PHASES OF THE MOON.

AUGUST

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1897. THE HANMER SANATORIUM.

During the past few years the fame of the Hanrner hot springs as curative waters, especially in cases of rheumatism, has spread widely, and the number of patients drawn to this valuable sana torium provided by the beneficence of Nature has been steadily increasing. The accommodation for visitors pro vided at Jollies Pass hotel, and a£ Jack'sFass accommodation-house isiaatia factory enough as to quality, but is not sufficiently extensive to cope with the demand, and the distance from the baths at which these establishments are situated is a drawback in the case of a certain class of patients. -For many it is an advantage, the daily drives to and fro being an enjoyable break in the monotony, recuperative and haalthgiyfng, bufc for others— those who are de<jrepi.fc or very delicate or suffering acutely—fcbe necessity of one or more journeys a day between the hotel or boardiog-house and the baths is a painful necessity, indeed, in some cases an insuperable obstacle to their availing themselves of the healing waters. Under three ©ircu instances the Government haa done the right thing in having a commodious and comfort> able sanatorium erected close to the Springs. This work was commenced some three months ago, and * learn that it is now all but complete *nd that the new buildings will 1 turnished without delay, so as to 1 ready for occupation by patieuta at

dsiforß in time for the coming seasion. Tp From a description given in a Christ-1 ti shurch contemporary we gather that the 1 1, louse is situated on the main road !rom Oulverden, and faces the east. rhe groun is, which are seven acres in extent, aid adjoin the old bath premises, aie now being laid out with walks, drives, flower beds, and shrub beries, and surrounded with planta cions of ornamental trees. Entrance is gained £<-om the road by three large gateß, ani the building, from the approach, has a handsome and sub stantial appearance. The building is one storey high, aud is of wood, with an iron roof. It contains twenty-seven rooms (independent of the offices), which include dining room, 24ft by 15ft; smoke room, 19ft by 16ft; sitting room, 22ft by 14ft; ladies' sitting room, 19ft by 16ft j four double bedrooms, each 14ft by 15ft; six commodious single b (-rooms, and also a bathroom. Besides these, there are the following rooms for the staff:— Doctor's room, caretaker's office, bed and sitting room, two bedrooms for servants, and also kitchen, pantry, washhcuse, store rooms, larder, and wood and coal-house. The kitchen, pantry, etc,, are all fitted up with the most modern appliances. In the front of the house, between projecting wings on eaoh side, there is a verandah 53ft in length by 12ft in depth, laid with totara flooring, and finished in front with handrail and balusters. The entrance is by a flight of steps under an arched gable, and at each end of the verandah are doors leading into thesmoke-room and ladies' rooms. Access to the various rooms is gained by corridors 6ft wide, lighted by skylights. The main entrance hall is Bft by 14ft, and is lighted by a pair of large glass doors with side and fan lights, glazed with tinted cathedral glass. The walls inside are lift in height from floor to ceiling. Excellent ventilation is obtained by means of " Torpedo" ventilators, connected by pipes with the various rooms. Hot and cold water is laid on throughout the house, and the front door and principal rooms are connected with the servants' apart ments by an electric bell installation. The whole premises are drained with a network of pipes, and the sanitary arrangements are all up to date. The intention is to heat and light the house with the natural gas from the springs, but the work in this connection is not included in the present contract, and a start has not yet been made with it. The building was commenced in March, the contract price being £1966. It will be seen by the fore going that the new sanatorium is in every respect up to date, and when this becomes generally known.we have i no doubt that it -vt ill lead to a large increase in the number of visitors both from within and without the colony. A light railway from Oulverden to the baths is very desirable, but if this cannot be afforded, then we think that the suggestion made by the LytteUon Times should certainly be carried out, viz., that the railway authorities should either every day, or on certain days of the week, provide carriages, both first and second class, fitted up with couches for invalids, to enable them to obtain as much ease and rest, as possible before having to undertake the coach journey.

OUR CHARITAISLE AID SYSTEM.

