Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1900.

A Paris correspondent states that, it ia impossible to describe the gross carica tures that are being THE FREXCII published by certdn GUTTER PRESS Fronch papers of the British Royal Family, and more particularly of the head of the Royal F»tnily. They sur pass all bounds of decency ; no French paper shop in Enyl-u d w> uld dare to exhibit them, simply because of the English Kiw against such publication", for thf>y are ten times worse than the coaree«t picture that has ever defiled the lowest type of English police gazette. The letterpress that accomp ies these caricatures is just as vile. In the i.ihre Parole we have the following effusion on the gift of th 3 Quren to her soldiers : — "Made of mud, and hardened with blood—such is Victoria's Royal present to the soldiers who aro about to die for the iniquities of their Queen. Hurrah ! The Queen for ever ! Listen, valiant soldiers of Eng land, who are dying at Ladysmith, penned in the iron circle which cvi ry day tightens on you more mercilessly. The Queen is going to send you some thing—a present. . . It is a box of chocolates made of mud—the mud of England's treacheries and iniquities and perfidies—hardened with blood, the blood of all those who have fttllen already for the most odious of causes, of those who died at Glencoe, at Dundee, at Colenso, and at Est court for the villainy of Chamberlain and the humiliation of England. Kat the Queen's chocolate, good soldiers of Ladysmith, while the Qaeen in London decides that in order to make up for I this reckless expenditure it will only 1 be right to ask Parliament for another grant; whila your Prince eujoya him self, and while his sons, his nephews, and his cousins, and all the Hanoverian offshoots of the Hohenzollerns and the Battenbergs fatten on the fertilizing exhalations of your corpses" It is natural that the Nationalist papers should attack England, and their violence baffles description. They have accused the English soldiers of atroci ties against the Boers, and when not indulging in satisfaction over England's losses thfy occupy themselves in point ing out what they imagine to be the defenceless state of London, and regretting that there is no Govern merit in power ready to take ad vantage of the opportunity. The attacks of these papers upon the Queen have aroused indignation among right minded people, but it is remark able that no protest has been forth noming except from the Aurore. It is a common occurrence for English gene rals to be accused of lying, and Le Matin, which, with cool effrontery, compares itself with English news papers, recently published an article, in which it declared that Sir Alfrrd Milner has distributed arms and money among the natives with the object of delivering over South Africa to the horrors of massacre and pillage. The same journal says of Hor Majesty : — " The history of her reign is a series of violent acts—usurpation, massacre, san guinary repression, promises eluded or openly broken, compromises with the strong, attKcks upon the weak. It is ai era of brutality which shames our centurj and the history of the world. The Qa&en has seen all these horrors. . , . ." The remainder of this pas sage is too brutal to be quoted.

Local and General.

%* On the first page to-day will bo found a number of War itemß. Executed fob Mcrdkr —Sing, an In dian hawker, was executed at Adelaide cm Tuesday, for the murder of a fellow-coun tryman. Rjfle Bange Practice—With a view to the prevention of accident;! the Difeuce Department haa issued a regulation that volunteers, after practising at a rifle range, must submit} their rifles for examination by the offi er in charge to sea that no cartridges are left in the weapon. Cricket-— A. Melbourne cable Bays:--At fcha conclusion of the Sydney match the following team, representing the Melbourne C icket Club, sails for Auckland s -Re«r-0. lloLeod, Trumble, AitkeiJ, Mcllwraith, Busseil, Graham, Jennings, Irwin, Mailer, Care, Fry. The Oi,d Men's Ptpos—The sale of the tobacco contributed to the patriotic fund by forty-five inmates of the Old Men's Home— two pluga of " Juno" each-~-realised in all £5 1", a considerable rise on the retail pr 09 per stick of Juno, which, aa every smoker knows, is 9d. St. Patrick's Sports Association—The .annual general meeting of the St. Patrick's Sports Associatipa will be held in the Arcade Chambers tc-morrow (Thursday) evening at 8 pm. W« are specially re quested to ask all members and thoae'^ish," iDg to join to be present. The Defences of thh Colony.—-Ah a social given to Mr Wilford, M.H.R for Wellington Suburbs, the Premier reiterated (says a Press Association telegram) that the colony's defenses were ready in case of emergenoy, They were, be said, to have more ammunition, more rijjhs, and more volunteers. No expense was spared, aod he had taken every precaution against) danger. A Patriotic Co\y.— The cow given by Mr Horsey for the Patriotic Fund, has acquired a celebrity which will encircle her with a halo—so to speak—as long an she lives. She will be always distinguished as the animal that assisted to call forth the liberality and patriotism of ever so many people, all who bid for her in fact. She was disposed of by, shall we say,a sort of art union, and realised JBB 10s. The gentleman to whom she fell in the drawing—Mr H. A. Lloyd—handed it back to the fund, and she was again put through the ordeal of subscription sale. Mr It. G. Beckett was the lucky winner, the fund being increased by the sale to the tune of £10 3i. Mr Beckett handed the cow over for sale again, but this time she was put to tfaehfttnmer and was bought by Mr Albert Buttericfc for £$ 10. In all, this •• war cow," as she w&s labeled, netted £22 33 for the fund. The Bale toofe j*la.w ,<$ phe yard?. The Patriotic Fund—At a meeting of' the Patriotic Fund Committee, held on Tuesday evening, the secretary reported that the amount already subscribed and promised to the fumi amounted to about £70$ The sale of tobacco presented by the inmates of the Old Mfln'a Home renulted in a return of about £5. Mr E. Horsey had presented a cow, and the lieasii had realised, by auction and nubaoription J622J' Si, The ; question of remitting a portion of the fund in hand to the old country was discussed, and it was decided to endeavour to raies £1000 as ugcadiiv as possible, and remit to London as'soon* as jaravticjble after the de monstration on February JL Thj» entertain ment and Sports sub-committee reported | that matters in connection with the sports were well in hand; and that there was every prospect of the gathering at both sports and concert being very large.

