MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the ioiloTmg plaw* as under übject to the necessary alterations :— WEDNESDAY, October 31. For United Kingdom, Continents of Europe and South America, per Takapuna (to connect with R.M.S. Tongariro at Wel lington) (specially addressed letters only), at 6.15 p.m. For the United Kingdon, Continents of Europe and America, and West Indies (vii* San*.Francisco), Sandwich Jslands, etc., and also for Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Takapuna, aa follows : — Ordinary letters. books, and newspapers at 6,15 p.m.; registered letters, 5 p.m; money orders, 3 p.m. Due London December 5.

Ashburton Guardian. MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30,1894. THE ROMANOFFS.

■ ■■■i».-»- Loud Rosebery believeg that the Czar, who is now assumed to be on his death bed, is one of the bulwarks of the peace of Europe, and that were he removed $ue of the strongest guarantees Europe ihas lo,r *he continued reign of the imeekey ( ed divinity T^ould be taken away. Wie have iiotfaiijig to say against iba $zar. ifor'.'a C^ax, *n,4 with Russian history behind 'shim, lie! has behaved very well, and kept well within the bounds of respectability? bat the family he belongs to has a his- Oar® of which no man—Czar or peasant —ihaa a,»y *pason to be proud. It may not perhaps he yath^jjt its interest to have a look at the .Wsior^ of. the Rpmanoflfe, just to see what sor.fc o£ as hoas* was that constjiiutecl itself guardian ,ol ti*e Christian populations j of 'Turkey unspeakable.; Turk^ let 'himself loose, w^t]; all hisj cruel passions blazing with hellish §xc ? upon the poor Bulgarians, The 'jTurks no doubt were bad eno&gh, b&t tfo& Muscovite is no fawn for teudernefi*

when he means to be playful. The founder of the family was an immi grant from Prussia named Andrei jvanovich Kobyla. His fifth son be came a renowned boyar, and his descen dants m the sixth generation adopted the name of Romanoff. One of them, Anastasia, daughter of Koinan, married Ivan the Terrible. This mad devil murdered his eldest son by a blow on the head from an iron staff. Mrs Heroans sings a pietty song m detail ing the Czar's feelings after he had done the deed, but the song is more a credit to the kind heart of the poetess than a truthful picture of the feeling of snch a brute as Jvan. In January 1570 he attended divine service with his troops m the Cathedral at Nov gorod. On a given signal from the Czar, the Archbishop was seized and cast into prison, his palace pillaged, and his city—his own city—was given over to be sacked. Men, women, and children were flung into the Volkhof, and the ferocious monster caused his retainers to ride along both banks of the river to prevent the escape of his victims. The carnage and pillage lasted five weeks ! In 1584 Ivan the Terrible died suddenly. Into the throne vacated by a man mad with the worst passions of the wild beast, stepped his son Feodor, who was nearly an idiot, but who was married to Irina Godunof, whose brother Boris became virtually ruler of the country. On the death of the soft-headed Feodor, his widow went into a monastery. Her only daughter had died m infancy, and her brother had procured the assassination ojf. three other persons who stood between'him and the throne. This brother was elected Czar by the great Council of Boyars (or nobles), and by the digni taries of the church, who supported him to a man. He died suddenly—by poison, it is believed—in 1605, and was succeeded by his son Feodor, who was killed, as well as his mother, a very short time afterwards, by the partisans of a pretender, known m history as the false Demetrius, who professed to be a sou of Ivan the Terrible, and was re cognised as such much as old Lady Tichborne recognised Arthur Orton, the claimant to the Tichborne estates. Demetrius was crowned Czar; but assassinated m due time, and buried m the "Strangers' Field," from which, however, the corpse was disinterred by the furious people, who burnt