MAIL NOTICES.

Mails dose for the following places a» | under, subject to the necessary alterations:— I WKDNHSDAY, 1. I For Australian Colonies, etc. (per express to connect with steamer at Fort Chalmers), at 13.30 p.m.

ENGLISH MAILS.

HOMEWARD —DIRECT MAILS. Tongariro, sailed January 20, due London February 28. Arajr», sailed February 2, due London March 15. ■ , Aorangi, sailed February 16, due London March 31. HOMEWARD—SAN FRANCISCO MAILS Alameda, sailed January 25 due London February 28. , , ' , Next mail leaveß February 25, due London March 29. OUTWARD—DIRECT MAILS. lonic, sailed January 22, due colony March 6. _ , , Ruahine, sailed February 5, due colony March 20. OUTWARD—SAN FRANCISCO MATLS. Nexb mail leaves London February 18, due colony. '

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1893. THE EMPIRE TRADE LEAGUE.

A good deal has been heard from time to time of the United Empire Trade League, which is generally under stood to be an organisation having for its object the promotion of a free inter change of products and manufactures between the various parts of the British Empire. There i 3 at present on a visit to New Zealand a prominent member of the League, Mr W. J. Harris, and his communications to an Auckland interviewer show that the general idea respecting the platform of the League is not quite accurate. Tf we accept Mr Harris' views as those of the League it becomeserident that a system of moderate protection of the British farmer is aimed at; in Mr Harris' words the movement is for " keeping alive a«ricultnre in the old country by just so protecting it a 9 to allow of its being carried 01 with some hope of a little profit to the farmers." The proposals involve, to start with, a duty of 5s a quarter on all foreign corn, except, maize, entering British ports, colonial corn being allowed to enter free. Colonial meat and dairy produce would also be allowed to enter free, a tax being imposed on foreign impo'r s of a like nature. Recognising, however, that protection is necessary to foster indus triesin new countries it is proposed that there should be between Great Britain and Greater Britain such an arrange ment of the tariff as would benefit both. Mr Harris is visiting the colonies in order to ascertain the capacity for food production which they possess, and he believes they can afford the required food supplies to the United Kingdom withouttheslightestdifficulty. America and other countries will still go on sending food to England, but the Trade League contend^iihat the colonies should have -the best of the entry. If Britain put ass duty on corn it would raise the price in England about 3s, and a duty of Id per ibL-orf meat would raise the price id,~~and this would benefit the colonies, whose produce would be admitted free, not 06 TnaTefTaTly lhe colonies would reciprocate this prefer ence by giving British produce and manufactures a preferential tariff, and thus, it ia contended, the Empire would benefit all round. The scheme sounds very well, bnt some of the assumptions are open to question. Mr Harris shows more faith in the development of wheat-growing in the colonies, includ ing Canada and India, than most careful observers hod, when he con cludes that all British requirements can be supplied from these sources; and he underestimates the reluctance which will be expressed in England to any policy which might tend to increase the price of food. There is no doubt that British farmers and manufacturers suffer greatly by the adverse tariffs of foreign countries — especially the United States, who for every sovereign Britain spends with them only spend with Britain 6s Bd, The Freetraders declare that the disturbance of the balanpe of trade by the artificial means of tariff* will ultimately adjust itself, but there is a steadily increasing party in Britain who disbelieve this, and to that party British farmers and manufacturers as well as many colonial producers are looking for measures which will tend to relieve the present depression. The Trade League's proposals are crude, but they are aimed at removing unfair incidences and may be fashioned into a practicable scheme.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr David Stuart, grain .merchant, has been elected chairman of the Titnaru Harbour Board. Entries for the Ashburton Swimming Club's tournament, on March 8, close to morrow, Wednesday, with the Secretary, Mr W. & . Saundera. • A general meeting of the memb°r« of the Ariel Bicycle Club will be held this evening, at Arcade Chambers, at eight o'clock, to imke final arrangements for the race meet ing on March 15. A full attendance is re quested. It is (stated that th# Government Labour Bureau at Wellington is very slack mat now, few applicants for bush work offeiin£ themselve*. Each steamer from Australia 1 brings over a number of bushmen, many of whom, after/nakingenquiries at the Bureau, depart in peace Mp gentry, paying their own fares.

