ATTEMPTED MURDER,

A SENSATIONAL AFFAIR.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH— COPYRIGHT]

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Melbourne, April 28. A sensational attempt at murder was made at Richmond last night. A young woman named Marcham, living apart from her husband received a telegram brought by a cabman requesting her to go to her mother who, it was stated waa ill. The woman was accompanied by the cabman to her mother's house. While alighting, her husband who ap pears to have been waiting, fired two shots from 'a revolver, one of j which penetrated her cheek and the other lodged m her neck. The woman is m the hospital. The cabman and husband made off, but the former was afterwards secured. The husband, who had previously threatened his wife's , life, has not been captured. The telegram employed m the affair was a bogus message.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

(BY BLEOTRIO TELKGBiPH COPYRIGHT.)

(Pbr Peess Association.;

April 28th, 15pm.)

COLONIAL LOANS.

London, April 27. The "Times" considers that the Queensland and New Zealand loans after the experience of New South Wales must be'immensely successful.

REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

Earl Dunraven m moving the second reading of the Reform Bill m the House of Lords said direct representation of the colonies m the House of Lords was not practicable. He approved of their Agents-General sitting m the House of Lords. Lord Salisbury opposed the motion and urged that it should be withdrawn. He announced that Gov ernment have prepared a measure pro viding for the creation of life peerages with power to expsl " black sheep." The Bill was accordingly withdrawn.

THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.

It is officially announced that the Pope has condemned boycotting and the plan of campaign as unlawful means to break the contracts made by the Land Courts, and because money available for the purposes of the plan of campaign is collected by extortionate methods.

(Be:eived April 28, 12 40 p m.)

BOTTLED WINES.

London, April 27.

The tax on bottled wines has been agreed to by a large majority. Mr Gladstone opposed the proposal, urging that the imposition of a such heavy duty would prove a great impediment to the Australian wine trade. Mr Goschen m reply said the colonies would not m the slightest degree suffer from the tax.

TURKEY AND GREECE.

\ CONSTANTINOPLE, April 27. The Government of Greece, prompted by Russia, accuses Turkey of persecut ing Greece*

THE QUEEN.

Berlin, April 27.

Queen Victoria today inspected the Prussian Guards. She left for England this evening.

THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

The Emperor's physicians believe that the crisis m his illness has been overcome.

FRENCH AFFAIRS.

Pakis, April 27

President Oarnot's tour m the south crn provinces is creating some curiosity, but there is little enthusiasm.

NOT RECALLED.

St. Pbtersbdbg, April 27. It is' denied that Count Khitrovo, Russian Ambassador at Bucharest, has been recalled,

(Received April 28, 2 p m ) -LOSS OF A VESSEL, Bejsbane, April 27. The schooner Friendship is- reported lost, with all bands, on the Northern Coast. A quantity of wreckage wiih the name of the vessel has been picked up on the beach.

SMUGGLING.

Melbourne, April 28

The passenger by the Oroya charged with smuggling jewellery has been fined £2$ and the smuggled articles ordered to be forfeited.

LORD WOLSELEY ON THE BRITISH NAVY.

Lord Woleeley presided at the annual dinner of the North London R fle Ulub, held at the Holborn Restaurant, recently. He said that, considering the duties the nary had to perform, and the Important Interests It had to guard, It could not be said we had a sufficient cumber of shlpß afloat. He waa one of those foolish people who believed In the possibility of invasion and if any disaster befell oar fleet our •hopes would be at once open to invasion, and the military forces would have hard work, If oar home fleet were defeated. there would at once be a ory to reoali every ship we had abroad, leaving the protection of commercial routes and the guarding of the means of food supply. He confessed to feeling strongly on this point, because the navy waa not near so strong as it should be. \n regarded the army, as far as It went It was m a very satisfac tory condition.

THE GOVERNMENT TARIFF PROPOSALS.

The Oamaru " Mall " \a " informed on ?;op4 authority that it Is ihe intention of he Government to iotroddoe a caatoms tariff next session that will be startling m magnitude. It is said, however, that the Government's design ia not to protect colonial industries but to raise revenue. tTo avow Bach a design Is a politic move, A large number of the Government's supporters are Freetrader^ and (t would b'd dlsagtrotfu Wthe Government to plainly state that they intend to tua't a policy of thorough-going Prot3Ction. Such people are to !I be satisfied with an avowil of the Government's intentions, whilst the plamour of the Protectionists is to be a|layed by a policy BntagonlaHp to that ipti&Uon, aid in 1 harmony with their views. The one will get the shadow, the ether the substance. It goes without taylDg that such a thorough revision of the tariff aa is eald to be contemplated will give rise to prolonged and vigorous debate, and that it will lead to important ph,»Dgwi lo the b>iange of parties?'

NOTES.

