The Ashburton Guardian. Magna et Veritas et Prævalebit THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1890. ASHBURTON RACE COURSE.

For some time back occasional shadows of doubt have been thrown upon the correctness of the Ashburton racecourse distances. Bow and again almost phenomenally fast time is made on our course, wtrieh is in any case a I fast one. To set these doubts at rest, and once for all allay any possible sus picion of inaccuracy in the matter of the • course's measurement, the Ashburton Bacing Club appointed an engineer to make the measurement, a day on which it was to be done, and invited Mr 8. Saunders, sporting editor of the " Can terbury Times," to be present to see the work done. In this week's "Canter bury" the spcrting editor writes:— Ever since Tasman put up his wonderful mile and a half record at the Ashburton Spring Meeting of 1883, doubts have been thrown upon the measurement of the course, and until last week no formal official effort was made to set these doubts at rest. We maasured the dis tance immediately after the performance, and were quite satisfied the good, game son of St Albanß had galloped every yard of the journey with which the programme credited him; but ;still, to make certainty doubly sure we gladly accepted the invitation of the Secretary of the club to ran down last Thursday and see the course measured again. Mr Alfred Fookg, a brother to the late Secretary of the Club, « smart member of a smart family of professional men, directed and checked the work, of which the following are the results :— Aotual Distanoe. Should be Measurement Half mile .. 4Ooha Oiks .. 39oha 951ks Five furlongs 50,, 0,, .. 49,, 85,, Sixfurlongß 60 „ 0„ .. 59,, 95,, lmile .. 80,, 0,, .. 79 „ 83,, 11 mile .. 106,, 0,, .. 99,, 88,, ljmile .. 120,, 0,, .. 119,, 89,, ltmile .. 140,, 0,, .. 139 „ 87,, 2 miles .. 160,. 0,, .. 159,, 83,, It will be seen that the mile and a half, as measured by Mr Fooks, is 7ft 312 in short; but the inner edge of the track is not very well defined, and at some of the turns "the tape was kept much closer in than any horse could possibly gallops, It should be said, too, that since Tasman made his record the course has been slightly shortened by encroachment on some of the corners. These circum stances will acoount for the' trifling d fferences, at all the distances, but the posts will be moved to mark the results of the recent survey.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A man breathes eighteen pints of air a minute. In Australia there are 247,000 more males than femaleß. The late London strike has enabled 200 trades to gain points. The Government of Turkey will monopoliee the match business. It is estimated tnat there are 6000 conver sions to Christianity a day. Sudden deaths are eight times more preva* lent among men than women. The combined circulation ol the London dailies fifty years ago was only 44,0J0. The best pigs' bristles, for brush making, oost as much an twenty shillings a pound, Mr T. Bullock will hold a large sale of furniture in Mr G. Jameson's Store, West street, at 12.30 p.m., to-morrow. A proposal to establish a meat freezing factory at Wanganui is meeting with hearty support, A cable from Ireland to Canada via the Straits of Belle Isle will be laid next spring. The Chinese colony in Chicago oonsists of 3000 souls, of whom only two are women. >The Oxford University Press has just brought out a prayer-book which weighs only half an ounce. It is said at Washington that the con tractors who built the new vessels for the navy have all lost money on their ventures. San Franoiseo, with a population of abou* 400,000, has only 120 ohurohes, with a seating capacity for 40,000 and an average attend' ance of 25,000. Germany has the most complete military system in the world, and all its fortresses communicate with central points by means of oarrier pigeons. An elephant being unwell, was given some whisky while passing through Lisbarn for Belfast. Immediately the animal broke loose and ran about in all directions. Every steamer that starts from England for South Africa takes a full complement of pas sengers, and it is necessary to make applioa tion for a berth several weeks beforehand. A number of Frenoh capitalists have de manded from the Ottoman Government a con cession for the construction of a railway from the Syrian ooast thraugh Antiooh to Aleppo. London University has now on its rolls, seven lady Masters of Art,l47 Eaohelora of Art, two Doctors of Soience, twenty-one Bachelors of Soienoe, and eight ladies holding medical and surgical degrees. There are 2340 Gatholio priests with 1,353,435 Catholic population in England, and 329 priests with 338,643 Catholic population in Sootland. Iceland has 3254 priests and 3,792,857 Oatholio population. It is believed that the oldest olergyman now in the Church of England is Archdeacon Jones late Archdeacon of Liverpool, who attained his ninety-eight year last month, and has been in holy orders for seventy-four years. Affectionate husband — " Good-by dear Should I be detained at Brooklyn this evening I'll send you a note by messenger." Prudent wife—" Don't go to the expense. I've already taken it out of your breast pocket. The German mint has issued a coin in memory of the late Emperor. It is of the florin type. Encircling the head is the in scription, " Germapy will never forget ita Fritz; " the reverse side bears the wordr. " Learn to suffer without oomplaining," ana the date of bis Majesty's death, June 15,1888. A young man named James Sherlook dropped down dead while playing football in Falls Park, Belfast. After dinner be ran all the way to the field, and had only been play ing for five minuteß when he expired. SctPe ; —Barber's shop. Barber (to elderly gentleman" ?h° k&s just entered). — '• Seems to me, sir, a? « I fcPP* y°«" *a°e. I think I've seen it before." Ei&Jly Gentleman (who has never been in the plaoe before;? hia lije—in a tone of profound gravity).—"Very likely. Fye had jj a long time." 6nly sixteen surveyors p! the battle of Balaklava attended the last anngal dinner. Five of these, who participated in jthe famous charge of the Light Brigade, are LordTrede r degar, Sir George Woodwell, Sir William Gordon, and Colonel Mussenden. j It is prpbable, says a cable, that one hundred thousand, or possibly half a million of gold will shortly be withdrawn from Buenos Ayres. It is reported that Franoe is likely to withdraw £6,000,000 from Frenoh bankers in London within a month, in order to iund a portion of the public debt, We hear says the"Hawera Star" of afl extraordinary incident at Normanby. A rat ( of the species known as a native rat, attacked a newly-born infant and inflicted three wounds before the mother,' who was asleep, was' aroused by the erica of the child. Quite severe marks were left, especially on the v"ud. It is stated that the rat made Us fixßt ' t™ oft rna<l ia tbe &9WW » *** daw b«for« appeatu. - ..i,gij T * s -r, , " i tbeb«o»otwfv^i *M*4 I ™ •

