VISIT TO THE CROZETS.

[nit *8888 ASSOCIATION ]

Mblbotjrni, February 6 The steamer Australasian visited the Crozet Islands on the passage out from London. Signals were made, and cannon fired from the steamer, with a ?iew of attracting the attention of any castaways on the islands ; but there was no sign of life or of recent habitation on the Wands. A reef not marked on the chart was discovered some distance from the island*.

LAWN TENNIS.

On Saturday tbe lawn tennis tourna ment wai finished off at the Domain. Tbe two fittest who bad survived through the three previous rounds, Messrs J Jame son and O. Merewethcr met In the final, and after a very tough straggle the former proved the better man. Play began at 3 o'olook, both men starting from scratch. It was generally ooneldtred after the play that Jameson had shown m the previous rounds, that he had a tolerably easy task before him, but the result proved other wilt, m Merawether played up so well that It was not till tbe 6 rial same of tbe final set that the match was won. Mero* wether started by winning* the first two sets somewhat eailly, .6— 2, 6— 4, his placing thronghout the matoh being ex ceedingly good and daoldedly superior to his opponent's. Jameson was, however, particularly swift In setting about the court and was the better man at volleying. The third and fourth sets went io Jameson easily, 6—3, 6 -1. The fif»h and deoldlDg set was the toughest straggle of all, and at one time it appeared deoldedly In Merewether's favor, as tbe score was oalled Merawether 5, Jameson 3. Each man waa now at bi« best, and the rallies were long and vigorous. Gradually the soore orept op, 6—4, then 5 all, and tbe excite ment grew Intenoe. But the deciding game was the least Interesting, as Jameson went straight oat without giving bis opponent a chance to soore. Tbe tesults of the tournament have thus been, that tbe doubles have fallen to Messrs A. Fooka and Oliver, and tbe singles to Mr J. Jtxneson, with Mr G. Merewether as runner up.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

(PEB MISSS ASSOCIATION,)

Herbor Works. Wellington, February 7. Bit Mltchelson, acoompaniei by the Sngtnser-!n>Oh!ef, leaves for Westpore •ad Greymonth on Thursday to lnpeot the bat bot works etc. m Colonial Defences. H<jor>Qen«Tat Sch»w inapeoted the fortifications yesterday, and expressed Wm»slf highly pleased with them, but la of opiolon tbat they are uanoceaaarily elaborate aad Could have been made more tffeotlve at much less cost. He •lso Inspected the Naval Brigade and Perma nent Artillery, whom he characterised as an exceptionally smart body of men. The < Minister for Defence has requested the Agent-General to make enquiries In reference to obtaining two non-oommU stoned officers of Royal Aitlllery as Instructors m gunnnry. Protection. l>uiucDiN, February 7 The Protection League has adopted the Ylotorian tariff as a basis on which this colony's tariff should be framed. The League Intend tending delegates to Intcf tUw Mlnfstf.rs on ihesubj ct.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

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OBITUARY.

(R«eivfd February 7, 12 45 pro.)

BVDKBV, February 7- Mr A. C. Douglas, Secretary of the Tasmanian Postal Department, who was present at the Postal Conference, caught typhoid fever here a week ago and died yesterday.

SMALLPOX.

The Board of Health has communi cated with the authorities at Auckland and Wellington, urging them to use the greatest precautions with regard to the smallpox outbreak on the R.M.S. Mariposa. The vessel on arrival here will be quarantined and the mails fumigated.

THE FLOODS.

Perth, February 7 -By the floods m the Geraldton district four persons were drowned and several are m a precarious condition OH jog to exposure. Large numbers of stock were drowned aod all the hay crops are destroyed. So severe has been the loss that most of the farmers io the district are ruined.

MR GOSCHEN ON T HE DISTRIBU TION OP WEALTH.