Fo there is really tia at Alford Forest ! after all. That is to say that the men of science, who declared against the exis tence of this metal m that particular locality are proved to know something less about the matter than the non scientific people \vho haye ail along maintained 1 that thoy had discovered the genuine article, We had not long ago a very learned disquisition which oon clusively proved tin at .Alford Forest to bo a geological impossibility, but there is no gettirfg over the logic of facts. The case is precisely similar to that of the man of law «nd the rustic w|io was doing penance m the village I stocks. The legal luminary argued m i vain that it was quite impossible that a ! man could be &o treated for the par ticular peccadillo with which he hsd been charged, the answer lt . But I am here," from the culprit himself being incontro vertible evidence to the contrary. So, though it may be possible that according to all recognised geological canons tin neither could, would, should, nor ought to have been found at Alford Forest, it is there all the same, and the scientists will now have the ' pleasing task of

I explaining the phenomenon. This they ! will now do quite satisfactorily to I themselves, but m view of the egregious mistakes so frequently made by these learned pandits, the public will soon begin to learn to take all their prophecies with the proverbial pinch of salt, except such prophecies as are made after the fact. We well remember the time when it was declared that there could be no payable gold m "Westland, and even the ime when it was contended that wheat coukl not be grown south of the Wai fcaki, hut have lived to see hundreds of thousands of ounces of the precious metal disprove the one statement, and millions of bushels of wheat grown at Oamaru, the Taieri, and elsewhere m Otago, disprove the other. But we may leave the geologists to take care of themselves, what the public will most care about is the fact that the metal sought for does exist, even if it be but m small quantity m the stone so far ob tained. For if there be tin there at all, there is no apparent reason why it should not exist m payable quantity, nay it is not impossible that there may be silver also. Those who have per sisted m the quest — Mr E. G. Wright and others — are to be congratulated upon the fact that they have declined to be discouraged by adverse scientific reports, and it is to be hoped that having proved one pomt — that of the metal's , existence at Alford Forest — they will follow it up by determining beyond all doubt whether or not it exists m payable quantity. If it does, then there is a good time m store, not only for them, but for the whole district.

To those who take an interest m the subject of remarkable coincidences, we may present a couple of instances which have recently been reported, and which are of a more than ordinarily noticeable character. The first is m connection with the case of Werrill, the railway gatekeeper, who recently lost his life while trying to rescue a child from being cut to pieces by a passing train. It now appears that Werrill himself was rescued only a few months before from a precisely similar danger, the particulars given by an exchange being as follows : — " On the morning of September 10, 1887, Werrill was at the Petersham Railway Station. Whether he was stationed there or not at the time is not clear, but on the morning m question the 8.40 through train had just made its appear- J ance round the corner near the bridge, travelling at a terrible rate. Werrill, who was a heavy and rather a cumber some man, happened at the time to be crossing the line. He missed his foot ing, and fell right across the line. In a few seconds he would have been cut to atoms, had not the stationmaster heroically jumped off the platform, and, by a superhuman effort, lifted the fallen man out of danger. It was the work of a moment, and the stationmaster narrowly missed being killed himself." It is strange indeed that poor Werrill should have suffered the death, while endeavoring to save the life of another, from which he was saved only a few months previously. The other coin cidence, happily not of the tragic sort, is still more curious. An English paper received by the last mail contained a paragraph headed " The Biter Bit " which was reprinted by us m last issue, m which we were told how v pick-pocket m an English provincial town had re

lieved a lady of her purse, and m the act of so-doing left m her pocket a diamond ring valued at at least £30. Almost on the same day (within a day or two of it at anyrate), news arrived from Melbourne that a young lady riding m a tram car m that city had had a precisely similar experience, the value of the ring m this case being, however, set down at £40, while, still more remarkable, the contents of the lady's purse m both instances amounted to exactly the same sura samely 2b. Query though, was there any coincidence at all, or did an Australian paragraphist seize upon the English incident, and take the liberty of locating it m Mel bourne on the principle of making your own local news if there is otherwise none

to record ? This last seems a likely sup position, but if it be a mistaken one then the exactitude of the coincidence is very remarkable. Anyhow, the moral is clear, via. : — He that takes to pocket picking should eschew tho wearing of diamond rings, or at least should see to it that they fit too closely to drop off Into ladies' pockets.

We don't want to be hypercritical, and wo are quite aware that the drawers-up of official documents, from the Queen's speech down to s, School Repoyt, are allowed coneiderable latitude with regard to the use or abuse of the Queen'B English, but we feel constrained to eutor our protest against the crystallisation as part of the accepted English of the New Zealander of the future of slangy Colonial colloquialisms. It is baa enough to find tha£ the entire rjsii^g generation oj the Colony is abandoning the old-fashioned form of greeting which wishes " Good -morning " or "Good day," or hails an acquaintance with the national " How do you do ?" m favor of the ugly « Hallo" I" (or " Hollo 1", as it is pronounced) which is* made to servo for all purposes and on all occasions ; but what can't bp oured must, we suppeao, perforce bo en dured, But we protest against the use of such an ugly phrase as " roll-up " or " rolling-up " being substituted for the word "attend" or " attending" m the official repoyt of a public body. Yet a pertain (School Committee the other day m its report to the Annual Meeting of Householders " regretted tho lack of interest displayed by parents noirolling up better at the School Concerts." The term is all very well for the first days of 1 a diggings, when plenty of gold means plenty of drink and ". rolling " becomes the properly descriptive term for the mode of procedure of tho avcrago popu lation, but m theso days, and m our own sober and well-ordered township where there is little gold and less drink, and happily still less unsteadiness of gait on the part ot our citigens, wo pro test against its employment, especially m connection with a reproof to parents for not " rolling-up " sufficiently.

