THE WAITOTARA PETITION.

Wbllington, November 11. JLn application In Chambers m the c>se Of Bryoe v Hutchison, for an order to compel the latter to produce his bank book xn.% granted by the Chief Justice.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR WI TAKO.

Wbeunqtoh, November 20. The funeral of the late Hon. Wl Tako Kgatata, who died a few days ago, took plaoo thi« afternoon, and waa the largest •Yet seen m this district, and probably m the colony. The weather was fine. At two o'olock a special train, conveying the Wellington Naval Artillery, the D Battery ci Artillery, and the first battalion of the Wellington Rifle Volunteers left for Petooe where the Volunteers disembarked, and were joined by the Petone Navals and the Heretaunga Oavulry. The Govern ment launch Ellen Ballance took over fifty, of the permanent force, and these •omprUed the firing party. At 230 the ordinary passenger train left town, and look over 3000 people, Besides this •evenl of the harbor boats carried Euaengetß to. the beaoh, and the road waa rgely patronised, being lined with vehicles Of all dewriptlons. At three o'clock the funeral eort&ge left the late residence 6f the deceased, and prooeeded to the Roman Catholic Churoh, Lower Hutt, and at the eonoltulon of the first part ot the ■erries it returned to the starting point, wh«e It w»b met by » parade of Volun lien and hundreds <f monrners who had gone from town. The cuffia was carried on a gun carriage, and the precession then proceeded to the Native burirl ground at Petone, the carriage being drawn by a detachment of tbe Petone Navals. The m-tige was a mile m length, and was witnessed by thousands. Amongst the follower! were tbe members of the Cabinet and nearly all the members of the Legis lature, numeious head officials of tbe Civil Service, the Major, and prinolpal citizens of Wellington, clergy of the j different demonstrations, beside? numerous fr lee els of the deceased chief, and also the members of the hapu to which he had belonged, Major-General Sir George Whitmore was m charge of the parade. There were also present Lieut -Colonel Butts (Officer Commanding the district), Majors Mesienger and GaßCofgne, and Captains Anderson, Powell, and Ooleman, of the Permanent Force. It is aider itood that a feaat m connection with the death of this well-known chief will coat over £500, The cruah at the Wellington B«Uw*y Station this afternoon was the largeitiseen, and several ladies m their anxiety to obtain seats allowed themselves ia be dragged through the windows of Ahe oantageß.

SOUTH CANTERBURY FARMERS' ASSOCIATION

■- ♦ ■ Timaru, November 20. At the annual mtetlßg of the Farmers' Association, the report stated that there has been a corresponding expansion of the business lv almost every department, and more especially m the export trade of wool and mutton, and m the Bale of pro duce m the colonial markets Daring the year ending 30th September, nearly 20,000 carcases of mutton were Bhlpped to Jjondon on owners' account, ao against About 4000 for the previous year, la de posing of the amount of £2605 17s 4d net profit for the part year, the Directors hare deolded, with tha approval of this meeting, to pay a dividend at the rate of S per cent per annum, to transfer to credit of shareholders m the capitalised bonus ftoconnt a sum equal to 5 per cent on the goods purchased during the year, they ftlso recommend the payment of a bonua to the members of the staff at 6 per cent On their respective salaries a»d that the balance of about £560 be carried to the reserve fund, The report adds— "The Directors have pleasure m stating that muoh practical benefit is likely to aocrue from the half-yearly conferences of delegates from the New Zealand Farmers' Association and our own, held In Christ- Chnroh and Timaru alternately, on such Blatter* as the arrangement of freights, the i°lnfc purchase of large lines of goods, the opening up of new markets for product mkl the disposal of surpluß stock. The advantage of combined action la eufficlentlv obvious, and as time progresßea i it Ib probabie that questions of polioy of ■till greater Important may profitably engage the attention of the delegates. In tefeirlng to thosa conferences your Dlreotois desire to express their approval of the valuable suggestion made by the Chairman of the Northern Association that « company Bhould be formed under the auaplcea of both Associations to endartake ths business of fira and marine insurance." The election of Direotors resulted aa follows :— Meaßrs J Campbell, W. B. Howell, E. P. Scaly, T. Mitchell, D. T. Carter, F H, Barker, A. Kelland, J. S. Eutherford, T. Jefeoate, O. Tipping and James S. King

