The New Plymouth Tragedy.

THE INQUEST.

L I>EB, PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

New Plymouth, April 21. The inquest on the body of Stephen Maloney found murdered in the recrea tion ground on Friday week was opened this morning before Mr Kettle, coroner. Mr Samuel appeared for prisoner and Mr Standish for the Crown, Inspector Pardy , representing the Police. Major Brown interpreted. Mahi Kai appeared in the clothes he had on when arrested, with the exception of the boots. There was a large attendance of the public. Mrs Carrell, whe lives near the de ceased's house, said she saw him on Friday week between nine and ten. Maloney always had his dinner with them, and as he did not come that day she sent her boy .to the Tibuse, who returned saying that he * was not there. At five she sent again, and he was still absent. Her son went next morning but deceased was not there. Maloney was in the habit of leaving clothes at her house. She handed over a . • waistcoat and a jpair of trousers to the ' r ,police which belonged to deceased. The . trousers produced were like those of .. 'deceased and the vest produced was like C, the' one deceased wore, but was not in her -''■possession. . The deceased had several '. f pairs ■of > drawers. He was a quiet old fellow and she had noticed him with a •••'• new pair ;of boots. She never saw pri '■ soner before.' < Witness's son George was 11 chopping treeg in the Recreation grounds "with'a hook; on'the morning of the day Maloney was missing.

A ROLLING STONE.

THE DAMAGE IT DID. , • ,Oa x Saturday afternoon a most extraor dinary* occurrence took place at Lyttelton. Three sailors crowing the Port Hills, started a large boulder, weighing about atdnorso. It went careering down the hill, gathering way as it plunged along on its headlong passage, and tearing through i Mr Nalder's garden, took a great leap down into the town below. It bounded . with a fearful crash into the gasometer at , the gas works, setting free about 12,500 feet of gas stored therein for the night's supply. Had the loss of the gas been - the only trouble, not much damage might ' have been done, but the freed., gas took fire, and a flame 70 feet high shot up. The . flame did not last long, to be sure,' but it set fire to the surrounding wood-work, and there was a lively time for a few minutes. Ultimately, however, thanks 1 to the exertions of the Fire Brigade and the ' townspeople, the danger was' averted, and the mischief kept 1 wifl-in v,"-\ Vn\\v<. The gas took fire as it •*' ,ru'-?i(<i i.»" mv<:-:]< :u through the purifying room and the retort room where the furnaces were. The stone in its passage . down the hillside took leaps of 40 yards at a time, and one man was missed by it by only a few feet. No damage to either life or limb resulted. There was, of course, no gas light in Lyttelton on Saturday (.night in consequence of the accident. ' The stone which did all the damage, 7 • smashed right through the gasometer, and is. now inside of it. Besides the hole made in the plates, which are about the sixteenth of an inch thick, there is a dent . about eight or nine feet long, which will have to be straightened out. The sailors were arrested, and will have to appear before the R.M. to answer for their freak, ' .which might have very easily ended most disastrously.

On the Panama Canal.

The United States Consul (Virquair), stationed at Aspinwall, in his last official , report to the State Department, gives a striking picture of the present condition of affairs along the line of the Panama Canal. The decadence of Colon (Aspin wall), and the most entire prostration of , all business at that place since the collapse  of the canal, becomes more and more ap ■ parent. It very often happens that not a solitary vessel is to be found in the harbor, . a tiling that was never known there, even to 1880 and after 1860; and yet it is but a short while ago since vessels were obliged to be anchored out for days in waiting for dock room at which to un ' load their respective cargoes. The local traffic of the Isthmus during the time that work was being pushed on the canal had reached vast proportions. The line of the canal, between Colon and Panama, about fifty miles, was a vast bivouac where the most energetic of all nationalities and races had congregated to amass wealth; and many have done so especially among the Chinese portion of it. Wages were high, princely salaries were paid, money was made easily and expended most freely. Day time was not enough; and nights themselves were turned into day, and, literally speaking, the twenty-four hours of the day were a constant draft on various industries. The expression the most fitting is "It was Bedlam let loose," and people cannot have any idea of what the Isthmus was in i 1885, 1886, 1887, and part of 1888, unless they have seen it. Forty towns had sprung up on the line in almost as many miles, every one of them thriving, a real bee-hive of people ; in fact, all of them bent, not only on changing the physical aspect of the land, but on turning a tropical jungle of here tofore a death-dealing clime into a new Babylon, for never was there such a confusion of tongues and a conglomera tion of races from all over the world. These people were fighting back the diseases manfully, dying at once without a murmur or living, in spite of clime, lives of the most reckless dissipation, when at leisure. It is no wonder that so ( many died; it is a wonder that so many lived. Indeed, it can be truthfully said that . " grim death got exhausted at the task" and retreated to his lair. The Isthmus had become habitable ; before the advent of this reckless throng it was not. And what has become of it all ? Vanished. The people have all gone, business is dead on the line, the local traffic is dead, the line of the canal, onee —only a short time ago—the liveliest place on the globe, ' is dead; the rank vegetation of the tropics is growing denser, it seems, for the rest ifc has had, hiding from view railroad trains, dredges, and all the paraphernalia of the canal contractors, who left their implements of all sorts as. if work was to have been resumed in the morning. Colon and Panama still live, but that is all, merely by-way stations for the traffic across the Isthmus eastward and westward between two hemispheres. In Colon rents have fallen off 50 per cent In three months and are still on the decline. The Panama Bailroad, which in 1888 paid 23-50 per cent, of dividends will in 1889 pay only 9 ' per cent. This line in 1888 carried 1,300,000 passengers (4000 every day); this year it may carry probably 500,000, if so many. But the transit traffic has not suffered ; on the contrary, it is only the local traffic which in a short six months has suffered a loss of nearly 110,000 tons of imports— that is to say, this much has been lost to the local trade. As a result nearly two thirds of the business houses in Colon are closed up, and bankrupt sales are a daily occurrence.

