The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL

• A quadrille assembly will be held m the otango0 tango Hall this evoning. The gigantio Eiffel tower In Paria is re ported m danger of falling. An " express " train m Norway runs at an average speed of twolvo miles an hour. Tho Valloy of the Seine is to be fertilized by the sewogo of Paris. > A bill to prevent railroad traina from run ;!j ning on Sunday is now pending m the lowa i Legislature. A pair of twins born m Somersetshire, > England, recently, were named Ju and Billy, m honor of the Queen's jubilee, ' Hero is the latest conundrum out : " What mixed number does the prosont year repre sent ? " It is given up, Well, lg. A farmer at the Hutt was offered 7d per pound for his wool, but stood out for 74d. At the London February sales it realised lid Henry Harms, a Minnesota farmer, has just awoke from a seven yeato' sleep. Ho is wasted almost to a skeleton and long Bhaggy hair covers his head and face. A " dioramma and mechanioal shooting gallery " was opened Jaßt evening opposite tho Oddfellows' Hall. It was fairly well patronised, and will remain opon tho ro mainder of the week. Tho Agricultural Society of France urges the sale of tho Stato railways, tho ro-oatablißh* merit of harbour dues and custom duties on cocoons, tho maintenance of the tax on foroign and colonial sugars, and the withdrawal of Franco from the payment of sugar bounties. " What ie tho matter? " asked a lawyer of bis coachman. " The horses are running' away, sir." "Can't you pull them up?', 11 1 am afraid not." " Then," said the lawyer, after judicial delay, "run into aomething oheap." Princess Beatrico is so offended with the treatment of hor husband, Princo Henry of Battenburg, that sho hardly speaks to any of her brothers or sisters. She has petitioned the Queen to make hor husband a Duke, and is desirous of abdicating her royal rank. A chief of tho Utah Indians on his death bed recently requested his brother to kill, at his burial, one Pi-ede woman, to strangle two Pi-edo girls, bury alive one Pi-odo boy, and kill sixty horses and six sheep bh a sacrifice, that ho might pass m peace to tho happy hunting grounds of the Indian. Tho "Poverty Bay Standard" illustrates how elections are run by giving a list of itema incurred on behalf of Mr Graham, M.H.E. by his agent, Mr Nicoll, m shown m a court oaso. The items amount to £50, and aro all hotel accounts. The judge on hearing tho evidence dryly romarked :—" I suppose it is too late to petition." In viow of tho promised Government legislation on tithea m Great Bri'ain, it has been ascertained that tho total rent chargos payable to clerical apptoprialors and their lessoa. m England and Wales now amount to £680,039 ; payable to parochial incumbents, £2,412,103; lo lay impropriators, £760,205 ; to schools and colleges, £190,050. Hero is a singular instance of tho ruling passion strong m death. A compositor m the employment of Messrs Casaell committed suicide the other day, and left behind hir the following note:-" Dear Mr Skinner, --?loaso excuse my leaving without tho usut fortnights notice, but I have received preremptory summons to <?o to Heaven to s< the title-page of the Book of Lifo.— Youn H. G. S. Anoew." Tho jury natural] returned a verdiot of temporary insanity, A young married man, tho proud father c a month old infant, was oxpatiating upon ii charms to a bright young lady well known i St. Paul society, tho daughter of a prominor ex-Federal official. Finally, to oap th climax of his praise, ho said, triumphantly " And, do you know, it looka just like me. Rogarding him compassionately for a momenl and putting into her voico accents of th deepest sympathy, sho roßponded, •• Well, wouldn't mind that, if I woro you, if if strong." Two trarape called recontly at a farmhouse not far from Dundee and askod alms. Whili tho housokeopcr was absent for a minuto o two, with a viow to supplying their noeda they soi/.od Bomo arlioloa of clothing which wero hanging up near tho door and made off Only some ton minutoa lator a policoman accompanied by a largo dog, happenod tc pass, and on being informed of tho theft he immediately eonfc the animal after tho thieves It came up with them about a mile farthor along tho road, and detained thorn until its master arrived and took them into oustody They wore triod, found guilty, and sent to prison for 40 day&. The best medioino known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Tost its eminent powerful effects m coughs, colds, influenza, eto. — the roliof is instantanooua' Thousands give tho most gratifying testimony.' His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all ovor tho globe, are its patrons. Ltead tho oflicial roports that accompany oaoli jottlo. We have no occasion to offor rewards n proof of tho genuineness of our referenoos. fhe oflicial reports of medioal olinios and mivetsities, tho official oommunioation of tho 3onsul-Genoral for Italy at Molbourno; tho liploma awarded International Exhibition, kmsterdam— all these aro authentic docu apnta, and, as such, not open to doubt. Wo dd here ppitomo of ono of tho various cases roatod by Siegen, M.D., Professor, etc: burning of the right hand through tho ox losion of a small oil stove. The epidermis n the yplar and palmer side of tho hand of iie thirty r yoar.old patient was completely jparated and lifted up as far as tho joint of ie hand. Tho likewise lifted nails woro. anging loobo, and half of tho phalanx of tho ail of the middle finger was ooaled. Tho ounds thus contracted healed m throe wooks ador daily applications of Eucalyptio Extract messing. The pationt has retained tho full ie of her hand.- f Atfvtt %

