TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

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Paimsbston i>obth, January 6. A. fire la>t night at Terrace-end d«e troyed an nnoccupled dwelling, and aleo one oeonpied by Mr Anderson. The latter wh iDßured la tbe Union for £100. The furniture was saved. It is not known whether tbe other building wbs insured. Fatal Accident. Woodvillb, January 5 A working msn named Oully was killed while bush felling last eveniog. He leaves a widow and two obildren. Playing with Powder, A boy namdd MoTaggart, living at the Gorge, received severe Id juries to bis face lait night while playing with blasting powder. The Wellington Post Office. Wbluhgxon, January 5, Operations for tbe restoration of the General Post Office will be set on foot upon the retnrn of the Minister for Pablie Works to Wellington. The New South Wales Oentennary. The Governor accouapanlea by bis Aide'deOamp, Lieutenant Foetesque will proceed to Sydney by the Nelson about the 16th inst for the purpose of attending the Australian Oentennary celebration. No member of the Government will be present owing to urgent business to be traniaoted here. Exportation of Coal. Qrbtwouth, December 18. The barquentine J**per from Lytteltcn will load with a cargo of C alpltheath coal for Mauritius. This will be the first ooal shipped direct to a foreign port. . . Chairman. P R. J. Nancatrow has been unanlmonsly elected Chairman of the Harbor Board. Bazaar. 2JJA btzaar open for leverai days, In aid of St Patrick's Roman Catholic Ohurch, has cleared about seven hundred pounds. Harbor Works. The Harbor Board during the year just closed has expended slightly over seventy-six thousand pounds. The Midland Railway. Most of the navvies now unemployed on the Midland Railway have gone to Ohrtstoharch, though a few are still hang ing on, waiting for new contraots. *"•• fAccidents. Twe young lads met with rather serious accidents at the Eaita plc-nic. Philip ricogland fell out of a swinging boat. M. Morrisey fell out of the rigging of the Rio while witnessing the regatta, and split his skull. He would have been killer), but that be struck a boy, Marbin, on the shoulder and back, injuring him badly. Arrival of Johann Oarl. Poet Chalmers, Jannary 5. Arrived, Johinn Curl, Capt E. Bicb, lOf days out from New York. She has 250 tons of oarco for Lyttelton.

TRICKS OF TRADE

\u2666 — Tbe annual report of the Sydney In* ipeotor of Weights and Measures gener ally gives a good deal of information as to tbe "tricks of trade." la his latest report be says :— " Tea is now being v ordered to contain 351 b and ie «old to consumers at 401 b. A cunning aoheme is said to be practised with tobacco. Tbe pings are supposed to be made at 8, 10, or 12 to the ponnd. Now, if 9, 11, or 13 be made, when two orthtfee ' •re given for £b, not weighed, of eonne the profit is obvious. Jams are • oi varied weights and quality, costing 1 eetaii from 4d to 8d per tin, some being < actually unfit for human food. Ctffae, 1 \u25a0pice, »nd el mil* r goods sold m tins are , •Inoost always sold gross weight ; thus, \u25a0 Is6dtcr4s per lb is given for oanislers. Fruit still continnes to be of deficient \u25a0 ftttaaure m the matket, which no 1 means are apparently provided to prevent. | It wouli appear that there is argent \ seed for some system affording better j pfotoetion to purchasers of balk goods at , tho fruit and vegetable markets. Potatoes,, onions, peas, beans, and ' measured fruits are almost invariably ' •hort of their proper quantities. Among < other things brought under my notice we serious complaints concerning prac* : tfoea obtaining m the sale of jewellery. ; On Inquiry, leading business men itate 1 that it if almost impossible to sell honestly Kftdt gold articles, because rolled gold, 1 nine, or even seven, carat gold are ( openly marked 15 or 18, and sold as sneh. I • Brommtgem ' and like descriptions of j ware are cold as handsome solid gold, yet filled inside with lead or other bsse ] metal, Nomt>eis of persons male a good living here m fixing up these goods."

A MYSTERY SOLVED.

