mouth), E Beardrnore (Nelson), J Mo a Goldriok (Napier), J H Leslie (Gisborne) ; Corporals, J Jiokell (Nelson), J H Lesik (Giaborne), A Kitney (Wel lington), M Sullivan (Wellington), A W McMillan (Wellington); Bugler, O S Girdießtone (Wellington. No 19 Com pany (Canterbnry); Farrier Sergeant, G Rouse; Sergeants, © X Jackson (Second Coatiagemt), 6 W L Mehertane, E O Smith, P P Shand; Corporals, B L B@dgtoia, L Cabot, A M M«ln«o«h; Bug tor O T Flvger. No 20 Company (Otago) s Sergeaot-Majort H W Smith ; FMrim-Sergeant-, WJCroy.:or; eergeaot», II Cteiitman, E F Williams, J L Taylor, W Jjerrigau; Corporal, A H Jones; Bugler, G Gollius. Promotions of la»co-oorpor<»!B from the ranks wilt be trade later according to cpaliloafcions. AiSiOHgst the passengers by the Moana to«day from Sydney were SergeancLestrange, Corporal Shepherd, and Trooper Smythe of the Ooobingent, who cams over to sataro to the front with tho Sixth Contin g«Qt« OorporalJineSjOf theSsooad Contiogent, •l«o Ke&ut&ed iuvaiided,'

UaHled Press Association—By Elrotrio Telegraph Wellington, Jaa 16 Sir A, Milner has cabled the acting PrttnSer thitt Lieutenant Keddell, of the Fourth Contingent, was wounded on the left •rm ab Oeafce^dorp a few days ago. Hie vtoynd is not dangerous, Auckland, January 16 With the arrival of three more imn who hava beets selected for the .Auckland division fch» Sixth Contingent ia practioaliy complete.

The Cape Cable.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright London, January 15 Mr Oopeland, hsvin^ eliminated the fiupesfiuous proviso, has signed the Eastern Extension Oo»'a agreement. Sir Andrew Olarke, the Agent General for Victoria, is awaiting instructions from his Government;

The Union Bank

United Pceea Aeaooi&bloa—By EleoMia Telegraph'—Copy righ b London, Jan 16 The Union Bank has declared a divi dend of 7 per cent;, added £25,000 to reserves, and carred forward £22,189.

The Visit of the Imperial Troops

United Press Association—By Eleotrio TeWraph Wbllington, Jan 16 ■The acting-Premier has o.»b ed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, through the Deputy-Governor, suggesting that the Imperial troops, when visiting New Zealand, ahonld travel by rail ac far as possible between the chief centres, so as to enable them to view the country, and also afford sm opportunity to the people of the towns on the line of railway to catch a glimpee of the military visitors. If Mr Ward's suggestion be adopted, arrangements will be made to receive the troops at the Bluff oa February Ird. They will then go on to Dunedin and Chrietefaurch, and rejoin the ship at Lyttel ioo, coming on In her to Wellington. From hero they will travel overland to Napier, where they will embark for Auckland. Mr Ward does not expect the duration of the »tfty of the troops m any one town will exceed two days.

Disaster In The Channel

A TERRIBLE (EALE OF HARDSHIP

The steamer City of Vienna, of Dub lin s Swansea for Rotterdam, with coals sixteen hours out, collided m the Chan nel with an unknown vessel and gank. The only survivor was landed at Mounts Bay on November 15th m a very ex hausted s^ate by the steamer Garnet of Dundee, Cardiff to Genoa, with coal. He is a young German named Otto Trink: He tells a Btory of terrible hardships. Ha says : —I was one of the numbel" of firemen on board the Dublin stramer Oity of Vienna, which had b?x fires. She leffe Swansea for Kotterdam at 4 30 on Tuesday after- , noon m fine weather; little wind and some ruin. About 930 the steamer was overtaken by a terrific gale, which pbtfted our cargo of coal to the port side. Tbe crew were engaged m trying to right the cargo for several hoars. Heavy aeas were continually breaking over the steamer, and soon began to flood the engine room. Between one and two o'clock, there being from three to four feefc of water m the stoke hold, the engines soon stopped, and I believe tbe wheel had been washed away. If; appeared as if the steamer was drifting before the terrible gale. By eight oa Wednesday the other fires had gone out. While I was endeavouring to rake out j some dry coal there was a terrible shock which shook the vessel from stem to item. I was sent headlong, and fell ioto tbe water In the sfeoke hold. When I recovered I heard the captain giving the order for "all hands on deck." All the engineers and stokers immediately rushed up. I was the last to reach the deck. It was a moonlight night, but the wind blew with hurricane force, and the neawaa mountains high. Learning -that the ateamer was rapidly sinking, I was ibonl to go below to get my money (£4 10s) and some clothes when the captain ordered me to stay on deck, adding thatjthe Company would make up all I lost, and that there was no time for me to'fetcb anything. The steamer w&i than fast settling down. The first boat launched waa struck by » huge sea and smashed to pieces, but the only man m it managed to get back on board. As the captain and carpenter got into the second boat;, m which wero already the first and second mates, the steamer sank, and I swam to the boat I had unloosed and clambered up on to the keel, I than assisted two Dutch fireman on to her, I waSj however, unable to help the csptain and others ia the water I could see ho signs of any other vessel, but one of my companions told me that an English steamer had ran us dowr: We were constantly swrpt off the boat's bottom. Ai-er driftiog several hours one of the Butch firemen went road. He blamed me for sinking the steamer and punched me. Half an hour later he dropped over and sank. J A big sea then washed both the other Dutchmen and myself off. I managed to reach the boat again, but my com panion, crying "Jesus, help me," sank, Ify haads were now benumbed, and I ■ coold only aae my elbows to keep my self on the boat. Six or seven steamers passed by, one of them within fifty yarda. 1 shouted to the deck watch, and he replied, he could oofc render me any help; When ultimately rescued by the Garnet I had almost lost hope. I had been washed off the boat more than a hundred times. The City of Vienna carried a crew of twenty hands, only one of whom is known to have been saved, The Press Association's Dublin correspondent states that the Oity of Vienna was owned by Messrs. Palgrave & Murphy, shipowners, of Dublin, and vm eoinmancled by Captain J f

