■o xeadily as fot anyone to ,s»y " The Domain track is a good one." This now celebrated Olab at cne t!ma maintained that the Domain traok was to-» bad for •nythiog, it wsu the woral ttaok In New Zealand, if not In tho world. No ndrr of note would tUk his neck cpoa it, and to DBe it for their sport* woul<3 do Of o'I"8' ■o muoh harm that they as a dab woold nev£r do It, The A,0.0. were no per slttent la running down the track tba\ they oonvinced Baveral people, myself amongst the nnmbtr. that the ttfiok was M»liy very bad. Towaeda tb« end of January, a friend of mine, Mr F. Ooc-per of Ohris-.chuToh, on a tour from Dnnedir oalled to see nee and happened to mention that he had eeen the Domaiu traok and thought tt very good. I «ras rathet suiprleed and I naked him to write me a letter giving his cptaion that I might show It to the A.0.0. with the view of Inducing them to use the Domain traok for their forthcoming upcts. He did ao , 1 enoloae Mr Cooper's letter which I would be glad If yon would publish, as It may assist In clearing up this disputed question. I showed Me Cooper's letter to several prominent members of the A.O 0., and,' atrange to tell, they suddenly changed their tone. They agreed that the traok WM good, but the Borough Council had tried to jump on the Club by asking for payment In advance. Your correspondent of last sight oomplalna of tbe work now being done to the track He knows perfeotly well that the sweeping, eoraplng and watering would bave been done for the Club too if tbey had only paid np •ooordlng to agreement; and surely five guineas for half an hour is muoh better than the mere promise of ten pounds for two whole days.

I am, etc, J. Keik.

Albbntton, February 25.

(Enclosure.) OhrUtchurob, January 22, 1890. Esiß Km—l don't know if yon feel interested enough in our trip from Danedin to know that we arrived Id Ohrbtoburoh shortly after 6 p.m. After a pleasant ran front your town we came via South bridge, and covered 63 miles. Oar trip altogether amounted to 243 miles for four days, and we had no semblance of •n acoldent.

Beplvtng to your qaery as to my cp'nlon Of the Dlo>ole track Id the Domain tt Aah burton, I can't say I have never eean t better, bat I can say that I like It muob better than tbe traoka at Tlmoru and Onmarn, and much better even than the lbs near track at the Oarfsbrook gronnde, Doaodln. I like tbe position and ihape T«y much, and tbe only way I can tee fon can improve it is to buck the corners op a bit. The enrfaoe ii very good ; just wantt a little ttloimlng. I am perfectly confident that cur b b- men in this city would htve co hesitation in elding on It, Mltiaeven bettei than whit we had In Cbristchurch (a city of rb.ut 1000 oycllsts) up to about two yeara ago; To ram up : If the track waff banked a bit at the cornera and the surface covered with grit land, it would be equal to acy b'ojole track (oar asphalt) in tbe ooloDy. Yours sincerely, Fbawk Cooper. Handioapper,

N.Z. Oicllst Alliance,

THE BAIRNSFATHER FAMILY

We do not know when we have been more thoroughly pleased with an entertainment than we were with that provided by this really clever family at the Oddfellows' Hall last evening. From the opening solo to the con cluding chous every item was gocd, many of them really first-class. Mrs Bairns ather has an exceedingly sweet and clear soprano voice, and as a ballad singer has very few equals, While her tipcrtoire is apparently inexhaustible, as will be seen by the fact that Jast evening she sung no less than seven songs, counting encores. These were " I loe nae a laddie but ane," " Bonnie Prince Charlie," •' Mary o' Argyle," "Annie Laurie," " Comin' thro the Eye,' " Whistle an* I'll come tae ye my lad," and^Doonthe burn, Davie," of which per haps the last two were the best of all. This in addition to taking her part most charmingly With Mr Baimsfatber in the duett "The Crookit BawbeV Mr Bairnsfather, who is a born humorist, gave a number of pawky Scottish stories with very telling effect, and sang in admirable voice and with real dramatic talent "Saewiilwe Yet," " He's a Or.>nie o' Mine," •'Scotswha hae," "A Min'sa Man for a' that," and " Get up and Bar the Door," He also iniroduced a very amusing variation of the programme by making up his left hand With the aid of a little pearl vowder, Indian ink,, and rouge, as "Aunt Jane's face," aj white pocket handkerchief doing duty as the old lady's " mutch," and by a very creditable ventriloquial effort apparently extracted the j song, "John Anderson my Jo," from this i queer-looking counterfeit physicynomy to! the great amusement of the audience. Miss Bairnsfather acquitted herself wel as a pianist and vocalist and still better as a danseuse, the Highland fling as danced with her brother being a very pretty performance. Altogether an exceedingly bright and agreeable entertainment was provided, and all who visit the Hall this evening can depend upon spend ing a most enjoyable time. It may be mentioned that those who wish any particular Scottish song given to-night can have that wish fulfilled by sending in a request to Mis Bairnsfather (care of Mr Elston), to that effect during the day.

