The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1890. BOGUS LAND SETTLEMENT.

When criticising . the Ministerial land policy we frequently ex pressed a misgiving that the Richard son' land sales were not of a bona fide settlement nature. Our misgiving has grown to be a settled conviction.. "We could not realise how so much land could be disposed oi-in large and small lots, and so little additional "settlement result. Only one .Inference could be drawn, and that was that present holdings were being extended, while those who really required the land for settlement would not obtain it, and were leaving the Colony in sheer disgust. That our fears were well grounded in this respect the subjoined information will j show. At a'recent sale of land in Canterbury the follow ing representatives of landed interests were the. successful cash purchasers:—

Section 36034, 84 acres oa the Brothers range, to the Otago and Southland In vestment Company (granted under forest tree planting order); section 36037, 72 acres do, to C. N. Orbell ; section 36040, 64£ acres do, to Patrick Patullo ; section 36208, 1571 acres do, to O. N. Orbell j section 36209, 1396 acres do, to William Grant; section 36210, 400 acres do, to Patrick Patullo ; section 36043, 200 acres, Cave Hill range, to Frank Dickson; section 36044, 72 acres do, to C. N. .Orbell; section, 36045, 225 acres do, to D. M'Queen ; Bection 36211/630 acres do. to Patrick- PatuHo ; section 36213, 168 acres do, to Frank Dickson ; section 36214, 285 acres, near Connington station, to Wm Brown; section 36215, 200, acres do, to George M-'Lean ; section 36217, 36 acres do, to J. 'A. Ritchie'; section 36060, 1500 acres, Opawa run, to M. E. Ruther ford ; section 36086, 1695 acres, Three Springs run, to Arthur Hope; section 36087, 12,738 acres do, to A. F. Hawke ; section 36089, 1768 acres, Albury run,' to T. A. Bullick ; section 36090, 1698 acres do, to W. H. Hargreaves.

In the foregoing list our readers will be attle to pick out the .names of many who, previous to their recent pur chases, already held more of the public estate than was good for, the pro gressive settlement of the country; and it speaks .volumes against the boasted " liberalising " of the land laws when such persons can add acre to acre, and the small capitalist and will ing labourer cannot get land either upon deferred payment or for cash. The majority of the foregoing pur. .chasers are, it will be observed; Otago holders, but their names will no doubt be familiar to many settlers in Canter bury, who have friends seeking for land and cannot obtain it. A further proof that the land is falling hvto the hands of present holders instead of bona fide new settlers was given by Mr W. P. Reeves in his recent address to his constituents. Under this heading, Mr Reeves said :—

The fraud of dummyism is one of ' the curses of the hour. In Wellington at a recent land sale 286 persons applied for 2i sections of land. There were ,800 ap plicants for 90 sections,' 523 for 23 sec tions, 70 for one section* and from 20 to 23 for most of the others. The fact was that the land sales were,scrambles where tho speculator had just as much chance of winning the land as uouajide settlers. A large number of • the applications were simply dummy and bogus ones. He had noticed'that Mr M'Gregor, the Govern ment Whip, in his speech ,at -Akaroa, seemed to tldnk that everything had been done that could be done for the settlement of the land, bub he (Mr Eeeves) knew young men from Banks Peninsula- who went up to Wellington on .one occasion to get' land, and Jjad to come' back heart 1 dick. But what else could be expected when people could take the land and were not obliged to live upon it, , ... He was not going to waste their lime • by discussing the question at 1 great length, but to show them that the selectors ; were nofc boii'i. fide hard-working setifclew, he would road a list of the purchasers al the land sale on March 13 last. ~ He was not going to say a word against the ladies and gentlemen mentioned, They had all acted strictly within the jaw, and had done nothing which they' had nob a perfect right to. He only wished to let the meeting see the sort of people who got the land under the present arrangements. The following was the list of purchasers : —Ashburton County: Q, Harper 618 acres, C. J. Harper 640, C. Gale 200, W. F. Somerville 656|, H. H. Wright 640, E, F. 1 Wright'6oo, John M'Lean 1975 (with geven applications), G. A. M'Leanj Buckley 61&, JEinily 0. M. Strachey 640, 1 Claud M, Straehpy 640, W. Fitzgerald 26, Cecilia Ross 320, SibeJJa A. Wilson 320, Johanne S, Loshe 320, F, H, Bruges 320, E. J. Boss 136, J. Chapman 100. Geraldine County; Mm Wright 86, B. M'Millan 124, W, E, »%rker 33£, E. M'Donald 258£, W. X, WDonMitf, B- - M. M'Donald "506, R. Thew 52, H. J.. LeCren 225, G. J. Dennison Gil, C.' Haar 9J, If, Ashby 60, A. 'Smith 14J, P. Burke 135, It the' law were as he would have it, ni«# pf these peo ple would not be • alloyed \,o , pur chase an acre of land in New Zealand. The foregoing evidence is a strong ro futation of the Ministerial boast of the settlement of. the lands, and throws some light upon the continuance of our long period of depression. Additional testimony as to where the land is going j is given by Sir Robert Stout,- who, in j a letter to the Press, accuses Mr Richardson as follows:—

He (Mr Richardson) had "practically abolished the perpetual lease system ; he had done his best to kill the small run system; he had sacrificed second-class land ill Ms, 12s, Ms, and 17s per acre. Duimnyism was rampant. If ho doubts it, lot jui impartial commission ho wgimised, find it will 1)0 pioved <-o]the full. KeUJo nicud condilit«KJ had been bo relaxed —in many instances mskluncc dispensed wilh and expenditure of monay substituted- thiit capitalists luivo all power ia obtain ing Crown knds. The area that, cm be taken up on so-called settlement condi tions Jiad been largely .extended. Tlic fact in, thlit our lands are gradually and surely slipping away from us, ami our population is, at tiio mum) time, leaving our shores. Proper land administration would have prevented both these evils,"

JKn experimental lot of cases of frozen : raWyKt has been sent Home from luvercar giU. r'^he charge ■■■" I;- ■;. i "'•' •■'■ the Rev J. Gihb, of Fir»t \. ■ ..•■". 1•..■.-. ..", livs 1 been > dismissed.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Titokawaru, the racehorse,for whom £1000 was recently refused, cost his present owner only £40>

- The "WaikatoNews" ceased publication on Saturday, after an existence extending over five years.

