Lost in the Bush.

One of Dunedin's oldest inhabitants, who is still hale and hearty, has owned one of the corner sections in the city ever since the first sale of town land took place, soon after the foundation of the settlement. The original price was only £12 I.os, but it is now worth at least £50,000. When the diggings rush took plane a Melbourne merchant wanted to buy the section, and offered him £1000 for it. This seemed at the time a fabulous turn to the owner, who, however did not want to sell, "Gae awa' wi' ye mon" he said to the tempter, "ye canna have Gome by your money honestly or ye wadna be sac free wi' yer thousands."— Extract from the ''Bulletin,'-' June 28, 1390. Gentle reader, the above paragraph is reply instructive. You all have heard of the man who swopped his land in Oollins Street, Melbourne, for a bottle of rum, because his land was " too far in the bush." Most of you know men, who to day are wealthy through their foresight in buying land and holding in Sydney. Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, etc. After having read the above just think for a moment, does it not strike you that now is the time for you to buy land at Perth, the capital city of Western Aus tralia, " the coming colony." It is now scarcely 18 months since responsible Government was granted, and the ♦Cinderella' '.of the group has taken her position beside her sister colonies and will prove a formidable rival." Business and villa sites may be purchased in Perth from. £5 5s per lot, payable 10s monthly, nointeresf charged. Title, clear cer tificate. Plans and full particulars from P. Callighan, junr., 134 Swanson-street, corner of Little Collins s-treet, Melbourne. U.B. —Every lot is guaranteed high, Will i drained, free from any defects, and per* ; £ect building land.

MAIL NOTICES.

The letter-box will be cleared for des patch of correspondence from Ashburton -< Post Office to the uuder-mentioned places us follows: — For »m- P- m- P >m Burnham and Dunsandel | daily) ... ... ... 3.151 Oherbsev and Rakaia (daily) 6.30 3.15 6.20 Ohristchurch and North (daily) ... ... -6 30 3.15 6.20 and on Mondays, Wed nesdays, and Fridays... 10 30 Oroirore (daily) 6 30 Eiffelton and Willowby. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays 10.30 Elgin, Wakariui, River side, Seaview, Seafield, | and Kyle, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur days .... 630 Flemington Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 4]45 Geraldine (daily) 10.3 C Greenstreet, Winehmore, and Forks, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays 6,30 Hackthorne and Lismore, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays... ...10.30 Methven (daily) ... ... 3]15 Mt. Somers, Springburn, Bushside, and Altorcl Forest (daily) ... ... 4-0 Mayfield and Ruapuna, Mondays and Thursdays 4J) K«wlands, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur days , ... 630 Timaru, Dunedin, and South (daily) 12.30 Selwyn (daily) 6 20 Tenruka A Timaru (daily) 10.30 12.30 and on Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays ... 3.15 Tin wald, Window, Hinds, and Waimate (daily)... 10.30 and on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays ... 3,15 Wheatstpne, Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach (daily) ... .. 4.45 N.B. — Letters containing anything of value should be handed to the Postmaster to be registered. Letters containing coin, or bank notes, if posted unregistered, will be compvltertiy re gistered and charged double registration fee.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1893. CONFIDENCE RESTORED!

Some o£ our readers who give heed to trifles may remember that shortly after the Parliament of New Zealand had pronounced in favor of the Land and Income Tax, in place of the Property Tax, a company c?.lled the New Zealand and River Plate Land Mortgage Company, Limited, an nounced with a great flourish of trumpets that it would advance no more money in New Zealand and would withdraw the whole of the ad vances it had made in the Colony. Much was made of this announcement by the Opposition press, and on it were based many tirades on the ruin to the Colony which was being caused by the Ballance ' Government. The scare that was sought to be created was checked by the fact being pointed out that the New Zealand business, of the Company in question was so" small that its total obliteration, would not make the slightest difference to the Colony, though the closing of accounts I might cause temporary inconvenience to a few individuals. So much for the past. Last week a meeting of this company was held in London, and the Chairman (the cable informs us) made the announcement that the company would not lead on New Zealand land more than fifty per cent, of its value. This was certainly a very prudent re solve ; but it was a reversal of the action taken by the company eighteen months or so ago in withdrawing ! altogether from New Zealand, and, therefore, must be taken as a return of confidence in the Colony. This resolution like the previous one was loudly heralded abroad-^-so loudly that the leading newspapers of the world, "The Times," was entrapped by the sound, and informed its readers that the company's step was a prudent one in view of the " foolish course the New Zealand Government were taking towards capitalists." Could anything be more absurd ? We have a company which a few months ago abandoned New Zealand, returning to it, prepared to make advances to the same proportion of the values as is the rule with the Government In surance Office and several other care fully managed institutions, and the fact is gravely attributed to the folly of the New Zealand Government! From the interest that " The Times " has recently taken in New Zealand affairs we had hoped it had beui better informed than to have made such a blunder. There is yet, the hope, how ever, that the cable may have mis represented "The Thunderer." We hope so for the leading journal's credit.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In the whole of the colony 1,116,000 acres are open for settlement. A Devonshire society has awarded a cup in the Tavistock district for mangolds weigh ing 72 ton 317 cwt. per acre. Laborers' wages have been reduced in. the Dengie Hundred of Essex from 12s to 11s per week, and a further reduction of Is per week is contemplated. Business is still bo bad in Melbourne that the Sydney "Morning Herald" has been compelled to close its agency in that city. Some of the trophies given by Welling ton citizens as prizes in the Continuous Match at the rifle meeting were so paltry I that the competitors declined to accept them. The Bishop of Nelson has become a member of the New Zealand Alliance, and supports its Temperance scheme as the most pratical yet put forward by any body. It is certain (says the '-Manawatu Standard") fthafc another Minister will be appointed in the Upper House before next session from amongst the recently appointed members. Mr B. L. Farjeon's new novel, '* The Last Tenant," wjll be issued in January. It is said he is one of tlje few writers who can obtain £1000 for a novel. The Melbourne Chinese cabinetmakers, who wpre recently qn strike, make curious allegations. They say that JJuropeau workmen have alipwed wages, to fee re duced so'low as to undercut thp Chinese rates. In Adelaide a man named Fitzgerald, who stated that he was starving, was sen tenced to three months for stealing Is worth of food from the superintendent of the Desti tute Asylum. A peculiar action was brought in Mel bourne by a woman named Jones against her husband, from whom she had secured,a divorce. After the divorce she went back-as his housekeeper, and now summoned him for wages, and obtained a ye*clig.t far £!s•■

