of cleanliness and tidiness among tjhe scholars. , .: The. election of a Committee for the ensuing year was then proceeded with, when. the . following gentlemen were selected :—Messrs Hardy, W. Shannon, R. 'Oakley, ,Dr Cordner, A. Clark, Dowling: and Liddy. Messrs Hughes and VJ Jos. Turner acted as scrutineers. 'A very hearty vote of thanks, proposed "by Mr Brimmicombe, and seconded by "Mr C. Dixon, was passed to the lady ! , teachers who recently took a number of ''''. the children to Christchurch, for the.pur ' ; poße of visiting the museum. , ,A ;vote of thanks to the Retiring Com ' mittee, and to the Chairman for presiding, .. "brought an exceptionally orderly meeting to a close. : Afca- meeting of" the new Committee, ' Mr'C; Hardy chosen as Chairman.

MOUNT SOMERS.

The annual meeting of householders, in the Mount Somers- district was held in the schoolroom on Monday evening. The attendance ;was fair.and on the motion' of y. f jMr Hoodj;s;eQonded;by Mr Edson, Mr to the chair. f :"HfjThe .minuteA of the last annual meeting .ii -hrere read and confirmed. ■•*i AMr-Hood the Secretary of the retiring read the annual; report j .ijrhich -Was as follows f-*~ ";r '/•' Mount 'Soiners School Committee lv "VjJ annual'report to the householders for ';.' J- J/;.the year 5 ending March 30th 1890." mJt 'TJi^C.ominittee, in laying, their, report "" befoWtne meeting think it unnecessary tpvtakeiup ttheitime ,of,the meeting in making out or reading along report of the Committee's proceedings during the year. They have therefore confined themselves, to* Jhe leadihg facts which have occurred during their terra, of office. They trust, ■'';n6w^Ver,Hhat those present will have no hesitation in asking for, information on any-matter concerning the school, to which wo'thel Committee" 'may have omitted to referi ,The Committee have met twelve , times during the year for the transaction of business, and they have the pleasure of stating that not one meeting has been al lowed to lapse either through bad weather i or;want of a quorum. The number of •r<' attendances of each member of Committee

is as follows: —Messrs Tait 9, Harvey 5, Edson'l2, Price 10, Fox 11, McClimont 10, Hood 12.' The late^master severed his connection with the school on October 2nd, he having

.'received a more lucative appointment ': • imder the Wanganui Board. The late pupil teacher Mrs Beuchler was „, released from her appointment by the ... Board,in order that she might accompany her husband.

■I < Applications for the position of master .. being: received Mr Joseph Watson was appointed and commenced duty on Nov ember 2nd. > The Committee regret that they have " been unable to procure the services of a pupil teacher the average attendance at the school having fallen below the Board's standard. It is therefore not to be expected that the master's exertions will be.so productive as they would be ■ with a pupil teacher's assistance. The school was examined by Inspector

Wood on February 7th, 25 pupils were > r presented in Standards of whom 2 failed "and 23 passed, the percentage of passes -; being 53*49. percentage of failures B*oo. The Inspector speaks very highly of the way, the school is taught and conducted. ■ -■ The average attendance for the past ' quarter is 37?12 as against 43 for the cor responding quarter last year. W. Ensow, Chairman. The balance sheets of the Incidental and Amusement Funds were also re ported to be in a highly satisfactory con- J dition.

After some discussion the report was, on the motion of Mr Edson, seconded by Mr Price, unanimously adopted. Mr Watson being duly elected returning officer, .and Mr James Tait scrutineer, the election of a new Committee was pro ceeded with when the following candi-

dates were duly nominated: Messrs C. Armstrong, J. Tait, W. Edson, J. Price, 6enr., J. Hood, W. McClimont, R. Todd, A. Fox, J. Price, junr., and Mr A. Harvey. On tire ballot .-being taken, Messrs Hood 21, J. Tait 19, J. Price senr., 19, C. Armstrong 14, W. Edson 13, R.- ,Todd 13,, and A. Harvey 11 votes, were declared duly elected. A vote of thanks to the returning officer, scrutineer, and chairman terminated the public meeting. At the meeting of the new Committee held immediately after the public meeting, Mr Edson was unanimously re-elected Chairman, and Mr Hood Secretary, the same to sign cheques as hitherto; the night of meetings to be the first Wednes day in each month.

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Dunedin, April 29.

In several of the educational districts last night, strong comment was made on the clumsy mode of election and the looseness with which the intention of the Legislature is expressed in the Act. One Committee earned a resolution strongly urging Major Steward to persevere with his Amending Bill. Another approaches Parliament to better define the functions of Committees and the Board relative to the appointment of teachers, another calls attention to administrative defects.

