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United Press Association—-By Kleofctio Telegraph—Copyright

London, Jane 6

The wheat markets are quiet, with a lower leudeucy, owing to trie favourable reports of the crops on the OnUmns and America. Carhops are dull. TiOtorian and South Au^raUtui February-Mann shipment* realised 29 > 9', A Sydney cargo gold a> 29i 6. Ihe American vie b!e whaab *»p ---ply la out nn«t';d at 37 676,000 buebeia,

HORSE SALES.

Arcade. Mr D Thomas offered seven horses at the Arcade on Saturday last, disposing of a draught gelding for £26. West Street Mart. Messrs Priedlander Bros, Ltd, Bold at their West Street Mart on Saturday, a bay mareforJ633, and a bay gelding for £3?.

HAVE LOOK STREET MART

Mr Henry Stephenson reports as follow? on his Saturday* salt:—Tntra wae a Rood a'C-udauce throughout, and bidding wsn taribk. Fige wer s'ightiy in advance of'las'' vetk'e rutee. Suckers 3 s t.o 4s ; weaner* 7s. to 9 ; small stores 9; to 10;; smill porkers 19-; larger 30 •. Oows £5 and £610* Fowls—-Fair entry, irom 1b ts 2i p?r p ir ; roosters 2s to 3s ; ducks 2a 9d to 3s 3d ; 4a 6d. Produce- Appieß Id per 11; peas 10s to 12s p<»r *ack ; onioat |1 per ib ; potatoes 6s bo 6a par saok ; wheat lOi to 12s per sack ; carroie la 31 to Is6d, sack* in. I also sold several biayolos at from £5 to £5 10;a!8oa large quantity of drapery.

IN MEMORIAM.

Hoabe. —■ In loving remembrance of Eliza Hoare, who departed this life June 7th, 1895. Belentless death amongst us comes, And bitter grief imparts, It takes the dear ones from our home 1 But never from our hearts.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1902.

Tse unusual number of demonstrations that have taken place in this colony during the past year or so to celebrate incidents in I connection with the Boer war, and the visit to New Zealand of the Heir Apparent, hav e ' unfortunately, served to bring a social scandal into painful prominence. We refer to the increase of drunkenness amongst the youths of this country, a matter which is attracting attention in all parts of New Zealand. Within the past day or two more than one magistrate has commented upon this lamentable state of things. The sti pendiary at Dunedin said •' it was becoming a scandal now to see young men going about in a state of drunkenness. On peace day, especially, there was a considerable amount of drunkenness amongst youths." Most people know that in every town in New Zealand, Ashburton included, many youths, some not more than fourteen or fifteen, are frequently to be seen in a state of intoxication—qualifying for the charac ter of confirmed drunkards. The question naturally suggests itself-is nothing being done to check the evil, and our Prohibit ionist friends will tell us that they are striving to exclude alcoholic liquor from the country. They have been striving to do this for the last quarter of a century, and while they have been doing so, thou sands of young men have served their apprenticeship, and have passed into the ! ranks of the incurables, or have else dropped into drunkards' graves. We should like to ask our friends the Pro hibitionists if while this long struggle for their far-off goal has been going 0n,., they have made any attempt to deal • with the offence of drunkenness in its earliest stages, in the same manner that they would deal with other offences against society ?" We know that they have brought themselves to believe that drunkenness is not an offence Jat all, but merely an amiable weakness. If I not, why have they not long ago insisted that the laws against the drunkard should be enforced just as rigidly as the laws against other offenders? So far from wishing to have this done, they have actually succeeded in creating a feeling of sympathy with the drunkard, by preaching chat he suffers from a cureless disease. It is not our purpose in this article to deal with the question whether in the interests of society—the confirmed drunkard should be regarded as an irresponsible being | but we may safely assert that the youth just beginning to give way to the vice could be reclaimed before his case is hopeless, if proper measures were taken, It may be asked what are the proper measures. A well-known Prohibition advocate once assured us that his remedy was actually the only one**now possible, as all other measures had been tried in vain. The fact is, however, £hat the simplest and most obvious check upon tk§ drink evil, has only been tried occasionally,' ao4 i§ strongly discountenanced by the extreme temper ance party 5 and that is the enforcement of the laws against the drunkard aa rigidly as those against other offenders. Who would expect to see outrages against person and property stopped, it the lawbreakers in such G%ssm were dismissed by the Court with a I caution, op fined 5s ? We can well imagine that this method 0? dealing with them, would result in exactly $he game*-way as similar leniency results when applied to the j men who are brought up charged mill being drunk. On the other hand is it not reasonable to assume that if punishment and disgrace would follow the lawbreakers in the latter category as surely as it would ; fchose in the former, the youthful re veller would put some restraint on himself ? Bu ; t although even the existing law pro vides for certain penalties for drunkenness, so much sentimental nonsense has been preached about "the poor drunkard," that the magistrates seem to be afraid to treajb him fs they would treat any other offender. The' Jusjbices of the Peace are especially tender with him, and we mjich more often see a ' drunk' dismissed from O,our£, " .wifcb a caution," than even fined the minimunjL penalty. It was quite refreshing to j?ea4 that a magistrate at Waimate the other day, had imposed a fine of 10s each on all drunkards who were brought before him, and promised them a heavier penalty the next time they offended. Now let us see how it would work in Ashburton if the law against this offence were strictly enforced. Jn the first place, numbers of men, who aow ,are allowed to escape—because itmnst be recognised by the police that it is a farce taking them before t,he Court—would at leagt bo fined heavily a iew tuneSj and they would come to regard getting drnn|: as a rather more serious matter than they do now; and no doubt the disgusting and painful scenes, much too often witnessed in this town would not be so common. The jaa^sfc important effect, however, which the istiact &aforfseroent of the law would have, would-be <?n i^ose just entering on the drunkard's shameful' ps±fe. Jp cannot be said that they are past saving yet, op that they are insensible to disgrace like the in curable sot. If they knew that the law $rouid b<3 strictly enforced against them, ijrrespei©twe of perspns, we believe they could and would stop before the vice had got a firm hold of them. This matter of drunken ness amongst youths is of the most serious moment to this country, and to this j town, as much as apy part of it. We have j been specially led to write this article because we have seen a list of the names of , a number of young men—some mere* boys ■ —sons of respectable citizens, who have been intoxicated on several occasions within the past few months, and who may consider themselves lucky they have not been locked up in a police cell and publicly paraded in the Magistrates' Court. Some special effort ought to be | made, beyond striving for a distant and J speculative remedy, to remove this scandal from the country. We feel sure that if th§