Cunningham, of 28 Hanover Street, Swanspa. She left Dublin for Better* dam via Swansea, and the first intima tion her owners received of the disaster wan the announcement m the news papfirs that one of the firemen had been landed at Penzance. The name of the vessel with which the Oily of Vienna was m colliaioa is not known, and it is believed that after the accident she also went down. The following are the names of the British memberi of the crew of the Oity of Vienna :—First mate, T Walsh, 69 Amiens Street, Dublin ; first engineer, T Lincheyj 55 Bglinton Street, BelfastJ; second mate, P Oomerford, Skerries, County Dublin , second engineer, M Simingtoß, Drogbeda, Lowth ; carpe.n ter, Horwood, 29 Clarke Street, Bristol ; steward, Rosser, 5 Kingston Placp, Swansea; cook, Keladea, St Mary Street, Swansea; able seamen, Brien, Arklow, Ooanty Wicklow ; White, Oloaghey, Ooanty Down ; Frank B 3 Strand, Swansea ; Brown, 50 Oretuch Koad, Owmbiela,, Swansea ; fireman, Furlong, 3 Green Hill, Swan sea. The other members of the crew were foreigners.

The Native African Regiments

AN UNDEVELOPED SOURCE OF IMPERIAL BTRENGTH.

Renter's representative has had an inter' view with Dr G Douglas Gray, P.M.O, of tho British Central Africa Protectorate, who has j ißt arrived from Kumaa, having, m medica! officer, accompanied the force rf Central Africa R fhs which was dispn'ched to the Gold Ooatt on tho outbreak of the Aahanti trouble. Dr (Jray, who has been ' closely associated with this native regiment since its formation, gives ao interesting account) of the progresa of tho force and of the magnificent work accomplished by native troops iv the Aehanti campaign. Ho said : Apart f'Otn what I hava esen m Ashaati of the ( xtraordinary value of the blaclk regiments of the Empire, I can epstk from personal experience ciuc raing the Central Africa R floa, 700 of whom were despatched from Nyasaland and Somali and on tho outbraak of the Ashantl wa'. The B-itiah Central Africa Rifles to'^ay consist of cleso i npon 2000 men, recuited from Vacs, A ongas and Angonia — the beat fighting tribes of tho populous country turrounding Lako Nyaß». TJufc recently all these people were naked sav>ges, notoriom slave raiders, fighting among themselves and against vi?. Today I hey constitute one of the most highly trained and well disciplined native forjea of the Empire, ani have fought through nine campaign m the British Cen tral Afrioa Protectorate with signal sueoess. By their work m Ashanti they have estab lished a precedent. Conveyed thousands of miles from their homes, they were ca'led upon to fighfc under conditions quite new to them. This is t» significant fact. The men of the first battalion had never eeen the eta (the second had of course been m garrison for some tiaie at Mauritius), and Ashantiland with its dense jungle was luite unlike the country to which they had been accustomed* The officers were thereforn a little anxious as to how the men would stand firing from ao unseen foe, bub the Central Africa R flss never waverad m the slightest degree. The men are capable of working intelligently 7 pounder guns and maxims* They are com manded m English, The force ia extremely mobile, and as an instance of this I may men tion that within 24 hours of receiving unexpected notice to proceed against; a chief m Northern Rnodeeia s a column was already on the road for a marrsh involving some 2000 miles land travel and 700 miles lake journey. la four months the troops were ba> k at headquarters, having success fully performed a feat which could never have bsen done by white troopa m Centra! Africa* So little has appeared m the Press regard- I ing Ihia regiment that I think it should be known that thore ia a force m Central Africa which, composed of men but recently savages, has, through tho devoted labours of a fow British officers, not only dono ex cellent work m their own country, but has established the precedent of fighting for their Qieea thousands of miles from their homes. The Central Africa B flea are avail able not only for African warfare, but for figfetirg m any olitaate, as they are aßed to coal as well.ua he*t. The men stand pain very well, and refuse chloroform m the mß jority of operations. It the operations m Ashanti I tried to exact under fire a bullet which had flattened iteelf against the skull of ens of tha Central Afrioa B'fliß, bub the man waa ao keen to rejoin the firing lino that he fouajht the rest of the engage ment before he allowed any further attempt to remove the bullet The black toldier lias proved conclusively that he will go anywhere when led by his British officer

