The Federal Convention d

. -*> (PEK PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, April 1. At the Convention to-day Sir S. Griffiths moved that the Constitution Bill be referred to a Committee, which was carried. In Committee, Mi* Munru moved that "Commonwealth" be ornitftl with a view to inserting the words "Federated States." Ova division the amendment was lost by 25 oo 13, and the short title of the Bili passed. The first eight preliminary clauses were carried. In chapter I, Legislative, the clause vesting power m the Queen and Parliament was passed. On the clause relating to the appointment of Governor-General, Sir George Grey moved that the office be elective, but the amend ment was negatived by 35 to 3, and the clause passed. On the clauses dealing with the Governor-Generals salary Sir H. Atkinson moved that the amount be left to the Federal Parlia ment. Mr Bray moved that it be £10,000, unless altered by the Federa. Parliament. Sir. G. Grey moved that it be £6000. All the amendments, were lost, and the clause passed. The clause defining the powers of the Governor-General regarding dissolu tion, calling parliament together, prorogation of the annual session, privillgea and immunities of members of the Senate and House, were passed. In the clause dealing with the> com positum of the Senate, Mr Mujiro moved an amendment to the effect that there be six representatives from each state instead of eight as proposed by the Bill.  . x . n , The convention adjourned till next morning. _

AQUATIC.

..—♦ [per press association.] Sydney, April 1. A sculling match, between Thomas Sullivan, late amateur champion of New Zealand, and Charles Stevenson, champion of New Zealand, lor a stake of £100, with a side wager of £100, will take place on Monday, 27th mst., over the championship course.

Te Aroha Election Petition.

(PE& PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, April 1. lhe hearing of the Te Aroha election petition was commenced to-day at tne Courthouse Te Aroha, before Chief Justice Prendergast and Judge Connolly.

The Revenue.

—♦- HEAVY UNAUTHORISED EXPENDITURE. [PER FEES 3 ASSOCIATION.]' 1 S'jf Wellington, April 1. The Government anticipate that the revenue for the year will show a surplus of £50,000. The unauthorised expendi ture for the last year has been abnormally ]ar*e, and has reached the maximum of £100,000 to which Ministers are limited.

The Education Question.

(PEK PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Nelson, April 1. At a meeting of the Kelson Education Board to-day, the Auckland " Herald article was considered, and a report adopted to the effect that the charges m the article " one and all are so ludicrously inapplicable to whab is ?oing on m the district that it is hard to make any amous rejoinder." The charges were then referred to m detail, and the report set forth that the conditions alleged did not obtain m Nelson. In reference to the circular re the Otago Trades and Labor Council's resolution, the Board passed the following resolution :— lhat this Board cannot recognise that the Otago Trades and Labor Council is a proper body to advise Education Boards aa to the selection of school boorfs, a matter to which the Nelson Board has hitherto directed much of it* time and attention.' __

The Shearers' Agitation.

■■■INI ♦ "*" [per press association.] Brisbane, April 1 The Unionists are still trailing fire sticks through the disturbed districts, and several buildings on different sta tions have been burnt to the ground. Twenty-one persons have been ar rested for incendiarism. [Received April 2, 11.30 a.m.] Bbisbwob, April 2. The military authorities at Barcal dine having been boycotted by the carriers are unable without great diffi culty to procure supplies for the troops. Government have gazetted regulations to the effect that any persons refusing to work for the Government render themselves liable to a fine of £100, and no further difficulty is anticipated on this head. An attempt has been made to wrecJc the railway bridge at Clermont.

The Indian Rising.

. ——♦ ' [rEB PRESS ABSOOIATIOX.] Cajjcutta, March 31. It was a detachment of the Forty second and Forty-fourth Ghoorkas which was destroyed. It is supposed that Mr Quinton and the European i officers are prisoners, except one, who is known to have been killed, and it is feared Mr Grimgood, the British resident at Manipur and wife, are also prisoners. Three regiments are march ing to their relief. Some anxiety is felt for the safety of eighty Ghoorkas who are advancing on Manipur under the command ot Lieutenant Grant. General Grant, commands the Munitio expedition. Captain Cowley and 200 men of the , 43rd Bengalese, were expected to arrive at Manipur three days after Quinton, and it is feared they have been massacred. i [Received April 2, 10.50 a,m.J J Calcutta, April 1. Messrs Quinton and Grimwood and Colonel Skene are prisoners; Mrs Grimwood, three officers and fifteen Ghoorkas are reported to have escaped, The War Office have hopes that the bulk of the main escort with the cavalry and Lieutenant Grant's com pany are still entrenched. The attack on the troops is attributed to the fem> of annexation by the natives, who have become very restive of late. Lateb. Cowley's column is safe, and it is believed that all the missing officers are alive,.