Coal-tar has already given us the most brilliant dyes, the rarest scents, the most powerful disinfectants, and saccharine, which ia the sweetest of known substances, yet its usefulness seems to be far from exhausted ; and a Berlin professor the other day assured hJB olass that from coal-tar he could brew aB good a oup of tea as from tea leaves. I The London correspondent of tho " Man \u25a0 Chester Guardian " writoa : — " An interesting rumor is going, which 1 must givo under all reserve. If, is 1.0 the effect that Mr W. S. Gilbert has deoided to erect forthwith a new theatre m London, at whioh new comedies from his own pen are to be produced, and that m the first of the now plays will appear a new aotroaß whose beauty and talent will astonish the town. The enterprise will, it is said, m no way interefero with Mr Gilbert's connection with the Savoy." Captain McGregor, of the ketch Floronoo, whioh arrived at Lyttelton, on Thurs day, reports that on Tuesday morning last, when about 35 miles northward of Kaikoura, he sighted a vessel bottom up. Tho weather was rather thick, and as near as he oould judge the vessel was between fifty and sixty tons register. It is generally believed that it is the ketch Catlin whioh sailed from Dunedin for WaDganui about six weeks ago. It is stated that she has not yet arrived, and that nothing further has been heard of her. Perhaps the most wonderful thing that has been discovered of late is the new glass whioh has just been made m Sweden. Our common glass only contains six substances, while the Swedish glass consists of fourteen, the most important elements being phosphorus and boron, whioh are not found m any other glass. The revolution whioh this new refractor is destined to make ia almoßt inconceivable, if it is true, as is positively alleged, that, while the highest power of an old-fashioned mioroßOopio lens revealß only the 400,000 th •part of an inuh, this new glass will enable us to distinguish the 204,700,000 th part of an inch. _ At the North Canterbury Board of Educa tion on Thursday letters were road from two lady teaohers oomplaining that the new soalo would reduce their salaries 50 per cent, The Board decided that m thase and similar oases of speoial hardship salaries should be paid at tho rate of 10 per oont. less than was formerly received. A petition was read from teaoherß of small oountry sohools, oomplaining of the great reductions made m their salaries. Notice was given of motion providing that no male teacher m charge of a school receive less than £100 per annum. Foley's "Festivities" drew a fairly good house at the Oddfellows' Hall last night, when the first night's programme was re. peated with a few slight variations m the dialogue. The house was kept thoroughly amuaod from beginning to end, hearty laughter and bursts of applause being fro quaat, The general verdiot was that the _ show is a first-rate one, the musical performance on the bottles being greatly enjoyed. To-night there is to be a complete ohange of programme, the enter tainment opening with aoomedietta, m whioh Mr Foley will bo assisted by Mr Frank Bim» raonds. After the performance there will be a ball, to which the admission will bo 2s 6d for gentlemen, ladies free. During the Native Minister's visit to Whati whatihoo on Thursday (says tho Auokland correspondent of tho " Otago Daily Times ") permission was askod and given to see the remains of Potatau (Te Whoro), whioh had boon brought from the limestone oave where they had been deposited and plaood m the upper portion of the oarved house, whore tho body of his grandson, Tuluawhaio, lies. The head and face wore m perfect preservation, even after so many years ; the features being readily recognisable by those who knew him while alive. The mats and other clothing m which tho body was wrapped were also m the same state of preservation as when plaood m this oavo. It is said that there are m the oave bodies of Maoris plaoed there fifty or sixty years ago, the features of whose faoes have tho same apf eirance as whon. living, Ono of the most terriblo railway acoidonts whioh have yet blackened the records of New South Wales occurred at Homebush recently, and through which a pretty girl of seven yoars, namod Nellio Woolley, and a gatekeeper named Isaac Werrill lost thoir lives. About twenty minutes to six o'olock Werrill noticed the ohild croHsing tho lino aloso to the station, j and knowing that a train from Parramatta,' j m addition to the express from Sydney, was due, he foared for tho ohild's safety, and ran to save her. Breathless he reaohed the spot, clutched the ohild m his arms, but was not granted a second m whioh to carry his living freight out of danger. As he feared, both trains oamo along. Ho avoided tho express, but tho up-train out him m piooos, also killing tho little girU>n the spot, Werrill was terribly mutilated, his head being nearly severed from his body. He risked his lifo to save the ohild's — both woro lost. Keatino's t Coocm Lozencjks euro Coughs, Asthma, Bronohitis. Medical testimony states that no olher medicine ia so effeotual m the oure of these dangerous maladies. Ono Lozengo alono gives oaao, one or two at bed time ensures reßt. For relieving diflioulty of breathing they a.ro invaluable. Thoy contain no opium or any violent drug. Sold by all ohemists, m mi, ljd^and 23 Od

GOLD DUTY.

