PHASES OF THE MOON.

February.

TO CORRESPONDENT.

Symon Goodboy,— If you are a subscriber you should communicate with the proper authority. Your letter lays a general complaint which might be applied to some person not m any way concerned.—Ed,

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1899.

lAt a great missionary meeting, at which the Archbishop of Canterbury presided and made MISSIONS AND an impassioned ap- MAIUTIiDOIfi. peal for the rousing of all England, the Earl cf Selborne, speaking on the duty of the Church to the colonies, said there was one protest he had to make, and that was against the idea that when missionaries want forth to heathen lands they were to look for protection, and, if necessary, for vengeance, to the Government, If any thing happened to a missionary on British soil, it was the business of the British Government m that place to see that law was maintained. The ad ministrator ought to do this from the point of view oi the State. It was not for the missionary to call him m if he could possibly avoid ir, but above all not when he occasionally went into absolutely foreign countries. Then he protested—ancl he spoke with the full accord of the missionary societies In this country—that the missionaries bi their friends had no right to call on tvS Government to protect and avenge them. Let them not suppose for one moment that they could conquer the heathen with the Maxim guns of the Government. They could conquer them as of pld Europe was conquered. The blood of the martyrs \f/fts the seed of the Church; but the blood of the martyrs would no longer be the seed of the Church if the blood of the martyrs came to be a diplomatic asset or a good political investment. They would remember that there had been occasions had justified that protest on his part. He had only ventured to make it because he had felt that there was a tendency growing up m public opinion, whenever a missionary was injured, to call for repressive and avenging action. tie was perfectly certain that nothing more destructive to the efficiency of Qur missions could ever occur than for the iinpresyion to get abroad that mis sionary work was but a department of the Government. Missionary wprk was a department of the Church of Christ, not of the Government of the Queen. The Bishop of Calcutta spoke on " The Duty of the Church m India," He said that, as to the missionaries, he did not wish to traverse Lord J-Selborne's remarks, but hfs own view was that missionaries were entitled to precisely the same protection as other subjects of the Queen. The Christianity of India, if it was to be a real thing, must be native Christianity. It must largely depend upon the fepiiit of the natives themselves, and among the interesting questions? with which he would be called to deal none would bp to Jiim more interesting than the question how far it was possible at this time, or m the near future, to entrust the natives of India with the higher and more responsible places m !h ir own Church, He recognised the diilieulties. of the Government of India m its relations to the Church, but be was convinced that it was impossible for the State m India or elsewhere to put a veto upon Christian missions. If there was to be a conflict between the Church and the State m respect of missionary enter prise it was the Church" which vvquld fjn the day,

Local and General.

