MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close, for the following places as under, subject to the necessary alterations : — SATURDAY, September 23. For Northern Ports, per Rotorua, afc 6SOpm.

Note —On and after October 1 the parcels post system will t:e established between New Zealand and New South Wales at the same rate of postage as to tho other colonies.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1893. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A typographical error in yesterday's report of the R. M. Court proceedings made the result of the action—Harvey v Harris appear as if the verdict was tor plaintiff instead of defendant—the word defendant having been set up aa " debt," the contrac tion in the reporter's MS. for " defendant" having been " deft." In connection with the meeting in St. Stephen's Schoolroom this evening, we are desired to state that the Bishop wishes it to be distinctly a meeting in aid of the Church Mission fund, and wishes mainly to speak about the Diocesan Mission work. It is, therefore, highly improbable that reference will be made to the tiip to England, as the time will be fully occupied in discussing the object in view. The Otago Education Board have adopted a resolution informing ministers that the suggested payment by the working average does not meet the case of the Otago board, who lost over £1000 by the measles epidemic, and, from present appearances, are likely to have similar loss on the September quarter. They will thus be losers during June and September quarters to the amount of 11750. The Board strongly urge the minister to give more favourable con sideration to the Board's request to be recouped the loss. The Dawn of Peace Lodge 1.0. G.T. held its weekly meeting in the Templar Hall on Wednesday. There was a fair attendance. Three members joined by clearance and one by invitation and two were proposed. It was resolved to meet on Thursdays in future. Congratulations were given to the sisters, on obtaining the franchise. Ib was stated that the order was most liberal to sisters, having always allowed them equal privileges with brothers, and no trouble has resulted. Tea and concert arrangements were reported as satis factory—a good programme being ready. The Druids held their annual social in the Oddfellows 1 Hall on Wednesday evening, when the hall was comfortably fulled. As. an opening ceremony the Druids, arrayed in their orthodox custume and with the historical fire burning, gave one of their characteristic odes. Dancing was kept up till after one o'clock, Bro Moison being M.C. During the evening Mr Ayers contributed a sailor's hornpipe and soags were rendered by Bro Sturgess from Christchurch, and Bros Kirk, Johnson and Pearson. The cartering was by Mrs Bryant and the music was supplied by Messrs Stephenson, Pearson and Laitch. Mr Newman Andersen, late Government dairy inspector, arrived in Ashburton yesterday. His intention is, if he can obtain sufficient milk, to atart one or two factories in the district. He considers the district very favourable for dairy farming and the MetTnington dairy factory buildings I suitable to make a stare with. It milk from 270 cows can be obtained the price paid will be 3Jd per gallon, for milk containing 3-6 ' per cent of butter fat, and for every l-sth per cent above or below this standard 3-16chs of a penny will be paid or deducted, or a fixed price of 3{-d per gallon all the year round. An entertainment in aid of St. Mirk's Sunday School was most successfully given in the Rakaia Town Hall last Tuesday evening to a large and appreciative audience. Mr W. A. Di'-y, a well-known musical amateur from Christchurch, rendered valu able assissrance by his artistic singing of two sings. Miss A. Hardy sang a pleasing song entitled " Tho love tide," and had to re spond to a well deserved encore. This young lady has a sympathetic" voice of good quality which would pay her well to cultivate. Mr Upton brought down tho house by a most spirited rendering of two good hunting songs in his well known style. The various tableaux were well rendered by the Misses Lyttleton, Wreaks, Hardy, and Winter, and the junior Messrs Lyttleton and Hardy, and wer*j greatly appreciated. The farce ('Poor Pillicoddy" went well all through, the characters being taken by Misses Lyttleton , and Wreaks and Messrs Boulnojs and Dixon, the audience being kept in roars of laughter from the rise to the fall of the curtain. Mr W. i\ Mitchell, of Manapouri station, is a great collector of Maori curios and fossil remains of exticct animals and birds. ffeis the possessor (says the "Western Star") ' of a .valuable miniature museum, in which until quite re<?snb}y« he had what' the British Museum did not contain io its vast collection—viz , two complete skeletons of. the Aptomis, pne of the native birds of New Zealand, but now extinct. These, we be- Jievc, were the only two complete skeletons ever found in the colony, and were dis- ! cevjerACl fey Mf if itehell lijmself in a cave in j Ofcago, in which lie al&c- iojind the skeleton of a moa. T'-.e anatomical fcuriositaeg stand about 4ft high, and were lately disposed of for £130—one being purchased by the committee of the British Museum, and the i other by one of the Rofchchilds, who is a great enthusiadt in the matter of rare and won derful curios. The price given for the re . mftius of the birds show how they weie priced by the scls^tific world. j The prophecy th^fc within pen years a I i vessel will be able to leave New york at noon ] and on tho fourth day out steam into South-1 I amjpton water, ought not to be a mere effort ; of £h# imagination, since it is made by an •; I experienced engineer like Mr J. H, Biles, ' the cosigner ot the jj/arig and New York. ': This means thirty knots an ;£our, and Mr j I^iles obtains his extra speed by up* new factors, but by developing the present ones. $. JjipiOt jffl. hour is to be gained by making *h«s «nsU?,es3 $ #I°^s pte^l instead of mild -«■* m ft&t^ejiiflg .th^m^ ipne and a steel, iw ■•*-*««s tfre poygr .q£ the half knot by iv»,. "» *c femnag^; machinery in proportion .... * <*it»J boilers capable of a better performance, decreased weight, are to be found in the development of the light "tubnlous" boilers, which differ from the "tubular" locomotive boilers in that the tubes contain the water and not the fire. The combustion is to be improved by forced draught, and if coal is replaced by oil as a heat-generator, the weight of fuel will be reduced by one half, and a gain of one and a half knot will be effected. Ships will be made larger, and increased length and draught mean increased speed. Three and a half knots an hour extra would reduce the run from five days fifteen hours to four days sixteen hours, and Mr Biles linds his thirty-knot speed in a boat 1000 feet long, 100 feet wide, with 30 feet draught of water,

