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THE IRISH APPEALS.

London, May 17. ! The High Court of Exchequer has decided that the increase of sentences m the recent cases of appeal brought by Irish members and others was quite legal.

THE PAPAL DECREE.

At a meeting of Parnellite members, held at Dublin, resolutions were passed affirming that the facts alleged m the decree of His Holiness the Pope against the Plan of Campaign were without foundation, and that inter ference ia politics did not come within his rights.

THE RIMUTAKA.

The R.M.S. Rimutaka has arrived at Plymouth, all well. Her cargo of froven meat is m good condition,

THE CROFTERS.

A large number of crofters are emi grating to Canada.

SUICIDE OF A NOTED CRIMINAL.

News has been received by mail that Benson, the noted forger, has com mitted suicide at New York.

CRICKET.

London, May 18. Rain prevented the cricket match at Oxford today between the Australian Eleven and Oxford University.

CHALLENGE.

Teemer has issued a challenge to Kemp to row him on the Nepean River for the championship of the world and 2500 dollars.

MR!BALFOUR ON MR GLAD STONE.

The Right Hon A. J. Balfour, ad dressing a meeting at Battersea, said that Mr Gladstone's speech, m reply to the address presented him by Noncon formist clergymen, was one of the most violent and least creditable ever uttered by that gentleman. He (Mr Balfour) asserted that Mr Gladstone had been guilty of committing every offence of which he was now charged by the Government,

THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

Berlin, May 18. The Emperor's health is greatly im proved. He spends most of the day m a tent m the castle grounds at Charlot tenburg.

EXHIBITION OF ARTS.

Barcelona, May 18. An Exhibition of the Arts and Manufactures of the World was opened here to-day. Fifty men-of-war, repre senting all nations, lying at anchor m the harbour, fired salutes on the occa sion.

FRENCH DEFENCES.

Paris, Miy 17. The Government intend to place the sum of 30,000,000 francs on tbe Esti mates for coastal defence.

SKIRMISHES IN AFGHANISTAN.

CiBUL, May 17. A series of skirmishes has taken place along tbe frontier between the Afghans and Turkomans. General Alikanoff, who. has been despatched to assist the Aherassed tribe, arrived after the conflict.

ARREST OF AN OFFICER.

St. Petersburg, May 17. An Austrian officer has been arrested m Poland on a charge of being sus pected to have mapped all .the Russian forts on the frontier.

RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS.

The Russian railway authorities have been ordered to accumulate 50,000 tons of coal.

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QUEENSLAND.

Brisbane, May 18 The mother of the girl Baker, found murdered at Bunya, and who, it is sup posed, had been outraged and then murdered by a blackfellow, has been arrested on suspicion. The woman had frequently been heard to threaten the child's life.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney. May 18 The labour schooner Madeline has been wrecked at Tonga. The French vessel Idaho has also been lost at Ambrym, New Hebrides. In each instance the crew landed safely. Two boys named Crarapton and Sprigg quarrelled, and the latter stabbed the former with a knife to the hilt.

VICTORIA.

Melbourne, May 18. At the Wesleyan Conference the Rev Williams, President of the New Zealand Conference moved that tbe New Zealand church should be granted a separate Conference. An amend ment declining to accede to the request was carried by 80 to 18. At the coursing meeting of the Victoria Club the Derby was won by Rubens. The Wesleyan Conference has ap pointed the Rev Mr Morley, of New Zealand, one of the Australasian dele gates to the British Conference.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Perth, May 18. A tragedy of a mysterious nature is reported from Lagrange Bay on the north western coast, where a teamster named Graham and a black fellow have been discovered m a tent both shot dead There is no clue tojthe elucida tion of the affair.

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MOUNT SOMERS QUARTERLY SALE.

i » , Mr D. Thomas yesterday held the firot of ft series . f quarterly aalcs m Mr J. Hods yard Mount Somer*. Tha Block and other goods broush forward were rather more limited than had beea anticipated, -v.d the at en-l;\r )C e of buyers waa not bo large * s desirable, the tesult being that tho sales t ftVated do not call for a-.y individual mention. Both before and after the sale Mr Th'un^a aanoancd that he WO nld visit Monnt S-raora regularly ones a quarter and Sio argfd on those having stock or produce for Bale the importance of miking their entries m time to get the pjriiculavs advertised ao that intending purchasers might have an opportunity of knowing what would be offered. It whs important that the Mount Somers people should have a market at rhelr own doors for their surplus 9tcck, and he felt sure that if the particulars of each sale were advertised plenty of bayera from a distance would be attracted to the Mount Somera quarterly sales.

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Fuday, Way 18th, address -In-beply. Tbe Addrtis was presented by the Speaker to hla Excellency. TEE LOAN BILL. The Loan Bill was received and* read a first time. Sir Federick Whitaker moved the second rendiug. • Mr Watarhouge objected, wishing fall Information betore agreeing, He moved an amendment that the motion be not carried until full information be given. Sir Frederick WhUaker urged the past ing of the Bill, saying that the colony's finances would be m a fearful condition nnleaa the money were obtained. The oounoil divided on the motion, with the following result :— Ajes, 14 ; Noes, 12. The amendment was lost. The Beoond reading was agreed to, and ] the Bill passed through all its stages, j

HOUSE OF REPERSENTATIVES.

