MAHARAJAH DHULEEP SINGH.

Within the last fortnight (says the London correspondent of the " Argus") a 1 mysterious visitor has appeared m St j Posers'- urg u;:d Moscow. lt Patrick Gassy " turns out to be iho Maharajah Dhuleep Singh. The descendant of Bmrj ,-et Singh of tho Putvjiub has, as you know, a grievance with the British Government. Some years ago we bought him an estate m Norfolk at a cost of £80,000, and gave him ££5,000 a year to maintain it. This was to keep him out of India. He, Maharajah, tcm through his money " like a prince." Ho was repeatedly assisted to re-establish himself, and when the British Government buitonod up its pocke'B l-o threateued to return to India to "make it Lot foi us." Uo set out, but at Aden he was turned back Reaching Paria he bos;ai to receive the. extremists of tbo Irish party who reside m that cHy, and flawing it impossible to realise his hopes hy their help, he started for Russia. His fri. v.l •♦ Patrick Caeov the Irish tevo lutiou'icy," had been sent m advance to aeccruiu wiiat so.t of reception awaited tho ilindoo* and his return to Patia "tlw MU ittj»h 8J- out. He took with h'»o he p BBp it of Ctsey, and travelled a. d«r th<\t uaino At Baslm the passport was stolen, wih the Maharajah's j 'weliery tond efforts. 'Patrick " appeared first at St Potersbu g aud aftirwarda at Moscow. Iv bbih p. bo a 1 he Bpent freely j the Btory goes that t j keep tip the mystery be often changed p'.aeea with Wlavakt, who is aus p oted of being the real li Patrick " pare However ihis may be, the Maharajah was receivdd by many great personages in cluding M, Katkiff. It ia said that he seeks permission to enter Afghanistan by the central Asian route, m order, of course, "to make it warm for Eogland. " The risks to the Maharajah are great, since he is not known m Afghanistan, and admitting that he may reach the Pudj tub he would be at once put under arrest. The younger Sikhs are satiEfled with Ifogliah rule, and the older men who Knew Runjeet Siugb, look upon the Maharejih as a renegade, religious and otherwise. As a matter of fact, Dhuleep Siugh is a harmless madman.

AN AUSTRALIAN GHOST STORY.

«. — , We take the fallowing from the columns of an exchange : — Mr B was a magistrate for New Liverpool, Australia, at the time the circumstance occurred, now many years ago. Bis sister and mother lived wiih him. Ooe evening ha returned from New Liverpool after attending a magistrate*' meeting, pale and agitated to an extraordinary degree. He refused to inform them of the cauße of hia distress, bus cent at once for the nearest cisrgyman (a missionary) and shut himself up with him. We will not inflict on out readers a y share of the cariosity of the ladies of Mr B— — 'b family, bat relate at once that whioh they learned, only after the affair waa ended. Aa he eras riding, uaatteaded, down a narrow lane not far from hia home m itie bright moonlight, hia horse suddenly Btcod still, shaking and quivering m every limb, and could aot be induced to m >va onwards. Mr B— , supposing that fiooie deadly snake, perceptible to the quick senses of the animal, lay m the path, or that some Blmilar savage danger lurked before him, glanced perplexedly around, and hs gszs waa at once fascinated by a hideous vision- On the otier Bide of tha hedgo bounding the narrow way stood tha figure of a man m his sLirt, distinctly visible m a singular light which floated around it. The shirt was dripping with blood ,the throat of the apparition— cat from ear to oar— gaped horribly upon him. With a c?y of horror Mr B urged on his ateed which, no longer resisting, bore him home at full gallop. The missionary who listened to this story was inclined to think that tha ghost was a mere figment of the brain, over excited as Mr B 'a occasionally was, by the horrid cases brought before him m his .magisterial capacity. Hu ooaeented, however, to accompany Mr B the next evening to the same epot, on the chanca of seeing the ghcßb, with nerves braced for the occasion . They went — and not m vain. Again the ghastly shadow etood m its lurid light beside the hedge. But now they paused and watched it. By slow degrees, gliding mournfully away, tha apparition reached the middle of the field, aud there tppeared to sink into tue earth. ' Much astonished, the two gentlemen looked at each other.' ' What does this m3.ni ?' asked Mr B . ' That murder has be?n done, I should thiDk. At any rate, to-morrow morning, if I were yon, I would have the centre of the field dug up,' replied his friend . Me B assented, Bending early for constable*, etc., from &ew Liverpool, to be on thn spot. The animated reciter of thiß Mory brought the scene vividly before us. The men wiih pickax ea, the constables, the wondering multitnde assembled m that green meadow of the far off world ; while at a distance, crouching b&hini the bush wood of the hedge, lurked one who gazsd with wondering and awe-struck eyes, and had no power to turn himself Lorn the epot. They found the tarf had been recently cut and replaced, the earth disturbed, They dug, guided by those traces, and m a short time there lay exposed before the sun a corps m its bkody e-hirt and with its gaping ihroar. A cry of horror went up from th^ people, and the fellow (skulking by the nedge drew ue rar — like a moth to the flime. 'Its John Hare, who lived with Convict Brown ! ' cried a constable. ' Why, we thought he was on his road to the Old Country. H!s time of tramporta tion was up, and he set out, aa we believed, fonr or five days ago.' •Briug the man with whom he lived hither,' commanded the magistrate. ' 1 hey had not far to seek him ; he was recognised as the skulking felloe by the hedge, who forthwith had turned and fl.d. He was overtaken, brought back, and placed beside the unholy grave, and there falling on hia knees, confessed m a great silence, which made every word audible, that he had muidered Hare for i he sake of the hoarded gold the ex-convict waa about to carry home with him. They tad worked asticket-oMeave men t >gethar, and ho kcew how rich the m-n whose fenal eervitudo had expired wa3 growi*. So he let him bid farewell to the few neighbors and comrades they had (pur posing aa ha did, poor fel'ow. to Joavo at dawn of the n-xt ni-rn'm), and at midalght he murdered him. "He buried the body m the field the very night the magistrate had seen the ghoslly revealer f the secret Seeing that the earth could not hide his slain, he confessed his crime at once and the full particulars of ita eingular dis covery are recorded m the town archive of New Liverpool, where, if any of our readers like to eeek for them they may now be found.

