MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under subject to the necessary alterations :— SATURDAY, March 81. For Chatham Islands, per Kahu, at 6.30 a.m. THURSDAY, April 5. For United Kingdom, Continent of Europe, etc. (for specially addressed corres pondence only), per Doric, at 630 a.m. Due London May 15.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1894. HOME RULE.

When Lord Rosebery accepted office as Premier of Great Britain in succession to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, whom the infirmities of age compelled to resign, the noble lord addressed a meeting of the pro minent members of his party at one of the Liberal Clubs in the great metro polis. That speech was really a mani festo, and confirmed the understand ing that Mr Gladstone's retirement was to bring about no change in the policy of the Government of whbh he had been the head. But little change took place in the personnel of the Ministry, and the retirement of Mr Gladstone did not appear to have in any way interfered with the unity of the party - a unity which had been cemented under his headship, and con solidated very greatly through his personal influence. As the Ministry j with but the one important change in the Premiership, was to be continuous, so also was to be the policy it had adhered to. Still, although all this was understood before Lord Rosebery's manifesto was delivered, there was need for the assurance of no change that his Lordship gave, and the explanations t'jat he made. The Glad stone Ministry had given certain pledges and made certain promises. In consequence of these the Ministry enjoyed the adherence and loyal support of several sections ip the House who attached more importance to the questions to which these pro mises and pledges referred than they did to any other question in the politics of the clay. One of these pledges was made by Mr Gladstone to the Welsh Nonconformists in regard to a Dises tablishment Bill for Wales, and an other was given to the Home Rulers. The Home Rule question was hung up, so to speak, by the rejection of the Bill by the Lords, after it had gone— not very easily, it must be admitted, but quite successfully—through the House of Commons. The passage of it through the Lower House was the most stormy experienced by any mea sure ever brought before the British Parliament, and over its details that memorable scene occurred on the floor of the House which can be best described as a free fight. In his mani festo Lord Rosebery made Home Rule a prominent subject, and went about to explain the speech he delivered upon it in the House of Lords. Tn that speech he said it was not intended to re-intro duce the Bill this session, but an appeal would be made to the country when the Government considered the time was ripe for such a proceeding, He entirely agreed with Lord Salisbury that before Home Rule was conceded to Ireland England must be convinced of the justice of the change. The Irish members were intensely dissatisfied with this statement, and Mr Redmond threatened that " active agitation in Ireland would be renewed if the sus-! pension of the Home Rule question was of long duration." The Nationalists condemn the Premier's policy, and say it is equivalent to an indefinite post ponement of Home Rule, and, says Mr Redmond, "Ireland will not tolerate delay, and would make the government of England impossible.'' Lord Rose bery's explanation of his statement in jfcb<e Lords is simple and clear :— " All he meant fco say was, that if the Liberals were to Garry Home Rule through, they must first carry convic tion to the heart of England. The Government proposed to reduce the majority in England against Home l^ule. He believed a majority of, say s a hundred in the United Kingdom, would convince even the House of Lords, whoso strength at present lay in the solid majority of English votes behind it." This gives the position of the Government in a few words. Lord Byosebery is not; tbjj iß*it©l? of Elijah

j that Mr Gladstone is, and very pro bably the position would uot have been stated by the latter in the way Lord Rosebery did it. Had the G.O.M. | been the speaker the statement would have been made with all the apparent plainness in the world, but there would have been masked loopholes in it, which only the first man of the age could have left so well con j cealed that the keenest observer could ! not find them. Lord Rosebery's state i rnent is very clear, and from it we can gather that he does not intend to settle the Irish question without some sort of agreement between both parties. Homo Rule is certainly a great power in the House, but Anti-Home Rule is not im potent, and Lord Rosebery says that the majority in favor of Home Rule must be increased to a hundred in Eng land, and until this majority has been secured it is to be inferred that he will not feel justified in making any attack upon the House of Lords, as to make that attack he must have such support behind him aa will make his position in the Commons impregnable. The opinion amongst the Unionists appears to be that a general election would not result so favourably to Home Rule as the last election did, and Lord Salis bury seems to be particularly strong in this opinion, otherwise he would be less emphatic in challenging an appeal to the country. The tactics of the Go vernment seem to be to put forward an attractive democratic programme, believing that in England, Wales, and Scotland the democratic con stituencies are somewhat indifferent on the Home Rule question, but for the sake of the other measures in the I programme would accept Home Rule without question. And probably this plan will be successful, but the | vaporing threats of what will be " re sumed " in Ireland if the question is delayed wjll have but little weight with the English people. A resumption of the agrarian outrages would only cause delay. Since these ceased Home Rule has come more into favor, and while these outrages are not resorted to, it will continue to increase in favor throughout the Kingdom, as in Scot land especially the remark is fre quently made in platform speeches that if the Irish want Home Rule let them have it, but to grant self-government to a section of the Empire because that section indulges in agrarian crime would be pusillanimous in the extreme. " Let the Irish enthusiasts " said one Scotch speaker, " take care to show by .the peaceful, law-abiding conduct of the people, and the suppression of the outrages that have raised a feeling of indignation, not only against their perpetrators, but against which the cause these misguided men sought to serve, that they desire Home Rule, and Scotland will say—Take your auto nomy, and welcome."

