MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary alterations: —

THURSDAY, March 9 I For Northern Ports and Vestport, per Talune, at 6.30 a.m. FRIDAY, MARCH 10. For Napier, (direct) per Kawatiri, at 0.30 a.m. SATURDAY, MARCH 11. For Northern Ports, per Rotorua, at 6.50 p.m. ENGLISH MAILS. HOMEWARD —DIRECT MAILS. Ara<V!>, sailed February 2, due Londou March 15. Aorangi, sailed February 16, due London March 31. HOMEWABD—SAN FRANCISCO MAILS. Next mail leaves February 25, due London March 29. ' OUTWARD—DIRECT MAILS. lonic, sailed January 22, due colony March 6. J Ru-ihine, sailed February 5, due colony I March 20. • OUTWABD—SAN FRANCISCO MAJLS. I Next mail leaves London February 18, due I colony March 24.

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MARRIAGE.

Waixbs -Jeffs.— On March 7, at St. Mary'n Church, Addington, by th« Bey W. s. Bean, Jambs, the second son cf Flenry Walles, The Hermitage, Kowai Bush, to Mary .Elizabeth, second daaghter of E/nanuel Jeffs, Ashburton.

DEATH.

Picktohcg.—On March 7, at the reai aence of her father, Mr Peter Anderson, Wakanui Road, Hampstead. -Janet, the beloved wife of Mr William Pickeiing, farmer, Hororata, in her 42nd year. Deeply regretted.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENT.

Justice.-Your letfer would only draw out a column or so of an already pub lished explanation, the republication of which we would have to decline, so we also decline your letter. Controversy of the kind at any rate we set our fac« against, as it only irritates.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1893. UNIONIST BOUNCE.

In a short time the Imperial Parlia ment will enter upon the discussion of the second reading of the Home Rule Bill. That the discussion will be interesting goes without saying, as there will take part in it many of the most brilliant orators who speak our language, and the master minds in statesmanship of the Empire. The passage or rejection of the measure will be one of the political struggles ef the century, so that the discussion may be looked for to extend over a considerable period of time, and that it will be ardent and earnest the intensity of feeling displayed by both its friends and its foes is sufficient indication. In the interim, the Ulster opponents of the measure are loudly demonstrative, and speak of taking the extreme measure of appealing to arms should j the Bill pass into law. Such talk as , this is much to be regretted, and one would have thought that it would have! received the most severe condemnation from the Unionist leaders as likely to acfr as a damaging agent to the cause of union itself. Such arguments as the Ulster men have to put forward in support of their opposition to Home Rule are deserving of the highest res pect, and ought to be seriously con sidered—as no doubt they will be—in the discussion of the Bill; but vaporing about taking up arms to resist either the passage of the measure or its opera tion after it has become law, is only calculated to injure the cause they pro fess to have so much at heart. When men pursue an object with the steady persistency and passionate enthusiasm with which tlje National party on the one hand have sought Home Rule : *nd the Ulster unionists on the other have shown in its opposition ; the pjaim pf the one and the protest of the othep demand serious and sympathetic con sideration, as both have a far more serious foundation than local prejudice, But foolish threats of taking up arms and the raising of civil war are only calculated to help the supporters of Home Rule and place at their hand an argument against its Ulster opponents they will not be slow to use. That the Imperial Parliament should be supreme is one of the first principles qf %> Unionists, and upon tljis they rfft never weary of insisting. Who more pronounced than the Proteatantg of Ulster and the other Irish opponents of Home Rule in urging the necessity far the observance of law and order, or more oufcspo^en in their denuncia tion of lftwiewuwB 1/ Yet it i? froj|

