Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1897. Local and General.

Excursion fares for the Band contest at Oamaru are advertised in this issue. Members of the Chrysanthemum Club can obtain their plants to-morrow from the Secretary. The total estimated population of the colony on the 30ch September last was 762,758. Tho net increase daring the September quarter was 3612. At Deep Creek, Kotaku, on the Mid land Railway, Jackson line, two men have found five springs of petroleum. They have obtained protection over four acres of land, which fhey have applied lor. Samples are being sent i:o Mr Skey, the Government analyst at Wellington. Mr R. A, Underwood, the advance agent of the Jubilee Kinematographe, which lately gave such an attractive ex hibition in Ashburton, called in yester- j day and announced the intention of the company to give another entertaii.m-nt ,here. As will be seen in our advertising columns this is fixed for Tuesday evoning next, when no doubt the Oddfellows 1 Hall will be crowded. A little boy, an inmate of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, broke his log on Tues day afternoon. He was playing with two other lads, when he tripped and fell. He was at once taken to the hospital in Mr Wren's express. The brave little chap seemed to treat the accident quite lightly, and laughed and chatted all the way to | Ohristchurch. There was a smaller yarding at the Methven yards yesterday than has been the case hitherto, probably accounted for by the approaching Show. About 1700 sheep and ewos, 15 cattle, 7 horses and a few pigs being offered. Following are a few of the best prices obra ned :—Gross, bred ewes 10^ 6ct, crossbred wethera 14s, a good line of crossbred wwthers 12*, a line of mixed half bred hoggets 9s Bd, do three-quarterbred 9s 9d. Horses and cattle very dull of sale. Messrs I' • Friedlander and J. R. Bland were the auctioneers.

To-night there will bea choice of amos • raents offered to visitors and otheradearous of finishing up the day's outing. In the Oddfellows' Hill the Crickac Club has provided a. must attractive programme, and thos3 woo remomber previous tffirta of the Club in this direction expect a treat to-night Then Mir Maokirzie with his usual promptness In availing himself of opportunity, offers all sorts of induct meats io people to vis: tSt Stephen's sch olroon?, when he will, with theassiat ance of Mifcs Glover, Miss Corrick, Mr Bickerton, and others, supp y a good evening's entertainment. There is also the Primitive Methodist; Show Tea, which, almost from time immemorial, has bten a great feature of the business of Show night, ; and to wind up with there are several dancer— one in the Orange Hall, and the Oddfeliow.s' ball at Tinwald.

THE LATEST.

Some and Foreign.

Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph Copyright.

Received Wakapuaka October 28, 9.42 a.m. Guardian Office 10.10 a.m. British Troops iti Crete. London, October 28 The British troops who were quar> to red at Oanea and Herakfion, Crete, owing to the unsettled condition o£ affairs in the island will shortly return to Malta. Gold Standard. Calcutta, October 28. The Viceroy of India declares that the creation of a gold standard for India is approaching final success. The French in Africa,—Excitement in France.

Paris, October 28. The French Government has refused po recognise treaties entered into be fcweea the 7loy#l Niger Company and the territorial chiefs" of West Africa until their terms are formally po.m municated by the British Government, The French newspapers are greatly excited in their references to the claims of France and Great Britain. It is inflated by th.c French Colonial party .^jat M. HatiotauJCj the Foreign Minis itefj, ghjtjijjd up^iol^ the rights of France, especially ia respect jbo the kingdoms of Mikhi and Boussa.

South Africa Capetown, October 28 The South African Political Assoel ation strongly condemned the treat mentof the Bechuana prisoners cap jtn^ed during the recent rising against the BritJMb. They state that many indentured natives did nofc share in the rebellion. J".' Bosinnes, JJn&ep: Secretary for Native Affairs, replying to the statement of the Association, states that the indenturing system has not yet receeived a f*ir trial, ItecG^iruction of the Turkish Constantinople, October 88 The Sultan of Turkey is consulting v \?ith fche agents of Armstrong, the $oted BngHshj Krupp, and German ibig gURi mapujfactjufers, yith reference to a F&cfim.strjicti.Qn $i th,e na^y f

ASHBURTON A. AND P. ASSOCIATION. THE SHOW.