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AC QUIRED IN SHAVING

♦ A case waß recently, decided {n A Connty Court many serve as a caution to barbers and haJr-dresssrs, who ara iQ danger of forgetting their responsibilities In respect of contagions disease, while it •honld Instruct the public as to some obocore bat unavoidable rlika to which they are liable. A man who wbb In the btblt of being ihaved every Saturday even- Ing at the modeat coat of three half-pence, was sensible on a certain Sunday of an unaccountable irritation m the skin of his face. He consulted a neighboring practitioner, who pronounced hifl trouble to be " parlsittc barbers' Itch. " One form of sycosis menti, ie will be remembered, Ii due to the presenoa of the parasite of ringworm, and, like other ca^e m whloh the seats of halr-gtowlh are affected by this troublesome pest is very intractable. This doubtless, was the character of the disease m question m the case before us; end the deoißion of the judge, which waa not arrived at without considerable hesitation, held that the barber was guilty of having infected his client by means of & dirty razor, brush, or towel. We confess that this judgment, la, to our mind, by no means a clear one. Of direct proof of culpable neglect on the barber's put there was none. At the sam 6 time no other possible source cf contagion Appears to have been suggested and certainly the facts that the face was the part affected, and that at the coal a oleanly renewal of shaving materials for eaob customer w»b well-nigh impossible, must lnveßt the verdiot with whatever support Is derivable from circumstantlil evidence. If therefore, ire grant that the material! need were net clean, to which of them ehould blame specially be attached? It seems to us fir lobs likely that the razor was accountable than that eiiher the soap or towel was so, the firat mentioned being so much more easily cleauead. With a view to the prevention of each accidents Jn the future, it seems, therefore, that all ibftffbera should follow the rule already .observed by the better class of that fraternity, and m place of using Boap m the block form, employ a soap cream, a little of which oan be set apart for each customer. The provision of separate towels and brushes m each case is at leaat equally desirable, even though it entail an extra halfpenny In the charge -»-"Jjancet."

CHARITABLE AID

Wo clip the following from the " South Canterbury Times " :— The following true story will serve to show the difficulties which beset the administration of charit able aid, Whilo it i 3 certainly instructive, it is not les3 cerlalaly amming, though the the joke may not be so keenly relished by the local bodiea as by the outside public It appears that some time ago a man In Waimate became an intolerable burden to the Charitable Aid Boa<d, and that body determined to rid itself of him. After somo negotiation the Board and the County Council contributed sufficient money to enable the " a>urdy beggar " to return to his native Cornwall, where be declared he had wealthy relations pining for his return. In dua course he Bailed for " England, home and beauty " at the board's expense. Arrived m Cornwall he repaired, not to his ancestral halls, but to the room m which the Board of Guardians of the Parish sat, and applied to them for aid. They heard his story, and declined to do' anything for him except give him a passage to New Zealand at;ain, and m a few days he was packed off again by the a. a. Coptic, and arrived here the other day very much the better for his olroum navigatory trip. He is now engaged m once more wooing the favot of the Charitable Aid Board, with what success time wili show

THE PANAMA CANAL INTEREST

M. da Lesaep'a enthusiasm and fame may blind the eyes of the humble French inveator, bat a cool calculation of the present position and proapeois of the Panama Canal would effectually keep English oapitalistß from advancing their money. Up to the present five millions sterling have been distributed as interest oat of capital, and the following figures worked out by the " Statist " show that, inclusive of the issue jußt projected, an annual payment ia involved of nearly two and a half millions sterling a year, with only a small earn of lesß than £200,000 a year from the railroad investment coming m : — » Annual Interest. Ordinary capital £305,000 Five per cent bonds 250,000 Three percent bonds... .., 360 000 Four per cent bonds 346, 0U0 Three per cent lottery, 1886 ... 600 000 Three per cent lottery, 1889... 600,030 £2,461,000 With the present system of ooatly finance acd the rate of progress of the work, the costs will amount to at least 120 millions sterling, and the company will have to earnjj twelve millions to cover working expenses, interest, and other charges, or about five tlmeß the amount earned by the Suez Oanal Company.

INSECT PESTS.

From all parts of the country (says the " Home News "of September 2) complaints are rife of a plague. of insects, the result of the abnormally dry summer. In this respect the usually favored climate of FnglaDd somewhat resembles at present that of the Australian Colonies, where not only at particular Boasonß, but throughout the year, crawling or winged pests create annoyance. Our kinsfolk, however, accustomed as they are to the inevitable presence, tn at these things m a philoso phic manoer, without airing their grievances before tb.9 world by pieous appeals to the local papers, aa is tho custom among Englishmen Tha latest invasion of the country after the Hessian fly is represented by an influx of earwigs, which m come places are rapidly increas ing m numbeif, and swarm through the houses at the clos9 of day. Ants are also a greater trouble than usual, and the ordinary house and blowflies, which m the colonies are unmitigated nuisances, are m some counties causing much incon venience to householders by spoiling their meat and drink. Another pest — the mosquito — is now acclimatised m our midst, co that another dry summer may bring on us plagues hitherto only known to foreign countries. With regard to blowflies, it may interest Australians to learn that, recording to a calculation made by Linnceus, a couple of those prolific and hateful insects, if permitted to multiply, couid carry off a horße m Jess than a summer, and m less than five years would cover the earth with their progeny.

