MAIL NOTICES.

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MARRIAGE.

Fbrgusson— Oray.—On December 21, at the residence of Mr W. E. Kinnerney, Timaru, by the Rev. Wns. Gillies, William Fergussox, third son of the late Captain John Fergusson, Isle of Arran, Scotland, to Jessie, second daughter of the late James Gray, Cap tain Royal Scots Greys.-

The Ashburton Guardian. MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1892. THE PURCHASE OF CHEVIOT

It is very much to be regretted that the strong party feeling which now runs high throughout New Zealand prevents anything like a fair judgment of the acts of our public men. Very distinct e/idepce of this is daily forth coming, and in nothing hag it been more clearly evinced than in the com ments which have been, and are being, made upon the action recently taken by the Government in electing, under the powers conferred by law, to take over the Cheviot estate at the owners' valuation rather than allow the assess ment for land tax purposes to be reduced below the value as determined by the Board of Review. It matters not to those jaundiped critics who refuse to believe that anything that is done by the present Government can possibly be right that the people of the Colony are crying out against the evil of large estates not turned to the best account, of which there are many, and that in accordance with the popular sentiment the legislature has affirmed the principle of the re-acquisition of such lands for settlement purposes. All this goes for naught with these bitter critics and prejudiced partisans, who, the moment the Government takes a. $tep in this direction, make haste to condemn. And ugon what pleal Why that in acquiring the Cheviot estate the Colony loses £3000 in annual land tax ! Well, suppose it does, what then ? Cannot these short sighted peppje perceive that if the 85,000 acres or thereabout^ are settled upon in holdings of an average acreage of, say, four hundred acres| the pro perty will carry a population of over one thousand souls, whose contributions to the Customs revenue would more than make up the deficiency 1 And yet that is precisely what will happen; and on the very ground, therefore, on which it is attacked the purchase of the estate can be defended as a wise and statesmanlike proceeding. It will also pay financially, many times over, in another way, namely, by showing that the provision of the law which enables the taking os?er of estates at owners' valuation, is not a dead letter, and preventing the possibility of a game of bluff by demands for reduction of valuation to a sum less than owners willing to accept. As to the objection made by some f erities that in the Cheviot case the Govern ment musi have made a mistake, because, it is assumed, that the fact that the owners are willing to accept the prjce if proof that the property cannot be good yalue for the mpney given, or to be given, the answer is probably that it is desired to realise in -j Q r 40 distribute the proceeds among oru,.. ■- — e3o £ theiats Hon, Mr the several Jeg«.^ iti aft ebjeqt, Robinson, that ready casu ... and that there are very few, if any, purchasers, except the Government, able to pay down a quarter of a million i of money. Indeed, we should not be surprised if the terms of the will of the late owner required the property to be carried on as one estate, the proceeds only being divisible, and if we are right in this—which we hazard as a mere guess—it accounts for those interested being willing to have the estate realised in the only possible way, namely, by its being taken over by the Government. We know ac anyrate as ( a fact that the gentleman who valued the property for Land tax on behalf of the Department considers that the Government have secured the property fully £20,000 below the fair market value. The same gentleman also considers that, subdivided into suit able-sized holdings, the property is I well able to carry a population of two thousand souls —or twice the number we have mentioned in our preceding .remarks. That the land will be readily taken up we have no. dpubt

whatever, as we learn tii.it there have been already numerous enquiries as to when it will be available. Some little time must, however, necessarily eJapso before it can be opened up for applica tion, as the subdivisional survey of. so large an area will require souie weeks, or months, to accomplish.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At a meeting of the executive committee of the Fender testimonial last night, it was reported that the subscriptions received and promised amounted to over £150. Mr R. H. Walcott, an associate of the Otago School of Mines, has been appointed successor to Mr Rule aa mineralogist to the Melkoarne Technological Museum. Mr G. Hunter's horses Whisper and Mystic are scratch for all engagements at the Wellington Racing Club's Summer Meeting. ! Those interested in the Tinwald Races on Monday are reminded thao acceptances for the Handicaps aud entries for the Maiden Plate aud Novel Race close to-night, afc I nine o'clock, at Tinwald Hotel. In the Napier police court last w*ek lit was alleged that a man and woman had sold one of their daughters to the Maoris for two sacks of chick wheat, and she was now living with a native at the pah beyond Farndon. The train arrangements for Ttnwald races and other appointments next Monday, the New Tear's holiday, are advertised. In addition to the trains mentioned in the advertisement, the express both ways will stop at Tinwald. At the Lawn Tennis Championship meet ing at Dunedin on Wednesday, in the men's handicap doubles, second ftund, Denshire and Simpson beat Deane and ttice. Mr Wilding and Mus Rees were also successful in the second round of combined doubles, and in the ladies' singles champion- ] ship Miss Roes beat Miss Douslin. It is stated that an important change is to take place in the management of the Christchurch Cathedral services, and that the Rev. Walter Harper, incumbent of St. Michael's, will resign his incumbency and take control and charge of the Cathedral services subject co the Bishop, and will also be principal of the upper department of Christ's College. The change will not take effect till after the Bishops return from England.

