CORRESPONDENCE.

We <*o not hold ourselves responsible ior *he * opimons expressed by our correspondents.

WAGES, AND AMERICAN FARMERS ON PROTECTION.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, — In your Unue of last night I notice a letter by Mr Bellhouaa. Mr B. appears to think the people of Ashburton rery much behind the age, and be deem it his duty to ssnd us a few figures ihttt can, he says, apeak for them elves. The conclusion Mr B wishes vi <6 draw from his first act t-f figures is, that ■" becauae of Protection m Amerioa and Vlotorla, wages m those countries are much higher than m England," Mr B. must be perfectly well aware < f the fact tbat there Is nothing to be proved by the figures In question, the onnditlona of England acd the other ooumries men tioned being ao very different, The following figurea will show at a glance why wages are higher m Amortca than m England :—

When the population of the United Statei is as dense as that of the United Kingdom, that will be abort 700.000,000. Mr Bellbonse may depend upon It the wages of labor will be leas than m Eng land at present, ao matter how much protection they may have. If Mr Bellhonse would prepare a eet of fignres showing the wages m the different European conn tries, lnoluding England, and ahowing the amoant of protection m each, your readera would have something to the point, and if the aame conclusion can be taken from tham as Mr Bellhoase wiabea us to draw from those m question I think Mesara Saury, Brown and Walker would be shut up on that point.

Mt fiellhouae next goes on to show by another set of "speaking figures" that the American farmers have benefited to an enormous ex'ont by Protection. I maintain that these figures also Bra demb, for the simple reason that the prioe of the produce of the American farmer is regulated by the prioe m Europe, where the surplus produce has to be sold. If Mr Bellhouse can show that the price of wheat was ever higher m Amerioa than m England be will again soore one on Messrs Sbury, Brown, and Walker.

1 have five plain questions to put to Mr Bellhoase and his league, and I think I aaa perfectly safe m promising them the tupport of Messrs Shury, Brown and Walker, and several others provided they can give no satisfactory answers.

• Ist. Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Herbert Spencer, Fawcett, aud Henry George all condemn Prctsation m the moit unqualified language. Co Mr Bellbonse and his friends think they did not understand what they wrote about ?

, 2nd. Ii it posiible to make a nation rich by taxing It ? 3rd If protection between different countries is good, why is It not good between different localities of the same country ? 4th? Do men want work for Kg own Bake or do they merely want to live with as little labor and other inconvenience as possible. sib, If it 1b a calamity for the people of any coontry to obtain cheap goods from another country, and the chaaper the goods the greater the oalamity, how can we express the wretohedneaa of those who might obtain all they wanted fot nothing.-- 1 am, etc., James Kbir.

TO THC EDITOR.

Bib,— ld reply to Mr David Bellboase's letter which is very nice — Perhaps as Mr Bdsn George would not answer my first question Mr Beilhooie will :— *' Is a large increase m rates and taxei conducive to the advantage and pros perity of any country V This was after wards varied to suit Mr* George :— '* Is a large increase m taxation oondactve to the advantage and prosperity of any ooantry V Mr Eden George said the qaestlon was not fair and it was not answered.

w Bat he explained Protection as he understood It, and as it suited him. He told a& that owing to the new tariff he iras going to start a small factory himself la Ohrlstohnrch to manufacture dry colodlon plates to supply the whole of New Zealand ; he also told us he proposed \o employ eight hands, probably girls, to eventually be increased to twelve; that under the old tarif! these plates were •old at 3s per do^n, but he would eel\ them, protected by the new tariff, at 4* 6d per dojsan $ and that ho would dlsp ge of fiis surplui stock m Victoria. When I reminded him Victoria was also heavily protected, he further imformed ua he could soil them there under ooab price, leaving as to Infer that all Nsir Zsaland was to be taxed for photographs at the r*te of SO per cent over present prio- f , to enable eight girls to live, and hjmseli to make a fortune.

Jt is hardly worth going biok to 1846 for prices of eggs, •specially as Mr Bell house does not mention the tima of year the two prices were for. But I giro you ■n extract from a leading New York journal, quoted from a late "Argus," 23rd May last :-

11 Protection has worked bo admirably that of more than eleven hundred ■tetmen which carried nearly fifty-one million bushels of American grain to a foreign market, m 1887 we owned one ; of leyenty-fonr sailing Vessels engaged ' In ine'gtrge business, we owned oije". If the filgh tariff men can Have their own way a little longer, that*iteam.er and that Ballot will both disappear." Ia the iron trade Proteotlon does not Appear to work well »t present. Ia telegrams of this lisne, 16th Jaly, of your valuable paper there li a beading :— "IMMENSE SJEIKE. 11 Jail the iron mills m Western America with the exception of twelve are closed owing to a wages ditpote. Oae hundred thousand workmen are afLoted by the ptrike. 1 ! pomrnent Is ne.edleis. I am etc, A. H. Shurt. Aibbortoo, July 16th 1888.

