THE MARKETS

. <>.. . . .. [BBUTEB'S TELEGRAMS — COPYRIGHT. (Reoeived Ootober 17, 1.5 p m.) London, October 14. Consols remain at 102545, and New Zealand inscribed stock at 99^. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat ior the United Kingdom is 1,560,000 quarters, and for the Con tinent 197,000. Adelaide wheat ex store is un changed at 33s 6d; New Zealand wheat from 30s to 335, according to quality ; Adelaide flour remains at 235. Australian tallow, average quality, is junchanged at 22s 6d for beef, and 23s 6d for mutton. New Zealand frozen mutton, of good quality, it quoted at 4d per lb. Kauri gum, best selected transparent, is selling at p£i3 per cwt.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

» BBITISH AND FOREIGN. (KBTTTIR'S TUEGBAHB— OOPYMQHT.]

OBITUARY.

Londok. Ootober 16. The death i 3 announced, at the age of sixty-one, of Mrs Craik (Miss Mulock), authoress of " John Halifax, Gentleman," and other novels. THE FISHERIES COMMISSION. It is rumored that Sir Charles Tup per will represent the Canadian Go vernment on the Fisheries Commis sion.

THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON.

The Admiralty have decided to re place H.M.S. Undine by a new gunboat of the Rattler type, and have issued orders to H.M.S. Harrier and Rattle snake to prepare to join the Australian station.

ITALY IN ABYSSINIA.

Rome, Ootober 16. The first Italian expedition destined for service at Massowah sails early m November. In consequence of the in creased hostile preparations of the Abyssinians it has been decided to despatch a second expedition to Masso wab, and accordingly six thousand troops have received orders to prepare to follow shortly.

MEASLES.

Copenhagen, Ootober 16. Their Royal Highnesses Princesses Maud and Louise of Wales, who are on a visit to the King of Denmark, have been attacked by measles.

(Received October 17, 1.25 p.m. l)

THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION

London, October 16. At a meeting of the Congregational Union it was resolved to send delegates to the Jubilee celebration of Congrega tionalists, to be held m Melbourne next year.

ANNUAL DINNER OF COLONISTS.

A dinner was held at the Criterion Hotel last night by a number of Queensland colonists, at which Sir J. F. Garrick the Agent-General for Queens land, presided. Over sixty gentlemen were present, and it was decided that a similar dinner should be held annually.

THE MAIL STEAMER RUAPEHU

Capetown, October 15, The Zealand Shipping Company's R.M.S. Ruapebu, from Plymouth, left here to-day for New Zealand. ■■■■■^■SBMBBSSWSBSWBMSSSSSSSBSBSWMSSBWSW

WELLINGTON DEFENCES

Wellingiok, October 15. A party of visitors, accompanied by Sir George Whitmore, Colonel Bailey, Captain Meutmger, and other military gentleman, went down the harbor to Fort BalUnce yesterday Afternoon to witness some ex periment! with torpedoes and mines. Two Whitehsad torpedoes were fired between bnoys representing the Hue of advance of the supposed enemy. The direction was accurate, bat one of the missiles proved recalcitrant, and eluded search for a long time. The other floated up at once, and wai easily regained. On reaching the ratface a composition of phosphorus on the snout bursts into a flume, and guides the pursuers. After that four mines were laid and fired with complete success. No hitch of any kind occurred. The visitors inspected the fort, which is now finished, nothing remaining but to clear some earth away outside the pali sades. It is armed with two 7in mozz^e loaders, a 6ln bresch-loading Armstrong, mounted on a disappearing carriage, and two six-pounder quick- firing Nordenf eldts Everything is m readiness to go into aotion to-morrow if necessary. The work on Fort Halswell, nearer Wellington, is not so advanced. An Bin Armstrong is to be mounted there m addition to other gnns. There is also a powerful search light at Fort Ballaoce, and all the Btores and elsctrlo apparatus necessary for a system of floating and contact mines. The submarine armament of the colony has so far cost about £20,000.

EDUCATION AND WORK

Many persons believe that under the ' present systems of education young people •re acquiring » distaste for manual labor, and that there is, consequently, danger that the trade and agricultural occupations will be deserted by all but the most inefficient classes of workmen. Much of the experience of English and American ■oolety Is m favor of this view, and the tendencies France appear to be m the tame direction. As an offset to what may be act m fsvor of It, the London " Spectator" directs attention to the fact that no dislike of work, even of the roughest character, has appeared among two of the beat educated racas. The Scotch, who have been taught for two huadred yean, and are now more thoroughly trained than English national cehool boys, show no disposition to avoid labor, but are remarkable for per ■istent and fairly contented industry. The Prussian peasants, 'who are aa edu cated 1 sa the Fnglith will be twenty years benife, wort exceedingly hard/, and ip ihe country, where their holdings are tbelr own show none of the resentment at their fate whioh is manifested m tha towns m the form of Socialist asplra'lons. Gar deners, who all over Great Britain ars the beat instructed of manual laborers, work, mose ebpeclslly when working for themselves, with unusual diligence ; and It h matter of constant observation tLat • laborer who happens by any accident to be a ' bit of a sscholar'r r ' can be depended upon when work presses and every man ii required The people of Borne, who can read and write, are far more diligent than the Neapolitans, who cannot; and the beat workmen m Italy are those who bare paastd through the army, and so ob tained what Is practically an education. Tills seemi to be no & priori reason why If should be otherwlgV Popular Selene* {gfonthli p,S,j|