MAGNETISED WIND.— A SUGGES TION FOR MR HAGGARD

About one hundred miiea east of £21 Paaco, near Sierra Bianco, on the line of I the Texas and Pacific Railway, there ia a strange phenomenon that haa just come to public notice. The authority for the statements about to be made is ex- Gjvernor John 0. Brown, of Tennessee, receiver of the Texaa and Pacific Rail w&y, who visited this city a few days age, accom panied by several officials of the road, Including Division Superintendent Judy, m whose jurisdiction the phenomenon is located. Governor Brown and.Superin tendent Judy told the Btory to one or two persons here, and it has just come out. About three years ago the Texas and Pacific Railway Company undertook to Bink an artesian well a few railcß east of Sierra Blanco, which is a little hamlet ninety-five miles east of El Pabco. The workmen pnt the pi^e down about Bix hundred feet, when suddenly an under ground cavern was struck, and the drill dropped about Biz feet, and a current of air rushed up the pipe. Drilling ceased and the well was abandoned, the 600 feet of pipe remaining m m the ground and giving a connection between the surface of the earth and the subterranean cavity a quarter of a mile beneath. The phenomenon did not at that time attract the attention of any one sufficiently interested to investigate Recently, however, Superintendent Judy's attention was called to it, and his personal ex amination and inquiries have develpoed peculiar facts and testimony about the wonderful well. Governor Brown BtoppeS to see it on his way heve. Not many people live near the well, but those who do reside m the neighborhood of it are thorough y acquainted with it. Ever Bince it was abandoned, three years ago, the people near by have been m the habit of going and sitting about the walla m eammer to enjoy the cool and Invigorating air that rushes up the pips. One of the strangest thioga is the fact that the current of air ebbs and flow a like the ocean tides. From 10.15 a.m. till 10.15 p.m , a current of air rnshes out of the pipe with a sound that resembles the notae made bj a locomotive hlowing off &tnam, bo loud that it can be heard for forty or fifty yards, At 10.15 p.m. the overflow of air ceases and a strong suction sets In, whioh lasts for the next twelve hours, this obb and flowing continuing day after day. It baa been observed by hortsemen that whenever they get m the neighborhood of the well strong magnetic forces are felt i and eparka are given off if the horse's mane is touched. Recently a man from Sierra Blanco was eltth g close to the well, aod pn faking out his pocket-knife found a nail which he had m his pocket clinging to his knife, He held the knife m the current of atr, and found the magnetic property was greatly Increased. Several weeks ago Superintendent Judy held his pocket-knife m the earrent of air, for four minutes and the knife ia etjll strongly magnetised from the effect, The o^tfjowing current of air is believed to poaaeES remarkable curative properties Ita efficacy is to be tested by experiments upon cases of paralyßis and other diseases. The people who live near the wonderful well call it "The Fountain of Youth,"— Galveßton .(Texas) N6TTO.

SHOCKING

» Writing upon some of the evils of modern society being due more to the lack of imagination than want of hearf, the "PallAiall Gazatte," taking up the cudgels on behalf of poor birds, S'iyß :— "Take another instance — the slaughter of birds involved m fashionable finery. English women are surely not yet so dead to all the gracious and gentle m Btincts of their Bex that they would go on wearing ' Osprey ' plumes if they oould once be made to Bee the said plamea m process of preparntion. Mr Bowdlor Shsrpe, of the British Museum, de scribes the wretched business m the " Standard" :— The long plaraes, mis named ' Oaprey ' by the dealers, are (he says) taken from the egrets and smaller herons, who wear them for a short time only during the nesting season. These beautiful blrda breed generally m oom panlea, or " rookeries," as they are called, and one of the prinolpal nesting places was Florida. So great, however, has been the demand for " Osprey " plumes by th 3 ladies of Europe and America that these heron rookeries have been all but destroyed by professional gunnera. Ai the long and delicate feathers are only donned during the breeding seaeon, it is at the latter time of the year th.B massaote takes place round the nests. "Cannot something be done," Mr Sharps asks, "to stop snob, wicked slaughter 1" Yes, it can. The facts oan be driven home. But only good rousing eenaationalism, and no armohair agitation, oan do that."

THE INVISIBLE IMPALPABLE GHOST

— * Among persons who suffer from over work and too prolonged and assiduous attention to business, may be mentioned the Invisible Palpable Ghost, When this Ghoßt was first introduced to the scene of bis labors, to the pages of romance, some other investigator may decide. He first came forward, to the best of my knowledge, m a short story by an Irish- American author, Fitz James O'Brien which was published before 1860. Then he began to hsunt an English magazine, for his adventures had "won their way to the mythioal," aa Thucydides, had got into oral tradition and thenc9 were ' wrought into literary shap9 by some author who did not know -that the Ghost had already walked— ln an American periodical. I next met him m a Bhnrt story by Mr Wilkie Collins, Mrs Zaot and the Ghost, (see Little Novels vol 1., p. 1. Ohatto and Windas, 1887). Here the Ghost, though still visible and palpable, wbb really a very good Bort of fellow. He haa crossed the Channel and will be fouud by the curious m Le Horla, a new volume of ehort stories by M Guy de Maupassant (Ollendor^ Paris, 1887). Le Horla is only the first conte, whioh gives a name to the book. The Horla, then, ia a palpable but commonly invisible Ghoßt which haucta a man's bedroom— the man is bachelor, of ocurßß. It drinks the water m bis water-bottle, and makes him thirsty, add when be wakens, thirsty he remains, and frightanod too. It gathers roues m his garden. It reada bocks m his library, the leaves turning regularly under an invisible hand. I think I would not seriously quarral with a ghost who waa fond of books Perhaps he might also ba fond of turn ing out copy. I would merely say to him, * Juat verify theee references to Higglnus.and Pherlcydes, my dear Horla ; write me a ballad for the,. Sign of tho Ship, finiah a review of Mr Lecky'a History, of England and then come up to Lords about tea time. You will find the cigarettes on tho chimuey piece.' If a g'lost can read a ghost can write ; if a ghost can drink a ghoßt oan smoke ; if a ghost can gather roses, he may like to ccc a good catch made. One might find a great deal of company m a Horla ; but M. Gay de Maapaaaant'a hero never thought oPthie; he tried to kill hi? Horla. He chut him up m a room and set fire to his house He forgot to warn the servants, and there is every reason, we fear, to believe that ha did not warn the insurance office. How the Horla took it nobody knows. On the whole it seems desirable that Horlas thould be allowed a holiday. . They don't improve aa they go on. O'Brien's Horla waa infinitely the beat of (ho family, or (if they are all the same Horla) he was fresher then, more Vigorous, and more appalling. He has no wife and was not a literary oharacter.