"imme;

Sj»,— ld yonr last night's issue J notice a letter from the Hon. Sea. of the OhrUt ohnroh Projection League, intended no doubt to annihilate those who bad the temerl'y to oppose the writer's darling project of starting a branch of the Pro tection League m Aahburton, and like all other officials he hurls at our heads a lo: pf figure*. Ev6n that I would not mind if tbey had been something new, In' seeing the same tables had to do duty m your paper only two months ago, he has only given ua. a treat what the Scotch would term "oauld kail het again," and I think if he had looked up your files of 'tke last two months instead of looking at the report of the failure of hfs delegate's million he wonld see that we are not jußt io f*r behlaa, although we are fifty-three fnllei frouT : the centre of civilisation aLd iupremaoyi " " 1 can aoaroely enter into dlsousslon with, yonr oorrespondenPwithout the risk pf repeating myaelf, but if he would kindly look over my former letters In your paper and give as his opinion on them I may join Issue with him. But m the meantime, while he la at it I would like htm to give qi a few wore o( hla figarei,

j uch t'i;r lne<aroa as the following: — He | gives us the rate of wages In England at I the present time. Would he j lat place . eppo l<e this the rate paid 40 years ago to toe same trad< a, to show tf the wageß have faien or risen under Freetrade there, and he mlqht then do the B»ma for A merles »rd Victoria, to show how it stands slnca thny got Protection B?tt<?r aMll wru-d he give us the rate of wages p«ld InF ay tr*deNew Z aland for the la 3( 20yp»rs, and place that alongside of protected Victoria for the same period. He also forgot to point cot tbat m America the time per week la from 60 to 70 hours, while io England it Is only f'om 51 to 64 hoars, and m New Zealand' 4B hours. I enoloie you a cutting from the ''Otago W-tness" "f Friday l«Bt, which I think will show that Amerioa is not yet all that your | correspondent would have us believe : — 11 According to a report from the British Minister at Washington, which h*B b?en laid before Parliament (aays the " Pail Mall Gazette"), elnoe the beginning o f 1887 there have been 1000 striken In the United States, and of the 4 0,000 men engaged m them 25,000 to 50 000 are still out. The moat serioua wan that of the New Jersey coal-handlers, which Involved a loss la wagaa to those engaged of mote than £500,000, The coat to the workers of the Pesnsylvanlan coke workers' atrlke of the spring, (a whioh 13,000 men were encaged for 10 weeks, was about £200.000 io wages. Mora than two-thlrda of the strikes between January and July 1887 were fruitless, and only brought loaa and suffering to those engaged m them. As a whole, about 38 per cent, or more than a th'rd of the strikers In 1887, snoceeded In getting their demands, againat 20 per cent In 1886. It is calcu lated tbat nearly 10,000 000 day a' work and wages were lost." This, Sir, Is the state of things In the very country that, according to the Protectloniat creed, ought to be a Garden uf Eden to the working man.

Here is another from the same paper, which I think it would be well for all farn.ers to read, aa It will show them what to expeot from Protection : — '• At a meet* Ing of the Victorian Chamber of Manu factures, the qaestlon of Protection to farmers was discussed, when it was resolved — *ThaS while taking a deep interest m the welfare of the farmers, the Chamber of Manufactures cannot support a policy which is calculated to increase the price of bread and mea*.'" This is what the protected manufacturers of Mel bourne themselves think of Protection — that it increases the prlca of the article proteoted, and as a piece of bare-faoed selfishness I think it beats all past records, and yet your c irrespondent will talk aboat dopes. —l am, etc, Freetrade;

HAMPSTEAD TOWN BOARD AND THE FIRE BRIGADE.

TO THE EDITOR. '

Sir — I am exceedingly sorry that l( An Humble Fireman " or any otber cf the fraternity, should think that I meant to infer that it was the fault of the Brigade, that fires m Hatnpstead were not extin guished with greater speed. I haste to inform that distinguished and wide awake writer of last evening that I have always felt the greatest interest and admiration for the Brigade. I am sure they all deserve mcch more than they get, for their sacr'fioe of time, sleep and money, m the interests of the ratepayers, and their readiness to rick their lives for the people. No body of men paid or unpaid could be more willing to do their best, than our firemen. T should like to say "Long may they live" and may their names be enrolled on the icroll of fame and handed down to posterity as willing martyrs to the lrtereo's of the ungrateful ratepayers of Ashburton and suburbs.

I am truly sorry, (hat the Gounoil did not pay more at cation to the leoommen datlons of the Brigade from time to time. If they had we shon'd have no trouble over adopting signals or receive complaints that the bell 1b m one plaoe and the engine m another. If lam rightly informed the Brigade bad a very practoil scheme to keep the lot together, horses included, but were prevented from doing so. In conclusion, I wish that very Humble Fireman had signed hla name, ao that I might have waited upon him to that he might open my eyes, and enlighten my dull uodersranding. I think he would have pity on mo, seeing I have been so unlucky as to have been born m poor "Sleepy Hollow," I should think he most have been born under that brilliant planet Jupiter, and teat he must be closely related to the gods. When I come to think, it must be very wicked for one like me to suggest any change white euoh men live. Please let me retire Into obscurity, with just one request, that my friend will as soon as possible, repair to " Sleepy Nelson," and there win for himself undying renown by devoting his brilliant talents to waking up those slumbering people, canning new life to pulsate m that sluggish, bat beautiful place. Then they will tell him tots of ancient stories, more wonderful than the alleged hearse and engine once to fill some future epistles. I hope Mr Editor I shall not have time to write another letter until we get water for Hampstead to wash away all the mad, I am, etc, GkO. W. AKDJIIWS,

THE CABLE.

(PBB PBKSS ASSOCIATION.)