Proceedings are to be taken against an Oainaru publican for refusing to take into his house the body of a man for the purpose of holding an inquest thereon.

The oldest observatory in the world is located at Pekin, in China. It was founded in 1279 by Kybla dynasty. There are still in it three of the first instruments of obser vation. These were used for the obser-J vation of Halley's comet, in 1738, and may also be used when, 22 years hence, this comet again appears.

An astounding case of suicide has occurred at Havre, in France.' A-workman named Gaiitier, 54 years of age, while 1 suffering from delirium tremens, deliberately thrust his head into the furnace of a limekiln at which he was employed, and the upper half of his body was charred to a cinder before he could be withdrawn. ■'■ '

A suggeston has been made to us that, as the Government are not likely to be able to carry out their promise to put a sum on the estimates for Public Libraries, a penny stamp duty on totalisator tickets would produce the amount hitherto voted, viz., £4000. This would provide the libraries with much needed help, and at the same 1 'time ,make some use of the in creasing evil of betting, ■ while the tax would never be felt by* the sporting portion of the community.—"Wanganui Herald."

A notification appears in our advertising columns that on and after Ist July return tickets will be issued daily on the railways for distances of twenty miles and over. Tickets for twenty miles will be available for return the following day, or from Saturday £0 the following Monday. For distances over twenty miles tickets will be available for return for one month ; and over 300 miles be available for two months. The fares have been slightly altered in some cases, but only to the extent of a penny or twopence. This has been caused by a corrected computation of the mileage. '

The great question which is agi tating London eoaiety is, will Lord Hartington, who has already been a great admirer of the lady, marry the Duchess.of Manchester ? ■ Among the upper ten thousand who pretend to know the facts in the case, there has been a large amount of wagering, men freely laying two to one against his marrying, while the ladies hold .exactly the opposite view. The event cannot (says a Home paper) be decided for two months at] least, but already it shares the honors of the .Derby in the betting line. . • ■

The Suez Canal is year by year becoming more and more the great naval highway. In 1889 the increase in 1 the tonnage of vessels was 140,000. . Though this is true, the num ber of vessels which passed through is smaller, the difference in size accounting for it. Within the last few years the journey across the isthmus has been continuous, owing to the use of electricity, which makes the night passage possible. Two-thirds of the steamers now avail themselves of it, and the mean duration of the passages ■is registered at 26h 44min. Of the ships that use the Canal, England sends about 80 per cent of the whole; France comes next with 5 per cent, Germany and Holland following.

HeligolandjHhe smallest organised British colony, seems to enjoy a Utopian immunity from the troubles which beset larger com munities. It has no debt, no .crime, no disease. The Governor's report, issued by the Colonial Office recently, shows that last year's revenue was the largest ever collected oa the island, and considerably exceeded the expenditure; that the deposits in the saving banks equalled half a sovereign per head of the population, aiid that there had -boon in the year only nine summary con victions, and not one person committed for trial.. "Seriously, crime," remarks hii Excellency (Mr A. Barkly), "may be said to be', almost unknown' in Heligoland." The population is 2500.

The " New York World " has been taking what is called a child census, with the follow ing results :—3OO families in the aristrocratic quarter known as Fifth Avenue were found to cdntain only 91 children under ten years of age, and not more than six children have been btfrn in them within twelve months. The same number'of families in the poor neighborhood of Cherry Hill possessed 660 children under ten years of age, and the total number of children boni within twelve months was 111. These startling figures are occasioning quite a sensation in the United States, as they serve to show that the wives of men belonging to the "wealthy classes are shirking maternity, while the poor are multiplying with the utmost rapiditj.

Emperor William has not prohibited duelling in the German Army, as has been stated by several of my contemporaries. But no duel, is in future to take place until there lias been a thorough inquiry into all the circumstances by two Colonels, who are to allow the encounter only (1) if the provo cation was a public assault, to" which an apology has been refused; or (2) when an insult has been offered to a lady who is a relation or the betrothed of the challenger. Under no circumstances, however, is a duel to be permitted when the quarrel has arisen out of a brawl in a club-house, coffee-house' or, any similar place; when one of the parties .has already been "out" three times' or when one of the parties is a married man with children.—"Truth."

' Two brothers once lived at Kirkhill, who believed in transmigration. It happened that one was laid on his death-bed, and he called his brother to his bed-side. " Tarn." said he, "I'mdeein', and when I'm deid, I'll be turned; into a horse, and if ever I meet ye I'll nod to ye, and yell ken it's me." Some time after his brother's death, Tarn was going over Dahnarnock Bridge, when he met an old horse drawing a heavy load and nodding it 3 head yiole.ntly as it came along. Tarn ran up to it, and hugging it round the neck, began to kiss it and cried out, "Oh, my brither, ia that you ? The carter, naturally surprised said—" Get out of that and leave the horse alone." Tarn looked at him and then said—"Man, d'ye no ken that's my brither, and he was the best weaver in a ,Cam'slang.

A'Wellington correspondent writes :—"lt is said that the number of absentees living in London or on the Continent of Europe or "elsewhere," who draw annually largo stuns from estates in this colony, is larger than .most/ people have an adequate notion of* It is said ihM a, return, qi the names and estates will probably be lftid before Parliament during the coming session ac part of a return incidental to real estate held in the colony. I am not sure that this information does not point to the assessment of the properties for the purnoees of taxation, the owners of which are never seen in the colony, who spend the whole of the wealth derivable from the colony abroad, and leave the land unproduc tive until some chance bidder may take it up to his own risk and general discredit of New Zealand as a 6ql# for investment."

A striking instance of the procluctivene s of thb ]\Janawatu soil, and the excellent results to be obtained from careful farm management (says the "AJamuvatu Times"), is afforded by the fpllowing figures, -which have been handed us by a well-known settler in this district:—ln August last year 464 hoggets were purchased at 7s per head, and put upon a farm of-91 acres. In January the sheep were shorn, four having diod, and the fleeces netted 3s lsd, equal to a return of £80. In the same month 200 were frozen, averaging 071bs each, and 81bs of fat, and the estimated returns are 13s it'jl per head on the ruling price for frozei: mutton, which uives .Ul5O. Tho remainder wore frozen hi Maxell lat.t, averaging ,")81b, and at JOrf per head a atnu uf £KJO is pro duced. Beside this, 400 bushels of oats were grown on the land, and after deduct ing o^pcuacs of growing the grain and so forth, the fcsult is a return of no less than .£.'{ 2.-J per. acre on \] t a Jii»d for the seven mouths from August ISSU, to Mtu'di, 1800.