extreme temperance party would combine with the rest of the community in an earnest endeavour to have the law relating to the liquor traffic, including the provi sions against drunkenness, strictly carried otu, and to secure other reforms that would be generally approved of, they would assist to bring about much more satisfac tory and permanent results than they are likely to accomplish on the lines they are now following.

Local and General

Weathkh. Forecast.—-Oaptbln Edwin wires:—Moderate to strong winds f" m between no.thcaot to east and southeast; glass rise, afier ten hoars from now.

The Fevspth Coswsorm. — Colonel Bobiu hva fctived B litter from Colonel Pester, da'ed Apil. 23r<' t acknowledging Christmas gifts'hr the Seventh Contingent bat regretting that m *ny were lost by thefb

FIEMINGTON PeESBYTBEIAN ( HURCH.— By order of the Preobytery, the.Rev G B Inglis yesterday preached the Fleming!oa Preßbytetlancharge vacant on account of the resignation ■ f iho Rev J&wes Skinner.

Is This aGompumbst.-~A new venomous snake la^ been uuovered In N«''ta Queens land! I* has li< en earned ''Queeualand Bat tool, ' afttt the R ghl Hnn, Barton.

METBVBN~The Moanb Hatb B>ad Board are advertising for the services of a qualified medical r»an to reside at Meth van and take up the practice of Dr Harcil ton, who Is leavln* the district, on account! of 111 health. A guarantee of £230 a year for a year and a hi'f, in addition to faea, la offered.

A Newlndustky.—lt Is reported thatln one part of this provnoial district two boy* Qolleoted end aold five thousand small bird's eggs, and reoelved two Bhil!iDK« per hundred for them. It took them fmr day* to gather the egg", their •• bae» " for eaoh d»v bsin* rasp ■ot.vely 1400, 1500, 1200 and 900. In the 8 me locality' two boys the previous tea sob m ide £QQ by the sama mean*.

Bank Holidays—The banker* approve of the Ha k H.oiid»y Act being amended so that St. George's Day, X*. Andrew's D»y, Br. Patrick* Day* and Whit Monday may be removed frt'in and the Piiooe of VVaiea' Birth Ity added to tho schedule of holidays No hnrd-in'- fi»a6raleoan ba laid d«wa with respect to oioaing on race deya.

A Natal Opinion op Mr Seddon.—The « Natal Mercury, ' on 3of the leading South A rioan ti.p ra, thua r<-f*rs do our Premiers— • NowllVidreis goor, the greatest oilooiser in the world is the Klghs Hoc Richard ■ir-ddon, Premier of New Zanland, the most patriotia of she Australasian colonies'. It also says thct Mr Seddon will be respeofced by ill, an.) i hat Nubians will bricg honor lo Natal 5 y chrtwjrg how nrio'-. r.! S vets' 1 they have for co great) » man by giving him an« enthuai&etio receptlou, whiob they did.

Slbkpiso Picksess —A Medical Oom muaioo will shortly proceed to Uganda to iuveatig».e the disease of sleeping sickneae, which has brokeo oat in the Proteoixirato, virf oa some of tho islands aod country places in Ugioda is »nld to have oarried off literacy hundreds of victim*, fha disease is char acterised by agraduallyiooreaging drowsinseß wi h pro^trat.oa. In the latter stages the aufiarer beoomßS ooutlDtuily aumuolen 1, an! ultimately anoonaoioua. Dr J. H, Cook, of Uganda, states that no authentic o»8e of recovery from tha disease has yet been pub lilhfld.

Death of a Bubnham Bot. — John Kenny, the Burnham boy, who was taken on May 24th to the Christehurch Hospital, died there on Sunday afternoon. He had received an accidental injury in the groin, the result of a struggle with another boy named A. B. Malcolm, who tried to wrest a knife from him. An inquest will be held.

Militaey Funeral.-A telegram from Christehurch states that the remains of Trooper J. H. Treneary, of the Sixth Contingent, who died from congestion of the brain, were accorded a military fuueral on Sunday afternoon. Over 1600 Volunteers and 60 returned troopers were present, and the ceremony was witnessed by more than 600 people.

