THE PRICE OF WHEAT.

Is the course of an article headed ! p 11 Round the Corner," which appeared _ ia the "Mail" of Tuesday last, we referred \ to a Mark Lane quotation received on t the 13th inst. of 45s per quarter for t New Zealand wheat a3 "very satisfac- j tory," and remarked that " this is equal £ to 5s 7^d per bushel, and should mean 4s f.o.b. m the colony." That is to say ] that is what we wrote, but unfortunately the compositor set up 40s instead of 4s. This, however, we deemed could scarcely mislead, as we were speaking of the value per hisheli and it must have been obvious that 4b and riot 40s was intended. Wo of course assumed that the figures cabled, 45s per quarter, were correct — and we have not seen them contradicted or corrected, though since that date prices bave evidently declined somewhat. Our purpose m referring to the matter again, is not, however, to discuss the correct ness or otherwise (of the quotation on the date inferred to, but merely to show (as our statement has been challenged) that 455, ex warehouse, m London is fully equal to a value of 4s f.o.b. at Lytteltori. We shall prove this by account sales of shipments which lie before us as we write. That of one shipment relates to a parcel of 200 bags, upon which the charges were as follows : —

This it will be seen is a fraction over Is 2£d per bushel. To this there re mains to be added for wharfage at this end, and insurance, say Id per bushel, loss, m weight and by difference m weights say, together, 5 per cent, equal to S^dper bushel, and loss on bags, gay Another Id per bushel, and we have a total of Is Bd. So that taking freight at 80s, wheat sold at 5s 7£d m London would be as nearly as possible equal to 4s per bushel f.o.b. at Lyttelton. The account sales of the other ship ment relates to 291 bags, upon which the London charges total up to £71 14b 3d, equal to- a fraction over Is 3d per bushel, the freight m this instance being 32s 6d per ton. It is true that within the past few days rates of freight have gone up con siderably, reaching now to 40s, and to find exactly what English quotations mean, it will be necessary to add to our first example, that of 200 bags at a freight of 30s, one third more upon this item, and aleo upon that of primage. This done, it will be seen that instead of £4& 11s Bd, as representing the charges enumerated for 200 bags, we should have a total of within a fraction of £60, equal to Is 6d per bushel To tbiSiadd, say s£d for the severaf items of wharfage, insurance, loss m. weight and by difference m *r<Mffhtß,.and loss on bags, and we have a total of- 1r ll^i as the amount to bo deducted from the English sale price to . give the nett value f.o.b, at Lyttelton. Therefore, with freight at 40s pei ton, the f.o b. valno of wheat realising 45b per quarter m Lonnon is* 3s Bd, To find the value m Ashburton the cost of railage to Lyttelton has of course to be deducted, and as this amounts to 3^d per bushel, the nett value m Ashburton of wheat worth 5s 7^d, m London is thus 3s 4^d. To put it still more simply —given that the rate of freight is 40s per ton (equal to 13d per bushel), then 2s 3d deducted from the London price per bushel will give the value per bushel m Ashburton.

IMPORTED PESTS.

Probably more frequent examples of the operation vulgarly yclept " getting ont of the frying-pan into the fire" are to be found m connection with the mistaken efforts of enthusiastic acclimatisationists than m connectfon with any other de partment of the multifold organisations of modern%imes. We do not deny that on the other hand Acclimatisation Societies have effected much good, especially m stocking our rivers with fish, bnt the fact remains that the winged and four-footed pests which they have introduced more than balance the

account, for the rabbit and tbo sparrow are more than an offset to any amonnt trout and salmon. Every now and then bitter complaints reach us from gardeners and others as to the mischief wrought by certain species of small f birds, which ought to have been carefully kept out of the country jnstead of being bronght into it at considerable expense. For example, a correspondent resident near Ashburton writes : — " Bother the birds. I have a promising young apri cot tree in full bloom, and this morning counted over a hundred blossoms. A few hours afterwards to my dismay, I discovered that over forty of these had been nipped off and were lying* on the ground. Bore that somebody or eome thing had been meddling with the tree, I set a^i watch for the culprit, and presently a greenfinch was discovered in flagrante delicto fiitting from the apricot to an adjacent tree with a blossom in its beak." " What am I to do ?" plaintively asks our correspondent. Well, if the tree is a small one and is traitfed upon a wall, the best thing to be done is to cover it with a piece of mos ' qoito net or other common cotton net ting, or with a piece of scrim, or if it be a standard tree out in the open, hang from the branches a few bright glass bottles— empty medicine phials will do —as the birds fight shy of trees from which such glittering articles are sus pended. It is a nuisance no doubfc to have to take all these precautions to save the fruit, but there is no help for it. The small birds are bad enougb, but we fear that the ferrets will yet prove a worse pest. Down Tnapeka way, it is believed that they are already playing haToc with the lambs. This is what the local paper says . abottt it. "Mr John Pearson found eight of his lambs dead on Monday, håving all the appearance of håving been stabbed with a knife. On.Xuesday, two more were found dead with a small puncture in the side of the neck. The wound is a small, clean cut, inflicted right over the juguiar vein, and the ,-wool around it is slightly clotted with saliva tainted with blood, as if the wound had been sucked. It appears that a rabbiter lost a ferret in this TWiaity reoejitly, and fcrwtø wc «tid.

