The AShburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1892. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Minister of Public Works, in a tele gram to Mr Earnshaw, M.H.R., about the Dunedin unemployed, says that the only certain solution seems to point to taking the men to the North Island, where there is any amount of road work and bush felling. W. J. S. Hayward has lowered the New Zealand one and two-mile bicycle records. The track was in good condition. The one mile was covered in 2min 42 4-sth sec., and the two miles in smin 33 3-sth sec. At the sale of Crown Lands in Dunedin three pastoral runs were disposed of at a good advance on the upset price. The bidding was very keen for small gracing runs, two realising double the upset, one in Mare whenua three times, and another in the same district nine times the upset. On Wednesday afternoon the body of Charles Thomas Barnard, an elderly man, who was saffering from cancer in the face, was found in the river Avon. Deceased left his home, at St Albans, early on Sunday morning. At the inquest a verdict of "found drowned" was returned, The headmaster of the Westport School has much to contend with in the way of irregular especially during the whitebait season. Only one parent, how however returned the answer that " Tommy was kept at home to catch whitebait." Another parent laconically replied " Tooth ache," while another intimated that Jack's boots were on the Blips for repairs. The Marlborough "Times" states that oDe night recently the whole Bay at Picton was apparently alive with herring or pilchard, when a school of porpoises ap peared upon the scene in pursuit, driving the enormous shoals of fish up the lagoon and on to the beach. Upon the tide rising, tons of fish were lining the bay and lagoon, whilst unknown quantities were blown out of the harbour by the strong south easter, About sixty employers attended the meet ing on Thursday evening to consider the most suitable day for holding the half holiday. After a lengthy, and at times warm, discussion a resolution " That the meeting pledges itself to observe the half holiday on Saturday for two months from November 5," was carried nm. dis., against " That the opinion of the farmers be taken before a day is finally fixed " (for which only four votes were given), and "That the half-holiday be observed on Wednesdays" (for which eleven voted). William Henry Trapp, who was arrested afc Dimgdin about four months ag« on a warranjt issued in Sydney, has just been sentenced" to nine njonthe! imprisonment, under medical supervision, on 'a charge of forgery and uttering. Judge Docker, in passing sentence, remarked that the sentence was made a nominal one as there was no doubt that at the time of the com mission of the offence the prisoner was "uffering from hallucinations folllowing on In illness. The accused at one time lived in Dunedin, and was employed in some of the mercantile establishments there. The b«Bi> medicine known is SANDER and SONS'WALYPTI EXTRACT Test its eminent- powerful effe^ y <#ugtoi, colds, f'SiTa etc. -the relief is ihst4ntane<Juß, ffiiSlmls give the mdst gratifyihg tesfci- S Sis Majesty the King of^fely, and Spiral syndicates all over the globe are its lS the official reports tliataccon- gs?S{?.' Mosler,kD., Professor ffSwtifcv $¥mstii" sports .: — The SX, wmfa Tf "^^Nov-^^V hmbs (»M<K&»l Journal, 1881). eestion ov u^V&mm, (WWft) fIP f <Wtf nuria, dropsy, Ht^Fgy, M®W mm**) ™ £ action Eucalypti K^ct p 9 ses ? J> 1 *?x drops. Mosler, M.D,, Professor five to fa- niieawald, reports:—Diph 'he' £"X& -M y' vT SMS? S^ rf r^totas m^goom, St. t ™ii? Scirrhus of Bieast—Effiisjon Euca fcSSS employed. No swelling, Jm pr discoloration. Cured m fourteen days Noiton's^mfe Kfo /.re confidenty jsmuvm powerful towe wdge^e Stomach, »^ ld P the i rO p 6rati< jp f perien..,' circumstances. Sold in safe under - * Qd. lls, by a,JI tredidae bottles, at 1" Hc \ ; 8 : *3 • " . .

