BIRTH.

Wilson.—On July 17, at Allenton, the wife of Thomas Wilson, of a daughter.

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1893. "DARKEST ENGLAND."

We heard a good deal some time ago about Booth's "Darkest England" scheme, but latterly the sound of its trumpeters has died away, and the eablegraphist has been silent as to its progress. From Home files, however, we learn that the gigantic scheme of the nineteenth century John the Bap tist has not altogether received its final knock on the head, but it is in a very sick and languishing condition. In May last the founder of the scheme addressed the members of his sect at Coventry and took pains to explain that the enthusiasm the scheme had at first awakened only slept now, but would again revive. The scheme had been partially successful, and he wasdis appointed|that it had not been wholly so. The reception it had met with was pro mising to begin with, but disappointing ultimately. The speaker thought the public was like a great overgrown baby, ever wanting a new toy. The public had toyed with his scheme for a time, and then cast it away for the great Chicago Exhibition, and upon that huge American bauble the fickle minded crowd was spending its money and its attention. The novelty of the Exhibition would pass away and soon thereafter the Exhibition itself, and perhaps the public would then turn its attention and its contributions to the scheme. At anyrate he was quite sure that his scheme would be taken up again, and some day it would be suc cessful, "though possibly not in his time." The great Booth evidently has not so strong faith in the fulfilment of his scheme now as he used to hare, and fancies himself apparently in the posi tion of Moses, who was allowed to view the promised land at a distance, but was not permitted to enter. He is •vidently waiting for something to turn up, and believes that that something will eventually perform the lucky somersault he so much wishes. But at the evening meeting of the same day he gave his hearers a few figures in re gard to the scheme which would hardly be conducive to inspiring faith in the bosom of a banker were the latter asked to give an overdraft in aid of the scheme with the faith of William Booth as security. .Mr Booth con fessed that he was in debt to the tune of £40,000. He had asked for £100,000 down, and for £30,000 a year to carry mi with, but the public had only been good enough to contri bute £3000 for the two years just past. This disappointing figure was a very untoward circumstance to be sure, but it would hardly be one his banker would accept as an excuse for going £40,000 in debt. Tbe head of the greatest "spiritual movement of modern times" said he, had spent the money " wisely, econo mically, and on business rprinciplen," but were any man in business in Ashburton to get into debt at the rate General Booth has succeeded in doing, he would soon find himself standing first on one foot and then on the Other in the box of the District Court, listening to a soarifying piece of advice foom Judge Ward, whose " eyes that look the looker through " would send an electric shock through the debtor so terrible as to make the unfortunate debtor wish he had never had a father and a mother. Then the new John the Baptist went on to say that " that very night there would be 4000 poor people sleeping in their shelters in London, provided with food and family prayers all for a penny." This sentence, with its funny allitera tion, has been chaffingly criticised by i the press, as a departure from the honorable understanding that the « Darkest England " scheme was to be kept quite distinct from the religious propaganda of " blood and fire." But that is " neither here nor there" in face of the facts given in the same speech that the scheme has thirty-five employments going on; that the Thames farm consists of 2700 acres, 1200 of which are under cultivation ; 40 under fruit; a rosery; a chair manufactory; a steam joinery; and three brick-yards with a daily output of 40,000 bricks. Mr Booth has " three main methods of dealing with the submerged tenth," which latter hd estimates at 3,000,000 souls. He en deavors to provide them with a home, so that they should not have to sleep in the open air; with food : and oppor tunity for reformation. The " oppor tunity for reformation" is evidently wor k and no bad opportunity either and any man short of the penny required to purchase " food and family prayers all for a penny," may earn the double blessing by a " graft" at wood chopping. The British public baa been less kindly to the 'cad of the Harmy than that 'cad expected, and the money has not come up as smilingly as he would like to see it, but as he has every faith in its coming in the end, we trust his faith will be abund antly rewarded'

