THE ASHBURTON TRAIN SERVICES

OPraine cave Afhbarton daliy for— OHEISTOHUROH—ab 7.20 am, 11 am ! 3.15 p m, 7.5 p m (express) TIMARU—at 10.56 am, 5,50 pm DUNEDIN—ab 12.64 p m (express) SPRINGBURN-ab 4.26 p m Trains arrive daily at Ashburtoa from— OHRISTOHUROH—ab 10.46 *m, 12.48 p m (expreit), 8 pm TIMARU—afc 10.35 am,255 pm DUNEDTN—ab 6.57 pm (express) SPRINGBURN-ab 8.45 a m

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Mail Notices.

Mails close for the following places as randar, subject to th« necessary alterations : THURSDAY, JANUAKY 31 For Northern Ports and Westporb, also United Kingdom, Continent of Europe, specially addressed pei Rotomahana, h» connect with Gothic, ab 6 30 p m ; late fee letters, guard's van, express brain FRIDAY, FEBRCJARY 1. For Northern Ports, Westport, and Aus tralian Colonies, via Wellington, also India, China, Straits Settlement, Fouth Africa, etc, and United Kingdom, Continent of Europe, etc, via Brindisi (spechily ad dressed), per Mokoia, at 10.30 am. Due Sydney Feb 7, London March 17 For Northern Ports and Wesbporb, and United Kingdom, etc, via Brindisi, also Australian Colonies, to coonect with Mokoia i per Tarawera, a*s 6 30 pm, late fee letters, 1 guard's van express MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4 San Francisco Mall—For Nortqern Ported Wettporb, and Samoa, Hawaii, Japan, aleo United States of America, Canada, etc., I United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, via San Francisco (due London March 6), per T»ri»wera at 6 30 p m

Alteration m Datb of San Irancisco Mail—The fcfan Francinco mail steamer will leave Auckland on the 6th instead of the 9th pros, »s notified is the printed time tab'e. The London mail will therefore be closed m Ashtjurton on Monday, 4th February, at 620 p m

Commercial.

United Plena Association—By Electric Telegraph—^Copyright. London, Jan 29

The wool catalogued is 128,946 b»les, and the amount sold is 118,477 bats. The sale is b!ow, and there is a poor selection. Prices are unchanged, though merinos are tending downwards. Sydney, January 30 Wheat, chick, 2* Id; milling, 2s 6JH to 2s 7^d ; flour £6 to £6 10p, Manitoba £11; oatt, medium la Qd to Is lOd, prime Hew Zmlnnd 2i Id to 2s 2<i; m^'as, prime New Zealand 3s; barley, feeding 2s to 2* 23, Feed 2s 41 to 2s 5d } bran 8d ; pollard 10^1 ; potatoes, £3 10a to £5 ss; onions, Viotorino £7; butter, creamery 9J; cheese 4id to 5d \ hacon, Now Zealand 5i te 7| 1; ham», New Zaalandßsdt:>9d. (Tha above quotations are those ruling between merchant and retailer, nnd do not represent the slightly lower values obtained by a rfecognaßPd broker.) Melbourne, January SO Wheat, 2s 7f 1; oats, feeding Is 7d, milling Is B£6*; maizs 2b lOd ; bran 9f<fl ; pollard 10id i potatoes £3 lO> to £4 ; onions £b to £6 ss, Adelaidh, Jan 30 Wheat, 2a B£d ; fiour £6 6s to £6 7a 6d ; oats. Algerian Is 7d to Is 10d, whites 2k to 2«6J;

BURNSIDE MARKET.

United Prea« Asßociatioa—By Eleotrio Telegraph DrjKBDIN, Jan 30

Fab Oabtle—2o7 were yarded. Buyere were efay ab the commencement), bnb prices were about equal to last week's rates, calves and heifers being a shade easier. Beit bul locki, £8 10s to £10 7a 6d ; others, £615s tr> £8 8a 6d ; best cows and heii'ers, £7 to £7 10a ! other*, £5 to £6 H« 6d.

