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1 The Stud. BU RlI N G o~" Will travel' this season—lß9l -t following Districts :— Ashburton, Rakaia, JSlLesmere, and Springiton; lerms—£3 3s far Season; no guaran tees ; groomage 5s ; grazing Is per week. All care but no iesporis>ibllity. ft.B.— For this season winners and dams of winners of £100 or over, m one event, free. 10?31 jLIAM M'ILRAITH > Southbridge STALLION gps|#sSE imTMrtPrf wL nun- A" ' £•"• Je«»e Brown, limaru; and when eeven years old w« tnat Awamoa has been Bitccessful m th« ni»j;he has been very suceeSul M * K^v h e r alueinthedißt'»ct^ mares changing hands to be paid for by the __ Proprietor. fNapbleon. W" APOLEON U a light bay horte,' «. I* four years with plenty of bone and siibHtance. Hw dam,^^, Gipsy, is^ya> tt dd y 's Ben Lomond (imported.) Gipsy'/^am was by the far-famed loimg iHero, iGipsy'i, Btock have been moat auocestfnl prixeitakera at ( the Palmerston and Waikouaiti shows Young Hero was by .Lincolnshire Hero. imported to Tasmania by W. B. G. Kermode, Esq. Hero a dam was ,Vy Old Sampson, winner of twenty-one n«t .prizes. . 'SToung Hero a dam, Blossom, wan by the importer! horse,. Matchless. Young Heio gamed a number of pnws at the various shows m Otago, Napoleon's sire, BahnatyneVßen Lomond, was bred by Fleming and Hedley, and is by \oung Vanquisher (imported.) Younc Vanquisher vw bred by Peter Anderson, Mranraer, Scotland, out of his celebrated mare Sally by Loch Fergus Owunpion; grandsire Blair's Champion. Ben Lomond'a dam was by Maggie Lauder (imnorted.) Ben Lomond has gained a number oFpmes at the Blueskm, Palmerston, and Waikouaiti shows. Napoleon was once shown and gained first prize at the Palmerston and Waihemo Agricultural and Pastoral As«mc». turn's Bhow, - . ' ; Terms-£2 payable at end of seasen, and £2 when mare proves m foal.'i: Groomas» fee ss, payable first service. IA+Q . J- J- MARTIN* 10?34 Proprietor^ AiKbirton. TO STAND THIS SEASON At his Owner's FwNn, Methveo aii tr«*.i WAKANUI, ASHK7RTON Sd^ARAIA ■ Distriotsf .\* THE THOROUGHBRED CHBSTNDT STALUON r IWUT Harkaway, HARSAWAY i 8 «v. beantiftl tSTed 16 haDdS hlgh ' *ad «7-^SSS HARKAWAY f.^,in W, bred br his owner; by Johnny Faiilkncr, one of the bestraqehorses that^ver.trod, the turf of New, Zealand, and whose sire St. Albans »-»« sire of Tasman, Malua, Sheet An, 9 hwv BlSk Bonny, StockweH, WhimbrerLaSsetTv and other famous racehorses,- M*tW»; O n the damlß sidei Harkaway's WiferteLnteW <$!£.** beßfc bWev^sJiS Harkaway will serve a lim%ed nnmber of mares. Terms: £2 10a « Wn f £va b ll January 1 1892 j £4, :4s guarantee X ; A« e Vlg^gr^nage^;^; J^ Good paddocks, fojr Mares at 2s a week » every care taken, but no responsibility * Any mares changing owners, to be paid for by those engaging the horse. SAMUEL TIERNEY 28 ril^^, rj\<* STAND THIS SEASON "*• at Netherby Lodge, Ashburtou. THE THOROUGHBRED .STALWON Johnny Faulkner. Pedigree: By St Albans, out of Impu» deuce, by Peter Wilkihs, out »f Prudence, by Jersey, out of Black Sal, by Wanderer, out of Fairy (imp).  He has thus descended from the very beat blood m England and the Colonies, and is almost full brother to Tasman and Malua. He is a great grandson of the mighty Stockwell, and of Flying Dutch, man. He was a firat-cUws^etformer, and his stock, for. quality and substance, cannot be beaten m the World. Tkbms ; £10 IQs for thoroughbred wires! p. 5s for half-bred mares. Groomaee tec, ss. s ! ll MARKEY, _ ° Proprietor.



