LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Norwegians cannob vote unless they have been vaccinated. Football was a crime In England during the reign of Henry VIII. Ib is estimated that New York has no le9s than 10,000 opium smokers. Mpst stains can be eradicated by the application of yolk of egg, if applied before washing. It is an extraordinary thing that thia simple remedy, within the reach of everyone, Bhould be as little known as ib is. Delegates representing the Working Men's Olnbs of the colony will probably meet m Wellington about the 25th insfcant to discuss matters and take united action , with reference to the Licensing Bill to be submitted to Parliament, and having special reference to Clubs. When New York politicians picnic they do It thoroughly. At a picnic given the other day by the Hon Timothy D. Sullivan, who is himself a teetotaller, 150 barrels of beer, 100 cases of champagne, two barrels of whisky, 6000 cigars, and a few glasses of sarbaparilla were consumed. The sarsaparilla was for the host. On Wednesday next Mr E. G. Craddock of H.M S. * Katoomba,' will addrees the members of the Brotherhood of Sb Andrew In Sb Stephen's schoolroom. The Vioar desirey ie to be known that men not belonging to t£ie order will be heartily welcomed desire to hear something of the work of the Brotherhood m ' Australia* Mr Craddock is connected with Sb John's, Balmain, Sydney. Holloway /a Pills and Ointment are remedies whioh should invariably be taken by travel lers m search of health, pleasure or business. Many deleterious influnoes are constantly at work m foreign dimes, tending to deteriorate the health i these end the altered conditions of life will ' entail en those who travel the necessity of carefully attending to Jearly symptoms of disease, ami they will find the use of these remedies to be highly neoessary. the Botion of the Filla being purifying and strengthening and of great services m oases of fever, ague, and all inflamatory diaeasds whist the Ointment is a sovereign cure m oases of piles, had legs, bad breasts, wounds and uloera, Holloway 'a remedies do not deteriorate by ohaoga of olivette.

Reading matter on fourth page. From a London letter we learn that' , HrE P. Wright, of Ashburfcon, has Drought out his promised pamphlet on his lew cure for consumption. His remedy ' .3 the administration of phosphorus. , His secret is the method of administra tion- fc The North Otago Times understands c :rom a private source that Mr Fisher, who was lately rruDager of tho J. G. Ward Farmers' Association, intends to take an jarly opportunity of spying something on the subject, m which his name was brought into prominence at the Supreme Court* A London correspondent saya : — Up to Lhe beginning of May the New Zealand Agent-General's Department has sent out bo New Zealand no fewer than 1100 persons under the reduced passage system and bince that first came into force. These 1100 new colonists . are known to have taken out to the colony capital of the aggregate amount of at leaat £160.000 and probably the total amount is a very much larger sura. An object lesaon m poverty was seen on Friday night, when the police raided an empty store m Willis street, and found four able-bodied men, Rays the Wel lington Times, huddled together on the floor, and covered with a quantity of brown wrapping paper. On being searched, their goods and chattels were found to consist of a few pocket hand kerchiefs and collars and other odds and ends, whilst the f jut men had not a single penny m their possession. The New Zealand Times says that ex-detective Kir by has had a good deal of experience of police work, as he had been m the Welsh force prior to his arrival m New jLi&Uvd. For some time after hie arrival m this Colony he had been engaged as pointsman at the entrance to the tunnel at £>yttelton, and was afterwards engaged on detective work by the Railway Depart ment. A f tor this he went into business m Chrlstchurch as a coal merchant, but was unsuccessful. He rejoined the police force m October, 1879, and was stationed nTimaru. An amusing phase of the present Maori Ktngite Parliament now sitting at Tokaana Lake l'apo, is reported. There are (tele graphs the Auckland correspondent of the Otago Daily Times) two Houses— the Lower and the Upper. When Bills were passed by the Lower House and sent up to the Lords to consider, the latter were put on one meal per day until the Bills were ' passed. It is stated that the popular Chamber experienced no difficulty m getting its measures expedldously carried # A. fire occurred this morning afc two o'cl *k in a nv< -roomed house In Burnett street w-sfc. Shortly after the alarm was given the curricle engine was on the around and did good woik till the steamer arrived and extinguished the fire, not, however, before the building had been virtually destroyed. Fortunately there was no wind, so that the danger to ad joining cottages was considerably lessened, The honse had been without a tenant for some weeks, so that there is no explana tion of how the fire originated. The house belonged to Messrs Mitchell and Turner, j and was insured m the Alliance Office for £250. Constable Murphy accompanies Ser geant Keily and Detective Neill to Sydney for the purpose of bringing back Kirby and Basset. Constable Johnston was unable to go, as he ia bound over as a witness m a Supreme Court case against Mrs Locher for attempted murder, which begins at Wellington to-day. The party left Wellington m the Hauroto last night. When the Wellington police communi cated with the Sydney police requesting them to look out for Kirby, they men tioned that the fogitive was wall known to Detective Draper, of the Sydney force, so that there can be no doubt as to the prisoner's identity, The episcopal silver jubilee of Dr Nevill, Anglic m Bishop, was celebrated on Mr-n^ay night at Dunedin, by a social. The Yen Archdeacon Edwards presented an address on behalf of the clergy. Mr B. C. Haggitt presented an address from ( the laity, signed by about 4000, and also handed the Bishop a purse of sovereigns. In the absence of the Mayor, through illness, Mr H. F. Hardy presented an address from former residents of Dunedin In Wellington. The Bishop replied to each address. He said he had no doubt he h«d been directed by the Head of the Church to come there, because when he first visited New Zealand he had no idea of being Bishop of Dunedin. After the recent public meeting at lnvercargill, which was nob concluded till nparly midnight, the Dunedin Star says that Mr Seddon adjourned to h'u hotel, where he received several private deputations. At one o'clock m the morning he embanked by special train and proceeded to Clinton, and there, caught the morning train, by which he i'ourneye# to Dunedin. On the platform le had just time to have a few minutes' hurried conversation with some personal friends, and then teok his seat m the Chrlstchurch train. We rather think bhat from lnvercargill to Ghrlstoburoh In twenty hours establishes a railway record. The hon gentleman himself did not appear to be any the worse for his platform effort and long journey, bub those m attendance on him evidently felb the strain, and would be glad of some political rest. The Premier would have much liked to have addressed a meeting m Dunedin, and if he had been communicated with earlier would probably have consented to do so.

