The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1890 LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.

} In continuation of the task which we i have set ourselves of enlightening oar readers as to what lands are being opened np for application, wo append the particulars given in the " Gazette" with reference to farther areas, The follow ing will be open for Application on and after the Srd April next (with possession on 2nd May) :— l/NSURVEYED LANDS. Section L, , i ->.... I » I Casn Price ci Lot. jßlock I Dlstnct I Area' I per Acre. First-Class Land. Askburton County, — Forks of the AsKburton River, on Mount Somers and Al/otd Jistat* Rum* I VII. I Alford . M 13000 (I 5 0 ! „ I  ..1600 011 5 o Bush land, Alford Forest. I V11..X1 I Alford .. I 585 o o I I 2 6 I XI. I  .. IBooo| 15 o Hilly ground, grass and fern only, part of it ploughable 35915 I X. I Spa*on.. 148 315 I 1 5 o Light stony land. I XIV. I Spaxton .. |633 o | 110 o Part ploughable laud ; near the old Spread Eagle Hotel. I XIV. I Spaxton ... 180 o o | 1100 Partly fenced and improved; near the old Spread Eagle Hotel 35896 XIV. Spaxton .. 141 o oil 5 o 35897 ». .. •- 133 001 15 o 35895 11. Westerfi'ld |4124 |I 5 o Light stony land. Second-class Land. I X. I Alford ... I 8o o I 010 o Steep face of terrace. I X. I Alford _ I 10 oo jo 100 I >. I „ .. I 296 oo I 0150 Very stony flat land. 33913 I V..1X., I Spaxton | 74 als |019 6 Light stony land. I X. Spaxton | 1570 oo | oi5 Q ! >> I 100 o o 015 35917 X.XIV „ ... 8200 ois o XIV* j " " 970 0 o 0150 XIV. „ _ 9600 0176 „ ...I 8900 0176 11. W'str'fi'd [ 35 o o 017 6 XIV. I Spaxton | 503 oo| 0126 Light stony river-bed lana; fair feed in spring, autumn, and winter months. Ihe following lands will be open for application m and after 10th March next (possession on 2nd May) : — SuaviYfiß Lakhs, 1 1 I jOash Section. 1 Block J Dktrict. I Area. I Pace per I I I I Acre Fibst-Clabs jlahd. Geraldine County. —Between. Baugitata ani Orari Rivers. a. n r. 86923 I 111. I Orari ... |22026 |1 10 0 Description ofLtnd. Fairlj-grassed stony land, adjoiniog creek. 8b924| V. |Oruri ... |81228 11 5 0 Description of Laud: Fairly-grassed rivar- I bed land, belo°v high terraoe. I Vlli I Oran ... 61 236 I 1 859281 .. , ... 50 36 f1 6 0 8 9311 IX. I 37 0 50 1 f 369.12 I „ | „ ... 24 228 | J b< BCiiption of Land: JPoorly-graeeed, li^hf, etony land. 86921 j XII. 1 Gereldine 157 336 | ) »59 2 I „ I „ 132271 J1 6 0 Description of Land; Light stony land, pocrly grassed not snitab'n for cTopp ng. I j Cash Section Block | District Area I price j I prae'e Geialcine County.—Between Rar;gitata and Orari Rivers. [Re-offered at reduced valuations.] fll 111. GerSU 43 22c 5, 13 „ dine. 40 o 0 j «I 15 HI., VII. „ 40 0 0 ! „j 16 111. „ 56 3 9 I £"| 17 VII. „ 121 115 U I 18 111., VII „ 73 131 £ 19 VIL „ JO9 311 i2O n v 47 336 M (23 111., IV. „ 40 0 o $%] 25 VII. „ 400 of'So w M (26 „ „ 40 o o wf 39 VI. VIII „ 197 029 $ I 40 VIIL „ 173 2 1 " 42 VII.  9 + 233 2 1 44 »» t, r°4 024 « 46 ,1 1, 99 330 147 n ti Jiß on L4B  „ 96 0 32J Description of land: Light stony land, thinly grassed, not suitable for cropping. Second-Class Land. Geraldine County. —Between . Rangitata and Orari Rivers. ■ 35929 I VIII. I Orari | 6139( 019 6 Description of land: Stcny dry river-bed land, lightly grassed. Rse'c^i vn. I «S|-1—"»!••»• Description of land : Light stony land on the Rangitata Island, adjoining the north branch; liable to be inundated in heavy floods. Geraldine County—Between Rangitata and Orari Rivers. [Re-offered at reduced valuations.] R 349 1 tt Geral- Sec 2 I dine 8(5 022 017 6 Rsi 3M } V£l » 6s 200 15 o Description of land : Stony dry river-bed land, lightly grassed. R. 1650 I vrT Genl- ) Sec 10 i[ Vll< dine T52 20 / Description of land: Light stony land, on the Rang.tata Island, adjoining the north branch; liable to be inundated in heavy floods. UgsuftVßYßD Lands. fiKsr-CLASS Land. Geraldke Oouuty-Between Bangitata and Orari rivers. A. B. P. £ b d 111. I Orari ... | 11 201 115 0 Description of land : Gully on side of road line. 111. I Orari ...I 112 0 0 1 1 16 0 „ I I 12 1 201 116 0 Description of Lind: Well-gra«Bed hilly land, mostly unplcughable. V. I Orari ... I 62 0 01 110 0 „ I „ ... I 11 20| 110 0 Description of land: Fairly graasad, atony fl'V |Oraii ...I 120 00|1 5 0 Description of lana: Fairly graced river bed l»nd. below high terrace. VJIL iGdraldhe 238 0 0L „ 124 0 0 ) XI.XII „ 1681 0 0| V 1 2 6 I it 386 ° ° I I XII I „ 164 0 0\ J Desiription of land: Light stony land, poorJy graßaed ; not suitable for cropping. Second-class Land, Geraldine County.—Between Rangitata and Orari Riven, IV. I Orari | 38 o o|o 19 6 Description of Land : Very stony land, in cluding part of (the terrace. 1 VI. Orari 44 p o 019 6 V., VI.  25 o 0 0 19 6 VIII.  80 o o o i^ 6 „  244. o o o 19 6 „ .1 171 o o o 17 6 11. Geraldine 143 o o 015 o ,• 8j o 0 0 15 o VI., VIII, i. *3S ° o 0 12 6 XI, .. 56 o o 0 17 6 I 56 o o o 17 6 Description ol land : Stony and dry river bed land, Jightiy grassed. IV. Geraldine I 9 2 0 017 |6 IV., VIII  I ,8,6 bpjo 17 $ Description ot Land : Light stony land, on she Kangitata Island, adjoining the north branch; liable to be inundated in heavy fIOOdS. —^ mmmmmmmmmmmm mm.mm The poet Otway, apostrophising the ladies 1 them:—" We had been brutes with aSßUrPM of course, knew nothing of oKtthee." He, * ■ mpton. Mrs Twist Louisa Twist, of Wolverni%.-,. - *>. o tj ftß to bad a diapute with a man named r>» b . the ownership of a bird, and the woman, es-, olaiming, "Sooner than you shall have the pigeon, 111 kill it," deliberately tore off one leg and wing. She then threw the quivering bird in the man's face- He, of course, quiokly put it oat of its misery,

