CRICKET.

ENGLISHMEN V. SYDNEY.

(BSUMt'fl TBtft«nAM&-*OOFTRIG!TT)

STDRET, February 21 The ttlekefc matoh, flhaw and Lilly - white's team v Eleren of New South Wales, was concluded to-1 y. The home team, who yesterday lost one wioketfor 78 runs, continued their innings The last wiokot fell for 180. Mobk con tributed 73, Bannerman, 24, Tnrne? 13, MoDonnell 16-

The Englishmen In their second Innfcvu ware ftll disposed of for 100 runs. B>te» 40, and Lohmann 2G being the chi f scorers.

Tht New Bon<h Wales team that won thl match by 122 rani.

OTAGO V. CANTERBURY.

Dokbdiw, F«brnary 91 The following nine players have been ■fctoUd to represent Otago In the Inter -B|-nrinofal Cricket Hatch against- G*ntar. tt*T ; «-tber two wi 1 be s» ctod o mor row:— Beck, Frith. Harper, Harris. H»p« , %i f t, Klogsland (Invercargiil) ; Vallange and Walls (Oam* n.)

BANKS & INSURANCE v WORLD.

A, match will be commenced to-morrow between the Banks and Insurance Com panies t. The World. Play will begin ,at 3.80 sharp. The teams will be select d from the following: Banks and Insur. anoe i ' frtrajnge, Hargreavea, Haweon, Wcftton, " Moore Wrbughton, Simp'son, 4 Polhill, Field. Thomas, nnd ai other. The World: Caygili,G Andrews, Fooks (2), ' Buchanan, Atkinson, Walmnloy, Chapman, Bawle, Clark, Kneen, Pat'-h ng, Simpson, W. .^olyer, and Oathbertson.

POST OFFICE PUZZLES.

A pnrale. Indeed : ' A.Y-r»n«l, O o-f- : --t-o-t>-lc.' A specimen, this, of on* of the add<««sei sent through the Post Office *▲▼<§!, Ooffook,' and written m a •traggling hand with a pen that evidently "had »n Inclination, hard to curb, for vanning Into the corner of the envelope wad making loops as Urge an lassoes The loiter Is one of m»ny sent to ono ptrtlooUr desk at 8s MarttoVk-Qrand, where etrtsla olerk^ make It their study to battU with Ignorance, and to untie awlsted characters sometimes as pozzliog •a tho oetebrated Uordlan knot. - The vary Ignorant are peculiarly phonetio la thslf spelling, and, regarding the aspirate as an unnecessary letter, * Avrel ' Is at onoe decided to be meant fcr fliver-

bill ; and ' Ooffock ' with the first letter •oftened, becomes tht rustic vptlHng off Suffolk. -.

Th 4 following are some of the puzzles with whlob tha authorities have to deal.

'Bed. ford soosr* Is easily resolved ioto ' Bedford Bquare ;' bat hern is one not so eaty. The mmc i* perf<otly aodoolpher* jKble, bat ihe letter I» addraased to some tst§ it ' Baguiha Osrrcks, Snouoks '~ Kffetofld v ' Ohloestcr Barraoks, Sussex ••

XXejtt comes a letter to a young lady •.■lt *tto I*edd And All Street, LondoD HSittey,' which needs no explanation, un« Yaw the t«»def trips over the eighty-two, is the lore-lofn maiden writing to £ - solditr lad. The address ii ' friat * ii " % « tenant Bates, londonahr. Were." 5 k .V word's ' First Battalion, We!. llnatm B "* HM)^ 8 * London, or elsewhere. " nn£ «JTm« WJ *• addreised as reading 'KnS No^* 10 ' 1 £or lH « b * l ». Koflhamrwlan *^ Jgjjj* I™^1 ™^ •Youenlnfinery/Kal V' t f" d ' "l w ebb la •*.!« <o be In* nn. ._„ titmmM the recipient* ."• »» "P" pr...^ t tii«wise it w-auLV" n^n * feat to reproduce the first Ik - TI J l % an enrclope whose latter ones •»• «. i» » DHt Love • However, »^ e Jj'{J I r waa aafely delivered at Iver, Book* «Cfa«re wai not much to guide the it \*** iMt for the eye, In the following : * * "*"* lloo.' *nper|tlly when In the writing tL^ r « U fWAt doubt as to whether the first U>u «> II F, J, or L. However, it was made out ooweetlj to be Fanlngdon. The scribe whn wrote the next must hate spent an hour with his op and down •ticket— f ory op aoae of them, and very down— the result being In large round hand— ' loh.K nt, near Sanvige. 1 Ash, Kant, nmr 8a dwlch ;' • cocsnejr, the witter, no donbt. Rowley R«g!» vamx, Dudley, Ii rendered * Bowel and Keadis,' •■d the Isle of Wight, < Alerieht/ with t>pth of whloh there was a hint m the •bnnd ; bnt now we have one of a kl^d that wtiQld Inevitably produce preniatnrtf . baldness m the clerks if they were ifKflien}.. Fanoy * Banstorbenos' for your ■gOiae to Nome town or village ; how lon(/ ■wonld yon be before you made out that it <WM 8t Alban* ?

