Holiday Notice.

Her Majesty's birthday, Monday the 2A h j i'st., will be observed as a holiday by the Post and Telegraph Department. Ihe Ash burton office will be open from 9 a.m. till 10 a.m., and from 7p m. till 8 p.m. AH mails will close at 6.30 a.m. The Telephone Exchange will be open as usual.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, MAY 17, 1897.

The Greek peasantry are essentially supetstitious. One of the most ghastly of theirsuperstitions

GREEK SUPERSTITION.

is that of the Vryko lokas, or Vampire,

It is customary to visit the grave of a rieceasf-d relation j at the expiration of three years after burial, and asceitain if the body is de composed. If this process hus been performed to their satisfaction, the bones are collected and, after a further religious service, placed in a mortuary. But should this not b» the case, the dead man is supposed to be possessed, and, in punishment of his known or unknown crime, walks the earth at, night as a Vrykoloka. Many of the local superstitions take the form of offerings to the spirits of the earth, air, or water. When a vine is planted a glass of wine is thrown in " for good luck." Wine spilt on the ground or the table is also considered a good omen. Oil, on the contrary, denotes the approach of evil. A child, stunned by a fall, was picked up by an English lady, who brought him to consciousness by sprinkling water on his face. His mother came to claim him shortly afterwards, and, after assuring herself that no bones were broken, poured a pail of water on the spot where he had fallen, and added a handful of sugar "to satisfy the demon." Thunder is believed to be produced by the demons of the upper regions, and bells were rang during a storm to drive them away. Saturday is considered an un lucky day on which to begin work of any kind, and equally unlucky to finish work upon. No money must be paid ion Monday, "or Saturday will find your purse empty." To admire a child causes the greatest consternation to its mother, and the caps of infants are 1 often decorated with coins or other bright objects to distract the attention of any evil eye they may chance to meet from the child. An expression of approval or admiration, even of the most trivial thing, is met with the entreaty " Don't give it* the evil'eye !" and two fingers are immediately pointed ! at the objfet or person in question, accompanied by the word garlic. In deed, garlic is considered a sovereign j antidote against this malign powor. A lady, watching the flight of a stork to his nest in a cypress tree in the little town of Bournaba^, near Smyrna, i was suddenly assailed with a torrent of Abuse from two Greeks who were pass ing on donkey-back, and who imagined themselves to be the objects of h; r attention. They anathematised " he> eyos, that would cause them evil," with a fluency of vituperation o f which a low-class Greek alone is capable.

Local and General.

•' John Bull is a mixture of lion, mulp, and octupus."—Max O'Rell.

The great diamond mines of South Africa have yielded in the last 20 years £75,0D0.000 worth of diamonds.

James Wilson, an old resident of the Glen lunea district, Ncv South Wales, died last mouth at the age of 100 years.

As showing how plentiful rabbits are it may be mentioned that no fewer than 70,0fi0 were taken off one Otago run last year.

A Yalgoo (W.A.) pub is run by an English vise mit, and his bar-tender is the son of an ex-governor of Westralia. The Kiel Canal is lighted over its 62 miles by electricity, and is the longes' distance in thfl world lighted continuously in that way. There are 5000 poles.

Typhoid fever has broken out in Grey? mouth, the outbreak being attdbuted to the I dt cayed vegeUtion and animal m ibter de ! posited on the sea, shore by the late floods

The sums collected for the Hawke'a Bay relief fund through the offertories at the Church of England at Tinwa'd, Longbeach, and Waterton amount to £35. The con tributions at Tinwald were made on Sunday the 9th, the others yesterday.

A nautilus shell, said by Captain Fairchild fco be the seaond best he has ever seen, was picked up on the besch in Palliser Bay rhe other day close to the wreckage from the Zuleika. Captain Fairchild states that he has never before heard of the discovery of a nautilus shell in Cook Strait.

A piper devoted to the tobacco trade states that the deore&ae in the consump tion of cigars last year was so enormous that the money saved by the public would have provided a larger army than that kept up by the United 8 afces with a £20 bicycle p»r man. The bicycle id responsible for this state of affairs

In another column appears an article ly Mr H. Henry, the Curator of Resolution Island, on which an effort v being made to preserve from extinction as many as possible of thfa native birds. Mr Henry engages in hunting excursions qn the adjacent islands end brings the live birds to Resolution Island, where lurge colonies of them are cared tor. His description of a kakapo hunt in the bush on the mountain side wili be found interesting.

