DEATH.

Jamieson.— At Fernyside, Beach Road, on July 29, James Jamieson, farmer, m his 77th year. , Much and deeply regretted. >■■' '" «

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1896. THE UNEMPLOYED.

A deputation of six men who were out of work, and had been so for , periods ranging over six months m the several instances, ' waited on the j Borough Council at its usual meeting on Monday evening, and represented that they were only a portion of a body of nearly thirty men who were sadly m want of employment. Ajb the previous meeting of the Council a petition signed by twenty-six men, and a letter written: by a resident on his own account, were presented, praying for work. On that occasion it was decided to write to the Premier to ascertain what Government was likely to do m the circumstances. The letter was written, but up to the meeting of the Council, at whigb ,the men's deputation attended, no reply had been received from Wellington, 3?his apparent neglect— -at any rate unex plained delay m acknowledging a letter referring to a matter of great urgency — was keenly felt; both by the Councillors who were willing to do what they could both m their official capacity and otherwise, and by the men themselves \ and some remarks not at all complimentary to the *.« Working Men's Government/ as it was sarcasti cally called, were made. The Council decided to spend £25 to begin with, if Government would grant the subsidy

granted on a previous occasion, and] try to have the vote supplemented by private subscriptions. Failing a reply to a telegram to Government, urging the clamant nature of the position, it was decided to call a public meeting , and appeal for funds. There can be no doubt whatever that there are many cases m the town and district m which want of work has caused a very near approach to absolute want of bread, and residents who can at all afford it would be doing not only a kindly but a patriotic act m finding what work they can for those who are compulsorily idle. The Mayor will be glad to hear of work for men, and take charge of any subscriptions that may be for warded to him for the winter work fund. The bad weather has complicated matters considerably by stopping work that might have been available other wise; but while the bad weather oontinues children's appetites also continue.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Reading matter on fourth page. .; A lady residenb of Masterton has been elected an honorary member of the Kuru puni Fire Brigade. Whales are very numerous on the south coast of New South Wales, and two. have been captured lasb week m Twofold Bay.

The police authorities ab Windsor* Sydney, have been instructed to attend the football matches on the local reserve, and to preserve law and order. The anti-toxin rempdy for diphtheria has been successfully applied on ■ a ohild fou* years old, at Siogleton, New South Wales. The disease was m an advanced stage. The Oddfellows of Waberton will cele brate their fourteenth anniversary by a tea, concert), and ball on Friday, August 21st. Particulars are advertised else where. ' Four seats m the Stock Exchange of Adelaide have just been sold for £9000 each. The sales were effected through the committee, who were authorised by the members. On Friday next, Te Korero will meet at the Orange Hall. The evening will be devoted to the question box. Mem hereof the general Committee are requested to be at the hall at 7.15 p.m., as the business to be transacted is important. ' Sir Frederick Carrlngton was the first out m Cape Colony during the<Kaffir war m 1875. He afterwards commanded Oar rington's Horse m the Zulu war, was m the Kimberley riots, was with Sir Charles Warren's expedition m Bechuanalnnd, and after that raised and commanded the Bechuanaland Border police. He is an excellent officer, has* great experience of native warfare and knows the country thoroughly.

A meeting of the Ashburton Central Liberal Association was held m the Arcade chambers on Wednesday evening, 29th inst. There was a very good attendance m spite of the inclement weather. A president and permanent secretary having been appointed, ie was deoided that the election of vice-president and committee be held over until next meeting. A sub committee for the purpose of drafting a platform for submission' to the next general meeting was appointed. The meeiing then adjourned until Wednesday evening next. . It will probably be found that the estate < f the laic Baron Hirsch will realise £16,000,000 sterling after deduoting the £5,000,000 already generously wxpended for the benefit of the Jewish community m the Argentina tcheme. Of this, one half is devoted to charitable purposes under the supervision of four trustees, who m addition to all their expenses, are to receive for five years, as compensation I for their trouble, the sum of £4 000 psr annum. The remainder is absolutely at the disposal of the Baroness, who is thus left m possession of about £8,000,000. A painfully sudden death occurred last evening. In Mrs John Turfcon's house. South street, ajwindow blind had taken fire, and m the sudden frlghb it gave her Mrs Turton fell down and expired. The deceased, who was a woman of about fifty five years of age, and a very old settler, had been suffering from disease of the heart. At the inquest held to-day at the Ashburton Hotel by the Coroner, Mr O. A. Wray, the jury returned a verdict on Dr Leahy's evidence that death had resulted from syncope, caused by fright, the deceased having suffered from heart diaease. We are pleased to announce to our lady readers thab Dr Emily B. Ryder is to give the first of her health lectures on Monday afternoon next, and this will be followed by lectures on the afternoons of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. No doubt many of our readers will know thab Dr Ryder has bub lately finished her coarse of health lectures m Ohristchurch, where she had very large and enthusiastic audiences* In tact; m every town m New Zealand where Dr Byder has been, her lectures haee been enthusiastically re ceived. Ashbmton is the last place m the South Island Dr Byder will visit before returning to Wellington.