Reading matter wiilbe found on firet and fourth pages. Drunkenness —Mr R. Acorn, J.P,, this morning convjoted and discharged a first offender. A Missing Ketch.—An Invercargill elegram states thai tho Tutanekai, which is J going to the southern islands, will make a spicial search for the ketch Gratitude, which ia now nearly four months out from Bluff on a I tip lo the Macquarie Islands for penguin oil. The Yakka Tragedy —A Westport telegram statea that Dr Q->z--, who is con nected with the Melbourne boot-trunk tragedy, is well known m various parts of New Zealand. He practised m Westport for several years, Dr Gaza also practised at Papanui and m South Canterbury. He wan for some time m tho Elleamere district, and was well-known at Rakaia. The Water Supply Ques'ion.—ln the waiser-righta case (Ashburtnn County Coun cil v. Bank of New Zealand Estates Company, Limited, Bank of N^w Zealand and 'I homas iJollibt), which was to have been heard at Timant to-day, an application by the defendants ft r a ch»nge of venue has i been granted. The c*Be will be heard at Ohristchurch about; March 1, after the criminal sittings have been disposed of. Obituaby.—'Amongst thoae who have juab been called away to join the great trnprity must be added the name of Mr Charles Smith, father of Mr Benjamin Smith, of Ashburton. The deceased, vvho passed away on Thursday last was eighty-six years of age, and was one of those recently pronounced eligible for an annuity under the Old Age Pensions Act. He had been fifty years m the colony, and lived the greater part of tho time m Canterbury, where he leaves many descendants. The funeral took place on Sunday last, the coffin was borne to the grave by grandsons an other relatives of the deceased. The Borough Engineers —At the Borough Council meeting la t evening, Cr. Mayuard brought on the motion of which he had-given notice at a previous meeting for a return of the services rendered by the Council's officers, for which payment had been given outside salaries. Tha Mayor m the interval had ordered the return to be prepared, so that when the motion was brought on the information asked for was ready, and the return, which is as follows, was laid on the table:—Paid to Messrs Fooks and Son, m addition to salary- March 29, 1894, commission on engine shed, £953. June 14,1897, commission on stables, £5 10s. September 20, 1897, surveying and subdividing 5 acres reserve vVills and Peter Streets, pegging and plans, and closing road ac cemetery, plan m duplicate, £5 9). j September 24, 1894, - commission on building account (Domain) lodge, etc., £3 133 6d. April 4, 1898, commission on building account (Domain) gates, £2 10<j. September 1898 and January 1899, surveying charges, biking land under public works Act, etc , £15 13s 6d—making a total of £42 Is. Crime m Southland,—At the session of the Supreme Court at Invercargill on Monday, Mr Justice Pennefather requested the Grand Jury to make some presentment, if it thought fib, on the large number of criminal assaults upon women on the calendar. 'Jhe juty, through the foieman, m the afternoon said that there was reason to believe that the alleged increase of crime m the district was more apparent than real, and that, dealing with cases of offences against; women, of three cases m which ib had returned true bills, Buch charges implicated only five individuals. The remedies the Grand Jury suggested for the apparenb spread of immorality were more vigilant parental control, and that) m aggravated cases of sexual crime and indecent assault, especially on children of tender yeais, discretion should be given to the Court to order that punishment by flogging should be enforced. His Honor thanked tho jury for the presentment, which he considered a most valuable one. The Pubuc Must not be Gulled ! Doubtless readers of the Guardian have been sometimes amused by the way a certain fir»n m this town appears to copy some of our adveitisements. Trade jealousies may be pardonable m some cases, especially when big"factories find that they caunot "slop" the more intelligent portion of the commun ity. We never object to being imitated. We take it as a high compliment and evi dence of our success as always " Leading." But is it right or fair to the public to adver tise "extension of premises on account of our well-known tailoring-department," when the advertisers do not employ a single tailor or tailoress within fifty miles of Ash burton? We do not boast that we have 11 the best cutter m New Zealand," etc. We never find it necessary to mislead the public. Mr Oraighead ia always pleased to welcome visitors m our cutting room personally, and to show them through oiir workrooms. Perhaps those who h>\ve not yet favored us with a visit ara nob aware of the existence of such a hive of local industry, where so much genuine tailoring ia done on the premises. Twenty hinds (only two of whom are apprentices) find constant employment m our business m Easb street at present, and by consistently adhering to our motto— " Satisfaction " —we hope soon to be able to employ more,—-CIuiqHEAD and Berry-

AMERICA'S NEW POSSESSIONS

Fighting' m the Philippines.

Attack on Manila.

The Insurgents Repulsed.

Their Losses Heavy.

United Press Association—By Eleotrlo Telegraph—Copyright.

Washington, February 5 The American Government has. ac cepted the tender of the Qampania Transatlantic*, of Cadiz, for th 9 con veyance of Spanish troops from the Philippines to Spain. Hongkong, February 6 A sentry fired on a few Filipinos, s?ho dipregar(te4 *"s warniQ £s not to apprpach an 4-mer*can output.' A general Filipino attack on Manila was commenced on Saturday evening, and lasted fourteen hours, the chief fight-1 ing was centred round Calbcan and Santamesa. Both sides used artillery. The American cruisers OharlestoD, Concord, and Monadock shelled the in surgents' position effecjjive'j'. The Americans advanced on Sunday and occupied six villages,, expellicg th® Filipinos with heavy loss. Many were drowned m the Patig river 9 on which Manila is situated. Hundreds were taken prisoners/* On the American side, 28 men were kilkd and 120 wounded. The city of Manila sus tained no damage, and everything is now quiet. The attack has strengthened the chance of the ratification of the peace treaty by America. Madrid, February 6 The Goverment has refused Aqui naldo's offer to ransom his prisoners for half a million dollars, and to sur render a large quantity of and [ ammunition, believing that for Spain to Ido so would be an infringement of the 'treaty with America, (deceived Wakapuaka Feb. 7, 9-35 a,m, Guakdian Office, 10-19 a-m) HonCt KpNGj February 6 1 The American troops, under Qeneral Otis, displayed great enthusiasm and fearlessness, Ih© American navy did splendid execution on the enemy's flanks. Many of the insurgents were armed with the Mauser rifle. They also brought into action a few field pieces and quick firing quas c

BARRYTOWN FLAT GOLDMINIG COMPANY LIMITED.

Annual Meeting;.

