r letrenchment should be considered before Protection, and he would prefer being able to specify the revisions which be wlibed to effeot. The Premier wished to amend the motion for adjournment, so that the Home sbonld only adjourn till 7.30 p.m., but the Speaker ruled thar the original motion having been for adj >umment till next day no amendment could bo made. The motion for the adjournment till 2.30 p.m. next day was then pot and carried by 50 to 32, The House rose at 3.30 p to. The following is the division Hat ; — Ayes, 50. Allen Merchant Andenon MoGregor AtktLion Mills Bcrrtn Mitohelson Beetham Meat Brace Monk Baobanan Newman Carroll Ormond Cowan Peaooek Dodion Pearson Fergui Pyke Fisher Rhodes Fnltpn Richardson Goldle Rosi Graham Bassell Ball Seymour Himlin Talwhange Htilop Tanner Hebba Thompson Hodgklnion (Marsden) Isard Thompson Jaekion (Aookland N.) Ltwry Valentine MaArthnt Whyta McKen2i« Wilson (Mount Ida) "WHhey McKenzle (Olutha) Noes, 82. Ballanoe Mess Blake Mackenzie (Wai- Buxton hemo) Dancan O'Oalaghan Feldwiok Parata Fi6h Perceval Fitohett Beeves (Inan- Fitzherbert gahua) Grimmond Beeves (St. Al- Guinnesg bans) Jones Richardson (Kaia- Joyce poi) Kelly Beddon Kerr Taylor Lanoe Tornbull Larnach Vogei LoTestam Walder Longhxey Ward Pairs, For— Menteath Samuel Ttipua Againßt— Steward Fraser Hntchison

AUCTIONEER'S REPORT.

— ♦ Mr Peter Williami (for Friedlander Bros.) report* for the week ending Tues day, 22nd November, 1887:— On Friday, the 18th inst , we held our fortnightly sale of cheep ekiDß, &o , at onr East street Horse Bazaar, About 300 skins came forward, and prices ruled about the same as last quoted ; — Best crossbred, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; iredlnm, 4s to 4ti 3d ; inferior, 2s 9d to 3s 6d ; merinos, £ood, 3s 6d ; inferior, 2s 6d Dry skins sold at 4|d to 5d per 1b ; 3 bags pieces of woo], 6d per Ib. On Saturday, the 19th init. , we held our weekly sale of horses, &0., at onr East street Hone Bazaar. There was a medium entry of 9, all hacks, with a good attendance off armors and others, but few buyers. Only a few changed hands. Good hack and harness hones £12 10s, £11 10s, £11 ; inferior, £5 Pits — Medium store porkers, 18s to 20s, with good demand. Poultey — Fowls, 2s per pair ; ducks, 3b 3d per pair. PfcODUCß.— Derwente, 3s to Ss 6d per bag ; fowls' wheat, 7b 6d per bag ; oat?, 1b 6d per bushel ; flour, 18s 64 per bag ; bran, 4s 3d per bag ; cheese, 3d per lb ; oatmeal! 2s 9d per bag ; tea, 12s 6d per box ; grass Beed, 1b 6d per bushel ; peas, 2b 9d per bushel. A quantity of furniture and bare ess at fair priceß. At the Tiowald yards cd Tuesday, the 22nd November, about 4000 sheep and 150 head of cattlfl came forward, The attendance wbb fair, and the bidding slack, although inost'y all the lines were cleared at fair prices. Fat croßsbredn, shorn, 6s 3d to 8a 3d ; ditto, m the wool, 10* 4d, 10h 9d, 12 i, 12b 3d and 13s. Fit limbs, 6b 3d *, crossbred bongtts, ss,' 5a 3d, 6b lid, 7b 2d, 7s 8d; orossbred lioggeti, firet-crofs, thotn. 3a 6d ; 2 and 4-tootb oroßßbreas, thorn, 6b Id ; 2, 4 and •6 tooth ewes, with about 00 per cent of lambs, 8b Id. ' jUattls —Springers, £3 to £4; fat steers, £5 5b to £7 ; heifers, 2-year-old, 50s to £3 4s; 18 months- old do, 41s Cd to 475 ; yearlings, 22s 6d to 245. Fits —Porkers. 20s to 24s 6d.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Wanganpi, November 22.