: The Stud. J Perkin Warbeek II WILL STAND TUTS SEASON, at Mr James Carlan's Farm, Elgin (opposite the Irrigation Farm), where well-grassed paddocks, of 150 acres m extent, are provided for mares. Perkin Warheck 11., if? by Perkin War i beck (imp)— Miss Kate (imp), by Adven turer —Sporting Life Miss Kate is dam of Antelope, Sultan and Prime Warden, Perkin Warbeek II is sire of Lady Zetland. Lightning, and other good per formers and has left a lot of good stock about this district. For further particulars apply to JAMES CARLAN, Elgin, or E. GATES, 9+177 Grove Farm, Tinwald. TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON In the Methvpn, Aahburton Forks, and Cairnbrae Districts, THE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE, Diplomacy, "D RED by John Grigg, Esq., of Longbeach XJ Diplomacy's sire 13 Lord Beaoonsfield dam Pleasant, by Prince Charlie. ' \ Terms : £3 ■ season ; guarantee, £4 10s. Three or more mares an per agreement. Groomage fee ss, payable 'first" service. Special arrangements made with lona fide owners of three mares. Mares changing hands to be paid for as season mares. As the number of mares for this horse is limited, owners wishing his services should make early application. Good paddocking for mares at 2s per week. Ail care taken but no responsibility. For further particulars aoply to John MoDonnkU/, Groom m charge, or DANIEL McKENDRY, 9*145 Proprietor, Cairnbrae. Will serve a limited number of approved . mares at BLOOMFIELD FARM, MAINWARING'S ROAD, SOUTH RAKAIA, THE TROTTING HORSE Wilkin. WILKIN is a dark brown horse, five ' years old, stands 15.8, by the im- J ported Standard-bred American "Trotting Stallion Berlin; dam Polly, the well-known trotter. VYILKIN'S peiformances on the track are well-known. He won the Electric Stakes, one mile, at the Canterbury Trotting Club's May Meeting m 2min 58sec, (his first performance); aud the Electric Stakes, one mile at the Ashburton Trotting Club's last meeting m 2min 48sec, on a, very Btnall track. ,- ' Terms: Season, £3, payable at first service; Guarantee, £5, payable July 1, 1892. Paddocking for a few mares at 2a a week. Every care taken but no responsi bility. WILLIAM HOOD, 2: .. . : Owner. TO STAND THIS SEASON, At Ashburton, Tixwald, Flemington, and Longbeach. THE CARRIAGE STALLION, Camel. LIE is a dark brown horse, standing 17 •*--*- hands 1 inch high, by the standard bred' American trotting stallion Berlin, (imp.), dam, Duchess of York, by Traducer, dam, old "Gentle Annie,' the famous champion trotter of New Zealand for many years, and clam of Spot and Dexter^ also granddam of Calista and Princess. Duchess of York is half-sister to Southern Queen, the mother of Calista. Some of Camel's, stock will be on view m Ashburton, on October 3* parade day. Terms :—Services, £3, groomage sa, pay-, able at first, service ) twp or more mares, a# per agreement, All mares changing hands, to be paid for by those engaging horse. For further particulars, apply to Thos. - Harot<i>, groom m charge. Mares grazed free to January 1. Every care taken but no responsibility incurred. Also, — > THE STANDARD-BRED AMERICAN TROTTING HORSE General Traeey. WILL STAND THIS SEA,39tf AT LONGBEACH. j Services, 5 guineas; only 10outsideimares' taken. THE Standard-bred American Trotting 'Stallion, GENERAL TRACEY, isful! brother to the well-known performer,' Ken tucky, being by Berlin (im£.), dam, Jenny Traeey (imp.) This mare was imported by Mr Robert Wilkin, but before' leaving 1 America, Hiram Woodruff, a great authority on trotting, drove Jenny Traeey a