The Inaugural address for the ensuing session of the Boy a) Statistical Society PRI delivered thp other evening by the Obve pallor of the Exohcqoer, before a large asiejpb'y of members, at Willis's ftdems. |o the coarse of his remarks he •Haded to the growing force In our •epaomlp, ooojal, and, he might s»y, politipst system of £be middle class ' s : and U wat, he maintained, always to the ad vantage of a State that the great central body of the community ahould be rein forced both from above and below. Ihe Report of the Royal Commission on the Depr«ttlon of Trade showed that the In treate of persons with Incomes of les? than £'20C0 a year had been more rapid than that of the population, while insotaes abore £3000 had Increased at a lest rapid fate, endr the ootabcr of those with In. ootaes above £5000 bal dlmiolsbed. Of Incomes voder Hohnrini« D rarglng be tvtta £160 and £1000. ths number In the year 1886 was 317 639, whereas In 1886 there were 379,64, or an iuoreaee of 1686 per cent, Of lnooraes between £600 and £1000 there was no increase. Owoen of Incomes below £600 bad not yet had time to accumulate money or time to die, and there fore they had not yet Contributed largely to the probate duty. The business of insuranoe companies had Increased frou"£363,ooo,rpp at the valuation before last to £420,000,1 00 at the last valuation, that Increase being chit fly m small ainoantf. On the test of dwelling- houses there was between 1880 and 1886 an Increase of 19 per cent m the number of boaiui of between £20 and £30 rent, yblle m the pase of jihopg the tendency Bad been for larpe shops with large c'i'pltatto Oust the sroa^ller ones. Statistics as to th« inprease In friendly societies, aa?!ngs bank*, and building societies were veil known to rxpert*, the deposits m savings banks In 1886 having topped £100,000,000. White some people were palling out for reconstruction ot society on a socialistic basis, a silent prooesc was taking place of the distribution of wealth •\u25bcer larger areas, whlob, from whatever point of view it was looked at, was matter for congratulation. He hrpsd and trusted that the diffaslon of wealth would be a tooree of greater comfort to inoraae'ng Btmberi of the community, and also of Increasing power m the • tabllity of society fed of oar loitUatlanp,

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible lor the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

A CORRECTION.

TO THB BDITOB,

Sia, — In the " Mail's " report of thi Oouocll's proceedings list night, re Western Fire Brigade Councillor Haiti it reported as saying th»t "During the past two years the Western Fire Brigade h»s only been first at two fires." Either Councillor Soft's mnmory, or bis arith m«tlo must ba at fault, as I oan mention five fire?, or alarms, during the last twelve mouths at which this Brigade was fi-nt on the eeone, viz. At the alarm on 28th last •t the Templar Hall, at the Woolhn factory, at tho house whloh was burnt down noar the North Belt, at the tusiook fire near the Old Men's Home, and it the fire In the Domain.

If Oouueillor Scott wants a few more instances to show the seal and energy whloh characterises the members of the Western Fire Brigade In their endeavors to be of service to the Borough, I have no doubt bat what he can be supplied. I am ate, A MEMBER OF THB W Mt BBN FIRB BRIGADE February 7th, 1888.

EVOLUTION.

TO THR EDITOR.

Sih,— lo a recent iuae of your paper appeared ad artiole entitled "Darwinism," reviewing a lecture on evolution by Pro* feMor Hattoo, io which the leoturer ap pear* to have represented the position of the evolutiaoht m impregnable and not likely to be affected by anything brought •gainst it. The writer of tbls review (k, Ireland; after pointing ont that Haeckel praotloally denial what Darwin affirms, proceeds to \u25a0how that the theory of development of j higher forms of Hfe from the monera Is i not without Its difficultly. Ho; however, contents himself with merely observing that the weak points to which he has oalled attention show that the evolution theory Is not to strong and oomplete, tor bi annullable as Professor Hatton would have as believe. I think that the very admissions and self-contradictions of leadirg evolutionist! of the atheistic and agnostic schools justify ihQ use of much stronger term* than " weak," " incomplete," or " assailable " la regard to the theories they propound. Jast examine Haeokel's foundation hypothecs of tbe moners. He begins by assuming tbe very thing be wan 1 * to prove. He tells us that ' the monera, our earliest ancestors, originated «b< ut the beginning of tbe Laurentian period by spontaneous geaeration from inorganio coaapoands of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogon/ and his theory Is • that they bridge over the deep chasm betweed organic and inorganic nature an i show ob how the simplest and oldest organising must haw originated from iuorg.nlo carbon coropauuds " (see his Munfoh ad. dress), be coolly stales this at though it were a fact of blstoty. But con any s^ien ufa'a proof be adduced m support of this startling theory ? Apparently Heeckel him self knows of none. Hedonnotattemp; to bdug any intelligible proof, nor even assign any valid reason foe his belkf H» merely thinks that • it doei not require at) unreasonable amount of imagination to oooceive that all forms of life cjra-nenced as moners, which originated from non-

