LATEST CABLE NEWS.

[BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH — COPYRIGHT) (pub pbbsb association.; [Received October 24, 12 10 p.m.]

THE COAL STRIKE.

Sydkey, Ooober 24. Owing to the refusal of the masters to allow the men to take small coal for household purposes, the Leitbgow colliers have given fourteen days notice of their intention to cease working.

SEVERE DROUGHTS

Adelaide, Ootober 24. In consequence of the severe droughts m the northern districts the crops are failing, and disheartening accounts are to hand regarding the position of agriculturists. It is said that ruin stares many farmers m the face.

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

Melbourne, Ootober 24. Arrived— Rotorua, from Greymouth. Sailed— Rotomahana, for Bluff.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

(PER PBEBB ABSOOU.HOK.) Hospitals and Charitable Aid. Wbiaikgton, October 23. Dr McGregor, Inspector-General of Lnnatio Asylums, who Is now visiting Viotoria, !■ enquiring into the Victorian ■yitem of managing hospitals, lnnatlo asylums, and dispensing dmltable aid, will make a voluminous report on these auVijaoti on his return to the colony nexi The Maori Will Case. The appeal by Bronghton against the judgment of Sir J Prendergaat m the Renata-Kawepo will case will be heard before the Appeal Court on November 6th. The Salvationists. Ohbistohdboh, October 24. Wilson,' the Salvationist Captain wan released from Addiogton gaol to-day Two hundred Salvatiouiste with the band met him outside the gaol and escorted him to Cathedral square where they held an open-air service m the presence of a large orowd, The Minister for Public Works. Ihe Bon Mr Mitchdson left for the South this morning. He estimates the coßt of repairing the Bunnyside asylum at £10,000, Shipping. Oamabu, Ootober 24. Sailed this morning— Wild vYave, barque, with 3170 sacks of wheat fox Hobart.

RUNNING A PAPER

By some nnaeoonntable misapprehension of facts, there is a Urge olasa of people m the TOild who think that it costß little or nothing to ran a newspaper, and if they buy a copy from the neWßboy. when too far from the office to come and beg one, they are regular patrons, and entitled to unlimited favorß. Men call every day at the newspaper offices .to get ft copy of the daily paper, just from the press, for nothing, who would never dream of bepging • pocket handkerchief from a dry goods store, or a pieoe of candy from a oonfeotioner, even upon the plea of old acquaintance, having bought something once before. But this is a gmall drain compared with the free advertis ing a newspaper is expected to do. Some men who have paid two dollars, at an early period of life, for an advertisement worth four or five, appear to think they are stockholders m the establishment for eternity. They de mand the publication of all marriage and funeral notices, obituaries and family episodes for the next forty years, gratis. Speak of pay And they grow indignant. ' ' Don't I patronise joax paper?" "Yes; but you receive the worth of your money for what you pay." J> Sot/' says the patron, "it will cost you nothing to pat this m," which is just as ridi .cnloDß as to »sk a man to grind your axe on Ins grindstone, »nd graciously tell him it won't cost him a cent. It tabes money to ran a newspaper as well as any other business ; no paper will succeed financially that carries a deadhead system. — " Press."

THE TALKING WAX DOLL.

Mb' Edison has invented a wax doll that talks. The jaws are hang bo naturally that one unacquainted with the fictitious character of the doll would Imagine they belonged to » genuine flesh and blood Infant. The body of the doll contains a miniature motor and the smallest phono graph ever made, the phonograph and the jaws of the doll are worked simul taneously, and the fictitious* infant talks for just one minute by Mr Edison's golden chronometer. It is so accurately timed that the homely little prayer whloh John Quinsy Adams uttered while dying— »• Now I lay me down to sleep "—has juat time to issue from its inby lips before tha Instrument stops. In explaining how this remarkable feat b performed, Mr Edison said; "A curious featnre about this invention is that the baby's voioe is an ezaot represen tation of the human voioe. In faot it is my own voice, for I speak to the phono graph and the record is m»de of the tones of my rolos npon the little wazen cylinder. Then, by an Ingenious contrivance con nected with one of the arms of the make believe baby, the mechanism is started into motion. It sounds all the more natural coming from the baby, because the tones of my voice have been reduced m volume, so that they seem salted to the infant's capacity. The accurate guaging of the utterances of the doll, bo that thty would come within the one minute limit, hap cost me a great deal of time and labor. The first line of the prayer Is repeated more quickly than any of the others. I " The second line is a little slower, and runs aomething like the following : ( I pray the Lord my soul to ke c p.' ' "The third Hoe is etlll Blower, and when printed would read eometbing like thii : 'If I should die belorel wake,' * ( The last line of the original verse is long drawn ont, as if the make believe baby waa getting very sleepy, thua : •I— pr a y— t h e— Li o r d— m y— so v I— t o take* "But I have added," continued Mr Edbon, "a few words to the prayer which, while they do not appear m the original, still will be found m general use, They are these, and they die away from the infant's Hpa as though she were overcome with weariness — 600 o d njxight, maamma, Goood nnight, pppaapa, Gooood niiight, 11 Thii Is not the only accomplishment o! this wondeiinl child," continued the inventor with a smile. " Not only does the spurious baby speak its prayer, but It also alnOa a oomio song. When I had Mr Rogenfeld play over bis song ' Kutchy, Katohy, OOo f for the phonograph I aloo took an impression of the melody and words for the nae of my baby, so that now she not only aays her evening prayer, but she always sings her little song— ringing the ohorus only.. .us follows : Kutehy, Kutoby, 000, liovey me, I lovey 'oo ; Does 'oo lovey, lovey roe I Am I lovey, lovry 'oo 1 Katcby, Katoby, Ooo ! My little maiden never has a sore throat, and the never refuses to sing when called npon to do go»"