It ia announosd that Government has con sented to the ABhburton Guards being trans formed into a Rifle Club, and that Major Kewall will shortly be in Asbburton to make the needful arrangements. c Several residents in Cameron street east c were very mnoh annoyed and disturbed by a party of larrikins iate last night, who amußed ' themselves by bombarding the roofs of the houses win stones. This very foolish game l will probably end ia trouble for some of those \ aonoerned in it. Mr De Bardelban, of Alabama, is the ( wealthiest man in the state. His wealth is \ estimated at from 20,000,000 dollar to j 40,000,000d01. Not many years ago he waß , c a farmer. By a olever business stroke he j seonred a ooal mine for a Bong, developed it , and then sold out to a company, making a , 000 l 1 000,000dol by the transaction. ; The Greeks have had a big haul near the 1 island of Andtoß. A number of ooffers, con- ] taining 30,000 gold and silver Spanish pieceß < of the year 1666, have been hauled out of the i ■ea. As six bronze cannons were found near i the ooffers it is oonoladed that the whole ' came from the wreck of a Spanish man-of- i war. ' Quality and quantity.—Noble lord (recently ; married, and rather proud of his wife)— : < • There, Muggins! What do you think of her' Ladyship?" Muggins (a tenant who has just been taking a pri* at the Fat Stook Show) —"Well, m' Lord, I reckon she's tuppence-V p'ny a pound better that any other lady in these parts." The stoppage of the great Carnegie Works near Pittsburg, United States, to enable the men to attend the funeral of the deoeased superintendent, who lost his life by an accident at the workß, is said to have cost the Company £10,000, owing to the ohilling of the rolls, the banking up of ;the furnaces, and the •cooling of the tremendous machinery. - 1 The sensation of the day in Berlin is the .suioide of a young Italian lady, described »b being of surpassing beauty. She was in Berlin on a visit, and she reoeived a telegram announcing her mother's sudden death, She threw herself out of the window in one of the most frequented streets and broke her skull. Death WiS inatantaneous. The total value of the imports at the ■everal ports of the colony for the quarter ending December 31st, 1889, amounted to £1,670,610, and for the corresponding quarter of 1888, £1,495 957, showing an increase of £176.653. The total value of the exports for the quarter ending Deo. 31st, 1889, amounted to £2,409,606, and for the corresponding quarter of 1888 £2,055,328, showing an increase of £354,278. The Boy P. W. Isitt last evening delivered a very interesting lecture in the Wealeyan Church. The eubjeot was "Comrades in Arms," but the matter waß a well told history of the Civil War in Amerioa. Some beautiful |word portraits of the leading men on both Bides of the strife ware given by the rev lecturer, as well as thrilling descriptions of the most prominent battles, and inoidents both humorous and pathetic not usually met with in the various historic! of the war which are extant. At the close, the lecturer was warmly thanked for his exoellent lecture, the only regrettable thing being that there were so few present to hear it. At Mr Larnaoh'e meeting on Friday night says the " Dunedin Star " an elector corn, plained that two letters he had written to the Minister for Mines had been unanswered, and pressed Mr Larnaoh for' his opinion of the Hon T. Fergus. The member for the Peninsula replied that, although the question was a personal one, he would (with the chair man's permission) answer it. The omission to reply to the grievance brought under the Minister's notice was undoubtedly an over sight. As to bis opinion of " what sort of a man " the Hon T. Fergus was, he would say this :—The member for Wakatipu was a particularly handsome-looking man, with a fine pair of whiskers and piercing eyeß— a figure, in fact, that his district might justly feel proud of. The " Taranaki Herald " directs attention to some of the dißhonest praotioes of butter makers. Our contemporary has seen kegs of butter which on being opened and turned out, were found to oontain large quantities of salt, disposed of in such a way that its appearance oouid not be detected without the butter being taken fro<n the eaek. The quantity in eaoh •01b keg varied from 41b to as much as 9ib of loose salt. Beoonking salt at f d per lb and butter at 6d, and it will be easily Been what a handeome profit the farmer would make on his salt. The barm done, continues the " Herald," by such dishonesty is incalculable; a London retailer, who, on opening ft keg of New Zea land butter for which he paid Is per lb, found 91b of loose salt, would naturally fight shy of produce from suoh a market; whilst looally, if a butter merchant has to turn out and examine every keg of butter, the additional expense of handling is bound to tell on the market prioe. The weekly session of the Star of the East Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held in the Templar Hall last evening. The Lodge was opened at eight o'olock, Bro G. Soott presiding. One candidate was initiated into the Order and one proposed for membership. The following officers were installed in their respective offices by Bro Mulaney, D.D. :— Bro G. Soott, P. 0.; Bro B. Eiston, 0.T.; Sister Edwards, S.J.T.; Sister M. Bennett, V.T.; Bro F. Parkin, S; Bro J, L. Higgs, F.S.; Bro E. MoKee, T.; Sister Bennett, O.; Sister Pickford, M.; Bro M. Dalley, D.M.; Bro A. Parkin, 1.G.; Bro Edwards, jun., S,; Sister A. Anokram, A.S. The Lodge then went into harmony. A duet was nicely I rendered by Sisters (Bennett and Piokford ; recitations by Sister A. Hughes and Sister E. Hughes; a reading by Bro G. Soott, and songs by Bros Piokford, Pearson, and Rioharde. The Lodge was closed, after a very pleasant j evening, in due form by Bro B. Eiston at 9.45 p*D).: The best medicine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Teßt its I eminent powerful effects in ooughs, oolds, influenza, eta. —the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe are its patrons, Bead the official reports that aaoompany eaoh bottle. Mosler, M.D., Prof. University Greifswald, reports:—The Eucalypti Extraot proved magnificently successful in very severe contusions, bruises, sprains, wounds, scalds ings, broken ribs, and limbß. (" Medical Journal," Nov., 1881.) In diseases of the kidneys, either aotive congestion or suppress sion, (urcemia) or albuminuria, dropsy, lithargy, nothing will equal in its action Eucalypti Extract. Doses, sto 8 drops, Moßler, M.D., Pro!., University, Greifswald, reports:—Diphtheria. Tonsils continually coherent presenting ulcers with white exudats. Cured in fourteen days, Surgical Clinic of Prof. M'lntyre, College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis— Scirrhus of Breast- Excision Eucalypti Extraot employed. No swelling, heat, or discoloration. Guradin ourteen day ,—(Advt.) 4

PARNELL V "THE TIMES'

' (PKB PBESS /.SBOOUTIOK-J

London, February 4

It is understood that Mr Campbell will obtain £250 damages and £150 costs to settle his libel action against thp " limes,"

JLoijpon, February 5

Mr Soames denies that unusual costs were allowed Mr Farnell in his action against the « Times."

THE MARKETS

(P«B PEBSS A6SO0IA1IOW.)