to have been seen on Mr Cameron's | property." This ib unpleasant news, and points to the probability of still more un pleasant developments. It is something like the old problem Quts custodiet cus todes ? — we have imported the ferrets to get rid of the rabbits, and now it looks as if we should have to import something else to get rid of the ferrets.

BANKING SHARKS OF THE ARID ZONE.

An Atnferlflsn journal which haa been handed to us by a correppsndent contains an natoundlng article exposing »hs : an principled nnnoer fn which financial blood-BuckeTß are vlctimbing the eetilere who attracted by unprincipled railroad c joipanleb and other dealers In land are pouring m constant . streams iato the 11 A rid Z me," wh'ch comprises Eastern Colorado »nd Western Kinaas and Neb rtaka. It la stated that the land is " abso lutely erid,'" bat "the railroad oor poratlona that have built parallel and competing lines through the arid zme resolved to attempt to induce »grloultural aettlera to enter the com^ry. They advertised the wondeifal agricultural re sources of thp plains of. .high altitude throughout V. >• Mississippi Valley, wh r oi Is the great breeding ground of men possessing migratory inatlno's. They have succeeded m luring tens of thousands of Ignorant emigrants into the grany deaert. It is evident that almost every one of these settlers fetohed some money or seme personal property, suoh as horses or oattle, with them. And m addition to the property which they brought with them, they took up Government land, which they oan mortgage." Then It is that the deluded emigrants fall into the hands of so -called " bankers," who might more fitly be described as "banking sharks' one 'of whom !s described an having boasted of his nefarious operations m the following terms:— "lt is the agricultural settler on whom I fatten. Ha never raises a sufficient number of consecutive crops to enable him to live for a term of years, atd he never will if he remains In the arid zone, fie borrows small Bums of money from me, for the ase of which be has to pay from 3 to 5 per cent per month, and to seoure the payment of the note he gives me a ohattel mortgage which oovers all his personal property. Occasionally, if the Reason happens to be rainy, he pays tbe note. Bat the rule is that when the note falls doe he is unable to pay. Now, •11 the notes contain a clause In whioh the borrower agrees to pay attorney fees if the note is collected by law. I hire an attor ney, who divides these fees with me Wben a note is not paid on maturity I threaten, through my attorney, to fore* olose the ohattel mortgages: This threat frightens the farmer, and he promptly applies to one of the loan agents, who loan Eastern capital on worthless lands lying m the arid West, for a loan on his farm. He gets the desired amount of mocoy, lees 10 per oent commission, and agrees to p»y from 7 to 10 per cent, interest on the amount applied for— generally a few hundred dollars, H« takes np tbe cote which I held, pays his merchant, and if he has any money left he deposits it In my bank, and I lend it to his neighbours and pocket the interest it earns. This money, which he raised by laying a mortgage on his farm, Is soon exhausted. Again he enters my bank to

obtain discount. The man Is doomed to bankrupt cf, and I but has'en the arrival of the catastrophe. I know preoisely how much or how little his personal property is wottb. I have frequently seen his teams and waggons. I kuow the number of cattle and hogs he owns. Say he has $600 worth of personal property, I loan to him on this deal, whloh I consider final, $300, and I demand and obtain a ohattel mortgage on all his personal property to seoute *he payment of his note. When tho note falls due I press for payment. He cannot pay. I foreclose the mortgage, and as there Is no money m the country I buy m the property at the face of the note, and that man is as naked of property as a newborn baby. I send the Btock to my ranoh tb hold for sale to new comers, or, if it gathers too* fast, as it is apt to do In busy seasons, I ship It to market But, whatever I do with It I make my money double itself. Last Fall I bought fn teams and harness and waggons, full outfits, for less than $40, and sold the same outfits for $150. Well, the tiller of the boII hav ing been bankrupted we have no farther use for him, and he disappears. No one knows and no one oares Where he has

gone. And, as he is typiosl of his clasu, hundreds of men disappear with him, and hundreds of farms are thrown upon the hands of the farm mortgage negotiating companies.