mile m 2min. IBjsec3. He also used to drive Ber-, lin'a full brother, Mambrino Dudley:; and Mr Woodruff .says m his book on trotting,.! "If ever there was a horse which could trot a mile m 2 minutes, Mambrino Dudley.coulc before seeing so much stud duty. So it is plain that Kentucky and General Traeey contain the very best strains of American trotting blood, J. C. N. GRIGG, 9t37 Longbeaoh TO STAND AT OWNER'S STABLES, AND TOTRAVELTHESURROUND ING NEIGHBOURHOOD. ; THE PURE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE HORSE Athelstane. A THELSTANE is a bright bay horse,, was Jell foaled m 1883, has great strength of bone with fine flowing hair and (grand quality, and perfectly quiet and good tempered. He was bred by the Hon AI. Holmes, Awamoa, Oamaru. His sire was that renowned stallion Lord Salisbury, imported from Scotland to Otago, where he took first and champion' prizes constantly, and finished his ' show career an unbeaten horse, AMelstane'sdata Nellie Ivan hoe wa.s a grand Olydesdale mare from the celebrated Scotch. Annie (imp). Ivanhoe has taken four first .prizes and two, seconds at Oamaru, once champion mare, and never beaten but by her stable companion, "Laura McPherson." Athelstane took Ist prize as a yearling at Oamaru m 1884. Athelstane is sire of Andrew Crystal's horse, King o' the Clans, dam Agate. He toolt lsfc prizt as a yearling at Invercargill, m 1887, as a two-year-old m ISBB, and beat Hard Times for tiie championship, Ist as a three-year-old, at Invercargill, m 1890. He was then sold for 850gs. The above pedigree proves Athelstane to be descended from the purest clydesdale blcod and he has proved himself a first-class sire. Terms: 4 guineas guarantee, payable August ], 1892; Groom's fee, ss, payable rst service. For other terms apply groom m charge. All mares changing hands to be paid for by owners engaging horse. Good paddocks at Is 6d per week'for mares, all care taken but no responsibility. THOMAS LANGLEY, Proprietor, 1 ■ , ' , i': ' Droao c



The Stud. THE STANDARD IMPOKTKD TROTTER, BLACKWOOD ABDALLAH VV^HO has more winners on the' Track * » ; than any other horse ; sire of Bedale, Linda, Remnant, Miss Parau, Semolina, Victoria 11., Butcher Boy 11., Berlin Abdullah, and many other noted trotters, will travel the Ashburton dis trict. —ALSO- Thk Pttbebked Clydesdale Stallion Young* New Style WILL Stand ab Owner's farm, Lynd hurst, and travel the Methven district. ,> , Good paddocking for mares ab: Is 8 per week, bub no responsibility. For particulars apply to ■' $ : MAX FRIEDLANDER. Ashburton TO TRAVEL THE] LAURISTON, RAKAIA, AND METHVEN DISTRICTS, , THE PUREBRED CLYDESDALE COLT, inINGALL is a handsome bay colt, orar Jj 16£ hands high, with plenty of substance and quality. He is by the cele brated sire, Kelvin, dam Jess, by Walls Pride of Scotland. Terms: .Season, £2 2s ; payable January 1, 1892 ; guarantee, £3 3s, payable July 1, 1892. Groomage ss, payable first service. For further particulars apply groom m charge, or DONALD ROSS, 10J29 Proprietor, Lauriaton. TO TRAVEL THE ASHTON, WATER TON, WILLOWBY, AND TINWALD DISTRICTS, Lord Craiiley. I" ORD CRANLEY is a dark bay colt, -J rising three years (foaled October, 1888) with immense power and grand iction. He has abundance of good flat bone, with immense quantity of the right kind of hair, fashionably set on his'legs. \ LORI) CRiINfiEY Wad bred by his present owner out of his celebrated mare,! Miss Palmer, winner of several first prizes m Otago. She was bred by Robert Gawnj Esq., Taieri, .by his celebrated horse, \ Lord Salisbury (imp.) out of Duchess 11. sire Sir Colin imported from Scotland. | . Lord Cranley'a ;sire, Laird i ot|K.ilbride, was bred by W. Boag, Esq., Cantdrbriiy, by Prince of Kilbride (imp.) dam Flower by Prince Charlie (imp,), second dam Rose of Keilor, imported from Victoria, sire ißaron of Glenle"e. '-•'. '■''■'■ i;'. / ... : : Lord Cranley was shown • once as a year ng at Ashburton, where he gained second prize out of tihe largest ring of yearling colts seen m > Ashburton. ; Asa two-year-old he gained first at' Timaru, also first at Ash burton same year......... The above pedigree show's Lord Cranley to be descended from, the, best strains of imported blood.' ; Terms: Reason, £3, payable January 1, 1892; guarantee^ £4 lOs • payable Septem ber 1, 1892. Groomage fee, 5s ; payable first service. Mares chaticintr liwife to be paid for aa-sea., on aiares. Oiootl paddbcking for mares at 2s per week. All care taken, but no responsibility. . JOHN SMALL, Proprietor, 9 198 Meadow Bank Farm. Tinwald P.O TO STAND THIS SEASON AT COOK SON'S STABLES AND TRAVEL THE ABHDURTOJS DISTRICT, THE CARRIAGE STALLION Phoenix. PHOENIX is a bay horse • with black points, and stands over sixteen hands high, He was bred by Mr Laurcnson, Pleasant Point. He is by Quamby, out of JLady Clare by Talisman, grand dam by The Peer. He is rising live years old. As a yearling he took two First prizes at Timaru Show, viz. —For best Yearling and best Colt on the ground. At two years he took two (second prizes, viz.—One at; Timaru, and one at Waimate Shows, md First prize as a three year-old at Timaru for Carriage stallion. He has proved himself a sure foal-getter. . TERMS—£3 3s, season. A reduction for two or more marcs. Groomage fee, ss, pay able firstservice. , , ' For further particular apply Groom m charge, or E. COOKSON, ; Liveiy Stables; 10*71 ' ' Ashburton . L. Laurenson, Proprietor, Pleasant Point ! To Travel the ASHBURTON, CHERTSEY, 1 LAURISTON, and M 3JTHVEN D;striots s 1 The PoßEßjpin, CL.YM<snAL,E Extire, The Banker, rpHE BANKER is a dark dapple brown JL three years off, standing -16J hands high, with plenty of hair and bo4e,|has a good honest Clydesdale head, fine) rein, and splendid back, pcssessing sgoodsgood Action! and is very docile. His sire Is thab jhoted entire, Sir Arthur Gordon (N.Z, |Sbud Book 161), dam Violeb (N.Z. Stud ißopk 487). .Young Banker as a yearling took first prize at Clutha and segond at ISfatau (Stirling), and second as a two-year^)ld ab Clufcha. For further particulars of pedi gree see cards j Terms: £4, payable January 31,1892. Guarantee as per agreement, Groomage cc ss, payable ab firsb service, i^irst cwners held responsible jf n^ares change nds. " i i james McDonald, Proprietor, Ashburton. TO STAND THIS SEASON At his owner's stables, Peter street, Ash burton, and travel the Ashburton, Rakaia, and surrounding-Districts, THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE By Aprkmont—Watersprite. rpORRENT was a first-class perfortner on -*- the turf, and is full brother m blood to Cynisca and Pygmalion, and half brother to Stonyhursb. He is a beautiful bright bay with black points, 16 hands 2 inches m height, full of grand quality, combined with , great (substance and bone, This Is his third season ak the stud, and as a proof of the quality of his stock, several breeders are sending, mares from districts previously travelled by him to visit him again this season. Terms, £4 4s; Groom's fee, 5s payable first service. Further particulars and full pedigree m cards H. J. TASKKR, Owner. Groom m charge, 49 TOR^Ey. .



