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Lone^n, April 23,

At the wool auctions there was a fair demand. Prices are unchanged ; 13,000 bales were sold. i The frozen meat by the lonic and ship Rangitikei is selling at from 4d to 4^d. The market is steady.

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Sudden Death.

New Plymouth, April 25; The wife, of Mr J.C. George died •oddenly from heart disesse this morning

CORRESPONDENCE.

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THE STEAM FIRE ENGINE.

TO THE BWIOB. Sib,— « When are we to have the steam fire engine ? is a queotion asked by many of the ratepayers. Take a day that we experience very often, a howling nor' wester blowing. Afire breaks out m a block of buildings m East street, and fanned by the terrific wind soon makea headway. An alarm ia given and the hand engineß are Boon at work, bat what nse are they m such a body of flUme. The result is that half the town is devastated, because the City Fathera have not the energy to set about supplying this want, Trusting we shall bear something further on tbis Bobjeot, §1 am, etc., Aw Indignant Ratepayer!

TINWALD MARKET.

The bad weather kept stock back, and supplies were much ahorter than of late, sheep numbering about five thousand and cattle being a very small entry. From the same cause there was a meagre attendance of buyers, and an absence of ■pirit m the biddings ; and more than the ndual proportion of lota was passed In. About one-half of tha Bheep consisted of drafts of merinoß from the great northern stations, and a satisfactory feature of the market was that moßt of theßo found buyers, In all olaesea the lots sold brought recent valuea, and it appears as if the fall were arrested. Prlraa fat crossbred wetheta sold to 9s, ewes to 63 9 i, store four-tooth and six-tooth mixed cross breds to 7b 6d, Aged crossbred Jewea to 3s Bd, broken-mouthed do 3d 65, store Down cross lambs 4s, store merino evrsa from a first-rate flock %i lid. There was no improvement m the prices of fat or dairy cattle •

THE ASHBURTON COUNTY HUNT CLUB.

The opening meet of the season of the Asb burton County Hunt Clnh took place &t Soots dean, Dromore, on Wednesday, 10th mat. Mr J. Worner, the huntsman, appointed for the onrrent year was pnnotually on the spot, with his little pack which looked fairly well, but appeared to.be rather on the fine side. Several short runs were enjoyed by the seleot few who pat man appearance. Puss could not be per enaded to leave the numerous plantations for some time, until at last a bare was seen making straight away and gave a nice run of some three miles m the direotion of Mr Jno. MoDowell's but.was loßt m a large field of turnips. On Monday last, the hounds met at Winchmore, where all visitors were as usaal most hospitably entertained by Me Matthew Stitt, the genial manager. At 1 p.m. the pack threw off opposite the house, but un fortunately pus 3 made for the river bed and was lost. Another part of the farm was beaten with better success, but it was only towards the end of tba afternoon that the bonnds managed to kill m a paddock of Mr Capon'B after a long Blow run. We regret to Bay that thiß fixture was also very poorly attended. Surely the local sports must be asleep. In past years one never expeoted to meet less than 50 equestrians at Winchmore on any similar occasion, but this time the followers numbered 20 at most. Several con veyances well filled with the fair sex, kept to the roadt

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ENGLISH POLITICS.

London, April 24 Mr Gladstone's motion affirming the desirableness of equalising the charge on real and personal estate was rejected by 93, the motion being regarded as a party move. The motion for the second reading of the Budget Bill has been agreed to.

BOTTLED WINES.

M. Waddington, the French Am bassador m London, has appealed to Baron de Worms and Lord Salisbury protesting against the proposed tax on bottled wines. He urged that the practice existing between France and England m regard to wine duties was most favorable to England, but added, that if the proposed tax on bottled wine was insisted on by the English Government the practice would be terminated and reprisals might be looked for.

THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

Beklin, April 24.

The Emperor rose early to-day and yr&s able to transact business. Hopes are now entertained that be will over come the present attack. The Empress Complains that the Berlin, press is slandering the English physicians at tending the Emperor.

THE QUEEN.

The Queen arrived m the city to-day and was accorded a most friendly though informal reception.

THE BOULANGER AGITATION.

Paris, April 24,

The Municipal Council has passed a resolution condemning the attitude and demonstrations of Boulanger, and has agreed to a vote of confidence m the Floquet Ministry. The students of the city have discontinued their demonstra tions against Boulanger.

UNITED STATES MINISTER.