A TRAGIC STORY OF FRENCH LIFE.

The results of free love m France have been strikingly exemplified by a fearful family drama which ie just now being \ unfolded before the Assize Court of the department of the Deux-SSe-reb. The facts briefly stated are t leae : -In 1880 M Chevaliereau, a law student at Poitiers, « lived with a pretty milliner. Julia Kerrand 6he bore him four children., one of whom, a daughter, died. After several years of cohabitation, M. Chevallerenu, at the instigation of his father and his friends, threw off Julia, and ref need to recognise her children, who were thereby reduced with their mother to destitution. One of the sons — JHonore — partially ost his reason, and had to be placed m an asylum. The two others— Gaston acd Erneßt — who were struggling m Paris, sought oat their father at Poitiers ; but he threatened to shoot them* if they returned there again. The boys therefore went away m fear and trembling; but m a few months' time, poverty pinching them worse than ever, they resolved to try their luck at Poitiers once more. They bought a revolver, and on their way to their father's house practised with it on some trees. Oa entering the paternal chateau they were received by a housekeeper, who gave them two glasses of wine ; but when M. Che vallereau came m he threw the glasses out of the door and his eons after them, Ernest Ferrand then drew out his re volver and shot his father, who tottered to his room and expired. The boy Honore, who was m the asylum, on hear ing that his brothers were arrested, committed suicide, Oaston and Jbrneat were put on their trial for the murder before a Niort jury, which After 20 minutes' deliberation " acquitted" them.

THE SKATES

(AftebE, A. Pob's "The Bells.") Hear the thunder of the Bkatei— Boiler skateß I How my soul bo supersensitive their row infernal hates 1 When I'm half a mile from the door Gomes the deaf 'ning, maddening rolling Of those wheels upon the floor — That maddening, monotonous, rever beratiDg roar Of the skates 1 Hear the whirring and the wbizzling Of the skates, Mark the unacoustomod antics, Strugges ludicrously frantic, As eaoh figure there gyrates, In a human panorama, ' Mid a oaoophonio clamor, Men and women, girls and boys, Make a horrid, hideous noise, Like a huge titanic hammer That some Herouleß employs. Oh, the skates 1 See the ekater on those wheels, How he reels. Oh t see the look of agony his countenance reveals, And he knows and he feels That his toes and his heels Are quite beyond controlling When he onoe commenoes rolling On those wheels. They are either brass or wooden, And they'll let him down bo sudden On bis seat, That he'll wonder, wonder, wonder, At the awful clap of thunder When the floor rose up from underneath his feet. g$ Hear the rumbling, see the tumbling On the skates. How each joist, and beam, and rafter Oscillates. Hear the mocking Bound of laughter That eaoh downfall follows after, And all the tender feelings of the victim lacerates ; For the public Bitting there, With expeotant, eager stare, Diabolically waits till the tyro on the skates Tumbles down Like a Btone, With a frown and a groan, And then rising m confusion, Madly rubs each sore contusion, Swearing skating's a delusion . An<L> pn»x«. -^ -■-,■• There's the expert on his gliding • Skimming skates See him heading, BwayiDg, leaning, Like a ship he goes oareening ; Doing m and outßide edges, drawing sinuous figure eights. Swiftly nearing Disappearing, Verging, veering, deftly steering He pauses not a moment, and he never heßitates, But faster flies and faster, For he's evidently master Of the skates. See them thunder, glide and blunder On the skates. How their dignity each tumble irritates, " How they roll, roll, roll, How they olaßb, collide, and olink, Till they agonise my soul By their olatter at the rink. Bound and round and round again, In a bort of endless chain — A chain of human beings where eaoh skater forms a link. He is wise who hesitates Ere be raßhly tempts the Fates By trusting his anatomy on those deoeptive Bkateß At the rink. Bo they oeastlesaly continue With a vigor no oatastropbe abates. Oirouitously wheeling m. an intervening Bcroll, So they roll, roll, roll. And tumblers pay the toll On a journey that's monotonous, and mean* ingless, and droll, On a gyrating journey that no object has nor goal; But because it is the fashion they must all insanely roll On the running, rumbling, riaky Boiler skates, ••Bruce Herald."

