ASHBURTON RIFLES.

Tb.B Mbburton Rifles commenced their class firing on Saturday, when the foliow acores were made : —

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourreivvs responsible for tie opinions expiessed by our correspondents!

AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

TO THE EDITOB; BSib,— l shall fell obliged if you will permit me, through the medium of your widely read journal to convey my thanks to Mr J. G. Reatell and the memberß of the Agricultural and Paßtoral A^aoolation, for their kindnees m arrraaging for s pnblio trial of my new threshing machine with band cutter and self-feeder. I would also convey my thanks to thoße who attended tbe tilal, to Mr Bacapton, and particularly to Mr and Mrs D. Williamson for the great klndneas and courtesy they extended towards me during my brief Btay la Aahbnrton. I came into your district a perfect stranger, but tbe greatest kindneß3 waa extended towards me on all sides, and I found the farmers moet willing to render me every assistance to bring under the notice of grain growers the metlts of the new machine I recently brought over from Victoria. Having been so well received by your farmers and othera I desire to tender my thanks for their klndneaa, and by granting me apace for the above you wiil greatly oblige. Yours, etc , THOS QUINMVAKT. Aehburton, April 22, 188 b.

CONDITION OF THE EMPEROR

(Pjee Pb3ss Association.)

Berlin, April 21. Fresh abscesses have appeared m the trachea of the Emperor, who is suffering from fainting fits, and there is an ap pearance of dropsy having set m. His Majesty is unable to speak. The medical gentlemen m attendance upon him have ordered that the canula inserted m his throat should be cleaned every few minutes. Berlin, April 22 The temperature of the Emperor is lower, his breathing is easier, and his cough is less frequent. The physicians regard this improvement m his condi tion as only another phase of the disease from which he is suffering His Majesty's condition is considered to be moßt critical, though he may pull through for some weeks. Her Majesty the Queen is on her way ' to Berlin, and returns to Windsor on Thursday. Bsblik, April 21. Ihe daily bulletins issued respecting the Emperor's health are less hopeful, and state that the fever increases nightly.

THE MARKETS

(per pkebs association.)

London, April 20. At the woo! auction to-day 14,000 bales were sold. London, April 21. The frozen meat by the steamer Liguria, from Melbourne, is selling at 35|d per lb. An Australian cargo of 6000 quarters of wheat has been sold for shipment to the Continent at 33s 6d, The cargo by the Triton has been sold for ship ment to the Continent at 34s 3d. At the wool anctions to-day all good crossbreds, greasy, and scoured realised full prices, and m some instances there was an improvement on last quotations. Medium qualities maintain February closing rates, but inferior and faulty qualities are weak and irregular. London, April 22. New Zealand butter ranges from 29s 1 to 84s, and the market has a downward tendency. At the wool sale yesterday 13,000 bales were disposed of. Greasy comb ings 5/ere cleared and the prospects are improving.

A PHENOMENAL PREACHER.

A 'WHHamßtown (Kentucky) paper has the following :- Great and unflagging interest haß been manifested nightly for the past week In the eloquent and won derftu preaching of the boy preacher, Rev. PascarPorter, who lives near Madison, Ind., and Is only 11 years old. Ministers m the prime of their ministry, ministers grown grey m the service of their Master, hung with rapture upon the words that fell with burning eloquence from hie youthful lip*. Never m the history of this place have suoh orovrda assembled to hear the preach ing of one perßon. People of every craed and denomination, and without a creed, and men who had never entered a church fur fifteen years, attended nightly, and were thrilled with Intureat and filled with wonder. He ia a handsome boy, with bright blown eyes and a well-shaped head. Oct of the pulpit there ii nothing m hla manner or speech to indicate hla wonder fui gift, but m the pulpit bo ia a veritable giant. He possesses a moat wonderful tnemory bl^d great gift of language, and bis sermon* were logical, doctrinal, and deep, end on each night he spoke on an entirely different aubjact. While all here proclaim that his preaching la wonderful •nd Interesting the community are about equally divided as to whether hie eermonu •re original or whether he baa committed to memory the sermons of another ; but •11 admit, whether they are original or not, that the boy preacher ie a wonder and a prodigy. He ia never at a loss for the right word In the right place, aud so thoroughly does he seem to understand and appreciate hia subject that if he£ were not a boy the originality of hla discourses would nover be questioned. The interest m them Is not by any m9.rjß confined to the fact that they are delivered by a boy. If they were delivered by a minister of mature yeara and with the same degree of elo quence, all would be no lesa deeply Inter ested. t^He was born near Madison, Ind., 6th November, 1876, and la the youngoat of a family of seven children— three boya and four girle. As soon as he was old enough to talk he manifested a desire to preach the gospel and make the world better, but was not permitted to enter the ministry until he was nine yeara of age. Hia education Is limited, only having advanced as far as the fourth grade m the public achoois.

