CABLE NEWS

The Duchess of Argyle is dead. It is officially announced that France is building forty-one battleships and cruisers. The Parish Councils Bill has passed through Committee, except the new and postponed clauses. The London " Times " correspondent reports that the United States deficit this year will be £15,000,000. Two miners were blown to pieces in ft mine at Fernmount, New South Wales, owing to the accidental ex plosion of dynamite. Canon Basks, rector of Richmond, Yorkshire, has been offered the vacant Bishopric of Wellington, New Zea land. It is reported that bandits attacked the Emperor of China and his caval cade in Pekin, and captured his jewels and several of the court officials. The King of Italy's private fortune, amounting to £2,000,000, has been sent to the Rothschilds' London Bank. It is expected that it will be invested in consols. The Vienna correspondent of the " Standard " says that France is send ing large supplies of money to Italy and Bohemia with a view to under mining the Triple Alliance, The Foreign Committee of the United States Senate is making a thorough enquiry into the Hawaiian quention s and is taking evidence adverse to the policy of President Cleveland with regard to the islands. Intense cold, wick frequent blizzards, has been experienced in England and the Continent, especially in Vienna where fifty accidents are reported. Heavy snowstorms are stopping traffic, and several persons ha «re been frozen to death in Paris, Berlin, and Munich. Ice prevents the navigation of the Ger man rivers A detective has made full investiga tions into the antecedents of the woman Knorr, who lies under sentence of death for child murder. In his detailed re ports he states that she is a woman of Immoral character and of hardened nature, but he found it impossible to trace with any degree of accuracy the number of children who had been en trusted to her care. The condemned woman is now much calmer and more resigned to her fate. Her execution 13 fixed for Monday week,

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, January 5. Sir F. T. Sargood, of Melbourne* haad of the tim of Sargood and Son and Ewen, New Zetland, has forwarded the sum of £50 in aid oi the Hawkes Bay flood relief fund. This raises the sum forwarded to Napier through the Wellington treasurer to £74717s 6d. The Shipmasters Association hare voted £20 to the widow of the l&fce Captain Leys who was recently drowned off Wanganui Heads. Respecting the misrepresentation of New Zealand exports referred to in this momhig's telegrams the Premier states that he does not think that Mr Coghlau's misrepresentation has attracted any atten tion at Hom^, or the |Agent General would have ca'led hi« attention to it. However the Government intend placing the Agent-General in a position to re rute the matter should he consider it neces sary. Reginald Long, aged eleven, yasrs, son of Mr C J. Long, cuinmtrcial traveller, n missing from Robert Gardner's station near Kereu, between Foxton and Levin. He left the station on horseback yester day and che horse returned last night without the lad, Search parties are out. | Invekcargiix, January 5. The weather is fine and the farmers report the harvest prospects are excellent.

The Hawkes Bay Floods

THE IXPERIENCES OF A HOUSE HOLD.