Washington, April 24, Mr Phelps, the United States Minister m London, has been appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States vice Morrison E. Waite resigned. The Hon Mr Enti cbtt, Secretary for War, will succeed Mr Phelps as United States Minister m London,

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

The m mil m ;eting m connction with the Ashbuiton Presbyterian Ctiurch 1 was held m ihe v Oddfellows' Hall last evening. In spite of the very 'nclement weather there was a iarge altoudaute, fully tnree hucdied peiso is sitting down to tea. As is usual at thesj meetings the to'i was of a very bountiful nature, an tibundanc • of excellent viands bci>jg pro vided by the ladies of tho c ngrtgation. i here were nine tubles presided over by the following ladies:— (J) Mr 3 Rither ford assisted by Miss Oliver ; (2) Mrs A. Orr usristed by Misses Grub, Oir a.d JS. Alcorn ; (3) Mcsdames Shearman and Koeen, assisted by Misses Leggett (2), Scott and Train ; (4) Mrs Church, assisted by Misses Arthur (2) Deut and Dick ; (5) Mrs Williamson, aassisted by Mis^tß Williamson (2), and Miss Saiith ; . (6; Me3dames McKeazia and Uook, assiatei by Miss McKeuzie ; (7) Mesdames John Oocbrane and S. Scott, assisted by Misses Scott and Stringfellow ; (8) Mrs C. Reid and Miss Weldon ; •acheiors' table, Mrs Patterson and Miss Patterson.

Au the meeting held after the tea there was a large attendance, the hall being com fortably filled. The Rev A, M. Beattie presided, and there were on the platform the Beys. Scott, Buttle, Boothroyd, Blake, Finlayaon, and P. ft. Manro. Apologies were made by the Chairman for the absence of the Rev Mr Stewart and Me J, W. Sawle. The meeting haviDg been opened by the' singing of two versea of the lOCkh Psalm by those proasnfc, and prayer offered by the Rev Mr Beattie, the Chiirtnau briefly addressed the meeting, expressing his pleasure at again meeting so many of his frlenda on the occasion of the niath annlversaiy of hfs paßtcrata. Considering the very wet weather the attendance of ouch a large number was especially gratifying. The Rev Mr Blake w&a the next Bpeaker. He delivered a very effective address on •• Sunshine," hia remarks being both appropriate and telling. The Rev E. A. Sootfc, who followed, congratulated his Presbyterian friends on the successful way ia which they carried oat their tea meetings m spita of weather and other drawbacks. ile pourlrayed souio amusing examples of Scottish character, but his addreaa wai m the main directed towards showing that though a person may not be possessed of wcahh siill hs happinesss is all the greater ia obtaining any laudable object of hla deelfa than that cf a man who may be tho owner of thoaaaads and wbo is m a position to obtain all he wants without eilort or self-denial. The Eov Mr jj'inlayson, from tho Mothvon llangitata Presbyterian charge, delivered a short speech of a nature appropriate to tho occasion, but he did no. tako any special subject for his address. The liav Mr Buttle delivered an instructive and amusiog address on the subject of " Church Doorkeepers," illustrated with racy anecdotes. The iiov Mr Munroo, of Sydenham, who was the next ep.-akei, gave an excellent and highly amusing speech, full of anecdote and Scottish humor, keeping the audience m a con tinual state of merriment He congratu lated Ashburton on the advanco which had boeu aiAda Biuce iub time of hia laat visit bore, 10 yoara ago. The concluding ad dreaa was given by theKav Mr Boothroyd, who m the course of a brief speech re terred to the aunty and good feeling which existed among all denominations here. During the evening a number of musical Beleotiots were rendered m ex- Oiilent etyle by frieuda and tho ohoir. The following is the programme : Mrs Crisp, sjng, "The Children's Home"; Mra P Williams, eoug "The Batter Land"; Mr and Mrs Flower, duet, " Griu-gla ' ; from L* Maßcotte ; Mr Kaeeu, song "Vaehti"; MvP. Williams, song, "The LighihimcO " The choir contributed two gle.s "For tha New Year" and ' ; See Our Oa;s," and two authtms '• Ya ehall dwell ia the Laud " aod "Bat the Lord is Mindful." Miss Kid'd acted as aooum paniat with her usual efficiency, and ftlr Lamb conducted the ohoir. At the conclusion of the speeches and singing votes of thanks waie aocorded with acclairaation on the motion cf Mr A. Orr to the ladies who provided the tables, on the motion of Mr D. Williamson to the speakers, and on the motion of tba Rev Mr Murroe to the ohoir and singers The benediction pronounced by the Rev Chairman brought a highly successful meeting to a close.

