Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1899. THE TRANSVAAL

FFAK.S m the Transvaal do not wear an aspect any moie peaceful than they did when we last wrote on the su! jecf. The more sensible potion of the leading Boers are willing to nuke lurger concessions on the franchise, and have urged the Volksraad to yield somewhat, but no sign f-s yet is shown of any intention on the part <£ tin Voiksraad to accept the advice of the 11 progressives " But if the Vo'ksmad are determined to give no concessions beyond what they have already ex pressed their willingness to give—the promises for which have been wrenched from them—Mr Chamberlain (who, since he first began to m ive m the matter of the Uitlanders' grievances has shown a stern and unflinching front) is still more unyielding, and will be content with nothing less than the complete righting of the wrongs com plained of. He is prepared to allow those wrongs to be righted peaceably, and has given President Kruger and his advisers the fullest opportunity possible to do justice to the alien rwidents m the country; but, as the j cable puts it, he " aaust see the thing through," and " the situation is in tolerable at present, and cannot be | allowed to coniiuue." As far »s can be gathered from the more recent cables, Kruger and his people are either not intending at all to concede what is asked for, and are only trying to gain time to make preparation f r accepting the inevitab'e m the event of deciding on defiance, or they are hanging on m the hope oi securing a compromise. But the British Govern raent know the position txactly, and, knowing too the strength of the British forces, while loth to seek the arbitra ment of the sword, will certainly appeal to it if justice bo long withheld And justice to the Uitlanders is the highest platform that the Government can t»ke The franchise, says £ir Sidney Sbeppard, m the Nineteenth Century for June, is at the root of the matter, but there are other grievances and disabilities under which the Uitlanders suffer that are particularly galling to men who have been born and brought up under free institutions. He contends that no oath of allegiance should be required until full rights of citizenship have been granted. He claims also, for all white inhabitants of the TransvaaJ ' willing to become naturalised, equal rights m ail respects with those of the oldest burghers, and those rights should include equality of the English and Vntch languages and equal educa tional privileges. It may not be generally known that the English language is forbidden to be taught m the Transvaal public schools, so that if English parents desire their children to have an English education they must send them to some private school or have them taught privately at home If this cannot be afforded then they must bo content with such knowledge as tho Transvaal public schools impart through the medium of Boer Putch. But all the while the Uitland«r parents have to pay heavily m taxes to main tain the Boer educitional system. This state of things is contrasted by Sir Sidney Shippard with the condition of matters m 3apa Colony. There, Dutchmen m the Legislature may speak m English or m Dutch as pleases them best, and equal educational advantages are open to all. "The contrast be tween the perfect freedom enjoyed by all classes m the great British colony," saya Sir Sidney, "and the galling tyranny under which Englishmen have to live m the Transvaal is as light to darkness." The authority we are quoting is a high one; his aequaintancs with South Africa dating back to 1870, so that he knows what he is writing about, and the charges he brings against the Pretorian Government are bo grave that one can hardly under stand British subjects sitting down so long under the humiliation to which they have been unceasingly subjected. Sir Sidney's story of the Uitlanders 8 wrongs reads like a modernised version of the children of Israel's bondage m Egypt, and he tells us that the Boers' dealings with the English has been one long round of broken promises and bitter humiliation, and the petition to the Queen ia not; the outcome of politi cal agitation, but the heartfelt cry of the Uitlander people for deliverance from insult and oppression that can no longer be borne. The truculent Dutch have acquired an overweening sense of their own greatness m battle since their military successes m the campaign which ended m the retrocession of the Transvaal m 1881, and conse quently " the English they regard all poltroons by whom they would scorn to be led. This dominant idea is strengthened m their minds by every instance of weakness and vacillation on the part of the British Government, by every sign of what the Boers are pleased to call the cowardice of the English, to whom, ever since Majuba Hill, they habitually apply terms of abuse too foul for translation." " There can be no doubt as to the magnitude of the present crisis. We are at the parting of the ways, acd if we take the wrong way we may lose South Africa. If we lose South Africa we shall inevitably lose India, and therewith our whole colonial empire. The question for England is one of life or death. I have no hesitation m eay ing that no sacrifice would be too great that would assure to England for ever a peaceful and united South African Empire." Here Sir Sidney raises a question that must appeal strongly to all who entertain Imperial sentiments, and that question ia simply one of who is to be paramount m South Africa ? Mr Joseph Chamberlain has made up his mind apparently about the answer, " and will see the thing through;' He and his chief, Lord Salisbury, and the men of the present Cabinet of Great Britain, are made of far sterner stufl than was the too soft-hearted Grand Old Man who was m power when the defeat at Majuba Hill, thanks to the foolishnea of those m high places, was allowed to tarnish the glory of the handful of men who were sent to cross swords with the men of the veldt; and when the thing " has , been seen through" according to Mr i