The Balrnef alher Family arrived in New Zealand in a manner which to them mast have been both unexpected aod an pleasant. They left Pagot S 'and, Cali fornia, . for Me'bocrne, in tie barque Flying Venus. 01 Angast 6<b, they got into bd awfol cyclone, sells wore blown into shreds, and it w«e only by the provi dential holdlog together of a topeaU that ■he was saved from foundering. On the 6tb ot September Wnd was In sight, and ■hortly afterwards the vessel struck on a coral reef. The vessel kept bumping one moment perpendicular, and another at an angle of 75degl Xheru were only two boati left, the ore* and the pieeengars got Into them ever the item of the ■hip. They bad hardly dots m \rfccn the masts, yards, and rigging fell, A boat foil of nativ. s was then seen palling from the shore. To the surprise and delight of all a whit* man was de scried among (hem, who Informed them that the nrtivea were not exactly canni bals. The white man guided them to a narrow entrance to a lagoon, whloh waa passed in safety, and th«=y weae (n omooth water. They landed at (be site of a few rndcly built huts. Some days afterwards a ship was sighted, aiid on their making for her <n the boats, her coarse Was altered, and sbe flaw ftcm them db from a pestilence. Another ship enmo in sigh' Come days afterward?, and Bbc also tamed tall and fired upon them. On tbe 5 b Ootobor, arrangements were made for two mates and ten men to sail for Samoa Id an open boat, some 900 miles distant They reached there safely, and on the 23rd October, tbe uteamer Richmond took them away and landed ti-em in Auckland.

THE RIVERS.

We are pleased to learn that the result of the examination by the County Councils Com mittee of the land lying between the North and South branches of the Ashburton River has been satisfactory. We have no official infor mation on the subject as neither tie Chairman of che Council nor the Engineer is in town, but from what we can gather from unofficial, but equally reliable sources, work will be com menced immediately on the task of making the connection between the two streams. The labor is of a kind that need not take long, and can be acce'erated by the multiplication of men and teams, so that our hope of having the Worth bianch ia fairly fall flow again may be gratified before the end of the week. The a?ews will no doubt be gratifying to all the settlers affected by ,the failure of the North Branch, as well as to theresiden ts in the Borough. The first result of the connection pf the,two streams will be the resumption of the flow in the Borough's main race, and a consequent supply fegUj for the swimming bath and th§ channels •

The making of theconnection wli cm \~much cause for complaint andd'>i^rrci Kle h art-burn pgs. Although the Nort '.ran.h was dry for some miles above Ashburton, settlers could drive their stock to water with at least not the maximum of trouble; but had the races supplied from the Pudding Hill stream and the auxiliary channel ceased to flow, the con sequences to the setters along the lines of these races would have been serious, and all the trouble and discomfort of life before the initiation of the races w uld have been repealed' with greater intensity < han ever. With greater intensity we say, because but few of the settlers are now supplied with po table water butts to convey supplies. Settlers along the Wakanui creek have actually had to go for water for their stock to the county water races nearest at hand, a*\d it was a lucky thing for them that these were flowing.

TIMARU HARBOR BOARD

(pis fbksb association.)