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr R. T. Booth, of temperance fame, got his discharge from bankruptcy without any opposition. It is stated that there is friction among the Insurance Companies in Auckland owing to alleged undercutting of the tariff by a certain company. The Wellington City Council received sixty applications for the position of libiarian of the Free Public Library. The matt«\ was referred to the Library Committee. The second annual Aahburton Poulry Show v* ill open on Friday afternoon about three. Exhibits must be in before 9.30 a.m. on Friday. In the report of the Borough Council meeting it was slated that the Railway Com missioners had promised to take action in the matter of clearing and planting East street. Mr W, H. Collins reminds us of the inaccuracy of this. The Commissioners promised to give the matter consideration. Mr I. R. C. C. Graham, having withdrawn from the contest of the Rangitata seat in the interest and at the request of Mr J. W. Sawle, now announces his intention of contesting Ashburton, in the temperance interest, as no candidate representing the political ph *se of that question is yet in the field. While willing to devote a fair and reason able amount of space to correspondents, we must impress upon them the necessity of condensing, especialy during the sitting of Parliament. We have yards ot correspond ence on the direct v«to,question, all " slat ing" Mr Collins, and all too long for us just now. Much must go the Balaam box, and much will have to be subjected to editorial pruning—a labor that would have been saved had the writers mads brevity their motto. Sitting in bankruptcy at Dunedin Mr Justice Williams suspended the order o, discharge for three months of Samuel Shawf farmer, for not keeping accounts. Shaw's counsel pointed out that scarcely any farmer kept books. His Honor said this was not a case for long suspension, but the Court should mark its disapproval of the absence of records. It should be understood that whatever a p.rson's business was, when in future if he came before the Bankruptcy Court, in no case would an immediate dis charge be granted unless accounts were kept. At the half-yearly meeting of the Welling ton Typographical Association it waa re ported that the expenses! had exceeded the receipts, being in the main due to excep tional calls on unemployed allowances. The Association consider the number of un employed compositors in the colony at the present time is appalling, and attribute the cause to the employment of boy labor in country printing offices, where young journeymen are manufactured and forwarded to the cities at such a rate as caanot all be absorbed. Despite the rush of work at the Government Printing Office there is atill a large number unemployed compositors in the city. The spread of cigarette smoking in England among young women had been widely dis cussed in the English press from all points of view, and some of the contributions have been rather amusing. Thus, "An Indignant English Mother " writes, complaining that when walking in Regent Park with her daughters she came upon a party of two young men and two young women all smok ing cigarettes. Worse still, she says, the young women seemed to enjoy ,it. 1 hurried my daughters away as quickly as 1 could, but one never knows what the effect cf example may be, for I have just heard that the eldest of them tried to borrow a cigarette from her brother, flan nothing be co.c to put a stop to this smoking habit, at least in the parks, where everybody can see ib? Surely the keepers have power to arrest any woman smoking cigarettes. If not, respectable ladies with daughters will be compelled to take their walks in the cemeteries, where smoking is prohibited.'

CABLE SUMMARY.

Turkey has adopted the Manser rifle for use in the army. The hay crop in Ontario is the largest on record. Some of Goldsbrough, Mort and Co, s creditors suggest that the head office be transferred to London. It is estimated that there are 800 miners unemployed in Newcastle. The new Lambton colliery is shut down. The Sultan declares that he has reason to hope that Eugland will shortly propose a scheme for the final settlement of all Egyptian questions. The Brazilian Government has captured Admiral Wanpenkalk, one of the leaders of the rebellion in Rio Grande province, and two of his vessels. Mr Rodd^ the British Consul, is taking over Moinbassa and Witu that portion of the country having been evacuated by the British East African Company. A Chinese warship has captured a fleet of pirate vessels, the former losing sixty men in the engagement. In connection with the dispute in the British coal trade, colliery owners insist that foreign competition necessitates the miners conceding a portion of the advance of 40 per cent obtained since 18&9. Referring to the reduction in the Gover nor's salary decided upon by the Victorian Parliament, the "Times" says colonial society must adapt itself to the new financial conditions' of the country, and Government House may well «ts the example. The Imperial Federation League is likely to wind up its affairs for want of funds, The general belief is that a non-party organisa tion is unsuited to the present phase of the movement. A committee has been aj painted to consider the matter. The Shipowners' Association, at a special meeting on Friday in Melbourne, will con sider the request received from the Engi neers' Conference to discuss the proposal to reduiM W»ges when their three years' agree ment expires itt September next. The French Bess e<>u4en*a *he Govern ment for giving England any prom}se« Tvith regard to Siam. The Siamese consented to withdraw their troops, and this formed the basis for the suspension of hostilities. The Paris newspapers comment furiously on the report that a French vessel had been sunk by the Siamese, and the statement that England is supporting Siam is also causing a great amount of angry criticism. The Marquis of Kipon states that the Government are considering the protest of the Premier of New South Wales against the decision of the Foreign Secretary with regard to the claims of the owner*, officers ana crew of the vessel Costa Rica, Beized by the Dutch. It is understood that the Crown law officers hold that the arrest of the Captain did not prevent the ypsel from prooeeding, therefore there was no evfdencp of damage. The aggressive tone of Sir G- R. Dibb's remonstrance, has attracted some attention.