LOCAL AND GENIAL

* Liverpool expends £10,000 a day in strong drink. Lewis Morris is regarded is England as the heir apparent o! the laureateship. The Hon Mr McMillan, Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales, is seriously ill. Monday was, we believe, the hottest day experienced in Ashburton this season, the thermometer registering 95 deg in the shade. A scheme of Home Rule for Wales has been elaborated by the Wsleh National Council, and is now being agitated. In Lincolnshire an enormous amount o damage is being wrought by the unprecedented number of rats which swarm on the various farmsteads. The "Hawera Star " says the yield of grain on the Waimate Plains has fallen from 50 to 60 bushels last year to 35 bushels to 45 bushels, this season, due to birds and caterpillars. The govenor of Canterbury Gaol, Engltfnd, who has had acquaintance in his official oapaolty with 20,000 prisoners, says he has never met with a prisoner who was a tte totaller. During the past week many objeotora to the early doping movement in Auokland have received notifications from their customers that unless they olose at seven their custom will be withdrawn. The projected Firth of Clyde canal to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the North Sea will be begun at onae. A firm at Man chester has contracted to complete the oanal at a coat of £8,000,000. After March next all lifeboats in Great Britain will be required to carry a gallon of vegetable or animal oil, in a distributor of approved pattern, for shedding the oil on the sea in rough weather. The Norwegians are said to be the longest lived people in the world. Official statistics show the average duration of life in Norway to be 48-33 for men, 5130 for women, ; and 49 77 for both sexes. The duration of I life has increased of late years. The ex-Emperor oi! Brazil is a humorist in a quiet way. Brazilian titles of nobility were only held for life and were easily purchasable. Dom Pedro built and maintained a lunatio asylum with the produot of the titles he oon ferred iv the course of his long reign, At the B.M, Court this morning, before Major Steward, J.P., an inebriate (first appearanoa for twelve months) was discharged with a caution.—James Fahey, who was let off with a oaution a fortnight ago, was fined 10s, with the usual alternative of twenty-four hours' imprisonment, Captain: "Sergeant, note down Privet 6 Grasgcum three days on bread and water for slovenly turn-out on parade." Sergeant: 'Beg pardon, Captain. That fton't make the slightest difference to him—he's a vegetarian." Captain: What? Then put him for three days on meat and soup." Mr Henniker-Heaton, M.P., gives the cap ital of the twenty-six Submarine Telegraph Companies at £35,000,000, the miles of cable as 100,000, their revenue, inoluding subsidies, £3,173,692, their reserves and sinking funds £3,400,000, and their dividends as from 1 to 14f per cent. Statistics that have baen collected as to the number of newspapers published throughout the world credit Europe with 20,000 journals. Thiß aggregate is almost equalled by that of the United States, in which last year 13,319 papers were printed, inoluding 1,494 dailies, equalling the daily newspapers of England and Germany combined, The Chinese have, it is said, gone wild abont the switchback railway at Singapore, They spend all their money, and when that is done even sell their pigtails for a ride up and down and there and baok again. Never has a nation discovered no appropriate a diversion ; it is the Chinese character in a nutshell. A curioaa mishap to a submarine cable is reported from South America. The cable failed to work, and on going out to repair it the body of an immense whale waß found entangled in the cable to such an extent that it was unable to extrioata itself, and, being unable to get fresh air, the huge leviathan had been suffocated. Some clever fellow in Germany discovered that English coins can be made in better silver than ours, and can be smuggled into Eogland at a handsome profit. These Ger man coins are quite as good as English ones, and the difference in ths prioe makes the business a very profitable one. To ohsat the mint by turning out a superior currenoy, is quite a novel business for a coiner. It was quite like a new experience to Ashburton people this morning to come down to business and find that the recent rain had warranted the Borough Engineer in opening the reservoir sluices, and allowing a fairly abundant, stream to flow down the channels. The flush was much wanted, as many plaoGß in the town where surface drain age found its way into the channels were beginning to throw off odors that were the reverse of either pleasant or healthful, The caterpillars are playing sad havoo in the Manaia xliatriot. On one farm (writes the correspondent of the "Hawera Scar') they have not only reduced a crop promising to yield about 50 to an actual yield of 15 bushels to the acre, but they have also stripped olean a paddock of turnips. In BOrne oases the reapers are never stopped, working night and day by relays of men,, At the banquet the other night Mr Wells, who has the beBC means of knowing, said that the orops would not yield the quantity produced last year. In Wanganui Messrs Eif.ohie and Wilson have had a thirty acre paddock of cocksfoot com pletely destroyed by the oatterr i'hrs. The little oolony of New Zaalanders at the Kermsdecs seem to be happily Bituated. The land is said to be admirably adapted for settlement, and oranges, lemons, bananas, pineapples, shaddocks, kumeras, yams, Cape gooseberries, and all varieties of fruit, tobaooo, etc, grow there, whilst there is an ample supply of water, and, moreover, the soenery is romantic and picturesque. There are hot springs and steam oaves on the Island. Fish is very plentiful, and there are great numbers of goatß and mut:on birda. Alum is prooured from the oaves, and is used in tanning the goat skins. Hematite has also been found. The Wellington correspondent of the " Auokland Herald" says :—"I am informed that a gentleman oonneoted with the public service has obtained a protection order for a new process for treating ths ironsands bo abundant on the Coast. He is fortified by expert opinion in the hope that his prooesi will oome out right. This new prooess is more of a discovery than an invention, and is independent of any system of metallic fluxes. The gentleman I refer to is a native of Auck land and invites co-operation from iron* jjwrkers in the oolony. Obviously the dis covery muse remain a secret until further arragements are made for a test upon an adequate scale." The experiences of an elderly lady named Beggs, who resides at Carlton (Melbourne) during the past few months have been of a most distressing nature. At one time her hubband held a position in the Government service, but owing to being suddenly attacked with religious mania, ha had to be sent to a lunatio asylum, where he is now a hopeless lunatic. Not many months afterwards a daughter became similarly affected, and she in turn was confined in the same institution* About a month ago the eldest son in the family, a fine looking young fellow of about twenty-seven, beoame attacked with the mania, and was also s@nt to the asylum on the order of the Carlton Bench. The fourth in the family, a girl of seventeen years, was recently be fore the Court on a similar charge, and Drs Broyer and Griffiths having certified that she was a hopeless lunatio, the Bench made an order for her admission to the asylum. Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— More precious than Gold.—During summer and autumn the prevailing diseases are diarrhacea, dysentery, fevers, and English cholera, particularly dangerous to children and young people. In these acute cases, where internal medicines cannot be retained, the greatest relief will immediately result from rubbing Hollowny's soothing Ointment over the abdomen. The friction should be frequent and brisk, to ensure the penetration of a large portion of the Urgent. This Ointment calms j the excited peristalfc action, quickly allaying iT *° oain. Both vomiting arid griping yield to !?: where frwi'J? or vegetables have originated the'malady, it fa BtQper to remove a!J undigested matter ftom foe bowels by a moderate dose of BoUoway's P(Us before usine the Ointment,