A POLITICAL VOICE FROM PENTON VILLE.

MR OUfINENOHAME GFUU4.M TO TOE LIBERAL PARTY. January's 'Contemporary" contained

a p*per, it v ill be rememborefl, on the

I " Prospect of the Liberal Party, " by Mr j Haidsne. Jt whs quiat and perhaps a

! Mttle puplltanJmDns. Mr R. Cunnfnghrmft i Graham follows tt v? m the February

number wi'h h. short d'acouree on the question, " Baa the L'beral Pa-ty a .Fatnre ? " wrUton m a Radical, a on ra?eoua, an almost rollicking spirit. The article h, however, rather pessimistic. " I doub'," says Mr Graham himself, " all optimistic v'ews. I bflieve thnt nev^r before m England have the relations between the S ate and the people b3en bo intimate and utralnt'd, I doub 1 ; whether the ep!rit nf Hate and Fear animating the one, and the epiritof Menaos and Discon tent the other, have ever encountered each other before with such violeot pressure &s at this moment. The people dislike and distrust politlc'anp, Liberal as well as Tory. They Have begun to realise what manner of men these are to whom they so tamely saVmit to rule them, and the sud mission is being lit tip Into onqairiaa and ugly quaetlons, which are being a«ked a f this moment m every workmen's club m the lend," But if Mr Graham la pessi mistic, at least he speaks ont his mlod straightforwardly. " Has the Liberal party a future ? " he nnks, and answers : —

If tho Liberal patty is to be the pirty of humanity tha party that Uto redress uocial ineqculitiep, to make epual Jawa, to remove the stigma of poverty, to check vice In high places, to allow man to make as rich by thefc work without our taxing them before they begk, to stand between thß employer and the employed, the landlord and the tenant, (ho poor and the polloe, why, then may it live a thousand years. But, an it will not do this why. let it go, m God's name, and rebate itself to the limbo of all worn-oat parties ! That the old Ib passing away Jb, of course, since time was time, a truism : bat it fa because the Liberal party seems indt<poßvd to ftdinit this, and ia Reeking to restrain the new ideas la old brain pane, that tha children'd toeth are being set on edgo with the sour grappa of individualism, the stotnpehs ory out for a satisfying meal of Socialism.

Mr Graham polo's out tint the labor Interest is beginning to succeed by adopt ing the methods whioh havo led the Irish party to victo»y~- fighting fur their own hand : —

That the Slate la at some peculiar turn ing-point of its history — that the enfran chisement of the working man and the power it glvt a him is being realized by his accommodating At- P.'j, Mr Haldane proves to na. He says that nearly all the Scotch members who represented mining constituencies voted In favor of the eiaht honrß clause, independently of party— mark that ! - and adds, " Indeed m soma of these constituencies the choica for the member lay between doing so and most seriously endangering hia seat." Now, can any one seriously think that these men voted for this clauße conamore ? No;' they knew that If they did not the miners had the power, ihe strength, and the organisation to throw them oat. If thin la wrong, then the whole system of ihe franchise fa wrong ; but if It is right, what ia to become of the Liberal part; m the future ? Will it, as a* party, go on from step to step and from trade to trade, as they btcome organised, voting to retain its power while limiting the principle, or will it frankly at once recognfce that it only exists for the good of the peoplo, and not for its own benefit? . . , Long ere thia, those of the Liberal psrty who have any perception most have been pre pared for this movement. Did any sen bible body of men imagine for an instant that a class of men like the miners, wheag conditions of labor are bo exceptional, and whose facilities for organisation sva co extensive, would be content to ait down quietly with the franchise In their posses sion, either not using It or merely using it to return A. ot B. to power? The miners argued thus : we wanted an Eight Hours Bill, we saw at once that only a demonstration of foroj would constrain any considerable body of man to v.ne tor it. They aaw clearly that between Liberal capitalise and Tory aristocrat the miner Wvu'.d be left as before In his darkneßs every hour of the week m a narrow seam

for an ndffinite number of hours per day. They knew that the Roman miner, though a slave, was at lea^t well fed and cared for while he bad strength to work, and they saw that they, In spite of Christianity and Liberalism, were treated as but parts of the machinery of the mine, tvlth thia difference, that the mxohlnery had coßt money and they had not. What wonder, therefore, that, having appealed from Tory demands to Liberal sympathy, they fell back upon themselves !