'1 lie Committee of the Asbburton Foot ball Club met on 8 iturday evening Present —Messrs Fooka, Cox, Cromie, Bowler, and 1 Clowes (secretary). The annual report was considered and passed Some correspon dence was read, routine business transacted, and the annual meeting fixed in accordance with the rules, for Saturday next, at 8 p.m., at Gates' rooms. A number of good records of wool produc tion have been published this year, but we think that of Mr John Barton, Duntroon, will about top them all. Sixteen thousand sheep, comprising pure Shropshires and Leicester, Shropshire and Leicester crosses, and Merino, clipped an average ail round of 11 lbs clem wool, for all of which except the merino 7£d per lb. was offered, at the shed Mr Hasjell, he id sroremau for the Canterbury Farmers' C -operativesAssoci. tion, Timaru, met with a serious accident on Monday. Hands wcte engaged in bi cak ing down ■■ grain, when a sack fell frorjj tht; top tier, about ten or twelve feet high, and struck Mr Hassell very heavily, the full weight falling across the nape t»f Ihe neck and between the shoulders. The injuries may turn out to be very serious. According to the " New Zealand Times," Messrs W. H. Spackman, of Chrwtchurch and F. A. Clark, of Hokitika, have been asked by the Government to hold an in quiry as the minimum size at which flounders should 1 be allowed to be. taken. Ibis action has been adopted <n fulfilment of a promise made last session during a debate in the House upon the Bill intro duced by Mr Wright to enlarge the size at which these fish may be taken. The Ladies' F.OJ.L., No. 5, held their usual monthly meeting in the Orange Hall on Thursday evening. The Lodge was opened in due form by the lady president, Sister Bennett. Several letters were read and re ceived, amongst them one from the Brethren in Nelson thanking the Sisters for a donation of £2 sent to the Protestant Orphanage there. Brother Randall instructed the Lodge with new business. One candidate was proposed for membership to the Lodge, after which the Lodge was closed in the usual way by the President. The Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdi nand, who is on his way to the colonies is the eldest nephew of the Emperor of Austria, and is in his thirtieth year. He is accom panied by Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, the eldest son of Ferdinand IV., ex-Grand Duke of Tuscany, who is serving as a lieu tenant on board the man-of-war conveying the Imperial party. The Archduke's suite is composed of Major-Generals Warmbrand- Stuppach, head Chamberlain ; Franz Stock inger, Imperial and Royal Consul-General; a Secretary of the Legation, and two Cham berlains in waiting. The ship is not due at Wellington till April 25, and according to the official programme will' stay four days. Mr J. S. Caverhill was the first ocsupier of the vow famous Cheviot Estate. He took it up in the year 1848, and, under the conditions of his - lease, stocked it and erected certain improvements, including a house, woolshed, etc., early in 1849. In a private communication received in Christ church from Te Aroha, where he is now residing for the benefit of his health, Mr Caverhill says that he considers Cheviot undoubtedly the best grazing land in the Colony, capable of carrying 100,000 sheep well all the year round. lie adds that in his opinion the estate is admirably suited for agriculture And small farms. Miss Orr, daughter of Mr Andrew Orr, last night received a wire from Mr Maskell, Pegistrar of the New Zealand University, containing the pleasing information that in the cabled list that had just reached him from Home of second year passes for the B.A. Examinations was included the name of Miss K>nnia Orr. Should Miss Orr be successful in the one more examination she has to stand, the degree she has worked ao hard for, and bo far so well deserved, will b i tom won. We congratulate our townswoman on her success, and trust she will be equally successful on the next trial. The town and district we feel sure, will be proud to learn that she has been able tc bring at least one B.A. to Ashburton, earned by aa Ashburton girl. The Premier of West Australia, Sir ps«ftcaV <n ra rrn>bhy'and Ministerial happiness in that colony, where Macaulay's meal is improved, because all are fur the Ministry as well as for the State. For over two years (says the Sydney " Daily Telegraph ") Sir John Forrest and his colleagues have gone on governing the country, uuhampered by hostile attack, and actually enlarging their majority, the closest division over recorded on a vital question having been 22 for the Ministry and seven against them. There are even in this happy land malcnotents who are "agin,the Government," but so few in number i hat there is no leader of the Opposition, and never has been one, Sir Joiin Forrest's explanation of this condition is appropriately astounding. Most of the members of Parliament, he says, are men tolerably well off—there is no payment of members —and don't covet office, their sole olvj >ct being to attend to the welfare of the colony. Sitting on the right of the Prince ot Wales at a dinner given by Lord C irrington in England, a few inanths ago, Sir George Dibbs was asked by his Royal Highness " whether he noticed any change in the physique of the women of England." Sir George admitted that he had noticed a change ; the women, he thought had im proved in physique, and were taller and better developed than their Australian cousins. " How can you account for that ?" the Prince asked; " because we have noticed it a good deal within the last ten or twelve yeapsV' " ijt's eagily accounted for," the Premier replied; "If you just think back one moment you'll remember that its only the last ten or twelve years that Australian mutton has been obtainable so' much in England." The Prince accepted this as a feasible explanation, and declared that henceforth lie would jc variably use Australian mutton. This (says the "Sydney Daily Telegraph") is a well-authenticated story, for it was told by Sir George Dibbs at the gathering at the Pastoral and* Pinanca Association's warehouse.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

