The Markets.

[tbr press association.] London, July 5. Australian wheat, ex warehouse, 36s to 37« ; New Zealand long-berried ditto, ex warehouse, 35s 6d to 365. The total quantity of wool catalogued up to date is 123,000 bales, of which 111,400 have been sold.

Boycotting a Bank's Notes.

The latest phase of the labor struggle, which seems to be becoming universal, is a somewhat curious, not to say comical, one. It is said that a bank issued a private circular to a number of Dunedin capitalists calling upon them to attend a secret conference with the object of arranging to exert united influence upon the House of Representatives in the interest of capital, and with a view to lay down some common basis of action in connection with the forthcoming general elections. A certain influential labor organisation was informed of this proceeding, and on making inquiries found that the large majority of the capitalists summoned to the conference were more or less con nected with the bank. The labour re presentatives thereupon sent an intimation to the bank in question that if they persisted in their efforts the organisation in question would boycott their notes. As there was no doubt as to their power to do this, and the injury to the bank by such a proceeding would be incalculable, the bank deemed discretion the better part of valor, and the conference was eiven up, in the meantime at all events.

Lord Randolph Churchill

[per press association.] i London, July 6. It is currently reported that Lord Randolph Churchill has become recon ciled to his former colleagues, and that his return to the Cabinet is regarded as imminent. It is also said he will receive either the Secretaryship of India or Ireland, and in event of the latter, Mr A. Balfour will lead the House of Commons in succession to Mr W. H. Smith, who is likely to accept a peerage.

AQUATIC.

[per press association,] (Received July 7, 8 p.m.) Melbourne, July 7. The sculling race between Kerr, champion amateur sculler of Victoria, and Bubear ex-champion of England (professional) was won by the latter hands down.

Scenes from the Life of a Journalist.

Mr D. C. Murray lectured last evening in the Ashburton Oddfellows' Hall on the subject " Scenes from the Life of an English Journalist." Only a few hours notice of the intended address had been given, but notwithstanding this fact about 100 persons of both sexes were present, and it is needless to say that these were well repaid for their attendance. Mr Murray in a chatty, conversational manner rivetted the attention of his hearers for an hour and a half in giving a brief description of the circumstances which induced him to adopt the journalistic profession, and recounted his experiences as a reporter and pressman. These experiences cover a wide and divergent fi e ld_f r om the out-at-elbows I'terary "hack" to the popular and successful writer of articles upon fact or fiction. | The speaker told in a simple and unosten tatious manner the story of his career as a journalist, painting in vivid colours the scenes he had witnessed in the pur suit of his calling, the difficulties encountered, and the privations under gone. Commencing on the lowest rung of the literary ladder, Mr Murray recited in successive order the familiar Bcenes of the Police Court —the callous ness of the accused and the matter-of-fact abruptness of the Bench—the sympathy of the poor for the poor, and their solicitude for each other in times of trouble or distress; the picture of a burning coal-mine and the heroic courage of miners in suppressing the flames, while 30,000 persons looked on in breathless wonderment. After these and similar experiences Mr Murray told his audience &l the sufferings of a condemned criminal •who paid the last penalty of the law for Jlis crime, and took occasion to animad vert strongly against capital punishment, saying no words could express the .emotions of the human soul as pourtrayed on the face of a condemned man mounting ' the scaffold. The speaker, in a chatty manner, described the expedients he had resorted to in order to ascertain how the poor lived and how they bore their priva tions ; how he had written in their cause and on their behalf, while England sympathised —but done nothing else, and . never would do anything else so long as the country was controlled by Party Government. After dwelling upon some most amusing experiences of his earlier life in the lower strata of journalism, Mr "Murray spoke at length, and with the knowledge of a close observer, upon the characteristics of members of the House of Commons. He reviewed and imitated the, eloquence of John Bright, the cutting sarcasm of Disreali, and painted in a humorous manner the first introduction of Parliamentary stone-walling in the JJouse of Commons ; and a most inter esting chat was brought to a close by a eulogy on the purity of Ei. x sh literature, and a condemnation of tho school of writers who painted the earth and their fellow-beings in the darkest colors. Dur ing his all too brief address Mr Murray displayed his versatile genius 'as a humorist and imitator, anjj frequently convulsed his audience by the recital of peculiarities in the mannerisms of different classes of persons with whom he had been brought in contact; while he also showed that he could enter with sympathy into the 4.omain of suffering, or appreciate the greatness of his fellows whether in the cottage .or in the Forum.