\u25a0 \u2666 \u25a0 TRAGICAL DISCOVERY. j

Tbe Tlnaftjra correspondent of the [ " Pmm " tcleguphi under date January 4 ; M folio** :— * A abort time ago 1 telegraphed yon that ] •b elderly woman named Kent, who lived j « somewhat secluded life m Bandy town, disappeared suddenly, »od no trace of her j whereabouts could be foand. The local police have all along bean making vigorous ( •cqairies, bat so record conld be found ' by them. Mr* Kent's ton on'y as tecently M this morning made enquiries at the ] Polle* Station if any intimation had bean j received In reference to her unsatisfactory disappearance. However, the following \ clipping from the Melbourne "Catholic ( Advocate," kindly placed at my disposal % by Father Foley, of Timaru, clears up tbe ' myitery : —" it was reported to the St < Ktlda police lately by the residents of i Nightingale street, B>laclava, that an rid | woman named Mary Elizabeth Kent, 60 , years of age, a resident of that street, had ( not been seen by anyone for several weeks. , On removing the blind of one of the windows of tbe booee which she had ' occupied Senior Constable Mcfivoy saw ! tbe dead body of the woman m a kneeling i position by the side of a stretcher, th« only furniture m tbe House. Her hands, | which clasped a roeary, as if ebe had been , m tbe act of prayer, were folded and the ' body partially undresßed, The body was ' much decomposed, death having appa- ' cenily taken place about twelve days ago. 1 No food tr«o foatd iv the house, nor : were there &cy signs of struggling. The i deceased took the honee m July last from , Mr Keller, of High street, under the name of Mary Bam man, and had paid rent up to 28th November. When the colleotor called later on, he got no reply to his repeated knocks. In a portmanteau were papeis sbowipg that her maiden name was Mary Hamsun; that she was married to William JKent at Brighton, England, on the 12th February, 18C4, and obtained a protection order is Febroary 1873, at Titnaro, New Zealand. A puree containing 12s Id, and • will btqae*.tj«iDg b*c property to E. E. Kent, the son, ct Timara, wiih » email annuity to the Rcmat* Catholic BUhop of that diocese, wtie alto fypud iv her possession,' 1

THE NEW LAND ACT.

