SPORTING

W.R.O. SUMMER MEETING.

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Wellington, January 22. Following are concluding results :• — Wellington Cup, of 400 soya. Ono mile and a half. Vogengans; ... 1 Clanranald •• 2 Rosefeldt 3 All started. Retina and Revolution led for a mile, when Vogengang took command and won by three-quarters of a length. Time—2.4l. Dividend—£s Bs. Nursery Handicap — Blarney 1, King Wai % Lyro Bird 3. Won by half a length. Time—l.l 9 2-sth. Dividend ' —£3 11s. | Hack Race,—Meddler and Spring Time ran a dead heat, Rainglory 3. Time—2,7. Dividends — Meddler, £1 10s ; (Spring Time, £6 13a. Welter Handicap—'Kept 1, Senator 2, Palliser 3. Won by three lengths. Time—2.l3J. Dividend—£ll 6s. Telegraph Handicap.—Vogengang 1, Krina 2, Zanella 3. Won by a length. Time—l.l 6 l-sfch. Dividend—£2 16s.

Licensing Elections.

JPRR PRKSS ASSOCIATION.

Wellington, January 23, The licensing elections are expected to Involve an outlay of £6000 to £7000. The candidates for licensing committees will have to deposit £10 like the Parlia mentary candidates, and under the same conditions of forfeiture. Government will help local bodies who are unable to bear the expense of the elections. Timaku, January 23. The Timaru Borough Council estimate the extra cost of the licensing election fco the borough at £100. The Mayor has written to the Colonial Secretary, asking the Government to bear the expense of printing the rolls, also asking that the time be fixed for closing the rolls. j

The Cook Strait Cable.

Wellington, January 22. Ihe three-core Cook Strait cable has broken near the splice, about twenty miles from Lyell Bay, The cable sceamer Terranora is to be commissionpd imme diately, with a view to effecting the necessary repairs. This leaves only one line across the straits to Blenheim. An extra operating staff is to be sent to WaEpanui in the morning to assist in working the cable from Wanganui to Wakapuaka. January 23- At the place where the break in Cook Strait cable has occurred the water is not very deep, and Mr Logan does not anticipate much difficulty in finding the place and picking up the broken ends. The Terrauora will be placed on the slip to-day, and it is expected she will be ready for sea in about a week,

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, January 22. A letter received by a Wellington resi dent from a friend now in Perth (Western Australia) states that that town is crowded with people who have returned from Coolgardie goldfields, but mean to go back again in Marcft after the dry season. He speaks of it as a very rich field, bufc says anyone going therp needs tc have money in store aa living is very expensive. To-night's " Post" says--" We under stand that members of the Legislative Council who opposed the Government measures which were thrown out in the Upper Heusa last session, will not further oppose them. Councillors are of opinion that the country having had these measures before it, and having returned i tht Government with » substantial | majority, they are und«r a constitutional | obligation to pass them." The anniversary of the Wellington Province waa celebrated to-day in magnificent weather, which, it anything, was raiher hot. Principal attractions were the first day's racing of the Welling ton Racing Club'a summer meeting, and the Port Nicholson Yacht Club's annual regatta, while the early trains and harbor steamers were crowded with exoursioniafes and picnic parties, There was a fresh north-we&t breeze for the regatta, bufc the attendance of the pubic waa not up to that of previous years. The Postmaster General has received telegraphic advice to the effect that the .colonies, with the exception of Tasmania, uriU be represented at the intercolonial postal conference at Wellington, each by a Minister and officer in charge oi the isastat department. The Hon. Mr Ward left for the Soath by the Talune this afternoon to be absent for a few days. iNVBBCARGin., January 22, H. P. Sanders, ot the Dunedin Cycling Club, rode from Dunedin to Inyercargill to-day in 12 houra 56 minutes, including (Stoppages, beating the previous record of M| hours. There was not much wind, but the heat was intense and the roads in poor eoodition in parts. Sanders thinks the time may ba still further reduced. The distance is about 130 miles.