London, Febrt*»y B Glasgow pig iron k quoted at 58s. Wbw York, February 5. The National Editable Lennox Hill Bank, which suspended payment owing ■to the abstraction of securities, has re opened . (deceived February 6, noon,) London, February 4 Australian banks are receiving large 4«spo§its. Money is {easier, The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is z,ioe,ooo quarters; for the Continent 440,000 quarters. The American vis'ble supply is 32,500,000 bushels. Bank of New Zealand shares are quoted at

TERRIBLE DEATH OF AN AUSTRIAN PHYSICIAN.

At Vienna a most distressing case has caused a wing of the general hospital to be closed for a time, and the nurses to be kept, out ot contact with anyone not belonging to the hospital. A few weeks ago a man wa6 taken to the hospital suffering from the terrible disease called glanders, which he had taken from a horse similarly afflicted. He soon died, and a military surgeon, Dr Rowahki. who had spent many years examining: bacilli of all kinds, undertook to subject the dead body to a close-examination. This was in itself a very dangerous piece of wprk. By the aid of a microscope he soon succeeded in finding the bacillus, which he reared, ia order to watch the ma.nerof its growth and its vita'ity. An ambitious young physician, Dr Hoffman, expressed his doubts as to whether the bacillus re ired artifically had still in it the power of infection. Dr Rowalski gave him one of his family and Dr Hoffman quickly noticed that the poison had still the most deadly effect. All the anima's he infected with it died of the horrible malady. Shortly afterwards Dr Hoffman caught a very severe cold, and he tried to cure it by injecting i morphia. He did this with the syringe that hejhad used for injecting the glanders poison into the doomed animals. Although it had been disinfected in glowing heat, some particles of the poison must have still been in it, for Dr Hoffmm grew worse eveiy day, and last Monday his friends took him to the hospital. His colleagues were horrified when they saw him, the whole body being covered with'ulcers, which, when they were examined, proved to be filled with the glanders poisen. Dr Hoff man died unconscious.

AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY

An interesting "discovery" regarding the presenco of Phoenicians In the sooth weit counties has (says the London cor respondent of the "iUaoohester Guardian") been made by Mr W. B. Thorpe, F.S, A, In the village of Ipplepea, threo miles from Newton Abbot, Davon, there bus for many centuries resided a family named Ballhitobet, the surviving m»la repre< Beotativa of whioh Is Mr Tbomas Ball hatchet. This man li now 74 yeira of age, and the fiscal type is quite dlnttnot (torn that of the natives of Cornwall and Devon, and distinctly of a Levantine character. The farm, which has baen from time Immemorial tv the possession of the ftmllr, Is called Baliford, or Bail's Ford, and in tbe centre of the group of buildings (a a large square tank of ancient artifialalooastructlcn. The farm evidently stands upon tha site of an old Baal temple of whlob the Balluatchea—whose ancient ueine waa evidently Baal-Akhed, cor rupted into Baal-Aohet, etc.—held! the offioe of Baal-Kimar, or Baal's p; lent a. Immediately above the fa«m rlata a hill, , which ia known ai Baal Town—tha lock or bill of Baal. The diacovecy of fihle ootlous aurvlval is very Interesting, at li is In harmony wl»h the mrvlval of tho.e ancient name* in the yeoman clashes of ihe south-western chantries. One of these fainilts was the Parkises, tb»» oharooal. burners, who carried the Ked K'ngs, body in the r cart from the Rufos Stotie to Wintou Ca hedra), >he last of whom died ouly thirty years »go, and who bad held their land from father to son from the days of King Alfred. Many other tmoei of chase Phoenic an colonials may (no Mr Thorpe thinks) be found If searched for in Our a wall nud Devon. The Ojaeen has accepted a oopy' of Mr Thorpe's history of this Devon village and Its ancient family.

A CRAZY COUNTESS

Or aat liadlfllaus Yon Vaya, chamberlain of t itj Austrian Emperor, and one of the moat distinguished men in the empire, Is about to take steps for placing In an Insane asylum his beautiful and distinguished duaghtcir, the Countess Sarolta. She la a girl of 27 years. Sha has recently boen deprived of the right-of contracting; any legal debts, and her fortune has been placed In the hands of trustees. Her history Is a strange one, It appe tb that during the fist eight years of Count V*ya's marriage no children were bora to him. a faot whioh almost drove him to desperation when he remembered that In default of issue his Immense estates would pass to the Grown and his name beoome ex»,lnot. When at length tha Countess gave birth to a child, he had so thoroughly booustom-.d himself to looking for a boy that no one ventured to undeceive him *nd tell him that the Infant was a girl. The prleat who baptised the ohQH was won over to the more or less pardonable daoalt praotla^d en the Ooant by his wife and her attendant!, and although the name given by the sponsors was that of Satutor (t boy's name) the name entered on the parish register was that of Sarolia or Charlotte.

Dressed and educated like a boy tha little Ooonteis bore the name of 8»ndlor till her eleventh year, and was believed by all to belong to the male aex. Bh«s was taught to •boot and fish; and from th<> age of all rod* astride of he? pony, dreiaod la hutsar uoif urn like a little centaur. J<ist about the time when the Count was beginning to consider the advisability of sending hit daughter, or at he thought, his son, to the Nobles' Academy %t P»sth, his wife gave birth to • real boy. The neoesaitir for keeping op the fraud with regard to the aex of Sandor, or Sarolta, had vow disappeared, »nd steps were ukan to make everybody aoqvatnted with the troa fasts of the ease.

The only person who eerlotmly objeotfld to tha aUefed ooadltion of things wtt the youog Ooanteis herself, and imteacl of this feeling p»selng away as sbe grew older It grew stronger every year. She Implored b.9r father, of ooucae witbont. succaHß, to permit her io enlist as * man in tha huifl»r regiment of which he was Oolonel-to-Chief. As aoon, however, as she had reached the age of 21 she took the bridle batween hei teeth mdtapborl cill? speaking, and arrayed In men's clotber, entered upon a oareer of wild ex travsgaitoe and diaalpation. Everywhere eh^ gave her name is Count Sandair de Y»y, and even fought a oouple of duels with men who bad Insulted her by Insinua tions regarding her sex.

A number of artloles signed Sandor Vay' appeared in one of the leading Pesnh Dewßpaperß,moßt]y on sporting matters, on which Bhe is an nnthority ; and for the purpose of keeping op the Illusion of her manhood, she even wont so far as to spend an Immense ammonat o* money on one of the most charming divas of the Hun^a rlan stage, purchasing a houßß for her and horse? and carriages, besides loading her with jewellery.

