PHASES OF THE MOON.

April.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1898. HIGHBANK.

It is always commendable to settle the people on the land, if by such settle ment both land and people : can be benefited. If Swift's idea can be realised about the causing of two blades of grass to grow where one grew before, by the cutting up of large estates and planting on the smaller holdings sturdy yeomen who will carve out homes for themselves and families, and by their industry add to the productiveness of the soil* then a great good will have been accomplished, the more especially if by the aid lent by Government to do this, the State is no loser. And it appears, from what is going on at Highbank, that all that was prophesied about the settlement is likely to be realised, and that the State will lose nothing. Ja many ways the Govern ment has been Jiberal to Highbank, but m one way m particular jb seems to have been niggardly — shamefully s^. After getting the land settled, doing what could be done m the matter of water supply and so forth, Government stops short and leaves undischarged one most important duty. It has forgotten to give Highbank an efficient postal service. Twice a week a mail crawls into the settlement, which may thus be just as well without any direct mail at all. What .claim., itfsany bp asked, has Highbank for a hotter postal BerY.ee? Well, there aro over eighl.y

holdings m the settlement, on most of which thore are three or four adults, and on the larger areas there are more than that. This represents a large population as country districts go m Canterbury, and if a daily mail came and went, most of those people would receive 1 or post their letters at Highbank, instead of having to ride distances of five to seven miles to Methven, Cairnbrae, or Lyndhurst, which they do m preference ti waiting for (he dreary twice a weik mail to their own settlement And it would be so easy, too, to give Highbank a | daily service. Barrhill has one, with less claim m regard to number of settlers. The mail to Barrhill leaves Rakaia at ten o'clock, and Barrhill is reached at noon. Is there any reason m the world why the mail should not continue its course and reach Highbank at one o'clock ? Or a carrier from Highbank could meet the Barrhill mailman and take on the Highbank bags, coming back with .re turn mail m time to allow the Barrhill carrier to reach Rakaia for the evening express. As it is, we contend that Highbank is neglected and dealt with most unfairly m the matter of postal service. A year ago the settlers applied for a tri-weekly service, but they got only the unsatisfactory twice a week arrangement they have now. Re peated representations to headquarters have failed to secure any better accom modation. A Highbank joker says that m response to representations made by the settlers an inspector was sent up who had no knowledge of the country. He was caught m a fierce nor'-wester, and was unable to get higher than Barrhill. The residents there were good to him, and persuaded him that he was at Highbank. Hence the daily service to Barrhill, and High bank lift out. The Highbank humo rist can have bis joke. It shows that m spite of the disadvantages he and his fellow settlers labor under, they can still be light hearted, and that is the sort of heart which, as Shakespeare sings, " Will merrily hent tbe stile a." But the authorities ought, certainly to be more considerate m the matter of postal service for Highbank, which is the most promising of all the settle ments established under the Land for Settlements Act.

While New Zealand Is being rapidly denuded of timber, little or nothing is being done to replace FOREST WEALTH, the forests that are disappearing. Yet there is no work that is more urgent or im portant, and none, we vent re to say, that wonld, if carried out systematically on a sufficiently large scale, prove more re munerative. There are m different partß of the colony extensive areas of compara tively poor land, which, nevertheless, are admirably adapted for forest planting, , and which If utilised m this manner, would become great sourcea of revenue, The aanuil receipts of the Forestry Department m Prussia are £2,800,000, the expense of main'enance £1,600,000, leaving a net profit of £1,200,000. Frarce draws a yearly revenue of £J.,2C0 030 from hoc Stare forests j the outlay on them is £660 000, showing a credit balance of upwarda of £550,000 sterling. In B'itish India, 112,952 square miles of forest are under Government! contrcj, ai;d the re Halt is exceedingly profitable. The Canadian system of forest conservation, it is important to observe, provides for fire rangers, and thanks to their vigilance, the Dominion succeeds m avoiding; those devastating conflagrations which evovy sjjmmer, " obscure for months the view .of the sun over thousands of square miles " of territory ia the Uni'.ed Spates. In an article on the forest reserves of the United States, which is contributed to the Popular Science Monthly by Mr C D. Walcott, director of the United States Geological Survey, he explains what is b?ing done m that country by the Go yerpment for the conservation of forests, and how the protegtion of the public proper: y from private rapine }a being fiercely opposed by certain interests, which fchrjve upon the plunder. §jven teenforeitreserve*, aggregating lf. s64 £00 ac: cc, were proclaimed m 1303 ; and last year on the report of a special commission on forestry, ib was endeavoured to pre« serve from destruction 13 other reserva tions, containing an aggregate area of 21,379,840 acres ; bub ib seems very doubbfjjl whether the Governmenb will succeed m doing phte against a poweiful combination of sawmilleips and Usjabennen. I And yet, as Mr Walootb points 'out, the , interests of the corn grower, the grazier, and the irrigationlst are all bound up m j i resisting the general denudation of the country.

