Mr Rhodes: The Diamond Octopus.

Excessive competition reduced the price of diamonds to its lowest ebb. The fortune of Kimberley hung in the balance. Only one thing could, save them— amalgamation. But that, with so many and such conflicting interests, seemed at first impossible. The man who solved the difficulty was a young fellow who had recently taken a pumping-contract in De Beers. "Guided by Mr Cecil Rhodes and his fellow worker, Mr Bent— both of them now millionaires—the lie Beers * Company began r secretly , and steadily, through agents, to acquire. the main interest in all the others, until one fine day it was found that they were *«c masters of the situation. Remouldingitself into the "De Beers Consolidated, with a trust deed empowering them to engage in any and every "undertaking conducive to their ;end,' the • company in this way amalgamated first De Beers and then all the-other mines into one colossal syndi cate. A few last outstanding companies were being bought in the very week I spent in Kimberley ; and as the company has acquired also a preponderant interest in the only other diamond diggings which need berconsidered, it controls to-day the diamond industry of the world. Shafts . have been .sunk to depths of seven and eight ~ hundred feet through the fallen reef and through the hard mass outside the mine ; the price per carat of diamonds has been doubled ; the joint yearly output amounts to three and ahalf million pounds' worth a year ; and while buying water at a fabulous rate, and coal at £9 a ton ; while paying wages to the tune of £20,000 a week, with total working expenses of £130,000 a month, the company antici pates an annual profit,of £2,400,000, and after paying 5h per cent on its 2| millions of debentures, divided 10, per cent in August last for the six months to June 30 on its share capital of £3,950,000.

Now the. world spends. £4,000,000 in diamonds every year; and, as year by year it grows more wealthy and populous, it will certainly, unless the taste dies out, not spend a penny less. The world, then, will go on buying its £4,000,000 worth of diamonds every year, and. of these-at* least £3,500,000 worth will have to come out of Kimberley and De Beers. That, at £2 the carat, means £1,750,000 carats from the two, or roughly 1,300,000 loads;: That, at 15s a load, means a total of yearly working expenses of about £1,000,000. That leaves a net yearly profit of 2\ millions of money ; or, taking the capital as £4,000,000, about 60 per cent —the best mining investment, I sup pose, ;in the world. —" Pall Mall Gazette."

The Premier's Health.

The' Wellington correspondent of the " Press ".wires under date June I:—Fresh rumors of a clisquiethijc nature as to the condition of the I'romuo 1 have". been freely circulating during the last twenty four hours. .Itis reported in apparently well-informed quarters that Sir Harry Atkinson's health has become so seriously worse that his early resignation is almost a certainty, and that although we will in all probability meet Parliament and de liver his j Financial Statement, he will most probably resign very shortly after wards. 'tb is said that his abstention from the ,turmoil . of political life for at least, two. or three years is -impera tively ordered by his medical advisers under the penalty of. a total and irremedi able collapse ; but that if he will adopt this course,"he, may return to the fray quite a new and vigorous man. It is further whispered that after a lengthened holiday tour he will probably succeed Sir F. D. Bell as Agent-General (which ap pointment the latter gentleman is under stood to be desirous to relinquish) and that on retiring from the Premiership he will advise his Excellency the Governor to entrust the formation of a new Ministry to Mr Bryce. It must be clearly ap prehended that all this is in no respect "official" or "inspired," for Mini sters very properly preserve a rigid reticence on this painful subject, and decline to furnish any information. At the same time the rumors reach me from several quarters, usually so accurate and well-informed, that I cannot help fearing them to be in this instance only too we?l founded. Another shape taken to-day by the rumors is that an attempt may be made to reconstruct the Ministry within itself, should Sir H. Atkinson be forced to resign, and to go on thus until after the general election. It is said, however, that the allotment of thej Premiership would be an insuperable I obstacle to such an arrangement. I give this as mere hearsay.

Supreme Court.

' PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Weijjngton, June 2 t

The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court ■ opened this morning before His Honor Judge Prendergast. In his address to the Grand Jury His Honor remarked on the length of the calendar which, how ever, did not contain any cases of an un usual character, excepting perhaps one which arose out of the recent enactment by which a person charged with a criminal offence might give evidence in his own favor. • In this, case a person charged with permitting gambling on his premises was said to have given false evidence on his own behalf.

A true bill was found against George Smith for burglary.

