THE LABOR CRISIS.

THE WHITCOMBE AND TOMBS DIFFICULTY.

The following are the issues submitted by the Maritime Council to be arbitrated upon m Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs' dispute :—(1) Were the men dismissed because of their connection with the Union ; (2) have the firm kept their word to recognise the Union ; (3) has their refusal m the past to do so caused the present dispute ; (4) is not the employ ment of girls at 10s a week m the com posing room a process of sweating; (5) are the demands of the Typographical Union unreasonable; (6) should not the firm give practical proof of future recog nition of the Union by employing Union men at once and working under the typographical rules ; (7) if it can be shown that the employment of female is detrimental to the whole printing trade should it not immediately be stopped. A meeting of the directors of Messrs Whit combe and Tombs will be held on Tuesday to consider the issues. Oamaru, August; 9. It is understood that at a meeting of the Farmer' Club m committee it was resolved that a telegram of sympathy be sent to Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs with an offer of financial assistance if necessary. It was also resolved to send a telegram to the Railway Commissioners and the Union Steamship Company, asking them to up hold the law m regard to the carriage of Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs' goods. Dunedin. August 11. The latest phase of the above dispute is i that the Carpenters' Union have called out the men employed by George Hall m fitting up a branch m the 'cutting, taken by Whitcombe and Tombs. Wellington, August 11. The Railway Commissioners have re plied to Mr Millar's letter, setting out the views of the Maritime Council, that, as trustees of the people's railways, they could not deprive anyone of the people of the common right of using those railways, and the Council might as well ask the Post and Telegraph Department and Courts of Justice to close their doors on Whitcombe and Tombs. The Commis sioners consider the question is whether the laws and liberties of the people are to be over-ridden at will by a self-constituted irresponsible body, and whether society is to be governed by lynch law, or by constitutional law. Much as the Com missioners deplore the consequences of a j goneral strike they refuse to avert it by the violation of the l»w of land m refus ing to carry any person's goods.

PROPOSED SCHOOL TEACHERS' UNION.

. At a meeting of North Canterbury teachers at Christchurch on Saturday there was some strong speaking against the want of uniformity m the school ex aminations due to the fads of the various inspectors, against the present system of conducting certificated and pupil teacher examinations, and the excessive cramming necessary to enable the children to pass the inspectors' examinations. Some speakers were m favor of forming a union at once, but the majority preferred to take action through the Educational Institute.

GREYMOUTH COAL TROUBLES.

Greymouth, August 9. All offers made by the Grey Valley Coal Company have been rejected by the coal miners. Messrs Lomas and Newton left yesterday for Wellington to inter view Ministers. The Union will offer no other reduction than 2d per ton, while the company insist on the original demand of 20 per cent, reduction on hewing rates. All work at the Wallsend mine has been discontinued, and the shaft is to be fenced for the protection »f the public. Work there will be discontinued hence forth. The townspeople are rapidly realising the gravity of the situation caused by the coalminers' lock-out, Stagnation prevails m all business, and everyone is complain ing at the suspension of the regular trade of the place. Wellington, August 10. It is expected that the slackening of the output of coal at the a West Coast mines will cause some inconvenience here. Prices, however, are not as yet affected. Owing to the difficulty at the Grey Valley mines the supply of coal m Wel lington for household purposes is limited, and contracts entered into by the Grey Valley Company for the supply of coal are now being carried out by the West port Coal Company.

Latest Cable News.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[pee press association.]

LABOUR TROUBLES.

(Received August 11, at noon.)

London, August 10. The men on strike at Cardiff have In formed the police that their presence on Tuesday, when the Directors intend to resume running of trains, will destroy instead of protect the railwayproperty. Ten thousand Unionists at Cardiff have promised to support the strikers. The majority of the Dublin and Wexford railwaymen have struck work, but the train service is being fairly kept up.

THE MARKETS.