The monthly meeting of the Tinwald School Committee was held on Jnne 2. Present — Messrs Clothier (chairman), James Gudsell, James Hampton, S. Giles, j. Stephens, Charles Hawkins, and Rev Blackburne. The master's report was read, which showed the roll nnmber to be —boys 78, girls 70, total 148.' The Chairman and Rev Mr Blackbourne agreed to see some of the parents m reference to irregular attendance before taking further action. A circular was received from the Board, containing a copy of the regulations respecting inci dental expenditure, also a copy of the schedule containing the teachers' duties m respect to his residence. Messrs Stephens, Hampton, and Rev Blackbourne were appointed to inspect the gymnasium apparatus at Hanipstead school, and report to next meeting. Ifc Was resolved to close the school for the winter holidays on Friday, June 26. Accounts were passed for payment to the amount of £4 lls 4d. Messrs James Hampton and Stephens were appointed a visiting com mittee, and the meeting adjourned.

Dr Talnnge is said to have remarked that he experiences a pang of regret every time he hears of a new invention that will do the work of fifty men. Regarding this the Scientific Machinist says ; ' Probab'y the dootor fear* that these fifty men are to be thrown out of employment to become tramps, paupers, perhaps criminals. Did he atop to think of the thousands cf men to whom such an invention gives employ ment, perhaps saving them from starva tion ? Did he "stop to think that the Invention might lesson the cost of some article — perchance an article absolutely necessary to the civilised state of living — to millions, and either add so much comforfa to a vast number of lives or save money for many pockets? The cruel malignity of machinery has come to be believed m as much as the most important j&rticte of faith of the Christian religion. Its compensations should also ba take* Into account,

A marine during the week was wending his way at night, deeply agitated, to the Queen street wharf, to the * liberty boat,' when a Salvation Army man thought he would give him * a word m season.' He softly stepped up to him and said, » I also belong to the service.' ' You do,' rejoined the turkey cock, as the bluf-jicketa dub the marines from their red uniform- 1 , 1 What (hie) regiment do you belong to 1 ' The Salvation officer impressively replied, 4 lam a soldier of Heaven.' 4 Go 'long,' retorted the marine, * Well (hie) all I can say, old man (hie) you've straggled (hie) a long louy from your barracks ! ' During the lasb few days, says the Herald, a number of liaJcu, or king-fish, have been caught on the beach about Timaru, one of the latest) specimens weigh ing about 161 b being ciughb on Sunday morning opposite the Bedford Mil. The fiah are driven on to exposed beaches, bnt for what reason is not clearly known. In this colobv, ib Is not often that the king fish are &een farther south than Oook Strait. The flesh is very rich and well flavoured, but, like all fishes of this class, mast be eaten quite fresh. They are generally of two distinct sizes, the smaller about 61b m weight and 20in long, and the larger about) 4fb m length, and weighing up to 401 b.