"The first grist of men has been ground into bankrupts, and while we are grinding this grist the railroads steadily advertised the lacd adjsoent to their respective lines, and the mortgage negotiating companies advertised the fact that they had cheap and produotive farms for sale on long time, and together they bring new men into the coontry. These emigrants are generally farm laborers who have saved a few hundred dollars, or the sons of far mers who have been orowded out of the family homesteads and who have had a few hundred dollars given to them on whloh to start m life. These men bay farms from the mortgage negotiating companies at low rates and long time. They are solemnly assured that their pre decassors were lazy and that they did not know how to farm. They buy teams, generally of me, or of men engaged In banking, and go to work hopeful of the futnra. They soon run ahort of money, j and apply to me for a loan te tide them over temporary financial embarrassments. Of course I accommodate them, but I never forget to take the ohattel mortgage which secures the payment of the note that beard from 3 to 5 per cent, interest per month- Then thesa emigrants stalk down the financial trail which leads to bankrnptoy, and they, too, disappear, and aem customers appear In my banking office; Every man who has had anything to do with the emigrants has made money out of thorn. Shopkeepers, lumber dealers, butchers, loan agents, and bankers have steadily grown rich, and the agrlor' i turlst alone has steadily grown poo»" " l ' A poorer as the harvest years *ol>' A v vri did the work. We profits U 4. by ; v "It takes about tb- v fcjr hla labor * oat one of thW - - ea I™ B t0 olean only ™nmr«s' mtm wh ° labor fn fche Bnt ..A. dd ln <*ustry m the country. nnllml> ™T BUpply of eml B rantß «<*m to be 5« - 8d ' the banking business Is con "p uonaly proßperona."

THB ASHBUBTtffI QUABDI AN, ;SAff UBJPAY SEPTEMBER 22, 1888

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£ a d Stamp on Marine Insuranoe Polioy 0 0 6 Freight (at 303 per ton) . . . . 31 13 9 Primage (at 5 per cent) . . . . 111 9 Interest .. .. ... .. 011 3 Ongtom-houße entries . . • . 0 1 6 Waterages, Sampling, Superinten- dence, eto. . . . . . • 0 311 CUy ana Market does .. .. 08 10 Weighing into granary .. ... 07 0 Lighterage, landing and deliver- ing, etc 4 14 3 Bent and insurance .. .. 3 4 6 Brushing .. 110 7 Factorage, commission and delore- dere, 3 pax cent .. . • 43 10 Total .. ... .£4B 11 8 j