A Case that was he&rd at the Police Court yesterday, before Major Steward and Mr Robert Alcorn, disclosed once again a weak point in our Charitable Aid administration on which we have often before remarked. The case was that of a young man, the short facts of whose story are that, beipg a " new chum," without friends in this part of the colony, and almost wholly un known, he bad sought for work every where, but had been unsuccessful, He found himself at last in Asbburton, cold, hungry almost to starvation point, dead beat, dispirited, and despairing, and footsore after a walk from Temuka, where for three weeks he had been living, seeking work unsuccessfully. He gave himself up at the police station as a person with no lawful means of support, his object being to be at iesst fed and housed for the night, Under sucfr cirpumstaneep, of course, he had to b« charged with vagrancyj and tried' for the grime of being unable to find work, with being poor and needy, and with requiring to be fed. Before the case was heard the police made enquiries as to obtaining temporary relief for the man from the Charitable Aid authorities, bat found that the Charitable Aid Board did not give rations to able-bodied men. And here is the weak point we refer to. A man may be able bodied and willing to work, but the®e two qualifications do not prevent him from being hungry aad having nothing to eat when he ha« failed to find work and the opportunity of earning the means to provide him self with food. To write to the head quarters of the Charitable Aid in Ohristchurch and lay all the facts and circumstances of such a case as the jon,e under notice before the authorities, would haye taken a good deal of time. Then there would of course have followed the winding and unwinding of official red tape, and by the time all this had been done, unless somebody with bowels of compassion in them stepped in, the poor fellow wuld have been hungry enough, if not past hunger altogether. What.we contend for is tha.fc when cases of this kind occur there ought jfco fojs some person in the town-^-the Mayop lor Instance—em powered to giy'e an order for at l#aet food and shelter; of course for a limited period, so that when man ©r woman comes along in such a destitute condition aa that in which this young fellow found himself, succour may not have to be sought in an appeal to the polica under the "Vagrancy Act.

A NEW ZEALAND RECRUITING DEPOT.

In connection wifch o^r ren?ar3^B in the foregoing article we may mention that it is within our knowledge that prior to the departure of the Premier upon his recent visit to the Old

Country the suggestion was made to him by Major Steward that the atten tion of the Imperial authorities should

be drawn to the fact that the establish-

ment of recruiting depots in New Zea land would result in securing a large number of eligible recruits for the line • regimen te, wjjich latterly Juro ex.

perienced considerable difficulty in ob taining men of the right stamp within the United Kingdom The suggestion is we think a good one, and one which if carried out would also be beneficial to the colony as it would enable r number of young men who are not adapted for agricultural work, and who are not acquainted with any skilled handicraft, as well as others who through Borne lapse of conduct have disqualified themselves for positions of trust, to serve their country in a mili tary capacity, and to to obtain the means of livelihood. We hope that the matter has not been lost sight of by Mr Keddon, as in the direction mdi cated may be found the solution of th problem of what to do with (some of) oar boys.

Local and General.

Commeraial news on fourth page. It in stated that the tick plague will ex ttnd over the whole of E-wttrn Australia. A hall takes place to-morrow (Friday) evening in the schoolroom, Mount Komers. Our readers are reminded that the ooUie dog trial takei place at Methvea to-morrow and Saturday. Mr Smith, a resident of Ring&rooma, Tas mania, who married72yeareago, has attained the age of 107. On dit that four well-known Nelaoniana have made £4000 each on some plumbago deposits at Collingwood. The Nelson district, it is stated, sends £5000 or £6000 worth of poultry and eggs to Wellington market every year. The total number of sheep in the colony at the end of April was 19,629,602 -an increase of 491,109 as compared with 1896.

For 3,200 vacancies of all kinds on the' staff of the London and North-Western Rail way iaet year there were 63,000 applicants. Seafield readers are reminded that the anniversary tea meeting in connection with the Sunday school takes place to-morrow evening. > Some of the red pine taken from a building 1 which had been standing in Nelson for over 50 years was found to be as sound as the day it was put in. The Borough Engineer of Waimate was so I unfortunate as to lose between £60 and £70 worth of instruments by the recent fire at the Council Chambers. A giant sewing machine has been finished at Leeds. The machine, which is to be used for attaching ootton belting, weighs five and a-quarter tons.

Messrs Friedlander Bros., Limited, will offer a thoroughbred entire colb by St. George, at their mart on Saturday ; also a □umber of town and suburban properties. Mr Boreham, the Oamaru draughts-player contested twelve games simultaneously at Maheno on Monday evening with twelve different players, and won eleven games and - tied for the twelfth. The morning lesson at the oookery schoo on Saturday will inoluie instruction in the preparation of the following, vijs., stock, plain lentil soup, liver and bacon a la firancaist, lemou sago, and ginger drops. Mr Andrew Orr's sale of Mitchell's stock \ proceeds apaoe, and with satisfactory results 1 lo both merchant and customers. His advertisements as to prices of some special goods ought to give housewives somewhat of a start. At Hftwera on Thursday last a child named John Taylor, two years and eight months, old, got his head in the wires of afenceand was strangled. The mother had only missed him five minutes, and when found he was quite dead. In a divorce suit at Melbourne recently there were fruitless inquiries for a witness named Love, whp was palled for very loudly along the corridors by the usher. *f Just as I thought," the Chief Justice remarked, " love never comes into the Divorce Court.' The Mahia correspondent of the Waitoa Guardian writes:—"The rock upon which the Tasmania struck was well known to the Maoris by the name of Matakana. It was a favourite place for fishing for hapuka, hut the place has been unknown to the younger Maoris."

