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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1893. THE WHEAT MARKET

* " Tub average price of English wheat is 25s 7d a quarter." So says the telegram received last Monday. The figures denote the average price of all the homegrown wheat sold at all the statute markets in England and Wales during the previous week, and it is the lowest weekly average price ever recorded. The average price for the year 1892 Was 30s 4d per quartet— the lowest on record with the excep tion of that for the year 1889, which was 29s 1 Id. But the worst of the present situation is that since last! August, the period at which the English cereal year ends and beginß, the price of wheat has steadily fal'en, being in August 29a 7d, September 295, October 28a 2d, November 28s Id, December 26s 4d, and now, in the end of February, 25a 7d, while there is nothing in the state of the market or of stocks, beyond the mere idea that wheat cannot fall lower, to show that the bettom hai yet been touched. In London on January 4, with the English average at 25s Bd, Australian wheat, January-February shipment, was quoted at 32s 3d to 32s 6d ; the last sale reported from London was 81s. Thus during the last eight weeks Australian wheat cargoes are Is 3d to Is 6d per quarter lower, though English wheat was practically un changed in price. With such prices current in London, and the market described as " slack," it is difficult to see how merchants Uere, even at the low rate of: freight which is offered, can expand their offers of about 2s 4d —which we understand are being made—for shipping parcels. We must not for a moment be held to counsel the acceptance of that price; indeed, me will not presume to advise farmers what to do in the present abnormal state of the market; for whether wheat can anywhere be produced at tjie price or not, the fact remains that Jjmk yooK-B p»«x!u©tii»n—-io"more than sufficient for all known requirements until the next harvest comes round, so that it will be a long time before the effect of any shrinkage in wheat cultivation can be felt in the great narkets of the world. Until the last few months, bad though prices and prospects were, the writings of English authorities always contained some ray of hope, but now, wren prices are worse than ever, everybody seems to hav-e subsided into a feeling cf hopeless despondency. Perhaps this is an omen of an early change to a better state of affairs. In many other spheres besides the wheat market the adage that the darkest hour is before the dawn has often come true, and we hope it may be so in this case. Wheat prophets predicted a rise when the market was continu ously falling, and they are as likely to be wrong now as they wiire then.

HELP FOR QUEENSLAND.

Ashbubton, as usual, is responding very heartily to the cry of distress, which comes to v*, this time, from our Queensland fellow-colonisls, and there is every reason to believe that the resultof thevariousefforts now being put forth will be the gathering together of a very considerable amount of contri butions in money and necessaries such as wheat, flour, etc. The Church collections, Promenade Concert, the Cycling Club meeting, besides the subscription lists, will all help to swell the total, but there is yet another suggestion made, just after the close of the recent public meeting, which might be given effect to. This is that contributions of all kinds of saleable articles should be invited to be sent in to some recognised piece on or before the morning of Saturday next and sold during the day at a stall to be estab lished in the Arcade for that purpose, the idea is a good one j many uricon sidered trifles might be easily spared from the households of our town and country residents, all of which would sell for something, however small the sum, and many a farmer's wife would | be glad to bring in a couple or two of poultry which the townsfolk would readily buy at the stall for the Sunday's dinner. The scheme is one which could be easily carried out, and ( the Committee might very well arrange to put it in operation.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Very Rev Father O'Donnell will 1 celebrate mass at Rakaia on Sunday next afc ten o'clock a.m. ( A meeting of the Ariei Bicycle Club Com mitte 3 was held last evening, at which a pro, gramme for the faceting on March 15 was adopted. Prize money to the vnonnt of £40 ■ .will be given.,- As half of >U" net ormrnds of this meeting will go to the Queensland Relief Fund, and as it is desirable to mafee that fund «s bulky as possible, the Committee have decided to issue iheir gate tickets at once, aud they will be on sale to-day by Club member* and others. In the Supreme Court, Christcburch, on Wednesday, his Honour Mp Justice Dennis ton, on the application of B£r btjnojpr, granted a writ ol eertioran to bring up and squash a resolution of the Sydenham Licensing Committee respecting the license of the Club Motel. Mr C»ygill appeared on the other sidf, but offeref apposition, it beinst understood that the decisjLou of £he Appeal Courfc in the other casea goyerns this. The OnmxW Biscuit. The latest and most delicate biscuit o^uf^iured by

