with an accident near that township. Two cows were run over, derailing a truck, which is mud to hare been dragged two miles, and caused one carriage, a goods waggon, and another tru^k to run off. There were only three pasbengers ou the train, who were only startled, and beyond the damage to t^he permanent.wiiy there were no serious consequences. ;

Russian Inhumanity.

A few months ago much indignation was expressed by the papers of every European country at the barbarous cruelty of & Russian doctor at Bjalystok towards »Jewish boy, Whom he had accused of stealing fruit, andt he had punished him by burning the word •* thief" in three languages upon his face. The Jews of the district sent a petition to St Petei^ burg demanding punishment for the doc tor and compensation for his victim (who, it turned out, had not stolen the fruit). And thh petition was signed by the Kabbi and other heads of the Jewish community. Will it be credited that all the principal persons who signed this petition have just been expelled ignominiously from the Province of Grodno by order | of the Governor-General, it being alleged that they "promoted popular agitation? During the last few years the administra tion of justice in Russia has been far worse than it was during the most arbit rary period of the reign of Nicholas. Everything, indeed, has gone back to the days of crazy Paul and his infamous mother, the Empress Catherine. ••Tru&."

A Journalist's Reward.

Some two or three years ago a Mr Baldwin, who owned a little paper in the Poverty Bay district, was tried far criminally libelling Mr Bourke, lown Clerk and nls« Treasurer to the; Harbor Board of Gisborne. Baldwin, who had alleged that the finances of the latter body were not "straight," was found guilty and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. He was in poor health, and after representations had been made to the Governor he was liberated only to die a few days later. Mark the sequel :— The Napier " News " ha» the following Saragraph on the recently discovered efafcaticns of Bourke.-" The news contained in our telegraphy columns to-day points to the fact that the late John Bourke, of Gisborne, committed suicide to escape from the consequences of his own wrong-doing. It is satd that we ought to say nothing but good of the dead, but it is our duty to say that the man who was killed (by being thrown into prison) for trying to expose j what he knew was going on, deserves to b« exonerated now, and have justice done io his memory. Poor John Bald win ! he was called all the vile names j imaginable because he upoke the truth. Why did not the members of the Harbor Board cause an investigation to be made of Bourke's accounts when Baldwin charged him as he did with what is now proved to have been his crime I Because Baldwin was opposed to the party of sel fishness in Poverty Bay, his word was scouted, and ho was reviled, treated as a criminal, put in gaol, «nd killed. What will- his persecutors have to say now j "What of the strictures of the judge, and the fearfully heavy sentence Ml Baldwin is dead:' Bourke has committed suicide; the truth is out. have the protec tors of Bourke and the persecutors of Baldwin to say V

THE MARKETS.

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NewYobk, May 16.... The wheat available for export is 39,000,000 bushels. London, May 14. The "Victorian loan is quoted at three quarter per cent, discount. *• (Received May 18, 10 a.m.) London, May 16 Tallow, medium mutton, 27i ; beef 25s fill The Eiiglish wheat market is changing a little for thjo better; the continental market is steady,, and the American has *n upward tendency. New Zealand flour, patent, 27s 6d. Colonial oats, fine quality* average 265. Beans 36sv

The New Zealand Loan and Mertantile Agency Company, Limited, have re ceived the following cable message, dated London. 15th May, 1891:— Tallow-^; There is little demand, iine mutton and good beef talbws are worth •28s 3d and 26s 3d respectively, per cwt. Frozen Meat -Mutton market quiet. Canterbury stock light. Canterbury mutton is worth 4gd per Ib. There is a rather better demand for New Zealand lamb. Beef Market quiet. New Zea land beef, hind-quarters are worth 4fd per lbl Other quotations ftrj unchanged since last telegram.

Auctioneer's Report.

Mr F. M. Rickman reports on the weekly sale held at his Horse Bazaar and General MairkeV Arcade, Ashburton:— About 70 Horses of all classes were •ntered for sale, And a lot of farm implements, produce, furniture. &c About 50 of the hor«es changed hands at up to £23 for yountf sound medium draught horses, with a trial; second-rate draught horses from £6 to £12 ; and hack and light harness hornes frdm £4 to £12. A lot of the farm implements were sold at very fair prices, and a lot of furniture gold at satisfactory prices. The attend ance of the public was very Urge throughout the day, and thfc;sale was concluded in good time.