TEN MONTHS' SUFFERING IN A HOSPITAL.

There is an old saying that physicians are a class of men who pour .drugs, of which they know little, into bodies of which they know less. This is both true and untrue at the same time. There are good and poor lawyers, and good and poor doctors. The trouble with these medical gentlemen as a profession is that they are clannish, and apt $o be conceited. They don't like to be 1. . /-..,.Y-"*-V • if** »^

beaten at their own trade by utsiders who have never studied medicine. They there fore pay, by their frequent failures, the penalty of refusing instruction unless the teacher bears their own "Hall Mark. An eminent physician—Dr Brown-Sequard, of Paris— states the fact accurately when he says : " The medical profession are so bound up in their self-confidence and conceit. that they allow the diamond truths of science to be picked up by persons entirely outside their ranks." We give a most interesting incident, which illustrates this important truth.

I The steamship " Concordia," of the Donaldson Line sailed from Glasgow for Baltimore in ISB7, having on board as afire man a man named Richard Wade, of Glasgow. He had been a fireman for fourteen years on various ships sailing to America, China, and India. He had borne the hard and exhausting labor, and had been healthy and strong. On the trip we now name he began for the first time to feel weak and ill. His appetite failed, and he suffered from drowsiness, heartburn, a bad taste in the mouth, and

costiveness and irregularity of the bowels. Sometimes when at work he had attacks of giddiness, but supposed it to be caused by the heat of the fire room. Quite often he was sick and felt like vomiting, and had some pain in the head.. Later during the passage he grew worse, and when the ship reached Halifax he was placed in the Victoria General Hospital, and the ship sailed away without him. The house surgeon gave him some powders to stop the vomiting, and the next day the visiting physician gave him a mixture to take every four hours. Within two days Wade was so much worse that the doctors stopped both the powders and the mixture. A month passed, the poor fireman getting worse and worse.

Then came another doctor, who was to be visiting physician for the next five months. He gave other medicines, but not much relief. 0 Nearly all that time Wade suffered great torture; he digested nothing throwing up all he ate. There was terrible pain in the bowels burning heat in the throat, heartburn, and racking headache. The patient was now taking a mixture every four hours, powders, one atter each meal to digest the food, operating pills one every night, and temperature pills two each night to stop the cold sweats. If drugs could cure him at all, Richard had an idea that he took enough to do it. But on the other hand pleurisy set in and tlw doctor, tooJt ninety ounces of matter from his right side and then told him he was sure to die. Five months more rolled by and there was another change of visiting physicians. The new one gave Wade a mixture which he said made him, tremble like a leaf on a tree.

At this crisis Wade's Scotch blood asserted itself. He refused to stand any more dosing, and told the doctors that if he must die he could die as well without them as with them. By this time a cup of milk would turn sour on his stomach, and lie there for days. Our friend from Glasgow was like a wreck on a shoal, fast going to pieces. We will let him tell the rest of his experience in the words in which he communicated it to the press. He says: "When I was in this state a lady whom I had never seen came to the hospital and talked with me. She proved to be an angel of mercy, for without her I should not now be alive. She told me of a medicine called 'Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup,' and brought me a bottle next day. I started with it, without consulting the doctors, and in only a fciv days' time £ was out of bed colling for liatn and eggs for breakfast. From that time keeping on with Mother Seigel's great remedy, I got well fast, and was soon able to leave the hospital and come home to Glasgow. I now feel as if I was in another world, and have no i illness of any kind." The above facts are calmly and impartially stated, and the reader may draw his own conclusion. We deem it best to use no names although Mr Wade gave them in his original deposition. His address is No 244, Stobcross street, Glasgow, where letters will reach him.