Direct Fouth African Fkrvkjb—The. Department of luduointtH and Commerce I have eharteied a steadier to load direor. for !»outh Africa. A vessel will Bhortly arrive frt-m Austral a and will load at Wellington anJ two southern ports. She will piobably be the forerunner of a regular service. —■ Press ABsocntion telegram. Lkiter-Boxes at Private Houses—A We!]itigb:>n telegram slates that tho Poat Uffice has received samples from Anwiu* of box>;B for US6 at private hotiocs and <>fiio<i:', which are arranged both for tho delivery und collection of mail matter. It is executed they will ba found very useful in count*y districts, but there is no idoa at pr<'Bi-fit ■ f charging postmon with tlio oul'eciiou «f letters for mailing. The Lake Ellesmbrb Fisheries. — K« oently the residents in the L»k ■• Elieetnere diatriob urged the Government to take stt'ps bo prevent tho lake being denuded of fiah by the uso of seine nets. A Wellington tek gram fctateß that Mr Ayson, the Im-pector of Fisheries, who was deputed to enquire into the mattir, haa jaeb returner], and has sub mitted a report to the Government, in which it is understood he reuommonda iegulations in the direction requested. Scholarships for Maobi Children—Lsst aeafiim the f?um of £100 waa voted for echo urships for Maori children attending th*. t üblic schools. According to a Wei liii^bM iflfgmm these j-will be £20 each, t*nv>blo for two years, efnd given either to enable children to prosecute their studies nt a higiiiM' fciool, or for apprenticing them to a traiie. Candidates must be not less than fifti-cn -in < a half years, and have passed the fifth ttandard. Reminisobnces of Wellington—On Sat urday eveciog two old residents of Welling ton, while conversing together at an hotel not a hundred miles from Coket'a disco-ered that they had rowed a race together on Wellington harbour nearly a quarter of a century ago. A few minutes later another gentleman walked in who proved to be one of their opponents in the same rac°. Need less to say this extraordinary coincidence was fittingly celebrated, and a long and .nteresting talk on the good old times ensued.

THE PEACE OF EUROPE

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright &t Feterpburg, Jan. 15 The Czar, in a rescript, eulogises Count Muravieff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, for the services rendered by him to promote a continuous policy of peace.

ISLAND NEWS.

Wreck of a Barque.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Auckland, January 17 The Taviuni, from Fiji, after a stricb medical examination, was granted pratique. The Taviuni brings news that the baique Mary Moore arrived at Suva on the 9h, with the captain and crew of the Norwegian barque Carr'zU, totally wrecked at Baker's Wand on November 20, while loading guano for the Pacific Islands Company. The crew with difficulty got ashore with the aid of a line and life buoy. The natives rendered great assistance, Ihe shipwrecked crew has gone to Sydney.

