The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Vertas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, JULY 20, 1891. THE WATER SUPPLY.

The Borough Council will have before them to-night the question of sinking public wells to supply, until Providence or enterprise fully provides for all requirements, the pressing emergency of the inhabitants as regards water. At the last meeting of the Council,-.the'statements made by some of the Councillors, as to the prevailing scarcity of water were po»h-poohed by the others, as was the suggestion that the foreman of works should go through the borough and take an account of the number of wells that are dry. The remark was made that if thing.', had come to such a pass as was alleged, more would have been heard from the residents. As the Council would take no steps to ascertain the facts of the case we have done so, and in another part of the paper will be found the result of our enquiries, which we present to the Council for their consideration. In all the borough not thirty ivells at dwellings are jioivincj. We maintain that it is the duty of the municipality to take I immediate steps to remedy this state of affairs. They cannot properly under such circumstances fake refuge behind the contention that it is the duty of property-owners to sink wells to such a depth as will provide water for the occupier.*. The need for water is general. To carry out the Council's ' contention would necessitate the sink ing of about three hundred and fifty wells to the water-bearing stratum, at an average cost of at least five pounds each, and then it would be impossible to say that a permanent supply was assured. Indeed, it might safely be predicted that this supply in turn would fail; and then the same course would have to be gone over again, with the difference that the extra sinking would cost £10 to £20, or more, for each we'll. So far as we have been able to ascertain the burgesses are willing to be rated to any reason able amount for a permanent supply of pure water, but they object strongly to expend large sums of money on the present unrel'aMe we'l system. There is another point of view which some of tin councillors hove taken, namely, that a few inches of rain would restore the supply to its former capacity. This view is unworthy of consideration. It has taken three years to dry up the flow, and it must follow that it will take a similar period, or a very near approach to it, to renew the flow. Further, it has been proved, and, indeed, is admitted by some of the Councillors who oppose a public water supply, that the first stratum water is unfit for domestic purposes. In ChristcMurch this has long been admitted to be the case, and in a paper read before the Otago Institute, last week, by Mr G. M~ Thomson of the Dunedin High School, it was stated that those wells in Dunedin and suburbs which still held and supplied water liad become as a rule too impure co be used for household purposes. In Roslyn the surface drainage into the wells made the use of water, drawn from them really dangerous, and the prevalence of illness in'l Koslvn and other suburbs was attri buted to the practice of using water from wells for household purposes. There is not the slightest doubt that much of the sickness that has pre vailed in Ashburton and its suburbs during the last three or four years has arisen from the same cause, and this must be considered by the Council, particularly if the Health Act be adopted, We trust that the Council will to-night treat the urgent question of water supply seriously j a,nd if they cannot see their way to act in the matter on the information which is now at their disposal, take steps to ascertain, by public meeting or otherwise, the feeling of the burgesses. Nine-tenths of the dwellings in the borough are at present, we unhesitatingly affirm, not in a habitable state for want of water. 1

LOCAL AND GENERAL

I Mrs Maybrick pines in prison, where hpr duties as cook have nhno3t worn her out. The German Emperor has ordered the court preachers under no circumstances to allow their sermons to exceed a quarter of an how A large meteor fell in Texas, and the con ■ cussion when it struck the earth was so | great that it momentarily stopped a passing train. Mr Rhodes is urging the Government to have the remaining length of the Ra.igitafca Railway bridge where it crosses the existing stream made available for the purpose of , driving stock. Ex-king Milan is in need of more money, and will try to acquire a new supply by marrying it. He is said to be engaged to marry a French lady whose fortune is climated at 5,000,0C0 J. An automatic lending library is the latest i novelty. A case is to be fitted up in railway I carriages, and by "dropping a penny in the slot" opposite, the desired book it can be lifted out by a traveller. Mr Arthur Wilson, whose country seat at Tranby Croft hag becqine so noteworthy in connection with th*e baccarat scandal, has been "pricked" by. Her Afajesty the Queen as High Sheriff of Yorkshire, A young man, aged 22, sued a lady, aged 30, in Dublin for a breach of promise. She had money, and twice did she disappoint him after the banns had been duly called. The jury awarded him £1 damages. .Sunday horse-racing is one of the features pf German life, as of that of other Continental counties, but it will not be so much longer. ISinpcroi* Wilifa#? has forbidden all officers and Government employe? t# attend any of the meetings ou that da.y, aii(j l/c is likely to bpf)J?eyed. ' ' • •* * ■ A very short time before his death Count. Von Moltkc answered an ,en<jijiry as to what, books had exercised niosjb influence oa his iniud, with the following list—The Bibie, the Iliad, The Marvels of the Heavens, (Xit.fc. row), Letters on Agricultural Chemistry (Liebig), War (Clausewitz), Schiller, Goethe, Shakcspere, Walter Scott, Ranke, Treit schke, and Carlyle. I iTlie " Week " (Toronto) tells a story of Mr |R. L. S.te^pson which reads strangely in the light of fyi# eygcessfnl literary life. Some fifteen years ago fye ij-gs one of a syiall gathering of art.-stud,ents aj,id fiflieps &t JJarljizon. 4 discussion arose as to \vl)s, ' out «f alj tl>pm,° cojuld best be spared by tlie world at large, who, iu fact, wp.ulcl ucvei' ha missed. £iually tji« matjter \ya,s settled by a ballot, and every vote j[ln'a ,ow^ included) was gJvcu fop Stevenson.

