Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1894. M. LOCKROY'S REPORT

Britain s neighbor across the channel must have been misrepresented, when it was said of her that her navy had been so extended and improved that it would soon not only equal but excel that of Great Britain. We had men high in naval authority telling us how much the first line of Britain's defence had deteriorated, how much it was behind the age, and how unreliable it would be if the country were suddenly called upon to depend upon the navy for actual defensive or offensive warfare. The air was full of rumors of war. France and Russia were said to have entered into an alliance which would enable her to pay out her old enemy Germany. Germany, Austria, and Italy were also in alliance, and there was no saying what part Britain might be called upon at any moment to play, If that part meant fighting, then said the critics, the truth about the navy is that it is not in a fit condition to enter upon a campaign, and so could not maintain Britain's boasted supremacy upon the sea. And then was painted a very alarming picture of the excel lence of the French navy, and the rapid strides France had made as a naval power. The whole country was alarmed, and this alarm was only paci fied by the decision of the Imperial Government to build such an addition of ships to the navy as would constitute a fleet in itself. When the additional ships have been launched, at a cost of many millions of money, Great Britain will have the strongest fleet that ever sailed the ocean, and the combined fleets of any two nations in the world will not be able to cope with it. Such at least is the condition of affairs which the Imperial Government have an. nounced their intention of trying to bring about. And just while all this has been decided upon, a bomb has been thrown among the legislators oi France that has nearly suffocated them< The bomb waa not this time the in fernal machine of an Anarchist, and the semi-asphyxiation was not caused by the fumes of sulphur. The missk was a report by M. Lockroy, supple mented by another from Admiral Vallon, and the suffocating feeling that followed was the consternation which the statements of these two authorities caused. M. Lockroy -wps president of the sub-committee appointed to inquire into the state of the French navy, against which some not very compli mentary things had been said in the Chamber of Deputies. He reported that all that had been said—and & a good deal more—against the navy was true. " Disorder prevailed through out the administration. Nothing ia prepared for mobilisation in case of war. Stores are depleted, and the torpedo vessels are uaseaworthy. The negligence of the administration is in excusable," and the infusion of fresh blood was imperative. Then M. LocfcJ roy went on to speak in terms of warm praise of the loyalty and honesty of the officers of the service. We have italicised the word " honesty," because we take it that the Deputy makes no charge against the naval officers, but has one of corruption ready to make against officers of some other service. Had there been an efficient and free press in France, some such enterprising pilot as that of the Wellington Even ing Post," —who annexed a copy of Colonel Fox's letter to the Premiert and has now, for his pains, to keep the outside of Parliamentary Buildings would have let us know just exactly in what department of the French public service the corruption existed which is hinted at by M. Lockroy. But France does not enjoy the privilege of being taken care of by a free press, and her people must be content, as we must be, to wait and learn these things from some other source. Then Admiral Val lon in his report attacks the safety of the ironclads of the French navy, one of which he specifically men tions — the Magenta, of nineteen guns—as liable to capsize at the first impact, and he advises Government to cease builing these vessels, as his re mark applies to all ironclads. Most people know, since the terrible disaster which sent Sir George Tryon and a | large number of his crew to their last account in the comparatively calm waters of the Mediterranean and in beautiful weather, that all ironclads are liable to capsize at the first impact, but that is no reason why ironclads should not be built, as it is not an 1 absolute necessity that any impact at all should take place in the collision sense. Qommanders would be very careful to ayoid being rammed, know ing how unstable their ironplads aria |f run into by a fast cruiser. The grgat weakness of the administration 41 in regard, %q her naval and °\r. *"s{«'s is the eowiipfcion that military au.«.. .  , ... . x „ , . <1W «olJusfon with exists. Contractors, *... * civil officers, get paid for work »,.. has not been done, and for stores that have not been supplied. It was the same in the days of the Second Empire when war was declared against Ger many and an army, boasted of as the finest n the world, took the field with great pomp and circumstance. But there was a rottenness behind that army that was not discovered until the campaign was well in hand, and then it was found that the army was really

not ready for the field. In the same war the navy was simply useless, and the Tacks were sent ashore to do duty as land forces. Evidently, from M. Lockroy's report, the country is as little prepared for war—on the sea at least —as she well can be, and if her military administration is on no better footing than is that of her navy, all her defiant talk to the nations of the earth, but Germany in particular, is but "sound and fury, signifying nothing

