Parkes has been sentenced to death. The jury recommended him to mercy.

VICTORIA.

Melbourne, Auguat 3.

A conference of the Judges of the Supreme Courts of the various colonies is to be held to-day, when matters affecting judicial subjects of importance to Australia will be discussed.

TASMANIA.

Hobart, August 3

A sensation has been caused owing to attention being called to the fact that the colony is without a judicial head. Both his Excellency the Gover nor and the Chief Justice are absent at the Melbourne Exhibition. It is con sidered doubtful if the senior Judge can be sworn m as the officer adminis tering the government of the colony,

QUEENSLAND.

Brisbane, August 3

An aboriginal murdered bis gin at Keppel Bay, and escaped to the bush. Nearly all the mining mills m Queensland have stopped until the wet season comes round. Hundreds of men will thus be thrown out of employment;

THB WHEATER.

The following is the meteorological report at Alford Station for the week ending July 27th, 1888 :—

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

[Fxs Press Association.]

Auckland, Auguat 3.

J' Barr Brown, a well known resident of Waluku, died a.mewbat suddenly yesterday. At the Polioe Court to-day a man named Harry Seabrook waa fined £5 and costs for dlaturblng the Salvation Army aervloe at Drury Flat recently. The esse of Fenwlck, tbe alleged lunatio, was again before the Supreme Court to day, when Judge Gillies deoided that the man waa of unsound mind, but not Incapable of managing himself or hla affairs.

Wellington, Auguat 3. The new ateamer, Brunner, Intended for the West Coast trnde, arrived at Hobart yesterday, and was to leave for Greymouth to day. A speolal meeting of the Board of Education was held thia morning, to con sider whether the Minister of Education should ba requested to appoint a Com mlaaioner to enquire Into the oharges of Immorality m State sohoola, aa alleged by the " Times " and " Mail." After diaoui -.iton a motion was oarrled — " That thia Board, having examined Into the charges of Immorality, made against our public ■ohooli by the " Tlmeß ' ? and «' Mall," la of opinion that there la no foundation whatever for theae charges, and therefore no necessity for farther enquiry." Tbe Native Minister haa been advised that the Native who waa the cause of the recent outbreak near Whangarel, haa been banlabed to the Hoklanga diatrlot. An Immediate and peaceful solution of the whole difficulty la expeoted. Mr Wm. Beetbam, an old settler, died to-day, aged 70. He leaves a large grown up family, one of who, Mr Goo. Beetham, la member for Maaterton. As an artlat, the late Mr Beetham baa made hla mark In the colony.

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Fbiday, August 3.

The Council met at 2.30 p.m. BUSINESS.

Tbe question of the alleged disqualifica tion of certain members once more oame up, and was again adjourned. The Mount Somers Boad Board Bill was oommitted and reported with amendments. The Ellesmere Lake Lands BUI was read a «eoond time and partially considered m Committee. Tbe Land Aot and Mining Aot were each farther eonaidered m Committee, and reported with amend ments, The Married Women's Property Extenalon BUI was thrown out on the seoond reading. After aome debate on the Naval and Military Settlers and Volunteer Land BUI the Conncll adjourned at 10.30 p.m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

AFTERNOON SITTING.

The House met at 2.30 p.m.

XBTIUATES.

The House eat till 330 a.m. yesterday morning considering the estimates, and ■pant the whole of last evening In the aame work. The only reduction made, ao far, affeota the officers of the Stella, the wote being reduoed by £150. QUESTIONS. Replying to questions lt was stated that the ereotlon of a rabbit-proof fence on Mr Millar's run In the Waitaki distriot had been authorised by the Minister of Lands •t a coat of £€50 ; that the reason why a promise was made In May last that grain - should be charged by aotual weight on the railways was In order tbat farmers might be made acquainted with the propoaed ohange before next aesslon ; thai copies of "Tbe Manual of Grasses and Plants useful to New Zealand " would be aent to oountry libraries and institutes; that no funds were available for com pleting the Wellington and Woodvllle KN-way to Newm n and Pahlatna,

OOV-tRNMENT BUBINI6B. > The Premier moved that the House at Its rising adjourn till Monday at half past two o'<3Viok for Government business. The motion -was agreed to. MOTION FOR BUPP£Y.

