PROHIBITION.

Lecture on its k< Fallacies."

Mx J. D. sievewrigbt at the

Oddfellows' Sail.

Mr J. D. Sievewright who, m the interests of the Liberty League, is delivering a series of lectures throughout this island on "The fallacies of prohibition," spoke last night at the Oddfellows' Hall, which was crowded to the doors. His Worship the Mayor pre sided.

The Mayor said the gentleman who was to address them was a stranger to m isfc of them, but they had been told that the words and actions of a prophet went before him. Mr Seivewright had been heard m other parts of the colony- and now he was here. He waa a journalist hailing from Oamaru and had ft good reputation. He would speak on the opposite side of the question from the prohibitionists. In regard to pro hibition they had heard several lectures on that platform, but it was always the desire of the Briton to hear both sides. It was Mr Bievewright's mission to lay the other side before them that night, and when he had finished his lecture he would be ready to answer any question put to him. The Mayor bespoke a patient hearing for Mr Sievewright, whom he introduced. Mr Sievewright, who was received with loud applause, said the Mayor waa right m saying he was a journalist, and hailed from Oamaru. He was proud to stand there and tell them that as a rule the journalist; was on the side of the people's liberties. After paying a ttibute to the high mission of the journalists as the guardians of the people's liberties, he went on to say that there was a tendency on the part of a section of the people to invade those British liberties and freedoms which had been won m wars for political, social, religious and personal freedom, and it was the duty of Britons to hand those liberties Jbn to posterity- invio late. He was himself a total abstainer, and he would like to see everybody the same who thought as he did about liquor. But there were questions which, he thought, lay deeper down m our social life, and m this nineteenth century were neglected while we fought over thiß one of less importance. He hoped they would give the views he would lay before them as much considera tion as they had bestowed on those of the other gentlemen who had come before them on this question. Prohibition may be re garded as a new thing by some people, but it was not new. Away back m Grecian history there had been men who sought to abolish the precious metals because they believed them to be the origin of greed and that they lay at the bottom of much evil. They formed a^ society 1 -for the abolition of these metals, but the movement was a failure, as was also another movement to abolish irou because from that metal was formed the weapons of war. But to thus abolish the metal from which those weapons were made meant also to abolish the implements and tools of peace, so that the elements of failure were m that movement from :ts very beginning. The only way to abolish law was to practice the principles of the Christian religion and create a conscience that was opposed to war. Reform should not be brought about by" the sword o! the soldier or the baton of the policeman, but by the development of better principles that would lead to a higher plane of life. He was a total abstainer, but as such he had no right to dictate to his neighbor what he should eat or drink nor had his neighbour any right to dictate to him, or interfere with him m the exercise of his private liberty. If five men m the com munity were total abstainers and three were imbibers of alcoholic liquor, and the five were to join 6 and by the pow«r of their majority say to the other three ° you must be the same as us," he would fight for the liberty of those thrse men just as he would fight for liberty if the position were reversed and the three men were total abstainers who

were being coerced by the other five wno were not. It was principle he contended for and fair play. Coming down upon the history of the world they found that men had had to fight and die for civil and religious liberty. They were the descen dants of those who had bo fought and died.

It now seemed that the same thing w»3 ris ingup again and that one section was seek ing to persecute and dictate to the others. It was the duty of every lover of liberty to rise up and resent tb/ia persecution and intolerance. There were many grievances m the olden time. In the time of Edward 111. people were not allowed to have more than two meats on the table. We had