A fuli-aiged mqdel of the memorial to the late Dr. Stuart, of *|)unedjn, has Jjeen com pletad by Mr W. L. Monson, of Wellington, and the statue will be shipped Home next week in the Tongariro, to be reproduced in bronze. The likeness is pronounced to be excellent by those who knew the deceased. Ifc is expected fully five hundred natives will be R»there4 together and Papawai next month to welcome the native contingent. They wjH be present from all parts of fche Waimrapa, The local Europeans have undertaken to give the natives a banquet on the occasion. It seems that they have let themselves in for a pretty big ordgr. The adjourned annual meeting of rate payers in the South Kakaia Road district will be held on Thursday, September 2, in the Board's office; and the adjourned annual meeting of the Wakanui ratepayers in the Wakat?u£ Board's office on Saturday, September 4—both meetings at noon, and both to receive the auditedfbalance sheets. Writing during the time of the visit of the Premiers, one of the London dailies re marked :—" Of all the Colonial Premiers, not even ejpepting Mr JL.aurier, Mr Seddon seems the most sought after at the moment. In the corridor outside hie rooms at the Hotel Cecil a crowd of folk of both sexes await to pounce down upon him wheu he appears after breakfast." Until recently we have been under the belief that of all the birds introduced by the Acclimatisation Societies into New Zealand the moat useful was the starling. The general impression indeed was that this bird owing to its fondness for insect food, including parasitical insects, was the gar deners' as well as the sheepowners' friend. Bub from what we have learned recently we are afraid that these notions must be abandoned, for we were informed a few days ago by an Qamaru gentleman who has a large orchard, that these birds have deve loped a great taste for fruit, and that last season his puar trees were mercilessly robbed by them, the starlings destroying his entire crop. We also observe by a Wirarapa exchange that starlings have b( oome a great nuisance at Masterton, where they are said to be in thousands. It would seem that the change in kaMtat has been followed by a change in habics. There has just been circulated a " dodger " announcing the concerts to be given by Mr William JtfoKenzie and Miss Jessie Glover in the Oddfellows' JJaIJ °P Saturday and Monday next, Mr MpKenaie, in additjpp bo being a humorist of the first order, is a high class musioian, possesses a baritone roice that ia the «nvy of most male singers travelling in these colonies, and can use f b as )nly a master can. Ashburton concert joers who had the pleasure of listening to he superior violin playing of Miss Bessie Doyle, when that lady visited us in the winter of 1394, will also remember the un ixpected treat ihey eniqyed in the perform ances of Mr Mcl^eDisie, who was the baritone if the gompany.. Since then" he has been cbieving gre»t spsgesfles in all the colonies. Lfter a triumphant season in Gljristphuroh, ie went north, and scored highly in every own. So popular were his oonoerts in Jhristchuroh that for many nights in the Opera House (Tuam street), he iargesi) hall in the city, was crowded to he doors, and lew'singers have obtained tore flattering press notices than has thijj inger of the songs of the people. -Miss ennie Glover is an elocutionist who has ■oq laurels every where. She is exceedingly ?reatile, being equally at home in Shake reriaa character and the lighter work of odern humqnste. She* can sing, too : and ie popular eong pf *' Q»Uer Herrin'/' whicljt it many, even to the manaer born, can sing ell, is a revelation when she essays it, Mr .cKeDzie brings with him a selected com ray of acknowledged talent, and a superior id mosb enjoyable entertainment can be ipended upon on both nights. Both artistes ill be in town tomorrow when ivlr oKenzie will take the opportunity of newing his acquaintanqe with old Aih. frton frleodp,

