MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON—THUBSD xY.

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

Maintenance—John G'Kane was charged with failiog to comply with an order of the Court to pay 10s per week towards the support, of his wife, Annie O'Kane and family. Accused had paid £5 into Court. It appeared that he had paid nothing Bince the order was made laßt October, and there was still £4 owing, after deducting the £5 paid into Courr.—The P.M. said it wan evident he did not mean to pay if he could help it. Accused oflered to pay £5 10s in a fortnight, and the caee was allowed to stand over till then. Civil Cases—Judgment went by default in Kollitt and Co. v .T. BiDgham and G«-ace Bingbam for £30 7a on a dishonored promis aory note. The Hobse Case—Henry Dalley v William Lindsay, £25 for loss of a horse and trap hire. This case had been partly heard last week, and HaroldV evidence w»b continued. He said that after tfa at Hakaia he heard some talk about Dal ley's horse. He did not gee any marks of severity on it. Thought the commonest cause of founder was drinkinc cold water after being heated. Saw the horse at the Eakaia. Thought it it had had been stabled and attended to then instead of being left out at Chertsey ifc wouli have recovered. It was worth about £i. Bight years ago it was sold for £5. Dalley told him at Rakaia when, they got there that he thought the horse was •ll right. The horse was not broken to harness in 18S7 when it fetched £5. The skin was most likely t>ken off by the foot board when the other horse pulled him along.—H»m. Brown—Passed Lindsay com ing b*ck from Hororata. Lindsay must have left at 5.30. Left himself at 7 p.m., and overtook Lindsjy^befbfe he got half way. Was two Spurs getting to Rakaia. Lindsay must have been over four hours. The horse had no marks on him at Rakaia. Had a second look at him after hearing there was likely to be trouble, but could see bo marks on him. He was blown and ought to have been stabled that ni^ht. —Sergeant Moller—Saw the horee on January 25 and again some time after in a paddock at Chertney with a collar on, act! told Dalley and Kingston it was a monstrous way to treat it. It should not have boen taken on from Rakaia.—F. Lewis, veterinary surgeon, said it was unwise to take the horse out of the stable at Rakaia. An aged horse ought to go to Hororata and back. Did not think if it* knocked up early on the return journey it could have been w ell. It was mo*t likely suffering from fever then. No reasonable man would punish such a free horse. —William Hill also gave cvi dence. After William Lindsay, the defen dant, had been in the box his evidence cltmed the case.—Mr Wilding asked for a nonsuit; on the facts disclosed in plaintiffs own case. In addition to that he now con tended that plaintiff failed to establish that the horse was sound and fit for the journey, plaintiff had further been guilty of con tributory negligence. There had been no overdriving, and there was an overwhelm ing balance of evidence that there had been no such illtreatment by defendant as to .cause permanent injury or death. Mr Purnell addressed the bench at considerable length and hu Worship haying reviewed the evidence very fully, considered that both parties had been to blame, and when the blame rested on both, plaintiff was not ..entitled to recover.—Judgment would be lor defendant without costs. Judgment went by default in Tucker and Bean v L. Searle£3 2s9H.

Supponed Infanticide.

Invebcakgill, February 20. An inqnestiwaa opened today on the body of the female infant found on the beach of the estuary on Sunday. The medical evidence was to the effect that the child had lived twenty-four hours, waa ful'y developed, and waa dead when puc into the water. There was a mark round the ne^k as if some soft material had been tightly wound round it, and death was caused by suffocation. The inquest was adjourn*d for a Week.

SPORTING.

DUNEDIN AUTUMN MEETING.

DuNEriN, February 20 Following completes our report of yester« day's racing: —

Sbllinu Race.—Bay Belli. Dividend— £116*. Publicans' Handicap—•Barmby I, Saracen 2, Outpost 3. Won comfortaVy by a length. Maidkn Plate.—Jane Eyre 1, Toxa 2, Fiery 3. Dividend—£4 9a. Sklling-Two-YbakOld Race.—Golden Vale 1, Arline 2, Wild Peer 3. Dividend— £3 3s. Stewards Weltir.—Sunrise 1, Sal&no 2, UlvaS. Time—lmin 17«ec. Dividend—£3.

