THE ASHBURTON TRAIN SERVICES

Trains cave Ashburton daily for— OHRIBTUHUROH—at 7,20 am, 11 am 3.15 p m, 7.5 p m (express) TIMARU-at) 10.55 a m, 3 5^ DUNEDIN—at 12.54 pm (cx V i^) SPRINGBURN—ab 4.25 p m

Trains arrive daUy at Aehburtoa from— OHKISTOHUROH—at 10.45 » m, 12.48 p m (express), 8 pm TIMARU—at 10.35 am, 2.55 pm DUNEDIN—at 6.67 p m (express) SPRINGBURN~at 9.46 a m

EPHEMERIS

I Phases ot Moon for February

SUN.

Mail Notices.

Mails cloee for the following places as ttader, subject} to the necessary alterations : WEDNESDAY, February 27 For Northern Porte, Weatport, and Samoa, Hawaii, Philippines, Japan, etc. Canada, United Stat«« nf Amoripa, United Kingdom, etc , duo London Match 30, and Continent of Europe, via San Pranoieco, per SSialandia at 6 30 p m, late fee letters guards van express, money orders 2.50 pm, ragis fcered articles and parcels for United States, 5 pm

Commercial.

OHRIBTOHDRUH GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Quotations are as follows : — Wheat (nominal)— Hunter's, pearl, and velvf t 2b 3d to 2a 4d, and Tuscan 2e 4d to 2s 5d Oats (new) —.Canadians la 5d to la 6d, short feed Is 5d to Is s^d, Duns and Danish ' Is 4d to la 4£d Barley {new) — Malting 2s (ab country etatiops) Beans—{nominal) Feaß-=-{nprnlnal) Flour (millers'quotations nominal)— Roller £7, stone £6, sharps £3 10s, bran £3. Ofttaieal—£lo Oataheaf Chaff — 42s 6d nt ne»r country stations. Hay—£3 5s to £5 10s, delivered ; pricnest baled £4, f ob Seeds—Byegraas, farmers' lots la 3d to Is 6d; prime heavy, town dressed, 2a 6d to 3s 3d, Cocksfoot, 2d to 2£d for bright seed, to 3d for extra good, town machine dressed 161 b to i'/lb seed, 3£d to 3|d, oowgrass 5d to 6d, extra choice 6p, White olover, 6d to 7£d. Dairy Produce—Choj9ae f dairy .^d to sd, factory 4Jd to sd. Butter—factory, local, 10d, dairy 7d to 3d, salt, m bops 6d to 7d. Bacon and hams, 6d to 6,^6) factory bacon and hams, jd per ib highs;'. lh.e afeove prioes, except where otherwise stated, we t^os© p^jd to farmers, f.o.b, j tytteltosip j

DEATH.

Martin—On February 24'h, at the residence of Mr MoArthor, Rocteour*© Road, Annie Martin, nieco of the late Mra Stalker, Tinwald, m her 2lat your.

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1901. Local and General.