A NEW ILLUSION

* . M Oaat'er de Ko't», the Hungtrian iliuaioniat, who haa for soim lime been entertaining Egyptian H:tll audiences, has brought out another illu ion. It ia c lod 'Thn Oocoon." Tho singl < mcopsary h a pAoat wocxUn fra™.e, s^m 4 ;. lvgh w\ \ 3h broad, upon which is at: etched a sheet ! of ti*su9 paper. Th a fr<i;na U p!;io;?d [ upon a plainly onstuct d table iv iho centre of the stags and !3 eunpoit d fr n ab;ve by a cord attached to it 3 iv. p?r edga and by aiians of ringa fixdd ia hi walla to vu igV.ts ct either a ; de M de j Klta hiving a rar.ye 1 : !.i3 simple appir;- tas proceeds to rmgltlj- ek>.tch upon the jtiesue paper a sectional rep oeentatiou of lariikwormin the cco>on Tho drawing Is no sooner completed th;n the tissu* paper burs's, 1 ni BU'pended m Die centre of the fraina is seen what li lutended to represent an euoim^us cocoon. Tt-e dimensions of ihis (Xiggorated m.-dtl and the ast-iuading off ct of its euJdou pro duction m a delio.ktbly- 'la'.anoed position fr cm apparently nowhere m>y be guiged when It is stated thai the model presen'l/ opens and Mdma. de Kolta emerges from within as tho moth ii t which f-M silkworm haa been met amorphia-d. The rapidity with wilch the whole ttick Is executed, tho Bimplioty of the apparatus, and the nature of the olimix is astonishing.

WHAT HAS FREE TRADE DONE?

At a- time like the present, when party feeling runs high and when one of the issues of the approaching general election will be whether the colony is to be committed to a Free Trade or Protection policy, it might be well for . a few momeuts to hush the strife o debate, and calmly ask ourselves the very pertinent question, " What has Free Trade done for Great Britain " — the only nation which has given that policy a fair trial. We hear the advo cates of that system talk volubly of the benefits which Free Trade will confer on the whole civilised world. But this is not exactly what is wanted, which is, what has Free Trade done for those countries where its principles have been adopted. This, it must be allowed, is a crucial test. Surely, if m some thirty or forty years, Free Trade has failed to achieve that which its arch-priest Richard Cobden predicted with the utmost confidence, it would accomplish m ten years, there is very little proba bility of it ever doing so. The advo cates of Free Trade maintain a discreet silence as to what it has done, and confine their utterances to what they and other clever men anticipate it will do. But this will not satisfy the electors unless they are of an excep tionally plastic type. They will argue something m this style. " Richard Cobden was a clever man, we know — far cleverer than those candidates who, if returned as members of the House of Representatives, would commit the i colony to Free Trade — and if Cobden was deceived or mistaken, how much more likely is it that these lesser lights — these less clever men — wfll be equally deceived and mistaken. No 1 no ! we don't want to know what Free Trade will do, but what it has done." Now it is utterly useless to expect that the advocats of Free Trade will tell them this, for the simple reason that they do not know. In saying this we | do not intend any dfscourtesy to tho3e worthy gentlemen who have adopted and believe m the principles of Free Trade ; for we do not remember to have seen the results of that policy intelligently and intelligibly set forth. In fact, we cannot well see how it could be otherwise, situate as we are, remote from the Mother Country, and debarred from access to her official records. In deed, if we were m possession of i these records it would take more time and more persevering labor to arrive at the result than any of our politicians would care to devote to the task, Fortunately for us this has been done, and ably done. We have before us one of a series of statistics, an nually compiled by Mr H. L. Sherlock, of Liverpool — a gentleman whose busi ness makes him familiar with the sub ject — showing " the importation of foreign manufactured goods admitted into this ceuntry (Great Britain) m the fourteen years ending 3isr December, 1884, entirely duey free. They are : — Silk Manufactures .. .. £148,097,194 Woollens, Carpets and Rugs.. 96,830,043 Cotton Manufactures . . . . 27,337,579 Chemicals 15,969,544 Clocks and "Watches . . . . 13,152,249 Copper, manufactured . . 38,828,539 Gloves of Leather . » . . 22 687,900 Glrss and Manufactures . . 22,737,634 Hats and Bonneia, of Straw . . 889,927 Iron and Steel Manufdctures and Machinery . . . . 35,393,684 Leather, tanned ..  44,868\581 Lead, manufactured .. .. 21,688,850 Oil Seed Cake 22,135,072 Paper .. N 15,639,845 Sugar, Refined, and Candy . . 58,618,583 Zinc Manufactures . » . . 5,286,672 Goods Unenumerated  556,927,485 Total .. .. £1,146,989,281 The above figures are extracted from the returns issued by the Board q£ Trade known as ' Trade and Navi'ga- ' tion,' and published by order of the House of Commons," but not focussed as above. They show to what an ' extent the British manufacturer and the British workmen have been damnified by the admission, duty, free of the manufactures of foreign countries where labor is cheap. We cease to wonder at wages being reduced, or mills being closed through not being able to woik at a profit, or even at riots, such as those that occurred at Nottingham, taking place, when we fiud that m fourteen years upwards of eleven hun dred million pounds sterling of cheap labor manufactures were admitted into the United Kingdom duty free. But this is not all that Free Trade has done fnr the good people at Home. Not only has it starved the manufucturing industries and impoverished the work people, but it bas also entirely ruined the agricultural interest, and depre ciated the value of real estate m Great Britain by hundreds of millions sterling.