CANTBBBURy Sheep-Owners' Associa- TiON-About thirty South Canterbury sheep-owners met the President and secretary of the Canterbury Sheep-owners' Association at Timaru on Friday. The objects of the Association were explained to those present whose flocks constitute the majority of the sheep owned in South Canterbury, and who subsequently agreed to join the Association. Messrs C. Orbell (Levels), B. Tripp (Orari Gorge), and R. Campbell were elected to fill the vacancies existing on the Committee.

Rough on Contractors—lt is said that Diogenes tramped through the streets of Athens, bareheaded, and lantern in hand, trying to find an honest man. It appears to be just as hard today as it was then to find such an individual, if the remarks made at the meeting of the Wakanui Road Board on Saturday are any criterion to go by. When the question of shingling a certain road by traction engine contract came up, Qne. member thought that extra vigilance was necessary, as Jjhe driver might take an unreasonable time to finish the job. The question was finally clinched by the overseer, undertaking to draw up the specifications in such a manner, as to pre vent any ' stretching' on the part of the contractor.

The Dujjedin-Christchubch Journey. —After the Ist of July the time occupied on the train journey between 'I)unedin and Christchurch and vice versa, will be reduced by three-quarters of an hour, and passengers will arrive at their destination at 8.16 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. aa at present. In addition to saving time by reducing stoppage at Oamaru and Timaru by ten minutes, there will be no necessity as at present fjo commence slowing down some considerable distance from stations where express trains stop, owing "^p the fi^tiag of the Westinghouge brakes on the express trains. The train which left Christchurch this morning for Dunedfn was fitted with this brake, and it is intended to give the engine drivers till the end of the present month to get accustomed to its working.

News in Brief.

A. letter recj!n>d in N pier from Cape town state.l tbab pota'oes were fetchlrg £16 a ton. The rolling pHco in Napier Is about £i. '

Theniembera of theT|mapu pisreon Flying Olab oomplain of their homing pigeoiifl being »ho< ( One fancier alone baa load no lent feb»i tin vftldble birde this soaeon. A private leltar received from North Wairarapa states that on one station one man trapped, fchof, or caaghb with dogs 3 f 00 rabbits in less than three month". Mr Henry Stephensoo advertises thab he will continue the sale of drapery to morrow, Wednesday, Friday, and S^fcnr day. at 130 p m each doy. Suits will ba maeSp fg measure from 25s upwaids. Wh» Chrkcbfirph Dharitablo Aid B<?aid Vflll at their next) meeting ,o.vnci,der a motion wifcl) respect to providing for more Bever^ penalties In the eaae of fathers (ailing to reel' ? tar the names of and make provision for their Illegitimate children.

The Mineral Wealth of the Ashburton County.

No. IV.—BUILDING STONE AND LIME.

(From our special reporter.)

This chapter must be but a fragment, as my time and excursions were limited, and I sa ( w but a very small proportion of the mineral resources of the county of this kind.

Between two and three miles up-river from the Mount Somers township, the traveller along the main road passes near an imposing structure of white masonry, that suggests a fort or a blockhouse, badly placed, and close to the road are some odd looking iron sheds, covered with white dust. These are the Buxton Lime Workß, I the property of Mr Peache, (erected by him in 1888, as an inscription upon the kiln records), but at present leased to the Mil burn Lime and Cement Company, repre sented at the works by Mr Beckley, who kindly gave me a good deal of information and enlightenment about this industry. The kiln is a double one, but it is only seldom that both of the pair of huge fur naces are in use. The kiln is built of lime stone, on an oblong base about 50 feet in 1 length along the front, and about the same in height. It contains two kilns 36 feet deep, lined with fire-brick. The system of burning is continuous. Limestone and coal are thrown in at the top in alternate layers, in about equal weights, the coal burns out in the uppermost twelve cr fifteen feet of the kiln, and the calcined stone sinks down as the lowest layer is raked out through a small doorway aperture at the base. It is then quite cool enough for handling, the air drawn up through it by the, fire at the top being the cooling medium. The one kiln now in use has been continuously burn ing for the past eleven years. Both kilns discharge under an arched way in the middle of the structure, and a light tram way carries the output, mingled lime flakes and coal ashes, to a screen, over which the truck is tipped; white ashes and lime dust fall through the screen,and the calcined stone now " quick-lime," slides down into a hopper, whence it is conveniently bagged in the storage shed. At the other end of the latter is a verandah, in the Bhelter of which 3 ton tracks are loaded on a siding of the county tramway. The average output is about 70 or 80 tons per month, the year round, but the demand is very irregular. Most of the orders are from the building trade of Christohurch, where the Mount Somers lime is held to be the best obtain able. The demand for agricultural lime has reached but small dimensions as yet, partly, if not chiefly, because when de livered in stone from the kiln it is impos sible to apply a small quantity per acre evenly over tbe ground. In order to remove this objection, Mr Peache is adding a crushing machine to the works, to reduce the lime to powder so that it can be dis tributed over the land by drill or other suitable distributor, in hundred-weights instead of tons. The benefit of lime dress ing is well understood in Southland, and much of the land in Ashburton county would be the better for it. The stone for burning ia brought by means of a horse tramway from a quarry about a mile away. The rock quarried- for the purpose is of peculiar structure. It splits readily into flakes and slivers, half an inch to a couple of inches in thickness, and these are inter nally crystalline, and extremely hard for limestone. The quarry is a portion of the limestone reef in which the Mount Somers caves exist. These are sections of a rugged subterranean water-course of a former day, only occupied by water now during floods, the normal flow of a small creek now find ing its way along a hidden channel at a lower level, which has not yet been ex plored. The caves are interesting for the examples they contain of the varions ways that lime in solution in percolating water is deposited on the surface of the stone when exposed to the air, though the beautiful forms of such deposits found in more famous caves are here to be seen only in embryo as it were. It would seem that; the peculiar flaky structure of jthe rock lends itself better to the production of caves than the more compact kinds of limestone. There are, industrially speaking, enormous quantities of this stone available here for lime-burning, and the Buxton Kilns are big enough to supply a largely multiplied demand for lime.