B A «ibT Chntdry Fond.—The Baptisb Twt-iii.v Century Fiml has now renohed filfcS.OOO towards the qmirter of a million aimed IUI li'iUß BtficiAois C'oNfficßEttait — Foreman lUkur wfcitt'to (Jhriet church on Saturday to teproienii the ABhburlon Brigade at the Gonfarttnoe which situ to-dity and to-tuonow, Maoistkhial—At the Police Court this niiiiniii^ two first* offuttdora were uhotrged with drunkenneiti Both were contiotedi and ordered to p»y 2a each for oab hire, Thio Wellington Geobt.—The Welling, tou ghobt has bean oupiurtd'and burna out to be & wretched little nipper to whom *A\o Magistrate had not the heart to give any. thing woree thaw n eev«e talking to, Getting Rmady.—-The Catholic Literary ; Society's Dramatic Class ia busy rohaars" ing tha comedy 'Declined with Thanks,' which will be played on the occasion of the St. Patrick's Oonmrt next month CivilSiitviOE Examination—Two Ash burton candidates have paaaod the Civil Service junior examination, namely Gordon Dodds and H F Revell Coal Exi'Oet Tbadb.—The export of co»l from Wt'Btport last year amounted to 370,000 tons, whioh was an increase of over 10,000 tons for the previous year. i .Sydney Poultry Export Tbadb,—Sup plies of poultry are coming forward* ao'tfieevy' at tho Government export! depot, Sydney, that all available apace ia at present occupied Theft—A lady m Addiugton left her* house for an hour on Friday last, and on returning found it) had been entered, and £1 13? 6d m money and over £50 worth of jewellery stolen. Sydney Wool Sale—There has bees a big decrease of business this season (since let- July 1900) at the Sydney wool Bales, amount ing to 94,000 bales, as compared with the corresponding period of last season. Fiaughteb of Wild Hobses- Something hke a thousand wild horses are said to have been shot down within tho last few months m the Lake Taupe district. The commercial value of the animals is 2a 6d for a mane and tail* National Lifeboat Institution.—Daring the year 1900, the lifeboats of tho Royal National Lifeboat) Inntitufcion were launched 335 times on service, and assisted m the reacue of 676 lives, besides much valuable property, 33 vessels having been saved from total or partial loss. Fibb Brigade Dbmonstbamon—The fol lowing will be the Ashfeurton represents tives at the annual demonstration of the United Fire Brigade to be held this week m Christohurch ?—Captain T Barber, Lieut. Bonn, Branohman Uonn, Firemen E Bur roughs and W Kidd. They have entered for ten events, Dismissal of Unionists —-An Auckland telegram states that the Waihi Oomptny dismissed, without any reason being given, Molloy, secretary of the Miners' Union, Drum and Morgan, representatives of the Union at the Conciliation Board, and Lamb and Gilder, members of the Union exeoutive. Nobth Islanu FnEEP~The Tarawara is evidently a &ood boat fnr sheep carrying. Lately »he has brought m various consign' ments from the North, over 9000 sheep, and not one has been lost. It is stated that over 40,000 more have yet to oome by steamer to Lyttelton this season. Codlin' Moth Destroyer—A Hutb correr pondent sends the Post the f oHowring'ns a sure means of destroying the codlln moth, green fly, BnailE, s^rp, and other orchard and garden pestg:—"Load a muzzle-loading guc I witu powder aod with pepper for ehot. After a ehowar of rain or a good eprirklinß with the hose blaze away at the trees, and every insect will soon quit." . Federation —The Outlook says the Feder ation Commission is eliciting some lutereotii g ( pinioua and obiter dicta The evidence is, for one thing at least, remarkable. It» iV extremely contradictory. If tho membars of \hn Commission are m the position of the old Scotchman who said he was open to conviction, but he would Hko to see the person who could convince him, it is all right, but il they are not they will have some ! difficulty m balancing ther pros and cons and arriving at a decision. | An AktTtkm.—-The Weekly Press says that j Mr H D Bell, formerly Mayor of Wellington j has presented his portrait m oils to the City (Jouncil. T'-e portrait was painted by Mr G X Batler, the clever Weilingtonian, who recently won high honours on the Con" tinent of Europe, lc h stated Ghat the only fault Mr Bell had to find "pith the work was thatjjthe price was too low, and he accordingly B"nt the artist a cheque for double the amount arranged, Mr Butler is at present making a short stay m Ashburton. Longbeach Flqwbb Show-The annual show of the Longbeaoh Horticultural Society will take place on Thursday next, m the Library Hall, Waberbon Entries close at 9pmoa Wednesday, and all exhibits must) be on the ground not later than 10 o'clock or, Thursday morning. Refreshments will be provided at a nominal charge, and a promenade concert will be given ia the evening. We understand that this promises to be one of the moat successful exhibitions ever held under the augpicies of the Society. Shooting Match.—A rifle shooting match took place on the Lagmhor range on Saturday between a Christchuroh College team *nd one from the Ashburton Mounted Rifles. The visitors arrived by Saturday's express and were taken out by special drag to Lagmhor. At the 200 yards range the College team were leading by 7 points, whilst at the 300 yards the Mounted Rifles were loading by 11 points. At the 500 yards range the visitors were again m front, and the match was eventually won by Christ's College by 28 points. Compensation—Mrs Labram, the widow of the Amerioara engineer who constructed the "Long Cecil" gun at Kimberley, wrote to the State Department at Washington m August; asking for assistance. The State Department represented the circumstances to tho British Foreign Office, with the result that Mr Choate cabled on Friday that the British Government woulil grant Mrs Lab" mm the sum of 4000 dollars, stating that Her M»J3sty's Government g'adly took thte, opportunity of recording their sense of the' valuable services rendered by her husband during the siege. Ashborton Easily First.—ln a para graph published m our Saturday's issue wa drew attention to the fact that of the 20 applicants from South Canterbury for admission to the Seventh Contingent 18 were from the Ashburton county* We now find that a mistake was made m the advertisement sent to us m the name of E, Tovey, given as !E. Tovey, Waimate. B. Tovey ia an Ashburton boy, born at Trevorton, hia mother being Mrs Dee. wife of Sergeant Dee of the RiSas. As "Bugler Tovey," every body m the Rifles knows Ernie. He applied for admission to the earlier contingent;?, bat, was a little too young to go. Thus It-' appears that all the South Canterbury contingent are Ashburtoo boys but one. Fandbk & Sous' Eucalypti Extract— Under the distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Italy, awarded Diploma at the International Exhibition, Amsterdam, Acknowledged by Medical Clinics and Uni vereitiQß all over the globe. That the crude, reßinous oils, whioh are now foisted upon the j-üblio nnd*r the name of Eucalypv Extracts, may not be mistaken for Sander & Sons' Pure Volatile Eucalypti Extract, we state ;—lt is proved by tests made by the i Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bono and Griefswald (Prussia), that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed o acids, resinous and other substances adherent to primary distillation, will develop the I curative properties possessed by the plant ' To avoid the Appalling consequences results ing from the application of substitutes, etc., m croup, bronchitis, diphtheria,dysentery, I internal inflammation, eta., insist !n getting I Samdhk and £ons( Pure Volatine EupA ! Lypji Extract, and be eftfe,

