The " Billy Akarman " Company gave a variety entertainment m the schoolroom, on Saturday, January 16, and were fairly successful; but owing to the exorbitant charges for admission the attendance was nly moderate. ,  Evidences of the progress of the dis trict are to be seen m the opening of a store by Mr John Doak and the appoint ment of Mr John Murray as agent for the Buckeye, reaper and Winder.

THE LATE DUKE OF CLARENCE.

MESSAGE FROM. THE QUEEN

(PER MIES* ASSOCIATION.)

London, January 22. The Queen has summoned the doctors W ho attended the W*J Dukeof Okyjoe to Osborne to give the details or ncr C°t?Z^™ oi London have decided to place a memorial window m Guildhall.

Dusedin, January 24. His Excellency the Governor has been commanded by the Queen to convey her thanks, and those of their Boyri Big nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, for the expressions of sympathy with the Royal family received from New Zealand The Royal family have been much affected by the universal feeling of sympathy and grief at the loss which they have sus tained.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN.

m P ,. e ived January 25, 10.25 a.m.}

ADELAIDE ELECTION.

Adelaide, January ' f. Mr McPherson, the Labor canchdate, has been elected to represent the cou stituency of East Adelaide, which was ndered yvacant by the «^»* Sir J. C, Bray, on his being appointed I^ent-General. An unusual amount was taken m the contest, which was between labor and capital.

ROTOMAHANA ASHORE.

Launceston, January /o. During a fierce gale the Union CaSeto^Uer off, and her cargo is being discharged.

BUSH FIRE IN TASMANIA.

An immense bush fire threatened to annihilate the township of Junda. A powder magazine caught fire and exploded the building being de- Shel: A heavy rainfall saved the town at a critical time.

THE COAL MINERS' DISPUTE.

Sydney. January 24. The aggregate meeting of «,mers unanimously resolved not to strike but to adhere to the general agreement previously .recommended by the General Secretary.

The Famine in Russia.

Sbocial tole-'ram-s to the London papers worse. At, a town rye SS At'Sa "other town m the purchasecHortnvnsp^t to ITenHfth ruSJh "and seed, of different SSalto be totally unfit for human feinasas w» w cur ious circumsUnce Etable result follows that ggg. tammo, informed, now that EmßSe, hSdecided to take energehc men m the State, is now being ™rme«; The duty of the commissioners will be to «ln money for various public works i SfonTmcLn of roads «dw^ .and canals m those provinces wheie they ms'nt eenc^o Af seven days' imprisonment lif u'been passed by the £»1 t which had caused illness amount those communes of Com una am nation owing to Un to f 8 idiEs of the proffered loan, the aZ ? to which more than 25,000 have to be paid merely for He sacks m which the corn was convey •!

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Jpee press association.J Tromble»©«»« »»«"« Aooki,anj>, Jauuiry to. Mr Hammond, a Surveyor, whilst at work on the road at Taitai, Kaihu Valley, was stopped by the Natives Ho has Tent for the assistance^ the police. A small Anglican'Timrch at Ardrcore, Wairoa South, was burned down on Saturday afternoon. The Traydbrs Rest Hotel, schoolhouse and Black's farm house-row m dlujer for about two I.ours, Srullimately saved. A bush fare was la*fc night m Upper Oueen street, when the factory jf Messrs, ?™Sd 5. Cook, cabinet makers and upholsterers, and an unoccupied btoxe idioining, formerly used by Messrs Me iffiSdOo. as a boot factory, were burned. The machinery has also been Stroved. In Messrs Cook's factory a IMP auouub ot material m

