MAIL NOTICE.

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ENGLISH MAILS.

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The letter-box will be cleared (for des patch of correspondence from Ashburton Post Office to the under-mentioned places m follows:— • For a.m. p.m. p.m. Burahamand Dunsandel (daily) ... »•«» . Chertaey and. Rakaia (daily) ... 6.30 3.15 6.20 Chriatchurch and North (daily) ' and on Mondays, Wed nesdays, and Fridays... 10.30 Drorr-ore (daily) 6.30 Eiffelton and Willowby, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays... .„ 10.30 Elgin, Wakanui, River bide, Seaview, Seafield, and Kyle, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur. days 6 30 Flemington Mondays, We J nesdays, & Fridays 4.45 Geraldine(daily) .. .. 10.SC Greenatroet, Winehmore, and Forks, /Tuesdays, Thursdays jfSatu relays 630 Hackthorne and Liamore, Tuesdays, Thursdays, ' and Saturdays 10.30 _ ! Methven (daily) 3-15 Mt. Somers, Springburn, Bushside, anil Alford Forest (daily) 4.0 Mxyfield and Ruapuua, Mondays aud Thursdays 4.0 Newlands, Tuesdays Thursdays, aud Satur days 6.30 ■ Timaru, Dunedin, and . ■ . South (rtaily) 12.30 Selwyn (daily) 6 20 Temuka ft Timaru (daily) 10.30 12.30 andou Tuesdays, Thurs , doys and Suurdays ... 3.15 Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, and Waimate (daily)... 10 30 and on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays ... 3,15 Wheatstone, Ashton, Waterton, and Loug beach (daily) 4.45 N.B.—Letters containing anything ot value should be handed to the Postmaster to be registered. Letters containing coin, or bank notes, ii posted unregistered, will be compuhorily re* fitterr-A unit charged double reaistration fee

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1893. THE IMMIGRANTS FROM AUSTRALIA.

While New Zealand is receiving a great influx of population, the working part of which is absorbed as fast as it arrives by the demand for labor, some other country or countries must of course be losing population. Victoria seems to be the greatest sufferer in this respect, and the continued exodus is causing some anxiety in that colony. During last November and December and half of January one steamship company carried from Melbourne to New Zealand 1230 passengers in the steerage alone, and, unlike the steer age passengers of the previous years, they took with them luggage and fur niture to the amount of 200 tons. The other line of steamers and the numer ous sailing vessels have also carried their quota, and there have been be sides a large number of departure! from Victoria to the other colonies. The enquiries that have been made into the causes of the exodus included an investigation by a reporter of the "Argus" into the character of thje peeple who are leaving, the report of which gives us some very interesting information. The reporter secured .a passage in the s.s. Manapouri en her last trip from Melbourne to New Zea land and mingled witli thejpassengers as far as Hobart. There were in the steerage 106 passengers — six for Hobart and 100 for New Zealand. The classification of those for New Zealand was :—Women and children going home or to visit friends, 18; men returning home or on business, 21; men emigrating for work, 50; women and children with emigrants; 11. If all the 50 men seeking em ployment settle in New Zealand they [ will be followed by more women and j children. They comprised one farmer, two contractors, a surveyor, a civil on- j gineer, two bank clerks, one iron monger, three painters, ten carpenters, twelve farm hands, five miners, one sailor, and 11 miscellaneous. Of the fifty, only one, a typical sundowner, could be described as a man who could well be spared. As he had not paid his passage, he was " dumped ", at Hobart. Ihe other emigrants /were all desirable colonists, people whose loss is to be deplored. The farmer said be had sold out of a 400 acre hold ing in the Goulburn Valley. He had been doing fairly well there considering the circumstances of the colony—that was, its fiscal policy and uncertain sea sons, but had come to think he would improve his position on New Zealand soil, where, as he understood it, the farmer was not so heavily handicapped, and h*d more reliable seasons. Of the two contractors, one had made a tidy turn of money at bluestone quarrying, but lost it in a bank failure. With a little money he had saved from the wreck he was now on bis way to try prospecting in New Zealaud. The other contractor wes formerly a saw miller and wood-worker in New Zealand, and had been ruined by two years in Victoria. ; The ten car penters were all fine specimens of the artisan class—strong, sober, intelligent men, most of whom had passed through very trying vidwitudw during tho

last year or two Without exception the men were prepared to take what work they could get on arriving in New Zealand, and looked to this colony as a place wherein they would have opportunities to re-establish the homes they had broken up in Australia. We think the influx of such immigrants need not be received with apprehen sion. The reports from the ports of arrival show that there are no loafers among the immigrants; they make no appeals for benevolence, but simply enquire where work is to be had and go straight off to take it.

HELP FOR QUEENSLAND.

