SPORTING.

AUCKLAND SPRING MEETING.

Eixbesmb Rackooukse, Septembf r 23. The concluding day's racing of the First Spring Meeting of the Auckland Racing Club is proceeding, with a large attendance. Results : — Maidbn Handicap Hurdles, of 50 sovs ; U mile.— Frank 1, Grenadier 2, Miss Bevan 3. Nine ran. .Won by five lengths. 8 b Simon, Dorothy, and Pirate refused, the first fence. Time-3.7£. Dividend— £9 19s. Ascot Handicap, of 100 sovs ; one mile. ; -Day Star, 7ab 121b, 1 ; Fabulist, 9ab, 2 ; Lady Marion 3. Eleven started. Armilla ( was scratched. Won easily by three lengths. ,Time— 1.48. Dividend— £l4 la.

CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION HER MAJESTY'S BEIGiNT. Lomdok, September 22 As the Qaeen will to-morrow com plete the record reign on the English throne, the newspapers generally refer to her Majesty in congratulatory terms. <"••■ OBITUARY. The death is announced of the Bigtit Hon. George Denmau, aged seventy-seven." For twenty years he ocoupied a seat as Judge, and in 1892 retired;, being subsequently appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. LABOUB QUESTIONS. New York, September 22 Three thousand miners on strike, armed with guns and dynamite, at tacked those working in two silver mines in Leadville, Colorado. Five were killed and many injured) while great damage was done to property.

AUSTRALIAN.

COMPENSATION FOR WRONG FUL ARREST. Sidney, September 22 Messrs Mounsey and Austin, tyro Sydney tourists who were wrongly arrested in connection with a robbery at Rotorua in March last, have been compensated by the New Zealand Government, AGRICULTURAL RETURNS. Melbourne. September 22 j The agricultural returns show that the number of cultivated holdings in the present year have dscreased by 565, anJ the acreage by 95,800 compared with last year. SUDDEN DEATH OF A MINISTER. Adklaidk, September 22 A shocking occurrence took plac? in the Cabinet this morning. While a discussion on the Pastoral Bill was proceeding, the Hon P. P. Gillen, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration, became suddenly ill and dropped dead. He was to have spoken to-night in moving the second reading of the measure, and consequent on his death Parliament has adjourned for a

Turkey and the Power s

- ♦ 7 THE DEFENCES OF THE DARDANELLES. SIGNIFICANT ACTION BY RUSSIA. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR, 1 Cohstautinople, September 22 The Porte has adopted the proposals of M. . Tchikhatcheff, the Russian Minister of Marine, to strengthen the defences of ; the Straits of the Dar - danelleß, and it is believed here that if British vessels enter the straits the Sultan will invoke the aid of Russia. The Greek and English families are leaving here. . St Petersburg, September 9.2 ..,_. The Black Sea fleet and the troops in Southern Russia have been placed on a war footing, and the fleet is under orderß to proceed to the Bosphorus direct, if the Russian Ambassador in Constantinople telegraphs.

THE SOUDAN.

THE ENGAGEMENT AT HERMAN. AN ARTILLERY DUEL. * Caiko, September 22 The Dervishes stubbornly defended two forts by a long line of rifle pits, and the gunboats had difficulty in get ting within range. Twice they were compelled to retire, but ultimately the field guns occupied an island com manding Haffir, which is on the west ern side of the Nile, nearly opposite Kerman, and both armies were spec tators of an artillery duel for many hours. Eventually the gunboats forced the passage and turned the posi tion in favour of the British. The Queen has sent a message to theSirdar, congratulating him on the success of the expedition. The casualties on the British side were sixteen. , _ . The Dervishes sent their women southward. In the engagement they lost tbe major portion of their ammu nition; '. The Sirdar has offered the Dervishes pardon if they will surrender, but reports from Haffir state that Bishara has re-entered Dongola and intends to fight. Further reports 'state that the Bishara Arabs have reappeared outside Dpngola. ; ~ ; -

The Arrest of Tynan.

