Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1897.

War with France opened in 1798, and I was protracted, with the exception of j

the short bres>k due , to the peace of Amiens, for twenty two years. We

WAR AND COMMERCE.

started, says a writer in the Nineteenth Century, with 16,078 ships, of 1,540,000 tons, manned by 118,000 men, and with a navy of 141 ships of the line, 155 frigates and 329 small vessels. We had to deal with a thoroughly inefficient enemy, disorganised by re volution and distracted by intestine ! quarrels. From the first hour of war our military superiority was unchal lenged. The declaration of war, how ever, caused a very serious contraction of trade. There were many failures and a temporary loan of £5,000,000 was necessary to avert panic. This measure had a most salutary effect, and only £3,855,000 was applied for. Early in the struggle the attack upon our commerce began. Ships of war and privateers of all sorts fell upon it. Rowboata put off to merchantmen lying becalmed in the channel or under the Forelands and oarried them by board ing, Surcouf in the Bast Indies swept into his net not only helpless sailing ships, but also large and heavily armed Indiamen. In 1805 the Rochefort squadron got to sea and took in five months four warships and forty-two | merchantmen. In 1810, says the! Naval Chronicle, quoted by Oaptain Mahan, "signals were out almost every ! day at Dover, on account of the enemy's privateers appearing in s'ght." In 1800, the same authority tells us, there were eighty-seven large French privateers in the channel ports of France alone. From first to last the French captured 11,000 ships, with their cargoes, worth £200,000,000, a total of 2| per cent at the very least on our trade. At first sight this loss does not look particularly heayy, and it certainly had no effect upon the issue of the war. It was only so much property destroyed that might, if sparer!, have added to our wealth We annihilated French trade, so that Napoleon could not even send a cockle boat to sea, a-s he himself confessed, and we captured no less than 1013 j privateers, carrying 9400 guns, manned by 69,000 men. Thus we lost an average of 550 ships a year, and took less than fifty-five a year of the depre dators. Neutrals, it will be observed, lost by peace and gained by war. From 1790 to 1793 the average clear ance of neutral shipping was under 200,000 tons.

i _____ There are evidently (says a Victorian contemporary) three principal causes

MISTRESS AND MAID.

■ which have led to thechanged relation ship between mas ters and servants.

These may be roughly defined as edu cation, locomotion, and variety of occupation. Fifty years ago the great majority of girls who went out to ser vice were but scantily educated. Many, indeed, could not read or write. Now adays the fetate school and the news paper press have altogether obliterated this disqualification, more particularly so in new countries like our own. Even as recently as when George Eliot wrote, the servant girl seemed a being of another sphere, for that gifted writer who had a remarkable insight into the habits and character o f the working classes, arrived at the disheartening conclusion that cooks and housemaids were a class apart, that they had not even ordinary reason and were eternal children. Any mistress who would base her treatment of her servants to-day upon such a hypothesis would makp as great a mistake as if she were to follow the example of Mrs Pepys and " beat her saucy wench." The great facilities for travelling which railways and steamships have introduced into modern life are also pote»t factors in the servant gir! problem. Travelling was a serious and expensive matter in former days, but with us the servant girl is equally at home in Melbourne, in Sydney, of iv Adelaide^, and the old attachment arising from domestic service is a thing of the past. Un fortunately no new tie has as yet arisen to take its place, and too often, it is to be feared, servants look upon their employers as their hereditary enemies, to be exploited and bullied | on principle

Local and General.

A poem, entitled " Retrospection," will be found on the fourth page. A branch of the Bank of New South Wales has been opened at Feilding. Stoats and weasels are reported to be destroying game in the South Wairarapa. A WiU'aritpa blacksmith is turning out aluminum horse shoes which only, weigh four ounces the set. The Ashburton Presbyterians ar? donating £10 out of the collections made in church on Sunday to the Indian Famine Kelief Fund, Prayers w^ere offered in St. Stephen's Church on Sunday lor Mildred Trevor, the littJe daughter of Dr Trevor. A slight improvement was reported »o-day in th.9 i condition of the little Bufferer. r-» A Wairarapa paper says that the majority of the "natives" picked to go Home are half-castes, and among them are some prominent members of the Kotahitanga Football Club. A member ojt the Pasteur institute in Paris saya he has prepared a earnm from the blood of a small species of horses found in Tonquin, which is reported fco have cured the plague in China. Clergymen in poor parishes have to turn their hands to all kinds of work. A Suther land vicar, who acted also aa dentist for his parishioners, hauled out twenty-five thou sand teeth during a long ministry. A Waihakeke settler informs the Welling ton Times that the codlin moth has played havoc with t^?o large orchards of his, and that to pick out five hundredweight of tound fruit from a ton is a difficult Job. The police report that a number of articles found at the •' burgkrs' plant" are still unclaimed. Those who haye missed goods during the past few weeks would do well to visit and inspect the numerous and I varied collection*