That Boy Jim.

He w*B the " devil," that boy Jim, Couldn't do nothing at all with him ; Raggedi arid dirty—a gutter-snipe— Piein' the cases, distributin' type { Peltin' the neighbors on their heads With bran-new quoins an' slugs an' leads I From early mornin' till evenin' dim- He was the" devil," that boy Jim. Editor cutsed him—'twan' no good ; Head as hard as a piece o' wood ; .Jest bust out in aloud hooray, An' kept right on in his hard-head way. But oncfc when the train was flMsmg by An' ffche editor's child on the track—Oh ainis lie rushed with the same don't care Bight in front of the engine there. Child mi saved. But! where was Jim? With flamtti' lanterns they looked for i him, , 1 , While the people, tr»TObled and held their! breath—- > ■ ■ Under tt*e engine crushed to death ! There in the du»t and grime he lay — Jim, ke had given his life aWay I; ■' i?wi|si?'t no use to weep for him; ' He was an angel-^that boy Jim 1

Licensing Questions.

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Auckland, May 16. The Licensing Committees of 'the five City districts held a joint meeting and elected a chairman. The general expres sion of opinion Was that- the Coihnnttej s should not take upon themselves powers not conferred by the Act by visiting hotels personally ; but should accept tlic report furnished by the police and act thereupon. No resolution was arrived at, however.

Peers and Publicans.

Some notion of the! power of the liquor interest may be gained (says the" Daily Chronicle ") from I he return which we owe to Mr Summer*, M.P., of the number of on-license in England and Wales which are owned by other persons than the publican, and of the number of brewers arid other persons who own two or more such licenses. In the first place, the re turn establishes that the publican, is largely a mere barman, the hiredj servant of the brewer who supplies him with'the article he sells. In the second place, it shows the rapid concentration of the trade in a few hands, and the power which the landed interests are acquiring in ' connec tion with it. In the county of Derby the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Devon shire, the Duke of Portland, and Lord Harrington own public-houses. The Duke of Rutland is the master of twenty drink shops in Bakewell alone, and the Duke of Devonshire of twelve. Lord Derby owns twenty one public-houses in Buty, eight lin Liverpsol, and seventy-two ; in all. Lord Set ton in Lancashire, Lord Lans dowiie m Wilts,' 1 Lord Fitzwilliam in Yorkshire (he owns eighteen in the Malton district alone) air link fche ownership of land with the lordship of beer. j In the Worcester County district all the people owning" more; than one Jkense^-Lord Hindiip, Lord Beauchamp, Lord Dudley, Lord. ftiandys, and Lord Co/eYitry—are peers. All the great London landlords — the Duke of Bedford (who owns fifty inall), the Duke of Westminster, Lord Portman, Lord Salisbury (owningnine, including four in the Strand)—are beer lords as well.; Corporations, railway companies,; charit able and ecclesiastical trusts, also figure largely in . th.B list of owners of '> public- | house property. Again, the great-brewers are stretching their tentacles all over England. Some, like Mr Sydney Ever shed, spread their operations ovei 1 half a dozen counties. The great firm of Green all, Whitley, and Co., whose late head: was rewarded with A "baronetcy, is repre sented in three counties, and owns a total of 534 dn-licenses, 126 belonging to St Helen's alone. Messrs George and Co, Own 257 fully licensed houses in Bristol alone; Messrs Truman, Hanbury, and Buxton stand for 203 in all London, and 138 in the Tower district alone ; Sir Alfred Gooch is the owner of 159 houses in Bir mingham ; and Peter Walker and Co., of art ?ind ecclesiastical fame, top the list in Liverpool with 143houses. Two brewers- Messrs Bullard and Messrs Steward and Paterson, the head of the former being a Jubilee knight—divide orer 500 on licensea in the County of Norfolk alone. In" London alone 10,000 licenses are owned by peraons who are other than the publicans ; in Manchester the number of ''absentee" owners is 2,054; in Liver pool, 2iooß ;in Sheffield, 1,102. Jn many of these towns— t.g.j Bristol and Norwich —this counts for practically the whole liquor trade, and we may therefore take, it for certain that the, old cry of harassing the publican is simply a veiled plea for the protection of a gigaatic monopolist inte rest, which has ■ outgrown the bounds of the national safety and well-being. The names are given in order of meiit, anything below an earl is not thought worth mentioning. The list is by no means a complete one, but simply a selection :— Her Majesty the Queen, 2. Dukes.— Beaufort, 20 ; Wellington, 2; Manchester, 2 ; Westminister, 13 ; Rut land, 37; Leeds, 8; Cleveland, 17 ; Devonshire^ 47? Portland, 20 ; Hamilton, 2.-; Norfolk, 14 ; Graf ton, 8 ; Northum berland, 36; Newcastle, 12; Marlboro ugh, 6 ; Sutherland, 11; Bedford, 50 ; Rich mond, 2; Buccleuch, 3. Marquises. —Exeter, 13 ; Bath, 14 ; Salisbury, 11; Camdeu, 5 ; Northampton, 14 ; Lansdowne, 5 ; Aylesbury, 3 ; Nor manby, 3 ; Anglesea, 6 ; Hartington, 6 ; Huntley, 2, Earla. — Gowper, 22; Derby, 72 ; Craven,' 4{ Stanford, 9; Dysart, 8; Shrewsbury, 21; Haddjngton, 3 ; Dun raven, IJ.; Hartington, 6; Sefton, 4; Kimberley, 4 5 Lonsclaje, J2; Carnarvon, 6 ; Portsmouth, 2; Shaftesbury, 2; Durham, 18 { Temple, 3 t Warwick, 4 ; Cawdor, 36 | Bathursfc, 4 ; Beauchamp, II ; Lytton, 4 ; Cadogan, 11; Jersey, 5 ; Stafford, 3; Leicester, 5; Winchelsea, 2; Spencer, 4; Westmoreland, 4j Dudley, 33.

