PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Fudat, July 10. The Connell met at 2.30 p.m. , , xnxcb s The Christchurch Loan Validation Bill and the Postal Notes Bill were read a first Hue. The Colonial Secretary moved the se cond reading of the Administration Act > Amendment Bill and the Wellington Public Streets Closing Bill, which were agreed to. The Council went Into Committee 'on the latter BUI, which was reported without amendment, and was read a third time i and passed. |t The Council adjourned at 3 p.m. HOUSE OP EEPKKBENTATIVES. Feiday, July 10. The House met at 2-30 p.m. Beplying to questions. Ministers said— Enquiries would be made as to the need of a footbridge across the Baugitata river. It was thought, however, that the local bodies no'th and couth of the bridge should contribute towards the cost of the Work undertaken.—No increase of salary , had been given to Country Postmasters in charge of telegraph offices, who had their hoore of bnainees increased by opening offices from 7 to 8 p.m., but a bonus of Id,ooo had been distributed amongst them. BILLS. The following Bills were introduced:— A Bill to Amend the Police Offences 'ct 1884 (Mr Fitzherbert), a Bill to Amend the, Napier Harbor Loan Act 1884 (Mr Ormond). SCHOOt COMMITTEES. Mr Steward moved the second reading of the School Committees Election Bill, He said the,principle of the Bill had been already affirmed by large majorities of the House, The Bill proposed that the elections should be held on the fourth Monday In April instead of January, so aa not to interfere with the harvest. The main point of the Bill was the doing away with the present system of cumulative

j voting. Mr Downie Stewart supported the Bill. ' The Bon Mr Stout opposed the second wading. Mr Buckland opposed the Bill. Mr O'Oallsgfaan was In favor of the Bill, but he objected to doing away with the cumulative voting. Mr Fulton contended that there was no denominational intention in the Bill Mr Samuel agreed with the views ex pressed by Mr Fulton. Mr Steward, in replying, said the cumulative vote was not part of our educa tional system as it was originally intro • dooed. 1 The motion for second reading was . carried on a division by 31 against 24. AUtttfATIOK OF LAKD. Mr Oonolly moved the second reading of the Alienation of Land BilL Mr Garrick regretted that a measure of so large importance should be discussed in a small House. He was opposed to tiie, alienation of land, but he could not agree with the Bill Mr Barron said the Bill might be as complicated ee was represented, bat he thought it simply meant abolishing the . law of entail. The principle of the Bill iteelf was perfectly clear and distinct, and the mover should be assisted to pass it into law. The Hon Mr Stout intended to vote for the second reading. Mr Downie r-tawart asked the lay mom ben of the House no*. to assist in passing - it.

Ur Montgomery contended that a Bill Jbf this kind should be of a more simple m character. 1 MrJZobbs said there was no reason why the Bill should not pass its second read* iag and Be amended In Committee. Ur Samuel would cordially support the second reading. Mr Harper supported the second read ing. The second reading was carried on the unoea The ’House row at 5.30. - - “EVENING SITTING, 1 The House resumed at 7.30 p.m. The House went into Committee on the Employment of Females and Others Act 1881, Amendment, end after prolonged discussion the BIU - was reported, with amendments, which were ordered to be considered on Wednesday next. Aiiopixoir of gbhiDbev. ■ The, -Adoption of Children Act 1881, Amendment Bill, wee read a thild time and pasted. The House rose at 11.50.