Mr James Elliott has been declared elected to fehe vacancy on the Harnpstead Town Board, Mr George Andrews, the other can didate, having retired. There have been shipped by the Waikato for the Canterbury Acclimation Society ten head of red deer, viz., three stags and seven hinds, thirty pheasants and fifty partridges. Mr George JamesoH arrived by the Ton gariro at Wellington on Saturday morning, and iB expected to arrive in Christchurch by the Penguin, which leaves Wellington to day. The following clipping is from Cruick shank's Comic Almanac for June 21, 1843 :— The Queen, proclaimed upon the longest day; May this coincidence be not in vain ; But prove prophetic of her lengthened away And to the longest day prolong her reign' A London paper expresses deep regret to hear that "the health ot the ve'eran Sir George Grey, the G.O M. of New Zealand, is fast breaking up, that he is unable to recognise his old friends, and that although he can recall events winch occurred half a century ago, hia mind is a blank as regards yesterday." From Northern exchanges we learn that a big Native meeting which is now taking place at Parihaka will be accompanied by the customary big " gorge." One New Ply mouth tradesman has sent out £390 worth of provisions. Four hundred sheep and a large draft of cattle have been sent to Pirihakft to be eaten daring the festivities attendant on the korero, Yesterday the remains of the late Miss Mary Ellen Stalker were interred in the Ashburton Cemetery. The funeral pro cession left Tinwald at two o'clock, and passing through Aahburton the hearse was followed by forty vehicles, and a good number of horsemen brought up the rear. Deceased was only twenty-three years of age, and had been long an invalid. A lady recently engaged a servant who had never been "out" before. A day or two after it happened bo be her *' at home " day, but through indisposition she was unable to see her friends, who accordingly left their cards. This proceeding greatly astonished the servant girl, and, determined to get an explanation thereof, she electrified 'her mistress by asking:—"Must all the ladies show their tickets, ma'am, before I lets 'em in ?" The harvest thanksgiving services at the Presbyterian Church yesterday were largely attended. Thankß to the kindness of Mr G, T. Smith and others the pulpit was chastily decorated with flowers and fruit, etc., mainly from Smithfield gardens, Misses Anderson and Ban ett tastefully arranged the decora tions, securing a very pretty effect. The Rev G. B. Inglis preached at both services sermons suitable to the occasion, and the hymns and anthems were also chosen with reference to the season. The Wesleyan harveßt festival concluded on Saturday evening with an entertainment in the Oraiige Hall, at which songs were sung by Mrs Dee, Miss Kathleen Orr, and Mr J Treziae ; a flute solo was sweetly played by Mr Peachey, and the Rev T. O. Brooke gave two recitations. Three tab leaux were presented by ladies and gentle men, to wit, "Afternoon tea," "Art and music," and " A fairy story." There was a large attendance, and good business was I done. The sensation of waking up and finding a snake in your bedroom is not a particularly pleasant one (says a London paper) if we may judge from the experience of an appli cant who lived next door to a snake dealer. He wanted a remedy against the intrusion of the snake, whose visits, he said, seriously affected the health of his wife. The only course open to the magistrate was to caution the neighbor to keep his snakes secure, and the applicant has not since troubled the Court. There were 3,335 people in the United SUtee who never knew tint a Presidential election was taking place. This was because they lived in Oharlton County, Georgia, whinh conists chiefly of the Okefenokee Swamp This is a rract of country about 300 miles in circumference, almo3t wholly under water in wet weather. It swarmH with snakes, alligators, fhh, and game, and the people live by fishing and hunting. They are uneducated, have n< ither books nor papers, and know absolutely nothing of the outside world. To those who assert that the lady doctor is a failure and not likely to make much advance in her profession the election of Mrs Garret Auderson, M.D , to the presidency of the East Anglian branch of the British Medical Association must be rather a "crusher." Another lady doctor has been appointed medical officer at the General Post ( ffice. Since 1882, when they were first admitted to the Londou examinations more then fifty women students have takeu degrees, and many have obtained gold medals for obstetrics, anatomy, and materia tuedica. The case of Mts Fmma Hare, who told an English magistrate recently that she had had twenty seven children, was striking enough, but that of three sisters, who live in Kingston, Jamaica, is perhaps moro remark able. These slaters bad respectively nine teen, twenty, aud twenty-one children each ; but, unlike Mrs Hare, who lost most of hers at an early age, these s.sters succeeded in rearing the whole of their fmilies, and on certain occasions all the sixty children, with their parents —sixty-six souls in all—have met in the celebration of some family event. Three local cyclists — Messrs Forbes, Wilson, and Herman—essayed a ride to Timaru yesterday. They started from Ash burton at 6.40 a.m , an^ had covered the distance between the two towns at eleven o'clock. The we&'oher was excellent and the roads good, and they thus had everything in their favor, but at Orari they had a check. Enquiring as to the best road, the clodhopper who directed them sent tht m along the railway line which, for ashort distance was all that could be desired, but by-and-by they ran into ballast and had to seek another path. But for this delay the diatanse would have been covered under the four hours. They started on the return journey at two o'clock, via Geraldine, but a puncture occurred early in the history of the journey, and caused frequent halts and much delay. The party reached Ashburton j at eight b'elosk^-having ridden 108 miles from start to finish. Yesterday there was carried to its lasting resting place all that was mortal of one who was for many years a well-known figure in the Ashburton County. The late Mr John Walsh was one of our very e^rly settlers, and in his younger days was a shearer whom few could beat for speed. He bought land jusr outside what is now Ashburton town ship, and it was from him that Mr Alfred Sauoders obtained the site for the Alfred Mills, now called the Canterbury Mills. It was Mr Saunders who, at con siderable expense and great labour, brought the water in from the river to supply power to the null, and the mil having been supplied, the Wakanui creek was utilised as a tail race, and in 1879 the work that Mr Saunders had done was made use of to pro vide Ashburton borough with the street supply it now enjoys. Mr Walsh was able to go into details of the early history of the district, and it was interesting to hear his testimony to the pluck and enterprise of the pioneers. He has been for a long time con fined to the house from illness, and has been seldom seen ot late in the township. He was twice married, his fkmily by his tirst wife being grown up, but fae leaves a young family by hia seooiid who survives him. Mass for the dead was celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday morning by the Jftev. Father Quirk, ab which a large congregatioa assisted, the organist Mr D. J. Jones playing the solemn dirge the " Dead March" in " Saul," as the coffin was borne to the hearse, which was followed to the grsve by a large number of friends.

