Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1897. TYPEWRITING BY TELEGRAPH.

If King David were living in these nineteenth century days he would not | only be assured of the accuracy of his I statement that of " the making of bioks there is no end/ but would feel himself quite safe in making the same assertion with regard to inventions and scientific discoveries. And in no I direction have there been more wonder ful advances than in connection with electric telegraphy, and hardly a week passes but we hear of nf.w instruments or adaptations. The latest of these, and one of the most promising ci useful result?, is the zerograph, by the aid of which typewriting can now be done by telegraph. The new instru ment is the invention of Mr Leo Kamra of Wiirzburg. It resembles in appear ance an ordinary Kemington type writer, one of the zerographs being used as a sending and the other as a • eceiving and printing machine, the two zerographs beiug connected by wire and also with electric batteries, both machines operating interchange ably as transmitters and receivers. By means of the zerograph one person can telegraph to another without the inter vention of operators and messengers, and by means of typewritten communi cations, which immediately reproduce themselves at their destination. The operator sits down afc his table with a roll of blank paper ready prepared in front of him. He depresses a key, and can at once place himself in communi cation with any office that is provided with an exactly similar machine- much in the same way as two people com municate by telephone. As fast as he typewrites—say twenty five to thirty words a minute—so fast is the message writing itself out at the other end. There Are 36 keys marked with 26 letters of the alphabet and ten numerals. They take the place of the dots and dashes of the Morse system. The sender prints his message on an ordinary sheet of paper ia lines and paragraphs, just as if it were a type written letter to be despatched by the post. The apparatus is thus described. There is a circular framework behind the keys consisting of 36 upright bara corresponding to the 36 signs to |be telegraphed. As soon as the ' operator presses the starting-key the action causes a current from the lopxl ' battery to disengage a balanced pendu lum in both machines. These machines are so constructed that it takes exactly half a second for the pendulum to travel from end to end of the frame work, Consequently ife will take various fractions of half a second for the pendulum to travel between inter vening bara. As the letter or numeral to be printed depends upon the space traversed by the pendulum, the signs ultimately resolve themselves into periods of time elapsing between successive electrical impulses. A thirty-sixth of a second interval will give one sign, a thirty-fourth a differ ent sign. Tha originality of the inven tion is, says Mr Kamm, almost entirely a matter of isochronism. He claims to have discovered a priuciple-s^the result of six years of close application —which has hitherto baffled all electri cal engineers. Men of science have long been searching for a means of producing absolutely simultaneous,

action betweea two machines, and maintaining it for a length of time. Hitherto they have only attained to partial success. JSo previous invention can lay claim to such absolute and permanent synchronism as is produced by the zerograpb. The working is entirely automatic. Not being con. trolled by a type-wheel, or clockwork, or a series of intermittent currents, anybody can use the zerograph who knows how to handle a typewriter. On the other hand, it is always ready to receipt a message without requiring anyone in attendance at the receiving end. A message can be sent by it any hour of the day or night. And when ever the person communicated with returns to his office he will find it awaiting him. There is also this advantage, that a permanent record of j the »Kfi»g«ja duplioftte is jwpt, iof

that the unfortunate misunderstandings and mistakes to which the Morse system of telegraphy, and telephoning also, are liable are impossible by the new system, because the machine produces the message in writing before the sender's eyes. In fac^, says the inventor, " the time is not far distant when every office will be provided with its zerograph, as well as its tele phone ; in fact, when the fingers will be more active than the voice in transmitting messages from office to office and from house to house."

THE MOUNT SOMERS RAILWAY.

