THE ASHBURTON TRAIN SERVICES

Trains leave Ashburton daily for— • UHRISTUHUROH—at 720 a.m., 11 a.m., 3.15 p.m., 7 spm. (exprcs) TIMAHU—at 10 55 a.m., 3.50 p.m. DUNf DlK—at 12 54 p.m. (expreae) SPRiNGBURN-ab 4.25 p m. Traiaß arrive daily at Aahburton from— OHKISTOHUROH-aft 10.45 ».m., 12 47 p.m (expfOßß), 8 p.m. TIMARU—at 10.35 a.m., 255 p.m. DUNEDIN—>xf 6.57 p-m (°xpreas) 8l JRINGBURN-at;9 45a.m,

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SECOND EDITION Commercial.

THE LONDON MARKET

United Pre«s Association—-By Bleotrlo Telegraph—Copyrights London, Augusts Wheat -The Vidylia'a cargo of Australian >o!d at 30* 6d New Z jal»nd hemp, fair j rality Wellington August hnd September shipment *t £2 10*' Bvnk of Australasia ghsrea at £77 10s Melbourne, Angast 9 | There is strong demind for oats for j export, and negotiations for the sale of 2000 I tons of Algerian are nearly completed This, with the existing contracts will materially reduce supplies Napier, Aug 9 Nelson Bros hava received the following cable from the Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company :— Ff<zan Meat Market- C&nlerbury 3 5-Bd, Dunedin and Southland not quoted, Napier and North faland 3£i. Lamb first quality 4i, Beoond 4tl

THE LONDON MEAT MARKET.

The Colonial Consignment and niatribuHcg Company report, under date London, 29",h June, as follows :— « New Z .-aland Mutton--184,439 carcases have arrived in foui weeks, bringing the total since January Ist to 894,856, an excess over last Year's reoeiptß of 66,704« The bulk of the month's receipts are either not yet landed, or are still in the stores, though a number have beea brought direct from chip to market, ttill with Kumira and Whakatane andischarged, Maori only partiy unloaded, iudraghiri still with many on board, Wainsate finishing at 8 a.m, and Gothio at 2 a.m on the 27th, the majority of receipts cannot yet have gone into consumption. Dieoharge io Victoria docks was totally prevented for a week, and has since b*en retarded, as has work in the Albert docks, by the dock tabourets striking for increased wages and the recognition of the Docker's Union, neither of which objects seem likely to be attained. Free labour is coming forward, «nd wjih high w»gee, and board and lodging in hulks, provided by shipowners, more Will probably be attracted, and with scanty funds without outside sympathy, the Etrike i promisor to be of not much longer duration. j Early in tho month there was promise of i good trade, and oontinued high values, but the last fortnight has seen a generaliowering of rates, and mo-b sorts are now Jd to Jd per ib cheaper than they were. Really prime (.beep are almost unobtainable, limited numbers would still command good prices. This week 5^ i was offered for 521b Cat)ter burys of prime quality, bub they cou'd not be papplied, caroißes of the weight, but of md ff-jrenfc character, made 5.1 per lb, the brand sailing them, other Canterbury have sold, a few at A§ ', more at 4| 1 for useful eiziß, down to 4| I fot 66:bs, and 4|l for heaver. North Island for a day or two touched 5-1 per lb, but rapidly d c'.ined to 4f 1 and 4| I per lb for beßt weights, heavier soiling at 4|cl down to 4Jd per lb. Ewe mutton has sold down to 4d pur lb. New Z aland Lamb—241,036 have been received, a total of 782,669 in eir months, of these about 120,000 are still on board thip, and these, with pirt of Gothio and Waimate'a cirgors, constitute the bu'k of stocks on hand, there has been a run on all previous shipments and probably but very few are in store?, demand has been good, deliveries heavy, and until the last fortnight prices have been well maintained. For a time 6d to 6M per lb wag made for siaeable (/osd lambs, 33 to 371bs, heavier selling at 5f 1 to 5f i per lb, and large numbers going iuto consumption, prices have since declined, and the beat Canterbnrys offered can bo bought for s|i per lb, heavier at s|l. North Island are being pushed at Sdper lb, holders apparently dreading diminished demand, and lower prices, with an acoumu btioo of stf ak» t Frozen Beef—Eeoeipta have been 16,032 quarters from New Zealand, 18,029 quarters from Biver Plate, nope from Australia. Total imports for the six months are 273,421 quarters, 81,231 in excess of last year. New Zealand has sent 65,551 quarters, and River Plate 59,189 quarters more than last year, while Aaatailia shows a falling off of 43,509 quarters. Sto ka on hand generally are light, Bpeoiol'y of Australian, ani values of all sorts hava advanced appreciably. New Zealand bind quarters are now worth about 4|i, and fores 3gd per lb. Australian hind 4£l to 4ja, and fores 3|l to 3£i per lb, very few of ibe last in stock. River Plata hinds are worth 4 3-8 d and 4|d and fores about 3£d pei lb. The rise in prica of fore quarters is recent, within the last few dajs, ana probably is due to the very limited number available,, ac chilled American foreß last week wera setting At similar nrloes.

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1900. CRUEL SUSPENSE.