Tiuabu, Febroiiy 25

Mr S. Aclon hes b&eu re-elected Ohal; ---mac of the Haibor Boatd. The annual repoit abowß th»t trade is looreaeing, but the receipts fell £22 8s below the ex pendltute. A harbo* rate Is being oolleoted to rn^ka this op. There (s an unallocated btlsnca of loan monies of £12 3(2, A -prr-sl b«bo? rate being founu exceaeive and troublesome the Board propose to obtain a a Act eai powering them to levy on the local rating bodies. The Engineer s annual aaivsy of the shingle acoamolution shows an advance of 48ft in 1888, or about 50,000 onblc yards. The 'w-hitrmaa said they would have to set about removing it or ohecking It soon.

TEN MONTHS' SUFFERING IN A HOSPITAL

There is an old saying that physicians are « 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 apt to be conceited. They don't like to be beaten at their own tiadeby outsiders who have never stdied medicine, lhey therefore pay, by their fre quent failures, the penalty of refusing instruc tion unless the teacher bears there own " Hill Mark"

An eminent physician—Dr Brown-Sequard, ofParis—states the fact accurately when he says : " The medical profession are so bound up in their self-conbdence 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 Dona dson Line, sailed from Clasgow for Baltimore in 1887, having on board as a fire 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 bom the hard and exhausting abor, 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, heart burn, a bad taste hi the mouth, and costiveness and irregularity of the bowels. Sometimes when at woikhe had attacks ot giddiness, but supp sed 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. Liter during the passage he grow worse, and when the ship reached Halifax he was placed in the Victoria General 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 re'ief. Nearly all that time Wade suffered great torture ; he digested nothing, throwing up all he a^e. 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, operat iug pills one every night, md temperature pills two each night to stop the cold sweats. If drugs could cure him at all, Rcihard had an i<'ea that he took enough to do it, But on the other hand pleurisy set in and the doctors took ninety ounces of matter from his right side, and then told him he was sure to die. Five months more rolled by and there was another change of visiting physicians. The new one gave Wa-ie a mixture which he siid made him tremble like a leaf on a tree. At this crisis Wade's S.otch blood asserted itself. He refused to stand any more dosing, and told the doctors that if he a ust die he could die as well without them as with them. By this time a cup of m Ik 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 comrauuicated 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 bean 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 a few days' 1 time I was out of bed calling 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 woild, 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, Stob cross street, Glasgow, where letters will reach h<m. 3

THE ASHB'tmTON QtfAK&IAK, TtTESDAT, gEBRUABY 25, 1890.



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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 use ful, drugs. To what vast dimensions pill taking has grown may be imagined, when we say that in England alone about 2,000,000,000 two thousand million) pills are consumed every y«»'r In early days pills were made slowly by hand, as the demand was compara tively small. To-day they are produced in infinitely greater rapidity by machines especi ally contrived for the purpose, and with greater accuracy, too, in the proportions of the various ingredients employed. No form ot medication can be better than k pill, provided only it is intelligently prepared. 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 undershoot 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 pain in the head, sides, and back, he may be sure his bowels are constipated, and his liver uggish. 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.



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m order to pro'ect the people from <nz, defrauded and cheated, the v '"ri<;an Hop Bitters Company offer? Ie above Reward for the arrest and o-•'i< lior; of any person or persons efi'.'.Ti-; the American Hop Bitters ■>,-np:uv/'s bottles, and for seliinp; any V.& nostrum or compound as the onuinc a d original Dr. SouUs's Ameri can Ho:o Bitters, or for counterfeiting ha Company's Label—a Bunch of areen Hops on a White Label) with £ilack Letters. X>^, SOULE'S RMERICIN HOP* BITTERS (A MEDICINE, NOT A DUINK), CONTAINS ' HOPS, HUGH!''. .tf.4\»3AKK, AND TIIK PIiKIMT AND IIMT MKUICAL QUALITIM Or aw. oihbk J'.iriKiia. TECSZ'TSJ' CUStB ill Dlw.imw of the Stnina»h Itowcß Tilood LWer, Kidney* anil liii.aiy Or^iu.., N"no..Mi^, aleoplcw ness, bVii.a'e Coin!>l<i:i:t> ami DrililkeilllChS. "'fHOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS!!! t testi.uoiiijils (if l!io most womlciful mn, vo'.un t.nly stilt us wi- ilo not jiwhlisli l!if m. as U.e.v do h°> make tlic euro. 11. is our i.iL'dii-ii'C, IT. Si.:« Ameiic:: 1 Ifop JSilt. is. lli.it n<iiKe.-i y.: •»!!.>. It .. nevei- fiiili il iinil mo\li- can. c «:ll «!«■ '!■■'•' ■ '• to any ■, .(■ f.,r 9"V «1..-.-:'^ •-}"]' «r t-> il|t':i «'■• - desired. < <■ will rctff to sny l'.ci-hl.'or. as th'Jio .s •• x ne:. ! ,'h\H,ri.o'vl in v!it Ui.ovui woi'kl i,\\ <>:n sii >« amealiy T)r. Hoiilu't, Aincricaii Hop iJit.fi-3. lij) OTHER GENUINE, TARE HO Offi