Freezing lambs appear to be plentiful in and around Methven as a very fine line of 3000 from that disiriot passed through Rakaia on Saturday ou thoir way by road to Islington Freezing Works. The lambs were bought hy Mr W. B. Clarkson, of Riccarton, from Messrs Marr, Gunn, McDougal, Roeendaleand Cameron, (Clunes). The two last named supp'ied 2000 of the line. One day two men, one of whom was very deaf, were walking by the railway Sud denly an express train rushed by, and as it passed the engine emitted a shriek that seemed to rend the very sky. The hearing man's ears were well-nigh split, but the deaf man struck an ecstatic attitude, then turn ing to his suffering friend he Siid, with a pleased smile, '• That's the first robin I've heard this spring." A formal announcement hs appeared in the columns of the Morning Post to the effect that a marriage his been arranged be tween Mr John Studholme, of Coldstream, Canterbury, New Zealand, eldest son of Mi John Studholme, of Merivale, Canterbury,, and Miss Alexandra Thomson, fourth daughter of the late Archbishop of York. Mr Studholme, who has been in England for some time past, has been devoting himself earnestly to church work. Holloway's Ointment and Pills— Health's Defences. None save the strongest can with impunity pass through the sudden transitions from wet to dry, from cold to muggy weather so prevalent during the autumnal and early winter months. lufiuenzi bronchitis, cough, sore throat, or quinsy will attack those most watchful of their health ; but they can readily arrest any of these complaints by rubbing Holloway's Ointment twice a day upon the skin over the affected parts, and by assisting its corrective action with appropriate doses of his Pills. This well-known, safe, and easy mode of t'eat ment efficiently protects the invalid bo;h from present and future danger without weakening or even disturbing the system in the slightest degree.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph

The Greymoutli Case.

