Government was unchanged. He was onamandeering as usual. The Daily News states that the Presidents meet at Kroonstadt to dis cuss the situation. The feeling between the two Kepublics is very bitter. Clements, with three columns, in cluding the W^sst Australians, South Australians, and Colonel Price's Becond Victorian Mounted Rifles, ia advancing to Bloeinfontein, via Philippoiia and Fauresmith. Mr Schrnirifr has consented to de clare a public huliday after Maf< king ia relieved. Mr Schreiner, in an unexpectedly cordial letter, says the gallant defence of Mafeking is probably the most dramatic seen© of the War. He says that thti holiday which he promised upon the relief of the town may come soon. General Buller has engaged six hundred stretcher-bearers preparatory for an advance. The Daily Chronicle states that Sir Charles Warren's division is embarking at Durban for East London. The Morning Post states that Messrs Fischer, Wessels, and Wolmera»a are taking to Hussia, for safety, documents implicating Mr Steyn and the members of the Afrikander 6nd in Cape Colony. Mr Steyn's accusatory reply to Lord Roberta's protest is attributed to Presi dent Kruger. The newspapers stig matise the message hs an appalling piece of effrontery which completes the Boers' own undoing Five thousand Boers are posted on the hills at the rear of the town The rebellion at Prieska, Griquatown Carnarvon, and Campbell, has been crushed. Lord Kitchener is at Doornbergnek, General Brabant has occupied Roux- Ville and Zastron General Gatacre's detachment at I Smithiield captured some Transvaalers, j and loads cf arms s ammunition and . guns. A handful of rebels who quitted previous to the capture are reported to have passed Jammesburg drift, in the direction of the Sand river. Groups are reinforcing them. The Queen carried fhwera for the wounded at Woolwich, including Private King, of the Oonnaught Regi ment, who was shot thirteen times in the firing line at the bittle of'Oolenso;

Received Wakapuaka March 24, 9.10a.m, This Office 10.51 a.m) London, March 22 The Free Staters are surrendering, many inferior weapons. There is an impression that they are concealing Mausers. The Gape rebels are dis arming slowly, and are believed to be hiding their rifles. The Boers are massing and are entrenched at Kroonstad* A recon naissance at Fourteen Streams on the 21st resulted in an artillery duel through the whole morning. The Boer gune were silenced. The Times states that Colonel Piurner, after a reconnaissance of Kamathlabatna, retired at nigh*-, to Crocodile Pools. The base hospital was removed to Gaberones. Pretoria is ptepariug for a two years.' siege. The Boer women demand that the British prisoners be shot.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Blenheim, March 23 Lieutenant D. Poison, of the Blenheim R:fl'3B, has received s»n appointment in the fifth contingent. This is the fifth officer to leave Blenheim for South Africa, the others being Lieutenants Chaytor and Canavan, with the first contingent ; Captain Chaytor, the third contingent; and Lieutenant Simson, the fifth contingent. Altogether over fifty soldiers have lefb this district (excluding Kaikoura) for the front

The Fifth Contingent.

Wellington, March 23

lieutenant Currie, of Auckland, lefb for Ckristchurcb this evening to take charge of the Canterbury section of the Fifth Con tingent. The riding test of the Hawke's Bay mem bers of the Fifth Contingent was first-claes, but that of several Marlborough and Nelson candidates was far below the standard, and they had to be rejeoted; Dr Thomas also rejected several applicants as medically unfit

The departure of the Fourth Con tingent

United Press Association—By Eleotrlo Telegraph Dunebxn, March 24

After the heavy rain of yesterday, this morning broke gloriously fine and from an early hour the streets were lined with eight eeers. During the night special trainß poured in with volunteers and excursionists, from Christchurch to the Bluff, and it is safe to hazard the opinion that there will be more people in town than on the occasion of the celebration of Otago Jubilee, when ib waa estimated there were 45,000 in the streets. The town is alive with buntißg, hardly a business place or private house along the line of route not displaying some fhg or device. The proceedings began with church services at St Joseph's, St Mathew's and the First Church, all of which places were filled