The Ashbnrton A. and P. Association held to-day their twentieth Show of stock, produce, farm implement*, etc., in the yards of the County Stook and yaieyards Company the attendance promising to be very good* The weather, which promis d web in the oa^y moruing, became rather threatening us the day wore on, l.ut as we went to press there seemed to be no reason to suppose the Association would not be as much favored in this respect as they were last year, when the fine day enabled a record attendance to be put up,

I THE AKBANGIMSKTS. As is now well known, the annual Show at Ashburton has been increasing every year in importance and popularity, so much so that the first paddock of the Saleyarda Company has become all too small for the requirements of the Committee. Numbering nearly 250 horaes make large demands upon space, and what with jumps, judging rings, and suitable stands for the exhibition of the animals, it was found that, if anything like justice was to be done to the exhibitors of horaes, and the large body ot the general public who delight to witness a display of the noble animals in show condition, more room must be found for this part of the Show. A change has therefore been made here. The whole of the draught classes have been retained in the first paddock, and a fine judging ring htfi been erected for their patade before the judges and the public; but all the other horse classes have been taken into the seoond paddock. In regard to the arrangements for the display of draught horses it ncay be said that along the margin of the south plantation of the yards the animals were Bafeiy picketed^ as fat as it was possible to use the trees as posts, while a chain or so inwards another range of horse pickets was put down, and thus a nice wide lane was opened between the two lines of horses for visitors to pass along and inspect the exhibits. From the pickets to the judging ring was a journey made with the veriest minimum of dis comfort to the horses and attendants and of danger to either of these or the public. Elsewhere complimentary remarks are made regarding the work and management of the Ground Committee generally, but ib is not out of place in speaking of the arrangements made for draught horses, to note the fact that the President of the Association himself, Mr Thomas Taylor, did yeomaniy work all day on Thursday in getting the pickets put in order, and seeing that the arrangements were such as to give the most thorough satisfaction ; nor did he leave the ground till everything, was ready for the Show of draught horses that hands could do or head could plan. To the seoond paddock, where the trotting track of the Ashburton Trotting Club is laid down, the light horses have been removed and abundanceof room has thus been provided for making an exoellent display of the really fine horses that are annually shown at Ashburton. Along the p'antation divid-

ing the one paddock from tha other the horses were ranged in the tame manner as the draughts were placed in thoSret paddock, only there was no second line, the abundance of room rendering such an arrangement unnecessary. The blood stock, hack and carriage horses, huntera, trotters, and ponies had all their appointed places and the arrangements were perfect for exhibition. Hero, too, was an excellent jadging ring, m arranged that it could at onoe be transf formed into an arena for jumping contests, and it was here the leaping matches were brought off. But in addition to this the paddock has been laid off as a sort of steeplechase course, with post and rail, brush, water, and double briish jumps, while for the exhibition of paces the fine track of the trotting club was quite made to the Association's hand. Be it noted also that all this is Just opppsite the grand stand of the trotting club, alongside of whioh i Mr R. Alexander, of the Railway Refresh? ment Rooms, had a bower from which he dispensed creature comforts. The ground committee did not cease at the light hor?ee i when drawing upon the extra room afforded by the second paddock. A wide clearing was made some time ago in the centre of the dividing plantation, to admit of easy, and uninterrupted communication between 1 the two paddocks. In this passage the Com mittee had placed on either side benches for the accommodation pf lady visitors, which were largely used, and when the visitor had negotiated this middle passage from ihe first to second paddock and turned to the left he found facing him the sheep pens of the show. These had a grassy carpet instead of the ■tubborn shingle of the old site, and occupied whab might be called a cosy corner in the new ground. This drafting away to new country of two very important sections of the Show left plenty of elbow room in the old ground, and as was shown during Show day, it was none too much. Along the side of the old sheep pens there was far more than the usual number of tide shows. Dray ton's kinematograph, in a large tent of double thickness dark colored canvas, was shown to an admiring crowd, while other tents were found not far off, in which per formers of various kinds ca'ered for the amusement of contributors of the nimble Bilver coin of the realm. Over two ot the old sheep pens had been laid stout planks to form a platform for the Brass Band, and here that useful body of citi^ns kept the air palpitating with their music. tyv R. Alexander had charge of a tyrge tent on the old Mte, and dispelled the native wine of the WJitni^y |tld Qther'countries to the apparent j satisfaction of all e'6n6ei?ned, and had besides the vault of the public luncheon room, in which luncheon was l*id by Mrs Ranger. The confectioner's booth was under the charge of Mr Edwards, of Sydenham, who gave perfect satisfaction to his many patrons both as to quantity and quality of viands provided and promptness and efficiency in the attendance. In regard to this gentle man's business management it may be mentioned that be engaged two publii sa^riers jn Christchureh to convey his who c c^rop equipage, etc., t$ Aghburfcon and take as baok lading what had to do the doujbje journey. He gavSd money byl the ventuVe, as the rate was lower Shan by rail, the carriers were satisfied, and the railway train Taa lighter by the load and the railway till by the freieut.