Hokitika, March 27 At tho Supreme Court this morning His Honour ruled against two non-suit points raised in the case Geogehan v Greymouth and Port Elizabeth Railway and Coal Company, and the evidence is proceeding The case is likely to last over some days.

Wellington Suburbs Election.

Tha arbitrators appointed to decide whether Mr Charles WiLon, editor of the Nrd> Zealand Mail) or Mr R. 0. Kirk, Mayor of Petone, should contest the Wellington Suburbs seat, have given their decision in favour of Mr Wilson. Mr Kirk denies the rumour that he is likely to visit England with the rifle team, as he sees little prospect of leaving his business at present.

Railway Workshops Burned.

Press Association —By Electric Telegraph

Westport, March 29. The Government rai way workshops and running shed, together with three locomo tives and all the plant, tools, and machinery therein, were destroyed by fire at 9.10 last night. When the alarm was given three locomotives were got out, but nothing else could be saved. The steJtri fire engines saved the adjoining shops. There was no wind or an important block of the main street would have gone. The origin of the fire is a mystery. 'I he hands were in the workshop twenty minutes before the out break, but there was no sign of fire then. >he loss is roughly estimated at £20,000 The traffic will not be interfered with, as engines have been borrowed from the Harbor Board.

WINSLOW.

There was quite a large gathering at the meeting on Saturday ab Winsiow Hotel to form a committee to carry out a tports gathering at Winsiow. Mr Charles Uohertv was appointed chairman, and Mr A. A. Fooka, cierk. Having despatched the usual formal business, the meeting proceeded to elect officers, with the following result:—Presi dent—Mr Donald Mac Lean ; Vice-President —Mr J. C. N. Grigg; Treasurer—Mr v . Sutherland ; Committee —Me?ars> W.-Suther land, T. Clark, C. Doherty, L. Sutherland, P. Reiser, J Heseltine, J. Sutherland, W. Cockle, R. Kennmgton, W. Rainey, P. Grace, and T. Sutherland. The Committee met after the public meeting and elected Mr William Sutherland chairman. The drafting of a programme was then proceeded with, and afur delibera tion the following was adopted :—Horse races—Maiden Handicap, of ssovs ; distance one mile ; for horses never nominated for an advertised race. Winslow Plate, of 10 soys; one mile ; for horses that never won £10 in stakes. Winslow Trot, of 10 sows; for horses that never won over 10 soys ; 1£ mile. Ladies' Putse, of 5 soys; six furlongs; for horses that never won 5 soys. Publicans' Trot (optional saddle or harness) of 5 soys; for horses that have never won a stake in an advertised race. Hurry Scurry, of 3 eovs ; for horses that never started in an advertised race previous to the meeting The drafting of an aatiletic sports programme was entrusted to a sub-committee, to report r.o a meeting to be held next Friday. The Committee fixed the sports meeting for the Queen's Birtfiday.

CRICKET.

On Saturday last the Methven Club played tiieir return scratch match—Mr Aynsley'a Mount Butt eleven v. rest of jbhe Club—the latter being victorious by three wickets. For the winners, and Gillanders shared the batting honors, Blair and A. Henderson doing best with the ball, For Mr Aynsley?s team, that gentleman himself, Cranfield, and Sievwright made most of the runs, while Saville had practically all the bowling honors to himself. Mr Aynsley entertained the teams to lunch at the Canter bury Hole', and during the afternoon Mrs Turner and Misses Hibbs and Anderson dispensed afternoon tea to the players.