3r Thi uncertainty that exists wit! t- regaid to the reported death of ou i. fellow townsman, Corporal Rober rfc Upton, of the Roagfo Eiders, is creatin, if much comment. Although the repor 38 reached here exactly a week ago, ani f Mr T B Upton immediately communicated [^cated with the Premier, who cabled t if the Oape, no confirmation or contra 38 diction has, at the time we writf reached Ashburton. Unfortunately )r there are many indefinite circura&t'ince 11 tending to leud colour to the sbateraen m firet communicated to Mr T E Uptoi £ by Trooper Alex. Wilkie, as severa other members of thelhird Oontingen ie have referrrd to the matter—-one :o mentioned in the Lyttelton Times o *b yesterday, actually giving the 23n 1° June as the date when Corporal Uptoi r? was said to have died. But it is notice Hj able that every one of those who hay in noticed the sad news alluded to it a a report. So far, therefore, the infot t- mation to hand leaves the matter ii '£ doubt, and it is not only surprising ifc but deplorable, that the friends o Corporal Upton can obtain no definit assurance one way or the other. A] " sorts of theories have been advance! lb with the view of accounting for th origin of the report and for the defy

in getting at the truth, but the | uncertain*y iia% not been removed by a telegram received yesterday, and com municated to Mr T E Upton by the Premier, since its purport is merely that m official advice b»s yet been received concerning this matter. So far, therefore the bal ance of evidence as we write, is against the b d news being true. The rumour] came originally from the front, north east of Pretorh. There it was men tioned amongst Corporal Up'on'a comrades, and those who wrote to th^ir friends aboufc that time, naturally re pealed a report of &nch serious import ance to friends of all thernembers of the j contingent But on the other hand, J tt.ere is the remarkable fact, that Trooper Edwaid Willii, one of Corporal Upton's own troop—'a town?' in fact, was in the Johannesburg hospital at the very time when Corporal Upton must, if the report be true, have been actually at death's door. Yet in writing home on June 20, he made no reference whatever to a matter of , such great interest to all his relatives and old friends, nor even to the pre sence of his comrade in the hoapita!. It seems quite incredible, that Corporal Upton could have been in a critical condition in the same hospihiS with Tiooper Willis, who was dftiy visited by a friend from outside, giving him all the news, and that the latter should not even imntion the matter in any of his letters home — three, dated Juue 19, and 20. Reviewing the whole circumstances known to be facts—we cannot accept the report of Corporal Upton's death aa likely to be true. But whether is be so or not, the fact that such painful uncertaiuty with regard to one of our soldiers, who have gone away to ti,ht for the Em pire is possible, cannot fail to be a source of great uneasiness to all of us We sincerely trust that the Govern ment of iS'ew Zealand, at any rate, 'will take more effective measures to ! enable relatives of soldiers in South ■ Africa to receive early and authentic information of any casualties affecting, them, or sickness incapacitating them ' from antivfl R«rvice

Local and General.

* # * Interesting reading matter will bt found on ibe first and fourth pages of thii ieaue. Au Revoir-—Mr Geo, Hutchison, M.H.R. leaves for South Africa to-day. London Passbnobr Tbawio— The tram way?, otnuibuHfta, and underground railway! in and arouad London, within a radius ol five miles, carry each year, io is oaleulatec about 453,000,000 passengers. To Cyclists—An American has just itv vented an electric lamp for cycles, the ekcfcriciiy for which is generated by friction on the wheel, all the outfit weighing leaf thin 3!b. Pricks in Rhodesia. —Trooper T J M'Don aid, of the fourth contingent, writing from Marandellas to Lawrence, gives the following samples of the prices of provisions there : — Hams, £l eaoh ; biscuit*, 3s 61 per 1b ; eggs, In each ; cheese, 2s 6d per lb ; bacon, 2a 5.1 per lb ; etc; ' New Name Fob Mr Seddon—Melb&urnt Punch thinks that ihe name of the New Zealand Premier should be "Sudden" in stead of Sedilon. His early announcement that he was willing to Bond troops to China in England's interest somewhat impressed '.he Melbourne weekly. " Digger Dick," it says, will certainly end as an Ear! if he goes on like this. Importku St ck—There are now in quarantine a valuable Bsrkshira boar and sow imported by tha National Mortgage and Agency Company for Mr R Dixon, of Henley. There animals are from some of the best strains in England. The boar is from the wel -known herd of Lord Carnarvon, and the sow from Mr Edney Hay ter's herd. A boar out of the tamo litter act the sow secured the championship at the Royal Agricultural Show of 1899— Otago Daily limes. IS.Z Contingents— The Mayor of Christ church has received the following telegram from the Premier in answer to his telegram re the death certificates of the troopers of the New Zinland Contingents in South Africa :\-' s Rt your telegram of August 1, the Commander of the Forces is supplying certified copi-s of rxtrsob from official reports to n<xt of kin, who made applica tions for them—R J Seddon." KiNDERGARTEK Wosk—The South Can terbury Education Board at their lasb meet ing wore shown some specimens of work done by the kindergarten classes, at the Main School,, in paper folding and cutting of geometric forms 9 clay modelling, weaving needlework, ornaments, and in perforate! cards, and geometric drawing by very young children. The modelling iuclvdsd a bird's nest with egge. The material need U a spe cial preparation called " plastocenc," a sorb of brown putty, which ia cleanly in uee and does nob require the' attention of ordinary plastic clay to maintain it in ft workable condition Sale of Wobk:—The annual Sale of Work in connection with the Missionary Association of 8t Stephen's Guild and the ministering Children's League wan held in 8b Stephen,a school on Monday last), and was largely patronised* The different) stalls were under tha charge of ihe following ladies-.—Work stall, Mesdaroes Denshire, RoboUom, and Misa Purnell ; produce stall Mrs Gates and Miss Wiikie ; variety stall, Mrs V. Purneli, Fooka, Totty, ana Robottom; refreshment) stall, Misses W. Purneli, and Denshire : Sweets Stalls, the Misses Coster, In the evening a moso en joyable concert was h°Jd, the success of whl)h is due io no am»ll measure to Mr H, Gates Kfid his excellent band. Wepding at St. Ftbphbn'b :— There was a large gathering at 8b Stephen's Church yesterday afternoon, to witness the cele bration of the marriage between Mr Francis J. Rose andj Viies AriaJ Childs. Is id an interesting feature of the wedding that both the bride and bridegroom were born in Aihburton, and the fast in itself would account for the presence in the church of so many of the o'd settlers of the csanty. The officiating clergyman was th 3 Rev. R. Woodthorpe, Vicar of St Stephen's church, and the service was full chora 1, the hymn •'The voice that breathed o'er Eden 1' being very heartily sung. At the close of the service the belle rang out a joyous peal, Sooth Rakau School Committed—At the usual monthly moeiiag on Monday there were present—Messrs Miclgiey (chairman), Sazletb, Gordon, Liddy,Shannon,and Gee.— Miss Smith's resignation was received with regret, and the Chairman wag requested to write and convey the Committee's regret at losing her services, their appreciation of her as, a teacher, and their admiration of her general conduct; also to thank her for her valuable services in training the children for the school concert,—The Board of Edßoa? tioa wrote stating that they had communi cated with (he ins ectors, but oou'd not hold out any prospect of deferring the examination.—The Education Department wrote that there was no iund for subsidies for fligs, but the matter was under oon siderauon.—The master's report showed an average attendance of 113.3 out of 133 on the roll. It was decided to give parents one week's notice, and then take immediate legalactiou. —Mr Rownbrae's offer to prepare a flag staff was received with thanks.—-Mias Edith|Rcse Corsbie's application for post of assistant mistress was unanimously selected. -—The Visltinj? Committee reported that the defective roof in one of the porches was a menace to tha health of the children. A« the matter had been referred to the Clerk of Works some three or four months ago, and he haß nob yet seen to it, it was decided to write to tha Board.-—Messrs Liddy and Cromie wera appointed Visiting Committee for the ensuing month, and Ihe meeting Adjourned.