Dunedin, June 2,

, At the criminal session of the Supreme Court Robert Ixoudie pleaded guilty to forgery. As he had been in gaol since March and the offence was due to drunk enness the Judge thought he was justified in not passing sentence now, but ordering prisoner to enter into recognisances to come up for sentence when called on. James Turner, John Turner, James Smith, and James Kerney pleaded guilty to Btealing rabbit skins and were admitted to probation for twelve months. They were ordered to contribute towards the costs of prosecution. Selina Callaghan, nineteen, for forging a chepue was simi larly dealt with. Amy Bock pleaded guilty to several charges of systematic swind ling and was sentenced to three years.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

[per press association. J

Wellington, June 2. The weather since Saturday morning has been very rough and wet. During a gale the steam yacht Gannet was smashed against the wharf, and some hundreds of pounds worth of damage done. The Trades and Labor Council on Saturday advised the Journeymen Bakers' Association to accept the compromise proposed by the Masters' Society ie rule 14 in view of better arrangements being made in the future.

The proprietors of the tramway have been losing money for thirteen years, and Dr. Grace told the Trades Council dele gates that they would sell the whole con cern at a low price and be glad to get rid of it, as they were always putting their hands in their pockets without any return. Dunedin, June 2. By a fire at the stables belonging to Mrs Cutten, occupied by Mr Metcalfe, mail contractor, five horses were burnt— Insurances, £250 in the North German, and £30 in the New Zealand.

New Plymouth Murder.

_ [PER, PRESS ASSOCIATION.

1 ■' "~ -New Plymouth, 'June 2. The Recreation Ground murder inquest wag resumed'this morning. ' . . ,j.

Wax. Grey deposed to.- receiving ittstjuctiojis from the police to see

accused's father at Parihaka and ask his s£mt boofcs > drawers, and fifteen shillings. He went, but could not find anyone answering to the name the accused gave him as his father. Sergt. Duffin deposed to finding in the Kecreation Ground in the vicinity of deceased's house, two slippers and a bundle of clothes tied up in a towel. The clothes belonged to the deceased man. Mr Samuel who is acting for accused, with a desire to bring the inquest to a' close, is asking no questions of witnesses.

The Markets.

[rER PRBSB ASSOCIATION.]

, London, May 30. New Zealand mutton is quoted at 4d to 4|d; New South Wales mutton, 4d; lamb, 6d.

New Zealand Four per Cent In scribed Stock, 106^; Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 98£. (Received June 2, noon.) London, May 31. Three months bills are quoted at If %. The English wheat market is dull: Continental steady: American shows a general decline. Forward business in Australian wheat also shows a decline in values. Cargoes, new crop, early ship ment, are offering at 35s 7d. Buyers, however, are only willing to give 35s Id. Adelaide wheat, 395, market weaker; Victorian, 38s ; New Zealand long-berried, 37s 6d—the latter steady.

_ The New Zealand Farmers' Co-oper ative Association are in receipt of the following cable message from their London office, under date May 30th :— The weather, so far, is favorable for next harvest. Improved reports are to hand of the American crops.

THE CUSTOMS.

(Per Press Association.)

Wellington, June 2. The Customs revenue for May, exclu sive of Timarii, was £125,657, against £126,274 for April, and £110,062 for May 1889: Timaru will contribute about £2000. The amounts at the principal ports were .-—Auckland, £24,902 ; Wel b'ngton, £24,077 ; Christchurch, £22,177 ; Dunedin, £32,400. The beer duty, ex clusive of Timaru and Westport, was £4251 against £4615 for April, and £4147 for May. Last year Auckland contributed £957 ; Wellington,- £556 ; Christchurch, £818 ; and Dunedin, £1058. Two miss ing places will furnish about £110 more.

A Modern Croesus.

A statistician has compiled some curious facts concerning Mr Jay Gould's fortune, which capitalised, is said to be worth £60,000,000. If this sum "were in £5 notes, and the noies were fastened end to end, the strip of paper would be long" enough to reach from London to Moscow. If the sum were in sovereigns, the coins, piled singly one upon another, would r.each to a height of nearly 73 miles. The weight of the column would be about 570 tons, or enough load for 57 railway trucks, or for, an army of 11,400 porters, each charged with a> hundredweight of gold." If the fortune were in penny pieces, and if ten men, working night and day with out intermission, were set to count them at the rate of 100 a minute, the opera tion would last more than 27 years. Mr Gould, it is further computed, is rich enough to give a shilling to each person at present alive in the world ; but to dis^ tribute the shillings at the rate of ten a minute, would occupy 230 years. Finally, this colossal fortune is enough to supply 3000 with an income of £1000 a year apiece for ever. Mr Gould, is, it is be lievtd, not only the richest man of the day, but the richest man who has ever lived.—" Cossell's Saturday Journal."

A Centenarian Sailor.