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS FALL ENGLAND.

London, July 17. I Commenting on the recent performances of the Australian cricketers, the " Stan dard " says that Turner has recovered something like his old form, while Trumble is provkg an efficient bowler. The wrifcer expects an exciting contest between the two big teams at Lord s this The " Sporting Life" remarks that a month ago the failure of the tour seemed certain, but the team is now holding the honors. . -■ Referring to the match which began a f Lord's to-day, the "Sportsman" thinks the result is doubtful, as the slowneas of the wicket is in favor oi the colonials. The "Morning Leader" thinks the odds are in favor of the Englishmen. The latter are superior in batting, b)ut the suc cess of the colonial bowlk-g on a dead wicket should nearly equalise matters. A splendid wicket had been prepared for the match, but the recent rains ren dered it somewhat heavy though it im proved as th« day wore on. England batted first, the following being the scores; ENGLAND. First Innings. Stoddart, b Turner 24 Shrewsbury, c Blackbam, b Turner... 106 Gunn, c Lyons, b Turner 2 Jacksoß, c Blackham, b Turner ... 91 Maurice Read, b Bruce • 6 Peele, c Bruce, b Turner 12 Flowers, b McLeod 35 Wainwright, c Giffen, b Turner , 1 Lock wood, b Bruce 22 McGregor, not cut ... ... ... 5 Mould, b Turner 0 Sundries ... 30 Total ... ... ... ... 334 Turner took bix wickets for 67, Bruce two for 82, Trumble one for 42, MoLeod one for 51, , Jackson was *t the wickets for four hours and three-quarters, and his score included thirteen fouis. Read played a cautious innings, and Peele gained hi 6 runs by Bteady play. Flowers Boon got to work, and drove two successive balls from Ghffen to the boundary, but was missed" by Turner when he had scored 11. The partnership of Flowers and Shrews bur} put on 86 runs for the sixth wicket. Shrewsbury waa snapped up by Blackham when the total stood at 298. The out going batsman gave a masterly display of cricket wiih but few baa strokes and only one real chance. He was batting for four hours and ten minutes. Lock wood played ai fine innings of thirty-eight minutes' duration. The fielding of the Australians was bad all round. AUSTRALIANS. First Innings. Lyons,b Lockwood ... 7 Baunerman, not out 9 G. Giffon, b Lockwood 0 Trott, not put 4 Sundries ••• 13 Total for two wickets... ... 33 Lyons quickly scored 7, and was then completely beaten. Giffen was at the wickets for a couple of overs, but shaped badly. Trott and B inner re an ate both playing carefully. (Keeeived July 19, noon.) London, July 18. The first inniDgs of the Australians closed for 269. Graham made 107, Gregory 57, and Trott 33. Gregory played a faultless innings, and never gave a single chance during the two hours he was at the wickets. The partnerehip between Graham and Gregory add-d 142 runs >n 100 minutes, and their display was received with great enthusiasm. Graham compiled his century in two hoars. Sfcoddart frequently chinged bowling during Graham's term, and in one of Peel's overs, the young Victorian made three boundary hits. Hia innings, however, was not with out a measure of luck, for he waa missed by Shrewsbury when his score stood at 57, and by McGregor shortly afterwards. Trott score j steadily ; Bdnnerman was out with a wonderful left-handed catch at point by Shrewsbury, who was slipping when he took the ball. McLeod was dismissed by a splendid ball which sent the bail a distance of forty yardsk -

Parliamentary Notes.