these sources we hear of threats to plunge the " most distressful country" mto civil war, with all its attendant, lawlessness, and to resist by force of arms the act of that Imperial Parlia ment for whose supiemacy they have been so consistent in their contention — consistent until these threats were uttered. These threats will do immea surable harm to their cause by the alienation of sympathy, and otherwise in 'more ways than one. These threats of lawlessness are antagonistic to the principles that guided the Salisbury Government in their rule of Ireland, and it is matter for regret that they are pbt without countenance given by statesmen and other leading men from whom better things might have been expected. Home Rule may riot be a desirable thing for the U'.ster Protes tants; but civil war would be less de sirable to the whole of that country of which Ulster is but a portion. Be side?, civil war was tried before by the other side, and was not successful. Surely, the Imperial Parliament for whose supremacy the Unionists have so stoutly and loyally contended, is not supposed, by those who make these silly threats, likely to be frightened by this sort of tall talk. Better by far to keep to the war of argument, and leave bullets for the breasts of foreign foes.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The "Tapanui Courier" estimates that the yield of grain this year will be 50,000 bushels leaa than last year. The Rev C. H. Standage, Wesleyan Minister at Woodend, had hia leg broken by a buggy accident on Tuesday. Members of the Invercargill Borough Council take exception to the Government auditor working at the borough accounts on the Sabbath day. The Canterbury Women's Institute have appointed a committee to make a systematic canvass for signatures to the franchise peti , tion, which is to be presented to Parliament I next session. ! A good story is told in Germany of a letter which was returned to the General Post Office with these words written by the postman on the envelope :—" The addressee has hanged himself; present address un known." The twisted wire nail—a cross between a screw and the ordinary wire nail—is work ing its w»y into popular favour, and is believed to represent as great an improve ment upon the plain wire nail as that use ful invention did over the old cue nail. The twisted wire nail not only crushes the fibres of the wood leas than the other forms of nail, bnt by its screw shape possesses a much greater holding power than any other forms. Rev Jewinette Olmstead is a congrega tional misiater in Gustavus (O.) Mrs M. E. A. Gleason is a Baptist minister in Roslindale (Mass.) Mrs 0. R. Washburn is a Universalist minister at Stoughton (Wis.) Rev Ellen A. Copp has a Baptist church at Lansing (Mich.) Key Henrietta G. Moore is a Univeraalist minister in Ohio. The Wellington "Post" states that on the last passage of the ship Waimate from Wellington to London, when two days out, abut thirty icebergs were sighted, ranging about 200 ft high and about a quarter of a mile long. The next day the ship was sailing through them, it being a most ex citing time for all an board. Off the Horn bifcter cold weather was experienced. The Waimate is at present laid up, and Captain Canese has been appointed to the steamer Otarama, now on .her way to the colony. A gentleman has just died in Paris who ihust ail hiß life been playing without, knowing it an indefinite number of pratical jokes on his doctors. He did not die of any thing in particular, so a post mortem was ordered. When Dr Descouts, of the Morgue, examined the body, he found the heart, liver, and spleen were all on the wrong sides-the heart on the right, the liver on the left, etc. When this gentleman went to the doctors how did they make their diagnoses of his complaints? Dr Descouts has been pressed to go into this matter and see if he can get any information from the physicians of the malformed deceased. But he declines. He prefers to say with a sweet smile that inquiry is not necessary, because it ia clear fcoin the advanced age of the subject th&t he never could have con sulted a doctor. An eminent American railway official once declared that the railway workers could, in the event of a serious Labour ciises, block all the American railways within twenty-four hours. It must be sup posed, says a Home paper, that the Pennsylvania Railway is apprehending some such contingency, as it is reported to be dis missing nil its employees who are members of any Labour union. It is said, too, that other railways will follow this example, and that, in short, we may expect a general war on Labour declared by the railway magnates of America. We venture to think that such a course is more likely to precipitate thaa to avert the crisis feared. It is a violent, arbitrary, revolutionary act, which no free people can posuibly tolerate. The "rail road kings" are the best friends of the movement now growing to immense pro portions in the United States for ending the reign of these potentates by public control and acquisition of the railway system. In New York recently a clergyman was awarded the first of three prizes that had been offered for ihe best essays on how to manage a wife Following is what he wrote, among its other excellencies being its brevity: —•'Manage!" What is that? Does it mean to control ? We manage a horse. We use our superior human intellect to control aii'l guide his superior physical strength so as to obtain the best results. But a wife is not a horsp. When two persons are married tl>e wife is superior to her husband in as many respects as ne is superjqr to, her in others. I* happiness is to be the result of the union the first business of the husband is to manage himself so as to keep Vmself always his wife's respectful friend, always her tender lover, always his equal "partner, always her superior protector. This will necessarily stimulate the wife to be always an admiring friend, always an affectionate sweetheart, always a thrifty housewife, always a confiding ward, Anq this will so reagt upon the husband that his lpve for his wife will grow bo as to make it easy for the husband, with all his faults, to bear with all ■ he infirmities of his " one and only " wife. On the last trip of the s.s. Kanieri from North (says the " Poverty Bay Herald ") the vessel called at a small settlement called Omaioe, in the Bey «f Pleutly, for a passenger, a native lad who was coming to Gisborne to school, and the men from the steamer who went ashore |to bring the young fellow off witnessed the natives of the village hunting him out of the settlement, pelting him with stQne.»,^np bf y/hich qaughthim on the fore head »nd inflicted a nasty gtvsli." The lad told tlio stqry tQ a mssenger. He has been a student at the Te 4,ut£ Kativ'e College, Hawkie's Bay, and haying taken Christ as his Saviour, went back to his natjve home for the holidays, resolved to tgll his. people qi Jesus, The people of the settlement are Hauhaus, wqixld nqt listen to him, and he endured much persecution, even his own mother turning against him. The lad as he left was driven from the pah and stoned, and as he reached the beach and was about to go on board the boat, he held up his Bible triumphantly and exclaimed, "I am going for Christ." The young man has come to Gisborne for theological tuition at the Native College there, and told our informant that he was gofpg to wprk for Gqd. Ep was asked by pn§ on board the vegs^l 'wheTbe,* h§ gojngto fee missionary for Chni» qr Ainca, and he replied that the needs of his owtt people were so great that they mugt be thought of first. There have been several youog natives from Gisborne, Te Aute, and Christchurcb, filled with zeal, doing Gospel work with great success amongst the natives 04 ttje aw" during tbe kolicUySr

How to Run a Paper.

