SPORTING.

WELLINGTON RACES.

Wellington, February 3. Slight showers tell this morning, §bn It is now fine with a Btrong north-wett wind blowing. The course is m good order. Fardingale has been scratched for the Cop. fJL Silence has been scratched for the Oup. Telegraph Stakes. Liltle Forub ... . ... 1 Teridy Yuille 2 TheSbah 3 Wellington Two-Ybar-Old Stakk. Oiuto" field 1 Re Be and Black 2 Lorraine 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

A Missing Ship. Auckland, February 3. The barque Brunette is 47 days out from Newcastle to Auckland. The late' ■torm and contrary windo are supposed to have detained her. Illness of Judge Ward On account of Che continued indisposi tion of Mr Justice Ward the case, O. C Firth T fourteen Maori trespassers is post poned till the 21st April, and other cases till the Maroh cession. The contested 'will case is now being heard and His Honor requeued oonnsol to cut it Bhort. A Thief Surrendered Himself Last night a oan uara*d Ja. Gardiner surrendered himself to the police making confession that he had btolen a cheque value £13 IBs, the property f J. Turner. The Seaman's Strike. < The threatened dispute between the Seamen's Union ana the Northern Wteam ■hip Company, over the regalations enforced by the Captain of the Glenelg, 1b likely to be settled and not to become general. The Glenelg baß been laid up and a freßh ore<v will be shipped. Suicide. Cambkidge February 3 •Adolph Lawrie, a well known traveller for various sped firms, committed Buicide last night by hanging. Pecuniary embar rassment 1b Buppoßed to have been ihe catue. A Despondent Man. New Plymouth, February 3. A man named Uotlieb Rasper wss brought from Midhurst this morning, having stabbed himsolf m the stomach with a batcher's knife. He had two long wounds, from which the entrails pro truded. He lived on a bush section, and is a married man with four children. No motive is assigned for the act, but he man is m a despot ding Btate of mind. Found. Mastu.bt.on, Feb vary 3. A young man named Arthur, whose father, a Dunedin resident, he's been making enquiries through the police has been discovered working on a station tt Blalrlogie near here The Weather. DuNKDiif, February 3 Heavy rain fell this morning. It is now clearing. A Eeported Failure. It is staled that Mr Elder's mission to England to float the Port Chahnera dock loan haß been unsuccessful The Recent Fatal Fire. To-day at the fire eeqjiry William Bichardecn and Frederick Fish swore positively that Churchill wrb m thrir company a' the other end of the town Ml) near dinner time on the d«y of the fin but they did not tee Churchill vet olgareties from any one. Both witnesea were seve-ly cautioned, Mr Oar.iw telling Richardson if he wus not careful he would have to leave the witness-box for the lock-up. Another Suicide. JI»V£BOARGILI., .February 3. Mr 0. R. Martin, oropriotor of the Glencoe Hotel, near Winten, shot him self through ihe head with a pistol early this morning lie was dead before the doctor errlvrd.

THE KAPUNDA COLLISION

[HPEOIAL 10 PBESS ASSOCIATION.]

London, February 1.

Tbe barque Ada Melmore, 569 tons, was the vessel which collided with the Kapunda. The collision occurred to the south of Maccio, a town about ninety miles south of Pernambuco. The Ada Melraore was so injured thai she also sank. Barker, the first mate oi the Kapunda, the carpenter, and four sailors, together with eight immi grants named Wiggins, Barnes, Daly, Russell, O'Callaghan, Sandford, Recce, and Broadhurst were landed at Bahia. It is not known whether anyone else was saved, but it is reported at Rio and Maccio that all of the women and children perished.

London, February 2. Tbe total number of passengers and crew on board the Kapunda was 320, and the only saloon passengers were a family named Field, consisting of father, mother, and two children.

PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH

Tbe fo' lowing letter, addressed by an American farmer to the farmers of Scot land, through the N.B. Agriculturist, is rqual'y applicable to their brethren m NewZealai.d: —

