SUPREME COURT

THE BUSSBLL OASES.

Ohbistohuuoh, April 8, At the Supreme Court thta mornfeg, before Mr Juatloa Johnston, Dr Rusaoll pleaded not guilty to charges of procura tion (f abortion on Mary Boworn, Kate Fisher, and Annie Connolly. Mrs Bowern S leaded guilty to prooariag missarrace on erself and not guilty to a similar charge oonoerning Anoio Connolly. Ber sister, lubell Wilson, also pleaded not guilty to the latter oharge. Mr Mattin appeared for the Grown, and Mr Joy at for Dr Russell. "The case against Dr Ru?s9ll for procura tion of abortion on Mncy Bowern wes iaken first. Mrs Bowern detailed what Dr Rusrell bad done to her and denied hating threatened to expose him. Wk&mngton, April 13 At the Supreme Court, Crabtree was farther remanded for Bentenoe until Saturday. The Crown Proseoutor Btßted tbatan information would be laid agahut the person te whom the prisoner had sold the goo 3s stolen, and Orabtree would be required to give evidunoe. — Fred Moun tain, larceny, twelve months probation.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

. « Breach of Lotteries Act. - (Auckland, April 13. Howard OBbbrne was fined £2 and QOftti for % breßoh of the Lotteries Act at Eltaralie races on Monday last. The teamed was working onthe principle of the totallsator, the tioketß being 2s 6d and a deduction of 20 per cent for himself. Before he was stopped by the police he had made £7. He stated he had recently eeme from Queensland, where such betting wm allowed. local Industries Wellington, April 13. The Wellington pipe mtkerß are ex oluded from tendering for the drainage works at the hospital because the material fa Inferior to that used at Ohristohatch and Aaoklsnd, They complain that they ■hoold be allowed to compete and take thsir chance. The Chairman of the Hospital Board agreed to ask the Govern tttnt engineer, In whose charge the works art, to alter the conditions accordingly. Ihe Bailway League. CHRIBTOHUBOH, April 13, At a meeting of the West Coast Ball* Way Guarantors to-day to consider the application of the Railway League far Assistance they declined to vote any funds *t present, but the Chairman Mr O. O. Bowen, promised on behalf of the Com* dlttee to recommend the guarantors here •nd m Nelson to make a grant to the League if they had the means to do so. .'{' CTaimFor Damages. Dunem*, April 13. . The case £ft good, Son and Ewen v the Corporation of Dunedin, olaim £5500, damages through defective drainage, ocm menoed before Judge Williams and is likely to occupy some days, A strong bar Is engaged with the Attorney-General Itading for the plaintiffs.

THE CANADIAN FISHERIES QUESTION.

('^Australian and South American.") Apparently, the Canadian fisheries question has passed into the stage of dreary discussion common to all interna tional disputes between tblß conntry and Great Britain, and only limited by the appointment of an expensive commission; at which our silver-tongued orators. have an opportunity to air their elcquence. : Great Britain refuses to even to agree to -&AjtuL.is£enm arrftpftemant until Canada tan be consuTte37 the Preeiden t antt'Oon- Ktesß haggled orer retaliati< n, and oar ex- Camdicn clt'zens seek carnival oppoit'apl ties of sustaining our northern neighbors m their unnHghborly actions. Minister Phelps terse ly sums tip the pcßition of the United States, when m his letter on the anbjtct to Lord Salisbury, he says, that aside from the question as to the right of American vtaseJa to purchase bait m Canadian ports, such a construc tion has been given to the treaty between the United States and Great Britain as to amount almost to a declaration of complete non-intercourse, that the übuol comity between nations has been refused In their oaßes. and that the treaty of friendship and amity which m return for very important concessions by the United States to Great Britain reserves to the American vessels certain specific privi leges, has been constructed to exclud them from all other intercourse common to maritime usages among Nations not at war, bb well as from the right to touch -Mid trade accorded to all other vessels.

A SUBSTITUTE FOR SUGAR.

. ■ » .. . • TheNationalSugarineßefinlng Company el Boston, with a capital of $10,000. has been incorporated under tbe laws of Mas sachusetts. This oompany, a close oor porat'on, has In its po-tession a secret formula for ihe converEloo of crude starch Into a substitute for sugar, Which substi tute is alleged to be five per cent Bweoter thin the cane produce, The discovery of thfs formula was by : ftooldect, A ohenvst, recently deceased, W4I experimenting with starch and chemicals hopiog to get a cerfain liquid. -When ft was noticed that tbe mass began •>to orjstaHze, he saw that a new granutar ttaroh product had been formed, -and farther experiment and study on the sab '•ect resulted m the product now known as This Is uC*' th & first time that sugar has been made from *.'**<*> but heretofore it has not been made m paying quantities, us all previous prcoanes yid'd but about 60 per oant of saooharine matter while the •ecret procesi is olalmed to yield 99 plus per cent, Tbe oompany owning the formula are •syet undecided whether to sell It to a New York firm, or to manufacture the produot themselves. The entire stock -, with the exception of a sm:>ll number of t shares is owned by the management of the t^cempany. Until very recently, they have k bad their experimental factory on Oliver vatraat, but now that they have no doubt to£ tb* suooess of their produot, they have laaied a large building id South Boston •ad are now setting up tbe machinery. •s?ne onac&inery required is very simple and they expect to be running on orders |p a few weeks,. •Jhe price of tfxe produot, owing both 's« cheapness of the raw material and to U. •^j, fioB _j;- of m anufaoiuring it, will to the k *ill t It m thought that the be very sa». ««anof ictured and sold at a artlole oan ba . ' * o«e half cents a pound. profitv for two anu v^ry similar 1 n ap> The artlole itself i 3 wvrdered sugar. IWaranea to the fine t "tze of the cry- It k aji fine, as regards ttie .. "«tc h ' 8 fcnfl aUtojfs^ponfeotionej-s' sugar v» >v *Wnk : finest eaee sngar. The compaii fl ««— >tn&t Its three most important propex > **& cheapnees, fineness acd flweetneas— oug l°t| "' c itß "J 300683 -— " Opmmeroial Bul-

