THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.

«(PER PBKSS ASSOCIATION,)

JTistgva, March 31 It is reported here that a Russian flying corps is being organised at Kischeneff to operate iv Bulgaria. Bucharest, March 30. The agitation m the city has subsided, and quietude has been restored. Sofia. March 30, . It has been decided to strengthen the Bourgas, Varna, and Macedonian positions on the frontier. The Porte is increasing the troops on the Bulgarian "frontier, and a note has been forwarded asking an explanation.

TiNWALD CHURCH BAZAAR.

The baziar, fancy lair, and gift anction Id aid of the f nnds of the parochial district of Tinwald and Longbepch opened to-day m the grain store at Tinwald, opposite the Railway Station, the baildlog being profusely and very effectively decorated with flags ; foliage, and flowers m great variety. The Btalla were arranged on both aides of the building, those on the right hsnd being devoted to fancy goods of all descriptions, and were presided over by Meadames M. Scott, Jephaon, Blerewether, Lowe, Primmer, and Garbett, and the Miaßes Stalker ajnd Davis. On the left hand aide, the first stall was oconpled by a very varied collection of produce, very carefully and taste folly arranged, and was presided over by Mrs Joseph Clark and the Misses Clark (2)i Then came a luncheon stall, where refreshments were provided m great profusion to visitors at the rate of Is per bead, the end of the store being taken op by another refreshment stall which was also vety liberally and artistically •Hanged, all sorta of light and tasty re freshments being ton band. Both theae •tails were m the hands of Mrs Carter, ably assisted by Mlas Cooper. The larger Btock of produce, sent In as donationa-by the. settlers and others m the district, consisted of geeoe, duoks, fowls and lambs, potatoes, vegetables, mdothtrf* ait m variety, wheat, oats, cheese, butter, bacon, and eggs, h-ney, flowers, etc. otc, In fact quite a display of the articles nsnally found at one of our annnal shows, Messrs Bullock and Thomas have kindly promised to seil by auction during the day and evening and they will, no donbt, have to report good sales and plenty of buyers, as the attendance from Ashburton and tbe district is bonnd to be a large one. The fancy gooda are very effectively and Ustef nlly displayed, consisting of cushionß, mantel drapes, fans, centre tablea with Boraps, hand screens, and the thousand and one other articles found at fanoy fairs also photographs of the Tinwald Ohuroh, both exterior and luterior, leather work, dolls bedsteads completely fitted up, also a very great variety of childrens clothing, of both useful and ornamental kinds. A piano kindly lent by Mr* Soott, will discourse music this afternoon and even- Ing, several ladies and gentlemen also assisting with Bongß and part pieces. Altogether, this fancy tair may be deemed quite a success, thanks to all those Mllitlng.

A NEEDLESSLY EXPENSIVE BUILDING.

_, _, nnm new Government Printing Office Is not . we learn, likely to be raady for ocou patlon In time for next seßßion, so the unfortunate staff will be compelled to undergo another session's work m the Present wretched premises.. We hope that when Parliament meets strict enquiry wlll bo mado lcto aII fcno circumstances connected with the erection of thin new Printing Office. It has been a most extraordinary time In course of ereotior?, and we are informed that the ooßt of alterations and extras will amount to an enormous sum. It la still being pulled abonfc > altered, and Improved— or the reverse. It should have been completed for occupation many months ago, If the matter is fully enquired into, it will, we b^leve, be found that there has been a moßt scandalous waste of money over this building, and that a suitable Printing Office, quite eqml to all the requiremonta oi the department, and better adapted to tnem ' coald havo been erected for some thlDg like na!f whafc the Present building wlli cost « In fchjH caße t at leaßt . tUe Publlo Works Department can nob attempt to wrigglo out of its direct responsibility. (Wellington "Poat.").

