the battery t but it appears that a volunteer offioer, who has a thorough knowledge oj ■nob work, was available in the person nj Lient-Commander Davy. Liaub, Davy'a appointment alto would hava been very popular with the men. There is alao some considerable criticism regarding the appointment ot Sergeant J. 0 Freeth, of the D Battery, as Regimental- Fergeant-Major, seeing fthab he has had no «xperienco of mounted infantry work. A much more capable man in the person of C. Crosbie, of the Cmnterbury Y<omanty O*valry ? Sergeant-M»jor of No. 2 Company, was available. Bergeant-Major Crosbie had experience of mounted work with the, Jubilee Contingent, and bis appointments also would have been a popular one. There is a rum r that one of the selected officers will not be taken after all. He made rathar an txHibition of himself yesterday in putting a number of mounted men through ft seriei of evolutions. Another officer in an importanb position was today seen wearing bis hat iv the wrong way, and his atten tion w*b politely diawn to the fact. The officer referred to has had considerab c voluntaer experience, and a minor detail of this nature mny perhaps be overlooked should he disp'ay other quilities of more importance. The general opinion of experts seems to be that this Contingent is weak in uon com missioned officers. The men ar*, however, all enthusiastic, and no doubt they will do cnod work when they get a taste of what X pling haa called " the real thing."

AN EXPERT OPINION.

A military expert, writing in a, London newspaper, gays : —Looking back on the first month of active fighting, we see that the strategy of the Boers in Natal seems to con sist) in working steadly to the rear of the radons isolated British detachments, catting them off from ail support, and then com pelling them by blockade to surrender. We ■tatted the campaign in N >tal with two weak forces wide apart. 1 here was General Symooa, with about 4500 men, at Dundee, and Qeneral Whits, with another 75C0, at Ltdysmith. The Boer plan at Duudeo was to Attack from Zululand, with Mayer's com maodo, some 7000 strong, while Joubort oame in on the left flvuk and rear of the British with some 15.C00 men, A force of Transvaalers 2000 strong had besn previously planted athwart the railway at Elandt faagte to ont off the British retreat. At the same time, large commandoes from the Orange Free State were instructed to occupy the attention of General White by making harassing demonstrations in the direction of GoJeato, thus threatening the British line of communication from Ladysmith. This plan was excellently conceived, and not badly carried cut. The capture of the British foroe at Dundee was only averted by two thing*. The enemy forgot to watch the road running from Dundee to Beith, and thence over the Biggarsberg to Ladysmith, sod Joubert did not arrive on the field till Meyer had been beaten. Qeneral Symoris, though taken completely by surprise, c, thing which ought never to have happened If his cavalry were any good, the moment ht> ■aw the enemy in t 1 c shape of Meyei'a men before him, west at them, and stormed their position, 1 bus he laved the day by sheer hard fi^htinp. After the battle, however, in which he fell, stricken with a mortal wound, his little detachment found itself without ammunition for another action, and with enemies in the front and rear. Only » precipitate retreat Bayed it from annihilation. Having driven back the British detachment at Dander, the Boers then repeated their enveloping strategy againrt Ladysmith. They worked round the Hacks of General White's force, took post to nis rear, and cat him off, though not without s( me desperate fighting, in which two British battalions and a battery of mountain artillery were caught, isolated from the main force and captured. How exactly these battilioim fell, what precisely happened on October 30, we do not know. It is sufficient to state that the Natal Field Force Buffered a very serious check. It was heivily outnumbered, and its ar illary wm seemingly inferior in range to the B >er guns. Indeed, only the opportune arrival of a Naval Brigade, bring.ng with it long quic - firing field guns and a couple of very heavy and powerful weapon--, mounted on special carriages designed by uaptain Scotr, R.N,, may have averted an even graver disaster. Having surrounded Ladymith the Boera bombarded it very eS dually, and fhan made a great attempt to storm it, which was repulsed on November 9. They seem only to have drawn a cordon of posts round the town, and to have placed their main force to the eaßt and south of it, thus barring the way to any relieving army General White was free to sally out on the west or north, but as he could g»iu nothing thereby, the enemy risked nothing. The Raera' main point was to embarrass and delay the ap proach of relief. In pursuance of their plan they gradually worked round to the south of Culenso, and compelled the with drawal of a small British detachment from that plaoa by the mere threat oi breaking its communication with the rear. They are said to have destroyed the Colenso bridge, and this must be a serious matter for ns, as the lose of the bridge mast in oreat* the difficulty of tending up heavy stores and ammunition when once the ad vance begins.