TKE ASHBUJRTQN QTTJAjtDIAN, TUESDAY |X!X& 19, 1687

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Business Nttices. * r r^ the Blood la the Life.— Olar e'a world-famed blood mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from vil impurities from whatever causes arising For scrofula, scurvy, pkin and blood dis- eases, and aortas of »11 k nJn its eifects are marvellous Thousands of testi- monials. Sold m bottles 4a 6d and lls each by chemists ar»d patent medicine vendors everywhere. &Ole proprietors, The Lincoln and Midknd Counties Drag Co., Lincoln, England. 1 16 0. 0. FOOKS AND SON,. Architects, Oxvii LnanusßßSj Valuators, Liorarsio SuKVZJTOBS, AND LAND BROKERS, ' TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD AsHBUBTOtf. ! ; : '_j# : — rPHE worst form of IWer, Prickly J. Heat, Smallpox and Measlei rapidly cared by LAMPLOUGH'S PYBETIO SALINE "It saved my life, for the fever had obtained a strong hold on me." —0. Fiztgerald, Correspondents Man- Chester Guardian, m Albania. Abundant medical testimony enclosed with each bottle. It is the cure for Cholera and PREVENTIVE of most diseases incident to Tropical and Colonial life. It allayt thirst m a remarkable manner and cools and vitalises the blood, J. S. Pubdy, Eay., writes; — "I would lather go short of anything than thl« never*failtng travellers' friend." 9862 MESSRS GRLESSELIOH AND 00. WEAVERS' HALL, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, [Established 1855 Ship to order any description of British and Continental Goods upon 2& per cent, commission, selected by buyer* with Colonial experience, and attend to the prompt realisation of Produce at highest prices opob 1 per oent. oommisa Oldens to be accompanied by Letters of Credit or part remittance m Bank Drafts or Produce. Open Policies of Insurance for floating cargoes to cover sea risk*. References — Chief Offioe of the London^ and Westminster Bank, or Agra Bank, London, and most of the Colonial Banks, Current Price Lißts, Produce Reports and any necessary samples or information on application, 1 35 •01 Tfi -QA P er da *° t»e made by per- *A A "ara BOnfl of either sex, In their own localities, at work for us. New ousiness. All meet with 1 wonderful sub- oess. Anyone can do the work. Capital not required. We will start you. Outfit irorth £1 mailed free. The employment is particularly adapted to the region m which this publication circulates. Boys' and girls earn nearly as much as men. Full particulars ana Instructions malic* ree. Now is the time— don't delay, bui irrlte to us at once, Address Sitjnsoh and Co Portland Maine, United S^atef - ONE box of Clark's b4l pUIs war ranted to cure all discharges from th urinary organs m either sex (acquired o constitutional), gravel and pains m the back. Guaranteed free from meroury] Sold In boxes 4b 6d each, by al chemist ' and patent medicine vendors. Sole pro prietors, The Lincoln and Midland Coon ties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. For sale by the wholesale Houses. ■ ; ■•:■. >.s IMPERIAL TEA COMPANY MOBTEN'S BUILDINGS, * OHRISTCHUECET, mHE IMPERIAL TEAS are having a J. Tremendous Sale m Chris tchurch neighbourhood . They are imported direct from the finest Tea Plantations m INDIA, CHINA & CEYLOBT, And are of the very choicest quality. JDBILEE GIFT, VALUE £10 10s. A COUPON is given with lib of TEA Sold, which gives the Purchaser a chance of winning our Handsome and Valuable JUBILEE OIFT, Which will be drawn for on SATURDAY, the 6th August, and result published m Chriatchurch Paperß*imraediately after. These Grand Teas are sold by Mb D. McFarlane Aahburtpn Mr Wm. Batus ... ,„ ABhburton Ma Wm. Cox ... rt » Rskaia Mr Jas, Pattebson „. Cherteey • PRICES : 2s, 276 d, 3a and 3s 6d per lb ; also, m 5, 10, 12 and 201 b tins. COUPONS will be given with Tina also; that is 5 Coupons will e;o with a 51b Tin, 10 with a 101 b Tin, 12 with a 121 b Tin, but with quantities over 121 b Coupons will' , not be given. STEEDMAN'S SOOTHING POWDER FOB CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. The value of this well-known Family Mcdl cine has been argely tested m all parts j ' i h w i >^ d 'J^ ld by aU grades of society, for upwai of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned, ££si. s T ale has indu ced SPURIOUS IMITA. lIONS, some of which m OUTWARTi I APPEARANCE so closely resemble thf ori gina as to have deceived many purchasers The proprietor thereK" \2els it due to the Purchasers are therefore requested to fully observe the four following dis ' characteristics, without which none genuine: — Ist. — In every case the words TOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH SURREY, are engraved on the Governmen Stamp affixed to each packet. and.« Each Single Powder nas directions /o the dose, and the words, John Stkkdman Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd.— The name, Steedman, is always spelt with two EEs. .*•..-, 4th.— The manufecture s carried on sole zt Walworth, Surrey. SoH m Packets by allCheaist and Mcdi cxne vendors. Kempxhorne, Prosskr and Co



