TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

(Pbr Pbess Association.) Fiji News. Auckland, Maroh 12. The steamer Southern Oroßa has arrived from Fiji. She reports a destructiv f hurricane at Tahinula on the 14ih February. Over 60 honses were dtstroyei* and Ihe cutter Queeniewns wrecked- JSr Casualties are reported but the effect will be to delay the starting of the cru.hin I6MOD till September. Earthquake. QltiBoBNE, Maroh 12. A shock of earthquake was felt here this morning lasting five or Bix aeoouds. Tn. general direction was from S.W. to N E Dairy Factories. (Jhbistohubch, Maroh 12 At a nameri uily attended meeting of, farmers held on Saturday afternoon, It { was resolved " That tha time baa arrived when h is absolurely necessary that dairy factories should be started m Canterbury, that she may successfully compete witi other countries." The Law Society. At tha anuuai mowing of the Law Society It was resolved "That thia Soc-etj Is of opinion it would be advisable m th. Interests of the profession, If the vacatioi fixed by tbe Supreme Court ralei wet abolished and m lieu thereof a vacation, established aa from December 18 t< January 31."

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for tLe opinions expressed by oar correspondents.

AN EXPLANATIO N ASKED FOR.

10 THE EDITOR.

Sib, — Having read m yonr Saturday's Usue of the "Gnardinn" the address pres- nted to Bishop Grimes and his reply. 1 ttieh >o aek for -a litt c explanation o> one part of it. The Hibhop is represented 88 having ''extended indulgences for 40 i days to the congregatio i.' 1 Now to a Prottstai.t's ears thi* i-ounds very dre d ful tJelieving, however, that it is not m reality so lad as it appears, 1 w ite" calling attention to it th«t the remark may be explained All Protestants who arc at all conversant w,th the histoy of the He f orruat on are aware that one of the immediate cansta of that Reformation wag this very matter of indulgences. AJart Luther was the representst ye of a great number of people who, m those days, were scandalized r-y the public selling of irdulgencies by a priest named Tetzel Those i dulgencieH were ra y permis sions to sin given by the Chmch authori ties, and ihe various sins had their different prices. >ow, I by no meai.B Bay that Bishop Grimes' indu'g ncies are Of this nature I bel'eve t'-at liko the rest of the Christian world, the Ti >man Catholic Church haH grown better and wiaer bi'gc those dajs. Bnt yuwi 1 readily see, Mr Editor, that when a Protestant reads of a .Roman Catholic Bithop grantiog m du'geccies to his people for 40 days, he thinks immediately of Tetzel and is shocked. L maintaiu, therefore, that iv the interests of Ri man Caiholo sm itself some explanation should b» «iven, for 1 for one, cgi n t believe the Bishop meant what most P/otes'ants underotaud by an indulgence. As th s address and reply have been made so public, I consider that I am justified m calling attention to this matter being myself a Christian, a Protestant, and living m a Prottstaat country. lam, etc., Pbotbstant.

ODDFELLOWSHIP.

The first annual meeting of the Odd fellows of the At-hl v ton district viaa hem m the Od fellow^' Ball, on Kridiy Marc 4 -9 h at one o'c ock. —Mr Cbas.Reid, Prov G.M., m the chair ; Btos. G. b\ fccott, Pe^nty j Bro. li Minnis, Prov. CB. ; P.O. Pro. W Aebton, Tyler The follow ing delegates attet ded on behalf of then rehpectivo Lorig^s:— Loyal At-hburto. Lodge, PG. hro Miles ; N.G Bro. T. Jones acd VG bro. Keir; Loy 1 Pionot r Lodge, P.U. Bro. E B. Cooper ; Loyal Tnwald L dge, P.G. Bro T. Wiilibms ; Loyal Waterton Lodge, F.G . Bro. G. J. Soal; Royal fiakaia l^dge, P.G. Bro 0 Tucker. 'Jhe Piov. G..»i declared the meeting open for business and delivered an excellent and instructive address, pointing out tbe advantages al ready reaped by the above Lodges i> having a new district, tie referred to the very satisfactory report of Mr A G . Wiggins, WellinßOn, tbe valuator for tb« district, and cone uded by urging cv« r) individual member to nirive by tverj justifiable means t • in<re«se the member \u25a0hip of the Lodges thereby conferring t> benefit on th> )r ftllow men. It wa unanimously resobei that the GM. receive a learty vote of thanks for hie address and th t the same I c printed witb the m nutee. The lu<i neuo as placed on ehtet was proce> ded with The auditors report and baltnce sheet was received and adop ed, the latter showing a substantial balai.ee to tl e respective finds. Severn 1 accounts were parsed tor payment. It was d cided to bold next half-yearly meeting fit i aka a. P.P.Ii.M. C. iieitl, P.G. VV. E. L-oiOjan a. d V.G. J Keir were appointed book examiners, and P S. J.Reid vac re-tltcitd -b an auditor Tb> election of officers was gone through re suiting m Dcp. Prov. G M., G. F. beiiig elected a« Prov. U.M , all the o her candidates rearing m bis favor PG C Tucktr of the Loy^l South Rakaia Lodge wae eltcied Lep Prov G.M , for eneuing term It was unanimously resolved tha P (j. Bro 0. incKer bu tppumi<d a dele gate to attend tbe annual Alovt able Com mittee ot tbe Order, to he held m the ci*y of Gloucester, England, on Whit Mond y 20th May, 1888. ihe officers elect were duly it stall- d into their reßp otive chairs by P.P G M. Bro. O Reid, P.i/.'aßroß. J. ftlileß and W.E Loloiun, acting as con ductors A tearty vote of tuanks waw accorded to P.P.G M. Bro O. heid fo. bis valuable Her vices aud the unremitting energy be bad displayed m carrying on the bubioees of tbe district since it-" forma tion, (several offioets and delegates spokt m eulogistic terms of Bro. iteid as a District I fficer and a member of his own lodge. P.P. ..M. Bio. R-id eui<ab y acknowledged and said what La had done was done as a work of love. The Dep G.M. also thanked the delega'es for the bonor they had conferred upon hioj, and BBBureu them that their confidence wou d not be mibplased. A tote Of thanka wae accorded tp the retiring tfficerd who 'suitably acknowledged. It was resolved to pr sent P.PGM. Bio 0 Reii with a P.f GMb certificate. The Lodge was closed m due form. At 6 '60 o'clock h Past Grands Meeting «a« held, when Past Officers holding the necessary c rtifica'e rectived their respective degrees Afi. r th« busil ess wan co c'udei ih« D strioi offic-)i8 and de egateß reiirtd to the lower room, at the invitation of the members O' the Loyal Abhburton Lodge, where a sumptuous spread awaited them wuioh rtflcoei tbe greatest credit on th Caterer, Mr Jolin Hunger. Prov. G il. Bro G F Scott ocoupi d the chair, aud Dep frov, G.M. tro G. Tuc&ur the Vice chair. The evening was upeot m harmony, the usual toasis and sontimen a being given, and reepouded to enthuniaatically beveral songs wer admirably rendered.