it to ashes, mixed them with gunpowder, and fired them from a cannon m the direction of the road by which he had entered Moscow. He was succeeded by Vassily Shorusky, chosen by the rabble of Moscow, and erentually de throned and forced into a monastery. Ladislas, son of the King of Poland, was the next Czar, but was opposed by the church on the ground of his being a latin Catholic. He was cast out, and was replaced by Michael Romanoff, a lineal descendant of the before named Prussian emigrant. His grand son, Peter the Great, founded St Petersburg, and commenced that policy of conquest and territorial aggrandise ment which has never ceased from his own time until this. He murdered his eldest son ; and married Catherine, the wife of a Swedish dragoon, who bad been the mistress of two of his generals. Before his marriage with her, and while her own husband and Peter's first wife were still alive, the Czar had two daughters by her —Anne and Eliza beth. Another of his mistresses, an Englishwoman named Hamilton, killed the child she had by him, and was exe cuted for the crime. Peter accused his first wife, Eudoxia Lapukhin, of im proper conduct with Glebof, and then caused him to be impaled. The Czar attended the execution personally, for the purpose of enjoying hu tortures and of insulting him, when Glebof spat m his face. In consequence of an in trigue between Catherine and M. de la Croix, Peter had the latter beheaded, and led Catherine the next day to see the corpse of her lover. At the Czar's death, he was succeeded by his grand son, Peter the Second, who was de posed. He was followed by the Czarina Anne, who took up with Biren, the grandson of a Courlandish groom ; and he became virtually sovereign of Russia. Her successor, Ivan the Sixth, was deposed, shut up m a dun geon for eighteen years, and murdered m 1762. Then came Elizabeth, who transformed her palace into a brothel, and whose abominable life will not bear describing. She was followed by Peter the Third, who was deposed a few months afterwards, and strangled by Prince Orloff. His widow, Cathe rine the Second, succeeded to the throne, and had two paramours, Silva and Soltykoff, during her husband's lifetime. Her character was a combi nation of debauchery and ferocity, and her accomplices m infamy were literally scores m number. At her death, Paul inherited the throne. He was the son of Catherine by Soltykoff, and he was strangled by Zouboff, Benningsen, OrlofF, and others, with the conniv ance of his own sons, Alexander and Constantine, after a reign of five years only. Alexander the First next wore the Imperial Crown of Russia; and the knowledge fchat a powerful con spiracy had been entered into by the nobility and the officers of his army to. subvert his government and kill him self is believed to have hastened his death, which occurred through a fever acquired m the Crimea m 1825. His brother, " the butcher," Constantine, killed two women m Strelna, under circumstances too atrocious to be named -j and the crimes of the Emperor lilicijolaj? m Poland and Circassia are of such repent date as to be familiar to, all well-read men. Against him the allied armies fought m the Crimea, and peace was only proclaimed after his son Alexander the Second had ascended the throne. In 1881 the Nihilists suc ceeded m assassinating him by a bomb explosion m the street, and the now dying emperor ascended the throne. He espoused the Princess Dagmar, sister 0$ tih.e Frincess of Wales, while his s-iiter,'ihe .Grajad Dmeheiss Marie Alexandpovna., daughter uoi the Czar whom the Nihilists murdered, becalae ] the spouse of our own Duke of Edin burg. The Czar is passing away, and while on his deathbed, what seems to us a strange state of affairs is existing, j Wh;ile a father is on his deathbed it is not usual for a son m at least, to rush into matrimony.' $ufc tfrg? mourning coaches for the Czar 'm' extremis and the wedding carriages for the Czar that is to be are coming 'to gether ;to Jjiya^ia. Possibly the old