THE SUGGESTED LOAN.

That slow-going journal which is pub lished in the Empire City under the sounding and ambitious title of " The New Zealand Times," but which is irreverently spoken of by the pseudonym of " granny " by its Wel lington contemporaries, has come out with a series of articles which for once have created a considerable sensation, not because of any wonderful literary ability therein displayed, but because their aim and object has been to show that New Zealand might, could, and should go in for another loan. Like the errant damsel, the evidence of whose straying from the paths of maidenly virtue being in question, demurely pleaded that it was " only a little one," granny justifies her lapse from the stern doctrine of non borrowing by the self-same excuse, arguing that though we have for sworn the intoxicating delights of borrowing and spending, yet we have shown our selves such good boys that we may now indulge ourselves just a little in the forbidden pleasures —not for building railways; Oh dear no! certainly not, but for the purchase of land from the Natives so that settlement may proceed in the North Island, It is argued— and we accept the argument —that settlement must be pushed on, and it is shown that the money spent in buy ing land will soon come back again, and that not only directly but in directly. That is all very true, but it is not a new truth, It was just as true when the present Ministry went into office as it is now, and if notwith standing all these considerations they were right in declaring then that they would not borrow a penny more they must be equally bound to stick to that declaration now. Only one or two papers in the colony have endorsed the view of the "New Zealand. Times" that thejCircumstanccs have so widely altered as to justify the resumption 1 of borrowing for the specific purpose of pushing on. settlement; and no in>

portance whatever, therefore, would attach to its suggestion were it not that it is well-known that that journal is usually " inspired " in the political sense, and that" the inference is . naturally that this borrowing idea has I been thrown out merely as a" feeler " at the wish of Ministers, with a view to enable them to so shape their policy as to meet the popular wishes. It has been roundly said that this is the case, but we notice that Sir H. Atkinson denies all knowledge of the matter. A telegram to the Auck land "Herald," dated Wellington, Monday says :—" A member of the House waited on the Premier this morning, for the purpose of ascertain ing from him whether there was any truth in the report which has been published, namely, that the Govern ment would be prepared to advocate i the raising of a new loan for special purposes, amongst others for the ' pro motion of land settlement. Sir H. Atkinson gave an absolute denial to the report. The notion of raising a new loan for any purpose has never, he said, been entertained either by him self or his colleagues. The rumour was stated to have proceeded from a certain newspaper which is known to be an active supporter of the Premier and of the policy of his Government. He considered it would be very hard if a Government were to beheld responsible for what appeared in the leading columns of a particular newspaper, for no better reason than that the paper in question gave a general support to the Government. The report was without foundation, so far as the Government was concerned." This Avill be satis factory to those of our readers who dread a renewal of the old policy of borrow and spend, and may we suppose be taken as conclusive as to the inten tions of the Premier himself, and if so it may be regarded as certain that no loan proposal will be brought down next session. Yet at the same time we are quite prepared for the discovery, which we venture to think will be made some day, that some of the Premier's colleagues have been the monkeys who have been utilising " granny," as the cat to pull the chestnuts out of the fire. If so the monkeys can afford to laugh, as their fingers are unblistered, though " the harmless necessary cat" has burnt her paws in their service.

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

General 3Xe>TS Summary.

Auckland, April 28,

The San Francisco mail steamer has arrived. Her dates from Europe are up to April 8. The Hon. W. E. Gladstone attended the baptism of his grandchild in Westminster Abbey on April 8. On his way to London he was presented with an address at Weybridge, and in acknowledgment spoke 15 minutes on political questions. He took occasion to roundly denounce Government for the recent perfidious practices of the present Ministry, who he declared were merely usurpers and intruders, who dared not submit their claims to represent a majority of the electors to the test of a general election, though they would be forced to do so soon.

/Le Caron the "Times' " witness before the Parnell Commission, is living in retire- \ ment in a London suburb. He wears a grey beard, which changes his appearance so that recognition is difficult. The Dublin "Freeman's Journal" asserts that he is to be given employment in Aus tralia. - - ' - During the races on March 2nd in Cornwall, aportionof thegrand stand thirty feet long collapsed, precipitating 200 persons to the ground, and many were injured, some fatally. A curious scene occurred on the Strand, London,. on April 1. Viscount Hinton, who his made himself notorious by playing clown in pantomines, and has also under- 1 gone imprisonment for robbery, was grinding a hand organ, accompanied by his wife. A gentleman endeavored to persuade Hinton to desist, offering him a clerkship in the Stock Exchange. The offer was loudly declined in presence of 500 people. Hinton, who is heir to the Earl of Paulett, swore he would never alter the course of his life till the Earl died. During this exhibition, Lady Hinton passed round the hat to collect coppers. A recent conference between English and German steamship men is understood to mean that an endeavor is afoot to create a steamship trust and advance passenger rates

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

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The Trine© Mail.