ENSILAGE.

A correspondent writes as follows : — As farmers are yearly finding the greater need of winter feed for their stock, and the drawing from their lands the utmoet of their producing capacity, ensiling of green feed of all kinds during the summer months when it is of least value — indeed, often going to waste for the want of a re munerative price for efcook— Bboring It up for the season of Bcarcity, should be widely adopted throughout the colonies as it is now done both m England and the United Statoa. Mr Thorold Rogers, of Oxford, after personal investigation, B»ya : "The boII aud climate of the States not being favorable for root crops, under the old system store cattle and milch cows needed to be fed on hay with oil cake, etc., and I was frequently told that it took the produce of two and a half acres to feed a cow, and if a profitable supply of milk was to be pot, she should also have some cix qaarts of oroahed cats or their equivalent daily." Some persona also stated that tinder tho new system of ensilage, tho produoe of half an acre of the same land with two qaarts of some albuminoid food, would koop the animal ill tho year round m belter condition, md with a far higher yield of milk. No one, they concluded, who once tried Bneilage would go back to tho old ways. Grass, and especially a f termath, is a favorite material fo? ensilage ; Indeed, there ia nothing which cattle will oat except roots, which fa not put into these save-ftlls and stcrcd. The cost of cutting and storing green forage ia not nearly so much- as that which is expended In making hay, especially when the weather is capricious, and then the product 1b infinitely more valuable. Aa an illustra tion of the extraordinary increase of.pro duotlon and food supply from the adoption of the system, Oolonol Wclcott told me that he was enabled by ensilage to keep four times the number of cows on the same acreage that he had been able to keep when he gave his animals green food m Bummer and hay m winter. Sheep and pi^B, even poultry, have been fed on it with results as uniformly favorable." 11 It ia a curious fact,", says an American journal, " that while many scientific men, numerous professors m agricultural colleges, and eminent ohemlata denounce the system as unworthy tho time and attention of the agriculturist, yet hundreds of practical farmcra have, notwithstanding, prooeeded to bnild ailoß, and store fodder crops and feed eneilngo to their live stock | with almoßt unvarying euccess." Then '•the dairyman m particular will never produce a satisfactory yield from hla herd upon pasture alone, and ho cannot too soon consider the best method to produce a uniform yield from hie dairy through out the season." It is added, that " one considerable advantage m the use oi ensilage m the early date at which tru lands can be entered on for cultivation ol the following crops, aB the best time foi cutting is early m the flowering stage d the plants."

AUCTIONEERS' REPORT.

) Me Alfred Harrison reports his weekly aale on Saturday, November 19;h, an follows : — Cows —Very dull of sale, though several wero sold after sale at low figure*. Pigs. — Selling at good prices, everj Hoe being largely competed fr. Slips, 9s 10a 13a to 14s j Stores, J6* to 17a. Poultry Fowls, li 6cl to 2a 31 ; ducka, 3s 6 i t» 3e 71 p-r pair. Produce. — Derwenta, 2a to 2i 6d ; oatß, la 6d to 1b 8 1 ; chickwheat, 2a to 2j 3d ; bran, 4s 3d ; sharp 3, 7a ; cheese, 3d ; mutton, 2d, hams, bacon, Id to 3d per Ib , tea, 14s, A consignment of boots and shoes sold well. A large quantity of furniture and sundries sold at about market ratea.

HOW ENGLAND COMPETES WITH PRANCE

»■■■■♦ England, In proportion to her population and wealth, is leas heavily taxed than Franca and Germany. England is not burdened with compulsory military servloe, which ia Imposed upon all men m Germany and Franoa for three to five years, Aside from the number of men annually taken away from labor, tha vast standing army thus created la supported directly or Indirectly by the rest of the people. Food Is at least aa cheap m England aa m Germany and muoh cheaper than m France, whore the importation of food products is aubjaot to taxoa already considerable and recently argamented. The condition of the wage-receiving classes m the Bradford district is reported exceptionally good. Among the people mcch good has been accomplished m j founding oofFae taverna, which have rapidly inoreased m favor, and have done more than anything else to oounteraot the evil Inflienca of gin and beer saloons. — Oodbol Grinnall, at Bradford. | I [ I I J » f c 1 J 1 3 a a