[feom our own correspondent.]

Wellington, July 17. Ministers approve of Judge Barton's Bill for the validation of defective titles to native land, and Mr Carroll will take charge of it as a policy measure. Mr T. Bracken, at one time member for Dunedin Central, is a candidate for the position of Parliamentary record clerk and reader, rendered vacant by Mr O'Rourke's resignation. m The Auskand. City and Thames elections have been fixed for August 4, Wellington, July 18. LJSkTJIER SpDALS,. The twelve recently appointed coun cillors obi e4 to receive the leather passes whish haf c been sent tp them by the railway Commissioners in JM«« of the «old wwdals which (he M lifera in the Council and members of the House have Correspondence on the matter has passed between the Hon. W. C. Walker and the Commissioners and now the whole matcer has been referred to the Premier. THE " efITOGKBR OUT." Revel), the Janitor at Government buildings, has been temporarily bus? pended, pending an enquiry intp a charge of having forcibly ejected Jackson Palmer, member for ■Waitemata, who sought to gainiligress to the building during the dinner hour. NATIVE LANDS. Under the -BUI drafted by Judge Barton to deal with titles to native lands on the East Coast, he is to be appointed for three years, and to have absolute power to eettle difficulties regarding the validation of tiiles.

The Chicago Mode.

The method of killing cattle at the world famoUsChicago killing works is described as follows :--" Tm3 beast w*s driven into a strongly boarded enclosure of sufficient size to permit of its standing upri;;bt without turning round, A slaughters? :on a platr form above aimed at its head, the ears, with a hammer of the si»e and shape of the implement with which Hodge breaks his stones by the highway. The blows were continued uatil the victim fell with a heavy thud, and, as the man passed on to operate upon the next, the side of th« enclosure fell down, a chain w»| passed round the hind legs, andthe stunned steeg wan hftuleji up swiftly, struggling faintly parhapa, and as it so hung the knife terminated Act I. In an ingreditibly short space of time the beast was skinned, cut up, and every serviceable portion whisked away to be dealt with in its proper place." The sights and sounds are thus summarised :—" The shouts of the men, the groans of the cattle, the rattle and bang of the machinery, the ring of hoofs against rhft aides of the pen, the thud of the ham mer td *• duS mA of the falling car -5X the Bwißh-awasfe of blofldla, gory labourers swept it into the gutters, the clatter of pulleys and chains as the severa portions of beef were shot out of sight, the inevitable odour of the place, spite of rigorcus precautions—these make an espen erfce not to be forgotten. Yet one would think it was a sight to shudder at rather than to see!" *

THE DIRECT VETO.

ADuRESS BY MR W. W. COLLINS.

