MAJOR-GENERAL WHITMORE AND THE VOLUNTEERS.

(Auckland " Herald.")

We understand that Major-Genera 1 Whitmote has put himself In communica tion with Captain-Commandment Leßoy with referenoe to the miaoonduofc of certain NaTal Volunteers at the Dock, as repo-rted m yesterday's issue, for being lctoxtcated with arms m their hands, and for being conoerned In the attempt to xnsb. the storeroom where the drink waa stored. He has requested that office to investigate the affair, and ascertain the names of the offenders, with a view to their transmission to the Hon. the Defence Minister, so that he may take such steps as he may deem neceaeary. The General also brought under the Captain-Com mandant's notice, the complaints made as to the foal language some of these men, while under the influence of liquor, were , guilty of m the presence and hearing of ladies on the ground. The General fi of opinion that the Volunteers should not have been dismissed to wander about with arms In their hands, with beer barrels on tap, and a drinklng-booth within a stone's throw of them, hut that the arms should have been stacked under a guard, or placed m safe oustody m some cf the buildings. When the circumstances are known, the bUme must be largely shared by others. When the dock ceremony was over, Captain Leßoy asked If the services of his men were faith.cc required, and was told that they were not. No official intimation was given him of the slightest provision having been made for refreshments for the men; It was accordingly determined before dismissing the guard of honor to give the Volunteers two hoars' drill upon the hill. Colonel Dignan, who is a member of the Harbor Board, saw the bungle which was being made m not making suitable arrangements to refresh the men, told Captain Leßoy hb would Inquire into the matter, and send a messenger to let him know if provisions were made for them. No such messenger came, and Captain Leßoy dismissed the parade. Some of the men had their families over there, had paid their own fares, and lost their day's work, he there fore thought it would be harsh to march them baok to Auckland. Most of the Waltematas and Navals did come back to Auckland at once, being thoroughly dis gusted at their treatment. A ticket to the luncheon was glven-to Captain Leßoy, but his officers were told that " they mast shift for themselves," while the caterer offered, after the luncheon was over, to supply cheaply to the Volnnteera a repast from the remainder of the stores. The offer was not accepted by Captain, Leßoy or his officer. As a mattes of fact. Captain Le Roy declined to attend the luncheon, and when he and his offioert and a number of the men had left the ground the caterer (who only received hia instructions &t twelve o'clock m the day), provided a luncheon m the shed, Into which rushed a number of volunteers as well as hoodlums and loafers, who had no earthly right, to be present. Then succeeded the smashing of glasses, etc, the demand for more drink from the store room ; the barricading with forms of the approach to the storeroom by Mr CasseU's assistants, to prevent a rush; and the arlval of the police, who after a sharp ecpffld, summarily ejected the disorderly crowd from the shed. It was another case m which "someone had blundered." No blame la attachable to the caterer. He provided a capital spread for the volun teers who remained on the ground and were aware of it ; and how many guests were self-invited m the shed may be gathered from the faot that he supplied bo less than 200 people.