On the motion thav the Houao go into Committee of Supply, Mr Tanner moved •a an amendment that la the financial condition of the oolony lt la desirable to alter tha Edneation Aot by rMalng the school age to seven years. If the amend ment were oarrled he did not propose tbat It ahould take effect at onoe, but that due notice ahould be given to teachers oi tbe proposed change. He spoke on the question at some length, and quoted from figures to prove that if his proposal to withdraw 20,000 ohildren of seven years and under from the pnblio schools were «greed to, it would result In a Having to tho oolony of not less than £30,000, while only £9000 would bo saved by the with drawal of ohildren of si* and under that •ge. The question was discussed and the Amendment lost on a division by 64 to 10.

EVENING SITTING.

The House renamed at 7.30 p.m THE EOTUfATES. The Estimate! were further considered •nd all were agreed to. The Honse rose at 1.40 a.m.

CRICKET.

(Pbr Press Association.)

London, August 3. That the Surroy County will again be the premier oricketi'sg county is assured, as its represents; v- c have won all their nine matches.

SPORTING.

GOODWOOD CJP

(PBR PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, August 2. I At the Goodwood Met tine; to-day the , race for the Cup resulted i\a follows : — Lord Palmouth'a Rada , M 1 Lord Lisoelles' Osrlo ... 9 Mr Manton'a Timothy , 3

IRISH AFFAIRS ,

(PEE PBEBB ASSOCIATION.)

London, ZVuguat 2

Mr O'Hea, M.P. for Done gal West, confirms Mr Chamberlain's version of the parleying with Mr Parnell..

In the House of Commons-, during the discussion on the Commissi on Bill, Mr Goschen admitted that the ".limes' " comments, charging the Parnellif.es with mendacity, were culpable, but moved that the House should proceed mth the business of the day, which was c arried. He moved that the cloture be introduced on the Bill.

London, Augn*<t 3. In the House of Commons Mr La bouchero's amendment to tho Commis sion Bill, directing that the Commission should first enquire into the authenticity of the letters, was rejected by 78. Mr Healey's amendment that the Commis sion should draw up a separate report respecting each accusation was also nega tived by 82. In concluding the debate Mr Parnell said he approached the en quiry with a rankling sense of injustice, but his party would emerge triumphant. The Bill was agreed to without division, and will be reported on Monday.

Mr Goschen's motion for the intro duction of the cloture on the Commission Bill was carried by a majority of fifty two. Mr Labouohere advised Mr Par nell to repudiate the enquiry and sue the " Times " for tho charges made against him. The Irish party will withdraw from the Chamber before tho motion to report progress is put m.

RISE IN WHEAT.

The " Lyttelton Timea " Bays apropos of the rise ln wheat at Home that a private telegram haß been reoeived In Obrlstchurch to the effect that wheat waa selling In the great mart of the world at 37a a quarter. The pleasing nowa will be all the more pleasing to farmers who have grain to sell when it Ib added that ihe market shows an upward tendency. The cause of tho rise In priceß ia to be attributed to the fact that a " St Swlthln'o year " has act m npon Great Britain and the Continent, and tbat while France has suffered a failure m her oereal orop, England gives every Indication of doing bo, thanks to a long Btretch of moat extraordinarily wet weather, coupled with froflt and snowstorms, tbe English farmer has bad to face. In view of the dlsaatroui. effect of the Beason upon the milder districts of the European Continent, the wheat market Is hardening, and although Russia haß garnered an excellent yield, there has been a shortage reported from Amerloa, and the chances are that there will bea still further, If not a very great, advance on tbe price of wheat.

. In connection with the rise In the prloe of wheat, and the unfavorable prospects of the Engllah harvest on aooount of wet weather, frequent reference will naturally be made to the famoua St Swlthln theory. Aooordlng to tbe legend, In the year 862 there passed away the Bishop of Win chester, who is kept m memory green aB St Swlthln. He deal re il that.he might be buried m tbe Mlnaler yard, ao tbat the aweet rain of heaven might fall upon hla grave. The monks, filled with enthualaßm, deoided to remove the mortal remalna of the saint to tbe oholr, the date fixed for the ceremony being Jcly 15 Bat the rain descended In earnest, and for forty daya the downpour oontinued. The monks caw In thia a mystic intervention, and abandoned their purpose. The old rhyme runa thus ; —

St. Swithin's day, gif ye do rain, For forty days it will remain ; Bt. Swithin's day, and ye be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae mair,

It may be added that other countries have their St Switblns : Scotland, St Martin of Bouillons; France, Sts Medard and Gefvals ; Flanders, St GodelleVe ; Ger many, the Seven Sleepers.

FOOTBALL ON SKATES.