passed all restrictions of that kind upon our personal liberty, and risen to freer laws and institutions, and were they m this nineteenth csntury now to sit down and submit to dictation as to what they ahouid eat and drink? He had every respect tor the Puritans, but he thought m some things they went too far. They prohibited their people from buying pork pica on a Saturday night or kissing their wives on a Sunday. (Loud laughter. ) They might laugh at that now, but the prohibitionists were attempt ing to impose restrictions which he believed would be laughed at fifty years hence. After a reference to the peraecutioncKunder James the- First, and those that followed under Cromwell, he went on to quote a panegyric on temperance f iom Milton, who, when he saw the extremes to which the Puritana were going turned from them. Milton pled for temperance, but temperance was one thing, and prohibition quite another. He abominated drunkenness as much as any man, but the prohibitionists were only lop ping away the branches and neglecting the trunk. It would be well for them if they did not find themselves lopping between themselves and the trunk, and falling down into a cesspool below of a far grosser kind of vice. He considered a man Bbould be horse whipped who spent his shillings at the public-house, and by doing so deprived his wife and children of luxuries that they would enjoy, while he indulged, m b(s. There were oMer apd more crying evils than flrunkenness, The drunkard reeling on the street could be seen, but there were forms of vice that were not seen — that could not even be named — that wanted more complete eradication. Quoting from Dr Richardson he said that drunkenness was one extreme, prohibition was the other— the happy mean was temperance. Quoting from the letter of » Primitive Methodist, he said that Jocal option was only democratic when democrati cally applipd, and t|ie landlords who declined ip'allow liquor to be sold on thei* estates were not democrats but despots. The prohibitionists had no more claim to the ascendancy they sought to gain, but? he was glad to see so many of them there that night, ' co that he and they could reason together, and perhaps he would be able to give them a little more light. He oontended that the people should be a law unto themselves m this matter, and if prohibition is a virtue it will draw all men unto it. John Bright was one of the foremost fighters for the people's freedom, but he said he could not support the permissive Bill of Sir Wilfred Lawson. He said tbeßillhadnoconsideration for the interests of fatnilies, proVided for on Valuation, and sought the extermination tike vermin of the publioanß. Yet those publicans were our fellowmen whom the prohibitionists sought to wipe out at one fell swoop. This sort of thing was a revolution. If it was a revolution that waß wanted, where was the Christian peace that they boasted of ? If they wanted a revolu tion why did they not say so, and then those against whom the tyrahny wHo directed would 'knoVf where to plapethe^r hands upon fihe'ir bayonets an^ their guna, He trusted (b would not corns to that), but that the prohibitionists would do to Others aa they would be done by, Bright, while wishing suooess to all reasonable efforts, could not support the Permissive Bill. After quoting from John Stuart Mill as to the bearing of the movement m regard to its interference with trade, the speaker went on to say that a friend had said to him that blue ribbonism had failed, good templarism had failed, high and low license had failed, mor^l suasion had failed, and now there was nothing left but prohibition. Moral suasion foiled !, Why, it was the great rook, gn y/hi(f% the great Christian -religion was founded, and from fcfticaall Christian reforms were effected. There wan a tendency to deny the inspira tion of such portions of the Scripture as did not fit m with all that the prohibitionists ** advanced. He warned the prohibitionists against this, and pointed out that theeßev W. F. Robinson, of Brighton, had gou^d » warning against such hwwft *TO tended thflPthM their rfll^oilHt^rty bad Two

secured by the blood of men who fought for what was now being lightly thrown over board — the divine authority of those Scrip tures. He, the lecturer, did not stand alone m his opposition to prohibition. There were many men m this colony who perhaps did not have the co mage that he had — hi* prohibition friends .might perhaps give i' another name— but they held the same opinions as he did, though they were not prepared to come upon a public platform and i give them voice. There were those who I