Unquestionably the most important measure of ihe recent session is the Land Act Amendment. Act, which in troduces some new and most desirable - improvements upon previous legisla -3 tion. It's cential features are the right r to selectors to free choice of system of J tenure, the classification of the land 1 into first and second-class, and the re duction of price and the extension of tbe area of holdings of second-class I land. Hitherto it has been a common i cause of complaint that although a wide variety of tenures and conditions of tenure, from freehold to perpetual 1 lease, was provided for, the choice of \ system really rested with the Minister or with the Land Board, and not with the selector, that is to say, that only one particular system was applied to one particular block of country, the result being that the selector under a given system was only able to select out of such lands as were opened to selection under that system, while the Minister was enabled to give undue prominence to such system as he himself preferred, to the neglect and starvation of others. As for example, the last administration favored the perpetual lease, and the best of the land was restricted to that tenure to the discouragement of free bold for cash, or upon deferred pay ment. The new Act changes all that, and henceforth all Crown lands pro claimed open for disposal, can be either bought for cash or upon deferred pay ment, or can be taken up upon per petual lease according to the desire and convenience of the selector. This has long been manifestly desirable, and if Mr Richardson never achieve any thing further, the carrying of this one great reform will, for all time, place him m the first rank of New Zealand statesmen. Again, it is wisely provided that the selector need not wait fot survey, but can select before survey, if he so desires, so that all lands pro claimed open for disposal are at once available for selection without the necessity of having to await the con venience of the Survey Department. The provisions for classisfication and for the extension of area of holdings of second,-class lands are identical with those which were carried m the House of Representatives, upon the motion of Major Steward, m 1885, and were contained m the Bill of that year, as sent up to the Upper Chamber. There they were struck out, and formed i one of the subjects of conference be- 1 tween the two Houses, but were, with < other matters of difference, sacrificed to j save the Bill. We are very pleased to ' see them restored and made law mMr ' Richardson's Act. They provide that ] before notifying lands as open for ' selection, the Governor is to require 1 from the Surveyor-General a report « m accordance with which the land { is to be classified as of the J first or second* class as the case may J be. Thereupon the Governor is to fix \ the price at which the land shall be j open for selection, which price is not f to be less than twenty shillings per acre m the case of first-class, nor less than ten m the case of second class land, saving only m Nelson,* Marlborough and Wellington, where the minimum price of second-class land is fixed at five shillings per acre. It is provided that no person may purchase for cash m any one land district a greater area than 640 acres of land oi the first class, but the maximum area m the case of second-class land is very - wisely extended to 2000 acres, being the same area as proposed m the rejected clauses of 1885 before referred to. Hitherto, for the want of such a provision as this, the taking up of land m Canterbury for hill farms, or as they I have been termed " mutton-farms " has been a practical impossibility, for under previous legislation a holding of 1500 or 2000 acres could only be acquired for cash by a payment of £z per acre, involving an outlay for land alone of to while if it was desired to take up the land under the deferred-payment system, the upset { price was 50s per acre, and the area of • each holding was restricted to the ludicrously insufficiently acreage of 320 acres-=-balf a square mile. Under 1 the new Act second-class land pro claimed open for selection at 10s par y acre for cash can be taken up on ° deferred payment at las 66. per acre, l payable m instalments of xs 3d per a acre per annum during a period often years, at the expiration of which the \ holding becomes an absolute freehold. c . Henceforth, therefore, instead of having J to pay down to acquire a 2000 acre block of such land, the purchaser can acquire such a property * by an annual payment for ten years of * per annum. This will present , the opportunity to hundreds of farmers' sons, thrifty ploughmen and shepherds Jj who have saved a few hundred pounds each to establish homes for themselves, c and will, we are persuaded, do more to further the profitable settlement of the * country than any measure which bas , ever been passed by the Legislature. c The conditions of improvement with ] regard to these larger holdings of second-class lands have also been necessarily modified, those applying to 320-acre holdings of agricultural land * being manifestly unsuitable. Here , again the proposals of 1885 have been reproduced ; the selector (instead of £ the requirements of the old Act) being * required to effect substantial improve ments during the first year of his ( tenure to tbe value of ten per cent of * the price of the land — equal to is 3d : an acre m the case of land bought at ' 12s 6d, or £i2s m the gross m respect ! of a 2000-acre holding — during the second year to the value of a further . 10 per cent, and within six years from ] the date of his license or lease to the ( value of 10 per cent more, or 30 per 3 cent m all. These conditions are ' exceedingly liberal and easy of fulfil ment, and we hope that no time will ] be lost m proclaiming as large an area as possible of second class land open ior selection, as we feel sure that the opportunity will at once be eagerly i availed ot. We heartily congratulate ! Mr Richardson upon bis Bill, which 1 will be welcomed as the largest measure < f reform m our land legislation ever passed by the Legislature.

ELGIN SCHOOL.

The following is the Inspector's report ' on tho above school : — ! "The sohool has pamd a grod rx ' amination. Composition and dlotation i are very good indeed. Grammar and \u25a0 arithmetic are good, though more time is needed fo~ - fuller treatment, no analysis having been taught a« yet. Writing is very fair, reading is only fair. Instruction bas been given m all tbe subjects of the class and additional groups, and with very fair results. The dieoipline Is good. Per centage of passes, 42 11 ; per oen tage of failures, 23 81. L. P. Wood, Inspector."