Friday, May 18th The House met at 2 30 p.m. QUESTIONS. Beplying to questions It waa ea'.d that blocks of land bad been Bet aelde under the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Aot 1885 ; that a Bill would be Introduced to amend the Chattels Securities Aot; that a Bill was m preparation allowing auy person charged with an indictable offence, or the wife or husband of Buoh person, as the case may be, to give evidence if he or she desired ; that a scheme was nnder consideration for obtaining taxation from the sum of £5.000,000 lying to the credit of depositors m the various banks doing business m the colony ; that where possible good characters should be given to persons dismissed from the Civil Service ; that Bieps would be taken to prevent foreign goods being imported as colonial flannels, Mosgiel tweeds, etc. ; that it was not intended to open the soil fisheries this season, but the matter was under ooneideralion ; that the Public | Bevenaes Bill would probably make provision for Imposing a monetary penalty on any Minister who may incur liabilities above the amount authorised by this Appropriation Act. THE CHINESE BILL. Oa the mot oa fir gc lag Into Committee on the Chinese Kmlgrautj Acfc Amend ment Bill, Mr Hatchinton epoko at a considerable length, and coote^ded that this colony should pausa until BOine con certed action was taken by Victoria and the ether colonies. The Premier said it rested entirely with the House whether the Bill should be postponed till the result of the oon ference which t»aa now about to be held were known. He should not objaot to such a course, but would not recom mend it. Mr Seddon moved the adjournment of the debate on the B ; ll till Tuesday nex f . Considerable discussion ensued, after which the Premier, said he shou'd press the question to a division, bo that the country might know who were the men who were postponing the B'll, and who were to blame if 300 or 400 Chinaman osme hero next week. The amendment was lost by 42 to 27. Mr Ward said he had voted for tbe adjournraentof the Bill, aB ho considered that, as long as naturalisation papers were issued to Ohinamsa, they should not be prevented from coming to the colony. The Houße then went into Committee on the Bill. Consideration of the clansea was inter rupted by the 6 30 p m. adjournment. The House resumed at 7.30 p.m. In clause 3, Mr Seddon moved to limit tbe Chinese carried m veseelß to one for " every five hundred " Instead of " every one hundred tons-" Some opposition being shown he con sented to make it one to every two hun dred ton?. The Premier objected and In the course of hla remarks he stated that he knew for a fact that 150 of the Chinese detained iv Sydney had tried to get over to New Zea land. Still he thought the amendment wai going to far. Mr Hutchison suggested that several provisions found m other colonial Ac^s should be added to the Bill. The Premier declared that the Gover nor's assent would ba given to the Bill as it stood, but he would not be certain if It were made more severe. Mr Saddoo'a amendment was lost by 45 to 32. He moved a further amendment makiog masters of vessels pay £20 for every Chinaman they brought here, Lost on the voices. In answer to the representations of several members the Premier aaid that he would glre the Houee an opportunity of further considering the whole matter before the proposed conference was held. At present he did not want to go beyond the provisions of the Bill. Clause 6, exempting Chinese Immi grants who are British subjects from the operations of the Aot was struck out. Several members raised an objection to olause 12 depriving Chinese natural born or naturalised of right to vote bat on a division it was retained by 63 to 10. The remainder of the Bill was passed through committee unaltered. On the motion for the third reading Mr Seddon objected to the Standing Orders being suspended to enable the Bill to be finished with and pointed out that it had gone through committee without ' the preamble being inserted. Mr Turnbull supported him. The Premier said it had bsen distinctly understood that the Bill was to be allowed to pans the remaining stages. In thin view ho waa supported py Mr Hutohiaon and Mr O'OaUaghan, but other memberß Bald there wsb no sooh understanding. The Standing Orders, on a division, were suspended by 63 to 5. The Bill was recommended and paused without alteration ; an amendment to make it the Chinese Restriction Bill being lost on the voices. Mr Seddon inoijted that the Standing Orders must bo eusponded again before the Bill conld ho passed, but the Speaker ruled against him, isnd the third reading, wan carried on the voices. The House adjourned at 10.40.

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TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

England v Auckland Footbal Mat h. adckjuan3\ May 19. , It has been raining a'l night and ia etill wet The Anglo- Auckland foitball match, however, will proceed Many visitor b from the oouut-y are m town for tha occasion. Wages on Eailways. A discussion took placo m the Tr&deß and Labor 0 ■unoil last nk'ht re rate of wa<joß o_ New Z -aland ra'l-tfajn. It was pointed out that aome porters were getting (•nly 3j a day »nd utherß 4b. but the soaie of pay presumed that 6a 6d was the lowest rito paid. Mr Vincent Fyke's Seizare. Wellington, May 19. Mr Vincent Pyke eiperlenoad a Baiztire of an apoplectic nature last evening ; hie condition for some time oausing anxiety. He 1b better this morning, Mr Jellicoe Indisposed. Mr Jelliooe, the wi>ll-knowu Bolloltor. hia broken a blood vessel and is confined to the honse. .Arrival of the Tongariro. i The Tuugarir > urrivod rruu London this miming >»he brines 105 pasaengers for ,>pw Ze-iiand, 180 Gobeinment cmi gr«n*B, an.i 226 pack»«ea of maiiß. She j left Plymouth on 7th April. Tsner'ff. 12 h, O;po 27th, Hobatt 15th May, The weather waa fine and the p'mtJ'iga unavent ful, Tot^l timo, 41 daya 7 hou-.a ; ac:ciul et^aming time, 39 daya 22 houra, Dr Hansard ia stm/eon . Washing Up. DuNßDiif, May 19, The Scandinavian Waiter Race Company have washed up 750 cz».