TREMENDOUS FLOODS IN WESTLAND.

(PER PHESS A^SOOIATION.)

Maroh 12. As further information oomes to hat.d it ia niuda evident that a great diaaster has bt fallen tha dbtriot aa the result of the storm on Thursday morning. Tbe Builer road jb completely wrecked, bridges nave been carried away, and human lift bas been loat. The par y who first cam through after the mishap, hud a terrlbii journt y and report that the road is alm«s completely destroyed. In many plac« a t naa gone bodily luto the river and elip fro v the hillside are innumerable. Tni Litt'e Ohika bridge h «s been carried away, lac uawkea and Craig bridges are jait hanging, and others are badly d«m god S. me of those who travelled ovnr th * country before the roaa was oonatruoted say the journey is now much more d.ffico t than it was then It is eatimateo that it will take three months to repai the road sufficiently to allow of whee.et traffio. The effects of the rain were severely felt at Osbeme's accommudatiut h.uae, a pottionof the bouse wassmaehbO { oy the rush ot water falling, and ttit aiablea were carried a*ay with tie hamrs horse feed etc. The Btabieman and horaet narrow y eaoaped. OBieo, aurfaceman «t Little Obika was anjoheirod by a slip, tie was apparently m bed at the time A pataer-by e-pied the poor man's leg sticking out trcm the debris. A bo* was lent to bring down the body of to JrCeased wbo leaves a* wife ana sis children at Addiaon'a Flat, where he w»r tne licensee of the Royal Hotel. AtFnes creek, m this dißtnot, a miner's house «ad property ware entirely washed away de just succeeded m escaping from bo. and climbing a tree. He is left wunoaj gtrmeut or yoßßeasion of any kind. With •aspect to the Builer road, the Ooun-v Onairman is awaiting a report from tht dagineer whtoh he will lay before tut Government with a reqaeat for muds Later

The damage to the main up Join. try ro.d, by the etorm of Tnurßd«*y iaat is e< gre-t that it la estimated an exj I . nditun of £5000 and >hree montba work will be ueceadary to rauder it fi r . for wheeled raffle. The Cjuuty Caoucii ia peauilees H.nd will lay the matter bg'oie iht Government.

THE SOCIAL INFLUENCE OF THE "BAR."

(From the " Fami y Herald.") A great American writer hta lately given a tenible account of ''The Social influence of trie Sa^ojn " m his country. The article is very gruve and every word is weighed, but the culi precision of the paper uttractß ihe reaJer with & horrible f -.satiation. The author does not bo much regret tha t-nonnoua waste of money, tl.ough he allo - b that a'^out two uundred mill onaof pounds s erlingare npent yearly m thu States on str »ug ilriuk ; but he. mourns moit berauw of the steady ruin whi h he *eesover aking the social happi ness of his country. The saloon id subtly corrupting the ujen of America, and ih^ ghaatlj pLigues of selfishueaa, brutality, i t morality are spreading with cru<4 swift netß. 'lhe grett auti.or'a conclusion is uiore than startling, and we confess to haviDg oaught our brenh when we rea i it. He says m effect, •• Wo sacrificed a million men m order to do away with elavery, but we now have working m our midst a curd a whiih ia iutiniiely worse thati s avery. One day we ehall be, oi>jiged to e>ve ouietlv s from ruiu, even if we have to Bt«n>p out the traie i a oohol entirely, >nd that hy ujeans of a civil war." Strong woids-and yet tin man speaks witti intensa onviction ; and hi» v iyq. i;iuda only serves to em^haai-tj tue awtul uaiuie cm his dißclosures. A we nad on we saw with hoiror tt at the doecriplion of the t-tate of taiugs m Aine.ica accurately fits our owa country. We do not talk of a " ealoon " here, hu " bar " means the same th ng ; and th 44 bar " is < rushing out thd higher lif« of th' English middle-class aa tiureiy agtbeealoon is destroying American manhood. .