The Indian Famine

United Press Aasociation—By Electric Telegraph. - Copyright Bombay, Aug 9 Ample rains have fallen inGujerat, -Bajputnna and Central India, and have decidfdiy improved the situation.

Transvaal War.

Uraifced Press AasooiatioD—By Kleotrio Telegraph—Copyright. ; London, August 8 | The Hirrismith Natal railway, vial Van Reenan's Pass, ha«j been reopened \ to traffic. A number of foreigners recently arrested at Johannesburg on j suspicion of plotting against the British have been released, and £50,000 found in their possession returned to them, though it is believed the Boen supplied the mocey to a«Bist is a conspiracy, Private McArtnsy, a Victorian, has died of wounds August 9 General Buller occupied Amerapoort on Tuesday. Thirty-five British were wounded. Both* opposition wss half hearted. Sir Oharles Warren is returning to Bng and after pacifying the districts north of the Orange River, Capetown August 3 Two of the Canadian mounted men have been sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for commandeering Boer arms with forged orders and selling to other Boers, Steyn v seriously ill The Boers captured two of Oarring- Son* scouts disguised as Transvaal burghers Phktoria, Aug 8 A force of 5000 Transvaal constabu lary Is forming. Many colonials are joining Lobknzo Marquez, August 8 Thfi Boer agents at Delagoa Bay are panicsttinken at the dismissal of the Customs officials

Football.

PIRATES! ASHBURTON) V. MAOBI3 (AROWHKNOA)

A match was played between the above teams yesterday, end resulted in a win for the viaiora by 16 points to nil. The ground wan in a very slippery condition and play was hard and fast. Messrs T, Brosnahan and J, Anderson acted as line-umpires, while Mr J. Holean made an effioleiifc referee.

The Anarchists

United Press Association—By Eieotrio Telegraph—Copyright London, Aug 8. Great precautions were taken to protect the Prince of Wales on his journey to and from Ccburg. No strangers were allowed within reaching distance of the royal carriage,

A Terrible Accident.

A OJRA.IN DERAILED United Preßß Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Melbourne, August 9 A ballast train was der»i ed en the outer circle railway between Clifton Hill and FanfieJd Six employees were kil'cd and one was injured The train consisted of a guard's van and 16 trucks conveying 54 navvies to work at obtaining ballast from a disused portion of the outer circle line The engine was afc the rear While the train was running}at ft good speed through a deep cutting the van left the rails and toppled over on the line The four nearest trucks drove into a pile on top of the van, one turning a complete somer sault The train was immediately stopped and iha remainder of iho trucks kept, lhe rails, though they wore twisted and smashed by the terrible impact Ihe occupants were thrown with great force in all dir«ctioo8 t and lay in huddled h^aps stunned They soon cams to, and as&i«t°d in rescuing their comrades who were pinned amongat the debris Liter r ports reduce the list of killed to three—Patrick Glennou, Edward Hanney, and John James Macgregor 'lhe following were severely injured—James Watson, W Webb, John Surridge, JohnSmith.Sylvester Smith, John Parsons, and Richard Clarke, but it is mot expected that any more will sneoumb Many others received slight injuries Two guards managed to jump clear The bodies of the dead were fearfully mangled The cause of the accident is not explained A much more serious disaster was averted by the presence of mnd of a navvy named Brophy, who shouted to the driver when he isaw the ran toppling, and the train was immediately stopped. Several men were injured by striking the rocks at the side of the catting ia jumping from the trucks

