Wild Trip of a Runaway Train

Dunamtilr, July 13 -The ro i^tn's of Sitson and Mott U.S.A., were horrified about 7.30 yesterday evening to see a runaway freight train passing southward through the town at the rat© of soventy five miles an hour, endangering the lives of people who might be noar the crossings or on the track. The north boumi freight, No. 226, In charge of Conductor Taylor, consist ins; of thirty-one cars hauled l>y engines 1900 and 1776, had cob off woven way oars to do fcha station work at Upon. leaving twenty five cars on th<* main line with full airbrake pressure on the when a as well as one fourth <£ the hind brakos isourely set.

While the crew "wm-e at work th<> oars on the m.in line bpgan moving back down the grade, the caboose being on the lead end- The neatosb engine was No» 1776. Engineer Ptaraon Immediately gftva chase, thinking he could catch the runaway cars. The grade »t thin point is ftbool ninety faeb to th@ mile. The oars, hnvlog curves to contend with, did not make great headway for a couple of miles, ok antll wtchiu » mile of Sisson. Engi neer-Pearson followed, backing hie engine Ab » high rate of speed until he came so near the cars that the heavy cloud of dust mide it unsafe to venture closer for fear the cars mlgM be deraiit-d. The cars passed thro«gh Slssors going seventy-five miles au hour, and at a curve where the logging railroad crosses at Barnard's Spar, near the sawmill, fourteen of the rear o»rs left the track, tearing up the ties, rails and roadbed and completely wreck i»g the oars.

Twelve o%ra were loaded with wood, one car wi>h green peaches and pear?, and ona of merchandise, leaving the contents strewn over the ground. The other cars gained a velocity of seventy miles an hour, and when within one half mile of Mott four of the rear cars i left the track on a curve. The empty I»tcars and one car of watermelons and muskmelons were distributed for a considerable distance, completely wrecking the cars and furnishing a treat for the country urnhlns. The caboose and three empty flatcars pasred through Mofct, goicg seventy fiVo miles an hour, aud reached a frightful velocity down the 116 feet to the mile grade, until three more miles had bean made, when they all lefb the track in front of Fatmer Branstetter's home. The flit cars went through ths caboose, leaving the whole one vjfeto pile of splinters ami broken Iron. Astonishing to relate, no one was killed of even hurt dniit>g this long run of ten miles. Ihe wrecking outfit promptly left Dtrasmuir, and after about) twenty-four hours' hard work the track was cleared so that trains could pass. Passenger No 12 was held at Dunsmnir twenty-four hours and No 11 was delayed abut seven hours, The affair will stand close investigation, as every one believes, without a shadow of a deubt, someone must have let off the brakes while the trainmen were unloading freight at the station.

The Cotton Trade Crisis

How long wi!l the China trouble last 1 A prolongation of tha present struggle might produce enormous injary to one of our greatest industries, and throw out of employment in Lancashire alone hundreds of thousands of mill operatives. Since March, when signs nf unrest) began to manifest; themselves in China, hundreds of the little cotton mills which sprang up all over Japan after the Chino Japanese waa have been shut down, and In India hundreds of the cotton mil's are work ing short time Several Lancash! • cotton mils have htmn ob'lged to close their doore, and cot.on manu facturers, cotton brokers, and cotton shippers are foil of anxiety as to what tho en 3 will be. Shanghai occupies a central position in the Chinese oo'.ton trade, the bulk of thp manufactured cotton gooda exported from England being shipped there for distribution inland. There, too, every year, in tha early i autumn, are stored thousands of tons of cotton gooda, wiih which to feed the northern ports of Chirm before they i become ice bjund. The rush of cotton goods to China should ba at Us height just now, inutead of whioh more cotton ' goods huve beon accumulated at Shanghai than can be warehoused-

THE CENTURY PLANT

Mr W Attwood writes to ihe " Leis-1 are Hoar" from Tylden, Victoria: — : 4*lb your number of December I read the j account of the so called century flowering plant. It cfpppnds on soil and climate the time it takes to flower. I have two in full bloom at present jone has been J planted about thirty years, and the other about twenty years. The yoanger is the most floarißhing because the soil is well drained I was in 1843 44: an unwilling resident of the fortress of Perat, one hundred miles from Vera Cruz, on the road to the city of Mexico I was a prisoner of war Between Texas and Mexico there were some hundreds —per- pkaps thousands—of these plants The people get a liquid from them which is a cool drink, called pulky A great quan tity is drunk at all times of the year. It is a pleasant drink when freeh ; but if al lowed to ferment it is a fiery spirit I was in London in 1838 89, and saw the procession of the Coronation I was in a library in ('ld Bond street—No 17— SmallvFOod's, and ÜBed to go to Simpkin and Marshall's on ' Magazine day' J ana now half blind, so you must earense the writing—neerjy 79 years "

