Settlement of South Africa.

London, March 16. It has b«en decided that the British Government will administer affairs in Matabeland and Mashonaland by means of a Judge and Council, four of the members of the latter body to be nominated by the British South Africa Company, subject to the assent of Lord Ripon. The rights of natives are to be relegated to a Land Commission, the members of which am to be nomi- j us ted equally by the British Govern-, ment and the South Africa Company.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(From ABhburfcon Mail)

(We do mrt hold ourselves responsibletor the opinions txpsessed by our correspondents.)

BREAD.

10 THE EDITOR

Sir,-—I have oh several occasions asked for epace in your columns for the ventila tion of ray opinions on men and things, but hare been unsuecessf al, I have never had occasion to grumble at the reasons for my exclusion until this week, when I see space allowed to that exceedingly callow politician, who, during the general election, fancied he carried the whole liberal party on his back, and was himself tn« whole " Liberal" A&soeiation. Surely you are mistaken in your kindness to this misguided and not over modest boy, or do you open your columns to one who is of that class who "rush in where angels fear tread," on the prinoiple that givan rope enough he will, etc.-he can fill oat the sentence for himself. Really his friends ought to take charge of him and have him i medically examined. May 1 ask, on this subject of bread, why the people of Ash burton, within a mile of one of the best mille in the colony, in the centre of a county growing a third of all the grain grown in the colony, and where 2i a bushel is about the outside of what the farmer can get for his best sample wheat, should have to pay even a fraction more for bread than the people of Christ church do ? B»d debts, forsooth I There are more bad debts in proportion to popu lation made in Ohriatchurch than in Ash burbon, and the idea of the city's being more & cash trade than Aehburton's only shows how crude are this fledgling's notions about things. But if there are so many bad marks in this town, then the sooner the good marks form a syndicate and run a bakery of their own, the better for themselves. This step in sel? defence would be perfecdy justifiable, and the bakers could then have all the bad marks to themselves. Men who pay 20s in the £1 have done nothing to deserve being saddled with the Ending of bread for, bad marks. As to the drink traffic and this infant's 75 per cent, I fear this is another case of the lad getting upon ground where angels fear to tread. —I am, etc., QUARTEKN.

THE THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY.

TO THE EDITOR,

Sku—l understand that the three-fifths majority question has been discussed in your paper, but as a non-resident have not had the privilege of following the discus sion. Will you, however, permit me to make a statement respecting it ? In Hansard, Ko, 19* page 173, the Premier is reported as saying—•• there is no one who has had the iramir.fi: of this Bill except the Government." And again —** There are extremists on both sides who are dissatisfied. There are on the one side the brewers and the hotel-keepers who want proposals that are mere suited to them: and there are on the other Bide those who hold extreme temperance views who want the proportion of three fifths reduced, and to make it a simple majo rity." These extracts are from part ol a speech in which the Premier introduced t;he second reading of the Bill and said ** Let me now ask honorable members to tnre to the Bill, and I will explain the measure, its general principles, and the effect of the measure, if passed into law." (Page 170.) Mr Fish on the same occa sion is reported in the same number of Hansard (page 177) to have said- "But the principal item in this clause is the third subsection, I think, which deals with the question of whether there shall beany licenses granted at all, and the Government propose in this Bill that the proposition shall be carried by three-fifths of the votes recorded being in its favor." The expression *' a majority of three fifths of the votes recorded," now found in the aforesaid third subsection of the Act, was in no way altered by the House, but stood just the same in the first draft of che Bill as introduced by the Hon Mr Beddnn when the above statements were made, and 1 have not yet come across any trace in Hansard of anyone in Parliament having understood the expression in any other sense than that deliberately given to it by both the Premier and Mr Fish in the above extracts. Those who give the words another meaning have to make out that the words ** three-fifths of the total number of votes recorded," which occur in the fourth sub section, are not used as an equivalent fot the above words in the third subsection, but express » different proportion of the votes for quite another purpose. This diffe*©nfcint«rpratatlon of the two expres sions lands them in a very ridiculous posi tion. They maintain that if the total nnmbw of electors on the roll were 200, and 100 voted, it would require a vote of 80 against 20 to carry the proposal that no licenses be granted; bub fi that propessl failed to ba carried he votes recorded foe it might then be added to the votes recorded for a reduc tion of licenses only on the condition that the votes recorded for granting no licenses were less than three-fifths of the 100, that is, less than 60. So that if 3 votes were recorded for a reduction and 79 *ere re corded for granting no licenses these might not be added together to carry a reduc tion ; but if only 69 votes were polled for granti/Jg no licenses and 3 tor a reduction the 59 might be so added—a manifestly absurd conclusion. The Colonial Secretary In explaining the provisions of the Bill to the Legislative Council (Hansard Septem ber 5, page 615) indicated that all the totes for granting no licenses short of sufficient to carry that proposal would be counted for a reduction, making it plain that the meaning the Government, and Legislature attached to the two expres sions* in the third and fourth sub-sections w»s identical, namely that if three-fifths of the votes recorded were for granting no licenses, that proposal would be carried by the majority required for the purpose. Whatever the view some electors may take of the matter it is not likely that aaany returning officers will interpret the Act contrary to the manifest intention of the Government and Parliament, nor that any fluch monstrous interprets tion as required a four-fifths vote co carry the proposal that no licenses be granted would, in the presence of such evidence to the contrary, receive either judicial, executive, or Parliamentary endorsement, I am, etc., Edwakd Walker. March 15,1894.