A SIGN OF IMPROVING TJRADE

— — — ■ — . — Moßt of the Eogiish railway oompanlea have n w deolared their dividends for the half year, and very satisfactory dividends they are. The days wliea tbe common stocks of our great companies gave phen-.menally large returns to (he iaveatoi have vanished, perhaps fo? ever, but bo, equally, have Ihe days when a touoh of bad times made dividends disappear or diminish. The half-year just ended oould not be called a strikingly proeper ous on« for the great majority of the companies. Trade was better, perhaps, m the earlier months of the period than it is i o-day, but it was by no meanß brilliant! Nor were other conditions favorable to the companies m any large degree. They bad to contend with a load and general demand for reduced charges upon their goods traffic, and their mineral business was, apart from the coal supply of London and other great centres of population, far from progressive. None the leßß Is it true that the companies have done remarkably well for their shareholders. Alone among the Im portant lines, the Great Northern and South Eastern pay no more than they did this time last year. The Mid land Company, which baa recently B3emed to suffer rather severely from bad trade and competition, has managed to give its shareholders a quarter per cent moro than It did twelve months ago ; and the Lan cashire and Yorkshire, till lately typically ■ retrogressive, psyo three-quarters psr cent ; more. Even the Chatham and Dover Company, whose finances have been heavily encumbered by experiments In the oreation of terminal faollltle?, has so far manifested elasticity as to be able to pay 1£ per cent, instead of 1 per cent per aunum, on its old Arbitration Preference Stocks. It must, however, be conceded that tbe so-called ' heavy ' lines — tha com panies whose traffic has hitherto been pre ponderatingly m goods and minerals have held their own beak during the half year. They have all done well, for even the 'no increase ' of the Great Northern is a proof of remarkable elasticity, beoaose the estimated reoeipts of the company were less than m tbe corresponding half year, and tbe capital to be paid upon ex ceptlonilly large.

SENSATIONAL SUICIDE OF A LADY

■o- A strange case of suicide hvi just ocourred at Newport, Rhode Island. Miss Rebecoa Hunter, a wealthy and charitable lady, was having her residence pulled down, and a new one erected. She did not like the new one ; and her dislike growing upon her, Bhe ordered her coachman to drive her to the Forty Steps, at the foot of the Narraganeett Cliffs. Htr orders were obeyed. Upon reaching the desired spot ehe alighted from her carriage, and told the driver to wait for her. The Forty Steps is a favorite tpot for visitors, and lead right down to the rocks which are wasted by the ocean, the breakers daßhlng against them with great fury. The driver waited 1 for tbe lady some thirty minutes. A gentleman passing discovered a body floating m the ocean, and he told the driver of hi* discovery. The driver was stricken with horror, and was not long m ascertaining that the lifeless body waa that of the lady he had brought to the spot.

INCOME TAX KEVELATIONS

How heavily the depresaion of trade is telling on some income tax payers appears clearly from the lately published report of the Inland Revenue Commissioners The figures relating to schedule D for the year 1885-86 show that incomes derived from trades and professions wore assessed at upward of three-and a half millions less than m tbe previous year, or a de crease of 2.36 percent for England alone. The county of Lancaster and tbe City of London Bhow decreases of over a million each, and Middlesex exclusive of the city of half a million. The heaviest decrease of all ia m the case of incomes derived from ironworks, which are 22 per cent lees, and nor much more than half the figures for 1883 84. In Scothnd the fall m incomes from trades and professions is as much as 5 per cent ; but m most other respects Scotland has not Buffered severely. As a rule the Income from foreign securities shows general .increases for Great Britain and Iceland. Even now the rate of income tax is 7d m the pound; and tbe facts quoted Bhow how much reason there was for Mr Gosoheu'i remittance cf Id m the current year's Budget.