That veteran sailor, Sir Provo Wallis, who in the first week of April entered upon his hundredth year, is (says the "Home News ")'almost the sole survivor of the distinguished officers of both services who carried the arms of England to victory in the great Revolutionary War. Sir Provo Wallis was a midshipman as far back as 1804, and he had as his com manding officer in the Triumph the Cap tain Hardy who received Nelson's last words at Trafalgar. But his greatest honor lies in his having been the senior officer fit for duty in one of the most brilliant and the most sanguinary of naval actions. When the Chesapeake sailed out of Boston Harbor on Tune 1, 1813, in all the pride of an anticipated triumph to meet the Shannon there was no thought of a disastrous termination to the duel. But her crew was men as dauntless as themselves," and the superior seamship, joined to the glorious devotion of her commauder, gained for the Shannon a dictory—a memorable close to the old sea life which has gone for ever. Sir Provo Wallis was appoinaed admiral to the fleet • in 1877 after doing much and arduous duty hi various perts of the world. In recognition of his excep tionally long and gallant services, he obtained the unique privilege, while Mr Childers was at the Admiralty, of being allowed to remain for life upon the Active List instead of being compulsorily retired at the age of 70. Constituting in his person a link connecting the age of Nelson and Collingwood with the iron clads, the torpedo boats and the monster and quick-firing guns, the active career of Sir Provo Wallis has probably no parallel in the history of the navy.

TltE ASSBtTRTON GUARDIAN. MONDAY, JUNE % 1890.



At the conclusion of the " Little Lord I Fauntleroy" season in Dunedin, Bishop I Nevill, who was present, during the interval addressed a few remarks to the aiidience upon the merits of the play. A Glasgow paper says: —" Our city never got so drunk—so dreadfully, dirtily, de gradlngly drunk—as she has done this New Year; and to those that had. been sober to see it, the spectacle of reeling thousands affords an awful example and a never-to- [ be-forgotten warning." ' The services conducted by Mrs Baeyertz in the Oddfellows' Hall yesterday were I largely attended, more especially in the even ing. At the afternoon service • she spoke in a very searching and practical manner to Christians on the raising of Lazarus from the dead, and in the evening delivered an earnest and impressive Gospel address from the story of Cain and Abel. Much new I light was thrown on this subject, and it was forcibly and clearly shown that - here was poiirtrayed the doctrine of substitutionafy atonemeflt. Mrs Baeyertz will hold services'" each day this week from 3 to 3.45 p.m. and deliver addresses on personal holiness. To night the service will commence at 7.30 p.m. when'she will give some account of her, con version from the Jewish faith. "■ THURSDAY, sth JUNK AT RA.KAIA. i BLAJTC) AND HUMPHERYS have received instructions from Mr ! W. J. Walsh to Sell by Public Auction, at Rakaia, on the above date, — LOTS 21 and 22, Rakaia'Village Settle | - ment, , containing 10 Acres, on • which ', are. erected ;a  3-roomed Cottage and Outbuildings. j The Land is of' first r class quality, fenced, and in English grass: ; Terms at Sale. ' ' . Sale at 12 o'clock. BLAND & HUMPHERYS, • 117 Auctioneers. THUKSDAY sth JUNE. IMPORTANT CLEARING SALE ! op , ; l .1 f7AA CROgSBRED SHEEP. SUPERIOR DRAUGHT ENTIRES, 21 HORSES, CATTLE, PIGS, AND FARM IMPLEMENTS, Etc., Etc. ' BLAND & HUMPHERYS have re ceived instructions from Mr Thomas Langley, in consequence of his giving up cropping and contracting, to sell by Public Auction at his HOMESTEAD, DROMORE, On the above date, the whole of his Live Stock, Farm Implements, etc., etc., , Comprising— 260 2-tooth Crossbreds, in good condition 450 First Cross Lambs. The far famed ■ Entire Horse CON QUEROR by Lord Salisbury, dam Scotch Annie. Also, The pure bred Clydesdale Entire ATHEL STANE by Lord Salisbury, dam Nellie Ivanhoe., His stock are turn ing out the most successful in the Southern Provinces' Show Rings. " , 8 Di. iiVii A|-; ( . and Geldings, including r->l.n WALLACE and other Superior Brood Mares. 7 Draught Colts, Fillies and Foals.' ' 1 Boy's Pony—a bea.uty. 10 Fat Pigs, 3 Dairy Cows, 2 Springing Heifers, . 40 Acres Turnips near Ashburton Sale yards. , 25 Acres Turnips at Dromore Station. 1 Stack Oaten Sheaves, about 30 Tons. 10 Tons Chaff in bags. 3 Farm Drays and Frames, 1 Tip Cart, Portable Hut. 1 Three-furrow Plough, 1 Single-furrow Plough, 1 Set 20ft Harrows, 1 Drill. Chaff Cutter and Horse Power, Corn Crusher, 3 Reapers and Binders, Cambridge Roller with Canisters, Scoops, 1 Grass Stripper, and a large quantity of useful sundries. The Auctioneers have much pleasure in drawing the attention of the public to this sale,. as many of the Horses are of a very high class, and the Implements are all in good order. Luncheon provided. Terms at Sale. Sale at 12 noon. BLAND & HUMPHERYS, 5|157 Auctioneers. ASHBURTON COURSING CLTJB. "VT OMINATIONS close at the Somer l.\ set Hotel, on TUESDAY, 3rd inst. at 9 p.m. Meet at Winter's corner on WEDNESDAY morning at 9.30. J.. PURCHASE, 6 3 ■■ Hon. Secretary. TENDERS.. ~~~ r ~ ARE ivited for making two fords on Poplar road below Lowclifle Home stead. Specifications may bo seen at "Guardian" office, Ashburton, E. H. DOBSON. . Chairman, Coklstream Road Board. •• 6 2 ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL. Established 1881. "TT)UPIL of both sexes are taugh the J _L elements of a liberal educttion. | Special subjects of study may be pur sued where circumstances require a de parture from the ordinary school course. Head Master : Mr J. E. Buchanan. Ist 8.A., (London), per term ; Fee for pupils over 12 years of age £3 3 0 Fee for pupils under 12 years of tvyo 2 9 0 Music (extra) 1 1 0 The School year is divided into three terms. All fees are payable in advance. Should Co-nsull fA« j&"\& <23' WfaH-kfiown end euc- x^ffj|| |fl' BFEQIAUBZ. ' i mb Okbdniq Oouruini. | f*^fe>"~' anzs; conswtatios?,, $? S£ Hlndtr* St W., tf«tto'/mi4. r^ TjIAWCIT T^VODDS SURGEON DENTIST, • Address : —Court Chambers, above Mr H. M. Jones, Stationer, East Street. Private Residence, Havelock Street, • J#pposite PresbyterianJlChurah . . . j —■ LOKGBRAO It. LON^BSAOh. Ri.yitl M?,\i Ccwi. ---lt-avt-s L/iigboiich Jot Aohi!Dtt> d (San.l. yj i-xosp'.cd) *t 7-30 a.m.,' Wal ton 811 a to.| AaMon 8,15 a.m., Wf-eat atona 8;30 u.tu , arriving in Ashbartun n tlaij foi* thj jSo»tf' or Tr&'.m , Tho cAffih Jij^vco the Poet Offico ishbuc too, « 4 p,rr. , striving st Loatboßch 630 p,in. Pur.jtisor o?do^8 'ail at Rry of thj above. pUcuf will recfl'.vo v riot nt tantior). F,wts— S:t gle far I.a U$ Cd. tainrj 5i . , . . :■ ; "■■■x- . .•' ■ -''. C. W«8B, CotthlQM