Her latest eccentricity oonilats in havlog eloped and gone through tha marriage ceremony with the daughter of an airiny contractor at Laybacb, in Austria, foi the Bole object of obtainiug tha young glrl'a Urge dowry, for Sandor, or Saroltt, has been tn great straits foe money since ehe w»o placed under control and thereby de prived of the 036 of her fortune. >'\-

Wkllb' Hai Balsabm.—lf gray, restores to original color; An elegant dressing, softens and beautifies. No oils or greaßa. A Tonio Kestorative. Stops hair ooming out, strength ens oleanees heals aoalp

HoLLOWAY'S OIJNTMENT AND PILLIS.-— Abscesses, Erysipelas, Piles.—Unvarying r»uc •ess attends all who treat these diseases accor ding to the simple printed directions wrapped round each pot and box. They are invaluable to the ydung and timid, whose bashfulness sometimes endangers life. Though apparently loca', diseases of this nature are essentially blood diseases, but a little attention, moderate perseverance, and trifling expense will enabk thepaost diffident t% qojjducfc any case 1,0 a Happy issue witHout exposing secret infirmites to anyone. The Ointment checks the local I inflammation and alleviates the throbbing i pains. These directions also clearly point out when and how Holloway's Pills are to be 1 taken, that their purifying and regulating powers may assist by adjusting and strengthen * s*j| the cowtitution, t

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Ohbistohueoh, Febrasry 5 The attenduuoa was small, farmers being In a minority.

Stork Sheep -Thore wai a rmll entry ia thii department and in cons qnaooa, doubtless, of tbe dry weather, there was very Siktlo basineai done. Following were the prlnoiptl tales effected :—Crossbred ewes and lambs, 3* lOd to 4a, all oounted, wblla a ve«y superior Hue of halfbred ewes realised up to lla ; fall mouShed merino welbers fetched 3s 2d, and some merino ewes with half bred lambi fetched 4i Id all counted.

Fat Limbs—There wu again a- very large entry of Umba of til description*. Maoh of it waa unfit to offer for either trade purposes or fre.is.ug, and itie price of time Buffered accordingly. There wu »n active enquiry for good lambi for export which told up to 12a 61 esoh. while poor klndi went an low as 4m 9i. ' Fat Bhwk—Tfcere were nboat 6000 fat sheep yarded, and of these there, were some very prime ones, whloh upheld their values, bat any thing like inferior quality was either passed, in or sold at • oon- Htdcrabie sacrifice. Tha price given for best wether mutton was 2&d • pound, while Inferior lor^t taflered a fall of folly a halfpenny in tha pouad on the quota tion of the week before bit, leaving values ai from I£* to If i. Fat Oatxls—fhere was a mnoh laigei entry of beef thau slnoe Ohriitmae. Some prime oxen from Banki Penln ■ula aold at aboat 18j pet lOOlbi, while the ordinary tvOQ realised from 16i to 17i6&

THE LICENSING LAW

AN ASHBDiVi'OiN OABE.

[Pxb Puss Association!

Ohbistchtooh, February 5. The only eaie of pnbiio interest heard bsfore Mi Justice Dtnnlston in Banco to-day was an appeal from the B.M. Court, Asbburton:—Henry, appellant, and Falton, respondent. Bir Joynt appeared foe the appellant and Mr Mtrtln for the reapondenis. Tbo appeiLut, a hotel keap«r, had been convicted of selling liquor on Sunday to a person n^t a lodger or tcaveller. The M*glstiatea found that liquor was supplied by the defendant's son, a boy batwet-n eleven and twelve years. There was no evideuca that the landlord knew of ths sale of liqaor, or beyond the fact of the sale, that the boy wai In charge of the bar or in &ny way in the.employ of bis father. His Honor held that the MaxUtiatea were justified in drawing the inference that the bey aotad oa behalf of his father and had ontro> of the bar as his rep.-t ---t^ntatlve and di:inisaed iha appaal with £7 7i costs '

THE CROPS

ESTIMATED PRODUCTION.

From oar rep iti published daring the last few, week* n wtilbe seen that in point of. abundance the cereal crops this bomod are about up to the average whli» a* regntai qaallty and condition grain if all aorta U iiuur and heavier thaa hH ever previoculy been (he cms la this district. Very rapid progress witn harvest work has been made daring the Uac few days, and by the end of thla week most of the oropa billow the railway line will have been atacked. Soma oata h«v« already been threshed from the stook, but. thla practloo ia not being earned oot to nearly the aame extent ac formerly, wheat par* tloalarly being very rarely so, treated. Samples of oUh already shown have with few exoeptlona been of excelled weight and color, but anfor un»tely the prioe ob tainable has not been commenaurnte.wi'h the quality of the artioie, »od on tbla mooount there In no gteat harry to thresh where ataok room caa be apared. What little threshing h«B bean done ouufirme the opinion expressed %t the beginning of harvest that yields would be better than was Indicated by toe appearance of the standing corn. It is of ooatse Impossible as yet to make aa exact statement as to the production, but the' information de rived in the ouarae of travels through praotioaliy the whole oudnty enable a very oioaely approximate estimate to be formed. The reanlt baa proved that last year'a official sUtlstios relating to iba production of grain at t?l i.he yiald mnoh below the aetaal pn Jv :uc:ioa. To be of valae the eyitem now In lotae In Viotorla should be adopted; Under that system a return la ttken in October of all land in cultivation, and cios* interested rre thaa enabled to form estimates of the probable yield. Beponiaof the progreai of the oreps are nude periodically j and, naally after harvest the estimated yield, oilcniated upon *otual result, la made ap. With a little modification of the jjreeent ryatem of..collecting',the ititiatioi in New Zaa'aad the firat and last of thaae ] reports should be obt»lnable at very little j addition to the praseot coat, end then lihe position of the oounty as regards |the prod notion of grain would be mace definitely known* So far, then, ac oan be oiloulated from present Information, and promlatog that favorable breather will oontlnoe uotll the harvest ia finished, this seasou's production of i^rain In Ashburcon county will be approximately as ander, last year's cffiilal figarea being given for ootnpailson :— [ Wheat. Acres- Average Production Bushels, Bushels. 1890 75,000 25 1,875,000 1889 81,764 ,2097 1,714,38 d Oats (for grain). 1890 36,000 25 875,000 1889 36,173 25£7 925,084 Bablbv. ' 1890 4,000 28 112,000 1889 3,411 24*00 81,888 Oar estimates of the prodnorton hat harveat wer*—wheat, 26 buahola per •ore ; oats, 25 bnihels per acre; barley, 28 bushels per aora. We oaloalata tbat there Is a little falling off in the area of wheat and oats this season.