The implement yard was as ttaual along - fcjffs vjrestern plantation, amj was carried right aigng fc#>nd in front of the large shed in whic^h the produce was e^hibifce<3 p while the ten',tß and pavilions of exhibitors hf vehicles, etc, were erected on the other aide of the lane tha.t ran between ihetn and the implements. The cattle and pig peus yff? where they have been in previous yeaps.' ' A word of praise jis certainly due jfcq thp witjh which the ground commi^ee ««jr}ig.| $$& tss ,^.ork o^ ready the -""""*ml ifijf'{§§ W}ftj?. S$V Leadley was the ar,. " -«»»»Vl" $8 $?§ e$ H?. c a .sort of generaaeo ** w^ iK executive, and was on hau.. directions hero, advice there, anl a . . another place. Mi Cookson, too, threw his whole soul into the work at the light horse ground, and as none knows better than he what is wanted in the preparation of jumps he was the right man in the right place. A« the other members of the committee speedily recognised this fact, they allowed him the pleasure oi having it all his own way in reburn for the division of labor they allowed to fall to his share. Mr Silcock was also on duty, and though less fleet of foot than th«

pony to gen »boi t with and wm usefully \ ' übiguiious, The ground committee dis- <■ payed an energy and a power of manage- i meat that waa highly commendable, so far us their work was concerned, the Show . could have plart.ed at four o'c ook on I i'hursday uf ernooa, for by that time there ] ' wuß little left for thun to do except to seei] lliat tho side shows did not enroich too j much on t>'e apace set apart for the public I promenade. The work of the Secretary and his assistant, Mr J' Mueller, was as usual very arduous, i>ut by dint of steady application, a thorough kiiowlodge of what was wanted, aud the very l)ei>t of temper under many trials of their patience, they came out with their usual triumphant success. THK ENTBIES. There waa a aligiit failing off this year in some of the ciasßeß as compared with some , previous years, and oise or two well-known Dames were not ttiis year to be found on the catalogue. This was most noticeable in aheep and cattle, but horses held more than their own, and piga were well represented, and sheep dogs were largely in evidence. There was as large an entry in produce aB the Association has ever had, especially in the classes for home-made bread, scones, and so forth, but one would have liked to see the prizes offered by the Farmer's Co-operative ' Association for wheat, oats, clover, rye grus, and potatoes more numerously entered for. The following table shows the'entnes from the first show held by the Association till the one now under notice.

IMPLEMENTS. The Massey-Harris Company (Messrs Friediauder Bros., agents.)— This Company had a superb show of implements on the ground. They are noted first a-* their exhibits are first on the programme, and they occupied the first are next the wall behind the produce shed. The Masaey-Harris harvesters are now as well known in Canter bury as the Cathedral spira is known in Christchnrch, but seema to have rather a belter ho d than that proud turret has, for the spire has come lumbering to the ground in a ."hake, but the Mas.sey-Harris defies all shakes, and the Company's machines were shown in as fine fettle as ever iv good number-. The application of ball bearings to bicycles was attended with such success in the matter of reducing friction, that this Company adopted the idea for their reapers, and now all their wheels are so fitted. To show the sweet working of the roller bear ings in the main wheel of the harvester, a machine was shown dismantled of ail its top hamper, and worked by Mr Cos's engine. Sections of machinery were also shown with parts removed to illustrate the working of the roller bearings aud the value of their introduction in reducing friction. A culti vator with seed attachment gave evidence of ! the excellent workmanship the Canadian firm can turn out, as did also a strong though light hay rake. Besides a•* shoe " drill and horse hoe and cultivator, the firm had on view quite an eruption of ploughs, of the light but efficient description exhibited during the winter on Mr Leadley's and Mr Rome's farms, Wakanui road, and at other 1 places in the county during the ploughing season. They comprised four, three, double, and single-furrow ploughs, and made quite a barricade in themselves ranged as they were in ihe front rank of large space oooapied by the firm's exhibits. A turnip pulper, a most useful machine on farms where roots are largely used for feeding to stook, was also to be found in the crowd of Implements the firm exhibited. The farm is not the only customer the Company caters for, as amougst the list of products of their industry looms out very prominently the aU-prevading "bike," and the display in this connection in the tent set apart for the purpose was a highly excellent one.

