THE RETURN OF CLAMPETT.

[PBR PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, July 15. Arthur Clampett was a passenger by the Ruapehu, which arrived last night. JHe goes to Christchurch. A. Siberian Exile's* Des perate Deed. The recent outrage by the Siberian officials m flogging two women brings to mind an episode of the daring escape of a Siberian exile at Moscow, as told by an Englishman, apropos of his residence m that city for some two years. ' The exile,' ' was the leader of a band of Nihilists noted for their daring. He , had made many aliases, but was generally I known as Petrovski. Physically, he t.'ijss one of the most perfect men I ever saw- He was of dark complexion, stood over six feet high, and was built m proportion. It seems that he and part of his band had been captured m connection with some plot the authorities had unearthed, and had been sentenced to life servitude m the mines of Kara. Knowing only too we 1 what this meant, the men had be come as desperate as caged lions by the time they reached Moscow, and were willing to take any chance to effect their escape. If I remember correctly there were about a thousand prisoners m this caval cade, and they were guarded by a regi ment of St. Petersburg soldiers. Unlike other prisoners, Petrovski and his party were handcuffed to each other. They were under a double guard, as it was known that they would make an attempt at escape should the opportunity offer. No chance offered, however, until the day of starting arrived. The soldiers who were guarding the party appeared to be rather under the influence of liquor, and were not so vigilant as usual. I stood on the step of a small inn within ten feet of Petrovski, and from the expression on his face I knew that something was m the wind. The officer who had charge of this part of the prisoners, who was noted for his brutality, had mounted his horse and stood near the party. The guards had walked off some distance, and were conversing together. I saw Petrovski working at his handcuffs, and then I saw him'draw a common dinner knife from his jacket. The movemennt did not attract atten tionj and he then turned slightly, so that his back was turned toward the officer. Then I saw that he was going to attempt one of the most desperate escapes ever heard of. The man was certainly ampu. tating his thumb with the table knife, so as to allow the handcuff to slip over his hand ! He worked at it, never flinching, until the thumb dropped at his feet. The blood was flowing from the wound m a stream, but he tied it up with a r<ig after drawing the skin over the sickening wound, and had slipped the handcuff off. His companion was aware of his move ments, but stood like a statue. The sup pressed excitement I was suffering from, together with the daring bravery that I was witnessing almost made me faint. I saw that the dare-devil was as pale as a sheet, but without the slightest sign of fear. He stood for a moment irresolute, and then began a slow side movement towards the mounted officer. When within a few feet he turned with the fury of _ a tiger, and seizing the officer dragged him from the horse. Before the guards could recover their senses he had mounted the horse and started off at a run down the street. A fusilade of shots followed, but he escaped them all. His friends aided him, and he eventually made his way to Paris where he still lives with his wife and family, but minus his right thumb.

