At all events thefirincipal actor in the incident has gone ffrom our shores, and is free from the infiuence of the pen that worries and the gossip of the tongue that never is at rest. Therefore, it will do him no harm to relate the story of his most serious discomfiture at Great Barrier. The Opal had anchored, for the night in one of the pleasant bays for which the Barrier is so famous. His Excellency ■insisted upon deeping ashore, though the officers of the Opal were anxious that he should remain on board, and eventually he was rowed to land with ;his aide-de-camp, and quarters found for them in a settler's outhouse. There they ■slept the sleep of the just till after day break, when their slumbers were rudely disturbed; Ah individual poked his head through the doorway, and called, "Say there, I want soirie butter and eggs." -There'wato* no response to his peremptory demndj.'and, with an annoyed look on 'his fade; 1 he pushed the door open and shouted,-" t Get up there and tell me'if ydti've ■ got any butter and eggs." Still there was no movement on the part of the sleepers, and the intruder seizing the nearest recumbent form by the shoulders shook it vigorously, apostrophising thusly meanwhile, "Get-up, you lazy devil.. What jdo.you mean by sleeping till this time of-the day?"- Get up at once, and, fijid me ;sdme butter (and eggs. I'm the steward of the Opal." Then there was a movemenfin the other bed. The face of the aide-de-camp appeared from!its surroundings of blankets, and pointing to. fcKe sleeper, her horrified the intruder by whispering, '.-ItVhis Excellency." The steward's - time back to the ship is said to have been fast enough to establish a record.r;" Auckland Star."

Foxhunting on a Bull.

Dicing the hunting -with Sir Watkin Wynn's hounds recently a remarkable incident ] The meet was at • Broughall Smithy, near Whitcuhrch, and the weather being of the most lovely kind, the? 9;wwats t a Jarg6 field but. About noon a fox was found ma covert near theresidence of Mr Ethelstone, J.P., of Hurton, and m clinking run past Terrick Hall, through Bubney, Iscoed, etc., to within a few fields of Malpas followed,' When the hounds were in full cry on a farm near thelWyches,- a young man got on the back of a bull and joined in the chase for fully an hour, to the no small amusement of those present, and the way in which he cleared the fences is described as marvel lous. Needless to say Billy was neither saddled nor bridled; nevertheless the youth'seemed to haveanagreeable "mount" and he "kept his seat", the whole time and was. undoubtedly the hero of the dayl: _ Itis said this is not the first time the bull has followed the hounds. In the locality it is. well-known that the youth in question generally gets astride of the bull when he fetches the cows up and no sheep dog coold do his work more expeditiously.

NeW Zealand Butter.

The Melbourne correspondent Tof the " Otago Daily Times " writes : —Damaging reports are not infrequently published here concerning the quality of the butter sent from New Zealand to the London market. The secretary of our depart ment of agriculture has just received a letter from the agents in London who had the sale of the butter sent by the Victoria on January 10, in which they say that in view of the experience gained from the recent; shipments, the success of the Victorian butter in the London market is assured, and add that the butter exported from this colony was superior to that sent from New Zealand. In the agricultural article of the "London Standard" re ceived by yesterday's mail, there also appears the following paragraph, which is republished here:—" New Zealand dairy farmers and shippers of butter should be put on their mettle by the great success which has attended the first attempt of Victoria to ship butter extensively to this country. From a circular of Messrs Henry Page and Son, of Water-lane, we see that while Australian butter is selling at 96s to 106s per hundredweight, New Zealand butter is worth only 30s to 102s, very little of it being sold at the top price. It is strange that the New Zealand exporters, after some years of experience, should continue to supply us with butter either so badly made or so carelessly packed that a great deal of it has to be fold as grease."

INTEPROVINCIAL.

[PEK PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Auckland, April 8. A number of new mining companies have started operations at the Puhipuhi field. A proposal is on foot to form a company to purchase a crushing plant. New Plymouth, April 8. A letter received by last mail states that the company which has been formed In London to work the petroleum a.t New Plymouth will commence operations in May next. Masteeton, April 8. Influenza and Typoid fever are very prevalent in the Forty-mile Bush. Wellington, April 8. The Maoris at Orakei have been cele brating the Jubilee of the introduction of Christianity among them. Bishop Had field was one of the clergymen who originally preached the Gospel to them. There was a great gathering of Natives from all parts of the province, and the celebration concluded with a procession of 500 Maoris, clad in white, to the Church. Tawhiao's great Native meeting has been fixed for April 24th.

Dunbdin, April 8. Carlton 0. Fynmore, seventeen years old, a cadet; in the Railway service, was run over by some trucks this afternoon, while he was engaged in removing tickets, a stone having tripped him, which caused him to fall in front of the trucks. He was removed to the hospital, where he died.