/ =■-. — ' * THE EXTRADITION QUESTION Pabis, September 21 Tynan has appealed to Mr J. B Knstis, the American Ambassador, t< prevent his extradition, and declare if .successful he will reeeive the thank of millions of Irishmen. Mr Eustis has notified to the Gc vernment that Tynan is an Americai subject. The majority of the French newt "pipers regard it as impossible that th man can be extradited.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

i ♦ — — home arm* ronnifffl.

(PER TTtKSS ASSOCIATION ) SIR T. McILWRAITH. London, September 22 Sir T. McTl wraith's health is im proving. He is staying at present at Heidelberg. MEAT MARKING. The Agent-General for Queensland is urging that carcases should bt marked on shore to obviate delay in landing at Malta. BANK MANAGER IN TROUBLE. The manager of Barclay's Bank at New Haven, who was supposed to be severely wounded by a burglar, who stole £1300 in notes, has been arrested, as it is found the notes were cashed before the alleged burglary took place.

New Country.

# ' — (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Adelaide, September 23 The explorer Mason, who recently conducted a pprty from Western Aus tralia to Eucla, reports that during his journey he discovered between thirty and forty million acres of good pastural and agricultural land hitherto con sidered worthless? The new country is clothed with four or five different kinds of grass, with other herbage and flowers. There is endless variety of soil wjiich would, he believed, grow almost anything. The country is of a light undulating character, and fair rainfall is observable. Later, Fuller details show that the reported discovery ojf new pountry is an area known as Eyre's Sand Patch, between Eucla and Esperance in Western Aus tralia. The discoverer, who is named Mann, not Mason, was several days without water. He had to shoot dogs and drink their blood to keep himself alive. •

Temperance Lecture.

Mr Thomas Walker, the new Grand Lodge lecturer of the Good Templars, delivered an address in the Orange Hall last night to a fairly large audience, but the attendance was not bo large as the merits of the lecturer deserved, nor as it will be when these come to be fully known. Mr Walker is a brilliant speaker, fluent in the highest degree, and has a wonderful store of anecdote, besides being very well posted up in the whole liquor question. His lecture was chiefly devoted to the action and effect of alcohol on the body, how it dealt with the blood and brain, and its consequences on the physical, moral, and intellectual structure of the human frame. His descriptions were very lucid, and were clear and vivid word pictures of all he essayed to pourtray. In addition to his ability to deal in an argu mentative way with the momentous question which is now so fully before the minds of the people of this. colony, he has a keen appreciation of humor and a quick vein of . satire, and of these be made excellent use in the numerous stories and anecdotes he told | with a charm .that is all his own. In a brilliant peroration he claimed for those working ia the temperance cause a desire ouly for the good of their fellows, a wholly altruistic object, and this object they pursued in spite of the sneers and jeers, the jibes, the abuse, the slander, and every kind of ridicule and obloquy that had been cast**- upon them, and of every kind of opposition that had been thrown in their way. The lecture was listened to with rapt attention, and was loudly applauded, both at its close and in its course, as the lecturer made his telling points in rapid succession. Mr J. W. Sawle was chairman, and discharged the duties of his position in his usual happy way. y The lecturer was accorded a 1 hearty vote of thanks at the close of bis lecture.

Presentation to Mr J.R. Bland.

