THE RAKAIA TRAGEDY

VERDICT OF "NOT GUILTY"

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CHBIBTOHCBOH, April 11 Io the Supreme Court thla morning Martha Dalz el was charged with the murder of her son, 4 years old, on December 29, at Rakala The evidence shewed that she had tied the child to her and had walked into the river and sat down m the water. Three children gave the alarm. When found she was Insen sible and the ohild was dead. They were lying about 50 yards from the stream as if \u25a0he had crawled out. She was add ; ctod to drink and had pr« vkualy been <n the Lunatic Asylum. The jury returned a verdict of " not guilty," on the ground of Insanity,

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Supreme Court. Uunedin. April 11. Mary Book for obtaining goods by false pretences was sentenced to two months. She read an extraordinary state ment iv which she stated she Inherited madness from her mother. Her counsel Urged that the authorities should enquire Into her statements. The Supreme Court is engaged In the caie Daby Dheli v Srunton m which the wife, a member of the Plymouth Brethren, \u25a0aei her pastor for slander m defaming her and (he members of her family m a letter written to her brother-in-law The defendant pleads privilege having Written it at the husband's requeat. Interesting disclosures are anticipated. Arrival of the Tainui. Poet Chalmers, April 11, At the heads — Tainui, from Plymouth tla Capetown and Hobart,

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WOOL SALES.

London, April 10 At the wool sales prices were fully maintained, and there was a brisk com petition.

GENERAL BOULANGER.

Pakib, April 9. General Boulangef, addressing the electors of Dodogne, proved the impo tence of the Chamber of Deputies, and the necessity of its being dissolved.

THE NEW EMPEROR.

Berlin, April 9 The Empress paid a visit to Posen, where she was received with great en thusiasm. The Emperor has been decorated with the Crown. In his address .he highly eulogised the pro fessional skill of Sir Morell Mackenzie,

LORD R. CHURCHILL.

London, April 10

Lord R. Churchill, addressing a meeting at Birmingham, stated that he cordially approved of the financial and Irish policy of the Government.

PROBATE AND SUCCESSION DUTIES.

It is stated that the Liberals intend to move to equalise probate and suc cession duties.

(Received* April 11, 11,5 p.m.) LEPROSY. Bbisbane, April 11. A case of leprosy bas broken out at Croydon goldfie'ds. The miners m the district are petitioning Government to eject the Asiatic and African aliens from the goldfields, except those who are engaged as gardeners.

POLITICAL.

For the next election 172 candidates are announced for 72 seats ; 78 have declared themselves Protectionists, and 10 are Freetraders. The question of separation is nut considered a vital one, and only 9 candidates have declared for ir. Eighty of the candi dates support Mcllwraith, and 70 Griffiths. Two have not declared whom they will support.

A SUPPOSED ERUPTION.

Vessels which are arriving from New Guinea state that during the voyage and shortly after leaving the island showers of hot ashes fell on the deck, and it is supposed a serious eruption has occurred m that neighborhood.

EXTRAORDINARY ACTION.

The London correspondent of the 11 Irhh Times " of January 31 saya :-" I had it yesterday from one of the counsel retained In the case, that a very curious litigation Is listed for hearing daring the present term. Some two years ago a North London doctor, having a large family practice, bad on his liet of patients • lady loDg suffering from en affection of the face and jaw, whloh baffled the arts of the faculty. She had been for some time under his care when she changed her residence from London to Ne wcastk-on - Tyne, bnt kept herself In the hands of her London doctor by letter. Findlrg tbe ailment obstinate and the patient BOmewhatintrac' able and hypochondriacs], the doctor wrote m the end, saying he b>d exhausted bis resources, and adding bit opinion that tbe edap 'verum was the only remedy. The dead language was matter m the wrong place. It proved a snare, for tbe lady hied herself off to a local chemist, and applied for the Bpacifio as set forth m the letter. The attendant, It will be contended, through deliberate dishonesty, made up a bottle, for whloh he oharged 7» 6d, and at tbe patients request. registered, or pretended to register, her name In the shop-book as a customer to whom tbe remedy was to be regularly supplied. She Continued using and paying for the sham medicine for over a year and a half ; and a curious point m the case trill be her admission that it gave her more relief than any previona remedy employed. Coming to London for tbe royal jubilee, ahe chanced to meet her former doctor, who, it should be said had told ber m his letter that, being nnable to do more for ber, he did not feel justified m continuing the correspondence. He was astonished to find Mimetf grate fnlly.thanked for his flnal advice, and still more astonished when the lady re lated tbe facts. He wrote at once for an explanation, and advised the patient to demand (he return of the large earn she htd paid m fancy prices for tbe nostram. The next etage of the business began with the disappearance of the=asslstant and the denial of any responsibility of the chemist. On these main facts the case is based, bnt some remarkable revelations of the ndntan 'capacity for consuming doctors' \u25a0tuff may- be expected. The* plaintiff has, It seems, been an Invalid from ber twentieth year, and has for the quarter of a century Intervening paid for medicine alone orer £2000*

A STRANGE STORY.

