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ASHBURTON- FRIDAY. (Before Messrs Bullock and Thomas, J s.P. Alleged Forgery.— Bliz sbeth A n'ony, a girl of seventeen years of age, was charged with having forged the nnme of JS. H. Dobson to a eh» quo for £3 53, and uttered the same to oue John Mitchell, salesman m the employ of Lawrie and i o , Ashburton, on February 7 — John Mic chell said that the accused came to his employees' shop on February 7, m the forenoon, and made some purchases of drapery. She tendered a chtquo f»r £3 01 bearing the signature of Jfl. H. Dobson, Lowc'iffe, m whose service she led him to believe she wap. She al§p said her mistreßU would not extend her holiday till Monday, so that she would have to go ■ back by the express tint day The oheque was on the Union Bank ; took it into the office, and gave it to Mr Lawrle. Being a stranger, cashed no cheques, bub always referred them to the office.— o. A. flynd man said he was a partner m the firm of Lawrle and Co. Found the cheque pro duoed m tho cash, and paid it into the Bank of Australasia, when it was returned endorsed *» signature unlike." Gob no credit for the amount. By the Bench— The cheque was incomplete, and witness completed it m the Bank. Would not call the signature to the cheque that of a ■formed hand, and had it been presented to him as the signature of a man capable of managing Lowcliffe he would have had grave doubts about its genuine ness. — £. H. Jackson, ledger-keeper at the Union Bank, said the cheque book produced was issued by his bank to Mr E. H. Dobson> The numbers ran T101.191 to T101.222, and the cheque produced was the last m the book. It came to his Bank for payment, but was not paid, as the signature was not Mr Dobson's. Had no other customer of the name of E. B. Dobson.— E. H. Dobson, manager of the Lowcliffe estate, said the acoussed had been m his employ as a nurse girl since last April, and got a holiday on Tuesday, February 4, to extend to Friday, February 7, on which date she was to return by the express. Gave her a cheque for £3 5s for wages and got her receipt. The cheque book produced was his ; the lasb cheque was misting from It. Lost the run of this cheque book for a time and got another. The cheque pro duced is out of the book that was mislaid, and had been taken out m such a way that it was not easy to see that a oheque had been taken oat at all. The signature was not witness's and no part of it was m his writing. —Constable Jackson gave evidence as to going to Mr Dobson's place on Friday It and 12 to enquire about the cheque, and arrested accused on the morning of February 12. The girl at first denied all knowledge of it. On being asked for the piece of print she bought at Mr Lawrie's. she denied haying it, but on wit ness producing it from her box ac cused said it was the piece. She handed witness 5s 3d, which she said she had got from Mrs Dobson, and was all the money she had. She afterwards said there were £2 and a half-sovereign m her box, the balance of the amount} of the cheque, and this she handed to witness. She ako said she toek the cheque out of the oheque book, which she found m the drawer of the bathroom about a week be fore ciming to Ashburton, but had it m her c*rpeb bos; while m Ashburton, and passed it to Mr Inwrie. She admitted that she knew she was doing wrong. — Accused was committed for trial at the Chris* church Supreme Court, bail wis allowed m two sureties of £25, ond accused herself m £25.

Presentation

There was a gathering of ladies of the congregation and friends of the Sunday School of St Stephen's Church, at the Vicar age, on Thursday afternoon, for the purpose of taking farewell of Mrs Kempthorne, who has for a long time given very able assistance as a teacher m the school, and who, with her husband and family, is about to remove to Amberley. After tea and cake had been handed round, Rev. T. A. Hamilton, m a very gracefully worded and kindly speech, said that the present was the second occasion within a very brief space of time m which such an assemblage had been gathered together for the purpose of saying farewell to members of t he church who were removing to other localities, and whose loss would be greatly felt. In the case of Mrs Kempthorne, and of her husband and family, that loss would be difficult to make up, indeed he feared their places could hardly be filled, especially m connection with the Sunday school m which Mrs Kempthorne had laboured so faithfully and well. It would, hefeltßure,bepleasingto hertoknowtbat her labours had been highly appreciated by the teachers and scholars, on behalf of whom he was charged to present her with a very beautiful Bible. This was from the Oxford press, bound m morocco, and printed on specially prepared paper, and having numerous appendices, containing a complete concordance, glossary, and elaborate illustra tions, indexes of subjects, etc. It was a very beautiful gift, and would, he hoped, m addition to the value of its cootsnts, be also a reminder of the esteem and love of those by whom it was presented. Mr Hamilton went on to speak of the Chnrch as a guide m matters of faith, and concluded by expressing the best wishes of all for the happiness of the lady whom they were met to honour. Mrs Kempthorne replied m a few graceful words, m the course of which she thanked Mr Hamilton for his kindly references to herself, her husband, and family, and said that the beautiful gift which had been presented to her, would always be highly prized, and the kind sentiments of the donors lovingly remembered.