New Plymouth, April 29.

The Wellington and West Coast portion of the 'Frisco mails was landed at the breakwater from the Takapuna this morn ing and sent on to Wellington by express train. The balance of the South Island mails go on by the Takapuna, leaving at 4 p.m. The Exhibition. Dunedin, April 29. The balance sheet of the Exhibition Company shows a debit of £5000 against which are the buildings and unpaid calls.

HOW PILLS ARE MADE.

The Custom of taking medicine in the form of pills /dates far back in history. The object is to enable us to swallow easily in a condensed form disagreeable and nauseous, but very useful, drugs. To what vast dimensions pill taking has grown may b imagined, when we say that in England alon about 2,000,000,000 (two thousand million) pills are consumed every year. In early days, pills were made slowly by hand, as the demand was comparatively small. To day they are produced in infinitely greater rapidity by machines especially contrived for the purpose, and with greater accuracy, too, in the proportions of the various ingre dients employed. No form of medication can be better than a pill, provided only it is intelligently pre. pared. But right here occurs the difficulty: Easy as it may seem to make a pill, or a million of them there are really very few pills that can be honestly commended for popular use. ' Most of them either under shoot or overshoot the mark. ' As everybody takes pills of some kind, it may be well to mention what a good, safe, and reliable pill should be. Now, when one feels dull and sleepy, and has more or less pains in the head, sides, and back, he may be sure Mb bowels are constipated, and his liver sluggish. To remedy this unhappy state of things there is nothing like a good cathartic pill. Jt will act like a charm by stimulating the liver into doing its duty, and ridding the digestive organs of the, accumulated poisonous matter. But the good pill does not, gripe and pain us, neither does it make us sick and miserable for a few hours or a whole day. It acts on the entire glandular system at the same time, else the after effects of the pill will be worse than the disease itself. The'griping caijsed by most pills is the result of irritating drugs which they contain, Such pills are harmful, and should'riever be used? sometimes even produce hemorrhoids. Without having any particular desire to praise'one pill above another, we may, nevertheless, name Mojbher Seigel's Pills, manufactured by. ifhe -well known house of A. J. White, Limited, 35 Farrh^d.on. Road, L/jadon, and now sold by

all chemists and medicine vendors, as the J

only one we know of that actually possess every desirable quality. They remove the pressure upon the brain, correct the liver, and cause the bowels to act with ease and egularity. They never gripe or pro duce the slightest sickness of the stomach, or any other unpleasant feeling or symptom. Neither do they induce further constipation, as nearly all other pills do. As a further and crowning merit^ Mother Seigel's Pills are covered with a ' tasteless and harmless coating, which causes them to resemble pearls, thus rendering them as pleasant to the palate as they are effective in curing diseases. If you have a severe cold and are threatened with a fever, with pains in the head, back and limbs, one or two doses will break up the cold and prevent the fever. A coated tongue with a brackish taste in the mouth is caused by foul matter in the stomach. A dose of Seigel's Pills will effect a speedy cure. Oftentimes partially decayed food in the stomach and bowels produces sickness, nausea, etc. Cleanse the bowels with a dose of these pills, and good health will follow. ; Unlike many kinds of pills, they do not make you feel worse before you are better. They are, without doubt, the best family physic ever discovered. They remove all obstruction to the natural functions in ither sex without any unpleasant effects.

TfilS ASHBtJRTON GTTARDIAN, TUESDAY. APRIL 29, 1890.