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

(United Press Aasooi&tion—By Kleotrio Telegraph—Copy righ 6 Washington, August 8 Mr Conger, ia a message which, ib is believed, was sent at the beginning of August, reports that the situation was at its worsb. Insistence by the Chinese that the Ministers should leave Pekin means certain death> The Imperial troops. wsre firing rifles ad tha legations daily. Mr Conger adds, "We have little ammunition and provisions/ The authorities here state that Major Waller is mlive, and that a blackmailer received a reward for his head from the Viceroy Yulu by deception. London, August 8 On August 3 Sir Claude Macdonaid sent a cipher message through the Ohinoae Minister; It states that there had been intermittent rifla firing by the Chinese troopß and Boxers since the cannonade ceased on July 16, bub tho casualties were slight. The refugees at the Legation iuolude 800 women and children. August 9 Ib is officially admitted that 124 European missionaries, including women and children, were massacred in North China, and that 250 Europeans and Americans are in great peril in gzechuan Province. Hong Kom«, August 9 The Japanese captured Peitsaog on August 5. Heavy rains render the advance of the allies along the river road extremely diffi cult. The country is one huge lake; A message from the Secretary of the German Legation states that there has been no shelling or general attack since July 21 An undated cabin from the Italian Minis ter says thab 700 strangers ure taking refngo in the British Legation. Forty French and Italian sailors are abill defending the Catholic missions north of Pekin. British and American troopß assisted in the capture of Peitsang. Their casualties were slight. The Japanese losses were considerable. The warship Lizird has arrived here. TO THE DEAF—A rioh lady, cured of her Deafness and Noises in the Head by Dr Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums, gave £500 to his Institute, so that deaf people unable to procure the Bar Ikums may have them free. Address No. «67d. The Nicholson Institute, Longoott, Guanersbury, London SHEARMAN BRO3i have larg« stoo Loasbys Wahoo, Benjamic Gum Koolibah, and Cinnamon Cure'

THE CHRISTCHURCH SENSATION.

-—, »_ . The Accused Before the €ouif■

United Press As»ociatioft—By Electric Telegraph

OHUISTCHORCH, August 9 Charles Horace Gilby, a teacher <>f short hand and tho typr-wri^or, generally confirmed thfi expert fv dance just given. A?kad if he had any doubt as i.o whether ar not this machine w^e used for the originals, wi'ness said it wae an impossibility (hit there could be two machines wiih exactly the sime defects throughout, I Mr Jiynt did not cross-examine, James TVncock, a cl rk fa Mr A R G Rhodes' cffiop, stated that about 10 or 10.15 he heard a noise in Mr S'yche's room as if .something was falling. To' kno more notioe of it at the time until he -<vas called in by Mr Styohe, four or five minutes after. When he | wanfi into the room fehe'typewriter ws»« is its usual p'too, only broken. Mr Styche told him that as he was p\ sing; the machine it was ciught by his coat, and knock ..d oa to the flior. Ha told witness to take the machine to Bmoe and Bean's, and see if they would alow anything on it, as he thought) it was broken beyond repair, and order a fresh one. There are three typewriters in the <ffioe besidtß this one. Mr J ynt did not; cross-examine the wit ness; Mr Stringer said)hii coms'aded th.3 c&se for tho prosecution. For the de'enoe Mr Joynt painted out that iha oisa was nneot mere suspicion, and being so he hid expected that the prosecution would have made out a stronger case. 'I he whole case substantially turned on the opini»n of Mr Bapsford that th.3 machine was injured accidentally or intentionally. His (Mr Sapsford'a) opinion was tint the it juries revived by tin machine were greater than would hare resulted from a mi re fall. If it were not for that piece of evidence what was ihare in the case to point to MrS'ycho as the peison who wrote the letters? It was impossible to Bay how many persons Ind acoops to the machine; it was impossible to say how many persons who had special reasons to irjure Mr Styohe h*d access to the machine. A suggestion of a moßt paltry character had beeo made in re ference to Mr Styche's relations with ha wife, but aa his learned friend had pointed out, Mr and Mrs Sty. he ktd lived together as a hippy, devoted couple. Unless it was brought home to the judgment of the Bench that the possibility was excluded of any other person but Mr Styche having access to the machine, and being able to write the letters, the c*se at once fell to the ground. Mr Stringer had said if the facts were strong the question of motive did nob count, bub this w»s a oase where the Bench should be satisfied that there was motive, and an exceedingly strong motive. As to the per sonal interviews between Mr Rtyche and Dr OUyton, they were probably due to solicitude on Mr Ssyche's part for the well being of his wife, and his anxious desire to know the possibilities c£ her health being restored. He would not criticise the letters because he had not had time to consider them, and anything he might say would be I rather crude, and perhaps incoherent. But he would submit that) the connection be tween Mr Styche and these letters was so extremely small, and bo extremely shadowy, that it was not auffieienb ground to commit upon. It was only ground for the very barest* possible suspicion. Be might have been the person who wrote the letters, but, as he had said, there had been nothing advarced which is ground for more than the merest susptc;on. If motive could have been proved or suggested on the evidence, then we might have, p°rhaps, imagined that he was the penon I/ft them aeeume that poma other person had access to the machine who wished to carry out coma discredit able joke; perhaps wanted to make a 'etuatlon, cwy out snmo piece of d^ylryj someone,perhaps,wlthout intending to injure anyone or someone, tmybe, who wished to injure Mr S'yche They h*<i nothing eball to f how that Booh a thing was not possible, or thai he could h*vo prevented it Though he would not say that thu machine was os^d by anyouo else in'the (ffice, it was certaiuly available to many other?, and th«y were altogether in the dark on this point There was a possibility that snme other person had access to the machine, i>ni tucta other psrscn might have had a motive of his own At the oonc'uHion of Mr Joynt'a address, the presiding Magistrate said that, this was undoubtedly a oa«e for the Supreme Court. The accused would be committed to take his trial at the ntx'; crim'nal aerson. The rrm^ bail would be allowed and the same sureties would ba approved of.