A couple of miles or so further along the road, up riverwards, is another interesting industry, at present in a comparatively slack condition. This is a quarry of build ing stone, the 5 property of Mr Peache, in conjunction with Messrs Wigram Bros, of Christchurch. From a little distance there is no sign of building stone hereabouts, there being no bluff or elevation of the limestone. A large creek, called Woolshed Creek, has cut its channel through an overlying stratum of heavy gravel, and then gouged out a trench, half a mile long, in a fine grained very compact limestone, resembling Oamaru stone in appearance, though not quite so white, but very much harder. It contains about 75 per cent of lime, and it will bear a weight of 21 tons on a four inch cube. This stone was used in the building of " Morton's Block," Here ford Street, Christchurch, about thirteen years ago; the principal porch of the Christchurch Cathedral is built pfitjancf it is being used in the completion of this building, and also in the erection of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Christchurch. It has the defects of its merits, in com petition with Oamaru stone. It is a harder, and therefore more lasting stone j but being harder it is more expensive to work. It canncjfc be o^t with a gross-cut or or chopped into' shape go ' easily with a tomahawk, or so easily carved with a ionise!j but when work is done upon it, it is more likely to be lasting, and it cannot be whit tled away with a schoolboy's pocket knife, or readily inscribed with a nail. The pro- \ cess of quarrying was explained to me by Mr Teape (father of Nurse Teape, whose name every New Zealander knows) who has a contract for quarrying stone aa required, s,t so* top& pgi?" cubip foot. The method of work is very interesting, buj; i{; cannot be briefly described on paper, ljuge blocks are broken out of the solid by the use of thin steel wedges. Mr Teape told me that he had lifted a block of 1500 cubic feet. At 14ft. to the ton, this was a lift of over 100 tons. Of course it was almost a microscopic lift, but enough to rend the rock asunder. The wedge, a long thin one, is the principal instrument in the quarry. Some large blocks have been sent away from here. One was sent to Wellington not long ago for some special purpose, whose dimen sions were'lsft, x 3ft. x 2)ft, and its weight ptout VS$ |6ns, T,he. stone :splits truly, and Mr" Teape says he qbiild%apy % Qtebp^tjs'& Needle, if one were demanded. A siqi^g from the County tramway runs into the quarry, and there are four derricks for loading the stone on the trucks. A branch railway to the Mount Spmers (joal mines^ which has been suggested, would paag cl®so to the quarry, ana if ,there were such a railway the cheapening of transport and reduction of handlings should make this stone more readily marketable. (This remark applies also to the lime produced at the Buxton Kilns).

On the opposite side of the river is a bluff of pink freestone., from which is to be ob jfcajijaed stqne for the erection of a new build ing for the t^ank qf 4-U.sfoalagia at Clirist- Ghurch. I was told, t^at this tosj a Vkuy good, building stone, easily worked. X pin| sandstone crops out from beneath the lime. stone at its eastern end on Woolshed Creek, probably of the same nature, but here it is only a thin stratum. If hard building stones are required there is a range of ohqige in the mountains, from altered j sddimentaries $o the piiik quartz porphyries of Mount Sowers, 'The'latter" should [ surely make a striking looking 1 building; ijE one could afford to use Such' difficult material, an^l it would be a good change from the almost universal blue-grey stones used for basenienfe. (To b,e continued,)

SOUTH AFRICA

The Beatoratioa of Peaes.

GRANTS TO LORD KITCHENER AND THB TROOPS.

ELOQUENT SPKKCH liV LORD BIIIS BURY.

BFLENDCD EULOGY OF THB

colon im.

United Press Association-By Eleoirio Telegraph—Copyright) London, June 6 In the House of Commons Mr Bal foor moved the resolution granting £50,000 to L rd Kitchener. Mr Dillon objected. Mr Redmond accused Lord E.U chpner of nuking war on women and children. A violent scene ensued, and the j closure was applied. The gnnt wa» voted by 380 votes to 44. Messrs Labouchere and Gremer were the only Radicals in the minority. The vote for grants to soldier* and sailors was carried by 382 to 42, Sir H Campbell Bannerman again expressing tbe country's admiration for both ser vices.

Tbe Bouse of Lords unanimously occurred in tbe grant to Lord Kit chener, and voted grantß to the forces. Lord Salisbury, in an expressive speech, said Great Britain was content to attract her defandsrs by motives of honour and patriotism, and would never have cause to repent. Never before had there been such an abun dant c-wsn to thank their colonial fel low sot^ctfl, whose supporb was ten dmid when ir was moss needed; The more th 6 difficulties increased the warmer and clearer grew colonial loy alty, enabling 03 to impress all our opponents with our ability to unflinch ingly c*rry through a conflict whereof iWp w « re few examples in our history Whatever our opponents' animosity, there wm strength enough in the stead fastness of Englishmen, and above ail the steadfast affiction of our over se* kinsmen, to frustrate their tfforts. England wag never safer than during the period wh^a apparently she was in the greatest danger, She emerged much stronger from the conflict. Earl Spencer, cordially seconding the vote, s»id the difficulties England had overcome, had been unprecedented.