DISTRICT COURT

ASHBURTON—TUESDAY. [Before His Honor Judge Ward.] PATERSON V. LTJBLOW. For this case a jury of four was em panelled, viz.—Edwin Horsey, Patrick Devane, James Osborne, and George Pocock. Mr Wilding, with him Mr Cay gill, appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Pur nell for defendant. This was a claim for £19412s lOd, made by Paterson, a laborer, against Lublow, | flax miller, for work done in flax.cutting and damages arising out of breach of con tract—£44 12s lOd—and damages for a broken arm caused by the improper and dangerous machinery used by defendant and defendant's negligence—£lso, mak ing a total as above stated. The defence was a general denial of all the allegations made by plaintiff. The case in another form came before the R.M. some time ago, when plaintiff elected to take a non suit. Andrew Paterson, plaintiff in the case, said he was a contractor, and on the 22nd March he entered into an agreement with Mr J. G. F. Lublow, flax miller, Wester field, to cut all the flax of four feet high and over on a portion of land in the vicinity of the mill at 4s 3d per ton. Began to cut on the 2nd of April. In the I plot set out for cutting there would be about IQOO tons. On the 4th April Lublow told witness to stop cutting, as the mill was not going. Replied that it was impossible to stop a contract and keep on paying the men, too, whom witness had employed. Lublow said that would be air right. Stopped cutting on the 25th. The men witness employed were Pye, Brimmer, and Bax, and they were receiving from him 25s each in wages, and found at a cost of 12s 6d each per week. They camped in a shed at the mill. On the 15th April Lublow asked witness to go and help in the mill with his men. The contract for cutting was still suspended. Went with his men to the mill. Had no ex perience of flax milling. Lublow was in charge of the mill and gave orders. There was no machinist there looking after the machinery. On the 18th of April Lublow was walking about the mill, arid he asked witness if they were not going to turn to and work. Went to the strippers and got in some flax. Lublow went and turned on the water. After going a little while one of the feed belts came off. Witness put it on again. Shortly afterwards another came off, and meanwhile the rollers became choked with flax. Cleaned all the flax out of the rollers, and having done so looked up and saw Mr Lublow trying to take the belt off the shaft rounds which it had become warped. Went on feeding the other stripper, and Brimmer went to try to put the belt right. He did not succeed, and Lublow beckoned to witness to come. The shaft was revolving at 150 per minute. The water had not been turned off nor the machieery slowed down. There was no appliance for slowing down the machinery, only turning off the water altogether. When witness went up to Lublow, the latter asked him to take the belt off. Tried to catch the belt, with his right hand. Could not say how the belt caught his left hand, but he found himself pulled over the shaft. Did not know any more until he came to himself after the mill was stopped. He was then lying under the shaft, Had no idea there was any unusual risk attached to taking the belt off, otherwise he would not have gone near it. When his coat was taken off, after being removed from the mill, it was found his arm was broken. Had suffered much from this arm, and was not yet able to work, not being able to lift anything with it. The men went on to cut flax for Mr Lublow about the 28th April. Next time witness saw Lublow was on the Ist of May at Westerfield. Lublow said he had not time to do any business with him then, but witness could see him at the shop at Ashburton that day. Went to Lublow's shop in Ashburton the same day, Rugg being with witness. On ask ing for a settlement, Lublow said he could do nothing until the account owing to Zander for storee was produced. Went to Zander's and got a slip of paper with the total amount owing written upon it. Lublow declined to take this, and wanted a fully made out bill. He also said the flax had not been weighed, and he would not pay for any more than twelve tons. Witness said the quantit? was more like forty tons. It was Lublow's business to weigh the flax. Lublow lost his temper, cursed and swore, and ordered witness to leave his premises and never come back. Put the matter in the hands of a solicitor almost directly afterwards. Lublow put the contract for flax cutting in the hands of the men who had been working for witness. In the month of April last, a man would cut and tie about two tons of flax. At the first cutting there were four men at work for three days and a half, — about twenty-eight tons. At the second cutting three men were at work, but could not say how many tons they cut. On the 2nd May witness went to the mill, taking a teelyard with him, and weighed the flax. The bundles averaged 851bs, and there were about 900 bundles. The whole 900 were oaken away in about 20 loads. Mr Lublow never made any ob jection to the size of the bundles. There was no certificate on any of the machinery from the Government Inspector. By Mr Purnell: The memorandum of weights produced was copied by Mr Braddell from one made by witness before the case was heard in the R.M. Court. Had had experience of flax cutting in the North Island, and down south. Did not know what experience the men had. Lublow had complained that the flax was being cut too low. Had paid the men ! £11 for work done for witness, and was ! not aware that witness had paid them, too. At the conversation with Lublow on Ist May, deieridant did not mention the figure twenty tons. Did not tell the men to stop cutting, but threatened to <?o so unless Lublow paid him. On the 15th April Lublow asked witness to go to work in the mill because the flax was getting dry and spoiling. Did not ask what wages he was to receive. The day before the accident witness replaced a belt that had come off, but it was not warped round the shafb (plan produced.) Could not recog nise the plan produced as a plan of the mill. The strippers were choked because of the belt coming off, and withdrawing the driving power from the strippers. Tried to catch the end of the belt to throw it over the shaft quicker than the shaft was revolving. Was quite certain that it was Mr Lublow who had previously broken one of the wheels in the mill, and not witness. Did not think he was doing anything wrong in trying to catch the end of the belt. By Mr Wilding : The belts had come off before in Lublow's absence, and they had been put right by witness turning off the water. [Left sitting.]