Our Mount Somers correspondent raisee again the question of an exten sion of the Mount Homers railway to join the Rakaia and Aahburton Forks line at Methven. The original inten tion of the last mentioned iine was, as its title suggested, to go fur higher than Methven, and it was not sup posed that Springburn would be the final terminus of the Mount Somers railway. But at present it looks as if Methven were to be the upper terminus of the one and Springburn of the other. As the crow flies, and as a line to conneot the two would go, there are still eleven miles of country between the two termini, and it is of a kiud over which the making of a railway line would be a good deal more costly than it would be on the plains. At least one very substantial bridge would be required, and some deep and heavy cutting wonld be necessary, and alto gether to make the extension would mean the expenditure of more money than the Government has just now at its disposal. But there are other reasons why the undertaking ia not likely to be proceeded with. To some extent, no doubt, the extension would be an advantage to the hills people, but there are other ways in which it would not be a benefit. The line from Ashburton to Springburn serves the hills well enough so far as communica tion with the plains goes; but if it were to connect with Methven and run the circuit, a very large proportion of the traffic between Mount Somers and the adjacent district with Ohristchurch would be diverted from the Mount Somers line to the Methven line. This is self-evident, as nobody wishing to go to Ohristchurch or any northern station would think of making the journey via Ashburton from Spriugburn or Mount Somers while the more forward route via Methven and Rakaia was in their option. In this way then much of the traffic now carried over the Mount Somers line would be taken over the other line, with no assurance that theie would be any increase at all on the total traffic now carried, and we fear that the completion of the circuit would have the effeot of causing the existing branch from Ashburton to work at a loss. Then those eleven miles could only be made out of money raised by Government by loan, and this the colony will not at present con template with kindly eyes, Besides, if any further railway scheme bo I adopted it will not be one to include the number of short lines which the various districts have all along been clamoring to have extended with the stereotyped object claimed of "opening up the country." The preference will probably be for a scheme calculated to supply a continuous main trunk line from the one end of the settled portion of the colony to the other. Cook's Strait causes an awkward break in the road to Wellington, and a project has been mooted to continue the line from Culverden through Northern Canter bury and Marlborough to Port Under wood, where a suitable harbor can be secured for a line of passenger Bteamers, owned and run by Government. This scheme completed would enable a pas senger to take a through railway ticket at any of the stations on the main line in the North Island, and make one express j mrney to the Bluff, grossing the straits, by Government steamer, and travelling right through by land and sea with the Government for the carrier. With this larger scheme in. view it is hopeless to think of any further extension of such lines as the Mount Somers. Besides, the Govern ment have yet on hand the Midland Railway, and railway communication between Canterbury and the West Ooaat, and direct communication with Wellington and the North Island as indicated above, are likely to be con sidered by many people far more im portant questions to the province and the colony than the local one of con necting Methven and Springburn,

Local and General.

Dr Youl, for forty years Oity Coroner of Melbourne, is dead. Thursday, the 12th mat, will be a special Bank holiday in Ashburton, The Brass Band will play to-night in front of Lane's new buildings, ail of which will be open. The fund for the erection of the clock tower in Christehurch has reached a total of £§Q0 6d 6d. At AJarylebone Police Court a bookmaker was fined £326 for betting in a public house, and the publican was fined £77. The remainder of our report oiyeeterday?s meeting of the County Council will be found on the first page, and commercial n«ws on the fourth page of this issue. At a flower show in the Temple Gardens, which waa visited by the Princess of Wales, an orchid on view waa priced at 1000 guineas. The Fire Brigade played the Volunteers the return match at euchre in the orderly room last evening, and got badly euchred— the Volunteers winning every game. Two famous American racehorses have a ?• palace car "pf their own. This luxuriou 8 travelling stable is fifty feet long, and cos b 350Q0 to build. ftjrs fcrarrett Anderson, M.D., has been elected president of the East Anglian branch of the British medical profession. She js the first woman to occupy guch a position. Dr. Nansen, while in London, astonished all who heard him by the idiomatic purity of his English ; and now, it is said that the quality of his French was an equal delight and surprise to his Gallic hosts. Out of 66 centenarians in a group of per sons in Great Britain, 43 were women, 23 men. Out of 21$ .centenarians in France last year, 147 were women,.£(j men, Of 21 centenarians in London in 1391, there were 16 women, 5 men. A lucky turn of the wheel of fortane has occurred to a man who, being oub of employ ment, obtained from the Government, Labour Bureau in Sydney an unemployed pasa to go prospecting in the Parkes district. He there joined a party of miners who were working abandoned ground, and after sink- Sit with his matea struck rich ground. One of the party has recently called at the bureau and repaid the farg advanced to his mate. He also mentioned that the party had been offered £14,000 c»»h wi £6000 io tb»m for their claim. <

