MAIL NOTICES,

Mails close for the following places as under subject to the necessary alterations :— SATURDAY, April 28. For Northern Ports, per Penguin, at €J.? 30 p.m.

DEATH.

Mkddins.— On April 28, Alford Foreßt Hoid, Ashburton, Florence Ivy, the youngest and dnarly beloved daughter of Geo-ge and Margaret \. Meddins. Aged seven years and five months. For of such i-> the Kingdom of Heaven.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1894. COUNCIL SUPPLIES.

A recent decision of the Auditor- General is likely to cause trouble in small boroughs and town districts. Mr Fitzgerald finds that it is illegal for a member of a local body to supply goods to the body of which he is a member, even though the amount does not exceed £10 in one year. This finding of the Auditor-General was made known to tbe Mayor of Cam bridge by letter, the writer taking occasion to point out that fche supply of anything by a councillor to a council is a breach of The Local Bodies Contractors Act, 1885. The letter is now going the round of the papers, and in due time all the colony will be aware of how Mr Fitzgerald reads the law, and what he means to do. He puts the situation in these words:— "I shall take no steps as to past trans actions, as they have been taken under wrong advice, but there is nothing to prevent any ratepayer or other person taking proceedings if he likes; but you may warn the council that if a case is brought before me again in a future account I may feel it my duty to prosecute for the penalty. For the future I will be unable to pass any expenditure for goods supplied to the council by a councillor." 'Ibis means that no produce merchant who [ is a councillor can sell a bag of oats or j other horse feed to his Council, no iron monger can sell them a spade, pickaxe, j or hoe, or any item of his trade; a j saddler who would rather make and mend his council's harness must not be a councillor; stationers must avoid the municipal elections if they have at all a hankering after a cheque for goods supplied to the town clerk's office; and the printer who would like to sit in the local Parliament will now be ready to say " Witheied be the nose that pokes Into the Council's printing." We fancy the Auditor-General is rather cutting it too fine. There are j many small places in the colony in I which, to apply this rule would be to deprive the ratepayers of the services of the best men in the district, who would not care to be annoyed in this sort of way. There are unnumerable items of daily requirement in con nection with the working of a labor gang, which may or may not be pro curable at any of the limited number of stores in a small municipality, except perhaps that of the man who is a councillor, but the foreman must not go there for his supplies. The £10 limit, so far as we have been able to gather, acted well enough every where, and unless something very dreadful has been brought before Mr Fitzgerald, he might just as well have allowed his very tender official con science to rest, and let things go on as they were. i

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr S. Salek advertises a special line of lever watches of exceptional excellence at a very low price. The annual meeting of ratepayers of the Wakanui road district will be held at the Board's office on Saturday next. Mr G. L. |Twentyman was appointed Secretary to the Tinwald Dairy Factory 1 Company—not Mr J. H. Twentyman as appears by the report of the meeting. Sir Walter Buller had a bar of Onehunga iron tested before leaving England. The strength was shown to be pretty equal to average cast iron, but the iron had too much phosphorus for making steel. Ihe Premier has received a telegram con firming Sir George Grey's appointment to the Privy Council, and has sent a lelegram congratulating Sir George on behalf of the people of New Zealand. Messrs C. J. Harper, Frank Peter, Robert Tarbotton, and F. S. Cordeux have been nominated as members of the Pangitata JJoad Board, and a poll for the election of three of jfchgse gentlemen will take place on Friday »est *t the Board's office, HotAOWAY'S VITM As 9 OjtNflVfEN'J'.— Vicissitudes of climate,, exposure and hard ships, tell heavily on soldiers and sailors, sowing the seeds of disease which may ultir mately break up the constitution. Naturally pareless of their health a word in season Kis,y ayert many evils, and may cause them to reso,ri; tq timely measures without any difficulty or publicity, Holloway's effectual remedies are suitable, and are so easily adapted for the yarded complaints jfco which p^r soldiers and sailors ape liable, that a W p»ljr shpuld always be obtained befor£ ppoeeedinf; abroad. J.t may wjth coo^dence be stated tfeait zj?ansr yaiuable li^e might have hew saved,' or oo#grme,(jl cripple prevented from begging j» the streets, ttoU9w»y'»FW««Jies h>& beecHaed in time*