Local and General.

The Postmaster. —Mr Renner, post master ab Ashburton, is ab present absent on a month's holiday, and Mr R. Lechner reigns m his stead. The Police Commission.— The Neio Zea. land Times understands thab the Governor will be recommended to extend the time of the Police Commission's report to bhe end of May.

A Record Plunge.— Mias Conatance Habherly, the well-known harpist, recently established a plunge reoord for the Wan ganui Corporation baths, plunging 42fb, and remaining under the water 53$ seas.

The Tick Pest.— lb is nob improbable that owing to the discovery of tick m some oattle killed at Brisbane, the importation of bones and hide, from Queensland will be prohibited by the New Zealand Government.

Frozen Meat For Va^cou*/eb —A trade m frcjsen meat ia beiug opened up wibh Vancouver. Ths Wellington Meat Export Company have already shipped about 500 carcases of mutbon to that pojt't, and m all probability further ahipmenta will be made by every steamer.

Arrivals and Departures,— -The arrlyala m March were 1527, departures 3407. The estimated population of the colony on March 31, exclusive of Maoris, was —.Males 407,652, females 363,915. In the last quarter the oolony lost 173 persona by emigration, and m the aame quarter laat year gained 528 by the e^oess of arrivals over departures.

Too Man? P.onjos.— A drop of about thirty m the average attendance at the Mounb Cook Boys' Sphool j[ Wellington J for the March quarter has been ascribed tp a surfeit of picnics. One day ninety boys were absent on this acoount. The teachers at the obher schools, ib was said, complain that their averages have suffered from the same cause.

Reinstated. — Some time ago Mr T. E. Taylor telegraphed to the Railway Depart ment that a railway guard, Morland, had fallen off the train, whi'e under the influence of liquor, between Dunedin and Oamaru, and that he waß kept on duty at a risk bo public pafety. The guard was suspended and a departmental enquiry held, the result being thab he wwars r exonerated. He has accordingly been reinstated, '' ' *

Don't Couoh. — Relief oan be obtained immediately. Use "Keating's Cough Lozenges'' — well known as the utterly soriyalled Cough Remedy. Strongly recommenced by many eminent physioi ns. They ab once oheok the cough and remove the Gauae without aDy after effeot ; the moat delicate can therefore take them. 'One Lozenge alone givea eaae — one or two at bed time enaureia reat. Sold everywhere m tinß, l3fcdeao|»/ "

UniVersiy of New Zealand.— The Uni- ' veraity Senate recorded the following aa having paaaed m Roman Law and Interna national Law for the Law examinations :— R. H. Turcon (Otago), W. C. Sproule (Canterbury;, Miss S. Henderson, F. C. Courtenay, and F. W. Wake (Canterbury). H. McSherry (Canterbury) waa recorded aa having paaßed the examination for Bar riaterß' General Kuowiedge. A number of passes ia various subjects were recorded, but are all by Otago studentß.

Ihe Police Commission. — A correspon dent writea bo ua disputing the statements made m a letter recently published m our columns complimenting the local police. Our correspondent is of opinion that the Police Commission should have sat m ABh burton, but as hia letter attacka public officials who hav6 no opportunity to reply, we cannot publish it.

The Maori Devil.— Mr R. Alexander had on view at the railway refreshment .rootm on Thursday a large specimen of the humidina megacephala, an inaect of the lo3UBt species, common m bush diatricta, and the special abhdYrehoe of the natives. It ia supposed to have found its way to the railway platform from aome truoka that had come from Alford Forest buah.

The Auckland Defences. — Aa a reault of the late vißit of Colonel Pole Penton to i Auckland, a definite scheme of coastal defence ia being laid down m connection with the Auckland forts. Mount Victoria is fixed aB the Commander's station, to be armed with an Bin rifled breech loading gun. and all the ports north of the harbour will be connected with Mount Victoria by telephone and by eleotrioal dials. The batteries on the south side of the harbour are to be similarly connected with Parnell. Sixteen men of the Telegraph Department are now engaged on telephone ereotion work.

