MAGISTERIAL

ASHBUBTON— THURSDAY. [Before Mr John OHMer, R.M,,and Mr D. Thomas, J.P.] DRUNJCEHNFBS. A first offender was 6ned 5> and costs. ALLCOKD ASSAULT Lublow y Tatker and Johoa —Mr Onsp for complainant, Mr Outbber'son for Ttfker. — Sergeant Foiton sold th»t John* bad not yet bean served with a \u25a0amrnona. —Mr Crisp applied for a further adjournment for a fortnight — Mr Cuth bertson protested against t he an j mrnmen t, asagreit deal of fno nvenienou wasoamod to hi* client. — Mr Crisp undertook to go on with the case at the expiration of the fortnight tf not he would abandon It altogether. — The Benoh granted an ad journment on these terms. WANDBBIKO COW. John Hepbnrn was oharged with allow ing • cow to wander on the Railway reserve. The defendant was orde/ed to pay the coita of the o»»e. AFFILIATION. George Wheeler wa» ohareed with nog leoting to provide for the illegitimate child of Hannah Salt of which he wan the putative father. - Mr Wilding appeared for the complainant. Defendant did not appear, and Mr Wilding stated that he had left his employment without leaving any address.— -Mr Wilding said that at the eondtuion of his case, he would ask the Bench to make an order against the accused nnder the Fugitive Offenders' AoN The parties both belonged to Christ ehuroh. On Ootober 13th last, the com plainant gave birth to a child. The complainant's mother swore that defendant admitted bis paternity, and that defen dant's mother had paid £T on his behalf. — The Bench thought the evidenoe was not sufficiently conclusive. — They could hardy adjudge the defendant the father of the child on the evidenoe before them. — Mr Wilding said that Mre Wheels, the defend* ant's mother, had oeen Bubj 09 iaed but had not appeared. In the face ol the B*»noh's opinion, he would ask for an ar j urn meot for a week, when he would be prepared to lead additional evidence.— The adjournment as asked for was grmntad, UNATTENDED, Win. Mnnro. : fir leaving s horse and dray unattended was 6ned 30a and oosta. err l oases. Pearoe v Reid, claim £45 3s 6d for work done. Judgment by default for amount claimed and costs. Primmer v Spring la this case last Court day, judgment for £6 and costs, went »gai< st defendant by default. Mr Wilding for defendant, applied for a rehear Inp on the ground that the date on the summons was not distinct, and that defendant had mistaken "2nd" for "20th. "—Mr Cathbertion for Ptiui \u25a0jer, opposed the application. Ha said that the date appeared on the summons m tiro places, and further that tho 20th did not fall on a Thursday, whioh was the usual Court day. — After some argu ment the Benoh granted the applioation for' a reheating. J Orr and Co. v Re cce, olaim £20 6s Si. — Judgment by default for the amount claimed. Tno Court then rose.

AMERICAN ITEMS.