Three little girls were charged in Mcl i bourne lately with committing no fewer \ than ten robberies. They waylaid other children going shopping, and relieved them of all they had. One child going to buy stockings ior her mother was bailed up and and robbed of half-a-sovereign. A sentence of three months was imposed upon a carter named James Murray, at Sydney for having stolen half-a-ehest of tea belonging to the A..U.S.N. Com pany. While employed at the wharf in carting tea he was noticed to partly empty one chest into the no&ebag of his horse. The other night a woman was admitted to the waiting-room of Mr Ridley, dentist, of Sydney, while the servant went tc inform Mr Ridley that a patient desired to see him. On the return of the servant the woman had disappeared, and left in the room a baby which she had been carrying. An exchange states that amongst the passengers by a recent Australian steamer which arrived at the Bluff was a married man with his wife and seven children, and the total money in the possession of the head of the family was half-a-ctown. The Pahiatua people are not fond of the Salvation Army (says the "Wairarapa Times.") The officer lately in charge of the local corps was literally starved out, and has removed to Petone, where he is following hia trade as a carpenter. * Mr J. F. O'Brien, Waimate, takes excep tion to the " local" which we published a few days ago giving the receipts and expen diture of the Australasian Shearers' Liv ion for 1892. He says that it is known to every member of the A.S.U. that a general balance sheet will not be produced until the next conference which takes place in Mel bourne next montk. It is stated that a well-known Masterton jeweller purchased from a temperance lec turer an ounce and three quarters of old silver coin. The threepenny bits which were the chief components of this valuable collection were so battered and disfigured as to be unrecognisable, and had been refused by the banks. Church money is now scarce in Masterton. A telegram from Wanganui says:—Captain Whitney writes to Major Sommerville that early last June he offered to supply the Government with any number of Martini- Henry rifleß, with bayonet and everything complete, for £3 2s 6d f.o.b. London, within six months of receiving an order. Had the Government given him an order he certainly should have delivered the rifles in time for the Association's meeting. On Wednesday morning Mr Charlton, caretaker of the domain, turned out upon the lower water, at the willow island, the the clutch of young teal sent down from Mount Possession by Mr Donald Cameron. The clutch have been " wet nursed " by Mr Charlton with great success, and the two drakes and three ducklings are promising youngsters indeed. It is to be hoped young Ashburton will respect the teal and avoid annoying them in any way. A telegram reached the Christchurch police yesterday stating that a man named Wit he 11, employed as a grass seeder on the Peninsula, left his mates at two o'clock the previous afternoon to fetch some water from a creek a few yards from where they were living. He did not return, and searchwas made, but no tidings were heard of his whereabouts. It is feared that the man, while suffering from sunstroke, fell into one of the gullies in the vicinity. Another search party was sent out. We have received from Mr Henry Zander, the local agent, the monthly timetable of the intercolonial steam services of Huddart, Parker and Co, Limited, and the New Zea land and Australasian Steamship Company. The time table snpplies the fullest informa tion possible as to the dates of sailing ot the companies' vessels, gives tide tables, railway time tables of New Zealand, and of the express trains connecting Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, and the mail trains between Newcastle and Brisbane, and Hobart and Launceston, besides other useful information. Mr C. M. Brooke was the victim of a " printer's error" down south a few days as?o. He received an order for his dip and a handsome testimonial to its efficacy from the largest sheep-owner in Southland, Mr J. C, Ellia. This pleasing fact being com municated to the papers by Mr Brooke'B agents, one of the organs of public opinion m that quarter printed the news that the dip would be required by the sheep-owner aforesaid for 5000 sheep. The correction (in Monday's " Southland Times ") is that the dip is required for 75,000 sheep—a consider able difference, and a practical testimony to the merits of Mr Brooke's specific. The crops on the flat at Otiake are cut and the verage (the •• North Otago Times " says) is expected to be about 40 bushels. A settler says that there is straw for a 60 bushel crop. The crops on the slopes are not yet reaped, being about a week later ripening that those on the flat. Harvest is undertaken at Otiake in the true spirit of co-operation. Those with crops on the hills and those whose crops are not ripe assist with reapers and horses those whose crops are ready to cut, and these in turn help their neighborly neighbors. Under this satisfactory plan the ripe crops arejquickly cut, and nor'-westers are not afforded the same opportunities for destructiveness. It will be seen by our advertising columns that the world renowned Jubilee Singers intend giving a farewell concert at the Oddfellows' Hall, Ashburton, on Monday next. Many of our readers will remember the excellence of their performance when here a few months ago, and glad of another opportunity of hearing them. Their success in the North has been very pronounced, the press and the public being loud in the praises of the company iv general, and of Miss Julia Wormlie, the charming elocu tionist, and Mr Hamilton Hodges, the splendid baritone in particular. This will be positively their last appearance in this I district, as they are en route for Tasmania, and intending patrons would do well to secure their seats in advance at Mr Fried lander's.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(PBR PBESS ASSOCIATION.) MOROCCO. London, Jannary 24. The dispute as to the murder of British subjects in Morocco is now closed. SIR F, DILLON BELL It is understood Sir F. D. Bell will return to New Zealand. RESIGNATION. It is officially announced that Lord Jersey resigned the Governoiship of , New South Wales owing to private affairs. His resignation has been ac cepted by the Colonial Office with regret. ROWDY MEMBERS. Mr Pierce Mahoney and Mr Matthew Kenny, members of Parliament, had a 1 quarrel in the Dublin Court, which re , suited in the latter getting a black eye, Mr Mahoney alleged that Mr Kenny had insulted his mother. He was com mitted for trial on a charge of assault, and was cheered by the crowd on leaving the court. SWINDLING EXTRAORDI NARY. Wells obtained £29,000 by supply ing bogus patents. £30,000 passed through the bands of his bankers at Monte Carlo.

THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION.

Paris, January 24, There is some excitement in Paris over the Egyptian crisis, and the Government are caUed on to protest ■ against the British troops being rein , forced.

JAPANESE POLITICS

Yokohama, January 24. The Japanese Diet refused to sanc tion tbe Budget, and the Mikado pro rogued it.

FATAL ELECTION RIOTS.

Belgrade, January 24. The communal elections in Servia have been the cause of severe rioting. Sixty people were killed in these disturbances.

EGYPT.

St. PETEBsiiJKG, January 24. The Russian press protests against the intimidation of Egypt, and urges the Government to demand the date when England will release Egypt from tutelage.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

New Plymouth, January 25. Information has been received from Rahota of the drowning of Mrs Arthur Wills, in a well, at the back of her house. Her husband returning from harvesting at noon yesterday missed his wife, Din ner was on the fire, but she was nowhere to be seen. Her hat near the well led him to go down, and he there found the dead body of his wife in seven feefc of water. The water was up to about two feet from the surface, and ie is supposed frhat in stooping to din water out she over balanced and fell in. Wills formerly lived in Canterbury. Wellington, January 25. To-day a comparative return of the rations and cost for the month of Decem ber for the last four years was laid before the Trustees of the Benevolent Institu tion. The figures were—December, 1889 —8962 rations, coe ting £100 7s Id j December, 1890—10,338 i rations, costing; £113 Is 7d ; December, 1891—11,481 rations, costing £128 lls 3d ; December, 1892—12,563 rations, costing £137 8s 2d. The chairman said it was very satisfac tory to note that in four years, with an increasedl population, the cost had only increased £37. The Education Board to-day decided they could not allow a girl who had won a Board fecholarship to attend the Convent School instead of the Girls' High School. Duneuin, January 25. Lord and Lady Glasgow had a reception this afternoon, which waslargely attended. The Rev. Mr Selwyn, of the Theological College, was dedicated this evening by Bishop Neville. The Governor attended the dedication service, and subsequently delivered an address at a conversazione in the course of which he referred to the importance of religious education. This evening Lady Glasgow presented the ambulance certificates in connection with the St. John Association. Lord and Lady Glasgow attended a concert given by the Burns Club to cele brate the poet's anniversary. A speech was made by Mr Denniston, InvercargUl, after which Lord Glasgow gave a brief address, in which he referred to the pleasure he felt in coming to the Scotland of the South, and meeting in Mr J. Burns, President of the Club, one of the few descendants of the relatives ot the poet now alive. Lord Glasgow mentioned that he was connected with the trust i which had charge of Burns' house.

The Heesian Fly.

MR KIRK'S LEAFLET.

