MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under subject to the necessary alterations :— SATURDAY, April 14. For Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Penguin, at B.SO p.m. MONDAY, April 16.| For Northern Ports and Australian Colo nies, per Tekapo, at fs»3K»la.m. WEDNESDAY, April 18. For United Kingdom, Continents of Kurope and America and West Indieß (via San Francisco), Sandwich Islands, etc., and also for Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Takapuna, as follows:—Ordinary letters, books, and newspapers, at Q.l£s p.m : money orders, 3 p.m. ; registered letters, 5 pm. Due London May 23.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1894. THE BRITISH NAVY.

The result of a debate in the House of Commons on the proposals of the Imperial Government, to increase, strengthen, and generally make more efficient the navy of the empire, has just been cabled to us, and the naval vote has been passed. If the naval programme, as drawn up by the Admiralty is carried out in its entirety, the British navy will be placed in a position of superiority which will enable it to cope with any hostile comoination of foreign powers that is likely to arise. That position will, in fact, be as impregnable as that held by the navy in the glorious old days when the country depended on her " wooden walls " for protection, as much, if not more, than on her land forces. It is proposed to construct 120 ships of war, including ten first-class and twenty-seven second-class cruisers, and sixty-four torpedo destroyers. Included in the list of vessels intended to be provided were nine of the vessels belonging to several of the great lines of trading and passenger steamers. These ships wsre^ ot a build, fchtt

would admit of conversion in the mini mum of time to vessels admirably suited for the work of fast cruisers, | and they were of a class calculated to j prove of great and valuable service to \ the more heavily armored and ordnance I equipped boats that form the fighting fleet. This number, a cable has just informed us, has been increased by the Admiralty to twenty-eight. But with out these recruits from the mercantile marine, the proposed addition in itself to the number of war vessels in the permanent fleet will restore the naval supremacy of the nation, upon which the fate of the Empire so much de pends. The alliance between France and Russia, and the great efforts that both countries, but especially France, have made, to be equal to Britain in naval armament, have made the Ad miralty consider their position. The tremendous warship building enter prise shown within the past few years by France has made many of the highest naval authorities in the King dom stand aghast, and those gentlemen served their country well by opening the eyes of the British people to the danger. That danger was made so ap parent to those who ought to be the real rulers of the people—the people themselves—that Government could no longer stand by and idly do nothing. The merchants, too, were not silent, and one mass meeting of the most wealthy and most representative of Britain's trade and commerce vir tually demanded an increase of the fleet, and pledged itself in effect to find the funds. Fif teen years age Mr Gladstone proudly boasted that the fleet of Britain was equal to the combined navies of Europe. Perhaps so. But since then the little boys of the European powers have be come stalwart men as regards their naval strength, and their increased im- portance on the sea has to be reckoned with in dead earnest, and Mr Glad stone's boast is as empty to-day as the vaporing of Sir John Falstaff. When the proposals of the Government of which he so recently ceased to be a member are carried out in their com pleteness, it will be possible to say, as Sir W. Kaye-Shuttleworth, Secretary of the Admiralty, has said he purposes to put himself in a position to say— the British fleet is equal to the com bined strength of the fleets of two of the greatest foreign powers.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The friends of Mr W. T. Norrisb, of ! Hinds, will be glad to know that his daughter, who met with serious injury from being run over by a trap about ten days ago, is now in a fair way of recovery, a marked improvement having taken place on Thursday last. The last of the telegraph poles which have so long been a dangerous obstruction on the i main south road between Hinds and Eiling, and whioh were some months ago the cause of a serious accident, were yesterday carted away, and the telegraph line goes along the railway direct to the Rangitata bridge. At the Christchurch Court yesterday Edward Parkerson, accountant of the late firm of Harper and Co., was brought up on remand, charged with embezzling moneys of the firm, amounting in the aggregate to LIOSO. The case was further remanded till Wednesday next. Just above the bridge, at the corner of the Wakanui School road and the River road is ! a hole about a foot square, and until it is re j paired persons riding or driving horses acioss this bridge would do well to be care ful, otherwise a nasty accident may ensue. One extraordinary incident comes from Whitehureh (Shropshire), where the largest chimney stack of the workhouse was blown over and dashed right through the roof, making a huge aperture fifteen feet square. The entire mass, weighing nearly two tons, fell into the old men's sick ward, and came on John Sumner, a man 82 years of age. Yet he hardly sustained a scratch ! Three rafters happened to come on a washstand, and thus kept the pleasure off him, although pinning him firmly down in his bed, with a chimney pot on his feet. It was a marvel lous escape. When the Premier was passing over the Murimotu plains the otber week, he was struck with the idea that theae and similar tracks of pumice country, whioh are unfic for agriculture and only carry sheep at the rate of about one sheep to three acres, might be turned to profitable account if planted with valuable timber. Apropos of this a gentleman interested in the timber industry in Wellington has a suggestion to offer which is worth the attention of settlers all over the colony, and particularly in districts like Canterbury, where timber may be planted with advantage. He considers that no class of timber is more like'y to pay well for the trouble taken with it than aah, and none h&8 been more neglected in this colony. In the market ash sells at ninepence per square foot. A piece of ash ten feet long, six inches wide and two inches thick will readily fetch 7s 6d. At present all the ash used in { the colony has to be imported. Local Foresters and others will be in. terested in the following paragraph, the subject of which was for some years a prominent man in Friendly Society matters in Ashburton. The paragraph is from last Monday's " Pahiatua Herald ": — The | funeral of the late Mr T. Wall took place yesterday afternoon, and was one of the I largest, if not, indeed, the largest, ever seen in Pahiatua, The cortege extended for nearly a mile, and included representatives from every part of the district. It was headed by the members of the local Court of Foresters (of which deceased was treasurer) to the number of 120, wearing the regalia of the erder. Then came the hearse and the mourning coach. Aitev these followed members of the Onward Assembly, Knights of Labor, of which body deceased was a member. Behind these came the general public, on foot, in vehicles, and on horse back, stretching away back for nearly a mile. The procession was met at the cemetery gates by the Rev. H. J. Davis, who per formed the last sad offices of the Church over the remains of the departed. Bro. D. A. Pickering, C.R., read the impressive service of the Foresters, the brethren being grouped round the grave. About twelve months ago the late Mr T. Wall insured his life with the Mutual Life Association of Aus tralasia for JjIOO iinder the HB table— providing fqr children's endowments. As. a consequence the child is now the possessor of a paid up policy for 1400, payable on reaching the age of twenty-one years. Mr Wall's Ufa Wftsalsoassui'eiiforptheramomjtß,