Mr Obambetlain, acknowledgicg a message of sympathy from Birming ham, said the terms grantf d to the Boers, although generous, would secure all for which Great Britain had been fighting, and, he hoped, would prove the foundation of lasting settlemeo\

Mr Balfoar, in the House of Com mon?, in moving the thanks of Parliament to the troops, Baid that the sentiment inspiring the colonial mili tary assistance opened a new shapter in Imperial history. ' London, Jane 7 The Government congratu-ated Lord Kitchener on his enery, skill, and patience in conducting the campaign, and asktd him to couvf-y to the troops the Government's profound sense of their spirit and endurance in meeting eyery c«ll, their bravery in action, *nd their sxce.lent discipline and humanity throughout a trying period. Lord Kitchener replied sincarfly thas.king the Government on behalf of tne Army. j Mr tScba'k Burger, addressing the Pietfrm ritz'ourg concfntrauon camp, advised the people to forget and for give. It was hopeless to struggle longer, and io would be best to set up to the ferraa of surrender

J)e Wflf, speaking at th» concen tration corapat Vredffort Road, urged the hurghoiß to show what good colon ists *h« B^rs cou'd moike.

Lord Ki'che. er reports that 1154 Boerasuf ndered th if arms in v»ri us districtsoor'u r' hnr d*}". The Oommiß sioners delivered ep*- obes, the Boers responding with tbrepi hearty chefrs for the King. The beat possible relation' exist, and there ia no hrch anywhe c Fffjrts are being audeto exp dito tho return of the rt fagees from the camps. Huge depots for supplies are bein* formed.

The terms of peace were extremely well received in Fa f.al and Oape Colony, The British interests are considered safe-guarded. A great rush baa set in for f*rm<?. Mr Chamberlain staiei that assist ance to restore people to their homes would be applied to all Britishers in Sou'h Afric*.

Mr Balfour aaid that the promised eoquiry into the management of the war was engaging the Government's attention.

Mr Ohuraberhin, in opening the Colonial Troop rs»' Club, eaid that Ofttiad* ai d Australasia had sent an army greater than the British army ar Waterloo, If onr need had been greater the colonial forces would have been multip'iod man'fild. Tho Olab was a proof o? the brotherhood and sympathy animating the whole race. The Queen, in thanking the Mayoress and women of Leicester for a peace address, said she would be thankful if sho could be instrumental in "any way in lessening the sufferings and priyattons of those whq fought so nobly and bravely for her beloved Qountry. President Roosevelt asked Mr Arthur Rdkee, Secretary to the British Em bassy at Washington to convey to Lord Salisbury his kind and sincere congratu lations on peace. Vienna, June? Field Marshal Ra»z nhofer, of Aus tria, 'in article in the • Neva Freie Prease, ' aaya Jhe manner which the British fought (he engagements in the penultimate stage of the war, and Lord Eitehener'a systematic occupation of the tbe&fcrfl of war } command the great est reap ob on the pa t of experts. The army may look with justifiable pride en their achievements, which are calculated to enharca the mU'tary presfeig >of Great Britain, whose w^rld wida dominion is in nowiae impaired.

The Plague.

Onlted Pre^B A«soo!ation-B,y Eleotrio Telegraph —Oopyrighb Stdnby, Jane 3 Qne case of plague was r( ported to day. Oao patiept is dead. The latter was employed at the JSoo, where several more animais have died of plagae.

PEACE THANKSGIVING.

The Chruches.

Thanksgiving sermons were preached is the Churches in Ashburton yesterday.

ST. STEPHEN'S.

There was a full congregation yesterday at the morning service at St Stephen's, when the Rev E. "Whitehouse preached an impressive sermon from St Paul's epistle to the Galatians, chap. 3, ver. 14-15. He said the feeling that should rule in all hearts was the peace of God. It was the Apostle Paul's aim, and in fact has been the aim of all true-hearted persons from the beginning of the world to live in perfect peace and unity together. Created by one God, aad related to one another by the love we bear that Go^ we should strive, not one against another, but to promote Christian unity and concord among all civilised nations; to live together as one vast family developing commerce and Empire. We know that one of a family's blessings is that of peace. Then why not let peace, not strife, be our aim? The Bible dwells most on the blessing of peace, and it is written," God shall give his people the blessing of peace." Never before has there been such a time for thanksgiving as there is now. A most triumphant close to a most cruel war} a triumphant close that had in it no humilia tion to the enemy, as the surrender was a complete one. We had the satisfaction of knowing the work was done thoroughly, and would not have to be repeated. Now was the time to start to heal all dissensions that might still exist between Briton and Boer; to develop the country, and to teach that spirit of unity and concord to our late enemies that We and they might live ia perfect peace together. In the evening Mr Whitehouse chose for his discourse the text from Psalm cxvi, ver. 15. "I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the i name of the Lord." This, he said, must have been the utterance of a soul delivered from great trouble, and as the psalmist called upon the Lord, so do we in our deliverance from.trouble offer up praise and. thanksgiving to Him also. We have all passed through a most anxious time for the last three years; the politician, the soldier, and the citizen. We have all felt the gnawing anxiety aa to how it would all end, though at the same time there was no shadow of doubt that Britain would win in the end. But the real anxiety was as to whether she would be able* to stand the vast drain upon her finances. What would be the end if the war had not confined itself to South Africa? What if the intrigues secretly carried on with the Boers by the enemies of Great Britain were to result in open rupture ? That would start a war that would envelop the whole world in strife. Can we help, then, a feeling of great relief to know that with the war all enmity will end, and universal peace shall reign. Now that peace has been concluded, we must not look upon the Boers as our enemies, but our friends. They now belong to that great nation of which we are also members. We must endeavour now to find out the good that is in the Boers, We have been in the habit in the past of deriding them, and saying they are superstitious and unclean. So were the Britons superstitious and unclean till they were taught better. And so we must teach the Boers. Think of their future, bring them up to the standard of British know ledge, and make them an ornament to our nation. They are a people who are thoroughly independent' and at the same time courageous enough to die for their independence. What better characteristics than those could the British Empire want? | There 'tee nations that Britain has con quered in the past who, showing the moßt stubborn resistance, are now the moßt help ful and loyal. Taking the Indian Empire in particular, where cotild one meet with ■ more loyal and braver soldiers than are ! produced there, and yet at the same time i what nation showed the most obstinate 1 resistance to England? Now that the blessed consummation of peace had been arrived at, it was the duty of all of us by prayer and thanksgiving to endeavour to keep it so unbroken, and to live in godly fellowship and love with all enemies past and to come.