la reference to Hon W. Rolleston's pro- | posai that Government should give a bonus ior the landing of potatoes "in England, Messrs fetead and Cunningham, Christ church, have already irade two" considerable shipments to England, so that Mr Rolleston's proposal has been anticipated by private , enterprise. , Under the New Land Bill, town and sub urban lands are to he. sold at auction, the minimum prices to be £20 per acre for town £2 per acre for suburban, and £5 for village lands. The prices of rural lands are to be not less than £1 per acre for first-class and 5s per acre for second clans land. The Bill also provides I hat any purchaser of land for cash will get only a certificate of occupation and not receive his crown grant unless, within seven years, he expends in improve ments £2 per acre in the case' of first-class land, and £1 per acre for second-class land. A Dunedin contemporary has the follow ing :—Young Moss, the perpetrator of the domestic tragedy at Ashburton, arrived in Wellington from London about a year ago, bringing letters of intro.luciion to Mr Hughes the well-known patent agent on Lambton Quay. He was engaged to be married when m England, but the marriage did not ~ake place until a few weeks ago. His betrothed came out in the Tainui on her last trip, and the wedding took place at Cnristchurch shortly afterwards. Moss was a school master in England. It is said that his brain was affected before he left Home. Long notices of Prince Napoleon have appeared in all the papers, but, oddly enough, not a single journal has mentioned the fact that early in 1854 he wad a suitor for the liand of the amiable lady who is now known as the Duchess of Teck. The pro posed match was recommended by the King of the Belgians, an 1 Lord Pahnerston was strongly in favor of it, but Princes3 Mary would not hear of it for a moment, and the Queen was very angry when Lord Pahner ston observed that at least Prince Napoleon was a much better match th»n any small German Prince. Mr John Mills Verrall, the State Bank advocate, thus describes, in his pamphlet, The Stockwhip, how he was beaten for the Christ-church seat:—"Mr Reeves, the Infant Phenomenon of the " Lyttelton Times," has been advertised by the " Lyt telton Times " like so much St. Jacob's,oil. Mr Reeves reccommended Messrs Perceval and Taylor, and they recommended him, themselves, and one another. They com bined forces, divided expenses—and - confounded their politics—although they had all been ardent supporters of the Midland Railway contract, giving away two and a half million acres to a foreign company, they were elected as enemies to the monopoly of land. A sneak thief is usually regarded as a creature of low and depraved tastes. But there is or was one a few weeks since in Pro vidence, R.1., who seems to have an ambi ! tion to reach a high elevation in some way. He climbed by night to the top of the Electric Light Go's chimney, 250 feet high, presumably by the lightning rod, and stole the platinum tips from the top of the rod. The theft has entailed considerable expense upon the Company, as the rod will have to be retipped, and can only be done by build ing a platform about the top of the chimney. | Human audacity could scarcely attain to a greater height, especially by such slender tne.ins. The Company ought to forgive the theft and appoint him trimmer to their lofty light tower?. The " Dunedin Globe's" parliamentary correspondent adds to his notice of Constable Cisey's petition for reinstatement or com pensation for dismissal the following: May I now say a word or two on the peti tioner's behalf ? I knew the constable some yeirs ago while he was serving in South Canterbury, and a steadier, quieter, and more efficient officer there was not in the force. On one occasion (which I think he ought to have referred to in his petition) he proccelcd to arrest a man.after midnight for riotous drunkenness in the streets of Timaru, and the arrested man suddeidy dealt him a savage blow on the head, which, as a medical man said, nearly caused his death, and -Mil actually do him grievous bo-lily injury. The Resident Magistrate meted out to the assailant twelve months' hard labor,--richly-.deserved, - I think the petitioner has been a little hardly dealt with, and tha* his case would be justly met by co npensation and reinstatement. The " Law of the Press," recently published by Clowes and Sons, contains a quantity of matter of interest and moment to journalists. It appears from the statements made that there are people, hangers on of the legal pro fession, who make it their business to read every newspaper they can get hold of with no other object but to hunt up references! and allusions which may be construed as libellous, and to instigate the persons affected to bring actions. At the some time it is stated, on good authority, that in eight out of every ten actions for newspaper libel the plaintiffs have suffered no material injury, but got to law merely in the hope of extort ing a profiable compromise. A leading London solicitor, who had had a very wide experience in defending actions against news papers, giving evidence before a Parlia mentary Committee in J879, said that "eight out of every teu of the actions for libel against newspapers are brought by persons who have no real grievance, and no means of paying costs if they lose, simply in the hope of extorting a compromise." 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The Weather.