\u2666 — ("Australasian sod South Americas.") THE SBir BAIL WAT. A Rumor is current m Mexico that Senor Delfin Sanchez has secured eleven mllHoDi of dollars m London for the o mpleticn of the Tehnantepeo ship railway . BLATB-DEALISO IN COLUMBIA, There is considerable excitement In Gotambla concerning the slave t»ade that U betag carried on with B &bll, the victims being members of the savage tribes Inhabiting the Interior of the republic One large dealer carries on a flourishing business tn Colombian women on the lower Amazon, EULFHUB DEPOSITS IN MEXICO The soiphur deposits on the sides of Popooalapetl, the great Mexican volcano, are among the richest In the world, bat owing to the slackness of the natives they have not been worked with any syst* m or vigor. Bat new it is said the mountain Is to be attacked energetically, and if co, the commercial result* wilt be important. IXOItIDA OHANGBB. Dlreot shipments of Florida oranges are befog made by steamer to Europe. They arrive In the market the^e before the Spanish and Italian fruit is ripe and will have practically no competition for the first two months. They c&u be cold at a profit for less than the immature frait that has heretofore been supplied to Eampeac coniamera darlag November tnd Deeemb r. TBADK WITH THB CONGO. A benevulent Messecooseitß mill owner sent a quantity of print goods, sheeting, •to., to Africa for gratuitous distribution among the Congo nat.y s. The quality of the goodr, m cotnpaiißon with their purobMe* from European traders, de lighted the recipients, and the donor has juit be«n agreeably surprised by the receipt of a respectable order from Africa for similar lines. AHBBIOAH TUitXITS. John Bun fekßted ibis Christmas on American " Norfolk' turkey, m additfo i to the "Roast Beef of. Old England," as Interpreted by Oblcag-i abattoirs. Fast steamships took hundreds of cases of prime American tut keys s cross the Atlantic, whence ligbtoing express trains transported them to London. It Is ex peoted that similar transatlantic shipments will be made by every steamer leaving New York darins the winter months. BALLASTING WITH SALT. %n the Colorado desert, near Idaho, there Is a large bed of rook salt, and the Southern Pacific Railroad, m laytog the track to the salt bed, has been obliged to grade the road for 1200 ft with blooks of these erysttls. This is the only instance where the roadbed is laid and ballasted on salt. The sea, which oi/ce rolled over this place, dried op and left a vast bed of salt nearly fifty miles long. The sopply is inexhaustible and th» quality excellent A. »>W CEREAL A plant called quit*va. whloh is a cereal indigenous m \b» higher districts r f Pern •nd whloh is there used as an article of food, is being grown to some extent In California, and the attention of the agriculturists (s oalled to its edible qaali t'es. It his be n tried m Geainany on a small scale, hnt was not received with much favor, appearing to be an artlole of food for which the taste muse be culi yated., as was the case with potatoes, tomatoes, t)ea and o' her things when first liitrodacnd into public notice. The gr*io Is prepared for table m various ways, similar to the method of cooking beans and is regarded by the Pomvlaus and many travellers ab a g r eat delicacy. The plant has been grown for several years' on tbe experimental grounds of the Univer sity cf California, at wfyfoh plane seed can be obtained for free distribution, A novel publication has been started under the title of "Jjfc Neoropole," m which any person subscribing fifteen Ebilljngs w|ll be eptitled to have the name, surname, age, date of death and bnrial.place of deoeased friend or relative printed m it, supplementary lines of eulogy being charged extra at tbe rate of fifteen shillings per line. In the first number, Bide by side with an obituary notioe of tbe famous At6lard and of Parmen ier, who introduced the potato into France, ia a record of the death and burial of one Chrysoetome Cfirard, who was ore of tbe compositors engaged on the dictionary of P. Larousse, and of an artist named tefournier, who is V fceeribed »f a "olovtr •\u25a1iq^ir * :ii^ .-.,.. i.i^v-<*

TO-DAY TELEGRAMS.

\u2666 : (Per Pkbss Association) A Tough Customer. Hew Flymotuh, Ftinra*ty 9 At loglownod :his morning two police men, a bsilitt and aix oth«r. men were tr}inp to tiecate a warrant on a mai uamed J-.q-ies, when he chmed the polios with an ixo C )nst>ib]e Udlo ol'di-d and threw hitn. Two «if the police whe» putting on ihe handcuff* wore attacked by he wife, who usod a stick pretty freely over Rollo'a head, batthd conatabla atusic to hla man. Tha Sugar Bountiea. Wbllinotok, Fabraary 9. The Ooverament hay i received from Blr P. D. Bell a copy of the protocol of 'he Sa^ar Bounties Conference. The following ooloniea and British pocpsslons have not at preient been Included m m the operations of the convention, viz Bast Indies,! Canada, Newfoandlaod, Onpe of Good Hope, Natnl, and all the Anatra laaian oalon'en. Lioensing Electi-n. Dunsdin, F braary 9. The temperance aad mo ierates have n<*oh nominated fiva candtdatta for the Lioenain^ Oimnoittee.

