MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. This Day. J. E. Buchanan & Co., at their Yards, Havelock Street, at 12.30 Horses and General Merchandise. Acland, Campbell, and Co., at the Horse Bazaar, Burnett Street, at 1 o’clock — Weekly Sale of Horses.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. DEPARTURES. Oct. 17—Italy, for Newcastle. Oct. 17—Wellington, for Akaroa and Port Chalmers. Oct. 17—-Wakatipu, for Wellington and Sydney. STEAMERS LEAVE LYTTELTON AS UNDER. For Wellington —Wan aka, To day. Pas sengers by the 8 p. m. train from Christchurch to Port. For Napier and the North— Wanaka, as above. Foe Port Chalmers— Penguin, To-day. For Melbourne, Bluff Arawata, Wednesday, October 22. Passengers by the 2.40 p.m. train fronx Christ church to Port Albion, Tuesday, 28th, transhipping to Bingarooma at Port Chalmers. For Sydney —Rotorua, Monday, 27th. For Hobart Town Albion, Tuesday, October 28. For Picton, Nelson, &c. —Wellington, Tuesday, 21st. For West Coast and Nelson Maori, Wednesday, 22nd October. All berths to be secured at the Shipping Office.

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close as follows: for Christchurch and North at 10.20 a.m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10.20 a.m aaily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m and 4p.nl daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.20 a.m, daily. For Temuka. Timaru, and South at 10.20 a.m and 3 p.m daily. , „ „ For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m For Ashton, Waterloo, and Longbeach, at .15 p.m. daily. For Wakanui and Seafield, on Mondays and‘Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. Mails for Wellington and Northern Ports will be despatched per Express Train To morrow (Saturday) afternoon, to connect with the'Wanaka, at Lyttelton. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster. A travelling Post Office having been estab lished oh the Southern line of railway, letters bearing a late fee of 2d. may be posted at any station in the mail carriage attached to the express train, and, they will be included in the mails made up in transit for offices on the main line and branches. Sydney J. Dick, Chief Postmaster.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS. The following letteis from places beyond the colony were received at the Ashbuitcn Post Office during the month of August, and remained unclaimed on ist October, 1879 1 Allinham, J. Charles, Richard Critchley, W. S. Deacon, William Devane, Patrick Fraher, John Criffin, Morgan Maclean (or Maclear) John Kennedy, William Kissane, Michael Larkin, Andrew Morrison, James Moriarty. Michael Quinlan. Mary Ryan, Thomas B. : Sharp, Sames Valpy, JohnN. Vincent, J. . . . Walker, Archibald Woodman, W. D. Young, Lewis P. McAllister, Mrs Black, John Twiss, Michael W. St, G. Douglas, Postmaster. On the first da’ jf each month a list is ex hibited at each Pc .t Office in the Colony of the addtyw* of all letters received from places be yond the Colony that have remaind unclaimed for one month at such Post Office; and such of these letters as remain unclaimed at the end *dfh further period of two months are then for warded to the Dead Letter Office, to be return ed unopened to the countries where they origi nated. Unclaimed letters originating in the Colony are not advertised, but at the end of two months are forwarded to the Dead Letter Office,: Wellington, there to be opened and re turned to thewriters. /NOTICE. N;EW POSTAL REGULATION. . Letters posted within the colony having the names and addresses of the senders printed on the address side of the envelopes, accompanied . by,a request, that the letters be returned if not claimed within a stated period, will be return ed uhopened. Provided, however, such letters cWI have remained in the post office to which they may bfc addressed, at least ten days.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

COMMERCIAL REPORT.

FOll WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 15, 1879.

(From our Chi istchurch Correspondent. )

1 have again to congratulate the farmers and all who benefit by their prosperity, upon another day or two’s rain. The effect upon the spirits of all concerned must be most cheering, and no doubt will impress new-comers with admiration of the solid advantages we possess over the old country in the quality of the soil, and the salubrity of our climate. This subject leads me on to one I con sider has been lost sight of by many per sons whose interests should have induced them to give the matter some amount of cousi leration, viz., the supply of fodder to the different mining districts, and notably the West Coast.