There will be no sitting of the House of | Representatives on Saturday. The Ashburton Trotting Club's meeting has been postponed till November 22. It is understood that the Government are i favorable to proclaming October 25 a public ' holiday aa Demonstration Day. The; "Pall Mall Gazette" says that Sir J. West Ridgeway is a candidate for the Governorship'of Queensland. It is reported that Archbishop Walsh has gone on a secret mission to induce the Catholic hierarchy to assist in forming a parliamentary fund;. Tancred street, is becoming a recognised important street for the drapery trade. Messrs Collier and Co. and Messrs Mitchell and Turner are well known drapers in that street, and now Messrs G. L. Beath and Co. announce a clearing sale of summer goods in premises opposite the Arcade. Mr Huddart states that he is willing that the Huddart-Parker steamers should call at Brisbane, provided Queensland grants a subsidy to the line. He is convinced that the Government will a^ree to Rockhampton { being a port of call also as soon as the third steamer is put on. If Messrs ',Blake and Marsden Thompson, ! two supporters of the^Government, had had the courage of their opinions, and gone into the House and voted as their convictions would have impelled them, instead of hanging about the lobbies, Government's majority on the Railway Bill would have been only two. Mrs Robottom, of Moore' street, has, since her late husband's death, been carry ing on the business of photography as formerly, and judging from specimens of recent work, patrons can depend on the quality of pictures entrusted to her. Notably amongst recent portraits is a group containing separate photos of the last incumbent and the churchwardens of St Stephen's Church. That of the Rev E. A. Scott is in the centre, and is a whole plate, and those of the church wardens cabinet size. Each photograph is a remarkably good picture and the mounting which was also done at Mrs Robottom's studio is good work. Another group, from the same studio is that of the members of the Ariel Bicycle Club,' with their bicycles, previous to their opening run, and considering that it was taken instantaneously in the full glare of the sun is a very fine picture. Copies of the Ariel group cau be obtained from A*rs Robottom. Both the pictures above men tioned are to be seen in Mr H. M. Jones' window and such specimens should ensure Mrs Robottom the support of the public.

THE REVOLT IN BRAZIL.

London, September 21. The Brazilian Minister in London asserts that the success of the rebels is grossly exaggerated, and that, the movement is of no great significance. The Brazilian warship Rio Cheuls has sailed from Gibraltar to Rio de Janeiro to support the Government. Rio dr Janiero", September 21. • The rebels threaten to lay the city in ashea unless it is surrendered. A complete panic exists, and provisions are scarce. All the merchants are fleeing into the interior. The rebels, after engaging the forts at Santos, landed a body of marines.

Victorian Parliament.

[I'KK VRKSS ASSOCIATION.]

Melbourne, September 21. In the Victorian Legislative Assembly the Colonial Treasurer an-! nounced that there would be a credit balance on the year's operations of £3402 and the deficiency to be carried forward would be reduced to a million and a quarter sterling. The income tax would, be said, be deferred for the present. During the debate on Sir Henry VVrixon's motion that a royal com mission be appointed to enquire into the fiscal question, the Premier moved an amendment that a Parlia mentary Committee be set up to in quire into the effect of the "fiscal system upon industry and production. The amendment was carried by 45 to 11. A select committee was ap pointed to coisider whether any ad vantageous change can be made in the present mode of conducting business in Parliament, especially with regard to the appointment of Ministers. The Committee intend to obtain from New Zealand the result of investigations in that colony.

COMMERCIAL

[per prkss association]

London, September 21. The "Times" announces that, owing to rumors of a fresh isaue of Victorian stodk, colonial bonds have fallen 1 per cent. The brokers are forming a syndicate to underwrite the Victorian conversion loan. They suggest that ifc should be issued at 84., and expect that it will be succeat fully floated, Wool is very firm. Owing to the pros pect of "idyanoed rates home buyers are competing spiritedly. A large parcel _ of Melbourne wools was bought for America at about original prices. The estimated visible American supply o£ wheat is 63.300,000 bushels. tfhe Coptics gork so)d at 4|d.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourselves responsible tor itie opinions expressed by our correspondents.)