The Lyttelwii.B rough Council yesterday telegraphed to the' Central Board of Health, who advised that the Council, as a local Board of Health, hid fall power to deal with the ship Hinemoa. They therefore consulted Tic Guthritt, health officer, who, with Dr Painnan, visited the sailors, ami declared the disease typhoid. 'J he Borough Council has ordered the ship' into mid stream for tweuty-one days, and telegraphed to the Colonial-Secretary to support them in carrying out this order. Action will be takun to compel this to be done to-day. The cricket match between Ashburton and Kakaia was played yesterday in thfc Domain, and^esulted in a decided victory for the home tiam. The vUkors in their first innings put together <i total of 37, of which Almgton contributed 10, Chepm >,n 8, and Upton 9. I» their second innings they scored 65—Peacock making 11, Lyttleton 23, Cuthbertson 9. Ashburtou in their single innings scored 108—the heavier scorers being 0. Chapman 39, Still well 21, L. F. Andrewes 12, A. Dixon 11, and Sawle 8. The Ashburton Club were thua victors by one innings and six runs. The work of making the connection between the north and south branches of 1 the Ashburton river has been rendered somewhat longer on this occasion by altera tion in the line. The channel previously i was . taken through the Alford Estate j property, but that portion of the estate . having changed hands, the interest of the new proprietors had to be consulted, and a route adopted suitable to them. The con nection ie expected to be established this I week, co that the channels in town which j have been dry for some days will soon be flowing again. „ The following will be the programme for the" promenade concert in the Arcade this evening, at eight o'clock, in aid of the Queensland Relief Fund:—Overture, Brass Band ; song, Mr Brooking ; Bong, Miss Barratt; song (comic), Mr J. Kirk; glee, St. Stephen's Choir; selection, Orchestral Society ; song and chorus, Mr Peter Williams; song (comic), Mr D. Miller. Interval ten minutes. March, Brass Band ; song, Mr L. Broad ; song, Mr P. Williams; piano duet, Mrs Claridge and Miss Ada Gates ; song, Miss Hardy; selection, Orches tral Society; glee, S& Stephen's Choir; song, Mr J. Kereel; grand finale, Brass Band ; God Save the Queen. The New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Fire and Marine Insurance Company held its second annual meeting yesterday, and showed an excellent balance sheet —marine losses, £132; fire losses, nil. After providing for reinsurances on all current risks and all contingencies, the directors transferred £1000 to the reserve, and paid 7 per cent dividend, and 3 per cent bonus. At a special meeting it was resolved to provide for no bonuses exceeding 3 per cent in future, the Association preferring to reduce premiums rather than raise the bonus and dividends. The final fifty-yards race of the Ash burton Amateur Swimming Club was swum at the baths last evening. There were seventeen competitors, sixteen of whom came to the board. Ihe race was swum in heats, and in the first heat were the following:—T. Hrubb, scr; H. E. Curtis, 2sec; E. E. Clowes, 3sec; G. Culverhouse, 3secs; E. Purchase, 6sec ; R Mitchell, 6*ec; J, Alcorn, lOsec, E. Purchase won the heat rather easily, with bt. Mitchell second. The second he*t brought out—R. Upton, scr; T.Pauling, l£3ec ; W. Burne, 3sec; F. Henry, 4sec ; H. F. Curtis, 6seu; W. A. Saunters, 6sec; D. Watson, 6sec; H. Hoult, 7£sec; T. Begg, 9aec. A vary close finish in this heat left R. Upton and D. Matson first and second. In the final heat there was a fine contest, all travelling splendidly, and the race was Won on the touch by Purchase from Upton, with Mitchell a good third. The Wellington " Press " has the follow ing, which must be taken with a very large pinch of salt:—"We learn, on the most reliable authority, that Sir R bait Stout has definitely made up his mind to offer his services to the electors at the next general election. The constituency has not, as far [as we know, been yet fixed upon, but he >«ill probably enter onelints for Dunedin, 'where itis anticipated that he might reckon v,'ith moral certainty on winning, Now, it is clearly undeistood amongst the followers of the Ministry that the present Premier will have to give up the command at an early date, owing to the dangerously weak state of his health, and, should that come to pass, the vacant position would, of course, be offered to Sir Robert Stout, if that gentleman had a seat in the House. Again Sir Robert comes in when there is a chance of his securing the advantages gained by other men's eflxrta. Sir Robert* always stands out until there is some particularly good thing going. He is too big a man to take any position under that of Premier. It is time that the "Liberal" Party had got sick of this notorious political cuckoo." The "New Zealaud Times" points out that the American annexation of Hawaii will when it occurs—apparently a coming possibility—have a consequence which will have to be faced, By the American law the ocean-carrying trade between American ports is exprensely limited to American bottoms. When Hawaii becomes an Ameri can port nothing can be carried between San Francisco and Honolulu by a foreign bottom. But the ships of the Union Com pany—the Monawai, to wit, among them— are under American law foreign bottoms. Consequently they will be debarred from carrying anything between San Francisco and Honolulu. They will therefore be dis qualified from taking part in the CaUforniau mail service. As the American law was de vised tor the encouragement of American ship-building, it is not likely that the difficulty can be got over by the Union Company by any device of registering or chartering a particular ship to other people 1 Now neither Australia nor New Zealand can be expected to exert themselves to favor American ship-building. The American an- j nexation of Hawaii therefore will give the projected Vancouver service the support of Australia and New Zealand.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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A DISGRACEFUL ROW.

g 1R)1 I am a constant reader of your valuable paper, kindly allow me space to ventilate my opinions' fcr the benefit of the public on the above subject. I have now Jived in this thriving little town about four years, and can safely say my feeljngs have nofc been mjjre outraged than on Monday evening. As an eye-yUness of the affair transacted in the vicinity of the Sotaersefc Ilotel, I protest against the intolerant persecution of the resjidents of this town by the liquor t*asc, In your local column you refer to the ease under notice as •• a lively half hour." I w O u!d aoaU.ttlfl further and call it "half an hour of heil u^on earth." Surely the infernal regions oar»nofc bp much worse than Ashburton has been in tespect to diink lately. Everywhere we ao dieajust* ing nights and revolting language meet us Truly there has been a splendid harvest ol drynks thjs year. Only one hundred and four! Average two a day. WbQ re*ps the baneat? T*n»p«r»niße

friends, let us shake olf our sinful indif ference and rid our town of this abomi nable curse.—l »ni, etc., DISGUSTfeDV

FOOTROT IN SHEEP.