FARM NOTES

j (By Cockatoo) As ihi harvest approaches speculation is rife as in !he prospects for the coming eeaeor. Thy indications are, thab aa far as the plains are oorcerned, the yields will be very good, Tiio wet spring, followed by warm weather, suited the plaint admirably, North and South of Ashburtob wherever one looks nothing but fine fields of gram can be seen, Id the hilly country in South Canterbury the crops are not) do heavy, bub the reduced yield there will be compensated on the low lying land about Orari, Win chcßter, and Temaka, where some very . heavy crops are to be seen, the quality of I the soil in those districts beini? excellent for grain growing. The late rains, how ever, have laid a good deal or the wheat, bub the straw being a good length and clean ife will ripen all right. Bound Timara and the Levels plains the crops all show great promise, and the same may be said of the crops all the way to Waimate. The bulk of grain this season in the districts named is undoubtedly oats, and gives fine weather from now till harvest a tremendous yield can be expected. The bulk of the wheat grown is toscan. The absence of any great extent of red chaff is very noticeable. Why this wheat should be neglected, seeing that it yields well is surprising. Tho tendency among farmers now-^daya le to stick to spring cropping, the reason no doubfc being due to thn high price of all classes of stock, and so utilise the land for feeding purposes as long as possible. Hence the- quickest) growing crops, spring wheat and oats, are aown, Occasionally a little barley is to be eeeu, and by appearance a larger quantity than usual of this cereal in sown this senson, but the email birds are making great depredations amongst it, especially any that lis very ea \y t B orne of the hpads being i literally stripped. Ther® does not seem to be c large quantity of graaa seed hums'ed this year; This probably is owing to the strong erovr'h, but against fchip a greater quantity of ht»y bai been saved than ia usual. Possibly tho opening of a market in tsouth Africa may be responsible to a certain extent for this. Aeother reason no doubt is a shortage of a'.onk to «eed it off, but; it will be nil required this winter. Tho root crops, lurnipa and rape are not coming along as well as one would like to ace them. I he area put down in these crops is by no means as great as in former yea 8* Derwent pota toes are very backward, and the same may be said of turnips and rapo. Three who are fortunate enough to have a lerge quantity of Derwent potatoes thonld do well out of them.

A Colwyn Bay Romance

Colwya Bay ha? b«^n the ec^ne of a remarkab c "ad rotmntie s'ory, m aoonection with which potno BhDßatioaal disolosures are promised. When l&st June the Victoria Pier was opened, one of tho earliest to don the company's uniform was a tall gentleman, apparently about sixty, of moist benign aspect, whose stooping shoulders wad gentle manners suggested a life of refinement and study. Thorras MoleßWorth Harper was the mimo he gavo, and he said he was an M.A. of Oxford. When on duty &t the pier Mr Harper wore a long black coftt, which lent an added dignity and itnpressivoneab to his appearance, and none who heard his story, told m quiet, deferential tones, for a moment discredited a word he paid. Amongst the first to bo at fracted by his charming manners was a lady, named Miss Hill, who 'lived at the Colwyn Bsy residence of her brother, a wel!-known Wohrerhampton solicitor. Despite the beet efforts and strong protests oi her brother, this lady encouraged Mr Harper's advances, and the banns were actually called twice at Colwyn Bay Ohu'ch. For some reason they were not announced for a third time* On Satur day Thomaß Moleavrortd Harper failed to appear m Court to answer to a sum mons issued at tho instance of the Inland Revenue authorities for nuing armorial bearings without a licence. The solicitor for the defence sent minions m search of his client, but it waa said m Court that Harper and Miss Hill had been married at St Asaph, nnd no one know whither they had since disappeared. Mr M'Leod, super* visor, who prosecuted, said the defendant rased notepaper bearing » creat—aa eagle with a snake m ita moutht Am oust the witnefßoe called waa Mr Herbert BHaa Hill, brother of Miss Hill, who identified the signatures of the accused. He said ha had reported tho defendant's conduct to the Inland Revenue, and he vehemently added, • I wnu'd report anything else done by such a scoundrel.' The Bench imposed a penalty of 309, or three weeks' imprisonment Harper was next wanted on two charges of obtaining food and ere it by false pretensss. Colonel Thorne, solicitor, and clerk to the Walvcrhampton Justices, prosecuted, and said these cases would lead to others, one of which was so serious that the probability waa that it would go to the Assizes. A warrant for Harper's apprehension was signed.

Sporting.

TEMUKA (TROTTING CLUB.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Tem!7KA, Jan 17 The Temuka Trotting Club's annual race meeting was held today. The waither ii fine, and there is a fair attendance. The following are results :— Innoyaiion Handicap, 12 aovg; l|miie: — Highland Laddie S«eo, 1, Silvertail ecr, 2, Transit Royal scr, 3. Fourteen started. Time—4.3Bs. Dividend—£3l la for 10s. Tbabksmen's Handicap, 15 sots, 1 mile : —Wanaka 7seo 1, Up Guards 9sec 2, Miro 11 sec 3. Eleven started. Time—2.s4. Dividend—£4 4a tor £1 Tkmdka Grand Handioap, 30 sots j two miles :—Btrathmore 45sec 1, Makikihi 459ee 2, Daisy 22sec 3. Eight started. Time-— 5,44. I)ividend--fisl2s for £1.