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There is one horse in the Victorian police service for which 140 guineas have been refused It is reported that a mineral sub stance containing arsenic was recently discovered near Tenui, in the Wairarapa district. We are sorry to learn through our ex changes that the Hon Vincent Py ke, M. H. R., is seriously ill. The Caledonian Society's annual meeting will be held in Mr Joshua Tucker's office, on Saturday April 7, at eight o'clock. The Direclers meet half an hour earlier. It is rumored that a leading lawyer in Dnnedin has expressed the opinion that nearly all the licensing elections held last week are illegal. So says the Taieri '• Advocate/ Commencing on Monday next, the Long beach coach takes up its winter time-table, leaving the Ashburton Post office at 4 p.m. The mails for Longbeach, etc. will be closed at 3 45 p.m. Here is an actres3* description of the Mormon home, Salt Lake City :—" It is an unbroken panorama of loveliness — fertile fields, glistening streams, orchards burdened with luscious fruit! To the west lies the molten surface of the Great Salt Lake; to the east and south the Rocky Mountains, broken into mighty groupings, always snow capped, always throwing back the purity of heaven to the cloudless azure of the sky." The Ariel Club's road race which was to have been held on Wednesday, March 14, but which was postponed on account of the Ashburton Swimming Club's races on that | date, will be held on Wednesday next. The route chosen from Mr Stone's hotel at Tinwald to Wheatstone and bac tt . The race will commence at 2.30 p.m. Entries close with the seoretary at Mr Clark's tobacconist shop on Saturday at nine o'clock, The presentation of an overcoat by the Kaiser to Prince Bismarck on the occasion of the recent reconciliation seemed a little odd until explained. The gift now proves to have a grave meaning. That coat was one of a class newly adopted for the German army officers. It is of a pale bluish grey colour, this having been chosen expressly in view of the possibility of war with B,uss;a on account of its harmonising so well with snow as to be almost indistinguishable in a snowy landscape. Thus a London critic on Ouida > —"One confesses to a melancholy delight in Ouida's Guardsmen, those sumptuous, insolent, delicious creatures, who had such terrible secrect sorrows, who, worn out with their delightfully easy lives, could yet thrash any bargee you liked at a moment's notice, and who would light their cigars with bank notes as soon as look at you. Perhaps they were a trifle underbred, and as it were, two pence-colored, but the fgorgeous niempry of them is pleasant.'' Medicalmen in Vienna aresaidto haveavery peculiar case of heart disease to study, A lady of 42 is suffering from what they fcprm a diastolic musical heart, The heart keeps up a succession of musical sounds, very shxil} in pitch, and these are so distressing to the owner of the heart that she is almost diiven dis tracted, and keeps her ears stuffed with wadding to deaden the ceaseless serenade as much as she can. As it were, she carries her own musical box around, playing a monoton ous air of its own composition. People who are driven wild by hearing " After the Ball" a score of times a day may imagine the agony 'of this afflicted lady, who cannot stop the mußje without stopping her $c,

r Messrs Duvis Bros., furniture dealers, advertise a clearing sale of the whole of their stock, aa they intend giving up business. Their stock includes some first class designs in early English furniture and is well worth a visit. , The " Gazette >: of the 22nd inst, notifies j the constitution of Ashburton as a district under the Animals Protection Act. The same issue also appoints Monday, April 2, as the day on which native game may be killed. The season closes on July 31. Sportsmen are reminded that the shooting opens on the second day of April, which falls on a Monday, and that, though the tempation to go "ducking" on the Sunday before will be great, the punishment will be severe. The rangers will be out all day, and there are plenty of people ready to play the part of informer. The last duck illegally shot coat the sportsman over £S before the lavr and the Acclimatisation Society were done with him. Says " Pelorus Guardian " :—The special virtue of some of our timber is not generally known. For instance, bugs, the most dis agreeable of household pests, will not locate themselves anywhere near rimu grown in this district, and sailore often pick up a few chips at the mill to place in their bunks on board ship to keep these insects away when the vessel has such unpleasant com panions on board. The following illumination oa London trade tricks k from the report of a Police Court case, in which a boy of fifteen was charged with stealing small goods from Mb master, a baker and confectioner. In cross-examina tion the prosecutor said the prisoner was apprenticed to him on March 4 laßt. A premium of £20 was paid. He had heard that the boy was suffering from diphtheric paralyis. He did not know that that was brought about by the long hours the boy I j worked, He had been told that the factory [inspector was taking prceedings againgst him for overworking the boy.—Mr Young (bo witness): Did you teach this boy to make sausage rolls of red ochre, pepper and salt, and soaked brown bread ?—Witness : That is true.—Mr Young : Where is the sausage ? —Witness : There is none required. (Loud laughter.)- Mr Lucas (in surprise): But what on earth has red ochre to do with a sausage roll ?—Mr Young : The red ochre is to give the bread the appearance of beef. That is the way the public are imposed upon. —Witness; That is how beef sausages are made.

