MAIL NOTICES

Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary alterations: — WHDNKSDAY, April 19. B'or the United Kingdom, Continents of Europe and America, and West Indies (via 3an Francisco), Sandwich Islands, etc., and also for Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Takapuna, as follows:— Ordinary letters, books, and newspapers, at 0.15 p.m. : registered letters, at 5 p.m. ; money orders, at3p.m.; late fee letters, guard's van, express train, at 6.55 p.m. This mail will be due in London on May 24.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1893 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Kaipoi Woollen Manufacturing Com pany has declared a dividend at tlie rate of 9 per cent for the half year ending March 31. The damage done by the recent flood in the Hutt County cost £1246 to repair, besides the expense of forming an entirely new section of road in one place. A hundred and twelve applications to register butter and cheese brands under the Act of last session have been received, up to date. Captain Edwin says there is a strong indication of hard gales from north-east to north and west, between noon to-day and midnignt on Sunday next. Mrs Mary Ann Jackson, aged 34, wife of a farmer ac Ricearton, Chrisbchurch, dropped dead suddenly on Wednesday afternoon. It is supposed" that deatu was caused by heart disease. In re G. W. Ell's application to be ap pointed assignee of his own bankrupt estate, Mr Justice Dennison has refused the order and notice of appeal was given. The most healthful sign of the present year in Napier ie the small number of empty houses as compared with previous years, there being only thirty-eight as against one hundred a twelve month ago. Mr Wardell has instituted a different plan of dealing with those who get drunk on Sundays. He inflicts the increased line of 20s, with the alternative of 48 hours im prisonment. In our report of Hampstead School Com - mittee meeting it was stated that " the progress made by one of the standards continued to Le satisfactory." The last word quoted should have been " unsatis factory." It is said that there are 4000 bicycles in use in Christchurch and vicinity, and that the popularity of the bicycle as a means of locomotion is growing at such a pace that the resources of the local factories are strained to their utmost limits. An odd incident of the recent flood at Hokianga is related by the "Northern Advertiser." The Uttuhura bridge was washed away, and after drififcig t.n miles, " placed itself across the river" intact, piles and all, in another place." Members of the Ashburton Industrial Bui'ding Society are reminded that a special general meeting will be held this evening in the Arcade Chambers, to explain the mode of ballottiog, and for other im portant business. At Birkenhead, England, recently, Samuel Deeming, brother to the notorious Rain hill and Melbourne murderer, was committed for trial charged with the theft of a number ot bricklayer s tools with which he had been entrusted to repair the draius of a house at Rockferry. At a meeting of shareholders of the New Zealand and River Plate land and Mortgage Company at Christchurch, on Wednesday, 16 000 shares beinprepresented, a committee was appointed with a view to obtaining information and taking action with the shareholders in other provincial districts respecting the proposed call and other matters in connection with the manage ment of the company. A meeting of the Committee of the Ash burton Poultry Society was held last evening when the draft schedule was agreed to. Cor respondence was read from various gentle men accepting office or forwarding dona tions ; also from the Dunedin Poultry Society agreeing to let the Ashburton Society have their coops for the forthcoming show which was definitely fixed for July 21 and 22. Mr WiUis gave notice that he would move at next meeting that the judginc; be by points for the information of exhibitors and the public. After transacting some routine business the meeting adjourned. At the Oddfellows' Hall lost evening there was a fair congregation. The Rev T. Spurgeon delivered an earnest address from I. John iv.—s., which he closed with an appeal to the undecided to tru&t in Christ now. At an after meeting, in reply to a question that had been sent.; to him in writing, the rev. gentleman said there was no doabt much inconsistency in the lives of some professing Christians, but man was responsible for himself alone to his God To night the address will be specially for the young. At the Wesleyan Church last evening the Rev J. D. Jory gave a very interesting lecture on " Fiji and the Fijians," illustrated by a large number of lantern views, which were shown by Mr A. Carson. The lecture and the pictures together gave a good view of the character of the country and its inhabitants, and also of the greit work doae there during the past half century by the missionaries, Among ether items it was stated that out of a total native population of about 108,000, nearly 102,000 were attendants at the Wesleyan churches and schools On the motion of Mr J. E. Buchanan a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Rev Mr Jory for his lecture, and a similar compliment was paid to Mr Carson for manipulating the lantern. Mr Matthews, the ex-Home Secretary, has returned to London from his travels. He has had (so he informed a Westminister Gazette representative) a "a delightful tour." He was "charmed" with New Zealand and Australia, especially with the former. "It was more like England," and "a most desirable place to go to," with amplitude of scope for individual enterprise. Australia ne thinks " more Yakeefied " than New Zealand, Though born in Ceylon, his last was his first|yisjt to India. "Socially, politically, historically," he found India " a profoundly interesting and fascinating, country—or, rather, half-dozen countries." Speaking generally, he remarked that " the ; sO'Called ( National movement" in India " ] was not in his opinion rightly so termed. "It ia a movement promoted and irti,in tained by a number of young Indians who have received a European education, but strictly speaking it is in no sense national, The mass of the people are perfectly satisfied with the existing state of things and are happy and contented under our rule. Relative to Sir George Dibbs' insolvency the Sydney correspondent of the " Austra lasian'" writes:—"ThePremier's difficulties are said to have arisen from his having been put into a good thing. As a great favour he was allowed a chance of buying heavily, of course on credit, into the Tarangamba gold mi^e, near Rockhampton. This was a great ironafco&q outcrop reputed to be rich in fine gold, and certainly fine gold was taken out of it The mystery of the mine has never yet been explained. JLt was floated for a million sterling, and so W e ejc r perts sent up to examine it did bring baok specimens to justify expectations indulged in One of the most practiced miners in (QueenKland was taken in, bub I have been told that the Mount Morgan directors declined to buy it. How the gold got into the holes that were drills is a puzzle. All that is certain is that gold cam.c o^t of them, but no part of the solid pock cv» proved productive. Meanwhile costly machinery had beea bought and debts i», eui red. The first holders though they had made their fortunes, and though a few shares wev® floated off at 10s the general public was not .allowed to come in—luckily for them.

