Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1894. CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.

Mr A. H. Hogg, M.H.R. for Master ton, along with Mr A. K. Bunny, last Wednesday interviewed the Under secretary for Justice, to represent the expediency of conferring criminal juris diction upon the District Judge at Masterton. They pointed out that this wou'd relieve the pressure of the work now entailed upon the Supreme Oourfc, would save the expense and in convenience of bringing witnesses to Wellington, and would also afford larger facilities for defence to accused persons, as the Grown does not under take to defray the travelling expenses of witnesses for the defence. Mr Haseldea promised to ascertain what proportion of criminal cases carae from the Wairarapa district during last year, and to see whether on economic grounds the proposal submitted to him was a good one. We fancy it would be a wise thing on the part of the Justice Department to confer criminal juris diction upon Judge Ward sitting in the District Oourfc at Ashburton. Only this week a case occurred in which a young man was accused of having stolen £12 10s from a fellow workman at Waterton. Supposing his guilt, for the sake of argument, he annexed just £2 10s too much. Had the amount in question been under £10, the Justices of the Peace who made the Magisterial enquiry, could have dealt with the lad summarily, and finding him guilty could have disposed of the case in such manner as to their minds would have met the ends of justice. As it is the accused, with all the wit nesses to be examined, will have to be conveyed to Ohristchurch, fifty-three miles away, to give evidence at the Supreme Court. Had Judge Ward held criminal jurisdiction, this case would have been dealt with at the next sitting of the District Court, and all the railway travelling in the case would have been saved, and much of the time that has to be wasted hanging about the Supreme Court buildings waiting for the case to come on. Ash burton contributes only a few cases to the Supreme Court, —that is to say, in the past this county has had no notoriety for serious crime, and all the oases that have taken their rise here, and been sent to the Supreme Court from Ashburton, could very well have been heaid by the District Judge, than whom the colony has no abler on the bench. Of late

years Judge Ward's work in the Ashburton Court has been confined to bankruptcy business, and a few un important civil cases, and he might just as well take charge of the criminal 1 cases arising in the district, most of which have been of a very common order, and sent to the Supreme Court simply because the value of the goods stolen was beyond the amount of the inferior Court's jurisdiction, and only in a very few cases was the nature of the crime such that Justices of the Peace would not care to assume the responsibility of hearing. The District Judge could be very well made use of in such cases, and as he sits every two months, while the Supreme Court sits quarterly, a saving of time in this connection would also be effected.

THE ONEHUNGA MAYOR

Several of our contemporaries appear to fancy that the lady whom the Borough of Onehunga has chosen as Mayor is not a success in her official capacity. So little intelligence reaches us as to matters municipal in One hunga that we hardly feel ourselves in a position to judge of the success or otherwise of Dame Yates in the Mayor*! chair, and only such items of news filter their way to us, as affect the Mayor herself. From what we can gather the personnel of the Onehunga I Borough includes the usual element of verbosity in a very large degree. One .hungais no worse off in this respect than most other Borough Councils. The time was when Ashburton had several coun cillors who could and did talk with " a forty-parson power," but their likeness to parsons, or their talk to parson talk, unfortunately ceased at that. A mayor of the Yates stamp, who could and would set a limit to the cacoethes loquendi of members, and unflinchingly apply the cloture after the limit had been reached, would have been a God send to the council in those days. We have known Ashburton councillors who could show a record of twenty-five speeches in one debate, but he would have been a keener reader than any other man who could have in any or all of the twenty five deliverances, found one idea contributed to the sub ject| one single sentence that would not have been a far greater help to the debate had it been left unsaid. "Well do we remember one wordy member, the washy flood of whose eloquence used to flow on for an hour at a time, his arms going like a pump handle the while, as making a spring of the toes of his right foot, his body rose and fell in cadence to his sentences, and made one fancy he had taken a lessen in elocution from a street preacher That orator could have spoken for a month and said nothing. Some coun cillors are corarnendably full of the importance of being a councillor, and never address the chair except in good set phrase, rising to do so with becom ing dignity. Others keep up a running commentary on every speech made, and sandwich their own chatter be tween the remarks made by every other member. Such councillors as these would be made short work of by the Major of Onehunga She would bring them up with a round turn every time, and make them " sit up." And small blame to her either. When busi ness men devote their time to the service of their townsmen in the con duct of local affairs, it is not for parrot- Hke chatterers to waste that time in weak jokes, speeches made in the hope that the reporters will print them, or inconsequent remarks that only hinder business. A firm Mayor can bring a discussion to the sticking point with wonderful alacrity, while an easy going one only allows it to maunder on 5 and is astonished to find that bed time has arrived with little or nothing done. The Ashburton Council used to have long sittings. An hour and a half suffices now to •' strike ile," and the business done is just as useful— far more so indeed—than when the re porter had to sit fir into the night listening to speeches that were