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordinary meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council was held List night. ; Present —Councillors Friedlander, Scaly, Flower, Keir, Scott and Cuthbertson. CHAIRMAN. The Mayor telegraphed from Christ church to the €ilerk ihat he had missed the train, and in his absence Cr. Fried lander was elected Chain-nan, FINANCE. The Chairman stated that the debit balance at the Bank now stood at £1287 4s 2d, and the income from all sources since last meeting had been £214 Vs. CORRESPONDENCE. Several letters on minor subjects were read and disposed of, the Chairman re marking that owing to the small meeting, only a bare quorum, it would not be wise to undertake any heavy business, the more especially that members doubtless wanted to attend Christie-Murray's lecture. SPKCIAIi BESOLUTIONS. I On the question of confirming the Special renolutions adopted at last meet ing in connection,with the reserve leases, Cr. Keir voted against, but withdrew his opposition after it had been shown to him by the Chairman that lie would not be acting inconsistently by voting for the onfivmation.

NOTICE OP MOTION. Cr. Keir obtained leave to adjourn his motion, to procure a supply of broken metal for the Borough. engineers' repout. The Engineers reported as follows :— The Labor Gang have been engaged in forming parts of Wills and Willlamstreets, ploughing for tree planting in the Domain, spreading shingle in Peter street, taking down and re-erecting fence in the Domain, putting in culvert in Winter's Road, repairing traffic bridge, and general maintenance work. MctalUvg. —The contractors commenced delivering shingle in Peter street last Tuesday. Domain Cottage. —The alterations and repairs to the caretaker's cottage in the Domain have been carried out, with the exception ol the painting. The report was adopted. TRAFFIC BRIDGE. Cr Scaly drew attention to the state of the bridge approaches, and the Engineer was instructed to interview the County Engineer on the subject. CROSSINGS. Cr Scaly also complained of the state of the street crossings in East street, and the Engineer was ordered to remedy the defects mentioned. ACCOUNTS. Accounts to the amount of about £120 were passed for payment, and the Council adjourned.

THE CHARGES AGAINST D. H. BROWN.

