uiiprecedtmtedly rapid rise m the value of the roubK The whole Russian trade was demoralised, and though the harvest is trood there is no doubfc that the season will close with a general crash. Two southern-exporters hnvo already failed. The Government policy m raising fche tariff is pronounced suicidal.

GIGANTIC RAILWAY SCHEME.

The Most gigantic railway scheme ever projected m Canada, with the single exception of the Canadian Pacific, b; about to 1)0 started. The promoters arc chiefly French and English capitalists. Sir Hector Longcvin, Minister of Public Works for the Dominion, and Sir Charles Tupper, High Commissioner for Canada m London, ire largely interested parties. The scheme is to build a railway eastward from Quebec, some ei«hty miles, to St. Charles Bay on the Labrador coast, fiom "which point large steamers arc expected to make the voyage to Milford Haven, m Wales, m three days and a half. By this route it is expected that passengers and perishable freight can bo carried from Chicago to London inside of seven days. The Company calls itself the North Canadian Atlantic Railway and Steamship Company. The capital is 20,000,000dols; but it has authorised itself to bond its line for the purchase of steamships. The Provisional Directors include the Lord Mayor of London, Henry Isaacs; Mr Robert N. Fowler, M. P., Banker ; Mr Thomas Woods Melford and Mr Charles J. Mott, Directors of the Great Western Railway; Mr W. R. Back, Banker; London ; and Sir Douglas Fox, the emi nent English Engineer. The Company will have 50,000 men at work by next spring.

THE ELECTIONS

Sir George Grey will address a public meeting at Auckland on the political situation. Mr F. W. Lawry announces himself as n candidate for the Parnell seat. Mr J. T. Smith is to be requisitioned Jko come forward for Christchurch City. The Kaiapoi People's Political Associa tion has adopted the following platform : —(1) The immediate Btoppage of sale of Crown lands, and cancellation of provisions for conversion of perpetual Uase holdings into freeholds ; (2) legisla tion giving the State power to compul- Korily resume possession of freeholds at a fair valuation for settlement and sub division ; (3) retention of present system of triennial Parliaments; (4) Seamen's Representation, Shop Hours, Factories, Building Lien, Truck, and other Labor Bills to be supported ; (5) special tax on absentee landlords'; (7) the present edu cational 1 system to be maintained ; uniform school books for the colony, published by the Government J (8) radical reform m .the management of tlie railways of the •colony ; (I)) securing the rights of labor; (10) progressive taxation on land held for speculative purposes ; (11) elective Legis lative Council; (12) * State Bank, and no further borrowing.,

Labor Questions.

[I'EU PRESS ASSOCIATION j

Chrhtchurch, October 12, **' An interview took place yesterday be tween the committee of the association formed to work the port with free labor and the representatives of the labor party. The proceedings were private, but it is stated that nothing definite was arrived at. A meeting of unionists was held m the theatre last night. The delegates to the conference gave a report of their work. Besoliitions were passed deprecating the refusal of the Employer's Association to attend the conference, approving the basis of agreement submitted by the labor delegates, endorsing the proposal that all the union, should contribute 10 per cent on their wages above £1 per week for the support of the men engaged m the struggle, and approving the suggestion to establish a National Maritime Trades and Labor Council for New Zealand. The meeting appeared unanimous and enthusiastic.

Latest Telegrams

(Received October 13, 11 p.m.) Sydney, October 13.

The miners at Mount Kembla have made eeveral unsuccessful attempts to dislotlge tiie free laborers, but m each case the military frustrated their object. ' (Received Oct. 13. 10.40 a.m.) London, October 12. Me Edvrards, Secretary of the Labor Defence Committee m Australia, has cabled to JBurnsfor a loan of £20,000, re payment to be guaranteed by the United Australasian Unions. He declared the success of the strike would be assured. , The labor leaders are confident that they can raise the money, and are taking immediate steps to obtain it. An "Australian Saturday," on the lines of Hospital Saturday is suggested. London owners are engaging men for their ships, irrespective of Unionists, and the latter, m consequence, are picketing ships.

Latest Cable News. HOME AND FOREIGN.

fritß PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

fttflGelved October 13, 10.40 a.m.) ANOTHKR ATTEMPT ON THE CZAE'3 LIFE. Buda Ywtß, October 12. The Pesth "Lloyda" states that a doctor named Hursch threw » bomb at the Czar while hunting, but only sue ceededin wounding General Werder. Hursch was immediately arrested.

