BIRTH.

Webber.—At her parents' (Mr and Mrs Nelson Kdtn) residence, A»hl>urtun, on the sth ins*., the wife of J. C. WfcBBER, late of Alford Fores 1, of a daughter ; both doing well.

Property m Wellington.—A block of ) shops on Lambton Quay, Wellington, occu- * pied by Messrs TisrUU and Fernandos, and | others, w»8 sold by auction on Tuesday for ' £7000. Another building on the Quay, with a fioutage of 30ft, brought £*15CO i

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1899.

It is siid that", imitation is the sin cereat form of flatten, and no doubt there is something LITERARY m the sta'ement ' " CLIP " TO-MANIA »hen it refers to the action of thoso who cannot be class< d exactly amongst orar friends. For instance, we appre . ciate the delicate flattery of those of lour contemporaries who reprint our leading articles, but if the etiquette of journalism were followed m such cases, and the source from whence these articles were obtained mentioned at the sarue time,jwe should think more of the compliment paid us. Not to go fur ther back than a week or two, one of our editorials published m the Guar dian on the subject of the Debates on Budgets m our Parliament, was re printed a day or two later m full as a leading article m the Temuka Timts, without acknowledgment. Subsequently an article on Sir Alfred Milner's Des patch, appeared as a leader m the same paper unacknowledged, and to empha sise the matter the same article was reprinted after that verbatim et literatum m the Ashburton Standard of Sept. 3. We don't mind this sort of thing m •onnection with our news items, for the habit of cribbing them without ack nowledgement is becoming a regular thing with a certain class of news papers. But when it come* to repub lishing the articles which may have 1 cost the editorial brain much labour and re»earchj we must ask oar " flat terera " to give us whatever credit may be due. «__.

Local and General.

* * On lh« first page fco-day will be found cable news and a report of a meeting of the Mount Somers Road Board, alio Mr F. S. Malcolm's new business advertisement, with others ; on the fourth page Messrs Mitchell and Turner's, F. EWinian'a, and other busi ness advertisements* I Sporting.—Malatua should have been omitted from the Hat of acceptors for the , Timaru Cup. Football —Mr Norman Orr represents Canterbury m the football match, Auckland l v Canterbury, to be played to-morrow. ' Fbdebal Band —The Federal Band will give the firat performance of a staaon of two nights m tba Oddfellows' Hall this evening. The baud is revisiting Ashburton after a phenomenal tucceis m the south. Wantkp Elsbwherh —-Lieutenanb Bing ley, who was one of the adjutants selected at Home, »nd was to have accompanied Captain Qvren, has been ordered to the Cape, and cannot accept the position. Old &OE Pensions —An Auckland appli cant for the old age pension testified that he had only £400 m hard cash, and yet the Stipendiary Magutrate had the hardihood to pronounce him as having too much. The Day of Atonement.—Nothing fur ther has been heard from the Government with reference to the disfranchiaemenC of the Hebrew ratepayers of the colony, by the statutory holding of tho Municipal poll on the 14th iust. Hockey.—The Canterbury Hockey Asso ciation having decided that the annual match —North v South Canterbury—will be played on the Aahburton Domain ground on Sept. 14, players are requested to attend a prac tice m the Domain to-morrow, with a view :o selection. Sensationally Sudden Dbash—A Press Association wire from Wellington says ;—A painfully sudden death occurred at Filbirnie on Tuesday night. Mrs Hewitt, fifty-six, an old settler of that suburb, was attending a church social, and while m the acb of shaking hands with a friend dropped dead from heart disease.