TO THK KDITOB, | Sir- In your issue of December 31, you favour us with au article on i'oot-roi in sheep, froni note* issued by the i\oy<J Agricultural Society of rin^lai-d, compiled f*<nn a pamphlet by Profiler G. T. Brown, C.B. Now as this season threa tens lo be favourable for the production of foot-rot, I will feel oJ»lii*t;d *f you will kindly allow me to waru farmers who n»>»y not have had much expel ieuce of the dis ease, against adopting the views which Professor Brown got the credit of hold ing, namely that web land will not of it self g'. we foot-rot unless the disease I 1 as been otherwise communicated to the sheep by contagion. Ihe men who would bdieve in, or promulgate this kind of doctrine, in Australia, would commit a very grave error. We learn from the fourth edition of " Spooner on Sheep " — an authority valuable beyond anything ' that has ever been published in England ! on matters relating to sheep, that the weight of evidenoe in the old country goes to prove that ordinary foot rot is not con- I tagious ; but that it is spontaneously | brought about, there, as in the colonies, by wet, retentive soils and long damp pastures. Spooner mentions a Professor Brown I who wrote an "interesting article on foot rot in the journal of the Bath and West of England Society, 1861, in which he ex press d a decided opinion that the disease is not contagious, but is due entirely to wei; soil. To say that wet retentive soils and^long da»np grass are the cause of foot-rot does not fully explain the matter ; because the disease sometimes appears where the soil is not retentive and where no long grass is to be met with. Ie often happens that when rains con tinue long enough to soften the ground, and keep even porous land wet and boggy for any considerable length of time,' whole flocks will contract the disease. I have had ample experience*of this, and will here cite one instance of it by way of illustration.—ln the beginning of the sixties we got a rainy season in the heat of summer in "Victoria, and out of 37,000 sound merino sheep under my charge over 20,000 became lame with foot-rot. All the neighbors round were in about the same predicament; and I believe there were more foot-rotted sheep to be seen on that occasion within a radius of twenty miles of Mount Elephant alone than ever came under che observation of all and every home-staying pathologisc produced in England since the Roman invasion. The station 1 ni ruige.d was all first class sheep country ; the soil was what is termed recent volcanic, resting on a bed of blue basalt; the feed was short and sweet, and the flocks, twelve in number, sound to a sheep. But a very unusual thing for the latitude of the place oc curred that year, we experienced a regular semi-tropical rainy season, during the continuation of which boats were required to save people from drowning in some of the principle streets of the city of Melbourne. After the rain ceased, we had to imitate Noah, and wait till the waters were dried from off the earth. Then, for weeks together, about a dozdu of us, with two men catching, sat in the woolshed paring away from sunrise to sunset, etch man with his pickle bottle of solution of bluestci.e by his side. The me of bluestone, had, however, very soon to give way in favor of aroeitio. Where flecks are large, with labor dear and scarce, arsenic, judiciously applied, wi'l always continue to bo our sheet anchor. When one has experienced a breaking out of foot-rot like the above, coupled with many more <~f lesser magnitude, brought about in the satne manner, it is impossible to arrive at any other conclu sion than ihat the disease does originate spontaneously wherever sheep am brought within the influences .favorable ifor its production. When sheep have to subsist day and night, for weeks togethtr, on wet boggy ground, or among rank damp feed, even should the ground itself not be soft enough to be termed boggy, they will take foot-roc in proportion to the susceptibility of the particular type to contract the malady. Merinos have the least power of any breed to resist the dis ease ; yet, by observing necessary care and using proper remedies, I have never failed to cure them in large or small num bers here as well as in Victoria, I may say that although it is well to keep it in check, it. is vain to expect to effect a thorough cure of foot-rob in wet weather. Professor Frown says, " sheep cannot be affected with foot-rot if they are bred and kept on an uncontaminated farm from which all sheep from without ate ex cluded." Now, Spooner says, "If the disease is infectious, how is it induced." Many experiments have been tried by the French and others, by a direcc ap plication of the matter to the feet of sheep on abraded and non-abraded surfaces, but the leaults have not been satisfactory. " Now if a direct manual application of the discharge to the feet of sheep scarcely if ever produces the malady, how can sheep acquire che foot-rot from one another by walking or treading about while feeding, when it is with si: much difficulty produced by the actual contact of matter discharged from feet having the disease?" I believe, as I have already observed, that Spooner is the best English authority we have on sheep and their diseases, and I have no reason for doubting what he says about fool«rot, as it manifests itself in England, I wish, however, to say Here, in conclusion, thu .wtlvwzh I know for certain that fl-cks do t.-l.v foot-rot spontaneously in Australia and New Zea land, ye* I have very strong reasons for believing that when affected sheep are neglected until their feet become mas.i. . of putrid rottenness, with warty ex crescences breaking out around the bones, blood poisoning takes place, and the disease at thjs stage becomes contagious. Relieving, as I do, this to be the case, I would consider it every sheep owner's duty to prevent, if possible, long neglected diseased sheep from leaving home until they are cured. Except in the case of long-neglected bheejs as above, I would have no fear of any evil consequences resulting from the nre-^e of l»«ie sheep in the yards, nor from'them travelling through the country by road'Or rail. As farniers are now taking to sheep who may haye had qpportunifcies to I study their diseases,' J will t^y-a-few I words on the cure of foofc-rot in a future article.—l am etc, D. Omvke.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN

(PK» 3PBKSS ASSOCIATION.)

COLONIAL STOCKS.

London, February 21. ■ Mr Holmes, formerly secretary to the foreign, bondholders, proposes that the colonies should assign thuir customs revenue as security for their debts, and establish a bank to collect the dues. By this means the colonies, lie believes, would induce the investment of trust funds in colonial stocks.