Will not others do likewise ? thinks Mr Graham. Then, after attacking ralue^al rents, and urging the estenaiop of the principle of that attack In the direction of land nationalisation, he cendadea thus : —

The new democracy eeeraa not to reverence Liberalism an we once knew It, but Gladstone. . « . Nothing but tha deepest scorn _1b manifest for thoße timorous, miserable, invertebrate animals who, while posiug as liberal li'adorp, are really Tories at heart ; who have seen the poor bludgeoned and outraged m London, the croftere driven to desperation, the Welch farmers Infuriated, and have said not a word ; too timorous to rlak a news paper reviling, too utterly empty to be ablo to face the pin -prick of public opinion, bo that an Immediate collapse brings aboot one thing only — at any price and at any coßt return to Downing street, and a fat Balary— incompetent leaden?, aB useful to a democracy as a bliod d°g to & blind beggar ; aa utterly liliboral arid far lees honest than tho mcßtantiquatad Tory, content, for hia aole funstlon, to endeavor to force down people's throats their ahallow and petty schemoa-which oan reault alone m their own personal achievements. The Liberal party, Mr Graham euma up, must get rid of theso nobodies nnd show that It has no fear of modern thought. L. must pledge itself to an Eight Hour's

Bill, iretitnle a municipality for London,

nationalise the land, and commence pubUo vforka for the unemployed j and then, if it has good luck, it may regain the confi dence of the democracy — that is to say, if some other party has not been beforehand In the field.— « Pall Mall G zatte."

POISON IN THE ASHES

MANY people believe that Nafure has somewhere a remedy for every disease So many and so terrible are the ills of life, and so slight the pleasure we get as time flies past, that such a belief is the least we cai show m a gncious and all-wise Providence. A few remedies —but, alas, how few! — have been found. Others, so far, lie hidden from human inquiry. Occasionally death follows quickly on the heels of the cvil — an illustra tion of the dangerous character of the ailment to be relieved.

For example, Nervous Dyspepsia is a com paratively neiv disease, growing out of the conditions of modern life. It is a joint affec tion of the digestive organs and cf the nervous system. These two were formerly treated as separate ailments, acd it was left for the clear sighted thinkers to prove that the b->sis of this tenible and often fatal complication lies chiefly m the disordered and depraved functions of digestion and nutrition. They reasoned thus : " If we can induce the sronvch to do its work, and stimulate the excretive organs to drive out of the body the poisonous waste mattei. which rema'.ns after the life-giving elements of the food have been absorbed, we shall have conquered Nervous Dyspepsia and Nervous Exhaustion." And they were right. Know ing the infallible powei" cf Seigel's Syrup m less complicated though similar diseases, they resolved to test it fully, m this. To leave no ground for doubt, they prescribed the remedy m hundieds of cases which had been pro nounced incurable — with perfect success m every instance where their directions as to Jiving and diet were scrupulously followed. Nervous Dyspepsia and Exhaustion may almost be called a peculiarly English disea c. To a greater or Jess extent half the people of this country suffer from it — both sexes and all ages. In no country m the world are there so many insane asylums filled to overflowing, all resulting from this alarming disease. Its leading symptoms are these ; frequent or con tinual headache ; a dull pain at the base of the brain ; b?d breath ; nauseous eructations ; the rising of sour and pungent fluids to the throat ; a sense of opp'ession and faintness at the pit of the stomach, flatulence; wakeful ness and loss of seep ; disgust with foo J even when weak from the need of it ; sticky and slimy matter on the teeth or m the mouth, especially on rising m the morning ; furred and coated tongue ; dull eyes ; cold hands and feet ; constipation ; dry or rough skin ; inability to fix the mind on any labor or calling continuous attention ; and oppressive and sad forebodings and fear.

All this terrible group Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup removes by its positive, power ful, direct, yet painless and gentle action upon the functions of digestion and assimilation. Those elements of the food that build up and strengthen the system are sent upon iheir mission, while all waste matters (the ashes of life's fire) which, unremoved, poison and kill, are expelled from the body through the bowels, kidneys, and skin. The weak and prostrated nerves are quieted, toned, and fed by the purified blood. As the result, health, with its enjoyments, blessings, and power, retu-ns to the sufferer, who had perhaps abandoned all hope of ever seeing another well day.

Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup is for Pale by all chemists and m:dicine vendors, and by the proprietors, A. J. White, Limited, 35, Farringdon Road, London.