" 3ivis " in the " Otago Daily Times " says f—Not yet having enjoyed the plea sure of reading the " Pahiatua Star," I am unable to estimate the degree of (suc cess with which "our contemporary" pursued the thorny path of joarnalis>m That the path was not a proti'able one under ordinary circumstances may be in ferred from the circumstance th&t ont of the staff started special settlement associa tionb for the express purpobe of obtaining the prin tins: and advertising. It h very Had to hear that the sacred cause of settle ment has been prostituted bo the mere welfare of a newspaper.

Imperial Caesar, dead and turned to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away ; O, that that earth, which kept the world in awe, Should patch a wall, to expel the winter's flaw! Among the editorial duties al*o, it seems, was to vary the pleasing and seductive oc cupation of starting special settlement associations by milking the cow before going, to the office. The editor, indeed, appears to have been invaluable for every purpose but editing the paper, for trie de fendant averrwd that a riotous profusion of contributions was admitted to the sacred columns of his journal. Concert givers sent in their own notices, much against their will, no doubt, for there is nothing your real amateur dislikes so much a» the mention of his performance in com plimentary terms. The knowledge of this law of nature wometimes leads me to suspect that the promoters of the Saturday night concerts surreptitiously supply the reporters with notes, for never a report appears without some dis paraging reference to somebody. Racing secretaries wrote the reports of their meetings, with glowing narratives of their own capabilities. An architect wrote a description of the town, eulogising his own buildings, and so on. Pahiatua and its vicinity must have been a veritable Arcadia for a time. It is a well-known fact that everybody knows how a paper should be conducted better than the editor. Here then at last is a pre scription for making a journal popular. Throw it open to all who have a horn co blow, which, dear reader, is nearly every-1 body, and you make so many friends per day, the number being only limited by the extent of the columns, and the exigencies of advertisers. So many a day is bo many a week, and so many a week is ao mmy a year—just like Captain Bobadil'a method of defeating »n army — aud presently you have the whole dis trict at your feet. You have here a sure method of forming a large Mutual Admiration Society, of which you are the adorfld central figure. I should not guarantee the permanence of such a society, but how ■^ioctsanb it would be while it lasted.

A Story of Prince George.

The *'Young Man" for January, in an illustrated character sketch of the Duke of York, contains the following story : — " When Prince George had the indepen dent command of the Thrush on the West Indian station, it fell to his lot to have to convey, as prisoner, a young blue jacket belonging to another ship, who hai hitherto been a consrant offender, and continually in the black list. The man came on board the Thrush merely as a prisoner for conveyance firm one part of the station to another under sentence of punishment. From close observation of him, Prince George came to the conclu sion that there were many seeds of good in the man. When the term of punish inent was fulfi'led, Prince George .asked that the man might be transferred to the Thrush. This request created astonish ment, but was of course granted. Once aboard, the Prince had the man brought aft before him on the Quarter dtck, and spoke to hhn as probably he had never been spoken to before. Ue told him th.it he was henceforth transferred to the Thrush ; that, as commanding officer, he put him in the first chss for leave, and gave him a clean sheet as regards his pa^,t offences. "I do not aek you to make me any promise as to your future behaviour, 1 trust to your honor and good feeling alone. But lemember that, by the rules of the service, it you offend again in any way, or break your leave, I have no option, but am bound to put you straight back again to that class from which I now re move you. Your future is in your own hands. ¥ou have had no leave for twelve months. Go ashore now with the other special men. lour pay has been stopped, and no money is due to you. Here is a sovereign. I trust to you not to mis spend it. You know as well as Ido what you may do, and what you may not do. God help you to do the right and keep you from wrong." The man was com pletely overcome ; he answered nothing, but saluted and then was marched for ward again. His commanding officer's canfidence was not misplaced, During the rest of the Thrush's commission he was never once an offender, but showed himself as active, willing, and smart a hand as any in the ship ; and after work ing hours he was the life of the forecastle. In the ship in which he has subsequently served he has maintamad his good con duct, and attained a petty officer's rating.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN

(PBB PKESB ASSOCIATION.) ] NOT AN EARTHQUAKE. London, Marsh 6. i The damage at Sandgate is due to i subsidences and rains, and was not the ' result of an earthquake as at first sup posed. A large part of the town is gradually slipping towards the sea, and this ici attributed to explosions in con nection with the removal of the . remains of the ship Ben venue, wrecked about three hundred yards off the shore in November 1891. Five hundred, houses were damaged, and fifty families rendered homeless, HOME RULE. Tht Nonconformist Unionists' Asso ciation of England it making an ap peal, condemning the Home Rule Bill al a betrayal of Protestantism. A , great meeting was held in Dublin when prayers were offered against the adoption of Horn* Rule. Archbishop Plunkett of Dublin presided, and many leading Methodists und Presbyterians wtre present. STEAMSHIP PASSENGER AR RANGEMENTS. It is expected that the Tainui will take the lonic's passengers on Satur day, and probably a portion of the Ruahine's. VICTORrA'S CREDIT. Sir W. J. Clark, speaking at Hamp stead, vigorously defended the credit of Victoria, and ridiculed the idea of the security she had to offer being weaker. THE VETO BILL. A gigantic meeting of licensed victuallers has been held in London in opposition to the Veto Bill. The Go vernment were denounced as a herd of common thieves. LABOR MATTERS. Great free labor federations are being formed in Bristol and Hull, and the employers are joining in the move irent, London, March 7. Mr Campbell Binnerman, the Secre tary for War, stated in the House that the Government would shortly adopt a higher standard of wagos in the dockyards. SCENE IN THE LOBBY. Accepting Mr William Redmond's challenge to repeat in the lobby the statement made in the House, imply ing that an attempt to murder shortly followed a speech by Mr Dillon, Colonel Sanderson repeated the utterance in the lobby in Mr Redmond's presence. A scene occurred, and members had to interfere to prevent violence. CRICKETERS FOR AUSTRALIA. It is expected that the next English eleven for Australia, will include W. G.Grace, W. W. Read, Shrewsbury, (Junn, Stoddart, Hewitt, O'Brien, Briggs, Lockwood, MacGregor, and Attwell. SUICIDE op a NEW ZEALANDER Thomas Hellier Green, a new Zea land student, committed suicide at Croydon by taking poison. The reason was an attack of smallpox. SILVER WEDDING. Queen Victoria and the German Emperor will attend the King of Italy's silver wedding.

AFRICAN EXPLORATION.

Brussels, March 7. Captain Delaniine, leader of the Central African expedition, identifies the river hitherto known as the Lukuga with the Lualaba, proving thai Lake Tanganyika is connected with the Congo river.

WRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.

Zanzibar, March 7- The French gunboat La Bourbonaise was wrecked off the coast of Mada gascar, and twenty-threo of her crew were drowned.

THE UNITED STATES CON GRESS.

Washington, March 7. No extra session of Congress* will be held,

A CHANGE OF SOVEREIGNS.

Zanzibar, March 6. Seyyid Khalifa-bin^Said, the Sultan, died from dropsy, Two hundred and fifty of the crew of H.M.S Philomel were sent ashore to guard the palace. Prince Kiled and his secretary entered the palace and attempted to bar the British Consul, Mr Rodd, from doing so, and the latter had the Prince con ducted to bis own house, and then proclaimed Prince Hamed Sultan. The ceremony passed off quietly.

OBITUARY.

Paris, March 6. M. Adolohe Tame, French hibtorian, »ged67. ME TRIFLE ALLIANCE. The]?' Figaro " sajs that the Triple Alliance concluded an agre&nient in January for tha disposition of the German forces in case of war with France. The plan is on the basis of Germany assuming the defensive.

MOROCCO.

Tangier, March 6. Severe %htiqg has taken, place QH the Morocco frontier, where the natives are resisting the building of forts by the French.

THE SPANISH ELECTIONS.

Madrid. March 6. The elections have resulted in the return of six candidates favoring Republicanism. Madrid, March 7. The Spanish Government have secured a large majority.

RUSSIAN INTRIGUES.

. Sofia, March Q. Jt is believed that agents of the Cflar are inciting revolts in Bulgaria.

DESTRUCTIVE STORM.

THE AUSTRIAN ARMY.

Capetown, March 7. The Transvaal has been devastated by a destructive storm. The damage Ii» estimated at £100,000. The mines were flooded, and farm houses round Johannesburg were demolished. Many persons were drowned, ' - ,

VisifNA, March i . Tn the event of the German Military Bill being adopted, Austria will abandon the idea of increasing the strength of the army on a peace foot-

AUSTRALIAN.

PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.

Sydney, March 7. The Rev. Mr Mackenzie, of Annan dale, was elected Moderator of the Prosbvterian Assembly. THE ELECTORAL BILL. The Council, by 23 to 20, declined to recommit the Elector*l Bill,.with a view to reconsider and expunge the " vote for thrift" clause

ROAD BOARDS.

IONGBEACff.