was a well made vehicle, and ia .marked contrast by its sturdiness to the fairy light ness of the Rudge- Whit worth ''bikes," which orop up in this firm's list also. Me J. H. Pauling, the local managor for the firm is to be congratulated on the very excellent display of superior implements he placed before the farming community. P. & D. Duncan, Limited.—Thii old established and successful Canterbury fitm was again on the ground with a fall list of implements made at their own foundry ia i ihristohurch. It was bub recently that Mr James Keir, who for many years hid the management of the Ashbunon branch of tha Company's busiuess, was called to Christ church to occupy a more important poaiti- v nt headquarters, ;^ud was succeeded by Mir Wallace, who has taken charge of the Company's display at the Show. The Duncan Company has long been celebrated for the excellence of the farm .implements ttupplied by ihem, and they have always excelled in ploughs. Even away back in the days when we held ploughing matches ia this county P, & D. DuQcan'e name was one tor conjure with. Since then, thanks to the cultivation and encouragement of the in veutive faculty among many of our local farmers, and to Mr Keir's possession of that faculty in a high degree himself, the Duncan Company has been able to give to their customers many highly improved implements —improvements suggested by the exigencies of work on the plains. The firm showed the usual line of ploughs, but their largest display was in drill* and sowing imple ments. The advancement of farming in the county from the old rough and ready " crop, crop, crop," till the very marrow bones of the land's productiveness was reached—-up to the time when so many tons of fertilisers are annually sold, demanded that) greater attention should be paid to (i rills that would deposit manure with the seed, and that a fair attempt is now being made by farmers to deal hoaestly by their land in the matter of maintaining its fertility by feeding it with manure, is made abundantly manifest by the large number of drills capable of sowing artificial fertilisers with the grain deposited, ; that are always on view in the implement ; yards at the annual shows ot the various A. k P. Associations in this and the neighbor ing province. Duncan's drills are all of the highest class for both workmanship and : efficiency, and thoae exhibited were far from being exceptions to the rule. The tine I cultivator now so popular was also in i evidence—3! rung, aud capable of prodigies of work in tearing up the soil; so was the horse hoe, and the diac harrow, and a useful grass ! stripper, which with other implements shown ' was submitted to the judges for special notice, while a gorse cutter of the efficient kind the firm has always produced, showed that there is still a demand for a machine that will keep the long live hedges of the district within bounds. Walter A. Wood Co.— Mr David Thomas, Ashburton, agent.—Few harvester firms ate better known than the Walter A. Wood. In the prehistoric days, when much of Ashburton county was still under tussock, the reaping machines of the Walter A. Wood were at woik on the plains, and doing work too that has not been very greatly improved upon in later days—that is to say, so far as simple cutting is con cerned ; the self binder in thos>; days used wire, .but the march of progress has sow ! substituted twine for the old material. Mr | David Thomaß, as agent for th* company in Ashburton, exhibits the harvesters, and Mr Rex Beßtell, his machinery manager, with > the well-known Wood expert, Mr Millwood, were most attentive to the farmers, and lucid in their leutures on all things " reaper." The three-apron open rear binder was shown ] at work and ready for work, and if any farmer went away without a perfect know* ledge of all the good points of the Wood it must have been because he himself was wooden, for the fault could certainly not be laid to the charge of the lecturers. Side deliveries were shown, one with an attach ment for reaping pulse, a " cyclone" mower, a self«dumping hay rake, a hay tedder, a useful driil in the " Farmer's Favorite" (combined seed and manure), a grinder for mower knives, aad a ferocious imnlemanti for the dehorninc of cai-.tln.

