Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1899.

While in many of the agricultural districts of Central and Southern Russia the assiut- THE FAMINE auce of the Bed IN RUSSIA. Gross and other

societies has been found to be no longer urgently re quired, the distress, consequent on the faiiure of the crops, continues to grow more and more acute in the Govern ment of Bessarabia, To add to the appalling misery of the situation, typhus fever in a most virulent form has broken out among the wretched sufferers, and an eye-witness states in an Qdesaa- paper that the misery is intensified by the inhuman conduct of many of the landowners, who have not hesitated to carry their cruelty even to the extent of razing to the ground scores of hnts the only covering of their starving typhus-stricken but rent-defaulting moujiks Moreover he adds that the hair on his head literally stood on end as he contemplated the pathetic scenes which everywhere met his gaze, and concludes by earnestly soliciting financial assistance to enable him to continue to feed as many of the hapless sufferers aa possible during the coming months, siace the advance from the various district agricultural boards will not be doled out before the middle of. November.

According to a military writer in the London Daily Telegraph, the army at large was quite as THE much astonished as TRANSVAAL the civilian world at GENERALS. the appointment of

Sir George White to the command in Fatal, for in the clubs and the messes it had been taken lor granted that the heads of the force sent to the Gape would be men having experience of South African warfare. Sir George has fought brilliantly in India, Burma, and Egypt, but his luck had never taken him before to the Cape. He ia an infantry general. A young Irishman fresh from Antrim, he saw his first service with the gallant Inniskilling Fusiliers. When he be came one ot the Gay Gordons he was converted into a Highlander of the Highlanders, and he won his V.C. in a kilfc. Though nearly all the generals namad for service ia the Transvaal are, as Sir George White was, infantrymen —Sir Redvers Buller was a rifleman, Generals Sir Fred Oarrington and Sir William Symons were South Wales Borderers, Hallam Parr was a light infantryman, Lord Methuen was a guardsman—most of them obtained celebrity through mounted work. The moat brilliant and dashing work Sir Redvers has done was when he com manded the Irregular Horse and Mounted Infantry, with " Wood's Flying Column," in Zululand, and the trophy given him by his country, on which are modelled iv silver a South African irregular and Imperial mounted infantryman, ia his most prized piece of plate. Sir Fred Oar rington, as a subaltern, raised his first corps of Oarrington'a Horse for the Trans k ri war, in 1877, and with intervals of repose at Gib. and Belfast, haß been doing nothing but mounted infantry work over since. Sir William Symonp, with his mounted infantry, hunted the rebel Boks in Burma so ceaselessly that they preferred to como in and be hanged to living as fugitives Lord Methuen is better known a? the leader of Methuen's Horse than by all the other good work he has done, and i Hallam Parr has been a mounted infantryman nearly all his service The namea of Buller and Oarrington are remembered with special kindness by the men of the South African Irregular Corps, who served under them, for rather curious reasons, apart from the distinguished qualities of the two as coaomanders. The colonials liked Sir Redvers' •' sabre-cuts of Saxon speech,' and a word of praise from him wag treasured far above a long speech from smoother-spoken generals. " Only called you a d d fool ?" aaid the commander of a Natal corps to a subaltern who feared he was in dis grace; "that means that he's pleasecj with you." Sir Fred Oarrington in the early daya of his South African career, had the reputation of being the best boxer in the Cape, and an old soldier of the 24th, who looked after Sir Fred's greyhounds, was said to be nearly as good as his master. Neither of them ever bad need to display their accomplishment in earnest, but it gained both of them a wonderful amount of respect. ,

11 Modernity " is a new word which does duty in a shabby genteel sort of way for the one our " MODERNITY" fathers used —

"new faugledness 'f —only it impließ much more and, as one writer says, we labour under a nightmare of " modernity." Our novels are nothing if not modern ; our plays, our dramatic situations, our characters, above all, our women, are afflicted with the same bacillus, the same poisonous and malevolent germ of the modern, the up-to date, the smartly ,/fo de siecle. An extremely modern play has just been produced at the London Haymarket, which natur ally enough, forms the inevitable third j to two predecessors at; the Qlobe and Court Theatres respectively. Mr Pinero, tired with the fantastic romance of lC The Princess and the Butterfly," and the rococo sentirnen talism of "Trelawny of the Wells," wrote a play, stuffed through and through with cleverness, which is neither sentimental nor romantic, but purely and simply cynical, called "The Gay Lord Quex." Mr Oarton, a dramatist, who once seemed to be under the influence of Albery and Robertson, followed the Globe' Theatre play with something infinitely less clever but equally sordid, satirical, and bitter, to which he gave the title of " Wheels Within Wheels." Mr Syd ney Grundy, not to be outdone, has just produced a pieca called "The Degenerates"—a happily in genious title, which serves at once as an explanation and an apology for introducing his audience to a society of libertines, demimondaines, and financiers, concerning whom the only thing to be said ia that whatever is new about them is not true, and whatever true is not new. Y«rily, it