THE PRICE OF WHEAT

("Temnka leader.") It is, we are afraid, hopeless to expect any improvement m the price of wheat. We find that the cost of the carriage of wheat from New Tork to the United Kingdom has fallen m fourteen years from 10j 6d per quarter to 2* 6cl. In 1874 the rate was 10a 6i, m 1879, 6s, m 1885 sj, m 1886 4s 3d, acd now it is juat over 2s 6d. "With the greater firmness m freight it is possible that the rale for wheat may stiffen, but it can never approach the old figures, and hence there is a permanent reason for the lower price of wheat. There is m this fact a lesson for us m this colon yt Instead of the cost of carriage to England getting less m this colony it is increasing, and pressing heavily on the grain industry. It is thia year greater than it has ever been before, and it Is to high freights the low prices are partly due. We have had it constantly dinned Into our ears that if we pat on protective duties <re should have no ships visiting onr shores, and no facilities for exporting wheat to England. The fact that the freight from America to England has fallen from 10s 6d to 2s 6d proves how stupid this argument is. If further proof were neoessary, we have only to refer to Vic toria whose imports have risen from over 14 million ponnda' north of goods m 1880 to over 20 million pounds' worth cf goods In 1887. Protection has therefoie in creased the import trade to Victoria at the rate of near'y one million pounds per annum. The principal cause of the Increase m the cost of transit from this country to England at present is that our Import trade has fallen off, and the reason why it has fallen off is that we ate poorer and we do not consume so much as we need to do m prosperous times, Our im ports have fallen off by two million pounds' worth of goods during the pafst 10 years, and this is another very re markable fact that completely npaeta the* calculations of Freetrader?, viz , protected Victoria is increasing her imports at the rate of one million a year ; the Imports of freetrade New Zealand are decreasing at the rate of about half a million a year. It is therefore to the advantage of land owners to make the whole country pros perous. Wo have often told them they can not get cheap labor and cheap goods, and at the same time get high prices for their own products, The thing is an utter im possibility, and the aooner they realise this fact the better for themselves and for every one else. Their policy should be to use 6 very endeavor to promote local prosperity, and that can only be done by industrial de - \u25bcelopment. Everything points to one fact, and that is that it is doubtful whether we shall have high prices for grain again. The following is an extract from a paper read before the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture recently by Mr George Barham, managing director of the Dairy Supply Company, Norwich :— "I »m afraid that tho wheat farmers have bnt a poor look out. I happen to be a ehareholder m the Hudson Bay Company, who own a good deal of land m Manitoba, and I see from their report that tho growth of wheat has been so extended there that, while m 1881 the total pro duction was 1,360,000 bushels m all, the crop this year is expected to yield 10,000,000 bushels for export, leaving 2,361,000 for home consumption. This is largely due to the Pacific railway, and -while railways are extending m Manitoba they are at the s^ine time opening up fresh districts m India, Kussia and many other places. Ido not profess to be able to peer further into the future than any body else, and I am old enough to have learnt that it is aafer to prophesy after an event than before it, but there certainly seems no probability of an abate ment m the influx of wheat and grain into this country." It ia evident from this that the supply is getting greater than the demand, and consequently the price must remain low; Our farmers could therefore do worse than turn their attention to something els 9. The evil .is that it would be as easy to drive a camel through the eye of a nesdle aa to get a farmer to try anything outside the beaten track. We had m this district a flax in dustry ; it was just carried to paying point and it would dou .tlesa have been a success only that farmeis could not be got to grow the flax. They preferred growing grain, and tho result is not at all pleasant to themselves or to anyone els?, The price of lnnd must aleo come down, but that can only come about by the bank ruptcy of the financial institutions which are keeping up the price of it, and it is not jmprobable (bat we may Jive to see it.

THE RECENT FLOODS IN GERMANY.

\u25a0> (PKR PRESS ASS3OATIOX.)

Berlin", March 30

Harrowing details continue to arrive of the sufferings and privations endured .by the inhabitants ot the territory affected by the recent floods. It is now stated that fully 75,000 people have been rendered homeless, and pro perty to the value of 400,000,000 marks has been destroyed. Nearly the whole of North Germany has been affected by the disaster.

THE PRINCE OF WALES' DAUGHTERS.

A difficult nnd delicate question oon oeruing the Royal Family la, writes a London correspondent now under the consideration of tho Govornmant. The daughters of the Prince if Wnlea are of marriageable ago, and the quaßtlon ia the familiar one of Parliamentary provision. There are some who think the matter had better be settled without delay, while others are m favor of allowing it to wait antil there is some matrimonial engage ment, and that then it stiould be brought before the House of Commons m the usual form of a Message from the Grown. Mr Gladstone, who ia hifhly versed m all questions of royal procedure, ia under stood to hold that a Select Committee ehould be at once appointed to consider recommendations to Parliament with re gard to what he has termed secondary provision for members of the Royal Family, and the Government has accepted this policy m principle, it ia not likely that Parliament will consent to make provision for the younger members of the Royal Family other than the children of the Prince of Wales, or that even this will be done without prospective reference to the next settlement of the Civil Lißt,

NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MER CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY

("London Diily Telegraph," Feb, 4th

The annual meeting of tbia company was held yesterday ut the Cannon-street Hotel, Tha Right Hon. A. J. Mundellft, M.P,, who presided, m moving tho adoption of the report, which recom mended tho payment of a dividend at the. rate of 10 per cent., and a bonus of 5 por cent., which with the interim dividend made 15 per cent for the year, congratu lated the meeting an the light which the report and the balance-sheet threw upon the present position and prospects of the Australian colonies and of Now Zealand, and said although m New Zoaland the return to prosperity bad been leas marked than m Australia, there had been m that i colony a decided return of confidence and I increased activity. Although New Zea- ' land had been passing through a time of Bevere trial and adversity, that adversity < had not been without its use, for It had > led to greater thrift and prudence m the administration of both public and private I affairs, The balance-sheet, whioh ended ! m the colony on the Ist September and In this country on the 3lßt December, showed an increased earning powbr and increased i profits during the year. la 1886 the net i earnings were £67,889 ; last year they i were £69 567, an increase of nearly i £12,000, and while m 1886 they carried forward £3,600, they now carried forward < £15,(53. In the balance-sheet there was < an item, (s Company's premises, stores, ; and plant, £291,312," but since the close i of the financial year their Melbourne manager had, after much negotiation, Bold their premises m Collins street m that city for £200,000. Those premises i stood m the company's . books at ' £120,000, leaving a net profit of £80,000. If he were asked why did ihey sell tnoße ' premises, bis reply would be that Collins Btreet had become a great centre of : business, and that it would be jast as < reasonable for them to have stores for wool and other produce m Cannon Btreet or CheapsiUe as it was to have them now < m Collins street, Melbourne. They proposed to erect a plain building near the railway station, where they could carry on the businss, more efficiently and economi cally. They did not propose to deal with this £80,000 as profit, but that it should be held as a speoial fund to meet any contingencies that might arise. The Chairman then read copious extracts from the reports of tho managers la the different Australian colonies and m New Zealand, all of them cpeaklng of the season having been generally favorable, of good harvests, and of increased activity In trade. He went on to cay that some outsiders had assumed that the company's operations were exclusively onGned to Haw Zealand. Until 1874, they were ao, bnt m that year they decided to extend them to Australia, and the reßO.lt had been that their mercantile business was rapidly becoming the largest part of their busi ness, and so far from their business being confined to New Zealand, 60 por cent of their capital was uaed m the Aus tralian colonies. Tho money they raised on debentures w&a used mainly (n loans on mortgage of real estate, bat their mercantile business had practically no limit except their own capacity, and ifc was annually growing. They began 23 years ago with debentures at 5, 6, and 7 per cent, They firat paid off those at 7 per cent , then those at 6, and last year they paid off a considerable portion of those at 5 per cent, and now they had come down to 4£ and 4 per cant, Their mercantile bußlneßS was the most profitable department of their basinets, and it could bo Increased without adding proportionately to the expense. He thought thoro ought to bo a capital specially provided fos* that businesa. It ough f . to be conducted not on loans, but on the capital of tho company. He was stating what was foreshadowing m the I mlnda of the dfrectorn, but ho did not know what form it might take. — Sir J. Ferguascn seconded the motion. — A dia cuaaloa followed, m which Mr Worloy BUggeuted that the £80 000 profit on tho sale of the Melbourne premises nhould be specially Invented and nsed to equalise dividends, and Mr Larkworthy, the managing director, said it would bo avail able for that purpose. — Tho motion was unanimously passed, the retiring directors and auditors were re-elected, and thanks having been voted to the chairman and directors, and to the homo and colon! >1 staff, the raeettog lepirated,