THE CABLE RATES

— »+•. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) j Wuunoton, January 4. The Postmaster-General hat received a telegram from the Kastern Extension Company notifying au increase of rates of 8s 6i per ten words m addition to tbe terminal charges. The question of con tinning reduced preaa rates is still under consideration The Premier h«s replied that Government have no object ton to revert to the maximum laid down m Clause 11 of the contract, vis, 7s 64 for tbe first* ten and 9d every additional word ; but that if farther increased Government will consider the question of making a terminal charge. Wxlungton, January 5 The Premier has received a cable from Mr Pender re cable rates. Mr Ponder urges the claim of the Company to in* oreaaed returns and gives figur i pointing to the conclusion that the Company cannot obtain a moderately fair return oq their capital under a lower tariff than 10j for the first 10 words or an equivalent m subsidy. The Governmental considering what should be done. They are prepared to insist on terminal charge should the Company propose an extortionate rate but if the Utter can show that their position ie reasonable probably this would not be Insisted up. b| Latkb, The following additional corre'psndonoe re oable charges bas taken place :— London, December 31 — Bon. Ma job Atkinson, Premier, Wellington.- I have received your telegram of this date. 1 presume you mean 91 as stated m c'aane eleven not 6d for each additional word, but as already mentioned 6d la insufficient to give a fair return on tho outlay, and tbe Company have no alternative but to oharge 8* 6i over the New Zealand cable from January 1. We admit your right to make any terminal rate you please, but you already obarge 6d, and every addition to the tariff would only increase the public inoocveniecoe And further orippla the traffic To recnup the loss of subsidy we < require a tariff of 10 •hillings, but m order i to minimise the publio incunvenienoe as ' far its possible we saorifice Is 6d and < think your Government should make a < similar sacrifice — J. Fender. i Wellicgton, Jannary 5. — Chairman, Eastern Extension Company, London, — We collect for cable from January 1, 8s 6d for the first 10 words or less, and lOd for . every sddittonal word. The Government does not see ita way to redooo or abandon the present terminal obarge and holds itself free to open the question of terminal j rate, should it, upon further oonßldera tion, be deemed necessary. — H. A. Atkinson.

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THE ABHBPRTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1888



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A Cross Bab?. — Xfoibjng Is so conduoivo to man's remaining a bachelor as Btppping for ijUQ night at the house of a married friend, and being kept awake for five and Biz hours by the orying of a cross baby. All cross and orying babies neei only Dr. Soule's American Hop bitters to make them veil and smiling. ypßPg map, remember Vbit, «• TrayeJJer." l