T) ATLWAY TIME-TABLB-OHRIST- JX OaUBCH, OAMARO, DUNKDIN. South, .Week Days. Exp. a.m. a m. p.m. p.m. Chiistchurch depart 7.20 8.10 1. 15 4.15 Addingion Jun. „ 727 ... 1.23 Middleton ... „ * ... * Sockburn ... „ * ... * Homby ... arrive 7.45 ... 1.43 Hornby depart 7. 58 .'77" 145 Templeton ... „ 8.2 ... 1.58 Weedoh's ... „ * ... • Rolleston jun. arrive 8.2a 837 217 Rolleston Jun. depart ... 8.39 2.21 Burnham ... „ 2.34 5.9 Selwyn ... „ 2.56 5.28 Dunsandel ... „ ... * 3.5 5.36 Rakafc .., „ ... 9.33 3.47 6.17 Chertsey ... „ ... * 4.2 6.36 Dromore ... „ ».. • * * Ashburton _... arrive ... 10.15} 4.35 7,15 AshburtoiT* 6 depart ... 10.25 4*45 Tinwald ... , 4,54 • Winslow (for Longbeach... „ ... * 5.13 Wmdermere ... „ * ... * Hinds ... * 5.40 Baling ... " • * *** Rangitata Island „ * ... * Rangitata + ... „ 8.20 * 6.27 Orari (for Geral- dine „ 8.45 * 6.51 Winchester (for . Geraldine) ... „ 9.0 11,55 7. n Temuka .., „ 9. 14 12.6 7.26 Arowhenua ... „ ♦ ... ♦ Seadown ... „ • ... • Washdykejun. „ 9.44 ... 7.59 Timaru ...arrive 9.55 1 12.37 8.10 p.m. Timaru... depart 7.2012.57 4.25 Normanby ... „ * ... * St Andrews .-, „ 8.0 1.25 5.5 Otato ;.. ... „ 8.14 c 5.19 Makikihi .. „ 8.32 1.44 5.37 H00k... .„ „ * .. • Studholme Jun. „ .... 2.3 6.10 Waihao ... „ * ... * Waitaki North „ 9.52 ... 7.0 Waitaki South „ 10.3 -, 7.10 Hilderthorp «, „ * _. * Richmond .„ „ * ... • Pukcurijun. ... „ 10.40 ... 7.40 Town Belt „> „ * ... • Oamaru ... t> n.io 3.10 8.0 Oamaru.., depart J25 3.22 1.0 Hampden •> „ 9.8 4.36 3.20 HilJgrove ... „ 9.22 ... 3.40 Palmerston .„ „ 10.30 5.23 4.45 Waikouaiti ...  11,5 5,55 Waitaki ... „ 12. n 6.40 Dunedin ... arrive 1.20 7.40 North. Week Days. a.m. a.m. p,m. p,m. Dunedin . depart 7.0 8.10 4.12 Port Chalmers „ * 8.34 * Waitaki ... „ 8.25 ... 5.26 Waikouaiti ... „ 9.35 9.58 6,36 Palmeyston «♦ „ * 10.22 7.15 Hampden ... „ * 1 1. 17 8.17 Oamaru- ... „ * 12.30(9.50 Oamaru ...depart 7.10 17.50 4.204 Town Belt .„ „ .• ... * Pukeuri Jun. ... „ 7.43 ... 4.43 Richmond ,;,  * , * Hilderthorp ... „ * -, * Waitaki S. .^ v 8.12 5.15 Waitaki N, ♦„ „ 8.20 ... 5.25 Waihao ... „ * ... * Studholme Jun. „ 9.15 20 6.20 Hook ... „ * ... * Makikihi „ 9.42 2.16 6.47 Otaio ... „ 9.56 c 7-1 St. Andrews ... „ 10.14 2.34 7.19 Normanby ...  * ... * Timaru ... „ 10.50 3,3 7.55 iTmam ...depart 7.30 3.17 ... 5. 20 Washdyke Jun, „ 7.43 5.32 Seadown ...  • ... .... * Arowhenua ... „ * * Temuka ... „ 5.14 3.49 ... 6.3. Winchester (for Geraldine) ;.. „ 8.30 4,1 ... 6.20 Orari (for Gerat- dine ... „ 8.49 * ... 6.35 ■Pangitata S. ...  9.12 * Do. Island .„ „ * Ealing ... „ • * ... , Hinds ... „ 957 * Wmdermere ... „ • , Winslow (for Longbeach... „ 10. 