The Stud """THE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE, Rantin Robin, WILL stand *t Mr Ul.ysi.t'B Farm, Methven, for the season. Terms on application to the owner. Mares will be grazed afc 2s per week. WILLTAM ULLYETT, Upton Farm, 9*161 Mefchven. TO STAND THIS SEASON At Kyle, and travel the Ashburton and Rakaia Districts, THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE, Tekoa, By Slkdgemerk (imp.); dam Tussock. TEKOA is the sire of Secretary, Glencoe, Cribbage, and Joe 1., and many other fast trotters, for pedigree and particulars see cards. ' " m Terms : Season, £2; guarantee, £3. Two or more mares as per agreement. Groomage fee, ss; payable at first service. For further particulars apply to E, HARDWIOK, 9\44 Proprietor, Kyle. JTO STAND AT SOMERSET STABLES AND TRAVEL THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. THHJ THOROUGHBRED HORSE Rcmser. ROUSER is a Grey Horse standing 16 hands, by the renowned Messenger (sire of the Lad, etc.), dam Kate O'Shane, by Caledon (imp).; Kate O'Shane out of Laura, by Emigrant (imp.), out of a daughter of Spaewife, by Skeleton (imp.) Rouser is the aire of Mexico, winner of, many races ; of Balderdash, who trotted 3 miles m Bmin 42secs, the fastest record for a three year old m New Zealand ; also Miss Lyle, and other grand trotters.. : Terms: Season £3, payable Ist January, 1392 ; guarantee^ ,Ist July, £* : groomage, 6s} payable first service. First "owner re sponsible if mare changes hands. ; | For further particular apply to Gr^om m ! charge, or T. BRYANT, ; ; " i Proprietor, ,9 195 Ashburton. TXJ TRAVEL THE WILLOWBY AND ASHBURTON DISTRICTS. THE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE HOBSE J|v|j§ Bee^cofi^ield "yOUNG BEACONSFIELD is a dark bay' JL horse, over 16 hands high, with black oints}-seven years old, by Lord Beacons field* Dam by Old Major, imported by F. H. Bi'ittan, Esq.,.of Av6nside.' --! , Terms: Guarantee, £2 10s; season, £1; 10s, payable Ist January, 1892; groomage, ss. M«reß changing hands to be paid for as season mares. For further particulars apply to • \V. A. GRAY, 9 128 Proprietor, Tinwald. T" 0 STAN D THIS SEASON and travel the Ashburton, Newlands, Seafield, Ashton, Wheatstone, Waterton, Flemington, Tinwald, and Ashburton Forks Districts. THE PUREBRED CLYDESDALE STALLION Protection. By Extinguisher, Extinguisher by Van quisher, dam Miss McCormick (imp) by. Linconshire Hero. Protection's dam is Maggie by Prince Royal out. of Old Maggie by Old Prince of Wales. To stand at Scott's Stable, Ashburton, every Saturday during the season. Also the imported PONY STALLION Highland Laddie, All mares changing hands, to be charged for by owner engaging horsf. For further particulars see card, or apply to F, M. RICKMAN, Proprietor. Ob JOHN SMITH, g 182 Groom m charge. TO STAND THIS SEASON AT THE SOMERSET LIVERY STABLES. THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE Macilleathean. \j[ ACILLEATHEAN is a handsome dark IVJ. brown or black horse, and stands 16 hands high. He was got by the English Tim W f b4ffler put of Flying Scud. Flying S<pittti" wss jtt dcjirk bay Mare} bred ia Victoria by Mr J. Harper m 1865, and was got by Fisherman. Tim Whiffler was scarcely ever beaten, and has won as many cups and handicaps as any other horse m England. He won the Chester Cup, and ran a dead heat witli^Buck stone for the Ascot Cup. Buckstorie was another -grand horse, and was famous not only for the dead heat he ran with Tim Whiffler for the Ascot Cup, but alsq for his match against' the Earl qf Glasgow's Knowsley for 500 guineas aside, which he won m a canter. Tim Whiffler was the sire of Briseis, who won the Melbourne Cup and Derby, and the dam of Macilleathean being by . Fisherman, shows his grand strain of ; blood, as a study of tbjeStud Book will show that Musket's great success has been from Australian bred mures, for the descendants of the grand old Fisherman, viz., Martini- Henry, Nordenfeldt and Trenton are all descended from Fisherman on the dam's side. Good paddocks for mares. Every care, but no responsibility. ■ .. ; ; For Terms arid further particulars apply to JOHN NEWMAN., Proprietor Burnett Street, A&hburton. HARRY IRllßip, TOBACCONIST, HAIRDRESSER, AND PERRUQUIER, FANCY GOODS MERCHANT, : ■ 'AND PURVEYOR OF SPORTING GEAR AND TACKLE. The Holiday Season. PIPES, m V every style, frovn the most costly m the market to the humble cherry wood. FANCY~~GOODS. The Largest and most Varied assort-' mont of brlc a brae m the county, and vastly added to m view of Santa Glaus' visit. THE SUMMER SEASON. Angling, Cricket, and Lawn Tennis outfits for old and young and suited to every purse. 1^" Pay us a visit. EAST STREET. 1



j Business Notices. Spring 1 Fashions. S. W. Alcorn&Co., HAVING decided to remrin m Ash burton, arc nov showing a splendid ssortment of . NEW FASHIONABLE GOODS m every DEP AJEt'JL'Mliaj* T. Which have been marked off at consider ably REDUCED rates of profit, trusting to do a greatly increased tJade. Newest styles m Millinery, New Man tles, snd Tudor Capes. Beautiful assort ments of Ribbons, Flowers, &c., Newest Styles m Costumes and Dress Materials, New Delaines, French Cambrics and rints. Inspection and Comparison invited. 8. W. Alcorn & Co. EAST TREE! 1. James McGregor TOBACCONIST AND , HAIRDRESSER. I AM now showing a choice assortment of Silver Mounted Briar Pipes^ being a complete set of samples of one of the largest wholesale houses m Dunedin, and when added to my present stock of Meerschaum, Myall, Asbestos, G.8.D,, and other leading; mates are well worth The Attention of Smoker. CIGARS A SPECIALTY. I have also a large and varied assortment of Smokers' and Toileb requisites. The HAIR-DRESSING SALOON is .vifchout doubu the best appointed m South Canterbury INSPECTION INVITED james McGregor, ;5 East Street. '' »! y^y^sgß|mTHE PREMIER ifffflrAIIIIllTO! "FURNITURE WAREHOUSE PICKFORD & UNDRILL, TAJSrCKTCD STREET AI RE now exhibiting ew Styles and -£*- Designs m i Dressing Tables, Chests of Drawers, Wash stands, Suites for Drawing and Dining Rooms, m figured^ Rimu and other superior woods. NEW STOCK of Tapestries, Cretonnes, Leathers, etc., for Uphols tering work, „ NEW SHIPMENT of Linoleums, aid '• . Oilcloths, m original and special patterns.. Come and see our local manufactures now . on view, Note Address— J3^» Next Building Society's office. Tancred Street Bullock's Arcade. XHA YE to inform my Clients and the General Public of Ashburton that I nAVE TAKEN OVER The Ailnrre Arcade AS FROM TFTE 2 Ist OCTOBER, 1891, ; And that J shall eonduclSALES of Horses, Land, Sundries, etc., KVEEY SAT TJ « r> "A. V , and also on othor week days if necessary. • The BUSINESS will be carrifed on strictly on the same lines as those ?which have made Tattersall's, of Christefiurch, so successful. ; ENTRIES may be mado any day during the week at my office m THE AT*CADE, and I trust that, the general public will cordially support me m my new venture, i IK Thomas, ASHBURTON. 