Chamberlain's ideas, the answer to the | question will be given. And he cis j the picture which Sir Sidney paints of [ the UMandera' wrongs, and that pic J tare Mr Chamberlain has set himself i the ta*k of f:xpungi.ig from the c;.nva& j and replacing it with o; c uiorn m kppping wiih lif under the .British lUg : — 'Batish subj cis m the Tr-insvanl are denied all rights of ch:z»nship ; they a.ro plundered, mid even murdf-rec), by (heir oppros«O"t ; the courts of justice have bstn deprived of i.'dependence by the Kxecu ive and Lpgi".latur'', S' that th<y have neither safety mr ;e r«4 . . They my be robbed, bei*ren, imprisoned, or naurd-red ; their women may be grossly insulted ; their houses may be orokeo into at any hour of the day or nigh^ by a ruffianly po'ice force, who are a terror to the peaceable and worse than useless against criminals, and if the unfortunate British householder re monstrates he may be shot dead m his own room." To rem dy gross oppres sion such as this is certainly the duty of the Imperial Government. A firm front has done much already, and it is to be hoped that all that is wanted will be accomplished without the neccessity for active employment of the legions that the British Government are quietly forwarding to where they will be ready if required, But if they are required by the stiff-neckedness of the Transvaal Pharaoh then, says Sir Sidoey."—-" Let there be war ; it is better to die the death of a soldier than live the life of a slave."

Local and General.

Os the first page to-day will be found commercial aod sporting news, also Messrs Fletcher BruM. a-lveriiaement, wit'i others, Anotjiku Volunteer.—Mr J. A. Kyburn haß reigned from H.M. Customs at Auck land to eater upon mission work m India.— i Press Association telegram. •'CITIZENSHfP "—The Auckland Ministers' AHsooiation have suggested a "Gitiaen Sunday," the clergy on that, day to preach on " Oitizanßhip." Bishop Cowie concurs m the suggestion, and will act on it. August 20 is fixed aa the day.—Press Association telegram. The Late Taiaroa, Joisr.—The Kahu, which arrived at Lyttelton on Thursday evening, brought the body of H. Taiaroa, son of H X Tai.iroa, who met his death by a guuehot wound at the Chatham Islaads. Tha body waa taken to Southbridge yester day morning for interment. The party anticipated opposition to the exhumation of the body at the islands but gob every assistance from natives there, and all suspicions of foul play were removed. — Press Association telegram. A Narrow Fscape. — Yesterday two boys—Gordon Blackwell, aged thirteen i years, and Melton Anderson, a younger boy —were playing m a sand hole at Kaiapoi when the sand fell m suddenly, completely burying young Blackwell. The other boy ran to tell Mrs Blackwell, who at) once obtained assistance from the factory men, who dug the boy out. He was unconscious for some time, but under the attentions of the men, who bad received training m ambulance work, he was reviyed.-—Press Association telegram. An Excellent Business.—At a meeting of the general court of directors of the North Britihh and Mercantile Insurance Company (of which Mr F. Ferriman is local agent), held m London recently, the follow ing results of business for the year ended 31st December last were reported :—The net fire premiums amounted to £1,424,258 ; net fire losses, £853,994 In the life department 2714 policies were issued assuring £1,560,937, the net premiums amounting to £63,572. In the annuity department 446 bonds ver* granted for annuities amounting to £22,790, for which £253,230 was received. Ie was reported that the balance at credit of profir, and loss amounted to £645,756, out of which the directors recommend the payment of a dividend for the year of £1 per share, and a bonus of 10s per share, making together £165,000, both free of income tax, leaving to be carried forward £480,756. One-h*li of the dividend and the whole of the bonus Will be paid on 15th prox . and the remainder of the dividend on 11th November next.