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Colds, Ir ritatioji of the Chest, Aching, Sprain - Sprains, Sores, Scalds, Coma, Bunions, Sof * Corns, etc This uxedi Ane, the property o * which haß been established more than half a * century by thouuan Js of cures, is of an invalu- able nse m many inflammatory diseases against c which there are not many effi acious remedies, j and la therefore justly considered by a great . number of our moat eminent physicians as the moat active and leaßt irritating agent m the bove affections. In order to avoid counterfeiting, Messrs Fayard and Blayn'i si^naturu has to be required on every ro ,pf paper and on che box. Wholesale 80, Bne Baint-Merri, Paris France) and sold by all Chemists m the olonies: . Medical. * • r 1 1 ) ON E WORD. Diab Fbiktds— We have some hesita- tion m addressing you m the manner fol- lowing, but hope that it will not be looked at m any invidious light, when we state that ii is only our kegard , for your health that oauses us to do it. We have been a Firm of Analytloal Chemlats for t many, many years and have m the long d course of thla time manufactured certain i Medicines that being based on solentifio D formula and absolnte care and precision i In manufacture, have enjoyed a popularity > far m advance of any other Pharmaoeutl. oal Preparations of the day. How sue- '• eessful we have be*n m this, la only to note the extraordinary amount of the Kales of ous Hsydook s New Liver Pill. We have the pleasurr to strte that we have sold 28,089 Vials of Dr Haydook'a N New Liver Pilku The reason af this de. i mand is beoause we find m Haydook' a New Liver Pills a wonderful and extra ordinary, combination of concentrated medicine. The Victories of Solenoe— Electrlo Telegraphs, Steam and Printing . —revolutionised the whole system of the sl globe, and made mankind wiser and bet- ter. So, although there are countless 7 Pills used for diseases and claiming much II as to their merit, the remarkable dis- covery of Dr Haydook has eclipsed them all, and has lounded a New Medical Sys- tem. The Doctors, whose vast doses of ' four or five pills enfeeble the stomaoh and paralyse tneboweld, must give way to the man who restores health and appetite with ond or two of his extraordinary Vegetable Pills. One or two of Dr Hay- dook's New Liver Pills suffioes to plaoe thestomaoh In perfeot order creates an appetite, and renders the spirit light and buoyant. If the Liver is affeoted its func- tions are restored, and if the Nervous System is enfeebled, ft la hv rlgorated and enotalned. TRANSLATION. Aykab, Province of Burraah, 8.1. Honored and Learned Physician— -The unworthy one who dares to address you and come before yon humoly m the dust, begs for his people (caste) that you would deign to look npon their ignoble miseries and oure them with your Life-giving grains (Pills). Illustrious one your most potent mediof?9 is life to them and their children, and all the Drug Baxavs" are empty and yogr Soul is not m them. Thi» humble petitioner, although he Is lowly and not worthy to be m your high presence prays that you will graolonsly permit your Life gn' lns (Pills) to come to j Aykab. To tue mo j learned and wise Physician Haylook (Haydook) of high name. Native to the States of Amerioa, united In North Am wica Country. Sorvlely signing fo* himsen and twenty- three others, the Petitioner plaoes his * lgtkl TN/ Carm\, _ # April 2, 1884. ' Da J. Haydook : Dear S^r— l received your Pills a week ago. I have tried them and must js»y that I never had co much goad done by anything as they have me. . I have suffered for years with blUlousness and hr,ve been 06 slok at times as not to care to livd, but your Pills have cured me. One aged man here has taken, from me only Uo of your Pills, and I wish you oouldjpe him. He has had no appetite for fiv«FmontUs, and to-d*y he ate • dinner such »b api ughman eats. I had to oheok him, but h laughed and said he m»a treating h!a stomaoh to a new sensation, for it really iras hungry. I hand yon with this four doHaio. Pieaae aend at onoe, a below, your Pills Mbj> Sabah Maakibs, Carat, lUlnoh, 17, S. 'We would gue you If we were to go onwlth.them as we very well oould do, but the above moat suffix, Haydoek's New Liver Pills »ie t^e true graim and essence of health, and the greatest bleu- ing that Solenoe has given to the world. For Nervous Prostration, Weakness, General Lassitude, Want of Appetite and Sick Headache, DrHaydccfe New Liver Pills will be found an S£fjatnal Remedy. Eaoh vial contains "^enty Plllo. Price Twenty-five Oentt . For sale by all Drug- gists. Any eccptlo oa 1 have a vial of Pilla Sent him Free on receipt p his name and address, for a trial. Send a postal oard for copy of pamphlet?-" The Liver and its Mystery." 1 fumbhes valuable information to HAYDOOK & GO New York, D.O. CauhOm t— -Druggists are desired to no- feme that the name of T. H. Franal*, sole agent, Is written aeros leaoh dosen paok- H**smwfo9V*Mm%to»ii am with.