On Tuesday evening an address was de livered by Mr W. W. Collins on the direct veto question, in the Oddfellows' Hall. There was a very large audience and among those present were a number of ladies. Mr Cuthberfcson occupied the chair and apologised for the absence of His Worship the Mayor on account of illness. The Chairman briefly introduced Mr Collins and bespoke for him a fair hearing. Mr Collins on rising was greeted with loud applause. He said the prohibition question was one that all should fearlessly discuss and consider. He was going to. see if there was not another Bide to it, and he would ask his hearers to weigh well all that he said and to give him credit for sincerity of utterance as they had al ready given previous speakers on this theme. The position he occupied was a remarkable one, and he had no doubt he would be taunted as he had been before, with being under the influence of the ( liquor ring; but to him it was not a ques tion of prohibitionists and publicans, but of prohibitionists and the public, and the public were much larger than either of the other two classes, and he had al ways said that it was a question that should be discussed from a public platform. The claim that the prohi bitionists advocated and the claim that he advocated were social reforms, the only difference being in the method, and 1 he desired these reforms to do tne greatest good to the greatest number and to be lasting. The remedy for the abuse of drink traffic was the cultivation of self control, and this remedy could be obtained without prohibition, and would be more lasting and would reflect credit on the people. The picture of the evils of drunkenness painted by his prohi bitionist friends was not too black for the evil, butit certainly was for the extent of the evil, and he asserted that ours was noJ a drunken people, «nd that drunken ness and crime had been on the decrease for the past fifty years. He had been constantly told lately that he was making no distinction between direct veto and prohibition, but he kne*r the distinction a3 w«lUs they did, and everyone knew that the prohibitionists expeated to get prohibition by the direct veto. He admired the persistence, activity and industry displayed by their chief apostle the Bey L. M. Isitt, but he would like to have eeeD it displayed in a much better cause The statement had been made that this was a liberal measure, but he would lika to know how itwaaso many liberals dissent from the* measure, and asserted that a number of those in iv favor were Conservatives, When had the Rev. L. M. Isitt, Mr T. Taylor and Mr hmith been associated with Liberal reforms?" (Voice, "3ir Robert Stout." "Sir Robert Stout is not a prohibitionist." Voice: "Where was Collins ") It was a fair question. He had been in Australia for eight years, and he had been at work advocating social reforms the whole time. He had been in New Zealand for three years, and curing that t'me he had lectured for the same purpose at all the principal towns in the colony, with- 1* out an association at his back, working and paying his way himself. If there were fifty hotels in Christchurch, and it wan considered there were too many, or in the wrong place, it was a question for the people to decide, but so long as re sponsible, respectable, and reputable people wished to avail themselves of such convenience, he denied the right of drunkards and prohibitionists to dictate to the great mass, and the man who could not control himaelf should touch [his hat with respect to the man who. could,. The association of vice, crime, and poverty with drink had been greatly exaggerated. Of late years the greatest criminals—as Jack the Ripper, Deeming, and others—had., executed their designs without the use of drink, and he could multiply chese cases a hundredfold. He denied that poverty was caused by drunkenness. For one case in which poverty was caused by drink there were a thousand cases of drink through poverty. Human nature required happiness, and if through poverty it cannot get natural and legitimate happiness, it flies to the un natural and illegitimate. Reliable statis tics showed that fur the past fifty yean pauperism had been on the wane, and the face that this had been coeval with the decrease of drunkenness went to prove his statement. One great reason for this favorable, state of affairs was that since twenty-five years ago, when the cry of " education " was sent up, and a national system had been formed, the people hui been undergoing proper education. Human nature had thus been undergoing a change, and he was fearful lest prohibi tive enactments against liberty would stop this change. A thjef Jn gaol dpes. not steal, but that does not show that he is honest, liberty was a grand word, bringing recoUeptiqos of the battle^ martyrs, glories of liberty, and without it we return to our old traditions. Ha thought both sides should give each other credit for sincerity of motive, and having heard both sides it would be for the community to dppide which was right. The chairman stated that Mr Collins was willing to answer queotions on the subject. Mr Collins, in answer to questions, stated that the only reliable statistics were gained from national statistics ; as stated he would give the control of the liquor traffic to all adult residents, (not simply ratepayers as at present) but not the direct veto; he considered such catch questions as prohibition would create an. evil in producing trimming politicians, Mr Hugo JYiedlander in moving a vote of thanks to Mr Collins for his able speech, said they were not asked to agree with either the prohibitionists or Mr Collins, but they had heard both sides and they should go home and think it over and come back at election time ready to vote according as their conscience and common sense diptated. Mr W. Harding seconded the motion, saying that Mr Collins had given a fair and sound statement of what he (Mr Harding) considered a bad case. An amendment by the Rev. Lawry " that the majority of those present be lieve in giving the people the right of direct veto " was rejected bythe chairman on the plea that It was Mr Ooliins* meet ing. The amendment was noisily opposed from the back of the hall, and. the meet ing being Mr Collins' meeting the amend ment was not pressed. Had fc been, seeing the large number of well known direct vetoists in the hall, it would certainly have been carried. The Rev Lawry and Mr Keir then sup ported the motion, which was carried unanimously, and a vote of thanks to the chair closed the meeting.

