MAIL NOTICES.

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1893. THE LAND PURCHASE BOARD

In view of the fact that four months have elapsed since Parliament rose, it has been a matter for surprise-that the Government has not pushed matters forward more rapidly with a view to giving practical effect to the Land for. Settlements Act. It is true that dur* ing the past month or so offers of land suitable for settlement in small hold ings have been invited on the part of private jowners, but that might and we think should have been done imme diately the House rose. But though there was some dilatoriness on the part of the Government in this particular due probably to the serious illness im mediately after session of the Minister for Lands—the late Colonel Eichbaum, and the members for South Canter bury, certainly, and in all probability other members also, have not been idle, and have submitted to Ministers a maas of information as to the locali ties in which it is especially desirable to afford facilities for the extension of settlement, and as to L*nds which, as regards position, quality, and price, it would be desirable to acquire for the purpose. We have made enquiries and learn that in response to the Govern ment, advertisements and through the efforts of the members and others referred to, a number of offers of land have been sub mitted, and it now only remains that these should be considered and re ported upon by the independent autho rity set up by the Land tor Settlements Act to put the Government in a position to take action. That inde pendent authority is the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners, whose duty it is to enquire as to the demand for land for settlement in the locality where it is proposed that the Crown should acquire land for the purpose, and as to the quality, value and general suitability of the land offered, thus ensuring, or far as it is possible to eneure ao desirable a result, that only the right sort of land should be bought, in theright localities and at prices which will enable it to be profitably disposed of and profitably occupied. We are glad to see that the Board has now been set up and its constitution is such as to entitle it to public confidence, consisting as it does of the Surveyor- General, the Commissioner of Taxes, the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and the District Land Registrar. A more competent tribunal it would not be possible to select, and we feel sure that the matter will be dealt with by the Board upon safe lines and sound principles. The Board will sit shortly in Canterbury and thereafter in Otago.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We regret to learn from the " Oamaru Mail" that Mr Vincent Pyke has had a slight shock of paralys s, and has been unable to use his right hand for the purpose of writing. This evening Mr H. A. Gates will be "at home " at the School of Music to receive and attend to intending perforators at the Queens land promenade concert on Thursday even ing. As full a rehearsal as can be obtained is desired for this evening, and all concerned are requested to be present. The following, which we cull from an exchange, is about the neatest Roland for an Oliver which we have ccme across for some time. Recently at a gathering of clerics in London a clergyman of the Church of England was introduced to a minister of a dissenting chuich, Extending his hand to the latter, the scion of the Apostolic Church remarked, "I am happy, Sir, to shake hands with you as a gentleman, but it must be understood that I cannot- recognise you as a clergyman," to which greeting his brother cleric responded with the remark, " Sir, I am happy to shake hands with yon as a clergyman, but it must be understood that I cannot recognise you as a gentleman." The police of Gympie (Queensland) lately received a report of a horrible case of cruelty on the part of a man towards his stepson, aged fourteen. The latter, when examined by a Groverment medical officer, stated that; his step-father stripped him nearly naked, I tied his wrists together over a beam nearly | eight feet from the floor, and then got. a i,nTiber of bush canes and beat- him for a quarter of an hour. The flesh was out i. several places, and blood ran down his legs. Three canes were destroyed during the flogging, which only ceased upon the mother's interference. The wounds were quite raw a week afterwards, and the back and front of the body and legs and wrists were terribly cut. A summons has been issued against the lad's assailant.