ARRIVAL OF 'FRISCO MAIL

(PIB PBKSB ASSOCIATION.)

Auckland. February 6, The Ham of one hundred thouiaad dollars has been paid by Cornelius Vanderbllt for Turner's picture "The Giand O»nal of Venloa." A murderer named Hfggenbotham, who killed ■ Mormon, wii banged at Naravld on January 7th. When the body fell, the nooae opened an old wound In the neck, where be bad stabbed himself with raloldal Intent when arrested. The blood spurted out deluging the hangman's Melstant. . , The brlgantln« Cz»rowltz was out down iud lank In the Irish Set by the White Stir lUer, BiltannU, on the night of January Sid. The captain of the Czaro wltz was lost. 1 Tbos. Qalnn, fil P # , deolarei the Irtsh I paitf has dlreot proof that the O'Shea ' divorce oate originated with the London " Times " for the patpose of discrediting Paraell. Parts despatohea of December 30 ih quote private letters from St Pateisburg to the effect that the reoent so-called * relapse" of the Oz»r was not a return of the Influenza, but a muoh more serious matter. While in apparently gosd health he wai seized with paiaain the stomaeb after leaving ."table, fiia attendants beoama greatly alsrmed, and summoned physicians who adminfstered^ remedlesifot polaon, The Oourt atoiy U that the poison wait found'mixed wlih focdwhloh the C*.af had eaten.'NihUlsta confirm the report, and bo*at that the poison was administered by one of their 1 number; The Ctar'a condition was orltloal Ut some time, bat powetfu.l antldott* m 4 iWlfal tceatment uvfd oil

AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.

An extraordinary (oeu-i > as witnaened lately In Bow Road, tne main taorough* fare of East London. A large van filled with barrels and druma of paruffii, petro kEoi, and benzoline, ; waa overtainfd owing to the near-side wheel coming off, and its contents fell in tbe road. Some of the barrels and drome were broken^ and their contents ponred along tha gutter of tue road fora considerable distance, ulti mately eoaiing in contact wth some , chloride.of.lime, wbich. acting chemically i upon the oil, speedily set it alight, Tha scaue that resulted was an extraordinary one. For fully 20 minutes there was a wall of fire extending for upwards of. 100 yerds and folly half ih width. At one time so fierce were tne flames that a panic, 86iB<»d tha adjoining shopkeeoera. »nd' goods.were h»Btl'y removed. Traffic wa« entirely suspended,/for no vehicle dare ran the gauntlet of the wall of fire. The Oil gradually bar at Itself *Snf.

CATCHING THE "GREASY PIG:"

A OOURr CA9t.

Blbnhsisc, Feptnnry 5. A owe of nnuaoal ioteieat w«a heard today; Two man .were aammoned by the police for HMimttng a pig la.ooo- Qootton with an evont.at the reoeat Jubilee apottii" catching the greaay pig " and 'the prooeedlng«. were oooteqaeat apon a paragraph iv the " Expiew. The police had aobpoaaad Mr Klrby, the editor of the " Bxpreu " who lefoied to be sworn aa a wltneat' for the poiioe alleglDg tbat.hla uiefalaew ei't preii I man weald be at an end If he were pUeed iv the witneti box to tupport the police proaocutlon. He pera!iteotly refuaui to be ■*orn. Tho bench after retirement laid, that there wu, no alternative bat committal. Ai the committal waa being pionoanced the polloe offeted to with drawthe sue, which tho benoh agreed to. Mr Klcby then; iotlmated that he waa perfectly willing to make a bwocd itata ment at the rtqueit of the bench 1( It were diatlootly understood that he wm not exvmlnod «a a police witness. The banab eo&sented and the preaiman then gave, evidence to the effect that his it^loturts, on which tbe polloe had taken aotlon were not levelled at ludlTlduali, for, he aaw no single overt act of cruelty, bat against a bubarous sport. The ease waa dUmlned. . ''>;:' '"".!

REAPER AND BINDER TRIALS

•. • . > ♦ ■• .  • The recent reaper and binder trials that have taken place throughout the country are worthy^of study for the lessons they teach. Specially are they valuable as indicating the possibilities of machine manufacture in this colony in the future. But the first lesson they teach is one more directly valuable to' the farmer. When one looks over, the adrertisements of the daily, and weekly papers of the colony, with an eye, say, to the purchase of a reaping machine, he is struck with the euperlafcive laudation heaped upon each machice by the advertiser, whose special duty it is, as its agent, to chaunt it upon the market, set forth its excel lences, real or supposed, and recount its many victories. One machine you find is " leading the world," another is tbe " unconquered," a third is the "premier machine of the world ; "but all,to UEe a colonial expression,/' boss the job." The intending,buyer finds himself in quite a quandary over the many different machines of which he has choice, and on oae of which he has to spend his £40 or; dGSP. : He : is in no hurry perhaps, and he holds off a bit. By and by a private trial eventuates—?of ■a new machine, we shall suppose." 1 the trial is a success. The would-be buyer grasps the mechanism of the machine in his mind, and, guided by the more or less perspicacious description 1 of the expert in charge, he buys the machine. He himself works her for day or two under the expert's guidance, and is quite' captivated with her excellent perform ance. He finds himself a success with the machine, and cannot believe it possible that another man, of at least equal knowledge and experience of reaping machines, can hate a word of dispraise to offer of the work done by any machine of the same, " brand." A. public and competitive trial comes off. It may be that, the machine worked by the aforesaid buyer is to be made the repre sentative, machine of .the firm, and ." cockatoo " is - pleased and proud ■■ to enter and provide his team for the days work,. He does bis very best work that day on the driving - seat. His machine works without a hitch, and when, it may be, he comes out of the crop, his portion of the work done a few seconds or so before all the others, he is perfectly satisfied that he of all the competitors bas earned first place. His chagrin is deep indeed, when, an hour afterwards, the judges give him any place at all but the first. Yet a week afterwards, his own work done, his faith in his purchase as the " Premier " still unshaken, when he essays another trial against the same machines fifty miles away,' he is disappointed , again, but in the other direction, for he finds that first place has been awarded to him in face of his own consciousness that this time he has not been up to the mark. And so on it goes. , To-day the least popular machine of the lot has gained high honors, while the favorite has been beaten. To-morrow another rank outsider scores, and the favorite is again only in second place. In the course' of a season's trials over the colony all the machines have a record to show of triumphs won. What are we-to think of all this? The judgee are always practical farmers^-men who know good work when they see it done ; why then should these differences of opinion occur ?. The question igc forced upon the farmer—ls any, pf fill these machines, better, tljan another? Some machine thftthas not been very^succesßful in the trials is mentioned to him with a sneer. A supporter of this machine standing by marks the sneer, and speaks out:—" I have used one for five years. You know my paddocks. The woik done there is as good as any done in the trialsi-as good as anything done in^the world.*' And the hearers, knowing both man, machine, and paddocks,:[are silent. What conclusion are we to come tq at all? .At the risk of treading on the pet corns of every ram pant supporter of a special machine,, we speak out our feelings on the matter. Crystallised into one sentence they are thus ~ that tfye machines — whether English, American, or New Zealand. made, are good enough for anything, all or any of them, and ths e^oellenoa of their work depends more upon the men who work them than the machines who do the work, Moral—Let the young men of the farm closely study the principles on which all the machines in the market work, let them master each | in its practical details, and when young \men who have done so occupy the (driving seats, all will go'mwrv ajla majriag^hal^ ** «.-^