Sib, — Your paper of to day contains a ■ad account of tbe harvest, farmers m Renfrewshire reporting it about the worst on record. I have been residing m this country, and have watched with much interest the harvesting operations m the west of Sootland. That farmers have, as a general rn'e, much to contend against from the weather is undeniable, but what I want to ask ip, ' Do they nuke sufficient uee of their opportunities during fine weather?' The latter end of September was glorfoualy fine, and all the grain previously cut was m firat-clpai order for stacking. I Bpeak from personal know ledge on tbe subject, as I travelled over many miles of country m Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire at thi.t time, and care fully noted the state of the crop 3. I asj noticed m few caeps were extra hands employed to harvest the grain, tho usual fatm staff being considered eufficient for the work. I venture to Bay that a few pounds expended m hire of carts arid additional help would have resulted m the majority of field's being cleaied, and, m the ag^rpgate, of many thousands of pounds being saved to the farmers and the country. In America, although toler ably certain of fine weather, we are fear fully pressed for time, having all our haymaking to do aftnr harvest instead of befVro, as is the case here, and we willingly pay lsdol to 2dols a day, besides keep, . for extra hands ; Bnd it Strikes one as strange that m this country, where there are plenty of idle men and vehiolea to be bad at every village, and when a eettled week ought to be ap preciated, thousands of acres are allowed to spoil for want of this tr fling outlay at the right time. What your farmers want is a little more .go, and I hope they will not be above tp.king the hint. You can grow a! moat anything m this country, bnt can yea harvest it ? That is the trouble, und until farmers here recognise the incalculable value of fine weather during harvest t ma, and lake advantage of the same, instead of taking for granted that it will laßt til) their particular need for it is ever, so long shall they continue to h»ve a record of bad harvests, at least ecch is the view taken by aa

Ambrioan'Fakmer Glasgow, 18*h October, 1886,

ANOTHER FIRE IN DUNEDIN

DrjiSKPiN, February 2. A fire broke out this ovonirg m the wh'oles.'lo R-aiv?hoHße of Hogg, H >wison, Nioiil, ami Co., Vo^el street, and h large amount of dam. go was done by firo and water, bub the actual Joss ia not neurtain able. Oao portion of the building is used ts a bonded wa^ehoaae. The insurances amount to £12,0C0 Dunedin, February 3. At half-past nine o'clock last night a 6re was discovered at Messrs Hogg, Howiaon, Mcol and Company's waro houas m Vogol street. Great difficulty <van experienced m getting at the fre, the building being full of smoke. Flame* could be aeon through one of the neconu storey windows, the floor occupied aa a bonded Btore. An entrance was effected by breaking open the large gateway f ont ing Cumberland street, nnd by breaking aud forcing Borne wicdowa. The large quantity of stock m the building rendered it impossible for some time to get at the aotual seat of the fire, and a lar&e quantity of merchandise had to be pretty roughly handled. The misohief seemed to have originated on the lower floor and. spread to Home extent to the bonded store above. By 11 o'clock the fire was got pretty well under, as good judgment waa exercised m keeping tho place as nearly closed up as possible. The damage is likely to bo very heavy. A considerable quantity of good* at Hogg and Howison's was des troyed and the building was considerably damaged. The fire originated on the second floor and extended upward and downward. The aotual damage oannot b 9 ascertained.

THE STEAM DIGGER.

The great steam digger, which i* rapidly revolutionising the agricultural system m Britain, is the practical out come of the experiences cf a practical man. Describing the origin cf the new aid to aijricultU'e, its inventor^ Mr Thomas 0. "Darby, of Pießhey Hall, E svx. aaid : — Ab a practical agriculturist, I had from my very c arliest youth been of opinion that the spade system of tilling the ground was the more natural, and that, indeed, the plough wa* simply Introduced through economy of labor or force by tho use of oxen o< horse-power. All gardens, you kuow, have a superior soil, end t,Mi> is the result of frequent digging. If a gardon of :\ quarter of an acre can be made bo snpsriir, why not go outside and make tho hundreds of thousands of British acres an good by the uae of the spade 1 That wsg the argument which was continually recurring to my mind. Manual digging, however, I knew was inapontible Then I said steam, the great motive power, must be applied. But it waa not till 1877, when I was confined for a long time to the" bouse with diphtheria, acd dared not move about at all, that 1 pur. Roy idea of a Bteam digger into the form of a crude plan. I submitted it to Mr Ranstme, of ftanaome and Sims, the well-known agricultural engineers and plough makers ; but Mr Ransome wa3 of opinion that I would never get aorosß a fied with it i Mr ) arby pereevered ; and jffer a number of partial failures, suc ceeded m bringing his invention to its present state of pet fee' ion, enabling a single oigger to do tho work of 170 men. Ib action dffirs from that of a plough share, ag, inßt^ad of merely cutting a deep farrow, tbe huge machine moves steadily along, throwing back spadeful after epadeful, with ihe pr- cision of a careful gardener -tte.forka rft; taring per pendicularly, and leaving at an angle of 45deg. One of tho great drawbacks to ploughing, Btpam ani horse (said Mr Dnrby) is the leaving of a hard pan or sole of b:>ked cUy m the bottrm of tho furrow. Thiß ia caused by the pastasre of the chure, aud it haa not on'y the evil effect of stopping the natural drainage by checking the p«ssige of (ho moisture', bnt of slopping the roots of plants and keeping them from penetrating m search of mintralard other manufial fcods If the tip root is allowed fresdom i; will go a long woy down ; if not it will Bend out lateral roots wbioh will exhaust the top soil; and the root itself will bo inferior for feeding pirpoeea. Digging, too, ren ders the soil more friable, aa you can sco easily, than it jb made by furrows, and. after all, the air is the best fertiliser you can get. I do not any that one should rry to do without manure ; far from it. But I hold that by ploughing we do not utilise to ihe full the best of all manures — the atmosphere. The more afr you can let into the soil the better, directly by d'ggjog, &nd indirectly through tho lungs of the plant. It is a mistaken notion of many farmers to think that a good wheat crop will not follow a heavy root crop, becnußo the latter has taken the full fctrength out of the coil. Indeed, the contrary is the rule. Vegetab'es, like animals, ;»bhor their own excreta, and & lcrge amruut of chemical manure ia drawn through the lunys of pi tuts, thrown off, aud left m the Boil, aa rich food for crops of a different nature. For this very reason I manure my clover, knowing that the stronger I hive that crop the stronger will be Its fiuccea-.or ; not from tho un exhausted applied manure, aa oome would think, bat from the atmospherical manare. The fallowing cf land, for Instance, is just the application of atmosphere, not " resting of land." aa a me call it.

