THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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DIARY.

Moonlight Evenings.

The Moon at .3 days old [shines till about 8 o'olook. The Moon at 6 days old shines till about half-past 10 o'clock. The Moon ati 8 daya old shines till nearly o'clock m the morning. The Moon at 12 days old ehineß from sundown till about 4 m the morning. The Moon at 15 daya old is full, and shines all night. The Moon at 18 days old rises about' 9 p.m. and shines till morning, The Moon at 21 days old rises about 11 a.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 24 days old rises about 2 a.m. and Bhinesti U morning The Moon at 27 daya old riseß about. 4 a.m. and shines till sunrise.

THE WEATHER.

_.. ♦- The following is the meteorological report at A I ford Station for the week ending,! June 15th, 1888 :—

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas Et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1888. THE LATE KAISER FREDERICK

The news of the death of the Emperor Frederick must have been anticipated by the messages which we published last evening. The news, however, will be received with much sympathy and great regret. It is only three months ago since his illustrious father died, and all Germany mourned for the old Kaiser with true patriotic mourning. Nor was that grief felt only by the German Empire, but might be said to bo world wide. His no less illustrious son has for long manfully, patiently and hope fully struggled against the progress of a ootrord . malariv m Kio throat, and to whioh now ho has succumbed. Tne death of so able a Prince and so beloved an Emperor, though his reign as the latter was short, must bo recognised as a calamity iv the present state of European political feeling. Frederick William Victor, his eldest son, will succeed to the title, but his mind is under Die influence of Bismarck who is known to have no end m view, except to involve the country m a war with France. The ne*t move m diplomatic circles will he watched with keen interest and particularly so by England. The Empress being a daughter of our Queen draws the sympathies of the English people to her m a peculiar manner. The whole course of the late Emperor's life has been an oventful one, and the suffering ho has endured within llio last year, has made him an object of univer sal sympathy. There is no doubt that his death will weaken the peaceful rela tions which might hare been brought about between the European Powers had he lived a few years longer.

IRRIGATION— AN EXTENSIV SCHEME.

The name of Chaffey Brothers is m- ] tfmately connected with irrigation works ■ |on scales of great Qtiagnitu.de. They ! have been termed " the world famed irri gationists," and justly they deserve the title. In California their name ]s widely known, and m Australia they have now established themselves permanently to Jjrjng fotp prominence their groat land gettlement ' and irrigation schemes. There aro three brothers iv the firm. George, W. B. and 0. ¥. t3ba#e}r. They are Canadians by birth, and made themselves famous by their irrigation of farm lands m California. They have recently acquired from the Government of Victoria a tract of country 250,000 acres m extent m the Mildura district, and an equal area of land from the South Aus tralian Government at Renmark. They believe it will be a good thing for them selves and they think also it will be a i?c#d thing for the colonies when they have improyjed and irrigated the land. Mildura is about 800 mi Job from Mel bourne, and JRenmark is aboui the eaxnCj distance from Adelaide. The conditions on which they hold the land is that they V'rjgaio it, subdivide it and generally impro-TO ii a#d make it productive. They have erected exieusjLye jyorks and machinery upon the land and tfyey undertake to Bpend £10,000 during thq first twelve months, £35,000 during the $ret five years, £140,000 during the second &ye years, £75,000 during the third five years, apd £#0,000 during the fourth five years, or £3QO,.G,QG. during 20 years. The . landa hold are ,ou' tiipj Murray river m both caseg and from this ' they will be irrigated, The f»o4e of procedure m improving th© land is something like this. First s Mock js laid out as a sito for a future towH*hip ; streets laid out, town and villa allotment /surveyed, and the surrounding land cut up into fruit farms and other farms. The town lot* hjj,ve AC eighth of. an acre, tha villa or suburban allotment 2^ acres, and the horticultural blocks tGn'&cres each. Any individual may buy up to 160 acres, but aot beyond that. Up to date tl^o total area surveyed as toyn allotments is 200 acres, suburban lots .8.00 sores, and horti cultural lots 5000 acres, There ie also about as much more surveyed so far as tie j road? go, b»t tho &>ubd.iyißJonjf we oot yet