A few Dice hauls of whitebait were got in is Gray river the other day. ODhe Women's Hospital in Melbourne is irerorowded, and it) has been found neces iry to provide a number of extsa cots for *bies. The Lyttelton Times informs ifca readers iab it ia understood that negotiations aie t present going on for the purchase by the loveroment of the Anama Estate in the ishburton district. We hope it; is true, nd that the negotiations will be successful. A letter just received by an Ashburton riend of Mr Lionel Broad states that his ealth has succumbed to the trying climate f Coolgardie, and that a doctor's certificate eoommending a complete and permanent hange aa his only chance is under consider ation of the Bank authorities. There was a large attendance at yester day's meetiDg of the Wesleyan Christian Endeavour Society. The evening being Plotted to harmony, solos were given by biases Gates, Johns, and Tait, readings by Mra Burr, Miss Dixon and Mr W. Sando, md a duet by Miss Bonnington (piano), and Mr Peaohey (flute). Yesterday's earthquake was felt at Christ shurch, though not so severely at at Ashburton. ODhe time is given as " a few minutes before five" and the direction as between west and east. It was also felt at limaru and Temuka, the time stated being, %% the former, about fire, and at the latter % minute after five. Any letters or papers that may be re covered from the wreck of the Tasmania are to bedded in an old brewery in Napier. They will be spread on the perforated floor of the malt kiln and a fire lighted in the furnace underneath. Once the mails are to hand the work will be continued day and night until completed* An American inventor has just succeeded in completing the model of a submarine boat, which, it is claimed, will travel under water at the rate of six miles a minute, or about 360 miles in an hour. Hia boat is constructed on a mechanical theory, which, when known, will astonish the world. It is to be kept a secret however until his patents are secured. During the past few days rumor has persistently asserted that Major Douglas, who has been for many years postmaster at Ashburton, is about to be transferred to ths West Ojast, Hokitika and Greymouth being variously spoken of »s his destination. The origin of the local rumor is doubtless the fact that a paragraph to the like effect appeared about a fortnight ago in the IVest Coast Times founded probably on the faot that there happens to be a vacancy at Hokitika, and that in the published classification list ol officers of the Department, Major Douglas' name (practically) stands first on the list for promotion to a Chief Postmastership. On enquiry of that gentleman, however, we find that he has received no official intimation whatever on the subject. One thing is certain, namely, that Ashburton would be very sorry to lose him. The inmates of the Old Men's Home were visited on Tuesday evening by a few friends who entertained them with instrumental music, songs, readings and recitations. The following are the names of those who kindly took part, viz., Misses Kidd, Tomp kins, and 0. and M. Jones; Messrs E. Craighead, Topham, Buxton, C. Andrews, and S, W. Andrews ; and Master Hughes. At the conclusion a very hearty vote of ■ thanks was accorded to the visitors for their kindness in giving the entertainment. Dur ing the evening a hint was thrown out that a good piano would be a great help at such gatherings, and it is hoped that some friend of the institution will take the matter up and endeavor to get others to join in an effort to provide the instrument. After tea and coffee had boen handed round to the inmates and visitors, the National Anthem brought to a close a very pieasant little concert.

Earthquake in Ashburton.

The sharpest shopk, or rather shocks, of earthquake which have been experienced here for years, occurred, the first at exactly five o'clock, last evening, and the second at an interval of a few seconds. They exactly resembled the impact of a big wave on the fo'osle of a ship, being accompanied by the same dull, heavy thud, and were followed by a rumbling sound—the second shook being the more severe of the two. The direction appeared to be between north and south.

grammatical Tautology.

I'll prove the word that I have made my theme Is that that may be doubled without blame j And that that that, thus trebled, I may use, And that that that that critics may abuse May be correct. Jfurtfoer—the dons to bother- Five thats may c'osely follow one another j For be it known that we may safely write Or say that that that that that man writ was right. Nay, c'en that that that that that that followed Though six repeats, the grammar's rule has hallowed; And that that that (that that that that began) Repeated seven times is right. Deny 't who can?

COMMERCIAL.

THE WHEAT MARKET.

RISE IN LONDON AND PABJS. Press Association—By Electric Telegraph. Copyright. London, August 25 The price of flour has been raised half-a orown a sack in the oountry markets of Great Britain, and the price of the quartern loaf is now 6d. Great excitement still prevails in the American markets, but prices are a shade lo^ej, 1. Pa^is, August 24 The pripe of bread in Paris has vmri Jd per lb. Great excitement prevail! throughout France at the scarcity of grain. August 25 Committees have been formed in Paris and other centres to prevent a further rise in wheat. The Socialists are agitating for a reduction of the duties on wheat.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

SfDWE?, August 26. Wheat, chick, 3s 5d to 3s ?d j milling, local, 4s 3d to 4s sd. Oats, feeding, local, prime, 2a 3d to 2s 4d ; New Zealand prime, 2a sd; medium, 2a 4d. Barley, Cipe, 3s 3d to 3a 4d. Peas, Prussian Blue, 4s 6d to sa, Potatoes, Circular Heads, £3 15s. Onious, Victorian, prime, jg9 to £JJ.O. Butter, factory, lOd to lid; dairy, Bdto 9d. Cheese, New Zealand, 4^d to sd. Bacon, s£d to 6Jd. Melbourne, August 23; Wheat, in small supply, §s §d to 5s jOd. Oafs, feeding, Is 5d to Is §d ; milling 2a to 2s 2d. Potatoes, %2 §a to £2 7s 6d. Onions, £Bto£§l§3. Ade&AIBB, August 25 Wheat, 4s lid to ss, Oats, dun, 3s to 3s 3d ; stout white, 3a 6d. Barley, malting, 4s 6d to 5s 3d.

CREDITORS' MEETING.