The fallowing tale— 'rather too strange r to be true, we faney — is told by a con- ' temporary : — i Skerian peasant and hia wife wero once m sad trouble about their two children — both very young, They had wandered away too far from home, and ?ost their way m the forest. After ecarchiog for some time, the parents oaught sight of a largo brown bear m the distance. When they got nearer they were horrified to find the lost children close to it. They were running round the animal, shaking hands with it, pulling its tail, and 80 on. The bear was evidently amused at these new playfellows, and wa3 as good-natured as any dog could have been. The little girl now fed the bear with fruit, while the boy climed on its back and shouted for his queer horse to go. The parents cried out m terror, the little boy slipped off the bear's back, and the animal quietly trotted off into the depth.3 of the forest.

A NARROW ESCAPE

A correspondent of the •' Southland Daily News " writes as follows of Hapi Moko, the Maori who recently died at the alleged age of 104 :— The old gentleman who died m the JJiverton Hoßpital on Thursday, waa, In hia young days, the hero of » most remarkable adventure. About 1836, whilst on a whaling ornise on the New ZsuUnd coast, on board a Klverton whaler, he took ill and, to all appearance, died, and was duly sewn np m canvas, ready for burial at sea. In those days, the whalers took their wives on board, and they, aa Is onual with the softer ccx, were far more affeoted by the death than their lords and masters, and protested against his burial at sea, pre ferring that the body ba kept for a few day 8 longer till they reached terra fiima The vessel put into Hiverton, and the body being takfn on deck to be put m the boat for removal ashore, waa m pro cess of being handed over the rail, still clothed m the canvsts bag with the weight at the feofc, when lo and behold 1 Hapi Moko began to stretch himself. This naturally produced extreme excitement, especially among the femilee, and it was a considerable time before anyone had the presence of mind to undo the paokage. Hapi Moko wa=i taken ashore, end lived a good many yoarg more

THE STONE IMAGES OF EASTER ISLAND.

A Btrango memento of an unknown race is the gigantic stone i nago from Easter Island, now on the way to the Smith sonian Institution. This lonely isle of the Pacific is of volcanic origin, and it is but eleven miles long and six miles broad, and, from its solitary situation, is Beldom visited. The natives, but few m number, are of the Polynesian race, and were ex ceedingly hostile to the few whites who vi-ited them But within the past twenty-five years they have embraced Christianity under the influence of French missionaries. The island is owned by a Tahiti firm, who utilise its fertile valleys for cattle -raising. The remarkable fea tures which distinguish it from other solitary islands are the huge stone Btatues, to the number of several hundreds, which lie scattered about. They are chiselled with rudo skill from the lava m the craters of extinct volcanoes and transported to all parts of the island, where they were set op, bat moßt of them have Binoe been overthrown by earthquake shocks. Some of these statues are forty feet m height, and some still remain unfinished m their quarries. Northing is known of their origin. The present Inhabitant? possess neither the skill nor the tools for tho work, and have no appliances for trans porting Bach immense masses of stone. Their traditions famish no information, as they merely postulate a supernatural origin. The statues are all groterqie effigies of human beings, but while they are low m the scale of art, they are evidently the work of « raoe centuries m advance of the present inhabitants, A theory has been advanced that Easter Island is the remnant of a submerged continent, and that the statnes were made by a people who worshipped them as idols. But this is only theory wi h out a particle of evidence tc sustain It. The statue for the Smithsonian institution is now on board the United Stales steamer Mohican, which was at last accounts at Valparaiso. It weighs between twelve and if teen tons and it was with great difficulty that it waß placed on board the vessel, as the Island has no good harbors, and though the image had to be transported overland about eight miles, there was not a tree to furnish the material. The Mohican finally obtained a few logs at Samoa, with which the work was accomplished. This is the second monster curio which has been taken away from Easter Island — a German vessel

having eorured one about two j*ears ago. When it fiods a ppimuoeot place here our puzzled ethnologists may possibly be pble to clear away the mystery of its origin by a careful study of its design and work manship. — "Boston Transcript."

AN INSANE BARONET

The following, from its Auckland corres pondent, appears m the Christchurch "Telegraph": — feomo little time ago a gentleman who signs •• Bart, G08.," after his name, whosa claim to a title cannot be disputed, and was confined m our Old Men's Refuge, being id a desti tute condition, bnt owing to his strange actions be iias since been removed to Avondale Lunatic Asylum. Ho writes from that institution to one of the evening papers the following strangely worded letter : —

" Governor Jervoia, without any cause, sent a telegram on the 10th of January to have me arrested as a dangerous lunatic, and I have been a prisoner here over since. I have sent for my eolicito? to come and take mo out by writ of Habeas Corpus, but ho delays to come. I wish to call public attention to this gross case of fa! Be imprisonment ; I mnst also tell a'l the men that the Lord Jesus Christ came to reign on earth on the 19th of October last, and has commanded me to make His advent known to all. By his command I have written to twenty seven rulers of States and Churches The Emperor of Russia was the first to obey. He imme diately tent Home 20,C00 of his forces, and the Lord being pleased at this bade me write him a second letter to say bo, and that no weapon forged ngainst him should prosper, but that be Bhonld be Emperor of Russia for ever, Any observant eye can see the difference under the Prince of Peace to what the world was before the 19th October. I wish aho to warn^ all rneb, good and bad, that the great day of judgment will be here m less than seven years, and unlesn the people stndy such Scriptures as the Revelations 5 and 11 they will bo frigh tened to death at tbe sights and sounds If you insert this m your paper I will send at intervals something worth attention concerning coming events, the Lord having mado me His Fourteenth Apostle and Minister of State."