* One' is rather a shorthand way of tptUfug ' Olney )' bat * Booklngom •hot' •forwards there is something of a olua to I N)llbw. Certainly it was a wonder, bat |v > following fonud an owner «t a _i,. vb«n villaue ; * temple grove cott»g«, Siat *fw Qurdrer frlday night.' Snralj tkls wa • • nou P n *° m*k« a dark give ft _ n i « x Lipoeanoe' was a very good ■hot at • "WP ho °fc. Hants, 1 rathar batter than "Komi near SMWoiks' for * Bur 2i> At Sea/ for • 8t 'Tb*' friends i l ' 9 defenders of on? land do not .him*** • l l I J D ™ h9 i § r *H Wo- c ; Hsra Is ft specim «J '8. P. Gu»des 2 Batt Wlrtoiaw Boi town and b.ks ;• rather a painful manner t * -expreailng « Sco^s Fusilier Guards, Second Battalion, Windsor Bsrraoks.' 4 specially when the lsttsis hava to be g*m*a at, and th§ last word trails off io*o «the« nebolous Isttsrs to which tha fif» i»mld oot give ifbttf. Again, a military \*Ltar Is ad. drtued to Private Boa\^d»so, at « Fnrdey C.1.! Kathsr' a bold »troko to express • Jeriay, Channel Wanda . » To rstnrn to the olvlll^n elnasant here fi a letter for •Lankchlre,' and another for ' Bosokemey Hkear/ the characters forming the last word twialng and later. twining m hopeless conftsion. Hke so taen* eele In a hnolr«te'r'a"pail. ' Shinere. oester. With heaite* waa no aoobt de- Itfered at Cirenoebter by th« postman at a)t foH trot, and gave a« moch pleasure as aid this to another private, m ' H cool of RMe Hoßt Tillery, Showebry jSxcais. '*3 T^n 3m 3z, was for a •.{•ennglady ac BppJng, Essex, the name co tbe envelope, beldg almost as mnob popped np as the. aaueaqes cf tbat "IfchioTis -.Ilttisj town. Ano her for Byden %sVXU eondanssd Into 'Bldeom k ' • , s TJjfj ntxk taoit lie from. ' The yonog V -"<IW ; who keeps company ; ? ' Bl'z », ~ ' SyttsPtot reller, fun Bvidgewell, and it f oond its way to 'Proßpeot Villas, Ton. rSWie Willa.' There is • fun « m that, '%% tsast. Hera fa another St Albane ■" letter to a tradesman; 'Mr Fish toonier, Ban tal dauts upset thpr t»uod B(?cppi barf at Bheare.' Doobtlfßa the S fom '.Vt|iyto ihe town v pump was handy, eipeoially* opposite ; bat let us hope it vii not 'apBeJ.V Th© spelling seei2« to gmw more wild M one prooe«as, for her* i« ' hupsr l»]»ry, jfof Upper galloway, • fics »tit6^d,' it rather * poor introduction io J^nny Btratford, • Lattonbuddard ' for Le'pb'on Botcard, and ' Knt ' or 'Cant ' for Kent ; tut nothing, save a sl«ht of the fac smiles kept at tho General Post < ffice, caa give a f«lr ld«»a of the calleraihy, ■the eonf aslon of loops.snd np nnd down r . airokes. Oaplt»ls maWe their apppnraroe : fa the oentre uf words, and other w<>rdf „. tbat have beginnings are without ei<d It is rare,, though, thitt a lefter is not to.iti rightful diitination, for t^vre ■, {.Me pol headu a'v^y^ bmy over these

FIRE BRIGADES DEMONSTRATION

Dtjnbdin February 22

The wea'ht-r ia cold and threatening for thu Brifi!»f'es Demonstration In tb< ladder practioo for ono miv, eiuhteei brigades competed. The beat times wen mado by Oitfpe (NfW Pitman 1 h) IBjeo w d Hatter»l (Napift'), 15 2 Bths «ec The hose p' action is now o». iS'apio hae been disqualified for this event.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

• Fire. Chbkhpohukch, February 22. At 10 am. to day a cottage at Syden. ham, belonging to Henry Moech and occupied by William Pende r , laborer, wae tj.r.Abd down. The hoow was insured for £120 m the Standard. The furniture wan uninsured. The fire was caused by ohildren phying with a lighted stick m one of the rooms. Found Dead. The body of Mrs Uagan was found m a lagoon near Waitahana ypsterd&y.

THE GREAT BARRIER MURDFR.

SHABBY ?R«&T.\IENT OP COUNSEL. An Auckland telegram to a contain porary Bays : —Before Caffrey and Perm were committed for tri ■■', a commttioe of p ofessed friends of 0 ■ ffrev waited on Mr ! O'M>»gber to retain him for Caffrey'* de f- nee The fe > agreed upon wan one hun dred guineas, to be paid before the trial, whiohfiim the cm 'itteeetatedthey troold raise among O*ffrey a friends A, fw weeks Bubsfqimntly it, was reported that the sura of i 42 h»d b«en reneived, bat all that came to ha d was the anna o' £7 which was handed to Sir O'Meni^er to CTPr th» cer r of dep ■itions, bu' pcen&> to wttnease*, *tc, bat up to the pr sen' the balsnoe of the fee h >s not been forth -0 'inlng. Mr J*oßsbn Palmer, the other solicitor engnge.i m the defence, said be paid £5 for a suit of dot it- ■ fur Caffrey to ntand bia trial m, bnt has not yet been paid for them.

SERIOUS BUSH FIRES NEAR WELLINGTON.

Welungtok, February 21.