The nett'iy rising Btar m opera is a Norwe- | ~$W girl, agea 23, nagjea^RW Kirbel. Al Wsbo. fttAnj^eta In Europe Bte-«ciiflg wild over *^*.ftltf ifcis saia she will eolipse Jenny Li a&. In the tJaitea States every two h^re-atb «ln talceß a college course; m fing^na every five hundredth; m Scotland, mery ife hundredth < and ta Germany every &9

CRICKET.

, Auckland, April '3, In the ccioket match, Wellington \ Auokland, the local team were all out ai 11.30 a.m. for 256 runa, Sawklna contri bating 20 and Mills 31. Wellington sent Solmou and Gore to the. wickets. Within twenty minutes 2 wickets had fallen foi 5 runs. At the adjourumnent for lunch Wel< Hogton had lost e r x wickets for 45.

THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.

STRONG SPEaKIN<* BY A WEL LINGTON MAN. Wellington. April 13. |Mr Travers, speaking on the land laws last I night, said he had explored every valley and river *>f the South Island from the Straits to Hnrunnl and Teremakau. There were not 5000 acres fit for agriculture. The traot given to the Midland Bail way Company from Springfield to Nelson was not worth a red cent, and the induce ments held oat by the promoters wbb one of the biggest swindles ever perpetrated m the oolopy.

AMUSING CLIPPINGS.

The inconsistency of woman appears when she has 225 hairpins and the whole of her back hair grasped between her teeth, and expects you to understand every word she says to you. Two brief lets bairisters met the other day, when the following colloquy ensued : .— " Well, judge, how's business ?" " Pre eiouadull; I'm living on faith and hope." " Very good, but I've got past yon, for I'm living on charity. " Miss Matilda Johnston has jast died fn London, 116 years old. Eighty-nine years ago her intended husband died suddenly, and she made her will giving her entire fortune to the military hospital and directed that "Love killed her " should be engraved on her tombstone. Master cupid was a long time about it, though. One of the cruellest remarks ma.de by a muaioal auditor is* reported from Cali fornia, A vocalist was warbling to her own great eatfsfaotion, Oh ! would I were a bird ! when a rough miner shouted out, Oh, would I were a qua ! Not long ago the editor of an Amerioan paper had occasion to write as follows :— { "A present m the shape of a bottle of fine old Scotch whisky was kindly sent to this office at two p.m. on Thursday ; ten minutes past that hour not a drain of liquid remained; ten seconds later the office boy had sold the bottle at the rag and bone shop next door. At 230 three men were charged with being drunk and disorderly. The editor of the paper re turns thanks for this handsome gift, And would feel obliged If the donor of the whisky would send along seventy-tiro shilling*, a policeman's helmet, a new office boy, four panes of glass, a new street ■ door knocker, and — no more whisky

THE CONGO.