BOOKING AND DOOKERS

, 9 Dae ye ever tak a dook m the eaut water, Bailie? I dinna moan In thae big washin 1 bynes they ca' " baths," whaur the folk aoom aboot like a wheen o' dyuoka m a pend that's owcr wee for them, neither dae I mean m ane o' thae establishments whaur ye get put intae a room six feet by fower, wi' an enamelled Water trough m tbe middle of the fljoer, a tooel hangln' up at the tao end an' a bootjack at the tither ; but a dook In the rale eaut water — the briny deep— the ocean ; at least the ocean aae faur as it goes, at, afty, The Lergs, It's maybe no I jißt bb braid nor as derp at the Lergs aa ' It ia svra' by the Bay o' Biscay, but It's quite bvald enenoh and dei p eneuoh for ony or'nar body tae get a dook m. The Lergs ia taored tae me by moDy hallowed memories. When I wts a laddie, an oor folk gaed doon there for a fortnioht, Kirßty, ooi servant lass, used tae tak' me doon tae the shore every moruin', wat or dry, het or'oauld, an' when she had ta'en aff my claej she wauded oot wi' me m her arms, at', then the gran 1 performance began. I've been toll't Bluoe that I used tae roar malst awfu', but a' my roarin' wia o' nae avail— three times ower the heid I maun gang, an' three times ower held I gaed, reg'lar, every mornln*. Losh, when I mln' o't It mak's me shiver yet — tae think hoo the eaut water wid be rlnnln' doon my ienooent throat, an' hoo my c'en used tae nip for oors alfter ; but Kiruty wis merclleßß. The bairns o' this generation ken naetblng o' »' this. They're allooed 'noo tae dook themael's, but it wis different then, For the follow ing twenty-three oors an' three quarters o' the day my wea innooent hert wia m ugony, lookin' forrit tae the quarter an oor o' misery the next mornln'. Toe funny thing aboot it a' wis lhat twice wis ower little, an' fo^or times ower mush— it mua jlat bo tho nate three dips, or tbe charm wia broken, an ye mlcht jlst as weel never be doon at the eaut water at a'. For a lang wLila alfler I wia released frae th 6 charge o' the eervant, I couldna bide the thocht o' dookln 1 , but aa I grew aulder, an' it's tae be hoped mair enlich - toned, I began tao tak' a bit dook, aye takin 1 oate no tae gang intae a vera deep place, till at l&Bt I raither began tae like it. I canna sty I'm a great Boomer yet, but 1 hope that's na9 reason why I sbouldna eoj-jy a dook. Some sedate folk I ken walk deliberately intae the water an' commence tae bo )tn at onoe, an' alfter tbey are tried they come oot, with out wattin' a hair o' their heida, but that's no 1 my way ; when I gang m I like tae get mysel' a' wat ower the held jlst as when I wis a laddie, only noo it's wi' my am gnid will. There's one thing that dißna bother Boomers that's very dingerona tae thorn wba, like mo, maun aye keep their feet on the grund. an' that Ib, partans. Them that a»y thoy ken alloo that parrana walk sideways. Noo, I'm no' gaoin' tae enter Intae ony argument on the Bubject, but sidewaya or no' eldewayp, they neem tae be able t&e ken what they're aimin' at, an' it's no lang till ye ken tae. My certie, when they catoh ye by tho big tae, it strikes me it maltters vera little whether they, arrlvod there Bidewayu or no, Man, Bailie, they're desperate for haadin' on when they once get a grip. I've seen me, when I wia doon the water for a day, makin' Betty an' the bairns tak' a bit walk alang the shore, while I took aff my olaeß an* put on aoe o' yon wee aprons like what ye see the black folks m the mlseionory records wi', an' then rin oot m a' my manly vigor, wi' a calm smile nn my countenance, tao enjoy my dook. In five minutes, hooever, my pleasure wid be turned intae agony when a partan got a hand o' me, Of ooorse I wid gio a roar that wid bring Betty an' the bairnß runnin' baok, thinkln' dootless a bottle nosed whale wia attacking me, an' between wavln' them taa gae awa 1 , an' tryln' to Btaun on one fit tae get the part»n aff, my position wia nae j)ke. Bit there's ayu something tae bother ua In this world. Auld Mr M'Ounn wls telling iub the ither nicht that lobsters hae mair legs than partans, an' that's the way ye ken the ane frae the ither : bat I'm thinkln' that what the partans want m logs they mak' up for In teeth, although ane o' oor balms, that had been gettln' a lesson m natural history, toll't ma they had nae teeth — it wis " plnohers," he deolared — pinchers being sac faur as I can mak' oot. a nevr-fangled name for "nippers." Booever, I tell't Betty that if the skulemaister put up the bairns tae come hame an' oontradio' their falthers, It wis time tao withdraw them a'thegither frae the qobu'e. As if a m&n that had ance encumbered a partan dldna ken maUt decidedly It had teeth, an' gey sharp anea tao. Hooever, m epite o' partana, Btftr^-fiah, whllks, an' cookleß, I aye ba'e ray dook ; an' as a' my customers '11 be awa' frae hame at the Fair, I'll maybe get a day or twa doon the water mysel'. And I really need it, for there's jlst twa trades m the vorl' that needs a dook mair than me, an' that's sweeps an 1 colliers. I've seen me, aifler a hard forenoon's wee'in' o' coals, gaein' m tao my dinner wi' my faco like a black man's, when my vera bairnB — particularly the young anea — were frlghtlt at mo. But a body must dae something for a leevin'. > I hr.po, Bailie, that a' your moeno that pang doon the water this simmer Ml tak' a dook, but m an innocent way, No jnmpin' oot o 1 boats or aft rooks iutao deep water, bat jlat waudin 1 oot till they're up aboot th.9 knees, or maybe no Bae faur, and then pftidlin' aboot, bo that if they tak' the cramp, or got sea flick, they could by hauled In easy.

