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THE LONDON MARKETS

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright London, April 29 Wheat—An Australian cargo sold at

29* 10|d Wool—For the third series of London colonial sales, opanii g on May 6th, the arrivals total 3ff7 4M) balea, of which 138 000 have been forwarded direct fco the manufacturers leaving 240,000, including the quantity left over, from last sales, available for sale "

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS

Sydney, April 30 Wheat—Chick, 4a 21 to 4s 3d; milling, 4? 3d. Flour, £9 to £910 a; Manltoban^ £H Jsfi to £12 6s

O*ts, Tasmanian, 3i 41; Algerian and whir.c, Si4l to 335 d Barley, Cape, 4<; English, feeding, 4?, Ma'zi, 4j 81 to 4* 94 Bran and palhrd, Is 3£ 1 Potatoes, £5 10s to £6 Onions, prime, £9 to £10 Butter, Is ad to la 6d Bacon 7i* to 91 £(The above quotations are those ruling between merchant and retailer, and do not represent the slightly lower values.ob^incd oy recognised brokers.) • Melbourne, April 30 Wheat, 4a 21 to 4i 3d Flour, £9 10< to £9 15s (Ma, Algerian, fending, Si Id bo 33 2d ; miliing, 3s 31 to 3a 4£ i Mft'Z%4s6lto4»7a

Bran Is 3d; pollard, Is M Potatoes, £4 5a to £4 10j Onions, £3 to £8 Si Adelaide;, April 30 Wheat, Sj lid to 4* Flour, £9 5a to £9 IDs Oato. Algerian, 2a 7d to 2a lOd, white 3s to3a2d Bran, Is 33, pollard, Is 3*l

GERALDINE LIVE STOCK MARKET

There was a large attendance ab the Geraldlne lire etock sale yesterday, when there Baa a good healthy sale. About 12,000 she»p were yarded. The following are the prices :—Crossbred ewes (aged) 6s, 6s 31, and 6s 8d ; maiden ewes Hi 31, threeq'iarterbrod four, nix, and eight too 1 h ewes lOi 6d, 10s 9J, 10i lid to lis 61; fat ewes 9s 6.1, 9d9d, and 10s 7d ; three qaarterbred lambs, fit and forward, 8a 7d, 8a Bd, 9s 61 to 10a (id ; store lambs 63 6a Id and 6s 61. There was a good entry of rams, Shropshires bricging a guinea, four tooth English Leicsstera, one and a qa.rtor to one and a half guineas. There waa also a large entry of cattle. Pafc eteers brought £6 12i 61, £8 6$ to £8 12* 6d ; fat cows £*5 to £7 7s 6d, steers and heifers £3, £3 10s, to ££3»

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

United Press Association—Bj Elecorle Telegraph

OHBtSTOHtJROH, April 33 There was » good atiteadanoa and a fsir yarding at the Addibgton market today. Cattlb—lß9 head of f»b oattle w«»-e yarded ; steers £6 103 to £9 15i» heifers £5' 8* to £7)23 6), ooW« £5 to £8 59- per; 100 b prices wore ldj'to 24i 6fi, the last quotation being for very prim?. Store oa'tla—There was a large entry of a mixed character and quality, bat it met with & good eale, the deaaand being bri«k for everything.' Nine months old to yearling boasts fotchej from 22* 6d fo 37a 61; fifteen to eighteen months £2 13s 6d } two jear old steers £H 31-61 to £4 15*; two ye*r old heifers £3 is to £3 12« 81 ; three year old steers £b; four year oils £6 7« 61; thrse year old heifers £4; dry oowa 3)ato£4si. Mibef—F*t sheep—The presence of a number of freezing buyers helped to maintain dhe market during the first hour and a half of the sale, and a risa of la per head had bo ba recorded during that time, but as waata w re supplied and buyers moved oft with full purchases prices receded to last week's level, Eighb hundred North Island fat wethers brought from 14s to 17, i 31 ( some of whinh were taken for fre zng purpose; ordinary prime Canterbury wsthera fetohed from 16a 61 to 18a 6d, extra heavy 18s lOd ; frets ng ewes 11s to 151 s best butohera' ewes 12s 61 to 153. medium lOi to 12s inferior from 7a to 9* 6. Fat lambs— Hheea were 1564 fail lambs on offer, but with the exception of a few lots they were of indiff rent qual.ty, and many brought) only store prices. One thousand four hundred were taken by fretjsng buyers ab 8* Id to 12i 103; tegs fetched 13i st! to 15» 7J, these being taken for exporh. Butoheas* lamba brought 8j ®1 to 15s lid. Store Sheep—There were 8202 y»rded, for whioh there was a good sale, only a few lets beicg passed. Several lines of Chatham Island sheep were on offer, one line of wethers fetching from 9j 61 to 11s 9d. The entry was made up principally of wethers and lambe, lamba fetching 6i lid to 8a 9J, wethers Us 41 to 13s 8d ( PiGS—Finished baoonera sold fairly well up to 48s 6d for »n exceptionally good line, ordinary f«tohing 34i to 44?. Parkers were dull of sale at 18s to 28s, and Bftorea were a drag. There were no outside buyers, bo that business was restricted to local re 1 qmremeata. Per lb baooneis were worth 2£l to 5Jd, with an occasional advance for extra prime ; porkers, 3JI to 2fi.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENT

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MARRIACE

Cartweight—Loohaeb, —Ab the Trinity Presbyterian Church, Timaru, en Aprjl 29, 1902, by the Rev. Sbinson, Robtrb C*'rtwright, Opihi, Pleasanb Polnr, to Eliz *beth Lockiird, of Tinwaid, Achburton

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1902.