TEA MEETING AT NEWLANDS.

I . \u25a0» On Friday evening last a nvcfct pleasant, hour or two was sp nt m the schoolroom, the occasion bein^atea mebtiny;andconcort m aid of (he prize fund and the Band of Hope Library. After a most rnjoyable ard sumptuous , too, the younger ones adjourned to the Echool grounds, whore games were in dulg d m, m which many of the older j ones joined. One game especially at- I trncted much attention and created great merriment. The visitors from outside districts, it-eluding a contingent from Ashlurton having a r rived, a chairman was elected, and a capita] programme fol lowed. Oa the part of the ladies efficient rervice wns rendero r 1 Viy Mrfl LarnHe nn 1 MrsClaridge, Miss Grace Stoel^ and a tiny daughter of Mr Lili, and on that of the gentlemen by Mcfsra Lambie, Johnstone, Oarr, Kneen, and H. Gates.

• The room was full to overflowing, and encores were frequent, Rome of the songs creating roars of laughter. Upon the conclusion of the programme Mr Megßon moved a vote of thanks to the visitors m one of his very hearty speeches, and before fritting down ha called for three times three, which were given to the eoho.

The ladies of the district then came to the front with most welcome refresh ment, after partaking of which, this very enjoyable reunion broke up, the Aehhur ton visitors returning as they came under the care of the ever willing Mr Lill.

AMERICAN FARMERS AND PRO TECTION.

Under the heading " Proteclionist " contributes tho following to the " Lyttel ton Times " : — We are constantly told that the American farmers are being ruined by Protection. Tho following shows how they have been ruined for a period of thirty years, during twenty of which thoy have worked under the highest protective tariff m the world, imposed m 1861 : — "In 1850 the number of farms m the United States was. 1,440,073, and their value was 3,271,575 426 dollars, or £654,315.085. In 1880 the number had advanced to 4,008,907, and the va'uo to 10,197,096.776d01, or £2,039,419,355."— ('Roberts on Revenue. ") The farmers have also suffered ' \u25a0 ruination " by being compelled to accept very much higher prices for their products as the following will show : —

Under tbe tariff of 1846 the average du'ies weie about 24 per osnt, and the following were the prices of tha articles named : —

Eggs— 4centa per doz

Wheat — 37£centa per bua Stock hogs — lcont per lb Steels — sdol to 7dol each

Corn — 12^centa per tnu. Under the tar. lf of 1883 the average duties were about 43 per cent, and tbe following were the prices m the " Chicago Tribune " of January 18, 1883 :—

Eggs — 21 cinta to 25 cents per doz Wheat— Very dull at 9J| cents to 9 cents per bus.

Stock houa — 5 cents to 10 cants per lb, Steers — Medium to good, 3dol 60 cents to 4dol 50 cents per cwt. Corn— Quiet at 60£ cents to 62cents per bus.

Of course, these high prices are the results of the creation of large cities und towns by Protection,, the population of tsuch centres of activity causing greater demand for the products of the farmer, '

AMONGST THE VINES.

The charming aeriea of papers v Pictur eeqao Victoria" still graca tha " Argaa. " From the latest, on the vrine districts we extract the following : — " Bat 'tia time to qnlt the vineyard and to make for the station. So we yoke up Mr Sayle's mar vellous two-wheeled coach, " The moun tain Maid," and walk oat across the flits

