Office revenue of the year will amount , to more than £10,000,000. Similarly' with regard to the telegraphs. Ten ye;u s ago the income was £1,600,000. In tin interval the minimum price of the tele gram h»s been reduced to sixpence. V*! the income from telegraphs last year was close upon £2,400,000. In the face of, these facts, testifying to wonderful pro gress, Mr Sntton may well esk, If the. Post Office had the prudent bolctnesa fifty years ago to introduce a penny post, what shall we call the disposition which now hesitates to make the halfpenny posi already in use as to bulky newspapers and circulars, and troublesome post cards, universal so as to include sealed letters 1

LOCAL INDUSTRY.

— ; «. ,—- ■ MR S. CHUM'S CIDER MILL. Ib is surprising that the manufacture of cider is not carried on in New Zealand to a much larger extent than it is. The conditions are in every way favourable ; apples of all sorts grow most prolifically, the beverage is wholesome, cheap and suitable for the climate, and all that is re quired is a supply of cider, that can be depended upon for quality and regularity, to^ popularise its use in place of the tea which forms the sole liquid refreshment of nine-tenths of the working population, to the injury of their digestive organs, or of the beer with which they are wont to regale themselves in times of festivity and on visits to town. A few spasmodic efforts have been made at one tiwie and another to produce a marketable cider, but the product was not always satisfac tory—except in the case of the Styx Apple Company, and the price of its cider puts it beyond popular reach—and cider disappeared from the market. Mr Stephen Crum was one of those who made cider for sale, and turned out a very palatable article. He, however, was at a disadvantage owing to the want of some appliances which he, a native of Glouces tershire, one of the principal cider-makinp counties of England, had been accustomed to see used in his young days. Mainly with the object of obtaining these he paid a visit to his native country about three years ago, and on his return fitted up his mill with every requisite for the proper manufacture of cider. The mill is situated in a suitable building on Mr Crum's pro erty at the corner of Princes street and Smith's road. The machinery com_ prises a pulping mill, consisting of a cir cular trough of solid cement, in which ■ cement a roller weighing some fourteen cwt revolves. The apples at the rate of about a sack at a time, are placed in the trough, and the roller, which works on "an axle from a spindle in the centre, of the mill, is drawn round by horse power, until the apples are reduced to a pulp and most of the seeds bruised or | split. The acid in the seeds supplies the keeping principle to the cider. The pulp is lifted from the trough with a shovel or scoop, and placed in cloths made of loosely woven horsehair, the sides and ends of which are folded in to prevent the pulp from escaping, and a sufficient number of these are placed in the press, which is worked by a powerful screw and lever. The bed of the press is of cement, and a channel round it conducts the juice which is expressed from the pulp into a vessel placed in a tank for its reception. This concludes the mechanical part of the manufacture. The juice is then put into casks or vats to undergo the process of fermentation. These vessels, as their contents become reduced, are kept filled to the bung, and fermentation continues for from three or four days up to a fortnight, according to the weather and other influences. At the time ■when fer mentation ceases is the critical point in the manufacture. Then, the clear cider must at once be racked into clean casks or jars, and corked down for storage or use. There is a considerable sediment from the fermenting casks, which, with the refuse of pulp from the press is of no value, even for pig-food. The casks in which the cider is racked are preferably those which have contained brandy or sherry, but any except port wine or vinegar casks will do. The cider improves with age in cask, and can be supplied at something like eighteen pence a gallon, or less if the purchaser supplies the cask. Mr Cram also crushes and presses customers' own fruit, delivering them the apple juice as it comes from the press and charging a nominal price for his work. Mr Crum's plant is equal to dealing with forty-five sacks of apples a week, each sack producing from four to seven gallons of cider; the best apples will pro duce eight gallons. Mixed apples are found to produce the beverage which is most palatable to colonial users. The unsightly gully of which Mr Crum's property formerly chiefly consisted, has been transformed into an undulating garden of remarkable fertility, and con tainSj besides all kinds of vegetables, three hundred and fifty fruit trees, mosblj apple, which are just coming into full bearing. There are several not generally known sorts among them which appear to have very valuablo qualities in yield, appearance, and quality. Mr Crum has altogether a very compact little place, and we trust his enterprise, in which he has invested a substantial amount of capital, will be rewarded with success.

Supreme Court.