The recent ball in aid of the Wellington Hospital funds is expected to show a credit \ balance of about £200. Henry Hamers, a young man, was con victed of playing an unlawful game of chance at Porirua encampment on Easter Sunday, and was committed for trial. It is stated that Mr Wrigley, a publican at Petone, has instructed his solicitors to issue a writ on the " Evening Press," claim ing £501 as damages for alleged libel con tained in a letter and comments thereon in Tuesday's issue, relative to the manner in which he conducted his hostelry. In these days of competition even the poor giant finds himself a much less valuable article than he formerly Mas. In answer to a recent advertisement by the proprietors of the late Mr Barnum's Bhow, over fifty giants presented themselves, their heights ranging from eight feet to nine feet six inches. As the.Hinemoa will not return to Auck land from Raratonga till the end of next week, the Cabinet are discussing the expedi ency of despatching some other vessel to the Auckland Islands to prevent the Norwegian : whaler Antarctic, which has just left Mel bourne, from sealing and poaching on the islands. It has been decided to appoint Mr G. B. Davy, Registrar-General of Lands, to the position of Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, vacated by the resignation of Mr iSeth Smith. The Wellington "Times" says that in all probability, however, the office of Chief Judge will be abolished ere long by Government. In the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Friday, a young man, named Alex Shearer, who had threatened to shoot his wife with a revolver, was bound over to keep the peace for six months. For the defence it was alleged that accused, believing his wife had been falae to him, borrowed a revolver to terminate his own existence. White horseß are to be barred from military service in Germany. The Emperor has ordered that no more be purchased for the army, and those now in use are to be sold. He thinks that in war whits horses would be especially conspiouous because of the use of smokeless powder, and would afford mark for the enemy. Some time ago a statement was published that a lad attending a State school in Well ington had been chastised because he went to school unprovided with proper books. The School Committee enquired into the matter, and resolved that, "Having heard various witnesses the Committee are of opinion that the charge of punishing the boy for not having books is without foundation, as the boy had all the books required at the time." The prizes for the Ariel Bicycle Club's road race to be held on Wednesday, April 18, are on view in Mr Salek'a shop window. The first prize is a handsome cup given by the President of the Club, Mr Edward Gates, and the second prize, presented by lady friends, is an exceedingly compact and useful gentleman's companion. Mr Stone, of the Tinwald Hotel, gives a third prize, and in connection with this, it may be added the first prize in the road race last Wednesday week—£l la—was the donation of Mr Stone. By an inadvertence the fact that Mr Stone was the donor was not stated in our report of the race. Ie is becoming fashionable among smart hostesses in New York, who contemplate giving a dance, to despatch the programme with the card of invitation. This gives in vited guests who know one another the opportunity of filling their engagements at ease and leisure, to the perfect mutual satisfaction of' themselves and partners Belles will, qt course, in many cases, have their programmes entirely filled before ever entering th? room, whilst their less fortunate sisters must content themselves with what dances they have already secured, and the hope that some of the male guests will not be quite " full up." Siberia is not generally looked upon as a very inviting locality to select for a pleasure trip, and yet several ladies have made { journeys of a more or le3S perilous charactei into that inhospitable country. Miss Nellie Peel, a daughter of Sir Robert Peel, recently made an e»cursion to the Yenesei River, Siberia, via the Kara Sea. She was the first lady who dared the passage of the Kara Sea last summer after tha break up of the ice, and intends shortly to give to the British public in book form the narrative of her experience', which should be interesting reading. The late Dr Henry Muirhead left L 3*,00( to found a college to be called after his name for the instruction of women in medicine and general science. So far good, But tht trustees, being liberal-minded, endeavoree to have the wishes of the testator carried oul by affiliation with the Court of Glasgow University. That august body, however, has refused the request—they have said t< woman: "Too soon, too soon, ye cannoi enter now." The Muirhead trustees havt elected to proceed independently. The daj of the "diplomaed" lady doctor is immi nent. The manner in which women bav< scored in London Universiiy haa probablj frightened the Glasgow pundits, but theii action is only that of Mrs Partington, trying to stop the o^ean with a besom. A feminim correspondent writes —" We are all proud oi you, Mrs Yates, though with us the Londor Mayoralty would be too heavy for anj woman to carry as yet."—London corres pondent. The Mayor of Christchuroh has received from the Premier a reply to his telegram as to provision for the unemployed. The Pre mier says:—" As regards the first proposal, that Government should give Ll for LI subsidy to local bodies to put relief works in hand, there is no appropriation for such purpose, and without the special sanction oi Parliament, moneys could not be granted tc assist local bodies with local works on th< principle in the resolution. As regards th« second proposal to establish, the allotment system near Christchurch and the principal towns, I will confer with the Minister oi Linda on my arrival in Wellington. As re gards the question of State farms, the matter id now being dealt with by the Minister of Lands and the Minister of Labor. Regarding instructions to departments oi I the public service not to employ men on overtime, that has been done some months ago; but ths Government has no direct re sponsibility as regards railways, I will, however, communicate with the Railway Commissioners, and recommend them to adopt the same course as has been followed by the Government in several departments under the direct control of Government." HoLiiOWAV'3 Pills.—Sudden transitions from heat to cold, or from raw inclement weather to oppressive climates, favor the development of manifold diseases, which may in most instances be checked and ren dered abortive by an early resort to these purifying, regulating, and strengthening pills. This well-known and highly esteemed medicine affords a safe and easy remedy for almost every constitutional wrong which unhealthy climates, rapid changes, or dietetic errors, can engender, and effectually removes any weakness or self-indulgent habits may have induced. 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THE MARKETS.