Latest Cable News

HOME AND FOREIGN

[PER I'IIBS9 ASSOCIATION.] (Received April 2, 10.50 a.m.)

IMPERIAL REVENUF.

London, April 1. The revenue for the year wiu £89,489,000. " The Times " estimates that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will have a surplus of £1,800,000.

AFRICAN GOLDIELDS.

(Received April 2, 10.40 a.m.)

Mr Cecil Rhodes has received re ceived reports showing that the auri ferous reefs m Mashonaland are of ex traordinary richness and exteut.

AUSTRALIAN.

rßeceived A mil 2, 11.30 a.m.! I

THE VICTORIAN REVENUE.

Melbourne, April 2. The revenue for the past nine months has fallen short of the estimate by £300,000.

THE ADMIRAL AND THE GOVERNMENT.

There appear to be strained relations between rear Admiral Lord Charles Scott and the Victorian Government. Some time ago a suggestion was made that a naval demonstration be held on the arrival of the auxiliary fleet, and the proposition was favorably enter tained by the Government, but when the matter was brought under the notice of the Admiral he replied m terms of manifest umbrage at the interference ot the Government, and intimated he would make his own arrangements for the reception of the fleet.

(Received April 2, 11.45 a.m.)

VIENNA POSTAL CON- FERENCE.

; In addition to the Agent-General, ! Judge Casey will represent Victoria at the Postal Conference m Vienna.

The s.s. Wanaka Ashore.

. —.» [pee press association,] New Plymouth, April 2. The U.S.S. Go's steamer Wanaka, coming from Manakau, struck on Puke tapu reef, about three miUs south of Waitara, about eight miles from New Plymouth. The ship's boats landed the passengers safely. The night was misty, and the reef she got on was a mile from shore. x _ , , , The steamer left Onehunga at 2 o clock on Wednesday afternoon crossed the Manukau bar at 4, and was due at the breakwater at 4 this morning, lwo ladies and ten gentleman were saloon passengers, and three were several m the steerage. Everything went all right till about half-pasfc three this morning. There was a thick fog at the time which obscured the shore, produced no doubt by the bush fires now burning along the coast, impossible to see a length of the steamer ahead. The sea was quite smooth with a gentle swell. Captain Meades was on the bridge, and the steamer suddenly struck stern on, and then swung round with her head pointing south, and broad side to the land. Captain Meades be haved splendidly; so did all the crew. It was found the vessel had gone on Puke capu reef, which runs out from Waio ngon*a Point, about a mile from the shore. It is about three miles South of Waitara, a little to the north of whereithe Rangatira went ashore m. 1880. Hie boats were got ready at once, and at tempts were then made to R et the vessel off the reef but.she did not move. A (sedge anchor was then put out and an attempt to got her off m that way was made but without success. Wellington, April 2. The manager of the local branch of the Union Company received a telegram from the New Plymouth agent that the \V anakn was expected to be floated off at lnglJ i water, about noon. The probability is she had very little cargo on board.

SPORTING.

[per press association.]

A.R.C. AUTUMN MEETING.