made. All this is done m the same ? manner as that adopted by the Crown Landß Department of the colony. Ot these lands there have been sold to date 458 town lots, 54 suburban lots, and 1610 acres of horticultural and agricul tttral lauds. The Mildura colony of 250,000 acres consists of two blocks of 25,000 acres on the Murray river, to which they have each a frontage of i about six miles, and enclosing these a block of 200,000 acres, extending back about 18 miles from the river. There have been completed channels, m five lines, four of which start directly from the river bank, and the remaining one is a branch fed from one of these. These channels are laid out on a grade of about six inches per mile, bed widths varying from 15 to 25 feet, and carrying depth generally three feet. Trial surveys h»re been made of about 12 miles* of additional channels. The lines of main channel already made will provide for watering about 25,000 acres. Of the channels snrireyed 8f miles are under I contract for construction, and about ;5| mileß are practically completed, i The average cost for earthwork is about £320 per mile. The clearing of the sites has been done by day labor at a cost of some £35 per mile. The land is disposed of on the following rates and terms :— Town allotments, £ apre each, £20 per lot; villa allotments ot 2^ acres, £100 per lot ; agricultural, and horticultural lands. £20 per acre. They sell either for cash or credit. For cssh sales, a discount of 2£ per cent is made ; on credit sales, interest is charged on the principal, and the payments ex tended over periods of five or ten years. All lands are* sold with water rights, and carry interests m irri gation works, which are included m tho above prices. These are secured by making purchasers shareholders m the irrigation company. What each person buys, therefore is an allotment of land, together with a right to the water needed for its irrigation, and a p-o rata in terest m the works, by means of which the water is made available. It iB intended to put a ring of rabbit and dog-proof fence round the entire 250,000 acres, and tenders have been called for 56 miles of it. It will consist of wire netting, 36 inches wide, with one black and two barbed wire 3 above. Machinery and plant on the ground in cludes three traction engines, and a port i »ble engine used m clearing and preparing the land, with a ditch-digging machine, a steam cultivator, a steam plough, and a steam harrow. Other engines and plant are en route for the settlements. Pumping plant consists of a pumping barge, adapted to drive two 20-inch centrifugal pumps ; also two steam force pumps, and one 6-inch and one 18 inch centrifugal pump. There is also brickmaking plant, with shed 144 feet long by 54 feet wide. The brickmaking machine is calculated to put out 25,000 bricks per day. There is also a machine shop, 80 by 40 feet, with machine lathe, drilling machine, screw and bolt cutter, three forges, fan blast, and anvils. There is a general store, a number of private dwellings, a printing office, and a branch of the Com mercial Bank of Australasia is pro jected. Including the Chaffey Brothers, there is a staff of 19 ; then there are some 38 engineers, blacksmiths, machinists, carpenters, bricklayers, and engaged m- clearing land on day wages, 47 men on contract work, 32 settlers engaged on their own land, about 35 women, chiefly married, and about 60 children m all. On the river flats is a grey, sandy loam, the rising ground ad jacent to the flats is a red dandy loam, but the country a mite or two back seems to be of really superior quality; the surface is red loam, the subsoil a clayey loam, infiltration of lime an 4 partjy de composed limestope. Tjie pumps work well, and the soil is receptive and takes the water finely. Iho settjers them selves acquire proprietary rights for ever to water, etc., and they have the thing m their own hantjs. They hpve also started a newspaper, called the "Mildura Cultivator." Chaffey Bros, are dealing m the first placo with 80,000 acres 50,090 m Victoria and 80,000 m South Australia, e»ch being a distinct irrigation scheme m itself. The land is divided into 10-acro lots, and sold on oasy terms. The rich man can buy his land, and plant it if he wants to ; the man of moderate means can go m } and lastly, the poor man, if he is only willing to take off his coat, and means bus ness, can go there, get work, and gradually get his pla.ee" and build up" a!' home. Suph #, scheme of land settlement and improvement jjp profitable £o a private firm, and Chaffey B,ros. Bay they know what they are doing, should algo be profitable to a .djjJtript and to a Govern ment if it were set about iv a right manner. The irrigation jsts of South Australia and Victoria will make fertile half a million acres of land, and the difficulties are much greater than those to bp overcome m fertilising tho Canterbury Plains by # syptem pf irriga tion, These men take up half a niilhon acres of land, and they want it settled, and they go the right way about it. Settlement alone can pay them, and as the success of the settlers ip bound up m their own interests the assistance given is mutual and by co-operation between the landholder and the intend ing settler tho very best result m the interests of the colony is attained. All tho produce raised by settlers is taken by the Chaffey Brothers, at market rates) whether it is fruit or grain. Creameries, dairy factories, and other necessary industries will be starred. In fruit growing it is expected a revolution i will be effected, and there is little fear of America competing with the district m ifrip culture. It would seem as if this enterprising #rtn had solved the colonisation project, ana* as the gchenje is being taken to most kindly and heartily it is sure to be a success. A little of such capital and energy let loose up/jn the Ashburton Plains would ere long wprk a'ypn^rpus change m this

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

— . — _^> The next Inspeotion Parade of the Rifles and Guards is ordered for Tuesday, 19th tnst,, at seven o'cloolc. The Chairman of the To Aro Licensing Bench, jQ.t their annual meeting, said he would like to see the Act amended to pro Tent single men and women from hold^n^ a lioense, and also women whose husbands' ar« not living with them. ' ' Mr Yanderbilt, the American millionaire, has taken a house m Grosrenor Square for the season. ' It is being fitted up m -gorgeous stylo, regardless of expense. He has also tajf en over ,the lease of sfr \yinaria' Highland shootings to the pxjent pf eor^etbidg like