Mr G. P. Milsom, having purchased a large business in Tasmania, proved* there very shortly, and in consequence offers to the public to-morrow (through Mr D. Tnomas, auctioned on the premises, Wi Is street east, till his household belongings, which are of a very superior and varied character. Amongst them may be men tioned two pianos, one an upright grand, drawing room suite in walnut and tapestry, o-er mantel, \aluable pictures and orni ments, clocks, brass feuder an 1 irons, cane chairs and couch, brass beadsteads, bed room suite in rimu, book cas«s, carpets, dinner service, sewing machine and mangle —in fact the whole contents of a well appointed i:ome are there for sale. A nice buggy, harness and horse are also to pass under the hammer, and sundries innumer able. The sale begins at twelve o'clock. At the Couference of Labour delegates i now sitting in Sydney reaolutions were adopted as follows:—" That the advice of the Conference to all its branches is that the efforts at the next parliamentary elec '< tions should be primarily directed towards securing land for the people. That on the various branches be urged the necessity of punning forward the principle of voluntary village settlements. That this conference views with extreme regret the contemplated departure from Australia of many worthy citizens, and that it is the duty of the Australian Legislature to provide means I whereby these people, and others who may ! desire it, may settle upon the lands of this j country, without charge to them, and under i no conditions other than to pay the dtate an annual rental." Mr Andrew Orr and his staff have been i busy this week moving his stock of drapery, ' etc., from the " Old Bank " establishment to the Old Town Hall, which Mr Orr is to use temporarily during the re-building of the (*Old Bank" premises. The hall will be ready for business to-morrow, and mean while Mr Orr is conducting a cheap Bale, at which, in salesmen language, the stock is undergoing "great slaughter," Mr Orr assures us the bargains are botia 6de, as not a thread that can be got rid of at all in the hall will go back to the new building, which Mr Orr purposes op mug if possible with perfectly new stock. The business will be carried on in the hall until the new premises are ready, and although lor a day, or perhaps two, the A)usia«as arrangements will be somewhat disorganised the ample space afforded by the floor room of the hall will enable the staff to settle down very soon into a comfortable business groove. The Present Premier of Victoria holds the portfolios also of Cnief Secretary and Minister for Railways, and is, moreover, Lord dhamberlain. He is supposed by the law to protect the morals of theatre-goers, and the law also supposes that he must be Qualified to discover any impropriety in stage dialogue and to be able by instinct to determine the precise length of a ballet skirt. It maybe imagined (the "Argus" remarks) that he must sometimes be placed in a difficult position. A few days ago a travelling showman—as will appear here after, no uoubt, c, travelled showman —wrote for a license for an entertainment. He was asked for particulars, lest Mr Patterson might in the hurry of the moment commit a grave mi&take, audpromply complied with the request in the following terms :—"_Sir, —Tn reply to your letter asking me to for ward you the nature of my show, I beg to state it comprises dwarfs, giants, skeletons, gipsies, electric ladies, sharpshooters, dancers, and any curiosities I can catch. I do not have boxers or women in tights that may bring a blush to the moral public. Shipwreck crews find a home in me, while the tinny shank occasionally entangles itself in the harpoon of destruction. Battles and Queensland floods generally afford a magnifi cent panorama, and an earthquake, combined with some sensational murder, make up a yearly programme for my innocent patrons." Il is now a good many years since Little's fluid , (non-poisonous) sheep dip was Crst introduced in New ZeaUud. It was the only dip used to any extent at the time when the scab was raging, and it was largely due to its efficacy that this pest was so soon got under. Since that time many other dips have been put upon the market, but Little's fluid has a much larger saltj in the colony to-day than when it had a virtual monopoly. Ifc is. stated that the sales have increased tenfold in the last five yeais, and that a sufficient qnautiry is now annually Sold to dip mure than 5,000,000 sheep iii New Zealand alone, and many millions through- Out the world. Three or four years ago Little's firm introduced a poisonous powder dip, which cm either be ÜBed separately or in combination with the non -poisonous fluid. The great secret of the new dip is that glycerine is combined with the powder, in a dry state, by a patent process. This prevents the minerals from setting together into hard masses, renders the substances readily mix able with water, and has no harsh effect on the wool. The agents state that the sales of Little's powder dip in the present season are already over twenty times in excess of last season's sales, and the demand still continues.

Resident Magistrates' Courts.

Per J'rkss Association, Wkm-ingtojt, February 21. The Conference, consisting of Mr Haselden, Under-Secrebary of Justice, and Messrs Robinson, Beetham, and Brabant, Resident Magistrates, who have been sitting hare for the past fortnight, concluded and signed their report to the Minister of Justice this morning. The Conference dealt with the question of solicitors' costs and the rules of procedure in Resident Magistrates' Courts under the Act of 1887 and its amendments, with a view .to obtaining simplicity and uni-' formity. The Conference have drawn up codes with this view. They have also considered the regulations under the Im prisonment for Debt Abolition Act, 1874, with a view to remedying defects in the I existing rules, and to proposals for the amendment and consolidation of the Acts dealing with Reside nt Magistrates Courts, The reco.ninen'Ja*ioKS of the Conference are embodied in the report, and should they meet with, the Minster's approval they will be submitted for the approval of His Exre lency, md that being granted effect wiU be given 'o them at an early dare.

A Curious Case.

The total obliteration of the past from the mind of an individual is seldom read of outside the pages of novels. One of the exceptional instances is at present (says the " Melbourne Argus ") engaging the attention of the police at Russell street. The individual who is puzzling hem is abou^ 30 years of age, and well and respectably dressed. He upset the equanimity of the sub-officer in charge of the inquiry office by walking in and ask ing in courteous language to be informed " who he was." He was treated at first as an imbecile, but he wnte at dictation from the statutes and police regulations, which if he was not already mad was calculated to make him so. He soon con vinced the police that he was merely suffer ing from loss of memory- He could not remember his name .or his place of abode, nor the names of any friends or the events of his'past. He was living only in the present. He was calm and respect ful, yet as ib vas necessary to deal with him somehow, jbhe accommodating charge of in ulting behavior was entered against 1 his name, and he was lucked up. Such a proceeding is generally instantaneous in i ! bringing the most recalcitrant man to his senses, but it failed, or seemi'd to fail, utterly in this case. Since then he has remained in the gaol under medical treatment, and as he continues oblivious o c his hbtory the police desire that anyone who can give information that will lead to his identification shall do so. He is of slight build, sft fin in height, of dark complexion, and has a short black moustache and black hair streaked with grey. He wears a Beaufort coat, light tweed trousers and vest, a hard feit hat, 9«4 tamed sfeG#§<

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN

(PER PREBS ASSOCIATION.)