(BY TELEGRAPH —FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) ' Christchurch, July 8. D. H. Brown was brought up on re mand to-day, before Messrs J.P. Jameson, F. J. Kimbell, H. J. Hall, and E. Curry, and charged on three informations with embezzling sums belonging to the Bank of New Zealand amounting to £167 3s Id. Accused looked very much depressed. James Embling, manager of the New Zealand Bank, said he knew the Canter bury Mills at Ashburton. ; they were the property of the Bank. From the 28th February last year the stock of wheat and flour was also the Bank's property; The property remained in the Bank's hands till Ist February of this year. Brown was manager for the former owner, and when the Bank took over possession he managed for them. The Bank increased his salary from £400 to £500 a year, with free house. The Bank made arrangements with Kaye and Carter to appear as nomi nal lessees of the mills, and they managed the clerical part of the business. The j account with the Rank was called the "Canterbury Mills, operated by Kaye; and Carter." The account belonged to the Bank of New Zealand. Brown knew that ] the Bank was carrying on the mills, and that they were the property of the Bank. Patrick Hanrahan, farmer and baker at Ashburton, stated he had 187 sacks wheat in the mill, chiefly "Hunter's." It was there to be gristed. Brown agreed to charge Is per bushel for gristing, and he was to pay railway freight to Dromore, and charge it to witness. Brown gave him an advance of £106 5s on the wheat, and witness Was to repay the money as the flour was taken away. Brown paid £106 5s into the Bank to witness' credit. Witness made first repayment on account on September 12, 1889, when he gave Brown £20. The receipts produced were in Brown's hand- Avriting. Paid him another £20 on the 2nd October, and on 26th October, £67 3s Id, and the balance on 4th December, viz., £71 10s. Witness paid by cheque on the Bank of New South Wales, Ash burton. All the payments were charged to his account at the Bank. As the flour was taken away he made the payments. The flour represented the 187 sacks of wheat, none of which he had sold to Brown or the Canterbury Mill. Had sold no wheat to either. F. H. Watson, accountant Bunk of New South Wales, Ashburton, gave evi dence as to the cashing of Hanrahan's cheques. The first cheque, for £20, was cashed over the counter, the second was paid in by D. H. Brown to the credit of his wife, F. H. Brown, at the Bank of New South Wales, Ashburton. This was on the 3rd October. The cheque for £57 3s Id was paid in by D. H. Brown to the credit of F. H. Brown on October 28. Witness produced paid-in slips in Brown's hand-writing. William Cheesman, accountant to Kaye and Carter, said he had charge of the books kept by the firm for the • Canter bury Mills. Brown kept a day-book, cash-book, and wheat-purchase book. It was his duty to go to Ashburton once a month, and take the entries from Brown's books, whose duty it was to account to witness for all mill transactions. There is no record in Brown's books of the transactions shown with Hanrahan, and the accounts marked "A and B." Witness produced the wheat-purchase book. At page 35 there was an entry in Brown's writing that on the 26th of August he purchased 200 sacks of wheat from Mr P. Hanrahan at 2s 6d per bushel; total £106 ss. On the 2nd of September Brown drew an order on Christchurch for this amount. Witness produced the order which came through the Bank, and was paid by cheque on the Canterbury Mills account by Kaye and Carter. The order was signed by D. H. Brown, for Canterbury Mills. The account belonged to the Bank, which Brown knew. None of the moneys represented by accounts "Aandß," as paid by Hanrahan, had been accounted for by Brown. This was all the evidence on the first set of Hanrahan's charge, and the accused was duly cautioned. The next charge heard was that of embezzling £71 10s, the property of the Bank. After Mr Embling had given formal evidence, Hanrahan went into the witness box and repeated his evidence in con nection with the cheque for £71 10s, balance shown by the account. He gave the cheque to Mr Brown junr. F, H. Watson, Bank accountant, Ash burton, also went over his evidence already given in connection with the cheque which Brown paid into his wife's account. Mr Cheeseman also gave evidence that it was Brown's duty to account to him for all moneys received on account of the mills. The cheque for £71 10s was not paid into the Canterbnry Mills account, and the amount had not been accounted for by Brown. Accused wa# formally committed for trial on this and the previous charge. Accused was further charged with embezzling £106 ss, the property of the Bank of New Zealand, on September 2, 1889. J. Embling said the accused was authorised to buy wheat and pay for it by order on Kaye and Carter, Christchurch. W, H. Cheeseman said the order for £106 5s drawn in favor of P, Hanrahan for grain, and signed for Canterbury Mills by accused, had been paid by cheque on the Canterbury Mills account at Christ church, There was an entry of a pur chase of 200 sacks of wheat from P. Hanrahan on September 2nd for £106 ss. When witness found this entry accused produced the rough book produced to justify the order. The Bank owned the mills, find Kaye and Carter managed them. Accused knew this. Patrick Hanrahan said he knew no other P. Hanrahan or Patrick Hanrahan in the district. He had not sold accused any wheat on account of the mills last year or at any other time. Had obtained a loan on some wheat in the mill last