The case of the Portuguese leper, Silva, was discussed at the meeting of tbo Benevolent Institution Trustees at Dunedin on Tuesday, the person who has been keeping the man having written intimating that no one is attending to the leper, and that he will die unless he receives attention. The Trustees deoided to forward the letter to the Board of Health.

The Malvern correspondent of the " Lyttel ton Times," writing of the Midland Railway works, says:—The contractors are now settled down to the works on the Springfield section, and have about 150 men employed, despite the faot that forty-two left last Saturday. Trade has received a strong stimulus in the township, and business men are enjoying a revival of the •' old times,"

As will be seen from an advertisement in our columns a match, bicyolesv trotters, has been arranged between Messrs Fenlon and Mayes, the champion bioyolists, and Mr O. Digby for the sum oi £50. There was some difficulty in agreeing as to the distance and Mr Digby with three fresh horses and only ten miles to go, should have a big say at the Hoist). The wheelmen, however, are very confident, and with the track in good order they should put up a fast time for the ten miles. This is a most exoiting form of contest, and everyone should go and witness the struggle. Full particulars will be found in the advertise ment.

The Marquis of Bute not very long ago gave a dinner party whioh cost over £2,000. A wealthy man in the North of England spent £50,000 in building and decorating a billiard room for hia own house. Two rose-ooloured vases were bought at auction for a sum of £10,000. A chimney vase fetohed £2,000, and a dessert service £2000. The flowers for a London ball ooat £1,000, and £150 was reoently given for an orchid with three leaves. So far as the Marquis of Bute ia aonoerned, let it be added that he spends virtually untold sums in planting his Western Isleß and culti vating forestry, to the benefit, in a very marked degree, of the cottars who have to do the work, and thus earn wages.

A correspondent of the "New Zealand' Herald " writes:—" Last year' a friend of mine paid four shillings in the pound of his income to the Property-tax, and aB he baa to pay rates besides, you may imagine his views of New Zealand taxes. Another tried to sell one of his houses to pay the tax, but did not succeed; and I give to you as a faot that a lady, owning several bouses in Auokland, pawned her silk dresses to pay the tax. Such is the position of property owners. Com mercially we know that nearly all the old standing firms of merchants, millers, foundry men, and cattle salesmen have beoome bank rupt, and a large portion of our best meohanios and laborers have left for Melbourne. I would aak the ooloniats that intend to remain in New Zealand how long will they be indolent . and allow this system of government to ruin the oolony and destroy tbe future for their ohildren.

The beet medicine known is SANDER and SONS 1 EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Tests iti iminent powerful effeots in coughs, colds, influenza, etc. —the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe, are its patrons, Bead the official reports that aooompany eaob bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medical olinioa and universities, the offioial communication of the Oonsul-General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam—all these are authentic docu ments, and, as euoh, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various oases treated by Siegen, M.D., Professor, etc, Burning of tbe right hand through the ex plosion of a small oil stove. The epidermis on the volar and palmer side of the hand oi the thirty-year-old patient was completely separated and lifted up as far as the joint of the hand. The likewise lifted nails were hanging loose, and half of the phalanx c . tbe nail of the middle finger was coaled. The wounds thus contracted healed in three weeks under aily applications of Eucalyptio Extraot dressing. Tbe patient has retained the full use of the hand.— (Advt 1

SPORTING

DUNBDIN RAO 58.

(PBB PRESS A8S00IATI0IC;)

Foksuht Eaoeooobse. February 19

The weather is threatening, but the coarse Is in capital order and there ia a i(ood fctte^dance. For the Hurdles, atl the acceptors faced tbe fctarter. Tbe pubic choice of fivorite was divided between Koyalty and Garibaldi Hurdles Waitangl (Poole) 1 Mamtnoc ... (Stewartt 2 Torrent ... (Kearney) 3 Won easily. CHAMPAGNE STAKES Thackeray, Bst 101b , 1 freedom, Bst 101b ... 2 Town Moor, 8U 10!b 3 UUNKDIN COP. St James, Ist 121b (White) 1 Occident, 9st 51b ... (McDonald) 2 Ixion, 6at 121b .., ... (Wiaby) 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responiible for the

opinions expressed by our correspondents

THE FIRE NEAR MR BULLOCK'S.

IO THE SDITOB.