A Holiday Trip.

Having taken my ticket for the round trip at Chribtchurch, 1 find mjsolf scaling the side of the splendid steamer, the Wairimoo, at Lythelton, about 7 p.m. on February 23. Proceeding to my cabiu through the dining saloon, which presents a l>riiiiv>t scene, with every table occi p erl by passengers and friends, and the cle cTAt. o is sldaraing under the electric crys tal lamps, 1 pas^i agftin on deck to nieuc, quiu' unexpectedly, Mr George Syme of Methven, Mr Crooks of Hampstead, and Mr Henry of Dunsandei. Loading car go occupied all hands till halfpast ten, one o) the strangest consignments being 1500 ferrets in fruit boxes, placed over the steerage hatchway. While moving through the heads these animals became quire livtly with tho bits of sea on. We soon leave Godley light behind us, and then turn into our cosy little berths. Dawn finds us juist pasf the Kaikouras, and the weather getting colder. VV c i enter Wellington at 11.30 a.m. " Windy Wellington " indeed ; but it possesses a grand Museum, watched over by a most courteous custodian. The House of Re presentatives was visited, with its com plete reference library and suites of com modious rooms, arid the Upper House, which is simply elegant. We leave Wel lington at 8 o'clock in the evening in the teeth of a south-east gale,which increased till 11 o'clock on the 25th, when the wind chopped round and headed us, and our worthy captain standing well off Hawke's Bay slowed down the engines, and most of the passengers proceeded to cast up accounts. The gallant steamer behaved beautifully, but to my thinking from lowest dip to highest rise would not mea sure less than forty feet. Towards aven- j ing, the gale abating, we clapped on steam, and passing some lonely islands on the way, we enter Auckland at 10 o'clock < on Saturday night, the 26th. The wharf was crowded by anxious enquirers after our reasons for being ten hours late. That delay prevented us from seeing one of the finest sights in the world, Auckland harborwithsuniight effects. The Ahmeda, too, had been delayed eighteenhoursby the same storm, and about a score of small crafts at anchor in the harbor had sunk at their moorings. Before daylight we were making our way seaward again, and on Sunday night at 7 o'clock we were abreast Capo Maria. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday were spent pleasantly by all, music in the ladies' saloon, quoits and reading on deck, or discussing politics and tobacco in one of the cosiest smoking rooms selfish man could desire. Sydney light is seen on Wednesday night, and the Heads entered about 2 o'clock on Thursday morning, the scent of land beating Milner Stephen iv curing sea sickness. Sydney wnarves and sur roundings seem but a fair representation of Old Country scenery, but up town way may be seen hotels and public buildings very little inferior tj some in Melbourne. We deposit our luggage a& the Grand Central Temperance Hotel, and prpoeed after breakfast to "do the block." The public and Botanical gardens, the Art Gallery, the Museum, Bondi by tram, Coogee by tram, at night the theatre to hear G. Rignold uphold the rights of man in a terrible melodrama in a style which brought down the house. Bat the Sydney heat seemed to us terrific. Grapes ac two-pence per lb eaten at all hours of the day and night did not seem sufficient to cool the blood down to New Zealand temperature, but a lemon squash seems a Sydney institution, and is wnll worth remembering. Next day wa transfer oui selves to the Eliugamite, carrying 3000 tons of coals and twenty tons of oystets, make our way past the British Australian fleet, and out to sea through one of the grandest pieces of scenery in the world, and second on!'' to the Hay of Naples. We have on board the record trotter " Mystery," which has just beaten the Sydney caampion, and ia returning to Melbourne. A head wind at Cape Howe, plenty ol rolling, and a little groaning, and we reach Melbourne wharf on (Sunday afternoon at 4 o'ekek. Mr Charles Kerr, son of Mrs Tisch, meets us, takes us under his wing, assists us eveiy way, teaches us the ait of getting on a tiam while going, showt> us the fine new pleasure steamer, the "liygeia," carrying 1500 excursionists; the Post Office, Hospital, Museum, Art GUllery, Exhibition Building, Gardens, Jhines9 quarter —well worth seeing if under good escort; Collins street—one big blaze of electric and gas light; the theatre, the opera (" The Gondoliers "), Flemingfcoii racecourse —perhaps thetinebt in the world. We stand amassed at the magnificent buildings, some of them costing a quarier of a million sterling, tbe busy bustle of cab, tram, bus, and pedestrian traffic ; and when we hear that 13,000 houses are empty, central business offices to be had for simply occupjing them, that no man is certain about the solvency of his neighbor, that taxation has already advanced to an unbearable extent, and that excise is also increased, we do not wonder on reaching the Warrimoo once more to find a score of Melbourne residents eagerly enquiring about New Zealand as a field for capitalists, and being well posted as to its acknowledged improvement generally. Three days' steam brings us t j Milford Sound on the grandest Sabbath morning of the whole season—so the officers declare. The hills, 9000 ft high and sheeted with foliage, are i ©.fleeted as in a mirror in the waters of the Sound. Sutherland can be seen getting into his dingy, but, alas ! starts too late to receive the nandsome presents collected for him, as tide waits for no man. A call in at George Sounct follows. We round the Puysegur light at midnight, turn in, and waken to and ourselves at the Bluff. A rapid rush to the freezing works, a feed of oysters, and we pay a flying visit to Invercargill, a good town, but after Melbourne 1 Rejoinirg the Warrimoo, Port Chalmers is reached at 7 in the morning ; a gathering indeed make for Dunedin and enjoy a few pleasant hours in this really business like city. The Wakatipu heads out of harbour at 5 p.m. on February 15 ; we follow ; the Botomabana overhauls the two of us, and we reach Lyttelton on Wednesday morning, haying been exactly three weeks away.

