missioners being removed from office in "consequence of their mismanagement, which was now worse than had previously been the case. He thought that railway management would be one of the gieatest questions during the coming elections. Mr Fish referred to Captain Russell's accession to the Cabinet as being a great strength to Ministers, but in a political sense he regarded his inclusion in the Ministry as unsatisfactory, because he looked upon him (Captain Russell) as a strong freetrader and an ultra-Conserva , tive. i Seeing that the Premier's life was  in danger if he continued in office, he (Mr Fish) thought that on all grounds he should retire for a time, and surrender ■ the portfolio which he could no longer . ■ hold, with satisfaction to himself. It ap peared to him, speaking quite impartially, that under present circumstances ■ the Government should ask for supplies and .■ dissolve without delay. With respect to ■ Sir George Grey's amendment he should \ feel compelled to vote against it^ as no good could-result from it till the financial policy was" brought down., .- : . Mr Fisher, after strongly urging the dissolution of Parliament, went en to .show, the gross mismanagement which, he. said,-was prevalent in the Customs De- , > partment. vHe proceeded to quote a case in which several large and influential firms had received consideration from the Customs Department, while some small 'firms had been, cast in' penalties for breaches of the law. He denied that; there had been any necessity for .increased school buildings as stated in the JGitjvernor's Speech, and alleged that the paragraph was inserted in the Speech ih order that fault might be found with our present educational system, on the ground of, its rbeingi too costly in character. Referring to Mr Fergus' speech, in which heaHvocated' the purchase of estates on the East Coast for the benefit of-the * the colony as'he'stated, ""he (Mr Fisher) thought it was time that the connection between the colony and the Bank of New Zealand 'should^ be severed' once and for all, The, scheme proposed by Mr Fergus of taking over the liabilities of local bodies was one that no Government dare take up. He should vote for Sir George Grey's amendment, as they had nothing ■before; the House] in the shape of a policy.

h Mrjj'ergus hadnever known an Address m-Reply debated so fully without some specific motion following ifc, and he now challenged the leader of the Opposition to table a want of confidence motion. Asto

his speech at' Queenstown, all he had stated with reference to the liabilities of local -bodies was not that Government

should take them over, but that when these loans fell in, the local bodies ;.should'be assisted to go to the cheapest market. He had had no difference whatever with his .colleagues over that speech, as stated by. Mr Fislier. The fact of that hoti gentleman having been compelled to leave the' Government was a sufficient reason for his opposition to everything proposed-by the present Ministry. ; -. :Mr- Seddoh, Mr'Kerr, and Mr Tai 1 whangi, spoke in condemnation of the Go vernmem) policy. ; " 'Mr Mitchelson made an explanation in '^regard to tKe purchase of East Coast lands by the Government, and remarked ■that,' as far as he personally was con-: cerned, he acted not in the interest of any financial company, but of the Natives and at their request. . The idea of the Go vernment in appointing Mr Edwards was to set in the Commissionership a man who

would be" in a high position, and would be above suspicion; The Government had no idea that he had appeared in a case likely to come before him as Commis sioner. / With reference to the Rotorua purchase, of which Mr Ballance had made ' so much, no jtnan knew better than that hoii gentleman the difficulty the Govern ment had in collecting rents on that block, 1 and Government therefore thought it ad - visible in the interests of the country to

make the purchase, and he felt sure that "the'purchase was a good one. Mr Grimmond charged the' Government •with * spending money in districts repre sented by. Ministerialists and neglecting .those .districts, whose members were in ' opposition. > ,■.,... JJr.Fitchett considered that the explaria ■ tion of the Native Minister, as to the pur chase of'the East Coast lands, was very •unsatisfactory, and the inference conveyed by it was that the land was purchased for the benefit.of the mortgagees. ; i(' Mr Taipua said that the natives in his district were'all perfectly satisfied withj the administration 6f the Native Minister., - ; Colonel Fraser defended the, Rotorua purchase, and said that if the Government* succeeded in completing the purchase they would confer a great benefit on the whole, district. . : ;"Mr Tanner replied at considerable] length.. ' ' : The Address-in-Reply was put and agreed to 4 on !the voices. '; 'Sir/George Grey then moved his amend . Jmerit praying the Government to grant a dissolution. '■ Mr' Moss supported the amendment, •vMch was lost by 39 to 19: • The House rose at 1.30 a.m.