The Ashburton County Association will wind up the season at Methven on Friday, April 9, when the pick of the Methven and Rakaia Clubs will play the combined forces of the other two Clubs—Ashburton and Mount Somers. The game will start at 11 a.m. The Methven Cricket Club will entertain the players to lunch. Stumps will be drawn at 5 45, and at 6 30 the con tendiDg forces will dine with Mr It. Millar, Vice-pr. sidept ct the Methvee Club. In "the evening the' Otub hold their annual concert, which in being arranged by Mes dames Batty and Ward, and promises to be a great success, It will be followed by dance. During the evening Mr Hardy's Cup, given for the winning Club in the Association, will be presented to the Captain of the Methven team.

CABLE NEWS.

Horns and Foreign.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Resignation. London, March 25. Mr Justice Charles, of the Queen's Bench Division has resigned. Lord Salisbury and fflf. Hanotaux. Led Salisbury has had an interview with M. Hanotaux in Paris. Court of Criminal Appeal The House of Commons agreed to the second reading of a Bill introduced by Mr Pickersgill, the member for Bethnal Green, for establishing a Court of Criminal Appeal. j The Anglo-American Treaty. Washington, March 25 The Senate Committee are pressing for a vote on the amended arbitration treaty. The Transvaal. Pretoria, March 25. President Kruger has suspended the Rand Star newspaper on the ground that it is dangerous to law and order.

Australian.

Presß A«Booiation—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. The Indian Famine Fund. I Sydney, March 27. Advices from Fiji ntate that the appeal for the Indian Famine Belief Bund ia receiving liberal response, £1100 having already been subscribed, principally by the Indian coolies, The Diamond Jubilee. Brisbane, March 27 The Government has decided to send twenty mounted infantry to the Queen's selebration.

THE ARMENIAN MASSACRE.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Constantinople, March 25. i The Mutessarif, or Governor, of the division of Tokat, and the commanders of the police and gendarmes, after being dismissed from their post?, were arrested Two divisions of the Russian Army of Kara are encamped on the Turkish frontier under the pretext of prevent ing the spread of the bubonic plague to the Russian territory.

THE INSURRECTION IN CRETE.

More Fighting.

Proposal by Great Britain.

Bombardment of Malaxa.

Press Association —By Electric Telegraph— - Copyright. Receivcl Wakapuaka, March 29, 8.45 a.m., Guardian office 10.40 a.m. Athens, March 26. The mountain guns stopped the attack mad# upon the Turks at Halpa. Prolonged fighting has taken place at Keratich. I The Christians hold the Turkish forts at Oanea. The Turks lost sixty in a fight at Malaxa, and the insurgents two huri dred. London, March 26. Great Britain has made a proposal bo the Powers that Turkey and Greece be induced to form a neutral zone, and that the troops be withdrawn from the Thepsalian frontier. The Admiral in command of the British fleet has been instructed to acquiesce in the action of the other Powers in the event of Greece being blockaded, but the British ships are not to take an active part in the ! blockade. Received Wakapnaka, March 29, 9.40 a.m., Guardian office 11 a.m. London, March 26. A later telegram states that the Czar sent fifty-five thousand roubles to the Cretan refugees instead of the amount first named. Athens, March 28. The Christians attacked the garrison at Malaxa, but sustained heavy losses. The Turkish warships fj.red on the insurgents in order tp cover the retreat of the Moslems. The fighting was of a desperate character and lasted many hours. The foreign warships bom barded Malaxa, but despite the sheila thrown amongst them the Christians succeeded in blowing up a portion of the Turkish blockhouse. The remainder of the fort was burned down.

CYCLING.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.

Received Wakapuaka, March 29, 9.0 a,ra. Guardian office, 10.20 a.m. Mblbouknb, March 29. The mile championship of Australasia resulted as follows :~Megson 1, Walker 2, Walne 3, The five mile championship of Victoria resulted—Walne and Megsoa de.id heat, Parsons third,

SWIMMING.

Press Association —By Electric Telegraph- Copyright.

(Received Wakapuaka, March 29, 9 0 a.m. Guardian office 10.20 a.m.) Sydney, March 29 P. Cavil! won the half i^ile Brimming championship of New South Wales in J2min 45| sec, which contributes the world's amateur record.

TENNIS.

