MELBOURNE IN SOLVENCIES

The Melbourne "Argus" writes:— "Tbe annual return of insolvencies ia generally a meJanoboly record enough, but on this occasion it is made still more

gloomy by the f&ot that the number of fatlureß.durlcg the past year has beau so 1 much greater than usual, The insolvencies fot 1889 are not far from double the number of those recorded fot 1838 ; and the aggregate total of the debts uoheculed In the past year smounU to nearly ten times the sum allotted to its predecessor.

For this abnormal state of things the land boom most, of course, be held responsible; and the results of that disastrous move ment are chronicled here in facts and figures that cannot fall to canvlnce, and It is to be hoped may also serve to warn, the pubiio. It is possible, Indeed, that the latter scaroely need the lesson now, and have had .It Impressed upon them in other WHyshow unreal end un healthy the whole movement was,

THE ENGLISH CHEESE MARKET

> The •' Pall Mall Budget" says —"The oheese trade between America and thift '; country ia a very large one. Laet year ; "we imported 813,000 owls, from the /,.;.; United States and 668,000 cwts from . ■ Canada, makiag together 1,481,000 cwts, and this year the figures promise to "■■'• be as large. This extensive business - is thought to offer a favoable oppor tunity of organisation, and a scheme is on foot tor the formation or. a large corporation for thia pu?po 3, To put it .briefly, the scheme i« m.ended to bring about a direct deal betwtea the producer and feresgn consumer, so bb to out down , /Unnecessary expenses,. Whiie maintaining \^ a fair margin o£ profit, the cost to the consumer is to be reduced. There is ■aid to be abundanco of capital at the ; '; back of the andertbking."

FLORICULTURE IN HOLLAND

Bays Garlenflora :—lhe centre of bulb culture in Holland is still at Jdaanem, as it hae been during two centuries and a half. Hyacinths are especially in fevor, and ground suitable for their cultivation has been sold for as much as 13,500d01ft an acre, as agaiait about lOOudols given for land of other kinds, The expense of

cultivation in placed at about 300dola an '■ aura for hyacinths, and I6odola for tulips ; and it i« noted that artificial manures are never used. At one time ihe export mdc in cnt flowers irom Holland was enor mous, one Haaclem firm having exportod in a single season 10,000 c*see ; but an agreement was last year entared Into by ■ a majority of Dutch florists to abacdon the saleot cat flowew, »b competing with the interests of purchasers of bulbs.

THE ISLANDS OF THE FAR SOOTH

KContributedto the "Otago Daily Times.")