A young laijy whose home is in Clive, Hawkes Bay, was on a visit to relations In Invercargill when news of the disaster that recently befell the township was telegraphed. Very, properly she felt that her pkce was with her distressed relative?, and flha immediately set out for home, and in a letter, from which w* (" Southland Times") are permitted to make the fol lowing extract, she tells what she saw and what her parents told her of the dreadful night they spent when the stream burst its banks, and the fhod waters rushed down opon Olive. She says :—" Mother woke about half-past twelve, when the water was lapping the verandah. She wakened the others at once ; two large boxes of clothing were dragged on to a table, and the piano was laid on its back on another table. In about five minutes the water was floating tiie chairs around, and ths beds were covered. Mother and the three children got on top of the boxes and father stood on ano'her table, but the water rose rapidly, and father climbed on {op of a large linen press. Still the water rose — over the piano and over the boxes on top of the tables. There was a bull, two cows, A horae and a calf all on the verandah. They broke five windows, sashes and all. One got in all but his hind legs, when he gave one gasp and died. Tne children were afraid the bulls would get in, so father thought the best thing to do would be to knock a board off the ceiling and nil climb up there. He could get hold of no tools, bat grappled for the fender, and with it he managed to knock off a nine inch board, pushed the two youngest children up first, then climbed up himself, palled mother ap, and Mary was standing on top of the boxes, waiting her torn to bs pulled up, when off went the box from under her feet. She gave such a scream ! Father clutched her one hand and mother the other, and she was dragged through the opening. These they stayed in the darknesf and cold, with scarcely any clothing on, till leven o'clock next morn ing, when a boat came along, and father made a hole In the side of the roof, oat of which they stepped Into the boat, and were conveyed to a hotel half a mile away. When one of the children was landed on the window sill he thought the water was the floor, and stepped nicely into it. Down he went, out of sight; he floated up and was packed off to bed. Some days after father and mother drove over to see the wreck—and it was a proper wreck; everything covered with mud, brcken and useless, the content* of the boxes had gone down with the stream One small box in which I had some valu able nicknacks had been placed on top of a wooden bedstead. It floated about so nicely, never tipped over, and never got wet. I jumped for joy when I saw it. It took me three hours to clean the mud »nd rust off the sewing machine. One of our dogs got on top of the kitchen roof and saved himself, but a good dog, which mothei was minding, got drowned. The horse was shut in the stable that night as it was so wet, ani was drowned there, while one cow has never been seen or Heard of. Mother has lost all her photo graphs'; people are 1 picking them up a jppe away. Mother says ahe has not njuch cleaning io do just now, as ahe has nothing to clean. The smell arising from ths dead animals, which are lying about in ?11 directions, Is dreadful. I could write or a week about the-flooda, but must stop D»¥r

Loan and Mercantile Company.

THE RRCCNST RUCTION SCHEME.

I Lonbon, January 5. I The reconstruction scheme of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company calls up £5 10s per share payable in a fortnight, but allowing holders of ordinary shares eighteen months and preference shares two yars for payment with five per cent, interest added.

The Dake and Duchess of York.

London, January 4. The following is the text of the reply sent by the Marquis of Ripon, Secietary of State for the Colonies, to the cablegrams received from the Governors of the Australasian Colo nies, inviting the Duke and Ducheas of York to visit the colonies :—The Duke and Duchess of York have received with great pleasure the hearty and gratifying invitation to vls.it the colonies, which would be most agree able to them, but it is with deep regret that after full consideration they feel obliged to reply that circumstances prevent the possibility of their now accepting the proposal, which would givethemthe greatest possible pleasure. The Duke desires to add that he has a most pleasant recollection of a former visit to the Colonies, and sincerely hopes that it will not be his last. London, January 5. An opinion prevails in official circles that the Duke of York will make a strong effort to visit the Australasian colonies in 1895, though it is impossible for him to enter into an engagement so far in advance,

CRICKET.

AUCKLAND v CANTERBURY.

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Christohoech, January 5. Auckland's first innings closed for 157 —Mills 61, Moresby 21, Fowke 19, Robertson took eight wickets for 60 runs, a good performancß considering the perfect state of the wicket. Canterbury commenced batting at 3.15. and before the drawing of stumps at 6 30 had broken all New Zealand records in match a of this kind. 300 was on the board without the loss of a wicket when the last over st&rted, but. off the second ball Cuff was slumpfld, after playing magnificent cricket for 176. Lawrence took in his bat for 123, tha score showing 306 for the loss of one wicket. Chri-tcitobch, January 6. Lawrence and A. Harrnan resumed the Canterbury innings at 11-25 a.m., and advanced the score to 330, when Harman, after acdring seven, was given out leg be- j fore to Lawson. Labatt followed, but was cleaned bowled with Lawson's third ball without scoring. De Maus was next man, andjanother stand was made. Later. When the score had reached 396 Laurence was clean bowled by Stemson. his score being 167, or nine below Cuff's Palmer followed, but was stumped by Ring off Neill without scoring. 399-s—o. Wilding was next man, and after he had scored a single and brought up the total to 400 the innings was declar> d closed De Maus, carried out his bat f>r 33, Lawson waa the most successful howler, getting 3 wickets for 79, Nsill 1 for 82, and Stemson 1 for ICO. Auckland com menced their second innings at 12.25 p.m., Mills and Moresby being sent to the wickets. In the last ball of Labatt's firat over "Moresby was caught by Palmer. 4__l_ 0 Holle was s*ext man. After scoring four ha was caught by Palmer off Robertson—the total then being 15. Jacobs was ihe incomer, and after scor ing four was caught aad bowled by Labatt —ihree for twenty.