THE O'SHEA DIVORCE CASE.

(FIR FftdfiS \BSOOIATIOK.)

; Lokdon, P<»b«aary 4 ; Captain O'Shea has retained Sir B, Clark; Solicitor-General, to conduct ha» divorce case.

AN UNFORTUNATE BEAUTY.

. A remaTltable-story of a youug^wpman'*^ misfortunes while in search of a hnsbind comes ; from Hungary. She' wu the hand«j somest'girl in the village and all the'yoiinf ■ men fell in love whh her. Before »he i WM. ( . ; , twenty , she h;d received even ,an- hundred offers of marriage, but had-; refused them' all. She made up her mind at last, however, to get married; and accepted' theTiblH offer; The young man was kiled in an ieddent, however, before the wedding. The next ofier : was accepted, but the, lover was drafted into the army. Two others ..were accepted in tarn and met a.like fate.') The, next two on the lut. Swere in tura drowned, before they could T>e imarried. ,Two,more then presented them selves in turn, but both'broke off the match because of the smallnesi of. the girl's fortune. 'The tiinth got drunk on the wedding day :beat the girl ybefote 1;, the; wu perform ed, - and the ; was th^n .broken off. The tenth candidaie'turned out to have a wife already,, and the eleventh ran away just before . the f; time^ •' set for the wedding. Thoroughlydiscouragedi tnebeautytheitbak a dose of poiaon and killel herself. -^:. w _ m

A VERY REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE.

A.v Inquiry wu hold la the dUMot ci- Whit ch»p*<, tbe Uhei daj,. Into the clrcauutaneea attending the daath of John Matthewe, aged 46$ a.fi^bmoniitr'ltte'ol*' 18 Baxie; Street, MHrßad NeirTown, who dropped dead wfclle In the'aet of committing lalolde. | Anne >t Mattbewa t widow of the deeeaiadr, fitted that on October 8 the deceased, who had had • great deal of trouble, Wat not wvjmll,\ The following moinlnjfihe got up un usual to attend to hit work, bat when the wi ness got apehe found ;. be bad not opened the chop, andr^oa going to look;' foi him, fcand him lyltg iv • abed ft thfp back,' apparently aneoueoloas. fche ■rat/ for » doctor, who pronounced Jito extlnet. ~ Ddriag the week her bad been dfifikiag,!; and for overa week bad not broken hto:' fMt. Poltoe-constabta Booth deposed h« . «h oalled to the deoeasei,: whVhed a-i wound la hh throat.- He wh quite d«d. The wltneii foaod c larfe tin knife 'dose by, whteh_ was covered with blood. DrJgpqnT •tated: ith'*t;,l.e; was oalled to deceaijtd, and found htm j In an onthouuo.lying on hii f aos oa, tome ■tea*. Tb6re w ait a wound ,'ln, tbo F,acek almost an: Inch f v ■ dl^p«hland els or eight Inches long, but not dangeront. ;H*ax amlned tne surroundinga, bat failed to' fiod'aDj qarntfty of blood about; knife was lylogin a bbt, aad it'appetrid ' m If the docea¥ea hid oat hU throit; md then had faljea where It waa fonnd/ The face wstf oongeited^ ratid; the wltqeaa ber ileved that the mito diedi" Initaotaneooaly , from an apppleotlo fit while In thoferyiabt J of oattlng hli throat. It wm a moat ourioai o»te, for if th? man had not fallen dead Isatantaneoaily there matt have been a large quftotlty of blood about. The cotoner aald It wm an extraordinary CAie; »nd ooe that .wa's teldom knowß^C The jaey retarntd »iTbtdlcf In acoord*Mt % with the medioal te«Umony. ;

PRODIGIOUS MEMORIES.

There; have been etapeodnn* memor!e*f enough In ancient end modern^ tlmW w stagger bollaf—rach m those of Theo deotea and Hortenalar and Olnaas, of whom Oioero apeske, and lo cup later day* Pasoal, wbo^lt Is lald^ never forgot any thing he had eeen, heat dj or thought; and Avioenna, who repealed}by rote the entire Koran when he was tat yeita old ; aid; * Franoli Snarei, who Btr'«d» telUi os, h«d-^ the whole of St A.OBaViioe tn his menorf ' , —euougk, one would think, to de«troy4U } his mental power of digestion , and Jaetrjß L'palna, who one oacaalon offsred to repeat all the "HUtory" of Tacltoa without a mistake on forfeit of bin life ; end, In on* own days, Jedeklah Baxton and Zerah Qolbrirn" among othera, who hid eaoh sV 1 prodigious power and r>p(dity of cilealat- Ing lo their minds. Oulbarn, it i« said, ooald tell the number of seconds In fifty eight years almost before the qaeatlon oonld be rnoeated. The story h told .that Jadektsh' 'Bazton wm onoe takisr to tfte theatr* to tee Garriok, and that he wm observed to; pay,an, noramUted attvatloo.7 to tnei goat eotor throofooat the pla*« When he went oat hii friend who aoooav panted him aiked him how he had been Impressed by the aotlng, and Jebadlah an •werad -by atatlog.the cumber o| word* and syllable* that Gsrrlok b»d rpoke*.. flla mind had been intereated tolely la thle enumeration. I dare aay It was a purely meohanleal operation of mind with, him, and I nther think t&et with »ll these great memorial It Ib the tame. Aa I have not.a good memory, I ,wlah ft, . Soot of Ww toff?' ■h?}*^,*fosJ»*, that gre&t men nevei htve cteat memqrlea. Unfortqnatelf.itUDotkiae. Ti.riaa,* of Paaoal, Avloenna, Saallger, who oom- •■ tnltted to memory tbe whole of the Iliad and Odyiwf In three ' weekt'; 619 D» Thomas Faller, ' whoa* ' memory waa equally remarkable—to i»y nothing of. O/roi, Hoitenalna, Mltbrtdatet—are to 'terribly agalmt me that I give np anoh a propoaitlon ;.and I have serious-thought* myielf, deaplte Ita dlsguitlng fngrediente iof v porting,Jto .ihr learriedii OnAa^olrdJlf Berg.moVwo.lpe for Improving^ ow»' memorj. He glm ieTeral t but one. aboTe: all, oAeis m . efiMolooa and ~o«n ---fortlog to tn« memory. It U thU:—To make a mlztnte of ooole'a fat^ealolQad, haman hair, oamin, and beat*! gteaee,' *' ' and awaliow a pill of them of about tba aiss of a basil nut at bed tlme.^—l( Blaok« , wood'a Magiilne.'*