THE ASfiBtJITON GUARDIAN, MONDAY. IPJtIL 21, ls9o.



MR MALCOLM, Headmaster of the Hampstead School, will open an Evening Class for Youths on APRIL 28th commencing at 7.30. Terms on Application. 18th April, 1890. 4 146 SELLING OFF PREVIOUS TO STOCK-TAKING. BOOKS, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Music, etc., at Greatly Reduced Prices, for Cash. N.Z. Jubilee Chronicle. L. F. ANDREWES & CO. ASHBURTON RACING CLUB. AOTOM3~MEB.TIIIfi, APRIL 23rd and 24th. ACCEPTANCES and ENTRIES MUST be in the hands of the Secre taryby MONDAY, APEIL 21st, Afc 9 p.m. as under:— ACCEPTANCES. Handicap Hurdle Racb ... 1 soy Ashburton Autumn Handicap 1 soy District Welter Handicap ... 15s Flying Handicap 15s ENTRIES. Longbeach Plate, of 25 soys; second horse to receive 5 soys from the stake. District Horses only. For three-year olds and upwards. Weight for age. Winners since August Ist, 1889, of any race or races (excluding selling races) of . the individual or collective value of £20 to carry 41b extra; of £40, 71b extra ;of £70, 101b extra ; of £100 or upwards, 141b extra. Maidens having started twice or oftener allowed — three year-olds, 71bs ; four-year-olds and up" wards, lOlbs. Penalties and allowances to be calculated to time of starting. One Mile. Entrance 1 soy. Novel Race, of 25 soys. The winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race, the whole of the proceeds "to go to the funds of the Club. Weight, ost, any overweight to be declared. Half a mile. Entrance, 106. G. BISSET, 3+142 Secretary.



H A.MS And BACON IN LARGE or SMALL QUANTITIES, ~y\t ell n Masoned AND FIRST CLASS QUALITY. JOHN O'RR & GO. SUBDIVISIONAL SALE OF PART OF THE CELEBRATED WESTERFIH.O ESTATE. 1150 AfP-ES CHOICE LAND TO BE DISPOSED OF. I HAVE been instructed by C. G Hawdon, Esq., to OFFER FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY, The Undermentioned FARMS OF GOOD LAND, VIZ:— f NO. I—Containing 272 ACRES, well fenced and subdivided, with large Plantation (forty acres) in the centre of it.



TENDERS. mENDERS WANTED for the Erection X of an Implement Shed—labor only— at P. & D. Duncan's Yards, Wills Street. Plans and specifications may be seen at our Office. TENDERS must be in by SATURDAY next at Noon. 4 157 P. & D. DUNCAN. "Q UICK~METHODS"; BY which to teach any person BUSI NESS STYLE or LADIES HAND Writing in six Iessons,—SHORT HAND in eight or nine Lessons. Every atisfaction guaranteed. Apply —A. Rnutzen, at Mr Truckle's Restaurant. 4 159 ASHBURTON WESLEYAN CHURCH. ANNUAL TEA MEETING TUESDAY, April 22nd. Reception to Rev. J. H. Gray. Tea at 6 o'clock. Admission, Is 6d; Children, Is. Addresses by Ministers and Friends. Music by the Choir. 4*124 '



NO. 2—Containing 560 ACRES, with splendid improvements, farm build ings very complete, well fenced and subdivided, with frontages on three roads. NO. 3—Containing 125 ACRES, re claimed swamp, very rich land, would make a splendid Dairy Farm. NO. 4—Containing 175 ACRES re claimed swamp, well fenced and subdivided. <



NOTE.—Running Water in every Pad dock in the Block. Inspection Confidently Invited. Terms—One-third cash; balance, three , years at 6£ per cent. For particulars, apply D. THOMAS, 4 95 Ashburton. '



RETURN -XT-ISIT V OF MADAM FaEDO'3 NOVELTY COMBINATION, OF . Gymnasts, Jugglers, Clowns and Pantomimistos. Open [ TO-NIGHT, at Side Royal Hotel, Moore Street. IN THEIR PRETTY PALACE PAVILLION. Remember this Show is still FREE. 4 152 FRED FREDO.



NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. Races at Ashburton, April 23rd and 24th. SATURDAY return tickets to Ashbur ton, available for return up to 25th April, will be, issued on the 23rd and 24th inst. at Christchurch, Timaru, and inter mediate stations. On the 23rd and 24th the Express train from Christchurch will stop to set down passengers at the Ash burton Saleyards siding, if required. On the 24th the train due from Ashbur ton for Timaru at 3.45 p.m. will start at 5.35 p.m. and run 1 hour 50 minutes later than timetable times ; and on the 23rd and 24th the Mount Somers train will leave Ashburton at 5.45 p.m., and run 1 j hour 20 minutes later than timetable times 4|133 BY ORDER.



COLDSTREAM ROAD DISTRICT. ANNUAL ELECTION. IyTOTICE is hereby given that in ac- JJN cordance with the provisions of the Road Boards Act 1882, ond the regulation of Local Elections Act 1876, and Acts amending the same, an election of TWO PERSONS to serve as members of the Coldstream Road Board, in place of Messes Withell and Dobson who retire by ballot, and ar,e eligible for- reelection, will be held as under :,— Nominations in the prescribed form (Blank forms, obtainable from the Re turning Officer, Ashburton), must be de livered to the Returning Officer or ad dressed to him and delivered at the Coldstream Road Board Office, Longlands, Hinds, before noon on Thursday, May Ist, 1890. The Poll, if necessary, will be taken on Wednesday, May 7th, 1890, at the same \ place, between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and six o'clock in the afternoon. , .   . J. C. BELL, l Returning Officer. Ashburton, April 2lßt, XB9O, 4J158



SALE OF LAND AND CLEARING SALE. CAIRNBRAE, NEAR METHVEN. THURSDAY, 24th APRIL. MILES & CO. have received imbrue-' tions from E. W. Bowyer, Esq., to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION. At the Homestead, Cairnbrae, At 12 noon, On the above date, HIS CROXBY FARM, Comprising about tVAQ ACRES OF. GOOD AGRICUL | 4:0 TURAL LAND, divided into 12 Paddocks. The Buildings comprise 3 Cottages, 2 Stables, Woolshed, Pigstyes, Kennels and Sheepyards. The above will be first submitted in one lot, and if not sold, will then be offered as under :— LOT 1—230 Acres, chiefly in grass. LOT 2—168 Acres, in stubble. LOT 3—350 Acres, in grass and stubble< Also, all his LIVE AND DEAD STOCK, Comprising ftAA MERINO EWES. i)iyi\ CROSSBREDS, 2-Looths. i DRAUGHT HORSES. 0 YOUNG HORSES. 1 HACK. 3. Drays, M'Cormick Twine Reaper and Binder, Duncan Grass Stripper, Champion Drill, Ransome three furro-w Plough, Duncan S.F. Plough, Cambridge Roller, Har rows, Horse-power and Chaffcutter, Harness, Tanks, Wire, Stakes, Posts and Rails, Furniture, Fowls, and Sundries. Luncheon provided. Sale at 12 noon. J. T. FORD, »> Auctioneer. « GEORGE JAMESON, 113 Agent, Ashburton, '