1.0.G.T. Anniversary.

i.iThe Pride of Wakanui Lodge, heldita first anniversary last evening in the Main ■School, Wakanui; Notwithstanding the damp night, there was a capital attend ance of friends and members of the Order, including many, from Ashburton. The spread was excellent in every particular, the tables literally groaned under the load of good things provided. The bachelors^ arrayed in ;white. hats; and aprons, were very conspicuous as waiters at their tables. After tea a good programme, was success? fully gone.through, Bro. Doak C.T. pre sided ; Bro Price, from Springburn, made a good practical address on individual ,esprts by all interested. Bro. G...W. Andrews L gave.;,a, few remarks on the advantage^ of, the Order, and its good work for humanity. Sister Brown, Sec, 1 read the; annual report, which showed a .- cry successful, year's work, the member ship being,seventy on the roll, with a good-;financial balance to credit. ; The faJlpyring- persons contributed to the harinqny oJL the . .evening: —Sisters • Trevurza, Corbitt, Dalton, Bennett and Wilson; Brothers Counter, Bateman, M'Vicar, Corbitt,, Doak, Leadley, Ben nett, McCree, Pickford . and Trevurza. After a I &w words from Bros. Leadley and Elston, a very cordial vote of thanks was rendered to all helpers. The meeting wa# then closed by singing God Save the Queen. ,

FREEMASONRY.

StJ JOHN'S LODGE, 1858, E.C., ASHBURTON.

The annual festival of St. John's Lodge of Freemasons, Ashburton, was cele brated last evening , at the Ashburton Masonic Hall. Though the night was un favorable, there was a very large, attend ance, every seat ' in the <■. Hall being occupied. The Deputy District Grand Master,' E.C., Bro. Peter Cunningham, was present^ but the installation cere monies .of the Winchester Lodge being conducted on the same evening by the District Grand Officers, deprived the St. John's Lodge of the presence of other visitors from the District Grand Lodge. By the way, the Wincheston Lodge is to be congratulated upon having resumed working ; the members have unanimously resolved to adhere to the Grand Lodge of England*" The District Grand Lodge, S.G.; was officiallyrrepres'ented by an im posing array of. the District Grand Officers o£ that constitution, including Bro. T. Scaly, D.D.G.M.;; Bro; Malcolm, D.G. Chaplain; (and; Br.o,rCockburn, p,G,.1.G.

Visitors were also present from the Somerset Lodge, E.C., and Thistle Lodge, S.C., Ashburton, and from Lodges South Rakaia, Southern Cross (Kaiapoil Pacific (Wellington), lonic (Leeston), Kilwinning (Oamaru), and others. Apologies were received from brethren at Christchurch, Geraldine and Timaru.

The principal business of the evening was the installation of the Worshipful Master for the ensuing year, Bro. Fre derick Bonnington, S.W., (in succession with Bro. Andrew Orr, who retires to the chair of 1.P.M.) and the Investiture of his ! officers. Bro. E. G. Crisp, P.M., was the Installing Masler, and performed the beautiful ceremony in a manner which it' is no flattery to say. could bcarcely be ex celled. In the Installed Masters' Lodge Bro. H. M. Jones, P.M., presided. Bros Paul, 1.P.M., and Braddell, P.M., Somer set Lodge, occupied the Wardens' Chairs. The incidental anthems and music were well rendered by an efficient choir con ducted by Bro. H. A. Gates, organist of the Lodge. Altogether the ceremony was conducted m a manner little short of per fect. The Worshipful Master having been installed, the following officers for the ensuing year were • invested :—S.'W.', Bro. T. M. Jones; J.W., Bro. T E. Kilworth ; Treasurer, Bro. Alfred Curtis, P.M. (re-elected); Secretary, Bro. H. A. Vesty ; S:D.,'Bro. J. W. Hardley ; J.D.;, Bro. G. Meddins;' Organist, Bro. H. A.' Gates (fe-appointed) ; D.C., Bro. E. J. Fqoks ; • 1.G., Bro. C. Grubb ; Tyler, Bro. Ei.' Cullen (re-elected). The cere monies ended, Bro Cunnigham, D.D.G.M. 1, congratulated Bro. Bonnington on his accession to the chair, and Bro. Crisp upon the manner in which he had con ducted the ceremony. Suitable acknowr ledgments were made, and the Worshipful Master asked fpr a full attendance of the brethren at Divine service at St Stephen's Church next Sunday. The Lodge then closed. i

