MAIL NOTICES.

Matla close for the following places ab under, subject to the necessary alterations: — TUESDAY, June 6. For Northern Ports and Australian Colo nies, per Hauroto, at 6.30 fl.m. For South America, United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe (specially addressed .correspondence only), to connect with i Tongariro at Wellington, per Rotorua, at 6.30 a.m. WKDNESDAY, June 7. For Australian Colonies, per express to connpefc with Taluue at Port Chalmers, at 15.30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, June 14. For the United Kingdom,' Continents of Europe and America, aud West Indies (via San Francisco), Sandwich Islands, etc., and also for Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Takapuna, as follows:— Ordinary letters, books, and newspapers, at CIS p.m. : registered letters, at 5 p.m. ; moDey orders, at 3p. m. Due London July 19.

Shburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1893. THE MINISTER FOR LANDS.

" I am NO orator." said Mark Antony, " but as you know me all, a plain blunt man, that love my friend. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth ; action nor utterance, nor the power of speech to stir men's blood. I only speak right on." And so the triumvir whom the immortal bard of Avon has immortalised, went on with an oration that sent the blood of the Roman citizens coursing through their veins at torrent speed, and tingling to their finger tips. "I am no orator," said John McKenzie, Minister for Lands, as he addressed the Ashburton people packed in the Oddfellows' Hall. He needed not to say, as Shakespeare makes Mark Antony say, " but a plain blunt man ;" for no speaker who ever came to us made less pretence, or spoke more plainly, more bluntly, but more to the point withal, than did John McKenzie. And if that speech of his we reported has aught of rhetorical ornament about it, the speaker is in debted to the reporters for the embel lishment, for the speech itself had none. Like another of the immortal William's creations, he did "a.round, unvar nished tale deliver." Beginning with a renunciation of all claim to powers or graces of oratory, the Minister for Lands went on to give an account of his late chief's, his colleagues', and his own stewardships, and a round tale it surely was that he dtlivered, and un varnished indeed. Talleyrand's saying that words were given to man to con ceal his thoughts does not hold good with John McKenzie, aud it is just here that the likeness between him and Mark Antony ceases. Mark Antony's "no orator" apology came in the midst of an impassioned moving out burst, which while ostensibly only a funeral oration over the dead Csesar was intended to cause a reaction that actually came, and thedeath of Brutus on hisownswordwasthe tragicending of it. John McKenzie'a every word had but its one meaning. Plain and straight words they were, too, and the rapt attention with which he was heard by tha crowded audience showed that the strong will of the man—the earnest ness of him visible in every line of his hard northern face and harder northern accent—the honesty of purpose that made itself felt so undeniably in the tone of the whole speech—the elec tricity, so to speak of his presence,— had won the hearts and kept the ears of bis hearers as no political speaker who ever spoke in that hall before had been able to do, maugre the elocu tionary graces of studied tone, attitude, and phrase. Mr McKenzie's state ment of the position of the country financially was " plain and blunt," and in his defence of bhe Government's claim to a degree of credit for bringing about a financial position so eminently satisfactory, he left no voids at the joints of his harness. For the faith that is in him in the policy of his late chief, and adopted by his present one, he was able to give good and sub stantial reasons, and the pleasing facts he adduced in support of the land policy—the results of which, he showed, meant a vastly increased number of families actually drawing their support from the soil upon which that policy had settled them—will be difficult for his adverse critics to gainsay. And the progess already made in settlement --not the settlement ot one man on several thousands of acres, b»t the settlement of families on as many acres as those families can cultivate and live deftly upon—has to be taken as an earnest ofwhafc is coming. John McKenzie is " canny," ashijf race are said to be, ftnd there is nothing visionary about him, He wants land in the Middle Island for settlement, and under the Land for Settlements Act is willing to buy it. But land up among the glaciers is useless for his purpose, and land that he would be only too glad to acquire at a reasonable figure, he declines to buy because, to use an expressive vulgarism, the vendors " open their mom hs too wide." If he cannot get the land he requires on reasonable terms — and Farmer 1 McKenzie ought to know something about land and its value—he will go back to Parliament with a request to be armed witb power to take toe land