SECOND DAY.

DuflKDiN, February 21 Rain fell early this morning but before noon the Eun ahona brightly and there is every appearance of a perfect day for the races. Ths following are results :— Taixy-Ho Handicaf, of 75 soys : two miles.—Empire 1, Lupua 2, Rebel 3. AH started. Won easily by half a length. Time 4.8. Dividends— £l 19s aud £2 2b. A protest against the winner on the ground of datk running was dismissed. City Stakes Handicap, of 100 soys; five furlongs.—Wild Peer 1, Musketry 2, Em meline 3. All started. Wild Peer and Bm incline showed in front to the distance, when the former went on, and stalling ofl a challenge by Mr Stead's colt, won by a length. Time—l.4. Dividends—£4 11s and £5 Us.

Dunedin Jockey Clcb Handicap, of 250 3OVB. One mile and a half. Outpost, 7st 51b (Pyne) 1 Barmby, 7st 131b (Derrett) 2 Prime Warden, 9st 91b ... (F Cochrane) 3 Novel—Stockfish 1, Changling 2, Van Euren 3. All started.

THE COREAN WAR

Tokio, February 19

The Japanese will refrain from attacking Ghefoo, but are determined to dictate terms of peace in Pekin, where the Chinese Court is.

A Bill has been submitted to the Japanese Diet, voting a further war expenditure of two millions.

Plague of Caterpillars and Crickets

Sydney, February 21 A plague of caterpillars and crickets is devastating the crops in the Glen Innei district. The pest is alao in vading the houses, destroying clothing, and eating the paper off the walls.

Sheep for the Ameer.

Adelaide, February 21

Six: hundred Lincoln and Merino rams and ewes from the flocks of Angus Gilbert have been purchased for the Ameer of Afghanistan.

A Divorce Suit.

London, February 20 In the divorce suit brought by his wife against the Rev Clark on the ground of cruelty, it was alleged that the husband hypnotised the plaintiff I and brutally assaulted her on several occasions. Her body was cut and scarred. He tore off her clothes and droye her outside in a nude condition. Under cjross r examination, Mrs Clark admitted haying supernatural visita tions and said she saw spirits at various fimet,

AS OTHERS SEE US.

PvnsKY, February 21 Sir J. A. Abbott, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, who has just re turnsd from a" visit to New Zealand, has communicated his impressions to thß reporter of one of the local papers. He said that as far as he could gather, the general view appears somewhat gloomy, and the future of the colony was looked to with a good deal of anxiety. The low prices ruling for wool and other products were the chief cause of the depression. He was not favourably impressed with the working of the prohibition regulations in the colony. Total prohibition seemed a failure. He recounted how he went to a race meeting in a certain town. There was a liberal display of teetotal drinks for sale in one of the booths, but they were mostly whited sepulchres. Acting on the advice of friends, he went to a booth and asked for ginger wine "from the right bottle," when he was supplied with a glass of ex cellent whisky. He afterwards met a police-sergeant, and asked him if it was possible to get any intoxicating drink on the course, but was informed that only those known to the booth-keepers could hope to do so. When the women gained the franchise they made a great descent on the sale of liquor ; hence all this sly drinking. Oh the question of women's suffrage, lady told Him that as the women had the suffrage they supposed they must make some sort of use of it, but she did not know exactly what the general idea seemed to be. He had been informed on good authority that the village settlpments in the colony wbre mostly failures. He con sidered the scheme of lending cheap money to farmers would be attended with considerable danger, and he could not see how Government could protect itself against the collusion of dishonest valuation and political pressure. It looked as if there were only two classes in the community—the borrower and the taxpayer. He should say the tax payer would suffer. He was favorably impressed with the public building.?, parliamentary procedure, and the economy in the public service.

The Flower Show.