Whittle's hotel at Waiau, burned on Sunday, was insured for £1000 in the Liver pool and London and Globe office; one-third of that was re-insured in the Standard and National offices. The stock and furniture were insured for £1050 in the North British i and Mercantile, of which three-fourths was re-insured in the London and Lancashire, Sun and Phosnix offices. The teachers of Maori scholars have (says the " Rangitikei Advocate ") apparently to walk very circumspectly, or they find their schools deserted. When the young Maori David, who recently died at Onepuhi, was I being interred, Mr Tomkins, the school master at Porewa was present. Next morning he was' surprised to find that all his Maori scholars were absent, and the same thing ocourred the day following. On making enquiries, he was very much surprised to find that he had been tapued through having been in the cemetery. Ihe following day, however, a school picnic and distribution of prizes took place, when the tapu was removed, for the Maori youngsters were then very much in evidence, and their sisters aud brothers as well. A small Scotch boy was summoned to give evidence against his father, who was accused of making disturbances in the street. Said the Bailie to him: "Come, my wee, men, speak the truth, end let us ken all ye ken about the affair. 1' ' Weel sir," said the lad, "dye ken Inverness Street?" "I do, laddie." replied his worship. "Wee)/ ye gang along it and turn into the square—" " Yes, yes," said the Bailie en couragin fitly. "An' when ye gang across the square, ye turn up to the right, and up into High street, and keep on up High street till ye come to a pump.' "Quite right, my lad; proceed," said his Worship. "1 know the pump well." " Weel," said the boy, with the most infantile simplicity, "ye may gang aud pump it, [for ye 11 no pump me."

Mr W. H. Rule, since his return from the old country has devoted very close attention to the manufacture of water filters, a branch of industry which, it will be remembered, he had pursued to some extent before he Went home on a visit. At the Ashburton Show in 1891 he was successful in gaining Mr E. G. Wright's special prisje for a filter suitable for the use of farmers in the country whose only source of water snpply was the county races. That filter he called the " acme," anil he made and sold a large number, the majority of wnich found their, way to the. home's of farmers on thu plains, and did good work there. Mr Rule, how ever, although he called his filter the "acms," was not satisfied that he had reached perfection in its construction. The many layers of sand, grit, shingle, calcined bones, and charcoal that were used to cleanse the water in its passage through them were, though efficient in filtration, cumbrous in the manufacture? and he cast about for something that would do the work equally well if not better, and be more easily managed. He had seen in Australia and elsewhere admirable filters cut from porous limestone rocks, and determined to try the limestone of Oamaru in thia way. He went to " the limestone quarries there, and selected a quantity qf stone suitable for his purpose, Out of tin's stone he chisels a pot, which he fits with cement into the earthenware pipe of the acme filter instead of the old filtering material, and the result s highly satisfactory. The water ia filtered to perfection and in its passage through the limestone acquires a portion of the lime quality of the stone. Jn addition it has the recommendation of never getting out of order beyond tho easy rectification ot any ordinary person, and it can be cleaned aa easily as a saucepan.

Notes on Contagious Foot-Rot in Sheep.

The Royal Agricultural Society of Eng land have issued the following notes on foot-rot, for a copy of which we are in debted to the English agricultural cor rcsp udcuit ol the •'■Otapo Witness":-— Foot,-rot is a contagions disease of the foot of the sheep communicated to healthy sheep by association with diseased sheep, and also by feeding on grounds contami nated with the virus of the disease.

I Sheep after being infected may not show any signs of the disease in their foeb for from ten to twenty days. Newly purchased sheep with perfectly sound feefc cannot, therefore, be considered safe until the expiration of at least a month. Foot-rot begins ori the skin above and between the caws. The skin is slightly reddened and covered with white granular matter, or amall warty growths. The disease proceeds downwards on the inner side of the horn of one claw, and, as a rule, one or two feet only are attacked ; very rarely are all four feefc affected at the same time. Treatment of foot-rot.—All the sheep in an infected flock should be carefully examined. Loose and decayed horn should be carefully and completely re moved without wounding the sensitive parts or cutting away any of the healthy horn. It is, however, most important to get to the bottom of the diseased parts. Caustic dressings may be applied by pouring or dropping— not by means of a brush or feather, which soon becomes covered with virus—and 4he foot should afterwards be protected by a coating of tar. Most shepherds have some favourite remedy, but butyr of antimony, chloride of zinc, or pure carbolic acid, applied lightly to the diseased parts, are usually effectual. A powder of acetate of copper or red oxide of mercury, 10 parts of either mixed with 40 parts of powdered sugar, ■ or made into an ointment with 60 parts of vaseline, may be used instead of the liquid dressing. When the disease exists in a large number of sheep, they may be driven j \ through a trough containing a solution of : carbolic acid, 1 part to 20 or 50 pares of I soap and water, according to the severity I of the disease ;or instead, the sheep may be turned into a shed the floor of which , is covered with quicklime reduced to a . coarse powder. But this rough treatment I is not so effectual as the other method, L which includes a careful preparation of j the diseased foot before any remedies are i applied.