THE CHRISTCHURCH FIASCO

Last week in the Cathedral City we had a reproduction, with modern circumstances and surroundings, of a famous episode of ancient Hebrew history.—Sir John Hall with Mr Saunders and their supporters playing j the partes of Balak and the Princes of Moab ; and the general public that of the Prophet Balaam. For as Balak took Balaam up to an elevated spot from whence he should curse the host of Israel, so Sir John and the member for Selwyn brought the sovereign people together to pronounce maledic tions on the Ballance Administration ; and, as the Prophet, so the people dis appointed utterly the expectation of those who sought denunciation, and substituted blessing for cursing. And it is not in the least to be wondered at that this was the result; for the i general body of electors are, thanks to I " Hansard " and the newspapers, so i well posted up in the proceedings of Parliament as to be fully cognisant of all the facts of the case, and the Christ church people were quite shrew enough to see that under cover of for warding the cause of Woman Suffrage, an endeavour was being made to make political capital for the Opposition at the expense of the Government Party. It was sought to be shown that Ministers and their following were never really in earnest in the cause of Female Franchise, and that they had played into the hands of its opponents, and that there was an equal desire in both Houses to kill the Bill, but that each House was anxious to escape the blame of the killing for itself, and to throw it upon the other branch of the Legislature. But the attempt to prove this altogether failed, the discussion of the question rendering it abundantly clear that the Government had acted with entire bona fides, carrying the Bill through the House of Representatives with this great reform intact, and doing all that was necessary to make it the law of the land, and that it would now be the law of the land but for the entirely new set of clauses im ported into the Bill by the Legislative Council. It is not to be denied—it is not denied—that some of the members of the Ministry are personally opposed to Female Franchise, but they sunk those opinions and worked together to pass the Bill through the House of Representatives as one of the chief Ministerial measures of the session; and but for the action of the Council the measure would now be on the Statute-book. True, Ministers refused to agree to the Council's amendments, but in that refusal they were supported by a large majority of the House, in cluding a majority of their own party; and it is clearly unfair to blame them for the loss of the Bill, seeing that the amendments made by the Council were made in spite of any opposition they were able to bring to bear in that Chamber, It was argued by the " Moabite" speakers at the Christ church meeting that those amend ments should for the time being have been accepted, and eliminated by an amending Bill to be brought forward next session. But this would have been a risky precedure, for it is not by any means certain that such an amend ing Bill could be carried. The Legis lative Council, prior to the recent appointments, consisted of thirty-five members, or, deducting the Speaker, thirty-four, of whom not more than six can be counted as supporters of the present ' Administration. Add the twelve new Lords and the Government might count^on a following of eighteen out of forty-six members, and might easily therefore be in a minority of ten. We know that theoretically it has been held that there is no such thing as party in that Chamber; but if that was ever true in the past, which we do not concede, it is certainly not likely to be true in the future, and, as we have said, even at the present moment a division on strict party lines would not only not give the Govern ment a majority, but leave them in a very considerable minority. It is plain then that to have trusted to the possibility of amending the Act next year would have been in all probability to trust to a broken reed. But it is further argued that the proposal for electoral rights for women— i.e. the option of taking out such rights by women resident in the country—rmight have been conceded. That is the argu ment from the Conservative side. And why ? Simply because it is seen that such an arrangement would tell largely in favor of that political party. For as the women in the towns would have to go to the polls or not vote at all, and as the Liberals are strongest amongst the urban populations, it would inevit ably have happened that a considerable portion of the female Liberal vote would not have been polled, while owing to the special facilities afforded to women in the country, the female Conservative vote in the country wquM have been cast in its full weight. This really, jn our opinion, js. the key to ( the. insistance by the Council on the retention of the women's right clauses, and to the determined refusal of those clauses by the House of Representa tives. Capital is sought to be made against the Government by the asser tion that while an amending Bill might have been passed next session, an Act to confer the franchise on women passed next year will be top late to \ enable women £o be placed oh ihe rolls t in 'time for the G, ener'al Election. This again, however, is an altogether mis taken assumption." For as Parliament does hot expire by effluxion of time' tUJI the E>th December, 1893, and the wfit's will npt issfte, befoiie tjay the middle c| that 'ifiontH, while there is nothing t6 prevent the House being called to-, get'hpf next tyTay,' thgr.e i§ np 'yeagqn why the Ejector^!' ts\ should nqt b,e car'riecj through 'bp,tl} ifousess by the middle of June, leading a' perjqd. q| fully six mouths f&r registration and the'preparation of the rolls, And this j exactly what the country expects Ministers to C nßUre» , T4 ere ™n ? gainsaying the fact that Womanhood Suffrage is now demanded by iv* people, and that the Government are expected to proye their bona jfejf^s b,y caking the course ■we have indicated, if they do this they will come'out triumphant, but if they do not Nemesis \yi\l assuredly await ;theiu at the polls

A. & P. ASSOCIATION.

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBI TION. No institution of the county is more closely identified with the county's his tory than is the Agricultural and Pastoral Association. When settlement really began in this county it began in earnest, and the faimora came down like a flight of locusts, only the likeness ends with their numerousness and the simultaneousness of their arrival, for the farmers came to cultivate and to produce; locusts come to devastate and destroy. The district was wholly agricultural and pastoral, and with a population of that kind suddenly planted upon the soil, and full of an enthusiastic desire to make for the district and themselves a prosperous future, an Association like the Agri cu'tural and Pastoral was naturally one of the organisations first thought of. We have given its history in these columns frequently, and .need not repeat it, although that history is interesting. The figures of the shows the Association have held show the progress it has made from the first show, held on November 15, 1878, in one of the most abominably • windy and dusty days that was experienced during all the time the nor-wester curse ■ lay so heavily upon the district. Thanks to the water racea and the thousands $of acres of trees that have baen planted and are now tossing their giant branches to the heavens, and the green vegetation that has nesriy everywhere supplanted the yellow tussock, that nor'west curse has been repealed, and Ashburton has instead a reformed climate, and, as the member for the district!, Mr E. G. Wright, said atthe Arbor Day function, ''a. climate than which there is none better in the whole world." As will be seen from the table here given, the exhibits at the various shows haye shown a steady in crease. Fluctuations to be sure are shown, but these were accidents very easily explained, if to do so were worth the space the explanation would occupy ; but take the nurabprs of the first five shows, acd compare them with the last five (and periods of five years are fair periods for comparison), and the marked progress made will be seen at a glance. The second five years show creditable figures also, bub then the fact must not be fox gotten that those were the worst five years of the county's history —the years of the depression during which not only this county but the whole colony was under a gloomy cloud. That .cloud has been lifted, and the county and the colony were never in a sounder financial position than they are to-day. As times improved with the farmers the show im proved with them, and for this year's show the Society has scored the record of 790 entrisq—eighty more than last year, which was fifty more than its predecessor, and that again twenty ahead of the year before, which topped theyear immediately preceding (the first of the quinquennial period quoted) by thirty-eight. In face of the tailing off in the number of exhibits at the shows of neighboring Associations, the Society has reason to congratulate itself upon the steady and substantial progress shown in the following table :—

