Imperial officers exonerates Captain Fal coner from blame for tho Shelly Bay explosion, but discloses laxity iv the Defence Department m not seeing that officers had instructions from the War Office properly forwarded to them. The que; ton of appointing a responsible heaJ, as suggested, is already one of the re forms m the department w'ni-jh it ia pro posed to submit to Parliament.

The "Thirds" Question.

At the County Council meeting yester day, the letter of the Minister of Lands asking if the Council agreed with the pro posals aa to the disposal of the Govern menb settlers' " thiids," came on for dis cussion. The letter had been held ove: from the previous meeting. Mr Wright rear! the following lettei sent by him to the Minister of Lands :— The Hon. John MacKenzie, Minister o; Lands, Wellington. Chriit^hurch, 31st March, .1891. Sir, —In pursuance of an application made to you on 23rd February, whereir I requested you to stop the distribution of certain funds (accrued thirds) until the views of the settlers having a claim thereon should be ascertained, 1 have now the honor to submit the following facts : I convened three meetings of the settlers by public advertisement, at the Hinds, Dromore, and Tinwald, and I ap pend hereto the newspaper reports of the said meetings, whereby you will see that the settlers present at each meeting were unanimous m desiring that the moneys, known a thirds, should be paid over to the Ashburton County Council for the purpose of water supply to the lands which they severally occupy. On the 6th March I submitted to the County Council a petition from the settlers and explained the matter very fully, but after a somewhat angry debate, a majority of the Councillors passed the the following resolution ■:— ' "That with reference to the various petitions sent m by Mr Wright m connec tion with the meetings held at the Hinds, Dromore, and Tinwald, and the several resolutions passed by the Upper Ash burton, Ilangitata, and South Rakaia j Koad Boards, this Council take no action m the matter, but suggest to the peti tioners that if they cannot get then demands complied with by the Road Boards, to apply to the Minister for Lands, who has power under section 22, sub-section 1 of the Lands Act, to deter mine how these thirds are to be spent." Finding that my appeal to the Council had no effect, I thereupon drew up a petition on behalf of the settlers interested m the funds m question, which petition I have new the honor to enclose, after obtaining the signatures thereto of nearly every man who has a legitimate claim to be heard as to the disposal of the said funds.

These petitions show a remarkable unanimity of opinion on the question so far at least as concerns those settlers who alon» have a right to be heard on the subject—i.e. the settlers from whom these funds are derired. The few Signatures that are wanting are for the most part those of persons who have not been seen or are temporarily absent from home or the colony, and do not indicate dissentients. There are a few settlers m the Mount Hutt and Longbeach districts whose views are not yet ascertained, but this shall be clone aB promptly as possible, and the result forwarded to you. As I have vow taken the necessary means to assure you of* the wishes of the settlers, as to the Use to which they deshe these; ':thirds" to ba applied, 1 trust you will see your way to grant the pray^rof their petition.-—]: have the honor to be, Sir; your obedient servant, Edward Gr. Wright. 1 also enclose a resolution passed by th« Ooldstream Road Board, m support of this resolution.—E.G.W. Thfi speaker continued, and went on co show the amounts accrued m each Eoad District as follows:—