Another heavy but»H flro broke out, at Martinborongh, on'Mitohell'o run, near I Henderson's sawmill, A bridga wa* burned down on the Martinborougb and G re* town road. The Greytnwn Fire Bruad • was eal ed out to firep at Morou, Kvmpton'i, Gun tty's, and Fabian's home steads are. In. danger, and hundreds of I men are working to stop the progress of I the fire. It has been blowing a gale all day, *xA Is raining lightly, A settler na«ned Matson has had hid ehed and buy* tt«ok burned. At Mauterton an un ccoupled eeven>roomed house m Ohuro» street, owned by Mr A. G. Smith wai buined down this morning. It was Insured m the Hew Zealand office for £iJOO Seriouß bush and graas fires are reported from all parts of the district, the heavy winds causing the fires to be very dottruo tlve. It Maarioevillo the h u«* of a settler namod Neilaon was destroyed, also sever-tt sheds end a Jar^o q«»u ny of fencing. In the settlements ' « over a I homeiteada are m danger through tho fires, gre*t exertions boinv> mvin ti «*vo thacu. Palm r^oa N<>rih was n s gre»t st&te of '.'icuonient yesterday m couon quenoe of the extreme danger of the wholo town being destroyod by tiro. Fires were beeaking out m all direotions, and at all hours of the day the fire>bells were oou tinually ringing oat alarms owing to grass and stamps catching alight m the vicinity of -houses, and spreading whh the high wim 1 The Brigades were "ut nearly all d*y, but desi It- »hi!r efforts the residence of a man named Fuller, and an uooccupTcd hoise, tho property of F. Janoon, were burat, and a number of ahedn, uothouies b> f stacks, and feiices destroyed. In some pai ti of the town hounes m whole streets wd^u emptlai of fornltare/J md a watoh" kept .throughout the night. tSsveral reai d«uces caught, but the fire was put out, Suverat Battlers' houses vi tho ourrbond x^og district h«d a narrow escape. Tho eq'iare itself was m great danger at one ttmtf /?om otraw wbich h»d ignited m a y^rd sdjolniog Fergaoion's store, but by gret l t effort! this was got ouc The wind has g"De down somewhat this morning, and tho danger is over fir the present, but,. should the wnd spring up again the state of things is likely to be as bad as ever. '" .

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, February 21. It m stated thrt » powerful B>ftd>otto of Auckland capitalists hate made proposals to Sir George Grey to pa rebate Kawan If the present negotiations end m a pur ohase it is onderstcod a portion w'll be ■old for lummer residences, and the rest ,be disposed of iv accordance with a plan which has been agreed to r y the aynd cate I Tbe price offered Is not yet stated, | Wm Haoa^han, aged twenty-three, has been drowned while bathing at Slippery Greek, Drnry. A young lad, son of Mr Fietoher, tailor, Hamilton, was drowned In the Waikato river from a Bob Hoy c»noe While he was attempting to put np a sail the boat overbalanced. GIBBORNE, February 21. ! 'The murder case against the four Hatlveß 1b stilt prooeAding | Blenheim, February 21. ; A boy two year* old, named Harry Bowen, fell cfl a plank whilb croKsing a creek, and waa drowned. WBiwraxotf, February 21 I The Colonial Secretary is well satisfied with tbe resnlts of his visit to the South aud considers be will be able to effect a considerable saving m the aheep and rabbit departments without impairing their- effi el* noy.. The provisions of the Rabbit Ac are to be strictly enforoed. Mr 0. J. Johmton has resigned h's seat for To Aro Meears F. U. rraser, W« T. L. Traven a< d b. Nanoarrow havu announced their intention of standing MesßraE. W Jellicoe and T. J. Tolley c mentioned as lik«ly candidates. At the annual meeting of th« Welling toa Chamber of Commerce tbe motion of Mr Dranufield reepeoting a change In the fiscal policy being n'"6Bßary lv order to tuither develop manufaoturing indußtrlon waa lost. Tbe annual rep -tfc ot thi Ooanoil st'atee, In reference to the (to* f»rep« of Wellington, that m earlier years it held only fourth p'aco In imports, ex i>r>ttß, and Customs rovonne, whereas now it holds second place In exp >rts and third place m the other two tables. A child, named Mary Ann tiatbarland, Hr\*>ara and a half old, died on at Deap Stream horn the < fleets of burn ing. The mother of the child stated a K f /"ft her b< quo, deceased, with woyoucgt OhlldeeU remaining ht home. Bhe returucu io less than two hdU'B af^r when she dio envoied the m flimea, from the effeo's of which tbe oniid died. Tht fa'.hef ii a laborer on tho railway ot Dee^ it ream.

THIE FRENCH IN THE NEW HEBRIDES.