An excellent supper was afterwards served in the Hall, Bro. J. Ranger being the caterer., The W.M. presided, sup ported by Bro. Cunningham, IXD.G.M.j E.C.., the officers of the D,G.L\,S.C., and* a large , number of Past Masters. After supper the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were honored, the speeches being laudably brief and to the point, and were interspered with some good songs Bro; .Cunningham, in response to the toast of the District Grand Lodge, E.C., pointed out some of the qualities which every Freemason should strive to attain ; and in proposing the toast of the Worshipful Master of the St John's Lodge expressed himself as surprised and delighted with what he had that evening seen of Free masonry in Ashburton. The Past Masters in replying to, the '.toast of their health, gave some irite'resting-pafticulars respect^ ing ..the ;hiatory and present standing of the Lodge. ' 'The'last year had been most successful, therehaving been a satisfactory accession, to the, membership and a sub 4 stantial increase of the funds of the Lodge,' The Tyler's toast brought the "most pleasant and successful Masonic gathering yet held in Ashburton to' a close shortly after midnight.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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(Received June 25, at noon.) AFTER DINNER SPEECHES. , London, June 24. At the annual dinner of Queens landers the Chairman said the pro hibition of colored labor in the Colony was killing the sugar industry, and the result was a demand for sepa ration. Sir G. Bowen said the deliberate judgment of the people must Settle the question of separation. The success of Australasian federation would advance the cause of Imperial Federation, and the next generation would demand representation in' the' Imperial Council, with equivalent financial responsibilities.;,, One speaker said the scant attention given to Queensland affairs at Home-was the. cause of dissatisfaction. The cession of Heligoland, like that of Eastern I New Guinea, showed how England advanced her own interest, regardless of the Colonies. He also condemned the black looks cast on Queensland statesmen for daring to object to a certain Governor. ; (Received' June 25, 12.15 p.m.) WOOL SALES. The third series of wool sales opened | to-day, thirteen thousand bales being catalogued.,,; A fair selection was [offered, one-third being New Zealand. There was a good attendance of buyers. Merinos averaged 10 and crossbreds 1 5 per cent below May closing rates. Bradford irade is depressed, and American demands poor.

AUSTRALIAN.

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(Received June 25, 1 p.m.)

HEAVY WEATHER.

/• . Sydney, June 25. Heavy -weather is raging along the Victorian, and Few South Wales coasts.'

SPORTING.

Speculation on the V.R.C. Spring meeting has already opened. For the Melbourne Cup Carbine, and Titan are most in request at 100 to 4. For the Derby Titan at 4 to 1, is the best offer,

LABOR TROUBLES.

The Trades aud Labor Council have cabled to the London Trades and Labor, Council and Dockers' Union, warning the men from accepting work in Sydney in the event of a strike.

A MARINER WARNING.

Brisbane, June 25

: C. T. Wragge, Government meteoro tlogist, has warned shipping that heavy weather will ensue In the course of a few days between Gabo Island and Cook's straits.

THE NOBLE SIX HUNDRED.

, i Melbourne, June 24,

£250 has been cabled from here in aid of the survivors of the charge of the Light Brigade. The Agent-General for Victoria wires that £5000 to £10,000 is required, and that £2700 has already been subscribed. ,

The Railway Trouble

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Wellington, June 25.

"When the conference between the Com missioners and the Executive resumed this morning Mr McKerrow said, after careful consideration, the commissioners had agreed to accept the the proposals of the delegates for 54 hours a week (includ ing concessions). It would be fully two years before the alterations could be brought .completely into force but in the meantime' the men would be paid overtime after 52 hours. Of course there were a few ex ceptional, cases which would, have to be treated according to merits, but he felt sure the Executive would not oppose this. Mr Hoban sincerely thanked the Corowjs

sioners for their decision, adding that the Executive were arguing on principle, and would not object to a few exceptional cases being treated different, iMr Winter remarked that all difficulty has now been obviated, aud tha whole body of railway servants would be extremely .grateful to the Commissioners, and their, work would, in fact, be a pleasure to them. The delegates leave for Christchurch this afternoon.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

[per press association J Xvaalon of the fleer I>nt.r Act. Auckland, June 25. Messrs Watson and Murray, brewers, pleaded guilty to three breaches of the Beer Duty Act, and were fined the mini mum penaity, a total of £120, and costs £6 16s6d. Ilbrl Action. Wellington, June 25. The libel action, R.. Butcher v J. Pay ton, proprietor of the "Daily," Masterton, begins this morning. The claim is £1000 for damages for a paragraph alleged' to be prejudicial to plaintiff, and which led to his dismissal by his em ployers. Ihe defence is a denial of any libel, and that plaintiff was not dismissed in i consequence of the paragraph. , , XheX»bor»«r«iigrtli. 'A', ' \ ,'■•-...' Dunedin,, June 25. .There are now 6000 men >in Dunedin who. are members either of the, Maritime Councilor the Trade s, Council. In the Colony 40,060 men are affiliated in labor organisation, in  -, .., ' Allvferett Rig-anij-. , .- The charge'against Ellen Feeny, for bigamy, has been adjourned until, to morrow; .

TEN MONTHS' SUFFERING IN A HOSPITAL.

" There is anold saying that physicians are ,a class of men-who pour drugs,' of which -they knpw 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 willi M:<-■■<! is.« .!i< iil gentlemen as a profession 1 if» i'rii i!iri mc clannish and not tore pay,' by ;!vir r/ciiiiisnt' failures, tne 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 .then? ranks.|,, We give a most interesting incident, which illustrates this important truth.

