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MANUFACTURERS^ HFK MAJESTY BY THE BANK op ENGLAND AN "«-TS BRANCH?® ' OOBBS, hXIiT, AND go LJ- Limited. Safes, Bullion, aid Party-Wa,, Doors, Locks for all purposes 76 CHEAPSIDE, LONDON ENGLAND, Manufactories Whamcliffe Works, Arlington street London N" . ABSOLUTE PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE Manufacturers of VULCAN PAINT SOTKRIA. Absolute protection agains exten&oa of fine. Color cards and test shingles with instnw tions and proofs of on materials well furnished hercuj.es making powdfr is the best Tho&e who have not tried it;''-should ask their Grocer for it. Makes splendid ____^akfts^Scone's, astry, <fca Family J>airy Chm-mT Factory Chum*, - Factory Butter Workers,-Family Butter Workers, Butter Pack ages, Print Butter Car riers, German Dairy Paper] And everything needed in a complete Creamery or Butter Factory. Send for Circulars and Prices. PORTER BLANCHARD'S SONS, Concord, N.H., U.SA Established 1818 ~— ■ ■ ■ . _ ——^"■';i'^ M^ READ "THE MIBKOB," A HIGH-CLASS Weekly Social, Politica Literary, and Dramatic paper to be PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, Price 3d, by-the Centennial Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, Melbourne Place, Russell Street, Melbourne, W. .1. BUSH AND CO, ■QISTILLEKS aai IAIFOBTEB!* OF ESSENTIAL OILS & FRUI r > ESSENCE? SOLUBLE ESSENCES For Aerated Water Manufacturers. Extra Super Lemon, which is dpnble the Strength of Ordinary Commercial Qualities. FRENCH CREAM GUM EXTRACT, . For producing a Head of Creamy Rich ness upon all kinds of Syrups JErated Waters, Beers, Ales Cider, ChampagneJ <fee. Artillery Lane LondoxJ £1 T°£4 PE?, DAY to be cw-L dy JT nwde by persons of either sex m their own localities, at^ork for us.. New business. All meet S wonderful success Any one can do the work. You don't need capital, or above the same as none. We wilWtyof Z space explain here. But you can mall asnughttle fortune honorablvS casT The employment is particularly artSted to the region in which this publication emulates. Boys and girls earn CSjS much as men Full particulars a^d in tlk"^Mburton"guardian~ From and after the 30th November, 1886 the terms of Subscription 'to this iournal • will be as follows, viz :— . IF PAID IN ADVANCE. Pet Quarter ... 6s 6d by post, 9s 6d „ Faif-year... 12s 6d, by post, 18a Od » *ear ... 24s Od, by post, 37s Od IF BOOKKD.' Per Quarter ... 7 S 6d> by post, 10s M ". Half-year... ]5s Od, by post, 21s 6<? b'- /"?/■ ■•• 30s od > by v>st, 4a«s od tirfch, Marriage, and Death Notices, if Paid /°? a* the time of insertion, 2s G^l it booked, 4s each. Stamps may be sent as payment



Stephens Bros. 1! MARKET HOUSE. ; NOTICE. NOTICF. NOTICE. To our Customers, our Friends, and the Public. TTAVTNGJusb Completed Extensive I I Alter.it i-. us, so as '.io provide better facilities for the extension and re quirements of our Rapi'ly Increasing Ti:;tdij, we have thoroughly renovated the adjoining Pi-onuses, where we will carry on in conjunction with our GfIOORRY & CROCKERY BUSINESS. A First Class Assortment of hardware, household furnishing, ironmongery, Including a very Choice Selection of E.P