A meeting of the members of the Ashbur ton Cricket Club is called for to-morrow evening to arrange for a ground for next season.

A young man named William Ryan, while employed cutting logs at Tiki, Coromandel, on Wednesday! was Jstruck by a rolling boulder and killed.

It is said that the increased value of iron will give a clear profit of £23,000 to the lucky purchasers of the Great Eastern, now being broken up" at New Ferry, Liverpool.

The body of the Waitotara Maori woman, alleged to have been murdered by her husband, has been exhumed. . The result of the post mortem examination has not been made public- ■ ■ - ,

The Victorian Government dent Sir John Hall, as a present, a photograph of the mem bers of the late federation conference. The New Zealand Government, to whomhe gave his services gratuitously, made him.pay, duty on the picture! ■ '' , .

We believe (says the "Canada Health Journal;") that there is no" better direct remedy for temperance than , strict vege tarianism. Sir Charles Napier tried a vegetable diet as a cure for intemperance in twenty-seven cases, and the cure was effected in every case, the time varying from thirty six days to twelve mouths.

The latest number of the •." Phonetic Journal" contains sk/ao simile of :shorth'ahd" notes taken by Mr Bernard de Bear at 200 words a' "minute, for' which he received a diploma and a gold watch from Mr Isaac Pitman, the inventor of phonography. In the last number of the " Reporters' Journal" we find a/ao simile of a minute test by the same gentleman which came out at 215 words. The best authenticated records so,far have been Mr T. A. Reed's 213 words for a half hour sermon, and Mr Watt's 220 words for a 40 minutes' speech.

A lady and her daughters were recently sfcaying at a hotel in a seaside suburb of a city down south (says a contemporary), and during the time the young' ladies became intimate with the manageress of the hotel. When strolling about the house one day she walked into the bar, and the young ladies unconsciously followed, and made "ah in T spection of the bar.' ■ On examining the handles of the beer engines, they expressed the greatest curiosity as to their use, but the hotel manageress promply told them that their mother, could give all particulars, as she had used them for many years.

The two notable inter-African explorers of modern times—Mr H. M.- Stanley and Commander Cameron—are physically small men. They are, in fact,. what are called little. But both are very square about the shoulders, and of elastic movement.,. Stan ley's most striking feature is his eyes. The man's fpower oxer^his fellows is in his glance, .> The steadiness of his eye-is quite unaided by the Betting of the mouth or brow. When 'Stanley " found. Livingstone " his hair was brown and curly;-when he setout to relieve Emm Pasha it was white, scanty and straight as bristles. So much for fever.

An instance of the old customs and ideas still remaining among the natives of !Rara tonga is Recounted oy Mr Banbury, the charterer of the New Zealand schooner Sarah Pile. The vessel recently took the troupe of Earatonga natives who had visitedl Auckland for jubilee celebrations to their island home, and on the voyage was beset by head winds. The natives became alarmed at this and vowed that some "Jonah " ,was on board. A meeting of inquiry and inspec tion was held amongst themselves, when it was discovered that several of the dusky beauties had presents of various kiinds in their possession, such as silk handkerchiefs, and other articles of personal adornment in which the feminine mind of the darkey as well as the pale face delights. They could not give any satisfactory reason for their, possession' of these treasures, which, were at once, con fiscated, tabooed, and thrown overboard as propitiation to the wind god. : Strange to relate after this the passage was as favorable as could be wished for, and the Raratongans are convinced that they did the right thing.

The remark that the 4 Union Steamship L-'ompany was going in for economy was made by more than one visitor to the main wharf, Dunedin, recently, owing to the fact that a couple of tin flags were seen floating at the masfc heads of that homely and small steamer the Beautiful Star. It is said that the tin 3ags were firat of all tried on one of the large intercolonial boats of the fleet and being found to answer admirably all the vessels will be fitted with them, One flag bears the initials of' the company on an appropriate ground, and tho other presents the well known Blue Peter. When it is borne in mind that the flag made of bunting lasts a very {short time, exposure for a few days in strong breezes being almost enough to ruin it, tho new departure made by the company appears to be a very sensible one.

The best medicine is Sander and. Sons' Eucalpyti Extract. Test its eminent power ful effectd in coughs, colds, influenza, etc.— the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy and medical syndicates all over the world are its patrons. , Read the official reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of tho genuineness of our references. ; The official reports of medical clinics .and univer sities, the official communications of., tli© Consul-General for Italy at Melbqurn'e; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam—all these are authentic docu ments, and, as snob, not open to doubt. W. add here epitome of one of the various cases treated at the clinic .of Schultz, M.D.. Pro fessor, etc.—"C. 8., 24 years oldj 'conges tional abscess on the thigh. Incisions made in two places. Although Lister's dressing was applied,, the secretion became, two days later, very copious, and had adopted a foetid decomposed character, The temperature rose enormously, In consequence the dressing wasi removed a.nd iri' its, plaice, were maae during the day-time repeated irrigations with Eucalypti ExtracL The offensive fceter dis appeared very .soon, the -fever abated within a few days, and the patient recovered after the lapse of several weeks. In this instance we must not lqsq sight of the faqt that the latter treatment saved tho patient's life."— (Advt;) 3

Scientific Dentistry.

A remarkable instance of the construc tivo skill of a dentist has come to the knowledge of the Auckland "Herald." It appears that in July last a yodng woman named Miss O'Donnell, aged 16, the daughter of a settler residing s,t Kaeo, was interested hx watching her brother clean a gun which had been returned the previous day. The gun was said to be uncharged, but no effort appears to have been made to prove the truth of the state ment. While watching her brother clean ing the gun, the xharge exploded, and the shot lodged in Miss O'Donnell's left cheek, injuring the sight 'of the right eye, smashing and carrying away the bones of the upper and lower jaws' and destroying every tooth In her head, save one. The pieoes of jaw bone not carried away at the time had to be removed subsequently by Dr Haines, but this was six months afler the accident, the girl having remained' the whole of that time without the necessary medical skill to attend to her very serious injuries. After the pieces of decomposed bone had been successfully removed by Dr Haines, and proper attention paid to her, the many points of discharge which were in operation, owing to the presence qf pieces of dead bone, soon'coasod, and a general healing of the wouuad took place, After all the wounds had been healeil, Dr Haines soul fcho patient to Air W. 11. Skeol, of Iho-City Dental Rooms, Queen street, who had not only to replace ,;lu> l.ccth in both upper and lower j.-iws, .but also to supply the .loss of bone so as to restore Iho nat.r l fc o::^v*: ■■:■■■" of tho face. This has I . --it '•'. ■■■■ ■■ ■ < flkitintly that little is now seen of the terrible oifcets of tho accidental discharge of the fowling piece in J nly List. Some scars, of course, still remain ; but even those will be ijoftened down by- increase of years. A most remarkable restoration and cure has been etFocted. The faco and mouth have now quite a natural and pleasing iip pearance, and. the patient is able to cat with comfort and pleasure, and can speak as distinctly as «vcr, The cure, alto, «otoer, is oho of the most romarkablo in dental science which has yet taken place'

Snakes in Ireland.