A Yankee walked into a Massachusetts Court one day, and spent some time m watching the proceedings* By-and-byeaman was brought up for contempt of court and fined, whereupon the stranger rose and said " How much was the fine ? "" " Five dollars," replied the usher. " Well," said the stranger, laying down the money, "if that's all, I'd like to jine. I've had a fow hours' experience of this Court, and no one can feel a greater contempt for it than I do, and I ftm willing to pay for it,".

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SOUTH AFRICA.

Oapetown, May 18 The Volksraat of the South African republic (Transvaal) has adopted reso lutions m favor of Union with the new republic, subject, however, to the ap- I proval of the British Government.

BRIDGING THE CHANNEL.

Pakis, May J8 A resident here has completed a scheme of bridging the English Channel from Dover to Calais. The cost is estimated at and the structure would be capable of carrying four lines of railway.

OUTBREAK IN SOUTH EAS TERN EUROPE:

Belgrade May 18. A revolutionary outbreak has taken place with tbe object of disposing King Milan.

PREPARING THE VOLUNTEERS

London. May 18. The Duke of Cambridge has ordered 25,000 volunteers into camp to undergo special training. Other camps will be formed m succession until the whole of the volunteer forces have undergone a course of continuous drill.

PARLIAMENTARY SLANG.

(" Cornhill Magazine ") To ' rußh a Bill " is an expres ion Wbll known m the American Senate, and occa sionally also used hero. To " hang up a Bill " is to pass it through one or more of its efagep, and then to lay it aside and defer its further consideration for a mere or lets indefinite period. " Lobbying "ia a process familiar to members. '• Log rolling " is a somewhat rare term m Eng land, bat ia well known m Washington When a backwoodsman outs down a tree his neighbors help him to roll it away, and m return he helps them with their trees ; bo m Congress, when members support a Bill, not because they are in terested therein, bu' simply to gain the help of its promoters for some scheme of their own, their action is called "log rolling." Another American importation ia "bunkum," a word generally used to signify empty, frothy declamation! . It is eaid to be derived from a speaker who, persisting m talking to an empty house, said he was speaking to Buncombe, the name of the place m North Carolina, which he represented. The word «' plat form," when used for the programme of a political party, is often classed as an Americanism, but it is really a revival of a nee of the word that was very common m English literature m tho sixteenth and saventeenth centuries, though less com mon perhaps as a noun than as a verb, meaning to lay down principles. For instance, MiltoD, m his « Keason of Church Government,' says that some " do not think it for the ease of their inconse quent opinions to grant that Church dia? cipline is platformed m the Bible, but that it is left to the discretion of men. " A word that has been a good deal used of lato years m connection with politics is (< fad." It has hardly yet found its way into the dictionaries 5 but " fads " are many, and " faddists" aud " fadraongora" abound, Mr Sala has suggested that tho word is a corruption of "f addle," to dandle— in ' French, dorloter. A "fad dist" is continually dandling and oaregp ing his "fad." Thia seems a trifle far fetched. It is more probably a contrac tion of "fidfad," a word that haß beeja long m use with much the same meaning as » fad." Edward Moore, writing m the Woild m 1754, applies the word to a very precise person — "the youngest, who thinks m her heart that her sister is rib bettor than a slattern, runs into the con trary extreme, and is, m everything she does, an absolute " fidfad." From "fid fad" m this seme to the modern "fad" and " faddist " is not a very violent tran sition. The tendency to abbreviation is very general. The common parliamentary word " whip" is of courso » contraction of tho word " wliipper m." Dickens, m Sketches by Jhz, tells us how " Sir Some body Something, when he was whipper m fov the Government, brought four men out of their beds to vote m tho majority, three of whom died on their way home aguin " The phrase, the " Massacre of the Innoconta," as applied to tho abandonment of useful measures at the close of a session from lack of timo for their discuß3ion", was first used by the " Times" m 1859.