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

[per press association.] fteir.nre o* Fetrolenm Worlt«. Gjsbqkke, July 15. Bailiffs, at the suit of several Giaborne tradespeople, are m possession of the South Pacific Petroleum works until claims, amounting to £110, are satisfied. J.UM^vorm m Welling-**** Province. Wellington, July 10. It is reported that lung-worm has made its appearance m the flocks m Wellington Province, and that the mortality is great. Vat.illty at Sea. . The Ruf pehu, from London, »mvea at

mid-night. An unfortunate incident occurred the day after the vessel left London. "When off Hastings, a fireman named Hagan jumped overboard, and m lowering the boats to go to the rescue a seaman named John Mackenzie fell into the water. All efforts were made to rescue the two men, but without success, and after cruising round the spot for an hour the steamer resumed her voyage. Th« Wolling-ton Poisoning- Cas« The inquest on Mrs Bennett was re sumed this morning. The youn? man Cumberworth, formerly assistant to Fitz gerald, chemist, said he had no recollec tion of filling the morphia bottle. He had filled a number of jars, but could not recollect anything about them. The jury returned a verdict of " accidental death/ and acquitted everyone of blame. Shipping-. Port Chalmers, July 15. Arrived -Rio Loge, brig, Capt. Matt hews, 60 days from Mauritius, with cargo of 310 tons sugar. She experienced heavy S. and S.B. gales, and high sea on June 9. ft Joseph Hoult, a.b., died from general debility during the voyage. ltpatit of n P»rJUwiu«ntiiry Petitioner | Auckland. July 15. B. B. Hanniford, who has had petitions before former and present sessions of the House concerning a windmill turret light house, the design of which he says Government appropriated, died to-day. l>iT«»rc« Court In the Divorce Court this morning the Chief Justice made rule absolute m Neilson v Neilson and Malcom v Malcolm. Political. Dtjnedin, July 15. Messrs W. Hutchison and C. S. Reeves are mentioned as candidates for Dunedin suburbs. lH>rcy $pa«onii Justice. At the City Police Court this morning Charlotte Hooper, a widow and mother of five children, was charged with the larceny of a postal order for £6. It appeared that the woman was without food and firing, and finding the order on the street, purchased blankets, wo«d. and coal. Her children were almost starving. Accused was convicted, and ordered to come up for sentence when called on.

U.A.O.D.

The half yearly meeting of the Star cf Ashburton Ancient Order of Druids was held last evening, A.D., Bro Pickford, presiding. There were about 50 members present, including visitors from the Oak of Sydenham, Blenheim, and Mistletoe Lodges. The Auditor's report and balance sheet were read and adopted, showing the Lodge to be m a sound financial condition. The Auditor con gratulated the Lodge on the rapid strides made during the past six months, com plimenting them on the careful and pains taking secretary they had m Bro Salek. The election and installation of officers was then proceeded with, D.P. Bro Paul ing, installing the following officers :— Junior P.A.D., Bro H. A. Pickford; A.D., Bro T.- Walls ; V.A.D., Bro John stone ; Secretary, Bro Salek ; Treasurer, Bro Elston ; M.S., Bro Masson; A.D.B.'s, Bros Shaw and Pearson; V.A.D.B's. Bros Pauling and Dally ; 1.G., Bro. O'Connor; 0.G., Bro. Pat terson. The installation over, the A.D. and officers briefly returned thanks for the honor conferred upon them by elect ing them to the various positions. Dur ing the evening a handsomely-framed Past Arch diploma was presented to Past Arch Bro. Pearson, m recognition of his abilities as Arch Druid. Bro. Pearson suitably responded. The Lodge being closed, the brethren repaired to an ex cellent repast, which, it is needless to say, was done full justice to. The following toasts were honored:—"The Queen" and the "Druids," "The District President," " Retiring Arch Druid," "Retiring Officers and Banquet Com mittee." Songs were given up to a late hour, when the brethren dispersed, after singing " Auld Lang Syne."

The Auckland Burglary.