Expobt off Poultry Mr R J Clark is resuming the export of poultry and duckc,<ia ( advertised. A TJonation TOTna Hospital, Mr J G N Gripg has donated the whole of his vegetable exhibits at the lute show to tha hospital. A Satisfactory Show.— The door takings I at tl c Horticultural Show hold m Aahburton last week amounted to £23, which ie highly satisfactory, more eopooially eonaideriiig the faot tfaab the weather on Friday was so increment The takinga fortho 1899 show were £12 10», and for 1900 £7 £■ nhis being how eim for only one day'n exhibition. The MyBTOEioDB SuitE-With reference (o tho (Jeftruction of the oyster beds by tho mysterious slime which reonntly visited the Nelson oo^b% the Golden Bay Argus cays It is stated that years must elapse before the oyster beds will regain their former ponition and the industry m therefore practically exterminated for tho time being, Fibk Brigades' Chuboh Parade.—At the church parade m connection with the Fire Brigades' demonstrationat Christchurch on Sunday morning olose upon 500 firemen, with the fire police and member* of the City Council, marched to the Cathedra), aocom* panied by the Garrison and Stanmore Baade, where appropriate services were held, the Rev A W Campbell preaching, The Domestic Servant Pbobiem Solved —The domestic servant problem has been solved by a lady of San Franoieoo. After many troubles through shortcomings of housemaids and cooks, ehe advertised for 'a clean, reliable young man of good habits to do housework and plain cooking.' There were 13 applicants, one of whom she seleo'ed. He seemed a capable business man, who spoke correctly, wrote a fine hand, and could roast, cook, bake, scrub, and m short do everything required. He explained that he was a muaio teaober at present; withoutpupi's, and that his pride w»8 not wounded by the character of bis work. Men were doing similar w; rk m hotels, restaurants, and publio institutions, and he considered there were deoidad benefits m hiouiebold service. The San Franoisoo lady pays her manservant 16s a week. New Buildings—ln addition to the vari one town buildings now being erected m Ashburton, a large number of private residences am m coume of building and completion. The western portion of the town, between Havelook Street and the Hospital, appears to be the favourite locality at present, and any vacant sections are rapidly being built upon, Mr Becking* stale's seven roomod house has just been completed, and next door Mr Rennet- has built large premises, whioh are nearly oub of the contractor's handß ; whilst further west, Mr Af>cv has erected an imposing two' storeyed house of ten rooms, Meßar6 Persy, Osborne, Steel, and E Thomas have each m course of completion private residences, and Dr Hunter's brick house of two storeys 1b now above the foundation, while Mr Pre&ton has just accepted tenders for a house m Cameron Street West, The Effhotof Militarism—Referring to the sending away of still further troops from New Zealand, g prominent business man m Wellington, writing to a friend m Christ* church, sayes—The matter is getting very serious, especially to the small farmer, and those connected with dairying are getting into very serious difficulties. They have given enprtnous prices for land, and any increase m cost or decrease of European markets, and they will be m great trouble. It is the same with grain. Yesterday I wbb laid by a farmer he had lost £500 all m cookafoot grass, because he could not get labour to out it before it was spoiled. Then it is to be borne m mind that we have already sent away some 2500 oi our best working men and yet New Zealand has not m big a pop. ulation aa the city of Glasgow. Even if the men did flome back, it will be a long time before they settle down to ordinary work after the esoitement of war. Dentistry—Mr F N Whitcombe, who is duly certificated ia anatomy, physiology, dmtal pathology, theropeutics, metallurgy, operative and mechanical dentistry, has commenced the practico of his profession io Saundera' Buildings, Achburton, opposite ihe railway station. His rooms fronting on East S reot, forming reception, operating and work roomn, are extensive, and for lighting and convenience are specially f uitablp." In the operating room, Mr Whit combo has hod erected a Columbia favourite operating chair, which is a marvellous pi"oe of mechanism, combining the very latest rrTethods for tho moat convenient treatment of dental pitoota. The work room h&a tha moat modern appliances m use, including a new making machine, r- quiring the agency of the operator only, and a special vu!c»niaerk for the manufacture of dental plates, etc. In the spacious reception room, which m very tastefully furniihtrd, A boudoir has been erected for lady patientß. Mr Whitoombe, as indicated m our advertising Columns, ia now prepared to treat with patients upon moderate terms 1.0.0 F, M.U—The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Ashburton Lodge was held iv tho Lodge chambers on Friday night last, the N G, Hro W Thompson, presiding. There was a good attendance of members and visib'ng brethren. Sick pay was paßsed to a number oi members entitled thereto, and the sick visitors reported that those on the sick list were progressing favorably. One new member was initiated into the Order, and one candidate proposed for membership. The white degree was conferred upon two members m open lodge, the leoture being impressively delivered by the N G and the i Lecture Maater, P G James Nicholas. During the evening the sentiments were given with epirifc, P'P G M Charles Muir and visiting Bro H Shepherd, of the Loyal City of Ohrtstphuroh Lodge, responding to the third. It wain decided to hold a smoke concert next) Lodge night, as a "send off" toPPGM Thomas Norgan, who ie about to visit England, and an energetic Committee waa elected to complete details. A wish was exprasaed by the NG that members would mustor m force, and make the concert a success After transacting other routine business the Lodge was closed In due form .Fbib'ndly Societies Privileges —In pro posing the toast of Parliament at the Druids' barquet ab Dn&edin Bro Roberts said Par liament should pay a little more attention to Friendly Societies than it did. He ooa ■ dered there were many privileges and con cefsinuß that Parliament might grant societies without m any way hampering the country. It might, for instance, allow officers of various Orders to travel at a cheaper rate when they were going the round of their official duties, The large amount of money theFriendlySocietiesdistributed every y<=ar m the shape of benefits mast be a big saving to the colony. Bro Barclay, MHR, m reply, quite agreed that the concessions to offioers of Friendly Societies were 'not sufficient, He gihould always be found advocating what hae been suggested by the previous speaker, and would exercise all the power ho possessed to get the suggestion carried into practical effeob. Me further ex pressed himself m favour of Friendly Societies being allowed to issue chtquea with out payment of stamp duty.