PUAPUNA WATER RACE

The party lefb Ashburton at 7,45 a.m for the headworks, whioh are situated ab a spot where the river debouches from bhe Ran gitata Gorge some bwelve miles above the Cractoft homeatead, and thirty-two miles from Ashburtor. The morning was greyand an ominou9 bank of clouds in bhe south-west threatened rain. The country being so much in need of a good downpour, the weather indications were looked upon more with pleasure than otherwise, I ut the members of the party were hardly prepared for the soaking that awaited them. As they drove along,the dry appearance of the country attracted attention. A pleasing feature of the landscape waß a paddock of 800 acres at Lagmbor, in which were to be seen no less than 160 stacks of wheat. Another object of interest was the church or meeting-house, which Mr Buckley has lately built ab the homestead for the convenience of the em ployees. When half the journey had been covered a very pleasant emprise awaited the party at upper Haokbhorne, the residence of Mr C. J. Harper, chairman of the County Council, where that gentleman with much forethought had provided a very nice cup of hob tea and light refreshment. 'J bis waslaid out in the woolimed, and here Mr and Mrs Harper made the travellers welcome. This pleaaanb little break to the journey was much appreciated by the party, who by thia time were getting a little chilled, and the kindness of Mr and Mrs Harper will nob fee forgotten. As the trap drove along points of interest in the surrounding country were pointed oufe and commented on. Mr J MoLachlan, M.H.R, and Mr A Roberts inside the coach, and the Hon W O Walker on the box, ap peared to know every plantation and home stead on the route, and a running commen tary, whioh was practically a history of the Ashburton county from its first settlement, c«rved to wile away the five hours moßb pleasantly. Mr McLaohlan was in his best form, and his racy stories of the early settlers, and, his peeps behind the parliamen tary curtain, and into the committee rooms at Wellington, kept the travellers in a simmer of merriment; Ib was a very jolly party; aijd «ye» the rain, whioh commenced

!to fall later on, could not damp the spiriba —of those inside the coach. The outside passengers buttoned their overcoats more closely, tucked the big aprons and rugs more tightly around them, and were happy in the thought, that the downpour was worth thousands of pounds to the country. After leaving the main road, the route lay across a few miles of rocky tusaook track, and here the «' liver brigade " had their innings. The driver of the coach had baon piloted by the Council's engineer, Mr W Baxter, and when the vehicle stopped many of the passengers looked aghast. The scenery around them was certainly magnificent. The cloud-swept hills were a beauti ful sight, and the gorge with the rushing river was certainly worth going a long way to see, but between the passengers and their destination, the headworks, there stretched a face of rock and tussock so steep that quite a number felt giddy as they looked over it. Some of the party could nob tackle it, 'nd decided to stay by the trap—and the luncheon. Mr B.ixt.er, however, promp'ly led the way down, and most of the par y followed, heedless alike of the drenched tussock, the thorny " Irishman," and the treacherous boulder. Arrived ab the bot tom, another formidable obstruction awaited them—the race, a yawning chasm some 20ft wide by 20fd deep. A narrow footbridge of a couple of planks had been thrown across, and a lob of people who had had no experi ence on the tight rope were expected to walk over. Those .accustomed to such risks ' tripped gaily across, bub with the rush of water in their ears, and with the gulf before them, it was small wonder if a good many lost their nerve and had to be led across with the>r eyes.shub by a couple of bhe employees. Unfortunately, there was nob a samera on the ground, otherwise some s riking snap shots would have been secured. When all were at last over, the party, which had been reinforced by most of the members of the County Council and a large number oi settlers in the surrounding districts, gath ered on the headworks, which were closely examined. It is a splendid pie eof wot k which has been carried oub under the super vision of the Council's engineer. The site is well chosen. A few hundred yards above the point the water strikes a rocky shore, and the main stream is diverted to the opposite side, leaving a stretch of comparatively cam

water where the river is tapped. Some

twenty yards distant from the edge of the river there haa been built a solid wall of concrete, some twenty feet high by about three feet six inches thick. This extends

well into the solid bank on the hill side, and has a sloping shoulder of wing dam on the river side. The spoil taken from the race leading to the headworks has been used to form a protection to the concrete shoulder, and as the race is here some twenty feel wide at the top by twenty deep, the spoil removed was considerable, aud the protec tion offered is excellent. An opening through the concrete admits the water to the race, and by means of a floodgate, operated by a Bcrew the water can be turned or shut eff entirety, at pleasure. For twenty feet in side the intake a concrete channel has been constructed as the surge of the water pour ing through the opening might undermine the loose shingle sides. Standing at the headworks- the visitor realises the great work accomplished and is surprised to learn that all has been done at such a comparatively small cost. For eight miles the race has been cut through the Bhingle and boulders, and for a long distance follows the course ofcthe river. The whole of the spoil has been used as a breastwork to strengthen the side. Some of the boulders taken out weighed from one up to ten tons, a traction engine being used to remove them. It will be seen therefore, that the protection thus afforded to the race is of no mean order; It ia evident that the greatest trouble to con tend with will be small slips in the race, as the water undermines the loose shingle sides bub this will rlghi itself eventually- The intake is capable of admitting 10,000 to 12.000 gallons of water per minute, but only about one quarter oi that amount will be needed for stock purposes. A great deal will of course be lost by percolation, as it traverses the eight mile-, of shingle* The full supply whs turned on yesterday, and made n very fine stream. The genera! f*ll of the race ia about six feet to the mile.

With itH branches it rut>s to about fifty mile?