A rumor gained eutrency that on Saturday night and Sunday morning dynamiters had been at work in the river, and th.it the shallows were thick with dead fish. Who ever started the rumor must have taken a very hurried look at the fish, or did not know the difference between mackerel that had gone stale in the fishmonger's shop and been shot out in the riverbed, and the " spotted beauties " which are the pride of New Zealand streams,

A somewhat extrordinary case of sus pended animation came under the notice of the Broken Hill police recently, when a man nsimed Varco, living in Railway Town, reported the death of an infant nine months old. As no doctor attended and he wanted a certificate to allow the burial, a constable was instructed to view the body. Whilst examining the body, to hia intense amaze iner,ifc the child moved, and very shortly afterwards complete vitality was restored, after over five hours of prance.

A correspondent in to-day's Press, writing on the Tofa incident at the Ashburton r ces, says : — Many of the public who backed Tofa, were unaware of his being on the unpaid /orieit. list, and it seems nothing short of dishonesty that the i,,ouey on Tofa was not returned to the investor*, as the Stewards and Secretary, whose duty it is to manage the affairs of the Club, ought not to have allowed the horse to start Why the public t should sufer on apcount of the wrongful entiy of the horse by the owner, and the equally wrongful neglect of the Stewards f ami iSecretarv, Pisses my comprehension.

I An old settler, named Mrs Helen Walker, j died at Pahautanui, in her hundredth year, jl All cyclists willing to Uke part in the Queen's Birthday ride to Christohurch are requested to meet at Domain oval every evening this week at 7 30 for the purpose of training.

The newly foimed money club has me* with such success that the Committee are

now, we understand in a position to receive applications for loans As we have alreiu'y informed our readers small loans, up to £2C are made on approved personal security, thus providing a boom to many a struggling tradesman or young people about to make a start in life. The Rev. tB. A. Hamilton condu ted the services on Sunday at Longbeach aud Waterton, and preached on behalf of the Hiwke's Bay flood sufferers. The oftertoriea amounted to £31 5s 2d. The amount collected at Longbeach Cimrch was £18 18a lid, and the collection at Wateiton being £2 6s 3d. Mr Hamilton also preached at Tinwald in the evening. Tne Rev. J. Blackburne officiated at St. Stephen's both | morning and evening; there were good I congregations,

The red deer presented to fche West Coast Acclimatisation Society by the Hon Mr Cadman are both dead. rJ he doe was dull and looking sickly when she arrived on the Coast, but it was thought ahe was only suffering from sea-sickness. She did not give very much trouble to those conveying her and her mate to the ranges, but she was evidently in a sickly state and died before reaching her destination. The buck was very troublesome and tried the resources of the men to the utmost. On the death of his companion he became uncontrollable and killed himself We (Nmv Zealand Times) hear that a pompous American caused a disturbance at the Paimerstoo North railway stition the other day when told to remove a-large port manteau from a carriage, and he used some strong language when remonstrated with by the sb itioum-ster. The latter gave the tourist a severe Bhock, however, when he blew his whistle and ordered the half dozen or so stalwart porterß, who appeared in stanter, to i-hift the obstruction; whi.:h they di-J with a considerable bump " right out thar " on to the railway platform. The Bruce Herild is responsible for the following:—A good story is current regard ing a recent school election in a certain flistric nob a hundred miles from Bruce. It appears that considerable feeling was intused I into the election owk.g to there bsing a split in the Committee. One side, determined not to be beaten, ran in several men to vote who lived in dwellings on sledges, and to get over the Act, and make them house holders, some timber was cut and piles placed at the aorners of each dwelling ! Thus they were within the four corners of the Education Act, and the duly legalised householders voted and carried in their Committee. A Westralian policeman (in plain clothes) was taking a lunatic by rail to the Perth Asylum, and had absent-mindedly placed the ''admittance papers " on the seat of the carriage beside him. While the bobby was looking out of the window the lunatic quickly picked up and pocketed the docu ments. At the asylum door the officer fe t for the papers—they were gone. The lunatic immediately produced them, and, handing them to the warder, aaid : " His chief trouble is th*t he thinks he is a police man, otheiwise he is very quiet." the hobby was forced inside, protesting all the timo that he was the policeman. Ultimately the pair changed places. But that Robert will travel in uniform henceforth. A "little foresight that ''saved four lives " is gratefully referred to by a correspondent of the Wellington Post. It appeals that a fierce bull, according to the gentle custom of its kind, was chasing thre-3 children and a man. The four, in the opinion of the cor respondnnt, must have suff-red a terrible dea h were it, not that the Mauawatu train rounded a corner and ths engineer providen tially perceived their perilous plight. See ing that tdere was no escape for the putsued the driver produced sue'> terrifying effects from the engine whistle that the astonished bull gave up the c se and retired, possibly to practice up for his private use some of the new noises so artiatically rendered on the engine whistle. Meantime the four persona sought aater quarters Another victory for steam!