The steamship " Concordia," of the Donaldson Line sailed from Glasgow for Baltimore in 1887,' having on board as a fire man a man named Richard Wade, of Glasgow.;. He had been a fireman fdr'fourtecn!yearsoh/ various .Vp '■~.:V."fi* .V -.r-'i-".. Ohn-.-Vv 1* 1!' India. \\-.. ili .«■■■! ■■:;•:'! i-vi iv i!' 1. • 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 costivenesa and irregularity of th-- I'»«■*;.. Sometimes when at work he had vr. ■!.- <■.' giddiness, but supposed it to be caused uy ; 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 Geneaal 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 he 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. Nearly all that time AVade 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 eveiy four hours, powders, pone after each meal to digest the food, operating pilla one every night, and temperature p 1 ills 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 th? doctor, took ninety ounces of matter from Ins right side and then told him he was sure to die. Five months more rolled by and there was another change of visiting physiciansh The new-one gave Wade a mixture whica he said \nade him tremble HJtca leaf on 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 iould die as well without theni as with them. -By! this time' a oup 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 waß 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 SeigePs Curative Syrup,' and brought me a bottle next day. I started with it, without consulting the doctors, and in only «< few days'tiine I wat out of bed oiling for hwn 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 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.

STARTLING EVENT IN A VILLAGE

.To the Editor of. "Saturday Night,', Birmingham. I recently came into posses; sion of certr.iu facts of so remarkable a nature, that lam sure you will be giad to assist in making them public. The follows ing letters were shown to me, and I at once begged permission to copy them for the Press. They come from a highly, responsible 'source, and may be received without ques tion. MESSAGE from George James Gost iiUG, L.D.S., R.C.5.1., Ph. C.1., Licentiate in Pharmacy and Dental Surgeon. Stowmarket, July 18, 1889. To Mr White, The enclosed remarkable cure should, I think, be printed, and circulated in Suffolk, ;The statement was entirely voluntary, and is genuine in fact and detail, —G. J.G. "To the Proprietors of MotherSeigel's Syrup." " Gentlemen.—The following remarkable cure was related to me by the husband, Mary Ann Spink, of Finborough, Suffolk, was for over twenty years afflicted with rheumatism "and neuralgia, and although comparatively a young woman at the time, she was attacked (she is now fifty), she was compelled, in consequence, to walk with two sticks, and 'even then with difficulty and pain. About a year and a half ago she was advised to try Mother SeigePs Syrup, and after taking three bottles and two boxes of Seigel's Operasing Pills, tlie use of her limb was ■ restored,' and she is now able to walk three miles to Stowmarket with. ease in three quarters of an hour. Any sufferer who deubts this story can fully ascertain its truthfulness by paying a visit to the village and enquiring of . the villagers, who • will rcetify to the facts." "Appended is the husband's signatu c to the statement. " (R. Spink), G. S. Sostling, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket. This is certainly a very pitiable case, and the happy cure wrought by this simple but powerful remedy, must move the sympathy of all hearts in a common pleasure. This poor woman had been a cripple for twenty of her best years; years in which she should have had such comfort illd enjoyment as

jlie has to give. But, on the contrary, she was a miserable burden te herself and a source of. care to her friends. Now, at an age when the rest of us are growing feeble, she, in a manner, renews her youth and almost begins a new existence. What a blessing and what a wonder it is ! No one who knows her, or who reads her story, but will be thankful that the good Lord has enabled men to discover a remedy capable of bringing about a cure that reminds us if we speak it reverently—of the age of miracles.

THE ASHBUBTON GUARDIANWEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1800,



moxic .Notices, /T , ITIAWCIT T^OlH) s SURGEON DENTIST, Address :—Court Chambers, above Mr H. M. Jones, Stationer, East Street. Private Residence, Taricred 'Street, Three doors below Masonic Hall. VTOTICE—AII persons found Tresspa J_N sing in pursuit of game or other wise on the Riversdale Estate on and after this date will be prosecuted. J. R. WILLIAMS. Riversdale, 24th May. 5 176 NOTICE. T7IOUR LINCOLN Rams, bred here Jj and sold last Tinwald Ram Fair, have returned. Owner can have them by paying ■ior advertisement if claimed within 10 days. ; J. R. BRODIE, Manager, 6 142 Lowcliff. ; ■—~ NOTICE. ; - ~1 •FVciskBERS of the Ashburton Cale- JjIJL donian Society are reminded that the next Ingleside will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall pn ( FRIDAY the 27th inst., at 8 p.m., on' which occasion D. McLean, Esq. willgive;Twb Guineas as Special Prize to the Lady and Gentleman who dance the Highland Schottische the best.. . 1 - :, , J, SEALY, 6t121 1 Secretary. ■ I "EHVERYONE should see the following JjJ ; CLEARING LINES now being offered at » , : ; "Tho Corner." ild Fancy Dress Goods for '■ O|d per yard. s ' .1/3 Heavy Homespuns for Od per yard. , , , 1/6, Amazon Cloth in plairt colors for Is per yard. ; 1/6 All Wool Stripefor ls; ; per yard. ,1 s Union . Shirting for 8d per; ' yard. : £1/ Children's Plush Tunics .. '■■ '.for 10/9 d.,« , , 18/ , Fine Serge Tunics hand somely trimmed for O/Gd. 13/fpd do handsomely trimmed for 6/6 d. 16/6 Ladies' Tweed Jackets for 8/9 d. ' A line of imported "Wool, black only, equal to Colonial, fc/lldperlb. Heavy white Twill Sheeting. 2yds wide, IOJd per yard. All the above bought at Special Prices and to be sold at Special Prices—an opportunity that may never occur again. W. H. OOLLIBE, " THE CORNERS