_1~"• . , • " li. JV1 L JONES. /TIHB RGyp'ufiO'J of-. lima has brought us to another ORfSIS m tho History of Life • culminating w the ani ai of SANTA ( 'L v\ US. who is expe.qted here betwesn the 24th and 25th inst. To afford a prop.-r find fittinj reception of 'the above nvntionerl ' disting.j : sh':d vie'tor, the un).«rßi-jjatd has pvoc.ire'l f»om the best Market a LARGE an-i VARIED aso-tm.eht of STATf) ib&Y B )QKS TOYS, FANCY GOODS GLASS and R^KBTWAHE, OKNAiISN TS, and other GOODS too numerous to particularise. :e% # OPENING OK~NIfiW PREMISES. ken In order to extend aad facilitate Tiiißines*, tho ?;• , ri.. <r has ereotei largo and eel- commodious premises adjoining Hie Somerset Hotel, E<.U LLcet, which will be onened H. temporarily for the XMAS tiade. the ——_«—» l ° e [ COME AND SEE THE Is TABLES ! OOME AND SEE THE 60 TABLEB 1 re All C oods marked m plain figures at lowest possible prioes; OOME ONE I OOME ALL ! ! POME~EARLY TO AVOID TBE ORUtH. vp SCHOOLS LIBERALLY DEALT WITH. SMALL PROFITS, LARGE AND ' »\u25a0• QUICK RETURNS is the MOTTO of the Proprietor. 12 9 The Staadard Fire and Marine Insurance Company OF NEW ZEALAND. WITH UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS. AL CAPITAL— £I,OOO7OOO feTEBLING. E HEAD OFFICIFT DUNEDIN. INSURERS have the most undoubted Security under this Company's Policies, +osrether with an as-urancn of Prompt and Liberal Settlement of Claims. FIRE and M-\RrNffi RI6KS accepted on all descriptions of Property and ' Merohandiae, also Crop, Stack, and Maohine Risks at Lowest JKatß« of Premium. Fidelity of Persona holding situations of trust guaranteed. . OFFICE : HEREFORD BTREET, CHRISTGHUKCH* r 0 (Opposite Bank of New Zealand ) ARCHIBALD SCOTT. Manager for Ctniorburv. ALBERT ROBERTS, «u«oury. Agent, Ashbnrton. . 15 lot — _: \ . .•- \u25a0\u25a0: X. !S THE PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND Qd OFFERS ORE AX ADVANTAGES B _ TH P"p D QON about t0 m * ko ihe} * wilfß> aud desiring to secure tho Ijj IV A I_jA\kJWl^O faithful execution of their jast wishes. ty TV) T)T7PQnNQ about t0 marry a » d «^ke provision by nnrriage ,6t AW A iurVsJUI^O contractor settlement. lm TO PPP^iniSF^l oOflte| nplnting the Fettling of their estate, or of a A\J A A-iJLVKJVi* O sum or euma of money by trust deed h> TO PFR^ON^s deßir< >U8 of constitutiig trusts for charitable or a ' 1U A i-iIIKJUIIO bbnevolent objects ' \u25a0 a TO FOREIGN TRUSTEES S b -S3K4 . ttoßt for perao - All such should obtain detailed information from the PUBLIC TRUSTEE, Custom House Quay, Wellington, or from E AOLAND, BARNS, AND CO., CKRIfcTOHURCH Or D. M. ROSS, TIMARU. % 6 CHEISTMAS AND NEW YEAE. ' THE '" . The "Zealandia " Boot fStore ' TT AAt8 t nwtf™ 1 -ff ep 4m% J" r ) he ? olidft y ***> aQ d is SELLING at the fiJ^vSS^&S^^^ BUltablefor Preseat8 ' etc " lo « ethwwith CONE AND S* E FOR YOURSELVES. Everyone can be suited, both m PIUCE and QUALITY, and the Stook is larger Q and better sorted than anywheree.'se, GIVE THE "Z.,8." A TRIAL, AND YOU. WILL GEr THOROUGH SATISFACTION. * L . «ZE ALANBIA" BOOT STORE; EAST STREET. ' LONG RUSSIAN HEMP TWINE, COLONIAL MATTOFACTUBE. 4-Ply (Green Label), 900 feet to the Pound, nHHE Undersigned asks tho special attention of FARMERS and OONTRAOTORb ! to this article as on* of tbe cheapest and best TWINES ever put on the market I have advocated this class of TWIN T E for years, simply because I consider it the most economical any farmer can use. Farmers will find this TWINE of OTIFOKM THXCKffESS, STKENGKTH, and LENGTH, throughout. It will work Buccetefully on any make of Binder. It will run farther and da more work at ale s cost, and tie more grain than any twine I know of Thi* wiii be clear to evoryones' mind who co aiders that, running as it does, 900 feet to the pound means— THREE QUARTERS Ob 1 A MILE IN A BALL, and MORE THAN 19 MILES PER CWl\ Every Ball h ?8 a Gre«n Ticket with name on, with a guarantee that it runs 900 feet fo tho pound. MANILLA TWINE OE BEST QUALITY. 1 . _ __ \u0084 A GEE AT WANT SUPPLIED. No packaee Genuine I\T A 1" "VT/^WT TTSI"P / package Genuine without thin Trade ) ViiJuVlJljLlNJlit without this Trade Mark. Mark. \u25a0 THE nature of VALVOLI Y E is finch, that it imparts to the bearings a bright carbonised surface, which »bsolu*ely stops the wear of the metal by its con- tinued application ; and, as it dues net oxodisa aud dry a^ay like seed, lard sperm or mixed oils, It is a more economical lubricator. Wtiere it ia used, the machinery stfirts readily, however long it may have hoen at rest, or however cold tha weather. VALVOLINtf, unlike Bperm, lard, seed, and mixe<i pnraflmo oil?, will not ab.'orb oxygon ard grow rancid by a^e ; therefore, m factories whero it is usd entirely safety is insured from spontaneous firea, even if it becomes mixed with cotton or woollen waste, and laid aside aside for months. No cleaning of michinery with kerosene or ether gum dissolvers is required after VA.LVOLINE hai thoroughly removed the oil previously used. Tests made by the S. even's Institute of Technology on " fn'ctiin oil-testers," pro* nounce VALVoLINE to be the only mineral oi! which tested superior to sperm or lard oils ; it wore longer without heating, relieving friction better, etc It is manufactured b£ LEON AUD and ELLI-, at their works nt Edgewater, N J. which are tbe most extetituve of their kiod m the country. This firm has been engaged m the minuincture of cylinder and valve oilb for twenty years, and were the first to introduce mineral' nil as a substitute for tallow m steam cylinders. They guarantee that their VALVOLINK OIL wi 1 case-harden and will preserve the metal and furnish more lubrication for the money than any other oil, a fact that is cm' firmed by the testimony of numerous master mechanic j. . ASK FOE . WALTER A* "WOOD'S BINDEE, '-\r AND TAKE NO OTHER. SALES FOR 188MM57 MACHINES. mmmmmm* F, FEBBIJtAff," Ashburtojj;