Ware, Table Cutlery, Pocket Cutlery, Fenders and Fire Irons, Bedsteads, Look up-Glasses and Mirrors, Watches, Clocks, Crum Trays and B.ushes, Kettles, —: Copper, Cast and Wrought Iron,—Ena melled and Tinned Saucepans. Boilers and Tinware, Kerosene Stoves, Lamps in great variety ; and Lamp Fittings ; Gtfna, best makers ; Cartridges, Brown, Blue l and Green ; Nails, Staples, Forks, Rakes, Shevels. Ploughlines ; Castor, Neatsfoot, Tatoo and other Oils. Lubricating &0,, &c.; Raddle, Lamp-Black, Baths, Buckets and Tubs. All. Goods Sold at the Very Lowest Market Prices, and delivered to Rail way Station, Town and Suburbs. All Orders delivered with punctuality, errors rectified, poods returned if not satisfactory, Customers waited upon for orders. H-jT Satisfaction is our Motto, "f^j; Stephens linos.' MARKET HOUSE. DOGS. MANY years since we had the pleasure to introduce to the public our BUFFALO MEAT DOGS BISCUITS, extensively used in the principal kennels of the world Since that time we have made many im portance improvements in th ir manufacture —improvements not of the nature of veget , compounds which may be added to any ood of a trifling cost, but of the nature to produce good hard flesh and muscle, ingr« ; clients which no other Biscuit orDogFoode possesses, and-for which-we have received ! numerous medals and high recommendations, amongst which we may mention that of Pro fessor Dj Zurn, who after many careful analysis and experiments pronounced these biscuits * (be of the greatest excellence, and to ntain double the quantity of -nourish ment that is to be found in the flesh, thns farming he best and most successful food for dogs hat is possible to produce. It is iniortant to notice that eveiy biscuit s stamped—•'Buffalo- Meat, Trade Mark," the; qualiy of which we guarantee Twenty hillings per c wt, carriage paid] SOLE MANUFACTURERS, W. G, CLARK & SON ANCHOR PATENT BISCUIT WORK I/MEHOUSE, LONDON, EC. Established 1851. BBANCH OFFICE & FACTORY. 754 Washington Street, New Ycss. GRATEFUL -COMFORTING BPEAKFAST^ BY a thorough knowledge "of the nutural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties nf we^ selected cocoa, Mr Epps lias provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctor's bills. It is by the judicious.use of much articles of diet, that a constitution may be built up until strong enough to resist even tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating aroundjus ready toattack wherever there is a weak point. We ma> escape many a fatal shaft by keeping our selves well fiit'lned with good food and a properly nourished-'frame.—See article in the '< Civil Service Gazette." Made simply with boiling water or neilk. Sold in, £-lb packets by Grocers labelled thus JAMES FPPS and CO. HOMCEPATIC CHEMIST, LONDON, ENGLAND. AS|IBURTON PERMANENT BUILDI ING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY." Offices—Tancred Street Ashbuutojs fJIO Encourage the saving of small sums _L : the Society will take' MONEY OH DEPOSIT In sitms of One Pound and upwards, n the following conditions :- Sums of One Pound and Upwards received on Deposit, and Interest will be allowed on every complete ; Pound deposited to be reckoned from