VICTORIAN CUSTOMS DUTIES

TollowlPß »te «h» dmten'of owto levied by Viatom upon imported pro dUWb^,ma!.VP^aodbeftQ9 2 "" per 100 Iba. „ - nn ,l_ Pot»*o*i, 10s p«r toD. ; Hopa,Bdiierlb. P*fL, tow, end taefli, frs* 1. Wharfage 5- per >oa on all |»pott»\ -

ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL.

LPEB P&S8B ASSOCIATION, j

Lisbon, Fobrua Ty 11

A patriotic meeting at the Colliseum was forbidden through fear of its lead ing to outrages. - , Bkrlin, Fehkoar) 11. ""The Emperor William exhorts Sag, land to be lenient with Portugal. London, Feoruasy 11. Lord Salisbury insists that Nyassa and Mashona lands shall be regarded T as British territory, and the remainder of the disputed country delimited in the regular way. .(Received February 13, 130 p.m.) Lisbon FdOruaiy 12 f The patriotic meeting forbidden by the authorities assembled at the Coliseum, and was dispersed by the police. Thirty; •nests were made. The feeling towards England was very bitter. f Por'tngal intends to reorganise her •ray and to purchase eight warships.

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON—WEDNESDAY.

(Before Mr D. fch ■ Luwlor, J.F.) DBUNKBNNi'SS

Jatnea B own alias L <c alias Q;ay alias Gaffaey, *»s Guarded wiin having beo^ drunk on the Wakanui roid, and with havlDg violently reste'.od tha coLiubl.e. -The 0 was k bsa one anc Aooawd wm ordt-reu to be impriioned for three months with h»;d Jab >t

: J»mea Soott w»b charged with having bsen draok la a pobiio pUoe, »ud wan fiaed2os.

ASHBORTON—THURSDAY.

<Beforo $Lr 0. A. Wray, R.M. and Mr D. hb«a Lawlr. .J.P) civil oahbs. Mercantile Fi. -uce Oompaay vJ. T<i't, claim £19. A4r fiaasell for phlot tfa, Mr Poineti roc defu^dapt. Me Rnasdi' ap plied tot »n sdjoQi&mtict on th< ground ul the absence ot ft material fritDeai. The •dfjarnment was alloired on oooditiOD ibkt plaintiffd paid thi expenses. ; ■•- DaUKKENNBSS. John Oiiff >id. wnopreaemed » wretohrd »ppe»r»noe, was ordered to be impeißO ed iot fovttcen days. Acthur Morgan alias Junta Grant was charged with having biun liruuk, and having beea Illegally on prnniads. 4c 40«ed w«b let eff with a caution.

The Oourfc tbeu rose.

SPORTING

TRAINING NOTES.

{rv& »«SSS ASSOOIATIOH;i

Duxcdik. Fdbra&ry 13

At Forbary thU mornlm>, Gipsy Pm-as did * mile easy, and then a mtle fast v ith Mnn Loop, Th? Oap tjojroa wmt freely. Occident anct Don Cse<»r wen; tbo Cup ooaroe with 8 zss*rd. I wai a strong working gallop, bat not i&ebg ipe.'d. AU'ab»ped wail Britiua L'od cantered, moving ■»cry short. St. .Lanea gall.ipel two mllea at a soiled paoe, *nd aowma uli fight. Ixiun oivot^rad a mild and then galloped a mile -not a half, Wolverine bfllog his oompanloc. foe a mtle. There it little to choose between these two for Its mile. Aprea Moi »nd ids Ana were bMtof the other horcea.

AUSTRALIAN CUP.

DuffßDii*. February 13 Carbine was scratched for th" Anaira- Hao Gap op the frb tn'n-.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(PBK FBSBS ASaOOIAfIOV.)

Auckland. February 12. Sir G, Groy haaimume^ from Waiwera In Rre»rJy Improved health Yesterday Mr Bcyce arrived In Hamilton OD his first visit to hfa constltaanta. He U to deltvtr addresses during the ensuing foci night, beginning at Haoallton on the 15th Inat. 'f , Wahgaitox, F^brnMy 12 Ini case th's mousing ouder the Gaming «od Lotteries Act, tne B<neb of Joeticea disagreed, and adjourned the osse till to morrow for an additional J.P, The ?[aestlon in dlsonte w»a. whether a m»o avltlng the people at n rsce meoting to pay under and over seven wai gaming, jks (he polloe saw no money paes. TVxixikotoh Fabrusry 12. The extensive recUnaniion contract, which h** heen going en in front of Te Axo for Jthe lMt tweuty one months la now comj^Ote. Ovir 400,000 yards of «Htb work! Mfl involved, aod atagtDg will be erected in inmt along whiob veM«ls «an lie. A meeting of tha CommlHao was beld to-night, to wind op tbe affair* in con nection with tbe Jubilee celebration. Tbe b»!*noe-sheet prevented abownd r^pelpts fcom all sources amounting to £957 12s 6d» while the expenses only reached £500. Njisobt, February 12 At the Brlghtwuter Ooort to day, four respectably connected young men were ebaiged with Illegally killing deer, and were fined 20j each. ; Timaetj, February 12 M»>» Lsnra Kcrr, the eldest daughter ofMrK, G. Karr, aged twenty-one, died last night, af u-r a painful iilneas of but a few hoars, The y<.u g bdy wao highly esteemed, *nd tbe news < f her enddeu deoeaee created a painful sensaUo^l .