CORRESPONDENCE

We do not hold ourselves respcnsibla (or ipiuions cxpreased by onr corroepomJouts

THE FLOWBB SHOW.

TO THE EDITOR Sir,—While congratulating the oifiaers of the Horticultural Society upon the success of their recent show, may I be excused far offering a suggestion re classifying the [ decorated bicycles with stands, etc. I see ! that Mr G T Smith has said the bicycles ' at the late show were better decorated than any he had aeeneUewhere. Yet they did not take the judge's eye at the stands did. Then with regard to dinner table decorations, many j of the tables, including that awarded first prize, could not bo used as dinner tables, as the decorations occupied (he whole of their surfaces, and there was no room for the dinners. I think m future it would be well to let all the competitors know' what was requited.—l am, etc; Observer,

The Indian Troops

I ! United Preae Association—By Eleotric Telesrraph WANGANpi, February 23 The Indian troops arrived hero to day. The men werci detrained about half a mile from the railway station and marcher! through the Btreete to the station, being led by the Garrison Band and escorted by the local volunteers. Huge crowds of people lined the route. On arrival at the elation refreshments were provided, after whioh the public were admitted to the platform The Indians were greatly admired. Inde pendent groups of Maoris greatly amused the Indiana by hakas, etc There wat slight rain during the reception . Palmebston Norm, Feb 25 The Indian troop« arrived here on Saturday afternoon. A great crowd was pr< sent m She Square. Iv th<a absenoe of tht Mayor, Mr F Pirani welcomed the troops Wellington, Feb 25 The Indian troops are feeling the effects of the cold weather that has attended them on their up country journey. A southerly wind i» still blowing, but there la every prospect) of fine we*6bor overhead for the afternoon's procession The Dalhousie leaves at midnight for Nel son, thenco will go to DunediD, where the oorpg dioemfciark, one company going to Ohdstohurch the other to the Bluff. On the return of the troops th« veßiel will leave the colony via Oook Strait.

South Africa.

United Press Association—By Electtio Telegraph—Copyright)

London, Feb. 23 Four hundred burghers have deserted De Wet. They report that Lord Kitchener's proclamation of Decembei 20, with reference to surrendering, is now reaching the commandos. Fronenaara, with JOQO men, went north, while De Wet moved towards Prieska to await Hertzog, who is bring ing him 1000 remounts. Lord Methuen, on February 14th, captured a laager at Brakpaa, with forty waggons and carts and a quantity of stock and forty prisoners. ! A British officer, captured at Zand drift, bat subsequently released at Houtenkranl, declares that De Wet treated the prisoners on march with the utotOßt callousness, and released them only when they dropped from exhaus tion. He says he saw Da Wet person ally ehambok a British oflicer for expostulating with him on bis cruelty. Major-General Burn Murdoch's column, including the Natal Oompomte Regiment and a large convoy, has traversed Utrecht. Five hundred Boers, who took refuge m Portuguese territory at Delagoa, have been conveyed m transports to Lisbon. Some of the chocolate presented some months »go by the late Qasen to each soldier at the front has only just reached Mafeking The Daily Chronicle accuses the South African Conciliation Committee of issuing pamphlets purporting to illustrate the horrors of Lord Kit chener's iron hand, compiled from letters of Biritish officers. The Chronicle proves that there have been numerous interpolations m the letters, and omission oil ail facts incriminating the L Boers. I In the House of Commons, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said the cost of the Houth African war up to date bad been eighty-one and ah ilf millions. It was now costing from one to one and a quarter millions weekly. Mr St John Brodrick s<iid Major General Sir H O Colville was sent home by Lord Roberts for imfficiency m the ! Geld, but was allowed to resume his [ command at Gibraltar, Lord Roberts I was consulted afterwards, and he ad vised the Government not to retain General Colville m command i London, Feb. 28 ! In the Housfl of Oornmonß, replying to questions, Mr Chamberlain said he | entirely approved of Sir A Milner's confidentially enquiring from Lord Hopetoun the prospects of recruiting i for Major General Baden-Powell's Constabulary, m Australia and New Zealand, Mr Chamberlain detailed the replies of the various colonies Lord Oranboame informed a ques tioner that the Kaiser had made no offer to arbitrate between England and the Transvaal Amongst the number of Colonials severely wounded at Wolvenhallen on \ February 14th, were J Goldstone and j H G Heywood, of the New Zealand Mounteds Casualties at Hartbeestefontein to the Victorian Bushmen include Ser geant VaughaDj Privates Johnson and Hesketh, killed; Private Small, wounded dangerously ; Colonel H Kelly Lieutenant Parkin, Private Lancaster, severely , Privates O'Skea, Ward, slightly. The New South Wales Bushman Private Trainor was severely wounded Casualties at Beitfontein were:— New South Wales Mounteds : Sergeant Barrett mortally wounded ', Private Clements, severely. South Australians -—Captain Angus Collis, slightly; Private Rutherford, severely