Many people had doubts as to a good show being presented this y«ar. Theae doubta were dispelled to-diy, as the ex hibits, most tastefully laid out, are quite equal to anything ever shown in Ashbur ton. There is a fine display of flowers, both pot and cut, the fruit is a most tempting display, while the vegetables would drive the beat Chinese gardener* mad. Visitors this evening will find the fernery nicely laid out In the little room— if one can call it a room—behind the auctioneer's box, and the effect is superb. Altogether the chow, with the promenade concert, should make a most enjoyable evening's outing.

Dr Tweed took all the Kindergarten children and teachers to the Flower Show this afternoon, to give the little ones object lessons.

Mount Somers coal has long held the reputation of bens the best lignite coal tbnt comes into Ashburton. It has, of course, some of the dusty disadvantages that all lignite ha.?, but as a heating agent it cannot be beaten, and it can now be bought at 16s a ton, if a four ton truck is ordered. At that price it ought) to boom.

Afc the Flower Show this evening, Mr Roilitb will chow loaves made from thi^ season's wheat. Mr Bryant, who baked them, says the flour of this season's wheat fs the best he has handled for many a day. A loaf of the same batch will be on view in each of the Somerset and Commercial hotel bars this evening.

The editor of the Western Australian Agricultural Bureau Journal alleges that for the last eight years he h*d been experi menting wi'h Lathyrus pylvestris (Wag ner's much-boomed Hungarian Pea) in all sorts of climates and soils, and under varying conditions without any satis factory results. . . The plant had also been tried in the colony btfore and condemned. Very many thousands) of people must have tried this plant during the fifteen years that it has been * boomed ' by the one firm which has been selling the seed until lately at a guinea per pound; but no one else ever seems fco nave any seeds for sale, although the plant is a prolific seed«bearer. If all that is claimed on ifcs behalf were true, the fact chat the plants must first be nursed in small pots for a year and then be planted out singly at lft apart would make it so expensive to establish that no one could afford to grow it. Then it is a fact that the whole of the Lathyrns tribe produce seeds that are poisonous; and finally, under the best circumstances the Lathyrus sylvestrls will not give more fodder than lucerne.

MAIL NOTICES

5 Dhe Letter Box will be cleared for the [ despatch of correspondence from Ashburton }to the undermentioned places as ollows ;— J

Burnham and Dnnsandel, daily 3,15 pm Ohertsey and Bakaia, Christ church and north, daily 630 am 315 pm 6 30 pm and Monday, Wednes day, and Friday ...10 30 am Dromore and Selwyn, daily 6 30 pm Eiffelton, Willowby, daily ... 10 30 a m Lismore, Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday ... 10 30 am Elgin, Wakanui, and River side, daily 6 30 am Seaview, Seafield, Kyle, and Newlands, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday ... 630 am Greenstreet, Winchmore, and Forks, Tuesday, Thurs day, Saturday ... ,630 am Wheatstone, Wat«rton, Ash ton, Longbeach,, and Flemington, daily ... 345 pm Mount Somerg, Springburn, Ba&hside, Alford Forest, Stare'ey, daily 4 pm Methven, daily 3 15 pm Geraldine, and Orari, daily.. 12 30 pm Oamaru, Dunedin, Waimate,

and south, daily ... 12 30 pm E-iling, Rangifcafca, daily .„ 10 30 am* 12

30 pm Temuka, Timaru, daily, 10 30 am 12 and Tuesday, Thursday, 30 pm and Saturday .„ .. 315 pm Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, 10 30 am 12 daily 30 pm And Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday 315 pm Ruapuna, Monjjay and Thurs day . 4 pm Mayfield, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday ... 4 pm Letters containing anything of value should be registered. Letters containing coin or bank notes if posted unregistered will be compulsoriJy registered, and charged double registration c

THE IKfIBbHTUN OTAKDIAH J THURSDAY, PfiBEUARY 21, 1801.