by arbitration. He feels perfectly i sure of the success of the improved farm scheme of settlement, —and from his description of its working ought to be, but he will make no costly experiment, of it, and will : launch no great sura of money in the scheme until that scheme has passed the experimental stage, arid its assured success warrants its more extensive adoption. But if the Mini ster for Lands is canny, he has also another attribute with which his countrymen are credited—he does not lack courage. And he and his perhaps more impulsive chief mean business in regard to the Native land question. Tt may not be generally known, but it is true nevertheless, that from the accession to office of the present Ministry in 1890 to March 31 of last year the Native Minister had acquired for the Crown 385,000 acres of Native lands. Since the latter date this area has.been considerably added to, and purchase still proceeds. During the, three years of office of the last administration 73,000 acres of Native lands became the property of the Grown. But these areas are but nibbles compared with what the Natives still hold and allow to lie idle. The present Ministry are to grapple this question, aad if a states manlike measure becomes law under their guidance, whereby the immense tracts of Maori country—at present a terra incognita to the Fakeha—-are thrown open to the European, there will ensue an extension of settlement and an increase of prosperity such as the colony has never known, and which will eclipse even the piping times when Vogel's millions were being scattered broadcast over the land— with this difference, that the pro sperity will be real and lasting, not meretricious and evanescent, followed by a reaction of depression from which we are now only beginning to lift our heads after ten years under its cloud. Yes, the land policy of the Ballance— Seddon Ministry ought to give the Administration a long lease of office; but as Mr McKenzie says the people get tired of Ministries and sooner or later want a change. Still, if the men now in power go on as they are going, a satisfied people are not likely to turn round and seek t<v cancel that lease at least for another Parliament.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following are the vital statistics of Ashburton district for May:—Births, 31; deaths, 7 ; marriages, 6. A very respectable Presbj terian minister who was in the constant habit of taking a glass of spirits before going to the pulpit, asked one of his children one day after dinner if she would like a dram. She said, " Na, na, papa, it would gar me preach." Thirty-two Melbourne publicans, accord ing to the records ot a commercial agency, were formerly policemen. Their average service was about eight years, and the average prices paid for their respective pubs came to £425 Mr R. Aherne, the well-known Chrisb chuch journalist, has joined the firm of Messrs Bowman and Sod, and will conduct the live stock business which they are now going to undertake. Mr rAherae will make his debut as an auctioneer at the Addington Yards on Wednesday next. A meeting of the Ashburton Industrial Building Society was held on Saturday evening, Mr J. tfealy in the chair. It was decided that the first appropriation by. ballot of £300 be made on Tuesday, July 11 The Chairman took occasion to congratulate the Society on being in a position to make an appropriation so soon after its formation. After conducting other routine business the meeting adjourned. Mr Claude Hearne, editor of the Wellington " Evening Press," died on Sunday after a brief illness. He had been suffering from acute pneumonia and asthma. He wa3 formerly a schoolmaster on the West Coast of the South Island, but for the past fourteen or fifteen years had been connected with journalism in Wellington and at Marton. He was also in 1878 on the staff of the Ashburton Mail foe a short time. As considerable enquiry exists for small blocks of land near Ashburton, we commend to the notice of readers an advertisement in another column, in which Messrs Miles and Co., Limited, offer for sale near Tinwald a block of excel lan t land, in sections of 25 acres and upwards. This land is situated on the coastal side of the line below the Tinwald Railway Station, and is well watered by permanent creeks. Those who are in quest of small blocks oi really good land" should be able to supply their wants in this opportunity, whia'a embraces the advantages of proximity to markets, schools, etc. The post and telegraph office at Thames is now lighted by electricity. The dynamo used for generating tne electric current is one of Siemens Bros.', of London, driven by one of Price Bros.' two foot Pelton wheels, which is most admirably adapted for the purpose. The water power for driving the wheel'is obtained from the county supply. There are twenty-seven Edison lamps in use, and these give a most efficient light through the offices. The Pelton wheel is a most effective motor, in small space. It ia driven by water, which, issuing from a nozzle, impinges on saucer shaped discs on the periphery of the wheel and causes it to revolve at great spaed. Lord Rosebery recently had some curiosity about the use of haschisch, or as it is more generally written " hasheeeh." In a Parlia mentary paper just issued (says the " Daily Chronicle ") it is shown to be a preparation of the flowers, the stems, or the husks of Indian hemp, and in the East is smoked with tobacco or consumed with syrup. It acts directly on the brain, and thence dis turbs digestion, circulation,and the muscular system. Tt conduces to violent and homicidal 1 1 suicidal mania, and the majority of the lunatics in Bengal and Egypt are driven to the asylums by the abuse of haschisch, the sale of which is now prohibited in Egypt and Turkey. But in Egypt it is largely smuggled, mostly from Greece, where the sale of it is allowed as merchandise, but its use forbidden. In Turkey the cultivation is prohibited, but it 13 grown nevertheless. As it is of no great special use in modern medicine, the Powers might well unite to stop its growth and sale altogether. In connection with the death of Sir fc 1. Whjtaker, the Hon G. F. Richardson men tioned in connection with lys far-seeing intel lect the Demise of the Grown Act which was parsed by him. On the demise of the Crown, the whole of thepublic business of the Empire s,tpps—Parliament is dissolved, Governments are annihilated, and a general paralysis comes every kind of business trans: acted in the name of the sovereign, and business begun and near completion must be commenced de novo. Almost every kind of political and legal process will iapse, and to begjn it ftgalp would involve in many insiances enormous expense. By Sir F. Whitaker'a measure all this confusion will b« avoided. Parliament will not be dis r solved, and the demise of the Grown will not affect things done before proclamation thereof. The colonies have not suph an acfc, and if provision is aofc made they will in the course of nature have an experience which cannot otherwise be anticipated.