Luxury.

A very suggestive and interesting lecture upon " Luxury" was given in London recently by Professor Sedgwick. In spite of the general condemnation of luxuries — especially by those who have them not— so common in these days, Mr Sedgwick by no means regards luxurious living as an unmixed evil. In his lecture he con tended that there were a number of intermediate terms between luxuries and necessities—such, e.g. ascomfotts. Com forts were often in the nature of mere protection against annoyances. On the other hand, luxuries were sources of pjsitive pleasure, the removal of which would cause no discomfort. A warm overcoat to a railway traveller might be a mere comfort, h foot-wari.net* was a luxury. But habit madfe all the differ ence, and what was originally a luxury often bo same acom fortorfcven a necessary. Thus the famous Kom»n epicure com mitted suicide when he found his fortune reduced to £80,000. Life might be tolerable without acohol, tsa, coffee, and tobacco, and yet the hardest hearted economist would not deprive a poor wjman in the workhouse of her cup of tea. It was not easy to distinguish decencies and comforts on the one hand and luxuries on the other. Old hats and ccats, for example, wer« often moat certainly comfortable when domestic crit;cism decided that they were no longer decent. Adam Smith, in 1759, wrote that in ease of body and peace of mind all classes were much alike, and that the beggar who slept at ease on the highway was sometimes as well off as the ri?b>st in the land. This was startling from the founder of modern political economy. Th«re was a Persian story that happiness could be found by wearing the shirt of a perfectly happy man. The court and all the prosperous classes in the realm were searched in vain. No such man could be found. At last a laborer corainp from work was found to fulfil the condition— he was absolutely happy. But, alas ! the remedy was as far off as ever. The man wore no shirt. The poor had to practice of necessity what required effort in the rich. Bub the gilded youth, especially in the militant ages—that is, the larger proportion of human history—had never been slow to vigorous effort where an adequate motive wae at hand. But this class was undoubtedly tempted to laziness —short hours of labor and long holidays. But if luxury tended to laziness, the prospect of luxury stimulated to effort. h might be said the desire of luxury was a low one ; bub Butler's argument that the suppression of the love of luxury would do more harm than good was still sound, and our aim ought to be to inculcate nobler motives before the lower, but still operative, motive was destroyed. Thus idleness was nob an inevitable concomitant of luxurious living. The lasts argument was not really against luxury in general, bub in favor of cheap luxury for many as agaiiwt dear luxury for the few. It was the con sumer of costly luxuries who had had to bear the brunt of the battle. This objection, so far as it was valid at all, was nofc easily avoided. The argument in favor of refined luxuries—that they found employment—called to mind Shake spere's words, *' Time was that when the brains wore out the man would die." I The brains had been out of that fallacy for many generations, though it was still used by supsrior persons. It was again said that those who enjoyed refined luxuries did so ?n a representative character. But it could not be admitted that such persons were the organ of humanity for the appreciation of cake. (Laughter) The onfy valid defence of luxury was the service rendered to society as a whole. From this point of view luxury might be regarded as a kind of social insurance against disaster. It pro vided a store of commodities, and a society so equipped could better endure widespread economical less or the ravages of war than poorer communities.

THE WEATHER.

Wellington, March 30. Captain Edwin says present indications Bhow that hard gales from the northward, changing by west to south-west, may be expected in most parts of the country southward of Napier and New Plymouth, between noon on/ April 1 and midnight cm April 3.

Hqlloway's Pills,—The ills of life ar« increased tenfqld by the mode qf life ao many have to lead; most especially is this the case amongst the toilers in our factories and, huge workshops of the manfacfcurjng dis tricts, whose digestiqns becom,e impaired and nervous systems debilitated hy the pro tracted confinement and enforced depriva tion of healthy out-of-door exercise. The factory workers may almost be said to have diseases of their own, readily amenable however, to treatment if not allowed to pro-' ceed unchecked Holloway's l^ills, are the meat effectual jemedy ever discovered for the liver and siomach complaints, as they act surely but jently, regulating the secre. tions without w&kening the nerves or nter feri»g with the /aily wwk,

A Paris Sensation.

Paem, March 29. " Figaro " publishes details said to be supplied by Flourens, the ex-Minister, of negotiations between France and Germany when Perry and Busson were Ministers in 1887, upon the basis that France should drop the idea of revenge for the loss oi Alsace Lorraine, and Germany should help her to oust the English from Egypt. The change, however, of the Ministry in England and the accession o£ Lord Salisbury to power upset the negotiations.

THE MARKETS.

PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.

London, March 29. Mr Weddell's friends in Hamburg have opened retail shops for the sale of frozen meat, and are doing a satisfactory trade. Mr Weddell shortly re-visits Germany with the view of opening additional shops. Certificates forwarded by the German Consuls in Australia as to the soundness of the flocks will facilitate business- It is probable the Turakina will discharge her cargo at Hamburg, and the vassel will then be used a* a cool store. The Tainui's and Nairnshire's factory butter realised 96s to 100s.

ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET

Messrs Miles and Co. repart: —The annual ram and ewe fair was held at the Tinwald yards on Thursday, March 22, before a very large attendance of buyers. The accommodation for sheep was taxed to its fullest extent, the totals collected being 23,601 ewes and 1275 rams, as compared with 18,527 ewes and 1180 rams offered at the fair of 1893. If further proof were required of the advant age to be gained by a two day's sale, or the alternative of a separate auction for rams, it was certainly afforded at the recent fair, when the sale had to be closed on account of darkness setting in ; and a number of en tries could not even be oftered. In sympathy with other markets in the district, business was not at all animated, and a marked reduction in prices for ewes and rams had to be accepted by vendors in comparison with the 1893 fair. Merino ewes proved in the majority, and although buyers were numerous they showed no anxiety to compete beyond a low figure. We Hold the Mesopotamia ewes, sound mouthed station sheep, at 3s 8d as com pared with 7s Id obtained in 1893. Well conditioned, formers' merinos, with sound mouths, realised up to 4s, whilst for back ward sorts down to broken down culle 2s to lOd each was reached. Young cross bred ewes of good quality realised up to 11s. and for an exceptionally well grazed and even line of half bred a we received 11s lid, medium descriptions making 8s 6d to 10a, whilst for backward sorts of doubtful ago 6s to 7s 6d was hard to obtain. Farmers requiring rams made most of their purchases privately, whilst the ewes were being sold, and the majo rity having filled their requirements in this re&pect, the auction of rams wan decidedly slack. Our sales were 1180 half bred two-tooth ew«s, 11s lid ; 700 merino ewes, 3a 6i ; 120 merino ewes, 3s 3d ; 804 merino ewes, 3s 2.1; 102 culld, 2s ; 299 haltbred ewes, 10a 7d ; 166 cross bred ewes, Qi ; 2040 sound mouthed merino ewes, 3d 8d; 102 culls, Is 6i ; 121 crofasbrwd ewes, Qi 9d ; 2 Leicester rams, lx guineas; 1 at 1J guineas; 5 Lincoln rams, 1 guinea ; 6 Lincoln rams, jt guinea; 54 cu!l rams, 3 i to 6s ; 2 Lincoln rams, Jj guineas; 3 Lincoln rams. 1| guineas; 7 Lincoln ram', i guinea ; 2 two-tooth Lin* coins, 2k guineas ; 6 English Leicester, 2| guineas ; 11 Border Leicester rams, 1 guinea ; 5 Leicesters, 10).

EDUCATION BOARD.

The following local business was tran sacted at the Board of Education's meeting on Thursday :—The Building* Committee reported that the Clerk of Works had been instructed to report on applications from the Hampstead Com mittee. The Gre«nstreet Committee were ( allowed a bell, and Wakanui £3 towards a fuel Rhed. The application was deferred from Rakaia. The Winslow Committee's expenditure of £1 5s on a tank frame was held to be incidental, The following tenders were accepted:—Lowcliffe, school room, S. Nalson, £249 17s 61; Hinds,: addition to house, J. Smith, £69. The Appointments Committee reported under date March 21. The following appointments were recommended: Waka nui. Mr M. J. Kerr, master, side schuol; Ashburton, Ronald A. Douglas, pupil teacher. Applications for appointment as master at Fernside, mistress at Long beach, and assistant master at Woolston were received and considered. On the motion of Messrs Saunders and Peryman, it was resolved "That though Mr Wright ceased that day to be a mem ber of the Board, he should be requested to give his assistance to the Salaries' Committee until it had completed its work, in which he had taken a leading part." It was decided that, in future, the annual meetings of householders for the election of School Committees shall be held at 7.30 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. Messrs A. Orr and D. Williamson were appointed the Board's representatives; on the Ashburton High School Board. The Board adjourned after passing the following motion, moved by Mr Peryman, seconded by Mr Joyce— *l That the mem bers of this Board desire to place on record their high appreciation of the valuable services Mr Wright has rendered to the cause of education during the time he has been a member of the Board, and of the manner in which he has conducted the business of the Board as Chairman during the last twelve months.

Rhodes and "Labby."

It is practically settled that before many months have passed Mr Rhodes will again visit England. The object of his trip will be primarily financial; but it will also have a distinctly important poli tical object. The {Jape Premier has strong ideas as to the limitations of the powers of the Colonial Office, and Is quite strongly enough backed by the universal pendraeut at the Cape to secure a respectful hearing, if not to enforce them under actual throats of separation. On the occasion of his last visit he had several exceedingly straight talks with Lord Ripon ; and that worthy Gladbtonian will be wise to behave with due consideration for colonial sentiments when next he sees Mr Rhodes. The Premier of South Africa is a man of deter mination and a vigorous administrator, and quite capable of defending himself against the open charges and the insinua tions, which Mr Labouohere, the member for Northampton, has been levelling at him ever since che commencement of the Matabele war. In a speech at a banquet at Cape Town a short time ago, Mr Rhodes thus referred to Mr Labouchere :—" If I were to indulge the instinct that is in me, I should say things perhaps which some of you who are kindly disposed towards me would in after criticism say had placed me on a level with the hon. member for IS or* thampton. No, it is better to take a higher platform, and I would simply say that the combination of the Aborigines Protection Society and the member tor Northampton is unique. 1 should he trespassing on ground that would be unfair if I referred to the conduct of a paper which is the vilification of almost every* on« who is claiming the confidence at my own people at home. It is an anomaly that a cynical sybarite in London, who devotes his time to the vilification of any one who becomes above the average* and includes in that the family of our Sovereign —it is an anomaly that that man should appeal to a working community. I refer \to the electors of Northampton; but they i require to be educated, they require to be cold that the little England be advocates is destruction to their industry, And to have pointed out to them the necessity of the Mother Country, in its own future in terests, keeping well in with the colonies. If she does not, with foreign Powers be* coming more and more exclusive, England will be in a position similar to that of a ship out of which the provender has been taken, but in which the rats are left.'"