the day on which a complete Pound shall have been-deposited, up to the date on which the money shall be withdrawn. A depositor may witldraw the whole or part; of the.sum deposited, but not in less sums than One Pound, except when clos ing the account . Deposits taken for 3 months at, 5 per cent " r . *> °r longer , '■ ( ' .: ; periods at 5J „ For; particulars apply, ■ ;•" ::;i ;■ ;'V-EDWI). ; STEPHENS : ;___ ; . ' '■"" ''■ ' ": .' i&anager. irFiiGgstoaT" , WILLS STBfiET, NEXT COOICSON'S STABLES, ASHBURTON, HAS had three years' experience with Thomas Talbot, M.R.C.V.S., of Scotland Yard two years with.Coriieliu, Saunderson, M.R.C.V.S., Clapham Com mon, and ten years with George Balls- M.R.C.V.S., Brixton, all of London; and has also gained a good reputation in the Colony. ... . Our specialty is well-known to be our ability and knowledge of the horse's foot. In a well ordered shoeing forge the following standard rules will always be b&erved:— LA shoe should never be removed without first cutting off the clinches, because by simply turning back the clinch in drawing the nail a piece of the clinch is pften left in the foofc, endangering the horse when the new shoe comes to be driven on. 2. The frog and bars require no cutting in a regularly attended foot. And in a healthy foot where there are no simp tons of navicular disorder, ttje sole should'not be cub. ■ 3. The shoe should have a level bearing upon the wall of the foot, and should not be sprung at the heel, as is too common, thereby acting as a fearful lever upon the tendons -....■ . The nails should be driven level- and tmi form, and Only on the toe side of the inside C[uar.ter,- the toot being thinner upon the . ■ inside and the greate * weight of the body being sustained there. ; There is no cornpariso - points of qualit between the hand made and" the machine made shoe. The machine-made shoe is of a coarser material, softei-, and is mported / audit should be insisted upon that they-be' aot ped i« fete colony



A iWONDERFDL MEDICINfo i . . ■. . ■ BEECHAM'S PILLS BEECHAM'S PILLS BEECHAM'S PILLS BEECHAM'S PILLS BEECHAM'S PILLS BEECHAM'S PILLS Are'universally admitted> be worth a Guinea a Box for Bilious and Ner yous disorders, such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Sick Headache, Giddi ness^ Fulness and Swelling after-mealf, Dizziness, and Dpwsiness, Cold Chills' Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, Shortness of Breath, Costiveness.! Scurvy, Blotches en the Skin, Dis turbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all nervous and Trembling Sensations, etc. The first dose will give relief in 20 minuces, This is no fiction, for they have done it in countless cases. f WORTH A GUINEA A BOA WORTH A GUINEA A BOX WORTH A GUINEA A BOX



£M |r YOURSELF !^i|| «?§Ps 'D° Ho* rely on Quacks or fffl flf ffi|g| Impostors, but ji troubled with KLfc^gf Gonorrhoea or. Gleet, Whites, or any wSJSsSr I unnatural discharge, go to the Chemist Rjmi I and ask for Esig£ ,O« . It euros in Hp**,j[j I a few days without the aid or publicity HB»rj ofadoctor. It is the universal American VENABLES, HIGH-CLASS^PIANOS. Pianos for India and Exf reuie Climates in Solid Walnut Cases. All parts, bocli Internal and External, specially prepared and secured to resist every variation of temperature. C. VENABLES & CO., 187 and 189 Essex Road Islington. London.