OIARLES JLJRADDELL Licensed Landbroker and Valuator nder "The Land Transfer Act, 1885. ESTATE, HOUSE, LAND, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT. Office—Burnetb Street, Next to " Mail" Office. PUBLIC HALF-HOLIDAY. rpHE Burgesses are requested to close _J_ their places of business from NOON on THURSDAY, April 24th, being the Second Day of the Ashburton Autumn Racob. D. THOMAS, 4J145 Mayor. "wanted known TMMENSE arrivals of NEW AUTUMN _L DRAPERY, CLOTHING, and BOOTS, ex Kaikoura, at ANDREW ORR'S. T7IOR MANTLES, MILLINERY, and JD DRESSES see A. ORR's Naw Stock. FOR WEDDING Outfits, Family Mourning, and General DRAPERY go to ANDREW ORR'S. -"VPSW ZEALAND EXHIBITION.- JLN ANDREW ORR is showing ex actly the same Goods in Roslyn Worsted Dress Tweeds, as exhibited at the Exhi bition, also Blankets and Flannels. QAA PAIRS of BLANKETS at sLI\J\J Old Prices, contracted for when wool was Cheap.—A. ORR. BO 0TS, BOOTS, for Variety, Quality, Style, and Make of Ladies', Children's, and Gents' Boots go at once to ANDREW ORR'S. i AA EMBROIDERED ROBES to IUU Select from at ANDREW ORR'S. No two of the same pattern. I TAILOR AND MEN'S MERCER,,- THE ASHBUBTON FURNI TURE WAREHOUSE TANCRED STREET. , TDICKFORD and UNDRILL have a £7 large and carefully selected stock of FURNITURE now on view, including Suites, Sofas, Couches, Chests Drawers Chairs, etc., etc., of their own manufac ture from well seasoned materials. . Iron Bedsteads in various patterns. Bedding in great variety. Special line of PERAMBULATORS, just the thing for the holidays. A Choice Assortment of CHINA, GLASSWARE, AND ORNAMENTS Very suitable for Christmas presents JUST ARRIVED. Ex "WAKEFIELD." A consignment of Assorted CHAIRS AND FANCY GOODS. INSPECTION FREELY INVITED Furniture designed and made to order at shortest notice —Note the address— TANCRED STREET Opposite the Arcade WINTER ¥> COMING. W. W. SPENCER 5 |AS JUST LAiNI>ET> n Jape and iR oi Ho!cf nwM'tinoulof NKWGOOD for tbo Oomlng W?»(v>n l Now Drona Otn I/a 'n i.l! iho most fF»ehioanblo chwdr-fi at 7£J. a Snlendld th'cK ana may? Hnrampin at l.t 3J, worth U 9J. (4'md Heavy' Moittnj Drrufl Tweedo 8J- r • VhHo Twill Shoctingn, doub:« wldih 1^ Good White C-»Hboo- 4' 9i ti;o d( z^.i. Uny Oftifon 2j 11'! ft d zrtu. Ticking 6^(3. Ppituc. Toiv-.'l j, SUrfi'ifjn, Flauue'.a Qailta, etc., at, ..boot BALF PEIOE. Good Waihitii^ Giiighama lv F^ncp Obecks at 5Ad, Mcn'e Lwood Salts 18s 6.1. A Good Tweed -"ratt 25j Men's Thick Wo >,!en Bocks ta 4d Mou'fl Strenj; Got an J>h!tt2n 6d, Bays' OilM Molo3 2i lid. Men'^Oold Mo'^jb6. H3, Meu's Shooter Boots 10s 6i : Bluchera 6a lid. Oiildrou'« BU 1. n^ 5 chool Boola 5» lid A large ABBorimont of Cfalidren'a Pd'9ut Loa:nfr Shoeo *nd Booto »!wf.jaio Stocfc 1 AT W. ■ W. SPENCER'S: THE ARCADE.