COMMERCIAL

ASHBURTON LIVE STOCK MARKET

There was a fair attendance at the Tinwald market oa Tuesday, and about 3000 sheep wore yarded, about equally divided in numbers between the fat and store pens. Fuzing sheep were not largely in evidence, but those yarded sold at about 14-. Butchers' sheep ran—Crossbred wethers 13< 4d to 14?, crossbred ewes ar.d wethers 13i 6d, crossbred ewes 10a to 13s 51 lambs 103 to 123. Store sheep—Crossbred four and s'x-t oth ewi s 13?, aged ewes 81 Id to 10s 9:1, ewes and lambs 7s 5d to 8s 2d, ewe and wether hoggets 12s 7d, ewea and wethers 13' 10J. F<*E cattle sold at from £3 3a to £6 10*, stores wer« neglected, and cows in profit fetched £4 7s 6vl to £5 5a

TEMUKA STOCK SALE.

At Temuka yards on Tuesday there waa a very &m*ll yarding of stock. The attend ance waa small, but bidding for shop was brisk, and coed prices were obtained for the quality effered. Cnly two head of cattle were in, and in pigs thera was a drop of 2s to 4< per head. Fat crossbred ewes 10s lid to 12a 2d, crnßßbred ewes and wethers 13s lid, marino wethers 10a, crossbred ewes with very small lambs, all counted, 8a lid. Store pigs 11m 61 to 16s 6d, porkers 21s, purebred ( mill) 21s.

THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

THE OUTBREAK AT ADELAIDE.

Unilad Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Adelaide, Jan 16 Doubts being expressed in other colonies as to the true nature of the disease, the President of the Board of Health states that the post mortem examination provided proofs that the disease was the true bubonic plague. The President of the Board of Health admitted that the inoculation test was not made in the case of the plague patient, but in the absence of proper scientific facilities and in con sideration of the highly dangerous nature of the test, it would have been criminal to make it. January 17 No fresh cases of plague are reported.

ACTION OF THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT.

United Press Association—By piecfric Telegraph Wellington, January 16 The Hon. Mr Ward has sent the follow ing telegram to all the Mayors of the colony : —As the Bubonic plague has apparently spread to Australia, I shall fee glad if you will co-operate with the Government in endeavouring t# take such precautions as will as far.aa possible prevent its introduc tion into the colony, i may state there is not the slightest necessity at present for any alarm, the steps I am indicating are merely with the yiew of prevention, as you will readily recognise that should even a single case of disease occur in New Zealand, it would greatly interfere with trade, and possibly cause serious injuty to the polony, This being so, I should be glad if your corporator, having control of sanitary ar rangements or occupying the position of health bodies, would take steps to have removed manure heaps or any other matter which rright in any way conduce to the location or spread of the disease, such as overcrowding, defective ventilation, or im poverishment. I would especially direct) your attention to the necessity for special cleanliness in the streets and gully traps, and for seeing that the water supply ia nofe in any way liable to contamination from im purjtiea at its source. For your information, I may Bfty tijat f have ordered a supply of plague antitoxin frofai the Jndian Govern went for the purpose of treating cases should the necessity ariae. January 17 Government have decided to proclaim South Australia infected, and the health officers throughout the colony have been instructed to examine all steamers arriving, and prevent thera approaching the wharves until given a clean bill of health by the medical officers. ' ' ' ' :

Hews in Brief.

i 4. . A field trial of the Oehorne Co'nmbin, I reaper and binder, for which Mfears John« . Orr and Co. are the Ashburion agenis, will , be held at Mr Lusk's Utm, Beach Road, on . B;»turd»y afternoon next, at 2 o'ck ok. i Tho ladies' committee of t\v Patriotic Fund solicit donasions for a refieshment i booth in tho Domain on Thursday. Febru;uy 1. Partioulara will be found in anothtr i a ilutnu

TRANSVAAL WAR.

The Position in Natal.

No News from General Buller Keen Anxiety in London Conflicting Eeports Sir Charles Warren's Advance Boers Evacuate Positions Deaths of War Correspondents Bridge for the Tugela. News from Mafeking. United Frees Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph, —Copy right. London, January 16 No official news has been received from Sir Redvers Buller since the 11th, and profound anxiety ia felt. Unofficial intelligence, conflicting with a censored message, states that Sir Charles Warren, with eleven thousand men, occupied a strong position on the north bank of the Tugela. It is reported that the Boers have evacuated Ooleneo, and their river entrenchments. It is surmised they found themselves unable to hold such extensive lines, aud feared that their retreat would be cut off. It is also supposed that they are either concentrating in a new position, or hope to crush General Buller before Sir Oharles Warren can assist. Mr Michael, war coi respondent of the Standard, died at Ladysmith from typhoid fever, while Mr Ferranr?, the correspondent of the Morning Post, was killed daring the assault on Ladysmith on the 6th. A new bridge for the Tugela is being built in England, and will be ready in three weeks. It will be shipped in sections. Mafeking wan reported as safe on the 9th inst The bombardment has been resumed.