We announced a few O'j.i ago that it had been decided by the Agricultural Department to issue from time to time illustrated leaflets on subjects of interest and importance to farmers. The firs'- vl these, written by Mr T. W. Kirk, has just been issued, and deals with the Hessian fly, concerning which Mr J. D. Ritchie, Secretary to the Department, says in a prefatory note that "it is al most impossible to exaggerate the damage likely to result should the Hessian fty become established here. In all countries it is dreaded, and justly so, for in bad season's it causes the almost total destruc tion of the wheat crops 3 Further en quiry is being made with regard to arti tidal breeding of the destructive parasites of the fly, and the result will be published j latir." Mr Kirk begins by stating that the pest attacks wheat, barley and rye, and he accompanies his leaflet with illustrations showing the larva or maggot, the effects of its attacks on the straw. He also gives a magnified representation of the chrysalis and of the fly, and of the fly in. its natural size. Mr Kirk then proceeds as fol lows :— There are usually two broods in the year—viz., in autumn and spring, The eggs, which measure about l-sQth of an, inch, are }aid in thie creases of the leaves, each female depositing about eighty. Tri four or five days small yellowish maggots appear, and work their way be tween the leaf and the stem till they reach a point- usually the first or second—neat which they settle, and suck the juices from the stem. The plant, being deprived of a great 'portion of its nourishment, succumbs i according to the severity or the attack ; the grain is badly developed; the stem becomes too weak to sustain the weight of the head, and bends down to the ground. In a few weeks the maggot, having im bedded itself in the stem, changes to thd pupa stage from which the perfect fly

There aro several natural enemies—ten j or eleven species of Hymenoptera (four winged fiies), besides Thrips. The culti vation of hymenopterouo parasites is extensively carried on in Europe and America. These will, doubtless, in years to come, solve the difficulty, and restore the balance of nature ; but although .Nature will in time herself cure the evil, the . farmer cannot afford to fold his hands and ■ waic for that: he should therefore use the mechanical means available for the eradication of the pest before it assumes such proportions as to be beyond control. Affected crops should be cut high, so as to leave the stubble long. All stubble, screenings, etc., should be burned, and the land then ploughed—if possible with a digging plough. If the larvae are discoverd in the early stages, dressings of soot, lime or guano are are beneficial. It is also a good practice, where a crop is badly affected, to feed down closely with sheep in early spring. It has been proved that the fly will, if grain is scarce breed on certain grasses— Holcus lanatus, PMaum praiemc, Triticvm repen*, Agropyrum repcng, Elymus Anieri canus, Bromus ciliatus, and probably others—so that care should be taken to clean up the rank growths on the margins and comers of fields. If possible, root or other crops not liable to be attacked by the fly should be grown instead of grain on infected ground, for a season, so as to starve the pest. Some years ago this fly attacked the wheat crop at Marton, but prompt use of similar measures to those advocated re sulted in its complete suppression.

Horrible Murder.

A horrible murder, for which a youth named Arthur Astili, who is about 16 years of age, has been arrested on sus picion, has been committed near Coal baggie Creek, about 28 miles from Dubbo, New South Wales. A settler named Hamling and his wife lived about six miles from Coalbaggie Creek, and had Astili with them in their employ. This youth, it appears, made improper over tures to Mrs Hamling some time ago, and when she mentioned the matter to her husband he laughed it off. On Sunday, the Bth instant, Hamling had to leave for Dubbo. On the afternoon of the follow ing day Astili came into Coalbaggie town ship, and told a local publican that he had come home to Hamlmg's house during the morning and had found Mrs Hamling lying near a water-tank with a wound in her head. She was quite dead, and had a pint pot in her hand, as if she had been going to get a drink. Sub-in spector Cameron went out and found the body as described. He also said that death had been caused by a gunshot wound behind the right ear, which could not have been self-inflicted. After search ing for seme time the officer found a double-barrelled breech-loading gun ie the hut occupied by Astili. One barrel had the appearance of having been recently discharged,- He l.hen cross examined Astili, and as the youth's answers were not altogether satisfactory he took him into custody on the charge of having murdered the woman. The post mortem examination of the victim's body showed that the woman had been out raged before she was murdered. The deceased was 35 years of age, and had no family.

ATHLETIC NOTES.

(BY KAIWHAKA.) Training is in full swing now at the Domain every evening, in preparation for the coming sports. The Ashburton A..C.A.C. have drawn up a very good programme for their March meeting, in cluding a costume bicycle race and a 200 yards scratch flat race, which will draw some fast men to the place. B. F. Curtis is doing some fast work on the machine. He intends having a cut in at Timaru next week. The track is in very bad condition, and needs a regular overhauling. I sec Tucker, Shearman Bros., Daly, R. Williams, Matson, and other spriiters doing fair work. The first named will journey to Timaru on Tuesday next, also Matson, and in all probability Broad. Wellington is represented by Messrs Hempton, Harley, Fownall, and Gurr for the 100 yards, and for the 250 yards Hempton, Harley, Pownall, Gurr, and De Arcy. A great race took place on the Domain the other evening, between one of our local slow bike riders, and a 111-oth sec man in 100 yards. There must have been 120 people on the ground to witness the event. About 7.30 the running man made his appearance, looking ac deter mined and fresh as a bit of lightning bark. The byke man was to be seen doing about three miles to get His wind, and when he pulled up had none left for the great event. However, the public had nothing to pay for the performance, and the sprinter donned his coat and went home very much disgusted at the \ hoax played on him. I | G. B. Shaw won the 120 yards hurdles in 15 4-sth sees at Cardiff last month—a wonderful performance. I have received a progiamme of the Feilding sports. They are giving £15 first for the one mile, £10 second, £5 third; and in 120 yards Sheffield handi cap, £10, £5, and £3. The Ash bur tun Swimming Club have arranged their programme for March, including greasy pole and half a mile championship. I see they have elected Mr Harrison as captain for the Club, and a more energetic, hard working captain can rarely be found. A race took place list evening between Cookson and Henry, Cookson winning by two yarda, the distance being fifty yards. I hope to keep my optias skinned in taking my walk round, so that dark horses in any sporb will be reported at once.