ALFQRp STATION.

The fallowing is the Meteorologies) I peport for the week ending Juiy L9 • IS9I :— . ■-f "

LADIES' COLUMN.

Red is much, worn by elderly ladies; not bright red, b.ut that darkish red Which is considered to be so becoming to white and grey hair.-

Although fashion decrees that light colours shell be worn in preference to dark colours, never has black been move worn than it is at present. There was a time when,'no lady ever thrjght of wear ing blai-lc at a wedding ; now, however, black dresses arc as often seen as coloured costumes at the inojt fashionable wed dings.

A writer in the Ladies " Journal " has ft word of encouragement for girls who lament having red hair. The Catherines who made Russia great had red hair ;so had Maria Theresa who saved Austria and made it the Empire that it is ; so had Anne of Austria, who ruled France for so long ; so had Elizabeth of England and Catherine Borgia, as well as Marie Antoinette, whose brawn tresses had in them a gliut of gold.

Everyone is noticing how tall our W.ig lisli girls are now (says a London letter in bho " Chicago News.") The fact was dis cussed at a dinner-table the other evening, and someone snle that men seemed to be growing shorter in the same ratio as the gitls grew taller. And the reason ascribed was nothing more nor less than that men smoke far too much and begin the practice much too young. It .stops their growth and their health ; while their sisters, tobaccoless, grow tall, graceful, and show the soft rost ■ and lilies"of abundant health in their faces.

It has been wickedly suggested that the charms of Mrs Jackson had a powerful effect 1 on the Lord Chancellor and his col leagues. The lady is comely enough, but two of the judges of the Court of Appeal, at any i-ate, are not unaccustomed to the sight of beauty in distress, even when it has the advantage of being daintily gloved and becomingly veiled. Mr Jackson lias not been bo well treated by nature as his wife. He is not handsome, and her unruffled serenity in Court was in striking contrast to his obvious anxiety. He seems like a nervous and excitable man ; she conveys the impression of being without strong feelings. It may be added that she also looks as if she were particularly weJl able to take care of herself.

In Paris the stage regulates what will be the fashionable dress or hat or costume. Some pretty actress comes out in a new play. The papers give an account not only of the piny and the p-otty actress, but also of her hat or the color of her cos tume. Then, it the play is a success, that h;vt or that costume becomes the hat or the costume. Ihe modiste knows it and takes pains, and thus author and milliner act upon one another. It is oot so in London. And yet there is a wave of taste that passes over society, and tint comes from some quarter. I think myself (writes a correspondent) that the artists have something to do with it, and that in reality the now color or the new combination of colors is settled by them. For instance, no one will deny that there has been a rage for yellow latterly, Why, it even seems as if nature herself caught the in fection, and that the daffodils were yellower than they utwd to be and the jonquils were more numerous. Mr Orohardson has something to answer for. And now the artists have decided that yellow is played out, and pink and grey are the colors—-that is, pink is the color, au«.l pink and gray the harmony. We shall at least be aLle to test the theory. vVo leave it to others to explain it. Jl curious and amusing incident (relates " Miranda ") happened some time ago of which L have only recently heard, .but which is too funny to miss. It being known that a <?f>!'taiii bishop was about to circulate a serious of questions in his diocese; with a view to obtain an accurate statement of the work done by his clergy. a, parody was printed before the bishop's genuine letter, and some outrageously absurd questions were asked, and seriously answered by many of the incumbents. Here are one or two speci mens:-How mtnli have you spent during the last year in the purchase of sermons ? To which one man apologeti cally admitted that he had erred to the extent of three shillings ! Have you ever applied for preferment or expressed a desire to be a residentiary canon ? To which several pleaded guilty, and hoped they might be forgiven. What form of penance do you adopt when you oversleep yourself or commit serious indiscretions in diet ? To which one ascetic, perhaps a survivor of the flagellants, said that he had got a brother priest to scourge him severely on two separate occasions. How many embroidered slippers and smoking caps have you received this year ? Six or seven clergymen, all bachelors, allowed that they were honored with marked attentions in this way. It is difficult to know which to admire more in the victims of this clerical hoax, iheir simplicity or their honesty. There are few people who keep up a better flow of spirits than the jocular widow. She gives the impression of an escaped convict (without, however, a stain upon her character) j indeed, she naively confesses that now she has her liberty she does not mean to lose it again, and solemnly warns her female" auditors against the trammels of nvitrimony. With a person of the opposite sex ch^ is on terms of intimacy which at first surprise him a little—she has so much the air of treating him as a fallow-conspirator in possession of startling secrets, and ap pears, to his intense alarm, to be con stantly on the brink of making revela tions of the same. She is confidential with him in a way she cannot be with "those dear innocent girls"; and he very soon gets to feel that there really must be som« -»«orofc—feotw**©**., -4-.Uaui. though, he does not quite know what it is. The jocular widow is usually popular among young girls ; she pets them and warns them, and kindly does the talking for them, if those dreadful men will come and follow them about. She knows men, and how to manage them, and her dear girls shall not be persecuted with then). She js fond of organising little expeditions, which include'a dinner or a supper, "We must havo a man or two, my "dear, to see about the carriage andtho waiters, though you and I ivould be much j happier without them"; and a man ov two is always there. The jocular widow divides life into two portions—the present, which she honestly says she means to enjoy ; and the past )v to which she refers with a charitable sigh". If she has encumbrances, she will venture to undertakes a like existence again, "for the elujdren's sake,." and burden herself with a husband. But with one'proviso, ' he must be rich. In her own "person she has experienced' the fallacy of love, and if she marries again it inusf, be for money.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN

PKK PKKSS ASSOCIATION.]

ALLEGED PERJURY,

London, July 17. After the application for the sum mons against Mr Samuel Story, M.P., for alleged perjury had been dismissed, ths lion, gentleman surrendered himself at Durham assizes to answer the charges, FIJI APPEAL CASE. London, July IS. The Fiji appeal case of Macarthur versus Cornwell, and the cross appeal, are now being argued before the Privy Council. SUGAR BOUNTfES. In the House of Commons to-day Sir James Fergusson stated that the French sugar bounty was no.v Is lOd per cwt, and that the German bounty, which after July next would be from 6d to Is, would be further reduced in 1895, and cease altogether in 1897, CABLE RATES. Sir John Pender, chairman of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Com pany, states that the result of the reduced cable tariff between England and several of the Australian colonies has, proved very satisfactory, and that ths companyrhave so far been recouped that they are prepared to continue the experiment beyond the time arranged for (one year). FATAL TRAIN ACCIDENT. A train consisting of several waggons was overturned at the embankment of the Manchester ship canal. Eleven persons were killed and many injured. THE NATIONAL BANK. At an extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the National Batik of New Zealand, the statement and pro posals of the directors, passed at the recent ordinary meeting, were con firmed. The outlook of the Bank is considered favourable. EUROPEAN DISARMAMENT. It is reported that the Emperor of Germany has abandoned his intention of suggesting that England should pro pose a European disarmament. It is believed that his withdrawal is due to the Marquis of Salisbury having hinted that Germany should set the example. VIOLENT SOCIALISM. Quelch, the Socialist, ha.3 been com mitted for trial on a charge of incitiog operatives on strike to assault freemen. HANSARD PUBLISHING COM PANY. The creditors of the Hr.nsard Pub lishing Company have determined to declare Mr Horatio Bottomley, the managing director, a bankrupt. LADY DUDLEY'S JEWELS. Enquiries prove that Wilkinson's confession to participation in the robbery of the Countess of Dudley's jewellery is not true. CHANGE OF GOVERNORS. Sir William Des Voeux, Governor of Hong Kong, having resigned owing to ill-health, Sir William Robinson, Go vernor of-Trinidad, ha? been appointed to succeed him. Sir Frederick Napier Broome, formerly Governor of Western Australia, has been appointed to succeed Sir William Robinscn. A QUEENSLAND COMPANY. At a meeting of the Queensland Investment and Land Mortgage Com pany to-diy, the chairman in his address explained that the losses made by the company were to a larjre extent due to the gross and culpable mismanagement of the late board in Brisbane, who had neglected the most obvious precautions in connection with investments. He said that legal advice had been sought in the matter, and the London directors were advised that the Brisbane directors could be held responsible for the losses owing to their meddling with the constitution.

ARGENTINE FINANCES. The English Batik of the River Plate (Limited) has suspended pay ment in Ldndon in consequence of the Government of the Argentine Republic suspending the liability of creditors to pay their debts. OBSTRUCTION IN THE LORDS. The House of Lords to-day agreed to Lord Salisbury's motion not to hear Lord Denman for the remainder of the sitting, because of his recent absurd speeches and his motion in Committee on the Irish Land Purchase Bill. FRANCE AND SIAM.

In reply to a question in the House of Lords to-day, the Marquis of Salis bury denied the truth of the statement i.!r«t the French had occupied Lunnang Prabang, one of the States of Siam the rumor of which had created a good deal of excitement in China.

CANADIAN FISHERIES.

---y-y, Ottawa, July 17, A Oanaclian cruiser confiscated seven American fishing boats which were fisliing iil Canadian wntera. Tho orows vere taken off the boats and'landed on Dog Island. The incident has caused great excitement in. the States. THE LATE SIR J. MACDOISTALD. Ottawa, July 18. A sensation ha^ been pc§agiohed in Canada at the discovery that "the late [ Sir John Macdonald has bequeathed a large block of shares in the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in trust for his wife. This discovery largely dis pels the confidence of his friends that the late Premier never used his position to enrich himself.