From Ireland comes the news that snakes have appeared in tha.t country. It seems that about £five years ago a show man named Wilson come from America with a show of living ' wild animals. He landed his show at Queenstown, and gave exhibitions up through Ireland with more or less success. But one night, at the little town of Amraugh,.in Tipperary, Mr Wilson got vory drunk and attempted to clean out his own show. The constabu lary force sought to interfere, and (whether as a means of seff-defence or in a spirit of Jvumour,J know not)Mr Wilson turned all the wild animals loose. Of course this created a terrible, uproar, and for a week the neighborhood was in a state of wild excitement. The, wild beasts were duly either captured or killed, .but for three years no-,trace of,the den of snakes let loose on that memorable night could be found. Meanwhile Mr Wilson went to prison for two years.  •;,, DEATH OF PIGS. . , ' Two years ago the people in the neigh borhood of Amraugh began to miss poultry and pigs. Several > vagabonds fell under suspicion, were apprehended^ and locked up. But the depredations continued, ,and finally the a farmer's lad^testined that upon returning late one night from a merrymaking, he had seen the 1 evil one in the guise of a serpent making away with a pig across the field. The village priest took the lad in hand and, questioned him closely, but nothing could " shake the fellow's testimony. About this , time other people detected similar fiends in the act of like depredations, and at once arose a hue and cry that the spot was a damned one, and had been given over to the devil for his diabolical practices. Special prayers were said, and the devil was publicly denounced, but the depreda tions continued, and presently .from Castleraine, a town twelve. miles distant, came word that his satanic majesty begun operations in that locality, his victims in this instanceand in this place being sheep, not poultry and pigs. CHURCH.AN© POLICE. In.this dismal emergency the Bishop was most properly appealed to, for the parish priests were at their wits' end and their parishoners wjßre well-nigh frantic through fear. The Bishop promised to investigate the affair, but instead of re sorting to conventional ecclesiastical methods, that holy and sagacious' man enlisted the services of two shrewd detec tives from-Dublin, the intellectual' centre of Erin. The Bishop; fancied'that the devil, was doing his unholy work by proxy—not in the. guise of dragons and serpents, but' in the persons of certain lawless characters too lazy to work and I just knavish enouph to steal. The detec tives, laboring under this heresy, made their investigations quietly and without holy water or wafers, and in the course of a fortnight reported to' their saintly employer that the depredations at Castle raine and Amraugh had indeed been com mitted by serpents, the detectives them selves having seen and watched the same upon three distinct occasions seize, kill, and carry off their prey. The serpents were described as dark of color, and fully fifteen feet in length. They killed their victims by coiling about their bodies. TURNED UP AGAIN. But it is now reported, after a lapse o two tranquil years, that snakes have sud denly appeared at and around Ballingal, an agricultural region thirty miles north of Castleraine, |the country seat of the Earl of Densloe. These snakes are of a strange species, though none have been of enormous length, breadth, thickness, voracity, and ferocity, to make a noise when moving like the clatter of dice in a box; they kill by biting, and they have created great havoc among the flocks of Ms Grace the Duke as well as in the coops and sties of the peasantry. Simultaneously serpents similar to the Amraugh and Castleraine "varmints" have, appeared still further to the eastward, and caused such a panic that the country folks are afraid to venture out of doors after nightfall.

The theory is that -in five years the reptiles let loose by the wretched Wilson during his ribald drunken frenzy have multiplied so numeronsly that a militant union of Church and State will be neces tary to, restore the island to the virgin condition in which the good St Patrick left it.

GREAT SNAKES

The story was discredited by the clergy and the laity until, as good luck would have it, a correspondent of the " Free man's Journal " (at Dublin) recalled' the significant, not to say portentious, circum stance that the numerous and divers of snakes which had escaped from the Wilson show about, three years previous had never heen captured. Then of a sudden, the mystery was cleared up, and bands for.. the extermination- of the monsters, wore speedily organised among the vengeful peasantry. Three of the snakes were shortly thereafter seen, pur sued, and killed in the bog east of Amraugh; the largestl.; of the snakes measured four feet; in the maw of each was found a pullet. About a month thereafter a fourth snake was killed near Castleraine ; this snake upon being; cut open was found to contain many little snakes, which immediately glided into the grass and-escaped before the astonished rustics could apprehend them. Subse quently, stimulated by the advertised reward;of ..half-a-crown and a special, dis pensation for r ]every snake, alive^or dead, the country people caught eleven of the smaller snakes—none measuring more than seven inches in length. Then the snakes seemed to disappear, and.' no further depredations being noted, the ex citement gradually died out.— ~" Chicago News."

The African Question.

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London, June 17 and 18. 1 The agreement between England and Germany over the East African I question has been signed, and it ■ turns out ' that the forecast published* by. " The Times " was correct. Germany i touches Congo frontier from Lake Tanganiyika to the -! first degree of south latitude. Zanzibar cedss the ■ Sovereign rights of the East Coast to Germany and England, while the latter cedes Heligoland to Germany. Germany receives free transit to Lake Nyassa and the Congo, and surrenders the coast line from Vitu to Juba, leav ing England without a competitor, except Italy, to the borders of Egypt. It has been stipulated that residents in Heligoland shall be free from con scription, and the customs duties shall not be altered for twenty years. The English and German Press generally applaud the settlement of the East African difficulty. ] The Emperor is represented as being } delighted at the cession of IJeliogoland. j

THE BIG ESTATES QUESTION.