LABOR ITEMS.

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Melbourne, January 22. A difficulty has arisen between the Wharf Laborers' Union and the Howard Smith Shipping Company. The latter notified the men of their itstention to reduce the rates for un loading coal to one shilling per hour ail round during day and to Is 6d at night. When the steamer Age arrived yesterday, there were no wharf laborers on hand to unload the vessel, but free men were sooa^ secured •and the work was proceeded with. (Received January 23, 11 a.m.) Sydney, January 23. The Labor Conference passed resolu tions affirming it to be the duty of the ♦Government to provide work for those willing to do it, and urging on Parlia ment in each colony to take action to .establish a department ol labor.

Australian Frozen Meat.

Mr John Cooke, of the Australian Mortgage Land aod Finance Company, is so enthusiastic over the necessity for pro moting the Victorian frozen meat export Aat he has decided to launch a local com ply to promote the trade. In a letter to the press he claims to have de monstrated (1) that sheep for export mwt be killed in the country, bo as to produce larger retiums to the stockowner and the acme of wbdlesoraenesa to the consumer ; /2) that freeaing at the same time and pftce is practicable and absolutely Secaswry ; and.(3^ that^toUtag injmd and freeing at the seaboard is toed on the ground of coßt, if Cor no otha* reason Ihe qaestfon of supplies has been ptm&d tobe beyond d««btalread y . "Personally/ Mr Oooke eoatfimwa. *' I«" «> convinced of the need and j*«cticabihty of the •dheme tW I ia see it *n ■accomplished fact at the earhesc possible momeSt, and although owing .to me opposition from directions where I ex uected and <&o«id h*ve bad anstmted Lip a number of the larger profooers are bolSing back, I h*re rocevved wh asLices irom the smaller settUni ,*»t I fcave already put the m^fQQim of tito pvw m*f*W t0 type/

UNKNOWN

A. flattering proof t > Englishmen of the wide-spreading fame throughout the world of our late Poet Lauieate waa I latt-ly given at Milan. A discussion h*d ■ arisen amongst the learned societies of that city concerning the number of students of English literature capable of reading and translating the great. English poet into elegant Italian. In order to arrive at a solution of the question, a leading Milanese journal, the "Corriere della Serra," offered a prize for the best translation of fonr lines from Tennyson's "Princess." The prize was not to be given in money, but to take the shape of, i a pair of beautiful Japanese vases, which were on exhibition for some time at the office of the journal. The number of competitors waß no less than 720. The prize waa awarded to Ghislandoni, the oldest poefe in the country, who had earned a meagre, attenuate^ poetical faa,e by furnishing the libretti for Verdi's operas. Poar Ghislandoni, for whom a great public triumph had been prepared, and a gala reception at the Scila in his honor, lived but a short time, however, after the attainment of his success. Over come by the unwonted enthusiasm his poetic illustration of Tennyson had pro duced he sank under the responsibility of his long-regarded fame, and died with his gaze fixed in admiration and delipht upon the two Japanese vases which had been placed by his bedside on the very day of the award.

WAR PROSPECTS.