said the wine of Palestine was not intoxi

eating. If that were so, what need for the Bible to inveigh against its excessive use. There had been alcohol from the beginning of the world — there would be alcohol right on to the. end. Here the speaker told of a conversation m which it was claimed thai there was no alcohol before the flood — that Noah was the first maker of it— and made much laughter by the point of the story which was that all the prohibitionists before the flood were wiped out by too much of their favorite beverage. He then went on to refer to the recent " plum wine" incident at Dunedin, and caused considerable amuse ment m telling the story. Proceeding to touch on Paul's advice to Timothy he said there was danger m alcohol, but there was danger m anything that was taken to excess, and there waa m6re danger m over eating than m over-drinking. (Loud laughter.) They might laugh. Prohibitionists had good appetites— (more laughter) — but if they asked any of their medical men they would tell them that nine-tenths of the medicine they prescribed was for the' cure of ailments arising from over-indulgence at the table. (Laughter.) He then quoted the statement of Dr Delatour that the fruit wine made m the summer and autumn from the gardens of the New Zealand colonists contained 14 to 16 per cent of alcohol. After an anecdote or two of a jocular character m which water was the chief feature, New Zealand was quoted as the soberest country on the face of the earth, and he was proud to say ie, and the lecturer went on to say that Mr Tennysoa Smith had run. through New Zealand as a temperance lecturer, taken out of it all he could m that capacity, and had then gone Home and told the people there that to send out theic eons, to this colony was to- give them a free ticket to hell ! 'Another temperance lecturer had run through the colony, and landing at Dun din had gone m for "the golden cure " at 5s 6d a bottle. The disease, he thought, was sold at about the same price ! The best authori ties said there were m all about 600 con firmed drunkards m the colony. The prohibitionist b found that they were dying from and through drink at the rate of 100 a month — six months at that rate should surely see the last of them. Five hundred people were joining the Prohibition League every month, it waa said. This, he feared, was but another exaggeration. He then turned to the New Zealand Year Book, which he said everybody should buy, and showed from statistics there given that while crime that arose from drinking too much liquor had fallen off, the crime had in creased that required the clear head and the steady hand, while Judge Martin at Wan ganui and Judge Denniston at Timaru were aghast at the number of young men and youths they had to try. The speaker deprecated clergymen leaving their pulpits and the duties of their sacred office to take part m a six weeks' politio->l struggle as had been suggested by a leading prohibitionist. While the number of confirmed drunkards had decreased by about 50 per cent insanity was on the iucreaae m about the same proportion. These were Year Book facts, and not his own. He offered no explana tion of them, but he fancied the speed at which people lived nowadays, the bustle and excitement of life, bad a good deal to do with the increase of insanity, and he feared the prohibitionists were, responsible for muoh of the excitement. The speaker then went on at great length to prove, from American authorities, that prohibition did not prohibit m Maine or Kaunas, and that while other States m the Uuion where prohibition was not m force, had increased m population and were thriving com mercially, with lessening taxation and indebtedness, the reverse was the rule m the prohibition states. He concluded his lecture by propounding a scheme of his own for 1 dealing with the liquor question. The "trade" should be bought out. A Bill should be passed under which the munici palities and County Councils should take over the hotels, issuing debentures bearing say four or five per cent interest that would be gradually redeemed out of the profits, and 'the other profits devoted to p&tiiotic and philanthropic objects — old age pensions, charitable aid, etc. A manager of such a hotel, having i»o personal advantage to secure by selling after hours or by inciting people to consume liquor, would not try to do so. This, roughly, was his scheme, but he believed it was far more statesmanlike than the scheme the prohibitionists proposed. At the conclusion of his lecture Mr Sievewright was loudly applauded.

In answer to several questions by Rev Mr Olphert, Mr Sievewright said that prohibition waß a dictation on the part of those who Bought to fix what other people should drink, She prohibitionists had added another •"• thou. ahalb nqt " to the moral law, and it was written "• Woe unto him that taketh from or addeth to ihat law." If Christ came to earth now, He would do the same as he did at Cana m Galilee, He believed that liquor was intoxicating because the best came last. No : That belief of his was not sufficient for this community, but it was sufficient for himself. He did not believe that tli3 same condition of things as m Maine would obtain under his scheme, be cause he believed the people would, rise a long way above that. How long did he think that would take ? He was not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, but was like Saul the eon of Kish, who went out tq seek his father's asses, and lo ! he had, fo.und one. (Howls of laughter).

In answer to Mrlfayma.n he sajd that when a man became, such a law unto himse'f as to renounce the. use qf alcoholic liquor he was n,ot acting against the spirit of the Christian religion. In anßwer to Mr Keir, who wished to know if the sumptuary laws such as required the wearing of military uniform by military men only, and forbidding the wearing of feminine costume by men, and vice versa, were not as coercive as prohibition, My. Sievewright said a volunteer 'vyhen ha took the oath of allegiance dig s.o. with the know- I le.dge of tfte regulation under which be was to wear the uniform of his regiment, and the other law was passed m the interests of common deoenoy. Ms Kerr wanted to know

if the marriage law which limited a man to only one wife was not coercive. Mr Sievewright told an amusing story about a man who had two wives and found it a losing game,, and .if the questioner wanted a number he had better go to the land of Brigham Young. (Laughter and uproar.) Mr Keir said those were not answers to hia questions, but he supposed they were the best h^ would get. He was not at a\\ sure that ' 'Sievewright had made many con verts' it eyeing, bu,t to, some extent he had vert d him to some belief m the sot he had propounded, and he, Mr Kei; mid be willing to give it a trial after prof fcion had failed. Mr Sievewright said he had abundantly proved that prohibition had failed where it bad been extensively tried, and that being so his scheme should be tried at once.