"Toilers and Spoilers " — Mr Vale,

organising agent of the Viotorian Alliance, delivered hia promised leoture on "Toilera and spoilera " m the Orange Hall last night. The hall waa not well filled, and moat of thoae present were well known total ab* Btaine.B. The lecturer dealt with such social spoilera as bookmakers and professional gamblers, but more particularly with liquor makers and sellers, and altogether delivered a Btrong address m favor of temperance, though what he said waa nob by any meana new. The lecturer ia fluent m apeech, and has apparently a wide knowledge of what is going on m the world m the temperance movement, .„

Tinwald Hookey Club.— A Committee meeting of the Tinwald Hockey Club was held at Mra Olark'a residence on Thursday evening. Correspondence was read and re oeived from the Patron and the President of the Club, and from the Secretary of the Christchurch Cub. A Bub-committee waa appointed to meet the Aahburton Committee and make arrangements for the matches with the Christchurch Clubs on the 24th of nexb month, and to make provision for the entertainment of the vißitors. A Selection Committee, consisting of the Captain, Vice- Captain, and Secretary, waß appointed, ani also a Bub-committee to arrange for the procuring of a Club uniform for matches. It was resolved that the uniform should be a white aingleb with hockey sticks crossed, and initials of Club between m light blue. Mesara G. Keller, B. Amoa, and G. Culver house were elected members of the Club, Hockey.— There waa a large attendance of players on the Oval on Thursday after noorj, when a scratch match waa played between sides chosen by Messrs F. Potter and W. Mellor. By invitation the members of the Tinwald Club joined forceß with the members of the local club, and a oapital game retulted. Mr F. Clark acted aa referee, and kept the players Btrictly to the rules of the game From the start to the finish the players were kept going at a merry pace, and the game on the whole was a fairly even one and warmly contested. In the end, however, Mr Potter's side proved too Btrong for their opponents, winning the match by six goals to one. For the winners H. Millichamp scored three goals. A. Millichamp two, and E. Millichamp one, and for bhe Joeers C. Clark was the only player who was fortunate enough to place the ball through the goal post?. The Ashburton Club had several new players on the ground, whp avowed fairly good form, but we noticed with regret a great lack of combination on the part of most playera. There ia far too little paaaing done, and the Captains need to keep their men more m han J.

Niagara. — A proposition has at laat been advanced to prevent, m a measure, the fatal accident, that occur at Niagara falla by reason of persons being caught m the current ftbpve the cataract, and carried over the brink. It ia ao simple that the marvel is that it waa not su?gested and carried out yeara ago. The plan ia to stretch aoroaa the Btream below navigation, and jusb above the danger-line, a stout metal cable ab Buoh a height above the surface that a boatman or swimmer who ia being oarried to destruc tion can secure a hold, and thua either pull himself ashore or remain atill until aid ia given. It is suggested that electric lighta be placed^ along the gable at intervals to give the viptima of the currenb warning of ita existence m the dark. The co3t of auch a device, it ia estimated, would be about £2600, and would be borne equally by the Canadian Government and New York State. Scoreß are killed eaoh year by this mighty citaract, mo3t of bhese peraona being oaught m the currenb while rowing m bhe river several miles above.

SPORTING.

Acceptances for the Ashburton Raoing Club's autumn meeting olose with the secretary ab Devane'a Hobel to-morrow evening, ab eighb o'clock.

Native Trouble.

Press Association— By Electric Telegraph } Wellington, April 29 Government have repeivpd advice that a number of armed natives have assembled near Rawene, Bay of Islands, and are dis playing a threatening attitude. Mr Clendon, Stipendiary Magistrate for the district, haa 1 beßn inatrucbed to proceed to Rawene, and report aa to the ciubb of the disorder. The residenta are greatly alarmed, but Mr Clendon believes this to be premature ard rsnecea_£.y. It ia be'ieved the cause of the trouble is the 'native objection to the dog tax. Mr C-dman, Native Minister, does not attach any greab imporbance to the matter, but states that if Mr Clendon'a reporb warrants it, sufficient force will be Sent to Rawene to quell the disturbance.

Mr Clendon, S.M., wires to the Minister : -**" Only threats have been used by the Hau Haus of Waima up to the present. lin bend proceeding there to-day to 'ascertain the exact intention's. Resistance to law gener ally is the assigned c^uae. In the meantime I am endeavouring as jfar as possible to allay bhe scare. Europeans, all women and chil dren, wenb to Kohukohu yesterday, pre sumably for safety. In my opinion this was quite unnecessary, and an exhibition of weakness which will be sure to render bhese natives more offensive m their demeanor.'? From the above ib would appear that the natives have not marched on Rawene, as ab first announoed aa bhe intention. Rawene ia on the Hokianga river.'

Gasette Notices.