CHRISTCHURCH ELECTION.

— -—>; . ♦ RETURN OF THE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE. Chkistohuroh, February 13 The Election for the Ohiistohurch seat rendered vacant by the appointment of the Hon W. P. Beeves to the Agent- Generalship, took place today. Though during the day there was little outward evidence of excitement, the supporters {of the three candidates worked their hardest ' and the polling was heavy. The streets m front of the newspaper offices were thronged to-night by thousands of people awaiting the display of the results at the vatioas booths, Shortly before 10 o'clock the result was announced as follows : — O. Lewis, 4714 ; T. K. Taylor, 4302 ;R. M. Taylor, 3196. Majority for Lewis 412.

CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREING

I LORD DUNRAVGN'S CHARGES London, February 12 Lord Dun raven makes no retractation of his charges m connection with the America Cup yacht race, nor does he endeavour to make an excuse for his charges. HOME RULE. February 13. In the Bouse of Commons Mr Dillon moved — "That the refusal to re submit the Home Rule question had arou&ed the deepest discontent and resentment." Mr Gerald Balfour, m reply, said that the attitude of the Government had had no effect m changing the Opposition. NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND AGENOY COMPANY. At the meeting of the National Mortgago and Agency Company of New Zealand, Mr Grenfell, the chair man, declared that the fall m the securities had been arrested, and that they were now bringing m a return of 4 per cent. Negotiations, he said, were now proceeding for a profitable addition to the business. FEDERAL DEFENCE. Mr George Clark, Secretary to the Colonial Defence Committee, read a paper before the Colonial Institute, m which he advocated that a Conference should be convened m London to dis cuss the question of Federal defence. Mr Clark deplored the reductions which were being made m connection with the defence of the Australian colonies. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOAN. South Australia borrows £839,500 at 3 per cent, with a minimum of 94. Tenders are to be opened on the 20th. The loan is already quoted at a premium of 2| per cent. OBITUARY. Pakis, February 12 The death is announced of 0. L. Ambroise Thomas, the prominent musical composer, and a member of the Order of the Legion of Honor. THE CZAR'S CORONATION. Pbkin, February 12 Li Hung Chang attends the corona tion ceremony of the Czar at Moscow. CHARGE OF FRAUD. Bud a Pbsth, Fabruary 12 Pulszky, the Director of the National Art Gallery here, has been arrested on a charge of fraud m connection with the purchase of pictures. ABOLITION OF TITHES. Athens, February 12 Macedonia has abolished farming tithes. ARMENIA. Constantinople, Februaty 12 The Sultan appoints Christian Afudirs m Armenia.

We are m reoeipb of the harvest number of the Ohristohnrch Weelchj Press, con taining eight pages of admirably executed illustrations of harvest operations on Mr John Grlgg'a Longbeach estate, with a graphic letterpress narrative by the agricultural reporter of our enterprising contemporary, the reporter not only dis playing a knowledge of the subjects upon which he writes, but an intimate acquaint* ance with what has been done at Long beach for some years past. The number is a credit to Mew Zealand journalistic enterprise, and, giving as it does, a large amount of interesting information with respect to one of the most highly culti vated and best managed farms m the world, the paper will be received with pleasure by large numbers of readers m New Zealand, the Australian colonies, and at Home. Mr E. J. Paul, the local agent, informs us that he has had a great demand for the harvest number, and has had to telegraph for several fresh supplies. Fragrant and Contforttof-Nm Vmut

SECOND EDITION

FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA.

LATER PARTICULARS. Brisbane, February 13 The scenes on the river banks, m the streets, and ab the ferry and wharves were of a most painful and affecting nature. Men looked anxiously a«; the rescued', while women wrung their hands frantically with grief, and children looked for parents, brothers, or sisters. When the news reached the south side of the river the scene was terrible, women and men running about fobbing and crying. There can be no pasaibLe doubt that many of the victims met a horrible death by scalds from the escape of steam, while many were killed through coal falling op them from the furnace. Two bodies discovered near the rock were almo&t black and bore traces of severe burns. The body of one woman was perfectly black from steam, and coal dust. A steamer m the vioinity of the accident threw overboard life belts, and all descriptions of articles likely to be of servioe m keeping anyone afloat, but the awful suddenness of the disaster placed the unfortunate passen gers heyond human aid. . Up to nine o'clock last night twenty bodies had been recovered but ib is impossible to ascertain their names until identification is complete. The Pearl was seen drifting paab the Baelimba ferry a couple of hours after the disaster apparently broken m | half but no human remains were seen near the wreck. Captain Chard, the fire man and the deckhand who formed the crew of the Pearl were resoued. The following are reported drowned —Misses Poinsa, Barns, Ida Newman, and Har courb; Messrs A. Williams, C. Cliborn, Moran, and daughters. Reported miss ing —Mrs Renton, Messrs MoCorklndale, late President Ooonparoo Council; Charl ton, engineer; Ellis, clerk. The con dition of the temporary portion of the Victoria bridge is causing much uneasi ness ; passengers are now allowed to c rocs ab their own risk. The structure has yielded considerably to the strain and m ow fully four feet out of alignment. A pathetic incident of the disaster was that Moran was returning with hi? son and daughter from his wife's funeral, and the son, a lad of fourteen, alone was saved. In one or two cases life was restored to persons who were recovered unconscious from the river. The majority of those re&oued were picked up by boats ; still a few managed to btem the swiftly rushing water and to swim ashore.