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

i The butchers of Ashburton have agraed i to reduce the price of mutton |d per Ib for cadh, commencing from this date. Dr Ernest Fooks, the Superintendent of , the Wellington Lunatic Asylum, has left to take charge of the Seacliff establishment, Dr Burns, assistant at Seacliff, succeeds him, Dr Fooks left Aahburton by the express this morning. Mr J. Poole, the owner and xider of the hurdle racer Rebel, who had a fall at the Timaru races on April 5, died in the Timaru hospital on Sunday. He was a resident of Dunedin, and will be interred there. The following will represent the Becond fifteen of the Ashburton Football Club against the Bakaia first at Bakaia on Wednesday :— W. Hefford, J. Kennedy, B. Center, Wil liams, C. Clark, Huston (2), Leggett, W^ Burns, Baker, J. Wilson, H. Stewart, C. Johnstone, Clark, McTeague. Emergen cies: Dorm (2). Drag to leave Somerset Hotel at one o'clock sharp. The Mayor of Oamaru informed th e Borough Council the other night that he had learned that,there is a probability of the Government agreeing to bear part of the increased outlay imposed upon local bodies by the new system of licensing elections which in the case of Oamaru amounted to £40. A little girl, daughter of J. McDowell, farmer, had a very narrow escape on Satur day afternoon. She was being led across the road at the junction of Burnett and East streets, when she was struck by a horse that was being driven along the street, and knocked down, The little sufferer was taken to Dr Tweed's, where her injuries were attended to. At the Police Court this morning—before Messrs Alfred Harrison and W. G. Bees— two first offenders for drunkenness were convicted and discharged.—Peter Hansen was charged with using obscene and threat ening language, and with drawing a knife to Mr Mills, at Willowby. Prisoner pleaded not guilty, but in the course of his evidence admitted his (guilt. Witnesses were called to prove the charge, and accused was sen tenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labor. A meeting of householders (representing forty-three children, twenty-one of whom are of school age) was held in Mr B. Oakley's house, Overdale, South Bakaia, to consider the matter of petitioning the Board of Education to grant them a school and to establish a new school district. Mr R. Oakley was voted to the chair. Atter stating the nature of the meeting, the Chairman referred to several of the dis advantages they had to contend with in sending their children so far to school. After some discussion the following resolution was unanimously carried :—" That this meeting is of opinion that a new school and district is urgently needed, and that a petition pray ing for the s&me be forwarded to the™BoaTd of Education." Messrs B. Oakley and S. Boss were appointed a deputation to lay the matter before the Board at its next meeting. A very unique incident is reported from Madrid. Ie is nothing less than the flogging of a dean by a bishop Thus writes the Madrid correspondent of the Daily " News '» " The Bishop of Segovia some time ago die* covered that his dean, Don Andres Gomez, a learned priest and the author of many works besides professing Republican ideas, had belonged for thirty years to a local lodge of Freemasons. Many influences were set to work to decide this divine to make public abjuration of Freemasonry and his polotical opinions. When he consented, the recanting priest was solemly by several priests and friars to the official residence of the bishop where he admitted before an ecclesiastical notary and other officials the truth of the information lodged against him by a Carme lite friar, his confessor. After he had abjured his errors, expressed regret, and eworn on the Gospels and Crucifix his repentance, absolute submission, and faith in the Catholic doctrine, he was led into an inner room, his upper garments taken off, aud the bishop flogged him over the shoulders, whilst the priests chanted the ! hymn " Misere Mei." Afterwards the peni tent was given public absolution in the Episcopal Chapel and readmitted into the Church of Borne." The investigations which have just been published by Mr Gustav Nordenskjold, son of the famous Swedish Arctic explorer, re-, garding the cliff dwellings of Colorado are the most exhaustive as yet undertaken. He shows that these houses, on the almost inac cessible sides of river canons, must have been built by an agricultural aemi-civilised people, without any knowledge of metals, but highly skilled in the manufacture of tastefully ornamented pottery, basket work, aud [cotton cloths. Their staple industry was the cultivation of maize, beans, cotton, gourds, and fruits $ and the turkey, Mr JNfordenskjold concludes on what he believes to be very poor evidentce, to have been domesticated amongst them. As agrioulture could only have been followed at a distances these " communal" dwelling?, many of which contained from sixty to seventy rooms, must have been constructed for protection from enemies. Some were inhabited at the date when the Spaniards first made their acquaintance, and the cave dwellers—it ia the opinion of this latest explorer—appear to have been akin to the Zuni or Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, to the Moquis of Arizona, or to the sedentary tribes in the basin of the Gila.

WRECK.

