The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1890. IMPERIAL PROTECTION.

One of our Wanganui contemporaries ' (the " Herald ") devotes a recent leading article to the consideration of the cry ior intercolonial protective reciprocity which is sounded in many quarters in connec tion with the Australian federation pro posals. By protective reciprocity we mean the suggestion that there should be a free interchange of commodities as between' the colonies and a protective! duty levied by all the colonies upon imports from without the Australasian group, The " Herald " doubts whether intercolonial freetrade would be of much benefit to New Zealand, inasmuch as she has products that some of the Bister colonies must buy from her, but which cannot be forced upon them. It urges the adoption of a | much wider scheme of reciprocity and protection, that is to Bay one co extensive with the Empire, formulating its proposal as follows:—" Let Great Britain put on a duty—call it a war revenue, and let it be devoted to the army and navy—of 5 per cent on all foreign imports over and above the duty levied for revenue purposes. This would at once bind every part of the Empire together in a Federal bond of self intereet which could never be broken. India and the colonies would pour their wheat in to supply the. millions of the Mother Country, with a duty of 5 per cent in their favor, and the supply from Imperial sources alone would soon more than equal the demand, and the price not being raised on the consumer. The same would apply to frozen meat. If Argentine meat was supplied by means of a bonus, as it is at present, the unfair competition would be countervailed by the duty of 5 per cent which would operate in favor of the colonies at pre sent severely handicapped. The gain to India and the colonies would be enor mous. India, Ceylon, and Fiji are pushing China to the wall in the pro duction of tea, their productions rapidly captivating the taste of the tea drinker. In fact the Empire is becoming self supporting, and it will be for England to study its true interests and consolidate the trade of its own possessions. What have we, the possessions, to offer in) return for this Protection ? Of course we should as a part of the reciprocity-put on 5 per cent more on foreign imports ( than we did on English or Imperial. That is to sjjy if we import goods 'from; France or Germany, we should impose a' duty of 5 per cent more on them than; on goods imported from any part of the British Empire. This would direct, most of the trade into British channels, and absolutely secure the trade of the colonies and India to Great Britain. Now as the colonieß aro England's best customers, let her statesmen calculate what it means." As regards the two branches of this proposal, the first, that of freetrade as between all parts of the Empire, the question is one which the colonies can settle for themselves, inas much as for its realisation it only needs that they should adopt the Froetrade policy of the Mother Country as towards the products and merchandise of Great Britain, but the difficulty lies in securing thp adoption by English statesmen of the second proposal, that is the enforcement of a discriminative tariff, free as to the productions of Greater Britain, and protective as to the produc tions of tha rest of the world. This would involve, for example, a duty on Russian and American bread-stuffs, American and Danish butter and cheese, and on a number of other food products now admitted duty free. Imperial pro tection would be a grand thing for the Colonies wt* ftflroit, but we fancy that our friends at Home will lake a lot of per suading to extend to <&s U# benefits at the cost of their own pockets. From a New Zealand point of view there is a lot to bo .said for the proposal, but we fear it will ba looked at at Jlome through 9 very different pair of specta^s.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We have to acknowledge, with tbanfeg, thej leoeiptot " Thi Crown Lands Guide," No* lOij About three hundred thousand telephone^ are in uaa in tha United States. The grades Unions of Now Zealand nrj said on good ayttiqnty Jo include upwards a 20,000 members. ' ' The Oamara Jockey Glut -faaajresolved M wind up and to make a call upon its membeß of 103 a head to make good deficiencies, A The Capuchin missionaries at Assab Bajl are founding a Christian colony for liberate^ elsvea on land granted tot the purpose by till Italic? Government. Tj ' Of QJ7BE people inhabiting th immense ternary of South Amerioa—near! (ioubla thd of toosrsted States—2B,ooo,oo are bapi itei Catholi^'" Tho " Wangantfi Chronicle •<* b£6%ijc,n'roo'< authority that one of the* local brewyere'fiae, Jb; the death of a relative, fallen 1 :?to » fortune o eomething like a hnndred thousand pounds*. . The death is announced of Sir Paul William Molesworth, Bart., at the ago of sixty eight. "The deceased was a minisier in thi Church of Engalnd, bat subsequently joined the Oatholio Cburob, in whose faith ho re« mained until his demise.

Mr Gladstone has agreed to write for D. Donald Maoleod, editor of " Good Words" a study of modern Biblical criticism, whioh will be published under the title " The Impregnable Eock of Holy Soripture."

The sea breaks so heavily Jn the angle of the breakwater and beach at Napier that the shingle wears away the concrete quite fast, and special protecting blocks are to be pus

The Wellington correspondent of the " Otogo Daily Tirnea " Bays :—lt is under stood that Parliament will not meet before June. It is beiipved that this will be more convenient to members generally, and will tend to expedite tho proper course of business.

Harvest pro3pcolß in parts of Southern India are gloomy. The weather in Tanjore, Triohinopoly, Madura, and Tinnivelly is dry, and (he crops are peri-hing over a consider able area. Grain riots have oocurred at several places in the Triohinopoly district.

Tha new education law already adopted by the Lower House has passed the Dutoh Senate. Ii gives satisfactory guarantee for religious education, and establishes free admission to the public sohoola in the case of children of really poor parents.

Wo Bee by the " Press " that a meeting of the Standing Committee ie called for Thursday next in connection with the difficulty as to the Primaoy. I& is expected that the outoome of the present deadlock will be that the Bishop of Wellington will, for the peaoa of the Church, resign the Primaoy, and that tho Bishops will call upon Bishop fcutor to eonvene'a meeting of the General Synod.

A very remarkable thing about the Primacy difficulty is the faofc that Bishop Harpei'a election was held to be invalid because his predecessor had not formally resigned at the time of the election. So serioua did Synod oonsider the mistake, that it' actually passed a validating statute. It is Btrange that in the face of tfiie, the same miatjikg should, be 'ppe&tedj -

By the express to-day the Wellington Garrison Band, 26 in number, pasf«3 through to tafre part in the brass band contest at Dunedin. The Wellington Garrisan Band numbers among its members no less than threa old and well-known Ashburton musi. cians, viz.—Messrs Bennie, Watkins, and Mao Donald (the latter a son of Mr James Mao Donald, tailor, Haveleok street). The band is headed by Drum-Major Davis an old white haired veteran of the 65th regiment. The drum-majot has a breastful of medals, among which long servioe and good oonduot deoorations figure paominently.