I smoke m tilenco aud the old oolorJsfc says '• Yoa did not seem to admire tho vintage." 1 answer, " The vineyard was good, and the master of the vineyard perfect m courtesy and hospitality, and all the virtaeß of life, — bat the pcoc?ea of the vineyard haa destroyed a pleasant dream, a fond imagining," He anawera, " How ?" and I rejoin, " I will tell you a atory — There was, a few years ago, a young Lord de Clifford travelling m Australia fur his pleasure and health, and at dinner one night he told a 'good story of wine and the way it should be made, or rather the jovial circumstances whioh should attend its making. We had drunk bock, which seemed good, and incidentally remarked my lord, " It is said m England that we have the only perfect hook m Europe, and it Ib a funny story how we acquired it. My grandfather a year or two after Waterloo was making tho grand tour, He had travelled through France. Ha waß m the valley of the Rhine. It was a hot day and all of the pirty were thirsty. They met by a littlevinoyard asort of vintagefea tlval, There were plperafand zither players, and what not, and all the population m holi day at tire; and just airiv6dattho preßß, the laßt load of grapes, with a girl like a May Qaeen, only dressed with vine foliage iustead of hawthorn bloom atop. My grandfather askod for wine, and they prayed all to drink and to join m the fun. I never heard whether the request waa ac ceded toornot, or whether theparty stayed allfnlght and danced with the girls or not, and there ia nothing m tho family record to chow when and whe«e and how they went to bed that night. But with the morrow they went oa their way, finished their journey and returned home. And In the spring of next year my grandfather, walking a terrace m the morning, saw a proceaßion apprcaohing something like a half-dczan of Barclay and PerkinB 1 wagons, each with it 1 ? half-dozen hogsheads. He stood fn astonishment, and found no speech till a sturdy, yellow-headed fellow dismounted from the foremost, and assailed him m German, He had brought tho wiac — the vintage hoina. What wine and vintage 1 Did not my lord remember, perhaps my lord would recogniae that He produced an agreement, a contract of 8bI« whereby it waa shown that the Baron de Clifford had sgreed to purohase tho whole of the vinfago of Herr itudesheimor, or whatever hla name was, at a certain fixed price. Tho Baron'a Hignature waa there, and the Baron must, therefore, ac cept delivery and pi.y. The latter was an pleaßant,butthe former sisemed impossible. The half of it would never go into the collar. Borne was sold, some given away, and for years thereafter to mention hock to the Baron was a high crime and misde meanour. But when decadea were passed, they began to drink Iho wlno, and m a quarter of a century to like it, and fifty yeara Inter to priza it ; and now, as I toil yon, thoagh there Ib not much loft, they sppak of It, not as the bout, but aa the only hock m Europe." So, doubt less, when an English milord cornea to Australia and meets a vintage feotival with a, more divine qneen of grapea and hearts than llhineland ever boro, riding heme amid the purple olutfera *nd rusiet leaves, and aska for a drink of wine, and loves tho flavour, and buys the whole vintage and takes It homo and koopa it a hundred years — why, then there will ba no nr m occasion for a carping critic, filled full of old pagan fantasioa, to complain, ur.d tho fame of Australia m wine will be es'fabllehod for ever. Long before that period we hope, however, to manage all things well, and to establish the Tame of our wine by our own efforts. Acd how much haa been done m this way, and Is now m progress, will ba seen and nuder stood at tho great vineyard of St Hum bert's. Commercial enterprise has been joined with practical knowledge and scientific research thore, and the firm of Rowan and Ooafrello will make the^ way for the Anatralian vintage to all the markets of the world, We will boo that vineyard uext week,

"BREAKING THE OIL MARKET."

The oorrflFpordeut of the " A{?e," dating from New Yvrk, M^voh 1, writeß : — An interesting story comes frem Ohlongo of a trick by which the petroleum market waa raided a short time ago, and a hand some Bum of mont^y went into tha packets of the raiders The funny part of the * flu I r is that the plot waß the work of a play writer who had written a piece to be performed on the stag". He had arranged what he thought would be a taking plot, and the inure he thought about it while' he was ntiting out hia play the more ha thought it a good thing. His name was Gardner, aid he waa a newspaper re p iter, who hd w rked oapaporo m the oil regions, kne>v all abour, the workings of the oil welia and tbe effects of the dis covery of new well?, and especially of new territory, on the oil market. His pJay contained fuar ohuraotera — first a newa paper reporter ; second, a amart young tran who could keep hia month ahut ; third, a legitimate broker on the Ex change ; fourth, a man who claimed to be an oil operator. He determined to oarry oat his play m reality, and m order to do so went to Chicago and obtained a situa tion on one of the daily papers. He managed to be assigned to work that made him acquainted with a firm of brokers m go d standing ; he cultivated their acquaintance, and by giving them several tips of oonseqaenoe at diffareub times secured their confidence and friend ship. Then he made friends with re porters m other offices, und was very " chummy " with several of them.