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Sydney, April 22. The schoorjter l^ary Warner has foundered off Batesm?n B,ay, but fortunately her crew reaped shore iff. safety. Her hull is insured in £be South British osce for £750.

Modern Jews on Jesus of Nazareth.

Mr Jacob Voorsanger, who claims 5 without fear cf criticism or contradiction t«.» represent the modern Jewish stand point, gives in the January "Overland Monthly " his " View of Jesus of Naza reth." Christianity is, he says, a system that he fully understands as a religion, but fails to comprehend aa a theology. He compares the traditional with what he conceives to be the real portrayal of the Christ:--Shorn cf all theological attri butes, digested of his Greek garments, disrobed and appearing in the strung light of: history, the majestic character and figure of the Nazarine are intelligible encash to a Hebrew. The earliest Greek and Roman pictures of the Christ repre sent Him as bare-headed, crowned with the nimbus, enveloped in a long flowing robe, bare foot or sandaled, with a gentle, dreamy face, every line of which is an expression of deep spirituality. Jews do not understand such a representation. It is »n expression of Greek thought. The Jewish eculptor, Moses Ezekiel, born at Richmond, Virginia, has had another conception of the Christ. He had chiseled out of the choicest marble the noble figure of a Jewish patriot, strong, sturdy, attired like a Hebrew of the period of the Gali lean—a youth with turbaned head, and a face flashing with genius. That answers more faithfully to the Jewish idea of Jesus. A son of Ms people, his heart aflame with great intents, his ambition wholly to restore the Law, his dream that of the prophers, to bring the kingdom of heaven to the children of earth, he preached a milleniam to men engaged in quarrels and contentions. If he failed if his hfe paid the forfeit, it was the sorrow ful consequence of troubled times. But his teaching, as they appear on the face of his book, not as they are interpreted by halr-splitting metaphysicians, his teach ings are the genuine echoes of the holy themes propounded by the old prophets. A. life led in harmony with such teachings, the same teachings given to Israel in the Law and the prophets, must needs ba pure and holy. This much we understand,— why cannot all the world thus read these teachings, and thus, to quote the words of the great Sir Moses Monfcefiore, remove the title page between the Old and the New Testaments ? But that time has not yet come. M\ th n ™JewilL h Q^erty Review," Mr C. G. Montefiore, one of the editors, inbeginning to notice for the first time a book dealing with the New Testament -an American Onitarian's sermons on "Jesus and Modem Life "-remarks :— Any critical attempt to determine the true character and teaching of the most important Jew who ever lived—of one who exercised a greater influence upon mankind and civilization than any other person, whether within the Jewish race or without it-is surely qualified for a notice in a magazine devoted to Jewish history,; literature, and religion. A book dealing ! with the teaching of a Jew whose life and I ciaracter have been regarded by almost I all the best and wisest people who have heard or read of his actions and his words as the great religious exemplar for every aSe' lß.surely a Priori, we might aay, I worth the attention of Jewish readers, i Mr Montefiore is inclined to believe that in selecting, collecting, developing, and adjusting in true proportion the best ele ments of religion existing in his time, herein to a great extent lay the originality of Jesus-I believe . . . that a main principle m the teaching ot Jesus was pure inwardness" ... and that Jesus, emphasising an aspect of morality which is of abiding and immense valu* ia a marked and original way, has fc this alone well-earned his pace as one of the great teachers of mankind. Tt was not new teaching ; but he gave the principle a novel position ot' importance, and illumined it by his genius. Nevertheless, d '£i°. y °"c aßpecfc of morality. The Habbis spoke of " our Father who is in heaven as well as Jesus. But it does seem to me as if Jeeus fixed upon the most tender and intimate term for God currenc in his time, used it more habi tually, and gave it a special nuance of beat.ty and love. One notable, and aa I should be dis posed to say. original feature in the teach msf of Jesus (goes on the J«wish editor) is that with regard to sin. The sinner and the outcast, age after age, have owed a debt of gratitude to Jesus. It seems to me, so far, that Mr Savage is perfectly right in concluding that Jesus supposed himself to be " The Messiah." . . . Cer tainly the claim of Jesus to be the Meissiah did not seem to exercise any corrosive or warping influence upon his character. He was not puffed up by vanity or self-assertion or conceit. He remained pura and humble and loving to the last. Mr Montefiore concludes his review by asking. "May a purified Christianity and a purified Judaism, each, m friendly rivalry, lay claim to Jesus and hw religion ?'

SPORTING.