[PER PBBBS ASSOCIATION.] The TarwntUkl Dummying: Charg-«t. New Plymouth, February 28. The charges against 4endy for making alleged false declarations under the Land Act were called on at the R.M. Court t'lis morning. Mr O' Hara Smith, auditor of the Land Department, who is prose cuting, with o her witnesses was ordered out of Court during the haaring of the case. Shooting* (.'fin*. WpxnjrsjppN, February 27. James Grairige, charged wifch shooting ! T!ie 'phelus George 'in the shoulder, ap- j peared in theR.M. Court to-day. Priso ner had been looked upon as prosecutor's stepson, but ii. evidence George said he had betfu living with Mrs Grainge as man and wife for eighteen year?. According to his statement he had quarrelled with her and was smashing the house with an age which he held in an attitude threat ening Mrs Grainge, when the prisoner fired a revolver and hit him in the shoulder^ and afterwards fired again musing him. There had been a struggle before, in which be got a rift broken. The wound was not dangerous, t>u£ Jfepb prosecutor in the hospital for three week?. Otwg'o llarbpr Boar<>. Dcnbdin, February 28. ftfr Gourley was re-elected Chair n>an of the Harbor Board.. Siil«« of Ilpa». All the runs offered this mornj.tig were 6qld fet the upset prices to the present 'esseea.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN

(PJER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

- THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. 5 London, February 26. . The Agent-General for New Zealand J is expediting the work at the colony's court at the Imperial Institute, and is f applying for additional space. • H.xM.S HOWE. The Admiralty, in not accepting the ~ decision concerning the grounding of. t H.M.S. Howe, warn officers ol Her - Majesty's fleet to prevent heavy losses if being sustained by the nation. ■J DE COBAIN CASE. s The De Cobain case is" being heard s privately.

GREAT FIRE.

Constantinople, February 26. A serious fire has taken place in this city. Three hundred houses were de stroyed, and three thousand people rendered homeless. The damage is estimated at £250.000

THE BALKAN STATES.

* Beloradb, February 26. The Russian Government are said to be intriguing to unite Servia and Montenegro, and encircle the Balkans.

THE POPE AND THE STATE.

Home, February 26. Members of the Chamber of Deputies resent the appeal of the Pope, and warn him that it is possible to depose him for menacing the State. THE ANARCHISTS. Fourteen Anarchists have been j arrested in Rome for conspiring to blo-v up the Pope and St. Peter's.

AMNESTY.

Lisbon, February 26. { Senbor Hidiero, the new Premier, has granted an amnesty to prisoners convicted of political offences.

MURDERS IN AMERICA.

< . Nbw Youk, February 26. Judge Parker, of Kansas, asserts that there have been 25,000 murders committed in the United States since 1888, and that there has been a great increase in lynching.

BEHRING SEA.

Washington, February 23. The United States Government in sist on the claim tiiat Russia ceded Behring Sea together with Alaska.

HAWAII.

Washington, F«bruary 27. The Senate has virtually referred the discussion on the Hawaiian treaty to the new Congress.

THE JESUITS.

Berlin, February 26. General Yon Caprivi will not agree to permit the return of Jesuits to Germany,

NEW GUINEA MAIL SERVICE.

Berlin, February 27. The Radicals oppose the New Guinea mail service as making a company de pendent 01 the Empire. Mr Bam berger,_the Postmaster-General, advo cated the payment of a subsidy to the lines, which would obviate dependence on England.

AUSTRALIAN.

LABOR MATTERS., Sydney, February 27. The Builders' and Contractors As sociation have resolved to give three months' notice of a 10 per cent reduc tion in wages all round. I

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, February 27. Afc the annual meeting of the New Zealand District Board of the Hibernian Society, the statement of accounts showed a credit balance of £2689, In the collision between the Alameda and the schooner Queei, the schooner's bowaprit was carried away, with part of the stern, and the windlass was broken. The-Alameda w&s at once stopped, and assistance offered, but as the schooner was not too seriously damaged to make the port, the mail steamer resumed her voyage. The Queen afterwards came into the harbor. A young man named B. M. Madill, clerk in the employ of the Tramway Company, has reported to the police that he was robbed of £40 whib counting money at the counter of ihe Bank of New Zealand. He says that a stranger tapped him on the shoulder, telling him he had dropped a note, and Madill stooped to pick up the jocund, which he* found was not his, but in the meantime a calico bag which he had on the counter, containing £40, disappeared, and so did the stranger. Wellington, February 2fr. In consequence of a complaint by the rradea Council %a to interference with i

the streets by the tram lines, the city Surveyor has made examination »nd re ports that there is little to find fault with except oae or two points, which the tram way owners have been ordered to repair at once. Tl}e bodies of Osbqrne and Ijurteau have not yet been recovered, and as a strong current from the TTntr River runs where the accident occurr-d. i> is more than likely the bodies have been carried out to se». A deputation of Presbyterians waited on the Governor to-day and. presented him with an address of welcome and loyalty on behalf of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zea land, Lord Glasgow, in returning thanks, bore high, testimony to the work the Church has done in Scotland. Government have decided to grant the widow of the late Mr J< hn Blackett, ex- Engineer-in Chief, a compassionate allow ance of UltyKt. Sir Robert Stout passed througji to day en route to attend the Uriizersity Senate at Auckland. Government have sought the opinion of the Crown law officers on' the question of prosecuting a newspaper for publishing certain advertisements of lotteries ' relat ing to New South Wales and Queensland, and also the question of prosecutions in regard to missing word competitions.