see sweet Alix become the wife of the new Czar, but m any rase the cir cumstances of the approaching death and wedding only add one more pecu liar item to a most extraordinary family history.

Alexander 111, Uie Cz«- of All the Russias—the news of whose death is hourly expected—w the roost tub powerful monarch of the time. czak, tie is autocrat m the vast domi nions which own his sway, and is potent for peace or war m every quarter ■>f the world Fortunatp'y, during his whole mgn he has shown himself anxious to preserve peace, and h«i been called "The Peacemaker of Europe" His father was killed m the streets of f-t Petersburg by an explosion of dynamite, and da.'ing the whole reign of Alexander 111, he hai been living under constant apprehension that his life would be successfully attempted. He has been a model husband and father, and his per sonal character has been without reproach. He was register m his business habits, and up till lately it was believed that his health was perfect. The Cz»r was born on Itoarch 10, 1845, ao that he is now only 49 years of age. On the death of his brother, the Grand Duke Nicholas, who died m 1865, he became heir apparent, and ascended the throne after the assassi nation of his father, Alexander 11, m 1881. He married m 1866 Maria Dag mar, daughter of the King of Denmark, and sister to the Princess of Wales, and the King of Greece. The heir to the throne of Russia is the Grand Duke Nicholas, who was born m 1868, and it is said- that he is inclined to adopt a warlike policy. That, however, must be very much a matter of conjecture. The marri age of the Czarewitsh and Princess Alix of Hpsse will take place m a few days if the Czar survives for that time t The New Zealznd Times of Saturday saya : —lt is understood that the Govern ment has conferred on cheap MONETt. Mr J. K. Warburton, Public Trustee, the ap pointment of Superintendent of the Advances to Settlers Department. The appointment, it is also understood, will carry with it an increase m salary. The Public Trust Office has been selected by the Government to undertake the work of lending the £3,000,000 which are autho rised under the Act of last session to be raised for the purpose of assisting settlers during the next two years. The Public Truat Office will, with its existing staff, both at the head office and its agencies, be able to carry on the new duties without being materially increased m number. When the Colonial Treasurer announced the proposals m the House he intimated that one of the lending offices would be selected for the work, and it has bsen understood frnm the beginning that the Public Trust Office was the Department to be selected.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Cable news on fourth page. ! The Wellington Times s&y3 Mr J. E s Fitzgerald, Controller and Auditor- General, has sent m his resignation to Government. Mrs Agnes Anderson has authorised Mr H. W. Barrett to collect all debts due ! to theestate of the late Mr William Ander son, siddler, and to take steps for the legal recovery of the same. A Dutch paper published the following significant advertisement from a discondo late wife: —' Adolphus. Return to your Matilda. The piano has been sold. Exhibitors at the Show will be able to get horse and cattle class number tickets from the secretary, Mr Simpson, on Thursday from nins o'clock m the morn ing till six m the evening. The office will be open for that purpose. Mr George Taif, late of Wakanui, blacksmith, begins work again at Hinds, according to announcement, and on Mon day next, Novembers, •' you can hear his bellows blow." Mr Tait had a long and successf qI career at Wakanui. Country folks who love the good old British game of cricket must not forget the entertainment given by the Ashbur ton Cricket Club m the Oddfellows' Hall on Show night. The concert is m aid of the Club's funds. The Monowai with the English mails of October 6 left San Francisco for Auck land on October 18 (contract date). The Alameda, with colonial mails to October 6, reached San Francisco from Auckland on October 26 (one day late;. It is understood (the Manawalu Times says) that an order for a considerable quantity of flax has recently been placed m the Wellington district. The price offered is a very low one, but the fact that the demand for the article has not altoge ther died out is regarded as very hopeful. Mr J. C, Blackmore, Government pomologisfc, having seen a telegram pub -1 shed m Christchurch to the effect that » new insect pest had appeared on the Japanese plum trees m Auckland, is making exhaustive inquiries m order to ascertain if a similar pesfc had appeared m the Canterbury district. He has already found that a Japanese plum tree m one orchard near Christchurch is infested with aa insect which the proprietor had never seen before, bub which Mr Black more recognised as the black peach aphis Myzus Cerasi. This insect is one of the two kinds of aphis so much dreaded by peAch-growers m Australia and elsewhere. In Europe it also does much injury to the cherry orchards. In the early spring, the colour of the insects is h dark plum, semi-transparent, with black shiny backs. The Rev. W. Morley, the well-known popular Wesleyan preacher, delivered a lecture m ihe Wesleyan Church last even ing on the life and times of the founder of Wesleyanism. The lecture was descrip tive as well as historical, and numerous portraits of the two Wesleya, and those who worked with them, as well as historical personages m the Church, were shown, Views of scenes and incidentu m the Ijfe of John Wesley, many pictures of his work m England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of the work done by the Wesleyans m America, were also exhi* bifced, and for about two hours the [ lecturer kept Mr W. G. Murray busy | with his stereopticon, slide following slide m rapid succession. There was a fair attendance, but Wesleyans who were absent missed much they would certainly have enjoyed. The usual monthly meeting of the Chertsey School Committee was held pn \ Saturday evening. Present—Messrs W, Oakley (chairman) J. Copland, J. vStewart, 6. Scarlett and .1, I^ukie, The Chair man reported tha,t Mr Lukie had ac cepted the vacant seat on the Committee, caused by the resignation of Mr Jackson. The Chairman had visited the school, and mide arrangements for necessary works to be carried out. His action was ap proved by the Committee,. It was de cided to ask Mr Childs to complete his agreement by topping the remainder of the trgea. Ifc was resolved that the use of the school be-granted pee of charge for religloug services to all deiibininations ; to hold the children's treat on Thursday, 1 November 29, to hold a special meeting m the meantime to arrange matters ; and to grant holidays on the dates of the Ash burton and Christchurch shows. Taradalo School Committee wrote re the inter change of Inspectors, and the Committee fully; endorsed !tlia opinion 'thlx a change m the present systdm would be desirable. Mr Scarlett was instructed to Invite tenders for painting the' gates and now* fences, and to attend, to the am*]