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Pablin Kotioes TVTOTICFI i.s hereby given in Pursuance L JUN of the Public heserves Act, 1885, clauses 5 and 6. chat the Ashburton , Domain will bo set apart lor the Ashburton | Swimming Club's Races, on WEDNES 'PAF, March 6, 1895, on which day charges will be made for admission I thereto on the following scale :— For each Adulc ... ... One Shilling For each Trap One Shilling For each Horse One Shilling J. SEaLY, Chairman Domain Board. February 18, 1895. 2 121 PIANOFORTE TUNING. W WOOLDRIDGB is now in "" • »» Ashburton on one of his usual visits for piano tuning. Annual Tuning, three visits ... £1 Is Single Tuning 10s Orders may be left at MR S. SALEK'S, Jeweller. East Street, Ashburton. Country visited. 2 7 NOTICE. TT7E BEG to notify to the Farmers of the Ashburton District that we ar BUYERS OF WHEAT & FARM PRODUCE, AND HAVE APPOINTED MR F. FERRIMAN to BUY for us in the district, WOOD BROST, LIMITED, MILLERS, CHRISTCHURCH. NO HOOF. NO HORSE! TDRESERVE the Eoof by having It XT Shod at J.-H. STEPHENS, THE SHOER, Who has REDUCRD his Charges for Shoeing and General Work. Shoeing Hacks, 53 ; Draughts, 6s, Sellar's Mouldboards kept in Stock. CENTRAL SHOEING FORGE, 2 6 Wakanoi Road. ASHBURTON FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, Tanceed Stbeet. TTJ TTNDRILL 0 T f\ O • 11. UNDRILL 06 l/ 0. 5 PICTURE FRAMERS. WE H4VE JUST RECEIVED, direct from the Makers, A CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF Picture Mouldings, Which we intend Selling at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. Those having Pictures Framed would do well in inspecting our Stock. We have also just Imported one of the latest Patents for Picture Frame making, which enables us to make Frames at a very low price, and ensures pet feet r Corners, etc. —Please Note the Address— T. H. U»»'LL&.G*. CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, AND PICTURE FRAMERS. Tancrbd Street, (Next to Builr'ing Society's Office". BUSINESS CHANGES. I HAVE this day sold my Retail Boot and Shoe Business, Tancred street, Ashburton, to MR JAMES MELLOR, Bootmaker, Dnnedin, and respectfully request on his behalf a continuance of the support accorded to me. J. BISHOP, Ashburton. January 30,1895. HAVING purchased the Business lately carried on by Mr J. BIBHOP, Tuncred Street, Ashburton, at a very large discount, I have determined to offer the whole of the ! STOCK IN TRADE AT AN ENORMOUS SACRIFICE, FROM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2. Every line will be offered at such a price as will insure a prompt clearance. This will be the greatest chance the Ashburton public have yet had to buy first class Boots at exceptionally low prices :— Children's Strap Shoes from 13 Men's Bluchers, 4s lid Women's Kid E.S. Ba, cost 10s Women's Lasting Slippers, 2s lid Children's Lace Boots from la 9d Women's tLid Lace from ss, worth 10s Thousands of Men's, Women's, and Children's BOOTS AND SHOES AT HALF-PRICE. This is no bogus attempt at a sale, and such value could not be offered unless under the special circumstances of this cheap purchase. The Sale will last twenty-one days, when every line will be cleared JAMES MELLOR intends to carry on the Business as a First-class Boot and Shoe Shop, and will keep nothing but really good boots at moderate prices. The public want good hard wearing stuff that is comfortable, and they ahall have it ; but the first thing is to reduce the present stock, which is a very good one, all the lines being imported at first hand Roll up in thousands and secure the BARGAINS. Look at the windows and tickets : JfAMIS MEtLOR will make a epecial ppint ofgood repairs and bespoke work. JAMES "MELLOR, (Lata J. Bishop.) TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. , 1172 - 1



