encouraging for the pait year 'ibis was he eleventh annual meeting they had faeid together. It was to be regretted that the congregations wera not larger, tspecia'Jy on Sabbath evenings, when the townspeople shonld fill the church. The Wakanui church was well filled on the Bunday afternoons and the building there vas now free of debt. The Uonjmanioa roll numbered aboat the same as last year, viz, 13L names ;35 baptisms and 8 marriages had been celebrated, en 3 no deaths of members of the congregation had taken place. The week flight services had been kept np at ABhbnrton, Wukaoul, Dromoro and Grreonsireet thia year, and also Sunday morning services at Dromote with ecoooraginß tesults, Tbe Ministers Bible o)m» h»d be^n very well attended this past year, aboat 30 names being on the r«ll of this Important olass, whfoh it was hoped would prosper In the coming yearelso. , Thanks were tp rc!slly given to the organist, choirmaster and obolr for their lervloei, alio to the ladies who coJlec'eS for the Maintenance food, and visited the members of the oongregatlon In the town and neighborhood, " Ohnroh Praise" had been adopted daring the yen with advantage to the psalmody of the church. Thanks were due to the com mittee and teachers of the Sabbath sohooln at Aahbarton and Wakanul. A Sabbath lohop^hsd been established, at Dromore ■1.t% aßd this was being oarrled on with ■oeoeu..- Hymn 15 was snng, and Mr Bpeno9' tbtn read the Sabbath school report, In whleh the loas of Mr T. Arthur's services and the removal of his family wa» regretted; This wis adopted, as.^-were also the balance." sheet and report of the Finanae Oommlttee. The balance sheet showed that funds to the amount of £441 75s 3i had been raised and dlsbureea daring the year, leaving a smill balance In band, £21 had been collected daring the past year for special donations .to Sunday sohools, millions, etc, and £10 fot crockery for use. at tea meetings. The election of finanof.Oommlttee then took plaoe all the old members being re-elected with the addttion of Meiirs BpbU Aadenon, Jas. Bmltb, W. Spenoe, and W. Malcolm. Tbe election of trfaiuter for this year was postponed till tbe firet meeting of the Finance Oorrmlttee, and the benedio tlon by the Rev chairman oonoluded the meeting,

NEW ZEALAND'S GOVERNORS AND ADMINISTRATORS

Hobion, Oaptaio, R N., January, 1840 to SepUmbar, 1842 (died). Shortland, LiVmensnt, R.N., Admlnli tra or, September, 1842, to December, 1843, f FltMoy, Captain, R.N. V Deoember, 1843, to November, 1845, Grtj, Sir George, November, 1845, to X Dehfember, 1853. Syri»; E: J M Lieutenant Governor of New Monster to Janaarjr, 1848. Pitt, M*jof-General, LleateaaDt Governor of New U'star, January, 1848, to January, 1861 (died). Wfnyard,Lifcuten»nt-Colon el,Lfeuten«nt- . Governor of New Uiter, April, 1851, to Msreb, 18f>3, Administrator Janu ary, 1854, to September, 1855, Browne, Colonel Gore, September, 1855, to October, 1861. Grey, Sir George, October, 1861, to Feb • roar?. 1868. Bo wen, tir George, February, 1868, to , -March, 1871. ! Arney, Sir Geoige (Oh'ef Justice), Ad - jjnlnietrator, March to June, 1873. Fergufson, Sir James, Jane, 1873, to I Deoember, 1874. ' Norm»oby, Marqnis of, Deoember, 1874, •to February, 1879 Prendergaat, Sir Jamea (Ohief Justice). Arimiautrator, February to March, 1879 Boblreon, Sir Hercules, March, 1879, to September, 1880 Prendergast, Sir Jamfs, Administrator, September to November, 1880 Gordon, Sir Arthur, November, 1880, to June, 1832 Prenderg'iet, Hr Joxneß, June, 1882 to Januaiy, 1883 Jerrdiß, Sir William, January, 1883, to March 1,1889 Prendergaet, Sir James, Administrator March to May, 1889 Onfllow, Earl of. May, 1889 JBy the charter of 1846 the Colony w*« divided into two provincei—New Ulfeter (tbe northern half of the Norlh Inland) and New Munster (the rest of the Colony)

A COURT SCENE

KNIFE AND PISTOL IN VIRGINIA.