Press Association -^- By Electric Telegraph Wellington, April 28

The Gazelle containa further alterations made m railway rateß for technical schools and commutation tiokets, end m the looal rates on tbe Hokitika and Brunnerton lines, also the Midland railway. The Publio Trustee gives notice to claim unoccupied sectiona m Opotiki and Patea, Waverley and South Dunedin.

Regulationa extending bhe granb of " dis- I tingulahed conduct/ " meritorious service," 'and itf long' service " and *' good condncb" I medals to tha New Zealand ■ permanent forcea as authorised by Royal warrant of May 31, 1895, oame into force on April 'g2. The New Zealand long servioe and good conducb medal is now abolished. These Imperial medals are of silver for eaoh of the three class... Ino Gazette contains a notification that the 'Mataura' seat 'became vacant on April ] 19 by reason of Mr Rfohardiou> bankruptcy. I

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourselves rosponsib'e for the opinions expressed by oar correspondents)

IRRIGATION.

TO THE EDITOE.

Sib, — If the Ashburton farmers wait for sufficient rain, many may not survive, and

if they wait till they are up to their eara m debt, some fat man will step m and reap the benefit of all their labor and improvements, ol c, of paat yearß, all bought for an old b ng, and that even seized by the mort gagee. Irrigation would mean a long fare well to the above mentioned personage* Many, alaa, know him too well. I. waa Douglas Jerrold who said of Australian soil that it required only to be " tickled with a hoe to laugh with abundance." Our farmer do a good bit of tickling with hoes and harrows, bat the earth doea nob reapond, for want of water, whioh means m one simple word — irrigation. If we had tbat, then the farmer would laugh too, his wife would catch the trick of always smiling, and the children's . long faces would dis appear. Everybody well fed, warmly clothed ; all this happinesa brought to us by irrigation— not come to stay for a season or two, but for ever, aa long aa the everlaating hills send down their mighty torrents- Don't wait to be awakened by the auctioneer's goiog, going, gone ; down comes his hammer with a bang. Too late. Ah yea, too late, too late, will be the wailing of your wives and children. The seep bio will say what about the nor'wester, the great storm king who rages over our plains, deal ing destruction ; before, behind, on every Bide he thunders. I for one believe irrigation would rob him of his strength. Just as the mighty Samaon waa robbed when ahorn of hia locks, and became aB other men, so will ib be with the nor'wester. How, you will say. I have read thab the heat of our droughb ridden plains oauses a vacuum, and

the cold air from the gorges rushes madly m, and ib ia what we call the nor'weater. Firstly, if irrigation were a present living reality, half at leaab of our plainß would be m pastures, and having a damp subsoil would be green and freßh a day after. The ploughed land irrigated would be cool

and green wibh crops. Nabure would assist us, and the Canterbury plains would be turned into the garden of New Zealand. The vacuum would atill he there, bub very amall m comparison bo whab ib has bean this year. Irrigation would muzzle the nor'wester. It lies m your own handa to do m. Surely Westerfield, Dromore, and Ohertsey will not atand by, and let the little Allenton diatriot take the lead. It iB composed of villa residencea of well-to-do business people. Irrigation there would do good to a few apple orchards, bub a little fruib more or less woald not mean ruin. Apples are good brain food, and they are proving the fact. Allenton does not oontain a fifty acre paddock. And remember irrigation enthu siasts living m Allenton are working only for thab diatriot. By all means let them get irrigation, but let the other districts learn with bhem, nob of them, whab irrigabion can do. I suggest having an excursion to Rakaia, Norwood, and Yaldhurst for farmers. Let them see with their own eyea whab can be done with water. Our o'ergy or cultured men could lecture or write eaaayß on irriga tion. Egypt, California, Mildura— eaoh a separate subject. Keep it before the farmers. Wivee, do your duty ; urge your husbands on ; fight for your children. To Bit ab home and weep by the fireside will aoon put the fire out. That kind of irrigation ia not for nine teenth century New Zealand women. We have our vote now, and are m deed as well as m word man's true helpmates.— l am, etc., Farmer's Wife.