Mr H. N. Anderson moved a,nd Mr T- Stone seconded ' following- motion— "Tha^ this meeting thanks Mr Sievewright lor hit} afcle lecture, and. considers the League he represents worthy of the support of all lovers of personal, oivil, and religious Uherty." Mr E. Mahood moved as an amendment, v That this meeting thanks Mr Sievewright for his address, but is of opinion that there is no solution of the evils of the liquor traffic other than its aboltion by the will of the people." This was seconded by 3fa Joseph Bryant. The Mayor declined to acjoepfc Mr Mahood's amendment and refused to put it to the meeting, but put M,r Anderson's motion, and an ($e yoi^es declare Jit carried. " A Show of; hands was asked for and there were criea of "Divide" but the Mayor ruled the motion carried. Three cheers were called for prohibition and were lually given, mingled with groans, and a vote of thanks to the Mayor, pro posed by Mr Sievewright closed, th^ mo, ceedinga.

COMMERCIAL.

THE WOOL SALES

London, October 6. At the wool sales there was a poor cata logue offered, consequently the sales were slow and prices weak. The wool sales close on October 16 " Meineoward " sold for 7d.

At the wool sales there was a genera competition but prices remain unchanged. London, October 7

There is a better feeling. Menncs am lustrous crossbreds sell best ; faulties an neglected

Sydney, October 7

Competition at the wool sales is keener, and prices are equivalent to London rates, bub no improvement has been effected on last month's rates.

ASHBURTON MARKETS.

Mr David Thomas reports upon the live stock market m the Ashburton county for the week ending October 7 : — On Tuesday, at the Tinwald yards, the usual weekly sale of live stock was held . The attendance oi farmers, dealers, and others was an average one, the majority of whom were lookers on ; therefore stock waa hard to quit, unless owners were agreeable to accept prices slightly below last week's quotations. The yarding for the day was made up princi pally of two-tooth crossbreds and a few hoggets, crossbred ewes being scarce. Although several good lines of forward turnipers were entered, sales were difficult" to effect, and the auctioneers had to accept 9d of a drop, or send the stock home. Hoggets were not quite so dull, although a slight easiness was noted, but for any really firat -class lots competition was keener, aud i fair prices were obtained. I sold three good lines at 11s 9d, 12s, and 12s 5:1, on account) of Messrs E. G. Wright, Payne, and Mawsou. The totil entered for the day consisted of 3818 sheep, 81 head of cattle, and 26 piga, of which my entry comprised 1700 sheep, 36 head of cat tie, and 16 pigs. The following were my sales: — 18 fat two tooth crnssbreds 16s, 18 at 15s 91, 60 at 12s 6d, 51 f.t merino wethers 10s, 7 fat two tooths 10s 3d, 12 fat two-tooth crossbreds 14s 6d, 37 hoggets 6a sd, 118 hoggets 8s 3d, 167 at 12s sd, 95 at 12a, 164' two-tooth cross breds 12s 3d, 158 at 12s sd, 401 hoggets at lls 9d, 236 two- oofch ci osabreHs 14i 3d, 1 crossbred ewe and lamb 13s 4d, 164 two tooth crossbred ewe.9 and we'heis 12s sd. Cattle.— B fit cattle £4 5», 1 cow £2 7d 6d, 1 steer £1 ss, 3 at £1 17a 6.1, 1 cow £2 18s. Pigs.— l ho& 10a, 4 sows £1 Is, 1 baconer £1 105.

Messrs Fiiedlander Bros., Limited, report on the live stock market for the week ending October 7. At the Tinwald yards on Tuesday there was only a small entry at> regards sheep, the total entry for the day comprising 3818 sheep, 81 head of cattle, and 26 pigs, of which we totalled 1279 sheep, 38 head of cattle, and 10 pigs. Ihe attendance of buyers and others interested was not large, and the sale throughout was draggy, the only competition being for really first class hoggets, of which there was a fair proportion yarded, best sorts selling from lls 9d to 12s sd. In two-tooths some good lines were entered, but most of them were withdrawn, as prices offered did not reach owners reserves. Those disposed of made from lls 6d to 14s 3d. A nice line of for ward two- tooth wethers were passed m at 14s 6d. tuferior hoggets were hard to dis pose of, except at a price which showed a further decline on last week's quotations. There was only a limited supply m the fat pens. Merino wethers sold at 10s, crossbred ewes 14s, a p.n of heavy-weight mixed sexes made 10a 6d. A few pens of crossbred ewes with lambs were disposed of at up to 13s. There was only a small entry of pigs, which met with little demand. Iv cattle there was a limited entry of beef, and nothing special was yarded. Cows sold from £4 10j to £6 10?. There was a fair'.y large entry of stores, especially of young cattle, which class met with a ready sale.