ITEMS FROM FRANCE

I \u25a0— "\u2666 I (BY OUB PARIS CO<RE6PONDBNT,) j Pakis, De^probe" 15. THK NEW PBEPDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC M. Badi Oarnot tn« new President of the Freuch Republic, is • distinguished engineer. Be is now fifty years of a/c, and la a grandson of the famous memher of the Convention. OnJanua'ylO, 1871, \ he was appointed Prefect of the Seine Inffcrleure and Extraordinary 0 mtuia sioner for the organisation of the National D«f>noe m the depirtmeum of tho Bein» I Ja-ienre, Bare, end Calvados-. Bleo yd m jB7l f-ir the Ooted'ur, he t<;ck hi Saat o»j the Lnfr, a°d was sabßpqacn'ly one of the f*mom (> 363 " He has t*kun an active part m public works, ar.d ia known as the translator o f John Stuan Mil 'a «' Revolution of 1848 and its Detractors. " THE EX PKKBIDBVT OF VBNFZUELA. General bianco, who h<a recently re signed the Presidency of Ye« et lola, and who has been living la Paris at the Grand Qotel for several months, haa decided to remain permanently m France. The ex- I President has a targe for'uue and intends to buy a fioe mansion. Ia the meantime he bat rented a house m tha Rob Oopernio where his wife and ohildten will join him, BAMBQUAKE IN ITALY. Oon erz» nua been visited with an earthqaake. There were two shocks. Twenty one persons were kil td on the spot, and their bodies were recovered. Many were iojared more or less seriously, and four thousand were rendered home lees. It Is stated that the number cf killed and injured would have been far greater had notihe population raahed out I of their dwellings, inasmuch at the seoond shook was more severe than the first, whioh las'ed on'y a few neoonds OOBJOUB DIBOOVKUT OF OLD KKGLISQ # PKNNIEB At the recent meeting of the Numis matic Society of Berlin, Herr Dannenberg gave an acoount of the discovery laßt spring m Mecklenburg of a number of English penniea. There were about 1850, all of which, wi h the i xoption of tnlrty seven, bore the feffigy of Henry 111 A few were of Scotch and Irish mintage. These pennies were coined Id twenty-one different towns CAUGHT BY A HAIR. A Hlater turned Montroa -el, has just been sentenced to hard labor fir life, for the murder «i a maiden-lady named Levecq, at Valenciennes Tha murder was of a most bru'al kind, tho poor lady being discovered dead witj her Bkull frac tured. Montrounel w*s arrested on suspicion, he having previously worked m the house The only testimony against him was one single hair, which was found sucking to a drop of blood on hid clothe?, A microscopic examination of tbia hair, and comparison with that of the r»urdered lady, convinced the jury that Moatrou' tl w»5 the criminal, an i ha was coaviced after a very lengthened trial. PAKIS AND ST. PETEKSbUKO. While P^ris is ci jojiim an exceptionally mild win it, S-. Petersburg ia already plunged into reai winter weather. Bnow aad raio has been followed by severe oold. The Neva is full of di if ting blocks of ice whtoh have carried a*ay the Twitsky and P<«lsoe pon»oon bridges. 0 immunfcation by waver between St. Petersburg «nd Oronsadt has ceased, because of the ice m the Gulf. Exceeeivo cold Is expected, and the city aathoaliies have just issued an order directing the Chief of Police to light fires m the atrebts md squares as boou bb tho mercury sinks <o 10 degrees Heamur. In the less frtquented parts <f the city, more policemon will be put on duty m order to prompt aid to any help lees vic.im of the approaching " coid nose:" A COPIOUS THEFI. A clever but very unprotuable theft has been committed at the expense of the Hungarian baud, now performing at the Moibi Qie'jien A telegram was eeot to the leader of the Orchestra asking him to bring his fellow mutioians to the Oat^ Yulain the next evening, to play at an impromptu bali given by a Prince with a Hussiati name. The band arrived at the proper time and found that the proprietor of the aA6 had betn also forewarned by telearaph. At midnight neither the Prince nor bis guests hai anived, but shortly after, a letter wasde'-rered to the propriotor postponing tb.B ball to the next evening. The mns:oians, without any suspioion, left their instruments at the restaurant. Next morning a carriage, purporting to come from tha leader of the band, appeared at the restaurant and carried off all the lnatrnmante The police, as usual, are engagud m au en qulry. ' | ALL TOR A PAIR OF U")O'XS. If the harpies aDd harridans who dragged Oafftrel und other soldiers into public notoriety hid act-d like ft yoong person named Mile. Alice, who appeared before a polioa tribunal a tew days ago, France would h*vo beeu spared the degradation which was lately hflloted upon h"t. One of thoee limbs of tha law cailed hui-isiers made bis appearance lately m her alcove, with a piece of " stamped" paper m his hand, and effected a assure of her goods on l^eha}f of her o'ruel creditore. Alice succeeded m abstracting from the huisse/s pile a pair of b 'Ots and a suit of uniform belonging to sn oOiccr In a crack cavaWy regiment, who waa one cf her devoted admirers. When the limb of the law found this ont he ira ncediatfly dragged Alice before the tribunal ; but uhe refused steadfastly to give the name of the owner of the uniform, observing p'irtioularly, that »he would not bring ipto obloquy !a "thsi days of ratndalt au cftieor of the Ffeuc'a A may." The tribural reserved judgmant i Q the I nutter. " Podqe[ on liAXß."— CJeays out rats naioa roaohes, flios, ants, bod bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack-rabbits sparrows gophe At chemists and druggiete 1 Beating's Powder destroys both moths, fleas, beetles, and all other insect?, while quite | harmless to domestic animals. In exteraii. I nating beetles, the success of this powd is extraordinary. It is perfeorly clean m appli- I cation. See the artiole you purohase is Heating's as imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Bold m tins. r A ]?,\u25a0 and 2s- \u25a0> eft ob. by til ohw^itß • il • \u25a0• "