I. • THE SNARIS. The. quarterly visit to the Hinemoa to the remote sab-Arctic islands is now one of the ordinary services of the New Zealand Govern ment, but it is still, and perhaps always must be, the most adventurous. The story of that good steamer's last voyage, however, will contain little that is novel or startling, but I shall endeavor to set forth to your readers as faithful a picture as I can of what the islands are like to which the Hinemoa goes, and, as .far as at present ma/ be, what these islands are worth to us. The service on which the Hinemoa visits them is praiseworthy in the extreme, but at the same time it is undertaken in response to the most obvious call of duty. It is enough that it latter years the boat's crew of the Sarah A. Hunt was rescued from Campbell island, and that the survivors of the Deny Castle lived for some months on our depot stores. These rescues alone justify the expenditure, on the part of our Government involved in sending a steamer every three months in search of cast-aways and to replenish the provision depots. After Feveral delays the Hinemoa got away from the Bluff on Wednes. day, the Bth Jannary, in the evening, and sailed for the tinares. It matters very little %'hich route is taken to these islands, which lie about 64 miles south of Steward's Island^ as the Distance is almost exactiy the same whether the vessel goes down the east or west coast of that island. We chose the west coast as it is clearer of rocks and islands , and the wind favoured the rout*. It turned out a slight mistake, as the wind veered a little, but the only result was a little more kocking about than we cared for. We arrived in the momingi n a sheltered cove on the north side of a high island, and found good anchor sge in deep water. Long before we came to anchor we could smell the birds, which we soon saw crowding on the rocks near the water's edge, and as we left the ship in boats the biaying noise of the crested penguins be came incessant. The sea was smooth, and as we pulled the boats in towards the shore we noticed that the water was of a deep ocean s blue right up to the rocks. The north and east sides of the island are comparatively low, and the south and west sides comparatively steep but even where we anchored there are several tolerably high cliffs, and in them are seen numerous deep caves. _ Only one of them is kown to have a convenient entrance, and into this Captain Fairchild steered his boat. flhe other boat following. The boats went forty yards into the dark cave, which was high and broad, and continued deeper still, but the further part was very low. There was easy turning room for boats, and the height was more than we could see with the available light. As we came out, flocks of sea birds flew and swam around us, and we headed up a great herd of nellies (giant petrel or break stones), and chased them a while. One of them instead of being black was a pure white albino, and efforts were made by Mr Travers, who was collecting W'ds- to secwce this» but without success. GiiJls, Pric-ns, petrels, and other sea birds flew in grC-at numbers about the shore, so that altogether tie. scene was live y enough. At a steep rocky pl«e clear of all bush the boat was pulled up to the shore, so that the school boys, of whom we had six among the passengers, might enjoy a little penguin hunt ing. The penguins in the water hopped out ot the way of the boat in a most graceful style, They spring from the water, turn with a curve in the air, and plunge again in exactly the manner in which we see porpoises jumping alongside steamers on the coast. The simili tude is exact; indeed, at a season of the year I have seen in Cook's Strait baby porpoises, HO bigger than penguins, jumping exactly like them, and in the Sounds I have mistaken penguins for young porpoises. The boys took mout businesslike view of the transac tion ; the penguins liked it less, but still bore no malice. They rushed in hundreds up the steep rock face on which they had estab lished their rookery in front of the line ot boys who clambered after them, and when a boy outflanked a peDguin the boy generally got •very red in the face as he seized the pengljm ifcy the leg, and the penguin returned the seizure with interest. All sorts of ways of picking up penguins were tried with very limited success. Somehow the birds in sisted on stretching their pliable necks and seizing the nearest bit of boy with their beaks. Iv the long run the army of penguins, wi h many dignified protests, retreated iD compara -1 lively good order into the scrub and bush at the top of the ladder like rocky slope, but by manfully sticking to their point the boys had averaged about a penguin each, the prizes being carefully detached from the nethef gar ments of the captors and slung into a coal basket in the bottom of the boat. Had any foy individually turned his attention for a moment Jrom his P^S^t he would have seen that the t/lace *° se^e tne kitd was c nec^» that had pWer to turn so many ways. The simplicity with which the eaplain seized his birds as by a handle and slung them like , turnips into the coal i?.astet was a lesson once learnt never forgotten, , (To be continued.

FRUIT PESTS

«p _ t , 1 THE CODLIN MOTH. ' ' ; Mr L. Rice had an apple tree infested with codlin moth to such an extent that last year there was' not a sou ad apple on it. It also became iufested with the woolly aphis, and the tree began to show signs of decay. It was some 6in. in diameter. Mr Rice bored a hole in the tree to about the centre and filled it with sulphur, and sealed it with wax. He bound a wax cloth over the orifice. This he did last April, when the sap was going up. 1 It killed every vestige of the aphis, and there is not a worm in this year's crop of apples, while the tree has grown more vigorously than ever before.—" ti.B. Daily Telegraph." ■• , - ' THE APRICOT CATERPILLAR. The Akaroa " Mail" writfts:—Hitherto we have always believed that the apricot was] the one tree in Akaroa that escaped insect pests, but we were disillusionised yesterday when Mr A. R. Munro brought us some fruit literally riddled by a very active caterpillar almost equal' in agility to a cheese jumper, springing a con« siderable distance when touched, The cater pillars extracted in our presence from'the fruit were of two colours, green and yellow, but may have been the same insect in .different stages of growth, the green appearingiready to spin. The tree affected is four years jold, and has always been healthy, making a great growth of wood every'year, and this season has , been covered with fruit. Not a, single ripe. apricot, however, has been 'picked from it this season without containing one or more of these pests. • r ,•

STARTLING EVENT IN A VILLAGE.