COMMERCIAL.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION; London, January 24. The Mauritius throe per cent loau of £6(W,G00, with Imperial guarantee, wm subscribed eightfold, at an average of £iO6 7b 10d. 1 here is no market in London for the rooki sent from New Zealand, and it is doubtful if it will realise 2d per lb. The South Australian Government have declined a syndicate's offer of £600,000 at 92. They intend to issue Treasury bills locally, and abstain from borrowing in London. (Received January 26, 11 30 a.in.) London, January 25, The to'.ui quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,848,000 quarters, and for the Continent 450,000 quarters. New Zealand Trust and Loan Company's five per cent, cum-pref. shares are at £26; , Australia and New Zealand Mortgage Company's four and a half £99 ; Dalgety's four and a half, £112 10s ; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's* fours, £94. The total quantity of wool arrived up to date is 387,000 bales, of which 108,000 bales have been sent forward to the manufacturing districts. With the quantity held on from hat series 287,000 bales will be available for the ensuing series. . , Messrs Dalgety and Co. have received the following cable from their head office :—"Sales opened. Poor selection. Large number of buyers. Competition fairly animatsd. As compared with last i sales' closing rates prices are unchanged.. Total quantity available, including old stock, 290,000 bales." The Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy Produce Export Company, Limited, has received cable advice from London quoting its brand of mutton at 4£d per lb ; market rising. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, has received the following cable message, dated Lon don, January 24:— Wool.—The sales opened this day at the level of last sales. The attendance of both home and foreign buyers is good, and competition is active. The American demand is good. The total quantity available, including wool held over from last series, is 395,000 bales, 108,000 bales of which have been forwarded to the manufacturing districts direct. Wheat—The market is depressed owing to heavy stocks of flour. Kew Zealand wheat, f.a.q., is worth nominally c.i.f. to arrive 26s 9d per 4801bs. Other quotations unchanged. Received January 26, 11.45 a.m.) Sydnby, January 26. The weekly wool sales have closed. Prices current—greasy fleece, superior, 9d to lid ; lambs, 8d to 9Ad ; crossbreds, 9dto9fd.

Addington Stock market.

Chiustchubch, January 25. The live stock market was very small to-day. Stork Sheep—About 1800 were yarded, for which there was a brisk demand, prices obtained being as follows :—Two tooth crossbred ewes, 13* 6d and x3s 8d; two and four-tooth crossbred wethers, 12s 9d ; dry sound mouthed ewes, 9s 2d and 9s 3d ; croEsbred ewes and lambs 6s 9d, 7s 2d, and 7s 6d, all counted. A nice line of lambs brought 10s 6d. Fat Lambs—About 1500 were all sold, best freezers being specially required at an advance on previous rates. Some very prime heavy lambs sold up to 15*, but generally brought 12a 3d to 13s 7d. Graziers secured any lighter sorts at 9s to lls. Fat Sheep —The entry was the smallest that has been in the market for some months, and comprised only a few pens of really prime crossbred wethers. Prices were firmer for best sheep, and good sales were effected all through at last week's rates. Fat Cattle-Only 81 head were offered, but the demand at auction was so slack as to necessitate the withdrawal of many of them. Some nice bullocks re alised £6 15s to £7 10s, and heifers £5 12s 6d. Store Cattle—The e&try was very mixed. The dairy section was active, and good cows realised from £7 10s to £8 15s easily. Pigs—Less than 100 pigs met with a very willing market at rates which com pared favorably with last week's quota tions. Bacouers sold up to 475, porkers to 255.

Ashburton Markets.

MESSRS FRIKDLANDEB BROS. Messrs Friedlander Bros, report upon the live stock market for the week ending January 25:—At the Tinwald yards the entry consisted of about 3000 sheep. The attendance was small, but still a clearance of nearly all the sheep was made at a small advance on the prices obtained at the previous sale. The only lines turned out unsold were merino wethers, which do not seem in favor with the graziers. The following price* were obtained for fat sheep :—Merino wethers from the Hackthorne Estate mad« 10n sd; fat crossbred ewes from 8s 0d to Us; merino ewes to 6s. A small pen of tour tooth crossbreds made 14s. in store sheep small two-tooth crossbred owes made 12s; while good hoggets made 13s sd. There were several lines of old crossbred ewes with lambs, which sold.'remarkably well, 9s 3d each being obtained all counted. A line of four-tooth ewes with about 90 per cent of lambs Bold ac 12s each; halfbred lambs 10s each. Merino wethers in very poor con* dition fetched 2a 6d; sound mouth merino wethers in good condition were withdrawn at 5s each. Altogether the enquiry for good young crossbred sheep, ewes and lambs wa» strong, and ao doubt with the abundance of rain which we have been having lately the enquiry will still strengthen ; but what we are at present anxiously looking out for is % ew weeks of fine harvest weather to enable acmers to get on with their work. Wool Sale—On Monday last we held our second wool sale, when catalogues ef 123* bales were put forward: The attendance off buyers was not so numerous as at the pre vious sale, but prices for halfbred and cross bred wool were fully maintained, while merinos suffered a slight fall as compared with the last sale. A very fair clearance was made, and nearly aU tots passed at safe was soon after arranged for. A detailed account of sale hsw appeared in local papers. SiiEEi'sjttss, Hides, etc.—Ou Tuesday morning we held a skin, hide, and fat sales. Wo sold woolly merino at Bsd> and cross, bred at 4£d per Ib. Hides aud fat at scale rates.