CABLE NEWS.

United Pi-ess Association—By Eiectno Telegraph—Copyright. Berlin, August 8 Ferr Liebknecht, the great German Socialist leader, and the editor of the newspaper Vorwarts, is dead. Sydney, August 9 The Legislative Assembly hag passed an amending Oity Corporation Bill, with unimportant amendments. Two young women, named Bell and Staines, hare been burned to death at Burraga. Brisbane, Aug 9 Wm Hutchison has been attacked by the plague. Two men at Proserpine exchanged several shots with revolvere. Thomas Trewarthou was shot dead, Newcastle, Augusts The harbour is crowded with one hundred deep sea ships waiting coal cargoes. London, August 8 Lord Hopetoun will be entertained at ; a banquet at the Hotel Cecil on Oct 3 : | prior to hia departure to assume the i Governor^Generalehip of Australia, Mr Chamberlain will preside. Awar \ ahip will convey Lord Hopetoun from { Fremantla to Sydney.

Book Notes

lhe price fetched by the Firat Folio Shakespeare (£1,125) at the sale of Mr Dalj's library at New York (according to " Literature") wa* not, as ssated in Reuter'B telegram, a record. A remark ab'jr fine copy, which had been lying in Belgium for over a century, was sold at Christie's in July last for £1,700. It was bought, it was understood at the time, for Mr MacGregor, a wealthy Scotch collector. There are only about | half-a-dozen " perfect" First Folio [ Shakespeares known to exist. In 178 i a perfect copy could be bought for £2 4s 6d It is said that the stage version ©£ " The Little Minister " has brought Mr J A Barne more than £40,000. A cpy of the first edition of ?! Waverly," 1814, has long since been I one of the most difficult books to obtain, owing largely to the fact that it was read nearly out of existence. A fine example in the original boards ia worth nearly £200; a much used specimen, with some of the leaves stained, and " sold not subject to return," went for £7 at Sotheby's on Saturday.

Zealandiu's sods have shown such pluck And steadiness when under fire, That more are on to try their lack Against the Boers in war attire. It's my advice that ere they start, Sound health and strength they will secure, All coughs and colds will toon depart On taking Woods' Great Peppermint Caret

Correspondence.

(We do not hold ouraeives responsible for opinione expressed by our correspondents

HORSE BREEDING IN NEW ZEALAND.