London, August 9. Tallow : medium mutton, 25s ; beef, 24s 6d. The English wheat market is un changed, Continental dull, and Ameri can shows a general advance. For wheat, off" coast, sellers ask 37s 6d, buyers only willing to give 375. Wheat on passage 38s ; New Zealand, 36s 9d. Colonial oats, fine average, 295; common, 245.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Received August 11, 12.15 p.m.

LABOUR DIFFERENCES.

Sydney, August 11. A general union of labourers is being formed. Melbourne, August 11. The Marine Officers have sent iin ultimatum to the owners similar to that forwarded by the Sydney officers.

RESCUE OF A BOAT'S CREW.

The missing boat's crew of the ship Carlisle, which was wrecked on the Kent group, have been rescued at Cliffy Island.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

[per press association.] Acrlci«ittnl l>c»tli. Auckland, August 11. A telegram was received here this morning that Charles Gould, who hud just taked possession of Dr Campbell's estate at Whakatano, which he had pur chased for £51,000, iiad been found dead at "Whakatane, He had been shot, and it is supposed, accidentally. Valuable Mineral Oi««>«»v««r.r. Palmkrtton North, August 11. A valuable mineral discovery m reported on the property of Mr Thompson m Man.-uvatu Gorge, where prospecting has revealed the existence of a reef of copper

ore 20ft wide, with a back of 500ffc. The j reef is mainly composed of ore containing i rich copper sulphide, and is with ten I chains of Gorge Bridge. The samples locally tested give good results, and a quantity is being sent to Sir James Hector for a report. Vimaru Election. TIMAKU, August 11. At the nomination to-day, three candi-^. dates were proposed, viz., Messrs E. G. ' Kerr, Hall-Jones, and Aplin, MrTwomey having refired. The show of hands was m favor of Hall-Jones. The poll takes place next Monday. It is stated that the Unions will give a block vote. 111-tr«i*tui«nt »t ul Cliild. DUNEDIN, August 11. Mrs Dreaver has been further re manded, the child being unable to appear. Jklr*s at tlttt JHluft". Bluff, August 11. A fire occurred here at four a.m. this morning by which a two-storied building, occupied by Sutton, boarding-house keeper, and Kennedy, hairdresser, was burnt. Nothing was saved by the occupants, and Mrs Sutton was severely burnt. It is unknown how the fire originated. Kennedy was insured with the New Zealand Insurance Company for £150.

The Weather.

ALFORD STATION The following is the Meteorological Re port for the week ending August 3, 1890 :—

A Farmers' Union Grain Produce and Finance Company (Limited) with a capital of £25,000 m £1 shares has been formed m Christchurch. jBOOO shares have been applied for. Mr George Hutchinson is secretary, and Messrs Loughrey and Lane solicitors. H.M.S. Royalist left. Sydney on 21st April for a cruise of the Islands, and returned on 21st June. Among other incidents of the voyage she called at Aure Island and cap tured a chief named Tappea, who had kid napped a woman, and who had endeavoured to incite a friendly chief to join him to kill and rob an English trader m that island. This Tappea being the same man who caused the murder of a boat's crew of the French trading schooner Idaho some two years ago, he was handed to the French authorities, and the commission sentenced him to fifteen years' imprisonment. Seven years ago this same Tappea killed and ate the mate of a Fijian vessel. At Aoba the French warship Saone, after inquiring into the murder of the trader, Mr Merrier, shelled the village. This was a totally unprovoked murder. The man was a well-established storekeeper at Aoba, and was brutally tomahawked whilst pur hasing some copra from the natives. A few evenings ago a poor old man of 65 years of age crawled into the police station at Auckland, on two sticks, and demanded shelter there m the Queen's name. The lock-up keeper had to inform him that he could )iot incarcerate him, as he had com mitted no offence. The old man explained to the officer that he would then be under the painful necessity of smashing som« win dows, aa he must have shelter for the night, and considerately asked the constable whether he would have them smashed m the passage, at the office of tho Charitable Aid Board, or the front window of the guard room. The OJlicur gave an "official utter ance " worthy of an R.M., by exhorting the old man to refrain from either experiment, and to "move on." The old man moved on to High street, where he lay down on the asphalt pavement to await what might turn up. Detective Hughes turned up, and appeared to be deeply interested m the old man's logic, for, m the Queen's Maine, lie " ran him m." A woman was travelling m Sydney by the Waverley tram, and on arrival at the Daiiiiighurst stopping-place the guard re quested Senior-serge;int Hughes to take the woman's name and address, as she did not pay her fare, whereupon the woman, who was apparently under the influence of liquor, became abusive, and had to be ejected from the tram. As the tram started off she ' lost her balance and fell between two carriages, the, wheels of one of which passed over her, cutting her body fearfully, and causing almost instantaneous death. The remains were picked up and conveyed to the South Sydney Morgue. Deceased, aged 60, was a married woman, and her husband resides somewhere m Queensland