Amid ail t>Uf material prouperuy, amid rL the ootnp exitits of oar nmussl >g cotnmun uuy, au evil is at work which gather* power daily and fihich ia actually assaeßi uating, aa it were, every moral quality that has made Englsnd strong and bene ticeot. Let aa begin with a picture. Thi 1 ing carved counter glistens under th> Hire of the liveß of gaudy bottle* \u25a0iitam like vulgar, sham jaweliry ; the Jare, the y i ter, the garich refalgeuoe of the place n, zz'e the eye, and the ahar( acrid whiffs of vile odour fall ou tht -euBCB with a kind of mephittc lifljeLce The evening la weariug awny, aud iht oroad space m front of the "b<tr" it crowded. A hoarse crashing babbie gott aieadily on. formlDg the grouDd-b.-taa < ( an odlouf- symphony ; shrill aud discordant lntighter rißes by fi s and ecariß above iht ow tumult ; \u25a0* ci arse j ike oeta one gioa> suiggtsiing ; a vile oath tings oui from some foul moothid royeterer ; and v intervals er me flushed and blearer creature breaki into a elav«riog luu^t which has a sickly resemblance 10 weep ng. A< o< eof the Bide tabies a eoddei

tute leans forwa d and wags hia head t *Dd fro with ignoble solemnity ; anothn has fallen asleep and snores at m e.va r *i? h a nuuseoua rutilf ; smart yoong men dressed fat-hionably, fl ug cbstice wiuicßtn >t the busy bariiitaaß, and the nymph answer with glib readiness. ~ Thia ia the home of J iility and Good-fellowship ; thi ia the place from which Oare is banished; ibis is the happy corner where the social

,Ihb3 is dispensed. Atas foe the j >lht\ and the eocability and all the test o£ it ! Force yoaieeif to atudy the vile epeotacle, and you will aooa harbor a brood of ach ing r^fl'ctiouß. The whole of that chattering, Bwilling mob are employing their muddled muds on frivolity 01 obscenity, or worße things still. You will bear hardly an intelligent word ; you will not catch » aound of sensible discos «lon ; the scraps of conversation, thai reach yon alternate betwean low banter,

\u25a0 ••w sqnabbltng, oVj-cdonable narrative, and histories of fights or swindles or

•oriter debauches. Here, is aa actual sample of fragments of talk heard at m

ervala and etcured by help of a perfect verbal memory, •• We bad penny nap till four, aud old Tom copped the brewei badly. Ho wanted to Bleep with bis het>d en the kerb, but Joe and I logged him along — and a nice job we had. We wer< very little better ourselves, but we got him home; and he had a niea head m this morning, I tell you. I won eight-aod -ix, Bill dropped four pound, and Tom was winning until he took an tx a n "c f lotion. I swore Idbe on the etr c Q T ; tnit here I am, and I'll go home b-)uZ:d again .'*

THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES.

A SOJOd LLiit KISS. Kisses, B*ya mo " New yYrk Herald," aro reckoned expensive m Ljone, IS V Jnunle Walker, tiie pretty young wifs of ! D tniol Walker, ii» Ourano, m <hia coantry, * hiß begun aotiot* against Hen<y Eimau, the wealthiest mau m that locality, for 5000iuls. damages because of a kiss ht *;ave plaintiff upon the cheek last August .ylra Walker alleges that Elm*n o*lied .'p<>n hnr t.uab&iid, and that while her huabaud waa m an a.rj lining room he ato pod over her chair and kissed her, 'She wao bo terribly shock d and grieved &i hie hasty action that the waa oonQnec ! to btd several weeks and was unable to di ' auy household work. Elman ad a. its toe kigp, but will defend the suit. Seven i awyers hay* be- n retained m the oaee CLBKIOAL BKALBD ORDERS. It is i-aul thai Mr SSpurgeou ia m the habit of ttßtiug the abm lea of the more prow sing ot tha students of his co oge by ojl gi^g them to go up tuto tuo pulpit with a suuled envelope m 'heir bauds coutaining ttio texc oi ihuiraldruaa Un one of ttieae occas one a ttudent, on open ing the paper, found thid subject get — '• /»pply the story of Zicchraus to. your own personal qua ific<tt:o jh and call " And be da.ivered him elf m tiio following «ay : — '• My brethren, the subject on which I have tv adtireas you to-day is a comp-irisou between Zaccheeus and my own qualifhdiiouu Weil, th firdt tniag that we r«ad of about Zacuha3U<J was that i.c was Bfnall otbtauro, and i never islt so small as Ido now. In the second place,

ye re^d that ho climDed up into a tree, which is very much my posaion now. .Thirdly, ue read ibat Zciuubseua 'uiide \u25a0lasta to cotne down,' ia which i joylul.y toiiow bis example."