ADDINGION STOCK MARKET

GHBI9TCHTJROH, Jan 30 The entries at Adding m weie:- 3634 fat Bheep, 3100 fat lambs, 14,600 store sheep, 221 cattle, and 4U pigc. Cattle.—l 69 bead were farcied, mostly eow-. With the exception of a fer prime steers which brought up to 824« fid, prices eased eoniiderahly, sinking 183 to 22s per lOOlbo, eteere said at £7 to £9 2s 6d, heifers J35 io £7 5?, best oow§ £7 to £8 !2a 6i, others £4 15s to £6. Store cattle were m kf*n demand. Three-year-old steera sold at §5 2s 63 to £5 15s, two-year old do.'JBB 10s. 15 to 18 months-old cattle £3 53, yearlings £15a to £2. dry oowa £5 Jo £4 3.0». ; Sheep.—The fat sheep included some good i line* of We thors which alone heiel their own, | othera wijh ewes Bhowicg a slight deoline. J Heavy wethers sold up to 21s 2d : freezers 18a to 20s 8d unfinished ?6a to ].7s 6d, be<?t ewes 15s 6d to 18$, others 12s to 15s. The fat lambs, with the exception of a few gens, were not so good, the demand was weaker and there was a decline of folly Is per head. About 1000 were passed, and 1600 taken by export buyers. Freezers sold ut 14a to 16* Id, others #3 6d to 1.3 a, The store sheep were mostly we'hers find lambs with a few Hnei of ew,es, a goid m»ny from She North Island mi Marlborough. The bottom leeona to ba?e fallen out of the market, and though thsro wei:e plenty of buyers tihey would cot givo the prices asked for, nod fully half the entry was withdrawn. Forward 4 toooth wethers sold at 15c Qd to 16a lOdt, others 14s 8d to 15s 6d, equ«! to a drop Is to la 6d> Only a couple of lines of owes sold at 15a 3d for 4 tooths; all the others were withdrawn. Lambn Buffered a drop of 6d io 9d s th» best selilng at 13b Id to 13* §j, ssedium lit to 12*, and others 7a 3d to IQb. Figa were m short supply, and there wai a good tale of all clacses. Biooaora sold &t | 53s Od 6o 55t 6d, equal to 3|i to 4d per 1b ; potkeiß 25s to Ma, equal to id to 41 per lb ; l»ege stores 22s to S2s, euokere ana weaners ■9i fco -i^s." ' ■

Ashburton Guardian Magna Est Veritas Et Prævalebit THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1901.

Wb cannot say that the proposal to eiect a statue of Queen Victoria, m ■ Wellington, commends itself to us. Such memorials may serve to show the! love a»d admira'iou entertained by i those who raise them for the great or the good, who have passed away from earth. Fnfc of themselves they tell little more to posterity, and 'monuments, like men, memorials need.' Without their inscriptions, what do statues and columns teli to the descendants of those who constructed them ? And then, how comparatively, few will have the opportunity of looking at these records of a people's? respect that are placed upon a few square feet of the earth's surface, The custom of erecting monu ments to perpetuate the fame of departed potentates dates from the most remote antiquity. Assyria, Egypt, Greece, and Home adopted this method of immortalising their heroes. But we do not find tbat their cenotaphs and mausoleums have enabled vi to remember aught of the individuals they were intended to commemorate < beyond, perhaps, their namoa. Whether there be monuments to the memory of Confucius, of Aristides the Just, or of Alfred the Great matter* not to us. Their lives and works were their monuments, and they needed not their names to be engraved on pillars of atone to keep them from obl|vion. So it i« with our lost Queen, She has completed »monument for herself, more enduring than marble, more gublime than the Pyramids, which neither the wasting shower, nor the flight of seasons shall be able to destroy. Her name and fame will never be ftr golten; Whether the Tast Empire over which she ruled may survive the influ ences that tend to national decay, and may exist until time shall be no reore ; or whether it may succumb like those tbat have gone before, owing to tihe transitory natare of all things human, will not affect the memory of Victoria the Gool. Her long and glorious reign over the nation that is now leading humanity ever onward and upward, will become a tradition that can never die If, therefore, the people m any part of the Empire desire to to expend money m marking their admiration and respect for the character of our late Sovereign, would it not be better to do bo upon some work that may be of permanent value to mankind? Would not the Queen herself have preferred tbat some institution that would benefit the sick and the suffer ing should be established m her name, rather than that her statue should be erected 1 The anewer to this question is so obvious that no more need be said than that her late Majeity's wishes should be the control* ling influence m determining what should be done to commemorate her virtues and her reign. The probability is that her name will be recorded m bisioiy as"' Victoria the Good," and it will be so remembered until the end of time. That title will survive long after all gilded statues and storied columns have crumbUd into dust

Local and General.

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The Visit of the Imperial Troops.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Melbourne, January 30 Colonel Wyndham has been Instructed to prooeed to New 55 aland at daylight to morrow. The Indian troops are expected to remain here for a fortnight.

The Imperial Troops At Ashburton.