The Empress Victoria has oauso, indeed, from a pecuniary aa well as every other point of view, to be grateful to the dootors m preserving the life of her husband so far. If he had died before he ascended the Throne all she would have got from Germany would have been £3000 a year. Now, however, on the Emperor's death ahe will receive £40,000 per annum aa Dowager Queen of Prussia, m addition to her allowance as Empress, and a portion of the enormous private fortune left .' by the late Emperor. A story is .told of a Oatholio priest m Australia whose bishop gave him a horse. To oommemorate the event the priest named the horse •' The Bishop." Soon after the bishop dined with the priest and during the ooure of the dinner the priest's man of all work oame m and said m an audible whisper : " It's a hot day your reverence, an' I was thinkin* it would be a good thing to throw a buokot of water on the Bishop." The bishop was somewhat startled until matters wore explained to him. A. correspondent,. writing to the " Taranaki Herald" Bays apropos of the Broken Hill Mines: — "A young fellow I met ont night told me that ho was only oat eight days with a few ohums when they struck good specimens. They pegged out their claim, were m town early next morning, and had a company formed by 8 o'clock at night. Each of the prospeotors got £5000 oash m addition to syndicate shares. It is not often though that such good results ara so quickly realised. Anyway that is how the ball rolls. Duffers are sometimes floated with equally good results." The Rev J. M. Sohleyer, of Constance, the inventor of Volapuk, is stated by his disciple, Mr Ham, to be acquainted with fifty-five languages, of which he speaks and writes twenty-eight. It was, we are told, after forty, five years' Btudy of these tongues that he formed the idea of constructing a language " by means of whioh the oivilised inhabitants of the world could make themselves under stood m speaking as well as m writing." Mr Ham complains m his lecture on the subjeot, now published m pamphlet form, of the common mistake of supposing that Volapuk is intended to supersede other languages. It is designed, he explains, only to sorve as an easy auxiliary means of communication between races, and particularly m oommeroial transactions. The superstition that human beings should sleep with their heads to the north is believed by the Frenoh to have for its foundation a \ Bcientifio fact. They "affirm that each human i system is m itself an electrio battery, the head being one of the eleotyodes, the feet the other. Their proof was discovered from experiments whioh the Academy of Science was allowed to make on the body ot a man who was guillotined. This was taken the instant it fell, and plaoed upon a pivot free to move aa it might. The head after a little vaoillation, turned to ihe north, and the body then remained stationary. It was turned half way around by one of the pro fesßors, and again the head end of the trunk moved slowly to the cardinal point, due north, the same result being repeated until the final C^Sfttigu of organic, movement,