Port Dabwin, July 16. Further tests made m the cable give the break as being Soo miles from this end, which is a less distance than when the cable steamer Recorder spoke last Friday. It is believed that the cable is broken between the point where (he styp "spoke from, and here. |n view: of possible further delay, cables will be forwarded by the steamers Chingtui and Tamadice. It is thought that possibly a steamer from Banjoe wangi will arrive on Wednesday with cables bearing date of London, July i2th.

SYDNEY GRAIN MARKET

B. Goidsbrough and Co. Limited, re port under date July :— Milling wheat is quiet, but Ohickfeed continues In goqd request. tn Oats, prime heavy and milling are scarce and 1n brisk denund, while medium and Inferior are plentiful and not strong. iffalr supplies of mai^i 0/ me etead'ly forvar4, and prioes have Improved about 2d per bushel Bran and Pq lard are In large sqpply and weak. We quote: — Wheat— Milling, 3s 6i ; chlckfeed, 2a 91 to 3s Id. Oats. —Milling, 2s 3sd ; prime heavy to 2s 3i ; medium, 2s Ik 1 ; inferior from U lHi. Maizb— 2» 81, , Bran— 9 i. Poitf, ABD - 9d

A DESERTED VESSEL

(f^e pbess association.) Sydney, July 16. The captain of the ship Frank Stafford, which arrived to-day from New York, reports having passed the W. L« White, a schooner, bound from New York to Mexico. The latter vessel was dismasted, and from an ex? animation made it was found that she wa i timber laden, and having suffered severely m the gale had been aban doned by the crew early m March. There was no sign of the crew*

DUNEDIN COURSING MEETINC.

(PBR PREBS ASSOCIATION.) Ddnkdi», Jaly 16 The weather is lovely ior the ooursing. In the. St L?ger, Finance boat Palm F>ower ; DtlbbUr beat DJ»y; Loohlel beat Dacaiver ; Barrister beat The Judge ; Hereford beat LiUle Ned j Newton beat Queftn o'Day ; Onr Emma bra- Mornlng u n 11. ; Sprincaton beat Harlook : Fngue beat Bldegroom II ; Wblaper beat B >n oie Laddie; Will-o'-ihe-vViap beat Jest; Bark Rustic be*t Skilful Lidy ; Artillery beat Briikf Leaf ; Blink Bonnie beatDake of Cumberland ; Yorkshire Lisa beat Bishfal Las» ; r e Loup II beat Doric ; Kikenny beat Bluelight ; Bclgham Young beat Oolleen Bawn ; Kinsey bent Parnel lite ; Magenta beat Brandy ; Luoy ran a bye, In the Inaugural Stakes Medoo beat Leo ; Red Pine beat Sunshine ; Market Day beat Keep-i'-Dirk ; Lonewood bea* Shamrock ; Townhopo beat Jessamine ; Dianthe beat Destructor ;' Bed of Stone beat Britannia ; Newmarket beat Ring dove ; Ringer beat Rooket ; Nelson beat Boomerang ; Sanshine beat Bismarck. Ringdove, though oat of form, ran a good losing course. Ringer, Jugurtha, and Secretary won well, especially the 1 latter. Old Acquaintance had no dlffi oulty m winning his course, bit Memento was beaten decisively m the St. Lsger. ] Yorkshire Lass and her sister Bhaaper, and also Loohiel won their courses de cialvely, but Bonnie Laddie got away for a coarse by himself, and was then beaten by Whisper. The defeat of Hareun-al- Raschid cauaed great excitement. York shire Lass and Lonewood are now the favorites.

Dunbdin, July 17. The oourslng^was continued io wet weather. la the St Leger Flora II beat Mag William ; Drfbbler beat Finanoe ; Flora beat Lochiel; Barrister beat Newton; Hereford beat Oar Emma ; Fague beet Spiiigaton; Whisper beat Wlll-o'-the- Wiap ; Dark Rustic beat Artillery ; Yorkshire Laos beat Blink Bonnie ; X Ikenny beat Le Loop II; Kinskey beat Brigham Yoaag ; Leslie beat Magenta. In the Imagural Stakes In the oecond round Jim Brown beat Luna ; Redplne beat Nedoc ; Lone wood beat Market D.»y ; Fownhope beat Dianthe ; New market beat Bdd of Stone ; Ringer boat Neiaon ; Old Acquaintance bsat Hunaet ; Kerwi beat Maxim ; Qiintana bsat Silver mine.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

■(Pkb. Press Association.)

SHIPPING.

London, June 30

Sailed — Ruapehu (from Plymouth)., for New Zealand via Teneriffe, Cape town and Hobarr.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, July 16. Extensive frauds have been dis covered m the Government Tramway Service. Ten guards are said to be implicated. It is supposed they mani pulated the indicators, and resold tickets previously used, by this meani defrauding the Government to the extent of a hundred pounds a week. The matter is being investigated.

QUEENSLAND.

Brisbane, July 16. The steamer Ranelaigh ran down and sank the brigantine Spunkie 132 tons, Captain Walsch, off Cape Moreton. No lives were lost, the Brigantine's crew being rescued by the steamer. The latter was not damaged by the collision. News has been received from New Guinea to the effect that two men be longing to the exploring party have been murdered by the natives. Count Pfeill and Herr Rocholl, who were engaged m explorations m New Ireland were deserted by their followers, who carried off their instru ments and provisions. The leaders of the party lived on copra for some time, and were not rescued until they had gone through great hardships.

TASMANIA.