A Lion Hunter's Thrilling Experience

Lion hunting musb always be taken seriously ; ab leasb such was the opinion .of the unfortunate hunter who found himself V TI sbrate, with the * King of the Forest ' towering over him, and who but for the well-directed shot from a com rade's rifle would have had no chance to recount his feelings on that occasion. ■It was a thrilling experience,' said h9. • but strange as it may seem the thought that troubled me most wa3 to whab part of ma Leo would starb on first.' Mr H. D. Clarke, who now resides at Hobart, g yes h'.s sensational experien.e as fol lows : —

Twelve years ago he fell from the scaffolding of a building m course of erection m Collins street, Melbourne, aad was tsk.n to the hospital insensible. He recovered and was s.nb home. The nexb morning he was too stiff to go to work, and resolved on resting awhile. The next day he was worse, and m addition to feeling feverish and unwell, 1 was seized with twitching pains m the b-ick whenever he attempted to straighten himself. T^ese increased m virulence, and were accompanied with intense pains m tfte head. He lost the ase of his left anp, and partially that of his left leg, a. well as feeling a numbness all dpwij the side, extending from the shonld ci to the region of the abdomen. Electricity whs tried amongst other things, bub without relief. Sa much waa ho Insensible to outward agencies that he could bear the application of the battery to his arm to any degree without feeling lb. To use his own expression, .You could jab a needle inbo my arm and I could nob feel it.' He was given up as a hopeless paralytic by the medical fraternity of Melbourne after he had spent his last shilling In trying to get bebter, He then resolved on coming over Tasmania ab the request of his relatives fn the faint hope thab the olimate mighb perhaps giye him relief, But years dragged on ? and his sufferings were without end. «I thought;,' said he, ♦ frequently of boJJMITTIN-a SUICIDE

rather than continue to be a burden upon niy friends, for my miserable plight was exceedingly depressing, as well as painful. There are nob a few who remember the paled and wretched obi.ct I was, seated m the verandah of my mother's house m Maoquarle streeb, and many can beslify to the marvellous cure which took place. I got hold of Dr Williams' Pink Piils for Pale People, and too^ four boxes of them- One morning I found I could lift my arm quite easily, la about a week from when the change set m, th 9 pains left me altogether, and 1 cannot describe to you th 9 relief I felb m body and wind. A fortnight later I could walk about and eat well.'

What dootors did you have to attend you V ' ' '

*I would tell you, but perhaps they youldn'b cure to have their names men bioned m a case like mine, which they turned up as hopeless. Rub J spent m all £170, and b ing then a b9ggar, came liome bo die. lam going to work next week ab the West Coast ; so you see that Dr Williams' Pink Pill, for Pale People have done for me. I say -and J say lb advisedly — and all who know me say so too, that it is the mosb marvellous thing of (he kind that Is going. Ton are welcome to make what use you like of this, I can tell you I am heartily thankful for my recoveiy— more than I j pan describe bo youJ These pills are a tonic, not a purgative. They have cured paralysis, locomotor ataxia, rheumatism and sciatica j also all diseases arising ftom impoverishment of bhe blood, scrofula, rickebs, ohronio erysipelas, consumption of the bowels and lunga, aneemia, pale and sallow complexion, general muscular weakness loss of appetite, palpitations, pain m the back, nervous headache, early decay. aU forms of female weakness and hysteria. They are genuine only with the full name, I)r Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People,' and are sold .by phemlsta and storekeepers generally, or" bf ttte Dr Williams' Medicine Cos Wellington, N.Z., will forward on reoeipt of Ttamps or post order one box for 3s, or h-lf-dozenfor IBs 9d. Substitutes said ffl 88 800 d wust ou ao wcow » be

CYCLING.

The Road Race to Winclmiore. Although thirty-one entered for the ladies' trophy offered for the road race to Winch more only fourteen came to the post. The weather was perfect for racing, and the road was m very fair condition. An un usually large number of spectators were assembled at the starting post and all along the route, right up to Winohmore, and a good many lady oyclists turned out and took up advantageoue positions for watohing the progress of the race along the road. Mr Jesson the starter, despatched the competi tors ahoctly alter three o'clock, the scratch men 0. Willis and F. Symons receiving * round of applause as they started on their long Btern chase. Crum, Upton, Shearman, Curtis, and Gibson were thought to have the best chance, but a few who had watched Charlie Willis' first effort at the oyoling sports, relied upon his staying powers to pull him through. Symons waa also thought to have a show. The followirs are the results : — " 0. Willie « .. (Scrt 1 T. F. Gibson... (3min2osec) 2 O. Crum „, „ (s mill j j