To the Editor of " Saturday Night." Bir.^ mingham, I recently came into possession' of certain facts of so' remarkable a nature, that: I am sure you will be glsd to assist in making them public. The following letters were: shown to me, and I at once begged permission to copy them for the Press. 1 hey, come from a highly responsible source, and may be re ceived without question. . ;

MESSAGE from George James G6st> ling, L.D.S., B.C.S.L, Ph. C.1., Licentiate in Pharmacy and Dental Surgeon. ' < .Stowmarket, July 18, 1889,

To Mr White,

. The enclosed remarkable cure should, I think, be printed and circulated in • Suffolk. The statement was entirely voluntary, and is genuine in fact and detail. G. J. G. "To the Proprietors of Mother Seigel's Syrup.

" Gentlemen, —The following remarkabl cure was related to me by the husband. Mary Ann Spink, of Finborough, buflolk, was for over twenty years afflicted with rheumatism and neuralgia, and although comparatively a young woman at the time she was attacked (she is now fifty), she was compelled, in con« sequence, to walk with iwo sticks, and even then with difficulty and pain, About a year and a half ago she was advised to try Mother beigel's Syrap, and after taking three bottles and two boxes of Seifeel's operating Pills, ihe use of her limbs was restored, and she is now able to walk three miles to Stowmarket with ease, frequently doing the distance in three quarters of an hour. Any sufferer who doubts this story can fully ascertain its truthfulness by paying a visit to the village and enquiring of the villagers, who will certify to the facts. "Appended is the husband's signature to the statement

"(R-Spink.)

"G. S. Gostling,

" Ipswich Street,

" Stowmarket."

This is certainly a a very pitiable case, and the happy cure wrought by thi s simple but powerful remedy, must move the sympathy of all hearts in a common pleasure. This poor woman had been a cripple for twenfy of her best years j years in which sh e should have had such comfort and enjoyment as life has to give. But, on the contrary, she was a miser able burden to herself and a source of care to her friends. Now, at an age when the rest of us are growing feeble, she, in a manner, renews her youth and almost begins a new existence. What a blessing and what a wonder t is ! No one who knows her, or who reads her story, but will be thankful that the good Lord has enabled men to discover a remedy capable of bringing about a cure that reminds us—we speak it reverently—of the age of miracles. It should be explained that the most remark able cure is due to the fact that rheumatism is a disease ot the blood' Indigestion, constipa tion, and dyspepsia cause the poison from the partially digested focd to enter the circulation, and the blood deposits it in the joints and muscles. This is rheumatism, Seigel's Syrup corrects the digestion, and so stops the further formation and deposit of the poison. It then emoves from the system the poison already ! there. It is not a cure-all. It does its wonderful work entirely by its mysterious I action upon the digestive organs. But when we remember that nine-tenths of our ailments arise in those organs, we can understand why Seigel's Syrup cures so many diseases that appear to be so different in their nature.

THE ASfißtJirrON (^ IS9O.