THE SONS & DAUGHTERS OF TEMPERANCE FRIENDLY BENEFIT SOCIETY. FE Special Advantages offered by this Society are—lst, a large invested fund; 2nd, th;e funeral donation being reassured by the National-Division ; 3rd,: a liberal relief during sickness, with choice of any doctor within the district for members and their families, and as large funeral donation as is ' consistent with safety. The Grand Division has established a Central Sick Fund, which secures uni formity of fees and benefits throughout New Zealand ; allows members to move from one division to another without any increase of contributions, and affords absolute security j to small or weak divisions, ' Benefit for Male Members :—First six months' sickness, 20s per week; second six months, 13s ; afterwards, 10s; death of a i member, £30; death of a member's wife, £10. Half- the above benefits are received by female members. Honorary Members of both sexes shall j be entitled to the services of the physician and apothecary, providing they pass a satis factory medical examination, and recoup to -the Division the amount of fees payable by it to those officers on their account. The pledge originally adopted has remained unchanged until the present time, and by it \ I all formsof intoxicating drinks are proscribed. The position the Sons and Daughters of .Temperance occupy is a standing testimony of the value of Total Abstinence principles, and compares favorably with any other Friendly Society; the sickness rate showing one-third less than that of other Societies not based on total abstinence principles; the death rate being only six per thousand in the Sons and Daughters of Temperance, as against nine per thousand, the yearly average death rate of other Societies. This Order should command the support and attention of all earnest temperance workers, as it gives uncontrovertible testi mony of the value of total abstinence to the health of the body; exerts a decided in fluence on public opinion, and provides an opportunity for total abstainers to make provision for themselves in case of sickness, accident, or death. The Lodge meets MONDAY, 12th May, and each alternate Monday, at the Templar Hall, Ashburton, at 8 p.m. Every Total Abstainer Should Join. 4 2i3 W. MURRAY, Sec. . NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A 1 PUBLICAN'S LICENSE. I SAMUEL BODEN DONNAN, of 9 Waterton, Hotelkeeper, do hereby give Notice that I desire to obtain and will, at the next Meeting of the Licensing Committee, of the District of Ashburton. to be holden at the R.M. Courthouse, Ashburton, on the 6th day of June, 1890, at 12 noon, apply for a Certificate autho rising the issue of a Publican's License for a house situate at Waterton, contain ing 16 rooms, exclusive of those required for, the use of the Family. Dated the twenty-sixth day of April, ! 1890. SAMUEL B. DONNAN. E. G. Crisp, Solicitor. 4 210



LONGBEACH ROAD BOARD. ANNUAL MEETING. 'THE Annual Meeting of Ratepayers will 1 be held in the Road Board Office on MONDAY, May sth, 1890, at 12 noon. , JOHN GRIGG, 4J201 • Chairman. longbelch road board, final. notice. ALL Rates unpaid on May 10th will be sued for without further notice. 4§230 BY ORDER. LOWCLIFFE ESTATE. rpENDERS are invited for clearing X about 200 acres, Tenders will be received till 10th MAY. 4 161 J. R. BRODIE. HORSE TRAINING. "~ TUESDAY, 29th APRIL. AT Bland and Humfherys' Horse Bazaar. rpTTfl Champion Horse Trainer, Professor 1 Hickton, will give an Exhibition as above. The cleverest feats will be per formed on young, wild, and vicious horses at 8 p.m. Admission, Is. 4*205 ANNIVERSARY SOCL4.L. rTIHE ASHBURTON RIFLES WILL HOLD THEIK AHHIYERBAHT SOCIAL ON MONDAY, 26th MAY, IN THE ODDFELLOWS' HALL. Dancing at 8 p.m. Admission —Gentlemen, 2b 6d ; I Ladies free. 1 Tickets from all members, of the Company. 4-168 I JOHN DAVIDSON, Returning . Officer for the Upper Ashburton Road District, do hereby declare the folowing persons have been duly nomi nated for their respective wards as under: — For Winchmore Ward MATHEW STITT Allenton „ RONALD CAMP BELL & DANIEL O' C O N N O R BRICK. Their being only one Candidate nomi nated for the vacancy in the Winchmore Ward, I therefore declare the above named person (MATTHEW STITT) to be duly elected member of the Upper Ashburton Road Board. Also there being two persons nominated as above to fill the vacancy for the Allenton Ward a Poll for the election of ONE of the above named persons will be held at Saunders' Mill, Ashbnrton, on SATURDAY, the third day of May, 1890, at 12 o'clock noon. JOHN DAVISON, Returning Officer, Upper Ashburton Road District.. April 22nd, 1890, 4 172 Bland and Bumphtrys SATURDAY, MAY 3rd, 1890. BLAND AND HUMPHERYS have received instructions from Mr J. M. Reid, to submit to Public Auction at the East Street Horse Bazaar, the following first class Horses on the above date, — Bay Gelding, 3 years, Knight of the Garter, by Apremont, out of the imported mare Mexico. Brown Pony, 6 years, Mount Joy, very fast trotter. Grey Mare, by Cheviot, out of a Blood mare. BLAND & HUMPHERYS, 4+229 Auctioneers. Miles and Co. TINWALD YARDS. TUESDAY, MAY 6th. MESSRS MILES & CO. are instructed to offer on the above di\to, *Yi\(\ an^ 6-toothfirst-cross Ewes. C\L\l\ 8-tooth Crossbred Ewes. J. T. FORD, Auctioneer. GEO. JAMESON, 4§227 Agent. Ashburton.