Chasing the Rebels

Colonials and Irregular Horse at Work The Enemy Nonplussed. More Men and Money. Three Thousand .- paniards Volunteer. Mobilisation of British Troops Arrest for Treason. Order for 'linned Meat Capetown. January 16 Sixty New South Wales Mounted ttiflos and 120 of Rimington's Corps, on the 12 h drove the Gr qualand West rfibels from Milka Drift. 7he British force crossed the Orange river and chased the rebels from kopje to kopje until nightfall, thus prerenting them joining the Boer commando. The British captured much ammuni tion and forage. The colonials, by their free, irregular method of fighting, completely non plussed the rebels. London, Jan, 15 India is sendisjg guns and equipment for three heavy field batteries, with native muleteers. Three thousand ex-Spanish soldiers have offered to take service under Lord Roberts. January 16. An influential meeting of Australians formed a Committee to raise funds to equip a Bushmen's Contingent Five hundred pounds was collected in the Stock Exchaage for the purpose, Sir Henry Norman presided over the meeting, at which the Agents General were present, O4PJSTOWN, January IS Vermootim, an attorney, has been arrested, charged with treason, in inducing Britishers at Dordrecht to sisjn an agreement| of neutrality on behalf of the Free fetate. Pretouja, January If? The Board of Directors of the Transvaal National Bank failed in a lawsuit instituted to eject Mr Lloyd, '■ the manager of the branch at Lorenzo Marques. Mr Lloyd, who is the nominee of the London directorate, is an Australian. Meluqwrne, Jan 16 Victorian firms have obtained a further order for 285,0001b of tinned beef and mutton, from the War Office, for South Africa.

Affairs Wear Colesburg.

A Commandeered doctor. Received Wakapuaka Jan. 17, 9 20 a.m. This Office 9.52 a.m. Capetown, Jan. 16 From further particulars relative to the recent engagement between a sec tion of General French's troops and the Boers, near Bendaburg, it appears that during a blinding dust storm the British camp at Slingersfontein was shelled by the enemy, who immediately retired to the cover of the neighbour ing hills. The British dragoons and the field artillery pursued the retreat ing foe, and drove them from the vicinity, and greatly damaged their camp. An English doctor, who had been commandeered by the Boers, attempted to desert,'with the result that he has been sentenced tb fouf years* imprison* meat. .... General French has shelled and wrecked Golesburg road bridge, in order" to embarrass the' retre&t of the enemy." :" ' " "

Boers Port of Supply

Another Seizure- A Sad Accident (Received Wakapuaka Jan. 17, 9.40 a.m This Office 10-21 a.m) Dvrban, January 16 Delagoa customs officials have seized a field signalling apparatus consigned to Pretoria. Adelaide, January 17 Dr Leith Napier, medical officer of the contingent, was thrown from his horas afc the cajrip. His skull was fractured, and he is in a critical condition.

THE SECOND CONTINGENT.

Wellington, January 17 Two o'clock on Saturday afternoon is the time fixed for the demonstration in con nection with the send-off of the Contingent.

LETTER FROM CAPETOWN.

I Mr W. H, Collins has kindly permitted us to use the followiag extracts from a letter from his brother, dated Capetown, December 15, 1899 :- Since writing my last letters to you there has been some heavy fighting, and many have been killed on both side?. The enemy, as I always stated, are in much larger num bers than most people were willing to believe. The British Government have no doafat been misinformed on this matter, and the Intelligence Department ot the War Office ia to all appearanoa much to blame, and someone will no doubt be called to account for the bungling later on. The British generals on the field have had to fiid out for themselves by painful experience the •treDgth of the enemy; hence the many reverses which have occurred to our troopp. The battle at Modder River was a bitter fight, and the British lost) some seven to eight hundred. The Boer losses were also | very heavy, but it will never be known how i many. It is their policy to keep this matter i a secret, even from their own people, as if i they knew their losses there would be a clamour for'peace. General Warren arrived two days ago and takes command of the sixth division of the army. It is a pity his men are not here with him to go to the help of Lord Methuen. General Gataore had a very severe reverse last Sunday— aboat 600 of bis men were taken prisoners. All these reverses are enough to knock the courage out of our soldiers. General Warren's 10,000 men are on the way, and are expected here very soon, and we shall be gad when they arrive. I notice the New Zealand men are doing good service on the hills, and I hope they will get through the war without many casualties. Our soldiers are fighting splendidly; they possess no fear, bub go straight ahead in the face of showers of bullets, and attack the enemy in their own trenches. The misfortune of the thing is that they are largely outnumbered. We are in the midst of a den of traitors here, and it is difficult to get much news. It is too hot also to be pleasant, and there is one con tinual feeling of anxiety and unrest through out the whole community.