" As a tale told by an idiot, Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.' Dame Yates has chosen the better part, and is only doing what hundreds of men who have held the Mayoral chairs in other parts of the colony should have done when their Councils were in session. She objects to sitting till midnight, listening to empty speeches, and she limits all speeches, full or empty, to five minutes. Her example may very well be followed in many Councils throughout this colony, and judging from a leader in the lf Timaru Herald " of yesterday, a Mayor Yates would be an acquisition to the civic parliament of the Breakwater City. Thus the " Herald "—We are strong advocates for peace and quietness, but occasionally they are not attainable except through war. In some way or other Councillor Burford must be sat on—a stop put to him. He is, of course sane and sober, but that only makes the case against him worse, If he were a lunatic the certificate of two doctors could be obtained, and he could be sent to Sunnyside ; If he were given to drinking, the Chief Templar might take him in hand. But we are given to undetstand that he is a total abstainer, and in that condition, and with all his wits (such as they are) abo'tthiru, he washes himself thoroughly puts on his Sunday go-to-meeting clothes, carefully brushes his hair, and then proceeds to the Council Chamber and raises Gain. We only wish for the credit of the borough that Councillor Houston would " try it" on the next occasion that such, interven tion appears necessary; then, if His Worship the Mayor chipped in gaily,

their united efforts, though possibly productive of some Police Court ex planations, could not fail to have a salutary effect upon Councillor Bur ford's future official proceedings. Per haps the rowdy and belligerent Bur f ordU^Pght be restrained were he under thenmeek eyes of a Mayor in petticoats, and he might think twice before saying in such a presence " You won't put me out, I can tell yr»u." A.s far as we can see the " Missus," as one Councillor called her, is getting along very well as Mayor of the little township, and at any rate she cannot be found fault with for turning the closure tap, and shutting up men whose " gas " is only a waste of time. At any rate she is a woman of pluck and decision, qualities ' that always command respect, and if she can manage to keep her civic team as well in hand as the regulations she [ lays down for the conduct of debate would indicate, it will be no matter for astonishment to hear of her election for a second term.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A " professional rabbiter " appears on the Wairarapa electoral roll. Immense losses of stock have taken place in Queensland through drought. In the central district only about half the usual number of sheep will be shorn this year. When arrangements have been made for the lighting of the whole of Melbourne the estimated saving as between electricity and gas will be approximately £23000 per annum. Ifc has been decided to bore for coal in the neighbourhood of Sanford, in the western district of Victoria, where there are geological indications of the presence of black dia monds. The South Australian Government have arranged for the Conservator of Water to visit the village settlements lately formed, and lend his assistance to settlers in making provisions for water supply. The Adelaide Board of Health has decided to order the unemployed in camp on the banks of the Torrens to go off the park lands, as they are living without the slightest regard to health and decency. The anniversary services in connection with the Baptist Church are to be held in the Oddfellows' Hall to-morrow. The subject for the afternoon is to be " The influence of music," and during the service Mrs Claridge will give a solo on the pianoforte. To-day a strong southerly gale has been blowing at Christchurch, and it has been ' raining heavily. The weather was bitterly cold, and as a consequence the polo sports and the cricket match, Canterbury v Hawke's Bay, wera postponed, the latter till Monday. Ashburton weather experience was similar. Robert Pender and George Almou Macßreth were committed to Sunnyside Lunatic Asylum on Friday—one on the certificate of Drs Leahy and Hunter, and the other on those of ]Jrs Tweed and Trevor. Messrs Alcorn and Harrison were on the bench. Quicksilver in globules has been found in a slatey stone in the Jamieson district, about 16 miles from Melbourne. The Government geologist is going to report. The ground is said to be promising, and if the yield is good it means a considerable benefit to miners. A farmer went into a city store and asked the proprietor if he wanted to buy some freah butter. I'he merchant told him that he would ask his wife, and talked to her a few seconds through the telephone, then turning to the countryman, who was