ASHBURTON RACING CLUB.

AUTUMN MEETING.

The folllowinjf acceptances hare been re* ceivad fcr the first day. Netherby High Weight Handicap, of 35 Boys, Once round the course.

ASHBTJBTON STAKES. Errington Xeroli ! Artilleur Strath Braan Teredina Ashbuetoit Steeplechase, of 45 so»£* j Abont three miles. I Magpie ... 11 0 Gamester 0 Glen ... it) 7 Asheurton Autumn Hanbtdap.

Novel Race. Home Rale Cumbberhnd Kalmar iJittlo Jjack Hetty Review Sheelah Pretence Lady Claypole Wefcssil Zesb Rouse Little John Redwood Jess District Welter Handicap, of 35 soys One mile.

Pony Race Handicap, ot soys. Four I furlongs. I

Flyino Handicap.

Slow work was the order of the morn ing on Saturday, not many horses putting in an appearance. However, aonie fast galloping was done during; the day Frivolity haa been stretched over the Handicap ? distance, and appears well. The majority of local horses bid fair to give a good account of themselves at the meeting.

TESTS.

The Duke of Wellington is said to have had a rough-and-ready method of dealing with inventors of bullet proof clothes. For instance, so the story goes, when one of these pre sented himself before the Iron Duke in such a suit he coolly pointed a pistol at him; but before he could shoot the inventor shot himself into the street. The late Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro, tested, inventors in the same practical manner. When a young engineer showed him an appliance for stopping railway engines, the Emperor said: " The day after to-1 morrow have your engine ready ; we will have it coupled to my saloon car riage, and then fire away. When going at full speed I will unexpectedly give thesignaltostop,and wewill see how the apparatus works." The Emperor entered his carriage, the engineer mounted his engine, and on they went for some distance; indeed, the young engineer began to suspect that the Emperor had fallen asleep, when the train suddenly came to a sharp curve round the edge of a cliff, on turning which the driver saw, to his horror, an immense boulder lying on the mils. He had just suffi cient presence of mind to turn the crank of his brake and pull up the engine within a couple of yards of the fatal block. The Emperor put his head out of the window and shouted to the engineer and fireman, t( What are you stopping for ?" They pointed to the piec9 of rock, on seeing which Dom Pedro burst into a merry laugh. "Push the thing to one side!" he called out to the engineer, who had jumped down from the locomotive ; and when the latter, in his confusion, blindly obeyed and kicked the stone with his foot, it crumbled into dust. It was a block of starch that had been placed on the rails the night before.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible tor the opinions expressed by our correspondents.)

BUTTER.

TO THB BDITOE.

Sir,—A public meeting is to be held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Rakaia, on Friday evening, April 27. to take into considera tion the advisableness of erecting a creamery in the district. As wheatgrowing has become such a disastrous business to the farming community, the time has arrived when farmers will be obliged to consider some other legitimate source of income. Disastrous as the financial re turns have been is not the worst feature of the business. The soil has become wheat sick with continuous cropping. No wonder that our land has become ex hausted, with the principle of take all and give nothing. It is no wonder that the farmers find their pockets getting lighter every year, in consequence of killing the goose that, lays the golden egg; or by ! forcing the soil into a state of sterility till at last the farmer has to surrender as an impoverished man. And the land he bas surrendered is in a state of sterility, only fit to be occupied by a man of means, able to foster the soil for a period of years fco bring it into a state of fertility. lam not a man of chemical experience, bat I humbly claim to have some practical experience after about forty years' experi ence »b a clodhopper, I certainly do not say thar I have nothing to learu : I am glad tn tell you that the older I get, the more I am learning, and always hold myself open to listen to any suggestion expressed by any one. But I came to the conclusion many years ago that the treat ment of the soil should be similar to the treatment of the animal. I will not attempt now to describe the breed or j different breeds of animals, but whatever the breed miy be, if the animal is in & healthy condition, with plenty of comfort provided, the best breeding enters in at the mouth. Tf it is treated on the reverse principle and is half-starved, what is the result ? Simply that the pedigree of the best and purest stock is lost, and the owner as a good farmer is disgraced, and his reputation as a breeder gone. Now. brother farmers, if we are not in disgrace respecting the starvation of our stock, we certainly are respecting the starvation of our land. We generally take credit to ourselves for our good management, but unfortunately for ourselves in,the outside world, we have the credit of I being no thing short of land robbers, or, if you like it better, land impoverishes. My idea is this—We must at onca tarn our attention to stock raising in all its branches, and cultivate oar land in a more perfect way than we have been dolncr, and when means are available to fertilise the soil with artificial manures to encourage the growth of oats, rape, and turnips, for the feeding of all classes of stock on the farm. Limit the size of the farm to the weight of your pocket, culti vate well, and all will bs well. In the Rakaia district would be found a splendid field for irrigation, as the soil is good, bufc rather thirsty and a little of an undu lating nature, which may prove somewhat troublesome to the engineer. Neverthe less, irrigation would prove a great boon to this district. We have in the district a recent convert to this enterprise in the person of Mr W. L. Allan, of Acton, and since he has returned from the Old Country, the place I believe where ho was c inverted, he has established a small system of irrigation on his own estate, and we may expect that if Mr Allan's experiment is successful, others will no doubt follow his example. I hope the Government will bs successful in their scheme to overcome the pressure of dear money, as the high rates of interest enforced on the industrious agriculturist have always in this county had the effect of keeping good cultivation in the back ground, and causing great stagnation in the labor market, which stagnation re taliates back with double force on trades people. Cheap money and cheap land, wit>». a revival of agricultural interests, would be the salvation of little Naw Zealand. Therefore I think all workers should hail with joy a cheap money scheme, as it would create a lively interest in all trades and callings, and sthnuhte enerpy and industry, and give something j better for all to look forward to. I trust we may expect a full meeting to discuss the possibilities of the Rakaia district contributing something toward the sup port of one prominent industry— the manufacture of first-class butter, which we hope may prove one of our best Industries.—l am, etc , William Stbachax. Rakaia, April 20, 1894.