The Storm in the North.

SERIOUS DAMAQE.

JR* JP£OSB A3BOCIATIOW. HiWEUA, February 27. further advices from. Qpun%ke state that the Opunafce etid of the Wairau bridge pollapsed, owing to a concrete pier having been undermined by the flood water, The main .span is severely twisted, but may be uaed when repairs are effected. It is reported that the only bridges stand ing on the El ham road are Quri and Tangatara, and that Cox's dairy factory has been severely damaged. In Opunake township only one or two houses escaped thorough flooding. Newman Bros' store suffered most, a quantity of sugar and flout being destroyed.

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordinary meeting: of the Ashbui ton Borough. Council »*h held last evening. Present- Crs Thoma«, Cuthberrson, Paul, Flower, Jones, Scaly, Orr, and Dune in In tho alisene« of the M*yor in Chiist church, Or Thomas was ask«.» to presi le. FINANCE. -| The Chairman reported ihe debit bvlav.ee it the b«nk as standing at £948 11s, and the income received since last. meeting from fill sources £40 12s 81. of which £14 13* were ua domain account. Dog licansM ha i brought in £8, rents of reserv s £9 2* Bd, rafes £5, library :ic count £1 15s. SATIVE LAND LAWS. - The Native Land Liws Kef jrm League forwarded a circular requesting the Uoun cil'b co-operation in pbcaining reform ot' the laws rslating to native lands. The circular was receivad. FIRM BRIGADE. , Cr Outhbertson intimated that the annual inspection of the brigade and plant would take place on March 9, at which the Councillors were requested to be present. engineers' report. The Engineers' report was read as under:— Concrete Channelling Repairs.—The I Works Committee have had under consi- ' deration the question of repairing the I concrete channelling and recommend that the work shoul 1 be commenced without delay. The length requiring repair, more or less, would be about 180 chains, and the approximate cost we estimate at fro.a £25 to. £30. The asphalt channels may require a 6mall sum in excess of this amount to be expended if it is found much of it requin s renewal The pipe connections of the channels with tho outfall drain should also be examined and repaired if found necessary. Foot Bridges.—The Works Committee recommend that four foot bridges be fixed in East street, at the corners of Burnett street and Tancred street to the railway crossings. Shed at Council Yards.—lt is recom mended that the leanto shed at che back of the fire brigade shed be extended about 33 feet, as far as the workshop, for the purpose of bousing the carts, etc., and giving more storage room for horse feed, etc. We estimate the cost at about £30, which would include the cost of repairs to the fence. Labor Gang.—The men have been en gjued in watering streets, clearing grass off streets, and carting to section, miking and fixing foot bridges, carting rubbish from sif'e channels, grubbing gorse in streets, clearing channels, repairing fences round reserves and repaiiing traffic bridge, attending to water supply and other general maintenance. The report was discassed, and on the motion of Cr Seal?, a footbridge opposite the entrance to the Domain was ordend to be laid down. Clause 3of the report was held over for a fortnight, and the, remainder of the report was passed. The engineer* were requested to draw the atren»icfn of the Inspector to stray ducks in Cameron street. In reply to Cr Pau', the clerk said twenty-two dog* had been registered in the borough. It was decided to allow Is 6d to the In spector on all dogs he caused to be registered. LIBRARY. Cr Paul pave the information asked for by Cr Orr at last meeting. He gave the history of the library from its commence ment to the burning down of the old building opposito the school, and from that point to ihe handing over of the new building, e'c. to tho Council. He quoted the resolution under which, the whole concern was vested in the Council. A proviso in which wag that tho library or a museum was to be maintained in con nection with it. The eubsoi iptiorks for eight years had been on an average £17 5s ; and for four years £12 10s per annum. The interest on £700 (building) at 7 per cent, as per resolution of the Council was £49,* giving a total of £61 I<K There had been an expenditure of £60 18s 7d per annum. There had been £300 paid to the Building Society and £75 liabilities. The building, books, and fittings were valued at £1000, leaving £700 as above. (Jo to 1888 a salary of £25 was paid to the librarian, but 6ince that date no separate salary had been paid, and no salary was provided for in the expenditure. The number of subscribers now on the books was 35, an increase of 15 in the last three months. The expenses of the reading room, apart from the circulating library is about £42 per aunum, which did not include any salary. After an open discussion it was decided to take the whole question in committee 'of the whole at, next meeting of the Council. EBTIMATKS. The Works Committee were authorised to draw up the estimates for the year 1893-4. LICENSL'S. Stephens Bros, were granted a petro leum license. ACCOUNTS, Accounts to the amount of £88 were passed for payment.

DOMAIN BOARD.

The Council then sat as a Domain Board. The Ariel Bicjcle Cl^ih were granted the use of the Domain for March 15 for a meeting, half the net proceeds of which were to be given to the Queensland Relief Fund. The Swimming Baths were granted to the Swimming Club for a meeting on March 8. An application for liberty to tether in the Domain a horse used for work on the track was left in the hands of the Town Clerk, with power to apt. The Committee recommended the put ting up to tender of the pasturage, and the dividing of the lower paddock into three lots and taking in a race to supply the paddocks with water. Several minor matters were also recommended. There port was adopted and the Board ad journed.