'FRISCO MAIL NEWS.

(Per R M.S. AiamedtO

London, March 8. Tho Admiralty issurd on February 28t to oommandcra of Hotna rquadrons fu c instructions r .•g-trdin;* their positions it j defense m time of war, including the mod of maiming, visiuxlliug, and ca'.lngthei ? nhip", and method cjt communication. 1 s ia reported that tho plan will be trie 3 early m spring. Tta In*ltuction<i apply t 1- the squadrons at Portsmouth, FTolyhoad s Qjoenstovrn, Sboerneas, Hull, Lelth, an s Olydo, The Channel squadron alao to " cetved iDßtructions, but Itß position 1 kept secaet, 1 Mrs Inrgtry, the ectr.ag, now fn Nov York, ia reported to be Berloußly ill fron ceuralgis and heart disease, Ths execution of the sentence of deatf pronouncad by the State Court of Mis soari, on Maxwell (alms Brooko), th< murderer of Preller, haa again boaj stayed. A petition is now before th( United States Supreme Court. A bill was introduced m Congress on February 2Obh providing for the payment to the Oceanic Steamship Company oi 60,000d01s for services rendered m carry ing mails between San Franolaoo and Honolula, Auckland, Sydney, and other ports m the Pacific Ocean. Several Alpine villages wera destroyed by an avalanche on February 29th, and many lives were lost. Io Ilia valley of Nonebblo, Switzerland, a great number of houses were overwhelmed. Ten persons were killed, and many oattle ware de stroyed. Many villages near the lake of Oomo Buffered from want of food. Oom monioation having been obstructed troops were despatched to aid the sufferers, and the soldiers cut a way through to relieve them. The Custom House near Revere was entirely overwhelmed, and three guards and four other persons were killed. A despatoh from Rome dated Maroh 4th aaya that over 200 bodies of the viotims to these disasters have been recovered. The Hospice of St Bernard was burled on Mutch 6th, but there was no loaa of life. A 'collection of Emm Pasha's letters and geographical records from Africa, which have been translated into English and edited under auspices of Dr Teldir and Dr Sohwolnfurth, was published on March 2nd. The book, though dealing with events which are several years old, and not bearing direotly on Emm's position at Wadetl, is not without special interest ia connection with the relief expedition of Stanley. In the meantime Stanley's friends are becoming exceedingly nervous owing to the prolonged absence of news from the explorer or hia party. There is a great deal of talk at tbe Balgiap capital of despatching another expedition by the Congo route. A terrible cyclone visited Mount Vernon, Illinois, on February 19th, resulting m the killing of thirty persons, tho woandlag of 200 others, and tha almost total destruction of the town. Fireo broko out m the ruins, and the wounded wero burned alive. No less than 500,000 dollars worth of property waß destroyed by iha cyolono and fire. Rum shops were started amid the rama, but people, becoming disgusted at ao many Intoxicated men lying about the streets, compelled tho ownera to close them up. A father and son, farmers near Fargo, Dacotah Territory, were eaten np by a pack of sixteen wolves, on Maroh 6th, la eight of the wife and mother looking throngh a window of the farm house. The men hid gone out with shovels to olear tno snow from the haystacks not more than fiftoon or twenty rods distance when they were attacked and devoured. Justin McCarthy has declin3d to be enmo Deputy Speaker of the House of Doramons, giving as a reason that ho ia uear-sighted. Tho Nowfo&ndland fisheries have be oomo the Bubjeot of negotiation between England and France. Mr Stanhopo, Secretary of State for War, on March Ist isaued a memo, relative to the Army Estimates, stating fhat detiolpnoas psi?t In tho def^ncca of Portsmouth and tbe Thames which render England's position dangerously inseoure, Mr Stanhope proposes that aotive meaßnres should be immediately taken by Parliament m order to remedy this weakness. A great number of documents have been discovered m a hidden chamber m the Stratfbrd-on-Avon Guildhall, and they will be examined with the hope of scour ing some new light concerning the life of Shakespeare, Lord Hamilton, First Lord of the Admirality, has issued a statement m regard to the navy estimates for 1888, the net decrease m shown to be £915,fi81, in oluding the special coat of Australian squadron £900,000. During 1887 twenty torpedo boats were added, making a total of eighty of the first-class and sixty-three of the second-class. Daring the coming year six- firet-olasa and ten second-class torpedo boats will be ordered. On March 3rd Mr Gladstone returned thanka to 150 clergy of tho Church of England for a memorial drawn up by them m favor of Home Rule, and said he be lieved it would have the efhot of greatly widening the growing conviction that neither honor nor advantage can be gained by the oontlnued refusal to accept the moderate and constitutionally expressed demand of the Iriah people. Mr Bilfour hag declared the statement that orders were issued from Dublin Oaßtlo to Magistrates trying Irish oaaes to be an infamous libel. Sir H. Burke has granted 25 per cent reduction to his tenants, and' Me Carlou, M.P. V 57 per cant. The evictions of tenants on Poriaonby estate at Coaghlan were resumed on February 2nd. Father Koenan and eighty farmers were convicted on February 3fd. and sentenced to two months' imprlaooruont for attend ing a meeting of a suppressed branch of the National League at Newmaiket, County Clare. Me Jan, O. Flynn, M.P for North Cork, was also sentenced to Kanturk Gaol for throe weeks, without hard labor, for Inciting to conspiracy. Tho Dublin " Expresn " of March 3rd affirms there are Internal dissensions m the Parnellite ranks, which will produoo a rapture that will ehake the foundations of the National Loßguo.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