Isaiah Fake, who assaulted the Rev Mr Habeas last week, has been bound over to keep the peace for six months. The Grand Lodge officers of the U.O. A.D. for Canterbury district will pay a visit to the local Lodge on Monday evening next, when a full attendance is requested. Ihe officers and members will be entertaiaed at supper after lodge. The members of the local Foresters' Lodge held a dance last night in the Orange Hall. About fifty couples were present. Songs were rendered at intervals between the dances, and lefreshments were handed round. The company dispersed at an early hour. Messrs E. H. Dobson, James McKeage, and B. G. Wright have been returned unop posel as members of the Ooldstream Road Board, and Messrs Duncan Cimeron, George Murdoch, Charles Percy Murray-Aynsley, and Joseph Batty have been elected unop posed to the Mount Hutt Road Board. An old man named Henry Devoy who, according to Inspector Fender, had passed most of hia life in gaol, was committed for trial at Wellington yesterday, for stealing a horse at Levin, and got three months hard labor for stealing a saddle and bridle from another person. At the inquest on the man who committed suicide at Sydenham a few daya ago, the coroner ordered the bottle of brandy found near the body to be submitted to analysis. Profesbor Bickerton has reported to the police that ho found the brandy to be free from adulteration. So far, £8897 has been spent on the Wel lington drainage scheme. There has been delay in drawing plans for the main works in conaequeoce of alterations in the surveys I with a view to saving money, and the con tracts are not likely to be let for three months yet. At a committee meeting of the Ashburton Rifle Club it was decided to fire for the championship and cup of the Club on Wed nesday next at 130 p.m, Ranges, 200, 300, and 500 yards. The cup has been won twice by Mr Morrison, who only requires to win it once more to become his absolute property. Cash prizes will be added to the first, second, and third prizes. The attendance at the annual meeting of the Ashburton Poultry Society called for Friday evening was sot, in the opinion of those present, sufficient to go on with the business and an adjournment till Monday evening, 30th instant, was decided upon. It was agreed that the Secretary should send post cards to breeders and others intimating that the business would be gone on with on that evening under any circumstances, as there is no time to lose. The late Rev Dr O'Dowd, who died recently in Ballarat West, and whose numer ous private acts of charity endeared him to Roman Catholics and Protestants alike, possessed less than 2s 6d at the time of his death. For a long time past Father O'Dowd who was a classical scholar of high order, had been paying house rent for several poor families in Ballarat, and his purchases of pro visions for other indigent people was the means of leaving him almost penniless. Cecil Rhodes (the man ' with the face of a Ciß3ar, the ambition of a Loyola, and the wealth of a Crcesus') has raised misogyny to a science. Not only do he and his millions —fifteen or so—resist the blandishments of every marriageable woman in South Africa, but all the members of his personal and domestic staff are single. Anybody in hia service who gets married gets dismissed as well. ' Marriage spoils a man or woman's career—destroys singleness of aim,' is his dictum. A hotel-keeper named John Rush, at O'Dell's Lake, Ohio, at the risk of hia own life, saved that of a boy who had broken through the ice and was in danger of drown ing. Then, to revive the boy, he gave him a drink of whisky, the specific under the circumstances ; but the boy's father did not think so and had Rush arrested and fined ten dollars. If that virtuous parent ever finds himself under water it is not likely that any body will feel inclined to revive him by means of a strong liquid. A Committee meeting of the Ashburton Football Club was held last evening, There were present —Messrs Wilson (chair), Burns, Mayne, Fooks, and Todd. Letters were read from the Sydenham, Kiiapoi, Timartt, Lincoln College, and Leeston Clubs. It was agreed to write and thank Mr F. Fowler for his offer of assistance to the Club. A letter was also read from the Hokifcika Football Club agreeing to make arrangements so as to play in Ashburton during July, and ask ing what assistance the Ashburton Football Qlub can give It was agreed to guarantee £8 towards their expenses. With regard to the offer of East Christchurch Club to play Ashburton in Christchurch it was resolved to send a team there on June 2. It was also agreed to award two free member j ships to promising juniors, the memberships being tenable for the season 1895. Arrange ments were made for advsrtising the TVleri* vale match on May 24. An interesting little ceremony was per formed yesterday in the Ashburton school by Mr 3- B. Mayne, the headmaster, who, in the name of the teachers and scholars, presented to Miss Mary A. Grant, the infant mistress, a handsome morocco leather dress ing case, with folding sides, and containing all the usual toilet requisites. The gift was intended to be a souvenir of the four years Miss Grant has been in the position of head mistress at the school, and was called forth by the severance of her connection with Ashburton, and her assumption of a more important position in West Christchurch. The presentation was made in language which conveyed to Miss Grant the regret with which teacher and pupil parted with her, owing to the pleasant associations with which her term in Ashburton was sur rounded, but was also expressive of the good wishes that would follow her from her old co-workers and pupils in Ashburton. Miss Grant suitably acknowledged the presenta tion. At a meeting of the Canterbury Land Board, held on Thursday, an application for Beation 6, reserve 350, block 10, Westerfield, 46a 3r 28p, was granted to George Grice, lease 5, lot 3, reserve 1467, Dromore, was transferred from A. B. Martin to J. J. Johns. An application by Or. Jameson and the Springs Road Board for hnd in Selwyn riverbred, adjoining R.S. 4211, was refused, as the land lies outside Mr Jameson's title boundary, and is required for road purposes. The Government was recommended to re serve land in the Wakanui survey district, i adjoining R.S. 3844 (applied for by the Ash burton County Council), for planting pur poses, and to vest it in the Council. Per petuaj. lease No; 158, H. H. Wright, R.P. 86,162,, Anama ? was, ordered to be forfeited tot non-residence and insufficient pultiyatjqn, and to be re-offered at a cash price of £1 5* per acre, weighted with a valuation of £12 for improvements. The Ashburton County Council submitted a proposal for the ex penditure of thirds upon further water-race works in the Rangitata road district, and it wap resolved to recommend the proposal for the sanction of the Minister of Lands.