A TUMMY DBBCKIPTION

' The folo-viug iuuu> uubu.ip ion of a a .rayed horse is a veroaiim copy of <* com muuicatiuu sent to the (jieu Innia Xx tuiiutr, for publication, by a q.w airiv u l (rom the fmheilaud : — Run'd av^y, or var oacrayed, my largo pack ho^aa, about 16 auda tue tio'« iffi pi .ck le^s— X panmd aud 2 pofore. Idee pl.ck ah uvti tin pody, but he'e got Bumu vne htira ou via pamc vere the sen k n vaa rub off • bui i grcashbd 'em, anx iht> vita bchpvua ib plack again. He drot aud he kanter, anu uoniaiiuica he vain, and yen he vuik ail niu ieetr go one p. fore thd oder. He has ears apou hia hot, boia a. ike, put one i oiacker deu do uder, aud a ieetle pi urger. tie baa two wyta — oue ib put oui aau de oder m ou de side of his hod, au v Vju you no to thu oder Bide he vili uot sab you ; yen be eata he geia a gout dea, p;-gur» He hia a l^u^ tail vioh hau*a yubinJ, put I out it bhon de '.dor dsy, dud now it la not ao long vot it voa. kiu'b anoed all rou id, pat hia pebind nhoeb ojuaed oft, and now he has only got shoea on pefore. If anypody find a pouuci foi tim. I fetch hun to pu: him out.

A (SHANGHAI SOLOMON.

The OniutJßo <.f tinaugbai are lost m amazement at the wisdom of tbolr D.airlni vja^iscrrtte. A man brought before httu charged with ateahng a taoie denied iht coarse, alleging tnat he was bo feeble from ill-health that it was physically 1m uoßoible fur him to commit such a orim*. . The Magair^te listened gravely to the iale, aud coufeßßed hia sympathy ana iorrow for tae poor caau m hrn tustoriULO

• G» h..me and get cared," eaid lie, ntudly, " and aa you &re v< ry poor tak< hat bt»g, which contains 10,000 caoh, ac * preaeut twin me.' The pnauuer cn^d obeisance, threw ihe heavy bag of ooiii .<ver his shoulder and departed. He had uot gone far before he was re-arreateo brought back and found guilty, the Ma^ia rate remarking that a man who cuulo carry off a heavy sack of caah oouid httVi uo difficulty i>> stealing a Huht table. A NKEDLE IN THK HEaRT. Some Liuie ago a German medic 1 student laving gruwo tirtd of exiateuct •Jetermined to com nit auioLn. His modt of procedure **& oert»in!y origins. Hav ing procured a ahtrp needie, he thrutt i< between two of hla ribs, straight into the

. ifcht ventricle ii the heart. Hib coudition w)ib a most perilous oue, and, ac it was considered that, death might occur at any moment, Dr Helz.mr determined, as a lf*at resource, to ateinpt an operation An opening was made into the cheat wall and the heart exposed to' view, beating violently. The needle was fait projecting trum the Burface ot the heart, and the operator was proceeding with extreme o»re to withdraw it. when suddenly strong palpitation occurred and the needl. vanished, lc had slipped Into one of the chamber aof the heart Obviously nothing uiore could be done, so the wound «a* dewn up, and the care left to .Nature. But auw comes the extraordinary part of thit ttuly marvellous c»se. To the astonish ment of BVeryone, the young man re covered with scarcely a bad symDtom, »no s apparently m hia usual health. Bui whfcr* ia thnt n^erilf ?