Public Notices W. H. Paget. OVf BLACKSMITH, HORSE-SHOEB WHEELWRIGHT, AND _ GENERAL SMITH, Burnett Street, next " Mail " Oifi K « OEGSto announce that he has ta O over the Oo»oh Building and Wh od wright Branch, lately carried on by ct - Peat, and will continue all branches of c. «bove business as before. All kindi Buggies, Dr»ys, or Carts made and paired. Agricultural Implements repai promptly. — Hones Bbod with skill and care. n» W. H. PAOE »d """ ~ ' d e Wool Season, id 1887-88. TI7E are prepared to make LIBER. VV OABH ADVANCES agalnat La id or SMALL Clip* of Wool, whether 16 tended for Sale In ASHBURTON OR ELSE- WHERE, We have made most satisfactory arrant menta for p SHIPPING CLIENTS 1 WOOL, If priced realised In Aahbnrton are o considered satisfactory. It Is our Intention to'hold ! PERIODICAL WOOL SAM r Throughout the Season, t Of whloh dae notice will be given, ai i ai our GRAIN STORE, whloh was ooi atrnoted with due regard to LIGHT, w I be EMPTY, we shall have an opportnni of displaying the Wool to the very be advantage, which should be a disiderata ' to the Seller i Oharges exactly the same bb OhrUtohnro Farmers, consult your best Interests, ai Sell locally, thereby saving Railway Frelgh. WOOI PACKS AND TWIN! BEST QUALITY SUPPLIEI H. MATSON & CO. TO THOSE IN .WANT OF REAPERS AND BINDERS Don't purchase until you see the Buckeye, CHAMPION OF AUSTRALIA, The Lightest and Best Machine yet befor the Public. Vide account of Public Trials, STYX AND ASBBURTON D. THOMAS, 12 1M Agent, Ashburion, JOHN ORR &CO.'S GREAT CHEAP SALE —OF— SUMMER STOCK, DRAPERY, CLOTHING, MILIJNERY, MANTLES, &o. Commences, on WEDNESDAY, December 28tb ASTONISHING BARGAIN* IN EVERY DEPABTMBNT. NOTE !— The Great Salo for the Beuoi is at John Orr and Co.'*