is a wonderful thiDg to live in an atmosphere of modernity ! The con temporary man, according to the novelist and drarn&tisf, trades on the wita of unscrupulous company pro moters, has had two or three immoral pasts, and invariably covets his neigh bour's wife. The contemporary woman is worse, for she excuses her laches by pretending that she U " a good sort," brraks the Commandments on the plea that, at all events, she is never vulgar, and glorif-s in being not only barefaced but barebacked. Poelic .fate, as manipulated by the modern playwright, consists in uniting the aforesaid con Hcienceless male to the reckless and well-dressed female with abundance of whitewash and much mutual forgetful lies", the curtain de.-cending in a blcz« of epigram and mordant cynicism. And society, which has at least the virtue of an tasy and remorseless tolerance, goes ho.iie with a self satisfied and fatuous smile, remarking on the cleverness, the smartness, the con temporary point and facility of the satire, delighted to see that some of its tendencies can be so agreeably painted, and not caring to ask whether the picture be true. It is all so charmingly nivid and up-to date and "actual"; modernity, like the old-fashioned and now defanct charity, apparently being able to cover and excuse a multitude of sins.

Local and General.

\* Ok the first page to-day wiil be found Correspondence, and on the fourth page Miacellanoous Items. For the Show.—About four hundred pasaeogsra lefb Ashburton by the early morning train for Chrisfechurch to-day, and a large number lefb by the express latt night. Colonel Polb-Pkntos.—Nexb Monday, Colonel Pole-Penton intends raiting Ash burton, when he will inspect the Ashburfcon Rifles and Guards. RboOVßßed.—-The lad Clifford, whose l?g was so badly broken about three months ago, has so far recovered as to be able to leave the hospital and return to his home at Greenstreet.

Train Excursion.—Our Mayfield corre spondent writes:—We are much indebted to the School Committee for their successful endeavors to procure a cheap trip to Christ church and back on show day; Many people will avail themselves of this opportunity. Payment oe 1 Childrin —The officers of the Labour Department wi«h it to be under stood that the Payment of Boys and Girls Act, passed last session, which provides that a© boys shall be emp'oyed for lobs than 5i and no girl for less than 4s a week, will ba strictly enforced. An Olb Acquaintance.—The Press says —At bie Magistrate's Court yesterday Jag. Gill admitted having behaved in a disorderly manner while drunk in Hereford street on Wednesday night. He was fined 10s, or, in default, 48 houre imprisonment; Mr R. Beetham, S.M,, presided.

Fatal Accident.—At the Christchurch races on Thursday, Birthday fell iv the MidJleton Hurdles and hurb his rider, a lad named Tworaey, so seriously that he died from injuries received last night. Deceased came from Wellington, his father being a blacksmith at the Hutt. A New Caledonia Escapee, — Jules Eohenoe Boury, aged fifty-two, was removed from the s.a. Mokoia at the Bluff on Wednesd y, and sent to Wellington for extraditing He was sentenced to ten years' transportaiio i for theft with violence com mitted in France, and was to reside perpetually thereafter in New Caledonii. He admits thit he is the man wanted.

A Pjccoxiak. Case—A peculiar case was brought before the Inveroargill Courb on Wednesday. The Wallace Hospital Trust sued Je.-sia Muir, Edendale, for £29, being the cost cf ma ntaining her hus&and ia the hospita!, where he died. Defendant's counsel, inter alia, contended that there was no proof thifc the doad man was Mrs Mu'r's hußband, and that the trust had not apprised her of his death, so that she could have identified him. Neither had she been told that the man wag in the hospital, although ha was there seventy-nine weeks; She got a separation order twenty-three years ago, and her husband left her to bring up nine children. After leg*l argument ou several points h;s Worship reserved his d^cieion. Roll Stuffing Rampant —A Press As sociation wire from Auckland Biya that urgent clerical workers have been put on the first supplementary roll for Parnoll elec torate. The delay in getting rapid progress made with the additional registers is wholly attributable to the attempts made to put dummy votes on the register?. These

attempts had reached such ao expert stage that the registrar waa compelled to send a large number of the applications to the Inspector of Police for enquiry, and on the Inspector's report he handed over a batch of

FLBaiiNGTON Cricked Club —At a meet ing of the Flemington Cricket Club, held in the FlemingtoQ school, the following were elected to office for the ensuing year: I Patron—Mr JON Grigg ; President—Mr | Wm. Anderson ; Vice-Preaidents — Messrs Moses, Smith, Taylor, Bond, and JOaborne; captain—Mr J Smith ; vice-captain—Mr W Smith; secretary and treasurer—Mr F Jones ; committee — Messrs R Hill, W Smith, J A Anderson, A Donaldson, Moses, and Pearson, Votes of thanks were passed to the outgoing committee; to Mr W Anderson for the use of his paddock ; and to Mrs Titntns for providing refreshments. Mr Grigg generously offered a bat) for the highest batting average (in matches) at ihe end of the season among members of the club. A match between the Flemineton and Wakanui clubs was played on Saturday last at Flemington, and resulted in a win for Flemington by an innings and 31 runs. The highest scores for Flemington were— Messrs Moses 30, Pearson I§, A Donaldson 13, Timma 8; for the visitors—S Wilson 17 and 12, and James Murphy 9, were the highest scores. Mrs Timms and Mias Smith kindly provided abundant refreshments.

papeia to the Crown solicitor for additional prosecution. The minutes on hundreds of the records sent) to the police authorities reveal an unpleasant state of affurs.