Booeh, Mao Donald & Co., and A. H. Anjdebson, Christohurch (per Mr John Taylor, Ashburton, agent.)—Mr Taylor, who waa for many years manager in Ash barton for Reid and Gray, bub who is now in business on his own account, is the agent for the nrrr.s whose names head this para graph. Messrs Booth, Mac Donald & Go. are fortunate in having secured Mr Taylor to take charge of their business in this county, as in him they have a practical mechanist who thoroughly knows his busi ness, as well as one thoroughly conversant with farmers' implement wants, and who h«8 a wide personal acquaintance with the men of the plains. Mr Taylor shows for his principals of theßooth-Ma.cDonaJd Qompany k double-furrow ploughs of the latest case, with all the little differences in construe tiou necessary to meet the tastes of the men who have to wrestle with the soil, and the implements display the excellence in work manship for which the firm has long been celebrated, which reputation was earned in healthy competition with such colonial grants in implement manufacture as the Duncans and Reid and Gray, and the implements shown on this occasion in no way belied the reputation gained. A handy plough for single furrow work in any kind of land, bu.t specially useful in garden or p.rcharii, was also shown. It, however, is an importation, and not the production of the firm, but the disc harrows in which, equally with Booth-MacOonald, colonial makers excel and are able to proudly challenge the world, are from the firm's own works. So also is the spading harrow, for hard lumpy ground, recently exhibited on the farm of Mr James Brown, Netherby, and fully noticed in theae columns on that occasion. So, too, are the tine harrows ; the drills with their new arrangement for instanter change from one kind of seed to another; the force-feed broadcast sower; the ridger for sowing manure and seed simultaneously ; the new '• Oarlyle Jr." wool press—a powerful little implement, which the firm submit for special notice by the judges ; horse yokes of various. siz?s; and a useful little windmill, thet 11 Kiwi," with tower and powerful pump, complete, The Eiwi is suitable for cottage, or farm and cau bo supplied for £13. This, was for special mention, as was also a haudy rocking pump that would be very use ful indeed on any of the pipe, wells in the c.ountry. For Mr A. H. Anderson, Chrißt- ". church, Mr Taylor exhibited at work an Aveling and Porter's traction engine, Mr Nelson Eden being the guiding spirit thereof and a Saunders 1 patent p^onoave for threshing machines, the specialty of which is that the bars are faoed with movable and reversible slips, so thac instead of the old one threshing face on the bara there are new four available by the use of these slips, and the permanent bars are not asked to do any more tjhan hold | the lattice wires in positiou.

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. SECOND SHIPMENT OF NEW GOODS JUST OPENED. ANDREW ORR IS NOW SHOWING the Finest Collection of Op-to-date Novelties in MILLINKRY, French and English. Lovely selection 0? Straw Hats md Sailors'; Dress Fabrios; a Most Beautiful Collection in Pink Robes and all classes of Plain and Fancy Goods; MANTLES and CAPES, the latest, styles from London; Ribbons, Laces, Face Nets, Gloves, Hosiery, Sunshades, Prints, Blouses, Bells, etc. THE NEW CYCLE CORSET, Ju*t Imported, in all sizes, (specially made.) j GENTS' SUITS TO MEASURE from £2 ISS< j A Large Assortment of Gentlemen's Tiei and Scarfs Just Opened. j Men's Hats in all the n«w shapes. , I Ladies' and Gentlemen's Boots and Shoes in every Style and make. CARPETS, FLOORCLOTHS, &c, &c. ANDREW ORR.



CLIENTS, KINDLY LEAVE ?OUB OKDEBS EABLI FOR PAPEKING KOOMS ■ ANJD PAINTING, ETC., SO THAT THE RUSH WHICH GENERALLY TAKES PLACE BEFORE CHRISTMAS MAY BE AVOIDED. I HAVE JUST TO HAND A CHOICE SELECTION OF PICTURE FRAME MOULDINGS. J. WILSON, CORNER OF ARCADE & BURNETT STREET. i A.