IMPLEMENTS, In the section devoted to implements there were over a hundred exhibits, The catalogue showed only eighty-five, but several of the exhibitors at thq last moment brought additional specimens on the ground, and so helped to swell the number of the exhibits and increase the attractiveness of the yard. As is now the almost universal custom at shows in New Zealand, no prizes are awarded in the implement section, which is now simply a part of the show devoted to the maker* and vendors of agricultural implements and machinery for advertising purposes. The better to do this exhibitors are allowed space to show all their exhibits together—machinery in motion excepted. Judges are appointed by the Association, however, and exhibitors have a right to make entry of such implements as they wisn, for special notice by the, judges. This is usually done by makers who ha.v.c any 'improvement to oubmjt, p$ by im porters Who have a novelty to draw atten* ticin to. The implements which received judges' mention under these conditions are detailed in their order in the prize list. MESSRS 1\ AND D. DUNCAN Occupy the first stand near the main gate of the yards, and have a grand dis play of the specialties of their industry. As regards workmanship the i&s. their "foundry have Jong; been beyond cavil, $nd fcheir exhibits at this year's show are' In this respect only another veri fication of the' fact that history repeats itself. There is no need here to repeat what has been so often said, and which every show held in the colony of late yesra lias proved, that from the English and Ameri can makeite' o$ ploughs, the New Zealand makers!!have nothing to learn, either in workmanship or in the suitableness and^ fitness of the implements for t-^e scission they" are CQnst^Wt^A to ftdßl. ' The, plo4glis>;howii 'bj ilie. Mjessrs' Duncan are. quite up £o the firm's good Hame, and tha double-furrows 'shown' ha Ye spsmfx usw,. (B> 6j) having swivel skeiths, hife hesq found a. grea.t improvement, Tfye firm showed » single furrow plough which is. a picture in itself, and a useful hill side plough, while _ a grubber of seven tines with a forwardl if t has much to recommend it, as have the h9W hoes—good, substantial tools. TheA come 1 t!»i 11-tfowd, disc and tine, and. tined tools generally, in all of which the ilrMfcoes thq WrWA °? e*°j Us, usual excellehce: 'Theh -come ths drills and sobers-a aepartmeht of implement making iri which thePuncans are pasf. masfceK and need iio teacher. Ifet'the spirit of progress is as restless with thitii tjme-tiltored firiv, as witl^ yoiin^er agp,ir t a,iiis to uublic i^vof, and in almost: evrery class of machines for putting sepd into thg ground, whether for grain, grass, or root props, s,ome, little improvement js <;q b$

pointed out. These little improvements I' here and there may seem trifling to the : man whose lines have fallen in pleas an ter places than at th 3 cri»l of a plough, bufc&s they have all a tendency to lighten labtr, expedite-the work, and perform it more thoroughly, the practical farmer and the farm operative see at a glance and appre ciate the improvements. Six drills ate shown of various capacity and for several purposes. There are those for sowing turnips only, distributing manure with the seed at the same time; those, too, of—larger size for grain, ; bub accompanying the cereal if need be with a sowing of grass or clover, and an allowance of manure ; those also for grain and manure, and seed with manure; others for all tins with a grass seed box added ; and another again, a very useful machine, for grain only. Strailg, well built farm drays are shown, presenting an appearance of solidity, and indicating a power of endurance under the rough work required of them. A Cambridge roller is seen, too, with its ponderous rings, suggestive of short work indeed with the clods, and complete pulverisa tion. A useful turnip cutter attachment for a dray is exhibited, which enables the farmer to drop all over his paddock as he proceeds with his dray, neat handy slices of juicy turnips for his sheep—a most effective and economical mode of feeding roots to stock. Our old friend the Keir gorse cutter, that has won so many commendations in this great gorse fence county, still holds up its knife arms proudly, by the side of a modest but efficient grass stripper. A threshing machine is shown for the purpose of exhibiting the patent self-feeder invented by Mr J. W. Oliver, and several inventions of Mr James Keir, between whom and Mr Oliver there seems to subsist a Mend y riovlry in invention, from which emulation the farmers of Ashburton County have largely benefited in the saving of labor in many ways, and ; in the accomplishing of work that but for them would often have gone undone. On this combine are shown Keir's patent chaff and caving fan, and elevators on which labor and time in folding have been reduced to a minimum, and a double hinge . that plays no unimportant part in securing this result is also the invention of Mr Keir. Altogether fche Duncan's stand, of which Mr James Keir, their Ashburton manager, is in charge, is a| very attractive and instructive one to the farmer.