M DB LESSEPS

M. do Lessors has just paesed his eighty- first birthday, smidst the cordial celebrations of hia family and frienda. He ia still active and indefatigable, intensely interested m the cutting of islhmueos and canulß, able to Bleep a l , any moment, or to remain awake at pleasure. On one occa sion, 011 reaching home from a long tou>-, ho found one of his twelve children Bvriously ill Jn bed. The doctor having remarked that hia touch seemed to have revived the child, he sat day and night by the bedside holding ito band, without even changing his c'othes, until, to his great delight, the child recovered, He a:ill rides m the Bria do Boulogne, when m Paris, accompanied by a troop of his offspring, ench on hla or her pony. There ia not n bolder or Ftoadier horsttntn m Pari?, ar.d the skill with which ho thre-.da his way along th 9 crowdt d boulevards at full trot, and heiidinp; the numerouß groups of tire joung people who trot behind him on their beautiful little mounts, aiways excites a movement cf aurpriee and admiration among tbe crowd of onlookers.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BY ELEC TRICITY.

There is now being exhibited at Leipßfc an apparatus f<r putting criminal* to dpath by electricity. So long as it is found necessary to retain capital punish ment on our statute books it may well be that the electric method ia tho tnoet mer ciful and least repulaivo proco b that could be dßvlsed for carrying tho Be'< trnce into effect. But if bucli moans are ever adopted m this, country, the dttuls will certainly m t bo carried cut m tho theatrical manner which commends it self to xhe Leipgic amateur. In this ap paratos, behind the chair m which the, condemned man 13 to lake his Boat —and by means of which, as we need not ex plain m detail, Mb body is placed m cir cuit with a powerful coil — there stinda a conventional figure of Just'ce with band- Bged fyoa, h Iding tbe balance m her It- ft hand and the a word ia ter right. The criminal having taken hi? seat, the proper funotforary is oupnosed to read rver the record of his crimes and the sentence of the law. This ceremony c nip'oted, he folds up the document and p!i».; a it m the noale pan, the arm of tho balance descends, cloeeß the oirouit, and all is over,

A R'GHTEOUS VERDICT.

