DEATH.

Steel.—On December 7, 1896, at Bingley, V- rkshi; c, England, John Stkbl, in his 96th year.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1897.

India is more richly endowed by Nature than many countries, even

in richly endowed

INDIA'S MANUFACTURES.

Asia, and yet h poor. Eight times

the size of Great Britain, her railway mileage is far smaller. She alone of all the countries in the world, can produce in quantity the well-known fibre jute, and Scotch manufacturers have built factories in India at an expenditure of between thirty and forty millions of rupees. Yet her factories only consume 1,650,000 bales of her own jute, white Dundee, the Scotch centre of the jute trade, alone uses in her manufacture of jute fabrics—of which grain sacks form a large portion—no less than 1,250,000 bales. Factories on the Continent spin up and weave 1,650,000 bales, and the United States take 650,000 bales. The manufacture of cotton has doubled in ten years, and yet in spite of the prodigious efforts of a quarter of a century the industry is still in its infancy in the Indies, The raw cotton consumed in Indian factories is only 1,200,000 bales, while the United States requires 3,000,000, England, 4,000,000, and the Continent of Europe 15,000,000 bales. Some years ago England had thirteen times as many spindles, twenty times as many looms, and only four times as many labourers in the cotton factories as India.

Local and General.

Something nobody wants and nobody likes to lose —A lawsuit.

The Buller Miner claims to have on its staff the youngest compositor in the world— a little miss of five summers.

Colonel Penton leaves Wellington for the South this week on his first visit of inspec tion of the forts and forces.

Within the laat thirty years there have been on the British costs, 66,377 wrecks, with the fearful loss of 22,312 lives.

A company with a capital of £5000 has been formed in Napier to supply pasteurised milk, butter, and ice in the town.

The Customs duties collected at the several ports of New Zealand for 1896 amounted to £1,765,073, as against £1,619,970 for 1895.

The tender of Hallenstein Bros, and Co., of Dunedin, has been accepted for the supply of uniforms for stationmasters on the New Zealand railways.

A visitor left it on record in the visitors' book at Hanmer Plains that the thermal springs there cure everything but love and lying.

The little town of Nazareth, in Palestine, has no fewer than three hospitals, seven convents, and twelve schools under European supervision.

The annual retreat of the Roman Catholic clergy of the Diocese of Christchurch will commence on Wednesday next at the Barbadoes street Presbytery,

Mr Justice Hawkins has been eclipsed in the art of judical innocence. A Brighton county court judge recently inquired the meaning of "going on the spree."

A doctor says the X raya exist in Nature and are produced by the common glow worm. The light from these tiiiy creatures will even penetratesolid sheets of aluminium.

A Dunedin telegram says that the A. team of the Osrisbrook Cricket Club, playing against B, made 456 for nine wickets, Fisher contributing 184.

" You are simply raving like a pig with the measles," was the comment of a learned counsel in the Nelson Magistrate's Court the other day upon the address of his equally learned friend,

Mr George Jameson lefc London for New Zealand by the Tongariro. We learn from the Lytt.lton limes that on his arrival he will take over the management at Chriat church of the Farmers' Co-operative Associa tien.

There are ten newspaper editors in the British House of Commons, six printers, tour tailors, three Btationers, three hotel keepers, two butchers, six tenant-farmers, one coal merdhant, and one cab proprietor. Some idea of the passion which Parisians evince for cycling is gained from the fact that on one Sunday recently it was impossi ble for carriages to drive about in the Bois at all, as there were no fewer than thirty thousand cyclists there.

Instruments for self-torture, including a spiky anklet, a rough horsehair belt, and a " barbed heart," are being sold at a shop in London, The dealer says that for every order he receives from a Roman Catholic he has three from " advanced " members of the Church of England.

There is a white-bearded race of savages among the forests of the Maranon in South America, supposed to be descended from deserters and stragglers from the Spanish conquerors, They are believed to be canni bals.

In the State of Washington there is an unknown land of 2500 square miles shut in by the Olympia Mountains, which, accord ing to Italian traditions^ is inhabited by a very fietoe tribe, whom none of the coast fcribea dgre molest.

' Ia some parts of Spain workmen are ~4 fifteen minutes' leisure every hour allowbv. -making. In the courts of for cigarette su. ; .„„. j uty( i awyerS| Mexico and biam, juu 6 ., C, a! j " g witnesses, and prisoner may o^ smoking at the same time, From Auckland the Presa Association tolegiaphs that Te Mare, Taupo, was in active eruption on Friday, though it waa in distinct until sunset, when the haze lifted, showing a large quantity of eruptive matter travelling eastward.