Some eight or ten years hack an exten sive trade sprung up in the supply of baled chaff. At that time the demand far ex ceeded the supply, and hardly a vessel left Lyttelton for the Coast that did not carry at least 70 to 100, and in some cases 300 bales of chaff, to either Hokitika or Greymouth, where our best brands realised, landed, up to £l3 per ton, Melbourne chaff at the same market realising about the same price. Since then, Melbourne has done her best to cut us out and has so far succeeded, with the assistance of the cheap freight, and a knowledge of what was required; I consider this state of affairs never should have been allowed to transpire. I will endeavor to shortly give a few of the reasons why this came about, and the cause of our failure to take ad vantage of our immense natural resources, and point out the superiority of Canter bury over almost any other part of the Southern Hemisphere to supply the raw material for its manufacture.

Like every new industry started, it must labor under the disadvantage of requiring some treatment different to what the tillers of the soil had been accustomed to. It interfered with old-fashioned ideas, and did not fit in with farmers’ preconceived notions as to what was the proper thing to do. However, in this, as in all other first attempts, a gentleman who now occupies a position in the foremost ranks of the agricultural community, stepped out of the beaten track and showed what might be done by planting about 300 acres of oats for special purpose. The result would have been a splendid success, had we not experienced a very wet harvest, which partially spoilt a crop averaging at least four tons per acre, and prevented the highest market price being obtained. There was, however, quite sufficient evi dence to prove that with an ordinary season the venture would turn out an un doubted financial success.

The plan adopted was to sow on fair soil about 3| to 4 bushels of Tartarian oats per acre, and it has been proved that being sown thick, when once out of the ground all moisture in the air is more rapidly absorbed and retained than with thin sowing, and a quicker growth of straw is induced, as in the case of trees closely planted. This, coming in earlier than the ordinary crops, from the fact that it should be cut just as the sap is set, gives ample time for the proper turning and drying, before it is necessary to tie and stack. lam quite prepared to meet with many objections on the part of culti vators whose farms are distant from centres of population. This, of course, must militate against every industry until necessity brings the remedy in the shape of branch lines and cheap transit. What is required is the material of as good quality and at as cheap a rate as our neighbors can produce, and our merchants will soon find an outlet in those markets most suitable for its consumption.

I may here remark that shipowners are not altogether blameless in this matter as the rates of freight hitherto charged on baled chaff to Hokitika and Greymouth, viz., 90s per ton dead weight, if not pro hibitory is certainly a bar to business, and has resulted in driving the trade to Mel bourne, whence, I understand, it is car ried and delivered on the wharf at about 13s per ton. These facts only go to prove that a direct route to the West Coast by rail is most urgently needed, and deserves more attention from the commercial com munity than it has hitherto received. I have no change to report in values of general produce. Wheat is still firm at last quotation, and any good parcels offer ing are eagerly bought up for local use. Barley stocks in farmers’ hands appear quite exhausted, and only very small in ferior parcels are now offering. Oats are, if anything, easier, with no disposition on the part of the trade to operate beyond immediate requirements. Potatoes for shipment and seed purposes meet with ready buyers at full rates.

QUOTATIONS. s. d. s. d. Wheat, milling, per bush 4 3to 4 8 ~ inferior & fowl feed ~ 3 6,, 3 9 Barley, feed „ 3 0 » 3 6 ~ malting ' 5 6„ 0 o Oats, feed ». 2 3» 2 4 ~ seed ~ 2 511 2 7 ~ milling ~ 2 5 » 2 7

Rye Grass, ~ 4 0 » 5 0 Flour, best £l3 per ton, less trade discount. Sharps, £$ 10s. Bran, £5, sacks in. Cheese, prime, 6d to6j£d. Potted Butter, nd. to is. Meadow Hay, £5. Straw’, £z 15s. Salted Hides, 3d. Butchers’ Fat, 1 Pearl Bailey, £z6 per ton, less discount. Cocksfoot, 6j£d per lb. Cow Grass, ioj£d to nd. Rape Seed, SJ4d to dd. In Com Sacks nothing doing.