the trade of upholsterery was de stvcyad. Seveial workmen will have considerable loss as their tools were all burned. Tho following are the insurances •■—Royal, f.ctory buildings £250, stock m ia< toiy £50, on machinery £60, on gas engine £140, on stock m fr>nt shop £50, on machinery m wane, £2o ; three shops were injured m the Standard for £250 ; total of insurance, £850. «ay «»f I«'auiix Coal Ojnpwwy. The h«lf yearly report of the Bay of Islands Coal Company says the sale of the coal for the last half year has been 12,226 tons, being a decrease of 586 ons on that of the previous six months. They antici pate that m the course of a few n.onths the available coal will be worked . out. Exploring operations will be carried on at Hikurangi, and from the results the directors are satisfied that the freehold land belonging to the Company m that district is of considerable value, which will be greatly enhanced when the Kamo- Kikurangi railway, now m progress, is completed. The statement of accounts ! shows a balance of £1258 0s 4d at credit of profit and loss account. From this [amount the directors recommend th a dividend of seven shillings per share be declared, which is equivalent to three and a half per cent for the half year on the original capital. Death of a Veteran. Masterton, January 25: •. Sergeant Bernard Diamond, V.C., late of the Royal Horse Artillery, died yesterday at the age of 66. Deceased | was for twenty-one years m Her Majesty's t service, nineteen of which were spent m India. He was m possession of the Victoria Cross, Punjaub medal, the Indian mutiny medal, and the good conduct medal. He is to be accorded a military funeral. -Accommodation for Station Manila. Blenheim, January 20. Constable Sheary has returned from a ton days tour round the shearing sheds, where he has been inspecting the accom modation provided for the men. He reports that at some the accommodation is excellent, while at a number it is just the reverse. In one instance about thirty men sleep and eat m a building, the walls of which are not more than eight feet high, three tiers of bunks going round the room. The visit was made m accordance with the instructions of the Government on a motion made by Mr Buick the session before last. Several station holders refused the Constable admission to inspect.

THE MARKETS

(PEK VKBSS ASSOCIATION.)

London, January 23. New Zealand hemp is m firm demand at an advance of 10s per ton. The Canterbury Frozen Meat Company have received a cable from London quot ing their brand of mutton at 4^d. (Received January 25, 10,25 a.m.) London, January 24. Tallow, medium mutton, 26a ; beef, beef, 24s 6d. Colonial barley averages 34s 6d ; oats, 275; beans, 38s.

THE AsitFttTMON £UARPIAN; MONDAY, JANtJABY 25j _lß9g.



THEBE IS NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT. Great Jlar^ains m Boots and Shoes for Christmas. ALAttGE VARIETY of LADIES' and CHILDREN'S ROOTS and SHOES ' Just Arrived, Ex Aorangi, from one of the Boat Manufacturers m England. lIIML OK*tM \i: II 4R O A lIV 8. COME EA.RJL.V A^^iT> HECVKE THEAIS JT> BEOS to thank you all for your past liberal support, anrhvisl:esyou all • ■*-*• Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. J. llroekell>ank 9 Manager. J. BISHOP'S FEW BOOT STOBE> AS H B U R T 0 N.



PAPERHANGINGS. --—**** — r ■ -: ;; , rUST LANDED EX " MAORI* Ifi BALES lg Paperhanging's, CHOICE PATTERNS, ARTISTIC DESIGNS, EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY. Inspection is specially invited to our Selection of new = T ? PANELLINGS AND DADOES, WIT d FRIEZES & BORDERS TO MATCH FOR DINING & DRAWING-ROOMS. ITew Designs for Ceilings. PICTURE PATTERNS FOR NURSERIES. BEDROOM PAPERS AT FROM £s<l PER PIECE. 6000 PIECES TO SELECT FROM. 6000 Competent workmen sant to execute Painting and Paperhanging of every description as required. Building Material of every Description m StocW W. H. Collins and Co., IRONMONGERS, AND IMPORTERS OF OILS, PAINTS, PAPERHANGINGS, ETOj TIMBER & COAL MERCHANTS. AGENTS FOR—Grey Valley Coal Company, Royai Insur nee Company.