Escardus J. Henry A meeting of the creditors of Recardus J. Henry was held yesterday afternoon at the office of the Deputy Official Assignee. Tlu debtor was present in person, Mr Ontbbert son acting for him. Mr Purnell appeared on behalf o! Butler Bros., of Dunedin, and Mr Wilding for Mr James and the guarantors Mesurß McKendry &ud O'Grady. Thi Deputy Official Assignee read the debtor's statement, which showed the liabilities to be as under:—Unsecured creditors, £70425; secured creditors, £412, leas £350 estimated yalue of security—£62; total liabilities, £766 2a. The assets were nil. The state ment fuither showed that the debtor com menced business in 1894, his bank acoouot for £250 being guaranteed by Messrs Mc- Kendry and Harrison. Did fairly well the first year, but after that got behind. Had been forced to file by the action of Butler Bros., his largest creditors, who sued him for £60. The book debts were valued at £218, about £130 of which had been col lected by the guarantors, Messrs McKendry and O'Grady, leaving £100 worth mill un collected.

The Deputy Offioial Assignee said ib was for the creditors present to express their opinion upon the question of whether he should or should ot leat thelegaliry of the bill of sale under which the guarantors had taken possession of the debtor's book debts. Mr Purnell said the creditors he repre sented had instructed him to press for the testing of the title of the holders of the bill of sale to the same. He criticised the terms of the document under which the book debts [ had been claimed, and said he thought the matter should be tested in the proper way. He moved "That the Deputy Offioial Assignee be requested to investigate the terms under which the bill of sale had been given to Messrs O'Grady and McKendry." Mr VV. J. Silcook said he would second the motion pro forma, but he should vote against it. lie thought Mr Henry had acted in an honorable manner, and had been himself the principal person to suffer, He would nob be in favor of throwing away good oioney to test the legality of the bill of sale. Mr J. Wilson supported Mr Siloock. He said Mr Henry had always told him that there was a bill of sale over his property. Mr Davis spoke in a similar strain. Mr Purnell explained that he said nothing against Mr Henry beyond what he had been compelled to say. The question affected by his motion was whether one or two creditors should take all that there was in the estate, or whether that should be divided amongst the whole of them. Mr Wilding thought it as well to explain the position fully, ihe guarantors who bad acted the part of good f riendu to Mr Henry, had paid out of their own pockets in hard cash a large sum over and above the amount recovered by their seizing under their bill of sale. He thought the creditors would see that they would gain nothing by going to law in the hope ot getting Borne share of the miserable sum that might be expected if they succeeded in a court of law. Mr Purnell sail the case was not as re presented by Mr Wilding. His clients had surely some right to see whether a secret document should deprive them of any re turn for the amount they had advanced. After some further discussion the resolu tion was put, and all those present, about a dozen, representing £372 19a 5d voted against it, Mr Purnell putting in the proxies of four creditors whose claims aggregated £323 4s 9d in favor of the resulution. The resolution was therefore lost. Mr Wilding for the guarantors offered to accept £20 from the creditors for the balance of the book debts, or to give £20 to the Assignee in settlement of ,»U claims on the estate. Mr Tucker proposed that £20 be accepted from Messrs O'Grady and McKendry in settlement of all claims, Mr Purnel! protested against Messrs O'Grady and McKendry voting on this ques tion, and Mr Wilding protested against Messrs Butler Bros, voting. The resolution was put and carried. Mr Wilson moved that the debtor's furni ture be handed ove* to Mrs Henry, and that the debtor be recommended for his im mediate discharge. Mr Silcock, in seconding this, said that he believed Mr Henry had alwayis done his best to act honorably, and his failure was more his misfortune than his fault. Mr Davia spoke very strongly in support of the motion, and said Mr Henry should be enabled to make a fresh start. The motion was then put and carried. The meeting then adjourned.

Auckland Items.

. Preat Association—By Electric Telegraph. Auckland, August 25 The Board of Conciliation met in private this morning in the Supreme Court build ings. The various facts brought before the Board were carefully considered, and certain points decided. It is expected that the Board will announce its finding to-morrow. The case of A. D. McKay, arrested on a warrant on a ebarge of stealing oysters of ' the value of Is, and afterwards liberated on aocount of the case being one of mistaken identity, was brought up at a meeting of Court Nil Desperandum, Ancient Order of Foresters, to which McKay belongs. Great indignation was expressed at the action of the J.P. who signed the warrant, and also ab the treatment which Bro McKay stated had been meted out to him by the police authori ties. Bros Lee, PC.R., and E. Nor don, P.C R., were appointed & deputation to wait upon Bros JV J. Holland, M.H.R., and the Hon Thomas Thompson, Minister of Justice, in order to obtain aome redress for the injured brother. The Auckland football team speak highly of their treatment on their southern tour. Everything is now ready for a fitting reception to the Earl of Raufuily to-morrow. The weather was fine to-day after the heavy rain, but to-night there is again rain, and the weather is threatening. The body of an infant, headless, was i washed up at St Mary's road, Ponsonby. Human bones have been found in a cave near Penrose. Tney appear to have lain there for years, and are supposed to be the Bkeleton of a Maori.