News in Brief.

fldapr Gallant (lately arrived from Queens land) will lead the meetings at the Salvation Army Barracks to-morrow.

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association-By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright London, August 10 An injunction has been granted re straining a London publisher, named Lane, from reproducing Lord Rose bery's speeches, which were specially reported m The 'limes. Tho claim of The Times that the speeches were copy right was upheld. The Queen, m promising to op*n the Jubilee Convalescent Home, at Bristol, stipulated that the route must inc'ude the poorest streets. As the result of extreme «ompsti tion, the reports of the London omni bus companies show that the profits for twelve months were a penny for every twenty passengers carried. August 11. The Emperor of Germany arrives at Windsor on November 15. Paris, August 11 The French newspapers are bitterly mjsrepregentiag the Leda incident, and denounce the brutality of the British.

THE DREYFUS CASE.

Prisoner's Counsel Jubilant.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright Paris, August 11 M. Demange, counsel for Dreyfus, and M. Labori, who defended M. Zola, are jubilant at the small impression produced by the secret dossier. Dreyfus remains singularly impas sive. General Mercier is to be examined to-morrow, which is considered the critical moment of the trial, The revisionists declare that Pal ydu Claoi'a absence from the Dreyfus trial on the ground of alleged illness, is to preyent light being thrown on the case. London, August 11 The Times states that Esterhazy and Henry supplied Schwarzkoppen with 160 documents, including a detailed plan of the army mobilisation, dividing the proceeds between them. That journal further alleges that the diplo matists m Paris were aware that Henry was a traitor months before he com mitted suicide.

THE PAPANUI OVERDUE.

Unked Press Association—By Eleotrlo Telegraph—Copyright HOBART, AugUSt 11 Some little anxiety is felt for the steamer Papanui, which is five days overdue from the Gape and London.

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

United Press A-«ociation —By Elecbrio Telograph. Wellington, August 11 The House tnrt >*t 2 30 p.m. THE SFKVKKR. lv tho absence of tr.o dpv.ker on urgent privice biuiuoss at Auoklnud, Mr Guinness look the chur. tKCON'D BKADING. The Cubten Trust Biii wns read a second tine. FINAN'CI vL STATEMENT. Mr L-wwry le^umed the debate on the Fuieu.oia; Kiititemeat, moving an smendmßiii io the effect that the amount of one million proposed to be borrowed be increased from ona to two millions, with a view to complete the unfinished main lines of railways, roads, and bridges, m the back blocks, and acquire more land for closer settlement. On a division the amendment was lost by 53 to 4 Mr Hunter contended that the freehold was the beet tenure to attach the people to the land, and urged that Crown tenants •houid be given every opportunity to acquire the freehold. The Budget was misleading and inaccurate, and he refused to believe that there was a real surplus of £495,861. Mr Field twitted the Opposition with failing to produce a policy m vindication of their claim to occupy the Treasury benches. He gave Government credit tor encouraging native industries and urged the extension of fcuch efforts m regard to other industries. He believed that the freehold tenure of land would have to be reverted to, but care would have to be taken against the acoumu lation of large estates. The House adjourned at 5.30 p.m. The House resumed at 7.30. Mr Pirani continued the debate on the financial statement, contending that the revenue for the last few years and also for the present year, had been deliberately under estimated, with a view to showing an apparent surplus. He cnarged the Govern ment with rewarding the districts repre sented by Government supporters with public expenditure while districts represented by the Opposition members had been neglected. VVi Pere advocated borrowing a cum sufficiently large to complete railways m progress, and especially for the iine to connect Gisborne with Auckland. Mr Flatman's speech was principally a defence ot the land policy of the Govern ment, m the course of which he defended the leasehold system as against freehold, and supported the claim of ths Government) that they had been instrumental m reducing the rate of freights. ! Mr Bollard reiterated the charge that the Premier dominates the Committeea of the House, and that as far as independence went the Committees were simp'y a farce. The claim also of the Government that they had bean 'the means of reducing the rates of freight was a fallacy, whi'e there could be no question that Tamnnnyism was rsmpant m the Civil Service. We flcn'ed that the railways were m an efficient state; they certainly were not m such a good state as they w«re under Commissioners who had only £25,000 to keep them m good working order. '.! he Government took credit for the great progress that had been made by the colony, bub that was due to the energy of the people, and the enterprise of commercial men. Under the Atkinson Government the excess of exports over imports amounted to £3,500,000, while last year the exports exceeded imports by only £2,000,000 With regard to the land policy of the Government he characterised it as a complete failure. Crown tenants were dissatisfied and clamour ing for the freehold, while they were drifting into a state m connection with the land system simitar so that which caused the agrarian troubles m Ireland. The treatment the North Island Main Trn:>k Railway had received was scandalous, a state of things for which he blamed those of the Auckland members who eupported the Government. On the motion of Mr R. McK-js zie the debate was adjourned. The House rose at miduight.