A strmge story reaches the Wairarapa Sto'f from Greytown. A resident of that town, who had been ill for a considerable time, suddenly expired on Monday after roou, in the presence of the doctor and the members of hia family. Curtains were drawn, preliminary arrangements made for his burial, coffin ordered, and the body encase i ia a winding-sheet. The enter prising pressman was on the spot, and the usual obituary notice was read in the local paper that afternoonj Towards evening, however, the corpse sat up in bed, and a-ked his astonished mourning friends for pen and paper, as he had fo-gotren to make his will. This done, he enquired for the paper, and read his owu obituary. Medical aid was at once summoned, and he lingered on another six hours, when he again expired, quite satisfied that he had done hia duty. Ie now appears th it a trance was responsible for the decoption,

WINSLOW RACES.

The following handicaps for the raoing events have been declared. Maidk.v Handicap, of 5 eova six furlongs, eb lb sfc lb Tip ... ... 9 0 Jane 812 Jfa-ihore ... 9 0 Torn ... ... 812 Jacko , 9 0 Whitelaw . 8 6 Pony Rack, of 7 soya: four furlongs. Pickl-a ... 912 VVelbeck ... 7 9 Bob Fiy ... 8 7 No Hope ... 7 9 Golden Tresses 712 Little Nell ... 7 9 Daisy Bell „. 7 12 Hollowback ... 7 9 Isabel .;. 7 '9 P-nchbeck ... 7 7 Publicans' Trot (optional saddle or harness), of 5 soys ; one mile. Cascade scr bhd ecr bhd scr Crresus ... 7 sec jpriaciila ... 5 sec Crazy K^te 7 sec j Orphan Boy see Pardon ... 7 sec | Mishap ... 5 sec Sftilmaker ... 7 we Bloomer ... 5 sec Miss Harkaway sec Opal , ... 5 sec Two and a Half 7 sec Henrietta .., 5 sec Boanwood ... 7 ate Glen ... 7 sec Campo ... 12 sec

Winslow Handicap, of 10 soys ;' one miie.

st lb Mount Glair 10 2 | Miss Mac ... 8 13 Te Aro ... 8 12 The Thing ... 8 12 Oarsman ... 8 7 T(.sß.-i . 8 7 The" Chestnut Q 2

I st lb | Perkinet c ... 8 0 The Miller .„ 8 0 Emerald ... 7 10 Ottoman ... 7 10 Rosine ... 710 U.timore ... 7 10

Winslow Trot (in saddle), of 10 soy ,\ li mile, ■ j

Cascade ... scr bhd scr Jewell .. 5 sec Geordie If 5 sec Priscilla ... 6 sec Mishap ... 8 sec Torrent ... 8 sec j Bloomer ... 8 sec Trilby ... 8 sec Cru;iUß , S S^O

bhd scr Pardon ... 10 a< c Miracle Jack 10 sec Roanwood 10 sec iieta , 12 sec Peeress II 12 .sec Otimpo ... i.4 sec Tralee ... 23 sec Maid of Honour ... 25 aec

Ladies' Purse, of b soys ; six furlongs. I

efc lb I Te Aro ... 11 7 Oarsman ... 11 3 Bain ... U 0 The r Chestnut 10 JO lip ... " ... 10 10 The MiUer... 10 7 F«Fk!Betfce >u JO 6

1 > ■ f a' 1 | I St 11) Ottoman ... 10 5 Tom 10 5 Emerald ... 10 5 JJltimore ... 10 5 feones ... 10 5 Whitelow . 10 0 Botlae , 10 0*

THE FIORD COUNTRY.

Resolution and Other Islands.

By Mr R. Henry

We live on the north side of Pigeon r ■aland, where it is only about half a mi c wide ; but it is high and timbered, so that we are well sheltered from the south. We can nearly always hear the grumbling of the swell in 'he caves out there, which rises into thuuder in the rough sou'weaters, for they have a clear run in from the ocean. We n'-ver want to go boating then, but someiimes walk across through our clearing to hi*ve a look at the big waves, and when we come back our little bo*t harbi.urd look bountifully quiet ami peaceful. Of course, we also have mad north winds, bat a high promontoty runs across half a mile north of us, and prevents them getting up any sea. There is a rocky boat passage at the east end of- Pigeon Island, but it is in a corner, and a swell makes it dangerous for our boat, so we general'y go out by Parrot Island, and steer southward for the main land, past several islands and some head-( lands of Resolution, past the sharp end of Anchor Island, and out into the stream of the Sound. Then it is only about a mile across until we are passing between Long Island and Indian Island, and another mile with more islands brings us to Cascade Cove, our favorite hunting ground. On the left of | the entrance is a grand cascade tor a sign board, with the name written up. Itwis Captain Cook that) named it. A mile to the west is Pickersgill Harbour, where he anchored his ship the Resolution in 1773. (Jascade Cove is narrow, with islands at its entrauce, and runß nearly Btraight south west for one and a half mile. Our camping place is at the head on the bank of the creek about nine nvles from home. There are no hia;h mountains between that and the sea, but'tney start up immediately on the east side of Cascade, three or four thousand feet, and get higher until about half way to Minipouri, where some of them retain a little snow all through the summer.