CABLE NEWS

tAThST FROM € DROPS fsBCTKR’« TUBSBAIfS—OOPYRIOHT, 1 i Financial Proposals. London, July 0. In the House of Commons to-night, Sir 'Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor *of the Exchequer, brought down the financial proposals of the new Govern ment He announced that the suspen sion of the Sinking Fund would be ad hered to, and Treasury Bills to the of X 4,000,000 had been issued. T In other respects he was prepared to adhere to the scheme'formulated by Mr Childers in his recent statement Oat of the extraordinary vote of Li 1,000,000, Li 0,000,000 had already been expended. Fire. The University College, Aberystwitfa, Wales, has been completely destroyed by fire. Federation BUL London, July 0. In the House of Commons to-night the Colonial Federation Enabling Bill was read a second time. Monetary and Commercial. Consols, gßfi. New Zealand securi - ties ate. unaltered. The market rate is ££ and the Bank rate 2 per cent Colonial breadstuff's and tallow are un changed. - The weekly returns of the Bank of England show the total amount of reserve In notes and bullion ' to be Lay, 100,000, being a reduction of * 1.300,000 during the week. The pro , portion of reserve to liability is 44 per cent, being 5 per cent lower than last week. >. The Wool Bales. 1 The'present series colonial wool ■y anctionswill dose t#4»orrow. The V' market is sluggish sinte tfae commence the sales, tto.ooo bales are hdd bver for next salts. Greasy and t£ scoured wools realised halfpenny to one , penny lower than last sales j fine quali i - ties croasbred genmßy were tbree | halfpence lower, lowqoalities were one | \ a u |p<- >S#jr Zealand wteat, 39 per bSshel; ad; mai% 2s Mi)#/ s&Wmm Ca> , mi :»

A Loan. It is announced that the Government will shortly call for tenders in London for a loan of L 5,500,000, bearing inte rest at rate zY* P er cent. The Markets. Adelaide, Yesterday. Wheat, 3s 8d to 3s gd; flour, town brands, L 8 ss, country, Ly 5s to Ly 1 os.

TELEGRAMS

i [FEB PRESS association.] I Benefit (Societies. Ghbistuhdkoh. To-day. The Canterbury United District meet ing of A.O F. have resolved to write to | Sir Julius Vogel, as (member for Christ church North, asking him to endeavor to amend the Friendly Societies (Act so as to make It compulsory on all Societies, having a central body, to become branches of that body. It was also decided to for ward circulars to all the Forester’s Courts in the colony, pointing out the desirability of a uniform scale of payments and benefits.

PARLIAMENTARY TOPICS.

j [From Oub own Ookkkspondbnx. ] I I 'j (Bt Telegraph.) i j Wellington, To-day. I After the tame conclusion of the Minis- I terial crisis, it was only natural there I should come a preternatural calm in public I business, but that calm was'disturbed last I night when the Hon Mr Stout broughf i.» I his amendment to the Employment of Fe- I males Bill in Committee. This amend | ment, while professing only to limit the I hours of labor of bat maids, would, if car- I tied, have improved the class it was pro- I posed to benefit off the face of the earth. I The debate lasted till within half an hour I of midnight, and a large number of mera j hers aired their eloquence on a subject I in which they evidently felt strong inte- I rest. The experience of representatives j concerning bats and barmaids as detailed in I last night’s speeches appeared to be toler ably extensive, and the Hebes of the hotels found an impassioned defender in Sir George Grey. Mr Pyko made, as usual, a pleasant relief with his humorous reference .to the jealous wives who bad signed a petition for depriving a deserving class of their employment. He said that if men went to bars where drink was served by girls, it showed their 1 good taste in preferring a pretty face to the ugly visage of a barman. Be charac terised the clause as another proof of man’s meanness, and said that just as in early history man had said “ The woman gave me and 1 did eatnow they were saying “The woman gave and I did drink.” Mr Joyce poked fun at those who argned th«t the presence of barmaids in hotels demoralised youths, by pointing to Bel lamy’s as an instance where there were no women, and yet a good deal of whisky was consumed there. If there were any de moralising to be done he failed to see why licensees’ wives and daughters should enjoy a monopoly. Altogether the debate was an amusing one, and the barmaids in the end gained a decided victory. They certainly bad to endure some hard knocks, bat their defenders had throughout the best of the eloquence on their side.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1885