The Licensing Committee and the Racing Club.

On Saturday afternoon a deputation irora the Ashburton Ricing Club inter viewed an informal meeting of the Ash mrton Licensing Committee in the Court house, with the object of requesting the ; committee to reconsider their decision of fatura By,8y, April 14, not to grant the transfer of a publican's license to the race course last week. The Racing Club was represented by Messrs Hugo Friedlarider, Mward Saunders, E. (*. Crisp and Dr Leahy. The only members of the com mittee present, were the Rev James Ccckar and Mr H. M, Jones, the other member* having been unable to attend. Mr FriedJander introduced the business of the meeting. He said the Licensing Committee had taken an unusual course lasn week in coming to a decision on the malier of granting or refusing a license to the Racing Club's meeting without giving the other side an opportunity of giving their views. He was very pleased that they had now given them the opportunity to hear what they had to say m connection with the Racing Club. He wished to point out that as far back as November last, the Ashburfcon Facing Club had advertised one of their principal races to be run this month. The stakes amounted to £100. Later on they framed their programme, believing th*fe as usual they would enjoy the%ame Pmii?^ B, « » *c past-fchat waaTas regarded the selling of booths, from which they derived conddeiable revenue. They were at that tfme not aware that the present question was likely to interfere with their programme, seeing that to all intents and purposes the committee do not hold office until June next. There fore, he thought they were entitled to ask the commits to leave things as they were befoul-that is, that they would reconsider their former decision, and grant a permit to have a license trans ferred to the coarse. Ifc would be a great hardship to the club if they deprived it of that privilege. He would like to point out that they have already done so as regards the Saleyard* Company and he thought the two cases were parallel. In the one case Mr Kellar lost the booths, having taken them for twelve months, and the Committee thought it a great hardship to step his license. It wai tha same in the present case, They had made their programme out in hopes of collecting certain revenue, and if the Oommittf c persisted they woul<? cripple the Club to a large extent. He Wight mention that fcwo members of the Com mittee had said that they were willing to reconsider the matter, and grant a permit' if the majority wished ; but they did nob care to granr a permit themselves, against the expressed opinion of the whole Com mittee on the previous Saturday. Those members were Messrs Williamson and Bruce. He would like them to remember that the Club Rpenfc a considerable amount of money in the distrist. They had ex pended several hundred pounds but recently on the racecourse, and it all meant work in the town. Mr Crisp said he would like to point out to the Committee that they were I hardly wise in coming to such a decision as they had done—as if, being a temper ance Committee, they must refuse licenses where possible. The Jaw left in them a discretion to grant licenses in those cases where they were needed and to refuse licenses where they were not needed, A judge did not simply act on his legal power. When the Committed said " we will grant none "or "we will grant all" they did away with discretion. A judge might aa well say "Iwill always give judgment for the plaintiff." The Committee should listen to the merits of each case, and act accordingly. If the law h»d said "all air none" the Committee woald not have been wanted at all. The question was not whether they had the legal rights, but whether they were making a right use of those legal rights. Dr. Leahy thought with Mr Crls?, that the Committee should look at the matter on its own merits. It was not what was to be their policy for the future but what ife should be for that particular occasion. There wore exceptional circumstances connected with thin occasion, which would not exis -. again, or if they did, the Racing Olub would be to blame. It was an innovation, as there had not been a prohibition committee elected before. Mr Jones—-What revenue will you: acfcu<*llv loce if this license be not granted 1 Mr Friedlander—£6s, The loss of the license has also affected the sale of other privileges, as it is likely to affect the attendance. Mr ,7 ones, in reply to the deputation, said it was always easier