The butchers of Christchuroh and sur rounding districts are petitioning the Minister for Agriculture m favour of the dehorning of cattle. They state that they often have to handle and sell besf that has been seriously Injured, often beyond sale, through being gored while alive, and the extent of whioh ia never known until the hide is removed. On the other hand, cattle that have been dehorned have no such defects, ai they are unable to hucb each other, and it is believed they will gradually leave off trying. The butchers' experience taught them that it would be better lor both, bu.cher and consumer if all cattle were dehorned. The petition was,lylngin the office of the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company at the Addington Saleyards yesterday, and was numerously signed. ■ \ Two days ago a brilliant rainbow spanned our southern heavens, and the recollection thac it did so is very pleasing, as it reminds us that on the occasion of tho Deluge, on whioh floated the Noahio Ark with its motley crow, the rainbow was the dead of agreement on which was, metaphorically speaking, written the covenant that saves the world from obliteration by water. When the business of this world becomes so very bad that the concern wants winding up, Jupitef Pluvius will not be palled m to undertake tho Job, and no ark will be necessary. "An officer who works with a different kind" of element altogether will be requisitioned, and then the wherewithal to float an ark will be at a high premium. The Deluge was the result of a forty-days' downpour, and the consequences were disastrous. We In Ashburton have had only ten days of pluvial attentions, bub that Is a good fourth part of the time that was taken to raise a freshet jiarge .enough to swamp eyery thing and everybody fn tlie time of the f^rst shipbuilder. * But ten days o( wet are surely enough at any anyone time. It is a pity that some arrangement cannot be made under which some of the ratay weather could be stowed away, as we do our wheat and potatoes, and brought out again when the parched ground Is gaping for a drop of moisture. Bub then we are never satisfied m this world, always grumbling and growling. As Pope said 'Man never is, but always to be blest. 1 Still, as a farmer to-day said *I am blest if this rain ain't tqq muoh altogether.' The true leaf of the Tea i' .. unUmpficed With £binis AQiielea,

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION Sydney, July 29 Wheat, local milling, 4a 2d to 43 3d ,• chick, 3s 6d to 3s Bd. Oats, quiet, New Zealand prime feeding 2s 2d to 2s 3d. Potatoes, local £3 5a to £4 ; New Zealand, . arly rose £4 5s ; Circular Heads, £4 4s to £4 10a. Onions, Victorian. £8 10a to £9 ; New Zealand, £9 to £9 sd. Butter, good supply, dairy lOdto lid ; factory lid to Is. Hheese, New Zealand, prime, 51. Bicon 4dto4id. Melbourne July 29. Wheat, quiet, 4s lOd. Oats, Algerian feeding, 2a lOd to 3a l£d; stout white, 3s 2 Adelaidk, July 29 Wheat, 4s sd. Oats, stout white, 3a 8d to3a9d. '

ADDINGTON MARKET.

Ohristchttroh, July 29 At the Addington market to-day the attendance was below the average, but business all round was fairly good. The entries were small. Fat Cattle— ls3 head yarded. Butchers were apparently m want of supplies, and bidding was fairly brisk. Prime steer beef sold at quite up to 20s per lOOlbs, secondary lots and fair heifer from 16a to 18s, whilst 14s to 15a 6d about represented the price paid for cow and inferior sorts. Steers ran from £5 to £8 ss, heifers £4 15s to £5 12s 6d, and cows £3 10s to £6 10s. Fat Sheep— A small entry included some Bheep of exceptional quality, which met very keen competition. The short supply caused a great demand for crossbred ewes, and merinos of both sexes, and values showed a distinct advance. Good freezing wethers brought 18s to 18s 6d, and up to 203 8d for extra prime ; lighter sorts,, 14s to 15s 6d ; good fab ewes. 12s 6d to 14s 8d ; medium, 10a 6d to 12s ; aged and inferior, 8s to 10s ; merino wethers, 9a to 9s sd, and up to 13s 4d and 14s 9d for extra prime; merino ewes, 9s to 9s 2d. Store Sheep — Store sheep were repre sented by a few really good forward turnip wethere, with some fair lines of breeding ewes and the usual number of lambs, l'he sale was good for all classes, turnip wethers bringing up to 14s 4d, wethers and maiden ewes 13s 3d to 13s 7d j good young ewes m lamb, 12s to 133 6d< and aged 8s lOd to 103 ; good healthy lambs 93 9d to 11s lid j and medium and inferior sorts 7a 9d to 9a. Piaa— An average yarding contained | some good lines of baconers and porkers, and all were cleared at from 3Jd to 3£d per lb.