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Wellington, April 19. Following aro "oturna of gold entered for duty for the quarter eadlug March : — Ozi. Value. Auckland ... 10 953 £43,449 Nolsoo 307 13C5 West CuHafc ... 26,052 100,505 Otago 14 736 57,657

Total .., 52,708 £209,036 Oorroopondlnaquarror laefc year, 64 GIQ ounces, va'uo £257,259

POST OFFICE RETURNS

[Pifu Puebs Association,]

"" Wellington, Aprl! 19. Following is tlio Post Office revenue for March quarter at the principal (owns : — Auckland \u0084, \u0084, ... ... £61gS ChriHtchurch 5078 Du-K-din 5791 Wellington 5271 Total for tho colony ... £54,612 Corresponding quarter last year 5G.408 Telegraph revenue for March quarter: — AucV.'und £4370 Cliristchurch 34G1 Dunedin ... ... ... .., 4LIB 'Wellington .. ... ... ..., 4351 Tofcnl for tlio colony ... £20,564 Corro'pjnding quarter lant yoar 28,004 Tho nmoutit of Uovornmont telngrama for tho quartor was £0539, of which Wel lington reprr-Bcntß £24 8; Auckland, £1058; (Jhiistchurch, £585; Duuodin, £598 The nmounb of money orders ißsaed and paid tor tho quartor : — lesuod Pnid. Auckland ... ,„ £24,374 £26,807 Chriutohuroh ... 15,700 iG,182 Uun'diti 17,205 20,990 Wollingfon 20,495 19,401 Total for tho colony ... £135,454 £122,111 Corronponding quartor last your ... 136,969 121,340 Savings Banks deposits and withdrawals for tlio March quurtor wcro : — Auckland £50, 7 M £39,088 Ohrietohurch ... 79,779 75,089 Dunodin G7,Bti9 03,524 WolliDgton 72,471 68,971 Total for tho colony ... £401,017 £352,764 I Corresponding quartor last < year ... 32,591 327, 5G5 J Postal notoß to tho vuluo of £13,108 < were sold, as ngainut £10,420 laßt yeur. * Thn amount paid waa £12,724, as against k £9071 last year • t

CUSTOMS DUTIES.

(Pbu I-RES9 Association.;

Weli^ngton, Aprii 19 The Customs duties for the quarter wore : — Auckland £72,680 Wellington " 47 835 DunedJn 79 185 Lytte!t;n 50,899

Total for Oolony ... £302,486 Corrcsp'ifKiiri:.' quarter 327,715 Th"> amount of Oui'-nma revor.u \ for the (inanolft! your cndod 3idt M^rch wan : — Anckhnd £273,907 Wellington 218 174 LytteUoa 220,115 Dunedln ... ... 308,226

Total for Colony ... £1,225,356

EXPERIMENTS WITH RABBITS

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Wellington, April 17. An Intercating and important expe>i nrnnt l«s boin 3 ' condncled »t 'the instigation d the Government. A rabbit Buffering from bladder flu'<e w.ia lapured m the Wrtirarapa recently, ond B^nt over to Mtorlborough, whore lfc ffaa /afivon to a dog whioh was kept without food for a day or two. The rodent wan greedily devoured, and IL? loßpootor of Live Stock haa been Instructed to ascertain whether the dog will develop the disease and communicate it to rabbits In thlß diatrlot Aooording to Profeaßor Thomas, of Aaokland, the disease cm be opread amongat the rabbtta by innoulatlon of their natural enetnioo, dogo. ferreta, oita, etc.

CORN EXCHANGE.

Ihe following ia the Corn Exchange •\u25a0oport for the week ending Friday. Anril 20th, 1888:- .

The weather during the week haa been very favorable for farming operations, and threshing haa beon going on with considerable activity, the greater portion, however, going Into store. It Is expected that the balk of the cropa will be threshed by the middle .of next month. The scarcity of cornaaoks cmues ojnaiderable Inconvenience, all available or-oj .u?ed aacks are freely taken up. The market, for wheat during the week haa not materially altered, prices remaining about on a par wkh last quotations. The diffi culty In obtaining trelght to London Still continues. Advice* for Australia inform aa that all suitable vessels there are readily taken up for California. Tne reports fron London to-day woald lead to the proepeot of a firmer market there, bat buyers phoe little credence In those reports, which are from day to day very oontradiotoiy.

Oats o intinue In fair demand at slightly over laat week's quotations with very few offering. We anticipate a furthsr Im provement In valuea.

Barley is still offering, bat In limited quantities, Second quality now consti tutes the prfno(p»l llnea m the market, and are raore difficult to quit. Grass Seed. — No business ia being done- Large qqantltiea m store, bat no aales oan be tffdoted. Oookafoot is suffering from the same oanae as wheat, name'y, want of tonnage to London, Potatofs, — Derwonta ara not yet. fit for shipment, but aaloa are being made for urgent orders at 25a at country stations. Bayerß, howevor, will not ODnrate at'tbla price for forward delivery. Qa >tationa aro aa folli.wa : —

Wukat. —Prime Tuaoan, 2s 8i to 2a 9.1; Pearl, 2i 8d ; Hanter'a 23 7d to 2a 8d ; (owla' wheat, 2i to 2j 3d.

Oats ~ Prime milling, U 9d to 1b lOd ; short feed, la 8d to la 8£ 1 j inferior, li 7dtole7il*

Baulky -Ohoioe Baraplea 4a 4d to 4s 5d ; prime malting-, 4a 2d to 4s 3d ; medium, 3) 01 to 4i ; foed, 2a, Bbavs and Peas 2i 3d to 2s 4d : Bluea 2a G 1 to 2a Bd.

Grash (Sbed. — Maohlne dreased, 2a 6d to 2* 9d ; farmers' paroela, li 9J to 2j 3d. Cocksfoot— Clean, heavy aeed, 3d to 34-d • iaferior, 2dto2£d. 4 Dairy Pkoduoe,— -Prime batter, 41 to 5d ; ohoepe, 2d to 3hi. The above prices ire for delivery f.o.b. aaoka extra.