Public Notices. \u25a0. PAPERHANGINGsTf A NICE asf-ortmert of the above k< m Ftock and to arrive ; also i PAINTS, OILS, COLORS, AND — VARNISHESj j 11**5 JOHN ORR & CO. Nt HARVEBTISG, CARTING, &o, FOUR MONTHS CONTINUOUS WOfe] TTTANTED Teams with Beopers «i V V Binders for work by conlra< Some Becond-hand machines for sal Chaff and oats supplied. al JOHN GBIGG. Longbeach, December 26th. 1887. 12 155 ~ WANTED KNOWK r ie AT I. SALEK AND GO% n Licensed Pawnbrokers, Eaet Street. fct A FiRSIVCLASS Watchmaker In JP <"% Jeweller is employed on il re Premises. ' y Watches cleaned and repaired, an _ 'every description of Jewellery made repaired at i LOWEST CHRISTOHUROH PRICES. * OS WATCHES~OLEANBD 5S r ! GLASSES, 6d ; HANDS, 9d. 0 WATERBUBi'S repaired from 2s 6d. , N.B. — Waterbury's reduced from 13s <JG to 12s. II |2 A. Harrison. : II _ i_ 1 Alfred Harrison,! \OOrWEK*t, STOCK AND ESTA^J AGENT AND VALUATOR. ' s f Saturday sale at 12 o'oiock ehari —Hones, Cattle, Pigs, Produca r 1 and Merchandise. : * FOR SALE- I I Farming Implements, and Vehidei . of all kinds constantly m Yardi on view for £a'e. Clearing Sales held m Town > Country as required, and ibqbl 1 liberal terms arranged with botr Buyers and Sellers. [' Bents collected, and the business pi absentees managed with caro. - Valuation made of Properties or Mer- chandise on easy terms, - : 1 Ad\ances made instantly on Goods 1 delivered at the Stores for Sali gmxi tor tbe Norwich Union Fire In- juranoe Comp-myi \ Agent for the MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION O AUSTRALASIA af/RKRD BARRTcSON T^Bullock. TO LTCT— A Five House m Cox Street, At present m the occti- pation of Mr Claridge T, BULLOCK. T,O LET— At a very low rental, a large building fronting East Street, suit- able for a grain and chaff store. T. BULLOOK. HOUSES FOR BALE VEBY CHEAP FOR REMOVAL. ;• T AM prepared to receive offers for tb<e .•*• purchase of 3 Houses with verandahs for removal, beiog part of Block of Buildings known as Coutt's, near thfc Engine Shed. T. BULLOOK. i FOR SALE. I PIANO, equal to new, by Broeener,-' full trichord and iron frame. T. BULLOOK, i TO FARMERS. \ TmOR SALE—A new WOOL PBESsI T. BULLOCK. TO LET, »bout 6J Acres Land, nicely situated on Graham's Road, together with a well-built 2 roomed House, with Verandah, the property of Mr P. Hyland, about 4 miles from Tinwald. A low rental will be accepted from a good tenant. Apply to T. BULLOCK. FOR B ALE. —An Improved Farm of 245 Acres, being R.S. 27237, situated about 5 miles from Chertsey. Low price and liberal terms apply to _^ . T. BULLOCK. 4?«fl: —Lot 28, Trevorton, near the cvtni* Presbyterian Manao, contain- Ing about $-aore, with 3-roomed Kcnif tbereon, for eale at the above prlcft Terms if required.— Apply to T. BULLOOK. rpHREE- Roomed Cottages near tbe das X Works to let at a low rental. T. BOLLOCK TO LET at a low rental .— 4-roo:ned Cottage at Hampatead. T. BULLOOK. Ij^Oß SALE at a low price and on Jj liberal terms, 15 acreß of land with 2-roomed Cottage thereof fronting the Fairfield Boad, not far from the County Saleyarde. Apply to T. BULLOOK, TINWALD. TO LET— A Fonr-rccmed House with Shop, adjoining Mr Heseltine'a pro* party, and near the Railway Station. A tir rental will be accepted. T. BULLOOK. TO FARMERS AND OTHERS The Christctarcli Finance CO (LIMITED.) CAPITAL £50,000 REGISTERED OFFICE — 8 Cathedra Fquare, CHRISTCHUROH. rneiS COMPANY is making CASH JL ADVANOKS on GROWING OROPH, WOOL, LIVE AND DEAD STOCK, FABM PRODUCE of every description, and any other Class of Security For particulars apply to THOMAS BULLOCK, Auctioneer, W 8? AthbnrWn.