: * (per press association.; Dunedikt, March 28. The Supreme Court has been occupied for two days with the trial, Borton v Minister of Public Works, in which the former claims £10,460 from the Crown foi damage to his riparian rights over the ' Maeruawhenua river, through miners de- | positing tailings there, Government having proclaimed the river open for the deposit of tailings. Messrs Chapman and Hosk ng appear for the claimant, and Sir R. Stout and Mr Haggitt for the Crown. ,

Churchill, the poet, in his verse expressed the wish that a sprig of bay might " point him out when dead." Churchill's wish all through the years had remained unfulfilled until recently, when an admirer planted a bay tree over the poet's grave at Dover. The following story is told by a Queens land paper:—There had been a vice-regal gathering, and when it was over a fan was found among the debris. The A.D.C. thought ib belonged to a certain Miss Smith, and wrote to her about it, signing himself, "Yours "Binning" after the accustomed style of the British Lord. The answer he received paralysed him so much that his glass-eye got fixed in his eye for forty days, and had to be moved at last by a surgeon. It read : "Dear Binning,—The fan doesn't belong to me,— Yours, Smith." . Mass meetings of negroe3 are being held in Washington, the capital of the United States, to protest' against the injustice of boycotting them. In spite of thel laws en acted against'discrimination''since the" war, t there are according to unconteste'd evidence, Separate free school^ for the blacks, separate eating houses and even bathing places on the beach for them. Restaurants and bar kers'shops are practically closed to ther,;, imd they are forced to make their homes iv alleys and 1 obscure' streets. They therefore at these'meetings call upon the well-to-do of their own race to build'them a scjviare where they may'secure dwellings, as''the white landlords will not deal with them. Yet one of the speakers declared that even ti)is was a vain hope, for''jn'shops and restaurants now kept by blacks the exclusion is as severe. !£lie answer of the proprietors is that either they musf have separate rooms for the differ entcolfiurg or lose their fy.:ade. And yet juany. of these \yashinfffcon negroes belong to the learned professions or arc (joveni: ment employ,^ and in all they make up one third of the city's population.

I A C.-n'ral News telegram from Munich ■i-iys:—The New German artillery which will shortly be introduced is said to be the most terrible war instrument ever produced. During the Franco-Germun war it was con sidered effective shooting if splinters of a •shell were thrown within a circuit of forty n* fifty paces, and seldom more than seven or eight, persons were wounded. The new weapon has enormously greater destructive power. Experiments made at the Interboyk ranges deeply impressed the expert spec tators. The "Kaiser was present. The first <hot fired at the target placed fifty paces from a wood, missed the target, but ploughed its way through the wood for 1500 feet. Soon after a large area of the wood was seen to be ablaze. The shell was charged with a powder, the composition of which is a secret of the German Government, In addition the splinters of a shell burst by the new powder covered a circuit of 900 feet. A shell fired at an enormous target constructed by i the Emperor's orders made tens of thousands j of holes. A battery of the new artillery would, it is asserted, annihilate an entire division, once the range was found. Under the heading " an insolent lie, " the " Temuka Leader " says :—" A paragraph in last Thursday morning's "Herald" (which was quoted in the Guardian) says that the people of Temuka cannot make up twenty five shillings to defray the expenses of a public meeting to discuss the shingle ques tion. This is a gross falsehood. One man who signed the requisition offered ten shill ings, and two others who did not sign it offered five shillings a-piece, making twenty shillings in all. Wet weather has had more to do with the delay in calling the meeting than anything else. The promoters of the meeting do not want Mr Acton to defray the i expenses, and will not have him do so. In ten minutes ten times the sum required could be raised. The meeting will be held in due course. "

THE ASHBTTRTON GTTAKDIAN: MONDAY, MARCH 28, 189 S.