A TRUMPET OF ZION

la the Royal Museum of Copenhagen there is, and has been for more than two hundred and teventy-five years, a golden trumpat, known throughout Denmark as the "Danish Horn,", with engraved emblems, comprising the (symbol of purity, the triple lily. Its weight is 102 ounosß and it mcaanres 2ft 9inß m length. This horn is s-id to be a genuine trumpet of Zlon. The surrounding clrcumatancoa strongly sustain the position, and up to the present time there has not been tho slightest doubt as to thes>enaineno3s of the relic. The lily, as a symbol of purity, was generally carried ia the right band by the vestal virgins of tho temple ; if also forms the emblem on the " Bhekel," the Jewißh coin. There are also dlßcernable the much-effaced remains of what has the appearance of pomegranates, and tracoa of an inficription which, as fp.r aa it can ba made put, is engraved m that kind of Hebrew characters known as tho Samarlio text. Tho emblems and inscription may be easily accounted for and accepted for the meaning of the word " Jshovahr."

The trumpet was discovered by a farmer'a daughter, partly concaaled m tho ground, In 1(330, m the diocesa of Rypeny, Jutland. Aa to how it found its way rrom Palestine to Denmark osn only bo oorjsctured at. It la accepted as a fact that the relic at one tims was ono of tho Instruments anciently used m Solomon'a Temple. Certain ornaments, end es pecially the beautiful engraving near the i opening of the large end of tho Instrument, forming a tarretod border around ita edge, are the moet convincing proofs for this position. When Titii3 Veßpaaianue, the youthful Roman General, subjugated Judea and destroyed Its temple, ho took the renowned tables, the eaven-bianch candlestick, the " Sacred Books " and the trumpets to Rome, where they were, with other trophies of victory, carried In proceesion through tho oity In honor of the conqueror. Upon the arch of Titus these things were sculptured, and may bo Been In Rome m a fair stato of preser vation to-day. The " Sacred Books " the victor presented to Josephaa Flavins, the I Jewish historian . Afterward, when Tltua became Emperor of Rome,|the instrument s and "tablus of show bread," by decree of the Senate and. Council nf 0 wore placed m the great temple of Jupiter. Between the fourth and sixth centuries Rome was overrun by hordeß of northern barbarians; The city was taken, religioa for the time dethroned, and tho temples, regardless of their sanctity, sacred or historical, wore Bacrileglonßly plundered. After their retreat from Rome tho Vandr*ls carried off with them the sppila they had soizid m the temples This trumppt of gold, which corresponds m every particular with the trumpets eculptured upon the " Arch of Titas," was doubtleeo carried to the North with the other plunder, and In turn lobl by the conquerors of the Jews, j Another illustration of tho old adage, I that ''history repeats itself."

DAIRY MAXIMS.

The following ten points to be con didered m butter making have been re commende 1 by the trustees of toe Cork Butter market : —

1. Keep cow-houses cleaa. Bo sure th'it cow^ have pure water to driuk, ani have tbe udders perfectly clean by spong ing with tepid water before milking. Don't dip tue fingerß into the milk to moisten the cow'd teats, Mi'k the last drop from the cow.

2. Strain the milk carefully through two folds of ceati muslin — not atrainicg cloth — "when Betting i*.

3. Set milk m shallow- ti v ined pans. In summer time keep d-iiry vory cool, by means of blinds, which may be kepi dati'p m very hot weather, Tf cold water ia to be had, pacing the paus m it, will cause t^ie cream to risa very rapidly. Uroara will rise more npidly m a cold than it will ia a warm dairy, provided the m:lk ia sei while it is warm ; but if tbe temperature is very low, the milk aliouli be elowly warmed to 120deg before it is set.

4. The cream should bo skimmed as sooii as it has all risen, whioh ought to be m about 24 hours after next morning. If possible, the cream now mixed should bo kept moderately warm until churning time.

5. Before churning, croam should be brought to the proper temperature, which is 58deg8 m summer, 60degs m winter. This may be done m summer by standing the cream vessel m very cold water ; and m winter by standing the vessel m a tub of warm water, taking care lo keep the cream stirred. A cleaa jar full of hot water may also be placed m the croam vessel. The churn should be scalded before churn ing. The cream to bo put m while the churn is warm ; but the temperaturo of the croam should not be above 60dogs. If necessary, a little butter coloring of the best description should be put into the cream before churning