One of the most earnest advocates of a policy of true liberalism—a policy calculated to ensure progressive coloni sation and the well-being of colonists —is our southern contemporary the " Temuka Leader," whose editor and proprietor constantly and consistently devotes himself to the worthy task of endeavouring to indicate the true way to remove the depression and difficul ties which have fallen upon New Zealand, and to substitute therefor progress and prosperity. Nor is he content merely with the sphere com- J manded by the circulation of a country journal, but has availed himself of the columns" of our metropolitan big brother, the. "Lyttelton Times," to bring his ideas under the notice of readers in all parts of the colony. During last month, that journal printed a series of letters over the signature of Mr J. M;; Twomey, which deserve more than passing notice, and which have indeed been very favorably com mented upon by prominent men among the liberal party. Mr Twomey sees, as no thoughtful man can fail to see, that the work of settlement* is not pron ceeding as it ought to proceed, and that an entire change in the adminis tration of our lands must be brought about, if we would see a resumption of. a healthy' condition of affairs. He contrasts very effectively the adminis tration of the lands under Mr Ballance with that under Mr; Richardson, the present Minister for Landsi and greatly to the advantage of the former, and urges that the'system of special settle ments introduced by the hon. member for Wanganui, or a modification thereof, should be resumed, as also the introduc tion of capitalist, immigration so sucr cessfully initiated under the Stout- Vogel, Government. He also urges that in order -to obviate the deterrent effect upon this class of. immigrants of the present Property-tax, that all imple ments, machinery, etc., employed in industrial development, . including farming,, up to a value of' £3000, should be exempt from taxation. He advocates strongly the scheme of Labor, Settlements, i.e., the providing of homesteads for< agricultural laborers, which has for years past been cham pioned by the members for Waimate, Timaru, Waitakd, Christchurch Spifyh,, and others, and further show,s,,jbhat there can be no real progress in many districts of the South .Island until the subdivision of its enormous landed estates is in some way secured. Yet he does not pose as the advocate of a bursting-up tax or of / com pulsory expropriation, making a sug gestion of his own which is certainly worthy of attention.' That -sugges tion is "that owners'of large estates should be compelled to lease their lands in suitably-sized farms, and under Government supervision, for a term of twenty-one years, and at a rental of 5 per cent on the Property-, tax value of the land." Writing more in detail of the proposal as above formulated Mr Twomey says :—" The most practical proposal respecting the settlement of large estates, which has hitherto been t>ut before the public, is that which the Land Acquisition Bill contains. The machinery in that Bill is excellent. . . . Under it cor ruption would be impossible ; the State could not sustain a loss, and the land owners would receive a fair value for their property." But he goes. on to show that " a great change has takea place during the past three years, and the' Land Acquisition Bill, which was practicable three years ago is not so now, because we have no money., Sir Harry has borrowed and spent the money with which large estates might have been settled, consequently the Land Acquisition Bill could not be worked, and large estates must remain intact if we cannot find a way out of the difficulty. Now I think I have found it. Let Parliament enact that large estates shall be divided into reasonably-sized farms and leases for a term of twenty-one years at a rental of 5 per cent on the Property-tax value of the land. Let provisions be made for preventing landlord tyranny, and fori giving tenants compensation 1 fdi* improvements. Now, much as I ad-, mire the Land Acquisition Bill, I think that for simplicity aud effective ness this proposal is .far better than it. The landowner gets very fair interest on his capital and can't complain, the tenant gets the land on ( reasonable, terms, and the Stat^ get&all-the-ad-~j vantages-of increased population and extended settlement without having to incur the, slightest risk.- - Everyone' is treated fairly and honestly, and it ap pears to me that it is. a< suggestion' which ought to be adopted forthwith. To the man who says-this is not in ac cordance with the most advanced ideas on the land question, 1^ say it is the best we can do at present. Mr Hay hurst has in Temuka about five thou sand acres, on which close on forty families live as tenants; and I believe that through all the depression not a single case of insolvency occurred on the estate. Not far - off are' larger estates, oh which live only a manager, and a few shepherds. ;I ask, which is the best? Qn Mr Hay hurst's estate; families are brought up accustomed to rural pursuits, on .the other estates there are no families; for who has not seen the stereotyped advertisement, " Wanted, a married couple without encumbrances. "No babies need apply on such estates; and in the face of that fact, how can we expect popula tion to increase ?" As we have already said, the proposal thus treated of certainly deserves consideration, and Mr Twomey is entitled to thanks for having at least endeavored to find a solution for what is really the most pressing difficulty of the day. It may be objected that 5 per cent would be' an insufficient rental, because less than the value of money invested, but that is a mere matter of detail; and given that the rentals fixed were equal to what money woll-invested will yield— say 6 to 7 per cent—it really does not appear that, under the proposed scheme, any rccil injustice would be done.

Addington Live Stock Market.

CHitisnrinitcir, June 16. The weather w.'is cold ;ind chocrlo.SH, but there was a good iirtimdaiuH! of buyers. The new arrangements hiivis found ftivor with the regular ati-endaius at the side, and are generally woi-kini' s'uisfiiclorily Store Sheep. ■ ■ -Tlj«i'o wjis a very limited entry of wore .«licop. and Hcvcral lines went out unsold. Tho chief items disposed of wero halfbrcd lainb-s, 8s; crossbred up to 9m 9d ; lialfbn;d ewes, in poor condition/ at 8s Txl ; ono or two linos of crossbreds at from 8s lid to ()s (id. 2sFat Lambs.—This class is becoming obsolete}' and the c few that were yarded sold 'at ordinary mutton rates, there being'lib demand for freezing. Flf? v Sheep'—There were about, 600 yarded} 'of which the principal number were ewes, some, of excellent quality, and realised up to each in pens of| thirty and over. There was a capital demand for anything'of extra quality. Prices did not recede in the, day, ewes bringing,up to 20s at the early stage of the marked.' ' " Fat Cattle.—There s were 202 head, yarded, of which some; 'realised. up to £8 2s, 6d'a head, or.«qual.to 20sper lOOlbs. The remainder of the lines' offered were above the average, and realised from 18s to the above price, only a few inferior . sorts going below that figure. , * ..." ; . ' ; PiG3.-7-There was oiilya moderate entry of baebners, but' all sold freely at prices' equal to 2fd per lb jnet. .*' '■»>'■

TORCHLIGHT PROFESSION.