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON— THURSDAY.

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

Licensing Act. — John Stack, a prohibited person, was charged on four informations with having entered both the hotels at Rakaia and obtained liquor. He was found guilty on the evidence given, and the Bench sentenced him to pay a fine of £1 on each count, or go to prison for a fortnight.

Borough By-Laws.—A lady cyclist was fined 2s 6d for riding a bicycle on a foot path. Maintenance. — The case of Gibson v. Banger, adjourned from time to time for some sittings of the Court, was now oalled on. Mr Purnell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Cuthb^rtaon for defendant. His Worship ordered all witnesses out of Court aqd all boys, The oase was of the usual unsavory nature, and there was a large crowd m Court. Plaintiff's child was born on September 4, 1896, and the defence was that defendant was not m Ashburton from July to December 23 of last year, while plaintiff asserted that the child waa the result of an intimacy between November and the early part of December. Defendant admitted intimacy with the girl, but only on February 28 of this year.— His Worship adjourned the case, to allow of evidence being produced to substantiate or otherwise the defence that Ranger was not m Ash* burton at the time alleged by the girl between November and. the first week m. December,

*HB ASHBOKiON GtfARDiAN : THUttSDAS, OCTOBEK 8, 1896.



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Amusements. "DEAR IN MIND THAT CO N C E E T AND ENTEETATNMENr, Under the auspices of the Ashburton Cricket Club, Will be held m the ODDFELLOWS 1 TT ALL, Ashburton. JLJ. ON FEIU4Y, OCTOBEE 80, (SHOW NIGHT). Items by Local Amateurs, , assisted by Messrs Raphael, BAtXAN.TYNE,"and others from Christchurch. Full programme m future issue. 1049 H. C. PERCY, Hon. Sec. BAREHILL. A. OoNCERT AND J_>ALL * Will bo Held m the SCHOOLROOM, BARRHILL, In aid of the Children's Prize Fund, ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1896. ' Doors open 7.30. Concert at 8 p.m. Admission— Concert Is ; Ball 2s 6d. Ladies Free. 10 57 PUBLIC NOTICES. TINWALD TEMPERANCE HALL CO., Limited. AN Extraordinary Meeting of the Share- holders of the above Company will be held m the Hall on MONDAY, October 12, 1896, at 8 p.m., to consider a proposal to wind up the Company voluntarily. J. A. CLOTHIER, 10 42 Secretary. You have ruined your constitution sufficiently by drinking inferior Tea. Recruit by drinking only Fozib Tea ; jfc is pure. The tea U delioioup



T. Bullock. T LET, *T\ WELLING of five Rooms and Scullery, I /• with Bay Window and Verandah, I well situated m Cameron street, west. T. BULLOCK. MONEY TO LEND ON approved Freehold Securities m sums to suit Borrowers at lowest current rates of interest. T. BULLOCK. SUBURBAN LAND. 9 ACRE'S, corner of Racecourse and • Middle Roads, Allenton, with small Stable thereon. Offers are invited for this property. Very liberal terms of payment. . . T. BULLOCK. EOR SALE.— Town Section No. 335 and Cottage, well situated m Moore Street. Price— £lss. Easy terms. T. BULLOCK. n\O LET, at a low rental, SHOP and ■*- DWELLING, East street south. ■ T. BULLOCK. GOOD BUILDING SITES, well situated, haviDg two frontages on Havelock Street and Wakanui Road, Weßt, being T. S.s 1126 and 1227, i-acre. These sections are to be sold to close accounts. ° T. BULLOCK; TO FARMERS AND OTHERS. FOB~SALE. TMPROVED FAKMS, RURAL LAND, X &c. 168 Acres, fenced, near Maronan 1216 Acres, fronting Bowyer's Stream, Mount Somers 20 Acres, Wakanui, fronting the sea beach 156 Aoreß, improved, Willowby 40 Aoreß, close to Ashburton 530 Acres, Rangitata Island 498 Acres, Hinds g 22 Acres, Lowoliffe 1093 Acres, close to Dromore 26 Acres, Spaxton Survey District 200 Acres, Hinds 18 Acres, Coldatream 97 Aores, close to Springburn 288 Acres, Seafield, and other properties. For full particulars apply to , ft BULLQCK.