THE PEINCE OF WALES' HEIR

In everything except the indispensable tawny beard that fal.'s like a roll of dead gold silk to the extremity of a massive cheat, Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, models him ■elf on Outda's heroes; He is as fond of knick-knacks aa a lady. Hia private apartments are the nearest approach t > the talented but vulgar authoress' Ideal of a young guardsman's rooms. He would not brush his hair otherwise than with aa ivory-baoked brußh to save his life. Eau de Cologne and other perfumes have their place In hia bath. To write a note on paper that was not a triumph of the perfumer'i art, would, m hii own imagination, be anwortby of his tastes and position. He has started m life m fact as an exquisite of the George IV. type, but luckily for himself and for the nation he is preserved from some of the most objectionable traits of the "First Gentleman's " character by the sensitive shyness of his disposition. He differs again from moßt exquisites m having a praiseworthy desire to pay promptly for the luxuries m which he indulges. In deed, be worries his attendants to worry his tradespeople to send their bills sharp, and frets and fumes if the attuta shop keepers — alive to the valued of having the future king of England upon their I books within decent limits — delay m de livering their accounts. Like his father, he gets his clothes — and plenty of them — from Pools. Prinoe Albert Victor's idea of dignified mufti is a frock coat and lavender or grey trousers. Ho seldom wears a cutaway coat, and even when travelling hardly ever appears m a suit of dittres. On the whole he may be described as a very stately and solemn young man. — London letter m an American paper,

ABOUT SP.RAINS

« . A new method of treating spraina, is recommended by a Canadian Burgeon, Dr J. L, Scherer. Every one whose practice throws him m the way of treating opralns is frequently annoyed by the slowness with which the iDJared part recovers. The practitioner we have jast nambd being quite dissatisfied with the usual plang of treatment' wag, It is said, led to employ clay as an external dressing, He uses the ordinary brick clay, frea from gravel, dry and finely pulverised m a mortar, then mixed with just soffiolent water to form a thick paste. This is spread opon rauelln to the thickness of a quarter of an inch, applied to the part, and over this a rubber roller bandage is placed just tightly enough to keep the dressing from shifting, and to retain the caoisfcure. At the expiration of 21 or 36 houra the dressing moat be removed. The writer reports a number of oases of sprains m which this treatment was used with great satisfaction, the care of what were considered very severe sprains being effected m eight or ten day*, while the plain subsided m 11 cases after the first 24 houra! application of the cool, day freujtig, - «w* i

AN ANECDOTE OF PIUS IX.

* . Lady Horbert haß translated from the French of Mgr. Beaaon a life of the late Mgr. Merode. The following anecdote will give some idea of the work. It re latea to a visit paid to the Hospital of St. Andrea dnring the epidemic of cholera: — ' Piua IX atarted alone with bis Cham berhin, taking care to say nothing to his Secretary of State, and not eveu letting hla servants know where he was going. It was only after hia usual drive that his coachman received ordere to stop at the door of the house where death was reap ing twenty-five aoldiera a day. The coachman was so panic-striken that he > caught the disease, and died two daya j aft*r. The footman were left m the street, and the Pope went into the hospital alone, only being -accompanied by Mgr. de Merode. Ptoo the Ninth went to every bed, and saw all the sick consoling, cheering, and blessing them, with tears In his eyes. * * * On his return he found the whole Vatican m oonsternatlon. Cardinal Antonelli, turning to Mgr. Merode, reproached him bitterly. " What a fearful responsibility you have taken upon yourself," he exclaimed, " and to what danger you hare exposed His Holiness Only think for a moment it might have been his death V " Well, 1 replied Mgr. de Merode, "and if the Pope had died on the spot, what death would have b.-tm more glorious, or more worthy of the Vioar of Jesua Christ?" Piua the Ninth approved of bis words, andjffith a bright smile and a tender voice replied: "You are quite right, Merode, I have only done what waa my duty 1" i ir ■ \ 3

COACOANUT PEARLS.

A curious account ia given m a late number of " Nature " of what are called coacoanut pearls. They are small white stones occasionally found inside coacoa nuts, and as a very large number of these nuts have been consumed by New Zealand youths, it would be interesting to know if any of these pearls have been found by them. The article begins with the follow ing letter sent to " Nature " (June 16) by Dr Sydney J. Hickson : — "During my travels m North Celebes I was frequently aßked by the Dutch planters and others if I had ever seen a 'coacoanut stone I' These stones are said to be -very rarely found (1 m 2000 or more) m the perisperm of the coacoanut, and when found are kept by the natives as a charm against disease and evil spirits. This story of the ' coacoanut stone ' was so constantly told me, and m every case without any variation m its details, that I made every effort before leaving to obtain some specimens, and eventually succeeded m obtaining two. One of these is ne »rly a perfect sphere 14 millimetres (about £ an inch) m diameter, and the other, rather smaller m size, is irregularly pear-shaped. In both specimens the surface is worn nearly smooth by friction. The spherical one I have had cut into two halves, but I can find no concentric or o'her markings on the polished cut surface. Dr Ktmmins has kindly Bubmitted one half to a careful chemical analysis, and finds that it consists of pure carbonate of lime without any trace of other salts or vegetable tissue." Tbla letter was sect to Mr Thistleton Dyer by the editor of " Nature," and ha, m commenting on it, aaya the account of the calcareous concretions occasionally found m he central hollow (filled with the 80-c%lled * milk '), Is extremely Interesting, and it Is well known that calcium carbonate concretes m a peculiar manner from solutions m whloh organic matter is present. After giving an aocount of the minerals found secreted m various tropical plants and trees, he Appends a note, which the Tropical Agricaituraliat for April last quotes from the Straits Times, m whiob reference h made to eacoanut pearls. Specimens are to be bought at Singapore, aod they are e&id to be «o rare m the East Indies as to be highly prized by the native rajihs, and worn by them as precious Btoaea. This pearl resembles the common variety ia -smoothness, whiteness, and scant lustre of surface, but it is harder. Both the cocoanut pearl and the common petrl consist of carbonate of lime and the organic matter m both ia insoluble ; and they are both formed of concentric layers of material. Professor Bleekrodo, In a Datoh periodical, saya that Rumphius the famous botanist gave full particulars and drawings of this petrifaction m the cocoa-nut m his •' Herbarium Am boinense." Rumphius states that the cocosnuts from Macaeßar yield more pearls that those from other places, and m 1682 he aent as a present to the Grand Duke of Tuscany a ring m which a cocoa nut pearl had been set. Similar pearl like formations are met with (n other East Indian fruits, euob bb the warlngin, the pomegranate, and kochubong.