The New Zealand Eailway revenue for the ten monthß up to the Ist ult. amounted to £893,816, as compared with £830,357^ for the corresponding period of the __ previous year. , These were the gross receipts, and show an inorease of no lesa than £63,461. The relative expenditure showed a decrease, I the working expenses absorbing only 63 per cent of the revenue, instead of 65^ per cent as last year. The passenger traffin Bhowed an increase of 186,869 passengers (total number," 2,811,732); parcels, etc., aa in orease of 5280; live stook, an inoresße of 67,125; goods, an inorease of 79,280 tons; minerals, a deorease of 26,334 ton?^ Owing to tha inclement weather on Satur« day night Alexander, the Australian Blondin, did not give his open air performance on the wire«fope. To-night, however, if the weather be suitable, he will make his aaoent, and perform his feats. He has scoured the services of the Brass Band, whioh will help greatly to enliven the proceedings. On Tuesday even, ing, he tell us, he will carry over the rope the 15] stone weight landlord of the Eoyal, who is taking all to-day and to-morrow to screw his courage to the sticking place. It would be as well, perhaps, if the atioking place ba reached, that a Jfew stalwart friends of the genial landlord should attend to save the pieces; but both Blondin and the landlord feel quite snre that the journey will be acoom. plished safely. The town ol Hawera is in a vary awkward state just now, as regards water, there being quite.a water famine there. The leading! hotels have had to shut their bath-rooms, and allow dusty travellers to refresh them selves as best they can with a quart of water in a hand basin. In one case the genial; hoßt has had to put a chain and padlook on the pump in his stable yard, as people were; carrying away the precious liquid in buokets, and leaving the well nearly dry. Should a fire break out in Hawera fust now the ohances are the brigade would have to let it burn unohecked, as there ia no water available for the purpDse of fire extinction,-— "Wanganui Herald." |

. A correspondent of the " Southland Times' • says :—The Merrivale Estate ia selling a draft of 1009 lambs for freezing. Many of these: have attained very remarkable weights. Lambed about the middle of September some have had to be rejected on aooount of their, great weight. One soaled 721bs, and deduct ing 31bB for the head this leaves close on' 701bs, It is a Down cross. The first batch averaged after the two heavy weights had been culled between 46 and 471 be. Great credit is due to the management for this extraordi nary result. Some of the oredic is also due to the soil, and some to the glorions season whioh has been particularly favorable to all kinds of stock,

A grievous announcement is made. It ia to the effect that the Vale of Avoca, or a large, portion of Jit, haa been purchased by an English match company, with tha design of using up its timber in the shape of Lucifer, marches. ■ But does it not almost seem aa if it had been with a prophetic eye towards this > catastrophe that the name of Lucifer was originally pitched on ? The idea, a33thetioally oonaidered, is, indeed, one.that might have. Biieen from the deepest shades of Erebus, Fancy' that "brightest of green" sliced down jnto matoh-wood, and stuffed into miserable little boxes, whoso very sight is {suggestive of. the [ sweater and all that is distressing. Tbera are ■ sermons, we are told, in stones. Alas that ibe day should come for us to find poetry, smothered in match-boxes.

Among the mary candidates for the patron* age of those who build garments, and " atitoh, stttoh, stitch—band, and gusset, and seam " — W9 have to chronicle the advent of tha " New Home " sewing machine. Tha new claimant to nctioe has been introduced by Mr Julia Orr, and its introduction has bsen aocom panied by as fine a display of piotorial adver tising as one oould Bee in a twenty mils marob. The new machine baa much to recommend it, It is a double thread Icck-stitcb, with a self-setting needle. By iha latter arrange ment —the needle having a moat pronounoedly fjat side—no mistake in fixing the needle can possibly bjO made. There arp improvements also in the'direotion of an automatic cr "sol£ aoting tension, a solf.aetiog bobbin winder, a now system of stitou regulating, a new kind p£ shuttle, a pew '' take up," and lagt but not least the parts are adjustable so that when worn by long use they oan be tightened up, and the expense of new parts saved. Altogether a nice, well got up, handsome'y finished Blowing machine.

. Flay goers will be (glad to learn that Mr Hairy St Mauc, the popular English comedian, whose name is well known throughout; the Australian colonies as an aptor of the highest order, will play one night in the Oddfellows' Hall CQ (Friday, J2lst instant. Mr St Maur arrive! in I)unedin on the 11th instant, and after playing at Oamaru and Timsru, will produce hia most; eucoesiful'' comedy with whioh his name is so intimately associated ?' Candidate •' at Asbburton on the date aboya namec*, The company engaged to Support Mr SfMftur is strong individually nqmerioally, and inqludos the following well? > kqown artists; — Misses Towers, Kennedy, Bill, and Mayo, apd Messrs Franfe O'erald, ). $. Kennedy, Stilling, Duff, Charles Berkeley, Qreville, tClifford, Hill, and others. Full particulars of Mr St Maur's visit will shortly be given in our column?, but in the meantime w* again draw the attention of our readers to the date fixed—Friday, 21st inst. We under* stand that Mr St Maur cannot possibly play toora thap one eight in Ashburton, as his Wellington 'eaaaop't commences on Monday, 2£th, at the New Opera House." '4 !

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

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Te WhifeJ.

New JPlymouth, Maroh 10

Te Whiii, the Putlhaka Chief, who h«i )nlght and taken to kaagahoe p»ti,- wb«re he Dtopa for a few dsya. A lame gather. Iq ? of n^tlvea and groat foaeilpg *f elwm?o Ta" Whiti. Daring yeßbcdfy Bltern6dti he wsb interviewed hv Unropeans, "gus^ Fires. Bush fires caused by the galo, havg been tha oauaa of raoro doat^UoUon $6 property than on any previous oooaelon. Beveral eeltlcn hftTe boen tuiaed, every, thing,belonging to them being destroyed. A m'Otijg is being held to devlaa moans for reUsif tincl to raise money,

Railway Redraw, YVEtijtNGXoNj Mar oh 3s, - If tho Riilway *eoj>ipt!i for March" keo> np K3 they promise tha OoniißletSldasjff j expect to be abla to enow a cet proffl i of £30,000 more thsn thoir estimate 1 This wiil give a total return of just c? { t'iroe p^r cent-, over las!; yiar. - -' Tha University Senate. ■ ." Dtjhisbin, March 10 Tho University Senate concluded f" 8 ci tings to-day. Tho bubinesß wao vo rJT formal, , | S iv reine Court )

, At the c-iniiual aassion of tho'Saprofla Ooarfc, Judge WiilianiB 1 charge defllfc 'entirely with tha cases on the calendar. (Referring to the manslaughter c\bq, he Btid U o fraud Jury must not consider tho fact of the accused not being a doctor, and it wan not oven an error of judgment, though death ensued from that error, that would justify in returning a trqe bill. 'To do that they muat bo entisfied the treatment of the deceased was grossly improper and suah as any parson of reasonable nkill would cot have followed. Secondly, and of eqoal impoitanca, they mu-t find tbero was a optima facie case that improper treatment caused an jaccc-l^ratod desth to ju&tlfy the blli. The medical evidenco" must be dtfiaito that the treafment by tbo accused was Improper and accelerated death. John Dykins ploadod guilty to embezzlement, and wan sentenced to si? months' hatd. labor. It is stated that the legal costs fal the Win mill v Gbllie o«ho foot up to 162500, ,

THE LABOR TROUBLES

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London, March 8.