To-morrow afternoon, summoned by the mayor of Ashburton borough, the settlers of town and county are asked to assemble in public meeting in the Orange Hall, to adopt measures of relief for the sufferers by the disas trous floods in Queensland. We shall be glad to see a full and enthusiastic meeting—a meeting ready to act, for the aid wanted is great, and the need is pressing and admits of no delay. It is pleasing to note that Government j has laid free railway carriage and the shipping companies free freightage at lh« disposal of chose who,-with " the heart that can feel for another," may be ready to make contributions in kind for the relief of the victims in their time of dire calamity. Already relief funds have been opened in all the colonies, and in many parts of our own, and the sums have not been inconsiderable that have been up to the present raised in New Zealand and sent to Brisbane. But the calamity 1b of appalling magnitude, «nd the efforts of the whole of the colonies will be required to give even a measure of relief. Although much of the property destroyed by the floods no doubt belongs to corporations, or to persons whom ruin will not reach by the loss, there must be thousands of people reduced to absolute starvation by the destruction of property and by the stoppage of all ordinary work and business. But a short time ago the empire rang with a cry for federation. It appears to us that now occurs an opportunity for the true spirit of federation to be manifested — that i spirit which recognises the brother-1 hood of mail and impels the reaching out of the arm of love to relieve the suffering. It is the boast of the century that its advanced Ecience has made a hard fact of what William Shake speare, in tre quip of his playful sprite no doubt fancied the greatest of all impossibilities—"l will put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes," —and news can be flashed along those telegraphic girdles in a few seconds. Our steam communication by land and sea is in keeping, And it will be a star in the century's crown if all these wonders of her progress—wonders that have been so largely used to promote our pleasure and our profit, yea, pressed into war fare between nations—can now, at a moment's notice, be switched off to the relief of distress so sudden and terribly vast as this. Already the cable has wired help in money to Brisbane from these shores, and before another week has opened upon us; perhaps before this one closes; several steamers laden with New Zealand produce will be cleaving the water on their merciful mission to the distressed. And those poor people, as the floods recede that have covered their homes, and show the desolation that has been left to them by the deluge, will see at least one bright star of hope for them arise in the help that had been sent to them by their brethren of the more fortunate portions of Australasia. To what a grand and glorious use will these wonders of the age be put in relieving even in a slight degree the distress of this terrible calamity. And all the real effective help afforded must come from outside of Queensland, for nearly the whole of Queensland is involved in the disaster, the accounts of which are about the saddest and most distressing reading our columns have contained for many a day. What organisations may exist for the dis tribution of relief when it is afforded we do not know, but doubtless with distress so dire there will be plenty of these, and efficient enough; at any rate distance separates us too far to enquire, and that matter may be well left with those on the spot. The matter for us to consider is the more practical one of—what, or how much, can we give ? That question settled there remains only one thing to be done—give it! There will be no lack of means to send it on.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The prospectus has been issued of a company to take over the "Catholic Times " newspaper, owned by Archbishop' Redwood —£500 in £1 shares, the paper to be con ducted on the same lines. An old Victorian resident gives us the following in explanation of the boundary dispute between Victoria and South Aur. tralia:—The boundary was fixed by the imperial authorities as at 141 east longitude, and the surveys were made accordingly. It ia now founds and nob disputed by Viotoria, that the original poiut on the coast defined as the exact division of the two colonies, was nearly correct; but the line, instead of being carried through to the Murray River in a true direction, was taken at a very slight angle to the eastward, In the stretch of 300 miles this gives an error on the river of about two piles, so that the s>.i) of country now in Victoria belonging to South Australia is two miles' in width at the northern and river boundary, and runs to a point on the coast. I have seen the place, about twelve miles from the coast, where the surveyera marked the boundary I at cross roads by driving in a number of I blue gum pegs, forming the broad arrow, I and the letters " S.A. and " V." South ! Australia would have had the matter closed long ago but Victoria won't allow the case to bo to the Imperial authorities.