AN AMERICAN VIEW.

The New York correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald contribute! the following to that paper:—A war oou'd hardly be imagined which, more than the one in South Africa, ought to be a case of what the surgeons call " circumscribed in ioflatntnation," for the best that the Boers can hope for is to hold the British Empire for ft greater or, ieaa period ab bay. Yet ao closely interwoven *re the interests of the modern world that the effects of this war, even in America, are already quit serious and of manifold variety. The cotton planters are paying more for mules beoause British purchasers have swept nearly all the animals out of the market, and they will only get ib back, if at all, in the almost impalpable form of an extra thirty-second of a peony & pound a year hence. But mule raisers are pros perous, ani so al»o are the canned goods men, who have unloaded into Tommy Atkins' larder about all tha stock new or old that) ronld decently pass as merchant able. Taken as a whole, however, Ameri can trade hai lost heavily, for the Tran vaal happens to be one of the markets where there is a bias for rather than kgainst American wares. New York City has a grievance of her own, and of an acute type, for many hundreds of the Johannesburg refugees, instead of going to their homes in the E&et End of London, have come hither, and, although they are undesirable and unwelcome, they seem in most oases to have jtisi) enough monuy ] Jo save themselves from being excluded as , paupers. And, of course, the financial world is annoyed by the war because the price of the money has risen, and, what is worse still, fluctuates almost from c?aj to flay in a way that sets at naught all the nice calculations, and makes every tranr= action involving, time more or less of a gambling venture. The high interest, however, is nob the result of scarcity, for London has neither increased her borrow ings from New York nor told American securities to any extent more than is easily compensated by the current savings of this country. This has been made certain, be cause when, in order to take advantage of the situation, the New York bankers sud denly put np the rate to from 12 to 30 per cent., the Secretary of the Treasury offered to buy 20,000,000d01. of bonds at the high figure of the market, and the banks, who own probably seven-eighths of all the bonds (as a guarantee ,of ther circulating notes), only saw fib to sell 7,000,000d01. worth. At the Federal Treasury, too, gold continues to be received in exchange, not for paper cuirency (for the Government, a year ago, refused longer to give out its stock of greenbacks io that way), but for sold certificates of deposit. In all the stock of gold has risen to a certainty not less than 1,100,000, OOOdol., without taking into account secret hoards, and nearly one quarter of this is stored in the Federal vaults. Evidently, therefore, the rise in interest i*> simply a sympathetic mopment caused by the sense of insecurity which a war, however small, produces all the world over,

CRICKET.

United Pi pus Aesoaiation—By Eleotrie Telegraph—Copy right I Sydnky, January 12 la ths match New Souh Wales v South Australia, th« ."South Australians in their Ecoon i inniuge scored 335 for four wioketß, (Flill 22, Dtvrimg sb, Heed man 55, Hack not out 158). South Australia won by six wicketf.

j A cricket match was played at VVillowby on Thursday afternoon between the Tinwald and Willowby Clubs. Willowby batted first and made a score of 59—A. Ha; man 18, K. FrisbylO; Tinwald replied with 46-- J. Willis 19, B. Calves house 13. A. Hay man and K. Frisby bowled beat for the victors, and J. Willis and I). McKeczie for the losers.

THE PATRIOTIC FUND.

Mr Hugo Friedlaider, Mayor of Asl • burton, and Mr (.', J. Harptr, Couuly Chairman, Treasures