THE LAND QUESTION.

Mr N. Wood, wrhlng from England to the "New Zealand Herald," says:— There la nothing strikes me so forcibly «s the price of land and rents m England as compared with New Zealand, and es pecially Auckland. This is what gtres tuoh solid oomfort and stability to England. Rents are as low In the Bull Ring, Birmingham, as they are In Qatten street, Auckland; the former with its 500,000 population, not counting the teeming thousands which pour In weekly from surrounding oountry towns, the latter with its 60,000 more or less, and Its position at the outside of the world. The more comparison ia absurd, and the Inflated values wa hare been pleased to put on land oannot be sustained ; they mpst come down. The competition In trade will not allow profits to pay exorbi tant and extortionate rents, whether m town or oountry. Prlmo farms are being let seventeen miles out of Birmingham at 25a per aore, and nothing to do but go In and crop. Eight mlleß out of Birmingham the freeholds of .excellent farms can be pucohaaed cheaper than they can eight miles oat.of Auckland. Farmers on small lots can do better at home than here. J.'a no uae leoturlng here on emigration, unless muoh greater attractions can be offered than at present. No matter what • man has to dispose of there, be has a market at his door at some price. There are thousands of acres of land m the Waikato lylog idle — and likely to do so, for if a purchaser pomes along, euch a price )s asked aa will not allow him, if ha buys, to get salt for his porridge out gf It, It will pay the Government to give Mr Dlxon'a Emigration Society free Grown granta if it will bring sterling men and capital Into the country.

SPORTING.

AUSTRALIAN NOTES.

(PRE PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Reoelved October 24, 12 10 p.m.) Melbourne, October 24. For fhe Melbcumo Cup Mentor is very firm at 8 to 1. Whuk*wai did a great gallop over two miles this raornin?. finishing well within himsolf m 3 ruin 44secs. Firelock and Beryl did a mile and a half m 2nin 52^aeo. j

A CHILD CHARGED WITH MURDER.

A mysterious tragody occurred m Asylum Boad, Birmingham, on Saturday night, September 1, Mrs Ada Fereday, the wife of a working man, went oat marketing about s ; x o'clock m the evening, leaving her infant, six months old, lyiog m the bassinette perambulator m front of tne fire. She also left m "the house two older children, her cousin, a boy aged 12, and a girl aged 10 Mra Fereday's father was also lying drunk and asleep on a sofa. On her return the boy had gone out, but the little girl said, ' Oh, look at the blood on the floor." She then found that the Infant had been deeply out -near its ankle, and that a table-koife was lying m the perambulator. The girl Alice Forrester stated at first that she had done it as a boy m the street had told her it would bring her good luck. The mother took the baby to a surgery, where an assistant sewed up the wound m the foot that w*s shown to him. toon after, while nursing the infant, the mother found that the other ' foot was also bieeding, and on examining it found thit it was nearly cut off. Ti:e infant was taken to the General Hospital, where It died about ten minutes after The police at first suspeo.ed the mother and grandfather, but wore satisfied that they wete innorent, and that the fatal injurieeiwere inflioted by one or both the children, whom they retained m custody. The boy states that he went out and knew nothing about it, and the girl, revoking the statement first made to the mother, also professes ignorance. Mr Harris, the sur geon of the General Hospital, who ex amined the child, says it is hardly likely that a girl Bged ten, or even a boy aged twelve, could have inflicted the injuries on the deceased — oertainly not with the knife which was found m the perambulator, which was an ordinary t»b!e knif*, not very sharp. He could hardly have per formed the work himself with Buch an instrument. On this theory be has in structed the police to look out for another knife with a sharper blade. The time m which such injuries were inflioted would not not be long. They seem to have been made with a razor, bo clean are the cats, and two sweepß of such a blade would be sufficient to sever a child's foot — the work of a few seconds — and the child might not cry on account of the force of the shock. At the time tho child was brought to the hospital the p ;ople had no notion, apparently, that it was dying ; they brought it junt to bava the wounds dressed, bit he saw the serious state of the case, and caused them to be detained

A FRENCH BLUEBEARD.