living matter, and gradually acquired tendencies.' But how ? His only answer la pfaotically ' t&at this roust have been «o, for other»iio there would not have beea animal tnooora spontaneously gene rated, without whloh hit tluory woa'd break dowD.' Toeu the existence of toe animal *orld could only be accounted fcr by the dootrlne of special cwatlon. To meet the exigencies of hia theory, theso simple {.articles "originated," "aoquired," " w*re developed," aod ••produced »U forms of lift)." H*i such orifcl'iat.on or evolution ever boen witnessed ? Flave *uch results ever been produced / JVo ! But the theory requires ibom, and so they axUt,-— ln iiaeckle's imagination, Ai a matter of fact nionera 'bridge over nothing whatever,' and they do not show ij aDy conceivable way how life origiuated from inorganic compounds By no combination 0 >uld theee substances be made to repre sent the composition of protoplasm The equation cauld not even be stated on: paper, maoh lesß ould it be tffeoted m practice. In one of his addraiees MrHux'ey tells us that Professor Haeokel admits that, there is no txvertmenial evidence m favor of epomaoeous generation, but denies the possibility of disproving It, and points out that It's astamption U necessary to 'the doctrine of evolution,' Here lire two interesting admissions from one of the greatest of athelatio evolutionists. « Spon taneous generation, of which >here is no experimental evidence is necessary to the dootrlne/ Then so much the worse for the dcotrine. It atumb es at the start, And now notice the anom&toua pcaltlon of Mr Hoxley himself In reference to this matter Iv his presidential address to the Brltiah Association foe the Advancement •if Boience (1870) he discusses the oon flioting claims of 'Biogenesis' 'Abio genesis.' First, he admits that the former Is victorious all along the line t afterwards he would not suggest that no suoh thing as ablogenesia bad not taken place In the p»s*, or would not agala m the future, and then affirms that he sees no reason for believing that iha feat (ablogeneiii>) has been performed yet, What is to b« understood by such etrange oontradlotioDs? But this Is not all , •If• he says later on, lit were given me to look beyond the abyss of geologcilly rep;.rded lime. . . J should ejpeat to be a witness of the evolution of living protc pla»m from noq-livlng matter. What a very instructive speotaot'e. Professor Huxley would expect to witness m that remote period the performance of a feat which he eaes no reason for believing has ever yet been perform d. And if the assertions of Profeesora Tyndall and other leading lights of the sgooito ichaol are o«refully complied similar ineaanoes of self-contradiction will not be found wanting. And on this eipsrinoon tally unproved theory of »pontaneous generation what a flimsy framework of hypothesis bus been constructed. The ftuperatrocture is as unstable as the foundation. Nowhere do we get the assertions, "I have found, I have proved." All Is based on supposition Imagination, conception. In Bsnkels Natural History cf Creation we have the complete history of our raoe In twenty-two a/agea from the unicellular nionera op to the peif ot man. Here the theory ot roan's apedeioent Is perfeotly constructed, lacking nphlng but a single evidence of its reality. Jt» reading Ha^kel's " Natural History of Creation " or Vat win's li Oiigin of Species," one In at times I inclined to ask "Je he serlou |" Read these boobs, and then put them dv a ihAt lo your library |lon«aide of "Gulliver's Travels'- or .Jules Y orQei workv Let any one, who has been so far carried away ly the 000 l dogmatic assumptions of at|>alatip or agnostic evolutionists as to feel doubts about the truth i.f the famllar story m the "Good Old Book" that " Man was oreated m hfi Maker's Image," obtain a work, reoently issued by one Seitufel Wainwrlght, D.D., entitled " Solenliiio Br>pbisms," from which many of the foregoing quotations have been taken. A perusal of this book will doubt, lees prove beneficial to aoy one feeling an Interest In this snbj <ot. The faots set forth go fsr to prove that not only Is the evolutionist theory weak and incomplete, but that l< Is » puerile hypothesis, «f mtre bowpe cf curds, wjih

no a ability m the foundation and z.o con tinuity m tho ouporstruo'ure. In one incitive eentenoe does do less •n authority than Professor Dawson torn on his opinion of this theory, whloh sorao teßterlaminarlesiellußisunaßtaiUble."The simplicity an I cornplc'* iets of the crolu 'iouist theory entirely <3 it appear when we oons'dor th» onprovtd atsnmp'ir>na on 1 which it is ba*ed, and its failure to con- 1 oeot with eaah othnr some of tho mon 1 mportank fao^<i m N^tnro ; In s v ort, it is not m at y true sense a philosophy, but merely an abitrary arrangement, of facts In : auordanoe with a number of unproved hypotheses. — I am e'e, 11 J."

