AFFAIRS IN THE ISLANDS.

▲UOKL&ITD, Maroh 28

The s.i. Arawata from Bijl arrived nt I.SO lait night. Advices dated 23rd Harch, state two schooners arrived at Bnve from Tonga full of Natives, Wesleyans, deported by the order of t K « King* The b.i. Suva also brought 29 B.M.S. Diamond arrived from Hobart on the 20ih «nd leaves for Tonga to morrow with the High Commissioner, Chief Judicial Commissioner, and Seoretary to the Commlfß'.on. According to advices by the a*. Snva tho persecution of Wesleyans Is still heavy m Tonga. The i.l. Arawata was quarantined for throe dayi on arrival m Suva In consequence of ■oarlet fever m Auckland at the time of her departure. Mf>ny summary dismissal* from the Civil Service hare been made with tho wbjeot of retrenching and more are to follow. Kain ba« been inossßant dur ing the whole month. Trade is at zero.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Sporting. Auckland, March 28. The two year old colt Niagara has been purchased by Mr Cooper, owner of Trentsn and will be shipped (or Sydney to-morrow. Sir X Vojrei. Wellington, Maroh 28. f Sir Julius Yogel leaves lot Ohrlßtohurch about trVednexday to deliver his pie •fMtonal address to his oonßtitnents, , Found Dead. Wbstport, March 28. The body of » mat was found m the •nrf at . the month of the Buller river yesterday. He has evidently come down the itreain. The body ia decomposed There are wouvdi m the n?ok aid chetk bat whether caused bef' ra deith or ry ■ntga In the rivt r since death cannot ar present be settler) . Heavy Flood at Hokitika. HoXl IKA. M .Oh 28 Incessant rain hero on tfuturdiiy nfter no n and night. .Ml the rivers are flooded, <he Hoki ika beinp exceptionally high. The lower portion of the town is under water, and small boats are able to fjet round the Post < >ffic» No damage of any consequence is yet reported, ▲ Donation I>unbdin, Maroh 28. The DuneAio Iron and Woodw-.w Company havn forwarded the a donation of £100, for distrihuion awong the Fire Brigades «?ho woiked at the fiie op their premises Fata'ity An 8 year old en. m of John Maoe, of Oardrona, was buned to death. It was Attempting to lift the ket le off the fire. Sudden Dtatb. Mrs EHzabetu &<ith, <vng off Melvire ■treat, died veiy suddenly returning from • walk on Hatnr-Uv,

DEATH UNDER CHLOROFORM.

On the s'.h ioit, a healthy looking man aimed Oharles Wagst&ff), 32 yeara old, WSi Admitted to tho Sydney Hospital, tilt endi of three of the finders of the left band having been crushed m a printing tnaohip*. Dr Clay explained to the man that it would be neoensary to perform an operation which would be somewhat p»in fll, and he daolined to submit to it without being placed under '.ha h fluenoo of chloroform Ha was examined by the doctors, and no evidence of weakners Of the heart was deteoted. In from half • minute to a minute after the adminis tration of chloroform was suspended i r wai foond that the man had ceased to brothe. Every possible cff>rt towacda reeawltatlon was made bnt without suc cess. A port mortem examination showed that the heart won weak At the inqaest the jury acquitted the doctor* from blame.

A PRINCELY FELLOW.