Recently the " Bluebeard " of Oolombea —a borough on the outskirts of Paris — was put on hie trial before the Correction^ Court. Bontemps — the domestic tyrant m queßtion — is a house-owner and farmer with considerable means, moßt of whioh he has been m the habit of squandering on wine and women. He was first married to a respectable girl, Mademoiselle Deloron, whom he treated bo barbarously (hat one day, after a vinlont dipcussion with "Bliipbcaid," she flung herself into th'» Stiao and was drowned. Shortly afterwards Bon tern pa fell m love with a pretty blonde mimed Virginia Munch, the daughter of an artisan, the was prevailed upon to marry him, dt spite his bad character. After a few montbß of matri mony-the new — Madame Bontemps had anything but a " gocd time." She was k oketJ and cuffed by her slave-driver, and ran away toherparents' house. Ultimitaly a reconciliation between tflte couple was patched up, and Madame Bontemps returned to the bed and board of '• Blue* beard," who m a few weeks began hin tyrannical tricks and pranks again. He beat his wife with his bliobs until her body bore the marks of the hobaailn, and he used to complain m the wins* taverns that she ponsoeeed as many lives at a oat, for he oould not succeed m killing her. To prevent her from again going home to her father Bmtempa looked the poor woman m, fei her on bread and water, and when he returned from work kicked her about the kitchen while she was trying to cook hla dinner. At night he made her Bleep on the floor of the kitchen, on obalrs, In a loathsome garret, and anywhere, m fact, e»ve m bed. Ab a crowning act of cruelty he looked her In a plgßty during the rigorous oold of tho winter. Nevertheless Madame Bontemps, although dying of consumption, contrived to escape from her misery about a month ago, and suocaedec? m creeping feebly along by the walla of the house until ahe reached her father's abode, There she simply went to bed and died. Bontemps is a thin, wiry, ill-looking, and cyuloal creature, abont 56 years old. When brought before the dead body of bis wife, aooording to the usual custom, he in veighed against the deceased, and said ahe Wats liizy, drunken, and frivolous. The fellow has been let off with alight punish ment. Bontemps wbs completely dßzad during the trial, and merely replied to the ] President, when questioned as to his aotlone, that his wives were Irzy and wanted whipping up. The tribunal ordered Bontempa to pay £20 damages to the father of his second wife and to go to prison for twelve months I

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 1888



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D. Thomas. METHVEN SALES MY oexfc Periodical Silo at Methven will be held on THUBSDAY, 16th November. X cries to be left with Messrs HIBB3 lii.vOo, mm~ D " THOMAS, 10 lOj Ashbnrton. PERIODICAL SALES AT MOUNT SOMEaB. I shall hold my next Auction Silo 07 LIVE AND DEAD STOCK AND SDNDBIBS ow WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14th, 1888 Entriei to be left with Ms J» o Hood. D. THOMAB, Aihbnrton, WooL Wool. Wool. JAM prepared to nuke Ltbercl Otih Advances on the growing clips of Wool Plaoed In my bands for sale or shipment either In Aehburton, Ohrlatohnrob. or «ny other Market. i«r.ny Wool Paoko and every requisite on Pale at lowest prloes. If no Bale effeoted too Commission or I Charges made. First Bilo early m November. **«,» D ; THOMAS, 10 112 Ashburton. " 111 I ! I | | D. Thomas, (Late of Maibon, Cox and Co.), A UOTIONEER, LAND, INSDRANOE, iX and ESTATE AGENT, VALUATOR, WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBUBTON. Loans negotiated, Weekly Hales of Lfve Stock, Tlnwald and . Aahbnrton alternately Fortnighily Sales of Sheepskins, Fat. Bidea, eto. 4 on FRIDAYS Salea of Wool throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Clearing Sales as per arrangement AGENT FOR— Mataon and Co., Ohristohuroh Mercantile Finance Oo.,Ohristobnroh Colonial Inveutmont Company, Dunodln National Mortgage Co., Christ ohatoh Booth, Macdonald and 00., Chriitohuroh Morton and White's Sheep Dip Buokeye Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Co. Graham b Foot Rot Composition. 9 6 D, THOMAS, Ashbnrton. London and lancashire fibe Insurance company, I HAVE been opgpointed Agent for the above Company, and am now pre- pared to take Kiska on Buildings, Stock and Crops at current rates, D. THOMAS, Ashbnrton, Skin Sales. I shall hold Fortnightly Pales of the above throughout the Season at my WOOL STORES, West Btreet, Aehburton commencing FRIDAY, 2nd NOVEMBER At 12 o'clock, D. THOMAS. I have the following PEOPFBTIES FOE SALE, -f p? f\ Acres, Wakanui, grand land _L kJ \J and improvements /L4-Q Acres> Wakanui » *pfendf J QOA Acres near Rakaia, splenf i d jUtJXJ laud, all m crop, no hoi 8 1 QAA Acres, near Mayfield 4-00 Aorep ' Maronan i tueaook QTQ Acr ' 8> Weßt Melton, gooii kJ- %*J f«rm /[ ~1 i Edendale, near p ac . — L toiy, g and dairy farnt easy terms c0 A pe e r 8 (v Kyle ' BPlendidPrO \ 24-00 Acreß> Alford FoMst For information apply to D. THOMAS, Anhburton,