Tne Wellington cot respondent of the, "Otago Daily Times" says:— Ministers' intelligence from the Premier states that he continues to improve in health. The Minister's report states that there are 11,090 girlß who are not taught sewing, and 8639 pupils who do not receive drawing lessons. At the annual meeting en Thursday of the Timaru Tourists' Cycling Omb Mr R. F. Curtis, Ashburton, was third in the half mile; second in the ladies' bracelet (mile and a h%lf); and tiird in the consolation". The " Advocate" states that the Hessian fly appears to be increasing in the Taieri, and , the " T ttpeka Times " announces that it has ' made its appearance in the luapeka district .'.joth at Evans Fiat and Tuapeka West, having been discovered on four or five farina at the places named. Orders have been given for the immediate survey of the Cheviot Estate. The Minister for Lands, who is at present on his way to Nelson and Marlborougu. will accompany the surveyors over the ground and give perdonal directions as to the manner of lay ing off the land for settlement, etc. The illustrious American electrician, Edison, is now studying the subject of bald headedness," Sifting* " says. He maintains thct baldpated people die young, while people who are well roofed with hair live long, and he believes that, as he himself has a fertile scalp, he will live to a ripe old age. Another interruption in telegraptuo com munication occured on Thursday afternoon through a large pole, situated between Rakaia and Chertsey, succumbing to ihe gale. The break was a bad one, and the wires so much damaged that the necessary {repairs could not be effected. No messages were sent south of Rakaia last night* Before Mr J. W. Sawlc, J.P., this morn ing, Hugh Molntosh was fined 20s or seven days in each case for having been drunk and disorderly and resisting the police. He paid the fines. James Gall, disorderly while drunk, and guilty of using obscene language, was sent to gaol for seven days with hard labor, Mr Stephens, captain of the Ashburton Amateur Athletic Club, has reveived a letter from AC. Wilraot, the North Canterbury crack, stating, among other things, that he and three or four of his Clubmates have commenced training in earnest to meet the Christchurch and {Southern flyers who are expected to compete at the Cycling Club's meeting in the Domain on Easter Monday. Mr D. J, Mclntyre, of the Forks, informs vi that he has been in the habit for the last four years of securing his sticks in the way mentioned in a local paragraph in our Thurs day's issue, and his stacks, so secured, suc cessfully withstood Monday's gale. Mr Mclntyre, runs his hoop of wire round the top of the stack about four feet from the ap«x, and weights four dropping wires from the hoop. ' It may not be generally known by owners that they are liable to a tin* of £5 for having collars on their dogs with the date 1592, or for any previous year.; also that they are liable to a fine ot £5 f> • having unregistered dogs in ther possession, in view of ihe fact of the large number of sheep worried by dogs last year it is clearly the duty of the settlers to see that the tax is paid, so that the district may be rid of the many worth less curs with which the district is infested. Mr A. Brown, secretary to the Wanganui education Board, has been served (says the " Chronicle ") with a writ by Mr Jellicoe, solicitor, Wellington, at the instance of Mr H. yon Blaremberg, of Palmerston North, claiming £600 for damages said to have been sustained through the alleged falsification of correspondence. The matter complained ot occurred whilst Mr yon Blaremberg was teacuer at the Matarawa School some years ago. To show the efforts made to get the crop in safely, the "North Otago Times' mentions that Mr Donald Borrie, who had 50J acres of oats nearly all ripe at the same tima, started work on Wednesday morning at 4 o'clock, and went on continually with all available strength till 12 o'clock on Saturday night. Of course, there were relays of horses and men, but at the hour mentioned there was no inclination on the part of the men or horaes to trespass on the Sunday to complete the cutting. Even the simplest transaction Beems to be beyond the comprehension of some people (says a, Queensland paper). An old tanner went into a grocer's shop a short time ago, ordered a sovereign's worth of goods, and when they were ready for delivery, laid j. five Blnlliug piece in payment thereof. Ihe shopkeeper called out, "Here, this isn't right!" as the customer started to leave. ''Oh, yes j that's all right !" replied the man; " I've gob permission from the Judge to pay 5s in the pound." A heated discussion revealed that the man had lately settle I an insolvency upon this basis, and expected to continue his method indefinitely. When he was shown his mistake he was very indignant, and he evidently considered himself a much abused man. A destitute blind man asked rations from the Wellington Benevolent Society on Wednesday morning to enable him to be with his sister, who is also destitute and an invalid. His father was the first waterman and lighterman in Wellington, and he him self was waterman and lighterman in Wel lington for many years. He was known to the members, one of whom said the man had at one time saved money and became possessed of considerable property, but he married and made everything over to his wife, who eloped with another man, haying turned all the property into money, which of course she took with her. The poor old fellow said that if he and his sister had rations they might be able to have a few fowls, and keep themselves in chat way. ' ' - The astounding wastefulness of American representatives is strongly illustrated (says the London "Spectator 1') by the annual report of the Pension Commissioner just presented to Congress. He claims credit for economy in his department, saying that the pensions for this fiscal year will only be £31,080,000 sterling, and next year only £33,003,000. Indeed, though there are 780,003 claims registered in the office for future settlement, he does not think that the total expenditure on pensions will ever exceed 440,000,000 per year—or, say, £310s taken from every household in the Union ! And then they tell us that democracy is always cheap ! - It adds a little, perhaps, to the shamefulness of this was ■.■ tutit is in no way dictated by kindness to the poor— an inurense proportion of the pensioners being —but it is intended to deplete the Treasury, and so protect, great manufacturers at the expense of the wLuiu' body of consumers. Willing workers have been busy all day fixing up the staging for the Flower Show to be held in the Arcade to-morrow, and decorating the bays with, evergreens, etc. The space devoted to the show includes 156 feet ot the length of the Arcade, and its i whole width. The staging is erected on the tan, and the asphalt side paths will afford comfortable footing for visitors. Both ends of the show part of the Arcade have been closed, with corrugated iron barricades, and at the lower end a platform for the band has been erected. The whole of the traps, etc., have been cleared out from the trap and hone stand, which will afford an excellent promenade and lounging ground, and: but little labor would clear the floor of it for a danee —there is plenty of room at anyrate. The ; two sunlights of the Arcade will be supplemented by a combination of five fifty candle burners, hung in the centre of the building, and six of the largest Rochester lamps wi 1 also be hung at intervals along the staging, so that light shbuld.be as abundant as the room, and the comfort of patrons perfect. The entries, notwithstand ing the gale of Monday, which ruined so many fine plants and fruit prospects, have reachei four hundred, so that a high claw show is assured. Messrs Colemane and Sons' Eucalypti Extract (manufactured at Mittagong and Cootamunrtra, New South Wales) has attained a reputation as a specific for affec tions of the chest, lungs, consumptions asthma, diphtheria, and a variety of other complaints. It numbers anjong its patrons Earl Jersey, the present, and Lord Carring ton, late, Governor of New South', Wales, while in Great Britain during the influenza epedimic scarcely a house or office was witlj out it. Messrs Colemane and Sons' whole sale depot is in Ghribtchurch. Sharland and Co. are wholesale agent* for the^orth, bland,

The Crisis in Hawaii.