♦ ■ — At Timaru on Tuesday evening, Mr J. R. Bland, who for the last three years has been auctioneer there for the.Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, was entertained to a, Bocial evening by a large number of friends. The gathering represented the legal, bankiDg, commercial) and farming population of South Canterbury, and speeches highly complimentary of the good qualities of the guest were delivered by some of the leading men of the diatriob. Mr Le Cren said he had known Mr Bland for fifteen years, and he was extremely pleased to hear of his advancement. He hoped that it would be a prosperous one, for a better fellow could not live. He wibhed him every success, and hoped that as he was in mo adjoining county they would still have many business connections together. Mr I. L. Morris and Mr C. Bourn as commercial men ; Mr W; Priest, as a business man in Timaru; and Mr J. B. Wareing, of Milford, as representing the farmers, alsd"*\hearfcily endorsed what had been so well said. Mr Wareing remarked that) Mr Bland was a man that all the farmers liked \ be waa noted for fair dealing to all, and what was of equal importance he was always the same to them all, Mr Mee, who was chairman, in the course ot a complimentary speech, said, addressing Mr Bland : — On behalf of your friends it Timaru and South Canterbury, I have verj much pleasure in begging your acceptance of this service of plate, with their very beal wißb.es and the sincere hope that you anc Mrs Bland will enjoy every happiness am prosperity in your new home. (Prolonged applause.) The "token" was a handsom silver tea and coffee service, inscribed t< « f J. R, Bland, Esq., from bis South Canter bury friends, 1896." Mr Bland is leavini Timaru to assume the position of auctionee for Measrß Hanmer and Graves, Ashburton

PARLIAMENTARY

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

I Wftiangton September 22 I The Council ui-ti at 230 p.m. I THE VOLUNTEERS f The Minister of Education stated, in I r ply to Sir George Whittnore, thst the I -spurt; on the Volunteer Force would \>e I available in a few days- I IMPREST SOPPLY BILL. I An Tmpreur, Supply BUI f->r £300,000 I was put through ail its stapes. I THE BANKING COMMITTEE'S KKPORT. I Mi .Stevens stated that the report of tie I Banking Committee had been unanimous, I and moved that the report and evidence I be printed. I Ihe Minister congratulated the Com { mlfctee oo the faob of their being unanfm- I ous In their report. I Mr Shrim ki said that the Committee | had been baulked every way they turned. I Mr Stevens remarked that unanimity J was frequently ariived at by compro- I misps. I The motion was agreed to. I . CHINESE IMMIGRANTS BILL. I Mr Sshrimski opposed the motion to I commlb the Chinese Immigrants Act I Amendment Bill. I The amendment was lcßlby 19.r0 12. I In committee a new clause was inserted I exempting from the Bill any Chinese I who should prove that hn loft China or I Hong Kong for New Zealand before I October Ist, 1896. I The Bill wan reported. I OBIMINAL CODE BILL. . I The debate upon the Criminal Code | A or. Amendment Hill, blowing Ohemis a iihw trial, was poalpr>ned for three months on the morion ot Mr Reynold?. The Council adjourned at 4 40 p m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wellington, September 18 The Houbo met »t 230. ' • THE BANKIKG COMMITTEE. ■ , Mr Graham moved tha< an extension of te'i days b« er*ntod to the Banking Coro mittoo, in which to bring up rhe ; r report. He stated th^fc the Committee were within a day or two of the completion of the evidence, but it was necessary b;fore the report oould bo dn*w i up that- answers should fob rHCaivfd to qinsions which had been forwa ded to Mr John Murray at Syinuy. "> The motion was agreed to on the voices without uobUo. LA.ND FOR SETTLEMENTS BILL. The L*nd for Settlements Aoc Amend ment Bill was committed. Clause 2, wlidh defines .special pro visions as to the disposal of lands acquired, provoked a very Jong discussion. The only alteration effected of any consequence was in section 8, which was amended to providethafcan applicant thoul) be deemed to bo kndlees unless ho held town or subarban land of the improvod value of at least £200. free of all encumbrances. The House rose at 5 30 p ro. The House resumed at 7 30 p.m. in committee on the Land for Settlements Act Amendment Bill. CJauso 2 was further discussed at con siderable length, but no material amend ments were carried. In olause 3 Mr Buohanan. moved an amendment that an applioanfc for rural laud shall give reasonable proof of the m<sans he possesses for stocking and cultivating the laud and erecting suitable buildings on it. After a leng> hy debate the amendment was lest on the voices. Olause 13, providing for workmen's homes, was passed without discussion. The remaining clauses passed without material alteration. THE PHGP ANJ> SHOP ASSISTANTS BILL. The Shop and Shop Assistants Act Amendment Bill was committed. An amendment was inserted to make it clear that bona fide commercial travellers did not come under the definition of shop assistants. Sub-clause 2, providing that the Gov ernor in- Council m*y from time to time declare persons to be shop assistants, was struck oat. * On the motion of Me Collins a new clause was inserted giving inspectors the right of enTy to offices, including banks, and providing that no employees under 21 years of age shall be employed in any office after 6 p m. without a permit, or not for more than ten hours per day. The Bill was reported with amend ments, USURY PREVENTION BILL The Usury Prevention Bill was com mitted. Tn clause 4, fixing the maximum rate of inbarest on loans, the Premier moved an amendment that interest on loans on lands should be 8 per cent, and 10 per oent in any other case. Carried on the voices. Mr G. J. Smith moved an amendment that this section shall apply to all interest owing to any of the Government depart ments or looal bodies, whether by way of penalty or otherwise. Lost by 27 to 9. BILLS PASSED. The three Bil's which had passed through Committee were then reported and passed their final stages. The House rose at 2 a.m.