Th Trouble in South Africa.

Capetown, January 4, Mr Cecil Rhodes announces that the basis of his policy will be to gradually assimilate all the countries south of the Zambesi. He considers that this is the manifest destiny of South Africa in its extended sense.

Woman, the Martyr.

Ifc would be well for the luxurious liver to remember that in the usual compensating proceduie of the present conditions of existence, there must be misery somewhere to balance his comfort, that every smile must have its sorrow, as every shadow has a light. This is to a great extent true also of nature, but it applies more directly to the conditions of existence which are essentially unnatural. Under these conditions it is 1 patent that'one man must walk while the other rides, "and that one man be driven by the other, and that one must bear the burdens of a dozen, but because it is true it is not natural. It is one of the heaviest penalties of civilisation, and some of the unit- of civilisation must pay it. We are all, that is the males of the community, engaged in oppressing each other, and as there are unending grades in all slaveries, the poorest male slave has a poorer slave at home, and that slave is his wife. The belle is married, bright, beaming, hopeful, the children come, the household cares increase, her love for husband and children binds her around the neck as with a collar of iron. Nobody notices that she is prematurely old. She is too tired to know of it herself, the work" in the home causes her to commit slight imprudencies which have nevertheless lasting effects, and then one day she runs down all in a moment, and everybody who knew her is surprised. That run down wife and mothet is a prototype of " Woman, the Martyr." There are thousands of her in Australia, there are thousands of her in all her stages, there are scores of thousands of i the woman martyra yet to be, now careless children. What are the causes of these common collapses 1 Partly overwork, partly anxiety, but mainly and in nearly every case, functional derangement, Warner's Safe Oure will be found an infallible speciSc for all the ills common to women. The case of Mra Mary Ann Austin of Hamilton (Vie), is quite sufficient proof of this statement. Mrs Austin, writing on December 3, 1891, says :—" For twenty years I was a sufferer from a complicated and serious affection of the kidneys and liver. I have had medical attendance from doctors in Melbourne and also in the country, and have taken all kinds of medicines, many of which contained mercury, which destroyed my teeth and in other ways injuerd my system. Not one of them did me any good. Ihe doctors waned me to undergo an operation, but I would not, knowing full well that I should never recover from it. So I suffered, on year after year. My constitution was shattered. My urine contained a large percentage of al bumen %nd sediment, and micturating was attended with great pain ; whilst down my back and left aide the pains were almost i unbearable. Soon after coming to Hamilton my husband got one of your pamphlets, and after reading several testimonials from pro minent men and women, who had received good and lasting benefit from Safe Cure, he advised me to use it. Before I had taken many bottles I felt a decided change for the better, and gVeatly improved, J had \&£Q, lit for so long that I knew I would not get quite better all at once. J continued jts use, and waa pleased to notice that I was growing stronger and stronger every day. I am ao, w able to attend to my household duties and enjoy Ijfe. jam fully convinced that but'for V^raer's Safe can? I would be

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TASMANIA LOAN,

London, Janua y 5. Tenders were opened to-day for the T*smanian four par cent loan of £1,000,000 at a minimum of 98, when it was found the sum of £4,261,000 had been tendered. Tenderers at £101 4s get thirty-five per cent. One syndicate tendered £2,450,000 at that price.

(Received January 6, 1 p.m.)

BISHOPRIC OF WELLINGTON.

London, January 4. Oanon Danks is willing to accept the vacant bishopric of Wellington, but be fore coming to a final decision he re quires more details concerning the position.

MR GLADSTONE.

Mr Gladstone has decided to spend the recess at Biarritz, a watering placs in France.

THE DUBLIN MURDER.

A Star chamber enquiry at Dublin castle revealed the murderers of the bricklayer Reid, who is believed to have been shot by members of a secret society which regarded him as an in former. The police authorities, bow ever, consider it doubtful whether the evidence is sufficient to convict.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Received January 6, 11.10 a,m,) '

FEDERATION.