The " PoBt " gives currency to a rumour to the effect that the applications recently re ceived lor the Eailway Gommiasionerahip were submitted to Mr Maxwell, the present General Manager of Kailways, and suggests that if this really be the case, it was not unnatural that Mr Maxwell should not have been satisfied that any of the applicants are fit to supersede him m the management of the railways. ' ' '

" Bough on Rats." — Clears out rats mioe, roaches, flies, ants, bed-bugs, beetles, insects, sktfnks, jaok-rabbits, sparrowg, gophers. At Qtaoistaajia fruggists, ' ' I

REMARKABLE NATURAL CURIOSITY.

. — _ _ w , — _ Me Mlniy, fruiterer of Oastlemaine. opened a cocoanut the other day, and hia consternation can be Imagined on behold* ing the contents — not a quantity of milk, that delights the boy who op^ns the case, not a pint of watery fluid such as refreshes the weary traveller m hot countries, but an alive. almoßt full-grown frog was revealed to hia g£Z9. The solution of the mystery is given by Mr Lilllo Miokay, of the School of Mines. There is a small hole (£;n m diameter) at one end of the ooo:anut. Through this opening a tad pole or larval frog must have crawled iv while the fruit lay on aomo marshy ground. It would then begin to feed on the nutrient sub.tanee of the nut, but as it grew m size it oould no longer get out, and only found room for its increased proportions by eating away the interior, whioh simultaneously would serve as food for the young batraohian. Indeed, we are reminded of the quaint lines of Herbert In respect to the value the not was to the imprlsloned animal :— The Indian nut alone Is clothing, meat, and trenoher, drink and oan. all m one. At the Barne time the tadpole developed into the frog, gradually losing his tail and acquiring logs, while the growth of teeth would enable him to munch through the soft white portion of the rind. In a similar pannec the egg of an insect (diplolepis) finds a home and sustenance m the gall nut until it eats its way through and makes escape from its prison as a winged hymenopterous fly. But poor rana conld not perforate or nibble away tha hard woody exterior of the shell, and would have atarvei ere long bat for the happy rescue effected by the fruiterer, who cracked the nut and found a nest with a living frog inside aa snugly secreted as the infant Moses was m the ark of bulrushes when discovered by Pharoafi's daughter on the river bank. The frog usually freds on worms, insects, and molluscs, but on this occasion he has had, from the force nf necessity, to become a vegetarian, and evidently has thrived on his simple faro, notwithstand ing bis long confinement — ''Bendigo Advertiser."

THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES.

A SINGULAR COINCIDENCE, There was rather a peculiar coincidence m connection with tho fire at the Opera Bouse and the visit of Miss Sherwin When the previous fire occurred m 1879, Mr Arthur Sherwin, brother of Misa fch rwin, arrived m this *city the day before the fire broke out, and the eatne fatality attended his visit this time. He arrived m town on Wednesday, the day before thi3 last fire. Another member of the Company, Mr Lemmorie, on his previous visit here, arrived on the day the Postoffioe was burnt down, and ho complains that on this present visit he was accorded a warmer reception than he wished by the fire at the Opera House. We trust the next visit of these gentle men will not be a gnalised In such a disastrous manner. — ' ' Wellington Times." A SHARP SENTENCE. For onoe (says a late Michigan paper) justice la meted out to a soduoar Id oar courts. Under the new Slate law, raising the age of concent to fourteen years, Francis Herbert waa tried for seducing the thirteen -year-old daughter of his employer. Aa the Jlltle girl told of the seductive wiles of the fiendish man, there wub not a dry eye m the court-zoom ; and when the unanimous verdict oi guilty was pronounced by the jury aftar forty five Becorjda' deliberation the feelings of the audience were expressed by long applause. The Judge pronounced the merited sen tence of imprisonment for life, and the next day the prison gates closed behind the wretch, who, but for this new law, wou'd to-day bo or.j oying his fall liberty and laying snares for hla next victim. MODEKN BUMBLEDOM. Here is one more example of the way m which modern Bumbledom deals with trempß. John Jones and his wife, a woman of four and-twer.ty, arrived at 6 p.m. at Bt Neots Workhouse In Bedford shire, They had tramped from Hunting don Workhouse, nine miles distant, and had been on the road nearly all day, whioh ia not larprlsing, considering that the woman had had a fit at Huntingdon* On arriving at St Neots, Jones asked that bis wife, who waa evidently ill, might nee a doctor ; but the answer was that Bhe could not do so- till the next day. Whether the dootor saw her next day does not appear, but that night the poor woman was left unattended save by her husband, and was In each a oonditioa that the man, In his own words, " pulled the bell all Dlght " for assistance. None came, and In the morning the woman was found huddled up on the floar dead.— (" Truth ")