A international Labor Conference on a much wider programme than that summoned by the Emperor William of Germany will meet in London in July next. It is reported that both the>; French and English Governments asked that the Berlin Labor Conference should be delayed for a month, but Germany would not accede to the request.

MILK FOR EXPORT.

On Thursday afternoon .a number of the I principal residents of Geraldine met by invi tation at the store of Messrs M. Dunlop and Co. for the purpose of testing the results of a new process for preserving milk for exporta tion. The process is one that has been discovered by Mr W. C. Greig, of Mu rsel« butg, Dunedin. The milk is packed ia hermetically sealed tins in almost the same state as when it comes fresh from the cow. The sample tested on Thursday afternoon had been tinned over three months, and when opened it was pronounced by Dr Fish, who conducted the test, to be perfectly sweet and good. A sample was handed round, and with the exception of a slight taste as of having been boiled it would' be difficult to detect it from the fresh milk. The cream it contained had something the appearance of butter, owing, no doubt, to the travelling, but when poured into tea or coffee it dissolved, and the slightly boiled taste of the milk seemed to disappear almost entirely. Mr Greig, is sanguine of excellent profits being realised by the starting of factories for the canning of milk by this method and exporting it to London and else* 'where.—(" Press.")

ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS

HOW THE'THING IS WORKED.

(» Wanganui Herald.")

! A ooireipoodent sends us the follow ing :— The following Information aa to the Wairarapa 1 have from peraonal friends oonoerning the way lei whioh the best Unda of the Forty Mile Bush are being gambled with. Mr Infotmtnt Is a decent contractor ( \ He declares there Is a ring of speculators In the Bush who are i doing nothing else bat watching land sales, securing oeotlons, and then getting them ofl their hands at an enhanced prloe us quickly aa possible. The agents, who are making money hand over fist In this 1 bualnew, we ( ), • Battler In the Buah, ( -r)»nd'( -)i two Canter bury land jobbers, and a local solicitor Dummying, be says, la rampant. The land not being advertised (at letat not in the local paper), only a few interested parties know anything about the impending sales, and It pays them to keep everything very quiet. They go oat and epot the land and then they pat In applications ander the deferred payment or perpetual lease syatetn for the best sections. Not only do they get their relatives to do 06 as well, bat they employ ell their frlenda and acquaintances, ihs'understanding being, of course, that the land will bo trane ferred at the earliest poisi'ole moment. A man cannot held more than one a'ac 2ion nnder any Byctam, but wbat they do is to alter the tenure. F»r iuetauoa, the holder of land under deferred paymea and perpetual leise qnalifi^s hlm39lf im mediately,to make a irash application for a perpatnal lease by ge'.ting the Land B.ari ti after the tenure of iha laud he hoida. ( ■ ) as3nres mo thatthero <s hardly a eoction sold last week for which tha successful applicmt could not get an advance of £1 per acre, cash down. All the applicant has to do ia to go to ( ) » aollcitor, tall him he hao got a certain aection, and straightway a client; is found, ob tho solicitor, by instruction, purchases for (/-■' ■ ), who have their clients reidy to gWe thtm an enhaacetl price in Oaqterburj'. Th? solicitor gi?es the selector a chequa for hia money, and the land is virtually sold. The selector, ia turn, Bigcsa bill together with an asreo m.ent to refund the mqnoy it the transfer is riot aVy snacf*, The m>ja ie frequently ftnaployed to fell th§ bush, and maKe Iho improvtm.Buts necessary f entblo tho holder to capitalise or acqu'ra hs3 freehold. Vciy oftea the Board grants a transfo; at onos, provided the aeleotor shows good cause for wishing to dispose of hfc rights, or bss a friend at court, (——.—) is up to hie neck in thia woik, At I

THE LAST LAND SCRAMBLE Ha and his Bonpulled eff two of tha beat sections. Within tho last three months (■■l ) tells ma (— —) should have made £2000 oat of his lucky drawings, Tha carious thing ie that ( ) and hie intimate friends get the land even when, there is very keen competition, Mr ( ) taapt who came back recently from Wellington,, after attending one of these ballots. !" "By —— |" woa his expression, *• I'll nover forget (—« «-—) as lqng as I Uvg. He manage^ }t for mo, I've got the land, and it was wonderful." £ oan name oomphcent J.P.'b who good Daturedly witness the declarations on the asauranco that the eigaaturei are genuine although the signatories are absent. (— ——) tells me he has been doing a bit of land jobbery himself, A year ago he was contracting. Competition was keen ; he hurt his hand and could not work, bo he left Mistertpn, got into Bush, and ia a week he had been eohoo'.ed In the Ecieoce of dummying. Hardly a land I ea c has passed thit he has not made £80 to £50. (— ——) and his eons have been trafficking regularly In the same way. To-day (— ——) was offered a price for some land he sclacted and improved, aud ho tells me it be sell] oat he will make £600 clear by ttat one transaction. Of course, the men that have to pay tho piper are the poor Cantarbury farmer $:iefllg of eooh men 83 (—«.-,)." I think you will find''every word of the inEorma tipn I cm giving yon correct, and you cud I form your O«n opinions and comtaeptt.

