A Perilous Voyage.

Wellington, September 30. Captain Cowan, of the ship Wellington, bound from Picton to London, which put into Rio in July, having been iv collision with an icebersr, reported that she struck an iceberg off the Falkland Islands at four o'clock mie morning. Captain Cowan and his mato had both been injured pre viously in 50deg S , 150 dear W., by a sea which was shipped, and which smashed tho wheeJ, injuring the helmsman, who was in the hospital at Rio de Janeiro when Captain Cow.'in wrote. Theco'liaion with the iceberg killed two men in their bertha. The bowsprit and everything forward were completely carried away, with part of the stem down to die second plate. The foreyard and foretopsail yards were right, but all above that was gone. The hawsepipe was smashed and the windlass damaged, and the forestavs and fastenings werpi gone altogether. It was a very serious afhir, and but for the collision bulkhead holding out, with the help of sails drawn across the bows, the vessel musfc have foundered.

Parliamentary Notes.

(FROM OITB OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Wellington, October 2. THE END NEAR. Ministers intend, if possible, to close the session on Wednesday night. To Bnsure that result there must be a tre mendous slaughter of the innocents, in cluding the Libel Bill, Native Lands Acquisition and Purchasing Bill, and the Shipping and Seamen's Act Amendment Bill. It is intended to drop the Railway Bill, Ministers recognising the uselassness of asking for a conference with the Council. The Conciliation Bill will also be allowed to go. SUMMER SESSION The opinion is still held that the elec tions will be held in the first week in December, and there is a strong probabi lity of a summer session being necessary, so that parties may be properly defined. MIDLAND RAILWAY. The Midland railway proposals are to bo discussed in the House this afternoon, and It is expected Mr Seddon's amend ment will be carried by a fair majority, HIS EXCELLENCY. His Excellency and Lady Glasgow go to Raratonga from Auckland in the Hinemoa in February, spending six weeks in the Cook group. Lady Glasgow visits England in April. SIR ROBERT STOUT, Sir Robert Stout contests Wellington and not Nelson,

CABLE SUMMARY.

The people of South Tyrol have sent a deputation to the Emperor, demand ing autonomy. The Emperor, in re fusing the request, said that he must consider the paramount interests of the Empire. In a reply to Mr Gladstone's speech at Edinburgh, Mr Chamberlain sup ports the House of Lords, and con tends that their rejection of the monstrous Home Eule Bill was an im portant service to Great Britain. Lord Armstrong expresses the opinion that, owing to the increased strength of explosives, it will soon be come necessary to abandon the con struction of large armoured vessels. He advises the Admiralty to turn their attention to swift cruisers and light ram ships.

THB 48HBDETON GUARDIAN: MONDAY. OCTOBER 2, 1893.



It is reported that the French Government have ceded Kohsamit, in the Gulf of Siain, which was seized in June, to Russia as a naval station. A Ilussinn squadron will visit Toulon on October 13. Owing to the Pope having refused to acknowledge King Humbert's right to nomininate a Patriach, the latter has de clined to is?ue an exequatur for the new Bishops. A great sensation has been caused throughout Italy by the dispute. The "Wellington Times" of Saturday Bays :—The ignorance, whether assumed or actual, of the average Wellington youth of the semi-larrikin class is appalling. Yester day morning in the Eesident Magistrate's Court while William Staples, aged nineteen, was given evidence he was cautioned by the Resident Magistrate twice. On the second occasion he was asked if he knew what penalty he incurred by giving false evidence. He replied that he didn't know that any thing could be done to him. On being informed that, apart from any possible punishment in the world to come, he was liable to punishment in this everyday world to the extent of four years' penal servitude, he "wilted visibly," and confined himself to the question a little more closely.



j Tenders. i AvSHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. rpENDEßSarefinvitea for water race, JL -Allenton. f Specifications, fete, at Council ofhee. , Tenders will be! received feill 4 p m., October 5. By Order. William Baxter, County Engineer. Ashburton, September 25, 18f)3. 9 182 I



ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. '"[TENDERS are invited for maintenance I by contract, of hoadworks, mains, fords, etc., upper flection Ashburton- Rangitata water supply. Conditions can\be seen at County Council office, and\ tenders addressed to the Chairman, to b*sent in not later than 4 p,m. THURSDAY, October 5. By Order. WILLIAM BAXTER, County Engineer, Ashburton, September 25, 1893. __ _9_ 181 LONGBEACH^RC)AD~BOARD.