The XUw Yprk correspondent of a con tamporary relates tho fallowing :— A man turned up here about two yeara ago, who was christened at once the Count of Mont* Ohristo. He was a splendid look- Ing fellow, spoke half a dczsn languages with the fluency of n native. He had Money, plenty ; ho paid hU bills like a Prince, and I*, was whispered that he wan * Prince, but whether be was a Russian or a Polt, a Hungarian or an Auitriap, an Italian or a Oermao, no fellow con d find out. He could box like Sullivan ard fence like D'Artagnan, ho could ride lii • • jockey, he oonld draw and paint, plf y on the piano and violin, m fact, It M*m*d tbera was nothing he could not do and do well. Ho was not p:otenti< t> or lou<?, he sought no one, and if p"op'« aonght him they found him n oopi'd fallow, and a royal enfert^in«T, whiott ■nairia him a desirable person to k>-.ow. ' Tha wiltarx at all 'ha "a'«s and hotels •dored him, for his lar»f«n va^ most cenerons, and it was his cost >ra to give ; littlt dinner* to a dcz>n or bo vt the Hoffman, Dalmooolo's, and the Biutu* - wlok, and fr«m tha Lvish mao. Er in 'vhfch thay w«re ajot np, it was pretty •vMaot that there must be a bonatz* tomowhera or the faantc would brent. Bat money never seemed soaroe. an I his i diamonds were the ad<nirntion of a!l is frlandf. Where he cams fr;m or wha: he was d ting, or where he wan going n-i. body koaw While living on tbe b-st; of. averythinuf h"» was no rov«t- r<*i. % •Imyi a gentleman, apparently sans ptur et sans reprochc. There was no wi man In tha om», nothing to hang a doubt on bat last week he disappeared as suddenly M a aomet, and no man know e where ! a bai gone ; bat to bis oredit, be it recorded, ha leaves no creditors behind him. I don't know exactly that it will do to pu thfa and that toga* her ; but just about twoyaarsago, a royal princess of Russia lost jewels wh'oh where valund at two millions of rooblai. Tha lady had been raokiass, and on a cartain ocoaslon nt Moscow, took off her diamond bracelets •nd naoklaoe, exchanged them for ohips, And gambled off a fortune bafore break f Alt, Bat while m the Emperor's pal»ce •t St, Petersburg, her j i<wels disappeared, •nda valet disappeared at the same tinn 8om« Banian deteotives arrived last wtak, reiohlng New York on tha very - day that oar Ooant of Mont* Ohriste disappeared, The detectives hava noth ing to aay— they are not looking for any body—they are not detectives, bat merely Kuuian gentlemen anxioas to sob the eoantry. They are smart, but not much smarter th«n an average New York re dorter. We will find out In a day or two, If It really was the distinguished foreigner '. who stole the Princess' jewels. If ever ho returns to New York the reporter la jait the boy to a»k him if he I* tho man.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Ws do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions exprroed by our correspondents

A DISCLAIMER.

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir,-— Will you allow me to state that the contention raised for the defence m the case of O'Loghlen v Hudson is not correctly Bet forth m the judgment o£ the Resident Magistrate as reported m your columns. I took come pains to make my meaning clear to the Court, but either the Resident Magistrate misunderstood my argument, or what is more likely owing to the length of time which elapsed between the hearing of the cbbo and the delivery of the judgment, he had, during the Interval, forgotten its preoiee tenor. I am, etc , C. W. Pornell

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, Maroh 26

At the Court of Inquiry hold to investi gate charges laid against Color-Sergeant Win. Power, of the Veteran Rifl >s, for endeavoring to raise discontent m the Volunteer foroa, and inciting Volunteers to innubordinatiou, Power was dismissed the foroe.

Wellington, Maroh 26.

The services of several officers la the Sheep Department will be dispensed with now that the colony is practically clear of ■cab. The reduction will be made on the return of Mr Bayley, Chief Inspector, from hiß Southern visit of inspection.

The Jubilee address from the New Z uland Legislature to her Majesty the Queen ia now complete, and is a beautiful specimen work of art. It will bo sent h. mi m time to be peestmted to Her M> jasty by the 20th of Juno Dunkdin March 26.

80 far, £527 haa been collected for the relief of the sufferers by the fire at the [ on »n d Wood«ar« Company's pr.m-s a, f whic' the VVoodwar^ Or mpany gava £100.

Th« MfarlneDep<»r ment, having resolved to d'BCHf.tlrioo >>>c Hafb^r a>. Catlin'a, •i'w >isk th« Cuba 0 luncil to take ohtrgi) of the Harbor. ThR Council paßcerl a rnsulud n fhnt *,he D«p»rtnaptit bt* «ek d to oonti ua the Harbor Master vituli tVieratiwty I" .o:>ene4. Th.y ftdded ■ hat the Hatbo- M ster'a presence waß of grear S'rviof to Be tiers newly gone to the di-tnot, »nd if G >vernmeut would on ! y open up tha lands m the dist;iot and < Her hem for what they were worth, there would be no occasion to even think of remoina the Harbor Mustor.