WANTED. WANTED Tenders for the sale of two huts out at Hinds Flax Mill. Apply to 6t139 W. ROBERTS. ~ \ COLDSTREAM. ] HPENDERS will be received at Cold- JL stream up to NOON, July sth, for scooping shingle from one side to the centre of road, and otherwise improving same along about 80 chains on Crow's Road. Also for grubbing and cutting about 190 cKains gorSe fencing. For particulars apply JOHN STUDHOLME, JUN.. 6 136 : ; Coldstream. ; :"", 1r "f TbuEloc'k ZZ , SATURDAY/" JUNE;2Bth. 27&1* !1S 2781/2 About 3£ miles from the County Saleyards MR T. BULLOCK 1 has received, in-. ;,. structions to ■ Sell by Public Auction at the, Arcade on SATURDAY, JUKE 28th, On account and by order of the Mortgagee, R.S. 27735, containing 278 acres 2 roods, situated about 3$ miles from the County Saleyards, upper side of. .< ■•■ the Railway Line ; all fenced, i1 , Those desirous of purchasing are invited .to inspect this. Easy terms of payment. Sale at 11.45. "Tt; BULLOCK, *112 . ■ ! Auctioneer , SATURDAY, JUNE 28th. Desirable Suburban Property. QA ACRE S ' QA OU ACRES Q\J MR T. BULLOCK has received instructions from the Proprietor to sell by Public Auction at the Arcade on , SATURDAY, JUNE. 28th, 30 Acres of Suburban Land; front • ' irig Middle and Winter's Roads,- Allenton, in blocks of from 2 to 10 Acres. . ''■•■;••' The land is of good quality, and well situated. , Magnificent sites, for, private residences. As there have been numerous or. nil ires lately for suburban land, those '!■■ ■'!",;!-; of purchasing are invited "to inspect this, and attend the sale. « Sale at 11.45. ~~T. BULLOCK, 6*llo Auctioneer. , , I._LHIH« I ■ ■ '■■' -"• MR D. THOMAS. R D. THOMAS- has received in structions f rom MkW.H. Ford, owing; to his leaving the District, to Sell by Public Auction on his Farm at Baling the whole of his LIVE STOCK, IMPLE MENTS, and PLANT, on THURSDAY, JUNE 26th, At 12 o'clock. LIVE STOCK.. A PtA Sound-mouth CROSSBRED TrOU EWES, in lamb to Lincoln Rams. Rams put in, Ist April. -| COW, in fitll profit. A Draught HORSES, good sorts. -| Unbroken 4-year-old DRAUGHT IMPLEMENTS. 2 Double-furrow PLOUGHS, by 1 Reid and Gray. Q Sets 4-HORSE GEAR. 13-furrow PLOUGH, x by Reid and Gray. C\ Sets HARROWS. -j Cambridge ROLLER, by Reid _L ' and Gray. 117-Coulter DRILL, Farmers' Friend. , /. 1 Scarifier, by Rainsforth. 1 Grass Stripper. , 1 String Binder, Horns by. 1 String Binder, W. A. Wood. 2 Drays and Frames. 1 Tip Cart. ■ Blacksmith's Tools, Bellows, Anvil, Vyce, &c. Trap and Harness.';' Water Troughs. H.P. and Chaffcutter Complete. Quantity of Harness and Sundries. Tarpaulin 24 x 24. : Also,—R.S. No. 32258, containing 40 Acres Bush Land, situate in the Alford Forest Bush, barely \\ mile from Alford Forest Hotel, 10 chains frontage on road ; 11 good maiden bush. . ' Luncheon provided. Sale 12 o'clock. ' , . D. THOMAS : 60 Auctioneer. ~~^ TINWALD YARDS. ~\ /TR D.. THOMAS has received in- JxL structions, from Mr ,W. db Burton Wilson, of Oropi, near Wester field, to sell by Public Auction at the above Yards' on TUESDAY, J^uly Ist, Bf\ f\ Acres of Green Top TURNIPS U\J in 100 Acre Blocks; (or more) to suit Purchasers. .. . D. THOMAS , . ; §126 Auctioneer. IMPROVED FARM FOR SALE. I AM INSTRUCTED by Mr E. H. Dobson to sell by private treaty The farm in the Coldstream District [ containing seven hundred and eleven acres, splendidly fenced and -sub-divided into eight paddocks by good live fences, water in every paddock, ninety acres now in winter oats, balance in grass. The land is clean and in good heart, and for growing oats,, turnips and grass cannot be surpassed. Inspection invited. For full particulars, apply to D. THOMAS; Ashburton. WANTED TENDERS FOR CROPPING TO LET FOR CROPPING—I7S Acres in Stubble, situated in the Toi Toi Paddock, for the crop. ' 150 ACRES in Turnips situated* at Western"eld for the crop. Terms: For 175' Acres, that the owner be allowed to sow down Grass Seed on the crop in the spring. ; All rents to be paid before the crop is removed, ,or security given to the satis faction of the owner. Tenders to be sent in to the office of D. Thomas by SATURDAY, June 28th, and full particulars can be obtained on, application to Mawson Bros, or D. Thomaj  D. THOMAS/ JlO5 ■ Aehburton