Railway Tiivie-Table ■ —j~~ ?ARJ£S. j~ TIAIK-TABiiK S Single. \ Return. !1 . Exp Ist. 2nd. Ist. 2nd. a..n, a.m., a.m. a.m. p.m p.m p.m. . to dep, s. d.s. d.-«. d. i d. 813 ... 11 0 3 4,5 355 415 3Addi::gcon Jnc, 0 6 0 4 0 6 0 4 S: 352 4 2 a 4Midd!eton... ... 0 9 0 C 1 0 0 S * * * a oSockburn ... ... 1 0 0 8 1 3 0 IP * * * a 6 Hornby Jnc. arr. 12 0 916 10: S4O 419 a ... flornby ... dep. 522 ... ... ... 412 7lslington 40 11 1 9 1 £ * * ... a 9Tenrpleton ... 1.9 1 5 2 X 1 63 34 .. 4 23- ... * 13\Vcedon's ... ■.. 29|110:i 82 "5 * * ... a 14Rolleston Jo. atr. 211 2 0 311 2 Si 51 443 .. c . . Rollestou Jc, dep 354 ... ... . lSßiirnham- 3 9 2 6 5 0 3 49 4 5 12 22 Norwood . ... 4 7 3 1 6 1 4 1 * * 23Selwyn 4 10 3 3 6 5 4 4 0 21 5 33 25bnusandel... ... 5 3 3 6 7 0 4 8 9 29 5 41 31 Bankside 6 6 4 4 8 8 5 S.* , p.m. 36Rakaia ... ... 7 6 5 010 0 6 SlO 1 12 14 ... ... 623 41Chertsey 8 7 5 911 5 1 7 810 15 ... 642 47'Dromore ... ... 910 6 713 1 8 9 * ... ... * 53 Ashburton arr. 11 1 7 514 9 91110 45 12 4S A ... 730 ... Ashburton dep 10 55 12 53 345 ... 55 Tinwald ... ....11 6 7 815 410 311 4 355 69Winslow ... • ...12 4 S 3i6 511 01118 ... 411 61 Windermerc ...12 9 8 617 011 4 * * 64. Hinds 13 4 8 1117 911111139 ... ... ... 435 72 Baling 15 010 020 013 4 * ... * 74 Rangitata Island 15 510 420 713 9 * * 75 Rangitata 15 810 520 1113 1112 21+8 15 5 18, 81 Orari ... ... 16 1111 322 715 012 45 840 ... 155 5 48- 85Winchester ...17 9111023 815 912 59 855 6 3 ... 89Temuka ... ...18. 712 524 916 7 114 9 9 ... 213 619 91 Arowhenua ...19 012 825 116 11 * * ... ... * ,„ ... 93Seadown 19 512 1125 1117 3 * * * , 97Washdyke June. 20 313 627 018 0 1 *4 9 39 649 100 Timaru arr. 20 1013 1127 918 7 1559 50 B 240 7 0 V) ...Timaru dep ... ... — 720 3 0 425 ... 104Noraumby 21 814 628 1119 4 * * HOfet. Andrew's ...22J115 430 720 5 803 24 ... 510 ... 1140taio 23 915 1031 B>2l 1 814 ... ... 524 ... llSMakikihi ... ...24 716 532 92111 832 542 ... 12iHook 25 316 103S 522 8 * * 124Studholme J. atr 25 16|17 33A l|jg3_o|_ : ._. _ ... 85f 357 ... 6 5... * Stops on y when requited to pick up or set do\vn t passengers. + Starts from Rangitata' on Saturdays only ; on other days starts from Orari. 1 Stops to pick up passengers for stations south of Rolleston if necessary, b Stops to allow passengers f m stations north of Oamaru to alight. 0 Stops to allow passengers to alight only TOHURCH to DUNBDIN—(Week-Days)— continued. . FARES. TIMI'^TAILET " 1 SOUTH. Single. Return. r Ist. 2nd. 'Ist. 2nd, B Exp. C dp s. d. s. d. , d. s. d. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 1131 Studholme 9 5 4 1 ... 615 ... : 138 Waihao .. ...27 418 336 524 4 ... ... + ... ... f , 139 Waitaki North ...28 919 238 425 7 9 52+4 29 ... 7 2 ... 14s Waitaki South ..29 019 438 8-25 9 + J !HR Hilderthorpe ... 29 1019 U39 926 7 .... ... + t 147 Richmond ... .. ,30 320 240 42611 + J 151 Pukcuri 30 820 540 1127 3 ... ... 10 40 750 ... H?Torn Belt 31 6-21 042 028 0 + + '""Oamaru an:., 3L 821 242 328 3 ... ... 