THE , CLEABING- SALE BOOTS IN GEORGE DIACK'S ESTATE, j i 'TTAVING been so SUCCESSFUL,' H Wfl will clear the BALANCE for ONE -TTTEEK j^VNLY NE W EEK VJNLY AT STARTLING PRICES. r^ISTGHELL & TURNER TANCREtffeTBEBT. O"I TO O A PER DAY to by cOX made by persons of either sex, in their own localities, Afc work for us. New business. All meet; with wonderful success. Any one can do the work. Capital not required. We will start you. Outfit worth £1 mailed free. The employment is particularly j adapted to the region in which this publi- | cation circulates. Boys and girls earn nearly a much as men. Full particulars and instructions mailed free. Now is the time —don't delay, but write to us a once. Address Stinson and Co., Potrtland, Maine, United States. O. J3 Seymour, SURGEON DENTIST, 215, Colombo Street (new Buildings near Corner of Gloucester Street.) j ESTABLISHED -• 1869 ! SCALE OF CHARGES : Extraction. 2s 6d per tooth ; Fillings,. 5s per tooth. A reduction made where a number require attending . I ARTIFICIAL TEETH j The charges for Artificial Teeth are made ; with a view to strict economy, regulated ( by such circumstances as cases present, or such materials as patients prefer. Par ticulars given on application. Consulta- - tion free. Nitrous Oxide Laughing Gas)' i administered when required. Attendance ■ 9 a.m. to 6 p.in 215, Colombo Street, Christohurch. 8 lff : ; j pf'TTIAWCIT T^ODDS; : SURGEON DENTIST, i (Formerly with A. W. CHATFrKTrov Auckland.) —CHARGES— -< Ordinaiy Extraction. 2h'63 Painless 6s. M Stopping 7*6<l Full,upper and lower set of Artificial Teeth 10 guineas, and all work equally moderate. —CONSULTATION FREE- . All work done by him guaranteed' to fife and look well. A»dre»s : —Court Chambers, above Mi* H. M. Jones, Stationer East Street. Private Residence, Havelock Street Opposite Presbyterian Churc



T. Bullock fTO LET at a low rental, House fronting JL Graham's Road, Tinwald. T. BULLOCK^ FOE SALE—Grass land near Tinwald, Opv ACRES Easy terms. Apply to T. BULLOCK. BUGGIES AND TRAPS FOR SALE. TWO single-seated Buggies, 1 double ! seated Buggy, 1 American Waggon, 1 light spring Cart, 1 Gig. •„ _ .... T- BULLOCK. _ CHEAP PROPERTIES. X HAVE a number of Sections, together with Cottages thereon, for Sale, for ' j which owners are prepared to take Low | Prices. ' Full particulars on application. __ T. BULLOCK.__ 1 "TORSE POWER, suitable for driving i~\ chaffcutter, for Sale at a low price. r T. BULLOCK. ry-i~/\ SECTIONS opposite the 3£> J_ *db . Ashburton Woollen Factory for Sale, Price £14 each. Apply to __ T. BULLOCK, 7"b FAitVJilfiSftnd Ushers.— Fc* Sale ' 1 a Light Spring Dray. Ap^y to,, FOR H ALB^-v^Acrc s odd, crnvenit nJy siUv*tsdnear thoO-arry Saloyftrds, divided mto £ padd t>»d surrounded with a plantation ; nil well watered with a Ocuuty water rac, i'aa* ternie, Apply to T. BULLOCK,



BAKER BE S., . Builders, Undertakers, et<j. Corner Wakanui Road and Cass Street (Next Central Hotel). lOr at Baker and Brown's Coach Factory, HAVELOCK STREET. 2 90 (Next the Court House.) TINWALD COAL AND FIREWOOD DEPOT. ■ J. A /CLOTHIER has for . f\.. \J Sale—Best New castle, Westport, Grey Valley, and Mount Somers Coal, Firewood and Stakes. Prime Oaten Straw and Sheaf Chaff,'at Ashburton prices. I NOTICE OF KEMOVAL." JOHN MOISON BEGS to inform hia Customers and the Ashburton Public that he has taken those commodious shops in the Town Hall, to which he will remove his business on Ist MAY next, and' in onsequence will hold a clearing sale of present Stock, at REDUCED RATES for CASH ONLYitill date of removal. Orders booked will be charged at Ordinary Rates. REPAIRS neatly executed at the hortest notice. ___^_ d MOISON The Union Fire jnsura Head Office,