17 * ... ,J, Tinwald „. „ 10.31 Ashburton arrive 10.40 5.27 ... ,„ a.m. Ashburton depart 10.55 5.37 7.10 Dromore ... „ * * • Chertsey ... „ n.34 * 7.49 Rakaia ... „ 11.53 6. 19 8.9 Dunsandel ... „ 12.30 * 8.46 Selwyo ... „ 12.40 * 8.57 Burnham ... „ 12.57 * 9.15 Rolleston Jun. arrive ) 1.8 7. II ».» Rolleston Jun, depart i.ii 7.13 ,b Weedon's «. „ * b b, Templeton — . „ 130 b b Hornby ...arrive 1.39 b Hornby depart 1.44 b b Sockburn ... „ * b b Middleton ... „ * b * Addington Jun, „ 2.4 A t 0.9 Christchurch arrive] a. 10 7.5510.15' * Platforms ?only. Trains do not stop at these unless required. Kotice'should be given to the guard at the previous stopping station by any passenger wishing to alight at one of I these platforms. b Trains stop to put down passengers only, c Stops on Saturdays only, if required. f Starts from Rangitata on Saturdays only, on other days it starts from Orari. CHRISTCHURCH AND LYTTELTON. Passenger trains leave Christchurch at 6.55* 7.30.8.5, 9-5. 10.25, a.m., 12.0, 1,25, 2.40, 4-°» 5-3° i 6 «*5» 6is°. 8.»5> p.nt,, arrive m Lyttelton 7-20, 7.55, 8.30, 9.30, 10.50, a.m., »r»-35» 1-s°. 3-5, 4.25, S-S, 6.40, 7.15, 8.40, p.m. Trains leave Lyttelton for Christchurch at 6.50. 7-30, 8.35, 9.35, 11.20, a.m., Ya.4o, 2-o» 335» 4.30 i s«isi 6.0, 7.20, 9.0, p.m., arrive m Christchurch 7.15, 7.55, 9.0. 10.0, 11.45, a.m., 1.5, 2.25, 3.50, 4.55, 5.40, 6.25, 7-4S» 9'*s> P.m. Extra Trains, An extra train on Thursdays leaves Christ- church for Lyttelton at 11.15 P.m«i and on Saturdays at 10.0 p.m.. An extra train leaves Lyttelton for Christchurch on Thursdays at 11.45 P« m .» and on Saturdays at 10. 30 p.m. RAKATA AND ASHBURTON FORKS BRAKCH. To Methven a.m. p.m. Rakaia ...depart io.o<z 6.40 Hatfield ... „ % % Somerton ~ „ $ £ Mitcham ,„ „ $ £ Sherwood ... „ ' % . + Lauriston ... „ 1053 ,7.33 Urrall , f . $ Lyndhurst „ t <% Cairnbrae ~ „ $ ), J Methven ... arrive H. 301 , 8 10 To Rakaia am, a.m. p.m. Methven ... depart <*6.40 < VJ7.55 Cairnbrae ...  $ y ' $ t Lyndhurst ,-. „ $1 J J Urrall ,„ .„ „ $. J ■ J Lauriston ... „ 7.17; 8.32 5.12 Shenvood .« „ J t t Mitcham ... „ t, t t Somerton ...  j $ t Hatfield «. „ X J Z Rakaia... .- arrive 8.0 | 9, 15 / 5,55 J Platform only. " ,a Runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. b Buns on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The others run daily. MOUNT SOMERS BRANCH, To Mount Somers p.m. Tinwald Junction .„ ' 5. 21 Chelmsford -.  t Westerfield ... ,« ... „ j. Hackthorne Road , M ,« „ } Valletta -. ... .„ „ } Anama -. .^ ... „ J Cavendish ... „ J Mount Somers ... ...arrive 6.45 To Tinwald a.m. Mount Somers .-, ...depart % Cavendish ... .« ... „ X Anama .., ... -, „ t Valctta .. M -, „ % Hackthorne road » M .^* v X Westerfield •» ... ... „ i Chelmsford ... .., ... „ % rinwaja Junction ...arrive 9.55