A BUKIAL SCANDAL. An abominable outrage upon the dead w*b committed a week or two ago by tha Vicar of Bolvantor, In Cornwall. This arrogant priest took upon himself to exclude the body of a yonng woman from the pariah church, and refused to bury it with any other ritea than a mutilated Beivioe at the graveside for no other reason than that the deoeaaed girl, though respeotably connected and living decently with her relations at tho time of her death, had once been the victim of a young man, who appears to have been honestly dealroaa of repairing hla fault by marrying her. Taking it all round, I think that thia B.olventor v loat haa cou trived to combine m one aotion about bb many offeacas aB oould po to maka up one buriil acatidal. He hea violated the law of the land aud the rubrlcß of the Church ; he hao outraged every sentiment of humanity aud charity ; and he has flagrantly defied the teaching of tho Goapol respecting tha sin which this poor girl had committed — (Ibid ) A TOUCHING INCIDENT. A rather interesting story m connection with the Lynch family of Bellrlns^ra cornea from Qaeenßland. Not long Bince tho campanolofiiVß were porformlng at Toowombar. Amorg the audience waa an aged couple of at lsaa'. esventy yearß np'ece, who had walked some eight milea into tho township to boar the bulls, In c'uded m tha varlom itema. on the~pro gramme were the old familiar chimea, • Triple Bob M< jor Pea, which the lynches had announced ai a loading feature m the evoninf«'n entertainment. The programme went " merry as a mar riage bell," and the old oonplo, who had taken especial pains to take a good front j eeatj evidently envyed the entertainment very much, until the ringers came foi> ward m front of thoir table to ' Ring the Changes, 1 when the audience was aston ished to Bee the poor old man and his wife Btand op with mouth and ears wide open, trying t"> absorb every sound which came forth. The ringing coaaed, and the Lyochea were bowing their acknowledg ments, when the old lady, with tears m her eyes, burst cut with : " Piay It again; oh Ido play it again. We may never as long as we live, hear them again. Oh 1 do play them ngain " ; the old man at the same time sputtering oat: "Wo have walked a long distance to hear them ; do oblige as." it is needless to say that the request wob courteously complied with, amidst the plaudits of the audience and the enthuaias'io approbation of the poor old couple. From information afterwards acquired, It was ascertain^ ttjat >hq old man had, been, many yeffra ago, a prlaa bell-ringer m Manohenter, and one of the most noted men m campanology m Great Britain, but for the laat thirty years he had resided m Queensland. Having heard that tho Lynch family was coming . to TobWomba, he and his wife trudged m eight miles to hear, as he said, foy the laat tima in 'this world, the "old familiar

THE DIABOLICAL SECT.

The » Shlk Pao," a Shanghai paper, says : — A most horrible story has been received, and, if true, the speediest and most vigorous proseoutlon on the part of the authorles la required to orush the evil. The information oomes through ( ffiolal sources, transmitted from Honan to T'ung Ohoo, and thence to all tha different prefectures of Ohlna. It appears that on the 16th of the 7th moon the magistrate of the Yu dlstrlot m Honan received a petition from a man named hi residing within Mb jurisdiction, Betting forth that two of his children, a boy and a girl, had been brutally murdered and their bodies horribly mutilated. TTpon reoeipt of tbis intelligence the magistrate prooeeded m person to examine the corpses, and found that they actually bore marks of having been moat outrageously used : the bralua were all scooped out, and the heads were broken and crashed. It became evident that this fiendish orlme was perpetrated by aome of the «• Diabolical Soot," whose practice it is to go about with the objaot of murdering ohlldreu and abstracting their brains to compound medicines with. ft is well known that the members of this scot act m the most secret and myster'oua manner, and they move about from p'aoa to place under the disguise of merchants or travellers, Iv consequence of the disclosure of the above tragedy, the authorities are everywhere on the alert, and are adopting the moat stringent and vigorous measures to bring about the entire extinction of ihe sect.

EXTRAORDINARY RELIGIOUS SPECTACLE.