The following are fuller particulars of the robbery of Howden's jewellery on Saturday. Mr Howden closes on Saturday at 3.30, without putting up the shutters, and re-opens at 6.30. McLean therefore knew what time he had in which to, operate. He got over the wall into the court yard with a chisel, and prising up the wood on the half glass back door, soon effected an entrance. He then re moved all the jewellery from the shop cases, to the extent of £240 worth, tied it in a sheet, and put it in the yard ready for removal. He then went back and cleared the window of watches to the extent of £369 worth. The most amusing part of the business is that McLean re moved them from the window in the deepening gloom only relieved by a gas jet he had lighted in the shop, and in the back room he was seen doing so, but the passers-by pouring along thought it was one of Howden's men putting the watches away in safes, as the early closing movement was on. Howden, returning for once contrary to his usual custom, at a quarter to six instead of half-past six, upset McLean's calculations. On calling at Gilbert's, next door, that gentleman asked him if he had anybody working inside. Howden replied in the negative, whereupon Gilbert retorted, " Then the rats have been going it inside." Howden on opening his shop door, espied a matt-getting up from behind the shop counter and making for the back room. He at once called out to Gilbert, " Rush to the back door." Gilbert did so, pursued McLean up the yard, over a boundary wall, and after a hot run secured him in High street, when a scrimmage took place in the mud. Constable Young, who was in the police guard-room, heard outcries, and ran out and aided in securing McLean, and arrested him. It was one of the most daring and skil fully-planned robberies on a large scale i which has taken place in this city for some years past. The surrounding cir cumstances point to McLean being a first-class "cracksman," though nevr to Auckland. There is reason to believe that Howden's premises had been thoroughly examined, his habits and those of his neighbor, Gilbert, a chemist, carefully noticed, and the day selected as favorable owing to its gloomy and wet character, making the sti<jet« com paratively deserted. McLer had taken a quiet house at Mount Eden, where he had lived ulone since he came to Auck land three weeks ago. Detective Herbert searched the dwelling and found a vyce, files, a skeleton key arrangement, and key guage. McLean, has been committed for trial. It transpires that his Christian name is Alexander and not George. He says he comes from Duntdin. The Magistrates complimented Gilbert, the chemist, for the courage he displayed in the pursuit and capture of McLean. Remarkable corres pondence was found on McLean to his "pal" in Sydney.

The fifteen leading citizens of Duneclin who sent a telegraphic protest to Wellington ' against the alleged waste of time m the House have met with a decided rebuff from at least two of the Dunedin members. Dr Fitchett and Mr Fish have replied as follows :—" Thanks for your telegram. The general hope is expressed here that the more intelligent body of the citizens of Dunediu did not concur m pronouncing the discussion m Pariament on the financial and'industrial outlook p.f the colony to be a waste of time. \Ve would suggest that your influence might be more powerfully employed for the public good by petitioning for a dissolution of Par liament at the close of the financial debate."

LATEST CABLE NEWS

AUSTRALIAN.

[per press association.] (Received July 35, 1 p.m.)

LABOR TROUBLES.

Sydney, July 15. The Carriers' Union has decided to affiliate with the Shearers' Union. This federation will preclude carriers from loading non-union shorn wool.

CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS.

Mr J. E. Brown, formerly Conser vator of Forests m South Australia, has entered on similar duties m New South Wales, and is; organising a Forestry Department.

THE GERMAN WARSHIPS.

j The German warships Alexandrienne and Sperber, have sailed for China and South Pacific stations respectively. The German squadron will rendezvous here at the end of August.

MARINE OFFICERS' ASSOCIA TION.

The Marine Officers' Association threaten owners not replying to their demand to withdraw the recent re quest, and apply for affiliation with the Maritime Council or Trades and Labour Council.

A GRAVE CHARGE REFUTED.

Inquiries are being made by the Minister of Instruction into charges of criminal .conduct alleged to have been committed by boys on board the training ship Vernon. Up to the pre sent it has been shown that the allega tions are groundless.,

THE MAMORI.

Melbourne, July 15. The s.s. Mamori, which put m here with three blades of her. propeller carried away, has resumed the voyage to New Zealand.