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

PER PRBSb ASSOCIATION.

London, April 11. Mi" Chamberlain, in his speech upon the second reading of the Home Rule Bill, contended that the measure did not nrovide for the protection of indus tries, and fined Great Britain two and a half, millions per annum. The danger was too great and the gain too small. Mr Justice McCarthy said the Bill \pould most certainly content Ireland. " " " AFf 1 J2. The " Daily Telegraph " gates' jihat within a month the Unionists in Ulster expect to have 150,000 men enrolled and armed with rifles. Mr Davitc, speaking in the House of | Opmn^ns on the Home Rule Bill, said the Irish vould agcept the Treasure in order to obtain peace. Th<^ Irish Unionist Alliance hg,ve issued a manifesto urging the Unionists in the South and West of Ireland to register their names on the rolls, with the view of electing a a representative

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

COLLIERY EXPLOSION. London, Apiil 11. An explosion occurred in the Oreat Western Colliery at Pontyprid(i, iv Glamorganshire. Two hundred men are entombed, and the engine-bou>-'e is on fire. Londok. April 12. Onn hundred and fifty miners have been rescued from Great Western colliery, and fifty are still entombed I The timber headings are still ablaze. Five bodies have been recovered. COLONIAL BUTTER. London, April 11. Mr "Wilson considers that the potted butter of Great Britain and the Con tinent is not superior to Australian Skim cheese similar to that from New Zealand would not pay for export. BANK OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. At the meeting of the Bank of South Australia shareholders on Wed nesday it is expected that a small call will be announced. LA BOR MATTERS. The British dockers have spent £22,000 on strikes in three years. Delegates in London are discussing the propriety of enforcing a general strike. The number of non-Unionists employed at Hull is increasing. They are protected by dragoons and police. The Unionists at Hull stoned the trains bringing in non-Unionist labourers. The strength of the troops is being increased. Two thousand non-Unionists are now at work. London, April 12. The seamen and firemen at Cardiff publicly burned tickets issued by the Shipping federation. They also de cided to boycott all vessels on which men were paid less than the Union rate of wages. The Shipping Federation has passed a resolution to the effect that while ceasing to parley with the Union leaders, they are willing to employ any men who accept the free labour ticket. Mr J. H. Wilson, M.P., is urging the Cardiff seamen and firemen to strike, so as to draw the Shipping Federation men from Hull. P'KUSSKLs, April 12. The labour pai^y has issued a mani festo in favour of a general strike, and the civic guard has been called out, Washington, April 12. The Chicago strikers have agreed to work with non-Unionists.

THE JAPANESE IN THE PACIFIC.

Madrid, April 11. It is reported here that news has ar rived of the occupation by the Japan ese of the Pellew Islands, a portion of the Caroline group, claimed by Spain. The governor of the Phillipines has cabled to Spain for reinforcements and preparations are being made for the despatch of troops,

BELGIAN POLITICS.

Brussels, April 12. Owing to the Chamber of Deputies rejecting proposals for universal suffrage riots have occurred in the city, and an exicted mob came in collision with the police. The proposals were thrown out by a large majority.

AUSTRALIAN.

ANOTHER BUILDING SOCIETY SUSPENDED.

Sydney, April 12. The Northumberland Permanent Building Society, Newcastle, has sus pended payment. The society's diffi culties are due to the suspension of the Commercial Bank of Australia. The deposits amount to £24,000, and the overdraft with the Commercial Bank amounts to £14,000, The society's advances total £235,000. It is antici pated that if the depositors renew their deposits as they fall due, the society will reopen its doors. A YOUTHFUL CONVICT. Bellins, a boy of sixteen years of age, has been sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for stoning a Chinaman to death.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Dunbdin, April 12. At the City Council to niijhfc Mr H, B. ; Courtis, who has been for eighteen years with the Titnaru Gas Company, was appointed Gas Engineer for Dunedin. There was a large number of applicants. A letter was received irom the Govern ment stating that they were advised that the overhead electric system for tramways was not provided for under the existing law, and they therefore could not see their way to issu.e an Order in Council authorising it. The Council decided to ask the Government to introduce legis lation to deal with the matter. The will case Nelson v Murray and others collapsed. Mim Nelson, who sought to set aside the pro!) .to granted to Murray for Nelson's will, apparently turned eulky in cross-examination and returned the answer " I don't know " to every question. As another witnes ■. \v s about to be called Mr Justice Ward asked the plaintiff's solicitor if he intended to go on after such an exhibition. After discussion counsel decided to give up, and judgment was entered up for de fendant. Invercargiix, April 12. The Indramayo which sailed this morn ing took 46,5C0 carcases of mutton, the largest quantity yet thipped by one vessel from the Bluff.