Yesterday afternoon a child nix years old named Sarah O'Donnell, the daughter of Mr John O'Donnell, Hinds," was running for some water with an empty bottle under each arm, when she fell and one of the bot'ea breaking, cut her throat, -evering the jugular vein. Her elder brother aud sister were present and in formed her father who took her to Dr Tweed a but the doctor was not home and before he arrived the child was dead. A sad accident happened at the Ash burton Forks at about 8.30 on Saturday night by which Mr Samuel McDowell of the Hinds, was killed Mr McDowell was engaged in conversation with his brother in-la<v Mr Hayes who was on horseback, and thoughtlessly placed his hand on the horse, which kicked out instantly, striking him on the head, and rendering hi.v in sensilsle. He was conveyed to the hospital where it was found that he had sustained severe concussion of the brain, and though an operation was performed in order to relieve the pressure the patient never re gained consciousness and died at 5,30 pm. last evening. A meeting of the Ashburton Football Club was held on Saturday evening in Messrs Fooks' office. Consideration of the proposed second round for the Senior Cup was held ov«er till Tuesday next. The selection com mittee picked the following to play in the matches on Thunday next:—First Fifteen v Ciroaru at one p.m.—Curtis, full-back; Wilson, iFairburn, and A. Stewart, three quarters; Moses and Upton, half-backs; Cow (captain), Cromie, Todd, Baird, Fooks, Bourke, Pauling, W. Price, and Simpson. Emergencies, Pritchard, Clark, and Mateou. Second Fifteen v Union ll.— H. Stewart, rfenry, Pritchard, Clarkson, Conter; L. Price, Lavery, Clark, Hewson (2), Mwchell, Hefford, Leggett, Clowes, R. Todd, Leitch, Johnston, Williams, Lewis, and Scott. All players who cannot attend on the above date are requested to inform the Secretary as soon as possible, 3 The Clutha •' Leader " reports that a man named Charles Restieaux was lost for five days in the Catlins-Waikawa bush. He started with a swag on Saturday, the 20th ult. In crossing the Tautuku river he must have struck a wrong track. He had no food and could get none, and this, coupled with exposure to the severe weather, rendered him more aad more unable to con tinue the struggle to reach a place of safety. His feet were sore and swollen, and he was in a very pitiable plight on the fourth day, in fact he was fast losing hit senses when he heard the far-off sound of the sea and he made for the beach. He was then able to pick up the lost track, and on the morning of the fifth day he met Mrs Heath, the wife of a settler, who took him to her home and acted the part ot a good Samaritan towards him. The weather for the past week has been of aa unusual character for the season —at times mild, warm, even hot as mid summer, at others tending to frost. At the beginning of the week a cold snap was experienced and the hills were snow clad very low down. The warm temperature and the strong warm northwest breezes that followed soon cleared off the snow, and. on Saturday there was not a vestige of it to be seen. Friday afternoon gave us a sky that threatened a storm, but the storm did not come, although in other parts of the colony there appears to have been rough weather, notably afc Wellington. On Saturday Captain Edwin telegraphed to the harbour masters on our coast that wiid weather from the west might be expected. In the evening, about nine o'clock, a fierce nor west gale—a perfect hair raiser—'blew, and dust was the order of the night. The gale blew for an hour or two, Sunday was a beautiful day, but there was a Btiff blow again in the evening. The district seems to be in special favour with the clerk as farm work is going on without any, weather interruption, and we are enjoying excellent weather instead of the fro3t or slushy con ditions that usually prevail in June.

ROAD BOARDS.

WAKANUI. The monthly meeting of the Wakatiui Road Board was held on Saturday. Present—Messrs M. Bruce, D. Jchruton, and G. VV. Leadley. CHAIRMAN. Mr D. Johnston proposed and Mr Leadley seconded that Mr M. Bruce be re-eleoted Chairman for the ensuing y^ar. —Carried, CORRESPONDENCE. From Me Simuel VVright, informing the Board that having sold hi* property in No. 3 ward to Mr W. Young, he re quested the usual alteration to be made in the valuation roll.— ALeration lo be made. Front Mr C. M. Brooko, forwarding his reduced price list foe p.si.«oned grain.--It was decided to expend a certain amount in the purchase of grain from Mr Brooke. From the Hon. Secretary of the Geraldine County Acclimatisation Society, forward ing circulars asking the Board to support its recommendation to the Governrneac to make poisoning small birds compulsory throughout the colony, as the spasmodic manner In which it is now being done does by no means abate the nuisance.— Clerk to reply. From Mr R. T. Maxwell, requesting permission to erect a gate on the road leading to the beach near Mr Kickard's.-^Granted, subjact to certain conditions. From Mr J. 6hoak, inform - ing the Board that the bridge over the Wakanui creek leading to his farm re quires some planks for decking.—Clerk to reply. IMPOUNDING Mr G. Cole intervied the Board re; specting the action of the ranger in inn* pounding cattle off the roads, when they had broken out of the paddocks, and also at the time the water races were dry for cleaning, as he considered that such action wa3 unnecessarily severe. The Board informed Mr Cole that tha ranger having bsen appointed by the Board to keep the roads clear of stock, he could at any time remove cattle, etc., off the roads for the purpose of impounding them, but at the same time he (the ranger) had been instructed to use discretion and hot to be too harsh on anyone in the matter. MILL ROAD. Mr G. P. Hoatten waited on the Board respecting the Mill Road which requires reforming. The Board agreed that the work should be undertaken later on ia the year. overseer's report. The Overseer's report was adopted. Storm water on Gibson's road.—The Board approved of the action taken by the members of No. 2 Ward in this matter, and the Clerk received instructions as to what was to be done. ] Gravel pits on Great South Road.—The Clerk was instructed to write to the Upper Ashbucton Road Board, driwing their attention to the dangerous state in which the gravel pits on this road had been left, and suggesting that the same shonid be fenced. River Road.—The Clerk was instructed to have the fence remove*} off the road running between R S. 7188 and 17166, and also to report at next meeting of the Board on the condition of all such roads in the district. RASES. The Clerk was instructed to take action regarding the races at present remaining outstanding. PAYMENTS. Accounts to the amount of £28 J.4s 3d having been passed for payment, the Board adjourned.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourseives te ponsible for the opinions expiessed by our correspondents.)