♦ PHR l'KK* AOHOCUTtOH. Washing* on, February 16. President Harrison has sent to the Senate the draft of a treaty annexing Hawaii, and advising its acceptance fhe Committee on Foreign Affairs are now discussing its provisions.

TWO HUMORED MILES ON CYCLES.

ASH BURTON TO DUNEDIN.

BY TWO "ARIELS." About 200 mile?, on cycles, on row? s reported to be rough and very hilly, seems quite an undertaking to two inex ; perienced cyclists. However, we deter- '' mined to attempt it in spite of the opinion which prevailed among more experienced riders that wa would fail. On Friday, January 6, we started at cine o'clock, with thd intention of reaching Timaru that evening. The road as far as the Rangitata bridge, which was the route we had chosen, was rough and uninterest ing, making riding very tiresome, and doing anything but raising our hopes of reaching Dunedin in lees than a week. Our spirits were raised by a good dinner at Wheelband's hotel, and the assuiauce chat we had good roads before us. At two o'clock we again mounted our machines, and were well rewarded for our hard ride of the morning by the excellent roads right into Timaru—roads, we would venture to say, with out equal in New Zea land as far as cycling is concerned. Geraldine was the next place we reached, but did not stop there. Ie is rather a pretty town; scattered, with plenty of bush here «md there. We did not- btop to admire the scenery, as we wished to reach Timaru as soon as pos sible. We saw plenty of grain growing in this district, that looked very promis ing for the farmers. Temuka was the next township we passed through, and we had a look at the Maori pah, where a tfood number of Maoris are living. At Washdyke we were greeted by a perfume arising from the freezing works in the vicinity—a perfume strong enough to make us increase our speed and to decrease our appetite. After a short ride over slightly hilly country we reached Timaru, feeling as hungry as hunters. Here we put up at the Umpire, and after stowing our steeds away and having a refreshing bath, we did justice 10 the excellent re past the genial proprietor put before Üb, After tea we. had a look round Timaru, and strolled down co the breakwater, where we witnessed the hooking of a large shark, which, after a shcyrt time, managed to break the line and escape. Starting early next morning we expected to have a rough ride as far as Parvora, but found the roads still good, though hilly. Reaching the Partora river, we found the bridge had been washed away by flood, which necessitated taking off oar shoes and stockings and carrying our machines over four streams of considerable breadth, thereby causing us a good deal of delay ; put on remounting we were toli by a shepherd whom we met that wo had good roads for a loug way, and that we would be able to act breakfast at Makikiht, which we reached after being out two hours, during which time we had ridden twenty-two mites. At Makikihi we were told that we had forly-two miles to ride before we reached Oanuru, and that we would have to carry our machines ovei several rivera. We determined to go on, now that we had got so far, and were rather fortunate in finding no water in the rivers till we reachod the Waitaki, where there i<* a fine bridge and some splendid streams of water, which looked very deep. We had a tough piece oi road to tackle now for about six miles, in fact little better than riding over boulders and tussocks. It did not take us long to get over that, and the roads began to improve wonder rully, so that we reached Oamaru in time for dinner. We spent three hours there looking round, under theguidance of some o»maru cyclists, who gave us useful information as to the route to Dunedin. Starting at four o'clock, we reached Hampden at six, where wd meant to htay for the night. At Oamaru, when fairly into the hilly country, we found it very tough riding uphill, but very pleasant going down. Under the latter circum stances we put our feet on the rests and "let them went." The country hereabout is very pretty, and we were rather astonished to see grain growing on the hillsides. We could not imagine how the farmers contrive to reap it with a binder. We found the Kakanui traffic bridge had also been washed away by flood, so we had to again take off our ■hoes and stockings and wade through the stream. The riverbed was strewn with the remains of the former bridge as far as we could see. Great pieces of white stone, weighing several cwts, were strewn about. At Hampden we put up at Walsh's hotel, which we can heartily recommend to any of our cycling friends, aa we were made very comfortable. We started early next morning. The roads were still good, and the scenery was mated beautiful. Beaching the Horse range we had to dismount and push our machines to the top. It took us about twenty minutes to reach the top, and about five minutes to reach the bottom on the other side. After leaving the Horse range, the country seemed to be alive with rabbits. They were darting across our path in all directions, while others were lying dead on the road and skeletons were hanging on the wire fenced in hundrtds. At Palmerston we stayed only half an hour, and then rode on for Waikouaiti. Travelling between these two places was uninteresting; the roads were firit class but the soenery not worthy of mention. At Waikouaiti we had dinner and a spell of about two hours before going on. After riding for some rime over rather stiff hilly country, we reached the Kilmog. Wo were told that we would have-a stiff ride over this hill, but found it not such hard work ; inde«d we did not think we had passed over it, so i we asked a small boy where we were. " Well, I guess," he replied, with a grin, "that you are on bicycles." "Yen, but where are our bikes 1" we asked. " They are here," he replied; which rather annoyed us, as our friend was not more than ten years old. " What is the name of this hill Twe abked. " Kilmog,'* he replied, and my companion laughed and said, " By golly, its going to kill two this time." After leaving here we rode through some beautiful bush country, slightly hilly. Passing Blueskin and Port Chalmers, we rode on for two or three miles, and then Dunedin appeared in sight. Such a mass of buildings we had never seen before. From the .'position we were in, we could «cc the whole city, for we were right above it. After a winding up-and-down.-hUI ride, we entered Dunedin, feeling fit to ride another fifty miles, after a very pleasant trip of three days. All along the roads we were treated with the greatest kind ness, and that combined with the pretty country and splendid roads made us feel as if those who had stayed at home had lost a gteat deal of pleasure in not being with us. In conclusion let me say that it was one of the moat pleasant trips we hive * eve.r b^d, and we would heartily recommend it to our brother cycli&ta for tfca coming Enter holidays,