Messrs H. Matson and Co. report on the live stock market, &c. for the week ending Thursday, October 16, as follows : Yesterday’s weekly market at the metropolitan yards was fully supplied with all classes of stock, 406 head of cattle, 5950 head of sheep, and 32 pigs being penned for the week’s requirements. In fat sheep we have seldom seen a better display, both of point of numbers and quality, as out of the total entries not more than six or seven hundred were storer. Shorn sheep ai« now being brought largely to hand, and judging from what we have seen they come out of their wool remarkably well, Messrs J. Grigg, C. Hurse, J. Bell, a id others being the chief contributors in this class yesterday. In woollies, Messrs Gould and Cameron carried off the palm with their first draft of the Springfield wethers, and it will be sufficient to say that both in weight and quality they fully maintained their past reputation, topping the market with crossbreds at 15s 3d, jnermos at 12s.

There was an average attendance of the trade, and sales opened brisker than was anticipated, considering the large supply, most of the lines being quitted as the auction progressed. Towards the middle and close of the sale, however, prices gave way, and became irregular, and to effect a clearance salesmen had to accept a decline of the extent of last week s rise, leaving the quotation at 2W per lb. for wood quality mutton in wool, or l|d per lb. shorn. In store sheep there is very little doing for want of supplies, the few sent to hand being mostly culls and odd lots, but for anything like sound young healthy sheep there is an active enquiry, and high rates ruling. . Fat lambs are a scarcity in the market. There are plenty to hand, such as they are, but of any that really deserve the name, there has not been more than one or two small lines penned this season. The general quality of the beef on offer was very inferior and second rate, and with full markets of good cattle for several weeks past, at which butchers had bought heavily, they are in a position to decline such as was offered them yester day, which they did, except at reduced rates, a dull and unsatisfactory sale being the result. Store cattle are in slightly better re quest, but there is still plenty of room for improvement in prices, and not more than half the number yarded were disposed of. Fresh condition two-year-olds, to be put on for immediate grazing, are, perhaps, the most in demand and ready for sale. Money is still very difficult to collect, and there is considerable tightness in commercial circles, but still the trade bills are very well met. There are large sums seeking investment upon mortgages, but satisfactory securities are difficult to obtain. The procuration fe3s upon this class of investment have been greatly reduced.

The following is the report of the Com Exchange for the week ending Friday evening, October 17th, 1879 : The grain crops all through the pro vinces are reported as looking well. During the week the weather has been favorable. The late copious rain, winch has ’been general, will prove very bene ficial. The accounts from all the Austra lasian colonies speak well of the prospect of the com crops, with a promise of double the yield of that of last year. The corn market in London shows signs of great firmness. The wheat shipments afloat for the United Kingdom are con siderably above the average. Wheat—The market is barely supplied, with an increased demand. Holders are firmer in their demands, and asking ad vanced rates. The tone of the market is in favor of the seller. First-class mill ing wheat is worth 5s ; medium, 4s Gd to 4s lOd ; chick wheat, 3s 6d to 3s lOd per bushel. Oats.—The demand is only local. Holders are anxious to sell at reduced rates. These is little demand for export. Good milling oats cannot be. quoted at over 2s 3d to 2s Gd ; feed, 2s Id to 2s 3d per bushel. Barley.—The inquiries for malting barley are not brisk. The market is bare of good samples. The maltsters seem not disposed to operate. Prime barley is worth 5s 3d to 5s 9d ; medium, 4s Gd to 5s per bushel. Potatoes.—The demand has increased ; rates have consequently advanced. There is a good inquiry for export and for seed purposes. Stocks are reported as being very light. Derwents in good shipping order have a ready sale at £4 to £4 10s per ton ; prime seed samples have been sold at £4 per ton. Grass seed. —There is no inquiry ; rates are nominal.