The laying of th* foundation Btone of the pedestal for the Burns s'atae to-day w<ts made the occasion for a great cere diooy T*»e proooitlon, headed by pJDeru and the Highland Rifles, aud onmpjsed if members of Friendly (Societies and Freemason*, was formed at tho triangle m front of tho railway station. After marching aldtog Crawford s'reet, Prinoen street,* and George streul, the prooession, which was a very long one, four bands being plflosd at intervals amongst the lociotieß, entered the railed enclosure m the Octagon, and forming semicircles, the Freemasons came forward and took charge of the laying of the stone, an operation which was performed with the usual M aonic ceremonies by D.DG M. Gore, M H.K , coins of the realm, papers, (scrolls, &c, belDg placed In a cavity. Mr Gore delivered an addrese. Be ex plained that a letter of Invitation t3 his Excellency the Govo-nor hid been al dressed to the aide de camp, and ho hay ing left for Wellington his Excellency only know of tho invitation on Friday, by which time he had made anoUier en gagem int. Eev. Dr. Stuart aud Gibb de livered addresses and tho oeremony ended. The unveiling will take place m about a mon'.h. Among the spectators were J. B tin, a grand-nephew, and Mrs Step henson and Miss Burns, grandnicces of the pofet At the Supreme Goart to day the case of Mlikel v the Tuspeka Uounty Council was oonoluded . This was a o'aim for £493 damages, nlalutiff having lost his hordes, waggons. A) , through the alleged neglect of tho Oounoli m not keeping the punt on the Molyneux m good crder. The County had passed a regulation limiting the load to be put on the punt, which was only re established while the bridge was being built. The plaintiff had more than this load, but the Judge hold that the County oould no more divest itself of its respon sibility for the punt than it oould for the toads. The Jury returned a verdict for plaintiff Miskell for £400 and costi. March 27.

A good deal of rain fell this morning, and Bhnuld help to replenish the oity water supply. At the meeting of the City OounoW yesterday, h wag resolved to take a liw level supply from the Water of ' eith for some time, paying compensa tion to mill owners.

SPORTING.

GRAND NATIONALSTEEPLEOCHASE.

[UEUTBR'S TBLEORAMB— COPYRIGHT.] London, Maroh2s

The Liverpool Spring Meeting com menced yesterday, and was continued to day.

The following Is the result of the prln. olpal raoa: — The Grand National Steeplechase, of 1000 aovs, add'd to a sweepstake of 15gB each; eeo>nd ho-se to receive 150 sots; and third 100 sots from the stake. A handicap f.ir four-year-olds and up wards; 40 subs Distanoe nearly four miles sod * half.

Mr E. Jay's G imo Cook, aged , 1 Baron Schroder's Savoyard, Aged ... 2 Captain Workman's Johnny Longtall, aged... 3

SYDNEY GOLD CUP.

(Reuter's TeiiEOhams— Copyright) (Received March 28th, 180 pm) Sydney, Mtroh 28. The following (a latest betting on the Gold Cup :— Nel«"n, 9 to 2

Tom Bmwn, 8 to 1 Crossfire, 14 tn 1 Myall Kin?, 16 to 1.

HORSE MARKET

Mr T, Bullock reports for the week ending Saturday, 26th Maroh .'—Nineteen horses were entered for the day's sale. There was a fair attendance of farmers and others, bat the m j >rity of horses brought forward were of an Inferior el 88. Out of the total entry of 19, 10 weronold at the following prices, viz:— Aged or»« dium draughts, £7 10a to £14 63; aged lbht barnons horses, £4 10 i to £5; backs, £4 to £5 10b. The reserves placed on the better sorts of medium draughts were con sidered excessive; as high bb £19 10< was bid bub declined by owners, consequently several of this class were turned out un sold. Implements, etc-— Drays, £17, £7 12a 6d ; hawker'n van, £10 Kb; harness, etc, at market rates. Landed Properties. — Previous to the usual weekly horse Bale, I offered a portion of the Grove Farm Estate, and for some of tho lots biddings were spirited. The following ealeß were effected, vin. : —

Per Aero. Lot 50, 12a Or Op .£2OIO 0 Lot 52, 15a Or Op ... 26 10 0 Lot 53, 17a Or Op ... 25 0 0 Lot 24, 12a0r35p ... Id 5 0 Lot 25, 12a lr 13p ... 16 5 0 Lot 26, lla 3r 38p ... 16 5 0 Alflo privately, sines my last report, Lot 62, Tlnwald, with gra : n store thereon, £145 Throe ncres, part of the Poplar Paddock on »orth eide of railway, at £28 per acre.

TOO SMART FOR HIM.

