SPORTING.

TELE OUP CANDIDATES.

[Pkb Pbess Association.]

Dukbdik, Februwy 13 This was a fine morning at Forbury, 8t Olftlr did a two mile o\nter with Haka. the Cap horse, going well. Artillery was restricted to lons slow work. He Is very big. Tetford caatered a mile and then did the same distance at three quarter \u25a0peed, striding alone very freeely, Oindetella went two miles at an easy pace. Apropos and Silverm«rk raced •boat fiva furlongs, and then cantered, both going well, though Borne thick ihftt they look hardly so bright as last week. 8t Ives did two miles slow. Oapt. Cook led the two-yewolds of hU stable In a long canter.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

(Mb yamsa association.)

f §Y SLECZBIC CTBtTORAPH — COPYRIGHT J

(Reoelved February 13, 11.10 a.m.)

ARREST OF AN M.P.

LoNDOir, February 11. Mr Jasper Douglas Pyne, member for West Waterford, who recently made big escape from Lisfarny Castle, where he had entrenched himself to elude the service of a warrant for his arrest, made his way to the House of Com mons where he purposed taking his seat. Upon making his appearance outside St. Stephens, Mr Pyne was met by the police who proceeded to execute the warrant, charging him with inciting resistance to the Sheriff. Mr Pyne and his sympathisers violently resisted the execution of the warrant, but he was eventually taken into custody.

WOOL SALES.

Willans, Overbury and Co., wool brokers, report that the prices obtained at the wool sales during the past week rest oo a Bound basis and promise con tinuance.

SPEECH BY MR PARNELL.

Mr Parnell last night moved an amendment to the Address in-Reply to the Speech from the Throne. In the course of his remarks, the Irish leader said that the operation of the Crimes Act had alienated the sympathy of the Irish people «nd had even destroyed their respect for the law. The execu tion of the provisions of the Act Mr Parnell declared to have been harsh and not impartial.

THE SS. RUAPEHU.

Plymoith, February 11. Sailed— New Zealand S.S. Company's R.M.S. Ruapehu for Wellington via Madeira, Cape and Hobart.

THE COPPER RING.

The copper rings have at last arranged to take over and work the copper mines of the Calumet and Hector Company on Lake Superior, Michigan, U.S. For a long time this Company successfully withstood the efiorts made by speculators to get them to reduce the output of copper pro tata m order to raise the price of the metal m the markets, as they are the largest producers m America and as their mines are said to be the richest m the world. The success of the negotiations of the copper ring m thus acquiring the control of the mines has caused not a little sensation m commercial circles.

THE SOCIALISTS BILL.

Bbrlin, Feb-uary 11.

The Committee of the Reichstag has faceted the proposed Socialist Bill and has recommended m lieu thereof an extension of the existing law.

THE EXTRADITION TREATY.

WABHiM«roN, February 11..

The reason given m the Senate for the indefinite postponement of the consideration of the British Extradition Treaty is the persistant opposition to the proposal at the hands of representatives of Irish interests.

(Bicelved February 13 12 20 p.m.)

EUROPEAN SITUATION.

Vienna. February 12. The " Novoe Frei Presse " of this date states that Great Britain has agreed to defend the coasts of Austria tnd Italy against either Russia or France m the event of war.

A ROYAL VISIT.

London, Fabrmry 12

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales will accompany Her Majesty the Queen on her approaching visit to San Rerno. The Queen's visit is of a purely private character, Her Majesty desiring to escape the bleak winds of the present seasoD.

FRENCH CONVICTS.

FABIS, February 12.

M. Felix Faure, Undei-Secretary lor the Colonies, made a statement m the Chamber ot Deputies yesterday to the effect that during 1886 1234 convicts were transported to New Caledonia and Cayenne.

A BURGLAR SHOT.

Sydney, February 13. The man who was shot dead while attempting to break into a house at Curoa is named McLean, and has a mother and sister residing m Auck land.

(Received Fenru*ry 13, lpm.)

THE MARKETS.

London, F'^ruftry 11. Consols, io2}(; Ne* Zealand five per cent stock, 103 ; inscribed, 98. Wheat — New Zealand long berried, 345. Oals — fine quality, 243. At the wool sales, 128,000 bales have been catalogued and 122,000 bales sold. Pig iron, 44s 3d. Sugar, depressed* Beet, 14s 9d.