nnEISDERS are invited for the following X works : — Shingling Shearer's Road, about 110 chains. Shingling Lower Terrace Road, about 80 chains. Shingling part Bell's Road, about 60 chains. Forming part of Longbeach Road, about 400 chains. Specifications may be. seen at the Board's office, Bullock's Arcade, where tenders are to be sent in not later than FRIDAY, October 6, 1893. C. E. FOOKS & SON, Surveyors to the Board. September 25, 1893. 9 176



Entertainments. QDDFELLOWS' HA~L~I7 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4. EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTION. WOMAN iFTHE 20th CENTURY. By Mrs* XV. T>. M.. Burn, THE CELEBRATED LECTURER ON DRESS REFORM, Assisted by some of the best Vocalist of Christchurch, including Mr H. "Weir, the well known Baritone, Messrs Miuee-Izett, and others, mak -51 ing one of the most enjoyable Entertainments ever held in the district.



Ladies Specially Invited. Admission, Is ; Front Seats, 2j. Doom open, 7.30 : commence, 8 o'clock, 10 6 PuTbiio Notices'. ASHBURTON CRICKET CLUB, A GENERAL meeiing of this Club will be held in the County Council Offices, Ashburton, on MON DAY, October 2, at 8 p.m. to elect Captain and vice-Captain and for any other business. F. MAINWARING, Hon Sec, Ashburton Cricket Club. 9 221 FCNERAL NOTICE. THE Friends of Mr Joseph H. Andrews are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of his lafe >en David Leslie, which will leave lm residence, Longbeach, for the Waterton Cemetery, at 2 p.m., on 'JUESDAY, October 3. 10 4



FOE SALE. VALUABLE LEASEHOLD. MR JOHN G. RESTELL, having relinquished his Coal and Timber business, will sell, at a low figure,— The goodwill of the Lease of. section 210, part reserve 767 (having eight years to run), West Street, adjoin ing the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's grain stores, together with Office? and Sheds thereon. Also, Lease of Railway Site and ten-ton Weigh Bridge. Nearly three-fourths of the ground rent is assured for the whole term from sub-lease of one of the offices. Full particulars on application to the undersigned. 10 3 JOHN G. UESTELL. IB C. W. PURITJEIiIi. WILL HAVE THE HONOR TO ADDRESS THE ELECTORS OF ASHBURTCN, AT THE ODDFELLOWS' HALL, ASHBURTON, ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, at 8 p.m. 9§209



fiAJ¥J>EB & Sons'Eucalyi>tl Extrac There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in the market now, products of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order that these crude oils may not be taken, Our Pure Volatile Euca lypti Uxtract, 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, we state '•— It is proved by tests made by the Medicial Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswal', Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz, Professor of Pharmacology at Bonn, and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Olinic at Greifswald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of adds, resinous and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develop the sanative qualities proper to the plant, SANDER & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT according to these authorities, and according to Pro fessor Dr Lister, of England, and to Drs Bauer, Mclntire, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America is the only extract correspondingto scientific tests, and the only one which possesses the proper therapeutic value. All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which have, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal medicament. These so called Eucalypti Extracts, which may have received dist nctisn at Exhibitions as commercial articles and are used for mechanical pur poses only are discernible :— 1, By their deficiency in pungent odour (which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Exfapac de velops rgpst freely through its' surplus of oxy 'c- ). 2, By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance, 1 being reduced in specific density through the presence of aoid* 3, By their taste, the result of the contracting ten dency of resins and tennates. If these crude oils, to oallei eucalypti extracts are applied by mistake in awes of croup, bronchitis, diph theria, internal inflammations, dysentery, wounds, etc. the consequences are most appalling. For safety ask ask always for Sander and !«»•' JEncalypti Extract and get the old, well-tested and reliable prenaration.—Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia.— «and«r an<l Son*



POLITICAL. "jiyrlt WABON invites his Friends and Supporters to meet him at Temporary Committee Rooms in Bullock's Arcade on TUESDAY NEXT at 4 p.m. for the purpose of arranging meetings throughout the Electorate of Ashburton. 10 1 ■^^Me"el™ectobs"oF" ABHBURTON. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,— T INVITE YOU 10 MEET ME AT THE ODDFELLOWS' HALL, ON THURSDAY, 12th INST., AT EIGHT P.M., WHEN I WILL ADDRESS YOU ON MATTERS POLITICAL,.