THE WAKANUI CREEK QUESTION.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —I have no desire to be drawn into a newspaper discussion with Mr Brown, but I must, in fairness to myself, ask you to allow a little spaca while, as" briefly as possible, I endeavor to reply. And in domg so I must ask Mr Brown a few questions, Mr Brown in his letter says — "My opinion is that the Canterbury Mill owners should not be allowed to cut off our water supply when they think fie." Quite so. But should a private individual he allowed to stop that supply when he thinks fib 1 "Such management is very far from satisfactory"—agreed again— " and I have made up my mind to stop ifc—(query—the. creek or the "arrange ment," which?, —and hope to "succeed." Mr Brown says it is " his duty to see that the expenditure on the creek below Mr Bullock's is equitably borne by those bene fited." Will, Mr Brown assert that those settlers who live away from the immediate vicinity of the creek, but still within the boundaries of the proposed new district, derive no benefit from the creek % Does he not know that previous to the taking of the auxiliary supply from below Bul lock's the races in the Seafield portion of the district were often dry, and that at a most critical time of theyear,whei«isnow they are well supplied, that is, so long as the creek is not interfered with % Further, Mr Brown says he has ''never been consultsd by the owner of the Waka nui mill," etc. Well, I hold no brief for Mr Thomas, but this I know, that at a public meeting held in the Wakanui school about this matter Mr Thomas offered k> come to terms and make any arrangements the owners of the land intersected by the creek desired, but he declined to treat with Mr Brown separately, saying that he would treat with all parties alike and all together. ISo reasonable man could ob ject to that I think ; and I can see no reason why Mr Brown should be treated more favorably than anybody else, as there are plenty of farmers who have longer leagths of the creek than he has. As to fche legal expenses, I omitted a word in my former letter which unfortu nataly laid me open to attack from Mr Brown in this matter. Instead of " the legal and other preliminary expenses," it should have been the extra legal and other preliminary expenses, which makes all the difference in the world. Mr Brown says that a man was employed •' about three weeks in the Hampstead district canvassing for names." Well, all I can say is he had a capital job. I should have thought that three days would have covered the Hampstead district anyhow. I wonder that Mr Brown, with his customary alertness, did not twig that item of £6 when the pay-sheet was sub mitted to the Council, and take exception to ifc, [Mr Brown took exception to the item, and the fact was reported at the time. -Ed.] I will pass over the remainder of Mr Brown's letter, as I promised to be brief, and merely allude to the last sentence, which, both to the Councillor themselves (if any of them take the trouble to read Mr Brown's letters), and to all who know the history of this much vexed question, must be a posor. I quote the sentence in full—"Settlers will, I think, agree with me that the County Council has been guilty of gross negligence in allowing the intake oi our water supply to remain so long under private control" Talk of sublime audacity ! Well, sir, after the experiences of the last year- after the meetings, ordinary and special—after tiie petitions, deputations, memorials, confer ences wioh which our loi'g-suii'ering Coun cillors have been pestered and badgered a 4 nauseam, until lam sure they, like myself and many others, are heartily sick of the whole affair —far anyone, and especially Mr Brown, to have the cool effontery to charge, them with r'gruKS negligence," is simply—well,a "stunner." I would like to publish, did space permit, a few sa'raplespf the way in which this question has been voted upou in the Council, and. to show how Mr Brown ha? "assisted "thesettlement of thi-* question, but your space is valuable and 1 refrain. Besides, I have no wish whatever to hold up Mr Bro<vn to public, reprobation. But this is a public question, and a very im portant one. Mr Brown ia a public mari, holding an important public position, and I appeal to him to let this matter proceed to an amicable and final settlement, and amongst those who will be most grateful will be yours truly, Geo. W. Leadley.

SPORTING.

At the A.J.O. Spring meeting»yester day Loyalty won the Craven Plate, Step ntak second, and Oremorne third. Laun ceston (781121b) finished second to Lady Trenton (6st 131b) in the Sydney Handicap.

LABOR ITEMS.

London, September 20* There are signs of the aollapse of the miners' strike everywhere except in Yorkshire and Lancashire. Sept. 21. The miners are treating for a settle ment. Failing the old terms, they ask the owners to modify the reduction insisted on. Paris, September 21. The French miners have agreed to submit the matters in dispute to arbitration. I

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

[PBK PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

London, September 20. ]V£r Asquith, Home Secretary, in the House of Commons, denounced the cant of the labor leaders in attacking the Crown for merely preventing rioting and marauding in Yorkshire. He declined to withdraw the force at present. ___«»_—■

CRICKET.

DEPARTURE OF THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM.

London, September 20. The quay "flf&s crowded when the Ger manic left for America with the Australian cricketers. Three cheers were given for the team, Avho replied with three for England. Ib ft is unlikely that they will play in New gaaland, but it has not yet been decided whether to visit Queensland or not.