It was originally intended to make the batter of the aides about 4in to the foot, bu» in view nf the looseness of the shingle ii wosmade 6in to the foot. The whole work wasp'amed, surveynd and laid oub by the Council's engineer, Mr Baxter, under whose supervision it was carried out. Mr Baxter is to be congratulated on the success which has attended the undertaking.

The contractors for the several portions*

were Meatvs Gallagher Bros, D Johnston, J Co3kerie, J Pearsor, J Devery, and P Good, and they desirve every credit for the faith ful manner in which they ha?e discharged their dut'es The work has been completed in about 12 rponths. The race ia aot for irrigation purposes, but to supply with stock races about 20,000 acres in the Ruapuna district, which were inadequately supplied by the races from the Hinds Gorges The residents of that area will be specially rated, for the interest on loan, sinking fund and maintenance, the money for the construction (£6000) having been borrowed from the Government. The cost of the race headworks &o, was £5602 leaving a balance from the loan of £398 This balance will be utilised for fl ttening the slopes &c, and providing another byewash. The final cosb over the area served will be altogether 6s per acre. The maintenance is estimated at 3§ 1 per acre, or nearly l_d per £ on the rateable value. In opening the race yesterday, Mr Harper expressed bia pleasure ab seeing so many present. Ib was some 17 or 18 years ago, at about the same time of the year, that they had opened the first race in the county. They were then feeling the prolonged drought, as thf-y were feeling the present one, and then it came onto rain the day after, as it was raining now, and rained for a week. He hoped the rain falling now would do the same. Although races had been in the county for the paßt 20 years this was the first time they hid attempted to tap such a big river, as the Rangitata, and he hoped their effort would be successful. (Hear, hear) This was not an irrigation scheme, but an attempt to get stock races for a distr'ob inadequately supplied. The settlers cf that district had agreed to a gpscial loan of £6000, for which they would be specially rated to provide interest and sinking fund, and maintenance rates. It was a large and costly undertaking, as the races ran for eight miles before it rose to the plains or served anybody, bub the settlers were determined to go through with it, and they hoped ib would be a success. They were especially pleased to have among them that day, the Hon W O Walker, formerly chairman of the County Council for many years, who had come all the way from Wellington to be presenti Mr Harper then turned the screw, opening the floodgate amid cheers, and declared the race open. Cheera were also given for the Qaeen, and Prince of Wale?, Mr Harper remarking he , thought Britishers should always, especially I at the present time, remember the position the Queen occupied. Cheers were also given ; for the chairman of the County Council, the j engineer of the race and the contractors. I The Hon W C Walker expressed the great I pleasure he had in being present. He would willingly have come twice as far to meet all the old friends he had meb that day. He was extremely gratified to notice the great progress of the county, and the enormous results of the races they had opecid many years ago, Ib was a serious matter to undertake the tapping of a river like the Rangitata, and he trusted ib would be a decided success, He was sorry the heavy downpour of r»in made short speeches a necessity, as he would like to refer toseveral matters ab length. He congratulated those present on the excellent appearance of the county. They mlghb congratulate them selves on the way things were shaping themselves in such a rich producing county as Ashburton. They were extremely fartu nabe in having the services of two such men as Mr Bixter and the clerk, Mr Maiawar ing, He called for cheers for these gentle men, which were heartily given. Those present then retraced their way to the top of the terrace, where a cold collation provided by Mr J Cusack, of Winslow, was in waiting. As ib was now 2 pm, andevery body was web, cold, and hungry, the ham, duck, chicken, beef, ko, disappeared as if by magic. The viands ware washed down by liquors both hard and soft. Luncheon over, Mr Harper proposed the toast of the Gover nor and the Legislature! He would take advantage of the presence of the member for the district and also the Minister for ' Education to auk that whea oexfe the votes

came round in Parliament, nob to forget the efforts the settlers weie making in that dis trict to help themtelve?, a:.d try and obtain for them a little P*s I armntary assistance. Other districts asked for aid and got it. Canterbury was very forbeariegand got very little. When the settlers were «tiling to pub their hands into their pockets and ini tiate a Bchen?.e like the present one, they had a fair claim to a little Parliamentary assist ance. He trusted it would be the forerun ner of a b'jj scheme of irrigation in the fuiute. (Applause) The toast was drunk wi'h musical honours and cheers

The Hon W 0 Walker said ho had never before responded for the Governor, and was rather at a iosf,but he was sure die cottrtes>, patriotism, aud loyalty of the Governo" had done a great dial to assist the part New Zea land had taken in the present crisis. (Hear heat) He was satisfied the name of Lord Kanfurly would long be cherished by the people of New Z:a!and with love and uff c tiou. The speaker t>gain referred to the ■■rowi.h of the district and the pleasant '•elations that had always existed between himself und their member. He (the speaker) had always done his best for thee mnty, and would continue to do co. He would be very sorry if he were nob true to the land that j^ave him his political birth, for if he had never been chairman of the Ashburton County Council, he would nevar have been in Parliament and never become a Minister.