THE BEST POLICY FOR NEW ZEALAND.

(To the Editor of the " Otaoo Dally Tlmea.") Pir, —In reading the last report of the National Mortgage and Agency Company <f New Zealand, the ohalrrnin (Mr H. It. Greoc Jeli) ,i« nrvlng the adop tion of the repoifc, Bald :— " Bjfore passing to the usual examination of the report aud accounts, I will just cay a few words upon tho the subject of (ho country m whloh our business c'ak fly Hob. The depresalun which haa existed m. New Zoblaud daring the last three or four yean is not more than might bo obairved m any other country dependant almoat entirely on agriculture m all ita branchoa JnoiadlDg pastoral pursuits, Wool, until last year, has boen ootnparativoly low m price, and grain-growing has been unre muneratlvo, more especially m the Bouth of New Zealand, unfamarabla harvest woather Borloualy injured the cropp ; aod frozen moat has been a very dioappolnting trada, although J am bound to aay it has given n valuable outlot for Burphn Bt»ck . " I quote this extraot, aa for Ibo psat s yeara I havo advocated, and oeaUtod m the Industrial development of New Zea land, believing that thero la leaa d mger of auoh bad tlmea aa we hive hod of Into If our paople are engaged In a grower variety pf Industries. No one could value our agricultural and pastoral resources more ihau 1 do ; indeed I oor.aider them to ba t-ho backbone of Now Zealand, bot unloßß we vary tho ocoupation ol Iho people we ehall novor bo able to depend upon an average rato of proapority. Whatever my opinion m general about Froetrado or Protection may ba. 1 firmly beliovo that for Now Zaaiand a p:otsc tivo tariff— on all goods for tho manufac ture of which tho colony la naturally adapted— will be for a veiy Jong time to come our wisest and beat policy, I oannot understand why otherwise woH.oonduoted papera should mlalead the public by allowing it to be inferred that if a duty of 25 per cent la plaoed on goods that can bo manufactured horo, tha con sumer will have to pay 25 por oent moro Will any importer of clothing, boot?,' or furniture tell me that if to-morrow a duty of ovon 100 percent wero plsoed on these articles, farmers or working men (for those are always quoted) would, valno for value, pay Id moro for them ? The only Inoreaae woult} bo on each expensive goode as are wantoi by a olasa of people who are not aatloGed with tha sound and honoat manufneturea of thie country, and from Biich I think It la freU ( for tho State to derive a largor revenue. Idympathlso with Sir tiarry A.tklneon \ m tho diftioalt tank he has net himself cf remodelling our tariff ; hut he la right In » not trying to please either rabid Protec tionists or rabid Freetraders. The first thing foe him to determine lo what goods can and ought to bo, through our natural faoilitioa, mannfaotnrod hero ; and I say, * whatover Protective duly may bo imposed \ upon thonn, the country and the goneral r publio will In tho long ruu be benefited t thereby. , t Aa oolf i.itorest iuollnea manufaofcuroro to favor Protection and unportoro to favor P Freotrado, 1 may 6t ; »to that, though D engaged m manufaoturlii),', I ana aloo, as is *} well known, ova of tho largoot importora m J ' the oolony ; I therefore vontqre to think B; that I imy be safoly acqulttod of any f, ahargo of bias or undue leaulug to either 0 aldo, — I am, oto , \u0084 t^ 4, a\u25a0\u25a0 i O B UA^KNaTEIN. I DunedJn, April Is, Ll

THE PANIC IN SiLVER

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Melbourne.. April 19. Broken Hill shares, £228. Sydney, April 19. Broken Hill shares are from £268 to £275.

It is believed that the shrinkage of stock m this and the other colonies yes terday amounted m the aggregate to a million and a half. The market to-day shows a slightly improved tendency.

CONDITION OF THE EMPEROR

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Bkklin. April 18. The Emperor is worse. Blood poisoning 18 feared. Later, The Emperor appeared at the windows of his palace three times during the day, and received a great ovation from the crowds assembled below. Blood-poison ing set m this evening, and the worst is considered imminent. It has been found necessary to insert a larger canula m the Emperor's throat to facilitate breathing. The operation was successfully performed.

THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.

[PER PRESS ASSOOIATIONj.

Berlin, April 17. The dispute over the betrothal of Prince Alexander to Princess Victoria has embittered the Germans against England. ' St. Petersburg, April 18. The ll Moscow Gazette " says that it will greatly interest Russia to know that France is m a strong position, no matter through whom that strength may come. Ft. Petersburg, April 19. The Russian press has been enjoined, under pain of severe punishment, not to publish a word m disparagement of Prince William. There is a great separatist movement on foot m the Caucasian provinces, headed by the aristocrats of Georgia, Numorous arrests have been made,

THE MARKETS

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London, April 18. Wheat — An Australian February Shipment of 7000 quarters has been sold' at 33s 3d ; 5000 quarters of April-May shipment, have realised 8d more. A steamer cargo, March shipment, has been sold at 32s 6d. At the wool sales to-day 14,000 bales woro sold, laßt quotations were maintained,

Melbourne, April 19. Wheat iB quiet at 3s 5d ; Oats, 2s 10£ d ; English barley, 5s 2d ; Cape, 2s 9d ; New Zealand oats, 2s l£d to 2s 2d m bond.