HAMPSHIRE DOWN SHEEP IS ASHBURTON COUNTY

The local correspondent of the " Lyttleton Times," In the course of a descriptive article on Mt Max Filed* lander's Kolmar estate and the live stock — thereon writes M follows of that gentle man's flock of Hampshire Downs : — You must not Imagine for one moment that I am trotting ont a new breed of the naggety Hampshire Down sbeep when I speak of. the Kolmar Hampshires. Nothing of the kind. I am simply making reference to the only flock of Hampshire Down sheep In the Ashburton County, and, if my information Is correct, the only flock of any consequence m the Province. And that Hack I call the Kolmar, because, on the farm of that name, m the Lyndharst district, the Jbck has now iti home, . . , . Some six years ago Messrs Dudley and Nortbey, the then proprietors of Blveredale, a grand estate on Graham's road, a few miles below Tinwald, Imported ten ewes and two rame— all grand samples of the Hampshire Down, sheep. Mr Dudley had a special fondness for this breed, and be itorred ma oh care and attention upon them. In time, after they bad been thoroughly acclimatised, and had taken well to their new home, their proprietors introduced them at the annnal stock shows up and down tbe Province, and every time they were exhibited they won high awards from the judges, and golden opinions from all sorts of people. About two years »go Messrs Dudley and Nortbey dissolved partnership, and Rlveradale, with its stock, went into the market. Mr W. StraDge, of Chrlstchurch, became the happy poaseesot of the estate, bat the fiock found other masters. The whole of the Hampsbires on the estate were pur chased by Mr Fr'edlaoder, for which he paid tbe tidy sum of £600, and he re moved them to his Kolmar eßtate. Since he came Into possession of the flock its . natural increase has been great, and the change to higher country appears to have been beneficial m the highest degree, for every sheep among them looks the very picture of health. Ai Is well known, one of the great features of the Hampshire Down sheep is early maturity. After last shearing Mr Frledlander weighed twelve crossbred hoggets — by Hampshire rams out of crossbred ewes — that bad been m the shed all night and short?. The live weight of these averaged 1651 b, and the hoggets were bat fifteen months old. Last Christmas, at Addlngton, a pen of twelve wethers realised 18s 6d each, and the dresied car oases waled an average of 1301bs. The draft of lambs this year *as sold to a buyer at Dasandel, the frying weight of them being 451 b, and4ib of fat. The mutton of the Hamp. shire sheep Is of very superior quality, and tu 8 auperlority is folly reoognised both m the English market, where frozan Hampshfce crosabreds have. already found their way, and In the Ohtlstohnrch trade, which absorbs a large portion of the Kolmar fat theep. The Hampshire ram has a very haipy knack of transmitting mutton quality, to progeny from ewes not of his ow» breed, and In fact wherever the Hampshire strain Is Intro duced maturity m the progeny Is per ceptibly hastened, and the mutton affected for the betfcei Mr Friedlander haa found, since he dev>ted his attention to Hampshire, that they do very well on the light land of the P«| nB , and that they developa hardly q^ntitles with which they are not usually o-edited. In f aot that, although oookatoos l» o k askanoe upon the black-faced '* nigger*." as some call them, the Hampahlrea are at exoeed- Ingly profitable sbeep for the small farmer to keep. And Mr Friedlan^r hai fonnd them all tight m the matter of -wool, too. Ho hot croßsbreds with loth merinos and Linoolm with good results bat more especially with ' Linoolm. M the latter case a heavy percentage of lambi Is secured, and a very good olaea of wool. Hoggets so crossed and well looked after, \u25a0beared this season from 121 bto 151 bof wool.

FROM WELLINGTON SOUTHWARDS

NOTES OF A TRIP BY CRAW LINN

(Concluded.)

We were Bccomodated at Flaxbourne and went on to the Clarence down the Coast. The trip wa3 uninteresting, as the country Is nearly all freehold, and no cultivation of any kind Is to be seen. We stayed a night Kikiranga, a large station where we met with a most hospitable re ception and were provided with provisions for our next day's journey. This waa all along the sea coast and the sun blazed down upon us as if In wrath. There was an old patch of garden near what bad once been an out station and the cherries were ripe. " Don't make yourself ill, Jack," I said, tor he was on his back under a tree, and had drawn a great branch down | loaded with fruit (from ffhich he waß feeding voraciously. " Mind your own business," he re marked, " This Is worth living and dying for." We perfeotly gorged ourselves and then went on till we came to the Clarence. Here they are building a cylinder bridge. This bridge has been contemplated for the last twenty years, but In Marlborough nothing is hurried up, and they have actually been at work on the structure for the last two years, and are now stack for timber— waiting till it arrives from New South Wales. " How are we to get across the river ?" Jack asked a man at the encampment of the workmen. " On the wire," he said, Jack and 1 looked at each other, »nd then sat down and lighted our pipes. " How deep?" eald Jack, after a time. " Oh ! you can't wade the river," the man said. "There are three streams, and the ourrent m any of them would carry you away. The wire is easy enough."

" Just so," observed Jaok. " I wish I felt as easy as the wire about ccoaaing the river/

" The wire is tight enough/ said the man.

"lam not," said Jack, but I should have to be before; I risked my blessed self on such a bridge."

But we had to, and it was not so diffi cult as it looked. There were two wires strained from one side of the river to the other, about thirty chains, (nearly half a mile In all), about for feet apart. The plan was to harg on to the top one and slide along the bottom.

We Btarted, with the friendly bridge man m advance.

" Don't look below at the water," he said.

"I never envied that Japanese wire fellow m St Louis Circus till now," groaned Jack, as he squirmed after me:

.Presently we came to a oylinder and oar guide showed u« two ropes hanging loosa to hang on to while we crawled ronnd the cylinder. I " Let's fall at onee r " Jack said, " and i end It ; don't seem more than fifty feet, we are not flies." But we got round and started across another stream, It was not nearly bo dangerous as' it looked: we landed at last and Jack said. " Yon can let these two ends go now, my friend.'' V How's that !" " Because I shall be In my grave : die of old age before this bridge is finished and I will take my oath I will not crocs the Olarence on a wfre again." Bat he was all rie;ht after some tea at the Accomodatlon House, and even made light of the adventare. From the Olarence to the Kaikonra Is twenty-four miles of heavy walking through Band, with only a few miles of bush now and then for shelter. We were Informed of this and told how to find, some caves where we could take shelter for the night In oaaa we found the journey too much for us. We found the caves first and tbea discovered t^at^ the— walk to.JKlalkoor* would be absurd, bo we lighted a fire and camped. 11 Oh crikey," cried Jack, and m a moment he had grabbed two rabbits, and fifty more rushed out of the cave. If we had wanted we could have stayed m the cave [for a month and lived on rabbits : it was an old Surveyor's camp and we found a billy In which we cooked our rabbits ; we had plenty of everything else with us. It was a splendid camp out and we lay upon the fern and smoked, and talked about our sohool-boy days till Jack said " Don't tempt Providence — you re* member the rain— nothing easier here than an earthquake — go to sleep." And so we did. Next morning we walked into the little sea-side town of Kaikonra In time for a mid-day dinner. The place was quiet — almost solemn; We observed as much to the landlord of the hotel. " Wait till the band arrives," he said. "Musical community perhaps?" asked Jack. "Very." This sarcastically ! We found out that this township Is the only place where the station hands for i fifty miles round, can spend their cheques, and they assemble here after shearing for < the purpose, and the mob has been nick named the Band of Hope, cut down to " the band " for short, We were not left m suspense very long. Before night, a | crowd rode m and commenced the har mony. Snoh a scene ensued m lees than two honra. Jack said— "Go it, boys, sheariug comes but ones a year, like Christmas. Wire m:" And they did — the Band of Hope o£ the K%ikoura's is well-known. ! There is no cultivation hardly near the town. The Messrs BnUen brothers have a very good paddock within fonc or five miles. They ere the owoers of the nearest big station and have made a email paradise out of a desert. The grounds are beautifully laid out around the homestead, and the private house Is * very handsome two-storied building of concrete— a better house, m fact, than, can be found m the whole Province of of Wellington The Mesarß Bullen have had a great deal to contend with. When they bought the station some twenty years ago they did not know it was stacked with rabbles ; they know it now. They have spent a vast sum In killing them, and have at last got the upper band. They—the rabbits— are of the kind known as silver grey, nearly black, and they breed— well, like rabbits. A little farther through we came into a wild pig country, and had some eport with the manager of tbe Messrs Bullen's station (known as the Green Hills), some 25 miles from Kaikonra, Tbe country all the way from here to the WaUu Is dreary and uninteresting becanse it Is m the hands of equatters who do not Im prove ; Indeed It is difficult to say how they conld Improve iuoh a jumble up of hills and valleys. We got to the out statlon of tbe jjreat Hlghfield run and Jack said as he sat down m the hut "Well, the Lord be praised we did not keep on up the bed of that Infernal river."

We had beea directed right enough from the Greenhill to the Oonway river, which, by the way, divides Marlboroagh from Canterbury, but when we got down a great outting to the riverbed there were two riven and they both joined. We were told to take the left hand branch and look oat for wheel tracks. We did as we were told, found the tracks, crossed the river five hundred times — more or less — then lost the wheel tracks and our selves too. This river runs In a shingle bed between banks two hundred feet high, and for miles we saw no way oat. At last and close on sundown, we aaw some bags of hone feed protected by a wire iioand them on the edge of • creek, j Jack aat down and groaned. " What's { tie matter t" I said : "We are aU right k dow. Matt be near some place.",

"Yon Idiot," said Jack, "don't yon nee they feed here. Well, they don't have to feed » mile from home only. We are out for the night m the bed of the Oonway instead of the bunka of the atatloa." Bat we were not : We found some track that led as up a outtlug some distance farther on, and we saw smoke, Only a tired man, who has' lost his way m a strange country and thinks be will have the heavens for hia roof that night, knowa the feeling of joy that the eight of a Bmoking chimney gives him. We were saved, anyhow, and hence Jack's exclama tion. We had miaaed our way for all our oare and had we not found tha tcaok again would have been m a meas. We walked over the Whale's Back the next day (It is as Its name denotes, a mountain somewhat m the form of a whale), and without anything worthy of note reached the township of the Waiaa at dark, end Jack aald — "Not another mile on foot If I know it. Order sapper." Only a few yeara ago this township was represented by one shanty and a forge. Now, there is a church, stores, a good hotel, and » eplendid bridge. What more do people want 1 ? The colony grows quick enough In some parts, and Is safe yet even If we do borrow • few millions more on it. The main thing is will the Government lay out the money so that this generation can gat a little advantage. It Is til very well to borrow if there Is something to borrow upon, but posterity will have a right to howl if we leave them a legacy of barren country and empty towns. This could not be the case if the owners of land would stay m the colony and cultivate the soil ; that is, lease It for long terms, and at moderate rents. From the Waiau to the Huranul is about 24 miles acroßß a plain. There is St. Leo nard's station on one Bide, and Culvecden on the other, about 8 miles apart the homesteads are, all this grand country is m private hand?, St. Leonard's was Bold to Mr George Duppa nearly 30 years ago, for 53 an acre, 130,009 acres. He sold the whole lot afterwards for a lump sum, £150,000, and went home ; he had £50,000 down, and the rest was to remain for 8 years at 10 per cent interest. Now, can a colony afford this kind of thing, for one little bit of country to keep a man like an English noble on a tour, when he ought to be expending his money m the colony that gave him the power to desert it.