A charge of insubordination and offen ciTe language againut Private Henry, of th« City Rifles, was heard to night bafore & Volunteer Court of Enquiry. The evi dence is to be forwarded to the Defence Department. P»ttl Tauhaero, who ban left for Wel lington to-day is a well-known cbief at Crake!, and bis visit is said to be m con nection with a Bill empowering the leasing of his land*. Wellington, November 22. In the Appeal Court argument has been concluded m tbe case of the Official Assignee v. Moa Dairy Factory, New Plymouth. Judgment wan reserved . The case of tbe Bh»w, Bavill and Albion Com. cany ▼. Timaru Harbor Beard, application for new trial and nonsuit baa been corn* menced, and it is likely to extend over several days. ' At the B.M. Court to-day " Professor " Shannon, a chiropodist, was sentenced to two months' hard labor for an unprovoked assault on a Wellington resident m a rail way train returning from the Wairarapa on the 9th inst. It is understood that General Schaw, m his report ou harbor defence?, will state that torpedo launches are not n ceded for the defence of either Port Chalmers or Lyttelton, and will recommend that the two launches now at those ports shall be added to the defences of Wellington and Auckland respectively; Tbeie will then be two torpedo launches at each of the latter ports. Dunedin, November 52. The Sigh School Cadets fired m an intercoJoow match with Martini-Henry f.fles this jaorniog. The total score of five, with seven ehpts at 200, 400. and 500 yards, was 432. Color-Sergeant Qillioa ecoring 97 out or a possible 105 Christ's College Cadets, Christchurcb, are the only other team m New Zealand taking part. Inveboabgiil, November 22. Two cottages m Clyde street, owned and occupied by D. A. Taylor and A. Henries respectively, were burned this afternoon. The fire was discovered by a • friead ot Taylor's, who went to the bouse to bid him good-bye, as he (Taylor) was leaving for Waimate by the afternoon train, then just about leaving. Mr and Mrs Taylor were oat visitipg. Insurances, £200 on etch building m New Zealand office, and £100 m the Norwich Union on Taylor's furniture. Menzies' furniture was all efcved. The Roman Catholio iv this district hare subscribed -€102 to the testimonial to Bishop Moran,

MOSGIEL WOOLLEN COMPANY

' Punkdin, November 22. A' tho annual meeting of the Mosglel ' Woollen Factory Company the report, 1 resommending a dividend of 8 per cent, • was adopted, and Messrs J. Roberts and ' A. J Barns, retiring Directors, were re ' elected. The Chairman said it bad not been easy to make good saleß. and it had [ been fcund necessary to shorten the 1 production. tiinca the formation of the Company bad debts had only amounted t. £4082, or one-aixteeuth per cent on the turnover.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Mayoralty. Wamganui, November 23. James Laird has been returned opposed as Mayor for a sooond term. Wellington, November 23. Samuel Brown, the present Mayor, and Councillor J. Potherlok were today nominated for the Mayoralty. False Pretences. dement Harding, for obtaining money by falio pretences, wan committed for trial. Acquitted. Edwards Roberts, arrested time days ago for cnlaw fully and maliciously wound- Ing WilU»m Clements with a knife, was aoqnlUed. A Heavy Fine. At (ha R.M, Court, William Henshaw, on two charges of selling goode, oto , by auction without being duly licensed, was fined ona hundred pounds on enoh charge. Accident. Gkbtmuoth, November 23. A man named Parker fell from the loft of a stable lait night and fraotnred his skull. He now lies unconscious at the hospital. Dunedin A. and P. Show. Duhedin, November 23. Fine weather for the Otago Agricultural Show. The attendance is more than expected, being over the average. T"e sheep are particularly strong, over 100 more being shown than last year ; merinos especially being of a high quality. Cattle that were quite up to excellence m previous years judging weie just com mended. It is ezpeoted the competition will be very keen In moat classes. The implementi constitute a great feature of the Show, a great deal of interest being manifested m various types of binders, ■ome of which are In motion.

TROUT FISHING

There were brought (nto town this morning two fish, knows as the Thamea brown trout, which along with eleven otherß were caught on Saturday night m one of the Ngatora streams by Meisra 0. Bayley and J. McLean. The fish were angled for as usual with a fly, the anglers having obtained permission to fish m the stream from Mr W. L Newman, the hoc secretary of the Acclimatisation Society, In order to test the reports abont the great number of fish exUtlng la thin 00 weli as other streams m the neigh borhood. The two that were brought into town weighed 2f Ib and l|lb respoc tlrely, both fine 'peoimenß, bat some of those caught turned fcbe soale at sb much so 51b. The stream m which the fish are said to be plentiful are the Ngataro, Ngatoroltl, and Ngatoronni. They were turned into these streams about 12 years ago, Mr Oaverhiil having introduced them here. At present thoy are bo numerous that they are deitroying each other, the big feeding on |tho little.— '• Taranaki Herald."

THE SHEEP-SHEARING MACHINE

The Briabnne " Courier " re'ora m the following term a to tr.e working of Wolaeley'a sheep-shearing ranohlne at the Brisbane Exhibition :— Tfc was one of the greatest attractions. There wore fivo rema selected to oompete for the priz* of £10 10b presented by Messrs Wosenholt Brothers for the beet rams flnece shorn by tho machine. Ihe first operated npon was the property of the Darling Downs and Western Land Company ; then came two owned by Mr J T. Donnelly, one belonging to Messrs Marshall and Slade, and the fifth to Meesrs Hodgson and Ramsey. The last appeared to be a mass of wrinkles. He had great folds of akin roond his neck, end was about as dlflioult a sheep to shear na might possibly b« found y as his wool w&aT veiy aloaa aad dense. Hln fleece when spread oat lltnr ftlly covered the shearing lior. The average time taken to shear the 5 rami was twenty-five and a half minutes each. We •re informed that at theDeniliqoln Shovr, were a priza of £10 was given for the bett shearer, some thirty six rams were ehon by four men with the ordinary sheared, and the average time taken to shear each was jost a little over an hour, thus the machine shears can evidently beat the ordinary shears, when - good work ia required to be done. After lunch four ewes were pat through for the prize of £10 10s presented by the Union Mercantile end Agency Company for the best ewe's fleece shorn by the machine. These were owned by tho Darling Downs and Western Land Co., and Messrs MarshtU and Slade, the latter entering their champion ewe. Those present were warm m their praise of the work done.