(The services held m. the Oddfellows' Hall by Mr Thomas Spurgeon on Sunday were very well attended. The hall was comfort ably filled m the morning, and at the even ing service the place was crowded m all parts. Mr Spurgeon preached m the morn ing from the subject "Grieve not the Holy Spirit," pointing out, m a forcible and eloquent address, the personality of the Holy Spirit. The evening discourse was on " Let me die the death of the righte ous, and let my last end be like his." The address was a very impressive one, and the large audience were very attentive, and at times much moved with Mr Spur geon's appeals. The lecture to be given on Tuesday night by Mr Spurgeon on "John Ploughman's picture* " promises to be well worth listening to, besides which it will be illustrated with oxyhydrogen lime-light views, thus being m effect almost a re-pro duction of the Rev C. H. Spurgeon's cele brated lecture given m London.

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August, 1890. MR F. LEWIS, of Tinwald, is authorised to collect all monies due to me for Services of Stud Horse "Hercules." J. J. DAWSON, .8*65 Waterton. "DEDWOOD'S TJa TENT Blight Specific Is NON-POISONOUS, contains neither arsenic nor sulphate of copper; is not only perfectly harmless to trees, but excites growth. It is a CERTAIN CURE for scale, American blight, codlin moth, &c, &c, where used systemicatally. The MOST effectual time to USE IT is IN WINTER, when the trees are bare. The Inventor has NUMEROUS TESTI MONIALS from those who have CLEANSED THEIR ORCHARDS. CANTERBURY AGENTS— Wholesale—MALlNG and Co., Limited. Local Agent ~D. THOMAS, West Street, Ash burton. Price, 3s 6d per Gallon. Reduction on quantities. 8J69 Full Directions Supplied. MILES AND CO. TINWALD YARDS. TUESDAY, 12th AUGUST. SPECIAL ENTRY. f~7 AYRSHIRE and JERSEY HEIFERS i and COWS, to calve early m Sep tember. MILES AND CO. Auctioneers, 8t59 GEORGE JAMESON, Agent.



CLOVERS KYEGttASS COCKSFOOT THAT WPMj GEOW. O f\Vß> Stocks of CLOVERS, Ex Rimutaka, from London, will be found fresh and clean ; and as they are of English growth, there is no fear of American weeds or Californian Thistle. Samples and quotations at Lowest Current Rates on . application JOHN" OKB & CO.



CLOVEHS. CLOVEES. CLOVEEB. 117 E ARE LANDING,— ex "Nelson" and ex "Carrie L. Tyler." RED CLOVER, WHITE CLOVER, COWGRASS, ALSIKE, TIMOTHY, etc., etc. ALL OF CHOICEST QUALITY, For which we are now Booking Orders afc LOWEST CURRENT RATES "TT7B HATE ALSO FOR SALE MACHINE DRESSED RYEGRASS and COCKSFOOT. FRIEDLANDER BROS. PUEE IEAS STANDARD'" OBYLON A.tSLID INDIAN ' TEAS MANUFACTURED BY MACHINERY UNDER EUROPEAN SUPERVISION-, THE CEYLON AND INDIAN.TEA ASSOCIATION LTL^ COLOMBO, CALCUTTA, 6nd ' ■ '.. : princes street, dunedin ONE TRIAL SOLICITED. JOHN G. RESTELL SOLE AGENT, ASHBURTON,