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A Bemindeb~W6 wish to remind all who m&y require new suite &c, " befor.e ; the Show," that we have already opened out a large variety of ftew Goods for the Spring and Summer seasons, compriiing the moat) "up to date " beat quality worsted Buitiags, &o, imported direct from the manufacturers. For a unmber of years we have alwaya had uuch a " Rußh " of orders just before the holidays, that we found it) impossible to execute all by the required time. We would therefore respectfully urge all oar | friend (both old »nd new) to kindly oall and favour us with their esteemed ordera an early as possible to prevent disappointment, and oblige Craighkad & Bkrkyman, the leadiug Tailors and Outfitters, Ashbnrfcon Little children ful! of health Do love to laugh and play, Ani many r« man wontf give his wealth To be as bright as they. Though* illness may attend us all, As we become mature, Yofe coughs and colds will surely fall 'Fore Woods' Great Peppermint Cure BEMABKABM CUBES OF RHEUMATISM. From the Vindicator, Butherfordton, N 0 The editor of the Vindicator has had occasion to test the effiaaoy of Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice, with the moat remarkable results in each case First, with rheumatism In the_ shoulder, from which he Buffered exoruoiaticg pain for ten days, whioh was eelieved with two applications of Pain Balm rubbing the parts , efflioted, ana realising instant benefit and entire relief in a very short time, Seoond, in rheumatism in thigh joint, almost psostraiing him with severe paid, whioh was relieved by two applications, rubbing with the liniment oa retiring at night and' gettiDg up free from pain. For said by &sbburt(<n Drug Company TO THE DEAF—A rich lady, oured of Deafness and Noises in the Head by Dr Nlcho'son'd Artifiaial Kar Drums, gave £500 to hie Institute, so that deaf people unable to procure the Ear Drums may have them ree. Address No, 667p ■' ftb.o Nicho^sou Uutitute, Lout-cots, Gusnerßbury, Loiidca ]