Auckland, March 31. The Auckland Hacing Club's Autumn Meeting was concluded to-day. Excellent weather prevailed, but the attendance was only moderate, Results: Stewards' Handicap, of 80 soys ; one mile.-Cissy, 9st 81b, 1 j The Dreamer, 65t71b,2; Eepri^. *t »lb, 3. Seven horses ran. Won by half a length. Time, lmin 45sec. Dividend, £2 ss. Ellersue Handicap, of 100 soys ; six furlongs—Namoa, Bst 6lb, 1; Brigand, 7st 121 b, 2 ; Dishonor, 7st 31b, 3. Lady Belle also ran. Won easily by a neck Time, lmid tfsec. Dividends, £1 bs and £lAwtomw1 Awtomw Handicap, of 200 soys ; 1| m ile.-Impulse, 7st 10lb, 1: Coalscuttle, 6st 121 b, 2 ; The Dreamer, tot 81b, £ Hilda 9st 91b, Leorina 7st 131 b The Baron 7st 111 b. and Fiesole 7st 61b abo ran. Won m a canter by eight Whs. Time, 2min 12jsec. Dividends, £3 lbs 6d and £3145. Autumn Steeplechase, of 150 soys , about 3* miles.— Ineoranga, 9st <lb i.-, Hopeful Kate, 9st 101 b 2 ; Oi-aki, lOst, 3 Bit o f Blue 9st 121 b, Fishmonger 9st 81b, and General 9st 81b, also ran. Sentinel was not allowed to start, his nomination having been declared invalid. Fishmonger baulked, and Bit o Blue ran off the course, leaving Ingoratiga to win by five lengths. Time 9mm 18isec. Dividends, £3 Is 6d and S.i 2s 6d. Flying Stakes, of 60 soys ; f-mile. - The Baron, 9st, walked over. Welter Handicap, of 50 soys : one mile.—Tatnora, 9st 51b, 1; Micnic, 9st 31b 2;TeKooti, 9st 51b, 3. Fourteen horses started. Won by a length. lime, lmin 46|sec, Dividends, £10 Is and Shorts' Handicap, of 80 soys; six furlongs.-Cissy, lOst lib, 1 j; Tirai lene, 7st 121 b, 2 ; Master Tat, bat 71b, 3. Four others ran. Won by a head Jto, lmin 17isec. Dividends, £3 13s and £410s. .

TARANAKI AUTUMN MEETING.

New Plymouth, April 1. The Tabanaki Jockky Club Handicap was won by Huerfana 6st 71b, Eileen S m, second, La Petite Kile, tot 41b, third, altei? a splendid race. Dividend, £9135. .

The racehorse Ixkm has been sold by Mr D, Rutherford to Mr A, Blackwood, of Melbourne (owner of Vengeance) for 3°r o he Canterbury Jockey Club held a special meeting on Wednesday afternoon aKEr rooms, at «rbidi it was decided to disqualify Prime Warden for six months m consequence of the way w which he had been run at the late meeting. It was also resolved to advertise for a paid liancli cappei'at a salary of £150 a year. The profit over the Meeting ot the Canterbury Jockey C}ub amounted to 4? IRQ " Mr Wanklyn, Secretary to the Oanter buryJockeyClubreported ss follows on his investigation in.tq tf}« " Referee " case ;—

.V I have to report that have inspected Messrs Stlig and Bird's papers, foe. 1, m j connection with their toUilisator invest ment department, and although no par ticular form of accounts were kept, the produc.ion of a lumber of tickets, letters and telegrams to agents, with instructions to invsst moneys on the totalizator:-, leads me to the conclusion that they have kept faith with their clients and the Racing Clubs."

Statistics of Australasia.

(jTER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, April 1. Heturns attached to the reports fur nished by the Finance Committee of the Federation Convention show that there are sixty-four thousand males of military and one million and sixty seven thousand four hundred and 'six of supporting age m Australasia, ex clusive of Maoris. It is estimated that fche population of Australasia last December was three millions nine hundred thousand. The amount of import duties received was equal to £2 6s 5d per head of population, and the cost of collection of Customs and; excise duties averaged 2.9 per cent. The following estimate of the expendi ture of the Federal Government has been prepared on the basis of the pre sent population :—Civil Government, £639,000 ; collection of revenue, £270,000; defence, £750,000; re couped loss on services, £200,000; interest on works taken over by the Federal Government from the various colonies, £367,000 ; total, £2,122,600, being equal to 11s 5d per head of the population. The imports of Austra lasia during the year 1889 amounted to £69,043,423 while the public ex penditure, including payments to sink ing fund, totalled £28,401,554, being equal to £7 12s 2d per head. The revenue of the Post and Telegraph and Money Order Departments was £1,955,298, and the expenditure £2,090,623, the deficiency being equal to 8d per head. The Australasian loans to the end of 1889, as far as can ba stated, amount to £181,847,271, the interest payable being £7,545,996 at the rate of 4.14 per cent. The ex-1 penditure ©n Defencein 1889 amounted to 3s 9d per head of the population. The Defence force numbered 29,624 men, and the amount of loan money expended on fortifications was equal to 9s 8d per head.