Turnip Seeds. FOB SALE, m LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES,— PURPLE & GREEN TOP ABERDEEN, MAMMOTH, WHITE STONE, & GREYSTONE, &c. aTlsou- ARTIFICIAL MANURES SUPEKPHOSPHATES, BONE DUST, &c. BIICTIDIEie, T"V7"IIsrE OF THE BEST BRANDS AT THE LpWEST CURRENT PRICES. CHRISTMAS, ISOI & XEW YEiR, ...1892.- M AOHINE OILS OP ALL KINDS, AS WELL AS A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OK FARM AND STATION STORES AND REQUISITES. |AGENT 7rt THE NEW ZEALAND FIRE INSURANCE CO. Grain Crops iustired against Loss or Damage by Fire at Lowest Current Rates "** geobgeTamesgk*. Aqltluirtoii and Rakaia.



Business JNotices. .,; OJIJu a. j v ill " *'T II Fj C'© R BIS ■■'; COMMENCES SATURDAY JAK. 16. pvON'T fail to attend, or y6u'U regret it. DRAPERY, MILLIKERY, AND CLOTHING at extraordinary prices. W If ( O]yM£ll. REDUCTION ON ALL 'V^HEH^^T ANDREW" BLACK, WATCHMAKER, EAST STREET, HAS on hand and to arrive, a Large Stock of Watches, Clocks, and Jewellery. Watches, including English Levers by different makers ; and has just opened out a particularly nice line of Ladies' Watches at £3 each. Largest Siock of Gold Brooches m Ashburfcon, ranging from 10s 6d to £8 10s. Ladies' Dress Rings from 15s to £8 each. Ladies' Gold Watches from £5 ss. Gold Lockets from 10s. Gold and Silver Charms, &c, &c, afc reduced prices. SPECIAL LlNES—First; class Electro-plated Butter Knife, Jelly Spoon, Pickle Fork, and Sardine Fork, with ivory handles, at 15s the set. SPECTACLES—Best Pebbles.at 6s per pair. Silver Brooches from 3s each; Silver Earrings from 2s each ; Silver Scarfpins from Is 6d each. WATCHES, CLOCKS, and JEWELLERY thoroughly and promptly REPAIRED abmod erate!Jprices. ANDREW BLACK, E-AST ST E E E T.



Timber, Coal, and Firewood. :o: [HERBERT J. MOSS.] [REGINALD B. RESTELL.] Moss and Bestell HAVING taken over the TIMBER and COAL Business of Mr Johk Q Rkstell, have much pleasure m iuforming the general Public that they arc now prepared to supply the following : — BUILDERS 9 MATERIALS. Kauri, Red and White Pine Flooring and Lining, Black Birch, Red and White Pine, Tobira, V.D.L., etc. Special Lines of Dressed and Seasoned Timber for Cabinetmakers, The Kauri White and Red Pine Flooring and Lining is all under cover and ready fo immediate use. ALSO,— FENCING WIRE—Nos. 8, 9, and 12 Galvanised Barb Wire, Galvanised Iron, and Ridging m all sizes, Staples, Nails, Hinges, Screws, Stakes, Posts and Rails, Hurdles, Palings, &c. LIME, CEMENT, &c. COALS—Newcastle, Westport, Mount Somers. FIRE WOOD—Long Black Pine and Cut Wood Oils of all descriptions. Fire Bricks PRODUCE—Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps. Chickfeed, Potatoes, Flour etc ALWAYS IN STOCK. AGENTS—CEYLON AND INDIAN TEA ASSOCIATION Northern Fire Assurance Association. Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, Limited MOSS andKESTELL, WEST STE E E T, t ASRPURTON]