We note that the pictures shown by Miss R. Field, of Ashburten, at the Art Sooiety's recent exhibition m Christ church, have been very favorably noticed. The arfa critio of the Lyttelton Times refers to them m the following terms : — " Miss K. Field's aptitude for the painting of fields of ripened grain is strikingly shown m No. 47— <k Ready for stacking," a small canvas of considerable merit, fri No. 3, " Autumn," a somewhat similar subject, is well treated. No. 237, (l A quiet spat," the colour of the foliage is dull, and the clouds are ragged, but the foreground is creditably painted," We understand that the first named picture was purchased on the first day of the ! exhibition.

Tho distinction of having 'the largest circulation m the world ' belongs to the Bible. Every year, we gather from an Interview with the Rev. John Sharp, the secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, m the Christian Commonioealth more copies of the Scriptures are sold than that of any other publication. In 1894*5, for instanoe, the Society alone issued nearly a million complete Bibles and over a million New Testaments, the exact total including portions, being 3,837,822. The number of Bibles, Testaments, and Por tions Issued up to Maroh 31, 1895, In over 300 languages by the Society amounts te 143.396,230, while those issued by allied societies bring the total up to 231,291,824.

M. FJammirion, m course of experi ments on ihe radiation of spectrum colours, has made some interesting obser vations on sensitive plants. Four plants sown the same day and of the same size were placed under glass, excluding respec tively all but the red, green and blue rays, the fourth plant being under ordinary white glass. At the end of si? weeks the "red" plant was twioe as high as any others; the "green" came next, then the *• white," while the " blue " had not grown the fraction of a centimetre . The red plant was healthy, but abnormally nervous, curling up at a breath. The plant kept under white glass, exposed to the ordinary sun rays, though third m the order of growth, was vigorous and stout.

The monthly meeting of the South Rakaia School Committee was held at Mr Oxley's office on Monday. Present — Messrs Hardy (chairman), Oxley, Hollaud, and Midgley. Correspondence was re ceived from the Board of Education re painting the school, and the expenditure of incidental fund. It was resolved not to close the school till the contractor commenced work. The master, amongst other things, reported a falling off m the attendance, and a list of names was for warded to the police to take action. Some repairs to the grounds were authorised. Mr Korff wrote, asking for permission to use the school for a prohibition meeting. Resolved that m terms of an old resolution, as there are several public halls m the town the request could not be granted. After passing accounts the meeting ter minated.

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London, Jane 8 In the match against the English Eleven at Wembley Park, McKibbon, E&dy, and $ohm stood out of the colonial team, and Whitehead and Maude replaced Mead and Hayman m the Home eleven. The Aus tralians batted first, but as the wicket was playing very treacherously made but a poor stand, And at the luncheon adjournment had lost eight wiokets for 86. Spofforth was the ohief destructive element.

The Australians are all out for 106,

Strike of Miners.

Rebfxon, June 8

The quartz miners struck on Saturday owing to a reduction of wages by the Consolidated Company* A meeting held the same night passed a resolution that all Trade Unions and labor organisations throughout the colony be asked for sympathy and influence to maintain the current rate of wages, and that all miners elsewhere should respond, and if overtures are made to them calculated to thwart the present movement, they firmly reject such. A branch of the Miners' Union is formed, and is to be registered immediately. [On June 1 all the miners under the Ziman Syndicate were served with a week's notice of reduction of wages by 10a a week.]

Women and Politics.

CffuisTCHURCH, June 88 In reply to a circular from the Wellington Women's Social and Political League, the Canterbury Women's Institute has passed a resolution that, as a non-patty organisation, it could nob see its way to co-operate m the presentation of a congratulatory address to the Premier! It waß resolved to promote a petition to Government) asking for the appointment of a suitable Commission to enquire into the present method of the treatment of criminals, and to ask 'for the support of the various social and political leagues throughout New Zealand m the matter. The unemployed question was considered at some length, and ib was resolved to continue the agitation on the basis of the resolution passed by the National Council of Women— "That the establish ment of co-operative industrial settlements, formed with farming as a bisis, an 1 gradu ally embracing all kinds of industries, would do much to solve the unemployed difficulty." A motion was carried m favor of the Hon. J. McGregor's Divorce Bill.