MESSRS REID AND GRAY, The Southern makers, occupy the second stand. This is another of our colonial implement-making firms with a backbone iv it. Reid and Gray have made a good reputation for themselves throughout this colony, and have Recently assumed a more aggressive attitude and have carried their goods to more distant markets. It is pleasing to leara that they, with several other New Zealand implement makers, have been successful in very greatly extending their connection in some of the neighboring colonies. This firm's array of ploughs is superb— double furrows, with steel shares and cast shares, the same with cast shares only, treble furrows, with cast shares, and all with circular coulters or mkeiths. There is the double-furrow digging plough which is fast becoming popular, and near by a drill plough and scarifier,. Then come the disc harrows and tine tools, and in the former class may be specially men tioned a set of spading harrows. The latter are merely disc harrows into which deep notches have been cut to allow the discs to act with more pulverising effeat upon the soil. Then come the drills for grain ; turnip, and manure, singly and in combination, a force-feed sower, a double turnip and manure drill, and others. An efficient chaffcutter and a useful corn crusher had places on the stand, as well as a chaffcutter and bagger that could hardly fail to do satisfactory work. A sample dray of the firm's well-known thorough make was shown, and a rotary harrow for cleaning land foul with twitch, besides samples of patent shares, canis ters, twine, eec, A complete threshing plant by Clayton—traction engine included —is shown at work. The firm import the combine and engine, but an improved and very efficient fan blast has been attached, by which the chaff and cavings can be delivered separate or together at will. This blast was attached to the mill at the local works of the firm. Messrs Booth, Macdonald, and Co., A firm we are always glad to welcome to our Show, and who are very far indeed from friendless or without admirers of their first-class implements in the county of Ashburton, come next in order on the stands. They do not enter so largely this year as they have done at some previous shows at Ashburtond to*t they place a collection of high merit. Their double and singleriurrow ploughs will compare favorably with anything shown, as will also their disc harrows. But their new spading harrow struck us as being something quite new, and likely to, be about as excellent a thjng $s has been introduced since the disc harrow era commenced, and worked so groat an improvement on the general system of cultivation. The " spades " are mounted like the disc harrows, and at first glance seem to be but the discs notched till only a cross three or four inches wide in the arms remains. But a nearer inspection shows that this is hardly a description of the spading harrow, as these discs o% crosses are only three inches apart y;oia each other, and working to; st depth, of nine inches in the soil ose gould readily understand that \<h&n fairly at work they could do aaiiie very effective work in matter of pulverising the ground over which they travelled. The firm claim that it will reduce the sp^ $o the fineness of an onion bed, an,s that recent trials have proved, fts eijeiency. At the back o,f ths stand is the Carlyle wool press, o|' the "firm, with tip-over top box,' " and adjacent a thatch-making machine, which, upon a farm, would enable as much shed roofing to be made in the indoor days as would sJifed up a« army of pigs, and provide thatch to «ov.«r more stacks than ara likely tq b$ b,uilt on any ordinary holding TJpte thatch is turned out as n,pass 'woven, as Chinese matting,

■JKEE&SRS JF. AND C, HOWAKD ■ fhe English makers, exhibit three of their very superior digging ploughs—if 9 double-furrows, one with patent lifting gear, and a single furro.w.-™-»seful imple ments where a verjr fine tilth is wanted. SIESSp ANDREWS AND BEAVEN, ' The well-known makers of chaffcv\tiai6, etc., show their now famous, bury " chaffcutters, with^U their bagging apparatus, riddles, ©to, j the ''Zealandia" chaffcutter Sjnet fittings.';. a horse gear for tw<\ iioifses, with intermediate; a con*. ancl a seed cleaner that quails not 'fyefove any kind of, $$<&$ ox grain, hpwever dirty^ HARVIPKHG MACHINERY. Mr. F. Ferriman., Ashburton, showed oie, Waiter A Woad reaper and binder in aU jfcs newest forms, the enclosed gear | mo.wor and a hay lake by ths same com pany ; a portable corn crusher that would be very useful anywhere, a seed cleaner, and a kaife grinder, Messrs Miles and Co. shpwei the be&ufcliully caparisono^ IJoynabi reaper and binder s\r|d l|o.jrn^% The Beerhig junior stieel harvester was biiowi'i'in Hand 7 feot cut; machines by Messrs Mafeon, Struthers and Company, while th? Massey-"sarris Toronto m^y^ anfl the Massey "Harris open baci bradpc for which Messrs Friacl^dpr B,rQ^. 'and MrD, T^qmae, a,m %, respective local agents, were s.hown by tiie Mftsaey Harris Company, for whom Mt" Quane, the successfi^l secretary ot the A. and P. Association, is t^e direct representative in; Ca,tit3rbu,ry, Th<? oj^« Wk WwV

waa shown at work, being driven by a Fowler traction engine, exhibited ly ■: Messrs Taylor and Cox. Mr John Orr showed the evergreen MeCormick reaper and binder ; and a collection of the handy little PJane.t Jupiter garden tools was shown by Mr D. Thomas.