The Taranaki Dummying Charges.

: f. PER PRESS-ASSOCIATION. Nkw Plymouth, April 12. The Supreme Court opened this morn ing at eleven The Judge, rpferring to the alleged dutnmyisnri cases, said that if the Grand Jury were satisfied on the points that a false declaration hr»d been made, they would return a true bill, though if they did other matters would be brought forward to show that the ac cused was misled in certain mafcter3. If he had no fraudulent intent was a thing not for them to conbider, but whether the accused did, at the time he made the declaration, occupy, including land he applied for, a 'quantity 1 of land i® exce&s of the area allowed by the Act, " ''' True bills were returned against A, Ohinedy for false declaration under thb Land Act (four cases). At the conclusion the irrand Jury made a presentment to the effect that they considered it a slur en the j^ommunitj? that an affidavit should have b,sen made b ( y fcwß Justices of t|:e Peace that a fair trjal of the false declara tion q^seo gould u^ bp obtained in Ne^ Plymouth. One of the Justices who made the affiiavit has since been ap pojn,t@d a roernber of the L*r4 Board^ ;

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

The remarkably unsatisfactory coudi tion of the grain market, and the un certainty of grain growing as a source of income, render it necessary for the rural population of a country like this ; to avail themselves of all means that may be within their reach of utilising their fertile lands and favoraole climate. The food markets of the world must be supplied with other products besides grain, and the value of some of these fluctuate much less. At the present time the dairy industry offers attractive prospects to fanners. There is no doubt whatever that a steady demand will always exist for best quality butter in the Home markets. For the last three years the English imports from Australia have oeen steadily increasing, as the follow ing figures will show :—For the year 1889-90, 790,9441b5; 1890-91, 1,665,5001b5; 1891-92, 5,207,9441b5; and (estimated) for 1892-93, 7,000,000 lbs. During the same period the im ports from New Zealand also increased from 2,081,3761b8 in 1889-90, to 3,010,6721bs in 1891-92. Ihe figures representing the growth of this industry in Australia are remarkable, and de serve attention. They show that our neighbours are fully alive to the value of the dairy industry as a permanent source of revenue. And they also show that the producers in the other colonies are satisfied with the prospects offered. The fact is that Australian butter, being generally factory made, commands a better price all round than New Zealand butter, for which a recent quotation was 104s factory, and 86s for dairy made, while Danish butter realised 116s. A later notice that there was a steady demand for factory butter, dairy made being un saleable, clearly indicates that it is a great mistake for shippers to send any of the latter out of the colony. There can be no doubt that it will take some time to wear away the prejudice which the want of uniformity in the quality of the New Zealand article has naturally created in England. Aus tralia did not begin exporting butter on a large scale as soon as we did, but their earliest shipments were almost, if not entirely, composed of factory made butter, and the bulk of their producers have long since realised that the inferiority of dairy, or hand made butter, as an article of commerce prac tically shuts it out of the export trade. Our rural population would do well to consider what are the best means of extending this industry and making it one that will yield more reliable re turns than grain growing alone can commaud. It is all very well for Government experts to go about the country with a view to report upon the dairy industry. Those who have the means and facilities for carrying it on should themselves take the matter in hand. We can quite under stand that while the question is re garded from the standpoint of produc ing butter on the old system, the in dustry does not commend itself to farmers. But in spite of old associa tions immortalised^by poet and painter, the march of progress and invention will leave the dairy of our forefathers among the relics'of the misty past. The factory and the creamery can alone meet the requirements of our time, for only through their agency, can excellence and uniformity of quality be reached and maintained. The many and manifest advantages which they offer must eventually secure for them the favor of the pro ducer, and their establishment through out all the grazing districts of this country seems to us to be merely a question of time. We do not advocate any rash action in the direction indi cated, for the commercial history of New Zealand—and Australia too, for that matter —abounds withthe records of the fate of crude and ill-managed enterprises. But we are sure that by prompt action, judicious co-operation, and careful management, the problem of successfully establishing and pro fitably carrying on butter factories could be dealt with and satisfactorily solved by those most interested in its solution. Assuming that a factory were established in a central position in this county, we should have farmers relieved of all chose serious difficulties which at present render it next to impossible to manufacture really good butter in the old fashioned way. These difficulties are of such a nature that the ordinary farmer cannot overcome them without an expenditure that would be out of proportion to his pros pective gains. The factory, however,. provides for all these things with mathematical exactness, and it is only by such means that uniformity and excellence of quality can be at once secured.. Relieved of all the trouble and expense connected with the dej tails of butter manufacturing our farmers would, we think, find that the dairy industry is well worth embark ing in—atanyratein conjunction with grain growing and stock raising, neither of which can altogether be de pended upon as a reliable source of income.

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON—THURSDAY.