THE MAYOR.

TO THE EDITOR. ) Sir, —During Frid.ay and Saturday last. J I was asked by a number of people the reason I was not present to take the chair at a meeting addressed by the Hon the Minister for Lands, I believe the Hon. W. C. Walker, who presided, apologised for the absence of the Mayor. Now, as it is well known to many that I was in town at the time, I will ask you to pub lish the enclosed circular, which 1 think ' will show that the promoters of the meet ing never intended the Mayor to take the chair.—l am, etc., R. Bibd, Mayor. Ash burton, May 30, 1893. R. Bird, Esq.—Dear Sir,-On behalf of the A shburton Liberal Association, 1 have the hoi.or to invite you 'o occupy a seat on the platform at a meeting to bo held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday, June 1, at 8 p.m., when the Hon J. McKenzie will deliver an address.—J. H. Maynakd, Hon Sec. ....,,.-.

Mr Fish, M.H.R., at Dunedin.

("Otago Daily Times.") There was no vote of any kind passed at the meeting of electors addressed by Mr Fish, M.H.R., atDunediuon Friday. The element of opposition was so strongly manifested throughout the hen. member's speech that it is quite on the cards an adverse-motion might have been carried. Mr Fish himself evidently was of opinion that this contingency was not unlikely, and he adroitly prevented any vote being taken at all. A question on the suoject of the female franchise had been put to him, and Mr Fish had given a reply to it, when, after a brief interlude, furnished by Mr C. tfontag, there arose from » front seat Mr Mantz, with the object of testing the feeling of the meeting, as he thought, he said, it would be useless to ask any more questions, Mr Fmh assured Mr Mantz in his blandest tones that there was » question yet to answer, and proceeded to elaborate his reply regarding the female franchise, pausing for a moment to whisper an "aside" to the chairman, who promptly " passed the whisper on" to a trusty henchman at the end of the stage, and concluded the expression of his views by maying a vote of thanks to the chairman, and by bidding the crowd good night. No sooner were the words out of his mouth than the curtain descended, the lights were lowered, and the meeting was over. Mr Mantz was quite taken aback, but, instigated by some friends, he ascended the stage, and standing in front of the curtain, amid considerable uproar, in which the feeble voice he uplifted can only have been audible to a few of those in front —and the bulk of the meeting had by this time departed - he moved and put the following resolution:—" That this ' meeting, while deeply deploring the fact that Mr Fish, who was returned to Par liament at the last election on the Labor ticket, has turned his back upon his party, trampled Its principles under foot, and trailed its sacred flag through the mire of his own delinquencies, most emphatically intimate to him that it can no longer repose confidence in his honour as a man, or his honesty as a politician; and it pledges itself to exercise every means in its power to prevent his re-election as a representative of Dunedin city.'

THE ALBU CONCERT.

There was a very much larger atten dance at the Oddfellows' Hall on Saturday evening—about three times as many as were present on Friday. The larger at tendance was not without its effect upon the bingers, and a pleased expression was risible on the countenance of each as the much more hearty welcome—because of the larger crowd—was received. The programma vas very well selected indeed, every number of the vocal items being from the British classics, and familiar in the ears of the audience as the nursery rhymes of their childhood. There was thus no singing ever the heads of the people—no necessity for anyone to put on a half-hypooritical look of being pleased, when the number conveyed as much pleasure and no more meaning than does tha scream of an engine—and so everyone in the audience could appreciate, thoroughly enjoy, and completely understand every *tern. Miss Julie Albu's songs were "I'll follow thee," one of Farmer's pretty but difficult compositions, which was followed by Molloy's "Love's old sweet song." In the second part this lady gave "The song that reached my heart," and surely no audience was ever more thoroughly captivated by a singer than was that of Saturday night with the sweet yet grand strains of the themo and refrain of that song. We had hoped to hear "Home, sweet home," itself as an encore, but Miss Julie gave instead " Tbe old folks at home." It is difficult to describe the kind of reception the songs received, because a pleased audience always makes a demon stration, but the demonstrations that fol lowed all the items during the evening were more than those of pleasure—they were almost worship. - Miss Rose Albu sang "When the heart w young" (Buck) a song that requires a voice of more than ordinary power to do justice to its exposition, and at its close the applause thai; followed was simply wild, and equally so was that which fol lowed her singing of the Scotch song " Comin' through the Rye." " The last rose of summer" was her song in the second part, bub she declined any further solo effort in view of the duet with her sister that had to follow. "Ye banks and braes " —a setting of the song in duet form that was not familiar to us—and Horn's evergreen "I kriowra bank" were the two duets for equal voices with whiph the ladies delighted their h arera. Mr John Fuller was in grand v ice, and in the well known songs " Tue pilgrim of love," "The anchor's weighed," "Mar garita," and "Last night," was really delightful. So too was his part of the work in the duet with Miss Julie wjth which the second part of the concert opened. Mr Gunter's accompaniments were at once a lesson fc> players and a de light to his hearers. He was heard only when the exigencies of the songs requitei him to be, and throughout his muaic blended with but never obscured ih<j singer, thanks to his ielicate touch and exquisite musical taste. As a solo he gave a piece by feettep, and a scherzo of his own; Thelatieypleased so welltfyat the young composer and player w^s en thusiastically recalled. The company left this morning by the midday train for Ohristrfyurch where they open a season to-night. We trust it will be an abun dantly successful (jne.. *"

Birthday Honors.