INSOLVENT B4NKS.

London, February 20. Lord Ardilaun's petition for the compulsory winding up of the Federal Bank in England has been further, adjourned. NYASS ALAND. j An English company, with a capital of £1,000,000, is being formed for the purpose of absorbing Portuguese terri tory in Nyassaland. MILITARY MKDALS. The Agents-General have accepted the Imperial regulations regarding the ' medals for the regular troops and i olunteera. COLONIAL GOVERNORS. The ''Pall Mall Gazette," in an article dealing with colonial Gorernors, advises that the Imperial Government should select three gentlemen suitable for the position, and that the final choice should rest with the colonial Cabinet. Londow, February 21. The " Daily Chronicle " regards Sir G. R. Dibbs' demand re colonial Gov ernors aa reasonable. NEW SOUTH WALES. Sir Saul Samuel, in a letter to the •'Westminster Gazette," states that Mr Wilson'b strictures on New South Wales, as published in the " Standard," are a gross and malicious misrepre sentation. He points out that the New South Wales Government have still unsold 151,000,000 acres of lacd, oiwhch 148,000,000 acres are leased and worth £100,000,000. The rail ways alone, he says, are worth the public debt, and the revenues from lands and public works leave a sur plus of £679,000, after defraying in terest. He reasserts that there is no chance of the colony repudiating its liabilities. In conclusion Sir Saul Samuel mentions that the taxation of the colony is not a heavy burden and that the Government are steadily economising. LABOR MATTERS. In the Queen's Bench Division the Lord Chief Justice has ruled that a master is unable to sue the officials ot a Trade Union for inducing workmen to break their uo-.tracts. RADICAL DEMANDS. The Midlothian Liberals have de manded autonomy for Scotland, and are objecting to the retention of Irish members at Westminster. The Kadicals demand that the Pay ment of Member* Bill shall provide for an honorarium of £300 per annum, irrespective of private income. IRISH AFFAIRS. The convention in Mid Tipperary .have selected Mr Hogan, late of Mel bourne, as their candidate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr John McCarthy. Mr Dillon, referring to the selection of Mr Hog;»n as a candidate for Mid Tipperary, considers it a recognition of Australian support to Howe Kule, and a proof of Irish solidarity.

OBITUARY.

I (omb, February 20. The death is announced of M. Zeebi, member of the Chamber of Deputies, who was accused of com plicity in the Banca Romana swindles. THE PAPAL. JUBILEE. Queen Victoria has cabled to the Pope, wishing him happiness on the occasion of the Papal Jubilee. His Holiness has also received felicitating messages from the Czar and other European Royalties, and has replied with giateful thanks.

THE CHITRAL EXPEDITION.

Calcutta, February 20. The British expedition to Ghitral, where the natives were showing signs of uneasiness, has been cordially re ceived.

THE FRENCH SENATE.

Paris, February 21. M. Le Royer has resigned the Presidency of the Senate on the ground of ill-health. It is reported that M. Jules Ferry will succeed M. Le Roycr.

MOROCCO.

Takgiers, February 21. The Nazan rebels are again in revolt, and are butchering hundreds of resident*. The Government have resigned.

AUSTRALIAN.

! POLITICAL. . Sydney, February 21. A large meeting, presided over by Sir Henry Parkes, carried a resolution, requesting a dissolution of Parliament, and it was decided to forward a copy to his Excellency tho Governor, ! MARINE B >.VID, . The Marine Board have found the captain of the steamer Kelloe, which recently collided with the cruiser T?m garooma, responsible for the accident, and have called upon him to show cause why his certificate should not be suspended.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, February 21. With reference to the claim of the men who obtained judgment for wages from Bennett, a contractor, for works on the Great North Road, Bennett has written ti the Newcon Borough Council, abandon ing the contract and asking that the men should be paid their wages from the moneys accruing fo him, and now in the hands of the council. A well known resident of Whangarei, Mr E- Cafler, who arrived in the colony in 1840, landing at the Bay of Islands, i«s dead. Mr Ofler was born in France. He was one of the ambulance branch of the French army at the battle of Waterloo. In the early days of rhe cplqny he pur chased land at. Akaroa, Canterbury, from the natives. He was ninety-seven years of age. /* nothor letter has been addressed by Mr W. L. Rees, M-H R., to the Premier, ; urging the absolute necessity that the Native Land question bhould be dealt with at onpe by Parliament. Npw PfrVlfoimj, February 21. Five additional informations have been sworn in the alleged dumwyiam cases. Four informations are against Richard Owen Wendy, of Hawera, a farmer, for false declarations under the Land Act, and one against J. F. Rea-\ of Hawera, butcher, for a similar offence. The in formations will be heard on Tuesday next at New Plymouth. A number of other