ORIGIN OF NAMES

The Greeke, with few exceptions, had no family or sire names. The Romans had three names : — A proper name (puoaomen, the distinction of the indi vidual, like our baptismal or Christian name, 2 The name of the olais (nomen) 3 The family name (cognomen) Some* times to these were added, on account of act of valor or event, a fourth name (agnomen), as Publina (piseaomen) Cornelius (the clan of Cornelius) Ssipio (the family) Afrlcanua (the agnomen) because of his victories In Afrloa. The piieoooaen was generally not written m fall, as M. for Marcu?, P. for Pablius. etc; an M. Tulliao Cicero — i,e , 'Maroua,' to distinguish him from his brother, Quintiua Tullius, the c!«n, and Cicero the family! In Germany and tho Teutonio nations family or surnames (or, aa it should be spelled, 'sirnameB 1 — i.c , sire or father's name) were little naed before tho fourteenth centnry. Everyone had a baptsraal name only. The most ancient method waa to add tbe father'a name to their own, as John-son, W Illiam-aonDavid eon, etc. Tbe Arabians atill follow this onstora — e.g. | Hali'sßon Yoar Is called Ebu Bali (Hall's son) and Yoar'a son would be Bbn Yoar. The surnames given m Eng land about tho time of William the Conqueror were selected, lil^e the agoo men of the Romans, from some peculiar circumstances relating to the individual. Tbotf, the Earl of Anjou obtained the surname of Plantogenet from the well known story, and his descendants were called Plantagonets. Fllz (from the old French fils, moaning 'son,' Mao (Soottlab), Ap (Welsh), 0' (Irish). Fz (Spanish), and Ben were all prefixes, meaning m these several languages Bon. But Filz meant illegitimate son, The German sobn, Swedish Bon, Dutch son are thti came, German von, Dutch van, Frenoh de mean ' of ' or • from ' referring to the residence ov decpent. On the establishment of tbe feudal nyufcem new namei were Introduced, derived either from occupation, as Smith, Turner, Garpenter, Fuller, etc ; from place ol PBtlvlty, as Frenob, Welsh, oto., or from personal complexion or other peculiarity, IB White, prowu, Elank, Long, Short, Swpet, S(P»c'^ Coy, Mi^lo, »^ r

ASHBURTON LIVE STOCK MARKET

♦ Mr E, G. btavoley (for JNew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agaucy Company Limited) reports on Tinwald Sale, 22nc inst. : — Fair entrlaa of slock forward, Including about 3COO ohepp, and a good ac oudauoe. We sold for Mr Jnhn Grieg. Lnngheacb, f»t halfbred woolly owei 10a 9d and lOi 4d, fat long wool dittc 10b 6d and 13i, fat merino owea m wool 6a 2d, fut wno.ly orosßbred wethers 12* 3d, fa shorn horn orosabroil wethers 8s 3d, tat lambs 6j 34, We sold small woolly hnggntß tor Mr W. Anderson 60, otherc br ught 4a Oi ; for name owner, ehorn mixed oiosßbredn, 2 and 4-tooth, 4* lid ; othera, mixed agos, mado 64 Id ; fair tc good hoggets m wool 6j lOd, 7s 2d, 7s 8d and 8s lOd j 4 and 6-tooth woolly crose bred owes, with good peroentage lambs, 83 4d and 90.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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OBITUARY.

London, November 21. The death is announced of Breslin, who was connected with the American whaler Catalpa, m which a number of Irish political prisoners escaped from Freemaotle, Western Australia, m

MR O'BRIEN.

A suit of clothes has been surrepti tiously conveyed to Mr W. O'Brien, who is confined m the Tullamore gaol.

THE FRENCH CRISIS.

M. Cle'tnenceau states that he will only accept office if M. Grc*vy resigns the Presidency of France.

ITALY AND ABYSSINIA.

Italian troops will occupy the town of Antalo, on the Abyssinian frontier, and will there await the attack of the Abyssinians.

FRENCH AFFAIRS:

M. de Blo.witz, the Pans correspon dent of the " Times," states that the troops m Paris have been confined to their barracks owing to fears of a revolu tion;

THE CHANNEL COLLISION.

Those drowned from the steamer Scholtein, which collided m the Channel on Saturday, are mostly Germans.

ARREST OF DYNAMITERS.

Two Americans named Callan and Harkins, were charged at Bow street Police Court to-day with having dyna mite m their possession, and with plotting to carry out explosions. Both the accused were remanded.

THE SCULLING CHAMPION SHIP.

If Beach beats Hanlao for ths Championship of the World next Saturday, Teemer will challenge him for a match for 500 dollars aside, to take place cither m Australia or America. Bubear lias issued a challenge to scull on the river Thames, any person m the world for £200 aside and the Championship of Eng land,

DESTRUCTION OF BARNUM'S SHOW.

New York, Novdmbor 21. ! Barnum's well-known menagerie was destroyed by fire at Bridgeport, Con necticut, yesterday. Three of the elephants and all the lions, tigers and ' other quadrupeds connected with the show were burned to death. Thirty elephants, terrified by the conflagration, stampeded through the streets of the town, but were ultimately captured. (Received November 23, 1.2 C p.m.

SHIPPING.

Bak Francisco, November 20. The Union Company's s,s. Zealandia left here yesterday (Saturday) morning at 10 o'clock for New Zealand.