(Before Mr 0. A. Wray. R.M.) Stray Cattle, Etc.—Samuel Elliott was fined 5s for allowing a cow to be at large.—Jnhn Campbell, for a stray horse, was also fined Ssi — Robert Sraythe, whose ' ducks the ranger §aid was the cause qf the celebrated '* duck by-law v being adopted by the Borough Council, was fined 5s for allowing his ducks to stray on the street and become a nuisance to people who depend on the channels for theic water Supply.—Mrs McTeague, for allowing 3 flock of fourteen geese—which she said numbered only seven, but were now " all killed and sold to Mrs Devane " —to stray on the street, was fined Is, Drunkenness —George S. Thompson (second offenco within six months) was fined 10s or forty-eight hours' imprison ment for drunkenness. Shekp Act. —John Kinley, for having 240 unbranded sheep in the pubile sale yard, was fined Id per head. Three unimportant and undefended cjyilcases were disposed of in the usual marine).;, ;

COMMERCIAL.

(PKR PEESS ASSOCIATION)

Sydney, April 12. Wheat, chick, 2s lid to Bs. Flqur, New Zealand roller, up to £8. Barley, Cape 3s. Oats, bright feed 2,s 6d, seed 2s 6d to 2s 9<it. Maize, new 3h 9d to 4s >id, eld 4s 6d. Bran 9d to 9Jd. Peas, Prussian blue 4s 3d to 4s 6d, Butter, dairy 64 to 7d, factory 9d. Cheese, crime 4|d. B?icon, New Zealand B|d to 8J! ; hano.-», lid to Is. Potatoes, New Zetland nominal £'i ss, Circular Heads. £4 5.5. Onions £3 15s. Melbourne, April 12. Wheat, 3s lid. Flour, stone £7 to £7 5-, roller. £7 7s 6d to £8. Oats, Alge) tls Bd, stout Is lid. Maize 3a 6d. .barley, Cape 2s 3d, malting 4s 6d. Adelaide, \pril 12. Flour, roller £8 s*. Oats 3s Id to 3s 21. Barley, malting 4s 6d to 4s 9d. Pollard lOp. Wheat 3d lid. Bran 9d to9£d. (Received April 13, 11 30 a.m.) London, April 12. Competition at the wool sales continues brisk, and prices are steady at former quotations. The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,600,000qra. for the Continent 984,000qr5. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cable nuebsage, dated X<on don, April 11:— Wool—Smca the close of last sales super, medium, and inferior scoured merinos are Id to l£d per 1b higher. Washed and greasy merino (medium and inferior), greasy, washei and scoured crossbred (fine and coarae) are |d to Id per 1b higher. Greasy, washed and scoured crossbred (medium) are |d per lb higher. Other desc ip<ions unchanged. The total quantity catalogued to date is 67,000 bales. Wheat—There is a rather better de mand. Spot and c.i.f. quotations have advanced 6d per 496 and 48i)lbs respec tively (making prices lor New Zealand average 295, long-berried 30d 6d, and c.i.f. 25a 6d). The New Zealand Farmers' Co-opera tive Association of Canterbury, Limited, I report having received the following cable from their London offise, dated London, April 11 :— *' Australian cargoes have advanced 30s 6d. The market is affected by advicea from America."

Dairy Produce.

Messrs John McNairn and Company, Glasgow, write on March 3 : — Butter.—The last }ourteen days, butter has had a stronger tone, with a pretty smart advance in Continental, and *hich has helped very materially to clear heavy shipments by the Home, and make way for the very large shipments by the Ballarat, just in, for which there is a good demand. The market for Eanish this week is quieter, but there ia no chance of any reduc'ioij, we think, for a week or two, unless we have exceptionally mild weather. Cheese are a quiet sale. Canadian and Slates are scarce, but yet there is a very poor demand. New Zealand cheese are also quiet meantime, but we expect to see a better tone in the market during this month. We are clearing our recent shipments at 56s to 58$.

Addington Stock Market.

Christchubch, April 12. The sale was in all respects a great im provement on last week, the entries in all classes were good, and the attendance fair. Store Sheep—Good entry, the bulk of which sold well. 1500 two-tooth crossbred wethers were quoted by Matson and Co., at 10a 7d to lls ; full mouthed crossbred breed ing ewes brought 6i 6d to 8s 6d; four and six-tooths, 12s 6d to 15s 6d; lambs brought from 6a 9d to 9s 6d. 6 Fat SHEEP—The quality was decidedly patchy. Best cross and halfbred wethers, 163 to 165 6d ; medium sorts, 13s to 14s 6d j smaller, 10s to 12s. Crossbred ewes, 13s 6d to 15s Sd; medium, lls to 12s3d; merino wethers, best, 12s to 13s 9J ; medium 8s to 9a 9d; inferior, 63 to 7s 6d. Fat Lambs—Fair entry, mostly good quality. Best freezers, 12s to 13a 3d; others, 10s to lls 9d—a slight advance on '. last week'a prices. Fat Cattle—En try very large. All really good lines entered met with a ready sale. A line of first-class cattle from the Arauri being eagerly competed for. Prices for best steers were up to £1115s ; heifers to £715s ; cows to £9 2s 6d; second-class and inferior cattle hard to quit, apparently no buyers for them, but best beef brought from 20s to 21s per 1001b. Store] Cattle—The penß were well filled, but the quality was very mixed, and sales were rather irregular. Prices consequently suffered to a slight extent. Pigs- A large entry, but prime baconere wr,re somewhat scarce. Stores sold fairly well, and porkers advanced slightly. Prime bacon pigsaveraged 4d per lb j porkers, 4£d.

Ashburton Markets.