SHIPPING.

Arrived — Steamship Tainui, from New Zealand.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

[Vtill PKF..S3 /SBOCIATI3N.]

Supposed Suicide. Auckland, February 13. Lucy Deoiz*, ageri 21, daughtrof an Onf-hunga settler, was drowned m Lake Takipuna on Saturday morning. She suffered from melancholia, and got out of the house wh^re sho was staying un observed early m the inorniajar, and, it is supposed, threw hereeif id to the like Her body was found m 16 feet of water. An inquest will bd held to-day. The Rifle Meeting. Forty competitors from the Auckland Volunteer corps have entered for the Rifle Meeting at Oamaru. Fre. Feildisg, February 13. The dwelling boose of Thomas Bryce, Klwitea, was burned down yesterday. The inauranoe is unknown. One lady had a narrow escape. Fatal Accident. Napier, F-brnary 13. An aocident that terminated fatally oco-irrei to Mr J A. Keardrn of tiast 'ngs, early on Sunday morning. The dec aied went home about eleven on Saturday night and laid down on the bed without undressing. At 2 ».m he com • plained of the t eat and went it to the passage and opened a window. By some rreans be over-balanced himse f *tid fell three feet on to the verandah rolled down the sloping roof and fell to the ground, a distance of 14 feet- Deceased was seventeen stone weight. His wife hearing 'he noise, ran out and found that tie had smashed his leg below the knee. Medical assis'&nce was quick' y obtained and it was found necesßary to ampnUte the injured limb. The patient was put under chloroform aad the operation was performed, but he never recovered con BCOUBDMB and died at 11 am Mr Heardoo had been master of the Cat ho no Sohooi m Napier and also at Bokitika Another P.re. Another fire uoenrred at Hasting* yesterday morning, destroying the real denoe of Mr T. Doney Insurances on boast and furniture, £7000 m the Union. Alleged Arson Wellington, February IS. The Crown fruieoutor has awnn ad Information against Re a ben Hind for arson. Drowned. I'UifbDiN, February 13 The ten months old child of Alexander Painter, South Dunedin, was drowned m » drain. Not Drowned. Rait, who w&8 supposed to have been drowned while bathing In the harbor on Saturday week, has tamed up at Timara. having walked there. Search parties had been dragging for the body for some days

A MARQOIS AND A MONKEY

The follwiog story or a m »nkey hero Is vouched tor bf good authority It runs la this wise; Al«rgeoarang-out»ng, which is the largest species of m< nkey except the gurllh, was very mush l;> hi? master, and to the baby hoy who was the pet of thd whole famliy. One d»y a fi<-e suddenly broke ont m the house, and every body was fanning hsre and (here to pat it oat, while the litilo boy m the nursery was almost forgotten, ad when th»v thought of htm the staircaaa was all In fl-raea Wbatcoald be don^ ?As they were looking up aod wondering, a lar^u hairy hand opened the window, and presently the m mkey appeared with the baby m his atirH, and Cdretuliy ciimbad down over the poroh and broaght the ohitd safely to his nurse. Nobody oho could hare done it, for a man cannot olimb like a monkey, and is not nearly «• strong. Yoa m<ty imagine how th-) fnitbfai creature was pralted and petted a f ter that. This la a true atory, aod the child who wae s»ved wad the young M^rqale of KUdare.

THE AUCKLAND OS RICH FARM.