Examination Gems.

Following are a few *' howlers " from ft collection published in the "University Correspondent":— Function: When a fellow feelß ia a fank. Quotation: The answer to a division sum. Civil War: When each side gives way a little. The Four Seasons : Pepper, mustard, salt, and vinegar. Parable: A. heavenly story with no earthly meaning. Rabies : What you put round a dog's noee to prevent his biting. Alias means "otherwise"— e.g., he was tall, but she was alias. What is the capital of Belgium famous for ?—Brussels sprouts, sir. Zenith : (1) A. quadruped living in the interior of Airica. (2) A kind of wind. Paraphrase ''The scamping hare out* stripped the wind."—The hare took off its fur in order to run more quickly. Computation : When he was going to have anything done to him, and if he could get anyone to say not innocent he was let off. Why was it that his great discovery was not properly appreciated until long after Oolumbus wa* dead ?—-Because he didn't advertise. The Equator means the sun, suppose we draw a straight line and the run goes up to the top, then ife is day, and when it* comes down it is night. Precession: (1) Wken things happen befor* the> take place ; (2) The arrival of the Equator in the plane of the ecliptic before it is due. Hypotenuse : A certain thing that is given to you, or It means let it be granted that such and such a thing is equal or un equal to something else. Nicholas Brakespear (or Shakespere, which was his right name) was a blind navigator. He was Cromwell's secretary, and was the first Englishman who crossed the Papal Sea. Llewellyn: A noted epic, who wrote 1 Llewellyn's (1 Lord Ollm'a) Daughter.' (His daughter was stolen by an lriuh chieftain, which caused the conquest of Ireland). Give an account of Hannibal's cam paigns in Spain.—Hannibal was a ijreab general who was blind in one eye, to which he used to put his telescope when he pretended not to see a thin?. Sir Walter Raleigh was the man who invented tobacco, and while sit ting smok ing one day he said : ** Cheer up, Master Ridley, we have this day lit such a candle in England as no one shall ever put out." William Wallace: "The morning star of the Reformation." Ha translated the Bible, revised the Prayer Book, and was beheaded for noc acknowledging Henry VIII head ot the church. Some say he was afterwards dissolved by the Pope, and died abroad. Which do you consider the greater general—Osasar or Hannibal ? —If we con* slder who Caesar and Hannibal were, the j age in which they lived, and the kind of men they commanded, and then ask our selves which was the greater, we shall be obliged to reply in the affirmative. William was only ten yean old when bet was drown. He and his crew were drink ing. As they were ready to embark Fitz stephenlenc them his ship called White Ship by twenty skilful rowers. The ship struck against a rook, the prince might have bee a saved bnfe melted by the shrieks of a near relation, and was drowned hlm« self. No one lived to tell the sad story, but a butchsr boy falling down to the king told all. It is said that Willis** never emitted again. Date IISOv

THE AhHBtTB'IOS GUARDIAN : FRIDAY, MARCfI 30, 1894.