The second annual meeting of the share holders m the B-mytown Flab Gold-Mining Company, Limited, was held m the Arcade Chambero, yesterday afternoon. There were J twenty shareholders repm ented. Mr Henry Zvuder, Chairman, presided. ANNUAL REPORT The annual report of the Directors was read as fol owe : — In submitting their second annual report, your dreetora rtgrob not to be m a position to py a dividend. Since the starting of alutciug m August to the end of December, ih'ii gold won realised £1888 18s 81. Your diiectors, after careful consideration, decided to spend the amount m improvements and additions to plant. Your directors have now under consideration the erection of another elevator, to be placed at the known lead, which should more than double the best returns yeb obtained. During the year your directors have acquired, at a moderate cost, some valuable land both north and south of the present workings, which m bhe*ir opinion was necessary for the success ful working of the claim. Your directors have examined the flax on the property, and are now m treaty to turn the same (some 8,000 tons) into money. This may prove a very valuable asset. Seeing that they have not been able to pay a dividend, the directors have nob taken their honoraria, preferring to wait until the company is m a position to declare a dividend. The meeting has to appoint two directors m place of Messrs H. Zander (retiring) and J. C. Duncan (re signed). Mr Zander offers himself for re-election. The meeting will also have to appoint two auditors. The Chairman m moving the adoption of the report and balance sheet said he little thought twelve months ago, that the present meeting would find the directors unable bo declare a dividend. Ib had nob been the fault of the directors. The work had been pushed on as speedily as possible, and for five months the output of gold had been £1888. Ib may be asked why were the retufna of the later months less bulky than during the first three months ? The answers to that question were threefold. First, when the sluicing began and they had gob down ten feet, it was found bhab m a large quantity of the wash-dirt there was no gold, and twenty feet of ib had to be pub away to get at the gold bearing strata. This had occuped bime. Second, bhe elevator had to be removed bo another paddock, and bhab work had occupied several unproducbive days. Third, they h.*d been conducting experiments with a view to saving a larger percentage of the fine gold that was sent over tho tables. They hoped soon to be able to sa^e within a small percentage all the fieß gold that was now lost. The gold won had been spent on improvements and the neoesjaty race to the north. The directors had deemed it better to do this now than to pay a dividend at once, and have afterwards to cease paying for a bime to make these improvements, feeling that the cessa tion of dividend paying, after it once begun, would injure the prestige of the Company. Arrangements had been made for another elevator, and when they had ib at work they would have one north and another south of the known lead. The increase to the work ing expenses by the addition would nob be material, bub the outpub of gold would be largely increased. There had been a certain amount of loss of fine gold, and they had got the patentee oi a gold saving machine up from Dnnedin, who had increased the amount saved, and was now working at the machine, and trusted m a few days to be able to save practically all the gold. The Chairman then referred to the purchase of freehold property mentioned In the report. Mr A. H, Shury seconded the adoption of the report. Mr J. Ward could not congratulate bhe directors on the report, which did nob bear out the forecast of last year. Amongst other questions ho asked of the chairman was one for an explanation of the item m the expenditure " bonus £980." The Chairman explained that it represented 1000 shares, some of which had been for feited with £20 paid on them, and that money had been deducted. Mr Ward said there had lesn more economy displayed this year than last", but still he thought £50) for travelling and general expenses was a little too much. Mr David Thcmas had been twice at the claim during the la t year, and had seen the working. He dil nob think the expenses too heavy. As to the b(raus, he explained that early m bheir experience they had found themselves m a dilemma, as they had not r sufficient money, and ib was not easy to get, Mr Zander was prepared to lend it on con ditions. He was to find funds up to £4000, on condition that he got 1000 shares, at in terest of nob more than 6£ per cent. If the rnitsa turned out badly hia investment would not be a very happy one, but if it turned out well, then he would be all right, and the P mpapy would-r.ave an excellent plant and a god going concern; He reminded the shareholders that ib cosb £6 a ton to get goods to the claim, and that had to foa borne m mind when talking about the general ex penses. He thought they had been very economical, and of its kind they had the best plant on the coast. The saving of the fiae gold was a difficulty. Their gold was all fiae, no coarse gold m the claim, and with tfieir gianb nozzle much of it waa sent) over the tables and down to the sea. It was to obviate or improve this condition of things that they had been experimenting, but he did not believe they would ever be able to save all the fiae gold. If they saved 25 per cent, they would do well. The ground was rich, but i?ob so rioh as was at first supposed, and to increase the output so that dividends could be paid necessitated an increased plant, which would cost between £XSOQ and £2000. i/Lt Hugo Friedlaader said that the bonus question which had been solved by the directors was not likely to be detrimental to the Company. He hoped it would turn out all right for Mr Zander. The balance sheet was drawn up when he (the speaker) was absent), and he was therefore hardly responsible for it. A reference had been made to the fl»x on the ground, bub he thought that reference should have b,een left out of the report, as he feared tjie coast climate was not suitable fortheflix industry and therefore flax there had no vaiue. He would have been no party bo that reference m the report, and he wished to put himself right with the shareholders on that subject. After a remark that there had been no understanding that the directors should neb draw thgir honorari£|, though as a matter of fact they had npf) been paid, he wenb os} bo aay that sooner or later they would have to face the question of having a director resident on the coast. She assets were valuable, but they were far away, and even telegraphic communication was not direct, and tima and money were lost by the distance. Some discussion took plage on pertain items i|i the ba'anqe sheet aj|d report, which, however, i&srera evontually" adopted unani mously. ■ ' ■ ELECTIONS. Mr H. Zander was re-elected a director, and Mr A JJ. Shury was elected ip plage of Mr J. C, Duncan retired. .-- Messrs Stephens and Nicoli were re elected auditors at five guineas each per annum remuneration, while £100 per annum was fixed as the director's remuneration, to be paid and divided as the directors may degida. A vote of thanks to th,e chair concluded the meeting.