Auokland papers to hand give an later estlug acoount of an excursion trip by the steamer YVal'oa to Messrs L D. Nathan and Go's ostrich farm at Tanranpa crtfek. Taaraaga creek !oa winding etream wiih a narrow channel, ia some pans not more than ten yards wide, and is distant about 18 miles from Auckland city, the ortrlch farm being sltaated at the head of the o-eek and about half a-raile from the landing plac". It is deserved as a most; charming locality for spending a holiday, There are about 40 or £0 ostriches at the form, and four y nng ones about ten days old. As many more will be shortly hatchnd out. There are t ree large incubators on the premie a, the mannfactare of Pelbam and Roberts, with 24 eggs m each. The ostriches lay from one to four eggs a day. The Mrdß are all m splendid (nndtton, Mr. Victor Nlssen who is m charge of the farm and haß worked very hard to make the industry a success, courteously showed the visitors the recently*ha<ohed birds, which are thriving well m the rearing room. They are about the sla»of small hens, and their nenka resemble a leopard's skio, whilst their backs are not unlike tbat of a kiwi ia appearance. They walk In and out of the phed as they f lease, and are very lively. The old birds are sometimes awkward easterners to deil with, belog given to kicking their atten dants, and it ib said that a kick from an ortrich — they strike yon on the breast by a forward movement — Is sufficient to lay anyone op for sis months, and m oonse quenoe of their savage nature the keepers •re provided with long sticks with prong ends. When a bird is likely to prove dangerous, and approaches a man with malicious intention, this stick is held out against its neck, and by this means it is kept at a reasonable dlstanoa. Most of the birds are, however quite »ame.

ELEPHANTS

It is possible, and even probable, that persons now; living oiay ccc the extinction of the elephant as a wild animal. The operation of natural causes haH a ready re duced tbo many npecies of elopbants wh''ch once existed on the earth to two a< d to tbesß two the demands 0! faumtn luxury will probibly before on* prove fatal* It is not, indeed the va< ity of man— or rather, woman— deadly 0 po many of the fuireet things m creation, that threatens tl»e existenoa of .the elephan', but a more soli <, and perhaps a more reasonable cause The tilings which he perishes t> furaish would be called objects of utility rather than of ornament. It ia our table-knives bo rapidly worn out m handle an wo 1 as blade, that destroy him. One firm of Kng'iali cutlers «« believe, ta<es three fourths of the African supply ; and it is from Africa, where both the tp#Je and female animals are 1 envi'y tusked, that most of our ivory comes. It has been calculated that at leust a hqndred thousand elephants are annnaliy aaorificd, for their tanks. Year by year the wild animal Is driven into narrower limits by the Incessant pursuit of tht banter, and tbo day cannot be very far distant when he will perish altogether. Possibly the tuskless auimal of Oeylon, which off irs no such temptation, »nd «hfob it would ba easy to protect, -If it is not already protect eJ — againtt the bp r >rtfm*n, will c jutinue to prolong tho race ; but the extent of Oeylon is comparatively em*!!, and Ita elephant-hetd* are already largely drawn noon to keep up the supply of tho dime-tloaUl anfnr*'. For though the etphant sometimes breeds m captivity, this occurrence Is so rate that It cannot be relied upon for preserving the stock. Consequently, the extinction of the wild antmal implies that witniD no long period Of time the spades will altogether eeaie to eslt'r- "Speotttir,"

JENNY LIND'S FUNEKAL.

HOW IHB BWSDISH MGHnNQALB \VB 1-A.iD to aaav.

A London letter to th^ I?o9ton " Ferald" s^ea : — Jenny Lind had throe wishes on settling m Malvorn. Ono was that when her rurnruoQß came to go heisCf, stie might have her fatuities of speech, reason, and conse'duaness to say her larew* lla 10 those she mo«t L»ved. ihe second wieh was that she might die fit th« place she had chosen f<>r t-e nu<umu of nor days. Jhe third wish was that iv duath e'e might be beautiful She loved beauty for its own sweet Bake, She was possessed of a refi ed eensuouane&s. She always possessed facial tnagnotism. This atoned for her p'ainneaa of countenance. Had she not been religious she would have repined. Let üßnote the fulfilments of ber wishes.