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WATOHE* WATCHES WAT° SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Botlierliam'sJWatclies. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLEB, • w m fliA well-known and reliable firm of "Rotherham, Lon- HAS just received from the weu Kno specially made by Rotherham for S. don," a large consignment of watehe^s^ jr^ Saiek (as engraved on works.) Ino J 8 18cfc G o i d ope n face and Hunting, with Lever Keyless | lgj£, <Jg open face and keyless Levers, Sterling Silver centre seconds. Lady s ibot <?»* er ham's Hunting Levers, key-winding ; Rotherii«ii^Hunta«^v^^^ hertoin , 8 Open Face, key-winding, \lsoa Rotherham a Open * %?„ Watches to select from. To racing men. members of ohoice stock of Ladies SUyer Watgne» occasion to uae a watch for Athletic, Bicycle,.and Swimming Uub«, ana STBRLINfI SILVER timing, «J.B. hasjw* in fifths, The advantage of having a Race timers-will time up to jj"_* s wifch Buperior wor kß for timing purposes only. ""sTaI.BK *AMBMAKEB AND JEWELLEB, witch .nd Jewellery 'ibptoi 'gg*-^" »-»* »°d ■**-*»_.



BOOTS. B0 0 OS. SHOES. SHOES. THE ffEW ZEALAND doming Factory AND BOOT AKD SHOE WAREHOUSE. , rnflE Public would do well to inspect I. our Large and Well-assorted . Stock before purchasing elsewhere. A Sinale Pnir of Boots at the Wholesale pi»-e Ml ti«w goods 900 P»ir* ..j 8.->j7~»T.d Swnsr. ,V,k,l Boot* ■'•'' Sh 2-9 d. J,/U)iM. Buy Jour Boots and Shoes at the Factory, you will save 3s in the pound. THE AUGItI~STOVE MAT. Only * f«w left; ju«t the thing for pre serve making ; only 2s. A Wonderful Line of __„„_ MEN'S ALL-WOOL COLONIAL TWEED TROUSERS fob 9a 6d. SEW ZEALAND Clotblng Factory. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager,



"THE POTATOJS COOKED.' THAT was what Te Whiti said at the great Maori gathering. The saying j has passed into a proverb. Nobcdy exactly knew what the dusky prophet meant ; nobody was sure that he knew himself. He was not cooking blue derwents when he made the remark ; but the times were full of matters of mighty import for him. Bryce on the pale horse cooked the goose of the incipient rebellion, and although the little proverb cost the colony a good deal of money, it had the moral effect of, so tospeak, taking all the shoddy out <>f the native question, leaving us a loyal and sensible race of Maoris for neighbors. NO SHODDY is a good motto for any man to follow, *nd I carry it right into the heart of my bminess. We generally understand a man to mean, when he uses Te Whiti's proverb, Hiat srnne great questi -n has come to a head. It would perhaps be. more nearly awurate to say th« cooking of a potato was a burning; ques i>n, than that the vexed Wrtk^mii <~Ve.ok was one. You f.un'r '-urn tli.' cre<k -m you ? But the creek ha< caused some he-*rt burnings though ; and one or two peo^e over ii were very nearly left without any water to enable them to say "The potato is cooked." I trust when the County Council, aided by Mr James Brown (to whom Mr Murdoch Bruce thought the whole district was indebted for stirring up the creek question), are able to say "the potato is cooked/ the matter will be settled once for all, with No Worthless Remnants Left of bad feeling and unnei^hborly hard thoughts. The friends of Methodist Union will not. I fear, be able to say "the potato is cooked" yet. At least the talk at the Primitive Conference did not look that way. But union would be an advantage in many ways. I find that when a very large n«mber of people are of one mind, »3 they are, in regard to the advantages to be gained by patronising our shop, we can sell goods to them much more cheaply than a man can do who has only a limited patronage. By the way, did you hear what the Scotchman said of the Conference in re ply to a poke at his country. "Their best chairman of a public meeting is a Scotchman. The best man they have is & woman; and she is a Scotchman to»." That Scotchman must have been an Irish mare. So thinks HARRY HAKDLEY, j Manager for ' HiHDIiW J»RO§. ! whose stock of Drapery and Clothing lis very large and elegant, useful and gheap. Special purchase 6f Travellers samples at low prases. Come and look at them.