CORRESPONDENCE.

j (W« 4p not hold ? u-aerm rapoattMe for th« ■ '

THE LICENSING LAWS.

TO THE SOITOK. ' \ '"''-' Sir,-From a receut po'ice. report iti your paper I think it in time the temper ance people got ro»dy for the hetk general election, and got a candidate to come forward who will pledge himself to vote lor, (he amending of oar licensing laws. Wh«n our Police Sergeant saw openly in Court that in the present «ate of the law he is powerless to stop the aale of liquor to drunken men, such ameud ment is highly necessity. In a subse quent issue you mj that hia Worship the Mayor disnvmod a drunk with a caution, that makiti : . o fiftieth case of drunken ness nince the new year. I ww in Court one day when a drunk pleaded hard to be let off with a caution, promising the JP. to be good im the future. The same man was drunk again the same night. 1 think a 5°7 e*i!* * d »K"<*' t<» ABhburtotu and that the time has now oome when our present member, Mr Wright, will have to gire a direct answer on the temperance question. I have always been a supporter of Mr Wright, but mJeashe mil give his vote on thU tompewnci question, with many other*, will have w work for the man who will. Mr Sawl* is spoken of as again conteatinar the next election. He w i good manwl *„ ;f'w° 'TS 41"1 dou.honor in the House of Representatives. I have neyer voted for Mr Sawle, and will not pledge myself to do so now. But. the time has oome when we most send, men' to represent us who will make law« th*t :" •MfMtoypolwecanworkto. For what ?am c ■?•* °' good P°««««d badkwfc-

Lake Fomyth Regatta.

♦ —. .: . ■«- A strong north-west wind blew all th. morninjr yesterday in Christphuwt St it was thought the breeze wouklnoTafiS the water at Lake ForsyftfJh^JS ch»nip,oiiship regatta wss held {haTis* It did, however, affect the water, mat' much as it made a very lumpy ground, and provided a nasty head wSi «r{ h ««>werß. The wawr washigTS - £« lake' •"d i» «oodoourse was obtained. 2?iff«£!l {^Aurch »»y traiX the lake—a slight increase, on last year's passenger list. Tbe regatta an/the, crctcing meeting at Piumpton, besides tram excursions to Brighton 'and Summer attracted many people out of the city, snd the day was observed as a close holiday' nearly every shop being closed, and the streets praciicaUy deserted. AttheLake the weather was warm, and there was a targe attendance. The following are the Amsteur Sculls Championship—Mo. Ke«fe and Young went down sot n after - starting, and McGrath, who is a light weight, won easily Tin»e-16min 90^0. Maiden Pairs-Wairewa Boating Club, l , Avon, 2 y Cure, Kaiapoi, 3. Than jas a great fight at the finish between the hrst and bjbcwJ, and the win was very popular. Time—lOmin 2asec. Juvenile Pit to.-Canterbury Bowing Uub, 1; Onion Bowing Club, 2.; Canter bury get away with the lead, and was ' never headed. Time -9nin 26scc. KaidenDoubleScu]h.-Wairewa i B.C., I; Akaroa, BjC,, 2 ; Avon, R.C., 3. Double bulling Championship. - CJnion, I ; Canterbury, 2 ; ellin^ton, 3. Ihe weather was sadly against good rowing, and several boats were swamped.

Shropshire Down Sheep.