The islands, and all except the top?, are one dead monotony of bush, which is just as tiring as too much of anything else, and I would much prefer some grassy places, or even sandy beaches, which are tqually scarce heie. It is either rocks and buah, stones and bush, or all bush, and when you get into it the very sky is shut out, and it is like a world of ferns and leaves. There is just one thingl—it is never cold or windy in there, but then it ia never dry, and the timber is too dear to get out, so I think it would not matter much if it slipped into the sea, beauty and all, and let a few tussocks grow up instead. A great part of it is quite seep enough to sip in if it only had a smooth bottom ; and rough and all as it is, fine strips of it often do go down and dis appear, bub the slides are soon grown over again. Anyone wishing to retain a love for the bush should never go a journey or camp a night in it.

We pitch a big tent a few yards from the beach, in the bush of course, to be out of the

tide, and having pub up bunks of bags stretched on poles and a rough chimney, we are ready for a hunt. It is nearly sure to be raining in the mcnir.g, but that is no thing here, so we get breakfast- as usual, for it often c ears up afterwards. If it does not, we find it better to cut wood or sotne-

thing until afternoon, and then get on light oilskins and leggings, often leaving off our jackets, for with the climbing it is often too warm, but never cold in the bush. To cirry the birds, we have light wooden knapsacks divided into three compartments just big enough for a kakapo to crawl into, so that he cannot turn round or get knocked about. When I take up the dog'a muzzle with bell attached and ring it, he comes and jumps aboufc with delight, as if he liked it, but it is only the hunting he likes. Then taking our billhook* we start

up hill among the ferns, always up hill, for

the steeper it is and the denser the under growth the better the kakapoa like it, and we always want kakapoa and kiwi, but not roaa for there are plen'y on Resolution. Where there are no creepers we may get along at the rate of a mile an hour, but with a<i[jple-jicks half that is good progress, while the dog eau go ten times as fatb. And as he can scent a bird a log waj up a gully, and wa hear the bell goiog up with a merry jingle, we have to be lively to keep within hearing of it, and perhaps when we are quite out of breat'.i we hear a bark and hwe to

hurry up. Then is the time for the supple jacks and lawyers to have their revenge, and they generally have it in various ways ; and

then is about the only time that a little bad language can be used with great propriety, and it is generally used, let a man be ever so so good a soul. However, we get there in time, apparently a very long time, and find the dog rolling about a poor old kakapo with its feathers ail disordered, or it may be in a hole, or up a tree, or under a rock where we cannot get Jt. It may be a roa that will come out and run away in the forus to give us another tally-ho and a scramble up and $°wn, for we must get it whether we want it or nor, or the dog won't come away. We often get a pair of roas cut of one hole if the dog can not get into jt, but never a pair of kakapos, because they are seldom within half a mile of each other. The roaa may have their last young one with them nearly as big as them selves, but slightly darker in color, and once I got four out of one hole. If we get three or four kakapos and a couple of grey kiwi

we are quite satisfied with our day's work. We have got nine or ten kakapos, and several times got nothing at aIL when we went up the same spur a second time, for it seems the scent is so strong that a dog can smell them a long way off', and it is useless to go over the ground a second time.

HORSE SALES.

Arcade.

On Saturday Mr D. Thomas held his usual weekly sale of horses ia the Arcade. There was a good demand for useful sorts, and the following prices were obtained: — I Hasks—Bay fjlly, three years old £5 ss; bay pony, cix years old £7 j brown pony, four years old £10. Screws 10s £1, £110s, to £4. Draughts.—Orey mare, ag d£9 10$; bay mare, aged, £16 5s ; bay mare, tour years £14 10s; black fl ly, 3 years old, £12 10j ; bay mare, aged, £8; piebald mare, aged, £10 5- ; black mare, five years old, £27 ; bay gelding, six years old, £30 ; bay mare, four years old, £18. Sundries.—Spring trap, £12; harness, £2 2s 6', £4, £6 6i; horae covers, 12a 6d, 16s, 17. 6d, £1. Produce. —Bacon, 4d per 1b ; potatoes, 5a 6d per aack ; onions, Id per lb.'

West Street Yards.

At Messrs J?uedlander Broa., Limited, West Street Yards, on Saturday, a number of gooi! draught horses, etc., were offered a» auction ; there was a good attendance of buyers, and the following prices were ob tained : —Brown colt 3yrs, £40; bay filly syrs, £21 ; roan geld;ng Byrs, £21; bay gelling fjyrs, £32 ; bay mare 9yrs, £35 j chestnut Blly 3yt3, £28 ; bay coltSyrs, £31; chestnut entire colt 2yra'off, i>y Craig-y-V.ir, 80 guineas; brown pouy, £6; dray, £12; covers, 5s to 14a.