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AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT .SOCIET New Zealand Branch Head Office, Customhouse-quay, Wellington! Local Board of Directors : The Hon Morgan S. Grace, MJ)., C.M.G., M.L.O. (Chairman) The Hon Charlaß J. Johnston, M.L.C* (Deputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq TheHan Edward Richardson, 0. M.0., M.L.t John Duncan, Esq Medica' Officer: Dt Q-; B, Anson, M.D., M.K.C.S. (England) ! rfiHE OLDEST, WEALTHIEbI X AND MOST PROSPEROUS AUSTKALIAN LIFB OFFICE, 4ND THK j LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. J The only Colonial Life Office which declares a I BONUS EVERY YEAR lhe Method of Valuation adopted by this Society h sf the most Stringent Character, and ensures a Consi derably Larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than that held by any other office In tho Australasian (Dolonies. ACCUMULATED FUND EXCEEDS £12,000,000 (TWELVE MILLIONS) Steshno ANNUAL INCOME, £2,000.000 (TWO MILLION STERLING). POLICIES IN FORCE _ 119,333 6um Assured ... Cash Bonuses Divided .. .. £5,683,415 BONUSES BONUS for ONE year, 1893, £448,790, yielding GASH Reversionary Bonuses amounting to £910,000 after making SPECIAL RESERVES. CASH BONUSES declared lor last FIVE voara, over TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bontwei exceeding FOUB MILLIONS ASS URB YOUR LIFE IN THE A. M. P. SOCIETY And haenre a BONUS EVERY "SEAR Expenses of Management 8| per cenb he total income EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary Brancn Office- Custom House Quay, Wellington Christchurch District Office— Cathedral Square, JAMES HAIR, District Secretary I H ZANDER, 1 L< cal Broker Ashburton



Mr H^nry Zander. HENRY ZANDER I BEG to intimate that I have just j landed a Large and Varied Stock of tfiiiig. ft tins. Guns. HOLLTS' BEST MAKE. Single and Double B*rrel, Breach and Muzzle Leading, well worthy of inspection, REVOLVERS. REVOLVRBS. AMMUNITION. AMMUNITION. Cartridges and Cartridge Cases, Caps, Shot, Gunpowder, P »wder and Shot Flasks, Cartridge Belts, Recap* pen, Loaders, Wads, Punches, etc. SCOTT S WELL-KNOWN RANGES AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. I HAVE IN STOCK AND to LAND -100 Drums Linseed Oil 200 Cases Valvollne 200 Cases Castor Oil 100 Bales best 5-ply Seaming Twine China and Glassware Horns by's & Ransome's Plough Shares Barbed and Fencing Wire Mauritius and Queensland Sugars China, India, and Ceylon Tea§ Beat English Leather Belting -NOW IN STOCK- ; Two Hundred Galvanised Steel Elastic [ Horse Collars (in all sizes). Early i application necessary ] They are giving Universal Satisfaction WINES anii Spirits, Ales 'and Stout, Liqueurs and Habana Cigars, Cigarettes, in view of approaching holidays, at SPECIALLY LOW RATES. GROCERIES AND ALL OTHER GOODS SOLD FOR CASH At Ghristchuroh Prices, Henry Zander, AGENT FOR- Sun Fire Insurance Office Australian Mutual and Provident Society ,i J T Ford and Co E. W. Hnnmer. TO THE FARMERS IN THE ASHBURTON COUNTY, T HAV rE DECIDED TO GO INTO BUSINESS here on roy own account, and lam a • CASH BUYER OF Wheat, Oats, Barley, AND ANY OTHER PRODUCE AT MARKET RATES shall be Regularly Represented at the TINWALD AND ASHBURTON, SALES, and have arranged with MR D. THOMAS TO SELL FOR ME until I am able to get about without crutches. E. W. HANMER. n.b. AT THE OLD PLACE. T.S.s 792 and 793, Cox Street, E«st, for sale at a low price and on liberal terms. T. BULLOCK. VALUABLE TOWN SECTION, CONVENIENTLY SITUATED. CIOR Sale that valuable T.S. 754 front *• ing Wakanui Road and Wills Street, not far from the Post Office and Railway Station, exceptionally easy terms. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE. /CAPITAL Building Site, Cameron \J Street West, being T.S.s 1184 and 1185, containing half acre. Those desirous of building are invited to inspect. Easy terms. v " T. BULLOCK. MONEY— A special sum of £1150 to on first-class freehold security. Apply to T. BULLOCK. TjiOß Sale or to Let, Commodious W rool -I- and Grain Store in West Street, T.S. 56. T. BULLOCK. Bo holders or photos—Hbbky ZaKder, wholesale agent.