Business "Notices. By Royal« jpffjsis Letters Patent, JOSEPH FORDS Scour and Lung Worm Mixture. THE RENOWNED SHEEP MEDICINES. 01 HILL, WATSON & CO, Offices, Ehk Street, Warehouse Railway. Invercargill. N.Z. 6th March We have been selling Ford's Lung Worm Mixture for the pa9t four years, and wring that period have not had a single complaint. On the contrary everyone we have asked hav«s expressed themselves pleased with the results obtained from its use. Youra faithfully, Tothill, Watson Co. From WRIGHT STEPHENSON. & CO, High Street, Dunedin, b March 2, 1894. Altho«ghwe have acted as agents for Ford's Scour and Lung Worm Mixture for he laßt two years and have supplied sheep breeders regularly dv ring that period we have not yet h&d a complaint, in fact we have heard nothing but favourable reports from all who have used it. Yours truly, Wright, Stephe son and Co. MR P FEBJEUMAN, ~"~""""" Ashburton June 12, 1893, As the mixture appears to bs steadily growing in favor here, it might be as well to Mend another few cases as some of the runs are now buying a case at a time.—Yours For the Marlborough Farmers' Ga-Cperative Association, Limited, E MEAD, Manage'« The United Farmers' Alliance, Limited, Wellington, Branches: Wanganui, Palmerston North. February 2,1894. We have had no complaints from those who have used the mixture, so cannot bat onolttde that it has given satisfaction.—Yours faithfully, 0 D. MULLINS, General Manager. Special Prices for this Month AT Q. J. TS Teill and 00/s THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN ASHBURTON FOR DKAPEBt, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS. Long Lace Curtains Is 9d r aif Double Width Dress Goods o£d Cretonne 3id Dress Goods 3a lid dcz Doublo-bed'White T«ill Sheeting 9|d i£ige Turkish Towels Bjd rey Calico 2, 3d dtz. S^?l^ ?*n *£ f**uft P h fcton Shirting. v rt y strong 3£d Double-bed Quilts 3s Ud each rong Ticking s|d Heav Forfar.s|d CLOTHING. CIJLOTjaiNG-. Boys Tweed Suits 3a Ud  M«n; 8 Shirts at any price # Men's Tweed Trousers 10s 6d now to Jld Men a Mermo hocks only 6d pair Men's Colonial Tweed Suits only 19* Gd Men's Ties at half price Men » New Zealand Tweed Suits^SO* 61 Men's OoloniaLknit Woollen .Socks only how 29s 6d 0 5d Pair BOOTS. ——- BOOTHS. In Boots we defy competition, all our Boots arc made specially to our>rder. We guarantee every pair to give satisfaction. Wonun'a Elastic-side Boots 8s 63, now Men) Balmoral Boots 10s 6d, now ?s lid a _ jj a Men a BjocherH o* Womens Kid Shoes 7s lid. now 6alid Men's Nailed Shooters 10»8d, now . lid Women's Leather Shoes 7s 6d, now 5s lid Women's Carpet Slippers Is 0d Children's Patent Leather Shoes and Slippera in Endless Variety at G. J. NEILL AND CO-?, FRIEDT/AHDER'S CORNCT, TBEMS CASH.



NO more indigestion ; no mure nervous ness from indulging in too much tea drinKing, for thos« who drink " Health Tea." One trial will convince you.— Henry Zandeii, Authorised Agent. ' "revvaru £ia ASHBURTON iIiEEP FARMERS, j MUTUAL PROTECTION SOCIETY. A REWARD of £10 ia offered by j above ?ocisty for suoh information as will secure the eonvio'l n of any pers m found gwUy of *HKEP STEALING in the A.^u.tonCouu.y w #3d Hon. Sec HKALTH TEA is free from the tannin so pievalent in ofch^r teas. It is wooinmend*d by the Medical Faculty in the Uni^d Kingdom and Australia All Grocrra keep it. *^OLLAB "OiOAßKTTKS^i'inost Ameri- OB.D Tobaooo,—Hbkbx- Zakpkb, W hotoale Agent. ' i _..... THE REASON WHY CBMCHEAD AND 6ERRYMAN ARE the £<ea-ling Tailors and Outfitters in Ashbnrton— BECAUSE They loep the Lararest Stock of Fashionable Tailor in** (Joode. BECAUSE They employ tlta Largest Number of First Olasa j T*ilors. BECAUSE They do che Largest Tailor ing Busiaess. BECAUSE They give ihe Besc Value, Fn, and Workmanship BICAUSE Their Motto is - ORAIGHEAD &BERRYMAN, SHE LB \DING TAILOBS AND OUT FITI'ERS, ASHBURTOK" EOOM OF STAR CYCLES. Ad»mfl, Cornea & Co. MANUFACTUREBS OF STAB CYCLES, ARTS Exhibiting '^ainplei at Mr H- AC, Jones's SlK»p, Bast Street, Ash- . b«rton. Como a> & «cc the novelues in up to «^ate Cycles, epokeless wheelf. Instantaneous change gear, g«ar case and combined oil bath fitted to Star wheek. Idoht Rmdstera and Ladiofi' f^ntetwa. Ea°sy paymants—£B deposit, Mi per month. Immediate dehveiy for Standard patterns. ADAMS, CUBTIES & CO., 18. M. Jones, Agent, Eaat Street, Ashburton, 3 201



NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. HMO those looking about for a good JL Waterproof Coat for the Winter. CALL AT THE FACTOaY IN EAST STREET. ELECT YOUR OWN PATTERN. OVER 100 TO CHOOSE FROM. JS'o perished goods in stock. All sewn seams. Waterproof Coats with Cape Waterproof Coat Macfarlane Waterproof Fishing Outfit Waterproof Shooting Cape Waterproof Wadera Waterproof Riding Aprons Waterproof Ponchos Waterproof Bbycle Capes. SPECIAL SPECIAL. SPECIAL ladies* 1 waterproofs ladies waterproofs LADIES' WATERPROOFS MADE TO MEASURE. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTOPY AND WATJSRPK' OF MANFAOTURERS ALEX. HEN DRY, Manager. ___ j THE GREAT SURPRISE FfRM OF PHOTOGRAPHERS HAVE OPEHED IN ASHBURTON FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY iDOZUtf Lpanoelled Cabinet PhotCß and a beatftifwl 15 x 12 opal or bromide enlargement all for one pound (£1). Every person shoMild #vail them salves r,i this chance. All work finished in a thoroughly artistic manner. Terras —Deposit ticka 2s 6d; balance on ap pr^,VHl of proofs. Samples now on view at MttfifATKs' shop, East street. 3 179 A. E. BING, Manager, £•;.> ABABGAJ^ Two Tow *./'3•""""■"" Sections, numbeied 2»6 and 243, half acre, running right th^qji^h from Moore to Kermode streets ; g .od . land ; capital site for a house. x'he owe* having eft the District hafl made ir. his mind to lealieo at a very neavv 088 % BOLLOCK,