THE KHURDISH ABDUCTION.

Tf^AN, July 16. llie Khurds who forcibly abducted Miss Greenfield, 3, British subject, have refused to surrender, her, and Bersian tpoops are preparing tq attack them. In consequence of the threatened en gagement there is great disorder in Sonj-Bollak in Persian Khurdistan, where the girl was taken away and lodged in the Turkish Consulate.

YELLOW FEVER.

Mexico, July 17. An epidemic of yellow fever is raging at Veira Crus, and the populace are fleeing from the city.

THE CANCER EXPERIMENTS.

Bu&Misr, July 18. Dv jfcter^mwitt b»s forwarded to ihe

Government his answer to the charges brought against the treatment of cancer patients in Berlin hospital. Re denies that the inoculation of a patient with cancer lymph is attended with any pain.

JELEOTRIC RAILWAY.

„,.  Pakis, July 17. Ihe city coi poration have decided on the construction of an underground •leetric railway. FRANCE AND GERMANY. Paris, July 18. In the Chamber cf Deputies, on the passport question, M. Ribot, the Minis ter of Foreign Affairs, denied that there had been on the part of Germany any systematic exclusion of French commercial travellers from Alsace and Lorraine, and he protested against a culpable levity in raising any awkward international questions" for discussion in the Chamber. The members of the Chamber refused to receive the declara tion of M. Laur that he had proofs o! Germany's refusal, and carried a vote of c m'idence in M. Ribot by 309 against 103. Despite the strong ma jority in favour of the Foreign Minister, it is still considered th^t his position is much shaken. In connection with this dispute it u reported that Germany has discarded other secret revenge societies, and refuses to grant a license to any bagmeu, members of such societies.

AUSTRALIAN.

A LEVANTING SHAREBROKER.

Sydney, July 19. Some excitement was caused in town to-day by a report tbat Pybus, a well-known sharebroker, had levanted. It is believed that he has got clear away with nearly £30,000.

ARREST OF GAMBLERS.

For a considerable time past there have been many complaints of the great increase of gambling alleged to have been carried on in the Chinese quarter of the town. The police have been fully aware of the fact, but owing to the cleverness of those managing the dens; have been unable establishment, and despite the fact to check the evil. Last night, however, the police planned a raid on the chief that it was strongly fortified, managed to gain entrance and arrested most of the principal occuparts, The arrests were not made without considerable resistance, and no little excitement was occasioned in town, as out of forty-two prisoners, the majority are young Europeans, many of them well known.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondanf s.)

FLEMINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

TO THE EDITOR., Sir,—Having noticed in the "Guardian" that the Presbyterian congregation at Fleimngbou was recommended" by the Cliristchurch Presbytery to the Church Extension fund, I wish to draw attention to the fact, that if the Presbytery had thought fifc to act on the suggestion of a large section of the people k some months ago, there would have been no necessity to apply to the ab >ye fund, as there was quite sufficient to support, a minister when the congregation was united.—l am, efcj j John Bell, Ashfcou.

THE MARKETS.

(per press association.)

Received July 20, It a.m.) London, July 18 Tallow—medium mutton, 25s Cd : beef* 245. n Leather—best side, Bk\ to 9J; ox hides, old to 3gd. All descriptions of hides are in fair demand. The English wheat market is lifeless and the Continental shows a genera decline, while the American is declining c jntinuously.

POLITICAL.

■ «. (FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRES PONDENT.)

Wellington, July 18. BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. . Business is going on steadily now, am both parties are settling down to rea work. One on two of the debates wen very enjoyable, because practical, notablj that on the Small Birds Nuisance Bill to which a good many members con tributed a share, all speaking from actua knowledge of the subject. Such discussions as these are always useful and harmonious. Bellamy's. A good many members wanted to aii their eloquence and virtue about Bellamy's on Friday night, and were furious at Mi Taylor's block action. The question will keep them going probably a whole after noon and evening next week. The pro posal or suggestion by the joint ootn mittee that the House should come to the aid of poor Bellamy, whsh has fallefi on evil days, is regarded with, indignation by some, and your readers can well imagine what fulminations are likely to proceed from the lips of certain votaries of the pump. The fact is members are too much in earnest, too full of gloomy resolutions, to " tak a wee drappie in their 'ee." LYTTELTON HARBOR. The Public Accounts Committee deserve some acknowledgment for their very valu able services in arbitration between the Railway Commissioners and the Board. Disputes of this sort are sure to arise from time to time, in the various hnrbor districts, and this happy wind up ou»bt to be an example for future disputants! RASH WORDS. _Not a little stir lias, been caused by the Hon Mr Scotland's observation in another plftce, <*Thaf W we, have'a.'•Govern ment of working men we must expect measures against law and order," aiid I chink the rash and testy old gentleman will nncl he has made a mistake. Such a remark is not worthy of indignation, for it proceeds from ignorance. If Mr Scot land hdd watched the conduct and tone of the "labor" members of the House he would have seen that they have been absolutely faultless. There has nofc yet dropped, from them a* least, one violent or rash word in debase, and their deeorum \h& been j;hrough,out exemplary. lßh6 6bservation coming fronl such s a {juarfc^r may be allowed to pass. '"' "*' CRBtfNAI, OOpE. Siotwithstandiqg the dic'ussion qf Friday ?w I^' iSlf*? 61*, are' agreed thatfche Bill should pass, a eoditetion being much needed, and that amendments should be made in the future.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1891.