Henry Zander. ZANDER'S SALE. rpHE GENUINENESS OP MY SALE HAS PROVED ITSELF. Within [THREE WEEKS «rer ifiyOOO of StooU Hm been Sold, and therefore many Linei Cleared, ia conieqaenot of which I »m oompeiled to Withdraw Quotation*, BUS I OFFEB THE BALANCE OF THE REMAINING STOCK JLT Any Reasonable PRICE JUST TO HAND, ex lonic. i Parke's Spades, No. 2 and 3 Parke's Forks, 4 and 5 pronged Tyzick's Files, Rasps, Links, Reapei Sections, Hay Knives, 8b&, etc. John«fcon'«;Supcrior Cutlery Etc. Etc. Etc. All of which MUST BE CLEARED, witl the remaining balance, as Premises mus: be giveDitip. THE SALE WILL ONLY LAST Another Fortnight, THEREFORE COME AT ONCE. THE PUBLIC SAY Zander's o«2f 18 THE OKLY GENUINE ONE. HENRY ZANDER.



Business Notices. ' 'fcSp*ing Fashions. THE A SHBURTON TTvRAPERY /~IOY., THE READY-MONEY DRAPERS, INVITE Inspection of their CHOICE and DAINTY SKLBOTiON of NEWEST GOODS for the SPRING and SUMMER SEASONS, JUST OPENED UP, And now being displayed in their WELL LIGHTED SHOP and SHOWROOM. SUMMER DRESSER Wool and Silk, Shot Fancies, Vigo Coatings, Tweeds, Prints, Zephyrs, Saxony Stripes, &c, Ac. MILLINERY in Wonderful and Charm ing Variety, Flowers, Featheta, Mounts, Lstoes, Chiffons, Ruchings, Veilings, Gloves, Ac, &o. MANTLES, Capes, Blouees and Noroltios in Children's Wear. Special Notice. WE would re«peoefully ask those Clients who think of plaoing their order for Show Dresses with ub to do bo : Am Early as PoStiil>le, to avoid the rash that always occurs at Show time. DRESSMAKING—IOB 6(1. ASHBTOTON i DBAPEBY COMPANY.



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P. JONAS BEGS to Notify tiie farmers and Butchers of Ashburton ftpd Surround. ing District tha,t he has Spaced up Bujuneas ia the Premises adjoining Hamper and fames' Stables as a Gash Buyer of WQOU S&INS, HJJJES, FAT, a#d in large or &«. -«vg anju Sawbdasb Office Days'—Tuesd«. -i[" *• To the Deaf and those troubled with Noises in the Head or other Aural Troubles. Dr Nicholson, of London, the world fame aural specialist and Inventor of artificial ear drums, has just issued the 100 th edition of his illustrated and descriptive book on Deaf ness and Aural Troubles. This book may be had from Mr P. Shaw, 160, Adelaide Road, Wellington, N.Z., on receipt of stamps. Mr Campbell, of the same address, wuß greatly relieved of his deafness by Dr. Nicholson's system, and takes pleasure in spreading the news of the great specialist in New Zealand. A littlebook on the oure of Rheumatism, Corpulence, Lumbago, and Indigestion by the same author, may be had from Mr Shaw on receipt of stamps. Kozie Tea is most wholesome drink.—John Orr A; Co., agents.



, Church. Services. ST. STKPHEN'B CHURCH Aauburfaon. CONFIRMATION CLASSI'S. THURSDAY {for men and women) 7 30 p m. SATURDAY (special) 2 30 p.m. FRIDAY, Short Service, 7.50 p.m. ! SUNDAY SERVICES, October 31. 8.30 a.m., Holy Communion. i 11a.m., Morning Ptayer. 2,45 p.m., Children's Service. 3 30 plm., Holy Baptism. 6 30 p.m., Evening Prayer. REV T. A. HAMILTON.



aoeaaes, Eryßipelas, Puea—«. . attend these who treat these diseases t»*^ to the simple printed direction wrapped , around each pot or box. They are invalu- j able to the young and timid, whose bashful- j ness sometimes endangers life. Though ap- i parently local, diseases of this nature are essentially blood diseases, but a little atten tion, moderate perseverance, and trifling ex- ' pense will enable the most diffident to conduct any case to a happy issue without exposing secret infirmities to anyone. The Ointment checks the local inflammation and alleviates the throbbing pains- These directions also clearly point out when and how Holloway's Pills are to be taken, that their purifying and regulating powers may assist by adjusting and strengthening the t!Qn|Uttttioo,