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1 MILK EU' <&T TH< )MPiON ■ GREAT -FTPHT TUNING DEVICE ' . BY WHICH A PIANO STANDS PERMANENTLY IN TUNE AFTER : THE STRINGSARE ONCE STRETCHED IS THE _ ' BEST PATENT EVER DISOVERED FOR PIANOS, AND WILL LAST 200 YEiES. " A , SPECIAL First Award has just been given to the Firm by 1 the Jurors at the JIjL Dunedin Exhibition, — \ . ALSO—,.. .;-. A First Award for G;and Pianos .' 1 r A First Award for Cottage Pianos,— , - -, ;-,■•■ Or Three First Awards being the possible distinction that could.be gained. The Prices of our Two Models as exhibited at the Exhibition are respectively 60 and 70 guineas, but we have Pianos with Iron Frames from £30, any of which can be purchased on Two Years' Hire Purchase System, &c. . ■ - 11 M. JOJS"EB - ; ; , AGENT. ; Public Notices. __ , ;■ public Notices. ! r ' FIRST-CLASS AMERICAN ORGAN, .WANTED KNOW,^ -new. AN Opportunity offers to obtain one of Cornish's celebrated American Organs- on exceedingly favorable terms. Height 45 inches, Length 46 inches, width WANTED Known—A trunk of 23 inches. Five Octaves, 14 stop's, 2 Ladies Boots, assorted, will be octave couplers, and 2 knee swells, sold this , week at 3s 6d per pair.— Above can be supplied direct from the ANDREW ORR. Manufactures at considerably less than ; " usual price. Apply" Mail" and " Guar ' : dian " Office. ; 5 201 ''^^^SS^vS^^ SOATS & DAUGHTERS Corsets, Embroiderd robes, Umbrellas, OF TEMPERANCE Etc., at ANDREW ORR'S. FRIENDLY BENEFIT SOCIETY. THE Special Advantages offered by, this Society are—lst, a large invested fund; WANTED Known—A great Bargain 2nd, the funeral donation being reassured by in Berlin Wools, all colors, sb 3s the National Division ; 3rd, a liberal relief per lb, slightly soiled. —ANDREW ORR diiring sickness, with choice of any doctor within the district for members and their -^— ——-— — families", and as large funeral donation as is ■,'' consistent with safety. TTIOR WEDDING Outfits, Family The Grand Division has established a X 1 Mourning, and General DRAPERY Central Sick Fund, which secures uni go to ANDREW ORR'S. formity of fees and benefits throughout New Zealand ; allows members to move from one : «■" ' division to another without any increase of -». T-EiTiT r7n\ a x a >tt\ nrrTTmTtmnw contributions, and affords absolute security |-!V^TxSS^ 3S?^ XHIBITION-~ to small or weak divisions, I i ,AJ? DRI!|W ORR ls showing ex Benefit fob Male Members :—First six actly the same Goods in Roslyn Worsted months' sickness, 20s per week; second six Dress Tweeds, as exhibited at the Exhi months/ 13s; afterwards, 10s; death, of a bition, also Blankets and Flannels. member; £30; death of a member's wife, £10. ! Half the above benefits are received by ~~~ r ~ female members. r\ s~\ /-\ T>ATT>a c t>t , xTiT-nmcj j. Honorary Members'of both sexes shall A( )() riVT t? • ' 13-LIA;NKE} b r at be entitled to the services of the physician £J\J\J Ulcl Prices, contracted for and apothecary, providing they pass a satis wnen wool was Cheap.—A. ORR. factory medical examination, and recoup to ' the Division the amount of fees payable by it "—~ ~ to those, officers on their account. , ■ ' The pledge originally adopted has remained 1 C\C\ 'EMBROIDERED ROBES to "flanged until the present time, and by it -I UU. Select from at ANDREW '^ f^ms of uitoxicatingdrmks are proscribed nppm -vr , ili  ■ The position the Sons and Daughters of UKll h No two of the same pattern. Temperance occupy is * standing testimony of the value of Total Abstinence principles, and compares favorably with any other ___„, Friendly Society; the sickne s rate showing — -— — one-third less than that of other Societies , inii_ni_f_r—iiii no^ asec^ on to 4"1- -i-.o+; T , P «^n p-jiT-Splns: the - -'■■.