Mr John McLachlan, MHR for the Ashburton County, expressed his pleasure at being there. Whatever the requirements of Ashburton were, he would always do his best to obtain them. He could promise nothing, bub aa money was bd g spent alaewhere, notab'y on th j Cheviot railway and the goldfields, he thought a little assist ance might be given to the settlers who had undertaken the present work. He took some credit to himse'f for assisting in pro curing the loan lor the work. Referring to the post office at Ashburton, he had on receiving news of the fire, telegraphed to the Postmasber-Geueral, asking him nob to s^end a large sum in reinstating the burnt building, »3 Ashburton would demand an up-tt-i te post office. He was also pleased to say he n&d secured for the people 0/ Valetta a goods or shelter shed there. (Applause) The Hon Mr Walker proposed the health of tha boy; mw with the New Zealand con tingents at the front. They had effectually dispelled all doubts, that might hay« lingered in the minds of the old people, a* o iheir being worth descendants of the old stock, and the country was proud of them. (Cheers and musical honors.) He coup'ed the toast with the name of MrG. A. M. Buckley.

Mr Buckley add le was surprised to hear his narm mentioned, but he wa» proud to respond to the toast. They had mentioned his name as captain of the mounted corps. (Cheers.) Well he could assure tham, that when he, yeara ago, accepted a commis&ioa in Her Majesty's ser vice, he did not feel nearly as proud aa when he received word the night before,'that he h-d been appointed captain of the mounted corp?. (Cheers). He was not born in Ashburton, bub had ben there as a toddler, and hoped to die there, and he trusted, whether it was peace or war, he would prove himself worthy of the confi dence they had placed in him. (Cheers)

The health of Mr Harper, Mrs Harper and of their sou, now with the third couungent, was proposed by Mr Purnell and drunk with enthusiasm. Mr Harper briefly thanked the audience for.their good wishes and for their kind references to his wife and boy. (Cheers)

The crowd then dispersed, and soon .after the drive back to Ashburton was commenced.

Mrs ZspUn, of Christchuroh, notifies in this issue that she will open a class for danc ing early in April.

Messrs Friedlander Bro*. next) horse fair takes piace on Thursday, April 19. Ashburton Football Club—The Annua* Genera! Meeting of the Ashburton Football Club, which was to have been held last night, tfaa posponeJ unnil * future date owing to he inclemency of the wtather.

Narrow Escape—An accident happened m Wednesday evening to a little girl named Louisa C<uni, which narrowly escaped seri >us injary to her left eye. The girl, wi> h 01 hers, waa evidently playing on the fool path, near Mr R Meaolem'B, and was called on to the other side of the road by her playmates; Just at that time a dray, which had been carting hay, pasaed by. The girl ran across, and, aa it was dusk, she did not percsive a 'hay fork which was sticking out from behind the dray. The fork struck the girl oa the bottom eyelid, and grazed downwardF. Had it been a frac ion of an inch higher, the loes of the aye would probably resulted. As ie was, the eye was considerably injured. This should be a warning to persons carrying forks in drays.

PHASES OF THE MOON

Maech

NOAH AND THE FLOOD.

Delnjso K"t,c:-;t;;!ry to Prevent the Ovcruoi>alation of tlie Earth. The building of the ark proves.that the family of Noah must have pos sessed aud transmitted a large inher itance of knowledge and skill ia arts that were common to men before the flood, says the Brooklyn Citizen. The magnitude and seaworthiness of that great specimen of antediluvian marine architecture, not less than GOO feet in length and 100 feet In breadth and, with its three decks, at least 60 feet in depth, are conclusive testimony to a proficiency in the arts such as we should expect from the immense ad vantage at which men worked who bad hundreds of years in which to ac cumulate skill, experience and meth ods, instead of dropping their life work as soon as well begun, like the artisan* and engineers of-the present day.

With lives ten times as long and vig orous as ours, how long -would It have taken the antediluvians to fill up the eastern hemisphere or both hemi spheres? Allowing them?iheil,6sG i year« of Moses' chronology* or«a maximum,-*?* shall stand aghast at our own figures If we take the smallest conjecturable ratio of increase In.computing, the-pop ulation engulfed by the deluge. At only three times postdiluvian ratio, or 15 per century, the population wouli have passed the present number of mankind in a little more than 12 cen turies, and when that great day came the flood would have found as 3 its in conceivable prey a population 4oM&ies as large aa the earth now sustains.