(BY DOS SPECIAL REPORTER )

The long looked for return matoh be tween the Bluea and Colors took place at tha Oddfellowa' Hall laat evening before a large and fashionable concourse of spec tators, tho fair Best boing especially well represented, Messrs D, Moore, Simpson, Bass, Clark and Curtis, essayed to do battle for the Blues, whilst Oliver, Grubb, Moss, Fred Field and Strange, stripped, for the Colors, Messrs: Death and S Clark did effeotive servloe as umpires.

The game was started with a tight scrum In the middle of the ball amid great excitement, and the fnn was soon fast and furious. Before many mlnutea were over lt became ap parent that the Blues were suffering from a lamentable want of Grubb, but In spite of this they did their level beßt. Field, for the Colors, soon showed that he was no toft field to fall on, and tbat though he was a Fred, yet was not afraid, and Simpson for the opposition made It apparent that he was ln Earnest. Goalß were scored In rapid succession on both aides, and tho players plainly Indicated their entire Indifference to the fact of their close proximity to Death. Falls were numerous, but m many cases these were rendered harmless by tho players falling on Moss, which was plentifully strewed about the floor.

The two full-backs did not seem to bear as muoh of the heat and burden of the day as the forwardo, but when they did get a kick at the ball one soon showed the other that he had a Roland for his Oliver and moro s«.

Strange to say the gama again resulted In a draw, each side scoring b goal* and 5 behind. Eaoh Individual player had one goal and one behind to hla credit. It seems to ba tbe general opinion that some of tbe players soored more than one be hind, but aa the umpires were very busy keeping their bones out of the way of the Infuriated akatere, they oould not see, and so the gamo resulted In a draw which seems to hiaye been very satisfactory to all parties concerned.

The game waa played m a most friendly spirit If anything, the moat courtesy being shown by the Blues, but tbis was rendered nugatory by the faot that the play of one Blue was somewhat of the base sort. If the players were m muoh amused ap the audience they must have had a merry £imp, but like some other youthful amusements there is unfortuna tely a next day, which is not so enjoyable. I fear that the Colors are likely to have a fit of tbe Blues to-day, and that the Blues will fiod themselves all the colors of tbe rainbow. Oar reporter wishes to express W flanks to Mr Bass for giving £'<n a jjafe and seotydgd spot where he oould view the proceedings without being subjected to any unnecessary danger

MELBOURNE EXHIBITION

(PER PRESS AS OCT.VIION)

Melbouunb, August 3

The exhibition building is once more a gigantic workshop, and the work of unpacking exhibits proceeds briskly. The picture galleries, which were the only portion ready, aro engaging considerable attention. A grand concert was held m the building last night, at which all the Governors were present.

The cable message sent by tho Gover nor to the Queen announcing the opening of tho Exhibition contained 111 words, Tho actual time occupied m the trans mission of tbo message, from the time it left Melbourne to delivery m England, was 36 minutes.

Several robberies aro reported as having taken placo at the Exhibition Buildings. A number of valuable musical instruments and a quantity of diamond jewellery are missing.

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

(P3U PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington. August 3

There la a general feeling that the vote of the House yesterday on Mr vVa ! kor's motion haa not set at rest the question of representation, and probably the aabjoot will come up again before the end of the session. Mr Macarthur will ask the Premier on Wednesday next whether he wil>, at aa early a dete bb possible Intro duce and make an effjrt to pass this aaaslon, a BUI to adjust the dlfferenoe of quotas between town and country elec torates.

The Committee appointed to enquire Into the alleged breaoh of privilege in volved In tho presentation to the House of a letter written by Ohief Judge M.aodonald (of the Native Land Court) commenting on a speech of Major Hamlin was? presented to-day. The Committee find on investigation that tho letter re ferred to waa couched m respectful terms and waa ooufinod to facts m contradiction of those contained m the speech of Major Hamlin, and that after searching for pre cedents thoy can find none applicable to the olrcunißtat.ee, as there waa at the timo of the presentation of the report, no question before the House having refer ence to the subjeot of the letter, aud that what was done could not havj been done with a view to influence the decision of tbe House. The Committee recommend that no further action be taken m the matter. The report waa agreed to by five votes to four, but the Chairman (Sir Maurice O'Rorke), who was adverae to the motion, was not able to vote.