CIhCUMVBMI>G HE RABB IS. Ia eume p rnuna of the ouoatry tb( rabbit pest haa proved a te ioaa one the past eeaaon, and the damage done i< newly planted orchards and v»neyarU uts.de the more densely settled localities has iv eo cue instances, been a source ot • ieoonrH^emeut to the planters. Bcoie.-. of plans for destroying the pistß have beeij tried, bat gßiiO'a'Jy with poor eucoeea. *mong thnee who have had io fight \hn »aV>bit nuisance m a young vineyard or oi chard we h*vo beard of but on« perß n who baa d'ftated the army and saved hia tender vim-H and trees. This parson is Edward li ach of Waahingt >n Colony. Mr Kjach liven near the outakirta of th? oolony, an) feeling that it would be a hope less undertaking to try to kill all the rabbits which were swarming m from the uncultivated plains he ooooluded to tr/ and m >ke his young vlneß and treeß uu palatable to the taste of the hungry but fistidiouß rabbits. For this purpose he procured twenty five pounds of sulphur and 63 cents worth of as»fcttida, and dlaaolving both m water sprinkled the mixtuie on the foliage of hd newly planted vineyard. Tho result was all that could be desired. Not a leaf m that vineyard was nibbled nfte* the sulphur and and &B r ot Ida treatment. This Bimple receipt, may be the meins of saving nnny handreda of dollars, to the planters of n»w orchards and vineyards, Its cheap ness makes ita general use practicable. ! " Freeno Reuublioan. A TTHOLtSALB MUBDEBESS. A peasant woman from Cubka ( n Han i/ary), be n^ desirous ot" joining the rdigioua sect of the Nazirenes, went to see one of the priests residing at Zenta Proßelyces have to make a fall confeaslon of. their past stna extending over their whole lives That of the new convert ran thu* : "I have had eight children, and have kiih-d them all. My fir B t, a hoy, named Yic»or, b>m In l&fi, was four months o d when he died Another wan born m 1879. I forg«t wha.t we ca'led him, but tie did not nVe more than a few daya. Qa TpVbraary 29 1880, 1 hud twins, Peter and Koea. I kiUed them a weak after their birth. My daughter Ju iana was born April 11, 1881, and w»b \u25a0lead two days Kter. Ague*, f whom I «!» coußned on Maroh 29, 18^2, alap lived only a few doyp. Oa May 6, 1883, 1 again had twins ; one wa< atili-bo.-n, and I killed tbe other a mouth afterwards. My last child oaaie m M»y, 1884 I disposed of tt m two days. I poisoned all my children with a dfcoction of popplea. I hey were all prevloqsly baptteed. I did not want any children. My husband knew nothing of what I had done. I lived on bad termo with him- and wanted to vnx him '' r * l VB * via \ xiie woman waa at once I handed over to the authorities, before whom she renewed hoi- douffn-slon.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

BY iJLKCTRIO TEIiKGttAPH — OOPYUIQHTj (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Received March 12, 1 p.m.) Sydney, <Maroh 12 In connection with the recent offer made by Government for the manu facture of locomotives within the colony, the local manufacturers intend to ask the workmen to consider the matter as the work can only be taken up if the men will consent to a reduc tion of wages. The ironmasters say they will accept the work ii Govern ment will increase the price to be paid for each loccmoiive from to .£3260 each, and will be comer t with a profit of five per cent. On a former occasion tht; men refused to agree to a reduction m the wages.

THE NEW HEBRIDES.

. The Union Company of New Zea land have entered into an agreement with the Government to run a steamer to the New Hebrides regularly.

LICENSING ACT.

Melbouhnk, Maroh 12 Under the new Licensing Act tbe residents of Port Melbourne have de manded a poll to determine the number ot licenses to be granted by the local Licensing Bench. The poll was laken on Saturday with the result that by a majority of eighty, the residents de clared that the number of hotels should be reduced by one half.

HORSE DISEASE.

iiKisuANß, March 12 The disease among horses which recently appeared m different parts of ihe colony is pronounced to be merely due to heat and damp, and is not con. tagious.

£HB ASHBUBTON GUABDIAN, MONDAY, MAKGH 12, 1888



\u0084 H. Matson and Co. 'i ' """" " - POR SALE. 0 ; _.\u25a0 : cjj CJKVERAL GOOD FAttMS CHEAP \u25a0• I *** H j f jPo LET— Good 6 Roomed Houop, fn » » Cox Slraefc, lately ocoopied by A. 5 PHOTHEROE. ) j H. MATSON & CO. s( TO LET. 5 1 O^AA ACRES WEAR EALISG hjOKJxj half English graaß 3a per Aore 9AAA AORE S NEAR EALING hJ\J\J\J taaaocks, 2a 64 per Aore 9 A AO A O^ E S ALFORD FOREST, &(±\J\J h ft if Engliah graßß, 3a per Acre H. MATSON & CO. Ash burton.; ; ;T \u25a0 \u25a0 '-'' v j LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FJRE' ' INSUKANCE COMPANY. VV7 E have bee*x appointed Agents for *» *h9 above < ompany, ad are now prepared to take riska on Buildings, Stock and Ci-opa at current rates. H. MAJ.'sON & CO;, Ashburton; Money to Lend IN LARGE OR SMALL SUMS. Apply H. MATSON & CO. \u25a0- * I have oeen appointed Agent FOE THE Mercantile Finance Co., CHBISTCHUROH, Who are prepared to advance Money upo BILLS OF SALE, MORTGAGE OF STOCK, CROP LIENS, or other Seonrlty D. THOMAS. ,_ -»-* we ake appointed; fOLE Agents From Rakaia to Rangitata FOE MURTON AND WHITE'S Prize Sheep Dip Plncod Ist by the Canterbury A. and Association after an exhaustive trial, H. MATSON & CO. Ashburton. — , y Agricultural Implements. WE ARE APPOINTED SOLR AGENTS IN ASHBURTOfI FOB Messrs BOOTH, MoDONALD & Oo Carlyle Implement Works, Ohrlatchrch. Sami'iß Implements on hand Inspection Invited, H. MATSOIST&CO. Aehburton, GABDEN & FIELD TOOLS We are appointed SOLE AGENTS m Abhburton for the PLANET JUPR. HORSE HOE AND CULTIVATOR COMBINED, GARDEN PLOUGH AND DBILL COMBUST^x,. H. MATSOK & CO- Ashburton. STORAGE. STORAGE. FREE FROM VERMIN, EL. Malison & Co. •



