RAILWAY MISMANAGEMENT

Probably during the approaching session the Government, in reply to the hostile criticism which is ; certain to be directed against the manage ment, or rather the mismanagement, of our railways by the Board of Commis sioners which they have set up, will lay much stress upon the fact that the lines are earning 3 per cent upon their cost. They will probably also point to 1 those other satisfactory features that the trains are run with a praise-worthy punctuality, and with a wonderful immunity from accident. Yet these last two items only go to show that in those particular respects the Board has been able to do as was done before it came into existence, and as to the first—the amount of nett earnings— this is • largely due to circumstances for-'whjch the Commissioners can claim ;. no" credit whatever. Yet even were it otherwise, the Government will assuredly find themselves vastly niis . taken-if they think these things will I , be a sufficient answer to the complaints and^ dissatisfaction which are rife " throughout the colony. The present tariff and the present regulations are full of anomalies and absurdities, and fairly bristle with vexatious provisions which absolutely drive business away. For short, distances to termini and .ports of shipment the rates are so high

that. L grain, wool, timber, etc., can be

carried more cheaply by road, and are so ■ carried right along the railway lines. Then again, what could be moi'e ridiculous and oppressive than the regulation under which a farmer must either buy four tons of coal at a time, or if he have it carried by rail must pay ' the freight of four tons for a single iton? Or that, other regulation under which if a truck, capable of holding six or seven head, be hired for the 7 carriage of cattle from one station to another, and only a single beast be put aboard at the station of departure, the hirer may not take aboard another at any intermediate station without pay ing the full charge of a truck from that station. Here again is a nice state of things as detailed the other day by the member for Christchureh South ■ (Mr - Perceval), in the course of his pre-sessional address to his con stituents—we quote from the " Lyttel ton Times " report: —" Now as to the Addington sheds, these were erected by private owners at the request of the Government, special inducements being offered by the railway for their construction. These sheds proved in the past of great service to the farmer, as he had the chance of selling locally or shipping, whereas if grain goes to Lyttelton it must be shipped. The Commissioners now.framed their tariff in such a way as to make it impossible to store in Addington. Here were the

charges :—Ashburton to Lyttelton,

direct, 10s sd; Ashburton to Adding » ton, 8s lOd; Addington to Lyttelton, 4s 3d ; or 13s Id against 10a sd, a

difference of 2s 8d per ton. It might

be thought fair to charge more as the journey had to be broken, but the

loading and unloading at Addington

would-be done by the owners of the store and the pressure at Lyttelton would be reduced, the railway losing nothing, as when the grain was after wards sent on to Lyttelton they would collect the haulage from Addington to Lyttelton. These stores had a capacity of 20,000 tons, and it was the shutting up of these stores which had inconvenienced the farmer; more over, the trucks could be distributed from Addington much more expedi tiously than from Lyttelton. Now as to the rates on merchandise in Canter bury. The rates between Dunedin and Oamaru, Christchurch and Tiinaru, Lyttelton and Timaru, Christchurch and Lyttelton, and Dunedin and Port Chalmers were as follow :—

; " " '' : jHaul'ge Rate Miles per ton pr mile . - - ___ {Class A 78 21 8 3"33 „ B „ 16 8 2-56 „ C „ 15 0 2-30 „ D „ 11 8 179 {Class A 100 49 4 5-92 „ B „ 41 6 4-98 „ C „ 33 7 403 „ D „ 31 6 3-18 •. - ( Clasß A 106£ 54 4 6-12 Lyttelton I. „. B „ 46 6 523 to Timaru J „ C „ 38 7 4.34 ' . I „ D „ 31 6 3-54 ' '(Class A %\ 5 0 9-23 Christch'rchl „ B ,", 5 0 923 to Lytteltoni „ C „ *5 0 923 1. „ D „ 50. 923 .i •'..': ; ; (Class A 8 4 6 6.75 Dupedintoj „ B „ 4 6 675 Pfc Chalmers! „ C „ 4 6 675 - /;>" I „ D „ 4 6 675