General Sir Archibald Alison's article in the December number of " Bfackwood " is not exactly cheerful reading for tho3e who appreciate the blessings of peace. Sir Archibald draws attention to the fact that while France has baen increasing her army more rapidly* than Germany, she has now about come to the end of her tether; while Germany, though she has been moving at a slower pace, is able to continue her present rate of progress for many years to come. We are, in the opinion of this authority, slowly but aurely progressing towards a " war of giants." That the struggle will find Russia and France on the one side, and Germany, Austria, and Italy on the other, is, he considers, evident from the present localisation of the various forces. Referring to the Russian army, Sir Archibald finds that out of a total free of nearly a million, 784,000 men are massed on the German frontier and in the reserve behind it; whilst Odessa axid the Crimea are held and Constantinople watched by on!y 80.000 ; and the Caucasus occupied and the Turkish frontier in Asia Minor observed by 50.000 ; while in the whole of Transcasph, along the Afghan and Chinese frontiers, there are only 51,000, acd on and about the Sea of Japan some 12,000. From a general survey of the disposi tion of Russia's forces, Sir Archibald Alison comes to the conclusion*—first, that she is straining every nerve to mass men on her Polish frontier, so as to be able, in conjunction with France, to crush Germany, *>yen though aided by flanking Austria and distant Italy ; nexu, that until this contest is over, Russia has determined to give up designs on Con stantinople ; arid finally, that she has no present intention of making any move upon Afghanistan or India. Further than this, Sir Archibald regards it as certain that Russia naver really intended to undertake such a distant and difficult enterprise as that of moving a force suffi cient to seize our Indian Empire through the inhospitable and hostile country of Afghanistan. What she will probably do, in his opinion, before making her great move, is to endeavour to induce us to believe that she is really about to invade India, so as to chain our jarge European fore« there to the. country. When the German system attains its; full development, Sir Archibald estimates that her available trained force for war will reach the enormous number of 4.300,000 men. At present he reckons tint the Dual Alliance (France and Russia) has in peace 362,000 men under arms more than the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, and Italy), but that the latter has in war the superiority by 503,000.

A New Flying Machine.

A GERMAN'S INVENTION

The problem of flying haa been solved, it is claimed, by a rich scientist iv Berlin, Otto Lillienthal, who, undismayed by the failures of the hundreds who have pre ceded him in the same line of effort, has experimented until he can now claim, apparently with some reason, to have achieved success. I The Lillienthal theory is that birds do not exercise great power in flying, but keep afloat in the air by the particular way in which they manipu'ate their wings. Reasoning upon these lines, a flying machine has been constructed upon a variety of angles, designed to catch the air in whatever direction it may come, or from whatever quarter. The affair is built in almost exact imita tion of the wings of a bat; the delicate ribs and body are made of willow wood, which is tough but light; the wings are covered with light sheeting, and when spread they have a circumference of twenty square yards. The entire appara tus weighs forty pounds, i Lillienthal b°gan his trials with the new flying machine from tin summit of a turret which rises forty feet from the ground. Adjusting the wings and seating himself upon the skeleton body of th. mechanism the inventor pushed himself off from the fcower top into spae* as one would push away a, bo it from th» bank. Working the wings with little effort, the man flattered through the air, finally reaching a height of 200 feet above the surface, and then descended safely. After this experiment, which satisfied him of the practicability of his theory, Mr Lillienthal resolved to gradually in crease the altitude, ar.i for this purpose he went to the ste^p hill ot Rhino wer, near R^thenow, which rise? to an abrupt heigijfc of 320 feet, ifcjs side being a Btony c'iff almost perpendicular. On the top of thi« hill he biiilfc a emalttower, mak ing the entire distance from the level 350 feet. Then he adjusted his flying apparatus, and leaped off. Upon his first trial he sank perhaps fifty feet, and then com menced to rise again until he had reached 1000 feet, and then gradually floated down, alighting gently upon the road. Repeating hjs experiments tor several days, he eyentuaily reached such perfec i turn that he was able to &»:and otill jin the j air without moving the wings. He also i travelled in circles, steering himself by an appliance doing the same duty as a rudder as that done by the tail of a bird. To a modeiate degree Mr Lillienthal appears now to have accomplished the aerial of the bird, and it only remains to be sapn whether he can suffi ciently perfect sy#fcs& to rise to great heights, or to remain alojtt wji% the same endurance as do the creatures designed by nature for that purpose. The scientist's description of the sensa tion while sailing through the air is cer tainly attractive. He says that the feel ing of w-otion is entirely lost, so easy and free from fafcigwe >s it. The absence also of any stationary object*, which would indicate movement in the htuufri b,emg, gives the sensation that the earth, instead of the man himself, is in motion.

The Trouble in South Africa.