Three fishermen while plying their vocation at the Heads this morning, found the body of a man in their net. It has been identified as that of James Rodger, of Portobello, who has been missing for more than a week. At the inquest a verdict of " Found drowned " was returned. The deceased had been in an asylum some time ago.

STARTLING EVENT IN A VILLAGE.

To the Editor of "Saturday Night," Birmingham. I recently came into pos session of certain facts of so. remarkable a nature, that I am sure you will" be glad to in making "them public. The follow ing letters were shown to me, and I at onpe begged permission to copy them for the Press, They come from a highly re- ! sponsible source, arid may be received, j without question. ME,SS^.GE from Gbobge James Gost- hwg, L,t>.S., R.C.5.1,, Ph, 0.1., Licentiate in. Pharmacy and Dental Surgeon, Stowmarket, July 18, 1889. To Mr White, The enclosed remarkable cure should, 1 think, be printed and circulated in Suffolk. The statement was entirely voluntary, and is genuine in fact and detail.—G.J.G.

•MSB ASHBttRTON GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY, A^RIL Q, 1890.



Staking three battles and two boxes of fSejgeTs Operating PUls, the we of her limbs was restored, and she is now able to walk three miles to Stowmarket with ease, frequently doing the distance in three quarters of an hour. Any sufferer who doubts this story can fully ascertain its truthfulness by paying a vis.it to the village and enquiring of the villagers, who will certify to the facts." " Appended is the husband's signature to the statement. "(R. Spink), ! " G. S. GostlinE, " Ipswich Street, Stowmarket." This is certainly a very pitiable case, and the happy cure Avrought by this simple but powerful remedy, must move the sympathy of all hearts in a common I 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, the was a miserable burden to 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 re minnds us—we speak it reverently—of the age of miracles. • It should be explained that this most .remarkable cure is due to the fact that jrheumatism is a disease of the blood. Indigestion, constipation, and dyspepsia cause the poison from the partially digested food to enter the circulation, and the blood deposits it in the joints and muscles. This is rehumatism; Seigel's Syrup corrects the digestion, and so stops the further formation and 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 en tirely by its mysterious action upon the digestive organs, But when we remem ber that nine-tenths of our ailments arise in those organs, we can understand why Seigel's Syrup cures so many disoases# Mother Beigel's OPERATING PILLS FOR CONSTIPATION, SLUGGISHLIVER ETC rjNU&E many kinds cf osthartlo coeU- U tinei, do not nukd you feel nur-t idote you feel better. Their operation b gaiitle, bat thorough, aa(? unattended viih daagreeable tff cts, uncb a* ftaus a ,ripiiig, <jgo, SMGtfL'S OPERATING FILLi an ;he bißv Jsmi y physctuai hna <.vor boen iirojvort'd Tew? clenae the boweU from a'l ir<Haling tabet^uce?, md letve ;hem In a healthy condition. The best remedy ex ant for Ina b*no cf sur Hvtie—coact