A CANTERBURY BARONET

The following paragraph appeared in :the "Timaru Berald"of baturday :— "We learn from tbo "Leinster Adver tiser" of January 22nd, "of the death of Sic John Blunden, Baronet, of Blunden I Castle, KUkeuny, Sir John Blunden died 'on Juoqayy l%th at the Q stle, at tUo ,iip'e age of fg years. The "Leinster Advertiser " cays':—The Blunden family can bo:et or a lineage and a history of which every member oE it may mil be proad, and the bref outline from authen tic reoorda shows the high esteem in which former generations of tho family wero h,al4 bgth jn cqunty and city of Kj^enny, ac<l afeo th,at in Ih^a Senate, at tbe b,ar, andfln the military service of G>en.t Pntain, mlny members of this family a^icel high distinc'ion and renorrn. The late Sir John Blunden }is succeeded in the titlo and estate, by his eldest eon WilHoni, M,8,. 8.A., L.R.8.0.L, L.M.JL. Q0 P. The now Btrfonet»« at ProEeßt residing at TetnuVa, CanterWy, N.g. D* Bhuuien, who is j n practice at Temuka, )f> tbo gentleman referred to, and we hepptly wuh him, aad Lady Blnnden happiness and proßpsnty in tho homa of their adoption.

AFFLIG THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA.

The once prosperous, city of Pisa, in Northern Italy, is at present in sad straits — financially; and matters have come to such a pass that the worid-renowned Leaning Tower is actually to be offered as a prize in a moDSter lottery. This historical architectural pheno- j menon was commenced in 1174, by Bonnano j of Pisa, and was erected as a campanile* It is composed entirely of white marble, and is built in eight stories, is thirteen feet out of the perpendicular, and reaches a height of one' hundted and eighty fee. It is indeed sad to think that the municipal authorities of Pisa are thus driven to dispose of one of their celebrated city monuments, the future possessor of which, however, notwithstanding its threatening aspect* is likely to find it £ * very "paying investment. It was the city of Pisa—once the ( rival of Florence —that equipped one hundred and twenty ships for the first Crusade. This same Pha, too, reduced the Emperor Alexius to submission, and sent out an expedition of 1 three hundred vessels, thirty five thousand men and nine horses for the conquest of the Balearic Islands, and maintained mercantile ( colonies in the Levant, Asia Minor, and various parts of Greece*'

STANLEY'S LOVE STORY

When Stanley was selected by Jatneß Gordon Bannett to take an expedition Into Afrloa and learn the fats of Living stone he was thirty yearn old and fall of plnok and determination. Ha hid been, In the Confederate Army, and when taken prisoner by the United States troops he volunteered m a seaman In the Federal navy. Ha was spoken of at the tima as brave, modest, and generous, bat with a daring disposition, and above all a dater mlnatlon to make hla mark In the world. Only Stanley himself oen tell of tha destl tutlon and the hardships that he ex parienoed In his soarob for Livingstone. Bat on that memorable day In November; 1871, when at Ojijl, on the shore of Lake Tanganyika, he fonnd the great Sootch man, and nonchalantly lifting his hat to him, said, "Df Livingstone, I presqme," ha beoame equally famous with the Doctor, and know tint bis name woald go down through the oantutias. On his leturn to England the fetes and tha bacqaets given in his honor and the glorification of his nsme were only Inter-! ropted bj the death In Afrloa and the' burial In Westminister Abbey of Dr LlviDgstone. Stanley was a poll bearer at the focoial of the great explorer. It waa said at the time that the mantle of th« dead man bad fallen upon the young and ambltuous Stanley. He was on the top rung of tho ladder of fame, but his I oloseat friends at the time have since frequently remarked that Stanley's marked pharaoterlstio wai a cyniolem that was almost unbearable aud certainly traao countable,

Ha wai 32 years old. The Queen had presented him with diamonds, and he had been singularly honored by atatasmen and the great men of ithe Royal Gaographloal Society, . Hla noma was known all over the olvlllsad world,. and distinction end renown awol'od him In New York when he arrives! faero a few months later. , Staajoy hada't been la <ftew York very long be'fofe hia^club friends tomarkad that be was paitlal In hla vialta to s certain ounalon oa Fifth Avenuo. Ha had been well reoe!?ad in New York society, and although ho wna not pactfoalarly endowed with thlawottd'a goudo, he was a hand- BomQ yonnn; fellovr, and the yonng ladiea of Hes7 York society found him moet ODngtenlu!, At one ef the homeo he visited thare waa a pstite branetto who Interested young' Stanley from the firat hour ho saw her. 'Her father's home on Fifth Avenue waa ona of tha most attractive of epota for yoaai? Stanley after lha introduction. H» would ateal away from'dab friends to make frequent calls on tbo little queen of ttut chirraiagf hoo^e, Tho yonog lady herself began to bluati wbea tlie aocvgnt annonocad her handsome yonng vUUor, and aha Boon began to look fo? his oslls. Stanley waa the sort of young man to be JntereatlDg to mo3t youngladFaa. Ha was a handsome follow, a fine conversationalist and he waa p&rbloulady a'-ti-aotl^e !n the gallant end reverential paiite^eea which always marked his conduct before the fair ones.-

His vista to tha Fifth Avenue mansion bcoimo more f/eqneat, and hi] attentions to the black-dyed little fady more marked, and protjty soon Stanley's friends learned that'the young oouple were engaged. Stanley frequently said in those dajs that he was ready to settle down and bars a winsome wife and a modest home. He aaeraod to be culto contented to rest then with the name and fame that had already oome to him. Time ran on, and New York did not possess two hrpplor eonis than Henry M. Siaaloy and hie prospective bride.

Bat with Livingstone dead thajo were constant aad urgent demauda u.pon him to reiume the exploration's of Africa. At laat he Qonsented to m»ko another journey. It, wts to be r short one, he told his sweet heart, and with it would end his career as an Afriotn axplorer.

" Anybodyosn imagine the loving ten dornaas with which Henry TVL Stanley »nd the girl he loved parted," continued the olnb man. &" There were tears on her part and tender comforting words for hli share of jtbat trying exparlence. They were to write by every ataamar, and far two years the happiest an tejjderest oorreapon denoe p^iaei between the young lovers." Late in November, 1874, Stanley ar rived at Zanzibar and began the arrange ment) for his trip inland, The little lady In tfco Fifth Avenue mansion anxiously read the despatches about her lover, and was cheered by eomo of the heavleßt lottcra which ever camo through New York Fost Office, hhe was delighted beyond expression when the cabie an nounced that Stßnley had laqnchod, the little boat ia which he o.i;anmni(vieat;d Nyac^a Lake, and had named it tha Lady Alice,"'. Th&% was her Christian name.

Wi'h a loverVeageTU9Bß ho wrote to the fair one whuk he had done, and his last letter before he left civi'isation, told her to be ct good chear o He e^id that he didn't ez-pec^ tha.fc IoV task' would be diffi cult, qnd fie spoke of the frma when bin journey would be ended and ha would return to bar lich and with his daya aa an explorer eucM forever.