Recently a youni? pbyolclan «Vf tl c Harvard Medical School conceive v the idea of playing a j >ke on Miss .amio Oopeland, one of the lady students at the College of Physicians and S-u'ReoDR and at i he same time rubblnu out an tld he hid laid up against her. His plans were carefully mapped out, everything m readiness, the lady wab oallod upon to etteni a c«ae of fracture of the Ihjj. Somewhat act nlnhed, she promptly answered the summons of suffering humanity, oonfident la her ability to sus tain the dignity of the provision the had adopted. On arriving at the residence indicated, she was surprised to find her patient to be a nun about forty years old, apparently suffering the most excruciating pains. Removing the covering, uhe dis- j covered the fraoturo to be that of a wooden leg. Nothing daunted, and without showing any evidence of her discovery, she quietly replaced the cover ing, and said s'io must so for some splints and bandages, and would return Imme dlately. She did so, bringing with h*r some small pieces of brass and some bradr, with which she at once proceeded to repair the fractured limb. The surgical operation was performed In a remarkably short space o! time, and the injury left to the healing proooss of nature. She quietly gave the necessary directions, in formed the man that he would be all right m a day or two, and that her bill wos 25c>o1b, Ie is scarcely necessary to •ay that the fee was not forthcoming, the matter being treated ai a good joke Next morniug, however, Miss Oopp-laud appeared oq the scene with ft constable, »ud muoh to the chagrin of the son of Enculapiui, collected nor fee. It w;uM seem that, if the young graduates of Har vard Mwiioul School wtah to get ahead of the lady siudanta of the College of Physi cians and Sureeons, they- will have to rise vory early and use more brass thai: Mins C >pela»id -lid m reducing the frac luro of the wo"den log.

A BURGLAR CAPTURED BY A LADY.

At the Col Png wood Police Court n few day* as;o, Fr.nk Williams, supposed to ba an experienced Sy.iuoy' burglar, wan charged wiih burjary and p.tealiny. Mr» ThVon^rigond, » wir'.ow Udy most ftp 1 y n<mfd, bet.wsov "0 \n^ 50y*'»re old, while fnb | bo tio'ilocko Tuesday trornini,'. •i. her reidbuoi , zo Hood street, thougbt sho hoard a noise m her bed-room and called out, but, as ail was silent, she attct hiutid th« nciiso to the wind, and tried tr> sleep again. Onca more slit* heard a fairt so .nd, mv) thenshe saw the figure of a mau at her dreialng table. She cot up went towards him, when he ran t. rough a sitting-room into the dining-romi, and then but out of the window of the latter. To cut off h-B retreat, she ran rouud by a piußaLe, and caught the m»Q outside the •viudow. Sho oiugh^. him by the collar, and he threw her down, kickiui her. 8h« canght hold of his coat t»ll», however, and heldon,aareamlng "thieves" and "inurdor " Au ehti thus held on he dragged her along % dieUnoo of six y«rd«, injuring her back, but she still clung to him. A neighbour named D'Arcy hearing the noise looked over 'he dividing fence, nnd o Ailed to her to "ha.)g on an > In would be round;' 1 but before he got round Mrs Thoroughgood's «o?i hud be«r» and grappled with the burglar, who had jewellery, laoo v etc , vitluuu at £0, iv his puctcetß. tie had also p^oked up a stock of groceries ready fo removal. Thi burglar had first obt lined entrance into a detached kitchen, whor« he foind a ßorewd:iv<sr, aid with it forced up :ho lower pash of the dining-room window. A aorew nail had been inserted through 'oth eashre, but tho pressure had burst the ecrew through the wood-work of the upper sash , T he prisoner, who hid all the witnesses ordered out of Court, at first tried to prjve an alibi, but ho abandoned this defence, and was committed for tral.

FATAL FIRE AT OXFORD.

Later aooouuta of the fatal fire at View Hill ahovr that Mra Anderson, who was sleeping downstairs with three children, «ged two, four and ei^ht years of age (two boys and a girl), found the house on fire about a quarter to twelve. She immediately put two children out of the window, and it is supposed left the otder to run upstairs and waken those who were sleeping there— her boys Oscar aged 17, Kenneth aged 6, Me Rudd, senr. , of Greenddle, who was sleeping there for the night, and a boy he had with him named Oarlyle Rudd. Oarlyle and Oaoar got nafely out, aud Osoar, not finding his mother, ran into the house again and got very badly burned about the faoe and shoulders. He has since died from the ef fects. The mother iv endeavnuriug to save Kenneth got suffocated, the il»mes having got such a ho:d on th-t house the ceiling g*ve way She fell on to a bed underneath and was butnt to ashes. Kenneth also fell through the oeiling and met with the same fate. The child, who it Is pre named the mother intended picking ap when she returned was also burned to death. He was sleeping In a cradle close '-» his m ri th«r. The fire is supposed to have been caused by the North Woit wiud bl wing down the ohinraey and casting th^ fire out on the floor ; not by a bush fire as at firßt suppnaed

Ohristohcroh. March 28 The boy Osoar Anders ■» injured m the fatal fire at View Hill di«d y^erday;

IRISH AFFAIRS

[REUT2B .TELEGRAMS— COPYRIGHT.]