Mo»ths of illness were hers. Of these m detail, no one could obtain an account save the surly, meagre words the ungracious Goldachmidc snarled out unoer persistent pressure. Thiß pressure waß brought to hear by those to whom Jenny Lind almost belonged Hints of her insiuity were t-xpressed m print Fiually it transpired tha-, the had acute paralysis and was not insane. Last July she fe'l ill, t ut only lattery grew serious y so Had to say, shecou d no- epak. But the last df»y of her life dawned In that grey dawn she recovered her full faculties ahe spoke m wondrous sweet ton^s Lik* the dying swan, it was the faiewdl s^ng of superbumm melody fche bade h-T weeping servants farewell, also her immediate family This consisted of two sons and a daughter. The tatter if a Mrs Maude, fair haired and o immonplaoi Id looks. One son alto ta worried. The married ones have their mother's oomplemeut if ohlldren. One 6on is single. Thla is H'rnest, He is • youth with a ( Piccadilly nnoher ' manner and voice and an aba noe of elag^noe The fathtr has the guttural tones of voice of the Liwt-r middle class German. I: is » plt> • Otto ' did not inherit the tradi tional politeness of God'a ohoßen people. The neighbors generally described him as « epeoies of ' dog m the manger ' m his dealings with people. Certain it is, as the undersized p >mpos, sandy-whiskered, bald-headed Teuton frets and fames \u25a0b at the grounds he is anything rutier than the idebl widower of this m omp-tribla diva. Tha boob an) the daughter inherit his mind and manners They have neither musical nor other tdlent. I believe the Great Giver of Good who bestowed on Jeony Lind her voloe did not smile on her marriage \ She died m the pretty home she had prepared so few years bef >re, and last of all, never la life was Jinny Lind so lovely as m death. H«rbt»tr, warn m the sweet old-fashioned smooth bunds, lay like a frosted ribbon »way from her noble brow. Tae fuce was that of « sleeping babe By her ova wish her grave clothes were very simple. Nor were there sabln plumes above her hearse nor lngubrioos crape weepers about her bearers' ha<a. See 1 They have brought out the fl iwerbedecked casket. They place it within the glass-aided hearse Then they commence to load up the black festooned dray wi h fl iwt-ra made np m every conceivable 80-pa. The air is heavy wi<.h thrir fragrance It is f.ur milei away to the Abbey. Let ns take a shorter route than the orteg* selects. Always weepin/ people, always fl iwers. In Malvero the stress are packed, the window* draped m black, the binds tightly drawjn do*»n, the flags at half-mast, AH for wha*. 7 Fir love of her who Bang her w*y luto world-wide fnme They are po courtaoua to me at the Abbey Ohuroh. A afrat Is given behind the white-robed pillar chorls'ers. olo»e to whore the oasket will soon stand. A hash falls o& the vast crowd. Suddenly the congregation rises as one man. The mournful procession has entered the o^iutchyard. Tho olergy, the ohclr, the beirers, then the body, then more bearers ThfJ mournora number sixteen, besides the household servants and nurses The sixteen included Sir Michael Blddu'ph, on bfh*lf of Qieen Victoria, and the Swedish Oo&bbI Eurenburc. The choristers hate c me from Woro-ster to join those of M*lvorn Abbey. Precentor Hall leads them. We remain ber him so lately at the Three Choi™ festival. Th*re are about one hundred m all of choristers. The service iB chora' , but there are no solos. It sefrnß tlius a ragged s rvice The anthom Jenny Lind loved trom • Flijah ' is ch^t.d, ' He that en^ureth to the end etiaU be saved ' Tho people weep at this— all save the widower aod the children The nurpea' sobs are heard softly; the children of tho dead lady preserve a dead culm. Even the daughter wears imperfect mourning. A lace dotted veil to her noee, a boanet with black ribbons m upright bowe, an ordinary black gown, a tiny gold bnc°lfct. Not once does she lift her handkerchief to her eyes.

The procession re-formed. It is a quarter of a mile to the cemetery. In Blow solemnity the open grave is reached. • Man that ii born of woman ' Bays the priest. Thus the service goes on to the end The burden is lowered into the cavern dag for the purpose. Each one of the family depoeits a wreath or a ctobb within the space allotted, and thus it all ends ! A'l at least, for earth. And the r-iia.poura down m cold, cutting torrents ; the sun, shining all the day, droops beneath the black veil of yon grieving cloud, which weeps its silent sympathy for that world's loss which is Heaven's everlasting gain. Will tne myr»le flourish henceforth. 1 What myrtle ? ' you ask. Well, when JenDy Lind married, a aprny of myrtle fr ra her bouquet wao planted. It became a B'ardy tree. This presupposes a happy married life. On her death a wreath from the myrtle was planted over her heart Th's we do not ccc We look at the Queen's wreath, at t he Prince** Obr.Btitua'e, a/, the one oent by tKo Bath 0 mservatory of Mca'c and the Swedish Minfsrer, the la't«=r, win others, b log made of delio»te Dresden china. Poor* a and BO'<rea are lying m the ground. From the Prince of Waim to the peaßant of Worcester tributes have arrived to breathe ' fond rfqiieicat ' Thus endeth the laat I earthly lesson.