The " London Daily News " Baya : — The vioar of tha Ohuroh of tha Ascension Lavender Hill, the Key 0. S. Wallace, marked the expiring days of the old year by the representation of a series of Scripture events by a number of ' sacred tableaux,' constituting as it were a Bible lesson illustrated with living *figcr 8 On the two occasions m the last' week of December the school-room adjacent to the ohurch wbb crowded by ticket-holders. The representation was entitled 'The Desire of AH Na lons/ and oonßisted of 14 tableaux, supported by certain members of the congregation robed In appropriate dceßEea. The platform, which was fitted up as a Biage, w&b veiled from the fall g£Z3 of the audience by » filmy gauze ourtaln, m add ton to tha lisa 1 drop aoene and the wholol light of the room was concentrated npon it. Daring each scene the vioar read passages of BC-lpture explanatory and desoriptlve of the tableau ptesented ; and, while the curtain waa down, a pealra, and, m the case of ' The Annunciation,' ' Aye Maria/ from the ' Christian Year,' were Boftly sun" by the choir, The first scene repre sented the expulaion from Paradise, and tho central figures, Adam and Eve, clad m sklna, assumed a sorrowful and down cast attitude, while the angel holding a fiery s<irord, pointed the way out, of the Garden of Edea to them. The serpent was shown amidst the troptoal plants m the foreground. Next came the birth of Isaac, and Abraham, In the hall of an Eastern palace, taking the newly-born infant from the hands of his Bervant Hagar ; and Ishmnl and attea dants In Oriental ooatames, filled np the picture. The third tableau represented the deathbed of Jacob, surrounded by his sons. The dying patriarch was m the act ' of blessing Jadah j Balaam m sacerodotal nbes, biasing Israel m the presence of King Balak. The next scene waa effective, the encampment of the Israelites forming the background. The remaining Old Testament t&bloaax were the anointing of David by the prophet Samuel, I,aJ a h before King Ahaz, and the appearance of the angel Gabriel to Daniel announcing the coming of the Maaelah. The New Testament aoenes were equally realistic The angel Gabriel, holding a Uly iv his left hand, appeared to the Virgin Mary, who was discovered In the atthude of prayer. Then came the visitation of the Virgin Maty to her oodbld Elizabeth, accompanied by the singing of the Magni fioit. The next tableau, cf the angels singing over the fields of Bethlehem and delivering their good tidings of great jny was one of the prettiest and beat aoenes. The nativity, with the child Jesus m tho manger, and the worshipping ehepheids followed. Then oame the presentation m the temple, where Simeon took the Holy Child m his arms, Herod consult ing the chief priests and Poribeß as to the prophesied birth of a King, and the adoration of the who men, wore the lest tableaux.

THE TERROES OF THE PHONO GRAM

The phonogram adda a new terror to life. Mr Ediion threatens to make it so oheap that, as the advertisements say, 'no household should bo without It.' what we shall do when the dreadful things become articles of daily domeßtlc nao it 1b Impossible to say. No husband will feel safe m scolding his wife any longer if the exuberance of hia haste cm be 'turnod on ' against him In his oalmer moments. Mrs Caudlo'o pleasure m the delivery of her curtain lecture will be gone for ever when ehe knows that by a little manage ment Mr Candle will be m a position to have it all repeated for the edification of the whole family at the breakfast table next morning. The new curate, with hia high- pitched voico and his pretty little poetical vapidities, will be ready to rush down the pulpit stairs with mental fright tit the more suspicion of of a wicked qoboolboy putting hia hand anywhero near his waistcoat pocket, Daar $dwin will no longer venture to wMapor hia beautiful messages o! love Into the ears of hia adored Angelina m tho drawing-room, lest that dreadful imp, her brother, should hevo surreptitiously placed a oouple of phonograms m the neighborhood, and should bring out tho conversation by instal ments at any moment m (he day. Nobody will feel m the least degrea safe Even a chairman of the Quarter Sessions may sometimes forget that he io the represen tative of that science which is tho perfec tion of reason, and give utterance to the ' mere oommon-pUces ' of social life like an ordinary man. What if the phono* j-ratn should catch op any of these, and at some moment when magisterial wledoru is at its Bolemnest should aonounce, In : tones entirely bereft of magisterial pomp and dignity, that ' the beefsteak is a little tough. Mrs Trimley,' or ' I think you bad better get me a &ew woollen nlghfoip ; the weather is getting cold !' Imagine the condition of the brother magistrates at such an occurrence, or the still more alarming state of the assembled bucolics, to whom the ohairman is a fbr more majestic person than any queen or king could by »ny possibility be. There is only one further diaoovery wanted to make life absolutely not worth living. Let Mr Edison invent a raaohlno which will correctly read and reproduce our thoughts, ana then we will all with one consent give it up m despair. — " Tho Hospital."

The "Bangitikei Advocate" states that there Js a gentleman at Taikorea of an advanced age who has just commenced to out a new sot of teeth. Whether it is owing to the Buperiority of the Taikorea soil or not we oannot say, but all the young people are counting on having a third Bet of molars wh^en they get old, now that the faßhiojohaa been

Keep the kidneys healthy and unobstructed with American Oo.'s Hop Bitters, and you need not fear BiQknoss, Read

| A Hew Plymouth contemporary has been ent a copy of the " Tunbridge Wells Courier," hi whioh William Haybon, m a well displayed double oolumn advertisement, notifies "New Zealand butter, just arrived m ship Kaikoura, rioh, creamy, of splendid quality, Is 4d per pound." In the same advertiement finest Normandy butter is quoted at Is 5d per lb ; arid fine ditto at Is 2d per lb ; whilst mar* garine, which, it states, " being both whole" some and nutritious, is preferable m every way to common butter," is advertised at Is a pound.