Public Notices! ONE box of OUrk'o b 41 pills is war- ranted to onre all dischargee from the irlnary organs m either sex (acquired of j lonatitutional), gravel and pains m the ( >ack. Guaranteed free from mercury. ( Sold In boxes 4a 6d each, by all chemle's | md patent medicine vendors. Sole pro- , prletora, The Lincoln and Midland Conn- ties Drug Co., Llncolq, England, For sale by the wholesale Houses. r — ■ - -■ ' 1 I, n 'OWLK'S PENNYROYAL AND X STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly oorreot all and relieve the distressing symptoms so pre- valent w Ith the box. Boxes la l£d and 2s S)d, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors. Prepared only by The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. Wholera'e J all the Wholesale Souses. Beware of Imitations. FOR OOUGHS, COLDS, Bronchitis, Asthma; Influenza, Consumption, &o T7AY'S Compound Esaance of Linseed, JLV Aaiseed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, etc, with Chlorodyne. EAY'S Compound, a demuloent eipeo- torant, for Coughs, colds and cheat oomplalnfsi \ * KAY'S Compound, for Ooughs and Colds Is equally serviceable for Horses and Cattle. EAY'S Tio Pills, a specific m Neuralgia, Face-ache, eto. Contains Quinine, Iron, eto. AOAGULINE. — Cement for Broken \J artioles. Sold Everywhere. Sole Makers— - KAY BROTHERS, Llm., Stookport, England. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING . EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. T> V a thorough knowledge of the natnra J> laws whloh govern the operations o< diction and nutrition, and by a oarefu appw the fine^ properties of we) sefeoted oocoa, M^>. Epps has provide* ow breakfMt tables with a delloatelj flavoured beverage whloa may save m many heavy dootor's bills. It is by th< ad<oious use of suoh article* of diet the a constitution may be gradually battt n\ ■ntil strong enough to resist every ten dency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies «c floating oroqnd us ready c attack wherever there r weak point. We may escape many 1 fatal shaft bj keeping ourselves well fortified with pun food and a properly nourished frame.— An article In the Oivil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk Sold In fib packets by Grocers, labelled thus :— JAMES EPPS AND CO., HOHGKOPATHZO OHBMISTS, LONDON ENGLANI STEEDMAN'S SOOTHING POWDERS FOR CUTTING\TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. The value of this well-known Family Mcd cine has been argely tested m all part world, nnd by all grades of society, for upwai of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned, exteo sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA TIONS, some of which m OUTWARE APPEARANCE so closely resemble the ori gin* as to have deceived many purchasers The proprietor therein* * Oels it due to public to give r special nation against the tui of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested t fully observe the (our following I characteristics, without which none genuine: — nt. — In every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH SURREY, are engraved on the Governmen Stamp affixed to each packet. and. — Each Single Powder nas directions the dost, and the words, John Stekdm Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon 3rd.— The name, Stecdman, is always spel with two EE'i. «th. — The manufacture is carried on «olclj at Wtlworth, Surrey. Sold \a. Packets by all Chemists and Mcd I cine VttOdors at is.ijd and as gd each. Kkmpthornk, Prossbr and Co PRINTING OF ALL KINDB| INOLUDING- Blllheadi Circulars Memorandum FormsJ Agreements Lierifi Conditions of .Sale Catalognes ■•■ ' ' i ■ • Posters, &o. : j And every description ot LEGAL ANDg COMMERCIAL LETTER.PREBS ezeonted at the shortest notice and m the ILATEST DESIGNS - . ' ' I— SPECIAL and most favorable terms offered to WHOLESALE ORDJfiRS, GUAKDIAN OFFICE, !'^ . ':■ /v;- : /...;■': .-., ; j :.; - #