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Ke4.tjw's CouftiJ (QZjEjjGES cures Oough Asthma, Bronchitis, jfedierj t stimon states that no other medicine is bo effectual in the cure of these dangerous maladies One Lozenge alone gives ease, one or two at bedtime ensuaes rest. For relieving difficulty o Jbreathing they are invaluable. They con tain no opium nor any violent drug. Sold py gll Chemists, hi tins, la l^d and 2s 9d 'e&ojr True economy. To purchase Couajtess ! •T.e : a for two shillings. Free from aiiye^ ,cess of rijjgency Ask for Ninian Hyslpp, fjiid Go.'s " Imperial" new seasons Pure Ceylon and Indian Teas.- Special values.—(Advfc,) •



I Hinian Hyslop, and J_,q .s V s Imperial' i pure Ceylon and rndjau Teati ;|,re tjip , befet iu the market. —Cidyt.) Countess 2s, Duchess 2s 4d, Princess 2-i Bd, Empress 3s. These Teas are free from »ny »Toess of



Teas free from any excess of ugtriiigeiicir South British Tea Company's pure blunds, All storekeepers. Niniau Hyslop, and Co.'s "Imperial" G^yloii and Indian Teas are direct from tjjt- Tea Plantations.—(A<M')



U.S.S CO iWjf^ U.S.S., CO UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited. _ I WINTER EXCURSIONS TO MELBOURNE AT Specially Reduced Fares. A TRIP EVERY FOUR WEEKS. Saloon, £6 ; Steerage, £3. Return Fares, £10 and £6. Tick«fe« and full particulars GEO JAMESON, Agent, Asbburfon. SALES~~AT RANG IT ATA BRIDGE, MOUNT SOMERS, AND METHVEN. D THOMAS, at the solicitation ol . many Clients, gives notice that he will hold Sales of Live and Dead Stock by Public Auction as follows, viz., RANGITATA BRIDGE—JuIy 29th, 1891, 12 o'clock. MOUNT SOMERS-July 22nd, 1891, 12 o'clock, METHVEN—JuIy 23rd, 189J, 12 o'clock. And that MkssusJ Wheels \ni>, Felton, and Hibbs will be.happy to receive entries for same. D. THOMAS, 3 Ashburion. TREES. TREES. TREES. !HE undersigned has much pleasure in offering a large stock of the follow ing trees, plants, etc., which are now ready for planting:—Apples are all twice grafted on blight proof stocks and guaranteed to keep clear of the woolly rtphis blight on roots. Apples, Apricots, Cherries, Peaches, Pears, Plums and Quinces of all leading varities ; Goose berries and Currants ; Grape-Vines of the best varieties. Pinus Insignis, 1 and 2 year old, Larch 1, 2, and 3-year-old, Pinus Laricis, Abies, White Spruce, Norway Spruce, Menziesii; also 100,000 Macrocarpa 1 year, a grand line ; and 30,000 2 years transplanted, the best in the district. Come and see for yourselves. All kinds of ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Roses, Camellias, Rhododendrons, Jas mines, Honeysuckles, Araucaria lin bricata, etc. Also the newest and leading varieties in Chrysanthemums. N.B. Orders may be left with Mr W. C. Davis or Mr R. Alcorn, Fast stieet. All ordeis by post shall receive my prompt attention. Catalogues on application JAMES PORTER, Clifton Nursery, 656 Allenton, Ashburton, OFTaIIT ~ by the undersigned BUILDING MATERIALS OK EVERY DESCRIPTION, coils : WESTPORT, NEWCASTLE, MOUNT SOMERS, AND HOME B U S H . Also, — GREY VALLEY NUTS. FIREWOOD, POSTS, Long aud Cut, RAILS, STAKES, STAPLES, FENCING WIRE, WIRE NAILS, all Barbed and Plain, sizes, PUNTS, OILS, &a JOSHUA~~TUCKEK RAILWAY RESERVE, WEST STREET. OFFIC : Cornet of Tancred and Wes stroats, nextMrGeo. Jameson's opposite Bank of Australasia AND AT RaKAIA 1! WITH T£ET« vV : tfQuJT TTELTB chris run cr oh dentST SURGERY, Ccrner of Oashel and High streets] s. m ye7"s and c§- SURGEON HENTIST Ami afc Dunedin *n..l Westport fTTE have gained ifco FIRST AWARD VV at the Dunedin Exhibition for Artificial Dentures and Mechanical Appli ances for the Mouth, and it is with the greatest confidence that v.'e 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. Natural, Dukable, Comfoktablk Artificial Teeth Replaced Temporarily al .-nost immediately after the extraction of decayed teetli on sfcumps without extra fee or charge. Arrangements can be made for part or monthly payments. ADMINISTERING NITROUS OXIDE ! viAS several times daily for the past ten I years, we foarlessly assert that extraction ] of teeth under its influence is perfectly oainless and positively safe. Fee for Administration ss. Extraction, 2<* (id. Artificial Teeth and Dentures made by other dentists repaired or remodelled at fluvea rate*