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM IN ENGLAND.

FIXTURES : AugU3t 14—Oval, v Englaud (test). August 17—Cheltenham, v Gloucestershire MATCH AGAINST KENT. United Press Association—By Electric Telograph—Copyright London, August 10 The first innings of the Australians against Kent was continued. The scores are— Worrail 36, Trumper 50, Gregory 3, Darling 16, Noble 49, Iredale 34, Kelly 26, L&ver 1, McLeod 0, Jones 1, Howell, not out, 0. Sundries, 11; total 227. Kent m their first innings lost no wickets for 29. Burnup 8, Stewart 21. (Received Wakapuaka August 12, 9.45 a.m, GOARDIA.N Office 10-20 a.m) London, August 11 First innings of Kent — Burnup 25, Stewart 71, Hearne 20, Day 4, Patterson 7, Mason 0, Weigall 0, Duboulay 33, Huish 11, Humphreys (not out) 0, sundries 0 ; total 184. The wicket is good, the weather fine, and the attendance large. Later. The Australians, m their second innings, are all out for 94.

THE FINAL TEST MATCH.

The team to play m the goal test match against Australia will be selected from the following :—Rhodes, Lockwood, Brook well, Dantoo, Lilley, Bradley, Townsend, Jones, H&yward, McLaren, Jaoksoo, Fry, Ranjit« sinhji. The final selection will he made on Monday.

A FEARFUL HURRICANE.

Great Loss of Life.

Towns Devastate^.

Uqibad Pree3 4sßooiation—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Poet au Prinoe, August 11 A hurricane m the Oarribean Sea wrecked Aponce, m Puerto Rico, drowning 200 persons. All shipping was driven ashore. Seventy four fatali ties occurred at Montserrat, where every church was destroyed, and the who!e country devastated, the people being rendered homeless. Twenty-one persona were killed at the island of Nevis, where many lives were lost at Guadeloupe. The hurricine killed 200 people at La Pointe a Pietre, a town of the Island of Guadeloupe, and destroyed the town Kumacoa, m the Island of Porte Kico. i

THE PHILIPPINES.

United Press Association—By Eleofario Telegraph—Copyright (Received Wakapuaka August 12, 9-50 am Guardian Office, 10.36 a.m)' Washington, August 11 General Otis remains m command of the American troops m the Philippines, though Mr Alger had recommended liia superceseion. Manil&a, August 11 The Filipino losses at San Fernando were 100 killed and 800 wounded.

SOCIAL COLUMN.

[The tnatter contained m this column is paid /or, and is not necessarily m accord with the views advocated by this p iper."\

A FARMER'S VISIT TO THE QUEEN.