6. Churning should be done twice o: three times a week iD summer, and once or twice m winter. The churn ehould ba only half filltd with cream ; it should be worked neither too slowly nor too quickly, For.y revolutions per minute with barrel churns, fitly to lii'ty-five with Holstoin chura, The churning should occupy twenty-five to thirty minutes, 'i. he churn should be ventilated frequently if it is a barrel or closed churn. Great a'tention I ehould be given to tho time for stopping the churning. This should b 3 doaa as soon as the butter comes m very small grains, not larger than turnip seed . FreßU, clean, very cold water should now be added to reduce the temperature to as near SOJegs as possible, 'iho churning may go on again until tho butter is noticed as being m grains about the eiza of wheat. No further churning will in creaso the yield of butter — stop churning — draw off buttermilk Put m fresh cold watar ; work the churn" to wash the butter, Uiange the water, adding freßh until the last dmwn off ia quite clear. 7. Tako butler uut of tue churn with * wood hands ;' press the water completely from it either on butter worker or by pressing it with the 'wood hunds.' Put salt, which should be of the best kiud, on butter m proper proportion, and mix well, but do not overwork butter. Re member that a preasiug not rubbing acioD, should always *7O tho way m which butter is worked, ihe proportion of salt recommenued by the Uork Butter Market Trustees is five pints to the firkin of 75ib vet for ' cured barter ' aud not ex ceeding two and a-half pitita to the firkin of 75ib for ' mild ' and ' Buperfine ' butter. After salting, act tha batter <*»eide ia a cool place for two or threa hoars ; and afterwards glvß another wirllag before packing. Tho eeoond workiug will thoroughly mix the salt, and so prevent sLrt-.akinaes. .livery effort should be made to do all the v/orkiag of butter while it ia ill a cool state; It w^rka beat at a totftporaiure of 56dog to 57deg. 8. Ose nlo-> cuau rirkiua, which should be pioporly acaidod befece uae, otherwise tha bnttor will auhere to tha timber and ceuae lots ; utd endeavor by good careful feeding of oowa— clean huußoa for them, clean apartment for milk Betting, clean vohbolb foe dairy, dean cold water for butter making, to put upon the market batter of the finest description. 9. The utensils for producing the best batter need Dot be costly ; oare and atten tion, w.th a fair knowledge of the buaineaß, will do more than an expensive outlay on Implements. Do outlay will compensate for want of care and attention. 10. No dairy should be without a ther mometer, for the purpose of nursing tem perature ; a Bupply of clean muslin for the purpose of straining milk ; the ' wood hanas' for either making butter or taking It 'from tho churn. A butter trough ia &ldo a useful article.

THE LAND MANIA IN MEL BOURNE

The Melbourne correspondent of the "Otago Daily Times " wrlteß :— The land speculation mania contlnuas m full force. Three yeara ngo it waa prophesied that It muet shortly end ; that the bottom would fall out of it ; that building societies would come down with a crash ; and that the deluded purchaser would be left la monting. But bo far there is no sign of the end. Now that the nearat-hand suburbs aco exhausted, the speculator betakes himself further afield. In Whit tleaea, for instance, which is 25 miles from Melbourne, out of the Hue of rail way communication, and entirely beyond the surburban region, a large block of laud was said the other day for £65 an acre. At Christmas Bills, 35 miles away, 10C0 acres havo been sold for £12,000, and 000 acres of it are nothing but rooks and mountains. The tops of the Dande nong range?, over twenty miles away, are eagerly taken up at from £30 to £t0 an eoro. The idoa is to cut the fivma up into gflutlvmeii's rebldence blocks, for thesa hills avo fur b.-yond the ordinary township. lr. one day's "Argus" last week two salon of tho suburban blocks m the lump were reported, I will quote them for you: — ' Misars M'Kerzlg and Ballard n port having sold this day to Mr G O. Clauscon, r. b!< ok . f hind containing 947 acres at Thomiotown, tho next suburb to Preston, for £LOO ptr acre, tho total amount of sale belus £94.700. "Mr Walter Thompson, of Qaeen-atreefc, re ports having sold, by ordor of the execu tors of the late Win, Hoffman, the estate of Essendon known as Butzbach, ooroprfs ing 540a 3r 23p, at a satisfactory prioo, to Messru W. H. Oroker and George How at." The satisfactory price m the latter case was over £80,000. So the game goes on merrily, The "syndicate." thit myatououß of the last few years, is abroad m all ita majesty. The small farmer, who solectod afc perhaps £1 an acre, stand* agtiast. He puts it all down to " these syndicate*," which apparently he concludes to bo some aoiontifio con trivance for the raising the price of mother earth to so much the foot instead of the acre.