; Railway Time-table. RAILWAY TIME TABLE- CHRIST- ( riHPROH. OAMARD DUNEDIN. \ . . 0 South. Week Days. 1* ■ Ep: • a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m t Ohristchurch depart 7.20 8.10 i.iS *J4-«S * Addingtonjun. „ 7.29 ... 1.23 s Middleton ... „ * .« * Sockburn .. „ * .... I f Hornby ...arrive 7.50 ... 1.45 Hornby depart 7.58 ... 1.45 c Templeton .« „ * .« i-S^ | Weedon's ... „ * ... . j Rolleston Jun. arrive 8.25 8.40 2H7 j Rolleston Jum depart .„ ... '■ 2.21 1 Burnham .- „ .- M . 2.34 5.9 , Selwyn ... „ ... ... 2.56 5.«§ ] Dunsandel — „ ... * 3-5 5*36 1 Rakaia .- „ .- 9j37 3-47 f.17 Chertsey .- „ — * 4«2 6.36 Dromore ... „ .« * * Ashburtcn .^arrivei .*. IQISJ 4»35l t' l^ . shburton depart] ... 10.25 4.45 Tinwald , „ ... ..,' 4,54 Winslow (for 1 Longbeach ... „ .« * 5 aX 3 Windermere ... „ * ... * 2S£* :: -;. : " •' Si4 ° ; Rangitata Island „ * ... * Rangitata -t .*.  8.20 • 6.25 Oran (for Geral- '■ - i dine.., ... „ 8.45 * 6.49 Winchester (for Geraldine) ... „ 9.0 * 7.9 Temuka M „ 9.14 12.6 7.24 Arowhenua —  * ~> * Seadown .« „ • .. * Washdykejtm. „ 9«44 ••• 7-57 . Timaru ...arrive 9.55 12.371 B.io|| 1 p.m. Timaru— depart 7.2012.57 4.40 Normanby ...  * * St Andrews M „ 8.0 1.25 5.20 Otaio .- - „ 8.14 c 5.34 Makikihi .. „ 8.32 1.44 5.52 Hook .- „, „ • .. * Studholme Tun. „ 8.55 2.0 6. 15 Waihao ... „ * ... ' Waitaki North . „ 9.52 — 7.15 Waitaki South „ * M * Hilderthorp \«  • * — , * Richmond «. „ * ... * Pakeurijun. M „ 10.40 ... 7.55 Town Belt _ „ • ... • Oamaru  „ ii.o 3.10 8.15 Oamaru.M depart 7.30 3.22 4.25 Hampden *• „ 9. XI 4.36 6.33 Hillgrove ... „ 924 .~ 6.51 Palmerston .« „ 10.13 5« 2 3 7*4° Waikouaiti ... „ 11.0 5.55 Waitati .-  12. 1 0.40 Dunedin .^ arrive 1. 10 7.40 North. Wbkk Days. Expi a.m. a.m. p,m. p.m Dunedin _ depart 8.10 3.20 Port Chalmers „ 8.34 * . Waitati ... „ 9.13 4.32 Waikouaiti — „ 9-55 S'*s Palmerston ... „ 10.22 5.57 Hampden ... „ 11.17 7.6 | Oamaru .„ „ 12.30 8.32 Oamaru —depart 7.20 12.50 4.201 Town Belt .-  • .- ' x»ukeuri Jun , 7.43 ... 4«4» Richmond M ,-, * .« Hilderthorp ... „ • .« • Waitaki S. J. „ « - ~ WaitakiN. .- „ 8.20 ... 5.20 Waihao _ „ • «. • Studholme Jun. „ 9.5 1.59 6.5 Hook ... „ ♦ _ *' Makikihi .- „ 9.42 2. 18 6.42 Otaio ... „ 9.56 t 6.56 St. Andrews ... „ 10.14 2.36 7.14 Normanby .« „ * ... * Timaru ... „ 10.50 3.5 7.50 Timaru ...depart 7.30 3.17 !T 5.20 Washdyke Jun. „ 7.42 . M . M 5.32 Seadown . M „ * M .. * Arowhenua ... „ * .» ... * Temuka . M „ 8.13 3.49 .„ 6.3 Winchester (for Geraldine) ... „ 8.29 ... .« 6.20 Orari (for Geial* dine « „ 8.47 * - 6.35 Rangitata S. .- „ 9.10 * _ «. Do. Island — „ - ... _ , — „ • • «. .« Hinds .- „ 9.55 * Windermere ... „ I * ... ~. — Winslow (for ] Longbeach.. „ 10.15 • .. •> Tinwald — 10.31 .« ... M Ashburton arrive 10.40 5,27 ... _ . a.m Ashburton depart 10.55 5.37 7.10 Dromore ..T „ " • • • Chertsey „ 1 1.34 * 7-49 Rkkaia .- „ 11.53 6. 19 8.9 Dunsaudel ... „ 12.30 * 8.46 Selwyn .«, „ 12.40 * 9.0 Burnham ... „ 12.57 * 9' l l Rolleston Jun. arrive [ 1.8 7» IX —> Rolleston Jun. depart 1.11 7.13 b Weedon's ... „ • b b Templeton ... „ 1.30 b b Hornby ...arrive 1.39 3 b Hornby depart 1.44 b b Sockburn ... „ * b ♦ Middleton ... „ • • • Addingtonjun. „ 2.4 b 10.9 Christchurch arrive 2-10 7.55)^15 * Platforms only. Trains do not stop at these unless required. Notice should be given to the guard at the previous stopping station by any passenger wishing to alight at one of these platformß. b Trains stop to put down passengers only. c Stops on Saturdays only, if required. t Starts from Rangitata on Saturdays only, on other days it starts from Orari. CHRISTCHURCH AND LYTTELTON. Passenger trains leave Christchurch at 6.55, 7-3<>> 8 -S» 9-5* 10.25, a.™., 12. io, 1,25, 2.40, 4.0, 5.30, 0.15, 6,50. 8.15, p.m,, arrive m Lyttelton 7-20, 7.55, 8.30, 9.30, w.50, a.m., W.3S» i'S°i 3«5i 4.*5t 5-55* <M<>» 7.»S# 8.40# p.m. Trains leave Lyttelton for Christchurch at 6.50, 1.2,0, 8.35, 9.35, 11.20, a.m., 12.40, 2.0, 3.25, 4.30, 5. »5# 6.0, 7,20, 9,0, p.m., arrive m Chnstchurch 7.15, 7.55, 9.0. 10.0, lii 4 s, a.v,, 1.5, 2.25, 3.50, 4.55, 5.40, 6.25, 7.45, 9.25 i P.n>- Extra Trains,: An extra, train on Thursdays leaves Christ- church for Lyttelton at 11.30 p.m., and on Saturdays at 10.0 p.m. An extra train leaves Lyttelton for Chnstchurch on Thursdays at ii.o p.m., and on Saturdays at 10.30 p.m. RAKAIA AND ASHBURTON FORK? BRANCH. To Methven p.m. Rakaia w depart 6.40 Hatfield ... o t Somerton _. „ % Mitcham — » t Sherwood ~- t » t Lauriston ... „ 7.33 Urrall M  t Lyndhurst .. „ t Cairnbrae .«,,,( Methven , r arrive 8.10 "To RAKAIA aim] " Methven ... depart 06.40 Cairnbrae} ... „ Lyndhurst .. „ t ' UrraJl .. «- „ * Lauriston —  7.17 Sherwood .. „ £ Mitcham .. „ J Somerton ... „ *< Hatfit'd .. „ J Rakaia...' ... arrive 8.0 { Platform only. MOUNT SOMERS CRANCH t To Mount Somers p.m. Asl>)urt6n ...  ..depart 5.45 Tinwald Junction ... ... S . S4 Chelmsford „. ... , m t j Westerfield  M ... „ J Hackthorae Road « •« »» Valletta ..... « „ J Anama ... .. .. „ t Cavendish ... ... — „ j Mount Somers ... ...arrive 7.20 , . To Ashb^rton a.m.; Mount Somers .. ...depart 7.55 ; Cavendish «• M M t Anama , ... ■• '„ X Taletta « «■ -» » t Hackthorae road *■.„ % Wester Held ... «. m „ % Chelmiford >.« «. ... „ % inw»ld luncUoa m ...arrive $,ti (ft l^ t i- '■•- < * *;?: .