MINING

Dulted Press Association—-By KleotrJo * Teleg '»ph

DCNEDIN, Jfttl 17 To day's sales :- Arrow Junction, 32s 9J, 32s 6d, 33a ; Golden Run, 49a: Grey River, 66s 3d, 56a 6d, 56a; Hokltika, 13s 6d ; June* tion Electric, 29a 3d; Magnetic 29s 6d; Matallio 24 i ; Moa Flat, 19a 6d, Mokoia, 25s 9d ; New Alexandra, 18s 6d, 18s 3d, 28s Hd ; Nugget, 2a 6d ; Reeve's Proprietary, 25s 9d f 25s 6d ; Second Magnetic, 31s; Waipuna, 30s; Yellow Stone, Par.

A well-known sharebroker on the West Coaßt informs the Wesporb A Tcivs that a Stock Exchange will probably be established at Greymoufch shortly, as the ro«ult of the dredging activity. He also stated that moat of the money invested m coast claims comes from Wellington and Wanganui, and not from Otago, as it is generally supposed. Shares m the Montgomery Sluielng.Gom pany were allotted yesterdays The Greenstone Greek Gold Dredgiag Company are taking special precautions against damage from drifting timber m flood times. They have ordered £100 worth of extra wire rope as additional head gear. The Waipucß dredge ia working well, and the return this week is expected to be m the vicinity of 300%, The alteration to the machinery and tables of tha Leviathan dredge are now com pleted, and it is reported to be working much bettor than heretofore, The New River dredge ia expected to make & start within two or three days.

Death of Lord Fairfax.

A ROMANCE OF THE PEERAGK.

John Oontee Fairfax, peer of Soot Und. eleventh Baron Fairfax of Cairieron, one of whose ancesnors was commander, m chief of the parliamentary forces at the battls of Marston Moor, white another married the Hod, Miss Oolepepper, aad founded an ' American family m Virginia, ' died on Friday, 28th September (says a London contemporary), at his plantation, Northamp ton, Prince Giorga County, Maryland. Probably no man ever bore his title with lees ostentation, for neither he nor his elder brother, from whom he inherited the peerage, would ever take measures to have it confirmed. Albert Kirkby Fairfax to whom the barony now- descends, is a olerk m a N«w York banking house (Me*m Brown Brothers and Co.) Tne latter peel; lived the life of a gentleman farmer m the south. The only title by whioh b« was known wat that of doctor, which he obtained as fc graduate of the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania When he was a lad his family loft Virginia, and moved to the heights of George town, where he reoeived his first education. He graduated from Princetowo, and latter became a doctor of medicine and rejoined hi* mothor at Washington. When the war of tha rebellion began, his family, as Southern sympathisers, found matters so disagreeable for them that they moved to a point near Maryland. Thenceforth Dr Fairfax, who had married the daughter ©f Colonel Klrby of the United States army, resided on the lands and modest fortune whioh descended to him. He inherited the title Id 1869 apon I the death of his bro her Charles, a, sturdy i Democrat, who lived for m»ny yearf ab San Franciteo. The; Northampton plantations consists of about 700 acres and a houte over 150 years old* The title, although the late peer never formally assumed it, was cfficially recognised by the Court of Great Britain, and frequently letters" arrived at Northamp ton bearing official seals, inviting Fairfax of Cameron to court functions. Lord Fair 1 fax, who was 70 years o!d, leaves six children. His sons, Albert Kirby. an# Charles Edmund, and one of his daughters^ Mary j Cecilia, live m New York; another daughter, ! Josephine, now Mrs Tuostall Smith, lives at Baltimore ; two other?, Caroline Sriowdett Fairfax and Frances Marvin Fairfax, reside at the old mansion. Mrs Burton Harrison, the novelist, and her brother, Mr Clarence ■ C»ry, a lawyer, of New York, are cousins of the Fairfaxes'. * lord Fairfax's death is believed to be directly due to a bad fall he received some | yeura ago while driving a fractious .horeo, which came down and U jured his {pine, the after-effects of which sometimes caused him much pain. It was from the Fairfax family's settlement m America that Thackeray drew* the inspiration for his famous nov 1, 'The Virginians, 1

THE LATEST

Some and Foreign

United Press Association—By Electric •Talegraph—Copyright

Received Wakapuaka January 17, 3 56 am ihia Office 10 7 am) Serious Political Crisis m Austria Vienna, Jan 16 The Pan Germans who favor annex ation with Germany won 21 seats instead of five m the new Austrian Parliament. The Ultramontanes and Anti-setisites were badly beaten at the elections. A serious crisis is antici pated. Sx Petersburg, Jan 16 "s he Bi*zdeluaia survivors were rescued.

Australian

United Press Association—By Electric Telegram—Copyright.

Received W»kapuaka Jan 17, 9 38 asm, . This Office 10 22 am the Premier m l|ueenslaii(! Brisbakk, Jau 17 Mr Peddort, aboard the Government yacht Lucinda, welcomed the troops. Proposed Direct Steam Service Wilh Qneensiand At the banquet last night Mr Peddon stated he was endeavouring to arrange a direct steam service between Queens land and Now Zealand, and proposed aueceßs to Queensland. Mr Fhilp, the Premier, replying, said if the request for ten thousand troops, referred to io the press cables was correct, his State wonld contribute its quota, Serious Riot at Thursday Island A riot between South Sea Islanders and Manila men occurred at Thursday Island. The former attacked the latter with Bticks and atones, It is reported that one South Sea Islander was killed, and several are m a precarious condi tion. The Islanders afterwards wrecked a jeweller's shop. The military are m readioess, m case of a further outbreak.

SOUTH AFRICA

De Wet Threatens to Shoot Botha

Krnger Approves of Shooting Envoys.