THE ANARCHISTS.

BOMB EXPLOSION IN A CHURCH.

THE AUTHOR OF THE OUT RAGE KILLED.

i Pakis, March 16. A bomb was exploded at the en trance of the Church of the Madeleine in this city. The author of the outrage was killed instantly, his body being terribly mutilated. On the remains being searched, a copy of a photograph of Ravacholj the Anarchist leader, exe cuted some time ago, was found on him. The police authorities believe the explosion was premature, and that; the bomb was intended to do its deadly work during the progress of the ser vice, The remains of the author of the outrage have been identified as those of an Anarchist named Pauwell, who was employed at the chemical factory of Paul De Eochiss. The missile was found to be composed of chloride powder and long nails. j Eye witnesses of the affair state that Pauwell had placed the bomb in posi tion, but in trying to escape he acci dentally knocked it, causing it to ex plode. The whole mass of nails lodged in the man's stomach, for he was so close to the bomb that they had not time to scatter, otherwise more people would probably have been killed. Three men have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the outrage. London, March 16. The police raided an Anarchists' Club which has its premises in the vicinity of the defunct Autonomic Club. A number of papers were seized, and all the members found on the premises were searched. A Frenchman named Gallan, a lead ing Anarchist, who was arrested in London at the instance of the French Premier after an attempt to blow up the Greenwich observatory last month, has been discharged.

The Loan and Mercan tile Company.

London, March 15 The New Zealand Loan and Mer cantile authorities are asking the Court to set aside the order to publicly exa nioe the Directors and officials granted by the Court in New Zealand. Counsel explained that the order was on the assumption of frand, and the Commit tee and directors ask for power to re sist the stigma thus cast upon them, and they are quite willing that a simple enquiry into the affairs of the Company should be held.

Auckland, March 16. The General Manager of the Loan and Mercantile Company states, with reference to the London cablegram respecting the Company published to-day by the New Zealand Press, that there is some miscon ception with regard to it. No such order has been granted by the Courts in New Zealand or in any of the other colonies. He has received an intimation from London that the Court has fixed March 21 for the hearing the application for con firming the reconstruction scheme, which was approved by the creditors and share holders in February.

LATEST CABLE NEWS. AUSTRALIAN.

(Received March 17, 11 4Q a.m.) Sydney, March 17.

CO-OPERATION.

A number ©f ironworkers in Lith gow have leased .the iron works in Onehunga, and intend to work them on the co-operative principle*

ACQUITTED.

Two laborers, Harris and Wylde, arrested on a charge of murdering a free laborer named Jacobsen at Stock ton colliery, have been acquitted.

STORMS IN N.S.W.

Some thousands of acres of maize have been damaged in the Mac Lean district by the recent storms. A peculiar land slip has occurred on the Palmer Island. A quarter of an acre of land suddenly sank, and is now twenty feet under water. The slip is supposed to have been caused through a substratum of sand being washed away.

STRANGE CASE OF PER SONATION.

Melbourne, March 17.