v?"_m: s:p^:R:R,o^flr TAILOR AND MEN'S MERCER . EAST STREE : W!TM>UrT-£T-l WkTJI-iESTUi THE CHRISTCHUROH DENTAL SURGERY,, Corner of Cashel and High streets. 8. M™ AND C°- SURGEON DENTISTS. , And at Dunedin and Westport. WE' have .gained the FIRST AWARD at the Dunedin Exhibition for Artificial Dentures and Mechanical Appli ances for the Mouth, and it is with the greatest confidence that we guarantee the highest class work and perfect fit at the most moderate cost A Single Artificial Tooth, 10s. Complete Set — Upper and Lower temporary and permanent, £10 10s. Natural, Durable, Comfortable • Artificial Teeth Replaced Temporarily al most immediately after the extraction of decayed teeth or stumps without extra fee or charge., Arrangements can be made for part or monthly payments. ADMINISTERING NITROUS OXIDE SAS several times daily for the past ten years, we fearlessly assert that extraction of teeth under its influence ia perfectly painless and positively safe] Fee for Administration, sa. Extraction, 2s 6d. Artificial Teeth and Dentures made by ther dentists repaired or remodelled at mall cost. Hours of a tendance —9 am.to 6 p.m



Public Notices. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. NOTICE. AN and after Ist JULY, 1890, • ' RETURN TICKETS will be issued Daily. For distances of 20 miles they, will be available,for return the next day, or from Saturday to the followinc; Monday. Over 20 miles they will be available for, one month. Over 300 miles they will be available ior two months.' '. 6 108 BY ORDER. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. OWING to the earlier hour at which it is now necessary to go to press,^ Advertisements to be in time for the FIRST EDITION of the- -'Guardian," must be delivered at the Office not later than 2 p.m. , , REPLACE Advertisements cannot be guaranteed insertion, unless sent in on 1 the day previous to that' on'; which they' are intended to appear. ; *. , , THE MIDLAND COUNTIES ; WATCH COMPANY : i OF i VYSE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, ENG.* Send for > f^± Send for i Catalogue *9* Catalogue ' containing containing ■ 1000 iiius-, 1009 lUus-: trations and^VfttfoV^trations and 1000 unso-fe*€>fß>y|looo unso licited Testi-^AJ^JXJlicited Testi monials, for- XffiwAsJ^ monials, for warded gratis warded gratis and post free ;■ and post free'; to any part ;i ,; ,'T *° any part of the world. ; of the world. » All at wholesale Cash Prices. 255. Let every redder!of this send for our beautiful new Illustrated Catalogue, con taining 1000 unsolicited 1 testimonials, and over 1000 fine copper-plate Engravings of Watches, Jewellery, and Electro Plate, sent gratis and post free on application to any part of the world., '■ j > . R. i Ambrose, Esq., Clpyne Terrace, Queenstown, Ireland, Feb: 11th, 1886. \ "It gives me much pleasure to testify [as to the excellent time-keeping qualities rof the Watch I received from you. I have tested it with a gun fired here every day by electricity at one o'clock, Greenwich time, and have never found it vacillate even one minute. I have great confidence in recommending your Company." Gentlemen's Fine Silver Watch, flat crystal glass . ; . ... 258 Ladies' Fine Silver, flat crystal glass highly finished movements ... 25s Youths' Fine Silver, flat crystal glass 25s Ladies' Gold Levers, in exquisitely chased < cases ... 70s Gents' ditto, engined turned cases 80s Gents' Silver Keyless Levers ... 60s Gents' Silver Keyless hunting cases 67s 6d Gents' Fine Gold Keyless Levers strong heavy cases 100s Gents' Fine Gold. Keyless hunting -case ... , ...' 140s Ladies' very heavy Keyless, in 18 . carat engraved cases ..'. , ...100s ■ , i Post Office Orders must be made payable to the Company's Manager, Mr A. Percy, on receipt of which,, with Is extra for postage, any watch will be forwarded per Parcels Post to any part of the world. London Office and Show Room, — 15 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C. t (Near the Mansion House.)