AN IRISHMAN'S WILL

S Under the hoading"A Puzzlo," J. A. N, Magrath senda thn following to a Wel lington paper:— A certain father m tho Emerald Isle di-d and bequeathed £3000, the whole to be divided aa follows : — " Ono half to his son Mullaj;her, and one" fourth to hia daughter Judith." Shan O'Huadb, one o? the executors, remarked thnt it was quite itnporsible to mat. th-ee quarters equal a whoa. " But the ould man was always a playful rlivil," said he. '' Now, boya, you see them three 3tonee ; we'll call 'em tho three gui thera, and by the same token let each stone mane a thouciaDd pounds, too, Well, a half is two quarthers, i3n"t it ? ' he added, putting two pebbles asirle. " That's two thousand pounds for Mullagher, and now Judy takes the one-qu'irlher which is left, and which manes one thousand for her!" ''Qiile corrict," chorussed the two heirs, who thus received a little more than they expected. "Ay co rse," replied ghan O'JRuadh. " Shure, by the rule of fraok shuns a half i 3 dr üble a quarter. But old Bryan was thq boy for a bit of divar 6hun, rist his cowl."— Did Sban " calou late " correctly according to the terms of the will ?

A STRAMASH IN SYDNEY

If the streets of Sydney are somewhat narrow for the highways of the Qaeen City of Australia, when the looil <f Freeman's Journal " leta its young mm looie the fact becomes painfully manifest. "Our country oonslnB," he writes, " accustomed as they are to sidewalks three acres broad, are simply pitiable m their helplessness when tangled up on a Sydney pavement. Only the other morn ins; a ( lanky ' bush native was rolling ; nnd gaping along m George street, when he plumped on top of a stout old lady who was ohesing a runaway child, and landed her heavily In the gutter.. Hastily turning round to apologise to the wrong party altogether, he was cinght a sound ing whack on the back by a man who was darting along with a load of shutters, nnd as he lurched forward on his faoe a nirse girl skilfully ran a twin-laden perambulator m front of his knees, and over the whole lot went m the most picturesque confusion. Just as tho ' bushy ' had disentangled himself, and o nib dup on his hands and knee 3, ahurdy ■ gurdy man, who was going one way and locking another, ran his music shop into the countryman's coat-tails and sent him pprawllng, with a mighty swish, fair across the pathway, where he was trampled on and most unmercifully kicked by about a dczan disgusted citizoue, who as they spitefully dag their heela into his spine excitedly asked each other where were the police that they allowed a drunken hog l'ke that to obstruot the -footpath. Just aa the confusion was at its highest, and the franctlc cit'zans were catching wildly at the pavements, a nigger, who was carrying a bucket of whitewash on the end of a stick which rested on his shoul der, came along m an abstracted sort of way, and m a second he tangled his toes amongst the ehrieking crowd below and landed himself and his whitewash over tho lot with a etriot impartiality that seemed born of a better world. Hasiily scramb ling to his feet the darkey caught a email boy, who was enjoying the fun, a klok j that lifted him 50ft away, when the email boy unhesitatingly fired halt a brick at the nigger'B head and broke £15 worth of a j jeweller's window into splinters. By this time the unfortune ' bushy ' who started the trouble had got clear, and was scooting of£ for the railway station yelling { fire ' and ' murder ' at every jump, when an intelligent constable tripped up his heels and had very little difficulty next morning m getting him fined 40s for ' drunk and disorderly, righteous conduct, and tearin' hof me uniform, yer Wurßhup.' Half of the other victims wore carried to the Infirmary first and tho Steam Laundry to be washed afterwards, while the rest remained to break the nigger's bucket over his head, and curse the memory of the man who first chalked out the streets of Sydney."

THit ABHBURTCXN GUAKDIAN, WEDNESDAY, APBIL 25, 188$



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H. Matson and Co* WE HAVE FOR SALE OR TO LET? A GENERAL STORE (m Chertsey) di Ing a pood business* No Good- will. Stoo'c at Valuation. No opposition. Profitable business ; good opening for energ tio man. For part calars apply H. MATSON & CO., Ashburtoa. TO THE FARM E. SS OF GHERT3&Y DISTRICT. "CTAVING leaeed the SHEEP DTF at LJL the Saleyards lam prepared to Dip flocks of under 500 head at l£d, over 500, l^d per head. Using Morton and Whites composition. — "NO cube no pat." Start dipping on 16th April and would like to finish within a fortnight if possible, Would Farmers kiodly enter Sheep with Mr James Patterson, Chertsey, D. THOMAB, Ashburton, Ti^E HAVE FOR SALE Rye Corn Seed, FOR EARLY FEED, H. MATSOK & 00. FOR SALE. SEVERAL GOOD FARMS CHEAP TO LET. 9^fin AORE S BALING <jO\J\J half English grass 8a per Aore OAAA ACRES NE4R BALING (J\J\J\J tnasooka, 2a 6d per Aore 9AdO AOJRB S ALFORD FOREST. £tfcU v half English graas, 3a per Acre H. MATSON & CO. Asbburton. LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FJBB INSUBANCB COMPANY. WE have bee-* appointed Agents for / he above Company, and, are now prepared to take risks on Buildings, Stock and Crops at current rates.- H. MATSON & CO;, Ashburton; I have oeen appointed Agent FOR THE Mercantile Finance Co., ICHRISTCHUBOH, Wi?o are prepared to advance Money BILLS OF SALE, MORTGAGE OF STOCK, CROP LD3NS, or other Security. E>. THOMAS. iWE ABE APPOINTED j Sole Agents From Rakaia to Rangitata 708 MORTON AND WHITE'S Prize Sheep Dip 1 Placed Ist by the Canterbury A. and Association after an exhaustive trial, H. MATSON & CO. AshbintoE .. *s Agricultural Implements. WE ARE APPOINTED SOLE AGENTS IN ASHBDRTOJ* FOB Messrs BOOTH, MoDONALD & Cv Carlyle Implement Workn, Ohristchroh,. |,Samijb Implements on hand? Inspection Invited. H. MATSON & CO. Ashburton. STORAGE. STORAGE. FBEE FKOM ratMIE.