London, June 2. The following Birthday Honors are announced :—Peers —Sir H. Hussey Vivian, member for Swansea, Messrs Thomas H. Farrer, Cecil Folwabe, Vincent Dumlawrig; Baronets—M?ssrs Isaac Hold en, member for Keighley; James Joicey, member for Glasgow College; Benjamin Hinglev, member for Worcester [North ; William James Ingram, member for Boston ; Walter Gibley and Robert Hare; Knights Grand Cross—Messrs Madden (Vic toria), Sheristou (W* stern Australia), George Lewis (solicitor), Robinson (London "Daily News"), Russell ("Liverpool Post"), Gilzean Read (" Birmingham Ar^us "), Leng (" Dun dee Advertiser"), Drs Priestly and Richardson ; Knight Commander of St Michael and St George—Mr Todd (Postmaster-General, South Australia); Companions of St Michael and St George—Colonel Tulloch (Command ant of the Forces, Victoria), E. C. Sterling (Lecturer in Adelaide Univer sity), Denis O'Donovan (Parliamentary Librarian, Queensland).

COMMERCIAL.

MONETARY.

[PKR PRAM ASSOCIATION. J Lordon, June 2. At a i^eeting of depositors in the London Chartered Bank of Australia, it was mentioned that according to^a report of the directors,, advtnces made by the Back in Australia were spread over 4206 accounts, averaging £1347. The largest advance was nearly £200,000. Depositors approved of the principle of reconstruc tion. The Bank of England returns, published to-day show the total reserve in notes and bullion to be £15,6-18,000, the proportion of reserve to liabilities being 41.52 per cent. Consols, 99£. New Zealand 4 per cent inscribed stock, 1045 ; 3h ditto, 96}. At a meeting of shareholders in the London Chartered Bank of Australia the reconstruction scheme, which was cabled on Sunday last, was unanimously ap proved, London, June 3. Further small bank suspensions are re ported from America. Melboubnb, June 4. The Supreme Court has sanctioned the reconstruction of the National Bank of Australasia. (Received June 5, 11.45 a.m.) London, June 4. The money market is glutted, and three months' bills are nominally at two per cent. It is improbable that t*»e bank rate of interest will be lowered on Thursday. Melbourne, June 5. After raising the reserve to half a million (instead of £410,000) before the dividends can be increased, the Court sanctioned a scheme for the reconstruc tion of tho City of Melbourne Bank.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

LoKbON, June 2. New Zealand long-berried wheat, ex warehouse, 31s, market flat. South Australian wheat, ex warehouse, 33a 6d, flat; Victorian ditto, 335, quiet. For an Australian cargo of wheat 29s 6d has been offered. Frozen meat is unchanged. The hemp nmket is flat, and no New Zealand consignments have been sold. ; Sugar, best German beet, 18a 3d, firm ; | Java, 19a quiet. No 1 best Scotch pig iron, f,o.b. in (he Clyde, 40s M. The Bradford wool market is flat, the Yorkshire inactive, and the Continental without any quotation. Mr D. Wilson, the Victorian butter expert, thinks Dr Laverge's refrigerator surpasses the best machines in the colonies, and the makers aro shipping them in time for the next butter season. Mr Wilson is visiting France to examine improved dairy machinery; thence he goes to Penmark and Sweden to inspect a new milking machine and the dairy system, and also to make enquiries into a new discovery iv connection with cream refining to secure a uniform colour in butter. (Received June 5, 11.45 a.m.) Londok, June 4. A large number of frozen sheep by tbe Otarama were spotted. The frozen meat by the sh'p Timaru from Melbourne (left January 20) arrived in good condition, but there are complaints that all the Melbourne mutton is irregular in quality and illegibly marked, wether mixed with ewe meat, roughly dressed and ungraded, and packed in inferior cloths. The Waikato's shipment of cheene arrived in good condition. Tallow has declined 6d. Stdk»t, June 6. Butter, dairy m*de, 8d to 9dj factory, Is.