MESSES MILES AND CO., LIMITED. Messrs Miles and Co., Limited, report as follows upon the weekly stock sale held at the Ashburton yards on Tuesday. April 11 • Anticipations of a much smaller market than of late were quite realised at the saleyards on Tuesday last, when a large reduction in entries was exhibited, the totals being 12,302 sheep, 44 rams, and 30 head of cattle showing a reduction of nearly 14,000 sheer! on last few weeks' entries. The attendance of the public was about the smallest durina the season, and the sale throughout was dull, especially in old sheep in backward condition. Several lines of the better class were withdrawn, but the bulk of inferior quality were disposed of at a further reduc tion in values. The fat peas were only half full, and the quality generally was poor, the highest price realised being 13a for crossbred wethers, and down to 11s for ewes and wethers. The best merino wethers yarded were sold by us at 5s 9d. For Mr E. Collison, we realised the highest price for a quotable line of superior lambs, 518 in number, at 11s 4d; good quality, to back ward store |lamls making 11s down to 8a and 6s 2d, according to size; breeding ewes formed the larger part of the day's entries, and merinos were in the majority; sound mouthed crossbred ewes realised from 12s 7d to 13s lOd, those of doubtful age changing hands at 6s 4d to 10a. A large line of station merino ewes with good mouths, but kte shorn and in only medium condition^ were well sola from 6s 2d to 6s sd, the bulk of the line making 6s 3d, other starts realis ing from 2s to 3s 6d. In the cattle, depart ment good beef sorts fwere scarce, 1 and for the stores entered competition was quiet and -prices somewhat in favor of buyers. Our sales during the day were 12crossbred ewes, 83 8d; 22 merino wethers, 5s 9d ; 28 cross bred ewes, 8s 2d ; 57 store merino wethers, 4s 3d ; 7 mixed stragglers, 3s 4d ; 33 poor merino wethers, Is 6d ; 331 merino ewes, 3s Id ; 518 lambs, 11s 4d ; fat cow, £5 10s : 2 heifers, £3 12s. Recently we have also sold privately several line 3of sheep at prices equal to market rates. We would remind those interested of the clearing sale, on Friday next, at Drotaore, when Messrs Strachan Bros, are disposing of sheep, horses, implements, etc., all of a first class character.

THE ARHBTOTOy GUAKDIAJS : THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1893.1