11 0 5 2 ... SlO ... dep p.m. daily •■•Oamaru 30J21.5 510 ... 350 ... 154 Waiarcka Jnc ..32 121 542 9 28-7 ... + 235- J: 150 DcborMi *2 421 743 128 9 ... + + ... ... J 158Totara '.2 1122 043 1129 4 ... + + + 160Tcschemaker's ...H°> 422 344 529 8 ... + + f 161 Maheno 33 722 544 929 11 ... 813 3 5 b ... 455 ... 163 Waimot-u 34 022 845 430 3 ... + + ... ... f 166■ Herbert 34 723 146 130 9 ... 8333 2? ... ... 519 .. Wainakaroa ...35 523 847 331 7 .:. + + ...... + 174 Hampden 36 524 248 412 3 ... 911350 610 ... 620 .. Wi Hillgrove 36 1124 749 332 9 ... 924 + ... .. 636 .. ISORartigi 37 625 050 033 4 ... + + 651 .. 181 Shag Point Jnc. ...33 425 751 134 1 .. 950 + 714 ... 186Bushey 38 0251051 834 5 ... + + t 189 Palrnerston ffr/\..39 526 552 735 0 ... 10 13 4445 647 ... 743 .. dep  •••Pahnerston 6 251020450651  104Gjdwood 40 P27 053 113-8 0 + 10 35 + 19STumai ... .. 40 10|27 354 536 4 + + .. ... . 100 WaikoiM-iti ...41 627 855 43J 11 7 010 5 530 b 190 Beach Street ...41 627 855 43ti 11 + + + 201 Merton 43 529 258 438 11 + + + 204 Puksteraki . 43 929 258 438 1 + + 1 20fSeacliff 43 929 25S 438 11 7 401123 6 15 7 41 20bO:i]imi 43 9ii 9 253 438 1 + + + 210 warrington ...43 Q2925S 438 11! + + + ... 21lEvansd:le ■■..45 10 30 7 (51 140 + I +> + 213waitati ...45 10 30 701 140 9 8 13ill 56 6 51 hS 218 Purakjumi ...45 IC3O 7GI 140 9 8 45 12 24 7 20 ... 219Mihiwaka , ...45 10 30 751 140 9 + + t "... I ••222 i> fc . Chalmers Up. 47 1132 0 831142 89 5124 7 388 35 223 Sawyer's Bay ...47 1132 053 1142 BJ+9 10e124 742 ... 2255t. Leonard's ...47 11.12 063 1142 Sj + /« ■ t 22fi Ul -ke's 47 1132 063 1142 S.+9 22 0 +7 53 228 Ravensbourne .. 47 11 :'-2 C 33 1142 8 + + +  229Poiichet Bay ...47 IM2 0W31142 S . c 1 + "30D im cdin ' ff1?T...|47-in2 063 1142 8 9 40 J_jJo_B 55 .. + % Stops only when required to pick up or set down passengers ' ' a Runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only. B linns on Mondays, WedneS' days, and Fridays only ; on other days train starts from Studholme. C Runs through T Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only ; on other days runs to StiuL.oime only. ASHBtTRTOA r-SPRINGBURN—(Week-Days). OUT. FARES. TIME-TABLE, Single. f Return. Ist. 2nd. Ist. [ 2nd. p.m. Ashburvoii to .. .. .. .. den s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d, 425 ... TinwaldJnc ... nrv 0 fi 0 4 o©o6 433 Tinwald Jnc. .. .. .. «. dep .., ... ... .. 434 Chchnsforcl .... 1 8 1 1 2 3 1 5 * Westerfield 2 417 3 12 1 * Eackthorne Road .. 211 2 0 311 2 8 * Yaletta , 4 0 2 8 5 4 3 7 J Anama.. .. .. . ..... 4 7 3 1 6 1 4 1 J Cavendish , . .. ..'...50346845 i Mount Somers .. .. ..... 5 5 3 8 7 3 4 11 6 0 Buccleuch .. 510 311 7 9 5 3 J SpriGgbura .. arr 6 3 4 2 8 4 5 7 6 20 in a.m. ;:: Springbnrh to.. .. .. .. dep .. ... ... ... 755 . Buccleuch .. .. .06040906 + Mount Somers 1209 16 10 + Cavendish .. .. 14 010 19 12 + Anama.. -. 1 10 1 3 2 5 1 8 + Valetta .24173121 % Haekthorne Road 3 7 2 5 4 9 3 3 J Westerfield 4 2 210 5 7 3 9 + Chelmsf-ord .. ...» ....47316141 + TinwaldJnc.., ... .* .. <irr 510 311 7 9 5 3 935. -. '.". ■ Tinwald Jr.c dep .., 9 37 Aahburton ... ... ... arr 634 2 8 4 5 7 945 J. *J Stops only when required to pick up or set dawn passengers.