Catholic Literary Society. — There was a large attendance of members at the usual weekly meetiug of the Aihburton Catholic Literary Society, held in the boys' school, on Wednesday evening. Mr L Hanrahan (president) ocoupied the chair. To show the popularity this Society i% gain ing it) may be stated that there were several members from the country present, some of whom had come from a long distance, and needless to say they received a hearty welcome from the Society. After the election of a new member and the transac tion of other routine business, the meeting resolved itself into & soa'a! evening, during which the members were treated to some excelleno songs an 1 recitations. A notice able feature of the evening was the manner in which the junior members of the Society readily consented when called on for aonga, etc., and several of thsm acquitted them selves in a manner that reflacbed the greatest credit on them and the Society generally for the way in which it has brought these young members to the fore. l)uring the evening the following gentlemen assisted by their songs and recitations : — Songs — Messrs E Hanrahan, Burgess, M Moriarty, Moison, Roal, Higgins, Healy, J Wilson, P O'Connor. Quinlan and Flynn. Recitations—Messrs J and D Moriirty, Gorman, P andL Hanrahan, Murphy, Nolan aaci M O'Connor. The meeting, which was the most successful of its kind yet held by the Sooiety, was brought to a close in the usual manner. The programme eet down for next Wednesday evening is a debate, namely Monarchy v Republic, and as several of the leaders in the debate are ab work already getting speeches etc., prepared, the memVors have no doubt, a most) pleasant evenings entertainment before them.

Kejeotkd Lover's Buicide—M Glouces | term inquest was held lately on Charles j Frederick White, B.A. twenty-eight, aj schoolmaster, of Leicester, who took afata'Jbi dose of carbolic acid ab his mother's house Deceased hid been engaged to Miss Estelle Jones, who broke off the engagement. He declared to his mother that he wou-d not tnko " No* for an answer, and unsucceßß fully endeavoured to bring about a recoa oiliation through a lady friend. He left a letter running a* follows: —''Forgive me, mother. I couldn't endure life any more without Estelle." Another letter, marked " For E3t,elle," told her he tried the night before to poiaoo himself with chloral. A verdict of " Suicide during temporary insanity" was returned. Asiatic Railways.—Referring to the supposed exertions of English promoters to obtain and keep a conceesion fora Euph rates Valley Railway, the semi-official Ber lin I'ost suys ;—" These exertions are coco uected with a single link in the chain of still more extensive plans—namely, an all- British line from Alexandria to China, through Mesopotamia, along the Persian Gulf, through India and Burmah, and con tinuing on Chinese territory to Shanghai. The total length of this lins would amount to about 6670 miles, about 2000 of which are already bailb. The undertaking is > thought to be a counterpoise to the quickly advancing Siberian Railway, in so far that its completion would make England mistress of the situation in the whole of Southern Asia."