Public Notices. £20 HE WARD. IN coneequenca of tho amount of Poaching goin^ on m 'he Creeke on the Lagtuhor • state, tl>e above reward will be paid to nnyouo {."ving information that will l^ad to a conviction. From tbia dale NO ONK will be per mitted to fish m the Creeks on tin- Laginhrr Estate. DONALD M v/.V V.N". Lagmhor, 17th October, 1888. 10°144 HEW PAPERHANGINGS FX"TAINTJI" NOW OPENED,, -| A_ BALES PAPERHANGINGS 10ASE DECORATING ENAMEL PAINTS . James Craigie, TANCBED BTBEET. 10 13 rpo MEET THE TIMES. C TRUCKLE, PROPRIETOR of thePrinoe Albert Boarding - House, Wills Street, Aahburton, next Oddfellowa' Hall, while thanking! his. many Friends and Customers for their liberal support for the past 10 years, solicits a continuance of the same. Board and Lodging, 16s, 18s per week, or 3b per day. Pinners only, 4a per week, Good accommodation for Families, and private rooms for Ladies* 7 62 TO THB'LACIES OF ASHBURTON. Misses Morrison &;Holloway DRESS AND MANTLE IMAKERS Tanored, Street ASHBURTON. 5 169 ASHBURTON AGBIODLTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF Stock, Implements, &c M Will be held at the COUNTY SALE YARDS, AdH BURTON, ON FRIDAY, 2nd JoYember, 1888. Entries close on FRIDAY, 26th Ootober. In addition to the Private Prlzo List, Mr John Small will give a Prize of £1 Is for the largest collection of email birds heads. Mr E. F. Wright will give a truck load of Mount Somers coal, delivered at the Mount Somers Station, to the owner of the mare, m &ny class on the groand, whioh m the opinion of the judges will, mated with a thoroughbred horue, bo likoly to breed a good dog cart mare or ge ding. SPECIAL PRIZE. MexFriedlaoder, Esq.— The bervloa of hia entire "Blaokwood Abdallah," for the best foal' by that sire. Special entry. Three entries of no award. Exhibitors are requested to enter as early aa possible thiß week, JOHN J. 0. QUAtSfF, 10JU2 Secretary. O e Jj« O E V M O U R, SURGEON DENTIST, 215, Colombn Street (new Buildings near corner of Gloucester Street.) Established ... ... ... 1869 SCALE OIfoHARGES : Extraction, 2s 6d per tooth • Fillings, 6s per tooth. A reduction made where a number require attending to, ARTIFICIAL TEETH. The charges for Artificial Teeth are n?ad( with a view to strict economy, regulated by such circumstances as cases present, oi such materials as patients prefer. Par- ticulars given on application. Consulta- tion free. Nitrous Oxide (Laughing Gas) administered iv hen required. Attendance, 9 a.m, to 6 p.m. 215, Colombo Street, Christohtjroh, 8 167 JAM PKIMO. '" — -• ■■♦ Some time since we published a smal paragraph en the unsatisfactory nature of much of the jam retailed In the colony. Thiß reaohed Messrs Klrkpatrlck and Co., of Nelson, and they went to work m a very praotloal fashion to prove that the jams manufactured by the firm were of the beat quality. Two cases of assorted jams were sent to thia office, with a re- quest that we would thoroughly test the jam along with other brands, and give our opinion. We are happy to state, frankly and fully that we have beep vary much surprised, aB prior to the receipt of Messrs Kirkpatriok's gift we were unaware that New Zealand could boast of aq In- dußtry orvrhlgh It has bo mnoh reago'n""to bo proud. The various aorta of jSuI were tented by a number oi persona, who compared the Bampleß with other brandß, and the general verdict Is ihat not only are M'-earß Klrkpatrlck'a produotioneTar aud away better than any other New Zealand hiand vra can obtain, but they »ro anpenor to m betug freaher. The neareßt &pproaoh to the excellence of the -Nelson jam was that oontained m tins boarlDg the name of a T.ftßmaoian fl rrn , but even In this com- j parlaon the Nelson artiole came out a long i w»F bcßt. We aro pleased to be able to ' give unatlntod pralae to a genuine looal industry, the product of which we can unreservedly recommend to oonaumera. All of the many persona who have teßted the Bampleß are loud la their praise, and we imnat unreservedly congratu'ate Messrs Ktrkpatrlck and Co. upon turning ouTa genolno fruit jam fit to grace ihe tableß aori p'e»pe th^ pnlniiH of the m-'at luxurtonw »/ dtV mi Ha. — '• iiuwku'& Uay Heralu," .luiy 18th. S*:npleß ot Kirkpatrlck and Co's " X brand of j\m havti been forwarded to us and we aro free to confess that they appear to be In every way exoellent and as they become hotter known m the looal market will meet with muoh appreciation from the heads of households. The maker asserts that none but the. prjrost fruits grown In Nelson M 6 ÜBe fl j n n j B manu _ faotures, aqd. we are oontent to accept that aO»nra«*Qe. Certainly th« jama possess a riohneaß aud irHßiuieaa ot flavor thtt beara that assertion out.— Danedl BUffi" 3viy 9«j ;