'M^JkfiJ^P^ C.THORNTOiI DJDLEY < LAND, BBT\TB AND STOCK 4GftN -*, ' " yfflmH&SMmWßK^mm 16i H^eford St'eot, O-utatchliro'i. JW^S^^^^^SSm^^' Ihava uauioof money to load on good xSfr^S^^WJTT^B^^S security Rt lo.v tute of interest. Several B, „ _ _ _ ' , THE MIRROR," AKEE BRjb., a HIGH-CLASS Weekly, Social, Builders, Undertakers, etc. J\_ Political, Literary, and Dramatic Corner Wakanui Road and Cass Street pa per, to be published every FRIDAY, (Next Central Hotel). . price 3^ by.the Centennial Printing and Or at Baker and Brown's Coach Factory, Publishing Company, Limited, Melbourne HAVELOCK STREET. , .',, pl ace , Russell Street Melbourne. 2_90 (Next the Court House.) : • TINWALD COAL ANITFIREWOOD , ' ' rv. depot. tihvep Dipping JA /CLOTHIER has for at . X3l_. \J Sale—Best New- , ; castle, Westporb,'Grey Valley, and Mount Somers Coal, Firewood and Stakes. ~D'!«* /"•<T\TZ' IT 9 Prime Oaten Straw and Sheaf Chaff, at > JI>JILVJv/JX.JI» kJ Ashburton prices. Notice of_ebmovalT NEW PUBLIC DIP RAILWAY RESERVE, ' P^lPlibw Opposite Ashburton Saleyards, ' ' IS N°W G°ING °N' Man in attendance every Monday, "Kv'afc '■*--■" ''■ '-^ssKSsjJs' Wednesday, and Friday, from 9to 1, '" " ■---■'■"■ other days can be arranged by applying JOHN MOISON to C. M. BROOKE, East Street. BEGS to inform his Customers and n. _ »PRICE : the Ashburton Public that he has One Penny per head under 500 j taken those commodious shops in the Three Farthings per head over 500. Town Hall; to which he will remove his Aftel"lsfc Ma 3~> One Farthing per head business on Ist MAY next, and in niore. consequence will hold a clearing sale of , r\ his present Stock, atREDUCED RATES RpAflVpYll Pp ftp! RflPPfl Dill for CASH ONLY till date of removal. DlU™ *> V* l^l *mV UiF Orders booked will be charged at Ordinary Equal to any, and superior^to most, is Rates. , sold in the Ashburton County only at 6s REPAIRS neatly executed at the per gallon, used Ito 110 and or 120 gal shortest notice. lons of water, goes further and is cheaper J MOISON han any OTHER DIP. The Union Fire Insurance Company, Limited Head Office, Christchurch. CAPITAL ... .:. ... £2,000,000 PAID UP ... £100,000 RESERVE AND RE-INSURANCE FUND £65,000 DIRECTORS,— Hon. J. T. Peacock, M.L.C., Chairman. P. Cunningham, Esq., H. E. Webb, G. G. Stead, Esq., Deputy Chairman, Esq., Hon. W. Reeves, M.L.C. J. Anderson, Esq., J. Palmer, Esq., • . General Manager, W. DEVENISH ME ARES, Ofiices, 172 Hereford St., Ohristchurch. Special Features : The only Institution of the kind with its Head Office in Christchurch. • Liberality in Settlement of Claims. Rates, *"he lowest current. AGENT FOR ASHBURTON AND DISTRICT, I JOHN a EESTELL WEST STREET. 4 48 VS7E ARE BUYERS AT ALL TIMKS OF WHEAT, OATS, BAKLEY KYEGRASS, FEAtf, ETC., ETC. F.UIEDLA3DER BROS. "WHEAT SHIPMENTS"" TT7E ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBERAL ADVANCES, FBEK OF COMMISSION AND INTEREST, attest aU kinds of Pcodaca plaoed la our hindf for shlpiient to the United Kingdom or tho Continent, HAYING our owu hoase in London 1b a earn" iient ga«r«ntee (hat the Intereet of Clients, who will entrust the shipment of thoir «t»in to us, will be welt looked after. Olieptd may also rely that expenses will be kept; as low as possible, and the higuci market vo'no rsalieod. KAOH Farmer's Lot is shipped nnde? a distinct and separate brand, no tw lots being branded alike, and each lot is sold on it 3 own maclls. Prompt aooocn i Skies aa in the paat. WE nro also prepared to atore grain and other Produce »t Aibbnrton, Lyndbarat I yttoltcn oc Addingtcn ap'on e»ey terms, and make reasonable adranoe* on lime. FRIEDLANDjffiK JBKOS. NO\\r LANDING HX "IMand.GMbiim " 20,000 Feet DR^SRTJD^KAURI T. & G. PLOOBINQ T. & Q, MATCH LINING AWD BOARD?. BX "Spray" 30,000 Feet SPLTWnD RED PINW. BX ' Zlor" 20,000 Feet MAGNIFICENT WHITE PINK FLOORING, LINING, AND SHELV FROM HAVELOOK. IN STOOK AND TO ARRIVE WESTPOST, NEv^OASTLh 1, G£KY VALLIS2 A.ND MOUNT SOMIiEB COAL. W. H. COLLINS & GO. Timber and Coal Merchants ASHBURTOIC ABUNDANT OBOPri Otf GUOD WOOL, OF THIS JttlGHitfST MARKET VALUE FOR ITS CLASS, EaSUAHD BY TQE USE Ol? 1/iTTLE'S PaTBBTT SHEEP DIP (N TON-POISONOUS.) ADVANTAGES OF UTrLE^PATEN? FLUID |DlP a :— |F PROPERLY USED uncording to'tho Instructions, ft Is tho bast, the tur; 2, effootual aad most valaable Dip knowa. IT IS NOT POISONOUS to animals, thore !o therefore no darngar of polsmin^ H rHan, Shaop, Oattla or other au!invilß,,by tho Dip draining oa tho «?asß or herbag^ ; thtse ia no dangn- to loaving U about in tho way of children or otbera; norh iberi *ny danger of wholosala poisoning from uegleot, ucoldeot, or denfga. ' ITS BPFBOT UPON THE WOOL Ih e&cc««diiigly important to Woolgro»era. In ;u;idly fcbo v»lao ; it Dot arrest tho growth at *ny time but promo an th« natural BUoretioriß, and increasoa ths weight of.the fleece; It does rot etalu o diecoloi the wool, nor Uke out any of the yolk, but Is r.t all tlmea tho bast Dip tor t\o wool that can be used. IT IS CHEAP and repaya itcelf tenfold to ths shoop-o?rner. IT IS EASY TO USE, requiring very little preparation, mixes In«t6nt!y with oold water, lenvew no sediment, no acum, no waste. One gallon of Dip] to. 100 gallons of wkte:—the wash la then ready for nee. ITIBSAFJ3. Whllo Porous Dlpa can only bemad with caution upon iheop, thd Dip may be nsod npon all aulmalß : Horioa to kill Insect 3 and the mange ; also Decs for the aame putpoce ; also for extormloatfag mieoto, and allayins? all Irritation of ibe akin of Dairy Cattle, Cilvaa, Pigs, etc., for which purprae it ia simply inralOHble. FOR SCAB, LICE, TICKS, and imens of all felndi, It la • most effectual Dip and thoroughly reliable at ail tlcnec, and in all climates. LITTLS'S PATINT FLUID DIP hw » world-wld« r f potation of the hlsh^t 1 posatble.oh»raoter. It hanrioelved mora «OLO and SILVEH MBDALS »nd ot-.ee AWARDS OFKyOBDLBNPS AND MERIT than porh»pa all tholoihei SheepD'ds *ut togethei ; * (^G£NT FOE ASHBUBTOK COUNTY ttEO. JAMESOB '