CHIFE JUSTICE AT SAMOA.

Vienna, October 12. Conrad Ceper Kranz has been ap pointed Chief Justice of Samoa.

POTUGUESE MINISTRY FORMED.

Lisbon, October 12. General Jones hag succeeded m form ing » Portuguese ministry after all others who had been entrusted with the task had failed.

SLIGHTED.

LoNPON, October 1.2. Oscar Meyer, representatire of New South Wales at the Mining Exhibition, Reeling slighted because he was not in cited to the conversazione which cele brated the closing of the Exhibition, held an opposition re-union of his own m the New South Wales section.

PEOPLE BOUND TO THE STAKE.

The great, majority of people have to work for a living with hands or head, or both. Very well. To make our living we must be able to labor so many hours m a day, days m a week, weeks m a year. Very good again. But suppose we each had aMMßineny who possessed the power to tie us up with a rope when he pleased .Jo day ho ties only the left arm, to rn, >rrow the right, the next day a leg, ani >?o tm- Once m a while ho ties us to •our fl«?ds and keeps up there a week. How much would he cost us m hard cash m a yea* 1.? and how much wonld it be worth to us if we could chain him to a -,rock or hang him with his own rope 'l Let "W have a rough illustration or tyro.

A; man was working on the Midland Railway as :v signalman. We all know what the position is, and have some idea of the labor and responsibility. Well, he kept at it for several years, never missing a day. He knew his business, nobody bettor, and nothing went wrong on his .lection of the linn ; but by-and-by his enemy began to tic him up. Somehow lie couldn't eat with a relish any more ; 'when, he tried lie was taken with such a distress it took all the life out of him. Then he would have times when he was sf> giddy that everything went round and round like a whirligig. If this had happened when lie had a signal to set, a collision might have come of it; happily it did not. Other ropes were tried around him ; he had pains m the chest and sides, his bowels became costive, tongue coated, bad taste m the nioulli, heartburn, weak ness, &c. The doctors said he would have to give up his situation; but he couldn't. There were the wife nd children to be looked out for, and only his e-trnings to do it with. But finally he broke down altogether, and was laid up for weeks, unconscious part of the time Then, we may say, he was tied hand and foot. His enemy bad him fast, and came nigh killing ■him. One day, after the doctors had j given him up, his mind was <;lear, and he remembered a medicine—half the bottle full—he had hidden away m a locker m a signal box and forgotten all about it. He sent for it and took a dose. In less than a, month he was a well man ; the rope? were all cut away. If you write to him (Andrew Agge, Culgaith, Cumberland) lie tell you this medicine was Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, and his ailmenfc was indigestion and dyspepsia. But, whilst he was ill with it, lie might as well—yes, better—have been tied to a stake. There are lots of cases of this sort all over England—all over the world. A few of them we hear of ; millions of them we neverhear of. Sometimes itia heart disease sometimes rheumatism; sometimes con sumption ; sometimes general debility ; sometimes kidney and bladder ccinplnint ; sometimes nervous prostration ; some times liver disorder. That is, the doctors call it by all these hard names, but at bot.om it is indigestion and dyspepsia, and all these other so-called diseases are just tokens and .symptoms of that—neither more nor less. If a man never had any trouble with his stomach, he might live for ever, for aught we can tell. Yet how, m Mercy's name, can a man or woman work with death and corruption inside of j the body—with the stomach, full of de- j caying food, sending poison through the blood to every joint, muscle, and nerve? This is what dyspepsia does. Indigestion is a slow but sure poison, just; as taking so many grains of arsenic every day would be. Here is another case, that of a railway fireman, Avho writes from Hurlford. He says: "I have been a suiter from nidi gestion and dyspepsia for three years ; I tried several doctors, but jrot worse all the time. At last I went to a chemist and he promised to cure me m a week or two He sold me three very expensive bottles of medicine, find all the effect I felt from it was the loss of my money. Then I got hold of a bottle of Mother Seigel's Syrup, and was better almost at once. How sorry I am I didn't use ifc years ag» ! " We can give this nian's name if you care to have it. He didn't want it printed. But he was as good as tied up for a long while. Illness is a strong rope. Here is one mote illustration. Mr R. P. Hopton, of Long Western, says: "I am sixty-eight years old. Mother Seigel's Syrup has not quite made me a young man again, but it has cured me of asthma, nervous prostration, and a throat ailment arising from impure blood. I was too ill to labour, yet can now do my work thanks to that great remedy. You may publish the fact. The whole complication cam* first from indigestion." And this is the way people are bound until Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup sets them free.