After a long and patient investigation into the whole circumstances which led up to and attended the grievous murder of an unoffending old man, Thomas Hall has, on the verdict of twelve of his countrymen, been found guilty of that atrocious crime, and has been justly sentenced to deah. And although m view of the nature of the evidence adduced, there would have been no feeling of surprise had the jury declined to affirm his guilt, yet we do not think that there are a dozen people m the whole colony who entertain the smallest doubt that Hall wilfully and deliberately committed the foul deed of which he stands convicted. Indeed, every possible proof of his guilt, save that of the testimony of an eyewitness of his admixture of the poison with the sick man's medicine or refreshment was forthcoming — and this last, it must be remembered, is seldom or never pro ducible m cases of the kind. When the instrument of rourder is a weapon, such as a pistol or knife, eye-witnesses of the actual execution of the deed are nearly always producible, but the running fiend whose instrument is poison is almost invariably a silent and secret worker, too astute to permit any other eye than his own to rest upon his evil doings. The proof m such cases thus necessarily rests upon circumstantial evidence, which, though sometimes misleading, is sometimes more con vincing and conclusive than oral testimony, inasmuch as it is often unaccompanied by the possibility of mistaken identity, ar\d is less likely to be the product of perjury. In the Cain case the chain of circumstances was unusually complete. It was proved beyond all doubt that a mineral poison (antimony) was present m considerable quantity m the body of the deceased, that Captain Cain had certainly no desire to hasten his own end, but, on the contrary, had m full force the natural desire to live, and therefore the conclusion was obvious that he had not administered the poison to himself, while it was also proved that it had not been included m any medicine prescribed for him. It was further shown that the prisoner Hall had from time to time purchased large quantities of antimony, and that hehadbeenstudy ing well-known medical works on toxi cology, and further that his attention had been specially directed to the action of this particular poison-. Quantities of antimony were found on his person, and m his house, and his attempts to account for the reason of his possession of this deadly drug were manifestly improbable. Further it was shown .that he had administered the same poison to bis wife with the intent of compass* ing her death, the evidence of the motive for the deed being clear and convincing. For he was m dire financial difficulty and m peril of penal servitude for forgeries committed under pressure of that difficulty, and the death of his wife, had it occurred m time, might have enabled him altogether to escape from the meshes of* the net which he himself had woven and m which he was so intricately involved. Then it was shown that the same motive existed m the case of his father in-law, whose death also would bring him pecuniary relief; and, lastly, it was shown that during the last two or three months of the old man's life Hall was a constant attendant at his house and at his bedside, and that symptoms of antimonial poisoning developed them selves during this time m the patient's case. Here then we have a complete chain — death caused or hastened by a particular poison, that particular poison the same as that shown to have been administeied by Hall to another person from a certain well defined motive, the frequent attendance of the poisoner m the one case at the bedside of the other,, the existence of the same motive m the one case as m the other, and m a word the proof not only of the successful accomplishment of the deed by some person, but the proof of motive, opportunity, and inclination on the part of one particular person, and that person the prisoner. For, as has happened before m no modern instance which we can call to mind, it was a notable feature m the case that the accused person stood convicted already of an attempt at a similar crime from precisely the same motive, and . was thus clearly capable of com mitting the murder with which he was charged, and for which he had obtained the instrument and possessed the motive and opportunity. As it has never been attempted to be suggested, either that Cain died by his own hand, or that any person other than Hall, either wilfully or accidentally, ad ministered the poison which caused or hastened his end, the conclusion is in evitable that the poison was administered by Hall and by none other, and that of set and deliberate purpose. Hence the verdict of the jury is amply justi fied, and it remains only that the stern retribution of the law shall be exacted. And although a technical point is reserved for the Court of Appeal, we think that there is not the smallest probability of the sentence being set aside, but that it may be regarded as certain that, m at most a few weeks' time, Thomas Hall will have met his doom upon the scaffold. Sad indeed is the spectacle of such frightful de pravity as his history presents, but if ever criminal deserved his fate assuredly it is Thomas Hall. His crimes are the darkest that have ever stained the annals of the colony, and cannot be more than paralleled m the whole history of humanity. For he that could day after day coolly and unpityingly sulject to the slow tortures of a lingering death the young wife whom he had sworn lo love and cherish, who was the mother of his first-born child, who regarded him with the warmest affection and reposed m him. the fullest trust and confidence, and at the same time hypocritically pretend to sympathise with the suffer ings he was secretly causing with his own hand, and with devilish ingenuity carefully regulating to -accomplish his fell purpose at a set time*, and who could with the same cold-blooded calculating cruelty deliberately sap the life of a sick and suffering old man, into whose confidence he had wormed himself, is a monster from whom every human being, even of the lowest type and instincts, must turn with shudder ing horror. Callous and heartless to the last degree and to the last moment — as witness the fact that he alone m a crowded Court was the only person unmoved by the dread sentence of the Judge-- Thomas Hall is a phenomenal

offender, the worst example of the deepest and darkest possibilities o ( 5 human depravity yet recorded m the 1 annals of crime, at least so far as this r colony is concerned. It is well that ; NVme^is has overtaken him, and when i the last scene of all closes the sad : history of his sit.'ul career, let us - strive to forget the dreadful story, and hope that never more m New Zealand ! may be traced so dark a page as that which records his crimes and his punishment.