That it is the intention of the French permanently to establish themselves i> the New Hebrides, and ultimate!) assert rights of sove reignty over thost islands, does not admit of the smallest possible doubt m the mind of caybody, except possibly those curiously tciisti-i tutcd beings who from time to timt ; have the management of the Colonial branch of Imperial administration. Colonial Secretaries and Under-Secre taries can seldom or never see an inch beyond thtir own noses, and they per-! sist with a fatuous stupidity m believing tne representations of Foreign Powers,' and discrediting the counter-represen tations of British subjects, the result! being (hat they are hoaxed and hum-; bugged with a facility which makes' British officialism a perfect laughing stock, While the French Government, talks of temporary occupation of the. New Hebrides for the protection of the interests of French settlers, as agains j the unfriendliness of the natives, news comes to hand that their troops m the New Hebrides are themselves behaving towards the natives m an unfriendly manner. The object is plain enough, [ust as the Czar of Russia is manufac turing a pretext for interference m the affairs of Eastern Europe, and is causing, a great national memorial to be got up praying for that interference m the cause of the Christian faith, so j the unfriendly treatment of the native people m the New Hebrides is exactly what is wanted to bring about native hostility and provoke native outrages, which would be the excuse Foi avowedly turning temporary occupation into annexation and permanent occu pancy. When the. French troops were first landed the British Govern men: was assured by the French Premier and by the London Ambassador of France, M. Waddington, that they were simply sent for the protection of settlers m the New. Hebrides, whose safety was endangered by the action of the natives, and that so soon as that object was attained the troops would be removed. But nobody other than the Colonial Office was so verdant as to accept these assurances as gospel, and now there is the most indubitable proof that France did nor, and does not, intend to remove her troops at all. For at the present moment the French military authorities m the New Hebrides are busy surveying and laying out sites for fortifications, and laughing at England and, her credulity. Now all this is distinctly a breach of the treaty with England, which bound both England and France to abstain from occupation and annexation, and unless we are prepared to surrender the New Hebrides wholly and finally to France, it is necessary that we should claim the right of establishing a military post m the islands wherever France establishes one. Not that, for ourselves, <ye object to France obtaining the New-Hebrides, but that we object to her doing so without a quid pro quo, such as would be afforded by her ceasing to send any more Tctidivistes to the Pacific. That would be a boon worth giving up the New Hebrides to gain, and it is a, thousand pities that when France herself proposed this arrangement the jingoism oi Victoria prevented its being accepted. And it is precisely because, even yet, this may be attained, if England is only firm as- regards the New Hebrides, that joint occupancy of the latter should be insisted upon until such an agreement has been arrived -at. The present condition of affairs is fitly characterised by an Auckland exchange (the New Zealand Herald) as "a political farce," of which the British authorities appear content to be the helpless spectators ; that paper conclud- . ing an article on this subject with the following just remarks ':-—" What a contrast this pusillanimous attitude presents to that which would have been assumed by Germany under similar circumstances ! The Prince Chancellor would have given the French Govern ment a week to bring to a close these miserable excuses; and, if. by that time they had not cleared out their troops with bag and baggage, b,e would have held them liable for any consequences that might happen. We repeat, what we have already said, that it is this do-nothing policy which the British authorities persist m, by allowing the subjects of Britain and the natives who implore her protection to have their lives and property endangered by the aggressive action of a hostile Power, that is ruining England's reputation m. the Pacific, and weakening the loyalty of her colonies m Australasia. People are beginning to ask seriously how long this unsufferable state of things is to be allowed to go on ? It is high time that the wretched policy of 'letting things slide ' should be put an end. to, and that the British protection m the Pacific should be a reality, and no longer a delusion and a snare."