The question of raising tbe sohool sge to seven yeara .again oame before tho House to-day and was settled onoe and for all In a very deoided manner. When the Premier moved to go into Committee of Supply Mr Tanner rose and moved an amendment to the effeot that m the present finanolal condition of the colony lt waß neoßßßary to raise the age to seven years, In Bupport of this motion the member for Waipawa spread himself very considerably, but he waa wasting hia sweetness on desert air, for no one stopped to listen to him and at one time only twelve members were m tho Chamber, an evidence that ho had not muoh support, Dr Hodgklnson seconded the amendment and after a short debate the Premier requested Mr Tanner to withdraw his motion aa he had had hla say. The mover refused to do bo, however, and got a Bevere snubbing by the House m conse quenoe, as on a division the amendment waß negatived by 64 votes to 10 The House then went Into Committee of Supply.

Under the 88th section of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act lt waa provided that Government should Bat aside an endowment of 250,000 aorea for the benefit of Hospitals and Charitable Aid Boards In the various parts of the colony, -and the section was made manda tory, the word " shall " being uaed. Nothing haa been done In the matter, "liowover, and Major Steward haa been bringing the matter forward In connec tion with the Walmate diatrlot, but lt appears that Government take up the position that aa the land should have been set apart witbin two years, and this waa not done by the late Government tbey will not do anything without the special instructions of the House.

The Houee went Into Committee again on the estimates tonight, but at the time of writing very slow progress Ib being made. Before the Hoaae proceeded to business the Premier made a preliminary Btatement, to the effect that Government had drawn up the estimates with a view to the least possible Injury to individuals. He did not deuy tbat Injustice had been done m some cases perhaps, but these would be act right as they were discovered when Government undertook the classifi cation of officera. Later ou Sir Harry explained that many apparont anomalies were caused by the faot that all aorta of ohangea In the personnel of the officers had been made, but a general reduotion had been made all round.

Government are In communication with ihe various Acclimatisation Societies as ,o the regulations for fishing In rlvera,

Mr Ward threatens to make lt warm for the 'Frlsoo Servloe when the aubjeot ODmes up for diaoaaalon.

A novelty m the way of practical educa tion ia being brought before the House by Mr Ballanoo, who ia directing the atten tion of the Minister for Lands to the advlsableness during the recess, of obtain ing Information ln detail of the system of agricultural education introduoed Into the elementary sohoola of Ireland, where tbo children are taught the principles of agriculture on small farms and gardens. Mr Feldwlok objeotß very strongly to the present law by whioh Inmates of Old Men's Refuges or similar institutions, if fraotlous, may be expelled from tbe building. He gavo the Instance of the old man aged seventy-threo years, who was turned out of the Invercargill Old Men's Home for being drunk. Bo sug gests that two or three days on bread and water might meet such cases.

WBpp^fON, August 4. The Opposition olaim that If nothing else, Mr Walker's amendment on Friday, has bad theeffeot of hardenlng;up the party aud Bhowiog just who are not on their side. It waa Buspootod, bo lain Informed, that one of those who went over to tbe Government on Thursday night was Inclined lo sover bis allegiance, and formed a leak from whioh Informa tion as to their aotions was obtained, and that the motion brought on settled the point. Thlß It has effeotually done, and It Ib now claimed that, though numeri cally smaller, the party will be stronger ln ita organisation, and will have a powerful accession la the persons of Messrs MaoArthuc and Pyke. Aa haa already been shown, at the Instigation of the latter, a meeting of the Opposition was held yesterday, when the genial member for Dunßtan brought down a complete sohemo for the remodelling of the party, wbioh he proposed to oall the " Oonatltatlonal party," This, however, was not agreed to, but the following rosolutiong was adopted : — That a Committee consisting of seven members be appointed to watch over the proceedings of Parliament, and to call general meetings of the party wbonever It Ib doomed desirable so to do ; that Mr Lance be appointed convenor of such meetings ; that no motion affeoting the existence of Government shall be pro posed unless it has been submitted to and upproved by the general meeting. The personnel of the Committee has not yet been agreed upon, bnt it will bo fixed at the meeting to be held on Tuesday. It is rumored that the party have more ln oon te^platkp, tyut tj}ls I am aispred is not

the oase, at anyrato, at present, aa it Ib generally agreed that exoept on a aide issne nothing oan be done to oust the Government.

EXTRACTS FROM "HANSARD."

FAIR RENT OF LAND BILL.