Svdktby, January 6. The president of the Bendigo branch of the Federation League, who is at present on a visit to Sydney, says his branch has prepared a bill based on the result of the deliberations of the Oorowa conference. It provides that the parliaments in tha two colonies shall legislate to .create ten electoral districts returning one member each, on the single vote principle, as a repre sentative to a congress which will frame a constitution. If the two colonies should adopt the constitution the bill provides for referring the matter to the electors for final decision. The ex penses of the congress to be borne by each colony in equal proportion.

January 6, 11.20 a.m.)

BANK NOTES ISSUE BILL.

Sydney, January 6 Government intend to press on the Bank Note 3 Issue Bill when Parlia ment meets.

BAD WEATHER.

The storms experienced in Wagga Wagga district are the heaviest for twenty years past. Nearly three inches rain have fallen in forty-five minutes. Considerable damage has been done to the standing crop.

DIAMONDS.

Streeter, the well-known diamond merchant, is at present on a visit to New South Wales. He is understood to be making enquiries wth regard to the Bingera diamonds.

January 6, noon.)

THE CHILD MURDERESS.

Melbourne, January 6. Mrs Knorr has made a statement to the effect that three children entrusted to her care met with their deaths through the agency of the man whose name was coupled with hers during the late trial. The police are enquiring into the matter.

WHALE FISHERY.

Application has been made to the Minister for Customs for a bonus to establish the whale fishery industry in the Antarctic Ocean. The applicants state that a steamer fully equipped will shortly arrive in colonial waters from Norway, and if sufficient inducement is offered she will make Melbourne her head quarters. The Minister h?s not decided whether it is best to give the applicants a grant of land or pay them a bonus in cash. At the same time he thinks Dunedin or Hobart would be more favorably situated as the head quarters of the industry.

AN AOTOR IN TROUBLE.

Adelaide, January 6. "Walter Bentley, the well known actor, has had to call a meeting of his creditors owing to undue pressure from comparatively small creditors. In a statement he furnished to the meeting, the liabilities were set down at £700 and the assets at £2400. The meeting decided that the small creditors should ba paid within six months, with five per cent interest added,

Shark Hunting in Samoa

(" Youth's Companion ") When I was at Samoa a shark hunting party was organised in our honor, and a storm having just blown itself out, we found the fish inshore lying under the ledges of rocks bordering the lagoon. The off*! was thrown overboard piece by piece. This served the double purpose of attxac'ing the sharks and gorging them so as to render them easy of capture The water around us was soon alive with sharks. As soon as the offal had been eaten the creatures retired to spots where rocks overhung a stretch of smooth sand, and there, laa'tly exteniing themselves at their full length, \%y half, asleep. The native at the stern of the canoe in which I was seated paddled slowly along. Presently we saw a large grey fellow asleep. A raised hand signalled the paddler to stay the course of the canoe. The other native, a lithe, active young fe'low, let himself quietly into the sea, and with the noose of ths rope in his hand dived to the bottom, quickly bub gently slipped the noose over the tail of the sleep ; ing fish, and returned to the surface. When he had climbed into the canoe we all three seized the rope, and despite the struggles of the fish, pulled him out, hauling his tail I clear of the water and rendering the fish nearly helpless. The two natives then took command of the rope alone, sending me to the stern, Waiting until the fish resumed its struggles, by a jjeouliar movement they easily jerked the fish iato the canoe. There a blow with a club finished it. The next shark we encountered had backed into a crevice or hole in the rocks, leaving only its head accessible. This I supposed quite out of reach, but our direr coolly dropped down and tapped the shark gently upon the head. [ Sleepy and gorged with fqod, an,nciyed a.t tho interruption, and wot knowing exactly what ie was, the shark turned round with a swish in a compass scarcely large enough for him to lie in. As it did so, it exposed its tail, over which the noose was dropped with the same results as before,

The Palmer-Beaumont Concert.