I THE ABHBURTON ftWARPIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1887



' ABHBUHTON T'rMlH'-SMKN'rt ' H(VCING OLU! 1 .. MEETING. TO BE HELD ON THIS ASiIDLMTOY HAOEonuusi;; ON THURSDAY, MAffCG :), jsy 7 . for risTßio-THonsEe o~:i,r. Proudent— Wr W C Walk'r, M.TT ■• ■ Vie 3-PrJßi dent— Mr J. Ivgsp, Mll R Judge— r W. J. Steward. M.li.];, ■ Stewards: Mr L. MarJcev I Mr E. Gatoq Mr A. Harriion | Mr Ci J. l-'cato Mr R. M. Cuthbertson. Starter— Dr Loahy. Handicapper— Mr T. Quill. Clerk of Scales— Mr J. O. D mcvi Clerk of Course—Mr Gacrgo Soott! PROGRAMME. 1. COUNTY HUHULB Race a Imndlcao of 20 boys; second horso to Pavo liia ntake li m r 'F e Z cix -. fli Bfj>tß of hurdles, abrat 3ft Gin high. Nomination, 10j ; accept- ance, 10s * 2. HANDICAP TIME TROT of •20 soys ■ second horso to receive £5 fr.- m the strkol S- e ioT le ConSS iD - on> 103; nCCOpt 3- ASHBUIITON On pLATE hIVdiOAP of bovb ; second horse to receive 6 soys roiv the stake. U mile. Nomination, 20i acceptance, 15s. - ' i. SELLING HACK RACE of 10 soys. No weight under lOst, J mile. Winner to be sold for 16 soys, any surplus to so to the f undß. Nomination, 10s. 6.' PLYING HANDICAP of 25 boys ; second horse to receive £5 from Btako. Nimina. tion, 16b ; accootance. 10a. Thros-quartor mile. Winner of lhe Asbburton r.'-vie Handicap to carry 71b penalty 6. NOVEL BAOE HANDICAP of 25 soys One mile Nomination, 153; »-ccerjtanco. 10s. Winner to be Bold immediately after the raeo, the whole of the proceeds to co to the fnnds of the Club. • 7. CONSOLATION HANDICAP of 10 boys, fOf all beaten hoises during tbo mertine. One mile. Nominationa. 10a ; acceptance, free. 8. HURRY SCURRY, a Bweepstakes of 10a each. Post entry any time of the day, Catcb weight. ■ J RULKS AND &EQUf,ATJO;NS. The definition of a district horae Bhall be nil lorses that have been commonly resident m the country lying between the south bank of ihe Selwyn and the north bank of the Waitaki rom December 31, 1886, and up to tbo date of the forthcoming meetirg, and owned by a person who has resided m the district abova denned during the same period. General Rules of the Ashburton TraCcamnn's. lean* Olnb and Pacing Rules of tho Canter- bury Jockey Club strictly adhered to. Five per cent, will be deducted from the gross ».f all moneys payable m accordance with thiß programme for expenses of tbeconroe. All disputes, claims, an objp.ct>ons arising out oi the lacinj? Bhall be dpcided by (he Steads, or whom they may appoint, thf.ir decision m all pontß connected with the carrying out o thiß programme to be final ; and entries will only be received subject to these conditions. All nominations and acceptances co to tha fanda of the Olub. All entrifß and nominations to be accom- >anled by entrance fees, name s>.nd age of the hoi-ac, and colors of the rider and m the handa of the Secretary, addressed to Whittlo'a Hotel, not later than 9 p.nj on Tneaday, tho Bth day February. 1887. Weights will be declured anl nibliehed m outside papers on tho morniug of mday, February 18th, 1887; and acceptances for tho races to be paid to the Secretary, aa abovo,not later than 9 p.m. on Si turday, th'j 26th dayof February, 1887. WALl^Bj^MOgg^Soorotary. ASHBURTON RACING CLUB AUTUMN MEETING mHURSDAY & |^RIDA APRIL 2ist & 22nd, 1887/ Preßidenfc—E. G. Wrigli!;. Vice-Pre a ident— John Gri^g. Judge— Matthew Stitt.' Stewards : H. Fricaiander Wi C Walkcc W. B. Denshire R. McOwen . J. O. N. Grigsr Dr Leahy R. Friedlandor- Treasurer— David Thorn.™ . • ':■,- Clerk of the Scales— T. E. Upton. Clerk of the Couroe— A. Hewsou. Handicappers — The Committee. Starter— Dr Leahy. Fibst Baoe o» Each Day to Et\rt 12,80 V.il, firstlday 1. DISTRICT HURDLE RACE of 20 sovb over six flights of hurdles, about 3ft civ > hiph. Nomination. 15s; acceptance, l()gj 1* mile. District horses only. 2. ASHBURTON AUTUMN HANDIOVP f 60 boys. Nomination, 1 boy : acceptance, IJpov. 1J mile. 8. FOAL STAKES of 1 sot each, with 15 bovb added. For two-year-oUTa bred, owned, and trained by residents m the district defined by Rule 3. Colts Bsfc 101 b . fllliea and geldings Bst 81b. Nomination*- 10s. The sweep to be paid by 1) p.m. on April 18th. Five furlongs. 4. HANDIOAPTIMETROT(in saddle) of 20 boys,. Nomination, 10 j; acccptanco, 10a. Weight not less than lOst. Break and turni 3 m lee. 6. FLYING HANDICAP of 25 boys. Nomi- nation, I soy j acceptance, 10a. 3 -mile. 6. PORT STAKES of 10 boys. Entrance, 10s, to be mado to the Secretary imme- diately after the F-ying Handicap ia iun. Catch weights, Tne winner to be sold immediately after tho race for 16 toys, any surplus to go to tho funds o the Olub. beoonlTday. 1. DISTRICT WJiiL'L'o:K - ANDICAP oi 20 bov-. Nommati' n, 10oj acceptance, 10a. Minimum weight, lOdt.. 1^ mile. Distrirt bo' es only. 2. GRAND BTAND HANDICAP of 40 eova. Nomination. 1 pov ; acceptance, 1 soy. Reven fu onem. 3. HANDICAP TIME TROT (m pnddlo of 15 Bova. Nomiuation. 10' ; ticcept nee Cs. Weijzbf not .es<B than lOst tircak and tnrn Tvice round th' course Dbtric . borppfl or.ly. • 4. HAUVEBT HANDICAP of 20 soya. • ooiinat on, 10s ; acceptance, Jo.^: Dis- tr ot horaeß only. I>■ ile. 6, " OVKL PACE of 16 >ove. JSntmnrp, 10s, to be mado to the Secretary immediat.-uy after the H.rveat Handicap m iun fivtch weiKhtH. Five furlongs. The winnor to be aold immediately after the rnun, the whole of the proceeds to go to the funds o« the Olub. G. CONSOLATION HANDICAP of 20 boys. Nomination, 1 boy, to be made immediately after the Novel Race is run , nrceplnnce free, to bo r.o tilled to th« Secretary within ten minutes of tbe dcclaraiion r f weights, 1 mile. RULES ANdUeGULATIONS. 1. Tbe Meeting will bo held und>r the Rules of Racing and Auhburton Racin ,' Uiub Rules. 2 No entry will be rocoived except on tho condition that all d.pputct, claims, cm\ ob- jections hripinß out of tho ractiip ahall be decido^ L. ' v or -.vsrds or whom tiioy may appoi' t ; "their decision on all points connected with tho carrying out of tit's programmo to be final. 3. A dißtrioL horoo Bluvll pacuu any horaa that haa been commonly t'cuidcut m Lhe dis- trict between tharivera Selwya and Opihi from January 21, 1887, and up to the date of tbo forthcoming meciiupr, and owned by a i orson who has resided m tho aaid district, duriDg tho hduio period. ■1, Five per cont, will bo duduct-d from tha gro»8 of all moneys payablo ia accordance with this programme for tho expenses of (lie course, 5. all nominations and acceptances to go ta the fands of tho Olub. G. Trotting Races. Horses must trofc fairly to the eatisfaoti"" r -f tho Rofarce. NOMINATIONS. ' All nominationa to bo accompanied by fb», name, u Re, and descrijtion of borne, ami colors of rider m tho hands of tho Secretary (addreas — AHhbtU'fco.:) no later than 0 p.m. ou Monday, Murch 'Ji, 1887. WEIGH IS. Weights for th- first day's handicaps will be declared ou Wedncn.day, April 111, 188 V*. Weights for tha ascond day's handicapH will bo deemed at 'J o'ul.ck ou tic ovouiug of tha firat day's raoiug. AOOIsrTANCISS. Acceptancoa for tho <ha-. dty'a handicap 3 must be made to tho Secretary i ot later tbaa. 9 p.m. on Monday, April 1», .887. Accept auces for the second day's hat dicaps at o'clock on ibo evouii'g ol thu first day l bclur, . Ul Q. 0. ITOOKB, Ppwetaryj