John Crr and Co. CLOTHING DEPART T. WE have engaged Mr Wm. Fparkow (late New Ze-.land Cloihing Fac tory) to take charge of this Department, and we feel coufident from his 1. n ? experience m the Clothing and Outfitting Business, that undsr his management our reputation will be maintained as the BEST and CHEAPEST CLOTHING HOUSE IN ASKBTJETON. Our Stook is replete with every requisite suitable for the Winter Season, and at prices that will SUIT THESE HARD TIMES. I Men's, Boys' and Youths' CLOTHING of every description, OVERCOATS AND WATERPROOFS. HOSIERY HATS, SHIRTS, SCARVES, TIES.. RUGS, PORTMANTEAUS, UMBRELLAS, etc. Boots Boots Boots We hold a large and varied assortment of BOOTS and SHOES o every de-g ecription ; Eorae Lines at lbss than Wholesale Pricee.gJ JOOTOEK AND CO,. East Street 3§77 Friedlander Bros. rKTANTED T,O PURCHASE WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS, R>E CORN, r? EYE GRASS, IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES. HIGHEST PRICE GIVEN. WANTED TO SELL 1000 BALES COENSACKS. WANTED— Ouc Farmers and otbe Clients to note that we are agents fo NEW ZEALAND STONE COMPANY, OnMARU. FISON'S Celebrated Fertilizers, ] The best m the Markot, TOMLINSON and" HAY WARD'S POWDER DIP AND GLYCERINE DIP. The boat and cheapest m the Market, Prevents contagion for an almoafc un« limited time ; will not injure or discolour the wool, bnt on the contrary gives it a beaotlf appearance. It koepa good for any period of tirpe ! easy to mix 1 ro.julrlug no hot water and thus Baying fuel'] .con- siderable expense and trouble 1 GOOD NEWS TO GRAINQROWERS. THE WONDER OF THE DAY. MASSEY'S Light 2-horse Steel Binder. WE have pleasure of intimating our ■ friends and others that we have been appointed SOLE AGENTS FOR NEW ZEALAND for the Bale of this wonderful Machine. 1 Wherever tho Machine has been tried it haa given entire satisfaction and those who attended the trials and saw the Maohlcfo at work expressed thomaelve highly pleased. Numerous orders have already been taken for next season'? * harvest and thoßO m want of Machines will do well to see THE MASSEY BINDER before plaoing their orders elsewhere. We guarantee every Machine, thno " showing that we ourselves have ever confidence In the MASSEY LIGHT STEEL BINDER. SUB-AGENTS WANTED.