ASHBURTON MARKETS.

Mr David Thomas (Mr R» Curtis, auctioneer), reports upon the live stock market m the Ashburton County for the week ending July 29. On Tuesday at the Tinwald yards tht usual weekly sale was held. The weather, which was very disagree able, kepbback several lots of sheep intended for sale, thua tha entry was very small. Still buyers made their appearance, and were keen on doing business, as all lota were cleared at values equal to late quotations. The entry was made up chiefly of merino ewea, one line of 350* sold on accounb bf E. G. Wright, Esq., realised 8s 3d, which is the top price obtained for merino ewes this season. The butchers' pens were not over stocked, and fat merinos were conspicuous by their absence, therefore good values were realised. The catalogue submitted comprised 1833 sheep, 41 head of cattle, 70 pigs, of which my entry consisted of 1085 sheep, 7 head of cattle, 11 piga. I cleared my entry as follows :— 25 crossbred ewes lla 4d, 30 fat crossbreda 103 9d, 29 fat cross breda 10a 6d, 29 fat croaabreds 10a 7d, 20 fat croßsbredß 9a sd, 18 fat crossbreds 9s sd, 2 fatcrosßbred 6s 6d, 11 fat crossbreds Ila4d, 43 merino ewes m lamb 3s lOd, §6 crossbred ewes m lamb 8a sd, 86 crossbred ewea m lamb 93, 133 crossbred ewes m lamb 7s Bd, 352 sound mouth merino ewes m lamb to Leicester 83 3d, 210 sound mouth 1 , merino ewea 6.3. Cattle— l fab heifer £6 103, 1 ab £6 12s 6d, 1 cow £3, 1 ab £3 15s, 1 cow m profit £5 17a 6d> 1 heifer £3 7s 6d, 1 pig £2 2s. The Hinds sale took place on Monday 27th insb. A larger entry than usual was advertised, but on account of the unpleasant ness of the weather only two lots put man appearance, which were readily picked up. Several buyers had come with the intention of securing stock hut were disappointed at the small entry. .1 sold on account of Mr R. Tarbotton 108 well woolled Lincoln cross hoggets ab 11s, 26 merino ewes ss.

Mr Henry Zander (Mr David Zander, auctioneer), reports oq the live stock market for the' week- ending July 29. The yarding on Tuesday last at Tinwald was not very large. This is easily accounted for by the persistent wot weather which has prevailed iately, arid no doubt many people did not care to have their sheep knocked about m the mud. About 2000 of all descriptions came forward, the bulk comprising crossbred and merino ewes. Considering the wet weather, the attendance was good, and for any stock of good quality good competition resulted. In tha butchers' pens there was only a small yarding, barely sufficient to supply the local wants; Crossbred ewes made from 10a 6d to 14s Bd, merino ewes to 63. Store sheep— Crossbred ewes m lamb are wanted, and I have plenty of enquiries for sheep of this description. Crossbred ewes, aged, sold up to 8s 6d ; merino ewes, sound mouthed, 5s to 6*. A good line of the latter class sent forward by Mr E. G* Wright made 8s 3d. Limbs made 10a Bd. Out of my entry I sold the following lots:— • 86 aged orossbrod ewea m lamb 7s 155 cross bred ewes m lamb 9a 6d, 10 fat lambs 11s, 237 merino ewes 4s lid, 31 merino ewes 63. In pigs I sold 17 baconers at 35a. I held a successful clearing sale on account of Mr A. McCormick on Friday last. Notwithstand? ing the wet weather, a good sale reaulted. The weather no doubt kept a good many people at home, but those ,\vho were, there had their minds made up to buy, und almost everything offered sold well. Draught horses made £15, £16., £25, £Jl, £17 £19. Cows made £4 10s. Crossbred ewes m lamb, four tooth and full-mouth, 12s 6d; two-tooth, 10s 9d; crossbred lambs, culls, 7a ; ; better sorts, 93 9d to 10a 4d. Ploughs £3 15s, movable hut £17, and other implements too numerous to mention.

Coker's Hotel Case.

The action brought by Thomas Popbam, licensee of Coker's Hotel, against T» B Taylor, a leading prohibitionist, claiming £1000 damages for alleged slander, concluded last evening, when the jury returned a verdiot for plaintiff for £50, and costs on the usual scale were allowed. Leave was reserved to defendant te. move generally.