TO THE Et ITOS. Siß.—Bcmbfcieas many farmers in this county have read with interest those useful contributed articles re hcrse breeding in New Z-ftUnd, After reading the commenta on Clydesdales and the Suffolk Panoh, perhaps a few particulars of that excellent breed —the •hlrobres^—will be imeieating to yrue readers. Bsyond, perhaps, as was stated in those contributed articles, a taste of the blood through crosi-breeding, they are prao tici y uuknown in thia district. There ia but 'i 1 tie doubt that the modem Bhiro norm, —that hairy-l»gg®d, big-boned, but active f gi uae grant ar> common in the streets of the cities of the Old Country, and alto on the farms for tla 1; nm» r—is deiomdei from the old breed of tiagliah oart-horses These, in turn, were descended from a breed of heavy horses imported to England from the mainland of Europe at the time of the Norman conquest. la support) of th's con tention, ancient bfstorians hare shown that the horses employed in the army of William the Conqueror, were little better, as respect* breeding, than the average cart-horse of the present time. In those days, cf primitive war weapons, and when armour was the main protection, masdve animal* were required to support the enormous weight of the steel-clad knights, sad to withstand attacks of a similarly attired opponent. The half-bred horse was at; chat period unknown, and, as the other imported horses were iisufficient in size, recourse was had to the ' large blcuk horse, knowu throughout Europe from time immemorial. Daring the rsign of the Edwards, repeated importations cf those horsea took place. In the year 1667. the then Duke of Newcastle wrote a work on horses, which recognised this class as a distinct breed under the appellation of the old black horse Of course*, nowa-daya we meob with the breed in almost all colours— the result of many croes'nge, but the prevailing and true colour is black. The Shire horses derive their name from the countries in which they are most com monly found, viz, Cambridge, Lincoln, Derby, Cheshire, Leicester, Nottingham, Warwick and Shropshire. It was once said that) more good horses , were bred within a radius of twenty miles of the city of Ely than in all the rest of the kingdom. Ely, strangely enough, being the city io which Hereward and Wake, and the last of the English so long defied the Norman conqueror. I believe that the most perfect; spec>m?ns of the breed are to be found in Derbyshire, and that much of the unalloyed blood still remains there. For some years this class of horse have been seriously neglected, and that in spite of their wonder ful utility. One cause of the neglect was that they were thought too slow and too heavy for town work, and their clean iegged rivals, the Clydesdales and Cleveland bays wore looked upon as th* ideal of cart horses, i *ut pubic taste has changed in the old country, and will perhaps, in tims change here, The clean legged horses were found to be unable to stand the wear and tear of the metalled roads, and hard paved streets, and it has been conclusively proved that the heavy Shire horse, bred as he ia now, with quicker and lighter action is more suitable for general purposes. He can stand un limited work on metalled roads, and in the old country commands a much higher prise in the market. Moreover they cannot be put wrong in front of a heavy load As showing that the breed is very fashion* able, such breeders as Lords Ellesmere and Spencer, Mr Walter 6ilb«y, and Mr Alex Henderson, and HRH, the Prince of Wales, who are well known lovera of the Clydes dale have acknowledged the Shires supe riority for general purposes, and gone in for the breed extensively The remarkable feature of the stud book of the Shires, is the length of the pedigrees of the best known stallions. Even in 1875 we find British Wonder, with no less than twelve generation notes, (and emissions for the sake of brevity at that). British wonder traces back direct) to the end of the last century. Other famous sptoipiens were England's Glory, Honest Tom, Thumper, Sam?on, TPhab'a Wanted, Cast Steel, York abire Lad, &c A typical Shire horse should etatd about 17 hands, should be Io: g, and wide in form, and should be a good mover at a cart horse pace, viz, walking, and if trotting Bhculd pick up his feet, and show the action of a. Norfolk cob Of the most recent bred horses, the Prinoa cf Wales' Whirlwind is one of the beat specimens of the old black horse breed, and can trace his pedigree through Honest Tom, for many generations. He is con sidered at the present time the finest epeci mBo of the breed in England. Other valuable specimens are Markeheaton, Royal Harold, Basoot Harold, and Iron Chancellor The mares cannot, of course, be expected to approacn stallions, or even geldings in beauty of appearance, massiveneac. and general pioturegqueness A few of the names of champion mares may be interesting Qieen of the Shires was the champion mare of the thow in London in 1898. She was » very deep brown, with dark dapplings, which to the uninitiated appeared almost black. She was three years old at the time of her victory, and although inolined to be a sleepy animal under ordinary circumstances, she was remarkably " showy "in the ring. Duchess of York, the property of the earn* owner, Mr Grandage, of Leeds, ia another splendid animal, and a huge pries winner. At the Islington Show in 1898 Mr Alex Henderson, M.P., exhibited four celebrated animals—his champion stallion, Markheaton Royal Harold, 6yrs, who won let and cup for'the best ia his classes ; his superb mare Aurea, firab and championship: bay filly Locking Loiret, first in his olass; and the sensational colt Buscot Harold, who at 2yrs gained the Ist and cup for best in his classee and was then led into the ring ro compete for the championship against hit sire Msvrkhenton Royal Harold. The judges were a considerable time settling the matter, and repeatedly had the couple walking and trotting round the huge ring. Each judge noted the separate points, and when on comparison it was found that the verdict was for the 2-year-old, the building fairly •welled with applause. That this particular breed would be an acquisition in ft large district like this, where an|immense amount of grain carting over metalled roads has to be done, there can ba no question, and I oertaiuly think that even supposing breeding to the true standard oould nob be accomplished,it would ba advantageous to cross the strain with some of our best-known Clydesdalesj—l am, eto, Whirlwind

Valedictory

A. very large gathering assembled in tne Wfcterton Wesleyan Church on Wednesday night, for the purpose of bidding farewell ia Mr and Mrs James Oroy and family, whojare leaving the dl-tr ob for Overdale. The family have teen among the most earnest church workers in the district for a great number of ye»r«. and their loss will be deeply felt by a wide circle ol friends. The Rev. J D Jory occupied the chair, and epoke in very appreciative terms of the help rendered to the church by the family, and wished them Godspeed in their new home. A programme or sacred songs was gone through in a very efficient manner, the contributors being;— Messrs H McOon« nell, Jones, and Werren, and Misses Thomp. son' and Watson 5 Misses Wateon and Thompson played the accompaniments. This part of the programme being oompVed, Mr Walson in a very eulogistic speech, pre sented Mr Croy, on behalf of the congre gation, and friends, with a beautiful solid feather Gladstone bag, and a very fine Mos giel travelling tag, as a token of the esteem in which himself and family were held-by the Waterton Churoh. He also presented Mrs Croy with an exceedingly handsome spring rocker, most luxuriously upholstered in rioh stamped velvet. Meßsra Moses, Binghkin, and Taylor, also spoke approvingly of the help rendered by the family to everything thab had tended to the welfare of the district. Mr Croy very feelingly replied, thanking the donors for the very valuable presents that had been m%de to himself and family, and assu-sd all present, that anything they had done f i,r lhe chinch h&d been a labour ol love. They would ahv.-ys have kitdly remem branoes cf their sijjbrn in Waterton, and hoped to see many of their Wafattoß friendj