The Dnko of Leinator was appointed Irish Privy Councillor on March sth. Oount Herbert Bismarck is betrothed to a relative of the Marquis of Londonderay, Lord Lioutonant of Ireland. Lord Herscholl, at tlio dinner of tbo National Liberal Club, on March 7th pre dicted that the Conservatives before long would propose a Home Tiulo scheme, representing, probably more advanced viewa than those of Mr Gladstone Green's cotton mills, at Blackburn, con taining 12 000 spindles, has been destroyed by lire, 'iho loss i 3 lOO.OOOdoI. Adviceß have been received at Loodon on March 2nd that the French schooner Fleur Do La Mer had foutdored off the Island of Cayenne, and that Bixty passen gers were drowned. A sculling match at Lako tfTeir, Florida, on February 28th, between Toemer, Happ and Mackay, resulted m favor of the first named. Teemev is now champion of America. The ''Morning Chronjclo " sti»tes that m toply to tbo request of the Duke of Norfolk that the Popo use hio influence with the Irish bishops to stop agitation, Foi^nor P.ampolet, the Papal Heoretary, s irl tbo British Government should, by nn act of concession, grant privileges to Irish Cathodes, which would form * pretext upon which to build a letter to the Bishops, Ihe Paris " Temps " reports that Groat Biitain is negotiating with Turkey for the cession to England of Salonica Island, commanding the JDard.aae.lles, England

guaranteeing to the Sultan poßS9saion o ytamboul, with the immediate distric abouf the B isphorua, and Dardanelles, an all his Asiatic provinces. Tbe 8.-itah atoawec Esowllant wisaunl on February 28fch at .Gibraltar on he pvmge from Philadelphia t.o Msasina.b) collision whh the British steamer Mend in.il. The crew wns saved. Large numbers of unemployed worfcmei m Roma enraged iv a riot on March Ist A baksr'a shop waa broken into aud pil laged. The police who attempted tc arrest tha rioters were driven away with troops. There was no bloodshot. M. de Lessepj m a report to the Panama Can »l Company, P*ris, on Feb ruary 29:h says :— The C^tnpaDy has been compelled to borrow money through the ill-will of opponent of the oanal at o highar rale of Interest than he exp e'ed, and that ia the on'y reaßOn fo: the ino?eaaaed cost. Owing to heavy rains he can hardly easure the completion of the canal m 1889, but by an arrangement of looks vecsela of large tonnage may pass throagh the oanal m 1891. On January Ist there were on haad 110,000,0C0 france. M. Loseeps has absolute confidence coa oetnlo? the completion of the canal. A thJrd issue of bonds of 100 franca eaoh, to amount to 600,000,000 franca ia to be proceeded with. In tho French Chamber of Deputies on Ma-ob sch a BUI was laid on tbe table which proposes fo authorise the Panama Oanal C >mpany to issue a lottery loan of 240,000,000 francs. It was eupported by a Dumber of Deputies of different politics. The preamble urges tho neces sity of furnishing M. de Lesseps with means to continue the construction of the canal, and to prove . the enterprise feasible, aud states that tbe time Is ripe to fix public opinion upon the ultimate pro spects of the canal, and settle the ques tion one way or the other. The BUI proposes that the bonds shall not bear leu than 3 per cent Interest.