cases which, if proved, entail forfeitures of the land, will be brought befoce cue L'»n.' Board at an cavly date. Feeding, February 21. This morning whilst at breakfast Mr (-}. M. Taylor, schoolmaster at Colyton, dropped dead. He was a married iphii. Wellington. February 21- There were 230 candidates in !be junior Civil Service examination, of whom 129 ■ passed. Duuepin, February 22. Bishop ypvill is to ordain Mr f. W. Christian to the priesthood. He is dm first young man b(.«rn in the diocese as yet, a knitted

COMMERCIAL.

» [per press association] London. February 20. It is expected that thft whole of the New South Wales Treasury bills, amount ing to £736,000, will be suld by the date of closing of applications (25th inst.)

TIMARU WOOL SALES.

Timaru, February 21. The third wool" sale of the season at Timaru was held to day. Three cata logues were submitted, totalling 1380 bales. There was a good attendar.ee of buyers, and binding was very spirited. Fully seven-eights of the catalogues were merino wools, principally Mackenzie Country station lines. Very few lots were passed in, and all these were after wards sold privately, Prices were from £d to id higher than at the previous sale, "flalfbred realised B£d, crossbred 7|d, merino locks 3£d, pieces s£j, cloth ing s£d, combing 6}.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

THE HOME RULE BILL.

[per press association.] (Receive February 22, 10.40 a.m.) London, February 21. The "Freeman's Journal" states that the Home Rule Bill will be pressed through Cammittee in face of all obstacles. The excitement in Ulster is in creasing.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(per press association).

(Revived February 22, 10.40 a.m.)

OBITUARY.

t February 21. General Beauregard, a prominent Confederate soldier.

(Received February 22, 1.25 pm.)

THE PORTUGUESE DEBT.

- Lisbon, February 21. The Portuguese Minstry has re signed, owing to a protest by the Germans against interference with the external debt without consent of the bondholders.

THE COLONIAL INSTITUTE.

London, February 21. At the annual meeting of the Colonial Institute, a- feeling was generally expressed in favor of amalga mation with the Imperial Institute. The Council, however, was authorised to receive overtures to that end with out prejudice.

INFLUENZA.

Mild influenza is spreading in Eng land. . '

IRISH AFFAIRS.

Bank of Ireland stock dropped 9 yesterday. During the last fortnight it has receded 17.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Received February 22, noon.)

POLITICAL.

Sydney, February 22. The second reading of the Income Tax Bill was carried by 47 to 21.

DEFAULTING MAGISTRATE.

Adelaide, February 22. J. Nicholson, stipendiary magistrate, has been sentenced to four years' im prisonment for defrauding the Econo mic Building Society, to which he acted as solicitor, of £20,000.

THE NORTHAMPTON TRAGEDY.

Perth, February 22. Glass, the squatter who shot his two daughters and committed suicide, left a letter confessing the crime. It is be lieved he also waited for his daughter's lover, who, fortunately for himself, did not appear when expected.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

(PKR PRESS ASSOCIATION}

T<r*h«l«l »t Jlyct»l«ra. Wellington, February 22. The Board of Health met this morning, and after considering the report from Lyttelton as to the outbreak of typhoid on the ship Hinemoa, directed a telegram to be sent to the Mayor of Lyttelton to the effect that the Board considers the local Board has power to deal with the case, the ship not having arrived from a foreign port but only from another port in the colony, and suggesting the Mayor should confer with the health officer. Leaflet* for ranaen. The Department of Agriculture has issued the second of the series of illus trated leaflets, dealing with the Bathurst burr The RlMataka. The Rimntaka arrived at 9.30 a.m. She brings 1520 tons of cargo and sixty three passengers. linporlKl InMltnt*. The Cabinet have decided to grant a small sum for the purpose of fitting up the New Zealand Court in the Imperial Institute, but will not commit the colony to any annual expenditure. Dliitrt' Rlffkt*. Representations have been made to the Minister of Mines that a number of men are working iii-:Otago without miners' rights, and recommending that the police should be instructed to hunt them up. The Minister refused to do so. Sir Julia* V«s-«l. A private letter received here states that Sir Julius Vogel has madi a brilliant start as an insurance manager in London, and is doing a large business.