GOOD NEWS TO ALL GOOD NEWS TO ALL I GEORGE DUNCAN & CO READY MONEY DRAP.BHS, TANOBUD STKKET, ASHBURTON . ,/ x \ _____ BFG to intimate th»b they have sronred a lease of those centrally Bituated Premises now occupied by them, and are now opening a Surge and well selected Stock of i GRNKKAL DKAPBRY, which has been imported dirooti from the Manufacturers in Kngland, and will be sold for Keady Moiiuy at. ROCK BOTTOM PRICKS. We subjoin , a few quotations, bub remember that Qiuutit is thb Tmr« Tkst of Valuk, and nothing ia cheap whioh ia not good. We ask yon to oompare our vivlno and yon will at once ftoknowlmiKßthat wti*n-e THKOHKArHST DRAPERS IN ASHBURTON. Our motto i» £mall. IfxvKNSKS, fc-'MUii 't*Hom's, Quick KwruuNa. Only a ftuv Btrgftina. No room for more—L*ue OuftusitK l<w«-ly cie&ignK, itu"«H «*smi« f vitlua unequalled, 1« 6}<l, la lid, 2s 6d, 2i Ud, 3a M, 4s til, 4' lid, 5a W, 6s lid, and 7i 61 ; Now Prints., Urge choice of patterns, B£i, 3| I, «|l» 6d, 6|,l t Gatatoim frt»m 6tl ; IVndor.u from B|d ; New Dress Material for «|»ih>g wt<»r, from 11& I to IJi 6d j 33-1 n B*iij>« l'M«iutntaMe 3J.1, 4§d, Sjfd, aud 63H J Wide Ribbon* usually »old in 3d, j .b pWw 6tl j Hneoial Purohußc Ribbed Bl« k Oa»hnwo g-;Hg 9j. »^^j t;; "M. A tn ; >j '■'^HJ^;'l. 9 ° IS< ith UritJßli and Mercantile liisii i anoe Company. LCMDON & EDINBURGH. tittT.AfthlSHHiD 1809. iNOOKPOttATOSD BY IIOVAL CIUUTKII AND SPKOIAL ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. TOTAL FUNDS AT Sim DEOEMBRB. 1899, £14,403,089 Authotfsed Capital £3.000,000 0 0 Subscribed Capital ... ... ... |2,750,00> 0 0 Paid~Up Capital £687,600 0 0 Balance of Profit and Loss ... ... ... ... 602 575 5 0 Fire Reserves • ... ... ... ... ... 2,128,608 8 7 Life Fund—Accumulated Fund of the Life Branch £8.149,481 12 7 Accumulated Fund of the Annuity Branch ... 2,840,924 3 11 10 990,405 16 6 £14,409,089 10 1 RP VENUE FOR THE YEAR 1899. From Fire Department — tfet Premiums, Interest^ etc. ... ... ... £1 559,002 12 7 From Life Depart ment— Net Premiums Interest), etc. ... £1,081,878 16 6 Annuity Premiums (including £321,162 11s 2d by single payments) and Interest ... 432,315 4 11 _ 1 514 224 1 4 £2.073,226 13 11 The Accumulated Funds of the Life Department are free from liability in respect of the Fire Department, and in like manner the Accumulated Funds of the Fire Department are free from liability In respeob of the Lite Department. ESTABLISHMENT FOE 1900 ---mmm^am *Q* ■mwiiiwi PRESIDENT :— His Grace the Duke of SutheriiASd. VICE-P&ESIDENT :,- Ths Most Honourable the Maeqfis of Zetland, K.T. IXTRA.OKDINARY DIKKCTORS :— The Right Hon. the Earl of fcfcrathmore. The Eight Hon fche Earl of Aberdeen j The Rt Hon Lord Moncrleff of Tullle The Right Bon Lord Wolverton \ The Right Hon Lord Forbes Baron Schroder. GENERAL COURT OF DIRECTORS :— Quinton Hogg, E ; q t , Chairman. LONDON. | EDINBURGH, Alexander H Campbell, Esq, Chairman j David B Wauchope, Esq The Hon Charles Napier Lawrence, George Auldjo Jameson, Esq Deputy Chairman Ralph Dundas, Esq Charles Morrison, Esq John Wharfcon Tod, Esq John Sanderson, Esq Sir James H Gibson-Craig, Bart The Right Hon Lord Hillingdon Sir Thomas Clark, Bart Alexander Drake Kleinwort, Esq ' Sir Charles B Logan, DKS Charles J O Scott, Esq Charles 0 Maconochie, Esq Robert F Barclay, Es-q Captain Robert Dundas, Yr., of Ar~ Vincent R Hoare. Esq nlston H R Arbuthnot, Esq John S Pitman, Efq j JohnPierpont Morgan, Jun., Esq George founger, Esq Bruno Schioier, E&q The Right Hon the Earl of Elgin, X G Manager of Fire Department —G H Burnett «.■-,.,. Sub Managers of Fire Department—W T Price and JMO Johnston Foreign Sab Manager—Philip Winsor Manager — Philip R D Madagan, Manager of Life Department and Actuary FRSE -Henry Oookburn, FI A, FF A Seorotary-H J Stevenson, W S Sub Manager of Life Department— . , „„ „.  „ T . Thomas Pringle Actuary - Thomas Wallace. FIA, Secretary—F W Lance * * A Soli Itors—Birchara and Co Solicitors—Dundas and Wilson, C S Auditor—James Haldsno. Chartered Acconntaint OBIEF OFFICES:— LONDON 61, Tbreadneedle Street, E.C. West End Branch Offioe ... 8, Waterloo Piace, Pall Mall, S.W. KDINBUROn ... ... 64, Princes Street. CHRISTCHDRCH AGENTS ... W. WOOD & 00. F. FSRRIMaN, A«HBDRTON W. »rCMAJSGIS] Sole Partnebs and "X, COVJB3RDA.XJB2 Pkopbibsobs. -——— <•'.%'. < ■■ I THE CHEAPEST WAY, THE BEST WAY, THE MOST SATISFACTORY WAY SWhen baying anything Is to PATRONISE A LARGE ESTABLISHMENT, auch as our own. We buy ENORMOUS QUANTITIES i F EVERYTHING AT A TIME, AND WE BUY FOR HARD CASH. Consequently we can offer Patrons a very wide range of goods AT PRICES TO SUIT ALL PURSES. For up to date Drapery, Stylish Dresses and Dress Goods, Fashionable Mantles and Jackets, exquisite London and Continental Model Millinery, &c, Ac, House Furniture and Furnishings, Wire Mattresses, Pare, Sweet Bedding, First rate i Tenetlan an'J otber Blinds, Ready Made Cloihing (all these lines being manufactnred by ourselves) WE ARE UNRIVALLED TN NEW ZEALAND, ■■■II lIMIIIHUBIII IV WE ARE ALSO BESPOKE JAILORS. IMb great Department of onr Business being conducted on West End of London lines, STYLISH. PERFECTFITTINCSUITS FROM £3 3 IT MAY NOT BE CONTENIEWT FOB YOU To come to Town to see Ua ; if you cannot spare the time to come, you can WRITE TO US. PATTERNS, PRICES, AND PARTICULARS post free on Application to any address. HUNDREDS OF LADIES sow SHOP WITH US BY POST, THIS SYSTEM WE FIND WORKS SMOOIHLY, EASILY, and PLEASANTLST AND GIVES GENERAL SATISFACTION. STRANGE~& }~COMPANY f OHRISTCHUKOH. f



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