Sir,—Rafeirlng to the particulars with respeot to the above published in your fsiua of yesterday, I wish to state that I gave no fnstruotioos for the burning of tbe robbtah in thepiddook rented by m , and that aa a matter of fact no rubbish was being burned. The cause of the fire was the dropping of a matoh by a maa (who Is working for ma) while lighting his pipe aod the consequent setting fire to the dry grass,

I *m ftc, A. M Pbaesow,

SERIOUS ACCIDENT

A telegram from Walmate, undar date ISib, published in tha " Tlnmu Horald," ■ays :—A serious aooldent happened at the farm of Mr George Mortin, Waibao, to-day. From information to hand it appears that two mau, Simuel MoOulloch and John HnKiltou, were riding in a dray which was otrtlng in grain. The winkers oama off the horse, and the animal boltea. Bath man were thrown oat of the dray and seriously injured. McOullooh was brought to his home at Waimate, and ia being attended by Dr Stiopoole, his Injuries bftiig so gtnat tint be. Is not expeoted to reoove-. Hsz:lton. who is not so badly hurt, WuS fafctm to the farmhouse.

THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.

("Westport (Star.") It is rumored that the Midland Rail way Company have under consideration the matter of taking in hand the con struction of a branch line of railway to connect Westport with the main line. This extension is not provided for in the contract between the Government and the Company, but it is very probable the Company will feel themselves called upon to undertake it, in their own in terests.sooner or later. TheCompauy have the right to large land grants in this dis - trict and the making of the branch would va6tly improve the value of this pro perty. Again, the connection of their main line with a port such as Westport, j and unlimited^ coalfields, would be a very profitable connection indeed to the com pany. The length of railway to be con structed to join the main line at the Inangahua Junction would only be some 27, miles, so that compared with the ad vantages to be gained, the outlay would not be excessive. So far as we can gather at present, the authorities of the Company in the Colony are merely in- J ptitling, enquiries, but W hope to hew Of pop*} pwfyiert r^njfy, _ 1 1

Sew Zealand's Opportunities

» . - HER MARK (UTS ON THE > OTHER SIDE. INTERVIEW WITH MS TIGH3. (by otra oww exporter ) It is not every dty wa have In our mldsi an IntelUgeat stranger rhos" opinion on matters in general 1b worth listening to. Wall, perhaps I am not putting It as It ought to be put; Jb is jaat possible that hundred* of atraugers pass through our town en route for the north or the south ai tie otse may be, whose opinion on any eabject, oonld we but seoare It in bl ick an \ white, w u'd be «■ valuable is any • but the trouble in that the energetic reporter Is not aiway to the fore when a visitor from the outside w rid appears. Distinguished strangers have been known to run through the length and breadth of New Zaalind without a single piece of fmpndeoce In the person of a " representative" having been able to present his pasteboard, and make ike in evitable subsequent attempt, to draw him out. It is en easy matter for a gentleman who wants to see the country to do so without meeting the Interviewer, especially If he has cash in plenty to bear him along incognito ; but if a nun comes here, bear ing with him a title or a few loiters after his name, just so soon as the fact becomes j kcown that he has a title, or wears a few l^ttors xhat cannot ba acquired ia New Zealand, there Immediately follow in his* tralo, like sleuth hounds, a orowd of re porters " epe* out" wanting to know all aboHt him—the siz) of bis boot*, the out of his hair, the color of bis eyes and all the rest of it, not forgetting more espeoally such little details as the faot that he is left-handed, or b«s a squint. If he h»« the latter the clever reporter will probably m»ka for the medical mm he Is best acquainted with and, having desorlbed rhe particular squint of his "patient" will obtain the exact roleotlfio term foe It, and so shine as an exceedingly smart fellow. Tiers are people who decry the Interviewing reporter ve*y mach, and denounce tbe oastom of iaterviawlng with all their might, The reported Interview Is an Amertain Importation, as well ea an \merc»n love itloa. Chrrlod to an enrema the Interviews border on thsi rJdtcibns, if th y do not «ctua'ly oro*s the very fhia line whioli Is said to divide t c rldiouloas from ths sabllmo; but tor all thai theie is vxry frequently annh t> bi lea' ned by the Interviewer, and through him by bis reader. It was ia this belief that our chief sent ma out on an inter viewing quest, the objeot being MrTigbe the blind tesober of tbe blind. I hand. Mr Tlgbe ia bis quarters at Henry's Hote'. His mlsiion to Asbburton as a teacher of the blind had already been dealt with in th-3»e oolomna, so that that sab j^ot had no need to be renewed between us. Mf epiclnl qaait wai to find out what be had to sty about New Zealand, what Imprest'ons be bad formed of her products, and, dariag his extensive tiavel ling thr >ni;hoa<; Australia, whit markets ought to be open forthoia products. Ifouad Mr Tlghe a most afhb'e, well Informed gentlaman, and as will be seen from the oonvenatlon I had with him, one who while moving about the world, does not allow muob to escape his notice, keeping well upon his memory the Impressions of -That be bis heard, and the lde*s be baa formed therefrem We were not long In conversation before we pluoged wlthou*. oeremony Into the matter of my visit nnd I may now pr^osed to give Mr Tlghe'e story maoh si I reaelvei it, connecting it la one to save qiestton and answer. QUEENSLAND.