CABLE SUMMARY.

Jfames, a Melbourne cyclist, rode 25 rqiles in 61 minutes, breaking the workl's -pecrm], ~ **>« Queensland Legislative A« in Oii " ■ "itiwuing the clesir semblya motion .. -'-northern ablencss of separation for tv« ~ portion of the colony was negatived by Sir M. Davies and Mr James..Bell, of the Mercantile Bank made aa effort to stop the prosecution against .filieui selves* on the ground that they had previously been acquitted on F^3 the same charge. The bench disallowed the application.

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Wellington, September 21,

BILL PASSED. The Native Land Court Bill was passed. CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BILL. The Industrial Conciliation and Arbi tration Bill was further considered in Committee, . Mr Shrioiski moved to strike out clause' 29 which provides that when a matter is referred to the board or court no strike or lockout is to take place till the decision is aiveu. The motion was lost on the voices. Sir George Whitmore moved to excise clause 47, which provides for the setting up of a court of arbitration for the whole colony, for the settlement of industrial disputes. The motion was carried by 20 to 17, and the clause struck out. Mr Montgomery said that the amend ment just carried would necessitate the remodelling of the Bill, in so far as the conciliation clauses were concerned, and he therefore moved that progress be reported. The motion was agreed to. The Council rose at 4.30 p.m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The Hcuse meb at 2.30 p.m. The Premier laid,the Public Works Statement on the table, and said that an opportunity would be given at an early date to consider the Statement.

The l?u.l>lie Works State ment,

The Minister said the annual statement had now lost the attractiveness it pos sessed in the days of borrowing and lavish expenditure on public works. Under the policy of self-reliance now adopted the cost of public works was now largely charged to revenue, and it was six years since a loan had been authorised. At tention was drawn to the fact that the cost of raising our several public works loans and the discount allowed had amounted to the sum of £1,026,828- The conversion of loans had released £160,000 of sinking fund, which money was now available for public works purposes. After a reference to the late Mr Ballance, the statement went on to say that it was proposed to add £250,000 to the public works fund by the transference of thit sum from the consolidated revenue, and this sum, with others available, would amount to a total available for the year of £847,628. The estimated expenditure showed a comparative increase, but the actual amount likely to be charged before March 31 would not materially exceed last year. The demand for expenditure on absolutely necessary roads was excep tionally heavy, but as far as funds would admit the most urgent demands had been met. After enumerating the railway lines that had been opened this year, and making a favourable compariaon between the expenditure of the past year and previous years (when expenditure on public works amounted to' £2,000,000 per annum) the cheering fact was mentioned that fewer men were out of employment, the industrial population were more con tented, and the country generally was in a sounder condition. It was claimed for a betterment tax that it would put an end to the clamour for borrowing, and lavish expenditure and political railways would cease. Credit was taken for the greater number of men who had found employment under the co-operative sys tem, and the larger benefit working men had experienced from the expendi ture on public works. Details of the public works fund were then given. PUBLIC WORKS FUND. The state of the Public Works Fund on March 31 last (including a small asset of £78 due to Part 1 under the Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886) was as f jllows : — Part 1. Part 2. Totals.

£'■£'£ Unexpended Balances on March 31, 1892 ... 299,578 276,977 576,555 Receiptaduring , ■ . , 1892-93 ... 219,444 7.581.227,025 Totals ... 510,022 284,558 803,580 Expenditure year ended 31st March 1893 ... 341,33? 131,615 472,952 Balances re maining on March 31, 1893 ... 177,685 152,943 330,628 Liabilities ex- - isting on March 31, 1893 ... 183,740 45,611 229,351 Net Balances available on (debit) March 31, 1894 : 6,064 107,332 101,268 A debit balance of £6064 existed on 2"art 1 on March 31 last, the liabilities of £183,749 will only fall due by instalments extending over a year as follows, viz.— June quarter, £66,476 ; September quar ter, £49,69 V ; December quarter, £46,056; and March quarter, 1894, £21,520. Long before these later payments fall due the transfer proposed to be made to the fund from the revenue will be available. The following table shows^the state of the Public Works Fund on, March 31 last, and an estimate of how it will probably stand on March 31 next, if the proposals which I now have the honor to submit to the House are approved of :— Parfcl. Part 2. Totals. £ £ £ Balance on March 31, 1893 ,, 177,685 152,943 330,628 Credit from r^velue 1;..! 250,QG0 Nil. 250,000 Released. Funds".'!! 160,000 Ml. 160,000 Miacellane ceipte'vi 5,000 2,000 7,000 Totals... 592,685 154,943 747,628 Proposed, expendi ■; 1893-94*°! 591,468 101,600 693,068 Estimated balances on mt 1,217 53,343 54,560 The Public Works Estimates are brought down in a slightly different form this year to that which has been usual during the last few years. It is only pro posed to ask the House to vote one amount for each work, namely, the amount necessary to cover expenditure durina the financial year and for a further period of three "months under the au Jo rityof the Public Revenues Acts. *or the last few years two amounts have usually been included in the appropriation for each item. The first has been in tended to cover the expenditure to come -Wree within the financial year, and r,o c...  "»ver (in ■ addition to. this) the second to cv.,. ;-*•*•. have been in- Cf re if well as whatever further ex | Of »?£« ,SSt come to charge during