FIRE BRIGADE DEMONSTRATION,

'" The Fire Brigade held what has come how to be looked upon as their -annual, .demonstration last night, viz., a' torch-; light procession, followed by a display of fireworks, the whole ending with a " social" in the Oddfellows' Hall. 1 The Brigade is made up of men who are enthusiastic in the work of the organisa tion, and it may be here added that the membership is somewhatexclusive'. The members'.are all men of good character, respectable citizens! of Ashburton, and, moreover, not drily are they admitted "to* the^Brigade by ballot of.'thei firemen, but after election their, names have to be sub mitted for approval to the Borough" Council,- which body has the right of vetoeing. their admission to the Brigade. A -m>ni', then, who is a member jof the Fire Brigade may be looked upon as< being indeed, "a good man and jtrue." In \ ; such circumstances the Borough Council would stand greatly in; their own light, and fail to consider the best interests of the ratepayers and property j owners of the borough, were they'other 1 than liberal, to the Fire' 1 Brigade, con stituted as it is. Fortunately Ashburtoh holds a sort of charmed existence so far as fires are concerned, and as yet, not withstanding the possession of an excel lent plant and a Brigade that has given a remarkably good account of itself in many a competition with the best Brigades of the Colony—its 5-man time is the; New; Zealand record of the day—there has been no opportunity given to the Brigade .to fight the fire v demon. May the oppor tunity be - long withheld ! But [ come when it may, it will no doubt find that Semper paratus is a motto with a mean-. ing so far as the local Fire Brigade -is concerned. ; <' '■ >'

THE PROCESSION.

The preparations made for the torch light procession were many and'extensive, 1 and involved a good deal of hard work, as well as the expenditure of much !time.' It is not always wise to.iindividualise in matters of this sort, but the- members of the Brigade speak in ,one accord ,of the trouble Foreman Nokes has taken, and the work he has done, in connection with the decoratibn of the engines. Tlie Ash burton Brass Band took up its position at the gate of the Fire" Station: about .seven •.o'clock, and \after some .delay, in getting horsed, the steam. fire engine was-driven, out by the" Borough Foreman of Works, Mr. Spicer, behind a team of • ■the. Borough's horses. The engine was gaily decorated with evergreens, and in the torchlight looked remarkably well. ■ The, steamer was taken past the. Band arid down towards the Belt,, being afterwards brought up to form the rear of the pro cession. Then the manual came out, with the'delicate form of the genial "No. 18" bulking in the front. This engine would certainly have been incomplete without Fireman Hefford driving, and he had his horses arrayed as gaily, as if going to a wedding. Clydesdales with "white, gloves" on their ears, as the ihead trappings were described by aby-stander; bub the Clydesdales looked uncommonly well. On this engine, and just behind "No. 8," a figure representing the horned party with, a tail and cloven feet presided at a caldron of colored fire, and a motley Snigger" helped himjti) &tir)[.Quitting capers ~fof the amusement* of "tne young : sters.. A few relics of Jubilee Day in'the shape of transparencies made their ap pearance again,^and "God bless our Queen" shone'out I'from a many colored^ floral wreath, while transparency portraits' of Her Majesty appeared at either side. The curricle engine, driven by its;own Foreman. 1 \ J.. )Miles, followed, orna- mented with Chinese lanterns, and, as has already been said, the steamer brought up the rear. The firemen, on foot,! and bearing torches, .formtad lines on either side of the procession.' At a blast of the •whistle, given by Captain Scott, > re splendent in silver helmet and epaulettes, the procession ' moved off. We have already published the route followed 1, andi hav,e only to add,that the negro andthe honied, party kept the blue and red firfei going assiduously all tlie way, lighting up the path with a weird glare. Entering East Street, the v display of fireworks' begW,' and'rbcketsV-staxs, and what not rose and fell in a steady shower all the way up to' the Hall.' The'effect' was very." telling, and notwithstanding that the night, was somewhat drizzly, an immense crowd turned out to witness the display. The pyrotechnist was, of course, Engineer Dolman, a position he has held ever since the first of the many pyrotechnic displays the Brigade has given. .. , ... THE "SOCIAL."

The "sociaj " began immediately kfter the procession arrived at the Hall, Captain Scott taking charge of the floor,, and seldom indeed has the floor room been so taxed to accommodate dancers. The place was crowded, and both stage and anti rooms were occupied. Brooke's band supplied the music, and dancing was kepb up to the hour when stern respectability issued its solemn summons for separation, closing a demonstration that must be written down a supreme success. ;

INCIDENTS,,- i . .. , , Videttes had been placed along; the route, so that by the roadside an' in cidental blaze of v colored fire should occasionally burst out. But the Ashbur ton larmkin was there and kept kicking about the fire and destroying the effect. Thanks, however, to the efforts of Trooper Crockott;, of the polico force, single handed, this sort of nonsense was speedily atoppod, not however, beforo a good many big stones had found their way into the, manual engine. The officers of the Brigade dosiro to record their thanks to Lieut. Smith of the Christchurch Brigade foirvaluable aid lent by him to further the demonstration, and desire to express, through our columns, their regret that he was not able to take part in the procession. ] . .

A watch for blind people has been in vented in Switzerland. In the middle of every figure there is a small peg, which drops when the hour hand reaches" thfe' figure. The owner feels that the peg is down, and counts back to 12 to determine the hour.