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Olaus Spreckles, owner of the Ooeanl o eteamahip line, proposes to' build an enormous sugar refinery m some city on the Atlantic seaboard, probably Phila delphia, to compete with the reoently formed sugar trust. Hugh Cecil Lowther, Earl of Lonsdalf , arrived In Now York on Maroh 3rd, en route to the North Pole. He proposes to penetrate British Amerloa from the frontier of tho United States to the Arotio Ooßan, thence proceeding by water to the Polo, if ouch be not impossible. Ho starts from Winnipeg, Manitoba, taking for companion* only his valet and his dog. The Statement of the dofit of the United Stateß, issued on March lit, 1888, showed a rednction for the month of February of 7,756. 366d015. The total amount of cash m the National Treasury was 572,390,989:1018. During a concert at Wilkesborne, Penn sylvania, on February 29th, Madame I!ma de Murak* fainted away, and her condition is precarious. Smallpox has dleappeared from Sau Francisco. Vast tin deposits have been diacovered In a mining section called the Black Hill. English^ capitalists are attempting to "oorner " all the mines m tho hllis. The Bishop of London, and Chairman of the Committee for the Prevention of the Demoralisation of the Native raoes by tho Liquor Traffic, have written to Blahop Potter, of the Dloceae of New York, requesting that atopa be taken to seouca the prohibition of the sule of liquor to the natives of tho Pacific Islands. The "Daily Union "office, Springfield, Masß., was burnod on March 7th Several employes lost their lives, and many are missing. Mrs Farley, the Society editor, was instantly killed by jumping from the window, and iivo compositors eharod her fate from the same cause. Rich deposits havo been discovered m a black sand bank which is situated on the coast near the mouth of the Trapper, river, about 700 miles above Juneon, Alaska Tiie business porlion of tho town of Polton Creek, California, was burnod .on March let. A desperado named Gimbell, m broad daylight, entered Bradford, Pa., National Bank, and after grabbing a lot of green backs and Bhooting the cashier through the body escaped to the street. Being fol lowed he shot another man dead and then blew out his own brains. The Union square Theatre, New York, with all tho contents, waa destroyed by fire on February 23th. The damage amounts to one-third of a million dollars. Sir .Richard Cartwright has given notice m the Canadian Parliament of a resolution that it is expedient for the Government to take atepa to at once ascertain upon what terinß full and free reciprocity can be had with the United States. The Government propose to build and operate postal telegraph lines, and on a favorable report of Congress Mr Reynold's Bill to that end has been made law. The Bill appropriates 800,000dol for the pur pose, and places the general eifpervision of the system under a fourth assistant Post master-General . Tho work of establishing the lines ia to be doge under the direction of the Secretary of War.

FATAL FIRE AT OAMARU.

The " North Otago Times " reporta that a fire broke out about one o'clock on Saturday morning Id a detached loan-to In ÜBk street, ovriied and occupied by an old woman named Dijnn, Four feet In front of the lem to was a two-roomGd cottage,' which waa unoccupied. When the brigade arrived ou the spot the lean to waa all ableso. Captain Mainland waa informed that the occupant of the place had nut been S9on, and It waa feared ahe waa In the burning building. This proved too true. The brigade having got tho fire ander broko down the charred weather boarding and discovered Mrs Dunn lying with her face towards the floor In a curled up posture. Heir body was frightfully burned, and her faoa blackened beyond recognition ; The police took charge of her remains and conveyed thorn to tho Shamrock Koto!, whore an inqueat will likely bo held to day. Mra Dunn waß an old Inhabitant of Oaraara, and waa some GO years of age. She waa addicted to drink, and had been living apart from her husband (who Is working about Ngapara) for tho last eight or nine yoarg. It la supposed that Mrs Dunn had by accident aeh fire to the plaoe herself, and being unable to oopo with the fl vmee, beoamo their victim. '

A NOVEL CRICKET MATCH

An Amerioan paper states that a tramp np m Illinois recently backed himself and hla cattle dog to play 11 of tho beet cricketera In Fair Gold, a village In those parts. The match excited a lot of iateroat, as the old fellow was known to havo put' 1 all tho money ho poaaeß3ed on tho match. The eleven won tho toss, and, owing to the old man's good bowling, and the dog's clever fielding, only made 63 runs, The old rniin then went m, and remained at the wickets all day. He made 27 rxmo off bin Orat hit, 34 off his second, 14 off hla third, and ho on. Thia waa brought about by hla dog, whloh wa.n evidently trained to the trick, 83izi»g tho ball be tween liia teoth, and dodging about with it till captured. Tho smallest Buick wo.uld thus reault In from 10 to 40 rana. One time It Boemed as if the old man would be caught, but tho dog jumped, and knocked the man down who waa about to make the oatch. Tho elevon gave the , match to the old man at ni^ht, and he i then offered to play 22 men, but the offer was declined.

Lazy and dull feelings always proceed siolc ness, which nothing but Hop Bittera will banish, Get the genuine American. Eead

Mr John Driscoll Foley who has just com pleted a suooessful season m the North Island !s to open m Ashburton about the 11th or J2th inst. A Northern contemporary thug (peaks of one of Mr Foley's recent perform ances : — " He has been named the colonial Maccabe, and deservedly so, for hia changes of dress, face, and voice are moat rapid, com plete, and mystifying. All of his impersona tions are lifelike and realistic, and serve to introduce him m characters to which he has given long and careful study, and which when Seen are quickly recognised by his audience 1 As to his performance with his two dolls m the ventriloquial part of his entertainment his ability is unquestionable, and his two friends, Jimmy Eoundhoad and Tommy Squarehead, keep his audience m screams oi laughter from their entrance and introduction until they bow their heads and retire for the night. The Chinese orchestra is another feature m which Mr Foley excels. It con sists of eight ordinary brandy and whisky bottles, m fact a genuine display of dead marines, and on this eocentrio instrument he discourses most sweet and melodious musio, inoluding "Home, Sweet Home," "The Wearing of the Green," "The Highland Fling," waltzes and polkas ad iufinitnm. Mr Foley is assisted m his entertainment by Mrs Foley, who is an accomplished piauiste.