-■..: i" of ' Temperance, as "^^^^^^^^^B^^^^Hra^^^^p^ Against nine per thousand, the yearly average |HlHHflH^l^_[j^____fipiii§ ■ death rateoi other Societies. This Order should command the support -•. f.*~~yi'~ ( V_- M yj/ ' ' ' and attention of all- earnest temperance »- -i '■ workers, as it gives uncontrovertible testi ; ' mony of the value of total abstinence to the ;-: -- . health of the body; exerts a decided in : ' <' ; ' ■ fluence on public opinion, and provides an SPECIAXj VALUE opportunity for total abstainers to make provision for themselves in case of sickness, accident, or death. The Lodge meets MONDAY, 12th May, IN and each alternate Monday, at the Templar Hall, Ashburton, at 8 p.m. Evsuy Total Abstainer Should Join. a vj* a r Joha G. Restell, GEIvERAL MERCHANT TN Ordero Clear the Balance of cur IVF<T stock ASHBUBTON HAS now in Stock, and is prepared to sell at Lowest Current Rates, — n tt xr cj Building Material of all descriptions, "" v -^ b > consisting of— We have decided to give 15 Red and 'White PINES Boards and Scantlings, Per Cent off Black PINE, TOTARA, During the Next , , KAURI Shelvings, Lining and Flooring. V.D.L. Timber for Bridge Work, 14 T)A"Vi*^. i .; also for Hurdle and Gate-making. "T sft and 6ft PALINGS. Galvanised IRON, Lysaght's Orb, the - ■ . - ' best Iron manufactured, ■HHMHH ,- .. , CEMENT, LIME, etc., " ' WIRE, Barbed' and Plain, and - ' ■'■ ' .. Fencing' Staples, H^H^^^^^S^^HBl Posts, Stakes, Strainers. K^jj£S%£9| -;-"'■• ±"'*-*'* ■ "do A;ii " ■"": Hh_^^^^^^H__b_m_^^B Best NEWCASTLE, ' COALBROOKDALE, . And MOUNT SOMERS. : Horse Feed—OATS, whole ■: ' OATS, crushed Oaten Sheaf CHAFF, • • . Bran, etc. Also, — Sharps for Pig Feed, and a quantity of Barley, whole orcrushed. , TATTM ADO Pr f\r STATION AND FARM STORES, JOHN ORR # \k , „ Consisting of Sugar, Candles, and Groceries, in who c sale lots, and the Celebrated CEYLON AND INDIAN TEA In its imported state Not Blended. Ws H. COhLI&D, "\TITCHEL-r t>_ rpURNETT> ' ±\J.ITCHEL±J {JO ±URNE_ti "THE COBNEE" DRAPRES CLOTHIERS HAS effected the foliowing SPECIAL ™. __ BARGAINS and is . NOW iC -' EU OFFERING THEM. . I . — , HAVE very great pleasure in dir xw. a-^- t *. „ ectin S ,fclie attention of their all colors for Boys' Suits " numerous friends aml customers, to their O/O t^pt trqrrl yGI'V fine Stock of Winter Dupery, now <zZJX3 Per yam ftjiy opene ci out. (usual price 4s 6d.) No. 2—A line of EXTRA WIDE BLANKETS SHIRTING lO^ Per Yar<l FLANNELS (usuaUysoldatls3d) WTNTFR rav«w« No. 3-BLACK CASHMERES - ■ WINTER PRESSES j[S 4i^ P er Jam '" HOSIERY and GLOVES (worth ls lid) No. 4—NEW GOLD BRAID TRIM- MEN'S and BOYS' MINGS, all colors, , ■ .' , ■ eJDperyaid - OVERCOATS (regular price ls 6d) ( No. 5 -A Hue of LADIES ULSTERS . TWEEDS SUITS / li i^® ••■"-■ '• SHIRTS (worth 255) -> No. 6-MEN'S HEAVY ALL WOOL PANTS and SOX TROUSERS In endless variety. PRICES will (usually sold at 15s 6d) i----1' ' bear comparison with any quotii- No.- 7 About on, and as for QUALITY QOOO varA* -1 is an undisputed fact ouuu yaias that M & T t eep ■r^.T^T-i(Mo TtPfm-iTx-r J ' ■'' a firat-class article. DRESS MATERIAL,' newest ; goods, bought at a discount of ; ;.. (qS IN THE '■£, -itM-iTCHELT r— IVIiTCHEIL °° 1 URNEIt! W'T_T riOLLIBR KA lAPOI HOUSE, [ < _Ll. VOLLIER 1 TANOREDfeT.-EBT. | )r v U THE COENEK." ASHBURTON. 1