The local Tennis Olub played a match at Duns&ndel on Saturday against an EHesmere team,; which resulted in .a win for the Ashburton players' by 70 to 40, the visitors winning all through,

Messrs Ij'riedlander Bros will hoU a clear ing sale of Mr Sam Hardley'a Hye and dpa'd stock on Wednesday ne?t at his farm at Lauriston, whioh he has disposed of. We are requested to state that a drag will leave Ashburton immediately after the arrival of the Ohmtchuroh train here, and alao that luncbjoQ will be provided rt the sale. J

THE LATEST.

Home and Foreign.

Press Association—ty Electric Telegraph- Copyright. Received Wakapuaka, March 29, 9 »,m.. Guardian office 9.45 a.m. Our Governor. London, March 26 The appointment of Earl Ranfurly as Governor of New Zealand is officially [ confirmed. I The Plague. Calcutta, March 26 A strong force of police and military is compelling the Moslems in Bombay to submit to the order for the segrega tion of the plague-stricken. (Received Wakapuaka, March 29 turn., Q uardian Office 11.20 a. m.) The Education Bill. London, March 26 In the House of Commons the Education Bill was read a third time by a majority of 200. Fever Among the Troops Fever is very prevalent among the troops which took part in the operation* at the Niger. There are seven huadred caseß on board the British wanhipf lying off Benin. The French Navy. Paris, March 26. Le Figaro states that Admiral Besuard intends to ask the Chamber of i .Deputies for a vote of 800,000,000 : francs for the purpose of strengthening , the navy by the addition of forty-five , large warships and 175 torpedo boatg to be constructed within the next eight years.

Australian.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright. Received Wakapuaka, March 29, 9 a.m., Guardian office 9.45 a.m. Arrest of a Defaulter. Melbourne, March 28 Robertson, the defaulter, has been arrested in Gippsland. A Heavy Sentence. A notorious criminal named Buckley has been sentenced to twelve years for breaking and entering Crawcorn's shop, North Melbourne, last November, and wounding the watchman, and four years for receiving stolen property, the sen tences to be cumulative and begin on the completion of the six years he is now serving. (Received Wakapuaka March 29, 10.45 a,m. Guardian Office, 12.30 p.m.) New Zealand Industrial Schools. Sydney, March 29 Mr Garrard, Minister for Education, has been interviewed in regard to his trip to New Zealand. He said that on the result of his enquiries into the Industrial Schools system, he did not think New Zealand could touch New South Wales in anything with regard to their management, neither did he think the education system was good. The New South Wales method of governing by a central body was pre ferable to the New Zealand School Board 3 and Committees. In one im portant aspect, the administration of charitable aid in New Zealand was in advance of New South Wales, The management by local bodies was much better than the system in vogue here, by which irresponsible people were able practically to control the charit able aid administration. In.reference to the Labor laws as a whole, it may be said they wereworkingsatisfactorily, and the people generally were satisfied with them. In some respects, however, he considers the colony has gone a little too far.

The Federal Convention

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright,

Brisbane, March 27. The Central Separation League hag sent a memorial to the Federal Con vention, setting up the claims of Central Queensland and protesting against the clause preventing the Federal Parliament creating or ad mitting new State* without the consent of the Parliament of the States con cerned. Received Wakapuaka March 29,10.30 a.m., Guakdiax Office 12.50 p. pi. Adelaide, March 29 In the course of an interview Mr Barton said that the sense of the delegates was against any adjournment of the Convention and the intention of the parliaments of the various colonies when passing the Enabling Bill was that the Convention should frame a constitution before dispersing. The other colonies would doubtless legisla'e to permit Queensland to take up the Bill which would emanate from the present Convention. A draft bill would probably be laid before the Ooiximittte of the whole on April 12, and the Convention would finish ten days later,

Racing' by Lamplight.