A most enthusiastic meeting of the Pat riotic Fund Entertainment Committee was heldou Friday evening, when the program ne wa« Sally considered and decided upon for the coming Demonstration to be held in the Domain on Thursday, February 1. His Worship the Mayor ia to be asked to pro claim & half-hoiday from twelve noon. There will be a "V- v iteer procession wi h th% band through the streets to the domain, where a full programme of events will be gone through, with volunteer parade, sham fights, bayonet exercise, &j. The Sports Association have a long pro gramme of football, foob races, bicycle races, tournament shooting galleries, {ia which competitors will have the uouauai opportunity of making a Boei'a eye), Aunt Saily, and other tide show?. Refreshments I will be provided, a strong committee of Indies having been appo nted to canvas for donations of food and fruit, and will take full charge of the booth. Ib is hoped the public will respond liberally to their appeals, and that on the day of the demonstration", there will be such a gathering of Ashbur- { tonians, town and county, as will be a credit to their loyalty. The Railway Department is to be asked to run trains at excursion rates, and also del&y the departure of the Mount Somers and south trains in the even ing. At) nigh;; there is Io be a gn«J concert, in the Oddfellows' Hall, when all the best i talent) of Aahbartoo will be enlisted towards the success of the evening's entertainment The hall has been lent free for the occasion, which reflects the greatest credit) on the Committee of the Order for their liberal response to aid the movement. Everything wilt be done by the various committees and sub-jommitteea to maka the result of the day's operations a complete success, and it will only remain tor the public to show their appreciation of the tffortsput forth for their entertainment, and more than all to show their patriotism and loyalty as subjects of the British Crown, by putting in an early appeararce. Tickets of admission are to be printed and placed in circulation for sale. Programmes of the day a events will also be priuted.

PRIMITIVE METHODIST CON FERENCE.

— ■» —— United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph. } Stbateord, Jan. 13 ' At the Frimitiva Methodist Conference, the first draft of stations was as follows :— New Plymouth-—Rev. Henderson ; Welling ton (1) Rev. Mann ; Revs. Dean and Dum bell (supernumeraries) ; Wellington—Rev. Dawson and Hall; Auckland—(l) Revs. W. Laycock and one to be obtained ; B. Dudley ; Auckland—Rsv. Potter ; lavercargill-—Rev. Lyon ; lim»ru—Rev. Woodward ; Thames — Rev. Drake; Greendale—Rev. Clover; Chriatchnrch—Rev. Ward ; Ashbarton— Rev. Ruine; Fielding—Rev. Joses ; Geral dine—Rev. Sharp ; Dunedin—Rev. S. Guy and CoHßum ; Foxton—Rev. Woollais ; Hal combe—Rev. Williams ; Invarcargill—Rev. Pybus ; Stratford—Rev. Clement (one to be obtained for Eltbatn) ; Wai mate—Rev, Nixon; Westport—Rbv. J, B, Merrtt ? Hunterville—Rev* Hunt, Inglewood—Rev. Harris; Bluff—Rev. Boys; Waihi—Kev. Barnett; Wanganui — Rev. Cooker. The increase in member* for the ooanexional year is one hundred and sixty.

THE ABHBURTON GPABDIAF; SAftJBDAY,* JANUABY 13, 1960.