' Licensing Act, 1881, and Amendments thereof. "VTOTICE is hereby given that, in pur- JLN . suance of. the provisions of the above-named Acts". Quarterly (Annual) MEETINGS of ttie Licensing Committees for the Districts of Borough of Ashbur ton, Mount Soraers, Upper Ashburton; Ashburton, Mount Hutt and South Rakaia, will be held at the time and places set down hereunder, for;the pur pose of considering applications, of which clue notice is given : — Borough of Ashburton —4th June, at noon, in the Courthouse, Ashbur ton. Mount Somers—2nd June, at noon, in the Road Board Office, Mount Somers. • /Upper Ashburton—6th June, at noon, in the Courthouse, Ashburton. Ashburton —6th June, at noon, in the Courthouse, Ashburton. - Mount Hutt—9th June, at noon, in the Road Board Office, Methven. ; South Rakaia—3rd June, at noon, in the Courthouse, South Rakaia. J. R. COLYER, Clerk Licensing Committees. 29th April, 1890. 4t231 : WI. SPABKGW, TAILOR AND MEN'S MERCER , I — THE ASHBURTON FURNI TURE WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET. \ TDICKFORD and UNDRILL have a JL large and carefully selected stock of FURNITURE now on view, including Suites, Sofas, Couches, Chests Drawers Chairs, etc., etc., of their own manufac ture from well seasoned materials. [ I Iron. Bedsteads, in various patterns. Bedding in great variety. ! Special line of PERAMBULATORS, just the thing for the holidays. A Choioe Assortment of CHINA, GLASSWARE, > '■ ' l ' ''■ .'"'• AND 1 .: ■-: ■ ORNAMENTS ' Vary suitable for Christmas presents JUST ARRIVED. Ex "WAKEFIELD." A consignment of Assorted : CHAIRS AND FANCY GOODS. INSPECTION FREELY INVITKD Furniture designed and made to order at Bhortoet notice —Note the address— TANCRED STREET Oppfleite the Arcade j ATJTTJ MN & WINTER 1890 --/"\UR NEW GOODS now on hand, jII comprise the following : — ] Fancy and Plain DIAGONAL. Worsted Coatings, Black and Blue. Worsted Suitings and Trouserings, CHECKS and STRIPES. HEAVY TWEEDS FOR WINTER WEAR. We have also a few FANCY WORSTED j V.ESTINGS, very Stylish. HC^. T7^ /^iRAIGHEAD , <Xj Hi, Uraighead T A I L 0 B S, TANORED STREET, ASHBUKTON. i, .».,.■ ■. ■— ——— ' IF YOU WANT GENUINE VALUE | FOR YOUR MONEY, TRY W. W. SPENCEII'S HE is now offering the best value ever had in Ashburton. A large and well assorted stock of DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS Flannel Is a yard. \ Good heavy dress tweeds all colors B£d j per yard. ) ' Winter Homespuns 7sd. ,! Cashmeres and Merinos in all colors at \ very low prices. Blankets, in grey, white, and blue, at very low prices. Quilts, calicos, flannels, hollands, and ; shirtings, Cheaper than ever. \ Double width white sheeting 7-kl. • Mens, boys, and youths suits. Sox, • shirts, and hats at prices before never known. • BOOTS, BOOTS, BOOTS. IThe cheapest Boots and the Best Boots ever had in Ashburton are at W. W. SPENSER'S THE ARCADE. Men's Bluchers 6s lid. Men's shooters 10s 6d. Children's patent leather slippers, shoes and boots. Extra value very cheap. The best school boots for boys and girls in Ashburton at W. W. SPENCER'S DECADE, ABHBUETON. .



TO LET. ! < "VTEAR Woollen Mills, Six Roomed/ .IN House, and a Five Roomed one. j Apply at Steelb's Store. • .4 168 \ C. TiiMMtW DUDLEY L\n D. SS r /iTB \NDS fOVK *O^ S .-, 161 Hereford Sfc co:, Cbtisu-huro';. I btivo buhjb of mo"fy t> lend r,n pood «. curiiy »t )o v ruio oHnteiet-t. S-.veral | 6lie,ep Dipping ' AT BKOOKJfi'S' : : NEW PUBLIC DIP RAILWAY RESERVE, i Opposite Ashburton Saleyards, , I IS NOW GOING ON. Man in attendance every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 9 to 1, other days can be arranged by applying to C: M. BROOKE, East Street. PRICE: ....... % One Penny per head under 600; ! Three Farthings per head over 500. After Ist May, One Farthing per head more. : Brooke's" Pc M " Siieep Dip ' Equal to any, and superior to most, is sold in the Ashburton County only at 6s per gallon, used 1 to 110 and or 120 gal lons of water, goes further and is cheape han any OTHER DIP. . I ince Company, Limited CMstcMrch. ;