Business Notices rpEB LEADING JEWELLEBY AND WAIOII BE PAIEING ESTABLISHMENT IN" THE DlSlnlCr. S. SA L E X, EAST STEEET. WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIRS AT PRICES CONSISTENT With Sound X Reliable Workmanship. *F THE LARGEST STOCK OF JEWELLERY AND SILVERWARE TO BE FOUND AT ■ S. SALEK'S, WATCHMAKEE ; AND JEWELLEE, , EAST STREET. ~W. H. COLLINS & CO., PAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS, AND HOUSE - DECORATORS. gVERY DESCRIPTIOIf OiT MATERIAL REQUIRED KEPT IN STOCK — Just Landing — News Papers, New Designs, Choice and -Artistic Dadoes, £ orders and Friezes. Now is your < ppoitunity to Etnovate your homes. APPLY TO— W. H. COLLINS & CO.. IMPOETEES IMPORTANT PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. Ti/TESSRS G. L. BEATH & CO. thank the public of Athburton and District for the very liberal support beßtowed on them duriog the last three years, and beg to announce that they have disposed of the Stock and Goodwill of their Ashburton Business to their late. Manager, MR A. P. WILLIAMSON, aud for whom they solicit a continuance of the very liberal patronage accorded them m the past. A. P. WILLIAMSON, HAVING TAKEN OVER THE BUSINESS from his late employers, trusts that by keeping the stock "up to date " m every particular, and giving the beab possible value for " READY MONEY ONLY,!" to retain the valuable support accorded to his predecessors. EHJ* NEW GOODS JFOE THE COMING SEASON NOW OPENING UP. t: A. P.WILLIAMSON, CASH DEAPEE, CLOTHIEE, AND OUTFITTER TANCRED STREEL 1 , ASHBURTON.



Hanmer and Graves. WOOL. MESSRS HANMER AND GRAVES are prepared to make LIBERAL GASH ADVANCES (free of commission) on ALL CLIPS entrusted to them for sale or shipment. ARRANGEMENTS have been made by which their customers can have their clips offered either m Ashburton, Christchurch or fimaru, and if so desired, we are prepared to obtain quotations from Australian buyers, having made special arrangements for that purpose. ALL CLIPS WILL BE CAREFULLY • VALUED BY SPECIAL EXPERTS. Hanmer dfc Graves. . 10 54 SUPEEPHOSPHATE. WE HAVE NOW IN STORE, our first shipment of this year's Im- portation of the well-known ANGLO-CONTINENTAL SUPERPHOSPHATE, and are novr prepared to book orders. Prices on application. HANMER & GRAVES. TXTE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AGENTS *'OK R. ROUNSBY AND SONS,] LIMITED. And will always keep m stock A FULL COMPLETEMENT OF EXTRAS FOR THEIR REAPERS AND BINDERS— AS ALSO THE MACHINES THEMSELVES. Prices on appplication. SUTTON "AND fcONS, SEEDSMEN, READING. WE ARE THE APPOINTED AGENTS FOR THE \SHBURTON COUNTY. WE HAVE STOCKS OF RYEGRASS, COCKSFOOT, TREFOIL, iVHITE CLOVER, COLONIAL CLOVER, SAFE, TURNIPS, MANGEL WURTZEL, - SWEDES, TIMOTHY, FESCUE ALSIKE. All New and Fresh Seeds this season. Hanmer & Grayes, * WEST STREET. iXT EHAVE FOR SALE Prussian Blue «fc Grey £eas for Seed. Hound Seed Deiwent Potatoes grpwn m Oamaru from imported Tas- manian Seed. Black Tartar Oats, machine-dressed. Seed Tartars from the Waimate Estate. Seed Sparrow Bills from Southland a grand change. Reed Canadian Oats Danish Oats. Tuscan Seed Wheat. Prime Clover Hay. Prime Eating Potatoes from Onmaru, and locally grown. Good Pig Feed. HANMER & GRYVES* WE have £ 22,500 for inveatment on Freehold Security. HANMEK & GRAVES D. Thomas. A R CADE. SATURDAY,~"oCTOBER 10 MR DAVID THOMAS has received instructions from Kennedy Wylie to Sell by Public Auction on the above date and fixture — * 1 C% GOOD YOUNG DRAUGHT MARES LtC AND GELDINGS. All broken to farm wotk. DAVID THOMAS, 10 51 Auctioneer. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 CLEARING SALE < OF LIVE AND DEAD STOCK AT RAKAIA. MR D. THOMAS (iv conjunction with Messrs H. Matson and Co.), haß received instructions' from A. , Stqrry, Esq., who has let his farm for a term, to Sell by Public Auction, at the HOMESTEAD, NEAR RAKAIA, The Whole of his LIVE AND DEAD STOCK, \< Comprising — SHEEP. iaaa CROSSBRED EWES and lUUU LAMBS «aa FOUR-TOOTHS, principally DUU WETHERS OKA HOGGETS -30 RAMS - i HORSES. 1 A DRAUGHT MARES and W) GELDINGS LIGHT HORSES. . CATTLE. "I COW, I HEIFER, "I YEARLING IMPLEMENTS. 3 Drays, 2 Reapers and Binders (Wood's) 2 Strippers,. 1 Broadcast Sower,' 1 Drill, 1 Cambridge Rollei (10ft), Disc Harrows, 1 Three-Furrow Plough, 1 Double-Furrow Plough, HarneßS for twelve horses, Sundries too numerous to particularise. At the same time I will offer on account of Mr W. Lewis, Rakaia, 9£ acres Rich Land x 8 acres being wheat, and 1£ acre m Clover— Section No. 21, Rakaia. Termß at sale. Sale at 12 o'clock Luncheon Provided. H. MATSON & CO., ChrUtoburoh. P. THOMAS, Aihburton. 1Q 55