than £45,000 in one item 'North Island Main Tliank Railway, south end) on las year's Public Works Bstima^es. The • effect of placing on the Estimates votes to cover liabilities extending over a con j siderable period after the close of the year fco which the vote related, has been to unduly swell the sum total of the appropriation. It has often led to Ilia belief thab the proposed expenditure on a particular work during the year was to be largely in excess of what it was really intended to be, and has led to complaints from members and their constituents that the. Government has broken faith with them by not giving full effect to its proposals. It will, of course, still be necessary to obtain the authority of Parliament to incur liabilities in excess o£ the vote if it is considered likely to be needful to incur any such. It will, there fore, be proposed to make a slight verbal alteration in the wording of the fourth section of the Public Works Appropria tion Act, and to attach a schedule to the Act setting forth' the amounts to which liabilities on account of each work may be incurred. The change will be an im provement departmental^, as tending to facilitate the account keeping in both the Audit add* Treasury, as well as the Public Works Department. The expenditure oft all works and services throughout the colony under the Public Works Fund, up to the 31st March last, including the purchase of the provincial and district railways, has amounted to a total sum of £28,587,434. The principal items stand as follows :— Railways, £15,630,004 ; roads, £3 708,817 ; immi gration, £2,146,209; public buildings, £1,846,679 ; purchase of Native lande, £1,295,625 ; lighthouses, harbor woika, and harbor defences, £900,370 ;* telegraph extension, £663,666; water-works on goldfields, £517,169 ; defence purposes generally, £429,719; departmental ex penditure, £367.755; cost of and dis count on raising loans, £1,026,828. WORKING RAILWAYS. The Te Aro extension of the Welling ton- Woodville railway, 1 mile 15 chains in length, was completed and opened for troffic during the last financial year, and the Kaihu Valley railway, 16J miles in length, constructed by Kaihu Valley Railway Company, and which fell into the hands of the Government in July 1891, was also vested in the Commissioners during the year (namely on January 1 last) in pursuance of section 5 of the Kail ways Authorisation and Management Act, 1891. As already stated, the Mangaonoho section of the North Island Main Trunk railway and the Mokihinui extension of the Westport-Ngakawau railway have been handed over since the close of the financial year. The total length of rail way in the hands of the Railway Com missioners at the close of the financial year was 1885 miles. The total earnings during the year came to £1,181,521, and the net profit, after de ducting working expenses, amounted to £449,380. The percentage return on the total capital invested in the railways amounted last year to £3 Is Od per cent. For the current year the Commissioners estimate the total receipts at £1,176,000 and the working expenses at £732,000, showing a net revenue of £444,000. The funds voted for additions to open lines last year, namely, £12,612, were all ex ptiiied within the year, and the Commis sioners have requested that an amount of £24,978 may be provided to meet the requirements under this head for the current year. The Government lias not been abie to see its way to grant the whole of the amount, but has decided to ask for a vote for £13,978, and provision for this has been made in the Estimates accordingly. Sleepers.—ln connection with the sup ply of sleepers for several of our railways the House will perhaps be surprised to learn that it h*s been found advisable and indeednecessaryfeo get them from the West Coast of the Middle Island. With a view of thoroughly testin the market, however, the Government recently advertised for tenders for 70,000 sleepers, publishing the advertisement in the Kawakawa, Dargaville, Hamilton, VVhangarei, Auck land, Gisborno, To Aroha, Woodville, Wellington, Havelock, Westport, Grey moutn, Hokitiki, Kumara, Christchurch, Dunedin, Balclutha, and Invercargill papers, with the result tbat 98 tenders were received for the supply of 3iy,000 sleepers altogether, viz, silver pine, 142,900 j kauri, 60,500 ; birch, 47,400 ; kamai, 31,000; totara, 18,700; matei, 7500; ratalOOO. The tender price for 45,000 of the totara sleepers being reason able, viz , 3a 5Jd to 3s Bd, the tender for these were accepted, as were also two tenders lor a total of 10,000 red birch at 2s 6'd, The remainder of the totara and birch tendered for were either too high or of unsuitable quality, the birch timber from the localities affected being known to be of an unsuitable character. The tenders for kauri sleepers were declined as the prices quoted were considered to high. The tender prices for the silver pine sleepers ranged from 2s 8d to 3s 4d» 4U those 'which would cost under 2s lOd f.o.b, at Greymouth were accepted, as it was found that sleepers at that price could be delivered Qn the railways when they ' were wanted at a lower price than the local tenders for the same. Twenty tenders for the silver pine sleepers were thus accepted, providing for a supply of 51,000 sleepers, and with the exception of one contract for 10,000, all were let in lots of from 500 to 3000, to patties of settlers on the co-operative principle practically. As regards the fitness of silver pine for sleepers, the Government is advised by the Engineer-in-Chief that silver pine is hard and cross-grained, not liable to warp or crack, and one of the most durable cf New Zealand timbers, especially, when buried or placed in con tact with the ground, in which positions its lasting properties are superior to heart of totara and quite equal to puriri. It ia, therefore, probable that with the excep tion of puriri, it is the most suitable timber in New Zealand lor sleepers. I may also say that the Railway Commis sioners are how extensively using silver pine timber sleepers. The votes asked for the various railways for the current year are—Whangarei- Kano extension, £15,000, which will enable the timber of the vastXauri forest to be turned to profitable account by being brought to a market; Efelensville northwards, £12,000, estimated to com pleie the works to the end of the Makarau section ; Grahamstown-Te Aroha, £13,000 to complete the work to Paeroaj Putararu- Rotorua, £32,000, which will virtually complete the line to Rotorua by April next; North Island Main Trunk Railway, £55,000, for construction works end £4000 for surveys ; Eketahnna-Woodville, £30,000. As it is intended to proceed with the line vigorously, and keep a large ; staff of men on formation works at *both Woodville and Eketahuna ends of the line, and also put in hand the Makakahai and Mangatainoko bridges, Government feel the speedy completion of the lino right through to Woodville is an absolute neces sity as the alternative line between Wel lington and Hawke's Bay, owing to the stoppage of traffic on the Gorge line; Wellington-Eketahuna £4500, tor con structing " goods sheds at Te Aro; Blenheim-Awat ere £25,000 to cover existing liabilities and protect the railway already formed; Greymooth- Hokitika £12,000 to complete the line ; Otago-Central, £45,000 to complete the Middleman* side section, and for -substantial expenditure on the Hyde iSweburn section; Catlm's River, £7500, ~ parry the line to Owake ab the 18-mile L Seaward Bush, £15,000, incladmg hrictee over Matantara river. Total ap< prtprfation for railways this yea*

