LABOR

Newcastle, April 2 If the ballot now being taken favors a general strike, the miners intend to demand an increase of the hewing rate to 4s 2d, as a condition on which they will return to work.

Two iron pipes exploded near the free laborers' camp at Minni last night, somewhat seriously injuring two police men. An examination proved that the pipes bad been packed with dyna mite and stones, and there was every indication -that an outrage was in tended on the free laborers. j\. strong force of police has been sent to Minni, as great hostility is being displayed towards free laborers by Unionists and their wives. Crowds surround them and take forcible measures to prevent their going to work. i

CRICKET.

ENGLAND V SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Adelaide, April 1 England's innings closed fcr 609— Ward 219, Peel 57, Lock wood 23, Briggs (not out) 27. V- ard was again missed several times by G-iffen, • South Australia hag lost two wickets for 66—Lyons 32 The weather was fine, but the attendance poor,

On Saturday hst, at Mount Somers, a match was plvped between Mount Somers Cricket Club and the newly formed Mayfield Cricket Club, resulting in a wfn for the visitors by 31 runs. For the he ma team the Peters brothers and Foreman were most (successful with the bat, while W. Gallagher hit freely for the winning team. For Mayfield, Mcßae and Robertson »nd for Mount Somora'C and J. Peters bowled well on a wicket rendered treacherous, by showers of rain.

SPORTING.

(THE LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. London, March 30 The following is the result of the Grand National Steeplechase at Liverpool :—Wild man of feorneo 1, Oathal 2, Vanderberg'_3.

, Sydney, April 1 Scirr, the handicapper of the Australian Jockey Club, is dead.

COMMERCIAL.

London, March 31 Tallow, medium mutton, 22i 9d; medium beef, 21a 3d. The English wheat market is lifeless, the Continental dull, and the American chang ing a little for the better. A cargo of Victorian wheat, by the ship Soudan, from Geelong, sold at 24s 7£d; 1 Melbourne, ipril 1 400 tons'of butter, 125 tons of cheese, and 450 tons of frozen meat aud poultry were shipped to London on Saturday. - •

"KISS ME, JACK, AND LET ME GO."

Once, long ago, I was witness to a duel in California. The two men 3iad been bosom friends, but had quarelled about (of course) a woman. Splendid fellows both—young, brainy, and ambitious. As they stood in a clear space among the pine trees near Sacramento, pale as lilies, steady as rock«, weapons in hand waiting for the word, the rising sun , shining athwart the line of vision, they presented a picture too often seen in 1850. The pistols cracked almost simultaneously. One man stood erect, evidently untouched ; the other fell upin his back and lay straight aad still. Seconds, Burgeons, and spectators ruahed to his side. He was ' all there,' mind as well as body. •No, don't disturb me,' he said caolly to the doctor, * I'm shot fatally and shall die in five minutes. Call Jack and be quick.' Pistol still in hand, his antagonist came and bent over his erstwhile shum. The excite ment among the crowd was intense; tli3 dying man alone was calm. ' Jack, my datling old boy,' he said, • forgive mo and forgive her Kiss me and let me go.' A minute more and he w-js dead, with Jack lying across his body, crying like a baby. After I have told you another and very different story, I'll shew wherein they teach the same lesson.

There is no tragedy in this one; never theless it is of wider human interest than the other, A woman had been ill more or less all her life. The details are common place enough, and yet they will appeal ta millions who care nothing for the jealousies oi young men in love. ' At times, 1 she Bays, I suffered from pains at the back of the head, and a sense of weight, and felt tired and weary, yet it was not from work only. I had a strange feeling, too, of something hanging over me, as of come evil or danger that I could not explain or define.

'My appetite was variable ; sometimes I could eat anything and again I could not touch any food at all. Hut I was never laid «p, as it mere. 1 Please note the last sentence. It may seem like the weakest, but really is the strongest point in this lady's statement. We will tell you why in a moment. She goes on: " Still I was often in misery, but got along fairly well until August, 1890, when I had a severe attack of rheumatism- First the great toe of my right foot and the thumb of my right hand grew hot and pain ful, ifter a time the trouble extended to my back and hips, I could not straighten myself; I was almqst bent double. Month after xnonth I was like this, getting little or no sleep at night. Medical treatment proved of no benefit to me. In December, JB9l, tltepqin almost drove me mad. My face was swollen to nearly twice its natiiral size, and my eyes were so covered by the enlarged lids that I could sqarcely see. There was a constant ringing in my eirs, and the doctors

Dewebury, Yorkshire, Now for the lesson of both these incidents; what is it 1 .This ; that it is not people in desperate extremities who suffer most. Pain is in proportion to the resistance to disease. Those who surrender, who are in despair, who give up, have present punishment largely remitted. Dying persons are the jnost comfortable of all. Hopelessness and dissolution administer their own anodynes. Those who are not hid iip, who are ill, and yet work and struggle, need pity and help. This lady was one, and to such Mother Seigel always proves a friend.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Bri tin-in li oveaiie.

| _ n ,_^.. i _ London, April 1 The total British revenue, including local taxation of £7,000,000, is £101,697,000. The actual surplus is about £750,000.

