THE ASHBURTON G"\. RLJlltf .*. WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1901

Printed and published by Alfred Job Tybrkll-Baxteb, of Burnetb atreet tuN tor the Proprietorß, ROBERT Bkll an Hknry Adah Maokat, at their Priotln Office Burnetc Street, Athbnrton WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 19U



[Manning & Cos' | NEW SEASON'S | BOTTLED ALES AMD STOUT, IN QUARTS AND PINTS, THE BEST IN THE MARKET Equal ti> the Leading Brands of ENGLISH ALBS. Agents for Ashbnrton—-Messes Shsak MATS BROS THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS 00 OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION 01 CANTERBURY, Ltd Offices, Warehouses, and Grain Stores Wesb Street, Asbbarton. TOWER V Description of Farmers JL2i Requisites ab lowest rates. Groceries, ardware Saddlery, Lorußaelrs, Woolpaoks, Twine, Oils, n«r;re» Horse Cover*, „' Etc GRAIN SOLD ON COMMISSION, Having reliable information from on Agent* m other parts of the Colonies, we are m a position to obtain highest possible price, for all grain placed m oar hands for disposal, Shareholders should be particularly oars ful to enquire from us and Inspect) our gocde before ordering elsewhere. WE have several really first-class Form for Sale on cur books, and fanner wishing to purchase would do well to callo us for particulars :— 1000 Aores Lauriston District 750 „ Waksaui „ 1031 „ Chert sey „ 1958 „ Dromore „ 1180 „ Springburn „ 276 „ 674 „ Waterton „$ 1237 „ Seafield , T. F. GIBSON, Manager To the Farmers t OK THB ASHBURTON COUNT \. TTERE IS A LIST of a few ol[th THINGS WE BELL :— Mohawk Spring-Tooth Harrows, Line Harrows, Patent Lever Harrows, Turnip Grabbers, Hornsby's & RacsoWs Plough Shares (all sizes), Oastor & Cylmdririe Oils, m my quantity, Corn Crushers, Bone Mill for Fow! Fanciers, Excelsior Horse Hoee, Garden Cultivators, Sterling Bicycles— (Ohai or Chainlees, and all Accessories),! AND ALSO THE McCORMIOK Reapers and Binders, Mowers, Daisy Reapers, Hay Rakee, and Knife Griodere. CALL & INSPECT BEFORE ORDERING ELSEWHERE. Morrow, Bassett $ 6o 9 Wills Street, Ashbubton. M. PRIEST, Manager i^cDDNAL^ COY* TAILORS, Burnett Street. TN Ooneequsnce of having cooopkratively NO BAD DEBTS | (••! 4ft NO OLD STOCK I -|-i II! NO MISS FITS I ol'llllf WE can offer you et Splendid Suit at the above figure. 3 160 ~G. JESSON, PB-SCOIC/L W^trfß3S!i/Ji>FAKD JEWELLER; TTAVIN6 taken a lease cf one of the new shops m Davis's corner, | amnov showing a large acd varied stock of Watches Clocks, and Jewellery Electro.plate, Eb suitable fcr Christinas and Wedding Pr sents at prices which defy competition, Nate the AMresa--»PsviVb Corner i^fARBIDE, CarbiHo-For Bike Lamps, \J Carriage Lamps, and for Houie Lighting, etc, at Christchurch prioel— Hardley Bros, East Streeb A. AGI-R ■•■ ARCHITECT. ARCADE CHAMBERS ASHBUKTON. TF yoa want« NEW HOUSE, o» Alter tions, or Newest Style of Decorations, CONSULT MR AGER. Call and see the NEW FIBEOSE BLIND Imitation of Venetian, at half the price ~~~ LADISb 1 /■"IINUINE Tailor-made Costumes, Habltß \JC Jackets, Rainproof Mantles &o, made to measurd m the latest Styles and newest Materials. Fit and workmanship gnarun u ded. GENTLEMEN ! We have just opened oab ex s.s *B»ng» ---fcira' a large Shipment of New Winter Goods We respectfully invite inspeooior of our new Worsted and Vicuna Suitings, Serges, Scotch, Irish, and West of England and New Zealand Tweeds, Meltons, Beavers, Vene tians, New Rainproof Covert Coatings, real ' Donnybrook' Irish Friezes, &o. Suit* to measure from £3. Trousers from 15s. Our motto ia always • Satisfaction I 1 CKAIGHBAD & BIRRYMAN The leading Tailors & Outfitters Ashburton