The French President and the Czar

J?resa Associ.atjp.n--By Sjleqferijj Telegraph-*- Oopyrighb. St. Petersburg, August 25. The welcome accorded to M. Faure by the Ozar is unparalleled, and greatly exceeds that shown to the Emperor William, M. Hanotaux had a long interview with Count Murarieff, Minister for Foreign Affairs. ft£ ; Meline, the French Premier, telegraphed io M, Faure that the Freq.ch natiqn §tretphe4 forth thejr handa to the friendly country.

CABLE NEWS.

Home and Foreign.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright.

Accident to the Rangatira.

London, Augußt 24 Shaw Haville Company's steamer the Rangatira, outward bound to New Zealand, lias been towtd into Teneriffe with her shaft broken.

Ptomaine Poisoning.

Dr Stevenson, an expert, has in formed Sir Andrew Clarke, Agent- General for Victoria, that ptomaine poisoning is equally likely to occur with Home-grown meat as with frown meat.

The Soudan Expedition.

Cairo, August 24. The British expeditionary force in Soudan has been able to obtain a supply of fresh water by sinking a wall on the route between .Wady Haifa and Abu Samed.

The Charity Bazaar Fire.

Paris, August 25 M. De Mackan, President of tht Committee of the Paris charity fete, the scene of the terrible fire in May last, who was charged with culpable negli gence in connection with the disaster, was fined 500£r., while two employee* working the kinematograph, where the fire originated, were sentenced, in one case, to a fine and a year's imprison ment, and in the other to eight months' imprisonment. All the prisoners will be treated as first offenders.

Sentences Commuted.

Constantinople, August 25. The Sultan bus issued an irade com* muting the sentences passed on the Musselmen implicated in the massacre of a hundred Armenians at Tokat. Six prisoners sentenced to death are to undergo penal servitude for life in Tripoli, Barbary.

Australian.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright

Queensland and the Japanese. Brisbane, August 25 Mr Tozer has received information that the Japanese Government require all Japanese leaving Japan to provide themselves with passports, and to provide against their secret embarka tion as emigrants they will be required to produce their passport* on arrival in Queensland.

Rich Finds at Kalgoorlie.

Perth, August 25. Activity is being displayed over the Kalgoorlie mines owing to the phenomenal finds made during the last few days. Kalgoorlie United, Lake View South Associated mines, and the Bank of England mines have come across extremely rich telluride.

THE SITUATION IN INDIA.

Defeat of a Sepoy Forci A Fort Abandoned by the British Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph- Copyright. Calcutta, August 24 The Afridia have captured and burned Mandah, and the Garrison has been compelled to retire, losing thirty men, Sadda and Papa, two fortified posts, are surrounded, and it is doubtful whether the relief force from Kohafc can effect a rescue in time. When the Mohmanda attacked Shab kadar recently, they burned the sacred books in the Sikh temple, and the Sikhs throughout the Punjaub are very indignant at the outrage. Brigadier Ellis is now in command of 11,000 men, with 86 guns, and eighteen squadrons of cavalry. Calcutta, August 25 The British have mobilised 32,000 troops on the frontier. These, with the ordinary garrisons, make an avail able force of 42,000. All the bridges in the Upper Punjaub VaiJey are strictly guarded. The Khyber Pass is swarming with Afridia $ their lines extend for a mile and a, half. Reports from Peshawur states that Mir Bashir and the. moliah flamed, with a large body of Afridis, attacked a force of Sepoys near Aligdsjid on Monday, murdering 300 of them and seizing their rifles. They afterward* attacked Lowraat. The London limes 1 Simla corres pondent states that the Afridis are so elated with their success that they audaciously suggested the terms on which the British troops should be withdrawn from Swat Valley, One condition is that all Afridi women living in British territory should b« yielded up, while another condition requires a revision of the sa.it regu lations. The British column, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Westmacott, fired upon the Afridis at a distance of 800 yards and dispersed them. The garrison of iPort Mande, after quitting, joined Lieutenant-Colonel Westmacott^ force. An uneasy felling prevails in Quetta with regard to the safety of Parachieer, sUcdays journey from Kohat^ wljere the garrison is small, The British have abandoned Fort Jehamgera.

TURKEY AMD GREECE.

Prem Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright. Constantinople, August 25 The Port<? proposes to abandon TrikhaU and acpupy Larissa, Vqlq, and the territory forming the north eastern boundary of Thessaly, the Tur kish troops to be withdrawn elsewhere immediately arrangements are con cluded. The Ambassador* of the Powers, at Constantinople, have decided to ascertain what amount of the Greek Revenue is assignable as security fop the indemnity loan.

THE A6HBOBTON GUABDIAH: tfHUBSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1897,



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Business Notices 1 i DRESSES & DRESSMAKING - EXTRAORDINARY. = AFTER AN BXOEPTIONALLY SUOOESSFUL^SIASON WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO TAKE YEKY MUCH BEDUCED PRICES lOR OUR FEW REMAINING COLORED DRESSES* A LOW^PRICEItitoQbod for Drain Complete, Beib Style|«nd Fit. MITCHELL & TURNER.