f The <vor-.t p irt ot the concert last nteht was the attendance, which was not ho large as could have been wished, and as the merits of the company desei v 'd. The concert opened wit h two weil known glees " Sweet and low," and " Hark, the lark, in which the quartet of vocalists took 1 fart Th •■ first pare of tins c mcert closed with the duet '* Maying sung by Mrs Palmer and Mr Beaumont. After the interval, " O, lovely peace " was &ung by Miss Stirling and Messrs Beaumont and Gee, and the evergreen "Dame Durden" was the closing item. 'Ihose pieces were each a perfeeb treat, and showed just how part singing should be done. Needless to 8»y the applause that followed the performance of each number of the concerted pieces was vociferous. Mrs Palmer was twice on the pro gramme individually, and her sing ing of two morceaux from "Ernani" was simply delightful. The audience were entranced, but in the excess of their pleasure are apb to be too exacting, and forgetful of the fact that to sing such a number as that set against Mrs Palmer's name is a great physical effurt. Mrs 'Palmer, of course, simply bowed her acknowledgments; but in her second song Baroness Nairn's " Annie Laurie of immortal fame, she was good enough to respond to the hearty encore she received with " Wouldn't you like to know," and this she gave with an archness that was really cap tivating. Miss Stirling's two songa "Kathleen Mavourneen" and "Twicken ham Ferry" were admirably given, and ■her" encore songs " Killarney" and "Ooibin' through the Rye," were fine specimens of ballad singing. Mr Beau mont was in far better voice than on his previous appearance, and hia fine tenor was effective indeed in the concerted work, and he gave his two songs " The Garonne" and "Sunshine ana Shade" with much taste. Mr Beaumont has committed all his songs to memory, and is thus untrammelled when he comes be fore hu audienc. It was an unmixed pleasure to hear him sing the last men tioned of his two songs, and ifc was also noticeable that at every fresh appearance his voice improved. Mr A. H. Gee's de scriptive song " The desert" was a finished performance. He put the pic ture of the lost one on the waste vividly before his audience, making excellent use of his declamatory power meanwhile. With piano and harp accompaniments he sang Pinsuti's "King's Minstrel" verj toachingly, and as au encorb that amusing satire '• The Vicar of Bray." Mr Gee's were very popular numbers. Mr Lem mone and Mr Barker, the flautist and harper of the company had a lot of work to do. The former appeared twice in solo, the first in a '* Caprice " in which the soft zephyr, the breeze and the sighing of it in the trees, the gale, and the tempest were all suggested, and done in such a way as to be a revelation in flute playing to thoae who know the difficulties of the instrument. The fantasia he gave, also as a solo, o-'ly further tended to fchow hia thorough nnsfeery of the instrument, and the beau* iful music that can be brought out of it. Another fantasia, given in duet with the harp, was a deli cious perform inc.", and Mr Barker 'a harp solo " Autnmn" took the audienca by storm. Ori9 could sit for a long time and listen to the exqui-rite mu<-ie that fa'ls from those string* at the harper's magic touch. The company r*o not appaar oa Saturday night, but on Sunday evening at ha'f-pasfc eight they give a sacred concert in the hall, the admission to which will be by ticket procurable on Saturday. The programme drawn up for this concert is excellent, and f all of gems of sacred song.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

PER PRESS* ASSOCIATIONS.

JBati W>atta«r. Auckland, January 6 The Talune encountered a strong south east gale and tremendous seas off CHs borne. A big sea broke aboard and hurled Carpenter Dick, breaking his arm, and badly bruising him. Help to Ca»t,iwa.T». Wellington, January 5 r The Minister of Marine has depicted j tq establish, a provision depot on the j Snares, a boat and shed at tfte head of Perseverance Inlet;, Campbell island, I another depot at Auckland Island, and a boat and shed at Rose Island. A large number of extra finger pt^ta will be Boattered about the islands. The Marine Department has also been instructed to publish full particulars of all depots and the Admiralty will be asked to have th,em marked on charts, also to pqbjisb, plans in the nautical $lra*Bac. JLnn<l for Settlement. The Native Land Court, which sits at Moawhati this month, will cut out the Government interest in the Awa_roa block, but the land will.not be plaged in the market till Government has acquired the whole block.