The annual meeting of the Ashburton Tradesmen's Raoing Club will be held on Monday evening at eight o'clock. A movement ia pn foot m Christchuroh to establish the social sooiety known m Mel bourne as •' The Owls." In that oity it is a bind of Savage Club, the meetings being frequented by artists, literary men and others of the fraternity of Bohemia. Every month what is called " a hoot " ia held, whioh is a smoke concert. Mr and Mrs W. K. Vanderbilt are said to have been frighted out of their Bavarian Oastle by ghoßfca. They have loa&ed the royal houße for several months, but only remained mit two nights. Their rest was disturbed by peouliar noises that could not be accounted for. The lease was given up, and the dis turbed oouple returned to Paris. The number of arrivals m the colony from the United Kingdom and the Australasian colonies for May was 923 and the departures 2119, of which .number 863 went to Sydney and 724 to Melbourne. 116 Chinese came to the colony and 22 left. The proprietor of a New York journal having put up for Parliament, hie loo al rival mentions the fact. In the prooess of mention ing it, it courteously alluded to the candi date's paper as the Champion Turncoat, the Judas Oraole, the Great Mormon Liar, the Sodom and Gomorrah Evangelist, and Brigham Young Advooate, and adds that it doesn't want to oreate ill feeling. What it does want to create is not mentioned. Ex-champion Hanlan tells a good Bhark story to " Turf, Field, and Farm." He says he caught one thirteen feet long, " and after we had landed him we opened the brute and found a gold watoh and chain, a pair of top boots, a shoulder of mutton, three dogs and & lot 'of tin cans, and the Lord knows what not. I never saw such a sight mmy life." It is quite evident that all novelists are not dead, The Government do not propose to abolish either of the present ooean mail services, but they think it worth considering, when the San Francisoo mail service expires m Nov., 1889, and the direot service m the month following, whether either of the routes should be subsidised. If the San Francisco mail servioe were abolished, and the mails were paid for at the rates now paid for the direct service, the saving woujid be only about £4000 a year. The " Taapeka Timea " ia responsible for the [following :—•« The children m a oertain up country school had occasion to complain lately of the water ia the school tank. The Committee ordered to have it cleaned out, when among the oontents were found a dead cat, one boot, two caps, a girl's bonnet, a doll, a ball, a hymn-book, a paroel of love letters tied with crape, ' My Love ' waltz, a lady's bustle, a fifth reader, a Latin grammar, and the programme of a dance committee. An incident which goes to Bhow that our Auckland winter sun is by no means devoid of heat occurred one morning recently m a suburban district (says the " Star.") A gentle man had got out his buggy m the morning preparatory to coming to town, when he was surprised to observe that the oandle m the buggy lantern was lighted. This he proved to have been caused by the sun's rays, whioh falling upon the bevelled glass of the lantern at a certain angle, produoed suffioient heat to ignite the wick. The Rev W. Baumber, of Napier, speaking on Church membership, at the General Wesleyan Conference at Melbourne, said that if the attendance at olaas meetings was insisted upon it would shut out many estim able and hardworking members of the church. A law that was inoperative was harmful, and should be amended. The door of admission to their church membership was actually narrower than the entrance to the heavenly kingdom. It was raising a human institution over a Divine ordinanoe. Football, played under some circumstances, must be very interesting, as may be judged from the following paragraph, whioh is taken Irom lne fashionable London journal, the " Morning Post '.' : — Easter Tuesday the people of Workington witnessed the annual football match between the colliers, sailors, and ironworkers. About 300 men were engaged on eaoh side. The game is played at Working ton every Easter Tuesday, and is probably unique. There are no rules, but the men j o™ 16 ' 1 "^^ 8 * nto l^ e slream or of play. The ordinary meeting of the Canterbury Crown Lands Board was held on Thursday. Seo. 712, Arowhenua, quarter aore, wes sold to George Hooper on deferred payment. The Chief Commissioner reported the sale, by by auotion, of deferred-payment sections ' 67 Bnd 68, Reserve 350, JHincla District, to F. Judd. Section 21, Reserve 1650 ; and section 29, Reserve 1381, Rangitata, were let on per petual lease to A. Priddlo. The Ranger reported cases of non-residence, and several other breaches of the Land Aot, and handed m reports on various village settlements, Bqard agreed to take actipn tp have the law cqmplied with. The special correspondent of the " Dunedin Star" writing, i rota Wellington says :— No doubt our politicians often address their con | Btituents from the floor of the House, but they seldom have the candor to. acknowledge the faot. Mr Buxto,n, member for Rangitata, is an exception to the rule. Addressing the I House, be remarked that, as he might not be able to get together a meeting of his con* Btituents, he thought it better to now make any remarks he wished them to hear, m whioh case copies of •• Hansard " could be sent to his friend*'. The older members roared at the hon. member's simplicity, but luckily he gave them no cause> for complaint on the ground of prolixity. At the Skating Rink last night there wag a very large attenSanoe, and the merriment went on apace. '.Phis evening & wheelbarrow race will be Ihe pece do resistance and as great amusement is derivable from this there is Bjare, td'be a good mußter to' see the sport. The admission ' \o "the ' rink will be one shillpg and Bkatet will be given out free. The management has deoided to fix the 27th as thp date ot the fancy dregs 'carnival of Which so muoh has lepn hoard, ft is pretty sure tq be a 'success. Mr Ross, the manager pf the Pompany here has taken a large Ijajl m Sydenham, and intends as sopn as the aeoeaaary improvements are effected to open a rink there. Profesaor Greenwood left the other day to open tae Company's rink at Blenheim, and at several other important centres the syndicate has secured the leases of the buildings best suited for skating rink pujfpogeg. At the last meeting of the Oity Council, a somewhat curious point under the lioensing law was discussed m oommittee. ! At the annual meeting of the City Licensing Oommittee, certificates of renewal were wanted to Mrs Ifnholaon (Universal Hotel), Mrs Roche (Gridiron Hotel), and Mrs Mcc (Peacook Hotel), there being no opposition to the applioattena. Adams Bros., however, wrote to the Corporation, pointing out that, m a case deaided m the Supreme Court m March last, Mr Justice Williams had laid down that married women are not qualified to hold a license under the Aot, and warning the Coinoil against receiving the fees for these lbenaos. 'Messrs Adams Bros.' letter X7OB referred to the city solicitors for their 6plnlonj and they adyiaed that the Town Clerk slould refuse the lioenso ieee, when tendered by the three licensees referred to. After alengthy discussion, it was resolved, Crs Oohn and Sinolair dissenting, to author ise the .'own Clerk to acoept the fees.