THE UNEMPLOYED.

The unemployed continue to hold demonstrations. The Salvation Army are endeavoring to find employmeritfor some of those out of work, and have over 1500 names on their bobks. Up to the present the Army has distributed 12,000 meals. *

A NAVAL TOURNAMENT.

The Naval and Military club has decided to hold a naval and. military tournament at the Exhibition build ings about the middleof November.The tournament is to be open to forces of the British Empire.

THE BROKEN CABLES.

Adelaide, July 15. The repairing steamer is expected to reach the break to-day. The cable may possibly have been embedded by volcanic action, m which case some time must elapse before it is repaired.

OBITUARY.

Hobart, July 15. Mr Hogg, principal of Collegiate Institute. The deceased gentleman was a prominent Mason.

STARTLING EVENT IN A VILLA

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 m making them public. The follows ing letters were shown to me, and I at once begged permission to copy them for the Press. rrhey come from a highly responsible source, and may be received without ques tion. MESSAGE from Gkokok James Gost listg, L.D.S., R.C.5.1., Ph. C.1., Licentiate m Pharmacy and Dental Surgeon. Stowmarket, July 18, 1889. To Mk White, The enclosad remarkable cure should, I think, be printed and circulated m Suffolk, The statement was entirely voluntary, and is genuine m fact and detail, —G.J.O. "To the Proprietors of MotherSeigel's Syrup." " Gentlemen. —The following remarkable cure was related to me by the husband, Mary Ann Spink, of Finborough, Suffolk, was for over twenty years afflicted with rheumatism and neuralgia, and although comparatively a j'oung woman at the time she was attacked (she is now fifty), she was compelled, m 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 SeigeFs Syrup, and after taking three bottles and two boxes of Seigel's Operasing Pills, the use of her livib wax restored, and she is now able to walk three miles to Stowmarket with ease m three quarters of an hour. Any sufferer who ueubts 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 to the stctement. ' " (R. Spink), G. S. Sostling, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket. This is certainly a very pitiable case, and the happy cure wrought by this simple but powerful remedy, must move the sympathy of all hearts m a common pleasure. This ! poor woman had been a cripple for twenty of her best years; years m which she should have had such comfort and enjoyment, a3 jlie has to give. But, on the contrary; she 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, m a manner, renews her youth and almost begins a new existence. What a bleßsing 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. %

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1890.



NOTICH. TREES /"~~ TREES! I THE Undersigned, have opened a • Nursery on my own account^»d am prepared to sell FRUIT and FOREST » -^-^ TREES of the choicest sorts at prices nob SPARROW to be beaten. Having had 28 years' experience at Home and m the Colonies, I have grown none but the .bept sorf» of Frrtit Trees, knowing that a great many that are planted out are shy bearers and some that do bear are inferior m quality. I h.ive also a very choice collection of tri IT AH A TVT r\ Roses and Shrubs. Gardens kid out: IAILU X AIN U wo*k done by contract or by day. Old fruit trees re-grafted with choice sorts if required. Hoping to get & fair share of public patronage. Note the Address, — J. MILLICHAMP, Nurseryman, Terrace Nursery, M"PN* *S MVP CF R Letters addressed to Ashburton P.O. «J Lj Al O in.Lt l\ VJ Ma I\ wi n rece i ve m y wompt: attention. 6*l NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. NOTICE. ON and after Ist JULY, 1890, RETURN TICKETS will be issued Daily. For distances of 20 miles they EAST STREE will be available for return the next d»y, or from Saturday to the following Monday. Over 20 miles they will be available for one month. Orer 300 miles they will bo available for hro months. 108 BY ORDR FOE SALE URE U NBLEIFDED Mian and Ceylon Teas. Direct from the Growers. The FINEST and BEST value of any Teas c offered for Sale. A TRIAL SOLICITED. Sold m 5, 10 and 151 b Can ters and 401 b boxes PRIME DERWENT POTATOES at very low price PLOUGH SHARES ALL SIZES FENCING WIRE, POSTS, and STAKES And all kinds of SEED WHEAT OATS AND BARNEY ' GEOKGE JAMESON ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA. R, , #S|^ WATCH mrt CLOCK -Ll/OUl» ff?^^S!^| MAKER > JEWELLER, &c. * <^^^S Ashburton j\ LARGE and Varied Assortment of New Jewellery, Plate, &c. A magnificent /\_ Stock of Watches and Clocks, at prices ranging from a few shillings to £30. Every Watch or Clock sold will be guaranteed. I make a special line of 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 CASH BUY ER 55 \ R O L L I T & C 0., CANTERBURY MILLS, ASHBUIITON, 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 notioe. WE ARE BUYERS AT ALL TIMES "OF; WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYEGRASSi I'liAS ETC., ETC FRIEDLANDER BROS. COAL. COAX. GOAL. "TTTE HAVE jitst landed "Ex Jessie a Shipment of Houiseh' d Coa PRIME QUALITY, TIMBER. TIMBER. TIMBER. ■ Ex Zior 20,000 ft W.P. Florins? and Lining. Ex Spray 30,000 ft Red Pine Boards and Scantling. In Stock, Lime, Cement, Bricks, Roofiing Iron, Doors, Sashes, (^tes. Hurd'e 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 Choices, Patterns* Lovers of the Fine Arts should inspect our Stocks^ :w. h. colllslnd co. r5 TIMBER AND COAL MERCHAXTSf