potion ar>d ElaggUh liver. Theas PiJla prevent ftvore and alt kinde )f nlokooes, by removing a 1 poißouoas aaater from tlu bowels, Xh y operate a-iekly, y^v mildly, wi hut my -, aln. If you teko a sav^ro oo; d, aud ace ;brtatoned with a fever, wl'h paid ia the ierd|b«ck, aad limbs "na or t*o ('oaet )f SEIGEL'S OPERATING PILLS will jrtak np ih-5 ooli mi p-evont tho favoc. A coined tongue, witn. a brackish tahte ; scaused by fujl ma'e' in the tt mach. \ few doeea of SKIUISL'3 OP^IiAiINQ PILLS will r .cca-fce tha stomach, rerooy: :bo b.d ta»\o, and rett)-e he appotiio md with it bri-g good heahh. <. f.iaa^s die.ie, or paiti-Ily d-.cay*d focd caa es b ckaots, nuujf-a, and jiatrhcet. Tf the lowels a;e cl>a&Bed from th'a imparity with a dote of 3 IGEL'B OP.-'.KA.TiNW FILLS, tieae I'B3greeabl3eff-.fti wili van'eh »nd good tmalth will result. SEIGEL'S OPERATING PILLS pre rent ill effects from <xcea in caiia^or kiokicg. A «ood dosu al bee time ienderis >, person fit for bußinees in tbe morning. Thtso Pills, being BURarccßt:d, are peasant to take, Tho dleagretable taste jemmon to moat pills h obviated PROPRIETORS „ r\.J. WHITE, Limited LONDON, Eng. )R SALE BY ALL "cHEisTS-DRUGGISTS AND MEDICINE VENDORS' HOLLOWAY'S OIKrTMENT AND PILLS.-- Dutward infirmities. —Before the dis sovery of these remedies, many cases of sores, ulcers, etc., were pronounced to be lopelessly incurable, because the treat nent pursued tended to destroy the itrengtn it was incompetent to preserve, md to exasperate the symptoms it was nadequate to remove. Holloway's Pills sxert the most wholesome powers over ;he unhealthy flesh or skin, without lebarring the patient from fresh air and sxercise, and thus the constitutional vigour is husbanded while the most malignant ulcers, abscesses, and skin liseases are in process of cure. Both Ointment and Pills make the blood richer md purer, instead of permitting it to fall into that poor and watery state so fatal to pnany labouring under chronic ulcerations V. tt|& R. ON and after 2nd December, Mb Philip Tisoh will ran » M»>10<»oh from Alford Forebt Hotel to Spr'ngbarn Ktllwsy Satlon dslly, leavlocf the Forest at 7 a.m. and arriving et yp-lngbarn In time for the train to Ashbu t n, Iltl2B . . f T. Bnllock. If'UlA ISALE-^rasß luml i»;fiv Tuiwald, HA ACRES Easy term% Apply to 1 3 *T, BULLOCK. : ] EAKM DR^YS—For Sale new Drcya ! with frames. Apply to i rT. BULLOCK ■ TO FARMERS and Otbeira.—For Si'e a Light SpiiDg Dray. App'y to T. BULLOCK. RAFAIA fEOTIONS—I am prepared to receive offers for any of the following, viz, Numbers 26, 86, 121, 124 208,291, 292,295,297. Termn If required, App'y to _ B^QQ^% T7IOR SALE-e-SO Aoi** odtf, con veoifcrf ly JJ situated near theOcuoty Saleyards, divided into 3 poddockß pnd eurronnded with a plantation ; nil well waterei with a Ccuoty water rac?, Stay terms, Apply to T. BULLOOK, Fl^O FABMLJfiLiS -Che»p Storage — X Ohpap Storage—l nm prep»rodto sooept £67 10j rentvl ut.Ul the Ist of Jaoasry, 1891, far my brj;o Grain Sore In West Street. This tfifeve a lavorable opportunity for Farroerg to aomb'ne t.)gothft- and Store Grain en their own account it % yery tmiU ooit.