A Pathetic Monkey Story

An English gentleman who has lived many years in India pnce witnessed a very 1 pathetic, as well as heroic, scene in one of the city squares, in which the sacred monkeys were the actors. He saw a number of monkeys seated and standing jn a large circle, and a female hugging and wailjing over the dead body of her baby that had Just been killed by a cobra's bite. The other females were trying to console her by caresses, while the males appeared to be in earnest consultation among themselves. In the centre of the •circle was the larg,e cobra that had inflected the fajtal bite, coiled and with head erect, watching the enemies by whom it was surrounded? Suddenly a young and athletijs male monkey sprang into the arena. He care fully approached the oobpa, which pre pared itself to strike. The monkey made a few passes, and just as the snake was about to dart its head, he sprang to one side, and then over the cobra. This was repeatsd so often and with such astound ing rapidity that the cobra became be wildered, when the monkey seized the snake by the neck, and proeeeded to crush its head to a jelly by rubbing it on the ground with all its might. The snake tried to free itself by coiling round the monkey's neck, but in vain; its struggles became weaker and weaker until life was extinct. When the snake's head had been reduced to a shapeless mass the young simian here dropped the cobra and executed £ series of hops and somer saults. Up to th at moment, the other monkeys had maintained a most anxious silence, watching every movement of the com batants with eager interest. The snake's death, however, was the signal for the most joyous chatterings and gambols. They took hold of the conqueror of the snake, patted him on the head, scratched his bacft, flanged round him,'and gave every manifestation of their great appre ciation of his yalorous achievem.ent The poor mother carried about her dead baby for two days longer.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN

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(Received May Is, 10.30 aJm.) THE CRAIGBTJRN WRECK. Melbourne. May 18. In his evidence at the enquiry into the loss of the Graigburn, Pilot Blanc hard stated that Captirin McKee threatened to shoot anyone touching the tackle of the boats or attempting to leave the vessel. The captain also struck witness, and accused jhim of being in league with the masters of the trigs to levy blackmail on him.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