TO SHEEP FARMERS AND OTHERS mHE Undersigned is offering 6ft 6in JL and 7ft HURDLES made cf seasoned V.D.L. timbei;, at 43 and 4i 31 each in Jots of thirty or more. They can be seen at my Siding, railway crossing, Durham Street, South. JAMEi~GOSS, Durham street, north, christohurch. 9 189 ~~tcTfarmers and othersT"* TT U R D L E S. H U It D L E S. 7ft Hurdles 2s 9,1 each in any quantity. W. K. COLLTNS & CO., y 213 Timber Merchants„ LoiIGBBACH COACH. OH t»nd aftqr MONDAY, October 2 for the amnmer months, the Jjoimbeach Coach will start from Ash burton $ 5 p»ra. Cjoacb'raani



Front Seats Reserved for Ladies Un>ccom panied. 10*2 JOHN McLAOHLAN. JfirlTliircrc. «ii liiAn WILL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF ADDRESSING THE ELECTORS OF ASH BUE^ON, AT Tllii ODDFELLOWS' HALL, ASHBURTON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, AX 8 E.BI. Special arrangements will b e ma cte for geaticg Laches in front. 9t223



jf^^^^^mf^. HEW SEASOM'f SHIP" Ex "? UH of Devonshi, ro THE BALANCE OF MM/ "Drapery, *^lilif^ii^ Clothing*, Millinery [IS BEING OFFERED AT Large Reductions FOR FOURTEEN D&YS W. H. Collier, / The Corner. '



WOOL SEASON 1893-1894. n£l^E ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES Up all WOOL placed in our bands FOR SALE at Ashburton, or for' Ship noent to London or Antwerp. OUR STORES are very suitable for the proper display of Clips entrusted to us for Sale, they being commodious and well lighted. ALL LOTS, however large or small, are valued most carefully prior to c, and no lot is sold under our valuation without the consent of the owner. Vendors can depend upon our obtaining highest prices for their clips. ALL WOOL remaining unsold at Abhburton will be properly packed and delivered into trucks free of all charges to the vendor. WOOLPACKS, TWINE COLORED BRANDING OIL ETC., SUPPLIED AT LOWEST CURRKNT RA.TSS- Dates of Sales will be advertised shortly. FRIED LA N D bIH B HOS



W. H, COLLINS & CO. HAVE JUST LANDED, ex Coptic Pakeha, and Duke of Devonshire magnificent afsortment of FENDERS, FIRE IRONS, FIRE BRASSES, AVD TILED REGISTER GRATES. 5 Bales of Papetitanging'9 of Choice Patterns and Splendid Quality. The above goods are direct from the Manufacturers to our order and'will be sold at lowest possible prices. NEW GARDEN TOOLS NEW LAWN MOWERS, TIMRER ex " Glencairn " and " Gisborne" 60,000 ft. of Seasoned Flooring and Lining. W. H. Collins and Co., MERCHANTS AND IMPORTERS f Royal Insurance Company. AGENTS FOR] Grey Valley Coal Company. (.Springfield Pottery Cempan



FOR SALE, CHEAP. THAI 1 Desirable Suburban Property lately in the occupation of W. T. Kingston, situated on Carter's Terrace, within easy distance of the town, contain ing about 7 acres of splendid land, on which is erected a new House of 8 rooms, plastered throughout; hot and cold water laid on to each room ; all necessary out buildings ; Windmill; splendid young Orchard. The whole forming one of the nicest properties in the District. For full particulars apply ASHBURTON FINANCE & AGENCY CO., LTD., 9*55 Arcade.



A card] i MR H. 0. ORBELL, SOLICITOR, ASHBURTON. Office : Montgomery's Buildings, Corner East and Burnett Streets. tßt!27 DO YOU KNOW fTSHAT we are SELLING OFF all our -I- NEW CrOODS, and giving a dls count of FOUR SHILLINGS OFJ? JK7ERY POUND FOR CASH, because we are OVERSTOCKED, and MUST REALISE. |^^* Come and see our Shopfuli of New Mercery, Hats, Shirts, Ties, Boots, tfce. (all marked in plain figures). Men's Good Tweed Suits to measure during the sale from £2 15a to £3 lO* FOR CASH. CRAIGHEAD&BERRYMAN THE LEADING TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS, AshbHvton, 9*62



A NEW AND POWERFUL INVENTION. The Crystal Soap' HAS ALREADY been tried and proved to be the Best Household Cleanser In the Market. The following are a few of the numerous testimonials already received:— Dear Sirs, —Having used your soap I find it the best I have used both for washing and scrubbing or cleaning of any kind. I should recommend it to any body.—lremain yours, Mrs Win. Bryant, Wills Street Bakery. Alford Forest Road, August 23,1893. Having used Messrs Craighead Bros.* soap for spring cleaning and household washing, I am very much pleased with it. It saves a good deal of labor.—M. A Meddins.