Cheese and Butter. —Good cheese is in demand for export at 6d to 6|d per lb. Butter at 8d to 9d per lb. [By Telegraph.] Dunedin, Oct. 17. Wheat, 4/9 to 5/ ; fowls’ wheat, 3/6 to 3/9; milling wheat is firm at present prices. Oats, 2/ to 2/2. Barley, 5/ to 5/6 ; feed do., 3/ to 3/6. Potatoes, £4 15/ to £5 ; round white do., £5. Chaff, £4. Pollard, £5. Flour, large sacks, £ll 10/ to £l2. Oatmeal, £l3. Pearl barley, £6. Onions, 20/. Cheese, 8/. Bacon, rolled, /B£.

The Ashburton Guardian, COUNTY AGRICULTURAL & SPORTING RECORDER. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1879.

The equality of parties in Parliament this session is almost a calamity to the colony. While one or two votes sway, so to speak, the destinies of Now Zealand, and place power so near to the hand of either party, it is evident that no-confi dence motions will occupy the attention and time of members more than good legislation, and the many new members whoso political careers took birth in the last election will have passed through a not very edifying training in party warfare before they begin their political apprenticeship of legislating for the colony’s welfare. Just now everything is, so to speak, at a standstill, and no real progress can he made with public business until it has been decided who is to rule. And we would not be surprised to find that, when the time for prorogation comes, this difficult question has not been satis factorily settled. Believing that the Ministry of Sir George Grey was mark edly incompetent for the duty of ad ministering public affairs, as has been amply shown since Sir George’s party went into Opposition, it is not likely the Constitutionalists will care to allow them, if they can possibly prevent it, to return to power. The reconstructed probable Ministry under Mr Macandrew, or Colonel Whitmore, with Messrs Shepherd and Pyko included therein, will he even less likely to secure their confidence, so that an accession to office of the so-called “ liberals ” will not in any way help to allay the feeling of their opponents against them. With Sir George Grey’s well known and openly avowed belief that the present Ministry are the repre sentatives of the land-sharking section of the colony, and the Premier the catspaw of the Canterbury squatters —that all largo owners of property are dishonest and ever ready to compass their own en richment at the expense of the working men, —that Liberal measures can never be hoped for from a Government made up of such selfish politicians ; with this belief shared in, or at least apparently shared in by his supporters, it is not to bo hoped they will readily care to dis abuse their minds of the hitler impres sion Sir George’s bitterness against his opponents has left. And so the light will go on, and while it does go on, time that should be devoted to practical business is wasted, and the colony, in return for the cost of maintaining a Parliament, re ceives—talk, and talk alone. So far as business is concerned, Sir George’s costly appeal to the country has ended in making things worse than before the first vote that showed so heavy a majority against him. Yet his party has now a majority in the House, and that majority is being used mightily to stop business. The evening sitting of the House goes on till the bed-time of ordinary mortals, and then an adjournment is carried by the Greyite majority, after a flood of pur poseless talk has hindered everything. There arc this session numbers of private Bills, the progress of which is being delayed by party tactics blocking the way. The waterworks Bill of the Ash burton County Council is one of these, and there are many other districts of the colony similarly situated in regard to their private Bills before the House. There are measures of reform, the pass ing of which have been laid upon this Parliament as a duty ; and the question of the colony’s finance lies on the floor of the House waiting to be grappled with. But all these matters must stand aside until it is settled which is to be the dominant part. The Ministry have already showed by the Financial State merit they have brought down that the party they ousted had but a very in-, different care of the public funds, and ought never to have been trusted with their control, while Mr Bryce’s statement of Native affairs'is sufficiently exponent of what the Colony might have become under the free and easy administration of its Native Department by the Hon. John Sheehan. Though we cannot hope that the Statements now before the House will have the effect of staying the desire of a party to obtain office, when it has a ma jority of the House—nor would we see a minority rule—yet we cannot but hope that the laying bare of the position of the colony will exercise a wholesome chock on the extravagance that has been rampant, and bring about a satisfactory nmlerstand iug—■-whichever side is in power—to allow business to proceed.