The monthly meeting of the Longbeach Roue! Board w*B held on Monday. Pro s mt— M ■; is J. Bishop, J. Croy, and E, Horsey, ilr Bishop wiis voed to the chair. The chairman (Mr Grige) wrote regretting his inability to attend the meeting. CORRESPONDENCE. From the linwald Town Board re bird's ejigs ; Rhodes' trustees consenting to ex change of gravel pit on Boundary road ; the Charitable Aid Board forwarding list , of persons in receipt of relief. SUKVEYOKS' BEPOKT. Terrace Road.--Tenders were called for shingling this road from side drain and that of P. Clifford's was accepted. The contract has been completed. Boundary Road.—fhe contract for shingling this road has not yet been satisfactorily completed. burveyor's Road.—The contractor has completed hi& contract for shingling this road, and the account will be laid before the Board to-daj. Chatntotfs Road.—The maintenance man has been engaged in making this road passable for traffic. Levels have been taken from thePlem ington shingle pit to the creek, but c find there is not sufficient fall to make a relieving drain in this direction, that is to be of any practical benefit. Minor works, sucb m putting in pirn• in lieu of bridges on Me Lennan's road, repairing bridge*., patching roads, etc. have been done by the maintenance man. TENDERS. .tenders were accepted—For shingling Ford's Road-J. Griffin at Is 6d ; form ing Wilkin Street—W. Miles, at 3s lOd. RATES. It waa resolved to sue for all rates not paid on or before April I. BIKDB NCISAKCE. The clerks wero instructed to advertise that no eggs or heads of email birds would be taken after March 14. CHUBCH ROAD. Consideration of the extension of the above road to Ford's Road w*s held until a full meeting of membeis. ELECTION. The day of election for two members (Messrs Grigg and Wilson), who retire by lot was fixed for May 3. ACCOUNTS. Accounts amounting to £159 6s 2d were passed for payment, ani the megting adjourned.

Hampstead Town Board.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Hampstead Town Board was held on Monday—Messrs Andrews, Orr, Mac pherson, and Elliott being present, with Mr Andrews in the chair in the absence of Mr Crooks, who was granted two months' leave of absence on account of ill-health. Mr Bickman bent an apology, he having left for Napier. The Clerk was instructed to write to Mrs McLean's agent (Mr Bullock), enquiring if certain roads on R.S 5800 lnd been dedicated as agreed. It was resolved that the email reserve on Seafield road be let for one year from April—th^e tenant to erect a gate and pay rent in advance. Also, that the day man cut the thistles off the foot path on Main South road, and deliver notices to occupiers in South street; also to (give Mr Silcock notice to re-' move gates from a road into the river, and the Works Committee wereauthorised to make a small cutting into the riverbed. Mi- Elliott enquired what was being done towards supplying Netherby with WAter, and was informed that the County Council was endeavoring to arrange the matter in conjunction with taking control of the Wakanui creek. Certain small debts due to the Board were ordered to be recovered. Accounts amounting to £14 14s were passed, and the Board ad journed.

THE FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA.

The General Committee of the Queens* land relief fund met last evening. There was not a large attendance. The Mayor presided, and reported that £207 15s ■ 2d was the sum collected, of which £24 had already been forwarded in cash and £105 in flour, leaving £78 15s 2d. Major Steward urged the advisableness of send ing a portion of the contribution in the shape of blankets, which could be sent free of duty and freight, and it was de cided to send £50 worth of flannels and blankets (obtaining the goods from the Ashburton Woollen Factory), the Mayor to remit the balance of thn funds collected in cash. The Executive Committee were instructed to carry out this arrangement as soon as possible. As the lists close on Thursday, March 16, it was decided to advertise co that effect, and send slips of the advertisement to all holders of col lecting sheets. The Committee decided to meet again or Friday, March 17.

A Nagging Wife

A FACT.

A speaker was holding forth ou woman and fye made out that she was just a little angel on earth, In glowing word* he pictured how patient she was in suffering now courage nw in trouble, and how alto gether gentle, loving, and good she waa undor all circumstances, and closed his peroration by declaring that any man who laid his hand on a woman, save in the act of kindness, was a monster. After the lecture, a pale, haggard, woebegone looking man shuffled up to the speaker and said, " Look here, mister ; I've heard what /ou've been saying about woman ; all about how nice and sweat she is, why, one would imagine that you believed all women were just blushing full blown roses; I guess you don't know my wife. Well the haint no blooming rose. She's a daisy, a reg'lar daisy, why mister my wife « a agger, and there is'nt an hour, when she's awake, bub th\t she's nagging someone. If ib is'nt ma, its the children, if it is'nt the children, its the cat. There is nothing that escapes her nagging tongue, and the only time any of us gets any rest is when she has nagged herself £0 sleeps /; '■' ■■■' J Bfow like the nerves of a man who drinks j they just nag, nag all the 1 time, giving no rest until enough liquor has been taken to deaden all nervous sensibility, and the poor fellow goes off in that sodden, snorins, miserable state that is but the rattling skeleton of a healthy sleep. R. T. Booth's Golden Remedy No 1 puts an end to all this nagging of the | nerves by destroying all desire for iquor. R. T. Booth's Golden Remedy No 2 ie the best Brain and N.erve Tonic ou thjjj§ oarth. All cheriiistc.