CAPITAL £2,000,000 :. ' PAID UP ... ... ' £100,000 RESERVE AND RE-INSURANCE FUND £65,000 DIRECTORS,— , t \ ■<. •■ ,; ;£ • Hon. J. T. Peacock, M.L.C., Chairman. P. Cunningham, Esq., H. E. WiBB, G. G. Stead, Esq., Depuby Chairman, Esq., Hon. W. Reeves, M.L.C. ' ; J. Anderson, Esq., J. Palmer, Esq., - <•>.. s• . ■ General Manager, W. DEVENISH MEARfiS, (>/ . ; Offices, 172 Hereford St., Christchurch. ; ; Special Features : TJie only Institution of the kind with its Head Ofhce in Christchurch. , j Libekality in Settlement of Claims. ; , Ratrs, t-he lowest current. ; • - \ AGENT FOR ASHBURTON AND DISTRICT, JOHN a. EESTELL WEST STREET. . TT|7B ARE BUYERS AT ALL TIMBS OF WHEAT, OATS, LJJRLEY 'SYEGRASS, FEAS, ETC., ETO« ! F.RIEDLATOEK, BROS. . "WHEAT SHIPMBNTa". WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBERAL ADVANCES, FBEE OF COMMISSION AND INTEREST, n£»lnet %\\ kinds of Prodaaa placed In our hands for ihlpiinent 10 the United Klucdotn or the OcntlnoDt. '- '■ "- -l - ■•<■> HAYING oar ovru house la London is a sufficient guarantee* that the Interest of Ollentß. who wtll entrust the shipment of tboir pruln to us, will be well looked after. GHecta may *ho roly that expenses will be kept as low aB possible, and the hlghei market y»l«o rsallßed. , ■ "; " : EAO3 Fsrmar'B Lot 1b Bhlpped ander a distinct and separate brand, no tw lots being branded alike, and e&ota lot is sold on its own metlta. Prompt aoooun Sales as in the past. WE are also prepared to store grain and other Produce at Ashbnrton, Ljndbnrit Lyttelton or Addington upon eaty tecmi, and make reasonable advanoes on i«me. , FRIEDLA^DJfiK BKOS. NOW LANDING EX " Maud dMham" 20,000 Feet pRVBSKD KAURI T. &.G. FLOOBING t, & c. match lining and boards: EX "Spray" 30,000 Feet SPLENDID RED PINK. FX «Zlor" 20,000 Feat MAONIFIOENT WHITE PINS FLOORING, LINING, AND STiELV' FROM HAVELOOK. IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE- \ WESTFORT, NIWOASTLe, GEJDY VALLI£ AND MOUNT SOMKBS COAL. w,h. gollM:&co.;;;'; : ;;-!; Timber and Coal Me rchants A&HBURTOIS. : i ABUNDANT OBOPd OV GOOD WOOL, OF TUjTS ltfHKST jytAKKAT VALUE FOR ITS CLASS, EaSURKD BY THE USE OF little's patent sheep dip (NON-POISONOUS.) m ADVANTAGES OF LITrLE'S PATENT FLUID DIP :— IF PROPERLY USED according to tha Inatruotlons, it fa the best, tia mm effectual aad most valuable Dip knows. IT IS NOT POISONOUS to animals, there Is thereforo no clangor of poisoning, Horucs, Sheep, Oattlo or other animals, by the Dip draining on the praos or herbsjga ;. there ii no danger in leaving it about ia the way of children or others ; nor la tnere Mny d»nger of wholesale poisoning from ncgleot, aooldent, or design. ITS EFFECT UPON THE WOOL Is exceedingly Import*^ to Woolgroirets.. It - apidly the value j tt does Dot arrest the growth at »ny tltno but'pr'o'motee tha natural soorctioos, and Increases the weight of the fleece; it dooa not etatn 0. ---t discolot tho wool, nor take out aay of tha yolk, but la at, all tlmoa tho bast, Dip, foe the wool that o»n be used. '"''■■ IT IS CHEAP and repays iteolf ionfold to the Shoep-orrnor. IT IS EASY TO US3, requiring very HttTo proparstion, wilsea instuutly wHb ' cold water, leaves no sediment, do ecucu, no waste; Oao gallon £of Dip to 100 c gallons of wator—the wath Is then ready fur deb. ITISSAFJ3. While Poisonous Dips oan only be asod with caution upon ahoop, this | Dip may be need upon all animals : Horsen to kill inseots and the manga ; also Dogu for the same purpose ; also for exterminating moaots, und nlhying nil irritstlon of iht -3 skin of Dairy Cattle, Oalvee, Pigs, etc., for which purprsa it is aUnply iuvala^ble. FOB SCAB, LICE, TICKS, and (oieois of all ktndi, It la a most effeotusl Dip, and thoroughly reliable at all times, and in all olimstes. ! LITTLE'S PATBUT FLUID DIP has » world-wide rppntatlon of the highes;; possible oharaotor. It has received more GOLD and SILVJfiR MEDALS and othe?' AWARDS OFEyCELLBHCa AND"MERIT th»n poih*p« all the other 1' heepD!p& •ut together'" _ ' ~ , • ' ; ' .. , :  ' ■ "" ■ ' . - cl c\GENT FOE ASHBUBTON COUNTS ; GEO. JAMESON