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Capetown, January 21. The Transvaal Government has de inanded an explanation of the charges made against Captain Francis.

The Parliament of Religions.

("Chicago Herald,")

The world's parliament of religions was formally opened in Art Palace yesterday (September 11), the meetings of Sunday afternoon and evening have been merely preliminary. Gathered on the large rostrum in the Hall of Columbus were men of all nations, all types and races and of all religions. The wise men of the east for the first time in the history of the world looked | into the faces oi the wise men of the west. Prom far away India, from the snow-locked crests of the Himalayas, from the valleys of the Tigris, and the Euphrates, the repre | sentatives of a race and country old and decrepid with age clasped hands with a race now in the first flutter of youth and blossom ing manhood. The oldest religions in the world greeted with friendship the youDgest of the religions, and it was fitting that this golden bond of union should have been forged in the greatest city of the new world. The sere and fallen east clasped hands with the rising and new west. Each sect and each country had i peculiar mode of dress. From India came the robes of orange and white; from Greece, the sombre black of the high church; fiom China, the long flowing robes of white and red. The representatives from Japan were gorgeously arrayed in long flowing robes of the colours of the rainbow. The followers of the *' Light of Asia " attracted the most , attention, not so much on account of their dress, but because of their finely formed faces and intelligent looks, and there was not one of the pilgrims from the sunrise kingdom but could speak fluently in the most perfect English. Ofl the right sat the priests of the celestial empire in their long flowing robes of white with bulging sleeves lined with red. On the left sat the patriarchs of the old Greek Church, wearing sombre cassocks of black and strangely formed hats and leaning on their ivoiy sticks carved with fantastic figures representing strange old rites. In the centre of the stage, seated in the huge iron chair of curiously wrought iron, was His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons in his robes 1 of red. The session was opened by the vast audi ence rising to their feet and singing the hymn beginning with the words " From all that dwell beneath the skies," to the tune of " Old Hundred," accompanied by the on»an, played by Clarence Eddy. After the song had died away, His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons offered prayer. President Bonney then delivered his address of welcome to the nations, the worshippers of Clod and the lovers of man. In concluding he declared the great parliament of religion opened. After the opening there were various addresses by many of the dignatoriea of the several religions present. First of all Dr Burrows, after declaring that " the whitest snow on the sacred mount of Japan, the clearest water springing from the sacred fountains of India, were not more pure and bright than the joy of his heart" on this great occasion, went on to describe the efforts made to secure the great gathering, and wound up by saying:—"We are not I here as Baptists and Buddhists, Catholics ■ and Confucians, Parsees and Presbyterians, Methodists and Moslems ; we are here as roembers of a parliament of religions, over which flies no sectarian flig, which is to be stamped,ed by no sectarian war erie?, but where for the first time in a large council is lifted up the banner of love, fellowship, and brotherhood. V c all feel that there is a spirit which should always prevade these meetings, and if anyone should offend against this spiiit let him not be rebuked publicly or personally , your silence will be a graver and severer rebuke " "Archbishop Beehan, of Chicago, spoke amongst other things of "our common humanity." Cardinal Gibbons said :— " Though we do not agree in matters of faith, as the most reverend archbishop of Chicago has said, thanks be to God there is one platform on which we all stand united. It i 3 the platform ot charity, of humanity, and of benevolence." A lady, the reverend Augusta Chaplin, said that the world's parliament of religions could not have been called sooner, because "we had to wait until the steamship and the telegraph had brought men together, levelled their walls of separation, and made them acquainted with each other," and spoke much of " the new era which had dawned," and of the large share allotted to woman's work therein. Mr Higinbotham, President of the World's Columbian Exhibition, spoke of "the coming fruitage" of this great meeting. The Rev-A. Mackenzie declare! that but for the Puritans, whom he eulogised a< the founder of the American Republic, the first republic of many nationalities the world has yet seen, this parliament of religions would have been impossible. The Greek Archbishop of Zante made a most flowery oration, thanking " the superiors of the Ex? position" for the invitation extended to him to be there, and " saluted the reverend ministers of God, the Creator of your earth and mine, in the name of the Divinelf-in spired Gospel." Mr P. C. Mozoaradar, of India, dwelt on the antiquity of the Buddhist faith, still stable, and traced the rise, progress and decay of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans i and Hebrews in words of great eloquence and power. The Hon Pung Quang Yu, the expounder of the Confucian doctrine, sent especially by the Emperor of Chjina, was most polite, thankful and grateful, saying " this is a great moment in the history of religions and men." There were striking speeches from Brah mins, Buddhists of Ceylon, Japan and Thi bet ; an oration from an Archbishop Skinto, of the Japanese state religion, in his gor geous robes of onjee, who held out the hand of fellowship to those philanthropic brethren who have undertaken this, the greatest meet ing ever he'd. Count Bernstorff, of Ger? many, and Prince Wolkonsky, of Russia, spoke of religious toleiation, and other re presentativereligionistsechoed them heartily. Archbishop Redwood, of Wellington, New Zealand, said : " I represent Australasia, a country divided into various colonies, governing themselves with wonderful free dom, and I may say without boasting, making rapid advances on the way to true civilisation, I deem it a very groat honour and privilege to be present on such an occasion as this in an assembly that begins as it i^ere on a new era for mankind —an era, I believe, ot teal brc-tjjerly love. It is a sad spectacle, when the mind ranges over a Avhole universe, to see that multitude of 1,200,000,000 of human beings created by the same God, destined to the same happi ness, and yet divided by various barriers ; to see that, instead of love prevailing from, nation to nation, there are barriers of hatred diyiding them. I believe an occasion like this is jfcb.e strongest possible means of removing ffor'pye'r such b^rri^ra," fAp plause.) And after saying many things, "in praise of his church as Oie others had done for theirs, he concluded thus : " In all reli gions there is a vast element of truth, other wise they would have no cohesion. They all have something respectable about them, they all have vast elements of truth ; and the first thing for men, to respect themselves and to take away the barriers of hatred, is to see what is noble in their respective belief's, and to respect each other for the knowledge of" the t*ucfy pen twined therein," (Applause.) After some other speakers had been intro duced by Dr Burrows, and had spoken, the meeting terminated, the vast audience going away delighted with the unique exhibition itkad witnessed.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