A case of personation which has been carried on for some time has been brought to light. In 1868 a man embezzbd a sum of money in New York. His friends arranged the matter, and the offender came to Aus tralia with his wife and young children. Going to England his son was success ful in business, and was sent to Vic toria to represent an English house. A man alleging he was his father in a poor condition waited on'him, and has been supported since. While ill the man confessed he was an impostor, and that the true father had died, and he had secured his papers. The son decided not to take proceedings in order to avoid exposure.

INQUEST.

An inquest was held at noon yesterday at Seaview Farm, Lowcliffe, the residence of Mr Thomas Hawke, on the body of his son Thomas, aged 24 years. Mr W. G. Rees, J.P., was coroner, "uid of a jury of six Mr Peregrine Dearden was chosen | foreman, The evidence showed that deceased left home at 7.30 oa the previous morn ing (Thursday, March 15) with two horses and a dray, to load sand at a pit. Tha horses were considered quiet, but tha shatter had boltad on a previous occasion. About an hour after, deceased's mother told his father she saw the team running across the paddock. They stopped in a corner. The father ran over to them, and following the wheel tracks back, in about ten minutes came upon the dead body of his son, with the neck and side of his head crushed, apparently by the loaded dray ! having gone over it. The father sent one of his daughters for another son, who brought a trap, into which they lifted deceased and took his body to the house. The jury sjave a verdict—''That d« ceased met- his death by being run over by a loaded dray."

Latest Sporting.

D.J.C. ANNIVERSARY MEETING.

Racecourse, Forbury, March 17. It has been raining all the morning and the attendance at Forbury is poor. The results are— Hubdles.— Rebel, (Pool) 1; Empire, (J. Cotton) 2 ; Jack Harkaway, (R. Allan) 3. Melton was the only other starter and fell at the last hurdle. Time—3.6, Divi dend—£3. Anniversary Handicap. — Wolsely, (Marks) 1; Maribyrnong, (MeCombe) 2 ; Aldershot, (Bae)3. Time~2.l7£ Divi dend— £2 12a. Two-Mile Trot.—Nea, 1; Prince, 2 j Susan, 3. Won by sixty yards. Time— 5.40. Dividend—£4 2s.

THi!) ABHBURTOJN aUABDIAtfr SATUEDAY, MARCH 17, 1894.



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"J enaers. "ashbukton coun it~councFl. I FTIENDERS are invited for Survey and I X Plan of Wakanui Creek, as per conditions on view at County Council office, Ashburton, and Selwyn County office, Ghristchurch. Tenders addressed !to *he Chairman Aehburton County Council, to be sent in on TH JRSDAY, sth April, 1894. By Order. j HUGO FRIEDLANDER, ' 3 143 Chairman. j



rJh rough some hitch having occured the Alhamtara company will not appear at the Oddfellows' Hall to-night. For the Amateur Cycling and Athletic Club's races to be held on Easter Monday next a New Zealand record has been put up in the way of cycling entries, there being no less than one hundred and fifty-three (153) entries for cycling events alone, besides several which should arrive thia evening from distant parts of the colony. The total entry for the meeting is over two hundred; A brutal outrage has been committed near Chartestown, County Mayne. A donkey which was found trespassing upon some fields was seized by some ruffians, who satu rated the animal's head with paraffin oil and then set fire to it. The donkey received dreadful injuries, and had to be shot.



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TINWALD SALEYARDS. THURSDAY, MARCH 22. SPECIAL ENTRIES. ACCOUNT Messrs T. and J. Harrison, Clent Hills. 1 (\C\C\ Soand ■ mouthed MERINO IWvU EWES. Account Clients. OH A Good quality CROSSBRED _J\JvJ Six-Tooth EWES. Account E. Herring, Esq., Alford Estate. ■i 9 LINCOLN R_MS two and -L-*1 four-tooth. Account Jno, Holmes. Esq. , 1 f)C\ Well'bred y°uug Rams, in- J-V/v eluding Lincolns, Leicesters, Downs, and Half-Breds. Aotouut Lowcliffe Estate. A (\ LINCOLN RAMS two and eicht-tooth. MILES & CO., LIMITED. E. W. HANMER, 3t141 Auctioneer.