DUCKS f%#V@DUCKS" MARKET HOUSE. jji M MARKBT HOUSE. WITH the approaching Shooting Season in view we luve just landed a very nice assortment of •VIKGLE AND DOUBLE BARKEL GUNS, Breechloaders with rebounding Locks, and Marfcini-Henry Types and Fittings, also Loaders, Closers and Recappers. Powder. Shot, Caps, Wads, Cartridges and Cartridge Cases, and all other requisites for the Sport. Call early and inspect our Stock, Crockery, Hardware, Holloware, Tinware, Brush ware, etc; Groceries at Christchurch prices For Cash over the counter. All Goods delivered in Town and Suburbs. Customers waited upon for orders if re quested. Satisfaction we mean to give, that is our motto. STEPHENS BEOS, - Market House. Seeds for Autumn Sowing, IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES WHITE STONE] & GREYSTONE TUJLNIP, RAPE, CAPE BARLEY, RYE, OATS, Ac. 88 ALSO FOR SALE— Cornsacks and Seaming* Twine, AS WELL AS A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF FARM AND STATION STORES AND REQUISITES. AGENT FOR THE NEW ZEALAND FIRE INSURANCE UO, GKAIN CKOPS INSURED |Against Loss or Damage by Fire at Lowest Current Rate*] George Jameson *<Oiburton and Rakala Grain Ships to London. rHE UNDERSIGNED beg to announce to their Clients that they have chartered several First Class Iron Vessels for the convey&nce of • Wheat to E.on don LOADING DURING THE MONTHS OF MA|RCH, APRIL, AND M. A. Y f at 30s per ton freight. Advances made against shipments Free of Commission*and Interest. Friedlander Bros, WE ARE CASH BUYERS OF WHEAT, OATS, BAKLEY and BYEGEASS, m LARGE ORJSMALL QUANTITIES. HIGHEST PKICES GJVEN. FKTEDLANDEB BROS ASHBURTON TINWALO, AND LYNDHURST we HAVE JUST OPENED, exs. s. OCEA NA, A SHIPMENT OF MEN'S HAND-SEWN BOOTS DIRECT FROM THE BEST ENGLISH MAKERS. ALL SIZES. EXTRA WIDE SITTINGS, ETC COMBINING COMFORT WITH SUPERIOR STYLE AND FINISH Every Fair Guaranteed to give Good Wear, SPARROW TIERRYMAN TAIIiORS and OUTFITTERS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. WARHnLffG TO THE TRAJDE. J. BISHOP, PKACTICAL BOOT MANUFACTUKER, *=3» HAS TAKEN THE LEAD IN THE BOOT TRADE. *^I I AM far ahead of all others. The public have decided my Boots are the best, and lead everything in the Market, Style Unequalled. Perfection in Fit. Best of service at LOWEST PRICES. My motto is TIECIE BEST. I respectfully call upon yon to inspect and judge for yourselves whether I am not far ahead of all competition. The fight is for you; you must ||[support me. The contest for you ; you must stand by me, and you will be delighted, as greater anti better things will be done for you from T O - P J^IT CORNiR ( QF EAST AND MOOBK STREETS. , J. Brockcltmnk, Manager,



■ KABT STEMS! H. JML, «f OMI2B. ASHBtTETON ; BOOKS, STATIONERY, TOYS, FANCY GOODS, FANCY CHINA, GLAS-*, [ • and PLATED GOODS. ' Plain, Commercial, and Fancy Stationery, Boxed Note and TRavelopes. j Ledgers, Cash Books, Journals, Memorandum and Pocket Books, all sizes. Account Booktf, ruled, printed and bound to any pattern required. Books procured from any publisher as soon as possible. Papers and Magazines supplied. . Pianos »nd Organs sold on monthly payments from £1 upwards. * Schools supplied with all requisites at prices equal to procuring from Christchurch. Rubber Stamps, any size and design, made to order for use on paper and linen. AGENT for Milner and Thompson, Christchurch. AGENT for Economic Fire Insurance Company. 3|l2b KAIAPOI HOUSE. 0 TELEGRAM TO MITCHELL & TURNER, ASHBURTON. "GOODS NOW IN PORT, WILL CLEAR AND FORWARD AT ONCE." SCLANDERS, & CO., Christchurch, March 10, 1892] THE ABOVE REFERS TO OUB FIRST SHIPMENT OF AUTUMN DRAPERY,! WHICH IS'NOW LANDED AND OPEN FOR INSPECTION NEW DRESSES NEW HOSIERY NEW MACINTOSHES NEW GLOVES NEW ULSTERS NEW CORSETS NEW BLANKETS NEW FUR GOODS LINOLEUMS CARPETS, RUGS o-' — QPT7r*TAr . TWELVE YARDS HEAVY HOMESPUN. LINING AND vJ XT LL, \j 11\ L, . BUTTONS COMPLETE FOR ®» lid. MITCHELL & TUENER Sfll^^^^^^^^P^H^y IJII IJ I a I 1 I ii /I I lIJ I 3 #1 \# »^ ragnj^ iiUDDaI lVlUririAi>^^^ and Clock j ' GOLD AND SILVERSMITH, OPTICIAN &c] ALWAYS IN STOCK, A VERY LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT OF WATCHES, JEWELLERY, PLATE, CLOCKS, OPTICAL GOODS, <kc. Specimens of Work on view in Shop Window. EAST STREEtTTsHBURTON. PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO COUNTRY ORDERS TOST OR TELEGRAPH. I AM A CASH BUYER OF Wheat, Oats, Barley, Grass Seed. D. THOMAS, ASHBURTON D. Thomas Late^of Matson, Cox, and Co.) j AUCTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, AND ESTATE ACJENTJ VALUATOR, WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON. LOANS NEGOTIATED. WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock, Tinwald and Aahburton alternately} FORTNIGHTLY SALES of Sheepskins, Fat, Hides, &c, on Fridays. SALES OF WOOL throughout the Season. GRAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD on Commission. 1 CLEARING SALES as per arrangement. AGENT FOR— Matson and Co, Christchurch Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin National Mortgage Company, Christchurch Booth, Mac Donald and Co., Christchurch Murton and White's Sheep Dip Brantford Heaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Redwood's Scaly Blighc Specific Wright, StepheHson, and 00, Dunedin Planet Jupiter Garden and Field^ Tools, D THOMAS,J Ashburton.