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Friday, June 15, The Council mat at. 2.30 p ra. THE HONORARIUM. Mr M*utell m ived that tha lettera laid on the table In connection with the Parllamsmory Elotio?ariani and Privileges Act 1887, from the Colonial Treasurer to Vlr Hart, Mr Martin, Me Buckley, and Vie Piiarez?n. bo printed. The motion WBS "-greed to on the voices. ODLIN MOTH BILL. The adj >nrnod debtto on the ue<nod reading of tho Oodlln Moth Bill wan oon dnued Dr Pollen's amendment that the Bill be road thla day six months, was carried by 15 to 10. The ODUnoil roae at 5 p.m. till Monday.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Fbidat, J unb «15 • AFTERNOON SITTING. The Honsn m/it at 2 30. MOKAU JONES* CLAIM. A d'scasaion lasting up to the 5,30 p.m, adjournroant took place on this casoj

EVENING SITTING.

Tho House resumed at 7.30 p.ro, CUSTOM DOTI«S BILL IN COMMUTES. The Oastoms Duties Bill was farther con side rod In Committee. Clause 4, primage duty of 1 pet cent on all goods, wares and marchandlae imported Into the Colony. The wojxU ''fair market value thereof" wore struck out and " true and real value thereof ' inserted. The remainder of the clauses were paßaed without alteration. A new olauae was added, providing that every pack of playing cards made m the colony shall be stamped aa the Commis sioner may diteofc, and any person who aella, uses, or h»s poaaeaaion of any paoka of ords so made and not Btamped, Bhall be liable to & penalty not exceeding £50 ; bat auoh penalty shall not be imposed for cards leaned prior to the paeslog of this Act. Another new clause was added to the effeot that whenever It ehall be prored to the satisfaction of tne Collectors that ddty paid materials have been used m the construction of machinery of any kind exempted from Cuatoma datiea, it shall be 'awful for the Collector to grant to the maker of such maobinery a refand of duty other than the primage duty piid on raa'erlals so need. A farther new clause wag proposed pro viding that m tho oaße of any Collector being saliefied that any grain mill, or mill for the manufacture of textile fabrics, was m ooarae of erection prior to May 30 last, then on the arrival of maohinery for each mill In the colony, It shall be lawful for the Government to order that it be admitted free of duty, except primage duly. A n9w clause wan proposed exempting maohinery for grain mills or textile fabric mills, intended for mills m course of erection prior to M*y 30th, from the operations of the new tariff. Same members wanted to postpone the olanao until after the schedule had been dteposed of, bat this was not allowed. Mr Braoe wished to exempt sawmills, but the Treasurer objsoted. Chher exempti ns of a similar character were suggested without avail, and the clause was passed wljh the provision that bocK machinery be landed la tha colony within six raontha. The schedule containing the items of the new tariff was then taken into con* atderation. Acetic a?ld was altered from 3d to lid per Ib. * 2 Effervescing beverages were »dded to tba item, "« rated waters, 20 per cent." Item— Apparel ana "ready ~araae~oToSE-~ las, etc , 25 per cent Mr Tanner moved to reduca the duty to the old rata, 15 per cent, Mr Soddon moved to strike out ''cotton and linen " goods from the item. Mr Reeves (St Albanß) asked the Premier to raise the duty on alike. Mr Bjetham and Sir John Hall strongly supported the suggestion. The Premier would not objeot, but was afraid that if they raised the duty too high he would not get any revenuo. He thought it would be better to leave this alone and raise the- duty on piece silk, Mr Smith spoke atrenu'oqsly against imposing Buph a burden on the poorer olasaea as this 25 per cent duty would ii fjict. The Premier said he oould not agree to the redaction proposed by Mr Tannor as ifc would upset the whole of the tariff. He would oonalder the propriety of rais ing the duty on piece silk-. Mr Seddon*3 amondment was lost by 48 to 30, and Mr Tanner's by 44 to 31. Pern passed untouched. Dried Rpplos-ld per lb.— Struck out. Blankets— 2o per cent. The Premier was pressed to make it 25 per cent to prevent the dishonesty of tradera who palmed eff indifferent Im ported goods as colonial, but he declined on the ground that to separate blankets from other soft-goods would oauae too much confuaioa. Boots, shoes, etc— 2o per oant. D/r Hodgkibson moved to reduoe the duty to l§ per gent. ' Lost by 43 to 2j[> Candled pepl, ad per lb, was withdrawn for fnrfher consideration. Carriages, etc. — 20 percent. After aome discussion the item was held over. • . ■ Ohaffouttera, corn otuahors, and shelters — 20 per oent. Mr Anderson moved to reduce this JO percent. . Lost by 44 to 31. Cotton, linen and silk piece goods— 2o par oenj;, The Premier said ho would reconsider this. Cotton, linen, allk and other textile manufactures not otherwise enumerated— ■ 80 per oent. Struck out. Drapery, made up. The Premier said this would have to be reoinaiderod, alao drapery not otherwise enumerated— 2o por oent. Earthenware, stoneware, and brown ware—2o per cent. Mr Barron moved to strike It out. Lost by 46 to 19. Ostrich feathers and firearms wore reserved for consideration. Fire engines and hose— 2o per cent, Tho Premier said he prop'daed to atrike this out, and pat all fire engines on the free Hat. The frtiit Items were reserved for further consideration. Furniture and cabinetwtre— l6 percent. The Premier moved to Insert! the words ♦•not otherwise enumerated and other" than now " l > r Carried. Fura, 20 per cent, was reserved. Progress was reported, and the House rode at 12 4Q a.m. "

INTERPROVINCIAL.