Public Notices. Y^UNG Ladies Journal — March, -*- Horses and Stables, 4th edition by Fitzwygram, Sheep their Breeds and Management.—H. M. Jones. AN Exhibition of Bicycles, will be held in my shop, commencing, Thursday, next. All machines up to date. Inspec tion invited.—H. M. Jokes. SLAUGHTERING LICENSE^ WE hereby give notice that we intend, at the County Council meeting on April 6 next, to apply for a Slaughtering License for large and small \ cattle for Suburban Sections 25 and 26. MILLAR <te CO. Hinds, March 10, 1894. 3 88 SUNDAY SERVICES. REV. A. AGER will preach To-morrow , Morning in Baptist Church ; After noon and Evening in Oddfellows' Hall. Afternoon subject: '* Has a man a soul ?" Eveniag subject: "Calvinism and Armin ianism." On EASTER MONDAY the Bazaar opened by the Mayor, and annual Tea Meeting and Concert. Full ad vertisement next week. 3 146 TOWITSECTIONS FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS OR LEASE WITH PURCHASING CLAUSE. Cameron Streefe 689 adjoining Digby's Wills Street 711 open frontage Peter Street 751 corner section Aitken Street 842 corner section Aitken Street 818 Cox Street 822 Apply to A. G. COOK, Rotherham, 3 110 Amuri. j



Friedlander Bros CLEARING SALE, AT HATFIELD, NEAR RA.KAIA, MESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS., are instructed by Mr John Har rison, of Hitfield Lodge, near Rakaia, who has disposed of his farm, to hold a Clearing Sale by auction on THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1894, of all his Stock, Implements, etc., com prising— 3 grand Draught Mares, I Gelding, 1 Foal by Kelvin, 3 first class Dairy Cows in full profit, 1 Fat Steer. 2 Bacon Pige, 200 Merino Ewes, 175 Halfbred Lambs by Lincoln Rams, 20 boxes Bees, 2 Farm Drays, Double and Single Furrow Ploughs, Reaper and Binder, 1 new Stripper, Chaff cutter and Horsepower, 17 coulter Anglo-American Drill, Broadcast Sower, Roller, set Disc Harrows, Tine Harrows, Sheep Feeders, Iron Tanks, Shaft, Leading, and Plough Harness, Stakes and Fencing; Wire, Firewood, 100 bushels clean Grass Seed, and a quantity of Sundries, We wish to draw special attention to this Clearing Sale, as Mr Harrison has sold his property, and has no further use for the stock or implements. Every lot must be sold Luncheon provided. Sale at 12 o'clock noon. R. FRIEDLANDER, 3*74 Auctioneer.



TO LE A FARM of 950 Acres, four-roomed cottage, good stable, sheds, sheep yards, etc. App'y for particulars, etc. to W. B. DENSHIRE, 3*120 Ashburton. ASHBURTON PERMANMfTHTILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. rpHK Annual General Meetina: of Share- I holders of the above Society will be held at the Cffice, Tancred street, on MONDAY, Marsh 19, 1894, at 3 p.m. EDWARD STEPHENS, 3t137 Manager.



AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PEOVIDENT SOCIETF New Zealaud Branch Head Office, Customhouse-quay, Wellington! Local Board of Directors : fhe Hon Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., MX.O, (Chairman) The Hon Charles J. Johnston, MX.C (Deputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq TheHoQ Edward Richardson, 0.M.&., M.L.C John Duncan, Esq lledica 1 Officer : Dr W. G-. Eemp, M.R.O.S. (England) THE OLDEST, WEALTHIEST AND MOST PROSPEROUS Austraiiak Life Office, 4nd ths. LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a BONUS EVERY YEAH Ihe Method of Valuation adopted by this Society is of the most Stringent Character, and ensures a Consi derably Larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than that held by any other office in the Australasian Colonies. ACCUMULATED FUND iGXCEEDtf £11,000,000 (ELEVEN MILLIONS) SiEKLma AU invested to yield nearly 6 per cent. POLICIES IN FORCE .... 116,205 i Sum Assured £38,888,283 Accumulated Funds .. «. £11,328,448 Annual Income.. .. _ £1,960,133 Cash Bonuses Divided .. .. £5,434,622 I CASH BONUS for ONE year, 1892, £ 504,261, yielding Reversionary Bonuses amounting to £1,030,000, after making SPECIAL RESERVES, amount ing to £234,511. A BH BONUSES declared for last FIVE veara, ovei TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary BonuKf exceeding FOUR MILLIONS [ASSURE YOUR LIFE; IN THE A. M. P. SOCIETY And Secure a BONUS EVERY "SEAR] Expenses of Management 9J per cent the total income EDWARD W. LCWE, liesident Secretary Branca Office — Custom House Quay, Wellington W H. DERRY, District Secretary,'Chrietchurch» H ZANDER, Local Broker* Ashburton