THE BLOODS IN AUSTRALIA.

j>KR PRKSS ASSOCIATION.] I (Received February 22, noon.) I Brisbane, February 22. ] The relief fund amounts to £12,700. North Bundaberg is entirely inun dated, and four hundred people are homeless. I Received February 22, 1 25 p.m.) London, February 21. The Queensland relief fund has reached £3000. Wellington, February 22 The Mayor of Puliuerston Noith is for , warding £100 vronh of produce to Bris bane. 'Telejv-irs from any bank remitting money c.iecttd for the Queensland sufferers will pass free over all land and cable lines.

PUBLIC MEETING.

Ihe adjourned meeting to consider the best means of assisting to relieve the distress cwsed by the floods in Queens land, was held yesterday afternoon. His Worship the Mayor presided, and among those present vere Revs 8. ]*wry, l! Father O'Donnell, and A. Blake. Oou' cillors Orr, Jones, Paul, and Duncan, -•■' Major Steward, and •everal ladies. An apology was received from Rev Mr Hamilr.cn, who expressed his willingness to do aU in his power to further thV T;' movement. The Mayor stated ihat ih» amount collected at St Stephen's Church on Sunday had been cabled to Brisbane! He was rather sorry, that this htU bean done, and hoped that what might be raised in future would all jro into the one fund through the Borough Council. (Hear, hear). He had already received some subscriptions, among them one of £5 from ( the Asnburton Olub-(applause)— and he had no doubt that as soon as the list* could be opened subbcriptions would flow in. He need say nothing of the necessity for prompt aid to the Butferers. He would call upon Mr Puroell, who he understood was prepared with a resolu- ' tion. Mr PurneU moved—"That this meet ing desires to express its hearty sympathy with the sufferers from the Queensland floods, and with the view of affording them practical help a Committee be formed for the purpose of raising subscript, tions to be remitted to Queensland through his Worship the Mayor of Asli burton, such Committee to consist of the following gentlemen with power to add to their number:—His Worship the Mayor and members of . the Borough Council, the County Chairman and mem bers of the County Couucil, the Chairmen of the Hampstead and Tinwald Town Boards, the Chairmen of the several Road Boards in the county, and the clergy of the various denominations." Mr PurneU spoke of the great damage caused by the ' visitation of the floods. Many poor people had lost their all, and the great point was to devise the best means of providing relief as quickly as possible. This he thought would be by the medium of a Committee such as he proposed. Councillor Orr seconded the resolution, and advocated all possible promptitude in sending relief. Key Mr Lawry stated that at his Church a subscription list had been opened, and special collections would be taken next Sunday morning and evening. Steps were also being takwa to interest the country congregations in the matter. He would suggost that the relief be sent in kind, produce being so much cheaper here ihm in Queensland. Major Sieward supported the resolu tion, and aleo the suggestion to scud the relief in kind, gifts of grain and produce to be received. ; - Cr Jones also supported the resolution. The resolution was carried unanimously. Major Steward moved - * "Ihat the Gom mittje be recomended (1) to endeavor to arrange for a place for the leception cf contributions of farm produce, etc., and that it be notified that such contributions will be gladly received ; aud (2) to con sider the expediency of purchasing sup plies (especially of flour or grain) with the moneys laUed and forwarding th« same to Brisbane instead of remitting in cash ;" and stated that any public notificvtioLS that might be necessaty would be inserted in the Mail or Guardian free of charge —(applause.) CrCuthberteon seconded the resolution. MrPurneJl pointed out hat it would not be wise to send the whole of the sub scriptions in kind. The distress was such that money would inevitably be re quired. This was generally coincided in and ihe resolution was carried. Rev Father O'Donnell moved that the clergy of all denominations be asked to set apart an early Sunday tor special col lections in aid of tha fund. Bishop Grimes had ordered a special Sunday col lection throughout the diocese, and he (Father O'Donnell) had written to the Bishop asking that the collection in this district might be handed over to the general fund. (Applause). , Key Mr Lawry seconded the resolution— * which was carried—notice to be sent to all the ministers in the county. - . „, Moss of those present took subscrip tion lists, and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the Mayor for presiding. The Committee constituted by the meeting will meet on Thursday evening at 8 30. in Mr J. C. Duncan's omee in the Arcade. The Mayor of Ashburton acknowledges the following subscriptions: —R. Bird, £6 ss; T. Bullock, £2; Donald William son, £2 2s; J. H. Twentyman, £2 2s: Ashburton CJub, £5; Wm. Sutherland, £1; T. Taylor (Waterton), £1 Is; A Friend, £1 Is ; Kollitt and Co M £1 U i S. Saiek, £1 Is; Miles and Co., Limited, £2 2s ; ,h feealyand Co.. £l Is : M. Faulkner, 2a 6d;. H. Davis, £1;"■%, Green, 2s 6d; G. Meddins, 2t 6d jW. F. Somerville, £1 Is; A; ¥. SomervUle, £L Is; H. H. Secretan, £1 j , Mitchell and Turner, £2 2s ; A Friend, 5-s ; Moritz Friedlander, ss; Max Friedlander, £3 3s; W. H. Collier, £1 Is; Geo. Oole man, £3 3d ; Friedlander Bros., £2 2s; W. Home, £1; P. Pevane. £1 Is ; W. Spar row, 10s ; W. Drummond, 10s ; 1.0. G.T., Pride of Wakanui Lodge, £2. Next Sunday the collections to be taken at the Primitive Methodist: Church, at both services, will go to tho Queensland Relief Fund. Arrangements for the promenade con cert to-morrow evening are well ad vanced. The Ashburton Brass Band will play marches through the town before the concert, and will contribute two selec tions. The Orchestral Society's band will aleoplay two pieces, and Mrs Claridge and Miss Gales a pianoforte duet. Songs will be given by Mesdanaes Brooke and Williams, Messrs Williams, Kersel and Brookinar; character songs by Messrs Millar, Kirk and Broad ; and a character duet by Mr and Miss Gates, There will be' a rehearsal in Mr Gates! School 1 of Music at fight o'clock this evening, wjiich it is hoped all who have promised caging - !at the concert will attend. The idea has been mooted of having a dance in the Arcade after the concert.