VTOTICE—AII Persons found Tress JLN passing m pursuit of game or otherwise on the Riversdale Estate on and after this date will be prosecuted. J. R. WILLIAMS. Riversdale, 24th May. 5 176 SEALY'S FRUIT TREES XNCi rJD[ST A.opb*, Patr», Plum, - 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 m Canterbury, probably m the colony, to select from, all warranted, and at your own prices. SEALY'S FOREST TREES Of all kinds, innumerable m quantity, well-grown and hardy—all kinds, all sizes, all prices. SEALY'S ORNAMENTAL TREES, &c Choice m quality, numerous m quantity. SEALY'S MACROCARPA. Tens of thousands m number. A largo quantity specially grown for fencing at very low prices. SEALY'S ROSES Endless m variety and choicest m 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. Sbaly and Co. THOS. SEALY, Nurserym an, 1 Riverbank, Ashburton. JOHN ORR & Co. ARE OFFERING GRAND VALUE m the Following Leading Lines OF GENERAL IRONMONGERY, ET i Ex "Rimutaka." And Other Late Arrivals. 4 Casks Saucepans, Boilers and Kettles 4 Casks Lamps, Globes and Chimneys 1 Case Table Knives* Forks, Spoons. 3 Casks Plough and Trace Chains. 80 Tins White Lead. 40 Tins Red Lead. 120 Drums Raw and Roiled Oil. Paints and Varnishes of all kinds. 5 Bales Wall Papers. 50 Register Grates from 14s 6d to £5. Ranges, Stoves, at all prices. 8 Cases Wringers and Mangles. 50 Sets Fire Irons from 5s to 3Cs. 50 Fenders from 6s to £5. 25 Tons Bar and Sheet Iron. 1 Ton Bolts and Nuts, all sizes. Leather Portmanteaus and Trunks. Leather Belting, 1^ to 6in. Manilla and Flax Rope, 1^ to 3in. 35 Coils Plough Lines. 2 Cases Mould Boards. 5 Casks Hornsby's Plough Shares (new pattern.) 3 Casks Ransom's Plough Shares. 3 Casks Buggy Springs and Axles. 1 Cask Carriage Lamps. 20 Kegs Blue Stone. 10 Cases New Iron Bedsteads. 10 TONS CLOVER SEEDS. 100 Kegs Wire Nails. 20 Kegs Fencing Staples. 200 Coils Steel Fencing Wire. 80 Coils Barb Wire. 1 Bale Seaming Twine. 2 Cwt Bobit Mettle. 25 Bundles Spades and Forks. 3 Packages Screws, Locks and Hinges. 2 Cases Saws, Chisels and Planes. 10 Cases Axes and Picks. 4 Cases Gorso Knives. 10 Cases Pick Axe and Hammer Handles. 2 Cases Hammers. 2 Bales Door Mats. 10 Crates China and Earthenware, includ- New Toilet Dinner, Tea and Dessert Ware. Some of these are really beautiful goods. 150 Cases Oils, including Valvoline, Lubroline, Caster, Colza, Olive Lard and Neatsfoot—this can all had m any quantity. 150 Cases KEROSENE, Light of th Age ; the very best. GROCERY DEPARTMENT WILL Always be found STOCKED with GOODS of First Class QUALITY, —Including— Indian Ceylon and China TEAS, Mauritius Sugar, Crushed Loaf Sugar, Pure Coffee, Candles, Oatmeal, Rollitt and Go's. Flour, Butter from Mr John Grigg s Famous Dairy. JOHN ORR AND CO., IMPORTERS. A NDREW /~\RRSS Zl NDREW S GREAT rm £ ANNUAL SALE % OF H j DRAPERY - & ► -5 CLOTHING L . • AND 4 JiOOTS e< W Will Commence «~ Saturday, July sth is 1 & The greatest BARGAINS $< _i ever seen m Ashburon. X SEE .HANDBILLS. ■ ANDREW ORR. ,