THE ASHBUJBTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 187



Public Notices . J NOTICE TO S BEARERS. i SHEARING will commence at Spring- field on FIUD.\Y the 25th inst. 11 112 GOULD & CAM&RON. MR F. G. THOMAS, SURGEON-DENTIST WILL VISIT ASHBURTON ON - . i TUESDAY, 22nd NOVEMBER, ! And may be consulted at the Commercial Hotel, 11 103 HOE A SURE CURE for PILES. Anew discovery. Forwarded to any address on receipt of 7s 6d. Communications strictly confidential. WALTER B. MOSS, Ashburton. BAKER BKOS. BUILDERS, UNDERTAKERS, Ac., Corner Wakanui Soad and Oass sfcieet, (Fext Central Hotel) Or at Baker and Brown's Ooash Faetorv, Htivelock street. 11J100 W. F. HANNAFORD, TINSMITH AND METAL- PLATE WORKER, BURNETT STREET, opposite » Mall," KEEPS m Btock and can make to order all varieties of TINWARE for DAIRYING atd FARMING purposes, All Goods sold at lowest remunerative prices. Repairs of any Bort promptly exeoufced In a akilful manner. Please give a call. HORSE HAIR and BEES-WAX pur- chased for CASH. 10 SADDLERY ! SADDLERY ! ! MR A. IBELAND, having started m above Business, m premises next door to Mb Patching, Tent Maker, East Street, hopes, by strict attention to Busi- ness, to merit a share of public patronage. TBB LOWEST PRICES CHARGED. Eve»y requisite m the Trade kept m Stock. P.S. — In order 10-encourage Business, I intend lo give a valuable Astronomical Telescope, to bo drawn for m 6 months. Each purchaser of goods, to value of £5, will entitle buyer to a ticket. 11*19 Mt. Somers Goal. mHE TRAMWAY having been'foom- -*- pleted, the undersigned can'supply COAL In Any quantity : ASHBURTON, 17a per too,'by theETruok TINWALD ... 17a „  WINSLOW ...17a „ M BINDS ...17s „  EALING ... 18* „ „ DROMORE ... 17a   CHERTSEY ... 17s „ Terms Caoh. Messes TUCKER anu RESTELL, Sole agents for Ashburton, 11*30 M. F. WRIGHT. A. Harrison. Alfred Harrison, AUOT^ONEER, STOCK AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR. SATURDAY SALE at 12 o'clock char — Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Prodnoa »nd Merohandlae. FOR SALE— Farming Implements, and Vehiclee of nil kinds constantly iv Yards on view for Sale. Clearing Sales held m Town or Country as required, and most liberal terms arranged with both Buyers and Sellers. Bents collected, and the business of absentees managed with care. Valuation made of Properties or Mer- chandise on easy terms, Ad\ ances made instantly on Goods delivered at the Stores for Sale. Apant for the Norwich Union Fire In. iurano© Company; Agent for the I MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION O. AUSTRALASIA j &I,FRED HAttRTSONj George Jameson TDRNIP AND_RAPE SEEDS. FOR SALE— Pai-pla and G/eea Top Aberdeen; Mammoth, Greyßtone,and other varieties, Theae have been thoroughly tested; and are^guaranteecl new and fresh GEORGE JAMESON, Aahburton. ~ Wool Season 1887-88. T IBERAL GASH ADVANCES made XJ on Large or Small Clips at Currszrt Kates, Woolpaoks and Twine Supplied. GEORGE JAMESON, Ashburton Wool. Wool. MESSRS MILES AND CO. beg to inform their friends and clients that they propose holding Local Auction Sales of Wool Throughout the Season aa usual, and are now prepared to make Liberal Advances on large or small clips free of Commission, and at af low lats of interest. SALES will be held aa formerly m MR GEO. JAMESON'S SHED, WEST STREET, Where every care and attention will be given to each lot entrusted to our care. The Shed is well lighted, convenient, and m every way suited for the proper display of Wool. WUUJbPACKSAND TWINE supplied at liOwpst Current Rates. J. T. FOR"D, Auctioneer. GEORGE JAMESON, Agent.