Public Notices ST STEPHEN'S SCHOOLROOM, ASHBURTON. /^eUHOH Social Moelina on WSDNES- V^ DAY next, October 24ch, at 8 p.m. ~A"cTareßß T>y tho -Most Reverend the Primate. Ai mission Is 104:175 ST. STEPHEN'S OEUROH, ASHBURTON. /CONSECRATION of Ohurob, THURS- J \j DAY Next, October 25tb, at eleven o'clock. Sermon by the Most Reverend tie. Primate. Collection for Ohuroh improvement* A CARD./ Miss Carson, TEACHER OF MUSIC, (PIANOFORTE AND OUGAN), BUBNKTT STBEET, 12 101 GLASGOW DRAPERY and CLOTHING COMPANY. Tre- mendous Bargains. The Miners' Strike I AT NEWCASTLE, N.S.W., HAS already proved to be • good thlug for New Zealand. The in- creased output of all the mines m New Zealand has necessitated the employment of large numbers of men In addition to the regular staff kept by proprietors of mines. Keep your money m New Zealmd, and help to make employment for the popula- tien? Burn Mount Somers and Westport Goal- I bave made fresh arrangements for the supply of these two Coals, and oan now sell at Reduced Rates for CASH on delivery. MOUKT SOMEBB COAL, WbSTPORT COAL Per ton, 22i 6d 45s Half toD, lla 6d 23a Quarter ton, 6b 12 j Booking Extra, Mount Somerß Coal per Truck load, m Trucks 17s 6d per ton Cash at Ashburton Station. NEWCASTLE COAL ALSO IN BTOCK JOHN G- RESTELL IRONMONGERY. JOHNORR&CO. HAVE now landing and to arrive ex h.s. " Bayley " and 'Opawa," from London, and ex v Clan Maolood," from New York :— 2 Cases Burgaa and Balls' and Ward and Palna' Sheep Shears. 100 Drums Boiled and Raw Oil 3 Tons Genuine White Lead 1 Ton Red Lead 4 Caska Patent Dryers 10 CJaaes Varnish 150 Kega Wire Nails 15 Tons Bar Iron 1 Ton Sheet Iron 6 Oases Iron Bedsteads 4 Oases Spring Wire Mattresses Registered Grates, Ranges, and Stoves m great variety 40 Bundles Galvanised Tuba and Buckets 8 Oaseß Gorse Knives 2 Oases Gorse Grubbers, single and double edge 3 Oases Prize Dundee Leather Belt- Qg, from H to 6 inch 1 Oaae Eleotro-plated Forks and Spoons 1 Case Potofil Spoons and Forks 40 Bandleß Spades and Forks 6 Oaabs Garden Tools 350 Colls Plough Line Bops— Manilla and Flax, all sizes Lawn Mowers Hay Rakes, Soytheß, and Handles 2000 Yards Wire Netting, 2ft to 3ft 1 Case Garden Syringes j 1 Case Bubber Hose Pipe 4 Oases Carpenters' Tools 2   Hammers 56 „ American Looks and Hard ■ ware 3 Oases Babbett'a Metal 2  Reap Hooks 10 „ Chairs 3 „ Chair Beds 4 „ Files 8 Casks Agato Enamelled Wnro 4  Hollo ware 2  Buehwnror 2  Tinware 2 Cases Augers, Bits and Braooa 4  Perambulators 4 „ Pltph and Lampbaok 10 Drams Neatsfoot Oil 50 Oases Castor Oil 15 Cratoa and Casks Crockery and Glassware. In this lot will be found some beautiful Tiolot and Tea Sels SOLE AGENTS IN THE OQUNTY FOR TH]s McCOEMICK Improved Steel Binders. JOHF OER & CO,