<.V ho wouldn't! be «. brain Jess fool With feeaps of glist'oing gold, Than some poor scholar fresh from eohooll Thrust homeless on tho world Who wouldnfc rather lose his wealth, Than coughs and ooidi endure Thee be oomteab, enjoy good health* Tike W©ed»Vfhr*Mi Ptppwmlnt Goro



You can depend on ridding yoar children o£ Worms with Wade's Worm Figs, the wonderful worm worriers, price, la timoke New Vena,



MR F. N. WHITCOMBE, SUEG E0 N I) EN.TIST, PLUNDERS* BUILDINGS, (Opposite Railway Station, Aehburton) BEt>B to intimate that he hw commenced practice tit the above address. Having imported the latest »ppli»pceß direct from London acd New York, he is prepared to do first claes work at moderate fees, All work done with care end despatch, and orly the best materials need. Stoppings and core of Children's Teeth a specialty ME WHfITOOMBE~~w7II Visit as follows:— RAKAIA—First and Ihird 'THURSDAYS of every month at the Railway Hotel. Hours—9 till 1, and 2 till 5. CHQICJBi SHAjDES la Evening Dress Goods Alii XOJNlife In Evening Silks AJjJj OOJLOxtfe In: Evening Satins LOVELY DESIGNS m E^ R M OB , iM NO V Jbilj 1 IJCiS In Evening Shawls VARIOUS STYLES *«■«. TANS,. GLOVES, HOSE, L&OES, CHIFFONS RIBBONS SEE OUR WINDOWS MITCHELL AND TURNER, THE DRAPERS MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE IS THE KING OF BOOT HEOPS. Pronoanced by the Ashburton Pullb to be the Cheapest and Most' Reliable Boot Shop m Athburton. rpHE FOLLOWING IS A FFW OF OUR PBIOES :— Men's Good Bluchers, great value ... ... ... 6s lid Men's Good Shooter Boots from ... ... ..« 9a 6d Men's Light Sunday Boot, good value, at ... ... 8s 6d Ladies' Pretty Oxford Shccs from ... ... ... 6a 6d Children's Boots from ... .■• ... la Od Beys' Strong Schrol Bcots, very cheap; only ... ... 4a 6d Laaies' Leather Slippers from ... ... ••• 3a Hd Men's Canvas Shoes ... ... •.. 6s 6d A»d|a Thoas&nd Other Lines that Defy Oompetition^ab J. MELLOR'S ZEALANDIA BOOT STOEE. TANCHED STREET, ASHBURTON. ' OSBORNE SPEING TOOTH CULTIVATOR f NVALUABLR for GRUBBING TURNIPS *n& CULTIVATION OF I ALL KINDS. We are'prepared to give a trial to anyone requiring one of these Implements. ON TIEW AT JOHN ORR & COS. ASHBURTON, g§§* JUST IN TIME GUNS. GIJNB. GUNS. Single and Double Barrel, from 80s to £7 10s OA BTRIDGES! CABTRIDGES. Eley's Blue, emokeless, and Cniverstl j NEW OLCJB, NEW RIVAL HO h\SE~CLIPP ERS OHEAP AND GOOD. ~D A IVT f^ I? G ("Orion," " Zealandia," and " Scott's ") Register ijt\>jLjL.l^l>vDrXl<^ Grates, Mantel Pieces, Garden and Carpenters' Tools, Lamps, Builders' and Furnishing Ironmongery, etc. Kindly Pay Me a Visit, and Save Money. GL MESbINS, I The Peoples Ironmonger, Burnett Street, Opposite Arcade j