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

HOME RULE. RECRIMINAI tON. (PEK FBKSS ASSOCIATION). " ' -i i_- -l •• . Loiri>w, February 26. The National Liberal Association have issued a manifesto, calling upon the party to pally round the cause of autonomy, and obtain a lasting settle ment of the Irish question. \ New T?QRjc, February 26 \ The Ifish National League in America have issued a manifesto pon demning the Home Rule Bill as ruinous to the welfare of Ireland. The finefloia' proposals are described as a clever piece pf juggling, and it is urged that a sovereign parliament will alqne suffice to meet tllP wants of the people. (Received February 28, 1040 a.m.) London, February 27. The •" Standard " in an article on the political situation, accuses the Leader of the Opposition of mismanagement and carelessness at the general election.: It further states they wasted opportu nities, and by ill conceived tactics have allowed their opponents to gain ground both in the House and the country,

SPORTING.

[PER PHRBB ASSOCIATION.] DuNKws, February 28. The principal wiuneiH at the meeting were:— J. StephvnKon, £650; M. ancL C. Hobbs, £365 ; D. O'Biwn, £359 ; U. Lunn, £337 ; P. Butler, £319 ; T. W. Hungerford, £282 ; 6. 6. Stead, £228 ; S. Mercer, £123, S. AJeimckr, £113. The total stake* amounted to £3580,

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(Fen PRBSB ASSOCIATION) (Received February 28, 10.40 a.m.) AFRICAN EXPEDITIONS. Brussels, February 27. News received from the Congo states that the Belgian expedition under Dhariish, sent to punish the Arabs for the massacre of Major Hodister's expe dition, have defeated the Arabs at Tomani. Five hundred prisoners were taken, including six chiefs, and six hundred rifles secured. Zanzibar, February 27. The expeditions under Captains Jacques and Delcorames, which it was feared had been massacred, have ar rired safely at Lake Tanganyika. They had a hot engagement with the Arabs at Yambuya, in which the Bel gian resident and his assistant were killed, but the Arabs were routed.

LABOR MATTERS.

New York. February 28, The strike of the Chicago switchmen has collapsed.

AN EARL'S OPINIONS.

' • » Whkn Mr Silas Hobba the proprietor of the celebrated " corner grocery" expressed to Little Lord Fauntleroy the emphatic opinion that "Earls is a bad lot," he uttered a sentiment which, however much it may. be sympathised in by " dimmycrats' of an ultra type must nevertheless be accepted, if ■ accepted at all, with reservations and qualifications. For there are Earls and Ear la and even the grocery man aforesaid after his famous visit to Dorincourt Castle was free to admit that as a species of the genus homo even the wearers of the strawberry leaves are not altogether without their recommendatory virtues, and certainly not the irredeemably bad lot that his untutored fancy had painted them. It is, moreover, the fact that, whatever he may say of them, even the most democratic of Britishers in his heart of hearts has a latent fealty to the possessors of rank and title—nay, is it not proverbial that he "loves a lord?" We go farther, and are prepared to contend that that fealty and affection are often well founded, and that among our ancient nobility are not a few who are noble in character as well as by descent, and whose personal traits dignify their positions even more than those positions dignify them. With others of course all this is re versed, the more's the pity, but it re mains, as we have said, that there are Earls and Earls. Not only are there good Eatls such as Fauntleroy fondly believed the Earl of Dorincourt to be, and eventually succeeded in making him, and Earls who deserve the Hobbsian definition of " a bad lot," but there are also wise Earls and foolish Earls, Earls who are mentally abreast of the liberal age ia which they live, and Earls who in mind and opinions are but. survivals of a remote and dead past, buried like fossils under a mass of prejudices and ancient superstitions, In New Zealand, for tunately, our present experience of Earls is a very happy and highly satisfactory one, and if all the members of his order were like Lord Glasgow the people of this colony would be quite prepared to acknowledge the claims to their high regard and admira tion of an aristocracy of mind and character coupled with an aristocracy of rank. But, alas for the destruction of the possibility of so pleasing an illusion, which must be (the inevitable consequence of the silly article which another Earl—the Earl of Meath—has contributed to the "Nineteenth Century " by which he nan succeeded, if not in proving Mr Hobba' them that " Earls is a bad lot," at least in de monstrating that some Earls are de cidedly foolish. According to the cabled summary h>'s Lordship "has never heard of good work being done! in any colony possessing manhood, suffrage," the riecessary deductiqn from, which is that he does n.qt regard/the passing of liberal land laws, and measures,calculated to ameliorate the condition of the masses as "good Work" and that therefore he would if he could take from the people at large the right of governing themselves and retransfer it to certain privileged classes. The apocryphal story which he toils, oi «"* clergyman in New Zealand who had to submit to the most foul language from the members of his restry who held the purse strings/shows plainly enough that the Earl of Meath would prefer to see herd as in the 0!d CountryTa system of beneficed clergymen under lordly patronage supported by great tithe, and little tithe, and all the rest of it, and his inclusion of runholders with clergymen and clerks as "the only poor men " shows plainly enough that his sympathies are restricted mainly to the class to which he him self presumablyjoelongg—-viz., the big landowners. Up. to this point ih§ cable summary of!his magazine artwje is certainly not calculated vto deepen that feeling of affectionate loyalty 1 to the Mother Country on the part of Colonists tct winch he testifies, ans which will pertajnly never" M astonigh the world " in a greater degree than hp has himself succeeded ii) doj^g by the, extraordinary production qf his pen |q which we are n^r referring.