♦ (Per Press Association.) Auckland, Jane 15. Copies of the Financial Reform Attoola' tlon'g report on the Colonial Tresaarar'a Bridget have tern forwarded to the Government and members of the Honse of RepreeePtaUves. Wellington, June 15. John McLean, a settler at Manala, w»s lost whilst cattle hunting on the elopes of Monnt Egmont, In the bash from Monday aitll Friday last week, subsisting on borrlea and part of the time on the flash of cattle killed. Tho weather was very severe and when McLean reached ft Battler's honae he had nearly lost the power of epeeoh; Twice after travelling a time he found himself back at the point where he had shot a beast. Captain Bandall wires from New Plymouth to theUndorwrltera^Aosoolatlon: " Boarded tbe Hawea this morning andl found the bottotn owed In trader the engine room, the fannel parried away and the deck started. The upper work !i holding together, but will break up shortly. Floating Is now hopeless. A heavy swell is causing the vessel to work through the aand on to a rooky bottom. 1 r Dunedin, Jane 15. The Taapeka Reform Aseo :latloa carried a resolution Btrongly objsotlng to the tariff as being a hardship on the produoars of the colony, namely, the mining and agricultural Industries. Considerable as tonishment was expressed locally at Mr Blown pairing for Ministers on the tariff* At a special meeting of the University Council to consider the Fair Rent Bill It wan pointed ont that the University wm affected, and stood In a unlqne position, aa the whole of its lnoome was derived from land. A High Sohool oould raise its feei, a Harbor Board its dues, and a Corpora tion its rstes, but the Council had only iti rents. It had made fixed engagements, and tome Professors were eleoted for life, and this Bill might result m taking away its moans to fulfil its engagement!. A Committee was appointed to draw np reasons for objecting to the Bill to ba /submitted to Parliament. Blvtt, Jane 15. Dr Gaze, ft saloon passenger on the Manspoarl, was arrested at the Bluff, charged with wife desertion at Christ* oh or oh. He was acoompalned by a woman said to be his housekeeper. Ha will be brought before the Jastlcea aad remand« 4 to Ohriatohnroh. > .

DEATH OF THE EMPEROR

— ; — ■■ ■ 4' ■ " ■ . :'■ : HIS END WAS PEJLCEV HIS FAMILY AROUND THB DEATHBED [BY BLECIRIO TBLBGBAPH—OOriBJQHT.I ~ (PBR PBBSS ASSOCIATION.) Berlin, June 14/ The Emperor's lungs are much in* flamed. He suffers no paia and is conscious. June 15, 5.5 •.m. The Emperor is weaker. The secre tions from the throat are impeding breathing All hopes .are now aban doned. . - : I-.:';. ' :. r - London, Jane 14. Intense gloom overspreads England, and reports are received stating^ that Berlin is wrapped m sorrow at the Im pending fate of the Emperor who is said to be quite resigned. He is suf fering from convulsive fits and swoons, which rapidly succeed each other. All the theatres m Berlin are closed. London, Judo 15. The Prince of Wales has received a telegram from -Potsdam stating that the death of the Emperor is imminent. (Reoelved Juno 15, 1.45 a.m.) Berlin, June 15. During the night the E/nperor's slumber was' disturbed by fits. At 3 a.m. the'weakness increased alarmingly, though the Emperor was still conscious almost to the last. At 10 a.m. there were no signs of suffering, and at 11 a.m. his Imperial Majesty passed quietly away m the presence of his family. (Received June 16, 12.2gp,nj.) S?DNBr, Jane 16 Universal sorrow is expressed at thfl % death of the Emperor, and flags m the city and on the shipping are flying half mast.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[P*b Pbbss Association J

THE STANLEY EXPEDITION.

Berlin, June 14. News has been received from the Arabs at Kenshassa, Upper Congo, that Stanley's party encountered a force of hostile tribes. After a fight half of his escort deserted.' Tjpplf faUgd tq keep bis promise to send" convoys for $tanjey. ' " J • * <f

•' - «b — -sr ' f London, June Ift. It is feared that the reported en counter between Stanley's expedition and the hostile tribes may have been a more serious affair than at first slated, and that the worst has not been revealed. V; .

COMMISSIONER.

London. Jane 14, Mr E. Eddy, Assistant Manager of the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow) has been appointed Commissioner of the New South .Wales Railways at a salary of

AUSTRALIAN.

(Pkr Pkess Association.)

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, Jun» 15, The sculling match, Wulf v Searle, for was rowed over the cham pionship course to day, and was won by Searle by twenty lengths. Time aitnin 23^secs. ••■ «.'•*•' 11 -The New Soijth NatianaJ League Convention has passed a reso lution regretting the actipa of his Holiness the Pope m respect to the plan of campaigned urging continued action on the part of that organization^

QUEENSLAND.

"" Brisbane, June J5, The schooner Alert has been wrecked at the Louisia|de Archipelago.' l crew were all°sayed. ' At a Malay ■festival, held at Nor rnanton, one fiamed Sfeede yis seized with frenzy and ran a-mqclf. IJefqrs he was captured he had stabbed three" whites named Fitzgerald, Merega, and Davis, who have since succumbed to the injuries received. A Malay digger and others were wounded.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 16 ; 1888



Moon's Sun Sun Moon Moon ngo nt June Hiecs. Set?, Rices Hits. uoon. a.m. p.m. 11 Monday .. 7.33 4H6 8.20 550 1 13 Tuesday .. 7.33 426 9.10 6.43 3 13 Wednesday .. 7.33 4.2G 9.57 7.39 3 14 Tlmrsdey .. 7.34 4.25 10.37 841 4 18 Friday.. .. 7.34 4.26 11.13 9.45 6 16 Saturday ... 7.34 42G 11.45 10.53 6 p m. 17 Snnday .. 7.35 4.26 0.17 » • 7