CABLE NEWS.

Home and Foreign.

Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.

8. ami A. Investment Company. London, M*>y 14. The half-yeajly report of the Scot tish and Australian Investment Com pany shows a profit of £7890. A dividend of 2|, per cent, is recom mended, and a sum of .£1640 is carried forward. Cruelty in the Congo State. Missionaries in the Congo State are making complaints of the cruel treat- | ment to which the natives are being subjected by persons engaged in the i rubber trade. They are answerable for the burning of forty five villages in one district. j Dr. Be van in England. May 15 Arrangenifints havo been made by the Mansfield Nonconformist College, Oxford, for the Rev. Dr JSevan, of Melbourne, who is at present visiting England, to act for a term as Col legiate preacher. The doctor also preaches Jubilee sermons at Glesgow. Banquets for the Premiers.

Banquets in honour of the Colonial Premiers are arranged to be given by Mr Chamberlain on June 30th, and by the Imperial Institute on July 18th. The Prince of Wales presides at the latter. The P. and 0. Company. The P. and 0. Company declared a dividend of 5 per cent on preference and 7 per cent on deferred shares. An Unpopular measure. Berlin, May 15.

Prince Hohenlohe, President of the Ministry and Minister for Foreign Afftirs, has introduced a law in the Prussian Diet limiting the right of public meeting. The German Press is indignant, and declares that the proposed new legislation imperils all free political movement.

Mrs Langtry's Divorce Case. .New York, May 15 The action for a divorce brought by Mrs Langtry, the famous actress, in the Oahfornian Courts, proved success ful. The petition for divorce was granted on the grounds of desertion and want of maintenance. Terrible Railway Accident. St Petersburg, May 15 A terrible railway accident is re ported from Rockenhof. A military train was derailed, whereby a hundred soldiers were killed and sixty injured.

Australian.

The Dairying* Industry. Sydney, May 15. A meeting of butter exporters re solved to forward to the Minister of Agriculture a strongly worded resolu-

tion protesting; against the statements which appeared in the Press to the effect that New South Wales butter exported to london was of inferior quality, The resolution alleged that the statements were quite unwarranted, the producers being entirely satisfied with the prices obtained, and the statements were calculated to do a large amount of damage to the dairy ing industry. A Good Nugget May 16, A prospector named O'Connor un earthed a 31oz nugget at the old diggings at Teinora. The Tickborne Case. Counsel in the Tichborne case have given notice of their intention to pro ceed to the Court. The case is only awaiting a necessary affidavit from the Rev. Mr Williams. Suffocated in a Mine. Melbourne, May 16 Two miners nan>d Taylor and Ohappel were suffocated by foul air in the South Star mine, Ballarat.

OBITUARY.

i Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Melbourne, May 15 Sir William Olarke dropped dead in the street to-day. May 16 Sir "W, Olarke died of heart disease. When stepping from a tram he staggered and fell. He wad removed to the Union Olub, where he died in a few minutes, London, May 14. Mr Ohatles Ryley, the operatic fiifigor, ia dead.

THE LATEST.

Home and Foreign.

Frees Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright.

Received Wakapuaka, M-*y 17, 960 a.m., Guardian Office 10 30 a.m. Irish Kents.

London, May 16 Government has decided to appoint a Koyal Commission to inquire into and report upon the methods of fixing rents on Irish holdings. Mr Gerald Baifour stated that charges made against the competency and honesty of the sub-Commissioners would be en quired into. Received Wakapuaka May 17, 10.45 a.m., Guardian office 12.30 p, m. | The Italians in Abyssinia Rome, May 16. In the Chamber of Deputies M. Rubini stated th*t the Italian garri sons in Abyssinia would be limited to Massowah. The remainder of the pro* vince of Erythrea would be retained by Italy under direction of the Native chiefs. It was intended cede Kawalft to Egypt.

Australian.

Received Wak&puaka May 17. 10 *.tn., Guardian office 11,25 ».m. | Steamer Ashore. Thuppay Island, May 17. The steamer l>uke of Devonshire, just arrived from London with a full cargo, struck an unknown obstacle when leaving the harbor and had to be beached on Friday Island, She h»g a big hole in her side, and twenty-four feet of water in number 1 hold, eight feet in number 2. The others are dry, She lies in a dangerous position Sal vage steamers h;;.ve gone to her assist" ance. Probably her whole cargo will have to be discharged.