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

[Jf? ELECTRIC TELKaKAFU — GOrYBKJHTj (Per Press Association.) fßsßived VahruArv ft 1 3ft n.m.\

RESIGNED.

Sydney, F»brnary 9. Judge Faucett has resigned his posi tion on the ground of ill health.

RAILWAYS.

In future Government intend to construct light railways only. Five offers have been receixed for the control of the tram system m this city, two being for the electric system. From five to seven per cent on the takings is offered as a consideration for the privileges.

WINDSOR ACCIDENT.

Melbourne, Fahrtury 9. . The amount of damages received by B*k«r for injuries sustained at the I Windsor accident is £400* not

DISSATISFIED ARTILLERYMEN

A great deal of dissatisfaction has arisen amongst the aitillerymen owing to their being kept on duty at Queens* cliffe during the visit of the Governo. and Lord Carnavon. The principal reason for their grumbling on this occasion was that most of them wished to go to the races. Twelve men have been placed under arrest. There have been several desertions recently.

THE MARKETS.

lo v dow. robrnary 7. The market rate of discount is i^d. Consols ioa#. Leather io^d to lid and firm. Wheat, 33s 6d to 34*; flour, 355. Febrntry 9 New Zealand bjcon, $ x /£d to 9j£d. Bran shows no improvement. Butte-, 6^d ; hams, is. Maize, prime, 3s 40 to 3s 66. Oats quiet and steady, prime 2s to 2s 2d ; milling, 2s 3d ; wheat (fowl), 3s to 33 2d. Melbourne February 9. Prime wheat, 3s to 3s 6d ; malting barley, 51 3d ; oats, unchanged ; maize, 3s 8d to 3s 9d. There are large sup plies of grain, but few good samples, Adelaide, F*brai»rj 9. Business is dull. Wheat, 3s 2d at port; 2s iorJ to 3 1 ? at outports.