zs za m Dona, Sydney, April 19. Wheat firm, 8a 3d, for bhipping parcels, New Zealand potatoes 60s, onions 655. Oats are quoted at 2s 4d ; the market is bare, and prices must decline on account of the low price ruling for maize. Chickwheat 2s Bd, milling sorts 3s 5d ; cheese 4d, loaf size sd. Imported butter, 9d to lOd ; bacon, 9d to 9id ; New Zealand hams, Is Id.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

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New Plymouth, April 19. Joseph Watson Kennedy, a young man, a prisoner ,(n gaol, serving a sentenoe of two yearn for forgery m Napier, wat brought up before the R.M. foe refusing to work. Kennedy eorne ahort tltno since oharged a warder with giving tobaooo to a priaoner, bat at the hearing failed to substantiate the case. For bringing this groundless charge he was sentenced to ten dayß bread and water. He has been punished twloe by the Justices for refusing t.> work, and now waa brought before the R.M, for this offence. la reply to a question &aked, he^aald he waa not unable to work, but had iTls reasons which he did not wieh to expreaa. He was aware he was breaking the priaon regulations and should be punished for so dolcg. He was sentenood to fourteen daya' broad and water, and to forfeit thirty daya' (180) marks. Wanganui, April 19. At the local option poll there were seventeen votes m favor of an increase of publicans' licenses and thirty-eight ngalnßt ; twenty-two In favor of an in crease of New Zealand wine licenses and thirty-six against. Nelson, April 19. Xa the Supreme Ooart to-day J. BuboS, who waa foand guilty of ehetp stealing yestorday, pleaded guilty to the charge of killing a flheep with intent to steal tho carcase. Ho wan sentenced to two years' hard labor on both oaEOa, the sentences to be concurrent. H. McLauchlan, for laroeny of £25 waß acquitted. This oon oladed the criminal cub 63, and the Court adjourned till to-morrow. Dunedin, April 19. ' The Harbor Board sat m Committee this afternoon on the question of retrenoh ment, and resolved to reduce expenses by £688. They resumed their deliberations on Monday. A meeting was held to-night of those Interested m tho project for an Industrial Exhibition In Dunodin m 1889. Tho Secretary, Mr Hastings, stilted he could get a guarantee for £5000 worth of shares tho amount estimated to bo required to set the scheme on foot. An Influential Committee was appointed to undertake preliminaries and ascertain what support was forth-coming. Mr Lirnach, C.M.G , left for Melbourne to d.*y, and as he may be absent some oonaiderable time he left an open pair for i the session. Ihveroarcull, April 19, At the Supreme Court, to-day, a case In which oonßldorablo interest was taken sraa concluded, Mrs Newall widow of me of the men killed In the collapse of jho Glenhnm tnnnel soma tlmo ago, sued Mr Mouzios, the contractor, for £1000 an k solatium for the death of her husband !V. speoial jury returned a verdict of £150 >n the ground that defendant had not icod Buffiulont dillgonoo In ascertaining vhothor tho man ho appointed to the thargo of the work waa mi export, Tho )uslnoßß of the sitting is oonoludod.

Hou,oway's Ointment and Pills.— Colds, Coughs, Shortness of Breath.— Thoso maladies requiro early and unremitting attention, for if nogleoted they often end m asthma, bron chilis, or consumption. The ointment well rubbed upon the ohost and baok, penetrating tho skin, is absorbed and oarriod directly to tho lungs, whence it oxpols all impurities. All the blood m tho body is perpetually passing through the lungs, and there ail noxious particles tending to disease can be quiokly, thoroughly, and permanently neutra lised, rendered harmless, or ejeoted from the system. Holloway'a Ointment and PiH 8 perfeotly accomplish this purification; and through the blood thu B oleased, the influenoe of these wonderful medicaments reaches the remotest parts of the human body, and t Ima cures all diseased action, whether internal 14 external,

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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A ROYAL MEETING.

Vienna, Apcil 18. The Emperor of Austria meets the Queen at Innsbruck on Monday..

SIR A. GORDON.

London, April 19. It is reported that Sir Arthur Gordon has been raised to peerage.

ADMIRAL TRYON.

It is positively asserted that Admiral Tryon assumes the command of the Naval Reserve.

CHRISTMAS ISLAND.

The American Government claim Christmas Island, and protest against its annexation by England.

THE ORLANDO'S GUNS

The guns of the Orlando, which re pkces the Nelson on the Australian Station, passed through a successful test.

SUEZ CANAL CONVENTION.

It is officially announced that the Porte declines to allow either the pro posed British or French modifications m the Suez Canal Convention.

LORD HARTINGTON.

Lord Hartington has been presented with the freedom of the city of London. . t In ihe course of his speech he declared " that the extension of local government to Ireland would be more useful than any dream of impossible independence, or the autonomy of a subordinate pro- vince.

THE MARRIAGE QUESTION.

The Deceased Wife's Sister Bill has been read a second time m the Com mons by a majority of 57. Mr O. Morgan's Colonial Marriage Bill has been withdrawn, owing to the satisfactory division m the House of Commons on the motion for the second reading of the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill.

NEW GUINEA.