" j-i A STS AND ; ;,.■> B AGO ]ST:;V* IN • ' ~i >\ -.; LARGE or SMALL ' % QUANTITIES, ; f \\7ELL QEASONED" ■' .: AND FIRST CLASS QUALITY. JOHN ORR&GO. TO LADIES WHO WOULD DRESS FASHIONABLY AND WELL AT THE SMALLEST POS SIBLE COST. ' TNSPECT the New Dress Fabrics, ' Plushes, Ulsters, Ribbons, Gloves, •; ■ and Feathers,- latest styles, now on rieir '-' at "THE CORNER." Jr ir, Stock of Flannels, Blankets, , v > Flannelettes, Hosiery, Men's ami Boy h Clothing. The Soundest Value J /OFFERED. | , -O , \y ollier "THE CORNER." *'"" ■ 1 IHOMWIOKCEaY. JOHtfOKR&COOf Are Offering. - SPECIAL VALUE FOR CASH ; Prior to their Annual Balance. AND Having Large Stocks of Lead, ing, Lines now landing, Purcha- • V sers will save from 10 to 20 pe.- cent 12 cases new Bedsteads at all prices Guns of all kinds, grand value 10 cases Sporting Powder 15cwtShot ' ; ' 4 cases Fenders from 6s to £5 50 sets Fire Irons from 5s to 30a , " 4 casks Holloware and Kitchen Utensil 3 packages Lamps, Globes and Chimneys 1 case table and pocket Cutlery, grand  valuta 3 casks Plough and Trace Chains ' ; 100 drums Raw and Boiled Oil . -„, 2 tons White Lead " I' ' ' ■ Paints and Varnishes of all, kinds 5 bales Wall Paper 50 Register Grates from 14b 6d, 6d to £5 Ranges and Stoves of all sorts 20 tons Bar Iron • 1 ton Bolts and Nuts all sizes "- y 4 packages Wringers and Mangles New ''Home Sewing Machine" best •■/. ---and simplest , Leather Portmanteaus and travelling Trunks '''■'-( Leather Belting l.^in to 6in . )■ Manilla and Flax Rope, If in to 3in 40 coils of Plough Line * . ,'., 2 cases Sellar's Mould Boards - ; Hornsby's and Ransome's Plough Shares, all sizes . 3 casks Buggy Springs and Axles ,' 40 kegs Bluesfcnu . , r 75 kegs Wire Nails . ' 20 kegs Fencing Staples , 40 coils Barb Wire 2 bales Seaming Twine ■ v 1 case Babbet Metal ;■ 20 bundles of Spades and Forks, &c, ' 4 packages Screws, Locks and Hinges "1 4 packages Saws, Chisels, and Planes' \ 6 cases Picks and Axes 4 cases Gorse Knives' ' . V 8 cases Ase, Pick and Hammer Handle 1 case Hammers VALVOLINE, LUBROLINE, :■ CASTOR, COLZA, OLIVE, LARD, andNEATSFOOT OILS 10 crates China and Earthenware. .—lncluding— "• ' ; New Toilet, Dinner, Tea, and- ... Dessert ware. Some of these ' are really beautiful goods. , I" HN ARB O_ HO J OHN \J R R (JO VjOi. . "WWfED-KHOWM - "^ TMMENSEarrivalsof NEW AUTUMN /V JL DRAPERY, CLOTHING,' and V BOOTS, ex Kaikoura, at ANDREW i ORR'S. 1' ! _ -— . : ;'^ t Tj^Oß MANTLES, MILLINERY, and J b Jj DRESSES see A. ORR's Now ;. c Stock. ' . '"'',•- TjlOR WEDDING Outfits, Family . JJ Mourning, and General DRAPERY go to ANDREW ORR'S. . ) • .•■-'',,'' 3__ _ : — . v_!—_'/ : ';■ "VTEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION.— I s X\ ANDREW, ORR Sis showing ex- .; , t actly the same Goods in Roslyn Worsted ' . ? ; " Dress Tweeds, as exhibited at the ExlnS : -1 bition, also Blankets arid Flannels. y-{ __. . . . . ......^ QAA PAIRS of BLANKETS at i ,£\J\J Old Prices, contracted for" , !£ when wool was Cheap.—A. ORR. IE . ; : BOOTS, BOOTS, for Variety, Quality, Style, and Make of Ladies', Children's, and Gents' Boots go at once to ANDREW_ ORR'S. 1 f\ A EMBROIDERED ROBES s IAJKJ Select from Tat ANDREW-. ORR'S No tyro of the same i»»tt«ni r