THE MARKETS.

London, November 20. Three per cent consols have ad vanced \fa and are now at 103^. New Zealand four per cent inscribed stock remains at 10s. New Zealand wheat, m store, is quoted at 52s to 1 33s 6d, according to quality. Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. Clyde, has advanced from 41s to 42s per ton.

SHIPPING.

(Reoelved November 23, 2.35 p.m.)

London, November 21. The P. and O. Steamship, Rome, from Melbourne, October 6, arrived at Plymouth yesterday (Sunday) evening.

AUSTRALIAN.

[rEUTBU's TELBGUAMB— COPYRIGHT.]

NAVAL DEFENCES.

Melbourne, November 22. The Naval Defence Bill has passed all stages m the Legislature without opposition.

THE CHANGE OF NAMES.

The proposal of Sir Henry Parkes to alter the name of New South Wales to Australia has excited much ridicule and adverse comment throughout Victoria. Sydney, Kovember 22. The Premier, Sir Henry Parkes, gave notice m the Legislative Assembly to-day of the Bill changing the name of this colony to " Australia."

NAVAL DEFENCES BILL.

(Received November 23, 1.20 p.m.

Brisbane, November 22. In the Assembly to-night the Naval Defence Bill, after most determined opposition passed its second reading f by a majority of four, the numbers being for the second reading 23, against 19. (Received November S3, 2.35 p,m,)

NATIONALIST MEETING.

Melbourne, November 23. A meeting of the Irish Nationiists parly was held m the Hibernian Hall last evening, at which 1200 were present, Sir Bryan O'Loughlin presided. Resolutions were adopted expressing sympathy with the Irish people m the present state of Ireland, upwards of £400 being subscribed m the room towards the assistanceof evicted tenants.

IMPOST ON GRAIN.

Rydney, November 23. In the Assembly last night Mr Copland's motion for an impost duty on grain was adjourned.

A HUNDRED TO ONE CHANCE

The work of putting m new rails ie j generally done m the night, acd one rail oa;i be put m its plaoa and bolted down J m two or three minutes. In the old days, when nlght-gftiiga were rare, passengers I ran, unknown to themselves, some carious risks through the want of oare on the I part of platelayers. j A ganger, who had done duty on the j G ea'. Western Railway, once told an that ho with hla men were layin / some new rails on thut portion of 1 he lino bet vyonn Reading \ and Oxford. He hud, by his watch, j nearly an hour to work before the , " down expreßa " to Birmingham oatpe . along. I A rail waa oooordiogly taken up and a I new one about to be placed down, when, . to hla hoiror, the smoke of tho express appeared In the distance. His loatch xoas subsqreucntly discovered to hive stopped. With great presence of mind he ordered the me a instantly to place the rail m its posstion. and to leave it there, unbolted Tney did bo, and stood by with bated breath while the train dashed along Koiog over fifty mllea an hour, It passed, to their utmost astonishment, m safely ; and, although the rail rattled about, it did not tilt up, and an accident was avoided. As the ganger said, "It wbb a hundred chances to one against the engine taking the rail without disturb" . ing it."

A NEW LIGHT

A now light, produced by the oonoump tlon of a moat intimate mixture of air and minutely divided oil particle*, waa recently shown at the Crystal Palace, Luoigen, as the new illaminant is called, is the lvention of Mr Hannay, of GUsgow, end Is already extensively used m large engineering works and for lighting large open spaces, for whioh it is eopeolally adapted, All that is required for the Luoigen light Is a barrel of orude oil, and a compressed air engine, whioh transforms the oil partlolea into spray, and, as the disintegration of the two elements ia secured, a continuous bright flame Is the result. Three lamps ou the terrace m front of the Crystal Palace lit up the whole grounds, and the oil oonsnmed did not oost more than twopence per hour. Suoh is the immense volume and diffuse power of the flams that small print can be read a quarter of a mile away from one lamp Two of the lamps having been extinguished, this was actually proved by Mr Augustas Harris, who wai able to read down sn avenue at over 530 yards from the lamp. The utility of Luoigen for outdoor proposes may ba gauged by its victories. Besides being used for lighting many large engineering works, and suoh plices as Us Armstrong and Whitworth factories, it m employed m Bsveral railway stations, it haa supplanted the eleotrlc lght at the Forth Brigade works, it is being set up along tho whole length of the Suez Canal, it is m ace m the mslso fields m Egypt, and was employed iv the recent mobillaa* tieu, of tho French troops. Mr Hannay aaya that a town could be lighted with the waste product! of Its own gasworks. The oil can, ho waver, be imported for a penny a g.i lon, nnd tho supply is said to be inexhaustible.

WHY AM I SO MISERABLE ?