LONGBEACH COACH. /"\N and after Monday 21st inst., the above coach will leave Ashburton for | Longbeach at 4 p.m in place of^at 5 p.m. Arriving at Longbeach at 6.30 p.m. daily. . 4 116 r> ENERAL PRESS AGENCY REPORTERS, Newspaper Corres pondents and Advertising Agents, Russell Street, Melbourne, Undertake Special Reports of, Public Meetings, Newspaper Correspondence, and Newspaper Advertising throughout the Australian Colonies and New Zealand. Communications to be addressed to The Manager. N.B.—Files of Provincial Newspapers ar* kept for the convenience of the Agency's clients. , ■' • • -■ ■> ;527 SADDLE, COLLAR, and HARNESS MAKER. HAVING Purchased the business of Mr A. Ireland, and removed into those commodious premises, lately occupied by himi n Burnett Street, begs most sincerely to thank his customers for past support, and solicits a continuance of the Bame, which he will, strive to deserve by keeping the best stock of Saddlery and Harness, and strict atten tion to business, combined with good, workmanship and reasonable charges: Repairs neatly and promptly attended to. - ASHBURTON COAL & FIREWOOD DEPOT. • ' . l ■ -R 8. Bean;" ' ' COAL & FIREWOOD MERCHANT OATS BEAN CHAFF ETC., ETC* ' ; ■ jpi TO O"X~PER~DAY"to~b cV '- <^^t made by person of either sex, in their own localities, a work for us. New business.. All tl ,ineet with wonderful success. Any one can do the work. Capital not required. We will start you. Outfit worth £1 mailed free. The* employment is particularly adapted to the region in which t iris publi cation circulates. Boys and girls earn nearly a much as men. Full particulars and instructions mailed free. Now. is the time—don't delay, but write to us at once. Address Stinson and Co., Portland, Maine, United States. * CLEABING SALE OF BOOTS IN GEORGE DIACK'S ESTATE, i ' TTAVING been so { SUCCESSFUL,' , XI we. will clear the BALANCE for ONE "TTTEEK /"\NLY NE VV EEK WNLY AT STARTLING PRICES. MITCHELL & TURNER, TANQhED \T El-T. D. JLJ S E Y!M: O U. R, SURGEON DENTIST, 215, Colombo Street (new Buildings near Corner of Gloucester Street.) ESTABLISHED ... ... 1869 I SCALE OF CHARGES : ' Extraction. 2s 6d per.tooth; Fillings, 5s per tooth. A reduction made where a number require attendirgl •;, . ARTIFICIAL SEETH The charges for Artificial Teath are made with a view to strict economy, regulated by such circumstances as cases present, or such materials as patients prefer. 'Par ticulars given on application. Consulta tion free. Nitrous Oxide ( Laughing Gas) administered when required. Attendance, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m 215, Colombo Street, CHRiSTCHtn'cH. 1 ,8 16 "b L"l I b 'I\* M JJ- &> OK' h. rniiE' Lai^o t sue* <«f Jo Aihbu.'tr^ ty'chO'Wtt N flOlll. QUALITY ASDJTV GUARiNTEEb Coirc and p«e t'.io piireß. ASHBURTON CLOTH* ING MAKi S.iUNDKIi-' li JiLD Ktt;.4. U ALOOR^ ?T "rpAWCIT "pvODDS Kl^ SURGEON DENTIST,. v (Formerly with A. W. Chatfikld. Auckland.)' -CHARGES— * Ordinary Extraction 2s 6d \ Painless' 1,.. 5s Od Stopping ... 7s 6d Full upper and lower set of Artificial , Teeth 10 guineas, and.all work ; equally moderate. ,  ' —CONSULTATION FREE— All work done by him guaranteed to fit and look well. Address :—Court Chambers, above, Mr H. M. Jones, Stationer East Street.. Private Residence, ! - Havelock Street HB| - Opposite Presbyterian Church. jjjQ