On Friday evening, at Lancaster Park, Mr J. W. Jones succeeded in reducing the one and a-half and two miles cycle records by 10§sec and 13£aec respectively, doing the two miles in 4miu 19§3ec. The best previous amateur records were held by H. Thomson.

There ia apparently a tightness in the money market Stratford way. A tradesman of that township, it is reported, commissioned an agent to collect £62 worth of debts in the town and adjacent districts, and after six weeks' canvassing the canvasser handed to his employer the magnificent sum of 6a 6d.

It ia stated that Dr Yerßin, a French Pasteurist, has discovered a method of antiseptic treatment by serum for the cure of the bubonic plague of China and the Far East. Of 22 cases treated at the Pasteur Institute of Amoy, 20 recovered. The serum is prepared at Nha-Irang, in Annam.

A bicycle race with a panther was the exciting experience of an English lady in Singapore one evening lately. When riding slowly homewards along a road outside the town the cyclist found that ehe was being quietly stalked by a huge black panther. She had the presence of mind to start off full speed, and soon distance her pursuer.

The African elephant has been waiting a long time for a sanctuary, and at last it appears he haa got one in Somaliland. A tracj of land 200 miles long by 40 broad has been reserved for elephants, and no one will be allowed to molest them with ita boundaries. TLose actually within these limits are confined to a email area, about 40 square miles i» th<? Galimbursi Mountains,

THE GLENBROOK MURDERS.

History of the Crimes. As the geries of murders for which Butler alias Harwood will shortly take his trial constitutes the most remarkable as well as the darkest chapter of contemporary criminal , history, we propose to reprint for the infor mation of our readers the full accounts given by the Sydney Morning Herald and others of our exchanges. Commencing with 1 the journal named we find the following con secutive account of the circumstances as they became known :—

DISAPPEARANCE OF CAPTAIN WELLER. •'The first disappearance reported to the police was that of Captain Lee Weller. On November 21 information was received from a Mr Luckham, of Manly, that three weeks prior to that date Lee Weller had answered an advertisement requiring a mate to go prospecting, that he had gone away with the man who had inserted the advertisement, and that, although he had promised to write, nothing had been heard of him. Inquiries at Glenbrook, where it had been ascertained it was the intention of the pseudo-proßpec tors to commence operations, showed that on October 29 two men, one answering the j description of Lee Weller and the other that of his mate, had arrived by the morning train from Sydney, and that they had proceeded as far as the lagooß, where they camped for a couple of days. During those days they were seen by several people, and on the 31st of the same month (a Saturday) the mate was seen on the Emu Plains station, and later on the same day he returned to Sydney by train. Search at the camp at the lagoon resulted in several articles of Lee Weller's being found, amongst others a pocketbook, the giit of Mr Luckham, partly burned through. Near the camp there was also found a legging, made in Brisbane, and this ultimately led to the discovery, indirectly, of another disappearance—that of Preston. Meanwhile, active research was made in all the gullies round ftienbrook, but without any result.

THE SECOND VICTIM*

Up to November the search was confined to Glenbrook, but on the 28th of that month news came from Brisbane that Mr A. O. T. Preston, a young mining student, had gone away on a prospecting expedition with a man from Sydney, and h&u not since been heard of, The date of their departure from Sydney was given as October 19, ten days before Lee Weller left. The legging found at Glenbrook by its description had evi dently belonged to Preston, and the problem was how it had got to be mixed up with Lee Weller's effects. The only solution to the question was that the man who had gone away with Lee Weller was the man who had previously gone away with Preston, from whom he had by some means got the legging. Then the question arose, Where had Preston disappeared 1 They had only taken tickets for Emu Plains station. Just at this junc ture came news from Linden, a small station situated on a ridge in one of the wildest parts of the mountains, about fifteen miles from Glenbrook, from Mr Pritchard that two men answering the description of Butler and Preston had been seen there on October 20. Further conformation was given to this by the discovery on Sunday, November 29, by Mr Pritchard, of a shirt, which bore the mark " A.0.T.P.," at the foot of a ledge of rock in a gully behind his house, the top of the gully opening out on to Numantia platform, which is less than half a mile from Linden. Thinking that fresh ground might be broken there, Detective M'Lean took a party of police to Linden, formed a camp, and tho roughly searched the gully in which the shirt was found, and all the surrounding gallics, hut without success for some days, In the meantime reports of stenches were rife all over the mountains. Reports poured in on the police from persons living or stopping in the mountains that while in such a place they had experienced a moat disagreeable steuch. One officer remarked that according to the documents they had received one would think all the dead in the Necropolis had been buried in the mountain during those few weeks. Though some attention was paid to these reports they were never suffered to divert the policd from what they conceived to be the true clues which they had to guide them