Hobabt, Ju'y 16 In the Assembly an attempt was made to tax money belonging to Tas rnanians, but deposited outside the colony. The remaining proposals of the Government were agreed to. It is proposed to levy a half-penny m the pound on land owned by absentees.

Kmatino'b Couoh Loxsmoes cures Coughs, Asthma, nnd Bronchitis. Medical testimony states that no other medioine is so effectual inthe oure of these dangerous maladies. One Lozenge alone gives ease, one or two at bed time eneuresrrest. For relieving diffioalty of breathing they are invaluable. They contain no opium or any violent drug. Sold by all chemists, m tins Is ld£, nd 2a 9d each. The " Hobart Mercury "had the following apropos of the decision not to admit the Press to the Chinese Conference :— For a ' oandid avowal "of the wdrthlessnesH o{ tallf, the 'gushings ftnd the sputterings o{ plugleaa word spqutg, who know not when to. cease, the first resolution adopted by the Inter colonial Chinese Conference, whioh com menced its deliberations m Sydney reoently, commends itself to all sorts and conditions of orators. Our cable meseage says a pro* posal favouring the admission of the Press to the proceedings of the Conference was with drawn, as it waß pointed out " that the presence of reporters would possibly oocasion the delivery of lengthy Bet speeches, and cause such an infinite waste of time that the Victorian, Queensland, and Tasmani^n delegataa Might ha^e to retu.ro before any 1 , thing difinita was arrived at." What a simple and yet effeotive system of closure, although involving the admission, from some who ought best to, know, that the oratory so often inflicted upon a long-sqffering public, ia but vanity and vexation even, to th,o,se \vh,o speal^. To the Deaf.— A. Iperson who wag cure of deafness and noises ia the head of twenty three years' standing by a simple remedy will send a description of it free to any person who applies to Nicholson Linooln Inn Chambers, William street, Melbourne. The •« Post " says : —The lata Renata Kawepo, whose will ia now being disputed m the Supreme Court at Wellington, held for many years a strong objection to plaoing his money m any of the banks, and the whole of his oash was Always kept m a strong room, builf m hie residence at Qmahu, Hawke's Bay. For dome years £10,000 m notes was locked up m the safe, and precautions were taken to prevent a. robbery. It is related of the old chief, who, by-the-bye, was a man of sterling worth, thatjafter he had. been per suaded to place, his money iq one of the Napier b»Hka, he never failed, whenever ho went to town, to call at the institution and ask' to see his oagb. The tray on whioh the gold was kepV at the teller's Bide w.as always produbed on these oooasions, and Renata was informed that the money was his. One day a oheqoe was presented at tb,e counter and was paid out of the heap of sovereigns. The old man who happened to be present, was very much cod* cerned at this, exclaiming that the teller waa giving away his (Renata's) money, and it waa tome time before he could be induoed, to believe that the bank had plenty more, gold, IQd. WOOld Wik,e up the, deflgfoooy.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Per Pbbss Association, )

A REMARKABLE CASE

Und<*r the above heading the "Dacetown Reporter" of July 6th, 1887, published the following m iis editorial columns : — Our readers may recall the circumstance of a young clerk named Arthur Richold, falling insensib'e on the Wheatley Lane m this town some time ago, and being p'eke J up, as he continued perfectly helpless, and taken m a cab by two gentlemen to the office of F. W. Fisher, Esq., the olicitor who employed him On restoring him 10 consciousness it was ascertained thrt he was afflicted with what seemed to be an incurable disease. When he was able to speak he said he had b-en to h : s dinner and was on his way back to 1 is 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 sen es m the solicitor's office he thought what this, might mean, and feared he was going to have a fit of il rics, which we all know is a very dread ful thing for a poor man with a family to care or.

j With this m his mind he at once sought the best medical advice, telling the doctors h«w he had been attacked. They questioned him, and found that his present malady w g exhaustion of the nervous system resulting rom general debility, indigestion, and dys pepsia of a chronic nature. This m turn had been caused by confinement to his <*e»k 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 sicky and unpleasant slime on the gums and ' teeth m the morning ; the tongue coated and the bowels so bound and costive that i induced that most painful and troublesome ailment — the piles. He says there w s some • pains m the sides and ba k 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 flritty cr sandy deposit after standing. These things had troubled Mr Richold ong time, and after his fall m the street hea 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 he went from one physician to another m search oi 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 the<e, did any good. All being without avail he visited London, with a sort of vague hope that some advantage migh f happen to him m the metropolis. This was m October, 1885

How wonderful, indeed, arc the ways of Providence, which dashes down our highest hopes and then helps us when we least eapect 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 was he now that he kept on using Mother Seigel's Curative Syntp 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 iroru aptivity on his island m the sea ; and added, " But for Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup the rass would now be growing over my grave.\ Our readers can rest assured of the strict truth of all the statements m ibis most re markable case, as Mr V ichold (now residing at Swiss cottage, Walton-on-the-Nazf;) belongs to one of the oldest and most respected families m the beautiful village of Long Melford, Suffolk, and his personal character i. attested by so high an authority as the Rev C J. Martyn, rector of that parish, besides othe excellent names. We have deemed the cas of such importance to the public as to justify us m giving this short account of it m ou columns.