High Date. Shade. m State of weather, low high Sun. Saturday 25- 58- 112- Fine, oalm Sunday 30- 52- 83-  „ Monday 37* 57- 78- Overoast N.W. Tuesday 35- 63* 48- Showers „ Wed'day 31* 61* 112- Fine „ Thur'aay 34- 60- 110-  „ Friday 30- 50" 108- „ S.W. loan— — — — — — — — — w— bwhj



" Boohu-Paiba."— Quiok, complete oure, all annoying kidney, bladder, and urinary iseases, At chemists and druggists* Kemp* thome, Prossor, -and* G0.,1 Agents' Obriiu church. 'v- . ■■... »;.,. ...^j'



OINXMENT' AND PILLS.— OId Wounda, Sores aridUlfaers.— IJaily b'tperierioe otaftrmd the faot whiqh has triuir :■ VVover all opposition f Qr moro than forty years, vis : that no meaqs are fenown equal' to IJollpway's remedies for curing bad legs, bad braaats, sores, wounds, diseases of the skin, erysipelas abscesses, burns, scalds, and, m truth, all maladies whero the skin is broken. To cure these lnfirmiihs quickly is of primary import, anoe, as eo-npu sory confinement indoors weakens the ge^ral health. The ready means of oure are found m Holloway'a Oint- ment and Pills, which heal the sorea and expel ibeir cause. In the very worst oases the Oiiitraont'has euooeeeed ia effecting a rorfcdt cure after every t)thw mtona had ailodiu gmng ,' a^



The est modioine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effeots m coughs, 1 oolds, influena, etc.— tho relief Is Instantaneous, Thoußads give the most gratifying testirndtfy. His Mffisty the King of Italy, and medioal syndicais all over the globe, are its patrons. Read th official reports that acoompany eaoh bottle. SVg hava no ocoasion to offer rewards 5? P**? o^ f^ ?,9n«inenesß of our'referenooß. The oloial " reports of njedioal qlinics and unlyereies, fclio oilioiarcdmmunioatjon of the Gpnsulferieral for Italy at'Mb'lbburrie'; the d»plprni awarded ' f nternatiorial Exhibition, Amsteiam— all theßo are ' aiithe'ntjo docu- ments, nd, as such, not open to doubt. We add hei epitome of one of the various oases Ireatedby Siegen, M.D., Professor, eto : Burniniof the right hand through the ex- plosion f a small oil Btove. The epidermis on the ilar and palmer side of the hand of the thty-year-old patient was completely aopavati and lifted up as far as the joint of tho 'hal. The likewise lifted nails were hanginpootte, and half of the phalan* of tho nail of be middle • finger was coaled. The woundßiua contracted healed ia three weeks under'dty applications of JjJucalyptio Extract dressing {The patient haslretftinedlthe full nsaof UhaQa; T (^Yt.J ' ' j, \