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H. Mat son and Co. ? \u25a0 NEXT.CHERTSEY PALE ? Tab -a p'oce on MONJDAT, 14th MAT. t H. MATSON & CO. j > j TyE have for Sale, for Etrly Fted, CAPE BAULKY AND RYE COJKN. Will give as good results as TUBNIPS. H. MATSON & CO., Ashburton.' TO EXPERIMENTAL FABMERS, have a Bample of CHAMPION WHEAT, SPECIAILY IMPORTED, Which we are giving away m small qmn. titles, but lfc must be aown and reaulto reported. Hi MATSON & CO., Ashbarton. WE HAVE FOR SALE OR TO LET. A GENERAL STORE (In Chertaey) doing a pood business. No Good- will. Stock at Valuation. No opposition. Profitable business; good opening for energetic man. For particular appiy H. MATSON & CO., Aohburton. TO THE] FARMERS OF OHERT3EY DISTRICT. HAVING leased the SHEEP DTP at the Saleyards I am prepared to Dip flocks of under 500 head at l£d, over 600. lid per head. Using Murton and W hiteß composition . — "no cube no pay. ;> Start dipping on 16th April and would like to finish within a fortnight if possible, Would Farmers kindly enter Sheep with Mr J^mbs Pattebson, Chertaey t * D. THOMAS, Ashburton* FOR SALE. SEVERAL GOOD FARMS CHEAP LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIEE INSUEANOE COMPANY. WE have bee-x appointed Agents for 1 he above Company, and are now prepared to take risks on Buildings, Stock and CVops at current rates. H. MATSON & CO;, Ashburton; *\u25a0 I have oeon appointed Agent POX THE Mercantile Finance Co., CHRISTCHURCH, Wl/o are prepared to advance Money BILLS OF SALE, MORTGAGE OF STOCK, [CROP LIENS, or other Seonrltr. D. THOMAS. .., SWfi ARE APPOINTED Sole Agents From Bnka T a to Eangitata •*oa MURTON AND WHHB'S. Prize Sheep Dip Placed Ist by the Canterbury A. and Association after an exhaustive trial. H. MATSON & CO. Ashbuiton- . _^~ Agricultural Implements. WE ARE APPOINTED SOLE AGENTS IN ASHBURTOJR FOB Messrs BOOTH, MoDONALD & Co JCarlyle Implement Woiks, OhHs'.chceh; |,Sami;iß Implements on kandl Inspeotion lavited. H. ¥ATSON & CO. LAshburtODt



I Pnb'-c Notice- -5 \u25a0();;. ET. — Uouati m P.uk »treet, oon * ti'nin^; Flva B ..mi, drollery anc Pantry, at pr^asr.f \u25a0•\u25a0'\u25a0npiecl "!:y Mr J Qiniue Apply to CO. Fook-:. 4Wt i John vie k why CASH BUYIiR OF PIGS AXD A ' THOROUGHLY PRA.OTIGA.L BUTCHBr AND BACON CURB ft. TT>EGS to announce to the resident 13 of Ashb^rtou anrl D'strun ihnt be ' I has eucceoded m prooorlng a aaitabk eel ar for the ! BACON CURING BUSINESS \u25a0 And Is no* prepared to exooute orders , m tbat line, and oan guarantee eatisfac^ion i and despatch. Orders left et the Pork Batohery, Eaßt Street will have prompt attention. johFVickeey. 4 157 ASHBURTON GLASe, PAINTS, AND PAPER HANGINGS WAREHOUSE. ri^HE Undersigned, having told his 1 Stock-iD-Trade and Goodwill of tho above Business to James Craigie, of Timaru, begs to thank his Men 's and the public for the support accorded to him for the past eleven years, and solicits a continuance of the same to his successor. J. B. CHAPMAN. James Oraigie PAINTER, GLAZIER, PAPER HANGER SIGNWKITER, &c. and DIRECT IMPORTER, OF ALL THE REQUISITES OF THE TBADE, HAVING taken over the Business of Mr J. R. Chapbian, I beg to inform the public of Ashburton and District that 1 will keep a Painter's and Paperbanger'a Btock io keeping with the size and importance of the Town and Dis- trict. All orders will receive prompt atten- tion and be carefully executed. Workmen sent to any part of the District. —FOR SALE.— Newest Designs of PAPiSRHANGINGS, good variety. SHEET ULA6S, all bizob, from a 60s 40 to a 10 x 8, m 16 or 21cz or 260z. British Plate, Silvered Plate (for mirrors) Rough Plato, Colored, Obscured, and Ornamental Sheet, Oak Varnish, Carriage Varnish, &c , White and Red Lead, Oils, Colors, Mixed Paints m Tins ; Brushes, Scrim, &c. &c. Puint mixed to any Bhade, Advice as to quantity freel/ given. THE ASHBURTON GLASS, PAINTS. AKD PAPERHANGIN'iS WiRE- HOUSE 3 156 Style and Fashion. ANDREW OHR la now opening his fc'eoond Shipment ov New Drapery, Clothing, AND BOOTS. GRAND SHOW OF Ladieß* MaDtles, Ulster?, Jackets, Dolmans, &c. Millinery, Floworp, Featherß, Ribbons, and Dreaa Goods m endloßa variety. Blankets, Flannels, Hosiery, and Gloves Bruaseh Carpets, Kidder Carpets, &o Men's Olotbing Greatly Reduced. BOOTS. BOOTS. GREAT BARGAINS IN BJOTS AND EHOES; 5 Trunks Ladies' Boota at 5a 6d 2 Trunks Ladlea' Evening Shoss, 3s 6d 4a 6d, 5i 6d Genta' Boots, oloth top, beet 9a 6d, worth 16s 6d. Prices to Boit the times, DEESSMAKim Thla Department la giving universal satisfaction. Perfect style and fit. Prices Btrletiy moderate. ANDEEW ORE. REID and GKAY, CAMEBON STREET, ASHBUIITON. Makerß ot IMPROVED D.-FUHROW Ploughs (Made of Beat Hammered Fcrap Iron, and Winner of First Prize at Melbourne Exhibition.) Over 8000 1 AT / Over 8000 m use. J Keducd Prices.^ m uae. Extra heavy Mould Boards for rough Land m Stock, Zig-Zig Harrowa still maintain thoir imputation as tho best general purpose Harrow. Four hundred sets made an- nually. Newly Improved Chafiiuiittora all sizes, with Balanco Fly YVlieol, lilted with patent- oast eteel Mouthpiece, m one piece, which oan be taken ofE and replaced by a» ordinary laboror m a few soconds, Cnta throe lengths of chail'. Portable Scvow-Presa and Bagging Chaillcutter, cuta, riddles, olovato3, Eoreeu3 and presses into the bac; at ono operation. X, 2, a, and 4 Horae-Powera. simple Btrong, and easily drawn, universally uaed throughout Now Zealand. Jointed Pulverising Disc Uarrowe, ovor 700 m use. Ko farm should bo without them. All siz^s from 6£t to 12f.t. Grain Drills from 11 to 17 Coulters. We make largely for Qauterbury an d North Island. •j 1 Ofthou,n'a Hand Poed Sower, Farm | Difaya and Waggons, patent Fencing ; . Standards for Folding Sheep, Fencing j Wire, Steel, Iron, and Barb Wire ! | Repairs to all descriptions of Machinery ) \u25a0 promptly executed oa the premiess. i ' Catalpguea free on application at Dune- S iv or any of our BranQhes* 4»163