The Electoral Act Amendment Act, 11900, contains one very useful pro ; vision, which ia as follows :• —" It shall oot be lawful for any person to can vass for votoa for or on behalf 0! any candidate or candidates, whether for payment or otherwise; and any person committing a breach of; tbe provision^ of this section ia guilty of an illegal practice within the meaning if The Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1881.*' Wo have no doubt that every person having a vote, whether for a local body or the House of Represen tatives, will agree that the practice of canvassing for votes is not ooJy unfair to the individual elector, bjat is cal culated to defeat the object; of an elec tion, Bince a candidate may be returned, who would not have been chosen had the voting not been interfered with. Canvassing is also in direct contraven tioa of the object of the ballot, ainco the man who solicits votes must get • pretty good We* wfthe way tbe vote?

htve bcea cast in tha election he may contest Indeed, it ia no uncommon thing for a man whn has made what be thicks <8 a successful canvass, to boast j <bathe h«8 sefured a certain majority. Fortunately, a good many of the pro mises extracted from votera in this wa? aro broken, and the boast often turns out to be an empty one ; but this only shows that tho canvasser baa placed * number of eleotora in a (alee and impn'per position, Writing on this subject, several months ago, we urged that the provision in the amendment to the Electoral Act for the election of members of Parliament whioh we have quoted, should be made of general application, and should ap ply to all local elections also. We notice that ths Education Boards are recognising the evils of oanvasbing by teachers and are taking steps to prev ent it, and we have no doubt that if tho looal bodies of New Zealand would combine to ask Parliament to amend ths law regulating their elections in the direction we havo suggested, it would bring about a reform that would meet with general satisfaction, and would probably make our Borough Council, Oounty Councils, Road Boards, etc, much more representative of public opinion than they are at present.

The damage done by the wet this season ia the South has not been

nearly so great as The GROW and was supposed. At the wrather. anyrate, farmers

have nob only gob much larger yields than they expected early in November, bat tbe prices they are commanding for even the wheat and data that has been damaged are better than those ruling last year for prime samples. One North Otago farmer sold some early harvested prime wheat a 3a in March, and he has since got 3a 6d for that which was damaged by the wet for chick feed. This farmer thinks there is nothing to complain about. Another man waa boaating that he had been lucky and wise, and had not only harvested his wheat before the wet set in, but had got 3a 3d for it before some of his neighbours had got theirs id. One of them, however, rather turned the tables on him by mentioning that he had sold all bis damaged grain at a shade over that price. On the whole, therefore, it may be taken for granted that the agriculturists ia the south are not nearly such great sufferers from the severe weather during the past few months as we were led to suppose. The reports of the damage done seem to io have been greatly exaggerated. The yield of milling wheat will of course be much less than waa predicted early in January, bat the growers' returns will be much better than was antici pated a month or two before that.

Local and General.

Licensing Committee—The annual meet ing of the Ashburton Licensing Committee will be held in the Courthouse on Thursday, JunflSth.

Fabmebs' Union— The annual general meeting of the Ashhurton branch of the Farmers- Union will be held in the A and P Aesecifttoion's rooms on Tuesday next at 2 F.rn>

Addrbss— Tha address, which was to have been given on Friday evening by Mr H G EH, M.H B, on State Banking _ and Union proved Values haa be oa Unavoidably posi" |)or;ed,And will be given on a future occasion, which will be duly advertised.

HoHTiotTLTOSAL ScctETY. —The annual meeting of the Horticultural Bocioty, called for.iasfi evening for the third time, again bpsod ; out of a membership of ever fifty only four attending. It is a great pity that this useful Society should be allowed to fall through for lack of interest in its affair by the members.

Hockey.—The hookey match, Ashburton v Rakaia, played on the Oval yesterday afternoon, resulted in a win for the locai team by two goals to one* For Aahburfc n—• McDonald and Clark (TinwalH) scored a goal each, Sturgess scoring for Btkaia. Mr F Clark officiated as referee. The visitors were entertained ab a dinner at the Com mercial Hotel, and returned to Rakaia by ths express.