thk, AtmBtJRTOh etAKBIAN, SaTTJBDAY, MAY 19, i«88



J Public Notices. TTT ANTED to Sell — A First-class Piano'' 1 Vf grand action. Cash or terms very liberal. Apply Hayes and Co. \ t harles Eay, MEG i.? APICAL ENGINEER, OEPATPS- Gnn°, Fewing Machines £& La'.\nMcwers. I'umps, etCi BICYC3.KS and TEICYCIE^ repaired and extras k^pt on hanH. BiCYULES FOR SALE. V r Engineering m all its Branches. 7 . 3 OJPPOBXTE CENTRAL HOTEL, 1 Wakanui Boad. 5*27 JOH& RUSSEI/L TTAS great pleasure m announcing to 11 the Publio m general that he has again opened np m BAKER'S BUILDINGS WITH [ £20,000 worth, of DEAPERY, , The best ever landed 'in New Zaaland; combining Goods, freah, sound and fashionable, direct from the Manufacturers, The quality and prices DEFY the WORLD Come and judge for yourselves. v SQJSI tto J. P. LUBLOW, MERCHANT TAILOR, TANORED STREET, NEXT UNION B.U*K, HAS Just Received, by direct steamer, FIVE O^SSS OF NEW GOODS, for Autumn and Winter fear, ConeiatlDg of very Soperlos Ensl'oh and G«rro:--n TWEEDS «nd COATISG& OYBROOATINGI^, TRIMMING^ oic. Theae Goods will ba made np at (specially Low Ra-.efl for CASH ONLY, 5t145 i THE ASHBUETO-^ DISPENSARY lb now opeD, with a Large Stock o? PURE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. DRGUGISTS SUNDRIES and FAMILY Requisites of every description. Homoeopathic acd Patent Medicines. Physicians Piescriptions accurately pre- pared, HORSE and CATTLE Medicines, Strychnine, Arsenic, Carbolio Acid, Bine- stone, Caustic Soda and Potaan, and other Agricultural Chemicals m bulk at lowest current rates. Orders per post promptly attended to. C. M. BROOKE, • (Late of Kaiapoi), FAMILY and DISPENSING CHEMIST, Medical Galvanisr, Manufacturer of Wool.gconring Soap, Brooke's Perfect Shoep Dip, Foot Rot Cure, and prepcrer o£ Brooke's Poiaoned Wheat, used ex- tensively by most q£ the Road Boards m Canterbury and North Otago. . ashbubton. ashihtrton. RESIDENTS READ. . EDEF GKEOKGE, THE EMINENT PHOTOGRAPHER, FROM CHRISTOHUROH, TITILL OPEN A BRANCH STUDIO Vy at ASHBURTON for ten weeka only, commencing ' fiIO>;DAY, MAY 28ih, All the beßt backgrounds and fineet In- struments will be brought to ABhbnrton, and*DO expenao will ba spared to make each Photograf h a credit to the Photo- gtapher and pleaElcg to the customer. To enßura good work, EDEN GEORGE will take all Aehburton Photographs him- self, and the work will be forwarded to tho Chrletchuich Studio to be properly finished, PIIOTOFINISBED m THREE WEEKS FROM OKDER. DEPOSIT TICKET 3 . Persons requiting to bs Photographed driving thia visit, musfc B.SCURB a DE- POSIT TICKET foi 2- 6d, which ms.v he hai fro-u 33i=nry Zir.dav and Co 1 , n-«erc!;cvj?.t.B } 'Ap'abuctor, vrhich Ticket will etititk) {lie ho'dcr to bo rhotograyhed at; tho following REDUCED PRIOEB :~ Osbinotij, pnyflo?,,. £1 10.^ ; nacal \rAos £2 loj O-i'hinet?, per half Ci'.z . £1 ; canal price £1 10j Groups 2s Csd Each Fztra Fjfjova. C.>;rt«-de-Vieite, per df>z,, 15a ; naval .price £1 5j OaEie-de-Viei.ie, psr bp,lf dcz , 10« ; u;unl jjilec 153  (•sri'Hji:-: les Set lOch It.viiu Figure. Boti.-lctfp., pr.r d,-z , £2 10s ; 'usual price £4 I(ki Bouct()!r«, visv hfiif dcz., £1 10-: ; uensl pric'o £2 10a ' ' Group-, 2n 6d t.v.ch. extra Figuse. The above pi-iceaincHiciH enßraellinj,'. Fr.miKcH of Four and upwards taken eeparntely, will be allowed 10 por cent dißCount Any person holding a Deposit Ticket can dec do what eizo they require when being photographed, when the balano.? must bo pnld. PERSONS NOT HOLDING DEPOSI TICKETS MUST PAY THE USUAL PRICE. References — Bank of Auntralaala, Ash- burton and Chrlstohuroh. EDEN GEOKGE'S OO^YEBSAZIOKE. EDEN GEORGE will ftivo a grand Show of PHOTOGRAPHS m the Orauge Hal), Ashhurtou, on FRIDAY Evening, May 25th ; also SATURDAY Afternoon and Evening 1 , May 26th Admission Is, children 6d. £5 of the proceeds will bo devoted to Aehburton Charities. Every Person m Ashburton Bhould visit this Conversazione, as portion of Eden George's Exhibits for the Melbourne Ex- hibition will be Bhown. Deposit Tickets will also bo sold m the Hall. Large PHOTOS will be TAKEN at 30 per cent reduction on Christchurch Prices. Secure your Deport Ticket. mm geobg-e.-: 5*137