TRACINO BUTLER. On the night of Wednesday, December 2, Detective M'Lean was enabled to trace Butler and Preston from Emu Plains to a camp outside SpringWf od to a township, and thence on to Linden on the 20th of October. Oa the 21st of October Butler was seen alone makiog towards his camp in Springwoodt Later on the 3ame day he was seen at Faul conbridge by a man who had earlier in the day seen him at Linden and it is presumed that he reached Sydney the same day. It is noteworthy that when seen at Springwood on that day he volunteered information that he had been out shooting wallabies, that he had had very bad luck, having had only one shot.

DISCOVERY OF PRESTON'S BODY, Confident that Preston's body was be tween Springfield and Linden, the police officers redoubled their efforts, and late on the afternoon of Thursday, December 3, the day following that on which the movements of the two men had been fully traced, Con stables Delaney, Hardiman, and Shelley, discovered in a branch of the gully in which Preston's shirt had been seen a short, narrow grave under a ledge of rock, forming almost a cave, about two miles from the railway line. Next day the body was removed in the presence of Drs Paton and Taylor. It had been buried in a grave not more than 3ft 6in long and 3ft deep, with a proportio nate width, and in order to get it into the space it had been doubled. The remains, having been fully identified as those of Preston, were removed toPenrith, where an inquest was initiated. In consequence of the icquest on Preston the search for Lee Weller at Glenbrook flagged somewhat on Friday, 4th December 5 but on Saturday the police were onoe more full of energy for their work. All day they were out searching in every conceivable spot, but without success, i That night Detective M'Lsan was enabled, with the assistance of Miss Woods, of Glen brook, and her father, to follow Butler's movements on the 31st October, on the morning of which day Lee Weller was last seen alive. It appeared that Lee Weller had been seen near his camp on that morn ing by a youth. Later on in the day Miss Woqds saw Butler coming out of a gully at the back of her house, carrying a rifle, the gully being about two miles from the camp at the lagoon, and on the opposite side of the railway line. Then M'Lean also learned that on the same day Butlar had been seen "*»lkißg along the railway line towards Emu

-—*d, (;}}s(• on the Bimu Plains reserve Flams, *.. . . tojjom he offered some he met a tramp to . h a j d articles in his old camp near .. a ■«i«.^j ta thftfc the tramp should make no tai*J..

about the matter be made a plan for him. This man went to the camp and got some goods which were left there ; but as soon as he learned a month afterwards of the dis appearance of Lea Weller he hastened to give information to the detective office in Sydney. By some strange oversight this information did not reach Gienbrook till some days after it waa given. The object of Butler's generosity waa plain. If Lee Welier should be missed, on whom would suspicion be so likely to fall as on the man in whose possession were found the missing man's property? The following day, 6th December, was Sunday. The police were reinforced by the whole of the residents of Gienbrook, by residents from Spriagwood, Penrith, and even at St. Mary'?. But the search of the great number of parties proved to be in a totally wrong direction They all took the lagoon as their base, and worked back from it. Mr vVoods and Mr Champion, who had on the Friday returned from a trip to Hilltop, determined to search the gully behind the latter's house, and in ' about half an hour they came upon the j grave. I

CAPTAIN WKLLEB'S BODY FOUND. Digging revealed the body of a man, and when in the afternoon the body was exhumed it was apparent that Lee Weller—as it was identified^—had been buried in much the same manner as Preston, though, if possible, in a more cramped position, owing to his greater size. This body was also removed Ito Ponrith. In each case the inquest re sulted in a verdict of wilful murder against Butler being returned. It is curious to note that the graves of Preaton and Lee Weller were in each case dug not far from a path, and to in the case of the man (who wm

erroneously supposed to be Lesagh) dis covered at P&ikes, in the Black Mountain Ranges, the body is buried not 15 yards from a track, showing that Butler, whatever his other qualifications might have been, did not consider himself an expert bushmao, otherwise he would have taken his victims further into the wilds."