The New York " Nation " reportß a .recent scene in the Court room at Browns fourg, Virginia, wh!ch it declares throws 3nto the shade for grotesque barbarity moat of the terrible incidents of life in the Jit West. It appears that Dr Walker baring threatened to shoot Henry Miller for altered insults to Walker 1 • wife, he was ordered by Mr Justice Bsworth to find.bail uud«r penalty of commitment to prison. At this point, ears the report. 11 the fun began." Tbe doctor asked to db allowed -whether as a right or as a favor is not stated-,-" to s!»p " Miller in the ifsDS j bur. as an American Bishop once eaid of the appeal of Dives for a glass ol water, "this apparently reasonable but under the circumstances wholly infcdmieeiblp, request" wag not granted- As the Judge mildly remarked, it could mot be done "here." Thereupon Dr "Walker rose with the sir of a man who &ad » painfnl duty to perform, and drew ibis revolver. It was wrenched from him Tbj a son of Miller, aftet which the parlies pad 4be spectators roiled together In an t^ndkUopnlsbable mass, wilb muoh "'shuf fling o' tat." Some were peacemakers, ■onie were fighting men, but all were fi ( { D g p-lstola, or wielding oha'tsor knives. S«Veral nW t*om tne room > bat tWi ooofl f faelUt ted Rework of tbe comb»tatitf. Dr Walker got at the allege* tosnltee of his wife with a large &** kn«e. «m 4 managed to hold him armly yblle he etßWed hlin In various parts of his p^aon, Mtller bfrtog more than eixty yesrs old, sod the doctor about fifty-five. In tbe mesntime the "Miller boys," we learn, "operated on the doctor's rear " with such effeot that he.bad to let Miller alone and lie down on a tench. Bere he was promptly attended io by his wife with a do'tie of smelling '«•!(*} and It was while she was engaged In this wifely office that she was slain by "the Miller fire," and'dropped on the {floor. The doctor fell beside her, aod while he lay here the "Miller boys finished him with repeated ehcte." Th s Was the climax of the fray ; but the story does nob end here. Justice Boswotth, who bad pcevloosly been aotlngas a M»gl%trnte now turned coroner, ac, apparently, the local law allowf, and held an Icqusnt on the parties who had been pleading before Mm. The jnry found that June* Miller Wiled Mrs Walker, tint the Miller boys (collectively) killed Dr Walker, aod that Dr Walker killed Henry Miller, "Be sides .these cftßEaltles," says tbe re port, "D. O. Miller 1b mortally wounded T. A. Beaver h&a a knife wound Id the neck, John Dempsey has a pistol wound la the Bide," Jai tloe B:awortb oonfeeaes hluiself puziled io lay where nil tbe pistols cams from jr£i!ca were used on tbe oooa«!on, but be •Hgtt^ated tb*t tone we*e brought into th* roo >m •fte* the fi Bh* began. One man bad a gut? • I* 5 observed, howevar, that ■mi li*ht U ihrown oa the Magiakrute'a X BpV-«t«o» during the »f% Yot bB the writer In tha "N»«on" Hgnlfioantly observes, " thare mv.3 bo many prece aents regulating the Conduct ot the presiding joV.iqfl. vbzn t&s i?.?"! eB i0 a came or proceedlng^Ußpand theli* £ lB*«- tDgi tad ftU to with deadly weapon*/-,

CHRISTCHURCH CORN EX CHANGE REPORT

_ The following is the Christchurch Com Exchange Report for the week ending Friday, Harvest is now in full swing, and thoueh the weather is not all % that could be desired, yet so far the howling nor wester has not ap peared to shake out the crops. The 6n!y grain as yet threshed area few parcels of oats, and these are a /air season's average, but it is as yet too early to writs of the crop generally. Prices for new Oats are not yet determined. Stocks of Wheat has been considerably eased ofl by shipments to United Kingdom, but as these are principally of the big berried sorts, stocks of Pearl and Hunter's White are still heavy.