The Massey Reaper & Binder HAS, SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION INTO THE COLONIES IN 188 TAKEN MORE PRIZES AT PUBLIC FIELD TRIALS, Where it has Competed, THAN ANY OTHER MACHINE IN THE FIELI>. 75 TRIALS. 85| PRIZES. EVERY TRI AL PUBLISHED has been held under the auspices of an Agricul turil Society, and no Showyard Prizes included to swell the sts. The Massey Reaper X Hinder Is guaranteed to be the Simplest m Construction, the Lightest m raught', and the most Durable Machine n the Market. A thorough trial is afforded every customer, and satisfaction guaranteed or no sale. £2000 WORTH OF EXTRA PARTS ARE KEPT Itf STOCK and;;supplied by us at manufacturers prices, As per printed lists with each Machine. FRIEDLANDER BROB. ASHBURTON 1



■ Hi: HOLIDAYS. TTTE have just imported direct from the Manufacturers, ex s.s. A.ORANGI, a LARGE SHIPMENT OF NEW GOODS, Comprising the NEWEST HOME STYLES m GENTS' HATS, SHIRTS, TIES, BRACES, SOCKS, INDIA GAUZE, MERINO, AND CASHMERE UNDERSHIRTS AND PANTS, &c. A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF MEN'S & BOYS' STRAW HATS, &c. SpCClal I ust Opened Out direct from the Mills a Choice Lot of NEW SHIRTINGS (Best m the Market), which we are now Sellling at WHOLESALE PRICES. U3b Kindly compare these Goods. Tailoring Department. We are now showing a LARGE VARIETY of the NEWEST STYLES m TWEEDS, COATINGS, SUITINGS & TROUSERINGS for the present season. The rush of orders already m hand shows that all who want New Suits for the Holidays will do at ell to favour us with their measurements as early as possible. MEN'S & BOYS' BOOTS & SHOES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. HAND SEWN, &o. Every Pair Guaranteed to give good wear. SPARROW TBERRYMAB TAILOBS &OIJTPITTEES EAST STREET, ASH BURTON.



\ Business Notices. j. —  i F. NOKES, ONCE more presents hip Compliments to the Inhabitants of Ashlmrron and the Public generally, wishing them all the Compliments of the Season, and hopes that one and all, both large and small, will have a pair of NOKES' GOOD CHEAP BOOTS and SHOES, THE LARGEST STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES TO CHOOSE FROM. BOOTS REPAIRED ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE. FOR GENUINE GOOD VALUES NO ONE CAN TOUCH ME. BOOTS BOOTS BOOTS FOR STYLE, PRICE, AND QUALITY, GO TO \ I F. NOKES LEICESTER BOOT WAREHOUSE, BURNETT STREET. Att^Afcari Christmas Discounts '^^^^| fO PER CENT FOR CASH, OFF ALL JEWELLERY, PLATE, ETC. JjJjjJ ROBERTMURRAY ■: PRACTICAL WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER, JEWELLER, &c. HAS to hand a new assortment of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELLERY and PLATS of the latest and most approved designs. JEWELLERY. -An almost endless variety of Fine Gold, Bright Gold and Silver Brooches, Locketa, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Guards, Alberts, &c. A splendid assortment of Gem, Wedding, Keeper, and Signet Rings of all sizes. A large and well selected Stock of MARBLE CLOCKS and TIME PIECES, Silver Plated Goods, suitable for Christmas Presents, at reduced prices. Exceptionally liberal terms to Presentation Jommittaes, School Committees i &c. &c. All Departments of work done on the Premises with despatch and at moderate charges. SPECIMENS OF WORK ON VIEW IN SHOP WINDOW. EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



PUBLIC NOTICE. THE Office of the Asliburton Publishing Company, Limited, WILL BE CLOSED daily from 12.30 to 1.30 p.m. for dinner hour, m compliance with the Factories Act. . ASHBURTON PUBLISHING CO. HEKOULES MAKING POWDSR IS THE BEST] Tho&e who hi.ye not tried it, shoaiu ask their Grocer for it Makes splendid Cakes Scories, pastry, &&