AN EXTRAORDINARY CAREER

The discovery that Dr Grant, the bigamist who died last April In the House of Correction m East Cambridge, was none othor than Dr Lewis Ooritrl, a natural son of Viotor Enunuel, Klog of Italy, has aroused a sensation. From the time of Grant's arrest at Clayton, New Jersey, early m Maroh for swindling Ml«t Lnoy Torrey, <t Cambridge, oat of £4000, until he breathed his last hts lips remained sealed us to who and what he was before he figured In the orlmtntl records of the State: his last words were, "The world shall never know me as I wa«." Now, however, the curtain, #hfoh separated the doable personality rolls bsok. revealing an astonishing career. Dr Oontri w&s born m Austria, hot wan th« natural offspring of Viotor Emanuel, K*ng of Italy, and Arobduobess Ad^lhlrd, of Aastria, He *»» born m 1832, two months before Viotor Enrannel and tbo Arohdncha«s were united m marriage. This unfortu r<ate circumstance rendered him a natural child only, V.ctor Emanual was at that time King cf Sardinia, and did not succed to the throne of Italy anMI 1861. The aspiration of the young Prince to the throne of Sardinia, led to his being exiled by his fatber, the King. After a soj >urn of some yean m Path, Dr Oontri, other wise Dr Grant, oame to A merlon, and In New York city he met and married the irst of his many wlves^— a German girl named Louise Boden Miller. In 1861 he enlisted In » New York regiment, and made a good reonrd as a sold<er. It appears that while en gaged m the battle Dr Oontri be* oame separated from hta command. Be fore be knew it he found himself oom fortably installed m Richmond, &nd while there beoame acquainted with Miss Virginia launders, a niece of J ff Davit, Their acquaintance soon ripened Into love, at least on the part of the young woman They were thrown very muoh together, daring the siege, and the young man took every oooasion tfiorded to endear himself to tha objaot of bis affestlons. The yoang German girl was for the time forgotten by him m his desire to captivate \u25a0he young Southern bnauty. She did not | forget him, however, for when she found she had been deserted she made an ap< plication for a divoroa, and procured it on the gronud of neglect and desertion Hardly had peace been declared before Or Ocntrl married Miss launders and fl d with her to Canada. They resided m Montreal hnt a few months wben his brfdo died* He returned to the Statin, arriving io Boston m the spring of 1886, when Feuianlsm was at Uo height. He esponted the " unusjs," end wae among the first to enrol himself m the tank and (i!e then preparing for a raid upon Canada. When tho Fenians left Boston he filed ttip position of colonel. After several other women had been deluded by the adventurer, and he had served a two years' term In S'rtv? Sirg, the S*ate prison of New York, for bigunjy. he quietly left the oouotry, returning to Kuropo for the purpose, as he expressed it of dttpoilng of some p -operty whioh he h#ld Inert m his own rtpht. Daring his residence with Dr. M'Sheehy's folks at Eiut Boston, he w*s ih constant c^mmanioft'lon vith nesrlp all the countries of Eurppj. What his 'otters ootitaloed his wife never knew, One thing was certain, be bore do great love for hi« brother Humbert, tb© log&t saeceeaor to the throno of Italy. He repeatedly said it was his right, and that if anyone had bis due he should be the next King of Italy, boing, aa he claimed, born under a promise of marriage, and since that marriage was shortly after con summatcd, he, not Humbert, was the lflgal heir to their father* rights. King Viotor Emarmol died m 1878, and was suooended on the throve by his son Pilnoe Humbert, Dr. Coutri was at that t'raa abient I i Europe, but as to the nature of his doioga there no one appears to know. The next beard of him was In London, where, under the name of Dr. Grant, he advi'rtieed as. % specialist, and lectured extensively on mlt.d oarlpg. Becom ing >. once more ia trouble with th« opposite sex, he returnod to tho United States, where he learned that Mrs Jane Delancy, of Boston, the only woman he acknowledged as bis real wlfw, had secured a divorce from him soon after he abandoned her. It was while out upon a leoture tour, that ha first met and married the woman who Is known as Kate Ray, his alleged »lntflr. Together they conspired to "do op " the large watering planes of the country. In the summer of 1884 Or Oootrl and his "sister" were at Old Orchard Beaoh, Mo., under the name of Dr Perry. He claimed to be an extremely wealthy Englishman with untold possessions m j Australia. The womtn he passed off as his sister who also possessed "great wetlth " Among thn visitors to the Bo&oh was a Miss ftmtna K^nos, of ISt Thomas, O*nkd», whom na»rrl<>d m ''short order " Be secured £4000 from her, and then lefc bet to mourn over her mistrust m man. Ho proposed to a number of other ladies, And In short oaran so near carrying a Mrs Wiliiami, a rich widow of KtrniQbunk, Memphis, as to be engaged to htr. The timely Inter fereope of friends forluaMe'y saved her. At Kevero Beac'i he laid siege to the heart of Miss P.iddlo, if M^nohester, New UamDnh're, nrr.poa d to her and was rejeo'ed. F ota 1885 to 1837 the doctor's uiatrim"ulal veutures were almost too nuraoroua to mention. la August 188), he married Miss Laoy Torrey, of Uambrld^e, And a month la'er deserted her, taking with him her whole fortune Tnis vonture provod alono to be worth £4000 to the Italian Prince, a som whlohhesoon disposed of Alt-r that nft'air Dr Grant weut Into hiding m OlujtoD, New Jersey, where some tirao previoaeiy he bad purchased a comfortable little farm. Having had a rosldenco at Cambridge once, it is very probable he knew all about MJsa Torrey. Datectiye Duoey.'of Oimbridge, got upon his trapk, and after somo y^y •kilfoldetoptlv« work, arrested him at Clayton, New Jersey, early m M»roh. fie wan taken baok to Cambridge »nd ormm,ittod to tho Hot;so of Oorrcclon to, await his trial. On the 26th of April be died, and as he supposed, I also the secret of his past lift). That Dr Oontri and Dr Grant wore one and the s»tne person has been established beyond a doubt by partios who knew the dogtor nnd his former pharipter only too well, His many widows ian*t be pleased to know th.ftt they have been, married to an Italian Piiooe