So weak and languid? Why such heart burns and pains m the stomach, such acidity, and such an unpleasant taste m the mouth ? Why at times such a gnawing appetite, and then again such disrelish for food ? Why is the mind so frequently irritable, desponding, melancholy and dejecled ? Why does one often feel under the apprehension of some imaginary danger, and start at any unex pected noise, becoming agitated as though some great calamity was impending? What is the meaning of these dull, sick headaches ; these violent palpitations of the heart, this feverish restlessness, these night sweats; this di-turbed and dreamy sleep, which brings no refieshing rest, but enly meanings and mutterings, and Mie horrors of the nightmare? The answer is : These are but the symptoms of Indigestion or Dyspepsia— the beginning and the lorcrunncr of almost every other huroan disease. Indigestion is a weakness or want of power of the digestive fluids of the Stomach to convert the food into healthy matter for the proper nourishment of the body. It is caused most frequently by the irregularity of diet, or improper food, want of healthy exercise and pure outdoor air. It may be induced by mental distress — the sho kof some great calamity. It may be, and often is, aggravated and intensified, if not one'inaiiy brought on, \>y cxtiauslion from intense mental application, of physical over work, domes' ic troubles, anxiety m business, Such a medicine is happily a* hand. Never m the history of medical discoveries, evi denced by a dozen years' thorough test, has there been found a remedy for Indigestion so speedy, so sure, and so surprising m its results as Seigel's Curative Syrup, but to-day it is a standard remedy for that almost universal affliction m every civilised country m Europe, Asia, Africa and, America. Public testimonials and private letters from military officers, bankers, merchants, ship captains, mechanics, fanners, and their wives and daughters, alike confirm Its curative powers.

NEARLY RAISED HIM FROM THE GRAVE.

Swiss Cottage, Walton-on-the-Nazc, August 27th, 1 8S6. A. J. White, Limited. Dear Sirs, — If a testimonial is of any use to you respecting the remarkable cure 1 have derived by taking your " Seicel's Syrup," you are at liberty to make any public use of' this you may deem best. For upwards of twelve years I have suffered from rxtrema Nervous Debility and Gastric Catarrh which reduced me so that I was totally unable to do any business, and caused great prostration ; and weakness. About three years ago I had the advice of several members of the medical faculty, and under their treatment derived little or no Rood, Being m town some ten months ago, I was advised to try your Curativ I Syrup, and purchased a bottle. I had not taken many doses before I began to feel a ! fresh man. I could walk with ease, while ' before I had hard work to carry one leg . before the other. My strength gradually increased and my eyesight got better, which before I frequently lost, owing to the malady ' arising from a sluggish liver, often m bed for several days with piles, and could hardly I move. lam thankful to you and to God for noarly raising me from the grave, for it was nothing but your Seigcl's Syrup that has restored me to robust health. — Yours faith fuily, A, Kichold.

Rcvesby, near Boston, D ccmbcr 31st, 1886. • A. J. White, Limited. Dear Sir, — Your Seigel's Syrup I find has an increasing sale m this neighborhood, and shall ajways dp my best to furtner the sale ol an article that' everyone tfiat purchases speaks highly m its favour. I oho have great satis faction m saying that I quite believe my wife, wax permanently cured of Indigestion anil Wind on the . Stomach, from which she had suffered intensely some time previous to taking it.— Faithfully yours, A. Burn.

Altnnagh, Abbeylcix, Queen's County, Ireland, December 24th, 1886. A, J. White, Limited. Dear Sir, — I hope that your Seigel's Syrup and Pills may get the sale they so well deserve. I had a very delicate child, a boy now over nine years, but' being averse to eating any kind of vegetable or food from his birth, I began giving him Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, and after a few weeks he recovered so ns to be able to consume as much food aa other boys of his age, and to the great astonishment of the neighbors, he is lively, getting into flesh, and thriving as well as boys of his age do. We give all the credit of his recovery to Seigei's Syrup.w. Yours faithfully,

THE ASHBURTON GUAKDIAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1887.