Mobrow, Bassett, and Co.—This enter prising Ghristohurch firm has recently opened a braoqh in Ashtjurton, and to this fact, perhaps, is dtp to the large entry the firm made oi superb implements for exhibition at this Show. ' The well-known and much respected McCormick harvester ia one of their chief icems, and one was shown in 6-ffc cat with transport apparatus and sheaf carrier; and another with improve^ open elevator—both excellent machines. The clever Daisy reaper was oa exhibition, and two semgeable mowers wjth MqOqrniiok's lateso improvements; besides a combined grain and manure drill, a " Little Wonder " seed sower, two Excelsior cultivators (one wish drill attached), a set of adjustable threi-leaf lever harrows, a root pulper with slicing disc, a Beaufort Hunt's corn crusher, a Mawson lifting jack, and a Daisy road cart. Then comes again the aM-pervadine; " bike," shown iv the two kinds that have become necessary since ladies took to the wheel, and the two brands for which the firm are agents —Sterling and Newhayen.



Andrews and Beaven (Mr J;ohn Taylor agent),-Kor this firm Mr Taylor showed their usual bulky display of their well known chaflfcutiers and baggers, corn crushers,, need and': gram cjeaners, and root pulpera, all of which maintain the fine's reputation fop excellence in design, and for efficiency and superiority of workmanship to fape ta,erough, wear and tear of colonial work. Ma David Thomas, in addition to the, Walter A. Wood exhibit* already noticed, showed the Flying Dutchman ploughs, both," light and heavy, which came in for a fair share of notice, and a set of the handy Uttte Planet Jr. garden tool*. Messes Hanmer ABtu Graves exhibited e l gra,'?d oI(* aiPmsb? reaper and binder, v?ith all its honors still upon it, w^ra on* many a fou.gh.ten field in the days when th* many makers of. harvesters wer^ contending for the fayor of colonial corn growers. In a tent near the produ.ee shed the, firm also, exhibited a qhoiqe oollec>tioii of farm seeds, Jjifctie's sheap dip, cheese,, etc. 1 > Twfß BONNIE HA^VKSTEKi, a reaper and oinder made by a Company that used to be well and favorably known in the old dayi of Ash,burton^ was entered by Wright, Steven son, and Co., of| l>unedin,. and came in foe jts fair share qi notice by the farmers* M$ & HARbSJETir, sear,, had his seed rawer on the ground, and the farmers, were tbos oifutded another opportunity of studying and making th«ia»e]ve 8 acquainted with the many good points ciail?6« *W **• Messbs John Okk and Co. showed the patent Cambridge roller of the Timara farm o? John Storrier and Co. This roller « an excellent implora^nt t.he specialty about it buing that instead of the rings being «ep»« rat* and working iadivid4iUy o» we I9tli



I Reid and Gbay, with the exception, perhaps, of Mr Joliu Taylor, of Ashburtca; bulk most largely on the catalogue, a page and a half of which is taken up with the I entries of this most pushing and enterprising firm. It has long Wen established that in ploughs for use in these colonies Che colonial makers had nothing to fear from the com petition of the outside world. To plough's may also |ia add,ed dieo harrows md grain drills, ao4 tne heavjef implements In the shape of grubbers and horse hoes. In all these the firm exhibited largely, maintain ing in every insfcanoe the high reputation it has held for many ye«ri. On one of the grain drills wasi ahpwn Mr Jsaac Saig^nt'a patent. The drill was a i'f-coiiHer Eureka for grain, turnip, and ma'riqre, with grass hox.aadthe 'drill was entered for special jaof joe by the judges, whoso' report will of Qonv&9 te^i'M ihe Association in due. course, I $hl drills' were twfl'ueqal h,igh filass prodno- Cl , "• •■-iat&fWlljer: 4 4?«W9 ---attractive display ° - «•*« *»^,'« roller chaffcatter had a plwo •■ - had a low-down steel-framed roller, witu ploughs for single and dooble dnK Ihe Deerin,? harvester is »»* •toiskedexteniwely by Reid and Gray, and these were. ihown " good fettle as well as the Deenne mower, in Ill'of which the ball an d rol hrJ-^J principle has been adopted. A srardy^worK like farm dray, and frame, with v i «» tb*fc looked it/ons eno»^ to »rrjr»