THE ASffBTTBTOff &CrAftt)lAfr t TUESDAY, jfittfittAltf 28, 180 S.



Waned. --i_ ■ XpOUcrD^T'greafc coi£ Owner can X? have same on application at mk BuiiiOCK'a office a 1&J Good Samaritan, for the imme diate relief of pain.-LiGHTS Cash, -Store. _ _ „ 236 rj OMEOPATHIC Medicines, price tl Is- Solh agent for dMfcnoJ. Light's Cash Store. '. JJ^ BICYCLES, Ordinary %nd Safety Cycles, Star Hmnber Boadster, Racers-Star Diamond Frame, Star Ore** Frame (AdaiUH, Curties and 0;» b Ma chines.) UMb or Terms. Chmlchurch Prices.—H. M..10n is. * m PIANOFOKTIS and Organ Show Room*; Best cash value obtain able Extended terms; reduced sea c : Chrutchurch piice^j-H^jJONßS^^^ \I / ANTED Known—lee Oreams, Ice W Creams, for the hofc weather, always ready at H.G. Flowbrs, Confec tioner, East Street. __ _ SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest the largest, th* best, and the cheap art. Small a specialty. Fol weights guaranteed. A tnal solved. —W. 3. Slwoc^__________lZ-- W"~~^NTED Known-Andrew On j has Removed to the Old Town Hall for one month, during re-buUding of his premises. Drapery, Clothing, and Boots greatly reduced.-ANDR*w^»^__ 2 81W * CHK4.P Fruit—Having bouglit M*. Mayo's orchard, I c*n sell Fruit cheaper than any one in town. Orders imyZ left at Ibwt Street Shop.-Mjj Jambs. ___^->-Jg!l CHEAP Firewood—Short Dry Gum Firewood, ac 26s per cord; branchy 3s per load at Mayo;s,Trevor tou. - Apply, MR* JAMta. Fruit^Bhop. W~~~ ANTED the, Public to know that S. W. Alcobn and Go's Summer Sale it now on. Great Bargains in Millinery, Underclothing uic WANTED Known that S. Salkk, VV*tchmakor and J«wilier, has removed to new shop near New Zealand Olcthinir Factory 1 _I ANTED Ktiown.-Come and see our dress lines at fid and 6d, leather shirting 6£d, three-quarter cloaks 12s 64. ~H. 0. Segkrs, Malford House. _ ANTElTlinow n—l>r Scott's cele brated Electric Corsets can only be obtainei in Ashburton at W. H. Colubr's, "Tho Corner." v i/ANTED, at once, a Boy haying VV passed Standard V. or VI., as »pprentiee to tht> printing trade. Apply Mail Office. • ; T"~HBltfi*JKa Adams' new Refreshment Rooms now open. Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Lemon Squash, Soda and Milk nnd all the new summer drinks ready at times, Coleman's Buildings, JIASt Street.^ , ...._. . ANTED everyone to come and see the beautiful presents we are Hiving away for every 5s and upwards {[pantT—H. C. Segbbs, Melford House.