SPORTING

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

"IKB PIvESs ASSOCIATION.) London, October 26. The following is the result of the race for the Cambridgeshire Stakes :— La Heche ... ... . ... ... 1 Pensioner ... ... .., ... ... 2 j Jodel .. ... ,„ 3

C.J.C. SPRING MEETING.

Christchuhch, October 27. The following handicaps have been de clared for the Canterbury Jockey Club's meeting :

Ladies' Puese, 100 soys; once round and a distance—Bay King, 12sc 101b; The Dreamer, list 91b; Wayland, list 51b; Exile, lOst 12lb ; Specton, lOst 71b ; Moun tain Maid, 10»t 41b ; Spurned, lOst;

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON—THURSDAY. (Before Mr C. A. Wray R.M.) Civil Cases.—H. W. Felton v. W, H. Srm>h, £5 12s 6d, for hotel bill. Mr Cuthbertson for plaintiff, Mr Crisp for defendant. Several disputed items were gone into at some length, and the case was then adjourned for a week. W. H. Collins and Co. v. Carroll, £1 3s. Judg ment by default for amount claimed and costs. Hami-seead Town Board.—-A number of summonses for ovor due rates were settled by the payment of the amounts before the sitting of the Court.

Court of Appeal.

McFARLVNE V. CANTERBURY LAND BOARD.

[per fkess association]

Wellington, October 27. In the C»urt of Appeal to-day, the case of McFarlane v. the Land Bor^'d of Can terbury, was taken. This was an appeal from the decision of Mr Justice Denniston on an appeal from the Land Board of Cantesbury, Certain, second class un surveyed land in the Canterbury District was, amongst other lands, declared open for sale qr selection in terms of Sections 3 to U of the Land Act Amendment Act, 188?, either for cash, or on deferred pay ments, or on perpetual lease, at the op tion of selectors, o» and after December 30, 1891, from l<!H.m. on that day. One Nolan sent an application for the lease of part of wwirveyed land through the post to the clerk of the Land Board, the ap plication reaching the clerk on the after noon of December 29. The clerk brought, the application before the Commissioner of Crown Landa at 10 a.m. the next d»y withdtherapplications,and the application by appellant,' McFatlane, to p«rch»se the same land as'.Nolan applied to lease, was put in at 10 a.m. on tfe» same day (30th of December) by && agent of McFarlana^ who attended at the Land Office for him... McFar4a.ne'& agent claimed that EMan'fe, I a,pßjfcati;on was premature and. invalid, | ana McFarlane'a therefore was the onh> f application, and that h© *a» therefore entitled to the land. The Commissioner decided that both applications were good, and that tk,ey. were simultaneous, and that the^e, nyjajb be a ballot. The ballot w.aa: tafcea,. and Nolan was aqooeasML His, application was accepted by the Land Board. On appeal to th* Supreme Court Mr Justice Denniston 'upheld the decision of the Land Board, chat Nolan's was a good application. The Court of Appeal has now affir iae< i this decision. Mr Wilding ar^axed for appellant, and Mr Kippep for respondent. MrKipp«n -be.lger raised a preliminary objection thai there was no appeal from the decision of. the Supreme Court given' upon appeal from the Land Board, The Court ex pressed very great doubt whether there could be such &n appeal, but did not decide the., point, being of opinion tshafc the appeal must ba dismissed iv any casei

THE MARKETS.

... PER yHESS 4SSOCIATIO?.,, -to OIJ LoHIW»» October 26. Silver, 3s 3£d. The American visible wheat supply is estimated at 7^300,000 bushels, London-, October 27. Tha cargo of wheat per Snowdrop, barque, from Timaru, sold at 27s 9d. Sydney, October 27. At the wool sales there is spirited com betition, and prices show an advance or* last week's sales, a fact which; is partly due to the high standard of the wool offered for sale, £s&es for wool above average o^aHjty haye advanced |d.. Greasies » A re at 8d to 9|-d ; scoured up 'tp, 4*5 4d.

THE ASfTBURTON GUARDIAN: FRIDAY, OCIOBER jg^J.B92



Classes.

1878

18791880

18811882 1883

1334 1885 i

1886 1887

1888 ;

18b9

1890

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1892

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Sheep I Cattle ; Horses Pigs Poultry Implements ... ... Dogs Dairy Produce ... N.Z. Manufactures ... Extra Exhibits Wool Horse Shoeing ... ...■ Small birds eggs andj heads I

58 i 11 11 50 8 13 19 18

75 61 ! 16- i-3 ! 76 105 11 11 17 29 48 67 9 14 23 41 12 12 75 32

87 89 S9 36 29 , 25 ! 94 130 i 97 9 19 I 6 37 34 ! 11 75 67 I 94 12 17 j 20 44 1 41 j 23 11 15 j 5 33 81 « 54

IC2 123 :-:.) 41 1 3 132 ~1 45 — i 8 "7 D 79 7 21 ::D 52 3 13 35 7 6 — 2 421 1 529 1