A FRAGMENT FOR REVEREND TRAITORS.

Ye " leaders of the blind," Beware, beware, the God on High is God of Right., And He will brand you Oun ; for ye pro fess that Faith, The brotherhood of Love, to do as ye would hava That others do to you. That wondrous faith of Love, So long and nobly taught, yet ye with Hate would slay Ere ye would practice it, and in excuse of Wrong And Tyranny high handed, preaoh with pre judice The hrothorhood of Blood regardless of the facb God's hand in Human history so clearly shows That blood too thick to do the Right must ne da be let That Righteousness may reign. "Va pious hypocrites Who prove the magnanimity of him who erred To bs but " pearls to swiae," preaoh ye the ho!y Truth, The Rule of Love, and practice it—Rend, rend your hearts, For when the Widow's wail and helpless Orph *n's cry Shall reach tho God of Right ; He will the blame adjudge, He will adjudge the blame of Traitorship to Faith, To J <iberty and Right and of your Brother's blood, Your Brother's blood that cries for ven« gsaoce on the H*te Which taught and wropghb and brought the Hell of War's dread day. Oh, faleful Hate < Oh, Leaders of the Btrangeiy Blind ! The index of unerring Fate in God'a own way Points to an early doom ! H. Collins. Cape Town, December 1, 1899

Letters from Trooper Wilke.

The following letters from Troper Wilkia have been received by a member of ourj ■taff:— Habtebiesthsfontein, December 8,1853 The New Zsalanders have already been in a skirmish, and it is unnecessary to add that they acquitted themselves oreditably. We left) Naauwpoorb three days ago, and have slept oat Bines leaving there. The second night out a strong guard was put on. The country about this locality is very rough I Indeed* Yesterday we rose at 3 a.m. and ! soon after started on the road to ascertain the Boer position at a place called Sannah Dam. We soon arrived at the place, and firing commenced about f a.m. The New Zealanders, the Yorkshire Regiment, the New South Wales Lancers, and the sth Dragoon Guards attacked the Boers, and the New Zaafcnders succeeded in killing two and wounding severa 1. The enemy used three guns, one being particularly large, but they did very little damage The New South Wales Lancers had two horses wounded. The shells fired by the enemy were not much good, as very few exploded. Firing continued all day, and at sundown qur troops withdrew, after having ascer tained ihe Boer strength, etc. The Boers fired on the retiring troops with their biggest gun, which our man christened " Long Tom, 1' and he proved that he could, throw shells a considerable distance. A. email party was left in charge of the kopje taken in tha morning, to keep the IJoers in check, while the main body retired, and this party left at dusk* The whole camp was up at one o'clock next morning, and i proceeded almost immediately to r.he site of the previous day's operations. The Boers had not returned to the kopje, which they had lost the previous day, but they still occupied the kopj^ in which their artillery was placed, More shots were exchanged, but none of our men were injured, A great battle is expected here in a few days. We captured & prisoner yesterday, and he was put under the charge of mj section, to be brought to the camp, while another section was sesb off to commandeer his stock, and 2016 sheep and goats were brought in daring the afternoon. A section is composed of four men. At Naauwpoort we praot'sed charging with our bayonets fixed on horse back, using the carbine and bayonet like a lance. The ground which we galloped over was very rough, and one horse fell heavily on his rider, but strange to Bay, he emerged from a tangled mass of kit bags, waterbottles, et<\, with only a few bruises. As co clerical work is done in active service, I was put in No 1 section of No I division of No 3 Oom pany, and as it is handy to move out, we are usually sent out scouting, etc, and yesterday morning we were sent forward to see if the enemy was in the kopjs, which we took the previous day. The main body e.\me up when-it was found that all was safe. HABOTBKESTBPONTBIN FAttM, f Arundel, December 14, 1899. Yesterday was a very busy day. An artil lery fig he began at daj break,-about a mile out of camp. We were called out early, and were posted in the kopias surrounding he o»mp to defend it agaioat) the enemy,