Mr A. Lawrie's new advertisement is unavoidably held over until Monday. KinetoECopio representations of prize fights, which may be seen all over the United States, are prohibited in Canada by a, new law which places the maximum penalty for exhibiting such at £1000, with I a year's imprisonment. " My mither sent me to see if ye wad gie her a calendar like the ane ye gied tae Mrs M-ckay," said a boy to a grocer in the village. •' But, my little boy,' replied the grocer, " your mother does not get her groceries here." " No," replied the boy, '• but she borrows them frae Mrs Maokay, and Mrs Maokay gets them frae you." The '• New English Dictionary " in course of publication is now complete as far as the letter " c," inclusive. It will be an im mense work. Already it embraces 89,591 words, with 21 letters of the alphabet to follow. Of the words now in print 47,786 are current, 15,952 obsolete, and the re mainder alien. A public meeting is to be held on Monday evening in the Oddfellows' HallJ Christ ohurch s to discuss the condition of the Burnham School a« disclosed in the report of the Progressive Liberal Association, and to urge upon the Government the necessity for some radical reform in the method of dealing with criminal and negleoted chil dren. The drawing in the Orange Art Union took place in the Orange Hall last evening, and the winning numbers are published to-day. The drawing was conducted by officers of the lodge, the supervisor being Mr Wheeler, leoturer on phrenology, After the drawing a Booial was held in the hall, at which there was a good attendance, and an enjoyable evening was spent. We have received the August number of the Triad. This popular monthly will be found as interesting as ever, containing a large amount of information both for musical people and others. An art supplement) ia given with thin issue, and several portraits and other illustrations appear in the journal. A new £10 prize competition is announced, particulars of which appear in another ooluinn.

Telegraphic operators at Sydney claim to have established an Australian record on the night of the Fader*! Convention elections. No fewer than 1,065,570 words were re ceived and transmitted in the Sydney office between twenty minutes past six p.m. and* half-past two a.m., or at the rate of 133,196 words per hour. The staff of operators employed consisted of 120 men, engaged at fifty-six instruments. The smallest prosecutor on reoord (says the Press) turned up recently in Melbourne. ! He was aged five and a-half, and his head just appeared over the solicitors' table, nevertheless he conducted his own case against a man who snatched 5d from him in the street, and got the marauder a month in gaol. The belligerent mite, after being robbed, had gone in pursuit, and finally ran down his prey in the Salvation Army dining, room, where he identified him and gave him in custody. Plainly the Australian small boy isn't a person to be plundered with impunity. At the meeting of the Council of the South i Canterbury Acclimatisation Society held at Temuka on Thursday the proposals of the Ashburton Society relative to matters to be submitted to the conference at Wellington were approved. These included the definite i fixing of the date for opening and closing of the fishing and shooting seasons, the control ol the Bale of dynamite, the issue of gun licenses, the retention by societies of fines imposed for convictions, and the issue of shorl licenses to visciors and occasional anglers, and to the issue of a free license to one of, say, every fifty school-boys in any district. The annual meeting of L.O.L. Star of Ashburtoo, No. 23, was held in the Orange Hall on Thursday eveniDg. There was a fair attendance, and Bro Joseph Rountree, W.M., presided. After the usual Lodge busiuess, the following officers for the ensuing year wereekcted :—W.M , Bro W. Houston; D.M., Bro James Baker; Secre tary, Bro James Rumaey ; Chaplain, Bro 8. Brown ; Cimmittee — Bros W. Thomson (foreman), Diion, Hamilton, Rees Jones, and R. Thomson. Some other business having been transacted, the Lodge was closed in due form.

SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

South Kakaia

The monthly meeting of the South Rakaia School Committee was held at Mr Oxley'e office on Monday. Present—Messrs Hardy (chairman), Gxley, Petrie, Liddy, Haslett, and McLean. The Board wrote, covering ohique for £40 0a lOd, and to the effect that Miss May Stanley had been appointed pupil teacher from July 1. The Board also intimated that a ladder would be provided for the school. The master reported an average attendance for the month of 175, which waa good, considering the sickness prevalent. The sub-committee had no report to make, as the works ordered had not yet been carried out. The well was dry, and it was decided to sink a three-inch pipe. Accounts were passed for payment, and the meeting closed.

ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL BOARD.

The monthly meeting of the Board of Governors took place yesterday afternoon at tb^e Secretary's office. Present—Messrs A. Orr (chairman), Stitt, Steward, Cameron, and Williamson. The minutes having been read and con firmed, the question of erecting a master's residence oc, the schoo' grounds was further considered, and on the motion of Major Steward, seconded by Mr Stitfc, it was resolved •• i hat Mr Williamson be requested ' to confer with the architect (Mr Bird) and the headmaster, and to cause plans to be prepared—such plans to include all work in connection with ths building itself, and all necessary adjuncts including outbuildings, well, fencing, etc., and to call for tenders to be in by next monthly meeting—the Board not to be under any obligation to accept the lowest or any tender. The cost of the plans to be arranged for by Mr Williamson at a fixed sum." Accounts to the amount of £66 5s lid were passed for payment and the Board adjourned. i

SPORTING.