August, but had paid it all back, and got the flour away. Accused was committed for trial on this charge also. A further charge of having embezzled £151 ss, was heard. J. Embling gave his evidence as to the Bank's proprietorship, Kaye and Carters nominal lesseeship, and Brown's manager ship of the mills. Samuel Wright, farmer, Seaview, be- delivering his wheat in March 1889, under an arrangement with Brown that if he did not buy it witness was to pay storage. Witness delivered 798 sacks, containing 3192 bushels, all pearl. Sold no wheat to Brown in March, but on or about 12th of April sold him some at 3s 7|d. It was a verbal " deal." The pur chase money w.is £603 9s 9d. Owed a contra for sacks and flour of £31 ss, which reduced the amount coming to witness to £572 4s 9d. Brown paid into witnesses' account £556 12s 3d, and gave witness no account. There was £15 12s 6d still owing. Never delivered more than the 798 sacks at the mill, and was quite certain he did not deliver 998. Did not, during the year 1889, receive such a sum as £151 5s from Brown, and did not know any other Samuel Wright in the district. ; The Court here adjourned for an hour. The Court resumed at 2 o'clock, and W. H. Cheeseman's evidence was pro ceeded with, which was much the same as that given in the previous cases, with the exception that in this instance he dealt with the order for £151 5s given by Brown, and one for £572 4s 9d. Those orders were paid by cheque on the Can terbury Mills account, Bank of New Zea land, Christchurch. When witness went down to Ashburton in May Brown showed him an entry on page 5 of his day-book in justification of the order for £151 ss. The entry was 200 sacks of wheat, bought from Samuel Wright by Brown for the Canterbury Mills at 3s 7Jd per bushel, £145 ; sacks £6 6s. The wheat came in between the 4th and the 29th of March. At the same time Brown showed him an entry on page 9 of his grain book justifying the order for £572 4s 9d ; 798 I sacks wheat, bought afc 3s 7]rd per bushel, from Samuel Wright, value £578 11s; sacks at 7s 6d, £24 18s 9d. Total, £603 9s 9d. In the grain book there was also a contra of £31 ss, which Brown deducted. This left a balance of the amount of the order, £572 4« 9d. R. McOwen, manager of the Bank of New Zealand, Ashburton, said the order for £151 5s was cashed over the counter at his Bank. He knew the accused, who was intimately acquainted with the fact that both the Canterbury Mills and its account were the property of the Bank. Brown frequently cashed orders drawn on Kaye and Carter in favor of customers whose accounts were at other banks, ostensibly to save exchange. Witness knew only one Samuel Wright in the Ashburton district. A. H. Shury, manager of the Union Bank, Ashburton, said Samuel Wright, farmer, had an account at his Bank. A sum of £556 12s 3d was paid into S. Wright's credit on the 30th April, 1889, by D. H. Brown. Had no entry of any such sum as £151 5s having been paid into Wright's account during the year 1889. There was no other Samuel Wright that ho knew of in the Ashburton district. Mr McOwen (re-called) said that the cheque for £572 4s 9d was cashed across the counter on the 30th April to D. H. Brown. This closed the evidence on this charge, and Brown was cautioned and committed for trial. R. McOwen said the order produced for £104 3s Id was paid over the counter to accused at witness's branch. W. H. Cheeseman, Kaye and Carter's accountant, said there was no entry in Brown's "books or the books kept by wit ness from Brown's books of the £31 lla for pig-feed hoM to Andrew Dawson, nor of any money received on account of it. There was an entry of £9 2s 6d for railage charged to Dawson, for wheat on page 41 of Brown's grain-purchase book. There was an entry of 165 sacks contain- j ing 660 bushels of wheat, purchased from A. Dawson on 31st October at 3b, amounting in all for wheat and sacks to £104 3s Id. This entry was shewn to him by Brown to justify the order for that amount of produce drawn by him on Kaye and Garter, The order was paid by cheque on the Canterbury Mills account. Brown had never ac counted to witness or paid the mills account the difference of £40 13s 6d between the order for £104 3s Id and the amount £63 9s 7d actually paip to Dawson. This was all the evidence in support of the charge, and Brown was committed to take his trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court in Christchurch. i Mr Stringer applied for bail for accused. There were five charges, and he asked that the bail be fixed at £100 on each charge, and two sureties of £500 each. The sureties were W. Harris (boot maker) and E. C. Brown, manager of the D.I.C. Bail was allowed on the understanding that Mr Brown report himself daily to the , Timaru police. Mr Fisher said there were two other charges, but sufficient evidence had been taken for the Crown Prosecutor to frame an indictment if he chose from the depositions, so that no evidence would tyo led.

(per press association.) David Hastings Brown was charged this morning, on remand, with embezzling money, the pronerty of the Bank of New Zealand. Mr Fisher appeared to prose cute on behalf of the Ihuk, and Mr Embling was in attendance. Mr Stringer appeared for accused. Mr Fisher opened the case, and called evidence as follows:— James Embling, Inspector of the Bank of New Zealand, Christchurch, deposed that he knew the Canterbury Roller Mills. They were the property of the Bank since February 28, 1880. The stock of wheat and flour was the property of the Bank also, and remained in the hands 'of the Bank till February 1, 1890. Accused was manager for a former owner, and when the Bank took possession he re mained manager. The Bank increased his salary from £400 to £500, with a free house. The Bank niadp an arrangement with Kaye and Carter to appear as nominal lessees for the Bank, they managing the clerical part of bht, business. The account at the Bank was called " Canterbury Mills, operated by Kaye and Carter." Accused knew that the Bank was carrying on the mills, and that they were the Bank's property. Patrick Hanrahan, farmer and baker at Ashburton, said lie had 187 sacks of wheat in the mill, principally "Hunter's White," for gristing. Accused agreed to charge Is per bushel for gristing, and was to pay the railway freight from Dromore and charge to him. Accused gave witness an advance qI £106 as on the wheat, and witness was to repay the loan as lie took away the flour. Accused paid £IQ6 5s to credit at Bank. Witness made the first payment of £20 on account on September 12th, 1889, when accused gave him the receipt produced (in own hand-writing.) Witness paid hira. another £20 on October 2nd, and on October 26th £57 8s Id, and the balance on December 4th, viz., £7110s. The next charge hoard was one of embezzling £40 13s 6d, the moneys of the Bank of Now Zealand in the month of December last. J. Embling gave the same formal evi dence as in the previous cases. Andrew Dawson, farmer, Waterton, said that last December he bought pig feed from the Canterbury MilLi amounting