ill,efFecfcs from excess m eating or drinking- A good dose at bed time renders a person fit for business m the morning. These Pills, being sugar-coated, are pleasant to take. The disagreeable taste common to most pills is obviated. PROPRIETORS : A. J. WHITE, Limited, London, Eng. for Sale by all chemists, dru gists and medicine vendors. Sir John said, m the course of the present Financial debate, that " % man who owned land that could be cultivated, but who did not cultivate it, ought to be made to cultivate it." It is expected that, these being Sir John Hall's opinions, he will insist upon steps being taken at once to compel Sir John Hall himself to cultivate the idle land, of his own estate, which according to a state ment made by Mr Seddon, m the House, amounts to 84,000 out of a total of 91,500 acres. The Ministry has some queer friends and acquaintances,—" Oamaru Mail." An attempt is likely to be made to intro duce into New Zealand the Tasmanian crab and swamp quail. The matter was dis cussed at a late meeting of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society. Letters were read on the subject from the Hon McGregor and. Mr Moreton, of Hobart. The latter stated that the crab is excellent eating and weighs from 15 to 201bs. The Secretary of the Auckland society was instructed to get particulars as to cost, etc., of introduction. Public Not'ioea DRAUGHTS CLUB. OPENING night, Wednesday 16th. Play commences at 7.30 at Mrs Pearsons rooms, Triangle. 7 82 _ ________ WANTED TENDERS for Unload ing about 400 Tons Coal, per truck or per ton. 7+83 JOHN G. RESTELL. LAND FOR CROPPING. FOR the unlet portions of Bakford, apply to Mr Restell. 7§84 H. T. WINTER. ~ tenders! rpENDERS wanted for Trimming about _1_ four miles of Gorse Hedges, m the Winchmore District. Particulars can be had from W. T. Wilson. 7 74 H. H. WRIGHT ~" TINWALD DOMAIN BOARD. rpENDERS will be received by the .X. Undersigned up to 4 p.m., July 19, , for Cutting and Grubbing Fences round the Tinwald Domain. For further parti culars, apply to MARK SCOTT, 7§75 Chairman. LOW CLIFF ESTATE. TPENDERS are invited for making 1 about 80 chains of large scoop drains. For particulars apply to J. R. BiIODIE, 7 81 Manager. CLEARING SALE. STOCK MUST BE REDUCED. 1.1. SPEp'iCO. "OREVIOUS to Stock-taking, being JL7 very heavily stocked, we have decided to hold a SALE, GRLAf REDUCTIONS EEGABDLES3 OF COST. Heavy Dress Tweeds lOkl, reduced to 7-|d. Double width Cashmeres 3s 6d, reduced to Is lid. Dress Goods Is 9d, reduced to Is 2d. Ashburton Flannel, Is 3d, now Hid Good Heavy Flannel Is 3d, reduced to Is. Cretonnes 4s lid a doz, Towels from 3kl each. White Sheeting, double width, 7kl. Women's Corsets 3s 6d, 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 6d. Men's Tweed Suits 30s, now 25s Boys' 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. AT W, W. S P E N G E R '3 THE ARCADE WITHOUT TEETbL JN.JXM JlEElll THE CHRISTCHURCH DENTAL SURGERY, Corner of Cashel and High streets. Q nV/TYERS AND /^O. SURGEON DENTISTS. And at Dunedin and Westport. WE have gained the FIRST AWARD tit the Dunedin Exhibition for Artificial Dentures and Mechanical Appli ances for the Mouth, and it is with the greatest'confidence that we guarantee the highest class work and perfect fit at the most moderate cost A Single Artificial Tooth, 10s. Complete Set — Upper and Lower temporary and permanent, £1.0 10s. Natural, Durable, Comfortable Artificial Teeth Replaced Temporarily al most immediately after the extraction of decayed teeth or stumps without extra cc or charge. Arrangements can be made for part or monthly payments. ADMINISTERING NITROUS OXIDE viAS .several times daily for the past ten years, we fearlessly assert that extraction of teeth under its influence is perfectly painless and positively safe Fee for Administration, ss. Extraction, 2s 6d. Artificial Teeth and Dentures made bj other dentists repaired or remodelled a< small cost. Hours of attendance—9 a.m. to 6 p.in,