The result of the very successful sale of sheep held yesterday on account «f Mr c. M. Kickuaan, sufficiently demonatrates the favor with which Shropshire Downs are now regarded in the Colony as well »• ac Home. Of the poeitwo this breed occupies mKoglend, no better, evideboJ need be cited than the fact that the longest figure given for a ram lamb last *» S on was 200 guineas, credited to * Shropshire; wfiile the value of the strain for crossing purposes, with a view f* the, production of prime freezers, is proved by the demand which has sprung on for them among New Zealand nWowSer* fhe result is shown in the fact that whereas three years ago a draft from the same flock, sold at Oamaru ram fair, com manded only the insignificent sum of half-a-guinea per head, Oie prices for the whole number yarded yesterday rawed from 4| to 5 guineas, these figurjT^ deedi exceeded expectation, so much sa that whUe one southern buyer (Mr Neil Plenung, of Oanwru,) h^commLsioX for the purchase of forty rams, he waft unable to secure one of the flock, though he did succeed in purchasing some «sht of the atud rams, which were put up very little more than the ordinary run of fcr t fi «k * Thoße P«tt«n»Bed were for Hfc John Cameron, Papakaio. Mr Fletoing also purchased on account of the sami client six Shropahire stu« owat which were taken to the yards, for .diibition only, but, on the pressure^fUiepubHe. were put under the hamater and Jeeured at a very handsome igure. MrOamerw has now from 6fty to sixty pure Shrop.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

PER PKEBB ASSOCIATION. *¥•■■• MmM: Auckland, February 17 The Irish National Federation cabled to Mrfoladstone-^Accept ou» unitS warmest congratulations. AH sections of Irishmen should accept the Bill " teal* ftr ftMtlvaMt. Wbuwoxoh, February 17. The Board of Land Purchase f^mmifi sioners under the. Land for Settlmuents Act will sii shortly in Canterbury and Otago to consider a large number of offers of private land received by Government. Tha Board consists of the Surveyor- General, Commissioner of Taxes, the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the dis trict, ani the land registrar of the dis trict in which is situated any land pro posed to be acquired. The duty of the Board is to ascertain the valua of the land and report as to the demand for set* tlement in the locality for the purposes ot the Aeb. The Colonial Treasurer & empowered to borrow £50,000 in any on© year. After investigation in Canterbury, the Board meets in Otago, UirtnhaMlaiaiirial 0c1m«I OvH*piH, February 17 The Charitable Aid Board, by six to thjree, declined to accept the Minister's proposal to constitute a Board of Advice for Caveraham Industrial School.

THE ABHBPRTOfI (JUARDtAN: FRIDAY, FEBRfIAR? 19, jMfi.