Old Harness Machine Belting, Etc* SET with a Hammer. From all Iron mor-gerb &n& Storekeepers. MFCJROATED RIVET CO, Ltd., London, England. Fall particulars from Harrison & Webb, Auckland. (Cut this oul and show your ronmonerr. hk DAiNTiKS'iTTinTiK wm^x ! THAT EVER WAS" " The Rambler." HAVING cold oat of my old stock of theee superior Bicycles, I have nsc opened «pa fresh consignment of the LATEST PATTERN "RAMBLER" SPECIAL LIGHT RACTORS, I ROAD RACfcRS, A ROADSTERS n all fiaes arid all fitted with ihe eve* 3 istlng G & J detachable Tyre. " THE Jbl A AfBJLjJSI*.' OALIi AW) INSPECT THE STOCK. Price laßy. Riding Easy. Machines the Strongest on Earth. ACCESSORIES IK STOCK. 'JTHKR MARES FITTED WITB G A J TYRES, D. THOMAS. WEB.LIV^rsON-S PIANOFORTE & ORGAN TUNERS, HAVING taken ovet the late MbObbor Coombes 'oonnection, will viait Ash bunon and surrounding districts three times per fvnDum, viz., March, July and November Ordere may be left at the Commercial Hotel or with Mr Llewellyn Often at his Mnsln Studio, Arcade Chambers, Aahburton. SMOKE NOSEGAY TOBACCO The Latest and Best Manufactured by O Wiu-ums&Co Richmond Va. COOKING KANGES. "OARNINGHAM AND CO. S IMPBOVED ZEALANDIA, NEW PATENT. Needs no Setting. Can be used m Open Fire. ASK FOR THE] IMPROVED ZEALANDLA. 4_Bp WHAT prize takers for pastry use. Fatty Fan baking powder the great novelty. ~lk> let DWELLING of 4 Rooms with Garden, &o, frunting Cambridge Street, HRmpateacT' Apply to 3) BULLOCK, i Agent mENDERS Wanted—For the wearing o : JL two thousand pairs o Boots. Apply at J fti&Li<pß, 'Tanored Sfcreeb nO TO Haedlev Bros, for Ironmongery VPT Tinwars&i and Brush ware; Mantle Pieces from 24e, Register Grates from 10s, Ranges front



ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING fAND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. I" OANS GRANTED FROM and upwards, at oarreut rates Full Particulars on application. WORKING EXPENSES on all Sh»r arc now due and payable' Office —Tancred Slrfet. Office Houre—9.3o am tilt 4p n' Fireti Tuesday m Month—9 30 am till p m ; and 7 till 9pm ALBERT ROBERTS, Manager "" AU STRAIIMTIUfU AL" PROVIDENT SOCIETY. ! ~~""* ! NEW ZEALAND BRANCH : Head Office, Custom-house Qu&y Wellington. Local Board of Dikectoks : The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., 0.M.G., M.L.O. (Chairman) The Hon. Chades J. Johnston, M.L.O (Deputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq. The Hon. Edward Richardson, O.M.Q. M.L.O. John Duncan, Esq. "medical officer^ Pr. G JBJ Ansoo, |M.D., M.R.O.S England fIiHK Oldest Wealthiest), and most JL Prosperous AUSTRAL AN LIFE OFFICE AN2> THE LARGEST MUTUAL OFFICE IN TH BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Mutual Life Office which de clares A BONUS EVEKI YJSA.B The Method of Valuation adopted by this Society ia of the most stringen I Character, and Ensures » larger Reserv 10 meet Liabilities than that held by at. other Office In the Australasian Colonie AGCUMDLATED FUND EXCEED £16,500,000 (SIXTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONS) STERLING, ANNUAL INCOME EXCEEDS £2,000,000 ; (TWO MILLIONS) STERLING. Policies m force ... ... 151,74 Sum Assured £45,528,090 Oaeh Bonuses Divided ... £8,815,731 BONUSES. Cash Bonus for one year, 1899, £506,138 yielding Reversionary Bonuses amount ing to £942,500, after making specia reserves. Cash Bonuses declared or.last five years, over Two Millions, yielding Reversion ary Bonuses exceeding Four Millions. ASSURE lOUR LIFE | IN THE | A*M.P* SOCIETY, | And Securo a ) BONUS EVERY YEAR. xpenses of Management—9 Per Cent [on.the Total Income. Edward W. Lowe, Resident Secretary Branch Office— Cnstom House Qnay, Wellington. James Hair, District Secretary. District Office , Cathedral Square, Ghvistohnrch PATTY Pan baking powder wants one trial without prejijiaice, two pabty pant, for QOthing. ■ ' "'' ; . "; ;|