should it be netded. From tha position I was in, I gob a Bplendid view cf the a-tllUry action, and the activity of the Royal Hoi « Artillery was marvellous. Each gun &■ d h»nb»r ia drawn by six horses, and they gillop at a terrific pace j but fcheyoan swing the gun round, uniimhcr. and fire a thoti within fifteen seconds after pulling up. The Boer guns were silenced, the British sheila bursting just ab the proper time, Ir» the afternoon we were suddenly ordered to attack the Boera ab a form about twel.e miles away from here. Kaviag saddled our horses first thing in the morning, we were soon on our way to the farm and arrived there about an hour and a half ufterwardr. A battery of the Royal Horae Artillery with seme Lancers as an escort awaited us ; n I we received instructions to charge the farm at full gallop, the battery to she!! the pace during the charge. This order was carried out to the letter. Our fellows race-' at a terrific pace towards the farm, which w»s supposed lo be full of Boers, and tbe^arti! lery poured ia a deadly fire, bub ceased as we drew near. When we reached the stone wall su sounding the houee we dt mounted, fixed bayonets and rushed in bub there was nobody there. There were about 100 os triches on this f*rm. Oo the 12th we were endeavouring to ascertain the Boors' posi tion, and were riding amongst a number of kopjss, when we were suddenly fired on by the Boers at close range. Our advance guard joined the main body, and the bullets were flying round in quick succession. Our com pany wheeled about to draw the enemy out, bat they preferred to Btay under oover. We wheeled back again, and one of our horses was shot in the leg and we retired again. We had a marvellous escape. On the 11th we were called out at 11 p.m., and did nob return to camp till 4 p.m the following day. This will give you some idea of what a great amount of work we are getting through. If we are in bed after three we think we are very lucky, but the movement! are exciting and it drives sleep away. The days are sometimes very nor, and the nights ate usually very cold.

War Items.

North-west Canada offers to Nod to the Transvaal 1,000 men who hare passed through the Mounted Police. The inmates of Borrisokane Workhouse, near Nenagh, began to tight about the war, and three of them were killed. By the middle of next month orer 25,000 bands will be playing Sullivan's letting of the Kipling poem.— Daily Mail. Piet Gronje, the son of the Boer general, was in command of the storming party which recently failed to take Maftking, Returning freah from his gallant oonquost of the undefended Vryburg, he taunbed his father with not having reduced Mafekioe, and undertook to do it himself. As a result he was shot dead. Mrs Hibbard who take* charge of the nursing staff on board the American hoapU tal ship Maine, is a Canadian: In the Spanish-American War she filled the posi tion of chief nurse at Camp Cuba Libre, with the rank and perquisites of an officer. Major Jennings (after the fight at Willow Grange) confirms » report that one of the reservists, a London grooer belonging to the mounted infautry, who had his leg shattered and twisted, got a comrade to pull the limb Btraight, and roll him upon his face, when he deliberately fired twenty-four shots upon the advancing enemy. He endured his suf ferings with unflinching courage, and even the enemy praised the man's pluck. The Boer prisoners t*ken at Kiandslaagte expressed scant sympathy for their Hiber nian allies, and they fared badly at the hands of their compatriots, the 103 rd Fusiliers, who are almost entirely City of Dublin and Kildare men. These Irish renegades of Oom Paul cannot, by the way, have been (troubled with any marked feeling of con sistency in face of the fact that the South African Republic formally declared war against Great Britain and Ireland, bat con sistency doesn't count so long as it'd against England—or what these unfortunates think is against her. President Kruger's scapegrace nephew, who some tima ago was found sleeping on a doorstep in San Francisco, and has since gone ranching, when interviewed by the usual reporter said: "The war will sorely end in favour of the Brhish, and it will be a good thing in the end for the Boers, for it will make a belter nation of them " Ho had no feeling whatever against England. In Colonel Albrecht, the artillerist and soldier of isoienoe with the Boer commandoes who have opposed General Methuen, our artillery officers have had a well trained and clever antagonist. He was originally (says the Daily rldegraph\ an officer in tha Aus? trian regular a-my, and on entering the Free State army soon brought its artillery corpß, small as it is, to a high state of effi ciency. Cap*blo judges who have seen hie commaad at drill ooasideredo it equal in smartness to ?ny European artillery. No doubt the entrenchments at the Modder River were on lines suggested by him, When the WarrigU reached Melbourne last week with the New South Wales Contingent a Sydney stowaway, aged fourteen, was ar rested on a warrant issued at the instance of his father. On being interrogated by tha Benoh the boy promptly answered j" I don's care for no Boers) I want to fight t em." The Police Sub-inspector said it was a great pity the young stowaway was found, while Sergeant Eason made «lifelong friend of the lad by adding " The troops are auite willing to take him too." The Benoh held that the boy'a father having taken action there was nothing for It bus ta remand him.