Jack got savage, and said, " Who are the fellows anyhow, who got hold of this grand block now ; and what do they mean by starving men and sheep together 1" . "It Is a bad season," said the host of the hotel at Culverdon.

•• Is It ?" said Jaok. " Have you been without rain for 50 years that you make such a howl about one dry season ? Last year you were dripping wet ; that did not suit you. Who knows best : you or God Almighty ? Who made the country : you or the great architect 1 lam getting eick of this general growl, and would like a change. In the North, where Natnre has done so much, the settlers have the Maori; Now, he la a difficulty, I admit, and a mighty hard nut to crack, but even with Buoh an obstacle m the way of colonisation as the native, the people m the North Island don't yell like you do m the South' What m thunder do you want?"

"Oh we want oheap land for one thing," aald our host ; " how can we get that when all the oountry for fifty square miles or -so haa been sold to a few men, who do not know enough to ba Lords of thefa manors?"

Jack ordered m drinks and said — " Do you mean to tell mo that all this grand national estate haa been parted with by the Government of former years to a few people ?" " From .here right across the Hurnnul down through Glenmarok,theland Is all freehold. Some of It fcas been cut up up and sold but the men who have bought it are not the men to do any good for the country. I oould tell you.-— no 1 won't say all the landlord said eald. There are people olive who do not like to bear the ttutb, and somehow It happens that they are a kind of salt of tbe earth, and would be all that need be required of them If old Dame Nature bad not Btarted wrong with them, and handicapped them too heavily. It is right enough for tbe old woman to let an ex-butcher or whaler, or some other- chance shot from tbe Old Country, flake a fortune m a colony but ruy fclond Jack saya that there ought to be an Act passed to prevent these fellows going home and making exhibitions of themselves, besides bzinglng the colony Into dlsoredit." "Anyhow," be added, 11 We must have a look at Cheviot hills." So we got faoraea and rode through St Leonard's, tbe back or front of which station, — aa the case may be, — joins that of tbe property known as the Cheviot hills, belonging to the Hon William Robinson. Thisgentleman came from South Australia many years ago. He Is quite a persunage now, and has, without doubt, the best station m New Zealand. It Is nearly all freehold, and there is a sea frontage, and the wool can bo ehlpped at a short dis tance from the place where it is thorn. No expense has been spared about the private honse and the grounds, which is beautiful. Ajgood deal of tree planting has beeu done' and gamo is plentiful. We were wail repaid for our visit but Jack grumbled a bit at the luck of some people. And here our tour from Wellington southward may be said to have eadel for taking the coach to Oalverden, we there got into a train and were speedily landed at Chriatchuroh.

A REMARKABLE CASE.