COAL.

IS THERE GOOD COAL IN CANTER BURY? (From the "Timaiu Herald.) This is a question which lias been asked m a practical form by many men who have spent time and money m searching for it, and the answers so far obtained must b« admitted to be m the negative. Yet there are not a few who entertain a strong hope,—not to call it a belief—that good coal will yet be found m this district. There are reasons given by the scientific why it is at least unlikely, but, we under stand, no one ventures to say it is im possible. There are some deposits of inferior quality known, and worked to a slight extent, the quality beiug too low to enable the owners to make a good market for the produce of their mines. So far the coals found on this side of the ranges are of inferior quality to those on the west, though, they are of the same age. The Chief of the Geological Department tells us there has been practically but one Coal Age m New Zealand, when the country was everywhere clad with dense vegetation. Possibly the climatic conditions of that period favored the growth of coal forming plants more on the west than on the eastern side of the mountain backbone, as the present conditions are more favorable there than here to less abundant growths. Nevertheless there may be beds of commercially good brown coal dis covered here. So far thei*e has been no methodic attempt made to discover any except by working at natural out crops. These occur at very few places, mere dots on what must have been a large area covered with coal-forming vegetation, and of which area a large part may have been cleanly buried by the sea when the coal-growing land aubsided. If so, the coal, whatever its quality, is still beneath the district, and it does not seem a fair test of its possible importance, to estimate its thickness and quality by what is pre sented atafewalmost marginaloutcrops. It may be that over the greater por tion of the district the land of the Coal Age is buried too deeply, first under marine formations and next under the shingle beds, to be profitably operated on, however good the coal may be ; but there a-e many places where local upheavals subsequent to the burial have brought it much nearer the surface, and the use of a drill might demonstrate both the presence and the accessibility of good beds of coal, where at present there is not the slightest surface indications of their existence, because the denudation of upheaved masses has not at such places cut through the marine deposits which were spread over the submerged land of the Coal Age. No one can tell bow extensive that land was, but it pro bably stretched further to the east than does the present land, and looking at the thick deposits of coal m Eastern Otago, and the respectable beds at the Malvern Hills, it is not a wild suppo sition that heavy masses of vegetation covered this district at the same time. If so, then that vegetation was either destroyed or buried as the land sub sided beneath the sea ; if buried, then it is buried still, and has been trans formed into coal. The probabilities seem to be m favor of the coal, where the vegetation was buried and not des troyed, being thicker further from than near the slaty hills, and it is near these hills that all the outcrops are found. If some enterprising person would test by boring a piece of country as far as possible from the slates, and where the marine deposits present themselves at the surface, he might on getting through these " hear of something to his advantage," and o£ advantage to the whole district.