THE A&HBUBTON OUARBIAK j WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1900.



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1900 GREAT ANNUAL SALE — OP — DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS, WILL COMMENCE SATURDAY, JANUARY 20. ANDREW ORR.



Gk MEDUiNS, TEE PEOPLED IRON MIONGEB. BURNETT STREET, Opposite Arcade CORDIALLY invites intpeotion of the \^J following Seasonable Goods, without baiog pressed to bay : — PRESERVING PANS, BRASS A$D ENAMELLED. Enamelled Goods, Gardening Tools, Knives, Forks, and Spoons, Ranges and Register Grates Enamelled Mantelpieces A.l* HARVESTING MATERIAL, INOMJDING Hay Forks Hay Rakes Scythes and Handles, Muchintry Oils at Lew Prices. Mi\B&EY-IIARUI 5 f*EAPfcfi SECTIONS, Engiiah make; Low Price Agent for the Celebrated ROVER AND CLEVELAND CYCLES. Oaib or Terms.



t^j*mk Curtis. THE LEADING Wutchmaker, <fc f Je-weller, EAST STREET, H&S cow on hand the finest stock of JEWELLERY, WATCHEB, &c, in Ashburton, inoluding a fresh consignment of ECottiernm Watcher Direct from the Manufacturers. A special line of LADIES' SILVER WATCHKS »t £2, guaranteed two years. Also my now famous NICKEL LETER WATCHKS at 27s 6d and 30s Cheaper Litiea in NICKEL WATCHES from 14s 6d. ALL my NICKEL WATCHES are GUARAN I'EKD for ONE YEAR. I have now in Stock a very fine selection of J&ojgag-emteiitt nndl *-<a<ließ* Gem K.iug?s, From 10s upwards to £15; also the VERY La IESI DESIGNS in GULD BROOCHES from 7s 6d, each cased. SPECTACLES fitted accurately. Satis faction guaranteed. Repairs executed prompt!} and in beat stylo. WEDDING RINGS AND KEEPERS of my o«n manufacture, stocked ia all bjz:b and ebylea. A Special Room for choosing if desired. FRANK CURTIS, THE LEADING WATOHMA&EB & JEWELMJR