fflE ABHBtTBTOK (^tlAfeDlAN: MONDAY, JUNE h, 189^



ranted^ _^ /VYSTBRS with Brpad, Butter, ard (J Lemona (on table) 6d per drzen ; unopened three dozen Is. Possibly further red«ctions.-MK & Wmnwoww^ T ObTbyme, Pair New'Boots."Tinder _Lj kindly leave oflice D. Thom«s.-- T. M. JowKs. OR "Government Mixture'" Trousers i4s 6^— Mgg^ _AND TuRSBR- V\rANTED Known-Fir*t Claas Watch" ▼V Repairing at Gbainobbs, TJjat Hr J?J t : ____________________ _!^5 EIDK a "Humber Pattern Star Cycle," *nd be «p to date. Work manship and -finish fir ß t.cla«s. F.H«y terma—H,■BlJOTiw L _Ageni-. 6 ** j-*ESTBlo^c¥Tni 3J, ht G*_iNG^7 : Ojßastßtreet________^___ 5J^ BRING your ordws to H. M. Jones, who win fit you up with a first class « sVfety Cycle "from £1510a .Easy j terms. Enquiries, etc.. promptly replied to.-H. M. Jo««s. _?/* WANTED KNOWN.-SW. Alcoin and Cos. premises will be closed to-morrow (Wednesday). Re-marking ■tock for sale on Tjiu_<day I__,1__, -ftT ANTED, Clocks to 1!* VV GBii»O-K^ East street. 6*230 EvIrYOITE to see our window of Is Tien.— Mitchkij. asp Tpksbb. ft HE GKx^ Samaritan, for the imme- L diate relief of pain.-LiaHT s Cash • >re. ____4^ T3IANO Tuning and Repairing. Our Jr Tuner, Mr Chsttaway, Is now m Ashburton. Orders promptly »^«nJ«J to.—H. M. Jokbs. o 213 H^ EAVIEST Colonial Knitted Pants' 6s 6d.—MITCHE-t AKP TffßW-B. WANTSSD""Known— Just opened an English Manufacturer's Stock of Sample Boots and Shoes purchased at half price; on sale iiow.-Anpb-w Obb. / y Oto Habp_by Bbos. for Bargains I T in Blankets, 49 pairs of large white, suitable for double beds only, 10* 6d worth 255. Extra large Grey, only 10s «d worth 18s 6d, Selling rapidly.-, Hardley Bros, Arcade. WANTBDKNOWN .-ForOne Week Only, Men's Boots and Shoes, 6s 6d ; Ladies' Boots, 4s 61; Ladies CUth Boots Is 6d, Girls' Boots, 2s 0d ; a few Infants' Boots for 3d per pair, at Andrew Okr's Cheap Sale^ 6JO WANTED Known.—Jacket & Dress Department a specialty. High class goods marked cheap. H. 0. S_o_bs, Melford House. Known.—For Jacket, Ulsters, Dress Stuffs, etc. Come U) Melford House. H. 0. Ssobbs. ANTED Known—" The Corner "is showing a maßnificont New Stock of Drapery and Clothing. — W. H. Couj-B. , BANG I Bang 1 Bang I Guns! Guns 1 Gunsl by the best makers and fitted with all the latest improvements. Porder, Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wads, *nd Cases at J. W. Habd-By's, East Street. Gjflns repaired^ THE Misses Adams' new Refreshment Rooms now open. Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Lemon Squash, Soda and Milk •nd all the new summer drinks ready st all times, Coleman's Buildings, East Btreeb. . H*OSiEOPATHlo™Medicines, price la. Sole agent for district, LtGffr's Cash Store. 23* WANTED Known—W. H. Coitißß's noted four clasp Kid Glovjs, 2s 6d, have just arrived in all sfces. TTBBH" TgTFiowibb's Sulphur Tablets, U Cough and Eucalyptus Drojif, and •top coughing. OTANTED Known.—Oomo and see » ▼ our beautiful Mantles, Jackets, Ulsters, Macintoshes, Dress Stuffs, etc. H. 0. Skobrs, Melford House. WANTED Known—Great Bargains in Ladies' Underclnhing, MUH nefy, Mantles, .and Jackets at S. W. A-CQBS <fc Co.'a Oompulßory Sale. WANTED Known. —T. Hoult having commenced Bacon Curing he will have a good supply of Pork Sausages, Pork Pies, etc., fresh made Tery day. U_!_t I « KATBPJRS Cleaned, Dyed, and I' Curled. Ladies' and Gentleraen'a Gloves Cleaned. — Misses Hitchcock, Stafford street, Timaru. SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest the largest, tha best, and the cheap tst. Small Goods a specialty. Ful weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. -W. J. Siloock. *t!B2 E"~ WaIJTER Cards and Booklets, New Games, new supply of the Zither Harp* and Autoharps, New Booke, Stationery, and Fancy Goods. Sub scribers wanted for our Circulating Library. L. F. Anpbbwes anp Co, Stationers' Hall. _ ill ■ ■ -jl —■ ...in «n- - i - ■ "•' "I S-yir a LCORN A CO.'S ♦ YV • _l\- Compulsory Sale, flannelette at 3d, Dress Tweeds at 3jd, Kid Gloves greatly reduced, "\ I / HO is your Plumber ? Why, J. W. VV Haidmt, who is a Manufacturer of Spouting, Ridging, Steel Gutters, 1 Baths, Sinks, Tanks, etc., and who has on hand the largest abock of Pumps and Pipe in town. B" JSBT Nickel Watches in the market, are those at 22s 6d and 255. Specially made for S. Sale*, Jtwellor. Guarantee with sach watch. WHERE do you get ywUr Ironmon goryl At Hakpj-bvs of com c, where we R«t the best value in Sheet Lead, Hails, Locks, Hingea, Pluiish Chains, Rope, Wire Knotting, Gorse Knive*, Spades arid Forks, Lampa, Tender an^ Fire Irons, and anything you require. WINTER Suits. Buys three garment long Trouser Suits *t 15s. Boys, Colonial-made Knicker Suits from 10a. Men's nicely made Colonial Tweed Suits 30s. Colonial Tweed Suits to measure from 60s.—Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saundera' Buildings. Robrkt Aloors. . . — SALVAGE, ex Runhine, Ulanktjts, Shirtings, and Flanellettes nbtfcii.g the worse, but which the extra insurance on my other goods-will enable me to sell less than u>u*l prices, and as they are direct from the Manufacturers any one w*nting ought to secure a supply at once. —Robert Alcobn, Swwdew' Buildings """ JPlnin 'Xall-infif. —♦ "We are »o much in earnest about this matter that we absolutely refuse to waste one moment of our tima in planning and writing out paragraphs of a catching -character. 1 here is just thia question. If you Want to stop drinking, smoking, or the use of opium you can do it by the use of Oplden Kenjedy No 1. If you suffer fit m dyfcpep3ia, loss of energy, neuralgia, poverty of the blood, or poor appetite Golden Remedy No 2 will cure you. Now thia i* ■tr»ighc. It all depeniU upon yourselves whether you are to go on dragging out a miserable existence, or be strong, free, and