Not she Prague, Bui Sxiiiti a P*sTo~- A correspondent sends us the following: —A certain pedestrian and possible patient, with e&gor manner sought) out a certain practitioner asking his advioa. Hia lower limbs were curiously marked with a fierce red rash 1 Was ib measles, he asked, or had the dreaded microbe seized oa him la some new and »wful form P After n^uoh consul tatSon and cogitation the doctor gently urged greater regulation of bl» diet), and aeked had he done muoh walking ? ' I have,' was the reply, * from Lyndhurst to Rakula.' A gleam of intelligence broke over the doctor's face 'My dear man,' said he, as a father would reprove his bod, • that explain"j if ever again you are bo unfortunately placed lo circumstances neces sitating the negotiation of such a journey, then do thab negotiation on stilts, for thick goraa makes deeparate going. There ia a Road Board, Imy son, who should see to suoh matters, bub where you may Sad i\ or come by it, or what stuff 'tis made of, I am to learn. Soma argue thab it has degenera' ted into ft mer j Society for encouraging a more p'ofuss propagation of gor&a plants on the public highway?} But alas again my ton, 'tis a hard wo Id and we are more often judged by results than by Intenbioos, and he who assaults bis neighbour's promising son with the best intention as to his moral improvement, may find himself mulcted for £50 damages, So pub down thy b-ouacr legs and wend thy ways, the more wiely ohooß ing thy paths in future ; thus showing yon have profited by your recent sad and painful experience.'

A NoVEtiy—The Khaki bicycle is now being fidted with the two-speed gear hub, which not only gives free wheel, but has the additional advantage of aUowing bhe rider bo change his gear at will from a low bo a higher gear whilst riding, and can be in speated ab Beat and Towna's, launders' Buildings.

Biovoles fob Evbbybody—l have for sale the following second hand cycles :—Star £4, Anglo Bpeoi&l with free wheel, £10, Raglan £8, Bter!iog £7, Waverley £5, Anglo Special £9, Lady's Humber £11, Lady's Cleveland §'J, Lady's American£6. All thesemaohioea are in first class order, and are real bargains; X D J obcstoD, Burnett street.

HiaflBANK School—The Board ef Edu cation, at us intidviug yesterday, agreed io again advertise for a mlsbress for Highbauk Hohool,

Dromobe School-The Board of Edu cation yesterday acoepted the tender oft Messrs W H Collins and Co, £71 for repairs to school building!) at Dromore.

St SraPHBN"B Church.—Hie Lordship Ruhop Ju ius will institute tbe Rev. E Whitehouse to the cure of ABhburton to morrow (Friday), at 8 15 p m.

Testimonial to Inspj otoh Pender—Any subscriptions to the proposed testimonial to Inspeotor Pender will be received by the Mayor (Mr W H Collins )

Tinvtald Debatjno Gmjb — Tho opening meeting of the Tiawald Derating Ciub will be held in the Tinwald Hail on Monday evening next.

Wbathbb Forecast — Captain Kdwin wires: —Moderate winds from between south east and south and south west ; indioaliona frost tonight

New Coal Company —We understand that a Company is baing floated with tha object of exploiting tbe coal seams oq the Mount Hutt Estate.

The WooLtEN Mills—lb ia rumoured thao tbe looal woollen mill has changed hands, and that the purchaser la a well known Ashburton business man.

Fbisoo Mail—The Ashburtori portion of the 8&u Fianoiaoo mail arrived by the express today.

Unclaimed Letters.—Letters from phoes beyond the colony, addressed as under, were received ab the Ashburton Post Office during the month of February, and await delivery : —From the Australian States—M Carmorly, J A Oharltoo, B Coupe, J H Easbwell, R Halliburton, E Rout, J(i McDonald, J C Willia. From the United Kingdom—F J Dowding,

FxEßOlSlsa their RIOHT3~We am in formed that at yesterday's election, out of 568 votes r-corded, 203 were OMjfe by tbe feminine sex, wliioh shows a maoh greater proportion than has been the case before at municipal election? in Aehburtoa sines the franchise came into force.

Technical Instbtjotion—Ab the Ashbnr-

toa Technical Committee has guaranteed

the additional cost necessitate.! by a Wed nesday evening class, Mr Sandford, the Board's techaio*! instructor, has bean authorised to start ooe, in addition to the four school classes held on the following day.

Allenton £ctfooL— The Appointments Committee at the Board of E iaoatloa meeting yesterday reported that the Education Department had notified the members' willingness that the present arrangements in regard to the Ash burton eide school should continue until Deoember 31,1903.

Ashburton High Pchool Boabd— Ai the meeting of the Board of Education yesterday Messrs A On and D Williamson were reappolnted to represent the Board

on the Ashburton High School Board. Mdllb Dolobes—We remind our readers and Ihe public generally of the coocerb to-morrow evening in the Oddfellows' H*U t) ba given by Mdile Dolores, assisted by

Mr Chreace Newall, the talented pianist). As only one recital will bs given, we would advise all lovers of good musia to book seats

| without delay The box plan is open as Mr I H M Jones'

Close Skttlemens — Members of the Canterbury Land Purchase Board are at present in Timaeu, and this week they have been engaged inspecting the unsold portion if the Levels Estate with a view to its purchase for close settlement. They have also inspected four farms, comprising 1003

I acres, at Wasbdyke, with a viaw to pur } chasing and cutting them inbo small dairy ) farms.