i'KU PIIBSS AHHOCIATIOP

Our it^frncciN. Wellington, January 23. In accordance with Oolonel Fox's re commendation the bin; breech-loading , guns in the furts are to bo senfc Home to be strengthened. They will go one at a time. The total cost 1b estimated at £9000. Since this type of gun wa3 first used it has been found too weak. The 1 tirst instalment of a thousand Martini- Henry rifles is expected by the end of J March. A. difficulty has arisen with the i contractors as to the test to be applied tc i the sighting. The lHt«rpr«t«rM. Possibly only one interpreter will be appointed to the House of Representatives instead of two. Snulilon !>#»»!>. Lyttelton, January 23. Mrs Gibbons, keeper of refreshment rooms, died suddenly on Monday night. She complained of pains at her heart all day and went to bed at the usual time. She was heard at 11.30 to come down stairs to get a drink, and appeared to return to her bedroom, but next morning her son found her lying dead in her sitting room through which she had to pass to reach her bedroom. On the counter was a glass and half a bottle of ginger ale. She apparently died quietly, as her son, an adult, heard no disturb ance. She was sister to Mr W. B. AHwright, the postmaster at Lyttelton, and a prominent member of the Good Templar Lodge. She leaves a husband and several children; some grown up.

THE PEEL PAPER.