JT,(.SC from A hbarVa. 12 fllettno -Li Sbeeprbraiidadjfe oa J J'fbru;«f 20tt». Reward on Retn?Llag to 1 T. McGRANDBL, ;,: 2fiGß Aahburtoa. 11HE tender of MR WBYMOUTH ROBERTS for Threshiog Graia at Weiterfield la aooepted. GILMOUB & BUNNY WaiterfieM. at 09 5 TfIBESHING BOOKS. fnHB.Bfc>HING Machine Booka of I improved design printed with despatch at "Mail" and ' (iuardian" Office. Charles Brad del Licensed Lundbroker and Valuator i under " The Land Transfet Act, 1885 E3TATE HOUBi. LAND, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT. OFFlCE—Burnett Stkbit, Next "Mail" Officet TINWALD COAL AND FIBBWOOD DEPOT, Jk /^LOTHIER h»ywg pur • Vj chased tht> bueinesß of Joseph Clabk from the Official Assignee, fa prepared to supply Coal, Firewood, Bran, Oats and Obaff, at lowest market rates, J. A. OLOTHIER, 2*85 Tinwa'd, PUBLTO NOTICE. IN PiKiaanoe of the Pabllo Retervei Aot, 1885, OUuae 5. Notioe Is hereby igiven that the Ashbnrton Domain will be set apart between tha boars of 6 p.m. *nd 8 pm. on WEDNE3DAY, the 26th February luattnt, and that charges foi admission thereto will be made on that day, namely foi eaoh adult, Is; omiages free. D. THOMAS, 2 88 Ch»lruun Domaia Joard. ADDfBLLOWS 1 TTALL ENORMOUS BUOOES3, LAST MGHT TO-NIG ttT FEBRUARY 24ra & 25th, The World ■ r«nr woed BAIRNSFATHER FAMILY. The only Family of Scottish Vccßlfsts living, in tbetr RBFINED ENTERTAINMENT or SCOTTISH SONG AND STORf, Jsn«ltlfld " A NIGHT liS AULD SOOTIA." Prioaa of »dmi'sl' n-3% 2t, 1«. Reserved sent* at W. Zander's. 2J96 J.E, PETHERIOK Agent. W. W. SPESGER'S IS the CHEAPEST HOUSE In Aahbur ton for DRAPERY, CLOTHING and BOOTS We Bel tot CASH—small profits and quick returns, tud we give starting value, White Oaiicoa 33 6d a dczaa (jtey Obliaoß 2 s lid a dozao A splendid Turkish Towel for 7£d Fianelvtteß 4i lid a drzen , Summer Dress Gooda 6id The best qutlity of PRINTS for the least raoDey". Bl.nketi 9» 6d a p»lr GlDgh«me in piala Colors 4s lid a dcz. Double Width White Twill Sheeting lfl M <n'e Tweed Suite 18a 6d Saddle Tweed Suits 39« 61 A case uf Men's Ool'd Mole 3 just to hand i slightly damaged by water worth 9s 6d, for 7s lid. Boy's Cold Moles 2b lid. THE CHEAPEST HOUSE FOR MEN'S CLOTBING JN ABHBURTON, BOOTS. BOOTS. Men's shooter's 10s 6d, Bluchers 6i lid A reelly gdod pair of Women's K'd Bjote for 6j lid. No second-hand stock. A Splendid Assortment of Children's Patent Leather Slippers and Boot* _ _ AT W* W. Spencer's THE ARCADE. BLAND AVD HUMPHERTS. mii A! rairais Bold Weekly Saks of HORSES, PIGS, CATTLE, PRODUCE, FURNITURE, &Q> EVERY SATURDAY. LIVE STOCK SALES Every Tuesday at Tinwald end Aah burtpn Yards alteroately. GLEAHING SALES TOWN AND COUNTRY According to arrangement. —We have for Sale Privately— n REAPERS AND BINDER ICrm-skiU ROLLER, GRASS SIIIIPPERS We hive been appointed Acbnm foi JOHNSON and Go's ARTIFICIAL MANURE. WE HAVE ON~~HAND 5 TON*, Sample and Particulars of which oan be hed on application. BLAND AND HUMPHERYS AUCTIONEERS