Although the antediluvian patriarchs, with thei. average lifetime of nine centuries, be assumed to correspond to our present "oldest inhabitants," who may average at moat nine decades, we must still infer that the general average of human life was, in like manner, ten times as long by nature before the flood as now. Of itself this lengthened term must have several times multiplied the present ratio of In crease in population. The much great er proportion of persons who lived to become parents, with the lengthened term of parentage in the individual, must have still further multiplied the ratio of increase.

After making all possible allowances or even supposing no greater ratio of Increase in the worst of the antedilu vian centuries than has prevailed since we are compelled to accept the Mosaic chronology as the longest that the lim its of probability and of the capacity of the eastern hemisphere will bear, and not only so, but the deluge itself becomes another logical necessity— that utter destruction of all families of the earth save one was the only al ternative to an overcrowding of the earth.

American Physical Development.

Dr. Angelo Mosso while in America made a minute study of the system of physical education, particularly as car ried out at the athletic clubs of the American seats of learning. Referring to the Boston gymnasium, he says: "The interest and the wonder with which these academic adjuncts inspire me awaken a sense of melancholy when I think bow far we in Italy are removed from such perfection. It is enough," he adds, "to look at the passersby in the American streets to be convinced how much,. .more developed and strong they are (i|^ our compatriots. The boys and |p,_ fire in point of physique far supeAjif to ours. All the public takes i^Wesfc in physical exercises, ev ery jit&Mii being compelled^to report athletid competitions, regattas, foot ball encounters, golf matches and such like, because its readers have even a greater enthusiasm for those topics than for the strife of parties. America teaches us by the plainest and most impressive of examples that physical education may be carried to perfection without any military object. In the United States no one dreams of becom ing a soldier. If military force is re quired, It Is provided, as in Great Brit ain, by voluntary enlistment. Never theless America and the British isles are precisely the two countries where physical education has reached Its highest development My admiration for this new world Is all the greater when I reflect that Its civilization Is that of the future, which, even for Italy, will have betterdaysln itore/'— London Lancet.

What Sleeplessness Means.

Medical scientists have now demon- ! sfrated that a brain cell actually loses part of Its substance during action, says Science Sittings. The celiot the exhausted brain, Instead of being plump and full of nervous matter, Is found to be hollowed out, or "vacuo lated," a cavity having formed with out Its substance, which has become filled with water. This means that a part of the cell substance has been actually consumed, precisely as coal Is consumed when one gets beat from a furnace. It has been found that If an tnlmal whose brain cells are thus ex hausted be permitted to sleep its cells seadily recuperate, and new material is supplied from the blood until the cell Is as good as new. The brain of a person, therefore, who Is beset by sleeplessness Is In the condition of a locomotive which runs night and day without going to the repair shop.

Fig Culture In The South.

Fig: Culture In the South. A new experiment In California is the culture of the Smyrna fig, and Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson is said to believe that this will be another in dustry for successful development in the south, resulting perhaps in mil lions of dollars annually. No doubt be is aware that figs have been culti vated on a small scale In Georgia for many years and have been found to thrive In the open even as far* north, as the Shenandoah valley, In Virginia. Doubtless the Smyrna fig is superior to the varieties that have already been grown in the south.—Macon Telegraph.

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LICENSING DISTRICT OF ASHBUR TON I THOMAS WILLIAM TAYLER, Re m turning Officer, for the Licensing District of Ashburton, do hereby give notice that the following is the result of the Poll on the 220 d day of March, 1900, for the return of FIVE Members for the Licensing Committee for the Licensing District of Ash burton :— Stephen Stephenson Chapman  843 Hugo Friedlander ...  921 William Harding .. .. 779 I Henry Manwell Jones .. .. 780 Andrew MoFarlanb .- .. 962 Donald McLean .. .. 1016 John McQdilkin 895 Joseph Skaly 978 Thomas Taylor 804 David Thomas .. .. .. 1062 Informal Votes ». .. 29 And I hereby declare Hugo Friedlandbr, Andrew McFarlajte, Donald McLean, Joseph Scaly, and David Thomas, duly elected Members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Ashburton.



I appoint the Courthouse, Ashburton, the place where, and Noon on the Firsb THURS DAY, in the months of June, September, and December.in the year 1900; March, June, September, and December, in the years 1901 and 1902 ; and March, In the year 1903 ; the time at which the Quarterly Meetings of the Licensing Committee of the said Licensing District of Ashburton shall lis hell. j fUHOMAS WILLIAM TAYLER, | Returning Officer. Ashburton, March 24, 1900< 3 208 ON AND AFTER this date, March 23, 1900, I will NOT be responsible for any Debts incurred by my Wife, Marion Carter. BENJAMIN CARTER. ABhburton, March 23, 1900 3 205 MM—. : : - _J TINWALD SALBYARDB. TUBBDAY7"MARCH 27. Q P E 0 I A L ~E~N TRY. Accounb of E. Herring, Esq, Alford Forest— QAA Eight-tooth Halfbred EWES q/3 A Two-tooth Halfbred EWES Also—Fat and Store Sheep, Cattle, and Pigs I THE N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPERA TIVE ASSOCIATION OF CANTER j BURY, Ltd. T F GIBSON, Manager fl A LLOYD, 3 209 Auotioneer t moke JNetv Venue