Wanted. rpHE Ashburton Amateur Swimming X Club invite i^s Members to Gates Rooms on Wednesday Evening, April 1», to witness dibtribution of prizes at 8 p.m. 7 , Wl o^ivSTM^Tclirde^r^ CoB Jr> machines). Cash or terms. Christ church P"^ilsl^L^^ 8- —QiyiKßsETTVleat Mart." The oldest the largest, the best, and the cheap eat. Small Goods a specialty. Ful weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. —W. J. Sii,oocK.__________ilJjg \\. AJNTED~Kriown~ice Creams, Ice VV Creams, for the hot weather, always ready at H. G. Flower's, Confec tioner, East Street. PIANOSIFom £28 10s". Organs from £1510s. Harmoniums, £10. Easy terma of payment.—H. M. Jones- f | HE Good Samaritan, tor the imme } diate relief of pain.— Light's Cash tore. 2 33 I i QMtiOPATHIO Medicines, price CX Is. Solo agent for district, Light's Cash Store. , 2 34 W" ANTED Known-~9£d Gloves for 4£d ; 7|d Embroidery for 4*d ; 13s 6d Summer Dresses for 8s 9d.— Mitchell & Ttjbnbb. 3 52 WANTED, Ladies and Gentlemen to see the Grand Display in the windows at "The Corner" Saturday— W, H. CoTxnsß. .... %XT ANTED Known.-Come and see ' * our beautiful Mantles, Jackets, Ulsters, Macintoshes, Dross Stuffs, efce. H. 0. Seoers, Melford House. LADIES' and Children's Hats ; all the sEiew shapes for the season now opened. Prices low to suit the trmes ;at P. W> AICPRN & Co.'a. ________ (IHEAP Firewood-—Short Dry Gum / Firewood, at 26s per cord; mixed wood, 24s per cwrd at Mayos, Trevorton.—Apply Mrs James J<rmt Shop._ CHEAP Fruit—Cheap Fruit.--Prime Quinces for Jam and Preserving. Mbs James, gast Street Fruit Shop. 2§6 XMJ ANTED Known'—JicktL & Dress ▼» Department a specialty. High olass goods marked cheap. H. C. Segers, j llelford House. W~ ANTED Known.-For Jacket' Ulsters, Dress Scuffs, etc. Come ' to Melford Hoube. JB 1 _a_SEGEKg I __ T>EST Nickel Watches in the market, 13 are those at 22s 6d and 255. Specially made for S. Salek, Jeweller. \ Guarantee with each watch. \\f AN TED Known— '* The Corner "is T * showing a magnificent New Stuck of Drapery and Clotting. — W. 11. Coixiek. I__ WHY not Bake your own liread when you can get 501bs of the Best Roller Flour for five shillinga cash or five shillings and sixpence booked at fiOBEKI Alcobn s. Saunders' Buildings. 11 ol T" "HE Misses Adams' egw Refreshment Rooms now open. Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Lemon Squash, Soda and Milk and all the new summer drinks ready at all times, Coleman's Buildings, East Street. VTEW Mantles and Jackets ; immense .iN variety just opened. Prices for equal value lower than any other house, at S, W. AicoßNjfc Co.'s. BANG 1 Bang ! Bang ! Guns ! Guns ! Guns ! by the best makers and Stted with all the latest improvements Poirder, Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wads, and Cases at J. W. Hardley's, East Street. Guns repaired. W' HO is your Plumber 1 Why, J. W. Habdlev, who is a Manufacturer of Spouting,. Hidging, Steel Gutters, Baths, Sinks, Tanks, etc., and who has hand the largest stock of Pumps and in town. ___. TTVASTER Cards and Booklets, New \\a Games, new nupply of the Zifcher Harps and Autoharps ; New Books, Stationery, and Fancy Goods. Sub scribers wanted for our Circulating Library. L. F. Akdrewls and Co, Stationers' Hall. W~HEBEdo you get your Ironmon gery 1 At Hakivl"v sof cour.-e, where we got the bett value in ISheei Lead, Nails, Locks, Hinges, Plouirli Chains, Bope, Wire Knetting, Gorse Knives, Spades *nd Forks, Lamps, Fender an^ Fire Irons, and anything you require. . / IHKLSTMAh vSuics. Boys, three \J garment long Trouser Suits at las. Boys, Colonal-made Knicker Suits from 10s. Men's nicely made Colonial Tweed Suits 30s. Colonial Tweed Suits to measure from 50s.—Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders 1 Buildings. Robbkt Alcokn. WANTED Known—Robert Shields, Charles Street, opposite Woollen Factory, has commenced Dyeing and Cleaning Ladies' md Men's Garments. Blankets and Woollen Goods Scoured. Moderate charges. Parcels etc., left at Mrs Adams', Saunders' Buildings, will be *v attend ed to. 3 41 • tteTtING'S" LOZENGES TTEATING'S LOZENGES . TTEATING'S LOZENGES "A Simple Fact about" KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. Ask throughout the world, in any country that can be named, you will find them largely sold. There is absolutely no remedy that is so speedy in giving relief, so certain to cure, and yet the most delicate can take them. X TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH 94, Commercial road, Peckham, July 12. 11 Dear Sir, —I am a poor hand at express ing my feelings, but I should like to thank you. Your lozenges have done wonders in relieving my terrible cough. Since I had the operation of ' Tracheotomy ' (the same as the late Emperor of Germany, and unlike him, tnank God, I am still alive) performed at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, no one could possibly nape had a more violent cough; it waa co bad at times that it quite exhausted me. The mucus, which was very copious and hard, has been softened, and I have Heen ab!e to get rid of it without difficulty. —T am, sir, yours truly, J. HILL.' IiTTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTERLY UNRIVALLED The above speaks for tself. From strict inquiry it appears that the benefit from naing Keating's Cough Lozenges is under stated. The operation was a specially severe one, and was performed by the specialist, Dr H. T. Butlin, of St. Bartho lomew's Hospital. Since the operation the only means of relief is the -ise of these Lozenges. So successful are they that one afford* immediate benefit, although from the nature of the case the throat irritation is interne. WEIGHT IN GOLD WEIGHT IN GOLD WEIGHT IN GO' D Unier date September 8, 1891, Mr Hill again writes: "I should long since have been dead, but for your Lozenges— they are worth their weight in {/old. I will gladly see -'and t;ll anyone what a splendid cough , remedy they *re." , Keat.ng's Cough L< zenges, the umivalled k rtmedy sor Toughs, Hoarseness, and Throat Irjro»blt« ate fold \» tww by *H Oheu!i|^.



NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory, SPECIALS. WANTED KNOWN-AU Wool Suits, 30s WANTED KNOWN -Men's Bannock Iweed Suits, 39561 WANTED KNOWN- Men's New Zealand Tweed Trousers, 9s 9d WANTED KNOWN-Meu'a Trousers to measure, 17s 6d WANTED KNOWN-Boys' Guard Suits, 10a WANTFD KNOWN-Boys' Sailor 11s 6d WANTED KNOWN-Youths' Blue Jerseys, 3s 61 WANTED KNOWtf-100 Boxes Men's and Buyb' Hats, ftom Is 6tl WANTED KtfOWN-Men's Boots 7s 6d, 103611, 12s 6d WANTED KNOWN— Boys' Boots, 5s 61, 6s 6d, 7s 6d WANTED KNOWN—Ladies' Boots, 6s 6d, 7s 6d, 9a 6d NE-tf ZEALAND CLOTHIHC_FACTORY. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager. STEAM CHAFF CUTTING AND CRUSHING. GrEOKGE (jsBORNfI Begs to announce that he is PREPARED TO CUT CHAFF AND CRUSH GRAIN IN ANY QUANTITY He uses Messrs Andrews aiid Beaven's best Canterbury Chaffcutter, and their crusher with latest improvements, and can therefore guarantee giving every satis faction. . Orders may be left with i . MR GUDSELL, Tinwald ; Or GICORGE OSBORNE, Willowby. £^EOPLE about to marry and furnish 1 their houses, are invited to call on Plefcforo & IJndrlll, AT THB ; ASHBUHTON FOBNITUBB WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Next Building Society. _NOW ON VIEW— Dining-room Suites in Rimu, Bedroom Suites in Rimu, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, Chests Drawers, Washstands, bpnng Mattivwses. English and Colonial Peram bulator, Horse Hair, Kapoo and Flock MattrenHes, Ducheßse and lancy J.abies, Moor Clor.hs and Linoleums, Carpets, Hearth Rugs, and Mats. Furniture Repaired, Rcstuffecl, &nd Repolished on the Premises. —Note the addre s—• TANORED STREFT, Nex Building Society. The ttest Tea :S CANTERBURY fur the money, and fr«e from any excess of astnngency. COUNTESS 2s.