ped. from the Wos'o Coast, for £3 aside, distances 100, 150, •'and 200 yards. TheV convincing ground will either bo in East street, oposite the Guardian office, or in the Domain.

Cricket.—A match will take place this afternoon, in the Domain, between the County and Borough Clubs. The follow ing are the players selected to represent the respective Clubs : COUNTV CLUB. BOROUGH CLUB. F. Mainwaring G. Andrews St. G. Douglas A. Andrews \V. B. Denshire J. Ashwood T Fooks D. Amos T. Buchanan W. Broadbelt E. A. Field C. Wright W. Grant H. Fowler Hodder H. Whitely E. Saunders J. Lusk S. Saunders D. Leitch R. Wostcnra F. Shury EMERGENCIES : Mr Crisp Mr Groves Guy Poyntz ’ H.arris Tarawhiti The Unemployed. — A telegram ra ceived by the Mayor from Mr E. G. Wright, M. U. R., states that the Minister for Public Works has ordered the im- . , mediate survey of the railway line tween Oxford and Sheffield, at the Wai makariri Gorge, so that it might he ready “ for the unemployed in a fortnight. Buti I . meantime such as can be provided for at ■ Aibuvy must be sent there. Fire Brigade.—Some time ago the 1 : members of the Fire Brigade decided that the erection now doing duty as a bell tower was situated on too low a site to be heard to the best advantage, and resolved to erect one in some more elevated part of the township. With this object in view, Mr. George Compton, Captain of the Bri gade', and two of the committee, inspected a number of the reserves, but none which would thoroughly answer the require ments were procurable, those best adapted for the purposed being considered too valuable for the purpose, and those' avail-'j f able to possess the same disadvantages as 1. the present one. We should imagine, con sidering the number of reserves in Ash burton, so necessary a body as the fire ■ * brigade should have a site granted to them in such a position as would make the best, possible use of their services. We think 1 '- ' 1 it would not be difficult to obtain leave from the General Government to erect the shed and bell tower on the waste section between the post office and Hodder and Co.’s shop. This, from its central and' 1 elevated position could not be excelled for the purpose. At any rate, it is to 'fljjjF desired that the brigade will find some’! place in town in which their engine and boll will be of some more utility. The framework on which it is intended to erect; the bell is to be about 35 feet in height. I

The Hen Thefts.—Moore,, the hep thief, pleaded . guilty in the Court on Thursday to the charges laid against him, and he was sentenced to twelve .' months’ 'imprisonment. He has been carry-.") ing on a robbery, of the, fowl- u; houses and no less than 22 birds were produced in Court as evidence of his guilt. His Worship \ severely reprimanded him in passing sen- I tence, adding that larceny of that kind | had been frequent of late, but thanks to the smartness and energy of the police, his Worship was able to make an example; •: i of Moore, and such thefts would be put j down with a strong hand. _ r umn The Ashburton Courthouse.— ln tbp;g House on Thursday Mr E. G. Wright, the member for Coleridge, obtained an assur ance from the Hon. Mr Rolleston that a sum of money would be placed on the estimates for building a Courthouse at. Ashburton. ‘ ; .•* j . \ '■