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON— THURSDAY. (Before Mr 0. A. Wray, S.M.) Civil Cases. — Hardley v E. Pagefc, £3 5* ; Mahood v G. Tutty, £3 11s 2d.— Judgment for plaintiffs by default. — Clemens v MoNaugbt, £SQ. Mr Outh 7 bertson for plaintiff, Mr Purnell for defendant. In this case defendant had become surety |n a bond of £5Q for the payment by son or a weekly sum ordered by the Court In an afljliation q*se! The son had failed m hja "payments.— His Worship took time to consider whether plaintiff could recover on the bond.

PARLIAMENTARY

» LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wellington, July 29 The Council met ao 2 30 p.m THE LATE MR PHAKAZYN. Sympathetic and appropriate reference w*a nude to the death of the late Mr Piiiuaayn, and the Council adjourned till next day a"s a mark of respect to his memory.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Wellington, July 28 The House met at 2 30 THE NO-COKFIDBNOB MOTION. Capia.n ftusaell moved hid want of confidence motion, already telegraphed. He Ba>d he did so mostly m order that the public might know some of the errors of administration since the great Liberal party had held a way m JSaw Zealand, aud also m order thac the country might know those members who were brill loyal to the pledges givtn at the hustings. The first important act of maladministration on the part of the Governmenc was m altering the standing orders of the House and limiting freedom of speech, and to this he attributed the decline which had taken place m recent years m the debat ing ability of the House. It should also be known thab by the autocratic will of the t Premier, members were not the delegates of their constituents, but were dominated m their speech and action by the head of the Government. The Premier waa assuming antocratic power m a manner that was really dangerous to the country, and m support of this con tention, Captain Russell instanced the action of Government m taking over the control of the Hansard staff and the officers of the House, and m appointing an ex-member of the House Sergeant- at- Arms, m violation of the Disqualification Act* Some time ago ' self-reliance ' was the cry of the great Liberal party, but now the cry was 'to borrow,' Home time ago their cry had been a ' free breakfast ! table,' but last session they had adopted a tariff of protection m its most drastic form on the necessaries of life. Proceed ing to discuss the financial aspect of the administration of Government, Captain Russell contended there had been a steady increase of the pnblic debt of the colony since the present party had come into office, the amount of increase. in five years being nearly five million sterling. He asked how members of the Ministry could reconcile their statements as to self reliance and non-borrowing with the proposal contained m this year's State ment to raise one million. In fact this Government had always been bringing forward schemes to raise money by a borrowing process. He strongly oon demned the loan conversions of Govern* ment, some of which amounted to aots of folly, which were almost criminal. The seizure of the local bodies' sinking funds was a most immoral proceeding. Taking into consideration the facb that Govern ment va&y have had sound legal advice on the subject, he discussed this question at some length, and contended it was never contemplated that the country should be charged with the bans to local bodies. The transfer of money from the land transfer fund he asserted was another improper proceeding. That fund had fallen from £89,000 m 1892 to £85,941 m 1896. He had reason to believe there had been uo legal calls on this fund, and Its depletion musb be' due to continual bleeding for improper purposes. Captain Russell went on to refer to the imperfect way m which the Tariff Bill of last session had been brought down to the House, and Raid similar incompetency on the part of Ministers characterised their other policy measures. Government did not know any thing about the probable effects of their tariff proposals, for instead of a few anomalies being removed the figures of the revenue returns showed that the most serious taxation had been imposed on the peopla. The inaccuracy of the figures as quoted by the Government 1 when the Bill was before the House, was j either the. result of gross ignorance oral wilful intention to deceive the public. He complained that the customs returns for the last Quarter had not yet been' placed before Parliament, and said the subservience of membois to the Premier was so great that they allowed him to do as he liked m the matter of furnishing returns asked for. Turning to the question of defence, he said our defences were absolutely usuless. The permanent force contained no scientific officers, and the gunners were not, competent to work the guns m the port. For this state of affairs the Premier, who took. fall control, waa responsible. He suggested that the Defence Act should be amended so as* to give the new commandant an appointment for five years and sole control of the forces. "Either the colony should have efficient defence or no defence at all : for at present the defences were the laughing stock of the officers m the other colonies. He regretted he had nob time to fully go into the land administration of the Government, bujt the report just laid on the table showed that one- third of the selectors m Wellington provincial district had given up their holdings. Did that show successful administration f In conclusion he'said that instead or the colony having progressed . during the last few years it had gone back, solely owing to the maladministration of the present Government. Mr Seddon said his position was a most extraordinary one. Bo previous Premier had ever been placed m such a position, and he hoped no other one ever would. Captain Russell m his speech had scarcely touched on his motion. He twitted Captain Russell that be was nob the leader of the Opposition at all, bub that it was a case of the bail wagging the dog. To give his followers an opportunity of delivering their budget speeches, he was blocking the business of the country With a motion to which he soarcely .deigned to refer. There were several members on the Government side of the House who had of late freely criticised the doings of Government, and it was to catch those people that Captain Russell had tabled his motion. He had no doubt, however, that those members would nob support his motion . The real reaqon why this motion had been brought forward was bepanse the Opposition rn.em.bers ware absent at the Jluct Raqecqurae when the financial deba.be callapsed, and he (the Premier) was unexpectedly c tiled on to reply, because Dr Newman could nob spe^k bo a full gallery. He preferred to go on with the debate m the afternoon, and was the cause therefore of the collapse of the debate. Captain Russell now found himself forged into the position of bringing forward this motion. It would have been far better, Mr Seddon thought, that Captain Russell should have retired from his posi tion as leader of the Opposition than have made such a taqtical blunder as he had done jn proposing the motion. Prooeed ing to reply to Captain Russell's remarks Mr Seddon said he must take the motion seriously, and it w*s a question whether the country was to return to government by a select few as m the past. Ib was the first time m the history of our Parliament m which the transactions of a dead states man had been chosen as the subject matter for a no;confidence inoblon. This motion traversed the legislation of his dead, chief and comrade Mr .John Ballanco, and he aslfed felje' Opposition pa/iy who were raking up dead men's bones now 1 The transaction referred to by Captain Russell, m which Mr Balance had con verted a £500,000 loan was a most success ful one for tho colony, as ib had resulted In a saving of £3000 a year. This should be made known m justice bo the memory of the dead, leader of the Liberal party,