London, April 12. The weekly returns of the Bank of England, published to-day, show the total reserve to be £22.988,000, and the pro portion of the reserve to liabilities 61 04. Owing to large withdrawals of gold for exports, the money market isadvaneing, and three month*' bills are discounted at 1% per cent. Consols, IOOf ; New Zealand 4 per cent inscribed stock, 107 ; 3J per , cents, 100 J. New Zealand long-berried wheat, ex warehouse, firmer at 27a ; South Aus tralian wheat, ex warehouse, also firmer, at 28s j Victorian, 27s 6d. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,580,000qr5, and for the Continent, 1,164.000qr5. New Zaaland frozen mutton, first quality, 4£d ; second quality, 4sd ; lamb sd, with the market depressed. Beef,, hindquarters, 3|d. At the salvage sale of 600 bales of wool from the fire at London dock warehouse, full prices were realised. In connection with the shipment of teal and black duck out of season, it is considered teal ought to come unplucked. Experts report the consignment of fowls and ducks excellently dressed, also that the rabbits were of fine quality. The ship Wellington is now discharging, and much of her meat cargo is damaged. Danish butter is quoted at 107s.

The Premier in the North.

Gisbokkb, April 13. The Premier has been deputationed all the morning. He was first interviewed by a dozen ladies, who claimed that all the restrictions should be removed which prevented women from being on an equality with men. With this object they asked that women should be accorded the right to become members of Parlia ment. Mr Seddon acknowledged this was the logical outcome of .the enfran chisement of women, but thought the fair sex should first be politically edu cated before they were granted the higher right. The deputation also desired that work should be given to the unemployed, fearing there would be a tight pinch in. the winter, and asked for an inspection of the Gisborne post office, which was al leged to be In an insanitary state. A deputation of temperance people placed before the Premier what they considered bo be defects in the working of the Act. The Premier said he thought that all per sons who went to the poll to yote for the committee should count as going to make up half the number on the roll who voted. He thought there should be only one ballot paper, and that simplified. He was desirous in this matter that the people should rule. Referring to eluba Mr Beddon remarked that applications were being received for club charters in districts where hotels were likely to be closed, but considered Government would be f»rced to grant them. A general de putation of the citizens then urged various matters of local interest. Mr Seddon eaves by the Ovalau to-night and hopes tj reach Wellington on Sunday.

The Convict Chemis.

Wellington, April 18. Mr 0. H. Mills, M.H.R., has received the following letter from the Premier, with reference to the application for the release of the convict Chemie, who is serving & life sentence tor murder:—" I ! have brought the matter under the notice of my colleagues. It is useless to 30 into the many details and intricate questions raised in your communication. The fact I remains that Cbenus was adjudicated guilty, but the clemency of the Crown was extended in giving him imprisonment for life in lieu of capital punishment. No circumstances have arisen.since the trial which would warrant the Government; to recommend his Excellency to remifc the sentence ; and the amendment of the law as regards appeal was not retrospective. Under these circumstances the Govarn men 1; can do nothing in the matter."