THE GREAT CITY.

JjONPON, February 22. The Government will appoint a com mission to suggest a scheme for the amalgamation of the City and greater London. OBITUARY. Mr John Pettie, Scotch artist, who was elected R.A. in 1873, in place of Sir Edwin Landseer, aged 54.

BANKRUPT RAILWAY.

Nnw Yo«K, February 21. Intense excitement was occasioned in Wall street owing to an official re ceiver being appointed for the Phila delphia and Reading Railway Com pany. A million shares were, sold in two hours. The official receiver states that the assets are ample, and that the crisis is owing to the enormous business of the company and the small amount of capital. The prospects of the company are sound.

EGYPT.

Cairo, February 22. The ferment is subsiding since the Khedive hut shown a desire to main tain order.

INTERPROVICNCIAL.

Wellington, February 22. The Premier desires it to be understood that the ToUemache legacy duty is not a windfall, in the sense that it was not un expected. On the contrary the amount was known and included in the estimate of the year's revenue. Already the reveuue for the year will l«e above the estimate. | The Hutt river is higher than it has been for many years, but no damage has been dune except a little carried away | from the tanks. Mr R E. Bellairs, Government Sur veyor, who has received notice that hia s; r vices will be dispensed with at the end of the month, has been in the Govern ment employ for thirty-rhree years. He came to the colony in 1843, and was one of those who escaped the Wairaumas3acrt. Dr. Lemon's report on eleclric lighting i Government buildings, Parliament house, j and Government house; shows it would ! be cheaper to put up a special installation | than obtain light from the Electric Com-! pany. If the Cabinet finally approve, the j vote will be placed on the estimates. j Sir W. Buller takes Home specimens of i wood pevement for inside flooring, in-' vented by J. Frfljberg, of Wellington, to dispUy in the New Zealand court of the Imperial Institute, and at the Agent- General's office. The Public Library was the first building fitted with it. The Minuter of Justice his accepted the resignation of Mr Welch, J.P., of Palmers ton North. He was one of those whose action in connection with the Forest Reserve special settlement was severely commented «n by tUe Land Board. Welch, in forwarding his resigna tion, explained he was not aware h« was doing wrong in accepting resignations in blank. The Minister accepted the ex planation. Colonel Fox is about to proceed to Nelson, West Coast, and South Canter bury to complete his inspection of the de fences of the colony, and will furnish a supplementary report. It is doubttul whether the report now in the hands of the Government will be published until the second is received.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Pea Press Association.

(Received February 23, 10.30 a.m.)

SUICIDE OF A BANKRUPT.

London, February 22. A man named Barker, who had recently become bankrupt, shot himself with a revolver in a train. He had i previously written to the Official Re ceiver, to come and fetch the body of his victim.

(Received February 23, noon.)

GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

London, February 22. The Right Hon. Robert William Duff, M.P. for Banffshire, has been appointed to succeed Lord Jersey as Governor of If eyr South Wale«-

AUSTRALIAN.

Received February 22f, noon.) POLITICAL. Sydney, February 20. At a meeting of country members it was decided to form a parliamentary party to watch the interests of the country districts,

THE FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA.

PER PBBSS ASSOCIATIOI'. (Received February 23, noon.) Sydney, February 23. The authorities estimate that a million bushels of maize and thirty per cent of the sugar crop have been de stroyed in the Clarence district. Brisbane. February 23. Much of the sugar crop in the Bunda berg district hag been destroyed. Until the flood occurred tke prospects this year had been exceptionally bright. The Government meteorologist pre dicts more rain.

The Cable Qompany advise that com munication with Brisbane was restored at 2.30 p.m. yesterday. The employees of the Kaiapoi Woollen Factory have subscribed altogether £100 towards the Queensland relief fund, with rthich they purchased at actual cost from the company a supply of useful woollen goods, which was sent by ste&mer to Sydney yesterday. * The OArislchurch central rolief fund now amounts to £15Q. A meeting Jasfc night elected four leading citizens tomake a thorough canvass of the city to-day, and Sunday ? March 5, was fixed for v Bris baue Sunday," when co|leetiona be made in aid of the relief fund by*all the churches. By the Hauroto, which left Dunedin last Saturday, twenty tons of flour and ten tons of oatmeal, to the value of £265, were shipped by the local committee to Brisbane, ' '

COMMERCIAL.

[pub press association] London, February 21. Eight thousand five hundred quartern of Australian wheat, January-February shipment*, sold at 30d 9d. x " Bears" have depressed all colonial stocks except those of New Zealand. (fcecseived February 23, 10 30 a.m.) The quantity of wheat aiid' flour ;>fli>at for the UniUd Kingdom is 3.248.C03 quarters; for the Continent 680,090qrit. The Knikoura mutton is selling at 4£J, 'ami. 6£<i. ' Sydney, February 22. Wheat; chick, 2a lid ; milling, 3« 6d. Flour, .New Zealand roller, up to £8. Oats, feeding, 2» 7d to 2-> lOd ; seed, 2s 9d. Maize, nominally 5? 3d. Barley, , Cape, 3a Pear, Prussian blue, 4s 2d. Bran, 9d. ;\iHai<\ Bid. Potatoes, local, £3 15s ; Circular Head's, £415*. Ouions, £2 lo.s to £3. Butter, dairy, 5d to 6d ; factory, Bd. Cheese, 4W, Bacon, New Zealand prime, B|d to 84d ; haina, nomi nally lOd to lid. Melbourne, February 22. Wheat, Si to 3s I|J. Flour, s»one, £7 ss; roller, £8. Oats, Algerian, U 4Ad to Is 7d; stout, 2s Id to 2s l|d. Barley, malting, 4s 6d to is 7d. Maiza, 4s 3d. Bran, B£d. Pollard, 9d. ADBX.AIDK, Ffbruary 22. Wheat, 3* 3d. Floar, roller, alow of sale, £9 7s 6d. Oats, 3s 3d to 3s 4cL. Barley, malting, 4a 3d to 4s 9d. Bran, 9d. Pollard,^. The New Zealand Loan and Merotntile Agency Compa <y, Limited, hare received the following cable mesoage, daced Lon don, February 21 :— Wheat-r-M»rket is depressed. New Zea land wheat, average and long-berried are worth respectively 29a 6d and 31b 6d per 4961b. New Zealand wheat, f.».q., is worth c.i.f., to arrive, 25s 6d per 4801b. Values are nominal.