COMMERCIAL.

ANOTHER SUSPENSION.

PBK PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Melbourne, July 18. The Mercantile Finance, Trustee, and Agency Company has suspended payment, and a meeting of shareholders has been called to consider whether it should £o into liquidation. Last year's operations resulted in a loss of £17,000. The capital of the Company is *1,500,000, of which £728,000 is paid up. The total direct liability of the Company is £373,000. Tha greater JPrt^

ftE ASMBtJBTON (JtJAEDIAN: WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 18S1



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Public JSTotlce. THE NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory Are prepared to take Measures for MEN'S, YOUTHS', & BOYS' CLOTHING at the following LOW PRICES. FIT AND STYUEJUARANTEED MEN'S TROUSERS 17s 6d, Mosgiel Tweed, MEN'S TROUSERS 20a, Kaiapoi Tweed. MEN'S SAO SUITS 69s rU HUNDREDS OF PATTERNS TO CHOOSE FROM. MEN'S SAO SUITS 635. The best of trimmings BOYS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING AT EQUALLI LOW PRICES. Waterproof Tweed Coats to measure from BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. A Single Pair at wholesale price. See our Special Display of BOOTS in Window for this week. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY ALEX. HENDRY, Manage .



TO THE ELECTORS OF THE ASHBURTOH ELECTORATE MR J. W. SAWLTO having expressed a wish to stand for the Bangitata Electorate, instead of the Ashburton one, as previously arranged, I deemed it best, in the interest of our Common Cause, to comply with his request, and retire^ in his favour, Such being the case, I now respectfully solicit the support of the LIBERAL and TEMPERANCE VOTERS of the ASH BURTON Electorate at the ensuing Election, as there is no other candidate yet in the field advocating these views, I. B. C. Cunninghams GRAHAM. 713t



I THESE FACTS ARE MONUMENTS'^ TRUTH. —AT— G. J. NEILL & CO.'S YOU CAN GET 4s 6d Silk Plush for Is 3d, Dress Goods 7s 6d reduced to 3s a dozen All Wool Dress Goods 12s 6d, reduced to 6s 6d Unbleached Calico Is lid a dozen Scoured Grey Calicj 3a lid a dozen Yard Wide Forfar sjd Double Bed Twilled Sheeting, white and unbleached, 9|d Men's Tweed Suits 16s 6d Men. Colonial Heavy Tweed Suite 37« 6d for 25s 6d Men's Tweed Trousers 5s lid ' Boys' Tweed Suits 4s lid Men's Woollen Sox 9Jd _ Women's Colonial made Shoes 4s lid Men's Colonial made Bluchers 6s Men's Colonial made Shooters, nailed, 11» 6d for 8a 6d • AT 6. J. NEILL & CO.'S. FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET.



THB ESTABLISHMENT PAR EXCELLENCE FOR FIRST-CLASS WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIRING. S. Salek, Watchmaker, MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, AND OCULTST OPTICIAN'S AGENT. (For Lazarus' Spectacles.) mHB Watchmaking and Jewellery Repairing Department is now very Complete 1 in its arrangements. The utmost care is taken overall JoH Rndwork is twned our only in a thoroughly reliable manner. The Charges are as low as can consistently be made for ._iMiiiiiiiiiiin SOUND AND RELIABLE WORKMANSHIP. As usual, the High Class Stock of Silver and E.P., Gold and^ Silver J™M"7* Watches, etc. (which% being constantly added to with goods of th« "tyle and design), will be found well worthy of Inspection, especially by those desirous of makWgWEDDING PRESENT, BIRTHDAY PRESENT, OR PRESENTATION. 8. S aTL EX. MATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER.