What was the reason of this in equality 1 Why should we pay 5s a ton^for our tea and sugar from Lyttel ton,^a distance of six miles and a half, whe?i the Dunedin people got their tea and sugar carried eight miles for 4s 6d-?<; Why should the rates between 'Christchurch and Timaru.be nearly double; per', mile the rate between !Dui\edin arid O&maru ? Which piece of-railwaycbsts:more to work, our flat railway or the Otago. hilly railway 1 This high rate of 5s per ton had to be paid.twice over, by the Christchurch merchant ..whenever he re-shipped. ' The Harbor Board make no charge for wharfage on goods exported which have paid wharfage on importation, and the railway shquld make a eon cessjqn - aJ,SQ> instead of, which they piled on both .ways, an excessive rate, which haXl the effect of preventing Christchurch doing f any coast trade," Well might Mr Percival exclaim " Poor Canterbury! the milch cow once more," and well might he add, as he did, that '*the Railway Commissioners, having rubbed up the employees, rubbed up . the farmers, rubbed up the merchants,- rubbed up the public, must be rubbed out themselves, and give . place to men who will work the rail ways as a means of developing the industries of the colony, and not as a barrier to settlement and progress." That is what it must come to, and the sooner the better.

TEN MONTHS SUFFERING IN HOSPITAL.

There is an old saying that physicians aro » class of men who pour drugs, of which they know little, into bodies of which they know less. This is both true and untrue at the same time, There are good and poor lawyers, and good and poor doctors. The trouble with these medical gentlemen as a profession is that they are clannish and not to be conceited. They don't like to be beaten at their own trade by siders who b»Yei»evs* tadied. medicine. (They there

fore pay, by their frequent failures,' the penalty ot refusing instruction unless the teacher bears their own "Hall Mark." An eminent physician—Dr Brown-Sequard, of Paris—states the fact accurately when he says : " The medical profession are so bound up in their self-confidence and conceit thai they allow the diamond truths of science to be picked up by persona entirely outside their ranks." We give a most interesting incident, which illustrates this important truth. • r

Ihe steamship " Concordia," of the Donaldson Line sailed from Glasgow foi Baltimore in 1887, having on board as afire man a man named Richard Wade, of Glasgow. He had been a fireman for fourteen years on various ships sailing to America, China, and India. He had borne the hard and exhausting labor, and had been healthy and strong. On the trip we now name he began for the first time to feel weak and ill. His appetite failed, and he Buffered from drowsiness, heartburn, a bad taste in the mouth, and costiveness and irregularity of the bowels. Sometimes when at work he had attacks of giddiness, but supposed it to be caused by the heat of the fire room. Quite often he was sick and felt like vomiting, and had some pain in the head. Later during the passage he grew worse, and when the ship reached Halifax he was placed in the Victoria Geneaal Hospital, and the ship sailed away without him. The house surgeon gave him some powders to stop the vomiting, and the next day the visiting physician gave him a mixture to take every four hours. Within two days Wade was so much worse that the doctors stopped both the powders and the mixture. A month passed, the poor fireman getting worse and worse. Then came another doctor, who was to be visiting physician for the next five months. He gave other medicines, but not much relief. Nearly all that time Wade suffered great torture; he digested nothing throwing up all he ate. There was terrible pain in the bowels burning heat in the throat, heartburn, and racking headache. The patient was now taking a mixture every four hours, powders, one after each meal to digest the food, operating pills one every night, and temperature pills two each night to stop the cold sweats. If drugs could cure, him at all, Richard had an idea that he took enough to do it. But on the other hand pleurisy set in and tit* doctor, took ninety ounces of matter from his riglit side and then told him he was sure to die. Five months more rolled by and there was another change of visiting physiciansh The new one gave Wade a mixture whica he said made him tremb'e like a leaf on tree. At this crisis Wade's Scotch blood asserted itself. He refused to stand any more dosing, and t-)ld the doctors that if he must'die he could die as well without them as with them. By this time a cup of milk would turn sour on his stomach, and lie there for days. Our friend from Glasgow was like a wreck on a shoal, fast going to pieces. We will let him tell the rest of his experience in the words in which he comnulnicated it to the press. He says: " When I was in this state a lady whom I had never seen came to the hospital and talked with me. She proved to be an angel of mercy, for without her I should not now be alive. She told me of a medicine called 'Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup,' and brought me a bottle next day. I started with it, without consulting the doctors, and in only n few days' time I -was out of bed culling for ham and eggs for breakfast. From that time keeping on with Mother Seigel's great remedy, I got well fast, and was soon able to leave the hospital and come home to Glasgow. I now feel as if I was in another world, and have no illness of any kind."