1897. NIMMO & BLAIR'S. 1897. FRESH STANDARD SEEDS. 3d per Packet. TEGETABLE SEEDS. 3d per Packet. Or 13 for 3s 611. 100 VARIETIES, • 100 VARIETIES. CULTURAL Directions we given on eaoh Packet, and the novice at gardening cannot fail to have success by using Nimmo and Blair's «' Standard "• Seeds, and following thf direotwns given en Packet. Nimmo and Blair's strains of Vegetable Seeds are either grown under Mieir own personal supervision, or are procured from the most reliable sources in Groat Britain and Europe, and the many testimonials they have received from all parts of New Zealand prove that their efforts to supply pure and genuine seeds have been thoroughly successful. Id Packets. FLOWER™~bEEDS. Id Packets. IN OVER 100 VARIETIES. Thw Hat includes the moat hardy varieties, as well as the showiest, and each packet contains more than sufficient seed to plant an ordinary garden. Full directions for sowing are given on eaoh packet, and if followed, the best results will be obtained. W« can aupply any of the latest Novelties In Vegetable or Flower Seeda at the Catalogue Price. CALL AND PROCURE A COMPLETE CATALOGUE. SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS & IRONMONGERS, Market House, Burnett Street. Telephone—No. 53.



LADIES' RINGS. RINGS. RINGS BROOCHES. BROOCHES. BROOCHES. SEE WINDOW OP S. SALEK'S JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT FORESEE LARGEST STOCK AND NEWEST DESIGNS OP LADIES' RINGS AND BROOCHES EVER SEEN IN THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT. MAGNIFICENT New Stock of above, Set with Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires, Pearls, Opals, and other Precious Stones. These stones having been bought and chosen by S. SALEK personally, and made up in 18 carat Colonial Gold to his own designs, are superior in regard to Design and Price to anything hitherto seen in the district. "PRICES 20 per cent Lower than Usual, marked in Plain Figures SEE WINDOW. 8. SALEK, WATCHMAKER & MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, EabT STREET.



H. M. JONES. Organs, Organs. 7 STOP AMERICAN ORGIN, with couplers, at Imported Price— Jgl6 CASH Best Value ever offered in Ashburton. 13 STOP AMEBICAN ORGAN, a beauti ful instrument, at Imported Prioe for Cash, Pianos. Pianos. HAAKE, RAMSPfiRGER, WEESNER, and other piaaos, at Imported Prices for Cash. Bicycles. HARTFORD, VICTOR, STAR, and COLUMBIA —Ladita' and Gentle mfln'B Bicycles, from £IQj±bb LATEST BOOKS BY MAIL. Stationery. PLAIN, FANCY, and COMMERCIAL, in great variety. h. M.Jones,



CAESON & Co., WISH TO CALL ATTENTION TO THEIR TEA TRADE. HAVING jaat received several packages of high-class Bulk Teas, including Ceylon, Orange Pekoes, Pekoe Souchougß, and Assam Pekoes, we are prepared to offer the best value in Canterbury. In proof of this statement we guarantee our blends to contain a larger proportion of choice and I high-class tea than any advertised blends on the market at the same price. Our 1/10 Blend gives universal satisfaction. Our 2/- Pure Ceylon Orange Pekoe is unsur passed. Samples post free on application. We still maintain our reputation for The best sugar-cured Hams and Bacon. The finest and freshest Eggs and Butter. The celebrated " Timaru " Diamond Grain Oatmeal, The " J?t. George " brand Jams, Sauces, and Potted Meata. Aulsebrook and Phsenix Biscuits and Confectionery. " Tai Koo" brand Snowdrop Chins Sugar. GAESON & 00., GROCERS AND IRONMONGERS, Tancred Street and Arcade. Buyers of First-dags Dairy Produce in any quantity. Agent for Arthur Yatee' Garden Seeds. 8 22 WANTED Known—Our 7s 6d Tweed Dresses. Also our all wool Serges in Cardinal from 2s, Navy and Black from 2a 9d. Satisfactory Dress and Mautie makinp on the premises. All descriptions of ladiea garments made to order.—Mitchell nd Turner. WANTED Known—Our Clothing and Mercery Deparment—Special lines in Men'a Trousers, exception* I value. Choice selection in Ties, Collars, Shirts, Hats, and Wool Underolothing. Sewn Maolntoßhes in ■keek tai to otcUr.-Mnoafcu, & Xqbnjbb.