The Matabele War

Capetown, September 22 Major Baden Powell has been ar rested, pending an enquiry into the execution of the chief Mokini. Four chiefs have promised Ai r Rhodes to re sume negotiations, and it is believed that a settlement of the Matabele trouble is imminent.

CORRESPONDENCE

THE FIRE IN WEST STREET.

TO THB EDITOB. Sib,— Like all other Ashburtou residents, I fully appreciate and greatly admire the excellent drill of the Fire Brigade, and can thoroughly sympathise with such a team of disinterested men turning out without a momeiiti'a loss of time, getting out their engine, hose, and gear generally, and reach ing the scene of a fire with record prompt ness, and being ready, so far as all this is concerned, to wrestle with a fire — only to find that the indispensable water is not available. Tnis has been the complaint at the last two fires. But it is just as well to see how far that complaint is well founded. Oa Sunday morning X was at Brooke's sheep dip factory before the engine. When it arrived it was planted down in East Street, where the flow was insufficient to do any good. No one apparently thought of in speoting the ohannel in West Street before the horses were taken out of the engine. In that channel there was a fair flow, as indeed there almost always is. It carries the over* flow from the reservoir at the Domain, and at Burnett Street crossing receives the Alford Forest road water, so that it is seldom indeed without a flow. Oa Suuday morning there was water enough m the West Street channel at Kilworth'a to have kept the engine going, and to nav . e ex * tinguißhed the fire. But the authorities of the Brigade preferred to keep the engine in East Street, throw five or six chains of hose across the railway line, and wait until water came— and the fire had burned the factory. Had the engine been taken across to Eft north's, one ohain of hose would have served, plenty of water would have been available, there would have been no waiting —and some of the factory might have been saved. Councillor Collins saw the flow and thought there was enough. So did one of the Bremen who' looked at it. But the other course, by which Mr Brooke and also the Council (the buildings destroyed not having been insured) lost much of their property, was chosen. I hear the Fire Brigade and Works Committee are to con sider the whole queatiou of water supply. I hope they will also consider the question of using it when it is there for use.^— 1 am, etc., Max FRiEDiiANDER.

THE SWIMMING CLUB.

TO THE EDITOR. Sib, — I see by the Guardian of 22nd inufc. that a deputation (Messrs Andrews and Tucker), waited upon the Domain Board with regaid to matters having reference to the Sports Association, and were good enough to dub the Swimming Olub "a defaulter " ; allow me to tell those gentle men that it is their Association which is the defaulter, and that the Swimming Olubjias always promptly paid any liability it has ever incurred. The Association agreed for £7 to supply a bath — a bath mind, not a shingle pit, half full of muddy water, bufc that is what the Olub got for weeks at a stretch, and as a consequence, the Club was killed. Out of eighty-five members only twelve paid, as they all went for a swim in the river ; the Club was unable to hold monthly raceß or ! its annual carnival, thereby losing its close day and all source of income. During January there was little water, and from the 7bh February to the 26th, the bath only overflowed once. Now Mr Neill, ■ the secretary to the Association, was written to by the Swimming Olub, and I personally complained to him many times. I also com plained to Mr Ferriman, the Association's treasurer. * Why did not those gentlemen ' attend the Domain Board meeting, produce that letter, and also state what they know. Why? The officials of the Club, , with which I am associated, are anxious to go on, and I appeal to the Domain Board to be juat, and not allow the representatives of clubs which have only paid "fairly well," to pass strictures upon a club which %as always paid in full.— l am, etc., Alfred Habrison. Ashburton, September 23, 1896. , h

THE ASHBUMON GUARDIAN : WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 1896.