THE A. AND N.Z. MORTGAGE AGENCY

London, April 1 The Australian and. New Zealand Mortgage Agency has decided to alter its articles of association, in, order to enable it give to debenture holders a specific charge on uncalled capital. The chairman congratulated the Com pany on its success, and declared the prospects for the future were bright.

SILVER

London, April 1 Owing to the armistice granted by the Japanese there has been further speculation in silver,- which has advanced a penny per ounce

The Reciprocity Treaty

Adelaide, April 2 Tbe South Australia Register says if the Premier is not convinced of the futility of the proposed treaty with New Zealand by observation here, that "conviction should be inevitable after reading the innumerable protests evoked in the New Zealand papers. The same paper adds that there seems not the [ghost of a chance of the treaty being accepted by the New Zealand Parliament.

NEW AUSTRALIA

-♦ , - Adelaide, April 2 Mrs Cameron, who has just returned from New Australia, states that when she left the settlers were doing fairly well. Flour and vegetables were scarce, and cattle had to be sold to purchase these. She brings a letter addressed to the Premier of Queens land, asking assistance foi some others to enable them to return. The letter states that many wish to leave the settlement, but are unable to, owing to want of money, and that they will die of starvation if not assisted, as the crops are not coming on as they should.

The Cable Guarantee.

Brisbane, April 2 Ministers complain ; that they are unable to come to a decision regarding the cable guarantee, owing to the New S*!outh Wales Government failing to give a reply on the Canadian Pacific question.

Ship on Fire on the High Seas.

I»«im rtett toy one Crew, Salvaged toy Anotlmr Sydney, April 2 The captain of the Annie Maud, which has arriv<d from Rio, reports that he fell in with the barquentine Cekstina, from Swansea to Magellan Straits, on fire. The vessel was boarded., when a message was found stating that the ciew had left in the boats. The crew of the Annie Maud succeeded in getting the flames partially under, and sailed the derelict to itio, where the fire was extinguished and the ship handed over to the British Consul. Afc Rio it was learnt that the crew was picked up by another vessel.

Expected Deficiency

Melbotjkne, April 2 The Treasurer forecasts that the year will end with a deficiency of £190,000 on his revenue estimate.

rBE ASfIBOBTON GUARDIAN: TUESDAY, APRIL 'i, 1895.