THB ABBBPBTON GUARDIAN, tPtTESPAI^ #EBBUARt 7, 1888



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A. Harrison. Alfred Harrison, rfTOOK AND KSTATII AGENT AJNi> VALUATOR. ATURDA* SALE at 12 o'olook eharr — Homos, Gattl«, Ti, *. TrraVaaß »nd *' aand.oe. FOR SAL?— Fanning Implement*, »nd Vehiole of a)J kinds constantly io ?ard* on view for Fa'e. Clearing Falos held m Town or Country as required, and moat liberal terms arranged with botb 1 Bayers and Sellers. Rtnto collected, and the business of absentees managed with oaro. Valuation made of Properties or Mer. chandiee pn eaßy terras* Advances made instantlj on Goods delivered at the Storej for Sale. pant for the Norwich Union Fire In- mranoe Company Agent for the MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION 0 AUSTRALASIA ALFRED HARRISON T. Bullock FOR SAIS A SECOND HAND MoOorrolck Twine Binder, In good order. T. BU LOOK. 1 A A A O^EB for Sale, near town, being lUU R.S. 27196, corner of Mltcham and South Roads, about 1 ratio from the County Saieytrdf. Exceptionally liberal terms, viz., 'only £12 10j cash required, balanos by Instalments »t a low rate of interest, T. BULLOOK. TO LET— At c vory low rental, a large building fronting East Street, (suit- able for a grain and ohoff <tore. T. BUt.LOtK. FOR SALE. — An improved Farm o 245 Acres, being R.S 27237, situntei about 5 mi'es from Chertaey. Low pnc< and liberal terms apply to T. BULLOCK. £&E\ ~" Lot 28 » Trevorto *'i nw tht <*»t*if. Preebiterlan Manße, oontaln ing about with 3-roomed Hcvsi thereon, for sale at the above prioft Terms if re mired.—A pply to T. BGLLOOK TO LET at a low rental. — 4-roo3a«c Cottage at Hampstead. T. BULLOOK. f\OR SALE at a low price and on liberal terms, IB acres of land with 2-roomed Cottage thereon, fronti; g the Fa tlield Roid, not far from the County Salc-yarde. Apply to T. HULLOOK, John Orr and Co. HARVEST, 1888. T17J82 DESIKE TO DRAW SPECIAL ATTENTION TO OUR Immense Stock of all Requisites SUITABLE FOR THIS SEASON'S WORK IN THE HARVEST FIELD. Having IMPORTED lARGELY we were never m a BttTTKR POSITION TO SUPPLY TBE WANTS of this important dlttrlot than at proeent, The following are bo roe of the lending lines we have landing and m a took, and for which we Bolicit the favor of your esteemed orders : — 25 Tona BINDING WIRE, White Crow and Anchor 10 Tons Put e Manilla BINIDNG TWINE extra length and quality 100 Drums Golden Machinery OIL 100 Dtunn Olive and Colza OIL 50 Cases Castor OIL 3 Oases Hay FORKS and RAKE 3 100O:Faet MACHINE CHAIN AND LINKB 10 Do«. REAPER KKrSFES 288 Dos.. Reaper KNIFE Sections McOorrolck MACHINE FITTINGS RIVETS, BOLTS, and WASHERS PERFORATED ZINC for Threshing MACHINES BABBET METAL OIL, PAiNTS, »nd VARNISHE3 of all j kinds PAPERHANGItfGS— A nloe Assortment ENGINE PACKING, all kinds LEATHER BELTING, Uln to^Cn (lot PRIZE DUNDEE.) JOHHORIfc&'OO.