This sum divided by three would leave available £504 Os Id. He had no details of Anaraa, bub roughly estimated it at another available £46 or, roundly, £550 available for tha necessary enlargement of the arterial, and the construction of the necessary smaller, races to supply the Govornment settlers." He would move no resolution on the snbject and would take up no more of the Council's time than he could help. He would just add that he had taken great trouble and been at some expense m this matter, and if it were not disposed of by the Council he would take other sbeps to have the settlers supplied with water as they were entitled to be. Mr Coster said there were several settlers who did not know what they were signing when they put their names to the petition, and they had s'aied to the Kakaia Itoad Board that they wished their names taken off. Some of them had said they thought that the " third " for only one year was to be taken by the County Council and the remainder was to go to the Koad Board. In view of statements like these the petition could be of but little value. Mr Wright said Mr Coster should set up a counter petition. His advice was that only one man out of the twenty-nine who had signed wished his name with drawn. . Mr Coster said there were more than one at the Board, and these had spoken for their neighbors. Mr Friedlander said that if a copy of the resolution moved by him at the meeting before last and carried by the Council had been sent to the Minister, that would have been a sufficient reply. He moved to. send a copy of that resolu tion to the Minister. Mr Brown moved "That this Council heartily support the petition of the village settlers with regard to the uxpenditure of the thiras of the tend fund, and should the moneys be paid to this Council it will endeavor to expend the money on water supply economically, and to the beat advantage." Mr Brown spoke forcibly m support of his motion. Mr Wright had pleasure m seconding the motion. Mr Harper said this motion opened out the whole question. It would have been far better had a copy of Mr Friedlander s resolution (to take no action m the petition until the Road Boards had been approached), been sent to the Minister. Mr Wright held a position as a member of that Council. He held another as the ineinbei for th*» district, and m the capacity of a member of the House of [Representatives he had to be listened to by the Minister. In consequence of his intervention the money that had Accrued from those thirds had been hung up, the Minister requiring very little inducement

to hung it up. It was a very easy matter to get up a petition It was only a matter of cost and talking to the people the right way. He thought the Road Boards wore more likely to spend this money m a judicious and economical way then a body like the Council—with a large overdraft—would be. That money woAld go into thegeneral water account, and they would never be able to trace it. If Mr Wi'igat's contention was right that th i money could be spent on the arterial laces of the county, then it must be equally right to spend it on the general roads of the county, which were as much for these ssbtlers' use and good as for others. Mr Wright—They are nob on parallel lines. Mr Harper was of opiniom they arereori parallel lines. Here was a man holding another position beside that of member ship of the County Council going round the County seeking for popularity. Mr Wright—l give that statement an emphatic denial. Mr: Harper—The "settlers whom Mr Wright had been displaying so great anxiety about would soon find that it was a fatal delusion to suppose they would derive any benefit from the money if the Council had the spending of it. Mr Grigg also regretted that Mr Fried lander's resolution had not been sent to the Minister. The real question now seemed to him to be whether the County Council or the Road Boards should have the spending; of the money. On the previous occasion when the question was discussed he had voted m the direction of the settlers having water instead of roads if such was theii wish. He would have preferred that the Minister should have had the position of die Road Boards put before him, but he could not now consistently vote otherwise than for Mr Brown's amendment. Mr Wright read the petition of the settlers already printed. That petition had practically been unanimously signed. Ec had had only two refusals out of the large number whom the petition hat! been put before, and had only heard of one man at Rakaia who wished his name with drawn. Possibly there were men under the thumb of the Road Boards, or who expected favors from the Road Board, who might be influenced to.withdraw their names or to express regret for having signed. The Boards had no control over the races, while tho county had the whole control. The Boards wished to have the control of this money—to be able to dole it out on petition ; and to spend what they could withhold from water race expenditure on the maintenance of their own roads, and so save their own rates. The appearance of Mr Ronald Campbell at that meeting to-day was a capital move on the part of a Chairman of two Boards, but he had not even che sense to say that the Boards wers prepared to pay the cost of making the races, and would only go the length of saying they would pay for the crossings. If the Beards did consent to pay the cost of these^ races they would have to come to the Council to get the work done. He regretted that members of a Council like this should have such sordid souls as t.' decline m the paltry way they had done to supply the wants of the poorer settlers out of the funds that Government had set aside specially for that purpose. The Chairman called Mr Wright to order. He could not be permitted to use language like that m reference to the members of the Council. Mr Wright tendered his apologies for having allowed himself to say whache felt on the matter, and then went on to say that there was one Board who. if they I secured the money now accrued on thirds j would have enough to keepupaitl the roads m their district and not require to pay rates at all. The chairman of the Rangitata Board had made use of this fact against him at the last Parliamentary j election-by s*yin^ to those he tried t<> influence that if they voted for him ; (Mr Wright) they would nob get any more thirds, and would have more rates bo pay. He never was a popularity hun ter. He left, that for others to do ; and I had only moved m the direction of obtain ing justice for those poor settlers because he^knew they weie unable to obtaH it for themselves, and many of them did not even know their rights m the matter un til he explained those rights to them. Mr Coster thought Mr Wright was going on wrong premises. The Council never hadthismeney. Itwas not long since that Mr Wright had strenuously objected to the enlargement of the arterial water races. Mr Wright—for irrigation purposes; not for water supply. Mr Coster went on to say that Mr Wright had only begun this agitation among i"he Government settlers by petitions when he found he could not get the arterial races enlarged. In regird to the Rakaia settlement petition, the work of supplying the settlers with water was begun before the petition was drawn, and several of those who had signed it had stated to him that they wished their names taken off. Mr Friedlander twitted Mr Brown, the mover of the amendment, with inconsis tency m signing a report on the Cass claim, and then moving an amendment against the spirit of that report that day. At a recent meeting of the Council Mr Brown had had an amendment added to a motion of Mr Wright on the subject now under discussion. That amendment asked for the Boards' consent, and subsequently he moved another to the effect that such steps as were proposed be taken only after the Boards had been consulted. Mr Brown said that was quite true. The Boards had been consulted now, Mr Friedlander said the only consistent man on the side of the amendment was Mr Grigg,who, having voted for what ap peared to be the principle contended for, could not go back and vote against it, although it now involved other issues. No doubt Mr Wright was anxious for the settlers to"get water, but he would like to know where any surplus was to go that might remain after the settlers had been supplied ? • Mr Wright said that after all the settlers had been supplied the surplus could be seat back to the Boards. Mr Friedlander said the proper channel through which to procure the necesaary funds for supplying these settlers with water was the Road Boards, and he would support no movement of this kind until the Boardjs had declined. If the settlers appied to the Boards' first, and were re fused he would be happy to support the movement; but it, was the function of the Boards' to supply those settlers with water m the only way they could—viz.. to apply to the Council for the races, and guarantee their cost out of the funds they ! had at their command. The Chairman regretted the introduc tion by the late Minister for Lands of this source of discord between Road Boards and County Councils. It was not fair to say the Boards were unwilling to find fun Is; for the purpose of providing races, seeing that m some cases funds had been provided, and m roost others the question of expenditure had not arisen. On a division the amendment was lost —Messrs Grigg, Wright, and Brown voting for it;. and Messrs Harper, Coster, Walker, Cameron, and Friedlander voting against. Mr Friedlander's motion was then carried,