SPORTING.

Ashltmirton Ti-ottins: Olut>.

The following acceptances were received for the Ashburton Trotting Club's meeting :— Handicap Trot. One Mile. Semolina ... ser Home Rule... 8 set Magpie 2 sec Othello 5) sec Star of Honor 6 sec Silver Bell ... 11 sec Miss Cave ... 6 sec Quail 12 sec Fair Nell ... 6 sec Star 15 sec Skluxg Handicap Trot. Two Miles. Star of Honor scr Anaconda ... 18 sec Maud ... ... 4 sec Nelly 18 sec Grace Darling 8 sec Bonny Black Jenny ... ... 8 sec Bess 20 sec Silver Bell ... 12 sec Darby 25 sec Handicap Trot, of 30 soys. Three miles. Magpie ... (i sec Silver Bell . 34sec Zenobia -. 14 sec Jenny ... ... 36 sec Star of Honor 17 sec lolanthe ... 45 sec Home Rule... 24 see Chuznee ... 47 sec Othello ...28 sec Poppett ...50 sec Kate 30 sec District Handicap Trot. Two miles. Marengo ... scr Mount joy ... 20 sec Miss Cave ... 8 sec Plucky 25 sec Maud 12 sec Poppett ... 30 sec Grace Darling 16 sec The following nominations were received : — Maiden Trot, of 15 soys. Two miles. Good Templar, Dolly, Wakanui, Star, July, Blackberry, Poppet, Cascade, Apprentice.

C.J.C METROPOLITAN SPRING MEETING.

The following weights have been de clared :— Spring Hurdle Race. Ahua 13sb, Ixion list 91b, Uranus list 21b, Waterfall lOst 121 b, Darnley lOst 91b Waitangi lOst 71b, Argo 10 51b, Little Arthur and Romulus 10st21b, Melrose lOst Erin-go-Bragh, lOst 01b ; Leonardo, 9st 121 b -Royalty, 9stßlb jßuapehu, 9st 71b ; Theorem, 9st 71b, Pizarro 9at 71b, Jacob, 9st 71b, The Spy 9st 51b, Don, 9st 01b. THE STEWARDS' STAKES. St. Andrew, 9st 41b ; Whisper, 9st 41b ; Francotte, 9st 21b; Crackshot, Bst 121 b ; Thackeray, Bst 91b ; Wolverine, Bst 91b ; Ruby, Bst 81b ; Jet d'Eau, B.st 71b ; Lord Aston, Bst 51b ; Kotuku Bst 41b ; Prime Warden, Bst 31b ; Cynisca, Bst 31b ; St. Malo, But 21b; Tempest, Bst lib; Medjidie, Bst; Loraine, 7st 121 b ; Aro noel and Angler, 7st 121 b ; Screphon, 7st 111 b; Heather Bell, 7st 101 b; Peerswick, 7st 10lb ; Lethe, 7st 101 b ; Mariner, 7st 101 b ; Retina, 7st 91b ; Alsace, 7st 71b ; Katinka, 7st 61b ; Carronade, 7st 51b ; Pique, 7st 51b ; Pearl Powder, 7st 21b ; Bay King, 7st 21b ; Richlake, 6st 121 b; Miss George, 6st 91b ; Ben Trovato, 6st 71b ; Loo, 6st lib ; Dryad, fat 71b ; Lullaby, 6st 71b ; Re 4 Gposa, 6at 51b ; Yon Tempsky, 6st.

THE ASHBUETOIsr GUABDIAff, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1890.