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LABOR ITEMS

Washington, January 5. The Federation Labor Bureau de clares that there are three million wage earners, excluding trade unionists, un employed in the United States. London, January 5. A minority of the Labor Commission ' led by Mr Tom Mann are preparing to, adopt eigjjt hours, and insisting on. a great increase of the factory inspectors. They also urge that the State Concilia tion Board should be invested with compulsory powers for the production j of documents and the enforcement of' their decisions. Mr Mann agrees to accept the sec retaryship of the independent }ab,o¥ party* Tfoe lupine Secretary has informed Mr J. Burns, M.P., that the Govern ment next session hope to legislate against the unreasonably long hqurs of labor, and he trusts that the employers of }atsor in dangerous trades ill adopt eight hour shifts. (Received January 6, 11,20 a.m.* Syeney, Jinuary 6. The owners of tha Metropolitan Colliery, the largest of the southern collieries have given fourteen days' notice of their intention to reduce the hewing rate Iby fourpence per ton. The men employed in im'ne do noi want to strike if it qan be, avoided, £^n4 they wilt endeavor to arrange for a conference with the. owners to, effect a compromise.

THE ANARCHISTS.

Pap.is, January 5- Iho jurymen who are trying the charge against Vailant, perpetrator of the dynamite outrage in the Chamber of Deputies, have been threatened by the Anarchists, LonD n, January 4. Freach Anarchists are associated with the movement amongst the dis c ntented Czechs in Bohs nia. St. Pktersbubg, January 4. It was a Russian Customhouse Officer named Klakwitz, stationed at, J Vilna, who exploded the infernal j machine. He had so contrived it that when the cover of a meat dish was raised an explosion followed. The action is attributed to jealousy.

THE ASBBUBTOiS GUABDIAfI : SATUBDAY, JANUARY 6, 1894.



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THE CHEVIOT ESTATE. j NOTICE is hereby given that a further area consisting of Forty-two Farms, comprising 10,791 acres of First and Sec nd-class AGRICULTURAL LAND," will be open for spplication for LjiASE in Perpetuity on and after Monday, the 15th day of January, 1894, at tha Laad offices, Christ church, Timaru, and Cheviot. Renta from 3a to lls per acre per annum. Areas from 92 acres to 552 acres, The Mansion House and 5,000 Acres of Land will also be offered for Sa'e in one lot, for Cash, on the 10th January, 1894. Upset, £25,000. Plans and terms, with full particulirs of the lands and bmf description of each section, can be obtained at any Land Office in the colony. JOHN McKENZjIE, 12 21 Minuter of LancL.



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f Entertainments. ioDFELLOWS' BALL To-morrow Kiglit, SUNDAY. Grand Sacred Concert



—PROGRAMME.— 41 With verdure clad," "Angels ever bright and fair," "U rest in the Lord," ''The lost chord," '*In native worth/ "If with all your hearts," '% Nnzaretn,' " The Holy City," Flute Solo— •♦ Klegie" ; Harp Silo—"Winter"; Flute and tiajp Duet—" Revoiio" : Q'jurtettes *' Cast thy burden," and *lGud in a spirit", Duet—"l waited for the Loid."



Popular Prices of Admission—2i and ONE SHILLING. Plan of reserved seats at H. M. Junes', wh-jw tick t, t,t all parts of the hoiwe can bo obtained, 'also from Clarke's, ha>dte.-s/r, Lane's Hotel, the Dresden Warehouse, and Mr D. Thomas, tha Arcadn. THE CONCERT WILL COMMENCE AT HALF-PAST EIGHT



1 en&ers. — TENDERS] " WANTED Tenders for stooking and forking 300 acres (more or less) of crop, stooks to be kept up till stacked. Full particulars from the undersigned. Tenders close SATURDAY N&XT, January 18. G. W. LEADLEY, 1+33 Wakanui, TITANTED at onoe, Tenders "for * * Cutting, Stooking, and Stacking, about 60 acres wheat, and 318 acres oats, at Lagmhor. For particulars apply to 1§34 DONALD McLBAN.



TENDERS. rpENDERS are invited for Sfcooking X Forking about 3iO acres of wheat and oafca. The lowest or any tendsr not necessarily accepted. Tenders close JANUARY 10. For particulars apply to "KOUNG BROS.. 1*24 Seaview.