MONEYJO LEND ; "jl/TONEY to Lend at LOW RATES OF INTEREST, on Mortgage of FREE HOLD PROPERTY, in sums of TOJBSOOO v or further particulars apply to the Postmaster, Ashburton, or to J. C. PRUDHOE, District Agent. Government Insurance Office. Christchurch. the art" keeisl!ewolrk~and F>NOy REPOSITORY, / "IONTAINS the Latest Novelties in W Fancy and Artisrio Needlework direct from Home. In addition to the above Mrs Adams Has opened special Lines in APRONS, PINAFORES, Ladies', Children's and Infinite* CLOTEJTNG. SOCKS and STOCKINGS knitted by latest improved Knitting Machine. Agent fur Mesdatnes Weisjel and liutterick's cut paper patterns, and for thf. Eclipse n yo Works. Registry Office for Serial tt. EAST STRKET, ASHBURTON' JAMES BAKER TIMBER MERCHANT, AND GENERAL FURNITURU \BD VANOY GOODS WAREHOUSE, HAVELOCK STREET, Opposite Harbisons Auction Mart, TnURNITURE and Picture Frame JO " nr.de to order in any design at shovtest notice. Sole Agent in Ashburton for Olegg erairibulators. A'so WIE -.y R PIANO t. ASK YOUR GROOER FOR CAN'T B£ BEAT BAKING POWUEH. (1 UAR4.NTEED absolutely pure, and ~X proved to be the best for making delicious Scones, Cakes, and Pastry. Sold by all leading Grocers in Tins, Gel, Is, and 2s each, and wholesale by the manufacturer, G. E. WARBURTON, Chemist, " The Pharmacy," GtlOO T I M A R U. COMPETITION IS THE LIFE OF TRADE. Likewise Mon->y is the life of the Drapers 4*6000 WORTH OF DRAPERY, CLOTHING AND BOOTS, AT W. W. SPENCER & CO.'s ~ MUST BE SOLD -=- "PREVIOUS to that awful day, the JT day of reckoning. Stock-taking begins in July. x NOW OR NEVER x Men's Heavy Overcoats, 20.s White Blankets. 8s lid a pair Men's Colored Moles, 5s 9J Boys' Heavy Brown Cord Trousers, from 4s f>d Men's Tweed Suits, 21s I>(>3 7.s' Tweed C;u>s, Hrl each Man's Heavy Knit Woollen Sox, 7|d per pair Men's and Boys' Ties, 2-1 each Mfii's Heavy Union Shirts, Is lid Winter Dress Goods, 4W. A splendid Winter Dress for 6s lid per doz. Flannels l(Hd. Hid, and Is, worth double Flanueletts, 4s 3d per doz. Cretonnes, 4s 3d per doz. Neck Ribbons, all colors, Jd per yard ! Feathers, 3d each ; Flowers, Id each Women's and Children's Hats, 2d each Women's Tweed Ulsters, worth llsftd, for 3s ; 12a 6d for 4s lid BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. We defy New Zealand to compete with us in BOOTS for quality and price. Men's colonial-made Shooters, 9s lid Men's Bluchers, 6s 6d Women's strong Elastic sides, 6s 9d worth 103 6d. Children's Boots and Slippers, Is Girls' Elastic and Button Boots, from 2s 9d at W-TTT ' QPENCRR & f^.O . W . OPENCER -fc VJO, THE ARCADE. WINTER 01 EARING SALE AT Stock must be REDUCED- J?{OOQ — REDUCED BEING much overstocked, I have decided to commence the Clearing Sale earlier than usual, to srive an oppor tunity of purchasing Winter Goods at j Low Prices before the termination of the Winter. DRESS GOODS, usually sold at 8-Jd, now 5Ad. ULSTERS & JACKETS marked very cheap, and the prices must clear them. A liirtfe lot of WOOLLEN SHAWLS, MITS, & RIBBONB being offered at about HALF-PRICE. A lot of WINGS & BItIDS at HALF PRICE. Mon's Overcoats, usually 55.5, now 355. Men's Suits, u.sualy 38s, now 255. Men's heavy Tweed Trousers 7s lid. CALL AT ONCE AND SECURE THE BARGAINS. W. H, GOLLIHR '- The Comer."