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FOR SALE. SHEEP COUNTRY—HI'fDS DISTRICT. Not far from the R.ilwiy Station. 509 a ore s 509 MOSTLY in its native state, being R.S. 33453, 33456, 33457, and others ; ail fenoed, wattred with County water races. Liberal terms of payment can be arranged. For further particulars apply to T. BULLOOK. TO LE T JWEW SIX ROOMBD HOUSE with -1 Veranda!), plastered throughout, situated at Corner of Ka««-. Town Belt. T. BULLOOK ______ _ VaLUABLE BUILDING BITV. Corner of Moore and William Streets, Ease, boirg Town Section 420, containing qunrter acre. First class land ; nice »ite f>r a house. Apply | T. BULLOCK. ! TO LET~ " Prt miees in Moore Street, uexfc to Messrs Hitohines and Milsom's Cordial Manufac» tory. Rental, 5s 6d per week Apply to T BULLOCK SHEEP COUNTRY"" ASHBURI'Otf GORGE 3018 ACRES 3018 Being R.S 31832, 31833, 31834, and , thers, This property nob having been Bold ! by auction, offers are invited for the pur cbaso of earn-. ______ T. BULLOCK. SUBURBAN PROPERTY 5 ACRES, § Good L%nd, all in grass, well situated on Winter's Road. A nice aite for a house. Exceptionally easy terms of Payment. ___ T BULLOCK. TO FAKM_RB. FOR BAL6. i)i)iy ACRES mostly Firot class Land, /V/<v I suitab'e for all round farming Further particulars furnished on applica tion. \_ T BULLOOK. TO L _i T, AT A LOW RENTAL, Brick Premises, conveniently situated in Tancred Street, next to McConosll and Compton's Stable*. Apply to T BULLOCK TO LET. " SMALL with two rooms attached, in Burnett Street. Rental 7e 6d per wash _ T. BULLOCK FORSALE i?OC) PRIC^E required for town section ob4^ SlB, containing £ acre fronting Ailken Street, East. T. BULLOCK FOX SAl_±_. /CAPITAL BUILDING SITE - Being "_y Town Section 1169, oontaining more than J »rre, corner of We«b Town Belt and FTavelock Street, having over three chains frontage. T. BULLOOK, Agent, (TIdEDDINS^ _H!3 P£(»PuK'S IRONMONGKK, BURNETT STSBET, Opposite Arcad<| /^IORDTALLY invites inxpedion of tJ-« \_J following Seasonable Goods, withe tt being pressed to buy : — PRESEBTING PANS, BKASS A^D ENAMBLLFB. Enamelled Goods, Gardening Tools, i Knives, Forks, and Sfoons, Ranges and Register Grates Enamelled Mantelpieces A,l« HAEVESTINO MATEBIAL, INCLUDING Hay Forks Hay Rakes Scythes and Handle*, Machinery Oils at Low Prices. MASbEY-HAERIS REAPEB SECTIONS, English make; Low Prioe Agent for the Celebrated ROTER AND CLEVELAND CYCLES. Oaah or Terms. FARMERS, T\O NOT RUN THE RISK OF LOSING YOUR GRAIN BY NOR' WESTERS la the attempt to harvest it with an eld Binder — BUT COME AND BUY A NEW McCORMIGK, It will pay you in the long run if you take into consideration the cost of repairs and the delay thib is caused by an old machine. We have only a FEW MeOORMICKS LEFT, so would advise you to order early so as to secure one of the MONARCHS of THE HARVEST FIELD. MACHINE OIL, AND DONAGHY'S TWINE IN STOCK, MOBROW, BiSSETT & Co , ASHBURTON. M. PRIEST, Manager



MELLOR 1 X ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE THE LEADING BOOT SHOP, T8 the Most RELIABLE House for GOOD AND CHEAP BOOTS. 0 ftim ii to give yog the best talce for littlk monby. HONESTY ii oai ;PoU« We nil' not Guarantee you an article unless we ; ,know it will give youj every^tis; action. One Trlal> all we ask—Our GoodVSell themselves. »■»««««.- j MELLOR, (TANORED BTREET, ASHBUFT3JWf MOVING SALE. OPENING ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 12m I*»t. NEW BUILDING BEADT. STOCK TO E SBE CLEARED. CASH WANTED. ITEMS & PARTICULARS PER LATER POSTER. MITCHELL & TURNER. TANORED STBBBT. PHOTOGRAPHY. PHOTOGKAPHY. HAVING taken over the Premises known »b Mrs Robottom's Studio, Moore T-f A T T\yf A JQ-r C*r\ I Street, the undersigned will carry on the J~L^JL-LJllXjti. (X) \J\J»m business of a Photographer, and hopes that by strict attention to business to merit a PHOTOGRAPHERS! share of public patronage. ™ar e Ab™ titerSs!i.r rork Benfc out TTAVE TAKEN OVER Me Ooo»bb's ENLARGEMENTS A SPECIALTY. XX Studio, Saunders' Building*, Ash o . . . Homesteads Visited burton, and will execute all branches of Fhotos of Groups or Live Stock taken bj Photography at popular prices. the latest] instantaneous process ,_ Special Notice—For 14 Days Only, Por. L°°u, Al T? IS ! For tke mcßth o! Jan»*ry traiti of Children under 5 years of age Taken *c, wi" fn r 3 f° amelled Cabinet* for 4., Free of Charge at the Studio. 6 for 6s ' 12 for lOa- Note Address— "~— D. JONES, We show proofs and guarantee eatisfaction. 12 210 The Photographer, Moore Street AII Phofcoa delivered in a fortnight from the. time of sitting. 1900; STUDIO: SAUNDBRB' BUILDINGS. PIANOFORTE, SINGING, and FRENCH, Note lhe addreßS and do nob bo mialßd MRS F MAKEIG rWXON TtrPoTis"hTng~l^d Stiffening Pow- Tuw w•i. m "TTu • ' mnrrnn Simplest and best ever placed before the n?S "sfcTerm will begin on THURS- public. To be had at John Obb &Co., UAI, Debruary 1. East, Street., and Sheabman Bbos., Burnett Wills Street, Street, Aahbnrton. Give it a trini. 128 127 Anhburtou. ft" Sioke New Viii^"~~~~~~



CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. WE have just received per s.s Gothic, a very Choice Ship ment of I.LECTIiO-SJLVBh PLATED WARE, V^S* 11? 7t tUb- Ie f°r fHRIS™AS PKKKKNTS. We have marked era at V erj biutl. ilatgia ever Cost, 8 o «s to eff> c a Zy^dy (Jearatce. We alow fn th c Pound DTgCOUNT off all PLA^ RD WAKE. 1899 PEES) RVJNG SFISON PRESI RVIKG PANS in Brasr, Ik n Enamel, aadif hb Sieel Bnamled, at LOWEST PRICES. B I^H Wd arc Just L-itding tSO Cases and Casks of ■§! ll^H H HI V-iri. us X nds of Janes Jars, inolnl t H i^H IJP Gaiions. IIGHTKKfG JABS in& Q i >;* P'^lH jSSBBSSmMi ! 11-(ie Goods were bought before the Great (fl| ag^^KU~ WE ' lIIp w'' !!^-*;d to give our Gogtomers the benefit m^^lh^A i|ri»raJiiiHl «'w"Ppcin n en«, as when our Stocks are ex- B®™"B|SH| I* HI! KaDKtfd- we shall not bo| able "to| repltba B lImB WOOD""JaM[SPOONS—3d, 4d, and 6d lao i. PRESERVING SUGAR, We have jusfc received our fi Bt|shipment of Brnwers Crystals, wh:ch is ackrow] iedged throughout th> Amtralian'Coloniae to be the besb sugar for Jam and Jelly miking. Brewer s Crystals are much stronger than ordinary sugar, so yo i require ' less of it to the pound of fruit; Jams, and more fspecfally£Jelites, »re itn:h clearer and[fit me* if made with ifc. Auckland No. lanl No la Sopr eed pare cant) also kept in stock. DON SILVER WARE, WARRANTED to .Wear White Throughout. Nearest approach to SHwr, I t . NOTE THE PRICES— :; Tea Spool 8,J4? 6d^per doaen ; Desert Spoons, 8s 6d per dozen ; Table Ppoom, lls 63 par dozan ; Desert Forts, 8s 6d per dezen ; Table Forks, Jls 6d per down Salt Sp ons. 61 each ; Mustard Spoors, 6d each ; etc. . I We have been appointed the New Zealand Wholesale and Retail Agerts for tie | Don Silver Ware, and|with th;s advantage and the phenomlnally lot prices of sUvc* we are enabled to seH^at[such low[prices. Customere whofhave had It will hare no other. " DINNER WARE. I INNER WAEE. PBEASANT PATTERN. | inch Plitop, 2s 94 per dozen ; 7 inch Plates, 3*6 d per d zsn j 8 Inch Plates, 4i 6d perdi zui : 10inch Plates, 5s 61 per di zen ; Soup Plites, 4s 61 and 53 6d per dozm. 10 iaeh Maab Dishes, la each ; 11 inch Meas Dishes, 1* 2d each; 12 inch Meat Dishes, le 5d ;14 inch Meat Dishes, 2s ;16 inch meat dishes, 2s 6JL Yege« table Dishes 2s 9d e?ch. Sauce Boats Is each. 29 piece Dinner Set 14s 9J. 6 i pi Dinner Sot 31s. Blue Band and Line Pattern game prices, other patterns 8d per doz n extra, ; Anyone requiring a Dinner Set should call and see ours before buying eliewhere ( ag we have a big range of patterns to select from at very low prices. j FLETCHER BROS. I ' ■ 'II CASH SUPPLY STORES, EAST STREET. ASHBURTON & HIGH STKEKfi OHRISTCH BCH. ■ " ■ . f Telephone U ' Bot « *^