Lord Knutsford has given his con sent to the amendment suggested by the Queensland Government m the, constitution of New Guinea, and the proclamation giving effect to the amendment will shortly be gazetted. Lord Knutsford refers all applicants for land m New Guinea to the Queens* land Government.

THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

Mr Goschen, speaking at Croydon,' eulogised the readiness shown by the Australian colonies to bear their share of the cost of defending the empire, , and to maintain an Australian navy. Mr Goschen expiessed the opinion that"' the House of Commons would liberally and satisfactorily respond to the expec* talions of the colonies m the matter.

THE FISHERIES BILL.

Oiiawa, April 18. The Dominion House of Commons has passed the Fisheries Bill.

Washington, April 19. The Foreign Committee of the Senate has reported adversely on the fisheries treaty.

AUSTRALIAN.

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VICTORIA.

Melboubnk, April 19. ; Mr Phil Robinson, the war corres pondent, has arrived here.

A large frontage m Elizabeth street has been sold at per foot. Scott's Hotel, with 60ft frontage to Collins-street, was submitted to auction to-day, and passed m at A Royal Commission, appointed to enquire into the sanitary condition ol the city and suburbs, has examined Mr Crawford Barlow, an English authority, who recommended the adop tion of the water carriage system of drainage.

Vogler, a bookmaker who was forcibly ejected from the course at last meeting, has recovered £ 75 damages. The Court said that the Club had no 'powiT to eject the plaintiff, who refused to abstain from betting, and was there upon ejected by force.

There was a very narrow escape of a serious collision between the new P. and O. steamer Oceana and the steamer Casino m the Bay early this morning. Particulars have not been allowed to transpire, but it is known that a panic was occasioned, and that the passengers rushed on deck m their night clothes. Some of the passengers state that the vessels actually struck each other.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney. April 19. The Estimates are to be brought down next week.

The Government intend to introduce a bill providing for the payment of coroners' juries, and to give coroners discretionary power m empannelling juries of five, six, nine, or twelve* The Rabbit Conference discussed the disease which has developed among the rabbits of New Zealand and has been confounded with chicken cholera. It was decided to obtain all possible Information on the subject. The top story of Pyke's large furni ture warehouse m Pitt street was com pletely gutted by fire this morning, and damage was sustained to the extent of £3000. The New Zealand Company had a risk of on the building. The Comptroller of Prisons, m bis annual report, which has been laid before Parliament, suggested that first offenders should be treated to a course of nine months' severe discipline, which shall virtually be a system of solitary treatment, inst&ld of being kept with other prisoners for a term of years, during which they form criminal asso ciations, from which they rarely manage to free themselves.

QUEENSLAND.

Brisbane, April 19. The Brisbane Tramway Company propose to substitute Julien electric trams for the present horse system.

Rabbits are spreading with great rapidity m the interior, and are now eighty miles north of the furthest point previously reached by them.

Mothers with sickly, fretful, nuraing ohildren will oure the ohild and benefit themselves, by taking American Hop Bitters daily,

THE A3HBPBTON GUABDIAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1888



DIARY . M o tit Sun Snn Moon Moon agnduy April. Ulsoa. Sots. Itieoa Hcoa. nOO a.m. p.m. 18 Monday .. G. 37 fi;24 10.38 8.28 4 17 Tuesday \u0084 0.38 5.23 11.33 9.11 5 I p.m. 9.08 .18 Wednesday.. 8.39 5.21 0.26 10 61, 0 10 Thursday .. 0.40 5.50 1.12 1107 7 20 Friday.. \u0084 0.41 5.18 1.55 » • 8 21 Saturday ... 6.42 6.17 2,' M a.m. 9 22 Sunday .. 6.43 5.15 3.10 1.2 10 Moonlight Evenings. ' The Moon at 3 days old shines till about 8 o'clook. The Moon at 6 days old shines till about half-past 10 o'olook. Tho Moon at 8 days old shines till, nearly 1 o'clock m the morning. Tho Moon at 12 days old shines from sundown till about 4 m tho morning. The Moon at 15 days old is full, and chines all night. The Moon at 18 days old rises about 9 p.m. / and shinea till morning, i Tho Moon at 21 days old rises about 11 1 a.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 24 days old rises about 2 a.m. and ehinestill morning The Moon at 27 days old rises about 4 a.m. and shines till sunrise. i mi, [ . . THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. . Prom and after the 80th November, 1886, the I terms of Subscription to this journal will be as follows, viz. : — ' IF PAID IN ADVANCE '. Per Quarter. . 6s 6d, by post, 9s 6d r „ Half-year 12s 6d, by poet, 18a 6d » ! „ Year . . 24s Od, by post, 87s Od " > IS" BOOKED Per Quarter.. 7s 6d, by post, 10s 9d „ Half-year 15a Od, by post, 21b 6d j |\u0084 Year .. 80s Od, by post, 43s Od Birth, Marriago, and Death Notioes, if paid for at the time of insertion, 2s Cd each ! ' (Btamps may be Bent an payment) ; if booked, 4s eaoh. j Announcements cf Births, Deathß and J Marriages sent for publication from the J oountry distriots require to bo verified by the 5 Bignaturo of the person sending the notios,