Friedlander Bros VX7E HAVE for Private Sale a doufole ■ * seated Phaeton with hood, pole, and shafts complete ; nearly new. Also a double set of harness in perfect order. Full particulars from FRIEDLANDER BROS. R. FRIEDLANDER, I*^4 Auctioneer. "mondaYjlanuaey iET \ 1894. SALE OF FURNITURE AND HOUSE- j HOLD EFFECTS. j T*7E ARE instructed by Mrs Halsell, * » who is going on a visit to England, to Sell by | PUBLIC AUCTION, I on the above date, at her residence, Tan cred street West, near the English Church, the whale of her Household Furniture and Effects without reserve. Sale at 12 30 p.m. FRIEDLANDER BROS. R. FRIEDLANDER, 1 15 Auctioneer.



Miles and Co., Ltd. " ~ TIN WALiTyaR DS ~~" JANUARY 9. 'IT, E SHALL OFFER, on account of VV C. J. Harper, Esq., ID HO HILPBRED WETHERS, ±\J\J\J f tom Hackthorne Estate. lOnn halpbred wethers, ±\J\J\J f rora Maronan Estate. MILES & CO., 1 37 Limited.



Mr D Thomas, v HINDS SALE YARDS. MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1894. jt/|R D. THOMAS has recaived in *-'-■- structions from a client to sell at the above yards on Monday next — -i McCormick STRING BINDER -■- in good order. D. THOMAS, 1§22 Auctioneer. ~~ underTbill of sale. " FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1894.



MR D. THOMAS has received in structions from the Holder of the Bill of Sale to sell by Public Auction as above, on the Farm occupied by Mr Patrick Connolly, Ashburton Forks, 2\ miles beyond Greenstreet, the following Live and Dead Stock, viz :— n DRAUGHT HORSES, good sorts, just out of work. 1 Draught three-year-old (unbroken) Filly, three years, by Rouser, broken to saddle. "4 Chestnut Hack, 2 Drays and Frames (good). Disc, Tine, and Chain Harrows. 1 Roller, 2 Double-furrow Ploughs with blocks and tackle complete. 1 Portable Whaie, McOormick String Binder. Large quantity o? Dray, Plough, and Leading Harness. Or?n FR^H MERINO EWES, ! & I\J with 200 Crossbred Lambs,' half of them Freezers, and a lot oC Sundries too numerous to p.irticularise{ Luncheon provided. Sale at 1 o'clock. No Reserve. D. THOMAS, Ashburton. Other entries solicited. 1 2



MOW does McKay cut your hairi -4s you like it. {SJmkespeure}, James McKay, Hairdresser and Ornamental Hairworker, East Street, next Bank of New Zealand. 11*125 WE are selling, as we have been for eighteen months past, seven feet Birsh Hurdles at 2* Ji ; seven feet V-D.L. Hurdles at 5s 61 eacn. 10 135 TUCKER & BEAN, I West street ! to faemers~and"othersT~" qupps, hurdles. fft Hurdles 2s 9d each in any quantity. W, E£. OOI4UNS & CO,



SPECIAL NOTICE FOR OHMSTMAP. "VTEW Season's Fruit, Cane Sugar, ±H and all other lines at extraordinary Low prices for CASH^ —at D. MACPHERSON'S, TANCRED STREET. €bri<ifiiia§, 1893. WE have jast opened out a Splendid Assortment of FASHIONABLE SUITINGS, FANCY WORSTEDS, AND WEST OF ENGLAND IROUSERINGS Specially Imported for the Present Season. gggT Our Motto is *' Satisfaction." By giving a Good Fib, Best Workman ship, and Honest Value we find our old Customers return and bring their friends for their next New Suits. This is the Best Recommendation for CRAIGHEAD & BERRYMAN, THE LEADING TAILOR? AND OUT " ""I'-. --FITTERS, ASHBURTON.