JHB- ABHBPBTOM (HJAKJDIAN, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1888



THE I 111 I I I l i Zi£ALAHDIA BOOT STORE EAST STREET ASHBTJRTON Public Notices I Public Notices I FOR SALE. ~~ B, MOrriS £n~AORE Farm, RS. 27726 adjiin- t \u25a0 r--re«rTT7Tci j. • r li Ovy Ing D. .Butterick, with 4 roomed that he Is prepared to GRIST GRAIN m o# !fiß A| n ' K f' my quantity at reduced RITES. Bath- 3 166 Aehburton, 'action guaranteed. GRIS'JING done ~~ ~~" = ' 'or Farmers by return; good FLOUR t •> /Tk r» ™-rv* « jnaranteed. WHEAT for GRISTING e> . JLV. l^napill&Il aay be dellved at the Triangle Bakery as -r-wpnrrwciTa *.v l n *r«™vrT«m« isual. BRAN and SHARPS m Stock, T>«QUBSTS that all ACCOUNTS JL\> owing to him be paid within SEVEN DAYS, as he h leaving the 1 —^ dietriob. THE J. R CHAPMAN, ART7<HTRT(YN" "WOOTJ/R'N , . Tancred Street. -aoi^-DUJiIUIN W kJUIjLi&M Ashbniton Maroh 26th, 1888 3t173 COMFY — — - ASHBURTON GLAS 3 , PAINTS, AKD Is prkpaked xo PAPERHANGINGS WAREHOUSE. PURCHASE ,?OR CASH nnHE Undersign^ having Eo !d hiP L Stock-io-Trade and Goodwill oftho /ll kinds OP above Business to James Ckaigie, of t-tt-t- >^-v -T- Timaru, begs to thank his frien is and tho VV O O JL* P ubllc for the Bappoft accorded to him for the past eleven years, and solicits a In Labge or Small Quantities. continuance of the sawo to hia successor. J. R CHAPMAN. H. SEMPLE, 21 — —. Secr6tery - James Craigie W. t\, JFag'Bt. PAINTER, GLAZIER, PAPERHANOER SIGN WAITER, &c, and DIRECT IMPORTER OF ALL THE BLACKSMITH REQUISITES OF THE W^^^^^^^^f HOFSE-SHOER TBADE, „. TITAVING taken over the Bueineaa o£ HEEtWKIGHT .-Tl Mr J..R. Chapman, I beg to B^^^^SlP AND IDform the P ub . lie of Ashburton and 41?NT?T?A that I will koep a Painter's and mjg^oog^lm ; d '- w - E '«' a - Paperbanger'a Stock m keeping with Ihe SMITH eiz9 and im P° rtnn cc of the Town and D:a- --' *r icfc . All orders will receive prompt atten- Burnett Street, next " DTail " Office. ' tlon and be carefully executed. Workmen I sent to any part of the District. BEGS to announce that he has taken - over the Coach Bailing and Wheel- f — FOR S A LE. 'right Branch, lately carried on by H. »eat, and will continue all branches of the Newest Designs of PAPSRHANGINGS bove businoßD as before. All kinds of S ood variety. Juggles, Diaya, or Carts made and re- \u25a0 SHEET GLASS, all bi'zqs, from a GO x aired. Agricultural Implementa repaired 4 0 tOa !0 xß,inl6 or 21rz or 260z roraptly. British Plate, Silvered Plate (for mirrors) Rough Plato, Colored, (Jbrourad,' and Horsoa Shod with skill' and care, Ornamental bbeet, Oak Varnish, Carriage X a , rnißb \? c ' While and R9d ie«d, Oila, ,„ W. H. PAGET. gc^;^ 1 ;^/ 811118 iQ Tins ': B'»he«4 *~~- ' v Paint mixed to any Shade. Advice as to quantity .freely given. ENCOURAGE TIKWALD. TH^- AS ?P? RTON G^ASS, PAINTS. . — , AND TAPBRHANGINGS W&RE- -1 TTAWKiriTS, having Buocepsfully / HOUSE. J* XI launched ont m his new branch ' 3 156 f Business, haa just re- stocked his Shop \ all kinds of DUAPERY, Men's Under- Z^^^SZZSSB lothing, and BOOTS, etc., which he la - Upoaiug of at Prices not to be beaten m Frie .flhbarton. r— — - (ku«a m . B^thtes to ti,o shop AISTED To PURoaASE marked m plain figuras, at the __ lowest possible rate. WHEAT, — BABLEY, • No Puff or make-believe Sacrifice, ot OATS elllng under Ooat, but a good Article for xja, m' «««« our good Moo, y . 3*98 » IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES. HIGH EST PRICE GIVEN. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. — O. M. "Brooke, WAKTED To SELL 1000 BALES CORNSACKS. Formerly Managing Assistant to COOK and KOSS.) — tm '• \u25a0*• ~T" i n "\u2666• WA-NTED-Our Farmers and other Pharmaceutical and Operative H Olfenta to note that we are agents foe Chemist) heep Dip Manufacturer, and preparer of NEW ZEALAND Po is o Md W^« ST()NE r>EGS to annonnce that having secured ' »*«*****«» IJ premises m Aehburton, he purposes — — pening a Chemist and Dnißgist's Bhop, FISON'S] bout tho first weok m April, when the /lit, v j n • • ivor of your patronage will bo respect- 161601^16(1 Ffinl IZ6FS illy solicited. vi.wauwj.uj SOLE MANUFACTURER OF Tho best Inlhe Market, IROOKE'S Perfect Sheep Dip. 10 ~^™ Note.— Mr F. Makoig ia agent at Ash- T X7/^ _, T_ _ _ _ _ urton for the above dip. 2J113 OLYCERIN.E DIP. Tho best Bnd cheapest In the Market, Prevents contagion for an almoat an- htniteJ lime ; will uot ioju^e cr dlecolouc cg i_ aßs3i^y^mij^^ !e^^^. fctle wool. l">u f > on ihe contiury giveß It a GOOD NEWS TO GkAINOROWERS. Guns. Guns. TBS Wo^»Z^' TH « ™- . MASSE Y'S INGLE AHD DOUBLE BARREL, JJ.],^ gj fl gj fl . MUZZLE AND BREECH- .~ WE have pleasaro of intfmatin»» mr LOADING GTJNS. Mend, and othora that wo ha v Q been - _ appointed 'OWDER, SHOT, SOLE AGENTS FOPv KETV ZEALAND GAPS, CARTRIDGES, for the aalo of thJa nronderfnl Machine. AND Wherever tho Machlno haa beou er?ed CARTRIDGE fiAW<5 " Jk . haß Ssven eotiro Batiafactlon and those UAKIKIDUJi, UAollS. who atteuded the trlala aad saw the Maohiuo at work expressed themaolvo highly pleased. Nonieroua orders have .L, rS e OD d we,, Wea STOCK j(rt £S2 iT^l THE MASSEY BINDER efOilll (in 1 & CO, ' b^orapUcbgUioirorderaolsswhero, . W ? f^u^rantee ovory Mechtae, thua -vS.-,....^"^ \u25a0 J