Ono day he startled his broker fclßnd3 with the assertion that be could break the oil market whenever he wan'.ed to Of course, they ware interested at once, and then ho palled out his play and reid to th- m from the manuscript. They also saw It wkb a good thing, and entered into i ;he scheme to "produce tho phy,' but not on the Btage of a theatra. One of the paria waa to be played by Gardne and another by oae vi the brokers ; the other partß were aeaigned to IMcb'.rd Galvin aud Alexander Kono, the f rmer a middu-aged actor, and the latter a yonng m»n «ho was known to the brokers. G*lyin was engaged at a drama' io -gency, and was to receive 40iol aDd hi 3 expenses for one night's parforraauoe m case ho played hla part properly, and dido'c "give the anup away." The four performers aotually oame together and rehearsed their parta not only once but twice, and then the trap that was to cat oh tho oil speculators was eat and made ready for the springing. And thia is the way it waa sprung :— lt was arranged that aa Imaginary-oil well should ba located on the farm of one ft, 8. Harris, eighteen inilea from the railway station at Carral, Illinois, and Reno waa sent to that place, whore his part of the acting was to be p-rforraed. The actor Galvn registered at the Briggs Houar, Oaicago, aa Motlb M'Liuahlln, of the firm of Bradley, M'Laughlin and Co, , and m the meantime Gardner, who had picked up anothor roporter, atrollod along the street and entered a beer saloon, where he head invited his fellow quill ddver to tako a drink The broker dropped m as if by the murest accident, an-.l was invited to join m a beer, and when the casual question wus asked if there waa any new?, he asked if they had heard o£ the oil discoveries m southern Illinoia. Gardner waa eo^pticiil und treated the broker's story with ridicul-j. The broker insisted that he was telling the truth, and that the man who owned the well was at tho Briggs House, and if they wanted to be satisfied they h j .d better go and find him. Gardner refused to go, but tho other reporter made a dead run for the Brings Monae, where he found tho pre tended oilman, who Bhowed him a bottle of genuine potroleu.n from the wo:l (it i hid been carefully brought from a woll m Pennsylvania), and exhibited a despatch winch ho had just received from tho mnart young man iiono, at Carmi. It read as follow* : — li Woll coadoueato flow at intervals of twenty minutes Powers estimates the output at eighty barrels an hour. Gaß stioajr, and can be heard miles away. Will look for tanks yii Btiort lino railway." While th'a reporter was being duly loaded, Gardner waa engaged m lookmg up reporters tor other papers, and one after another they were drawn into the net by the Bkilful performance of Gardner and his brokor fcleud, Some of the ae\n papers wired to Oartni, whloh is only a email station, where there is only one operator,, The innocent fellow ase-i the aubstauce of the despatch, whloh had been filed at the office, and, of course, thia confirmed the story of the man at the hotel and of all the rest ooncerned. The next morning the papers were fall of it ; there van a break In tho petroleum mir "ket, aud by Belling short and duly mani pulating the markot tho fi>:m of roapootable brokers cleared enough honest money to make a divide that netted tho enterprising Gardner a clean 20,000d01, or £4000, and turned a handsome figure Into the Bank account of the brokerage firm. The plot succeedod so well that it waa tried again ; bnt In the second performance somebody squealed or was discovered, and the wholo snap failed. Gardnee has resigned from his Chicago paper and is living comfort* ahly on tho proceeds of hla genius. If he goes on aB he has began he will rise to a high poßitlon m the world (poaolbly with the vAd of the hangman) and when age comos on he onn i>lklo poacefally down the hill of life crownpd with tho memory of his many virtue

IN AN APPLE CELLAR

Red and russet and yellow, Lying here m a heap — Pippins rounded and yellow ; Greenings for Winter keep ; Seek-no-further 3, whose blushing The Soul of a saint would try, Till his face showed the crimson flushing The oheek of a Northern spy. Hid from the Winter woathor, Here, m a pile together, Safe from the wind aud sleet, Russet and Pippin meet. And m this dim and du9iy Old cellar they fondly hold A breath, like the grapes made musty By the Summer's radiant gold. Each scorns to hold a vagrant Sunbeam lost from the Bky ; When lily blooms were fragrant Wells for the butterfly. And when the snow is flying, What feasts m tho hoarded store, Of crimson and yellow lying Heaped high on the sandy floor. Fruitage of bright Spring splendour, Of loaf and blossom time. That no tropic land can mend or Tako from this frosty olimo — Fruit for tho hearthstone meeting, Whose flavour naught can destroy, Hoy/ you make my heart's awift beating ' Throb vyllh the pulflo of a boy ! Apples, soarlot and golden, Apples juicy and tart, Bringing again the olden Joy to the weary heart. You send the swift thoughts sweoping ""^""Through wreckage of time and teara. To that hidden chamber, keoping The gladness of youth's bright years.