PHASES OF THE MOON.

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary alteras tiona : — WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 For Northern Ports of New Zealand, United Kingdom, Continents of Europe and America and West; Indies, &c. (via San Francisco), Sandwich and Samoan Islands, per Takapuna, as follows :— Ordinary letters, books and newspapers, at 6 15 p.m. registered letters, 5 p,m. ; money orders, 3 p.m. ; Due London July 15th.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1896.

Gleaner, has been localised m New Zealand, and. has a large circulation. Gleaners meet periodically and prepare papers on special parts of the mission field, and unite m prayer for the object of their work. They also do all m their power to raise the needed funds. A. considerable portion of the income of the Association is raised by the Gleaners by means of collecting-boxes. The objection to foreign missionary work is often raised that the heathen at home should nrst be converted. The Ohurch Missionary Society hold that they have their marching orders m our Lord's last command to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. Had the Aposties stopped at Jerusalem till they had made con verts of all the inhabitants, the Christian religion would never have spread over the then known world as it did, and possibly Great Britain, whose privilege it has been to do more for the spread of Christianity than any other country, might never have heard of Christ. As an ascertained fact, it has been found that those churches and congregations that do most for the spread of the Gospel m foreign lands are those that do most also for the " heathen at home."

The Berlin correspondent of the London Standard says that statistics show that , the riches of krupp. for 1895-96 the richest Prussian subject is Krupp, of Essen. In the year 1894-95 he was taxed on an income of from 6,585,000 to 6,590,000 marks, »nd for the current year he pays 285,000 marks, having declared his income at from 7,135,000 to 7,140,000 marks. For the previous year he gave his income as 50,000 marks higher — namely, from 7,190,000 to 7,195,000 marks. It may be re membered, for the sake of comparison, that the Emperor, as King of Prussia, receives an annual Grown donation of 15,500,000. As with Krupp so also with Rothschild, the second richest private individual m Prussia, the year 1895-96 shows an improvement on the previous one. In 1893 94 he was assessed with an income of from 5,848,000 to 5,345,000 marks, at a tax of 233,600 marks. In the following year he paid 235,900 marks on 5,875,000, and this year— lß9s-96— he is able to give his income as 6,115,000 marks, nearly a quarter of a million higher than last year, the tax he has to pay being increased to the extent of 9000 marks. In the year 1894-95 there were only seven persons with an income of over 2,000,000 marks, and m 1893-94 only four. Thirteen persons have, m 1895-96, an income of one to two millions, as against eighteen m the previous year. In dismissing a case against a colonial wine vendor, who was proved to have sold an adulterated cheap wine, article, the Sydney Stipendiary Magis trate remarked that 'no one could expect to get pure wine for Is 3d a bottle.' We do not know, says the Telegraph, to what extent he is en titled to pose as an authority on the commercial value of wine, but if that j cocksure statement is true, the sooner the Government steps m and abolishes half of the trade done m the product of our vines, the better jit will be for the public health. latterly some efforts have been made to ' popularise cplonial wine ' by bringing it within the reaGh j of the masses for ordinary consump- i tion, as m most other grape-growing countries. This necessitates cheapen ing the price to at least Is 3d per bottle, which, assuming each bottle to hold a quart, means 5s per gallon — a by no means low figure for a popular drink. And as colonial vineyards will yield from three to four hundred gallons per acre, it seems a very fair return to the grower. In other countries a common, but wholesome wine can be produced at a profit for much less. Yet we have a magisterial dictum that nobody has a r£ght to expect pure wine m New South Wales at 5s a gallon, and a .decision based on ] it apparently to the effect that who- ; ever is foolish enough to think other- { wise deserves to be taken m. This is an implied accusation against all sellers of popular price wine, who are represented as necessarily palming off an impure article upon a credulous public. If that is true, the whole traffic m cheap wine ought to be stopped; if it is not, the statement , should, m the interests of an import ant national industry, be publicly dis proved.

The police m Denmark have a curious j way of dealing with the drunk and in capable found m the drinks m streets. They suin dknmark. mon a cab and place the patient inside it ; then to the station, where he gets sober ; then home, where he arrives sober and sad. The agents never leave him till they have seen him safe m the family bosom. Then the cab man makes his charge, and the police surgeon makes his, and the agents make their own claim for special duty, and this bill is presented to the host of the establishment where the culprit took bis last overpowering glass. The , publicans, however, have m several : towns protested against this system. They say the proofs are often insujßi cient, and the police surgeons too summary m their examination ; further, that many notorious evil doers sham drunk m order to get the landlord into trouble. They therefore claim that they shall have their own doctor — a sort of advocatus diaboli — to examine certain cases and defend the publican interest. The intoxi- I cated will, therefore, be submitted to a double inspection, and amusing re sults should follow. Messieurs les ivrognes doing tneir trial trip, their zig-zags carefully noted by two rival medicos, wiil somehow furnish a spectacle rather of a comic than a tragic nature.