111 59 34 55 114 150 I 22 20

77 ! 77 24 20 73 96 3 8 4 7

74 34 ISI 56

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85 42 245 31

91 41 237 18

123 44 216 52

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171 60 226 18

105 9 9S 9 17

68 15 122 5 8

87 16 127 6 14

116 18 108 3 24

94 19 171 16

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3 4 | 1 3 I 1 466 495

13

6 602

15

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16

7

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' Totals

■ 288

366^ 395

438 522 428

I 6401

I 660 1

>' 710

790



XVJUJUAJVXUJM *T CiVXMUtti, st lb The Dancer ... 11 5 Liberator ... 10 12 Young CheviotlO 8 The Idler ... 10 5 Cajolery ... 10 5 Tempest ... 10 5 Aquarius .., 10 2 Diadem ... 9 8 The Winchinan 9 7 Wanganui ... 9 6 Yon lampsky 9 2 Adieu ... 9 1 Jacob Faithful 8 13

00 soys ; 6 furlongs, st. lb. Reflection ... 8 12 Kate Greena-

away ... 8 12 Pennine .. 811 Corruption ... 8 7 Warrington 8 7 Dora ... 8 5 Fuaee ... 8 4 Lady Thornton 8 3 Little Bun ... 8 3 Lord Zetland 8 0 Roseguard ... 8 0



GLAD TIDINGS ■"-■-0 ."■ G. J. NEILL and 00, HAVE OPENED UP A NEV STOCK OF GENERAL DRAPER!, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS. nr FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS, CORNER OF EAST &IMOORE STB BETS.] EVERYTHING GOOD. EVEBYTHING CHEAP. A special line of 80in. Linen Twill Sheeting, worth b 9d for la 2d Calicoes, 2s 6d a dozen; FUnnetettes, 3s 9d a dozen Strong Cotton Shirtings, 4|d; Forfar, 36in. wide, 6W New Washing Prints, 4|d ; Nev Dress Materials, H* Double width Cashmeres, all colors, worth 2s 9d for 1« 4Jd Men's Strong Tweed Suits, 255; Men's Strong Tweed Trousers, 7a lid Wonderful Bargains in Boys' Suits BOOTS FOR THE MILLION- Men's Colonial-made Nailed Shooters, 8g 9d Men's Colonial-made Bluchers, 5s 3d Women's Glove Kid Elastic Boots, 6s lid A large stock of Ladies' Walking Boots and Shoes, cheap Children's Patent Leather Strap Slippers in endless variety, AT G. J. NEILL and GO'S. RS.-MR NEILL was Manager for V. W. SPENCER and; CO. for the past four years.



Spring and Summer Drapery. HARDLEY BROS., AECADE HOUSE, TTfAVEI JUST ARRIVED for the Coming Season a Splendid Assortment of Goods in Delaines, Prints, Pongee Cloths, Ginghams, Galateas, Muslins, etc. INSPECTION INVITED. ■o MILLINERY DEPARTMENT.—This Department is already tery busy. Customers would do well to leave their Orders early. Arcade House. CLOTHING DEPARTMEtfT.-We have » special line of Men's Wellington Tweed Suits at 255, worth 40,, also a splendid lot of Saddle T«reed Suits at 40s. Boys Knicker Suits from 4a 6d. A grand line of Fancy Shirts, Pique front,, at 5s 9d, worth 8i 64. Men's Working Shirts from 2s 6d. BOOT DEPARTMENT.—Conce and see our new assortment of English and Colonial Boots and Shoes. A splendid lbs of Men's English Shoes at 9s 6d. Men's Colonial Kip Shooters,- nailed, 10s 6d. 94 Pair Women's Shoes ac Si 6d, worth 8s 6d. Leather Slippers 3s 6d, splendid value. NOIBADI>BBSS-ARCADE HOUSE, BE-A-IBIDL-E^r BROS. (LATE SPENCER * CO.) BURJNETT STREET. M»nag« ... - - «• HABDLEY, Late of Mr Andrew Orr.



EMPOKTW OF FASHION. New Zealand Clothing Factory, IQA.SX STREET. NEW AND CHOICE GOODS ABE NOW~OPENED FOR THE APPROAOHING SEASON "~"—~~~~ The Perfection of Taste and Best Value in GENTS' & BOYS' CLOTHING, HA^SOABVES. SHIRTS, MERCERY, to. nOOTH BOOTHS BOOT®. The Finest Collection of Ladies' and Gents' BOOTS and SHOES in tfce District. Clean, Fresh, Reliable Goods, every pair of them. GENTS SUITS MADE TO MEASURE. INSPECTION INVITED. NO ONE PRESSED TO BUY. Agents for Wertheim Celebrated Sewing Machine. Agents for The Women's Friend Store Hat. W ew SEealand 'Clothing IPactory



THI g SPA.CE IS RESERVED FOR S. SALBK, Watchmaker and Jeweller, WHO HAS KEMOVED INTO NEW PREMISES near the Clothing Factory. THE Shop is now being fitted up in a style equal to any Jeweller's Establishment A i n Canterbury, and when sotnpleted E, SALEK WILL SHOW THE FINEST STOCK EVER SEEN IN THtf "WSTRIOr. SEE FUTURE ADVERTISEMENT.