Eden George. ■ * EDEN OEOR(JfS BBANOH STODIO i CLOSED. ! ! BSQUIBIBBKMAY BB MADB IBOH Henry Zander, ASHBURTON. 1 ■ PERSONS wishing to oidei Extra Copies of their Photographs oan htivo them at the following prices ;— £ b d 12 Cabinets ... ... 10 0 ■ 6 012 6 12 Boudoirs 1 10 0 6 „ «, ... 10 0 These prices include Gronpi, also my position already worked up. All orders to be lent dlreot to Eden George, PHOTOGRAPHER. CHRISTCHURCH. Fricdlander Bros. \TTB HAVE FOR SALE,— SEED WHEAT SEED OATS SEED BARLEY, ALL MACHINE DRESSED. I'BIEDLANDER BROS. "We are heavily overstocked m RYEGBASS SEED Thoroughly cleaned, which we will sell very cheap. * % nssasMaßl FRIEDLANDER BROS. , We are Cash Furohaßere of - WHEAT OATS AND BARLEY m Large and Small .Quantities. HIGHEST PfUCES GIVEN FRIEDL ANDER BROS. We are landing, ex ",J. D, Petew," BED| OLOVEB, WHITE CLOVER, COWGBABS, ALSYKE, &o, &o. All of Choicest Quality. FRIEDLANDER BROS. GOOD" NEWS TO GRAINGROWBRS THE WONDER OP THEi DAYf ,HASSEY»S Light 2^HorseJteel Binder. We have pleasure of intimating our friends and others that wo have been appointed SOLE AGENTS FOR NEW ZEALAND for the sale of this wonderful Machine. Wherever the MachinaUhas been tried it has given entire satisfaction and those who attended the trials and saw the Machine at work expressed themselves highly pleased. Numerous orders have already been taken for next season's harvest, and those m want of Machines will do well to see THE MASSEY B.TNDER Before plaoing their orders 1 elsewhere. We guarantee evety Maohine> thereby showing that we ourselves have every confidence m the IMASSEY LIGHT STEEL BINDER isdb.agenm"wanted. mEDLANPEH BROS,