Under the above heading the "Doncaster Reporter " of July 6th, 1887, pub'ishes the following m its editorial columns : — Our readers may -recall the circumstance of a young clerk named Arthur RichoW, falling insensible on tbe Wheatley Lane m this (own some time ago, and being p : cke 1 up, as he continued perfectly helpless, and taken m a cab by two gentlemen to the office of F. W. Fisher, Esq., the solicitor who employed him. On restoring him to consciousness it was ascertained that he was afflicted with what seemed to be an incurable disease. When he was able to speak he said he had b :en to his dinner and was on his way back to his work, when suddenly his head was m a whirl and he fell m the street like a man who is knocked down. On coming to his semes m the solicitor's office he thought what this might mean, and feared he was going to have a fit of illness, which we all know is a very dread ful thing for a poor man with a family to care for. With this m his mind he at once sought the best medical advice, telling the doctors how hi had been attacked. They questioned him, and found that his present malady was exhaustion of the nervous system resulng from general debility, indigestion, and dys pepsia of a chronic nature. This m turn had been caused by confinement to his desk and grief at the loss of dear friends by death. The coming on of this strange disease, as described by Mr Richold, must be of interest both to sick and well. He had noticed for several years previously, m fact, that his eyes and; face began to have a yellow look ; there' was a Sticky and unpleasant slime on the gums and teeth m the morning j the tongue coated ; and the bowe!s so bound and costive that it induced that most painful and troub'esome ailment — the piles. He says there was some pain m the sides and back and a sense of ful-' ness on the right side, as though the liver were enlarging, which proved to be the terr.ble fact. The secretions from the kidneys would be scanty and high-colored, with a kind of gritty cr sandy deposit after standing. These things had troubled Mr Richold a long time, and after his fall m the street he clearly perceived that the fit of giddiness was nothing more than a sign of the steady and deadly advance of the complaint* which began m Indigestion and dyspepsia. His story of how lie went from one physician to another m search of a cure that his wife and little ones might not come to want is very pathetic and touching. Finally he became too ill to keep his situation and had to give it up. This was a sad calamity. He was appalled to think how he should be able to live. But God raised up friends who helped to keep the wolf from the •door. He then went to the seaside at Walton-on-the-Naze, but neither the change, nor the physicians who treated him there, did any good. .All being without avail he visited London, with a sort of vague hope that some advantage might happen to him m the metropolis." This was m October, 1885. How wonderful, indeed, are the ways of Providence, which dashes down our highest hopes and then helps us when we least expect it. While m London he stated his condition to a friend, who strongly advised him to try a medicine which he called Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, saying it was genuine and honest, and often cured when everything else failed. He bought a bottle of the chemist m Pimlico, and began using it according to the directions. He did this without faith or hope, and the public may, therefore, judge of his surprise and pleasure when after taking a few doses he felt great relief. He could eat better ; his food distressed him less ; the symptoms we have named abated ; the dark spots which had floated before his eyes like -smuts of soot, gradually disappeared, and his strength increased; Before this time his knees would knock together whenever he tried to walk: So encouraged Avas he now that lie kept on using Mother SdgeVs Curative Syyup until it ended m completely curing him . In speaking of his wonderful recovery Mr Richold says it made him think of poor Robinson Crusoe, and his deliverance trom captivity on his island m the sea ; and added, 41 But for Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup the grass would now be growing over my grave. " Our readers can rest assured of the strict truth of all the statements m this most re markable case, as Mr "P ichoJd (now residing at Swiss cottage, Walton-on-the-Naze) belongs to one of the oldest and most respected families m the beautiful village of Long Melfbrd, Suffolk, and his personal character is attested by so high an authority as the Rev C. J. Martyn; rector of that parish, besides other excellent names. *Wetiave deemed the case of such importance to the public as to justify us m giving this short account of it m our columns. '

UHE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1888



H. Matson and Co* ! For Sale. OfcfAA FOUR-TOOTH Picked Merino hiO\j\j Maiden Ewea; grand condition fit for stud ewes. -FOR SALE; SEVERAL GOOD FARMS CHEAP, TO LET. 9KOCI AORES EAR BALING <jO\J\J half English graip, 3a per Acre 9HHA AORES NEAR BALING hJ\J\/\J tasiooks, 2s 6d per Acre OACiO AORES ALFORD FOREST, /OtfcU^ half Englfoh grass, 3a per Acre . " \u25a0 H. MATSON & <30. Ashburton. LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSUBANCE COMPANY. WE have bee-\ appointed Agents for <he above Company, and are now prepared to take riska on Buildings. Stock, and Cvopa at current rates. H. MATSON & CO;, Ashburton; Honey to Lend IN IARGE OR SMALL SUMB. Apply H. MATSON & CO. J^^__^____i_ \u25a0} \u25a0 I have oeen appointed Agent FOR THE - Mercantile Finance Co.; [CHBISTCHUBCH, Wli o are prepared to advance Money upor. BILLS OF SALE, ' MORTGAGE OF STOCK, CROP LIENS, or other Security; ,D. THOMAS, \WE ABE. APPOINTED 13OL10 &!ciENTB . . From Bakaia to Rangitata I MOJRTpN AND WHITE'S; Prfze Dip Placfld Ist by the Canterbury A. and \u25a0"; Association after an exhaustive trial. ." H. MATSON & CO. ' : Ashburton. . . s Agricultural Implements. WE ARE APPOINTED SOLE AGENTS IN ASHBURTON FOB Messrs BOOTH, McDONALD & Gv/o Carlyle Implement Worko, Ohrlatcharoh. : Samp :«k Implements on hand Inspection Invited. ~ H. MATSON & CO. \u25a0 Ashburton. T" : ' •>> • - - GABDEN & FIELD TOOLS We are appointed SOLE AGENTS m Afahburton for the PLANET JUPB. HOBSE HOE AND CULTIVATOR CpMBINED, GARDEN PLOUGH AND DBILL COMBINE. H.MATSOJST & CO- Ashbortoo. •* ' STORAGE. STORAGE. FREE FEOMJ VERMIN, * - H. Matson & Co.