* THE ABHBURTON GDABmANr THtTRSDAY, FBBROAEY 9, Ipß



I H. Matson and Go. ' • \u0084 •... ; .1 " : . \u25a0 \u25a0 For Sale. OK Art FOU^-TOOTH Ploked Merino f*O\)\) Maid, n Bwt-ijgfaud confiltion fr for «md ewes. FOR SALE. QKVSRaL GOOD FAHMS CHEAP. TO LET, OKAA ACRES NEAR BALING tiO\J\J halt Eogllsh gr«»g, 3s pet Aore - 900 A AORE3 NE<R BALING. fJ\J\J\J tD8Book», 2a 6d per Aore 9J.00 AORES ALFORD FOREST, A^ttV^ hai fiughah grate, 3* per Awe [ H. MATSON & CO. | Ashburton. LOixDON AND LANCASHIRE FJRE INSURANCE COMPANY. WEhavo bee-x appointed Agents for J he above Company, and are now prepared to take ri B ks on Buildtocs, Stock, and GYops at current rates. H. MATSON & CO., I Ashburton. Honey to Lend IN LARGE OR SMALL SUM& Apply H. MATSON & CO. I have oeen appointed Agent FOB THE Mercantile Finance Co., CfIRJSTCHURCH, Who are prepared to advance Money upon BILLS OF SALE, MORTGAGE OF. STOCK, CROP LIENS, or other Saonrlty. D. THOMAS. : — .... **** . WJ2 ABE APPOINTED t'OLB Agents From Baka?a to Rangitata FOB MORTON AND WHITE'S Prize Sheep Dip. Placed let by the Canterbury A. and P. Association after an exbauativo trial. H. MATSON & €0. Ashburton. Agricultural Implements. WE ARE APPOINTED SOLE AGENTS IN ASHBURTON FOB mebsbb booth, McDonald & ou o Carlyle Implement Worki, Ohrlfltcharoh. Samp m Implements on hand Inspection Invited. IT. MATSON & CO. ABhburton, GABDEN & FIELD TOOLS We are appointed SOLE AGENTS m Ahbburton for the PLANET JUPR. HORSE HOE AND CULTIVATOR, COMBINED, GARDEN. PLOUGH AND DRILL COMBINE. H. MATSON & CO- Asbburton. W3 HAVE FOB SALE BINDING WIRE AFOHOR AND WHITECROBS.I Binding Twine, Hales' best Manilla ding Twine, Hales' Double nomp, QUAXITY FIBW-OLABS, PiJICSB LOW. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 H. Matson & Co, Aolibuiioq* • .



A. Harrison. ! Aiired Harmon, VOOT T ORBExt, STOCK AND ? STATi J AGENT AftD VALUATOR, i ATURDAY SALE at 12 o'clock *S» p — HoKBBB, Oattlfl, Pf. H, »nd IMft .-..nditio. j FOR SA?. p - Pnrming ImpleinPtif«, and Vehioit of all kiuds constantly is farde on view for Pale. Clearing Sales held m Town or' Country as required, . and most ' liberal terms arranged with both Buyers and Sellers. Rents collected, and the business of absentees managed with care. - Valuation made of Properties or Mer- chandise oh easy terms*, Ad\anceß mnde inetautlj on Goo^h delivered at the Stored for Sale. 8T«o* for the Norwich Union Fire In- jnrance Oomp'my Agent for the MUTUAL LrFiS ASyOOfATION O. AUSTRALASIA " aLFRED HARRTSON T. Bullock, FOR BAJJE. A SECOND- SANDMoOorrolck Twine Binder, Id good order. T. BT7<LOOK. 1 (\fi AOttKS fr< * Sale, near town, being i.\J\J R.S, 27i96, corner of Mncham a v booth Roaas, aboat 1 mile from the Ooun'y Saleyarde. Exceptionally lmeral terms, viz., only £12 10j cash required, balance by instalments at a low rate of intereat, T. BULLOCK. rpO LET— At a very low rental, a large i. building fronting East Street, suit- able for » gr»in and chaff *tore. T- BU'-LOtK. FOR SALE. — An improved Farm of 245 Acres, being 8.8. 27237, situated about 6 miles from Chertsey. Low price"' and liberal terms apply to T. BULLOCK. Op: pr —Lot 28, Trevortou, near thft cAjtftJ. Presbi terian Manse, oontaln Ing about J-aoro, with 3-roonaed Hcutp tl'ereon, for sale at the above pcloo T6rma if rejuired. — Apply to t. bullock. npO LET at a low rental. — i-rooned J. Cottage at Eampstead. T. BULLOOK. fj-.OR SALE at a low price and on P libernl terms, 1 6 acras of land with 2-roomed Cottage thereon, froutir g the Fa rfield Road, not far from the County Paleyarde. Apply to T. BULLOCK, John Orr and Co* HARVEST, 1888. TTTE DESIRfiJ TO DRAW SPECIAL ATTENTION TO OUR Immense Stack of ail Requisites SUITABLE FOR THIS REASON'S WOBK IN THE HAEVEST FIELD. Having IMPORTED LARGELY we were nuver m a belter position to supply the wants of thin important district tban at present. The following are somo of tbe Lendinp Lines we have landing and m H tock, and Eor which we solicit the favor of your esteemed orders :— 25 Tons BINDING WI«R, White Cross and Anchor 10 Tons Pure Manilla Bindlug Twino extra length and quality 100 Drums Golden Machinery OIL 100 Drums Olive aud IV./* OIL 50 Cases Castor OIL 3 Gases Hay FORES and RAKES 1000 Feet Maohino CHAIN and LINKS 10 Doz Reaper KNIVES 288 Doz Reaper KNIFE Sections McOormick MACHINE FITTINGS RIVETS, BOLTS, and WASHER 3 PERFORATED Zl^O for Threshing Machines BABBEr METAL OIL, PAINTS and VARNISHES of all kinds PAPERLTAN T GINiS-Anic© assortment ENGINE PACKING, all kinds LEATHER BSLTING, lsia to Gia (Ist Prize Dundee JOHNORR&CO. . i