STEPHENS BEOS., Market House. /.\ BEG to draw the attention of FARMERS and H?UHlKrarajja to fta fcot that they have just landed from Oamaru, a consignment of POTATOES* wnicn they fortunately bought at the early part of the season, and"there w every pros pect of a scarcity we wotfd advise cusfe »«■ to mke EARLY PUROHABJb. We are also Sole Agents for Ashburton for MHSKK'S, OAMARU KILNURttD OATMEAL, the very best Meal in the Market, being absolutely pure and free from pollard, which is very conspicuous in many brands now sold. ( orders n^i^ij^^ Stephens Bros., Market House/



G. L. BEATxI & 00. At the request of our numerous Customers, we have decided to CONTINUE OUR GREAT SALE OE DEAPBBT, UNTIL TUESDAY, 25th Inst., UP TO WHICH DATE THE BALANCE OF OUR STOCK WILL BE SOLD REGARDLESS OF COST. TAMED STREET.



Mewellyn Owen. PIANOFORTE, SINGING AND HARMONY. ARCADE "CHAMBERS. (Dances not attended.) 421



FOR SALE, CHEAP—Allenton House, containing eight rooms and Scullery, with Verandah on two sides, Stable. Buggy Shed, etc., surrounded with plan tations, together with five acres land, well situated at the corner of Racecourse and Belt Roada.-T. BULLOCK.



TINWALD.—For Sale sections num bered 17 and 18 fronting the Main South Road and Railway, capital site for cottage. Apply to T. BULLOCK " £30.-—For Sale 2 roods 3£ perches together with small building price as above. Apply T. BULLOCK. | " TINWALD.—2S Acres with Dwelling House and other buildings, on account of Mr Hopwood.—Not having sold this by Auction, I am prepared to receive offers for it. Desirable home for an industrious man T. BULLOCK. " MONEf. 4? 1/' I(K and £400, two special sums, &&' ■* *-* to lend, on good freehold security . T. BULLQCK



MJL.LI* NOTICES. { Mails close for th« following places as under, lubjeetto the necessary alteration k— THURSDAY, July 20. For Northern Ports and Australian Colo nies, and also for the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, via Brindiai, pel Waihora, at 6.30 a.m.



gaAMDEIft »* Son«VJEiic»lyp«l m«r»cl. There are Imitations of Eucalypti Extract in the market now, products of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order that these crude oils may not be taken, Our JPure Volatile *nc». Ivntt Extract, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government to be of Perfectly pure origin, as forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2,, 1878, Weiffiro^ed by tests made by the Medicial Clinics of theWversitieaat Bonn and Greifswal , Prussia, and reDorted by Dr Schuls, Professor of Pharmacology at Bow, vA Irofesaor Dr Mod&r, Director of the Medical Cltoio afeSreifpwftlJ, that only products that are saturated with osyganand freed of ao.ids, resinous R nd other substances, adherent to primary distillation, Mclntire/Wood, Hazard, etc., cf America, is the only extract corresponding to scientific tests, and the only one which possesses the proper therapeutic value. All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which have, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal medicament. There so called Eucalypti Extracts, which may have received dist nptbn at Exhibitions 0s pommercial articles and are used for mechanical par coses only are discernible:— 1 By their deficieucy in pungent odour (which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract, de velops most freely through its surplus of oxygen). 3 By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance, being reduced in specific density through the 3. ly^eirYits, the result of the contracting ten dency of resins and tennates. If these crude oils, *> catted eucalypti extracts are applied by mistake in omm of croup, bronchitis, diph theria, internal ianammiions, dysentery, wounds, etc., the consequences are most appalling. For safety sake ask always for Sander »m«l «««•' «i«ca«yi»t* Kxtractandget the old, well-jtQstqd and reliable preparation.-- Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia.— r Sander and Some



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HoLLowiT's Ointment AND PlLLS.—Soldiers and sailors-^-These well-known and easily used remedies are especially serviceable and convenient to thaw who like soldiers and sailors, are exposed to great changes of climate, and the hardships inseparable from their callinsr. 1 Many of the diseases engendererod _,n the system from these an* other untoward causes canto checked and controlled by attention at their outset, and in Holioway's remedies will tie found.fr ready means of relief without hindrance from duty Many a plan Is invalided and rendered more or less a burden to himself and friends from neglect of the eai'ly smPJ 0*8 °f flj" complaint, which calamity might be awrtwJ by ttowljT