Nbat —Hare is an instance of ready wit m repartee told to the editor of tha Liver? pool Post. Judge Story and Edward Everett were once the prominent personages at a public dinner at Boston, The former pro posed the toast he was s«t down thus :— " jfome follows merit where Evsrett goes." Evarett promptly replied: "To whatever height judicial learning may attain, there will always be one Story higher." The Mighty "Sister." —Commenting on the recent trouble at the Wanganui Hos pital, Dr MacGragor says :—" In fact,- our system of female nursing, if it i» to be kept within anything like bounds, either as re- j garde its cost or the pretensions of individual j matrons and nurses, will require & much stronger and less sentimental handling than j most of our boards stem able to apply to it. j It is apt to be forgotten that, after all, hos- j pitals exist not for tha nurses, but for the \ patients. The grievances of nurses, which to New Zealand are really very hard to dis cover, figure too much m the newspapers, i

A Wise Magistbatk. — When a man applying for * prohibition order against hit wit* admitted that he himaelf drank, but only }n moderation, Mr Haitlden, S.M. (says th« Wellington Post) spoke at follows : —" I will cot granß a prohibition ordtr on tho application of * husband against the wife if I find that th« hutband m m the habit of t'ukinf any liquor himaelf, even m strict moderation, if the wife is prohibited, temptatjpu ihoald be removed from her as pinch as possibly and it is ft constant tempta tion to a wife to know ev.au tb.at her hus band has just had a glass, or perhaps e&ren has ib m the house. The same remarks apply with equal force to the converse case of wife against hunbind. If you now say that you will yourself abstain I will grant the order. After some demur the man gave the required assurance, and tha order was made. Laud for Sjcttmment. — Ib has tran spired that tha QoTernmenfe offered £4 8s 6d per acre for the Three Springs Estate, Kairlie; but the owners dacline, asking £4 10s. The Mackenzie Ceunty Council, having been consulted, reply that the Government has offered sufficient for it. Tha Land Purchase E«ird on Tuesday inspected the three estates m South Canter bury According to the Dunedin Star, Messrs Maitland, Duncan, and McKerrow, accom panied by Chief-Surveyor Hay, on Wednes day visited Greenfield Estate, the property of Messrs Smith Bros., which is under off«r to the Government, with a view to reporting thereon. The estate comprises $0,000 acres. On Thursday the members of tht Board were driven over the Barnego property, also under offer to the Government. This estate, which ia owned by Mr Robert Paterßon, comprises some 7000 acre*.

The rise n the price of wool and the firm state of the London market will mean in creasing setarna of many thousands of pounds for the farmers of Canterbury alone this ' year As a natural consequence, following the advanced cost of the raw material, ail the principal manufacturers of woollen goods have recently issued revised price lists show ing a considerable rise m the 'prices of all Tweeds, Coatings, Vicugnas, &c. Messhs Ceaighead & Bebr?WAN of this town, how ever, with their usual foresight, took time by the forelock, and cabled Home direst early m May for a large shipment of the most fashionable SuitiDga for the approaching Spring season. They also secured large parcels from the principal New Zealand mills jasb before the rise, and will give their customers the full benefit of their timely contracts. Messrs Craighead and Berry- MAN invite an eariy inspection of their New Goods. Their leading line of Men's Suits to measure for £53 IQs, made up m their well known style and fib, should convince the most sceptical of their sterling values,

THE TRANSVAAL.

Conference or no Conference, The Crusade Against Leading Uitlanders. • President Kruger's Withdrawal, Impatience m England Probable Meeting of the Cabinet ■ The German Corps The Fxodus from Johannesburg:.

United PrflHs Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright Pretoria, September 5 Mr P»kem*n Ims been released on bail. He is to be prosecuted under | tho Press Law for inciting to troaion. The authorities at Pretoria are seeking to minimise the aciion which has been taken, and attribute the arrests to the work of an underling. lh«y deny issuing any warrants, and do not intend to make any political arrests. London, September 4

Tht Titnet states that President Kruger's withdrawal of the five years' franchise scheme implies the with drawal of the whole counter scheme. September 5 A Reuter despatch says that the Trannvaal Gevernment has withdrawn the counter scheme and accepted the principle of a Conference at Capetown. Knglish newspapers are becoming impatient at the Boer tergiversation*. Important despatches, displaying con tinuoui tension, have brought Mr Chamberlain to London for a confer ence with Lord Selbourne, Parlia mentary Secretary to the Colonial Office, A Cabinet Council is believed to be imminent. Capetown, September 5 The statement as to the acceptance of a conference ia «cmi officially denied here. The replieg on Tuesday con cerning the joint inquiry as to the nubdiviaion of negotiation! are unfavor ably commented upon here. The excitement continues. One hundred and eixty Germans have been enrolled at Johannesburg, 450 m Pretoria, and 800 elsewhere. (Received Wakapuaka Sept. 6, 9.55 a.m. Guardian Office 11.38 a.m) Pretoria, September 5 The railways are unable to cope with the excdus from Johannesburg.

AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. | (Received Wakapuaka Sept. 6, 920 a.m, Gwabdian Office 10.40 a mf Paris, September 5 M. Loubet has signed a decree con stituting the French Senate a High Court to try M. Deroulede and others, recently arrested for conspiracy, the trial to begin on September 18,

THE DREYFUS CASE

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright

Paris, September 4 If Dreyfus is condemned, an appeal will be lodged on the ground, of irregularities September S Sensational evidence has been given before the Oourt-rnartial. It showed that although the prosecutor of 1894 antedated the bordereaux April, owing to the phrase "am attending the manoeuvres," the documents enumer ated could not have existed till May 28. The prosecution m 1898 fixed the date as September, but a circular on May 18 informed Dreyfus's colleagues that they need not attend the maotiu yr§B

M. Beaurepaire's witness, Oernuachi, an Auatro Hungarian, was suddenly called, and testified that he had heard a Foreign Office official mention Drey fus as a German spy Vienna, September 5 The local journals declare that Cernuschi is an impudent adventurer and madman. (Received Wakapu&ka Sept. 6, 9-20 a-m 6oar»iaw Offiea 10 45 a.m) Paris, Sept. 5 Owing to Oernuschi's examination, M. Labori asked Government to apply to the Foreign Powers concerned to return tha dopuraents enumerated m the bordereau. He said it was essen? tial that Schwartzkoppen and Paniz zardi should be examined. Since the prosecution had called foreigners, the defence was similarly entitled.

THE STEAMER WAIKATO.

Again Spoken. United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright Stdnet, September 5. The barque Msnalope, from Natal to Newcastle, has reported speaking the j Waikato, disabled, on August 3, m latitude 39deg S., and longitude 39deg Eut.

FEDERATION.

Uniced Press Association— By Electric Telegraph —Copy rtghb Melbourne, September 5 It ha« been suggested to Sir Q. Turner to send a representative politician to ace the Federal Bill through the Imperial Parliament, The Premier considered that the cable and the Agents-General were luificient. Brisbane, September 9 The Courier urgei the anti-Billites to bury the hatches and work for the wlliivemeat of Federal Union;

News in Brief.

Messrs Nicoll Brof. advise *-hit their sale of cutlery, electroplate ware, jewellery, and sundries, on Saturday, was iargoiy nttended, did that bidding was brisk throu^huut, the dfteruoon, but though the sale lasted for four hours they won' mmbla to e'ear the consigi ment of goofiß, and the sale will therefore be continued next Saturday, when all who attend will be able to supply their wants at their own price, for every lot t ffered will be knocked down promptly to the higheab bidder. A consignment of linen«, oalicoee, flannelette?, and towels will »lno be offered dur ng the afternoon.

PARLIAMENT.

United Presa Association—By ESectric Telegraph

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

W ELLINGTON, Sept. 5 The Council m»fc at 2 30 p.m. HOSPITAL ANB CHARITABLE AID On the motion o! Mr Jennings it was ordered that a return be laid on the table showing the amounts paid for a period often years by the Government to Charitable am! , Hus|;iUl Boards m all par'.s of tho colony, ah-o lho amount 1.*1.* p:>id »>s hospital foes uy p.citn'-s COMPANIES BILL The Companies Act Amendment Bill was rear! h third time, on the motion of Mr M,a^Gr«:gor The Council roae at 3 o'clock

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Wellington, September 5 fh« House met at 2 30 p.m. BEETROOT SUGAR The Premier gave notice of the Beetroot SHg*r Bill OLD ACtK PENSIONS The House went into Committee to con ■id9r a Bill to amend the Oid Age Pensions Act, so as to extend its benefits to natural ised subjects m certain cases In reply to a question, the Premier said that the amount due to a person dying m the middle of a month was now being paid Replying to further questions, the Premier said it was not intended m the measure betote the House to make provision for extending the pensiea.. to other nominally disqualified persons. Th^---MojnaUe£_rej_ ferred to would be dealt with thiTiessioa ia another measure The discussion was interrupted by the 5 30 adjournment Ihe House resumed at 7 38. OLD AGE PENSIONS In Committee, on the Bill to amend the Old Age Pension Act, Mr G Hutohison doubted if the Premier could confine the scope of tha Bill to amend ing one of the many defects m the Act. If people had been m the colony twenty-five yean as required by the Act, it was a farce to compel them to take the oath of allegi ance