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Fir*. Auckland, May 18. The stables at Otahuhu, formerly owned by the Stud Obmpany, and now the property of the New Zealand and River Plate Mortgage Company were destroyed by fire on Sunday. The loss is estimated at £700. The dead body of a newly-born infant was found In a confectionery fbox on Northcote beach. There were no marks of violence, and the child evidently died a natural death. It was wrapped up in a portion of a man's shirt marked F; McNally or F. MeAllery. '■-.  A Mrrlou* Scuffle, j A boy named Frederick Mitchell, eight yeyraof age, sustained serious and possibly fatal injuries on Saturday afternjoon in a scuffle with a lad named ClementlCrooks, who has been charged - with assault end unlawfully wounding. ■ , ; ■ ' . F«t«i Kick. " ' : NiEW PLYMOUTH. Mfty 18. Godfrey Saddler, cadet on Halcombe's farm at Ureiiui, died on Saturday morn ing from the effect of a kick from; a horse. He had only been out from England a few years. ; CHi««rrr«' lint*. - > Blenheim, Mjay 18. A mounted constable who "has been making enquiry as to shearei's' accommo dation on the large stations, fetmrned yesterday. He says he was refused .ad mittance by several large station owners, shearing being over and few men em ployed. The season of the year is not the best for judging what is the condition of affairs whtn numbers are engaged, but so far as he could see the men misht easily , improve matters by keeping the places cleaner. '

The Weather.

ALfeORD STATION,

The following is the Meteorological report for the week ending May 17th 1891:— - i

The Edwards Case.

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Wellington, May 16. Further affidavits in the case Attorney- Gfneral v Edwards have been filed by Mr Gully in the Supreme Court. One is that of Henry Ottersan, Clerk Assistant to the House of Representatives, and relates to proceedings in P'vlr.mo'.t when Hie f;;r.;s- I'tio'n of the validity of the defendant's appointment of judge was discussed, 'i. he other is that of William J Morpeth, of the Native'Department, and covers some I forty-six pagws of correspondence which took place between Mr Edwards and the late Ministry in regard to amendments suggested by Mr Edwards in the Act under which he was appointed. Wellington, May 18. The hearing of the Edwards' case was begun in the Appeal Court this morning before Chief Justice Pren;leraaißt and 'Judges "Richmond, Williams, Connolly, and Denniston. A large number of spectators were present, including some ladies. For the Crown, Hon, Mr Buckley, Attorney-General ; Sir R. Stout and Mr H. B. Vogel appeared; for Mr Edwards Messrs Harper, Chapman, and Theo, Cooper, Sir R. Stout opened the case, outlining the arguments he intended to rely on, and then proceeding to sketch the constitutional history of the position of Judges, which occupied the morning. Briefly put, he contends that Judge Edwards was appointed Commissioner of Native Lands, together with the power of a Supreme Court .Judge, and that the tenure of one office was to be determined by the other, consequently having ceased on March 31 to be Commissioner he also ceased to be J udge. Further, he argues that if his commission went beyond the terms of his contract with the Govern ment it could be rescinded, and he will endeavor to show it does so go beyond the contract.

THE ASHBUBTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1891.