Addington Stock Market.

Chsiotchubch, February 22. The market to-day was well attended and well stocked, especially with fat and store sheep. Fat Sheep were a shade easier, except in the case of prime cross and halfbred wethers, for which a good demand prevailed, up to 17s 9d being given for pnmest. Wethers and maiden' ewes, 50 to 60 pounds,- sold from 14s 3d to 15s 9d, averaging 2|d per pound, skins and fat reckoned in; and factory weights, really prime wethers, 60 to 75 pounds, 2|d per pound aud slightly over. A large number of half-finished merino wethers and aged crossbred ewes caused a reaction, and values dropped con siderably, lfd to 2|d per pound being the range ot prices given. Stoke Sheep—Young store crossbred ewes sold well—l3s 6d to 14s 9d being freely given for all offered, and more wanted. Aged crossbred and merino 6wes very .un saleable— 3s 9d to 4s 8d tor merinos; 7s to 9s for crossbreds being the range of values. : Fat Cattle—Beef was dull and* small entry. Beet, 20&-per lOOlbs; inferior, 16* to 17s. . Store Cattle—Very few yarded and de mand very slack, only a few youug stock: yearlings, 20d to 30a. Drj cows very little asked for, but, dairy cows and spriugers in great request; best, £8 to £11; medium, £5 to £7 10s. . Pigs—Very active; porker?, farm fed, 4sd per pound; light baconero, 4d to 4sd ; heavy pigs, 33s 4d.

Ashburton Markets.

MESSRS MILKS AND 00., LIMITED. Messrs. Mile* and Compauy, Limited, report ou the weekly stock sale held at the Tiowald yards on Tuesday, February 21, as follows:—For fully four hours the auctioneers and others were very busily employed dis posing of the large entries collected at the Tihwald sale, all the yards being occupied during the day, the totals reaching the extensive figures of 12,990 sheep, 47 head of cattle, and 4 pigs. The public attendance * was considerably larger than for months past, and purchasers for all classes were well represented The dry weather recently, experienced throughout the plains had its effect upon values, which were easier in all descriptions of sheep, although the opinion was generally expressed that a good shower of rain would again restore the high prices ruling of lat«. Entries in the butchers' class were limited, and the quality generally ' was plain, with the exception of a line of ; merino wethers we sold lor Mr Harper at top rates. Several pens of merino wethers were passed out unsold. For freezing pur* , poses the yarding was only limited, and as buyers for export were not anxious to secure sheep, business was restricted. The yarding of store lambs was very extensive, but with one or two exceptions, owners had to accept reductions on quotations of a few weeks ago. Several lines of crossbred and merino breed ing ewes wore penned, and were quitted with difficulty at slightly under late rates. The following sales were made:—Fat cross breds, 12s to 15s 3d; stores and breeding ewes, 9s to 13s; stores, 3s to 5* .64;' merino ewes and lambs, all counted, 6s to 7s 6d ; fat lambs, 10s 6d to 12s; stores, 6s 6d to 10*. Fat cattle were in good entry and met with active trade. Stores were in the minority, bat all brought forward changed hands at satisfactory prices. Our sales were:-125 two-tooth halfbred ewes, 13s 2d: 159 fat merino wethers, 10s 9d ; 48 two-tooth cross bred wethers, 13s lid; 126 crossbred freezers, 15s 3d; 225 first cross lambs, 10s 8d; 197 crossbred ewes and wethers, 12s 7d ; 300 halfbred two-tooths, 13s 7d; 131 half, bred two-tooths, 13s3d; 192 store merino ewes, 4s 9d; ill two-tooth crossbred ewes and wethers, 14s 6d, \ ' During the week we have told privately 440 lambs at satisfactory prices, and also a goqd line of rams. • ■ . -