RESCUED AFTER MANY DAYS.

At the time of tho lands'ip on the Boiler road, near Barlin'd, when Hall and Oc.'a stable there was carried away, foar ooaoh-horsoß belonging to the firoa were left on a small Bldeling, h.«v!nt» been removed from the etible juat a minute or two before the latter waa carried away. By the Blipping away of the roada on both aldea of them, the horaea were ion priaoned so at. to apeak, Aiter the s'lp they could not be readied, as no man could be found bold enough to trust him self on the broken mountain side, owing to the softness of the debris, It »vas thus Impossible to convey feed to the horsea, and &s there waa nothing but a iittle aorub on the ledge oi w'lloh they stood, and no water save whafc fell m the form of rain, It waa concluded that they would be dead In a few days. It waa something of a surprise then that a week arjo tha anlran's were seen to be atlll a'i ve. For thre i we ika' they had sustained themselves by Dating the aorub and even branches of trees, . The poor be*ata waa m a frightfully emaciated condition, and were evidently m the last stage. Mr Hull being com municated with gave instructions to have the horses shot at once, and so end their sufferings. Those on the spot, however, decided to give the animala at least a chance for their lives m preference to bulleting them outright. Circumstances fortunately favored this humana design as one fine day hardened the surface of the slip sufficiently to enable a man to climb round the face of the precipice to where the animals were. The f imi&hing animals were then blindfolded, and, one by ono, backed over the perpendicular cliff into the Buller river. The drop was some thirty or forty feet, tho river being very deep. As tho hrses came to the surface they were roped by a man m a canoe, and landed oq the .oppoaitj beauh In this way they were ah safoly repcvied, and as soon as they were able to travel wore tiken down to Westport.— (( iuangah.ua Times."

I A. PLAY P&RFOUMJSD IV EARNEST.

THK ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1888 a



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Heating's Cough Lozenges euro Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis. Medical testimony states thgc no other medicine is so effectual m the cure oi these dangerous maladies. One Lozenge alone gives eaaa, one or two at bed- time ensures rest. For relieving difficulty of • breathing they are invaluable. ..They contain \ no opium or any violent drug. * gold by all chemists, m m?, l}d and 2s 9d .



Holioway's Pills.— Enfeeblod Existence. I -r-This medicine embraces every attributo required m a general and domestip remedy, It overturns the foundations of diseases laid by defective food and impure air. In obatruo- tiona or congestions of the liver, lungs, bowels, or any other organs, these pills are especially serviceable and eminently successful. They should be kept m readiness m every family, being a medicine of incomparabio utility for young persons, especially those of feeble con- stitutions. They never cause pain or irritate the most sensitive nerves or most tender bowels. Holloway's Pills are the best known purifiers of the bipod, the most aotivq pro- moters of absorption and seoroiion, whereby all poisonous and obnorious pai'tiolea are removed, from both solids and fluids.