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Public Koticos. ECONOMY IN TIME : ECONOMY IN LABOB^: ECONOMY IN FENCING MATERIAL, Patent Titan Wire Strainer. ADVANTAGES: V T strains a wiro anywhere, either I post or midway ; makes the best knot, and one which seldom breaks old wire ; doia not dip about io working ; sfraJnn with unrivalled power, oaso, and freedom from annoyance ; docs not allow the wiro to slackon moro than ONE- SIXTEENTH of an inch while being secured ; combines lightness ond strength m tho highest degree ; can be conveniently applied to all purposes whioh require wires to be joined under tension. A REVOLUTION IN WIRE FENOIKQt IWSOTED BY REID'S PATENT TRIPLEX WIRE STRAINER. (Patented m 1885 throughout Great, Sritain, the United States, and the Colonies.) . No Straining Poßtsl required except at the angles of fences. The boring of Straining Posts unnecessary. The advantages claimed for theeej * n^ latest and most improved moans of strain." ing wire fences, are : — THEY COST NOTHING, because they pay their cost m the straining posts they save. THEY ARE A DIRECT GAIN m economy of time and labor, because no 1 boring of straining pouts is required, and the whole process of straining occupies only about quarter the usual «.ime. f f HEY EFFECT A FURTHER SAV- ING of time and labor as l»ng as the fence exists, because they are left perma* nently attached to the wires, which can therefoie bo tightened or slackened when- ever desired. Comparative Estimate of 14 chains of G-Wiro Fence. UNDER OBDINABY METHOD. No Wire Stretchers left attaohed. 8. di 2 Btrainß of 7 chains ea(«h ( requiring 3 straining posts at say 3s each 9 0 Labor at 2 atrain9 of 6 wires, say 1 man for 1 hour, at Is per hour 1 Labour digging, erecting, and fixing 3 straining posts and stays for eamo cay 1 man for 4 hourß, at Is per hour ... ... ... 4 0 Labor boring two straining posts, cay 1 man for 20 minutea , 0 4 Total ... l" UNDEIt NEW SYBTEM. Triplex Wiro Stretchers being left attaohed to Wire. ■• d 1 strain of 14 chains, Patent Tiiplox Wire Stretchers used midway, and straining 7 chains on each side ; only 2 straining poßta required, at say 'da each . 6 0 Labor at one strain of 6 wiree, say 1 man for 20 minutes, only no fasieniDgg.eing required ... 0 Labor erectin digging, and fixing . 2 straiuin posts and stays for same, say man for hours 40 minute 8 ... 2 No boring required ... 0 0 °Cost of 6 Triple Wire Stretchers, at say about 8d each 4 0, Total 13 *NOTE WELL. —If lITAN WIRE STRAINER be ueed. and removed after Blraining, the above item of 4s will also be saved, though at tho expense of future efficiency. frhowing Now System to be so much more economical than the old <^ne — that a balance is left over qjter Including the cost of Triplex Wire Hlretchet 1 1 /j| McCallum & Co. Solo A g le^for theXounty of fcturt JOHN OBB.&CO. ARE NOW SHOWING Large Stocks IN IRONMONGERY, Including the following— -, Perforated Zinc, Babbat Metal, Wir« Netting, Engine Packing .". Patent Scythes, Hayrakes ond Forks Saratoga Trunks, Gladstone Bags, Portmanteaus New Patent Tile Register Grates, Fenders, Firo Guardo, Fire Irons and Lamp Stoves Plough Lino, Seaming Twine and JRopo Bedstonds, French Stump,' Half Teatei and Cots New American Perambulators Butter Workers, Milk Pans and Churns Oils, Points, and Colors of all kinds Varnishes — Oak, Copal, Body and Carriage Grindstones and Fittings, Knife Cleanejs m great variety Digging, Manure, Stone, Potato, and Hay Forkß • - Axep, Picks, frhovelß, and Breast Ploughs Mangles, Wringers, atd Washing • Machines {raws of all kinds, including Fretsaws Hammers, Wrenches Bolte, Locks and Uinge&[o£ all.feindß Lampblack, Oil, Raddle Sheep Shears, 11a N.Z,, B.B.A.KiZ«s 38 A. S. and7s'a Turkey and Washita Oilstonce.



Public Notice oIUnMUC, oiUnAuti WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. rTIDE Undersigned begß to nnnounce to JL his numerous friends of Ashbtirton and the surrounding districts that ho has taken over the NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MER- CANTILE AUKNCy GO'S STORES IN ASHJJUKTOJN, And is prepared to receivo Wool aod Grain for KTOBAGU or SUJPMffiNT. Liberal Cash Advances mode on WOOL, GRAIN, SKINS, &c., m store or con- signed for SaX WOOLPACKS and CORNSAOKS at the Lowest Prices. TWINE, CHAFF, OATS, OILS, LAMPBLACK, &c. GRAIN bought and nold. Land and Estate Agent. AGENT~FOR— N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency Co Union Insdbancb Company Brooke's Sheep Dip, Etc. Newest Improved Threahing Machines arranged for, PEED. MAKEIGr, 11 35 Ashburton. Wool Season, 1887-88. WE are prepared to make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES agalnat Large or SMALL Clip? of Wool, whether In- tended for Sale tn ASHBUETON OE ELSE- WHERE. Wo bavejnate moat eatlnfaotory r aarange2 menta for - SHIPPING CLIENTS' WOOL, If prlcen realised m Aohbnrton are not considered satisfactory. It is our Intention to hold PEEIODICAL WOOL SALES Throughout the Season, Of which due notice will ba given, and at our GRAIN STORE, which was con- structed with due regard to LIGHT, will be EMPTY, we shall have an opportunity of displaying the Wool to tho very beßt advantage, which should bo a dißideratum to the Seller. Charges exactly the same as Obrlntcharch; Farmers, consult your beat intereßts, and Sell locally, thereby saving Railway Freight. WOOIPACKS ASTD TWINE '01' THE] BEST QUALITY SUPPLIED. H. MATSON & CO. MESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS. a&7E 30H ..BALM THE FOLLOWING ROPEETXEi— -i -4 X ACBE3, bevm: R.B. No. 20078, L1 O . 2007!), 20295, t;t ABhton, lately otcupica by Mr Tlaos. Magee. IHO AORKS, being U.S. 28685, 2S6BG at AHA ACRES, Jaid down m grasa for 5 rM'\J\J yenre, diviiod into 2 }>;uidcckß, vritli etablo theroou, ct Kylo. *7C\C\ AOttE S m grass,, for 6ye.Vß,at I VJKJ Dromora. 400 AOBES ' at ABll bnrt;on. 1 ( \(\ ORB B. being part of ,11,8. 7186 at I v7w Wakanni, now oompied fey-Mr a, Adams. -!(>£> ACRES at Weaterfield, Of* ACRES Do. nr\ Do. Do. 209 Do - D " 104 Da ' Do - -158 Di 120 i Do - Do - LOTB lfi, 17, 18,10 aid 20 each containing übouti an acre, fronting Wiutet'a Eoad n-id Cha'lis atreot, being immediately opposite tbe Woollen Factory. LOT 77, feonr.h-ea&t Town Belt, Asbburton, containing J-acre, with Dwell ing-toußo theroon. TOWN F-ECTIONS No 1045, 1047, 1060 Peter stroet. TOWN SECTIONS No 580, 681, with i- roomed House on each etctioa, Ganuron Btrtefc. TOWN SECTIONS No 605 and CliG, Park street . For price, terrae, and full paiticulara apply to tho uuaoraignod. OUR FIRST WOOL SALE OF THE SEASON Will b 3 hold m tho FIRST WJEIiK IN DEOEMBEP;; Full patticularß m future advoilisemcnt. REGULAR AUCTION B ALES * Jon SATURDAYS, Olf Form Produce, Furniture. Horace,'. Catllo, Pigs, AND Farm linploaaonta, Sales of BTOCK m Countr fcaleynrdi every TDESDAi 1 , BHEEPBKIN Pal« 8 every Second FRIDAY duting tho Season. Clearing Faim Bales, and othe: Local Bales OK MONDAYS WEDNESDAYS, THUBSDAYfi S-AND rmDAYB, PBIEDLAiDER BEOS., PETER WIDTHS, ~ Auotioueer*