WINTER, 1893- G. J. iSfeill & Co. RESPECTFULLY PRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING Hew Ooods. New Ooods. DRESSES. DRESSES. The latest in Shot Bep, double width, 2s 6d Amazon Cloth, double width, Is Hd Fancy Dress Goods, 6|d Heavy Dress Tweeds, 7|d Astrakhan*, "Beaver Trimming Ladies' Jackets and Mantles. A xrnim«q MILLINERY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Trimmed Hats from 2s lid. Double Bfd White Sheeting, 10|d Heavy Forfar, 6|d Blankets, Blankets, from 7s lid All Wool Colonial Flannel, Is. CLOTHING. CLOTHING, Men's Suits, 19s 6d ; Men's Heavy Suits, 25s 6d Men's Whip Cord Tweed Suits, 29s 6d BoyVsuitsf 4s lid, Men's Lamb's Wool Pants, 3s lid. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. WONDERFUL VALUE IN BOOTS. Ladies' Shoes, 4s lid 5 Strong Leather SUppers, 3s 6d Men's Colonial-made Nailed Shooters, 8s 0d BOOTS OKE TMAL. Ladies' Strong E.S. Boots, 6s lid Patent Leather Slippers m endless variety, at G. J. NEILL & CO.'S, FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS, CORNER OF Ei^J^ND^OOR^TRgETS^^^ °»rUh"s( y)UNr) IK^kblublb workmanship. S. SALEK, Waieli nakcr, Jeweller, X Oculist, -ESS*



Hardley Bros. HAVE OPENED THEIR FIRST SHIPMENT OF WINTER GOODS. WHICH HAVE BEEN MARKED AT Very Low Prices TO CLEAR. Special Value in Blankets and Flannels. Colonial Blankets from 17s 61. Waterpro.f Overcoats, grand goods, from 29s 6d. Men's Colonial Suits from 23s 64. DON'T FORGET TO CALL AND SEE THEM & COMPARE VALUES. We are selling a Splendid Dress Tweed at 6|<l. All Wool, double-* idih Dress Tweed, only Is lid. BOOTS. BOOTS. I Our Boot Stock is now Complete iv eveiy Branch. Splendid Dancing Shoes, 3s lid. Men's Watertights from 12s 6d, Shooters, nailed, 8s 6d. I Boys' and Girls' Boots in endless variety OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT' Is now showing some Splendid value in HATS, FURS, RIBBONS, LACE, Etc. Come and Secure Arcade Straw Hats, ; Litest shapes, only Is, only a limited number lefc. Splendid Fur Collarettes, only 3s 9d. THESE ARE GENUINE BARGAINS. H A KIHiFMT BROS., ARCADE. Hampton's -piURNITURE fANCRED STREET, Is Opposite Mitchell and Turner s. TRY HAMPTON'S • FOB. Perambulators from 22s 6d Perambulators Reversible Hoods from 355, Patont Rubber Tires Basket Ware Chest Drawers Chairs and Tables Bedsteads Cheap Furniture All Repaira Colonial Couches Wire Spring Mattrasses BRANCH BUSINESS. EAST STREET, Below Patching's. GREAT ASSORTMENT OF CROCKERY, AND FANG} GOODS.— 2j35 CHE IP MOUNT SOMERS COAX. W. & J. HAftttlS i RAVING bought the Lease of the Mount Somers Coal IVTine, beg to j announce tiiafc they are now prepared to supply the excellent fuel from the Mount Somers Coal measures in any quantity. They have appointed MR JAMES BAKER, HAVELOCK STREET, their sole Agent, and all orders will be promptly attended to. _____ In connection with the above JAMES BAKER, Timber Merchant, Haveloek Street, soil-its a share of ..public patron age, and is prepared to give prompt and careful attention to any orders for MOUNT SOMERS COAL that may be entrusted to bimj*osi execution, 14*



The Onslow Biscuit, 'fW latest; 93d most delicate biscuit pjsiufrotuired by



Thk Best Bemkdy fob Indigestion— Norton's Camomile Pills are confidently ecommended as a simple remedy for Indigestion, which is the cauee of nearly all the diseases to which we are subjects Norton's Pills, with justice called the "Natural Strengthened of the Humap Stomach," act as a powerful tonic and gently aperient, are mild itf their operation, and safe under any circiiinsta,nces. Sold i^ bottles, at 1« lid, 2a 9d, lls, by all medicjn» vandorg througoovifc the w«?;dV



MR JOHN O. REST ELL. . Mr John G. Restell, in conjunction with thq New. gealand Loan "tod Mercantile Agency Company, Limited 1 (per Mr J'. 1 R; Bland, auctioneer), reports for tKe "week ending April 12 :— At the Ashburton County Saleyards on Tuesday, April I], there was 'a much smaller entry ihan has been coming forward fcr some weeks past, the result being a much better clearance. ' The attend ance was good, and. the ' bidding? more spinted. Station merino ewes found buyers at fair price's, but farmers' lots were hard to" qu.it, even at low prices ' oro4br«d two-! tooths and lambs said better than they did »t previous i»i«, There wew M