Public Notices A. A. O. & A. c. j OPENING RUN, /CYCLISTS ar© requested to meet at the \ \j Post Office, at 2.30 p.m., on THURS- I D.AY, 15th inst. GOOD MUSTER REQUESTED. 1 The following Races m connection therewith, will be held m the Domain same afternoon, starting at 3 p.m. — 75 Yards Flat (handicap] J,-Mile Flat Handicap 1 Mile Bicycle Handicap, Entrance fees, m both classeß of events, Is. Trophy to be awarded to winner m each case. Open to members A.A.C. and A.C. only. Entries CLOSE on MONDAY, 12ch inst. with W. J. Thiele, Secretary; F. Q. Tuoker, Assistant Secretary ; R. Shearman, Treasurer. 10 56 MITCBELL & TURNER. WE, the undersigned, beg to notify that m consequence of Mb Turner having Purchased the interest of the estate of the late Mb W. Mikihell (deceased), m the firm of "Mitchell and Turner" as from Firßt August last, all accounts due to Bucb firm, up to tliirty-firat July laßt* Must be PAID AT ONCE to J. C. &UNCAN, Arcade, Ashburton, whoae receipt will be sufficient discharge. (SkwedJ—JOHN ORR, and HUGO N ' FRIEDLANDER, Trustees of th will of the late Mr William: Mitchell (deceased),. (Signed) H, 0, TURNER. Ashburtona Q»tab<M? fc 189& 1069,



Tho commercial Editor of the JP/ess says of. yesterday's Aldington market " that the auction competition was little better than a delusion and a snare. It is really hard to aocount for the temporary panic which came over the market, but nevertheless, the stubborn fact remains that the sale was moßt unsatisfactory to 'vendors. " But neverthe- less several local farmers got good prices for their sheep, Mr T. Harrison, Hinds, oross- bred ewes, 13s 9d ; M> E t ft. Wright, Windermere, merino, wethers, 93 Id, half- breds, }5s 3d, halfbred ewes 15s 9d ; Mr J. Marr, Methven, crossbred wethers, 18a 6d, maiden ewes, 17s 6d ; Mr Batty, Cairn brae, orossbred maiden ewes 16s Id ; Messrs MaCafferty Bros., Lauriston, crossbred wethers and ewes 14a 3d.



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