»——i^MMilS——^—————W—lP—————i——— I—m»**1 —m»** V " ' ■ ~ ; : " der ' iweni'*''..'"' BIDDER TWINE M CCORIM BINDEBS BINDER FITTINGS MACHINE OJL AND EVEBT BEQTJIBITE FOB THE KABVES>T HELD : JOHN OER & CO. EAST STBEBT, ASHBUBTON MILNER <&; THOMPSON* j GREAT; PATEHT TUNING DEYIGE BY WHICH A PIANO STANDS PERMANENTLY- IN TONE AFTER THE STRINGS ABE ONCE STRETCH BD, IS THR 3HS3T PVTBST RVER DISOOVBRtfD FOU PIANO^ AND WILL LAST : 200 YEARS. A SPECIAL Pint Award has juit been given to the Firm by tha Jaiors at tt§ Danedln Exhibition,— ALSO- A First Award for Grand Piano* A First Award for College Pianos,— Or Three First Awards being the highest possible dig'locution tha* oould be gained. Tb<» Prices of oar Two Models at exhibited at the Exhibition are respectively < 60 »nd 70 guineas, bat we have Pianos with Iron Frames from £30, any of wbloh emu ba purshased on the Two Yean' Hlte Purchase System, do. H. M, JONES, 2 40 AGENT. I G. Fawoit Dodds. SUHGEO^TIST. (Formerly with A. W. Chactield, ___ Auckl.nd. jqqq jgjjg -CHARGES— — SOLD WEEKLY. — Ordinary Extraction .« ... 2a 6d Painless 5s Od -——< Stopping ... ... ... 7s 6d Full upper and lower net of Artifioi NEvVCASTLE COAT Teetb moSertf work IMMENSE SUPPLIES -CONSULTATION FREB— COMING TO HAND. All work done by him guaranteed to t """— Addbbss :-Court Chambers above WESTPORT COAL M JoNts, Btationbr, East Pt eet, _._ ' REGULAR BHIPMENTS " • ' THRASHING MACHINE Proprietor* SHOEING AND GENEBAL BLACK- aa<* Fwmere ahonld apply immediately BMITH AND EHGUNEER, for particulars to (lATB Of 0HBBT91Y), W, H« COLLINS S Co# BEGB to notify that be hai oommenoed T T M U Tr if botilness in Ashburton In the pre- 1 I m B C K. inlies on Wakaooi Boad, lately occupied by Mr O. Ray, Engineer, where he hopea AND &t£i"wX2S'a S££ Coal Merchants 255? l° "* * '"■ """ °' PDb"° BTBB.DT All kinds of Agricultural and other • Maohtnery repaired. Horse Bhoeln 8 and A S H B U R 1 O N all kinds of Blackimlth'o work done with promptltn^c. '. —Note the Address— Late Premises of 0. RAF Wakanui Rctrf, W. GREGG AND COMPANY PURE BLENDED TE4S S NEW SEASON, > 1888-9, In2lb and l\b PACKETS, 2ib FANCY OANIBTERB and Bib and lib THIS. TRY THESE BLEND& TRY THESE BLEKDS (( EAGLE ) fEsMbition J (( CL 0 B \^per lh.J/ \psx ft / \\p« One Trial will establish, their constant use To bo obtained from JOHN QEE & GO AND D. McFarlane Sales I "What are they but deception, £ ales! What aro they but catches to the unwary, Eales I W hat are they but bad value for good money illltCllfill ft llirHCr DON'T BW^IEVW IN" THBM. fc Havu Mj bid isuok—never buy mure timt wo van eeh. Obi JfclOtut Are at a times an Low ■» pthor fiTm a"d acknowMged to be Al Talne. (^OAlfAßlfi OUK PUICE^ Hud tekUeo tb»i WIL'iIOUT CUIfiAP SALh^ we do a ) LARGE TRADE _ VV E Dealrn to call Your Attention to a VERY FINF^ fIELECTIOST OE TWEEDS Now on view, suitable for Gentlemen's and Boys' Salts. Measure taken and fit guaranteed, ALb OUK bEPAUTMbJNT6~AIuir"FDLLY btOUKfig GttAbP THIS FACT MITCHELL & TUE^EK TANOBSD BTBB ET, 1 r. Aieth«PflopU wh to GOOD TALUJB (oijou Money,