WOOL, Git ATX, AND GENERAL MERCHANT, BAR FOR SALE Seed Wheat, Oats,. & Barley. —ALSO- BLUESTONE, PLOUGH SHARES, OILS, FENCING £ WIRE, STAPLES, TEA. SUGAR, FLOUI V.)AP, CANDLES} OATMEAL, & GENERAL FARM STORED. BIS AIM PIPJBS—AII Mxe®. AGENT FOR THE NEW ZEALAND FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE CO. THB NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO. THE UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY NEW OFZEALAND, LITTLE'S A LITTLE'S (NON-POIJSONOIJS). M (POISONOUS)* HR. BELCHER, of Jjf jJJTLE'B\ MR- C- J- HARPEE, » Kaiapoi (writing Augus!., J$ \fc Canterbury Runholder, 1890): —".Found Sheep (writing June, 1890): — Dipped with Little's J*" 7)T& % "Found the Powdef ' Huid produced ii-ibs \ Jf %& i££*>~*JtL\*'is %"ttle trouble to mix; more wool each W _ xsS s*^^. *f*| i^^w m was veiT effective 5 (which fetched id #^^^ left the wool in good per lb. more) than Wf condition ; safer (the wool of #■"' 5 _ ii^^ an otlier Poi" «n^ ? d # GainiaWool%»c;L£ ■ Jp ? ya very cheap." ° #/MR. GILL ANDERS, of Southland Vk IGj *| (writing March, 1S90), said :—-Two years 1 G)JL c^s M lin succession he dipped a- flock of about I | ((I) 3 E \ 20»000 shecP> Parfcwitil Little's Fiuidlg\ (TV) 1 g \ year the Sheep clipped with / -/_ ' ,\ Little's Fluid produced £ Zi. / fxlrt,J\ f x lrt ,J\ " Jr little 8\ W iore tt-ooZ per Jlecce than X 111 1116 8 ! /FLUID DIP NT tlie otlier S!sccp-v^POWDER OIP\ | f WO^-PO'tSOKOVS)-^******^*^!^^ (POISONOUS). \ LO'JAL AGENT, GEO JAMESON. ASHBUR7ON AND RAKA/A I vrOIP;.—1 Callc- cf Fluid or 1 libs A rowder, makes 100|Galtor.us ■ .^^^^^ ) M I - MURKAY ' PRACTICAL WATCH AND CLUCK MAKER, .JEWELLER, &c. i I A3 to hand an immense Stock of WATCH.KS, CLOCKS, JEWEI,LERY !■ ? PLAT.'] of (he latest and most approved designs. ! WATCHES.—HoId and Silver, Eenglish and Geneva, American Hunters, ' Crystals. JWNVELLERY. -An almost endless variety of Fino Gold, Bright Gold Silver Brooches, Lockets, Lades' and Gentlemen's Guards, &c, &c. A splendid assortment of Gem, Wedding. Keeper, and Signet .Rings of all sizes. A largo and well selected Stock of MARBLE CLOCKS "and TIME PIECES, Silver Plat«d Goods, suitable for, Christmas and Wedding Presenrs, at reduced prices. Exceptionally liberal terms to Presentation Jommittees, School Committees &c. &c. Al .'Departments of works clone on the Premises with despatch and at inoder.it harj STREET, ASM BURTON 2 PUBLIC TRUST ££gg. OFFICE OF U. rriK Pul>lic Trust OHio? of Nsw Zealand ofl'ers great advantages to its alien 1 iaolu'tiug Sbite guirantej against tha frau'l oi- dis'.iou3-it.y of the Public Trusts The following cjmpirisrm ot businajs b^twjou bho years 1579 and IBS 9 will showth progress made : — ""• 1873-80. 18S9 Cash receipts £41,813 ... £183,336 Total transactions, per balance-sheet £92,318 ... £835,202 Skcuritiks- General Investment Account ... £70,564 ... £210,943 Special Investment Account . £2,055 ... £245,8.?9 Expenses Account-Total rceotpts .. ... £2,139 ... £14,452 Adminislnitions ... ... ... ... ... 172 .., 25S Probates and trusts ... ... ... ... 14 .. 30 Wills provisionally accepted ... ... ... 1 ... 42 Letters received 2,152 ... 10,3216 Letters despatched' 1,432 13,003 ..1. J. M. HAMILTON, District Agent. "V\7 U ARE LAKD IN (h vv E X "o TAX I" AND JULE TRA E" ; Bed Glover White Clover ' , Cowgrass Alsike Timothy ALL OF CHOICEST QUALITY AND OFFER THEM TO FAKMERS AT LOWEST CURRENT .HATfCS. .' ■' FOR' SAliE— DOUBLE MACHINE PRESSED RYEGRASS AND COCKSFOOT,  . ——:o:— j .