"To the Proprietors of MotherSeigeVs Syrup. . •'Gentlemen,-^The following remark ajbje cure was related to me by the husband. Mary Ann Spink, of Fin borough, 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 $ year and a half ago she was. advised to j)*y M.Qth. w Seigel's Syrup, mi after



FOR Sale very Cheap a 52in ordinary Bicycle in good order. —Apply for nameJoJ^Mail" Office. __4 54 ~ST~STEPHEN'S~CHURCH, ASH-~" BURTON. TTARVEST FESTIVAL SERVICE XX FRIDAY next, AprU 11, at 7.30 p.m. Preacher: Rev J. F. Teakle, of Lin coln, B.A. Collections for Church Debt. 4|s9__ _ SPECIAL ENTRY. SATURDAY, 12th APRIL. IP. and D. Duncan Anglo-American Grain Drill; 17 Coulters, nearly new s in perfect order, with all extras. ALFRED HARRISON, 4*58 Auctioneer. TO LET, T AND FOR CROPPING.' | j Apply, 4*5 MAX FRIEDLANDER. PHOTOGRAPHERS, 218, High Street, Christchurch FUNERAL NOTICE. fT^HE friends of Mr Robert McCallum, X are respectfully informed that the Funeral of his late beloved wife Isabella, will move from his residence Cameron Street West, at 2.30 p.m. on FRIDAY, 11th inst., for the Ashburton Cemetery. BAKER BROS., 4§60 Undertakers. NOTICE. rr HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEET- X ING of Members of the Ashburton Caledonian Society^ will be held in the Lodge room of the Oddfellows' Hall, Ashburton, on SATURDAY, April the 12th inst., at 7.30 p.m., to receive Direc tors' report and Balance Sheet, and to elect Officers for the ensuing year. T. SEALY, 1|42 Hon. Secretary. JL A ST. JOHN'S LODGE, NO. 1858, E.C. XIHE MONTHLY" Meeting of the _I_ above Lodge will be held in the Masonic Hall, Ashburton, TO-MORROW SVENING, 10th inst, at 7 p.m. Visiting Brethren cordially invited. H. A. VESTY 61 - Secretary. 75 ACRES, WAKANUI ROAD~" BOARD DISTRICT. MR T. BULLOCK has received in structions from the owner to sell >y Public Auction at the Arcade on SATURDAY, APRIL 12th, At 12 noon, — 75 acres, part of R.S. 22468, situated about 3 to 4 miles from the County Saleyards and adjoining Mr George Hoatten's property. Very easy terms of payment. T. BULLOCK, t+27 Auctioneer, SATURDAY, APRIL 12th. Town Section, 845. IITR T. BULLOCK has received in- I3X structions from Mr John D. Vilkinson to sell by Public Auction at he Arcade on the above date, — His Freehold Section 845, containing J-acre well situated in Aitken Street. Mr Wilkinson writes stating that he has decided to realize, even at a loss. Sale at 12 noon. T. BULLOCK, :t25 Auctioneer. SATURDAY, APRIL 12th. Section and Cottage at Hampstead, 11TR T. BULLOCK has received in 13X structions from the Executors of he late John Molyneaux to sell by 'üblic Auction at the Arcade on the ,bove date, — LOT 117, Wellington Street, Hamp stead, on which is erected a small Cottage now in the occupation of Mrs Leahy. Inspection invited. Sale at 12 noon. T. BULLOCK, 436 Auctioneer. 3uilding Allotments opposite the entrance to the Woollen Factory. \ jTR T. BULLOCK has received LfX instructions from Mr M. Quane 0 sell by Public Auction at the Arcade SATURDAY, APRIL 12th, At 12 noon, His two Freehold Allotments, num bered 7 and 8, deposited plan 306, nearly opposite the Woollen Factory entrance gate, Alford Forest Road. Terms if required. T. BULLOCK, 438 Auctioneer. f*"\N Account of Mr James Porter, — LOTS 5 and 6, each containing J-acre, adjoining tho above, ana also fronting the Alford Forest Road. 439 T. BULLOCK. LSHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. rENDERS are invited for Concrete Channelling. Particulars may be ibtained and tenders to be delivered at he Town Clerks office, Baring Square, »Vest, on or before MONDAY the 14th nst. at 12 o'clock noon. C. E. FOOKS & SON, Borough Engineers. Borough Council Office, Ashburton, i^h April, 1890. ■ 4 55 BOROUGH OFiSHBURTON. NOTICE is hereby given in accord ance with Section 65 of the "Municipal Corporations Act, 1886," bhat the Burgess List for 1890-91 and the Defaulters List are now openforinspection \t the Town Clerk's office during office hours until the 22nd day of April inst. All objections, thereto must be in writ ing in the form set forth in the fourth Schedule of the above mentioned Act, and addressed to me and delivered at my office on or before the 22nd day of April 1890. CHAS. E. FOOKS, Town Clerk. Borough Council Office, Ashburton, 7th April, 1890. 456 ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. EXTRAORDINARY VACANCY. I HEREBY give notice that an Elec tion to fill an extraordinary vacancy in the Ashburton Borough Council caused by the resignation of Councillor Daniel Mc- Farlane will be held at the Council Chambers, Baring Square, West, on THURSDAY, the 24th day of April instant. Nominations in the form prescribed in the second Schedule of the " Regulation of Local Elections Act,' 1876,," will be received at the Town Clerk's Office till 12 o'clock noon on FRIDAY, the 18th April, CHAS, E, FOOKS, 157 Returning Oftcer, " -^. , ■»■• -■"»_- ...