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

iPKU PBEBS

l&e Wellington Jubilee. | Wmj-ingtoic, February IS 1 Thevnrplua from the Jabllee festivities •mounts to anch a Urge sum, that the Flnsnca Oommittee have been empowered to make enquiries re striking 5000 bronze medals to be given to the children whj took put In the celebrations. J7o Unemployed. The Mariner foe i^lus atttea that raturas jost to hand convey the Informa tion that cbere is not one " nnecaploy^dl' on relief works in tbe Colony at the preiant time* DlYorce; In tbe Divorce Oourt hi tbe cata Scale y Scale wife's pßtltlon for Bepsratlon on the grounds of cruelty and adultery, a decree msi was graated with costs. The parties were married at Obrlstehuroh In 1871, and were latterly living on a sheep run in Hawkes Bay olstrlot,

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

OHEISTOHTjaOH Fsb 12.'

The raift had effect in reducing the entry of stock; the supply was scarcely jutejuate t? the demand. la consequence

better values w. <> particularly in fat lambs am' ?heep. The attendance was good on ' he sale was generally active. In Stoh- Sheep the entry w.\s limi-'ed, le?s than 1 coo. Good sorts of two and four-toot halfbred ewes were fetching up to gs tod, and mixed aged crossbreds realised from 5s t to 93 4d, according to quality. The only line of uiei inos were disposed of for boiling down at 2s 3d.

In Lam"S the entry was varied, with diversified qualities Lambs fetched, accord ing to size and quality, f lly 3'^d per lb Some prime freezers brought up to 14s 6d. There >x ere about 800 yarded.

Fat Shpep.—There was a very marked improvement, anl the price of good quality mutton was above what has prevailed recently; s-jpply under 4-00. Some sheep withdrawn fr:>m sale the week before last were offered and returned their owners from is 66. to2i 3d more than they would have rece ved at th ' latter part o the month. Ewes and inferior quality muston, either merin > or crossbred, al' sold freely and at much improved rates, up to 10s 9d being procured for nrrino wethers, and ewes in proportion. In Fat Cattle there was a very small entry of beef of far from primest quality, which did not affect previous quotations' The best beef sold did not realise more than 18s.

In Store Cattle the entry was the smallest that has been in for some time.

In Pigs the demand for stubblers was ri.ui.h iv excess, of supply, and those in sole) freely at advanced rates

MELBOURNE NOTES.