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions by our correspondents.)

HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —While content to accept Mr w. W. Smith's statement, that several gentlemen "of brains and business" have been elected on the Hainps'tead •School Committee, Mr Smith's capacity for judging such qualifications may be doubled m view of the inconsiderate, irate and contradictory tenor of his lettei of 30th ult. .At the outset he stiites 'it is well known that neither the business; of the late Committee nor their relation. with the school passed off harmoniously," and m the next paragraph asserts " that the householders had to accept rumors as the only knowledge of the Committee's doings they could glean, an the 'Guardian's' reports have been so few and far between." If rumors are the sole grounds of Mr Smith's accusations, it is unfortunate he did not seek a more re liable source of information befoie making them—it was not business-like, Mr Smith. Rumor credits Mr Smith with being a cat's paw for one or two others, whom it would scarcely be posssble to satisfy, but I should be sorry to believe this of one constituting himself a judge of " brains and business." As to the "Guardian" reports, Mr Smith should know that, neither as a matter of busi ness nor good taste is it the function of a public body or its officers to report their own actions ; such critics as Mr Smith would, no doubt, have suspected them of coloring the reports tosuit their own views. Mr Smith's reference to the dismissal of certain teachers shows m himself the want of feeling he, from ignorance of the fact.«, attributes to the Committee. The Committee were m no way responsible for what was done, and acted wifcli the great est consideration for the feelings and interest of the parties most concerned. Right thinking persons will consider that Mr Smith would have displayed better judgment if lie had allowed these bye gene troubles to rest (as the Chairman did by omitting reference to them on his report) when they were well riiirh for gotten as they should be. Mr Smith illogically concludes that if one Committee man cannot read or write, he can have no judgment or reasoning powers, and that his shortcomings incapacitate his fellow Committe men (six m. number) and there fore the schoolmaster should not en dcivour to carry out their wishes—in fact should mutiny and " dictate" to them ! If worth while no doubt the late Chair man can defend himself against Mr Smith's personal attack on himself. In the use of my own name Mr Smith has misquoted my words and I believe the newspaper report also. I stated that the " faults " (nofc complaints) "if there were any, were not outside the school," and now if Mr Smith is capable of taking |advice I would recommend him for the sake of the b&chers whom he professes to champion and for his own credit as a man " of brains and business " lo do as I have done (when h« has any to make) place his complaint formally before the Cemmittee when, no doubt, he will receive a business-like reply, and information more m accordance with facts than anything he can " glean, from rumors." Replying to hia question m relation to the appointment of the lasb pupil teacher : Is*-.—lt was made with, the full know ledge of the Committee—all being pre sent except one who had left the district. f|2nU. —The first selection was made from within the school, but declined by the Board. Applications wers then advertised for. I have no time or tasta for newspaper correspondence of this lmtuvn, an-1 have no intention of cor:ti»miiiy il, but hall l.c hippy to supply Mr Smith with facts m lieu of rumors on personal application.— I am, etc., ,7. C. Bell.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