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Mr H. C, Turner has bought the business o* the late firm of Mitchell and Turner, and will carry on the same in his own interest. *



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Having been grown from selected ID roots, they cannot fail in giving the greatest satisfaction, and may be relied < on for producing the greatest weight per aoro possible under rich and liberal cultivation. . • PIELt) CARROTS. FIELD CARROTS. James' Soarlet Intermediate, Altringham Long Red, Giant Green-top, 9 [ White Belgian, Eta, Etc. 9 1 BBOADLEAff ESSEX RAPE. I POTATOES. POTATOES POTATOES. 1 A change; of Seed Always Pays, as a Better and Heavier Crop it 1 produced Our Potatoes are all specially raised for seed purposes from g seleoted Btocks in the very best potato producing districts. We would advise i orders to be sent to us as early as possible, in order that they may be filled from , oar 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 Asbleaf Kidney, and is far superior both in 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, I and is also a fine keeper. :" THE 'BRUCE.' f 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 ;~ Jl 17 tons per acre, having very few BmalL A first-clisa eating potato. \S ABHLEAF, <MYATT'S EARLY PROLIFIC J An excellent and well-known variety ; valuable for sheltered borders and V . very early use. NEW POTATO— < RICH AbD SEDDuN. 5 | Being an Early and Heavy cropper it is fitted for an early market 1 potato, and from general reports from the raiser we may class it with the best . I of all varieties now grown. ( I , v — We Have in Stock— '^^M » American Alphas, Lapstone Kidney, Bath Kidney, Beauty of Bath, j Blue Derwents, etc. , M GARDEN SEEDS. 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MBER 23. 1896. MITCHELL AND TUIINEI J HAVE PURCBASI THE BUSINESS. H. C. TURNER Hanmer and Graves. TTTE HAVE BEEN APPOINTE AGENTS FOR R. HORNSBY AND SONS LIMITED. And will always keep In Btook A FULL COMPLEMENT OP EXTRAI FOB THBIR \ REAPERS AND BINDERS— AS ALSO THE MACHINES THEMSELVES. Prioes on appplication. BUTTON AND- SONS, SEEDSMEN, READING. i WE ABB THE APPOINTED AGB&TS FOB THE! 4.SHBURTON COUNTY. We have stocks of— Ryegrass, Cocksfoot. Trefoil, White Cover, Colonial Clover, Rape, Turnips, Mangel Wurtzel, Swedes, Timothy, Fescue/ Aleike— All New and Fresh Seeds this season. Hanmer & Graye®, WEST STKEET. Vi/K have £ 22,600 for investment on VY Freehold Security. HANMER & GRAVES, SUPERPHOSPHATE. WE HAVE to arrive in October a Shipment of the well known ANGLO-CONTINENTAL BUPKTJPHOSPHATE, and are now prepared to book orders. HANMER & GRAVES. i i . ; Henry Zander, I - — Henry Zander DAS NOW FOR SAL E- £££» WHEAT, HUNTER'S, TUSCAN, AND PEARL] DANISH, TARTARIANS, I CANADIANS, DUNS, ; AND SPARROW BILLS. GLOVER SEEDS of all descriptions OATEN SHEAF CHAFF, BRAN AND SHARPS. CLEARING AND SKIN SALES CONDUOTEP, AND SALEYARDSREGULAKLY ATTENDEE UHDEB THE SUPERVISION OF MR DAVID ZANDER, AUOriONEEB; Henry Zander, | GENERAL MERCHANT | • ■■ • WOOL, 3TOOK AND STATION AGENT AGENT TOR— San Fire Insoranoe Office Austral «n Mvlnri Prorldent Sootetj