stand* ing with his hands in his pockets, his eyes stretched, with his face very led, he told him that his wife would not need any butter. The f indignant countryman blurted out : " Look 1 here, mister; if you didn't want any butter why didn't you say so 1 I ain't such a gol darned fool as to think that you've got your wife shut up in that litth box." And he went out, leaving the merchant speeches. No fewer than 183 polling places have been dispensed with throughout the colony since the general parliamenary election. These polling places were not considered necessary for the licensing election. It was suggested in certain quarters that as Elgin was so near town a booth might be saved thore. As it happened some Elgin people who came to town to see what was going on on polling day, and fancied they could vote at the Courthouse, not only could not vote there owing to the crush, but when they got back to Elgin, found that booth rushed by town voters who saw they would have no chance to vote in town. Two-thirds of the voters at Elgin were overflow from town, and without that both in the country, over a hundred town votes would have gone un recorded. About three o'clock yesterday afternoon a man named John Pearce, working at Mr Gordon Holmes' threshing machine at Somerton, met with an accident, resulting in a severely fractured leg. For the purpose of trying an engine belt which had jusfc been mended, he started the machine, not noticing that his feet were in the bight of another belt which lay with one end on the spindle wheeh The result was that on the wheels being set in motion Pearce was caught by the belt and his leg was taken several timea round the spindle wheel. Luckily there had only been sufficient steam to set the machine going, and the man's body after a few revolutions stopped it altogether, and he succeeded in reaching his pocket, and secur ing his knife, with which he cut the belt and was freed from his awkward and painful position. By the evening train he was con veyed from B.akaia station to Ashburton, and thence to the hospital, where it was found that his leg was badly broken jusb above the knee. Dr. Trevor was in attend ance. A committee meeting of the Ashburton Football Club was held on Friday evening in Mr A. A. Fooks' Arcade office. Present- Messrs J. Wilson (chairman), H. Stewart, T. Pauling, A. Pritchard, J. Burns, D. T 1 Todd, and R. Upton. A large amount o* correspondence was read and dealt with. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Major Steward, and Messrs D. Thomas, P. H. Cox F. Friedlander, and A. Harrison for their offers of assistance and donations to the funds. Second Fifteen matches against j Dunsandel (at Dunsandel) and Christ's College (at Ashbuston) for April 21 and May 2 were agreed upon. With regard to the Rakaia and Southbridge matches the Secre tary was instructed to arrange for the forme'" to play the Second at Ashburton on April 11, and the latter to meet the Ashburton Second at Rakaia on April 18. Several other matches were reported as being in the course of arrangement. Mr E. Healey'a name was added to the list of referees re commended to the C.R.U. The Secretary was instructed to arrance for the printing of the rules. Messrs L* Andrews, R. Morgan and L. Baker were elected members of the club. It was resolved to open the season on Wednesday, April 4, instead of the 11th as previously agreed upon,

The Silver Question.

Washington, March Ad. Senator Stewart has introduced a Bill providing for the free and un limited coinage of silver. March 30 The President's message declares the Seigniorage Bill a dangerous measure, likely to revive the financial crisis. He believes it would be safe to coin seigniorage silver if the Government were granted wider powers to issue bonds in order to protect the gold ■ reserve.

Meeting of the Emperors.

Vienna, March 29. The Emperors of Austria and Ger many had a cordial meeting at Abbazia on the Adriatic. The monarchs twice exchanged embraces in the presence of dense crowds. Caprivi and Shouvaloft will attend the interview between the Emperors of Germany and Austria on board a yacht in the Adriatic. Rome, March 29. The Emperors of Germany and Austria have thanked the Pope for his Encyclical letter to the Poles.

The Licensing Elections.

Invbboaxgill, March 30. It is reported that steps will be taken to upset the local option poll for Inver* oargill, on the ground of irregularities.

THE RANGITATA ELECTION.

In response to requests from several subscribers in the ABhburton portion tf the Kangitaca electorate, we publish details of the voting at the several polling booths, both for Licensing Committee and on the local option question. It will be seen that at all the booths on the Aahbur ton side there was a very strong tem perance vote. On the other side the bulk of the poll was in favor of no change :— 10CA.lt OPTION.