Public Notices IBAVE disposed of my IJUHinPSBl J UHinPSB and am about to leave the Colony, there- fore I have to request that all Accounts paid to Mb J. C; Punoan or myself 2+91 C. J H. NEATE /\ E. M. BLAKE, ARCHITECT. Offiob : Monfgomery'a Buildings, V act street. I Entrance : Bornett Street. i -: 3 34 PEELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. O. M. Brooke, (Formerly Managing Assistant to COOK and itUSb.) Pharmaceutical and Operative Chemist, Sheep Dip Manufacturer, and preparer of Poisoned Wheat, Kaiapoi, BEGS to annonnce that having secured premises m & shburton he purposes opening a » hemist and Drusuist's shop, ahout the first week m April, when tho favor of your patronage will be respect- fully solicited, SOLE MANUFACTURER OF BROOKE'S Perfect Sheep Dip Note.^ — Mr F. Makeisj is agent at Ash- burton for the above dip. 2J113 HAVES & GO'S- Groat Salvage Sale JCST COMMENCED. WRECK op the « MAY QUEEN." HAVES AND CO., DRAPERS, HAVING purchased largely from the wreck of the "May Queen.' they are m a position to offer to the public the whole of these Purchases at ASTONISHING PRICES, FOR CASH ONLY. CALL EARLY AND SECURE THE BARGAINS. Hayes and Co., ARCADE, Mount Somers Coal [AM now iv a position to supply COAL at considerably reduced ratoa. In anticipation of a HKGfi DEMANU during the coming season, I have made PRICES Buch that no one need want- FOEL.; and until further notice will supplyat Per truck load at Mount Somers Bailway Station, per ton... 12a Stations on Mount ISoraera line, freight added. A hhurton, per truok, per tea 15s Tnwild „ „ 15a Winslow \u0084 M J6a hinds „ „ 16s EuliQK „ „ 17a Dyoinpre \u0084 }J 16a Chertsoy „ „ 16s termTTjash. BOOKING EXTRA. In ABhburton. retail qaantities delivered to Cuatomera' renideno-'S, at 20d per ton, CASH. All Information to bo obtained from, and orders left with MR JOHN G. EESTELL, WEST STBEET, Whom I have appointed my Agent, and who will sell at above rates JTOcC O^Sti. E. F, WBIQHT,



Public ALL Accounto due to James Gudsell Tinwald, mu»t be pnt>i on nr before the 24'h day of March, 1888, or they wih "bi j B'hJ for. 3*59 JAMW^ GPPSELL. JSOTIIE DURING my abßPnoß Aco-iunta onn be paid either to Dr W T Hannah at my rpa'donco, Tancred Stroe^, or to Mr William Hoe>e, Bn*net- Street 3*31 THOMAS LEAHY. £20 REWARD. IN consequence of the amount of Poaching going on m the Creeks on the Logmbor Estate, the above reward will be paid to anyone giving information that wi'l lead to a conviction. From this date hu ONE will be per- mitted to fish m the Creeks on the Laemhor Estate. 11*58 PONT ALP MoLEAN. ASHBURTON. rpHE CENTRAL TJOTEL, Proprietor W. Redmond A ComfortaMe Family aud Commercial Hotel Private Suites for Families Good Billiard Koom. Drinks at Front Bar, 3d Lunch Free at 12 o'clock. Choicest Pranda of Liquors. Spocial erms per week. HAMPSTEAD TOWN BOARD. In accordance with the provisions of " The Town Districts Act, 1881," and •• Municipal 0 -rpor^ionaAot, 1886." TT)UBLIO Notice ia hereby given that at fT a Special Meeting of »he Hampßtaad Town Board, held on tho 24:h < f Febrn ary 1883 It waa rseoived that a Special Order be made adopting certain Bye-laws for the good rnla end government c f the Hampstead Town District A meeting of tho aforesaid Board wiil be held at their Office, Hampstwad, at half-past aeven o'clock In the AFTERNOON, on Friday, Maroh 30th, 188S, for the purpose of cnnßrmicg the aforesaid Special Order, and a copy of the proposed Byp-lawe will b» open for Inspection at the Uffioa of tht> B ard, Hampstead, daring the seven days Immediately preceding March 30ih, 1888 By order, J O BFLL, 329 Clerk to Hampatead Town Board. NOTICE. TTwURING DR LEAHY'S absenoe Id England, Dr W. T. Hannah will conduct the praotioe, and may be consulted at Dr Leahy's residence, Tancred Street. An Immediate settlement of all Accounts reg nested. 2*56 BAZUR. BAZAAR. BAZAAR. A BAZAAR and GIFT AUCTION In aid of the Fonda of the Paroohlal Dlß'rlct of Longbeach, will he held at Tinwald ou Easter Monday, 2od April, I 1888, In the Stores opposite the Railway Siation (late Jones and Br4DshaVs) kindly lent by Mr D. Thomas. Beziar open at 12.30 ; Live and Dead Stock, and Farm P oduoe, will be sold daring the day by Auction. Admission, 6d. Children, half-price. Refreshments provided at a moderate charee. 3*12 THE PEOPLE'S GROCER SAYS :— I ATTRIBUTE my success m Businf-H" to the fact that 1 always uphold and carry out tho GR«AT PRINCIPLE OF TRUTH. A man that cannot or will not do this must ultimately full. Tho^e who have dealt with me can verify .this as a living fact, for I am still alive and flourishing m busineHd (many thanks to my numerous customers). 1 may say here tha' my stufE of assistants at tho preßC-nb time is more complete and more capable of carrying on my ever I growing buainesi than previously. As an I evidence of this, more Cash and Goon's, passed over my counters on I last ihan on any previous ordinary Satur- day This statoment i* quite m keepiog with the above-ram- d Greut Principle 1 have l»ei j n tempted very muuh of late to remove into larger and more convenient Premises, wh>re 1 could make a big d spl.ty behind pate glass windows, etc , but the knowledge that the amount rt-qnir^d to meet Ihe additional expense incurred m doing thia must be dru.wn from the pocketa of my cust mars has decided me (contrary to m,y OWIJ iuclinatioit) to remain m nyr psreuent premises, where my QUatQinors may depond up n getting the same quality of G ods at the same low prices as usual, the samt- civility, combined with a greater amount ot push and tact ''The ni.ub'.e ninepence is better than the slow shilling, ' is my raotro, combined with the aforoqaid, Great Principle of TRUTH AND INTEGRITY. D. MoFaRLAEE, THE PEOPLE'S GROCER, East and Burnett Streets, i ASHBURTON,