SELLING OFF PREVIOUS TO STOCK-TAKING. BOOKS, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Music, etc., at Greatly Reduced ! Prices, for Cash. N.Z. Jubilee Chronicle. [ L. F. ANDREWES & CO. EATING'S "COUGH "LOZENGES cure Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis. Medical testimony states' that no other medicine is so effectual in the cure of these dangerous maladies. One Lozenge alone gives ease, one or two at bedtime ensures rest. For relieving difficulty of breathing they are invaluable. They contain no opium nor any violent drug. Sold by all Chemists, in Tins, Is 1M and 2a 9d each. I £20 REWARD. ' TN consequence of the amount of Poach "*• ing going on in the Creeks on the Lagmhor Estate, the above reward will be paid to anyone giving information that will lead to a conviction. From this date No One will be per mitted to FISH in the Creeks on the Laghmhor Estate. DONALD MoLEAN. Laghmor, Ist April, 1889. THE GREATEST CURIOSirFoIT" EARTH. A HORSE WITH FOUR HORNS. BRED IN NEW ZEALAND. fTTHE above Unique Marvel of Nature _L Is now on view at Montgomery's Buildings, Burnett Street. (Next door to Stephens' Brothers, Grocers.) NO HUMBUG ! EVERYBODY SHOULD SEE IT! , Admission Sixpence ' EARLY CLOSING. WE the Undersigned agree to close our respective places of business at SIX o'clock on every day, except Saturdays, on which the hour will be 9.30 p.m. This agreement to take effect on and after TUESDAY, Bth April. El. C. Segers D. McFarlane Andrew Orr Robt McCallum Robert Alcorn D. Williamson W. W. Spencer John Orr and Co and Co New Zealand Cloth- Mitchell and Turner ing Factory I. Moison H. M. Jones W. H. Collier Henry Zander L. F. Andrewes (Saturday 9 p.m.) and Co. Stephens Bros 3. W. Alcorn Hugh M. Carson Wm Sparrow 3J195 JOl T0 £} A PER DAY t0 be o^JL d*J\n made by persons >f either sex, in their own localities, at svork for us. New business. All meet frith wonderful success. Any one can do ;he work. Capital not required. We ivill start you. Outfit worth £1 mailed :ree. The employment is particularly idapted to the region in which this publi cation circulates. Boys and girls earn learly a much as men. Full particulars »nd instructions mailed free. Now is the ;ime—don't delay, but write to us at once. Address Stinson and Co., Portland, Vlaine, United States. "J. BANGEK SADDLE, COLLAR, and HARNESS MAKER. HAVING Purchased the business of .; Mr A. Ireland, and remored nto those commodious premises, lately )ccupied by him in Burnett Street, begs nost sincerely to thank his customers for past support, and solicits a continuance )f the same, which he will strive to . leserve by keeping the best stock of Saddlery and Harness, and strict atten ;ion to business, combined with good yorkmanship and reasonable charges. Repairs neatly and promptly attended to. BAKER BROS., Builders, Undertakers, etc. Corner Wakanui Road and Cass Street (Next Central Hotel). 3r at Baker and Brown's Coach Factory, HAVELOCK STREET. } 90 (Next the Court House.) o. H Seymour, SURGEON DENTIST, Jls, Colombo Street (new Buildings near Corner of Gloucester Street.) ESTABLISHED 1869 SCALE OF CHARGES : '" I Extraction. 2s 6d per tooth; Fillings, 5a per tooth. \. reduction made where a numbe* require attending to. ARTIFICIAL TEETH The charges for Artificial Teeth are made with a view to strict economy, regulated jy such circumstances as cases present, or such materials as patients prefer. Par ticulars given on application. Consulta }ion free. Nitrous Oxide (Laughing Gas) idministered when required. Attendance, J a.m. to 6 p.m. 215, Colombo Street, Chrlstchurch. 8 167 ' STEPHENS BROS. NOW having opened their Establishment IN BURNETT STREET 1• • ■ Beg to intimate that they have been )so fortunate as to have secured 4 a regular supply of BUTTEB & CHEESE ~T7W)M the well-known Dairies of JO ] Messrs Small, Wilson, and Home, so customers can rely upon getting their choice from any of those Dairies which we consider are equal to any in Canter bury. "WJe also wish to draw attention to our TEj^S, which are now just Blended, and we would like anyone who laves a real good $ip of tea to, call for a sample. We have £>o in addition to. the .above a very nice Assortment of CROCKERY AND 1 GLASSWARE BRDSHWARE ETC., ETC. A|d any goods not kept in Stock will if required be procured promptly. Parcels will be delivered and Customers waited upotf if desired. STEPHENS X>ROS SEPHENS JJROS, ; Burnett Street.