Public Notices WILDINtt AND LFWIK " BARRISTERS ANL> SOLICITORS. l\ WILDING, Notary Publ'o. Offiom next " Mall " Office, Bnrnett street Asburton MR WILDING will attend the sittings of the Aahbortoa Courts on Mondays and Thursdays, and may be oonnnlted personally on those days. Tho firm is now represented m Ash- barton by Mr Clayton, an Epglish \u25a0oiloltor of considerable experience, who will bo m daily attendance at tho office to reoeive instructions and confer with olienla. W. H. Paget. BLACKSMITH, HOBBE-BHOER, j WHEELWRIGHT, AND JBNEttAL SMITH, BnaNßir Stbbbt, next " Mail " Offioe. BEGS to announce that ha hat taken over the Ooaoh Building and Wheel, wright Branch, lately oorrlod on by H. Peat, and will continue all branches of the *bove buulneiu as before. All kinds of Buggies, Diays, or Car to made and re- paired, Agricultural Implement! repaired promptly. Horses Shod with skill and care. 3.U6 W. H. PAGET. "Zealandia" Boots HAVE the Highest Bejmtatfo m the Colonies. Pronounced at the Indian and Colonial Exhibit : on as the FINEST m the Whole Exhibition; For substantial wear they era tho BEBT iiN THE WORLD. Buy a pair o "ZEALANDUS" and you will never nao any othtr Brand. Our Patented "PARAGON BOOT" and " INDESTRUCTIBLE TOES." For Boys and Girls are Fplondid Lineb for Hard Wear. None are Genui \e unless branded on the Sole And every pair m absolutely Warranted to give Good Wear. Sold by the leading Boot Dealers and Country Stores throughout New ZeaUud, and Wholesale by LIGHTBAND, ALLAN ft. CO. CHRISTCHURCH. BAKER AND CO., TIMBEK AND COAL MERCHANTS, WEST STREET, ABHBORTON. DESIRE to announce to tho inhabitants of Ash barton and surrounding dis- tricts, that they have opened a TIMBER and COAL YaBD, oppoaito Mr George Jumeson'e Groin Store, West Street, and ire prepared to supply all elasees of BUILDING MATERIAL, m large or small quantities, to suit purchasers. i RED, WHITE, and^BLAOK PINE, and TOTARA. 3ALVANIBED CORRI GATED IRON m all lengths, and best brands. MOULDINGS, "ARCHITRAVES, SKIRTINGS. POETS and RAILsTsTAKES, and all | FenciDg Material. { COAL; Westport Coal, Newcaatlo Coal, Mount Somers Cc»l. Firewood m long or vhort lengths Agents m Aeh burton for Wilson's Port- land Cement and Hydraulic Lime. fote addreeH,— JiAKEBAND CO., ! Opposite MR G. JAMEBON, Grain Ftore West Street. I+lß i ~a <D A \u25a0*-t <D tt) O b 88 I o to e a rfoS ofi ». jl -H < S < h| o |l 3- w %i < En IS3 s M