0. W. Turner* IMPOETANT TO THE FARMERS OF CANTERBURY, CHAMPION White Wheat. "YTTITH a view of more generally V V lntrodudlng this Splendid Wheat In Canterbury, I have jaat feoelved a supply from England, and I shall be happy to forward a small quantity fbkb to^any applicant. This wheat commands the highest price on the English market, as millers prefer It before all others. It is a good yielder and la not easily shaken by the -wind, a feature of the most Impoctanoa to the Canterbury farmer; The following is an extract from a paper read at Kaiapol by Mr Joseph Turner, M'ller, some eight years ago t— "CHAMPION. -This Is a Wheat about which very little Is knovn so far as its Milling capabilities are concerned, In conaeqmnoe of its not being grown to any extent here. Fortunately I have had several opportunities of testing this ex- cellent grain, and I hope the day is not far distant when instead of the bulk of our wheat being Hunters White it will be that of CHAMPION. It possesses a considerable amount of strength, muoh more than that of Hunters White, and rather leea than Telvet Chaff, Is of excellent color and a first class yielder. It is a Wheat which stands alone In Its excellence. No other Wheat at present grown In this province Is capable of producing a Flour equal to this. It poeaeßsea sufficient strength and color required to produce a really first olaia article, and I am convinced that if It was more extensively grown aod shipped to the Home Market it would In a very short time bring up the average price there from two to three shillings ft quarter. ' npHESE remarka are fully, verified JL from reports received of yields and piicea ob'.ainable m England, also from the faot that CHAMPION WHEAT grown this Reason m the Rakata district iv the Batne paddock as HUNTER'S WHITE hr a threshed 27 Bushels agalnit 20 Bushels of HUNTERS. C. ¥, TURNER, WOOL, GRAIN, AND GENERAL MERCHANT, South Rakaia. ; BUYER OF Grain of all Descriptions. FARM AND STATIONS STORES APPLIED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. TEA, SUGAR, SOAP, OILS, WIRE, SOUTH RAKAIA STOCK SALE On the first Thursday m each month, —AGENT FOR-— HAYWARD'S Powder Sheep Dip. booth, McDonald and oo.'s Oarlyle Agricultural Implements. ' Masaoy's Light 2-Horse REAPER- and BINDER, rightly termed " The Wonder of the Day. Liverpool, London, and Globe Insurance Company. All Classes of RISKS accepted on FARMING STOCK, CROPS, &o. HAVE PURCHASERS FOR~ ALL)! DESCRIPTIONS OF SHEEP.



/ \ E. M. BLAKE, ARCniTEOT. Ofpiob: Montgomery's Buildings, East street. Entrance : Burnett Street. 8 84 T. Bullock, FOR SALE. TilOR rtmoval, a large two-storey Dwel- 'v Un?, containing 8 rooms, conld be inverted into a Dwelling House or kanary. For foil particulars apply to T. BULLOCK. TO LET— At a very low rental, a large building fronting East Street, suit- able for a grain and chaff dtore. T. BULLOIK. FOR SALE.— An improved Farm of 245 Acres, being R,S. 27237, situated about 6 miles from Chertsoy. Low price and liberal terms apply to T. BULLOCK. f I LET at a low rental . — 4-rooaaed JL Coctage at Hampstead, T. BULLOOK. FOR SALE at a low price and on liberal terms, 15 acres of land with 2-roonoed Cottage thereoD, frontit g thf Fa ; rfield Boad, not far from the Countt Saluyards. Apply to T. BULLOOK A. HarrisoD. Allred Harrison, ! AUCTIONEER, STOCK AND ESTATE i AGENT AND VALUATOR. SATURDAY SALE at 12 o'olook sharp — Horflßß, Cattle, Pigs, Produoa »nd Merchandise. FOR SALE— 1 Spring Cart, new 1 „ „ m good repair 1 Tip Dray. Piano by Carl Steinbardt, Triohord Walnut, nearly new : terms may be arranged. Small Iron Safe, nearly new ; cheap Bents collected, and the business of. absentees managed with care, Valuation made of Properties or Mer- chandise on easy terms; Advances made instantly on Goods delivered at the Stores for Sale. Agent for j^be Norwich Union Fire In- Burance Company, Agent for the MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA. ALFRED HARBISON. John Orr and Co. CLOTHING DEP ABT&EtfT. WE have engaged Mr Wm. Sparrow (lato New Zealand Clothing Fac- tory) to take charge of this Department, and we feel confident from Ids long experience m the Clothing and Outfitting BiJßineS s'.5 '. that undor his management our reputation wu 11 be maintained aa the BEST and CHEAPEST •CLOTHING HOUSE J K ASKBUETON. Our Stock ia replete with evory requisite suituble for tho Winter b'eaaon/and i at prices that will SUIT THESE HARD TIMES. Men's, Boys' and Youths' CLOTHING of every description. OVERCOATS AND WATERPROOFS. HOSIERY HATS, SHIRTS, SCARVES, TIES, RUGS, PORTMANTEiUtf, UMBRELLAS, etc. Boots* Boots Boots Wo hold ft large and varied assortment of BOOTS and SHOE 3 o evory de-§ ecription ; some Lines at 1638 than Wholesale Prices. §g JOHNjOBR AND CO.. East Street!;! **' 3§77 ,