The above facts are calmly and impartially stated, and the reader may draw his own conclusion. We deem it best to use no names although Mr Wade gave them in his original deposition. His address is No 244, Stobcross street, Glasgow, where letters will reach him.

STARTLING EVENT IN A VILLAGE

—To the Editor- of " Saturday Night,', Birmingham. I recently came into posses sion of certain facts of so remarkable a nature, that I am sure you will be giad to assist in making them public. The follow ing letters were shown to me, and I at once begged permission to copy them for the Press. They come from a highly responsible source, and may be received without ques tion.

MESSAGE from George James Gost ling, L.D.S., R.C.S.L, Ph. C.1., Licentiate in Pharmacy and Dental Surgeon. Stowmarket, July 18, 18S9. To Mb White, The enclosed remarkable cure should, I think, be printed and circulated in Suffolk, The statement was entirely voluntary, and is genuine in fact and detail, —G.J.G^ "To the Proprietors of MotherSeigel's Syrup." " Gentlemen. —The following remarkable cure was related to me by the husband, Mary Aim Spink, of Finborough, Suffolk, was for over twenty years afflicted with rheumatism and neuralgia, and although comparatively a young woman at the time she was attacked (she is now fifty), she was compelled, in consequence, to walk with two sticks, and even then with difficulty and pain. About a year and a half ago she was advised to try Mother Seigel's Syrup, and after taking three bottles and two boxes of Seigel's Operasing Pills, the use of her limb was restored, and she is now able to walk three miles to Stowmarket with ease in three quarters of an hour. Any sufferer who deubts this story can fully ascertain its truthfulness by paying a visit to the village and enquiring of the villagers, who will rcetify to the facts." "Appended is the husband's signatu c to the statement..

" (R. Spinlc), G. S. Sostling, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket.

This is certainly a very pitiable t«,ae t «,nd the happy cure wrought by this simple but powerful remedy, must move the sympathy of all hearts in a common pleasure. This poor woman had been a cripple for twenty, of her best years; years in which she should have had such comfort and enjoyment as life has to give. But, on the contrary, sbe was a miserable burden te herself and a source of care to her friends. Now, at an age when the rest of us are growing feeble, she, in a manner, renews her youth and almost begins a new existence. What a blessing and what a wonder it is ! No one who knows her, or who reads her story, but will be thankful that the good Lord has enabled men to discover a remedy capable of bringing about a cure that reminds us if we speak it reverently—of the age of miracles.

HOW PILLS ARE MADE

The Custom of taking medicine in the form of pills dates far back in history. The object is to enable us to swallow easily in 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 in England alon» about 2,000,000,000 (two thousand million) pills are consumed every ye*a\ In early days, pills were made slowly by hand, as the demand was comparatively small. To day they are produced in infinitely greater rapidity by machines especially contrived for the purpose, and with greater accuracy, too, in the proportions of the various ingre clients employed No form of medication can be bettei 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 comm^c^ecl far popular use. Most of $em, either iin,dei\ shoot or oversea,* the mark, As everybody takes. p^Us c$ some'lsind, it may be well to mentidpfi what a good,' safe, and reliable pill should be. Now, when one feels dull aru\ sleepy, and has more or less pahia lv the head, sides, and back, he m_ay be sure his. bowels are constipated, and his liver sluggish. Tq remedy this unhappy state of things there is nothing like a good cathartio pill. It will act like a charm by stimulating the liver into doing fla duty, and ridding the digestive organs of the accumulated poisonous matter, But the good pill does not gripe and pain us, neither does it 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 the Oiaww itself. W» griping 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 oaepill 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 ejularity. They never gripe or pro duce the^lightest sickness ot the stomach, or any other unpleasant feeling or 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 in curing diseases. If you have a severe cold and are threatened with a fever, with pains in 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 in the mouth is caused by foul matter in the stomach. A dose of Seigel'a Pills will effect a speedy cure. Oftentimes partially decayed food in the stomach and bowels produces sickness, nausea, etc, 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 obstruction to the natural functions in ither sex without any unpleasant effects. It should be explained that this most remarkable cure Is due to the fact that rheumatism is a disease of the blood Indigestion, constipation, and dyspepsid cause the poison from the partiaily digested food to enter the circulation, and the blood deposits it in the joints and muscles. This is rheumatism. Seigel's Sprup corrects the digestion, and so stops the further foormation aud deposit of the poison. It then removes from the system the poison already there. It is not a cure-all. It does its wonderful work entirely by its mysterious action upon the digestive organs. But when we remem ber that nine-tenta of our ailments arise out of those organs we can understand why Seigels Syrup cures any diseases that appears, to be so different in their nature.