TELEGRAPHIC

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[ri-.R I'BKSS AHHOCIATIOM.] Londov, June 17 ami 18. l)r Fjirrar, Archdeacon of West ii)inst<M-, lias iKion ottered the Deanery oil .Manchester. The Duchess of Fife has been de livered of a stillborn child.-,. ..- Sixty thousand miners at Bamsley adopted the Eight Hours; Bill, At Ascot the Prince of Wales -■•: Stakes^Wfts^on%^WHouta^orth'» AUoway, Blhe^reen^ Hebrides 3.; ; . ; Miss Mary Apderspn^ the /well-known /: actress, was -married in London .to '/, "-■. Mr Navarroi/6f 'STeirYorki ;"' ''/''•',:' j ThtiP-Rer Dr jJeffene^X3!iiSinnan/of thjQ New South Wale? Union,.,has^jbeen 'jumibed*.^to accept ■ „ the pastorate of College, Hamp stead.-v: :.^i l>frJs^M^ u f- '..,' „. : The' leading companies^) Albert; Docks have arranged to employ labor to work their'ships,' independent of Dock r Companies., .., v , ,,.' '}/•:, -'- V; ; The^ /following "- is^the; Velult of ; ,:, the' Ascdt Stakes' ;— Lord Lome,"'■.;,' r l r: ,;Parfleiir ..2, t ,; v L% ( ',,LiiinJe^3.!' The Gold Vase! resulted;; '-ju. f^llowii--\; tyrant I, L'Abesse :6vMrerl2, Laby-^ ; rinth'3. ;.•'."' '/ -:•:■ '-*?'" "'* - I "-■ Mr Wi S. Smith in the rlouseof Commons gave of Jal resolution J to! Resume, tfi6" 00yefnj[p|>ttt' |jjl& at^ the \ same stege next sesaT^ ~ ; ( apprqyed ofl/tKeJactioniOfhi^ijGoVern- v inent. :Mr Smith announced thfitt he would proceed with the Tithes,- Police, '■; ,]■ Western Australian Enabling, and Local Taxation Bills,! and carry over ; the .Irish Land; Purchase Bill. ; . r  ..,Mx Goschen promised the Agents- ; GerieraiafWjrittenranswe^^as to what the Gbvernment li!w6urd do with refer- : ence to. tfi.e for' spring the cablejguarantee. Jjfei?, understood that Mr Goschen does'not intend to recede from the position herhas taken up with :rega^''td'''''tho^'6ii^vt)Bitl^^riixid guarantee.,., : .. M-<^kiim^y ' ' ' '"'•J! r Madmd, June 18. The ,cholera ia.spreading. 1 '"'" V'J New York, June 17. Throughjan^explosion in a mine at Dunbar, Pennsylvania, fifty , miners • have been entombedir; 1,/oif fiiVV r.' U'jy ,<'•{»■.•" a, ij; 17/

It is rumored here that Mozambique trobps have fbeeni. sentVtb -Angola, to repelj English aggression.,, IhOi Portu , guese; journal.predicts !that serious conflicts' take 'place in Mozam bique, v:.. :"^> rj-;..VT:i; •.''->fWO ■ ' --'' " Cairo, June 17. . - V Reports iiaye r^ft^fierjß, that the Mah'diiasrreleaßed; Euroj||ana^ im|>ri :sbnedat Khartoum.r .-tf i ijni , t'. .■',;■'■'» ,: <\ IaSVOS, Jfm*'X&' . The Portuguese OWvernmetitii^uirei tl^e bui^g'pf;the-;flagßJm f th|ei Shire* .0 ■' \' ■'. \ ''-'\ ■>^■'BTONos;' >Ai^ ?l J^me 18.: . ' t ,. ■p^^j^^^£i^ii^^^A^^^ " ;R,epubiic nas.Wnce^'.'ib^i^yVinilliona ot illegally issued .' : • ! a ST;f^ >BEEltSßl^B€t, r Jittlie 18. • The; Nihilists^ CommitteeMhi^s 'an nounced its intehtiorirtolresttiniS ener* ; getic action for the purpose 16f putting, ! an "end'; to j the / absolutism/ ]#mch, in Russia takes the^fornj,' of-insupportable r despotism. Arrests are numerous. . . „„. June 18. The"Senatep'assedtnsSilverßjllby ;. 42; to 25./ They, decyries ; ,^ limit its \['] operation.;^r.TheJJill!approvein^: silver, certificates being ;legal"tendej 1, and., . enacts unlimited' coinage, wbe^ the ■;. valuei of silver to thai of gold iiPas 16 to 1. ' The measure;has/be^t!rfeferred t6:a'tJ6rife,rence^TOili;.Otfambi^B,v'

AUSTRALIAN.

v ' .[raEPß^sS'AsabbiATiOK.} ; ,'' isw' June 18. • . Arrived^ Tekapo, from. Welling 'tony-"'"■■■■ -X^', r , '■;. .•' ' ~ ' '-' The Ititercol6nlil f< Seiamei^s Union Conference commences r^o<lay. " 'i)rVMcLe^^'^iaTicted v'of bigamy, has^bwn^Mntenced^tp ;three years' imprisonment ■'iiZL fr'Ahl-ll'l' The Seamen's Union has decided to institute' an Executive with a' perma nent Federal Secretary, located in oij'j.-'at any. toujii'-'y :n\flh£suu. . l ***"*•',: v^mM^/sJiiß.>- The'captain'of WeTou Yanga state*;, thatjhif epnjp^ssej! (.ba^ajpiejl affected by the cargo, and put the vessel off heir { course:-'-'^ 1- '^ cauoc^O - _ "•.■'■ . ; -'.

"J \. ','•/- ~ Beisbanb, June 18. , I jSeAvyvfibods Ha^^^-^^ 61106* in the So.Uth West and Cun- . nawall»,4a.]to ivn!ii|uated on the east ; bank of the Warregp river, county ol V hiff\

No Remedy For Rust in Wheat.

;Tr l(By Prbfessor Brown,/ Agricultural College, Jbongerenong.) V f . When man professes to make a piece of living Tnjft'tureaptoof agairafcinature her self, or whenihethinks; a-thiHg tlfet has stood the changes of thousands of yean - bktx JbV iawept awas or .^ife defejfeta|defied, by any sort of ,art, he itrJtghtingJagainst V something higher' than/himself, and mußt [meet with failure. , In my formal report of thia^ooUege and farm; «l have given a brief account of our experience with nut onipr^fTarieties^f^eatjsin addition to ," that of-my own in jC3an*d*^'and L»m free enough to repeat here that while there ; are several temporary antidotes to all "germs," there is"'fto'.continuous specific "-. for their attacks. / There ?has been, and will be for all time, a systematic and un- : failing generation of all. he ills that life of any kind is heir to ; Wt^ this does not imply r that we anything to . ward, or check, their.efl^cts for a time. People" should ..not, be, jWjteht that they ; can for ever oe relieved of their existence.  All' life isOfuU pf ru9%^food and evil— V and;th:e]tt>tal..eiiminjition3ofi*ny one of , them is as unlikely as that of the periodical reTfcoftof go^4 *nd evils '• ■ thihgsl;«Therd iaSio tat*U«h in view, . as otherwise there would be,n<? ; (power of choice'or selection in the world, /.We find , the fungoid growth called rust.-much on wheat, because ;ifc is a'plant : worth i living upon, just as we have the best quality of any fruit most subjsect-.tp.bjffd andjnsect and the least valuable invariably passed ovor. / It is: also true; thqt rust exists upon some plants unseen to.the.imked eye, and indeed,! have yet. to 1 know the > possibility of anyplant in nature coming and maturing and dying without having; been affected-by a fungus of some sort,, from the most minute germ up bo thft largest lichen.: So,- then, it |s best to be plain with fanners, and admit that no science and' no experience of any kind can permanently combat the unseen and the unknown in the-direction of what must always be part of our very being, whether jvegejjtablo, or.jiuim«d; jNptWjiujr *jj. but. fclie teachings) of every progressive countrf during thtfftst qu«*Bt of a century hay» shown that the more intense the culture,

THE ASHBtTRTON aTTAttDIAJT, THURSDAY, JUKE 19, 1800.