f\ f*:s*ri?o inr* LAND AND ESTATE AGEST, ASHRURTON. {North British Fire Insurance Company Union Steam Shipping Company, Limited. Parcels and goods Mat to any' parts of the colony Remington Type Writer, Sample on view. POTATOESI POTATOES!! POTAT&BSI!! (HAVE on hand and for Sale, in Large or Small quantities, Prime Floury Kidney Potatoes. . .. MANG L E S MANGLES. "^^^BSBKu B MANGLESJ '. •■'■.' • A NEW STOCK OP MANGLES, BEST MAKE JUST ARRIVED. HOUSE OF 8 ROOMS TO LET. FOB SALE. A CAPITAL LITTLE PROPERTY,— Consisting of Cottage and Eight Acres of really good land, in close proximity to Borough, \\ mile from Post Oflsce. The land is sub-divided into several paddocks through which streams of water are constantly running, and there is ample provision for any industrious and thrifty family to keep a couple of cows and a number of pigs, poultry, etc., with a prospect of good returns. Price and Terms Liberal. FOR SALE. NEW HORNSBY STEEL FRAME REAPER AND BINDER, 4S3S, and with Wooden Frame £30. Second-hand Wood's wpr«ved), SINGLE APKON HARVESTER, in work one season, dSl 1? 1O«. One Second-hand Plough, Double-furrow, by Booth * McDoxald ; equal to New, £9. ■ iw FOE SALE. Eight-horse Power PORTABLE KNGItfE, by Rvstok & Procter, 701b certificate.—Cheap. FERGUSSON AND MITCHELL'S PAPER MILLS. I am Local Agent fur the above, and can supply Superior Browx Wrapping Patch at Reasonable Bates. I am aleo a Purchaser of Old Woolpttcks and Sackiags suitable for paper mill requirements. Most Extraordinai'v Re volution IN THE Tailoring 1 Trade. NO MORE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO CHPISTCHURCH OR ELSEWHERE FOR THEIR TAILORING. W- SPARROW DTAS proved from past experience that the credit system is unsatisfactory. ~L"L both to buyer and seller, the good marks have to pay for the bad ones. He has therefore decided to CLOSE HIS BOOKS and go in for the CASH SYSTEM entirely, and will sell at prices which are bound to command a large turnover. The following quotations will give some idea of the REDUC TIONS:— First Clan Tweed Sac Suit ... .- 555, former price 70s First Class „ .„ .. 60s, former price 75a First Class „ ... .. (555, former price 80s First Class „ ... ... 70«, former price 85s Best Quality Twsel money can procure ... 755, former price 90i No 4 Foxes Serge Suit ...... .. £3 12s 6d " Best black or blue Worsted Coat and Vest, bound, •. , with best quality Trousering .. £4 Oa Od Remember these Prices are for First Class Workmanship. FIT aND STYLE GUARANTEED. WILLIAM SPARROW, EAST STEEET. N B —As* these"prices may be copied by other Firaiß, please call or send for samples and compare qualities, JOHN ORE & GO., D AYE JOST LANDED A LARGE SUPPLY OF Cheavirrs Improved Gold Medal Rapid Water.. Filters, AND OWING TO THE LATENESS OF THE SEASON WILL SELL AT Extremely JLow Prices* Cheaym's Filters are recognised all over the world as the BEST ifADK JOHN ORR AND CO., V MEKOHANTS AND IMPORTERS.