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 use ful, drugs. To what vast dimensions pill taking has grown may be imagined, when we \ say that in England alone about 2,000,000,000 two thousand million) pills are consumed 1 every yeor In early days pills were made 1 slowly by hand, as the demand was compara } tively small. To-day they are produced in j infinitely greater rapidity by machines especi -1 ally contrived for the purpose, and with greater accuracy, too, in the proportions of the various ingredients employed. No form 01 medication can be better than a pill, provided only it is intelligently prepared. 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 undershoot 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 on*" feels dull and sleepy, and has more or less pain in the head, sides, and back, he may be sure his bowels are constipated, and his liver upgish. To remedy this unhappy state of things there is nothing like a good cathartic pill. It will act like a charm by stimulating the liver into doing its duty, and ridding the digescive 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 caused by most pills is the result of irritating drugs which they, contain. Such pills are harmful, and should never be used. They sometimes even produce hemorrhoids. Without having any particular desire to praise one pill above another, we may, nevertheless, name Mother Seigel's Pills, manufactured by the well known house of A. J. "White, Limited, 35 Farringdon Road, London, and now sold by all chemists and medicine vendors, as tbe only one we know of that actually posseses every desirable quality. They remove the pressure upon the brain, correct the liver, and cause the bowels to act with ease and regularity. They never gripe or produce the slightest sickness of the tomach, or any other unpleasant feeling or Symptom. Neither do they induce further s onstipation, as nearly all other pills do. As further and crowning merit, Mother Seigel's t 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 elective in curing disease, 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 Pilis will effect a speedy cure. Oftentimes partial} 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 air obstruction to the natural functions in either ex withoutany unpleasant effects.



TEN MONTIS' SUFFERING IN A HOSPITAL There is an old saying that physicians are a class of men who pour drugs, of which they know little, into bodies of which they know less. This is both true and untrue at the same time. There are good and poor lawyers, and good and poor doctors. The, trouble with these medical gent'emen as a profession is that they are clannish, and apt to be conceited. They don't like to be beaten at their own trade by outsiders who have never studied medicine. Ihey therefore pay, by their fre quent failures, the penalty of refusing instruc tion unless the teacher bears there own " Hill Mark" An eminent physician—Dr Brown- Sequard, of Paris—states the fact accurately when he says : " The medical profession are so bound up in their self-confidence and conceit that they allow the diamond truths of science to be picked up by persons entirely outside their ranks." We give a most interesting incident, which illustrates this important tvuth. The steamship " Concordia," of the Dona dson Line, sailed from Clasgow for Baltimore in 1887, having on board as a fire man a man named Richard Wade, of Glasgow. He had been a fireman for fourteen years on various ships sailing to America, China, and India. He had born the hard and exhausting labor, and had been healthy and strong. On the trip we now name he began for the first time to feel weak and,ill. His appetite failed, and he suffered from drowsiness, heart burn, a bad tiste in the mouth, and costiveness and irregularity of the bowels. Sometimes when at woikhe had attacks of giddiness, but supp sed it to be caused by the heat of the fire room. Quite often he was sick and felt like vomiting, and had some pain in the head. Liter during the passage he grow worse, and when the ship reached Halifax he was placed in the Victoria General Hospital, and the ship sailed away without him. The house surgeon gave him some, powders to stop the vomiting, and the next day the visiting physician gave him a mixture to take every four hours. Within two days Wade was so much worse that the doctors stopped both the powders and the mixture. A month passed the poor fireman getting, worse and worse. Then came another doctor, who was to be visiting physician for the next five months* He gave other medicines, but not much relief. Nearly all that time Wade suffered great torture ; he digested, nothing, throwing up all he a'e. There was terrible pain in the bowels, burning heat in the throat, heartburn, and racking headache. The patient was now taking a mixture every four hours, powders, one after each meal to digest the food, operat ing pills one every night, and temperature pills two each night to stop the cold sweats. If drugs could cure him at all, Rcihard had an Mea that he took enough to do it, But on the other hand pleurisy set in and the doctors took ninety ounces of matter from his right side, and then told him he was sure to die. Five months more rolled by. and there was another change of visiting physicians. The new one gave Wade a mixture which he said 'made him tremble like a leaf on a tree. At this crisis Wade's Scotch blood asserted itself. 'He refused to stand any more dosing, and told the doctors that if he must die he could die as well without them as with them. By this time a cup of milk would turn sour on his stomach, and lie there for days. Our friend from Glasgow was like a wreck on a shoal, fas f going to pieces. We will let him 'tell the rest of his experience in the words in which he commuuicated it to the press. He say's: " When I was in this state a lady whom I had never seen came to the hospital and talked with me. She proved to be an angel of mercy, for without her I should not now be alive: She told me of a medicine called • Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup,' and brought me a bottle next day. I started with it, without consulting the doctors, and in only a few days' time I was out of bed calling for ham and eggs for breakfast. From that time, keeping on with Mother Seigel's great remedy, I got well fast, and was soon able to leave the hospital and come home to Glasgow. I now feel as if I was in another world, and have novillness of any kind," The above facts are calmly and impartially stated, and the. reader may draw his own conclusion; We deem it best to use no names although Mr Wade gave them in his original deposition.' His address is No. 244, Stob cross street, Glasgow, where letters will reach h'm. .