(From ova ow« Correspondent,

The members of the Royal Commission on cjal are not killing themselves. The holi days have been over some time, but the Comniissioners, as such, will only resume work next; Wednesday. Even then their principal business wi'l be the consideration of what tney shall do next. In all probability, how ever, they wll decide upon a picnic. Royal, Parliamentary, Departmental, and all other Commissions' generally do decide upon a pic aic, provided they can hit upon any pretext tor making the pnblic pay ex enses. In the present cass the excuse will be the nec-ssity of visiting some ot the principal coal mines in Gippsland. Well, Ist them go by ali means, provided they are quick about it, Tne chief thing is to decide what the coal is worth. The people want to get to work,althou?h I am sadly afra;d this Royal Commission will block the way for some months yet. The Postmaster-General, not before time, has beensiirring up the Public Works Depart ment about the Post Office clock. Mr Der ham wants to know when it is to be set going By a singular coincidence nine-tenths of the general public are desirous of obtaining the same information. During several mont >s past the officials of 'he Public Works Depart ment have been amusing themse yes with try ing electrical experiments--at the public expense of cours» —under the pretext of light ing up the dial of the clock with it, They have not succeeded, and Mr Derham thinns it is about time that a. stop were put. to theii f oling. Herein, a ,am, there is a wonder, ful unanimity of opinion between the Postmaster-General and the public. The departm nt, however, is as difficult to arouse into action as a polar bear in midwinter. Let Mr Uerham poke the department again. Next time be tries he is advised to use a pointed stick. The same gentlemen who cannot light up the Post Office clock are in a difficulty hew to get hon members inside the Parliament Houses, when they are finished. Visitor* to Melbourne are aware that the House is approached b spacious flights of steps, which extend quite across the main portion of the west front. But here, again, another difficulty similar to th*t of the clock now confronts the Public Works Department. To carry out their plans they would have to encroach upon Spring Street, already narrow enough, some eight feet. This, if allowed, would compel pedestrians to walk dangerousiy near the to in lines. The necessity never once appears to have occurred to them to adapt their plans to the stieet. That would have been too common place a proceeding. The only idea that does present itself to the official min^ th, t has already come to grief over the Post Office clock, is to make the street suit his plans. The City Council, however, before whem the proposal will come this afternoon, will most likely say that the thing cannot be allowed. But these are the previous plans: what to do rext ? I would hnmbly suggest that if the . difficulty cannot be overcome in a-iy other way, the whole building she u'd be pulled down, and be re-built eight feet further back. There are three institulions which the people in these colonies should regard with no common degree of interest, because their pro gressive history is the history of the extension of thrifty habits amongst us. The thiee institutions referred to are: Savings Banks. Building Societies, and Assurance Associa tions. Working in different grooves they strive to attain a common object—the dimi: nutionof poverty. As' an illustration, a few figures may be quoted from the annual report submitted to the members of the Australian Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society, at the meeting held last Fiiday, and they will not be the less interesting because they refer to a purely native institution, During the last year 4047 proposals, repre senting ,£1,00.6,495, for new policies were re ceived ; 268S or these, assuring •,£703,386, were accepted and policies issued J and 094, for ;£i93«4-5o» were in courte of completion. i The working expenses of the last year were less by j£14,557 than they were two years ago, which means a saving of about 12 per cent on the premium revenue. The substantial sum of ;£ 130,443 was added to the accumulated funds, which, at the end of the financial year, amounted to o*ec £700,000. The precnum revenue of the year was £174,077 6s 6d; the interest realised wa, £39,804,155 3d, making the total revenue ,£25:3,942 is od. What, however, is very noticeable, is the (act that all claims by death, endowment assurances, and children s endowments matured, bonuses thereon, and a portion of the money paid for surrendered policies, had been met out of the aforesaid £39,864, interest earned during the year. Altogether, this a highly satisfactory record of a year's work.

The Chief Secretary has "stopped the supplies," and there is every probability that the senseless "demonstration" of the volunteer fire brigades will not take place thjs year, Sandhurst was to have been the scene of the show, and preparations had already been made for it. But Mr Deokin considers that, so long as the volunteers, who repudiate the authority of some efficient central head, ma ntain their obduracy, he is not justified in handing over to them some to be squandered upon tomfoolery, and therein he has the public with him.

I understand that a syndicate h»s been formed for the purchase and planting of fjw} acres of land in the irrigation colony of Mil ,dura. This looks like business, and shows wha,t an influence the irrigation system is destined to exercise over the future of Aus tralia. 1 he number of deaths from typhoid fever in Melbourne and suburbs during 1889 has been ascertained to be 558, as against 244 in >Bb§, and 338 in 1887. The number of deaths from diphtheria last year was 329, as against 130 in 1888 and 64. in 1887. This proves that we are progressing, unless the new Board of Health improves upon that just defunct, We shall be able to show by figures shortly.

The first of four Saturday afternoon per formances, which the management of the Theatre Royal have decided upon, was given lasj Saturday in the presence of a crowded audience of young people. There is do fall ing off i« the nightly attendances, and the geniol treasurer, Mr Tallis, is k<?pt busy count ing the C3Sh. The "Guvnor" is a decided hit at the

Princess, and the management do not an nounce any change, The piece is splendidly mounted, and the cast i$ a very strong one. * *Monte Cristo" con' inues to attract crowded houses to the Alexandra, and Mr Dampier has not yet found it necessary to name the cUte of the production of " Robbery Under Arms," which Mr Garnet Walch has dramatised. Melbourne, February 3, 1890.

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

NB PBISB ASSOCIATION.

London, February 11

Parliament was opened to-day. The Queen's speech, in addition to the forecast already published, mentioned that her Majesty «w»ited BMth lively interest the result of the Federation Conference at Melbourne. Any well considered measure promoting closer anion und increasing the welfare and

strength of the colonies would receiv favorable consideration. Local govern cnent, similar to that enjoyed fa- England and Scotland, was promise' 1 for Ireland. A Bill to improve tb state of congesfetd districts and consti tuto a Land Department for Ireland will b8 introduced. Mention is made ( a treaty arranged with regard to Samos. and reference also is made to Sir F. I) Wint n's mission.

(Rec.lveJ February 13 11.22 a.rr) London, Ft^roary 12

In the House of Lords, Lord Balk bury stated that had bee repeatedly warned that England woul< not assent to her claims. He was will' ing to leisurely enquire into them i Major Pinto had not intervened, butwa^ then compelled to speak with decision to avert bloodshed, and probably danger to the Portuguese monarchy, Therr had been a hundred and fifty-two caseb of boycotting in Ireland, agrarian crimr had decreased by nearly two-thirds. Th« ratification of the Sugar Convention wat less likely owing to the increasing oppo sition of Prance, America and Brazil. The Address was agreed to.