Hew Zealand Cap, Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Christchuroh, August 6, The following acceptances have been re* ceived :—

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents •

STREET OBSTRUCTION AND POLLUTION.

TO THE EDITOR. Sib,—ln your issue of yesterday's paper, a correspondent complaints of the easy way in which the Stipendiary Magistrate deals with the case, Police v Salvation Army. Wha> the general public have an undoubted right to complain of is the special attention the police give 10 the Army whenever they assemble outside a public-house, or, shall I say a tobacconist, and the little notice they take of persons in a semi-drunken state, and hoodlums whose oaths and indecent and filthy language offer very frequent opportuni ties of at least, bringing the offenders before the Court with a far greater likelihood of obtaining a conviction. That ia, unless we are charitable, and suppose that our local police are afflicted with deafness. Again the police pay little attention to the crowds, who gather round the Somerset and Mont gomery's corner, and the uncouth and mannerless animaiß who sit on the railings around the Courthouse and Baring Square, hurling filth from their mouths at young women and girls under cover of the darkness, for this portion of the town is badly lighted. Trusting the police will deal out oven justice to all, and give some of the above offenders a chance of interviewing the Stipendiary Magistrate.—l am, etc., Parint.

INCIDENTS OF THE WRECK OF THE TASMANIA.

Incredible as it might appear, thievea were at work even when the good ship Tasmania was toppling to h«r doom. We are told (the New Zealand 7imss says in an account of an interview with Borne of the survivors of the wreck) that directly the people ran on deck i somebody ransacked their cabins and stole a lot of valuables, iiven out on the ocean in I the darkness of the night, when the wares were running high and death seemed imminent, the sneak thief could not resist temptation, A. young roan named Grant passed his watch up to the officer in charge of a boat so that he might discover the time. It was passed back to be handed to him, but i Granc never saw it again. This same Grant deserves to have his name written in letters of gold - for a deed of long-drawn-out heroism. In bia boat the rowlock had burst its holding. Grant could not tow. He undertook to hold the rowlock in its place. He did so. In the morning his companions noticed that his hand was bleeding. They examined it, and saw that he had held on until the palm of his hand had split right across. He could not row, so he just held on! The Mr Grant above referred to is, says the Leader, Mr Donald Grant of Temuka, who, accompanied by Mr Maoauky of Milford, returned home by Friday's express.

FIRE AT HINDS.

At about three o'clock on Thursday morning a three-roomed house in the village settlement at Hinds, owned and occupied by Mr Emerson, was discovered to be on tire. The building was of wood, and the tire spread rapidly ; but owing to the absence of wind the inmates were able to save moist of the furniture and effects. It is believed the property was partially insured, but the loss to a struggling settler is nevertheless considerable. Much sympathy is felt for Mr Emerson in his misfortune.

THE DOMAIN SENSATION.

The letting down of the water in the swimming baths to its lowest level was a work taking far longer time than the police calculated on last* night. After dragging the bath and likely portions of the upper reack of the Domain stream for the body of the supposed suicide—a work that occupied three officers of the police a greater part of the day—and finding nothing calculated to throw light on the mystery, the police determined to let off the water, so that nothing should be left undone that would be likely to help in any way to a solution. In the afternoon the police gave up dragging, and the sluice was raised. It was fancied by some that seven o'clock would see the bath low enough to settle the question, and as the moon was well in her first quarter, there would, if the night were clear, be plenty of light to carry on operations. The moon shone-brightly, but at nine o'clock the sheet of water was still too broad to allow of a proper search of the bottom to be made, and the water fell so slowly that the moon had sunk behind the Southern Alps long, before the water had gone down to a workable level. Daylight, however, found only a shallow pool in front of the sluice, and in this pool the two Smiths—the bom of the Domain and the boas of the water supply—set to work with rakes and similar appliances. At the risk of a month's residence in the hospital, and defying all the diseases that rack and screw the possessors of legs and loins, they waded about in the chilly pool for a long time. But the result of their labors was similar to that of those of the New Testament fishermen, who labored all night—they caught nothing. And every body is pleased with that result—even the curator himself—for it satisfies all concerned that no life has been lost, no tragedy enacted; but Mr Smith is at a loss to know what caused the splash he heard.

FOOTBALL.

PROPOSED VISIT OF A BRITISH TEAM. Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright. Received Wakapuaka August; 7, 9.50 a.m., Guaudian office 10.30 a.m. Sydney, August 7. Mr Mullineaux, of St. John's College, Cambridge, has written to the Rugby Union asking whether the visit of a. British football team would be welcomed in Australia next year. The team would be largely drawn from Cambridge and Oxford Universities and international players. The matter was referred to the Finance Committee.