I Grass Seed.—Parcels of new season's growth have been offered more freely dv ing the week, but without leading to much busi nejis, as buyers are not yet inclined to give the prices asked. ' 5 ?,. Dairy Produce But little alteration can be noted. We wish a more cheeking report coul<2 be presented at this, the opening of the season. The prospects of. the ingathering crops are unfortunately not too rosy, as there is so far no outside demand ; whether federa tion weuld supply this, our legislators will doubtless be able to explain.: The following are our week's quotations :— Wheat, Tuscan, 3s to 3s id ; Pearl, 2s lod to 2sud; Hunter's, 2s 9d. Oats, Prime Mill ing, is 7d ; Short Heavy Feed, is 6d ; other soits is 3d to is sd, according to quality. Bairley, Prime Malting, 3s 6d; medium, 2s 6d to ,3s j feed, is 6d to is Bd. Grass Seed, rye (old), machine dressed,' 4s; farmers' parcels (new), 3s to 3s 6d; Cocksfoot, prime heavy seed, 3jd. Dairy Produce.—Butter, prime 6£d to yd; second quality, 4d j-cheese, lar^e size, 3jd; small loal shape, 4d. The above prices are those paid to farmers for delivery f.o.b. Sacks extra.

POPULATION OF CHINA

A writer in the North China" Hera'd," discussing the causes of the increase in the population of China, and the increasing energy of the Chinese race, which enables it to absorb other peoples and always to conquer in the struggle for existence, remarks that the Native statistics show that ie was not until the end of the seventeenth centuiy that the population went beyond 60,000,000. From that neri id onwards it has grown continuously in spite of famines, wars, and pestilences, and is over flowing into other countries and causing political disquietude. The causes of this are a mild and paternal government, the extension of foreign trade, and the spread of emigration. In this period there were two great reigns those f ofiKarighi and Kisnlung, which lasted about 60 years each, the greater number of which were years of profound tranquillity and beneficent legislation. The educational system also, which extends to every village, and leads to the vast increase of persons connected with teaching and literature, and to a multiplication of occupations has stimulated the increase of population, while foreign trade has vastly increased the number of persons engaged in agriculture, The cultivation of silk has grown enormously under the inflaence of the foreign export and with it the numbers of persons engaged in tending mulberry trees, feeding silkworms, spinning, weaving, whoLsale and retail trade in silk etc. Out ot the 380,000,000 of which the population is, according to the latest official statistics, composed, about one in iten is engaged in agriculture, one in 100 is a bricklayer or mason, one in 120 is a tailor one in 140 a blacksmith, and one in nine a washerman, while about one in a hundred is a carpenter. All these classes are largely benefited by and increase and multiply with foreign trade. Lastly, emigration has caused tin increase in the population to a remarkable degree. The places of those who leave are soon rilled up, and when the emigrants return with their wealth they re-act upon the general prosperity, and consequently the population, by puttintj their capital into local enterpiises, and are thus adding their quota to the wealth of the nation.

TEN MONTHS 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 Jess. 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 si<'died medicine.' They therefore pay, by their fre quent failures, the penalty of refusing instruc • turn unless the teacher bears there own " Hall Mark" An eminent physician —Dr Brown-Sequard, of Paris— stages 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 illultrates this important truth. ! The steamship "Concordia," of the Donadson Line, sailed from Clasgow for Baltimore in 1887, having on board as a fire man a man named Richar I 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 taste 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. viaiting 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 lie 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 iug pills one every .night, znd temperature pills two each night to stop the cold sweats, If drugs could cure him at all, Rcihard had an idea 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 fide, and then told him he was sure to die. Five months more rolled by. and there was another #jta<ige of visiting physicians. The new one gave VV>ide a mixture which he said made him tremble Ufa aleflf on a tree. At this crisis Wage's Scotch blood asserted itself. He refused to stand any more dosmg, and told the doctors that if be must die he could die as well without them as w«# them. By this time a cup of milk would turn spurpn Ms stomach, and lie there for days. Our friend from Glasgow was like t wreck on a shoal, fast 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 says: '' 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 inwly afeivdays' time J was out of bed calling' fpr ham and eggs for breakfast. From that time, keeping on with Mother Seigel's. great remedy, I get 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 no illness 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 th.em in his oiiginal deposition. His address is No. 344, Stob cross street, Glasgow, where letters will reach h«'m,