Horse rsc'ng by electris lights is being tried ia America. It ia in St. Louis, Missouri, All of the stables are lighted with electricity, and the stable grounds are also well illum inated. The attendance this season has averaged PQO a night. |g a bunbb of electric lamps every |s|d around the track, which is five-eigh¥hs of a mile long. Over 20.00Q candle power is expended on the course alone, not to speak of the grandstand and those scatten d about other parts of the grounds. When the track is lighted every part of it can be aeeri. &» i^4 racers come into the stretph a power ful searchlight ia thrown on them from one of four little elevated houses that are situated at the turns. The colors, even those of the sashes worn by the jockeys, stand out in the perfection of clearness. The searchlight follows the horses round the turn, and then an other one takes its plageae theapima]y» break into the stretch iclowu pastnttii sfcand. ' ' '"^' '

THE ASHBUKTON GtABDIAN i MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1897.



Synopsis op Nbw advertisements. Friedlander Bros—Sale and Lease of S. I Hardley's farm and stock. Suratnra Tea—Another free gift. Jewitt—Flounders, etc. Mrs Eandell wants a boy. Foipd a, gold brooch—X. Browne, Long beach ooauh. H. M. 1 Jones—Mr Harrow, the piano tuner, is now in Ashburton. T. Bullock—Good building sites and land for sale. ' I



KsASiNa's Powder oiettoye bags, fleta. mr.he,' beetle?, and all ojior insects, wiilSt gui c h rml6Bß"tq dora<ft|o aniin*lß, W exterminating beetle? the sugoeßß ot thig powder ia ex raordinary. It is perfectly olean in application. See the whole 70a purchase ia Kkatijso's, us imitations art Qoxioo* and ineffeotuM, Bold ia tine, 6d, 1| aoj 2 64 e»ob, by »i «h«mi|tf



In a recent letter po the manufactprers Mr VV. F. Benjamin, editor of the Spectator, Rushford, N.Y., says ; " It may bo_a plea sure to you to know the high esteem in which Chamberlain's medicines are held by the people of your own State, where they must be best known. An aunt of mine, who resides at Dexter, lowa, waß about to visit me a few years since, and before leaving home wrote me, asking if they were sold here, Btating if they were not she would bring a quantity with her, aa she did not like to be without, thorn." Tha medicines, referred to are Chamberlain's Oough Remedy famous for its cures of colds and croup; Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism, lame back, ps-ins in the side and chest, and Chamtjerlain?s Colic, Cholera, and Piarrhp Remedy for b.owel complaints. These medicine^ |iaye been in ponstant use in lowa for almost a quarter of a century. The people have learned that they are articles of great worth and merit, and unequalled by any other. They are for sale here by Ashburton Drug Company. Yiv try t&« Nwj Vmw Tgimo



We have sometimes he&rd it remarked that Messrs Craighead and Berryman charge rather high prices for their suits. It, Is evident from the number of hauds in their employ that they do by far the largest tailoring business in Asbburton, and as they employ the best workmen and pay the highest wags* their customers do not expect their clothes at "sweating" rates {" cheap and nasty.") By insisting upon fjrst-c ass workmanship in every garment, combined with good fit and beet quality linings etc. Messrs Oaighead and Berryman have earned their reputation for giving satisfaction and their reduction of about 20a por suit referred to in their hew advarbUement i« statre to Av&v » fm§ riwfe pt Pttitorowp^APV^ gift*



Sont it to hi* Wotlior I a Cterniitmy Mr Jaoob Esbensen, who is in the employ 0 the Chicago Lumber Co., at Dee Moines, lows, says : * I have just sent aome medicine back to my «ftot/h§r in the Old Country, that 1 fctipw from perseif&l use to be the beat medicine in the world for rheumatism, having used it in my "family for several, years. It is called Chamberlain's Pain: Bairn It always does tha work, 1 For Bale  , -—tttw- - ■ ■r, ■ \