•VIT AT*TKD^, » good Ploughman. \V Apply R. Aixsk», Ashburton.^ ** f mKMPLE BUILDERS-Sundaynext, X 3 o'clock, Wealeyan Church. 1 inrited, _________——^— ( W*^~"AIiTED, a Smart Boy, as appren- ] tice to the Grocery; . S ood writer ; character indispensable. Apply Ja writing* St.ph.ns Bkos., Mark^c House. WAISTED Known—rhat we have secured the Sole Agency for JUttray ST Sons' Tew- We can w^th Sence recomWnd themJo^ Public. -Smphens Bros., Market House. Q7rMdNTHLYP»ymento of £1 each O\) will purchase a good serviceable Piano, guaranteed.—H. M. Jomm. ■DICJCLBS, (Wi»«2 Prices—g. M. .losm. JJ* CHEAP Fruit— Having bought Mf Itoyo's orchard, I c»n sell Fruit . cheaper than anyone in town • OrJ«™ / may^be left at East Street Shop.-Mja Jambs, 8 CHEAP Firewood—Short Dry Gum Firewood, delivered at low prices ; branch*** 3s p»r load at Mayo]*, Trevor toii. -Apply, Mm Jamkj, Fruit Shop. 0"~UR Tuner iM now in Ashburton. Urders sent in at once promptly Attended to. Milner and Thompson.— H. M. Jokm. y^ %1/-ANTED, at once, a Boy haying VV passed Standard V. or VI., m •pprentice to th^ printing trade. Apply iLiL Office. - iTITANTED Known—loe Creams, Ice VV Oreams, for the hot weather, •hraya reedy at H. G. Fiowbe'h, Confec tioner, Bast Street. SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest, the largest, the best, and the cheap •st. Small 'Joods a specialty FuU weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. —W. J. Siuxwk. 4t182 WANTED KNOWN, _.- Irowdsons, and Horrockses Cahcoes from 3s 9d per dozsri. — Mitcheli and QriiNßß, • HPHE Good Samaritan, for the imme- J. diate relief of pain.-LiOHT's Cash Store. __. il 3 F rOMKOPATHIO Medicines, price O. Is- Solo agent for district Light's Cash Store. 234 WANTED the Public to know that S. W. Aujoks and Co's Summer Sale is now on. Great Bargains in Millinery, Underclothing etc^ WANTED Known that S. Salek, Watchmaker and Jeweler, has removed to new shop near New Z«*l*nd Clcthinir Factory JLOJ3M TITANTED Known.—Come and see M our dress lines at 4*d and 6.1, leather shirting 6W, three-quarter cloaks ISs Bd. -U. 0. SKO.RB, Melford House^ WANTED Known—Dr Scott's cele brated Electric CorseUi can only be obUia^i in Ashburton at W. 11. CoiAlbVL'A, "ThnOonmr" ♦fIHE Misses AiiaMs' new Uefreshment A Rooms now open. Tea, CoftVe, Cocoa, Lemon Squash, Sods and Milk and all the new summer drink* ready at all times. ColenWs Building, East Street, j W*~ ANTED everyone to come and ccc the beautiful presents we are siring away for every 5a and upwards spent—H. C. Skgebs, M«lforJ House._ , ANTKD Kfiown.—A. are.it variety of hi'jjh clasß dresij goods* t> choose from new eellin? under regular wholesale prices.—H. C. Segehs, Me!ford House, WANTED -Purchasers tor Bargains in Summer Dresses, Prints, and Delaines, Sunshades, &o. at S. W. Ai£OH& and Co's Sale. WANTED Known—New Flannelettes at extraordinary prices; 3s lid tnd 4s lid doz. Thirty per cent under price.—W. H. Coluib. TPVONT let the rain water destroy your JLS buildings. Get Spouting fixed at 4d per foot and buy a tank, complete with tap, tested before leafing workshop, for 30s, at J. W. Hardlby's. "VITHY not Bake your awn Bread when v V you can get 501bs of the Best Roller Flour for five shillings cash or fire shillings and sixpence booked at ftoßUtt Alcorn b, Saunders' Buildings. ' 11 31 ALENTINES. VALENTIISES for all classes. New Games in great variety, Boys' and Girls' Annuals, and ether new Volumes. Prize Books at reduced prices. !New Birthday Reward and Wedding Cards.—L. F. ANDREWES & CO., Stationers' Hall. DON'T Forget the Borough Bye-Lawg. re Gerraga Lamps, and that Hakdu. as large-Stock on hand, also % large assortment of Tinware and Iron mongery, Scythes, Reaping Hooks, Hay Knives, Forks, etc., of best quality, add ell at lowest possible prices. J. W. Habduy, Bust Street, Asnburton, BEAR in mind that J. W. Haiidlev, Plumber and Gas&tter, East Street, has the largest Stock in town of Pumps Pipes, and Fittings, and that he is selling them cheaper than ever at prices hitherto unheard of in Ashburbn. Now is the chance for a cheap Pump ; improved No. . Price, 16s. Larger sizes in proportion /CHRISTMAS Suits. B^/s, tl'ree \J garment long Trouser Suits at l.os. Boys, Colonial-made Knicker Suits frjm 10s. Men's nicely made Colonial Tweed Suits 903. Colonial Tweed Suits to measure from 60s. —Ashburton Clothing Mart. Saunders' Building. Koubkt Aurora. x « ITaNTKD K.iown—Thit J. M«»mos 'W keeps iho bust stock of Boots in - Athbnrton* for this ruasun,that he pays oasb Mid is not under or hound to any one Urm )ike many in the trade, which enables him to procure and supply the public with the Bust Colonial and English makes ; ard his well-known make needs no recommendation. Always cm hitnd Best Hule Leather, used for repairs and done »t once.—••/. Moisox, Impermeable Bootmaker, Town IbU, FmA Street, next Court Hou-o G<rtA;r.kt;r, anh iSo t £t:(.Ai,vrir; (0,?:- TaA.W is the unlygutjutnc in tho market, a d wa« a warded meduk »rd diplomas at •Sydney, Melbourne,and AdUlaide, benting Ail competitors. For all affoctio^s of the. Ohest and Lun?»), Consumption, Asl.h.ijw, Coughs, Cold?, Ojivflj, and Kidney Goai phunts, it h«s .to equal. Agent* £mßv*TQ* Prvq Coy« * w,



BOOTS. BOOTS. SHOES. SHOES. THE NEW ZEALAND doming Factory AND BOOT AND SHOE WAREHOUSE. *"PHE Public would do well to inspect I our Large and Well-assorted Stock before purchasing elsewhere. A Single Pair of Boots at the Wholesale Price. All new goods. 200 Pairs of Boys' and Girls' Strong School Boote and Shoes from 2s 9d. LADIES. Buy your Boots an 4 Shoes at the Factory you will save 3s in the pound. THE AUGITE STOVE MAT. Only a f*w left; juat the thing for pre serve making; only 2s. A Wonderful Line of • _ MENS ALL-WOOL COLONIAL.TWJsJtD TROUSERS tor 9s 6d. NEW ZEALAND, Clothing Factory. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager, The Oxslow Biscuit. The latest and most delicate biscuit manufactured by Auslebrock and Co. A. TXafCgltus Wil© .;. : I—. ♦—. 1 A FACT. A speaker was holding forth on woman and he m%3e out that she was just a little t angel on eaith. In glowing words he pictured how patient she was in suffering how courage >us 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 lcc'ure, 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 I were just blushing full blown roses; I guess you don't know my wife. Well she haint no Hooming 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 sorarone. If it is'nt me, its the children, if it is'nt the childrtn, it & the cat. There is nothing that escapes her nagging ! tongue, and the only time any of us gets any rest is when she has nagged herself o sleep." How like the nerves of a man who drinks; they just nag, nag all the time, giving no rest until enough liquor, has been taken to deaden all nervous sensibility, and the poor fellow goes off v that bodden, snoring, miserable state tint is but tho rattling skeleton of a JjeuUliv sleep. R. T. Booth's Golden Remedy No 1 puts aw end to all this nagging of the nerves by destroying all desire for iquor If. T. Booth's Golden Remedy No 2 is the 'jest Brain aud Norve Tunic on tliit ( eartfj. All chejnjstß'