The Next European War.

During the just departed Christmas season j five hundred millions of people said with their lips, " Peace on earth and goodwill toward men," even while the brains of the leaders of nearly all the nations of the world were turning plough-shares into swords and otherwise preparing for war. Everywhere we look the cry is for war. and if racial and national questions fail to piovoke the strife, we have accumulating in our midst the con stituents of a struggle between labor and capital throughout the world. And in this latter case, if it became a struggle of actual material strength, labor, being in the majority, would surely win. But we have to deal with natural wars, more than with a universal fight in the limits of the present article. Kussia is boiling with Nihilism, the natural product of oppression. Germany, France, England are preparing for a pro tracted fight. Just imagine the impending triangular war between France, Russia and Germany. These three powers would be able to put 12,000,000 men into action ; that ia to say, judging by the figures of mortality in previous wars, 8,000,000 human lives are to be sacrificed. The money spent annually on the maintenance of militarism in Europe is L 500,000,000, and this amount, with the yearly increasing use of expensive chemical destroyers of the lives of armies, must in crease in proportion. How can we believe with the thunder of the march of the European armies sounding in our ears, that there is anything more than empty talk in this Christmas cry of universal peace and goodwill ? War is a brutal thing at best, and the people of to-day are gradually recognising that the excuse of patriotism is false, and that war was invented solely for the purpose of protecting the land grabber in his new thefts, or to maintain his title to old ones. War is the effect of huge populations living under artificial condition?, and is the rough medicine in ordinary use to compass the removal of undesirably large peoples.. War is merely a disease. When the body is debilitated by opposing foreign forces brought into existence by the arti ficial conditions of the life of the busy man of to-day, the natural functions declare war against the enemy which has insidiously sapped then. Warner's Safe Cure is the only infallible armament against the enemy of kidney and liver disease, and, as in the case of a nation you remove the necessity for strife by removing the artificial conditions of the life of the massss, so by removing kidney , or liver trouble you absolutely remove rhe incitement to the bodily war. Warner's Safe Cure, Safe Pills, Safe Rheumatic Cure and Safe Diabetes Cure, taken according to directions, have never been known to fail. With the growing years the proofs of their infallibility as specifics for 90 per cent, of human disease multiply beyond computation. Galileo, Archimedes, Watt }> Newton, made new eras in their respective branches of science. The medicines enumerated above have brought the world a century nearer the millenium of bodily health.

The Fighting Editor.

In the Wellington Magistrate's Coiirfc on Friday afternoon, the case in which Mr Joseph Evison, late editor of Ohnst church "Truth," was charged with assault ing the Hon. J. Kigg, M.L.C., was adjourned for a month. The affair took place in one of the city hotels on Monday night, and is alleged to have arisen out of the successful libel action brought by Evison, when editor of the "Catholic Times," against the Typo graphical Society, of which Mr Rigg was then President. The assault was not oC any serious nature, and blows were _ ex changed without much harm. Kvison left for Sydney on Wednesday.

Good use of a Flag.

In Havana (Cuba) one evening there waß a great row in the streets, and a man was killed. Everyone ran away except an Englishman, who did not see why he should run oft, but stopped to do what he could for the wounded man. The city was then, as it often was, under martial law, and in a few minutes a party of soldiers came up and walked the English man off. He was tried then and there by a Bort of drum-head court martial and condemned to be shot the next morning at eight o'clock. H« managed to get the news conveyed to the English Consul, and at a quarter to eight the next morn ing the Consul appeared in his coach and four, uniform, cocked hat and sword, all his orders on. The shooting party were drawn out, and the prisoner was there too. The Consul walked up to the officer com* raanding the patty and demanded the life of his countryman. " Very sorry," said the officer, " bat I muse carry out my orders," and he showed the warrant signed by the Governor. "Well," re plied the Consul, "at least you'll allow me to ehake hands with him before he dies." "I can't refuse that request," | said tbe officer. On which the Consul i stepped op to his countryman, pat Ms hand into his own breast, drew out & Union Jack, and, throwing it over the man, said : " There now—-fire, if you dare ! " The officer was staggered, the matter was referred to the Governor, and the man's life was saved.

Wonders of Hindu Magic.