rHR ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, FBBBtIABY 18; i^B



Public Noti933 .'»\u25a0"• " V!? -''' t -tHni"-;/--"--' u: ; T - AteiitTETOiST WOOLLEN MANUEACTUBING COMPY IS PBBPARED XO rUKOHABB FOR. CASH ALL KTKDS 0^ WOOL Isr Laf.qb on SwAi-i, Quanjlxiks. , H. SEMPLE, t66 Scereiary. \u25a0W.lf. Paget. BAOKSMILTH, HOPBK-SHOER Bubnett Stbbkt, next " MM " Office. BEGS to announce that he baa taken over the Coach Building and Wheel* wrlght Branch, Jotely carried on by H. Peat, »nd will continue all branches of the »bove busineas ac before. All bindi of Buggies, Diayo, or Oarta made and re- paired . Agricultural Implements repaired promptly. Horaes Shod with eklll and care. v, W;H. PAGET. "Zealandia" Boots HAVE, the Highest Be?utatiw. m the Colonies. Pronouoced at the Indian and Colonial Exhibit on as the FINES! ia the Whole Exhibition. For substantial wear they ar« the BEST FN THE WOULD. Buy a pair o "ZEALANDIAS" and yon will never use any othtr Brand. Oor Patented ••PARAGON BOOT" and » TNDRSTKUCTIBLE TOEB " For Boys and Girls are Splendid Lines for Hard Wear. None -are Genui \e unless branded on thegole And every pair is absolutely Warranted to give Good Wear. SoM by the leading Boot Dealers and Country Storeß throughout New Zealand, and W holeeale by UGHTBAHD, AILAN ft GO. CHRISTCHURCH. PAVEBHANGINGS I PAPERHANGINGS ! I fFHE Undersigned have juat opened up JL a splendid assortment PAPERBATOING3, SCBIM, TAPES, TACKS, Also, — WINDOW GLASS (all sizes), W & H LEAD, PAINTS, OILB VARNIbHER, COLORS, DiIYERS, TURPENTINJ' &o, loßt landing, a 6p!endid lot of Hcuoe Coal, ex " Hauroto." McCallum & Co , BON. TTMBER, AND COAL MER CHANTS, & IMPORTERS, Agents for TITAN aud TRIPLFX STRAJNEB& 12#103 v \u25a0*» ua a § S i *^ h 8.. -iig UJ Oh \u25a0aa xn IS a°ij§ • « i ifcq \u25a0 \u25a0 '• «



• H. Mataou and. Qoj ........ For Sale. OKAA FOUR-TOOTQ Picked Metlco ! &O\J\J Maiden Ewe*; grand oonfiitiou 6t, for etnd ewes. FOeR \u25a0 c iLB, OIVfIRAL GOOD FAUM* OdJfiAP TO LET, OK A A ACRES NEAR BALING AiO\J\J hall English grwp, ifo per Acre 9H A A AORB3 NEAR BALING. /OV/ 1/1/ tOßiookr, 2a 64 per Aore 9,1 Aft AORISB ALFOUD FOREST, vlv^ baif EDghob grass, 3« per Acre hTmatson&co. *\u25a0 Ash burton. , \u0084 , _i LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FJRB INSUBANOK COMPANY. WE We bee-x appointed Agents for <h« above Tompeiny, and are now prepared to take risk* on Buildings, Stock, and Ciopa at current rates. H. MA/SON & CO., ! Ashburton. Money to Lend IN lARGE OR SMALL BUMS. Apply H. MATSON & CO. • — jf I have oeen appcflHip^gent toe w Mercantile Finance Co., CHRISTCHURCH, Wl?o are prepared to advanoe Money apor. PILLS OF SALE, MORTGAGE OF STOCK, CROP LIENS, or other Security. D. THOMAS. WE ARE APPOINTED Pole Agents From Rakaia to Eangilat* MCTRTON AND WHITE'S Prize Sheep Dip Placed let by the Canterbury A. and ; ABBooiation after an exhaustive trial, H. MATSON & CO. Aehburton. Agricultural Implements. WE ARE APPOINTED SOLE AGENTS IN ASHBCRTON >' FOB Mibsbs BOOTH, MoDONALD & Oo i Corlyle Implement Works, Chrlntchnroh. SAMS'.B iMPLKKBNTfI OW HANB | Inspection lorited. H. MATSON & CO. Ashburton. GABDEN & FIELD TOOLS We are appointed SOLE AGENTS m Abhburton for the PLANET JUPR. HORSE HOE AND CULTIVATOR COMBINED, GARDEN PLOUGH AND DRILL COMBINE. H. MATSON & CO- Aehburton. W3 HAVE FOX SALE BINDING WISE ArOHOR AND WHITBOROS3. Binding Twice, Ilales' beat Manilla ding Twine, Hals*' Doubl* ctoiap. QvALZTr Fibst-olasi. Pbioes Low. EL Matson & Co. Afthburton.