Certainly the Most Effective MEDICINE I in Ibe woria is SANDER and SONS, J EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent i powerful effects in Coughs, Colds, Influenza, [ etc,; the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. Read this certificate;—" 24th April, 1885.—Messrs Sander and Sons,—lt is with the greatest of pleasure that I testify to the excellence of your Eucalypti Extract. Having had inflam mation of the bone of the leg, whioh came on after a severe attack of low fever, I was attended by Dr J. Boyd, who had made strenuous efforts to save my leg, but withoue success. Be found it necessary to amputatt my limb. Having heard in the meantime of the wonderful cures worked by the Eucalypti Extract, I obtained a bottle, and the extract had not been applied more than an hour when I began to feel greatly relieved. After apply ing the extraot every four hourß for nine or I ten days I was out of all danger. I would I persuade all who may be affeciad with any j such disease to give the Eucalypti Extracts } trial, and-1 am convinoed that they will find ' it the most wonderful of medicines.^-Yours, fito.. E.J.OniNow, Wattle street SMMtoWJt,



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NOTICE, ALL old standing accounts due to me If not settled wiihln fourteen days from tbb first of February, 1890, will be placed in handi of Mb J. 0, Duncak foe collection. JAMES TASKER. ' Ashbnrton, 28th January, 1890 l*jLß3 ; Williamson and Preece '■''■ LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM -^TAILOBS — HABIT MAKEBS, &c, HAVE REMOVED to their Neve B nd Commodious place of Business in EAST STBEET, ABHBUBTON, \ (Lately oocupiod by John Okb & Co. Special attention to Livery and Military Uniforms. ]



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Keating's Cough Lozenges cure Cough Asthma, Bronchitis, Medical testimony states that no other medicine is so effectual in the cure of these dangerous maladies, One Lozenge alone gives ease, one or two at and time ensures rest, For - elieving difficulty of breathing they are invaluable. They contain no opium nor any violent drug, Sold by all chemist at is W and 2S 6deach, 1 QThz best Remedy for Indigestion.— I Nokion's Camomile Fills are confidently recommended as a simple remedy for indiges tion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject. Norton's plls, with justice called " Nature's Stengthener x>i the human stomach." act as a powerful ton ie and gentle aperient, are milc'i in their oper lion, and safe under any circura stances* Sold in bottles at is I 'Ad, as Wells' Hai Balsabm.—lf gray, restores to original color* An elegant dressing, softens and beautifies. No oils or greasa. A Tonio Restorative. Stops hair coming out, strength s cleanses heals soalp : Skinny Men.— Well*' Health Renewed Btorea health and vigor, cures Dyspepsid mpotence Sexual Debility. At chemists ano druggists. Kempthorne, Proaser and Or Agents, ChrJßtchnrch,. i 