John G. Restell, COMMTS.'i[ON, PINAA'CLVr. AND GENICRAL" AGENT, ■^'VBST BTH.ZBT, ■ : ■'/:'"._ GItA 1 N AN 1) W0 () L TROJv ER. ■I -fOE BALE-- ;;, OATS SHARPS 1 , SBRAN . F LOU II POTATOES FENCING WIRE—BARBED AND PLAIN, TEA, SUGAR, CANDLES, AND GENERAL FARM STORES, KAITANGATA COAL." AGENT FOR—Union Fire and Marine Insurance Company LAI Mercantile Finnnco Agency Company, Ltd. ; Colonml MutnaWi Anßuranees DEERING ALL STEEL TWINE BINDER;, -.^YLON and* . INDIAN TEAS^L.ssrdati^^Tjie^lercanj^(^aj;ettfe( M.j etc, etc. < GEOIKM JAMESON^ 'ASHBURTON AND BAKAIA ! HAS FOR SALE *fllE FOLLOWING :FARM SEEDS' RED AND WHITE CL(JVICR COW GRASS AKD ALSY.KE : L ■ rye;grass—cocksfoot . . [ETC., ETq ; ALSO,— TURNIP SEEDS : , ; From the well-known' English .seedsmen, J. Carteh and Co. : Special attention is paid to the SEED DEPARTMENT, and nonr , but those of the best quality raid description are imported^ Station-holders and Farmers con nhvnys rely on gt'ttm," the newest seed olii ailjable; \ Exgush akd Colonial MANurACTumc. r HAVE FOR SALE m Large or Small quantities;:-- ' •"• GUANO SUPERPHOSPHATE HIGH-CLASS SUPERPHOSPHATE DISSOLVED BONES POTATO MANURE i BONE DUST ■ ANIMAL GUANO ; GEORGE JAMESON, ''■' \ ASHBURTON AND RAKATA. 8 155 ' W. H. COLLIEE "The Corner," IS NOW SHOWING A GRAND ASSORTMENT OF SPRING &ISUMMER DXKAPJBITir, ■ DRESSES m all the now colors SUNSHADES of all desdriptions.. ; ZEPHYRS m plain colorii ;ind checks 1 Light and Dark PRINTS Silk and Fabric GLOVES ~2Fmcv APRONS RIBBONS, HATS, BOYS' arid MEN'S CLOTHING. The addition of my new Show Room enables a fine display to be made of the Latest Styles m Millinery, Trimmed and Untrimmerl, Flowers, Feathers, Dust Clpak«, Corsets, &c, and is placed under the management of an experienced Milliner from Christchurch. W. H. COLLIEE. "THE GOBWEE.' Wool Season, 1890-1891. ASHBUETON WOOL STOJRES. MR JOHN G. RESTELL BEGS TO IN TJMATE TO THE WOOL GROWERS OF ASHBURTON DISTRIC7 THAT HE IS PREPARED TO MAKE LIBERAL CASH ADyAITOES ON THE GROWING CLIP, : OR . . •■• ON WOOL PLACED IN HIS HANDS FOR SALE ' LOCALLY. QR IN CHRISTCHURCH, OR FOR SHIPMENT. ! \ Mb. RESTELL willJact m conjunction with the NEW ZEALAND LOA\ AM) , *, MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED, wlio will RENDER ACCOUNT SALES WITH THEIR USU.AL PROMPTITUDE Btlß



ASHBURTON COAL & FIREWOOD DEPOT. RS.BEM Has secured some of the celebrated KAITANGATA AND SHAG POINT COALS Cheaper and cleaner than Newcastle. R. S. BEAN, _1(U * West Street. W, W, Spencer & Co, rpO meet the dull times, have* STRUCK new prices right through thei Establishment. Everything sold at lower prices than ever. Grodd Washing Prints, 3|d per yard A first-class print at s|d Good Summer Dress Goods, 5s 3d per doz. Ginghams and fashionable Zephyr Cloths 20 per cent cheaper than any other house m Ashburton. White Lace Curtains, 2s lid the pair White Calico, 3s 6d per doz. Grey Calico, 2s 6d per doz.,. , Men's Tweed Suits frohi 18s" 6d Boys' Tweed Suits from 6s 6d Men's good Woollen Sox, Is Boys' Braces, 4d. , BOOTS. B3dTS. Men's Colonial made Shooters, 10s 6d Men's Colonial made Bluchers, 6s 6d Women's Strong Leather Elastic Sides, 6s lid A large assortment of Children's Patent Leather Slippers and Shots at very low prices. W. W. SPENCER & GO. THE ARCADE.