THE WEATHER.

Wellington, April 26 Captain Edwin says that the evidences now show easterly gales on the Australian coast southward of Sandy Cape, also that the northerly gales indicated yesterday as probable after midnight on the 29th may be expected twelve hours earlier, at moat places southward of Wapier and New Plymouth.

Sad Affair at a Fire.

At the inquest; on the boy Strong burned to death yesterday morning the police evidence was that on arrival at the lire they were told that all the children were out. Had they known the boy was then inside the building he could hays been saved. When it was known that the lad was still in the house it was too late to take any steps for his rescue. A verdict of accidentally burned to death was re turned.

The Deadly Lockjaw.

Through the discovery of the bacillus of I lockjaw it is now possible to cure persons 1 suffering from that commonly fatal disease. The bacillus ia in the shape of a drum stick, and contains deadly poison. It is found everywhere in the surface soil of streets and fields, and every time a foreign substance enters the body lockjaw is highly possible. Of course a vitiated system in more likely to become a prey to the ravages of the destroying microbe than one full of vigour and fine physical action. Not only lockjaw, but almost all diseases thai afflict man, can be avoided j by keeping the internal canals of the anatomy clean and wholesome. Accumu lations of refuse and effete matter make places of ambush for the destroying enemies. By keeping the liver and kidneys in a condition It for performing their functions, and free from unnecessary work, a momentum is given to the whole body, which enables it to throw off the bacilli and escape disease. Warner's Safe Cure fortifies against these Insidious attacks. Large numbers of men and women become the victims of Bright'a disease through the kidneys failing in the work of carrying off the uric acid poison which becomas incorporate with the blood, and are thus slowly but surely dropping into a premature grave. Warner's Safe Cure expels all injurious matter, and assists the body in resisting the thousand and one attacks which assail it at every turn. It helps to make life worth living, i and restores many a sufferer to health and soundness when all other expedients had been resorted to in vain. The following is a case in point related by Mr M Sharkey, of Norwood, South Australia, under date May 23, 1893: —"I have to thank Warner's Safe Cure tkaf. I am alive and enjoying good health to day. Five years ago I was stricken with Bright's disease. Doctors were called in and con sultations held, and I was finally, removed to the hospital for the purpose of obtain ing better attention. At length I was discharged as being incurable. Then 1 was advised by a friend to try Warner's Safe Hure and Pills. After taking the fifth bottle £ fait myself daily becoming stronger, and at the end of several months' treatment I had regained my former strength and energy. I have often said that Warner's Safe Cure is worth not only five shillings, but five hundred shillings per bottle.'

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Gisboekb, April 27. The Harbor Board decided last night to sell their fine plant, consisting of 40 ---ton Hercules and Goliath cranes, locomo* tiye, etc., to the Nap'er Harbor Board, who will shortly be requiring the like machinery for additions to their works. The Board aiso decided to promote a Bill next session to compel the Public Trustee to invest their loan money subject to the control of the Board. The Public Trus tee has lent it to Government at 4& per cent, while the Board have to pay the Brinish bondholders five per cent: thas the district loses £1000 per annum. The Board says the money could be readily invested in the distiict on first-class security at not loss than six per cent. Weiaington, April 21. Mr Duthie, M.H.R, has written to the Colonial Secreiaty poii-ting out the incon venience anJ onnoyance to electors who are struck off the rolls, while ib is doubt ful whether the law intended it should be done, and urging thar, registrars should receive legal direction in the matter. Sir Patrick Buckley replies that the Govern ment do not interpret the law for statutory officers, and if any one is agrieved he has the legal remedy against the registrar, Letters have also been sent to Govern ment on the same subject by other Wellington BLH.R.'s. Charlton states he did nor ask to with draw all his charges against Mr Ritchie and Stock Inspector Hull, but that he only offered to withdraw a portion of his complaint against Hull, which he con sidered immaterial. He also says that; after the first sitting of the Commission his legal adviser Informed them that he declined to be placed in the position of prosecutor, and for this and other reasons he would take no farther part in the proceedings. After that he only attended under summons* Of a hundred unemployed registered this week work has been found for fifty two, and a number of others will be sant to Taranaki next week. The Department expect, however, that the list will be kept going by the constant influx of new arrivals, who are regularly coming into town, when the employment they are engaged upon for the time ceases. The Council of the Wellington Acclim atisation Society has entered into corres pondence with a gentleman in England with a view of introducing th«a common English bat into the colony, our wild native bat having almost died out. It is thought that they might be artificially hibernated in boxes fa!" of straw (wibh air holes), placed in a cool chamber, and thus brought out to the colony. A similar experiment has also bp«n suggested to the English naturalist, with a view of ascer taining whether it is possible to artificially hibernate and import any of the European swallow species. During last season 800,480 fry and eyed ova were distributed by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society from the Masteston fish hatcheries. In its annual report the Council of the Society points out that ifc is now nine years since the Society undertook to stock the waters of the North Island, and the results of good work are now being felt far and near. If results were compared with work of a similar kind carried on in other countries by societies subsidised by the State it would be found that the 'Fork had been carried on at a very low cost at Masterton, by means of license fees, contributions from other societies, and subscriptions. It had also to be remem bered that sbockiog the rivers of the colony with migratory fish also involved stocking the coast line of the ocean, a very large undertaking, and one which would eventually be of large commercial value to our fisheries. Dunedijj, April 29. At the Cfty, Police Opurfe, Frederick Marryatt, cleric in the Customs, charged with embezzlement;, was admitted to pro* bafcion for six months, and ordered to pay £36 12s Bd, and costs of the prosecution.