Public Notices. notice; D'T EITCH, Tailor, begs to • I J intimate to his numerous friends and customers that he has REMOVED to Compton's Buildings, Moore Street, next to Royal Hotel, where he will be glad to meet old friends and customers, and new ones are welaome. 696 - ' SALE OF ±SOUx<.S, STATIONERY., & c . At L. F. ANDRE WES AND Co.'s. t OUR Stock being far too large we are determined- to reduce same by Selling Off at Greatly Reduced Prices for CASH only. A discount of 4s in £. A large stock of Music at less than half price. Inspection invited. L. F. ANDREWES & CO. Stationers' Hall. FIRST-CLASS AMERICAN ORGAN NEW. AN Opportunity offers to obtain one of Cornish's celebrated American Organs on exceedingly favorable terms.' Height 45 inches, Length 46 inches, width 23 inches. Five Octaves, 14 stops, $ octave couplers, and 2 knee swells. Above can be supplied direct from the Manufactures at considerably/less than usual price. Apply " Mail" and " Guar dian 'Office. 5 20 ' TOTHELADIFS OF ASHBUJRTON. MISSES MORRISON . . ;■ and - - HOLLOWAY. Dressand Mantle Makers, Tancred Street, ■Ashburton. <^ 6115, f TREES ' . > .TREES _____ - ' * ' About 100,000 FRUIT TREES. Of all descriptions, including 2000 APPLE TREES of CHOICE SORTS. All Strong and Healthy. 111 OR SALE at Moderate Prices. J Undersigned is also prepared, as usual, to undertake the PLANTING OF FOREST TREES at Lowest Current Rates WM. GARDNER/ 5" Tinwald DfiAlMDimD PIPES, A LARGE supply of-various SIZES. always in STOCK for SALE in large or small quantities.^ SPECLA.L quotations given for large quantities. GEORGE JAMESON, 210 ASHBURTON & RAKAIA



MIL,NEK- tSc THOMPSON GREAT mmi TUNING DEVICE BY WHICH A PIANO STANDS PERMANENTLY IN TUNE AFTE THE STRINGS ARE ONCE STRETCHED IS THE * BEST PATENT EVERDISCVERED FOR PIANOS. AND WILL LAST . t ' , 200 YEAKS. .  ; A SPECIAL First Award has just been given to the Firm by the Jurors at the Dunedin Exhibition, — . . , . ■>■ . .•> ". ALS O-. ■ _ - ■ , - ■■ -■'" v . A First Award for Gland Pianos , A First Award for Cottage Pianos, — Or Three First Awards being the highest possible distinction that could be gained. The Prices of our Two Models as exhibited at the Exhibition are respectively 60 and 70 guineas, but we have Pianos with Iron Frames from £30, any of which can be purchased on Two Years' Hire Purchase System, &c. t  ■. ■. h m. jomrn "■' ■ •■ AGTCNT,; COAL COAL. COAL. ,"TTTE HAVE just landed "Ex Jessie a Shipment of Houselu d Coal of i PRIME QUALITY. 1, ,' . TIMBER. TIMBER, , TIMBER. Ex Zior 20,000 ft W.P. Floring am* Lining. Ex Spray 30,000 ft Red Pine Boards and Scantling. In Stock, Lime, Cement, Bricks, Roofiing Iron, Doors, Sashes, Gates, Hurdles, Fencing Wife, (Barbed and Plain.) Iron Standards to Order. WE HAVE JUST OPENED UP A Splendid Assortment of VARNISHES and READY-MIXED PAINTS ALSO,— ; PICTURE-FRAME MOULDING^ of the Best Quality and Choicest Patterns. Lovers of the Fine Arts should inspect our Stocks. W. H. COTUNSIND CO. TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS, ASHBUBTON. .... ,,; y : WE ARE BUYERS AT ALL TIMES OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYEGRAS\ Jt>£AS % . ETC., ETC . .;.'. FRIEDLANDER BROS. WHEAT SHIPMENTS A%*K AKM Pt'EPARBD TO MAKE LIBERAL ALVaKGES, FREE OF OOMWStfON AjMD.INTERfiyT, ttg*tij*t «tl kind* of Prodnce placed In onr h»nd* for a l > j>" oiit vo tho United Kingdom or ih« Ocntif.ot.t. : N ' -• BAViMQ our owu hoose In L »idoa )s » eoffi icnt gubr^ntcn thai the lateresl f Om tua, who will entrust the aMpmcut of tbH; j?r*in to ua, will be woll looked after. Oiiei>in u»ay Jro rely that espied will bj kept «s low us pceuib'o, »nd tbe blghe» ujrki't v. Iho realised. KaCH Fsrnoer'd Lot Is ehfppod order • dletlrct acd cep\rato britod, in 'w iots brooded alike, and e»ob lot la Bold in ita own meilta. Prompt aocoan Htiloi? n* m the pact. Wit! (\r» tsltc prepared to itorp grain and other Proriuce at ABhbnrton, Lpbdbank I.vUtU..-^or Addington^opon ea^ ternrn, end make re»aon«b!e sdvaneea oq fame. ' • FRIEDLAJSDHiK BKOS.