MR JOHN G. EESXCLL. Mr John G. Rentell, in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (per Mr J. B. Bland, auctioneer), report* on the live stock market for the week ending February 22:—At the Tinwald yard* on Tuesday the largest yard, ing this year came forward for the day* market, viz., 13,000 aheep and 47 head of cattle. The attendance was good, and, considering' the heavy entry, prices were very satisfactory—in fact they were nearly equal to those obtained at former sales. The demand throughout the sale was steady, and almost every line offered by the various auctioneers changed hands at prices which must have been pleasing to vendors. The entry of freezers was small, and the demand was not strong. Sound mouth merino ewes were much sought after. Several liner of store lambs were penned, and met with good competition. Merino wethers were very dull of sale, except for a very prime line sent in by Mr Harper, which sold at 10s 9d. Store crossbreds found buyers at 12s 7d to 13* 9d. Out of the total entry we sold 3000 sheep and 3 head of cattle, as follows:—3 old crossbred ewes, 9s 3d ; 12 crossbred two tooths, 15s 3d ; 15 crossbred ewes, 10a ; 43 crossbred ewes, 8s 4d ; 44 crossbred eves Bst 41b; 119 two-tooth wethera, 13s 8d ; 274 merino ewes and lambs, 7s; 94 crossbred ewes, 9s 3d; 122 two-tooth ewes, 13s 3d: 219 merino ewes, 6s 2d ; 269 merino wethers, Is 6d; 262 crossbred ewes, 5s pi; 258 lambs bi 6d i m crossbred two-toothi, 13*7 d Hiree-quarterbred' lambs, 10s 9d; 2QohalE bred lambs, }0b lid j 53 merino ewes, 83 7d; 1 young heifer, 25s j 1 milk cew, £3 18s 6«L . IMvaf ely during the week we sold,' on account of Mr E. M. Goodwin, 1500 cross bred wether lambs at 9s.Bd; and, on account of Mr William Chisnell, 500 crostbred ew«« > - - - 11

MESSRS J. T. FOBO AWp 00. Messrs J, % JPord and Co. (in conjunction with Mr Henry Zander), report on the live stock market for the week ending February 21, as follows: —At the Tinwald yards on Tuesday, a large number of all classes 6f sheep were yarded for the day* m&tket, The attendaaoe of buyers was ruther'l&fgej! Chan usual, but the bidding seemed slack, ; and a decline in values had to be accepted to effect sales. Fat Sheep—The entry was a good average one; the quality as usual, varied with a few lines of very prime crossbred* and merinos Prowbnda tyd fro«» 19, 3d to Jfc a*

THE ASfIBtmTON atTAhDIAN: flTtJilglDAy, U< 1893.



Wan cd. HK Distressed »e«»d your assistance. Purchase Tickets" for Promenade Concert, also Plant* of Cabbage, Savoys, »nd Curled GreenH at Whittinoton m oppoaite Mail Office. fjff WANTKDKn,»wn - I'mwald Wesleyar. Sunday School Aiiniyetsary next Sunday. February 26. 3 p.m.. Rev h Lawry ; 330 p m., K«r Mr Rapley. Tej meeting Monday, February W.__2_l2l r*O LKT-The New Shops next Bark I of New Zealand, now occupied by Mr Collier ; renc 30* ; possession March 1. Apply Georgb Cousmaw, He o nr*£ Hotel. _. __j™ AJNTED to Purchase, Mane and -^Tail Horse Hair m any quantity. Highest cash price, Jas. HmbminJ' AfthburtonnndTuiwald^^ M WANTED Known.-General meet ing Amattur Cycling Club. FBiDAYNighc, Templar Hall. "hiwiMjj important.—F. Dbsby, * 1X" -pHE Missing Word Is. Booka on JL Sheep and Dairy Farming, The Horse, The Dog, Poultry, Gardening, Athletica and Training. Back Number* of Graphic, The Queen, Sporting and Dramatic New., and other *™™f papers at half pnc«, atL. F. Amdrbwes * Co., Stationers' Hall. ANTED Known-Andrew Orr has Removed to the Old Town Hall for one month, during the re-building; of his premises. Drapery, Clothing, and Boot* greatly reduced.- Aupbhw Ork. 2§104 I j]ANOFOKt¥ and Organ Show JL Rooms. Best cash value obtain able. Extended terms ; reduced sc*'e : Christchurch prices.—H. M. Jowes. \ I t ANTED Known-^-Ice Creams, Jce VV Creams, for the hot weather. Always ready at H. G. Flower's, Confec tioner, Bast Street. SOMERSET Meat Mnrt. The oldost the largest, tha b^st, and the chunp .«t. Small a specialty. *ul weights guaranteed. A trial ™1™*"1. —'V. J. Sil<:ock. 4tl^ Tl/ ANTED, at once, a Bojjr Ming VV passed Standard "V. or V£., as toprenHce to th« printing trade. Apply Milt Office. ■ _. THE Good Samaritan, tor the imme diate relief of pain.—liioHT s Cash Store. ____-ii J r f OMEOPATHIC Medicines, price [X Is- Sol« »Bent for distrlcL Light's Cash Store. 2j34 BICYCLES, Onlinary and Safety Cycles, Star Humber Roadster, Racers—Star Diamond Frame, Star Cross Frame (Adan.s, Curties and Co's Ma chines.) Cash or Terms. Chrislchurch Pricss.--H. M. .lonb^ 2J*4 CHE IP Fruit—Having bought Me Mayo's orchard, I cm sell Fruit cheaper than any one in town. Orders may be left at East Street Shop.— Mrsj J amb^ fSW (IHEAP Firewood—Short Dry Gum i - Firewood, at 26s per cord; branches 3s per load at MayoX Trevor ton. -Apply, Mrs Jameß, Fruit Shop. W~~~ ANTED the Public to know that S. W. Alcxjrx and Co'« Summer Sale ia now on. Great Bargains in Millinery, UaderdothiDg etc. W:Uchmakerand Jeweler, has temoved to new shop near New Z<ialatid Olcthinu Factor? 10 *13 WANTED Known.—Come and see our dress 'lines at 4"% d and 6d, leather shirting 6^l, thrae-quarter cloaks 12« 6<l. —H. C. SKOEKB, Mslford House; WANTED Known~Dr Scott's cele brated Electric Corsets can only be obtained in Ash burton at W. 11. COLUBR'a, "ThnCornar." THE Misses Adams' new Refreshment Rooms now open; Tea, Cpflge*. Cocoa, Lemon Squash, Soda^»u»<T Milk ready at all times. Coleman's Buildings, East Street. m WANTED everyone to come and see the beautiful preecuta we are giving away for ev*ry bs and upwards •pent— H. C. Segbrs, MelforU House. WANTKD ILiown.—A jyreat variety of hi«h class dress goods to choo>e from n w Nelli-g under regular wholesale pnc«s.~H. C. SjEGEKti, Melford House. WANTED— Purchsw^M lor Bargains in Summer Dresses, Prints, and Delaines, Sunshades, Ac, at S. W. Alcork, and Co'a Sale. WANTEI -i Knrwu—New Flannelettes st oxtraordiunry prices; 'da lid tmd 4b lid doz. T« irty per cent under price.—W. H. OoLUift. DON'T let the rain water destroy your buildings. Get Spouting fixed at 4d per foot and buy a tank, complete with tap, tested before leaving workshop, for 30s, at J. W. Hardley'*. TITHr not Bake your own Bread when »T you can srec 601 bs of the Best Rjller Flour for five shillings cash or five shillings and sixpence booked ac ' Robert alcorn a, Saunders' Buildings. 11 31