p-jH r —By Order ot the Mort di* jl _L O • gagees. One acre with ' Cottage thereon, being sections 523, 524, SSI, 532, situated between Harland and Grove Streets, Tinwald. Must be sold. | T. BULLOCK. : [A CARD]. " " MRS A. C."cLARIDGE, TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE & ORGAN, COX STREET, ASHBURTON. TERMS ON APPLICATION. 3 2 NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory, WINTER 1893. BAIN. BAIN. EAIN. WATERPROOF COATS WATERPROOF COATS WATERPROOF COATS LEAVE your measure at the Factory. Over 100 patterns to choose from. OIL COATS OIL COATS OIL COATS From lO§ 9d. LEATHER LEATHER LEATHER Try the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY for your NEXT PAIR of BOOTS. igt You will Save 1» per cent. BLANKETS 10s 9d : RUGS 7s 6d FLANNELS Is per yard NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY ASD | Waterproof Manufacturers. | ALEX. HENDRY, Manager. FOR \ WEDDING PRESENTS, BIRTHDAY PRESENTS. & PRESENTATIONS. i f INSPECTION is invited of the very JL choice and high class Stock of c- SALEK, WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, AND OCULIST-OPTICIAIS'S AGENT. A very large stock of Electro Plate and Silver Ware, Engagement and Wedding Rings, Marble Clocks and Gold and Silver lewellery of every description ; forming a splendid selection of new and unique goods, J^^^^gJ^P^^lTON tamed specially for the AbHBURIOiN TRADE. —A SPEOIALTY.- The Rotherham English Lever Watches expressly made by Rotherham for S. SaJek are becoming famous throughout the district as the MOST RELIABLE WATCHES OBTAINABLE. Special attention is devoted to the Watchmaking and Jewellery repairing department. With the extra assistance obtained, work is turned out promptly. LOWEST CHARGES, CONSISTENT WITH SOUND AND RFXIABLE WORKMANSHIP. S. SALEK, WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER f



UNYIELDING FACTS. G. J. NEItL & CO. AwraG T0 THE DULLNF.S9 OF TRADE THIS SEASON we have become New Winter Dre«a Goods. 4a lid per doz^ N«w Winter Dress Goods (extra value), 6|d I Flannelettes 3s 9d per d<* [ Heavy Twilled Flannelette, 6sd %D SHEETINGS, MARVELLOUS LOW PRICES. £6in Wide White Calico, 3s lid per do« n %B!£l^£2®£>*M& for QD-im .nd PKICE. Men's Tweed Suits, 19j 6d Men's Heavy Tweed Suits. 25s 6d teSiiSf^«^^2 m°i* waera'Ties' *« Wondecful BOOTS BOOTS. BOOTB. Everybody. Trouble il-Where can we get the BEST BOOTS for the LEAST MONKYI TRY # . nn '0 G. J. NEILL & CO.S. ALL OUK BOOTS AMM^g™^^ff%o GIVE SATISFACTION. Ladies' Strong Shoe*, 4s lid O-W-3f £-t B-** "*- »»". * >»• P™ I'^ «"" ftOm "g1" to twelve months' Wear ,_... Men's Colonial made Shooters, nailed, 8s bd Men's Colonial made Bluchers, 5s » i j h«.<m G. J. Neill & Co., FRIEDLANDERS' BUILDINGS, CORNER OF EAST STREET AND MOORE STREET, TERMS-CASH, No Discount. OUR MOTTO—Small Profits and Quick Returns. STEPHENS BROS., Market House. —JUST LANDED — 150 Cases Kerosene. Light of the Age. AND 10© €ases Zurllte Kerosene. Best Oil Procurable. AS there is a possible rise i«i the price, we would advie© our Cusi tomers to make EARL.V PURCHASES. (:o:) Stephens Bros., Market House.