PILLS IESi llLiuilS ATTAGIiS 9 FITS OF DEPRESSION, HEADACHE, NAUSEA, GIDDINESSi &c. They possess three grand qualities, being SPEEDY, SAFE AND CERTAIN, The Schoolmistress, St. Anne's School, Wandswoicn, writes as follows. "My mother and eldest sister have taken your Pills for years for bilioua attacks and sick headaches, and have always found them most beneficial.** ■ MJWUfactuifQd only at 78. New Oxford Street, London. Sold by all Chemists and Mediolno Vonaors. ' ' -- , ."' 30000 . j. ORION jgmmmn » i— 2* Cookioff Raises Ml^l —=t^LP% " ; yGD f&S>\ CE> In Us 9{n the Colony i = r —v rJi ." -:-*=?=- '('he. burn Lignite, True Coal, or Wood up f% C & J " ' -^ to 2ft 6in <*^?I N0 SETTING REQUIRED. * ft < SSaMfe y^3^***^ With Stove Pipe can be worked out In t If WjSmm r "®^^» open. Spleudid Bread Bakers Imfualioc*! H 'Sw*^Ll* 1 With casfc !ron or copper boilers. The feagam <3rZ£% * copper boilers »re large and tin lined iaeide. , jfl~Ss nrr ft Repairs are a Minimum." Pel iT"I" 1 *iag i wSSSSSSm Made m all sizes, siDgle or double ovens. I v\ n ■ JTW^**"*!!BBBL« Hgh orlowpreeeure boiler * ' '■■ ' fc-i' ; l7—^wJg gold ball J? "rir peif. , fj'r » ' Br ogues n be ofot.aed, it fr*n tie H. E. SHACKLOCK, LTD. SOTJTHEND pnUlsmßV. £rikoeb Street DUVKFJTN EOR TOURING AND ORDINARY EVERY DAY RIDING MASSEY-HARBIS BICYCLES ARE ESSENTIAL. T: Tubikg Sprockets, etc. m a MASSEY abe op SUCH HIGH grade TiEiAL and ihew* rk put into its marnfaotnre so carefully carried tht MASSE7HARBIS bicycle will withstam) this sevbbest ouktry riders who trade with the MASSEY HARRIS COMPANY CAN BELY UPOW ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION BEING GIVEN. OVB, GUABARTBB Sb A LIBERAL OKB Hud the TBBMS EASY. fc econd hakd Machines are taken m pakt pavmekt. Gad a Cycle (Motor Go>, Limited. (MASBEY-H ARRIS BRAN Jit) DUKI DIH DEPOT-12UGI0BGE frTBEI-T. Branches snd Agencies everywhere thtcoghoat TSew f