—ASHBUETON— TROTTING CLUB. FIRST Meeting will be held on the Ashburton Racecource on OCTOBER 16th, 1890. Entries for MAIDEN and ACCEPT ANCES close with undersigned at Central Hotel TO-DAY, at 9 p.m. JNO. J. C. QUANE, +03, Sacretarv. We SPARROW TAILOK AND I • MEN'S ME R C E R. •,__.._ EAST BTHFKT.



! NOW'S THE TIME TO USE KMD WOOD'S 1 BUALY BLIGHT SPECIF!U i " D. THOMAS. ' ~ My. CLOYEEB . FOR THE SEASON HAVE JUST COME TO HAND, 1 , Per Ship "'.Nelson. THEY ARE~AIIN QUALITY -.; I \ -?f' ■•:■' ;. AND,.. -- .- , .- ■■ ?,; _, ••;,•■; ■■^'\: " LOW'IN "PRICE.' bA "v" \ . THEY ARE ULKBT and SONS, op LONDON CHOICEST SEEDS. INSPECTION INVITKD. SAMPLES "SUPPLIED D^^THOMAS, ASHBUKTON. D. THOMAS ' (Lace of Matsojs, Cox Ajsii I'o. AUCTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, and ESTATE AGENT, VALUATOR, WOOL and GRAIN BRORRR AS II B U Ti T O N * *" '' O" ■■ '■ ■ "■-■■™ TOANS Negotiated. Weekly Sales of Live Stock ; Tiuwald and Ashburton J alternately. Fortnightly Sales,of Sheppsjkins, Fat, and Hides on FRIDAYS. Sales of Wool throughout the Season. Grain bought and sold on Commission. Clearing Saxes as per arrangement; LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. '';!" ■ / ' " ti Th>.i\ y been appointed Agent for thel above Company and am now" prepared* take risks «»« Buildings, faid.Growing|Cropf|iit current races. WOOL. WOOL. WOOL • TATTERSALL'S, t WKST STREET, ASHBTTUTON I \M prepared t? makeLIBERAI : CASH ADVANCES ngainst the Grew Clip of WOOLjTplaced m my hand for SALE m Ashburton," or" Shipment Eng nd. WOOLSACKS. TWINE, OH- RADDLE &c, SUPPLIED •;"""": "~""" D. THOMAS ASHBURTON TIMBER. TIMBER. TIMBER. ________ *O* 1 -pTAVING purchased the TIMBER BUSINESS of Mk John G. Restem,, we T~L. have amalgamated the same with our Business m East Street, where both will be carried on conjointly —ON SALE— 300 casks best Portland Cement. 15 Tons Galvanised Roofing Iron, 1O Tons No. 8, 9 and 10 Fencing Wire, 3 Tons Galvanised Barbed Wire, fc Tons Sheet Lead, It Tons Sheet Zinc, 5O Boxes Sheet Glass, 5O kegs Wire Nails, all sizes, 100 Drama Baw and. Boiled Lin seed Oil, It a Tons Genuine White Lead, 1 Case Inlander's Oak Varnish. MOUNT SOMERS COAL 5 22s PER TON. KAITANGATA COAL, SHAG POINT COAL, NEWCASTLE COAL W* H. Collins and Co., TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS .ALSHBtJRTOISr