10*124 toYo^lteam~carriage AND IRON WORKS, - : , AND ' } c y mmi speiig Fip, (^NBAtt Bank of Attstra^asia), ASIEIII llTOil. A LL kirjds of Blacksir. th, Engeenring jQ. and Woodwork clone on the Premises. Carriages and traps of every description made, repaired, painted, or exchanged. SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HORSE-SHOEING. ■ Piease Note.—Having added an Iron Planing Machine and other Tools to my Engineering Plant, and engaged an Engineer and Millwright of well-known ability, who has had twenty-seven years' experience m the Colonies m all classes of work m Engines, Combines, Reapers and^ Binders, etc., I am now prepared to plane concaves, slide-valVes, and td do all other kinds of metal planing, make new cylinder rings, or any other kind of repairs at the shortest notice. Workmanship guaranteed. Lowest Chriatchurch prices^ Cylinders Bored by Special Machinery without removing them from the Engines, and new rings fitted any size, jr. It. "iTEEIii ;■; COACHBUILDER, ENGINEER MILLWRIGHT, & GRNERAL SMITH WEST STREET, AHHBUETONI



Business i\otiees. HOTNG Now Completed MARKING- OFF their LAST SHIPMENT OP NEW GOODS Comprising NINETY-SEVEN.BALES, CASES, etc., have every confidence ° m inviting fcheir FRIENDS and CUSTOMERS, to an EARLt INSPECTION, without being pressed TO BUY, Of the MOST COMPLETE and VARIED STOCK of GEINERAL I> _RA.T» E» V IN THE COUNTY, Including the new j TERRY QUILTS, SATIN and SUEZ TOILErS, ! LINEN TURKEY TOWELS, BATH TOWELS, TABLINGS, NAPKINS, D'OYLEYS, etc., etc. Oar-Stock of WASHING- and FANCY An immpnce Stock of BOOTS and SHOES, etc. The new Reform Shoe. DRESSES is without doubt magnificent. —A real luxury. LINOLEUMS, BRUSSELS; AND OTHER CARPETS, MATS, etc J LOTHING and GENTLEMEN'S DEPARTMENT Our been restocked with a very complete assortment ot SHIRTS (m all makes), Underclothing, HATS, TIES, etc. JZ3T SUITS feo measure made with despatch, and accuracy of fit guaranteed. KAIAPOI HOUSE : TANCRED STREET "TTJII-N IP SEEDS- T7IOR SALE—IN LARGE OItSMALL QUANTITIES,-- PTJRPLE AND GREEN TOP ABERDEEN, MAMMOTH, GREYSTONE, WHITE STONE, AND OTHER VARIETIES. ■ " ': ■■■ : '■■■ -; ' —ALSO- ' ' ■ • ! { ARTIFICIAL MANURES., n SUPERPHOSPHATES (English and Colonial.) BONE DUST, and other kinds GEOKG R J AMESO N, BOOTS. BOOTS- BOOTS REMEMBER All HJew C*oo<ls Aarsre StockOf Boots, Just arrived for Coining* nuPAini flnnami »**A.i»s . J^^^^c^^f =^^ .j Variety Offered f° Regardless Choo^^i - of Cost. j » from, GOOD NEWS ! BOOTS DOWN IN PRICE. ■ NOT TO BE SURPASSED FOR STYLE, PRICE, AND QUALITY F. NOKES, LEICESTER BOOT WAREHOUSE, BURNETTS TREET. THE CO-OPEBATIVE SYSTEM, 11THICH insures mutual help and identity of interests, has met with pheno- VV menal success wherever it has been applied to any object. In the United Kingdom some over seven millions of people, or a fifth of the whole population enjpy the benefits arising* from Membership of over a thousand Co-operative Societies, thus saving al 1 middlemen's profits, and the Chief Wholesale Co-operative Society there holds^invested capital of over £11,000,000, and the annual trade turnover exceeds £25,000,000. This success is owing to the fact that the investor sees riot only a fair