HAVING purchased from MrTait hi Stock and business m Burnett street, I hope the Public and those who have been m the habit of dealing with Mr Tait will continue to do so with me. Everything will be sold at exceedingly low prices. A. IBELAND, Saddler, Ashburton. HAVING disposed of my Business and Goodwill to Mr A. Ireland, I hope that all those who have favored me with their patronage will continue to give the same to Mr Ireland. 2 79 JAMES TAIT.



GEORGE JAMESON, Wool and Grain Merchant, HASgFOR SALE,— SEEDS for Autumn Sowing, CAPE BAELEY, EYE, CLOYEES, TURNIPS, eto SHEEP DIP THOMA S' ***> LITTLE'S, PLOUGH SHARES, OILS, and STORES of ail kinds, AND SEAMING TWINE. AGENT FOR— New Zealand Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Risks on GROWING|[OROPS or STACKS accepted at lowest currenf rates, CASH PURCHASER OF WHEAT, OATS, and BARLEY. • 2*3 ALBERT ROBERTS HAS FOE SALEy— Comsacks LARGE size and folliwmght. SEAMING TWINE IN ANY QUANTITY. Clovers,— [BED, WHITE, COWGEASS, ALSYKE, and TEEFOIL. RYEGRASS, COCKSFOOT, jhd RAPE. ANCHOR Binding "Wire and very best Binder Twine. Golden Tares, Cape Barley, COOPERS SHEEP" DIP THE STA.NnJLJIh FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. WITH UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS. CAPITAL— £I,OOO,OOO STEELING. HEAD OFFICE : DUNEDIN. FNSURERS have the most undoubted Security under this Company's Policies |_ together with an assurance of Prompt and Liberal Settlement of Claims. FIRE and MARINE RISKS accepted on all descriptions of Property and Merchandise also Crop, Stack,, and Machine Risks at Lowest Kates of Premium. Fidelity of Persons holding situations of trust guaranteed. OFFICE, 1 : HEREFORD STREET, CHRISTOHURCH. (Opposite Bank of New Zealand.) ARCHIBALD SCOTT, Manager for Canterbury. ALiBEET BOBBIITS, 15 AGENT, ASHBURTON Dissolution of Partnership, £5000 WOttTH OP HARDWARE £5000 ATCOST! BARGAINS, REAL BARGAINS, Bargains! Important Cheap Sale of Builders Requisites, House Furnishing and General Ironmongery, Crockery and Glassware, m cousequence of the Dissolution of Partnership of the firm of HENRY ZANDER & CO. THE UNDERSIGNED, having purchased the extensive business is under necessity of making a large and speedy REDUCTION, at a sacrifice, ot the STOCKS m the above DEPARTMENTS, to effect which, a large DISCOUNTER be allowed on all CASH PURCHASES for the next three months; also extra special reductions on Jmany lines m • which I am overstocked i Anyone who is dubious of my ability to compete with Christchurch prices, will please pay an early visit to my STORE and test the prices, when their doubts will vanish like the morning dew: Come and let your pockets be lightened and allow your hearts to delight at , the LOW PRICES all GOODS are being offered at; Come one, come all, and judge for yourselves, and do not spend your money at places, where there are no bony Juic sales, but., mere advertisements, quoting prices which are never adhered to, and simply delude the* PUBLIC The STOCKS m the varions DEPARTMENTS are large and welL selected, beihg im- ported direct from the English, American, and Continental Markets, and which I intend selling at prices hitherto unheard of m Ashburton I am also anxious to take part m the continuous struggle for business which is now being carried on m this town, and fo BEAT THE TIMES AND COMPETITION, I have made substantial reductions m the Grocery and Provision Departments, and will SELL a better article at a LOWER PRICE than anyone m Ashburton— for CASH NOTE :— Sale will commence on SATURDAY next. Come early and make your selections HENRY ZANDER AGENCIES: SUN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY CANTON MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY NATIONAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASJ •



NOTICE. "TVURING DR LEAHY'S absence In England, Dr W. T. Hannah will conduct the praotfee, and may be consulted at Dr Leahy'a reeidence, Ttmcted Street. An Immediate settlement of all Accounts Ib requested. 2*56