Visit of the Heir Apparent

United Presß 4880c'fttion~By Eiectiic Telegraph Wellington Feb 23 The Wairarapa Maoris are urging the Government to allow Papawai to be a meeting place for the Duke of Cornwall and I the native!) of New Zealand* Although Wairarapa Is not the most populous Maori district m the island, the natives consider some recognition is due on account of their loyalty to the Grown m the troublous day* of 1367, when they withstoad the warlike appeals of the fiery Titokowara and the other Kangatlras. Many old Wairarapa settlers still remember the visit of those northerners when peace and war hung m the balance, and how finally a refusal was given by Ngatvri, who swore he and his would remain true to Wikitoria. No land disputes and no spilt blood hare blurred the history of the valley since the treaty of Waitangi. The Waira rapa natives' peace loving conduct) is m marked contrast to that of some of tbeir northern brethren, consequently the conten tion that some honour should be shown them is regarded as fair.

The King's Visit to Germany.

United Press Aneooiation—Py Kleotrie Telegraph - O"py"ight) London Febrnary 24 • The King sl^pt aboard the Koyal yacht. He leaves Sheerness at dUy brefik to visit the Empress Frederick and tbe Kaiser.

Coursing.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright London, Feb. 28 The Waterloo Cup was won by Fearless Footsteps, Clenger Brae being runner up. Feartais Footsteps was the winner of the came event Ust year.

Affairs in China

Preparations for an Expedition Continued

$fo Individual Concessions

United Press Association—By Eleofcric Tei«gr«phr-Oopyri?'i') '"*:. Loklon, Feb22 Count yon Waldersee's arrangements for the expedition to tbe interior have not been cancell ed, as be still believes, it to be inevitable Prince Chingii surprised and alarmed at the continuation of preparations for the expedition, bat the Allies are on the alert lest a secret edict should undo the work of tbe public edict. The British have engaged pilots for the expedition up tbe Yang tze kiang At America's instance the Allies have accepted the principle that no Power shall seek individual con cessions m Chinese territory without international assent The Germans have began the transfer to (he British of the Pekin Shan fasu kwan railway. The British have assumed control of the Pekin Tientsin section. Tbe question of the cost of the repairs to tbe line has been reserved for. diplomatic settlement Li Hung Ohang states that Ohaing Yahsien has now been punished m accordance with the Ministers' demands An Imperial edict has been issued ordering the Palace fa the Forbidden City to be prepared for the Court's return to Pekin at tbe end of March The foreign Ministers consistently ignored tho Empress Dowager through out the negotiations, recognising the Emperor alone Four hundred Welsh Fusiliera, stationed at Hongkong, have been ordered to Pekin to relieve the Australian Contingents Mr Conger, American Minister at Pekin, has been granted sixty days 1 leave, Mr W W Rockhill, the Ameri can Special Commissioner, will take Mr Conger's place, continuing the peace negotiations

The Irish Land Question

DEBATE IN THE HOUSE

DANGEROUS ADVICE

United Press Association—By Electric telegraph—Copyright) London, Feb 22 la the House of Commons. Mr J B Redmond moved an amendment to the address m Reply, asking for an Imper ial credit for the compulsory wholesale purchase of land m Irelaod. Mr T W Ruasell, who has published ! numerous articles on the Irish question m a violent speech seconded tbe amend i ment, urging that timely concession should he made, less bloodshed ensue. The land owners, he said, were mere rent chargers i Mr Balfour said compulsion would be wild and ruinous, and would mean the rain of the labourers, The Irish Lands Purchase Acts had successfully created sixty thousand peasant pro prietors Mr Wyndhana (Chief Secretary for Ireland) gaid it was impossible to risk 120 millions, and plunge Ireland into litigation The Bight Hon Sir H Campbell.Ban nerman, leader of the Opposition, sup ported the amendment, which was re jected by 235 votes to 140 The Irish Nationalist Press remind the electors that their claims mil only be granted m response to turbulent violence and refusa 1 to pay rents.