THE ASgsrafeif&T^^^



Mother Beigel's J OPERATING PILLS FOR CONSTIPATION. SLUGGISH LIVER &o. TTNLIKK many kinds of cathartic U medicines, do not make you feel worse before you feel better. Their operation is gentle, bat thorough, and unattended with disagreeable effects, such as nausea, griping pains, &c. Seigel's Operating Pills are the best family physic that has ever been discovered. They cleanse the bowels from all irritating substances, and leave them in a healthy condition. The best remedy extant for the bane of our lives—constipation and sluggish liver. These Pills prevent fevers and all kinds of sickness, by removing all poisonous matter from the bowels. The operate briskly, yet mildly, without an pain, > If you take a severe cold, and are threatened with a fever, with pains in the head, back, and limbs, one of two doses of Seigel's Operating Pills will break up the cold and prevent the fever. A coated tongue, with a brackish taste, is caused by foul Matter in the stomach. A few doses of Seiffdl'S Operating PlilS will cleanse the stomach, remove the bad taste, and restore the appetite, and with it bring geod health. ] Of times disease, or partially decayed food, causes sickness, nausea, and diarrhoea. If the bowels are cleansed from this impurity with a dose of SeigeTs Operating Pills, these disagreeable effects will vanish, and good health will result. Seigel's Operating Pillsprevent 11 effects from excess in eating or drinking. A good dose at bedtime, renders a person fit for business in the morning.



These Fills, being sugar-coated, are pleasant to take. The disagreeable taste common to most pills is obviated' OR SALE BY ALL CHEMISTS. DRUGGISTS AND MEDICINE VENDORS \ PAOPolifiTOiio I A. J. WHITE, Limited LONDON, Eng. Bough on Pilks—Why stiff -r Piles ? 1u \ ectiate relief and com,vleti' cure grtirant^f ask for LCongh on. Piiosi Bare carj for iftchia'g lotmriiDg, blaeding, or urn 7 form of Piles. Buoha-Paiba,—Qaick, complete can of al I annoying Kidney, Bladder, and Urinarj Diseases, ac chemists and druggists. Kemp? borne, Grosser, ond 00. ii^ents. Ghriatchur eh Rough en Catabrh.—Corrects offensiy todors at once. Complete cure of worst chroni cases; also unequaled as pargle for diphther throat foul breath Wells' Hai Balsabm.—lf gray, reßtorea to original color. An elegant dressing, soften and beautifies. No oila or greass. A lonic Restorative. Stops hair coming out, strength na oleansea heals aoalp



ASHBUBTON BOBOUGH SOfIOUL fffiHlß School re-jpena en MONDAY X 27th inatant, W J. SILOOOK, 1168 Chairman of Committee. WANTICD Tendeu for Threshing 60,000 bu'hfh of grain, to be in by SATUiiD&Y, February Ist. For par. ttoaUra apply to 1t159 MAX FRIfiDLANDER. STRAYED ,mo my paddook at Eailng, r.boat beginning of October, 1889, q Buy &»dd:e flora , ocunded U on near shoulder, one white bind foot, If not claimed 8 h February mat. will be sold to defray tzpenses. 1 170 J. W. 3AWLE, Tlnwald. mBNDERS ate invited for the ereotlon X of a 4-Boomed House it Weater - fiild. Plans and epeolfioitiotiß may be can at Mb Restsix's Office where tenders will be received up till Noon on TUESDAY, 28th January. - the lowest or any leudec not necessarily acsepted. 1 158