T. G. RUSSELL, I BARRISTER and SOLICITOR, f'HBI^TCHVRCH. '' Branch Office—East Street, ; ASIIBU R T O X (Near H. Zandkk's.) 6 157 THE MERCANTILE FINANCE AND AGENCY COMPANY (Limited OF CHRISTOHUROHf. Incorporated under the Provisions of the Companies Act, 1882. Registered Office— MORTEN'S BUILDINGS, CHRISTCHURCH. rpH f S Company is prepared to advance I. MONEY on Freehold Property, in Large or Sm-ill Sums, at Current Rates of r Interest; also, upon the Security of Bill* of Sale, Mortgages of Stock, Wool and Agricultural Liens, and Personal Property generally. For further particulars, apply to T. G. RUSSELL, Solicitor, Christchurch, Or to the Branoh Oftice of the Company, East Street, ASHBUR7ON. 186 MEW BUSINESS, NEW MANAGEMENT, NEW GOODS, A LONG FELT WANT SUPPLIED. J AMES JlXc GREG OR, Has Opened a Tobacconist's Shop in Okr's Buildings, East Street, with a LARGE and VARIED ASSORT MENT of NEW GOODS, comprising Pipes, Tobaccos, Gigs is, Cigarettes, and Smokers' requisites generally. Note —This is rub a Ten or Twelve years' collection of antiquated odds and ends, the balance of an old stock. Tha HAIR-DRESSING SALOON is -without doubt the best, appointed in South Canterbury 1] YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED. james McGregor, §127 Orr's Building, East Street. CIGAR DIVAN AND FANCY GOODS EMPORIUM. HARRY FRIEDLAJSDER has re ceived a large consignment of New Goods in all Departments, and while thanking both old and new patrons for the hearty support accorded to him since recommencing Business, would take this opportunity to INVITE »^f«l»I!C»IO5r Every kind of Tobacco known to users «f the weed of the very best quality pro curable in the American Markets. A full Stock of Pipes to suit every taste, and an abundant supply of Smokers' Requisites. CIGARS of the rery best Brands ; also CIGARETTES of every description, in eluding the latest "Temple Bar." It A Kitf* HK^n'« Is Practised in our S.loon as an Art, and Ladies and f-cnt'oinea will find that the taste and skill of avi <ib e Professor are at their servici). Examination of our samples of Hair work will bear out tin's statement. Licensed to Sell STAMPS. SALONS BU COJFBURE EAST STREET. John Orr & Co. HAVE now landing and in stock, ex " Maori " from London,— 10 Ca*ks Ran some's and Hornsby s Ploughshares I Case James Breech-loading Guns 1 Ton Chilled Shoe 10 Cases Diamond Grain Powder 4  Cartridges 2  Gun Wads and Caps 20 Tons Bar Iron 4 Cases Fenders 20 Packages Register Grates 40 Sets Fire Irons 30 Packages Spades and Forks 30 Kegs Bluestone 7 Bales Artistic Wall Papers 6 Cases Bedsteads 4 Casks Lamps and Globes 100 Coils Steel Barb Wire 800 Coils Plain Steel Fence Wire 8, 9, and 10 Titan Wire Strainers 1 Cask Tea Pots 4 Packages Brushes—all kinds 3 Casks Bolts and Nuts 50 Drums Boiled Oil 2 Tons White Lead, 281b and 561b Tins \ Ton Red Lead, 281b and 561b Tins') Paints, Oils, and Varniab.es—all kinds 1 Case Meat Choppers 1 Case Lanterns 2 Casks Holloware— Saucepans, Boilers, and Kettles 30 Drums Sheep Marking Oil 2 Packages Copper Rivets, £in to lin 1 Case Wrenches 12 Packages Wringers and Mangles 3 Boxes Door Mata 3 Packages Cinder Sifters 1 Case Asperial's Enamel 1 Cask Scales and Weights 1 Cask Bag Hooks 50 Kegs Wire Nails 20 Kegs Wire Staples 3 Packages Locks and Hinges 1 Package Files and Rasps Flax and Manilla Rope—all sizes 1 Case Screws-all sizes 1 Cask Vices Grindstones, 18in, 20in, 24in, 26in »00 Cases Kerosene; warranted best obtainable 5000 Yards Wire Sheep Netting 8 Packages Axes and Hatchets 3 Cases Chisels and Hammers 4 Cases Carpenters' Tools 3 Casks Plough and Trace Chains* 10, Packages Galvai.ised Tubs and Buckets 1 Case Table and Pocket Cutlery Leather Belting, l£iu to Gin 4 Cases Gorse Knives 3 Crates Fancy Crockery 10 Tons Boat Mauritius Sugar. Ceylo!> and Indian Tea Company s Pure Bleuded Teas The above having been bought i>n th most favourable terms will be sold at LOWKST .CURRENTjRAT.ES. Purchasers should insii-rr ,nr Stocks rid get quotations. JOHH OM £ Co.