London. March 25

In the debate m the House of Commons to-day, on the motion of the Hon W. H. Smith, precedence was given to the consideration of the Irish Crimes Bill. Mr Gladstone spoke m support of the arguments used by Mr Morley, and proposed an amendment declaring that the condition of Ireland I did not require the adoption of coercive measures. Mr Gladstone further stated that the Liberals would oppose the passage of the Crimes Bill to the utter- j most. Mr Chamberlain favored the motion of precedence, and expressed himself satisfied that the promise of the Government for remedial measures would be adopted concurrently with coercion. The former, he declared, could not be successful so long as the National League was supreme m Ire land. The division on the motion of precedence is expected to be taken to night. lM^|L()( the Irish Land Bills dealing^flHfeH^ion of leases will be introduceWlJßr House of Lords on Thursday next. Latkr. In the House of Commons to-day the debate on the motion that prece dence be granted to the Irish Crimes Bill was resumed and concluded. Mr Morley's amendment was defeated by 349 to 260, and the motion ior prece dence was adopted. Lonwon, Mforch 27 In the House of Commons last night, the motion that precedence be>granted to the Irish Crimes Bill was voted, and first reading of the Bill fixed for Monday next. Mr Purnell gave notice for the same day that he should move that the House forthwith go into Committee to consider the stale of Ireland,

THE PREMIER AT WOODVILEE.

Woodvillb, Maroh 26 The Premier addressed a meeting here to-night. There was n crowded audience Mr W. O. Smith, M.H.U., mi 1q the chair. The Premier first dealt with thr land question, adv >cving State owner snip, aod £uly explaining the nature o land nationalisation. He claimed to have livid tha earns viewa ever ninoe he fir«t entered political lifa. la 1878 he urged that if land w«s sold to private owners, ai all events 11 wai right to plaoa reatrto tions on the quantity to be held. Critic ing the Marton speech, the pspors h»d said thit more land waa hoW in ' tho speaker's administration than any other Well, when he firtt oame Into office hi 1878 he Uiued a proclamation preventive of farther diskosal of lands as grants to aid railway oonstruotion, thai withdraw ing hundreds and thousands of acres from sale. The resalti of that pollcj,. to gether with the general depression and | panlo following the failure of the Glasgow Bank was that the Grej Ministry met the house with a deficit m 1879, but the colony had Blnco beon independent of tho ■ale of land. The Government had intr" duoed a Bill for perpetual leases m 1885, and Mr Kollestou had previously Intro duced a similar measure; only that of 1885 had the olnuso prohibiting the Crown from Belling the freehold, and since that period there had been more leasehold Hottlement than previously. The speaker contended that the English land laws recognised a difference m landed and other property, tenants having certain distinct rights and privileges The Irish Land Act also contained evidence of the enmo prinriple, tenants being; protected m I spite of the land being private property, and it was the same m Prussia He declared that those whb maintain d that the ownership of land wus similar to thfe ownerfihipof other pioperty, were laying the foundation for a sybtem of com munism. The perpetual le^ein? Hystem was fully exp ained, also the proposed measure to enable the citato to resume poasesaion of certain lands where it was considered necessary for settlement. He then referred to the cr ticism of the papers on the Mar on speech, m which they twitted him with having parted with the frcohold of Crown lands to tho East and West Coaßt Railway Company whil« advocating a, reverse policy. He asked who had first proposed giving grants to companion to encourage construction of the railway. Tho Act which his Govern ment piißHed giving land to the above company wns smply an amendment of another Hinilar measure alioady existing. ? n 1879 tho colony was unable to under take now works owing to tho wavo of depression. However, the Grey Q vern ment had begun the construction works on the VVellington-Mmawntu Railway, and part of the line ; was marfe whon the Hall Government came into power, and raised the cry about the bad position of the colony and ita inability to oompleta the railway, and also promised grants of lttnd to any private oompany willing to oooiplete the work. The q darter of a million acres given to the VVolllngton-Miaawatu Railway com* pany wai ten times more value than the two million seres proposed to be given to the East and West Coast Railway Com pany. He maintained that the system of Government giving away froah >lda under those conditions must be abolished. Kir Bubett Stout replied at some length to oritio'sma made m the papers m tho dis trict, just as he did last yoar when speck ing m Napier. Ho remarked the absence of population along the route of the railway line through K*wWa Bay, and CDmbated the statement that freeholders did more with land than tenants, in^tino ing Sootland, and holding Ireland as an example of bad administration of land lawa. He claimed that Sir Edward Staf ford, a decided Conservative, had In 1860 first enunciated (he proposal for giving Government power to resume tho ownership of land when it was considered be-efiolftl to the State. Sir Edward Stafford said that land alongside a railway should be available when wantid for •ettlement. Ai for the alleged inconsis tency between his utteranc s at lave- otirglll and Mar ton it was quite true that he had eaid at the former place that Crown lands should be settled on before private estates were resumed. But he always considered that, where it waa sperlally desirable, it should bo possible to enforce settlement on private land, even when plenty of Crown lan is remained. He had not been Inconsistent, and the principal of the proposed bill were distinctly disoern ab'e iv the measure alredy passed en abling Government to purohase private estate* for village settlements, In apeak* in^ of tho Native question he eu'o^iaed Mr FitzGarald'a ptllcy In 1862, and re gretted it had not been adopted. Hir Robert Stout considered that Native lands should be on the same footing as land belonging to the Europeans, and if it was wanted, power should be given to Government to o impel the the Natives to ■ell. He referree th« audlenoa to the rre^rda of the enquiry Into the Hawkas Bay Native land pnrohass held before Mr Jmtioa Richmond, and evplalned the nature of the present Aot. The Represen tation Bil[ wai also referred to, the Premier stating that representation mu»t go with population Retrenchment must Ho faced, and the Civil Service reform id. The speaker reoefved A unanimous vott of thanks.