The expedition of Stanley to the relief, of Emln B=y has again direoted attention to the Congo, and the following deacrif tions of the river and country of that' name will be read with interest : — The Congo rises ia Lake Bangweolo, and Is there called the Lnapula. Run* oirg norUi it crosses the equator at Stenley Fails. It Bonn tarns west, and then south, weak, receiving countless tribu tary streams — some of them large rivers — passes through a mountainous dstrict m a succession of cataracts, and enters th At an I ;. Altogether, tho Congo, drain* a district of 1,600,CJ0 square mites. At ita mouth it id aix mijea wide, and nm»y miles oat at sea bo powerful ia itß current that the water is perfectly fresh. Ascending the river for the neat forty five miles, the river banks are walls of tangled mangrove trees, water thlokets through which boat can penetrate to land. Then the mangrove swamps disappear^ and bright green plains ■ wifcfc-aobW-tiiaW trees and paints are seen. Here, as higher up, the Congo teems with animal life. H'ppcpotami are numerous, and dangerous to the boats ; still more so to men are the swimming alligators. Fish abound. The pr.aid4sjon each side are haunts of antelopes and zabrao, and th© trees and banks of gaily oolored wood peckers, darters, and pelicans. About* 140 miles from the sea are the Livingstone Falls— a series of thirty cataractß and furious rapids for thirteen mlleß, To avoid these m the navigation of the river, Mr H. M. Stanley aud the English engineers have made a handsome road, 52 miles loag. This was cut m 1879, m many ! plaoes through solid Blate rook. Once past these hindrances, the rivet spreads out into a noble Btream, which, but for its ourrent, would seem a lake, with here and there the mouth of a large tributary, aud {dotted with Innumerable lovely islands of vivid green meadows and papyrus grovea; 335 miles from its mouth the river widenß into the famous Stanley Fool. Here is the riling European Settlement called Leopoldville, named after the King of the Belgians, who has conceived the project, under the inspiration of Mr Staaley, of an international occupation of the river. France claims the north bank cf the rJv^r. fifty miles up from the sea and is preparing a railway from theooaat settlement cf FrancevHlo to Stanley Pool, 276 miles as the crow flies. The Frenoh and Portuguese dispute the possession of the southern bank of the Congo where it enters the flea. Ie la easy to see how enormous m the future must be the trade, and how keeoly ooveted la the mouth of this great highway Into Africa. In the 1,000 miles batween Stanley Pool and Livingstone Falls the largest steamers cvu pass. Ihe forests yield excellent timber, with gums, oils, and edible fruits. The valley is very populous. At each bend of river one seeß fields and villages, remind ing one of peacifnl EngUnd, with men, women, and children busily at worlf Some tribes, however, are stitloannibalq, building splendid war galleys, and forgiug iron weapons with excellent skill. In the dense f orestß north of the rlvor, where the ooloaEal £iron Trodr *od trees end the greater palms almost hide the light of the tropical Bun, live the ne3t-bnllding apes and the gorilla.*. The gorilla Is shy. but very fierce when attacked ; his strong arms and canine teeth are equally feared by man and beaut. His cry la a wailing succession of ear-piercing shrieks, he;rd at greet distanoeß. His food Is the harsh, unpalatable berries of certain trees, and the to^s of the cabbage palm. The other animals are the eland, wild buffalo, springbok and otber antelope, the zebra In countlesß herds, and fly g foxes (great bats). The lion ia abient, : n< leopards, jackals, and hippopotami abound Elephants are found on the upper river. Serpent »nd crocodiles, with their faithful sentinel-birds are numerous ; as are v !■ tares, liirgfiiherir, flamingoes, pelicans, ..ad other At lean blrdr. Coffee, cotton, tad india-rubber treei grow wild. Dyes and copal gum are ex« ported. Many thousand tons of ih< ground-nuts and palm-oil are sent t< Europe to be crushed for their oil Ivory reaches the coast m small quantises «nd a!?f) ! slaves are still hidden In bana coons m the Portuguese territory, till the] can be privately shipped to Brazil, if the] «o»De the Ei glish cruisers. The na 1 . ivei v everywhere m wUdhoraft. Theli belu Fetishism, a cruel mixture o religlo*. ifrit-wcrahip, and the ordeal b] obarmß, e t poison, • bay© Waited some of the Missionaries v <*ork among them, but 1 tribes, and are at * not yet heard th< vast numbrnr have coma whei Gospel. M»y the day »~ "«aj:ry it t< faithful men shall be. able to *"*.»»< all the natives of ihe Congo reglo*-, *"*« when great multitudes may become to* lowers of Jeeua Christ,