Lord Salisbury as a Jodbnalist—The following story ab;/ut Lord Salisbuiy in his j mrnalißtic day?, which may or may nob true, is quoted ia the Independent as C i>m the English coneepondeoi ot an Ameri can pat*': " Occupying the same editorial room with him, and writing alternate leaders was Charles Williams now the Dai'y Chronicle war correspondent. In th<secSaya Lord Salisbury was fond "of a glass of beer. So was Charles William-. Instead of each man sending out for his own beer, they agreed to be hospitable, the one to the other, by taking alternate nights to stand the beer. Fortune came to SalisLuiy, ho driited into politics, became Marquis and Prime Minister, and Williams, usually far from London, engaged in his work as «ar correspondent, saw nothing of the more foifcuuate journalist for years Salisbury is •*" haughty «nd exclusive man, and Williams thought he was quite forgotten. Happening be in the lobby of the House of Lords one night, Williams saw Lord Salisbury makiug for him. Holding out his hand to th« grizz'y war correspondent, Lord Salisbury said: 'By the way, Mr William*, whose turn ia it to find [the beer V Loyalty. —An incident snowing how deep rooted is the spirit of patriotism end loyalty .... in the breasts of the eons and daughters of the Empire is reported from Palmeraton (says the North Otago limes). One young man who bad sent in his name as a volunteer for the Transvaal was away from home when the letter conveying the intelligence that hi» services had been accepted arrived. Hit father received the letter, and, noticing that it bore the mark of the corps to which his son belonged, he opened it. Seeing whab it> \ was, ha passed the communication over to his wife, closely watching her face while sh» read if>. "Well," he said, "you see what it is ?' •• Yes," was the reply, •• I see." "Is Jack to go then V Then the maternal faoe tit up, and the answer came prompt and straight. "He is no son of mine if he does not!' The answer was well pleasing to the father, who, in mentioning the incident) to a friend, proudly admitted that he had gone round the table and given the dear wife as' warm a kiss as ever he did, and exclaimed, '• Good on you, moths r J 1 An Assyria-Babylonia Bailwat—lt is somewhat startling to learn that a railway through ancienb Assyria and Babylonia is seriously contemplated. The following ap. *V peared in a daily contemporary :—Mr Ernest Rechnitzer, a Hungarian banker, established in London, has put forward a fresh demand to the Thi kish Government ior a concession for a railway from Konieh to the Persian Gulf. It is understood that Mr Reohnitzsr disposes of English capital mainly. Belgium and Germany will aleo participate. Total length of line, about 1500 miles. Route, from Alexandretta to Aleppo, following the right valley of the Euphrates, crossing ab Hit, thence to Bagdad and Baasorah, ending in a good port to re constructed on the Per sian Gulf. There will be a connecting line to, Konieh joining the company, which is to be called the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Railway, with the Anatolian system, bo thatr, with bub one break, camtl by the necessity of taking a ferry-boat to Constantinople to cross the Boßphorus, passengers will b* able to go from London to the Persian Gulf in about a week. This new line will open up Mesopotamia, once the most fertile country in the world ; it will oross the spot where by some the site ot Paradise is looated, and bring within easy reach of tourists the ruins, cf Babylon and Nineveh. Passengers will be able to reach Bombay in about ten days from London, oupposing a f*st line of steamers was run in connection with this railway, call ing at the terminus on the Persian Gulf. Neabw Buried Aliye—On August 5, Juan Gocxvlez, 50, living ab Montevideo, and the father of a large family, was cer tified to be dead by the doctor whe exa» mined him, and preparations were made for his funeral in the Bucco Cemetery. On the following da/, just as the undertaker's man was closing thecoffio, the " corpse sat up, and in a surprised voice asked, •• What is this ? W bat are you going to do with me 1" The p.ople present were to frightened that some raa out of the house, while many ladies fainted, but the nun who was to screw the coffin down had the worst fright of all, and dropped the lid on the floor in astonishment. After a lew seconds the " dead" man, failing to understand whab was occurring, shouted, «' What the deucj is Urn 1 Ami mad or has something serious happened ?" Hia wife and eldest son gently explained the matter. He then looked round, saw he was actually in his coffin, with the four lighted candles at the corners, but did not seem very much surprised, simply remarking in Spanish, " My God ! if I had oniy slepb a lutle longer I should have been buried a'ive." He was at ocoe put to bed, and another medical man was sent for, who pronounced his case to be a curious instance of catalepsy. Kneeling at Praters—Sb Botolph's Church, Aldersjjate, boasts among its clergy men a humorist of no mean order In the monthly circular issued to parishioners he writes:-" One of our hymns says thats ' Satan trembles when he sees Thy weakest) saint opon his knees." We fear there is a small chance of Satan, or anyone else, seeing a certain portion of our congregation on their kneea, as they prefer to sit rather than kneel at prayer-time. Except for aged people or invalids, there is no excuse for this l«zy habit. We will endeavonr to supply Borne new hassocks with ' Kneel to Pray' written on them, and trust that the hint will nob be thrown away." On this the Daily Telegraph remarks :—But tbe reverend gentlemen quite mistakes the reason of the disinclination of men to kneel in church. If he wishes to remove it he ehould supply not new hassocks, bub new trousers. The hard substance provided in most ohurohas as kneeling-boards simply mean ruin to a pair of well cub pants, and in these days of keen competition city men do not care about appearing with bsggy knees when such a contingency can be avoided by a slight change of position, which need not affect the spirit of devotion. This is the real reason why his hassocks are neglected. The rise in the price of wool and the firm state of the London market will mean in creasing returns of many thousands of pounds for the farmers of Canterbury alone this year. As a natural consequence, following the advanced oosb of the raw material, alb the principal manufacturers of woollen goodl have recently issued revised price lists show ing a eonsiderabi rise in the prices of all Tweed*, Coatings, Vicugnas, &o. Messrs Craiqhbad <fe Berbtman of this town, how ever, with their usual foresight, took time by the forelock, and cabled Home direct early in May for a large shipment of the most fashionable Suitings for the approaching Spring season. They also secured large parcels from the principal New Zealand mills ust before the rise, and will give their ' customers the full benefit of their timely contracts. Messrs Craighead and Berry juan invite an early inspection of their New Goods, Their leading line of Men's Suits to measure for £3 10a, made up in their well known style and fib, should convince the most sceptical of their sterling values