fa M^d^MA SELLING OFK /p| o Great Reductos. /^^^ r C 535 PER ceS7discount ((C^^^m "O "TIyTURRAY, Jeweller, having aecur.sd the Premlnes hte'y O •-< -LA), Jji ocoupiei by Ma Njsatb, Cheiniat, is now offering his \u25ba_, m STOCK at a 5/3 DISCOUNT OF 8a IN THE £, ' . PREVIOUS TO REMOVAL, 3 26 THE GHEAWiST PLACE IN TOWN ZiiALANDIA BOOT BTORB EAST STRE A



Auctions. ASHBURTON RAM & EWE EaIR. TiNWALD YARDS FRIDAY, 16th MARCH. MESSRS MILES and CO. will offer at the above F«ir, about KOnO CROSSBRED EWES U\J\JKJ 2 ftud 4 . Tooth , QOnn MERINO EWES, from the lwV-fV - /v -' Celebrated Anama Flock. —ALSO— LINCOLN, LE?C'<STER, SHROP- bHIRE AND SOUTHD >WN RAMS. IT. T. FORD, Auctioneer. GEORGE JAMESON, 2*16 Agent, Aahbnrton. PARMS. FARMS. FaRMqI !" MESSRS Mir.Erf & 00. have re-eived inßtruotiona from I. R. C. 0. j Graham, Esq., TO OFFER FOR AB-OLUTE SALE i BY PUBLIC AUOTTOW About the end of Marob, 500 ACRES, In Farms of from 30 to 140 Acres each. The above Land comprises the unaold portion of Mr Graham's we'l-known TINW4LD FARM, one mile distant from Tinwald, and about three miles from Ashburton. The Land la of good quality, all m grass. and bus not been orrpped for ten years. It ia also abundantly watered by natural creeks, and by a branoh of the Cmnty water race. EASY TERMS OF PAYMENT. Fall p»rtfcnlara may be obtained from the Auctioneer, or GEORGE JAMESOtf, Agenf, '»Bhburton. J. T. FORD, Auctioneer. 3*17 Hereford street. Ohriatchnroh, PRELIMINARY ADVERTISEMENT. ACTING under inatruc'ions from H. W. Parsons Ebq , we shall hold a CLEARING SALE on the Property at Seafield Doring the month of April, 1888, When we shall offer hip rea'ly first-class grazing and Agricu tural Proper' y, containing 1660 18 115 1660 With Good Orchard, House, and 25 ACRES Plantation. Stock add Sheep Yard*, Barn, KtaWe, Miearing Shed, Sheep Dip. Subdivided by firflt-cl-i6B fences into 13 Paddocks ; abundance of water ; m fact, everything needful to make a Homonte d comfort-ible. At the same tim-, whether the Property is sold or not, we shall riiap se of the whole of hi« LIVE AND DEAD STUCK. FLRNIIURE, &c , «tee. Without Reserve. H. MATSON&CO, A^bnr on. To anyone m want of a B ock of pood Land, thoroughly improved, m a good District with a 'rontago to the Bea, at a low fi, ore, then the above \u25a0 ffers unu-ual advantages, and we can thoroughly ncoaim-nd it as a safe investment. Mr Parsons hsving defiuiteiy determined to sell at whatever sac ifice 3+62 John Orr and Co. NEW Winter Fashions. JOHN ORR & CO. HAVE now Opened out their FIRST SHIPMENT of NEW WINTER GOODS EX S,S, " IONIC, " FROM LONDON. Our Purobases being made from the Best Home Manufacturers, our Prices will defy competition. AN IMMENSE VARIETY OF New Dress Gooda, New Plushes, New Millinery, New Mantles, New Hosiery, New Sheetings, Quills, and Flannels. Bays' and Men'a Now Tweed Snila, Shirts, Drawers, &c The LARGEST STOCK of NEW GOODS m ©very Department ever offered m Aimburton (inspection invited) is at JOHN OER & CO.'S EAST STREET, i 3§77