Mr T. Bullock. FOR SALE, (he following low priced Town Properties.— £115. !-acre, and three-roomed cot tage with verandah, Grey Street. £135. Square house of four rooms, shed and stable, with quarter-acre section, Cox Street, East. £!7 10s. I acre Cameron Street. West. £13, £-acre Moore Street, West. £40. j-acre. Capital Site for a house, Havelock Street, East, first-class land. £45. £-acre cenl.r-illy situated, Moore Street, also good land. TO LET, at a low rental, Shop m Burnett street. Also, commodious premises East street, near the Somerset Butchery. TO LET. — Cottage on East Belt. Rent 3s per week. T. PULLOCK



DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. THE Partnership subsisting between HENRY BARNES and JAMES SMITH, as Carpenters and Builders, is Dissolved by mutual consent as frun the 31st December, 1891 (on account of Mr Barnes leaving for the North Island. All Claims against the Firm must be rendered at once, and all Accounts owing are requested to be paid before the 14th inst. Messrs Barnes and Smith, while draw ing the attention of their Friends and Customers to the Notice below, tender their best thanks for the support accorded to them m their business, and trust the same will be given to Mr Smith and his new partner. HENRY BARNES. JAMES SMITH Witness to signatures— H. W. BARRETT, Ashburton, January 2, 1892. With reference to the above announce ment, we have pleasure m intimating that we have entered into partnership under the style and firm of Brown and Smith:, as from January 1, 1892, as Carpenters and Builders, and will cany on business at Mr J. L. BroAvn's present premises m Park and Cameron Streets. Mr Brown will complete all work now m Ins hands, and Mr Smith will do the same with work undertuken by the late firm of Barnes and Smith, and all new orders will be taken by the firm of Brown and Smith, who trust to receive a continuance of the support that has hitherto been accorded lo each of them. JOHN L. BROWN. JAMES SMITH. Ashburtor, Januar 9 1892 §13



GREAT ANNUAL SALE OF DRAPEKY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS AT ANDREW ORR'S FOR FOUR WEEKS, Commencing SATURDAY, JAN. 16. QTARTLING AND AMAZING BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS AT|Js 9d, FORMERLY 3s 6d. 60 PIECES REAL FRENCH CASH- j MERE at Is 6d per yard. GREAT REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS FOR ONE MONTH. A. NDR E W O R 11, EAST STREET.



Public Notices. VIOJL.IIV SCHOOL, SAUNDEKS' BUILDINGS. MISS BESSIE SIMMONDS, Teacher of the Violin, while thanking her patrons for past favors, begs to sfcata she has a few vacancies for pupi's. Every 1 attention given.—Bessie Simmonds. 1t144 A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL. MBS ADAMS JS now opening some beautiful New' Goods suitablefot Christmas presents; j comprising the latest novelties m Alhani- , , bra, Dresden, Japanese and Venetian Goods. Lovely Mountmellick designs m kreal Irish Linen, Table Cloths, Tray Cloths, Pillow Shams, Afternoon Tea Cloths, Hand Painted Fans, Photo: Frame?, Handkerchiefs, Sachets, and Mirrors. Beautiful Slippers, Smoking Caps, Braces, Shaving Tidies, Cigarette Cases, Tobacco Pouches. Dolls, which are real works of art, beautiful dressed. Toys of every shape and make, and a grand assortment of nick nacks ; and an entirely new stock of Pinafores, Aprons, Babies' Dresses and Layettes. Madame Weigel's Patterns always m stock.—The Ishburton Art Repository.