Wanted. WANTED Known— That Hayes and Co. has 250 Splendid Tweed Trousers Your plok for 10a 6d BOOTS. —Wo have reduced our Boot List, and are selling them wonder* | fnlly cheap.— H. 0. Seders, Melford House THE Aohbnrton Union Bible Clegs meets MONDAY Evening, 7 30., Templar's Hall. The paper on "Immor- tality " given at the previous m.etincr, will be repeated by special requaot, AU Interested are invited. 6 101 WINTER.— Wo are now shewing a Splendid Assortment of Ladies and Children's Ulsters In all the leading styles, very cheap. — H. 0. Segers, Melford Hoqso. V \7~ANTKD Known .—Melford Houae YV is now showing a splendid assortment of Drapery, Millinery, O'oth- [ag, Boots, &c t very cheap. BLANKETS, alightly stained— l have b ~ught n lot of heavy Anhbnrton make, which I must sail while the cold weather lasts. Come early as the price will cell them quick. — Ashburton Clothing Mart — R. Aloorkt. ""\irANTED— Everyone to come' and W Bee the nicest lot of Glaas, China, and Earthenware ever shown In Ashbnr- ton, and the Cheapest ever landed m New Zealand. Imported direct from the Mannfactnrers. — Robert Axoorn, Sann- deca' Ball dlng 9 . 3HI WANTED Cash, — Mutr's Oatmeal (251 b), 2a 6d ; Candles, 5d ; Vestas, 5d doz. ; Coffee and Milk, Is j Cocoa and Milk, Is ; Corn Flour, 4d ; Fruits m Syrup (2lb tins), la. Crockery, Glassware, and Ironmongery.— J. Mc- Gregor, Tattered street. WANTED Known.— Cheap Jack hat opened a shop In Oompton's Buildings, Moore street, with a large stock of Fancy Goods, Crockery, Music, &c, vhfoh he will sell at Cheap Jack , prices, vis., 30 per oect onder any other shop m town. ! WHAT WILL IT COST TO PBINTI THE Centennial Publishing Company undertake to revise und prepare Manuscript for PUBLICATION, either m serial or book form. Estimates and De- rgns furnished GARNET WALOH l™ ;fftra NAT. J. BARNET } E™ o "- Melbourne, Premier Chambers, 7 Colling Street W. 5 If 2 TO THE LADIES OF ASHBURTON. Misses Morrison & Holloway dkeßs and mantle '.makers Tanorbd Stbbki ASHBURTON. 5 169 TpVENING CLASSES are being held Jjj at my Office, Montgomery 1 !! Build- ings, Burnett Street, on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS, from 7 to 9 p.m. Architectural, Pictorial, Moclel, and all branches of Freehand Driwiog, etc, are being taught, E. M. BLAKE, 4 160 Architect: ASHBURTON "GUARDIAN.*; DUNBDIN AGENCY. luTR R, T, WHEELER, Stafford Btreet, Dunedlo, has been appointed oar Agent and> will be able to arrange terms with advertisers foe contract advertise- ments. NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. HALLENSTEIN~BROS. & CO. CLOTHIERS, OUTFITTERS, TAILORS, HATTERS, GEN TLEMEN'S MERCERS. Buits from OWS |^D very strong „ «• Q7S CSV all pnre O / O Wool. Troneers from ~l f\& /}D Oolcn'pl L\J D Tweeds. Boja' Foita from -g (~\B f*D faithfnlly XU vl made. Al«o a ließh. sapply of E^y/a' Jersey Bnita to hand. Tho greatest attention is paia to thfi cut, style, and finieh of the abovo Garments. We alter onr Garment* FRF-E Of CHARGK. We register new Fixes daily, and therefore can gnaran-eo a perfect fit. We have made Great Redaction* fa «H oar Departments, m order to enable everybody to i encourage Now Zealand industry. ' HAT DEPARTMENT. ! Replete with the Choicest Goode, any shape, stylo, or sire m Stock. i TAILORING. ! 1 We have received a fr<eh Bit of sample" oi Tweeds, Hotfe, and Woreted Coatings, and wodld rcauoet all requiring a firat-claaß Suit, Oolonial Tweed, marie to measure for Hfty.nine j S i PLillings. t^ ent nat their ordece with ut, p&a offer yon 600 Patterns tojHelcecjfrow, !fi«d (ban jgive 3ou value nnturpa?sed. PIT, STYLE, AND WORKMANSHIP GUABAKTBED. Hosiery, bhiiis, (Scarfs, Ticb, Blankets, Rngs, ar.d evei) ar icle of wearing apparel m large variety, atd markud at euoh prices as will ensnro a quick Pale. See onr Windova, inspect onr Stock, and jndgo for yourselves. NBW ZFALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. W. H. WEBBER, Manager. TRY KIRKPATRICK'S SPECIAL QUALITY F RES H FRUIT -JAM S— NOTICE. OUR Special Quality "X" brand of New Season's JAM is made from Fresh Fruit, within a few houra after It has been gathered; it thus retains the full flavor of the Fresh Fruit, and <b the beet quality It Is. possible to make. CAUTION: None is Qenulne unless our Name is stamped on the Tin, and has our regis- tered Ttade Mark, the letter " X,"on the Label. S. KIRKPATRICK AND CO., MANUFACTURERS, NJELSON,



BEMOVAL NOTICE. WM. BAYLIS GENERAL STOREKEEPER, Junction of the Wakanul Road and Cameron 6treet, between Post Office and Mr Gamble's, faclDg the County Ooancll Avenue. fTTJILLIAM BAYLIS begs to announce ? ? to h!s Customers and the General Public that he has been foroed to remove from Saundera 1 Buildings to the above Prem'ass In consequence of the Bank having let hia shop m Saandere' Buildings to Mr Aioobn. W.Bi trusts tbat hie Customers will not be Inconvenieooed by the change of situation, as the new premises are an immenee improvement upon the old, and more centrally placed ; m fact, my Customers will be very pleased with the obange. In my new Premises I shall have a large and varied Stock of Groceries, Teas, China, Glassware, Hard- ware, Cutlery, Bruehwarp, Cheese, Bran, Sharps, Chaff, Potatoes, Flour, and every requisite of the trado, which will bs cold at the lowest fcssibljs prices Goods delivered daily. Families waited on for orders. Agent for the Wakanui Ffoar Mills Thb BrsT Flour Made 6*l WRITING AND COPYING INKS. Meek's Blue Black Writing Inks Meok'a Blue Black Copying lnku Meek'a Violet Noire Copying Inks Meek'B Commercial Black Jnk (All non-Corroaive.) We have been appointed Agents for the above-mentioned first class quality non- Corrosive Inks, and are supplying the same who'etiale and retail m any quantity at lowest prices We aro now ueing these Inks, and are no convinced of their superior quality that we will guarantee every bottle eoid by us, and refund the money if not ai represented. H. J. WOOD AISD CO., STATIONERS' HALL, Friodlnnder'a Buildings, Aahburton. Prico liet of W. J Mbkk's non-Corrosivo Inks, Writing Inks, Elue-black Ink Cguaranteed non Corrosive) : — 4oza 6d, 8r zs la, IGczi la 6d, 2Oozh 2f, 32ozu 33 f Theße inks have all the virtues of the blue-block writing fluids bo extensively used heretofore, viz., Fineness, FJuidily, I end Permanency, and m addition to theae [ th» black color of the best black inks now m the market. | The following is the report of the Go- vernment Analyst on the Jnk submitted j by W. J. Meek for Analysis :— " This is a good, well made Ink. It h less corrosive than Stephen's ink, and spreads easily, drying ultimately to a good full black. . "(Signed) w. Skey, „„ n , "Government Analyst. 11 20 th December, 1887." COMMERCIAL BLACK INK, suitable for Schools and ordinary purposes. COPYING INKVBlueblack or Violet Noire Copying :-4ozs 6d, Boza Ip, JGozs 2b, 2Ooza 2s Gd, 32ozs 4s. This Ink is as good m every reppect as a Copying Ink can b© ; It will give three clear copier immediately after writing, or one goo/ copy after a long interval. BOLD BY F. J. WOOD & CO., STATIONERS' HALL, CHBISTOHUBCH, ' ASHBURTON it TIMARU. WHOLESALE AND KETAIL. j 5 20 ]