(PER PRR.Si ASSOCIATION.)

The Wamtk-.i. Dunedht, May 2. Captain Meades, who wns m charge of f.he Wanaka when she stranded, has been dismissed from the Union Company's service.

The May-Day Labor Demonstration.

[PEK PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Paris, April 30. The Government has forbidden meetings m Paris on May Day. The troops are to be confined m the barracks.

THE ASHBtJttTON GUARDIAN, gATITBDAIY MAT 2, 1891.



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In the AssignedJEstate 'of E. W, PAGE AND CO., WHOLESALE WAREHOUSEMEN IS NOW ON SALE :r"'' AT MITCHELL AND TURNER'S, KAIAPOI HOUSE. BY THE UNDERSIGNED] BUILDING MATERIALS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, COALS *. WESTPORT, NEWCASTLE, MOUNT SOMERS, AND HOMEBUSH. lAlso, — GREYLY ALLEY NUTS. FIREWOOD, Long and Cut, I'OSTS, RAILS, STAKES, FENCING WIRE, Barbed and Plain, SJCaPLES. WIRE; NAILS, all sizes, PAINTS, OILS, &o? JOSHUA TUCKER RAILWAY RESERVE, WEST STREET. 9FFICE : Corner of jj Tancred and West strests, next Mr Geo. Jameson's, opposite Bank of Australasia AND AT RAKAIA] W. W. Spencer A Co EXTENSION OF W. W. »I»KIVI.'KW A Co'i 1 Gbeat Clbabino Saik. lifting- heavily overstocked, and m order to make room for a shipment of Goods which we have landing from Home m about a fortnight, we have made Greater Reductions than ever. All Wool, colonial flannel, 10|d, 4-ply fingering wool^ all colors, Is lid; Calicos 2s 3d the doz; Dress Goods 4Jd;: Washing Prints, 2|d, |J 3|d, and 4^d ; Washing Muslin j— n 2s lid the doz ; Towels, 3|d H H ©ach ; * very large Towel 9Jd, W Q now 6|d ; very good Ticking, H 6d: double width Sheeting, 4] 7£d j heavy white Linen Twill Js 0 Sheeting, ll|d ; heavy cotton {T Shirting, sid^ Cretonnes, 4|d ; |jj Qj Men'si woollen Sox, itjd; Boys' rv jl Braces, 4d ; Men's Braces. 8d; U <j Meu's Regatta Shirts, 2s lid ; S> Men's good Tweei Suits. 22a £ .. Gd; Boys' Tweed Suits from IJ jlj 4slid; Men's colored Moles r\ H 7s 6d, now 5s lid ; Boys' do. " W 2s lid. BOOTS. BOOTS. Men's Bluchers, 8s 6d ; Men's colonial made Shooters, 9s lid; Boys strong Boots very cheap. Women's strong Elastics, 6s 9d; Girls' and Maids Kid Elastic Sides and Button Boots 2s lid, 3s lid, and 4s 6dat W. <W. gJPJBfITCJEM * €•'• THE ARCADE N,B.—We have this day purchased a Traveller's Set of Samples at a discount of 50 per cent. If you want a real bargain now is your chance,