In the Bouse of Commons Sir Vernon Harcourt's motion to condemn the " Times " for breach of privilege in con nection with the Parnell case was defeated by 262 against 112. Mr Parnell accused" the Government ot incredible meanness and cowardice.

Mr Parnell has moved an amendment to the.Address, raising the whole ques; tion of Irish administration.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents >

THE DROUGHT.

TO TBE JSDIXQB,

Sib.-—I be Id the tuuae, of,the Aahbar tou '' M»U" of thie date you htve rd petiole undee the heading of "Thi Weather." Now, Sic, Ido cot intend t mention aU the etUemen^s in the above ar;'cle separately, as It la Id the main ct oonnar? to well-known faota that I only need mention a few of them. Flnt^jl! begina with a regular whopper, where the nrltei nays it is fifteen yeaes elnoa tht Ofotth Branch of the Aehbuctod civet srent dry. T^e river n:veß went. dry. fifteen years Ago, hat it oenaed running vi. Digoy'a bndpe tout ya»ra j»go this month, tons proving plainly; enough that tbe^ many streams taken oat (f ifcia river and ltd tributaries t; aoppiy the plolna are the oaaso of la failing 10 **naa a stream flow- Dig down its own aatural oonrao. Yiur weather correspondent arks, "Who is the man that will try and fix tie blame opon tbe wator races ; wa should be glad to nee him. He maal ba a ' bus'i lawyer' who ia otpable ot fiadlag a renson fui' aoy shing sxtraurdiDary *nd a caaae of pro oadare against tbe Powers that be ?' la aoaw^r ro this I wish to inform yoac weather-who corjeppondeot that I myzeV, amoDgist aevorsl oihor mail, do pat the biam<) on tbe water r*aa ayatem, aud if he wisbes I oan iotiroduoe him to taese men at whom he can goza in tbe full glare of ibe noon day eva to hla heart's caarent, and he wiil fiad that they will not be anywise dUconoerted by bia glaucea. Is there anything extraordinary in a river going dr> when that aarag river is all drained away nver tbe plalna in the water r*o9f, Anyube bat an aaa koowa very well that It you divart tbe water from Ice natural oouree such diversion will dry tha natural course ap. The days of miraoJes and the widow's cra^e are gone past. Ab for tha tailor and hU shepherding I have n thlag to say save that however mnoh out ot bis proper he m^at appeiv 11 be. he still understood hi* Bhepberdlns; fir baiter than the writer 01 the article under «,he heading " The Weather " knew what he wB3 wrhing about. Apologising tor occupying your ip'C- 1 am, t<ta, C'OTATiaS DUBT. Aahbogtnn, Fnhrnary 11 h, 1890.

A BANKRUPTCY CASE

(PBB fWIfW *V88O0IATION.) Weiliwgt-n, February 13

la tho Sopremo Ooutf ia baakrupvoy to-day before Mr Justice Richmond, Choma<) Hocton \of the well known firm of Fell Bros «n<i 00, Blenheim)^ who was recently decUred bankcupt, came op foe public exam nation on the certificate of the Deputy Official Aaaignie. The Bank cf New Zealand, who are the principal creditors (their claim amounting to several thousands), alao applied nnder section 171 of the Ac to bsve the bankrupt oonvioied fov breaoh of tbe yrov'stons of sab-sectlon 5 of that BdOtloa, vl«, in put ring his creditors to unnecessary eipenso by aotUng up a frivoloQß defence to the action of the Bank (n serving him I with a writ In sut'sfaotfon of tbelr oUlm. Mr Gully, for the bankrupt, aubmlt'ed that t c evidf»:a of. a-third party oouli not be taken m sappoitof the oonvlotlon, and bankrupt'!could not be oonvlotad ont of hla own month, Mr SttfFord for the Bank of New Zaaland argued that the evidence of a third party waa admissable, and Judge Rlohmand inclined to that opinion. Ha consulted the Ohlef J'astioe on the point an I be took tbe s«me view of the question although he said be was not by auy means clear about It, In the f«ot af this Mr Stafford decided to withdraw the application for oonvlctlon and the publio examination was tnen prooepdad With.

AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE

(per pubss association.) Auckland, Fobruary 12. Tbe o»H!3 of Hampuriiys v llaa, ;;n action for £1250 for alleged slander, was con oloded at tbe Suprbtna Court to-day. Mr Justice Ooaollj', m summing up, ad dressed the jury for over &n hour and a balf, and In concluding commented on tbe evldenoa aa to the attempt to secure testimony. He said that, aa te bad pointed on , Hamphriea wia not content to take down the statemen of witneaaea as to what they oould prove, bnt that he also oad'3.vored to o;et affidavita from them, and did ouoceed In obuic^g an affidavit in one instance. He ahn appeared to have bep.n continually looking up the wUn«SBOB, and waa woet anxious that th y should Btick to the statementi wbloh they had initialled, but there was evidence of oven more extraordinary conduot on the part of plaintiff The»e was. evidence that not oaiy h»d he taken down statements frrrn witnesses, and impre3atu upoa them the negewlty of 8 iokiog to what he had written down ft-d they had iniMalied, but that he beld <ut to th-m lidßQementq which It ought no', to h«ve bern neoeaßary to hold out to any w'lnesses to tetl the truth. The plaln iKf eeem?d to have been most •odious th*t there should have boen aome gre»;ei" induoemeDt th»n the love of truth In the minds of these wjineaaos, and that he Ehon d hold out to them that it would be tubstftuUully to thelc advantnga If they •wore up to the mark, to nae a common expinseiiD. A verdict was retnrned for thu defends!} f, for whom aho coata ware g yen on the highest tosle. Mr Button, toe the defondaufc, nuked that a promissory note, given by (he plaintiff to one of his witneeaea, Jjo?sn, to be negotiated when the c-aa waa ovev, slioqld be Impounded.. Wllh a view of having tho matter con eldersd bythoL»ir Society (the p alnt'ff v being a eolioltoi:). Hia Honor said tbd | $Q&9 we? M.7 Loran'a property, and he not think it fair t> Impound it. The 1 notea of the evidence would, however, be ft tbe djipoial of the I*w Society,

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

[BY KIiEOTMO TELRGBAPH OOPYBIOHX.J

(FEB PJRBSS ASSOCIATION.)

*Reoetvi>d Fobrn»ty 13, 130 p.m.)

A GBNEROXTS GIFT. .•' Ac JSbw: Yobk, Feoruary 12. Andrew Catnegfei the millionaire ironworker, and the author of '•Triumphant Democracy," has offered) two hundred thousand pounds to ihe Pi'ttsburg'public libraries. ■; ■

THE DUC D'ORI EANS.

Pabis, Ftui-u&ty 12. , The Due d'Otleans has been sen tenced to two years imprisonment.

DYNAMITE GUNS.

London, Feoruary 12.

: The building of sixty dynamite guns, oh the pattern invented by Zalinski, has been commenced at Woolwich.

A SHOOTING CASE.

.Mr Lewis Hecry Isaacs, M,P. for Walworth, was fastened in a room by a kept woman who on his refusing to sign a cheque fired at him with a revolver. His injuries are slight

A ROUGH EXPERIENCE.

(PXB PBKBB ASSOOIATIOH.;

Adblaidk. February 13.

..The, Norwegian barque, India, Caytatn Anderson, which left Auckland on Jaauary igth. for New York, with 650 t«ns oi kauri gum and dressed flax, put back this morning in-distress for repairs, un January 31st, whan 460 miles off the coast 0' New Zealand, a southeast hurricane was met with, aad one heavy sea coming on board over the forepart of the ship did all the damage. Two Doats were smashed, two storehouses forward carried away, tfie forward deck was smashed, and the bulwarks, rails and stauncheons c Tried away, and deck hamper lost. Several sails were losj, and the forchatcb. was stove open. The cargo'is partly damaged One seaman was hurt whiJe lying in his bunic, but is now recovering. Ihe ship is making water, and is strained, and irill'be surveyed.

.... > - -■.--"• '-A/OiV' I.'/ Tv*i?3V«»»WSßfc<».«!S,».-J >. •■vrt'M -"wet**" ■*"'•-■ 'y'- "* ' " *''_•* *■"■"' ' THE ASHBTTRTON GtT^RPlAff* THURSDAY;, jEBRUABT 13, 1800.



HoLLOWAY'S OIJNTMENT AND PILLS.-In all. • outward complaints • a desperate - efton should be made to ;at once lemove these annoying infirmities, .■ and of establishing a !cure. The remarkable remediesdiscoveredby Paofessor Holloway will Satisfactorily accom^ iplish this desirable result, without any of those dangers" or drawbacks which attend the old method of treating ulcerative inflammations, scrofulous affections, and scorbutic e.uptions. The most timid invalids may use both the Ontmeiit and Pills w th the utmost safety with certain success, provided amoderate attention be bestowed on thdir • accompanying " Dhection3." B.ith the preparations soothe heal and purify. The one assists the other materially in effecting cures aud renewing strength by helping exhausted nature just when she needs such succour,