LLEWELLYN OWJiIV JlJiq Jg eS f TEACHER OF MUSIC IN TH^ WORLD PRACTICAL AJND THEORETICAL, Itiyglop'S CeySOH. BEGS to announce that he has few —_ , vacancies for pupils. Tiinvald and NINIAN HfSLOP, and CO., Jkli«nton visited. Box 37. j Tea importers, 913 j IT3 Caahel street, Cluigtcliuroh.



CASH Advertisement under this heading not exceeding SIXTEEN WORDS 1/-. Addresses maj be l^ft at fchis Office. TTfN IGST^ oldfelbW Ball at Tinwald. To «ommence at 8.30. 10 199 WHEN Hungry or Thirsty to-day remember the Primitive Metho dist Tea. 10 201 OOp | An- Very nice Pianettes, 3J£>~*s Av-/fe iron frame, good tone, Black and Gold or Walnut Case ; guaran teed. -H. M. Jones. 10 193 A DANCE will be held in the Orange Hall Show Night. Admission— Gentlemen, 2s 6d ; Ladies, free ; at 8 p.m. 10 194 T" OST. Yellow Collie Bitch, in pup, on JLj 18th inst., near Ashburton Sale yards. Finder please return to B. Hanks, Tinwald, or Mail Office. 10*182 BREEDING Pens separated after 30th October. A. few more sittings Brown Leghorns — may be booked. —H. G. FX-OWBR SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest, the largest, tti3 best, and the cheap est. Small Goods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. — W. ,T. Siloock. 4t182 ANTED KNOWN. -Books, books, books. I have considerably en larged the Railway Book Stall, and beg to inform My numerous customers that I have a large and most choice stock of books just to hand. Books exchanged. Panseys, 6d each. Inspection invited. J.Marsdbn. 10J196



SHEARERS can rely on getting the celebrated 8.8.A. brand of Sheep Shears at Robiert Alcorn's, Saundera' Buildings. WANTED Known—New Flannelettes at extraordinary prices; 3s lid and 43 lid doz. Thirty per cent under price.—W. H. Collier. WANTED Known—Grand Display of all the newest shapes in Ladies' Summer Hats. Special sample shipment. One of each shape ; at S. W, Alcorn & Cos. SHARPLIN «te Company, Springburn Saw Mills, have large quantities of birch and pine building timber for sale, at very cheap rates. Delivery anywhere. .____ 9§176 WANTED— Ladies to inspect our new and beautiful stock of Sum mer Dress Materials, Delaines, Pongee Cloths, Prints, etc, now open at S. W. Alcorn & Cos. WANTEE Known—We are now show ing the most stylish and best variety of Millinery we have ever had. Come and inspect.—H. C. S;egers, Melford House. WANTED Known—Dr Scott's cele brated Electric Corsets can only be obtained in Ashburton at W. H. Collier's, "The Corner."



Mails close for the following places as, mder gubjoct to the neoassarv alterations :— ,'" SATURDAY, October 23. For Northern Pol-is, per Eotorua, at O.SO p.m.? late fee letters, 6.55 p.m. ran, express train. WEDNESDAY, November 2. For United Kingdom and Continent ol Europe (specially addressed per Orient steamer only), Point de Galle, India, China, Japan, etc., and also for Australian Colonies, per expross (to connect with Tarawera at Port Chalmers), at 1?2,30 p.m 5 la»* fee letters, guard's van, express, 12.03 p.m. For the United Kingdom, Continents of Europe, and America and West Indies (via San Francisco), Sandwich Islands, etc., and also for Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Takapuna, as follows:— Ordinary letters, books, and newspapers, at O.l£> p.***- : registered letters, at 5 p.m. 5 money orders, 3 p.m.; late fee letters, van, express train, 6,55 p.m. This mail will be due in London on December 7. ENGLISH MAILS. HOKKWAKUr-DIBSCT MAILS. Aorangi, left September 29, due in London on November 9. Coptic, sailed October 15, due London November 25. _ , Rimatuka, sails October 27, due London December 7. OUTWARD—DIRECT MAILS, Ruapehu, sailed September 17, due October 31. OUTWARD—SAN FRAKCISCO MAJLS. Sailed October 1, due colony November 2. HOMEWARD—SAN FRANCISCO MAILS. Left Auckland October 8, due London Novemcer 9. The letter-box will be cleared for des patch of correspondence from Ashburton Post Office to the under-mentioned places as follows :-— F or a.m. p.m. p.m. Burnham and Dunsandel daily) ... ... r 315 Chertsey and Rakaia (daily) 6.30 3.15 6.20 Christchurch and North (daily) ••• 6.30 3.15 6.20 and on Mondays, Wed nesdays, and Fridays... 10,30 Dromore (daily) 6-30 Eiffelton and Willowby. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays 10.30 Elgin, Wakanui, Seaview, Seafield, and Kyle, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays 6.30 Flemington Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 4 45 Geraldine (daily) 10.SC> Greenstreet, Winchmore, and Forks, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays 6.30 Lismore, Tuesdays and Fridays 10.30 Methven (daily) 3.15 Mt. Somers, Springburn, Bushside, and Alford Forest (daily) 4.0 Mayfield and Ruapuna, Mondays and Thursdays 4 0 Newlands, Tuesdays and Fridays ILO Timaru, Dunedin, and South (daily) ... ... 12.30 Selwyn (daily) 6.20