Public Notices. lft T>ED, WHITE, or BLACK GUI IX RANTS for Bale, 2d per 1b ; Goo! . berries, Id per quart J. THOMAB, 5 North Belt, * I*l9 Oppos'te Hospital. \u25a0' FOR SALS. c A new double.seated Bugg j Jr\ guaranteed perfectly sound ; prese ' owner leaving the country. On view B I+l7 BAKER BROS. - CHERTS ICY SALE. MONDAY, 9th~NUARY, 1888. WE shall have FOR SALE sever lines FAT and STORE SHEEP, 1 13 hTmATSON & CO. MRB B, MOBBIS DESIRES to return thanks for th liberal support accorded ber for th | last four years, and begs to intimate tin she haa ie commenced Business m he I old shop, THIANGLE BAKERY, wber [ their future favours are respectful! I solicited. 1 16 > TENDER 3. LENDERS wanted for Stooklng an< X Forking abont 620 acres of WHEAT I OATS, and BARLEY, for Mr H. J. Hal riion, near Kyle, Tenders to be sent t O. Hardy and Co., Rakaia, up to 6 p m on SATURDAY. 7th January. 1 3 ASHBURTON COUNTY HUNT CLUB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING wil be held on January 7th, at 8 p.m. at the Commercial Hotel, Ashburton. BUSIMESB : To consider applications for the post tion of Buntsman ; elect Officen for the ensuing year, and general CYRIL JEPHBON, I*ll Secretary. £20 REWARD. IN consequence of the amount o*. Poaching going on m the Creeka on the Lsgmtior Estate, the abov£ reward will be paid to anyone giving ioforroation that will lead to a conviction. From this date NO ONE will te per- mitted to fish m the Creeks on the Lagmbor Estate. 11*58 DONALD MoLEAN. Mb William Cockle, Blacksmith, Win slow. SIB,— I beg unreservedly to retract the slanderous accusation made by me agaimt you on FRIDA.Y, tbe 23rd De- cember, that you were a thief, and had stolen a sheep. The accusa'ion is quite untrue, and was made by me without the slightest warranty, and with ihe intent : on of doing you an injury. I tender you my humble apology for the slander. Your obedient servant, S\RAH HAYMAN. Winalow, sth January, 1888. 1-f 20 FOR SALE. ON Account of the Trustees of tbe Ute Walter Hartobll,— R. 5.'15493, South Rabala, comprising 400 acres. Including the growing crop of Wheat. Further particulars m»y be obtained from - O AS. W, TURNER, Land and Estate A«ent, 12 28 Sonth Rakaia. A CARD.? M iss Carson, TEACHER OF MUSIC, (PIANOFORTE AND OtiGAN), Burnett Street, 12 101 •pO MEET THE TIMES. C. TRUCKLE, TJROPRIETOR of the Prince Albert JL Boarding - House, Wills Street Ashburton, next Oddfellows' Hall, while thanking his many Friends and Customers for their liberal support for the past 10 years, solicits a continuance of the same. Board and Lodging, 16s, 18s per week, or 3s per day. Dinner* only, 4s per wetk. Good accommodation for Families, and private rooms for Ladios. 7 52 Second Wool Sale TOR THE SEJ^SISO3ST WILL BE HELD IN ASHBTJRTON ON FKIDAY, 6th JAN. 1888. H. MATSON AND CO., MILES AND 00,, J2t125 FBIEDIA.NDER BROS. BAKER AND CO., Timber and Coal Merchants, WEST STREET, ASHBUBTON. DESIUE to announce to the inhabitants of Aahborton and surro"nding dis- tricts, that they have opened % TIMBER and COAL YABD, opposite Mr George Jameson's Grain Store, West Street, and are prepared to supply all classes of BUILDING MATERIAL, m largo or small quantities, to Buit purchasers. RED, WHITE, and^BLAOK PINE, and TOTARA. MOULDINGS, ARCHITRAVES. SKIR- TINGS, POSTS and RAILS, STAKES, and all Fencing Material. COAL: Westport 0001, Newcastle Coal, Mount Somers CoaL Firewood m long or short lengths. Agents m Ashburton for Wilson's Port- land Cement and Hydraulic Lime. Note address, — BAKER AND CO., Opposite MR G. JAMESON, Grain Store, Weib Street, ltis



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