Public Notices AoUBURTOtf OYOMjXGFOLUB'a SPORTS. A GOOUNTS of all D^bts, la connection ■j\ with the above, mast bi aent ia to the Secretary before WEDNESDAY, 19 h iDdt. : ROBEUT FRIZZELL, ] 2 49 Hon. See. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. ] DUNEDIN R&CK3, FEBRUARY i 19th, 20th and 22nd .- * \: i '■ mHK CHSAP EXCURSION Tickets to X; Daaedia, notified ia connection with the Exhibition, will be available also for Paßßengera going: to Danedin for the , fiacea. Un the 18th mat. a 3f'6ofal Night Train will leave Cbx.atohtuoh sor Dunedin at 8 40 p.m., and will be duo from Aeh bacton at 10.45 p m., st jppiug. at.jßakaia if required, A return nigbt train will' leave Dunedin for Ohrietcaurch at 8.55 p.m., 22nd February, stopping where re:, quirad to act dow'ri passengers." \ Tha excursion tickets will bo available by the Special .Wight Trains. 2f38 BY ORDER; " Tho' Imitated by raaDj, Burpaaaed by none." LEVIATHAN RAILWAY TEMPJfiR ANCE HOTEL (Opposite the Railway Station), DUNEDIN. MRS SILK, PSOPBIETRESS. THIS very popular Establishment con tinues to affqrd'verf superior,accom modation to tourist' and others who desire ( the COMFORTS OF HOME, combiced with VERY MODE KATE CHAB^ES.: The sole m»nae;»nient of tho house, aa well as the cuiaina affaira, are under the personal Boperviiion of Mrs Bilk, The House la {Situated within a law minntea walk of the Exhibition, Post Office, Steamboat Landing*, and otbor^plaoea. ■ 1 PUBLIC NOTICE. RATING AOT, 1876 THE ASSEiSMECf r COURT for the District of Bo?our,h of Ashborton foi the purpose of bearing and determining ill OBJECTIONS to the Volition Lilt or LUU, tot the,a»ld Borough, will be held at the plica aid on the date here uader mentioned yiz:— Boroagh of Ashbucton, on THURSDAY 27th February 1890, at the Real dent Magistrate's Courthouse* Aehbarton, at 10,45 a.m. O. A. WRAY, Jadge. ; :/, - R. CObYER, - O.otk Aeseesment Cpqrt.. - ReiUent Magistrate's Oouit, Aahbai.toD,.,l3! f.h Fdbruar^r, 1890. . ,-■■•■',','::.■' • ••, '2J52. "Vr6T|OE ,la , h'araby given that, the J^j partnership between the under sS^ned, PfiTßa WmiAMS and Jqhn ?obkrt Bland, oarrying on bos'neßs at j As 'button aa Auotioneera an<J Oommlselon ' Age t>, under tha style or firm of '■ Wll-a'u.3 and Bland," was distolved on the dxteenth dap' of September hat; eipot which date the said bnelooas haa te-n oatrlad on 'by the aaid John R bert 81-.nd on his own hehalf. All am anU owing t^thQ Uh firm. KlQatoß ?e tlsd rbofiie« the FIRST DaY OF » MARCH NEXT. f Doted ttiig twelfth day>f Fabruw?, 1890, P, WILLIAMS. s JOHN R. BL4ND. ' Wltnesa— .  ; 5 Edward G. Cbisp, 3 Solicitor, AehbactoD. 3 i "VrOTIOK"***" hereby glveD, that we f lM John Bobert Bianb of Ashbarton, 5 Agent; and William Davy Hdmphbbys, formerly of <K»iapol, now of Aabburton, ' have entered Into partaerehlp tn Auo % tJoneere, Land Estate and Commission , Agents. The bu <lu6«a will be carried on by as at A?hburion under the style or ; firm of Bland and Hdm]pbeb¥S s Dated the twelf tn day of February, 1890. < JOHN R. BLAND. y W, D. HUMPHBRYS. } Witness— , X v Epwabd G. Ckisf, AflhburtoDj 1132 59