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we ar«- . " "" a^p. ■ nit' jßWWß* TjiNCOURAGE T Oc AND ASK FOR . . Blankets, Flannels, Tweu AND Knitting Tarns t PBOM THE . - ASHBUETON Z WOOLLEN FACTORY. WHITE, CAYGILL, & CO., BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, J. W. YJHITB, Notary Public, NOTICE is hereby given that the nnderslgned, Messrs Whith awj& 0. (White, Smithson, and Kaymond), of fimaru, and John A. Oayoixi., of Ash- barton, hare thla day entered into Partnership as Barristers and Solicitors, at Aohburton, under the style of "White. OaygUland Oo." Mr J. W. White, will attend the oittings of the Courts at Ash- arton. . WHITE & CO., JOHN A. OAYGILL. Money to lend m any Bums on approved freehold security, • I Offices : Bollock's Arcade 10*803 WILDING AND LEWIS, r> ABRIBTERS AND Q OLIOrrORS f. wilTding,? A NOIAEY PUBLIO. OfficesJ Next "Mall" Office,' Burnett-lit.! Aehburton. » Mr Wilding will attend the sittings , of the Ashburton Courts on Tuesday and Fridays, and may be consulted personally n these days. ; . : The firm is now represented m Ash- burton by Mb Clayton, an EngHsli Solicitor of considerable experience, Who will be m daily attendance at the office { to receive instructions %nd confer 'with • oientß. *100 ABHBURTON RACINa CLUB autumn"meeting THURSDAY & Tjl RID A - \v- ■•■ ■ APRIL 21st dr 22nd, 1«87«! ; President — E. GK Wright^ ; Vice-Pre=ident — John Qrigg. j Judge — Matthew Stitt. StbtTahds : - ■ . H. Friedlander j W: O. Walke? W. B. Denshire R. McOwen J. O. N. Grlgor I Dr Leahy R. Friedlander. Treasurer — David Thomas . Clerk of the Ecales— T. E. Upton. Clerk of the Course— A. Hewson, Handicappers — The Committee, Starter— Dr Leahy, BJ Fibst Baob oh Each Day to Start 12,80 P.M. ~~"~~ FIRST DAY; • j 1. DISTKIOT HURDLE RA.CE of 20 eovs I over six flights of hurdles, abonfc 3tt Gin high. Nomination, I6s; acceptance, 10s< I* mile. District horpes only. 2. AhHBURTON AUTUMN HANDICAP o 50 soys. Nomination, 1 boy ; acceptanco I^eov. JJinile. 8. FOAL STAKES of 1 soy each, 'with JLS-— sovß added. For two-year-olds bred, owned, and trained by residents m the district defined by Bnle 8. Colts Bst 101 b fillies and geldings Bst 81b. .... Nomination 10s. The sweep to be paid by 9 p.m. on 1 April 18th. Fivefnrlones. • 4. HANDI O AP TIME TROT (m saddle) of 20 I soys.. Nomination, 10a ; aooeptahce, 10s. ■ Weight not less than lOst. Break and tore.- ■ Bm'lcß. . ■■■'"■■; m 6. FLYING HANDICAP of 26 boys. Nomi* ■ • nation, t soy : acceptance, 10s. 3-mile. ■ 6. POST STAKES of 10 sbvs. vEntrance, ■ " 10s, to be made to the. Secretary imme* ■ diately after tho Fiying Handicap is rnn, ■ Catch weights, i-mile. The winner H to be sold immediately after the race for H 16 kovs, any eurplus to go to the fund* of H theClnb. : " ■ L seoootTday^ I 1. DISTRICT \yELTER HANDICAP of ■ 20 sovp. Nominaticn, 10s; .acceptance, H .;- 10s. Minimnm weight, lOafr li mile. H IW District horses only. ■ 2. GRAND STAND HANDICAP of 40 soys *■ Nomination, 1 pot ; acceptance, 1 boy HI Seven furlongs. ■■ 8 HANDICAP TIME TROT (m saddle o! ■ . w 15 boys; Nomination, 103 ; acceptance, 6s. ■■ )a Weight not less than lOst. Break and H tarn, Tvico round tho conree. Distric hOrseß only. , . ,^M B 4. HARVEST HANDICAP of 20 soys. ■ Nominat on, 10s ; acceptance, 10s: Dis>Bß trict horses only. '. 1 mile. XV 6. t'OYEL RACE of 16 fovb. Entrance, 10s,^| Dg to be made to the Secretary immediately ■■ after tho Harvett Handicap is mn. CatchHß weights. Five furlongs. The winner toHB be sold immediately after the race, theHH nd whole of the proceeds to go. to the fnndsHH of the Club. CONSOLATION HANDICAP of 20 sovs.^H Nomination , 1 soy, to be made immediatelj^BJ after the Novel Race is run ; acceptanceHß] free, to be notified to the Secretary withii^HJ ten minnteß of tho declaration of wei&hts^Hl 1 mile. - ' ■ foe RULES AND REGULATIONS. H for i, Tho Meeting will be held under th^H Rnleß of Racing and Aahburtoa, Racing uIuBBJ Rules. 2- No entry will be received except on tlflHl condition that all dieputes, claims, and ojHBJ ieetions arising out of the racing shall £■■■ decided by the Stewards or whom they maBBI appoi' t ; their decision on all points conneot^BH with tho carrying oat of this programme to !■■■ final. .. 8. A district horee ehall mean any hor^^H d it has been commonly resident m the dfl^H [j tbv between the rivers Selwyn and Opiht fro^^H fi trict . -r 21, 1887, and up to the date, of t^H jklj January : n g meeting,, and owned by a pei^^H « vfor Jhcomu sded m Sießaid diatrict during Vhothasxest . , - «a '^ riod ' rftn *. wfil be dednctcd from aa Fx J ea ?« r^; ft -s ratflbloMn accorda^M gr i , ' * wS?£?* i« *» X?*™ « ■ coaree^ -na«ion^nd .^^ptances to go^H ♦i,l#isfS?Vi >8 « '#<>«»« Wrtfati f&^| the funds of the ■ . ™ • 6. Trotting Kao. , wrlM " to the satisfaction oi TOWNS. accompanied NOMIN^ . Mo}i ,o horso, ■■ All nominations to k 'rf-^he.Bepre^^B f6e, name, age, and descrip k ' ilmn.9 t^^^H colors of rider m the haHds .'->■ (address — Ashburton) no later on Monday, March 21, 1887. WEIGHrS. - Weights for th? first r day^handicaps be declared on Wednesday, April 13. it, Weightß for tho second day 'a handicaps will be^H ffda^acing CkCk ° a the eV<min * of ih «H ACOEPTANOEB.I^ Acceptances for the firsc > day# ! handica n must be made to the Secretory not later tba 9 V'™' t on Monday, April 1,8, 1887. Aocept^H St for second day's handicaps at lH racing evening of the first daj O, 0, FOOKS, Seoretwy.