As to the increase to the publio debt the Premier pointed out thab the continuous Conservative party were rwpjnsible for no IeBBl eBB than £32,600,000 of the national debt of the colony, and Captaia Russell himself had advocated a loan of twenty million sterling, which would have been added to the pubic d^bt After that he ho Pc? that they would hear nothing more of this Government having increased the pubho indebtedness. The increase of the indebtedness m 1893-94 had only resulted m >m Increase ot taxation of £2000 perannum —a very paltry amount. Captain B usaell had raised no objections to the objects to which the million asked for m the Financial Statement was to be devoted, lake the goldfiefds, for instance, they had been the salvation of the colony, and m asking for only £250, C00 he was sur prised at his own moderation. As to the alleged seizure of the sinking funds the Governmeab had acted under legal advice and no objection had been raised by the Auditor-General. As to the loan con version he quoted figures to show.that the Sveddon Government had only converted a similar amount to the Atkinson Govern ment of which Captain Russell was a Minister, and that these operations had resulted m a considerable saving to the colony. Ihe publio works ' expenditure of the present Government had been much less than that of their predecessors. As against the sinking fund 3 that had been taken the Government had issued debentures, but Captain Russell had for gotten to give credit for this. This mat ter had been brought up last session and why had Captain Russell not taken that opportunity 6f embodying the action of the Government m his motion. Captain Russell would have been wiser to have kept the figures he quoted | with regard to the depletion of the land assuranoe fund to himself, for they showed that at the rate the fund was decreasing ib would take 84 years to be wiped out. A pro posal had been made by the late Sir Harry Atkinson on one occassion to take hold of that sum at one fell swoop. He corn batted Captain Russell's contention with regard to theinoreaseofoheOustomsduties and aald ; .that the Customs duties collected In 1892 were £44.094 more than last year, and m 1893 they were £45,713 more tha* last year. Taking into consideration the iQ°o r on 8 o 6 of the population between ihh j-93 and last year there had been an decrease of 2s 6d per head m the taxation on the people of the colony through the Oastoms. He hoped Captain Russell would say nothing further on the qu«s tjon. He would be quite happy, if it was pointed out to him where the duty was pressing unduly on the struggling classes, to effect a reduction, but it most be re membered that it was incumbent upon the Government to maintain a strong finance. With regard to increases m the Customs duties last year, he pointed out that £40,000 of the increase was obtained from articles which had not beea touched by last session's tariff. On the question of defence he reminded the House that the Atkinson Government had reduced the oapitation grant from £3 to 30s. Captain Russell's remarks amounted to an advocacy for the establishment of a partially paid defence force, bub the people of the colony would have none of this. They preferred to have the money expended on roads and bridges. Captain Russell's criticism under this heading had been most ungenerous*, and he could take his mind back to Polhlll Gully purchase, which, [did nob redound to Captain Russell's credit as administrator of th* Defence Department. The division on this motion would decide whether the Liberal party was £o continue to govern the country, or whether .the Con servative party were to do so.' During the last five years the Liberal party had made great progress m their legislation, and there had not been a single back ward movement m anything m the interests of the colony ; and comparing Mew, Zealand with the other colonies m finance ani m other respcc'.s, she was math ahead of them. ■ Dr Newmau said ttat; with regard to the collapse of the financial debate he had received orders to 'sib tight,' and ho did so. Referring to the Premier's speech he said thab he had made no d« f enGe whatever of the Government policy. He had twitted Captain Russell with attacking the late Mr Ballance by his motion, bub the facs was that the Premier himself had for weeks past bet n insti tuting attacks on a dead statesman, and had fined Mr Watson £500 for not giving information he desired m order to make these attacks. Things had gone from ..bad to worse during the Seddon admin istration, and there was not one single department which showed prudent man agement. It was a preposperous thing that the Premier who was so overworked should be Treasurer of the colony. He considered that the present Government was notorious tor failures. He instanced the penny post which was one of the greatest planks m the Liberal piatiform ; where was it now ? Then there was the fizssle of the reciprocity treaties, and Samoa and Norfolk Island were Btill unannexed, m spite of the expressed intention of the Government to extend .the New Zaaland empire Into the Pacific Ocean. Dr Newman spoke generally m. strong condemnation of the whole Government policy. The debate was interrupted by the 5.30 pm adjournment. The House resumed at 7-30 p.m. Dr Newman continued his speech m criticism of the Government polioy. I Mr Hogg warmly approved of the Government policy, and said that the good deeds which Ministers had done should be weighed m the balance againsb their sins of omission and commission.