T. G. RUSSELL, BARRISTER, and SOLICITOR, CIIKHS-ffClfftllSClF.. ' Branch Office—East Stkeet, Ag II BURTON (Near H. Zanueu's,) 6 157 THE MERCANTILE FINANCE. AND AGENCY COMPANY (Limited OF CHRISTOHUROtT. Incorporated uuder the Provisions of the Companies Act, 1882. Registered Office — MORTEN'S BUILDINGS, CH R ISTCHURC H. fpH'S Company is prepared to advance JL'"iioNKY on Freehold Property, in Large or Small Sums, at Current Rates of Interest; also, upon the Security of Bills of Sale, Mortgages r.f Stock, Wool and Agricultural Liens, and Personal Property generally. For further particulars, apply to T G. RUSSELL, . Solicitor, Christchurch, Or to the Branch Office of the Company, Bast Stkeet, ASHBUR7ON. 186 NEW BUSINESS, NEW MANAGEMENT, NEW GOODS, A LONG FELT WANT SUPPLIED. James ]\j_ogeeg or, Has Opened a Tobacconist's Shop in '■ Okk's Buildings, East Street, with a LARGE and VARIED ASSORT- | MENT of NEW GOODS, comprising | Pipes, Tobaccos, Cigf.is, Cigarettes, and Smokers' requisites generally. Note —This is n:b a Ten or Twelve years' collection of antiquated odds and i ends, the balance of an old stock. The HAIR-DRESSING SALOON is without doubt die best appointed in South Canterbury] YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED. JAMES McGRKGOH, §127 Orr's Building, East Street. CIGAR DIVAN AND FANCY GOODS EMPORIUM. HARRY FRIKDLANDER lias re ceived a large consignment of New Goods in all Departments, and while I thanking both old and new patrons for ' the hearty support accorded to him since recommencing Business, would take this opportunity to Every kind of Tobacco known to users of 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 cluding the latest "Temple Bur." 18. AIBiiSI .ESS 8. VW fs Practised in our S iloon as an Art, and Ladies and Gentlemen will find that the taste and skill of an abe Professor are at their service. Examination of our samples of Hair work will bear out this statement. Licensed to Soil STAMPS. SALONS DU CO IF ['[/RE EAST STREET. John Orr & Co, HAVE now landing and in stock, ex " Maori " from London, — 10 Casks Raus'oiTie's and Ifornsby s Ploughshares 1 Case James Breech-loading Guns 1 Ton Chilled Shot 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 I SO Kegs Bluestone 7 Bales Artistic Wall Papers 6 Cases Bedsteads 4 Casks Lamps and Globes 100 Coils Steel Barb Wire 200 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's6lb Tins | Ton Red Lead, 281b and 561b Tins Paints, Oils, and Varnishes—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, Jin to lin 1 Case Wrenches 12 Packages Wringers and Mangles 2 Boxes Door Mats 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 Lock's and Hinges 1 Package Files and Rasps Flax and Manilla Rope—all sizps 1 Case Screws-^ll sizes 1 Cask Vices Grindstones, 18in, 20m, 24m, 2f>in iOO Cases Kerosene ; warranted bast obtainable bOOO Yards Wire Sheep Netting 8 Packages Axes and Hatchets 3 Cases Chisels antl Hammers 4 Cases Carpenters' Tools 3 Casks Plough and Trace Chains 10 Packages Galvanised Tubs and . Buckets 1 Case Table and Pocket Cutlery ; Leather Belting, l|in to 6in 4 Cases Gorse Knives 3 Crates Fancy Crockery 10 Tons Best Mauritius Jtugar, Ceylor? and Indian Tea Company s Pure Blended Teas, The above hiving bejn bought on th nost favourable terms will bo sold at LOWEST CURRENTJRATES. Purchaser? .should inspect <<ur Stocks ml get quotations, JOHN ORR k Co.