The Victorian railway returns for the i past seventeen weeks show a falling off of 1 £78,000. i ' The Admiralty has decided to build two cruisers of a new typ6, with a speed of twenty-fcwo knots. The Auckland Rowing Club opened the season yesterday with a procession of boats headed by a number of pleasure boats, fol'owed by a gig from H. M. S. Royali&t, outraged and inrigged fours, pair oars, and single scullers. I Owing to there being no Wednesday half holiday this week the Rifle Club will I nofc open the season to morrow as expected. Arrangraents are being made to have the opening d*y on November 9, if the Ash burton Rifles are not using the target on that day. There is now playing m Paris a Russian horn band, each horn being capable of producing a single note only. So perfect is the training that the band produces the effect of one equipped with ordinary instruments, and even running scales with the precision of a violin. The Chairman of the Canterbury College Board of Governors, his Lordship the Bishop, and Messrs Westenra and Weston, members, have been set up as a Special Committee to inquireinto themanagement of the Department of Chemistry and Physics at Canterbury College. Anxiety is felt for the Wairarapa— five days eighteen hours out from Sydney. The Rotomahana which left twenty four hours after the Wairarapa arrived ab Auck land this morning. It is considered probable that the Wairarapa has broken a shaft. With the exception of the first day the Rotomahana had a calm passage A. valuable Shorpshire down ram, con signed to Sir George Clifford, arrived at Wellington from home by the Matatua yesterday morning. It was In good condi tion, and was taken to the quarantine station. The ship Lake Erie, which arrived at Wellington yesterday, brought out a Tamworth boar and two sows, a breed of pigs never before imported to New Zealand. They are consigned to the Farmers' Co operative Society, Christchurch. The Feilding Star reports that Mr Me" Donald, of the Pohangina, has lost no fewer than twenty-five goslings by the attacks of weasels. Finding that the goslings were disappearing at tha rate of two or three per night, Mrs McDonald placed both goose and young ones m a box, which, however, was left uncovered. In the morning no leas than foartebn of the birds were found dead, each one having been bitten m the neck. Mr George Jesson, watchmaker, East street, publishes a new advertisement to day. He has also taken a new departure m advertising and is publishing what theatrical people call a " dodger," on one side of which is a comic picture with a concealed portrait, which is intended as a puzzle for the young people. On the other side is an anouncement regarding his business. There are many pictures mMr Jesson's issue, and each contains a puzzle, The "'dodgers" were prepared for Mr Jesson m the old country. In tha la fest issne cf the West Coast Mail (Otaki) is an announcement to the effect that m future the portion of the paper hitherto printed m Maori will be discontinued. The paper says :—' With some few excaptiona the Maori no more think of paying their newspaper sub scriptions than they do their tradesmen's bills, and on our part we decline to pay a Maori editor and other expenses out ol pure love and affection for the Maoris.' The Nelson Evening Mail says:—rWe learn from Wellington that the appoint ment of Nautical .adviser to the Govern ment, which was reported m our tele grams last wetk to have been conferred on Captain Sutoliffe, of the Aorangf, has not been determined. Tnere were several applicants for the position, but owing to the high qualifications required by the Government, a suitable mnn has not yet been found. The salary is £400 a year. At the annual meeting of the New Zea land Cyclists Union held last evening, it waa resolved to suspend Mr A. J. Body, the well knowncyclist, during the pleasure of the Union for having accepted remunera tion from a bicycle man ufac curer. As cer tain charges were also made concerning the amateur status of Mr K. Lewis, who won all the Union's championships last year, it was decided that the executive atonce en quire into them, and that Mr Lewis be suspended until the charges are disposed of. Mr Knotfc, temperance lecturer, is giving his lecture entertainment to-night m the Oddfellows' Hall. In addition to "Ten nights m a barroom," which he illustrates with finely illuminated hand painted pictures, shown by means of an oxy-ether apparatus, which he has specially imported, the lecturer will exhibit views taken m Ashburton and neighborhood. As he is a photographer as well as a lantern manipulator, and makes frequent use of the " kodak," he is able to take a " snap shot" m the street, and gets many interesting pictures that way. After his present tour of New Zealand, he purposes going home to lecture on the colony, and after chat to explore Palestine, from wh'.oh he will return, it is to be hoped, with an abun dance of pictures and a great store of knowledge of the "hnd flowing with milk and honey." He deserves a good house to-night, and as the children are admitted for threepence, he ought to have a large audience. The accident and fatality list m this morning's papers is the largest that has appeared foe some time. A woman named Hercus at Westport tried to commit suicide yesterday by jumping into the river, but was rescued by a man named Wheatley. At the same place and the same evening Mr James Hawthorne, a well-known commercial traveller, was stricken with apoplexy on landing from the Graf ton He is now m the hospital, and his condition is dangerous. At Oamartt Mrs George Falconer, who was sixty-seven years of age, committed suicide by hanging herself on the verandah at her sistertin-law's house early on Monday. She had recently returned from Wellington, and wa.s p.f unsound mind, 4 wqmanj named Mary Alexander Wiberg, wife of O. P. Wiberg, a sail maker at the Addington workshops, who resided on the South belt, opposite the Grosvenor Hotel, Christchurcb, died suddenly on Monday. The supposed cause of death was heart disease. The deceased was thirty-three years of age. Mr Robert Morton, whose body wa3 found floating m the Wellington harbor was a well-known resident of Hastings. For the lasb twenty-five years he had taught schools m the Wellington pro vincial district. He was very near sighted, and it is supposed rhat whilst walking on ■ the wharf he fell over into the harbor. The body found m an unfrequented paddrck of a farm at Mangere has been identified by Mrs Baker, of Auckland, as chat of her father, Patrick FitzGerald, who had been missing since the 13th inst. Ik is conjectured that he must have wandered away to the country, lost his way, and lain down and died of exhaustion and exposure. FitzGerald was sixty-four years of age, and had been getting slightly imbecile. He was an army pensioner, and belonged to the Artillery.' Mr Ifatori, father of Mr R. Paton, hotelkeeper, of Hill Top, Akaroa, was found dead m his house on Monday. The boy Daniel Nathan Gibson, who died suddenly |h the street on Sunday at Christchurch, was suffering from paralysis of the hearji. DOLLAR CIGARETTES—3d. BT holders ' or photos—Hb»ry Zander, Wholesale ageni . - rs . t-