to say " yes " than "no." bub he was sure that his hearers realised that whether the Com mittee iiked it or n*t they were placed in a special position. As a temperance Oommittee they had been run expressly on the ticket of reduction as tar as possible. Everyone of them understood that exactly before the election, and they must of course consider their constituents whether liking it or not. The wish of their constituents was plain, as they were elected by a substantial majority, and they were obliged to look at it from that view. He had no wish to inflict any hardship on the Racing Club, but there was no doubt that If they were to grant a license to the one Racing Club's meeting they would be expected to do so to other nee meetings, as they had been reminded ♦hafc afternoon about the saleyarda case. Personally, he had been opposed to that also. If they were to consent now, they would be wanted to do the same for the Olub s Spring meeting. (Mr Crisp~No, no, we won't ask you). At the meeting held on the previous Saturday, the matter had been distinctly understood. The Committee had been got together v soon as possible, in order that a decision might be arrived at so ms to let the Club Jcnow as soon as possible, so that no one would suffer any wrong in buying the privileges, thinking to get a license. The opinion arrived at was unmistake&ble. He had thought the decision was unanimous but he had since learned that there were two members who were willing to reconsider the decision if the majority were in favor of doing so. That decision was that no license be granted, Lookjng at the principle of the thing, he could not see that the Oommittee could be said to be jusUfied In taking any other stand. It was not taking ft prejudicial position at all. There was no question of a pre judged arrangement in any way. Just aa they had been told that because they had granted a permit tc the saleyards I they should do so in the present case, so id would be seen that they could not make exceptions. They were told that the programme had been fixed in "November tost. The Club's Committee should have taken into con. sideration that before the meeting came off the licensing election would take place Certainly he did not think even the temperance party thought*to have a Com mittee in power, but such possibilities should have been takes into account. He thought the Committee would have to stand by its decision. He could not after his decision. The Rev. James Cocker trusted that if there had to be a difference of opinion over the matter there would be no difference of friendship. (Mr Friedlander —Certainly there will not be.) Mr Crisp had spoken as though at the last mooting the present question had never been 1 discußsed. Perhaps there had not been brought before them so much evidence on the subject, but it had been freely dis cussed, »nd they had got the resoH pub 1-shed m the paper of the previous Patnrday, so as to let the Chib know before selHng'Ue privileges j so that he. did not tb^ok Mr Crisp ©ouWqfeMfe the^ *

TflE ASBSUTOUN aUABI)IAN : MONDAY, A£>6 TL 23 . 1894



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9 7 Manilla 8 9 Flinders 8 1 Wheedler ... 7 12 Black Cloud 7 12 | Lady Spencer

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SPECIAL. SPECIAL. STEPHENS BROS., market House) HAVE DECIDED TO RELINQUISH THEIR BUSINESS IN ASHBURTOH, A ND in order to facilitate their arrangements, they will Sell the | whole of "^ their Large and Well Assorted Stocks of XRONMONGEBY, OROOKERY, GLASSWARE, GROCERY, Etc., At TWENTY PUR OENr Below Cost Price, Ho more good* will be boaghc than Neoeasary to dispense with the other Goods"



They also ask all Cu-sfcomera, if Convenient, for thei* aocoants on or before ha Ist May- After that date, all Cbods will ba disposed of or CASH. Stephens Bros,, MARKET HOUSE.



TO LET.—Duelling Centrally Situated in Burnett Streeo. Kontal required 7s per week, T. BUhLOOK. DOLLAR OLGAKETTES - 3d. No holders orphotoß, —Hbsby Zander, Whole sale ageut. Speoial Consignment I'^lßECTfrom the Manufacturers, LADIES' GOLD RINGS, GOLD BROOCHES GOLD BANGLES, J In plain Gold, and tab with Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires and Pearls. ' A large and very choice stock of newest designs just received- Bought for C^sh, DIRECT FROM THR MANUFACTURER in England at a liberal discount, will be ofteied at TWENTY Pi)R CENT LOWER than usual prices by S. Salek, WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER, ASHBURTON.