ASHBURTON HOSPITAL BOARD. APPLICATIONS are invited for the undermentioned POSITIONS :— House Surgeon ; £150 per annum Matron, who must hold a Nursing Certi ficate ; £100 per annum Two Probationer Nurses; £16 each per annum Wardsmaid ; 426 per annum Wardsman ; £52 per annum Gardener; £52 per annum Board and Lodging provided in the above cases except in the case of House Surgeon* Schedule of duties may he obtained on applying to the undersigned. Applications, in writing, accompanied by Certificates and Testimonials, will be re ceived up to 4 p.m on 11th APRIL Next, at the County Council offices, Ashburton, addressed to Chairman Ashburton Hospital Board. By order, F. MAINWARING, Clerk. Ashbu* on, March g?nd, 1900. 5 185 MISS CARSON. TEACHER of Pianoforte and Organ. For terms, etc., apply at Residence Corner of Wills and William Streets near



LOST, from Allenton, on 16th Inst.—A j Brinrfie coloured Cow, near side horn I ehor^Bt. An>i ne giving information as to] whereabouts, or returning «anie to V\ m ; Green, Alhnton, will be rewarded—loa. . 3 203 ; QALVATION ARM V—Welcome Meet" I C* ings all day, TO-MORROW, to Adju tant and Mbs Rowley, late of Wellington ) and Christchurch. 3 204 I PRIMITIVE Methodist, Church-Rev R. Raino will |DV) preach in the above Church twice To-morrcw—ll and 6-30. All are welcome 3 207 WANTED to Sell, cheap—Th;eo horse power Choffouttor; everything com plete ; nearly new (Andrews and Beaven). Apply A C Cameron, Dromore. 3 81 LOST or Stolen—A Brindle Greyhound Bitch, Finder kindly return name to T, Dineen, I ast Street. Anyone retain ing same after this notice will be proßecuted. FRESH Oysters, Shrimps, and all kinds of Fresh Fish by express To-night.—J H Jewitt. Telephone 96. Opposite Mail Office. 3 42



1?0R SALE—Seven paid-up Shares in the Industrial Building Society No. 2, Apply Mail Offioe WANTED—A really good quiet Cow, about four years old. Apply Mail and Guardian Office. FOR TASTE and Design, see Nobthcote AND Hbffoeb's Windows before buy ing your Autumn and Winter Millinery. E& S. KNIGHT are buyers of al • kinds of Second-hand Goods. Ad orning Mrs Knight's Boardi_ghouse : VISIT NORTHCOTE AND HeFJORD's for your Autumn and Winter Millinery. See windows. ANTED KNQWN-Galvanised Barb Wire (hog or cattle) 15s 9d per cwt, No. 8 Black Wire 13s 6d per cwt, Bran 3a 3d per bag.—Fletcher Bros , Ashburton and Christchurch. ANTED KNOWN—Honey Kegs, 4s 6d each, 601b Honey Tins (patent lids) 2s each, Butter Boxes with parchment lining Is lid each, at Fletcher Bros ' Cash Supply Stores. WANTED— The Public to know the best place for Picture Framing is at J. WRiGHr's, Tancred Street. A splendid variety of Mouldings to pick from ; ahto a stock of framed and unframed Pictures always on hand. Special reductions for framing two or more pictures 3 192 ELDON'S Ladies Journal, Weldon's Baziar, February Numbers, Young ladies Journal for March, Richard Carvel, (Winton Churchill), New Ride to Khiva, Our Navy, Soldiers of the Queen, (Wyndham),' Strength and How to Obtain ib, (Sandow). —■ H. M 7 Jones.