J Public Notices Money to Lend. — — ! IBA\F2£2OOO la various sums, wait, leg investment on approved security JOHN A. OAYG.LL, | 10+58 Solioitor, Tancred street ! \u0084vr- ' "" ' W. H. Paget. BLACKSMITH, HOPBH-SHOER, WHRELWBIGJHT, AND dENBUAL SMITH, Bubnbtt Stuert, next " Mail " Offioe, BEOS to announce that he has taken over the Ooioh Bailding nnd Wheel- wright Branch, lately osrrlei on by H. Peat, and will continue all branches of the *bove business as before. All kinds of Buggies, Dinys, or Otrta made and re- paired. Agricultural Implements repaired promptly. Horses Shod with skill and oare. a .u 8 Wl H. PAGET. "Zealancjia" Boots HAVE the Highest Beputatlo* m the Colonies. Pronounced at the Indian and Colonia' Exhibit on as the FINEST m the Whole Exhibition; For substantial wear they are the BEST TN THE WORLD. Buy a pair o "ZEALANDIAS" and you will never use any other Brand. Our Patented "PARAGON BOOT" and « INDESTRUCTIBLE TOES." For Boys and Girls are Splendid Linet for Hard Wear. None are Genui \e unless branded on the Sole And every pair m absolutely Warranted to give Good Wear. Sold by the leading Boot Dealers and Country Stores throughout New Zealand, and Wholesale by LIGHTBAHD, ALLAH & CO. CHRISTCHURCH. ' ' J — \u25a0\u25a0 i \u25a0 . i . _ „_, j BAKER AND CO., TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. DEBIUE to announce to the inhabitants of Aehburton and eurro-nding diß- tricts, that they have opened a TIMBER and COAL YaRD, oppoßito Mr (ioorge Jumeson's Grain Store, West Street, and irn prepared to supply all claapes of BUILDING MATERIAL, m large or am all quantities, to Buit purchasers. BED, WHITE, and~BLAOK PINE, and TOTARA. GALVANISED CORHi: GATED IRON m all lengths, and best brands. MOULDINGS, "ARCHITRAVES. SKIRTINGS. PO&TS and RA'LsTsTAKES, and all Fenoing Material. COAL: Westport Goal, Newcastle Coal, Mount Somers CoaU Firewood m loDg or uhort lengths Agents m Ashburton for Wilson's Port- land Cement and Hydraulic Lime. Note address, — BAKEE AND CO., Oppoeite MR G. JAMEBON, Grain Store Wtst Street. I+lß <v -*> CO A O a s o >% « i.g h S -lip is B'iie \u25a0 *Z pq %$ <1 I a> -a