MOUNT SOURS COAL PIT. COAL CAN NOW BE HAD AT THE ABOVE PIU FOR L'ltfHl SHILLINGS PER TON, Or m Aahburton at SEVENTEEN SHILLINGS PER TON, By the Truck. ! FOlt CASH OjnLY. .— ,. ■ ] E. F. WRTGHT. A, Harrison. Alfred Harrison, AUOTIONEE.it, 3TQOK AND ESTATE AGRNT A Nil VALUATOR. I SATURDAY SALE at 12 o'clock ehurj. —Hotuoß, Cattle, Figs, Prodoon %ud MarohaudUo, i Ageut Nocvrlcb Unlop Fire Insurance Company, FOR SALjS- Moveable Hot on pair wheels ; two bunks. Ohamp'on WnahlDg Maohine, 50b, Call and tee Seed aower, by Baxton andßeatdie cheap. Ploogbo, Harronß, and other Imple- nientß, Ghoyloomore Olub Trlcyolo, the belt kind made— cheap Piano, by Bord, nearly netr* Oheip Spring Cart— Ohoap .1 Ohaffoutter, by Bentall I string Bnder by Wood, good SJ new, very cheap \ TO LET -Five-roomed Cottage, Onx itvilt rent very low to good teoaat ALFBEP*iIRRWON,



PA YARD AND BLAYN PAPER SIXTY Tears of great uncross pro laim its superiority m the treatment of Violent Colds, Irritation of the Ci eat, Aching. Sprains, Sprains, Sores, Bea ds, Corns, Bunions, oft Corns, etc. This medicine, the property of which haß been established more than half a century by thousands of cutpb, is 01 an inya'u- able nee m many inflammatory < iseaßes against which there are sot » any efli aclous remedies, and ia therefore justly considered by a gro «t ; number of our most eminent physicians as the most active and least irritating agent m the bovo aff. ctionn . In order to avoid counterfeiting, Messrs Faynrd and Blayn's signature haß to be required on every roll of paper and on the box. Wholesale 80, Rue Soint-Merri, Paris (France), and cold by all Chemists m the Colonies. SUCCESS THE BEST 'TEST OP WORTH 1 1 1 HOLLO~WAY'S PILLS & _OINTMENT. THIS UNIVERSAL MEDICINE 18 A HOUSEHOLD REQUISITE EVERY- WHERE THE PILLS Purify the Bloody impart tone to the Nervous system, and act most'powcrfully yet soothingly on the LIVER AW BOWELS, Promoting Digestion and Assimilation, and endowing the whole bodily frame with Streng'h and vigor. Nervous Headaches, Tremblings, with Lassitude and General Debility quickly yield to the potent force ol . these welMrnown Pills, and they arc un- rivalled m then cflicacv m all , FEMALE COMPLAINTS, 1 Removing all obstructions, skin blemishes, j pimples and boils, better than any other family medicine known. THE OISTMEKT HAS A WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION. ' It heals every kind of Sore, Ulcer and ' Wound, more certainly than any other known salve. Its marvellous penetrating powers render it invaluable m all THROAT AND CHEST DISEASES, Cur'ng Bronchitis, Quinseys, and Asthmas reducing Glandular Lumps, closing and healing Abscesses and Fistulas, and for alleviating the excruciating tortures of RHEUMATISM, GOUT, And Neuralgia it is unsuspas>ed. It uevcr fails to remove Scurf and every species of skin disease. The Pills and Ointment are manufactured at No. 8, New Oxford street (late 533, Oxford street, London), and are sold by all vendors of Patent Lines tliroughyut the Civili?ed World. tractions for use m almost every language. >fiV Purchasers should look to the Labels on Pots and Bow, if the address end. ttreet are uot bathey ait epuiious,



Business «oticei. aß^Ji'^'JAi^'^l^ DIPPING SEASON, 1887. TOMLINSON AND HAYWARD'S LINCOLN DIP, (POISONOUS), GLYCERINE DIP, „,„ (NO NT-POISONOUS), WILL MJX WITH GOLD WATER AND NOT JDI3OOT OR THE WOOL. DIPS used together m equal proportions Rave the highest satisfaction last I. Season, as Js evidenced by numerous Testimonials whloh can be seen at the Agents. Thft Glyoer ' ne Dip ls tue beßt ever intreduced for Wool Growing purposes ; and the Linooln Dip is the mosH durable m the Wool, and will keep sheep olean longei than any other yot known The two Dips used together make a perfeot Dip, and keep any ordinary flook of sheep olean tho whole Beauon. They oomblne highly nutritious tttd atiranlatlng properties, as well as lasting qualities. They are certain killers of Tloks, their eggs ; Lfoe, their ova ; and all parasites infentlng the skins of Rheep. For very lousy and 61thy longwool flocks, the LINCOLN DIP ALONE is recom- mended, being the moßt lasHnj? m Ha effects. Testimonials prove that In every inatanoe sheep dipped m the mixture have come mat shearing with perfectly clean healthy skins, entirely free from vermin an-' parasites, and the wool peculiarly Boft and beautifully clobbv. PRIOE— 3s 6d PER GALLON, OR £3 10s PER THOUSAND GALLONS OF WASH. j H. MATSOtf & CO., AGENTS, ASHBURTON. Pi FERRIMAtf , AGENT FOR WEENEKS PATENT TUBULAR CRANE, OR BAG AND GENERAL LIFTER. HAVING had a wldo experience m farmerß requirements. I have made it my first study to enpp'y a long felt want, and am happy to s»y it exceeded my most sanguine expectation. Its advantages are its lightness, easy adjustment to dray or waggon wheel, and can be left m position while m motion as required m loading potatoes ; or can be fixed to any wall or post ; can be worked by hand or hone can be made to lift to any height; will bring the bags or weights to be lifted from a distance without handling them ; will tnrn m an? position with weight ; can be made to lift up to a ton by one man. For price and particulars apply to ADAM WERNER, Doyleston, Canterbury, JSf.Z testimonial: Broad Gold, September 6th, 1866. Mr A. Wernir, Doyleston, Dear Fin,— In reply to your onquiry rb to how I like my B»g Lifter, I beg to say that It has given mo every satisfaction , . I oonslder it i» jdst one of those things which has been wanted badly. With the use of a horse I oan load a dray faster than two men could, without loßlng a drop of sweat. Anothor thing is It takes such a short time to erect it un the dray, It just takes me a minute and a-half to do bo. Another thing is, not having auy bags to load lately I clack it up against a post, acd find it very handy when killing a pig or sheep, f bavo no doubt that as they become kuo*»n you will have as many orders as yon will be able to attond to. You are quite at liberty to make what use you like of this. I am, dear sir, yours very truly THOS. SHIELDS, j Broadfield. W. PATCfIIH TENT, TARPAULIN, FLAG, AND HORSECLOTH MANUFACTURER. A LARGE STOCK ALWAYS ON HANW OF TENTS OF ALL SIZES CALICO, DUCK, TWILL, AND CANVAS. Manilla Rope, Plough Lines, Fishing Lines, Clothes and Garden Lines. IRON AND WOODEN BLOCKS, Special attention is called to the well assorted STOCK OF REAPER AND BINDER CANVASES, All made on tho Premises. flattens and Canvas kept m atook, and ropairs promptly executed. Tarpaulins from 6x8t024 x3O alwayß m stock. Oiljjkin Clothing made on the Premises. MARQUEES from 12 -x 24 to 25 x 65 ON HIRE. All Orders bt Letter ob Teleguam PRourrLY Attended to. w. patching, 10861 EAST STREET, A'SHBURTON.