Mt Tlghe add—'l am a native of New S^nth Wales, and h*ve beea en fitagad la commTotal pursuit ever stnc* I was a boy. From 1883 to 1888 t muit havi travelled at least 35,000 miles in Qiesna'and, and have yvt now trivllea over New Zjaland, and seen the principal part* of n. (Like most blind persons Me Tlgfeo nsea the word » tee " —iseanlna!, of coirs?, In their oaee "to beoooae acqutinted wth "). la the matte; of Queunsland's waits and New Z aland's produots, I am In a position to <oe»k pretty ooreeotly. Referring to New Zealand, the first thing I found on arrlvliw, here w*s tbe great way th 3 people had of advertising everything re lating to the count-y. Handbo iks of the Colony and parts of the Colony are to be found almost everywhere In the Colony, nnd It would be an advantage if those books, etc., were m easily procurable out of the Colony," Mr Tighe proceded to say that he had experienced In New Zealand a great paucity of foreign newspapers, and hid dlfinvil'y in procuring even Australian papers. One or two Melbourne weeklies were to be ofrataed, bat he had prooured copies of Queensland papers in the towns of New Zaaiand only with great dlffimlty. 111 found It a great disadvantage to me," sMd Mt Tlghe, " wheo I oame to this Colony that the hotel keepers maka no effort at all to keep newspaper filis, not only of the lending newspapers in the Cblonjr and their own provlnoe ; bat •ot.a»!l? they cannot supply you with a copy of their own loca] papers a fortnight b%ok. Having recently met so many Australians, drawn hither by the Dnnedln Exhibition, I find that they have all bad this experience, aad make the common complaint I have just made. When a mm comes to a colony each as New Zea land, of which in Australia I hid heard a 3r*at deal, and comes at the holiday time of the year, be finds the coudtry In holiday trim, But if be cares to think of the Oblony as a site for nettlemant, or dasires to know something of Its past hlitory, as the historian keeps the world's ledger and the editor Its day book, tbe visitor would prefer toba able to look over at least the day book of the current year. This ha is quite nnable to do. There are many advantages the visitor would derive from the hotel keepers keep log at least the local papers on fie and binding them year after year. The loo»l paper Is reilly the town'a book of history, and should always be pre served in hotels for the sake of straDgars. •'ln regard to your handbooks and oiroulars describing the beaaties of your country, It is a otranga thing -that no effort has been made to rpread them any vrhare "out In New Zealand, No such thing aa a New Zaaiand handbook or guidebook la so bo obtained, for instance in Queensland, ov ia any part of Austra lia."

Mr Tlgbe palled me ap here, and wished to explain tbat he meant by this that the ordinary settler la Aubtrails htd v?ry great difficulty Indeed in obtaining any of what might be called the New Zealand colony's advertising literature. •• Without ex change of literature we can ie!l nothing of each othei'n cou«]t?y." '•In tbe AnstrnHim'a Idaa, the best advertisement New Zealand ev«ir got wai the volcanio eruptloua la the NTortb Wand. 1 had never heard of the White ond Pink Terraces before, end hid abso lutely to o inenlt authorities to learn with some degree of exactness nnd detail what a geyssr actually was. As a comeqaencs thare was a great rush for New Z :aland papsrs, whloh told us of the beauties destroyed, but not of the endless beau ties remaining. . ''The Dunodla Exhibition has also beenagrod advertlsemont for New Z:a land. I know this from having met here so m*ny of my onn countrymen. '•Two classes of peipla le-ve New Z'.alcnd fat Australia. Firs', Iho man who goaa on plewore ; aeoond, the man who goes over to seek for work, A third oniht to go—the cnnrmercial maa to path New Zealand tjood^ | Q \£ Q AustcaHan marketei, Rfijh and' poov visit Auslrßjlia from oil pajts of the world, but mostly from America, whanoe too oom^i the ooianjarqiftl nnu^tfae mio

with brains if he h%s not much osb.

Speaking of tbe man on pleasure bent, and the man who goes for bread, Mr Titfhe was of opinion that neither of these was any benefit to New Zealand in Australia. The globe trotter does not look at the requirements of the country he vieits with a view to helping his own country to a new market in supplying these out of her surplus. Ho looka only for his own enjoyment. Tho laborer en the other hand, although bo may see the cbanoea cannot avail himsdf of them on account of not having funds to do so. All tbeae people appear to reach Australia except the commercial man, who never leaves New Zealand. Americans, Ger mane, and go-ahead Englishmen arrive with the objeot of pushicg their baeinesa, but few pushing bagmen from New Zealand are ever met.

FJBEION PBODUOK.

" Tea your readers will obtain an idea of what New Zealand products, if pro perly prepared and manufactured, could find a ready onarket in Australia, es pecially Queensland, if I state what foreign produots are Bold on the other side. r AFPLIS. .' VI bare seen landed in Queeneland from California 1000 cases of apples, each apple wrapped in tisiue papsr^ ;; aqd; prf>r, parly prepared to stand for a time. .Last year, in the North Island, of New Zea land Biw pigs fed on the apple crop, People said the fruit had the codlln motd, bat if the growers knew there was a market so near they would enrely, out of self interest, take the trouble to look after their trees and got rid of th? moth, as the Americans have done. Tuns of dried apples, preserved in air tight tins, go all over Australia, also quinces and other hard fruits.

DBIKD POTATOKS, ETC "The station holders ia Queensland and Central Anitraha 018 tremendous quantit es of dried potatoes or potatoes in 601b boxes. These are carried in B>me cases 400 and 500 miles on waggons. There are landed regularly assortments of preserved veretables pressed into tin boxes, averaging in weight from lib to 61b. These are from America, and com prise cabbages, cauliflowers, carrots, and the harder kinds of tnraips. This class of impoeti is used by the people in making soup

" In every store black and red currents and gooseberries can be seen in bottles— ail from almost any part but New Zealand. In tins of lib; 2lb, and 31b, there are alwaye on hacd plnms, nectarines, a small kind of peach, and apricots pre set ved whole. He woold be a very poor man in Australia who had no bottle of pickles or chutney on his table. They are imported from the United Kingdom, India, and America. 3. he best obutnea is made from American apples. Whilst other parts of the world oan make money out of mushroom ke'obup, in Australia you never Hear a word of New Zealand mushrooms. Enter a grooar's store and you see at once where' New Zealand h at faalt.

JUTTKR.

You Fee a keg of batter, perhaps O3n t lining 301b, On the counter yon eea tins of the lame article containing lib, 2'bs, or 31bn, You »ek the grooar— Where does ibis tin oorae from ? America Where does the keg come from ? New Zealand. Why is not the butter ia the keg 58 good as that ia tne tin ? First it may have been landed in an oiiy state ; sacoad, as soon aa the lid was removed, or before the bntttr could be used; it has be come bad from atmospherical influence. To point out why the butter will not ■tana in the keg, let it be stated that ma" is fcilhd nt 2 or 3 in the moraine, aid if not used fresh by 11 has to be in the hrina or cot in strips and dried for jerkel meat. Iho m» ral of all thu ia td*t if ISew Zealand rutter is to ba sent Ito Bell in Qieeoslund or any other warm part of Australia it must go iv hemoetl oaUy eoalud email pwceh, ouch as lib, 21b or 3'b tins to suit private families and the 1 moving population msdo np of diggera o^rriers timber getters, and so forth, The snail parcels supply an cavy moans of trans t for an almost inuiapeneable article of table me* Now about

HAMB AND BACON.