TSB mMBBIASI fHtT^PAY, APML % JB9l



Seeds for Autumn Sowing. i 1 WHITE ST >NE AND . . DEVONSHIRE GR'fcYSTONE TURNIPS, RAPE. DUN OATS CAP tf BARLF,Y; RYE, MUSTARD SEED &c. (iEORGE JAIESOK ABHBURTON AND RAKAIA. I am a Cash Purchaser —OF— Wheat, Oats. dfißarley. CORNSACKS SUrJOdJUD AT CURREHT RATES] GEORGE JAMESON ; ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA WE AJiE PREPARED TO RECEIVE GRAIN AT OUR tshburton, TinwaM, yt Xyndhurst Stores ON [STORAGE AT LOWEST CURRENT BATES. We have for Sale Cornsacks, FULL SIZE AND FULL WEIGHT WANTED, FOX IMMEDIATE^ DELIVER 1 C\f\ 000 Sacksot WHEAT- O/Vf|nn SacksofoATS "i n 'noo Sacks of barley- Sacks of ryegrass- O Sacks Seconds °f WHEAT HIGHEST PRICJES OIVEIVj FRIEDLANDER BROS nui mm im \ n n iinif m features- st^ngth, II II lil ''I'll II ll II 111 U I Durability, Lightness of Draugh iallliil lil 1111 II 111111 If II I Simplicity of Construction, and Ullilll 1 I lIUU JilUlll Rcliabilitj of Knotter] IS ES ¥0R SALE—S, «, and 'T'-ib Cuts. /S| milill ¥ITIT FiTI II The 7-feet Cult lighter m draitght than L] [|| 111 Ijl I 111 111 11' II SI ULIMHII D. THOMAB, Agent, I>. THOMAS ! (Late o£ Matson, Cqx and 00. . AUCTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, and ESTATE AGENT, VA^UATOJK. WOOL and GRAIN BROKER;j ASHBU R T 0 X o—- —*- TOANS Negotiated. Weekly Sales of Live Stock ; Tiuwald and Ashu rtou J . • ,lternately. Fortnightly Sales of Sheepskin*, Fat, and Huies on FRIDAYS Saloc of Wool throughout the Season, Grain bought and sold ■ on Oonunusio^j Clearing Sains as per arrangement^ IMPORTANT, NOTICE. TO MY CLIENTS AND OTHERS. mHE demand for Good Land m Large and Small Farms has again arisen, and every day I have applications for such which I cannot supply. Those wishing;either to Let or Sell their Properties will therefore consult their own interest by.giving me promptly full particulars, and I can guarantee if the Land is fairly good, aad tht price not exorbitant, that a sale will be effected. A proper registry of all Lands for Sale is rigidly kept. . D. THOMAS, ASHBURTOK] r am; ;a ca;sjh purchaser OF WHEAT* BARLEY - ' . AND ■'' '"' RYEG P A S S J). THOMA^



TO LET, FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS. A WELL-IMPROVED FARM, of 570 JLJL Acres, at Mayfield, all m English glasses. The Buildings comprise seven roomed Dwelling House, Stable, Yards, &c The Farm is will-fenced ana watered. Immediate possession.l For particulars apply GEORGE JAMESON, Ashburton "Wheat. OatsT /""VRDERS just received for Prime TUSCAN, PEARL, & HUNTERS Also for large quantity good SECONDS WHEAT, and heavy • MILLING OATS. —HIGHEST~PRICES.— 3 111 JOHN G. RESTELL. Q < g t= ! (T 0 °- g LLi -^ B;: » N S CO- W i ■■I CD i .. t'bc'b stook In the Assigned Estate of E. W. PAGE & CO., WHOLESALE WAREHOUSEMEN* IS NOW 1 >'■'■■ \ -1 ON SALE 22 « 2 AT Mitchell & Turner's KAIAPOI HOUSE