Ito £3111s and at the same time sold for the Mills to Brown 660 bushels of wheat at 3s per bushel, less railage to Lyttelton. Could not say about the paying for sacks. Brown gave him the account of the tran saction produced. Told Brown to pay the balance coming to witness into the Union Bank at Ashburton. He paid into the Bank £63 9s 7d on the 13th Decem ber, 1889. Had no other transaction with Brown. There was no other Andrew Dawson in the Ashburton district. A. H. Shury said the last witness had an account at his Bank. On 13th Decem ber, 1889, £63 9s 7d was paid in by BroAvn to Dawson's account There was no sum of £104 3s Id paid into Dawson's account during 1889. Evidence was led on five charges, onfall of which accused was committed for trial.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Action For X<ul*« Imprisonment. Auckland, July 8. An action for false imprisonment, brought by Thomas George Savage of Mata, Tauranga, against Henry Robart Burt, of the same place, has just been concluded at the Supreme Court. The circumstances are that in April last William Savage, brother of plaintiff, eloped with Burt's daughter, Laura, aged sixteen, and they lived in the bush for a fortnight. Burt suspected the Savages, who are half-castes, and when Tom Savage refused to help to find the girl, Burt had him arrested. At the Police Court Burt asked for an adjournment, but it was refused, and the charge of abduction against William Savage was dismissed, and that against Thos. Savage withdrawn. Thomas Savage then served Burt with a writ claiming £200 damages. The case was heard before Justice Connolly, who gave judgment for defendant, with costs. Alleged CrJmiintl A««a»>lr New Plymouth, July 8. The charge against Arnold George for alleged assault on an old Maori woman on May 12th, was continued after the telegraph office closed yesterday. Ac cused made a statement on oath, and said he did not see the woman on the day mentioned, and knew nothing about the assault. The case was adjourned till Saturday next.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[PEK PKESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received July 8, 12.15 p.m.)

RELEASE OF A PRISONER.

Loniuvn, July 7. Mr E. Park, editor of tho " North London Press," who was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for libelling Lord Euston in connection with the Cleveland streetscandal, has been re leased.

THE POLICE STRIKE.

Hitherto a police strike lias only bean averted by the advice of the elder men of the force. Government is pressing on the Police Pensions Bill in the House of Commons. The public are indignant at the intimidation employed by the men. Plenty of special constables are ready to volunteer. Over thirty con stables who were suspended have been dismissed for refusing or hesitating to proceed on duty when ordered to do so. There is considerable excitement, and many messages of sympathy has been received from other divisions. The " .Star " states that 3000 men are pledged to strike to-niggt.

THREATENED POSTAL STRIKE.

The quarrel with the postmen has reached an acute stage, and important decisions will be arrived at to-night.

SUCCESSFUL VOCALISTS.

Mrs Bethel and Mr Edwards have obtained bronze medals at the Royal Academy for singing.

MILITARY INSUBORDINATION

The Second Goldstream Guards have been cautioned at Wellington Barracks. Being ordered out for kit inspection the body of men refused to parade, and locked themselves in their rooms. The staff was sent for, and the inspection abandoned. The men then paraded, hissing and hooting Col. Maitland. The War Office is discussing the matter, and the regiment will probably be ordered on foreign service. The men complain of being harassed by use less drills and needless inspections.

THE CRISIS IN SPAIN.

Madrid, July 7. Senor Oanovas has succeeded in forming a Government. The liberal policy of his predecessors will be con tinued.

BRITISH-ITALIAN AGREE MENT.

Rome, July 7. Italy gives up Ennaliland, and Eng land in return cedes Leila.

ARREST OF A MURDERER.

Paris, July 7- Eyrand, who was arrested at Havanna on the accusation of Gabrielle Bompard, has confessed to the murder of M. Gouffe. Some £2700 was spent searching for accused. When arrested he attempted to commit suicide.

AUSTRALIAN.

[per press association.] [Received July 8, 1.10 p.m. 1

STRINGENT CHINESE LEGIS LATION.