MOTHEK SEIGEL'S OPERATING PILLS FOR CONSTIPATION, SLUGGISH LIVER, ETC. UNLIKE many kinds of cathartic medi cines, do not make you feel worse before you feel better. Their operation is gentle, but thorough, and unattended with disagree able effects, such as nausea, griping, etc. SEIGEL'S OPERATING PILLS are the best family physic that has ever been discorered. They cleanse the bowels from all irritating substances, and leave them m a healthy condition. The best remedy extant for the bane of our lives —constipation and sluggish liver. These Pills prevent fevers and all kinds of sickness, by removing all poisonous matter from the bowels. They operate briskly, yet midly, without any pain. If you take a severe cold, and are threat ened with a fever, with pains m the head, back, and limbs, one or two doses of SEIGEL'S OPERATING PILLS will break up the cold and prevent the fever. A coated tongue, with a brackish taste, is caused by foul matter m the stomach. A few doses of SEIGEL'S OPERATING PILLS will cleanse the stomach, remove the bad taste, and restore the appetite, and with | it bring good health. Oftimes disease, or partially decayed food oaixses sickness, nausea, and diarrhoea. If the bowels are cleansed from this impurity with a dose of SEIGEL'S OPERATING PILLS, these disagreeable effects will vanish and good health will result. , SKIGEL'S OPERATING PILLS prevent



EN" MONTHS' SUFFERING IN A HOSPITAL. There is an old saying that physicians are a class of men who pour drugs, of which they know little, into bodies of which they know less. This ia 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 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, ©f Paris—states the fact accurately when he »ays : " The medical profession are so bound up m their self-confidence and conceit that they allow the diamond truths of science to be picked up by persons entirely outside their ranks." We give a most interesting incident, which illustrates this important truth. The steamship "Concordia," of the Donaldson Line sailed from Glasgow for Baltimore m 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 suffered from drowsiness, heartburn, a bad taste m 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 m the head. Later during the passage he grew worse, and when the hip reached Halifax he was placed m 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 he 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 ; lie digested nothing throwing up all he ate. There was terrible pain m the bowels burning heat m 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 m and th* doctor, took ninety ounces of vmtter from Ms right side and then told him he was sure to die. Five months more rolled by and there as another change of visiting physiciansh The new one gave Wade a mixture whica he s&id made him tremble like a leaf on tree. At this crisis Wade's Scotch blood asserted itself. He refused to stand any more dosing, and told 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 m the •words m which he communicated it to the press. He says: "When I was m 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 m only a. few days' time I was out of led calling for liain and eggs for Itredhfast. 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 m another world, and have no 1 liieas of any kind." s The above facts are calmly and impartially toted, and the reader may draw his own c onclusjon. We deem it best to use no Barnes although Mr Wade gave thorn m his original deposition. His address is No 244, Stobcross street, Glasgow, where letters Will reach him.