Fatal Cycling Accident. Melbourne, May 17. At the bicycle road race from Wer ribee to Melbourne, Sheppard, a clerk in the N.Z.L. and M.A Co., collided with a bridge, and was killed. Crotty, another competitor, fell over Sheppard's machine and was severely injured. Earthquake. Adklaide, May 17 Another severe shock of earthquake was felt at Kingston early on Saturday morning, and since occasional tremors have been felt. .

THE WAS IN THE EAST.

Capture of Greek Vessels. Attack on Prevesa. A Hand to Hand Figkt. Press Association -By Electric Telegraph- Copyright Constantinople, May 14. A Turkish squadron captured eleven Greek vessels and brought them into the Dardanelles. Athens, May 14. It is reported that the Greek forces have captured the ruins of .Nikopolit, four miles north of Prevesa, and that they are now attacking the latter town by land and sea, < Received Wakapuaka, May 17, 950 a.m., Gtjabdian office, 10.30 ».m. Athens, May 16 An obstinate but indecisive hand to hand engagement between Greeks and Turks has occurred at Gribovo, near Arta. Of the Greeks 650 men were killed and 23 officers were wounded. Received Wakapuaka May 17, 10.45 a.m., Guardian Office 12 $0 p.m. Athens, May 16. Outpost fighting is progressing round Domoko. The bad state of the .road and the heavy rain are impeding the Turkish advance upon the town. Two thirds of the troops, ordered to re-embark for Crete, have returned to Athens.

THE DIAMOND JUBILEE.

Press Association—-By Electric Telegraph-* Copyright. London, May 15 In the House of Commons Mr Balfour stated that the Sultan was sending an envoy to represent him at the Jubilee. This action was purely voluntary on the part of the Sultan. Banquets in honor of the colonial Premiers have been arranged, to be given by Mr Ctjainberiaia on June 3Q and by "the Imperial institute on July 13. The Prince of Wales will preiide at the latter.

HIE DROUGHT.

Harrowing; Accounts.

Press Association —By Electric Telegraph- Copyright.

Sydnry, May 16 There are harrowing accounts of the. drought in the interior. Jt is gaid to be one of the worst ever experienced. All feed has disappeared, and sheep are dying, being- killed wf olesmle. On one station the Jo9S is over 20,000, and on many others the losses are propor tionate^ heavy. Many selectors are completely ruined and are abandoning their holdings. Some owners, as a last res urcp, are cutting edible bush where possib'e, and others are sending their stock to the more favored coastal dis tricts. Ploughing is at a couplet?} standstill. Kven if rain comes within a week it is feared that it will be (k>q late for <he grass crops to make head* way before the frosts. Melbourne, May 16 A strong gale has been blowing since yesterday morning. Heavy rain has f*l!en in the western district, and premises to break np the" drought,

THE ABIIBUBM GOAltfrtAfl t MONDAY, 'MAY IV, 1897.



Public Notices. NEW ZEALAND /CLOTHING T^ACTORY WATERPROOFS FOft LADIES. WATERPROOFS FOR GENTLEMEK. WATERPROOF** FOR BOYS. BEFORE BUYING EXAMINE OUR STOCK. OUR NEW PATIERNS FOR THIS SEASON are to hand in Black and Blue Serges. Black and Blue Par rani atta. j Hark, Medium, and Light Tweed j Efleo fs. Drab and Blue Box Cloth. Splendid Range of Single Textures for j LADIES' WATERPROOF CLOAKS. As we are the Largest Waterproof Gar ment Manufacturers in the colony, we feel quite confident in saying that our Garments tend unequalled, both in quality, finish and price. Thoroughly waterproof and all awn neams. _____ j NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR WATERPROOFS MADE TO MEASURE. WATERPROOF, LEGGINGS, CYCLING CAPES, BAGS, & CAPS. YARMOUTH OILSKIN COATS, LEGGINGS, SOU-WESTERS, Ac. HALLENSTEIS BROS. & CO. j A. G. BARTON, Manager. FLAGS FOR THB DIAMOND JUBILEE. ENSIGN HANDKERCHIEFS, suitable for Flags for the Diamond Jubilee, including Australian Ensign, New Zealand^ Ensign, and the Jubilee F:ag on Saie at 6d each. „ 5 9 ANDREW ORR. JUiST LANDED — A High-class Kid Glove, four studs, ail colors; price 4s Fully equal to usual 5s 6d quality.—W. H. Collier. QUIET COW for Sale, to calve in two months. Apply for address at Mail Office. 5 4 ! 1 I kH i i z I»- a m .*!!§* of HH 3 g 5 g a GO S 8 | 1 O I I 13 3 1 tf! 1 J < X . r—l s <S3l| v | < M 1 i "s Si 60 tf ■»» 00 [ I 2 Ps *-s g pq I | M S