Dr Heinrich Henaoldt, writing to thei)ecember" Arena," is responsiblefor several most marvellous stories of Hindu magic. He prefaces his narra tive with & suggestion. As an Ori ental traveller and student he con* eludes that Hindu adepts have " brought hypnotism to such a degree of perfection that, while under its in fluences, our senses are no longer a criterion of the reality around us, but can be made to deceive us in a manner that is perfectly amazing." Their knowledge is kept a profound secret, for though the same marvels have been wrought for thousands of years, they still excite the same surprise. They are wrought iv the open, in the light of the day, with bared arms and limbs, without any visible hiding place for apparatus. The Yoghis and Rishis are the high est orders of Oriental magician. They absolutely refuse payment. They are religious* enthusiasts in the first in stance, and adepts of a higher science in the second. They perform miracles merely to gain the popular ear of their religious message. Except raising the dead, not one of the miracles recorded in the' New Testament is "half so wonderful as the feats performed by the average Yoghi," Dr Henaoldt goes on to describe' how he saw in the centre of one of the largest squares in Agra, a Yoghi plant a mango—an edible tropical fruit about the size of a large pear—growing on a tree which reaches a height of from forty to one hundred and twenty feet. The Yoghi dug a hole in the ground, about six inches deep, and placed the mango in it, and covered it with earth. . "I was startled to see, in the air above the spot where the mango had been buried, the form of a large tree, at first rather indistinct, presenting, as it were, mere hazy outlines, but becoming visibly more distinct, until at length there stood out as natural a tree as ever I had seen in my life—a mango tree about fifty feet high, and in full foliage, with mangos on it. AH this happened within five minutes of the burying of the fruit. . . . And yet there waa something strange about this tree. ... a weird rigidnesg, not one leaf moving in the breeze. Another curious feature I noticed —the leaves seemed to obscure the sun's rays, and yet . . it was a tree without a shadow. As he approached it it faded, but grew clear again as he receded to bis original position; but on his re treating beyond that point it again faded. Each individual saw the tree only from where he stood. Two Eng lish officers not present from the com mencement saw nothing at all." Then the Yoghi preached—so absorbingly that Dr Hensoldt seemed to forget time and space. He consequently did not notice the disappearance of the tree. When the Yoghi ceased speak ing, the tres had gone. Then he dug up the mango he had buried. This mango feat he saw five times. Once in * E ashmir valley he saw it done by a certain Bam Surash, a Eishi from Thibet. " The mango tree which this Rishi prddueed did not vanish in pro portion as I approached it, but retained its full realism, and I not only touched it but actually climbed several feet up the-stem.' ;'' v',.''T' 'i^.^ , •..■■■ ■':,■ Before the palace oi the Gmcowar ol Baroda, in the open air and broad day' light, Dr Hensoldt declares he saw for the first time—he saw it thrice subse quently—the celebrated rope trick, A Yoghi, after preaching a most im pressive sermon, took a rope fifteen feet long and perhaps an inch thick. One end of this rope he held in his left hand, while with the right he threw the other end up in the sir. The rope, instead of coming down again, re mained suspended, even after the Yoghi had removed his other handy and it seemed to become as rigid as a pillar. Then the Yosrhi seized it with boih hands, and to my utter amaze ment, climbed up this rope, suspended all the time, in defiance of gravity, with the lower end at least five feet from th© ground. And in proportion as he climbed up it seemed as if the rope was lengthening out indefinitely above him and disappearing beneath him, for he kept on climbing till he was fairly out of sight, and the last I could distinguish was; his white turban and a piece of this never ending rope. Then my eyes could endure the glare of the sky no longer,, and wheni I looked again he was gone.

THE ASHBUfttUA GUAftDIAK: SATUBDAY, APBIL J4, 18fr4.