A CARD. MESSRS STRINGER &CBES«WEIL BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS, CHRISTCHDROH, HAVE OPENED A BRANCH OFFICE at Mb Davison'B, West Street, Aahburton, where they will attend every ' THURSDAY and on other days when necessary. They will be represented m ABhburton bj Mr J Davison, who is authorised to receive instructions on their behalf, »nd to whom communications may be addressed. We have various sama of money awaiting investment at lowest current rates. STRINGER &"~CRESSWELL, SOLICITORS, & ASHBURTON. T H Unprill E Undriil'!. |T H UNDBILL & OOj FURNfSBING UNDERTAKERS TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON KVKRY REQUISITE ON HAND. Polished Coffins a Specialty A Choice Asßortmsnt of Artificial Wreath la Stock* —— Private Address, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellows' Hall; also care c Mr T. Andrews, East Belt. 2 BAKER BROS., FURNISHING TTNDERTAKERB URNISHING U NDERTAKERS DIRECT Importers of Beet and Latest ■ Deslgna m FUNERAL FURNISHINGP4 FUNERALS conda3 L «d with the greatest care and satMiotion, it most reasonable charges. Corner of Wak»na! Road and Oasp treats, and Baker and brown's Coach aofnry ANDREW ORR. T MME NS E ARRIVAL; OF New Autumn Goods. { NEW JACKET?, NEW MANTLES NEWSCORSETS, NEW DBE-S GCODB ! NEW BIL S, NEW MILLINERY, ! NEW FEATHERS, NEW RIBBONS, NEW MACINTOSHES, NEW FLANNELS HEALTH FLANNELS, NEW BLANKETS NEW OARPEIS NEW LINOLEUMS, NEW GOODS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, N E^W TAI L 0 £ I N G DEPARTMENT. BEST SCOTCH, SIIRI3H, & ;ENGLISH SUITS MADE "FEOM Fit and Style Pebfect. DRESSMAKING DEPABTMENT, Giving the atmost aatisfaction. Orders Tornei> Out With Despatch ANDREW ORR. WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER T3EGS to announce that he is making extenbive Altoratione to his Business PremUes, having imported EHTMELY NEW WINDOW FITTINGS of the Latest English Design, which whan complete will enable him to Show his Large and Select Stock to the best advantage ON SATURDAY, APRIL 6. The Finest Stock of | NEW JEWEILERY WATOHES, SILVER WARE, Eve; offered to the Ashburton Publto w be displayed. Daring Alterations Business will be carr on as usm&l. J. V.DE BEER WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, East Street, £shbnrton PRIZE DUOKS. FOR SALE — Purebred White Pekin Ducks, from first prize stock, 6s each pply H G Bebrtman, Aehbortoo 2



iSSjS.jt If yon stop eating you ' J^\Jpsjjl|?|i will surely get tkinnai i d^nfnmiM aa(i thinner, until ;;t last Ajt^Kjrl^^ "won'tanswer, although > Iwi^wiii^ilk it good for tlie horso. kP^C^wMh su*tak*e to your needs. S^^JJuMrx growing. It stops if! iTjipi' * falling out because it is I | jgpwf hearty &ii<l strong. And ' i(P it always restores the early rich, dark color to gray hair. We say that "gray hair is starved hair"; and the only way to treat it is to supply the best kind of hair food. This is where Ayev's Hair Vigor differs so greatly from other hair preparations; it feeds the hair. Just keep that m mind all the tims you are using it. Prepared by Dr. S. C. Ayer Co., Lowril, Mass., U. S. A HAPPY THOUGH MARKIED. This is ft representation of a contented ; aad hapoy wife, who uses only BOOK GIFT TEA, This l&dy obtained 61ba of that famous feea at 2s, and with it she waa Riven PREB. a copy of Mrs Beeton'e work on Cookery and Household Management. By the aid of this Book she was enabled to place »ueh dishes before her husband that he was always m a good temper. Cons'qu^ni'y here is now a happy home, and she ci j ys her leisure and her onp of tea and improves her mind by reading the good broke ihab on* given away with BOOK. GIF ('TEA. Go ihoa *nd do likewise, and be also happy. _ A larger Cookery Book may be h?d with , 10lb8 of Tea. Ask for Catalogue of Booki. j Johui Orr and Co. Agents, Ashburton BEECHANi'S PILLS For Billious and Nervous Disorders, such »B Wind and Pam m the Stomach, Hick Headache, Giddiness, Fuloegß and Swelling after Meals, D zzinfss and Drow^ineeß, Gold, Chills Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, shortness of Breath, Ctstivmesa, Blotches nn the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dream*, and all Nervous and Trembling etc. The Fikst Dosb will give Relief m Twenty Minutes Thia is no Fiction. Kvery sufferer is earnestly invited to try one Box of these Pills, and they will be acknowledged to bt Words *& «r£TitfEA a BOX BEKCHAM'S PILLS, taken as directed, will quickly restore Females to complete health They promptly remove any obstruc tion or irregularity m the system Fora WEAK STQMAOH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER, They act like magio—a few doses wil work wonders upon the Vital Organs strengthening the Musculsr System, reator ing the longicmt complexion, bringing back the best of appetite, and arousing with the robaßt health the whole physical energy of the human frame For throwing off fevers m hot climates they are specially renowned Ttase are • facts' admitted by thousands, ih i!l classes of Society, and one of the best guarantees to the Nervous and Debilitated is that BEECHAMM PILLS have the Largest Sale of any Patent Medicine m tne World BEKCHAM'B JPH..I..S Have for many years been .the popula amily medicine throughout the Britis Colonies, and they now stand WITHOUT A RIVAL. | FRB.PABED ONLY EX VMOMAIi) BBBCHJi n, St. HELEN'S, E Sold everywhere m ttlea^ —9Jd, Is 1 Is 9d each l\Z/ mTif%\M f% ET E» C m RELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, COHVOLSIGNS, ETC. Presenre a feaalthy state of the consti tution during the perioA of TeetMng. , The words "JOHN STEEDMAN, OHEMiST, WALWORTH, SURREY," n Are engraved on the Government Stamp affixed t$ each Packet. mpthorne, Prosser and Go. Agent^ MoßßipE, Mfonama tai gculptor, 60 Stafford S', Timaru « A LWAYS m Stock—A TV JuL class selection of Marble t—l L-4 and Granifce Monuments, 11 Designs and Eatimatea for I! warded on application. * Letter Potting m any style MRS JOHNSTON Teacher o rIANOFORTB AND SINGING Havelook Streeb CONSULTING OP 1105 AN Mr Ernest M Sandstein, DBO A.', F R MC, who has lately returned after six years' special study m England and Con tinent, may be consulted on all cac.esof defective eyesight. Daylight not Decenary arti6oiai light being used. Doctore' pre scriptions prppareJ. Fees moderate. Con ulting rooms, Cashel Street \V., ovrr M sandntein, jeweller, Chrietchurc** 9to II toAT'ulv Wade's Teething Powders for Babies are toothing, reduce fever and prevent blotches j price, Is