A cable message was received on Sunday night Renouncing the violent death of the youngest son of the late Mr R, H. Rhodes, Mr William Rhodes, who had gone to England to study ac Oxford University. The mes sage merely s-tited that Mr Rhodes had been killed, and did not givfi any particu lars. The deceased gentleman was m his twenty-fifth year. At Wellington the other day a China man endeavoured repeatedly to ge*; on. board the Tainui, and wh n he was warned off the gangway lay down on the wharf. He was m a daz 'd condition as if suffer* ing from the effects of opium smoking, and could give no account of binself be yond that he came from Catnaru and was on his way to China. He was detained pending further enquiries. An influential deputation was to inter view the Treasurer at lavercargill, on Saturday, and urge upon him the advis ablene&s of the Government immediately granting assistance to enable Earner's party to return to Chalky Inlet; to cenj tinue prospecting and exploring. It will be remembered that this party discovered a fine river connecting three picturesque lakes, and were forced to reborn owing to lack of food. The freedom the Queen is enabled to enjoy at Florence is, for her, one of its chief attractions. She drives about wher ever she likes, and is never mobbed. * She visits old churches and talks to the old priests, lookson attheir quaintprocessions, and accepts flowers from the village chil dern. What would the Queen's reverential subjects havesaid if they could have seen her driving along the street with her outrider m spotless state before her, and a ragged street arab comfortably tucked up on the carriage bar behind, within an inch of Her Majesty's back?' The other afternoon aHobartgirl, while engaged m uome work about the yard, was rushed by a cow which caught her on its horns and compelled her to perform, an evolution nob provided for m any manual of calisthenics or dancing. When the girl came down it was on the cow's back and she grasped the horns to steady herself. Her ladyship made some lively movements ,of head and heels to dislodge her burden but young Tasmania was plucky and fruocessfully held her roughrider's seat till help came. Sole damage: a torn ekht. A meeting of the Ashburton High 3cbool Board was held yesterday. Mr Hugo Friedlander occupied the chair. Futhec leave of absence was granted to Mr J. E Buchanan on the understanding that his son Mr E. Buchanan continue to discharge the duties of headmaster. A report of the committee appointed for the purpose of considering the position of the school was read and considered. On Major Steward's motion it was decided that the report be referred back to the committee with a request that it will propose a scheme for reorganising under the plan of amalgama tion of the boys and girls classes, and what salaries it would propose under amalgama tion ; also to consider if the fees should be reduced and otherwise. Hollo way's Ointment and Pills.— Some occupations tend to the development of certain diseasos, and those who toil as miners are peculiarly liable to rheumatism, lumbago, and other allied complaints. la the goldfields aud copper mines Holloway'a remedies have been largely patronised by the workers to their very great advantage, and they can be confidently recommended as invaluable remedies for inward congestion spasms, and cramps m the bowels, and all those conditions of the lungs and liver to which those who work underground or m impure atmosphere are so peculiarly liable. For cuts, bruises, sprains, and stiff joints; the action of Holloway's Ointment is eminently healing and soothing, and a supply should always be at hand m case of need.

MAGISTERIAL.

SOUTH RAKAIA—FjRIDAr,

(Before Mr 0. A, Wray, S.M.)

Tbaction Engines —Thomas Fulton was charged with having a traction engine on the public road without two men m attendance. The case was adjourned till i November 8, to be taken at Asbburton. The adjournment, was made peDding re ceipt of the Amendment Act.—T. Doig, similarly charged, did nob appeal. This was also adjourned till same date and place. An lit-assorted Pair.—J. Stafford was charged with being illegally on the premises of his wife, who holds a protec tion order against him. Accused was allowed seven days to find sureties to keep the peace for three months, two m £10 each, and self m £20—in default, three months' imprisonment.

Mr J. T. Matson and Te Whitl.

New Plymouth, October 30 Te Whiti has been publicly presented with a handsome Kaiapoi rug, on which was woven " To Te Whiti, Parihaka, from John T. Matson, Canterbury, 1894." The chief, on receiving 'it, said he appreciated the gift because it was pleasant for him to think that Mr Matson's and Te Whiti's short acquaint ance, and the humorous reception he gave to the party who visited Parihaka, should be recognised m such a handsome manner. He accepted the present m the spirit m which it was given. The rug was then put on a young chieftainess's back, with the inscription outwards, and she promenaded the settlement with it for the inspection of the natives.