Canada's Enthusiastic Response.

United Press Association—By Eleotrlo Telegraph—Copyright

Received Wakapuaka January 17,_8 46 » m This Office 930 am Londok, Jan 16 De Wet is enraged at the circulation of Paul Botha's pamphlet, and threatens to shoot the author, Kroger, interviewed, approved of De Wet's shooting the peace envoys as a proper revenge for Oardna's execution, The volunteer regiment, are re sponding to Earl Roberts' appeal with enthusiasm. Manitoba offers one thousand shots and Ottawa several thousand.

Link Between English Speaking Races in the Pacific.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright

Received Wakapaaka Jan 17, 9 9 ft m This Office 10 8 ft m Sydney, Janaary 17 Mr Barton visited the Sierra accomp anied by the American Consul, Mr Witbeford and a number of business

men, Replying to the toast of bis health the Federal Premier referred to the friendship existing between Great

Britain and America, and although the Australians should first consider their own advantage, the American interests came next, He had no doubt that the kindly sentiments existing , between Australia and America would be increased as the countries came closer together. He welcomed the first vessel m the connecting link between the English speaking peoples m the Pacific. The American Consul ex pressed the opinion that if the naviga tion law was found to be an injustice, on representation toAmericatfaeyJwonld get tho matter remedied m time. Mr Witheford toasted the Union Com -1 pauy

THE CRISIS IN CHINA

The Imperial goal Afftsod

United Prpts Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright

(Received WakapuakaJan 17, 944 am, This office 10 22 am London, January 16 The Chinese envoys have affixed the Imperial seal to the joint note to the Powers fixing the basis of the settle ment of the difficulty.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Auckland, Jan 17 Tha death is announced of Mr E A MaoKechnie, solicitor, aged 78. The Monowai mioee get £428 14s Id from 31 tons concentrates treated m Australia

Banquet to the Hon C Mills

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Wellington, J»n 17 The Hob Mr Mills was entertained at a banquet at> Havelook, by his former contti tuenti and received numerous congratula tions on rising to the position of a Minister "f the Crown, The utnvib enthusiasm wbj shown.

Old Agb Pensions—At to-days sittings of the S. M. Court at Ashburtora 62 old aga pension claims were renewed and two new applications were granted, Risk m Wool—lb will ba satisfactory to farmers and sheep owners to learn that a distinct ri»e Is recorded In wool.- At the skies whtch opened !n Ohriatcburch today, merinos and orosebreda opened at an advance on previous prices. A similar indication of improved prices m wool was given at the late Dunedin sales. Merit Recognised — Bpeaking on the ' ocoasion of thn Borough Council* presenta* tiou tn Mr 0 E Fooks, the Town Clerk and Engineer, some of the councillors took the opportunity of paying a high compliment to Mr Herbert Fooks, the assistant Town Clerk. This < ffioer h*« for a good while 5 performed most of the duties appertaining to the Town Clerk's office, m a manner highly satisfactory to the Council and the public, A Plucky Girl—Some weeka back ment ion was made of r plucky French girl, who during the Piauco German war intercepted telegraph messagee, to the great benefit of her own side. She has an imitator m a latter-day English girl m Pretoria- Her Dame is Miso Ou'iirgworth, and she resided i with her family m a house near the Model School, at that time m use as a prison for Briiieb Eoldiers. An efficial high m the service of the State telegraphs, whose sym pathies were with the British, taught Miss Cullingworth the Morse alphabet, and regularly soppliej her with the latest news sent over the telr-graph wires. Standing inside the door of the house, Miss Culling-; worth with a Email fiaa signalled the new 3 j brought to her by an official, and the message waa read by an officer at one end of the school windows, standing far bask to escape detection. It was, of course, a risky proc eeding, and tha officer who had taken the morsige would write it down and pans it rund at meal times. Although the Boera ktew that information was reaching their [ prisoners, tht-y never discovered the method employed. The officer who tellia the story says that is was the news received this way which really kept them alive, for from Boer aouices they heard nothing but; continued disasters to the British arms, and their spirits would have suffered terribly bad they been left) wholly without a glimpse of the other side of the picture.

An exciting preacher, fond of illustrating hia addresses by examples from Nature, was the other day holding forth fco his congrega tion upon the duties of forbearance and brotherly love, m which matters he declared us to be inferior to the aninnl world. Ho took an hit justification for this statement the stpry of two goats which met one another upon a very narrow bridge over a river, bo that they cou'd not paps by without tho one ihrustiDg the other off. "How do you think fchey acted ?" asked the parson fervently, "I'll tell you. One laid down, and let the other leap over him. Oh, beloved, let ub live like goats !"