Mail News. —The Postmaster notifies that letters, &c., despatched by the train

this (Saturday) afternoon will be in time to connect with the Wanaka, wlifßih leaves Lyttelton for Wellington in the evening. Mr Sheehan’s Private Character.— The “ N.Z Times ” on Mr Sheehan says : ‘‘ Mr Sheehan certainly made a good speech last night. Many, if not most, of his hearers were in accord with him when

he said that he claimed that so long as he could do his public business, and do it thoroughly and well, his peraonal character did not concern the House Or . tho country. But it is only fair to remind’; our readers that it is exceedingly doubt ful whether it is possible for a Minister who claims to exercise an unusual amount

of personal influence to avoid forfeiting that influence by personal failings which., are calculated to lower him in the eyes of the very natives in whom he wishes to inspire respect and confidence, both in himself and in the law which. he re-; presents. ”

Inquest at Temuka. —On Tuesday Mr Guinness held an inquest on the body of James Guy, a cadet in the Temuka Post’ office, who died suddenly last Sunday. On hearing the medical evidence of Dr. Gumming, who made a post-mortem ex amination, the jury returned a verdict

that deceased died from pulmonary apo plexy.

Cambridge School Committee. meeting of the Cambridge School- Com mittee was held in Mr Megson’s house on. the Ist inst. The members present were Messrs Megson (Chairman), Watkins, - Lloyd, Dale, Margetts, and Ashton. The Chairman recounted the business done by himself since last meeting, and the work executed on the school grounds, which had been considerably improved by fen cing, planting, etc. The business done by the Chairman- was approved of. -Mr Joseph Lloyd was appointed Secretary and Treasurer to the Committee,’ and a vote was recorded expressive of the Commit tee’s satisfaction with the manner In which the inqirovements on the school grounds had been carried out. Itwaa resolved to apply to the Board of Educa tion for the special grant to defray the cost of the improvements. The Chairman and Treasurer were appointed to sign cheques, and the outstanding accounts for stationery, etc., were ordered to be paid, after which the resignation of Mr Lul, aa a member of the Committee, was accepted, and the meeting adjourned.

Point, Teachers in Government Schools. — At a meeting of the Board of Educiiti' ■!) on Thursday, in reference to an ; application from a schoolmaster, the jj Board decided that when pupil-teachers I hr.vo completed their term of serviceJ masters arc not entitled to payment fflfri giving them instruction, and no such pay ments will be in future.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

[Saturday, October i?>, 1&79

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J. d. 51 d. Butter, inferior to best i? lb 1 1 to I 0 Eggs, dpzen Cheese, prime quality, lb I 0 to O 0 O 8 to O 10 , ; Bacon, prime smoked, $ lb O 9 to O 10 Hams in cloth, $ lb 1 0 to O 0 Plonk in bags, toolb Oatmeal, v 25ft H 6 6 0 to to O O 0 4 ; La*4r«nb - - * 0 9 to O O





TITANTED KNOWN—That the cheap -‘W est and neatest CARDS may bo "had at *‘ie “GUARDIAN OFFICE.” SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Bating Square. 473>



Public Notices, £1 REWARD. LOST, from Trevorton Two Bay GELDINGS, had covers on when lost. One a light bay with short tail, white hind foot, and swelling inside of fore leg ; the other a dark bay, no visible brand, had a leather strap round waist. The above reward will be given if de livered at my shop, or ten shillings for information that will lead to their re covery. JAMES TASKER, Butcher, 106—553 a Trevorton. PUBLIC NOTICE. rnHE COMMITTEE and those in- J terested in the WINSLOW AN NUAL SPORTS are requested to meet on FRIDAY, Oct. 24th, at 8 p.m , at the Railway Hotel, Winslow, to arrange about the Recreation Ground and the forth coming Sports. By order, 107 SCOTT, Chairman. THE ASHBUR2ON GUARDIAN gUBSCRIBERS in the Country are particularly requested to communicate with the Publishers if their papers are not properly addressed. The number of Sub scribers has increased so rapidly that un less great care is taken in giving orders as to address and how to be sent, the papers may be left at the wrong place. All orders will receive our prompt attention. WEEKS AND DIXON, Proprietors. October 13, 1879.