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ff. BTRAMGH'] Sole ■pAHTNEKa akd I,COVK«DALB PROPRIETOBSr THOUSANDS Will be Interested to Know that Our l Stock-taking Sale I IS =:N O W ON = : AT CHRIS'iCHUKCH. I mmmm i AT thl* GREAT B&LR It is oar Custom, eTery year to SACRIFICE the ENTIRE BALANCE OP OUR WINTER STOCKS In order to effect as complete a clearance as poßnibie, we shall make SWEEPING REDUCTIONS in EVERY DEPARTMENT. Even plain Household Goods, such an Calicos and Cottons BBnerailv (made and unmade) will be udooed ; .also the price of Suts and Single G*imenti, both to ordar and ready-made. Furniture, Bedding an 3 everything we make and sell* GOODS OF FASHION. tFhe ifttne remark applies fco "GOODS OF FASHION." xuch as our Exquisite London Rod Pttitts* MODKL MILLINERY, our Htyli-h Winter Dreasee an.l Uress Good* for 3vemrE Wear and our lovely Winter Jackets, Mantles, Capes and Macintoshes all of which Mu.tbeSold for what th«y will Brin*. a- we never carry over such goods fro«n season fco season* Ouite posiiibly yon imy < xolaim., on reading the above, «OH, I AM HO SORRY!" But I live so far away from Christchurch I can'r, get thereto attend the Sale." That doesn't matter in the least, since you can do as HUNDREDS already do, SHOP WITH US -BY POST if you can't sh'-p with as ia person ! GET A CATALOGUE. The first thing to be done is fco get) • Sale Catalogue (they have been well circulated already, but if you haven'D got one we will send you one Post Free on application j HaTing'got your Catalogue read it carefully through (you will fi»d it really >nter»t»g). make your selections, write down yonr requirements ?a plainly as possible, enclose Stamp?, P.O 0. or Postal Notes to value of Gaodß, and—drop your letter m the I o»t Box, and WR WILL DO THE REST By return Train, Foab or Coach, as the ca»e may be, your Parcel shall ba forwarded— •ad we will take as much oaro to please you ai though you walked up to one of our octets anil made your purchase personally. If we are Sold Out of the precise line you waati W8 will send the Nearest Thing to ib, and if you are not satisfied then, we will return you your money ! DON'T MISS THE CHANCE tliis Sale presents to you to s cure HXrffAORDINARY BHGAI3NB, THE SALS WILL SOON BR OVER, AS IT POSITIVELY ENDS ON Aliens I- 31, 101>O STFIANGE~&~COMPANY S OHHI-TCHUKOU. 30 „ Piano F?ee. 30 „ Gold Watch ofSs., Free 80 «,. Bewin# Machine Free. IW TO THE PARIS EXHIBITS OF 1900 ALL EXPENSES PAID, VALUE 33 GUINEAS, FRKK. IK o d-r io increase the circulation of the Wou&K s World we havj wado arrange meu.s w J,..ret.yanysnhaoriberm»yK=iin«ladie,' bicycle, valua 80 guineas a ge ntl«m u»'s bi.:yohf. value 30 guineas, a 7-->otave walna*. piano, value 30 gain**. ftcoU watch, hdiea'or Bentlemmi'B value SO jju; maa, wi hour a..y c >st beyond the »obsc«ii.tlon mon«y. This system la ..ot iuterded for the idler-to receive something or nothing -hut £>r those who are willing to use a little c'everner.e, in their spare time, for which they receive these handsome prizes. Carriage pad to your door. If yoa want -.ny cf the articles nam.-d above you can procure them by beco mm* & subscriber to thj Woman's Worlb This makes you eligible to participle in our method of procuring the articles named free of cobt to you. _ Every subscriber to the Woman s World ia entitled to one of these prizes, accord ins to conditions we send. Subscription for one year Post free, 5s lOd. Send addressed envelope with stamp (of any country will do) for copy of paper, and full instructions, how to proceed, also say which prize you self ob. Address- THE " WOMAN S f WORLD," »NEW ZEALAND CLOTHINGJFACTORY. Boy's Tweed Sailor Suits from 5a Boy's Serge Sailor Suits from 7s 6d Boy'a Tweed Melville Suits from 9^ By's Tweed Norfolk Suits f-om I2a Bey'a Sac Kn!cker Suits from 181 6d Boy's Covert Coa-s from 14s 6d Boy'B Tweed Overcoats from 6-i 6d Boy's Reefer Jackets from 6? 6d B-jy's Football Jerseys fr< m 33 3d Boy's Caps 6d each Boy'a Sailor Tarn* Is feach FOR GOOD VALUE, GOOD WEAK, LOW PRIOE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Australian Mutual Provident Society THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL EBPOBT JUST ISSUED, DISCLOSES- Ii" Sss £ £ tZZtiSSSSL &* bonos a fig 6 A net g*in in bualnesft in force of 9013 policies assuring ... 2,102,088 DUKINGthe year 15 238 KEW POLICIES were issued, being the LARGESS JSUMBER yefc written by the Society W^/^L TN ¥YOFSS d that The New Assurances issued amount* d to £3,905,685, a sum IN EXOiLSb oi thai g^XZ 7S^^ i (oT M (i W Auili a g Bonus additions) now .mount t« £Uife Bet Increase to the volume of brims in force is THIS LARGEST in any Vmt4hXc^LlM and amounts tc £L 6,074.740, and th« ANNUAL INOOMB tOl?'The 9 Re B 7e'rve sefc apart far the possible DEPRECIATION OF SECURITIES B°WTt adDMS'la 2/plus for the year amounts to £506,182, yielding lIEVER SIONARY BONUSES of about £942,500. The Death Claims for the year were exceptionally favourable, while the EXPKN&IS of MANAGEMENT were very moderate. BRANCH DIRECTORS:—The Hon. Morgan S. Grace. M.D , 0.M.G., M.L.O. B I Chairman J the Hon. Oharlea J. lohuaton, M.L.O. (Deputy Chairman); Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq., the Hon. Edward Richardson, O.M.Gr,, John Duncan, sq. EDWARD W LOW®, Resident Seoretary. B M »oh 08-OCBIQUBOUM QO^Y, WELUNGTO«. District Oiace-CHRISTOHUROH.