In the House on July 17th, on the motion for the committal of the Fair Bent of Land Bill,

Major Steward naid, — Before thia BUI goes into Committee, aa I said nothing about it oa the motion for the second reading, I -rise to offer a few remarks, pincipally to express my earnest hope lhat the Government will, m Committee, adhere m tbe main to the Bill as they themselves brought it down. My reason for saying that is that I find the Waste Lands Committep, to whom this Bill was referred, have struck out so large a por tion of it that it ia practically emasculated and that most of the benefits which would ha\ c been conferred upon the people of the colony by passing the Bill upon the lines proposed by the Government will be loal if tho ill advised amendments of tbe Wasto Lands Committee be adhered to; There have been laid on the table of the House during the b Bsioa papers relating to the education reserves of the colony, and by these it will be seen that no less than j,300,000 seres of land are locked op by these reserves, If to these be added the harbor endowments, municipal endowments, and other endowment re eerves, I shall be speaking withm the mark when I say that the total area of these reserves is eomething lika two million acres of land. Now, though we are m the habit of often talking of mil lions m tbis House — recently of millions of money rather than millions of acreB — perhaps it is not readily grasped by honorable members what a million of acres really meanß. For a moment let us con sider the fact that these two millions of acrea would he equal to a block of land roughly, a hundred miles long by thirty mi Isb broad. That is the enormous area tho Waste Landa Committee propope to withdraw from the operation of this Bill ; and let me point out that, while among thoae endowment reserves are Borne of the beßt lands oE the colony, yet m respect of these lands, as of other*, the tenants have, m many cases m years past, covenanted to pay rents which have become wholly disproportionate to the amount that ia obtainable from the lands by the occupiers. I hold mmy hand a letter from a constituent of mine on the subject now before tbe House. Datiog from Makikihi, the 9th July, my correspondent wrltea to the following effoot :—

" I notice by the papers that the Waste Lands Committee have altered the Fair Rent BUI ao aa not to give any relief to education reserve tenants, 'the very people who need relief more than any body of tenants ln the colony or anywhere elae. The Canterbury College are the most arbitrary landlords 1 ever heard of. There ia no relief for a peraon holding a lease under that body save the Bankruptoy Court or olearlng out of the country, whioh a great many of their tenanta will have to do. I oan give you lustanoes where tenants have paid them hundreds of pounds, and have then asked the College authorities to canoel their leases ; but the latter have refused to do ao (threatening the tananta with legal pro ceedings) aa long aa they were possessed of a shilling. I oan alao give you an Inatauoe where the land leaaed wan partly taken away by a river, The tenants prayed for a concession for land taken but the College refused to listen to anything. In this district, where all the land adj o.nt to the railway belongs to that body, the people are In absolute penury through tbe dealings of the College authorities. There la no private owner of land who will allow hia tenants to be driven to bankruptcy for the want of me9ting them fairly : it would not be to his interest to do so. lean assure you that it ia the earnest doaire of the psople of this distriot that the Fair Rent Bill should pass, and that m auch a form aa to include under its operation lands belong ing to publio bodieß. We therefore trust that you will use every means m your power to secure this-.'' vVhen I havo said that that body — the Board of Governors of the College— holds m Canterbury no leas than eighty six reservoe of rural lands, of acreages rang ing f torn fifty acreß upwards, totalling up an acreage of twenty-five thousand acres, and that much of thin consists of some of the very beßt land m tho Provincial District of Canterbury, it will, I think, be admitted that I have a right to raise my proteßt on behalf of my constituents and others ogainat the propoaal of tho Waßte Landa Committee to give no relief to the tenants of such a body aa thia. The same thing applies to the tenants of other bodieß m other partß of this colony. When I say, as 1 oan Bay f that m Otago alone there are no loeb than something llko eight hundred thousand aores ex eluded by the proposals of the Waste Lands Committee from the operation of this Bill, and something like two hundred thousand acres m Canterbury, I think it will bo agreed that ie is a matter of the very highest importance that the Govern ment should atick to the Bill as originally proposed, and endeavor to carry it through ion those lines. If they do bo they will have my most cordial support, and 1 hopp they will succeed m carrying it; and I aloo hope that m Committee honorable mem bers will give favorable consideration to a proposal wbjoh I shall then make for {.he Insertion of an additional clause, or, rather, clauses, enabling the Fair-rent Court not only to fix the amount of rent In oertaln oases, but also to make parti tions, if required of largo blocks of country, which may be out ap Into smaller holdings, and to fix the rent for eaoh sub division. I have nothing more to say at the present stage of the matter, exoept to express the hope that other honorable members will aleo deolare their Intention of going Into Committee with the view of passing the Bill m muoh the same shape as tbat In whioh the Government brought it down*

Mr Valentine.— l have only a few worda to say — that I thoroughly agree with most of the remarks whioh fell frem the honorable member who last spoke. I oan assure you, Sir, that In the district whioh I represent there are a considerable number of people In a very similar posi tion to that of the person the honor able gentleman h.s just referred to m his district. I, for one, will oordially support him In hip Bndeavors to have the struok-out clauses reinserted In the Bill.

