.B. — All orders by post, or other w'wj, hall receive my best attention. ' JAMES PORTER, ' CLIFTON NURSKRY. Allen ton, : barton ■;■ : McCallum & Co COAL! COAL! COE TjIRESH SUPPLIES OF- NEWCASTLE COAL WESTPORTCOAL v . GREYMOUTH COAL. ' " - ..- .'.' . .Also— Native Coal, superior to Mount Somere Coal. Freßh supplies* of Building Timber and Building Materials of every description. V FKEISH IMPORTATIONS OF FENCING MATERIALS NOW TO HAN WIRE- FIRE- Wip. 4 -BAEtiED & PLAIN. No.'s 8, 9 and 10, OVAL STEEL WIRE No.Ja B, 9and 10, BOUND STEEL WIRE BARBED WIRE, "BEST DOMINION BARBED WIRE, " AOME|' STANDARDS STANDARDS STANDARDS. Cut and Punched to any -length and guage'requtred, s McCaflum & Co., Iron, Timber and Coal Merchants & Importers ASHBURTON, OAMARU DUNEDIN & rNYER- OAEGILL. 4JISP



. '' Auctions. Important Sale It Q P y LIVE STOCK, FARMING IMPLI MENTS AND HOUSEHOLD FIJI NII'URE, «&c. 5- Under Bill of Fale and Mortgage < I, Stock — Martha Gibson to Ma c Fribdlandeb. 8 IV/r BC SRS FRIEDLANDER BROS 8 JjrJL (per P. William?, auctioneer) ai • instructed by the holder of the above Bi !; of Sale and Mortgage of Stock to Sell b Public Auction on Mas Gibson's Farm, a Wakanui, on THURSDAY, 11th Aignst insl a . The whole of the Goods and Chattel included m these securities, viz :— f OQ HEAD of HORSES, Draugb *^ and Hacks HEAD of MIXED OATTLI 3400 SHEBP 130 PIGS . 2 Double furrow Ploughs, bj . Eunoan •. . 2 Double furrow Ploughs, bj Reid and' Gray ,'•■-' : l.;'Cambridgd Roller -•'•. : : 1 Wooden do. • 1 M'Sherry Dn!l f "l»r holes ; 1 Set Diso Harrowfl, by Dunoac 2 Wipe Binders, by M'tJormich - ! ,^c. :v l-iSjbring;r* do ...,■- ■,„■.■ .. =■■ • ; 4 ; T«?o horie Draya .' ' ; Vv 1. Buggy*. 1 Light Cart, by Baker and 1 Bentall'ji Horse-power, Inter mediate, and Ohaffcuttei 7 . -,-:•. (complete) . 2 Pete of 4-Leaved Iron Harrows 15 „ Barneßß I, "_. H Buggy Harness 1 Moveable Hut A Quantity of Wheat ALSO,^ 1 HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and EFFECTS, comprising splendid PIANO, Drawing-Room Suito, &o. ■••''■• .Sale atNoon*harp. PRBLIMIMARY ADVERTISESMENT FLEMINGTON CHEESE FACTORY. MESSRS FRIBpLANDER BROS, have received instructions to sell at an early date; the, above, Factory. : . Full partioulars In future advettlae- ment. • FRIEDLANDER BROS. PETER WILLIAMS, BJ2I Aoctioneer. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13th. TOWN SECTION 127, TiNWALD. MRT. BULLOCK haß received instruc- tions from Mr W. Olliveb to Sell by^ublio Auction at the Arcade, on the abovo date, ' : T.B 127, containing fronting ► ' Thompson street, /Tinwald. ; ; > Intending " purchasers are' invited to inspect this, and,. attend, the sale. I .. .  Sale at- 12.30. B*3l - T. BULLOOK; Auotloheer. !SITURI3AY,|LUGUB* l*ra.^ IDesirable; S\ibnrban^rSberty t fronting- the < DonjaiDr f&r Sale, b^ublio rAjibjlifol, MRT. .BOLLOCK ;ha«j received In- atructfons "from Messes "Thomas ;Bkos , to Sell by Public Auction at the Aroade, on SATURDAY, 13th August, Lots, 125, 126, and 137, containing g ACRES g Fronting the Domain and North East Belt, on which ia erected an 8-Roomed Dwelling House, Washhouse, Windmill Pump and other buildings. The Grounds about the House are taste- fully laid out and planted with a number of Ornamental Shrubs, Forest Trees, etc. There are 4 Acres planted as an Orchard, and 1 Acre Kitchen Garden, the remainder m Grasses. | This offers a favorable opportunity of persons acquiring a Private Residence near Town, it is well situated, fronting the Domain, and only a short distance from the centre of the Town. ' Full particulars oan be obtained from ' the Auotionber. Sale at 12.30 p.m.