(Continued.) So I took him upon my kn c an' I wiped his tears vith my handkerchief an' I kissed him, I dtf, and I c mforted him. ' V Tf>, don't you cry, jToro, my boy,'says I, Til mend that whip, I will, so that'll cr*ck as loud as iver, and I'll buy you a new one next market day.' We!!, now, Your Majesty, mum,' Bays I, • don't you think our father m Heaven He cares as much for me as I care for my boy Tom ? My plough worn't of much consekence to Him, but I know right well my trouble was." « Well, now —would you believe it? —when I said that, the prince he tamed away, and he blowed his nose with a pocket-handkerchief, and the Queen she bad tears m her eyes, and I seed one on 'em a rollin' down her cheek. " ' You're a good man, Mr Smith,' i she say, ' and I am thankful I have | subjects snch as you.' Them were her j words. I'm proud of 'em ; I've told my son Tom he's never to forget 'em, and he's to tftch 'em to his children, if so be as God gives him a family. 11 When the queen Bay them words to mo, I say to her, • Your Majesty, mum,' I say, • I hain't got nothing good about me, but what comes from God ;' and she say, •No more hain't none of us, Mr Smith.' The prince he jioed m, and we had a rare go.d talk, that was for all the world just like a band meetin'. " Folks may say what they like, but it hain't nG use of them aayin' it to John Smith, of Dickleborough. He know, and he say to all the world. Queen Victoria id a right good, g dly woman, and Prince Albert he's another —leastways—well, you know what I mean. "It was getting nigh on to noon by this time, and at last the queen she said to me, *Mr Smith,' she say, ' you will find lunch provided for you, and the man who waits on you will t»ke you over the castle if you wish. There are some very fine paintings, and other things you might like to see.' '♦' Well, now, Your Majesty, mum,' says I, ' I hain't much of a judge o£ pictures, but there is one thing I should rarely like to see.' " ' What is it, Mr Smith !' she say ; and I say, •If I might see the dear babes.' " The queen she laughed and she looked right tickled, and «he say they was out a walkin' m the park, and some one should go with me and show me the way. So she bid me good-day, and so iid the prince, and a man came and took me away." Mr Smith was taken to the park, and met there the children who were extant. His conductor " said suffen " to the lady who was m charge of them, d-übtless telling her of Her Majesty's command, and the good old man talked to the children m his kindly way for a few minutea. Then he took oft' hia wide-brimmed white beaver hat, and, standing bareheaded m the sunshine, he prayed that the blessing of God might be upon them and abide with them. Then he turned his face homeward, and went back to the simple, everyday life of a Norfolk farmer. Not long afterwards he received a box which had been brought from London by thg carrier, and mit he found a most beautiful fanrily Bible, with a note explaining that it was a present from the queen and Prinoe Albert. JVir Smith carefully packed it up again, and returned it with a letter to the queen, asking her •< If she would be so good as to write her name upon it." The Bible came back m due time, with autograph signatures, not of Her Majesty only, but of the prince also, and of all the children—even the babe's little hand had been guided to write its name—and under the signatures the queen had written with her own hand, • A memento of the visit of a good man.' Mr Smith had a large glass case made to cover the Bible, and on certain days he used to sbow it to sight-seers at three-pence a head. The money thus earned was dropped into a missionary box, together with the'contributions of his family; and when the annual missionary meeting came round, the box aud the Btory were always pro duced to the great satisfaction of the audience, who never grew tired of hear ing the good old man tell the tale of his interview with the queen. In all her varied relations of maiden, wife, mother, widow, queen and empress, she has gained the respect, the sympathy and the affection, not only of her own subject, but of people of other lands. This is the woman who has outlived every European king, and nearly a score of American presidents, and whose character and influence have been such that many who have never lived m her dominions yet gl*dly joiu the prayer, 11 God Save the Quebn."

An Atheist's Son.