Lincoln College

The Board of Governors of Canterbury College yesterday, on the motion of Mr Gr. G. Stead, appointed a committee, con* slsting of the Hon J. T. Peacock, Mr E. Gt. Wright, and Mr G. G. Stead, to consider the feasibility of enlarging the scope of Lin coln School of Agriculture, and of widen ing its sphere of usefulness. The mover said the school held 62,247 acres of land, (he rents from which were used for the purpose of carrying on the school. The buildings had cost £34,043 110 7d and the land on which they stood £17,71116s Bd. In addition to the 62.247 acres the school had £55,068 to the ciedit of its capital account, and this was lent oat on mort gage, the interest being available for carrying on the school. Last year the J net revenue had been £3226 5s lid. | There were 39 or 40 students at the school \ at present, the largest number ever on its books afc one time, and these were sup posed to go through a two years' course, thus allowing for about twenty being turned out each year. He thought, how aver, he would be within his mark if he said that within the last ten years only about ten students a year had gone through the course. This he thought was a very poor return for the expenditure of £3226 per annum and £50,000 sunk m capital. He thought twecty or thirty more scholars could be taken on without increasing the expense, and these could be obtained by giving free scholarships at the public schools. He thought a great deal of good would be done if the director were instructed to publish a monthly or quarterly record of the operations of the college, so that the farming community could leartt the results of the experiments carried out, about which at present they knew nothing. ?t would greatly benefit the farming community if the results of the experiments' as to the growth of clover, the dairy industry, and tb^e crossing of sheep were published.

THE ASHBUBTOJN GUARDIAN: TUESDAf, OCTOBER 30, 1894



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Wanted. l OWN Make m Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, "Vluslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., ' at Mrs Awokn's new shop, ■ Baker's J Buildings. GUNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock of Gunsj use to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. Haiidlby's Sportina Repository ANTED Known -That if you are m want of a first, class article m sum i mer Boots and Shoes, you cannot do better than call at J. Moison's ; you will get the very bast at reduced prices. As for his own make, they are well known to , the delight of the wearers, throughout the Australasian colonies. Repairs well done and at once Premier Boot Maker, Town Hill Boot Store, East street, Ashburton NEW SPUING AND SUMMER GOODS OPENING UP THIS WEEK. NEW ZEALAND GLOWING FACTORY, NEW GOODS MEJS'S New Shapes Hard Hata GOODS Men's New Shape Soft rnonq NEW flats GOOlto Men's New Lounge Hats ~ nrvr . a NEW _l£oz weight GOODS Men's New Tennis Hats nn _ NEW Men's, Boys' and Youths' GOODS Straw Hats nnnna NEW GOODS —SPECIAL— n nTK s NEW GOODS , _ The New Swimming Com- rir . nr . Q NEW bination Suit GOODS _ Men's and Youths' Black NEW Lace Shirts GOODS m New Tennis Sashes NEW New Cycling Shirts GOODS New Tennis Shirts rinnna NEW New Cricket Shirts GOODS NEW —SPECIAL— GOODS NEW IHOI New IjTies and GOODS Bows NEW GOODS NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager ST. STEPHEN'S CHUUOH MISSION. QPECIAL SERVICE FOR MEIT OII.Y. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, At -A- p.m. __2 10t 177 "ISisstoa Services, ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH. Ashbuhton HOURS OF SERVICES — Wednesday. October 31—Evensong and Sermon at 7 30 p.m. Thursday, November 1, All Saints Day — Holy Communion at 7-30 a.m. Evensong and Sermon at 7.30 p.m. Friday, November 2—Litany at Noon, Evensong and Sermon at 7 30 p.m. Saturday, November 3—lntroductory Service to receive Missioner, 8 p.m. Sunday, November-!— Holy Communion at 8-30 a.m.; Matins, with Sermon, at 11 am, ; Children's Service at 2.45 p.m. ; Address to Men at 4 p.m. ; Evensong with Sermon and After Instruction, 6 30 p.m. Monday to Wednesday (sih to 7th inclusive), Daily —Holy Communion with Address 7-30 a m., Evensong and Intercesion 4.30 p.m.. Mission Sermon and Aiter Instruction 8 p.m. Notice of other Services will be given during the progress of the Mission, Thanksgiving Offertories are requested to be made on WEDNESDAY, 7th, to defray the Expenses of the Mission. No Collection on other week days. Sunday's Offertories as usual, and at Holy Communion. Receiving Boxes will be placed at the west door for letters for the Missioner, requests for Intercessory Prayer, etc , and also for Donations towards the Expenses of the Mission. Hymn Books provided. All seats free. Missioner—Rev. A. W. Robinson, M.A. 10 178