ASHBURTON COAL & FIREWOOD DEPOT. EQ -DEAN, . &• -D E AN, COAL & FIREWOOD MERCHANT. TS BEAN CHAFF ETC., ETC i "IffiAlM.4 FIELD" PIPES \ LARGE supply of various SIZSB aiwaya Iq STOCK, fot SALE la Urge or sa»»!l qusntltira. SPECIAL qaol»t!om given for Urge qaaatltfoi. GEO. JAMESON, ASGBUBTON & RAKAIA. 3t172 , (By Special Ptraaliaon of the Hon. the Colonial Secretary,) GRANDNtJMISMATIOAL ART UNION THE Undersigned having decided, through special itflueutial request, to dupose of h:B splendid and unequalled COLLECTION OF COINS on view in tho fxMbition, bsga to inform the Public that Ticket) are now ready for issue." 4000 MEMBERS AT 10s EACH. First Pbizs : The Collection of 2000 Coins as now exhibited in Danedln. EEaoHD Pbizb: A Duplicate Collection of tha »bov e , consisting of about 700 Coins For [a rtica.irs seq handbills. Ths Drawing will -be under th© puper rlslon of au jDflubntial Committee of Gteotlemtn. For further p»riioa'arß app'y to : HENRY Z4.MDBR, barton OJtiOStiTSEY ;bHEEP DIP. FARMERS OF THE CHERT SEY DISTBIOT. IH»ve mnch p'oa?are In et^tbg th»t my tender for the CHERTSKY DIP i»_B bum toaented, and ih»t I will use MDHTON& WHITES' PREMIEIi DIP hrooghout the teaeon. My nun will be Ft the Chertsey bale ratda every MONDAY, WEDN&fsDAJT, md FRIDAY, daring; the Season oom neroiDg MARCH I9ih, from 8 o'clooi 111 fonr. Prloea for Dlpo ng Id per bead till 14:h iPaiL, ljd to 14th MAY. 1 wou'd strongly advise Farmers to Dip Early. InaUuotion? oan ba loft with 111 MoDcwall, Cbortney. D. THOMAB, ( 84 Achbnrtoo BOOTS BOOTS BOOTS' ( I ESTATE OF 1 GEORGE DIACK, ' BOOTMAKER, Town Hall 1. « £IALE of at ovo STOCK now oa at MITCHELL & TURNER'S, TANCEED STBEET. coooooccoooo 0 SHOW ° o o 00000.COOOOO o 8 I GRAND SHOW I o o s ■ ° a COOOOO OOCOIO g so o iirii/ oof 2 o OFo IILII oOFo | §op o o § § 000000 OUOOOO § o o t O O O >miQ DuOOOOUUi ;UUOOUOUU(JOOO ] DRAPERY 1 i GOODS | O O S This and the following Days § § § § is g O o O • O 0 o 1 — MILLINERY — 8 g JACKETS . JACKETS § § Bibbonn § g FLOWERS FSATHEBB § ! CLOTHING I o o o O O " O I Boots I o 0000003003 OOOOO3OCO o §0 O 00003 0 0 o g ooirprtßou o oOarpeteog go o0) o o o© g OOOOCO3COO O 0 000000000 § § oo)' o ANDREW ORS