HOLES RE-rLATfcD AND Bifi-iiiKAMBLT.ED la al! Oo!oar«, iaoluding the j\Th)ST KHAKf, with Silver and Gold Decorations, From lOs DATES, LOWHY m GO. ZBALANDIv cyOL's WORKS, J Burnett Street | ISS W SIMPSON, Teaoher of Piano forte, Havelook Street, K»«<i Belt, wishes to notify that she has a firat cl&9< Quadrille Band available for Dances, Wed* rtnig pirties, Concerts, aod Kncialfl For Terms & elc , »pp'y to D. Lkiioh, B'tmeth 8^!5 f> ——- - ' 7 m /GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE *** DEPARTMENT. Low Premlumß. Cheap Management. Careful Selection of Lives. Government Guarantee. "J" OW PREMIUMS.— Notwithstanding the JU low premiums, toe funds of the Depart ment, accumulated during thirty years, now amount to over three millions ster liag. /HHEAP MANAGEMENT.—The most rigid \J economy is observed. The ratio of expenses to income is far lower than that of any other office of similar age in the Colonies doing the same kind of business. /HAREFUL SELECTION OF LIVES.-The \J utmost care is exercised in guarding against the acceptance of doubtful risks. As & consequence, the death-rate year by year falls fa» short of the expectancy upon which the tables hare been computed. /"I OVEKNMENT GUABANTEB. —The VX payment of every policy is guaranteed by the State. Funds, over THREE MILLION POUNDS. Annual Income, over £400,000, Cash Surplus In 1896 (for three years), £225,000. J. H. BIOHAEDSON, 41 rVvmTmssinnfilv



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Old Harness, Machine Bvltmg, Eto, Renaired with BIFURCATED RIVK SET with a Hammer, From all Iron mongers and Storekeepers. BIFURCATED RIVET CO., Ltd, London, England. Full particulars from Harrison & Webbr Auckland. (Cut this oufc and show yon 3 Ironmonger.) 6 3



NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. Excarsion Fares to Christchurch *f or Grand National Steeplechase. A T 2d per mile first-olass, minimum pL 4:* ; W per mile second class, mini mum 2. ; mileage counted one way only • Tickets issued at Dunedin and etationi north thereof (ap to Culverden inclusive' from the 13th to 17th Aagnsb, and a Ashburton and stations north thereof xx\ to Waikari inclusive by the first train oi the 18th, also (see restriction below as it • use by express train) avail-tola f >r retun till 22nd Augusr. Tbe journey must b< started on the date of the purchase of <;hi ticket in every instance and may be brokei after the first 25 miles. On the 13th August the Express trail for Ohristchurch wi 1 not take passenger; from Tinwu and stations between Timan and Ohrictchurth whore it oauaHy stops and excursion tickets to Ohristcharch wtl nob be issued from these stations for tha train. On the 20 h Augusts the expres train from Chri^chur'h will noh tab pwsergers for any station op to Timan inclusive, and return halves of excarsioi tickets will not be available by that trail r for any station up to Timaru Inclusive The passengprs rau-t travel by the trail to'ifiod below. Extra passenger trains will run as unde from Timaru to Ohristcharch and Christ church to Timaru :-T ma v to Christ chnrch on 13th August. Timaru -Dspar 430 pm, Ashburtson 626. Stops i required at Hinds at 5.54 and other place where the express train usually stops Christchurch to Timaru on 2,oth August Chrlstchnrch depart 1020 am, Rkil P 1134, Ashburton 1217 pm. Stops i required at Hinds 12 41, and other place 6 where tbe express train usually stops. On the 14th August a train fo 0 passengers from south of Ashburton wil leave Timaru at 640 a m and bo dua fron y Pang'tata at 7 50, Hinds 8 21, Winslov 8 36 Tinwald 8 46, returning from Christ church at 7 15 pm sanio day. On the 14'.h, 16th, and 18fch August thi 3 evening train from Christchurch t< Afihlurton and Methven will start a - 610 pm, and ran 30 minutes later thai timetable times. On tho 16rh an extrj c train will leave Ijlethven for Rakaia a 6 pm, and Eikaia ror Methven at 741 pm. after arrival of the evening trail from Christchurch. On the 18th a train will leave Christ ' church for Dunedia at 820 pm, settinj down passengers from Christchuroh a stat ions south of Ash barton.. For fuller particulars see Bills. 8 57 BY ORDER. The reliable Family Remedy Woods'Greal Peppermint Cure for Cougha and Colds-