Public Notices. MOiNEY TO LEND. I HAVE £200, £400, £1,400 and other sums, waiting investment on good freehold security at current rates of interest. JOHN A. CAYGILL, lotsß Solicitor, Tancred street £20 REWARE. TN consequence of the amount of J_ Poaching going on m the Creeks on thp Lpgmbor Estate, the above reward will be paid to anyone giving information ' that wiil lead to a conviction. From this date NO ONE will be per- mitted to fish m the Creeks "on the Lagmhor Estate. 11*58 DONALD McLEAN. ASHBURTON RACES. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd and 24th, np|HE Burgesses are requested to close JL their places of Business from 12 NOON on tha above days T. SEALY. 11*115 Mayor. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYd. " AGRICULTURAL SHOW, NOVEM- BER 23rd and 24th, and RACES, NOVEMBER 30th and DECEM- Biiß 3rd, at DUNJfIDIN, CHEAP EXCURSION FARES; T^XCURSION Tickets to Dunedin will gjj be issued at Ashburton from the 21st November to 2nd December, available for return till 12th December, at 28s first chss, 18s 6d second class, 11*92 BY ORDER. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. BACES AT ASHBURTON, NOVEMBER 23rd a>d 24th. QATURDAY Return Tickets to Ash- O burton will be iesucd at Christchurch, Timaru, and intermediate stations on 23rd and 24th November, available for return up to 25th inclusive. On the 23rd and 24th Trains will stop at the Ashburton Saleyards Siding (opposite the Racecourse) to set down or take up passengers. FARES: Ashburton to the Saleyards Siding and back, first class, 6d, second- class, 4d, llt!08 By order. BANK HOLIDAY. PURSUANT to~~"The Banks and Bankers' Act Amendment Act, 1882," WEDNESDAY, tho 23rd day of November, 1887, is hereby appointed as a SPECIAL BA;>K HOLIDAY at tho offices of the undermentioned Banks at Ashburton and Rakaia. The Union Bank of Austria, Limited. JOSEPH PALMBB, Chief Officer. The Bank of Australasia, E. W MORRAH, Inspector, The Bank of Nevr Zealand, D. L MURDOCH, 11 97 General Manager, F. H. von SCHOENEBERG, (Late of Christchurch,) CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, AND UNDERTAKER, HAB opened those Premises (next W. Patching) late m occupation of "Andrkv/es Bros., East street, and hopes to receive a fair ebaro of tho public suppoit, being prepared to MAKE FURNiTURW of any design to order at OHRISTCHUROH RATES. 11*87 NO GUBMUH IMMENSE REDUCTIONS. GREAT BARGAINS. mHANKING my Customers for their J. liberal support, I now wish to intimate that my establishment is replete m every Department, viz., Groceries Brushware Provisions Patent Medicines Glass, China, and Fancy Goods Earthenware School Requisite* Holloware j Summer Beverageß Lamps, Cordials and Kerosene, and Liqners Machine Oils Confectionery m Some Cheap Lines Great Variety m Hardware and Biscuits by best Cutlery makers, &c. &c. Agent ior Arthur Yates Garden Seeds. Wholesale and Retail Agent for Nelson, Moate and Co.'s Pure Blended Teas m Packages, Boxes, and Chests, 11. M- CARSON, EAST STREET, Next to the Bank of New Zealand. Ist November 1887. 11 5 MAYORAL ELECTION. TO THOS. SEALY, Esq, DEAR SIR,— We, the undersigned burgeßses of the Borough of Aah- burton, request that you will again allow yourself to be nominated for the position of Mayor at the forthcoming election. Your term of offioe, which fa about to expire, was rendered memorablo" by the celebration of tho Queen's Jubilee, jEtnd by the late contested eleotiona, both of which events entailed much responsibility and arduous labor on the occupant of the Mayoral"Ohair,jand which were (performed by you la such a way as to give general satisfaction. The urbanity and impartiality with wbioh you have presided over the delibera- tions of the Borough Council have been Instrumental m expediting the despatch of business, and testlfyes to your eminent fitness for the position, besides having gained for you the respect and eateem of your fellow citizens. The experience gained by yonr attend anoe at the Municipal Conference at Wellington would, we are persuaded, be of the utmoßt value to yonr fellow burgesaea. In conclusion, we fee? that you will be consulting the beQt interests of the Borough by allowing yourself to be nominated, and m the event of your consenting to do so, wo pledge ourselves to make every effort to secure your return. j (Signed) Geo. Kldd, Jas Qulnn, • Ohaa. Ray, E, Oookson, Albert Roberta, , Thou. Leahy, M.D. . And a large number of other Burgesses. To Messrs Geo. Kidd, Jas. Quinn, C. Ray, E. Cookson, Albert Roberts, 1 Dr Leahy, and other Burgesses signing the above requisition. 3 i~i ENTLEMEN, — Please accept my yjf thanks for your flattering requisi- tion which was presented to me this" 8 morning, and m view of the numerous and influential way m which it has been signed , 1 feel it my duty to again place & my services at tho disposal of tho rate- payers, and if elected to the p ioitisa of Mayor for a second term I shall do my best to promote tho interosts of the town I am, Gentlomen, ours respectfully, THOS. SEALY. 9 ABobWtOJ Q j7 tuNovol)aber » 188 ? iIU 55