from whom they can be obtained JLQjRJE-S- BOOtS. -■ ; SHOES. 7&HOES. o ,-, ■..:'■ ; ■;th ie"' " ' ■ NEW ZEALAND ClottalnjßT F ACtary r * AND BOOT AND SHOE r*i«. WAREHOUSE. "HPHE Public would do well to inspect 1 ouv Large and Well-assorted btock before purchasing elsewhere. A Single Pair of Boots at the Wholesale Price. All new goods. 200 Pairs of Boys' and Girls' Strong School Boots and Shoes from 2s Pa. LADIES. Buy your Boots and Shoea at the Factory you will save 3s in the pound. THE AUGITE STOVE MAT, Only a faw left; just the thing for pre serve making; only 29. A Wonderful Line of „_„_ MEN S ALL-WOOL COLONIAL TWEKD TROUSERS tor 9b Bd. NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. ALEX. HENDRY, . . Manager, The Best Tea Itf CANTERBURY for the money, and free from any excess of as tringency. 1 COUNTESS 2s. ASK YOUR GROCERS.



DON'T Forget the Borough Bye-L»wa re Carr age Lamps, and that Habdib . as large Stock <>n hand, aUo • large assortment nf Tinware and Iron mongery, Scythes, Reaping Hooks* Hay Knives, Forks, etc., of beet quality, and all at lowest possible prices. J. W. East Street, Ashburton. BEAR in mind that J. W. Hardlby, PlutnbLT and Gastf tter, East Street, has the largest Stock in town of Pumps, Pipes, <»iid Fittings, and that he is selling them cheaper than ever at prices hitherto jrfiheard of in Ashburton. Now i« the /"" hance for a cheap Pump ; improved No. . Price, 16s. Larger sizes in proportion. /"SIIKISTiMAS Suits. Boys, three j V^ garment long Trouser Suit! at Ida- Boys. Colonial-made Knicker Suits from 10b. Men's nicely made Colonial Tweed Suits 30,. Colonial Tweed Suits to measure from 50s. —Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. Robbkt Aicorn. «jCTANTED Kaown—That J. Moison YV keejw the best stock of Boots in - Ashburton, for thw reason that he pays cash ntid 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 nukes ; and his well-known make needs no recommendation. Always on hand .-Bent Sole Leather, used fur repairs and done at once. —J. Moison, Impermeable Bootmaker, Town Hall, East Street, next Court Houtfc ~Th£~BesTTed . ■ IN THE WORLD Hy slop's Ceylon. NINIAN HYBLO?. and CO., Tea Impui-Loi h, . 133 C* btil fitrojt, Chi; dutch,



A. ISajcsrinsr "Wife — ■♦— ■— A FACT. A speaker was holding forth on woman and he made out that she was just a little angel on earth. In glowing wordr he pictured how patient she was in suffering how courageous 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, woebegone looking man shuffled up to the speaker and said, " Look here, mister ; I've heard what you've been saying about woman ; all about how nice and sweet she is, why, one would imagine that you believed all Women were just blushing full blown roses; I guess you don't know my wife. Well she haint no blooming rose. She's a daisy, a reg'lar daisy, why mister my wife is a nagger, and there is'nt an hour, when she's awake, but th%t she's nagging someone. If it is'nt me, its the children, if it is'nt the children, its the cat. There is nothing that escapes her nagging tongue, and the only time any of us gets any rest is when she has nagged herself o sleep." How like the nerves of a man who drinks; they just nag, nag all the time, giving no rest until enough liquor has been taken to deaden ath nervous sensibility, and the poor fellow goes off n that sodden, snoring, miserable state I that is but the rattling skeleton of a healthy sleep. R. T. Booth's Golden Remedy No 1 puts an end to all this nagging of the nerves by destroying all desire for iqnor. R. T. Booth's Golden Remedy No 2 is the beat Brain and Nerve Tonic on this e*rtb. All chemist*. I