Wanted JElositing; is* Ooin.iiijy. PRIMITIVE CHUKOfI. SUNDAY AND M<^'DAY NO VJfiMBER 4-5. 10 169 ICE CREAM, Ice Cream, Ice Cream, now ready at H. A. Flower's, East street, Ashburton. Ice supplied at shortest notice. 10 114 I^IRE I Fire ! Fire ! £40 wonh cf New BooVs to arrive about Monday, Octobar 22, direct from London. My Circulating Library is the moct popular m Aehmitton Terms—simple and easy. Subscribors can change Books at the Bookstall or at my Shop, Tancred Street. Latest new Books added to Library every month. Text, Birthday, Christmas, New Yf ar Cards, Picture Books, Scraps cheap, aad m great variety.—-J. Marsden. WANTED KNOWN—Dressmaking prices to aait the times. Material dresses Jrom 8s 6d, Prints from 7s 6d. Fit and style guaranteed.—Miss Murphy, Old Kindergarten, East Street. WANTED— Every Lady to try Madam Balcombe's Patent Ex panding Belt Corset, guaranteed whale bone throughout. Orders left at Mr E, Hall's, Herbalist, Ashburton, will receive prompt attention. 10 86 OYSTERS, Fried Flounders, and Whitebait every right at Jewitt|s, Deep Sea Fishing Company, opposite Mail office. 9 168 CQ PR AY is selling Firewood 25s • O per cord, delivered. Coal from 6s per quarter. Good heart fencing material very cheap. Opposite Mercantile Store, West Street. HAKATERE.— The Somerset Meat Mart has long held *' the cake " aa the best and cheapest shop m town for cash purchasers. The old reputation will be maintained. Mutton 2d per lb, Saus ages 4d per lb. All other lines reduced. For Cash only.—W. J. Silcock. 8 52 WANTED Known—That owing to the success of the Pale now being held up at Saunders' Buildings, opposite Rail way Station, it will be continued for anothei twenty-eight days. lam not advertising a few cheap lines, but the whole of the stock. Don't lose the oppor tunity of securing genuine bargains—A Laweie. 7 366 h^VDWARDS, Bennett's Sale. Grand lot new and fashionable Furs and Mantles j half price. Come and take your 1 pick at Mus Adamh SWEEPING Reductions. —Is Books for 9d, Is 6d Books for Is, 2a Books for Is 6d, 2a 6d Books for 2a, and all others at equfcl ra^'e of reduction at L. F. Andre wes and Cos., Cash Sale. 618 \ I / E Hold a Large Stock of the Latest VV Novelties m Materials for Blouaes and Walking Presses. Just opened, ex Pakeha and lonic, Dress Goods ot choice selection, Sunshades and Umbrellas.—Mitchell and Turner. lli ANTED Known—The Corner is VV showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H, Collier. DOLLAR CIGARETTES Bdper packet ROBERT ALCORN has opened m Baker's Buildings, next the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bennett's and the Kaiapoi S^les, the Cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashborton. Also an assortment of Boots. N" OTICE! Notice Sport for all Guns let out on hire or sold on time payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns ot any description. Gun fittings m stock. Prices low.—J. W, Hakdley, Ironmonger, etc* WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything m the optical i»e at S. SiLEK's, Optician, WANTED Known —The Cheapest House m tewn for First-clsss Millinery and Drapery is H. C. Segers. Melford House. WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Hegatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2s 6d.—W. H. Collier. 11TANTED Known -Beforo baying VV your Hats come and see our Stock. Greatest variety to choose from m Ashburton. All marked very Cheap. — H. C. Seoers, Melford House. HEALTH TEA is more economica than ordinary ea. It undergoes a process whereby the injurious iugre dients are eliminated, whilst it renders the release of the better properties of the eaf more easy. Henry Zander, Autho : rised Agent. BANG ! Bang ! Bang « My new sen son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Club Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hardley's, Gun Emponara. LARGE Purchase Embroideries ab Edwards, Bennett's Sale; over ninety pieces to choose from. Ladies' Trousseaux made on short notice. Orna ments, Fancy Goods, and Dolls' Prams at Mas Aloorn's new shop, Havelock Street BUTTER, BUTTER, fresh and good 6dperlb, Just arrisred—A Line of BBA Shears, also a good assortment of Turkey Atones. Come early and get your choice tfofce address-FLBXCHERBRos, Eist street (next Bank of New Zealand; Ashburton. ______________ fTO LADlES.—Spring Cleaning.—We A haw just received Three Cases or Curtains aad liberty Muslins, together with new Patterns f n Carpets, Oilcloths, and Linoleums- China Matting from B£d per yard.—Mitcheix and TpiiWpß. \7rANZED^ Everybody to use Titan V* Soap, greatest marvel oi the age. H. Zander, Sole Agent.. j BEOENT Arrivals —Ladied'andGentle- jnen's Summer Boots and Shoes, Cricketing and Tennis Shirts. Unlimited selection of Snjamer Ties and Hats.— Mitchell an© Tu#ip&. BLANKETS bougihit sin Edwards Bennet's Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s H. E-x«ra lapge | and heavy 15* 6d and 163 6&,— Robert ■ Alcorn, Baker's Buildings. J'CST Opened, a splendid line of faahion .^feia Dress Stuffs, m Cardinals, Macoons, .Majries, Browns and Blacks. To be sold an<Ser j#hojesale price.—H, C. Segers, Melford IJovise., CXTAR i WAR —Great; Sacrifices &st * Go-ds muse be sold cheaper than-; ever, to make room for otjier goods to.. arrive shortly. Books a#d Magazines, Writing Papers and Envelopes, Pocket Books, Purses, Writing Cases, Jn.k- Jifltanc's, Pictures, Music, Aceordeons ffiom 7-4 9d, Concertinas, ¥iolinß,! Banfos, Zither Harps, Photo Frames; and Albums, Scrap and Postage Stamp Albums, indoor Games, School Bags, and a great variety of goods too aiimerous to mention,; all at greatly aa«ced prices for cash tfaki month at L, 1 F. AsTDBEWEs and Co,'s, Cl*e»f> Sale* Jl