Business Notices. Special Prices for this Month AT G. J. Neill and 00/s THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN ASHBURTON FOR r>JtC.£UL»iaiOT, CLUTHIMG, AND BOOTS, Long Lace Curtains Is 9d pair Double Width Dress Goods 9|d Cretonne old Dress Goods 3s lid doz Double bed' White Twill Sheeting 9|d J^arge Turkish Towels B|d Grey Calico 2s 3d dvz. Women's Ribbed Hose tSd pair Cotton Shirting, veryfstrong 3|d Double-bed Quilts 3a Ud each trong Ticking s£d Heav Fcrfar 6£d CLO THIN C*. CJJLOXiIIN &, Boys 1 Tweed Suits 3s lid Men'a Shirts at any price , Men's Tweed Trousers 103 6d now 6a lid Men's Merino Socks only bd pair Men's Colonial. Tweed Suits only 19a 6d Men's Ties at half price. Men s New Zealand Tweed Suits 39s 6d Men's Colonial-knit Woollen Socks only how 29s 6d - 9£dpair J3OO rJCS. BOOTS. In Boots we defy competition, all our Boots are made specially to our>rder. We guarantee every pair to give satisfaction* Women's Elastic-side Boots 8s 6d, now Men's Balmoral Boots 10s 6d, now 7s lid g a na Men's Bluchers 5s Women s Kid Shoes 7s lid, now 5s lid Men's Nailed Shooters 10a 6d, now s lid Women's Leather Shoes 7s 6d, now 5a lid Women's Carpet Slippers Is 6d Children's Paten!) Leather Shoes and Slippers in Endless Variety at G. J. NEILL AND COS, FRIEDLA^DER'S PORKER TERMS CASH. By Royal vCCw Letters Patent, JOSEPH FORDS Scour and Lung Worm Mixture. THE RENOWNED SBEEP MEDICINES. BOTHILL* WATSON & CO, Offices, Esk Street Warehouse Railway. Inveroargill. NZ. 6fch March We have been selling Ford's Lung Worm Mixture fo# the past four years, and during that period have not had a single complaint. ' On the contrary everyone we have asked have exprassed themselves pleased with the results obtained from its use. Yours faithfully, Tothill, Wafcson Co. From WKIGHT STEPHEN SON, & CO, High Street, Dunedin. g> Although we have acted as agents for Ford's Scour and Lung Worm Mixture for the last two years and have supplied sheep breeders regularly dv ng 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. Youw truly, Wright, Stephenson and 00. j MR F FKiaiMAN, Ashburtou June 12, 1893. As the mixture appears to be steadily growing in favor hero, it might be as well to | send another few cases as some of the Jfuna are now buying a case at a time.—Yours For ths Marlborough Farmers' Co-Operative Association, Limited, E MBAO, &b»<Mg?r. The United Farmers' Alliance, Limited, Wellington, Branches: Wanganuij Palmerston North. February 2, 1894. | We have h*d no complaints from those who have usad the mixture, so c<*naot but i conclude that it has given aatisfaction.-Yours (*M|«Jly. C. D MULLINS, General Manager. Important Business Announcement. ■r^^j^^P^m^p^j^w^^^^^^^^^^^^a in Ashburton for Ch^ap and Substantial '^^Mi7i^^^^M^^^^oM^^^^^ Furniture is T. H. UNDRILL & CO.'S, Tancred street. These who are about to JIH furnish can be supplied to suit their means. ffgjgSPlfij m^^^=^ >-^Mmfil^i c ftrß also mallufacturers °f High-class and M' 1 Sfmii known, and we use nothing but. the Best $|jyS \W<HM^^^^nl^mm^m^M raafe"a'- Fani*y needlework mounted tf> i i | Sf* ariV es^Bn- v^e nave *lso» large stock of aM&^KS^^^S Isoi etc«» *n g^at variety and at prieea to suit



DOLLAR CJOAHETIM—^'IIOB* Amer cm Tobacco.— HtteM ZASMrt, Wholesale Agent _____^-~.-^-^— Li KM.TH TKa. i« frea the | I J tannin so prevalent id other teas. It is recommended by the Medical Faculty in the Untied rungdora and Australia Ail Growra keep it. THE REASON WHY CRAIOHEAD ANO BERRYMAN AJIE the. L"a ling Tailors and Outfitters in Ashbiutoft— BECAUSE They kaep the Largest Stock of Fashionable Tailor in" Goods. BEOAUSK They employ the Largest , Number of First Class . T iWh. BECAUSE They dotbe (-argeat Tailor jny Business. BECAUSE They giv« .he Besc Value, Fit, and Workmanship BECAUSE Tfaetr Motto is — OBAIGHEAD FBE RKYMAN, 3?HK L!S J3ING TAILOIU AND OUT ; FITTKR3, ASHBURTON . premises froi't ing fc»pt rtir«*et, lately occupied by «Tr A. J. V^»lker, cycle expert. T. BULLOCK. "~TINWALr\—fc IOE S5 \LK, Section No. W, w^jii eituated id Archibald Street, no. for from the R«i!w«y Station, with tquare built d"»fi)Uii^ thor«".n, Stab'e, Shed, etc. Price, £ISO. bumtl cash deposit, balance j by instalraentK, twaiina in^eiest at the I rate of 7 per -oefit P*r , BULLUCIi. J



tfhpre ar ifflltitoiia df KilCalypti" fixtrant in the market now, products nfs mple riisMliation forming rlt Id r^si'inui? Oils 111 order thiit th"Be cfudri nils til <y ndt bo t- ken, OtTH PtJan VotvATtLE fIuDALTf-i't BXTliAtitf, whic is reeosrnised by the medical division df ihe Prussiiu <Jov«Tnnle»>t to be of per fectly pUfe origin, as their information foi'war'ied to us through the Consul 81 Melbourne, March 2, iB7B v. c sf tte : - I i? proved by tests by the Medical Clinic« of I tin Uutv r4t(es at Bonn an? GdefsWal-, P.u«sia- a&i reporte •by Dr Schu!z, Profe jsor of Pafmieology. Ht Ron, and Profos=or Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Greifswald, that only product* that lira satnrated with ovygen and freed of a (lids,resinoCß and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develops the sanative qualities proper to the plant according to these authorities, and according to Kro fcasor I)r Lit-ter of England, and to Bra Bauer, i M<>lntire, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America, is the only I extract corresponding to scientific tests, and the mly one which possesses the proper therapeutic val-ie. Sander & Son's Eucalypti Extract AH other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentiups, which h • ye, when used as medicine, no ' therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal medicament. Tha-o so called Eucalypti Extracts ' wh'ch may have received distinction at I-xbibitions as commerci-1 articles »re used for mechanical pur poses are O"ly discernible:— 1 By their deficiency In pungent odour (which our pr duot. the only genuine Eucalypti Extracts de velove3 msst freely through its surplus of oxygen) By their alcoholic thiu\ and mobile appearance, being recuced in spec'nc density through the presence of acids 8 By their taste, the re=ult of the contracting ten dency of re-ins and tennates. i X the*e nu<j.eoil*, so called eucalypti extracts are applied by mistake In cases it croup, bronchitis, diph theria, internal infanwj.ationß, dysentery, wounds, the consequences nre appalllDg Fors,ife-y always ask for Sandhh and son's Edcat.yp'w Extract and get the old, well-tes'ed an I reliable preparation.-Sand hurst, Victoria, Australia. SANDER AND SON'S, BE \LTH TEA is more economical than ordinary tea. It undergoes a process whereby the injurious ingre dients are eliminated, whilst it renders i the release cf the better properties of the j !eif more ea«y. Henry Zander, Autho rised Agent . " TINWALD. F' 3R SAT.E Three Sectiona, well situated, Ccrner of Jane and McMuwto streets, numbered 50, 51 and , 58 aß' to"'OfFOyTBIWWB