V ' ; '"■ L' , ■ \ •': 'the ■. FISK JUBILEE SINCERS. ODDFELLOWS' HALL, ASHBURTON. MONDAY AND TUESDAY, APRIL 18th and. l9th, 1887. Reserved Chairs, 4s; Unreservec Seats, 8s | Back Seats, 2s. Plan and Tickets at Mr H. M. Jones' East sb:eet, or at tt c doors Doors open . at 7.30, Concert at i o'clock. __. - — ~ From the Official Assignee m Bankruptcy District of Ashburton, (Canterbury N.Z. Memorandum for Mr Andrew Orr, - Ashburton. Dbab Sib,— He Alexander Smith, have the pleasure to inforis yoxi that youi Cash Tender for the Stock m the above Estate is Accepted m terms of the Tender. Yours truly, \ J. C. BELL, Deputy Official Assignee. tmmmm mHB above DPAPERY STOOK having 1 been Purchased at a BIG DI& COUNJ? off the FIRST COST, is Now on Sale, ANU . i MUST BE CLEARED Dubino the Next Three Weeks, as a Large Shipment OF NEW GOODS ] EX DORIC, \ JUST TO HAND. COME AT ONCE AND SECURE TH] J GREATEST BARGaST B. ll a EVER OFFERED IN d X ASHBTJKTON. l - ♦ b. All Classoa of Good Greatly Reducec a * ANDREW ORB h , n : TUCKER & RESTELL, * TIMBEE,COAL&GENEBA] *.• MERCHANTS, ,c TXAVB mncb pleasure m informing the { L ;Wm.. enstomera and others that they are no * receiving 5. Fresh Supplies, of Timber lt OP ALL DESCRIPTIONS SUITABLE FO BUILDING; OR OTHER PURPOSES, Consisting of Red and White Pine Boards and Scantling Rusticated Weatherboards * "'eather-edge Weatherboards £,' and Grooved White Pino Floorii Tcj. ° Qd inning, _ w daily expecting from Anoklai We ate no. & O ARGO of A'SSORTk* 7 ' 0 KAURI TIMBER. ...  . 'h Shelving Mouldings, Architn. yeß » Bkirtln B fl ' Our stocks of Kauri \ "« £g our Sheds, West Street o^. Timber is clean, dry, well to <woned ' a ? dfitJ immediate use. Large Stocks Of V.D.L. C UBBB DEAL DOORS, SASHES HURDLES AND .GATE& Lysaght's Orb, ondQoepel Oak Galvanise Steel Fencing Wira and Barbed Wire Pos ts Bails, Stakes, Strainers, and Sheep Yard Rails. NORr BEING DISCHARGED Ex ''Ooa . • UTewcasfle Coal li^estport Coal Special quotations for orders by the truck load at any Railway Station m the district, MOUHT SOMEBS COAL Kept m stock.for retail purposes, andsupplied by the^truck at pit prices. Tucker & Restell. April ht, 1887.



PirtPtc Notices. W A NTK D. FEED for 2000 or 3COO sheep for several months, greaa or turnip. 3*163 Apply METHVEST HOTEL. Drapery, Grocery, Boots, Clotting, k A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE. HAYES~& CO. Having BOUGHT a Large BANKRUPT STOCK to the tune of £600 . And many of these Goods are marked at LESS THAN HALF-PRICE Our determination ib TO CLEAB. NEW, ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORS THE NEW GOODS FOR THE SUMMER SEASON ABB NOW OPENED OUT The Stock is THE LARGEST & BEST SELECTED IN THE TOWN, And the variety of Style and Patterns m Men's, Youths', and Boys' Clothing loaveß nothing to be desired. Thousands of Men's and Boys Suits, newest styles. Trousers and Trousers ; and Vests manufactured of New I Zealand Tweeds. Every garmen warranted shrunk Overcoats, Waterproof Coats and Leggwgs m great variety Hats, comprising every new style worn Children's Jersey Suits, Children's Men- of-War Suits Gentlemen's Hosiery, Scarves ; Oxford Regatta and White Shirt? Euge, Portmanteaus, and Travelling Bags fho celebrated WERTHEIM SEWING MACHINE. Time Payments. N2 CLOTHING FACTOR^ East Stbxbt. IN addition to my TOBACCONIST, FANCY GOODS, AND HAIR- DRESSING BUSINESS, I have NOW OPENED my UPSTAIRS ROOM as a FIRST-CLASS BILLIARD ROOM, It being provided with one of the Best English Tables. The Room will be open for play at all hours. Entrance from shop, or side door East street. . NEW "Ft O O X OF TOYS, PIPES, TOBACCONIST- WARE, AND FANCY GOODS, Just Opened op. W. ZAIDER, BILLIARD & HAIRDRESSING- SALOONS EAST STREET. LAND DISTBIOT OF CANTERBURY. CROWN LANDS on Perpetual Lease ac Village Homestead Special Settle- ments, under Section 163, Land Aot, 1885, and the Regulations issued bj the Governor, under the authority of the Baid Section, acd published m "Gasette" 45, September 2c d 1886. XT Is hereby' notified that the under mentioned Seotlous are* opened foi r^nae for a term of Thirty Years, witl the ri^ht of renewal for further terms o Twen** -one Years, and that application! "wmi»-»»«ai«ed_an SATURDAY, Apri 30th, for ihe said leases at the Lane Offices, ■Ghrletehuroh and Timara, an< also by Mr March, Railway Station Winalow, on April 27th; at Railwq Station, Hinds, ,on April 28th ; and a .loorthonae,, Aohborton, oa April 29fch T, N « applications received by Mr Marol w ;u bear the same date as those receive* w t ii, * Land Office, Ohriotoliuroh. Hlk '^ TOWNSHIP.— Sections fron 1 to 33 fcxriußlve, Averaging from 7 t< "toSnri •» ««. , •S*hLS|* Townehlr _•/ Sections 1 to 11 inclusive averaging" Urn u24to 50 acres, *n4 fro* Sec«onB g 55 io ' « lariw t *"*™^ f TESER^ at l^ -ioW-f Hf Town^lp.-Sectlc a * to 8 lnc i u - Blvs averaging from 38 .*» «> MW VIS Sections 42 to49int e ao .J s0 ;° r « The annual rent.* for^the abov Seotlona is la 3d per ac*e. ,„ . The only charge for ti'ie J*»*f ]"» ? a fee of 10a. No select or ». ™\ t*™* more thau one allotment . n »° B . "■ be seen at the Land Offices, Ofm 8t ° h . a " and Timaro, where also copies °* *° Village Homestead Speofal Settk mcl i Begulatlons may be obtained. " ' . [ John h. baker, I Commlßsloher of Crown Lands, •. i • Crown Lands Office, Christohuroh, March 28th, 1887. 4*66 • "' . '■■' " • - » .. * I'" • ■ : ASHBtJfcTON WO6ILENT FACTORY'S Blankets, flanneJs, • ' AND Tweeds. SUITS MADE TO ORDER £3 CLCk Support Local Industry. ORR & ALGORN