THE ASHBWBrON fIPABPIAN, THUESDAY, FEBBUARY 3, 1887



ASuBUKTON TRADESMEN'S BA.CIX G CLUB. MEETING 110 BE HELD ON TSB ABHBURTON R^OKCOURSB ON 'XHURSD >V, MARCH 8, 1887. FO!l I I3TEIOT HOUSES ONLY. Pee iiJ..-nl~Mr iV C Walker, M.H.R. Viic-Pr'fi cut— Mr J. Ivc f s, M H.R. JaijjL-- M.- W J Steward. M.H.R. tTEAVJBDS: Mr L. Mr.ikev I Mr E. Grites . Mr A. Hani tn | Mr C. J. Neate Mr R. M. Cuthbertson. Starter — Dr Leaby. Hanciicapper— Mr T. Qaill. Cler'< of Sonles— Mr J. O. Dancan. Clerk of Course— Mr George Soott. PROGRAMME. 1. COUNTY HURDLE RACE, a handicap of 20 soys; second horee to save his stake. 1£ mi!e, over eiz fights of hardies, abrat 3ft Gin high. Nomination, 10) ; accept- ance. 10&- --2. HANDICAP TIME TROT of 20 sotb t Btccnd horaa to receive JC6 fr;m the Btake, Three miles. Nomination, 10a ; accept- ar.C'. 103. Ccn^i i( ns — pull and no. 3- ASHBURTON PLATE HANDICAP of 35 boys ; second horaa to receive 6 eovß from the Btake. 1& mile. Nomination, 20a; acco; tance, 15a. 4. SELLING HACK RACE of 10 soys. No weight unoer lOst. % mile. Winner to bo sold for 1 5 boys, any eurplcs to go to the fv*°. Nomination, 10s. 5. P.:. ". : G ZIA.>DICAPof 25 bovb: second hoiae to r eceive £5 from stake. N'mina* tion, 16s ; accestance. 10s. Three-quarter milo. Winner cf ib.3 A bV, burton Plate Handicap to carry 7.b |>entli.y. 6. NOVEL RACE HANDICAP of 25 botb. One milo Nomination, 15.?; acceptance, 10s. Winner to be sold immediately after the race, the whole of the proceeds to go tc the funds of the Clnb. 7. CONSOLATION HANDICAP of 10 bovb, for all beaten hoiseß during the meetings One milo. Nominations, 10a ; acceptance, free. 8. HURRY SCURRY, a Sweepßtakes of l»s each. Post entry anytime of the day. Catch weight. j RUL7S AND HEQULATIONS. The definition of a district horse shall be all horses that have been commonly resident m the cottnffy lying between the south bank of the Selwyn and the north bank of the Waitakl from December 31, 18CG, and up to the date of the forthcoming rueetit g, and owned by a person who has resided m the district abovt defined during the sime period. . - General Rules of the Asbburton TraCeanwn't Eaan i Club and Pacing Ruleß of the Canter- bury Jockey Ciub Btrctly adhered to. > Five per cent, will be deducted from the gro?s ?f all moneys payab'e m accordance with this programme for expenses of theconne. AIL dispute?, claims, an'l objections arising out of the iacing shall be decided by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint, thtir decision m all po'nts connected with the carrying ont of this programme to be tinal ; and entries will only be received suljeot to these conditions. All rominations and acceptances go to the fnnds of the Club. All entries and nomiDa'ionß to be accom- panied by entrance fees, name »nd age of the h-iTfe, and colors of the rider and m the hands of the Secretary, addressed to Whittle's Hotel, not later than 9 p.m. on Tuesday, the Bth day February. 1887. Weights will be declared and published m outside papers on the morning of Friday, February 18th, 1887 ; and acceptances for the races to be paid to the Fecretary, as above, not later than 9 p m. on S tnrday, tha 2Gth day of February, 1887. WALTER B. MOfcS, Secretary. AHHBURTON RACING CLUB. AUTUI\I>rMEETING. *■■■?: '^.APWlc^isi^ im< ;^' ' '- Judgt-i-ifatUiew_gtitt.j,, ■ r, j-* •' Stlwards : H. Friodlander - W. C. Walker y W. B. D.nshiro R. McOwen J. C. N. Griga Dr Leahy R. Friedlander. Treasurer— D.i v!d Th tons. Cleik of the Scales— T. E. Upton. Clerk of the Contcs— A. Heweon. Handicappers — The Committee. Starter — Dr Leahy. Fibst Race on Each Day to Start at 12 so p m. FIRST DAY. 1. DISTRICT HURDLE RACE of 20 bovb j over fix flights of hurdles, about 3ft Gin liit'h. Nomination, 16s; acceptance, 10Si li mile. District horses only. 2. AfcHBURTON AUTUMN HANDICAP of 60 boys. Nomination, leov} acceptance, IJfov. 1$ mile. 3. FOAL STAKES of 1 boy each, with 16 soys added. For lwo«year-olr*s bred, owred, and trained by residents m the district defined by Rule 3. Colts Bst 10lb, fillies and geldings 83t 81b. Nominatitn, 104. The sweep to ba paid by 9 p. mi on April 18th. Five furlongs. x 4. BANDICAPTIMETROT(in saddle) of 20 povb. Nomination, 10 • ; acceptance, 103. Weight not less than lOab, Break and turn. 3 miles. 5. FLYING HANDICAP of 25 soya. Nomi- nation, t soy ; acceptance, 103. |-mlle. 6. POST STAKES of 10 soya. Enhance, 10s, to be made .to the Secretary imme- diately after the Frying Handicap is ran. Catch weights, i-mile. Tae winner to bo sold immediately after the race for 16 fcovs, any surplus tb go to the food* of the Club. SECOND DAY. 1. DISTRICT WELTER HANDICAP of 20 eov=. Nomination, 10s; acceptance, \ 10 i. Minimum weight, lOat. JJ mile. District hoes only. -^RAND STAND HANDICAP of 40 soya. Ho 1 boy; acceptance, 1 boy. £ ou - --tlonefl. * TT^SSm a ." TIME TROT (m Boddle) of 3 HANDICAP , n4ti Wi Acceptance, 6s. lo soya. Norn.. .^ Wst . Bwftk Weight not leas . v, eonrß# . pistiic* turn. Twice ronnd v v v horßes otily. • «« 4. HARVEST HANDICAP of £ e g?' Nominat on, 10s 5 acceptance, > *' *^" tret horses only. Vl mile. • , 5. > OYEL RACE 0/I6 fovb. Entrance, 10s, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the Harvest Handicap is inn. Catch weip.htn. Five furlongs. The winner to bo sold immediately after the race, the whole of the proceods to go to the funds 0 f the Clnb. G. CONSOLATION HANDICAP of 20 bovb. Nomination, 1 boy, to be made immediately after the Novel Race is run;. acceptance freo, to be rotified to th«* Secretary within ten minutes of the dcclrra ioa ♦< weights, 1 mile. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. The Meeting will be held nnder ; the Rules cf Racing and Asbburton Racing Club Ruleß. 2 No entry will be received except on the condition that all disputes, claims, add ob- jections arising out of ihe racing sholl be decided by the Stewards or whom they may appoi t ; their decision on all points connected with tbo carrying out of tlrs programme to be final . 3. A district horce ehall mean any horse tV at has been commonly resident m the dis- trict between the rivers Selwyfl and Opihi from January 21, 1887, and up to the date of the forthcoming meeting, and owned by a 1 erson who has resided m the said district during the snuic period. 4. Five per cent, will be deducted from the gro?s of all moneys payable m accordance with this progr mmc for the expenses of the course. 5. All nominations and acceptances to go to the funds of the Club. , o G Trotting Races. Horses must trot fairly to the satisfaction of the Refnree. NOMINATIONS. All nominations to be accompanied by tb n , name, and description of horse, and colors of rider m the hands of the Secretary (address — Asbburton) no later than 9 p.m. on Monday, March 21. 1887. WEIGHrS. Weights for tb/' firat day's handicaps will bo declared on Wednesday, April 18, 1887. Weights for tha second day's handicaps will bo decked tx 9 6'clck on the evening of the firat cay's racing. ACCEPTANCES. Acceptances for the fi'S'. day's handicaps mu;-t be made to the. Secretary not later tban 9 p.m. on Moaiay, April 18, 1887. Accept- ances for the >C!ond day's handicaps at 10 o'clock on the cveii g of the fiwt day' raciog. 1 147 0. C. FOOKS, SeoretMT,