FdWic Notice QTfl R HP P QTfl R A P P WOOL. WOOL. ." WOOL. rpiHE Undersigned -begs to announce to JL his numerous friends of Ashburton , and the surrounding districts that he has i taken over the NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MER- CANTILE AGENCY CO. 'S STORES' IN ASHJ3URTOJN, And is prepared to receive Wool and Grain for STORAGE or SHIPMENT. Liberal Cash Advances made on WOOL, GRAIN, SKINS, &c, m store or con- signed for Sale. WOOLPACKS and CORNSACKS at the Lowest Prices. TWINE, CHAFF, OATS, OILS, LAMPBLACK, &c. GRAIN bought and sold. Land and Estate Aoent. AGENT FOR— N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency Co Union Insurance Company Brooke's Sheep Dip, Eto. Newest Improved Threshing Machines arranged for. FEED. MAKEIG, 11 35 Ashburton. Wool Season, 1887-88. WE are prepared to make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES against Large or SMALL Clips of WOOJ, whether in- tended for Sale m ASKBUETON OE ELSE- WHEEE. We have made moßt aatfafactory|arrange ments for SHIPPING CLIENTS' WOOL, If prices realiaed m Ashbarton are not bonsidered satisfactory. It ia our intention to hold PEEIODICAL WOOL SALES Throughout the Seaßon, Of which driD notice will be glvon, and as our GRAIN STORE, which waa con- structed with dae regard to LIGHT, will be EMPTY, we shall have an opportunity of displaying the Wool to the very beßt advantage, which Bhould be a dialderatam I to the Seller. . Ohargea exactly the sameaa Obriatchnrch; Farmers, consult your best Interests, and Sell locally, thereby saving Eailway Freight. • WOOLPACKS AND TWINE OF THE JBEST QUALITY SUPPLIED. H. MATSOBT & CO. ! MESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS, HAVE FOR SALlfi TEE FOLLOWING ROPERTIES- 11K ACRES, be'nnr B.S, No. 20078, lly 20079, 20295, at ABhton, lately occupied by llr Thos. Magee. lAA ACRES, being R.S, 28685, 2SSBG at JLV/U Alford Forest. A C\f% AORE3 > ]ai . d down 1" grass for 5 . years, divHcd into 2 paddocks, •with stable thereon, at Kyle. f7dri ACRES m grass, for 5 years, at 4 \J\J Drcmoro. 4iOO AOEES at ABlibnrfc on- -1 ( \C\ ACRES > b . eir) g * art of R'S. 718G nt V\J\J Wakanai, now oc:npied by Mr Bi Adams. -J OO AORES at Western ild. Of* ACBES T>o, nr\ Do. Do, 209 B °- D °' 104 "'■ D '- -158 Do 120 D ° - Do - LOTS 10,17, 18, 19a-d 20 each containing about i an acre, fronting Wi'itat's Soad nid Chad s street, being immediately opposite tbo Woollen Factory, LOT 77, Sonch-east Town Belt, Ashburton, contairing -J-acre, with Dwelling-iiouae thereon. TOWN SECTIONS No 1046, 1047, 1050 Peter street. TOWN SECTIONS No 580, 681, with 4- roomed Houso on each bectioq, Cameron street. TOWN SECTIONS No 605 and GGG, Park street. For price, terms, and full particulars apply to the undersigned. OUR FIRST WOOL SALE OF THE SEASON Z^-^B •"£ "Will be held m the FIRST WEEK IN DEOEMBEF^ Full particulars ia future advertisement. REGULAR AUCTION SALES OJf SATURDAYS, ov Farm Produce, Furniture, Horses,sOattle, Pigs, AND Farm Implements. Sales of STOCK m County fc'aleyardi every TUESDAY, SHEEPSKIN Fales every Second FRIDAY duiing the Season. Clearing Farm Sales, and othe? Local Sales ON MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS. FBIEDLANJDEE BEOS., PETER WILLIAMS, Auctioneer,



Public Notices. ECONOMY IN Tiifcß : ECONOA.Y IN LA BOI^: ECONOMY IN FtfNOING MATERIAL, s Patent Titan Wire Strainer* s ADVANTAGES: % r - ■ .. XT strains a wire anywhoro, either post, or midway; makes tlio bear. knot, and 0110 whic'i eeldouu breaks old wire; docs not Blip about m working; 'i strains with unrivalled power, onse, and • freedom from annoyance ; does not al!ow the wire lo slacken moro than ONJ3- --t SIXTEENTH of an inch while boing secured ; comhines lightness end strength m the highest degree ; can be conveniently applied to alt purposes which require wires to be joined under tension. A REVOLUTION IN WIRE FENOIRU . EFJFKOTED BY , REID'S PATENT TRIPLEX WIRE STRAINER.' (Patented m 1885 throughout Great J Sritain, the Dnited States, and the Colonies.) No Straining Posts required except at the angles of fences. The boring of Straining Posts unnecessary. The advantages claimed for these, the latest and most mproved meana of strain- ing wire fences, are : ~ ..THEY COST NOTHING, because they pay their coat m the straining poat3 they save, THEY ARE A DIRECT GAIS m economy of time ond labor, because.no boring of straining posta is required, and 1 the whole process of straining occupies 1 only about quarter the usual »ime. • THEY EFFECT A FURTHER SAV- ING of time and labor as lang as the fence pxifltp, because they nre left perma. nently attaohed to the wires, which can therefore be tightened or slackened when« erer desired. Comparative Estimate of 14 chains of 6-Wire Fence. "UNDER ORDINARY METHOD. No Wire Stretchers left attached. s. d. 2 etrainß of 7 chains each, requiring 3 straining posts at cay 3s each 9 0 Labor at 2 strains of 6 wires, say 1 1 man for 1 hour,. at Is per hour 1 Labour digging, erecting, and fixing 3 straining posts and stays for same, say 1 man for 4 hours, 1 at Is per hour ... ... ... 4 0 1 Labor boring two straining posta, cay 1 man for 20 minutea ... 0 4 [ Total 14 4 UNDER NEW SYSTEM. I Triplex "Wire Stretchers being left attached to Wire. ; S. Cl 1 1 Btrain of 14 chains, Patent Triplex Wire Stretchers used midway, and straining 7 chains on each ; side; only 2 straining posts required, at say 3s each -.. 6 C I Labor at one strain of 6 wires, say 1 man for 20 minutes, only no fasieningg.eing required ... 0 4 Labor erectin digging, and fixing , 2 strain m posts and says for j same, say man for hours 40 minutes ... ••• ... 2 No boring required... ... ... 0 0 °Cost of 6 Triple Wire Stretchers, at say about 8d cash ... ... 4 0 Total 13. *NOTfi WELL. —If TITAN WIRE STRAINER be used and removed after straining, the above item of 4s will nlao be 'saved, though at the expense of future efficiency . Showing New System to bo bo much more economical than th 4 ) old one — that a . balance is left over ajter mduo-ng the cost of Triplex Wire Siretclw HI McCallum & Co. Solo Ag ts for the County of abort ; JOHN ORE & CO. ; ARE NOW SHOWING [ Large Stocks - IRONMONGERY, Including the follow mg — . Perforated Z:no, Babbet Mofal, Wire Netting, Engine Packing Patent Scythes, Hayrahea and Forks Saratoga Trutilcs, Gladstone Bags, Portmanteaus Now Patent Tile Register Grates, Fenders, Fire Guardg, Fire Irons j and Lamp Stoves Plough Line, Seaming Twine and Pope c Bedsteads, French Stump, Half Tostoi Q and Cots New American Perambulators Butter Workers, Milk Pans and Ohuma k Oils, Paints, and Co lors of all kinds Tarnishes — Oak, Copal, Body ancl Carriage Grindstones and Fittings, Knife Cleaners m great variety Digging, Manure, Stono, Potato, ond Hay Forks ixea> Picks, Shovels, and Ereast Ploughs Mangles, Wringers, and WaehiDg Machines Saws of all kinds, including Fretsaws Hammers, Wrenches '* Bolts, Locks and Hinge.' |of all kinda Lampblack, Oil, Eaddlo Sheep Shears, 11a N.Z., B.BA.KZ j ' 38 A. S. and7s's Turkey and Waehita Oilstones. 8