Mr Walker. — 1 regret very muoh that the Waste Landa Committee has seen fit to reoommend the omission of tho most important parts of that measure, aud I trust the House will not indorsa their Botlon. The honorable member for Wal.cf.to said that was done with a sense of what might happen afterwards, I think, probably, the Committee were a Uttie too cautious, and that it would have boen better if they had boen boldor. There is no doubt that the reserves whioh the honorable member for Walmate alluded to are a very large proportion of the publio estate, and certainly require to be treated In some sqoh spirit as this BUI indicates. 1 should also lljte to nay a few words with regard to the management of these bodies, beoauao, m supporting tbe second reading, I was perhapa Induoed to say something m regard to one of those eduostlonal trusts more to illustratn my thoughts than with the endeavor to convey a charge of harsh treatment, I do not at all wish to Indicate that In my opinion ttfolje bodies have been harsher landlords than they were obliged to be. Thsy have responsibilities, and tb»» we io unable, as prlv.f G Uncords would have been, to meet the requlreinpnto qf the oase, and to tmti the' obligations of (be

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Public Notices. REMOVAL. . MRS Q mißlfiTO be/rs to announce to KJ" I her Patrorß and the Public generally, that she has removed to those more commodious premises, formerly known as the Lyttelton Boardinghuuso, Camaron Street, and trusts to merit a fair share of public patronage by keeping a good Ta'Je and a comfortable House Ail cooking d-re m his usual good style by Mr a. Timmo. 7*lll y ■ i* BIG CLEARING SALE JOHN ORR & CO.'S ANNUAL / DRAPERY SALE NOW ON. Great Bargains IN Men's Clothing and Blankets and Flannels



. T. IBullock, TO LET— Dwelling- houae In Cox Street, Rent, 5s per week. T. BULLOOK, TO LET,— 4-roomed Dwelling House, fronting the Wakanui Road, lately m the occupation of Mr S, Thompson. Apply to T. BULLOCK. TO LET OR FOR SALE. I) Q 27335, containing 278 acres, 2 i^O - roods, situated about 3_ milen from the County Saleyards, upper side of the Railway line. T. BULLOCK. TO LET — A 6-roomed house m Came- ron street opposite the Wesleyan Church. T. BULLOOK. FOR SALE. McCORMIOK TWINE BINDER TIP DRAY, with frame Do without frame 2 Single -Seated BUGGIES ■ T, BULLOOK, TO LET. " TWO COTTAGES near the English Ohuroh T. BULLOOK. TO LET— House of 5 rooms, with verandah, together with about 9 aoreß of land. Apply to T. BULLOOK TO LET. ROOMSflln the Arcade Chambers. Apply to T. BULLOOK. TO FARMERS. EOR BALE— 2 second-hand Double- Furrow Ploughs, by Reid ond Gray. T. BULLOOK. FOR SALE. i Q ACRES, 31 perches, fenced and laid XO down m Eoglißh grass, situated at the corner of Mitcham and South Roada, ( about 1_ miles from the County Sale- yards. Suitable paddock for persons- living at a distance, and sending stock to the yards for sale. T. BULLOOK: •A/TONEY TO LEND on *- fßt oksß _J_YX Seounty^in Bums *~ suit borrowers. ~^*piy to T. BULLOOK. IfT*o LET — At a very low rental, a large X building fronting East Street,£ault- able for a grain and chaff store. T, BULLOCK.



A. Harrison. AHretl Harrison, AUCTIONEER, STOOK AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR. SATURDAY SALE at 12 o'olook sharp — Horaoa, Cattle, Plga, Produoß and Merchandise, Farming Implements and Vehloleo . of all kinds conttantly In Yards on view FOR SALE Clearing Ssles held m Town or Country oa required, and moat liberal terms arranged with both Buyers and Sellers Rents collected, and the business of absentees managed with oare. Valuation made of Properties or Mer- chandise on easy terms, Ad\ ances made instantly on Goods delivered at the Stored for Sale. J |Agent for the NORWIOH UNION FIRE INSURANOE COMPANY ALFRED HARRISON



Public Notices WHY 1 WHAT 3 O'CONNELL DOIKG NOW? SELLING HORSE CLOTHS from 15 1 Od WATERF-lOOtf OILSKIN ciUITS from ... 12s 3d GALIOO TENTtt from 12j fid And everything else m thi Tr-da equa'ly cheap ) and all hu own make. L- 1 na go and Bee P. O'CONNELL'S ' Al Tent Depot. Where is his Shop ? Why, 00 MPTON'S BUILDINGS Moore Street, Aahburton, 6*2 MONSTER CLEARING SALE OF- Drapery, Clothiog, AND Boots. Andrew Ore WILL COMMENCE HIS HALF YEARLY SALE ON Friday, the 29th. BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS, Soe Handbills for Priceß," ANDREW ORR.