Public Notices Coal. Coal. Coal. , TO THRESHING ""MACHINE PRO- j PKIETORS, FaRVIBRw &OTHEHB. HAVTNG made our arrangements for this Heaeon'B COAL &UPPLY on exceptionally tavoraule terms, we are m a position to me- 1 thq demands of our Cub omera uuo >t Hbe ally, both as to QUALITY and PRICE. ORDBRB NOW x>ElNi> BOOKED. McOALLUM & CO., IJ7O Coal and Timber Merchants. WANTED KNOWN. AT I. SALEK AND COs., Licensed Pawnbrokers, East Street, \ FIRST-CLASH Watchmaker and Jeweller is employed on the Premises. Watches cleunod and repaired, and every description of Jewellery made and repaired at LOW&BI CHRISTOHUROH PRICES. OS WATCHES CLEANED OS GHHSES, 6d; HAND**, 9a. WATKRBUBi'B repaired from 2a 6d. N.B, — Waterbury's reduced from 13s fid vo 12b, 11 126 MANILLA BINDER TWINE THAVE secured , a quantity of the came make of Twine as gave much satisfaction last Season, and ob quality ib ihe true Economy m tlip larvett Field, farmers will consult their vQ interests by securing a sufficient apply early, as it is likely to be ncarce n Season. EGBERT ALCORN, Importer and General Merchant. Wool. Wool. MESSRS MILES AND CO. beg to inform their friends and clients that they propoeo holding Local Auction Sales of Wool Throughout the Season as üburl, and are now prepared to make Liberal Advances on large or small clipn free of Commission, ~.nd at a low rate of interest. SALES will be held as formerly \u) MR GEO. JAMESON'S SHED, WEBI STREET, Where every care and attention will be given to each lot entrusted to our crae. Tne Shed is well lighted, convenient, and m every way suited for the pioper display Wool. WUUIiPAOKB AND TYvINE supplied at JUOwuSb Current tiatoc. J T. FOUB, Auctioneer. GEORGK' JaMRSON, Auent. PAVEKHANGINGB! £APERHANGINGS ! 1 TIIE Underaigned hnvo just opened up a splendid assortmoot PAPERHANGING3, SCBIM, TAPES, TACKS, Also, — WINDOW GLASS (all sizes), W & B LEAD, PAINTS, OILB VARNIbHKS, COLORS, DAYERS, TUKPENTINJ" &a, «_ _>• Joßt landing, a splendid lot of House Coal, ex " Hanroto." McCalluin & Co , EON. TTMBER, AND COAL MER- CHANTS, & IMPORTERS. Agents for TITAN and TBIPLEX STRAJNERB. 12*103 ... j THE COMING JAMS ARETHEEEST HUM TRY THEM.



Public Not cea. . _ I NOTICE. OHERTSEY SALEYARDS. ON Acooanfc of prepare of harvest work thero will not b> any SAIJS ' held at the Ohertsey Sards thie month. 2 23 3 vS. PATTERSON, S-o. THK Ashbnrton Rifles, Guards, and Oaiats will parade at the Drillihed on TUESDAY. H-.h Fubrn-iry, at 7.30 p.m. , for DAYLIGriT INSPECTION. By order. STUART ISEWALL, Major, Distrlot Adjutant. Headquarters, Timara, Feb. 9, 1883. 2 32 WARNING. rO those holding one new double-seated b °Bgy» by Hooper, New York, one stallion, "Oa atook," and one bogey <elding, both braoded "VT, (ootjoiaed) and oont»>ned In Bill of Sain, J. W Mo^ae to Vinoent and Co. Uoless the «hove are given up or returned to Viooant and 00. or (heir agent, W. Red* tnond, Cntral Hotel, Ashburton, the 'iolder will be proceeded against cnordlag to law. 2 24 VISTQENT & CO. LI3SOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. NOTICE is hereby given that the part, nerahip, which has for some time p»at subsisted between the undersigned, trading at Aehburtou as Grocers, Iron- mongers, and General Merchants and Importere, under the style or firm of "• Henry Zander and Company," has this day bsen dissolved by mutual consent, aa from the 31at day of January, 1838. Mr Honry Zauder will reoaive and pay all debta owing to and by tha late firm, and he will henoeforth carry on the bnsi- neis on hla icoount and In his own name* Dated at Anhburton this 9th day of February, 1888. HaNRYZVtfDER. HARRY FoIEDLANDER. Wltbeai to algnatorea — 0. W, Pdknbll, Solicitor, aah burton, 2*33 F. H, von SGHOENEBERG, FRENOB POLISHER. CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTEREB, AND UNDERTAKKK, HAS opened In Premises (next W. Patching) East street, and hopes to receive a fair sharft of public support, being prepared to MAKE FURNtTURE any design to order at OHRISTCHOKGH RATErf. Pianoa and Furniture re* polished at very low rates, THE ABHiSURTON WOOLLEN MANUFACTURING COMPY IS PREPARED TO PURCHASE FOR CASH ALL KINDS OF WOOL In Large ok Small Quantities H. SEMPLE, t66 Reoretory. THE ~~ , ABHBURTON WOOLLEN MANDFACTURING COMPY 3 (Limited.) I DEPOSITS OECEIVKD m large or small sums at y W the following Rates o 1 laterest ;— Six per cent if fixed for 6 mouths. ) Seven per oent If fixed for 12 months. \ H. SEMPLE, 9tsb" Secretary. WILDING AND LFWIR, s BARRISTERS ANb SOLiCITORS. 1\ WILDING, | Notary Public. Oflioed next " Mall " Office, Bornett etre«t Asburton MR WILDING will attend +b« sittings of the Ashbneton Courts on Mondays and Thurcidiys, and may be , oonsultod porounally on those daya. The firm is now represented In Aah- burton by Mr Clayton, an English aolloltor of considerable txperienoe, who will be m daily attendance at the office to receive instructions and confer with clients. WINDMILLS ! WINDMILLS I To suit Everyone. J. & T. DANKS, LJOHFJELD STREET, OURIBTOHCROH, Are supplying WINDMILLS at PRICES which will naake Hand-pnmping a tbjng of the past, TEE SPECIAL, from £5 10» THE SIMPLE, from 10s Or TITAN MILL and SYPHON PUMP, from £15 John G. Restell, AGENT, 4SHBURTON.