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} Business Notices. Good News to the Farmers. ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF THE CELEB RAEE-> * Walter A. Wood's New Steel Wheel Binder, Per ship Thetfdore, which arrived on Friday, January 141 h, from New York. THESE MACHINES HAVE ALL THE LATEST IMPEO EMSNTS INSPECTION INVITED. AN EXPERT IS IN ATTENDANCE FBOM THE FACTOR ¥. RUSSIAN" HEMP TWINE 4 ply, running 900 feet to the lb. A STOCK OP EXTRAS- KEPT IN ASHBUPTO2T. F. FERRIMAAT. W. PATCHING* TENT, TARPAULIN, FLAG, AND HORSECLOTH MANUFACTURER. A. LARGE STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND OF TENTS OF ALL SIZES CALICO, DUCK, TWILL, AND CANVAS. Manilla Bope, Plough Lines, Fishing Lines, Clothes and Garden Lines. IRON AND WOODEN BLOCKS. Speoial attention is called to the well assorted STOCK OF REAPER AND BINDER CANVASES, All made on the Premises. Battens and Canvns kept m ptock, and repairs promptly executed. Tarpaulins from 6&8t024 x3O always m stock. Oilskin Clothing made on the Premises. MARQUEES from 12 x K4 to 25 x 65 ON HIRE. All Orders by Letter ob Telegram Promptly Attended to. W- PATCHING, 10861 EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. |