SATURDAY, JANUARY 25th. Lot 71, Near the Railway Station, Tinwald MR T. BULLOCK has received in etrocilons from Mr James Bego, to Bell by Publio Auction at the Arcade on the above date, — , Lot 71, containing 37 perches, well / situated corner, of Graham and I McMv do Streets, fronting the main througbiare, leading to Long* beach, and near the Railway Station. I Terms can be arranged. I Sale »t 12.15 ~~T. BULLOCK, ltl2o. . . . Aootioneer SATURDAY, JANUARY 25ih. Town Section HI with Cottage. MR T. BULLOCK has received Istrubtions to Sell by Pnblio Auotlch at the Arcade on the above date, on aocount and by order of the MobtgaqbE. T.S. 747, containing J-aore, situated in Peter Street East, near Mr Andrew Young'a Stoic. There is a Cottage of 2 rooms erected en the Section ; tii a Property is conveniently situated, and the land ia of &rst olass quality for garden purposes. Inspection Invited. , Sale at 12.15. ™T\ BULLOCK. I+l2l Auctioneer. Webster and Mac Donald rSSRS WEBSTER & MAODONALD have received instructions from the New Zealand Railway Department to offer by Public Auction on FEIDAY, JANUARY 24th, At 1 o'clock p.m, In their Auption Room, Geraldine, THE LEASE! for eeven jenk of the KAILWAY BESEEVEB Nos. 1925 and 2810, situated on the Rangitata Riverbed and containing 4224 Acres. Plans csn be teen ani fall particulars obtained at the offices of the Auctioneers. WEBSTER AND IiAOpONALD, i 51 Auctioneers. SPECIAL ENTBY. I SATURDAY, jTnUARY 25th. r/y casbs~afples -|/y 1 ALFRED HARRISON^ ') I 111 Auotlonwr,



Keating's Cough Lozenges cure Coug Asthma, Bronchitis, Medical testimony state that no other medicine is so effectual in th cure of these dangerous maladies. On Lozenge alone inves ease, one or two at an e time ensures rest, For elieving difficulty j e breathing they are invaluable, They contai no opium nor any violent drug, Sold by a CHomiit at is %& a 6d each, 1



5 10 PER CENT DISCOUNT "^ wSM^SW' off JEWELLERY ANB I ' FOR OvStT FOR W^Mt^Ym i-» 5 ■ "—< ■■• " ONS MONTH. WS^^^M'" :ri'' E.P, GOODS '. . ROBT. MURRAY ; ' WAPOH AND CLOOK MAKER, JPJWELLER, &o, - • ; EAST STJJEET, ASEBUiiTON;; ' OHBISTMAS T *TII>E. [ ; I A LABQE and Varied Assortment of New* Jewellery, Plate, fto, raltabla for J\_ Xuiaa and N«w Tear Gifts. A magnificent stock of Watches and Clocks at pices ranging from a few shillings to £301 Every Watch or Clock told.wittbe Guaranteed. I make a Special Line of High Classed English Watches. . 'Well appointed Workshops under my personal; superintendence assures all work ing tamed oat promptly and in first-class condition. " * I , , EVERYTHING SOLD WABBANTED 1 12 137 ITT eT mjg^SsT" \ i SANTA CLAUS 1$ COMING, -: i AND SO 18 OLD FATHER CHRIBbiAS. : fro give the above a fitting recwptlon und welcome, the undersigned bat pnrobased JL' largely of Toys, Books, and Fancy Goods Suitable for the oomlng Seawn, and (Moolated to mska Merry Hearts, Happy Countenances and Baaatlful Hornet, The Stock ooleUts of tn extenolve «nd varied asßorimept of Goods In Plush, China Leather, i Slediiop«te, excellent to qoahty and elegant in deelgn, ' " I •' BOOE3 from Religions Tract Society, Ward Look aod 00, and Caswll and Company; auitabld foe PRIZE REWARDS and BRESENTATION purpoios. - ORNAMENTS, VASES, FLOWERB asd; BIRDS (in : glass shades), &c. I .iFaqey Ohlnawaie, Tea Services, GUu^ate, Jap«neß|B Goods, Writing Deeke, Workboxea, Alnucos, Photo Frtmee, Ickfitands. Aooordiaas, Organs, Pianos, aod numerous other artloies to choose from. ■ TOYS, Dollb, TraJAts, Stock Whips, Tea Sots, Farnltnre «q4; great Variety; of all sbrtß from the Id Squeaker to the locomotive going by steam. : Toys that break and Toys that won't break. t * , XMAB, NL'.W YfiAR OARDP, Opsllnee, Scented Ssohets, Hand-Painted, etc. . - : j.ORIOKETING MATERIAL. : M H. M.TbkES. I i THE PUBLIC'TRUST OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND offers the advantages of efficient and confidential management and; pro- " videa for the administration^ of Estates under Marriage Contracts, Settlements and. Wills at reduced Rates of Charges. Persons who are about to marry L or who .may,, be desirous of constituting Trusts*for benevolent or charit able purposes, should consult the Pubdio Tbustbb, or any of his Agents. Arrangements are made for the continuance of the services of family