"Bocho-Paiba."— Quick, complete cure, all annoying kidney, bladder, and urinary diseases. At ohemistß and druggißts. Kocnp- thorne, Prosser, and Co., Agents, Christ' hurob. 1 Public Notices. PRELIMIN 4 RY ANNuU SOEMENT. ObUFtULLuWS 1 H^LL, Monday Maroh 19c.i. Firßt Appearaucd of AMY ttHBRWIN, Austr<ilia'u Queen of Song. Supported by uer English Opera Q mriette Company. 3§Si HUGO GORLITZ, Manager. ASHBURTON GUARD 3. HpHE ANNUAL Meeting of the above J. Company will be held at the Old iijruugh Ooancil'oChamberon TUESDAY /Next, immediately aftor Parana J. PURCHASE, 3 90 Hoi. Sec. ASHBURTON RIFL « VOLUNTEERS. ANNUAL MEETING. THE Annnal General Meeting of the above Corps will be held at the Drill- stiod on THURSDAY Next, Maroh 15th. it, 7.30 p m. ; plain oiothea. A full master is requested. By order, E. J. FOOKS Lieut., 3 89 Hon. Sec, A R V. WANTED TENDERS I^OR the LEASE of that Splendid I! FA KM at WAKANUI, The Property of ihe late Hugh Smith, and containing about 185 ACRhS. Tenders must be sent m to the Dnder signed by March 21st, at Noon. The lowest or any Tender not necea* sariiy accepted. For full particular apply to FRIEDLANDEit BEOS. 3 28 ASHBURTON BOROOGH COUNCIL. GENERAL B^RODGH RATE. [N pnreuanee of the "Rating Ao f .. 1876," public notice is hereby givt-n t&at a is the tuttniion of the AshDurton Borough Oounoil, at its next ordinary meeting, to be held on MONDAY, the I9h day of March, 1888, to ntnke a mte ut ONE bHILLING m the P )UND ou (he t tal annual value uf property withiu ihe Buroagh for the period aommenoing on the Ist day of Jtncury, and ending ou the 3Ut day of December, 18 Q B, suoh rate to be payable l<i on« aam at tna Town Clerk's Offioa, Ha -Ing ;-quare, Wnst, Ash burtoo, on the 2 ><i day uf April, 1388, and that the Rate Bojk ia dow open for inspection. CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Oierk* Borough Council Office, Aahturton, 6th March, 1888. ASHBURTON COUNTY Ram <& Ewe Fair, To be held at the TINWALD SALEYARDS, ON « FRIDAY, 16th MAROH. MESSRS MILES & CO. have received instructions from var\ou,s Qw.nera to Sell at the Tinwald Saleyarda on tho abqvq 4»ie, — 1 CA English Leicester, Border Lei- •**vH/ ooster, Lincoln, and Shrop- shire Down Hams. Albo, — 10,000 pWEB - j On acco.un v of Hon W. S Pktep, Anaraa— 200Q MIRINO ewbs On acQount of Hon J. McLean,— Q|WW\ FIRST CROBS EWtB, from the OUUU LagrahorFlook gQy MERINO EWEB On account of Mr John McDowell— I Ann FIRNT-CROSS 4-Tooth Maiden AUUUfIWES, and QRfl SECONP.CRDSS 4-Tooth Mai OOV den EWES On acoount of LowcWe Estate,— KA PURR LINCOLN EWES, 2- OU 'iootha On account of John Stddholme, Esq., Colddtream, — jRAQ HALFandGKUSSBREDEWES CAj\ MERINO EWES And on account of various Owners,— Q AAA «, 4, and 6 Tooth FIRK O\J\J\J & SECOND-CROSS Ewee Note the day— FBIDiY, Maß-JH 16.T8. J. T. £OKD, Auotioiuer. >$m OEOBGf} JAMESON r Agent,



Io view ol the approaohing •« battle of the routeß " m conneotion with the North Island Main Trunk Railway, Meßßra Newman and Bruce, M.H.B.'s, have Juat made a thorough •xploration of the " oeutral " ronte, and the former has contributed to the " New Zealand Timeß " a very glowing account of the quality and capabilities of the land thereon. E{e affirms that, taking a general avevape, he has seen no country between Napier and Wood, ville equal to that through whioh the Central Railway would pass, fljuoh of the country ia .capital agricultural land, and the rest is mainly good grazing land. There are splen- did forests of pine, black maire, and, most important of all, totara. On the much* derided pumice land, Mesarg Na»-- , n _ r M — .ui*n and j^tuce Ba w une crops of oats growing m email patches, the land bavin? previously been oropped with turnips, The opinions above gbotad from Dr Newman art endorsed by Mr



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Every infant bora at Borne on New Tear's Pay and christened Leo or Leoina if to receive from the Jubilee Oooimittw ft BftTingi b»nk boob with 10W de^oitti^