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Fried! ros. HIOHL V IMPOHTANT SALE OF LEASEHOLD AND FREEHOLD LAND, LITE AND DEAD STOCK, TO BE HEiID AT TABA, Near Abhburton, ON THUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1895 Vf EESRS FRIEDLANDER BROS. iVX «in conjunction with Mr -fDiyid Thomas and Mr iiemy Za^ctar), h»ve received inbtrcc ions from Mr D nieJ Brick, who is now bound by the conditions of his Itase, to reside on iiis property at Cheviot, to Sell by Public Auction, as above, — THE GOODWILL OF THE LiCAStf OF THK FaRM OF 20j0 ACRES, Conveniently situated, about five miles from Ash burton, well watered, and divided into 15 paddocks newly laid down to grasses and clovers. The Improvements are of a substantial nature, and comprise a comfortable Dwelling \l< use of 7 rooms, with detached daily and wash-house, large wool shed, shearers' hut, and sheep yards. Also adjoining, HIS FREEHOLD FARM OF 564 ACRES, divided into 5 paddocks, all in new grasses and clovers, well fenced and watered. At same time and placp, the whole of HIS STOCK AND PL IKT, Consisting of 1 HOGGETS, 1000 cf which A.U\J\J are Freezers, 600 excellent Store Sheep BP4- TWO-TOOTH SHEEP, vJ-^^x: mixed sexes 815 OROSSBRED EWES 1 X FIRST-CLASS DRAUGHT ■LtJ HORSKS, rnirs ly young, and just out of work ' 4 YOUNG DRAUGHT Horses, -*" unbroken 4> HACKS 3 Three-farrow Ploughs, 4 Farm Drays, 1 waggnn, 2 Portable Whar^j, 1 Broadcast Seed Sower, I Cambridge Roller ,wi h Cannisters attached, 6 Reepers and Birders, New Sheep Feeders. 1000 BUSHELS OATS Harness and Sundries. Sale at 12.30 pm. Luncheon Provided. FRIEDLANDIR BROS.^j D \ VID THOM AS } Joint Agents henry zander J 4 is Tenders. TENDERS r FENDERS are invited for lease o 1 Borough Resetve, T.S. 1159. Parti culars at Town Cleik's Office. 4 16 mENDEBS sre invited for the L BALANCE OF BOOK DKBTS in I the Assigned Estate of W. J. S. i McDOWELL, of Hinds, Storekeeper, si.< 3 amounting to £215 Is 9d or thereabouts. Schedule of Debts, together with con dition?, may be inspeded at tl.e Cfficts of Messrs Cook and Gray, 201 Hereford Street, Christchurch, or at the Gffbes of Messrs Friedlander Bros , Ash burton. Tenders may be lodged ac eiiher of the Officja nsmdd above to Noon on TUES DAY, tie 16th day of April, 1895. H. FRTEDL\NDKRI m ■, W. Jt CO UK / Trustees March 27, 1895. 3 206 COOKERY LECTURES. ~~ MRS MILLER will gire a Lesson each afternoon from 3 to 5; evening, 7 30, until FRIDAY, Apti 5. Terms- Is each lesson. Mem to be seen in Mr H. M. Juneb' window. 4 8 FOR SALE- A BARGAIN. "TXER* Desirable V'lla Residence of V five rooms, with Scullery,,! &c. Half-acre of land, corn9r section. Garden well stocked with fruit trees. Three minutes walk from Post Office. Apply 44 House," box 82. 2 167 MISS CAESON HAS Resumed Teaching Pianoforte aid Organ and will be able to give her whole attention to her Pupils. For terms, etc., apply to Mits Aicorn, Have lock Slreeb, or at residence, William Street. Papils could be boarded If re quired. 4 14 pv OTICE is hereby given in pursuance -*•* of the Public Reserves Act, 1885, clauses 5 and 6, that the Abhbarton Domain will be s-.t apart f«.r the Ash burton Cycling and Athletic Club's Sports, on MONDAY, the 15th day of April inst,, on which day charges will be made for admission thereto on the following scale, viz, — For each Adult Ons Shilling For each Horse ... ... One Shilling For each Trap ... ... One Shilling J. SEALY, Chairman, Ashburton Domain Board. April 2, 1895. . 4 15 ______ i O LEND on Mortgage on approved I securities. Special sums of £375, £125, £2000, at current rates. T. BULLOCK. monsteF"bazaak~ HE ANNUAL BAZAAR and Sale of Work in connection with the Parochial District of Longbeach, in aid of the Parsonage Fund, will be held in the TEMPLAR HALL, TINWALD, OS EASTEK MONDAY, 1 APRIL 15. Bazaar open afc 2 p.m. Lunch provided on a liberal scale at a very moderate charge. Any contributions of produce or live stock left at Mr Gudsell's Store, Tinwald,. or Mr Sawle's, Waterton, will be thank fully acknowledged. Admission, 6cl j children half-price, 3J.93 FOR SALE, Cheap-~IJ Acre Lund, having three frontages on tfarland, Grove and Jane Streets, on which fs erected a. four-roomed house, etc. Terms if re quired. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE—-Town Sections 784 and 795, having two frontages on Uox and Peter Streets ; capital building site. The owner has decided to dispose of these at a sacrifice. T* BULLOQK,