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TURNIPS. TURNIPS. TURNIPS. THE FARMERS' FRIEND. A. GREAT SAVING OF LABOR, TIME, AND: TROUBLE. Pages Patent WIRE COILING AND PAYING OUT MACHINE, for shifting Turnip Fences ; and Picking up Old Fences, HAS been practically tried on several Farms, arid has given very,great 'satisfaction. All orders for Machines ex ecuted with despatch. Price with cross arms, £5 10s : without, £3 lOsi The ma chines may be seen and every explana tion given by, applying to H MATSOJS & CO., Christchurch. W. C. PAGE, East Street, Ashburton. 517 THE HORSE'S FRIEND. ~ PAGE'S No. 1 Horses Oils. Sure cure for sprains, bruises, or swellings of any kind in Horses. ; ! PAGE'S No. 2 Horses-Oils. Suns cure for sores on backs or shoulders, and any kind of broken wounds. '.'■ Numbers of Testimonials can be produced. : AGE NTS — For Chertsey, Mr T. McDowell, Storekeeper. For Christchurch, Mr C. S. Bowell, Saddler. For. Ashburton, Mr W. C. Page, ! Storekeeper. Sole Maker and Propriotor ; F. W. PAGE, CHERTSEY, CANTERBURY. ."'.•■ Ashburton, 18th April, 1891. ToF. W. Page, Chertsey. Sir,—l have used your Horse Oil for the past three months and find it is very good indeed. I may state that the mare I have used it on has had a sprained fetlock for the past twelve months. I have blistered it in cold weather, and it got very much enlarged and calloused. I i lnve tried all sorts of different embroca lions, but they failed to remove it. It I was in a very bad state when I got a bottle j of your oil, so that it was impossible for !it to have a fair trial. The lameness, however, has left her, and the; enlarge ment is reduced a great deal. I feel confident that had I used your prepara tion in the first instance the enlargement would have disappeared. I consider nobody should be without it. P. DEVANE, 5 103 Ashburton Hotel. JAMES BAKER TIMBER MERCHANT, AND GENERAL FURNITURE AND Y4NCYI GOODS WAREHOUSE; HAYELOGK STREET, Opposite Hahrisons Auction Mart, TjpURNITURE and Picture Fraines Jj nv.de to order in any design at shovtest notice. . Sole Agent in Ashburton for Ulegg erambulators. Also r WIESNSR PIANOS* Andrew Black WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, AND OPTICIAN, East Street. Bronre Medallist for Watchmaking, London, 1887 A'jWAYS on hand, a select stock of Jewellery at moderate prices, comprising Ladies' Dress and Engage ment Rings, Gold and Silver Brooches, Gold and Silver Charms, Gents' Gold and ilver Scarf Pins Pencil Cases, Src f , &c *Af large and varied stock of Clocks in Marble and other designs Rotheram's English Levers in Hunting Cases dust and damp proof. Spectacles and Eye Glasses to suit all eights. Watches o every description. Repeaters, Cljrono- • graphs, &c, , accurately and promptly repaired and adjusted, First-clasa repairs in Jewellery and Clocks. Electro-plating and Gilding .'.''.. . \ : , All Work done oh xjp! PitpuSES A Trial SbUcited. ANDREW BtiAOk, WA CHMAgER, &c.. EAST STREET FOR tJALK * r>^E:OORN,' ; ; . ' ';■ ' j CAPE BARLEY, TARESJ ' '■'■ " RAPE i This is the time for sowing. I WANTED TO PURCH,4Si-^ L^st Season's Heavy Canadian QATS. JOHN G, RJSSTE.LJ,,



Notice to FameFS and Ota, ; JOHN WOOL i GRAIN BROKER, TAIUATOR k EXPERT INOOMIT. STORES and OFFICES: Cornerof West and Havelock Streets, Aahburton, being the premises recently occupied by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. agent"for- The New Zetland 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 and other Produee 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^ LIBERAL CASH ADTANCES made on'Produce in Store or entrusted to him for shipment free or commission, and at a Low Rate of Interest. He is prepared to undertake the Sale by Public'Auction or private treaty of "-■'■"» SHEEP, CATTLE, REAL ESTATE, Li vie and Dead STOCK of every description, ard having made highly satisfactory arrangements with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited ■ embracing their Branches in all parts of New Zealand and elsewhere, he is-enabled to offer extra facilities in these directions, which*are manifestly unsurpassed in thr 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 ITOTIOEI, , Having extensive orders to complete for the purchase of cereals, Mr Restmj is now a CASH BUYER of good lines of WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS, GRAS SEED &c