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordicary meeting of the Asfeburton Borough Council waß held last evening. Present—His Worship the Mayor (Mr Hugo Friedlander) io the chair, and all the Coun cillors with the exception of Or Djkvia, for whom Or Seaiy apologised. FINANCE. The Mayor reported tnat the overdraft- at the bank stood at £1389 7s 7d, and the income from all sources since last meeting had been £326 5s Id. KESEEVES, The Public Tiu^iee asked to transfer the interest m the reserves 775, 1223 and 1246, held by Mr W. H. Coilier, to Mr 11. W. Barrett. Tha Council granted the transfer wi'hcat prejudice. The transfer of the least; of reserve held by Mr H. F. Brittan was granted without prejudice to Dr. Bolger. AN APPEAL. Mr Andrew Young complained that he had been fined 6s and costs m Court by Messrs Harrison and Upton m a cajae m which he waa charged with rescuing cattle that had been seized for impounding. He went into the merits of the case, but the Council de cided that they had no right to traverse the decision of the Court, and suggested that Mr Young should apply for a rehearing. auctioneer's license, The opinion of the solicitor waa read on the question of Mr Nieoll'a application for a license, the fee for which had been paid and the l.oe 136 granted ; and as the license not been used m any way, and Niooll Bros, had made other arrangements, they wanted the license transferred to Mr J. R. Bland, The opinion of the solicitor waa that the transfer could not be made, The solicitor to the Municipal Association waa of the same opinion. The Mayor said that m the interim Mr Bland had taken out a license and paid the fee. The Council decided th*b the transfer to Mr Blaad could nob be made. ROLL ALTERATION. The following roll alteration was sanc tioned :—W. F. Hanoaford, Burnett Street, to T. Richards, tinsmith, ASPHALT. The B&Dk of New South Wales asked for five chains of channeling and footpath as phalting m Cass street, and were prepared to pay a certain amount of the cost.—The matter waa referred to the Works Committee to consider and report. FIRE BRIGADE The Fire Brigade wrote asking that the names of Messrs A. Cites and L Cooper be approved. The Brigade also invited the Council to their annual meeting on lueaday evening. BOOKS FOB THE LIBRARY. The agents m Edinburgh apprised the Council of the shipment by the Bakaia on December 8, of books ordered for the Aeh burton Library. THE BANGER. Several ratepayers complained of the ranger employing a boy twelve yearti of age to harass ratepayers m the district, by the impounding or otherwise of their stock. The Mayor suggested Jhat the ranger be asked for an explanation of why this boy was appointed to do ranger's duty without having obtained the Council's consent. The suggestion was adopted. THK BUILDING BY-LAWS. Mr Thomas Buiiock waited on the Council m regard to his recent request to be allowed to make certain alterations on a building he owned m Tancred street. He thought that by coming to the Council personally, he would be m a . position to answer any questions direct that Crs mighb be inclined to ask. He had gone through the by-laws and could find nothing m them against pulling down buildings, and this was what he intended to do, for it was his purpose to lessen the size of the building m question and reduce the fire risk, and to replace weather-boarding with iron. There were other improvements he wished to make, by which the old stables would be moved to Taucred street. He had no plan of these ready just yefc, of the improvements he intended to make m Burnett streeb, but he desired the Council to give him permission to take a' pipe through from Burnett street fco Tancred streeb, the same as Mr Thomas had been permitted to do on the other side of the line. He further hoped thai; a Com mittee would be seb up to look into the matter and go through the plans with him and the Engineer, which wouid save delay and facilitate matters greatly. He did not think there would be any infringement of fcfae