A BRAVE MAN TO THE MEMORY OF BRAVE MEN

■ Wben at the faerf al «tdtm at Apt* tn» ' EngJlih oocvette Calliope awoaped fro* ' destruction, it wm tjteted by. certain parties that her aaoapa ;*■*& r^uV<& inparlor Bngllah navigation, and. to.the pirtloolarAtnra, ot lei engine*; • Afa4nat thia statement a letter, whleh tha oom mandei;.of.lhe ihlp^Qaptaio Kane) ad d reaied from Sydney on July f to aa Intimate nautlal friend at Kiel, deserve* attention. In this letter tha gallant oaptalu ezpreateß htoaaalf. touthls; effaot: that be had been f^ary fortnnate loeaeapi < in good, time from toe harbor of Apia*^ and that th(a oironmatanoe wa« a goddr/ teaiirnqoiai, lojahlp, maohineryi and;m*Bv- • '• Bat, M;a,dda the »>liant Oaptaln wltk tb« , raodeaty of a true t^ero, "thagteatoeedlt^ I have reoetved for, nay personal manage ment uqder anoh be»7y trial k not de aorred^ and li out of good taate. Wa> have not done more on board of oar *hlp> th»n any, other Enallah, or Gciaaaa aajrlaa (ffioar aoald hafd Tdoue in the tini* ditDgerona poa|itloa. Captain FrltEe(eom.^ man4«> of thawretoked Adler)andOapUlo Bhrhardt (of the QlgaJ both aoted ai bnv* wonld be jpaalble (ot any naval oom mand.e» of ,any nalon t<i tf o . Had they t^ot a«t«d in kho nobl*)iraf they did, It m . oettaln that'the)oa^ of hum.n Ufa would have been far gwa* er oa that nnfottuoaU oooftilc^" The (Cologne Oazatte* from ,wh!c)ithjaabove trasalatldplatakaa,addi: r~ li We can oaly ooßfeea, with owat aatla faotlon, that thia - teitlmonialof a**h a ;dlailagul«hed Bagliah offion a« Oaptaln 4^:n-j li one of the moat, ba>«at|fal. and fiiitaßlnw; trS.batea^eD^ared- to tha opaa- , ,jDo«nd_«r^ 9f J ;thkJ. :^er,,|3ni |bip«; bf,.\waf r j«;' thal: n^nirhm(i'« S»\no*in disaster."

Bough ox nca—uatti ikw ftnmuf. trap tionijting worm, tetter, Mat ibmm, fratar

T££ ASSBtTRTON GTJaRDIAN, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1800.



T EVIATHAN RAILWAY TELii'iSß. Xj ancb hotel (Opposite the Railway Station), DUNEDIN. MBS SILK, PROPBIETBESS. Reid the following taken from a news paper :—" Daring the holidays, a friend who spent the Christmas in Dnnedin Bays : 'The Bite for the approaching ftew Zealand Exhibition was the chief subject of conversation. Having heard much of tfia Leviathan, he stayed there, and was greatly surprised to find the city possessed Maoh » very exoellont Temperance Hotel, ©obtaining as it does 110 rooms, all well and comfortably famished, and scrupu lously clean. In addition to this, he assures as that the board, he is quit* tonfident, is not eurpasa&d at any house (no matter of what kind^ In the Colony and qnestlonß very maoh if it is equalled W. W. SPENCER'S II the CHEAPEST House in Ashbatton for DRAPERY, OLOTHING AND BOOTS. We sell for CASH. Small profits and qulok returns, and we give sterling value. .- White Oalloos 3s 6i a dozen Grey Oalloos 2i lid a dozen A Splendid Turkish Towel for 7}d Flanelettes 4a lid a dozen Summer Dress Goods 6£d The best quality of PRINTS for the least money i Blankets 9i 6d a pair Ginghams in plain Colours 3i lid a dot Double Width White Twill Sheeting li Men's Tweed Salts 18s 6d Saddle Tweed Suits 391 6d ■ A oase of Men's Ool'd Moles jast to hand, slightly damaged by water; worth 9a 6d, for 7s lid Boy's Ool'd Moles 2s lid. THE CHEAPEST HOUSE FOR MEN'S CLOTHING IN ASHBUBTON. BOOT $Tb 0 0 T S. Men's Shooters 10s 6d, Bloohevs6s lid. A really good pair of Women's Kid Boota for 6s lid. No second-hand stock. A SPLENDID ASSOBTMENT ol Children's Patent Leather Slippers and Booiß at W. W. Spencer's THE ABCAOE. " aJ3iimJBTON CASH GTVTA.OK In returning thank 9 fo* \J the support he has received since coming to AehbertoD, begs to announce th»t he has now a well Selected Stock of BOOTS and SHOES to choose from of Best Quality. Order Work and Repairs Promptly Executed.—A Trial Solicited. -'Note thb addbess— Next Mb Randell, East Street. G. DIACK, Propeietoe. QffOD FAOMUB TALDB PAOIMTJ (" Wlitt we do we o well," TOE OHRIBTGHUBOH DENTAL SUBGERY, 1 Cashel Htreet, Chrlstchnrch, next Eobln b 'ißoot Store, and at the Octagon, Dnnedin. Ah jperations at strictly uniform and moderate Consultation free. .'& MYEBS~AND CO., 8U80350H DKNTISTB. NITBOtJfe OXIDE GAS admbalstered This Auwsthetio leaves no nnpleaaant efleots, and by its use the extraction of Bad Stumps and Teetli Is rendered per ♦eotly Painless and Effeotlve. Ad ministered dally. Fee for admlnliitratlon of Gas, ss. Extraction, 2s 6d a tooth. Hoars of attendance, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Private resldonoe, 93 East Belt, The acknowledged superiority of AMERICAN DENTI3TKY In the con struction of Artificial Teath, the most finished workmanship, and replaelog the ost teeth TEMPORARILY ALMOST JMMEDIATBLY after extraction, have aUbiisbad one reputation. A single ArtlficSa Tooth, 10a, tvmaplete ■i, Upper and Lower, T«naporacy and Permanent £10 10a ; Art.firfal Teeth and Dentures made by other dentists re aoddlad at small coite, Stopping, Sosl -2g Perfeot and Palnlear. in ' * SPBUJG & BUMMEB, 1889 WM. SPARROW, TAILOR AND MEBCER, JUST OPENED, a LARGE and Varied Assortment of Gentlemen's bhlrts. Hats, Scarfs. NEW SEASON'S TWEEDS AND COATINGS. A large and well seleoted Stock to ohoos* cm. fHE T4ILOBING DEPARTMENT ji under the j£«n»gement of MbJ.Bbb m?o has had Large b^tlenoe a. CUTTER the principal Tailoring Jtot»W»»«iiienw Ohrlafohurch, Perfect Fit and Wo^Mnthip Guaranteed WM. SPARROW, KsitStraot