"PROGRESSIVE."

At a meeting of the Canterbury Fro-1 gressive Liberal Association in Ohrist < church last night, notice of motion was given that Government be aeked to pro mote an Act authorising the issue of one million in national guaranteed votes, to have currency for ten years, and to be used for the parchase of land for settle* ment, and for roading and preparing pub lic lands for settlement. It was resolved to wire to the Premier to the following effect:-(I) That Government be re quested to afford immediate > elief to the unemployed in the Christchurch district; (2) that Government be asked to consider during the coming session the adoption of some permanent solution of the unem ployed question ; (3) that £tie Association protests against the tone of the Premier's remarks ta the unemployed at Welling ton.

The Democratic Creed of the Church

Concluding an able address recently in London, the Dean of Ely, Rev 0. W. Stubbs, MA,, said—Are you willing to include in the Church Creed these clauses, which we seem to think you ought to have learned from the spirit of the Christ of \ to-day :— 1. We believe that in all the disputes and confliots, industrial, social, political, which rand the body politic of this Chris tian State to-day, the prime necessity is trank justice between class and class. 2. We believe that the first principle of Christian justice is this, that the loss of one cannot on the whole be the gain of another in the unity of the one life. 3. We believe that the. first principle of Catistian liberty is this—Freedom, not to do what one likes, but freedom to do what one ought; and that, therefore, respect for individual rights should never blind us to the higher reverence which we owe to social doty. 4. We believe that the first principle of Christian equality is not equality of dis tribution, but equality of consideration, which may be expressed in the maxim that every man is to count for one, and no man for more than cne, 5. We believe that the first principle of Christian fraternity is that " we are all one man in Christ," and that no one can say sincerely, ** Our brothers who are on earth," who has nor previously learnt to say, " Our Father which art in Heaven.' 6. We believe that the competition of trade has been assimilated te the compe tition of war, and st&nds condemned by the assimilation. j 7. We believe that in Christ's kingdom I the law of life is service, not competition, and that no money therefore is legiti mately earned which is not an exchange value for actual services rendered—ser vices which minister to life and help on the common good ; and that consequently no wealth i« honest which is accumulated by taking advantage of the weakness cr the ignorance of our neighbors, and ren dering them no equivalent in reciprocal service. 8 We believe that society exists not for the cake of private property, but private property for the sake of society. 9. We believe that the light use of property must be insisted upon as a reli gious duty; that as capital arises from common labour, so in justice it should be made to minister to common wants. 10. We believe that wealth dees not release the rich man from his obligation to work, but only enables him to do unfair wcrk for society ; the only differ ence, indeed, 'according to Christian ethics, between the rich man and the poor man seeming to be this —that the poor man receives his wages at the end of the week, and does not get them unless his work ia first done, whereas the wealthy man receives his wages first, and is bound, as a matter of honour, to earn them afterwards. 11. We believe that it is not the equali sation of capital that is needed, but; its moralisition. 12. Wa believe that as all life is of the kingdom of God, and the Church of Christ is concerned in the ways of His disciples, however secular they may seem to be, it is the duty of the Christian citizen to build up, as far as his influence extends, the life of the great civic brother | hood to which he belongs, and rf every | sphere of action which it contains, ia justice, righteousness, and the fear of God. 13. We believe, therefore, that it is the duty of the Christian city, in the interests of its citizens, to provide, first, for the three essentials of physical life—pure air, pure water, pure food ; and, secondly, for the three essentials of spiritual life admiration, hope, and love; and with chese objects in view we believe that such ', a city will take legal measures to prevent the pollution of air, water, food ; will preserve open spaces and town gardens, will provide playing-fields and gymna siums and baths in connection with all elementary public schools, will pass not only a Sunday Closing Act for public houses, but a Sunday Opening Act for public libraries, museums, »rb galleries, and other drawing-rooms of the people, 14. We believe that in such a city the citizens will have full control over the regulation and licence of all trades, and that the drink traffic, as at present organised, standing condemned by Chris tian principles, will, if not suppressed altogether, be very largely curtailed, and in the meantime compelled to compensate the ratepayers < f the city for the increase of poor-rate and police-rate directly traceable to its ir fluence. 15. We believe that in any truly Christian city there would undoubtedly be a by-law of the Council suppressing the scandalous indecencies of the Divorce Court, and the brutal'eing horror* of *he Police Court, in the public prints, and prohibiting the public ition in any news paper of all betting lists, the odds on sporting events, and any information likely to stimulate gambling, whether on the turf or the Stock Exchange. 16. We believe that the Conception of family life is not only human, but' Divine, and that, therefore, thafc it is the duty of the Church of Christ to unite men in actively opposing the corruption of nati nal and social life, which springs from neglect of the principle that personal purity is of universal obligation upon man and woman alike, and when necessary to co-operafca with the civil and municipal authorities in police efforts for the repres- I sion of prostitution and the degradation ; of women and children. 17. We believe, finally, that Christ's whole earthly life is a direct command to His Church to spend a large part of her time and energy in fighting against all, circumstances and conditions of living which foster disease and hinder health, in delivering people from evil environment and fatal heredity; that in fact the whole secular history of the Church should be an endeavour to realise in acb the daily petition of her dominical prayer. "Father ! Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be dflna,, on earth!"