FOR THIS j WEEK. OPfcUIAL Lines Friats at 3^d per yard. Special Lines Prints at 4^d per yard. Special Lines Prints and Zyphers at 6Jd per yard. Special Line Dress Material, usual price Is 9d; 5s lid Press Length. Big Line Fample Corsets, prices from 4s lid to Jos6d, to clear at 2s lid per pair. And many other tempting Lines in all departments. ASHBURTON DRAPERY COMPANY. New Zealand CLOTHINCFAGTORY SPECIAL Lineß in TENNIS fcHJETS FANCY BTKIPES from 3s «d, new Patterns. White p-nd Cream Matt Shirts,?4i 6d and 5s 6d. White and Cream Cellular Shirts, 69. The Newest Styles in Fashion Shirts and White Shirts, with fancy Cuffs and Fronts. Mi ivs Panama Straw Hats, Men's Brazilian Straw Hats, Men's Club Straws from 2«, Splendid Variety to select from. Men's Frame Hats, Men's Soft F>lte. Meu's Tennis Hats, Men's White Felta. bootsTboots Newest Shape Tan Boots 16s 61, 18a, 23a 6d lilack Glace Kid Boots, 16a 61; Tennis Shoes 15 6d. Men's, Women's, and Children's Canvas Shoes. LARGE STOCK AT LOW PRICKS. CJAJL.L AND INSPBOT. SUITS TO MEASURE A SPECIALTY. FIT GUARAN TEED NEW ZKAL4ND CLOTHING FACTOKY. F. H. BKOKIJSGBALB, Manager. FARMERS, X\O NOT RUN THE RISK OF LOSING YfIUS GRAIN BY NOK'WESTERS In the attempt to harvest it with an eld Binder— BUT COME AND BUY A NEW McCORMICK, It will pay you in the long run if you take into consideration the cost of repairs and the delay that is caused by an old machine. We have only » FEW M^ORMIOKS. LEFT, so would advise you to order early so aa to secure one of the MONARCHS of THE HARVEST FIELD. MACHINE OIL, AND DONAGHY'S ' TWINE IN STOCK. j MOBEOW, BASBETT & Co, ASHBURTON. M. PRIEST, Manager ~T. WilsowT (Established 1878), BURNETT STREET, opposite Mail Offio Employs upwards of 18 hands. DECORATOR & SIGN-WRITER. I WISH to notify that I have secured the services of Mr Chas. Chapman, as Sign writer, who, in addition to his horn trainiaq has had a large amount of experi ence in our cities. LARGE STOCK 1)F ABTJISTIC WALL PAPERS I have just received—direct from the manufacturers —a few thousand feeb of Picture Frame Mouldings. Persons desirous of. haying Pictures framed would do well to cail an 4 ace them. Telephone 65 photWraplx, ™ HAVING taken over the Premises known j as Mrs Robobtom's Studio, Moore fitxeatf the undersigned will carry on the business of a Photographer, and hopes that by strict attention to business to merit a share of public patronage, None but the Best Work sent out, ENLARGEMENTS A SPECIALTY. Homesteads Visited Photos ok Groups or Live Stock taken by the latest instantaneous process TKRMS—MoDERAW Special Notice—For 14 Dayß Only, Por traits of Children under 5 years of aga Taken Free of Charge at the Studio, Note Address—- D. JONES, 12 210 The Photographer, Moore Street)



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TO THE DEAF.—A rich lady, cured of hsr Peafnees and noises in the head by Dr rficholso&p Artificial Ear Drums, has sent £1000 to his Institute, ep that) deaf people unable to procure the-Ear t>mms i«ay haya them free. Apply to Department, IS ' The Institute, "Longoott," Guinenbarrg W Eng!*o(J» '



SA.rvr>K±* A: »ona JEuea* lyr>ti Extract. Under the distinguished patronage of His M ajesty the King ofltaly, as per aomoraniaa* tion made by the Minister for Foreign Attain through the Consul-General for Italy, at Melbourne, March 14, 1878. Awarded diploma at the Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883. Acknowledged by Medioal Clinic* and Universities all over the Globe. There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in the market, product* of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order that these crude oils may not be taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EUOALYPT EXTRACT, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government to be of perfectly pare origin, as per information forwarded to us through the Ooneul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878, we fcate :— It is proved by tests by the Medical Clion of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswald Prussia, and reported by Dr. Schalz, Professor of Parmaoology, at) Bop, and Professor Dti Mossier, Director &f the Medical Clinics at Greifswald, that only prodpota that are saturated with oxygen aJd freed ef $oids, resinous and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develope the amative qualities proper to the' plant All crude oils, or so called Euoalyptt Extracts are to be classed according to the named authorities, Among the turpentines, tjrhioh are abandoned long since as an internal medicament. These crude oils, or so palled Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible :~ 1 By their deficiency in pungent odour— which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract develops most frgely through its surplus oxyge(& 2 By their alcoholic thin and mobile appear ance being reduced is specific density through tae presenoe of aoids. Ijßy their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of resins and tennates, if these crude oils, so-called eucalypti extracts, are applied by mistake is oases of oroup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal inflamationa, dysentery, etc., the con* sequences are most appalling. For safety ! sake ask always for SANDER & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. — Sand urst, Victoria, Australia. SANDER & SON?. Rating's Powdke destroys bugs, fleas moths, beetles, and all other insects, while quite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating beetles the success of this powder is extraordinary. It is perfectly dean in application. See the article you purchase is ♦• Keatfng's," as imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Sold in tins, 6d,|lp, and 2s 6d each, by all chemists. We often hear of a sensational bet being made, such as a guinea to a gooseberry, a btble-bftoked policeman to a pint of shecak, a hundred pound* to a bundle of chips, attd so on. The art of bettings is to wi«, and to win you'must back' ocr tain ties. Here'ia a tip: You back Woods' Great Peppermint Cure to beat a cough or-cold every time. You'll always get home. r No Jobhay Arm* : itrssg about that, '