Public Notices. T E N D E R~& HIENDERS are invited on 16th August JL for Drainage, Coldstream Estate, m two contracts. For particulars, apply WILLIAM BAXTEH, Bt7l C.E. UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD I)UBLIC Notice is hereby given that JL at its next meeting to be held on August 25th, it is the intention of the Upper Ashburton Road Board to strike and levy the undermentioned rates :— In the Laghmor Ward 3 of a penny m the £ „ Westerfield „ .[ „ „ £ „ Forks „ i   £ „ Winchmore  { „  £  Allenton & Dromore „ £ » » £ For the year beginning on the Ist; day of April, 1890, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1891. Payable m one sum on September 9th, 1990. And that the Rate ( Book is now open for inspection during office hours, at the Road Board Office, Tinwald, By Order, J. DAVISON, Clerk. Tinwald, August 9, 1890. 8J72 TINWALD TOWN BOARD. nHENDERS are invited for Formation .JL and Shingling. Particulars at Fooks and Son's office. Tenders close on TUESDAY, August 12, at 12 noon. E. J. FOOKS, Clerk.



XHOR the Blood is the Life-Clark's world JO famed Blood Mixture, warranted t cleanse the blood from all impurities from whatever causes arising. For scrofula, acurvey, skin and blood diseases, and sores of all kinds its effects are marvel lous. Thousands of testimonials. Sold m bottles 4s 6d, and 11s each by chemists and patent medicine vendors everywhere Sole proprietors : The Lincoln and Mid land Counties Drug Co., Lincoln England.



FUNERAL NOTICE. raiHl Friends of the late Me Edward L Keeley are respectfully informed that his Funeral will move from his late residence, Green Lane, Hampstead, on TUESDAY, 12th inst., at 11 a.m., for the Catholic Church. BAKER BROS., 8 74 Undertakers. I Fl Illilirilfl 111 I lIIMMWW ■■■■■»« 11111111 U.A.O.D. THE Members of Star of Ashburton Lodge, No. 161, are requested to meet at the Lodge Room at 12 noon, sharp, TO-MORROW, Tuesday, 12th August, to attend the funeral of Brother Keeley. Funeral Regalia. 8 68 BY ORDER, A.D. £1 REWARD. I" OST—One Dark Bay Mare, branded J Ace of Clubs on near shoulder, small scar on near hip. £1 reward will be paid to any person returning same to T. HICKMAN, "Tinwald, 8J66 Or J. MOORE, Alford Forest.



FIRST-CLASS AMERICAN ORGAN NEW, AN Opportunity offers to obtain one of Cornish's celebrated American Organs on exceedingly favorable terms Height 45 inches, Length 46 inches, width 23 inches. Five Octaves, 14 stops, 3 octave couplers, and 2 knee swells. Above can be supplied direct from the Manufactures at considerably less than usual price. Apply " Mail" and " Guar. dian Office. ; , ; , ; CLEARING SALE. STOCK MUST BE REDUCED.. i.i.sPEfflno. T3REVIOUS to Stock-taking, being JT very heavily stocked, we have decided to hold a SALE, GRLAT REDUCTIONS BEGARDLESS OF COST. Heavy Dress Tweeds lOkl, reduced to 7M. Double width Cashmeres 3« 6d, reduced to Is lid. Dress Goods Is 9d, reduced to Is 2d. Ashburton Flannel, Is 3d, now 11-Jcl Good Heavy Flannel Is 3d, reduced to Is. Cretonnes 4s lid a doz, Towels from 3|d each. White Sheeting, double width, 7-Jd. Women's Corsets 3s6d, reduced to Is lid White Lace lOd a doz. Women's Large Umbrellas Is lid each. Men's Cord Trousers 7s 6d, worth 10s 6d Men's Tweed Trousers 10s 6d, reduced to 7s lid. Men's Tweed Suits 18s fid. Men's Tweed Suits 30s, now 25s Boy-^ Tweed Hats Is each. BOOTS. ~~~ BOOTS. A Job Lot of Women's and Children's Boots must be cleared Regardless of Cost, Men s Bluchers 6s 9d, Men's Shooters 10s 6d, worth 13s 6d. BARGAINS. BARGAINS. W, W. SPIMCER'S THE ARCADE