He whs on tha Congo river tot nine months, and r6tc^ed the Atlantic, posset in 18774 He arrived in Lod^u, early (n 18<^ and eagarly glanced over the pile of I'ettera ewafttcg him, Thcro-were a doxaa or more in the handwriting of hia betrothed running np to November, 1876, At that time he had reached Wangws, the farthest northern point attained by Livingstone or Oamesoni The letters caanad In that month. Down deepac in the pile was a letlor from a JTqw plub^ man, wblqh toid Btanley that 1 hln betrothed had bqeu married earlj in 1877 to a gentieman from Michigan, The highest honor wbs Bhowerod apon Stanley, bat he grow liatleo3, and ap r patently without ambition, Els friends say he wae atnnned at the ehook he had received. , He roamed cbout London, and hia halt daily grew whiter and whiter and hla face moro paltd. He want to Africa and spent Sve y.d*t% and first in New York again In 1886. He dnly remained here a few weeks, and then ■ttrted on the journey he bai just com pletad,

WHAT SHE WANTED

Tho lawyoir waa sitting ab hla desk, [ absorbed in the prepKatlon of a brief, So bent was be on his wotk th&t he did not hour the door ns It was pnohed gently open, nor sea the early houd that was thrust into his offioe. A. little nob attracted his notice, and turning he saw a faae that was streaked with recent tears and told plainly that the little one's feelings had boan hurt. " Well my little one, did you want to ese me?" . "Aro you »lawyer VL,.,^ , ■■- 1' Yes, What is yonr want ?" " I want," and there was a r?sotate ring In her voice, " I want a divotae from my phpa and mamma'" ' '

INTERPROVINCIAL

_*--_- : / . , (MB PJ&EBB ASSOCIATION.

Auckland, Msrch 8. 'Vhe ttnnnal meetiag of the Civil Service Supply AssoolatloQ of New Zealand wan held yesterd»y afkeraoon. The Director*' Report regretted that the result of the past six months' trading had been so un sutlsfactory, The Dlreotors had thought that with reasonable time tbeAsioolation wonld have shaken off , its losses,' but owing to the heavy inrosdi,on_aQ pilglpally too small capital they did notfeel justified In; oareylog on the business any' futther. The, balance sheet for the six months ending February Ist showed • loss of £1734, The report was adopted, and It was resolved to go Into liquidation. ;

Acting apon the recommendation of iheir Early Closing. Committee, the Knights of Labor have resolved to employ " sandwich men," who shall walk in front of the shops of the late closers with a suitable inscription on their boards, calling the attention of passers by to the evils of late Bhoppinß, and that handbill^ to the same effect ehonld be printed and freely circulated, A public meetiDg is to be held under the auspices of the Knights of Labor to discuss the early closing question.

. . .. In bison, Maroh 8. The Governors of Neleon College bave< deolded to make trrangements for ptovld- Ing a jclanoe teacher for both boys and girls at the college. ... • Mn Park, the canoeist, atrlved from Plcton this afternoon, after •, glorioua trip,,,and. haying: spent soma d»ys inthe Sounds.' He came through French Pass in his canoe without difficulty, and enjoyed his voyage immensely.. This ends his canoe trip, and he remains here for a few days. ' / ' , Gebtmotjth, Maroh 8 : The Labor Union meetings.-,are being held at all the centres in the Grey Valley, the subject of "discussion being the^ system of ~ eub-contraoting, wh|oh the_ men generally deem most unsatisfactory as carried out at present. ['■':■-.' ; Dckidik, March 8. The newly-formed Drapers' Aesietantß' ABSociktlon now numbers over 250 members. , : , ■ '

EIFFEL TOWER IN DIAMONDS

Oaa of lhe r most jQtertdStlD^ eights in London just now !a a model of the Eiffal Towar iv dl&moodj, whioh is balog ex hibited; at thfl; Hanover Gallery {by the firm of Paris']awelleaa'which obcisttaoted it. The,value io £120,000, «Dd, gb mty be imaginod, every prociutlon jb taken against tba rUk of theft. The erection Is ova; a yard in height, the exaofc meßßnre tneat being the French metro. The vrhoh (i made to ecale, oven the little gold atair caie having exactly the same nnmber of stopa B3 those in the real Elflsl Tower. The graoefal proportlona of M, £iffal*B famos tower are aeon to adVantcge In the radiant gemaj which are monotad npon alWer. Each p'atform 1b BUtrounded by miniature flags in enamel, and the tiny lift is in whlta enamel. On the summit is the tricolor, reproduced In rabiea, sapphires, and diamonds* The towei ia shown In" t. large glues caoo, tllumlnated by the electric light, which bslnga oui the latent firo» to tho diamonds as no other illumlnunt oould do. .Apart from its lotrlnelo value, the diamond tower is a very oeaatifal object the slender symmetry of the exqalalte lsttlca wotk, wrought in gome, losing nothing of Its admirable efisot by the cpalaaoaut glitter ot the dlamonda Peach are slaa introdneed, -bub their' nnmber la small so compared with th thoußands of pleoea of " CEvntalleed carbon.

HOW TO BOTTLE FRUIT.

Pat the fruit in a stewpan with a little wafer, and juat Ist It boil a few minutes. Wash out the bottles or tins In hot water and fill them. w}th tho fruit j they should not bo flllled quite full. Then put in the etoppars or shut down the lids, and cover them with melted resin. I found the easiest way was to melt the realo, with a little, grease, in a pot, and din the neokt of the bottles in. This park of tha pro oess must be done very thoroaghtly and carefully, * as' upon it depends all Bucceaa, As soon as tbe resin la cold, turn all the bottles upside down, and Jetva them standing so (upon their all night. You will then d^test the smallest leak, and yog must IsaraedUtely stop it with mote eeiln, and try again. , At the end Qf a few days or a week, they may agkic be turned right side up, and If they are quite airtight they will keep for any reasonable length of Umel Outs.bottle of mine fermented, bat that was beowie the rosin had been clilpped off on one side, and ao the air got in. , So muoh for tart fruits, to which 1 put no Bugsr. If It is wanted to do whole frnlt, boq^ b# we are accustomed to buy in \lan t buga'r must be added,