THE COBRA AND THE MOUSE.

. » . 1 was visiting at a friend's house m Gal outta, Bays Mr Koane, m his • Three Years of a Wanderer's Lifo,' and was on this evening sitting at dinner alone. The table had been some time wuiting for the host, and I had at last received a note that he was not cominp home, so I eat down alone. I had finished dinner, and was Btill lingering at the table, when a little mouse ran up on the top of a bowl j with a sort of basket work cover on it, 1 should not have thought that of itself very singular, for the ' tribes on our f ron [tier 1 rrade most unexpected incursions. Bat when he did get poiched on the cover of the little bow), the little follow rose upon his hied legs, with his hinds before him, and began to entertain me wiih the funniest little mouse song you cm imagine. 'Chit-chit, cheep cheep cb it/ he whistled, and kept it up before me m a most unembarrassed and so f-poasepsod little way. I mu6t have been a trying audience, for I leaned back m my chair and roared with Inughter. Ag I looked at the littlo performer I gradu ally became aware ©f a ehadow, a some thing strange, gliding out from behind a dish toward the mouse. Silently and slowly it n eared the mo.use ; m another mtuute a beady snake's eye glittered m the lamp light. My hand atole softly for the oarving Vnife. Tho snake reared his head level with the mouse, and the poor little fellow'B song, whfch had never ceaßed, became piercingly Bhrlll, though he sat up rigidly erect and motlonloee. The head of the snake drew back a little to strike : oat flashed the carving kt»ife. The Bpell was broken instantly, for the monse drepped and scampered. The snake was wounded, for there were spotß of blood, oo the tableoloth, and It was writhing iboub among the dißhes and plates. I could not make a bold stroke at any part o f it for fear of breaking the crockery, and whenever I made a dig I wtth the point it was like pricking the garter. I would not have believed, until I had seen It, how much of himself a snake can stow away under the edge of a plate. At last 1 saw the end of his tail projecting out from under a dish A snake held by the tall and Bwang rapidly round cannot torn back and bite. I grubbed the tail with my left thumb and finger, and drew him out until I judged the middle of hia body to bo under the knife, then I came down and cat bin} In two. He was another oobra — a IWtle one about two feet long, bat quite long enough to " gravel" a man.

THE GREAT BELL FOR THE CATHEDRAL OF COLOGNE

I j * ( An official notice has been published . of the great bell for the OUhedral of Cologne, the solemn inauguration of which took place some days &zo with great pomp. The bell weighs 27,000 kilo?, ,; or about 26 tona 13 cwt. The clapper , j alone 800k»1ob, or nearly 15$ iwt. Its I perpendicular height is almast 14£ f t; its 'diameter at the mouth nearly ll£ft. . Twenty-two cannons taken from the French were assigned by tha Emperor William for its manufacture ; s,oookilos of tin were added. It was cast by Andreas Hamm, of Frankeolhal and 21,000in. ] (£1050) ware paid for the casting. It will \ be kno-vn as the Kalaerlccke, or Emperor's : bell; and as the t^o other large belle bear the epithets respsotivoly of Preeioaa (precious) and Speoiosa (beautiful), this one h styled Qloricsa. It bears above an inscription recording that ' William, the most aupuat Emperor of the Germans and tha King of the Prasilans, mindful of the heavenly help granted to him whereby ho con ducted the lute French war to a prosperous issue and restored the German Empire, caused cannons taken from the Frenoh to ba devoted to founding a bell to be hung m the wonderful cathedral then approaohing completion,' A like nets of St Peter, the name-patron of the ohuroh, Is on the side, beneath which U * quatrain m tha style of the media val oonceits, praying that as devont hearts rise heavenwards st hearing the loand of the bell, so may the doorkeeper of heaven ooen wide the gates of the celestial mansion.

£500 will be paid for any ease that Amerioan Go.'s Hop Bittera will not oura or help. Doubt not. See

?HE ASHBURTON GUAKDIAN, MONDAY,' OCTOBER 17, 1887.