Notices IN THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL HOWARiyDecoasod, ALL CLAIMS heroin to be soot iv on or before the Oth day o f MARCH, 1887, to ACLAND B^RNS & CO., Agents of tho Public Trustee, 174 Hereford street, Christchuroli. 988 IN THE EBTATB OP OHAKLE3 BAKER, Deceased. ALL CLAIMfI herein to bo 3out m on or before tho Oth day of MARCH, 1887, to ACLAND, BARNS, & CO., Agents of tho Public Trustee, 174 Hereford street, Chrietchurch. 287 A CERTAIN CURE FOR BALDNESS. HICKMAN'S Eclipse flair Producer. (Registered^ PRICE, 4s. A. NEW DTSO JVERY for the growth of Hair on the Head and Face ; for removing and preventing Dandruff, and arresting the Fall of the Eair, It cures any Disease of the Scalp, and causes new growth on the head after being bald for years None genuine without tho trade mark and signature— JOHN HICKMAN To be obtained at all Chemists. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. DUNEDIN AUTUMN RACES. FEBRUARY 23rd, 24th, & 26th. E^XCURSION TICKETS to Dunedin, a available for return up to nnd includin" 7th March, will be issued as under from 21et to 25th February inclusive . — RETURN FARES. From First Class. Second Class. Rakaia ... 33a Od 22a Od Ashburton 28a Od 18s 6d A SPECIAL NIGHT TRAIN will run to Dunedin on tho 22nd February, leaving Christchorch at 8.45 p.m. and Aehburton 10.55 p.m. A RETURN NIGHT TRAIN will leave Dunedin at 830 p.m. on 2Gth February The Excursion Tickets aro available for ordinary trainß or by the special night trainß. 2JBG By order PUBLIO NOTICE. " RATING ACT, 1876." riIHE Assessment Court for tho District L of the Borough of Ash burton for the purpose of hearing and determining all objeotions to too Valuation List or Llßts for the said Borough, will be held at the place and on the date hereunder men* tloned, viz., — At the Resident Magistrate's Court;: house, Aahburton, on FRIDAY, 4th March, 1887, at 10 a.m. H. CLINTON S. BADDKLEY, | Judge. R.M. Court, Ashburton, February 15th, 1887. 2 85 i wmmmm—m i ■i . i ... j i , _ , j m^, AnctUmg. SALE OF RACE PRIVILEGES. ON SATURDAY 2Gth FEBRUARY, 1887 C. DUNCAN has received instruo- , tions to sell by Public Auction at his Mart, Arcade, on ihe abovo dato, the following Privileges m conneotion with tho forlhcoroing meeting of the Ashburton Tradesmen's Racing Club, to bo held on the Racecourse on 3rd March next, viz ;— .. Gates Grand Stand and Paddock Old Grand Stand Publican's Booth No. 1 Do. Do. No. 2 Confoctiooor'e Booth \ Race Cards Kight of Hports ' Horse Yards. Salo at 1.30 p.m. nninn J. 0. DUNCAN, 2°109 Auctioneer. T. Bullock. TO LET— A 4-Roomed House m Kermode street. T. BULLOCK. 110 LET— A 6-roomed House, cpntrally . situated, m Tancred st. Ap> ly to T. BULt OCX IjWF BALE, at a low price, PIANO, by : Broad wood and Sons Apply to _^ T. BULLOOK. mHRESHING PLANT FOR SALE. JL Price £110. The Engme and Com- bine by Claytdn a> d Shuttle worth- Apply to T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE. ALARGE-SJZED Grain Bruiser, by Andre its and Beaven Apply to 1. BULL *CX. miNWALD'— T wn Sections 371, 372 X 373, 374, 375, 376. 377, ia on* blook, fronting Thomson street, near the County tiale>arda, for sale at a low price, and on liberal terms. * pply to T. BULLOOK. TINWALD. TO LET at a low rental, 3-roomed Cottage near Mr Shoaro T. BHLLOCK. " TINWALD. TO LET. —Four roomed Cottage on Graham V Road, lately m tho occu- pation of Mr P. Horon. Apply to T. BULLOOK. OATS.— A quantity for Sale ; good sample. __ T. BULLOCK. TO -LIST— At a low rental, Centra! Bakery, together with *hop and dwelliug honse. Apply to T. BULLOCK^ TO LEI, a three-roomed Cottage u» Trevorton. Ront, bs (3d per woolf. Apply to T. BULLOOK. T\ \O LET— 2 Cottages m Grey Stpeot JL kown as Ooutts' blook ; Rent a 5i per woek. T. BULLOOK, FOR SALE— Two sets of threeleavec harrows, by " Howard." T. BULLOOK. FOR SALE — Lot 25, fronting the North Town Bolt. Price, £19 Liberal terms if required. Apply to T. BULLOCK. TO PAINTERS. mO LET at a lou rental, Shop n X DwelUoghoaee m Moore at*eo lutei i» occupetlon of Mr Lucas. BVLLOC&