STUD NOTICE. GENERAL TEAGY, Holder 6f the winning record for two miles, y^ILL STAND ATM (COACH STABLES, ASHBURTON, EVERY . MONDAY AND TUESDAY, Daring the Season, Commencing on MOND A Y,\ October 5. For farther particulars, apply J. C. N. GRIGG. 9 175 Longbeaoh. WILL STAND this sean at the Owner'e Stables, Lauriston, travelling to METHVEN onoe a week, and ASHBUR- TON once a week, THAT GRANDLY BRED TROTTING HORSE, EXPERIENCE, By GENERAL TRACT, dam FANNY. "pXPERIENOE is a bright bay oolt white -*-^ sttfr on forehead, and white hind fetlooks, standing 16 hands 2 inches high. Winner of first prize as a two-year-old at Ashburton in 1894,, also special prize for the best two-year-old on the ground, and first prize, Aahburton, 1895. His dam, Fanny, ia by Tribune, out of that well-known trotting mare Fan, and bred by Mr Cameron, of Springfield. His Bire, General Tracy, is full brother to Kentucky, being by Berlin (imported), dam Jenny Tracy (imported). Hiram Woodruff (that greatfauthority on Trotting) drove Jenny Tracy a mile in I 2.13£ before she. lefc America, and he always 1 used to drive Berlin's full brother, Mam- 1 brino Dudley, and says in his book if ever there was a horse could trot a mile in two minutes, Mambrino Dudley could before seeing so much stud duty. It is thus evident that Kentucky and General Tracy contain the very best strains of American trotting blood. Terms— Three Guineas per Mate ; Groomage sa ; payable at first service. Mares ta&en in to graze at Is 6d per week. Every oare taken, but no responsibility. DENIS MoKENDRY, 9 162 Lauriston. Public Notice? * GERALDINE RACING CLUB. A CCEPTA.NOES clrs> on THURS- X\. DAY, September 24, by 9p m. E. A. O'MALLEY, 9 183 Secretary. TCJENIPS TO LET T^Otl 1000 SHEEP, for two or three ■** weeks Apply E. HARDWICK, 9 184 Kyle. TYPE-WBITING OFFICE, ARCADE CHAMBERS. MISS GRAHAM will be glad to receive orders for COPYING DOCUMENTS, either Legal or General ; also, M.S.S, of every des- cription. All orders strio'ly private. Term*, Ac, on application. Licensed to Sell Stomps. 9 33 HINDS TEMPERANCE HOTEL. SITUATED close to {Railway Station. Travellers will find every comfort and attention. Securely fenced paddocks for travelling stock. Charge only 6d per 100 Sheep. w.j.s. McDowell, 9 105 Proprietor. CHILD WIFE OP INDIA SOCIETY. A LL interested in above society are ■£*- invited to attend a meeting, in St Stephen's Schoolroom, at 3 o'clock on THURSDAY, 24th inst., when donati ns will be receivdd, and other business transacted. 9 150 Mrs Bowman Fox. "OIANOFORTE, SINGING AND XT THEORY OF MUSIO AT Havelock street, Ashburton. New Pupils will kindly arrange their lessons as Soon as Possible, as the last term of this year begins on WEDNES- DAY, September 30. RAKAIA— On Fridays. T. Bullock. VmifiATcJTONE. longbeaoh""distriot, to storekeepers & others. FOR ~SALE~ Ji/ ACRES, on which is erected a */z a Store with Dwelling House attached, Bakery, and o'her buildings. The owner, Mr W. E. Bond, having removed to Flemington, this property is for Sale on easy terms of payment. For fill particulars, apply to — T. BULLOCK. TO LET, at a low rental, SHOP and DWELLING, East street south. <_ T. BULLOCK. TO FARMERS AND OTHERS. FOR~SALE. IMPROVED FARMS, RURAL LIND, •*•■' &o. 168 A ores, fenced, near Maronan 1216 Aores, fronting Uowyer's Stream, Mount Somera 20 Acres, Wakanul, fronting the sea beach 156 Acres, improved, Willowby 40 Aores, close to Ashburton 530 Aores, Rangitata Island 498 Acres, Hinds 22 Acres, Luwoliffe 1093 Aores, close to Dromore 26 Acres, Spaxton Survey District 200 Aores, Hinds 18 Acres, Ooldsfcreatn 97 Aoks, cloßeto Sprlngburn 288 Aores, Seafield, and other proper- ties. For full particulars, apply to. T, BULLOCK. Q8 (\T> PER WEEK. Rental re- *-* " quired for Cottage at Tinwald. Apply to T. BULLOCK, Agent. £B PER AOFE. j . Interest— s per cent. R.3s. numbered 26527, 26528, fronting the road leading to Wakanui School, I am authorised by the Mortgagee to Sell the above at the reduced price of £3 per acre. Unpaid purchase money to bear the low rate of interest of 5 per oent per annum. T. BULLOOK, Agenb. 4if(M Ran—iim Vmtt Tcfafe