Public Notices. IITANTED at once, Six good BUSH- V V MEN. None but experienced hands need apply. 1 COOPER BROS., 4 79 Alford Forest. : ~~ TENDERS. WANTED TFNDERS for CUTTING and BURNING about 172 Acres of TUSSOCKS at Lyatt's, Westerneld. Tenders to close on 19th April, 1887. Farther particulars apply to H. ROSENDALE, 4 81 Tinwald. - . L OST. LOST, between Spread Eagle and Ash- burton, SILVER WATCH and CHAIN,' with silver sovereign locket attached. Finder will be rewarded on bringing it to Union Bank, Ashburton; 80 ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD- ING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. THE Twelfth Annual General Meeting or Members and Shareholders of this Society will be held at the Society's Offices, Arcade Chambers, Burnett street, on MONDAY, April 18th, at 3 p.m. Business : 1. To recsive the Directors' Report for the year 1886 7. 2. To Elect Two Directors m the place of Messrs James E Trevor and J. Ward, wno are eligible for re-election, and have given the notice required by the Rules. 3. Any other general business. J. WARD, Manager. ASHBUBTON COUNTY STOCK AN SALEYARDS CO., LIMITED. . DIPPING SEASON, 1887 THE CONCRETE DIPS are now feet long, and fitted with all latest improvements For particulars as to coat of dippi J sheep, apply at the Caretakers, GEO. JAMESON, 3 164. Secretary. T AM A /^ASff pURCHASER OF WHEAT OATS AND BARLEY GEORGE JAMESON, ASHBUUTON, j£L —^ — STORAGE. STORAGE. STORAGE. WE HAW. ROOM FOR A LA3GE «qjUA»?TITY OF GRAIN; 2S O WESMIN, h. MAmiir & co., ASHBURTON. TO7E ABE CASH "PURCHASED OF Wheat Oats Barley ••v ■.* Eyeglass #. MATSON & CO., A3HBURTON, A S our old motto is SMALL PROFITS .O. AND QUICK RETURNS, and as it is unpleasant to quote a lot of prices to mislead the public, we shall be thank- ful for an early call, and you can judge for yourselves. Note the Address— HAVES & CO, Cash Drapers and Grocers, ARCADE, And do not be be misled. N.B.— Our BOOT STOCK is IMMENSE, THRESHING MACHINE . OWNERS. A TTENTION is direotea to the following ii. facts :— We are making STALKER'S AUTOMATIC FEEDERS for £12 10s, including fixing to machine, and we are prepared to fix to machines m any part of the Couoty for barae price. Cartage extra. The time that it is necessary to> stop the machine is from 2 to 3 hours. These Feeders are perfect m their action, no Bparking out of grain. No uncut Bheaves or other improper article?, can get I into the drum ; nothing but a continuous stream of golden sheaves well shaken out. The regularity of the feed does not depend upon the Band' outter. They can be seen at work on machines belonging' to the following gentlemen : — James Quigley Chapman Bros. Thomas Perks Nelson Eden Edward Gates John Stalker JohnMoorhead. F. White, Timara P. & D. DUNCAN, "Wills Street, Ashburton, 3§42 Sole Agents. ASHBUBTON COUNTY COUNCIL. "VTOTICE is hereby given that at a _LN Special Meeting of the above Council held on Friday, the Ist day of April ittßtant, a was duly adopted, and will be submitted for conurmatioa as a Special Order at a Special Meeting of the Council, to be held on Friday, the 6th day of May, 1887, at half-past four o'clock m the afternoon. The object of the said Special Order is i is— (l) To make the Mount Somers Tramway, and the revenues to be derived therefrom the primary security for the Loan of £3500 borrowed by the Council under "The Government'Loaus to Local Bodies Act, 1886." (2) To constitute a Special Bating District under " The Local Bodies Leans Act, 1886." And (3) to ' make a Bate of Three Farthings m the pound upon all rateable properties m the Bating District, payable annually on the first Saturday m June until the said Loan is paid off. The said Special Order is to take effeofr immediately upon the making thereof. A copy of the proposed Special Order is deposited at the Office of the Council, Baring Square, Ashburton, and is open to the inspection of the public every week- day during office hoars. • < By order. F. MAINWAitING, i ■ „* -A . Clerk of the Council. | April sth, 1887. 455