PUBLIC Tey.l $^g OFFICE Of HI. r HE Public Trust Other- fNW Zealand oilers great ad vantages to its elieuts including State guaianlee against the fraud or dishonesty of the Public Trustoe The following comparison ot business between th<3 years 187? «i-d 1839 will showllie rogress made:— IU7S-S0 18S9 Cash receipts £41,813 .. £183,336 Total transact on&, per balance-sheet .... ... £92,318 ... £835,202 Seouritiks- General Investment Acoount £70,864 ... i216,!M3 Special Invettment Account £2,655 ... £245,339 Expenses Account—Total receipts -C 2,139 ... £14,482 Administrations 172 ... 258 Probates and trusts ... 14 .. 3C Wills provisionally accepted ... ... ... 1 ... 42 Letters received 2,122 ... 10,326 Letters despatched .„ ... , ... 1,432 13,003 J. J. M. HAMILTON, District Agent



q.S.S C fe-^^ U.S S., CO UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY UF NEW ZEALAND. STEAMERS SAIL from LYTTEL TOK AS UNDER: For Wellington—Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Nelson— Tuesday and Saturday. Auckland—Thursday. Sydney—Every Second Thursday. Dunedin-Tuesday and Friday. Melbourne—Tuesday, BXWT-RSION SEASON HAS NOW COMMENCED. GEO J AME^ON, Agent for Islibwrton



LONG BEACH ROAD DISTRICT. SMALL BIRDS NUISANCE. NO BIRDS EGGS OR HEADS will be taken after MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1. ISIIB BY ORDER. rpENDERS will be received by the _L Secretary to the Club until 4 p.m. on February 3rd, for ERECTING a GRAND STAND for the ASHBURTON RACING CLUB. j Plans and .specifications may be seen at the Secretary's (Mr E. Saunders) Office, m Bullock's Arcade, Ashburton. J. C. MADDISON, F.R.1.8.A., Architect. Hereford Street, Christchurch. 1 155



The Cash Bonus was equal to 42.1 per cent, on the premiums received during the year. INSURE YOTJR LIFS IN THE A.. M. J? SOCIE XV, And secure a BONUS EVERY l'EAtt POLICIES Off NEW ZEALAND REGISTER, 16,000. ASSURING, £5,000,000.' Assets m New Zealand, £1,419,276. Expenses of Management LESS THAN 9* PER CENT ON THE TOTAL INCOME. EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Branch Office— Custom House Quay, Wellington, W, H. DERRY, District Secretary, Christchurcln H. ZANDER, Local Broker Ashburton.



ASHBURTON RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. ANNUAL MEETING. rjiHE Annual Meeting of the Company, A- will be held at the Orderly Room on TUESDAY, January 26, immediately after Government Inspection. Every man must attend. W. E. DOLMAN, 1 151 Captain Comanding. AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY THE OLDEST, WEALTHIEST AND MOST PROSPEROUS AUSTRALIAN LIFE OFFICE, AND THE LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a Bonus Every Year The Method of Valuation adopted by this Society is of the Most Stringent Character, and ensures a Considerable Larger Reserve to Meet Liabilities than that held by any other office m the Ausy tralasian Colonies, ACCUMULATED FUNDS NEARLY £10,000,000 MI SJ& g| STERLING, All nvesfced to yield nearly 6 per cent BONUSES. CASH BONUSES declared for the first FIVE Years, TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonuses ex ceeding FOUR MILLIONS. CASH "BONUS for ONE Year, 1890, £469,856, yielding Reversionary Bonuses amounting to £967,000.



Public Notices. "D OOKS, BOOKS. -Now Selling a lot slightly soiled at Reduced Prices for Cash, comprising Novels, and Cheap Editions, etc.—L. F. Andbbwes & Co., Stationers' Hall. 1 ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL. npHE First term Commences on MON- J DAY, February 1. Pupils of both schools will assemble at 9.30 a.m. JOHN EDGAR BUCHANAN. Ashburton, January 23 1892. It 153