I can recommend the soap for scrub bing and washing. It makes the water very soft, and makes a nice lather. -Mrs Shearer, Ashton. Messrs Oraighead Bros. Gentlemen,—The sample tin of soap you left with me for trial has been used in my home and has given ontire satisfac tion to my daughters and myself.—Emma L. Bean. Ashburton, August 23, 1893. Messrs Oraighead Bros. Dear Sirs,—l have used your Crystal Soap and found it to be the best house hold soap I have ever used.—S. A, Fqrjx Messrs Craighead Bros. Dear Sirs,—l have used your CJryst 1 Soap and find it equal to representation. I can highly recommend it.—W. Trezise, Messrs Oraighead Bros, Sire,—Your "Crystal Soap" for 1 cleansing purposes is perfect, I have never used better.—A. Ingms MaoLeaS Dunn. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY ORAIQHEAD BROS., ASHWJRTOtf,



JOHN ORE & CO. ARE Sow showing new goods in the following lines suitable for the coining season:— LAWN MOWERS, PLANET JUPITER HORSE HOES GARDEN TOOLS, HEDGE SHEARS, PRUNING KNIVES CUTLERY AND ELECTRO PLATE, PAPERHANGINGS, PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES, | BLACKSMITHS' UPRIGHT DRILLS, VYCES AND ANVILS, BUILDERS' IRONMONGERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, ALL OF WHICH WE ARE PREPARED TO DO AT VERY LOW PRICES. JOHH OKR & CO.



STEPHENS BROS., MAEKET HOUSE, A SK THE PUBLIC and THEIR CUSTOMERS to TRY the Mandarin and Tiger Teas, Pronounced by all Competent Judges to be the Most Economical, Purest, & Best Teas I Sold for the Price—2s, 2s 4d, 2s 6 i. SAMPLES GRATIS. SOLE AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON, btephens 13r05., market house. Agents for New Zealand—J. RATTRAY & SON, DUNEDIN. i mmm] Ei „ m ■ LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S HIGH CLASS TAILORING. WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, EAST STREET (Next to Mb Hoult's), HAS lately returned from London, where he spent eighteen months, studying the cutting under the latest and most improved scientific principles ; at the same time gaining more experience in the leading Ladies' and Gentlemen's Tailoring Establishments of the West End. He is therefore in a position to assure his Customers that orders intrusted to him will be finished in a style not to be surpassed.



IE Iff ALE FRANCHISE. THE LADIES OF ASHBURTON Are Specially Invited to visit our SHOW ROOM, WHERE A MAGMIFICENT DISPLAY OF Three-quarter Capes, Ac. Are worthy of Inspection. MITCHELL & TOBjNEU.



-= SEASON 1893- :- ANDREW ORR Tl7 ILL MAKE HIS FIRST SHOW OF SPRUNG NOVELTIES -UN— MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4- IN MILLINERY, CORSETS, &c. MANTLES, GLOSTES, DRAPES, COSTUMES, — THE FAVOR OF A VISIT ESTEEMED. -» AHDKEW OEB.



morlli British and Mercantile INSURANCE COMPANr, Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts, of Parliament. AUTHORISED CAPITAL, £3,000,000. SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL, £2,750,000. PAID-UP CAPITAL, £687,500 TOTAL ASSETS NOW EXCEED £11,000,000. RESULTS FOB 1892:— FIRE DEPARTMENT. NET PREMIUMS, after deducting Re-insurances ... ... £1,467,318 12 4 NET LOSSES by Fire, after deducting Reinsurance) ... 998,384 1 5 This embraces not merely all Losses actually ascertained and paid, but a full Estimate of all Claims that had arisen prior to December 31. THE FIRE FUNDS, after providing for payment of the Dividend, and irrespective of the Paid-up Capital, are as follows:— Reserve .., ..* £1,550 : 000 0 0 Premicm Reserve ... ... ... 489,106 4 1 Dividend Reserve 150,000 0 0 Balance Carried Forward ... 62,447 18 8 £2,231,554 2 9 ASHBURTON AGENT-F. FERRIMiMT.