Public Notices. John Bangui*. SADDLE, COLLAR AND HARNESS MA KEF. I HAYING purchased the business of j Mr A. Ireland. Bnd removed into those commodious premises lately oc- cupied by him In Burnett Street, begs moßt'.sfooerely to thank his oustomerß for past support and solicits s continuance of the same, which he will strive to deserve by keeping the beßt stock of Saddlery and Barness, and strict attention to busl- neap, combined with good workmanship and Reasonable charges. Bepairs neatly and promptly attedded to Btl2o Trees. Trees. Trees THE Undersigned bega to thank his numerous Friends and Customers for their past favors, and calls tholr special attention to his extensive stook of FRUIT AND FOREST TREES of all sorte. N.B. —Planking done by contract, and ill Trees supplied and planted by me will be guaranteed for 12 months. Fruit Trers pruned and gardens kept m order by the week or by the year. 40,000 Oup« Maorooarpa, 1 year old, 20,000 ditto, 2 years old. 24,000 Plnus Inslgnis. All orders by post, or left with Mb H. G. Flower, Oonfeotloner, East Street, shall receive my prompt attention. James Porter, CLIFTON NURBJBRY 192 Allenton, Ashburton. EXHIBITION FREBT. MY Stock of Groceries, Ironmongery, China and Glass Ware, Colonial Clothing «nd Booti, is now replete with good assortments m every Department, at lowest possible Prices. TEAS. My Teas are unsurpassed for Purity, Strength, and Flavor. I pay particular attention to Blmdlng, using nothing bnt really first class Teas. No fanoy Tins or Paokages to pay for. Strong, well flavored Tea, 2s per lb Extra strong, highly flavored, 2s 64 per lb Extra choice, finest flavor, 3s per lb. Co£<3e ground daily on the Premises. Highest Prfco given for Dairy Produce. Please call aud Inspeot my Extensive Stock. ASHBURTON CLOTHING MART. EOBEKT ALCOBN. * GEEAT CLEARING SALE. Bargains! Bargains! Bargains! Having resolved to dispose of my Stock OP HARDWARE, CROCKERY, BRUSHWARE, & GLASSWARE, To make room for entirely new Stock, the above will be sold at actual cost for CASH. This is a genuine Sals, and purohaners will save over 50 per cent by taking ad- vantage of the opportunity. Wm, Baylis, Storekeeper, Triangle. JOHN G. RETELL TIMBER, COAL & GENERAL MERCHANT, WBBT STREET, ASHBURTON, HAS large and varied Stocks of all classes Building and other Timber*, KAURI, RED AND WHITE PJNB, BLACK PINE & TOTARA, BIRCH, V.D.L. i FLOORINGS, LININGS & SHELVINGS All Dressed Timber being kept under Sheds, well seasoned, and fit for immediate use. PAINTS, OILS and COLORS, PUTTY and GLASS, Galvanised Iron, . Zinc Lead, and Builders' Ironmongery. POSTS, RAILS, STAKES, FENC- ING WJRE, Barbed and Plain. MT, SOMEKS WESTPOET NEWCASTLE COAL AND PIEEWOOP. "ZEALANDIA'' BOOT STORE, EAST STREET. WE ar» utill Selling at the Cheapest Prices the best Brands of Ladies and Gentlemen's BOOTS, SHOES, AHD SLIVPEEB; Aiso,— HEAVY WATERTIGHT^, THIGH & KNEE GUM BOOTS, A»d everything else suitable for the Season, THE " Zealandia " i Brand always m Stock. Bepairs of every description executed a shortest possible notice. "ZEAI^NDIA" BOOT STOKE. EABT STREET, ASHBURTON



The best medicine is Sander and. Sonß' iinoalypU Extract. Test its eminent power- ful effeota m oougha, colds, influenza, otc— we relief is instantaneous. Thousands give lv oat gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy and medioal syndioatos all over the globe are its patrons. Read the ofliflial reports that accompany each bottle. We have no oooaßion to offer rewards m proof of the genuineness of our references. The offioial reports of medioal elinios and univer. sities, tho offioial communication of the Oonsul.Qeneral for Italy at Melbourne ; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam— all these are authentio doou. ments, and, aa such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various cases treated at the olinio of Sohultz, M.D., Pro- fessor, etc.—" 0.8., 24 yeara old ; oonges. jonal abscess on the thigh, Inoißions ia made i»n two plaoes. Although Lister's dressing was applied, the seoretion became, two days later, very oopiona, and bad adopted a foetid, decomposed oharaoter. The temperature rose enormoasly. In consequence the dressing was_ removed, and on its place were made during the day-time repeated irrigations with Eucalypti Extract. The offensive footer dis- appeared very soon, the fever abated within a few days, and the patient recovered after the lapse of several weeks. In this instance we; must not lose sight cif the fact that the latter treatment! saved tb te patient's life. 1 — (Adyfc.) v * g