Cases of alleged dummyism at Highlay came up at the Otago Land Board on Wednesday. Ranger Hughan, reporting on the petition, stated that he had visited the districts and found none of the sections were personally occupied. One man became insolvent some time ago, and the lease of his land was sold by the official assignee to another, who also gets the name of being a dummy, though the ranger could not say whether this was true or not. He recom monded that Christina Me Rae, who is now married and settled at Mossburn, and Donald Mcßain should be called upon to show cause why their leases should not be forfeited. The board decided that nothing could be clone for a month or two in one case, but it was decided to call on Mcßain and Christina Mcßae to show cause. A few days ago a poor woman in a state of extreme exhaustion staggered into Mrs Thompson's grocer's shop, Colombo street, Christchurch. The proprietress thought at first that the woman was suffering from drink but enquiry proved that her weakness was caused Dy absolute starvation. This was on Saturday, and the only food which, the woman had had since the previous Monday was a loaf of bread given her by a neighbour, which the recipient had divided with he I aged mother. Prompt relief was given, and enquireis were made which proved that the case washnost pitiable. A visit to the cottage at Sydenham in which the two poor women lived, showed that whilst the floors were scrupulously clean they had almost no furni ture and no food. Both are well known to the neighbours as well conducted and in dustrious. The following story comes from Whaka tane and its truth is vouched for by a credible witness. The manager of a station not one hundred miles up the valley was at his wits' end because of .the plague of caterpillars which was ravaging his maize crop. Came to him in his time of distress an aboriginal and said, " Why don't you employ the Maori tohunga (priest) ? He will rid you of this plague for £3." The manager replied that he made it a rule to pay for miracles by results. If the tohunga rid him of this pest he would willingly pay him—when the caterpillars were gone, and he would give him ample time in which to perform his karakia. The tohunga acceptcid the offer stipulating that he should have the field (of maize) wholly to himself for 24 hours. He came, took up his quarters in the field and began his karakia, the nature of which, how ever, is known to himself alone; for the terms of the agreement were rigidly adhered to, and he was left undisttrbed. At the end of the 24 hours the manager came, and lo ! the caterpillars were all gone. He paid the tohunga his £3, and may now be heard softly murmuring to himself, "Is civilization a failure, or is the Caucasian played out ?" The " Gazette " of May 29th contains a new scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand Government railways, to come into force on the Ist of July. Return tickets at reduced rates are to be issued on every -day of the week. For journeys not over twenty miles the tickets will be available for return on the day after the issue, or from Saturday to the following Monday ; for return journeys over twenty miles and not over 300 miles for one month ; over 300 miles for two months. The journey must be commenced on the day of issue, and may be broken going or returning for distances over twenty miles. What are known as " commutation tickets " for distances under twenty miles have been issued for the last few months, and are growing in favor. They are issued to individuals and families. Fifty trip family commutation tickets are available for three months, are sold to the heads of families resident in the neighborhood of stations, and are available only for the purchaser or any member of his family. For example, fifty second-ckss tickets for a journey of two miles are sold for 7s 6d, and can be used during the three months by any member of the family. The idea has been copied from America, where the system is in general operation. There is now to be seen in the shop window of Messrs J. Scaly and Co., East street, a collection of appl.es showing some of the aorts grown at the nurseries, Riverbank, that will repay inspection by any one who contem plates planting fruit plants. There are upwards of fifty different kinds shown, all valuable, lon.g keeping sorts. For size, color, and general excellence they are by far the finest that have been shown in Ashburton •he easo • —(Adrfc Villas are now an article of export. They are chiefly made at the Ligea Works, Gothen burg, Sweden, and exported to Buenos Ayres and elsewhere. These portable wooden chalets are cheap, convenient, and orna mental. Quite recently a cargo of the parts to be fitted together afterwards, was sent out from the Ligna Works in railway waggons.