THE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE COMPLETE. A man named McDonald was on the Burrawang run on the 28th August, when he saw two men camped with a waggonette. McDonald asked leave to boil his quart pot "at their fire, which Butler granted in a rather surly manner. He then said " Never mind, you had better have dinner with us." Burgess, who was with Butler, cimeup from the creek, and Butler addressed him as "Charlie." McDonald expressed his intention of going away, and Butler sud they would go too. He said they would go further on, and said, " Charlie, go and get the horses." The two men were wearing caps at the time resembling that found in the hole at the Black Range with the dead body.

The men have now been traced together to within a short distance of where Burgess met his death, and where his body was afterwards found. LEJE WELLER'S SKA CHEST.

An important discovery has been made by Sub-Inspector Tindal!. A quantity of hand kerchiefs, a revolver, and two church books were found at the second-hand shop of Mr Woolf in Bathurßt street, Sydney. Mr Woolf explained to the officer that they were portions of the contents of a large trunk he had purchased from a man about eight or ten weeks ago. The date of the purchase, however, might have been earlier than last year. When he was shown a potrait of Butler, Mr Woolf immediately identified it as that of the man who hid sold him the trunk. In the course of business Mr Woolf disposed of the trunk as well as most of the contents.' Some of the handkerchiefs ob tained by Sub-Inspector Tindall were marked " Mrs Lee Weller " and "A. Lea Weller." On the revolver were engraved the words "Liege"and "Constabulary." In one of the church books was written " Nancy Lee Weller," and in the other "Naucy Weller." There were also ladies' handkerchiefs marked "R. Bourke," "W. 0. Hill" and other names. Some of Mrs Lee Weller's visiting cards were also amongst the contents of the trunk. There is a strong probability that the trunk was the sea chest which belonged to Captain Lee Weller. {To be continued.')

Woollen Factory Picnic.

(Che annual picnic of the employees of the Ashburton Woollen Factory took place »t Mr Herring's station, Alford Forest, on Saturday laat. Two drags with other con veyances started from East street with some of the excursionists at about half-past seven, the rest being picked up at the Factory. It was here found that the number of vehicles was not equal to the demand made upon them, so much greater was the attendance than on former occasions. More con veyances were, however, soon procured, and a pleasant drive, attended by the most glorious weather, soon brought the party to the appointed rendezvous. Here foot races and games were kept going merrily during the day, and the boat on the little lake in Alford grounds was well patronised, it being most refreshing to sail upon the cooling waters. One couple, who found the sun rather warm, went so far as to try the soothing effects of immersion by capsizing the boat, but though they subsequently recommended their friends to do likewise and get the benefit of their experience, the said friends declined, stating that they were not taking any cold baths just then. After eujoying the most successful picnic yet held in connection with the Factory, the party took the route homeward at 7 p.m.

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. London, February 6 The English wheat market is quiet, bub steady, the Continental is firm, and the American is changing a little for the better. Oaliforuian No. 1, milling, early shipment 345; Russian cargoes, 32s 6d; London quotations for No. 1 Hard Duluth, 355, Colonial oats—fine quality 25a 3d, com mon 21s.

Colonial beans, 325. The Bradford wool market has a down ward tendency. At yesterday's sales medium and inferior greasiea were neglected, but crossbreds were very firm. At to-day's wool sales prices for inferior selections offered were more irregular, but prices for good wools were unchanged. Lamb 3|d, new season's lamb 5d ; mutton, first quality 3£d, second 2§d. Cheese—Strong Canadian 60s, New Zea land 575.

The butter market is very dull, and prices are unchanged. Rabbits steady, lOd.

OAMARU GRAIN MARKET.

The North Otago Times says: — ODrans actions,, in new season's grain have com menced. We learn that a fair-sized parcel of new velvet has been placed by the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Limited, at the satisfactory price of 4s at a country siding, sacks extra. The wheat is the crop of one of the Mnere whenua settlers, who is to deliver as soon as threshed, which he hopes to complete in a day or two. He will thus have the satis faction of securing a prompt cash return for his season's work, and a very satisfactory return, too, as he expects to thresh close on forty bushels per acre.

SPORTING.

0.J.0. SUMMER MEETING. (PRESS ASSOCIATION' TBLBGBAM.) Riccabton Raoecouksb, February 6. Following are the results of the remainder of Saturday's events : — Selling Race, of 50 soys ; six furlongs.— Vogengang, 7.5, (J. Evans) 1'; Bisley, 7.13, (R. Wilson) 2 j Raugefinder, 7,7, (E. Rodea) 3. Nine ran. Time—l.l 6. Dividend— £13 7s 6d.