. bINEER TWINS* J'- " ■"■ '•■ ■ ■'•'■:<' J. s'■ ■ ■ - • ■■•■•' -■ ;"IHir "■" ;" <:": ' BINDER • TWINE ,-,,-,, : 1 icCOEiii binders; ■ BIIJDEI FITTINGS ! ' •■ '-, '■'.'■■ ) MACIIINE OIL J I AlfD EVER* REQUISITE FOB THE : HARYEPT FIELD JOKNi OKR & CO. ■:. EAST STREET, ASSBUKTON ; 'A >; • " " ' ' ■■ ■' . 8 ' '' 1 ■ V ■ ( >_  l : ; -'•»* : ' '• ■& ~ ■•„_ , MILNJEH, Sc THOMPSON'S GREiT PAljfflT TUSIHG DEVICE ; } BY WHICH A PIaNO STANDS PEBMaNENTLY IN TUNE AFTER ; THE STRINGS ARE ONOE STRETOHKD, BEST PATENT EVER DISOOYSRffiO FO» PUNO,^, AND WILL LABT 200 YKAES. ' ASPECIA.L First Award has ja« been given to the Firm by tha Jaiors »t tht :Dui«edlu Bxhibltiou,— : • ' A First AWard (or (J-and Plane ■. : A First AwArd forOottfge P/adbs.— »' Or Three F rst Awards beti^ the highest posa-bia, d Binotion that oould be gained. Tb» Prices of oar Two Models hb exhibited »t too Exhibition »;e rupeotlfelf 60 nnd 70 guineais bqt we have Piadus with Iron Frtmei from £30, any of which q»u bu" purahMed on the Two -Ye. n' Hlr© Parohnee System, &o. H. M. JOKES, 2 40^ ; AGENT. <KSb V^* 1* r'|iOLS!ftD, oh Freehold Beoarit r .— **t **"^ yV A £soo« and £600 in iep»T«tß ST. JOHN'S LODGE, NO. 1858, E.G. <»«*«•„ Apply to mHK MONTHLY Moetlng of the , .' B»rrUt9« and Sollollor, i above Lodge will be held ia the . _ B.iroett fltre^ I. f. ftfesonlo Hall, A,hbartoa, TO-NIGHT • (Next Bank 6{ Now Soath Walei) EVBNING, at 7.30. , „., ,- — .... . . , r——^ Visiting Brethren oordfally Invited. H. A. VESTY 12t79 3aoret»ry. . ■ <^r. JPaWCIT JJODD3.I .. , subgeon_dejstist, /-* j ■ ' GRBY VAIiLEI COAL. • -OH ARG E-B^. _ SOLD WBK k LY , _, ;; Ordinary Extraction..» . ,-.28t.,6(i , ' _\ ' , 'Painless ... ...* ... 5a Od ; , -. ; Btopping J ... ... ... 7s 6d ■ xrw a jarfTT? PfIAT Full upper and lower set of Artifioi ■ JNH* WOA-Olli,!!' O'.»Al, i^eetb lOguioeaa, and all work IMMENSE SUPPLIES equally moder?** ■ , . -oonsdltation FR EE - ] " oOmm^uAm,. ;■ All woik done by him guaranteed to t ; v , . % / "Jf'f-lf: . WEBTPOBT COAL Addeesh :—Conrt Chambere above • - •,..-,.,. M Jonw, Stationer, flaet t?t. eet, REGULAR \ SHIPMENTS h run ds '^- - • /-U-LJJ-L'^ : THBASHING MAOHISE Pfdptietort SHOEING AND GENERAL BLACK- and Farmers: nbdnld apply immediately SMITH AND ENUiiNEER, r ,for partidularß to ' T « Tr ,. « A (unaoannX W, Hi COLLINS & CO. OEGP to notify that he has commenced " ," >t» t tub- t> t/ \» iJ3 ba«ln«BB In Aahburton in the pre- j , A, x °** 1V mlaes on Wakanol Boad, lately occupied \ : „' , , , by Mr O. Ray, Engineer, where he hopea ;.; • •  **■ ' _ 1 l by atrlot attention to famines*, combined ; 1109,1 Ixlol CildilltS with good Wo«km»n«hip: v »nd Moderate \ vva* ,***•'* v»x*«hU.^io. Ohargeß, to merit a fal» share of public , ■ BTR U T ; All kinds of A^icuUmal and other • „ _ >• »»a Mt»ohlnery repaired. Horse 8hoeln« and ,A&HBU RIU N( " all kinds of Blaokemlth's work done with ; _ v ■•...•,--., -^y. promptito^';. :ui- ' ■'<' |r' ." ——■ ;  -■■ ,' ■• • ;.' ; . ■'■ ' ' ' ■ —Note thb Address— , ; ■«•..'>• Late Premiaeß of ! . , >, '!),.■. 0. RAY ; '. ; .-' ;, ; " Wakanni Rck? ( W. GKEGG COMPANY 'i? PUBE BLESDED TEA.B, : • •••• ■ NEW SEABOTST; 1888-9, ' '"""'"'' , IN Sib and lib PACKETS, 2,b FANCY, OANI3TERS and 01b and' lib TINS. TRY THESE BLE^D^ "rt TKY THESE BLEN . /r" B*\ '/T^m\ /^u\ //^^S, ((CROWI} ( EAGLE tatioa lIC LU B \z^r \i^j/ 1 ihJ \r X^J  ; ' Oip.e Tml will establish their constant use r To be obtained from JOHN OBE& CO AND D w McFarlane [ . .. ,;(!■ '.-.) ., «/h;.. .. .; } ■ :-.'■'■ -■ ■' 1 i— ; , j ' ' ' "-*'~<7 l^ p Bales! "What are they but deception,^ ?ales! What are they but catches to the unwary, gales 1 What are they but bad value for good money flllltliCU PL AlllilCl DON'T BETIEVE IN THTO WE Have Mij Bid aiuok— n«vec. buy moru ta»ri ire can sell. Uuf Jfrloea Ar« at a timea »a Low tn otbpr iS'ina. and acknowledged to be A 1 valne. c / OUJtt FKlCEiraud rHftilae'tnat Wl'i'tloUl 1 UHi^Af i3ALiS» ws do a , y Large tjkad^ v .... y 1( —- — ——- ■ ■ = . » YV E DeVlre to oall Your Attention to a ; VERY FINE SELECTION OiF TWEEDS ! Now on view, euitable for Gentlemen's and Boya' Salta. Meaaore taken and fit r gnarantaad. :; ALI, OUJtt i)EPAiiTMIi]ST& At>e, FuLLY »TO(3KED *' GttABP THlfcj JFAOT " ""' MITCHELL ft^TtrJEOmR 1"" • TANOBfiDSTBE E^Tj , All the People who gl?« GOOD YAUffi ( w | Oai MoMf.i