Funeral Not pUKERAL The Friends of Mr Wil are respectfully informed of his late SON, Frede from his residence, MoMt wald, at 1.45 p.m., To-m( for tho Ashburton Oemeti 7 166 To Let and F< AND FOR 01 624 acres Turnip Land one crop of grain. For particulars, apply t dlgald maci 6 80 BLUE DERWENT I GEORGE J BAKEE Potato* OR S



SUPPLY OF FOREST TREES. TENDERS will be received at this Office and at the Stationmasters’ Offices mentioned below up till noon on Thurs day, 16th instant, for the Supply of about 40 000 Forest Trees for Planting on Rail way Reserves. Specifications and conditions may be seen, and forms of Tender obtained, at this Office and at the Stationniaster’a Offices, Ashburton, Temnka, Timaru, Wai mate and Rangiora JAMES BURNETT, Assistant Engineer Working Railways. Railway Engineer’s Office, Ohristchnrch, July 7, 1885. 7 156 ZEALAND RAILWAYS. NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIAL Exhibition AX WELLINGTON. THROUGH EXCURSION BOOKING BV BAIL AND STEAMER. In connection with the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition, to be opened on August 1, through Excursion Booking to Wellington will be in force as under, from 20th July to 20th October inclusive : Return Fakes :



From Oamara Waimate Timarn Temnka Orari Ashburton Rakaia The tickets will be av»ilab e to Lyttel ton and back by rail, and from Lyttelton to Wellington and back by Union steam ship Company’s steamers ; the rail tickets being good for 36 days from day of issue, and the steamers tickets for 28 days J. P. MAXWELL, General Manager. General Manager’s Office, Wellington, July 9,1885. 7 157 Public Notices ANY Person foupd Trespassing with dogs or guns on Charles Leache's land, near Dromore, after this date will be prosecuted. 7 149 JAMES MABEN. ALL ACCOUNTS against Mr B. G. Wright’s Election Committee are requested to be rendered at once to DAVID THOMAS, July 7. 1885. ° T __ l Chairman. 7 141 C E. TO SHAREHOLDERS. The Eleventh Dividend on the Union Insurance Company’s Shares is now pay able at Messrs Matson, Cox and Co’s Office. 7 167



Holloway’s Ointment and Influenza.—The soothing pn medicaments render them wel in all diseases of the respira common colds and influenza internally, and the ointment chest and throat, are exceed When influenza is epidemic, the easiest, safest, and sure pills purify the blood, remove its free circulation through tl the over-gorged air tubes, and tion free, without reducing th ting the nerves, or depressing are the ready means of savin anyone is afflicted with colds chrtis, and other chest compla many persons are seriously t afflicted in most countries. The Bad and Won are never imitated or cmnterfe pecially true of a family mei positive proof that the remec the highest value. As soot tested and prove by the who! Bitters was the purest, best, a family medicine on earth, sprung up and began to ste: which the press and the peopl had expressed the merits of every way trying to induce :



0 BUILDERS. TENDERS are invited for Removing a Four-roomed House on the Alford Forest road, about 30 feet. Plans, etc., may be seen at A. Young’s, Wakanui road, where tenders are to be left up to Saturday, July 18. The lowest or any tender not neces sarily accepted. 7 163



Hop Bittera Read it all. IT MAY SAYiS AMERICAN OC HOP B I T 1 ARK Thk Pdebsx and Best Ever Mask. They are compounds Hops, Buchu, Mandi Dandelion. The oldest, best, most n valuable medicines in the v addition contain all the b effective curative properties bitters, being the greatest li blood purifier and life and b agent on earth. They give New I and Aged and Infir To clergymen, lawyers, laborers, ladies, and all sedentary employments caus of the blood, stomach, bow or who require an appetb mild stimulant, these Bitte able, being highly curativ stimulating, without intoxic