THE ASHBUKPON GUAftDlAfl; fRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1893,



TBIS WEEK ■ ■G. J. NEILL and Co. \ & F. SELLING- Borlin Wool Is lid Beautiful Dress Goods 3d per yard "Splendid Plush U 3d per yard White Calico 2a lid per doz Grey Calico Is lid per doz Double Bed White Twill Sheeting 9fd Cretonne 3VI . , Double Bed"Unbleached Twill Sheeting 9|d Heavy Flannelette 3|d Ootton Shirting 4|d Men's Tweed Suits 17s 6d Boya Tweed Suits 4a lid Men's Tweed Trousers 5s lid Men's Tweed Overcoats (with cape)jl7s bd BOOTS- BOOTS. BOOTS. WE STAND UNRIVALLED. Women's Morocco Shoes 4s lid; Women's Strong Leather Shoes 6sl6d Men's Leather Elastic Sides 9s 6d Men's Colonial made Nailed Shooterslßs.6d Men's Colonial made Bluchers (all sizes^Ss AT 6. J. NEILL d GO.'S. FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET TERMS-CASH. NO DISCOUNT. WILLIAM SPARROW, Tailor and Outfitter. HIGH-CLASS WOBKMAtfSHIP GUABANTEED. *N ESTABLISHED REPUTATION FOR PERFECT FIT^AND STYLE -A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF- TfITEEDS AND COATINGS SERGES, MELTON,. USERING OVERCOATINGS, &c. WATERPROOF COATS IN STOOK AND MADE TO ORDER] MEN.S UNDERCLOTHING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ALL THE NEWEST STYLES IN HATS AND SGAEYES. WILLIAM SPARKOW, EAST STREET, tfext I. SEATiY & 30., Seed Merchants, T^HBUBTON FURNITURE WAREHOUSE- Jx T. H. llndbill and Go., LATE PICKFORD AND UNDRILL, CABINET-MAKERS. UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE-FRAMERS, ETC. — NOTE THE ADDRESS ~ TANCRED STREET, next Building Society's New Office.