Sydney, July 8. As Chinese stowaways continue to arrive, and ■ attempt to evade the poll-, tax, Government have decided that the crews of vessels shall be photo graphed before leaving ports,

FLOODS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Adelaide, July 8. Heavy rains and gales Avrecked several houses at Gladstone, and the town was flooded.

A Musical Discovery.

An interesfelmr discovery has been made in Manchester. While looking over some old manuscript music in the shop of Mr Cornish, the bookseller, Dr. Henry Wat son came upon several manuscript copses of works by Mozart, which further examination convinced hijn to be foi» the most part in tke composer's own hand writing. Among the manuscripts found are two concertos written by Mozart when a child, and several numbers from the opera of " Mithridate," composed at Milan in 1770. Thp latter manuscript is without doubl in Mozart's own hand writing, The copies are in capital preservation, and the notation is clear and good. The discovery (says the Manches ter "Guarcjian") was a mere accident, the existence of such treasure in the musty pile of apparently worthiest 1.

musical litter being unsuspected. Yet it was from the same collection that the original score of the " Messiah," now in Buckingham Palace, was brought to light about 20 years ago. It is conjectured that the scores may have been brought over from Italy by a Miss Harford, who was studying composition in Florence and Milan in 1816, for MS. exercises by this lady, with date and locality marked, were found in close proximity to the scores.

The Dunedin Still.

Some rather startling evidence has come into the hands of the Dunedin police in regard to the still recently discovered in Walker street. Donnelly the man ar rested, has ail along pleaded that he was innocent, that he had only been en gaged for another job for a few hours and was then asked to attend to the fire when he was pounced upon. It now appears as if his story was quite true. A man was sent down from Wellington some time ago to act as informer in such cases after hunting them up. Finding stills were scarce commodities he fixed upon the idea of putting one up and engaged a man to do so. When all was ready Donnelly was engaged for a few hours and then the police were put upon the track, the idea no doubt being that in case of conviction and fine the two men would share what would be given to the informer. To-day the police arrested two men, Waters and Stewart, for being concerned in the affair. It is stated that they had gone to Invercargill to arrange a similar trap.

The Great Beauties.

The great beauties who take the social prizes in marriage, says a London letter in the "Ladies' Home Journal," are almost all bred in the lesser towns, where a less conventional society gives women a snatch at freedom in girlhood. You dont find them growing up with calis thenics, health lifts, ; and a mas sageuse to do their exercise for them. You all remember the painful story of a girl in a city home, surrounded by every care, who was strangled in the cords of her ' health pull' one evening, little more than a year since. Scarcely more pitiful is her fate than that of girls brought up to depend on such substitutes for work and exercise if they live. A sick amenric woman, unused, unable to care for herself or others, is the most pitiable, repugnant object in creation. You seldom find a lasting beauty which has not had a semi-Greek education of out-door life and exer cise behind it. Take the beautiful Gun nings, who ran wild in their Irish country home till their calculating mamma had raked and scraped enough to take them to Dublin and thence to London. The Gunnings were unlicensed hoydens, but their races over the hills" gave them matchless complexions. Later still Mrs Langtry took her beauty course roving the Jersey lanes with her brothers in soft, pure sea air, living on peaches and coarse bread, with j usfc as little of lessons as sufficed to fit her for London drawing rooms.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, JTOT 8, 1890.