* "IF. BULLOOCK, 8*33 Auctioneer. Public Notices PIANOS and Organs sold on the tw ' years' hire system. Easy payments — H. M. Jones. . :• , y COUNTY OF GERALpINE. mENDERS will be received until 4 1 o'clock p.m. on TUESDAY, August 9th, contracts Nris. 1,. 2, and 3, Rangitata D'strict Water Supply. Plans, etc. , can' be seen at our Office, N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency- Co.'s Buildingß, Tihiaru. \ .. Tenders must be delivered to Mr F. W. Stubbs, County Clerk, Timaru. ME A SON AND M ARCHANT, -" ,:, Vi; County .engineers. As Byron says— j , / ■; -. , I never^ no, I never, . . ': : Saw ! any man so yelldvvj : ' How's your liver ? J , ... (Yellow Dwarf.) TAKE MOORE'S PILLS, ;..«/.; , Chmtchurch, March 9th, 1687. I am! happy to testify? to the -value bf Liver and Stomachic Pills, having used them for the last fourteen years, and can recommend them to every household with evory confidence. — J. G. Gajrforth, Sole Agent for Ashburton,— . : CHAS. NEATK, Pharmaceutical Chemist. 7 166 AND CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTEREBS, GENERAL FURNITURE MAKERS. HAVE taken those Central and Con- yenient Premises m Tancred Street, 9 jpoeife Union Bank (late Jno. MeecbJ, c )d will carry on the nbove businesses m , Furniture Re-covered, Polished, and re- aired promptly, and at very reasonable ;erms. VENETIAN BLINDS MADE TO i ORDER.



T Owe My- Lift.' . > OHAPTEB I. "I was taken siok a year ago With bilious fever." i "My doctor pronounoed jne oured , bu I got Bick again witb terrible pains m m; back and sides, and I got so bad I Could not move 1 Ishrunk! • From 2281 be to 120 ! I had been doc toring for my liver, but it did me no gooc 1 did not expect to live more than thre months J began to use Hop Bitters. Directly my appetite returned, my pain left me, my entire system seemed renewed a if by magic, and after using several bottlee am not only as sound as a sovereign, bu weigh more than I did before. To Hop Bit tere I owe my life." < Dublin, Juno 6, '81. B. Fitzpatbiok, CHAPTER 11. Maiden, Mass., Feb. 1, 1880. Gentlemen— I suffered with attacks of sick headache." Neuralgia, female trouble, for yearn ii the most terrible and ezdruciating man ner. No medicine or doctor could give m< relief or cure, untill used Hop Bitters. "The first bottle Nearly oured me;" The second made me as well and strong ai when a child, . " A»d I have been so to thJB day.! 1 My husband was an invalid JEer twentj years with a serious . . . '•Kidney, liver and urinary complaint. 1 ♦ Pronounced by Boston's best physi- cians— " Incurable I" /■;■'. Seven bottles of your Bitters cured him and I know of tho . "Lives of eight persons" ' In my neighborhcod that hava been Bayed by your bitters, And many more aro . using them yri\h great benefit. " The} almost do inirao'es ?" / , — Mrs E.D. Stick How to Get Sick.— Expose yourself day and night; eat too much Without exercise, work too hard without rest, doctor all the time ; take all the vile nostrums advertised, and then you wiK want to know # -How to Get Wele..— Which is answered m three worda— take Hop Bitters 1 ; Prosecute the Swindlers! If when you call for American. Hop Bitters (see green tivig of Hops on the white label and Dr Soule't name blown m the 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 for anything else indict him for the fraud andsuo him for damages for the swindle and we will pay ycu liboraliy for the convio- tion. Public Notices. TEAMS WANTED. TTTANTED Teams at once for Plough- _YY ing and Harrowing. >Apply", to Wm. Sothibland, Qreenßtreel, Ashbur- ton Forks. '•!•■NO T I O E ~ T HEREBY give the PubHo notice that ■*- I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by my wife after this date. ' . . • jPErKR ANDERSON. . ABhburton, August 6th,.. 