IffiAlN & FIELD PIPES * LARGE supply of various S)Z tS aiw-ya Id STOCK, for SALH! tn Itrga or etna!! qu*.t'! i o PPKCIVL ni mfc'o • j'veu for large qinai !'.©•. GEO. JA&IESOK, J AS■-•BUbTON & KAKAU. 3U72 ' . . i -NOTICE- T HAVE pleasure in announcing that I ■*■ have appointed Mr J. Quinn, Watch maker, as sole agent in Ashburton for, my Improved Pebble Spectacles. Signed 10 15 WM. RICKETTS TO LADIES WHO WOULD DRESS FASHIONABLY AND WELL AT THE SMALLEST POS- ; SIBLE COST. TNSPECT the New Dress Fabrics, JL Plushes, Ulsters, Bibbona, Gloves, and Feathers, latest styles, now on view &t" ( THE CORNER." . _ ; "w Stock of Flannels, Blankets, Flannelettes, Hosiery, Men's and Boys Clothing. The Soundest Value OFFERED. < JLI, JOLLIER "THE COKNEK." IRONMONGERY, iJOH]SrORR&CO. Are Offering SPECIAL VALUE FOR CASH- Prior to their Annual Balance. AND Having Large Stocks of Lead ing Lines' now landing, Purcha sers will save from 10 to 20 pc, cent 12 cases new Bedsteads at all prices Guns of all kinds,, grand value * 10 cases Sporting Powder 15cwtShot" 4 cases Fenders from 6s to £5 , 50 sets Fire Irons from 5s to 30s 4 casks Holloware and Kitchen Utensil 3 packages Lamps, Globes and Chimneys 1 case table and pocket Cutlery, grand value 3 casks Plough and Trace Chains 100 drums Raw and Boiled Oil 2 tons White Lead , ;  , :■= *. Paints and Varnishes of all kinds' 5 bales Wall Paper 50 Register Gratis froim 14s 6d, 17s 6d to £5 : Ranges and Stoves of all sorts . 20 tons Bar Iron 1 ton Bolts and Nuts all sizes 4 packages Wringers'and: Mangles New " Home Sewing Machine" best and simplest Leather Portmanteaus and travelling Trunks Leather Belting l_in to 6in Manilla and Flax Rope, lUn. to 3in 40 coils of Plough Line -" 2 cases Sellar's Mould Boards Hornsby's and Ransome's Plough Shares, all sizes 3 casks Buggy Springs and Axles 40 kegs Bluestonc 75 kegs Wire Nails ' 20 kegs Fencing Staples 40 coUs Barb Wire 2 bales Seaming Twine 1 case Babbet Metal 20 bundles of Spades and Forks, &c, '4 packages Screws, Locks and. Hinges'! 4 packages Saws, Chisels, and Planes «j 6 cases Picks and Axes ' i 4 cases Gorse Knives I 8 cases Axe, Pick and Hammer Handle*^ 1 case Hammers VALVOLINE, LUBROLINE, CASTOR, COLZA, OLIVE; LARD, and NEATSFOOT .OILS ,10 crates China and, Earthenwjire.., —Including— New Toilet, Dinner, Tea, and Dessert ware. Some of these ! are really beautiful goods. V HN A-RE .C> HO' . "wanted known rjIHAT Mb, Charles'Ryel, of Ashbur _l_ ton, has taken a shop next to Han rahan, Baker, Triangle, for convenience of Town and Country people, to supply Fish, Oysters, and Codliver Oil. ■ Orders promptly attended. 106 C. RYEL.. HrCHILSSs~ [ SHOEING AND GENERAL BLACK SMITH AND ENGINEER, (Late of Chertsey.) BEGS to notify that he has com-' menced business in Ashburton in' the premises on. Wakanui Road, lately occupied by Mr C. Ray, Engineer, where he hopes by strict attention to business, combined • with gbpd . Workmanship and Moderate Charges, to merit a fair share as public support. \ All kinds of Agricultural 'and- other Machinery repaired. Horse Shoeing and all kinds of Blacksmiths' work done with ] promptitude. ; f Note the address— ; j Late premises of . R. RAY, ' C-'-l Wakanuißoad.