Mr Robert Stout said that he had no faulb to find with the tables m the Financial Abatement as the Premier had put matters vqry lucidly j but he wished to draw the attention of the House to the state of the finances of, the colony. Leaving out borrowed money and tne amount of £180,000 with which the year had been started, there was a net deficit for the year of £109,865. The interest account of the colony was steadily mounting up, and m two years (since ItS^SL 1 * had gone U P no less than £116.390, nearly all of whlob went to absentee capitalists, t^oans were also mounting up. The average increase of loana under the Seddon Government since 1593 had been £2,375,939, as compared with £400,381 for the two years of the Balance Government, £757,213 for the Atkinson Government, and £1,350,000 f0r the Stoufc-Vogel Government;. The ques tion was whether the colony could continue this borrowing policy. He complained of the way m which the acQounts of the Land Department were kept, and said that no idea coqld be gained from them of the way In which purchases of l*nd for settlement had turned out. For instance,, no profit and 'loss account of "the Cheviot) estate had ever be.en given. In dismissing the borrowing proposals o? the Govern-, menb he said that of the one million specifically mentioned, only £25Q,0Q0 was to be expended on immediately remunera-t tive work. He contended that the proposal to spend £250,000 on gqldfields was needless, as English capital was ponring into the mining districts, and no assist ance was asked for from the Government. The policy as laid down m this year's Statement was a complete abandonment of the palicy as laid down by Mr Ballansa m 18,91-^2, and those members who w;era true to their pledges must vote against it. He referred at length to the alleged seizure of the local bodies' sinking funds, which also was an abandonment of the policy of 1891-92 On every loan t-hat was now given to the local bodies /the Colonial Treasurer by his manipulation of the sinking funds was making 2 per cent oqt of it for his current revenue.

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WANTED Known — 6000 pairs o Boobs and shoes to pick from Mellor s Great Boot Sale. *» / ANTEDKnown— Go to The Corker **' for Newest Styles m Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Collier. I^INDING thab our stock of Earthen - *- ware and Ironmongery is still £200 too large, we are offering a few choice nibbles for cash to clear. — Carson 1 & Co. 795 . ' ■ ■■ , v: RATES' Reliable New Season's Garden .-*- Seeds, just landed. Vegetable Seeds ab reduced. -prices. Carson & Co., Agents. Garden Tools m great variety. . 7 91 WAHTKD Known — Great Reduction at Mrllor's Cheap Boot Pale. WANTED Known— You save 6a m/ every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boot) Store. OT AN TED Known— Just- opened, ex ** Pakeha and Gothic, Flannelettes; white, stripes, and colours ; Velveteens, black, all prices ; Colours, large variety, including new shades m Reseda, Hum- boldb and Hungarian — Mitchell ; and Turner. WANTED Known— The 'Economic V¥ Kid Glove, four buttons, Is 9?. per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier. VJFT ANTED Known— That E. Mahood * * .is still selling all kinds of Grocery, Crockery; and Glassware ab as reasonable a price as any other house m the trade Orders by letter or Telephone promptly attended to Families waited on daily. Telephone No 76. WANTED Known— Men's Mercery, Clothing and Boots. For Goods lhab wear well, fit well, and look well, try that old established firm — Mitchell & Turner. I^TEW Magazines and. Books ; qiarterly UN Something to Bead, Scraps and Snapshots, The Mighty Atom (Core)li), Men of the Moss Hags (Crockett), First Aid, Hints and Helps (Ambulance Books) New Waltz. * Virginia,' by Ruby Zander ; New lob Foreign Stamps, Packets and Sheets at Andrewes, Anderson, and Co., Stationer's Hall.