The Gazette announces the acceptance of complete specifications for a patent for an improved flooring-cramp, by Mr W. 0. Page, builder, Ashburton. He was from * the 6ther side,' and arrived at Olutha without knowing it was a * Prohibition ' district. So when he sab down to dinner at his hotel for the first time, he called for a bottle of beer. The landlord explained that there was nothing | stronger than tea to be had. The visitor looked disgusted. 'We can send for a bottle,' said the landlord. ' How far have yon to send V asked the visitor, *To Dunedin ,' replied bonif ace. 'To Donedin 1 Why that's 100 miles away, isn't it.' * Yes it is,' said the landlord, * we must send to Dunedin for it, but I tell yon what I'll do : I'll lend you a bottle of mine till yonrs comes.' Thus was the difficulty surmoun ted. ' I know an old soldier who had ohron* 0 diarrhoea of long standing to have been pe r manently cured by taking Chamberlain's Oolio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,' says Edward Shumpik, a prominent druggist of Minneapolis, Minn. 'I have Bold the remedy m this oity for over seven years and consider it superior to any other medicine now on the market for bowel complaints.' This remedy for sale by the Ashburton Drag Company. THE PHYILQXERA PEST

There are diseases relating to the human system of more consequence than this, and for kidney affections Wblte't Schnapps is a radical specific

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FEBRUARY 2-t & 23 ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOOIFiTY'S Flower Show ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY, ;n the 'aroadf. FRIDAY will be observed an the Woekly Half-holiday (instead of Thurs- day;, and the Ashbarton Band will play i number of selections during the Wenlng. i GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT WILL BE GIVEN ON • SATURDAY EVENING. Schedules can be had on application to the Secretary. 1 144 FRED. MAEEIG. Bargains. — Ladies' Straw Hats, (Trimmed Hats, White and Cream Laoes. See our. windowi,— AihburtoD Drapery Oompnyi



BICYCLISTS' SPERM BICYCLE OIL "l/Tanufactured by the celebrated maker, W, F Nye. Bridgeport, U.S.A., Specially for JOHN ORE & Co., ASHBURTON, m Half-pints and Pint bottles, and m Half- gallon Tiws. Prices : Halfpints . .Is Gel Pints . . . 2s 6d Half-gallons . . 6s 6d One Month. G. J. NEI L L HAS MARKED HIS STOCK OP General Drapery Clothing and Boots BELOW COST PBICE, A ND is now offering it to the Public Make no mistake the prices Cannot be beaten. G. J. NEILL,, ! BPRNETT STREET NEXT SHEARMAN BROS. 11EMEMBER-FOR ONE MONTH j. y '