The Premier and the Imperial Troops

In • Passing Notes' m the otag9 Daily Times, • Civjsr writes:—Mr Seddon march ing through th« country at the head of the Imperial troo db is having a, good time, aa his wont is. it th« Bluff it was Mr Ward | who proposed for himself the pleasure and honour of * personally conducting'— the phrase was his own—our martial visitors From port to port and from town to town. Bub Mr Seddoa arriving from Sydney and descending upon the situation like a god from a aloud, reduced his subordinate to a nullity. Mr Ward accompanies the troops, ib is true, but not to conduct; he is himself amongst the personally conducted. The gretb Panjandrum has taken command and runs the whole show. I doa'b say that he bosses Colonel Wyodham, embarks and disembarks the troops, regulates their exits and their entrances; bub if he doesn't do this he is capable of it. He has certainly hectored Lord Roberts, and told the Imperial Government what he thicks of their • reprehensible conduct. By dinb of tele graphic bullying he has extorted from the War Office three more days for junketing, banqueting, haka dancing, ana genera,! military demoralisation m Auckland—io* eluding a trip bo Botorua, from whioh place intnrning, after much boisterous 'enjoy ment' amongst the Maoris and the geysers, three Tommies at interval! jumped off the train stnd wera recovered m various eondi* tiona of fracture and insubordination. Colonel Wyodham will think himself happy' to gefe his men Baft back to the Britannic, and the Brttannic out of sight of New Zealand. It Is to be regretted (had Mr Seddon oannob go with them, learn a little discipline m his own person, and employ his talents for command m a field where they ooald be better appraosated than they ever can be m a son military oonntry like New Zealand

A Big Count.

A correspond nt (a fainter) tiki what numbtr is represented by the following arrsiippmpptß of figures ;—{!) 5,987,00,000; (2) 947,689,785,000. The firit reads »t 6v« thouaend nioc honored and eighty seven millions, acd the eecoud as : nine hundred and for'y seven tbonfand six hundred and <igbty niao rniliiont*, eeven haodred and eighty five thousand; Hasour correspondent) been counting his harvest by grains to set how many sparrows he has been feeding at so many grains a <^ay 1

Sporting.

Tahuna Trots.

United Press Association—By Eleetrio Telegraph—Copysijfhte Dpnedin, Feb 23 Ladies' Braoelxt—-Minhael I, Donald 2 t Felix 3. Dividend— £\ 14« Annivebbaky Handicap—Huon Prino* 1, Strathmore 2, All Day 3, Dividend £1116s Posy Handicap—Gwynne 1, Li» 2 B Johnny 111, 3 Dividend—£9l4s Electric Handioap—Vietor 1, Answer 2j Garryowen 3. Dividend—£2 2s Dash—Rtrathmore 1, Dromedary 2, All Day 3t Dividend— £l l6s

ASHBURTON COUNTY RACING CLUB

A meeting of the Committee of th* Asbburton County Racing Club wu held ob Saturday evening. Present—Messrs T B Opton (chairman), H Nicotl, B RasseH, R Frledlander, 6 M Wat ion. £ J Paul, Junes Hampton, E G Crisp, and 0 Doh«rty» The Chairman stated that owb| to the dates of the Autumn meeting floating so otate to that of tbe Christcbarch Racing Ol«b, that Club had aeked if the A?h Wten dab would take the 16th and 17th May, instead of the 15th and 16th May. Personally, be thought if the Christoburbb Club particularly wished ifc they might) accede to the request. It was resolved that the date* be altered to 16th &Dd 17th May, acd that the Secretary communicate, with Mr Henrys as to fchf i most suitable dais for the haodloape to appean A circular was received from the Secretary of the New Zealand Conference, notifying, that tbe biennial election of County Olab delegates to the Conference would take place on Tuesday, May SI, and that nominakioßt would bo received up to Marsh 22. It was resolved that tbic Club support the present delegates* It wat decided to leave the matter of completing .the lease of the coarse m ths> hands of a sub committee. Members asked that m future meeting! be held at 8 o'clock, which was agreed to. Xhia was all the business.