Ex "Rimutaka." THE NEWEST STYLES AND LATEST NOVELTIES IK COBBETS, Per above steamer, are now on view In our Windows, MITCHELL and TURNER, DRAPERS and CLOTHIER TANpRED STREET.



Mount Somers Coal JAM now m a position to supply COAL at considerably reduced rates. In anticipation of a .LARGE DEMAND during the coming season, I have made PRIOES suoh that no one need want FUEL ; and until further notice will Bupply at Per truok load at Mount Somers Railway Station, per ton... 12s Stations on Mount Somers line, freight added. Ashburton, per truck, per ton 15s Tinwald „ „ 16s Winßlow   16s Hinds „ „ 17s Ealing „ „ 17b 6d Dromore „ „ 16s Chertsey „ „ 16s Od TEBMS~~GASH. BOOKING EXTRA. In ABhburton retail quantities delivered to Customers' residences, at 20s per ton, OASH. All information to be obtained from, and orders left with MR JOHN G. RESTELL, WEST STREET, Whom I have appointor* my Agent, and who will sell at above rareß FOR CASH. E. F, WRIGHT.



H.&E. Craighead WISH TO ANNOUNOE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS THAT THEY HAVE REMOVED TO COLEMAN'S BUILDINGS, TANCRED STREET. —ALSO— That they have now m Stook a Large and Varied Assortment of TWEEDS, COATINGS, &c, suitable for the present Season, STVLB AND FIT ALL THAT OAN BB DBSIKEDJJ H. & E. CRAIGHEAD TAILORS, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON.



I Auctions «- ' - ________________________________ CRYSIAL PALACE BKAT- ] ING SINK. TBE FI^AL Ta/icy Dress Carnival TAKES PLAOE AUGUSr 16th. B_3 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ASHBUKTOS AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION ON TUESDAY next, the 7th met., a Public Trial will be hold, on tbe farm of Mr L. Markey, near the Saleyardd, of DUNCAN'S DIGGING or PULVERISING PL'jUGH, the most effeotive cultivator of soil ever shown m New Zealand. Convertible into an ordinary Double Plough. We contemplate making attachments for doing thia class of work, to be fixed to our Ploughs at present m use. Farmers are invited to attend and favor ua with their opinions without which perfection oannot be attained. P. & D. DUNCAN, Willß Street, Ashburton, J. G. RESTELL, 8J22 Sec. A, and P. Association. GRAND MILITARY AND FANCY DRESS BALL. Under tbe patronage of the Officers of the South Canterbury Battalion, THE Annual Military and Fancy Dresi Ball will be held at tbe Oddfellowa' Hall on THURSDAY, Aoguat 9th. Dano- clng to commence at 8 Fleming's String Band will be ln attendance. Tickets — Double, 7a Gd ; Single, 6a ; Ladies, 2s 6d Tickets may be obtained from members of the Company. Speotatora will be admitted to Gallery at a oharge of 2s 6d. A. J. MULLEB, 122 Hon. Secretary.



I tenants to suit the altered oiroumntanoea of altered timea. Thorefore I oannot agree with all the strictures whiob have been passed to-day on aome of these educational truateea aa being cf neoeßaity and of free oholoe harah upon tha tenauta. i On the oontrary, I believe these trustees would hall with a considerable amount of satisfaction and relief aome auch measure as this, which will render lt possible for them, while being good and prudent administrators of their truat, yet to look with pleasure upon a thriving peasantry. Holdtog theae views, I aball be glad to assiat ln passing thia measure through Committee. • — — — , . — ________ Public Notices. TENDERS. riTANTED at onoe Tendera for VV Ploughing 400 Aorea Stubble Land, on the Laghmor Estate. Apply to DONALD MoLEAN, Bf2G Manager. — ■ '■'■ — ■■.i.»n»»i-— «■■— i mam _■_— — na—W — ■»■ a i TO BUILDERS. fl RENDERS are required for tbe Erec- JL tlon of Sliedp, alteration aod ereotlon of Fences, etc., at the Aahburton Race- course. Tendera are to be Bent la not 1 later than 4 p.m. on SATURDAY, llth August. O. E. FOOKS AND SON, 8 11 Arohltsota. TO BUILDERS. T HINDERS are Invited for the ereotlon of a Dwelling House la Burnett Street. Plana and specifications -can be aeen at my Offioe (on and after Monday, 6th inst). Tenders to be aant In not later than 5 p.m, on Tuesday, 14th mat, the loweat or any tender not necessarily accepted. R. Bird, 8 28 Architeot.