There was an even larger attendance than in the morning, and at the conclusion of the service the Te Peum was sung by th© choir and congregation. Special hymns of thanksgiving were also sung,

CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME.

At 11 o'clock Mass yesterday at the Church of the Holy Name, the Eev. Dr. Kennedy was celebrant. He said during the week a telegram had been received from His Lordship the Bishop directing that a Te Deum be sung after Mass, in thanks giving for the boon of peace just declared in South Africa. The rev. gentleman en larged on the blessings of peace and the horrors of war, and said how thankful all should be that the latter was now ended. The sons of our people had taken part in the conflict, and had helped materially to bring about the present happy position, and this was an additional motive for. rejoicing, both, because they had b^ne themselves nob]y 4 and because the drain on $ur manhood would now cease. The good taste generally displayed in the peace cele brations was a matter for self-congratula^ tion. There was no vaunting our victories over a gallant people,' whose bravery elicited the compliments of our Generals. There was rather a §epse of thankfulness^ that such gallant foes were now pu? tw^tf citizens, and were to enjoy rap privi^egea and freedom of British subjects. The com pliments exchanged by the late combatants were a good augury for the union of the two races, and for the happy future of the new colonies. The sterling qualities dis played by the Boers gave an assurance that they will now become valuable citizens of the British Empire. ■ As Catholics, they had peculiar reasons to rejoice at the ending of the war, because the Church in South. Africa will have more ample opportunities for expansion, and it is but natural to expect tjiat the de^Qtjon of our ptie aacrificei'arid tae heroism t>f buc 2|uqs during the liardnhipa and horrors of the war, will gain them a recognition that will beneficially affect their labour henceforth' In concluding, Dr Kennedy asked them not to forget whilst singing a heartfelt Te Daim for the blessings of peace, to offer up to Almighty God fervent prayers for all those who have laid down their lives in the struggle now happily ended.

BAPTIST CHURCH.

At the Baptist Church on. Sunday isjg'l/lj.Q 1 Pastor, Bey. W. I^amb, took for b,i| $k%b— Jeremiah 29, 7 •,'" Seek the peaoe of the city whither I have caused you to be earned away captives, and pray unto the Lord for It; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace," He said that just as the Israelites as sojourners in Babylon had been exhorted to pray for the peace of that land, so the people of God had, during the long and tedious war just ended, felt moved to pray for the peace of our country and for the termination of a cruel and disastrous war. In answer to those prayers peace had come and a delirous outburst of joy had re-echoed in every part of the British dominions, and songs of praise to God had gone up from many a thankful heart, He. yeferfod tp tbfi immense, qosv of the wa^r, noc only in 'mciney butiniwMeß of tnoulindf of noble men and eVeh of" an^ children. This, he said, had lent a tinge 6'^ sadness to our rejoicings, and in: many a home loved ones were mourned for, 'Who would never again return. He emphasised the fact that the war had been one of the most humane ever waged, and, said that we should be specially thankfuj that it h»S^ been concluded by a peace hono.urJiblifaliK| \o concluerpra dnS coiaq^eice^,''

WESLEYAN CHURCH, BARING SQUARE.

|v the course of his sermon at the Baring Square Wesleyau Church last evening the B,ev, Thomas. Fee referred tothe faot that tfie EJmpire. had just emerged from the eastly struggle-with the Boers in South Africa. After the war had gone on for » few months it was thought by some that it was over. It was now two years ago since Kitchener triumphantly entered Pretoria* It was thought that -the Trai|STMlf(f|

THE ASHBCKTON 9UABDIA* : MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1902