THE ASHBURTON GUAftDIAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 1% 1890.

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BLAND AND HUMPHERYS. ' SATURDAY, 14th JUNE, 1890. Land for Sale by Public Auction near the Woollen Factory. BLAND & HUMPHERYS have re ceived instructions from Mr R. Jameson, Trevorton, to Sell by Public Auction at the East Street Horse Bazaar, LOT 14, James street, Allenton, 1 rood 36 perches. LOT 27, Clark street, 1 rood 2\ perches Sale at 11.45 a.m. BLAND & HUMPHERYS, 6*56 Auctioneers. MR D. THOMAS. MR D. THOMAS has received in structions from Mb W. H. Ford, owing to his leaving the District, to Sell by Public Auction on his Farm at Baling the whole of his LIVE STOCK, IMPLE MENTS, and PLANT, on THUBSDAY, JUNE 26th, At 12 o'clock. LIVE STOCK. A KA Sound-mouth CROSSBRED TC O\J EWES, in lamb to Lincoln, Rams. Rams put in Ist April. -i COW, in full profit. A Draught HORSES, good sorts. -| Unbroken 4-year-old DRAUGHT IMPLEMENTS. 2 Double-furrow PLOUGHS, by Reid and Gray. , Q Sets 4-HORSE GEAR. -j 3-furrow PLOUGH, by Reid JL and Gray. C\ Sets HARROWS. 1 Cambridge ROLLER, by Reid and Gray. 117-Coulter DRILL, Farmers' Friend. 1 Scarifier, by Rainsforth. 1 Grass Stripper. 1 String Binder, Horns by. 1 String Binder, W. A. Wood. 2 Drays and Frames. 1 Tip Cart. Blacksmith's Tools, Bellows, Anvil, Vyce, &c. Trap and Harness. Water Troughs. H.P. and Chaffcutter complete. Quantity of Harness and Sundries. Tarpaulin 24 x 24. Also,—R.S. No. 32258, containing 40 Acres Bush Land, situate in the Alford Forest Bush. - Luncheon provided. Sale 12 o'clock. D. THOMAS, 6§60 Auctioneer. Public Notices. M ST. JOHN'S LODGE,' NO. 1858, E.C. AN Emergency Meeting of the above Lodge will be held n the Masonic Hall, Ashburton, THIS EVENING, 12th inst, at 7:30 p.m. Visiting Brethren cordially invited. H. A. VESTY, 6 48 Secretary. FIRST-CLASS AMERICAN ORGAN, NEW. A N Opportunity offers to obtain one Oi_ of Cornish's, celebrated American Organs on exceedingly favorable terms. Height 45 inches, Length 46 inches, width 23 inches. Five Octaves, 14 stops, 8 octave couplers, and 2 knee swells. j Above can be supplied direct from the Manufactures at considerably less than usual price. Apply " Mail " and " Guar a n " Office. 5 201 THE SONS & DAUGHTERS OF TEMPERANCE FRIENDLY BENEFIT SOCIETY. THE Special Advantages offered by this Society are—lst, a large invested fund; 2nd, the funeral donation being reassured by the National Division ; 3rd, a liberal relief during sickness, with choice of any doctor within the district for members and their families, and as large funeral donation as is consistent with safety. The Grand Division has established a Central Sick Fund, which secures uni formity of fees and benefits throughout New Zealand ; allows members to move from one division to another without any increase of contributions, and affords absolute security to small or weak divisions, Benefit for Male. Members :—First six months' sickness, 20s per week; second six months, 13s ; afterwards, 10s ; death of a member, £30; death of a member's wife, £10. Half the above benefits are received by female members. Honorary Members of both sexes shall be entitled to the services of the physician and apothecary, providing they pass a satis factory medical examination, and recoup tp the Division t\\e amount of fees payable by it to those officers on their account. V The pledge originally adopted has remained. unchanged imtil the present time, and by it all forms of intoxicating drinks are proscribed. The position the Sons and Daughters of. Temperance occupy is a standing testimony of the value of Total Abstinence principles, and compares favorably with auy other Friendly Society; the sickne s rate showing one-third less than that of other Societies not based on total abstinence principles-? the death rate being only six per thousand in the Sons and Daughters of Temperance, as against nine per thousand, the yearly average death rate of other Societies, This Order should command the siipporfe, and attention of all earnest temperance 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 opportunity for total abstainers to make provision for themselves in case- of sickness^ accident, or death. The Lodge meets MONDAY, 12th May, and each alternate Monday, at the Templar Hall, Ashburton, at 8 p.m. Ev*ry Total Abstainer Should Join. W. MURRAY, Sec. fjIISCH'S Mail Coach runs from Alford L Forest Hotel to Springburn Railway Station daily, leaving the Forest at 7 a.m. and arriving at Springburn in time for the train to Ashburton. ASHBURTON COUNTY WATER SUPPLIES. OCCUPIERS are requested to thoroughly overhaul water races during the following periods when water will be shut off. Races in every case to be widened and deepened to original sizes, and all on sides of races and in gateways used by rangers to be grubbed and cleared away. E races (Chertsey-Rakaia), 17th to 21st June, inclusive. C D (Dromore-Chertsey), 24th fco 28th June, inclusive. A B (Ashburton-Dromore), Ist to sth July, inclusive. F Races and Wakanui Flat, Bth to 12th July, inclusive. , . - Racpj between Ashburton and* Hinds Rivers, including Mount Somers and Ashburton Forks and Wheat stone, 17th to 21st June, inclusive. Raoes ,between Hinds and Rangitata Rivers, 24th to 28th June, inclu-. sive. By order WILLIAM BAXTER, 6.34 . &»■ County Engineer