Public Notices. WE HAVE FOR SALE— One ten horse power Traction Engine with Combine and Elevators complete, all m pei'feot order. For full particulars apply to I FKIEDLANDER BEOS. !ot4B TO^THE PCBLIO OF ABHBURTON AND DISTRICT. Wauchop & Co., GENERAL COMMISSION AGBNTB, LaKD AND FINANCIAL AGENTS, ARE prepared to do business for Clients atf Lowest Rates. Grata, Wool, and all Farm Froduoo sold punctually, snd acoount vales rendered promptly; Goods bought for Clients m the beat markers, and forwarded without delay. Loans negotiated for earns froa> £10 to £10,000 on freehold security. Liens on Oropß, Wool, and other security. All business strlotly private. WAUCHOP & CO., | 224, Hereford Street, Chrietohuroh, TIMARU AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION; The ASSOCIATION'S TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL SHOW OF STOCK, &o , WILL be held on the ASSOCIATION'S GROUNDS, Wavitl Road, on TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, October 30 th and 31st, 1888. Consisting of Sheep, Cattle, Horses, Pigß, Doge, Dairy and. Agricultural Pro- duce, Implements, Wool, etc. Prizes amounting to about £550 will be given m Pieces of Plate, Medals or Caeh. For further particulars see Poitera. Prize Lists may be obtained on applioa* tion to JOHN J. O. QUANE, j Asbburton.* And F. W. STUBBS, 10 25 Secretary. GREAT CLEABiKG SALE. BARGAINS ! BARGAINS ! BARGAINS 1 Having resolved to dispose of my Stock OF HARDWARE, CROCKERY, BRUSH- WARE, AND GLASSWARE. To make room for entirely new Ftock, the above will be sold at actual cost for OAbH, This is a Genuine Sale, and purchasers will cave over 50 per cent by taking ad- vantage of the opportunity. ¥m. Baylis Storekeeper, Triangle. A. Harrison. Alfred Harrison, AUCTIONEER, STOCK AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR. SATURDAY SALE »t 12 o'olook Bharj — Horaea, Cattle, PlgS| Produce »nd Merchandise. Farming Implements and Vehicles of all kinds constantly In Yards on view FOR SALE. Clearing Sales held m town or Country as required, and most liberal terms arranged with both Buyers and Sellers. Rents colleoted, audjtbe Business of Absentees managed with care. Valuation made of Properties or Morohan* disc on easy terms. Advances made Instantly on Goods delivered at the Store for Sale. FOR SALE— Piano, In walnut, by John Brinsmead and Sons, London. A beautiful Instrument, nearly now; ohoop. TO LET— Whops In Ooleman's Build- ings. Reduced rents. Good brlok buildings: handsome shops. Agent for the Norwich Onion Fire Insurance Company. ALFRED HARRISON. T. [Bullock, , TO FARMERS ASD OTHERS. FOR SALE - A number of Blue Gum Saplings suitable for making Stook Yards, Sheep Yards, of p. Apply to 10 116 T, BULLOCK. TO LET— A 6-roomed House In Cox Street, — Apply to T. BULLOCK. TO LET. FOUR roomed house m Peter Btreet lately occupied by Mr Nourish. Apply to T. BULLOCK. TINWAtIX ' TO LET— Hot S3 fronting Graham 1 i Road. Apply to T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE. LOT 32, fronting the Alford Forest Road, neat the entrance to the Woolen Factory. Prico £9 10s. Apply to T. BULLOCK, TO LET— House of 5 rooms, wit rerandbh, together with about 9 acre of laid. Apply to _ T. BULLOCK TO J-ET. T)O(>MS In the Aroade Chambers.