... Business Notir»a.«v.:i'" HENRY ZAND.tP I BEG to intimate that I have just *- landed a Large and Varied Stock of .{"'IMS. C*Ul>g. f»un§. HOLLTS 1 BEST MAKE. Single and Double Barrel, Breach and Muzale Leading, well worthy of inspection. REVOLVERS. REVOLVERS, AMMUNITION. AMMUNITION. ■:,-. Oartridgrs and, Cartridge Cases, Caps, - Shot, Gunpowder; Powder and Shot Flasks, Cartridge Belts, Recup pers, Loaders, Wads, Punches, etc. SCOTT'S WELL KNOWN RANGES : .AT GPEATLY REDUCED PRICES. I HAVE IN STOCK AND to LAND— 100 Drums Linseed Oil 2CO Cases Valvuline 200 Cases Castor Oil 100 Bales best 5-ply Seaming Twine China and Glassware Hbrnaby's & Ransome's Plough Shares Barbed and Fencing Wire Mauritius and Queensland Sugars China,"lndia, and Ceylon Tea Best English Leather Belting —now in stock- Two Hundred Galvanised Steel Elastic Horse Collars (in all sizes). Early application necessary They^ are giving Universal Satisfaction WINES and Spirits, Ales 'and Stout, Liqueurs and Habana Cigars, Cigarettes, in view of approaching holidays, at SPECIALLY LOW RA.TES. GROCERIES AND ALL OTHER GOODS SOLD FOR CASH — i A t Ghristchurcfr Prices, Henry Zander AGENT FOR- Sun Fire Insurance Office Australian Mutual/and Provident Society J T Ford and Co I GU W S (■■ ■ ■ GUNS GUNS GUNS. C A B'T EIDGES CARTRIDGES CARTRIDGES. POW D E R POWDER POW D E R ' .. ■ at : (' :• ' BEDROCK PRICES ■ ' " AT - John Orr & Oo's.



J< £f PH TAIL H TN Retiring fn.-m the Bakery Business, takes this opportunify of flanking the Public for the support.extended to him during the past twelve months. All accounts owin? to the Bakery will be received at the store, Fast Street, whtre Mr Tatioe will still carry on the GROCERY, BREAD AND PASTRY. Customers owing accounts for Bread will receive a liberal discount if paid before the 10th of April. MR, FRANK L.EWIN. An experienced Baker from the South, will continue to supply MR TAYLOR'S round from April L Customers can rely upon getting full value, also the best quality of Bread. Orders for Small Goods will be delivered daily by the van. Trusting for a continuance of the patronage so kindly extended to MR TAYLOR. PAG-E'S i^s OILS THE HORSEN' PPJJBND. PAGE'S NO 1. HORSE OILS. SURE cure for sprainp, bruisps, pr swellings of any kind in horses and ctwa PAGE'S NO 2. HOKSE OILS. Sure cure for open sores on horses' backs cr shoulders, or any kind of broken wounds on horses PAGE'S Rhueinatio Oils— Raeiiiatism, lumbago, stiff joints sore throats, braises, sprains, gcut, chopped hands, mumps, bunions, chilblains and tender feet. Sold in bottles at 2s 6d each by all Storekeepers. Directions for use on every bottle. Agents for Ashburton—Messrs, H. Zander, J. Orr, A. Lawrie, and J. Hardley, East Street; Hesekine Saddler Burnett Street ; Patterson Saddler, Tancred Street, and J. Baker, Havelock Street. These Oils have been made by me since 1874 and used with great success. No connection with any other firm, The Original maker and Proprietor, ASHBURTON, CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND. 4 1 CARPETS, LINOLEUMS^ RUGS, MATS, etc., | -' : ' ;-■ ■ AT i T. H. UN DRILL & Cos. fUST landed, a choice assortment of the above, to be sold at the Lowest ** Possible Prices. : Also a shipment of Best Kapok for BEDS, PILLOWS, CUSHIONS, etc. Those requiring warm btds for the Winter would do well in getting our prices early. We have also a Large Stock of IRON and BRASS BBJDSTBAP3 from £10 ]0s to 25<?. Austrian, American, and Colonial CHaIRS. FURNITURE of all kinds, our own make. PICTURE /FRAMING to suit all Pictures. —N'JTE THE ADDRESS— JSEXT BUILDING SOCIETY, TANCRED STREET.



A ndrew Orr, WHOLESALE & RETAIL DRAPER, NEW SEASON'S GOODS TIyTARVELLODS \ SSORTMENT In Every Department, THE DRESS DEPARTMENT shows up Splendidiy in all that is New and Fabhiunable. THE MILLINERY DEPARTMENT is Stocked with all the Newest shapes in Hats, Flowers, Feathers, Ribbons, Jet Bonnets, etc. Ladies' Corsets in great variety ; V and N, Featherbone, Cestus, Durable Corded Zone and the P.D. ALSO, ---1 CASE LAD IE S' UMBRELLAS, . -*- splendid value. MEN'S CLOTHING. Grand Show of Kaiap.aaud Ro-lyn Suits Lambs-wool Pants, Shirts and Socks in great variety. IAA PAIRS OF MOSGIEL IUU BLANKETS Will be Opened in a few days, • manufactured to my own order in the A3HBURTON MILL. BEAUTIFUL GOODS. r FLOOR CLOTHS, LINOLEUMS, CARPETS, WINDOW HOI L A NDS^ Krc Inspection Invited. PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. ANDREW ORB.