OUR are told to remember '* Mpjuba" when fighting the Boers But to come nearer home ib will pay to remember A. H. Williams' when in want of books, stationery, fancy goods, toys, news papers, etc. Lowest prices. Plain figures. New goods weekly, Large ctock of school hooks and school requisites.—-A H Williams, Tancred Street. HOW IS IT the Alcorns can sell so cheap ? Easy, when you know that their rent is less than one-third it woul<? be in East Street, and that they do moßb of the work themselves. If you want a nice Buit for yourself or your boys, or Boots of Shoes for wifo or daughter, come to Robert Alcorn's, Havalock Street, where you will get them good as well aa cheap. DANCING. — Mrs Zeplin {of Christ church) intends holding a Dancing Class in Ashburton about the beginning of April (if sufScieut inducement offers), in which every style of plain »Dd fancy dancing will be taught — Skirt Dances, Fan, Tambourine, Skipping Rope, Spanish, Caatenefc, Cachneas, Tarantelles, Minuets, Gavottes, Scarf, National and Original Dances. Dances arranged for entertain ments, etc. Children taught from 5 years of age. For terms and particulars apply J. Weight, Music Seller, Tancred Street, Ashburton. 3 203 ~gleJrlWmleT~ LIVE AND DEAD STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, ETC. FRIDAY, MARCH 30. MR D. THOMAS has received instruc tions from Mr James Wallace to sell by Public Auction at his Farm, Lauriston, THE WHOLE OF HIS LIVE & DEAD STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, Etc I f\ DRAUGHT MARES & GELDINGS, X.\J from 2yrs O LIGHT HORSES q HEAD OF CATTLE Single-furrow Plough, Double and Treble furrow Plough, 2 Sets of Haraowß, 1 Grain and Manure Drill, Duncan Grubber, Cam bridge Roller, Wood Mower, 2 Grass Strippers, 2 Massey-Harris Binders (New), Spring Trap, 2 Drays and Frameß, 600 yards Wire Netting, Quantity Stakes and Wire, 4 Sheep Feeders, and a Lot of Sundries. Farmers wanting Good Young Horses the above lot can be recommended. Sale ab 12.30 Luncheon provided D. THOMAS, ! 3 142 Auctioneer. teYdbrbT I HAVE received instructions from J». J. Hamilton, Esq, District Agent of the Public Trustee, in the estate of the late Mi J. Ws Anderson, Prebbleton, to call foi Tenders for a Lease for ten years, from lsl April, 1900, of Rural Section 29186, contain ing 500 Acres, situated near Westerfield. Rent payable half-yearly in advance. Tenders to be sent to me not later than ' p.m. on SATURDAY, 31st March, 1900. D. THOMAS, 3 165 Ashburton PURE SHROPSHIRE SHEEP ■ . IN NEW ZEALAND FLOCK BOOK, I HAVE FOR SALE on account of th Breeder, Mr T. E, Upton, in lots t suit purchasers,— f\(~\f\ EWES, assortied ages I f\f\ Two-tooth RAMS 900 RAM LAMBS 9K ( . EWE LAMBS These Sheep have never been pamperec and can be strongly recommended as bein true to type, hardy in constitutions, an successful in the Show Yards. The onl reason for selltag is that Mr Upton hs sold his farm. D. THOMAS, 3 74 Ashburfcon. Friedlander Bros. , WEST STREET AUCTION MART OUR USUAL -, HORSE FAII Will be held on THURSDAY, April 19, 1990, r For which we are now reoeiving entries. 13 m muuhwvm srqs,, l_*i



f TO LET. J '' Dwelling, in Eton ytreft, H*mpg'ead, I together with two J aore sections ; rental Bfl pst week. ___ T. BULLOCK. TO L_l ~~- TjX)IJR Roomed Cottage, situated in Eton X Street, Hampstead. Rental 6s per week. _ T. BULLOCK TO BAKKRS fVO LET, at a low Rental—Triangle X Bakery and Shop, centrally situated, nrt far from the Railway Station. _T__UII_CK FOB SALifi BUILDING Allotments near the Canter - ' bury Mills, No 39, 40,64. 55, each I containing J acre, having two frontages on Roads running through block known as ( paddock. Good Land—Healthy position. j T BULLOCK.



""roTiT ~ "*"■" *"* EOOMS centrally situate in Bank Build ings, Arcade Chambers T. BULLOCK FOU SALE, TOWN PROPERTY IN PETER STREET, viz :— DWELLING of Ji rooms, with scullery, and J acre, opposite the Baptist Tabernacle, being Town Section 782, good land, nice garden, and orohasd planted with fruit trees ; there is also a small stable ab back; the Property of Mr T. Sleeman, who purposes remosing to Tinwald. Terms and full particulars furnished by the undersigned. T. BULLOCK.



— TINWALD FOE SALE SQUARE Dwelling House and section, centrally situated in Archibald Street, s There is also a small Stable on the Property. " Terms and particulars furni-hed on appli cation. T. BULLOCK, Agent. -SHEEP FBED I HAVE for S*le 250 Acres of Sheep Feed. j F. FERRIMAN,