Craven Plate, of 120 soys; seven fur longs.—Jewel, 7.8, (A. McDonald) 1; Gold Spur, 7.2, carried 71b extra, (Roden) 2; Female Franchise, 6.7, (R. Johns) 3. Nine ran, Time—l.29s. Dividend—£l4 sa.

r iTSBYAii Stakes, of 30 boys ; five fur loners R e r rtrae» 7>7» (H< I)onovan) i kafgelude ; 7/7, '£ R°*»fc \ S*l™ Shot, 7.7, (L. Matthews) 3. T"«^« »•»• Time—l.3|. Dividend—£3 2a 6d. Lyttelton Plate Handicap, of 50 soys; five furlongs.—Bracelet, 7.5, (Kelcher) 1; Ghoroid, 8.3, (R. Wilson) 2; Weary, 7.5, (H. Donovan) 3. Eight ran. Time —1.3|. Dividend—£ll 18a 6d.

Post Handicap, of 50 soys j one mile. — Remorse, 7.9, (H. Donovan) i ; Bialey, 7.0, (Wilson) 2; Annoyance, 7.6, (J. Rae) 3. Eight ran. Time~l.44§. Dividend—£s 16s.

ANOTHER STACK FIRE.

On Saturday afternoon Mr J. Shearer, of Wheatstone, had a stack of whe*t destroyed by fire. The workmen had just finished, putting it up, and about half an hour later it was discovered to be in flames. As al! efforts to put out the fire were hopeles-s, attention was directed to saving the other stacks which were close by. The fire ib supposed to have originated through one of the men leaving a lighted pipe in his coat pocket under the atack. This should be a warning to smokers to be more careful, especially in the harvest field. Had it not been for the recent rain, it would have been impossible to nave any of Mr shearer's crops.

THE WEATHER.

ALFORD STATION. The following is the meteorological report for the week ending February 5, 1897 :—

CABLE NEWS.

Boms and Foreign.

Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph- Copyright. New Mining Trust, London, February 5. Capital to the extent of half a million has been privately subscribed for the Western Australian and New Zealand Mining Trust. No further 1 capital will be offered at present.

Nelson Brothers. Nelson Bros, show a debit-balance of £33,773. The loss on meat pur chases was £32,362.

The Transvaal Raid Committee. The Transvaal Raid Committee have re-elected Mr Jackson, M.P. for Leeds, as their Chairman.

The Dillonites The Committee of Dillonites have expelled Mr Knox, M.P. for London derry, from the party, and also divided £2000 amongst themselves,

The Midland Railway. Mr Justice Kekewich has appointed Mr Alexander Young Beceiver for the Midland Railway. A section of the debenture holders will appeal against the decision.

Fleets in the Levant. February 6. The Paris Gaulois states that the object of Oount Muravieft's visit to Paris was to urge M. Faure to increase i the fleets of the Russo-French Alliance in the Levant, a step necessary owing to the presence of forty British war ships in Besika Bay. Imports and Exports- February 7. The Board of Trade returns for the month of January show that imports increased by £1,501,000 and exports decreased by £1,384,113. The Italian Navy. Bomb, February 5. The Italian 'Government has decided to expend £1.160,000 annually for a period of ten years on additions to the navy, ■

ENGLAND AND EGYPT.

Speech by Sir M, Hicks Beach. Feeling in France. Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright.

London, February 6 The House of Commons, in Commit tee of Supply, voted £793,802 for the Dongola expedition, including £270,000 for the construction of a railway between Wady Haifa and Abu Hamed.

Sir M. Hicks Beach, Chancellor of the Fxchequer, said the action of the Mixed Tribunal in over ruling the ad vance of the Oaisse do La Dette funds for the purposes of the expedition, would cause the British Government to gravely consider in 1898 the ques tion of renewal with a body usurping the authority which the Powers had entrusted to another tribunal. He also said the main cause of the pro longed occupation of Egypt by Eng land was the reluctance of France to give England a free hand. The volun tary retirement of France from the dual control of Egypt made England solely responsible for the safety of the , country. The British Government in tended to advance forces beyond Abu Hamed, but for the present the objec tive point would be unrevealed I England declined to be worried out of the policy she believed to be the right one by a mere monetary difficulty. Mr Morley and Sir W. V. Harcourt protested against the Chancellor's language, which was that of menace and defiance, amounting to tin im pudent challenge to France and Russia, and calculated to weaken the concert with those countries.