Mbs Com PAtJL--Mrß Kruger is said to be even more bitterly oppoaed to British inter vention in the Transvaal than her 'old man.' Oom Paul has necessarily to wear a mask and put the bridle on his tongue—in public , but no such restriction is required in the case of his " vrouw," her circle being an extremely limited one. Whenever she has an opportunity she is said to let language loose, and does not take bhe slightest trouble bo disguise her feelings or restrain her illiterate bub none the less bitter diatribes against every • rooinek'—male and female— in the land. CoNYsrcfHAM Geewnb —Mr Oonyngham Greene, U.B. who, whilst handing the deci sion of the Cabinet to the Boer Government is reported to have ]ocu!arly hinted that Mr Chamberlain's forty-eight hour glass would not be inverted when the sands had run their course, has spent upwards of twenty years in the Diplomatic Service. He has ■erved at Athens, The Hague, Stuttgart. Brussels, Teheran, and Pretoria, where he has been for the last three years Her Majesty's Agent and Charge d'Affaires. A son-in-law of the Far! of Courtown, Mr Greene, who is an aid Harrovian, is extremely popular, as was testified by the enthusiastic "send-off" which he received on tha eve of hia departure from the Cape in 1896. He is a brother of Mr Plunkett Greene, the well-known vocalist. •'Death to the Jews."—A characteris tic story comes from a popular Normandy seaside place. The director of the Casino, being a cute man of business, offered a prize of a bicycle to the child who should build the finest sand-castle on the shore. Not only every child in the place was build ing castles in the sand, but every grown up including the natives and town authority, was there, advising, assisting, encouraging* When all the castles were built a special committee went round to judge. And without a dissentient voice the prixs was awarded to the builder of a large fortress, the front of which was adorned with a label imprinted with the words " Fort Chabrol." Over the castle a flag bearing the inscription 11 Mort anx Juifa J" floated gaily in the breeze. Truly the child is the father of the man.

"I am the Emperor !'—One of the most amusing anecdotes about the Kaiser circu lating in Bsrlin just now is this one:—Dur ing hisßtay in Kiel, the Emperor wished to pay a visit to theauut of the P^mprees, Frau I Professor yon Esmarch, wife af the famous ! surgeon, who is by birth Princess Henrietta j of Schleswig-Holstein. The monarch di sired to call unceremoniously and quite tn famille and hence had not announced his coming. He rang the bell at the mill house, and a raw servant girl who had never seen him before opened th? door and a^lod what he wanted. The Emperor said; "Announce me please, —I am the Emperor," whereupon the girl, thinking she had a ma 'man to doal with, shrieked with fright and dammed the door in hia face. When fiva minutes later the aunt of the Empress in person opened the door, the Emperor was stiil staudini» patiently on the threshold, emilicg with fun at the situ*-ion. and anxious io be admitted. Thk PbincksFiivt Whiff—A Highlander named Macalpine, has jitt bold fcV.e reporter of a Wisconsin paper that he was a groom at Balmoral when the Prince of Wa'es, then a lad of sixteen, first indu'ged iv a surrepti tious whiff. His eldest sister, the Princess Roya', was the only member of the family who knew that the Prince smoked, bu^. she preserved a judicious silence respecting the habit. The Frinoe lighted an occasional cigar in the mabJcs, and Macalpine earned many t, shilling by keeping wach and ward at! the door, and giving the alarm if his Royal Highness' father appeared on the scene. Then the heir-apparent would drop the cigar in a bucket of water, plunge his hands in his pockets, and lounge about with an expression of innocence on his face, as though he did not know there was such a thing as a weed in existence. The Youngest MAJoa.—The youngest ,Major in the British Army is John Camp bell, of the Cameron Highlanders. He is only 27—three years younger than any other majtr in the service. He haa attained hia promotion so rapidly owing to active service. The two captains above him in his regiment were shot at Omdurman. Major Campbell comes of a long line of soldiers— his father and grandfather were both in the Cameron Highlanders, and three of his mother's brothers sre commanding regi ments in India* The young man had a nar row escape from a death-shamming Dervish after the battle of Omdurman. He was walking over the battlefield with a com panion, when he noticed a strange appear ance aboub one of the supposed corpses. "I don't believe that man's dead," he said to his comrade, "I believe I saw his eyelid move," • Nonsense, he's dead, right enough,' said the other, as they walked on. Scarcely had he spoken than an arrow whizzad through the air, from the hand cf the supposed corpse, Campbell had turned his head to spmk fco his companion, or it must have killed him. Sharks as Meat—The idea of making " meat extracts" on a commercial scale from the fjfash of sharks a«d whales is extremely novel. Exoeptfonal interest has been ehown in connection with this new industry. Several factories have been established in Europe for this purpose, says Science Siftings, and already their products are coming on the market in an appetising shape. Indeed, it is asserted that in taste they closely resemble the well-known beef preparations, having no flivoar of fish whatever, and that they afford an excellent basis for soups. In Aberdeen a certain company is utilising in this way large quantities of whale meat, which hitherto have gone to waste. In Sweden nutritious extracts are made from shark's flash, which is chopped up into very email pieces and stirred in a vat with distilled water, the mixture having the consistency of thin gruel. Prom it the liquor is drawn off, anrl ihe oil which the Utter contains ia removed by passing ifc through a centrifugal appara tus, after which it is boiled and filtered, the clear fluid thus obtained being evaporated in a vacuum until it reaches the consistency of a thick syrup. Salt for flavouring and supar for preserving are added, the product being put up finally in sealed j»rs. Simitar methods are employed in the manufacture of whale meat extracts which are said to be indistinguishable from those of some well-known bovine meat extracts. Runaway.—Rhortly after the arrival of the train from Christohurch on Wednesday evening a horse attached to an express waggon got away from the person in charge, and came teiring down East Street at a great pace. After pissing the Courthouse the animal made towards the stand usually occupied by a number of express waggons and carts; Luckily, this spot and the whole of the ground passed over was clear. After passing the stand, the horse swerved to the right, as if to croas the railway line ; bub the off wheel caught the guard post at the corner of Eiist and Burnett streets, and crossing the road at a reduced Bpeed, the animal came down at the wire fence at the end of the railway plantation behind the stand pipe. Not much damage appears to have been suffered to the waggon or harness; but the horse was cub a little from contact with the barbed wire,

COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

[ The polling took place on Wednmday in the [ two ridings of the county in which the se«ti at the County Council table were contented. In the Aehburton riding the contest wtti carried on moat energetically in Mr Buckley's interest, and * number of men worked very hard for him, with the remit) thab, with o*>her influences at work, already referred to in these columns, he was re turned at the top cf the poli. The follow ing are the results of the voting :— WAKANCI BIDING, Friedlauder, Hugo .. .. 18$ Maynard, JF.. .. .. 57 Laadley.G W.. .. .. 5i Informal .. • '• •• 2 Mr Friedlander was elected. ASHBOHTON BIDING.

Messrs Chapman and Bunkley were elected.

CABLE NEWS.

Sydnet, November 8 In the Assembly, the Sydney Cor* iporation Bill, which provides for the citizens electing the Mayor, pusied through Committee, '

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Buckley, GAM Dhapmao, S S Wright, B G

Eiffelton 35 22

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WAVERLEY CYCLES. MEW SHIPMENT JXJ S T TO HAND ALL LATEST iIMPROVEMENTS —(x) — Two or fcuree 98 Ladies Models yet on hand, will sell at £20 ■Wi'Jvw good second-hand'macMnes for sal® at prices from £3 up. SOLI AGENTS FOB NEW ZEALAND. JOHN ORR & CO.. ASHBUBTON, JOHN ORR AND GO'S REVISED LIST** WE OWra to be the Leading Firm of Grocers, Ironmongers, and Crockery Merchants in Aahburtoa. We Import all oar Stock from the Home Market* for Spot Cash and ar» therefore in the beat position 60 supply the public with only genaine goods at the lowest possible price for cash. We guarantee all our goods full weight and finest quality. We never charge for picking and delivery, all goods at the Railway BU* ion free. Any person leaving an order wit,h m can get a pucel ticket, and th-srisfore always be sure 'of having their goods at the station in time. No charge for ticket. Jb J_iV/ U Jti FSR SICK 13.. - BCGAK- SJd. per lt> wltH Tea /—\ !b!ARAv*ILLA2OARD£N TEA— Is lOd, 2a, 2s 4d perjlb 51b Box .„ .~ . 8? 9<i, 9s 7d, 11b 101b Box .- _ .„ 16s B<J» 18a 4d, 21a 8d KOZIE TEA — 101b Box, IBs 4d ; Sib, 9s 7d GOLD LEAF TEA 10lb Box, 18a 4d ; 51b, 9a 7d —PROVISIONS - FA OTORY BUTTER—Fern Leaf and Sutton'a always In stock, OHBESE—Finest; Factory, 6d per lb BACON AND HAMS —•• Lewis'," " Moreporfe." "D. Mo^allura." Mild Cared Bams, Sides and Rolls, 7£d. GORE OATMFAL-251b Bag, 2s 6d