Sea Power as a Peace making Force.

Rear-Admiral Daniel Ammen, U.8.N., has contributed to the " North American Review" for January an article which we especially welcome, because it places sea power in its true light as a defensive and peace-making force. The Admiral's ittsmediate pur pose is to show that the value of fast cruisers, as commerce-destroyers, to the United States, and similarly to other nations, has been over-estimated. They cannot be expected to do, he says, what the old Confederate wooden vessels, I with their large sail power, did twenty eight years ago. The difficulties at tendant upon coaling, docking, and re pairing, the deterioration of steel-built ships from galvanic action, and the pre ponderating strength and advantage possessed by the British Empire render this impossible. " Modern fast cruisers have not that kind of endurance and ability to keep the sea for months that belonged to the Confederate cruisers and ours of that period." Admiral Ammen lays before British states men what he styles " a passive, yet very weighty, consideration." It is that even non-intercourse with the United States for a few months would reduce our masses to great misery, and if continued, to absolute despair, while the United States, not losing so heavily, would suffer severely. On the other hand, the preponderating maritime strength of Great Britain forbids the United States or any other Power to prey successfully upon our commerce. This is a fact which the Admiral says "should be regarded rather in a spirit of gratulation than the reverse by all who speak the same language," These centres of maritime power are no less the centrps of wide spread manly civilisation j it is only by placing a map of the world before you and regarding carefully the areas of continents and islands, where kind and thoughful mothers teach the same language to their children, that the fact can be appreciated in its full significance, that a great family is widely spread over the earth to work out* great destiny." The Admiral writes in a spirit that is beyond praise; and the peace party cannot be too often reminded that our sea power ii the force which will beat make for the peace of the world, —" Army and Navy Gazette."

The Invercargill Licens ing Case.

Invercakgill, April 25. The Magistrate, Mr Rawson, to-day de livered judgment in the petition against the return of the Invercargill Licensing Committee who are alt pledged to reduce to the full extenb. His Worship said that doubtless many grave irregularities had occurred, but the cause was oleariy de monstrated as it was the first time in the history of tha colony that two polls were taken together; besides which many of tha women had never voted before, and the accommodation provided was iosuffi cient. Referring to the clause in the Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876, upon which the petitioners mainly relied, Rtating that an election should be declared void when any irregularities occurred which 1r the opinion of the Magistrate " tended to defaafc the fairness of the elec tion," His Worship said that he did not construe the phrase in the restricted sense put on it by the petitioners, and did not think that it was the intention of the legislature that because a few were guilty of irregularities, candidates and electors innocent of wrong should be pub to trouble and expense. Not withstand* ing the irregularities, he held that the election had b<»en conducted in accordance with the principles kid down in the Elec toral Act. 1893. Had the election been close no doubt quite sufficient was proved to defeat its fairness, but the majority for the elected candidates was so large that in his opinion the irregularities did not have such an effect. He commeuted in strong terms on the double stamping of the papers given to women, and said that if the polling had been at all close, he would on that ground have declared the poll void, as it was of the greatest importance thai: the secrecy of the ballot should be maintained. He refused to declare the election void, and gave costs amounting to £32 11s againßt the petitioners.