Kntertainments. ODDFELLOWS' HALL Under the direction of the Australian Theatrical Management Company. Managing Director : HON. GEO. COPPIN, M.L.C. Acting Manager ...Mr Charles Bradley. Treasurer Mr R. W. Greville. (^1 REAT Dramatic Event; FRIDAY, -J~ January 29. Appearance m Ash burton of the World-Famous Star, Walter Bentley, And a Powerful Company of English and Australian Artistes, m Shakespeare's sub lime Tragedy, HAMLET. For positively one night only. Prices—ss, Bs, and 2s. Box Plan at H. Fkiedlander's, Tobac conist. 1 138



ON.Acroiint of the Children's Picnic to /the !•■■ush on Friday the Unilod Wesleyan ::nd Primitive Methodipt Sun day Schools singing, practice will be held this week on WEDNESDAY Evening; at 7 o'clock m the Wesleyan Church, instead of Monday and Friday.—Rev. James Oockek, Hon. Sec. 1 158 LOST, the Brass Cap of Trap Wheel. Finder rewarded upjn leaving jt with D. Thomas, Ashburton. It 159 FUNERAL NOTICE. rnHE Friends of Mr D. Leddy are |_ respectfully informed that the funeral of his late beloved daughter Bbidgkt Eliza, will move from his residence, Ashgrove Farm, Wakanui, on WEDNESDAY, January 27, at 9 o'clock a m for the Roman Catholic Church, " " UAKKU BROS., IMSG Undertakers, ODDFELLOWS' HALL. Tuesday, Jan. 550. j TWA 'OOR.S AT HAME, Mb KOBERT Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Admission— Front Seats, 2s j B-ick Seles, la, itliQ



The Best Remedy fob Indigestion — Norton's Camomile Pills are confidenty recommended as a simple remedy foi Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subjects Norton's Pells, with justice called the 'Natural Rtrengthpner of the Human Stomach," act as a powerful tonic and gentle perient, are mild m their operation, and safe under any circumstances. Sold m bottles, at Is l|d, 2s 9d, 11s, by all medicine vendors throughout the world- C4rain cutting is now general throughout South Canterbury (says the " Herald "), and a fortnight of such weather as prevailed on Friday and Saturday will see the paddocks m stubble. On the Seadown all the crop near the railway line is cut, and the machines are very busy m the grain on land bordering on the sea. In the Temuka district the hum of the reapers and binders is heard m all directions. The yield both of wheat and oats promises to be large, and opening prices for wheat should be good.



The best medicine known is SANDKUaud SONS EUCALPTI EXTRACT Teal it. eminent powerful effects m coughs, colds, influenza, etc.—the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testi mony. His~Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe, are its patrons. Read the official reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occa sion to offer rewards m proof of the genuine ness of our references. The official reports of medical clinics and universities, the official communication of the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam—all these are authentic documents, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome oi one of the various cases treated by Siegenl M.D , Professor, etc. Burning of the right hand through the explosion of a small oil stove. The epidermis on the volar and palmer side of the hand of the thirty-year old patient was completely separated and lifted up as far as the joint of the hand. The likewise lifted nails were hanging loose and half of the phalaux of the nail of the middle finger was coaled. The wounds thus contracted healed m three weeks under daily applications of Eucalypti Extract dressing. The patient has retained the full use of her hand.—(Advfc.) I



Harvest may now be said to be general m the lower and central parts of the county, and a fair acreage of wheat is now m stook. Work is carried on with great energy, and every moment during which the reaper cm safely work is taken advantage of. Given good harvest weather from date, and very short work will be made of what is stiU standing. The fine weather of Saturday, Sunday, and to-day will take the very green side of some off the later and heavier wheat crops, and no delay will now be experienced from this cause. Notwith standing the weight of the crops, and the necessity from the uncertain weather of hurrying on harvest, a large amount of idle labor is still about the town—much of it, however, of the undesirable kind classed by the farmer m the gen as "sundowner," and by the policeman and publican m the same genus but called by the other name of "hard case." The polico say that seldom has a harvest called together such a congre gation of worthless men as have rushed the district this season, and are encamped about the bed of the rivec and elsewhere.