OHEAP PROPERTY. 372 achs 372 situated near the County Saleyards and Agricultural and Pastoral Associa tion's Show Grounds. Account of the Mortgagees. Price £3 10s per acre. THIS was originally parfc of the Fair field Estate and formerly owned by Mr Grant. There is a dwelling house, stable, and other buildings erected on the property, ,0a account of its being close tp town an t .increase, in value may.pason ablyb aeiß? p t ed.,App.y:tO uLi J )oKi



Assigned Estate,of W. J. S. McDowell, of H'nds, near Ashburton, Storekeeper FOR SALE, 1 Aa a Going Concern, THE STOCK IN TRADE, GOODWILI FREEHOLD OF STORE, BAKERY AND BUTCHERY BUSINESS ! WITH BOARDING-HOUSE. FULL PARHCULARS with Stock Sheets can b*e obtained on th© Premises, Hinds Messrs Friedlander Bros,, Ashburton, And Messrs Cook and Gray, Accoun tants, Christchiirch. To an energetic young man with moderate means, this offers a good oppor tunity to work into a very profitable little business. Wji. R COOK "Wrustees HUGO FRIEDLANDERJ irusU?es- S8 , : ' ■ ' TIN WAL D. — Cheap Proparty, Centrally situated, being "not far from the Kailw&y Statkn. T.S. 150, contain ing 1 rood 6 perchos with well-built four roomed cottage thereon. Must be sold. T. BULLOCK,



INSTKAD OF GIVING S^nmenPs at C firistma^ \TTE GIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE VALUE ALL THE YEAB ROUND. \v Tbo I'nnitn?o Increase in our Business is a proof of this assertion —-:o:— — WE HAVE LANDED, AND ARE LANDING, Large Parcels of New Goods FUR ALL DEPARTMENTS Bought direct romjfehe English manufactories, all of whicbjwe are|offering at YEBY LOW BATES Carpel : and Felt Slippers* HILDREN'S.FROM Is. WOMEN'S ALL SIZES, 1« Od. MITCH WK, & WRJS SR, TANCRED STEBET..



BOOTS. G. L. BEATH & CO., TANORED STREET- ASHBURTOV, "V rIILDIFG to the expressed of their numerous Customers have entered into& SPECIAL CONTBACT WITH MESSRS TOOMEE, SONS & CO., cf the Leicester Boot and Slue Factory, Lichfield Street, Christchuroh, FOR A SUPPLY OP THEIR OELEBRATED BOOTS & SHOES. Consequently we are now in a position to offer the most useful makes of their manufacture at WHOLESALE PRICES- G. L. Beath & Co., TANCRED STREET, ASHBTJRTON,



ASHBURTON WOOL SALES mHE Second Sale of the Season will take place at the ORANGE HALL, ON TUESDAY, JAHUARY 30, 1834. At 2 p.m. When all the Foreign and New Zealand Buyers will be represented.] MILES & CO., Limited. FRIEDLANDER BROS. DaYW THOMAS, JOHN G. RESTELL, (for the N.Z. Land Association). H. ZANDER, (for Ford and Co.) KKJ246 "^EDr~SEES"~SEEix 1' . T HAVE a specially selected stock of •*• Cocksfoot, Red Clover, Cow Grass, Rape Seed, G.T.Y.A. Turnip, P.T.Y.A, Turnip, !. G. Globe, Fosfc Hybird, Devon Grey, Mammoth, etc. JOHN G. RESTELL, I 0§35 West Street. FOR SALE—2 sections well situated in Ciark Street, Allenton, being lots 22 and 23, containing 2 rods 6 parches, par of R,S. 8767. i T, BULLOCK.



LANDELLS AND PRESTON, Buknktt Street?, nexb Ashburton Club, ENGINEERS & CYCLE EXPERTS, MANUFAOTURERSof the Astiburfcoir Express, and Agents for thd lead* ing firms in England. The famous premier (Helical tube) path racers in Stock. Pumps, Lawn Mowers, Sewing machines, and Engines of every description ~ REPAIRED. Stencil Plates, Name Platea, and En« ravine done^ AHAND, DUDLEY & CO AUCTIONEERS, QHA RE BROKERS, SroCK AN STATION AGENTS. IIOWEY TO LEND ON approved securities; AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES, Farms and Properties from 5O TO 5000 ACRES. Cash Advances ra*de on Wool for ship menfc to London, or for Sale ia Chris church. ]U3, HEREFORD STREET' : Cbri^chubch,