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PUBLIC NOTICE. GRAND-SHOW OF NEW GOODS AT THE NEW ZEALAND Clothing: Factory. /"\TJR MR HENDRY baß returned from Dunedio with the CHOICEST LOT OF NEW GOODS ever seen in Ashburbon. NEW HATS NEW SHIRTS NEW TIES BALLEN STEIN BROS.



~~~ MEN'S ~AKD BOYS' HATS. HATS. HATS. DOZEN FELT HATS ALMOST GIVEN AWAY. ,ammm mw - A* mwm*m*m A GRAND SUCCESS. MITCHELL & BRODRIBB'S T^ABKTO AND PRINT SALE being such a Grand Success, we have decided to hold ifc FOR TWO WEEKS, j A GREAT HAT SALE. f*r\ DOZEN MEN'S. Kf\ DOZEN BOYSj'. Men's Soft Felt Hats 2s 6d, worth 5s Boys' Soft Felt Hats la 6d, worth 3s 9d Men's Soft Felt Hats 3a 6d, worth 6s 6d Boys' Soft Felt Hats 2s 6d, worth 4s 9d Men's Soft Felt Hats 4s 6d, worth 7s 6d Men's Soft Felt Hats 5a 6d, worth 8s 9d Men's Soft Felt Hats 6s 6d, worth 10s 6d Men's Soft Felfc Hats 8s 6d, worth 12s 6d EVERY ARIIULE in the Clothing and Mercery Departments equally Cheap, so as to clear th© shelves'for the NEW GOODS expected by the end of the month j while the balance of general Drapery will be still further reduced, so as to make a clean sweep before the New Season's Goods arrive. Printa Brilliants, Cambrics from 3s lid per dozen, worth double Flannelettes for Dressing Gowns and Home Blouses 4s lid dozen, half price Trimmed and untrimmed Hats, Aprons, Blouse*, Veilings, Ribbons, etc., at half cost BOOTS AND SHOES—the Best value in the trade M . «Q« 1,, 1 nun,  DON'T FORGET THE GREAT HAT SALE AT MITCHELL & BRODRIBB'S THE CENTRAL CASH DRAPERY MART, NEXT TO J. QBK % 00,, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON,



Business Notices, LOOK OUT. G. J. NEILL —IS SELLING— Table Damask at la per yard Twill Sheeting, 2 yards wide, white or grey, 9Jd Turkish Towels, 6d each Cretonne, 3Jd Flannelettes, 2s lid per dozen: p T -KTMLh JS gELLING— Men's Heavy Tweed Suits at 21s 6d, wonderful value} Boys Suits, 4s lid Men's Tweed Trousers, 5a lid BOOTS. BOOTS. Men's Kail SHOOTERS 7s lid. Women's SHOES 4s lid Men's BLtJOHBRS 4s lid. Women's Lace SHOES 4a lid The Cheapest Boots in Ashburton are to "be got at G. J. NEILL'S, FRIEBLANDBR'S CORNER, EAST STREET. STEAM CARRIAGE FACTORY, ffffij&tfW^ 1' F. AND 8H°BHr RGSTEEL Striot Attention to Business, Good Workmanship, aud Moderate Charges, to merit a fair •hare of Patronage. Coachbuilding Department — Thia Department will have our personal supervision and to aU who require a u«w Vehicle of any description, or their old one repaired, we can guarautee satisfaction if they pteoe their order with us. t , Painting and Trimming— Now is the time to have your traps put into «ood order by having them well painted, and our workmen are in tho front rank of their profession, and the material uaed is the very best. Ironwork Department — We are prepared to quote prices for all kinds of ironwork, and to supply or repair Agricultural Implements of every description. Shoeing Department—- Ie this as in all other parts of our business we will give satisfaction to our customers, and if you want j our horse Bhod by practical and skilled workmen, send it IIODgttIOTOEIAN SHOEING FORGE. F. AND H. STEEL, PROPRIETORS, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. 2 U AUTUMN AND WINTER NOVELTIES. GRAND SPECIAL DISPLAY AT MITCHELL & TURNER'S. M ANTr *"?— MILLINERY - MAN JACKETS T|OA P?°° FS CAPES UNDERCLOTHING IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO LADiES,-* IN PURSUANCE of oar policy in keeping our Business well to the tront, we have decided to add a FIRST CLASS DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT to our Kstabliehment, We have secured the services of Miss Hill, a lady of unquestioned ability, who brings with heir credentials of the highest order from MKSSRS W. STRANGE & CO., in whose Workrooms ahe has been engaged for over seven ybabs. Our object is to supply our Customers with Stylish and Well-made COSTUMES at a Moderate Price, and every possible effort vvdl be given to make our NEW DEPARTMENT an unqualified success. We We already booked a number of Orders, and expect a very full season. Miss Hill will be pleased to receive in bending Patrons on and after FRIDAY, March 26. MITCHELL AND URN EB, TANORED STREET.