LABOR.

London, April 26. Lord Randolph Churchill, speaking in the House of Lords in support of the Miners' Eight Hours Bill, said the measure would benefit 400,000 miners, and it was preferable to strikes. Washington, April 27. Troops surprised 650 of Coxey's men asleep at Keagh. No resistance was offered, and the railway autho rities will prosecute the men, Eighteen bands of Coxeys's army, numbering 7000 men, are mentioned as marching upon Washington. (Received April 28,11,45 a.m.) Washington, April 27. Marshal's men were defeated by Coxey's followers at Dakota, a heavy running fire was kept up between the occupants of the train. Three hundred unionists are march ing to Lotuka to compel the miners to join the strike, and troops have been ordered to the scene, in expectation of: trouble. Railway and steamer traffic; throughout the States is paralysed owing to the scarcity of coal. Conse quent on the miner's strike.

The Loan and Mercantile.

t London, April 27. Mr Moore, continuing his examina tion, said it would have been impos sible to have sanctioned the earlier balance-sheets had he been in posses sion of as full information as obtained in 1893. The unproductive capital ia 1891 stood at a million sterling, and he admitted that the balance-sheet of 1892 was not a fair statement. Mr Paul stated that the increased losstos on Australian property were due to rabit-fencing and other improve ments, and not to the non-payment of interest. Mf Moore, he said, was not aware of th« deficits.

BRAZIL.

Rto dk Janiero, April 26. Tho rebel warship Acquidaban, which was sunk by the Loyalist war ship Gustavo off Desterro, has been raised. Boknos Ayjres, April 27. The Argentine Government has de spatched a war ship to intercept the Portuguese vessel which recaptured the Brazilian refugees who escaped into Argentine territory.

THili AbftßPßlOfl OtIABDIAN; BATuBDA^ APfttL 28,_ 1894.



Business Notices. j Special Prices for this Month! AT J G. J. Neill and 00/s THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN ASHBURTON FOR UlfA.L'lt:BY, CLOTHING, A.ISJ> BOOTW. Lone; L»ce Curtains U 9d jair Double Width Dress Goods 9£d Creumt.e 3Ad Dress Good^ 3s lid doz Double bed' White Twill Sleeting 9|d J>arge Turkish Towels B£d Grey Calico 2s 3d doz. Women's Ribbed Hose 6d pair { Cotton Shirting, vt ry^strong t 3^d Doable-bed Qailts 3s lid each , trong Ticking s|d Hoav Forfar s|d OLO IBING. CJJL.OT£IIN G. Boys Tweed Suits 3s lid Men's Shirts at any price m Men's Tweed Trouners 10s 6d now 6a lid Men's Merino hocks only bd pair Men'a Colonial Tweed Suits only 19a 6d Men's Ties at half price. Men s New Zealand Tweed Suits 39a 6ti Men's Colomal-knit.Woollen Socks onl now 29a 6d 9ld Pair BOOTS. BOOTS. In Boots we defy competition, all our Boots are made spaciallyjto our order. W© guarantee every pair to give satisfaction. j Women's Elastic-side Boets 8a 6(3, now Men's Balmoral Boots 10a 6d, now 7s lid 5 S i\& Men's Bluchera 5s Women a Kid Shoes 7s lid, now 5a lid Men's Nailed Shooters 10a 6d, now a lid Women's Leather Shoes 7s 6d, now 5s lid Wamen's Carpet Slippers Is 6d Children's Patenb Leather Shoes and Slippers in Endless Variety afe G. J. NEILL AND GO'S, FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER TERMS CASH •■>'" "" ■ ■" ■"" ' "*" "~ —————————— — The Best House / X§^ Town JP/ N^v -FOR- A/ I Ms « Af xx ygy Linoleums \^\ /W Floor Cloths /Qf/ -ETC. ETC v \