J Public Moticea _ AUCTIONEER'S NOTICE. THUUSDAY, 25th OOTOBEB. INTENDING Parohasers are reminded that Mr Hohne's sale "of Furniture, (x*g, Horse, Burneßs, efo , wHI t»ke plooe at hta residence on the above d*te. T. BULLOCK, 10 187 Auotioniar, TO CONTRACTORS. WANTED about 80 Acres land ploughed near Hacktborne. For particulars apply Messrs Green and Sorint, Mayfield, or G. JAMESON, m> Ashburton. ( NOTICE. GUY G. MEREWETHER having withdrawn from the fi. m of Jephbom and Co , Flux Millers, Tinwsld, the boa neao will Id fature be oarried on by Mtaaiv Jbphson and Moobb, who will discharge all debtß and reoeive all monies due. Tlnwald, July 21. 10*186 ASHBUKTON Agricultural and Pastoral Stow. NOVELTIES FOR THE HOLI- DAYS. ANDREW ORR IS SHOWING HIS SECOND SHIPMENT High-class Drapery EX TOJNGAKIRO. LADIES NKW DREBS MATERIALS NEW ZEPHYRS, EMBROIDERED DRE^S'tS, LaOK and SILK MAN- TELS, PARASOLS, CORSETS, GLOVES, BEAUTIFUL bUMMBR MILLINERY, NEW LACE OUR. TAINS. Ladies' Boots, very cheap ; Ladles' Shoes from 6s. Splendid Assortment of Ashbarton, Kaiapol, and Roslyn Tweeds. SUITS TO MEASURE, FROM £3 10*. CARPETS VifißY OBEAP. ANDREW ORR. H. J. WOOD & Co. BTATIONERS' HALL, jfriedlandor's Buildings Ashburton. NEW BOOKS. A LARGE Seleotion of the latest cheap Editions. New Booka for Sohool Priz3a and Presentation m great variety. A speoial discount to School and Library Com- mittees. PHOTO XMAS CARDS OF N.Z. SCENERY, for friends la the Old Country. A lot of cheap Masio at less than Half Price. New Musio by every Mail. Large stock of Stationery end Aooonnt Books of every deaoription, Writing Oaaea and Desks, Scrap, Photo, and Fern Albums, Work Boxeß, Purses, Card Oases, Pocket Booka, Photo Frames, and every description of Fancy Stationery. LETTS' DIARIES FOR 1889. Commercial, Rough, and Pocket Series. Grocers' and Drapers' Wrapping Papers lp any quantity. Any Book out of stock procured from our Ohrlstchurch Establishment, the stook of which is one of the Largest and boat Assorted In the Colonies, or fioffl our London Agency. 11. J. WOOD & CO., STATIONERS' HALL, ASHBURTON. "ZEALANDIA'' BOOT STOKE, EAST STREET, Ashburton. THE Largest and Beat assorted Stook of BOOTS AND SHOES m the Aehburton Dlstrlot. Being direct Importers wo are enabled to c ffer the best productions of the Eoglish and Continental Markets at the loweßt possible Prices* Great attention given to Qaality and Fit, and our Patrons may rely upon obtaining GOOD WEARING AND PERFECT FITTING BOOTS and SHOES. Ladies' Glaoe, Button and Lace. Ladleß* Calf, Eld, Button and Laoe. Ladies' Elastic Sides. Ladies' Walking and Evening Shoes; Ladles' House Boots and Slippers, Gents' Fine Goods. Latest Styles. Children's Boots and Shoes of all Kluds. In Colonial make wo always keep a full assortment of the Celebrated Zealandla Brand. Do not be misled. None are genuine unless branded ZEALANDIA, We guarantee all Boots of this make to glvo GOOD WEAR, and for . Quality and Price are THE CHEAPEST IN THE COLONY. Bespoke & Repairing Department This Department Is carefully looked after. None but best material used, and the work done by experienced workmen. New springs put Into old Boots, and all kinds of repairi executed promptly. Note the Addreßß-r "ZEALANDIA" BOOT STOEB. EAST BTBEET, ASHBURTON. R, HOME, MiQtgtr. ,



BANK HOLIDAY. PURSUANT to "The Banka and Bankers Act, Amendment Aot, L 882," FRIDAY, the 2nd day of Novem- bar, 1888, Is hereby Appointed as a special Bank Holiday at the offices of the under- mentioned Banks *at Aihburton and Rftkala. The Union Bank of Anatralia, Lint; JOSEPH PALMER, Chief Officer. The Bank of Australasia. B, W. MORRAH, Inspector, The Bank of New Sooth Wales. GILBERT KING, Assistant Inspector. The Bank of Ne* Z aland. JOHN MURRAY, JO 191 Inspeccor. GLASGOW DRAPERY and CLOTHING COMPANY, East Street, next Patoning, Sailr i maker. Rink de Paris, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25th. THE Cup Handicap. K. Zander scratch A. Eapleton ... 6 laps m5O A. E. Prime ... 4 „ „ „ T. Dally 4 „ „ „ 0. Strange ... 3 „ „ „ R. Grubb 3 „  „ fl, Zander! R. Ourtis f oi B. Shilee ( tM ** '» » » S. Clark ) G Clark ... H „ „  G.Arthur ... $ „  „ Race at 8,30 o'clock. > R. ELSTON, I BL«iaea tnd. Mia»g«r,