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H. Mat -jo-.! and Co. NiXT OHE«T EY STOCK SALVfi TAKtS PIAOB ON v MONDAY, APRIL 9 h, 1888 Kindly leave entries with Mr J. a'.teraou, Chert^py. H. MATRON & CO , Ashburton. TO THE FARMERS OF OHEUTrJfeY Dia-rnrOT. ft \u25a0 tT A VIN"G leased the &BRKP IVf at I~J the Sil. yards Tarn prep m dto Dip flo'ks of under 500 h< art »t I^-1. over 500, l^d per head. Using iviurcou ami Whites composition. — '•no Cuke no pay. J) Start dipping <m 16th April and would like to finibh wihin a fortnight if possible Would Knrraers kindly tutet Sheop »» with Mr Jambs PArißdSoy, Chfirtßey, f, D. THOMAP, Ashburton. Q mO LET— Six roomed House In Ash J_ burton, half-sere land. Rent low H. MATSON & CO. 0 ——__—. i, I^E^HAVE FOR SALE • ftye Corn Seed, FOR EARLY FEED, H. MATSON & CO. FOR SAL|E. t QEVERAL GOOD FAP-MS OBEAP El TO LET. '\u25a0* QK{\[\ ACRES KALIXG AjOXJKJ half English grass 3a per Acre a ' 9CiCifi AORES NEAR BALING . Kj\J\J\J tassockp, 2s 6d per Acre c f • 9 A Cl(\ A ORES ALFOSD FOREST, 1 6±\J U half English grass, 3a par Acre H. MATSON & CO. Ashburton. LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FJRB > INSUBANCK COMPANY. 1 SKI E have l)9q " x a PPO' n ted Agents for i •V w fhe above ( ompany, a> d are now prepar ed to take risks on Buildings, Stock and Crops at current rates. H. MAJS-ON & CO., Ashburton. l b . * I have oeen appointed Agent i FOR THE E Mercantile Finance Co., . CHRISTCHURGH, Wbo are prepared to advanoa Money 1 BILLS OF SALE, MORTGAGE OF STOCK, 2 . CROP LIENS, or othec Beonrit/ D. THOMAS. WE ABE APPOINTED] foLB Agents From Bakaia to Rangitata TOR " AIQRTON AND WHITE'S Prize Sheep Dip Placed Ist by the Canterbury A, and Association after an exhaustive trial* H. MATSON & CO. Ashbuitozt . s Agricultural Implements. WE ARE APPOINTED SOLS! AGENTS IN ASHBORTOA FOB Messes BOOTH, MoDONALD & Cv " Oarlyla Implement Worku, Ohriatchrohi SAiMI iB iMPLimENTS^ON HAND Inspection Invited. H. MATSON & CO. i. Ashburton, STORAGE. STORAGE. ! FREE FKOM VERMIN. . EL M§tson & Co



Public Notice 3 THE ~ ASEiJURTON WOOLLEN MANUFACTURING COM PI IB PREPARED TO , PUROHAEE .TOR CASH ' ALL KINDS OP WOOL In Large or Small Quantities. H. SEMPLW, t56 Secre-ary. ASHBURTON Clothing Mart. I HAVE now opened In "SAUISDERS BUILDINGS a NEW STOCK c COLONIAL OLOTHING and BOOTS and having made favorable arrangement for the manufacture of a large lot o Men'e, Yoaths 1 , and Boyo' Anhbortoi Tweed Suits, I can sell cheaper than eve offered m New Zealand , Anhburton Tweed Salts made t measnre, Aahborton Tweeds, Blankete, Flannele Ruga, and Sbirtlnga guaranteed. Groceries, China, Glass, Earthenware and Fancy Goods Eobert Alcorn, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS. W. H. Paget. BLAOKSMITB j§&%Z£t£^--vS&^li^^—^ix. HOPSE-SHOE] r ~ SMITH Bubnbtt Strbkt, next " LTall " Offise. BEGS to announce that he haa iakei over thn Coaoh Building and Wheel wrighfc Branch, laiely carried on by H Peat, aud will continue all branches of th above busiueao as before, All kinda o .Buggies, D;&ys, or Carts made and re paired , Agricultural Implements repalre< promptly. Horsee Shod with skill and care. _v W\ H. PAGET SADDLERY I SADDLERY ! ! MR A. IRELAND, haviug roraoved t( premises occupied by Mb Tait Burnett Street, hopes, by strict attentior to Busiuees, to merit a share of public patronage. THE LOWEST PRICES CHARGED. Every roqoisite m the Trade kept m Stock. Farmera and others will now have ar opportunity of getting SADDLER I &i such LOW PRICES as were never before offered m Aehburton. Repairs executed on most leasonable terms. AGENT for the new high arm Davis SEWING MACHINES. Theonlj Vertical Feed Machine m the world. II nas no equal. Sold on time payments if required. 11*19 A. IRELAND. Friedlander Bros. OfANTED TO PUROHASI WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS, RYE CORN, RYE GRASS, IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES. HIGHEST PRICE GIVEN. WANTED TO SELL 1000 BALES COKNSACKS. WANTED— Ouc JFarmera and other Clients to note that wo are agents for NEW ZEALAND STORE GOIPAUY, O.iMARU. FISON'S - Celebrated Fertilizers, The best m the Market, TOMLINSON and HAY WARD'S POWDER DIP AND GLYCERINE DIP. The beat and cheapest m the Market, Prevents contagion for an almost un- liociitoJ time ; will noi injure cr discol . -or the v«onl, bu 1 / on thu contrary gives it a boaullf appoaranoo. It k.epa good for any period uf time I tnsy to mix ! ro^uirin^ no hot wfttur and thus Baying foe), con- siderable exponeo Gkd troubla 1 GOOD NEWS TO GRAINGBOWERS. THE WONDER OF TBE DAY. MASSEI'S Light 2-horse Steel Binder. WE have pleasure of intimating cur friends and othera that we have been appointed SOLE AGENTS FOR NEW ZEALAND for the aale of this wonderful Machine. Wherever the Machine haa been tried it haß given entire satißfaotiou and those who attended the trtala and aaw the Machine at *rork Pxprußaod themßolve highly pleased. Numerous ordora have already been takon for next soaßon'g harvest avid those m want of Machine! will do well to Bee ; THE MASSEY BINDER before placing their orders elsewhere. We guarantee every Mnohla®, thaa showing that we ouraskea have ever confidence m the. MASSEY JLIGHT STEEL BINDER. SUB AGENTS W AKTED. ; y£IEi)LANDEIi JBUOS