BLANOAUD'S IODINE OF IRON PILLS APPROVED by the Academy of Medicine of Paris, are specially recommended by the Medical Celebrities of the, World for Bwofnla (Tnmors, King's Evil, etc), ths ewy stages of Consumption, Constitutional Weak* nets, Poorness of Blood, and for stimulating and regulating itß periodic course. None genuine unless signed " Blancard, 40, rue Bona- parte, Parifl." Sold by Druggists and Chomiefc throughout • he Calonier • ■ • FOB COUGHS, COLDS, Bronchitis Asthma, Coryza, Influenza, Con- sumption, &o, TT-AY'S COMPOUND OF LtNSEED, JtV. Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Tola, &o with Ohlorodyne. KAY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for Coughs, Colds, and Cheat Complaints. TT- AY'S COMPOUND, for Ooughß.and X\. Colds, is equally serviceable for Horses and Cattle. KAY'S TIC PILLS, a specific In Neuralgia, Face-aohe, &o. Con- tains Quinine, Iron, &o. /^fOAGULINE.— Cement for Broken \J Articles. 'Sold Everywhere. Sole Makers:— KAY BROS., Stook- port, England GRATEFUL— COMFORTING. EPFS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. BY a thorough knowledge of the natnra' laws whloh govern the operations oi digestion and nutrition, and by a oarefu application of the fine properties of we! selected ooooa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a dellcatelj flavoured beverage whloh may save vi many heavy dootor'a bills. It Is by Uu ud oious use of such articles of diet thai a constitution may be gradually butit uj mtil strong enough to resist every ten dency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies wo floating around us ready c attack wherever there Is r weak point, 1 % Ye may escape many • fatal shaft bj keeping ourselves well fortified with pun food and a properly nourished frame.— An article In the Civil Service Gazette. I Made simply with boiling water or milk Sold In }lb packets by Grooera, labelled thus :— ; JAMES EPPS AND CO., I HOMOKMPATHIO OHIMISTS, LONDON, ENQLANI A WONDERFUL BOOK FOR l» t | / \f\ TRICKS AND DELUSIONS WITH ; -lA/V/ CARDS, 26 MAR YELLOUS COIN TRICKS, or the performance of which only a common pack of cards pud the ordinary coins of the realm are needed. ALL FULLY EXPLAINED Also, a large collection o AMUSING RIDDLES, CHARADES, GAMES, Ac, And over 200 TRIOKS WITH CONJURING APPARATUS. A illustrated, explained, and made simple with a catalogue of English, French, and American Novelties, Games, Toys, &e t Covering over 800 pages and illustrated over 800 woodblocks. Eoth.bookß mailee free for Is. JACK AND "HIS BEIDE. ftlecnanical FIGURES DANCE to MUBIO and keep perfect time. t Is 3d each, the pair 2s ( THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH'S CHANGEABLE PACK OF CARDS flToaderf nl Changes with Lightning Rapidity Is 2d, noßt free. N.S.W. Btasips taken at par; poet office orders and postal netes preferred. If stamps «I other colonies are sent add 2d m the shilling lexchangci , Take Isotiob.— To adveztuo our business ive will for a short time Bend Me whole of the • tbove mentioned articles to«pne address post P» fr2a6d ; Address all orders : 3, YOBS it CO., 401 George street Bydnajr, ' Lock Box *1, Sing street, feet Of&ci