Public Notices /\ E, M, BLAKE, ARCHITECT. Office: Montgomery's Buildings, East street. Entrance: Burnett Street. 8 34 ASHBURTON "GUARDIAN." DUNEDIN AGSNOY. fcfi-R R. T. WHEELER, Staff )rc Street, Dunedln, has been appointed oui Agent and will be able to arrange terme with advertisers for contract advertise- ments. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. G. M. Brooke, (Formerly Managing Assistant to COOK and KOSS.) Pharmaceutical and Operative Chemist, Sheep Dip Manufacturer, and preparer of Poisoned Wheat, Kaiapoi, BEGS to annonnce that having secured premises m ABhb'urton, he purposes opening a Chemist and Druggist's shop, about the first week m April, when the favor of your patronage will be respect- lully solicited. SOLE MANUFACTURER OF BROOKE'S Perfect Sheep Dip, Note.— Mr F. Makeig is agent at Aeh- burton for the above dip. 2J113 Style and Fashion. ANDREW ORR Is now opening hla Second Shipment OF New Drapery, Clothing, AND BOOTS. GRAND SHOW OF Ladies' Mantles, Ulsters, Jackets, Dolmans, &c. Mllilnery, Flowers, Fenthers, Ribbons, and Dreea Goods In endleqs v?».iety. Blankets, Flannels, Hosiery, and Gloves Brussels Carpeta, KiddoL' Carpets, &o Men's Clothing Gkbatly Rkduoed. BOOTS. BOOTS. GREAT BARGAINS IN BOOTS AND EHOES. 5 Trunks Ladies' Boots at 53 6d 2 Trunks Ladies' Evening Shoes, 3s 6d 43 6d, 53 6d Genta' Boots, cloth top, bent 9a 6d, worth 15a 6d. Prices to suit the times. DKESSMAKING. This Department Is giving universal satisfaction. Perfect style and fit. Prices atrlctly moderate. ANDREW ORE. T. Bullock, FOR SALE. Tj^Oß removal, a large two-storey Dwel- <V Hng, containing 8 rooms, oould be inverted into a Dwelling House or jlranary. For full particulars apply to T. BULLOCK. riTlO LET — At a very lnw rental, a large JL building fronting Enst Street, suit- able for a groin and chaff dtoro. T. BULLOCK. 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. finO LET at a low rental. — 4-ffooaied Jl. Coctage at Hampstead. T. BULLOfIK. 17.0R SALI3 at a low price and on JO liberal terms, 15 acres of land with 2-roomed Cottage thereon, frontir. g thf Fa ; rfiold Roud, not far from the Counii Saleyarde. Apply to T; BULLOCK, A. Harrison. Alired Harrison, AUCTIONEER, STOCK AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR. SATURDAY SALE at 12 o'clook shnri —Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Produoa svnd Merchandise. Runts collected, and the business o; absentees managed with care. Valuation made of Properties or Mer chandise on easy terms. Advances made instantly on Goodi delivered at the Storej for Sale. Agent for j*ihe Norwich Uulon Fire In sursnee Company; it gent for the{ MUIUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OB 1 AUSTRALASIA. ALFRED HARRISON^



Public Notices : WANTED everyone to secure a supply . of Ashburton Colored Flnnnpls, Scarlet, Blue, Navy. Pink, aDd Marone, at less than the price of imported at the Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' buildings, and nowhere lese at any price. q ENDERS are Invited for LABOUR .» for the erection of a Villa Residence a!; Tinwald. Pians and specifications can be n-en at my office. Tenders closo on THURSDAY, the 26 ,h lest, at 5 p m E. M. BLAKE, 4 159 Architect. TENDERS. "VST ANTED Tenders for cutting about * V 20 Tona Ohaff. For particulars apply to Hi MATSON & CO., 4 168 ABhbnrton. mBNDERR are inyited for forming three X hundred and forty (340) Chains, more or less, of Roadß m the Coldstreum JKoad Board DisUiot. Specifications may be seen at " liuardiaa " office, or MR NORBISH, 4 175 fliods. TENDERS. SEALED TENDERS will be reoeived fcto SATURDAY, April 28;h, for renting'for 5 yeara the Tinwald Domain Board Reserves m one, two, or three i l-'arms. Conditions of L?.ase to ba seen at Mr Joseph Oxark's Offiae, Tinwald. JOoWPH CLARK, C'oairman MR S. B. SEYMOUR, QURQEON-DENTIST \viU VISIT ASHBURTON THURSDAY, 26th APiilL, And may be consulted at Mr Cambridge's (Chemist) until4p.ro, 2 144 T7IVENING CLASSES are being held J2i at my Office, Montgomery's Build- ups, Barnett Street, on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS, from 7 to 9 p.m. Architeoiur&l, Pictorial, Model, and all branches of Freehand Drawing, etc., are being taught. E. M. BLAKE, 4 160 Architeot: UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD npENDERS are invited for the.follow- L ing works ; — Culvert up Alford Forest Road Furda WlnchmoreJßoad Pipe Conduit, Creek Road Concrete Abatmenta to Bridge on Black's road. Plans, etc,, can be seen on application to the undersigned, with whom tenders must bo left not later than. MONDAY, April 30th, 1888. CYRIL JEPHSOtf, District Itoad Surveyor, 4°166 Tlnwalct. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD- ING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. >i^HE ADJOURNED Annual General fi MEETING of Members and Share- holders of thla Soolety will b held at the Society's Office, Arcade Chambers, Bur- nett street, on MONDAY, 30th April, 1888,at3p.m. Business. 1. To receive the Directors' report for theyoar 1887-8. 2. To eleot two Directors In the room of M'ißsra T, Bullock and Hugo Ftiedlander. 3. Any other general business. Meßsrs Bullock and Friedlander are the only qealified shareholders that have given the notice required by the Rules, that thoy are candidates for the vacant seats on the Board. By order, J, WARD, W2 Manager. JOHN YICKEBY CASH BUYER OF PIGS AND A THOROUGHLY PRACTICAL BUTCHER AND BACON CURBR BEGS to announce to the residents of Aehbartou and District that he has succeeded m prooarlng a Buitable cellar for the BACON CURING BUSINESS And la now prepared to execute orders m that line, and can guarantee satisfaction and despatch. Orders lefb at the Pork Butchery, East Street will have prompt attention. johFyickeky. 4 157 REID and GKAY, CAMEEON STREET, ASHBUIiTON. Makers of IMPROVED D.-FURROW PLOUGHS 1 (Made of Best Hammered Scrap Iron, and Winner of First Prize at Melbourne Exhibition.) i Over 80001 AT /Over 8000 m use. / Beduofd Prices. \ m uso. i Extra heavy Mould Boards for rough i Land m Stock, Zig~Zag Harrows still .maintain thoir reputation as the best general purpose Harrow. Four hundred sets made an- nually. Newly Improved Chnfficutters alt eiges, with Balance Fly Wheel, fitted with paten cast steel Mouthpieoo, m one piece, which pan be taken off and replaced by a,n ordinary laborer m a fow soconda. Cuts three lengths of chaff. Portable Screw-Prcea and Bagging Chaffcutter, cuts, riddlos, elevates, screens and presses into the bag at ono operation. a 1, 2, 3, and 4 Horso-Powers. simple B strong, and oasily drawn, universally used throughout Now Zealand. J-iuted Pulverising DiBC Harrowß. over 700 m ufie. No farm should bn without them. All Bizos from Cft to 12ft. Grain Drills from li to 17 Coulters. We make largely for Cantorbuty and North Island. Cahoun's Hand Seed Sowe^, Farm Drays and Waggons^ patent Foncirrg h Standards! fpr Folding Sheep, Fencing Wire, Steel, Iron, and Barb Wire Repairs to all descriptions of Machinery promptly executed on the piemiess. Catalogues free on application a.t Dune- in or any of our Branches, 4°163