Wanted \ITANTED, young girl as general v v servant, must be able to do plain cooking, washing put out.—Apply Mrs Segess. 4J69 U^¥IS~T~CHURqH, To-Morrow" -*-* Morning 11 ; Evening 6 30. Preacher —Mr Biddlbstonb, Chrisfc church. Sunday April 22, Oddfellows' Hall, Key A. Ager. 3 73 t,i ESLJSy AN Church servic. s —Morn» *' * ing, Rev T. G. Brooke. Evening, Rev C. Abernethy. Devotional meetim? at 10.15 am. 4 77 LOST from paddock in Burnett street, next Presbytery, Chesfcnub Mare and Roan or Steel Grey Ma^e. Finder kindly communuutQ with R«v Fathtr O'Dounell orE. J. Paul, Burnet street. 4 78 pRIM iTf VJKGhuroh To-Morrow. ■*■ Preacher, Rev. Jameß Cocker. Subjects—Morning. David's love for God's House ; Evening, David's Sin. 4 80 WANTED, to Rent Paddock from 13 to 30 Acres, within four miles from town. David Sioh, Central Hotel, Ashburton. 4*68 I^l7 ANTED Known. — Ladies are T T invited to inspect the Novelties in our Dress Department and iShow Room without being pressed to buy.—Mitchell and Turner. OT ANTED Known—All goods in Show v ~ Room to be slaughtered at any price.—Arcade Bouse. 4 28 WANTED Known. — For Millinery, Mantles, Jackets. Ulsters, and Macintoshes, Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, try Mitchell <& Tubnek. 0 EVIE W of Reviews for March, bound -*-*' volume in ; The Kingdom of God iis waiting you ; Tolstoi, and other new books.—H. M. Jones. f^iA THO L 1 C Prayers, "Prayer V^ Hymns, Bibles, in various styles and bindings.—H. M. Jones. 8 ALE at Melford Bouse still on until further notice.—H, O. Segers. WANTED Known.—Cheviots, Hop sacks, Diagonals, Fast Dye Serges, Tw,eeds and Fancy Dresses, &o, with Trimmings to match at Mitchell and Turnbk'h. WANTED Known-L W Pants 3s lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d, Worsted Socks 6*d per pair.—Arcade House 425 , 1 F you want first-class fruit go to Adams •*• for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. OYSTERS and Fresh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Co.'s Shop, Burnett street Ashburton 2 62 WANTED Known—The whole of th? stock to be sacrificed by order of the Parchaser, Arcade House. 4 2t> (CRUSHED Oats, 5i per sack. Al J kinds of Farm and Mill Produce cheap for cash.—J. Thomas, Havelock street. YISITthe Sale. Trimmed Millinery going at any price. Ladies' Under cl 'thing reduced to 20 per cent. belov» cost,—Arcade House. 4 64 bmED. S. JErPRISa, Manufaocur- I? ir.g Confectioner, has opened a Shop in East street, next "The Corner,' for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery. Nothijg inferior Bcld. No cheap cigarettes. 3§114 O ALE now on—White Calico 2* lid per dozsn, Towels 2->6a per dozen, Lace, Curtains, tom li lid per p*ir, ai: A read o House. . 4:27 WHAT is moat essential to a tea drinkgr's happiness* Why, Health Tea, and don't you forget it. Henry Zander, Wholesale Agen* DON'T wash ycuraelf. Titan Soap does the work. No rubbing. No machines. 1 182 TEN Cratea—New goods from the manufacturers in R. Alcorn's sale. Tea sets for six persons, 9* 6d ; 40 piece Tea Seta frcm 15a ; Bedroom Sets from Bs. Large coloured hand or gilt, very handsome 19j 6d. \ l TANTED Known~W. H. Collier's W noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have just arrived in a 1 siz°s. rgYHERE is only one quality of Health 1 Tea and that is the best. Ask your grocer for it, and see that you get it.— Uenkv Zander. Wholesale Agent' ipXTKKSION of Sale afc Melford -" House, We are still selling nearly all ourGoodp, with New Stock added, at reduced prices.—H. C Seghhs, WANTED Known. — Embroideries from Id a yard, Cordets 3s lid,, ladies' Ulstera fmm4s lid, Ladies' Glr-ves four pair for I*, Kid Glovea four buf^ons Is 6d — Arcade House. 63 WANTED Known—To make room for Spring Boota I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs dene ab once i cheaper than evel to stay b*d times over at J. Moison's, Premier Bootmaker. "TT/ ANTED Known—The Corner is W showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H, Collier. WANTED Known— Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. S&LEfc's, Optician.. BAN(i 1 Bang i n»ii K 1 My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Cluo Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Oases and aU Roortinj? materials of the first quality at J. W. Haroley's, Gun Emporium. NOTICE i Notice I Sport for all. Guns let out on hire or sold on tims payments. Kevins? a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns ot any description. Gun fittinas ia stock. Prices low.—J. W. Haudley, Ironmonger, etc. MRS ALCOaN has on sale for he Holidays a varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goods, and Christrnis Presents—Saunders Buildings. BOYS' three garment long trouser Suits for 10;!. Men's Colonial maie nailed Shooter Boots at 7s 6J per i pair at R. alcokn's sale, Ashburton j Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. 1115 MR John Marsden, of the Railway Bookstall, has opened a Book and StH,' ioner's Shop two doors below Mitchell and Turner. Books and Stationery at the lowest possible prices. Books clean, complete, and in good order will be taken in exchange. Circulating Hbt^ry. H «ASTER CVds, and Booklets, Fire Screen*, Pictures. Glass Ornaments, Christmas Caids, Oicket and Lawn Tennis Material, Photo Albums, m& Frames, and hundreds of other articles are to be aold at a great sacrifice for Cash during this month onJy at L. F, Anprkvves & Co* Stationers 1 Hall,