Last week we had 0 visit from the Rev. F. W. Ohatterton and Mr J. Holloway, aB n.z. church missionary a deputation association frorntheNew Zealand Ohurch Missionary Association, and following up what they said to their audience m St. Stephen's School, a shortaccount — prepared for the columns of an Auckland contemporary — of the Association's origin and operations may not be unwelcome ; — ln the latter part of the year 1892 the Rev. R. W. Stewart, who was subsequently martyred m Ohina, accompanied by Mr Eugene Stock, visited this and the adjoining colonies as a deputationfromtheOhurch | Missionary Society, and here as well as m Victoria and New South Wales were enabled to start self-supporting associa tions having for their object the sending out of trained colonial candidates to the mission field &nd supporting them. Before these associations were formed those washing to offer themselves for mission work m .connection with the Ohurch Missionary Society has to go to England, and be aceppted or rejected by the committee of the parent society. Kow accepted candidates are sent direct to the posts selected for them, so the delay and expense of going to England is avoided. The association, although only formed three years ago, has now an income of nearly £800 per annum, and is supporting missionaries labouring m Japan, on the Niger, m India, and Persia, besides placing at the disposal of the Bishop of Melanesia the stipend of an additional clergyman m connection with that mission. One of the greatest stimulating influences has been the establishing branches of the Gleaners' Union m both the large and smaller centres of population. This movement has rapidly spread through out the empire, and ifci organ, Tfo i

FARMERS' COLUMN.

PIGS IN CLOVER.

In America clover is grown for the special use of the pigs, and no other animal is allowed to pasture the ground either simul taneously with or m advance of them- Aa a rule, the grazing system is adopted m America, but a number of farmers m the Slates make a euooess of the "soiling" system, or m other words, feeding the pigs m yards on green fedder, which is carted into them- If a succession of green crops is provided there is no such cheap way of making manure as by the summer feeding of pigß m the yards. Clover or green maize or grass of any kind is gieatly relished by them, and there is no doubt that a much larger number can be fattened on a given area of crop when it is cut for them instead of allowing them to graze. Of course the question of expense has to be considered m adopting the soiling plan compared with the grazing system. The latter is sometimes impracticable, but generally it is to be preferred. The soiling system is, however, recommended m cases where pasturing the pigs is for some reason or another impossible. Farmers la this country keep far too few pigs, and pig pastures are much scarcer than they onght to be. (The pig i» undoubtedly the farmer't friend. Ib is more prolific and it comes to maturity more quickly than any other kind of stock on the farm ; it consumes and makes valuable much which would otherwise be wasted ; and very little expensive food is required by it. One great mistake on many farms is that, as the pig is a scavenger, and a few may be profitably kept on refuse, the number is limited so the quantity of offal whioh the farm supplies. On the other hand, large numbers are kept almost en* tirely on expensive purohaaed foods. Few farmers attempt to farm for their pigs.

RELIEF TO ENGLISH FARMERS.

Amongst the measures introduced by the Salisbury Government is one to afford relief to the English farmer. This relief, it ap pears, takes the form of a redaction m the rateable value at which agricultural lands are to be assessed. This really means that the farmers are to be relieved from a parti of the taxation which now falls upon them. Such a proposal can only be justified on the assumption that the charges upon agricul tural lands for national and local purposes have teen unjustly high, and it will be in teresting to see how the Government has arrived at this supposition. The measure that has been introduced into the House of Commons makes a new division between different classes of property. It virtually declares that the farming lands are to be relieved from much of their taxation at the expense of the other interests of the country. There may ba a sound reason for taking this step m England although it is certainly not the best; method of reviving agriculture. In the colonies we have come to see that farm* ing can only be made profitable if it is pur* sued m improved methods. The wheat fields must be cultivated with the beat machinery t the dairy must give way to the butter factory, care must be taken to maintain the quality of every article of produce that is sent to the market, and the tastes of the buyers must be consulted. This, m a general way, is the programme which has been mapped out for Australasian farmers, and which is enabling them to compete with some success m the markets of Great Britain. It re» presents also the advice given by the Royal Commission on Agriculture m England, whose report was issued only two or three months ago. According to that body the system, of farming has not been altered to suit the changed conditions of the tiinei. While the manufacturing classes are ever on the alert to improve their business, the agricultural people have been content with the traditions of farming that they have inherited. If this is the case a more re> mission of taxation will prove to be a very inadequate relief. The problem m the mother country is the same as that m Aus tralasia, to make the agricultural lands more productive and more profitable. And this can only be done by encouraging better and more intelligent systems of cultivation*

ROAD BOARDS.