. WANTED Cash Advrrttsmentts wide- tnw heading, not exceeding 16 war Is, ONE S HIL LIX& Addresustnviy be left at t.V* f> 'fi • WANTED to let Gorse Cutting at Maronan, Clearwell, Hackthorne, C. J. Harper. ; , -6*98 UST opened, a few ladies plush jackets, newest shapes, very cheap. —H. 0. Skgers, Melford House. WAJN.UW jinown.—A special: pur chase of choice Ladies 1 Hats at a desperate price.—W. H. Collier. 4+130 WANTED every man in the County to have a suit of the Ashburton Tweeds. —Robert Alcorn, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunder's Buildings. WANTED KNOWN.—The Cheapest House in Ashburton to buy Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, Boots, etc., is H. C. Segbrs, Melford House. , rpHEPttfcenc Candle-Extinguisher can l be Set to Extinguish at any time required ; it will save insurance premiums your house and your life, price Is; Sole * Agent for Ashburton.— ■B. Alcorn, Saunders' Buildinga_ TITXNTED KNOWN.— A lot of W Ladies Cloth and Tweed Jackets, considerably under usual cost price.— W. H. Collier, "The Corner." ANTED Known —One hundred and fifty Ladies'and Children's Ulsters bought a great bargain {good ' qualities), now selling very cheap—H. C. Skgers. Melford House. ANTED Known—The Cheapest Shop to buy Tinware and Gal vanised Iron goods in Ashbarton, is-at .W. F. Hanhaford's, Burnett Street. A large stock kept on hand. Tin and Iron ware jjoods made and repaired with desJJ patch ' ' STOP THAT COUGH! By using Fl«wer's Cough Drops. Guaranteed efficacious. Can only be obtained at H. G. Flower's, Confectioner, East Street. ______ 3 191 /">HEAP Cash Sale vow on at Car \j. son's Ironmongery, Brushware, Glass, China, and Earthenware at Auction Prices.; All kinds of Produce taken in exchange. • 6 6 FIBST-CLASS AMERICAN ORGAN NEW. AN Opportunity offers to obtain one of Cornish's celebrated American Organs on. exceedingly favorable terms. Height 45 inches, Length 46 inches, width 23 inches. Five Octaves, 14 stops, 3 octave couplers, and 2 knee swells. Above can. be supplied direct from the Manufactures at considerably less than usual price. Apply " Mail" and " Guar dian ' Office. , ': . '5,20 rpHE UNDERSIGNED hayingr secured ,1 a large block of Goodßush Land at Alford Forest,, are, now. prepared to supply Farmers, Contractors and others with any quantity of fencing materials, viz : Heart Posts, Heart Stakes, Sheep yard Rails, Straining Posts, and also Firewood. Deliverycan be had at a very' convenient place; or Orders , may be sent by rail from Springburn Railway Station; GREEN BROS., 64.173 Springburn: Post Office. , THIS SPACE KESEKVED FOB THE NEW ZEALAND . Clotbing Factory's NEW ADVERTISEMENT \NtfiIQUT TELTH WJTJJ^EKIU^ THE CHRISTCHURCH DENTAL SURGERY, COTier of Cashel and High streets. S. M"" AND O°- SURGEON.DENTISTS. • And at Dunedin and Westport. "\\TE have gained the FIRST AWARD Vy at 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, £10 JO;-. Natural, Durable, Comitortaule Artificial Teeth Replaced Temporarily al most immediately after the extraction of decayed teeth or stumps without extra fee or charge. . Arrangements can be made for part or monthly payments. ADMINISTERING NITROUS OXIDE 3AS several times daily for the past ten. years, we fearlessly assert thai extraction of teeth under ite influence is perfectly painless and positively nafe ■ Fee for Administration, ss. Extraction, 2d 6d. Artineitl Teeth and Dentures made by ; •ther dentists repaired or remodelled ai rmail erst. |iH )u bof abtend-'wce—9 t^m. to 6 p.m



. There is now to ho. seen in the shop window of Meusiv) .). Scaly and Co., East sbreel, h Collection ot' apples .showingsome of tlie.sor!. "gi\j\wi ;ic the niii.-.oric^, Rivcrbank, Unit will rep-iy inspection l>y nny ouc who contein plaleri planting fruit plimts. There arc unwu'rts fu fifty diil'ereia kinds shown, all valuable, long keeping sorts. lor size, color, suml general excellence they are by far the finest that have been shown in Ashburton this seasonJ^Advt,



TIOIifiOWAY's OINTMKN'T A.KD PlljTM. — Rheumatism and rheumatic gout are the most drcadod of all diseases, because their victims know that they are safe at no season and at no age secure. Hollowny's Ointment, after fomentation of the painful parts, gives greater relief than any other application ; but it must be diligently used to obtain this de sirable result. It has been highly com mended by rhuematic subjects of all ages and of both sexes, for rendering their attacks less freiuient and less vigorous, and for re pressing the sour perspirations and soothing the nerve.?. In many cases Holloway's Oint ment and Tills have proved the greatest blessings in removing rheumatism and rheumatic gout which has. assailed person t previously an the prime of life '



It will be in the recollection of the public that my collection of apples shown in Mr Clayton's shop in East street, being sixty-six varieties, and also tho3e which took two first awards at the Dunedin Exhibition and various other places, was pronounced to be tiie largest and best ever shown in the Ash burton county. I would draw theii atten tion my advertisement elsewhere. As tmly work on blight-proof stacks than which n other stocks can be relied upon, the roots of my apple trees do not require to be washed L before sending out. James Porter, nursery ' mun, AUea ton,—(Advt.)