Public Notices. rpENDERS are invited for building four- J. roomed hones at Allenton. Plans and specifications can ba seen at my office, where tenders are to be sent not later than 12 o'clock on SATURDAY, 3rd' Match, R 4 BIRD, 2 103 Arohlteot. rriENDRS are Invited for repairs, paint- JL Ing, etc. (chiefly Painter's work), at Central hotel. Specifications at my office. Tenders to be sent In by 5 p.m. on THURSDAY, lat March. R. BIRD, 2 104 Architect. TTNDER Distress Warrant from the \J Resident Magistrate's Court. To be sold by Public Auction at Tinwald Saleyards, on TUESDAY, the 28th February, 1888— One SHEEP DOG. By order, A. M. PEARSON, 2 100 Bailiff. rpHE respective businesses of Me Ch. X Neatb and Mr A, Ki.vNiTZBK, ha>e been amalgamated, and with a view of obviating th 9 doable expenditure In- curred In oarrylag on TWO Establish- ments, will m future be condaoted m the premises lately occupied by Ma Kam:- HITZEb, under the style or firm of Tie Ashburton Drug Company, LIMITED. Having effected thia, the new Company see determined to give the public the full benefit of the reduced coat In working expenses, by supplying all DRUGS and MEDICINES at a mnoh lower soale of charges than heretofore. Patent and pro- prietary articles In constant use, will be SOLD at specially LOW figures. The quality of every DRUG used In Medicine will be of the very best obtainable. A thoroughly competent assistant will reside on the premises, and the convenience of customers carefully studied m every way. Asbburton Drug Company, L&, 0. M. CAMBRIDGE, 8*92 . Manager. F. Ferriman. F- FERRIMAN AGENT FOR JOSEPH FORD'S PATENT SCOUR KM LUNG-WORM IIXTUEE FOR SHEEP, A PERFECT CURE FOR SCOUR AND LUNG-WORM, One Drenching as per instructions, will be found perfectly effectual, and instead of injuring the Sheep m any way, it will give both stomach and bowels a healthy tone, and Increase the appetite won* derfully, so that the Sheep recover and thrive right away. ....... ''pHE. following are a few, of the Testi- JL monials that have been received, testi- fying to the efficacy of this valuable SCOUR md LUNG-WORM MIXTURE :— On May 3rd, .1887, Mr John Storrier, of Ealing, writes : — Sis, — I hereby beg to certify that you drenched 82 of my Hoggets w'th your Patent Mixture for Scour and Lung- Worm, on the 15th April. They were m a weak state* and had begun to die, After you dtenched them not one died, and on the third day the Scour was stopped, and they are now doing well. : To Mr Joseph Ford, EaHng. South Rangitata, June 6th, 1887. Sir, — I have drenched our Sheep with your PATENT MIXTURE, and it has proved a perfect cure. The Hoggets were dying at the rate of from three to four each day. The disease also broke out amongst a flock of four and six-tooth Wethers I had on the turnips, and these sheep were also dying ofl fast, I drenched the lot on the 23rd May, and have lost only one sheep since. The balance are all doing well, and the disease has quite disappeared. • ; Yours, &c lf », Henry Hearn, ; (Manager for Mr Ruddenklau.) To Mr Joseph Ford. Bankfield, St Andrews, July 25th, 1887. Mr Joseph Ford, Ealing, Dear Sir, — I duly received the bottle con- taining your Lung- Worm Mixture. I tried it as per your instructions, on eight of the worst weancrs I had, and I am very pleased with bjc result. The quantity you sent me for Jjt was so small that I could not test its efficacy m curing Lung-Worm so thoroughly as I wou'd have liked. But lam so pleased with what I saw of it that I will use a larger quantity of it next year, and hope that it will prove to be all you claim it to be, and that you can supply it at a reasonable price • Yours faithfully, D, McLaren. , Flemington, August 31st, 1887. To Mr Joseph Ford, Dear Sir, — I have pleasure m telliug you that I purchased irom your Ashburton' Agent two 2-gallon tins of your Patent Scour and Lung- Worm Mixture, and used it m my flock. About 300 of my lambs were very bad, and I gave each of them a drench, taking care that the administration was done by my own hands. In about a week or so all had recovered with the exception of three or four . Those who formed the exception were hope- less to begin with, and their recovery I should certa'nly have looked upon as a miracle. Those that recovered are now eood honest sheep, thanks to the kindly action of your valuable patent A. McArthur. Epperstone Farm, Hinds, September 24th, 1887. Mr Joseph Ford, Ealing, Dear Sir, — I wish to add my testimony to the . great value of your Mixture for Lunto Worm and Scour m Sheep or Lambs . My Hoggets were scouring and had commenced to die off. I drafted out 24 m July, and after dagging them, gave each a dose of your Mixture, which effected a cuie, and 1 had no more trouble with them. Your Lung- Worm and Scour Mixture only requires to be more publicly known, when I am sure Sheep Farmers will be grateful to you for having made so va'uable a discovery as you have done. Yours, &c , . John Emerson. Waterton, 2nd September, 1887. To Mr Joseph Ford Dear Sir,— l have used ycur Scour and Lung-Worm Mixture with the best possible results. Yours truly, Alexander Kidd. DIRECTIONS FOR USE." One tablespoon ful and a-halt for each Sbeep is the quantity for each drench. My mode of drenching is to use a sheep's horn, made to bold the neat quantity, care to be taken to shake the tin well so as to get all the ingredients mixed to an uniform thickness before drenching. One Gallon is sufficient for 16 Sheep. JOSEPH FORD, Ealing, Patentee and Proprietor.