... _*.nblic .. ' qt'ceß TO THE LADIES OF ASHBURTON. Misses Morrison & Holloway DRESS AND MANTLE MAKERS Tanched Street ASHBUBTON. 5 169 WHAT WILL IT COST r Aij >'RINT? THE Centennial Publishing Company underiake to revise and prepare Manuscript for PUBLICATION, either m serial or book form. Estimates and De- «rgos furnished GARNET WALCH 1™,., NAT. J. BARNBT | Jidltors ' Melbourne, Premier Chambers, 7 Collins Street W. 5 If 2 ASEBURTON BOROUGH COUiNCIL. h hereby given that from JLI this date the houps for the trans- action of public bußinjaa at the Council's office will bo from • 3 am. TILL 1 p.m. DAILY. The Public Library will, be open for the exchunge of Books from 11 a.m^till 1 p.m. dally, and from 7 till 8 p.m. on Saturdays. By order, CHARLES BBADDELL, Town Clerk. Ashburton, 18th May, 18S8. 5 170 JOHN VICK^EY CASH BUYER OF PIGS AND A THOROUGHLY PRACTICAL BUTCHER AND BACON CURER BEGS to announce to the residents of Aahburtou and Dißlriofc that be haa succeeded m procuring a suitable cellar for tho BACON CURING BUSINESS And la now prepared to execute orders In that line, and can guarantee satisfaction and despatch. Ore'ers If ft at the Pork Butchery, Eaefc Street will have prompt attention. johFVicxeky. 4 157 KEID and OttA"Y, CAMEEON BTEEET, ASHBURTON. Makers ot IMPROVED D.-FUttROW PLOUGHS (Made of Best Hammered Forap Iron, and Winner of First Prize at Melbourne Exhibition.) Over 80001 AT f Over 8000 m use. J Kei>uopd Prices. \ m uao. Extra heavy Mould Boards for rough . ■•.-■■• !• Land m Stock, Zig-Zag Harrows still maintain theit reputation as the best general purpose Harrow. Four hundred sets made an- nually. Newly Improved Chaffoutters all sizes, with Balance Fly Wheel, fitted with patent cast Bteel Mouthpiece, m one piece, which can be taken ofE and replaced by an ordinary laborer m a few seconds. Cuts three lengths of chaff. Portable Screw-Press and Bagging Chaffcuttcr, cut 3, riddles, elevates, screens and pressos into the bag at one operation. 1, 2, 3, and 4. Horse-Powers, simple stroDg, and easily drawn, universally used throughou New Zealand. ( Jointed Pulverising Disc Harrows, over 700 m use. Fo farm should bo without thorn. All sizes from 6ft to 12ft. Grain Drills from 11 to 17 Coulters. We \ make largely for Cautevbuiy and North ' Island • ' Cnhoun's Hand Seed Sower, Farm ! Drays and Waggons, patent Fencing Standards for Folding Sheep, B'oncing Wire, Steel, Iron, and Barb Wire Repairs to all descriptions of lUachinery : promptly executed oa the premicss. Catalogues free on applicatiou at Dune- in or any of our Branches 4°i63 T. Bullock, A BARGAIN. _Q '7Q A Brick Cottage and Sec I . lor. 3^ 4 *J, inijjN'eh.-on -Street, Hsmpstead, m very good order. Aj.plv fo "T. BULLOCK, Agent; OQK TWOBISOTIONS for sab, being 3D OO J-ots i;u.i'.borcd 23 and 24, Chirk streot, nenr Mr John Orr'a properly. Ali'orr' Forest Hoad, Price as above. Libora) terms, Apply to T. BULLOCK. I- 7>Oll SALS— 4 \crcs near 'iinwald, g.. fronting Maronau Jtoad. Liberal terms. Apply to T. BULLOCK. SALE— rapitftl Building Site, |P corner section irontiug AJford Forest Boad, near Mr Steel's Store Apply to T, BULLOCK. fJ\O LET— 6 roomed house, centrally JL situated, m Tanored street. Apnly to T BULLOCK. MONEY TO LICND on first class Security io sums to suit borrowers. Apply to T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE. Q DISC HABBOWS Mo?HERUY DRILL T. BULLOCK. SHEEI' COUNTRY. mO LET aboat 2000 Acres Sheep X Oonntry for givzlog, A very low rental will bo accepted. Apply to T. BULLOCK. nnO LET at a low rental. — 4-voained J[_ Uoitage at Hampstead, T. BULLOCK. rpO LET— At & very low renfcal, a torge A building fronting East Street;, suit- able for a grain and chaff atoro. T. BULLO'yK. FOR SALE. — An improved Farm of 245 Acres, boing R.S. 27237, situated about 5 miles from Cherteey. Low price and liberal terms apply to > T. EULLOCK.



; Public NotlC3 i : B AKEIT~~BiiOS I BUILDEBS, UNDERTAKERS, &c. # f Cornar Wakanui Road aDd CasS stieet, 1 f (Next Central Hotel) yij Or at Baker and Brown's Coach Factory ). ! Havelock 'street 11J1 p Trees. Trees Trees. NOTICE TO PLANTERS. r mHE Undersigned begs to thank his X numerous Friends and Customers for - their past favors, and calls their speolal attention to his extensive stock of FHUIT AND FOREST TREES of every desorip. , tlon; N.B. -Planting done by contract, and ail Trees supplied and planted by ma will - be guaranteed for 12 raontha. Frnlt Treea pruned and gardorw kept m order bygthe week or by the year. Ail kinds of Oibbage end Strawberry Plants on Bale, , j All orders by post, or loft with Me . H. G. Flower, Confectioner, East Street, ! shall receive my prompt attention. JAMES POUTER, OLIFT.ON NURSERY, ■ 4 192 Allenton, Ashburton. Style and Fashion. ; ANDREW ORR ! ' Is now opening hia Second Shipment OF New Drapery, Clothing, AND BOOTS, GBANL SHOW OF Ladies' Mantles, Ulsters, Jackots, Dolmans, &o. Millinery, Flowers, Feathers, Ribbons, and Dress Goods m endleaa variety. Blankets, Flannels, Hosiery, and Gloves Brussels Carpets, Ktdder C*rpets, &o Men's Clothing Greatly Reduced. BOOTS. BOOTS. GREAT BARGAINS IN BOOTS AND EHOES; 5 Trunks Ladies' Boots at 5s 6d 2 Trunks Lsdfeo' Evening Shoes, 3s 6d 4a 6d, 5s 6d Gentß* Boots, cloth top, best 9j 63, worth 15a 6d. Prices to suit the times. DRESSMAKING. This Department is giving universal satisfaction. Perfect style and'fit. Prices Btrlefcly moderate. ANDREW ORB. John Orrand Co. JOHN ORR AND CO. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT WE keep the Largest Stook, greatest; Variety, and racge of Prloas of any House m the Trade. Men's Boys' & louths' Clothing, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. OVERGO/. TS AND WATERPROOFS. HOSIERY HATS, SCARVES, TIBS, RUGS, TRAVELLING BAGi?, PORTMAN- TEAUS, UMBRELLAS, etc. Special. WE HOLD AN IMMENSE STOCK OF MEN'S 001 TON, OKIMEAN, OX- FORD, KEGATI'A, AND WHITE SHIRTS, aim MENd LAMBS WOOL AND MERINO EOMERY, which we have Markod at Prices ihat MOST effect a SPEEDY CLEARANCE. TAILORING DEPARTMENT. WE pay SPECIAL ATTENTION to this Department. It Is under efficient Management, and evory etfoi t is made to render it conduciva to our Oosfcomera wauto. We have a Very Large Stock of Tweeds & Coatings, Cords, Moleskins, BOOT DEPARTMENT. Wo hold a largo and varied assortment of BOOTS and SHOES of ovory de- Boription. To make quotations wonld be no guide. WE IKVITE INSPECTION AND , COMPARE PRICES. ; JOHN ORR AND CO., importers of hardware, drapery, and general ' mcl chan dise. East Street. 3§77 J