TBE ABHBURTON GUARDIAN: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1893.



Waned. ; important.-* 1 ■_^a^Z___ Pickles, Sauces, &c , "l»l 2ug Office. ■ Street. ,_ . - j I diate relief of pain. tJlx'a 2g3 Store. aOMKOPATHIC Medicines, price 1 8 . Sol« agent for diatric^ Light's Cash Store^ . IcTcLKS, Ordinary »od Safety 1 Cycles, Stkr Humber Bjj^JJ P r j ceß .—H. M.«'OSKa. Jambs. . „__——— I. now un. Groat Bargains in Millinery, Undemlothing etc. __^ P £!on^. B-^t cash value obtain able. Extended terms; reduced «» c . Chrwtchurch prices^-H^^i^l^lrL--— WANTED Known—lee Creams, Ice Creams, for the hut weather, always ready at H. G. Fiowbb's, Confec tioner, East Street. WANTED Known that S. Salek, Witchmaker and Jew^lef, has removed to new shop near New Zealand Clcthuwr Factory ■WANTED Known.-Come and see Mr our dress lines 8t 4^d and 6VI, leather shirting 6^, three-quarter cloaks 12s 6d —H. C. Seoers, Melford House.



WANTED Known—V»r Scott's cele brated Electric Corsets can only be obtainei in Ashburton at .V. H. Oolukr's, 4tTh« Oonuv.' 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 Building, Last Street. . ~ANTED everyone to come and see the beautiful presents we are aivina away for evtry 5s and upwards Jp«nt —H. C. Segmuj, Melford Housj. WANTED Kaown.—A great variety of high cl*ss dress goods to choose from new seliiu? under regular wholesale prices.—H. C. Segbrs, Melford House. WANTED— Purchasers tor Bargains in Summer Dresses, Prints, and Delaines, Sunshades, Ac. at S. W. Alcork and Go's Sale. \¥TANTED Known—New Flannelettes I VV at extraordinary prices ;3a lid %to& 4s lid dos. Thirty per cent under price.—W. H. Coluxk. DON'T let tho rain water destroy your buildings. Get Spouting: fixed at 4d per foot and buy a tank, complete with Up, tested heforc leaving workohop, for 30s, at ). W. Hardlky's. WHY not Bake your own Bread when you can get 50!bs of the <*>ust Roller Flour for five shillings cash or five shillings and sixpence booked ac Robert Aicorn s, Saunders' Buildings. 11 31 -\TALENTINES. VALENTINES for ▼ all classes. New Games in great varietj. Boys' and Girls' Annuals, and other new Volume*. Prizo Books at reduced prices. !New Birthday Reward and Wedding Cards—L. F. ANDREWJSS & \ 80., Stationers' Hall. j



from whom they can be obtained BOOTS. BOOTS. SHOES. SHOES. THE NEW ZEALAND Clothing- Factory AND BOOT AND SHOE WAREHOUSE. T*HB Public would do well to inspect 1 our Large and Well-assorted btock before purchasing ejaewhera.