by-laws. The -Engineer read the report he had prepared on the application made by Mr Bullock ab last meeting. The Mayor said the Engineer was not satisfied that the work was m accordance with the by-laws. Strictly speaking, the by-laws were againeb Mr Bullock, who wished to reduce the building and erect the back wall m iron instead of brick, the by iaws requiring that any rebuilding must be done m the more substantial material. Or Hanmer thought that the matter was one ot* ojmmoD senise, and the by-laws could be construed to admit ot Mr Bullock making the alterations he proposed—to pub up an iron m place of a wooden back wall. He moved that sanction be given. Cr Maynard seconded and the motion was carried. BY-LAWS COMMITTEE. The By-Laws Committee's report was read and adopted as follows :— Cr Pauling's Motion V 0 Drivers' Lioenses.— After full consideration, of the question of altering this by-law {No, 2) m the direction of exempting owners of passenger carriages from taking out drivers' licenses, your Com mittee would recommend that the by-law remain intact. Regulations as to Speed of Cycling.— Seeing that this matter is already provided for under the |?oliqe Ofjfences Act, your Committee recommend that the making of special by-laws on this aubjecs be held over for the presenb. RESERVES COMMITTEE'S BEPORT. The Reserves Committee reported as follows j~~ 1. Spplioation of New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association to sub-let store to Mr Hanmer.—Your Committee recommend the Council to grant its consent to this sub lease without prejudice. 2. Hinds Reserve.—-Your Committee have visited this reserve ab the Hinds and find the land to be m good order, with the excep tion of one paddock, No. 3, which requires bo be sown down; the fence also running through the middle of the reserve requires to be cut. The other fences are m good condition. With respect to the rental to be paid to the end of the lease, your Committee recommend the Council to transfer the lease to Mr William Sutherland, provided a rental of £>a per acre per annum is paid for the remainder of the term of the lease, the paddock No. 3 to be sown down, fence cub, and if nob accepted that the terms and con ditions of the lease be insisted on. The Mayor regretted that he could not agree with the report. He thought the Committee !}a<i been too. lenient with the occupier of tHjs reserve. 'Instead of the Council dealing with the occupier, he thought the occupier h_ad been, dealing with the (Jouncii. (Laughter.) The lease was taken m 1837 for fourteen years ab £150 for the first seven years, and for the second seven £211. The tirat seven years the rent per acre was 7a Id, and for the second 10s per acre. He had had several reductions from the original agreement, and m fact the applications had become chronic, and miny of the redupbions made had been quite illegal. The last request had been for £200 to build a house, and throughout) the ten ancy fJI7O of allowances had been made. His Worship said that the Council had not been so lenient: as this with any other of their tenants. He had no wish to injure the tenant m any way, bub if the tenant could nob make the land pay, then he ; advised that he should be relieved of the lease altogether, and that its should be pub up to auction and 'another t@na.nb found. He would mqye that the matter ija referred back to the Committee for reconsideration. Cr Hanmer maid he had been over the land and had carefully studied it. He had come to the conclusion thab 6a an acre was ample rent for. Ib, Or Maynard had agreed to the 6a an ■icre as a so£b of compromise and some of the Committee frere-qf opinion that 5s was full value for it, a»a if ib were pub up ab auction no more would be gob for it. Cr Pauliag thought 63 full value for it. Or Orr quite agreed with the Mayor m regard to the trouble the Council had been pub to and the reducbions thab had been made. tEhey may have erred on the side of leniency, He had been over the land last Mmh mi Jae knew gmethtng about it, j