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G*EAT TT.R.AI BBITiIN. Fquare miles 3,034,000 120.879 Population 60,000,000 35,000,000 Population to Bqaaremlle 20 290 National Debt per head £6 £22 Coit of Arma- menti £9,400,000 £28 900 000 Paapera 225,000 1,037,000



'■ PROGRAMME: - / ;* The first Race to start at 12.30 p.m. 1. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 15- soys; the second horse to receive 3 soys from the stake. , For qualified hunters, tha property of members of the Ashburton County Hunt Club. Nomination, ios acceptance, ss. About 2 miles 3. Hunt Club Steeplechase Cup Han. DICAP, of 20 soys (cash or trophy) ; the second horse to receive 3 soys lrom the stake. Open to any qualified Hunters, the property of'members of any recog- nised Hunt Club. Minimum weight, 10 stone. Nomination, ios ; acceptance, 103. About 3 miles over fair hunting country. , 3. Selling Hack Race, of 10 sov3 ; no weight under 9 stone. The winner to be sold by auation immediately after the race for 10 soys, any surplus to go to * the funds of the Club. Post entry, ios; Three-quarters of a mile. 4. Maiden Steeplechase Plate, of 15 soys; the second horse to receive 3 soys from the stake. For horses that have never won an advertised steeplechase ; for qualified Hunters, the property of mem* bers of the AshbuTton County Hunt Club. Weigot-for-age. Nomination, 15s; acceptance, free. About two miles. 5. Hunters' Flat Rack Handicap, of 15 soys ; the second horse to receivr 3 soys from the stake. For qualified Huntess, the property of members of the Ashbur- ton County Hunt Club. Horses before starting for this race must qualify over a flight of hurdles m front ©f the stand to the satisfaction of the Stewards. Nomi- nation, ios ; acceptance, ss, About two miles. . r - 6. Selling Hunters' Steeplechase Han> dicap, of 10 soys; winner to be sold by auction immediately after the. race for 1$ soys, any surplus to go to the funds of the Club. Nomination, ios ; acceptance free; to be notified to the Secretary within ten minutes after the weights are declared. Once round the Steeplechase course.- ■■'•'' ■•'■ ■•.'.■": RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. The meeting will be held under the New Zealand Grand- National Steeplechase Rules where applicable. 2. No entry will be received t except on the conditions that all disputes, claims, and 'objec- tions arising out of the racing, shall be decided by the Stewards or whom they may appoint, their decision on all points connected, with the carrying cut of this programme to be final. . - . 3. A qualified Hunter shall mean any horse that has been fairly hunted at least three times with any recognised pack of hounds during the season 1888. Master of Hounds, certifi- cate to be produced at the scales. ;■' 4. Five per cent wiU be deducted from the gross of all monies payable m accordance wi'h this programme for expenses of the course. 5. AU nominations and acceptances to goto the funds of the Club. 6. Riders m all races except Selling Hack Race must be members of some recognised: Hunt Club, and member's ticket must" be pro-" duccd at the scales if required.- . . . . 7. Riders who have never won an advertised race of any sort, value 20 soys or over, al- lowed 7'bs m all races, except the Selling Hack Race. NOMINATIONS. : Nominations for all handicaps and entries for Maiden Steeplechase and Selling Hunters' Steeplechase, accompanied by fees, name, age, desciiption, and performances of horses, and colors of the riders, must be m the hands of the Secretary, Commercial Hotel, Ashbuiton, not later than 9 p.m. on Saturday, July aisrt 1888. . .'. . - • WEIGHTS. Weights for the Handicap Hurdle Race, . Hunt Club Cup, and Hunters' Flat Rffbe, will ba declared on Monday, July 30th, 1888 : Weights for the Selling Steeplechase will be declared immediately after the Hunters' Flat Race, s run. . ■ ; . ' : '.; )' • ACCEPTANCES. Acceptances, accompanied by fe«s; moat be n the hands of 1 lie Secretary not later than $ p.m. oa Saturday, August 4th, iSSS. E, J4FOOKS, j .... Secretary 1 ;



Public "Notices . H. VOD SCHOEKEBERG, " abinet maker, Upholsterer, Undertaker, and Gtneral Gousa Furn ? Bher, j (Late of Chr Btcl- urcli), E let Strest, next Wm. Patching. Furniti\ro to any df a : gn or pattern at' Ohrietc'iurch rateß. The latent patterns pr< due d Piano* ropolished at very low rates, Repairs dove on the premises to complete satisfaction of Customers, ; ; Funerala conducted with approved style and economy. | WHY! WH IT'S ' O'CONNELL DOING NOW? ■'■■'■ "T Seiliog HORSE CLOTHS from ... u % 15s Od WATERPHOOFOILSEINBUITS i:A from , , 12a 6d OALICO TBNTS from ... ... 12« 6d And everything else m the Trade equally cheap ; and all his own make. Let us go and c P. O'COtftfELL'S Al Tent Depot. Where ie hiß Shop ? why, OOMPTON'S BUILDINGS! Moore Street, Aohbnrlon, .. 6*29 BLANKETS.; BLANKER. rHA.VE secured a large lot of Heavy ABHBDRTON BLANKETS, slightly a rained. COME EARLY as the price will sell • ; them quick. Aslilnirton GJotliing fflart^ ; SAUNDEBS' BUILDINGS. 1 ,* Kobeit .Alconii 5 Sporting. ASHBURTON COUNTY HUNT CLUB. ANNUAL STEEPLECHASES. To be held on the Ashburton Racecourse ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1888. Patrons : Hon John McLean and Matthew Stitt. President : John Grigg. Vice-Pbesidents : G. H. Alington, W. B. Denshire, D. McLean, and Dr Leahy. Stewards : J. Coibett, E W. Bowyer, J. C, N. Grigg, A. J. Reid, J. Jackson, Fi Rus ell, A, Fooks, J. Ueseltine, H. G. Pitt, W. B. Denihire. Judge :M. Stitt. Starter :D. Thomas. Clerk of the Course : A. Hewson. Clerk of the Scales : T. E,X T pton. Handicappers : .-Mark Scott, John Cbtbett, .1 '... ' W;B;'-Dehsfcire.*