Pe^ra; answer very well, and I have .dose,, them as .follows:— ' the peara thinly, arid-throw them iuto water. Put the skins and cores into a suitable quantity of water with as much lump sugar as you wish, and cloves or pthor spicp/to taste. Let this simmer for twaoc three hoars, tfaeastrfttn it, and put the lfquor on the firs with the pears to simmer very slowly until they are tender, The time varies with the sort end s?z9 of pears need; but the more slowly they are cooked the ,fee,liar: ojilot they Will bo, s tVery e^aUpeara are better toaa cored, but Rooked whole. X need scarcely a<3^ lhat'tke principal use of the- skins itf this reap 9la to Improve the color. It Ii not neoessary to boil a thick syrup, nor to uae any prescribed'weight of Bugar in order to make tha fruit, keep. Resia the jars down aa before. .' , ; ,

Any kind of cooked fruit, with or without sugar, can be done in tha same way and with, ijho same euoceaa. Gjroen peoa sinuwer very wall. They ekould be thrown into a oaucepan of boiling wator, oud boiled aboat five minutes, and than finished like the fruit. Of com S3 they then need retailing in the customary way before they ere eaten. Tomatoes do not call for any particular remark, except that perhaps they are better bottled than many other fruits. I should add. that I was warned to keep tha bottlea in tba dark; but that mine i*ere not all kept bo, and that I did not find any difference in them,—(oorre »pondenfc of Exchange Paper.)

THE MARKETS

(FES PIIHSS ABSOOIAXIOS.J

Lobdok, M»roh 7. Tho weekly returns of the Bank of England published to day, show the total reserve of notes and gold to be £16,368,000. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 49 per cent; consols, 97£ cx-div.; New Zealand 1 per cent, inscribed stock 107£, active. Wellington hemp averages £22 lOfc

■■ " ■ ■ ——__» ; f\ > n . The New Zealand Loan sndMercan tile AgencrOompan^/lirffi^l^!^ received the following cable'mositge, dated London,, March 7th :-— Tallow—There;; is:; li, raiher better demand, Fine mutton tallow and good beef tallow are worth 25»t>nd 23a 9d respectively, _ - fKecetved Mwoh 10,12,30 p-«L)j Tallow—Mutton 23s 3d ; beef, S_« 3d. (Money is declining, 8 montturbilla. oi. New Zealand wh.M(;o_ liS£gtt 84s6d. '-: -> '-^

SPORTING

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THE VICTORIA RACING CLUB'S AUTUMN MEETING.

Milbodrhi, March 8. Folio wing are the reeults of »h# fourth day's events :— «. ■ij  :L ., iA \ ~ ■ .. All-aged Stakes ; weight for age; om mile,' cws.j^isji Carbine ... ; 1 Magic Circle .„ ... ' •>,„ 2 Medallion ... ;iM v^ ,^Kt. Utter , M i.. n ii# ' .„ t Other starters ware—Victor Hugo •__ the Admiral Won with ridiculotti «_*• by fonr lengtba; one length separating •econd and third. Time-loin 42iseo. Unf_ao_i> Stakes, for 2 year olds; 6} ." ; '"' ■'' ' furlongs.*' '••'■'::'T^:^,<■>■<s■ ■/■ Prph Pador ... ... * ':?JL.»t J '"** Elworthy ' • ...'^ ,r / iw-» .' ■ The Crash ... v "-.U "»'■?.'< Nine horses, started. Won easily by three langths. Time—lmin Used.^«o,;f Tot Plaob HAHDibiprltndle^^ Tanfallon, 7st 81b ..;':- £ V *<1-* * Bonnie Spec, 65t71b..« ,«*, _U , fiJr William ... .„ "l£ 3^ Ten started.- Won cleverly by. three quarters of a,length, fh» suns distaste between second and third; Time^Sbaai 48aeo. k -:- '••- . > ,:■ ■u'TXW.m '',: h -16T1BPLICHA8 1; about 8 rnilei. k-j* Lawler, 9it> v6lb;:" '• ,i. ojbs-^hXI ' ■- ' ; Native, ll.t 3ib ''- .., Roney, list 121b .;.'•'-'- t &W&f>M' ::-f' Seven horaes itkarVedi'rWpn'feißttJt lanj»thf.'., Tl.m9,6m!n-41^eo,j " c '!tiifA Thb Loch Plitb. weight for age; Srifoef Oarbice;;; f; ..., . ;.v/";i^ , Hbgapore..;, ...... ff ,,.,.,; "'^ ;j' j^. ; ; Fiahwlfa "'»•&?.>&■' No others Bt«rted. Won by a qaaitif t of a length. Time, 4m!n 58Jseo. Fahewbll Handicap ; 1 mile* Tonrbllllop,«it 2ib 1 * <-• Ernest, Bit 7ib ..; ... 2 ' Qaadiaut, 7»t 51b ... ...^3 .: "' T weDty-one horses a tar ted. L Woß»ft#r a great fiotahby a neck. Dankeld finithtd ; foc"rth. Tims, Xmln 43:e3.

THE GREAT AUTUMN STAKES.

Ohbisxohuech, Miwh^SU' , The following handicaps wore declared ».t noon to-day :— _ Great Autumn 1 Stakes :

NEW ZEALAND CUP.

March 6. The following nomination!, were re ceived on Saturday night :'— New Zealand Cur, of 1000 bom ; 2 miles. - ',;•-,. Qallt Strephon lieolsntus Dog Bow ■ ■' <y > Phormium Tenax Aronoel : .-'-' v "[ ''-: J| * . Katinka Pitcador : -~ " Catamount Oraoßihot Bay King Thackeray Freedom Town Moor Haiol , Oolt by L». Loop— Ben Trovato < Beiontnt Master George Raglan Beprif al EnchantreM Kotnka . Whisper" I<*cy* Cyn^ci Lenore Dadu.. Bt Acdrew : ~-j? „,„ Qaeen of Trumps Prime Warden Kiiaberley . Meta Riohlake . ' . Merrie Enghnd - Oolt by St George— Wakatipu A ; Charm Gipsy Prince St James Don Pedro - - Emmason Pique Fits Jamet Recluse Tirailleur RenaU Jetd'fiau -. -. Leonardo -._.« Oolt by St Lpger— Filly by Xfoliaif-* * Bosette ~ Amobia Boss Argent i ; <; Scilfl Grey Medall'ou BarlsVqua Carronada . Liquidation r: f Moraine ■ . ' Corolla .•. Wolverine Occident Mariner Forbnry, .^ ■■•.;; lX Qaeen of Trumpa .lv ■ _ !,

EAST STREET HORSE MARKET.