V. FBBRIMAg. j F. FEREIMAN LICENSED LAND BROKER, LAND AND ESTATE AGENT, HAVELOCK STBEET, ASHBURTOff, HIS FOX SALIfi The undermentioned Properties, full par ticulars o! which may be had on application: — THE UNDERSIGNED HAS IOE. SALE BY tBIVATE TREATY., A SNUG HOME, consisting of 60 Acres >% .of Land, Six-roomed House and outbuildings. The land is subdivided into four paddocks, and is within easy distance el a school. F. FEERIMAN, Land and Estate Agent, Ashburton. A HOUSE and f-Acre of Land close to the residence of Mr Geo. Coleman. Price, .£125. Why pay rent when you can get a home for this price ? F. FERRIMAN, Ashburton. LISMORK OKA ACRES of Land. Capital Sheep Ou\J Grazing Farm. F. FEERIMAN, Ashburton._ j SMITHFIELD. A SMALL DWELLING-HOUSE and: _/% . 6 Acres of Land within a very easy j distance of the Factory. I F, FERKIMAN, Ashburton_.__ HINDS. CAPITAL Four-roomed House and 50 Acres of Land. This Property is in easy distance of the train, is subdivided and well watered. F. FEBBIMAV, Ashburton. NORTH-EAST TOWN BELT, ABHBUSTON. HALF-ACRE of ground with House of Sis Rooms, good washhouee/ copper, and washing trough. The interest on this purchase after paying the deposit, would only amount to 4s per week. F. FERRIMAK, Ashburton. TOWN SECTION 334, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. QUARTER- ACRE of ground, with House of Four Rooms, Stable, and Orchard. F. FERBXMAN, Ashburton. TOWN BELT. " THE PARK TERRACE OF ASHBURTON j FOR SALE, One Acre of Ground, and ; House of Six Rooms, Bathroom, Pantry, Scullery, and Washhouse; an ideal home for a farmer who is retiring, and wishes to be surrounded with a picturesque outlook, and to be in the pioximity of the Domain. The Land is of the very best quality. The house was not built by contract, and only the very best material and workmanship was put into the building P. FERBMAN, ASHBURrON. BUSINESS NOTICES. hTTTresram; SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTIST. X>EGS to inform the residents of Ash- O burton and Surrounding Districts that he has commenced practice in rooms upstairs from the entrance to Thomas' Auction Rooms, Burnett. Stoppings in Gold, Amalgam, and Cement. Gold and Porcelain crowns made ; also sets of teeth with Vulcanite and Porcelain gums. Gas administered. All work guaranteed. Hours of Attendance —9 a.m.—s p.m. 4 166 HERE YOU ABE. Co'vL AND FIREWOOD FT O BE HAD in any quantity at Argyle' Bros. ORDERS promptly attended to. Address— HAVE LOOK STREET, Next to Army Barracks. "h ay 'e~To~u ~s c" bTT THOSI NICE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHS STOCK IS GIVING AWAY ? YOU get one with every cash purchase of 12s 6d. They're honestly worth 2s M each, and you get them for nothing. CAPITAL PLACE THAT BLUE BOOT STORE. * Wonderful how it's becoming a household word throughout the county of late. Note Addbkss— D. STOCK'S BLUE BOOT STORE, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. The name is synonymous with all that is teight, best, and up-to-date in footwear. Nothing but the best English leather ttsed for repairs. i TO Those about to marry, ar.d to those already married. Study economy by f urobaeiaflf yonr furniture »ti 1 W. & M B\KKRS Warehouse, Havelook Xttcefc. Jag', receive J, a oonsignrnjat of Wicker Chairs in lateßt shapes and <i* s'gus ; also lfemboo Tables. In stock all kinds of bed it«adi »»d bedding j Suite of rtrawjn* and dioiDß room farnuare niftde to order at nioierftto prices. Bead woikmansbip and mftferlftln. CHBAP B.L GUNS and CARTRIDGES, ! Double Bairei B L. Gans from 55i, SB. fr<m42^6d, O.*rl-.fifl«ts fran 9j pir 106» Wiro NeuiD^ frcm M V l' y;'r'3 ' Sheep Nstting trtw2±\ je yard. 'I h« eelebrslert ii. MaV'i- 'b Hone Oili'pera at 7a 6d, 9<6i »rd 10s) 61, Ohft m-ksß from 6< 6J— G , Whobius, Tte Pecplb*B Ironmonger* '