MRS LITTLEJOHN, CiSTUMIE?- THE TRTAN GIB, i .. . . ■ ■ Next to Templar Hall, and half a minute rn( <:; from Railway Station. 4 2 IN THE ESTATE OF THE LATE DR TWEED. ALL ACCOUNTS OWING to the Estate of the late Dit Tweed must be PAID PROMPTLY, and Mr R. 6. Restell has been authorised to COLLECT the same. His receipt Will be a sufficient discharge. ! JESSIE G. TWEED, 3 99 Executrix late J. M. Tweed. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. '"PHE Monthly and other payments will *■ be received at the Office, Tancred j Street, THIS DAY TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1893, From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., »ud from 7 p.m to 9 p.m. TOWARD STEPHENS, Manager. SH-.T"p~JMP~~ Must bo Free of Duty, because NEW ZEALAND is the happy hunting ground of COOPER, Litti?, Quibell, Cannon, Battle, Carbol Crystal, Thomas, Ness, Lawes, Odams, McDougall, J«yes Peeles, Climax, Crown, etc., and the Agents of these .Dips are beginning rocry out, and inciting their clients to do bo, in case New Zealand should imitate Free* trade New South Wales, which colowy, with over fifty million sheep, imposes tifcn per cent duty on all these gentry. , ' b UT.Y, ORNO DUT V, BROoftrm '"Itarlfeci". Sheep nip (Registerc d trade mark) WILL NOT BE RAISED IN PRICE, And hereby Challenges all the above TO A PUBLIC TRIAL. £10 cr £20 each '■ To be deposited for expenses of same, and Conducted under the auspices of the Government S^cck Department, in con junction with either the Wellington, Canterbury, or Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association. P.S.—A special invitation is extended to the tepresen'atives of Cooper's and Little's Dip by C. Al. BROOKE, ASHBUHTO* 1.



I < TIMOTHY. - r AM A BUYER OP FIUST-CL.\BS SAMPLES. A .., F. FERBIMAN. .' PO.Ii. CjTKQNG £HEEP NETTING, WITH CENTRE STRAND F. FERHTMAN The Portable Water Barrow. ■ -■"■■ - - - ■ -. - -, BHkS* - "■=" ;£;ilfliisß. The latest number of the Nineteenth Century has an interesting article upon the dread scourge of DIPHTHERIA, and, in introducing the subject, the writer remarks, that the latest epidemics in Russia swept away nearly all the children in some villages; and, in Prussia, no less than one sixth to one-fourth part of all children dying in the age of from one to five years succumbed to Diphtheria, and the same proportion prevailed in Western Europe as well. . Keen interest is being taken in the expei intents of the French Doctors, Roux and Tersex ; but Diphtheria, like Anthrax, Cholera,Typhoid,Malaria and other ' kindred complaints is due to an infection of the body by special bacteria, caused by the effluvia rising from drains, back yards and premises generally into and upon which dairy and kitchen slops have been, throwji. Without an infection by Bacteria or the poison* which they secrete, (here is nocjpphtheria. The Portabll ! Wash Barrow is just the one thing indispensable in the direction of perfect sanitary arrangements. By its use, a two-fold benefit is derived. The fever and diphtheria breeding agencies are removed, and what U otherwise a source uf terror becomes an absolute gain, by conveying the wash to the pig trough or to. the garden. The Portable Barrows can be put to various kinds of use, and they are so admirably constructed that, with them, a child /can do work which otherwise requires the strength of mature years. The cost is comparatively small Possession of one becomes an absolute means of sweetness, comfort and profit. ' -■.■■■ IMPROVED COPPER BOILERS. ufaa^ "[M Efe |f Ti B'Bvi I have just received direct from the manufacturers a supply of PORTABLE Copper Boilers, with Patent Fmoke Sack Joint, and Semi-double Sheeted Frame—Gcilvanised. This > eeful Household Requisite should be inspected, when its various excellencies of construction, strength and scrviceablenPM, will speak for themsdtoes. Sizes—Hgnls., 16ga!s, and 18g*l3, at prices within the reach of all. , F. FERBIMATf, • LAND AND ESTATE AGENT, ASHBDRTON. {North British Fire Insurance Company Union Steam Shipping Company, Limited. Parcels and Goods sent to all parts of the colony] Remington Type Writer—Specimen on view



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