Public Notices LOST on Fbiday, 18'h November, a piece of pink coral, the shape ot a fuaohla. Anybody returning to Mr> Mahmarlng will be rewarded. It 123 TO FARMERS. TMOR SALE—A new WOOL PREBS. T. BULLOCK. ODDFELLOWS' HALL. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd. TO be produced by special request, the Trial of John Barleycorn. Admis- sion : Front Seats, 2s ; Second, Is ; Chil- dren, half-price. Court open at 7.30, Trial at 8. Verdict at 10 o'clock. 11 121 OACE T>ALL To be held Immediately after the Entertainment. Adhkfion :2s 6d ; Ladies free. Music ;By the Summer Assembly Band. 11 122 THURSDAY, 22nd NOVEMBER. AT TINWALD SALEYARDS. "TIRIEDLANDER BROS, have received 1' instructions to sell by Public Auction at the above place, — XO\J\J of£ the Shears. XOUU FRTEDLANDER BROS. PETER WILLIAMS, 11 91 Auctioneer. THE FLEMINGTON CHEESE, BUTTER A*D BACON FACTORY COM- PANY, LIMITED. nnENDERS are invited by the Company .-*- for the purchase of the WHHiY for the Season 1887 8 Tho tender will include the use of the Piggeries and 10-acre Pad* dock, etc. A deposit of 10 per cent of the amonnt must accompany the tender. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted, Tenders to be m by 6 p.m., THURSDAY, 24th inst., addressed to the Secretary, Flemington. 11*118 t \DDFELLOWS' TXALL. RACE NIGHTS, 23rd AND 24th NOVEMBER. Lessee and Manager Mr T. Stapletok Stage Manager ... Mb t.' l. J. Arbockle Musical Director ... Mr J. Brockbti ROBIN HOOD COMBINATION ROBIN HOOD COMB [NATION ROBIN HOOD COMBINATION ROBIJN HOOD COMBINATION For their unrivalled Drawing Room and Refioed Entertainment. For further particulars see Day Bills and Programmes. Admission: 3s, 2a, and Is, Doors open at 7.30 p.m., over- tnre at 8 o'clock. 11 120 BOROUGH OF ASHBURTON. ANNUAL ELECTION FOR MAYOR. X HEREBY give notice that tho follow- JL -ing persons have been duly nomi- nated as Candidaoea for Eleotlon to the Offioe of Mayor, viz : — ALFRED HARRISON THOMAS SEALY And I farther give notice that a POLL for the Election of ONE of the above- named Candidates will be taken at the Borough Council Chamber, Baring Square, Went, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th day of November, 1887, commencing at 9 a.m., and closing at 6 p.m. CHARLES BRADDELL, Returning Officer. Borough Council Office, Aahburton, 2Lth November, 1887. 11*117 ASHBURTON GAS, COAL, & COKE COMPANY LIMITED. NOTICE is hereby given that an Ex- traordinary General Meeting of the above Compnny will be held at the Arcade Chambers, Burnett Street, Ashburton, on THURSDAY, the Ist day of December, 1887, «t 4 o'clock m the afternoon, when the subjoined resolution for altering the Articles of Association, which was passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting ol the Company held on the Bth day oi November inst., will be submitted foi confirmation as a Special Resolution, RESOLUTION. That the Articles of Association of thii Company be altered m manner following (a). In Article 28 tho word "six' shall be substituted for the wore •• eight." (b). In article 33 the word ''three 1 ehall be substituted for the wort " four." (c). In Article 44 the word u fivo' shall bo substituted for the wore "BBven." (d ) In Article 55 the word " two \ shall be substituted for the word f " at least one-third." B (c.) In Article 61 tho word " three E shall be substituted for the wori J "four.?' By Order of the Board, J. WARD, , Secretury. n Aehburton. 21st November, 1887* nnx



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