Public Notices I fl(E>lOBBHOIDlCON i A SURE CURE for PILES. Anew discovery. Forwarded to any addresß on receipt of 7b 6d. Communications stricdy confidential. WALTER B. MOSS, Ashburton. F. B. von SCHOENEBERG, (Late of Christciiuroh,) CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, AND UNDBRTAKBB, HAS opened those Premises (next "W. Patching) late m occupation of Andrkwes Bros., East street, md hopes to receive a fair share of the public Buppoit, being prepared to MAKE FURNITURE of any design to order at OHRISTCHUROH HATES. 11*87 BAKER BROS. BUI LDEU9, UNDERTAKE RS, Ac, Corner Wakanui Road aDd Oasß Btxeet, (Next Centra;. Hotbl ) Or at Baker and Brown's Ooaoh Factory, tvelook street* 11J100 W. F. HANNAFORD, TINSMITH AND METAL- PLATE WORKER, BURNETT STREET, opposite " Mall," KEEPS In stock and can make to order all varletlea of TINWARE for DAIRYING aid FARMING purposes, All Goods sold at lowest remunerative prices. Repairs of any sort promptly executed In a skilful manner. Please give a call. HORSE HAIR and BEES-WAX par- ohnßed for CASH. 10 kottcw. Proctor and Co, BULLOCK'S AROft.DE (Late HAVES AND CO ) BEG to inform the publio of Ashburton and surrounding districts that they are determined to uphold the character which their establishment has so long held as the BEttT and CHEAPEST. They «ro now opening a well assorted Stock of GROCERIES, etc., which they will dispose of at the Lowest Rates for Cash. lit* SADD.T EEY! SADDLERY M MR A. IRELAND, having started m above Business,- in premisea next door to Mr J'aichjko, Tent Maker, East Street, hopes, by strict attention to Busi- ness, to merit a Bhare of publio patronage. THB LOWEST p"rICES CHARGED. Evbiy ieqoisite m the Trade kept m Stock. P.S. — In order to encourage Bueinera, I intend to give a valuable Astronomical Toloscopo, to be drawn for m G months. Each purchaser of goods, to value of £5, will entitle buyer to a tickot. 11*19 E: McOallum (LATE CF ORR AND ALOORN) .YEGS most reepootfally to inform the Xj inhabitants of Ashburlon and Sur- rounding Districts, that he will open on SATURDAY, 15th INST, .Those premises m Tancred Street, known as Fowler's Buildings, with n large and well Aesortod St'ok of GROCERIES of the best eacriptlor.s, at Lowest Prices Note Addhks.s.— X, McCALLUM, FAMILY GROOER, Next MITCHELL AND TURNER. 1Q g Mt. Somers Coal. mHE TRAMWAY havingJSbeen com- -"- pleted, the undersigned can supply COAL m &ny quantity : APHBURTON, 17a per too /by thoiTruok TINWALD ... 17« „ v WINSLOW ... 17a „ „ HINDS ... 17s „ EAXING ...183 „  DROMORE ... 17a „  OHERTSEY ... 17s „ ,« Terms Cash. Messbs TUOKEU and RESTELL, ole'o gents for Aohburf on. 11*30 E. P. WRIGHT. ASHBURTON WOOLLEN FACTORY CO. ANDREW ORR RECEIVED first Prize for the Ash burton Woollen Factory Go's (joods at the Annual Show for Tweeds, Blankets, Flannels, Fingerings, Rugs, &c. Why send for Goods Manufactured elsewhere, when we have First-class Goods made ;up m the place, and about £6000 Bpont annually on wages, benefiting hundreds^ of {people diroctiyjand indirectly! v — — Support Local Industry PURCHASE YOURIGOODS RUrl A.NDBEW ORR. I ■