Public Notices. SHEEP SHEAES. J D of,h B e e &lin^" lolli0 '""«" 0t 8.8.A. U ' 38 A.S. witb and withont Driiere 78. ALSO,— Real Turkey Oil- stones. J. OEK & CO. (LATE ORR AND AIOOBN.) KOBE BARGAINS. W E LOT c received -ANOTfIBR BIG TRAVELLERS' SAMPLES, Which we can Sell at English PRIOJSS. The principal lines are Boya' »n^ The lot are marked In p!«!n Plgarei, «ad now Ready for Sale OOME EARLY AND SAVE 60 PER CENT. JOHN ORE & CO. ECONOMY IN TIME : ECONOMY IN 1 LABOR: ECONOMY IN FENGINO MATERIAL. Patent Titaif Wire Strainer. ADVANTAGES: XT straios a wire anywhere, either at post or midway ; makes the best knot, and one which eeldom breaks old wire; does not slip about m working; strains with unrivalled power, ease, and freedom from annoyance ; does not allow SlYtKwtw % Ck6U than ONE - bIXTEBNTH of an inch while being eecured; combines lightness «nd strength m the highest degree ; can be conveniently applied to all purpoees which require wires to be joined under tension. A REVOLUTION IN WIRE FENCING EFFECTED BY REID'S PATENT TRIPLEX WIRE STRAINER. (Patented m 1885 thronghout Groat Britain, the United 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 improved means of strain- ing wire fences, are : ~ THEY COST NOTHING, becauae they pay their coßt m .the straining posts they save. THEY ARE A DIRECT GAIN m economy of time and labor, because no boiing of straining posts is required, and the whole process of straining ocoupiei only about quarter the usual lime. THEY EFFECT A FURTHER SAV- ING of time and labor as loDg as the fence exists, because they are left perma* nently attached to the wires, which ««n therefoie be tightened or slackened when* ever deaired. Comparative Estimate 'of 14 chaiai of 6- Wire Fence. UNDER OBDINAHY METHOD. No Wire Stretchers left attachedt s. d. 2 strains of 7 chains each, requiring 3 straining poßts at say 3s each ' 9 0 Labor at 2 strains 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 same, say 1 man for 4 hours, at Is per hour ... ... , 4 0 Labor boring two straining, posts, cay 1 man for 20 minutes , 0 4 Total ... 171 UNDER NEW BYBTEM. Triplex Wire Stretchers being left attached to Wire. a. d, 1 strain of 14 cbainß, Patent Triplex Wire Stretchers used midway, and straining 7 chains on each side ; only 2 straining posts required, at say 5a each ... 6 0 Labor at one strain of 6 wirei, aay 1 man for 20 minutes, only no fastening being required ... 0 4 Labor erecting, digging, and fixing 2 straining posts and stays for same, say 1 man for 2 hourß,"3H3f«* 'iOmiuut^ ... ... ... 2 S No boring required... 0 0 °Cosi of 6 Triple Wire Stretchers, at aay about 8d each , 4 Q Total lJT"o *NOTE WELL. —If lITAN WIRE STRAINER be used and removed after straining, the above item of 4i will also be saved, though at the expenie of future efficiency. fchowing New Syßtom to b« ao muah ' more economical than th^ old nne — that a balance is left over ajUr including fhtCQßt 0/ Triplex Wire Strelchet HI McCallum &i^Qo.|| Sola Ageote Cor tUe County of Aeutmrtoa



TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON IN THE METBVEN AND LACRISTON DIS TRIOTB. mH CLYDESDALE COLT,— Diplomacy. Bred by John Grigg, Esq., of Long- beach. Diplomacy's sire ia Lord Beacons- field, dam Pleasant by Prince Charlie. For particulars and terms apply to D. McKENDRY, 10+18 Cairnbrae. TO STAND THIS SEASON. FTIHE THOROUGHBRED STALLION Wizard, By King of Clubs, dam Charm both imported WIZARD is half brother to Spade Guinea and Stonyhurst, and full brother to Charmer, and waß bred by the Middle Park Stud Company. He is a beautiful whole-colored, chestnut, and 6ho\vs grand power and quality. For full particulars apply to .. O. KEArtNS, ' Or Wm. HEALY, Proprietors, 9*12 Aahburton. TO TRAVEL THE ASHBURTON AND LONGBEACH DISTRICTS. mHE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE, Young Major. YOUNG MA JOR is by Ma]or, who was imported to Tasmania from England by R. Q. Kermode, Esq. He took firßt prize at the Boyal Society's Show m England, and many first prizes m Tasmania. YOUNG MAJOR was bred by Mr James Ftark, his dam, Smi'er, imported from Tasmania, where she was a first prize taker, and her progeny gained many awards. Terms : One Mare £3 ; groomage, 63, payable first service. For 3or more mares, property o£ one owner, special terms may be agreed on. ANDREW DAWSON, Proprietor, 131 Waterton. TO STAND THE SEASON AT GROVE FARM' TINWALD, mHE THOROUGHBRED HORSE, Perkin W^rbecklX, PEDIGREE. v Touchstone = Newminsler BL . cbwing H P CO . -S CO f < Palma Emilius *■* jj- Francesca o H-S H £ v Voltaire "*" lt Voltigcur „, , T • ii .5 * Martha Lynn 0 * "E Sweetbriar iijj a Stockwell tf\ Eglantine j if. Touchstone 43 c .■ 15 v Newminster  kl; S Beeswing ?Z g (7 2 3 P^'iia Emilius fi *j Francesca ft~l <|).E c Melbourne W„- "3 Prime Minister „ .•. , rj £ ►-' Pantalonadc **f w «■• S JS g. Candlestick Prime Warden Maid of Buvghley PERKIN WARBECK 11. has splendid action, possesses great strength, is aB handsome aa they are made, and is a horse calculated to throw a moat valuable clasa of racing or other stock, An ejenmination of his pedigree will show that he possesses a double strain of the celebrated Adventurer blood, and is one of the very best bred animals m the Southern Hemisphere. The sonß of Newminster have, as a family been more succeßßful at the stud than any family of modern days, and with the exception of Hermit, who is now standing m England at 200 gujDeas, Adventurer, the grandsire of Perkin Warbcck 11. has produced the most winners of them all. For further particulars applj to EDWARD GATES, Grove Farm, 10*10 Tinwald. THE ASKBUBTON WOOLLEN MANUFACTURING COMPY (Limited.) deposits RECEIVED In large or email buddi at the following Rateß of Interest :— Six per cent if fixed for 6 months. Seven per cent if fixed for 12 months H, SUMPLK



The Stud. mHE AMERICAN TROTTING HORS JL Blackwood Abdallah, Will stand this season at Lyndburst, Dun das, aad at owner's Stable, Ashburton. For particulars apply to MAX. FHIEDLANDEPw. TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON IN THE ABHBUJRTON, WAKANUI, AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. mHE CLYDESDALE ENTIBE COLT, Johnny's Fancy. Bred by Mr Jamjes Gow, of Taieri, by lord Salisbury, dam Sally 2nd. For particulars and terms, apply to ! MAX FRIEDLANDER, 9 t1 4 8 Proprietor.



Public Notice miMA&U AGRICULTURAL AN! X PASTORAL A SSOCI ITION. THE ASSOCIATION'S TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL SHOW OF STOOK, &0,, WILL BE HELD ON THK ASSOCIATIONS GROUNDS, WAI-ITI ROAD, ON TUESDAY, 26th, and WEDNESDAY . 26th Octobee, 1887. CONSISTING OF SHEEP, CATTLE, HORSES, PIGS, DOGS, DAIRY AND AGRICTURAL PRODUCE, IM- PLEMENTS. WOOL, Ac, &c. PRIZES amounting to about £550 will be given m Pieces of Plate, Medals, or Cash. PRIVATE AND SPECIAL PRIZE LTST, and for further particulars see [ Posters, Entriea close for Sheep, Cattle, and Pigs on SATURDAY, 15th met. ; all others on TUESDAY, 18th inst. Prize Lißts may he obtained on applioa- tion to the undersigned. F. W. STUBBB, 10 57 Secretary.