♦ SOUTH RAKAIA. The usual monthly meeting was held on Thursday. Present— Messrs Richards, Mor land, Stringfellow and Lambie. An apology was received from Mr Lyttleton, and m hig absence Mr Stringfellow took th.c chair. IEKDEbs. The following tenders were acoepted— f Thomas Blackburn, shingling on Lauqaton? Ashburton road j Welsh and Inwood, shingling on Mitcham road ; Thomai Inests, shingling on Watson's and Bnshy Park roads. The Chairman's action m ao. cepting & tender for tussocking the Aoton* River road daring the month was approved. REPORT. The. Clerk's report was read and con sidered. It was resolved to give Messrs Boag and Turnbull notice that the Board would re» move the protection fences off road between the cemetery and Thompson's Track. This would give them time to pat their boundary fences m order. It was deoided to write to the County Council re suggestion to plant willows on the riverbed, It was resolved not to provide dray bridges over raceq through the township. ''■ NEW. WOllKfj. '- - It was decides ' to call tenders, to be m by noon on Saturday, the 13th inst., for stone-picking on Kyle road foe iome 377 chains $ for next) meeting, for digging holes for trees ; for cutting fences and grubbing gorse on some of the worst gravel pit reserves; for shingling about twenty-three chains of Mainwaring's road, and eight chains of Kyle road} for forming 136 chains of Acton river road. Consideration of the member's result of inspection was postponed till the nexb meeting. The Clork was instructed to have certain repairs attended to. CORBE9PONDENCE. Correspondence was received from the Receiver of Land Revenue re thirds. The Clerk said it had received attention. From J. Hoodie, asking for a footbridge over race. — Granted. from Mr Powell and the Ashburton Drug Co., quoting prices for poisoned r grain. From County Council to the effeot that a halfpenny per head would be paid for snialt birds during May, June and July, arid ask ing the Board to accept delivery.' Granted. The Clerk said the Chairman instructed him to purchase immediately the Council's letter ! came, on May 7, and a notice was posted to that effect. None had been brough m, but one by said he had got two m hand* Mr A. J.'Maigson wrote, asking the Board to take over and form a half chain strip of R.S. 22805, 22806, 22807, leading to hU farm, and offered to pay a share of the cost. — Consideration was left over till all the members weie present, Mr W. A, Pearce wrote, suggesting that the SherwQod-CJiertsey Jtqag should not he formed till spring. — "Xhe" request was' com* plied with. ; Messrs Boag and Dowling intimated that they would rent the plantations adjoining thefr properties, and the Clerk was inetruo ted to give natice to the present oceupieri that their lease would not be extended. ACCODNIS, Accounts for £48 2a lud were pasa3d for payment and after transacting some cenie* tery business the Board adjourned.

THE ASHBURTON GtIARDLAN i TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1896.



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Wanted. j WANTED -A Good General Servant. ; References required. Apply at this office. 6 39 1 |B OCKEY— General Meeting Tues- \ i \. day next, 8 p.m., at Bunk of Australasia, to appoint Selection Com- mittee and other impottant business. 1 6 38 ■, .s ANTED Known— Ladies Shoes '* V tan or black, 6s 6i. — Mkllor' Cheap Boob Sale. KINGFISH, Barraconda, Blue Cod, Rock Cod, Groper, Ling, Bream, Crayfish, Smoked Fish, Oysters, and Rabbits. Hot Fish Dinners at Suther- land's, Tancred Street. "Y7 OUNG Ladies' Journal for June, .1. Tales from Welsh Walee, The Tale of Ten, Transfiguration of Hannah Stubbs, Lady Adelaide 2* 6d, Sheep Breeds and Treatment Is 3d. New Stationery, New Books, all at Lowest Cash Prices. A few copies » f the Irish Soripture Texb Book on sale. — H. M. Jones. MRS KNIGHT, cash purchaser of Ladies' and Gentlemen V] left off Clothing, etc. Letters promptly attended to. Near Post Office, 5 100 WANTED Known— You save 5s m every pound if you patronise Mellor's Cheap Boob Store. OTICE.— Are you going to build? Because the cheapest shop for Roofing, Iron Ridging, Gutters, Nails, Lead, Spouting. Water Tanks, Pamps, Ranges, Kegister Grates, Locks and Hinges, Washing Boilers, and all sorts of Ironmongery, Is J. W. Hardley's, Ironmonger, Plumber, and Tinsmith. Telephone 32. WANTED Known— 6ooo pairs of Boots to be cleared m one month, — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Knowu — Thab Smith Mackwell makes, repairs, and re-covers Umbrellas and Parasols at Lower East Street, Ash burton. No persons employed to canvass or collect Umbrellas at the door. 4 144 WANTED Known— lf you miss the Cheap Boob Sale you will be aorry. — Mellor's, Tancred Streeb.