ASHBURTON HOSPITAL BOARD. a^HE Treasurer directs the publication of the Board's Balance Sheet for the year ended 31st March, 1890. By order, F. MAINWARING, Clerk. Ashburton, August 9th, 1890. BALANCE-SHEET OF THE ASH BURTON HOSPITAL BOARD FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1890. £sd £ s d Government Sub sidies 54 5 2 Sundry Receipts 15 0 Ashburton Boro' j Council 40 0 0! Ashburton County I Council 480-0 0 i Donations ...... 3 3 0 Patient fees ... 150 0 8 Deposits 6 0 0 1890. March 31.— Balance U.8.A.... 50 2 0 £1251 15 10 April 1, 1889. — U.B.A. Balance... 144 6 6 Surgeon 154 4 0 Matron 93 0 0 Drugs ... 74 6 2 Milk ... 41 3 11 Meat ... ... ... 60 13 3 Servant wages ... 88 0 0 Washing ... ... 30 10 0 Night Nursing ... 21 0 0 Medical Comforts 23 7 0 Groceries 178 13 9 Repairs 45 16 8 Secretary 30 0 0 Stationery, &c... 19 7 6 Garden 9 10 3 Drapery 42 6 3 Ironmongery ... 41 8 6 Bread 19 0 0 Fuel 45 4 9 Advertising and Printing 6 6 0 Patient fees ... 17 1 1 Instruments ... 3 5 0 Interest U.B.A. 3 0 0 Funerals 7 15 0 Deposits paid ... 10 0 0 Fish 20 5 4 Furniture 21 1 6 Vegetables 13 6 — 1107 9 5 £1251 15 10 Examined and found correct. JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD, Controller and Auditor-General. F. MAINWARING, Clerk Ashburton Hospital Board. I 8 70



HOW PILLS ARE MADE The Custom of taking medicine m the form of pills dates far back m history. The object is to enable us to swallow easily m a condensed form disagreeable and nauseous, but very useful, drugs. To what vast dimensions pill taking has grown may be imagined, when we say that m England alone about 2,000,000,000 (two thousand million) pills are consumed every yeu\ In early days, pills were made slowly by hand, as the demand was comparatively small. To day they are produced m infinitely greater rapidity by machines especially contrived for the purpose, and with greater accuracy, too, m the proportions of the various ingre dients employed No form of medication can be bettei <han 1 a pill, provided only it is intelligently pre pared. But right here occurs the difficulty. Easy as it may seem to make a pill, or a million of them there are really very few pills that can be honestly commended for popular use. Most of them either under shoot or overshoot the mark. As everybody takes pills of some kind, it may be well to mention what a good, safe, and reliable pill should be. Now, when one feels dull and sleepy, and has more or less pains m the head, sides, and back, he may be sure his bowels are constipated, and his liver sluggish. To remedy this unhappy state of things there is nothing like a good cathartic pill. It will act like a charm by stimulating the liver into doing its duty, and ridding the digestive organs of the accumulated poisonous matter. But the good pill does not gripe and pain us, neither does ife make us sick and miserable for a few hours or a whole day. It acts on the entire glandular system at the same time, else the after effects of the pill will be worse than he disease itself. The grining caused by most pills is the result of irritating drugs which they contain, Such pills are harmful, and should never be used. They sometimes even produce hemorrhoids. Without having any particular desire to praise on* pill above another, we may, nevertheless, name Mother Seigel's Pills, manufactured by the well known house of A. J. White, Limited, 35 Farringdon Road, London, and now sold by all chemists and medicine vendors, as the only one we know of that actually possess every desirable quality. They remove the pressure upon the brain, correct the liver, and cause the bowels to act with ease and egularity. They never gripe or pro duce the slightest sickness of the stomach, or any other unpleasant feeling of symptom. Neither do they induce further constipation, as nearly all other pills do. As a further and crowning merit, Mother Seigel's Pills are covered with a tasteless and harmless coating, which causes them to resemble pearls, thus rendering them as pleasant to the palate as they are effective m curing disease. If you have a severe cold and are threatened with a fever, with pains m the head, back, and limbs, one or two doses will break up the cold and prevent the fever. A coated tongue, with a brackish taste m the mouth, is caused by foul matter m the stomach. A dose of Seigel's Pills will effect a speedy cure. Oftentimes partially decayed food m the stomach and bowels produces sickness, nausea, &c. Cleanse the bowels with a dose of these pills, and good health will follow. Unlike many kinds of pills, they do not make you feel worse before you are better. They are, without doubt, the best family physic ever discovered. They remove all obstructions to the natural functions iv either sex without any unpleasant effects.