Stash Discount Stamps.—The retail

I tradespeople do nob seem to have taken up 1 tho State's discount stamp with enthu iaem

Aooordiog to the cffioial'returns published in the Gazette the Government stamps sild during the quarter ended Deoember laefc am ountel to £487, as against £446 153 worth for the March quarter just ended. Daring the December quarter £427 5a worth of stamps issuad w=r« redeemsd, and durieig the March quarter £877 lls worth;

Tab and Feathers.—-A sensation was occasioned at Cartertoo on Saturday as the result of a rumour thit a visitor to the town had been subjeoted to the Indignity ef a *' tarring " process. The report proved only

boo true, the victim having been pounced

opoo by a body of disguised men, and throughly 'painted' with the adhesive mixture. Ho clue baa been discovered as to

the perpetrators. It) is stated that the in* oident was the closing scene in an elopement episode, the pr.ncipala of which are well known In the Wairarapa,— Age. A Display in Lamps—The fines * display of Cycling Lamps in Ashburcon is at Messrs Oates, Lowry, and Cu's, Burnett Street, This firm have now opened up their new stock of Lamps, Oils, Carbide, etc. which will be sold at exactly the same prices as their Christchorch house.

News in Brief.

With this issue we circulate a catalogue for Messrs Mlcohel! and Turner, which gives fall particulars of their dissolution sale. The sale commences tomorrow (Friday) at 10 o'clock.

Mr D Thomas will sell by auction on Saturday, May 10tb t 500 acres of land at Westerfield, on aooouat of Mr T Connolly.

Mr H C Shumptoc, of Arcade House, cotifiee that he has takmover that well known drapery business on his own account. A notice to the effect appears elsewhere.

The Hon W. J. Steward, MHR, ard several other wall known residents of Canter bury have notified their acquiescence with the proposal to bold a bocS&I on Saturday, May 24■-b, to commemorate the first volun. teer encampment held ab IJillsborough in 1865, iv which they took part.

A New Fencing Device.

In August last Mr F W Page, of Oherbsey, patented a new device for fencing par poses, and the same was exhibited at the last Ashbacton Show, and favourably commented upon by all who saw It, On Tuesday last we were Bhown the new invention—a simple fencing dropper, but withal a vast Improvement on the old fashioned style of fencing. It is made of steel hoop iron, U light and durable, and it is claimed for it that it ia the qalokesfc dropper to attach to any kind of fence, having tongues formed on ib, each tongue receiving and gripping a wire of the fence, the top tongae being formed the opposite way, so thab the dropper can be hung on the top wire while the other wires are being placed in position, the lowest tongues being formed In opposite directions. The tongues are then bent over the wire with pliers or a hammer, while holding firmly ab the back, a solid piece of iron to clamp the tongue with if u«itig a hammer. Ab the. the tongne is pub baok Into the same hole ib is out of the way, and does nob catch wool or anything else. Ib Is perfectly fhb on both sides In addition to the above mentioned, Mr Page has also a small dropper for netting, with two tongues, and ia easily adjustable. When once in position there is no likelihood of it slippiog and becoming slack as the grip is too firm. Mr Page last week received over 4000 orders ; 2600 for Djilge y and Oo ; 1000 for the Timaru Farmers' Co operative ; 630 for the Farmers' Co operative ; and 200 for Rakala; thus proving the device has a good sale,

The Mayoral Election.

Considerable interest was evinced in the eleo tioa for Mayor yesterday, ai d from the time the polling commenced both ohodidarn* were busy in their respective interests. Vehicles were employed on both sides taking electors to the polling booth, and the contest was fought with good spirit

At 7.30 p.m. the Returning 0 fiber an nounced the result as follows: — William Henry Collins ... 331 Henry Davis 223 Informal 4 Majority for Mr CoHini ... 108 ! Mr Collins w*b therefore declared duly I elected as Mayor of Aahburtoa for the ensuing year. i In returning thanks, Mr Collins said that he was very pleased to be placed at the head of the poll. He did not seek election, but Mr Henry D»vi«, however, had oome forward, and he (Mr Cellini-) was requested to come forward, and did so,. He was sorry that some had seen fit to blame him for certain matters in connection with the slaughtering at the Freezing Works, but ha considered that ha was only doing his duty in carry* iog out the provisions of the Act. He was now fully assured that) the meat which waa slaughtered there would be in far better condition *for consumption than before ; creditable to the butchers and the people thab eat X (Hear, hear.) He again thanked them for placing him in such an honourable position, and while he held that position he would always endeavour to do hla duty. (Applause.)

Mr Davis thanked those who had voted for blm. He had thought he would be nearer the top of the poll, bob he had done very well considering the circum stances. He had served seven years or more on the Borough Council, and had always endeavoured to do hia duty to the ratepayers. (Hear, hear) Some time ago the Cbuneil had passed a resolution that the Mayor was to have an 1 honorarium. He had oppoaedfit, as he did not think It necessary. However, they had sanotloned the honorarium by voting as they had done. (A. voice—|jJo.) He would continue to work under Mr Collins without bearing animosity. He might contest the next election, and wonld give Mr Collins or any other gentleman who liked to coma forward a ran far It. (Laughter.) He had much pleasure in proposing a hearty vote of thanks to the Returning Officer, Mr Fooks Mr Uoliitiß seconded the motion, which was carried.

Mr Fooka acknowledged the compli ment, after which the proceedings terminated.

United Press Association— By Eieotrlo Telegraph—Oopyrighb CDimaru April 30 The Mayoral elect!oi resulted as foilowa J Craigie, 578 ; T Hawkey, 332, Both are councillors. There are 1921 names on the rolls. A good deal of interest was taken fn the eleotion

Presentation at Kyle.