STATIONERS' HALL, Fiiedlahrier'a Buildings, Ashburton. BOOKS, Commercial and General Stationery, Aooount Books, &c. KEW BOOKS BY EVERY MAIL. MUSIC. Pianos, Harmoniums, Acoordeons, Couoertluaa, Violins, Banjos, &o , &o, New Songs and Munio of every description. A large quantity of Mualo (Sheet and Books) slightly aoiled, to ba sold at a Great Sacrifice. FANCY GOODS. Writing Oaßea and Desk?, Sorap, Photo, and Ferp Albums, Work Boxes, Pnreeo, Otrd Oases, Pocket Booka, Photo Frame', and every description of Fancy Stationery. Writing, Printing, and Wrapping Papers m any quantity. - Any Book'out of stock procured from out Chrlstcharch Establishment, tho Stock of which Is one of. the Largest and Beßt Assorted In the Colonies, 0; from our London Agency. A special Discount allowed to Library and School Oommittets H. J. WOOD & CO STATIONERS' HALL, ASHBTJRTO*/



WE are now landing, ex " Aortngl " from London, oar new Seaeon'a Qlovere, Turnips, Garden, and Flower See<?s, whloh we have procured direct from the GROWERS. They are of the '\ choicest qualify, being this Season's orop, j and are therefore fresh and reliable. We will forward samples to any address on application, bo that intending pur- chasers can teat the germinating quality for their own satisfaction. ALSYKE Ol OVER, RAPE. WBITE CLOVER, MUSTARD. COW GRASS, TURtflPy, RED CLOVER, MANGOLD, TIMOTHY, CARROTS. We have also -Perennial Ryegraaa and Cccksfoot for Bale m large or small quan- tities, lateat novelties ,m Garden and Flower Seeds, from that well known Lon- don firm, James Carter and Company. Empty Iron Tanks and Caßea for sale. J. BEALY~and CO., (Late Seal? Bros.) 7*39. 30,000 FEUIT TREES. No Christchurch Woolly .Aphis or Bangiora Scale Blight. THOS.~SEAX,Y NURSERYMAN, ASHBURTON HAS now ready for this Seasons Planting by far the largest aDd Best Stock. of Fiujt Trees m Canterbury, probably m the Colony, consisting of — APPLE TREES PEAR TREES PLUM TREES PEACH TREE 3 CHERRY TREES APR TCOT TREES Quinces, Walnuts, Filberts, Grape Vines, &c, &c, well grown robust tree and grafted on the best stocks. " Also large quantity of Berry Fruits of all kind and an innumerable quantity of FORE&I and SHKLTS.H TRBKB, Roses, • rna- mental Trees, Shrubs, Root-, &c, &c. m great variety. MESSR^ 3r SEALY& CO., Seedsmen, East stree continue to act on my behalf m Town, and all orders, &c, entrusted to them shall have prompt attention. DEROP »TTVF. PRIDED CATALOGUES ON APPLICATION, THOMAS""SEALY, River Bank, AshbtwionJ Jfronting'south approach to Traffic Bridge H,J. WOOD & Co.



...;..._ ffttblic - 0 M ceB L. TO THE LADIES OP ASHBURTON. Misses Morrison & Holloway dress and ma.ntle makeus Tanceed Stbeet ArS H B U R T O N. 6 169 Trees. Trees. Trees. nPHE Undersigned begs to thank hIR X numerous Friends and Customers for tbeir past favors, and calls their special attention to his extensive stock of FRUIT AND FORE3T TREES of all sorts. N.B. —Planting done by contract, and all Trees supplied and planted by ma will be guaranteed for 12 months. Fruit Trees pruned and gardens kept m order by'the week or by tbe year. 40,000 Cnp- Maoroaarpa, 1 year old, 4s 6d per 100. 20.000 ditto, 2 year old, 7s 6d and 10s per 100. 24,000 Pfous Insignia, 4s per 100. All orders by post, or left with Mb fl. G. Floweb, Confectioner, East Street, shall receive try prompt attention, James Porter, OLIFTOK NURSERY, 4 192 AUenton, Ashburton. BEMOVAL NOTICE. WM- BAYLIB GENERAL STOREKEEPER, Junction of the Wakanul Road and Cameron atreet, between Post Office and Mr Gamble's, faol.ng the County Council Avenue. XTJILLIAM BiYLlSljegß to announce Vf to his Customers and the General Public thai he has been forced to remove from Saunders' Buildings to the above Premlßes In consrquenoe of the Bank having let his shop m Saunders' Buildings to Mb Aloobn. W.Bi trusts that his Customers will net be Inconvenienced by the change of situation, as the new prem'ses ore an immense improvement upon the old, and more centrally placed ; m fact, my Customers will be very pleased with the change. la my new Premises shall have a large and varied Stook of Grooerles, Teas, China, Glassware, Hard- warp, Cutlery, Brushware, Cheese, Bran, Sharps, Ohaflf,, Potatoes, Flour, and every requisite of the trade, which will be sold at the lowest possible pbioes. Goods delivered daily. Families waited on for orders. Agent for Hie Wakanul Flour Mills. > The Bfst Flotjb Maps. §0 TONS ~- CLOYEE SEEDS CLQYER .SEEDS CLOYEE SEEDS