NOTICE. TREES! TREES! I THE Undersigned, have opened a « Nursery on my own account and am prepared to sell FRUIT and FOREST TREES of the choicest sorts at prices not to be beaten. Having had 28 years' experience at Home and m the Colonies, I have 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 m 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 o public patronage. Note the Address, — J. MILLICHAMP, Nurseryman, Terrace Nursery, Tinwald. Letters addressed to Ashburton P.O. will receive my t)romx»t attention. 6*l rjIREES. TREES.—For Sale twelve or I fourteen thousand one and two year-old Macrocarpa ; finest plants m the district. Come and see for yourselves. Also five or six thousand Pinus Insignis, one and two years old, and all sorts of early Potatoes and all sorts of Cabbage Plants, Gooseberries, Currants, and Rhubarb. Apply MATTHEW ROONEY, Burnett Street East, 8 41 Ashburton. TREES. TREES. About 100,000 FRUIT TREES Of all descriptions, including 2000 Apple Trees of Choice Sorts. All strong and Healthy. TIOR SALE at Moderate Prices. The undersigned is also prepared, as usual, to undertake the PLANTING OF FOREST TREES At Lowest Current Rates. WM. GARDNER, Timvald. SEEDS, PLANTS, <fee | TREES. TREES. TREES. X 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 m the.future as I have m the past, and all orders by post r otherwise will receive my prompt atten tion. My Apple Trees are all worked on the blight proof stock, and arc clean and Avell grown ; also Pears, Plums, Cherries, Apricots, and all kinds of small Fruits. I have one of the largest stock of Forest Trees m Canterbury, about 40,000 Larch, two years old, 40,000 do. one year old, ! and 100,000 Pinus Insignis, one and two years old. Cupressus Macrocarpa, I have a grand line. I make this a speciality. All my seedlings have been transplanted, ' being equal to those m boxes. I have , ibout 100,000 one and two years old, also j Roses and Fancy Shrubs m great variety, trees supplied and planted by nu will be guaranteed for 12 months. Cata logue sent post free on application. JAMES "DORTER AMES JL OUTER, NURSERYMAN and SEEDSMAN AuLE N T O N ASHBUUTON