. : Business Notices. IF YOU WAKT GOOD VALUE FOB YOUR MONEY GO TO— O. J. NEILL'S .WHERE THEY ARE SELLING AT LE^S THAN COST PR[OE. H4.RD IT."fl*RI) UP MUST *IAVJS MONiSY. NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED FOR ANY ARTICLE IN THE SHOP. DRESS GOODS 2^d DRESS GOODS 3Jo Doable width Dress Tweeds Is lid ITeavy Shirting Is 6d—Reduaed to 9ld Reduced to la T'nion Shirting Is 2d—Reduced to 7£d T JWELS 2M Kid Gloves, four clasps Is 9d Double Bed-twill Sheeting, unbleached Flannelettes, yard wide 7£i—Reduced and White 9£d to 4£d White and Grey Calico Is lid doz Dr Warner's Coraline Corsets, 8s 6d All Wool flannel 7£d Reduced to 5s lid CORSETS la 9d per pair w T ,„,,.«■„ MILLINERY AND TJNDER-OLOTHING AT YOUR OWN PRIOE CLOTHING- CLOTHING> j Boys' Suits 3s lid Men's Tweed Trousers 6s lid Boys' Suits 4a lid Men's Woollen Socks 7£d I Boys' Caps 6d Men's Tweed Overcoats, with capes Men's Tweed Suits 13a 6d 17s 6d Men's Heavy All Wool Suits 35a 6d Men's Tweed Macintoshes, with capes Reduced to 22s 6d 39s 6d—Reduced to 23s 6d MEN'S SHIRTS, TIES* HATS, GAPS, etc., AT ANY PRIOE. BLANKETS. BLANKETS. " IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE MARTS, COLONIAL AND ENGLISH, AT ANY TRICE-FROM o» 9d PER PAIR. NO 'REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. BOOTS. ~"~~ BOOTS. CHEAPER THAN EVER, WE CANNOT HELP IT AS WE WANT THE MONEY Women's Shoes 4s lid Women's Leather Lace B^ots, all sizes 5s lid THESE ARE SIMPLY GIVEN AWAY. Men's Bluchers 4s lid Boys' Nailad Shooters, Strong, 5s 6d Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid and 5a 9d Men's Heavy Watertights, pegged, Ladies' French Snoes 11s 9J—Reduced 15s 6d—Reduced to Us 6d to 8s 6d CHILDREN'S TAN SHOES AND SLIPPERS AT YOUR OWN PRICE AT G J, WEIL L'S, f RIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EASTiSTREET, ASHBURTON] Cash. We Want CASH. FLETCHER BROS., Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Etc. I II ft y s SOLE AGENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING :— THE CELEBRATED Peerless ;iim! Premier Teas. Peerless Tea, Bibs for 5s Peerless Tea, 61bs for 9s 9d Premier Tea, Slbs for 5s 5d Premier Tea, 61bs for 10s 5d POTTER'S HERBAL BEER EXTRACT— 7d per Bottle, 6s 6d per dozen Sufficient to make six gallons of Splendid Herbal Beer. BLADDON'S HEALTH SALINE, OR LIFE SALT — A combination of Oxygenerated Salts with the Ripe Juices of Lemons, Limes and Oranges. TONIC, EFFERVESCING, TASTELESS AND APERIENT, Is 3d Per Bottle. EAWLINGS' SOAP MANUFACTORY (OnJy the Finest Quality of Fat use}). Almond Scented, Large Bars, 32 bars to cwt 9s 9d per Box Perfect Cleanser, 40 bars to cwt 9s 9d per Box Domestic, 40 bars to cwt 7s lid per Box —REMEMBER— "ITTE BUY 808 CASH, make NO BAD DEBTS, therefore we are able to SELL GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, Etc , at a LOWER RATE than any house m the trade. — NOTE ADDRESS — FLETCHEE BEOS-, CASH SUPPLY STORES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, (Next Bank of New Zealand) | ALSO 107 and 109 Lower High Street", Christchurch. W. H. COLLINS & CO Paperliaßg'ings. Paperhanging^. SIX BALES Containing 1800 PTECES of THIS SEASON'S WALL PAPERS, WHICH MUST BE SOLD. 111 ■■' I <|IHE Consignee not; being able to complete his purchase, these Goods have been handed ovsr to us and WILL BE SOLD AT REDUCED RATRS TO CLEAR THE LINE W- GT. rOLTLINS cfc GO- ( 1 r Royal Insurance Company I Grey Valley Coal Company i"fi-WT<3 tffYP J Springfield Pottery-Company %.'7iij>io iuk j Oorben and Co s Enamelled Mantelpieces j MuKenzie's Furniture Renovator j I,Black Ball Coal Company