FOR SOWING with Turnips to seoure a Good Crop, nothing succeeds like MAYO'S BONE MANURE. Price— LS, L6,L5. Agent In town— H. /Jamdie. A Liberal Discount for Gash. F. T. MAYO, cad Manure Faotoiy, 666 vhbawtoo mOWLE'S pennyroyal and steel pills for X females quiokly correct all irregulari- ties and relieve thedistresi ag symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boxes Is lsd and 3e od, of all chemists. Prepared only by E. T. Towle, chemist, Nottingham, Eng- land. Wholesale of *il the wholesale houses.— Beware of imitations. 1 12 i PRINTING OF ALL KINDS HSOLT7DING- Billheads Circulars Memorandum Formf , i Agreements 1 * . I Llenf I OondsVomo Sal«| Cataloguer Posters, &0.,f And every description of LEGAL AND OOMMERO AL LETTER-PRESS i executed et Ue shortest notice and In the LATEST DESIGNS •SPECIAL and most .. f avnrabj^ . tprma offered to WHOLESALE OrvDiCRS ? 0 ASHBURTON GUARDIAN i \ QFFIOE p



mOWLE'S PENNYROYAL AND i. STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quiokly correct all irregalarltiea, and relieve the distressing symptoms bo pre* talent with the sex. Boxes la lid and li 9d, of all Ohemtets^nd Patent Medicine Vendors. Prepared only by The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug 00. , Lincoln, England. Wholeeale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of Imitations. KEATING'S POWDER. KEATING'S POWDER. KEATING'fe POWDER. KEATING'S POWDER. . KILLS BUGS, FLEAS, MOTHS, BEETLES. THIS POWDER is gui HARMLESS to ANIMAL LIFE, but is unrivalled m destroying FLEAS, BUGS, COCK- ROACHES, BEETLES, MOTHS m furs and every other species of inßect. Sporta- men will find this invaluable for destroy- ing fleas m their dogs, as also ladies for ' their pet dogs, THIS ARTICLE has found co GREAT a SALE that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article m imitation, 1 The PUBLIC are CAUTIONED that packages of the genuine powder bear the autograph of THOMAS KEATING. Sold m tins by all Druggists. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS. A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, both m appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESTINAL 0* THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mila preparation, and is especially adapted foi children. Sold n tins by all Druggists, Proprietor— THOMAS KEETING, London. SUCCESS THE BEST TEST OP WORTH HOLLOWAY'S FILLS &JOINTMENT. mms UNIVERSAL MEDICINE IS A JL HOUSEHOLD REQUISITE EVERY- WHERE, THE PILLS Purify the Blood, impart tone to the Nervous system, and act most powerfully yet soothingly on the LIVER AKD BOWELS, Promoting Digestion and Assimilation, and endowing the whole bodily frame with Strength and vigor. Nervous Headaches, Tremblings, with Lassitude and General Debility quickly yield to the potent force ol 1 these well-known Pills, and they are un- rivalled m theii efficacy m all FEMALE COMPLAINTS, < Removing all obstructions, skin blemishes, pimples and boils, better than any other family medicine known. THE OINTMENT f HAS A WORLD-WIDE REPUTATIOMA It heals every kind of Sore, Ulcer and Wound, more certainly than any other known salve. Its marvellous penetrating powers render it invaluable m all THROAT AND CHEST DISEASES, Cur'ng Bronchitis, Quinseys, i and Asthma reducing Glandular Lumps, closing ana healing Abscesses and Fistulas, fo alleviating the excruciating tortures of RHEUMATISM, GOUT, And Neuralgia it is unsuspassed. fails to remove Scurf and every specio n disease. The Pills and Ointment are manufactured No. 8, New Oxford street (late 533, ford street, L ondon), and are sold by al ' l Cidors of Patent Lines throughout tht vilized Worlds 1 irections for use m almost every languag;, IS" Purchasers should look to the Label \ on Pot jand Boxes. If the address and street not on they aie, spurious,



BE PBEPABED FOB THE ELECTION. mHOSE WHO AtiE DULY QUALIFIED, BUT WHOSE NAMES ARE NOT ON THE BOLL") SHOULD REGISTER AT ONOE. DIRECTIONS- 1. Cat out the subjoined form 2. Fill m on the lines marked " A " and " B " the name of the Electoral District for which you claim to be enrolled. 3. Sign your name, address, and occupation on the lines at foot, where indicated n the Dreßence of an elector mime name is already on the rcl 4. See that sucb elector also signs, at foo of the attestation 5 Fill m the bianks left for day and date on the left-hand bottom corner. 6. Deliver or post the claim to the Begistration Officer Mem.— Mr J. Ward, Burnett Street, Ashburton the Begistration Officer for Wakanui, and for Ashburton. If the envelope be marked outside " Claim to vote," it will not requ postage atamp. I : ft 8. »• |S«B ? i I l |||| I f ! | ■ "Ip ft H • ft „ £ i s » E|r I 9 S 1 • I 5 ■ ■ • |p. g H H I y : ■ I fif r K.-g I > — • . i ■ 111 l * " I kj !• F S |iOO »*• : • • ll J i M W •g ~ s : • • &I: i fe< °° If ? • i ffh i a9 B S * • * (Bet-* •" S f • • : g■ ? J I 3 I. s : : : , *| : ! I 111 it? \ B- & 1 3 P "S - 5 ! S § ?• fi ■" 1 • I 5I : |