THE WORLD'S RULERS.

An Eiropean paper Qgurea that the Ohrißtian and rnontrchial world count* I among its combined reigning families 406 princes. If the female contingent was taken into account, this figura would al most be doubled. The mos* flourishing dynasty is that of Holstoin, whioh holds the thrones of Russia, Denmark, Greece, and Oldenburg, and numbers fifty- three prinoea, Including f wenty-five grand duken, two kings and an Emperor Next to it is the Home of Stettin, uniting the my*l orowae of Saxony, Groat, Britain, Portugal «nd Belgium, besldea the ducal and nrand dncil sceptora of Weimar, Altonbur^, Co burg-Gotba, «nd Meitangan. Tho Bour. bous, with their forty-seven prlnoes, have held Riolly, Parma, and Spain. More numerous fhan tho Hoheoz flams, the Bosses and the houae of Savoy lire the imperial Hapaburg-Lorranle, with their thirty-three archdukes, and the old race of Wittelsbaoh, numbering twenty ihcee princes of or m Bavaria, a distinc tlon to which great importance is attached. The feigning families med'atizad alnoe the congress m Vienna m 1815, are re presented by 724 prlnoes, and these have retained but a small portlsn of tbeir privileges. The Uapiburg* and the Wittlesbaohs are closely allied, not merely because they both belong to tho Teutonio race and flourish on the sitne German soil, bat because for many yo&ra and generations they have constantly inter-married. Tho lovely Empress El'ziboth of Austria is the daughter of Dnlco Maxlrailan of Bavaria, and her daughter Gtsela ia the wife of Prince Leopold, ooasla ot the Present King and Nephew of the Regent.