A Single Pair of Boots at the Wholesale Price. All new goods. 200 Pairs of Boys 7 and Girls' Strong School Boots and Shoes from 2s od. LADIES. Buy your Boots and Shoes at the Factor? you will save 3s in the pound. THE A.UGITE~STOVE MAT. Only a few left; just the thing for pre serve-pairing ; only 2*. A Wonderful Line of MEN S ALL-WOOL COLONIALTVVEKD TROUSERS K» 9» fid. SEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager, ~ The Best Tea IN CANTERBURY for ths money, and I . free from any excess of as tringency. | COUNTESS 2s. I . ASK YOUR GROCERS.



DON'T Forget the Borough Bye-Laws re Carrage Lamps, and that HAftD&a . v large StooV »n hand, al»o • large assortment of Tinwai» and Iron* | mongery, Scythes, Reaping Hooks, Hay Knives, Forks, etc., of best quality, and i all at lowest possible price*. J. W. HARDLBY, East Street, Ashburton, SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest the largest, ths best, and the cheap -art. Small •roods a specialty. Ful weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. —W. J. Siloock. 4t182 W" ANTED, at once, XBoy haying passed Standard V. or VC, as apprentice to tht* printing trade. Apply Milt Office. BEAR in mind that J. W. Hartley, Plumber and Gasfitter, East Street, has the largest Stock in town of Pumps, VSpw, and Fittings, and that he is selling •MO* cheaper than ever at prices hitherto saheaxd of in Ashbarton. Now n the hance for a cheap Pump; improved Ho. . Prioe, 16a. Larger ami in proportion. /CHRISTMAS Suits. Boys, three \J garment long Trouser Suits at 15s. Boys, Colopial-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. Rokkkt Axcobv. I fITANTED Known—That J. Muuo* VV 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 needs, no reoommendauon. Always on hand Best Sole Leather, used for repairs and done at once.—J. Moison, Impermeable Bootmaker, Town Hall, East Street, next Court Houae



' A. Maffffinflp AVM© i •' — « ~ • ». A FACT. A speaker was holding forth on woman and he made out that she was just a little , angel on earth. In glowing word* he ' pictured how patient she was in suffering how couragmus in trouble, and how alto-; J gether gentle, loving, and good she was ; under all circumstances, and closed hia. \ peroration by declaring that any man who 1 ]aid 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 you've been saying about woman ; all about how nice and sweet she is, why, one would imagine that you believed all women were just blushing full blown roses; I Vguess you don't know my wife. Well she haint no blooming rose. She's a daisy, a reg'lar daisy, why mister my wife • is a nagger, and there is'nt an hour, when she's awake, but th*t she's nagging someone. If it is'nt me, its the children, if it is'nt the children, it & 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 o sleep." How like the nerves of a man who drinks; they just nag, nag all the time, giving no rest until enough liquor has been taken to deaden all nervous sensibility, and the poor fellow goes off n that sodden, snorinsr, 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 iipior, It. T. Booth's Golden Remedy No 2 is ihe best Brain and Nerve Tonic on this earth. All chemists. ,



Thx Bist Bkmkdy foh Indiokstion— Norton's Camomile Pills are confidently recommended as a simple remedy foi Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are snhjecti. Norton's Pills, with justice called the "Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach," act as a powerful tonic and gentlr aperient, are mild in their operation, anc? We under any drcunKt.Tuices. Sold j,, bottles, at U l^d, 2s Pd, «Is, by all wnliism» vendors thrimehnwt, tl>p +.nt'A ' The Onslow Biscuit, The latent aurl most delicate biscuit manufactured by Analebrock and Co. The Os.si.ow Biscuit. Tt.rt latest; jind most delicate biscuit ur*nufi»;turcci ->y ' AulaebrgokanaCo,



•iHE FIRST MM 'ING SALE BKFORIKNOWIfINASHBtTRTON. IN v^^^jssjs^s^^ OFFERING Indies' Oovsets 4s 6d, now 2» 6d. 66d Dr Warner's well known Corsets 10a Ml,now o* oa. Double wid. h Sheeting, white twill, lU£ci Good washing Muslins, 3s lid doz^n White Muslins, siUin stripe, 7fcd now 4^ value at 6|d CLOTHING, CLOTHING. Men's Tweed Suits, 19a 6d Boys' Tweed Suits, 4s lid BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. W, .Und «I*M in Boot.. ■ HJjhf nSSS nnioi position torapply Boott «U tn. ytu wuno Men'a ColonW made Blochon, "•_.„•. MeK Oookham Boots, wwth 26s for 14s 6d A iiSSPfiuss^SlS 1 *AN LEATHBB SHOM| f nceß TERMS CASH. -REMEMBER THR ADDRKSS- U. J. .NKILL' aad 00., FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS- _ A Jeweller, £.iW4^^J^2PsM^^ wy COI"1"ete in with soond wo»k- MiNSHIP. —^ N O TICE HAI. W.teh« and WW left .0, B.pa ir „■«, ANDKEW BLACK, Watoh maker, hare bef>n transferred to ;/& SAL BX, WATOHMAKEB & JEWELLER,