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(Received January 23, 11.15 a.m.) Sydney, January 23,

Lengthy cable correspondenct has passed on the now celebrated Peel criticism. The Agent-General for the colony wired that he saw* Mr Peel, who was much concerned, and greatly re gretted that the paper should have passed beyond the person to whom it was confidentially handed. Hamilton, the senior clerk in the Imperial Trea sury Department, waa commissioned by Mr Peel to write a paper to test his ; ability. The paper did not become public in Great Britain. The Agent- General asked that the matter be al lowed to drop, as it might bring trouble on a clever young officer. To I this Sir G. K. Dibte, the Pre | mier, wired in reply that the paper had been publicly commented on in the colonies and he regretted that Mr Hamilton should have chosen the credit of Australia as a subject for a test paper. Mr Peel's paper showed marked talent, but it was founded on error and it was calculated to do immense injury to the colony, and should be officially withdrawn. The Lords and Commissioners of the Treasury replied expressing regret at the occurrence, but stating as the paper was not one of the records of the Treasury there was nothing to with draw. Every care had been taken to prevent its use in London, and its publication regarding Australia must have been due to a violation of private confidence.

The Santander Explosion

One detail affords a startling illustra tion of the force of the Santander dyna mite explosion. The anchor of the ex ploded steamer was thrown through the air, a distance of 800 yards, and f 11 upon the balcony of a house, completely wreck ing it, snd then sinking deeply into the street below. Buildings at a distance from the scene of the exDlosion were in hundreds of cases damaged by pieces of wood and iron which c?escended through the roofs and dashed against tbe window frames with tremendous violence-. Many persons were injured, and some are known to have been killed, in this manner. Per haps the most remarkable instance is that cf a man who was killed at P. mncesfcllle, two kilometres (1| miles) away from the harbor. Two seamen who were on board the steamer when the explosion occurred escaped. They were thrown a great dis tance into the sea, and fell among a mass of floating wreckage, which was still burn lag. They swam together for a long time, and succeeded in reaching the shore at a point many miles beyond Santander har bor.

*fl» ASBBTJltlua atlAfiDlAN • TOEBDAY, JANUABY 23, 1864



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Mr D Tnomas. ORANGE HALL! TUESDAY,~JANIJARY 23 5 1694 MR D. THOMAS has received in structions from the Ohairman of the Ashburton Industrial Building Society to sell by Auction as above, — THE NEXT APPROPRIATION OF <£300. Sale at hilf-past seven p.m. sharp. D. THOMAS, 1 117 Ashburton. MISS BASRATT'S School will re open January 29, inst. Subjects Taught,—English, Music, Drawing and Sinsing. Miss Barratt will be at home from ] 28th inst. 1 126 TINWALD.—For sale, a bargain.-4 sections in one block between Harland and Grove streets. Terms if reg uired. T. BULLOCK. Christmas, 1893. WE have just opened out a Splendid Assortment o " FASHIONABLE SUITINGS, FANCY WORSTEDS, AND WEST OF ENGLAND TROUSERINGS Specially Imported for the Present Season. |£3?* Our Motto is " Satisfaction." By giving a Good Fit, Best Workman ship, and Honest Value we find our old Customers return and bring thwir friends for their next iSow Suits. This is the Best Recommendation for CRAIGHEAD & BERBYMAN, THE LE \DING TAILORS AND OUT FITTERS, ASHBURTON. ASHBURTON WOOL SALES fI^HE Second Sale of the Season wil take place at the ORAN3E HALL, ON MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1894. At p.m. When all the Foreign and New Zealand Buyers will be represented, MILES $ CO., Limited. FRIEDLANDER BROS, DaVID THOMAS JOHN G. RESTELL, (for the N.JS Land Association). H, ZANDER (for Ford and Co.) .» - ■ ■ ••