______________ BUSINESS NOTICES I LAMPS, LAMPS. LAMPS. LAMP WARE. I ~XJ£7"E tare just lauded, ex S.S. "Maradbi," the finest seleotioa of Killers Lamps evet imported ia this town. Drawing Room Lamps, Dining Room Lamps, ' Hall Lamps, Bedroom Lamps, Kitohsn Lamps, Hand Lamps, OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. All.tho above are to be sold at : j i REDUCED PRICES. INSPECTION INVITED.— mmmmn'f% 9mmmmm W. H. COLLINS & CO.. Sawmillers, Timber Merchants, and Importers, Ironmongs, Painters, Glazieri, etc, Ashburton. T. H. UNDRILL & CO, CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, Etc. from us at lowest f^^MjSSBSBKKBS We have also imt prices and encourage |R'f^^^^^«l^fi3K^^' opened a nice assort- We have just opened another Choice Assortment of up-to-date Bedsteads and Cots in Brass and Iron at all prices. NEW DESIGNS, BEST QUALITY, LOWEST PRICES. ———Wire, Spring 1, and other Mattresses made on Premises,—— T.H. UNDRILL & CO., FURNTBHBRP, TANOBED STREET MAT 1902 Bought of MITCHELL & TURNER PHA.RERS AND CLOTHIERS ABHBOhTOM .. . m . .„_ i.M.iTiiMITHITITi-a T-l 'I- (* Sold by 15 Examined by 11 : : ~"~™ " fi" c d : ' : & b d ■ 6yris Dk JVcsi TweeS la 6J 09 0 Now la 06 0 2 School Cap-a 8.111 OHIO \, 3a 6 < 7 0 1 Lidtes 1 Maolotoh 30j 1 10 0 M 21s I 1 g | 2 School Haft «a 61 07 0 „li 02 0 10 Co'oored Mu*!ln, forAproa* 10^-1 08 9 „3§ I 02 11 ! 1 MV* Tweed Oal 22s 61 12 6  15» 51 015 6 IVc Workrg Trousers 8 61 6 5s lid 0 5.11 2 Wo:k eg Sbitfs 4* 61 09 0 „2 91 05 6 Paid 2 Under Fhnre'a 91 076 261 060 By Cash, with 2 P«*!r Under P.nts 2* 0 4 0  In 64 0 3 0 Thanhs, 1 White QdK DWeB«» »0i 9J 010 9 „8s 91? 0 8 9 MIT CHE LL & TURN EE ' 1 Coloured Q-illt, Sg'e Bed 4i 6d 04 6 „33 6d 03 6 4 O->!.>urod Toweia May 17, 1902 Is 61 06 0 „la 84 0 I'Coloured Tabl* Cover (Large) 13' 6d 013 6 „ 1O« 6d 010 6 lP*lrL»oo(Jartatnß 8a 6d 08 6 „6a M 06 9 12 Yards Pink Flannelled© 0s 6^ 06 6 „ 3|i 03 9 4yda Fancy Flunneleiti 0a B^d 02 10 „ 4£d 016 2 Pair Caahtnpre Hcb* la d _^___^ •• 9a ° }_^ \ £9 5 2 Now £6 li I We take th!? somewhat nnuiua! motbod of showing the Pobllo what ?the Rcducfcione we ara makniz .mount to In ft Parcel of Drapery, every article of whiob «a of every day need, and Good Vamjk at Ftrrx Pkiosss. Our Trumpeter U nob dead, ia faob, tpere are hundreds of him spread over the County, rub we venture to Bay th»6 no b ntnnss «bt«mpt of a Rimilar nature, ever made In Aahburton, has e^er appronohe<lj the buoipb^ attending the Dissolution of Partnership Sale now goiDg on In our Premises. Bee '• Wanted*/ I -.SPECUL.= nnWILLRD Flanne!ebte«, While Cream, Pink and StrlpedT3e lid pf t dozen, i JL Y»rd wide pure white Longoloth 4s 9d a dozan, whihe Galloo 2a 9 I a ; (ii zen 31a jftrrl ; Colonial Flannels—white, pink, and grey from 9JI a | yard, white^BUnkflts 8s lid, 10a 6d, 12a6(3, 14s 9d, 17b 6d, 21s—a par. I Coloursd Blankets 7a lid, 10a, Us 61, 13s 93 a pair. L^rgesias ft-ip.-d ' Ww«e 3s lid to clear, aaually 5s 6 I ; Men's Gafdigan Jaokete reduo^d to ' 5i lli', usually 8a 6d ; Men's Heavy Ribbed (Jolonia! Underpants 33 6', ! Mfii's Bheb'an'! Grey all woo' Colonial Flannels 2s 6d, Men's Plain and Ribbed Colonial Knitted Socks Ib, god line | Cashmere Moffi ts reduoed to I>-, Tv: kish Towel* 6d, 7Jd, 9», IOJd, 1?, ! 1* 3',ls 6d facb. Strong Serge for Boys Wear Is 3d and la lid a yard I Superior all wool Colonial Tweed 2< 3d and^2s_6d a yard. ! E.G IB BARD; ■ BEADY MONEY DRAPER AND OLOTHIEB, Taocred Street, Opposite Arcade J. W 1 L S O N DIRECT IMPORTER OF ARTISTIC WALL PAPERS. A Competent S*t of Tradesmen kepb for House Painting andi.Decoratlng in ail its BraucheSj for Towu aud Country, I Have a Well Assorted Stock of MI XX D JP AiNT S In Large er Small Quantities; also Paine BnJßhfa White Ltad Linseed Oils (Rsw.or Boiled Scrim Window 6!u-s Fancy G!*ei lorpeDtino Betaine M»ihy»Bted Spirits Artists' Material j Beautifal MIRROR GLASS in l»<ge sheets, oan be cab to eny size



With to-day's paper will be found a circular issued by the famous Christchurch fiym of Strange and Company. This cir cular we yfnjfcure to think, will be read with keen interest by eyo^y lady in Ash burton or wherever tlie circulki' $nss its way. It announces the ■• arrival of great shipments for Strange and Co of winter pqyelties, and plain, useful goods by the fßangajsiva/ 'I^aori,' and 'Paparoa/ and also full particulars of BGsnp yery special purchases and extremely tempting bargains —lines including an immense special purr chase of dims fabrics, fashionable winter goods,and wljiich Stra^gp an<J Company got such a bargain, that they are enabled to offer them at about one third under usual j rates. I^ofcs of other special lines, at special i prices are described in the circular. Orders \ for any line specified in circular may ba ; left with Mr Sandrey, at Strange and Go's '< agency, Ashburton, and will receive prompt ' attention. ! Smoke NowVenas i



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