The numerous friends of Mr James Me Acuity, of Kyle, met on Monday evening at the Kyle School and presented him with a well filled purse of sovereigns. The proceedings took tha form of a most enjoyable social, the schoolroom being crowded by friends from far and near. Mr J Lambie presided, and in a few words brhfly explained the obj- ci of ihe gather ing. Their friend and neighbour, Mr James Mc&nulty, who had been born and reared in the district, had received the offer of a good appointment in the Old Country, and was about to taka hia departure from New Zealand. Els friends at Kyle decided to present him wHh bo me mark of their esteem, and a purse of sovereigns was the result;, which be had great pleasure in presenting on behalf of the subscribers. Mr Thomas Mulligan, in an excellent address, spoke of Mr Mclnnlty'a many steiliag qualities, and wished him every &noceas in his new ephere. Mr Tnonr.s Backl y also spoke in eulogistic terms of Mr MoAnulty, who was an old schoolmate and a good neighbour, whom he was sorry to lose. Miss Mctiralth also spoke of the loss the Kyle Mutual Improvement Association would sustain through the departure of Mr Mo^nulty, who was one of i>s most valuable members. Mr McAnulty replied in suitable terms and thanked the donors for their generous gift, which he would always p:iza. The evaning was pleas mtly spent with songs, dances, and musics! selections, and tea and refreshments were provided by the ladies of the district.

Heavy Weather in Australia

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph — Copyright Sydney, April 30

There Is no improvement in the weather, and the eoa is the roughest that has been experienced for yeais, greatly delaying shipping. Many vessels, including three Union coastal steamers, are anchored in the harbour, waiting for the sea to moderate, All coaling operations on south coast jetties are stopped. There is a tremendous sea at Newcastle. Steamers are unable to enter and are standing off. or have returned to Sydney, The Aoraogi was twenty six hours be hind time from Brisbane, fighting against a mountainous sea the whole way. She lay for several hours off the heads before she ventured to enter. She escaped with little damage. The third offioar was knocked down by a sea breaking on board, and was somewhat severely injured. The mission steamer John Williams, which sailed for the Islands with a party of missionaries on the 21st, has returned to port. A native missionary is suffering from measles. The vessel was conslderab'y damaged in the storm. A native sailor had his arm dislocated.

The Honoy Poisoning Case.

Uaited Pre»a Association—By Eleotrlo Telegraph—Copyright. ~ \ Auckland April 30

(The following is another aocount of the honey poisoning sffiir near Morrinsville, by which fivs M«oria lost their iivea. A Maori said to be ICO years old, and certainly little, if any, short of that age, feeling unwell, receat.y told hia frianda not to bother about him or to trcub'e themselves by coming much to the whare, where he lived alone. He said ho would Sad a grave for himself, which they understood :o mean that he would probxbly retire to one of the oaves near there aid die. Last Friday he was missed, and eight stalwart Maori men started to search for him. Having been unable to find him they retired in the evening to his whare, and in their hunger regaled themselves with honey from one of his hives They were soon laken very ill, and recigaised that they had e&ton honey gathered by bses from poisonous tree bloaaomtj Five of them are dead, and the other three have recovered after fearful sufferings, One cf them had his tongue badly mangled, as a result of convulsions. A constable has been instructed to destroy the remainder of the honey, except) a sample for analysis. The deceased Maoris were inbeliigsnt, industrious, upright mnn, and pleasant neighbours. They were well known iv Morriasville, where they often Oj>me with four horse waggons, bringing £hx or other produoo. It is bub a fortnight since a b'g feast terminated which had been giveu by fche Watanui natives for tha opening of the public hall. On that occasion a large number of pakeha visitors were oordially entertained day after d*y. Now it is a tan^f: Cries of grief could yesterday be sometimes heard for half a mile.

Upper Ashburton Road Roard.

The monthly meeting "f this Board was led in the Board's Offioe, Weet Street;, Aahborton, on Monday, April 28th, 1802, * Prtseat—Mr 0 J Harper (ohalrna»n) and all the members. OORBESFOKDFNOH. The following correspoudenoe wii re oelved :— Fiotn Mr Thomas Harrison, acknowledging ■receipt) of-the Rnar.i's letter re proposed improvemer to to Fraser'e Road, and stating that fail formation of the roads would be preferred to the half.chain formation, also n questing a reply t"> hia question »b to why I the reßhiogliog of North Hinds Road waa 1 not carried out,

The Chairman stabed he bad Instructed the Clerk to reply that the remaining por* fcioaa of Frassr'a Road should ba formed the fui' width of the road, and that the rflshingllng of the portions of the north Hinds Road will be attended to when n-jcesl sary.

The Chairman'a action wag approved

From the Ashburton County Oounoll, ioforming the Board thab a meeting would be held on the 18th Maroh at) the County Conn* oil's cf5.363 to consider the question of email birda nuisance, aad requesting the Board to send delegates to confer wilh the Council on this matter.