The converted son of an atheist was discovered by his father upon his knees. With an oath the father ordered him to rise, and bade him choose between his home and his newfound religion. Without a moment's hesitation, the young man rose to give up his home, but before going he asked his father to grant him one last favour. " I will grant it, whatever it be, ao that you may leave my house at once," answered the father. But he was very much chagrined when the young man said — " I want you and mother to Jmeel with me while I pray.'? After a slight hesitation the father said, " All right, fire away." The young man thereupon prayed with such unction and such evident love for his father and mother, that the latter was bathed iD tears, and the former, struggling with emotion, said, " Stay at home, lad ; we cannot let you go." And it was not long before the parents followed m the footsteps of the son, and sought the peace that he had found,

THE ASHBOKTOW GtAKDXAN, SATTJEDA2, AUGUST 12, 1899



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FOR SALE IN the North Inland, m the vicinity of Hawera, an imoroved dairy Farm of IJS Ac:ea wii.h guol improvements I within one naila of Railway S'a'iou, to which it 1b joined by a good metal r>>»d The fa'tn is also near a Dairy Factory and School. F. PERBIMAN. FOR SALE, AT Ashburlon Forks, aoompacfc home stead of 84 aorts of good land, , Hub-divided, and all laid down m clover. On this farm is erected a comfortable dwelling house. A large portion of the purchase money can remrm on mortgage. F. FERRIMAN, FOX SALE, A LtftGE FAMILY DWELLING' House, with a few Acres of Ground. F. FERRIMAN. FOR SALS, /^|N North East Belt, a Con.fortable Dwelling Hnoae on half an aore of ground with good orchard, F, FERRMAN. FOR SALE, AT HIGHBANK. Fifty Acres Land with good improvements. Goodwill of Perpetual Lease. Within easy distance of School, F. Fif.RRIMAN. FOR &ALE, A T the Corner of Burnett a^d Will'am Streets, In an improving position, half an acre of good groand tjpon which is erected a substantial house of seven rooms. Easy terms will be given. F. FERRIMAN. FOR SALE, T HAVE been instructed by Mr Robert MußiiAY, who hrn left Ashbur ton, to dispose of his very comfortable suburban residence ab Allentoa, with four acrea of ground, which is well laid out. It ia bounded by a microcarpa fenco, and has other Improvements. F. FERRIMAN. ¥o~hW¥. A Shop and Dwelling House, m a good position for business, opposite the Union Bank of Australia, Tancred Street, F. FRRRIMAN FOR SALE. I have for Rale, m blocks of 2 acres, excellent I&nd for the cultiva'ion of the Raspberry ; m a good positi >n, and on very reasonable terms, viz., 10 per cent depoßit, 15 per cent m one year, balance bearing interest at 4J per cent for a term of years. F. FERRIMAN. FOR SALE, QEOTIONS m the Town and .Suburbs. F. FERRIMAN ffnedlander tiros. FOR PRIVATE SALE. ITTE have for Private Sale, an Eight-roomed House fitted with every convenience, situate on Garter's Terrace, Tiawald. Full particulars on'application to FRIEDL&NDER BROS., LIMITED rriHE WELLKNOWN SINGLE-TREE JL tPROPERTY, Containing 215 0 A UJRJE S. Situated near AUord Forest, For further particulars apply toj FRIEDLANDER BROS, Ltd., Land and Estate Agents, TTTE are OASH^Buyers of good Hneß of MILLING & SHIPPING WHEAT, AlsOj— OATS, BARLEY, AND RYE GRASS. FRIEDLANDER FROS., Lld. ~~7aW~foiTsale. 1%/TESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd, have been iastrooLed by Mr Wm.Sutton, to sell by private treaty, his compact farm of 290 acres, situated ab Winohmore, on which is a comfor-able four-roomed Dwelling, large store room, and aix-afcailed Stable, The property is d vided into five paddocks, all fenced and well {watered, end most of the land is uader crop. For full particulars and terms, apply FRIEDLAftDER BEOS., Lrav