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/SPECIAL MEDICAL VISIT TO ASHBURTON OF TilE RENOWNED I LADY PHYSICIAN AND SPECIALIST. 3*R FIIIK4KT, W O, LK.Q.C.P., L.M, &c. FOUNDER AND CHIEF PHYSICIAN OF HIE FEIKAET MEDICAL ALLIANCE, WELLINGTON, AUD THE FIRST AND ONLY LEGALLY QUALIFIED REGISTERED LADY SPECIALIST IN NEW ZEALAND, aAS the pleasure of announcing that she will PROFESSIONALLY VISIT ASHBLUTON on Monday & Tuesday, JTsaiiiiarj £9, & 30, AND MAY BE CONSULT&D UPON ALL DISEASES LSCIDJSNTJL TO THE HUMAN FRAME AT HENRY'S HOTEL. CONSULTATION FREE. CURABLE CASES GUARANTEED. THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW OF THE MANY CREDITABLE NOTICES THE DOCTOR HAS RECEIVED :- From the " St Arniud Mercury." "Dr Frikarfc, whose fame in curing diseases of the nervous system and chronic and com plicated female complaints haa gone abroad in the colony, has created a very favorable impression during her staj in St Arnaud by her skilful treatment of several intricate j cases." I From the " Marlborough Advertiser." i "We note the arrival of Dr Frikart, an tmineut lady specialist, who has been very successful in her treatment of patients in the various parts of the colony which she haa already visited. She is a lady of exceptional ability, and her treatment embraces the latest discoveries in the science of therapeutics. The Doctor brings to this country several diplomas, and her presence in our district will no doubt prove a boon to the numerous sufferers from nervous, chronic and special complaints." From the " Standard." " Dr Frikart's marvellous cures have created a profound sensation." From the "Charlton Independent," ■■-;■■,.  " A Distinguished Visitor.-—Charlton is at present honored by the presence of Mrs Frikart, M.D., who has obtained the highest possible honours in her profession, and estab lished a great reputation in the colony by her phenomenal success in the treatment of nervous, chronic and complicated complaints. The examinations this talented lady has passed are almost too numerous to mention, for apart from being a Doctor of Medicine and a Licentiate of King and Queen's College of Physicians and Licentiate of Midwifery, she is also Praktische Arzr. of Switzerland, and passed what i 3 considered about the hardest task in the medical world—the Staats Examen. The Doctor is no mean linguist, as she may be consulted in German, French and Spanish, as well as English. Having held hospital appointments, her experience has not only been wide, but practical." From the " Hamilton Spectator." " Mrs Dr Frikart, who recently arrived from England, has a splendid reputation, and is the only legally qualified lady doctor advertising in Australia." From the " Warrnambool Standard." " Mrs Dr Frikart, the well-known lady M.D., has been yery successful in her treatment of a number of local cases. From the " Echo." "We have much pleasure in referring to Dr Frikart, the first lady fully qualified in England and Ireland, as well as in Victoria, who has ever visited Australia. It is certainly } a fortunate thing for the sick and ailing, and those afflicted with uncomfortable diseases which baffle the skill of the ordinary practitioner, that the lady specialist has arrived." From the " Maryborough Standard." "Dr Frikart was yesterday visited by a number of Patients, all of whom speak highly of her skill and ability in diagnosing their complaints." From the " Chronicle' '* Dr Frikart'a reputation as a clever and successful practitioner is thoroughly estab lished throughout the Colony." From the "Mail." "Dr Frikart has effected more cures of chronic and nervous complaints t.ian any other specialist in Australia. 1 102 JgEFORE YOU BUY FURNITURE DO NOT PAIL TO VISIT W. PIOKFORD & Oo's FURNISHING WAREHOUSE, TANG RED STREET (opposite Mitchell and Turner's.) TRY US for Dining-room, Drawing-room, Bedroom and Kitchen Furniture TRY US for English and Colonial Perambulators TRY US for Flax, Flock, Kapok, and Hair Mattresses all sizes TRY U3 for Iron and vVood Bedsteads, Cots, Stretchers, etc TRY US for Duchesse Toilet Tables, Washsfcancls, Chests of Drawers, Wardrobes 'JMiY US for Looking Glasses, Toilet Ware, Pillows and Bolsters TR¥ US for full sizi Upholstered Spring Mattresses, orice 233, worth 35s TRY US for Picture Framing—pictures framed neatly, cheaply, quickly Good assortment of Mouldings to select from Venetian Blinds made bo order, repaired and re-painted Furniture recovered, repaired, re-polished, on short notica Just arrived 5 Bales Kapok of the best quality Country Orders carefully packed, free of charga, and half freight paid on the Mount Soiners and Springburn line W. PICKFORD & CO., CABINET-MAKEKS, UPHOLSTERERS, Etc. (near Union Bank.)