"j" public Notiqgiß : ________ loTgbeach coach. NmidAfIcrMCNDAY, HJthOotolwr. tbe LONG«iRACH COACH wil, start from ASHBURTON at 5 p.m. sharp. It. R. BROWNL, 10t 04 Coachman. DARKEST AFRICA, cheap edition, now arrived. First supply limit srt. New Books, New Stationery, NewMr^y Goods and Novelties all at reduced price*. Large assortment.of New Music of every description. Pianos on hire and for sale on terms. Orders received for Book binding of every kind.— L. F. Anwuito & Co. THE ASHBURTON CALEDONIAN SOCIETY'S ANNUAL CONVERSAZIONE AND BALL \ I ,T ILL be held m the Oddfellows' Hall VV on FRIDAY, 24tii OCTOBER. To commence at 8 p.m. Tickets—Gentlemen, 3b ; Ladies, 2s. See posters. J. SEALY, 9t157 Hon. Secretary. SH/.G POINT COAL. f PHIS superior Coal, for household and JL Hteani purposes,' can now 1)0 obtained from Meksks J. G; Rbstbm,, W. H. Coluns & Co., and R. S. Bjsan m any (|uantity. Special quotations for truck loads. , This Coal is perfectly safe m using, L.-iiving no live ashes or soot, and is vc;ry clwinly ami economical for household pin-poses, having great heat and lasting power. ■ ■ ": W. H. WILLIAMS, 10Ji 1?> Mana,'er filing. Pyint-Mine. MOORE STUEIST, ASHBU X T O N. Henry T>avis, Proprietor, (late of Plough Hotel, Rangiora^ THIS Old Established and favorite Family Hotel, has good ■accommoda tion f«r families, boarders, or'commercial travellers, with private sitting rooms and bedrooms. CHARGES TO MEET THE TIMES. Nothing but the best brands of Wines and Spirits, and Ward and Cos. celebrated Ales kept m stock. THE PROPRIETOR, having also just erected a largo new stable with • eleven stalls and two lqose boxes for the accommodation of his country customers, wishes to inform them that stabling for horses ia FREE, with good feeds for Is each. Special arrangements can be made for loose boxes for Entire Horses or Race Horses for the coming season. ■„ 9 145 THE AMERICAN TROTTING HORSE BUOKWOOD ABDiLLAII XX"! HOSE Stock can be seenall through A » the District will stand this season atOwncr's Stable and travel the Ashburton County. Terms — Season, £3 10s; guarantee, £5 5s ; groomage fee, ss. For particulars apply H. MUTTON, 10t(52 Groom m charge. ALSO to stand at kolmar .farm, lyndhurst, and travel :the methven district, The Purebked Clykehdaijß Stallion YOUNG NEW STYLE. By New Style, dam by Glenroy. New Style, bred by John Boag, Sire loting Banker (imp.), dam Marchioness I. For particulars and terms apply Groom m charge Or ; S.COX, 'Manager 1; Lyndhurst. the midland counties WATCH COMPANY OF VYSE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, ENG Send for t' Send for Catalogue %af Catalogue containing _#_^^s__. containing 1000 Illus- if>fk/\ 1000 Illus trations and ipy^#%^^ tuitions and 1000 "nso-j^^O'^J^lOOO unso licited Tecti-KA^^lA^ liinted Testi monials, for- \2fc^Qr monials, for warded gratis warded gratis nd post free and post free to any part to any part of the world. of the world. All at wholesale Cash Prices. 255. Let every reader of this send for our beautiful new Illustrated Catalogue, con taining 1000 unsolicited testimonials, and over 1000 fine copper-plate Engravings of Watches, Jewellery, and Electro Plato, sent gratis and post free on application to any part of the world. R. Ambrose, Esq., Cloyne Terrace, Queenstown, Ireland, Feb. 11th, 1886. "It gives me much pleasure to testify as to the excellent time-keeping qualities of the Watch I received from you. I have tested it with a gun fired here every day by electricity at one o'clock,! Greenwich time, and have never found it vacillate even one minute. I have great confidence m recommending your Company.' : . Gentlemen's Fine Silver Watch, flat crystal glass ... 25s Ladies' Fine Silver, flat crystal glass highly finished movements ... 25s Youths' Fine Silver, flat crystal glass 25s Ladies' Gold Levers, m exquisitely chased cases ... 70s Gents' ditto, engincd turned oases 80s Gents' Silver Keyless Levers ... ()0s Gents' Silver Keyless hrnting cases 67s 6d Gents' Fine Gold Keyless Levers strong heavy cases ... ...100b Gents Fine Gold Keyless hunting caso ... ... ... ...140s Ladies' very heavy Keyless, m 18 carat engraved cases ... ...100s PosfcOflice Orders must be made payable to the Company's Manager, Mr A. Percy, on receipt of which, with Is extra for postage, any watch will be forwarded per Parcels Post to any part of the world. London Office and Show Room,™ QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.O (Near the Mwsic Hous[]