General Merchants, MUST BE S TO MAKE ROOM FOR COMING OLD, SHIPMENTS. NOVELTIES! NOVELTIES! NOVELTIES! o WE ARE NOW OPENING OUR SPRING and SUMMER DRAPERY The Newest Prints, from GAd per yd. The Newest Brilliants, ‘Fast Colors ’ Fashionable Navy Bine Prints, choice patterns. Angira Cloth, the Latest Novelty Best Quality Only in French Merinos Brown Hollands Dressed ~ Striped ~ Check Muslins Pique’s ~ Marcella ~ Crochet Antimacassars, from 2/11 Beautiful Lace Curtains, large variety Muslin Long Curtains ~ ~ Muslin and Lace Short Window Blinds, largo variety Grey and White Sheetings, all widths Felt Carpets, spendid patterns Cocoa Mattings, in Iyd., l]yd., and iJs-yd. widths. Leather Cloths and Table Bair.cs Velvet Pile Table Covers Window Hollands, all widths Flannels and Table Damasks Horrockses well-known Long Cloths Grey Calicoes White and Colored Quilts All Wool Plaids, the very best Hosiery, Corsets, Silk Scarfs, Braids, in great variety Dress Buttons, Crochet Cotton (in reels and skeins) Brooks’ 500-yd Reels Cotton, best for machine use Baldwin’s Fingering Yarns Patou & Sons’ Alloa ~ Cotton and Union Sheetings Blankets, in great variety Floor Cloths, choice patterns Cocoa Mats, various sizes. Tl w fa O P! O y: n O c 2 H *2l o # o y: fMHE Above Goods are imported Direct from the Manufacturers and will be sold | remarkably CHEAP, in order to make room for coming shipments. E-i k w a H P 3 < Ph W ft H fc W S H P 3 -rj Ph W A 02 £ OUR OUTFITTING DEPARTMENT IS NOW REPLETE WITH THE MOST FASHIONABLE AND SERVICEABLE GOODS. Boys’ Knickerbocker and Tunic Suits Boys’ and Youths’ Tweed Galatea Suits ~ Hats, in large variety ~ Trousers and Vests „ Moleskin Trousers M ~ Crimean Shirts Collars, Braces, Ties, Etc., Etc., Etc. Men’s Geelong Tweed Galatea Suits ~ ~ » Sac „ ~ >) » Paget ~ ~ ~ ~ Trousers I, ~ ~ ~ ,i and Vests Waterproof Coats, in Great Variety Men’s Blouses and < Derails, American Duck (patented) Hard and Soft Felt Hats, all sizes Merino and Flannel Shirts and Pants Colored and White Moleskin Trousers Soft Twill Cotton Shirts Crimean Shirts remarkably cheap White Long Cloth Shirts, remarkably cheap (American open back) J} ~ ~ ~ in pleats and military fronts, remarkably cheap Merino and Ribbed Lambs’ Wool Half Hose Super. Hand-knit Half Hose Novelties in Silk Scarfs .and Ties ~ Braces ~ Linen and Paper Collars SUPERIOR BOOTS AND SHOES, OF COLONIAL MANUFACTURE. IMPLEMENTS, Etc. TO FARMERS WE CAN ESPECIALLY OFFER, AT REDUCED PRICES : Hornsby’s Ploughs, H., H.H., R. 8., and R.C., and extras for same Reid and Grey’s Double and Treble Furrow Ploughs, and extras for same Drays, 2i, 2|-, and 3 axles Zigzag and Flexible Chain Harrows Cambridge and Plain Field Rollers Broadcast and Hand Sowing Machines Best Ironbark 2,3, and 4-horse Swingle Trees Cheese Presses. Bentall’s Chaff-Cutters and Corn-Crushers, all sizes Corrugated Iron, from G to 9 feet, best brands Ryland’s Best Fencing Wire, No. G to 11 IVlcitGri&l, Consisting of StuploSj StfikcSj Posts ? XfoiilSj Jinci Wiig Strainers. ALSO A VERY LARGE STOCK OF ►ouglas’ and Goulds’ American Pumps, Force Pumps, and Piping (Ij, U and 2), and Farm and Station Stores of all kinds. WE HAVE ALWAYS ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SADDLES, SHAFT, LEADING, AND PLOUGH HARNESS HORSE-CLOTHS IN EVERY VARIETY. WE ARE NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR REAPERS AND BINDERS FOR THE COMING SEASON. IRONMONGERY DEPARTMENT. e be“ to call special attention to the above, and have determined (to meet the ° present depressed times) to reduce prices to the lowest remunerative rates > parties furnishing we can offer advantages seldom met with, having just F received a large and well-selected stock of household requisites, comprising SinMe and Double English and French Iron Bedsteads, Fenders, Fireirons, Coal Vases, Scuttles, Fountains, Boilers, Kettles, Saucepans, Stew and Preserving Pans, all sizes ; Electro-plated, Nickel Silver, Britannia Metal, and Tinware, of all descriptions. ) builders and contractors wo offer special inducements, having a very heavy stock of Leamington Patent Ranges (2ft Gin to 4ft Gin); Cindrella, Queens, Victoria, Vesper,“and Kaiser Stoves, Register Grates, Carpenters’ Rim, Mortice, and Plate Hocks, and general builders’ ironmongery, e have also on hand an extensive stock of painters’, glaziers and paperhangers materials, consisting of Red and White Lead, Paints, and Colors, of all kinds • Raw and Boiled Linseed Oils, Turpentine, Varnishes, Brushes, Window Glass, of all kinds; Putty, Paperhangings, etc., ate. irpenters and joiners would do well to call and inspect stock of Tools. \yg . are now landing a shipment of American Goods, containing a great variety of Tools and Yankee Notions. , , A . , large stock of- Rod, Bar, and Sheet Iron, also a large and good stock of Blacksmiths and Farriers tools on hand. GROCERY DEPARTMENT. THE ABOVE DEPARTMENT IS NOW WELL STOCKED WITH New Seaosn’s Teas, in Half-Chests and Boxes Superior Mauritius Sugars, white and brown crystals and Counters Venus Twist and Black Swan Tobacco Currants, Elfeme Raisins, Sultanas, Muscatell Raisins (new fruit) Jordan and Shell Almonds. Bottled Fruit, Figs, Essences, etc., etc. A Large Stock of English and Colonial Lollies, and a full assortment of Pink’s, Morton’s, and Crosse and Blackwell’s Pickles, Jams, Jellies, Sauces, Potted and Preserved Meats, etc., etc. CHINA AND GLASSWARE, We invito inspection of this Department in Particular, as we have just packed twenty-three crates of General Crockery and eight casks of Glassware, isisting of Sets of Cut and Pressed Decanters; Water-Crafts; Tumblers ; Wine, stard, and Jelly Glasses. INSPECT OUR STOCK BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWFIERE. FRIEDLANDER BROS. Agents Colonial Tire Insurance Company.



Seedsmen. SEALY BROS., Seedsmen and nurserymen. East Street, ASHISU R T O N . Farm, Garden, and Flower Seeds and Garden Requisites of every descrip tion at Lowest Rates. Nursery—Moore Street. 43 N OTIC E. Public are respectfully reminded I that the undersigned business houses agreed in June last to close at 0 p.m., sharp, for llie benefit of employes, who would earnestly invite customers to do their purchasing in good time, in order to adhere to the rule. Wo, the undersigned, do hereby agree to close our respective places of business, on and after Monday, *J3rd Juno, 1873, at the boar of 0 o clock every evening, except Saturday, for the benefit of our employes. (Signed) 011 iI A Co. T. R. 11 ODDER A Co. FRIEDLAXDER BROS. 11 ALLEN STEIN BROS. & Co. per V/. Sparrow, !)G — D. WILLIAMSON A Co. 5G7a



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