Auctions ASHBURTON RACING CLUB. AUTUMN MEETING PRIVILEGES. SATURDAY, 14th APRIL, At 2 o'clock. ALFRED HARRISON haa reoelved instructions to Sell by Public Auotlon, at his Rooms, — LOT No. 1 Publican* Booth >, No. 2 „ \u0084 No. 3 Confectioners Booth „ Jo. 4 „ ISo. 5 Right of Games „ Ho. 6 Horse Yards „ No. 7 Old G.and Stand. ALFRED HARRISON, 4J54 Auctioneer. SATURDAY, 14th APRIL; SPECIAL ENTRY. ON Aocouut of Mr Wm. Moßbide, Palmerston South, — -i <D Good Draught Mares and *| O 1^ Geldings. 14 Farmers and others In want of Horses *te respectfully invited to attend this Sa'.e. At 1 o'clock. T. BULLOCK, 4t57 Auctioneer, ISATCJRDAY, 14th APRIL. h'PEOIAL ENTRY. ON Account Mr Geo Burgess, Rangi* tata District,— T Draught MARES and GELDINGS, all good workers ~| Trap HORSE Tha Hurdle Raoer SEA GULL -( DRAY -j TIP DRAY -| ROLLER -i SEED SOWER, by Duncan -| D,F. PLOUGH Shaft and Leading Harness, Household Furniture, etc., etc. Sale at 1 o'clock, T. BDLLOOK, »?33 Auctioneer. IMPORTANT CLEARING SAL.B AT SEAFIELD ON THURSDAY, 12th APEIL, 1888, OP 1660 Acres LAND, SHEEP, IMPLE- MENTS and SUNDRIES. MESSRS B. MAT3ON AND CIO. have received inatructloco from H. W. Parsons, Eeq., to Bell by Public Auotion, on the ground, on THCJKSDAY, 12th APEiL, 1888, His first-class compact Grazing and Agri- cultural Farm at Seafield containing 1660 Acres, more or less. The land la the beat improved Plains Farm m Canterbury. There are 25 acres of Plantations, Concrete Sheep Dip, Stables, Woolshed, Sheep Yards, and everything necessary for the proper and efficient worklug of, the Estate, There is a good Hous9 and splendid Orchard; plenty of w.kter, and the fencoß Brat-claBS. Tbeso'cnher'n bound- , ary of the Property has a frontage to the sea. Immediately after the sale of the Land, we shall proceed to dlapoee of the Live and Dead .Stock etc., eto., absolutely to the highest bidder, when we shall offer, amongst others, the following, viz, :— J^AfV2-tooth Firnt- cross SHEEP OUU Mixed Sexes £\OO I9tOroB9LAMBS /^p^/^i Ist Cross EWES p? f\ Southdown EWES 8 Draught HORSES, good wor- kers O 3-year-old COLTS 1 Grand MARE, Kate, 6 years old, good jampgr, up to 16 atone O Quiet HACKS t Anglo-American Drill, 23 Ooul ters, with Tarnip Bowing at- tachment L Broad Cast Machine, 22 feet, with Turnip Canisters, Duncan ISorew Pulverizer wlthßeed bod Grass Strippe". 5-Leave Harrows -> Q 3-furrow Plougha Q Single furrowPlooghs. Flexible ZJ Harrows, 21 feet 3Draye. Tip Oat t. Hone-Hoe Scoop. 12 feet Cambridge Roller 1 Cultivator. Large Corn Crusher, Weighing MRchine -i Large Portable Whare O McOormick Reapers 14 Horse Power, with inter- mediate aud belting, by Reid and Gray 112- Horse Chnfihnitor, by An- drews and Boiivea 1 Speedy Wooipress and Table. Large quantity of Shaft, Lead- ing and Plough Harness -J Buckboard and Harness O Riding Saddloa I Side Saddle. Horaeoovera 1 Winnowing Machine." Blaok- emith's Bellowe, Anvil, vice, eto., eto A r\ VDL Hurdles, nearly new HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS. A very large quantity of sundries. We can with every confidence reoom- mend the above Estate to intending Par- chasers, knowing,,; aa we do, that the lan<\ has ue.vevbeen abuaed, and thefencca and avecythlng else about tho Property have always been kept m good order. The Plantations and Orohard are about as good as need be, and taken all round, either for speculation or occupation, we do net know of any other Property m thia Dlstrlot that will gi^a s$ go,od results. No. ro9erfe cither on Land, Stock or I Implements. A DRAG will leave the Ashbuafcon Rail way Station after the arrival o$ the Express train* puncheon Provided^ ~" Sale at U. 30. H;. MATJBQN.A.NJDOO* 9 *§v Ajjhbuttonj i