Wanted *%7 ANTED Known.—Spendid Der ** went Potatoes, guaranteed good, in any quantity at 4s a sack. Apply W, G. Pbarck, Allenton. 3 224 \TJ ANTED to Sell—A really good Piano, upright Iron Grand in black and gold, by Esda*le. London. A very cheap offer for anyone in want of a reliable inhtrummt. Apply E. S. BUCHANAN, 3 222 Wakanui Eoad. rXIBIGH Pacer, £20 cash ; a bargain. A Baleigh Bicycle, £25, landed cost. —H. M. Jones. LOST from my slaughteryard one Ked Polled Cow, fat. Fiuder rewarded on communicating wiih E. E. Tas-ker, Butcher, East street. 3§227 SOI7ATOHHS, Clocks, etc., (all guaran ** teed) at wholesale cost for one month only. JS Tow's your time.—Lums dbn's. 3 219 WHY grumble about the price of Bread and Meat when you can get 601b best Roller Flour for 4s and good Fresh Butter at 6d per 1b at R. Alcorn's sale. Saunders Buildings. 3 116 I/mED. S. JEFFRIES, Manufaotur- Jj ing Confectioner, has open«d a Shop in East street, next v The Corner," for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery. Nothing inferior sold. No cheap cigarettes. 3§114 /"CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screenß, KJ Own make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pinafores.— Mks Alcorn, Saunders' Buildings. WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. fl. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 DOLLAR CIGARETTES—3d per packet \1 /"ANTED Known—W. H. Collier's W noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have just arrived in a'l sizns. BANG I Bang i Bang i My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Clui> Cartridges, j Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cafies and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Habbley's, Gun Emporium. WANTED Known.—Waterproofs to measure, all styles »nd patterns. Litest shapes and designs in stock.— Mitchell & Tubnek. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and | everything in the optical me at S. Saxek's, Optician. xiXTEHSIONr^r~SaIe at Melford J-^ House. We are still selling nearly all ourGoodc, with JSew Stock added, at reduced prices.—H. C Segkrs. WANTED Known.—Waterproof Rugs and Aprons, Heavy Trap Rugs from 4s 9d, Heavy Grey Blankets 9a 6d.~ — MITCaELLAND TURNER. TT* ANTED—Buyers ?or High-class VV Knglish Cycle?, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Safflties, light and rigid, reliable pneumatic tyres. Low price; cash.—Walk&r. 3 155 WANTED Known—Tomatoes, crood ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, etc., ! at Marsdjsns Fruit Shop, belo^ Mitchell and Turner'B. 2 109 \k{ ANTED Known—To make room * for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for caah. Repairs dci.c at once cheaper than evel to slay b*d times over at J. Moison' Premieis, Bootmaker. t& ANTED Known—The Corner is \v tshowing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W. H. Collier. WANTED Known.—ln consequence of the scarcity of money, we have extended our b'a'e till further notice. — H. C. Segerh, Melford House. OYSTERS and Freeh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Co 's Shop, Burnett street Ashburton. 2 62 fXAVING tried Health Tea and JLIL found it Al, I sell it—J. Thomas, Produce Dealer, Havelock street. 3 104 WANTED Known - Men « Heavy | Ribbed all wool Pants 5s 6d, Heavy Knitted fcocks, double heels and toes, Is —Mitchell and Turner. IBUY and Sell for Cash, therefore I Sell Oat Sheaf from Is 3d per sack or £2 2s 6d per ton. J. Thomas, Havelook street. SALE at Melfori Jttouse still on until further notice.—H. 0. Seders. DON'T Forget to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to be repaired, at moderate races. IF you want first-class fruit go to Adois for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. MEDIOAL Coils made J»nd repaired on the shortest! notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. M'~~~HEr~ALCoRN has on sale for he Holidays a varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, frams, Fancy Goods, and Christmas Presents—Saunder3 Buildings. DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap does the work. No rubbing. No ] machines. 1 182 THAT which brings most light and ! hope to poorest homes is Titan Soap. H^ DOLLAR CIGARETTES—3d per packet BOYS' three garment long trouser Suits for 10^. Men's Colonial made nailed Shooter Boots at 7s SI per pair an R. alcorn's sale, Anhburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. 1 115 NOf ICE! Jftofcice! Sport for all. Guns let our, on hire or sold on tfia? payments. Hs.vin<j; a professional Gunsmith pn the premises, I undertake to repair Guns .ot any description. Gun fittings in stock, prices )$W- —J- W HardLß¥, Ironmonger, et,c. GUNS J Guns ;! Guns ;! My new stock _." of ounj» just to h^nd djirect from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Riftes, etc In spection invited. No old stock fco select from at J. W. Hardlby's Sporting Repository. MR John Marsdex, of the Railway Bookstall, has opened a Book and Sciuioriar'e SJjop two doors below Mitchell and Turner. Boefes and Stationery at the lowest possible prices, B.ooks clean, complete, and in good order will bfl taken in exchange. Circulating hbiary. ; -ASTER Cards, and Booklets, Fire •"^ Screens Pictures. Glass Ornaments, Christmas Catds, Dricket and Lawn Tennis Material, Photo Albums, and frames, and hundreds of other articles are to be sold at a great sacrifice for Cash during this month only at L. F. . Akwjbwbs & Co, Stationers mil j