CABLE ITEMS.

Herr Bebel says his German breth ren will support the claims of the Austrian Socialists for universal suffrage A mob in Texas placed an innocent negreas accused of murder in a spiked barrel, and after closing the ends rolled her down a hill until she died. The New Zealand loan conversion operations are proceeding well. A. quarter of million's worth of bonds have so far been operated on. j The Dock Companies' experiment upon the discharge of meat direct in frozen stores has been a success. The Nairnshire's cargo was unloaded in two days and a half. After three days' bitter wrangling the shareholders of " Freeman's Jour nal" Company supported Mr Sextoa against Messrs Healey and Dillon, who lost their seats on the directorate. The United States Government has requested Great Britain to legalise the award in the Behring Sea arbitration case immediately. Sir Charles Russell is drafting a Bill for the purpose. Mr J. H. Hogan, M.P., writing in the " Westminster Review," says th& people in the colonies are indignant at the treatment meted out to Captain Carpenter, of the barque Costa Rica Packet, by the Dutch authorities, and they expect the Imperial Government to exact payment of exemplary com pensation as an act of plain duty. The Sydney full Court on Friday delivered an important decision, hold* ing that a prisoner who had been con victed twice of the same offence should be discharged. The prisoner's first conviction had been quashed on the ground that evidence had been allowed which was inadmissible, nevertheless on a second trial he was again con victed The Chief Justice differed from the view taken by the rest of the Court, and argued that the second conviction should hold good.

Mr Huddart's Scheme

Lovdok, March 30. Mr Ruddart is arranging with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to erect cold stores at Vancouver. The Colonial Party will urge the Premier to subsidise the Pacific cable and mails.

Plot Against the Queen.

Paris, March 29. The French press report that a plot was discovered to wreck Queen Vic toria's train during her recent journey to Florence.

Medical Congress.

Rome, March 30 * The King of Italy opened the Medi cal Congress yesterday. The ceremony was of a brilliant character.

SHIPWRECK.

Sydney, March 29. The crew of the Norwegian barque Strusa have arrived here. The vessel, which was of wood, was bound from Natal to Tonga to load copra. She struck on a rock at Wallace Island, hung upon it some time, and then capsized, and drifting on a sand bank broke up. The crew were hospitably treated by the natives.

The Strap.

The North Canterbury Education Board on Thursday approved of a circular for the guidance of School Committees and teachers respecting the use of the trap for the punishment of children. After stat ing the regulation of the Board previously passed, the circular specified that the strap be not lesa than l£in wide, and that it shall not exceed £in id thickness, 25in in length and foz ia weight. The in structions then proceed—'* Subject to the above limitations, teachers can select their own straps, but it must be clearly under stood that as regards weight and thick' ness the dimensions stated represent) a maximum. A strap of such size maybe employed only upon the older boys, and when the infliction of severe punishment is necessary. For ordinary purposes, and in the case of younger boys and girls,' a much lighter strap must be used. The Board expects teachers to exercise dis cretion in the matter. The use of an unnecessarily heavy strap will be a breach of the regulation which requires teachers to inflict corporal punishment with great care and moderation ; and in the event of any undue severity, the fact of the Board's allowing a heavy strap to be used when needed will not save a teacher from the consequences." The Board does nob purpose to provide straps. They will probable become an item of incidental expenditure. In the Wellington Boards new regu lations occurs the following clause on the subject of corporal punishment ;—" Cor poral punishment shall nut be inflicted except in extreme c*ses, and only by the head teacher or teacher in charge of a school, and the teacher must keep a record in the school log book of the time and place at which pupilb were corporally chastised, the amount of such punishment, and the nature of the offence. The instrument to be used shall be a leather strap, commonly called a tawae. The end by which the punishment is inflicted shall be divided into not less than five stripes. Corporal punishment of girls is absolutely prohibited.'*