Bander & Soss Eucalypti Extract,— Under the distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Italy, awarded Diploma at the International Exhibition, Amsterdam, acknowledged by Medical Olioicß and Uni Tersitiea all over the globe. That the crude, resinous oils, which are now foisted upon the ifUblio nad*»r the came of Euoalyp Extracts, may nob be mistaken for Sander & Sons' Pure Volatile Eucalyp'i Extract we state :—lt m proved by tesca aiado by the Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Qrieiawald {Prufmia), that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of acids, reainona and other substances adherent to primary dißtiHation, will develop the curative properties possessed by the plant- To avoid the appalling consequences result Bg from the app:ic»t'cn of substitutes, etc Sd croup, brm-.chitfs, <iiphthnn&,dyeentery irsternai i»flair-ma!ior> t t jrsißt *r gftiu> S-AVVfR *M> ' OPB IC}>K 'VfcIATJME EUO HFOT SXXKACft RBd fee tfkfa



LOASBY'S Stands unrivalled t>rin^igeß WAHOO tion anrl ljiver Complaints I*} ia purely herbal, aud cannot lujara the most delicate constitution. Its effect) is almost instantaneous ; r single doae ooaally relievee, whiisb one bottle is gener ully eaoaeh to cure. LOASBY'S WAHOO does not rrquire * dozen bottles to be taken before yea san judge its vala?. No other Medicine adver tiwd asks you, as we do, to buy only one bottle; take if regularly according to directions, aud then give the verdict. Hundreds of teetirnonia-s m our possession prove that many confirmed dyspeptics, after every known remedy had failed, have been completely cured by the aid of only one bottle of Loasby'a Wahoo. Loaiby's Wahoo—Price 2s 6d, everywhere Sole manufacturers and proprietors— LOASBY'S WAHOO MaKUFACTUR ING CO., Lxc, Danedin- Wholesale Agenfe— Kempthorne, Proaser & Co, N Z Drug C Ltd