JOHN ORR AND COS REVISED LIST"« WK n*im to be the Leading Firm of G ocers, Ironmongers, and Crockery Merchants m Ashburton. We import al! our Stock from the Home MLarka'» for Spot Cash, and are therefore m the best position so supply the public with only genuine goods at the lowest possible price for cash. We eaanm'oe aU our goods full weight and finest quality* We never oharge for paokin? and delivery, all goods at the Railway Station free. Any person leaving an order with as can get a parcel ticket, and therefore always be sure of having thai* goods at the station m time. No charge for ticket. JU JLIO U it" SACK 15*. — SCJOA.I* — !3£d p©r T«tt !BIARA VILLA GARDEN TEA- 1« lOd, 2«, 2a 4d per lb filb Box .- •«. ••• 8s 9d > *3 7d» 118 101 b Box .- - - 16a Bd, 18 a 4d, 21. 8d KOZIE TEA - 101 b Box.J 18s 4d ; 5Sb, 9s 7d GOLD LEAF TEA 101 b Box,!|18a 4d; 51b, 9i 7d - PROVISIONS'- FAOCORY BUTTER-Fern Leaf and Sutton'sialways m sto«k. / CHEESE -Finest Factory, 6d per lb BVOON AND HAMS — " LewhsV " Morepork," "D. MoiaUom.' Mild Cured Hams, Sides and Rolls, 7^. GORE OATM^^L-251b Bag,;2s6d Un Honten's Oooon, lid ; ilb, la Oarraway Seeds ... ... 8d per lb 9J • lib 3s 31 Firaonfo, whole U  „ Frv'e Ooofia' *lb, 8W ; lib, Is 4^d Pimento, sround ls 2d „  R/al O«ndles, 4U per lb ; 8a 8d Mix-d Spice 1J 1 per picket nt box PlCKLES—Hayward'a Mixed, 101 cer Parafioe Candle*, plain and fluted, 6jd bottle, 9s 6d per dfzon per lb • 12s 6d per box Crow and B^ackwells, la 3d pir wiWry Night Lights, Is 21 per box wm^o q i wn Tapioca, 7lba for U O»Pf»'« * hite'a. 2s 31 p:-r bottle Pear«, 6lb ß for Is gurry Powder lid per bottle B r/ii"( fcr 1h Borax ... ... ... oa per In Mixed Pooi, L-»mon, Orange and Oit- Alum £?•'" ft ,' ,_,u Saltpetre od   ron'*y: r  og, TartaricAcid ... ... lslOd „ „ utTns Atortel Jan.B, 5d per Ib ;4, CUrbonate Soda, Sd per lb, 2 @ per d z lbs 9d er dcz Whole Linseed Siperlb 91K T<ii-a Assorted Jama, Hi 6i ppr doz Linseed Meal 4ti „  Lea »d PerrinVsance, large. & «d JH4TOHRS-Pl.Mta, 4^d per do«, 4, hottle P er ?roBB »«■ «^ c» r a ,o i o si n«r hottle 250' als 6d per dozen w£££^£BjH?taP. « MOW 6d p,r P bo,, 4s 101 p., ssas-a^rssA's lb BrJ . nt »»a m^k«-. •« p»- Englkh6 CuteWSu«ar, 3|dperlb „ Herrings In Tomato, 101 Tomato Saace, 9.1 per bottle Pc. r tln GoSen Syrup, 21b U, 41b Is, 561 b lls „ Herrings m Shrimp, 10J g^j per tin Treacle, 21b 61. 4lb Is, 71b Is 9d „ Kippered Herrings, 101 Finest Raisins 6idperlb per tin Finest Sultanas 7|d „,, » Preserved Bloaters, lOi Finest Currants ..^^^ ;; » a nckland Mullefct T "... 7<i per tin S&uE. (choice) ::: T ;:;; J3in rUi^.Aib^ ::: g;; ;; Sfcewin? Plums M,. .. Sardines, large ... ... 8 „ „ FlnratWeatela 1«« „ „ bardmea. amall ... 