T. Bullock. fiPO LET— A 4-Eo,med Bouse m JL Kermode street. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE, at a low price, PIANO, by Broad wood and Sons Apply to ■ T. BULLOCK. TO LET. — 4-roomod Cottage, Burnett- street, noar tie old Borough Council Chambers. Apply to T. BULLOOK. FOR SALE. A LARGE-SIZED Grain Bruiser, by Andrews and Beaven Apply to T. BULLOCK. qplNvVALD— Town Snot-lons 3?J, 372, X 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, ia one block,* fronting Thompson Btreot, near tha County Ssleyards, for sale at a low price, and on liberal terms. Apply to T. BULLOOK. TO LET, at a low rental, comfortable Cottage m Grey street, niuely ' sit Hated, and lately m occupation r<t Mrs Coutts. Apply to \ : T. BULLOCK. TO LET, at a low rental, a 5 -roomed Cottage, fronting Cambridge street, Hampstead, near the Convent. Apply to T. BULLOCK. mO LET, Lots 1 to 13, containing 1 3a 3r. 23p., all fronting Alfoid Forest Road, and adjoining Mr James Pmith'a property. For particulars apply I to T. BULLOCK. TO LET.— For 3or 5 years, with or wit' out a purchasing clause, R.S. 25349, containing 137 acres, situated near I the Grange, at the back of the Racecourse. Apply to I. Bullock. TINWALD. mO LET at a low rental, 3«roomed IJL Cottage near Mr Shearer's. T. BULLOCK. TINWALD. TO LET. —Four roomed Cottage on Graham's Roud, lately m the occu- pation of Mr P. Heron. Apply to T. BULLOCK. OATS.— A quantity for Sale; good . sample. T. BULLOOK. TO LET— At a low rental, Centra Bakery, together with »hop and dwelling house. Apply to T. / jjl r l LEI, a three-roomed Cottage at L Trevorton. Rent, 3s 6d per week Apply to T. BULLOCK. . LET— 2 Cottages m Grey Street ko«rn as Coatta' block ; Rent a 5j per week. -' T. BULLOCK, FOR SALE— Two sets of three leavec harrows, by " Howard." T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE — Lot 25, fronting the North Town Belt. Price, £10 Liberal terms if required. Apply to T. BULLOCK. TO PAINTERS. TO LET at a low rentnl, Shop n DwellinghoDse m Mooro atseo lately In occupetloa of Mr Lacaa. BULLOCK T)EAPERS& BINDER 3 FOR SALE. It McCormick Wire Binder ... £20 •» i» »> ••• 12 Deering Twine Binder ... 10 Samuelson Twine Binder ... 12 .e> „ tf . ... 15 T. BULLOCK.



" Public Notices. FUUND — Grei-ns'.or.B Pondan'. Owner can have eaimi by paying expenses. *PP'y R. Sti-WABT Railway Station. ._.__ 1176 CENTRAL HOTEL. JW. MoRAE having taken the above , Hotel, eoliclts a share of patronage rroui the people of Ashburton and sur- rounding distrU-ts Bust Hrands of Wine* Spirits and Bosr-j. Good Stiibiing -Feodo, Oj»k Shilling. tiorsea and Bi;g«ifla to let on hire a prices to rneot ihe times For the convenience of iravv-ikra hansom cab will meat all trainn. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. rpEKDERS are invited by the Aahbar- J. ton Borough Council for Icaso of River-bed Reserve, between Winter street and the Bridge. Tender to etata rent for 3, 5, or 7 years Tenders to be cent to ihe unders?gn3d, from whom part ; cuiar3 can bo obt*it>ed, by 12 o'clock on MONDAY, the 7th Feb»u»ry npxt. CBARLES BR4DDELL, Town Cork. Borough Council office, 31st January, 1887. A. Harrison. Alfred Harrison, AUCTIONED, STOCK AND ESTATE AGSNT Ais*l>_ VALUATOR. SATURDAY SALE at 12 o'clock shßr t — Horses, Cattle, Pigß, Produce Rod Merchandise. 1 Agent Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company . FOR SALja— Moveable Hut on pair wheels ; Iw bunks. Champion Wa Machine, 50?, Call aisahing Seed Sower, by Baxton and Beatie cbesp. Ploughs, Harrov,-B, and other imple- ments. Gbeyleemoro Club Tricycle, the beet t kir«d made — cheap Piano, by Bord, nearly new. Cheap Spring Cart— Cheap 1 Chaffouttor, by Bentall Stiiog Binder by Wood, good aB new, very cheap TO LET Five-roomed Cot' age, Cox atreet rent very low to good tenant ALFRED HARRISON,