! Perhaps the wisest course wow'd be to put it i up to auction, bub he was not sure that 6a an aero rent would be got. It was ail a matter of management. There was land that some men would make a living on, while others ■ would go stone broke on He thought, i however, that the rent charged was not the I most liberal to the tenant. Cr.Sealy said the history of the tenancy had been one of trouble to the Council, and it would have been better had the first lo 8 been made the last ODe, and the tenancy j cancelled. It win not the Council who had fix'd the rent ou the land, bub the tenant himeelf. Or Thomas also spoke. He had a higher opinion of the Und than some of hia fellow Councillors seemed to have. They seemed also to forget that W. Sutherland had come to the nseueoi the Council when there was £80 of arrears of rent, and paid it. £.t the time the Council had tacitly agreed that W. Sutherland be the tenant. Cr Thomas thought they owed a little to W. Sutherland, and it was only light to remix d the Council lors that ail the reserves had beeu let with an increased rent for the second seven yean, and they had all been let eff the second increase. Ha would not oppoaa the Com mittee's report. Or Paul also spoke shortly. "Trie Mayor said that several of the Councillors seemed to think no higher renb couid be obtained if the land were again put up, and that was the reason why they opposed it. There had been great negligence on the p*rt of the Council, as the terms of lease had not been fulfilled, and the tenant had been allowed to go a year m arrear, *nd he had been wholly disingenuous m his appeals to the Uounoil. His Worship thought if the tenant could nob make a> living, then it wag only fair to him and to the Counoil to cancel the lease. He felt sure that at auction as much rent ai^was now paid, if not more, would be obtained. Cr Collins having spoken, the amendment to refer the clause back to the Committee , was lost by 4 to 5, and the clause wu adopted. The Mayor said that it would be necessary, to be legal, that the reduction be made by special order, and Councillor Hanmer said he would give notice acoordingly. FIRE BRIGADE COMMITTEE. The Fire Brigade Committee reported as follows:—- ■ A meeting of this Committee was called for the 3rd inst, but the Chairman and Cr Maynard only attended. As the matter to be considered by the Committee, via., the repairing of the manual engine, was argent, - those present decided to report to th» Coub> cil that it was necessary that this engine should be repaired at once, and would recommend the Council to have the engine put m good order and painted, at a cost of about £8, an estimate for which has been obtained by the Chairman. The report was adopted. DARIES AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES. The interim report of the Conference on this subject (already published) was read and adopted. HALF HOLIDAY. The appointment! of Thursday as the weekly half-holiday by the holiday confer* euce was approved. I engineers' report. The report of the engineers was read ;— 1. Labor Gang.—The men have been engaged during the past four weeks m cart ing shingle to channels m Grey street and the B.E. Belt, cutting pines and willows, and fixing and planting same m river for protective purposes, repairing the ford across river, cleaning out water r*ces m river bed reserves, making and fixing new culvert across Peter street and Cass street* repairing culverts, and making channel bridges, watering streets, cleaning channels, carting rubbish, attending to the water supply and general maintenance work. 2. Fencing Reserve. — The Fducatioa Board or the Borough School Committee have recently fenced m the school reserve between Tancred and Moore streets west, and m so doing have included the Borough reserve 765, and also a portion of Tancred street that has only been used as a dumping ground by the Council. The School Com mittee are aware that they have no authority from the Council to do this, and have been notified that the Counoil has no power to give permission. The report was adopted. inspector's report. The inspector reported on the cases o| by-law breaches heard m Court, and asked, if he was to prosecute cyclists and pet sous who drova after dark without lights. The town was m good sanitary condition. The ranger was instructed to carry out the by-laws as to carrying lights. KETURN. Or Maynard moved the motion standing m his name for a return of all moneys paid to Council's officers for services outside of ordinary salaries. The return was ordered. DOG COLLARS.. The registration fees for dogs were fired at 10s per dog other than sheep or oattle dogs, the latter 2< 6.d per dog. THE NEW FRANCHISE, The Mayor quoted the new Act dealing with the municipal franchise. He said the rate roll would supply the freehold qualifi. cation, but it would be neoeasary to appoint someone to make a list of the household voters. The matter waa held over till next meeting. " ' THE READING ROOM. It was decided to send the old periodicals of the reading room to the Oid Men's Home and Hospital. TYPEWRITER. . . The Mayor suggested that a typewriter should be obtained for the office, which suggestion was adopted* LICENS33. An auctioneer's license to Mr John R. Bland was issued. ACCOUNTS. Accounts to the amount of £37 18s lid were passed, and the Council sat as a DOMAIN BOARD. An application by Mr E. Cookson for the use of three acres of the Domain for a crop was referred to the Domain Committee, as was also an application by the Junior Foot ball Qlub fqr $se of the new football ground . for the incoming season. The question of the cricket ground and its use by the Cricket Club was referred to the Chairman of the Domain Committee. The Curator, m his report, drew at ten- - tion to the defective sanitary arrangements m the Domain, which were a source of in convenience on the occasion of large p.icnia and excursion parties losing the ground.' H^e suggested ait alteration m the ladies' hqurs as the baths from the present (2 till 5) to 1 till 4 p.m., as being more suitable. Bom,e of the wooden casing at the reservoir was rotten, and the raoe through the pad. pooka was choked m places. The matters dealt with m the report were referred to the Domain Committee* GATE OS ARSES, ' QChe' following*' iepoifc was submitted by the" By-laws Committee and carried:—Your Oomtnitttee recommend that a new Domain by-law he made, altering by-law No. 1 as to Ihe charges for admission into the Domain on close days, and that the following soale be adopted :—Children, 10 years of age and nudes? be admitted free; children ever the age of 10 years, and not more than 15 years of age, be charged sixpance; all' persons over the age of, 15- year* be charged one shilling* The Board then rose.