Public INCK.oeb. 2 TT7 HITITKGTON'S Tomato Sauce. VV together with testimonials, may % be seen at Mrs James', Fruiterer, East c Street, and Mrs Pearson's, Ffuiteier, .- Wakanui Road, where orders will be 3 received and prices given. 3 165 FOR .SALE. Q (~\ f\ ACRE FARM close to Hinds Zl./vJ Railway Station. 150 ACRES of this is good land, ready for crop. Easy terms. Apply to 3t159 JOHN gORR & CO. PUBLIC CHALLENGE. BROOKE'S "PERFECT" SHEEP DIP VERSU* LITTLE'S FLUID DIP and the Great American CARBOL CRYSTAL DIP, I HEREBY challenge the agents of these two imported Dips to a public trial, to be conducted under the auspices of the Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association, the losers to pay £10 each to the funds of the Society for their trouble in carrying out the trial. i The conditions I make are—That the Committee shall consist of six persons, free from bias, no member of the Com mittee to have used any of the three Dips either last season or this one. That the Committee shall include an expert in wool, and amongst other things that points shall be awarded for the condition of the wool at shearing ; also after scouring and after dyeing. The Dip used to be obtained haphazard from any outside agent. CM BROOKE, ASHBUETON THE ART NEEDLEWORK DEPOT, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS ""VTOVELTIES in Fancy Work for the JJ\ present season. New Aprons, Pinafores, Dresses, Ladies' and Children's Clothing, Infants' Layettes. Madame Weigel's Fashion Journals and Patterns always in stock. Orders taken now for Winter Socks nd Stockings, home knitted. jmlrs ax>am:s, ■ LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S DRAPER GREY VALLEY COAL IS THE BEST COAL FOR THRESHING MACHINES. QIXTEEJST per cent more heat than Newcastle Coal, STEAMERS arriving twice Weekly. WE ARE NOW MANUFACTURING BRIQUETTES, THE NEW PATENT FUEL. No Slack. No Clinker. No Waste. The Grey Calley Coal Company, Ltd. W. H. COLLINS & CO., Agents. HENRY ZANDER. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. I BEG to Intimate that I have -lust Landed a Laxye and Varied Stock of GiIMS Guns Guns HOLLIS' BEST MAKE. Single and Double Barrell, Breech and Muzzle Loading, well worth of inspec on. Revolvers, Revolvers. % Diminution Ammunition. Cartridges and Cartiidg? Cases, Caps, Shot, Gunpowd§ r) Powder and Flasks, Cartridge Belts, Recappers, Loaders, j Wads, Punches, etc, ; feCOTT'S Well-known RANGES, at Greatly Reduced Prices, T HAVE IN STOCK AND TO LAND 100 Drums Linseed Oil 20 Cases Valvoline 100 Cases Castor Oil 25 Drums Tattoo Oil, red and black, ready for 1 sheep branding 10 Bales best 5-ply Seaming Twine China and Glassware Hornsby's and Ransome^ Plough Shares Garden Tools of every description Electro-plated Ware I Barbed and Fencing Wire j General, Station, and Family Groceries Mauritius, China, and Queensland Sugars CHIN*., INDIA, and CEYLON TEAS. I am well stocked with all requisites for , THRESHING MACHINES, viz -.—Best Endish Leather Belting, Castor and all other Oils. VALVOLINE. Perforated Zinc in all sizes, Asbestos Packet (in sheet and round). I HAVB ALWAYS FOR SALE - STRAW AN^ OATEN SHEAF OHAEF, OATS, BRAN, SHARPS, AND' OHICKWHEAT A complete assortment of the best Bands OF WINES AND SPIRITS, ALES AND STOUTS, Australian SHERRIES & CLARETS, Finest German LAGER BEER, Always on hand, HENRY 7ANDER, ENRY ZJANDEK, GENERAL MERCHANT AND DIRECT IMPORTER -AGENT FOR— Sun Fire Insurance Company Canton Marine Insurance Company, Australian Mutual Kvciety.