WATCHES, Clocks, etc., (all guaran.' teed) at wholesale cost for one: month only. Now's your time. —Loms- den's. 3 219 ■ WANTED Known.—ln consequence of the scarcity of money, we have extended our Sale till further notice. — H. C. Segers, Melford House. / HOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, ' J Own make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing. Aprons, and Pinafores.— Mrs Alcoen, Saunders' Buildings. NO more indigestion ; no mure nervous ness from indulging in too much I ea drinking, for those who drink " Health Tea." One trial will convince you.— Henry Zander, Authorised Agent. WANTED Known — Men's strong Tweed Suits from 16* 6d; shirts from 2s 6d.—Arcade House. 4 24 WANTED Known. — Men's Tweed Suits 15s 6d, Men's Tweed Trousers 7s lid, Mens' Strong Flannellette Shirts 2s 6d, Mens' and Boys' Boots and Shoes greatly reduced.—Arcade House. 465 r*\ UNS ! Guns ! Gunß ! My new atoek VX of Guns just to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single I Barrel Breech Loaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W, Hardley's Sporting Repository.



Special Consignment ryIRECT from the Manufacturers, LADIES' GOLD RINGS, GOLD BROOCHES, GOLD BANGLES, In plain Gold, and set with Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires and Pearls. A large and very choice stock of newest designs juet received— Bought for Cash, DIRECT FROM TFK MANUFACTURER in England at a liberal discount, will be ofteied at TWENTY PER CENT LOWER than usual prices by 8. Salek, WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER, ASHBURTON. NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. TO those looking about for a good Waterproof Coat for the Winter. CALL AT THE FACTORY IN EAST STREET. KLEOT YOUR OWN PATrERN. OVER 100 TO CHOOSE FROM. No perished goods in stock. All sewn seams. Waterproof Coats with Cape Waterproof Coat Macfarlane i Waterproof Fishing Outfit Waterproof Shooting Cape Waterproof Waders Waterproof Riding Aprons Waterproof Ponchos Waterproof Bbycle Capes. SPECIAL. SPECIAL. SPECIAL LADIES' WATERPROOFS LADIES WATERPROOFS LADIES' WATERPROOFS MADE TO MEASURE. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FAGTOPY AND WATERPR' OF MANFACTURERS ALEX. HEN DRY, Manager.



"Cr EALTH »TpBA. Wandering afar ocr Australasia seas ; Sighing in softness, murmuring in air, Comes the desire for Health imparting Teas, Fragrant: in flavor, with aroma rare, Afc last! afc last! the breezes murnror, Is found the Tea is well-named "Health," And Connoisseurs declare in accents firnne* This tea contains within itself a priceless wealth. The daintiest leaf by cleanjieafc arta pr© served, Blended with flavor that on the taste ne'er palls. •« Health Tea " haa won the pride of place deserved, Is drunk in cottage homes and palace halls HEALTH TEI HEALTH TEA Health 'lea " cures indigestion. Otjjer teas cause it. 80



DOLLAR CIGARETTES - 3d. No holders or photos. —Hbnby Zanuer, Whole* sale agoofc.