FOR SALE—Lot 22, f-acre, Church Street Hampstead. T. BULLOCK, LANDELLS AKD PRESTON, Buknett Street, nexb Ashburton Club, ENGINEERS & CYCLE EXPERTS, OUR Mr Landells having worked for the last twelve years as Locomotive Fitter in the Addington Workshops, and Mr Preston having served his apprentice ship with Charles Burrell and Sons, England, Traction Engine Manufacturers, is a sufficient guarantee that satisfaction will be given to whoever may place their engines in their hands. Pumps, Lawn Mowers, Sewing machines, and Engines of every description REPAIRED. Stencil Plates, Name Plates, and En graving done. FOR SALE—2 sections well situated in Clark Street, Allenton, being lots 22 and 23, containing 2 rods 6< pßrches* p^rcof R.S. 8767.- •  > i T, BULLOCK. THEBEST cafe dLUuu H Purifier J/kL m ™|c 1? 1 QUICKEN I 1 Appetite, ! Si™ JbTlibil Feeling, II co H AND «P^it iMMakiilie Weak ■ STRONG Uiil^^ use Ayer'sSarsaparilla Prepjired by l>r. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Muss., U. S. A. Cures others, will cure you $3?" Beware of cheap imitations. The iiame — Ayer's Sarsaparilla —is i)rojitinont on the wrapper, and is blowij v tiie glass vi each o| ouk. bottJeg, _ '



I ' ~ i ■ ' STILL FAVOBS COME. I FAEMERS KEEIMKdI J[ACHlI£g READ THIS. From— R. M, SMITH, Manager for C. H. Barton, "Town," Maryvale, New South Wales. September 30 s 1893. WALTER A. WOOD, M. and R. M. Company, 31 Bedford Street North Mell ourne. Having just returned from the World's Fair at Chicago, and the Royal Agricultural Society's Show of England, "where I saw most of the Reapers and Binders known to Science, and having visited some of the largest Harvesting Machinery Manufactories in America, we have arrived at the conclusion that the WALTER A. WOOD SINGLE APRON REAPER AND BINDER will best fill the requirements of our farm. We have scan and felt the evil and ex pense of running different makes of machines, and we are determined in future to stick to one stjle and make, and to carry out these views we are selling our present Binders (having three different makes), and have bought eight of WALTER A. WOOD'S SINGLE APRON MACHINES for use on our farm. (Signed) R. M. SMITH, Manager WALTER A. WOOD.' TUBULAR STEEL MOWER; HAY RAKE, To Our Farmer Friends. We greet you in 1893 with a finer line of harvesting machines than ever before. our reliable mowers, hay rakes, reapers and bind ers lead everywhere. iWalter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Company, Send for Annual Catalogue. HARVESTER AND BINDER, ENCLOSED GEAR REAPER. Binders, Mowers, ?^^k Reapers and Rakes. jß^F^^ ■JMJBSkw. DON'T WfcSTE CROPS. ja^HflflßtVJfißkUSE A GOOD MACHINE." XK/r flißk- vK< b9b al^ *4^^^ "naVl' most reliable machines the world has over had WALTER A. WOOD MOWING & REAPING MACHINE CO. WOOD WOOD WOOD WOOD WOOD Binders Twine Mowers Reapers Calces ■■• ■ ' ■ ' ' ■ « CALL QUICK AND EXAMINE THEJR FAULTLESS QUALITY, _ F. FERRJMAN. F iPf *«-.A l^ouse °f ®r& rooms, and grassing for cotv or A vr a JX3\j* horse •■ FEHiM :-:A^