FOR B\LE PURE UNBLEF DED Man BEd frylon Teas. Direct from the Growers. The FINKST and BEST value of any Teas ere offered for Sale. A TRIAL SOLICITED. Sold in 5, 10 and 151b Cams' ters and 401b boxen PRIME DERWENT POTATOES at very low price PLOUGH SHARES ALL SIZES FENCING WIRE, POSTS, and STAKES And all kinds of SEED WHEAT OATS AND ARLEY B GEORGE JAMESON ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA. 1% 1 t y ■ T-iT-wTTiS^'wrT WATCH and CLOCK lObt. |S^^5JM MAKER, JEWELLER, &c. y gSSk Ashburton A LAHGE and Varied Assortment of New Jewellery, Plate, &c. A magnificent /\_ Stock of Watches and Clocks, at prices ranging from a few shillings to £30. Every Watch or Clock sold will be guaranteed. I make a special line of High Class English Watchea. Well appointed Worshops under my personal superintendence aasures all work being, turned out promptly and in first-clans condition. EVERYTHING SOLD WARRANTED W • ji^ATTWHEAI. ¥H ~^T CASH B U YER s ROLLIT .& C 0., CANTERBURY MILLS, ASHBUUTON, A RE still prompt Cash Buyers of Prime Milling Wheat at highest market price ■J\. Flour, Bran and Sharps always on hand. Grimng by patent. Roller process done on the shortest notice. WE ARE BUYERS AT ALL TIMES OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY. RYEGRASS, s/iASi ETC., ETC FKIEDLANDEII BROS. COAL CO aL. COAL. VI7 E HAVE just landed "Ex Jessie a Shipment of Househr d Coal PRIME QUALITY. TIMBER. TIMBER. TIMBER. Ex Zior 20,000 ft W.P. Florins an«J Lining. Ex Spray 30,000 ft Red Pine Boards and Scantling. In Stock, Lime, Cement, Bricks, Roofiing Iron, Doors, Sashes, Gvtos, Hu*d'e i Fencing Wire, (Barbed and Plain.) Iron Standards to Order. WE HAVE JUST OPENED UF 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. c¥Li°NSIND CO. TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS, ASHBTTKTCN. * •■ ■. MITGnS,,.!, & TITRNEE ■r)EG to inform the Public that, in order to bring their DE APERY DEPAETMENT \ On a level with the Established and well-known Excellence of their CLOTHING and BOOT DEPARTMENTS, They have, lately, at Great Expense and much Painstaking Care, made such Enlargements and Alterations in their Premises as will now provide ample room for their Dirge STOCK. , ■' \ Splendid LIGHT is now available for the Inspection of GOODb. " The End of the WHOLESALE WINTER SEASON, Has enabled them to increase their DRAPERY STOCK By an additional £1000 Worth of NEW GOODS, at Very Low Rates, and tbey ha no hesitation in saying that they can now ofter in EVERY D E P A R T M E N T Goods of such Quality, Variety and Price sis are second to none in New Zealand, which must command the largest turnover in the district to them. MITCHELL AND TURNER are anxious that the whole Public of Asnbnrto and District should inspect their Enlarged Premises and Stock. They have,ther«fo decided to offer the inducement of a Discount of 10 PER CENT oil all Cash Pu chases from SATURDAY, 28th insfc. (until further notice). iThis amounts to THEIR GOODS being Sold at within a shade of WHOLESALE PRICES' MUG HELL & TURNER EAIAPOI IVPUSE.



STEPHENS BROS/ bOrnett street,' BEG to introduce to their Customers and the Public a NEW LINE OF KEROSENE, Which they have just landed, and for which the Manufacturers claim many ad- j vantages over the ordinary oil now in the market, inasmuch as it is almost odourless and free from oifensive smell. It is extra refined and perfectly pure, and will, therefore, produce a much softer and more BRILLIANT LIGHT. It will Not Dazzle or Injure the Eyes and altogether dispenses with the risk attached to the ordinary lower grades, as well as being very much more economical or household purposes, stoves, etc., etc Although being a little more costly, yet, to keep pace with the times, we will RETAIL IT at the USUAL PRICES, So Farmers and Householders will do well in Securing a Winter Supply, and in so doing we are satisfied they will be pleased with their purchase. We have, also, to hand a GOOD ASSORTMENT OF CANDLES Both English and Colonial, including Carriage, Bedroom, Piano, etc. Our Stock of TEAS is also Increasing, and we have, therefore, a Better Selection for Blending purposes and to select from, and desira to Draw Special Attention to our INDIAN, CEYLON, DARTELING PEKOE, ASSAM PEKOE, and severa other varieties in packets or in bulk, so ustomers favoring us with a cal will re eive our efforts to give satisfaction. We will be pleased to wait upon Cus omers if requested and orders by pos wil lbe despatched without delay Orde c ivere<3 .n Town or Suburbs CJTEPHENS T3ROS UTEPH N 8 J3 RO S ■wm: s:p^:r:r,o"w ' TAILOR AND MEN'S MERCER EAST STREG PREVIOUS TO STOCK-TAKING. S. W. AKN & CB'S CLEARING SALE OF WINTER DRAPERY JACKETS, ULSTERS, DRESS GOODS MILLINERY &c. COMMENCING SATURDAY, JULY sth. The Public will hs.ve an opportunity of getting GENUINE BARGAINS afc S. W. AKN & CBS CHEAP CLEARING SALE. 7§17 CLEARING SALE. STOCK MUST BE REDUCED. 1.1. gPEIHCO. TDREVIOUS to SAock-taking, being J_ very heavily stocked, we havu decided %o, held a SALE, GRb'.T REDUCTIONS REGARDLESS OF COST. Heavy Dress Tweeds lO&d, reduced to 7|d. Double width Cashmeres 3s 6d, reduced to Is lid. Dress Goods Is 9d, reduced to Is 2d. White Blankets 5§ 11$ a pair* Good Heavy Flannel Is 3d reduced to Is, Cretonnes 4s lid a doz, Towels from 3Jd each. White Sheeting, double, width, 7|d, Women's Cornets 3s6t), reducedto"lslld Whit© Lace IQd a doz. Women's, Large Umbrellas Is lid each. MenV Cord Trousers 7s tid, worth 10s 6d Men/s Tweed Trousers 10s fid, reduced fco 7s lid. Men's Tweed Suits 18s 6d. Men's Tweed Suits 30s, now 25s Boys' Tweed Hats Is each. BOOTS, ~~ BOOTS. A, Job Lot of Women's and Children's Boots must be cleared Regardless of Cost. Men s Bluchers 6s 9d, Men's Shooters 10s 6d, worth 13s 6d. BARGAINS. BARGAINS. AT W, W. 1; P t N C £ R'S THE ARCADE. j