FRIDAY, 7th Clearing Sale of Household Furniture and Effects in the estate of the late G. T, tEBMAIN. MB T. BTJLLOOK h»s Eeeaked In structions from the Exeoutota of the late Qt. T. Pikmain to sell by Pablte Auction on FBIDAY, FEBRUARY 7m, At 12.30 p m. At Mk George Jamesons' Wool Stores, Weat Street (removed for convenience of Sale), the whole of the Household efEecte comprising :— . ' '.< ' DRAWING and DINlNtt KoomFarnl iaro as follows: -Piano. Drawing Room Suite, Tables, Ch&irs, Carpets, Fenders and Fire Irons. Door Mats, Sundries, etc. BEDRUOM Furniture, comprising: Double and- Single Bedsteads, Mattrasses, Palliasses, Bed linen, .Cheats of Drawers, Wash Stands, Dressing Tables, Looking Glasses', Oarpets, Door Mats. EITOHEN Furniture, Cooking ntensUs, 1 and sundry, other articles too numerous to mention.



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lAj H A RLE S J>RADDBL h Licensed Landbrokfr and Valuator '' 'under "'The Land Transfer Act, 1886 E3TATE HOUSE, LAND, AND fJENEBAL COMMISSION AGENT. « OFFIOE-^-BtiBNEXT; BTEBinr, Noxt "Mail" Offlcet ' ' mO LEND, on Freehold laecnrity.— JL £250, £300, and £600 in separate sumo. Apply to— ,;, , JOHN 0. CORR, B»rrlst9t and Solicitor, Burnett Street. Ashbnrton (N ezt Bank of New Booth Wales) G. EAWCIT DODDS. StBGEON DENTIST. (Formerly with A. W, OHAXifiBLD, < 'C Auckland,-, :~OHARGJ!S- Ordicary Extraction .« «... 2s 6d Painless ... ,* ... 5s Od Stopping ... ...; ..• 7s 6d Full upper and lower oJE Artlfioi Teeth? 10 guineas, tod all work * equally moder«f» -CONSULTATION FREE— All work done by him guaranteed to t and look well. ' Address :—Court Chambers above M Joh»s, Stationer, East Sfaeot ttTE can offer Farmers and others W wiehlDg to ship • GRAIN OR WOOIi 10 LONDON, at current rates. Early applica- Ib necewary. make NO OHABGE FOB COMMISSION and AdTaopes are made free of interest - FBIEt)LANDEB BROS. H. CHIIiDS; SHOEINGTAND GENERAL BLACK SMITH AND ENGINEER, (J.ATB OV 0B5BT81T), BEGS to notify that be h*> oommenoed bcwlness in Aahbuttbn In the pre mises on WakaGul Boad, lately ocoupied by Mr 0. Ray, Englneur, where he hopes by strict attention to business, combined with good and Moderate Charges, to' merit a fait share of publlo support. All kinds of Agricultural and other Maohlnery repaired. Horse Shoeing and all kinds of Blacksmith's work done with promptitude.