A. NafifgrinfiT "Wife A FACT. A speaker was holding forth ou woman and he made out that she was just a little anael on earth. In glowing words he Dicfcured how patient she was in suffering how courageous in trouble, and how alto ttether gentle, loving, and good she was under all circumstances, and closed his peroration by declaring that any man who laid his hand on a woman, save m the act of kindness, was a monster. After the lecture, a pale, haggard, woe-begone looking man shuffled up to the speaker and «aid "Look here, mister ; IVe heard what •OuVe been saying about wapan j all •bout how nice and sweet she is, why, ,one would imaginethatyou believed all worn«« were just blushing full blown roses; I guess you don't know my wife. Well ihe haint no .blooming ro«o. bhes a daisy, a reg'lar daisy, why mister my wife is a Sageer? and there is'nt air hour, when, she's iwake, but th%fc she's n/Jp^ j a omeon«. If it is'nt me. its the chiMrei, , it is'nt the children, it'b the cat. There ; g nothing that escapes her nasrgmg tomme, and the only time any of ua get; any rest is when «he has nagged herself t°HoT'like the nerves of * man who , rlrinks • theY lust nag, nag *H tlio time a iv-in^,-,isb until enough liquor ha™ bee., taken to deaden ail nervous sensibility, and tho poor tellow^oej oft in that hodden, rinoriii«. w^emble cUte that is Iwb the rattling ekstoton of a Ueait^stee^ Remedy x , an end to «II this nagging of th« < LrveH by destroy^ all desire for, hliir rT Booth's Golden Kenw«ljir No 2is | the beat Brain *nd JNVvo Tuaie m Urn earth. All chemists- j



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STUDY HEALTH, T7IOR SJMMER PORRIDGE, Kiln JJ Dried Whole Meal is recommended by the faculty for its Dietetic and Nutri tive properties. SOLD IN 5, 7, 14, and 251b JJAGKi. FOB CAMP, COTTAGE, FARM, AWD STATION. 1 JUMBO BRAND BAKING POWDER is invaluable. Bread,. Scones Cakes, etc. made with this Pow^r^ro Wholesome and Digestive, and will «ftb /Sour, the i Powder being absolutely pure ana coats-ms no AjjHta- Sold fa jjll Merchants and btorekeepers I WHOLESALE Anderson & Ci>»> TIMARU, i



Warned _______ ft \HTC person that removed the Ladder I from the back of Mr Hampton s yard, near Arcade, will kindly replace 't to save further trouble. ____L_-T {LrANTED™Tenders for Erecting * * about eighty chains wire fencing. For particulars apply John G. REaTEL I L WANTED, Married Couple without encnmbranee. Man must be thoroughly acquainted with all class form work.—John G, Restell. l|l3o FOR Sale—A good General Store and Bakery, doing a wood business. For particulars, etc., apply to Thomas Barb, Baker, Teiuuka, South Canter bury. 1124 "\~>f ISSING FRIENDS.-If A. TußVey IVJI will call upon D. Thomas, Ash burton, he will hear of something to hia advantage. 1*1(12 B~~IA]S OFORTE and Organ Show Rooms. Best cash value obtain able. Extended terms; reduced scale; Christchurch prices.—H. M.'Jogg^^ WANTED Known—lee Creams, Ice Creams, for the hot weather, always ready at H. G. Flower's; Confec tioner, East Street. ____«_- SOMERSET MeaTMartT" The oldest, the largest, the beat, and the cheap ast. Small Goods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. —W. J. Siloock. 4t182 THE Misses Adams'new Refreshment Rooms now open. Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Lemon Squash, Soda and Milk and all the new summer drinks ready at all times. Coleman's Buildings, East Street;. m \ ANTED everyone to come and see , the beautiful presents we ara giving away for every 5s and upwards spent.—H. C. Segbrs, Melford House. WANTED— Purchasers tor Bargains in Summer Dresses, Prints, and Delaines, Sunshades, &c. at S. W. Alcorn and Co'a Sale. W "ANTED Known.—A great variety of high class dress goods to choose from now selling under regular wholesale prices.—H. C. Segers, Melford House. WANTED Known—New Flannelettes at extraordinary prices; 3s lid »nd 4s lid doz. Thirty per cent under price.—W. H. Coixier. WANTED the Public to know that S. W. Alcorn and Co's Summer Sale is now on. Great Bargains in Millinery, Underclothing etc. __ r TTTANTED Known.—Come and see * our dress lines at 4jd and 6d, athe shirting 6|d, three-quarter cloaks 2 s od.--H. C. Segers, Mslford House. TTf HY not Bake your own Bread when ' » you can get 501bs of the Best Roller Flour for five shillings cash or five shillings and sixpence booked at Robert Alcorn's, Saunders' Buildings. 11 31 T^\ONT let the rain water destroy your JL/ buildings. G«t Spouting fixed at 4d per foot and buy a tank, complete with tap, tested before leaving workshop, for 30s, at J. W. Hardley's. WANTED Known that S. Salek, Watchmaker and Jewaller, has removed to new shop near New Zealand Clothintr Factory. 10 213 WANTED Rnowu—Dr Scotb's cele brated Electric Corsets can only bo obtained in Ashburton. at W. 11. Collier's, "Tlir Cornnr." BEAR in mind that J, W. Hardley, Plumber and Gasfitter, East Street, has the largest Stock in town of Pumps, Pipes, and Fittings, and that he is selling them cheaper than ever at prices hitherto unheard of in Ashburton. Now is the chance for a cheap Pump ; improved No. 4. Price, 16s. Larger siies in proportion. /^HRISTIKAS Suits. Boys, three \_J garment long Trouser Suits at 15s. Boys, Oolomal-made Knicker Suits from 10s. Men's nicely made Colonial Tweed Suits 30s. Colonial Tweed Suits to measure from 50s.—Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. Robert A.LCORN. DON'T Forget the Borough Bye-Laws re Carr aga Lamps, and that Hardlk . as large Stock <>n hand, also a large assortment <>f Tinware and Iron mongery, Scythes, Reaping Hooks, Hay Knives, Forks, etc., of best quality, and all at lowest possible prices. J. W. ARDLEY, Eftst Street, Ashburton, NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.—Card, Book lets New Games in great 'variety. Beaut fullotof Vases, Fancy Glassware, and Fairy Lamps Boys' and Girls' Annuals, and <.ther new Volumes. Prize Books at reduced prices. New Birthday Reward and Wedding Cards,—L. F. ANDREWES & 00., Stationers' Hall. \ITaNTED Known—That J. Moison W keeps the best stock of Boots in Ashburton, for this reason that he pays cash and is not under or bound to any one firm like many in the trade, which enables him to procure and supply the public with the Best Colonial and English makes ; and his well-known make need^ no recommendadan. Always on hand Best Sole Leather, used for repairs and done at once. —J, Moibon, Impermeable Bootmaker, Town Hall, East Street, next Court House.