Van Hoaten'a Coco*, Jib, lid ; £lb, Is 93 ; lib, 3s 3d Fry's Cocoa, Jib, B£d ; lib, Is 4fcd Real Good Candles, 4£d per lb ; 8a Sd ' per box ParaSne Candles, plain and fluted, 6|d per lb j 12s 6d per box Fairy Night Lights Is 2d per box Flake Tapioca, 7lbu for la Pearl, 6lbe for Is 9ago, 71bs for Is Mixed Peel, Lsmon, Orange and Cit ron, 8d parlb Lemon Peel, 7!b tins, 3s 6d lib Tina Assorted Jams, 5d per lb ; 4s 9d per dcz gib Jars Assorted Jams, 14s 6d per doz Lea ard Perrin'a Sauce, large, 2« 6d per bottle Mellor's Sauce, Is 3d per bottle Worcester Sance, small, fid ; large, 9i Brown's Com Floor, 3d per lb Mazlna fi>i per dozen 5a 6d Whiting, 1? b for Is Morton's Cream of Tartar, Is 3d per lb Preserved Fruit, 2slb tins, 8d per tin, 7s 6d per doz English Cut Loaf Sugar, 3M per lb Tomato Sanoe, 9d per bottle Golden Syrup, Mb 6d, 41b Is, 561b 11s 3d Xmde, 21b 6d, 41b Is, 71b Is 9d Finest Raisins 6idperlb Fin«sfe Saltanas 7|d tt „ Finest OamDCS 5d „ „ per case 4Ad „  Stewing Figs 7|d „ „ French Ptows (choice) ... If  , t Stewing Plums ... ... 9i „ ,» Finest Muscatels ... ... la )d „ „ Calif or q lan Muscatels ... Is „  Dates, extra fine, 3lb boxes, Is 91 per box Almonds, Jordan 2s 4d per lb Almonds, Valencia ... Is 6d  „ Alnonds, Sicily Is 4d „ „ Barcc^naNuts ... ... 8d „ „ Shell Almonds ... ... 10d   Day and Martin's Paste Blacking, 4£d per doz Day and Martin's Jar Blacking, 6d per bottle French Blacking, 2d per tin, la 9d per doz Nixey's Blaoklead, Id aize, 3d per doss Jame9';Dome|Blacklead,|,6d per dos



Carraway Seed* ... .„ 8d per lb Pimento, whole Is „ „ Pimento, jrronnd Is2d „ „ Mix^d Spice l^dperpackeb PlCKLES—Hayward's Mixed, lOd per bottle, 9s 6d per dozen Oroes and Black well's, Is 3d par bottle Captain White's, 2s 3d par bottle Carry Powder lid per bottle Borax 8d per lb Alum ... 6d „ „ Saltpetre 6d „ „ TartaricAcid ... ... IslOd „ „ Carbonate Soda, 3d per lb, 2s per doz lbs Whole Linseed Sd per lb Linseed Meal 4d MATCHES-Plaids, 4£d per do*, 4s per gross 250 s Is 6d per dozen 1000's 6d per box, 4s lOd per dozen Bryant and May's Safeties, 81 pee dozen Yarmouth Bloaters, 9 for la Maoonochie'e Fresh Herrings, 6|d per tin „ Herrings in Tomato, lOd per tin „ Herrings in Shrimp, 101 per tin „ Kippered Herrings, lOi per tin „ Preserved Bloaters, lOd per tin Auckland Mallett 7d per tin Oysters 8d „  I Sardines, large Alberts ... Is  „ Sardines, large ... ... 8d  „ Sardines, small 4d „ „ Salmon, Holly leaf ... lOd „ „ Salmon, other Brands ... 8d  „ OlL—Lucca, 2s 4d per bottle Salad, \ pint sd, 1 pine lOd Castor, \ pint Sd, 1 pint lOd Sheeps Tonguea, lib Is, 21b Is lOd Corned Beef, Mutton, Spiced Beef, 2lb tin, Is Crosse and Blackwell's assorted Pastes, Is 3d per bottle, 14s 6d per dozen Potted Meats, assorted, 6d per tin Bovril, 2oz, Is lOd. Leiberg'a extract, Is 9d per bottle 1 Patent Groats, Robinson's, lOdJj .Har per's, 9d per tin Mellins' Food, la Sd per tin



FOB SALE. ! nr? ATEKTON SECTIONS. Noa. 9, 18, 29, 30, 31, 38, 39, 59, 60,' C2, k 76, 77, .78, 90, 92, 93, 94. QEVERAL Building SectioDs pb Fairton Prices from £8 to £18 GOOD Family House and J acre; con venient to the railway aud schools. /"\NE Acre, well fenced, Wesb Town Belt For partioularH and prioes apply H. W. BARRETT, AHOADB. NEW SEASONS WALL PAPERS HAVE ARRIVED,! /"IALL Early and ohoose your deal a from the full stock of new Goods. New Zealand .CLOTHIKC FACTORY TS now Showing a Large and Varied Assortment of NEW & SEASONABLE GOODS, GREY FRAME HATS, CUBA FRAME HATS, BLACK FRAME HATS IN THE LATEST SHAPES AND STYLES. {ALSO— STRAW HATS IN GREAT VARIETY See oar Tennis Trousers and Shirts. See oar Ntw Suitings for Summer Wear See our Ready Made Clothing. See oar Boys' Norfolk Suits, See our Boys' Washing Blouses. See oar New Ties, etc., etc. SUITS TO MEASURE. ?FIT QUARANTEED. NEW ZE4LAND CLOTHING FACTORY. F. H. BEOKINGSALE, Manager. a* JS -tp ES * t J ?> o: m . I i > § J c£ & S a . 63 - r Frank Curtis. TEE LEADING UP TO DATE Watchmaker^ & Je^veller JUSST ARRIVED FROM HOME i NEW GOODS i FOR CHRISTMAS SEASON. I HAVE now the largest and best assorted stock in East Street. INSPECT INSPECT A fresh cons'gument of the latest and mpst up-to-date efcyles Rothernm Watch©** also NICKEL WATCHES made to my own order These watches are fast becoming the FAVOURITE WATOH in the district for STERLING WORTH AND TIME KBEFING. LARGE ASSORTMENT just in of NEW DESIGNS in rings, brooches, bangles, alberts, ladies' chains, etc., etc., in gold and silver. WEDDING RINGS AND KEEPERS of ' my own make 18 carat, guaranteed best value in town in all sizsa and shapes. I have just landed a MACBINB for ALTERING the above RINGS to ANY SIZE witho;ifa cutting or in any way injuring the ring. | Altered wbile you s?aib. REPAIRS AS USUAL, neab, workman like, prompt, and reasonable. FRANK CURTIS, THE LEADING IYATOHMAKER & JEWELLER.