Public Notlcea £20 BEWARE. ~~* nj IN consequence of tbe amount of Poa<hin& going on m the Creeks] on tbe Logmhor Es' ate, the above reward will be paid to anyone giving information that will lead to a conviction. From this date hv ONE will be per- tnitted to fish m Ibe Creeks on the Laembor Estate. 11*68 DONALD MoLEAN- Coal. Coal. CoaL TO THPESbINO^MACHINR PRO- PBtETORS, FARMERB &OTHEBB. HAVING made our arrangements for this Season's COAL SUPPLY on exceptionally favorable terma, we are m a potation to meet tbe demands of our Cob omera moat Hbeally, both as to QUALITY and PRICE. OBDERS NOW '.i»EIN£ BOOKED, McCALLUM & CO., 1 $70 Coal and Timber Merchants. MANILLA BINDER TWIJSTE THAVE secured a quantity of the same make of Twine as gave co much Butiafaetion laßt Season, and uh quality ia the true Economy m thp [arvtxt Field, farmers will consult their vn interests by securing a sufficient apply early, as it is likely to be 'scarce n Benson. EGBERT ALCGRN, Importer and General Merchant. THE COMING r JAMS ARE THE BEST TRY THEM. A. Harrison. Allred Harrißon, \OOT T ONEEit, STOCK AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR. S ATURDAY SALBS *t 12 o'clock iba p —Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Prodnos •nd Merohandise. FOR SALE— Farming Implements, and Vehicle* of all kinds constantly m lards on view for Sale, Clearing Sales held m Town or Country as required, and most liberal terms arranged with both Buyers and Sellers. Bbbts collected, and the business of absenteoß managed with care. Valuation m ado of Properties orMer> chandise on easy terms, A'J\ancea made instantly on Goods delivered at the Stores for Sale. i jj«n* for tba Norwloh Union Fire In* jnrance Comp-my i Agent for the MUTUAL LIFE A SHOO [AT ION 0 AUSTRALASIA 4CFRBdIuBBISjQS» 1



Public Notices. V MR S. B. SEYMOUB, will VISIT ABHBU RTON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, And may be oononlted at Mr Kamnitzers (Chemist) until 4 pm. 2 17 ~THE ASHBTJRTON WOOLLEN MANUFACTURING COAtPY (Limited.) DEPOSITS "pECKIVED ia large or miall bums at LV the following rates of interest : — Six per cect if fixed for 6 months. Seven per cent if tixed for 12 months "57 SEMPLE, 9t66 Secoetary. BAKER AND CO. TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS, WEST BTKEET, ASHBURTON. DESIRE (o announce to the inhabitants of Ashburton and Burrounding districts that they have opened a Tl MB « V and <JOaL YA«D, opposite Mr George Jameson's Grain fctoro, Weßt street, and are prepared to cupply all clueses of BUIL ING MATERIAL, m large or email qnantitien, to suit purchasers. RED, WHITE, andTJLAUK PINE, and TOTAKA. GALVANISED CORRUGATED IRON m all lengths, and beat branda. MOULDING?, ""ARC H ITRAVES, SKIRTINGS. POSTS and RAILS, STAKES, and all Fencing Material. GOAL: Westport Coal, Nevrcastle Coal, Mount Somers Coal. F.iewood m long or ehort lengths. Agents m .Ashburton for Wilson's Portland Cement and Hydraolic Lime. Notb Apdbbss ; — BAKER AND CO. Opposite Mr G. J \ MESON 'B Grain Store, West street. I|.B WINDMILLS! WINDMILLS! To suit Everyone. J. &T.DANKS, LICHFIELD STREET, OnBIBTCHUBCH, Are supplying WINDMILLS at PRIOEB which will make Haod»pomp}ng a thing of the past. THE SPECIAL, from £5 10s THE SAMPLE, from £8 10b Or TITAN MILL and SYPHON PUMP, from £15 { John G. Restell, AGENT, ASHBURTON.