Mr Ourzon denied that there was any desire on the part of the Govern ment to cause irritation, but it was right to remember that the Mixed Tribunal's decision was a political one.

Paris, February 6

The French Press regards Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's speech as an insolent challenge to the Dual Alliance.

THE GLENBROOK MURDERS.

Presß Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright. San FraWiscp, February § Butler promises to makp a state ment when he arrives in Australia, and declares that other arrests will then follow. He asserts positively that he will be able to prove his own innecence.

THE LATEST.

Home and Foreign

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—. Copyright. (Received February 8, 11.50 am.) Egypt and the Powers. Cairo, February 7 The Egyptian Governmeut has sent courteous replies to France and Russia intimating that the Caisse de la dette acted legally in making the advance towards the Soudan campaign.

The Record Reign. London, February 7 The Prince of Wales ia explaining that the Queen had not expressed a preference for any of the proposals put forward for the celebration of the com pletion of the 60th year of her reign, has appealed to the public to support the Prince of Wales London Hospital fund, saying that he desired to secure £100,000 to j£ 150,000 yearly; The Prince of W&leB will preside over the General Council, and Baron Roths child will act as treasurer of the fund.

Serious Fire—Loss £80,000. The Maple Company's immense furnishing warehouses at Gamden town London, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £80,000.

Australian.

Presb Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. Tragedy at Horn Island. Thursday Island, February 8 A man named Cock burn, manager of a mining battery at Horn Island, was twice shot by a man named Harris, who afterwards sho" himself. Oockburn is net seriously injured but Harris cannot recover. Harris was recently discharged for drunkenness.

Floods in Gippsland. Melbourne, February 8. Heavy rains h-tve fallen in Gipps land. The river is in high flood and there has been great destruction of maize, hop, and potato crops. Bail way and telegraphic communication ia interrupted.

THE HURST CASE.

Verdict of Accidental Death. Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright. (Received February 8, 11.50 a.m.) Melbourne, February 8 At the inquest on Hurst a verdict was returned in accordance with the medical evidence, which showed that death was due to syncope, the result of wounds accidentally inflicted by deceased upon himself. Mrs Hurst has been discharged from custody.

WRECK OF A BARQUE.

Thirty-five Lives Lost Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright, (Received February 8, 12 15 p.m.) London, February 7. The barque City of Agra, whjcb left Melbourne on December 10 for Hull, has been wrecked off Corcubion-on the coast of Spain. Thirty-five of the crew were drowned.

AFFAIRS IN CRETE.

Fierce Fighting:. Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright. Constantinople, February 8. Fierce street fighting occurred in Oanea in Crete. The troops are assist ing the rioters. The Christian quarter of the town has been burnt, and 300 have been killed. Many persons are taking refuge on warships. The foreign Consuls are powerless to stop the fighting. The rising is becoming genera throughout the island. Greece is despatching an ironclad cruiser.

The Acting Governor.

PER PBESS ASSOCIATION. Wellington, February 8 His Honor the Chief Justioe was sworn in as acting Governor by Judge Conolly this morning.

DEPARTURE OF THE GOVERNOR

PEE PHBSS ASSOCIATION. Wellington, February 6. His Excellency the Governor and family left for Sydney this afternoon. The wharves were crowded with spectators, and lined by the Permanent Artillery and volunteer*, Lord Glasgow ma.de a short speech from the steamer's deck, wishing the people and the colony every prosperity, and amid hearty cheers the Talune glided punctually away at 4 o'clock followed by a salvo of artillery. Pour steamer*, the Corinna, Mahinapua, YVakatu, Oreti, vhich like the Talune herself, were gaily deoorated with bunting, escorted her down the harbour, and a fleet of yachts swelled the marine prooeuion. Beyond a whaleboat or two, however, the breeze w»b too strong for rowing boats. The attendant vessels were crowded with people, the Corinna alone having 101? on board. The day was bright and sunny, and ; the spectacle as the Talune slowly passed along the wharf with Lord Glasgow and family on the bridge returning the courtesies of the spectators was extremely striking.

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IMPORTANT TO FARMERS AND HARVESTERS. TI^ATCHES specially designed and constructed for thos( engaged in agricultural work are to he obtained from WATCH IMPORTER, EAST STREET. Ihese Watches are made by ROTHERAM and other famed makers to the special order of S. Salek foi the ASHBURTON WATCH TRADE. HAVING BOOHr LARGELY AT A HEAVY DISCOUNT PRICES ARE REDUCED. ALSO IN STOCK—Pixit Watches (see the name S. SALEK Ashburton, is on the dial)' at 20s. Other metal watches from 15s. All Guaranteed.