W antea WiNTKD, smart Boy. Apply eleven o'clock Saturday morning Beath & Co., Tai^cUtrieet ;L ________9J : bU M^ ISS McKINNON, Dressmaker (late of Dunedin). Moderate charges.! -Mis Rooney'B, Peter street,. n«ar East, Belt. 9 ™ /TOOL yourselves during these per " J turbed times with Ice Cceam Ready tomorrow (Saiurday).—H. G. Flower, Confectioner. FREcsH and Smoked Fish, costpiice marly. Banana?, Apples, Man darins, at Shallow Wa'or FLJiing Com pany.—Me» Whittington, Mau»ger I W~ ANIKD. a g'-od General Servant. \ Apply between 3 and 5 o'clock to Mus Fbhcusson, "Larkbeare," w™*£* Road. . 9 157 MRS HOMERSHAM will resume her - usual classes toy Drawing and Painting on Satubpay, 28rd imt. S 108 PlZ^~POULSßy.—Sittings Silver Wyandotte3, Partridge Cochins. <M*n Leghorn Chicks ItfC sale. Apply 8541 L Office- JL l ~ Known.-Finest .^ee^ ' » F."*t»toos ; Breeze, Prolifics, anu Oamaru Peruients. - Stkphkns Bros., Market Hoiwe, 9 142 COME One, Come All.-Old Mens' Home, Thursday, September 2t, 1893. Comic and Sentimental Fn^ertain ment in aid of the Lib-aiy Fund, a col lftction will be taken up in the room. "Sihter Mary walks like this, ho, ho. ho " 9 128 WANTED Known, that: Mbi> Jakvls. Monthly Nurse, has removed to A larger house oa Alfurd Forsst Read, near Woollen Factory, where she will be ple»s?d fco receive patients. Best references- T«rms moderate. 9 130 AiLWAY Book Stall.—A very large aud choice lot of books to select. from. 7 103 BUOK.S in graai- v»ri«ty to suit all causes of renders, at the Railway Book Stall s 7I0& V,' AN I'ED Known.—To mike room for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs done at once cheapor than ever to stay bad times over j»o J. MoirfoN, Premier Bootmak r. 8 BANG- 1 Bang ! Bang 1 Guns 1 Guna ! Ouns 1 by the best makerß and fit ted with all the lateat improvements. f» .«rd*r, Sliot, Caps, Cartridges, Wads, * U J Oases at J W. Habuley's, East fetr«et, Gunii r«J?*ire<i» >



| i X I ANTED Known—Some wonderf v VV job lines n Drapery, etc., now oeing sold; also presents to all purchasers. H. 0. Segeis, Melford House. C\TANTED Knnwii.—Gents, Summer » » Merino Sock BW, Cotton Drawers I Is lid.—Mitchell and Turner. W' "ANTED Known.—Ju&t opened Tennis and Sunmer Hats s Print Shirts, etc.—Mitchell and Turner. >T\HE Good Sa«naritan, ior the imme l., diate relief of pain.—Light's Cash ) S ore. WANTED. All to see Mitchell and Turner's Print Window. I *TT7~A.NTED Known—W. H.^Colliek's j YV noted four clasp Kid Gloves, 2s Bd, have just arrived in all si7.es. SUITS fco measure, during the sale, 495, 555, 60s, 70a, and 755. Fit and workmanship guaranteed.—R. Axcorn, Saunders' Buildings. . VJCT ANTED Known—" The Corner;; is » » showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing. — W. H. COLUBB. / Oto Har-dley Bko«. for Bargains I T in Blankets, 49 pairs of large white suitable for double beda only, lfis 6d worth 25a. Extra large Grey, only 10s , 18s 6d, Selling rapidly.— tr V Arcade. ____ Hardley * ■ -—-— —— - i "na<*e *n<^ repaired A/I *-WOAL Coils . no e ateAß y I.y.JL on the shortest n "r"«»der prices at A. J. Walker's, Old jlv.. garten. ON D KH> U L Satisfaction^ The special nickel watch made for S. Salek. sold at 22s 6d and 25a is the best.—Obtuinable only from S. SaleK, Jeweller. 7 63 SOMERii'FMeania^"l; he^ides the largest, tha best, and the cheap asfc. Small Goods a specialty. Ful wei ,'hts guaranteed. A trial solicited. -W. J. Siwook. 41182 800K 3 in good order and complete bought or taken in exchange. New ■^tock arriving every week. Circulating Library.—l, Maksden, Newsagent. WANTE D Known-That A. /. Walker repairs Bi-ycleJl, Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowers, Medical Coils, anrl all descriptions of light machinery. V 7 OUNG Ladies' Journals (September), -*- " lieview of Reviews," Weldon's Journals, Ca sails' Royal Acadorny 1 ic turcs, Beys of England, (New Volume), New Games incsludinstTiddledy Winks Is. New Books and Fancy Goods, Boxes Notopaper and Envelopes, etc.— L. F. Andbkwes and Co, Stationer*' Hall.