WHEAT. WHEAT. ¥BTEIT CASH BTJYEES R 0 L LI T & C 0., i - CANTERBURY MILLS, ASHBUET O N,, ARE still prompt Cash Buyers of Prime Milling Wheat at highest market price. Flour, Bran and Sharps always on hand. Gristing by patent Roller process done on the shortest notice. •■ ■ ■ 'cbLoVBO.CALCUTTA'.^M itn! and Princes EDI N.^^i t THIS PACKET IS GUARANTEED TO CONTAIN OH£IPOUMO fc«TT C ONE TRIAL SOLICITED. .6 JOHN G. EESTELL SOLE AGENT, ASH BURTON. WE;ARE BUYERS AT ALL TIMES OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, : , . RVEGRASS,PEAS t . ; , ; .'.' ETC.,- ETC FMEDLAHDER BROS. WHEAT SHIPMENTS Tl/K ARE PHEPARKO TO MAKE LfOKiUI, AT/V^CES, FREE OF 00.">1V1?S<ION AMD IN rERF/-T, (ipal-:^ vl )vr>.t; of l Jrodncs pieced jo onsr hsrc* •*cr "h :.". Put n U>e Us'.'e-i FC!:i?<loni ur sb- C nMmj^r. nAViMr-J k .iir ••> ri; h'»o.^ in Lv" 3O'i '? « autfi '-?tT; pnsrsrm 1!* that Me lufereel f Ols iK«, -a 11 otv Si ;'oftfi thf> B'^pTii'S'it f'f •}!-■•!-1-? =:" ions, w'.!! be well lr.okt>3 »ft< r. O:io;'ta ta $j- *ho r-y thit exp-?a<''s "ilka v i *•» !w an p3?<t bl >, aid tbo h'abop ECAJU F-'-s^-i-'s Tyt »? s'liopo 1? -3r-d-~ » d-t's-c". :md eap^rato brand, i:n ur .lie ht-.i iv br»tid-d '* ike, ao^l e.vjh s'<t ta o""!J n its merite. Prompt arroan %?ll'.>- a« HI tbo p I%'. WE ar<- »'n • pieparo^ to etvo j^va -• r.n \ nh-r ?ro vie at .\*Vihnrion, Lvnnhcrst LvttiUin or j&ddingtcn up'n pa«y t»rin«, :»r,d make re^Eonsb'o sdvanoen or ssir-e, • FRWDLA^OfcR "BJKOd. :■ ,' NoW.":'' LANDING-:"" EX "Maud Graham" 20,000-Eeet DRESSED KAURI T. & G. FLOORING T. & G. MATCH LINING AND BOARDS. 1 EX " Soray " 30,000 Feet SPLENDID RED PINE. 'EX " Zior r>: 20,000 Feet:MAGNIFICENT WHITE PINE. ELOORtNG, LINING AND SHELV : ' FROM HAVELOCK. IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE— WESTPOET, NEWCASTLE, GEEY YALLET AND MOUNT SOMEKS COAL. W. H. COLLINS AND CO. TISIBEE AND COAL MERCHANTS, ASHBTJETON. : Little's Patent SBeep Dip (NON-POISONOUS.) ADVANTAGES OF LITTLE'S PATENT FLUID DIP :— IF PROPERLY USED according to instructions, it is the best, the most effectual ■ and most valuable Dip known. IT IS NOT POISONOUS to animals, there is therefore no danger of poisoning Horses, Sheep, Cattle, or other animals, by the Dip draining od the grass or herbage; there is no danger in leaving it about in the way of children or others ; nor is there any danger of wholesale poisoning from neglect, accident, or design. ITS EFFECT UPON THE WOOL is exceedingly important to Woolgrowers. It i rapidly increases the value ; it does not arrest the growth at any time but promotes ! ■the natural secretions, and increases the weight of the fleece; it does not stam or ; discolor the wool, nor take out any of the yolk, but is at all times the best Dip for the i wool that can be used. IT IS CHEAP and repays itself tenfold to the sheep-ownerr : IT IS EASY TO USE, requiring very little preparation, mixes instantly with coid water, leaves no sedimeut, no scum, no waste. One gallon of Dip to .100 gallons of j water; —the wash is then ready for use. . . J ! IT,IS SAFE. Whilo Piosonous Dips can only be used with caucion upon sheep, this Dip may be used upon all animals : Horses to kill insects and the mange ; also Dogs for tho same purpose ; also for exterminating insects, and alleying all irritation of fhe skin of Dairy Cattle, Pigs, etc., for which purpose it is simply invaluable. FOR SCAB, LICE, TICKS, and insects of all, kinds, ifc'Js; a most effectual Dip,, and thoroughly reliable 1 at all times, and in all climates. V , , - i j LITTLE'S PATENT FLUID DIP has a world-wide reputation of the highest possible character. It has received more GOLD and SILVER MEDALS and other ■ AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE AND MERIT than perhaps all the other Sheep I Dips but together. AfrENT FOE ASHBUETON COUNTY— ./;■ 1-"i ; '-. .< ; ' GEORGE JAMESON.