The Premier moved thab progress be reported, so that the House could go into Committee of Supply Mr Smith objacted to r*port progress ab that stage until ha (the Premi«r) had first had the opinion of the House on the various amendments to the Act that were necessary Messrs Monk and Pirani objacted, and the Premier agieed to delay the motion until eight o'clock Mr G. Hutchison urged that consideration of the Biil should be proceeded with, and that the Bcope of the Bill shou d be widened. Mr Herriee thought provision should be made m the Bill to enable the relatives of a pensioner to obtain the balance of the pension due on the death of the pensioner, also m cases where the pensioner through &o fault of hit own forfeited the arrears of his pension on account of removing from one district to another. These and other defects should be remedied

Mr Waion said that while they might debar millions of the Quaen's subjeott from the Old Age Pension bill, it wm proposed to confer It upon people who were our enemies. The BUI wan nothing more nor less than an electioneering dodge. The Bill wa* a terrible tax upon the industry of the country, and thtre had been no call tor it from the people Mr Monk said the Bill would not be complete unless it provided a pension for men who had fought the Queen's battles, but were not naturalised The Premier deprecated insulting remarks being applied 4o a most useful and deserving class of Ihe community, many of whom had fought the battles of the country. Be merely wished to deal with one of the moat glaring defects m the Act, If members would mivke any suggestions m writing to him aa to the direction m which the Act should be amended, he was prepared to embody them m a general measure to be brought down later on Mr J. Alien said the House ought to compel the Premier to bring down a com prehensive Bill, and not make special pro vision for conferring the penition upon aliens while our own people were offered no remedy for the injustice they had suffered m being prevented from obtaining a pension. Mr Kelly urged that a Bill dealing with all the defectß m the Act should be dealt with, and oppoaed the motion to report pro gress on that ground Mr J. Hutoheeon urged that all persons, irreapective of nationality, should be granted the pension, provided they were otherwise qualified Mr Orowther said they now knew that the pension scheme, instead of costing £90,000, would cost nearar double that, amount. Therefore, the House should be careful about widening the scope of the Act; otherwise taxation would be largely in creased. They should let the Act alone for a year at any rate Mr Brown urged thab aliens, otherwise qualified, should not be debarred, from re? ceiving the pension, limply because they had not. taken the oath of allegiance j

Mr fisher supported the provision m the Bill giving al! colonists pensions irrespective of nationality Mr Carson did not wish to kill the Bill. The main reasons why a great number of aliens did not become naturalised was that they wished to escape the duties of citizen ship. He had no obj scion to the Bili pass ing, but he eonsiiered that the claims of ou own people should be considered Mr Soobie Mackenzie wished to give foreigners fair play, but considered that the claims of our own people should be attended to, and the disabilities under which they at present labour shculd also be rectified The Premier said he wished to go on with the business of the country, and if the Bill were blocked until twelve o'oloek, when no new business could be taken, he would be unable to proceed with the Estimates that evening. He asked members to assist him m going on with the business. If that were not done, he felt personally absolved from any blame m the maitsr Mr Soobie MaoKeDzie was also anxious to proceed with the bunuesa, and he suggested, as a way out of the difficulty, that the Premier should bring down a Bill dealing with all the defects m the Pension Act, instead of only one Mr G Hutchison disclaimed any intention to obstruct the business of the House, but the question under discussion was so im portant that the House would be usefully employed m discussing it further Mr Herries did not consider thab thedebate that evening had been a waste of time, as many valuable suggestions for the necessary amendment of the Act had be«n elicited Mr Merpdith supported the Bill, and re gretted the system of obstruction that had been indulged m by the Opposition Mr Moore dissented from the charge of obstruction levelled at the Opposition with respeot to the Bill, which, m his opinion, did not go far enough. He fully recognised that foreigners who had rendered pood service to the colony were entitled to come within the Bcope of the Bill, but the Act should be of a more general character, and deal with other urgent reforms The Premier again appealed to the Oppo sition to let the business go on, and offered, if thai were done, to be satisfied if one class of estimates wrre passed, to report progress at one o'clock