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■vMa- VICTORIAN f*±^^^^^Sks* STEAM CARRIAGE FACTORY, f^M^vf^ '** (S^^^;- ■'•^Spf IRON WORKS ANI> y^W^W y(\y vS? SHOEING FORGE. ' <tfeV»4^e „ f. h. ste E ,3 STEEL BEOS., <H-R- ta BEG to announce to the inhabitants of Ashfcurton and surrounding district that they have taken over the Business so loDg carried on by J. R. .STEEL, and hope by Strict Attention to Business, Good Workmanship, aud Moderate Charges, to merit a fair share of Patronage. Coachbuilding Department-— This Department will have our personal supervision and (o a'! who require a new Vehicle of any description, or their old one repaired, we can guarantee satisfaction if they place their order with us. Painting and Trimming— Now is the time to have your traps put into s;ood order by having them well j painted, and our workmen are in tha front rank of their profession, and the material used is the very best. _^ Ironwork Department— We are prepared to quote prices for all kinds of ironwork, and to supply or j repair Agricultural Implements of every description. 85-- Shoeing Department— In thia as in all other parts of our business we wil give satisfaction ta our customers, and if you want your horse shod by practical and skilled workmen, send it alods to the j VICTORIAN SHOEING FORGE. STEEL BROS., PROPRIETORS, WEST STKEET, ASHBURTON. 2 54



ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, Ashburton. FRIDAY—Choir Practice, 8 p.m. SUNDAY SERVICES. * B.3o—Holy Communion, 11 a.m.—Morning Prayer. 3.30—H01y Baptism. 6.30 p.m.—Evening Prayer. REV. T. A. HAMILTON. 3 p.m.— Dromore. MR W. BOWMAN FOX.



OUR FIRST SALE, COMMENCING SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 MITCHELL & BRODRIBB, (THE CENTRAL CASH TRADERS, NEXT TO J. ORR & GO'S IRONMONGERY DEPARTMENT, EAST STREET. ERUPTIONS IN THE DRAPERY TRADE.



V*/ ii nave aeciaea to eonpse an, wun tne reams tnat one cue naa been made at our new stock, which has severed the price in „. " No old Stock, no out of date shelf-worn goods to palm off on a sensible public. Our Clean, New, and Stylish Stock at just half the usual price. The cry is—How v ifcdone ? Here you have it : No Bad Debts, No Credit which enable us to lose directly, a portion of what the credit traders are losing indirectly. With this difference—Ab MITCHELL and BRODRIBB'S all are treated alike ;at the credit houses the good custome ra have to pay for the bad ones. Make no mistake. We want your money, and feel assured that the few following sample prices will bring it. Space will not allow us to quote more than a very condensed Hat, bat this is a sample of the bargains offered you :— 9 pieces Light Print at 3s lid per doz yarda Usual Price, 7£d per yard 16 pieces Dark Print at 3a lid per doz yards Usual Price, 8d per yard 22 pieces Gingham Prints, 4a lid per doss yards Usual Price, 9d per yard 19 pieces Floral Crepons, 4s lid per doz yards Usual Price, lid per yard 17 Fancy Brilliant Cloth, 7£d per yard Usual Price, Is 3d per yard 7 pieces Plain Crepon, 5s lid per doz yards Usual Price, 1* per yard 11 pieces Stripe Zephyr, 6s lid per doz yards Usual Price, la 3d per yard 8 Plain Zephyr, 6a per doz yards Usual Price, Is 3d per yard 22 pieces Cashmere Cloth, 4a lid per doz yards Usual Price Is per yard 10 pieces Mourning Cioth at the ridiculous price of 3s per doz yards. 1? assure you that at thia very important «j»le both you and ourselves will have a spanking time. White Calico 2s lid per doz yards Usual price s|d per yard V/hite Sheeting, 2 yards wide, 10£ d per yard Usual price Is 6d per yard Nainsook 4£d per yard Usual price 7^d per yard White 'I urkish Towels 5a 6d per doz Usual price 9d each CsiLsiaa 6yards for Is lid, worth double Hundreds of Cheap Dress awaitiDg inspection Double width Tweeds Is per yard Black and Colored Cashmeres from Is per yard up Ladies Black Lavantine Paragon frame Umbrellas from 2s 6d, 3s lid, 4a lid, etc. ladies' Sunshades all colors from 3s lid Black and Colored Velveteens from Is6d per yard up A mixed lot of children's sunshades all colors from lid each HOSIERY—The best value in the trade. Plain and Ribbed Cashmere Hose from Is up, Plain and Ribbed Black Cotton Hose, Sanitary Dye, 6£ ri GLOVES Gloves.—A large vari.ty Cheap and Good. A beautif-il Kid Glove, any shade, at 2s lid. Lower lines from I Is 61 upwards. Cashmere Gloves 4£d, 6d, 9d, and Is per pair. Gaggety and Silk, from Is 3d upwards. BIOUSE^, Blouses, Blouses. —We have sold more of these goods than any house in town, What we have on hand—About sixteen dozen will be cleared from Is lid, 2s 6d, 2s lid up; just half price. All mus'in and fancy Aprons just half what you will pay anywhere else. MILLINERY Millinery—Price cut in half. Trimmed Hats from Is lid upwards. The best value in the trade, Startling Bargains in the Clothing and Mercery Departments. A few Harvester Hats, 6^. Seamless Merino Sox, 6d. Regatta Shirts, all sizes, 4s 6d. Brown cotton pants, Is 6d. Heavy Working Shirts, 2a 6d. Men's strong Moles, 6s 6d. Tweed Trousers, special 8s 6d, Colonial 8a lid. Men's Tweed Suits, 21s 6d. Men's imitation Fox's Serge Suits, 29s 6d. Sailor Tweed Suits, 6s lid, size 1 to 7. Choicest Block of Tics and Scarfs in Ashburton. All our Boots and Shoes reduced. Hard and Soft Pelts in endless variety. Mohairßoot Laces, 3£ per dozen. Heavy Kaiapoi Sox, Is, Kaiapoi Under Flannels, 3s lid.