'iHB FIRST Ci/AMNiT SALE &. J. IS Kit A* fc Co. HIS bein, „ tat OWff.'SS'inSrt t?R -M^ BEFORE KNOWN IN ASHBUR^O^. „ imw-^u^rv^^sKSoSS^ OFFERINa Double width Sheeting, white twill, 10£ d Good washing Muslins, 3s lid dozen White Muslins, satin stripe, 7sd now 4s«* SE£SB?&»iss*«. .uiUbta .or chMren', M wo-dertu! value at 6"W CLOTHING. CLOTHING. Men's Tweed Suits, 19s 6d Boys' Tweed Suits, 4s lid * BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. Men's Colonial made Bluchers, 5s .. . . Men's Cookham Boots, worth 25s for 14s bd W^A^Sfe^^l&^AlNS - BOYS' . OIBW Women's stronc Leather Shoes, 4s lid Ladies' Glove Kid Boots 8s 9d, reduced to 6s 1W pnce TERMS CASH. .-KEMEMBER THK ADDRHSS- U. J. NKILL and 00., FRIEDLANDER'S BUILOINGS- ; ' _j, X-__—;- - • : : "" ---|. SALE X, * Jeweller, • iwrs tn notify that in consequence of his increased Business he has engaged the BE^° ce ° oiran* J AS. WILSON (formerly of Brywn and Son, Minburgh) and T^n^is"^'^^^^ 1^ wi™ soond w°hk- MaNSHIP. NOTI OE v Hah w*k. wi fc-teri* **. b«p- "'* ANDREW BLACK ' WMoII maker, have be^n transferred to &; Sal be, WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER,



THE HARVESTJS PIBTEOUS. i T any rate it is up to the average— "\ and the laborers are—well, a good de*l more than plenteous. I have never before seen so many men in the country on the outlook for harvest work- For a time tho town was " stiff wid 'em," as Pat said about the river and the fish, but a good many have >»een absorbed^ since the ii'ri»ll^ii)>>'«i»i'illQ.])*'' r'~'"^I|rnn*nni '» an^ allolvetrtilemachineß to go rattling along, CUTTING* Z>OWIV the wealth of Ceres' golden reign. I trust the farmers will get something like a favorable return for their year • coil, and that when they come into town with their little CALICO-(28 lid a dozen)— bass of samples of grain, representing eh crop, on the growing and in-gathering o which they have been concentrating al their energies since last harvest, they wil be able to receive from the grain merchants PRICES that will enable them to live themselves •md LET OTHEHH LIVE. The farmers are the men who feed us all, i who grow our grain, our meat, our dairy produce, and the wool to make our CLOTHING- (suits at 355). ■ They are the men who, with their wives and families, the tradesmen must depend upon to make their living, and we have the most solid reasons possible for re joicing when the farmers are prospering. So thinks HARRY HAUDLBY, Manager for I HIRDLHY BROi. Who are selling goods verj cheap. Beautiful dress tweed 4s 9d a dress; striped ginsthams 7£d. i BOOTS IN ENDLESS VARIETY. Men's Colonial made shooters 9s 6d; slippers 3s 3d. COME AND GIVE US A TRIAL.



Hampton's FURNITURE TANCRED STREET, Is Opposite Mitchell and Turner's. TRY HAMPTON'S FOX Perambulators from 22s 6d Perambulator* Reversible Hoods from 355, Patent Rubber Tires Basket Ware Chest Drawers Chairs and Tables Bedsteads Cheap Furniture | All Repairs Colonial Couches j Wire Spring Mattrasses j BRANCH BUSINESS. KAST STREET, { Below Patching's. GREAT ASSORTMENT OF CROCKERY, AND FANCTf GOODS.— 2|35 CHE IP. Money. of rrrusfc Moneys to lend 3wOU"V/ ? upon Freehold securi ties, in sums of not less than £1000 Apply to PF Mr C. Vf. PURNELL, Solicitor, 2 88 Montgomery 'a Buildings,



We clip the following fmportant testunor nial from the "Illawarra Mercury "(ITS W.) of the 30th March. It needs no comment - Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountain, writes to us that after suffering for four years with acute gravel, h© has experienced almost complete relief by using Sandgr and Sons' Eucalyptic Extract, He says;—" Seeing the said Extract advertised in the • Illawarra Mercury,' his. intense suffering induced him to obtain a bottle of the medicme from Mr Hosking, chemist, of this town, and that the' use of it gave him great relief at once. He states that between 10th March inst., when he obtained the first bottle of the extract, and the 19th, the use of that medicine continued to afford him relief, to which .hi? had been a stranger for four years. Mr lloveday wpitfts also that he has found the Eucalypti Extract a cure fqr rheumatism as well as gravel. He requests us to publish this information through the' Mercury.' We have much pleasure in complying with Mr Lpyedays request, whose word cannot be doubted, *»4 who can have no object in view ot!ier than a pure dfisjre to benefit suffering iiu anitv. "-(AdvM 6



Holloway's Pills.—Weak Stomach.— The wisest cannot enumerate one quarter of the distressing symptoms arising from im perfect or disordered digestion, all of which can be relieved' by 1 th&e' adimitable -^iltp. They remove cankery taste from the mouth, flatulency, and constipation Holloway'B Pills rouses the Btomach, liver, and every ptiier .Wgan, thereby bringing digestion to that healthy 'tone Which fully enables it to convert all we eat and drinjjt Irf'the noupish ment of our bodies. Hence these pills ai*e the surest strengtheners and the safest restoratives in nervousness, wasting, and chronic debility. Hollovay's Pills are infal lible re'-neuies for inv^red appetite, eructa tions, and a multitude of othfrr disagceeablo symptoms which render the lives of thou sands miserable ibdeed. The plls are ap apnrpved by all clftwa.