.Public Notices TENDERS are invited for grubbinsr gorse on Trevor's Road, Hampstead, also the small paddock adjoining, fronting the river, up to MONDAY, April 4. The highest or any tender not necessarily ac cepted. For further particulars apply to T. BULLOCK, 3 162 Estate Agent. TENDERS. mENDERS WANTED, for Trimming JL and Grubbing Gorse near Tinwald. Apply for Particulars to M. REDMAYNE, 3 174 Tinwald. "^""Tost! " O^ CROSSBRED 15WES, branded | *■)*-* GE, and red paint dot on back. ' Finder rewarded on application to 3t 172 W. ,T. SILCOCK. i Drill in po iv n i:u ivi> LII£ with Grain crops. It quickens the growth of the plant and keeps back the grub. Delivered in bags at any Railway Station E. F. WEIGHT 88 Boots. Boots. BOOTS. WANTED KNOWN.—lam now in a position to supply BOOTS and SHOES of every description at the Lowest Price ever heard of in Ash burton. The above has been made to my own special order in the best factory in Canterbury, therefore Customer a rely upon getting a genuine article for very little money. Note the address— O'COIVIVOK, S LITTLE SHOP, Mr Bullock's Arcade. N.B.—Ordered work of every kind, Hand Sewn, Pegged, or Riveted, made on the Premises ; aiso Repairs. U.S.S CO W^l u.S 8., CO UNiON STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. STEAMERS SAIL from LYTTELJ TON AS UNDER: For Wellington—Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Nelson—Tuesday and Saturday. Auckland—Thursday. Sydney—Every Second Thursday. Dunediu —Tuesday and Friday. Melbourne —Tuesday. EXCURSION SEASON CLOSES ON MARCH 31. OEO JAMESON, Agent for MP GEORGE JAMESGw SHEEP SKIN SALE * MY Next sale of Sheep Skins by Public Auction, will be held on Friday, April 1, At my Yards, Wes*. Street, Sale at 1.30 p./n. GEORGE JAMESON, Ashburton J. R. BLAND 3|173 Auctioneer TINWALD SALEYARDS MESSRS MILES & CO. are instructed to sell at the above Yards on Tuesday Ifext, 9^AA MERTJiO WETHERS from £!<J\_/l_/ Mount Possession. These are sound mouthed and in forward condition. J. T. FORD, Auctioneer, GEO. JAMESON, 3*176 Agent, Ashbuvton. ASHBURTON SALEYARDS Ca mHE STOCK SALE TO-MORROW Will be held at Tinwam* Yar»§. GEO. JAMESON, 3 175 Secretary. TUESDAY, APRIL 5. MESSRS MILES & CO. have re ceived instructions from Mr William Huston TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION AT THF. ASJIBURTQ.N OQUNTY. SALE YARDS on the above date, — HIS COMPACT FARM OF 4:4:1 4 #W S, Situated on the Seafield read, 5 miles from the town of Ashluuton, The Farm, is divided into six paddocks, each well watered. THE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE 5-roomedHouse, Woolshed, Stable, Sheep Dip and Yards, Terms Easy. Sale at 10.30 sharp. Far further particulars, apply to J. T. FORD, Auctioneer. GEO, JAMESON, 3t132| Agent,