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association-—By Eleofcrio Telegraph—Copyright London, February 6 The new steamer Him^tangi, boilfc fop Levin an<? Co., of Wellington, has been launched at Paisley. Brussem, February 5 Mr Oeoil Rhodes is negotiating with i King Leopold for the ultimate junction of the Khartoum-Zambesi railway. Constantinople, February 5 M. Const f|us, the French Ambassador at Constantinople, has protested to the Turkish Government against the con cession made to the German Railway Syndicate for controlling the railways m Anatolia, at d for constructing docks and warehouses at Haider, some dfo tance south of Scutari. Ha conipla^ns chat' the concession will prove m« jarjoas to ijje Preach Quay OompaDy,

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About a month ago ray child, whioh is fifteen months old, had an attack of diarrhan accompanied by vomiting. I gave it auch fernedies as are usually given m such cases, bub as nothing gave relief, we sent for a physician and itj was under his oare for a week. Ap this tir^e the qhild hsdi bepa sick for about ten days and was having about twenty-five operations of the bowels every twelve hours, and v?e were ooavinced that unless ib soon obtained relief ib would nob live. Chamberlain's Oolio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was recommended, and I decided to try ib. I soon noticed a change for the better 5 by its continued use a com plete cure was' brought about and ib is now perfeobly healthy.— 0. L. Boggs, Stump town, (Tilmer Co. { W. Va. For sale by ASHOTETON DBUG CIOMI-ANVr. " As electricity is bo a tallow candle " so is DIAMOND JUBILEE TEA to its competitors.— Agents—Shearman Bros., Aahhurton W Q| Doak, Mouab Somere aaS M»yfield j James GuOinll, ffiiawsSdi



CHURCH SERVICES. ST. STEPHEN'S OHDROB, Aehburton. THURSDAY, (February 9), 2 30 p.m.— L'.yiug of foundation stone by the Bishop of Christchurch. 7 p.m.— Evensong. 730 p.m. — Meeting of Teachers) aad (Jhiuch workers. QUINGUAGBBIMA. SUNDAY (Feb. 12). 8 30 ;>.m. — Holy Communion. 11 a.m.—Matins, Litany, and Sermon. 3p,m —Service tit DROMORtf. Preacher, Rev. R. A. Woodthorpo. 6.30 p.m. — Evensong and Sermon. i'reacher : Rev. I l'. H. Spencer. NEW ZiCALAMD CLOTHING FACTORY EXTENSION OF PREMISES AN Account of our Well-Known | Tailoring Department Growing so Rapidly during the last Twelve months, we find ib necessary to make exten sive additions and alterations to our Pre mises, so as to Bhow to more advantage our Luge Stock of the Newest Designs m TWEEDS, SURGES, WORSTEDS, VICUGN IS, Etc. We have the Best Cutter m New Zealand, I and all Garments are made by Experienced Fibst Class Tailors. -GUAKANTEE STYLE, FIT, & WORKMANSHIP. We do nob pretend to make you a Suit for 635, and give you an extra pair of Trousers m, which cannot) be done and give first-cla&s work, bub we will make you afitsb class SAC SUIT to Measure from 65s to 90s, according to Quality of Material. Boys' Clothing of Every Discription MADE TO OBDKE. A Gh BAKTON, Manager



Friedianaer Bros,, Limited, j FOR PRIVATE SALE., TITTE Have for Private Sale, a complete j OH A FF- CUTTING PLANT, Consisting of 6 H.P. Aveling and Porter TRACTION ENGINE, CHAFFCUTTIBR by Andrews and Beavan, CORNCKUSHKR, HUT, SAW BENCH, BELTINO, and Sundries ; all in first-alaas order. Full particulars on application to FRIEDLANDEK BROS., Lld. Or Jos. Andekson, Methven. CORNSACKS CORNSACKS. i "TTTI are now Landing ex "..Elbe," 1000 BALES FULL SIZE AND FULL WEIGHT CORNSACKS, Which we offer to Supply at LOWEST MARKET RATES. Clients who desire delivery direct ex Ship will please give ua their instructions early to save railage or extra handling. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Limited. THE Ashburton Drag Co. (LIMITED) HAVE just unpacked,"directl'from the English Manufacturer, a new stock of al! the Drugs used in compounding physicians' prescriptions, specially made in conformity with the new British Pharmacnpoea, 1898. Tlie Im- of dispensing medical pre portniit scriptions is the special and Work constant care of the manager {J. M. Cambridge), who has been engaged in this duty for 36 years, as well as having had the benefit of an JSKgfllsll training and experience, and holding an English certificate. To those who unfortunately have to take medicine, especially incaaes of SerionH It is of the utmost import Illues». ance that the drugs should be new and freshly im ported ; that the medicine should be accurately and skilfully prepared ; and that exactly what the Physician orders should be used, and nothing else substituted in its place. Ihe Price Bhould never be the first and only consideration- Drugs can be bought at all prices. We prefer to import all our Drugs farm a firm we can rely on, though we could buy many of them cheaper intits colony- But we charge Lomo:8 tmu js usual in moat of the larger towns, and generally a little less. AHC ALL An urgent call for medicine TIMLiIISJ is responded to at once, whether during business hours or at night, Sundays ©r holidays. Night Dis peasary — opposite Dr Maude's, and next to Dr Hunter's residence, J. JVL Cambridge, MANAGER. 11 135 Insist upon having our Pure Teas. 3»oa't toe put upon. They are the Best tind CSl»apest. Absolutely pure. Copied bat never equalled. Guaranteed STicer and Better Value than any at 4d per lb. more money. Compare our a/- Tea with any at 8/4, and our 2/4 with any at 3/- per lb. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDIN3- AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. THE Monthly and other payments will be received at ihe Oilice, Tailored Street, THIIS IMY, TUESDAY, FKHHUARY 7, 1899, From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 7 p.m to 9 p.m.  ED WA KB STEPHENS, Manager,