CHURCH SERVICES: ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, Ashburtoc. FRIDAY—GuiId of St Stephen 7.15 pm, Evening Prayer & Addreea i 8 pm, Meeting in the Schoolroom 24th SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY (November 12) 8 30 4 m—Holy Communion 11 a m—Matins, Litany, and Sermon 3 pm—DROMORE. The Vicar 6 30 p m—Evening Prayer and Sermon X A WOODTHOKPE, M A., Vicar BOOTS. BOOTS Gigantic Sale Now On —— "TUSU arrived and opened up a grand 0 \ aaa&rtmenb of up-to-date BOOTS AND SHOES FOR THE holiday and summer ; season Special Lines Women's Button Shoes 7s 6d Women's Kid Lace Shoes, only 6s lid TAN GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY. itrong School Boots from 5a 6i Good Bluchers, nailed, 5s 6d. largest stock in town to choose from. REPAIRS done Promptly and at Moderate Charges. FRED NOKES, CASH BOOT SHOP, Next Door Bank of New Zealand, EASI STREET, ASHBURTJN. 10 196 CITE HAVE JUST LANDED, Ex "lonic," "~ TWO CASES OF GENUINE "PRIMUS" STOVES. Very handy and economical. PRICE — ISs Gdl Each. NOW LANDING, ex " Wakanui," A Shipment of FIRST-CLASS SHEFFIELD TABLE CUTLEttY, Direcii from the Makers. All new patterns, and ioweat quotations in Canterbury. I IN STOCK: 8.8.A. SHEEP SHEARS, BRANDING OILS, TURKEY STONES, Etc. BICYCLES [ We are Agents for COLUMBI&8, LOVELL DIAMONDS, HARTFORDS, VID KITES, And are Btill offering the best value in the Colony NEW MACHINES from 4514 Cash Good Second-Hand MACHINES from sSIS Wo can also BUILD MACHINES to Older from 8.5.&. Parts at very Reasonable Sgursß Hoping to be favored with your patronage CARSON & Co., TEA MERCHANTS, GROCERS AND IRONMONGERS Importers of Bicycles, Hardware, Glass and China. Takcbed Street & Aboade, Asbburbon. . 1123 SMALL Shop, with two rooms attached, centrally situated in Burnehfc Street. Rental 7a 6d per week. T. BULLOCK. ASHBURTON BOROUGH~COUNCIL FTIBNDERS are invited for the Lease of X T.S. 1053, Wiilt Street West, for 21 years. Particulars at Town Clerk's Office, where Tenders will be received till 1 p.m. en MONDAY, the 13th inefc. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be Accepted. CHAS. E. FOOKS, II 30 Town Clerk. FREEZERS FREEZERS. TjIARMERS wishing to consign Sheep on their own account can book space at an; time to suit tnelr own convenience, by com municating with us. jNICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS, OHRISTCHUROH MEAT COMPANY. Limited. 8 '""Islington fertilisers""' FOB GARDEN USE MAY be obtained in Cwt. and half Cwt Bags from NIOGLL EROS., District Agent 9 \itte are cash bcybSFof FAT SHEEP AND LAMBS AT HIGHE6T MARKET RATES. MCOLL BROS., ! East Street, Aahbarton. iFIOHRiSTOHOBOH"~MEAi" < CO Limited- ISLINGTON MANURES Especially prepared for Wheat, Turnips, Rape, and any other crop, and to suit any description of soil. GREATLY INCREASED PRODUCTION WHEREVER USED. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE Niooli. Bros, store five varieties of this celebrated fertiliser. Price on application, Allowance made for quantities. Letters will receive prompt attention. iriGQLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS



An Express.— Everybody knows the advantage of an expresiman who knows the town and suburbs thoroughly, and executes orders promptly. Therefore sand for John Cooper, General Carrier and Expressman, fAdvt)