R: McCallum (LATE CF ORR AND ALOORN) BEGS moat respectfully to inform the Inhabitants of ABhburton and Sur- rounding Districts, that he will open on SATURDAY, 15th INST, Those premises m Tancred Street, known as Fowler's Buildings, with a large and well Assorted St ck of GROCERIES of the best descriptions, at Lowest Prices Note Address, — B. McCALLUM, FAMILY GROCER, Next MITCHELL AND TURNER. 10 76 Trees Trees Trees NOTICE TO PLANTERS. THE undersigned begs to call the attention of farmers, settlers and Jthers to his extensive stock of FRUIT AND FOREST TREES, among which are about 3,000,000 Forest Trees, Inoln- ding 200,000 Cupressus Macrocarpa, om and two years old; 200,000 Pinus Inelg- nls, one and two years old ; 100,00 C Pinus Larlcio ; 3C0.000 Silver Birch; 10,000 Pinus Austri&ca; all other kinds m proportion. All klnda of Cabbage plants on sale, and a few thousands of very early Strawberry Plants. N.B. — All orders by post, or otherw'*, shall receive- my beat attention. JAMES PORTER, CLIFTON NURSICRYJ Allenton, Ash^arton TEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTOR t |IHE NEW GOODS FOR THE 1 WINTER SEASON ARE NOW OPENED OUT The k is THE LARGEST & BEST SELECTED IN THE TOWN, And the variety of Style and Patterns m Men'e, Youths', and Boys' Clothing loaves nothing to be desired. fhonßands of Men's and Boys Suits, newest styles. Trousers and Trousers and Vests manufactured of Now Zealand Tweeds. Every garmen warranted shrunk Jverooats. Waterproof Coats and Leggtugs iv great variety Hats, comprising every new etyta worn Children's Jersey Suits, Child/ v 3 Men- of-War Suits Gentlemen's Hosiery, Scarves. ; Oxford Jegatta and White Shirts Bugs, Portmanteauo, and Travelli. £ Bagß The celebrated WERTHEIM SWING MACHINE. Time Payments. N.B CLOTHING FACTORY, East Stbxit George Jameson TDRNIP AND RAPE SEEDS. ' FOR SALE- Purple and Green Top Aberdeen, Mammoth, Grey atone, and other varieties. These have been thoroughly tested; and are guaranteed new and fresh. GEO Gtf JAMESON, lO§l7 ABhbnrton. Wool Season 1887-88. T IBERAL CASH ADVANCES' made jj on Large or Small Clips at Current KatFß, Woolpaoks and Twine Sopplled. GEORGE JAME&ONT, 10t 16 Ashbqrtop. CLOVER SEEDS JUST landed, ex steamer " Kaikoura,' my first shipment for the season of KED CLOVER, COW GRASS, WHITE CLOVER, AN» ALSYKE. These Seeds have been carefully selected and are the best obtainable. I HAVE ALSO IN STOCK— Machine-dreesed Ryegrass and Cocks foot, alao Linseed, Pean, Barley, Oals ; Wheat, Potatoes, and all kinds of STATION AND FARM STORES.. George Jameson, ASHBURTON. Artificial Manures. THE BELFAST CHEMICAL COM- PANY, BELFAST, CANTERBURY. Analytical Chemist and Manager, MR ROBERT MORGAN. THE Belfast Ohemloal Compaq's Manures are sold subject to guaranteed analysis, and every care is taken that they are all m perfect coudl- tlon,Jready fur immediate use* PRICE LIST. Per Ton. £. s. d. No, 1 Guano Superphosphate 6 0 0  2 High-class Superphosphate 8 0 0 „ 3 Dissolved Bones 7 0 0  4 Potato Manure 7 12 6  5 Bone Duat, fiuo 6 10 0  6 Orchard and Garden Manure, 10a per cwt. Delivery on Railway at Belfast Station. GEQBGE JAMESON, 19*861 £3SSS . Agent, AjhbartQO, 1 1



MOUNT HUTT ROAD BOARD DISTRICT. rriENDERS are mviteu {for Shingling JL about J mi'o of Athburton Road, near Springfield ; also for repairs to Storm Water Channel Crossing, near Methren. Specifications can be seen at the Road Board Office, where Tenders will bo received until NOON on THURSDAY, October 20tb. The lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. Wm. McMillan, 10 89 Chairman. THE EDUCATION BOARD OF THE DISTIUOT OF NOBTH CANTER- BURY. mENDERS are invited for the erection I of a School at Westerfield, Upper Ashburton. Plans and specifications can be seen at tho office of the Board, Normal School, and copieß on application to J Ckr, Esq , East street, Ashburton En- dorsed tenders, addressed to the Chairman of the Board, will be received not later than 12 o'clock noon on TUESDAY, the 25th October. The Board does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. EVERAKD-C. FaRR, Architect to the Board. Cbristchuich, 12th October, 1887. 10 88 IN THE MATTER OF THE LAND TRANSFER ACT, 1885. MR J. T. FORD has received instruc tions from the Registrar of th 9 Supreme Court, acting at the request of f the Mortgagee, to Sell by Public Auction, at the Ashburton Coußty Saleyardß, ABh- burton, on TUESDAf, the first day of November, 1887, at 12 o'clock NOON,— All that piece of Land situated near Mr John Grigg's Homestead, Longbeach, 12 miles from Ash burton, and about 7 miles from Winslow Railway Station, lately m the occupation of Zaoharias James Davies and Richard Davivs, containing together five hundred and seventy-four acres (574 acres), more it less, being .Kural Sections 18894, 21216, 20686, and 25912, with the im- provements, Dwelling-Houses, Stable ; blbo a Flour M'll and Oveishot Wheel, and other Buildings. The Land is of good quaHty well fenced and divided into 8 paddocks. For further particulars apply to MESSES HABPER & CO., Solicitors, Christchurch, Or to the 10 94 Auctioneer. TINWALD C*. TT A w X J N s Who has jußt replenished hie Stock o BOOTS, has also opened up a few lines of useful DRAPERS (a lon* felt need m Tinwald), which he is disposing of at Christchurch prices. Come and compare Prices and Quality before purchasing elsewhere, as every article is marked at the very lowest Rates for CASH. WANTED KNOWN.—That JAMES BAKKR has returned to Ash- burton and opened a Cabinet Factory and Showrooms m his own premises, Havelock street, opposite Harrison's Auction Mart. J.B. having a thorough knowledge of the trade is m a position to execute all orders entrusted to his care. By Btrict attention and moderate charges he will endeavor to merit a share of public patronage. Second-hand Furniture Bought, Sold, ob Exchanged. ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL ES|TA|BLISHED^ J881; Teaching Staff: Boys' School — Mr J. E. Buchana lat B. A., University College, London. Girls' Fchool. — BTiss Sattndbrs, Canter- bury College Ohriatchurch ; Miss Grubb, TriDf',/ College, Dublin AT this institution pupils of loth sexes have tho opportunity of acquiring the elements of a liberal edu- cation. The subjects of Study are those usually taught at {Secondary Schools ; but the ordinary course may ba modified t6 meet special caqeb, if m Jtho, interest o the Pupils enoh a plan, is judged ad- vlaable. At the Girls School provision has been mado by tho Teaching Staff to give leaaons m Music and Painting to Young Ladies not attending the other Classes m the School, who may desire instructions m these Bubjeotß. The Physical Training of the Pupila ia not overlooked. Calisthenics for tho Girls, and Military Drill for the Boys, are part 8 of the School course. The year is divided into three terms. All fees are payable m advance. For Pupils under 12 yearn of age, £2 2s per term ; over 12 years of age, £2 16a per term ; Music £1 la per term extra ; fee for attending Mdblo (only), £2 2s ; Draw* ing and Painting (only), £1 Is. per term. For farther details apply to Mr Buohanan. The next term oQmmenoeo'on MON- | DAY, the im tnst, .* wl " 9 «