The Union Fire Insurance Company, Limited. : Head Office, CMstchiirch. Directors :— Capital, £2,000,000 . Hon. J. T. Peacock, M.L.C., Chairman. Paid up, £100,000 Cr. G. Stead, Esq., Deputy Chairman, Reserve and Re-insurance Fund, J. Anderson, Esq., J. Palmer, Esq., £65,000. P. Cunningham, Esq., H. E. Webb, Esq., Hon. W. Reeves, M.L.C. General Manager, W. DEVENISH MEARES, Offices, 172 Hereford St., Christchurch. Special Features : The only Institution of the kind with its Head Office in Christchurch. . . Liberality in Settlement of Claims. . . . Rates, the lowest current. AGENT FOR ASHBURTON AND DISTRICT, JOHN G. KESTELL WEST STREET. 443 ~ | C. THORNTON DUDLEY LAND, ESTATE AND STOCK AGENJ, 161 Hereford Street, Chrlatchurch. I have aams of money to lend on good security at low late of Interest. Several Farms for Sale. THE MIRRoiT' A HIGH-CLASS Weekly, Social, Political, Literary, and Dramatic paper, to be published every FRIDAY, price 3d, by the Centennial Printing arid Publishing Company, Limited, Melbourne place, Russell Street, Melbourne. bheep Dipping WM. SPABROW, ' MONDAY, APBIL 7th, TAILOR AND . . « . ■ BROOKE'S MEN'S _MERCER NEWPUBLICDIP BAST STREET RAILWAY JJESBRVE OppOEite Aahbnrton Saleyarde, PRICE: One Penny per head under 500 Threa f arthioge per head over 500 I . Special low quotations for Brooke's Peifeot Sheop lip will be given to owner* of PhMo Dipa. . 3tlll «TE ARE BUYERS AT ALli TIMES OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, BYEGBASS, PEAS, ETO,, ETC, FRIEDLANDER BROS. WHEAT SHIPMENTS" *T7E ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBERAL ADVANCES, FREE OF COMMISSION AND INTEREST, against nil kinds of Produce plaood la oar hudt or shipment to the United Kingdom or the Continent, . HAYING our owu home In London la • eoffiMent guarantee that the Interest )f Clients, who will entrujt the ihlpment of their grain to as, will be well looked ufter. ]llepto may also rely that expense! will be kept at low as possible, and the hlghes narket value realised. EACH Farmer's Lot Is shipped nnder a distinct and separate brand,. no tw ots being branded alike, and e»oh lot is sold on its own merits. Prompt arosun Sales as in the past. . : WE are also prepared to store grafn ani othae Produce at Ashbnrton, Lyndharst Dytteltcn or Addlngton upon ea»y termi, and make rewonvble advances on tame. FRIEDLANDJfiR BROS. NOW LANDING ~~ BX " Maud Graham " 20,000 Feet DRESSED KAURI T. & G. FLOORING I T. * G. MATCH LINING AND BOARDS. EX "Spray" 30,000Feefc SPLENDID RED PINK. BX • Zlor " 20,000 Feot MAGNIFICENT WHITE PINE FLOORING, LINING, AND SHELV FROM HA VJILOOK. IN STOOK AND TO ABBIVE "WISTPOBT, NEWCASTLE, GBEY VALLEX AND MOONT £OMEBB COAL. W,H. COLLINS tea Timber and Coal Merchants ASHBUBTON. ABDNDANT CROPS OF GOOD WOOL, OF THE BIGBEST MARKET VALUE FOR ITS CLASS, EiSSURID BY THE USE OF little's patent sheep dip (NON-POISONOUS.) ADVANTAGES OF LITILE^FpATENT FLUID DIP :— IF PROPERLY USED according to the Instructions, It Ib the best, the most effectual and moat valuable Dip knowo. IT IS NOT POISONOUS to animals, there (s therefore no danger of poisoning Horses, Sbeep, Cattlo or other animals, by the Dip drabing on tho graes or herbage ; ihero la do dang, rln leaving it aboat iv the way of ohidren ur otl'ora ; nor is ihure any danger of wholesale poieoolDß from neglect, accident, or design. ITS BFFEOT UPON THE WOOL !b exceedingly Important to WooJgtoworß. It apldly the valne; it pot arrest tho growth at toy time but promotes h« natural sooretions, and increases the weight of the fleeoo; It does not etaln oi diecoloi the woo), nor Uka oat any of tho yolk, but Is tt all times tho bast Dip foe tso wool that o»n be used. IT IS CHEAP and repays iteolf tenfold to the sheep-owntr. IT IS EASY TO USE, requiring very little prrparatior, mixes Instantly with oold water, leaves no sediment, no scum, no waste; One gallon of Dip to 100 gallons of watei-Mho wash Is then ready fcr use. r ~ -■' " IT 18 SAFE. While Poisonous Dlpa oan only be need with oautlon upon sheep, this Dip may be need npon all animals : Hones to kill Icsects and the mange; also Dogs for the same purpose ; aleo for exterminating imeots, and alhylng all Irritation of the ikln of Dairy Cattle, Cilves, Pigs, etc., for which purpose it is simply lnva!a<bl?. FOR SCAB, LICE, TICKS, and losers of all kinds, It (a a mo«t effectual Dip, and thoroughly reliable at all times, and in all climates. LITTLE'S PATENT FLUID DIP has » world w'de reputation of the highest possible oharaoter. It has reoelted more GOLD and SILVER MEDALS and otcer AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE AND MERIT than perhaps all the ohei Sheep Dips together, AGENT FOB ASHBURTON COUNTY , GEO. JAMESON 1 - '