HolijOwax's JOinxmbnt and Pills. — A fre- quent cause of gout and rheumatism is the inflammatory Btate of the blood, attended with bad digestion and general debility. A few doses of the pills taken m timo are an effectual preventive against gout and rheu- matism. Anyone who has an attack of either should use Holloway's Ointment also, the powerful aotion of whioh, aombined with the operation of the pills, must infallibly effeot a cure. These pills aot direotly on the blood, whioh they purify and improve. Having onoo subdued tho severity of these diseases, perseverance with the ointment, after t omont- ing tho affeoted joints with warm brine, will spoedily relax all BtiffneßS and prevent any permanent oontraotion. Public Notices A' RT UNION.— As only a few Tickots aro undisposed of, those wishing to participate should make immediate application, Tickots. 2s 6d. — W. Zander 115125 ___^ TO FARMERS. TjlOR SALE— A new WOOL PREBS. T. BULLOCK. MOInEY TO LEND. I HAVE £200, £400, £1,400 and othor sums, waiting investment on good freehold security at current rates of interest. JOHN A. CAYGILL, 10+58 Solicitor, Tanored street £20 REWARD. IN oonsoquonce of tho amount of Poaching going on m the Creeks on tho Logmlior Estate, tho above reward will be paid to anyone giving information that will lead to a conviction. From this dato NO ONE will be per- mitted to fish m the Creeks on the Lagmhor Estate. 11*58 DONALD MoLEAN. IN response to v numerously signed requisition, I respoctfully request the Burgesses to observe December Bih nex>, a HOLIDAY, boing the dato fixed for opening the Mount Somera Tramway, when the Railway Department will run an Exoursion Train m connection with the same. IHOS. BEALY, 11 124 . Mayor. WANTED KNOWN. AT I. SALEK AND CO.'S, Licensed Pawnbrokers, East Street, AFIKST-OLASS Watchmaker and Jeweller ia employed on tho Premises. Wutches cleaned and repaired, and every description of Jewellery niado and repaired At LOWEST CURISTOHUROH PRICES OS WATOHEsToLEANED 5 3 GLASSES, Gd ; HANDS, od. WATERBURY'S repaired from 2s 6d, N.B.— Waterbury'g reduced from 13s 6d to 12b. 11 12G r^DDFELLOWS' TTALL. RACE NJGHTS, 23 hd AND 24tii NOVEMBER. Lessee and Manager Mr T. Stapleton Stage Manager ... Mb i.«\ J. Arbuckle Musical Diroctor ... Mb J. Brocket* ROBIN HOOD "... COMBINATION KOBIN HOOD ... COMBINATION ROBIN MOOD i COMBINATION ROBIN HOOD ... COMBINATION In their unrivalled Drawing Room and Rented Entertainment. For further particulars hoo Day Bills and Programmes. Admission : 3s, 2s, and la Doors open at 7.30 p.m., over- ture at 8 o'clock 11 120 •p AGE T)ALL To bo hold Immediately after the Entertainment. Admission :2e Gd ; Ladies free. Yusio by the Summer Assembly Band. 11 122 HAYING taken over the Grocery and Earthenware Departments of tho Business of the late Firm of ORR and ALOORN, I will continue those Branches of the BaelnOßß m tho same Shop for the present. I have regular Shipments of GLASS AND EARTaS&aWAI\fc, Coming forward from the Mannfnotnrera which enables me to SELL at a FRIOE that defies competition. I intend, as formerly, making TEA my speciality. COFFEE ground dally on the Premie «. Quality combined with Obenpnesa will be my Motto. R. ALOORN. P. B. — Having taken over the debtß of tho IRONMONGERY and GROCERY I Departments of tho luto linn of Okr and Aloobn; persons indebted are hereby requested to settle at once, or call on mo and arrange and save expenses. 9*99 ROBERT ALCORN, MAYORAL ELECTION. TO THOS. SEALY, Esq. DEAR SIR,— We, the undersigned burgesses of tho Borough of Aah- barton, request thnt yoa will again allow yourself to be nominated for the position of Mayor at tho forthcoming election. Your term of office, which U about to explro, was rendered memorable]! by the oelebration of the Qaoon's Jubilee, and by tho late contested elections, both of which events entailed much responsibility and arduous labor on the occupant of tho Mayoral Chairman d whioh werejporforoied by you m such a way as to give general satisfaction. The urbanity and impartiality with whioh you have presided over the delibera- tions of tho Borough Counoil have been Instrumental In expediting tho despatch of business, and testifyes to your eminent fitness for the position, besides having gained for you the rospeob and esteem of your fellow cUlzins. Tho experience gained by your attend' anoo at the Munioipal Conference at Wellington would, we aro persuaded, bo of the utmost value to your fellow burgesses. In contusion, we feel that you will be consulting tho beßt interests of tho Borough by allowing yourself to be nominated, and m the event of your oonttentlng to do so, we pledge ourselves i to make every effort to Bdoure your return. (Signed) Goo. Kldd, Jan Quinn, Ohas. Ray, E, Oookaon, Albert Roberts, Thoe. Leahy, M.D. And a largo number of other Burgesses, To Messrs Ueo. Kidd, Jas. Quinn, C. Ray, E. Cookson, Albert Roberts, Dr Leahy, and other BurgOßaes signing the abovo requisition. r^ENTLEMEN, — Please accept my \Jf thanks for your flattering requisi- tion which was presented to mo this morning, and m view of the numerous and influential way m which it has been signed. 1 fool it my duty to again place my services at tho disposal of the rate- payers, and if elected to tho position of Mayor for a second term 1 shall do my best to promote the intorosto of tho town I am, Gontlomeo, ours respectfully, THOS, SEALY. A«U||Hrt9«»i.7^NoTt»b«r,Wß7:|.U M



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