The Agricultural Commission.

Press Associatiou-^By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. London, August 5. The Agricultural Commission re commends that dealers in imported meat be compelled to register plainly, so as to indicate to the public the fact that the meat is imported. Ten members of the Commission, including Mr Henry Chaplin, President of the Local Government Board, and Mr Walter Long, President of the Board of Agriculture, have drawn up a supplementary report in favour of bimetallism.

LABOR.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright. London, August 5 The Employers' Federation has issued a manifesto to the workmen, in which they state it is idle to treat foreign competition simply as a fig. ment, with wages at Hamburg at 24s per week of fifty-nine and a half hoars against 38s in London for a week; of fifty-four hours.

CABLE NEWS.

Home and Foreign, Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. The Jubilee. Lond n, August 5 The Queen, replying to jubilee con gratulations by British women, ex pressed her confidence that they would continue to be zealously faithful in the exercifre of their powerful influence over her people. The entertainment of the colonial premiers at the Hotel Cecil cost the nation over £7000. Intense Heat in England Intense heat is being experienced in England, and many cases of sunstroke are reported. Land Purchase. A Bill which provides for the simpli fication of sates and purchase of land has been read a third time in the House of Commons. New Hebrides Convention. In the House of Commons Mr Curzon, in reply to a question, stated that the Government had no intention of discontinuing the New Hebrides convention.

Maiming Vessels. Mr Chamberlain states that the Government has been advised that the scale of manning vessels under the Dew Zealand Act is inconsistent with the Merchant Shipping Act, and affected vessels not engaged in the coasting trade, | Extradition of Butler. The Morning Post, commenting on the heavy charges made by America in connection with the extradition of Butler, says they deserve the severest condemnation. Federation, Sir Gordon Sprigg, speaking at a banquet in London, said he was of opinion that a general council of advice bad better precede the confederation of the Empire, which perhaps might be possible next century, The colonies and the nation were now convinced of the necessity of maintaining the Empire unimpaired, and of extending it at every lawful opportunity. Terrible Bathing Disaster. St Petersburg, August 5. A terrible disaster has occurred at Krementehug, a town on the left bank of the Dneiper, in Poltava, Russia. A large swimming bath, in which four hundred women were bathing, was swept away and two hundred were drowned.

I Hawaii and Japan. Washington, August 5 The Japanese Government has sug gested to the United States Govern ment that the King of the Belgians should be appointed to arbitrate in the Hawaiian dispute. A Duel. Bomb, August 5 ; A duel has been arranged between Prince Henry of Orleans, who was re cently conducting a mission in Abys sinia, and GeneralAlbertone, who commanded the Italian forces during the recent conflict in Abyssinia. Prince Henry made charges of cowardice against the Italian troops, which led to General Aibortone challenging the Prince to fight a duel, Antarctic Expedition Brussels, August 6. The Belgian Governnaenc have voted 60,000 francs towards the cost of the Antarctic expedition, which is being fitted out at Antwerp. The steam whaler Belgica is to be used, under the command of Lieutenant De Gerlache, The expedition, which is of a purely scientific character, proposes the first year to go east of Graham's Land, (hen winter in Australia, and in the second year probably go in the direction of Victoria Land. Tilak Admitted to Bail. Calcutta, August 5, Bal Gangadhar Tilak has been ad mitted to bail for a heavy amount. Eastern Soudan. Cairo, August 5 The Egyptian authorities have re quested Italy to retain possession of Kasaah, in the Eastern Soudan, until December.

Turkey and Greece.

Press Association—By Eleotric Telegraph— Copyright. Constantinople, August 5 Djevad Pasha, Governor of Crete, has informed the Porte that Crete is in a state of anarchy, owing to the in competence of the Powers and the ignorance of the Admirals of the com bined fleet. .Pjevad promised to crash the rebellion and conciliate the whole populace if supplied with munitions of war and additional troops. Enraai! Bey informed the admirals of the combined squadron that the \ Turkish fleet has no intention to land troops in Crete, but the object is to carry out a series of mancsuvres in the Archipelago. Fear of Djevad Pasha's intrigues is inducing many Cretan deputies to assent to the scheme of autonomy proposed by the Powers. London, August 5 Mr Goschen informed the House of Commons that Turkey had been informed that her fleet would not be permitted to enter Canea Bay.

THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright. London, August o The Archbishop of Canterbury's encyclical admits that many of the colonial churphea are still in need q financial assistance from England, and announces that a committee has been appointed to faciliate a clearer under standing and closer relations between the churches, and with this in yiew urges the bishops to promote a mutual conference between the different Christian bodies. The Lambeth Conference, in aocor dance with petitions from the Aus tralian and Tssmanian Churches, requested Dr Temple to obtain a re translation of the Athanasian Creed.

THE LATEST.

Australian.

L Jresß Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright. Received Wakapuaka, August 7, 9.50 a.m., Goabdian office, 10 30 ».m. Earthquake in New South Wales. Sydney, August 7 A shock of earthquake was experi enced yesterday in the Bathurst and Orange districts. The Puckapunyal Tragedy. Melbourne, August 7 Only two of the Walsh children are dead. The ethers, with the mother, who also took poison, are recovering. The Commonwealth Bill. Hob art, August 8 The Assembly, in committee on the Commonwealth Bill, carried an amend* ment in favor of equal power to both Houses to amend money bills. The discussion so far has been extremely discursive and no finality it yet p9roeptible.

THE CHITBAL RISING.

Preu Association —By Electric Telegraph— Copyright, Calcutta, August 5. The latest information from the Swat valley reports that the Pathani are quiet.

ROAD BOARDS.

Mount Somers.

The monthly meeting of the Mount Somers Roard Board was held hut Monday. —All the member* prwent, and Mr Chapman chairman. overseer's report, The overseer's report was read and oon* sidered. The report stated that, gone grubbing on the Main Road, Mount Somera, had been let to J. Price, at £2 15s j and that Beckley was breaking fifteen yards of metal, 24 inch gauge, at 3a per yard ; that Harvey had finished shingling on the Main Road, Alford Forest—coat £119; and the repair* on Hewaon's road had coat £b 16*. The overseer reported that Mr H. Bates wanted a> sheep track made to his leasehold on Mount Alford—estimated cost £3. Be solved that there were no funds available for the work. The overseer further reported that Mr Thomas Fagan wanted the land fund in baud spent on his sledge track.—lt was decided to wait till there was more in hand before doing anything. GOBSK NUISANCE. It was resolved to appoint the clerk, Mr Cooper, to inspect the roads on which gone Was growing, and to serve notices and take all necessary steps to get the roads cleared. FENCE ON ROAD Mr J. Hutchison interviewed the Board and asked permission to erect a temporary fence on the road opposite his house.—Agreed to. BOAD CLOSOKE, The Land Office wrote re the road closure lon the. Alford Estate—The olerk was i directed to reply. THIRDS AND FOURTHS. The Commissioner of Crown Lands wrote agreeing to the Board's proposals for the expenditure of thirds and fourths accruing on Messrs Fagan's and Mcßae'sJleaseholds. TENDERS. Tenders were opened for leasing R.B. 1022, and that of J. Hutchison was Accepted as £1 per year. Tenders were opened for reforming on the Gorge road, and J. Milne's was accepted, at 3s 6a per chain ; J. Beckley's at Is 6d per chain for clearing fnaooefea on oacli oi<lo of tUo ohiuglCn ACCOUNTS. Accounts amounting to £61 5s 7d wen passed for payment. The Board than sat as a Domain Board, and on resuming ad journed.

South Rakaia.

The usual monthly meeting of the South Rakaia Road Board was held on Thursday. Present—Messrs Lambie (who presided, in the absence of the chairman), Stringfellow, and Morland. Apologies were received for the unavoidable absence of Messrs Lyttleton and Richards. clerk's report. The Clerk reported favorably on the progress of contracts on hand; also as to the result of laying poison for birds on public roads, and other matters generally, RISERVE3, It) was resolved to alter ,the roll with regard to G. W. Hardwick's occupancy of parts of the Native reserve, and to refund him £14a 7d, for rates paid in excess. Reserve 1016 was let to Mr A. Keane from July 14 for twelve months, and he was granted use of part of the river plantation, provided he signed the conditions at once.