JOHN C COBR j BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR^: i '■; ' Bullock's Arcade, Y-- : ( Burnett Street, -.:;. A.sht>uirt<m C% ENERAI, PRESS AGENCY VT — ■ .*■: REPORTERS, Newspaper Corres pondents and Advertising Agents, Russell Street,- Melbourne,: . Undertake Special Reports of Public Meetings, Newspaper Correspondence, and Newspaper Advertising throughout the Australian Colonies and New Zealand. Communications to be addressed to The 1 Manager. -• . ■ .*'? ■ N.B.—Files of Provincial Newspapers are kept for tba convenience of,. the Ageneys clients. ; ; ,- ... — .527 TO W.NE N D S Biliour and Liver Pilla -: iV* -; "'-■>'■ ■ ■ ' -CURE "■ "-'^ '•-;' il, ' Nervousness, Headache, Acidity, Heart burn, Pains between the Shoulders, Pal pitation of the Heart, Interrupted Sleep, Harassing Dreams, Tendency to. start, to '- be Frightened, Spasms, Flatulence, Co# tiveness, Skin Eruptions, Impure Bloody and Bilious Disorders. \ ?_; <n Price—ls and 2a 6d. By post free fox 80 stamps. . ■ ,/-.," a W. P. TOWNEND, -Va-i Pharmaceutical Chemist, * - ~n 183 Colombo Street/ :f , . Christchurclii:^ ' • R'• r "."■■'l-.v^ I.'. O „ << t ■ -.-* IZ-4-. g 0Q Q® -* & f g 1.1-33-«: IV' S 3 ni §lno^ a £ 2 rig * g^ 'I < . d g " H S-r I -'5 3*' o m == ■ ■ JWBBHgc .- , -■- ■-.:.. GOVERNMEKT LIFE INSUEANCI ' DEPABTMENT.. ".;. "-,>"':'■ j 1 LOANS ON MORTCACE. ' -: FROM time to time a limited portion of the funds is lent oa.first mortgage of freohold lecurity, with option of repayment by fixed in italmenta, spread over IS, 15, or 20 years. - Half.-yeQr.ly Payment for each J6IOO. ' Period of Loan— ;■ £ b. d.' Twelve years ... ... 6 * 7 ' IHftcen years „.. ... 5 8-9 ._■':. Tiuenty years ... ... 413 8 , ; - Loans repayable by instalments whereby prin-. ipal and interest are both liquidated within a, liven tim--- -".I ■■,". ir ".■- of .-. : "■ *";r,~.-;?\'A« :haracter |'n. ■ :.i ::...i .<. ii: .\..: i- .«■ -i:.!!i'i i md others. The boiTowor may, before the expbry of the y ull period, redeem the loan, y/ith or without . - iotice,ont- •"" '. * . ' * " ■ ."'■.'. 'I '-. ■ . >fflcc, or at . . . ...■. ■.■,, vhere also' ' . • ■ ■ ■■■■.■ :.■■ '. For full ■ ■ " . : r .'■ :<> •■lio - - lead andl.i..:.. ■ ' ■ . "" .< . F. AY. FBANKLAND, 1M.A.,. •-, .- LI Cornmissiouor ami Govt. Actuary.-. IRONMONGERY. JOHNORR&CO. Are Offering SPECIAL VAIiUE FOR CASH, : Prior to their Annual Balance.' ■ AND Having Large Stocks of Lead-. ing Lines now landing, Purcha? s  iiers will save from 10 per cent to 20 pet sent. 12 cases new Bedsteads at all price* Guns of all kinds, grand value 10 cases Sporting Powder 15cwtShot 4 cases Fenders from 6s to £5 50 sets Fire Irons from 5s to 30s 4 casks Holloware and Kitchen Utensib : 3 packages Lamps, Globes and Chimneys 1 case table and pocket Cutlery, grand + value 3 casks Plough and Trace Chains 100 drums Raw and Boiled Oil 2 tons White Lead Paints and Varnishes of all kinds 5 bales Wall Paper 50 Register Gratefe from 14s 6d, 17s : 6d to £5 .....>•,. Ranges and Stoves of all sorts 20 tons Bar Iron 1 ton Bolts and Nuts all sizes 4 packages Wringers and Mangles ■ v New "Home Sewing Machine" best and simplest Leather Portmanteaus and travelling. Trunks - ..*■; Leather Belting l|in to 6in „ . ; Manilla and Flax Rope, l|in to 3in . ._-> 40 coils of Plough Line . - V 2 cases Sellar's Mould Boards Hornsby's and Ransome's- Plough: Shares, all sizes 3 casks Buggy Springs and Axles.: , .. 40 kegs Bluestone - '75 kegs Wire Nails . ; .;: ---20 kegs Fencing Staples 40 coils Barb Wire • YT 2 bales Seaming Twine V . ;'"*" 1 case Babbet Metal . - -" • 20 bundles of Spades and Forks, &c, ,i 4 packages Screws, Locks and Hinges 4 packages Saws, Chisels, and Planes 6 cases Picks and Axes 4 cases Gorse Knives 8 cases Axe, Pick and Hammer Handles „ 1 case Hammers VALVOLINE, LUBROLINE, CASTOR, COLZA, OLIVE, LARD, andNEATSFOOT OILS 10 crates China and Earthenware. • —Including— ... *-.:' New Toilet, Dinner, Tea,. and. Dessert ware. Some of these ' " are really beautiful goods. GROCERY DEPARTMENT WHERE GOODS OF THE BEST QUALITY ONLY ARE KEPT. PURE INDIAN TEA in lib and 51b tins, will be found the finest TEA now i obtainable. 500 bags best Mauritius Sugar 150 boxes Tea - 50 half chests Tea ,' 150 boxes candles 1 ton prime Cheese 100 cases Kerosene . / 100 bags fine Salt; . V 40 bags Rock Salt -. . ; OamaTU Oatmeal . - ... ' Rollitt and Co's Roller/Flour Alias' Roller Flour (Timaru) Butter from Mr John Grigg's famous ;•; dairy. V ', Large buyers will bo able to get a better selection and at a lower price than they can in any house in Christchurch or Dunedin. T HNARRjLriO J OHN VjRR Ou \JQ* 9 IiITOBIERS,