Public Notices PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. O. 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 Becured premises m Ashburton, he purposes opening a Chemist and Druggist's shop, about the first week m April, when the favor of your patronage will be respect* 'ully solicited. SOLE MANUFACTURER OF BROOKE'S Perfect Sheep Dip. Note. — Mr F. Makeig is agent at Ash- burton for the above dip 2J113 , Style and Fashion. ANDREW OBR Is now opening his Second Shipment OP New Drapery, Clothing 1 , AND BOOT S. GRAND SHOW OF Ladies' Mantles, Ulsters, Jackets, Dolmans, &c. Mllllaery. Flowors, Feathers, Ribbons, and Dress Goods m endleaa variety. Blankets, Fhnnele, Hosiery, and Gloves Bruaselß Carpets, Kidder Carpets, &o Men's Oeothino Greatly Rkduobd. BOOTS. BOOTS. GREAT BARGAINS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. 5 Trunks Ladies' Boots at 53 6d 2 Trunks Ladles' Evening Shosa, 3s 6d 4«'6<31, sa6d Genta' Boots, cloth top, best 9j 6d, worth 15s 6d. Prlceß to Bait tha times. DRESSMAKING. ; This Department is giving universal Hatisfaotlon. Perfect style and fit. Prices strictly moderate. ANDEEW ORE.. Friedlander Bros. Or ANTED T>O PURCHASE WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS, K\E CORN, RYE GRASS, ' IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES. HIGHEST PRICE GIVEN. J Ml " M \u25a0 \u25a0'""" \u25a0--- I yj WANTED TO SELL 1000 BALES CORNSACKS, WANTED— Out Farmers and otbe Clients to note that we are agents fo NEW ZEALAND STONE GOMPAKY, OaIARU. FISON'S Celebrated Fertilizers, The beßt In the Market, TOMLINSON and HAY WARD'S POWDER DIP AND GLYCERINE DIP. The beat and cheapest In the Market. Preventa contagion for an almost un- limited time ; will not Injure or discolour the wool, but on the contrary gives it a beautU appearance. It keeps good for any period of time I easy to mix I ra^ulclug no hot water »nd thus saving f ftelvsfoon« alderable expense aud troubla ( GOOD NEWS TO GRAINGROWERS, THE WOIS.DER OF THE DAY. MASSEY'S Light 2-horseJteel Binder. WE have pleasure of intimating our friends and others that we have been appointed SOLE AGENTS FOR NEW ZEALAND Tor the Dale of this wonderful Maohlne, _ Wherever tho Machine haa been tried It has given entire satisfaction and those who attended the trials and saw the Maohlne at work expressed themsolve *> highly pleased. Numerous orders have d already been taken for next season's 5t harvest and those m want of Machines n will do well to ace l °" THE MASSEY BINDER ie * B before placing their orders elsewhere. [lx Wo guarantee every Machine, thus showing that we. ouraelvog have ever oonfidonoo In the ie >P MASSEY « LIGHT STEEL BINDER. QQ STJB'AaEHTS WANTED, EBISIHiAtf&EB JBRO& 53