1887? 8 40 HAMP6TEAD TOW& BOARD? 7 "" qpHE Undersigned will be at his Offioe •*- from 10 a.m. to 12 Noon, and from 1 to 4 p.m., to receive Rates, on MOB"* DAY a,nd TUESDAY NBXTr B. BUGHBS. A.u'guat-Gth, 18S7. ' TMPOUNDBD m Waterton Pound, •*- c from Longbeaoh, on August Ist, one BlaokHACKj.alltlle white down fore' head. Unices claimed before tame will b? «o)d on SATURDAY, August l ( 3fcji, to ' defray expenses. ,: ' ' ■>:"'.:[.-, MVt S. SOLtAND, r. "41 .Poandkeepgr. > :..."..■ ... ■ ■ •TENDERS- .".' .• ■ ■;-■''/ mENJ>BRS trill be received up to •X' Tußaday, the 9th August, for Oroes- ploughing. For particulars apply to E. H. DOBSON, . • ., '.'•• Lowbliffe. ' ( ■■■ ' TO LET. . 4 ACRES between Mbs Carter's resl-' denoe, and Mr SkAly's Noraory, being Lots 199, 210 211, 212, on Tinwald plan. For full particular apply to : T. BULLOOK. VILLAGE HOMESTEAD SPECIAL SETTLEMENT* MAYFIELD NORTH. - TU[R J, E. MARCH will attend at the JLVJL Courthouse, ABhburton, on WED- NESDAY Evening,. August 10th, at 8 p.m. for the purpose of explaining the regulations under which Sections m tbe above Settlement may be taken up. B°3o Partner Wanted. WANTED a PARTNER m one of the oldest established businesses m I South Canterbury. Wool,. Grain, and General Merchandise. Turnß oyer £38,000 to £40,000 per annum. Capital ! required £2000 to £3000, For particulars apply to ■ * . FRIEDLANDER BROS., 150 < Ashburton; TRY KIREPATRICK'S NEW SEASON'S JAM. SPECIAL NOTICE. ; ~\T IRKPATRIOK'S \ NEW SEASON'S XV JAM is mado from NELSON GROWN FRUIT, and boiled within a few hours after tho fruit has been gathered. It thus retains moßt of the natural flavor of tho fresh fruit. KIRKPATRIOK'S NEW SEASON'S JAM Is the most delicious preserve m the market, ' Do not be persuaded to buy cheap and inferi brands Jam, the remains of old stock, which must be Bold at any price, but ASK for KIRKPATBIOK'S NEW i SEASON JAM, and see that you get it. THE BEST 18 ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST. Kirkpatrick's New, Season ami the best.} (CAUTION* None is genuine, unless our name is stamped on each ttitn t and has our registered Teat* Mark "Lord Nelson,' «H helabol, •• . - ■ S Kirkpatrick&Co. MANCTACTURERS,



The rate of carriage for agricultural pro- duce on Victorian railaya ranges from 3s foi 20 miles to 10a 6d per ton tor 100 mileß. On the New Zealand lines the charges are 4a 6d and 12s lOd respectively. Certainly the most effective medicine m the world is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects m Coughs, Colds, Influenza, &o. ; the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the moßt gratifying testimony. Bead this certificate :— •24th April, 1885.~Measrs Sander and Sons, — It is with the greatest of pleasure that I testify to the excellence of your Eucalypti Extract. Having had inflammation on the bone of tho leg, whioh came on after a severe attack of low fever, I was attended by Dr J* Boyd, who had made strenuous efforts to save my leg, but without sucoess. He then found jit necessary to amputate [my limb. Having heard m the meantime of the' wonderful cures worked by the Eucalypti Extraot, I obtained a bottle, and the Extraot had not been applied more than an hour when I began to -feel greatly relieved. After applying the Extract every four hours for nine or ten days I was out of all danger. I would persuade all who may be affected with any such disease to give the Eucalypti Extraot a trial, and I am convinced that they will find it the most wonderful of medicines. — Yours &c, E. J, | Curnow, Wattle street. Sandhuftt."— (Advt.)



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