Wanted. DONT miss the wonderful Trouba- dourn at the Balvntpoo Army To ntght. Music, Soug, arid \xlee. Tickets 6d. ■■' -^ 7 186, WELDON'S Journal for Jun?.. Family Reader, June ; Heavy Odds, M Clarke ; The Seat of the Mighty,\Pavker; London up to date, Sala ; Soldier of fortune, Meade. New Books by the mail. Clearing Sale this month.— H. M. , Jones. NOTICE. —Are you going to build. Because the cheapest shop * for Roofing, Iron Rtdging, Gutters, Nails, Lead, Spouting. Water Tanks, Pumps, Ranges, Register Grates, Locks' and Hinges, Washing Boilers, and all sorts of Ironmongery, is J. W. Hardley's, Ironmonger. Plumber, and Tinamith. Telephone 32. — . •■ WANTED Known— Mohste Clear ing Boot Sale at Mellob' Zealan dia Booh Store. MBS KNIGHT, cash purchaser of Ladies' and Gentlemen 8 left off Clothing, etc. Letters promptly attended to, Post Office, 5 100 ANTED KNOWN-H. Bairstow has opmmenced the Undertaking Business. Any order intrusted to his care will receive prompt and careful at tentlon. Address, Cameron Street, opposite Baring Square. 6 140 \X7"ANTED Known— Large delivery of * * ' the •Economic' Kid Gloveq, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, Worth much more. — W H. Collier. BANANAS, Bananas, ripe and sound ; also sweet D.B. Oranges at H. A. Flower's, Confectioner and Fruiterer, East Street. %a / ANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of V v Boots to be cleared m one month, — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known— We are clearing out all our Macintoshes, Jackets, Lined Cloaks and Dressing Gowns. No reasonable offer refused for anything soiled or " not up to date." — Mitohfll & Turner. j WANTED Known— Ladies Shoes tan or black, 6s 6d. — Mkllor's Cheap Boot Sale. W ANTtGD Known— lf you want Seed ** that are sure to grow get them a Fletcher Bros* YfiT ANTED Known — For Vegetable ' 7 and Flower Seeds call at Fletcher Bros., East Street.! WANTED Rtfown—lf you miss the Cheap Boot Sale you will be rry.-7-MELLOR f s, Tancred Street. ANTED Known— Everybody to roil up to Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale Now'a your time to bay.



MEETINGS. THURSDAY— (a) Mothers' Union Meeting m JSb Stephen's Sohool- room at 3 p.m. (b) G/.F.S. at 7 p.m FRIDAY— Short Service, 7.30 p.m. Choir Practice, 8 p,m SUNDAY SERVICES. 11 a.m — Morning Prayer and Holy Communion 3 p.m — (Greenstreet) — Rev T. A. Hamilton . 3 p.m— (Drpmore) —Mr W. Bowman Fox' 6.50 p.m— Evening Prayer -Rev T. A. Hamilton . ; \ Elston and Leggott, PAINTERS, PAPERH ANGERS, GLAZIERS, Etc. ALL WORK GUARANTEED, TO GIVE SATISFACTION. None bub the BEST materials used. Estimates Given. BULLOCK'S SHOPS, TRIANGLE, AsftBUKTON. Wanted. WAHOO! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION, i Ashburton Drug Company, Agents 11108 MANY thanks for past favors and solicits a oontinuanoe dating coming year. My motto is to give satisfaction. Being under a minimum expense am able to compete with anyone.— C. Hawkins, Boot and Draper's Store, Tinwald. OUGH, Cough, Cough— l am ; still making my celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless stamped Flower's Oougb. —H. X. F&owjsk, Confectioner, JEast street. 5 24 • I Flower h latest Bulgarian Rock 1 and Cream Walnuts, simply delicious : ab the Old Reliable Confec- tioner's, East street. [ YA7" ANTED Known -Madden's Re- W freshment Rooms are the rooms Par ExcdleiiQe. When m town do nob fail to give them a look up. Do you like a loaf that has a sweeb nutty flavor, of good pile and bloom, m addition bo its fall weight, which a surprise visit from the Inspector, the other day proved? You do? Wei', go to Maddens ! If you are getting up a Spread m a private or general way, and would like your Pastry, Cakes, Jellies, Creams, etc, to be a Success, why, come along to Maddens m East street), and you won't be disappointed. Bride, Christening and Birthday Cakes, aj Specialty, I