c.s.s. cc Wib^ us-s- co UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY ~UF NEW ZEALAND, Limited. Steamers sail as under .* — Fr.m LYTTELTON TO Wellington ... Daily, except Sunday (Tuesdays and, Saturdays 10 p.m. ; other days, • p.m. Dunedin ... Tues*, Thurs.,and Sat. Nelson < Ttt.es., 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 all New Zealand ports at the office of GEORGE JAMESON, Agent, Ashburtou



MILNE R Sc THOMPSON GREAT F TsNT TDIW6 PBYI A 8 BY WHICH A PIANO STANDS PERMANENTLY IN TUNE AFTER THE STRINGSARE ONCE STRETCHED IS THE L BEST PATENT EVER DISCVERED FOR PIANOS, AND WILL LAST 200 YEAEB. A SPECIAL First Award has just been given to the Firm by- the Jurors at the Dunedin Exhibition, — ; A L S O— A First Award for Giand Pianos A First Award for Cottage Pianos, — Or Three First Awards being the highest 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. ■n m- """"agent. COLOMBO, CALCUTTA^! TPIS PACKET 15 GUARANTIED TO CONTAIN ONE POUND fcITT LJ*_. ONETRIAL SOLICITED. • | JOHN G. KESTELL SOLE AGENT, ASHBURTON. COAL. COAX. COAL. A I /*E HAVE just landed "Ex Jessie" a Shipment of Household Coal of PRIME QUALITY. TIMBER, TIMBER. TIMBER. Ex Zior 20,000 ft W.P. Floring and Lining Ex Spray 30,000 ft Red Pine Boards and Scantling. ! ■ In Stock, Lime, Cement, Bricks, Roofiing Iron, Doors, Sashes, Gates, Hurdles, Fencing Wire, (Barbed and Plain.) Iron Standards to Order. | WE HAVE JUST OPENED UP A Splendid Assortment of VARNISHES and READY-MIXED PAINTS.: ! ALSO,— PICTURE-FRAME MOULDING of the Best Quality and Choicest Patterns. Lovers of the Fine Arts should inspect our Stocks. ' - w. h. coTlinslnd co. TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS, _ ASHBTTETON. WE ARE BUYERS AT ALL TIMES OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYEGRASS, PEAS, ETC., ETC FRIEDLANDER BROS. * ¥H£AT SHIPMENTS ; *il/K ARE PI>KP.IREX> TO MAKE LIBSfUL ADVANCES, FBEE OF COMMISSION AJ»r> INTE^E^T, egaiDft silk! de o-\PrGdnoe plsoedjin our h«ndf foe vh'pmeot \o tha Ucitea Ktntrdom op the Gcn'in'V.l. HAYING- our ox« hoaße in London is a somjient f air/atfe that the lotereit of Clients, who wlli outrun the shipment of their tfrnin to no, will be well looked after* Ollopte may. aleo roly th.t expeaoeß will be kepi ss low M possible, and the bight* tn»rkfet vfttao realised. >iLAJH Farmer's Lot la shipped cndar » diaiinct end separata brinl, no tw lota kz-au branded &!ik:;, and epoh lob Is sold ;m its own meiiii. Prompi soooan Sslee si in the pa3t. . WE ara alaf prepared to sfcoro grato and othur I Jco«iuoo at Ashbnrion, LyDdhowt Lyttalton ot Addtngtcu upon easy teems, and mako rcaaoavble advanoei oo live* FRIEDLAS"DMi BROS. FOE SALE PURE UNBLENDED INDIAN and CEYLON TEAS. Direct from the Growers. The FINEST and BEST value of any Teaa ever offered for sale. A TRIAL SOLICITED. Sold in 5, 10, and 151b Canisters, and 401b boxes. ' PRIME DERWENT POTATOES at a very low prica . * -PLOUGH SHARES all SIZES. FENCING WIRE, POSTS, & STAKES, And all kinds of ,3 SEED. WHEAT OATS ■ AND bablet: GEORGE JAMESON. A.SHBDBTOH AND BAKAIA,,