HENRY ZANDER I BEG TO INTIMATE that I have jus anded & Large and Varied Stock o Cairns HOLLIS 1 BEST MaKE. Single and Double Barrel, Breech and Muzzle Loadiog, well worthy of inspec tion. REVOLVERS, REVOLVERS, AMMUNITION AMMUNITION Cartridges and Cartridge Cases, Caps, Biiofc, Gunpowder, Powder and shot Flask*. Cartridge Belts, Kecappers, Loaders, Wads, Punches, etc. SCOTT S WELL-KNOWtf RANGES at Greatly Reduced Vi ices. T HAVB IK STOCK AND TO LAND -100 Drums Linseed Oil SO Cases Valvoline 800 Cases Castor Oil 10 Bates best 5 ply Seaming Iwlne Ohm* «id GlnsawaM Bbrnsby'e aud Kanaome'sPlough Shares Barbed and Fencing Wire Mauritius and Queensland Suzara China, India, and Ckvlon Teas Best English Leather Belting. —now in stock- Two Handrsd Galvanised Steol Elastic Horse Collars (in all sizes). Early application necessary. They are giving ONIVKRSAL SATTS- Wines and Spirits, Ales and Stout Liqueurs, Havana Cigars, Cigarettes, of beßt'braads only. Also, a choice assortment o f the FINEST DELICACIES from all parts of the world, Henry Zander AGEJST FOE Australian Mutual Providen Society Sun Fira Office Canton Marine Office ,Health Tea.



N EW 7 B A LAND C lotiiingr Factory [OPENING New Winter Goods mi 3 WEEK.



j Wanted j WANTED Known—Stephens Beos. | Establishment will be closed all. day Wednesday, 25th, for the purpose of f Stock-taking. 4 142' O JBSPECTABLh; BoarTand attendance *-^ can be highly recommended for an invalid.—^urßE, "Mail" office. 4 128 Clocks, etc., (ail guaran teed) at wholesale cost for one month only. Now's your time.—Lums- i den's. 3 219 I VMTANTED Known — Men's strong " » Tweed Suits from 16s 6d ; shirts from 2s 61,—Arcade House. 4 24 WANTED Known. — Embroideries from Id a yard, Corsets 3s lid, L-idies' Ulsters fmm43lld, Ladies' GWes four pair for Is, Kid Gloves four huf-ons Is 6d.~ Arcade House. 63 SALE at MelforJ Houae still on until further notice.—H, C. Segers. WANTED Known. — For Millinery, Mantles, Jackets. Ulstert>, and Macintoshes, Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, try Mitchell & Turner. WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Regatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2a 6d.—W. H. Collier.



WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. S&lek's, Optician. | T^XTENSION™ of Sale at Melford -*-^ House. We are still selling nearly all our Goods, with New Stock added, at reduced prices.—H. C. Segfrs. WANTED Known—To make room for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs dene at once cheaper than evei to stay b»d times over at J. MoisoVs, Premier Bootmaker. "TJTJ ANTED Known—The Corner Is YV showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W t H. CoLLIERj, __^ PRED. S. JEFFRIES, Manufactur• ing Confectioner, has opened a Shop in East street, next " The Corner,' for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery. Nothing inferior ecld. No cheap cigarettes, 3§114 SALE now on—White Calico 2a lid per dozen, Towela 2a 6d per dozen, Lace, Curtains, from U lid per pair, at Arcade House. 4 27 WANTED Known.—Cheviots, Hop sacks, Diagonals, Fast Dye Serges, Tweeds and Fancy Dresses, <fee, with | Trimmings to match at Mitchell and Turner 's. f CHOICE Ornaments, folding Screens, \j Own make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pinafores.— Mrs Alcorm, Saunders' Buildings.