Captain Russell said there was no desire to prevent business if a guarantee were given that the House would rise at one or two o'clock, but very BtroDg objection was felt by many members to en all-night sitting. He was prepared to meet the Premier m a reasonable way, and advised the Premier, if he wished to expedite business, to adopt a different method m bringing down work Mr Mills also appealed for a settlement of the difficulty Mr Maseey advised the Premier to take back the Bill and make it genoral m its application. He had offered to agree to progress feeing reported if an assurance were given that progress would be reported by one o'clock, but no such asaur&noe had been given Mr Montgomery contended that it was absurd to bring down the Bill with one amendment only f when the Act required amending m many respects, H« protested ag&inat the House sitting late ■ Mr Smith said he would insist upon the claims of people of the $ritiah raoe to the a

pension being considered m the Bill *■ *©li as those of aliens Mr Monk supported the Bill, urging th« olaims to a pension of people who were naturalised, asserting that these people were not aliens m the proper sense ot the term, but wera loyal aud enterprising colonists Messrs Tanner, Holland, and R. Thompson also (.poke Mr Hall-Jones deprecated the thrt&t of sioi.ewaihng tiit; Bui indulged m by ihe niember foi Edtn. The discussion had s he ijiud, bteu canied on till twelve o'clock Binipiy to prevent other businesb from com. ug

031. Mr McGuire approved of the Bill as far na ' it went, but ccmteufied that it did not go fur enough. Ho did not think the Premier , was 6ii>cete m briuging forward the Bill* i Mr H'gg deprecated the manner iv whioh ! business had been blocked by some members, and regretted that people who were entitled to a pension had been prevented from obtain i inn tt by the action of the opponents of the measure, Mr O'Regan suggested that the Premier should drop the Bill, and let those who were the cause of the obstruction explain their oonducb to their constituents.} The Premier characterised tha proceedings m blocking the Bill as the most disgraoeiul that had ever taken plaoe m the House. He charged some members of the Opposition with cailousnesß m preventing tome deieev iug people from obtaining a pension, and said he tele hurt at the measure nob pawing, because so many cases had come under his notice of deserving old people who would ba I prevented thereby from receiving a psnsioa they were well entitled to. He warned the Opposition that if the Standing Orden were to be abused as they had that evening, he i would take steps to prevent % repetition of such tactics. I Messrs J. W. Thompson, Gilfedder, Syme«, > O'Meara. WiUnn Qmcroßg, FUtman, Hogg, TJmtoTC Moote,' "R!" SM^eziei^Stevens^^ GarDoross, McGowbd, and MutT~coStifitißar the debate At 310 Major Steward relieved Mr Guinness m tht chair «od a division was called for. At a l*ter stage Mr Wason'i amendment that the Chairman ieay« the chair was lost by 33 to 5 Mr Guinnens resumed tha ohair The Premier s ud the del*y that had taken place m the consideration of tht Bill wait unprecedented, and the mult was that the position of the Bill was prejudiced, for which he held certain members responsible After considerable further discussion the Bill waß introduced and read a first time, leave being given to sit again The House rose at 4 30

CORRESPONDENCE

(Wa do not hold ourselves responsible tot th» opinions expressed by our correspondents)

BOROUGH EXPENDITURE.