COUGH, Cough, Cough— l am still making my celebrated Cough Drops, None genuine unless stamped Flower's Oougb- — H. A. Flower, Confectioner. Fast street. 5 24 BANANAS. Bananas, ripe and sound ' also sweat, D. B. Oranges afc H. A. Flower's, Confectioner and Fruiterer, East Street. READ THlS— Sixpenny Books at 3d Shilling Bnoka at 4rt, Eighteen I Penny Books at 93, Half a-crown Books at Is, Envelopes trom 3a 9d per 1000, or 250 for Is, Boxes of Nofco Paper aad envelopes from 4£cl, Shilling packets of Note Paper at Bd, Two shilling Packetß for Is 3 I— at L. F. Andrewes and Co's Great Sale. 5 46 WANTED Known— A Magnificent Display of Ladies' Jackets m all the Newest Styles, just landed and now on vl«w. See window. — Mitchell and Turner. WANTED Known— We intend to shake up every Boob Shop m Aahborton.— Melloii's Clearing Boot Sale \ MERICAN BOSS and Nougat Q, Creams, simply dollcious. Hot Ples» Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa. — H. Diggle, Up-to-date Confectioner, East Street. ANTED Known— The •Economic' Kid Glove, faur buttons, Is 9 1 per pair, is the Glove for everyday wear. — W. H. Collier. f~t ARSON & Go's Stocktaking Sale now V> on —£6o J worth of Groceries, Iron- mongery, Brnshware, Glass and China, Bicycles, Nickel and Silver Watches, to be cleared m four weeks. 5 121 RKAT SALE NOw7)FaTlj7 F, ANDREWES & 00. £3030 worth of Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Toys, Music, &c, to be sold this month regard- less of cost. Sale now on at) L. F. Andbewe3 & Co, Stationers' Hall. 4 25 TTfANTED Known— so pairs Ladles YV and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half ÜBual price, for two weeks only.— Andrew Ocr 10 136 WANTED Known — Our Season's Dresses m all the New Colonial Tweeds and Choice Home Materials now opened. An inspection invited. — Mitchell and Turner Ul ANTED Known— Go to The Corner for Newest Styles In Drapery and Millinery— W. H. Collier. WANTED Known— Boots and Shoes from Is 3d to 27s 6d — Mbllor's Cheap Boot Sale. BUTTER. BUTTER. — Finest Factory Butter, lOd per lb. — Fletcher Bros , EastStrept, Ashburton. P* OTATOES-Just arrived a splendid ! lot of Derwents ; large sacks, prime quality ; to be cold choap — Cars & Go, WASTED Known— Large delivery of the 'Economic' Kid Glove?, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much mO ve. — VV H. Collier. MEN'S Bluchers ss, a good Strong Nailed Shooter ab 83 6d ,- » nice assortment of Ladles' and Children's Boots nd Shoes from Is 9d a pair at R. Alcorns OLFT WOLF ! WOLF ! TheToW cry. He has come this week, and is slaughtering Music at unheard of prices. Is piec3s for 3d ; Is 6d pieceß for 4d ; 2s pieces for 6d ; 33 pieces for 9d ; 4s pieces for Is. 3500 pieces to select from at L. F. Andrewes & Co.'s Great Sale. 593 OWN Make m Ladies and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina- fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., ab Mrs Alcorns new shop, Baker's From the Tea Plant to the Tea Cup unadulterated and puce— thia is Kogus XfiA



Wanted. WAHOO ! THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Ashburton Drug Company, Agents 11 108



PUBLIC NOTICES. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. AGENTS FOR THE FAMOUS "VICTORY" SEWING MACHINE. J. B. Chapman, _ PAINTER, GLAZIER, PAPERHANGER & SIGN- WRITER, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON, T3EGS to inform his old friends and the Public, thab he has RECOMMENCED BUSINESS m Ashburton, and will be glad to execute any work they may entrust to him, m his well-known satisfactory manner. J. R. Chapman. 620 LAZARUS'S SIGHT TESTING AND SPECIALITE SPECTACLES. Sole agent for Ashburton District, Q C«\ A L E X, JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. T AZA.RUS Patented System ensures I J comfort and correct sighi. Dont spoil your eyes by using badly fitting Spectacles.