* Auctions 3 SATURDAY, 28th APRIL. brEOIAb ENTRY. t " t f\® Account of Mr Wm. Moßkidb, — A consignment of HORSES, i Comprising — DRAUGHT MARES and WELDINGS, broken to all kinds of Work, and UNBROKEN COLTS Bnd FILLIE3 Sale at 1 o'olook. T. BULLOCK, 4 147 Auctioneer. SATURDAY, APRIL 28th. : 13 Acres, 3 Roods, 20 Perches, part of Grove Farm n'Btato, with House thereoD, MR T. BULLOCK haß received inßtructiocs from Mr John John- stone to Sell by Public Auction at the Arcade ou the above date, LOT 19, con'aining 13; i3r 20p, fronting Grove Farm Road, part of Grove Farm Estate, on wbich is erected a Cottage and Outbuildings The quality of the land on ttr's Estate is so well known that comment on it is unnecessary, I would invite those m I want of a small holding near town to personally inspect thn and attend the < sale. Terms of payment will be very | liberal. j Sale at 12.15. T, BULLOCK, 4$ 133 Auctioneer. Public Notices RENDERS are invited for LABOUR JL for the ereotlon of a Villa Resldonoe at Tin wall. PJana and speoificutloaa can be s-en at my office Tenders close on [ THURSDAY, the 26th mat, at 5 p m. t Jfi, M BLAKE, 4 159 Architect. WE HAVE FOR SALE OR TO LET A GENERAL STORE (m Chertaey) doing a good buaineaa. No Good- will. Slock at Valuation. No opposition. Profitable buaiuisa ; good opening for energetic man. , For partloulara apply H. MATSON & CO., Aehburton. SLAUGHTERING LICENSE. I HEREBY give notice that I intend at the County Council's meeting m May next to apply tot a Slaughtering Licenae fur large and small cattle for U.S. 16376, Wakanuißoad. THOMAS Mo3RENDEL. Ashburton, April 9.0, 1888. 4 46 TENDEBS. SEALED TENDERS will be received to SATURDAY, April 28th, for renting for 5 years the Tluwald Domuin Board Resorvea In one, two, or three Farms. Conditions of L?nse to be seen at Mr Joseph Clark's Office, Tlowald. JC&JfiPH OLAKK, 4°127 Chairman. ASHBURTON " GUARDIAN*?*"" DUNEDIN AGENCY. AJTR R. T. WHEELER, Stafford Street, Dunedlu, haa been appolr.ted our Agent and. will bo able to arrange terms with advertiatra for contract advertlse- mente. JOHN" YICKERY /^ASH Buyer of Pia;s, and a thoroughly Praotiojl Batcher and Bicon Ourer, bags to announce to tha residents of Aahbartou and District that he haa aaooeeded In procuring a suitable cellar for the Bacoa Curing Business, and Is now prepared to execute orders In that lino, and can guarantee satisfaction and despatch. Orders left" at the Pork Butohery, East Street/ will have prompt attention. 4 157 JOHN VIOKERY. LEVIATHAN RAILWAY mE MPERANCE TTO TEL (Opposite tho Railway Station), DUNEDIN MRS SILK - - Proprietress. Bogs to inform her friends and the Public generally that she has purohasod the above Hotel, aud respectfully solicits a share of their support. The Hotel Is the largest and moat corn* modloU3 of Its kind m Danedin, and oan offer accommodation not to be excelled ; having been thoroughly renovated sinoe the new proprietress took possession ; and will now be found most comfortable. VISITORS WiU fiad every civility and accommoda- tion, and tho aim of the Proprietress will be to give her patrons every satisfaction. N.B — Refreshments can be obtained In the shape of Tea, Ouffoo, and Cocoa on arrival : and Guests wiahlng to go asvay by etirly train can depend on being called In ample time, If thoy will only m«ke their wishes known. 4 156 MOUJST HUTT ROAD BOARD, "VTOTIOK is hereby given that In accord- i\ ance with the provisions of the "Road Boards Act, 1832," and amend- ments thereto, and the <' Regulation oi Local Elootlona Act, 1876/' an eleotion ol THREE Persons, In plaoa of Messrt Jackson, Holmes, and Alington, to serve on the Mount Hqtt Ro.nd Board, will takt plaoe on MONDAY, the 7th Miy, 1888, at the Road Board Offics, Methven, and Barr Hill Sohookoom. Nominations In the prescribed form ob- tainable from the Upturning Officer, Ash- burton, must bo addressed to the Roturn- Ing Officer, and delivered at tho Roac Board Offioe, Mothvon, before 12 NOOE on Monday, April 30th, 1888. F. MAIN WARING, o Returning Officer. ,j Ashburfcon, April 20th, 1888". 4J141 OOLtJSTREAM ROAD DISTRICT. o T>UBLIO NOTICE Is hereby glvei ;o JL that m accordance with the *' Roa< Is Boards Act, 1882," " Road Boards Ac io Amendment Act, 1883," and " Regulatloi n of Local Elections Act, 1876," an Eleotlo: »t of Five Members to Ber\?a on the Cold stream Road B.oard will be held at tb 3 j Office of tho Board, Longlands, Hinds, a follows ;— Nominations In tha prescribed forr (bl,vnk forma obtainable from the Returc a i ( ing Officer) innst be addresaed to th ih Returniug Officer and delivered at th c . Road Board Offioe, before 12 o'oluok ndo 10l on MONDAY, April 30th, 1888, 1( j A Poll, it nooesaUjry^ wiU be tiike or between th.Q hoi^ra of 9 a.m. and 6 p.n ,13 ou MONDAY, May 7. th, 1888., at the Offic of the Board, Longlaoda, Hinds. J. O. BELL, Returning Officer. , :. Aahborton, April 21st, 1886. 4lf



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