FOR iSftLE DOBSON STREET, ASHBURTON. I HATE been instructed to Sell Town Sections 373, 374, and 375, either singly or in one lot. The ground is of good quality and is &n excellenb site for building purposes. F. FERRIMAN. FOR SALE, ~~ CARTER'S TERRACE, TINWALP. I HAVE been instructed by Mr Alex, Hewson to Sell his very desirable property situated on Carter's Terrace. The House contains 9 convenient rooms, and has all the necessary detached offices, including Wash-house and Dairy. Thp Stabling consists of 3 roomy Loose boxes, Trap house and Chaffhonse The Land is of the very best quality, and contains 4 acres. Mr Hewson having purchased another property in Ashlurtor, is determined to . Selb ( F- FKRRIMAff. FOR SALE INTEREST IN LEASE IN PERPETUITY AT ALFORD FOREST. I HAVE for Sale the interest in a small Grazing Run of 321 acres, 3 roods, 20 perches at .Alford Forest. The run is securely fenc d on three sides with seven wires and on the olher with six wires. The improvements ha\e cost £150, but owing to the continued ill-health tf the owner he ia prepared to accept JSIOO. Full particulars on application. F. FERRIMAN. FOR SALE ( Grey Street, House of 2 Rooms and J aore Land, I HAVE for Sals a comfortable House of two Rooms, together with £ of an acre of good land. Well fenced with marcrocarpa. The house is let to a good tenant and is yielding a satisfactory interest on the amount required. F. FERRIMAN. "FOR SALS, AT LAURISTON. HOUSE OF FOUR ROOMS AND OUTBUILDINGS, AND TWO AND A HALF ACRES OF LAND. T HAVE been instructed by Mb. WiixUM Buchan, who has leased a farm, to sell the above Property, situated close to the Railway and Public School. A working man can always find em ployment in the District. Full particulars on application. F. FERRIMAN. FOR SALE HALF ACRE of Land, on Alfora Forest Road, near Woollen Factory. For particulars apply FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. WEfARI CASH BUYERS OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, AJtD GRASS SEEDS. Friedlander Bros (> Limited ' FOR PRIVaW^SeT A SEVEN-ROOMED HOUSE, with Scullery and Wash-house, | aore, in Tanored Street East, close to Masonic Hall. Full particulars from FRIEPLANDER BROS,, L_d.



FLETCHER BROS. Illustrated Advertisement. — iteFH.. SOUTHTPKICAN Pa ' 3,ah , :;;:; | war_nws. n™ | Features, j NEW ZEALAWDEKB a Yea r. ! -. -j AT THE FKONT—. ______ A JSD so are FLRICHEsI BUGS', in their aim to save their Custcmera money, lotwithstanding the greatly Advanced Prices of all classes cf Gooda in the Home, Continental, and American Markets we are still selling the undermentioned larthenware, Chinaware, etc, at Low Rates. We bought before the Rise and Iwe intend to give our Customers tha benefit ———— Hints of the lucky Purchase. Now is the time to for „ for I . the Savmg. j buy, as our Stock is limited and we cannot Economical I replace to Pell at the money. ' .*"" Toiletware. Toiletware, FROM THE BEST STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES, / «-«^lfli\i*^slj? \ J If Assorted Pilnted Patters. t^^SßF^Vim Ful! S?ze f!om 12s 6d Per Set kSTI ,<_iffß_!F^_#/ L^^ pink Band and *ich Gilfc l7a 6d* \_^_^^^jg_^^S-~^ *^^F^3Sl (Maroon and Cho date Brand price) Enamelled Colors, with rich'y stiffled m^&S^BSMU^^ D.ulton's Celebrated China Teaware and Breakfaatware. Just Landed per "t-.s. Waimate," and purchased before a 15 per cent advance a all Chinaware in Ergland. Caiada 01 Pa'is shapi C ps and Saucers, full sisa, H. - * 6s 6d per do: en, Cup 3 only, 5a per dozen. Pink, Celeste, and 3 Gold lines. 6 Inch Plates ... 6s6dperd:>z Slop Basins ... ■ Is 3d each Sugar Basins ... Is 3d  Pink, Celete, and 3 Gold Cream Jags ... la 3d „ Line Cupa and Saucers Milk Jugi ... Is 9d  from ... 6s6dperdtz. Caps _ and Saucers to match from 6s 6d per doz, 50 Sets of Jugs from 2s 6d per Set, foil s:ze.'■ Odd Jugs from 81 each. Special Line 4 Quart Jugs (Gladstone Embrossed) Is 6d each. P X LiiLi" ; . .Pudding Bowls from 41 each Phea-ai. P*:i,-«... Printed Bowls from 4id each. Btlgra- ■ P- it rn-itl YeliuW- Special Cheap Line. 'Pca T Chap Line. Printed Cup and Saucer fefcl ■ • Cu Ps and Sauce" • 2s lid and 3s 6d a dozen. 2i lid and 3j 6d a <?oßen. Enterprise Mincers, *Ia 6d and 103 6d each. Tanglefoot F»y Papers, lOd per dozen. GLASSWARE ' in ABhburton, FLL ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE ON APPLICATION. ELETCTERBROS. [ CASH SUPPLY STOKES, ASHBURTON & QHBISTOHUROH.