NEw South Wales Tresasery Bills

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) Londok Peb 22 Hew South Wales ban placed % mil lion 4 per cent. Treasury bfltai with currency for four years, on the London market. The price is withheld. London Feb 23 The price fixed for the New Sooth Wales Treasury Bills was 91 The Daily Ckronicie complains that it was a hole and corner issue. A few privileged Hotters are now asking 995. Sybuky Feb 23 Sir W J Lyne states that the tre«r «ry Bills form part of tbe four million loan authorised by Parliament m tbe session before last, of which a million and a half bag already been placed locally He fixed the limit at 99

TINWALD TOWN BOARD

I The mon hly meeting of tbe above Board was held on Ftiday evening last m tfat lempei-ance Hall, Tinwald. Present— Messrs T Scaly, T William*, %nd A3 Olothier. In the absence of the Chairman Mr Bealy wks voted to the chair reST AND TBLEGBAPH Correspondence was received from tbe Secretary of the Postal Department* Wellington, stating that fcwo daily mails bad been arranged to be sene from Tinwald, a?M that a telegraph messenger had been appointed and that a letter carrier had nel yet been appointed Ifc was generally thought by the member* that the letters could bow be delivered at any rate m the busiest part of the town, and the Clerk was instructed to suggest the) matter to the Postmaster General. GBNEBAL KAVB Mr Williams moved—That notice be given 1 that it is the intention of the Board, to strike a rate of § of a penay m the £ on the rateable property within the district! OUTSTANDING ACOOtfSXB The collector was instructed to collect all moneys due for channelliog, eto, before March 29th, so that) ail Softness ceald b» adjusted before the end of the financial ye»r. The Works Committee reported upon having put; on a man to cut grass and thistles off roads, dean out channels and some minor works. After passing account* the meeting adjourned

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association—By Eieotrio Telegraph—Copyright London, February 2J Bear Admiral Sir Robert Hftrrii, commanding the Oape and Wtst Afri can station since 1898, hai been pro* moted to the rank of Vice Admiral [Sir Robert Harris wat Inspecting Gaptatn of Training Ships from 1690 to 1818, and was second !u command of the Mcditerrt* nean Squadron from 1896 to 1816, when h» was appointed to his present position] Sir Francis Jenne, President of the Admiralty Division of the High Ooarfc, has awarded £10,000 to the salvors of the barqne Chiltonford, which, when en route from Liverpool to Sydney, grounded m the Mersey ia December last The weather continues to. be bitterly cold throughout Europe. A shocking occurrence is reported from Cologne, where a lady, while returning to her home from a fancy dress bill, wu frozen to death The remainder of the SommerMd'l cargo has been salved The London County Council it maturing a scheme for boosing forty thousand people at a cost of a million and a half pounds. The weakly ren tals to tenants will arrange from Si to 9i6d Sydney, Feb 23 The following appointments hart been made to H M S Royal Arthur :—. Captain TF Walker, vice Captain Dickon ; Staff Surgeon Crocker, Sar» geon Skey, Staff Engineer Mogg, En* gineera Canning, Woodhouse, Oodring ton, and Weeks ; Chaplain, R«v F A Sims. Chief Engineer Tooan hM been appointed toHMS.Taarang* The Broken Bill Junction North mine has closed* About 200 snee. are thrown out of work The agents of the North German Lloyds have been advised that the Manchen, 4500 tone, one of the com* pany's two steamers trading between Sydney and the East, has been wrecked at Tap, one of the Carolina lilands. The ©raw Mid passengers were saved. No details are given. The MnacbeQ left Sydney on January Ifta with '■> general cargo and a few pawenger*

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LOABBY'B Stands unrivalled for Indiges WAHOO tlon and Liver Complaints Zb is purely herbal, and cannot injure the most delicate constitution. Its effect ia almost instantaneous; r single dose usually relieves, whilst one bottle is gener ally enough to oure. LOASBY'S WAHOO does nob require a dozen bob ties to be taken before you can judge til value. No other Medicine adver tfaed asks you, as we do, to buy only one bottle; take it regularly according to directions, aad then give the verdict Hundreds of testimonials m our possession prove that many confirmed dyspeptics, after every known remedy had {ailed, have been completely oared by the aid of only one bottle of Lobby's Wahoo. Loasby'a Wahoo—Pticje 2s 6i, every when Sole manufacturers and proprietors— LOASBY'S WAHOO MaNUFAOTUR. ING 00,, Ltd, Danecfia- Wholesale Agents— Kempfchorne, Froiser & Co, NZ Drug Co , LWf



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BOOTS Boots From \a to 30s. at— Mblloe'b Zealandh Boot Store 4 Cough Cure, Wahoo, Koolibah and Beajamin Gum go to Ashbueton