_ Auction". j PRELIMINARY ADV3RTKNSMBMT S AFIELD, Clearing Sale OF FARM, LIVE, AND DEAD STOCK fIIHE Undersigned have been favored 1 with instructions from Mr Le Bfetoj, to Sell by Public Auction, early la M iy, bis 00-jipaot F'irra, comprising — 930^ ores of La&d, divided Into eleven Paddocks, watered by races m every Pi ddock, with improvements, oom- pd&ing ftood Houae, Wool Store, Dairy, Concrete Sheep Dp, Concrete Tank, 18,000 gallons, Sheep Yards, Plantations, good Fences, eto; eto. 12 good Draught Horses, 4yra and upwards 800 Crossbred Shoep. IMPLEMENTS ; 2 McCormlck Wire Binders, 1 Twine Binder (tbfa year), 6ft out, 1 Wood's Twine, 6ft 6in, 3 D ftya and .Frames, Cambridge Roller, Broadcßßter, 18ft, with Oanniaters, 2 eeta Leaf H»r- rf>wa, 2 3 furrow Ploughn, D.F., 1 S.F. Plough, Grass Stripper j also,— Trap Horpe and Harness Saddle and Bridle Portable Whare, firat olaaa Quantity of Shaft, Leading and Plough Harnesa, Horso Covers, Grass Seed, and large number of Bundriea, Sale at 12 o'clock. Luncheon provid3d, H. MATSON AND CO, *94 . Auotloneor Clearing Sale, NORTH RAKAIA. 2081 Acres Well Improved Land, • 2000 feheep. HOEBES CATTLE IMPLE- MENTS, Etc. MESSRS H. MATSOK" and CO have received inetrnctlons from Mb D. DabrooKj who is giving up farming pur- suits, TO SELL-BY PU3LTO AUCTION, ON THE FARM, NORTH RAKAIA, ON WEDNESDAY. 2nd MAY, 1888. Hla well-known F<irm containing 2081 aorea of good Land m good condition, divided into 12 Paddocka all well watered. S.xrooraed House, Plantations, Stables. ' Yardß, and every convenience ; also the LITE AND DEAD STOCK, Thereon, aa followa, viz, — PAA Prime FREEZBRS PAT. Crossbred EWES m lamb K(\(\ Crossbred LAMBS O f\f\ Crossbred WETHERS iy Draught HORSES good workers O Head of CATTLE 2McOormick Wire Binders, Large quantity of Harneaa 4Draye, 1 3 F. 1 D.F. and 1 S.F. Plougha 3 Seta Harrows, Duncan'a Grass Stripper. Broad Cast Sower by Duccjn, Chaffcutter and Horse- works, Buggy, Furniture and sundiies too numerous to par- ticularise Sale at 11 30 luncheon provided. MATSON & 00. Ashburton. To anyone In want of a good Property the above offers a chance not often met worth of Requiring an Estate at a merely nom'nal figure. Terms for tbe Land — £3 per acre can remain on Mortgage, balance Cash. 4J142 * IMPORTANT Clearing Sale, CHERTSEY, ON FRIDAY, 4th MAY, 1888. MESSRS H. MATSON & CO., Ash- burton, have received instructions om Mr Wm. Ivoky, of Ohortsey, to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, As above, the Goodwill of Lease of 301 Acres of Laud, Within 2 miles of Chortsoy (late Colliss), having 5 years to run from Ist July 188§, The Land is very good, and is nearly all kid down m English Graea and Clover. There is a very comfortable Housp, six.- stall Stable, Chaff Hous^, Mon's Room, eto. Tho Land ia m good cond.tion, UQ acres ready to be broken up for Crop, 40. acres m Stubble. The, Fences are first- class and plenty of Water m n\\ the. Paddock^. The LIVE DEAD STOCK Are as follows : — QA A 6 and 8 -tooth lat Croas EWES, Zl \J \J m Lamb -i pT A 4 and 6-tooth Ist Cross EWES, Xt)U m Lamb 511 eavy Draught HORSES, very good workers The well known Saddle and Harness Maro, JJrokenhurat Yearling ti ly,out of tho above (a perfect beauty) 3 Good Milk COWtf, m profit, 2 good Springers close to calving -i f\ Head of Young OATXLE, 7 J_ U Pigs D and S.F. Plough*, 4 Horse Harrows, Sydney Dray and Frame Duncan Dray and Frame, Cam- bridge Roller Duucan Drill, with Canißtora itnd Harrows, nearly tow Duncai 18ft Broadcuat, with i| Chain burrows, ISwiuglotrocs, Grinds'ono Hornaby Twino Binder (new) i Spring Trap, Wool PreßS, Feed Bins Carpenter's Bench and Vyoe, Tarpaulins, good collection of Tools, empty Sacks Trap Harness, Horse Covers, quantity of Harness , Splendid Stack Uaten Sheaves, • about 25 tons j Seed Wheat, Chickwheai L Housohold Furniture, Dairy Utensils, a'Jd a 'arge quantity P of Sundaes j $To reserve. Luncheon provided. Sale at 12 o'clock sharp. H. MATRON & CO., Ash hurt en. To a good Fu^nx^r with* email mean?, the Salo. o* the Goodwill of Lease of the nbove Farm offers an opportunity which 0 1 should not bo neglected, 4*138