) Public Notices A COMPLIMENTARY SOCIAL GATHERING to Mr H B. ) Wilkinson will be held on THURSDAY, Ootober 20th, at Peaview, Tickets for Concert, Dance, and Refreehmenta 2j. Commence &{, 8 p m , 10J91 rpENDERS are required for Earthwork L on the Ashburton Rifle Range. Pians and Bpasificationa may be seen at our effioa, where tenders are to be pent m not later than 5 o'clock on MONDAY, October 24 h. 10°93 FoOKS & SON. \ MOiSEY TO LEND. 1 ___ __ I HAVE £200, £400, £1,400 and other Bums, waiting investment on good freehold security at current rates of interest. JOHN A. CAYGILL, !otsß Solicitor, Tancred street. ASHBURTON AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. THE TENTH Annual Exhibition OF STOO«, IMPLEMENTS, &c. WILL be held at the Cjanty Saleyards, Ashbtuton, on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28th. ENTRIES dose on FRIDAY, Oct. 21sU JOHN G. RESTELL, 10*5 Secretary.



5 [ c MOTHER SEIGEL'S OPEKATIM PILLS, 1 For Constipation, Sluggish Liver, &c. TTNLIKE many kinds of cathartic U medicines, do not make you feel worse before you feel better. Their operation is gentle, but thorough, and unattended with disagreable effects, such as nausea, griping pains, &c. Seigel's Operating Pills are tha best family physic that has ever been discovered. They cleanse the bowels from all irritating substances, and leave them m a healthy condition . The best remedy extant for the bane of our lives — constipation and sluggish liver. These Pills prevent fevers and all kinds of sickness by romoving all poisonous matter from the bowels. They operate briskly, yet mildly, with- out any pain. Jf you take a severe cold, and are threatened with a fever, with pains m the head, back, and limbs, one or two doses of Seigel's Operating Pills will break up the cold and prevent the fever. A coated tongue, with a brackish taste, is caused by foul matter m the stomach. A few doses of Seigel's Operating Pills will cleanse the tomach, remove the bad taste, and re- store the appetite, and with it bring good health. Oftentimes disease, or partially de- cayed food, causus sickness, nausea and diarrhoea. If tha bowels are cleansed from this impurity with a dose of Seigel's Operating Pills these disagreeable effects will vanish, and good health will result, , Seigel's Operating Pills prevent ill-effects from excess m eating or drinking. A good dose at bedtime renders a person fit for business m the morning. These Pills, being sugar-coated, are pleasant to take. The disagreeable taßte common to most pills is obviated . FOR SALE BY ALL CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS, AND MEDICINE VENDORS. PROPRIETOR : A. J. WHITE, LIMITED, LONDON. TO STAND THIS SEASON. mHE POWERFUL CLYDESDALE ROYAL CONQUEROR Will travel Ashburton and surrounding districts this seasoo. For farther particulars apply JOHN O'SHEA, 9 133 Aahbnrton Forks, T^HB Thoroughbred Stallion, DIGBY GRAND, by Tiaducer, dam Aglaia, (both imported) will travel the districts of Waterton, Wheatstone, Fleraington, Willowby and LoDgbeach on Wednesdays and Thursdays. For terms apply to Groom m charge. QPRINGB AJNK, by Yonng Banker (Imp) KJ dam Farmer's Lass, will stand this season as follows :— Fletnington, TUES- DAYS and WEDNESDAYS ; remainder of the week. Longbaach Homestead. Mares grized free to January \at. Every oare taken bat no responsibility. Terms — 3> guineas ; guarantee £5 Bs, Allowance rua,de for 3 or more maree the property of on.c man. tf° H N QRIGG, W W Pieprietori _



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