Pnblic Notices MAOANDREW MEMORIAL FUND. A SUBSCRIPTION List lies at the " Mail " and " Guardiam" Office for signature, and I shall be happy to receir and forward contributions, either for. Scholarship, or Statue, or unconditiona WM. J STEWARD. CENTBAL HOTEL. JW. MoRAE having taken the above , Hotel, sblioits a share of patronage from the people of Ashburton and sur- rounding districts. Best Brands of Wine* Spirits and Beers. Good Stablfng— Feeds, One Shilling. Horses and Buggies to let on hire • prices to meet the times. For the convenience of travellers hansom cab will meet all trains. ODDFELLOWS' HALL. THE Grand Spectacular Operatic .Drama ROB ROY NIACCREGOR will be reproduced under the auspices of the) ABHBURTON CALEDONIAN SOCIETY On Race Nights, THUESDAY AND FRIDAY, APRIL 21st and 22nd, With all the Original and Magnificent Scenio Effects and Gorgeous Costumes. For particulars see Handbills. Prices of Admission : Front Seats, 3s ; Second Seats, 2s ; Baok Seats, Is. "j7c. DUNCAN, 4 82 Secretary, : Auctions. SATUBDAV, 16th APRIL: SPECIAL ENTRY. ON account of E H. Dobson, Esq., Lowcliffe Estate, 6 3-year-old Draught COLTS and FILLIES. Sale at 1 o'clock. 4 e 92 T. BULLOOK, Auctioneer. : SATURDAY, 16th APRIL. ; 2 o'clock. a LFRED HARRISON., instructed by J\: Mr John Uradley, who has left the district, will Sell by public auction, at ftis Rooms, the following Properties : — TOWN SECTION No. 1215, HAVE- LOOK STREET v\*est. SECTIONS Nob. 22 and 23, CHARLES STREET, Alford Forest Road, containing neariy each. These Sections- face the street, immediately opposite the Woollen Factory's gate. i RUBAL SECTION No. 32425, con- ; taining 14a lr 18p, situated m the < Forks, immediately opposite the property of Isaac Sargeant, Esq., and facing the front road. Infcpection invited. Title clear. Terms at sale. FOR ABSOLUTE SALE. ALFRED HARRISON, 4<>f)o Auctioneer. THURSDAY, 14th APRIL, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS. MR T. BULLOCK has received in- fitructions from Mr B. Buchanan (la consequence of his leaving the dis- trict), to » SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At his Residence, Park street, on THURSDAY, 14fch APRIL, The whole of his Household Furniture & Effects Comprising Telescope Dining Table, Couches, Easy Ohaire, Cane Chairs, Carpets and Hearth Rugs, Cheffonier, Fenders and Fire Irons, Coal Scuttle, Curtains, Poles, and Rings, Hand- some Lamp, Oiloloth, Door Mate, Clocks, Child's Chair, pair Lustres, Vases, Glass, Silver, Double and Single ]>on Bedsteads, Mattresses <hair and R%\) Paillasses, Pillows and Bolsters, Child's Iron Cot, large Wardrobe, Waehstand and Ware, Dressing Tables, 1 Chest Drawers (rosewood), 1 do do <kauri), Looking-Glaiaes, Com- mode, Llneo, &c;, Kitohen Utensil*, Meat Safe, Copper Boiler, Garden Tools, Sundrlei, •&0.J&O. .... Sale at 1 o'clock. T. BULLOOK, •4t64 : ' ■ • ; Aac*ioneer. FRIDAY, 15th APRIL. Clearing Sale ■'■■"' '• ■ or ' FARM STOCK, HOUSEHOLD FUR- NiTUKB AJSD EFFECTS, &c, &o. MR T. BULLOCK has received in- structions from Mr H. Mason (m copeequeme of his giving up farming) to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At his Farm, adjoining Mr Geo. Smith's Nursery, on FRJDAY, isth APRIL, ' The whole of his LIVE AND DEAD STOCK FURNITURE, &o, &a, " ' Comprising rtfth; CROSSBRED EWES 140 OROSSBKED £AMBS 1 Upstanding TRAP MARE, 6 years old , very quiet IBay MABE, 5 years old, good Hack •1 TRAP, nearly new 1 SET TRAP HABNESS, nearly ■■■ hew 2 MILOH COWS, m calf "Cl OUSEHOLD FUNITURE, db J-*- follows: .-Tables, Chairs, Couch, New Brussels Carpet, FoDder aod Fire Irons, Recking Chalrß, 25 yards Lißoleum, Cartalna and Poles, Lamp. Crockery, Glass, Kitchen and Dairy Utensils. Garden Toolb, Saddle and Bridle, Portable Boiler, Sheep Dob, &c, &c; ft> ■www SpegW entries can t© made with Mr Maeoa or the Auctioneer til date of sale. Sale at 1 o'cloqk. , VxWo T * BULLOOK, 4| 63 Another,