THB ASHBUBTON GKPARIHAN, MONBAYj MAKOH 28, 1887



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From the Official Assignee m Bankruptcy, District of Ashburton, [Canterbury, Memorandum for Mr Andrew Oir, Ashburton. Dear Sir,— Jic Alexander Smith, I have the pleasure to inform you that your Cash Tender for the Stock ia the above Estate is Accepted m terms of the Tender. Yours truly, J. 0. BELL, Deputy Official Ass-igned. THE above DRAPERY STOCK having been Purchased at a BIG DIB- OOUNP off the FIRST COST, is Now on Sale, AND MUST BE CLEAKED DtmiNCi the Next Tilree Weeks, as a Large Shipment OF JS"EW GOODS !t EX DOREO, I JUST TO HAND. COME AT ONCE AND SECURE THE GREATEST BARGAINS EVER OFFERED I* ASHBUKTON. All Classes of Goods Greatly 'Reduced. ANDREW OUR. SPORTING. GUNS. GUNS. GUNS. SINGLE and DOUBLE-BKEECH auc MUZZLE-LOADING Guns no* landing and m Stock ; the Greatca Variety ever shown m Ashburton. CALL EARLY AND INSPECT OJJ] STOCK. Prices very Low. QUALITY NOT~TO BE BEATEN. Also,- Powder, Bhot, Caps, Car 1 ridges, Cart- ridge Onses, and all Requisites for Sporting Purposes AT EQUALLY LOW PBICES. OER&7Lcom IMPORTERS*.



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Public Notices PUBLIC NOTI E. DBS JTSPEER MAY be consulted atCHRISTCeURCH from APRIL 14th to <nd of month at Metropolitan Temperance Hotel, Canhel street, 3 138 ASHBURTON COUNTY OOUNOIL. mENDERB are invited for Grubbing J. Gorse m plantation near junction of Longbeach Road with Boiith Road. j Particulars at County Council Office, and Tenders to be sent m to Chairman, 11 a.m. Ist April. By order. WILLIAM B4XTER, Connty Engineer. ABHBUBTON C3UNTY STOCK AND SALE YARDS CO., LIMITED. DIPPING SEASON, 1887. THE CONCRETE DIPS are now 50 feet long, and fitted with all the latest improvements For particulars as to cost of dipping sheep, apply at the Caretakers. GEO. JAMESON, 3 164. Secretary. Drain Pipes. A LL SIZES— From 3 to 15 liiohee— With BENDS, ELBOWS AND JUNCTIONS FOR RALE BY GEORGE JAMESON, ASHBURTON ASHBURTON COUNTY STOCK AND SALEYABDS CO., LIMITED. iiam and Ewe Fair "THE Annual Ram and Ewe Fair will JL be held at the Tinwald Yards on THURSDAY, 31st MARCH, 1886. Sale will commence at 11 "o'clock, GEORGE JAMESON, 3|59 Secretary. ASHBDRTON COUNTY COUNCIL. /^VWNERS of Threshing Machines are \J hereby CAUTIONED that they are liable to FUSE of £10 for their Workmen Stopping Flow of Wator m any of the County Kaces Any persons so offending will be prosecuted. By order. WILLIAM BAXTER, 3J137 County Engineer. COURSING AT LONGBEACH. To be held on April Bth at Longbeach Station. A SWEEPSTAKE of 5a pw Dog for all comers. Nomination and acceptance close at Central Hotel on April sth, when draw will take placo. J, C. N. Grigg, Esq , will give £1 for the Runner up, and £3 is to be given m a Consolation for all dogs beaten m their first course. § H. MILNER. ODDFELLOWS HALL, ptREAT ATTRACTION- To-Night TO-NIGHT. TO-NIGHT. THE PERMaINS. AUSTRALIAN YOKES. Under the Management of J. L. HALL. The moßt versatile combination of Comedians, Vocalists, and Burlesque Artists that has ever visitod Now Zealand, In the highly successful musical absurdity, Fun on the Bristol New Scenery. Magnificent Scenic Effects, Musical Director — MrChas. Waud. Popular Prices— 3s, 2s, and Is. R. A. UNDERWOOD, 3°168 Business Manager. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. MOUNT SOMERS TRAMWAY. fpENDER are invited for— Earthwork (as per modified plans), Id ' three contracts Two Bridgeß, Id one oontraot Nine Thousand Birch Sleepers, iv lots of 500 or upwards Plans and Specifications on view at Council's office, and tender*, addressed to the Chairman, to be tent, m not later than 11 o'clooic a.m. on FRIDAY, Ist April, 1887. By order, WILLIAM BAXTER, • County Enginre". MOUNT SOIERS COAL PIT COAL CAN NOW BE HAD FOX CUUH r I SHILLINGS PER TON Or m Ashburton at SEVENTEEN SHILLINGS PER TON, By the Truck. FOR CASH OinLY. ~. F. WRIGHT. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. nPENDKRS ar© invited for the LEABE j 1 of PLANTATION BESERVES m the County for 14 years, as follows :— j Res. 2670 ") „ 2671 I A. K. -„ 2672 j-769 2 Aahburton-Rangitate „ 2673 I Plains. ! »■ 2074 J „ 2560 )  2561 V 466 0 Ashburkrn-Rangitata „ 2562 J Plains.  2568 92 0 Ashburton-Rangitata Plains. „ 2571 56 0 Pudding Hill. „ 2569 i '' ?ko? > 564 ° Ashburton-Rangitata „ 40.U I PlftinH „ 2592 ) llains ' „ 2647 5 0 ifoa Coast, near Mr Dolan's, Kyle. Particulars and forma of tender can be obtained at the County Council's Offices. Tenders will, be received at the Council Offices up to 11 a.m. on FRIDAY, let April next. By order. F. MAIN WARING, Clerk. Aehburtou, March 1,1887, 91?