NEW WORKS. The Clerk was instructed to put pipm through the fences on Hartnell's road at Mr Bray's, and to forward three tq Mr F«aro# at Sherwood, who had kindly contented to put them in; also to call for tenders for renting reserve 1335, near Bttachan'sj to see the Railway Engineer re stoppage of water coarse; to repair the fences at South Belt plantation, and to have the treei thinned; to have an extra yard of good blinding put on the Acton Biver road; to extend Cole's metal contract from the end of Back Track to the Main River road; to have the West Town Belt'made up in the centre; to write to the Commissioner of Crown Lands relative to gorse growing on Government sections and the roads adjoining the same; to take final steps for the pay* mont of outstanding rates; to have holes made up at the corners of Irwin's, McPhail's and Jones' road, and on Mainwaring's road at Anderson's, and to have some boulder* picked off and patchiug done. CORRESrONDENOE, The Clerk of Mount Hutt Road Board wrote re shingle contract on Thompson's Track.—The Clerk to arrange for inspecting same on behalf of this Board. Messrs Loughrey and Lane wrote, cover* ing certificates of title, Mr Scarlett wrote re Three Chain Road plantation.—The Clerk was instructed to see Mr Scarlett on the ground, and if necessary to have the small trees fenced off. Mr A. Shanks wrote asking permission to make a race crossing on Mainwaring's road. —Granted, subject tp the work being done in accordance with the Council's specifioa* tions, and to the satisfaction of the Clerk. Mrs Cronin wrote agreeing to conditions for renting plantation. The Tax Commissioner wrote coming subsidy of £125 on rates. ° The Auditor-General wrote certifying to balance sheet for the year ended March 31. Mr J. Foley wrote offering to rent a strip i of the South road.—Consideration was post i poned. The correspondence relative to ston* ' breakers was again postponed. The Audit Inspector wrote corering account £1 6s Bd.—To be pat on the pay sheet. *

The Receiver of Land Revenue forwarded accrued thirds. RATEPAYERS' MfBETIIJ«, Ifc was resolved to hold the adjourned ratepayers' meeting at noon on Thursday. September 2, at the Board's office. POISONBD GRAIN, The Ashburton County Council wrote relative to trial of phosphorated grain. — The Clerk said this was now being tried alongside the strychnine poisoned. The following resolution was oarried, and a copy ordered to hi cent to the Council :— ♦• That in the opinion of this Road Board it is desirable that broken wheat should bt used by the County Council when preparing poisoned grain for the destruction of small birds; and also, that the bags to contain the poisoned grain should be nude of stronger material than at present used," ' accounts, Accounts for £106 11s were passed for payment, and the members met as a Cemetery Board, and after routine butißMl and pMfiog acaouati, adjourned,,

THE ASHBUKTON GtJAKDIAJS t SATURDAY, AUGUST f, 189?.



Eu'roclydon ... 9 11 Day Star ... 9 0 Fabulist ... 8 10 Blarney ... 8 8 St Paul ... 8 7 Waiuku ... 8 6 Searohligho ... 8 3 Marquis Zetla'd 8 2 Skirmisher ... 713 Culverin ... 7 13 gtrathbraan ... 7 12 The Brook ... 712 Cannon Shot ... 7 12 Mauser .„ 7 1% Lord Rosalyn.., 7 12 Defiance ... 7 11 Epaalet ... 7 11 Telemeter .... 710 New Forest ... 7 7 Haria ... 7 6 Leda ... 7 5 Tire ... 7 5 Antares .7 5 Venus „, 7 4

at 1b Chaos ... 7 4 Defiant .„ 7 4 Britomart ... 7 3 Primula ... 7 3 SirL&ncelob ... 7 3 St. Oonoa ... 7 3 Belligerent ... 7 2 Lady Anna ... 7 2 Huna ..7 1 Bt. Quida ... 612 Tpa ... 6 12 Wakelyn ... 611 Mountebank.. 6 11 Fuhnen .„ p 11 Chasseur ... 6 ll Mabarawa .„ 610 Gorton—Fairy Queen colt 6 10 Oma ... 6 9 Monte Carlo ... 6 9 Miss Anna ... 6 8 Sarda ... 6 8 General W01f... 6 8 Bloomer ... 6 7



Business Notices j m—< ■ — —^—— """■ . =21 DAYS 21= in- i"»i mm i*Q* <■■ r in...,—. Slaughter ! Slaughter !! Slaughter !!! Positively the Last Twenty-one Days of | G. J. Neill'B Bankrupt Sale. ""■"()■■■ THB REMAINDER of the STOCK will be Slaughtered during 4he last twenty.on* dtya m ttea Vendors wiih Every Line to go &c a Sacrifice mther fchwa pay railage to Chrintehuroh. So aow it your opportunity for bargains in Boot?, Shoes and Drapery of fell kmdi. GOODS MUST GO AND NO SEASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. BY^OKDER OF THE PURCHASERS OP THE ABOVE STOCK. COMB EARLY FOR THE|BARGAINS. SHOP |OPEN 10 a.m. till 6 p.m. G. J. NEILL, STOCK VENDORS.