UJ ANTKD a young woman to d< Housework. Apply Mrs Ben jamin Bakr, Alford Forest Road. ssls< "IPUBLIO NOTICE. GTT "DRYANT, Baker an< . J~i . f) Confectioner, hai removed from Havelock Street to Willi Street, near Cookson's Stables. 5 151 rt The Orrery*' ; Is now being exhibited at corner of • BULLOCK'S AjICADK, ASHBURTON. IUIIS Wonderful Mechanical Contri vance (containing about 300 Wheels, imitates the movements of nit the different bodies in the Solar System. " The Tellurian/ 9 Which the Proprietors have lately added to this Exhibition, is a curious Cosmo graphic Apparatus that imitates the move ments of the earth and moon round the sun, showing as it does so the causes of different aeasons, eclipses, tides, Ac. The whole is driven by a small working model steam engine, built by a prisoner jwhile in gaol.—Admission Is. ■ ;■ 5 156 MISS BARRATT'S PRIVATE SCHOOL. ; ..! ■ Cameron Street West. ? TT7IIiLKe-Open<inl?UESDApr, 26th VV May. Subjects Taught : Eng lish, Music, Drawing and Singing. Miss Barratt will be at home from the 22nd inst. > 5 144 ASHBURTON DOMAIN BOARD. '"[TENDERS are invited for refttmgfor JL one year," poVtion-j of the Domain for depasturing and cropping, asja whole or in separate paddocks. Plan and con ditions may be seen at the Borough Council offices, and tenders to ibe deli vered on or before noon on TUESDAY, 26th May. \ Thelowest or any tender will not neces sarily he accepted. CHASs. E. FOOKS, Town Clerk. Ashburton, May 15, 1991. 5 133 <—————■«g««*S«w* ■»>—————^———«■■ MR T BULLOCK ".' O 1 j'\AA TO LEND at 6 per d«J • V/VJv/ cent. Security must be first-class. Apply to T. BULLOCK. .1.. CHERTSEY. FOB SALE—Lots 14 and 16 in the above Township. Any reasonable offer accepted. FOR SALE. -Double-Seated Bu«gy, almost equal to new. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE,~-T.S, 16, fronting the Main Road leading to the Saleyards, Tinwald, with Dwelling-house and Stable. Price £150. Easy terms. Apply to T. BULLOCK. T.S. 70, containing J-acre, Moore street. Price £14. T. BULLOCK TO LET. — Three roomed Cottage, together with four sections ; rent 4s 6d per week. T. BULLOCK. GOVERNMENT NOTICES. ; FEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. Excursion Fares for Queen's Birthday Holidays. Races at Dunedin. Cheap Day Excursion toTimaru. ,[' TpXCURSION Tickets to Dunetlin will JUi be issued at Ashburton from 22nd to 25th May, at 32/ and 22/6, and]will be available for return till Ist June. ■ An Excursion Train will leave Ash burton for Tiraaru at 10.20 a.m. on 25th inst., and return at 5.30 p.m. Return' fares 6/6 first-class, 4/6 second. Children 3 to 12 years half rates, under 3 years free. Tickets good for Temuka or Timaru, but available by this train only. , Return Tickets any station to any station returnable any day. Goods traffic will be suspended on the 25th. 5*137 ' BY ORDER. A USTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVI X\. DENT SOCIETY, Estasiished 1849. FOE LIFE ASSURANCE OK THE MUTUAL PRINCIPLE NEW ZEALAND BRANCH HEAD OFFICE—CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY, WELLINGTON. \ LOCAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Hoii. Morgan S. Grace, C.M.G.,M.D., M.L.C. (Chairman). H«n. C. "J. Johnston, M.L.C. (Deputy- Cbairman). ; Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq.; The Hon. Edward Richardson, 1 G.M.G. Nicholas Reid, Esq. ANNUAL INCOME ) XCEEDS £1,625.000 STERLING.' INVESTED FUNDS EXCEED £9,000,000 STERLING, REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD AS SURE WITH THIS SOCIETY: IT is tho only Colonial Life Office" giving Annual Bonnses, reducing the net cost c Assurance to the lowest Possible Limit, ■•' r It is the oldest, largest, wealthiest, an4 most prosperous Mqtual Life Office' in the Southern Hemisphere. ■ ITS Bonuses are larger than those of any other Life Office of similar age in auy other part of the world, \ The Society has 4i3tribntot| amongst its members upwards oi £4,050,000 in Cash Bonuses, representing Reversionary Bonuses exceeding £8,000,000 sterling. AFTER making unusualamplereserves, Cash Surplus for division for the year Iqß9 was £426,494, a larger amount of profit than has ever been realised or divided in one year by any other office of the British Empire. ; THE Society issued 11,664 New Policies during the year 1889, assuring £3,679,459,with new Premims amounting to £133,000. The Society offers UNDOUBTED SECURITY, LIBERALITY, PROFITS. ITS investments in New Zealand securi ties are £1,273,514, , and all the surplus Branch accumulations are invested in the Colony, thus making it essentially a THOROUGHLY COLONIAL ] INSTITUTION BE CARETOL YQU T.SELECT THIS SOCIETY, AND DO NOT BE DECEIVED. BY THE SIMILARITY OV NAME OF SOME OF THE YOUNGER AUSTRA LIAN OFFICES UPWARD W "IQ^fl ■■■:■■■ Ilesidoiit gjepyetavy Ohriiitchurch District Office,' W H, IiERRY, Local Broker, Diqtriet Secretary H ZANDKR. rpHE next Chertsey Sale will be b-sld _L. on • MO^flAY, Bth JUNE. JB9l t. McDowell, Secretary