FOR WEDDING PRESENTS, J3JRTHDAY PRESENTS, AND PRESENTATIONS, PcVY a. Visit to the Jewellery Establish ment of 8. Salek, WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER, Whcie is to be peen the LaPGEST and FINEST {STOCK in the District of— SILVER AND SILVER-PLATE WARE, GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY, [and Other HIGH-CLASS GOODS Suit able for PRESENTS AT LOWEST PRICES. Watch, Clock d Jewellery Repairing SPECIALTY SPECTACLES to suit all Sights-



A.v Interrupted At St Peter's Charch, Wellington, on Thursday a ternoon, a large party had assembled to witness the union of two young people pretty well known in the city. The marriage Rervice was being conducted by the Rev W. 0, Waters, and all went well until the clergyman asked the lady whether she would take the man at her side as her wedded husband, " t.o have and to hold, &c." To the surprise of all present the bride-elect briefly but distinctly replied, "No." Thinking that there must be some misunderstanding, Mr Waters again went over the previous few sentences of the services. Again came the refusal; short and sharp. The lady's father nudged her and urged, " But tou must say, ' I wil!,'" but she was determined, " Nq," was her reply. "I won't. I won't have him." Thereupon, ac the suggestion of the lady's father, the whole party retired to the vestry, where a short consultation was held, the result being tha,t Mr Waists had to advanoe to the alfcar rails and announce that, owing to the indisposition of the bride-elects, the marriage had to. he postponed for bhe pre sent, WfILiiNGTON, March 30 The wedding ceremony which was inter-, rupted yesterday, by the bride stoutly refusing to accept the bridegroom, waa performed this morning at ten o'clock.



THERE is only one quality of Health Tea and that is the best. Ask your grocer for It, and see chat you get it.— Henky Zasi;db^, 'Whojesaje Agen,t,



DOLLAR CIGAPETTES — 3d. No holders or photos. —Hkk by Zander, Wfaolef !»l9 Agent* mmXSm



H AIIIII »* B*a» BmmljnMi £!x«rac* There ar™ imitations of Eucalypti r Extract in the market now, products of s'mple distillation formtoa' rude resinous oils. In order that these crude oils may not be taken, OUR Pr/KB VtaAmu BocAttPrt Extbact, whiok> is recoenised by the medical flivision of ihe Prussian CfoTCrnment to be of per fectly pure origin, as tbeir information forwarded to us through the Consul »t Melbourne, March 2,15T8 we state : — t i 3 proved by tests by the Medical Clinic* of Bhe Universities at Bonn, *nd Griefswall', Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz, Profa«Bor of Pamwoology at Bon, and Professor »r Mosler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Qreifswald, that only products that are saturated, with oxygen and freed of a^ids, resinocs and other, substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develope the sanative qualities proper to the plant according to these authorities, and according to Pro fessor Dr Lister of England, and to Drs Bauer, Mclntire, Wood, HaavvO, at©., of America, is the only extract corresponding to scientific tests, and the pill? one which possesses the proper therapeutic val'ie SANiMBa & Son's Eucalypti Extract All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which hnve,when used as medicine no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal medicament. These so called Eucalypti Extracts which may have received distinction at Exhibitions as i commercial articles are used for mechanic&i pur poses arc only discernible:-- I By their deficiency In pungent odour (Which our product, the only genuine .Eucalypti Extracts de* velopes most J^eiy through its surplus of oxygen! By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance being recuced in specific density through th» presence of acids 3 By their taste, the result of the contracting ten* dency of resins and tenisatee. If these crude oils, so oalled eocalyptl extract? *re applied by mistake in oases; of croup, bronohitis, diph theria, internal mfaiauaations, dysentery, wounds, the consequence^ ore appalling For safety always ask for SANKER AND SON S ETCAMTPTI EXTBACT and tret the, old, well-tes'ed and reliable preparation.—Stn* hurst, Victoria, Australia. "*aa>i SANDEK ANB SON'&



■ CTTHAT is most essential to * te» VV drinker's happiness ? Why; Health Tea, and; don't you forget it,—H^nry Zander, Wholesale Agen/ f