Wanted Known Cash Advertisements under thl head ing, not exceeding }6 words, OMB Shilling. Addresses may Deleft at this Office. THE N'Z. Jubilee and Exhibition Chronic c, an Illustrated Magazlae of Towna and Scenery of Naw ZsaUnd. Price la,—H M. Jo* as. "YTALENTIN&k, ia cboloa ssaorimeut V now opening.—H, M. Jokes. ANILLA B'nl,r Twtne, machine oil, an^ nice. Time ia mono) ou the harvest fiald—the belt ia the cheapest. —R, Aicobk, Saondera rfulldingfl. \\7 ANTED Known.—"Strong-wear W Boots for Ladles, Meu an A Children can only be obtained at W. H Ooujbb'b. ■■ ' " : • YYTANTED Known that Ahvbxw Oee's wV half-yea»ljr tale of Surplus Stook of Drapery Olotbiog tad It now going on. 1 141 ■Y\7ANTED KNOWN— My Special VV Make of Ladles' 4-olaep Kid Gloves, " The Aghburtoniao," braided backs, So 6d per p»lr.—W. H. Oollub. . WANTED every mau in tna Oouniy to have a Salt of the Aahbarton Tweedß.—RoßKßT Axoobn, Aihborton Clothing Mart, S»anders' Buildings. EDNESDAY H.lf-HoHday. Pletee ■bop early. Wednesday we oloie »t 1 p.m.—H. 0. Ssoibjb, Melford Home. TTiOiBROIDERIES— Fct good Bmbvoly P^i deriei marked cheap kv to Melfocd Home. We have a iurge ana splendid asio tment to oboo«e from.—H, 0. Siobe's Melford House. WANTED Known Uoe ooctalns 3a lid, ton els 4|d, ambrellai Is lOd. prints 2^d. sklrtr Is, kid gloves Is, 12Job drees buttons for 1«, embroidered oostumee 10t.—Andrew Orb's Sale. 1 160 THE Jubilee Sale. Anobbw O&r Is selling men« boots 9s 6d, ladles E.S. at 4a 6d, l»oa np boots 5a 6d, girJa boots 3a 9d, men's ehoea 6i lid. evening shoes 2s 61. Sale now on. , 1151 MSB KBNNBD7 and Misa Csmeroa, Moore Street—Teachers of Scientific Dress-cattiog. Bodies oat and fitted. Dressmaking in all ita branohes. Bidiog hubita a speciality. 12 69 MILjIJInEU^ —If you want o choose from a large stock of tiimmod and Guttflmmed hats and bonnets go te Mel ford House. A lot of children's Ctalatea straws from 6d to 2s, very cheap*-^H. 0. bBGERS, Melford Hoaso. \\r ANTED,Everyone to Know—Tbst YY J. 'MOI3ON has no<r In stock * arpe tnd varied aasottment of BOOTS AJSD SHOES for the Spring and Summer Season, Gentlemen's, Ladies', aud Ohil d?en'e, both imported and Colonial; t ieo EIB OWN MAKE, whiqh OANN )T BE SUBPASBED for Style, Fit, QW ty, and Neftncas, combined with VERY RHIABONABLE PRICES. All repairs exeoated prompt y and with D6«itDBBB. lOtl



Public Notices. DON'T FORGET ! COME one and all to the Flyers on Foot end Wheel, Including Shaw, our Hurdle Champion. WEDNESDAY, 1 o'clock sharp, 2 27 *TTAIjENTINE3 ! Valentines—Newest V and most iSleg'ant Designs in boxes. Sllk-Briiged Love Cards and Perfomed Sachets, etc Largest Variety In Oomlo Va'entlnes, L. F, ANDRBW£S & 00, Stationers' Hall, CHAFF GUTTJNR, Xosemc Tatlob having purchased a com t) plete steam power chaff-catting plant, is now prepared to cut ck«ff in any quan tity for farmers and others in tho Asibur ton Oounty. Orders left at my house will have prompt attention. —Joseph Tayiob, Green Lare, Hampstead. 2§7 OA.NTERBUBY ROLLifiR FLOUft MILLS.



WE beg to notify th&t wehavoThis Day LEASED to Messrs BOLLITT and CO. the CANTERBUKY MILLB, ABRBURTON, who will, we are con ! fident, maintain the high sUndaid of excellence that these Mills have estab lished for the " Supreme " Brand of Flour. All Accounts Irom this date will be cclleoted by Messrs Rol'ltt and 00. at their Gffioaß, 145 Hereford street, Christ churoh. (SigDed) KAYE AND GABTKB. Christchurch, 31st January, 1890. IN reference to the above we bejr. to announbe that It is our intention to maintain the Previous Excellence of the Quality of the FLOUR supplied from these Mills, "We, therefore, confidently, solicit the support of the public. , (Signed) j ROLLITT AND 00. Ohriatchuroh, 31st January, 1890 £ &



SALE NOW ON AT THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Half Yearly Stock-Taking. 25UTB AND BOYS' CLOTHING At PtiW *° Bnit everybody. SO OLD STOOKs"Td 3BWJT *BOM The Goodu are *EW ana «H«wown nake. HATS BHIKTB TIBS BBAGES ALL REDUCED IN PROPORTION [NSPECT CUE STOCK And judge for yourselves. NEW ZBAXAND cio^g actory- W. H. viTkBBKB, M»n»ger,