Public Notices ' I .^^^JZS^^^t^M^^m^&^^^^i^M 111 AGENTS FOR THE AJSGLO-NEW ZEAL AN Jb OYOLE COMPANY. THE OSiUOJND XII£2 &£,08E2 THE MALTOM XHJS TOWNEND IF you are thinking of purchasing a Bicycle, it will be to your own interest to inspect the above High-Grade English Maahines, Ladies 9 up-to-date Cycles from £19 15?. Gentlemen's Latest Patterns from £19 15b The very easy terms we are giving places any of the above beautiful Bioyoles within the reach of all by paying a small deposit, and balance in easy monthly payments. Don't be afraid to come in and see our Machines. All transactions strictly confideDtial. Catalogues and terms on application. HALLENSTEIN BROS. & CO., A. G. BARTON, Manager*



Public Notices ? «HHMMHHIMHHBriHBMHHI s c AGENTS FOR E ! THE ANGLO-NEW ZEAL AN Jb OYOLE COMPANY. THE OSiUOJND THIS GULOBE THE M&LTOM THE TOWNEND IF you are thinking of purchasing a Bicycle, it will be to your own interest to inspect the above High-Grade English Maahines, Ladies 9 up-to-date Cycles from £19 15?. Gentlemen's Latest Patterns from £19 15b The very easy terms we are giving places any of the above beautiful Bioyoles within the reach of all by paying a small deposit, and balance in easy monthly payments. Don't be afraid to come in and see our Machines. All transactions strictly confideDtial. Catalogues and terms on application. HALLENSTEIN BROS. & CO., A. G. BARTON, Manageri 'a op* .• £§ 1 u-b & *jr rf) .2^ -)h -^ Ph i§ §s s \» S hh S | gpq p rv, P« § W S i^ g O is g5 B < h 081 Q S Z <y M O rr] a. a «• M rj a* S8 xS hoi pq H s|ga P... _____... , „,



Church Services. ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH Ashburton. FRIDAY — Short service, 7.30 p.m. 5 Choir practice, 8 p.m. SUNDAY SERVICES, AUGUST 28. 8.30 a m.—Holy Communion. 10.15 a.m.—Preparation clase in school room. 11 a.m.—Morning Prayer. 2,45 p.m.—-Children's service. 3 p.m.—Dromore, Mr T. A. Gates, 3,30 p.m.—Holy Baptism. 6,30 p,tn.—Evening Prayer. REV T. A. HAMILTON.



MBTHVEN. latesFnews. the ashburton "guardian," with the day's telegraphic and cable news from all parts of the world, can be had from MESSRS HIBBS' BROS., daily, immediately after the arrival of the evening train. _



Holloway's Pills and Ointment.—The moEt effectual Cure for Gout and Rheu matism—A frequent cause of these com plaints is the inflammatory state of the blood, attended with bad digestion, lassitude and great debility, showing the want of a proper circulation of the fluid, and that impurity of the blood greatly aggravates these disorders. Holloway's Pills are of so purifying a nature that a few doses taken in time are an effectual preventive against e;out and rheumatism but anyone who has an attack of either should use Hollo way'a Ointmont also, the powerful propor ies of whioh, combined with the effects of the Pills, ensure a certain cure. The Oint ment should be thoroughly rubbed into the parts affected at lease twice a day, after they have been sufficiently fomented with warm wator to open the pores to faciliate the introduction of the vintment to the glands.



Kozib Tea, the beifa, and yet within raaon of all j gold at 1/3,1/10. 2/-, and 2/4.— Jghtt Ou * 0Q Sole 4.g«oti f



The weather prophets predict that the long fine dry spell which we have had will be followed by a very web and severe winter. The one thing needful for protection against the elements of suoh a winter in a really good reliable waterproof coat or cloak. We are assured that Messrs Craighead and Berry man haye become' famous for their wejl known brand of winter qjotfiing, which has hitherto given such satisfaction^ and in | anticipation of a mill larger sale ios these goods, thia season they are now showing probably the largest stock of waterproof tweed, serge, and melton overcoats ever exhibited in Ashburton, They are also supplying ladies' and gentlemen's water proof cloaks and coats to measure afc ready made prices. Every garment guaranteed thoroughly waterproof. (Three months trial,' if defective'money returned). All wool linings—keeping ths wearers alwa\ a warm and dry—sewn throughout with strong silk, /entilated and ovary improve-! ment ?'up to date."-rAp?T. Mr L., a broad-minded pressman, met Ms- C, a Prohibitionist, the other day, " That's a nasty cough you've got," said L. " Come and have a rum hot; it'll do you good." "No, thanks; Woods' Greab Peppermint Cure for me } it beats all your rum hots for



Many Ladie. oomplain fch*t the Tm they have been using has neither strength nor flavor. If they try Korn Tba they will be satisfied Try the No 4at 2/4. 'tis «ip«rb You have ruined your constitution sufficiently by drinking inferior teas, reornit by drinking only Kozu TaA, it it pan aui FtMt.jQhjgrrftQo., goi«4f^