HEALTH TEA is more economical than ordinary tea. It undergoe ft procosH whereby the injurious ingre a eats are eliminated, whilst it render^ c release cf the better properties of th eaf mora ea«y. Hbwry Zander, Autho rised Agent. HEHRY ZANDER XBH& TO tNTMATIH that t have jus ■ anded a Large and Varied Stock o <»ung Guim HOLLIS 1 BEST MAKE, Single and Double Barrel, Breech and Muzz'e Loadbg, well worthy of inspec tioti. REVOLVERS, REVOLVERS AMMUNITION i AMMUNITION Cartridges and Cartridge Cases, Caps,! hot. Gunpowder, Powder and shot Flasks. Cartridge Belts, Recappers, Loaders, Wads, Punches, etc. SCOTT S WELL-KNOWN EANGES a,*, (Jreatly Eeduced Puces. T HAVE IN STOCK AND TO LAND -100 Drum* Linseed Oil 20 Cases Valvoline 200 Cases Castor Oil 10 Bates best 5 ply Seaming Twine Ohm* and Glasswara Ebrnmby's and Eanaome's Plough Shares Barbed and Fencing Wire Mauritius »nd Queensland Sugars China, India, and Cevlok Teas Beet English Leather Belting. -now in stock two Hundred Galvanised Steel Elastic Horse Collars (in all sizes). Early application necessary. They are giving UNIVERSAL SATTS- Wines and Spirits, Alps and Stout' Liqueurs, Havana Cigarfl, Cigarettes, of beet brands only. * Also, » choice assortment of thd FINEST DELICACIES from all parts of the world. lienry Zander AOEM 1 FOR A 'istiraiian Mutual Providen Society Sun Ufa Office Canton Marine Office tttalth Tea.



! mO LST.—Dwelling Centrally Situated ! -I in Burnett Street. Rental required 7a per week. T . BU r,LOCK. DOLLAR CIGARETTES — 3d. No holders or photos. —Henry Zakdeb, W hole sale atjeut. NOTICE. \ NYONE Shooting or Trespassing with dog or gun upon Winchmore Estate Will be PROSECUTED. 212 ROBT. W. HOtT. THE CHEAPEST, THE BEST, THE MOST RELIABLE WATCH IN THE MARKET T8 a SPECIALLY IMPORTED LINE A of iEVBU WATCHES for 30s; full jewelled movement. Such exceptional value has never before been offered to the Public of Ashburton. To be obtained ONLY from 8. $alek, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, AND OCULISTS' OPTICIAN, East Street. I ■—■ ■- ■ — TO-DAY! TO-DAY!! SEE SPECIAL T^ISPLAY I is WINDOWS OF THE ■TCTEW 2 BALAND Clotlitngr Factory New Goods ! New Goods !!



Wanted WANTED known—Stephens Bros. having sold their business, ask all their customers, as a special favour lo settle their accounts by May 1. 4 163 TO Lat,—a Five-roomed House with Scullery, Wish-house and Store attached.—W. W. Smith, Hampatead. 4 162 6ALHI at Melfurd Mouse still on until further notice.—H. O. Seobbs. OYSTERS. -I slnll have no repre sentative at thia race meeting, but at the Deep Sea Companj's Depo^, in Burnett Street, 1 shaU have Oysters and I Kried Fish every night thia week.—J H. Jbwitt. 4 158 VyATCHfe-S, Clocks, etc., (all guaraiT , toed) at wholesale cr.st for one mon fh only. Now's your time.—Lums obn's. 3 219 TXTANTJED Known — Men's strong ' » Tweed Suits from 16s 6d; shirts from 2s 6d,—Arcade House. 4 24 CRUSHED Oats, m per saok. Al kinds of Farm and Mill Produce cheap for cash.—J. Thomas, Havelock street. WANTED Known. — Men's Tweed Suits 15a 6d, Men's Tweed Troupers i7s Hd, Mens' Strong Flannellette Shirts 2s 6d, Mens' aud Boys' Boots and Shoes greatly reduced.—Arcade House. 465 WHAT is most essential to a tea drinkar's happiness \ Why, Health Tea, and don't you forgets it, Heney Zandke, Wholesale Agen*- MRS ALCORN has on sale for he Holidays a varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goods, and Christmas Presents —Saundera Buildings.



"PRIMITIVE Church, Tomorrow. ] I Pieicher—Rev. James Cocker. I Morning—"Asa, the Reformer." Even- j ing — Memorial Service (Mrs Arthur! Patterson.) 4 193, K.EV A- aOKB will commence anew i course of Afternoon Lectures in Oddfellows' Hall 10-morrow. 4 194 TTXPTTsi^hurch, Od.ifdilows' Hall Xj Morning 11, afternoon 3, evening 7 o'ekek. After Afternoon Service the j Oidinancs of Baptism. 4 195 EfHjUND — A black and tan Sheep Oos> i (long haired) near Tinwald. Owner can have same by paying expenses Apply offio-3 of this paper. 4 199 DioUNlTa~Watch. nearCTT. Smith's JD Gardens. Apply George Jessow. East Street, Ashburton. 4§196