Also started, F. H. Symons (sor), H B. Curtis (1.0), R. IL B. Upton (1.30), W. J. Shearman (1.30), W. G. Gallagher (2.0), W< J. Purchase (20), A. G. Barton, H. A. £nrfc r W _ B - S (3,0 >- J - Smitkermaa (3.20) B. Amos (3.40). The scratch men gradually gained on the rest until half the distance was covered where they had picked up about a mile on R.nmiS? dl S 8i ? n _» whioh then oonaiated o! SfTi^of* Sn ?„ the "n-»«.ncl Gibaon. Juat. buret, thus throwing him oub of tho race, and crossing the footbridge at Winchmore Gibson had a fall, a fi ae run followed on the home stretch, Willis gradually overhauling the field. Just aa he was coming up to the leaden Gibaon had another spill, but pioked himself up smartly, and he and Willia caught Cram, Perm. and SmitheramatDigby's. From that oub tha soratoh man held tbe race safe and paw ing the lot juat by Mr John Orr's oame m about • three lengths ahead of Gibson. evidently with a good deal m hand. Cram, £enn, aHd Smitheram m that order close up. Tho winners time established a new record, being 45min 4j3ec 3 , or an average of 2mm 49.ecs for eaoh m : le for the whole sixteen miles, a very fine performance, especially m view of the faot that he is onlj nineteen, and yeaterday was his first eaaay on the road and from the soratoh mark. lhe time of the placed men was also excellent — Gibson's perforraanoe being especially commendable, seeing that m spite of hia falls, he covered the distance m 48mia -«J3eoß, if we miatake nob— beating the previoua record, as did Cram with 48mia iQaec.

COMMERCIAL.

Press AsßOoiabion— By Eieotric Tolegaph— Copytlghb.

m _ _ ," London, April 27 lhe American visible wheat supply is esti* mabed ab 35,045,000 buahels.

April 28. The wheat market ia excited. Engliah is 23 dearer, and foreign haa advanced la. Meat, with the exception ot lamb, is con siderably firmer, holders selling freely, aa any aeriouß reatriction m American supplies is considered unlikely. The Antwerp wool sales opened with fair competition. There were 2776 bales offered, and 1009 sold. Merinos advanoed 5 to 10 centimes.

The New Zealand Loan and Meroantile Agency Company, Limited, have reoeived the following London cable message, dated 27th April :—

" Tallow— Market has a hardening ten* deney. New Zealand fine mutton tallow is worth 23a 3d per owt., New Zaaland good beef tallow ia worth 2la. (Laat quotations were 223 6d and 20a 6d reapectively). " Wheat— Market ia active. Ci.f. quo* tationß have advanced 43 6d per 4801 b ainoe last reporb. (Lasb quotation was 38a per 4801 b). ■

" Cocksfoot — Market) weaker, spring de mand is over."

Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, have reoeived the following cablegram from their London ofllce, under date 27th msb :— " Since onr lasb telegram pricea o. wheat m general are higher by ls per quarter,"

Preaß Aaaooiatlon— By Electric Telegraph Auckland, April 28. Influenced directly and indireotly by the war, the market prioea are advancing, Rope ia £2 per ton dearer, turpentine |d per gallon, kerosene la per caae. The laagesb holder of the latter deoLmea to quote for big parcels. Other advances are:— Bran 10a per ton, sharps 15s per ton, oatmeal £1 per ton, potatoes 5s per ton, butter Id per lb, and egga 3d per dos Rice is quoted at £27 per ton. There is better enquiry for fab and Btore pigs, the latter for export for the island trade to fill orders generally supplied by Amerioa.

Namer, April 28 Nelson Bros, received tbe following oable message from the C. M. and D. Company to day :— " Frozen mutton — Best Canterbury 3}d, Napier and North Island 3£d. Frozen lamb— Market unchanged ; first quality 4£d. second quality 4d."

CABLE NEWS.

Home and Foreign.

Press Assooiabion— By Electric Telegraph-* Copyright. Tjie Transvaal Dynamite Com pany Pretoria, April 27 President Kruger and the Transvaal Dynamite Company have agreed upon a reduction m the price of dynamite by lOs per case. j The Colliery Strike Loudon, April 28 The Miners' Federation haa granted the Wales strikers £30,000.

Bread Riots m Italy

Borne, April 28 Bread riots have occurred m Italy. Twenty thousand rioters wrecked the police Station and burned the Custom house at' Bad. •'

Australian.

Press Association— By Eleoirjo Telegraph—? Copyright.' :

Melbourne Chamber of Commerce Melbourne, April 28 Ab bhe annual meebing of bhe Chamber? of Commerce, the report showed a strong return of confidence m business during bhe year. The Pacific cable question waa referred to" ab length, and the hope I expressed that some definite action would ba taken. The report regretted that tha conference of Premiers had adopted a resolution In favor of the preferential Customs treatment of British goods, as it belleyed tbab this, would nob materialij affecb British trade, while it mighb injure their own. *

frflE ASBBUKTufI . _?RIDAY, APBIL 2* 1898



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A word to the wise is sufficient" and a word from the wise should be sufficient, but you ask, who are the wise? Those who know. The oft repeated experience of trust- S° r S y ?? rB 2, ns ma y be taken for knowledge. Mr W. M. Terry says Chamberlain's (Wil. Remedy gives better satisfaction than any other m the markeb. He has been m the drug business at Elkton, Ky., for twelve years ; has sold hundreds of bottles of this remedy and nearly all other cough medioines manufactured, whichshows conclusively that Cbamberrain'sis the most satiefaeto/j.to bh« people, and is the best. Por sale by Ash* burton Drug Company. y^ £LOZIIQ TELA.