H AMS AND BACON Butter and Cheese OF SUPERIOR QUALITY. JOHN ORE & CO, EAST STREET,, T.- Bullock. nftO LXT — A 6-roomed house In Carae- JL ron street opposite the Wesleyan Oharoh. T. BULLOCK. finO LET, 15i 6d per week rental, a 1 Dwelllng-hnuße containing 9 Rooms, well eltnated In Tancred street, lately occupied by R. MoOwbn, Esq There Is an excellent water supply together with every convenience. For fall particulars Apply to T. BULLOCK. TO JLET. , ROOMS m iha Arcade Chambers. Apply to T. BULLOCK. TO FARMERS. FOR SALE— 2 second-hand Donble- Fuirow Ploughs, by Reid and Gray. T. BULLOCK. £}~\ f\f\ * Bm ' nßtruc t ;e d *° accept X'JLUU On e Hundred Poundß for Mb W. S. King's Property, Lota 69, 90, Town Belt South-east, containing £-aore, with the 4-Roomed Honae thereon. Very liberal terms can be arranged. 1 need aoaroely mention that thla appears to be very cheap. | T. EULLOCK. rjQK A well-built 4-roorued Honae obo£)« » Q d Seotlon od Creek rotd, and known as part of Walah'a Paddock. Price aa above. Thia offers a favorable opportunity for a working man obtaining a cheap property, as the owner haa decided to sell at a great sacrifice. , T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE. i Q A.CREB, 31 perches, fenced and laid |O down m English grass, situated at th<3 corner of Mitcbatn and South Roads, about 1} miles from the County Sale- yardi. Suitable paddock for persons living at a distance, and sending stock to tho yards for sale. T. BOLLOCK; MONEY TO LEND on first class Security m sums to suit borrpwers, Apply to T. BULLOCK. rpQ LET— -At a very low rental, a large 1. building fronting East Street, suit- able for a' gfala arid chaff dtore. T. BUhLOtK. FOR SALE— Capital ' Building Site, corner 'section fronting Alford, Fores. t Road, near Mr Steel's Store Apply to. :s£BSi~..!T IP. BULLOCK,



HOPE FORTH E OE • F — Nlohoißnn'n Improved .P-ttnt Ar ificial Ear 1 Drums. The on'y pur**, e»py, und upseen ! device used to p< runnenily restore hearing. Recommended by »o!entific men of Europe and America. Write for free illustrated description book to J. Q. NiOHOLSon, Ltnooln'a Inn Chambers, William street, Melbourne. SPECIAL UNITED PERVI ;ES will be held next week gs follows :— TUESDAY— Salvation Army Barracka WEDNESDAY — Primitive Methodiit Ohuroh THUBSDA Y—Bapf Ist Church FRlDAY— United Holiness Meeting m the Salvation Army Barracks ' Commencing eaoh evening at 7.30, Sankey's Hymns used. Collection on Friday night to defray expenses ODDFELLOWS' HALL, ASHBURTON Lessees and Managers ..• Mrßrough and Mr BouploanU. • Aotlng Manager Mr L j. Lohr Touring Man»ger Mr A.L.Ouuard POSITIVELY TWCpNIGaTS ONLY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, JULY 18th AND 19th. A GENUINE NOVELTY. MR B ROUGH and Me Botjoioault have muoh pleasure In announcing the engagement by them of the oelebrated Actor, MR OHAS. ARNOLD, who will appear m the title role oE the entirely original Muitoal Comedy, HA$, THE BOATMAN, Written expressly for him by Clay M, Greene, author of ..'• Strook Oil," V My Sweetheart," &c.,«& 0. A soooess every- where. Mr Arnold has jast concluded a highly suooeßsful engagement at Terry's New Theatre, Strand, London, and,Jtoar of Great Britain, performing this beauti- ful play 288 consecutive nights, and it will be produced here with tho Soenery uaed m Melbourne. A powerful Company. New Songs, Dances, <&c. Touches of Nature. Beautiful Home Ballads. Langhtet and Tears. New and pioturesque Soenery, painted expressly by W. B. Spong and Mr Robins. Ac I—On1 — On the shores of Schroon Lake, In the Adiron- dacks, U.S. Coming from the Picnic — ' The Daisy Chain— The Boatman's Wooing ;Aot 2.— The Boatman's Cottage. - Aftar six years. "Marry m haste, repent at leisure."— Blind Man's Bnff, and what came of it- The Powder Horn— The Elopement. Aot 8. — Back to the Lake. The Blind Boatman and his Dog. The Meeting.— Mending the Broken Links— "The Daisy Chain again." A lapse of six years between Acts 1 and 2. One year between Acts 2 and 3. Box, Plan at H. Zander's. Prices of Admißsion ; Dresß Circle, 4i ; Stalls, 3; : Pit, 2j. ' 7 69