Public Ot'° fi* C. Thornton miie^, LAND, ESTATE AND STOCK AGENT 161 Hereford Street, Christchurcb I have sums of money to lend qii g fo security at low rate of interest. Several Fauns for Hale. ■uitAIKAND FIELD PIPES. A LARGE supply of various SIZES always in STOCK for SALE in large or small quantities. SPECIAL quotations given for large quantities. GEORGE JAMESON, 210 ASHBURTON & RAKAIA TREES . . TREES, About 100,000 FRUIT.TREES?. Of all descriptions, including 2000 APPLE TREES of CHOICE ' SORTS. ' All Strong and Healthy. TjlOR SALE at Moderate '„ Prices, ,_IJ Undersigned is also prepared, as usual, to undertake the PLANTING OF FOREST TREES at Lowest Current Rates. WM. GARDNER, 5" Tinwald SEALY'S FRUIT TREES TNCLUDING Apples, Pears, Plums, ,I, Cherries, Peaches, Apricots, Nectar 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, all warranted, and at your own prices. SEALY'S FOREST TREES Of all kinds, innumerable in quantity, well-grown and hardy—all kinds, all sizes, all prices. SEALY'S ORNAMENTAL TREES, &c. 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. SEALY'S ROSES. Endless in variety and choicest in quality. SEALY'S CATALOGUES . Forwarded' free to any address on application. Note. —I will only be responsible for Trees ordered direct from the Nursery or through Messrs J. Scaly and Co. THOS. SEALY, Nurseryman, 18 Riverbank, Ashbur ton. SEEDS, PLANTS, &c TREES. TREES. TREES. I 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 ..ny prompt atten fion. My Apple Trees are all worked 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, and 100,000 Pinus lnsignis, one and two years old. Cupressus, Macrocarpa, I have a grand line. I mate this a speciality. All my seedlings have been transplanted, being equal to those in boxes. I have about 100,000 one and two years old, also Roses and Fancy Shrubs in great variety. All trees supplied and planted by me will be guaranteed for 12 months. Cata logue sent post free on application. TAMES "TDORTER J AMES X ORTER, NURSERYMAN and SEEDSMAN, ALLENTON ASHBURTON 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' ex perience at Home and in 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 in quality. I have also a very choice collection of Roses and Shrubs. Gardens laid out: work doric by contract or by day. Old fruit trees re-grafted with choice sorts if required. Hoping to get a fair share of public patronage. ,—Note the Address—-^ J. MILLICHAMP, Nurseryman, Terrace Nursery, Tinwald. Letters Addressed to Ashburton P.O. will Receive My Prompt Attention. 6tl WANTED KNOWM WANTED Known—A trunk of Ladies Boots, assorted, will be sold this week at 38 6d per pair.— ANDREW ORR. WANTED Known—Just opened new Jackets, Dolmans, Furs, Gloves, Corsets,' Embroiderd robes, Umbrellas Etc., at ANDREW Oltß'S. I 1 TANTED Known—A great Bargain \y in Berlin Wools, all colors, »b 3s per lb, slightly soiIed.—ANDREW ORR FOR WEDDING Outfits, Family Mourning, and General DRAPERY go to ANDREW ORR'S. IVTEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION.- J_N ANDREW ORR is showing ex actly the same Goods in Roslyn Worsted Dress Tweeds, as exhibited at the Exhi bition, also Blankets and Flannels. Q/~v/-\ PAIRS of BLANKETS at £I\J\J Old. Prices, contracted for when wool was Cheap.—A. ORR, i A A EMBROIDERED ROBES to IUU Select from at ANDREW ORR'SI^ No two of the same pattern.