. On one side ot the anop ia to he wean a raDgo 0? black, dingy looking h«ni and b»oon, in some oastta wnn ihd m^g^ota dropping from them Ton aßk— Where <)o)s that ceme from? Auewer—Now Zedand. On the other side is a long line of hanoe and bacon nicely done up in a cheap cove ing of ecrim, bat packer) all round with sawdust. Too ssk wbenoethtia! Amerloa. On examimttori you find ttse latter perfectly sweet, good, clean, and b'igbt as when it was packed, and an orjament to any table. This, however, Is not to say that all New Z ialand hams and bacon do not reaotx Australia as well paoked 'or keeping as the American, but the msj ni'y of the good packed stuff oomei tcom Ameifoa.

PRESKKTSD MILE

Id enormous quantities U Bant into Australia froca Ear ops—Sweden and Switt^Und—which, like everything else meant to keep comet in tins, acd tarai oat in a toft paste. Tbii is packed in lib tint. -

TIITNXD AMD DRIED FISH

Tinned oysters are alsi imported in e'e&t quantities—mostly bearing' United Kingdom brands—and boxes of ling, cod, and other fish are ioaportei continually; espeolally to meet the Lent demand; Dried Bohnapper,klngfi»h, barrac'ntta,and mioy other New Zealand fish could take the place of these—notably the kawhai. Sardines are largely Imported. Why ahould not New Zealand sprats or herrlog make as goodsirdines as any imported?

SULPHUB

Sulphur arrives from other parts of tha world continually. It Is used on the goldfieldi and in the vineyards. T know there li sulphur in New Zaahnd but know nothing of tti T»lae, At the time time it U Btrange to me that ship* from other parts of the world should go pist your doors laden witb it for Aa<tralla. I sooke to Borne Bailors on the " Scottish Bard" at Oima?n sama few days ago. They told me that, they landed in Bnok h«mpton for the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company 340 tons of sulphnr. I kno* that they osa it In their qawli redcelng process In large quantities. Near Brisbane, la a vineyard I know of, 25 acres In extent, ten ouks are mcd annually for duittng the vines to prevent phylloxera. *BACHES V There should be a trade done even In peaches. •' Why t " " There are cone (n Australia orTasmaniw at the time they are in season here. A oase in point, bought two onees ia M'rcb last in Auck land from a Maori, I had them picked and properly wrapped sod shipped thorn the B»nae day. They went to Qieenslaod and I wrote to a friend In Sydney telling him to wire to the consignee In Brisbane, 80 that fchay oonld bo got without delay, fhay were landed In good order. The parson they we»e sent ti put a fruit b.\«kat tn the window %i make a. big show. Some of his friends asked hlw If they were peaches or only models. No one had ever seen peaches like those. Whit are they} 3d each. He did uot fill the basket; nor would he have had any oooaslon >o fill the banket If he hid had 100 ewes. Ha sold them all a. 31. Imagine how delhlous a peach would be In something very con siderably over 100° in tba shade* Ha aent en immediate reply asking that 100 oasas might be sent, Arrangements were made and some were sent, but not a? uaauy as wer? require)}, The people were not growing th*t class of late peach. The Queensland.; people were f»irly astonished »t the qUwof peaches grown in N«» Zaa-, Und.

Do they grow peaohei Id QaeraiUni ? ?<*i JlMj Mf »a for »bo^ |

s >ldrm blggei than a walnut, and is a rnja fa 1 of maggot*. , "Eggs would ssll well at Christina?, bat I osnnoi give tbel* rprloa. I have known them go op to 3s a dozen then; but,at other times they are cheap." 1 TWEIDS, " A large nupply of tweeds goes Into Qienosland cv* ry year, but there Ss only one mill In all QinensUnd. The olaes of tweeds wanted there I<t of the very lightest, and the Queensland tweeds worn In winter would be even lighter thaa the class you weav in yoor.hptte^ summer.^ A lot of the clothing worn In Queenslandl " and the hottei parts of Australia is mi^ of what Is known «s orlckefeing fltnnelJ Inlßß6 * I met a New Zaaland tweed traveller, la,-; Queensland. Introdaoed him, and when tna wouidbo buyer saw the •ample*' be laughed »nd said they were, as thick as blankets." "Sir THK HIKDIOAPPIWO . -^ "There is a duty more or less on butter, baoon, and cheese In Queensland ; atill they have to Import ;. therefore New Zealand has the* same mnshw as' atoy' other exporting country. A dot* oh float bus lately been levied. When I left Brisbane they were building a, mULfpr flouring. Anything they cannot ptWaea. goes Into the Colony free, and thednty naa been Imposed on floor with the objeot of giving encouragement to the milling Industry, and bo using keel labor. There Is a grand opening now, If others bavejjibt been erected/ lam quite mre rlf flour miils were ereoted In Rookhamptbri and' TownsvlUe they would do a good business, A New Zealand syndicate could Investin this and grind New Zsaland wheat, on . which there If no duty. "All the goo V «c fcave beW talking about are sent it-.• o Australia from otbet parti of the world, and a glance at the mtrket colnmns of the " Qaeenilancler " will show the prices they fstch. My great reason for talking to you like this If that were these goods produced In New Zealand and landed In Australia at prioea the tame as from other oountrlei there ll • market for them, and" for tons' tin* tons of them. Central Australia and Queensland both produoe beef and matton, bnt all the goods we nave been talking about have to be Imported because they osnnot get them In their natural itats, ', " Braxnjws.; v:',;r;;:; ;*''rl ' r.° " Qaeansland could give you In faturn If. you oared to . reoiprobate r cedar woodi lead, sugar, rloe, btnanas, plnesp'plsll, brandy, wine, and rum " ",.j ", - ' X WABBIOBB' TAtkiJ '' '"" f"'"^ C " The native-born Australian Atarion!? of Naw Zealand from the talei of old " warriors" and these tales, told at tbe bar or In the tap room are not always to hei advantac». The thing has beenreolprocatcl Iq New Zealand, where the warrior tells to the native-born Pikeha of dron<rh ■, \ snakeK, and all the horrible things said to be char»oterlnlc of Qietejland.' Neither "warrior " seemt to Hava«var nokidei the beauties o{ he he decries, and tbe young Australian has to listen to taTes of ths M«drl war, snow, bush and earth, qaake dacgan and so forth.. It Is a plfy that the beaatlei and advantages of the oountry are not dwelt upon with oqnal eloqueDce" ... ']'' "y