His Worship the Mayor and Messrs H M Jones, E J Panl, and J W Tirnmins, the sub-committee appointed to draft resolutions and a programme to be sab mltted to the meeting to be held this afternoon, met yesterday, and got through a lot of detail work At the meeting this aftarnoon committees of ladies and gentlemen will be formed to carry oat the arrangements for fittingly entertaining the Imperial troops on fche Oval m the Domain. It is suggested that) the troops should detrain at the platform, form up m frond of the post office, and escorted by the mounted and two infantry corps m«rch to the Domain, where light refreshments will bo dispensed at a number of tables which will be pkced round ike oval. Contributions of cakes, sandwiches, stones, batter, milk, bread, etc., are earnestly invited fmm both town and conntry friends, as it Is anticipated that by the time the King's soldiers arrive here In the afternoon they will thoroughly enjoy the hospitality the public of Ash barton and district: know how fro dispense so well. A large attendance at the meeting to be beli to-day m Mr David Thomas's new auction room Is invited.

DEPARTURE OF THE SIXTH CONTINGENT.

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CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association—By Eleotrlc Telegraph—Copyright AN EATESXWSOPPER PUNISHED Paris, <^an 29 Meyer, chief of the police at Lyons, has been dismissed for listening by means of a secret microphone m ths department of: the prefects to a private political conversation m the office and bedroom. Meyer is suspected of co operating with Anti-Republicans. London, Jan 29 The death is announced of Field- Marshal Gourko. THE OZAR RESTORED TO HEALTH. St Petersburg, Jan 29 The Czar and Gzarina have returned to St Petersburg. ' .., RE-ARMIWG THE GERMAN NAVY. Berlin, Jan 28 The German navy will shortly be armed with 23 instead of 24 centimetre quick firere.

Fierce Fighting in Venezuela

United Preen Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright New Yobk, Jan 29 A Venezuelan gunboat h*s removed from Pato Island, which m Bntisb territory, several men, some of whom are British subjects, on Buspioion that they are fili busters.

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

SETTLING TERMS WITH CHINA

MANOHUBIA TO BE RESTORED

PRINCE OHUAN EXECUTED

United Press Aieooiation—by Electrio Telegraph—Copyright

London, January 28 A Renter message from Shanghai states that peace clanaes have been arranged, restoring Mancl^r-a to China, and conceding reinstatement of Chinese authority at Tien tain. Prince Ohing expressed to Mr Oonger his regret that the Allies wonld not surrender the Forbidden Oity, as it was impossible for the Emperor to return until his residence was prepared. He did not object to missionaries continuing work Chinese reports state that the Allies have discovered nine hundred thousand tales m the Summer Palace at Pekin, and are applying the amount to the payment of the troops , Received Wakapnaka Jan 30, 6 23pm ' This office Bpm • London, January 29 | The China Daily Hews announces the execution of Prince Onuan. Besides i Yubßien s arrests have been effected (m the Japanese quarter) of JUsuchenyie, son of Hsntunpr, and Chiksin, a notorious Boxer leader and a member of the Tsung-Li-Yamen.

The New King.

EDWARD TBS SEVENTH

LORD OVER THE TRANSVAAL

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The Queensland Ministry.

Brisbane, 3 annary 30 Mestra Leahy fend Cribbs have joined the Ministry, the former as Minister of Works and Railway, and the latter a« Treasurer.

THE DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA

'.UnlUd Prasi Asioolation—By Electric, Telegraph—Copyright

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A GIGANTIC ORDER.

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THE FUNERAL PROCESSION.

THE ROUTE TO BE FOLLOWED

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The Funeral Arrangements.

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THE GRIEF OF THE MAO RIS.

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The following memo has been forwarded to all newspapers m the colony:—" As ib may be of some interest to the people m your town to know m hat has been arranged for the open air funeral service to be held fa Wellington on Saturday ne^i at three p DPf.i the day on which the funeral of her late Majesty the Queen takes place, I send yog the programme arranged for the occasion. His Excellency the (governor and suite an 4 members qf the Ministry will be present and all classes are invited to attend. Tbp programme is as follows;—(l} Hymn (glvtd gut by Bishop Wallis, of the Anglioao Ohuroh and sung by the combined choir) * 0 God our help m ages past'; (2), first) three sentiences of funeral service and extemporary prayer by Archbishop Redwood (Gafeholio Ohuroh}; (3) Psalm 90, Rev. W Oliver (Weileyan Church); (4) Hymn (given out by Bey J R GUsion, Congregational Church) • When our heads are bowed with woe'; (5) P*»lm 39, Rabbi yon Btavein, (Jewish Church) { (6) Hymn (given out by Mr F Hales, Gbucch of Christ),« When the day of toil ii done'; (7) First Corinfahiaat, XV., verse 22 to end, Rev J Paterson, (Preebytiiia* Church); (81 Address by Bishop Wallia; (§) Extempore prayer by Rev 0 Dallastoo; Bapfti-!j Church ; (10) Hymn (given out by Adjutant Hatcher, Salvation Army Captain, « R6ok of Ages ' ; the Lord> Prayer and Banediotion by Bishop Waliii. In addition ib this I have' made a sagKCitioa that i throughout the colony the ohuroh belli an<s

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