'" .. Mice to Farmers and Ot^e ■. john cOusstell. WOOI k GillinilQlfiK, YAIUATOR k EXPERT MIYMT, STOR ES and OFFICES : Corner of West and Havelock Streets, Ashburton, being the premises recently occupied by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. AaENT^OR-- The New Zealand Loan and Mercantila 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 Dccuoied by him offer peculiar facilities for the efficient STORAGE OF GRAIN, The Rates for which are the LOWEST CURRENT.] LIBERAL 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 of '• SHEEP, CATTLE, REAL ESTATE, Live 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 m all parts of New Zealand and elsewhere, he is enabled to offer extra facilities m these diiections, 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 Cdala always held cock, and arrangements complete for regular supplie S:FECIAI7~SrOTIOE, Having extensive orders to complete for the purchase of cereals, Mr Rbstbu ia now a CASH BUYER of good lines of WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS, GRAS SEED &c ■■■■•■■ ■ _ ' . ' : ' '" ' i



■ - MR. T.. BULLOCK' FOIL SALE.— T.S. 16, fronting the Main Road leading -to the Saleyards, Thnvald, with Dwelling-house and Stable. Price £150. Easy terms. Apply to T. BULLOCK. I T.S. 70, containing |-acre, Moore street. Price £14. T. BULLOCK £40.—A Bargain. Small Cottage and \ acreland, North Belt. Terras if required. ripply to T. BULLOCK. FOR BALK. 260 acres 260 62 Acres m Turnips, very suitable for a Wheat Crop, and a large proportion of the remainder also suitable for crop. Apply to T. BULLOCK. ~ SATURDAY, MAY 9th. Town Property well situated corner of Burnett and Winter streets. \/TR T. BU L LOCK has received IVI instructions from the Proprietor to sell by public auction at the Arcade, on the above date, T.S. 644, containing J-acre, corner of .Burnett, and Wiuter streets, on which is erected a four-roomed Cottage with verandah. This property is well situated ; high, dry, and healthy position, and will be sold on exceptionally liberal terms of payment. Sale at 11 o'clock. ~"t. bullock, 5*13 ■ Auctioneer. MR DTHOMAS T HAVE for private Sale close to Ash _L burton OAA Well-grown 2nd cross LAMBS, Ov/V_/ m good condition. (X i1 C\ Merino WETHERS guaranteed yJ yJ \J sound mouth, m good condition 4 245 D. THOMAS. _ "' SATURDAY, 9th MAY. BULLOCK'S ARCADE. MR D. THOMA.S has received in structions from Mr John Small (who has been the most successful exhibitor m the Ash button County for csnme years) to sell by auction as above, the following first-class Clydesdales, viz., Chestnut MARE, Darnell, by Major, m foal to Vanquisher. Gooa worker, and winner of many first and second prizes. Bay MARE, 5 years, by Prince Royal, m foal to Vanquisher. Good worker. Also,— 6Tw» and three-year-olds by Lord Salisbury, Kelvin, and Vanquisher, out of Mr Small's prize mares. These young horses will stand looking at, and are well able to hold their own either m the Show Yards or anywhere else. ' Sale at 1 o'clock. SflO D. THOMAS. ruDlic Notices. WANTED TO LET OR FOR SALE. A FOUR-ROOMED HOUSE and 8 Acres Land, with good out-house. Hie Land adjoins Mr S. Mullen's, and is tvell worth looking at. Rent, 10s per sVcck " 5 22* V. FERRIMAN. ____ NOTICE." "\ JfU O. F DODDS, Surgson Dentist, IVI • ■ ivill be absent at Akaroa for a fortnight Tom SATURDAY, 2-d inst. 5 1 JPPER ASHBURTONROAD BOARD. "PHE Annual Meeting of Ratepayers t will be held at the Board's Office. Knwald, on THURSDAY, May 7th, 1891, at 12 o'clock noon. DONALD MeLEAN, 4227 Chairman. ~~ HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL. MR MALCOLM will resume his Eveniag School on MONDAY Krst, the 4th May. Terms as last year, to be paid for the month, strictly m advance. 4 257 HAMPSTEAD TOWN DISTRICT. 110 Avoid Refund of Subsidy, All Rates not paid by SATURDAY, 9th May, will be sued for at once. By Ordor, J. C. BELL, 5 20 Collector. ~I MPOU.NDED from Mr Homersham's JL land, Tinwald, on May Ist, by Samuel Burnard, One Black Fat Heifer, branded C under like V. It not claimed and expenses paid, to be sold on May 16th, at twelve o'clock noon. JOSEPH HALE, Poimdkeeper, Ashbuiton. May 2nd. 1891. * 19 SOMERSET LIVERY STABLtCS JOHN NEWMAN, Proprietor. n^HESB old established and favorite L central Livery Stables are now my hands, and it will be my constan fiffort to again bring their business into he front rank, and make these stables what their position and accommodation warrant them— THE PREMIER LIVERY STABLES of the Ashburton County. Buggies Traps, Saddle Horses, etc., al alvra on hire, with skilful drivers ready the shortest notice. Open or Close Carriages for Wedding or other parties. Cabs at any hour, day or night. LOOSE BOXES for stallions and race horses. Country customers are guaran teed every accommodation at the lowest current rates JOHN NEWMAN, Proprietor. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL "VTOTICE is hereby given that the sub LN joined Resolution was duly adopted at a Special Meeting of the above Council, held on the Ist day of April, 1891, and that it will be submitted for confirmation as a Special Order, at a meeting of the Council, to be held at the Borough . Council Chambers, Baring Square, Ashburton, on MONDAY, the 11th day of May, 1891, at 7.30 p.m. (RESOLUTION.) Resolved. —Tlv»tin pursuance of the powers vested m it by the fourth section of " The Rating Act Amend ment Aotj" 1888," ,and of all other powers enabling it m that behalf, this Council doth hereby resolve that sections 21 to 51, both inclusive, of "The Rating Act, 1882," as amended by " The Rating Act 1882, Amendment Act, 1883," and M-Tht Rating Act, 1882, Amendment Act. 1885," shall apply to the recovery oi all rates now due or hereafter to b< made for the, purposes of the Borougl of Ashburtor, By Order, CHAS. E. FOOKS, Town Clerk, I Asbbuiton, Aptil l&th, 1891. 4 15;