j Public Notices , ASHBJRTON COUNTY HUNT CLUI MHEP at Oalrnbrae altered f'om MON- DAY, 7ih Ma?, to TUESDAY, Bth, at 11 a.m. CYRIL JEPHSON, 4 209 Secretary. TINWALD TOWN B JARD. rjIENDERS are invited for Formation, etc. J. Particulars, ptc, at Fookn and Son'd office. Tenders clot-e FRIDAY, May 4th, at 12 Noon. E. J. FOOKS, 4 200 Clerk XTlon SCHOENEBERG, ' Cabinet maker, Upholsterer, Undertaker, and General House Furnisher, (Late of Cbristcuurch), E»st Street, next Wm. Patching. Furniture to any design or pattern at Chrietchuich rates. The latest patterns pr. duop,d. Pianos ropolisbed at very low rates. Repairs done on the premises to complete satisfaction of Customers. Funerals conducted with approved style and economy. ASHBURTON Clothing Mart. I HAVE now opened m 'SAUJSDERS, BUILDINGS a NEW STOCK of COLONIAL CLOTHING and BOOTS' and having made favorable arrangements for the manufacture o( a large lot of Men's, Youths', and Boys' ABhburton Tweed. Suits, I can aell cheaper than ever offered In New Zaaland, ABhburton Tweed Sails made to measure, Ashburton Tweeda, Blankets, Flannels, Rugs, and Shirtings guaranteed. Groceries, China, Glass, Earthenware, and Fancy Goods. Eobert Alcorn, SAUNDERS 1 BUILDINGS. Auctions MONDAY, 30th APRIL. Clearing Sa!e OF FABM STOCK AND IMPLE- MENTS, &o. UN DEE BILL OP SALE. MR T. BULLOCK has received m fltructions from the Holders of the BiU of Sale, to tell by Publio Auction, at Mk T. G. Mabbioit'b Farm, Wiochmore Road, about 4 miles from Ashburton, on MONDAY, APRIL 30th, Ihe following Farm Stock, Implements, etc. :— ' 8 Draught MARES and GELD- INGS O Head of mixed CATTLE Q Darm DRAYS and FRAMES IWhiteohapel TRAP and HAR- NESS -| D.F. PLOUGH, by Duncan, _L w!th Trees und Chains com- plete 1 Treble F PLOUGH, by Reid and Gray, with Blocks, and 6 horso Yoke complete -j 9-feet CAMBRIDGE ROLLER -| Portable WHARE, on Skids -j Set 5-leaf HARROWS \u25a0i Sot 4-leaf HARROWS 2 BE IPERS and BINDERS, by Wood Quantity HARNESS 4-00 Buabels OATS I^o ]Baeholß Second B WHEAT Sale at 1 o'clock. 4*134 T BULLOCK, Auctioneer. FRIDAY, 11th MAY. ~" TO FARMERS, DEALER 5 ?, & OTHERS Horses. Horses. IMPORTANT Clearing Sale, OF HORSES FROM THE^LONGBEAOH ESTATE, Being tho 7th Annual Oloai-lng Sale. MR T. BULLOCK (iv conjanctlon with Messhs Fkiedlander Bros,) has received Inatruotiona from John Gmgg, Esq., to aell by Publio Auction, at tho Aahburton Ooucty Saleyarda, on, PIDAT ; MAY 11th: Q A HORSES Q r\ OU Comprising— QU 6 A Draught MARES and Q A OU GELDINGS Q\J Just out of Wcrk Q A Unbtokon Draught QOLfS O A A\J and FJ LILIES, 3 and 4," A U Jdirs old, ,Q A Li B ht Harness HORSES and Q(\ OU HACKS, broken and un. OU broken, 3 and 4 years old H Well-known Brake HORSE -| O Duncan DRILLS, Q -j | Engllah CARROT DRILL -| Terms at Pale. Luncheon provided. Sale at 12 o'clook. FRIEDLANDER BROS , Per PETER WILLIAMS, T. BULLOCK, 4J2OG Auotloneera In the matter of " The Land Transfer Act, 1885." MESSRS IL MATSON and CO. have rocoivod instructions from tho Regis- trar of tho Supreme Court for the Canter- bury District, acting on tho request of tho Mortgagee, TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, Ai; their Roomß TATTERSALL'P, WEST STKEET, Ashburton, on SATURDAY, the 28th day of April, 1888, At 12 o'clock noon, ALLTHA'J' porcol of Land situate m the Ashburton Survey District, aboul 2£ miieß from Chertsey, on the Old Railway Reserve, thi property oi Mr James A nods, containing bj admeasurement 526 Aros, anc being tho Rural Sections Nos. #7311 and 2733?. F«r further particulars apply to Messrs H, MATSON & CO , Ashburton. Or t J, STR OTHERS WILLIAMS, Solicitor, 203 Gloucester Street, Ohm (church 4*s<