_. la Bankruptcy. IN BANKRUPTCY. In the Estate of Alfred Claries Prichard, of Ashburton, Draper. A DIVIDEND of Nine Shilling* and Eleven Pence (9a lid) m the pound on all accepted proved claims m the above Estate is now payable at my offioe, Ash- burton. Dated this l'ith day of April, 1888. J. O. BaLL, 4*41 Deputy Official Assignee. Public Notices. THE BRAVE COYfiNATOS. RENDERS are invited for filling and X stacking about 1700 yards Shingle. Tendera close at NOON on Saturday. For particulars apply John Gbiffin, Trevor- ton. 4*66 TENDERS. mENDERS ara invited up to WEUSES- JBL DAY Afternoon Next for Clearing out Creek and Drains at LowclifiEa ; three miles more or leas For particulars apply to GEOlid E JAMESON, Ashburton. Ashburton, 11th April, 1888. 4*64 Dentistry. MR AUDLEY E. MERE WETHER WILL ATTEND DAILY AT JONES' NEW BUILDING, Next Somerset Hotel, MR S. B. SEYMOUR, QURGEON-DENTIST will VISIT ABHBURTON THURSDAY, 12th APRIL, And mayj.be consulted at Mr Kamnitzers (Chemist) until lpm 2 74 /\ E. M. BLAKE, ARCHITECT. OraiOB: Montgomery's Buildings, East street. Entbanoe : Burnett Street. 8 34: "VTOT having sold Mr Burgess' farm of J_\ 1365 acres, Rangltata Dißtriot, I am prepared to receive offers to rent the same for 12 months up to MONDAY, 16th inst. 250 acres suitable for Wheat this Season, about 300 do for Oats, 40 Acres [growing crop of Tarnlps, the remainder In English Grasses. For further particu- lars apply to 4J56 T. BULLOCK. COLDSTREiUI ROAD BOARD; npENDERS are invited for clearing out I SIXTY Chains of Main Drain on tho "South side of Dobeon's road. Mr J Withell, of Lowcliffe, will point out the work to be done. Tenders to be sent to the undersigned on or before the 22nd April. EDWARD G. WRIGHT, 4°63 Chairman, ODDFELLOWS' HALL. fpHK FIRST of a serlea of ENTER- j \_ TAIiSMENTS, under the name of ' the "Aehburton Temperance Sixpenny j Saturday Night Concerts," will be held < on SATURDAY, 14th inßt., at 8 p.m. Chairman Major Stewabd Leoturer Mr J, W. Sawle Vocal and Instrumental Maalo by tried veterans and amateurs of rare promise. J. 0. DUNCAN, 4 69 Secretary. Oddfellows' Hall, Tuesday, May 1 FOR the Bloi>a Is the Life.— Olake'a world-famed blood mixture \b 1 warranted to cleanse the blood from all Impurities from whatever causes arising For aorofula, scurvy, pkin and blood dis- eases, and ecoroß of all kinds, its effects arc marvellous. Thousands of testi- monials. Sold m bottles 4s 6d and 11s each by chemiata and patent medicine vendors everywhere Sole proprietors. The Lincoln and Midhnd Conntios Drug Co., Lincoln, England. 1 11 ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD- ING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. f\ IHE THIRTEENTH Annual General J. MEETING of Members and Share- holders of this Society will be held at the Society's Offices, Arcade Chambers, Bur* ae'.t street, on MONDAY, 16th April, 1888, at 3 p m. Bosiness : ; 1. To receive the Directors' report for the year 1887-8. 2. To elect two Directors m the room of Messrs T. Bullock and Hugo Friedlander. 3. Any other general business, Moesrs Bullock and Friedlander are the only qualifled shareholders that have given the notice required by the Rules, that they are candidates for tho vacant seats on the Board. By order, J. WARD, 4°43 Manager. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. O. M. "Brooke, (Formerly Managing Assistant to COOK and itOSt?.) Pharmaceutical and Operative ( Chemist, ] Sheep Dip Manufacturer, and pre,p.a.ror of : Poisoned Whe^t, Kaiapoi, BEGS to annonnce that having secured premises m Ashburton, he purposes opening a Chemist and Druggist's shop, about the first week m April, when the favor of your patronage will be respect- fully solicited. SOLE ajANU^Sc^URER OF \ BROOKE'S Perfect Sheep Dip. Note. — Mr F. Makeig ig agent; at Ash- bi^tou for ijhe above; dib, ' 2|U3 '