\ Public Notice IT LQHEST CASH PRICES given for y\ Wool and Skins AT THB ! 4shburton Woollen Factory. 4 3 1U O BNTBAIi HOTEL 9 f" W. Mo3AE having taken the above rf . 0 Hotel, solicits a share of patronage .rom tho people of Ashburton and sur- rounding districts. Best Brands of Wine's Spirits and Beers. QoodStabHng— Feeda, One Shilliko, ■ and Buggies to let on hire • 7-ijjji to meet the timen. For the convenience of travellers hansom cab will tnp?t all trains fT^EATING'S POWDER destroys oth J_\_ fleas, moths, bedtlea, and all nsects, whilst quite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating beetles the uocess of this powder is extraordinary. la perfectly clean m application, ac article you porohaab la HEATING'S- -1 Imitations are noxious and ineffectual Sold m tins, 6d, Is, and 2s 6d each, by chemists. 1 NOTICE TO SHBEP OWNERS. ; Joseph Ford's Patent Mixture, A PERFECT CUBE for all scour and lung worm m sheep. One gallon : sufficient for 160 sheep. Price, 17s 6d for ' one gallon ; two gallon tins, 17s per gallon. Sent to any part on remittance to JOSEPH FGAD, ' Baling. \ F. FERBIMAN, Agent for Anhburton. : A'HHSTS WANTED. 4t279 m,-, t- ■ .— 1 -~. 1 .i ■ ■ ■■■■-iii iii ■■ ■ ' " '-^ : /A YARD AND BLAYN PAPER SIXTY years of great success proclaim superiority m the treatment of Violent : Colds, Irritation of the Obeßt, Aching, Sprain , Sprains, Sores, Scalds, Corns, Bunions, Sof Corns, etc This medicine, the property 0 ' which has been established more than half a ' century by thousands of cures, iB of an inyalu* , able use m many inflammatory diseases againßt which there are not many effi actons remedies, ■ and is therefore jußtly considered by a great i number of our most eminent physicians as the most active and least irritating agent ia the 1 bove affections. Iv order to avoid counterfeiting, Messrs Fayard and Blayn's signature has to be requ?:ed on every roll of paper and on ] : the box. ; Wholesale 30, Eve Saint-Merri, Paris (France) and sold by all Chemists m the oloniesi G. L.BEATH& CO. OHRISTOHUHOtf. NELSON, LONDON. Cashel street. Trafalgar etreet, Fore street' GREAT Stocktaking Sale, OF £35,000 WORTH OF GENERAL DB APERY AND CLOTHING. 1 the same time we shall offer the Stock of MESSRS SHAW & CO., DUNTROON, Bought at 6s 8d AND 10s IN THE £. Along vith Warehousemen's Stock (bought at a tremendous Discount), of 1204£ YARDS. DRESS BICILIANS AND ROYAL CORDS. 1b 9d rednced to 9Jd 2s reduced to 11 Jd 2i reduced to lljd 2s Gd reduced to Is 3Jd No better material made for giving good wear. For particulars 663 Price Lists, G. L, Beatli & (Jo., AB^YLE HOUSE, ! m CHRISTCHURCH. NEW BOOKS AND ..„ NEW SUPPLIES OF BOOKS. H. J. WOOD & CO., STATIONER'S HALL, 240, HIG2 8 CHRISTCHURCH, And Fbiedi,andbks' Buildings. ASHBURTON. WE receive from London publtslrin firms tegular shipments of from 15 to 20 caseß monthly by the direc steamers. The reading public are respectfully invited to inspect our large and varied Stock of Books m every branch o Literature. As \ye buy for cash and buy largely, we are allowed extra discounts, and are m a position to give exceptional advan- tages to our customers, and a libera discount on parcel and to Library Committees. H. J. WOOP & 00. Wholesale and Retail Booksellers and Stationers, CHBISTOHTJBCH & ASHBURTON. ACCOUNT* BOOKS In every variety of m>-e and style of ruling, from the largest Imperial Ledger extra super handmade, lull calf, double ' Russia bands, down to a penny Pass Book. A very Largo Stock always kept, and any style and size made to outer. Writing, Printing, and Wrapping Papers n any quantity. , Commercial and General Stationery and every description of Stationers' Sundries. Commercial Note and Letter Papers by tho case or packet — an assortment of over 3000 reams m stock. Commerciul Envelopes — over 3,000,0 stock m Christchurch, Cream Laid Kuled Foolscap— over 860 caniß m stock. Brown Wrapping, Double Imperial' various weights, by tho balo or roam- beat value m New Zealand. School Exercise Books— over 100 gross assorted 1 stock. School Slates, Copy Books, ai d School Requisites. Parchm ruled and headed "This Deed." SUBSCRIBE Etc WANTED For Illustrated London News, Sporting: and Dramatic News, Scientific American, i Young Ladies' Journal, Family Herald, j Family Reader, The Graphic, Engineer. 1 Punch, Home Fews, European Mail, Bow ! ueus.— We deliver m town immediately 1 on arrival, and we poet to subscribers ia j all parts of the country without delay. - H. J. "WOOD & OO, ! BMa %^SS^ " trect> , And at Friedlanders' Bqildings, ASHBUBTON !



Old people whoso blood has become tbio and Bteps feeble are praising American Hop Bitters for the good they have done them. Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Notable Facts.— lntense heat augments the annoy- ances jof skin disease, and encourages the development of febrile disorders ; wherefore they should, as they may, be removed by these deterrent and purifying preparalions In Btomach complaints, liver affections, pains and spasms of the bowels, Holloway's oint- ment well rubbed over the affected part immediately gives the greatest ease, prevents congestion and inflammation.Jfcheckß the threatening diarrhoea and averts incipient cholera. The poorer inhabitants of large cities will find these remedies to be their bett friend when any pestilence rages, or when, from unknown causes, eruptions, boils abscesses, or ulcerations betoken the presence of taints or impurities within the system anol call for instant and effective curative medicines,



"Rough on Itch."— "Bough on Itch" cures skin humors, eruptions, ringworm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chilblains, teh, ivy poison, barber's itch. 3 Keating's Cough Lozenges cure Coughs Asthma, Bronchitis. Medical testimony tatea that no other medicine is so effectual n the cure c£ these dangerous maladies. One Lozenge alone give ease, one or Wo at edtime ensures rest. For relieving difllculty i^ breathing they are invaluable. They con-, mno opium nor any violent drug. Sold by 1 Chemiaiß inTias, Is 144 and 2s 9d each,