4i „  Californian Muacat.ela ... Is „„ Sa raon, H.-lly leaf ... lOd „ „ P^extra fine, 31b boxes. U9l per f*™^*"^^ " » AlmoS, .T v ,rd an ... 2s 4d per lb d Amonds Vacn Cla ... 1. bd „ „ Dgn J*fi h 1 a ,21b f 8 lOd ; Birit/uts y::: ::: SI:::: oomSdßeeU«t to n,B P ioadß.,f f 2ib D y snd Martin's Jar Blacking, 6d per Potted Meats, aborted, 6d per tia v ». r i Bovrll, 2.z, In 10J. French B.acklng, 2d per tlo, 1. M per |SS!aSrfe.M?iK iw'T Har- Ni ..,L Blacklead Id siz?, 3d per doz per's, 9d per t^n I£Z DomeKklead, 6d perLz MelHnß; Food, ÜBd per tin i()AP~Pear'B, 4 tablets m box, la box Nestles' Food, la lid Billon. Soap. lOd per bar, 10s 6d per Jgjj-F-od.^ pef m • \ra n » har 7s lid Her box Vermicelli, 6d par lb, 41b for ls lOd PeartWented Tables, 6d, 5^ 6d Ground Rice ,3|d por lb « Aulsebrook ■ Cocoa, fib 4d, lib Is da Jleave'r'a Shaving Sticks, 9d each OarfbnryVi Cocoa, M lOi, Jib, Is 8d Brown Windßor Tablet,, ls 3d per do Z War Cocoa, 3, per lb j a^enla Soap, 8d and 101 each n(i 8a fc" lcwfc 5s Hudsm's Extract of Soap, Is 4d per Rock Sa cwt 5, doz, 59 9d per box J»b Uj Salt, 7ba Bd, 141bs Is dd Washing Soda, ■141 b la, 8a 6d per cwt Tablo bait, 21b jara. 8d s^.srs^K.r 1' Cr°e'ict ffi-* Whit. Wioo VrjegT, lOd per bottle OolonW Araortad KMenoM, 5d pw lb, SSS'sW^KhMP-d- «*-S»-^" - '«»-»> Monkey Brand Soap, large siz* 6d, 6a Empire Blae 81 „ „ fid ocr doz Kean c Blue iua „  Barilla Aeh, McOHnton's and Thomp- AulaebrooWeJeHy J^ers, assorted, P« Jt VJofet Powder 8d per box Devor'* Jelly Powders, 6d, 5i 91 per doz FXr'JSh P Ba per box' 6 '' Lime J aloe and Glycerine, 9d per bottle *ib I<>U. tlb bd Glwerine. 64 per bottle Oolman « Mv tard, loose. Is 3d per lb VaStae, 6d pir bottle cirAROH-Colman's and Berger a, eamohor. loz 3J, lib tins 3s lOd 61 per packet BUCUITS-BnoVfUke, 51 per lb ; 4|d  Gregg 'a i»d Lily, 51 per lb lb per tin •» Glaze Chinese; Is per box *» ,!J«'b Mir 4H cer lb »• GlaZB Ja P aneße. 6d Per ib IZltl^M Zld Sym!n ? ton' 8 Ooffe, B«en«, 1. 24 par SS^taW^GjS P« "-per r.*Ub's*.fci«*MHp« bottU Hn Maypole Soap, 6d per cake, any color Zaalandi* Mixed, M per lb, s^l per lb Oried Pcachta, Aprlcote, and Apples, tln 9i per lb PRPPER-White ... 1543 per lb Milkmaid's Milk 7^i per tin, 7s 33 per Black ... Is2-i „ „ dozen Whole ... la^d „ „ Nursary Milk, 6s per dozen GIX'GSB-Whole ... la 31 „ „ Ooffje, finest, la 3d, lsjSJ, la 7d Ground ... la4-i „., „ Special, 2s SHEEP NETTING, (0.8 ) 3d per yard. BARB WIRE (flog) ISs Od per coil. NO. 9 FENCE WIRE Os Od per cwfe. O.K TUBULAR LANTERNS .. .. •• ls 9dl BOILED LINSEED OIL 1^» Od per s^llon drum CASTOR OIL 13«O<f pertin. 12 GALLON GALVANISBD PORTABLE BOILERS 3^B Od. YEATS' OKLEBR,\TfiD GARDEN SEEDS JUST TO HAND JOHN ORR & CO., AbHBURTON,