NOTICE JO FABMEBS AND OTHEBB TjIBOU and after this date (he following charge for Storage on Grain will bt masbat X; onr Stores in Ashbnrton :— threepence per baj fur 2 months or under Fonrpeooe per bag if over 2 months and under 4 norths Sixpence p. r bag if ove:-* 4 months and np to 31st December. A bore charges include receiving and delivering, branding and satispMuEi Weighing if r.«>red will be charged One Shilllpg per trnok load. Insurance extra In all cases, : D. THOMAS. FKIEDLANDER BBOS. ALBERT ROBERTS, GEQ. JAMESON. Mercantile, Finanoe, and Agamy Company, Pei J. G. BESTELL; Agent FRIEDLANDER BROS. JUST LANDING Ex CITY OF DELHI— 1000 Bales Cornsacks WBICH WE OFPEE AT LOWEST CUBBENT BITWI WH ARK OABM BUYERS OF WHEAT, OATS, BABLEY, and SYE9BASB In large or small quAWTiTfjcs -FOR SALF- Cape Barley and Rye. FRIEDLANDEU BROS, SOLE AGENTS. THE BRANTFORI) STEEL BINDER BlZft« JCOK Bi.L.fl, *, i % and 7h OUTS. rpE4 width of 0 it, Lightness of Draoght, Simplicity of Oonettaotlnn, Btrength aoi I Dorabillty ol Material tender it the most; Saitable Maohir,s for Faraaits aad Oontraoto;i EXTBAS 1^ QUANTITY Always ir> STOCK, and Scpplfed &t the Shortest Notice. TWINE 3, OIL, £0.,20r.5ALE.3 J. 'QUAMT& CO AGENTS AS I HATE TO BAISE A. LAKGE SUM OF MONEY THIS MONTR, ALL ACCOUNTS OWING TO ME PBEYIOTJB TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1880 ARE NOW BEING SUED FOR WITHOUT RESPECT OF PERSONS OR AMOUNIB AMPLE NOTICE HAVING* BEEN GIVEN. JOHN G. RESTELL WHEAT SHIPMENTS. T HATE made iptolal arrangements for the ahlpmenfc of GRAIN to the XngUA maikets anl for the dlipotal of the aame there by a broker of tha hlgfaatl standing. lam therefore in a position to offor advaatageoas terms to tboee wiaUag to forward WHEAT, OATS or other produoe on their own aooonnt. Every ponible oare will be taken to obtain the highest current vahns ant! aatoaal Sales will be rendered with promptitude. Advances made against shipments on favoiable terms. OORNSAOES SUPPLIED AT CURRENT RATK3. Geo, Jameson. ABHBUETON AND RAKAIA. I AML A CASH BUYER OF WHEAT OATS RYEGRASS GEO. JAMESON Ashburton and Rakaia,