WANTED Known. — Embroideries from Id a yard, Corsets 3s lid, Indies' Ulsters from 49 lid, Ladies' Gloves four pair for Is, Kid Gloves four buf^ons Is 6d.~ Arcade House. 63 «7ANTEO Known. — Ladies are * * invited to inspect the Novelties in oar Dress Department and Show Koom without being pressed to buy.—Mitchell and Turner. W WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Regatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2s 6d. —W. H, ( Collier. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. Saxek's, Optician. INTENSION of Sale at Melford -^ House. We are still selling ne*rly all our Goods, with New Stock added, at reduced prices.—H. C. Skgf.es. TT7 ANTED Known—The Corner Is VV showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W. H. Collier. WANTED Known. — For Millinery, Mantles, Jackets. Ukterb, and Macintoshes, Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, try Mitchell & Tuknbk. SALE now on- White Calico 2s lid per dozen, Towels 23 6& per dozen, Lace, Curtaiue, irom Is lid per pur, ai Arcade House. 4 27



BOYS' three garment long trouser Suits for 10^. Mtn's Colonial made nailed Shooter Boots at 7s 61 per pair ac it. Alcorn's sale, Awhburton Clothing Mart, launders 1 buildings. 1 115 WANTED Kuown—Tomatoes, good ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, etc., at Ma&sdjbn s Fruit Shop, belour Mitchell and Turner's._ 2_109 ipRED. S. JEi:FRIES, Manufachir ' ing Confectioner, has opened a Shop in East street, next " The Corner,' for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery. Nothing inferior Btld. No chesp cigarettes. 3§114 T7"ISITthe Sale. Trimmed Millinery ' going at any price. Ladies' Hnder -1 jthing reduced to 20 per cent, belov* cost.—ATade House. 4 64 \\T ANTED Known—AH goods in Show * Ro <m to bo t-laughtered at any price.— Arcade Pouse. 4 28 WANTEL* Known-L W Pants 3s lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d, Worsted Socks 61 per pair.—Arcade Housfl 425 OYSTERS and Fresh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per exoress at Deep Sea Fishing Oo 'h Shop, Burnett street Aahburton. 2 62 WANTED Known—The whole of the stock to be sacrificed by order of the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 2ti XjkJ ANTED Known.— In consequence W of the scarcity of money, we have extended our Sale till further notice- — H. C. Segers, Melfoid House.



WANTED Known.—Cheviotß, Hop sacks, Diagonals, Fast Dye Serges, Tweeds and Fancy Dresses, &c, with Trimmings to match at MITCdELL and Turner's. /"CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, \y Own make in Ladies' and Children's UnderclothiLg. Apronß, »nd Pinafores.— Mrs Alcorn, Saunders' Buildings. WANTED Known—To nuke room for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs dct.e at once cheaper than evei to stay b<»d times over at J. Moisofc's, Premier Bootmaker. IUEN Crates—New goods from the X niajmfacturers in R. Alcorn's j sale. Tea sets for six persons, 9s 6d ; 40 piece Tea Sets frcm 15s ; Bedroom Sets from 8-9. Large coloured band and gilt, very handsome 19d 6d. WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. H. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 MR John Marsden, of the Railway Bookstall, has opened a Book and Stationer's Shop two doors below_ Mitchell and Turner. Bocks and Stationery at the lowest possible prices. Books clean, complete, and in good order will be taken in exchange. Circulating library



F "PASTER Cards, and Booklets, Fire V Screetts Pictures. Glass Ornaments, Christmas Caids, Dricket and Lawn Tennis Material, Phojbo Albums, and Frames, and hundreds of other articles are to be sold at a great sacrifice (ot Oash during this month only »t L. F. \ AKOiiEWES & Co. Stationers' Hall. | "VTOTICE 1 JSotice ! Sport for all. IN Guns let out on hire or sold on fim« payments. Hs.<ri»i? a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to vepair Guns ot any description. Gun fi'timjs in stock. Prices low.—J. W. I Haeolbit, Ironmonger, etc. I TXNWALOT— FORSiLK, Section No. 16 well situated in Archibald Street, no. f»r from the Railway Station, with £«u»ra built dwelling thereon, Stable, Shed, etc. Price, £150. Small cash deposit, balance by instalments, bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent p&r annum.—l. BOLLOCK.



$OLIjAS CIGARETTES—Finest 4merf pan TofeaccOt—HftNßy 24NPEB, Wholesale



I"F your mind is troubled : nothing else -*- will give the troubles so thoroughly away as Health Tea. Try it.~-HjsNi«; Zant)Bb, Wholesale Agent. PqKaS CIQARiTTii^Sd per packet



A* Thims Miles an Hour—Our Mr F. N; Adams arrived by the express from tha south yesterday evening, and he will be ready to talk " wheels " at the agent's shop (H. M. Jones, East Street) this morning. The easy payment system of the inn offers great inducement to buy cycles. Deposits from £5; instalments, 30s per month, Humber Star, model B, fitted with 1894 Dunlop tires, £23 10s« English cycles at landed cogt price. Genuine Betsston Hum-.! bers at £26 10s ; Faleigha, Model G, £,% j new Howe's £23 10s, fitted with Bunlop tires and Hall's patent brake.—Adams,



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