ANNOUNCEMENTS l : GRAIN SALE. . "J HPHE New Zealand Loan and Mercantile 1 Agency Co. Limited, will hold ita -f > NEXT GRAIN AUCTION ' On FRIDAY, dth JUNE, 1890, At 2.G0 p.m. : , Afc the Chrißtchurch Wool ; and" Grain? T Warehouses, Durham Streel;, Railway '' Siding. E. S. HARLEY, Manager. '. E. G. STAVELEY, . Produce Manager. • ( ■' Mr J. G. Restell, Ashburton, will a'cfc 5 as on 11 A<rort fry roorvinq; consignments \l nd forH.ndiii.' f-T saX».  5 200 ; A LARGE supply of various: SIZES:"? XJI. -. -■ .. r:'.... .; , ..,,; (: always in STOCK, for SALE in large ori . ' ..;,■, ci ;;i..;-,ihjt'_ small quantities. SPECIAL quotations, • _• -. . .' •, .■../>... -■ ?■/■■.>' ■ given for large quantities. * ;  .;' , GEOKGE JAMESON; ':": i ... - .v -.; •« j 5 210 ASHBURTON & RAKAIAU ■ TREES TREES. '/ About 100,000 FRUIT TBEE&'v-/,t : f Of all descriptions, including ' ■'-•) 2000 APPLE TREES of CHOICE ' 1 -■■ ■ SORTS.- ■>' --•'-. J^ l< All Strong and Healthy; -:. 'J'n lf ; IT^OR SALE at > Moderate : Prie'ek * .JD; Undersigned is also prepared,,' as -r • usual, to undertake the' - ' : k;: -' PLANTING OF FOREST TREES /.,/. at Lowest Current Rates. J y" ; ' WM. GARDNER,. ; \-.\: i sff5 ff •.,-. : Tinw^ald ■'• SEALY'S FRUIT TREE =;; "TNCLUDING Apples, Pears, Plums, >I J_ Cherries, Peaches, Apricots,' Necta- >>- ines, and all other fruits. The'merits of: <' all the varieties have been subjected to % severe tests during the last 15 years,>and'-' the stock is now admitted to. be the •- Largest and Choicest in Canterbury, ">' probably in the colony, to select from, afl warranted, and at your own prices. SEALYS FOREST TBEIfS Of all-kinds. ; innumerable in quantity, i well-grown and hardyr—all kinds, all sizes,:'; all prices. ' , ■ --:i SEALY'S ORNAMENTAL TREES, &<v ■■< Choice in quality, numerous in quantity. ■■'<■- SEALY'S MACROCARPA.- "'■}'■•* Tens of thousands in number.:-A large * quantity specially grown for fencing at ' very low prices. . j •■:■■; SEALY'S .ROSES. '• ■ . '■'• Endless in variety and choicest in quality.« -: . . SEALY'S CATALOGUES: il~y r- Forwarded free to- any: address Ion*• 7 application. • ■-•■ , » :•.-iiiv/ Note.—l will only be responsible.for; ■ Trees ordered dhect from the Nursery- or : r through Messes J. Seaxy asd Co. . • ' fl THOS. SEALYv \ '> Nurseryman, ; ' ' *' >: 18 Riverbank, Ashburton.- ■- "; SEEDS, PLANTS, &c ' " ' TBEE3. TEEES. TKEES. ".* T Again tender my best thanks to my numerous Customers and Correspon dents for the support I have received: •■*>■ from them, and assure them that I shall still, conduct my Business in the future as I have in the past, and all orders by post' r otherwise will receive my prompt atten- :' Hon. My Apple Trees are all ivorked on the blight proof stock, and are clean and . well grown ; also Pears, Plums, Cherries, - Apricots, and all kinds of small Fruits. I have one of the largest stock of Forest Trees in Canterbury, about 40,000 Larch, two years old, 40,000 do; one year old, s and 100,000 Pinus lnsignis, one and:twoi ' years old. Cupressus, Macrocarpa, I have > . a grand line. I make this a speciality. All • my seedlings have been transplanted j m being equal to those in boxes. I have l about 100,000 one and two years old, also > Roses and Fancy Shrubs in great variety.; > ; All trees supplied, and planted by. me! f will be. guaranteed for 12 months. Cata logu sent post free on application^ ■ • --;■ TAMES T)OE-TBRi ■■■•'■<■■■ J.AMES JTORTER,. ' NURSERYMAN" and SEEDSMAN, - , ' ALLENTOJf . ASHBURTOK . ■ • NOTICE. ' :< TEEES! "; TEEES! i.^V- I THE undersigned, have opened; a , . Nursery on my own account * and am prepared to seU FRUIT and FOREST ' ' TREES of the choicest sorts at prices not' • - * to be beaten. «Having had 28 years' ex- *1 perience at Home and in the Colonies, I; ■ J nave grown none but the best sorts of >• Fruit Trees, knowing that a great many-' ---that are planted out are shy bearers and-' some that do bear are. inferior in,quality.' , : I have also a very choice collection of '; : Roses and Shrubs. : Gardens laid out: ;- • work done by contract or by day. Old - fruit trees re-grafted with choice sorts if required. Hoping to get a fair share of public patronage. r-Note the Address—, * • " J. MILLICHAMP, Nurseryman, ■' ' , ' .Terrace Nursery, n - " . Tinwald. ' Letters Addressed to Ashburton P.O. will Receive My Prompt Attention. 6+l -- * -TTTNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY U OF NEW ZEALAND (Limited.) .. / . SPECIALLY REDUCED FARES. ' GRAND EXCURSION TRIP TO '■ ' '.; • SYDNEY. 1 ' "■. ';..__•.-" rpTTR Union Company's new Steamship^ MONOWAI, 3500 TONS, -2 _ ' ''' '■ [WiUbe despatched from LYTTELTON - " j On THURSDAY, sth JUNE, ' lOn a Grand Excursion Trip to SYDNEY, \ via East Coast Ports and Auckland, ■ AT SPECIALLY CHEAP FARES. • J Holders of Return Tickets will have th privilege of coming back from Sydney by ; way of Auckland or Cook Strait, or from. 1 Melbourne, via Hobarfc and Bluff. ; ;:: i This ::.:■ ■'■' p\-r.*- <st--—r«. —l-.^livinow enterin/- !> '■■ • i":r : •::■ .-■-*'«»:-.»-i-.! v,iy;i!n\ is THI-: iini >t \ i-:s>i:i. i>r in:u SIZE AIL* ».\T si ,■ i • !i"« ,1 ilinMiirh out with Electric Light and every modern improvement and luxury. ! Passengers now have the opportunity of making a pleasure trip in a Vessel whose accom modation is unequalled in the colonies. FARES: Saxoon : Single, £5 ; Return, £8. • .Steerage: , £210s; 1,, £5. ■ " Apply GEO. JAMESON, , Agent, A^hburtoai