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Wanted. H" """a R V E~S T Thanksgiving bervioes will be held in St. Stephen's Church, on Sunday. Anthems and special Hymns. 3 237 WESLEYAN Church. Baring Square, To Monow—ll, Rev S. Lawry ("The Gr, at End of Christian Touching) ; 6 30, Mr McLaren. 3 239 FOR SALE—Birst-c'ass Harness Mare and Double-seated Buggy. Apply to Rev S. Lawry. 3 240 PRIMITIVE cTuroh To-morro^ *- Preacher: Rev James Cocker, Morning and Evening. Evening Subject: "David at Saul's Court." 3 235 l^iOß SALE—Two quarter-acre Sections ■*- on South-east Belt, Wakanui Road. Price—£l4 each. Also—Hal f-acre with can-too Cottage (opposite Mr Bn ker's, Trevorton). Price—£32. Apply to Mr J. Heseltine, Saddler, or Mr Henry Lockett, Trevorton. 3 228 A IIALEIGH Racer, £20 cash; a bargain. A Raleigh Bicycle, £25, landed cost.—H. M. Jones. LUST from my slaughteryard one Ked Polled Cow, fat. Finder rewarded in communicating with E. E. Talker, Butcher, East street. 3§227 WATCHES, Clocks, etc., (all guarau teed) at wholesale cost for one month only. Now'e your time.—Lums den's. 3 219 WHY grumble about the price ot Bread and Meat when you can get 501b best Roller Fiour for 4s and good Fresh Butter at 6d per lb at R. Algorn's sale. Saunders Buildings. 3 116 YpRED. S. JEFFRIES, Manufactur- JJ ing Confectioner, has opened a Shop in East street, nexc "The Corner," for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery. Nothing inferior sold. No cheap cigarettes. 3§114 /"CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, \_J Own make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing. Aprons, and Pinafores.— Mrs Alcorn, Saunders' Buildings. SALE at Melford House still on until further notice.—H. O. Seders. ri* ANTED—Buyers for High-class VV English Oyolee, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Safoties, light and rigid, reliable pneumatic tyres. Low price; caah.— Walker. 3 15E WAN FED Known—Tomatoes, good ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, etc., at Marsden's Fruit Shop, below Mitchell and Turner's. 2 108 WANTED Known.—ln consequence of the scarcity of money, we have extended our Sa'e till further notice. — H. C. Segers, Melford House. Tl7 ANTED Known.- Men s Heavj •™ Ribbed ail wool Pants 53 6d ; Heavy Knitted bocks, double heels anc toes, Is.—Mitchell and Turner. \\ / ANTED Known—To make rooir V v f or Spring Boots I will give ter per cent for cash. Repairs dene at once cheaper than evei to stay bid times ovei at J. Moiso^s, Premier Bootmaker. IF your mind is troubled : nothing elst will give the trsubles so tlioroughlj away as Health Tea. Try it,—Henri Zant>br, Wholesale Agent. OYsTKRS and Freeh Fifch of all sorti arrive evening per express at Dee{ Sea P'ishiag Co 's Shop, Burnett streei Aehburton 2 65 DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soar does the work. No rubbing. N< machines. 1 18' I BUY and Sell for Cash, therefore ] Sell Oat Sheaf from Is 3d per sack oi £2 2s 6i per ton. J.Thomas, Havelocl street. IF you want first-class fruit go to Auoi! for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydnej Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. V| EDIOAL Coils made and repaiiec ■"-*- on the short esD notice an easj prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder marten• MRS ALCORN has ou sale for h< Holidays a varied assortment o; Toys, Dolls, Fancy Goods, anc Christmas Presents—Saunders Buildings BOYS' three garment long trousei Suits for 10j. Men's Colonia maie nailed Shooter Boots at 7s 6J pei pair ac R. Alcorn's salo, Anhburtov Clothing Mart, Haunders' Buildings. 1 lli WANTED Known—The Corner It showing a magnificent New (Stool nf Drapery and Clothing.—W. Jtl. Collier, rTAVING tried Health Taa anc I ' found it Al, I sell it.—J. Th >m\B ; Produce Dealer, Havelock street, 3 10<; /""^ UNS ! Guns! Guns ! My new stool \JC of Guns just to hand direct fron the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc In spection invited. No old &tock to selecl from at •!. W, Hardley's Sportirg Repository. I^XTENSION of Sale at~Melford -" House. We are Hti'i selling nearlj all our Goods, with New Stock added, al reduced prices.—H. C. Segkks. WANTED Known. —Waterproof Rugl and Aprons, Heavy Trap Rugs from 4s 9J, Heavy Gr»y Blankets 9d 6d — —MnCHELLAND TURNER. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Kyi Protefltors. Gosglfw. Folders and everything in the optical me at S. Silek's, Optician, \\r ANTED Known—W. H. Collier!■ VV noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have just arrived In a'l siz^s. "DANCH Bang i Bang! My new sea ■*-' son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Cluo Cartridges. Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all soortiri!? rnareriaS* of the first quality at J. W. Hardley's, Gun Emporium. WANTED Known.—Waterproofs to measure, alt styles nnd patu-ms. L*te<r' sliHp^H an-i designs in &tock.— Mitchell & Turner. NOTICE 1 Notice! Sport for all. Guns let oub on hire or sold on fcim9 payments. Hs.vin« a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns ot any description. Gun fittinss in st'>ck. Prices low.—/. W. Hardley, Ironmonger, etc. MR John Marsden, of the Railway Bookstall, has opened a Book and Stationer'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 library. [TtASTER Cards, and Booklets, Fire X)J Screens Pictures. Glass Ornaments, Christmas Caids, Cricket 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. Aiwrew£s & Co, stationers' Hall,