commercial return on his investment, but proprietary division of profits which he would not receive from any other organisation. It has been left to Australia to apply this grand principle to \ IRRIGA T 1 C N. And the Co-operative Irrigation and Mercantile Society of Australia, Limited, .vho have already secured three Irrigation Colonies which are partially settled and planted, are negotiating for other large areas of many thousands of acres, each of virgin land, specially adapted for fruit, poultry, dairy, and general agricultural farming, to be-followed at an early date by application to the respective Australian Governments concerned for Government concessions from time t« time of lands, as ;he Society's resources admit of colonising same, COLONIES, Partially populated, awaiting the small resident or non-resident capitalist, the em oloyed worker, or the man Whose Sole Capital is his labor. The Board of Manage ment comprises amongst its Members some of the best and most favorably known mien m Australia. THE CO-OPERATIVE IRRIGATION and MERCANTILE SOCIETY of AUSTRALIA, Limited. HEAD OFFICE Ol< THE SOCIETY IN AUSTRALIA, 49 QUEEN STREET. MELBOURNE. BRANCH OFFICES IN GREAT BRITAIN (LONDON AND LIVERPOOL) l AND THROUGHOUT ALL THE COLONIES OF THE SOUTH SEAS Write for ail Information. Sent Free Agtmts (with references) Wanted where not Altcady Represented ] ARTHUR TREMAYNE, Geuei'al.Manag >



Business Notices. j BY THE UNDERSIGNED BUILDING MATERIALS OF WERY DESCRIPTION €OAJLS : WESTPORT, NEWCASTLE MOUNT SOMERS, ANl> HOMEBUSH. Also, — (SKEt VALLEY NUTS FIREWOOD, POSTS, Long and Cut, RAILS, STAKES, srAPLBS. FENCING WIRE, WIRE NAILS, all Barbed and Plain, - sizes, PAINTS, OILS, «fco joshua"tuck!<r RAILWAY EESERVE, WEST STREET OFFIO : Corner of Tancred and Wes atrqats, next Mr Geo. Jameson's opposite Bank of Australasia AHD AT RAKAIA "*" FOR SALE. "DV THE TJNDERSIGNED,- SUPEEPHOSPHATE BONE DUST, AGRICULTURAL LTME IK LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES TURNIP SEEDS CLOVIRfy RYEGRASS, Mill Diessad. John G, Bestelli WJTM TIETU A.'HOdT TEEITH THE CHRISTCHGROH DENTAL SURGERY, Corner of Oashel and High streets. S. M"":;a"'CB: SURGEON DENTIST, And at Dunedin and Westport. CTTE have gained the FIRST AWARD YV at the Dunedin Exhibition for Artificial Dentures and Mechanical Appli ances for the Mouth, and it is with the greatest confidence that v.'c guarantee the highest class work and perfect fit at the most moderate cost A Single Artificial Tooth, 10s. Complete Set —Upper and Lower— temporary and permanent, £10 10s* Natokal, Durable, Comfortable Artificial Teeth Replaced Temporarily al most immediately after the extraction of decayed teeth or stumps without extra fee cr charge. Arrangements can be made for part or monthly payments. f ADMINISTERING NITROUS OXIDE GAS several times daily for the past ten years, we fearlessly assert that extraction of teeth under its influence is perfectly pwinlesß and positively safe. Fee for Administration ss. Extraction, 2a Od. Artificial Teeth and Dentures made by lother dentists repaired cr remodelled a owe . ...t*»s JENSEN '8 PRIZE MEDAL COD LIVER OIL. MADE ONLY FROM THE FRESHEST LIVERS" PURE TASTELESS, DIGESTIBLE rf IRA NSPAREN.T BLOCK ICF. jL MAKING MACHINERY. ESTABLISHED *pORTER BLANCHAK CONCORD, N.H. U.S.A. Manufactfsers of and Dealers all kinds of l>aii*v Goofls ..., ; .: .. .©PEQIALTIE& , : . . : , ..