DDNAGHY'S BINDER TWINE, MACHINE OIL, BINDER WHIPS, HAY FORKS AND RAKES, ENGINEERS' TOOLS, HENDERSON'S DUNDEE LEATHER BELTING, CHAINS AND SECTIONS KOK MASSEY-HARRIS AND McCORMICK REAPERS ANi> BINDERS, At Lew than Agents' Prices, and all Requisites for the Harvest Field at Lowest Prices. JOHN ORR & Co. OUR STOCK OF ELECTRO-PLATED WARE AND CUTLERY ■t IS by far the Finest ever Imported into Athburtou, and we are now making a BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY in our Windows JOHN ORE & CO. WE ARE OPENING AN IMMENSE ASSORTMENT OF t Fancy Glassware and China. AMONGST other Lines we are Showing Three Thousand GLASS VASES and SPECIMEN GLASSES, ranging in Price ftom Sixpence each, and as we believe a larger variety|has never been imported by any firm in Kew Zealand, we feel confident ia requesting the inspection of the General Public. In order to dispose of our _ Immense Stock in these lines we have marked them at prices from 30 to 50 per cent below ordinary prices. Inspect our Windows. * JOHN ORR & CO. CUPS & SAUCERS PLATES DISHES WATER JUGS TUMBLERS TOILET SETS BUTTER JARS, and every article in Crockery and Glassware at Reduced Prices at JOHN ORR.& CO, ASON'S JARS, JAM JARS IN NESTS, SCREW TOP JARS, ENAMELLED AND BRASS PRESERVING PANS. For many years now we have altogether undersold all our Competitors in these Special lines, and we are determined to add another season to our record. We GUABANTKB to Sell these Goods cheaper than any house in Christchurch or Ashburton. JOHN OEE & CO. b-keb {INSURANCE} F«^E We beg to announce to the people of Ashburton and District that we have com pleted arrangements whereby we are now prepared to offer all Cash Customers to the extent of 10d or over, A FREE ACCIDENT- INSURANCE POLICY, ■ which holds good for Seven Days from data of Issue, and on expiiy can be renewed at our Stores : thus enabling anyone dealing with us to keep covered against accident for £100 in the event of death, or £1 per week in the case of Total Disablement. And the Beauty of ihe WHOLE SYSTEM ia that it COSTS THE CUSTOMER ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. We do not make any advance in our Prices to'"p >y for this, but still continue to give to all alike THE BEST VALUE AT BOTTOM PRICES IN EVERY LINE OF OUR IMMENSE STOCK. Buy your Goods where you can get your Insurance for Nothing. It may be handy whpn you levst expect It. If it co&ts you nothing you might m well have that thrown in. Guarantee from Insurance Company, and all ftrther particulars on application to JOHN ORR & Co. Hams and Bacon. SIDES, ROLLS, ANB HAMS- This is VERY PRIME QUALITY, having secured first prize at the recent Snows la Christchurch and Timaru. JOHN ORR & Go. Maravilla Garden Teas. Purveyors by Appointment to Her Majesty's Hospitals, Army and Navy. THESE CELEBRATED TEAS are Exported to as by the Growers from thefr Gardens In Ceylon, thus saving all Middlemen'a Profits. Ten prize medals Idr PURITY. 'STRENGTH AND FLAVOR. Everyone should try them JOHN ORR & Co., SOLE AGO T.S. Mr?T - h i' JL ML s WE GuaiAu^ethol'ut' t v*< j'-s > yu.Sity, and especially Suitable for Jam: makirtf. IikbBBURtOM*