F. FERRIMAN. FOB SALE. CHOICE HOME m AlUntou. Full pw tiinsUra on ajjpliofttitm, F, FKRRIMAN, L»HCi asili Bstnttf Agouti IO R SAL X . ALLENTON. Noai* the Woolten Factory, AN IDEAL HOME, with whloh could be combiiietl a profitable PouUry Farm. 1 have best) inatruoted by Mr J amkh Kki» to (Sell his well known property, isituato as above, comprising 2 &Qtqn of land, on which it erected » oomfortabte houne of tivo room« and Doallery with pump inside, atablo, trap and chuff houses, »lso a large fowl houie ana ran ; part) of the iand is l»id out m orchard and is well stocked with choice fruib trees. The property adjoins Mcmrs Kersei, Dohorty, and Boibotough. Ii has tin ample frontage on two roads, and is aituated m clot* proximity to the public school. Tho reason Mr Reid has placed this property m the markob is that he has purchased & Farm at MartoD, m the North Island, and is desirous of aettllng^theroon at an early date. F. FERRIMAN, Land and Estate Agent TO LIT, OAETER'S TERRACE, Tinwald, HOUSE of nine rooms', detached Wash house, alto good Stables', with 4 acres of land, part of which is laid out m & good orchard. F. FERRIMAN, Land and Estate Agent TOWN SECTIONS I HAVE several fieotioßß m various p^rta of the Town for Bale, well adapted for building purposes or for holding for future profit. F. FEEKIMAN, L\ND AND ESTATE AGENT. 2 142 ANTED Rnown^That- what" ~wT we try to do we 1.!. Bear this mind, Gentlemen, when ordering yo Summer Outfit; and, Ladieß, remember before fitting up yonr Boys for the holid Mit el and Turner ___ SMOKE " NOSEGAY TOBACCO The Latest an^. Best Manufactured by O Williams & Co Richmond Va



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N.Z- CLOTHING FACTORY. WE have just concluded our HAT:F-YKARLY STOCKTAKING and have thrown out a rumber of odd liufp, whiih we have maiked at prices that will effect a speedy clearance. "SEE THEM AT DOOR.= MEN'S HABD AM) FO?T HATS AT Is EACH. MEN'S SOFT SI!TUTS. A LAME YABIE'I V OF 11ES, All BFDUCEPJTO 6d& Is Men's Leather Slices 6s 6rt, Men's Kid Shoes 10s 6d| Women's Oanvan Shoes 3s 6d, Children's 2-> 6d Men's Tan Shoes 6«t 6d, Mtn's Taa Boots 15s. «n» •»»*• c-™e -™——. N2, CLOTHING FACTOHY. TSE YFBDICT OF ALL PEACTICAL RIDERS IS IN FAYOUK OF RIDING BUILT' with Butted Tubing, Short Heads, Narrow Tread Arch or Boat Crown, oi lin pitch roller Chains, overhanging chain wheelsi Any style Saddle, Hacdleß, Chain, etc, ear, any height frame ; also duat proof throughout. ONE PRICE TO ALL—s2l GATES, LOWRY ANJ' CO., Zealandia Cycle Works, BUBNETT STBEBT, ASHBURTOH. :COOPER'S_SHEEP DIP. Facts for Sheepmen and Figures. 1. Britain is the great manufacturing centre ot the Sheep Di|/8 which are balng pushed m this colony. '£. It Is also the Country which subjects them to the hardest possible tests In nse, for nothing taxes the abiding properties of Shepp Dips so severely as the WEATHER, and few dips there are that can withstand It. 3. Ihe "BOYAL" is the Greatest Arnual Sheep Show of the World and the Representative Stock Gatheriog of the British Isles. These three disconnected facts c m'oine, however, In adding to the weighty figures of tho lsst Royal Show :— Total Prizes Won by Sheep ... ... ... 162 Oooper-Dipped Sheep Carried off ... ... ... 140 Balance, for division amongst all other Dips ... . 22 ANALYSIS. . j Champion. | First. J t'«cond. Third Total, OOOPRR ..." | 5 | 61 I 55 19 140 O-,her Dips ... ! I I 7 j 11 3 22 _ COOPKR'S DIP tl.ti« ncured 90 per cent of the First Phizes'or FINE TIMKS AS MAX? *LS ALL OTHi R DTPS PUT TOGkTHSB. 12r» Leading Sheejmen ixhibked, 101 voted for "COOPER." It. is nrar'y the es^mo with the Sheep owners the world over, who l*fcfc ye>r 18P9) asfd oßffioi«nt of "CUOPEE" to dip about 200 Million Sheep An increase of nearly 25 Millions over the Bales of the previous year. FPII DLANDI R BROS., LTD., AGENTS. ISOIMODKLS JUST LANDED. MAIsY IMPROVEMENTS. COMB AND SEE THEM. XjijO 0 R GOOD SECOND - HAND CYCLES TO BE SOLD CHEAP. KO REASONABLE OFFFE REFUSED JOHN ORR & CO. WALL _P_AP E R S. ttt£ HAVE TO HAND, per the last Home boat—29 Bales of the very latest ARTISTIC PAPBRHANGINGS, the Colourings aad Deaigoi of which are decided works of art. Ineiuded m the Bhipment are Beautiful FrJeziS and Borders to match the Papers. 1 hold the largest stock of WALL PAPEKS m feouth Canterbury Clients caa therefore rely uponh lag a large variety of each respective sort to choose from, J.-,™- __..—. -m r* -m-r HOUSE DBCORJTOR AND SIGN TTTTT M A \l WRITER. l/V I ! N \ Opposite Mail @£cc, A fTXJjrJUII* Burnett Street. 7 POBox!6. Telephone