OF Drapery, Clothing, AND Boots. Andrew Orr WILL COMMENCE HIS HALF YEARLY SALE ON Friday, the 29th. BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. Soe Handbills for Prices. ANDREW OEB. A. Harrison. Alired Harrison, AOOTIONEER, STOCK AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR, SATURDAY SALE at 12 o'clock ahirp —Horses, Cattle, Plga, Prodaoa »nd Merohandiae. TO LET, BOARDING-HOUSE In Cameron atreet (baok of Harrison's Auction Yards). Eleven Bedrooms, Large Dining Room, ' etc. The whole ia now pnt m the best order »nd repair. Possession at once. , Apply ALFRED HARRISON. Boats collected, and the business of absentees managed with care. Valuation made of Properties or Mer- chandise on easy terms, Advances made instantly on Goods delivered at the Store/ for Sale. Agent fp* Jtb<* Norwioh Union Eire In* 4 im»nw QomDiny,



___ Pnplic Notieq3 \ FOUND— Young Sheep Dg ; blaok with white points. If not claimed 1 w-'i l be sold or destroyed Apply * fiJ»U" r Cffie 7t72 ; ASHBURTON BOWLING CLUB ■ /L MEETING of members and all jt\. Interested In Bowing will be held In Me D. Thomas's^ Office, West street, on TUESDAY, 17;h Inat , at 8 o'o'.ook p.m. Business important. OHAS. HAWSON, 7 67 Hon. Pep. Saturday, 2i»t july. SPEOIA~L~ENrBY. 1 Upstanding Brown MARE (C year:), quiet ti ride and drive, fast trotter. Sale at 1 o'clock. T. BULLOCK, 7 79 Auctioneer. H & E. Oraighead WISH TO ANNOUNCE TO THKIR CUSTOMERS THAT THBT HATJB REMOVED TO GOLEMAN'S BUILDINGS, TANCBED STBEET. —ALSO— That they have now m Stook a Large and Varied Assortment of TWEEDS, COATINGS, Ac, suitable for the present Season, fiTYLH AND FIT ALL THAT OAK BB DISIRE»] H.&E. CRAIGHEAD TAILOES, TANORED STBEET, AS H BU RTON. BAKER AND CO. TIMBER AND QOAL MERCHANTS, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. DESIRE to announce to the inhabitants ' of Aahburton and surrounding • districts that they have opened a TIMBEB and OOAL YARD, oppoßife Mr George : Jameson's Grain titora West street, and • are prepared to supply at ) :»i<mseß of BUILDING MATERIAL, m larg© or small quantities, to suit purchasers. RED, WHITE, and BLACK PINE, and TOTARA. GALVANISED CORRUGATED IRON m all lengths, and beat brands. MOULDINGS, ARCHITRAVES. SKIRTINGS. POSTS and RAILB, STAKES, arid all Fencing Material. CoTL: Westport Coal, Newcastle Coal, Mount Somers Coal. Fuewood m long or : short lengths. Agents m Ashburton for Wilson's Portland Ceme'ut «nd Hydraolio Lime. N.OTJ? Addkess :— BAKER AND CO. OpposlteJMr G, JAMESON'S Grain Store, West street. ljl MONSTER CLEARING SALE



In Bankruptcy. In' the Dietrict Court of ABhburton (being a local Court of Bank- ruptcy) hplden at & shburton. In the matter of " The Bankruptcy Aot, 1883," and the Aots amending the same. NOTICE is hereby given that Eliza. Akn Manmibb, of Ashburton, fruiterer and confectioner, has this day been adjudicated a bankrupt, and that the first meeting of Creditors will be held m the District Courthouse, Ashburton, on FRI- DAY, July 20th, 1888, at 11 o'clook m the afternoon Dated this 16th da? of July, 1888. J. C. BELL, Deputy Official Assignee. R M. OuTHBEBTSON, 7f 93 Solicitor for the Bankrupt. IN BANKRUPTCY. In the District Court of Ashburton (being a Local Court of Bank- | ruptcy), holden at ABhburton. In the matter of the "Bankruptcy Act, 1883," and. the Acts amending the florae, "T^TOTICE iB hereby given that Gkor«b J^l Babbis, of Hinds, has this day been adjudicated a bankrupt, and that the first meeting of Creditors will be held m the District Courthouse, ABhburton, on FBIDAY, July 20tb, 1888, at 12 o'clock. Dated the 16th day of July, 1888. . J. O. BELL, Deputy Official Assignee. R M. CoTHiEßTeoisr, 7*94 Solicitor for the Bankrupt. Public Notices. LOST on Sunday afternoon m East Street, a black sheep Dog (puppy) with white breast and white tip to tail. Anyone returning it will be rewarded. — Qeo. Jambson. 7*98 ——————, — j .i i OOLDSTREAM ROAD BOARD. RATEPAYERS can obtain orders for Poisoned Wheat upon app) cation to the Chairman. E H, DOBSON, 1 62 Waipana, Hinds. mtSNDERS are invited for the Erootion I- of Additions to cottage la Baraett HtVeet Particular! may be seen at our Office, where Tenders are to be sent m j not later than 5 o'olook on SATURDAY, July 21st, 1888. FOOEJS & SON, 7 85 Arohlteotfl. ASHBJtJBTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. rpENDBRS are Invited for ASPHALTE L PAVING, and for Repairing and Maintaining same. Specifications to be seen at the Council offioen, Baring Square West, and tenders covering a guarantee deposit of £5 will be received at the said Office until 4 p.m. on MONDAY, July 33rd. 0. E. FOOKS & SON, 7 W Borough Eogjueeri, etg»