Public Notice*. Coal. Coal. CoaL TO THRESbINO^MAOHINE PRO- PRIETORS, FARMEIItt &OTHEBB. HAVING made oar arrAngementu foj this Weapon's COAL bUPPL^ on exceptionally favorable terms, we ar« m a poeitim to m« t th« demands of om Cob omors moat >ib© ally, both as tc QUALITY and PRICE. enDsits now >ititfe booked MgOALLUM A CO., Js7o Coal and Timber Merchants. WANTED KNOWN. AT I. SALEK AND COs., Licensed Pawnbrokers, East Street, \ FIRST-CLASS Watchmaker and Jeweller is employed on the Premises. Watches cleuned and repaired, and every description of Jewellery made and repaired at LOWBBT OHRIBTOHUROH PRICES. OS WATCH bSToLEANBD OB GLABSEe, 6d; HANDB, 9d. WATEABURi'S repaired from 2s 6d. N.B,— -Waterbury's reduced from 13a fid u> 12s. \l 126 MANILLA BINDER TWINE I HAVE secured a quantity of the Sim© make of Twine as gave .*o much satisfaction last Season, and as quality is the true Economy m thp 'arvett Field, farmers will consult their »n interests by securing a sufficient <ipp!y early, as it is likely to be k scarco , n fck»son. | EGBERT ALGORN, Importer and General Merchant. Wool. W 001. MESSRS MILES AND CO. be^ to inform their friends and clients that they propose holding Local Auction Sales of Wool Throughout the Season as usual, and are now prepared to make Liberal Advances on large or small clips free of Commission, :.nd at a low rate of interest. _ SALES will be held as formerly m) MR GEO. JAMESON'S SHED, WEST BTREET, Where every care and attention will bo given to each lot entruHted to our orae. Tne Shed is well lighted, convenient, and m every way Buitod for the proper display Wool. WUULPAOKB AND TWINE flupplled at jlowubi (Jurront Kates. J T. FOBD, AuoH'oneei. . nwoiwtt .Jameson, Agont. PAVERHANGINGSI PAPERHANGINGS ! 1 • ''!'\u25a0 • •\u25a0* THE Undersigned have just opened up a splendid assortment PAPERHANGINGS, SCRIM, TAPES, . TACKS, i Atflo,— i WINDOW GLASS (all eizes> ; W & B LEAD, PAINTS, OILS ] VABNIbHES, COLORS, ( DitYERS; TURPENTINy &o, Jast landing, a splendid lot of House Coal, ex " Hauroto." McCalluua & Co , BON. TIMBER, AND COAL MER- CHANTS, & JMPORTERB. Agents for TITAN and TBIPLKX 1 STRAINERS. 11*103 i NEW ADVERTISEMENT. TEE comNa E