ACLAg^JBAggS AND CO., Cfaistchurch, looal Agents JOKtf G.^R^STELL OMMIBSION, FINANCIAL, AND GENERAL AGENT VALUATOR AND < EXPERT ACCOUNTANT, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. AGENT FOR THE MERCANTILE FINANCE CO., Limited TEE D BERING &LL STEEL TWINE BINDKK This Mm hine, always the Best; still leads tho way, has taken as many First : . . Pi Ibob as any in the Market. Jt is the Lightest in Draught, and the Most Perfect in work. Fanners, Contractors, and others are'invited to inspect before buying a Machine. ■ . / THE DEEKING requires fewer Extras than any Machine in the Field. ■ EXTRAS ALWAYS IN STOCK', PANITOLA TEA OOMPaNY'B PORE INDIAN TEAS-The Best and Cheapest in the Market. Once used no other is palatable THE EQUir<±BLtf IjSSCRaNOJjI ASSOCIATION } pi New Zealand-Fire, Mariee, and Guarantee^ .' ', < % . ' f THE NOiiTHEBN AbSDRANOE CdMPANS—Fire and Life ' > .-'.' " V "" ''• •' '''*° ''»■'' *c :' -j '■ fif, ' ' ■' "> '' 1 HAVING secured the Premises of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company in West Street; where my Office for ihe conduct of the above Baaineues will be found, I'4bb to anderUke the Storage of Wool, Grain, and other Produce at Loweet Current Bates. ■ ,-./■ ■:?;■;. Wool, Grain; 1 and other Produce sbippad to aDy part of the world that my Ollenta wish at Loweat;:Ratea of Freight, and with ail ohargpaoa the ioweut; rtmnnerative Bcale, Liberal Cash' Advances made on a)l Produce eniiuated to me either for Storage or Shipment. Cash Advanced on Real Estate', Bills of Sale, Growing Crops, Wool, or any undoubted penonal gfeoority. Acting at -Broker only, I ;ha?e no Wther interest to conserve but that of my constituents. Complicated Accounts adjusted, and Auditing and General Accountants' work undertaken. Indents fqr Goods from the .Home or, any other Market will receive my attention FOB SALE—Woolpackß, Corn Sack*; Binder Twine, &c. &o. MY COAL AND TIMBER Bu»l will be carried on agheretofore on, the, Old Premises, and at it Is mj intention to sell at a email profit for Cash, prices quoted will be on that basis. When credit is required special arrangements may be made. 100 TONS of freshly imported COAL'in Stock and to be followed by regular supplies. , , , , , . . r TIMBER-A Large and General Assortment now on the way by rail and sea j IBON-Hardware and all Bnilder.'Bequlsiteß.. ;; , .. JOHJST G.~EJBSTELL. ■ ;■,>,: COMMISSION AGENT vV. GREGG AND COMPANY, PURE BLJSTpEi) TE4S r ; ' ' NEW SEASON, 1888-9, ' , ,';"% AHJ}*}* PACKEIB, 2ib FA»O7 CANISTERS im'foa Am IIbTINP TR V TfiESS; BL£NDS. T]UY THESE BLENDS i p^*^\ /f2aid\ f^ld\ //**\ , ((CROWN ) I EAGLE ) I Exhibition)) [I CLU B|] ; %perib^ y^PtJf \j*jlWj '\v*'l&j/ t)£<E TRIAL WItL V&lA&hitsti TfIBHW OORHTANX ÜBS X be obtalficd ttov ■ ■•■•'* T()i±K OKR& Ou SPECIAL PTOCHABE3 FOE CHEISTMAB TBADE. MITCHELIS TURNER r-ABE NOW BHOWING — fIIHE Qra&deit Lot' of Genta' Tweed Suits ever opened up in Ashburton. Cheap X .and good fitting; Boys' Wellington, Katapoi, and Mosgiel Tweed Suits. Bplendld lines in Gents' Trousers and Vett from 14s 9d up. : Special Value in Gents' Saddle Tweed Trousers, " our own make." „ '" MenVand Boys' Hats in endless Tariety, cheap and of excellent quaff ty. m- BOOTS BOOTS BOOTS -Ml Oar BOOTS are noted for first-clHss wear and reasonable prices. N.B.—" Ladies "if you want a Beel of Ootton, or a parcel of Household Drapery we are the people who give tip top value for your money. MITOHELJT& TUEFEE KATAPOI HOUSE I TANCRED STREET, '„.„ ASHBURTON,