The Chairman stated that he and Mr Campbell had at.ended the meetlog

From the Department of Lauds and Survey forwaidiag form to ba filled in showing how the amount of Thhds aonrued, £137 14s BJ, and paid over to the B iard^foe the year ending March 31st, had been expended The Cork stated tha matfter bad been attended to-

From Messrs Duncan and Oofcteril!, ia« forming the Board that Mr Buckley left no instructions re the forming and shingling of ro*da at Tinwald, chay will write Mr Buckley and again communicate with the Board*

The Chairman stated hs had looked over the portions of the road at Tinwald, sad the gullies required seeing to soon.

Reaolved, tbab concrete pipes be placed In the gulliee the full width of the road.

From the Department) of Public Health, forwarding a supply of aotifioafciou forma for use by householders in notifying oasoe of infectious disease to the looal authority and Disttiot Health Officer:

Ib was moved by Mr Harper, seconded by Mr X, Campbell,—That the Clerk, Mr J Davißon, be the representative officer to see the provisions of the Bealth Aot be carried out in this district.

From Mr 0 W Purnell, advising re gorse on roads, and forwarding copy of cobloe to be served on owners ox occupiers of property* The Clerk was instructed to have gorEe notice books printed.

From tho Ashburbon Council, informing the Board that ill had paid the Bum of £41 18< 6d for birds eggs from this district, and requesting a refund of half ths amount, £20 193 3d.

Beeulvad that the amount) be paid. From the Ashburton County Counci', informing the Board that- ib has decided to p,y |d per head or 6a 3d per 100 for heads af sparrows, licnete and larks during the months of May, June and July, and wishing to know it this Board can make arrange' merits for receiving and counting same in tti district).,.

The Clerk wae instructed to reply that the members of the Board living at a dis* tauce in the Wards will take and count the heads aa sequested, From the Temok* Road Board, asking on what conditions the Board grantod ;the Aahburton Borough Council permission to ooustruob water races on the roads throogu Ailenton

The Clerk wai iostruoted to reply thabtha Borough Council is allowed to take the water along the roads only on Buffar*nco, its being liable for any damage or accident. Frcn: Mr Henry Ford, drawing the Board's attention to the inroad made on J»okson'a Road by the late flood, and asking It to join inputting tome protective works at a ooab not to exceed £30

The Cn&lrm&a explained the damage dona and as ill was necessary that) Bomnthiog should be done at onoa he bad iis true ted theG'erkto write to Mr Ford stating that) the Bo»rd wouid contribute £lst

The Obiirrmn'a sction ffas approved From Mr Heary Ford, thanking the Board and stating that he had arranged to put lbs work iv hand

From Mr Henry Ford, re removal of obstructions at Che end of the private road, Lagmhor, and stating that pipes will not do buo that he would put in box cnlvertß, the Board to pay half the cost.

The mattes was lelt in the hands of the Ch kit nun, with power to make arrangements with Mr Ford.

Fiomtho Wakanui Road Board, asking the B)*rd if it would b6 willing to left, oa hire. Its Champion road grader, and if so, on what conditions

Tne Gierk w*s instructed to reply the Board regrets it oannot) see its way to iet the machine on hire.

From the Supervising Valuer, requesting to be informed of iho d*te approximately ou which the Board intends to levy its rate for the coming financial year, 1902-3, on the values appearing oa the roil as oorrected up to the 31st) March, 1902. The Oierk was instructed to reply Septem ber 29bh. DEPUTATIONS Mr N Fi z^erald Interviewed the Board, requesting it to grant him a further lease of five years of the Tinwald Reserve.

Reßolvad—That the mutter be left io (ha hands of the Chairman and Mr Inoker, with power to arrange. Messrs Carscn and Wallace interviewed the Board with reference to the Btate of the footpath on the North Town Belt, they also wished to know how it is the rate en this Ward is so high. The Chairman stated the Belt was under the control of the Ashburton Borough CoancD, and referred them to that body: He explained the nutter of the rate being higher in this Ward was owing to its being so small aad the number of ro»ds it had to maintain.

The member for the Ward also stated the to maintain the bridges took half the rate. ROLL ALTERATIONS The Clerk was instructed to submit the following to the Supervising Valuer subject to the rates being paid to date :—From Mr 0 J Stiyohe bo Me E F Harris, Lot 3, 8 D Lofi 191, D P 366, Pb 10091, 3* Of Op j Lota 13-15, S D Lots 192.5, D P 583 Pj 6085.4, 10* 3r3p; From Mr 0 J Scyehe to Mr P Hansen, 1,0t4, RS 19162, Po 3962, 80* 5r '27p, Reserve 2498, lease of; From Mr U Connolly to Mr James Glassey, 20854, 27963, 460 aores; From Mr A J Hueton to Mr Pailip Green, Lota 8.11, Reserve 350, 104r lr 5p ; From Mrs A Darter to Mr X Friadlandar, Lab 34, Ptß 15047, 22283, 5* 2c Op. WORKS Id was deoiled to have the following works done :—Form some 20 chains of a roai at) Oiiertsey, and reralc the Main South Road j form Creek Road, Alleaton.

Tenders for the above to be called for reKb next meeting,

AfJQOUNTS Accoqnts amounting to .£16916s 101 were passed for pnymsntand the Board adj >urced

COURSING.