GEORGE JAMESON Wool ajsd Grain Merchant, HAS FOR BALB,— SEEDS for Autumn Sowing, CAPE BARLEY, RYE, CLOVERS,, TURNIPS, etc., SHEEP DIP TfIOMASI ***> LITTLE'S, PLOUGH SHARES, OILP, and STORES of all kind*, OORNBAOKB AND BEAMING TWINE. AGENT FOR— New Zealand Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Riaks on GROWING CROPS or bTOOKS accepted at lowwt enrrent rtt«F» CASH PURCHASER OF WHEAT, OATS, and BARLEY. 2*34



1 Public Wot cc«. REMOVAL. MR J. A. CAYGLLL. Solloltor, has removed to offioea In B'Tnott Street, formerly cooapied by MrJ. Ivass. UPPER ABHBURTON ROaD BOARD PTfiLiC NOTIOK TO RATEPAYERS. ALL Rates unpaid by March Ist, 1888 will be sued fo» . By order of the Bo»rd. DONALD Me LEAN, 2*60 Chairman. Dentistry— Paiuless Extraction MR AUDLEY E. MEREWETHER WILL ATTEND DAILY From 10 till 12 and 2 till 5 p.m., at OHAB NKATS'B, Ohrttnfst, Anhhtnton. Apothecaries Hall, 26 h Jan. , 1888 2*51 FUN RAL aoTIOd. 'TIHE Friend* of Mr Jam*s Smithibam ; ? sre reip otfaliy Informed th-t the | Funeral of hta late wife, Mart Janb. will m «ye from his residence, Creek Road* AUenton, TO-MORROW, the 14 h inst., at 2 p.m., for 'the Aahbn-ton Oem*tery. BAKER BROS , 2*54 Utdartnkers. ; GKAHAM'cJ FARM, TIN wALD. rHR HOMESTEAD BLOCK &v<\ Sed- tion*, I^, 11, 12, 14, 15, IC, ans part of 17, m all about 500 AdiiSS, will be eabmittod to Auction early m March, and will be for absolute sale. GEORGE JAMESON, 1*139 ABhbnrton. ASbBDRTON COUNTY COUNCIL. qnENDERC ar« invited for Rkim Plough- I ing 34 Acres at Irrigation farm. Specification on viow at Council office aod Tenders addressed to Chairman to be B ent mbp 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, 14th February, 1888 WILLIAM BAXTER, 2J38 County iSnuinaer. S- P a RATE TEN DERS «re invited for th-« EREOHONof FOUR SHOP-*, m Briok and Stone, at A»hborton for lahor and materi <1. and for labor only. Plans and specifications may be s en at my Office, Astaburton, from 11th to 16th February. Tenders to be cent to Mr George Cole- man, M»riva'e, Pap^noi Ro<»d, Christ - church, on or before 17th February. ' he lowest or any tender not neo.B«arily accepted. R. BIRD, Architest, 2*45 Asbburton. In the matter of " The Lloenalng Act, 1881," and of the transfer of the 1 <3euee of the Otu>tr«»l Ho'el, Aah- hurtnn.fr' raJAM^ 8 WHioaxM'RAl to William Redmond T JAMES WRIGHT M'RAE, of A«h , burt n, being the holder of a Pab- licn's License, In respect of the honse und prera see eituiteat Ashburton, known aa the Central Hotel, do hereby give notice that I desire to ohtalu, and will, ai the next Licensing Meeting, to be holden at Aehbarton, on the sih day of Matoh, 1888, apply for a transfer of the said License from myself- to William Red- mond my appointee. Dated this 13ih day of February, 1888. J. W. M'RAE. E G. Orisp, Solicitor. 2 52 Mount Somers Coal I AM now te a position to supply COAL at considerably reduced rate*. In anticipation ot a LARGBS DEMAND daring tie ooming seaeon. I hare mnde PRICES such that no one need want FUEL; and nntil farther notice will supply at Per track load at Mount Homers Railway Station, per ton ... 11b Stations on Mouat Somers line, freight ; added. Ashburton, per truok, per ton 16i Tlnwald „ „ 15a Winelow \u0084 „ 15s Hinds „ 16s Baling „ „ 17» Dromore \u0084 \u0084 16a Ohertaey „ „ 16a TERMS OASB. BOOKING EXTRA. In Ashburton retail quantities delivered to Customers, residences, at 20a per ton, CASH. All information to be obtained from, and orders left with Mr JOHN G. RESTELL, WEST STREET, Whom I have appointed my A gent, and who will sell at above rates FOR CASH. E. F. WRIGHT. T. Bullock I FOR SALi! ~ ASGOOND SAND MoOorraick Twine Binder, m good order. T. BT7! LOOK. 1 AA AottEß tor Sale, ne»r town, belDg lUU R.S. 27196, corner of Mitchatn a d South Uoads, about 1 mile from the Ooun'y Saleyarde. ExonDtlonaily liberal terms, viz., only £12 lOi caah required, balanofl by Instalments at a low rate of interest. T. BULLOCK. fO LET — At a very Inw rental, a large building fronting East Street, suit- able for a grain and chaff More. T. BULLOIK. FOR SALE. — An improved Farm of 245 Acres, being R 8 27237, situated about 5 miles from Chertsey. Low price und Jiberal terms apply to T. BULLOCK. —Lot 28, Trevprtou, near thfl <*iuv* Presbjterißn Manae, contain Ing about i-aore, with 3-roomed Hcoif thereon, for sals at the above prloft Terms if rejulred. — Apply to T. BOLLOCK '|1O LET at a low rental,— 4-faomed X Cottage at Hampatead. T. BULLOOK. POR B ALE at a low price and on liberal terms, 16 acres of land with 2-roomed Cottage thereon, frontir g the Fa r6eld Boa<J, not far from the County Saltyardi, Apply to Ti BULLOCK,