Qtxaitioxui Ajoiwared I ! ! 1 Ash the matt eminent physician Of any lohool, what is the best thing m the world for allaying all irritation of the nerves, and curing all forms of fnervoue complaints, giving natural, childlike refreshing sleep always? And they will tell yon unhesitatingly " Some form of Hops III" CHAPTER I. Aek any or all of tho moat eminent ! hysicians :>..... ! " What is the only remedy that can be relied on to cure all diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs; Bright's disease, diabetes, retention, or inability to retain urino, and all the diseases and ailment* p«culiar to Women " — " And they will tell you explicitly and emphatically " Buchu / / / " Ask the aatne physicians " Whit is the most reliable and sorest cure for all liver diseases or dy&pepiia, constipation, indigestion, biliousneis, malaria, fever, ague, &c," aod they will tell you Mandrake ! or Dandelion lilt Henoe, when these remedies are combined with otherß equally valuable), And compounded into Hop Bitters, BUoh a wonderful and mysterious curative powar is developed, whioh is so varied m its operations that no disease or ill health oan poaaiblj exist or resist its power, and yet it ib Harmless for the most frail woman, weakest invalid, or smallest child to use. CM AFTER 11, " Patients " ; Almost dead or nearly dying " For years, And, given up by physioiam, of Bright's and other kidney' diaeaaei, liver complaltitr,. severe ooughs, oalled consumption, have been cured-. Women gona nearly crazy !'■!■! ! I From agony or neuralgia, nervousnen, wakafnloose, and various diseases peculiar to women. People drawn out of shape from exoruoiat- pangs of rheumatism, inflammatory and chronic or suffering from sorofula. Erysipelas •' Salt rheum, blood poisoning, dyspepsia indigestion, and m faot, almost all diseases frail " Nature is heir to Have been cured by Hop Bittore, proof o! whioh can be found m every neighborhood m the known world : Prosecute the Swindlers! If when you call for Atnorioan Hop Bitters [see green twig of Hops on the white label and Dr Soulo's name Woven m the bottle), the vendor hands out anything but American Hop Bitters refuse it and shun the vendor as you would a viper ; and if he has taken your money for anything else indict him for the fraud and sue him for damages for the swindle, and we will pay you liberally for the convic- tion. NOTICE is hereby given that the Clerk will be m attendance at the B.M. Court, Rakaia, on THURSDAY, 31st inst. between the honri of 9.30 a.m, and 430 p.m. By order. J. R. COLYER, Clerk of Court. SATURDAY, 2nd APRIL, 1887. THE VALUABLE AND WELL- KNOWN PROPERTIES RIVERSDALB AND GRAHAM'S FARM WILL BE SUBMITTED TO Public Auction ON THE ABOVE DATE AT Mr Greo. Jameson's Stores, WEST STREET, Commencing at 2 p.m. J. T. FORD, Auctioneer, 3°lßo GEOBGE JAMESON, A«ent. ASHBURTON 'RIM & EWE FAIR mHURSDAY, 3lßt MARCH, 1887. PRESENT ENTRIES : 2000 ANAMA EWES 1500 MERINO EWES ' l ' toolh SftO 6 tooth HALF *^ RED E WES 400 d 0 d 0 240 4 * tooth do 700 a Att( * ** toofcu OA Fine SOUTH DOWN EWES oq do LINCOLN EWES OK do do EWES (lambs) 1 A 2-tooth LINCOLN RAMS O LINCOLN RAM LAMBS O£f do do do OA SOUTHDOWN RAMS OA SHROPSHIRE DOWN RAMS, £M 2-tooth m SOUTHDOWN RAMS, and A^i 6-tooth MILES Am). : Qp ¥ GEQ. JAHESpiT,



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