IF you want fiist-class fruit go to Adams' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrous, Lemons, etc. P "RESENTS--Beautiful Presents now being given away to all purchasers of Drapery, ""Millinery, Boots, Clothing tc—a. C, Segeks, Melford House. WHO is your Plumber? Why, J. W Habdley, who l& a Manufacturer of Spoutino;, Ridging, Steel Gutters, I Batha, Sinks, Tanks, etc., and who has n hand the largest stock of Pumps aud Pipe in town. , ____—— DON'T Foraec to send your Bicycles along to \he Old Kindergarten to oe repaired, at moderate rates^^ ANTEDiKnown—For good value in first class Drapery, Millinery, Boots, Olothinj?, etc., go to Melford House. Beautiful presents now giving away to all purchasers. a , TifTHEBEdo you gee yoar Ironmon- W gery? At Hakdubvs of cpurse, where we get the best value in Sheet Lead, Nails, Locks, Hinges, Plon«h Ohaina, Rope, Wire Knotting, Gorse Knives, Spades and Forks, Lamps, Fender and Fire Irons, and anything yon require - _ For a Few Bays yf E AR E CLEARING OUT THE REMNANTS AND ODDMENTS OF OUR WINTER STOCK AT A GREAT SACRIFICE. Soecial Value in BOOTS and SHOES. ' *! Infanta' Boots from 9d Boys' Boots 4« 6d Men's Baots 4s 9d Women's 3s lid Hardley Bros. ? ARCADE. ' 9*l_ " NEW ZEALAND CiiOTisinrc* Factory SEW «*®O»8. Men's Straw TTats from Is New Tennis Hats from Is lid New Tweed Bats from Is Over 1500 Hats in stock. New "Washing Ties from 41 New Tennis Shirt* from 3s 6d New Collars,-New Shirts, New Studs. INSPECT OUR NEW STOCK. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT Boys' Sailor Suits from 7« lid Men's Sac riuits from 30s Men's All-wool Trousers from 9s 6d. ALL NFAV PATTERNS. T SJLORING DEPARTMENT Men's Suits to measure from 49-t 6d Men's Trousers to measure from 17s 6d BOOT DEPARTMENT. Men's Nailed Balmorals, 9s 6d Men's Bluchers, 6s 6d Boys' Strong School Boots from 5s 6d. NEW ZEALAND -pACTORY. ALEX. HENTJRY, Manager Wew Jewellery* UTew Jewellery. lew Jewellery. JUST OPENED UP—A. consignment from Home of the very latest style and newest designs in Gold and Silver Jewellery, Silver and E,P. Ware, etc. Inspection jinpted of the very choice and High-clas.s Stock, which srill be found equal to any in Ohristch,urcfc .*nd at JOOWER I'JUCES, A Splendid Selection of GOODS, SPECIALLY SUITABLE EOR PRESENTS. "* gALBK, ■"**AKEB, • WATCH... Manufacturing Jeweller, -: AXD :- OCULIST-OPTICIAN. East Street, Ashburton. The Establishment for first class Watch and Clock repair ing. Charges as low as is consistent with SOUNDS RELIABLE » OMKMANSUIP



fiASBER& Son* 1 Eucalypti JExtrac There sire imitations o£ Eucalypti Extract in the market now, products of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order tb.it these crude oils <nay not be taken, Our Pure Volatile JKuca ivntl Extract, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government to be of perfectly pure origin, as per information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878,, W It is proved by tests made by the Medieial Clinics of tho Universities.at Bonn and Greifswal', Prussia, and reported iwlkSoUjjla, 'Professor o£ Pharmacology at Bonn, and Professes Bir Mosley, IjirGotor of the Medical Clinic at (Jroifswald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of anids, resinous and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develop the sanative qualities proper td the plant, SANDBE & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTEACT according to these authorities, and according- to Pro f'essor Dr Lister, of England, and to Drs Bauer, Mclntfrp, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America, is the only extract coFresponfijPKto scientific tests, and tho only one which possesses tjio proper i^eyapautip value. AHother crude oils we to be classed among the turpentines, 'which havoj wheu used as medicine, no therapeutic effect aiid are abandoned as an internal medicament. These so called Eucalypti Extracts, which may have received dist nctiDn at Exhibitions as commercial articles'and are used for mechanical pur noses'only are (lisoorjfible:- ' ' ' 1. ■Tty 'theirdeficiency iupungpnfc odour (which our •• j-tfoauct, ih'e only getfoide ftucalypfci E«t?a'o/ de fc«3J&:iu#"Miely through Its' Surplus of bsy ■«»> ). ' - *i*%)tjg '(&% fin.4 mobile' appearance, !" •UtiCjlp' ifenjity' through the 2. By theix being reducea ... -<-»ftfcintf fcsn presence ef acids: 3. By their taato, tho result of the con^.. dency of resins and tennutes. If these crude oils, so called eucalypti extracts are ippiio'd by mistake in auffis of croup, bronchitis, diph theria, internal infl.ammati.onSj dysentery, wounds, etc. tho consequences mo most appalling. l?or safety ask ask always for Sa>«l«r aii.l S»n«' JSncalyntl Hxtrut t and get the old, well-tested and reliable prenaration.—Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia.— tkanderaudloat The best hemedy fob. indigisstion—Norton's amomilo Pilla are confidently recommended as a simple remedy tor Indigestion, which is tho cause ot nearly all tho diseases to which we are subject. &rrilii which •• J ns tM& " called the "Xntural StrcnKtaeuer of the Human Stomach," act as a power ful touic aud gentle aperient, are mild in tver opera tion and safe under any circumstances, hold in bottles, at is lid, 2s (I,lls by all mediciuevcudow tUrou^Uout tb.B world