. " " ANNOUNCEMENTS , ';: ~ ~~ notice! , V.. . t TBEES! r ~~ TREES! ; V TTHE undersigned, have opened a . '- ■ Nursery on my own account and am prepared to soil TkUTT ;\ivl FOREST ■' TREES of the choicest sorts :\t prices not to be beaten. Having li:id 28 years'* ex- ■> perience at. Home and in tlie Colonies, 'I - V have grown none but the best sorts of i 1 Fruit Trees, knowing th;l-fc ft Pti'eat .mapy ." that are planted out are shy bearers and isome that do bear.iiro inferior in quality. T have p.lso a very choice collection "'of Roses iind Shrubs" C;ir<Jc]]!> laid oufr: \ work done by oo»iir:iet, or by day. -.Old | fruit tivos r<!-L'i-jifl4jd .with choice aorta if ";-J required. Hoping to get a fair share of public patronage. ' . .'• ■> -■-> --'.'3 f ' rr-Note the Address— x J. MILLICHAMP, ' j 'f ; . . Nurseryman, -. s i , ■ , Terrace Nursery, p*^ ■ -;f : ■,"•,»■-'•- rTinwald. '\-7; : Letters Addressed to Ashburton P.Oj >«? , \ >•""» tß«Ceive"My>l^onipe^Attenti6nf'lHl :l GENERAL MERCHANT HAS now in Stock, and is prepared to "'■> ; sell at.Lo^t CurrentftM*^.? ■ { Building Material'of all descriptions, 7 consisting of— ri , ; - -...  f -, n ■.-,-ft . • Red and White PINES; Boards ' and Scantlings, r, , Black PINE, -  TOTARA, ;; ' . -':'•' ..;,. ! KATJRI Shelvingi3, Linings,  and Flooring. ;<:■;,'• ' V.D.L. Timber for' Bridge |ork, > ; also for Hurdle and (rate-making. '! sftand6ft'PAllNGS. ' -' f-^ ; - Galvanised mON, Lysaght's Orb, the beat fron manufactured. '{■ CEMENT, LIME, etc., , . , {, WIRE, Barbed and Plain, ■ *f ata ,;' 1 Fencing Staples. ) '' ' ' Posts, Stakes,' Strainers. J i;..!,' '-' '; ;' ;;'COA£:'':V : ::q;": C . Best'NEWCASTLE, '' '-''".% i w COALBROOKDALE, » , : "And MOUNT SOMERS. j HoraeTeed—OATS,!whole fri'Pv - = . '„' OATS, crushed,',','u^ : " .' . . Oaten. Sheaf .CHJAFE, ! ', ' - • ! .Bran,, etc.. ' "'.f\ *;? ':-; Sharps for Pig Feed, arid a quantity; of Barley, whole or crushed. , j STATION AND FARM STORES^ , Consisting of . ' . \ .' Sugar, Candles, and Groceries,',in whole sale lots, and the Celebrated, '-['/' '. , ' '\ CEYLON AND,INDIAN' TEA ,/" ,'Vr 1 n its imported sbate. ■ Notßlended* '£ .'"mi BE &M,/':"^ A RE Jei.ng special value, in ' ; ; • .'^ SUGAR .» ■■■ ."■ ''" ■-'"'.H' S TEAS '■ , . , ■ ..._'. ,v;v^' ■,' CANDLE* ' - ; -.' \:/!r).;'fS SOAP '-■■'.- -. - ■ :'■»"'''„;>' '' ■"'FLOUR-':'' 1- /'-■•;. ,''/.-'^.'- ;;; ■•: OATMEAL •, -' '< :■'{■ /'•< If. -);'f ','.." "' BACON &.HAMS,'' "}/'J;: -.CHEESE.,- ■ '-;,;■' : :'' ■] * GENERAL GROCERIES; . ','J f IK A CASES Lijxht of tho ago KERO .:" lOU SINE, tlifbiotintho mar \ ke and GUARANTEED not to: explode . CHIWA- ;, 1 .. GLASS,,,:- :,v::':; : EARTHENWAi&i : Some New and Choice GOODS., , ; i; r J.ORE &;;^; ". ■ ■•' * ; - '/ -<-t ■;, ,'» f,  i '. ' :.', ; " ' , ■■' .... !•■ j,p : '-i "' ; - SPECl^'^f^E;';;'^;;/; TN Order to Clear the Balance of cv ;l; .■'. ,(,,--• ,ii r ' STOCK, V . V !-• -' GUN 'S; '" ' "'■•' '': \ • Wo have decided lo'givo 15 j • Per Cent off ' . .. '; \ ' During .the Next." ' 1 14 DAYS- ': i : i ■ i < . ■ . - • ■'' ' i'IOHH.ORR-A d 0,,;