IVT'ANTED—Orantiemen betore buying * * their Suits and Clothing of all descriptions to inspect our stock. £1000 worth must ba sold regardless of cost. — H C. Sbgbrs, Melford House. WANTED Knpwn —If you want good value in first-class Drapery and Slothing for your money go to H. C- SeOers, Melford House. Great reduc tions now on. WHY should we lof- the rain water ofi our roofs rot our buildings and run to waste when Hardlev will find and fix spouting at 4d per foot. Also good Water Tanks, guaranteed, from thirty shillings. Note his address—J. W. Hardley, Plumber and Gasfitter, East Street. WINDMILLS supplied and fixed. Hot and Cold Water Services laid on. Baths made to any size or pattern. Electric Bells fixed, and all kinds of Plumbing work done at bwe&t rates. Workmen sent to all parts of the district. —J. W. Uardley, Plumber and Gasfitter. rTTANTED Known—Pumps, Pumps VV Pumps. I have on hand the largest stock in town of Putnps, Piping, Qtna, iteam, and Water Fittings. Manu facturers pf Galvanized Steel Gutters, Spouting, Ridging, and Down Pipe to any strength, aim or ■pattern.—J W. Harolby, East street.. WANTED Known — Being over stocked, and having new Spring Boots and Shoes just arrived, J. Moison intends selling at little over cost price, some below cost, for two months. Great Bargains. The stock is the choicest in Ashburton. His superior own make t 1 kept on hand, unsurpassed in New Zealand. A. staff of men kept. All work and repairs under my own supervision, and done on the shortest notice—. J. Moiscw, East Street, Town Hall shop



17.5.5. 00. * I^JILJ C.8.8.0C. Ir U is lON STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. STEAMERS SAIL from LYTTEL- T0» AS UNDER: For Weflingfa»=rrl|i)nd»y» Tuesday, Wed nesd*y f Thursday, vid Saturday. Nelson—Tuesday and Saturday. j Auckland—Thursday. i Sydney—Every Second Thursday. Dwnedin—Tuesday and Friday. Melbourn^-T.uesd#y. For particulars apply to ; MILiSS & GO, Agents for ;Uhbuirto#, SHOW DAyT" " AS "THE GUARDIAN" WILL 00 TO PRESS AT k>s% O'CLOCK FRIDAY, { ADVERTISEMENTS j Intended for insertion should be lodged j



BEFORE ELEVEN A.3s, 1 CohKKAXt, AXO SOJ i£U,CAL¥PT.E Ex tra^' *" ie onty g6*-!^^o "> c market, and "was a "*afdct* sedate an 4 diplomas at Sydney, Mdbou^'* 11?.^ 1™I ** be*^° all competitors. For a l of the Chest and Lun^s, Consump J' m» Asfc»ma» Coughs, Colds, Gravel, and Kidney' ora' plaints, ib has no equal. Agents— ASHBURTON PXUO CoMIANY. Chacknkll and Digestive Biscuits for Invalids are unsurpassed. Macb by AtfSWBBKOOK A.ND Co.



BOW A4E ¥QU | ' . *'Quite wqJJ, tjwk yo,!j, sioc,s »sing lulsebrook's irfojyroof- biscuits. Tpey 1179 mad.9 m «Q «tpou|/ J-(AT)T'a



Stop Drinking. ♦ " I can't " are two little words seldom used by a man who drinks ; to use them he thinks is un evidence of weakness, and so we wonder why, when he quits, he doesn't stay quh. If we knew all, our wonder would be, with that terrible craving at his vitals, he is able to resists even for a short time—a craving on which will-power, moral suasion, the pledge,, self-respect, have no effect whatever, and which until recently has been an insur mountable bar to reform in thousands upon thousands of cases. But the time has come when that craving can be stopped ! Sure. Just as sure as it is possible to cure a cold. The appetite can be destroyed ; the man placed back, sa far as drinking is concerned, just whew?, he was before he acquired the habit. Then cure does not destroy the will, bub the* appetite. So he will have to \earn to drink all over again, and the effort will be so great that if he is worth saving he won't make it. R. T. Booth's Golden Remedy .No. 1 destroys; the drink appetite. R. T. Booth's Golden Remedy NoT 2 is the best brain and nerve tonic on thi& earth. At all chemists and (Storekeepers* —(An vt) . 2©*l6»



The Best Tea IN CANTERBURY for tho Hsonej, and fr«se from. excess of astringency. ! COUNTESS 2s. ASK TOUR GKOCEBS> TO MAKE Nicest Scones, Nicest Pastry > Nicest r^fee». Use Aulsebhook's Self-Raising Flour,' The Onslow Biscuit. Tha latest and 1 most delicate biscuit J^nufestureci by AulsebTooV and q