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HTBLIC KOTICES. i WANTED KNOWN I HAVE ft splendid variety of f*noy Chocolate Boxes just to hand, both useful and ornamental. Please call and inspect. Fmh Tofßea and Candies, English and French Chocolates and Confectionery always m Strok, Ices, Strawberries and Cream, Hot Pies and Light Refreshment! always ready. A fresh supply of local antl Island froits arriving daily. H A FLOWER, 12 O nfectioner 8c Fruiterer, East S6 H. MoBRIDE, Monumental Scu'ptor, 60 Stafford St, Timara tA LWAYS m Stock—A fin xjL class selection of Marble and Granite Monument!, Designs and Estimates itt, warded on application. Letter Cutting m any sfcylt



PUBLIC NOTICES THE CANTERBURY FROZEN" MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCiS EXPORT COMPANY Lid. NEATSFOOT OIL NEATSFOOT OIL. A TRIAL will convince Farmers that the FAIRFIELD FREEZING WORK'S NEATSFOOT OIL Is the best Oil for use with HARVEST ING and other MACHINERY. Sold m 5 gallon Drums, or 40 gallon Cask I For Prices apply at the Works or to F WAYMOUTH, 1 66 Secretary MONEY TIT ON E V to Lend upon Freehold Security, at current rates of Interest, m BnmBtB'UitBorroWerOWPURNELL, 1 44 Montgomery's Buildiags STAR OF ASHBURTON LOYAL ORANGE LODGE No, 25 A MEETING of the above Lodge will be A held ou FRIDAY, January 18, 1901 at 8 o m. Business Important. Every Member is expected to attend By Order, 11 89 R THOMPSON, W.M. ANTED KNOWN—That J. Moison has received a large stock of f&shion able Summer Boots and Shoes of the beet material, also about to arrive new stock of, the latest French Goods, and invites the Public for iuspectlon. J. M. being the only reliable and practical Bootmaker is the town, , this gives him superiority and facility to know the best value and qualityl Repairs carried on just the same, m the cheapest, neatest, and most fashionable style, Best leathers used, and workmanship by the best lof tradesmen, ab The Hall, Eaib Street), A'sbburton.



Tenders, WANTED— Tenders for Stooking and Forking about 1100 Acres of wheat. Tenders olobo at Noon on THURSDAY, January 24. Apply to G. A. M. BUCKLEY, 1 67 Lagmhor Telephone 85. _



T. Bullock, TINWALD " FOiTsALE, SECTION and Dwelling, fronting Graham* Road, being Lot 527, contain- Inp \ acre, on which ia erec'ed a five-roomed dwelling hoimp. Ihe owner, who is residing near Auckland, withes to dispose of the property forthwith. } asy terms of payment-can he Arranged* T. BULLOCK,_Ageat j FOX SALE "TTALUABLE Building Allotments, situ* V ated at the corner of Catm and Moore Street?, and being pert of Town Sections 100 and 301 i T BULLOCK, FUR eAJUfc). /"IOTTAGE section on Moore Street West, \J nearly opposite the Farmers Co-op-ra- Uve premices, the property of Mr John Graham, who b*e removed to Inveroargill, and wis>ee todieposeof it forthwith. Feta tion No 70, containing i aero. In addition to the cottage, (here ia also a stable at the back. Apply to ■" , T. BULLOCK, TO LET AT A LOW RENTAL SHOP and premises at tha corner of the Trianele, fronting Caag Street and Wakanui Boad, leadirg to the Post Office and Railway Bt»' ion T_ BULLOCK. FOR "SALE. T| f\ pT ACRES Longbeach District, being l/O^.Rural SeoHon« 6492, 6493, 6494, 6706, 28536, and 35557, containing m all 135 acres 11 perches • situated below Water* ton For particulars apply to ' T BULLOCI£_ FOR SALfcl -pUILDING Sites ac fo'lews :-T.S 795 JD J acre Cox Street East good land, 818 & (tore Avken Street . T BULLOCK TIKWALD. FOR SALE, /CENTRALLY situated opposite 4he V J Railway Station, and adjoining th* Hotel Property, Lot 42, containing 35 perches D.P 91, fronting Graham's Bowl, and adjoining the Hotel Property, with Cottage thereon. Very easy terms of payment Apply to T BULLOCK FOR SALE. SHEEP COUNTRY SHEEP COUNTRY Hinds District 1500 iSSSS 1500 IN its native state for Sale at ft reduced Price. Fronting the road leading to Loweiiffe For partionlars apply to T BULLOCK ABHBURTON, FOR SALE, TTALUABLB Town Section No 42 I*,1 *, V containing i acre, Tusnered Street-. being the fifth section below Case Street j good site for a dwelling house, having a northern aspeob T BULLOCK,



fIRIKIJLANDES BROS, LTD WOOL SEASON 1900-1901 OUR Next Sale will take place at Chrlstchurch on 17th January, 1901. Catalogue will close on Monday, 14th January. Woolpaoks, Twine, Branding Oil. and all other Shearing Requisites supplied at lowest rates. FJBIEDLANDER BROS., LTD. MONEY TO LEND. We have Trust M .neys to Lend at 4£ and 5 per cent, m gnrrw ranging from £260 to £1500. Apply __ FRIWDLANPim BKOB, LTD.



DATID THOMAS AROADE HORSE FAIR. FRIDAY, [JANUARY^, 1901. MY NEXT HORSE FAIR wilkbt bold on the above date, for which I am now receiving entries. D. THOMAS, 12 213" Auctioneer.



FOE SALE AQ ACRES 38 PERCHES AQ UO ACRES 38 PEBOBES UO T7IRONTING Ford's Road, and being R S JD 21603, 21618, and 23363 with cottage and other improvements For full particulars apply to __ 0? BULLOCK HAROLEY BROS* GAS AND SANITARY ENGINEER. lii 1 I ils § I g i 9-3 < ■ * m, i ft 3 g § m d < « g S npHE Trade Supplies always m Block Large quantity of Tubes and Ftttlnga | BATHS, TANKS, SINKS, BASINS, Estimates giveu, HAEDLEY BEOS-, East Street, Ashbarton



FOX JSALHi RUILDING SITES. 3 QUARTER Acres all adjoining— Nob 1128,1129, and 1130, Cameron Street, on the vpper Bide of the railway. Thera have been numerous enquiries for eentions m the vicinity of these. To be sold on very ea*y terms of payment. Full particulars on application. (D. BULLOCK.