LAND FOR CROPPING. rpENDERS are invited for "LEA SI G .JL the ASHBURTON RACECOURSE RESERVE for 12 mouths. Tenders to be m by 1100:1 SATURDAY, February 12th. For further particulars apply to C C. FOOKS, 2°9 ■ Sec. A.lilc. fJpENDEKS will be received up to 4 1 p in. on MONDAY, 7th February, for CARTING about 12,000 bushels GRAIN (mostly Wheat), from (he Rivera- dale Farm, Graham's Road, to Tinwald I Railway Station. For particulars apply to 1 GEO. JAMESON, 2+7_ Ashbuiton. SATURDAY, sth FEBRUARY SPECIAL ENTRY. -I WOOD'S REAPER AND BINDER •*• (Twine) m gojd order. Sale at 1 o'clock. T. BULLOCK, 2 1< Auctioneer. TINWALD TOWN BOARD. DOa COLL IRS may be obtained from Mr John Olark. eaddler, Tin-raid. ' Dogs kept solely for the management of live stock 5s each, all other dogs, 103 each. JOSEPH OLARK, Chairman. ODDFELLOWS' HALIj. UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION. POSITIVELY ONE NIGHT ONLY, MR WYBERT RERVE, m conjunc- tion with hia POPULAR COMiiDY COMPANY, TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. Bth. Byron's Popular Comedy, THE CRUSHED TRAGEDIAN. Crushed Tragedian ) Mr'B&EVE Crushed Tragedian V as Crushed Tragedian j Fitzaltamont. Received wherever played with unbounded LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSB. OneNiyht O Gushed Tragedian One Night N Cru-hed Tragedian One Night L Crushed Tragedian One Night V Crushed Tragedian Seats may be secured at Zander's. Admission, 4s, 3s, 2s. GEORGE GEDDES, Business Manager. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. "ftTOTICE is hereby given that a ±S SPECfAL MEETING of this Council will be hold after the ordinary meeting on tho 4th MARCH next, to con- firm the following Special Order, viz. : — Resolved— That this Council, as the River Board of the Ashburton Forks lUvf do make a Special Order, directing a Speciul Rate to bo made and Levied within tho s*id River District, and that buch Special Order be as follows, that is to* Bay : SPECIAL ORDER. Whereas it ia expedient to make and levy a General Rate on all roteable property within tho Ashburton Forks River District on an uniform scale, Now the C unty Council of the County of Ashburton, acting as the River Board of tho said District, aud under nnd by virtao of the powers conferred upon it by the River Boards Aot, 1884, doth hereby order and direct a General Rate of Three Farthings (fd) m the pound on the rateable value o£ Property m the AshburtoH Porks River District, the boundaries of which are^eet forth and described m a proclamation under the hand of His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, nnd the seal of the Colony, duted the 26th day of January, 1884, and published m the "New Zealand Gazette" of the Bth day of January,- 1884 ; to be made and levied upon all rateable property within the said River Dis- trict, for the year comrneno hg on the let day of October, 1886, for carrying, into effect tho general pur- poses of tho said Act. By oner. F. MAINWARING, Clerk.. iAßliburton, February 2, 1887. 2 11



Advertising Cheats. 4 It has become bo common to begin an article, m an e'egant interesting stylo, " Then run it into come advertisement, that we avoid all such. "And siinp'y call attention to the merits of Hop Bitters m as plain, honest terms as possible, "To induce people ••To eive them one trial, which so proves their value that they will never use anything else." 11 The Remedy so favorably noticed m all the papers, Religious and secular is 11 Having a large sale, and is supplanting all other medicines. " There is no denying the virtues of the Hop plant, and the proprietors of Hop Bitters have shown great shrewdness and ability * * * * "In compounding a medicine whose virtue 3 are so palpable to everyone's observa- tion." Did She Dia ? " No ! " Sho lingered and suffered along pining away all the time for years." " The doctnrs doing her no good " "And at last was cund by this Hop Bitters the papers say so much about." • "Indeed ! Indeed !" " How thankful we should be for that medicine." A Daughter's jyiisery. " Eleven years our daughter suffered on a bed of misery ,- " From a complication of kidney, liver, rheumatic trouble and nervoii9 debility, " Under the care of the best phyß ; c'aus, " Who gave her disease various narres, " But no relief, " And now she is restored to us ia good health by as simple a remedy as Hop Bitters, that we had shunned for yoaro before using it The Parents. Prosecute the Swindlers ! ! If whon .you call for American Hop Bitters (see green twig of Hops on the white label and JDr Soulc's name blown m the boWe),' 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 tho fruud andsue him for damages for the swindle, and we will pay you liberally for the convio- on.