' Bland and Humphreys report for the,, fort* , night ending Bth March as follows: On March Ist we held our [usual weekly sale, ol; hones and sundries at the East Street Horse Bazktar. The entry was .small, ..only ix.horses coming forwaid, but there was a decided improvement in the .tone_ofjthe.market,_and.B.«ut otthejll sold well, 7 year-old draught geldings bringing' £20 10s, and ios; aged dUughU, poor sorts, from'^s te £10; hafts, #S. £6 *& ss. On March Bth we again had a very . successful sale.. Out of an entry of 27 hones we sold 18. There was > large attendance of . .farmers aad others,' and' biddings ■ throughout the sale were fairly spirited, and fidr value wa* obtained for all lots disposed of. "The follow ing is a price Jist of those sold :—4 and 5 year« old draught mares and geldings, £2of&&£H* s £15* £20. £21; 6 and,7 year-old, v ,^IS»^I7, £rt ; aged draughts,^ to £9 ; a 6 year-old mare, suitable for a farmer's .whitechapel, brought £13. Iht hacks wire , a poor entry, and only realised low figurei, from £$ to £6 S*. , : :.;• • ;;■ h-)a Implements.—Farm dray and frame, £Ufe y,h another of the same, £f 10s.

Produce.—Potatoes .5s to -6s f*r sack— dull sale; seconds oats, 4s 6d per sack; old oats, is 6d per bushel j seconds wheat, 8s 6d to 9s per sack. '-"-1' ' ' .-..* ». -k

We also held a very satisfactory clearing sale on account of the Official Assignee, on the afth February, of grain, machinery, horses and traps, and a large quantity of sundries, every" lot being disposed ef.

THE ASHBURTOM GUARDIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 10,1890.







INWALD COAL AND FIREWOOD* DEPOT, 1 £ J4 i^LOTHIBR h»yi»ffPPr ■ • oL* \J cbasod tin. businesß of JosefkCiabe from the Official Assignee. ]■ prepared to aupply Cool, Firewooi, Bran, Oats and Chaff, at lowest market T*tM' J. A. CLOTHIER, Tinwald. *"" ' " IQOUD FAOMUB VAL B9\Qt& (" Wliat we do«we o well." V BTJRGEBT, ' Caebttl tttroet, Ohristchntch, next Robin. Boot Store,and at the Octagon, Dnnodm. '*• Mil notations at etiictlytmifona and moderate -'■ Oonsaltation free. a myebs~and cv, «.■■-■-;. .BURGEOH DSNTiaTB. r.s 5 OXIDK GAS idmlnlotered «■ "»- y,Aumathetlo leavei no unpleasant affects, and by Its me the extraction of 'Bad' Stumps and Tooth is rendered per -1 *tctlf Palaleis «nd EffeoMro. Ad alnUtered daily. Fee for admlnlitratlon afGai, Si. Extraction, 2a 6d a tooth. I Houra of attendance, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ' Private reildenoe, 93 But Belt. The acknowledged inferiority pf . AMERICAN DENTISTKY In the oon ttrootton of Artificial Tenth, the moit flolihad workmanship, and replaofog the oil teeth TEMPORARILY ALMOST MMIDIATKLY after extraction, hare !(' ■tabllihed oar reputation, ' ' A single Artlficla Tooth, 10s, complete at. Upper and Lower, Temporary and ■; Permanent £1010s; Arijfiolal Teeth and Otntnrea made by other dentists re noddled at imall costs, Stopping, Soal-i ~'jg Fsrfeotand Palnletr.



«. mmm^mm m>mm ■■■——— \ i WM. SPARROW, f;iIAILOR AND " MEN'S MERCER FAST STREET, THE CHEAPEST SALE NOW GOING ON IN ABHBUBMON IS "The Corner," Cbillron'e Hatfl half price Flo wot a at ha i prica Tr'uU at half prica Ladies' Jackets at balf price 17 dcz Moq'b Sox (best^ made) half , , Drico ...r i r SEE THE WINDOWS gKK THE W HDOWS inbVeot the stock J INSP^^T THE STOCK i W. H. COLLIER : lii« Comer.' i 'Bill AID BUMPHEBYS 1?  ,_■ Hold Weekly S»leB of £ORSE9, PIGS, OATTLB, PRODUOB, 5 fURNITDRE, &o. J EVERT SATURDAY. -iiyß. STOCK SALES I Very Taeedny tt TJnwald and Aeii bnrtp>j T»:dB nHorEßtfly. CIBA'BING SALES TOWH AKD CODRTBY Acocrdlng to arrar^vomcDt. —Wo bivo foi> Sale Privaiely— O REAPERS AND BINDER -1 Crotsklll HOLLER, GRASS J. STRIPPERB We hfcve been appointed Acems fox JOHNSON and Co's ARTIFICIAL MANUREo WE HAVE Qn"haND 5 TONS -Bsple *ad Particblirß of which can b htd oa spplic.itfoa. tJLAND AND HUMPHEBYS AUCXIONEEB3 ,