RANGITATA LICENSING ELECTION. fIIHB following gentlemen are the A MODERATE CANDIDATES:— Messrs G. J. DENNISTOTN, DONALD McLEAN, JOHN McQUILKIN, M. 0. ORBELL, THOS. SEALY, ROBERT THE^, DAVID THOMAS, ALFRED WHITE.



All electors who are against prohibition are urgently requested to record their votes for the above gentlemen, and on the local option questions* 3 145 lilewellyn Owen, PIANOFORTE, SIN3DSG, HARMONY f p&E New Term commenced SATUR JL DAY, January 13, Intending pupils kindly communicate early. Office hours from 10 to 12 a.m. daily. ARCADE CHAMBERS, *5> ASHBURTON



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I Public Notices HENRY ZANDER FEBRUARY SPECIAL ANNOUNCE MENT. I BEG TO INTIMATE that I bave just landed a Large and Varied Stock of €*un§ CirllllS filing HOLLIS' BEST MAKE. Single and Double Barrel, Breech and Muzzle Loading, well worthy of inspec ion. REVOLVERS, REVOLVERS. AMMUNITION AMMUNITION Cartridges and Cartridge Cases, Caps, Shot, Gunpowder, Powder and shot Flasks, Cartridge Belts, Recappers, Loaders, Wads, Punches, etc. SCOTT S WELL-KNOWN RANGES at Greatly Reduced Ptices. T HAVE IN STOCK AND TO LAND— 100 Drums Linseed Oil 20 Cases Valvoline 200 Cases Castor Oil 10 Bates best 6-ply Seaming Twine China and Glassware Horasby's and Ransome'sPlough Sharsi Barbed and Fencing Wire Mauritius and Queensland Sugars China., India, and Ceyion Tjsas Best English Leather Belting, —now in stock- Two Hundred Galvanised Steel Elastio Horse Collars (in all sizes). Early application necessary. They are giving UNIVERSAL SATTS FACTION. Wines and Spirits, Ales and Stout Liqueurs, Havana Cigars, Cigarettes,^! bestj brands only. Also, a choice assortment of the FINEST DELICACIES from all parts of the world.] Henry Zander AGENT FOR Australian Mutual Providen Socie ]y Sun Fire Office Canton Marine^Office Health Tea.



Public Notioes DOLLAR CIGARETTES—Finest Ameri can Tobacco,—-Henry Zandjsr, Wholesale Agent THAT which brings most light and hope to poorest homes is Titan Soap. 11 183 CHEAP BREAD. CHE IP BRE A.D



ATOW MR SACKS, look out for the JLN cart with CHEAP BREAD which commences to run on SATURDAY next the 17th inst., from the oldest established bakery in Ashburton, East Street. Full weight 41b loaf for 4d. Best, roller flour only used. 3 109 iTTHAT is most essential to a tea VV drinker's happiness % Why, Health Tea, and don't you forget it.— Henry Zander, Wholesale Agent. McINTYRE, Deceased, ALL accounts owing by the late Robert Mclntyre, must be ren dered at once to the Executors, care of , E« G. Crisp, solicitor, Ashburton. E. G. CRISP, 3*134 Solicitor, Ashburton. rTEALTH TEA is more economical JZjL than ordinary tea. It^ undergoes a process whereby the injurious ingre dients are eliminated, whilst it renders the release of the better properties of the leaf more easy. Henry Zander, Autho rised Agent. ________ SINGING^ PIANOFORTE, CLASS SINGING, THEORY, etc.