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN,

PMt PRESS ASSOOIATIOJf.J

London. February Vt and 18 Sir Louis Mallet is dead, aged 67. The Chancery Court has sanctioned Messrs Robert Campbell' and Sod'sl re duction of capital by per share/* 7 , The story has been again revived that Lord A. Loftus, when British Am bassador at Berlin, was instructed to offer the Fiji Islands to Germany.- Three hundred and fifty thousand miners will go out on strike on the 15th March unless the demand for a riaejpf 10 per cent in wages is complied with. Mr H. Matthews, Home Secretary, in replying to a deputation of miners which waited on him to-day, urging him to support the Eight Hours Bill introduced by Mr R. Cunningham Graham, M.P. for the North-Western Division of Lanarkshire, said it was hopeless to expect Government to restrict adult labor to eight hours. Nkw York, February 17. Two trains collided at Burnestown. Ohio, three persons being killed/ Lisbon Febrnaiy 17, A serious Republican agitation has broken out in many parts of the country.

Saji FEAwasoo, February 17 Elections in the Hawaiian islands indicate that the National; Keform party will be successful. . '; ~ '

Zaszibab, Febraary 17 The French priests at Monitara, who were reported to have met Dr Peters' expedition at Subaki, now deny having made the statement. . . r , „., It is anticipated that Major^Wissman, with 1400 Soudanese, will start .00 an expeditioh to the interior of Africa to wards the end of April.

Farm. February 17 It is stated that Marshal MacMahon, formerly President of the French Republic, approves of the sentence passed on the Due d'Orleans.

. .'y B«RLnr,,Febiaaiylß. It is reported that Prince BismaYck retires from the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs, of i Commerce and Premier of Prussia, but will retain the position of Chancellor ;pf the, German Empire.

- ..., Adin. February 17, While on a voyage between Colombo and this port a passenger on board the P. and O. Company's, Victoria at tempted to commit suicide by jumping overboard. A rescuing boat was^im mediately lowered, but owing to the high sea which was running she capsized and her thirteen occupantswiere thrown into the water, the boatswain, quarter master and would-be suicide being drowned.

THE MARKETS

[Pib P»»gB AssoounovJ

rru' " 1 J^KDOir, Febmrj 17 The wool market is firm. *

W^lington, February 18 The following is a copy of * cable meseage received to-day by the Premier from the Agent-General on the Bubject of New Zealand f£ ax : —

Hemp— T9syr Zealand is Belling slowly. Irregular fair middling, £22^to £24 ) good, £27 to £28 ; prime, £82 to £38. Manilla, aftor a sharp re covery dropped again, £$d to £40. Sisal has fallen £5. So tar as can be foreseen, the prospects are still nnoertainw

HAWKE'S BAY WINES.

Tio Paris ooffeapondent of Vde Aaok bnd » Heuld " write.:-« When leaving Now Za«laad Oomte d'Abbano, the Frenob Vioe-Jomnl at Wellfngtcm^ brought with him gome twenty bottisa tj{ 1835 to 1888 wlna of dlft-rmt qnsUln, preieottd bf satnec fardin, one of the Mariat BrotJieit no# resident In H»wka'a Biy, and h*d It exhibitedl In'h*» onaifc :,t the. P^i« Kxhl biMov, - VnfnbtxinAtr^ "owfflg tb Bomv oniilßi'oa «i£ form»lity, the wine wm not >iwted by tUe jary, hat the Oomtt mb*tq^ntly gfaUitt^ thf oploloo ©I MOf

THf ASHBTJRTOK GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY PFBEUARY 19, 1890.



"Thoogh Imitated by manj, Burpasaed by none." LEVIATHAN RAITwAY TEMPER ANCE HOTEL (Opposite the Railway Station), } DUNEDIN. MRS SILK, PROPRIETRESS. THIS very popular Establishment con tinuas to afford very superior acoom modatlon to tourists and others who desire iha COMFORTS OF HOME, combined with VERY MODEKATE CHARGES. The sole management of tho house, a« well as the cuisine affairs, are under the personal sapervidon of Mrs Silk, The House la Situated within a few minntes walk of the Exhibition, Post Office, Steamboat Lending*, and other placet. QUOD FA.OMUB VALDE FAOIMU ("What we do we o well," THE OHRIBTOHT7BOH DB NTAL BUBGEBY, Oashel btreet, Ohristcharoh, noxf Boot Store, and at the Octagon, JJauewin. A i )perations at strictly uniform and moderate Consultation free. 3. MYEBS"~AND CO., BUB9BON DENTISTS. 7 j\ NITBOUb OXIDE GAS administered This Auncthetlo leaves no unpleasant effects, and by its use the extraction of Bad Stumps and Toeth is rendered per ♦eotlf Painless and Effeotive. Ad ministered dally. Fee for admlnlitwitloD ot Gas, si. Extraction, Si 6d a tooth. Hoars of attendance, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Private residence, 93 East Belt. Tbe acknowledged soperlorlty of AMERICAN DENTISTKY in the con stroction of Artificial Tenth, tbe most finished workmanship, and replacing tbe ogt teeth TEMPORARILY ALMOST | MMEDIATELY after extraction, have! atabllshed oor reputation, A single Artlficfa Tooth, 10s, complete jt Upper and Lower, Temporary and Permanent £1010s; Artificial Teeth and Dentures made by oth« rfentiets re aoddled at small costs, Stopping, Sojl- Pocfßot tad Palnleu, Wl. SPARROW, : TAILOR AND MEN'S MERCER BAST STREET. j ASHBUffiON COUNUY STOCK AWD iSALEYAKDS CO., Limixid. AS the request of several Farmers the Company has decided to hold a Speolal PIG FAIR For the Sale of STORE PIGS, AT THE TinwaLd Yards Early in March. Farmers will oblige by letting the Qaretaker have particulars of their Entries aarly aa possible. GEO. JAMESON, . 75 Chairman. THE CHEAPEST SALE NOW GOIN'S ON IN ABHBUBMON IS AT "The Corner*" Children's Hate half prloj Flowers at ha f price Pilots at half price) Ladies' Jackets at half prioe 17 doz Men's Sox (beat made) half v prioe jr % f \ee the windows fcEE THE WINDOWS [OB ; INSPECT THE STOCK j INSPECT TflE STOCK W. H, COLLIER j j: Jj»ie Ceraer.' I