TTTE have decided to eclipse all, with the result that one cut has been ma de ab our new stock, which has severed the price in >Haif"



DO NOT FORGET MITCHELL & BRODRIBB'S FIRST SALE. NEXT GO J. OKR & CO, EASU STREET? ABHBUBTQN,



Keaxino's Powdeb destroys bpga, fleas, moths, beetles, and all other idb lots, whilet, gui c harmless to domegtio animals. In exterminating beetles the success of this powder is ex raordinary. It is perfectly clean in application. See the article you purchase is Heatings, as imitations are noxious and ineffectual, Sold in tins, 6d, Is and 2 6d each, by hI chemists My little boy, when two years of age, was taken very ill with bloody flux. I was advised to use Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and luckily pro* cured part of a bottle. I carefully read the directions and gave it accordingly, He was very low, but slowly and surely he begaD to improve, gradually recovered, and is now as i stout and strong aa ever. I feel sure it saved his life. I never can praise the Remedy half it 3 worth. lam sorry every one in the world does not know how good it is, as I do.—Mrs Lina S, Hinton, Grahams -1 ville, Marion Co., Florida. For sale bir ASBBURTOJir PBUQ QQptPAfcT.



Six weeks ago I suffared from a very severs cold; was almost unable to speak. My friends all advised me to consult a physician. Noticing Chamberlain's Cough Bpniedy advertised in the St Paul Folks l Zeitung I procured a, bottle, and after taking it a short while was ontipely well. I now most heartily recommend this remedy jfcp anyone suffering from a cold, Wm Keh-,' 678 Selby Aye., Sfc Paul, Minn. For sale by towwn? Pruo Compaq ■



Since 1873 there have been nine epidemics of dysentery in different parts of the country in whioh Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was used with pertect success * Dysentery, when epidemic, it almost as Severe and dangerous as Asiatio oholera. Heretofore the best efforts of the most skilled physipiaoß hwe failed to oheck its ravages; this remedy, however, has pared the most malignant cases, both of children and adults, and under the most trying con ditions, which proves it to be the best medicine in the world for bowel complaints. For sale by Ashburtqn Drug Company.



Onk Box or Olabkjd's B 41 PlU£ warrftn }ad to cure all discharges from the TJrinarjf Organs, in either sex (acquired or cons | tutional), Gravel and Pains in the Baok Guaranteed free from Mercury, Sold ia Boxes 4s 6d each, by all Chemists and Patent medicine Vendors throughout) the World Proprietors : Thk Lincoln and Midi^nd Oousjfins Dbtxo Compaot. X mo >!u, Finland



Steel Bro»—Wanted apprentices. John Git and Co.—Mason's jam jars. Charles Braddell— Wanted a house for client. Church Notices.—St. Stephen's. Lost—Barqel of clothing, etc. -



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