TO TEE EDITOR. Sir, —I notice m your report of the laa> meeting of the Borough Council thai a retttru ; asked for by Cr Pauling revealed a curious and not very satisfactory state of th'ngs te the expenditure of the ratepayers' funds. It seemi that m accordance with a motion made several months ago, more than half of the coab of advertising borough business hat been paid for advertising m a tri-weekly paper, which very few of the working men living iv Ashburton ever see. If that is ao then it ia evident that the majo ity of u» have nevec seen some of the advertisements inserted by the Borough Council. And yeb we have ail to pay for this u«elesa advertising. It would be interesting to know why the Council passed the extraordinary resolution which Cr Pauling is co determined to have carried out. By the way, there is a fine chance for some one or more ratepayers to get a refund of the needless expense they have been pat to, as unless I am much mis taken, the mover and seconder of the reso lution that the Council's advertising should be given to a newspaper said to be part owned by them, bava rendered themselvea liable to" a fiae of £50, and certainly Cr Pauling has done so. For geaeral information I copy section 104 oi the Municipal Corpor ationa Act, 1866, which runs thui".—"No Councillor shall vote upon or take any part m the discussion cf any matter before tbe Council m which he has directly or indirectly by himself or his partners any interest; and auy Councillor who knowingly offsnda against this section shall be liable to a fine nob exceeding fifty pounds for every such offence.," —I am, etc;, RAfEPAtSR., [We have excised some lines of our corres pondent's letter which refer to another newspaper. ~Ed ]

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM IN ENGLAND.

MATCH AGAINST SOUTH OF ENGLAND.

United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph Copyright Lqndost, September 4 The Australians, m their fjrsfc innings, were all out for 150—Trumble 5, Worrall 33, Noble 15, Trumper 25, Iredale 6, Darling 14, Layer 10, McLeod 16, Kelly (not out) 9, Jones 4, Howell 9; sundries 4. Bradley took four wickets for 30 runs; Jecsop, four for 30. The South of England team have lost feur wiokets for 127—Jessop 47, Townsend 35, Turner 12, Ranjittinhji (not out) 15, Ford 4, Stoddart (not out) 5 ; sundries 9. (Received Wakapuaka Sept. 6, 9.10 am, Guabdian Office 10.35 a-m) London, September 5

The weather wai oppressive and the wicket difficult for the continuation of the match. South of England's first innings closed for 183—Ranjitsinbji 15, Stoddart 13, Grace 7, Young 16, Board 13, Bradley 5, Hearne (not out) 7; sundries 9, Howell took seven wicketa for 67 runs. The Australian*, m their second innings, have lost four wicketi for 115—Trumble 4, Worrall 14, Trumper 2, Noble 40, Darling (cot out) 45, Iredale (not out) 0| sundries f. The Australiona haye lost fire wickets for 254—Iredale 3, Darling not out 113, Layer not out 51, sundries 21.

THE BIRTH RATE IN THE COLONIES.

United Press Association—By Eiectrio Telegraph—Cop; righ tt Sydney, September 5

Mr Ooghlan, Government Statist, has prepared a pamphlet dealing with the questions of marriage and child birth . He haa arrived at the conclusion that the proportion of fertile marriages is probably becoming smaller m most civilised countries. The average birth | rate throughout Australia is not now twenty-four m every hundred women, compared with thirty m 1884. Taking Australia as a whole, including New Zealand, th« fail m the birth-rate is as much as 47,000 births less than would have occurred under the rate prevailing ten years &go. Oouples without children are twice as numerous as m the last generation, The average num ber of children to a couple has fallen from 5.31 to 4 04. Healsoshows that European women are more fertile than Australian born, the families of the latter on the average not exceeding 35. He points out that one-third of the total first births are due to ante-? nuptial conception, He Bays that from New Zealand comes the cry that the children are too few to fill the schools, while m Victoria there are less children under ten years of age than i»as the case m 1891,

THE ABHBUEION eUARBIAK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1899



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Stud Notices »TIO Stand m Aahbarcon and Trave aurrounding Districts, the well - known Trotting Stallion PftINCE IMPEKIAL, B/ Hambeltonian Bell Boy—-Princess. Termß, 4 guineas ; groomag© fee ssi For fuither particulars apply fco .j. McDonnell, 9 26 Aahburton. T. H. Undbiut; j [c. dndbill



FARM FOR SALE. ]\/T ESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS.,Xtd, have beea instructed by Mr Wm. Sutton, to sell by private treaty, his compact farm of 290 acres, situated at Winohmore, on which is a comfortable four-roomed Dwelling, large store room, and six-stalled Stable. The property is divided into five paddocks, all fenced and well watered, and most of the land is under crop. For fall particulars jkudfterms, apply FRI&DLAINDER BROS., Ltd. i



FOR PRIVATE SALE. ] ITTE have for Private Sale, an Eight-roomed Housepitted with every convenience, situate on Carter's Terrace, Tinwald. Full particulars on application to FRIEDLANDER BROS., LIMITED TTTE are CASH^Buyers of good lines of MILLING & SHIPPING WHEAT, | Also,— i OATS, BARLEY, AND RYE GBASS. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Lld.