THE HARVEST IS PLEHTEOUS. \T any rate it is up to the average— and the laborers are—well, a good de%l more than plenteous. I have never before seen so many men in the country on the outlook for harvest work. For a time the town was "stiff wid 'em, as Pat said about the river and the fish, but a good many have >»een absorbed since the vreathei" became harvest weather, and allowed the machines to go rattling along, CUTTI IN C* DOWJV the wealth of Ceres' golden reign. I trust the farmers will get something _likd a favorable return for their year « toil, and that when they come into town with their little CALIOO-{2« lid a dozen)— i bags of samples of grain, representing eh crop, on the growing and in-gathering o which they have been concentrating al their energies since last harvest, they wil be able to receive from the grain merchants PRICEH that will enable, them to live themselves and LET OTHERS JLJTVB, The farmers are the men who feed us all, who grow our grain, our meat, our dairy produce, and the wool to make our CLOTHIN<*H«mt« at 35«). They are the men who, with their wives and families, the tradesmen must depend upon to make their living, and we have the most solid reasons possible for re joicing when the farmers are prospering. So thinks HARRY HARDLEY, Manager for niRDI^Y BROS. Who are selling goods very cheap. ! Beautiful dress tweed 4s 9d a dress j Striped ginghams 7Ad. BOOTS Itf ENDLESS VARIETY. Men's Colonial made shooters 9s Cd } slippers 3s 3d. _> COME AND GIVE US A TRIAL.



Hampton's PURNITURE TANCRED STREEF, Is Opposite Mitchell and Turner's. TRY HAMPTON'S Fon Perambulators from 223 6d Perambulator* Revereible Hoods from 355, Patent Rubber Tires Basket Ware Chest Drawers Chairs and Tables , Bedsteads j Cheap Furniture All Repairs Colonial Couches Wire Spring Mattrasses BRANCH BUSINESS, EAST STREET, Below Patching's. GREAT ASSORTMENT OF CROCKERY, AND FANCH GOODS.— 2}35 CHEiP. money* J}f*f\(\{\ of Trust Moneys to lend at'OV/V/.V/ upon Freehold securi ties, in sums of not less than £1000 Apply to M» C. W. PURNELL, Solicitor, % y& Montgomery's £uiifUogs,



Certainly the Most Effe£%e MEDICINE in the world is SANDER *.d SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects in Coughs, Colds, Influenza, etc. ; the'relirf is instantaneous. Thousands gave the most gratifying testimony. Read fclm certificate:—"24th April, 1885*— Messrs Sander and Sons.—lt is with the greatest of pleasure that I testify to the excellence of your Eucalypti Extract. Having had inflammation of the bone of £he. leg, which came on after a severe fcttaok of low fever, I was attended by Dr J. Boyd, who had made strenuous efforts to save my leg, but without success. He found it necessary to amputate my limb. Having heard in the meantime of the wonderful cures worked by the Eucalypti Extract, I obtained a bottle, and the extract had not been applied more than an hour when I began to feel greatly relieved. After applying the extract every four henrsfor nine or tun days, it was out of all danger. I would persuade al who may" be effected wjfch any such disease to give the Eucalypti Extract p,> trial, and I am convinced that they will lind it the most wonderful of medicines. —Youjjt, etc." E J. CPIUfOw, Wattle street, Saud.



Holloway's Pills.—Weak Stomach.— The wisest cannot enumerate one quarter of the distressing symptoms arising from im perfect or disordered digestion, al) of which can be relieved by these admirable pills. They remove cankcry taste from the mouth, flatulency, and constipation Holloway's Pills rouses the stomach, liver, and every other organ, thereby bringing digestion to that healthy tone which fully enables it to convert all we eat and drink to the nourish- ■ ment of our bodie*. Hence these pills are the surest Btrengthenenj and the safest restoratives in nervousness, wasting, and chronic debility. Holloway's Pills are infal lible remedies for impaired appetite, erucU- 1 tions, and a multitude of other disagreeable symptoms which render the lives of thou sands miserable indeed. The pills »re ap approved by »U cUsjes,



?« KEATING'B POWDER" destroy* Bl?GS, FLEAS, MOTHS, BEETLES, add all other insects, whilst quite harmless to domestic animals. In extei ruinating Beetles the success of ftfe powder is extraordinary Jt is perfectly clean in application. See the article you purchase is ." KEATING'S," as imitatiomi am noxious and ineffectual. Sold in Tins, od, U, and 2s 64 eaoh. by al