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; PUBLIC NOTICES FOR. SALE. » TPHE Freehold of the Wafcerton Hotal. 1 JL For farther particulars apply H. W. BARRETT, Ashburfcon, Or to the Proprietor, 2 32 W,»terton. QT. STEPHEN'S OfIUROH, | Ash burton 1 MEETINGS. SATURDAY— M.C.L., 3 p.m. SERVICES. FRlDAY— Service and Preparation for Holy Communion, 7.30 p.m. ; Choir Practice, 8 p.m. SUNDAY. 11 a.m., Morning Prayer and Holy Communion, Rev Thomas Farley ; 3 p.m. (Dromore), Rev T. Farley ; 6.30 p.m., Evening Prayer, Rev T. Farley. ABHBURTON INDUSTRIAL BUILD- ING SOCIETY. "T7IOR SALE, on account of a client, JD Tiro Shares m the above Society. There it to be an appropriation during the current month. T. BULLOCK £50 BEWARD. 0 TOLEN or strayed from Mr Robert Clark's Farm, Woodlands, Dromore, about 200 CROSSBRED TWO-TOOTHS (mixed sexes) branded /\ + ■ There may be a few old "crossbred and merino ewes with them. The above Reward will be paid to anyone giving such information as will lead to the conviction of the thief, or a reward of FIVE POUNDS will be paid to anyone giving such information as will lead to their recovery, D. THOMAS, 2 60 Aehbarton. MONEY TO LEND IN SUMS of from;£SJ3S to ««500 BY THE GOVERNMENT ADVANCES TO SETTLERS OFFICE. LOANS granted on Freehold or Crown Leaseholds. Borrowers have the right to repay the loans partly or wholly at any time. Interest 6 per cent, with one per cent more to payoff the loan, besides the right at any time to partly or wholly pay it off The legal costs and valuation fees extremely low. Any Postmaster or Agent of the Public Trustee will supply forms of application and circular giving full particulars. J. K. WARBURTON, Superintendent. February 4, 1896. 2 30 Henry Zander CjjASNOW FOR SALE— Cornsacks (full-sized) Cornsacks Seaming Twine (5 ply) India, China and Ceylon Teas (Direct from the Growers) Mauritius and Queensland Sugars Wines and Spirits Ales and Stout Manning and Co.'s Colonial Ale GUNS (Hollis) GUNS Ammunition. Ammunition. Of Every Description Barbed and Fencing Wire Bansomes and Eornsby's Plough-Shares Crockery and Glassware, Etc. Highest Market Prices Paid | votL ! GRASS AND OLOVEft SEEDS, OATS AND OATEN SHEAF CHAFF Clearing Sales Conducted, and Saleyards Regularly Attended under the supervision of Mr 1 David Zander, Auctioneer. Henry Zander, GENERAL MERCHANT WOOL, STOCK AND STATION AGENT AGENT FOR— San Fire Insurance Office Australian Mataal Provldeut Scclcty



D. Thomas. UNDER BILL Otf SALE. McKENZIE TO STARK. MB, DAVID THOMAS has received instructions from the Trustees of the late Mr James Stark's Estate to hold a Clearing sale ON THE FARM SITUATED AT WILLOWBY, adjoining the properties of Messrs Horsey and Chapman Bros., ON MONDAY, FEBRUAEYI7, 1896, Of the Whole of the Live and Dead Stock thereon, comprising — 5 GOOD DRAUGHT HORSES and their Harness. pQ DAIRY COWS. Of* HEAD OF FAT CATTLE, *-*" some of them very prfme. Drays, 2 Double-furrow Ploughs by Reid and Gray, Double-furrow 1 Plough, a number of Implements and Sundries. Sale at 1 p.m. DAVID THOMAS, 2 53 Auctioneer Friedlander Bros., Limited. WANTED, AN ENGINE DRIVER, must be thoroughly competent to drive Traction Engine and look after Combine as well; take charge of same, and be able to manage his men. Must have good references. Apply with testimonials to 2 64 FRIEDLANDER BROS. WANTED TO PUKCHASB 500 Tons BALED WHEATEN STRAW. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Limited. 2 69 jyf ASSEY HARRIS CULTIVATORS, 8 and 6 Foot, FOR SALE AT LOWEST PRICES. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Limited. 2 68 11TE ARE CaSH BUYERS of the following lines of Grain for prompt delivery : — 100,000 Sacks Pxime Milling Wheat. 50 000 Sacks Milling Oats. 50,000 Sacks Feed Oats 10,000 Sacks Malting Barley 2000 Sacks Cape Barley 1000 Sacks Eye Corn 10,000 Sacks Eye Grass 2000 Sacks Cocksfoot 5000 Sacks Seconds Wheat 1000 Tons Prime Oaten Sheaf Chaff. 267 FRIEDLAKDER BROS , Ltd. Government Notices. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS EXCURSION FARES TO DUNEDIN FOR RACES. "TJETURN FARES, 2d per miie first- JV clasa, Id per mile second class, mileage counted one way only, from Chrjstchurch, Kingston, and intermediate stations, branches included. Tickets issued February 17 to 21, and available for return till 29ch. Journey muso be started on the day of purchase of the ticket, and may be broken after the first 25 miles. Excursionists can return by Special train leaving Dunedin for Christ- church at 9.52 p.m. on February 22. 2 66 BY ORDER. Public Notices. ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. rpHE Secretary will be m attendance JL at Mr R. Curtis's Office m the Arcade to receive entries and distribute Members' Tickets, daily, from 12 to 1 and 2 to 4 p.m. FRED. MAKEIG, 2 65 Secretary. LAST FEW DAYS OF SPECIAL DRESS SALE. A LL SUMMER DRESS GOODS must be Cleared to make room for Autumn Goods now due. SEE WINDOWS FOR BARGAINS LAST FEW DAYS OF Dressmaking at Ashburton Drapery Company, CORNER ARCADE & BURNETT STREET. The great clearing Bale of S. Anderson's stock of Boots and Shoes, announced by McDonald and MoDiabmjd is coming to a close within tea'days. Secure a pair of Boots tt once at the reduced price. 11 158 Venus 'tobacco Latest Sweets