Miss Steane, JJJEAOHER OF MUSIC, Terms—One Guinea per quarter in advance. A young girl required as daily pupil to assist in school work, in return for gratis lessons. Tancred street. 7 114 JISTATE of the late JOHN MANN. All Claims against the above Estate, incurred since May 21, 1884, must be sent to the undersigned on or before July 15th instant. CHARLES ROUT, Invercargill, Agent for the widow of the late 7 133 John Mann. GKIOULTURAL Machine Shop, WAKANUI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cutters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of machinery. Special attention given to Bicycles, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and adjusted. Model work. General repairs. PATTERN DEPOT, j Mrs Hodge, DRAPER AND DRESSMAKER, Saundeis's Buildings, East street, Begs to intimate to the Ladies of Ashbur ton that she has removed to the above Buildings, and that she has received a consignment of Crewel and other Wools. Ladies’ and Children’s Underclothing made at the shortest notice. fiEGISTSY OFFICE Foe Female Servants.



Friedlander Bros iS if disposal of business. IMPORTANT PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. Friedlander Bros. beg to announce that they have disposed of their IRONMONGERY AND GROCERY BUSINESS TO MR. HENRY ZANDER who has now taken possession, and will conduct the same solely on his own ac count from this date. Selling Off! Selling Off!! Selling Off!I!



Stock Sales. J&akaia Sales. WE beg to intimate to our clients that for the fiA"'re the SALES of STOCK, IMPLEMENTS and SUNDRIES will be held at the Rakaia the LAST THURSDAY in every month. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MEt. CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY 7 16D8 MATSON. COX As CO.



Meetings. STAR OF S9O ASH BURTON ORANGE LODGE, No. 23. The members of the above will hold their Annual Dinner on Monday, July 13, in the Orange Hall, to commemorate the I2th July. Tickets 4s, to bo obtained from members of the Lodge. Dinner on the table at 8 p m. 7 165 J. G. HODGE, Secretary. European Scenery. fpOWN HALL, ASHBURTON, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1885. An exhibition of Limelight Dissolving Views of European Scenery, interspersed with Comic slides by Clement L. Wig gins, Esq, of Sumner. Proceeds to St Stephen’s Organ Fund, Admission, Is ; children, 6d. Commence at 8 p m. 7 135 SHBURTON P \ RLIAMENTARY UNION.



The above Union will hold its next sitting at the Orange Hall on Friday, 17th instant, at 8 p.m. J, A. FLESHER, 7 168 Clerk of House. pUBLIO MEETING. To His Worship the Major. Sir, —As a majority of the School Com. mittee have made a representation to the Board of Education to the effect that the recent public meeting of householders (which was held to discuss the action of the School Committee in dismissing the Headmaster) was not a representative one, we, the undersigned householders, hereby respectfully request you to con vene another Public Meeting at an early date, for the purpose of eliciting a fair and impartial expression of public opinion upon the question at issue. JOHN A. OAYGILL, And 25 others signing the above JRequisition, To John A. Cay gill, Esq., and other Gentlemen signing the Requisition. In compliance with above, I have much pleasure in convening a Public Meeting for Wednesday evening next, at 8 o’clock, at the Town Hall, Ashburton. RUDOLPH FRIEDLANDER, Mayor. July 10, 1885* 7 162 Auctions. VALUABLE Building Sites Adjoining the Woollen Factory. MB T. BULLOCK has received in structions from the Freeholder, to Sell by Public Auction, at the Arcade, on Saturday, July 18, Lot 48, containing la Ir 9'Bp, fronting the Alford Forest road, and ad» joining the Woollen Factory Pro perty, which is to be sold in Two Building Allotments, containing over £-aore each. As these Lots adjoin the Factory Pro perty, they ought to prove a profitable in vestment. Sale at 12 o’clock. 7 164 T. BULLOCK, Auctioneer. SATURDAY, JULY 18, IMPORTANT SALE OF TOWN, SUBURBAN AND RURAL PROPERTIES, A number of the Suburban Sections being situated in the vicinity of the' Woollen Factory.