Gr. JBawgett Dodds SURGEON DENTIST, Addkbss : Court Chambers, above Mr rl. M. Jones, Stationer East Street. TO FARMERS AND SETTLERS is THU ASHBURTOI? DISTRICT. rpHE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND I MERCANTILE AGENCY COM PANY, Limited, beg to announce that they have secured the services of MR JOHN G. RESTELL to act m the capacity of Agent for them at Ash hurt on. He will be entrusted with the Company's orders for the purchase of GRAIN, RYEGRASS SEED, ANi PRODUCE GENERALLY. And will receive consignments on behalf of the Company for Storage or Sale, as also of STOCK, WOOL, and SHEEPSKINS, which will receive the Company's usual careful and prompt attention. They have no hesitation m recommend ing Mr Restell to the Farmers and others of the district as one m whom every reliance may be placed, their experience, extending over some years, having proved him to be worthy of implicit confidence E. S HARLEY, Manager. E. G. STAVELEY, Produce Manager. "THE COKNEK." | W. H. Collier HAS opened up the New Winter Stock of Hugs, Blankets, Flannels, Quilts, Furs, Boots and Shoes, Dress Stuffs m till the newest colors. Hats and Bonnets m all the Latest Styles. Also showing a large purchase of ASSIGNED STOCK Of a Wholesale Warehouse, including Dent's 6-clasp " Orient" Kid Glove, usually 7s 6d, now 4s lid Turkey Twills, 4s 9d per doz, worth 6s 6d Holland Pinafores worth Is 6tl, now 6d each Fancy Aprons formerly 2s 6d, now Is each Ladies' Corsets 2a lid pair (the standard price of this line is 4s 6d) Black Ribbon 2d. 3d> and 4d per yard, worth about three times this price Heavy Dress Cloths 7J?d per yard, worth Is to Is 3d per yard Imitation Moleskin 3d per yard (formerly Is per yard) Children's Strap Slippers Is 3d And niantf other ± Special Lines, CALL AND SEE THEM. W. H. -'THE CORNER." STEPHENS T3ROs> TEPHENS JDROS, MARKET HOUSE, TO STATION OWNERS, CON TRACTORS, AND HARVEST HANDS "T"\TEhave just landed a First Class Vy Stock of this Season's TEA, in cluding the very Choicest Varieties that money can procure. The Indians are flowery and pungent, whilst the Ceylons, are spring pickings with plenty of grip. We have also m China Kaisow and Moning, both of excellent quality. In addition to the above we have secured for this district the sole right of selling and introducing the Kangra Valley Co's IEAS, which have been so highly commended and appreciated m other parts of this and the adjoining Colonies, We have no hesitation m recommending them to our Customers and fche Public. We haye further been successful in procuring the agency for this town for Sutton's, of London, FRUIT SAUCE, Cheapest and Best m the traqe. No Housewife sl}oule\ be without it All pthev (3fp,p4s m Stock of Best quality —Including— HARDWARE, TINWARE, BRUSH WARE, GLASSWARE., CHINA^ WARE, HOLLOWARE, gROCKERy, «&c, N.B.— AH GOODS purchased from. «s can be returned if not satisfactory, KF Satisfaction being our motto. "^^| Stephens \Bros< } MARKET HOUSE ASEBURION



-Notice to Farmers and onrv j JOHN POI &fiii.Jll BROKER, VAiIATOR & ELlff AfIJODHrART. STORES and OFFICES: Corner of West and Havelock Streets, Ashburtou, being the premises recently occupied by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. .A-GKEISTT FOR- The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. The Union Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Limited. The Ceylon and Indian Tea Association. And various other Agencies. GRAIN ard other Produce bought and Sold on Commission. The Stores now accuDied by him offer peculiar facilities for the efficient STORAGE OF GRAIN, The Rates for which are the LOWEST CURRENT. LIBEBAL CASH ADVANCES made on Produce m Store or entrusted to him for shipment free of commission, and at a Low Rate of Interest. He is prepared to undertake the Sale by Public Auction or private treaty o SHEEp^ CATTLE> REAL ESTATE, Live and Dead STOCK of every description, and having made highly satisfactory arrangements with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, LimJted embracing their Branches m all parts of New Zealand and elsewhere, he is enabled to offer extra facilities m these directions, which are manifestly unsurpassed m th>. Colonies. A Large Supply of CORNSACKS, TWINE, and general Farm Requisites alway on hand NEWCASTLE, WESTPORT, MOUNT SOMERS, and other Coals always held tock, and arrangements complete for regular supplie SPECIAL NOTICE, Havine extensive orders to complete for the purchase of cereals, Mr Restem is now a CASH BUYER of good lines of WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS, GRAS SEED &c. -



ASHBURTON SALEYARBB. MESSRS MILES & CO. .are in structed to Sell by Auction on TUESDAY IBXT 1400 me^ino ewes From the MESOPOTAMIA STATION. AH Sound-mouthed, 900 MESINO WETHERS From the MOUNT POSSESSION STA TION, m good forward condition. J. T. FORD, Auctioneer* GEO. JAMESON, 4tiS ' Agent, Ashkrtou*