FUTURITY STAKE

(From our own Correspondent)

OAwtAau, April 30 The big coursing meeting of the year commenced at oAmaru today, Tlie weather, uufortunUely, is not so favourable as wad hoped for, raining falling all Tuesday, aud bhia morning the weather looked very threatening, There are seventy dogs engageJ, coming from all parts of the colony, the North Island,making a great show, while Aehburton has seven representatives* The arrangements on the Plumplont have been altered from last year, and it is hoped the ohaoKPa made will prove Bitisfactoy, Me Q R Wise (the original promoter of the present P.umpfeon), and Mr Duggao, the secretly, have been working hard to make the me-ting a suooess, and if the rai« does no'o come on during its coutin' u.inae. id should be. The first priz 3is £140, \ho second £50, and there are sixteen others The only Ashburtoc dogu left in after the first round were :—Mamie May (W J Shearman) j Navy Blue (A. Lee), end Cadrio (Hturis) The coursing wns fxoellont, and the judging satisfactory except) io thre« wee.

f«B mTOS tJABPIAN: THTJKSDAT, MAY 1, 1902,



F. FMRRTMAN FOB SALI I THE hmt Building Site In Allentoti, »ts the corner of the N W Town Belt, adjoining the proper' j of Mt J M Cambridge F. FIERI MAN, Land and Estate Agent """"""■FOR SALT?, AT Tiswald, a -good Horn* for Working Man, consisting of a 4 Roomed House and f Acre good Lwd E.FERBIMAN USD A ESTATE AGKNT BUSINESS NOTICES H. GRESTIAM, SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST, BECB to inform ihe reflHfnta of Aeh burtoa and Scsrrouidinß Districts thftt ho will- commence practice in rooms nexb to Me Wateon, Solicitor, about May let. Stoppings In Gold, amalgam, and Cement. £1 old and Porcelain orowns 1 made ; also sets ©f tffilih with Vulcanite ami Pi roel&in gums- Gad administered. All work Hours of Aotbnbanok—9 a.m.— 5 p.m. jes.. IT WILL PAY YOU To Try Our . ; Jttcs-OCHMATLJD Jc CO. Taimmu. FOR WATOfIBS . OLOOES, JEWELLERY, BJLYER AND ELECTRO-PLATS SEASONABLE NOVELTIES, tea, 00 SO G. JESSON, PmoMp*! Wstohrouker and Jewaller ß , | flwrnetfe Btres*, {opposite Bomersefe Hotel} Athbarton, —-Repairs v Speeialtji— Presentation Committees liberally dealt with. T"" ; " | ' "i I ,•„___ , ®1 ! " WATEBPBOOF3 ! rpilß Largest Stock of Water-' 1 '; proofs in the newest shapes,* Now i Opened RAINPROOF TWRKD r HRSTERFIBLDS 32a 6d !wd 58: 6d S3LUE TWEED CBPSIERFIELDS, 80s GRIIY TWEED OHKBTEBBIELD3 30a tAWM t^EEO; CHESTERFIELDS 42s 6d WATERPROOFS MADE TO MEASURE.-, ; A Very Large Selection of Water proof Patterns.to Bel fc.b from 3HE HHW"~ ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY F. H. BEOKINGSALE, Manager COMPARE "~~~~" . THKf!. 1/6 l/C* E2/4 2/8 THOMAS YOUNG, BOOTMAKER, Tatcrkd Street HAS Just Received a line of Indlnu Bast) iimsrioao Gloas X 6 L rglet an |Jot.ton Boots for the Winter, alao Go'oshflu, Frioos moderate. Sg»pake work ani R"paira promptly attfpoed '0 ')• BAKJOS, MANDOLINS, %H0 GUITARS. I HAVE jo^t Opened, f x a o Gottih, sorr.e Fif*l»olwa English BANJOS, E;'6, and 1 am celling them for C*sh or Timt. PuymeDts Kb very low prlsa?. Thee iatending going m for any flf the fcbove InstiHinante should onl'l and Jarpeot tbtm. , « - •■• Tboroagh Imtrnetlon given oa Basjo, Mandolin, or Guitar. For terms, eio, apply JT, WRIGHT, Taocred Street WANTED KNOWN—That a big line ; of. Lace Curfcaias we have just landed, ex's.B. Paparua, is fu'l of >eallynioe gods at fcennpting prices. Fall display in j ©ar windows—Mitchell fo Turnkr. j Bmoke Sew Yenua '