TTSTE have for Private Sale (several first- VV olasß DRAUGHT STALLIONS, Also,— Sime well bred TROT!ING STALLIONS, of which we can give full particulars to intending purchasers. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. FOR* PRIVATE SALE WE have for Private Sale a Complete THRESHING & CHAFFOUTTING PLANT, consisting ot— Eighb Horse-power Traction Engine, by Aveling and Porter, with patent Lubri cator ; Combine, by Hornsby and Son, with self feeder; Elevators, by P. and D. Duncan ; and Chaffcutter, by Andrews and Beavin, with Double Bagger; also, Whar6, Water Carfc, etc. Also—Four horse-power Portable Engine, by Clayton and Shuttleworth, m nrat clasa order, j FRIEDLANDER 8R03., Led.



| Friedlander taros. ( 000 ACRE FARM AT METHVBN WE have for Private Sale a splendid Grazing and Cropping Farm, cios to Melhven, on which there are the follow ! ing improvements :—Six roomed House, 12 j stall .Stable and Burn. The property is i securely fenced and sub-divided into eight 1 paddocks, with plenty of water. We invite ! applications as to further particulars from i ioteiiding purchasers. ! FRiJbJ>L<ANDER 8R03., Ltd j Land and Estate Agpnfr.



JOHN ORR AND GO'S REVISED i^PRICE LIST^ \-I7S nniin to be the Leading Firm of Grocero, ■ Ironmonger* and Crockery \Y Merchant* m Athburton. We import all'our Stock ficm ihe Hume Marten, for Spot CVh and are therefore m the best poimion to supply the traMic with only genuine goods at the lowest possible price for cash. We ueruiteeal our goods J. weight and finear- quality. We never charge for p"cki g and delivery, al! gooda at the Railway fetation free. Any person> leav ng an order »iih us can get a pa™"l ticket, and therefore always be aure of having their goods afc the station m time. No charge for ticket. Jb J-jO U Xt"~*PKR SACK 13a. — HUGAU — &1& P©* 1 ll> witn Tea f MARA VILLA GARDEN TEA- la lOd, 2, 2 8 flcj I >r lb mi?A_} S»SS :: i ... I* Mi w^si. M J Jit A. ) ZIE TEA _ 101 b Box, 18a 4d ; 51b, 9b 7d ( GOLD LEAF TEA 101 b Box, 18s 4d; s*. 94 7d -PROVISIONS - FACTORY BUTTER—Fern Leaf and Sufcton's always m etock, OHEESE—FineBfc Factory, 6d per lb BACON AND HAMS -•' Lewis'," » Morepork " "D. McTellmn." Mild Cared Hams, Sides and Rolls, 7Jd. GORE OATMIAL-251b Bag,> 6d *» Houten's Cocoa, Jib, Hd j *lb, U Oarraway Seed* M per lb qj . iiK •toUA Pimento, whole Is „ „ ya, no, osau pimento, ? rotmd Is 2d „ „ flUt6dl 6^ Oro, and tt» 3^ ' S 5? ? ig£a5 7lbs for"' Captain WhUet 2s 3d per bottle S^WSE Carry Powder Ud per bottle ? X for la B™ Bdperlb J& Peel,^mon,Ora,«e and Oit- Aloj^ ... ... .