THE ABHBURTOH qtARDIAJN : WEDNESDAY, MIARCII 8, 1863.



Wanled. WANTED, two r^pectable Boards, three minutes walk from Fojt Office, west of the line. Apply W, oftce of thia paper. TjX)UND-A young German OolUe H Dog. X not claimed and expenses mid withi? a week will be sold. Apply D. Bboom. Ailenton. __J_! W~~ ANTED for the country, good Cook. Also General Servant. Good wages to competent servant. Apply »t St Stephen's Parsonage, Ashburton, _J_i£ a MBULANCE Lectures, Cricket A Annual for 1892, Sunrise, Sunday at Home, Leisure Hour Chamber* Journal, new Books.-H. M. Jonks. 342 il/ANTElTiinown -Robert Shield, VY Charles Street, opposite Woollen Factory, has commenced Dyeing and Cleaning Ladies'™d Men's Garments. Blankets and Woollen Goods Scoured^ Moderate charges. Orders or parcels left at B. McCallum's, Tancred Street, will be attended to. J *l PIANOFORTE and Organ Show Rooms. Best cash value obtain able. Extended terms ; reduced scale ; Oh^t^!J_j____!_ll-?- M' JoK>'B' WANTED Known—lee Creams, Ice Creams, for the hot weather, always ready at H. G. Fiowjsr's, Oonfec turner, East Street. ;HE Good Samaritan, for the imme diate relief of pain.-— Light's Cash Store : ___________. JL§» SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest the largest, tha best, and the cheap _at, Small »loods a specialty. Ful weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. —W. J. Siioock. __________ H" OM EOP ATHIC Medicines, price Sol« agent for district. Light's Cash Store. 2 34 IC'yCJtTKS, O^ Unary and Safely Cycles, Star Humber Roadster, Racers—Star Diamond Frame, Star Cross Frame (Adftiius, Curties and Co's Ma chines.) Uiish or Terms. Chrislchurch Prices.—H. M. Jones. 284 WANTED Known-Andrew Orr has Removed to the Old Town Hall for one month, during tho re-building of his premises^ Drapery, Clothing, and Boots greatly reduced.- Andrew Ore. 2^104 /"^HEAP Fruit—Plums for jam Having \J bought Mr "Mayo's orchard, I c*n sell Fruit cheaper than any one in town. Orders may be left at East Street Shop. —Mrs James. 2§61 CIHEAP Firewood—Short Dry Gum * Firewood, at 26s per cord ; branches 3s per load at Mayo s, Trevor ton.—Apply, Mrs James, Fruit Shop. ANTED the Public to know that S. W. AICOBN and Co's Summer Sale is now on. Great Bargains in Millinery, Underclothing etc. WANTED Known that S. Saiek, Watchmaker and Jewsller, has removed to new shop near Now Zealand Clothuw Factory ______!__■ WANTED Known.—Come and see our dress lines at 4_d and 6d, leather shirting 6Jd, three-quarter cloaks 12s 6d.~ H. 0. SEQEita, Mslford House. WANTED Known—Dr Scott's cele brated Electric Corsets can only bd obtained in Ashborton at VV. H. CoLLI-R'B, "The Corner." WANTED— Purchaser* ior Bargains in Summer Dresses, Printß, and Delaines, Sunshades, &c. at S. VV, Ai-oork and Go's Sale. THE Misses Adams' »ew Refreshment Rooms now open. Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Lemon Squash, Soda and Milk and all the new summer drinks ready at all times. Colemau's Buildings, East Street. ; __^ WANTED everyone to come and see the beautiful presents we are giving away for every 5s and upwards ■pent —H. C. Segers, Melfoni House. I UST Opened.—A splendid assort ?J ment of Ladies' and Children's - jackets and ulsters.—H. C. Skqkks, Melford House. WANTED Known—New Flannelettes atr extraordinary prices j 3s lid »nd 4s lid doz. Thirty per cent under price.—W. H. Comjer. DON'T let the rain water destroy your buildings. Get Spouting fixed at 4d per foot and buy a tank, complete with tap, tested before leaving workshop, for 30s, at J. W. Hardley's. WHY not Bake your own Bread when you can get 501bs of the Beet Roller Flour for five shillings cash or five shillings and sixpence booked at Robert Alcorn s. Saunders' Buildings. 11 Ox ■i " " fpHE Missing Word Is. Book? on X Sheep and Dairy Farming, The Horse, The Dog, Poultry, Gardening, Athletics and Training. Back Numbers of Graphic, The Queen, Sporting and Dramatic News and other illustrated papers at half pii «, abL. F. Ad'dkrwsb & Co., Stationers' Hall. DON'T Forget the Borough Bye-Laws re Carrags Lamps, and that Hardls . as large Stock <>n hand, also a large assortment of Tinware and Iron mongery, Scythes, Reaping Hooks, Hay Knives, Forks, etc. # of best quality, and all at lowest possible prices. J. W. HaRDMY, East Street, Ashburton. EAR in minTthat J. W. Hardley, Plumberand 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 j improved No. . Price, 16s. Larger sises in proportion. /^HRISTMAS Suits. Boys, three V 7 garment long Trouser Suits at los. Boys, Coloruil-marle Knicker Suits fram 10s. Men's nicely made Colonial Tweed Suits 30s. Colonial Tweed Suits to measure from 50a.—Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildups. Robbkt JLOCORK. "TTtaNTK.D Kaown—Thit J. Moison W keeps the best stock of Boots in Ashburton, for this reason that he pays cash and is not undet or bound to any »ne 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 recommendation. Always on hand Best Sole Leather, used for repairs and done at once.—J. Moiaoar, Impermeable Bootmaker, Town Hall, East Street, next Court House ______-_____------■ IHK Annual Inspection a! the above Bri»»d« will he held on THURS DAY, March 9, at B p.m. All wewtans must attend. Full uniform. limnedi.*tely after the Inspection a Special Meeting of the Meiabeia will be heW* AfcFBED A, FOOKS, 3 40 Captain,