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I T?iVk± t^^^^m WAT OHand CLOCK | JtiODt. H/SCl^Nm MAKERJEWJSLLER. *c wmt^wk Ash burton A LARGE and Varied Assortment of New Jewellery, Plate, &c. A magnificent Stock of Watches and Clocks, at prices ranging from a few shillings t» £30. Every Watch or Clock sold will be guaranteed. I make a special line o High Class English Watchea. Well appointed Worshops under my personal superintendence assures all work being turned out promptly and m first-class condition. EVERYTHING SOLD WARRANTED WHEAT. WHEAT. WHEAT UASHBUYKKB ROLLIT & C 0., CANTERBURY MILLS, ASHBURTON, ARE still prompt Cash Buyers of Prime Milling Wheat at highest market rates Flour, Bran and Sharps always on hand. Gristing by patent Roller process done on the shortest notice. COAL. COAL. COAL. WE have just landed " Ex Jessie," a Shipment of Household Coal of PRIME QUALITY. Timber. Timber. Timber-. Ex " Zior " 20,000 ft W.P. Flooring and Lining. Ex " Spray " 30,000 ft Red Pine Boards and Scantling. In Stock, Lime, Cement, Bricks, Roofing Iron, Doors, Sashes, Gates, Hurdle Fencing Wire, (Barbed and Plain.) Iron Standards to Order. WE HAVE JUST OPENED UP A Splendid Assortment of Varnishes and Ready-Mixed Paints. AIso,—PICTURE-FRAME MOULDINGS of the Best Quality and Choicest Patterns. Lovers of the Fine Arts should inspect our Stocks. W. H. CoLTIMS fi CO. TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS ASHBURTON. GEOEGE JAIE3OH ■ASHBURTON AND KAKAIA HAS FOR SALE THE FOLLOWING FARM SEEDS, RED AND WHITE CLOVER COW GRASS AND ALSYKE RYE GRASS—COCKSFOOT [ETC ETC] And to|arrive per ship " Wairoa." from England a large Stock ef the best TURNIP SEEDS Sfiwial attention is paid to the SEED DEPARTMENT, and none but those of the best quality and description are imported Station-holders and Farmers cm always rely on getting the newest seed obtainable]



U.S.S. 00 fe&ii U'B-8< f UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANI OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited. Steamers sail as under :— From LYTTELTON TO Wellington ... Daily, except Sunday (Tuesdays and Saturdays 10 p.m. ; other days, 5 p.m. Dunedin ... Tues., Thurs., and Sat. Nelson ... Tues., Thurs., and Sat. Onehunga ... Fri. and alternate Mons. Auckland via East Coast ... Thursday Melbourne ... Tuesday Sydney via Auckland ... Every alternate Thursday Sydney via Cook's Strait ... Fortnightly Passengers may be booked to Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney, and sU New Zealand ports at the office of GEORGE JAMESON, Agent, Ashburton,



TAILOR AND MEN'S'MERCER EAST STREE W. T. Kingston, VETERINARY SHOEING FOBGE AND General Jobbing Smith Next Cookson's Stables, opposite the Railway Station. THE best accommodation for Horses and convenience possible for Customers. SHOEING. Draught Horses... ', 7s Hacks „. ... (fa To meet the heavy rise m the price of Iron, we have a large stock of Shoes made from scrap and old iron, which for wear it is Trell known cannofc be beaten. Made on our own premises. GENERAL SMITH WORK OF ALL 7*45 KINDS



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ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. MOUNT HUTT RIDING. I HEREBY give notice m accordance with "The Counties' Act, 1886," and " The Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876," and the Acts amending the same, that an Election to fill an Extra ordinary Vacancy m the Mount Hutt Riding, caused by the seat of Mr J, Jackson being vacant through absence, will be held at the Mount Hutt Road Board Office, Methven, on FRIDAY, August 22nd, 1890, Nominations m the prescribed form obtainable from the Returning Officer must be delivered or addressed to the Returning Officer at the Mount Hutt Road Board Office, Methven, before 12 noon on THURSDAY, 14th August, 1890. By order, F. MAINWARING, Returning Officer. Ashburton, August 4th, 1890. | TO FARMERS" rpHE Meeting of the Agricultural and X. Pastoral Association occupying the greater part of Tuesday afternoon, sth mst., left little time to discuss Co operation proposal. The Co-operative Meeting therefore stands adjourned until TUESDAY, 12th August," at Orange Hall, 3 pm. All farmers invited. 8§47 JOHN ORR, ,



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