Alfred Harrispn, 400TIONEEK, STOCK. AJSD ESTATE AGENT AJN^ VALUATOR. SATURDAY BALE at 12 o'clock ih.tr —Honei, Cuttle, Flgi, Prodnoe •nd Mmronandto. . , j | Fanning Implement* tad Vebloiei of all klndi constantly In Yurdi . on tL* FOR SALE. iMilng S»1Im bold In town or, Obnntry m Mqolnd, Mid mcwt libenl: ternu Mrangtd with botb Boytri and Seller*. :,._. T\O LET—flboi^ In Oolemra'i Bolld- L ingi. Bcdnoed lenti. Good brfok illdlogg handfame ihopi. Acnm roK thx enrich Union lire Insurance Company. ALFRED HARRISON.



MISS BARBAT'3 PBIVATE SCHOOL WILL re-opeu J.-nary 27th Unt. Subjects Tot.gat — iSgnllsh, Drawing, Singing, and Ma«ta.—Cameron Street Weit, A»bbartoD. 177 fmO LEND, on Freehold Security. ~ X £360, £300, and £600 ia Mp*rtte vama. Apply to— i JOHN 0. OORR, I i>»rclttsv and Solioitnt, Birriett Street. Athbortoa f (Irit Bank 0 ( New Ssath «V«Im). C> H ABLE S JJRADDKL : lioenied Ltndbroker and Veioator undar "The Land Tramfet Act, 1881 E3TATK HOUSE, LAND, AND GENEJSAL COMMISSION AQBWT. OFFICE—Bu mkt Bt»mT, * N«t "Mail" Offloa f 6