See that Substitutes are not imposed upon you—PUSHED FOR GAIN ! FOED'S SCOUR AND LUNG-WORM MIXTURE. By Royal Letters Patent. THE RENOWNED SHEEP MEDICINE ! PRICE, 17a PER GALLON, IN TWO GALLON TINS, WILL DRENCH 320 SHEBP. The following are a few of the Testimonials received this Season from the extreme North, testifying to the efficacy of Ford's Scour and Lung-Worm Mixture: - A Buckland & Sons, Auckland. Waipipi, May 17, 1893. Gentlemen, —In answer to your enquiry re the efficacy of Ford's Scour and Lnng-Worm I Mixture, I may say that 1 drenched my lambs with ifc on the 3lst March. Some of thtm were looking bad, and I expected some deaths, but so far none have died. I have no doubt that the mixture is good for internal parasites.—l remain, yours, etc., ROBERT CRAIG. Mr Joseph Ford. Hoteo North, May 18, 1893. Dear Sir,—We, the undersigned, have very great pleasure in testifying to the efficiency of your Patent Scour and Lung-Worm Mixture. We purchased two 2-gallon tins from your Auckland agents, Messrs A. Buckland and Sons, and have used a portion of it for drenching our flock of about 400 lambs with the very best results. About three month* before we dosed them, they were scouring very bad and a great many had lung-worm, some having already died; but, thinks to your Mixture, we have scarcely lost any since giving it to them, although we consider that this continued wet season has been greatly against lambs doing well. Yet, we can confidently say that our lambs began to improve immediately after the use of your Lung-worm Mixture, which has no doubt been the salvation of a great number of them, as they were in a bid state before being dosed.—We are, dear sir, yours faithfully, ' J. and R. GRANT. Messrs A. Buckland & dons, Auckland. Wairoa S., M*y 10,1893. Dear Sirs,—l used some of Ford's Lung-Worm Mixture and am well pleased with the results. I think it will pay me well to use it in the future. My sheep have always been very bealthy, and this is the first season I have done anything to them in the way of drenching. We picked out the worst of the lambs and drenched them once. Afterwards, only two of them died, and the others seemed to thrive and do well.—Yours truly, JOHN DOW. Messrs Buckland and Sons, Auckland. Auckland, August 15, 1«93. Gentlemen, —We have much pleasure in advising you that w« have used six tins of Ford's Lung-Worm and Scour Mixture on both calves and sheep, and that it has given us every satisfaction, we consider it the best and most economical mixture that we have tried.—Yours truly, REID BROS,, Motu Tapu. IT IS ALWAYS ADVISABLE TO DRENCH LAMBS AFTER WEANING, although no signs of Scour are apparent. It will always pay to Drench with FORD'S—He is well paid who is well satisfied. CAUTION TO BUYERS-Don't purchase imitations; see that you get FORD'S Mix ture. Acts promptly : sure cure. Once used always used. FORD S Mixture is also ■> first-class cure for Scour in Calves, It will also improve the condition in unthrifty Calves, F. FERRIMAN, ASHBURTON, PATENTEE & PROPRIETOR.



PROFIT AND LOSS IN CUTTING OHAFF Depends entirely on the machine you use. TO MAKE IT PAY it must be done EASILY, RAPIDLY, EFFECTIVELY, and ECONOMICALLY. This can only be accomplished by getting a machine that will Cut the Chaff, Clean it from all Imparities, and pat it into bags at the one operation, and this is exactly what Andrewes & Beaven's TRAVELLING CHAFFCUTTERS, with SELF-ACTING AUTOMATIC BAGGERS do, Made in four sizes, as under—ZEALANDIA No. 3, with II in. mouth, three Knives, Riddles, Elevator, and Patent Single Bagger. Capacity up to ten tons per day. CANTER BURY No. 4, with 12in. mouth, three Knives, Riddle, Elevator, and Patent Double Bagger. Capacity up to 18 tons per day. CANTERBURY Nc. 6 with Hin. mouth, three or four knives, Riddle, Elevator, and Patent Double Bagger. Capacity up to 24 tons per day. AUSTRALASIAN, with 14ia. mouth, four Knives, Extra Knife Wheel, Riddles, Gearing Balance Elevator, Patent Double Bugger, and Bag Supports. Capacity up to 30 tons per day. Every one of the self-acting Baggers on these machines is fitted with the New Patent Chaff Screws, bo that the chaff is NOT crushed or broken, and at the same time the power is reduced One-third, and up to 1201bs of oaten sheaf chaff has been put into an ordinary grain bag. The bags are supported by our Patent Bag Supports. Then again, every machine is fitted with the New Diamond Hard Chill Mouthpiece (which is as smooth as glass and harder than steel), or with Detachable Steel Slips, as preferred. Improved Feeding arrangement, which is always Sure, always Positive, always Reliable. Improved Straight-bladed Knives, which cut through hard, dry stuff quite easily, besides taking only about half the usual time to sharpen. The best and finest Steel Spindles throughout, besides large and wide brasses, giving ample wearing surfuce. Extra Strong Gearing and Balanced Fly Wheels, and lots of other good points. A No. 4 Canterbury machine recently cut 96 tons of hay \n SIX days, besides travelling Sixty miles, m thw amount was divided amongst 14 farmers, iF. FEERIMAN