Public Notices WOOLLEN GOODS FOR WINTER WEAR. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Men's Overcoats, with Cape, from 203 Boys' Overcoats from 8a 6d Men's AH Wool Sao Suits from 27s 6d Men's All Wonl Trousera from 8a 9d Boys' All Wool Knioker Suits from... 7s 6d, Men's Oover Coat from ... 29s 6d BLANKETvS. BLANKETS. BLANKETS Mosgiel. Ashburton. Mosgiel 16s 6d per pair. RUGS. , RUGS. RUGS. Wellington, Mosgiel, Timaru 12s 6d. L. W. Pants, our own make, 3a lid. Flannel Shirts 3s 6d. ■QBIVING GjLOVES, Wool lined Grloves, Mufflers from Ib, Wool Socks Is, Men's Golf Oaps from Is, Boys' Caps 6d NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX HENDRY, Manager. ■ <, RESERVED FOR THE Ashburton Drapery Company, ;; ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH Ashburton



■ j-u- i - r ■ • ■ i • ■ i — ■ mi * ~1 B usine ss Notices. . ' ] ook. Look. ! G; J. NEILL ' ITS NOW SELLING CHEAPER THAN EVER. MAKE NO, ERROR 30 TO ! FOR GOOD & CHEAP DUPERY, CLOTHING, .& 800 IS NO OLD BTOCKj EVERYTHING NEW, COME AND SEE, AND COMPARE OUR FRIGES. , WE DEFY COMPETITION DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Men's Boots riid^Bnoeß. ; i" "JVomenJa Boots and Shoes Boys 1 Boots and Shoes. Girls' Boots and Shoes of Every Description. «• J. Mfillilit Friedlander's Corner, East Street. TERMS CASH. ■ ■ ■ ■ . ' ,' • i ••'• i »~- FANS. : FANB. FANS. JUST RECEIVED A LARGE ASSORTMENT '.■■..•..•■ >■:■..;•■■..:■•■'. OF.;.' : - : ' .■ ' ■ / • ■■.-' 'FAN S- :..: AT VERY LOW PRICE.S &* 6d, ss, ?» Oa, 8» ' Q&,' and 15». ■ Br:S A L E' K/-' : ■;•'/.■;.!' : WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, EAST [STREET, ASHBURTON. GET YOUR Seed Potatoes Seed Potatoes. FROM FLETCHER BROS. A Off ANGE of Seed Always Pays, as a Better and Heavier Crop is pro- duced. Our Potatoes are all specially raised for 'seed purposes from selected stocks m the very best potato producing district. We would advise orders to be sent to us as early as possible, m order that they may be filled from our own stocks, which occasionally become exhausted before the end of the season. . ' BEAUTY OF HEBRON.' This variety is Very Early, coming to the table before either Early Rose or Ashleaf Kidney, and is far superior hoth m quality and productiveness. 'QUEEN OF THE VALLEY.' A very heavy cropper and early potato. The tubers are handsome and solid (capital variety for exhibition), boiling as white as milk as dry as flour, and is also a fine keeper. THE < BRUCE.' This Potato, the potato of the future, is remarkable for its productiveness ~ and its resistance of droughts and frosts, they have yielded at the rate of 17 tons per acre, having very few small, and is a flrstcKsa eating potato. We have also m stock splendid samples of Bath Kidneys, Lapstoue, Derwents, Etc, Etc. LAWN GRASS SEEDS. ,\ • ■ Try Nimmo <fe Blair's Celebrated Lawn Grass Seed. It is the purest, cleanest, and be^vfaUtyv invthe r market, and is^jrnposedronly of Fine Dwarf, growing evergreen grasses^' Per lb, Is' 3d'; per bushel, 22s 1 6d, Wovolties For Season IS9O. CABBAGE— < LAMB'S EALIE'ST OF ALL ' A Superior Farly Cabbage of quick growth, beautiful white compact heads, Cd per packet. CABBAGE— 'BLAIR'S PHENOMENAL.' The finest main crop Cabbage ever introduced, heads as solid as a stone, weighing 14 and 181bs. The Cabbage for market gardeners. 6d per packet. NEW MON— < EARLY GOLDEN GLOB&' ; Growers have gclden opinions of this Onion. It grows a large bulb as ' sound as a cricket b\ll. For market gardeners tbis onion is beyond doubt the . finest that c*n be grown for sale. Is per packet. PEA— BEY DB STEWART. The finest early Dwarf Pea ever introduced. Per pack et, PEA-tSIET HARRY ATKINSON. This w the finest tall growing Pea m the world. Per packet, 6i ; per lb, le|; or 7ibs for ss. Call And Get one of our [Catalogues of Selected Novelties. FLETCHER BROS.. CASH SUPPLY STORES, ASHBURTON AND CHRISTOHUROH. Tw.BPuoNa 24 Box 67 ,