| (\T7 ACRES for Sale near Pendarves %j | School. Easy terms. T. BULLOCK. HINDS PUBLIC DIP. i BROOKE'S ASEBURTON DIP. CHERTSEY PUBLIC DIP. /AWING to the Delay caused by the wet weather the Charge will still be One Penny per head until FRIDAY, May 18, after then l^d per head. C. M. Brooke, ASHBURTON. Hardley Bros* HAVE OPENED THEIR FIRST SHIPMENT OF WINTER GOODS. WHICH HA.YK BEEN HARKED AT Very Low Prices TO CLEAR. Special Value in Blankets and Flannels. Colonial Blankets from 17s 6d. Waterproof Overcoats, grand goods, from 29s 6d. Men's Colonial Suits from 23s 6d. DON'T FORGET TO CALL AND SEE THEM & COMPARE VALUES.. We are selling a Splendid Drees Tweed at6sd. All Wool, double-width Dress Tweed, only Is lid. BOOTS. BOOTS. Our Boot Stock is now Complete in eveiy Branch. Splendid Dancing Shoes, 3s lid. Men's Watertights from 12s 6d. Shooters, nailed, 8s 6d; Boys' and Girls' Boots in endless variety OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT Is no«r showing some Splendid value in HATS, FURS, RIBBONS, LACE, Etc. Come and Secure Arcade Straw Hats, latest shapes, only Is, only a limited number left. Splendid Fur Collarettes, only 3s 9d. THESE ARE GENUINE BARGAINS. HiROiEY BROS., ARCADE. BURNETT STREET —R ESTAVBAW T.— MRS. C. i. BRYANT BEGS to notify that sho has taken tbat centrally situated RESTAURANr in BURNETT STREET, lately carried on by Mrs Ranger, and hopes to be fay^red with the same liberal support that was accorded to her predecessor. HOT MEALS AT THE USUAL HOURS. SPECIAL TERMS to Weekly Boarders. CATERING undertaken for balls* eko» on the shortest notice. 6 1«



FOR 8A li J_,. . - The Following I M P L E MEN T S, NEW LAST SEASON. IMcSherry DRILL, 16 coulter, with broadcast attachment 1 Cambridge ROLLER, Seed Cannieter and Chain Harrows -i Portable HUT, a first class one ■1 Set DISC HARROWS, ten feet 400 Gallon IRON TANK» with tap F.^FERMMAN. ■'£148 THE GENERAL ELECTION. REGISTER ! REGISTER !! IjlO-IMS of CLAIM to VOTE can be obtained at the office of the Mail and Guardian.



KEATING S COUGH LOZENGES cure Coughs, Asjbhma, Bronchitis. Medical teeti. iaony states that no other medicine is so effectual in th*» cure pf these dangrous maladies. One Lozenge alone gives east, one or two at bedtime ensures rest. J?or relieve ing difficulty of breathing they are invalu able. They contain no opium nor any violent drug. Sold by all Caemifite, iv Tins, lllJdNJdSlMeftCh.,



The Best Bejjksy fob Indigestion— Norton's Camomile Pills are confidently ecommended as a simple remedy fot Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all ihe diseases to which we are subjects Norton's Pills, with justice called the "Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach," act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, are mild iv their operation, and safe under any circumstances. Sold iv bottles, at la lid, 2s 9d, lla, by all ua«diQiu« eatJora throughout tbt W«fldi



Holloway's Pills Aifp Ointment. — Those who have given these remedies a fair trial freely admit that they inherently possess every property suitable for healing and removing eruptions, ulcerations, piles, abscesses, sores, bad legs, gathered breasts, and all disorders of the glandular sjgtem. ; When carefully rubbed in the ointment relaxes the swollen muscles, diminishes in flammation, assuages pain, and even alle -1 viates dangerous maladies which may have \ lasted for months, or even years. Holloway's excellent preparations are effective singly, resistless in combination, and have been recommended by grateful patients to be resorted to as alternatives when all other means for gaining health have failed. Their action v temperate, net violent or («< duolnfl. * ,



SANDER AND SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT There are imitation! 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 Pure Volatile Euca lypti Extract, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government to be of perfectly pure origin, as per information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878 we state:— It is proved by tests made by the Medioal Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswald, Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz, Professor of Pharmacology at Bonn, and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Clinic at GreifswaM, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of acids, resinous and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develop the sanative qualities proper to the plant. Sander and Sonci* Eucalypti Extract, according to these authorities, and acoording to Professor Dr Lister, of England, and to Drs Bauer, Mclntire, Wood, Hazard, etc., of 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 turpentimes, which have, when used as medicine, no thera'peutio effect and are abandoned as an internal medicament. The?e bo called Eucalypti Extracts, which may have received distinction at Exhibitions as commercial articles and are used for mechanical purposes only are discernible: I 1. By their deficiency in punqont odour (which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract, develops most freely through its surplus of oxygen). 2, By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance, being reduced in specific density through the pretence of acids. 3. By their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of resins and tannater. If these crude oils, or so called eucalypti extracts are applied by mistake in cases of oroup, bronchitis, diptheria, internal in* flammations, dysentery, wounds, etc., the consequences are most appalling. For safety sake ask always for Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Ex tract and get the old, well-tested and reliable preparation.—Sandhurst, Victoria,„ Australia.—Sander and Sons



The Onslow Biscuit. Tim latest an 4 most delicate biscuit m%ttufaQtur«d, bf