We clip the following important testimo nial from the "Illawarra Mercury" (N.S W). of the 30th March. It needs no comment «•» •Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountain, writes to us that after suffering for four years with acute gravel, he has experienced almost complete relief by using Sander and Sons' Eucalyptic Extract. He says:—" Seeing the said Extract advertised in the ' Illawarra Mercury,' his intense suffering induced him to obtain a bottle of the medicine from Mr Hosking, chemist, of this town, and that the use of it gave him great relief at once. He states that between 10th March inst., when he obtained the first bottle of the extract, and the 19th, the use of that .nedicine continued to afford him relief, to which he had been a stranger for four years. Mr Loveday writes also that he has found the Eucalypti Extract <» cure for rheumatism as well as gravel. He requests us to publish this information through the' Mercury.' We have much pleasure in complying with Mr Loveday s request, whose word cannot be doubted, and who can have no object in view other than a pure desire to. benefit suffering hu anitv-"—(Advt.) 6j Thje Best Remedy jpok Indigestion — Norton^ GamoniUe Pills are confidently recommended as a simple remedy for (Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all bhe diseases to which we are subjects Norton's Pili,s, with justice called the «; Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach," act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, are mild in their operation, and safe under any circumstances, Sold in bottles, at la l£d, 2s 9d, 11b, by all medicine ywidora throughout the wa*M, Hollonvay's Pills.—Change qf ten^pera ture and weather frequently upset persons who are most careful qf their health, and particular in their diet. These corrective, purifying, and gentle aperient pills are the best remedy for all defective action qf the digestive organs. They augment the appetite, strengthen tbe stomach, correct biliousness, and carry off all that is noxious from the system. Holloway's Pills are composed of rare balsams, unmixed with baser matter, and on that account are peculiarly well adapted for the young, delicate, and aged. As this priceless medicine has gained fame in the past, so it will preserve it in the future by its renovating and invigorating qualities and the unpQMibility of doing harm*



How Sambo Understood French Find says to the runaway negro on the raft, "Jim, what'd you say if 'twas said to you ' Parly-vous-franzy ?' " " Woaldn't say nuffin. I'd just bust him over de ear; if he wasn't a wite man. 'Low no nigger to call me dat." Finn says the words only mean, "Do you speak French?" Jim inquires, "Jfthey mean that why don't they say that?'' Dr Forest says, in "Health, the New Method." we might make similar in quiries of the professors ot Massotherapy; but he goes on to explain massage, rubbing, and its beneficial results so that it might even enter the skull of the densest negro; amd his muscle-roller and other new method are invaluable. An edition of his book much enlarged, is published at "Truth' and "Health" Publication Offices, 160 Tuam street, Christchurch.—[Advt.] Messrs Colemane and Sons' Eucalypti Extract (manufactured at Mittagong and Cootamundra, New South Wales) has attained a reputation as a specific for affec tions ot the chest, lungs, consumptions asthma, diphtheria, and a variety of other complaints. It numbers among its patrons Earl Jersey, the present, and Lord C^ryiag ton, late, Governor of New South Wales, while in Great Britain duringthe influenza epedimic scarcely a house or office was with out it. Messrs Colemane and Sons' whole sale depot is in ChrUtchurch. Sharland and Co. are wholesale agents for the North Island. COLEKANB AND So ,f EITCAIYPTE El tract is the only genuine in the market, and was a warded medals and diplomas at Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, beating all competitors. For all affections of the Chest and Lungs, Consumption, AathjOA Coughs, Colds, Gravel, and Ifrd.'Wy, Com plaints, ib has no c^ual, Agent*—



KEATING'S POWDER" deatrova BUGS, FLEAS, MOTHS, BEETLESVimd alj other insects, whilst quite harmless to > domestic animals. In exterminating Beetles ' the success of this powder, i» extraordinary It is perfectly clean in a»Uca l tion. See the article you purchase i»>KE STING'S " as imitations are no^iou* *nd ineffectual. 'Sold in Tia*. 64, ls» and 2* 6d each, by all chemists. The Best Tea IN CANTERBURY for the money, and free from any excess of astringency. COUNTESS 2s. ASK VOXJE OBOOBBK The Best Tea IN THE WORLD Hyslop'g Ceylon. NINIAN HYSLOP, anb CO., Tea Importers, *