The Bagle-Euseian Dispute THE TliiNTiSlH SIDING INCI DENT In the House vi Lords on March IQfoh Ear! Spencer asked whether th*> Foreign Secretary had any information to communicate with regard to «he dispute at Tientsin The Marquia of Lansdowne s>*id the Houaewould reeollec* that the Anglo- Rusaiaa dispute had reference to a somewhat extensive area on the lef r, hand of the Pjiho River, which m the autumn of last year was occupied by the Russian troops and waa claimed by fcfaem as belonging to them by private conqiust, His M-j 'sty's (Government wia subsequently informed that aD iigeflpmeut hud been entered into be tween the Chinese Government and the Kusaian military authorities, under which that area was to pass under Rus sian occupation. The urea m question comprised several plots of land which wer« held to belong to the Northern Chinese Railway administration, and which, therefore, formed part of the security of the Britisher bondholders who were interested m chat line. Th< line formed a part of the railway which w»a originally- occupied by the Russian troops, bat o! which a portion was* lately transferred by the Russian mili tary authorities to Count Walder eee, and by him transferred to the Bri tish authorities. Sinco the transfer it had been worked by them, aided by the stag of the rail*->.y. It appeared that It was considered necessary for the convenience of the allied forces that a railway siding should be con structed upon one of the reserved plots to which he had referred, nnd thpy learnt that the presence of the British working parties on the plot was treated by the Russian military authorities as a trespass upon Russian territory. It was alleged that a Russian boundary mark had been removed by the sol diers, and that an affront had conse* qaently been effmd to the Russian fl if. Under those circumstances this Government telegraped on the 16th inafc to the British authorities m China that m their opinion the rights of the British and Russian troopa to occupy certain disputed points was a question that could be "most appropriately dis posed of by Count Waldersee as Commander-in-Ohief of the whole of the allied forces, and they instructed Gene ral Gaaelee to invite Count Waldersee to settle the immediate differences that had arisen between the British and Rus sian military authorities, reserving for future examination questions of the title concerting the validity <f the co> cession and alleged proprietary tights. G neral Gaselee wm also inatracted that m the meanwhile he was to refrain from n«ing force except for tbe purpose of repelling aggression. On the 120 th. the incident with regard to the alleged removal of the Ruseian boundary pillar having again occurred, oar represenra'ive at PJtin was again telegraphed to, and he was instruc ted that, aa it wa^ alleged the British troops had encroached upon Russian territorry and remov.d Hojsian boundary marks, and that as there were di putes to the facts. His Mi-j^sty's Governm >nt ware ready to refer those facts to Cjun» Waldersee, or any Court he might ap point for the purpose, on the understand ing lhafc if either side were found to have committed irregularities, that s:di should r.ffr a suitable apology t-i tha other They added that m their opinion ihe cow Biructi'»n of the hiding, which chry beloved to baa nutter of s ;ch impor tance to ha aliit'd forces sh >uld continne ban onder whatever conditions Count "Waldersea might see fit to imp -eg H* waa glad to aay that th^y had heard thin morning, fr"in our Ambassador at S Peteißburji that. Counc Lamsriorf had desired the Minister to propose iriim' diately to His Majesty' G .vernm nt tha» we should agree to reserve all questions of title and proprietary rights for examin ation between the two Gnvernmsnta, and that meanwhile we fcbnu d at onct» Bend orders for the withdrawal of fehe troops froir th« disputed points so as to avoid accident* Count Lamßdo^f went on to B;»y that the Rmseian Minister of War would tel> graj.-h espliei' fnatiroctions lv thin cense if His MajestyV Government would agree to ihe proposal, and endad by expreafing m vtry moderate and etatefim^nlike terma his desire to avoid any cause of friction!! betw en the two Governments (Cheer .) He need not say that His Majesty's Government &t once telegraphed m r*ply to exprei3s their entire concnrrisnce with the view that Count, Lamsdorf had expressed, the more so because ihoaeriews wer« entirely In accordance with the views they had mentioned m the 'eley:r»m. They sent orders to oar military authorities debirif-g them to cury <>u< 'he simulfcHjieou withdrawal Inm the disputed ptiint«. and they added that (h«y thouaht it might b« desirable th^t the withdrawal should be carried out to the satisfaction of Count Waldersee, so that there might be no room for misunderstanding with regard to matters of detail. He hoped that tha tifi-ct of the correspondefice which he had communicated to their (j )rdshipß wt.nld have f-hewn that the incident was virtually at an end. tha< what was really a email matter of stricily local importance would nob be allowed to disturb the relations between (he two oour-trles. (Cheers )