T. Bullock FOR SALE. Ti^Oß removal, a large two-storey Dvrel- *?\u25a0 llnp, containing; 8 roomß, oould be )nvorted into a Dwelling Hoaoo or jr&nary. For fall partlcnl»ra apply to T. BEL.LOOK. H"O LET— Afc a very \nw rental, a large h balldlng fronting Eaßt Street, Bult- ablo for a grain und chaff dtore. T, BULLOCK. Ij^Oß SALE. — An improved Farm of |J 245 Acreo, being R.S. 27237, situated about 5 miles from Chortsey. Low price and liberal terms apply to T. PULLOOK, FOR SALE at a low price and on liberal terms, 15 aprea of la.nd with 2-roomod Cottoge thereon, frontir. g thf Fa'rfield Road, not far from the Countj Salyyards, Apply to , T; BULfcOQfc,



Public Notices T7IVENING CLASSES are baing held trj at my Offioe, Montgomery's Boild- tnßß, Barnett Street, on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS, from 7 to 9 p.m. Architectural, Pictorial, Model, and all branches of Freehand Drawing, etc., are being taught. E. M. BLAKE, 4 160 Architect. REV. OHARLE3 MORRAY. PRESBYTERIAN Mlsaionary from Ambrim, New Hebrides, will (D,V.) preach at Tinwald, 11 a.m. Fiem- ington, 3 p.m , and Longbeaoh, 7 p.m., on Sabbath, April 29th. 4+183 f| liINDERS aro invited for forming three JL hundred and forty (340) Chains, more or less, of Roids m the Ooldstream Soad Board District Specifications may be seen at " Uuardian " offici, O r MR NORBISH, 4 175 Pinda. "\TOTICE 1b hereby given that the _±A! Clerk will be m attendance at the RM. Onutt Offioe, Soath Rakaia, on WEDNESDAY, 2ad May, 1888, between the hoars of 9 a.m. and 5 pm. By Order. J. R. OOLYER, 4 212 Olork R M. Oonrt. ASHBURTON " GUARDIAN." DUNSDIN AGENCY. jt|"R R. T. WHEELER, Stafford, Street, Dunedia, has been appointed car Agent and will bs able to arrange terms with advertisers for contract advertise- ment?. " I IOENSIMG AOT, 1881," AND "THE LIOKNSINO ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1882." NOTICE Is hereby given that, m pur- suance of the provlßiono of the above-named Acts, Qaarterly ( Annual) . Meetings of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Barpngh of Ashbar^on, Moont Soraere,' Upper Aahburton, Ash- barton,, South Rakaia, and Moant Hatt, will be held at the times end plaoea Bet down horounder, for tbe purpose of considering applications, of which due notice ia given to the Olerk of the Licensing Committees : — BOROUGH OF ASHBUaTON— 4th Jane, 1888, ftt noon, m the Ooart-r hjQaao, Ashburton , MOUNT SOMERS-Uth Jape, 1888, at noqn. m iho Road B >ard Offloo, Mount aoniera UPPEIi ASHBURTON — sth Jane, 1888, at noon, m- tho Oourthouao, Aahburton ASHBURTON- let J«np, 1988, at noqn, m tho CJoarthouso, Ash- barton SOUTH RAKAIA-Bth Jan9 5 1888, at noon, m the Ooarthousa, South Rakaia MOUNT HOTT-Cth Jane, 1888, at noon, m the Road Board Offioe, Methvon J. R, OOLYER, Olerk to Lloaoolng Oommltte pi 8, April 28th, 1888.' . 4+211