Public Notices, PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. REV. J. COCKER will Preach m the Primitive Methodist Church To- Mono w, Morning and Evening. 5 21 IN BANKRUPTCY. In the District Court of Ash burton (being a local Court of Bankruptcy) holclen at Ashburton. In the matter of " The Bankruptcy Act, 1883," and the Acts amending the same, and of the bankruptcy of Samuel Timmo, of the Town of Ashburton, m the Provincial District of Canterbury, cook, a bankrupt. A GENERAL MEETING of the /A, Creditjrs of the above named bankmpfc, will be held at the Courthouse, Ashburton, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th day of May, 1891, at 11 o'clock m the forenoon, to consider the bankrupt's in tended application to the above Court for an order of discharge. Dated this 2nd day of May, 1891. J. C. BELL, Deputy-Official Assignee. V" OTICE is hereby given thab WED > NESDAY, the 20th day of May, 1891, at 11 o'clock m the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as Counsel can be heard, has been appointed by the above Court as the day for hearing the bankrupt's appli cation for an order of dischargo under the provisions jf the above Acts. Dated the 2nd day of May, 1891. Chas. W, Purneix, 3 18 Solicitor for the Bankrupt. TURNIPS. THE FARMERS' FRIEND. A GREAT SAVING OF LABOR, TIME, AND TROUBLE. Page's Patent WIRE COTLING AND PAYING OUT MACHINE, for shifting Turnip Fences and Picking up Old Fences, HAS been practically tried on several Farms, and has given very great satisfaotion. All orders for Machines ex ecuted with despatgh. . Price with cross arms, £5 10s: without, £4, The ma chinos may be seen and every explana tion given by applying to H MATSOiS & CO., Ohristohuroli, W. C. PA.GE, East Street, Ashburton. 5 17



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