(Ua*ier the dirsotion of MR Fi VERT) nn/^_l\ /fnT>jyf\TXT Friday bvkninp) lU"MU±t£tU W, (FRIDAY EVENING) MDL L E ANTONIA DOLORES ASBISTRD BY MBt OI4A.e,AINOK NKtWIGI^Lr, (PIANIST.). : ONLY ONE RECITAL : -—W ILL BE GIVE N. AN ATTUOTTVE PROGRAMME WILL BE PRESENTED. Pltm of Tickets at Jones. Rcaeivod Soat», 4 j Unreservod, 2« 6d and W. 5 2 JAMES TAIT _ BUSINESS NOTIOE3 DON'T ALL COME AT ONCE ! ! OUT we Shall be Roady for a good many of jm at 10 o'clock on FRIDAY Morning, 2nd May, WHEN OUR SALE BEGINS, And Don't Forget your fall Parse, «s the SPECIAL PRICES *re for CASH, / AT MITCHELL & TURNER'S DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP SALE., Oar Premigon will be CLOSED ALL DAY oa THURSDAY, MAY lafe f BAIL UP! . . . „„ . . It was a common enough expression in Australia one time, and the victim w»b generally one of those folks who never look where they are going. O»ution ia at all tira 8 the evidence o! wisdom, and in no particular Bhoold it he shown than in choosing one's TEA. Yoa can get all kinds of Tea in Australia; doubtless you can get many of them where this journal circulates, »nd caution, therefore, is absolutely necessary. The finest, pureef, niOßt reliable Tc« comes from Ceylon," not China or India,and experts of the Tea-room, no leas than those of the household, agree that if """^'lHlmi^ 18 FAB AND AWAY TBE BEST /mm * *&l&t/Gy%&<C£ CEYLON THAT IS GROWN. NIRVANA TEA is picked and packed under Britißh supervision. Eac^ pound or half pound is put up in lead in Colombo, the capital of Ceylon, an« ■his being soldered, the package ia made air light und the contents preserve" from deterioration. 8 0 L -8 A G B N T- J. T. COOCH, Ashburton. "sterling value AT THE READY MONEY SHOP. OUR aim in to supply Goods of Reliable Q ulity »6 loweib Rock Boitom Vclom ri«ht ihroughoab, nop (as ia often done) (ffiriog a Faw artiolsaat k-en p-ioaa as «baits,', which are bo erne ion ot the gaacrai value givon. We BUY In the BEST Maketsfir pronpb OABH, fhua aeaarlDg substantial rtißoounts-— havn very Small Working Expenses, avoid loasei .incurred by i giving Oredir, aod therefore Unn and D> Sell at the Finest) Margin of ProGn. Any perion can see readily, that fcbs foreßolng : D'inc'plep und cnnditioDß ensare to oar Ouitomerß STERLING VkWM FOR 1 HEIR MONEY. | « NJBW .GOODS NOW ARBIVING. E. G I BTA R D, BEADY MOIMFiY DRAPER, «J^ TANORED STREET (opposite Arcade), Ashburton i - PING PONG, PING PONG, ! PING PONG, FROM 5a 64 TO 223 64 A. SET.—Odd Racquets from Is 6d each, WE are also making the REGULATION TABLES, whloh add great'y to the enjoyment of the game. To those who doa't play (our advise is) —Come and boy a NICE EASY CHAIR To sit in, and watch those who do play this splendid indoor game. T. H. UN DRILL & CO., FUBNIhHINGr WAREHOUSE, TANORED STREET (Established 1882 BUY FROM ALCORN'S KAIAPQI BLANKETS. SEE SPECIAL OBFER. J. WILSON DIRECT IMPORTER OP ARTISTIC WALL PAPERS. A Competent Bit of Tradesmen kept for House Painting and Deoorablng in all its i Branches 'for Town and Conntry. 1 I Have a Well Asooried Stock o( MIXED PAINTS fri Large or Small Quantities; also Painb Bruahes ' White Lead Linseed Oils (Raw>r.Boiled gorim " Window Glars Fanoy Glass Turpentine Berz'ne Methylated Spirits Artists' Material j Beautiful MIRROR'GIASS in large sheets, can.ba'eub to any blzj



Tailoring—Mr Kerr, of Strange and Company's Tailoring Department, Christ ohurob, and one of bhe firm's prinolpal putters will be in Ashburtoa again on Saturday 3rd May, to 'fit on' orders entrusted to him, and to book fresh ones. He may he seen ab Strange and C&mpaay's Agency (Mr Sandrey's) on above dabe, frem 11 a m to 6 46 p tn. It is hardly necessary to say anybbing here as to Strange and Com* pany's tailoring, because the firm has earned a reputation for itself that ex'snds f*r and wide* But one point ia worthy of special notice, whilst Strange and Company's suits and tingle garments to measure are ao remarkable lot out, fit, style, am? workman ship, their prices ate mosb moderate. Those requiring winter suits og overcoats, etc, can hardly do better th&tt oontulb Mr Kffr on May 3rd—if, in deed, they have nob already done so,—[Advt.] gTAjSTDISH AND PREECE. Photographers sntar tho Royal patronage of the Prince and Princeee of Walee. Bbudio B High Street, Ohrsstchuroh. 4 1$ Smoke New Yenns Should other remedies fall yoa em al ways depend on TUSBICURA. AH who have trlid 16 say the esrae:



TUSFJOURA. cures Coughs of Lon? Standing, promotes Easy JSjcpectpration. Price, 2a 6d j obtainable everywhere. BILL MARTIN SPEAJSB, To Ideal Tyre Company, Ohristohuroh,— Deir Sire,—l have much pleasure in writing you to say hew heartily I appreciate the Ideal tyres whloh were fibbed to my machine and upon which I put up my seventeen New Zealand records, and won the several chain** pionahip pr'gas. I atn very pleaded with them - WILLIAM it 4RTIB 4 17



The tffioacy of TUSSICy RA la all lung and throat oopsplaintsja nndeniable. It •touches the. spot.' every time,