MR T. BULLOCK has received in structions irom Isaac E. Tailor, Esq. (in consequence of having settled in the North Island), to Sell by Public Auction, at the Arcade, on Saturday, 18th instant, at 12 o’clock, The whole of bis Valuable Freehold Properties in the County, as follows, viz , That valuable Town Section 236, having a frontage of 66 feet on Cameron street, and only about 6 chains from the Post Office Town Sections 846 and 846, Aitken street Lots 7,8, 9, 10 and 13, opposite the Woollen Factory, each containing abont £-acro Lots 23 and 26, part of the same block Lots 14 and 15, part of Mr McLean’s block, each about £-aore, fronting the continuation of East street and adjoining Mrs Wilkie’s property Lots 3 and 4, on the Town Belt East, each about 22 porches, having a frontage on Wellington street, Hampstead Also, Rural Sections 23720 and 23721, con taining 160 acres, ail fenced, front ing Bowyec’s Stream and the Main road from Mount Somers to Alford Forest To persons desirous of procuring sites near the Woollen Factory the sale offers a favorable opportunity, as a number of the lots to be offered are almost imme diately opposite, and should materially increase in value. Inspection of the other properties is respectfully invited, as 1 think they should prove a safe investment, especially the Town Section near the Post Office. Terms of payment will be liberal. Note hour of sale—l2 o’clock. 7 362 T. BULLOCK, Auctioneer. POSTPONEMENT. j NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY. The Sale of ALFRED MEGSON’S FARM is Postponed UNTIL TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1885, AT THIS COUNTY BALEYARDS, At 10.30 a.m. H. H. sicBETAN, Agent. 1143 E. G. STAYELEY, Auctioneer.



DRAPERY AND CLOTHING. FRIEDLANDER BROS. have also resolved to dispose of their Drapery and Clothing Business, but as the stock in these Departments is much in excess they are determined to reduce it, and in order to do so everything nil! be re-marked at Astonishingly Low Prices. This is a rare opportunity for Cash Buyers, and one we feel confident the inhabitants of Ashburten and surround ing districts will take advantage of. Come prepared to buy ; we are prepared to sell, as NO REASONABLE OFFER WILL BE REFUSED-FOR CASH. THE DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT is still under the management of Miss GREEN, and dresses will be made up during the Sale ai 9s fid, 10a fid and 14s fid. Style and Fit not to be surpassed.



BOOTS. BOOTS. We keep only the BEST MAKE IN COLONIAL BOOTS, viz, “Lightband and Allan’s,” which are acknowledged to be the most durable boots manufactured in the colony, and one PRICES WILL BEAR FAVORABLE COMPARISON WITH AN IT HOUSE IN TOWN. Ashburton. May Ist, 1886.



Business Notices. AR WITH RUSSIA.—At the pre sent juncture it would be difficult for any one except a prophet of th highest rank to say whether or not the present negotiations between England and Russia will load to a general European war, or whether they will end in smoke. The absence of full information as to what is transpiring between the two countries may indicate that the political breeze is blowing harmlessly past; or, it may be the awful silence which generally precedes a storm. In either case, we ought to be prepared for the worst. If a general war I breaks out the price of nearly every article of commerce will rise. Among other commodities, wool and labor will go up. Now is the time, therefore, to lay in a stock of clothing, before the g jneral ad vance begins. In order that we may not be caught napping we have just purchased a Splendid Assortment of Winter Tweeds and other matetails necessary to a well equipped tailoring establishment, which wn are prepared to offer at unusually low prices for cash. Regarding style and fit, it is almost needless for us to repeat what everbody knows, viz, that by our scien tific mode of catting, and the care exer cised by us in fitting the figure, a mis-fit is an impossibility.— Craighead and Co., Merchant Tailors, Tancred street.



DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. In consequence cf i! t { r MEECH & Co., of jlsltn r ■ i Dealers, having been dissolved, and in order to facilitate a settlement between JOHN MEECH (who takes over the business) and his retiring partner, a CHEAP SALE will commence from to day, of the whole of the stock of well ' seasoned furniture of all kinds, ironmon gery, crockery, etc., will be cleared out at HALF-PRICE. All debts owing must forthwith be paid to J. 0. DUNCAN; agent, or to JOHN MEECH ; either of whoso receipts will b a sufficient discharge. Funerals conducted at extreme ly mode rate charges. PROSPECTUS OP THE Ashburton woollen manu facturing COMPANY (LIMITED). (To be Registered under the Joint Stock Companies Act, 1882.) Capital L 30.000 (with power to increase to L5t),000), divided into shares of Lo each. Provisional George H. Greenwood (Chairman) T Bullock, J.P. E. G. Crisp, Geo. Coleman J. Chalmers 0. T. Dudley, J.P. 0. Dip by H. Friedlander.J.P. JohnGrigg, M.H.R. 0. J. Harper, J.P. 0. G. Hawdon, J.P. Robert Wi Bankers—Bank Solicitor—o. Secretary—Al Directors— A. Harrison G. Jenkins Geo. Jameson Hon. J. McLean J. Orr C. W. Purnell Dr Ross G. Scott D. Thomas E. G. Wright D. Williamson J. Ward Ikin, J.P. of New Zealand W. Purnell. 'red Bunting. The Provisional Directors, having ar ranged for the purchase of the land, buildings, and woollen manufacturing machinery lately belonging to the Ash burton Woollen Factory Company, have decided to form a Company for the pur pose of completing the work and com mencing the manufacture of woollen goods as early as possible. (o) The section of land on which the buildings are erected faces the main road from Ashburton to Mount Somers, and contains seven acres of freehold, distant miles from the Ashburton railway station, and in every way well suited to the purpose for which it has been selected. (6) The buildings, which are of brick and exceedingly well built, include engine-house, boiler-house, drying room, main mill-room (200 ft x 80ft), mechanic’s shop, woolshed, dyehouse storerooms and offices. (c) The machinery includes 36-h.p. en gine and boilers, wool-scouring ma chines, scribblers and condensers, mules, twisting frame, looms, milling and finishing machinery, all quite new and of the latest English design.



The land, buildings and machinery are )ffered to the public for L 6,500 (being LB,OOO less than the actual original cost) To connect the shafting with the engine and machinery, which is now being done, and to put the whole into thorough working order, an expenditure not exceeding LIOOO may be required ; the Company will then have a Factory complete in every respect, fitted with the most modern appliances, at two-thirds less cost than any other Com pany in the colony ; the total cost not ex ceeding L 6,500. Mr Greenwood, who is at, present acting as chairman, has had large experience in the manuracture of woollen goods in Eng land and la well acquainted with the re quirements of the colony. Under his supervision the machinery is being placed in position, to be ready for active opera tions when the next clip of wool comes to hand in October next. Other r actories in the colony, started under much less favorable auspices, a e now paying with regularity dividends of 10 per cent, as well as placing substantial - amounts to their respective reserve funds. It is, therefore, with much confidence the Provisional Directors recommend the un dertaking to the public as a thoroughly sound and safe investment. The Provisional Directors have already subscribed for LIO.OOO worth of shares, and now invite applications for the re mainder. Five shillings per share will be payable on application ; five shillings per share on allotment; and the balance will be called up as occasion may require, at the rate of five shillings per share, at intervals of not less than two months. Applications for shares will be received by any of the Provisional Directors, the Company's bankets, or by the Secretary. 6 867