Mr Justice William* w«« a ■■capital ntiot. It is imported of him, tin t whilst enjoying the sport once upon fomc gen tie. vi nil's pre serves and (.nocking over the bin ■cig'utand left, a gamekeeper wlibp«m« confident a ly to his comrade. " They tell me this 'ere y.nt is a jmlf. c; I'll take my sam he's been a poacher." has been decided by the French Minister of Marine to establish at Brest a navel dovecot, containing 50!) pigeons, which «irs to be trained for sea service. The idea is to !• Hse them as messengers from the defend ing torpedo-boats around Brest to the mari time authorities on land, thus ensuring a constant communication. As the wheel of time has again ushered m the busy spring, and to be prepared to supply the'requirements of Nature and r«f their numerous patrons, Messrs J. Setily and Co. have completed their selection of seeds, which are of the choicest samples obtainable, and which include clovers, turnips,, man golds, carrots, rape, perennial ryezra*a, cocksfoot, elephant swede, garden and flower seeds m endless variety, and garden requi sites of every description. For the conve nience of patron* who cannot mak« their purchases during the day the premises will be open to nine p.m. on Saturday evenings on and after the 16th Angust;—(Advt;) MR D THOMAS YARDS. TUESDAY, 14th OCTOBEE, 18 9 0. I SHALL have FOR SALE at the above fixture the following lines of Good SHEEP,— OAA Fat Merino WETHERS OAA Very Prime Merino WETHERS 700 CroSHbrod HOGGETS QAA Crossbred HOGGETS OAA Crossbred HOGGETS Qf\ f\ Crosslin d EWES with Lambs £J \J \J fit foot QHO Oroasbrod EWES with Lambs OUU at loot QA k Merino EWES with Lam'is at O\J ' foot Also on account other owners. Fat ami Store SHE* P Fat and Store CATTLE and PIGS D. THOMAS, 10 76 Ashbuiton \tknmT CO rriflHoxiTAT CLaNHa-iJ o J_/ihhoxi *-iL •JHITA t.SVT) ISHM saavHs oiaavjii sill ny •saavAkm afz kohi SOOBTJ SS9J(J 10 IYAIHHV HSaH-t Mlttm 9 113H3XIMI KVHi HMXxaa oa xokkvo ssicrn. ASHBURTON~BOROUGH COUNCIL. "VTOTICE is hereby given that the , |\j Public Library Reading Room will be CLOSED for repairs on TUES DAY and WEDNESDAY, the 14th and 15th inst, and the Town Clerk's Office on WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, the 15th and 16th inst. BY ORDER. October 13th, 1890. 10 83 NOTICE " ALL Accounts owinj» to Thomas '.Potty, LiverylStable keeper, must be paid to me by OCTOBER 18th, 1890, as he is selling off and giving up Business on that date. 10 85 FRED. MAKEIG^ TINWALD WESLEYAN~IJAND OF HOPE. fTIHE Service of Song "OUR JOE" Will be given by the Choir m the TEMPLAR HALL ox "Wednesday, October lSth, Commencing at 7.30 p.m. Admission—Adults, Is ; Children, 3d. 10 84 ; Spring and Summer, 1890. TRY THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTOBY FOR Men's Colonial TWEED SUITS. Boys' and Youths' Colonial TWEED SUITS. HATS.—We keep the Largest and Best Selection. Hats made to measure. SUITS MADE TO MEASURE. Best workmanship put m every garment, and a perfect fit guaranteed, Large Selection of Boys' Knicker Suits. Tics, Shirts, Collars, Braces, Ac, m Latest Fashion and Style, Best Vai,ue fob Cash m District. . -_BT E W ZEAIAKD CLOTHM FACTORY W. H WEBBER, Manager



The services of tlje Salvation Army on Sunday were of a commemorative character, having special reference to the de^ith of the late Mrs Booth. The attendance of the public at all the services was satisfactory, and the addresses itlgalt particularly with the life and work of the diseased lady, and generally with the uncertainty al life on the eartli and the necessity lor be^ng teady for the life to come, We regret to learn from the Kaikouraand Marlborougii files that last week Mr Jesse Baxter, a well-known name m Ashburton Masonic circles, lost his Jife at Kaikoiira m a boating accident. With hts partner m the boat —Mr Walter Robb—he had been out fish ing, when a heavy roller upset the boat, and both men were drowned. Mr Baxter, who leaves a wife and three children, was an early member oi £h§ Ashburton Somerset Lodge, and was a Chj^Wj.' m§mber of the ftaijfonra Lodge, DEAF FORTY YEARS. Thodesorip tion of a simple remedy, by which 1 complete curii of deafness and noises mr the Uad of Forty Years' Standinarhas jijsfc been effected, will be sent FREE to any one who applies to .T. PL NjCHOMO.v' 17 i William treet, Melbourne