irlii 5 fir StF IfttftS ill: .':j8l *S li fill! :-a *& '•'■' '" i ■ ;. -■" A$ I HAVE TO RAISE " .■"; ; ;'S A LARGE SUM OF MONEY THIS MONIH^ ALL ACCOUNTS OWING TO ME PREVIOUS TO v SEPTEMBER 30, 1880 i ?j • { ;', j -•*-■ •, r are: ;noW' -- ' • : ' "^ '^J .* ."'•• .''-.^S BEING SUED FOR . . WITHOUT RESPECT OF . r 1 PERSONS OB AMOUNTS \^ ■ r,' IAMPLE NOTIOK HAVING BEEN GIVEN. | : ■'''•.". 'S^'P .■ ■ - ■' ■-■''■, ..:i';i j •■■■?o ! °:. ' . •• i ' • ' . ■'".-. wi ft - JOHN G: WESTELL & ~ FRIEDLANDER BROS. . ""■ JUST LANDING ■'-",.. '~VI ; v Ji<;;\;. ;-:>... v Ex CITY OF DELHI— ■•'-'•.■/;':V:;?"? 1000 Bales Oornsacks 5 WRICH WE OFFSE AT LOWEST CURRENT Blffes. i\ . W.B 4RK OA»a ROKVRB OF " ' WJ3LEAT, OATS, BAELEY, and fiYEGBAdft US LARGK OR SMALL QUAMTITI^S , ' : LEADING THE WOBLP. -A ; T HB, H" IQRE ST [ AW A R D-betag'tn obj«.ot of •f*->wi« •wirt^« - the MMiey JtttnafwturiDe Oop;j .Toronto, Canada, for their . SELF-BINDKB : (MiMrt's Toßomeo Light Bimdkb) Operated. In the great Woil&'i FtifimSl^^ aeldat Nolilbl, near Paria, Pr»Dc«, July 19 22, 1889, where Fifteen of tbemoil noted mtohltiei,on eaeth compnted. Also—A GOLD MEDAL wai bsoordcd the MaMey M«niif»otarlt.(? Company for their s^enenl exhibit of msohlnei at ihePafl :, ExpciUloQ,^ Ot« 700 &l«ob!n B 8 told la Victoria this Be»eoa—a record no beaten by any other mike, : FRIEDLAIfDER BROS. SOLE AGENTS. V ■ " MM BRANTfOKI) STEEL BINDER: , 8IZ&M Ji!OK SMiB, jj '/, and 7m OUTS. ''' '' " ''' ' ' '' ' ''0 1 ■ /pE£ width of Oil, Lightneeo of Draught, Simplicity of Oonstrootlon, Strenrth aad L Durability .^Material.render It the raost Suitable Maokiio for FareWn end Oontnotort : >■ • . «■ •»• EXTRAS Iff QUANTITY . ,/, ; Always Id STOCK, aod Scpplfcd »t Ibe Sboiteit Hotlee. ;'h ..TWINE, OIL. Ac, for SALE.J -:-.jJ. QUAMrfi CO At. .■'■:. ■'.. .:; A'SE"NTB. ■ ' ' ': " ,*.•>'"••.■•'■>•  : ■-""?—?') •• : .i ,:>': i . ..• I■■ '• - ci :*■>•, ■'■■:). , ' '• r '•< : '■-tOR;"BALE- , J;^ CORNSAOKS:';: ;■- . ■ .- . ■.■-., I .. ;; SEAMING STWINiJ:-'; """ iT LOWEST CURRENT^RAI«S, : GEO. ji^ESON Asburton and Rakaia, FOR AUTUMN SOWING - I HATE FOR SALffi— OOLDEIS^TAEES, CAPE BAKLEY, jjRY> , H IN LARGE OB SMALL QUANTITIES. . GEO; 7JAMESON ■■ '■■ . I Ashburton and Rakai