MONEY JX) LEND -jiyTONEY to Lend at LOW RATES OF INTEREST, on Mortgage of FREE- < HOLD PROPERTY, in sums of deioo rfo^^sooo for further particulars apply to the Postmaster, Ashburton, or to J. 0. PRUDHOE, District Agent. Government Insurance Office. Christchurch. THE ART~FEED^WORK~AND F\NOY DEPOSITORY, / CONTAINS the Latest Novelties in \_J Fancy arid Artistic Needlework direct from Home. In addition to the above Mrs Aclsieis Has opened special Lines in APRONS, PINAFORES, Ladies', Children's and Intents' CLOTHING. SOCKS and STOCKINGS knitted by latest improved Knitting Machine. Agent for Mesdames Weu?el and liutterick's cut paper patterns, and for the Eclipse Dye Works. Registry Oflice for Servai ts EAST STREET, ASHBURTON' WINTER CLEARING SALE AT "fi ami" Stock must be REDUCED- £1000 -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 Low Prices before the termination of the "Winter. DRESS GOODS, usually sold at Bkl, now sikl. ULSTERS & JACKETS marked very cheap, and the prices must clear them. A large lot of WOOLLEN SHAWLS, MITS, & RIBBONS being offered at Hboufc HALF-PRICK. A lot of WINGS & BII'.DS at HALF PRICE. Men's Overcoats, usually 555, now 355. Men's Suits, usualy 38s, now 20.5. Men's heavy Tweed Trousers 7s lid; CALL AT ONCE AND SECURE THE BARGAINS. W. H, COLLIKR " The Corner." ASK YOUR GROOEE FOR CAN'T 8.5 BEAT JBAIiIJNG* POWDEK, G_UARANTEBD absolutely pure, and proved to be the best for making delicious Scones, Cakes, and Pastry. Sold by all leading Grocers in Tins, 6d, Is, and 2s each, and wholesale by V.ie manufacturer, G. E. WARIiURTON, Chemist, " The Pharmacy," 6tloo T I M ABU. JAMES BAKER TIMBER MERCHANT, AND GENERAL FURKITURK \;.W VANCT GOODS WAREHOUSE, HAVBLOOK STREET, Opposite Harbisons Auction Majrt, TpURNITURE and Picture Frame Sj made to order in any design af Bhoi*teat notice. Sole Agent in Ashburton for Oiegg eranibulators. A 1 so COMPETIHON IS THE LIFE OF TRADE. Likewise Mon?y is the life of the Drapers £6000 WORTH OF DRAPERY, CLOTHING AND B O () T; S, W. "W. SPENCER & CO.'s ; ~ MUST BE SOLD PREVIOUS to that awful day, the day of reckoning. Stock-taking begins in July. x NOW OR NEVER x Men's Heavy Overcoats, 20s i White Blankets. 8s lid a pair Men's Colored Moles, 5s 9d Boys' Heavy Brown Cord Trousers, from 4s 6d Men's Tweed Suits, 21s Boj's' Tweed Caps, *7|rJ each . ; Men's Heavy Knit Woollen Sox, 7|d per pair ■ Men's and Boys' Ties, 2d each Mali's Heavy Union Sliirt.s, Is lid Winter Dress Goods, 4|d. > A splendid Winter Dress for 6s lid per doz. Flannels 10W, Hid, and U, worth double. Flannelette, 4s 3d per <10/ i. 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 6ach Women's Tweed Ulsters, worth llsOd, ' for 3s; 12s 6cl for 4s lid ... . BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. We defy New Zealand to compete with us in BOOTS for qunlifcy and price. Men's colonial-made Shooters, 9s lid, Me.i's Bluchers, fo 6d »;'. . = ■* ; Women's strong Elastic sides, 6s 9d worth 10s 6d. Children's Boots and'^Slippers, Is:': Girls' Elastic and Button Boots, from 2s 9d at A\ /"HHr, r Q FENCER & . * \\ . W . Opencer^Uo, TllJii AKOADE.