UvSiS CO U.S.S., CO ■• ' If ;■ UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY UF NEW ZEALAND, LiMitku ; ■ .1 Steamers sail as under; — From LYTTELTON TO Wellington ... Daily, except Sunday (Tuejdays and Saturdays 10 p.m.} other days, 5 p,m,> DUne&n... Tues., Thurs., and Friday. Nelson ... Tues., Thurs;; and Sat. Onehunga... Every Thursday. Auckland via EaabCoast... Thursda £ Melbourne... Tuesday. Sydney via Auckland ... Every alternate > ; « Thursday. ; Sydney via Cook's Strait ... Fortnightly, Passengers may be booked to EDpbarfc, Mejbomnei Sydney, and all New Zealand fjrts at the olftoe of I GEO JAMESON, Ajieot, Asbb^rtou.



The French import duty on wheat has been reduced to two francs per hundred kilos—equal to about fivepence a busjiel. The Whit-sundry services at the o,atholie Church oil Sunday were cf the usual \ sgecjal character, the Very Rev Fathfer Ohas,tagnon felebrating Mass, and preaching a scrrncn appropriate to the occasion. ■ Holloway's pills. —With darkening days and changing temperat vires the digestiop becomes impairecj, the tyver disordered, and the mind despondent, unlpss the cause of the irregularity be expeljed from the blqjod and body by such an alterative as these J?ills. They directly attauk the source of the evil, thrust out all impurities from the circulation, restore the distemperail organs to their natural state, and correct all 1 defective ar contaminated secretions. Such an easy means of instituting health, strength, and cheerf ulnesa should be applied by all! whose stomach are weak, whose minds are harassed, or whog§ brains are overworked. Holioway's is essentially a blood tampering medicine, wereby its influence reaches the remotest fibre of the fame and effects a universal good.



We nre informed fcliafc the South British Tea Company have introduced their pure teas into Ashburton. Keating's Cough Lozungks cures Cough Asthma, Bronchitis. Medical testimony, slaf^ t^at no other medicine is so effectual in the cute r,f tfieso dangerous maladies One Lozenge alone"glvM paep, p»e op two at bedtime ensuaes rest. For relieving difcculty of breathing they are invaluable. 1 hey coil tain uo opium nor any violent drug, hold by all Chemists, in tins, Is ljd a»d 2s 9d § *cb



Counfcew, Duchess, Princess, Express, > are. the registered n^mes pf the nefr tea?. 'F'r'eeirbm any excess of astringeney. Thjb Best Remepv fo» Jin-digks'Tiox— Norton's Camomile Pills aps eonfldenty recommended as a simple rmnsiy for Indigestion, which is the cause of ueacly *U the diseases io whica we are stt^jects Norton's Pilms, with justice called the * Natural Strengthen*.' of. the Human Stomach," act as a powerful tonic audgentle perient, are mild in their operation, and afe -uader wy eipeurcstances. Sold in bottles, at Is l^d, 2s 9d, Us, by all medicine rendaco throughout the wo ldr