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Wanted. QUADRILLE Assembly This Evening , »t Orange Hall. Doable Tioket, •*i Extra ladles, la. Refreshments free, 4 131 ' * SAOREE,, CONCERT, " Th« Brave jt\ Covenanters," will be given by tho i Choir of tha Auhbnrton Baptist Ohoroh, ' m the Oddfellowa' Hall, on Tuesday, lßt M»»y, 1888. Admission, la. Doors open at^.3o, oommonce 8 o'clock. I+ll3 T\J ANTED to Soil— A First-class Piano VV grand action. Cash or torms very 1 liboral. Apply Hayes and Co. BOOTS.— We have reduced our Boot List, and are Belling them wonder- fully oheap,— H. 0. siegers, Melford House. WANTED everyone to secure a supply of Ashburton Colored Flannels, I Fcarlet, Blue, Navy. Pink, and Marone, at lees than the price of imported at tho Aahburton Clothing Mart, tr'aunders' J buildings, and nowhere lese at any price. » B. Aloorn. i \u25a0 3 'i \ / ANTED Known.— Melford House VV is now shewing a splendid assortment of Drapery, Mlll.'nery, Cloth- ing, Boots, &o, very cheap. \ "1 1 7~ANTED —Everyone to oome and t W Bee the nloeat lot of Glass, China, 3 and Earthenware ever shown m Ashbur- ton, and the Cheapest ever landed m New Zealand. Imported direot from the Manufacturers. — Robert Alooun, Saun- a ders' Buildings. 3*ll t TT7INTER.-— We are now shewing a V\ Splendid Assortment of Ladles and Children's Ulsters m all the lending styleß, very cheap. — H. O. SEaEits, Melford House. - ITT ANTED Cash. — • Mutr'a Oatmeal W (251 b), 2a 63; Candles, 5d ; Vestas, 5d doz. ; Coffee and Milk, 1b ; Ooooa and Milk, Is ; Corn Flour, 4d > n Fruits m Syrup (21b tins), la, Crockery, Glasßwaro, and Ironmongery. — J. Mo- Greoor, Tanored street. «.ST ANTED KNOWN — Oleographs VV Bcenery, and Catholic Rubjecte r* Oathollo Cards, good variety m Scrapo Novelties m Penwipers, Crewel Wool and "• Bilks, Knitting Cotton, Colored Crotchet p) Cotton, Transfers, Tinael Balle, &0., &0., at 2A.US Manqibe's Fanoy Eepository, Saunders' Buildings « F. H. von SCHOENEBERG, Cabinet maker, Upholsterer, Undertaker, and General House Furnisher, (Late of Cbristchurch), East Street, next Win, Patching. ~~ Furniture to any design or pattern at Chrietohurch rates. The latest patterns produced Pianos repolished at very low rates. Repairs done on tho premises to complete satisfaction of Customers. Funeralß conducted with approved Btyle and economy. d »• ;p TRY : KIRKPATRICK'S |0 SPECIAL QUALITY 5 FRESH FRUIT i -JAM S - NOTICE. " OUR Special Quality "X" brand of New Se&Bon'o JAM is mada from Fresh Fruit, within a few hours after ft has beep gathered; it thus retains the full flavor of the Freeh Fruit, and ia the beet quality it is possible to make. CAUTION: None ia Genuine unless our Namo is stamped on tho Tin, and has our rois- tered Ttade Mark, the letter «' X," on the Label. S. KMPATRICK AND CO., MANUFACTURERS, NELSON. Important, mUR Proprietors of tho NEW ZEA- -1 LAND CLOTHING PAGTOSiY, at the requont of a lart?o number of their Customers, have decided to contlnne their Ashburton Branoh. Oar Manager, has just selected an entirely NEW STOCK, Suitable for the approaohlng Seaaon, and with a view of commanding a Large Buslneßs, ho hab our instruc- tions to mark ALL GOODS A.T THE Lowest Factory Prices. \\ Our Clothing being manufactured of the best New Zealand TWEEDS, well cut and woll made, is known aa superior to any other make, and obtained the GOLD AND SILVER MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE AT THE 3 WELLINGTON EXBIBITim HALLENSTEIN BROS & Co. A new and v»rled Stock of HOSIERY, HATS, SHIRTS. SCARFS, TIES, PORTMANTEAUS, &0., &0., fo select from, all marked at the Lowest Factory Pricea. W. H. WEBBER, ' f 99 Manager.



ASHBURTON Clothing Mart. IHAVEnnwopened In SAUJSDERS, BUILDINGS a NKW STOCK of COLONIAL OLOTHING and BOOTS' and having made favorable arrangements for the manufacture of a large lot of Men's, Yontha', and Boys' Ashbarton Tweod Suits, I can sell oheaper than ever offered m New Zealand. Aahburton Tweed Snlta made to measure, Ashburton Tweeds, Blankets, Flannelß, Rurb, and Shirtings guaranteed. Qrocorlea, China, Glass, Earthenware, aud Fancy Goods. Bobert Alcorn, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS. SADDLERY 1 SADDLERY 1 1 Ma A. IRELAND, having removed tc premises occupied by Mb Tait Burnett Street, hopes, by strict attention to Business, to merit a share of public j! patronage, THE IiOWEST PRICES CHARGED. , Every requisite m the Trade kept m 1 Stook. 8 Fannerß and othors will now have ar 1 opportunity of getting SADDLER f a 9 auoh LOW PRICES as were never befon offered m Aehburton. Repairs executed on most reasonable terms. AGENT for the new high arm Davii SEWING MACHINES. Theonlj ) t Vertical Feed Machine m the world. 1 nas no equal. x . Sold on time payments if required. 11*19 A. IRELAND.