OUR ANNUAL STOCK-TAKING SALE IS NOW PROCEEDING. AND WILL CONTINUE TILL AUQUST the 18th. EVERYTHING^ EEDUCED. PLEASE NOTE the following Quotations, being a few of the BARGAINS OFFERED:— DRESS TWEEDS—Regular price Is 3d per yard, sale price 4s lid dress length. Dress Tweeds—Regular price 15a 9d dress length, sale price 6s lid dress length. SERGES in Black, Navy, and Brown 2s 3d, sale price Is 6d per yard. Blue Black Merinos, sale price Is 1 Id per yard, regular price 2s 6d. DRESSMAKING daring this sale 8s 6d. Children's Cashmere Hose, sale price 6d per pair. Ladies' Cashmere Hose, sale price 10 Jd. Ladiea' Ribbed Hose, aale price 6d per pair. A few Men's Colonial Tweed SUITS 15s each. Men's Cotton Shirts Is each. Men's Heavy Grampian Shirts Is lid. A large assorted line Men's Tweed Trousers, to be cleared at 7s lid per pair. Men's Tweed Hats 6d each. Men's Tweed Caps 6d each. Men's Colonial Knitted Socks 6d per pair. Extra Heavy Twilled Sheeting, 2 yards wide, Is per yard. Flannelettes from 3d per yard. All wool Colonial Shirting Is 6d per yard Ladiea 1 Oorsets, size 18, 19, 20, our regular line at 2s lid, to be cleared lalld< — IN THE SHOW-ROOM THE REDUCTIONS WILL BE OF A MOST THOROUGH DESCRIPTION. SEE DOORS AND WINDOWS FOR BARGAINS. Ashburton Drapery Company, ABCADE HOUSE.



GREAT SALE OF Drapery, Clothing and Boats, IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF W. S. MITCHELL. ANDREW ORR TTAvincj Purchased the above at a tremendous seduction from landed cost, will offer the whole at about half the usual price, commencing TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10. ANDREW ORR.



DRESSES & DRESSMAKING •± EXTRAORDINARY. = AFTER AN EXCEPTIONALLY SUCCESSFUL SEASON WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO TAKE VERY MUCH REDUCED PRICES FOR OUR FEW REMAINING COLORED DRESSES; & LOW PRICE quoted for Dress Complete, Best Style aad Fit. MITCHELL & TURNER.



ASHBUJRTON OH WHEELS. NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. AGENTS FOR THE ANGLO-NEW ZEAXANO OYOLE COMPANY. i ___ WE have just; opened out a full stock of the following high grade, up-to date, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Bicycles, all English make, be&utifully enamelled and very heavily plated parts. THB GLOBE-Very high«rade machine, D shape tubing, 3£in tread, 3-16 in i chain, patent head lock, and all other latest improvements), English Dunlop Tyrea. XHB3 BftUJL/rorN—A beautiful cyle, 3jin tread, fitted with the patent 3 16in twin roller chain, English Dunlop Tyres, a pleasure to ride on. THE TOWJNJEIVJD—Another high olaas machine. On account of the large number we have sold of these cycles we can fully recommend it. English Dunlop tyres, oval tubing, 3Jin tread, large barrel hubs oil retaining, heavily plated, and strictly up-to-date. Also a full stock of accessories and novelties will always be kept in stock. Any of these machines will be sold for cash or on the easy time payment system. j Inspection Invited. HALLENSTEIN BROS., A. 6. BARTON, Managed



Church Services. ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH Ashburton.



SUNDAY SERVICES, AUGUST 8. 8 30 a.m.—Holy Gornmunion.)j 11 a.m.—Morning Prayer. * 3.30 p.m.—Holy Baptism. 6.30 p.m.—Evening Prayer. REV T. A. HAMILTON.



He took my advice as he sab on the stile, Sat sneezing and wheezing and coughing; He hasn't a sign of that cold on him now, No Bneezing or wheezing or coughing, And he says ' there's no friend to humanity truer" Than Wood's Great Peppermint Cure, If a very bad cold you are forced to endure With sneezing, or wheeaingfOrgoughing. 1 •USO ft



You have ruined your constitution sufficiently by drinking inferior teas, recruit by drinking only Kozxe Tba, it is pure »&d leliible.-JohD Orr & Qo., golf Ag e>,



Kozib Tba, the best, and vet within reach of all j Sold»t 1/8.1/10,2/-, and 2/4.- JeboOrt&Qo Solo A|«*.