Frozen Meat. WE are prepared to make LIBERAL ADVANCES on Frozen Meat placed m our hands for Sale m the Home Markets. Messrs Miles Bros. &o. t our London Agents, give Bpeolal attention to this business, and havo been sucoosßful ln obtaining the Highest Prioeß, SHIPPERS OAN DEPEND ON LIBERAL ADVANCES PROMPT SETTLEMENT SEPARATE AOOOUNT SALES. From ths moment tbat Stook are delivered at the Freezing Works or m the railway trucks to our order we undertake responsibility of Shipping and payment of all looal charges, Freight, Insurance, eto. , thus relieving shippers of all trouble and loss of time. MILES AND CO., Ohrlatohuroh, GEORGE JAMESON, Bs2 Agent, Aahburton. ■_ " ' mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Auctions. ASHBURTON YARDS. TUESDAY, 7ra AUGUST, 1888. MR D. THOMAS has been instruoted to sell as above the following lines of good Sheep : KOO 4 and 6 " tootu lsfc Cr ° 88 OVV Ewes, m Lamb. A grand Line A (\ A Full-mouth, do 1000 Croß3bred Hoggets Op-TA Fat2tooth Orosebreds SOO Fat do do 1 0 0 Fat Morino w ethors 100 6 and Btooth Crossbred?, -L -mi \J olqae to Lambing f\ t\ Bound-moutli Merino Ewes kJ\J\J m Lamb ; also Fat and Store Sheep, Cattle and Pigs, D. THOMAS, 8*23 Ashburton SATURDAY, 11^ AUGUST, lgßg. " D THOMAS ho,? received instructions «, from Mr Wm. Hobsfall, to Bell by Publio Auction, at Tattersall'Sj West Street, Ashburton, His well known Farm, containing 200 ftcrpa Land, situated near Hinds, R.S. 32740, subdivided into Jive paddocks, witii good fence?, and water m every paddock ; House, Stables, good Garden, etc., Also, A HORSES *D,F. Plough O Leaf Harrows 1 -y Bags OATS £ft Sacks Wfoeplliarrow, Grindstone & Hinges "j Wood's REAPER and BINDER •J Oaborne'o WIBE BINPJJJ^ D, THOMAS, 8 13 Auotioneer, Ashbuiton^



UNDER DISTRAINT FOR RENT. A. J. HOWELL~v. 0. PLUCK. HOUSEHOLD Effect and Furniture will be Bold at Rakaia on TUES- DAY, August 7tb, at Noon, unless distraint and oharges are satisfied , By Order. 8 24 Bailiff In Oharge. UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD I npENDERS are invited for I 1. Formation of Boad past Mr Mathe* son's, towards MrPocock'e, clled Mitcham Road, full width about three. miles. 2. Alteration of Waterway m Allen- ton. Plans, etc., can he seen and Tenders must be left with tbe undersigned not later than SATURDAY, llth August, at Noon. OYRIL JEPHSON, B*l4 Aoting Clerk. Wool Wool Wool 8EA80N"l888-89. lyr I L E S A N D CO.. Are prepared to make Liberal CASH ADVANCES, At a low rate of Interest, on the ensuing CLIP OF WOOL, Placed m their hands for Sale here or for Shipment to MILES BROS. AND CO., LONDON, No Commission charged on Advances, and no Commission charged for offering Wool hero unless a Sale is effeoted. Periodical Sales will be held during the Season at Mr Geo. Jameson's commodious and convenient Stores, West Street, J. T. FORD, Auotioneer. GEORGE JAMESON, B*lß Agent, Aehburton.



" Rough ok Bats."— Clears out rats, micd oaohea, flies, ants, bed-bugs, beetlos, inseoeti, chunks, jadk-rabbite, sparrows, gophers. AU ebwaietß va m druggie, 1