J jgaAsa, SEILIN C[ OFF. goq o ° fiPlli 6reat nctioJlS ' /^^\ r P^^Sj 15 PEE OEh7 DISCOUNT (fu^^^\ " "T3 *I\ TURRAY, Jeweller, having secured the Premises lately (, M JLTt. _Lf-L oooapted. by Mb Neatb, Ohemlet, is no w offering hta h y STOCK at a «^ DISCOUNT OF 8s IN THE £ PKEVIOUS TO REMOVAL. 3 26 DIPPING JEASON, 1888. BROOKE'S "Perfect" Sheep Dip. IS TBE BEST FOR THE WOOL, AS PJIOV£D BY PRACTICAL TE&T3, PREPARED m accordance irith the latest advancemenfß m chemistry as applied t the Woollen Manufacturing Industry. It is a decided improvement on llie ol fashioned dips and only reqalrea a trial to prove Ub superiority. At the late Shetj dipping CompetllloD, conducted by the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral A -n >oi< tlon,. the K&lapol Woollen Co., on behalf of the ABBociaUon, for wool dyeing f;n general manufacturing purpoßCß, awarded the first placo to Brooke'a " Perfcc 1 ;" Sheo Dip; m fact, Brooke's Dip wan tho only»ono that actually improved the wool m th Important respect, the undipped wool being second, vrliilst nil the others wore moi O* less discolored. Tbe Association also pronounced BROOKE'S « PERFECT" SHKEP DIP to be superior to the Zealandia, Little'?, Hatch 'e, Ouoper'a and McDougaH'a, and ale leave the wool In better condition than Thomas' Dip. Brooko'e Dip having cor sequently been proved to be better than the English Dips, your praotioal support < the colonial article is respectfully solicited. To ensure Erooke'a Dip being mot thoroughly lestiog In It* good effects, m future it will be sent ont2o per cent atronge free of extra charge. Proportions for use. — One Gallon of Dip to 100 Gallons t water Mixes readily with oold wator ; dojps not require stirring while dipping Remarkably emollient, leaving the wool m perfeot condition, without the slightei \u25a0tain from the first day of Dipping. Concentrated m composition to reduoe oost < carriage, and put op In a portable handy form for use, it is also one of the oheapei Dips In tbe Market. SEDUCED PRICE : 14s per tin, to make 200 gallons wash ; 70s per case, con Hluing 5 tins, to make 1000 Gallons ; Css per case for not less than 5 casee Packages free. F. MAKEIG, Agent, Ashburton THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN TOWN ZEALANDIA BOO f STORE EAST STREET ASHBURTON McCallum and Co., PAINTERS, GLAZIERS, PAPERH ANGERS, SIGN WRITERS, Etod. WE deelre to inform our Clients and tho Public of Aahburton, that wo havo com- menced business m all the above Lineß. and solicit their patronage This Department will be under the management of Mr GEO. VINCKNT, late of'MK J X Chapman's, and rb we import MATERIALS of tho beet brands ooly, and -shall employ only JFIRBT-CLASS Workmen lo do cur Work, Clients enn rely on obtaining tho utmost VALUE, as weH as Batisfuctiop, for their MONEY. OILa, PAINTS, VARSISUES, \VIN^OW" GLASS, BRUSHES, Eio. .Always m Stcck. We havo 60,000 pieces of PAPBRHANWNGB. due to arrive, of tho very choicest PATTERNS and COLORS obtainable m London. McCalluxn #nd Co., TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS, PAINTERS, PAPERJEIANGEtIS GLAZIERH, Etc., EAST STBEST, ASHBURTON. W. H. COLLINS, Manager. THE STANDARD FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. WITH UNLIMITED LIABILITI OF SHAREHOLDERS. CAPITAL— £I,OOO^OO STEBLIM. HEAD OFFICE : DUNEDIN. INBUBERB have tie most undoubted Security under this Company's Polioiosi liS together with an assurance of Prompt and Liberal Settlement of ?i»«ma ' Merchandue aluo Crop, Stack, and Machine Ri B ks at Lowest Kates of Premium. Jf ideJity of Persons holding situations of trust guaranteed. | OFFICE t HEREFORD STREET, CHRISTOHURCH (Opposite^Bank of New Zealand.) ARCHIBALD KCOTT, r Manager for Canterbury, ALBEETi EOBEitTS. lAGENT. ASHBURTON



THE ASEiiTJRTON WOOLLEN MANUFACTTJBING COMPY Is PREPARED TO PURCHASE JOR CASH ALL KINDS OF WOOL Ik Large or Small Quantities. H. SEMPLE, t56 Seoretary. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. C. M. Brooke, (Formerly Managing Assistant to COOK nnd KOSr-.) Pharmaceutical nnd Operative Chemist, Sheep Dip Manufacturer, and preparer oi Poisoned Wheat, Kaiapoi, BEGS to annonnce that having securec premises m Aehburton, he purposei opening a < hemist and Druggist's shop about the first week m April, when th< favor of your patronage will be respect lolly solicited. SOLE MANUFACTURER OF \u25a0 BROOKE'S Perfect Sheep Dip Not*.'— Mi 1 F. Makeig is agent at Aali burton for the above dip. 2J113