r- ' '■ ■"""■■ i ... , i .... ■■„, Funeral Notice. FUNKRAL NOTICE. .: THE Friends of Mr Georga Med&ins are respeotfully informed that; the Funeral of his beloved wife, Mabgaret Ann, will move from bis residence, Alford Forest Road, on THURSDAY ( IVmorrow), 24th inst., at 2 30, for the Ash burton Cemetery. BAKER BROS,, 9 191 Undertakers. LOYAL ASHBURTON LODGE, 1.0.0.F., M.U. MEMBERS of the above lodge are requested to meet at Hall, TO- MORROW (Thursday), the 24th, at 1.30 p m., to attend the Funeral of Bro. G. Meddins' late wife.- By Order R. MINNIS, 9 193 Seoretary* ASHBURTON LODGE, 1811, S.O. """"""I THE Members of the above lodge are requested to attend the Funeral of the late wife of Bro. G. Meddins, I.P.M. Funeral to leave Bro. Meddins* residence at 2 30 p.m. 9 194 H. A. YESTYi W.M. THISTLE LODGE, 627, SO. TTIHE Members of the above lodge are _L requested to attend the Funeral of the late wife of Bro. G. Meddins. 9 195 A. A. ORR, R.^.M. •$: A ■■ ■» OWING to the Death of Mks Meddins, wife of P.M. Bro. Meddins, the MASONIC SOCIAL, advertised for Thur>day, September 24, IS POSTPONED TILL FURTHER NOTICE. H. A.VESTY, W.M., 1811, E.G. A. A. ORR, 8.W.M., 627, S.O. 9 192 Tenders. THE EDUqATION BOARD, OF THE DISTRICT OF NORTH CANTER. BURTS SEPARATE TENDERS are invited for REPAIRS toSohool Buildings ab" Seafisld and Wakanui, Lismore and Mayfield, Mount Somers, Aahton, and Hinds, j Also for Repairs to Master's Houses ab Lnngbeach, Wlnslcw, Alford Forest,' and FJemingcon. PI ana and Specifications can be seen ab the Office of the Board, Normal School ; those for Seafield and Wakanui, Flem- Ington, Aahton, Longbeach, Winslow, and Hinds, also at the Office of Mr John Orr, Ashburtpn, and those for Lismore and Mayfield, Mount Somers and Alford Forest, at the several Schoolrooms. Endorsed Tenders, addressed to the Secretaijf of the Board, will be received not latei than 12 noon on MONDAY', October 5. The lowest or any tender nob neqasaiity acoepted. H. O. LANE, Secretary. Ohrlst<huroh, September 22, 1896. 9 185 TENDERS are Invited for BUILDING MEN'S WHARE, BAKEHOUSE, eto., It Mount Somers Station, for A, E. Peacsib, Esq. Plais and specifications at my Offioe. Teiders close on TUESDAY, Septem- ber 2^ at neon. Thi lowest or any tender nob necessarily aoceited. I R; BIRD, 919? Architect,



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