Business Notices, , ! G. J. NEILL TTAS OPENED UP AN ENTIRELY NEW STOCK OF Drapery, Clothing, and Boots. New Dress Goods, double width, ll£d yard All Wool Flannel 9|d Double Bed Twill Sheeting, m white and unbleached, 9|d NBW GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION; NO OLD STOCK. OLOTHIKG. CLOTHING. Men's and Boys 1 Snits of every description at the very Lowest possible price. Hats, Gaps, Collars and Ties. BOOTS. BOOTS. Men's Nail Shooters 7s lid Boys' Boots, Ladies' Boots and Shoes of every description, — — :o: — — tf, J. IVEIJLIi, Friedlander's Corner, Bast Street. — FOR — WEDDING PRESENTS, WEDDING PRESENTS, Pay a Visit to the JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT OF 8. BALEK, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. tCTHERE ie to be seen the Largest and Fineßt Stock of JEWELLERY, and SILVER PLATED WARE m oar district. SOME VERY SUITABLE ARTICLES FOR WEDDING PRESENTS AT REASONABLE PRICES. Seeds. Seeds. Seeds. FLETCHER BROS. HAVE Just Received their New Season's Stock of Nimmo & Blaiii's Flower and Vegetable Seedg. Flower Seeds m One Penny (Id) packets, seventy- two Tarieties ; Vegetable Seeds m Threepenny (3d) packets, 100 varieties. NOVELTIES FOR THIS YEAR, 1896. NEW JAPANESE ROSE— CRIMSON RAMBLER. This new Rose is the sensation of the boor m the Iloral world, and well may it be, for it is «n entire novelty, distinct m character and of great merit. It originated m Japan, and is a hardy, everblooming, climbing polyanthus, bearing rich deep crimson flowers m Urge panicles. The flower, when cut, will keep m water for a long time, and will bloom for nearly a month if left on the tree. Extra Strong Rooted Plants, 5s ; Strong Plants, 2s 6J. "WHINHAM'S INDUBTRY" GOOSEBERRY. This superb variety has fairly established its reputation as one of the finest and most profitable Gooseberries m existence; The fruit is of enormous siise, and when ripe, of a dark, dusky red oolonr ; it is of fiae quality, and cannot be BUipißged for pr.eßer.Ting, The plant is of robust growth, and is marvellously prolific. Upwards of three tons of splendid fruit have been gathered from half an acre, and as much as twenty six tons of this fiae Gooseberry have been grown on 3£ acres Price, 2s each; 20s psr dozen. Retail, '2s Gd each ; 24s per dozen A full catalogue of novelties will be ready m a few days, and Market Gardeners and all who go m for prize stock, should call and get one TO STOREKEEPERS, HAWKERS, Etc, We offer to Storekeepers, etc., a liberal discount off Id and 3d packets of Seeds, and can thoroughly recommend them as the best and most reliable Seels m the market, During the past season (1895), we sold many thousands of packets of Seeds, and m almost every case we have heard of Splendid Results. If you have not previously handled Nimmo & Blair's Standard Seeds, it will pay you to do so now. We fully expect to treble our sales of these famous Seeds this season Provision*. Provisions. WE HAVE IN STOCK SOME OP THE FINEST PROVISIONS IN ASHBURTON BACON. Fineßt Smoked Bolls Finest Pale Rolls Finest Smoked hides Finest Pale Sides Finest Smoked Hams Finest Pale Hams , CHEESE. Finest Akaroa Cheeee Finest Factory Cheeße LARD. Lard m Bladders and Sausage Skins { BUTTER. 19d per lb Finest Factory Butter lOd per lb POTATOES. POTATOES. Finest Bine Derwent Potatoes, 4s lid per bag ; or two bags for 9s 6d, Delivered anywhere within the Belie, FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, . BAST STREET, ASH BU R T.O JST, and High street, Christchnrch. [ taIPHOHB 24 Box 67