FRIEDLANDER BROS. \ JUST LANDING Ex CITYQf DELHI— 1000 Bales Cornsacks WHICH WE OPFEE v£T-LOWEST CUBRENT BITES. .'"', m WE ARJC Uahm BCYSRS OF WHEAT, OATB, BABLE?, aud fiYEGBASB , IN LARGB OR SMALL gUAWTIxnW \ *\"~'*""\^^*\ , T { t ,_, : LEADING THE WOELD. '' m £HE wH ? G E8 T A wAKD-be!ng id object of •**-;#•■ »Wi«J«a the M«wt. M B nof«oturlng Ooy,, Toronto, D »di, for their SELF-BINDER [ i^f'w V? 01™0 J; lOHT »««>«) Operatad la the great Worlds Flald TfW beldtt Ifoujel, near Paris, Frwo*. July 19 22, 1889, where Fifteen of tbe moit iioted; ; uwohfn?f on earth competed. Aibo-A GOLD MEDAL wu Moorded the Masaey M»nufiottirlna^ Company for their aenor.l exhibit of maohfnat at the P«is BipoiUlon. Oyer 7001 Machines .old la VJotorl. hU,.\Si.Bon-a reooid not totted by any other muke, FRIEDLaNDEU BROS, SOLE AGENTS. THE BRANTFORD STEEL BINDER SIZES KOR Sitiß, ,6, 6, a»d 7m OUTS. T a£ wld u.h. of °Sh Dranght, Simplicity of Oonetraotlon, Strenjrth tod DartbiUty of Material reader it the most Suitable. Maohine for Farmeri and Jonnraptorff EXTBAS m QUANTITY Aiwayi in STOCK, andSnppHed at the Short eit Kctice, TWINE, OIL, &0., for SALE.', J. QUANF& CO AGENTS - +15*- ' ; i , : • BINDEB TWINE^ ' - • BINDEB WIRE I CCOKIICK BINDERS BUNDER FITTINGS AND EVEBY BEQUISITE FOB THE HABVEBT 'FIELD = * JOHN OEB&Oa EAST STBEET, ASHBUBTON. OATEN SHEAF CHAFF t FOB BALE IN LABGE OB SMALL QCJANTITIBB; gbo. Jameson Ashburton arid Rakaia. SHEAF CAEEIERS. j ; I HAVE FOB SALE— ■HGBNSBrS PATENT SHEAF CARfiIERS , Can be easily attached to any Machine; GEO/JAMESON , ""' Ashburton and Rakaia.



Williamson apd Freece LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM — TAILOBS-- f BiABIT, M AKEBS, **, vf>3 HAVE REMOVED to their New and . Commodious place of Bniineiaia EAST STBEET/ABHBURTON, CUteiy occupied by Jow* Okb & Co. Special attention to Livery and MUHarjf Uniform.' ' ' ' * ■ ' 'k' Binding Twina "DOJUGttre's" T 0 SUPERIOR ; ; r :l^ BINDpfGTWK fob sale: A GEET VALLEY COiit. 4 3000 TONS — BOLD WEEKLY, — ■ .'.'"■ '»■'. " ;, -' NEVfOASTLE GOAL X*AM£NSE SUPPLIES OOMpiaTQ HAND.. \ WESTPORt 1 COAL REGDLAB SBIPMENTB. " ■' THRASHING MACHIBI Proprietors tnd Fermera Bhonld apply immediatelj particulars to f.H.COLLINS&(J(i TIMBER AND Coal Merchants, EAST BTBJSBT 4SHB U RlON''•■:• C THE ASHBTTBTON FURNI IUBE WABEHOUSR. TANORED STREET. PIOKPORD and UNDRILL h»ve • * Urge aDd osrefally leleoted itoek of FURNITUEIE now on view, Inoladlnf Saltei, Sof»B, Ooaohes, Obests Dnweri. Obtlrs, &0.,&0., of their own manuho tar« from well seasoned miterlilt. Icon Bedsteads in vatloas ptttttnsj Bedding In great variety, Special line of PERAMBULATORS jut the thing foi the holidays. nmtS A° loe AMlOrtinent °' GLABSWABE, ANI> OBNAMENT'a' Veiy Sdltable for OhtlstniM Prea»Dtt. ' JUST ARRIVED, Ex "WAKE FIELD." A oomlgoment of aeaoited t ' 7 - -• - CHAIBS & FANCY GOODB \ INBPEOTION FREELY INVITBi) r j Furniture designed, and made to oidaav at shortest notice, , ,■■■ - < TANORED S'TbTb'T, x Opposih teus Aboadb. ANDBEWS OBR'S GREAT CLEARANCE / ; Haryearly Sale - Of   ,^ SUBPLUS STOCK of DBAPEBY, CLOTHING: aud BOOTS will commence on . TUESDAY, JAE 14 FOB ONE MONTH ONLY GREATEST BARGAINS EVER OFFERED IN ASHBURTON. ONE LOT OF BOOTS AT HALF. PRKMS, apeew on k '