WANTED Known.—A great variety of high elms dress goods to choose from now selling under regular wholesale prices.—H. 0. Segers, Meiford House. WANTED— Purchaser* tor Bargains in Summer Dresses, Prints, and Delaines, Sunshades, Ac. at S. W. A work and Go's Sale. "117 ANTED Knc wu—K*w Flannglhtfc** price.--W. H. Coujgß. DON'T let the rain water destroy your buddings. Get Spouting fixed at 4d per fuot atid buy a tank, complete with Up, tested before leaving workshop, for 30s, at J. VV. Haudlkvs. WHY not Bake your awn Uread when you can ge& 50$ bs of the Bust Roller Flour for five shillings cash or five shillings and sixpence hooked at Robert axoorx 8, 3aunde<V BuildLagy**' IyWA Missing Word 1«. Bookp on Sheep and Dairy Farming, The Horse, TUo Dog, Poultry, Gardening, Athletics mid Training.- Back Numbers of. Graphic, Tha Queen, Sporting and Dramatic News and other illustrated papers at half priu;«, at L. F. Amjdkbwes & Co., Stationers' Hall. U" ON'T Forget the Barough Bye-Lawa re Carrie Lamps, and that Harpls . as large Stock on hand, also »large assortment of Tinware and Iron mongery, Scythes, Reaping Hooks, Hay Knives, Forks, etc., of best quality, and i . at lowest possible prices. J. W. Hakdley, East Street, Abb burton, BEAR in mind that J. W. Hardlby, Plumber and GasGtter, Eaa| Street, has the largest Stock in town of Pumps, P>pe«, and Fittings, and that he is selling them cheaper than ever at prices hitherto unheard of in Ashburton. Now w the tamce for a cheap Pump; improved No. , Price, 16s. Larger sb.es in proportion. /HHRISTMAS Suits. Boys, three \J garment long Trouser Suits at 15s. j Boys, (JoloPial-made Knicker Suits from 10s. Men's nicely made Colonial Tweed Suits 30i. Colonial Tweed Suits to measure from 50s.—Ashburton Clothing Mart. Saunders' Buildings. Robbkt LViOKSf. ffTANTRD Known—Thsb J. Itanoar YV 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 m ikes ; and his well-known make needs no recommendation. Always on hand Best Sole Leather, used for repairs and done at once.—J. Moison, Impermeable Bootmaker, Town Hall, East Street, next Court House 1 PEOPLW about to marry and furnish their houses, are invited to call on Plekford A IJndrll), AT THE ASHBUBTON FUBNITURE 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, Spring Mattresses, English and Colonial Peram bulators, Horse Hair, Kapoc and Flock Mattre*«es, Ducheßso and Fancy Tables, -Floor Cloths and Linoleums, Carpets, Hearth Rugs, and Mnts. Furniture Repaired, Restuffetl, and Repolished on the Premises. —Note the add re s— TAILORED STREFT Nex Building So aioty.



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A. Namffinff Wife A FACT. k speaker was holding forth on woman and he made out that she was just a little angel on earth. In glowing words he pictured how patient she was in suffering how courtgeius in trouble, and how alto gether gentle, loving, and good she was under all circumstances, and closed his peroration by declaring that any man who laid his hand on a woman, save in the act of kindness, was a monster. After the lecture, a pale, haggard, woe-begone 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 guess you don't know my wife. Well ■he haint no blooming rose. She's a daisy, a reg'lar daisy, why mister my wife i a agger, and there is'nt an hour, when she's awake, but tint she's nagging someone. If it is'nt me, its the children, if it is'nt the children, its thereat. There is nothing that escapes her nagging tongue, and the only time any of us gets any rest is when she has nagged herself t > sleep." How like the nerves of a man who diinks; th-y 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, snoring, miserable state that is but the tattling skeleton of a healthy sleep. R. T. Booth's Ooldeu Remedy No 1 puts a» end to aU this nagging of the uerv-es by destroying all desire for iquor I,\ T. Booth's Golden ftemedy Ao2 is ihe bestßr<*i» and Nerve Tonic on this o;irth. All chemists> The OxsiiO-w Biscuit, The latest and roost delicate biscuit Manufactured by Auslebrook Aod Co.



Read This. New Dress Goods 9|d, now 4£d All Wool Suma«er Serge la, now 7#» Summer Dress Tweeds worth Is, for o&d Plaid and Stripes for Children's Dresses 6*d Flannelet'e 3s 9d dozen Heavy Twilled Flannelette 4s lid dozen Cotton Shirtings worth 81 for 5M Cotton Shirth.cs worth 9fcl for 6|d Double Bod Sheeting, white twilled, 10§d White Lace Curtains from Is 9d a pair Good twilled Cretonne 4£d yard S^n ß ".^^W« B «.lo S ls3a,ral» C «ltoeJd . Striped Dimity for bed vaibnces 6£ d yard CLOTHING. CLOTHING. Men's Strong Tweed Suit* 32s 6d, reduced to 19s 6d g Men's Colonial Tweed Suite 23s 6d MenVSerge Suits 20b MenWew Zealand Tweed Trousers 8s lid Al^e^k^ M^otton and Leather Shirts, dirt cheap, Boys? Tweed Suits 4s Hi. Come and se« them. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. Men's Colonial made Bluchers, 5s M«n'« Colonial made Shooters, nailed, os od A specia? line el^Men's Colonial nWe Shooters, pegged and nailed, 12s 6d # Men's Cookham Boots, worth 255, for 14s 6d W W«T^ S'S^wSfI^GAINS ,X BOY* * GIRL* Woreen'/J strong Leather Shoes, 4s lid LadieH' Olove Kid Boots 8^ Od, reduced to 6s lid Ladies' Glove Kid Boots 10s 6d, reduoed to 7s 6d U. J. NBILL and 00., KRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS-



8. SALEK, &/ Jeweller, • tvpc *„ nn t;f v tKiifr in ronseauence of his increased Busiaess he has engaged the late Manager tor Mrs Black for the Watcnraaking Department. The WatehmakS and Jewellery Repairing Department is now ve-y complete in toSSSSZ ffa? the Repahin/of. „*-"*«-},; ?!^&SS8$*W$& Obcks, Jewellery, e«c, at Lowest Prices, OON»It»rBNT Wlltl bUUJNU wu"* MANSHIP. " NOTIOB VAll Watches and Jewellery left for R«pur with ANDREW BLACK, Watch maker, have been transferred to 8 k hAL BX ? WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER,