Pnblic Not'ces. FRUrT FOR SALE throughout the 8 ason. Apply A. MACLEAN, 12 171 Windermere. TKNDKRB. WANTED tender* up to February Bth for the WHEAT STKAW off 120 Aorcs on Raeeorir'Sf*, Apply, GEORGE POOOCK, 1 170 AahbartoD. ana b. morris DESIRES t) return thanks for lha liberal support accorded her lor the last four ye&re, and begs to iatimato that » the hati te commenced Business m her » old gl.op, TRIANGLE BaKBBY, whew » their future favonrs ire respectfully i solicited. 1 16 | MODNTn^TT*«bTD~BiOARD*iSIS. TRIOr. \ LENDERS Me Invited for Shingling X ftboot on* ratle of the OherUey Road (20 yards to the chain). Specifications o»n ba aaen at the Road Board Office, Methvon, where tendon will be treoeivud \u25a0mill Noon on THUKSDaY, February 9tb. wm. Momillan, , 2 10 Chairman. WARNING. JIO those holding one new double-seated buggy, by Hooper, New York, one stallion, " Oa'itook, and ooe boggy gelding, both branded VF, (con joined) and oonttlned In BUI of Sale, J. W. Mottae to Vincent aad Co. Unleti the above are glvon up or retained to Vincent and Co. or their agent, W. Red- mond, Central Hotel, Ashbnrton, the. holder will be prooeeded against according to law. - 2 84 VINCENT & 00. A SHBURTON PERMANENT A BUILDING and INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Monthly aabsoriptiona and other pay menti due will be received at the Society i offices, Burnett street, from 9 a. in. to { p.m , and from 6 to 7.30 p.m., TO- DAY. Deposits received at the highest cur- rent rates of interest. TABLE Showing the Soale of Repayments adopted by this Sooioty for a Loau of £100 upon first-olass security. . No of Montnly Amount Total Years Repay* per Amount ments. Annum. Repaid. £s. d £ s. d. £ s. d. Two ... 411 254 14 0 109 8 0 Four ... 2 9 6 29 14 0 118 16 0 Six ... 1 15 10 21 10 0 129 0 0 Eight ... 1 9 0 17 8 0 139 4 0 Ten ... 1 5 2 15 2 0 151 0 0 J. WARD, 2*9 " Directing Manager. FRENCH POLISHER, CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, AND UNDERTAKE, HAS opened In Premises (next W. Patching) East street, and hopes to receive v fair share •of public support, being prepared to MAKtf FUBNiTURK any design to order at CHRISTOHUKCH RATES. Pianos siud Farniturw re- poiUhed at very low fates. THE ABHBURTON WOOLLEN MAKOFACTUEINGr COMPY (LIMII^D.) DEPOSITS T>ECEIVSD la large or small ia«i at \u25a0A; the following R»tes o) latwest ;— Six per cent if fixed for 6 months. Seven per cent if ixed for 12 months. H. SEMPL*, 0+56 Beoretary. THE ASHiiUETON WOOLLEN MANUFACTUEING COMPY | Ifl PRXrAUBD TO PURCHASE FOR CASH "" ALL KINDS Or WOOL In Large or ?MiLL Quantities. H. SEMPLE, tSB Secretary. Proctor & Co., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OABH GRUQERS, *o, BE(9 to announce to the inhabitants of Aohburton and Surrounding Dis- tricts, that we huvo just landed our Christmas Goods, aDd as wo buy largely for O\BH, wo aro m « position to SfcLL Cboaper than cmy of the other Houses m Town. We have alao a lame ar,d variod Stock oi ORWOKKRY ond IRONMO^- I GKRY, whioh wo nre diapOßing of at PRICI 8 thut will defy competition. N.B.— »Soe windows for Preeenls to be given away at XMAH Please note tho Addro^B, - BULLOCK'S AttOADE, Burnett. Street. ASHBURTON JGH Mm. ESTABLISHED 1831. Tbaoiiino Sxakv. Boys' Po^ooi.—Mu J. E. Buchanan, Ist B A. , Unl?er«lty College, London. Gjibls fc'v«ooL.--Miß!i &Avm>flwt t Canter- bnry College, Ohrlatohnrch : Mwa Gac»B, Trinity College, Dublin^ AT ihls institution puplU of both bftv* the opportunity of acKQlring the elements of a liboral edu- cation. Thesob^cta of Study are thote mually taogbt at Secondsty School* j but iUe ordinary coort» may be modified to meet eptotal cases, If Id the interest of the Fapils inch a plan is jadged advis- able , At the Girls Sohool provision h«s been made by tho Teaohlng Staff to give lesions m Mosio and Palming to Yonrg Ladles noi attending the othet Classes m the Sohool, who may desire Instruction m thesß subjects. The Ph>B : o»l TnMqg of the Pupils !• not overlooked. C*llßthenlM lot the Girls, end Military Drill fer the Boys, are psrt« of the Sobool oourse. The year Is dlvlCed into three terms. All feei are payable In advance. Vot Popili under 12 years of ago, £ii 2. per term ; ovet 12 (years of ege, £2 16« pet term ; Muilo £1 lo per term extra ; fee for attending muslo (only). £2 Ss ; Drtv* Inaand Printing (only), U U per term. fuftbw detiilt innU to m



Nino thoueand n^iUs of new railroads were 1 built m the United Btatea laet year. The addition to the etooV and debt daring the year was, m round figures, 300,000,000d015, or £60,000,000. kinky Mbn.— ' V^ells* Health Bennwer," reitores health and vigor, ourw Dyipopaia, impotenoe, Sexual Debility. At ohemuts and druggiiti. , gampthorno, Proaaer, and Co., agents, Ciiristohurob . 2 Kidney and Urinary troubles are anirerial, and the only nU tnd bom enra ii itmrlciu B«p BiUttMily ec it, Ph4'