Public Notices. X, ' j'w ai 1818 OTAGO'S JUBILEE 1898 tl NEW ZEALAND c CLOTHING J?AOI OBI'S * ji Jubilee Commemoration d COMPETITION \ t t FTIHE PROPRIETORS OF THE NEW < ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY have ] decided to commemorate the Jubilee of Otago by presenting , A CHEQUE, VALUE £25, ! ■ To the person who correctly estimates the Number of Visitors to the Otago Jubilee Exhibition (exclusive of season ticket holders) from date of opening, March 22, to June 4 tncluaive. Should no one give the correct reault, the peraon who guesses nearest will receive the above cheque, £25 ; if more than one peraon gueaseß the correct number the £25 will be equally divided amongst the successful competitors. *_T THE PROPRIETORS make NO RESTRICTIONS aa regards competing for the above valuable prise. 1 Every Man, Woman, and Child m New Zealand may compete by applying for Forma at our Exhibit, near Fernery m Exhibition, or at any of our 36 Retail Branohes throughout the Colony. The above Competition closes on SATUR- DAY, May 14, 1898. All answers must reach us by that date. HALLENSTEIN BROS.& Co , DOWLING STREET, DUNEDIN. NEW ZEALAND OLOTHING FACTORY'S JUBILEE COMMEM- ORATION COMPETITION. .43 i , o a h s *d - pm Og |g » ® if_ Fri JtT -S § *"H 8 , a r 1 1 w - &-i ff h » C_j ;e a*^ Sr? * _< a<a _**^ ■ n>^ C^ 8 lags,?.? O lt w . © Z >28&02% £-| S p. g 'iW « 3 S £> 5 I £9 i OUH SUBSCRIBEHB. o TT IS hereby notified that all Contracts X to deliver the Aahburton Mail and Ashburton Guardian made prior to March 19th last, whether subscribers may have paid m advance or otherwise, will be carried out under the conditions originally exiating, except with regard to the -'free liat" which ia under revision ; and all contracts re r advertiaementß prior to March 19th last, will be similarly carried out. c THE ASHBURTON PUBLISHING CO J HENRY WILLIS, _ Manager.



F. FERRIMAN. 1 FIFTY-THREE YJtCA.R.B UIVIIN T3E_IC_-HJ_Pl?l_._L> fcTJCJCES-JS-*. Thia Chemical PreparSion ia CARBOLISED f aa a remedy against the ravages of Birds, l Rooks, or other Peßts taking the seed ' dressed with it. THIS PREPARATION IS NOW BEING USED EXTENSIVELY IN THE COLONIES OF NEW ZEALAND, AUS* , TRALIA, & OENTRAL AFRICA. WHEAT SOWING. Beat and Cheapest Dressing for aeed Wheat, CARBOLISED. Patronißed by THOUSANDS OF THE FIRST PRACTICAL FARMERS m the Kingdom. * PERFEOT FREEDOM FROM, SMUT. It^ia acknowledged to be'anJEstabliahed Faot that D. CLARKE'S CAEBOLISED WHEAT PROTECTOR (Name and Label Registered under Trade Marks Act, No. 13,796 and 158,145) HAS BEEN USED FIFTY-THREE: YEARS WITH UNDEVIATING SUCCESS TT haa been amply proved by the Testi- moniala of Thousands of the First Practical Agriculturalists m the Kingdom, that thia Preparation materially assists the Germina- tion of the Seed, causing the young Plant to co -ne up muoh Booner, and grow more vigor- ously, protects it to maturity from the , ravages of the Slu^, Grub, and Wireworm, adds fiTm_eßS to the Straw to support the Ear. Seed dressed with this Preparation r may remain for any length of time without I sustaining injury, and invariably PRODUCES WHEAT PERFECTLY b FREE FROM SMUT, And of greater Value than that grown from Seed dressed with other Preparations \ tsr Farmers are Solicited to make en- j ■ iquiryof any Gentleman who has tried it, and decide as to Purchasing it according to (he Character given of it. a IMPORTANT TESTIMONIAL. Wool Pits, Ledbury, Herpfordshire, Oit>ber 23,1889., .Dear Sib, — I am pleased to testify to the efficacy of your " Carboliaed Wheat Pro- tector," having used your Protector for 40 1 years and never haviDg grown a Smutty Ear of Corn m my life ; therefore can con- fidently recommend your " Wheat Protec- tor " as a aure preventative for Smut, &c. — I am, yonrs truly, Mr G. B. Clarke. G. B. JONES. Prepare by G. B. OLARKE, M.P.S., Manftg. Chemist, Woburn, Beds., Eugland (Proprietor of the Sheep Dipping Com- position.) In Packets containing sufficient to dress Eight Bushels of Seed Wheat, Barley, Oats, or other Corn. AGENT FOR ASHBURTON : F. FERRIMAN. - j Church Services ST. STEPHEN'S OHUROH, Aahburton. FRIDAY— Short service, 7.30 p.m. ' Choir Praotice, 8 p.m. SUNDAY SERVICES (May 1). 1 11 a.m.— Morning Prayer and Holy Com- 1 munion. , 3 p.m.— Greenatreet— Rev. T. A. Hamil* 1 ton. ' 6.30 p.m.-— Evening Prayer. ' REV. T. A. HAMILTON. J I a— ' a RHEUMATISM CURED. C My wife has uaed Chamberlain's Pain t Balm for rheumatiam with great relief, and 8 I can recommend it aa a splendid liniment , I for rheumatism and other h-viaehold use for Jl which we have found I. vw»uable. — W. J. b Cuyler, Red Creek, N.Y. a EOZ.E TEA. h WLomt Reliable 8l