. One Experience of Many. j Having experienced a great deal of ; if " Trouble !" from indigestion, so much v I 80 that I came near losing my * ) ' Life!- ' . i"j- My trouble alwayß came after eatiDg t , any food— : Q However light, ■ ' r And digestible, } Eor two or three hoars at a time I had ■ to go through the most , Excruciating pains, i " And the only way I ever got ' ; "Belief!" _| Was by throwing up all my stomach i contained ! 1 No one can conceive the ij pains that I had to go through, until 'i "At last?" t I was taken !" So that for three weeks 7 I lay m bed and 3 Could sat nothing ! 1 ! • 3 My sufferings were so that I called two | , doctors to give me something that would r stop the pain. i Their efforts were no good to me. At last I heard a good deal I " About your Hop Bitters 1 , . And determined to try them." Got a bottle — m four hours I took the contents of . One ! ! ! ! Next day I was oat of bed, and have not seen a ; "hick!" Hour, from {he same cause, since . X have recommended it to hundreds of others. You have no such *•' Advocate as I am." Gbo. Kendall, Alleton, Boston, Mass. Downright Cruelty. : To permit yourself arid family to " Suffer t" With sickness when it can be* presented and cured so easily With Hop Bitters ! ! J Prosecute the Swindlers! If when yon call for American Hop Bitters (see green twig of Hops on the white' label and Dr Smile's name ilawn 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 indiot him for the fraud and sue him for damages for tb c swindle^ and we will pay you liberally for tfcie oonvio- tion. ~ WANTED. WANTED TENDERS for STONE PICKING 250 or 500 A-cres Land on Staples' Farm, neai Mayfield. Apply on If arm. 4 84 JOHN BALLAWTYNE, Och ! de'd you'll mak a spok forme? t APRIL :i i & 22. . TMPODNDED from Ea B t :Belt, 12th X fast,, one South Down Renn, and one Crc»ibrad Ram, both branded a ander half circle, In black ; bit out of off ear. Also on the 13th lnat four S.jmth Down Fams, branded O m black ; bit oat of back of both ears, and bit oat of tip of off e>tr. If not claim el and expenses paid trill be sold on the 21th lost. W. B. OOMPTON, Pounakee? )r, 4 91 A B h burton. OWNER WANTED. THE person (unknown) who, on the 9th instant, while I wag standing on the platform of a railway carriage, handed me a parcel, stating that {t he would be m at once," but whom I have not seen since, is informed that he can obtain the same on paying expenses of this advertisement., on application to Mr Howell, Failway Hotel, Kakaia, or to the undersijned . D. F, MURPHY, 4 78 South Rakaia. The eagle is lord above, And bold Rob Roy is lord below. A^HBUBTON COUlfrY COUNCIL. ~ NOTICE is hereby given that all County Water races must be thoroughly overhauled, and cleared out to their original capacity before 10th May nest. AH occupiers arid owners who may not then have complied with this order wUI 1 be dealt with strictly under the pro- visions of the Bye-laws. ; By order. WILLIAM BAXTER, County Engineer. 12th April, 1887. 4°89 Ma conscience ! wad ye hang a magistrate ? RACE HIGHTB. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.; ALTENATE TENDERS are invited for LEASING the BORODGH ENDOW- MENT RESERVE, No;. 350, nctr the Bin<?s, for Two, Seven, or Fourteen Years. Tenders to be Bent to the Town Olerk not later than 12 o'clock noon on FRIDAY, the 29th April. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. flFull particulars may be ascertained on application to CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk:  Borough Council Office, ' 1 Ashbnrton, 13th April, 1887. 487 : By the hand o\ my faither, the ' first man that strikes, HJ,, \ cleave him tae the brisket ! [ OP DFELLOWS' BALL. I ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. 1 T^TOTIOE is hereby given that, m 1 JIS accordance with section 65 of the f Municipal Corporations Act, 1886, -that ' • the Burgess List for 1887 8 and the j > Defaulters' List are now open for inspeo* j tion at the Town Clerk's Office during j > office hours until the 22nd day of April ; mutant. All objections thereto must be m I writing m the form* set forth m the fourth 1 schedule of the above-mentioned Act, and ) addressed to me, and delivered at my i office on or before the 22nd April, 1887. » CHARLES BBADDBLL, : Town Clerk. I Borough Council Office, Ashburton, 7th April, 1887. • 4 88 1 I'll chop ye into as many pieces j as there are checks m the tartan ! 1 808 ROY, April 21st & 22nd, J ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL, i EXTRAORDINARY VACANCY. 1 XN pursuance of the Counties Act, 1886, - X an^ tne Regulation of Local Elec- -4 t ions Act, 1876, notice is hereby given that m jconsequence of the Ashburton a Riding beiug divided into two Ridings, ;• viz , the . Ashburton and Wakamri c Ridings, an ELECTION of ONE person 0 to act as Member for each Biding, will I, be held on FRIDAY, tho 29th day of 1, April, 1887. : ,- Nominations m the form prescribed m j the second schedule of the Regulation y of Local Elections Act, 1876, will be is received for the Wakanui Biding at the !r Ashburton County Stock and Saleyards »f Company's Office, near Ashburton, till 12 y o'clock noon on THURSDAY, the 21«t Aprjl, I 1887, and for the Ashburton c Riding at the »bpve Company's -Office, at • Tinwald, till 12 o'clock noon o.n FRI- -9 DAY, the 22nd April, 1887. n Forms of nomination can be obtained: 0 from the undersigned. d CHARLES BRADDELL, 1 Returning Officer,. ; ,«—