Auction?. SATURDAY, 28ih APRIL, SPECIAL ENTRY. 2 First-class MILOH COWS, just oalved ; first calf. ALFRED HARRISON,- --4 169 Auctioneer. TOMORROW- TNTENDING PURCHASERS are re- X minded that Mr Wm. Doherty's sale of Farm Stock, &o, will take place at his Homestead, Ashbuttou Forks, on Thurs- day, 26th inst. Sale at 11 30 o'clock. T. BULLOCK, 4 171 Auctioneer. SATURDAY, APRIL 28th. Desirable Town Properties, centrally situated m Burnett Street. MR T. BULLOOK has received Inatruo- tlona from Mb G. B. St. Hill (on account of hig having settled In the North I-jland), to Sell by Public Auction, at the Arcade, on the above date, his Froehold Properties, well Bltuatedin Burnett Street, as follows, viz. : — T.S. 638, and part of 639, containing slightly over 1£ roods, on which is ereoted a comfortable Dwelling- r House of 6 Rooms, with Verandah, Conservatory, and at back Waßh- Hoaße, Scallery, and all oon- venleDoaa Part of the Seotlon la planted with a nambec of ohoice Fruit Trees iv fall bearing ; there bio also woll— grown Vines agalnßt the Hon'io, and the Garden la nicely laid i,ut and planted with Ornamental Shrubs, etc. There iB also a Stable, Ooaoh House, Har- ness Room, large Workshop, Oact Shed and other Buildings, erected thereon. This ia a very desirable Property, and at present m ocoupa- tlon of Mr E J. Paul. Part of T, S. 639, together with four- roomed Cottage ereotod thereon, at present occupied by Mr T. Gol- KINS. T.S. 640, fenced and cultivated. This Is a very desirable Bite for a house, good position, and the land is first olaea foe Garden purposes. Inspection Invited, Terms liberal at sale, Sale at 12.15, T. BULLOCK, 1 4 148 Auctioneer. ASHBURTON YARDS. MESSRS MILES AND CO. are instructed to offor at the above 3faraa on TUESDAY, Ist MAY, 9000 Merlno WET9ERS, B- f~[(\r\ Merino WETHERS, 4- tooth 900 Merlno BWBS i 4-tooth These are good lines, and well worth the attention of graziers. J, T. FORD, Auctioneer. GEORGE JAMESON, 4^174 Agent;