Business Notices ___ LOOK OUT. G. J. NEILL —IS SELLING— I Tnhh Damask at Is per yard | '! will Sheeting, 2 yards wide, white or grey, 9Jd Turkish Towels, 6d each Cretonne 3^d Flannelettes, 2s lid per dozen] G- J. N EILL I s S ELLING" Men's Heavy Tweed Suits at 21s 6d, wonderful Take Boys Suits, 4s lid Men's Tweed Trousers, 5s lid BOOTS. BOOTS. Men's Nail SHOOTERS 7s lid. Women's SHOES la lid Men's BLUOHERS 4s lid. Women's Lace SHOES 4s lid The Cheapest Boots in Ashburton are to be got at G. J. NEILL'S, FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET. J. WILSON. COR NEB OF ARCADE. MAGNIFICENT ARTISTIC WALL PAPERS. LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN ASHBURTON. "JI/TIXKD PAINTS, WINDOW 6IASS, MIRROR GLASS, AR'<ri3lS MATERIALS, PICTURE FRAME MOULDINGS, SCRIM, ENAMELS, VARNISHES, 4c, IN STOCK. PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, & SIGNWRIFE^R. Telephone 65 P0- Box 16 AUTUMN AND WINTER NOVELTIES. GRAND SPECIAL DISPLAY AT MITCHELL & TURNER'S. MANTLES— MILLINERY JACKETS WATERPROOFS CLOAKS . FUR BOAS (JAPES UNDERCLOTHING IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO LADIES,— IN PURSUANCE of oar policy in keeping our Business well to the front, we have decided to add a FIRST CLASS DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT to our Establishment. We have secured the services of Miss Hill, a lady of unquestioned ability, who brings with her credentials of the highest order from MESSRS W. STRANGE & CO., in whose Workrooms she has beea engaged for ovkr seven years. Oar object is to supply our Customers with Stylish and Well-made COSTUMES at a Moderate Prick, and every possible effort will be given to make our NEW DEPARTMENT an unqualified success. We have already booked a number of Orders, and expect a very full season. Miss Hill will be pleased to receive intending Patrons on and after FRIDAY, March 26. MITCHELL AND TURNER, TANORED STREET.



NEW GOODS. NEW GOODS. AUTUMN AND WINTER. v PRICES CUT TO SUIT THE KEEN WEATHER AND KEENER TIMES. LOOK OUT. LOOK OUT. THE CENTRAL CASH DRAPERY AND CLOTHOSG MAUT. NEXT TO J. ORR AND CO, EAST STREET. W. S. MITCHELL GIVES TEE BEST VALUE IN THG TR^DE, EVERYTHING NEW, EVERYTHING GOOD, EVERYTHING STYLISH, And of Course EVERYTHING CHEAP. DAY Cash m& Save 25 per cent. Grand assortment bought at Special Ratea to enables me to sustain ray reputation, yet giving the Be"l^rSH iV-ew Tfo aMhe Winter, 8s 9.1, worth 12a 6d. Good etrong plain Homespun 4a lid dress Beautiful Tweeds, grand i TL£ JhadeF at 8s 9d and 9, 9d full dress. All the latest Trimmings in Furs, Gunps, Braids, Velvets, etc., at prices never value, newest ahad "'*kvFLKTTES i LANNELS. CALICOS, SHEETINGS-you'll wonder at the prices. No bad debts do it. before heard of. F£*" J^K^ ig Alfwool Flannels, wide width, 10£ d per yard. All our goods sold at prices to bring Grand dark wint^^f^B^ lt t r 3s 9d per doz ; cheaper lines at from 2a 6d per doz. Double White Sheeting IOJd, cheap at Is 3d. you 4slld d«up.BLANKETS, Blankets, Blanket White Blanket*, Blue Blankets, Brown and Grey K.»poi Large White Towels 4s lid »P h Hous< ; { New Zea!and , A grand heavy Elanke t at 8s lid. Art Muehna, Blankets 25^ per cent•cheaper tnaa » L(JW ;ST _ th reasons are-We Buy Cheap; we Sell for Cash Look here ! Look here {i Outains. OUR and Brown'i at X. Ud pair" ONLY MHOHELL AND BRODRIBB HAVE Whit do y« th«k J l aLyl«.in LADIES' SHOWERPROOF CLOAKS at puce, 50 per cent, below anything heard ot -1 HbM. Here ■ another ineneweß y hr to under Be l, an ofcher House save you in Brown, Navy, e^4rs"RIIGdT%KTH« CENTRAL CASH DRAPERY MART. MILLJNERY, M.lline.y. Mtlhnery time and anxiety by GOING »;K^ 1(;^ sell the tiimmiiie at a low price, and guarantee you a saving of fully 50 per cent on all We'll trim y™'*"*™^™^^™"^ H* newest JhiJT. and shadesfour prior/ are the LOWEST IN NKW 55BALAND irimaied haw-B r»»8 JS;' r^Yn«--S.i«or straws from 9.1 up.' UNDERCLOTHING for Winter-Flannelette and Wool to su.t for the latest and lllObL ) W 1, 8'1,!"" I™'1™' Corsets, Corses-Astonish you, at MM. the plum line is a Corset any size any ,he coldest weather and i.gl.tes^'ur^' , f^^w^r^r B BboUt 5 , 6J . In the MKN-.S CLOTHING AND MERCERY Department, f ade Srn\hc trade Is bow n r7b'?d p.". Is lid, heavy colonial knittol i-nta 3, il, singlets to m.toh fl.nnal«6te .h.rtj Ihcavieet knitted socks in mo traue i% n f Men's and boys' lian in every conceivable shape from Is- T weed ;r«l.^ fi <Mj»^ Colonial twe«d 25a 6* TIES AND SCARyES-We are trouseca 7s oil, oi ila, aa oa, meud iuu.^t-r _ fm ™t n t T,ra and Scarves from the cheapest to the best qualities. BOOTS—Men s know, throughout.the» Sji*™^? {JS^ SriTßht'l£?^o«l- £* SSf .U^?. fro™ aJ^ildr^fcer tifffat. 10s 6,1, women's and children's Iwavy shooter boots 9s lid, grand line oi jigm' «»»'"'111 MEN » S WATERPROOF COATS, very deep capes, in al! patterns—We are de- t yo m c. P.ur, Pf t o m ,9, M. Gr^d v.cie.y M«n'f» White Kid Glwtea and Evening B. wi, tic. W. S. MITCHELL NKX1 1 T« J GRF CO., EAST STREIS*, ABHBUPTON