"UNMIFUL DISASTER followed fast and followed faster" upon the miserable condition imaginable. ' Gaunt famine may stalk over^tho" land, fn m failure of the boil, to give its annual increase, or teom other of the muiy causes of.-ihae distress; the destroying [)la^',ie"may be let loose and grip, with tji's cold hand the vitals of the young r.ud strong, leaving sorrowing widows and wa l;ng orphans everywhere, and painful olatiks in every household ; or the demon of war may send fire and sword over a country, and leave desolation in their brack in place of smiling scenes of peace »nd plenty—all sad enough and sickening



enough if you will; bub what must be the I feeling of a whole people when they find 1 their country covered as the waters cover ihe sea, their homes wrecked and ruined, and their hopes for the future sunk in one mournful and irretrievable disaster ? These feelings can only be imagined. And what ought ours to be in regard to the sufferers — we who dwell in the moat glorious country under the sun, and enjoy such Massing* as are only enjoyed Ly ihe dwellers in a second paradise ? Such feelings, to be sure, as are prompting the thousands of meetings, and plans and organisations of the people of this Colony, to send help to the afflicted. New Z^aUnd has come nob'y to the front in this matter, and her Canterbury sons have freen well in the ran at the first call. And we of Ashburton shall be in the front of the foremost if we belie not our past his'ory. SO THINK Hordloy Bros., who are giving special value this mouth in Drapery, Clothing and Boots. 120 Dozen large Towels to be sold at from 2s 9d a dozen. Splendid white Calico at 2s lid a dozen. Dresa Tweed 4s 9d a dozen. Extra larg.j grey Blankets only 10i 6J. Sheeting at 10|d. 94 Men's Suits from 19* 6d. Woollen Socks at ll^d. Men's and Boys' Straw Hats, best quality, only Is. A special line of Women's Leather Shoes 6s 9d. Men's nailed Shooters now only 8s lid, worth 12s 6d. &T NOTE THE ADDRESS— HARDIRY BROS., ARCADE, ASHBURTON. Hampton's TmURNITURE yj^AREHOUSE, TANCRED STRBEI', Is Opposite Mitchell and Turner's. TRY HAMPTON'S FOB Perambulators from 22s 6d Perambulator* Reversible Hoods from 355, Patent Rubber Tires Basket Ware Cheat Drawers Chairs and Tables Bedsteads Cheap Furniture All Repairs Colonial Couches Wire Spring Mattrasses BRANCH BUSINESS. EAST STREET, Below Patching's. GREAT ASSORTMENT OF CROCKERY, AND FANCS GOODS.— 2f3V OHEIP. Honey. 3gUvl.'l/ upon freehold securi ties, in .sums of not less than £10<# Apply to prjfiNELL, " Solicitor, 2 33 Montg< mere's Buildinj!B.



The best medicine is S^ande^ and Jsor,|' Eucalpyti Extract. Test its eminent power ful ei&sak in coughs, colds, influenza, e,£q. — the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony, His Majesty the King of Italy and medical syndicates ajj over the world are its patrons! Rjead the official reports that accompany each bottle We have »o GGpftMon to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness q! our references. Thp official reports of medical clinics apd ijniver -Bities,thcofficialcomin«nicationaoftheoonsu] General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded by the International Exhibition, Amsterdam—all these ap(* Wfchentic docu ments, and, as such, not open to d<»ul#. We add hero epitome of one of the various cases treated at the clinic of Schultz, M.D. Prot fessor, etc,-"O, 8,, 24 years old; conge^S tional abscess on the thigh. Inoisjons msu'e in two places. Although Lister's draping was applied, the gecretion became, two days later, very copious, and had adopted a fcptid decomposed character. The temperature rose enormously. In consequence the dressing 1 was removed and in its place were made during the day-time repeated irrigations with Eucalypti Extract. The offensive foeter dis ! *pp4uxd very soon, the fever abated within a few days, aud the patient recovered after the lapse' of several weHks. In this instance we must not lose sight of the fact that 'the tatter treatment saved the patient's life!*-



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Hoiaoway's Piixs. — Nervousness and want of energy.— When first the nerves feel unstrung, and .listlessness buj plants energy, l the t'me has come to take some such alterna- ' tive V Holloways pills fa restrain a disorder from developing itself into a disease. These excellent pills correct all irregularities and weaknesses. The act so kindly, yet so energetically on the functions ot digestion and assimilation, that the whole body is revived, the blood rendered richer and purer, while the muscles become firmer and stronger, and the nervous and absorbent systems are invigorated. These pills are suitable to all classes and all ages. They have a most marvellous effect on persons who are out of condition ; they soon rectify whatever is in faulty restore strength to the body Mtd confidence, to the mind,