- 6d ;;;; ron,Bdperib Tartaric Acid ... ... islOd „ „ ■■ . * per v i!Pe'£!r,™ i,<Mmirl<iittle 260 8 1« 6cl per dozen Wo"ll, sTc^mTßd 1; l« B e, 9! 1000 a6d pc? bo,, 4s 101 per &XrX»^ b B tJ . n t.naM»™ Blß ape t S/SiiS r.'S,^ p n^ Sn^K £L. e^pe, BngHAßCarWS n .ar,3Jdperlb „ Herr°np ? m Tomato, 101 Tomato Sauce, 9<i per bottle Pc. r tm. GMden Syrup! 2lb6d, 41b is, 56ib 11s „ Hemn p g r %^ Shnmp> lOi Treaeto, 2lh W. 41b Is, 71b Is 9d „ Kippered Herrings, 103 S3 SSL-:::| PPr": r" - *-££—-»» ,ft *o™" -per^, 4l I! r, AucH.naMoll.tt* 7d per tin «££.(**.> ::: 7^ r.:: &.;^ ilb - Mt8 ::: f, d:: :: *, "°x t j oy , 2g 4d ncr lb Salad, h pint 53, 1 pine lOd A monds, .^jrdaß ... ... £gP« JD Oa.tor,Vpin t 63, 1 pint lOd i\ m°nP Zt ! 6v '" 141 I! Sheep ß Tongue^, lib Is, 21b le lOd £7iS ::: ::: t\ :::: coJdßeeUu t t O n,s P icedßeef,2ib Day ffi Martin's Jar Blacking, 6d par Potted Meats, aborted, 6d per tin X ftlfi JBovril, & z, Is XUa. mSp~Pm°'», 4 wWo'b m bos, 1. box Mertle. 1 rood, la lid sS^one So.p. 10d p 6 r ta. 10s 6d p O r Heav^Food,^ m • \R4 n«^ W7s lid per box Vermicelli, 6d per lb, 41b for la lOd SKftSE.tfpt Bd per JJejjJW P^- «« 1, 101 Pea£° Undented Tablets, 6d, 5, 6d llb ls 3d vleaJS*. Saving St'.cks, 9d each CadburyV Cocoa, | b lOi, *lb. 1. 81 BrowS Windsor Tablet,, ls 3d per doz Star Cocoa, 3s per lb Brown Yy IIUH" , , h r Castle Brand Salt, lewt 5a w7ne°ySg.' IPIO 1 PlOd bpt Ibot.lelbot.le Cdonial J-"^— ■ « »- »*• la"pllfoh^T^P^e%,9ape rd ™ «^y»- "• ... .01 p. lb MoPnk. y Bind Soap. l.r g6 5, |-p.»«» ... •• .. .. BriSS, MoOlinton's and Thomp- A.hebrooke^.l.Hy Powder,, aS orted, P«rt "Vliut Powder, 83 per box Devof .J^ i'oia.r^ 6i,5- 91 per ta vSe"6d dpS 'bet* SVARQH-Cotan^nd B MgM ' B , S; loiM, llbtin»3,lol „ M, P»'P»*« SSoOITS-SnowJ.kß, 5J pet lb ; 4id  Oreßg'a »nd Lily, 5d per lb uinouiio « » r i Glaze Chinese, Is per box per lb per tin Gl.zs Japanese. 6i per lb sSSiila.W> X lb S rm Won' S Ooff.. feseno,, i, 2d per Wr-Wirh 11 "MpSlCid pe' lb p.r TaAkh loffee E, noe. WP« b«l. buper wine, to pui i , j r r Maypole Soap, 6d p«r o«ke, any color Zealand!. Mtad, 6d par lb, 6JI per lb Dried P«aoheß. Apricot,, and Apples, PEPPER-White ... la« per lb Milkmald'a Milk 7JI per tiu, 7s 3i per wJSe .'» Sid;;;; BerC^'i"^ rdi tzs r! 1 7^ GIHGBR-Whole ... U3i „ „ Coffee, Pineat. Is.3d, 1,51, 1,74 U1 Ground ... ls« Special, 2s SHEEP NETTING, (0.8 )| 3<l Per yara* O.K TUBULAR LANTERNS IsSXI. BOILED LINSEED OIL I<*« Od pe^llon drum J3s s>*l per tin. CASTOR OIL ....•• 12 GALLON GALVANISED PORTABLE BOILERS »^ Od- YATES' CELEBRATED GARUKN SEEDS JUiT TO HAND JOHN ORR & CO., A feH BURTON,