'IHB FIRST CyMTO SALE «. J. WJBIVI. fc Co. BEFORE KNOWN IN ASHBCRTO>. White MiuliiM, »uo ntnpe, 7}a no» 4jfl 2SSSSES^tS«H f -.-l«*.h' chUdr.n' a M wonderW value at 6sd CLOTHING. CLOTHING. Men's Tweed Suits, 19s 6d Boys' Tweed Suits, 4s lid BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. ( Men's Colonial made Bluchers, 5s M^Ooolch.m Boot., wort* 25. for lto 6d WWR°I^ SO^^S IIW» L^«A n( S » BOYS' * O,R M - l )rues TERMS CASH. -REMEMBER THR ADDRKSS- O. J. NBILL and 00., FRIEDLANDER'S BUILOINGS • "~~-ir~BXXTrKT X Jeweller, The Watchniakiiig a^ Jeweuery «ep de»«cnptio'i of Watches, Chronograps, SadETSS^tl^ WITH SOUND WOHK' MANSHIP. ' _^ j NOTICE- Mill M. .nd IrfqM hr.*l!* with ANDREW BLACS, WM »n»ker, hare be?n transferred to S. Salbk, WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, from whom they can be obtained.



THE HARVESTJS PLENTEOUS. ! AT any rate it is up to tho average— and the laborers are—well, a good | de*l more than plenteous. I have never before seen so many men in the country . on the outlook for harvest work. For a time the town was " stiff wid 'em," as Pat said about the river and the fish, out a good many have >»een absorbed since the weather became harvest weather, and allowed the machines to go rattling along, CUTTING DOWIV the wealth of Ceres' golden reign. I trust the farmers will get sompthing like a favorable return for their year«»toil, and thnt when they come into tawn with their little CALICO-(2s lid a dozen)— basjs of samples of grain, representing r,h crop, on the growing and in-gathering o which they have been concentrating al their energies siuce last harvest, they wil be able to receive from the grain merchants PRICES that will enabl*. them to live themselves tnrt LET OTBfiUt) LIVE. The farmers are the men who feed us all, who grow bur grain, our meat, our dairy produce, and the wool to make our CLOTHING-(«uiti 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 joicinir when the farmers are prospering. So thinks HARRY HARDLEI Manager for lIAItDL*>Y BROS. Who are selling goods very cheap. Beautiful dress tweed 4s 9d a dress;, striped ginghams 7&d. ' BOOTS IS ENDLESS VARIETY. Men's Colonial made shooters 9s 6d; slippers 3s 3d. COME AND GIVE US A TRIAL.



Hampton's "CIURNITURE TO"AREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Is Opposite Mitchell and Turner's. TRY HAMPTON'S FOR Perambulators from 22s 6d Perambulators Reversible Hoods from 355, Patent Rubber Tires Basket Ware Chest Drawers Chairs and Tables Bedsteads Chenp Furniture All Repairs Colonial Couches Wire Spring Mattrasses i BRANCH BUSINESS, EAST STREET, Below Patching's. GREAT ASSORTMENT OF CROCKKRY, AND FANCJ GOODS.— 2}35 CHEiP. i , money. =f?ftOn/"! of Trust Moneys to lend dwUUv'l/ upon Freehold securi ties, in sums of not less . than £1000. Apply to Mit C. W. PURNELL, Solicitor, g3s Montgomery 1* Buildings.



Statutory Declaration. —I, Eranz Raabe, Ironbark, Sandhurst, in the colony of Vic tona Australia, do solemnly and sincerely declare that on the 25th June, 1877, my son Alfred, six years of age, was accidentally hurt with an axe on his knee. lat once took all pains to secure medical assistance. How 'ver in spite of all efforts, on the 27tb August, 1877, the opinion wftS given by Dr Macgiliivray that an amputation of the njured limb had become imperative, in order to save life. At this juncture I called cv Messrs Sander and Sons, procuring some oi their Extract of Eucalyptus Globulus, and by the application qf the same I had c satisfaction of seeing my son within a fort night out of all danger, and to-day he 8 recovered. J may just add that it mtw when the crisis had been reached that the Extract referred to was ftwjt applied, aud I make this olemn declaration, etc — Franz Raabk Declared at Sandhurst, in the colony of Victoria, Australia, this seventeenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, before me, Merit* Ottoi* J?. ~(A<M.) 9 ■



Hojaoway's Ointment and Pills,—The. combined ill effect of over crowding, seden tary occupations, and monotony of life are only too well known tothme who hare to .pass the beat part of their lives laboring in factories and crowded workrooms. The oonipiilßory confinement weakens the general health and iaducea chronic oonstinatton, in- ■ digestion, and various forms of skin diseases. Holloway'B remediw are of pricelesa value - to persona of this oJass, for they can be used without entailing. loss of wotk, beinjrninfar vegetaUe in their oompwitiom, tmi oomo. auently act without hanhneM on the nmt delicate system. Th« experienoe of more ftanfortyyearsprovestfetaomttMraaM , Holloway'. tvmvtom for cinofl bid lM»Aad