( Wanted Known J f Cash Advertisements under thU head-' ing, not exceeding 16 words, OWE ShiUlhfc. Addresses may be left at this Office. , WANTED JBJNOWN—Me'ford House will close every night at 8 o'olock j (except; Wedneedayu').—H. 0. Bagbrs. " "TTTANTSD Known " Strong-wear W Boots for Ladies, Men and Children can only bo obtained at W. H Ooiueb's. , , MANILLA Binder Twine, machine oil, and wire. Tlma to money on the harvest fiold—the. best ia the cheapest. —R. Aiookit, Saandors Buildings. "TXTANTBD KNOWN —My Special W Make of Udfes' 4-claßp Kid Gloves, " The A&hburtoniau," byaidod backs, 3b 6d per pair.— W; H, Collmb. WANTED every maii in tna County tobayea Bait oE the Ashbnrton Tweeds.—Robebt Aloorn, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saandere' Buildings. ; irBS KENNEDY and Mies Cameron, Jjl Moore Street—Teachers of Scientific -Dress-catting. Bodies oat and fi'ted. Dressmaking in all ita branohea. Biding habits a speciality, , 12 69 WANTED Known—tn addition to our ordinary presents, we shall give an extra one of a eood useful basket to every purchaser of 20s and upwards. H. 0. Swjbbs, Melford Houaa, WANTED KNOWN—If yoa want good value for your money go to Melford House. Besides our ordinary presents an additional one of a good usefol basket to every purchaser of 20a and upwards, H. 0. BKa«w, : Melford Home. ' . \\f ANTED, Everyone to Know—That W J. MOISQN baf.now in stook • arge and varied assortment *cf BOOTS AND SHOES for the Sprint; and Summer Season, Gentlemen's, Ladles', and Chil dren's, both Imported and Colonial; lso EIS OWN MAKE, which OANN )T BE SURPASSED for Style, Fit, QtuUy, and Neatness, combined with VERT KEASONABLE PRICES. All repairs exeouted prompt y and with neatness. lOtl ■ """""" LOST, : IN Ashbnrton, a Sliver Stop Watch, Finder rewarded on returning to "Mail" Offloe, or :••.-■■• P. PBIOE, 3 g4 - ABhburton. BLONDIN TO-NIGHT. : .:< A LEX AN DEB, the nnrlyalled Auatrc^ J\, ltan,'will gl?o h grand "Hiapby of his re-Ul fea's on tha high wire and trapeze opposite the Royal Bote 1. Open Air Show, 40 ptizjo to Schools—3d a ticket. Bend in Attoad'arice: Oolleotibh. 353 <v ••■--. -■•■:• • •: t (jHARLES ,i>RADDEL Licendod Landbrokor and Valuator under t(Tho Lund Transfer Act, 1885 ESTATE HODfIE. LAND, AND (3ENSBAL COMMISSION AGUJNT. OFFICE—Eur.KETT Strtset, Noxt "Mail" Officet . iLUOK oot fos SALK L F. ANOREWES & GO, I. I. SPMEH TS *ho CHEAPEST HOUSE in A.ahbat- J ton foe DRAPERY, CLOTHING and BOOTS. Wo Sell for OA.SS~«mrtH profits and quick retarn?, and n«gl)T6 3taritcg vaiae, ( —.—i White Calicos 3i 6d r df zan (iipy Cfciioos 2s lid a dcßao A eplendld Turkish Towel for 7£d F.aueltttee 4s 1H n dc^m fc'uoimor Drooa Gocdfl &§& The bestqasiity of Pi^iNT^ for the leaal money. Bl»nkets 9j 6d a ptfr Ginghams in piala Oclora 4s lid > doz, Don bio Widih White Twill Sheetingls ,MVB Tweed Snltß 18s 6& Us/Idle Tweed Suitß 39» 6d A cues cf Moa'aCol'd Moles just to hand slightly damaged by watt r worth 9a 6d, for 7b lid. Boy's Cold Moles 2a lid. TSS CHEAPEST HOUSE FOR MEN'S CLOTfJING JN ASHBURTON,". BOOTS," BOOTS, Men's ebooter's 10a €*« Bluohere 6a lie A really good pair of Women's K'c Boots for 6] lid. No Becond-faiai stook, I A Splendid Asßoitmcnt ol Children* 1 Patent Leather Sllppora and Boots W. W. "Bpencer's THE ARCADE, SUMMER 1860 1890 QUMMEB HOW 1890 1890 ©HOW ALL DEPARTMENTS OF OUB BUSINESS REPLETE WITH CHOICE GOODS FOR THIS SEASON. S3T PRICE SPEIGHT, For Juveml^'a Ciotbing Try iho JN'.Z, Clothing Factory Fcr Boyb' Clothing Try,the S,Z, ClotnJng y..jkny For Youths' Clothing Try tho B.Z. Clothing Factory For Mon'a Clothing Try tho N.Z Clothing Fectory For Mou's JVrasuro Ko'.lb Try tbo N.Z. Clothing; Faclo:y 1 For Morcory and Hotiory •j'ry the N.Z. Clothing Factory Fos Blanko'e, Kuge, and Fhnno'a ( T>y tbo H Z. Clothing Factory For Hats in tho newest shapes Try tha N.Z Clothing Factory Tor tho bciF* valne for Kondy Money Ivy tho N Z. Clothing Factory ENCOURAGE LOOiL INDUSTiiY AND BOX »fiOM THE ' NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. inspbot"oub stock And draw your own conclusions. W. H. WEBBiSB. f



The election of the First Grand Master of the New Zealand Qrand Lodge of JJreemasona takes place toiday. " . . It is notified in the " Gazette Vof the h, inst. that Worley Baaeett Edwards, Esq., has been, appointed a Judge of, the Supremo Court of Mew Zealand and a Judge in Bankruptcy, Mr Edwards is, or was, a partner in the firm. i of Mobrhouse and Edwards, of Wellington, at*d, |f we mistake not,' is tbp first Now Zealand lawyer who has been alevated to the ! Bench. He served his attioles in Oamaru—we think; in tha oUice of MeeijrsftJulius and Q'Meaghw



A retailer of refreshers in New Plymouth had seven bottles of real champagne sent Itfrn 'for a special- purpose, but oa "account of circumstances the; Were left on his hands,;and he put the bottles aside to wait for customers. The other day a Maori, who judging by his > dress, did not appear., to be, very flush with money, came in and inquired for'" tiampain," and after seeing the Specially imported qrtiele he decided tq take four bottles ai the fanoy figure "that thia drink always fetches. It was stated that the champagne was to be aaed at Parihaka in connexion with the burial o( Tq Yfbitt'i i?ifot~'! Xwwi** 'HMW*'.



■ Holloway's Pills ans O*ntmen*.— The attention of all sufierers is drawn to these well-known Remedies, for they possess con spicuous as a safe and reliable | remedy in all those emergencies to which travellers, emigrants and sailors are so especi i ally liable. They ha,ve been largely patronised ,by wayfarers by land and sea,- and, in fact, by J 'all classes of the community, to their very ( great advantage. The Pjlls are beyond all doubt on,e of t^e most effective remedies ever .discovered,for cases of obstinate corastipation, , confirmed indigestion and colic, complaints which are engendered by exposure and I irregular feeding. -The Ointment will be found of the very greatest service in cases of piles, £ abscesses, erysipelai and, all kinds of local |ulceration»i



Senor Ganovaa, the Spanish statesman, if Said to be the ugliest man in Spain.' Both by friends and foes he is referred to aa the v ogre ' —a title which suggests his ihort statnrt*, rook* ; ing, awkward gait, flat nose and fearful fqoint. Senor Oanoras ii a historian, a poet, ant • , writer of essays upon almost every ooneeavaWe subject. His literary style ii wry fiat. Canovas, a couple of yean wk, oani«d the moat beautiful of the Queen Regent's wtitinf maids. Sanor Oanovaa ia the ugliest man in Spain ; Senorita Genavos is declared the moat teaatiialwwaiu in Spain, totttawmfCl