A. Harrison. Alfred Harrison, LuctiOneer, stock & estate AGENT. at 12 o'clock. Horses, Cows, Poultry, Pigs, and Merchandise. AGENT for THE NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. OR SALE— One Monarch DRILL (Good as new) One HOUSE on wheels One Cambridge ROLLER Single and D-Furrow PLOUGHS YE3KLY SALE every SATURDAY, By Reid and Grey, Ransom, and Duncan ALFRED HARRISON



Andrew Orr MONSTEE CLEAR] Now Going < Tremendous Bai 6 Business Notices. ST UDY ECONOMY, AND E Drapery, Clothing, Milline PROM A. C. PEICHA] CASH DRAPER, EAST (Next door to Mr Cambridge, 0] •TTTHO baa received ex a. a. Doric and Tainni, ant VV new assortment of Winter Drapery and Olothit In these times of depression, the study of econoi considerations, and my system of selling for cash onl place before the public the best value obtainable in the n The Goods of recent importation give me the o advantages to purchasers, and enable them to make o formerly went, in support of which assertion I append Ladies’ trimmed hats, 3s 9d, 4s lid, 6s 6d Heavy colore to 15a Heavy twilie Children’s beaver and felt hats, 2s lid, Honeycomb 3s 9d, 4s 9d Slate and bh Children’s nashmere hoods from Is lid Long lace co Girls’ tweed ulsters, 2s 9d, 3s 6d per pair Ladies’ tweed ulsters from 3s lid, 4s lid, Scotch fingei 5a lid Heavy Neth Ladies’ electric waterproof cloaks, 9s 6d, Small boys* 10a 6d lid, 6s Ladies’ fur capes, 7a 6d, 9a 6d, 10a 6d Boys’ Norfol Ladies’ black cloth jackets from 8s 6d, Boys’ overct 10a 6d to 25s Boys’ strong Ladies’ homespun costumes f'om 15s 63 Men's white Children’s cashmere dresses from Is lid 4s 6d Ladies’ strong corsets, Is Bd, 2s 3d, 2s lid Men’s regatl Ladies’ chenille ties from 3d Men’s oxfor Ladies’ wool squares from 6d Men’s stron< Ladies’ knitted skirts, 4s lid, 5s lid, 6s 6d, 2a 9 lid Men’s lambs Ladies’ large plaid shawls, 4a 6d, 6s 6i 6s 6d Ladies’ black kid gloves, Is to la lid Men’s heavj Ladies’ dark colored kid gloves, Is 6d 6d, 11 a Heavy winceyc, s£d to 9Jsd Men’s heavy Heavy twilled Wincey, B|d to 10id 6d, 16s Heavy costume cloths, 9id Men’s strong Heavy blue serge, 13|d, la 4H, Is Bid Boys’ strong Heavy flannels, 9£d, 10£d, 12id, la 3d Hats, braces Heavy white blankets, 9a 6d, 10s 6d to 23s &c An inspection of the above goods is spei Such good value is rarely to be Note the address A. 0. Prichar* CASH DRAPER, BAS’ (Next door to Mr Cambridge, ( *Vrmurrayx£ “Tempus Fugii R. MURRAY inspection of his sp stock or



WANTED ENuWN— Bobxsi IIiMTOH, Bill Poster, Thkatpioai. Aarart. etc,, Town Hall, Ashburton. , Theatrical companies and others visiting Ashburton should communicate with the abovet Orders by post or telegram promptly attend* jpUBLIO AN.M -SO EM AN X., OPENED HONDA*, &Blu 27, 188 S .: MESSRS BAyEp ft 00. (kto of Orr and Alcorn), have |smnenced Bus! ness as Family Grocer* and Tea Dealers | i“ Saunders’ Buildings, next to Mr ley’s, Bookseller, on above date. Messrs B. and Co. beg to announce to the public of Ashburton and District that, as they Bay for Gash and in the cheapest, markets, they are In a position to Sell at the lowest possible prices, and treat by punctually and despatch to receive a &a the public qq '