"THEN Cratea—New goods from the -*- manufacturers in R. Alcorjt's sale. Tea sets for six persons, 9d 6d; 40 piece Tea Sets frcm 15s; Bedroom Seta from Bs. Large coloured band and gilt, very handsome 19a 6d. WANTED Known—Tomatoes, good ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, stc, at Maesdbn's Fruit Shop, below Mitchell and Turner's. 2 109 "yiSlTthe Sale. Trimmed Millinery * going at any price. Ladies' Under dothing reduced to 20 per cent. belo\* cost.—Arcade House. 4 64 %»XANTED Known^AU goods in Show "" Room to be slaughtered at any price.— Arcade Bouse. 4 28 WANTED Known-L W Pants 3a lid, Flannel Shirta 3s 9d, Worsted Socks 6d per pair.—Arcade House 425 | F you want first-class fruit go to Adois -1- for Fij i, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc OYSTERS and Fresh Figh oF^lTs^ts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Co 's Shop, Burnett street Aehburton. 2 62



WANTED Known—The whole of the stock co be sacrificed by order of the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 26 "OANG t Bang i jf>»u S 1 My new sea* -■-* son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Cluu Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Haedley's, Gun Emporium. "VTOTICBI Notice! Sport for all. .LN Guns let out on hire or sold on tima payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns of any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J. W. Hakdiey, Ironmonger, etc. (^RUSHED!; Oats, 5s per sack. Al J kinds of Farm and Mill Produce ! cheap for caah.—J. Thomas, Havelock street. \\T HAT is most essential to a tea VV drinker's happiness ? Why, Health Tea, and don't you forget it. Heney Zander, Wholesale Agen<- ANTED KnownT— Men's Tweed Suits 15s 6d, Men's Tweed Trou era 7s lid, Mens' Strong Flannellette Shirts 2s 6d, Mens' and B.;ya' Boots and Shoes greatly reduced.—Arcade House. 465



MRS ALCORN has on sale for he Holidays a varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, jPraras, Fancy Goods, and Christmas Presents—Saunders Buildings, /^S UNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock V^jT of Guns jaat to hand direct from the sianvfacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. in spection invited. No old stock to select from afc J. W. Hardley's Sporting Repository. BOYS' three garment long trouser Suits for 10s. Men's Colonial made nailed Shooter Boots at 7s 6d per pair ac JR. Alcokn's sale, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. 1J.15 W" aINT ED Known- — Ladies are , invited to inspect the Novelties in | our Dress Department and Show Boom ■ without being pressed to buy.—Mitchell i WANTED Known.—ln consequence of the scarcity of money, we have *"<i oflr S»ie till further notice. ~ I R John Marsdbn, . n nok al / d Bookstall, has opened a *. - -« Stationer's Shop two doors below Blitcne.. and Turner. Books and Stationery at I the loweßb possible prices. Books clean, I complete, and in stood order will be taken in exchange. Circulating library. Jj*ASTER Cards, and Booklets, Fire n t Screens Pictures. Glass Ornaments, Christmas Catds, Cricket and Lawn Tennia 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. Andekyvks & Co. Stationers' Hall. ~7~-\ OOIT afternoon. Mrs Ssmittu Hot *"T feeling well % Have a cup of health Tea ! Nothing ao invigorating and strengthening! My word, Mrs Brown, this is simply lovely Whole B<*le and retail at Zander's.



HEALTH TEA is free from the tannin so prevalent in other teas. It is recommended by the Medical Faculty in the United Kingdom and Australia All Grocers keep it.



I Holloway's Pills and Ointment. Vicissitudes of climate, exposure and hard ships, tell heavily on soldiers aud sailors, sowing the seeds of disease which may ulti mately break up the constitution. Naturally careless of their health a word id season may avert many evils, and may cause them to resort to timely measures without any difficulty or publicity. Holloway's effectual remedies are suitable, and are so easily adapted for the varied complaints to which our soldiers and sailors are liable, that a. supply should always be obtained before propeeding abroad, It may with oonfidence be stated that many a valuable life might have been saved, or oonfirmed cripple nreven* 4**1 iiQm be SSinR in the streets, if &ollowW'Breme^ es &* kmwtf in time.



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I At Thirty Miles an Hour—Our Mr F. N: Adams arrived by the express from the south yesterday evening, and he will be ready to talk " wheels " at the agent's shop (H. M. Jones, Bast Street) this morning. The easy payment system af the Ira offers great inducement to buy cycles. Deposits from £5; instalments, 30s per month. Humber Star, model B, fitted with 1894 Dunlop tires, £23 10a« English cycles at landed cost price. Genuine Beoaton Hum* bersat £26 10s; Raleighs, Model 6. £25; new Howe's £23 10s, fitted with Dunlop tires and Hall's patent brake.—Adams, Cokties, & Co., Chriatchurch.—{Advt.)



THERE is only one quality of Health Tea and that is the best. Ask your grocer for It, and see that you get it.— gi?iraY Z4FDB&, Wholesale Agent>