Public Notices. ODDFELLOW'S HALL, BASTES MONDAY, April 2nd. "Ma-1 nem o£ Character." Rev JYhn HOLLAND, o\ Christchurch, will ftddnets a TUBLiC MfiiKTING on the above tul-ject. Other speakers are expect d to lake part Singing by an efficient Choir. \u25a0 Chair to bo taken at 739 p.m Collection to dsfray expenses. All are invited. 3 181 / I E« M. BLAKS, ARCHITECT. Ofi'iuß : Mon'gomory's Buildings, Ejf-t tlrcet. Entrance : Borne rr Street. 8 84 ASHBURTON ~ Clothing Mart. I HAVE now opened la SAUNBERS, BUILDINGS a NEW STOCK of COLONIAL CLOTHING and BOOTS' and having made favorable arrangements for the manufacture of a large lot of Vten'a, Youths', and BoyB 1 Ashbnrton Tweed Sults/I can bqII cheaper than ever ;»fferad m New Zealand, Aabburton Tweed Salts made to measure, Auhbneton Tweeds, Blankets, Flannels, Ruga, and Sblrtlnga guaranteed. Groceries, China, Glass, Earthenware, »nd Fancy Goods. Kobert Alcorn, SAUNDERS 1 BUILDINGS. BAZAiB. BAZAAR. BAZAAR, A BAZAAR and GIFT AUCTION ie aid o,* the Funds of the Parochial District of Longbeach, will be held al Tinwald on Easter Monday, 2nd April LBBB, In the Stores opposite the Rallwaj Station (late. Jones and Bbadshatt's), kindly lent by Mr D. Thomas. Bazaar open at 12.30 ; Live and Dead Btook, and Farm Produce, will be sold luring the day by Auotion. Admission, 6d. Children, half-price. Befreßhments provided at a moderate oharge. B*l2 Bazaar. Bazaar. ON EASTER MONDAY a GRAND BAZAAR m aid of the CATHOLIC CHTJECH WILL BE OPENED BY THE BISHOP OF THE V DIOCEBE. DR. GRIMEB, IN Mrß Butler's Store, Havelock Street. 3Hfts from friends In time for the above thankfully received. 3J172 SADDLEKY ! SADDLERY il ||U A. IRELAND, having removed to 111 premises occupied by Mb Tait, Burnett Street, hopes, by strict attention to .Business, to merit a share of public patronage, TOR LOWEST PRICES CHARGED. Every requisite m tho Trade kept m Stock. Farmers and others will now havo an apportunity of getting SADDLER i at juch LOW PRICES as were never before offered m Ashburton. Repairs executed on most leaaonable termß. AGENT for the new high arm Davis SEWING MACHINES. The only Vertical Feed Machine m the world. It nas no equal, Sold on time payments if requited. 11*19 A. IRELAND. A. Harrison. Alired Harrison, AUCTIONEER, STOCK AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR. SATURDAY SALE at 12 o'olock sharp — Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Prodaoa »nd Merchandise, FOR SALE— 1 Spring Cart, new 1 \u0084 * ii m good repair 1 Tip Dray. Piano by Carl Steinhardt, Trichord Walnut, nearly new ; terms may be arranged. Small Iron Safe, nearly new ; cheap Rbiito collected, and the business of absentees managed with care. Valuation made of Properties or Mer- chandise on easy terms, A/3\ances made instantly on Goods delivered at the Store j for Sale. Agen,t for the Norwich Union Fire In* BUtance Company, Agent for the MUIUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA. ALFR.JCT) v a II RTF ON. T. Bullock FOR SALE. Tfi^Oß removal, a large two-aloroy Dwel- Jj ling, containing 8 rooin3, could be oonverted into a Dwelling Honee or Granary. For foil particulars apply to T. BULLOCK. TO LET. 4_ ROOMED HOUSE, together with *" email Stable, m Moore Street. Apply to T. BU'LOOK. TINWALD, TO LET, at a low rental, 4-roomed Cofc- tnfio, with Verfjndah, fronting Gra- ham's Road, Inspection invited. Apply to T. BOLLOCK. fpO LET— At a very low rental, a lnrge A building fronting East Street, suit- able for a grain and chatF a tore. T. BULLOIK. FOR SALE. — An improved Farm of 245 Acres, being R.S. 27237, situated about 5 miles from Chertsey. Low price and liberal terms apply to T. BULLOCK. PffK —Lot 28, Trevortou, near the <&OO* Preebjtorian Manse, contain ing about $-acra, with 3-roomed Hocsc thereon, for sale at tho above price T&rma if re juirod . — Apply to T. BOLLOCK i r p0 LET at a low rental. — 4-rooaaed i Coclagoat Hampstoad. T. BULLOOK. J7OR SALE at a low price and on I: liberal terms, 15 acres of land with 2-ro,omed Cottage thereon, frontij g thr : Fa'rtield Rmd, not far. from the Count' Saleyardsj I T. BULLOQh,