Wanted Known Gash Advertisements under thin head ing, not exceeding 16 words, (MB Shilling. Addresses may beleftat this Office. WANTED ? q Beepaotable girl as > • serai servsuv.—Apply Mrs A Orr, Wooiiiawn. 2 89 "VTBW lima ij small tea seta, phott'i ±}i frames, ct. amenta, brooobes, colored grasees opals on plush.—H. M. Jones. WANTED Known—For Sale a few ca ea of large ripe plunu, 31 pr pound —CHABIKSbBADDBLL. 2 83 pUBLIU KOIIOE—AII good wishers 1. of \he Wednesday Half-Bo iday. I'laaßo chop early, 1 o'clock. h. 0. HeGEHH, M«lt<». a iitjua- MANILLA Binder Twins, machine oil, and wire. Time is money on tbe harvest geld—the best 1b the cheapest, i —-R. Amjorn, Sannders Bulldlugs. TT7AHTBD KNOWN—If yon want W ?' '■& value for your money go to Melford Hoobo Besides our ordinary presents fti additional one of a good useful basket to every purchaser of 20a and upwards, H, C. EEQsjaa, Me)ford House. "ANTED Known.—" S^ong-wear Booti for Ladiea, Men and Children o»n only ba obtained at W. H Collier's \jn ANTED Known that Aadbew Obr's "? half-yearly sale of Surplus Stock of Drapery Clothing and Boots is now going on. 1 141 WANTED Known—ln addition to our ordinary presets, we sha'l give an extra one of a pood useful basket to every purchaser of 20s and upwards. H. 0. Sbqbrs, Melford House, "TITANTED KNOWN —*My Special W Make of Ladies' 4 clasp Kid Gloves, " The Anhburtonian," braided baoke, 3s 6d per pair.—W. H. Collieb. WANTED every man in tne County to have a Salt of the Aahburton Tweeds.—Robebt Aloobn, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saonders' BulldiDgs. WANTED Known lace curtains 34 114, towels 4Jd, umbrellas la lOd prints 2£d. eklrtt Is, kid glovea Is, 12Jce dress buttons for 1", embroidered ocstumee 10a.—Andrew Orb's Sale. 1 160 THE Jubilee Sale. Andbew Our 1b aelllug mens boots 9a 6d, ladles E.S. at 4s 6d, lace up boot? 6a 6d, git s boots 3a 9d, men's shoet 6) lid. evening aboes 2s 63. Sale now on. 1 151 MBB KENNED? and Misa Cameron, Moore Street—Teachers of Scientific Dress-cutting. Bodies cut and fi ted. Dressmaking in all its branohes. Riding habits a Bpeolality. 12 69 WANTED, Everyone to Know—That J. MOI3ON ban now in etock a arge and varied assortment of BOOTS AND SHOES for the Spring and Summer Season, Gentlemen's, Ladles', and Chil dren's, both Imported end Colonial; Iso HIS OWN MAKE, which CANN )T BE SURPASSED for Style, F-t, Qml ty. and Neatness, eoaiblnpd with VERY REASONABLE PRICES. All repairs executed prompt y and **Ith neatness, lOtl FutLic Notices THBBSHIN& BOOKS. fnHREhHIN^ Machine Bo^ka of X improved design printed with despatch at "Mail" and 'Uuird;aa" Office. TTAIiENTINES! 'VMantiuea—Niweit V and most Jtibgant D-'eigtis in boxee. Sllk-Brioged Love O^rda Bud Perfamed Sachets, etc. Largest Varety in Comic Valentines, L. F, ANDRBWBS & 00, SM-.!nnft-«' Hall, PUBLIO NOTICE. (N Puran pno9 of tbe Pnb'fo RaservoH Aof, 1885, Olsu'e 5 Notion Is horeby ■ ivfln that tHe Ashbn ton Domain wIU ba set ftpatt between *h* hoars of 5 p ra. A»d 8 p in. on WEDNE&DriY, ihe 26 ■* Fabraary instant, &nd that charges for admlfsion thereto will be made on that day, namely foz each adult, li; omlagas free. D. THOMAS, 2 88 Ghftirmsn Domaia iiotrd. IN BANKRUPTCY. Jo the District Oonrt of Aihbnrton {(being a Local Court of Bank ruptcy), bolden at Ashbnrton. In the matter of "The B*nkmrtoy Act, 1883," and the Acts amending the same, -VTOTICBi 1« hereby given that JS Pbter Wilijajb, of Ashburton, Anatlonepr, has tftin day been adjadl oated a baokrnpt, &nd that th» first m et Ins; of Creditors will be held in the • iatrlot Oourihouap, A hbnrton, on MONDAY, February 24 b, 1890, at 11 o'obek In the forenoon. Dated this 19.h day of February, 1890, J. O. BELL, Deputy-Official Assignee, E. G. CRISP. 2 # 86 Solicitor for Debtor. SUMMER 1890 1890 CIUMMER HOW 1890 1890 pH O W ALL DEPARTMENTS OF OTTB BUSINESS REPLETE WITH CHOICE GOODS FOR THIS SEASON. *r PRioEs^RiGnT^ ,m For Javenile'a Clothlrg Try tha N.Z Clothing Factory For Boys' Clothing Tr? ihe N,Z. Clothing Factory For Youths' Clothing Try the N Z. Clothing Factory For Men's Clothing Try the N.Z Clothing Factory For Moxx'ti Measure Salts j Try iba N-Z. Clothing Factory Fcr Morcsry and Hot^ry Try the N.Z. Clothing Fa-story For Blankeie, Bags, and Flanne's Try tbe N Z. Cubing Factory For Hate in the newest shapes Try the N.Z. Clothing Factory For the best value for Ready Money Try the N Z Clothing Factory ENCOURAGE LOCAL INDUSTRY >ND BUY FROM THE Clothing I^ctory, [NSPEOT~OUK STOCK ] a'^AadJdrawycov owncoiucluaions. i W, H,| W£BBEB, i