BOROUGH OF ASHBURTON. NOTIFJCATION OF VALUATION. nMAKE NOTICE The Valuation List JL for the Borough of Ashburfon, for the year 1888, is dow op n for insp n otinn at the UprouMh Council a UflSoe, Bar'ng Squ\ c, Went, Afihborton A I obj o i>ne thereto must be left at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Aehburton, on or before the 15th day of February next, addressed t>> the Assesptnent Court, and a copy of every such objection must be left at the Town Clerk's Office upt lutor than B%ven daya before the next sitting of the said Court CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk, Boroagh Oounoll cflloe, Aphfrurton, 16th January, 1888, J+7t



On dit, that a well-known Otago runholder, the brother of a leading Dunedin solicitor, recently inves'od £500 m Melbourne ia Broken Hill shares, which are now worth £29,000 to him. Heating's Powder destroys both mothf, fleas, beetles, and all other inaeote, while quite harmless to domes' ia animals. In extoraii. nating beetles, the eucoesß of thie powder is extraordinary. Ii is perfectly clean inappli* cation. See the article you purchase is Keating's as imitations are noxious and I ineffectual. Sold m tins. Gd, Ib, and 2s 6d I eaoh. by all oh Am' bib



An Eaitern paper devotes a column to tell* ing its readers "How to lie when asleep." Oat here people can lie enough when awake, •nd don't have to do it when asleep. Holloway's PiiibS ahd Ointment.— Soldiers •nd Sailors.— These well-known and sasily used remedies are especially serviceable and convenient for sbose who, like soldiers and tailors, are exposed to great ohanges of climate, and the hardships inseparable from their aalling. Many of the diseases engendered m the system from these and other untoward erases oan be checked and controlled by atten lion at their onset, and m Holloway's remedies will be found a ready means of relief without hindranoe from doty. Many a xnan is invalided and rendered more or less a bOjfden to himself and friends from negleot* ing the early symptoms of his complaint, which calamity might be averted by timely naort to tbo aeo of Bolloway's Fills and Qiatmiot