NEW ZEALAND j CLOTHING FACTORY. NEW GOODS. NEW GOODS. FOR WINTER, 1893. New Overcoats in Men's, Youths', and Boys'. New Waterproof Goats, Mens, Youths', and Ladies'. Made to measure. One hundred patterns to choose from. Hats. Hats. Hats. The Largest and Best Assorted Stock we have ever had.



BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS -NEW GOODS ARRIVED— Prices that will astonish the people of Ashburton. NEW ZBA.LAND CLOT OING FACTORY AND WATERPROOF MANUFACTURERS. ALEX~ HENDRY, Manager. QU EJKNSL^D RELIEF ~~ FUND. COMMITTEE: His Worship the Mayor and Borough Councillors, The Chairman and members of the Aehburton County Council, the Chairmen of the Hampstead and Tinwald Town Boards, the Chairmen of the Road Boards, the Clergymen of the several denominations within the County, etc., Subscription Lists are opened at the Borough Council Office, the Banks, the Office of the Mail and Gfardian, and in the hands of the members of tha Com mittee. . A Meeting of the General Committee will be held at the Borough Council Chambers on TUESDAY NEXT, the 7th inst, at 7.30 p.m. All persons who have subscription lists are requested to forward the same to the Mayor on or before that I Notice is also given that Mr D. Thomas has kindly consented to store any produce, etc , that may be contributed to the fund, at the A rcade. Persons desirous of con - ! t-ibuting in this manner are requested to forwarcUhe produce as soon as possible. R. 131KD, Mayor. March 4, 1893^ 2XIV* MIKES. IWILL NOT be held responsible for Debt contracted on my behalf without my writia» order. All Coil obtained from these mints vijl be charged for by me, no other receipt than j»y own being a sufficient discharge. Q p B. KNIGHT, PROPRp-ETiW



Bead This. These Bargains mast be seeo «o toe Believed. New Dress Goods 9id, now 4|d All Wool Summer Serge Is, now 1M Summer Dress Tweeds worth Is, (»r Osd Plai<? and Stripes for Children's Dresses bjd Flannelette 3s 9d dozen I Heavy Twilled Flannelette 4s lid dozen Cotron Shirtings worth B<i foi »t(f / Cotton Shiitires worth 9Jd for 6id Double Bou Sheeting, white twilled, 10* a White L(\ce Curtains ftorn Is 0d a paw Good twilled Cretonne 4|d yard S£?aSS; &» 8 color. UU. roW to f|d Striped Dimity for bed vailsnots «|« yl*™ CLOTHING. CLOTHING. Men's Strong Tweod Suite 32b 6d, reduced to Ills «d Men's Colonial Tweed Suite 23s 6d Men's Serge Suits 20* Men's New Zealand Twttd Trousers 8a lid AlStffa* - MwXtou »«d Mte M^ dM «..»p. Boyrf Tweed Suits 4a IH. Oon» «"d so» them. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. Men's Cclonial made Bluchers, 5s Men's Oookham Boots, worth 255, for 14s 6d , Women'^ strong Leather Shoes. 4s lid Ladies' Olove Kid Boots 8s 9d, reduced to 6s lid Ladies' Glove Kid Boots 10a 6d, reduced to 7s M



(*. J. NBILL and 00., FRIEDLANDER'S BUILOINGS- OIiyWATCHSII^KERNjF/ [jljff mHP WATCHMAKING AND JEWELLERY REPAIRING DEPARTMENT 8. SALEK, Watchmaker, Jeweller, X Oculist °s'^'.*."