PRELIMINARY ADVERTISEMENT. SATURDAY, APRIL 11. Important Hale, of ValmMe Suburban •Property, situated between the Town Belt North and the Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Show Grounds divided into Lots of from 2.t0 12, Acres. MR T. BULLOCK has reecived instructions from Mrs McLean to sell by Public Auction at the Arcade on SATURDAY, 11th APRIL, at elevan a.in. The Valuable Block of Land, situated between the Towu Belt North and the Agricultural and Pastoral As sociation's Grounds, having three frontages on the Railway and South Road, Princess street and Smith's Road, and adjoining the above named Shyw Grounds. Full particulars m future advertisement T. BULLOCK, 3 X 8 Auctioneer., 'TO MECHANICS AND THOSE DE _L SIROUS OP PURCHASING CHEAP PROPERTIES. £100.—4-roomed Cottage and Section, East Belt. £105.—Cottage and Section fronting Gra ham's road, Tinwald. £110.—Cottage with verandah, Grey street, together with J-acre land. £120.-4 Sections and Cottage, not far from the Woollen Factory, ; £15. — Building Site, East Belt. : A nice little Farm of 40 acres, well watered, with improvements, 3| miles from town. FOR SALE, cheap, tor removal.-- Building, 30 x 12. FOR SALE.—An improved Farm of about 943 ACRES 943 close to the Methveii Township. Apply to T. BULLOCK. ASHBURTON AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB. I>is»tril>«tionL oi Trophies ! ALFRED HARRISON'S ROOMS, PBID •• T, APRIL 3, 8 p.m. sharp. 4 7 "longbeach road district BRIDGE CLOSED. _____ - i is hereby given that the i_N Bridge on Grove Farm Road is closed for repairs. C. E. FOOKS & SON, 3117 District Surveyors. ST. STEPHENS' CHURCH, ASHBURTON. FTARVEST FESTIVAL SERVICE JLX TO-MORKOW, Friday, April 3rd, 7.30 p.m. PREACHER—Revd. J. F. Teakle, of Lincoln. ' 4*9 * X" '& THE Installation of W.M. are investi ture of Officers of the Somerset i Lodge, Ho. 1811, E.C., will be held m the Masonic Hall, Tancred street, on FRIDAY, 3rd April, at 7.30 p.m. Visiting Brethren cordially invited. CHARLES BRAJDDELL, h 183 Secretary. T OST m the Domain on Easter _J_Jl Monday a lady's plain Gold Bangle. Finder rewarded on returning to Mb D. Thomas, Ashburton. 4*15 ~ASHBURTON HIGH~SCHOdLT~ Reserve 1111, situated at Ash ton, m the County of Ashburton. TENDERS are invited for the Lease of the above Reserve for 14 years, from May Ist next. Mr John Shearer, the present tenant, will allow persons to in spect th?property. Fordetailed particulars apply to the Secretary of theßoard. Sealed tenders must be sent to the Chairman of the Board on or before the 30th April UeXt.IOHN EDGAR BUCHANAN, Secretary. Ashburton, January 19th, 1891. l§los UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD TENDERS are called for the following works: I.—Metalling some 10 miles more or less of the Laghmor Road, 4 yards metal to the chain. 2. -Picking Tussocks off the crown of McDowell's Road, a distance of some two miles more or less be tween Sections 27394, 28728. All information re the above can be ob tained on application to the Clerk. Tenders to be m the Ashburton Post Office by 12 noon, on SATURDAY, April 4th, 1891, addressed to the Chair man and marked "Tender." The lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. By order, - J. DAVISON, 3J198 Clprk- TENDERS WANTED FOR LEASING THE RAUKAPUKA ESTATE GERALDINE. A LTERNATIYE Tenders are invited /\ for leasing the Home block, con sisting of about 1700 ACRES of the above Estate for 14 years :— Ist. As a whole, together with the House, Wool Shed, Yards, Men's Hut, Stables, etc. 2nd. In separate farms consisting of A. About 650 acres with House, Stables, Men's Hut, Yards, etc. B. 580 acres, no buildings, well-fenced, and watered. C. 316 acres, no buildings, well-fenced, watered, etc. The above land is a" nne Agricultural land, m splendid heart, Tenders close 21st APRIL, the highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Full particulars and conditions with order to view may be obtained from H. B. WEBSTER & CO., Auctioneers, 3 20 Geraldine.



PRIMITIVE METHODIST BAZAAR. rpHE BAZAAR will continue open X TO-NIGHT till 10 o'clock. At § o'clock ft Lecture on JE*hrenology will be delivered by Mr R. Elston. Phrenological delineations, Oiie Shilling. 4 17



PRIMITIVE METHODIST BAZAAR. fTIHE BAZAAR will continue open _L TO-NIGHT till 10 o'clock. A.t § o'gloGk ft Leoiwe om. Phrenology will be delivered by Mr R. Elston. Phrenological delineations, One Shilling -4 17