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JOHN G. RESTBLL COMMISSION, FINANCIAL, AND GENtfKAL AGENT VALUATOR .AND, :EXPEKT ACCOUNTANT, WEST* STREET, ASHBURTON. , AGENT FOR THE ? MERCANTILE^FINANCE CO., Limmed TEE PEERING ALL-STEEL TWINE BIDDER This Mmhine, always the Best, stilt leads the way, has taken as many First Pi teas as any in .the Market. Jt is the Lightest in Draught, and the Most i Perfect in;work, Farmers, Contractors, and others are invited to inspect before buying a Machine. THE DEEDING requires fewer Extras than any Machine in the Field, EXTRAS ALWAYS /AT STOCK, PANITOLA TEA OOMPaNY'B PORE INDIAN # TEAS -The Best and , . : Cheapest in the Market. Once used no other is palatable * THE EQOfrABL.fi" INSORANOE ASSOCIATION of New Zealand—Fire, Marioe, and Guarantee : THE NORTHERN AtodOBANOE COMPANY— Fire and Life do, &o HAVING secured the Premises of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Company in West Street, where my Office for the conduct of tho above Businesses v,ill be found, I am prepared to undertake the Storage of Wool, Grain, and other F roduoe at Lowest Oarrent Bates. .  , : ' Wool, Grain, and other Produce shipped to any part of the world that nay plents wish at Lowest Rates of Freight, and with all charges on thejpweet remunerative scab. Liberal Cash Advances made on all Produce entrusted to me either for Storage or Shipment. Cash Advanced" on Real Estate, Bills of Sale, Growing Crops , Wool, or any undoubted personal Security; Acting, as Broker only, I have no other interest to conserve but that of my conr jtltoents. ; Complicated Accounts adjusted, and Auditing and General Accountants' work n/jderiaken. . - . < : ' Indent^ for Goods from the Home or any other Market will receive my attention FOR SALE—Woolpaoks, Cora backs, Binder Twine, &c, &o. MY COAL AND TIMBER Bus! *bb will be carried on as heretofore on the Old Premises, and at it Is my intention to sell at a small profit for Cash, prices quoted will be on that basis. When credit ib required special arrangements may be made. t'' 100 TONS of freshly Imported COAL in Stook and to be followed by regular supplies. TIMBER-A Large and General Assortment now on the way by rail and sea IRON—Hardware and all Builders' Requisites. JOHN G.~KBSTELL. .......;■ COMMISSION AGENT



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g If 111 Hill FRIEDLANDER BROS. ; Ex CJTY Of DELHI— 1000 Bales Cornsacks I WHICH WE OFPIB AT LOWEST CUBRENT BIkES. WK ARK OAttil BOXERS OF WHEAT, OATS, BABLEY, and fiYEGBASS IN LARGE 01* SMALL QUANTITTOS ' 1 ; .-:•.,' I 'h 1 - !>'"'.', ' '^b ''■ ■' ",:- "■, LEADING THifi WbElii). ' ti : TH B HIaS BS T A WAR D-belng an obieot of art-.wu awarded the Massey Mannfaeturing Coy., Toronto, Oaoada. for their SELF-BINDER (Mamiy's Toroitto Light Bihdir) Opevntnd In the great World's Flald TrUl held at Nolslel,near Paris, Franct, July 19 22, 1889, where Fifteen of the most noted msohfnas on earth competed. Also-A GOLD MEDAL waa accorded the Matsty Msnufaeinrlne Company for their general exhibit of maohlnes at the Pails ExpciHlon, Orer 700 Machines sold In Victoria his Sesson—a record not beaten by any other make, ' FRIEDLANDER BROS. SOLE AGENTS. Tflfi BRANTFOKD STEEL BINDER . SIZES BOR SILE, 5, 6, ato 7m OUTS. THE width of Out, Lightnesiof Draught, Simplicity of Oonstioetlon,Strength and Durability of Material render It the most Suitable Maaalts for Farmers and Oontraotora EXTBAS liT QUANTITY Always In STOCK, and Supplied at the Shorfeat Kcl Ice, TWINE, OIL, Ac, for|SALE.g j. qua¥~& co AGENTS ; ! ' ■ : '-•.• ;ll "' ; ■ - ""- BINDEB TWINE BINDER WIBE ; -.( ; ' ■ - _, ■• Mf«OBIICK BINDERS BINDER FITTINGS MACHINE OIL AND EVERT BEQUISITE FOB THE .•;■■., HAEVEBT HELD JOHN ORB & CO. EAST STBEET, ASHBUBTON. \ k ' ' ' ' ■ ' • —- ' ■ - OATEN SHEAF CHAFF FOBIBALE IN LABGE OB SMALLgQUANTITIESj GEO. JAMESON Ashburton and Rakaia. SHEAf CARRIERS. I HAVE FOB SALE— * j" HORNSBY'S PATENT SHEAF CARRIERS Can be easily attached to any Machine, GEO. JAMESON As burton and Rakaia.



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