HOLLOWAV'S Plt,LB AND OINTMBNT.— Bilious affections, with all their concomitant annoyances induced by atmospheric changes, or too liberal diet, should be oheoked at once or serious consequences may ensue. When any one finds his ideas less clear than usual, his eyesight dimmed, and his head dizzy, accompanied by a disinclination for all exertion, physical or mental, he may be quite sure that he is in immediate need of some alterative medicine. Let him at once send iof a box of Holloway's Pills, a mild course of which will remove the symptoms, and speedily renew his usual healthful feeling If the bo'Als be irritable ftollb way's Ointment should be diligently rubbed over the stomach and liver every night and morning.



HOW TO I"«EVESX CROUP FOMK BEADING THAT WILL PROVE INTEREST- j ING TO YOUNG MOTHERS. HOW TO GUARD AGAINST THE DISEASE Croup is a (error to young mothers and to post them concerning the cave, first symp toms and treatment is the object of this item. The origin of croup is a common cold. Children who are subject to it take cold very c sily and croup is almost sure to follow. The first symptom is hoarseness ; this is soon followed by a peculiar rough cough, which ia easily recognised and will never be forgotten by one who has heard ifc. The time 10 act is when the ohjld fitat becomes hoarse. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is freely given all tendency to croup wilt soon disap pear. Even after the croupy cough has de veloped it will prevent the attack. There is no danger in giving this remedy for it contain?) nothing injurious. For s«!e by Ashburton Drug Company.



ami Secretary, pisses my comprehension. Don't Cough. — Relief can be obtained i immediately. Use ' KEATING'S COUGH J LOZENGES'—weII known as the utterly unrivalled Cough. Remedy. Strongly re commended by many eminent physicians They at once check the cough and repiove the cause w^hout any after csect; the most delicate can therefore can take them. One Lozenge alone gives e»ee-~one or two a bedtima ensures reab. gold everywhere in ' tin islidCMli. %



You have ruined your consti'ution sufficiently by drinking inferior teas, recruit by drinking only Kozie Tea, it v pure and reliable,—^ohn Orr <£; Co,, gols A'gojft?.



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From the Tea Plant to the Tea Cup, unadulterated and pure; this is Ko^ie i pA. John Orr & Co., Agents; . •■; To the Deaf and those troubled with Noises in the Head or other Aural Troubles.' I), Nicholson, of London, the world famed aural specialist and Inventor of artijlcial ear drums, has just issued the 100 th edition 0$ his illustrated and descriptive book on $ffp ness *nd Aural Troubles. : This book mMf be had frdm Mr f Coliii Campbell, IW, Adelaide Road, Wellington, N.Z. Mr Qampbell wiis cured of his deafness" by D£ Nicholson's system, and takes ptoafure ja spreading theiiew" of the great gpeoi*|isfc m New Zealand." A little bpdk pn the pup of RheomatUni, Cwpulence,' JJumbagb, aoj iadigMtiori My tht »me author, rn»y'be bad iom^rCampbeir, »J«o fre«, ' $|^