21 CASES 8 BALES, \ M. & T. / EX TOKAMARU ! NOW OPENING. ;o; MITCHELL & TURNER. WATERBURY WATCHES HHHE LATEST JMPBOVELJVVaTEBBORY, SHORT WIN Gentlemen's Reduced to 14s 6d. Ladies' Waterburys Reduced to 19s 6d, y A WRITTEN^ GUARANTEE TO KEEP ABOVE WATCHESJ JN GOC GOING ORDER FOR IS MONTHS TO BE OBTAINED AT S. SALE K'S, Watchmaker and Jeweller EAST STREET. EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. H. M. J ONES. (X) Stationery. PLAIN, ICommeroial, and F-ncy ; Ledgers, Cash Book", Journals, Day Books, Lot mB-jak%, Mem >randatn an'l Invoice Forma, Files, Pens, Note, Letter, and J.oolac Paper, O-iAm.roial, Court, Foolsoap, and Daoi Envelopes • Cartridge, Drawing, a Blotting Papers. (o) LiTEST BOOKS AND MAGAZINES BY EVERY MAIL. School Committees aupplied with all School Requisites, Ink (m draught), Niger (oheap). Foolscap, Draw ng Pap.r ; Exorcise, Copy and Reading Biok.. FOOTBALL, TiiNNIS, GOLF, HOCK BY, AND CRICKETING MATERIALS. (x) — Pianos, Pianos. Organs Organs. By the Beat Engliah and German Makera. Satiafaction Guaranteed. Besb Caßh Va Obtainable m the Colony. Organs from j_S« lOjst. Monthly Payments. CIRCULATING LIBRARY. Cycles. Ocles. Cycles. WAVERLEYS, MONARCH 3, E'e. Extras, Extras, Extras. H. M. JONES, INCANDESCENT GAS-LIGHT (WELSBACH PATENTS). GREAT REDUCTION LSI PRIC3S HAVING made Special and more Advantageous terms with the Außtralaah Incandeecont Gaa Light Company, Ltd., and being appointed Sole Agent f Aehburton, I am now able to offer you theae burnera at the following reduoed prices :— C BURNERS, PLAIN, COMPLETE, 15s EACH. O BURNERS, «AVON,» WITH BYE PASS. 17s 6d EACH. N BURNERB, PLAIN, 10a EACH. N BURNERS, WITH BYE PASS, lis 6d EACH, Mantles for above are now reduced to 2a 6d eaoh. No Householder can aflord to be any longer without the Incandescent Lighb The C Burner gives FIVE (5) times the light of an ordinary gas burner with cn-umption of leu than TWO-THIRDS of the gas. B The N Burner gives DOUBLE the light of an ordinary eas burner with a -«r sumption of gas leas than ONE-THIRD of the gas. * g » th ft COr FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY TO W. 0. ADAMS, PLUMBER AND GASFITTEB, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON, SOLE AGENT POR ASHBURTON, 4 9{