GK J. F. Lublow, MERCHANT TAILOR, TANORED STREET, NEXT UNION BANK, HAB Just Received, by direct steamer, FIVE OASES OF NEW GOODS, for AotDQiD and Winter Wear, OonmtlDg of very Superior English and German TWEEDS and COATINGS, OVERCOATINGS, TRIMMINGS, etc. These Goods will be made up at specially Low Rates for CASH ONLY. 6+145 IN THANKING "^l I V Customers «n? Patrons for the .i.t! very liberal snpport they have co-ir-,,'" mr dnrfng ihe paßt nix yeatu > n.VVtf PLEASURE •••-, tr.f. rm!u.7 "em *bi»r to pnable xc to f -itb my cv r. L , r ,. w i ni , R nß j ueaß I HaVE DEOI ED t corr<n'r*te matters oomewhat, and lr> <>Bd t eiir - op my E'.«r otreet Branch, • ■ •» n b..»e my I-fasfuess under one roof and dirc'ly nr.d*r my prr eon »1 BNper- T»«i c 1 have made b Barnett street KXTB.-.rUVB ALTERATIQNB 10 Mto fta<»c- r veni-nceof my ' ustomen», •rd wh'ch will enable me to execute or >*n nlh greater deepstch. I therefore beg *o dr*»r the pobUo attention to ihe fact that as I hive a very Extensive Stock In, I have determined to let »H go »t GREATLY REDUCED PKIOES during the next Ten D*, H . The Balanoe will be sold by Public Auction on SATURDAY, JUNE 23bd. ALL MUST BE CLEARED « B L_r«V l BtocklD « m F Barnett street SbtablUbment with entirely New Goods. PBIOE LIST FOR TEN DAYS ONLY Toij 10s 6d, I2s, 13s 6d per box . i Bparkliog White Sugar, 2^d per lb x^ew Jam««, sjd per tin, or 5s per doz Cnrrnna, s|d prr lb Rauior, 6d per lb Candleo, 4}4 per lb Oarbona«« t>oda, 3d per lb Pickles, 7d per bottle Preeerved Bloaters, 8d per tin Arrowroot-, 6d per lb Marmalade, 7d per tin Fquaie Blue, Gd per lb Fresh Herring?, 6d per tin, or 6a 6d per d-z Tomato Sanee, 6d per bottle WorcesterßhireSauoj, 4d per bottle Pdre Vinegar, 8d per bottle Chocolate and Milk, 6d per tin Nail Rod Tobacco, 5i per lb Cadburys Cocoa, 9d per tin All value good at equally reduced pnoeß. For couvenience of our customers, D. McFarlane WHOLESALE AND FAMILY GRCOPR A6&BURTON. Ct 6



♦'Winter Drapery." "Winter Drapery." CALL AND SEE MITCHELL AND TURNER'S Drees Goads, Trimmings to match OALL AND SEE MITCHELL AND TURNER'S Ruga and Blankets , OALL AND SEE MITCHELL AND TURNER'S Flannels and Fianettes OALL AND SFE MITCHELL AND TURNER'S LadleV and Children's Ulsters and Jackets OALL AND SEE MITCHELL AND TURNER'S Shawls and Far Oapeß OALL AND J'*E« MITCHELL AND TURNER'S Mitt*., Gloves, and all classes Woollen Goode, Bplend'd Stcok OALL AND SEE MITCHELL AND TURNER'S Moos' asd Boys' Overcoats, Suite, Socks, Pants, and Shirts. SPEOIAL NOTlCE— Gentlemen wanting Salts to measure should oall and look ortt • first-olass lot of Home and Colonial Tvreed samples. Measure taken and fit guaranteed. N.B.— A splendid line of Tvreed Trousers at Al " Yalae " 10s 61. UOOTS. BOOT?. BOOTS. Nona bat firti-cUee makes kept ; a good article at a fair figure. MITCHELL AND TURNER, Tailored Street. THE STANDARD FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. WITH UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS. CfAPITAL-TseijOOC^OOO STERLING. HEAD OFFIdFT DUNEDIN. INSURERS have the most undoubted Security under this Company's Policies together with an assurance of Prompt and Liberal Settlement of Claims FIRE and MARINE RISKS accepted on all descriptions of Property and Merchandise also Crop, Stack, and Machine Risks at Lowest Kates of Premium, fidelity of Persons holding situations of trust guaranteed. OFFICE t HEREFORD STREET, OHRISTOHUROH. (Opposite Bank of New Zealand.) ARCHIBALD SCOTT, Manager for Canterbury. AJLBBBT EOBEItTS ,f^ AGENT, ASHJBURTON POTATOES! POTATOES! POTATOES! fpHB tJodewigned hai now for SALE, by B»gor per Ton, a splendid Hoe of Prime Blue Derwexxts, Grown on good ground, and warranted to give satisfaction. PLOUGH SHARES^ PLOUGH SHARES. iiANSOME and SIMS and HORNSBY'S, (ALL BIZ 53.) ANQLO-AMERICAN DRILLS. drain aw fjeld pipes. Champion White Seed Wheat i« LAUWJS UK SJHAJULT gUAWTITIHS, — GEORGE JAMESON ASHBURTON.