HAVING disposed of my baalncac, and being about to leave the Colony, I request an immediate settlement of all ACCO UNTS due to me. A, EAMHITZER, 2*61 Chemlat. Dentistry. MR AUDLEY E. MEREWfiTHER WILL ATTEND DAILY AT JONES' NEW BUILDING, Next Somerset Hotel. Teeth Extracted — 2s 6di "ashburton. THE CENTRAL Tl OTEL, Vj JlI Proptletot W. Rkdmoni>. A comfortable Family and Commercial Hotel. Private Suites for Famlles. Good Billiard Room. Drinks at Front Bar, 3d. Lv eh Free at 12 o'clock. Choicest Brands of Liquors. Special termß per week. B. Morris WISHES to Inform bis numerous Customers of Aehbarton District that he Is prepared to GRIST GRAIN m any quantity at reduced RATES. Satis- faction guaranteed. GRISTING done for Farmers by return ; good FLOUR guaranteed. WHEAT for GRISTING may be delived at the Triangle Bakery as usuft'. BRAN and SHARPS m Stock, Mount Somers Coal JAM now m a position to supply COAL at considerably reduced rates. In anticipation of a L4RGE DEMAND during the coming season, I have made PRICES such that no one need want FUEL; and until further notice will supply at Per truck load at Mount Somers Railway Station, per ton... 12s Stations on Mount Somere line, freight added. Aehburton, per truck, per ton 15b Tinwald „ „ . 15s Winslow „ „ 15s Binds „ „ 16s E^ing „ „ 17b Dromore „ „ 16s Chertsey „ „ 16a TERMS OASH. BOOKING EXTRA. In Ashburton retail quantities delivered to Customers' residences, at 20s per ton, OASH. All information to be obtained from, and orders left with ME JOHtt G. BESTELL, WEST STREET, Whom I have appointed my Agent, and who will eellftt above rateß FOR OASH. E. F, WRIGHT.



Wooden shoes have been introduced with some success m London. They are so cheap that they cannot be pawned, as leather shoes frequently are, by the parents of many poor ohildren to whom they are given by charitable people. Magistrate (to witness) : " What is your profession?" " A lawyer." "Well, try to forget it while you are giving evidence." Mr Adolph Sutro the millionaire contractor of the celebrated tunnel which bears his I name, has announced his intention of erecting a statue of Liberty on the highest part of the twin peaks m San Francisco Bay. The figure and pedestal will be 40ft high. The eleotrio light will Bhine from the torob of Liberty. Efforts are being made to secure a light of immense candle power. During November the forests along tbe banks of the Lower Mississippi were on fire, causing widespread destruction. The con- flagration was so fierce, and the smoke so dense, that steamers could not run at night from Vioksburg to within 650 miles of the district where the fires were raging. Through- out the whole of the region there had been a long drought. Railway traffio was obstructed m conßequenoe of the trestles being on fire. The best medicine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTBAOT. Test its eminent powerful effects m coughs, colds, influenza^ eto. — the relief is instantaneous. Thousandsgive the moat gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and medioal syndicates all over the globe are its patrons. Bead the official reports that aooompany each bottle. Mosler, M.D., Prof. University, Greifsw Id, reports :—The Eucalypti Extraot proved magnificently successful m very severe contusions, bruises, sprains, wounds, soald- inge, broken riba, and limbs. ("Medioal Journal," Nov., 1881.) In diseases of the kidneys, either aotive congestion or suppres- sion, (uraemia) or albuminuria, dropsy, lithiasis, nothing will equal m its action Eucalypti Extract. Doses, sto 8 drops. Mosler, M.D., Prof., University, Greifswald, reports :— Diphtheria. Tonsils continually coherent presenting ulcers with white exudats. Cured m fourteen days, Surgioal Clinic of Prof. M'lntyre, College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis— Soirrhua of Breast — Exoision. Eucalypti Extract employed. No j swelling, heat, or discoloration. Cured m fourteen days. — (Advt * 4