..«■ .,.,. .Public Notices. ....- . WANTED Tenders for building a H< me on fcrove Terrace, Tmwald. Pinna and Specification* to be seen at tho fOce of Mr Joseph C ark, Ashburton, eudera to bo sent m not later than •UTDitPAr ; February OOtb, 1887, to Joseph Clare, ABhburt.<n. strayed; QTitAYKD Into my paddock one red "^ and white OOW. The owner can Have the same by paying expenses. P. POLIAN, 3 117 Wakanal Road. PUBLIO NOTICE. THE ANNUAI"mEETING of Share- holders of the OHERTSEY SALE- Y4RDS CO , LIMITED, will be held m the evening of the 25th FEBRUARY, at the Company's Office Ohertiey. JAB. PATTERSON, 2UB Secretary. ASHBURTON OALEDOMaN SOCIETY. fIHE Annnal General Meeting will be ' held m the Secretary's AuoMon Mart, rcade, on TBURnDAY 24-* b February "irrent, at 8 p.m., and as on this cccasiot v full representative meeting Is esrieoially uealrable, every member is particularly : ivited to attend; J. 0. DUNCAN, Secretary ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. OFFERS are invited for PIECE of LAND suitable for an IRBIGATION FARM of 100 ACRES, moro : or less, to •c LEASED for five or sevop years by tho Ashburtin County Counoil, situated oot more than five miles from a railway Htation on tho Main South Line, within the i ounty Condition of all land as to cultivation, frnceß, &c , to bo stated. No off ra necessar I '^ accepted Offers will be received at tho County Council Officefl, Ashburton, up < to. THURSDAY, 3rd March next. By order, F. MAINWARING, Clerk. Aahburton, February 16th, 1887. *2 WHITE, CAYGILL, & CO., BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, J. W. WHITE, Notary Public. XTOTIOK is hereby given that tbe undersigned, Messrs Whitb aw» o. (White Smithson, and Raymond),- of imaru, and John A. Cayool, of Ash- burton, have this day entered into Partnership as Barristers and Solicitors, ot Ashburton, under the style of "White. Gayglll and On." Mr J. W. White, will tttend the sittings of the Courtß at Ash- urton. WHITE & CO.. JOHN A. OAYGILL. Money to lend m any earns on approved freehold security. • Otlicea : Hullook's Arcade 10*803 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND, WELLINGTON DISTRICT. FRIDAY, THE 4rn DAY OF FEBJtU* A BY, 1887. UPON reading tho Affidavits of RoBEBT CnisENHALL Hamerton, of Wolling- ton, Public Trustee, and of John Daly, of Rakaia, Storekeeper, it is ordered that the Public Trustee ehall bo Administrator of all the real and personal estato of MicHABL Howard, of Bakaia, laborer, deceased. (Signed) 0 W. RICHMOND, J. All persons indebted to the above* named deceased aro requested to pay the mounts of their several accounts to mo, or to Messrs Acland, Barns, and Co, Cliristchurch, Also, — All persons having olairae against tho said estate aro >&• quested to forward the same to me, or to Messrs Acland, Barns and Co., on ov before WEDNESDAY, the 23rd day <0 March next. N.B — Any claim not sent m by the day named will be liablo to bo excluded from paiticipation. R. 0. HAMERTON, ... ■ . Publio Trustee " Publio^Trust Office. Wellington,' February Bth, 1889. 2 66 |fITE ARE rikm "nUYEIRB OF Wheat Oats Barley . | AND Grass Seed. H. MATSON & CO., ASHBURTON. ■T AM A /^ASH ptJROHASER oar .. : '.. WHEAT ;-:OAT8:'" '■' : • ■ '■,'BARI,E!Y . '; GEOME ;' JAMESON, v m ■ " " """ ■' iiii :r""-» '. ' •■■■■»; i» '■■'. .GEAIff, SEASON," 1887. THE New Zealand Loaft Mercantile Agency EROM the 19th INSTANT aud dunng the ensuing vf.. GRAIN SEASON Oar ABHBURTON AGENCY will be under tho charge of MR CHARLES W.- TURNER. (Late of our Rakaia Agency ) , On application Mv Turnbb' will afford every info matibn as to the cost of Shipping to the English or Colonial Markets, and full information inny be obtained to the method of forwarding, and consigning grain to tho uhip. ; •■.: " " JOHNCOOKB, ' ' Manager. Chrlstchurcb, 15th February, 1887. « od .



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