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MOTHEB SBIGEL'S OPERATING PILLS, For Constipation, » Sluggish Liver, &c. TTNLIKG many kinds of cathartic U medicines, do not make you feol worse before you feel better. Their operation is gentle, but thorough, and unattended with disagreable effects, such as nausea, griping pains, &c. Seigel's Operating Pills are tha best family phyßic that has ever been discovered. They cleanse the bowels from all irritating substances, and leave them m a healthy condition. The best remedy extant for the bane of our lives — constipation and sluggish liver. These Pills prevent fevers and all kinds of sickness by removing all poisonous matter from the bowels. They operate briskly, yet mildly, with- out any pain. If you take a severe cold, and are threatened with a fever, with pains m the head, back, and limbs, one or two doses of Seigel's Operating Pills will break up the cola and prevent the fever. A coated tongue, with a brackish taste, is caused by foul matter m the stomach, A few doses of SeigGl'S Operating Pills will cleanse the tomach, remove the bad taste, and re- store the appetite, and with it bring good health. ! Oftentimes disease, or partially de- cayed food, causes sickness, nausea and diarrhoea. Jf the bowels are cleansed from this impurity with a dose of Seigei's Operating Pills these disagreeable effects will vanish, and good health will result, Seigei's Operating Pills prevent ill-effects from excess m eating or drinking. A good dose at bedtime renders a person fit for business m the morning, , These Pills, being sugar-coated, are pleasant to take. The disagreeable taste common to moat pills is obviated . FOR BALE BY ALL CHEMISTS DRUGGISTS, AsVD MEDICINE VENDORS. PROPRIETOR: A. J. WHITE, LIMITED, LONDON. ASHBUUTON COUNTY COUNCIL. J HEREBY Rive notloe th»t, In acoord- ance with the provisions of tho censing Act, 1881, and Regulot^on of Local Elections Act, 1876 the election of five pereona to form the Lfcenalpg Com,- -mit'ooß for Aeh burton Diet riot will be held on 22i d February, 1888; foe the Upper Aihburton district ou 23 d Fubru-r ary, 1808, and for the Mount Somern Dis- trict on 24tb February, 1888, at tho fol- lowing places : — For the AshbarUn Dlstrfot— Afc the Saieyards Office, Tlnwald For the Upper Aflhbarton District— At Mies Bishop's Store. Alford Foreiit Road For the Mount Somers District—At the lioud Board Office, Mount Somen. Noralnatfor-B to form preeorlbtid m tho 2nd Schedule of the Rrgalatiju of Local Eleotiom Act, 1876, will be received till 12 NOON at the »b >ye mentioned piacea, on 13 -h day of February, 1888, for the A«hbiwton Dletriot, on »he 14 h day of February, 1883, for the Upper Ashbnrton District, mid on the 15th day of Febru- ary, 1888, for the Mount Homers Dintriot. Forms «f Nomination cau be h .d at the office of tU Ooaoty; O >stfnil, 4nhtaueton. :. :. c .^, Retarnlng Otfioer. A'bburto», a^at Jauq*7, lßß*, p\%l ..*