Miss Mabel Bell WILL be at home to pupils at Gates School of Musio, each WEDNES DAX", from 1 p.m to 4.30 p.m. 2 152 THERE is only one quality of Health Tea and that is the best. Ask your grocer for it, and see chat you get it. — Henry Zander, Wholesale Agent. DIPPING will commence at the premises at Tinwald on MONDAY. Mr R B Jeff will superintend the | work, thereby ensuring satisfaction to i Flock Owners. JOHN G. RESTELL, 3 124 Agent for Coopers Sheep Dip, TINWALD BUTTER FACTORY. ALL Persons willing to supply Milk from two or more Cows to a Butter Factory at Tinwald are requested to intimate the same, together with the number of Cows, to CHARLES DOHERTY, Tinwald, 3*132 Chairman of of Committee.



ASHBURTON INDUSTRIAL BUILDING SOCIETY QUBSORIBERS must pay all dues by O MONDAY, 19bh inst.,, to enable them to participate in the forthcoming Ballot. Intending subscribers securing the few unsold shares on or before MONDAif, 19th inst., will be included in next ballot. I J. C. DUNCaN, 3 133 Secretary. REWARD £10. ASHBURTON SHEEP FARMERS, MUTUAL PROTECTION SOCIETY. A REWARD of £10 is offered by above Society for such information as will secure the conviction of any person found guilty of SHEEP STEALING in the Ashburton County. G. W. LEADLEY, *30 Hon. Sec. FOR SALE OR TO LET. _—— 440 acres 440 Near Dromore Railway Station, mostly 1 in English Grasses and well watered. For further particulars apply to T. BULLOCK,



Under Which Flag! THE GRIATeIF REFORM OF THE AGE. AIL TEMPERANCE VOTERS, and those who wish to see the evils of drink reduced, are requested to vote for the following Moderate and fair-minded Committee:— Allan, William Laurence Bruce, Murdoch Cocker, James Jones, Henry Manwell Leadley, George William Waby, George Chester Wallace, James Williamson, Donald Don't forget the names, Vote No License, AH on the roll are entitled to vote. ASHBITRTON LICENSING ELECTION. TO THE ELECTORS ONE & ALL.



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Reduced Figures. r\VB, Shipment of NEW SEASON'S GUNS has just arrived, ox Gothic, and We request all intending purchasers to to inspect them, feeling sure that we are ble to offer thema selection which for VARIETY, QUALITY, and CHEAP NESS, will be found SECOND TO NONE. JOHN ORB & Co., IRONMONGERS, AND PROVISION MERCHANTS



A Warning. DON'T be carried away by Advertise ments from fanatical Prohibition ists, but vote for those who have a stake in our country and get a Moderate Committee, consisting of the following just and fair-minded gentlemen :— BATTY, Joseph HENLEY, Patrick John LITTLETON, WestcoteMcNab MITCHELL, William REID, Charles SEALY, Joseph STITT, Matthew WILLIAMSON, Donald 3133



Business Notices- By Royal yc§ER Letters Patent. JOSEPH FORDS Scour and Lung Worm Mixture. THE RENOWNED SHEEP MEDICINES. TOTHILL, WATSON & CO, Offices, Eak Street, Warehouse Railway. ' Invercargiil, NX, 6th March 1804. We have been selling Ford's Lung Worm Mixture for the past four years, and during that period have not had a single complaint. On the contrary everyone we have asked have expressed themselves pleased wlfcn the results obtained from its use. Tours faithfully, Tothill, Watson & Go. From WEIGHT STEPHEN SON, & CO, High Street, Dunedin. March 2, 1894. Altho«gh we have acted as agents for Ford's Scour and Lung Worm Mixture for the last two years and have supplied sheep breeders regularly dv ring that period, we have not yet had a complaint, in fact we have heard nothing bufc laTourabl© reports from all who have used it. - Tours truly, Wright, Stephenaon and Co. MR F. FER&IMAN, Aahburton June 12, 1893. As the mixture appears to be steadily growing in favor here, ife might be as well to send another few cases as some of the runs are now buying a case at a time. —fours faithfully, For the Marlborough Farmers' Co-Operative Association, Limited, E. MEAD, Manager. The United Farmers' Alliance, Limited, Wellington, Branches: Wanganuij Palmerston North. February 2,1894. We have had no complaints from those who have used the mixture, so cannot but conclude that it has given satisfaction.—Yours faithfully, 0. D. MULLINS, General Manager.



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