TBIAD FKIZW COJMLf^TIXIOJN rriHE "TRIAD" offers a prize of fcwo X guineas to the person who gives the correct number (or nearest to the correct number) of births registered m the colony for the year endicg 31st December, 1900, To close 20th January. 1901 CONDITIONS. All that la necessary >.o enter for this com ' petition is to write down a number (eco'oeiog a receipt for 5?, or more, from any Triad advertiser) to "The Manager of the Tkub, I Du.nedin." ■ Competitors may Bend any number of guesses, provided each is accompanied with a receipt for ss, or more, tsm s different ' Triad' advertiser, as per list below. AJax Washing Powders Anglo N.Z. Cycle Co. Auokland forwarding and Parcels Delivery Agency Bing, Harris & Co, Arrow Brand Boots Curtis, F, Jeweller Gawne's Sauces, Piokles, Vinegar s eto ' Gear Meat) Co Gcegg and Co, W, Coffee, Starch, eto Hayward's Pickles and Sauce* Jones, H M, Triad Agent Kirkpatrick, 8, and Co, X Jams Kharki Cigarettes, Eagle Co'e Kozle Teas, all Grocers Lane's Creosoted Emulsion Meddios, G., Ironmonger Mrs Miller's Cookery Books Nelson, Moate and Co. Tea N.Z Express Cullen, agant Nicholas & Pickford, bootmakers Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corpora tlon, Ltd. Orr, A, Draper < Sanderson's Scotch Whisky Somerset Hotel, H S Drummond Spring Blossom Tea Suratura Tea Teed and Co', Corn Cure Tonking's Linseed Emulsion •Wahoo Loasby'e, * Roolibah Loaaby'i Waltke'a Soap Wills' Three Castles Cigarettes & Tobao Yates & Co, Arthur, seed merchants



G. JESSON, PRACTICAL WATCHManKK AND JBWELLER TTAVING takes a lease of one of tbt new shops m Datis's corner, i am no* showing a large and varied stock of Watches Clocks, and Jewollery Electro-pate, Etc suitable ftr Cbrißtmae and Wedding Pr sents at pricea which defy competition. Note the Address—DAVlF' -Darner



NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY. ESTABLISHED 1859. CAPITAL—ONE MILLION fTIHE Premier and Wealthiest Colonial J. Company, Noted for Promptness and liberality Paid-up Capital and Reserves, £400,000. Fire end Marine Risks, Also,— Risks on Growing Crops. Threshing Machine?, etc, accepted at lowest current rates E. W. Hanmer, AGENT



AbHBURTON Fo. 2 tNBU&TR!AL| BUILI/ISG SOCIETY. I'HS Seco. d Annual General Meeting of the tUme Society will ba held at their Office, Burnett Street, on WEDNESDAY, 23hd JANUARY, 1901 All Mcmb?rs are rrquested *o attend. FRED M&KEIG, 1 rt2 Secretary



IK the race for value, Mkllob's Zealandia Boot Sore le»dsj FTIENDKHS Wanted—For the wraiing of JL twothoußand pairs of Boots. App'y to—J Mkllor, Tnncred Street; ! OEPAlhsTire"plkir7~The best~in A,h XV burton,at—.MiELLOß's Zealaadia Boot Store ' WANTED Known—That our Oilcloths and Llnoleumr are bought direct from the British Mills, and stand unrivalled for variety and value;—Mitchell and Tamer FOR Sale cheap, for Cash—Several hun dred pairs of Boota and Shoes. Apply [ to—Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store N~~EW YEAR PRESENTS — A great variety of Leather and Fancy Goods, suitable for Presents and Souvenirs, useful and ornamental, imported direct; lowest prices, with quality combined. New Year Cards, ohayte, simple, and beautiful m design, New Books, Annuals, and Mag«« Joeß.—H M Jokes. >r NEW BOOKS—Tha Increasing Purpose, J L Allen; Man that corrupted Hadleyburg, Mark Twain; Womon of Death, Boothby; Master of Craft, Jacobs; The Great Boer War, Conaa Doyle ; Tomb's Alrcanack. Cheap editions of Breczle Lnngton, We Three and Troddlea, The Lady's Walk, etc. Xmaa number of Wind* sor Magez'ne.—A H Williams, Tanored Street