"UNMERCIFUL DISASTER 1 ollowed fiibt and followed faster" upon the fortuues of poor Queensland until that unfortunate Colony is now in the mobt miserable condition imaginable. Gaunt famine may sUlk over the land, fit m failure of the soil to give its annual increase, or from other of the many causes of that distress : the destroying plague may be let loose and grip with his cold hand the vitals cf the young and strong, leaving sorrowing widows and wa:hng orphans everywhere, and painful blanks in every household ; or the demon of war may send fire and sword over a country, and leave desolation in their track in place of smiling scenes of peace and plenty—all sad enough and sickening enough if you will; but what must be the feeling of a whole people when they find their country covered as the waters cover the sea, their homes wrecked atid ruined, and their hopes for the futuro sunk in one mournful and inretrievable disaster ? These feelings can only be imagined. And what ought ours to be in regard to the sufferers -- we who dwoll in the most glorious country under the sun, and enjoy such Massing* as are only enjoyed by the dwellers in a second paradise ? Puch feelinas, to be sure, as are prompting the thousands of meetings, and jilans and organisations of the people of this Colony, to send help to the afflicted. New Zealand has come nob'y to the front in this matter, and her Canterbury sons have been well in the van at the first call. And we of Ashburton shall be in the front of the foremost if we belie not our past history. _ SO THINK Hardley Bros., who are giving special value this month in Drapery, Clothing and Boots. 120 Dozen large Towels to be sold at from 2s 9d a dozen. Splendid white Calico at 2s lid a dozen. Dress Tweed 4s 9d a dozen. Extra larg« grey Blankets only 10* 6J. Sheeting at 10|d. 94 Men's Suits from 19a 6d. Woollen Socks at lUd. Men's and Boys' Straw Hats, best quality, only Is. A special line of Women's Leather Shoes 6s 9d. Men s nailed Shooters now only 8s lid, worth S^* NOTE THE ADDRESS- Iit BIUI'HY BROS, ARCADE, ASHBURTON. Hampton's FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Ie Opposite Mitchell and Turner's. TRY HAMPTON'S Perambulators from 22s $d | Perambulatore Reversibje Hoods from 355, Patent Rubber Tires Basket Ware Chest Drawers Chairs and Tables Bedsteads I Cheap Furniture All Repairs Colonial Couches Wire Spring Mattrasses BRANCH BUSINESS. EAST STREET, Below Patching's. GREAT ASSORTMENT OF CROCKERY, AW FANC* GOODS.-) 2}35 CHEiP. Money. i'PAnn °f Trust Moneys to lend 3bQUv/V/ upon Freehold secun tieo, in sums of 0 |ew than £1000 Applyt° Mb C. W. PURNELL, Solicitor, '4 38 Montgomery* Buildings,



SANDER AND SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in the market now, produces of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order that these crude oils may nqt be taken for Qmr I*iiire Volatile JCticja lyptl Extract,' wb'ch is recognised by tfye medical division <f the Prussian Government to be "of yei fcytiy pur§ origin, as per information forwarded to n» through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878, we st^te j —' It is proved by tests made by the Mj-Uool Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Gieifawald, Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz, Professor of Pharmacology at Bonn, and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Greifswald, that only prqducts that are saturated with oxygen and freed of acids, resinous and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develop the sanative qualities proper to the plant. Scantier and Sons' Kuenlypti Extract, according to these authorities, and according to Professor Dr Lister, of England, and to Drs Bauer, Mclntire, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America, is the only extract corresponding to scientific tests, and the only one which possesses the proper therapeutic value. : All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentimes, which have, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal medicament. Theee so called Kucalypti Extract, which may have receiyed'distinction'at Exhibitions as coiijmercial articles ai^d are used for mechanical purposes only are discernible; 1. By their deficiency in pungent odour {which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract, develops most freely through its surplus of oxygen). 2. By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance, being reduced in specific density through the presence of acids. 3. By their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of resins and tannatec If these crude oils, or so called eucalypti $oraqj;3 aye %ppjiecf b^iiiißMjik^.in cis^t cr'oujj, bronchitis, diptheria ? Internal in flamniatiojus, dysentery, wounds, etc,j'the. t consequences are n^ost appalling, Foj? safety sake ask always for Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Ex tract and got the old, well-tested and reliable preparation. —Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia,- #auder and &on«.



Uoj-pASB 4KJ> So.f J<!UC4LYPT|S E*« 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 Lun^s, Consumption, Asthma, Coughs, Colds, Gravel, and Kidney Com plaints, it has no equal, &genU*« AjHuuHTop Drug Compahy, * ■ •■-*■