i3U&>mess Notices ' FOR WEDDING PRESENTS, BIRTHDAY PRESENTS, AND PRESENTATIONS, PAY a Visit to the Jewellery Establish ment of 8. Salek, WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER, Wheie is to be seen the LARGEST and FINEST PTOOK in the DtatricJ; 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 auit all Sights- NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. rpO those looking about for a good X Waterproof Coat for the Winter. CALL AT THE FACTORY IN EAST STREET. KLECT YOUR OWN PATTERN. OVER 100 TO CHOOSE FROM. No perished goods in stock. All sewn seams. Waterproof Coats with Cape Waterproof Coat Macfarlane Waterproof Fishing Outfit Waterproof Shooting Cape Waterproof Waders Waterproof Riding Aprons Waterproof Ponchos i Waterproof Bteycle Capes. SPECIAL. SPECIAL. SPECIAL LADIES' WATERPROOFS LADIES WATERPROOFS LADIES' WATERPROOFS MADE TO MEASURE. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY AND waterpr- of manfacturers a"lex. hen dry, Manager.



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



DOLLAR CIGARETTES — 3d. No I holders or photos. ■—Hejjry Zander, Whole I 8{»le agent J



fiAIDIIII& Sons Eucalypti EltfttOt There arp imitations of Buoalypti" Extract in tbft market now, products of s'mplo distillation forniini? rude resinous oils. In order that thsse crnde oils m»y not be t»ken, Our Pitrb YohkilLt MvCAhTPtt Extbact, whic 1" is recoenised by the medidal division of ihe Prussian Government to Be of per fectly pure origin, astbeir information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2.1878 we state: - t is proved by tests by the Medical Clinic of Ithe Universities at Bonn and (jrttefinmlr*, Prussia, and reported by Dr Schuiz, Professor of Pamwooloiry at Bon, and Professor Dr Mosfer, Director of the Medical Clinic at Greifswald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of a<-ids, toinocg and other substances, adherent to primary distillation! will develops the sanative qualities proper to the plant according to these authorities, and according to PfcoA fessor Dr Litter of England, and to Drs Bauer, \ Mclntire, Wood, Hs*ard, rtc,, of America, is the only extract corresponding to scientific tests, and the «fly one which possesses th? proper therapeutic valne. Sander & Son's Eucalypti ExtaßAdf All other crude oils are to be classed among th«i turpentines, which h've,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 commercial articles nre used for mechanical put* poses are only discernible:— 1 By their deficiency In pungent odour (Which out product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extracts de« velopes most freely through its surplus of oxygen) By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance. being recuced in specific density through the presence of acids 8 By their taste, the result of the contracting tea* doncy of resins and tennates. If these crnde oils, so called eucalypti extracts are applied by mistake in cbfcs of croup, bronchitis, diphv theria, internal infammations, dysentery, wounds, tha consequences ore appalling For stfe'y always ask for Sandeb and son's Eucalypti Extbact and eet he old, well-tes-ed ami reliable preparation.—Saad hurst, "Victoria, Australia. SANDER AND SON'S.



HEALTH l'K-A. "Delightful, "Wholesome," 'Refreshing," All Grocers, Wholesale a t^unniV