In regard to the advanced prices of raw material for the manufacture of beer in Munich, the breweries there have raised the price considerably : but the fun is that the. public of that capital will not submit to it. In consequence there is a regular beer strike. On the ist of April—the fa'rst day of the advance —publicans who sold seventy to eighty liters at working men's dinners only sold ten liters. Six hundred laborers in an ironfoundry agreed they ■would have no more beer, aud nono was allowed to go into the foundry's canteen. The beer also sent to other large factories was returned, and only light wines were used. The landlord of refreshment rooms on the Munich Railway, where there are fully 1000 working men, returned his beer to the Royal Lion Brewery, and from similar causes the best and most frequented beer-houses in Munich are empty. No doubt, as ohe Bavarian Govern ment derive a large revenue from the breweries, !^a settlement will be effected shortly. A " real good Bavarian," as the saying is, rise 3in the morning a beer barrel, and goes to bed a barrel of beer. Raise the price of his pet luxury, and he will soon be a democrat of the first class.—(Translated for this paper.) A telegram from New \'ork says some months ago two Mormon elders were sent upon a proselytising mission to Florida, and settled in the district of Vernon. At first they attracted little public attention, hut they made a number of converts, especially among the younger women. Arrangements had been made by the ciders to start with about a dozen of their fair converts for Utah, but the male relatives of the. latter resolved to prevent the emigration, On the 12th May just as the party wore about to start, the men appeared, thrashed the elders in an un merciful manner, and drove them into tfte swamps. The girls were then compelled to strip their backs and flagellate each other with switches as a warning to all southern women to have nothing to do with Mormon missionaries. The two elders were unable to extricate themselves from the swamps and they perished of exhaustion and exposure. IS DEAFNESS INCURABLE % J. H Nicholson, of 175 William Street, Melbourne, has proved otherwise by making a complete cure of Deafness and Noises in the head of over Years' Stand ing by a simple remedy and without th use of any " clap-trap " so called electro medication treatment. A full description of this remedy, which has cured thou sands, of qther cases of long standing, will be sent FREE on application, FIRET"FIRE !! FIRE !!! NO HOUSE should be without one of Wait's Patent Fikb Lighteuji these cold, wet mornings, Pa^Qe la, To be obtained from. i H, WILLIAMS, Agent, Park St., op H. G. FLOWER, Confectioner, 7 37 Town Hall. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS] HT^UNUI-BLUFF SECTION, NOTICE. ON and after Ist JULY, 1890, RETURN TICKETS will be issued Daily. For distances of 20, miles, they will be available for return, tho next day, or from, Saturday to the following Monday, Over 20 inilea they will be available for one month, Over 300 miles they will bo. available for months. 108 BY ORIXEtt. " I, T. Kingston;" VETERINARY SHOEING FORGE AND General Jobbing Smith | (Next Oook.son's. Stables) opposite the Railway Station. rpHE best accommodation for Horses. JL and ■ convenience possible for- Customers... SHOEING. Draught Horses 7s Hacks 6s To meet tho heavy rise in the price of Iron, we have a large stock of Shoes made from scrap and old iron, which for wear it is well known cannot be beaten. Made on our own premises. GENERAL SMITH WORK OF ALL 7t40 KINDS.