üblic Notices. ___ : , MITCHELT JCV Yl URNET3 ITGHEL JLj OC I URNE Xll DRAPERS CLOTHIERS, etc., etc. HAVE very great pleasure ill direct-v ing the attention of their numerous ; . friends and customers to their very fin* -;; Stock of Winter Drapery, now fully opened out. . - . •-, v BLANKETS ' FLANNELS , _'. \.\ WINTER DRESSES HOISERY and GLb^ES MEN'S and BOtSV/,; OVERCOATS ;•, .'.. '.;,'" tweed suits ,n \ -.'■'- SHIRTS? , , PANTS and SOX•/; In endless variety.-^ PRICESywffl bear comparison with any quota tion,- and as fpr-QUALITY; it is an undisputed fact > that M. &T. keep a - T first-class, article. J r^ \ MITCHELT jP_ itchelJLj, 06 JLurneJQi X A I A P 01 H O U r .s!E TANCRED STBEEi JffHBURTON" C. M BROOKE, f PRESCRIBES FOR LA GWPPF, COUGHS, COEDS, • ' And other Common Ailments. AND in future will bo in personal attendance at "The Dispensary ' from 9 a.m.. to 6 p.m., and from 7 to 8 p.m. Sundays—Afternoon, 2 p'to 3; Evening, *J to 8.30., The Ashburton Doctors prescriptio accurately dispensed byCm. BROOKE. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED. A Large Stock of the best COD LIVER OIL, CHEST PROTECTORS, and othe* Requisites for the season. Orders by Post promptly attended to. C, M. BiIOOKE THE DISPENSARY, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON . SPECIAL VALUE ; IN GUN 8 T"N Order to Clear the Balance of cur STOCK OF ' l - G' U N S, ' ' - We have decided to give 15 Per Cent off During the Next 14 BAYS.' ":-. JOHN OMI Co! JOHN GBR & CO., A RE ifei.ng special value in • SUGAR ' . TEAS CANDLE 55 soap. , . . ■"■; -,"\! : FLOUR OATMEAL ; . : BACON & HAMS \ CHEESE GENERAL GROCERIES ■ rr'n CASES Light of the age KEROV LOU SINE. The best in the.{ mar ke and GUARANTEED not to explode^ CHINA GLASS AND EARTHENWARE Some New and Choice GOODS. j. QBE & (X).