CLEARING SALE. WEDNESDAY, 4th APRIL, 1888. NO RESERVE. MESSRS H; MATSON AND CO. have received instructions from Mil A, F. M&Leod, m consequence of hia continued ill health, to Sell by Public Auction as above upon tho Farm near Tinwald,— Tho whole of hla Live and Doad Stock ac under, viz, — Q Q (~\ Grand two-tooth Crossbred AO \J • SHEEP, mixed sexes 5 Draught HORSES and Draught FILLY, 2 yoara old 3Haok Brood MARES, with foals at foot Iflarneas MARE m foal, 2 young SADDLE HORSES Racehorse " NIPPER" j Trotting Horße " BISMARCK " I Bay MARS, broken to harness O COWS and 4 OALVES 1 WOODS' STBING aINDER, Largest oiz^d Oboff onttor, by Reid and Gray, Champion Drill, new laat year, Dray and Frame 3-Furrow Plough, 4»nor«8 Harrows, Set Disc Harrows, S.F. Plough, Shaft and Leading Har- oesa, Whitechapol Oart and Harness, nearly new, Washing Machine, Scoop, Saddle and Bridle, B.reeoh- loadinc Gun, F.ißhlng Taokla, Staok- of Ryegraßß Hay, and a large quantity of Sundries. Luncheon provided. Sale at 12 o'clook. H. MATSOk & CO.,



Public Noticej FOUND In my Paddock, one White and Red COW No brands visible. Owner can have same by paying expenses. Apply J. T, Robinson, Smlthfield Road, Aehburton. - 4JI ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD- ISG AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. mHE THIRTEENTH Annual General J_ MEETING of Msmbers and Share- holders of 'his Socle y will be held at the Society's O fioes, Arcade Chambers, Bur- nett Btictt, on MONDAY, 9;h April, 1888, at b P|Ut. By' order, tl J. WARD, 4°3 Manager. NEW W inter Fashions. JOHN ORE & CO. ! HAVE now Opened out their FIRST SHIPMENT of NEW WINTER GOODS EX S.S. " IONIC, " FROM LONDON, Our Purchases being mad© from the Best Home Manufacturers, our Prices will defy competition. AN IMMENSE VARIETY OF New Dress Gooda, Now Plushes, New Millinery, New Mantles, New Hosiery, j Now Sheetings, Quills, and Flannels. Boya' and Men's New Tv?ood Suits, Shirts, Drawers, &c Tho LARGEST STOCK of NEW GOODS m every Department ever offered n Ashburlon (inopection invited) m at JOHN OBR & CO.'S EAST STREET. 3§77 Auctions. FARMS. FAKMS. FARMS. SATURDAY, 7th" APRIL, 1888. MESSRS MILES & CO, have reseived instructions from I. R. O; O Graham, Esq., TO OFFER FOR ABSOLUTE BALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION On the above date at MR G. JAMESON'S STORES, West St. 500 18211 500 In Faring of from 30 to 140 acres each. The above Land comprises the unsold portion of Mr Graham's well kuown TINWALD FARM, one milo distant from Tinwald, and about three miles from Ashburton. The Land ia of good quality, all m grass, and has not boen cropped for ten years. It is also abundantly watered by natural . creekp, and by a branch of the County water race. tASY TERMS OF PAYMENT. Sale at 2 p.m. Full particulars may be obtained from the Auctioneer, or GEORGE JAMESON, Agont, Ashbuiton. J. T. FORD, Auctioneer.