WANTED. j WANTED— A Cook for camp.-For! particulars apply Farmers' Co operative Association Offices. 1 96 WANTED—A Nurse Girl to take charge of children.—-Apply Mbs W F Alien, Grigg Street. 1 95 W* ANTED3A~Respectabir(sirrto~do housework. Apply Mbs Tkdcklk, Coffee Palace, Cameron Street, A.hburton. 194 WANTED— Elderly Female as House keeper,—App'y Mrs Randell. I_9l ' _ TjißESHGroper, Moki, Crayfißhißiue~Cod, JJ and all kinds of freeh Fish, To-night. Poultry of all kiuds.—J. H Jewim, oppo lite Maii. Office, Telephone 96. "^nrOlTR REPAIRS" - ail) JL Stock's Cash Boot Stose SAY BOYS— Where do you buy your boote ? The best and cheapest are at D Stock's OUR BoQ.a and Shoes sell themselve. have a look t.t D Bjock's prices. BUY your holiday boots and shoes at D Stook's Cash Boot Store j a large ! a sortment to choose from. WANTED -Wise mothers to buy their Boys* and Girl.' school boots at) Mbl lor's Zaalandia Boob Store. ANTED"KNOVVN—Thar*MEiLOB >s Zeal.ndia Boot Store is tho cheap«st and beet boot shop m Aahfaurton. ___ REMEMBER that Mbllor's Zealandia Boob Store is the leading Boot Shop, Wonderful value ah Mellob's WELL, it is like this—lf you want a real good Boot or Shoe for little money, then go to Mellob's Zealandia Boob Store BOOTS ! Boots ! From la to 30a, at— Mssllor's Zealandia Boot Store "OOTS !~Boots Boots nothing but Boots »»i—Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store, Tanored Street WHY pay middlemen's profits when yoa can buy direct from the manufac turers— Eclipse Cycle Works Tanored Street West ; ANTED Known—Tha* whut wa do", we ti-y to do well Bear this m mind, Gentlemen, when ordering your Summer Outfit; and, Ladies, remember it before fitting up your Boys for the h cliday — Mit hell and Turner /CARPENTERS Tools at bedrock prices, \J Registrar Orates from 12s 6d, Tiled Registrars and Manblepie.es complete, from 52s 6d. Oar prices defy oompaUtsc.— Habdley Bros OH Where, ohlvhere isthe best Boot Shop 1 Why Mullob's Zsalandia Boob Store, ot course. WANTED KNO W N—slW_~iluchers 5s lid at Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. /"C ET your Lawn Mowers sharpened at the KJC KoujPSKoyols works, Tanored Street. ' Went.



Cure fob Cholera Infantcm:—Never Known to Fail Luring last May an infiint child of our neighbor wars Buffering from cholera infantum The doctors had given up a'l hopes of recovery, I took a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to the house, telling them I felt) sure it; would do good if used according to directions. In rwo days time the child had fully reoovered The child is now vigorous and healthy, I have recommended this remedy frequently, and have never known it to fai).—Mrs Curtis Baker, Bookwalter, Ohio Sold by Ash fcvn9i \)rug Company



O. Magnus, B. Pateeson Dredging Expert Member Stock and Exchange Adviser* of Canterbury. MACNUS. PATERSON AND CO Gold Bbedging BhokerSj SOB High Street, Christchursh Reliable and straightforward advioe given od Otago and West Coast Dredging Claims. Mr Olof Magnus has had 16 years practical experience on the Molynevx River, Otago ALFRED HARRISON, Bsq Asbbartoo Representative



A GOOD CQTJGH MEDICINE Many thousands have been restored to health and happiness by the nae of Chamber kin's Cough Remedy. If afEicted with any throat or luog trouble, give It & tdat, for it ia certain to prove betaeSolal, Oonghs that have reaiated all other treatment for years have yielded to this remedy, and perfect hoalth haa been restored. Cases that seemed ' hopeless, that the climate of famous health resorte failed to benefit;, hare been psrma» cenfcly cured by ite use. For gala by Ashbtnton Drug Company Sao'ke Wvw Venae



YOU MAY HAVE IT AND NOT KNOW IT. You may have it and not know iL You may be young, you may b© old. The symptoms are the same m both. A babe with weak kidneys has backache, A man of ainty with weak kidneys haa baokache. It is one symptom m all ages. Bat Dean's Backache Kidney Pills Care the Babe and Man. Can't help it; they're ' Made for it. They couldn't cure a simple case of colic. But they core bud cases of kidney trouble. They never result m less than cure. If yon have backache try them. Mrs J B Edwards, Poake Street, Ball rat | Victoria, says ;—' I have suffered from backache for fifteen years. For a quarter of a lifetime I could cever obtain rest ia bed, no matter what position I laid m it caused me pain. This pain was m the small of my back and extended to my shoulders an down the loins, and it became worse if I stood about long, or stooped fo pick tip any thing from the floor. A tired feeling made my life a burden to bear, and I was also heartsick from the many failures to cure myself. To gat » medicine thafj would restore me that priceless blessing of good health was the one dream and hope of my life, but m this respect my life was fifteen years' disappointment. I never expected to get well again. A short time ago I read of Doan's Backache Kidney Pills, and hops was arouu^rl fnce more. I told myself that theso pills must be good by the name, and I procured some and commenced using them. The result was really wonderful as they began to rid me of my pains right after the first doee. It was the only medicine thab gave me relief I had ever tried; but I wanted more than relief now, so I perserved, and m ashorttim« found that I was altogether free of my torture. At last I left off taking tho pills, but my trouble never returned, bo you can see it was a complete and permanent cure. My gratitude for the good Doan's Backachß Kidney Pills have done me, prompts me to allow this to be published; it may chance to meet the eyes of many who are living hope leas and tormented lives through the agony of b&okaehe, and point them out $> way to reooveryi" It is important to get the remedy which Mrs Edwards used, therefore ask foe Doan'a Backache Kidney Pills. There is nothing juit as good as these pills. Bee that the word baokache ia m the name, and that the sig nature of James Doan is on the wrapper. Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are sold by all chemists and storekeepers at) 3s per box or six boxes 16b 6d, or will bo posted on receipt of price by the proprietors, Foster McOlellaaOo, Sydney, Bat be sure they are Doan's.