! CRICKET. « (PEB PKESB AS8O014TI0K.) (Received May 19, 1 p.m.) London, Muy 18. The cricket match between Oxford UnlverßJiy n nd tho Australian eleven vras o'jsatnenc d to-day at Oxford In fcbo fi-sfc innings Oxlord soored 102. The Austral! ns havocix wicketa down fnr 169, M<:D cnnll not, oot 88. Owing to rain the m»toh w^a not finished. "BaoHc-PAißA."— Quiok, complete cure, al annoying kidney, bladder, and urinary diseases. At ohemista and druggists Kemp* thorne, Prosser, and Co., Agents GhrißU ohuroh. i Public Notice 3 FOR SALE— A Hanßom Oab, Apply to W. Redmond, Central Hotel. FOR SALE. ONE 6-horae power Portable Engine, m good working order. 6*179 J')HSTG RESTE LL ASHBURTON CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. rjPHE next " Incleelde " will be held S In theOddfetlowß' Hall, on TUES- DAY. 22nd Instant, at 8 p.m J. O DUNCAN, 6*160 " Secretary, ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, ASH- BURTON, WHIT SUNDAY, 1888. Collections for Melanesian Mission. Holy Communion at 8.30 a.m. and at midday Srvice. 6 186 "OVENING CLASSES are b?ing held Fj at my Offioa, Montgomery's Build- lu«b, Bnrnett Street, on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS, from 7 to 9 p.m. Architecturd, Pictorial, Model, and all branches of Freehand Drawing, etc., are being taught, E. M. BLAKE, 4 160 Architect; ' NOTICE. ESTATE OF THE LATE JOHN WOODS. MARY ANN, Widow of the late John Woods, ia the onl/ person aathorlaed to receive money or contract debts m connection with the above FBtaie. GEO. GIDDINGSI v . W. H SMITH} .Exeontow. 5*184 ASHBURTON "GUARDIAN.'j DUNEDIN AGENCY. jIiTR R. T. WHEELER, Stafford Street, Dunedln, has been appointed rur Agent and will be able to arrange terms with advertisers for contract advertise- ments. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. NOTICE TO OCCUPIERS. ASHBURTON-RANGITATI WATER SUPPLY. RAOES batween Aahhju&m and Hlnda Rivers, lnoluding Wheatstone water races will be closed for purposes of over- haul on 29th May and four followir g days, and Races between Hinds and Rangitata Rivets on sth June and four following daya. By order, WILLIAM BAXTER, 5*185 County Engineer. __ Auctions. SATURDAY, MAY 26th. 24 Acres, with House thereon, between Mr G T. Smith's property and Fair- field Road, being R.S. 18151, FOR SALE. MR T. BULLOCK has received Instructions from the Proprietors, to sell by Public AuctioD, at the Arcade, on the above date, tha above named Rural Seotlon, contaluing 24 Acres, nicely Bltaated, the Wakanui Creek running through it. Inspection invited; Very liberal terms of payment can be. arranged. Sale at 12.15 T. BULLOCK, 5+171 * Auctioneer. Clearing Sale OF LAND, STOCK, IMPLEMENTS AND FURNITURE. D THOMAS (late of Matson, Cox and Co.) has received instructions from Mr Gbobgs Cole, to Sell by Public Auction, on FRIDAY, MAY 25th, j At 12 o'clock, On hi* Farm, R Ss. 17066, 18817, 20994. 24126, 24125, Bituated at Wakanui, and known as Tilstone Farm, the whole of bis LAND, STOCK, IMPLEMENTS AND FURNITURE, as particularised below. The Farm consists of 266J acres, of the well known Wakanui Land, which has been properly farmed, and is now In good henrt, subdivided into eight Paddocks, with Sheep- proof fences, largo Plantations, and a water-race through each, There ia also a well stocked Garden and Orchard The Buildingu consists of a substantial six roomed House, Dairy, 5 stalled Stable, and Chaff- house, and a good Shed for Grain and Implements. There is a large Windmill on the premises m good working order. The Stock conoists of — rj really good Draught HORSES O HACKS -i FOAL n CATTLE lon Fre ° zin ff lambs -j -| Q Croesbrod EWES A r\ Prime Pat PIGS Or\ Mixed PIGS Graßß Stripper, 3 Drays, Trap, 2 two-furrow Ploughp, Har- rows, Disc Harrowp, Deering Twine Binder, Grubber, Har- ness, Eorae Covers, Tools, and Sundries too numerous to mention Luncheon provided. To anyone requiring a really comfor- table homo, thiH presents an opportunity rarely to bo met with. D, THOMAS, I 5*168 Auctioneer, j