Holloway's Pills and Ointment are remedies which should invariably be taken by travellers travelling in search of health, pleasure, or business. Many deleterious in fluences are constantly at work in foreign climes, tending to deteriorate the health. These and the altered conditions of life will entail on those who travel the necessity ot carefully attending to early symptoms of disease, and they will find the uae of those [ remedies to be highly necessary, the action of the pills being purifying and strengthen ing and of great service in cases of fever, I ague, and all inflammatory diseases, whilst the ointment is a sovereign cure in cases of piles, bad legs, bad breasts, wounds, and ulcers. Holloway's remedies do not deterio rate by change of climate. Don't be Deceived!—lf you want the besfc Medicine the world, has ever pro duced, try Colemane and Sons Eucalypti Extract. For all affections of the chest and lungs, consumption, asthma, coughs, colds, gravel, and kidney complaints. For influenza it has no equal. Under the distinguished patronage of Earl Jersey, Governor of New South Wales, Lord Oarringfcon, and the Emperor of Germany. Awarded medals at Sydney^ Melbourne, and Adelaide, beating all competitors, and s the only pure Extract in the world. See that the label bears our trade mark (tree of life and signature Colemane and Sona, Cootamundra, New South Walen) without this it is a fraud. Price, Is 6d and 2s 6d. Wholesale Depot tor New Zealand: Lichfield street, Christchurch Sole Agents for Ashburton: The Ash burton Drug Company.—Advt The best medicine is Sander and Sons' Eucalpyti Extract. Test its eminent power ful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, etc. — the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy and medical syndicates all over the world are its patrons. Read the official reports that accompany each bottle- We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medical climes and univer sities, the official communications of the Consul General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded by the International Exhibition, Amsterdam—all these are authentic docu ments, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various cases treated at the clinic of Schultz, M.D. Pro fessor, etc.— UC. 8., 24 years old; conges tional abscess on the thigh. Incisions made in two places. Although Lister's dressing was applied, the secretion became, two days later, very copious, and had adopted a foetid decomposed character. The temperature rose enormously. In consequence the dressing was removed and in its place were made during the day-time repeated irrigations with Eucalypti Extract. The offensive feeler dis appeared very soon, the fever abated within a few days, and the patient recovered after the lapse of several weeks. In this instance we must not lose sight of the fact thait the latter treatment saved the patient's life. ■', Advt.) 3 Ninian Hyslop and Co.'s "Imperial ' Ceylon and Indian Teas are direct from the Tea Plantation —-CAdv The world is ever moving on towards perfection, butseldom attains it, Constant improvement is being made in every branch of industry, but in Baking Powders Perfection has been reached in Warburton's Cart t Be Beab. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary alterations :— TUESDAY, March 29. For Kaikoura, per Wafcaku, at 6.30 a. m. * For Northern Ports, per Rotortia, at 6.30 a.m. WEDNESDAY, March 30. For United Kingdom, Continent of Europe (via Brindisi), Point cle Galle, India, China, Japan, etc., and also for Australian Colonies, \ per express (to connect with s.s. Tarawera at Port Chalmers), as follows:—Ordinary letters, etc., at l*i.3<"» p.m. ; guard's van, on express at 12.53 p.m. The Home mail will be clue in London on May 17. FRIDAY, April 1. For Chatham Islands, per Kahu, at 6.50 p.m. § For South America, United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, per s.s. Doric, as follows: — Ordinary letters at O.£SO p.m ; books, newspapers, money orders, and fparcels, 3 p.m. ; guard's van, express ' train, 6.55 p.m. This mail will be due in London on May 21, \ ENGLISH MAILS. ' HOMEWARD—DIRECT MAILS. Doric, leaving April 2, due London May f2. SAN FRANCISCO MAILS. Monowai, leaving on February 27, due j London March 30, Alamoda, leaving on March 26, due London Apul 27. OUTW 'ID —DIRECT MAILS Ruahine, di;~ (Jolony April 8. ASHBURIVN "GUARDIAN DUNEDIN AGENCY T\/I"R R T WHEELER, Stafford 1 Street Dunedin. has been appointed our | Agent, and will be able to arrange term| with advertisers for contract advertise THE ASHBURTON MAIL. The terms of subscription to this Journal are as follows, viz. :- |F I'/tiD'lN ADYAECB. Per Quarter,.. Us Od, :by post, 8s Oil •„ Half-year... 12s Od, by post, 15s Od „ Ye&v &)s Oil, by post, 26a Od IF BOOKED. Per Quarter .!. Gs 6/.1, by post, 8s Od Half-year... 13s 071, by post, lfe Od " "Year... ... 2fl,s o,d, by post, Si2s Qd Birth, Marriage, and D.eath Notices, if paiclf jr at the time of insertion, 2s 6d each ; if booked, 4s each. Stamps may besent for payment. THE Next Oheytsey Sale will be hold cm MONDAY, APEIL 11, 18 9 2. t. McDowell. Secretary



Ask for Ninian Hy&lop, and Co. a Imperial new seasons Pure Ceylon and , Jndiia Teaa % .Special prices -~(Mv