Dressing must be repeated two or three times a week. Wet land, although it does not produce foot-rot, is very favorable to its continued extension ; if possible, therefore, sheep, while under treatment, should be kept on dry ground. Land on which sheep with foot-rot have been kept is certainly dangerous for some time ; how long has not yet been ascer tained — probably for some months, especially during wet weather or where the soil is moist. Prevention ot" foot-rot—Sheep cannot be infected with foot-rot if they are bred and kept on an uncontatninated farm from which all sheep from without are ex cluded. But, generally, these conditions cannot be secured or maintained, and, instead, the adoption of a system of quarantine for a month, or as long as circumstances will permit, for all newly purchased sheep, before they are allowed to associate with the rest of the flock, will afford a reasonable amount of security without materially altering the customary course of sheep farming. The exercise of ordinary caution in the purchase and sale of sheep would hive an immediate effect in arresting: the spread of the disease, which is chiefly due to the contamination of highways, pastures, railway trucks, fairs, saleyards, and markets by diseased sheep, which are constantly being moved about the country without regard to the 'serious eoxivquencos wlikli necessarily result. Complete isolation of all diseased or even suspected sheep should, if possible, be insisted on, and sheep which have re covered from the disease should not be returned to the f|ock until a long period of separation has proved that no return of the disease is to be apprehended.— Complied from a pamphlet by Professor G. T. Brown, 0.J3,

COMMERCIAL.

Grain and Produce.

The following is the Ohristchurch Corn Exchange report for the week ending December 3). :—Au. obituary notice is not agreeable reading at any time, even though accompanied by poetry, and judging by some we have read it must require a great intel lectual effort to write it, especially the poetry. In the present instance we enjoy the unique privilege of writing our own." It was decided at the meeting held on Saturday last that the Corn Exchange should expire witli the dying year by a painless aeath (starved out), hino iliac lacrimae. To those subscribers who have supported the institu tion from its inception, we give our thanks, still they have received good value for their money ; to others, and who are on the list and have not paid, we thank them for their " moral support," but would add that our rent and other small expenses have to be paid in cash, and " moral support " will not do so. With regard to our reports we have' "extenuated nothing or set aught down in malice; " and any paper wishing the report continued must let the writer know at oace by a foot note or otherwise, or they will be discontinued and the postage saved. The following are prices to farmers f.0.b., packages extra :—Wheat, milling, 2s 9d to 3s ; second quality, 2a 6d; feed according to quality. Barley—The coming crop is very doubtful, and so is demand. Oats, feed, Is 7d to Is 9d; milling, Is lOd. Grass Seed and Potatoes—ln any nase we should have waited till next year before quoting. Pulse—none offering. Dairy Produce as last week.

Addington Stock Market.

Chkistchurch> December 28. The mid-holiday sale to-day was very small in comparison with last week's. Store Sheep.—About 1500 were yarded, and a3 they were mostly in small lots they were fairly well disposed of. I Two and four-tooth half and crossbreds Isold at ]ls3d to 14s 6d, according to quality; four-tooth to full mouth ewes sold at 14s 6d; aged merino ewes and lambs, at 8s 3d the pair ; merino ewes in wool brought 10a 9d, with 85 per cent of lambs thrown in. Fat Lambs.—About 600 were sold at 9s 9d to 14s. Fat Sheep.—Very little was bought for export, and the trade being well supplied the sale dragged along rather unsatisfactorily. For best topped sheep, wethers und maiden ewes, a fair demand existed, at from 11s 6d to 16s sd, accord ing to weight; but the demand for second class meat, dry ewes and merino wethers, was much less active than recently. Shorn merino wethers brought from 8s 9d to 10s 4d, according to weight. Fat Cattle.—The sale was very limited for small handy beasts, which sold at £5 5s for heifers, to £7 for steers. Stoke Oaitlb. —There was a very small entry of store cattle. Calves brought 20s to 26s ; two-year-old steers, £4 15s ; three-year-old heifers, £5 5s to £517s 6d; and aim cows £3 7s 6d to £4 12s 6d. There was an absence of dairy cows. Pigs.—About one hundred stores, porkers, and a few baconerssold freely at current rates.

(PER PBESS ASSOCIATION,) (Received December 29, 10.25 a.m.) London, December 28. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,696,000 quarters, and for the Conti nent 772,000 quarters. The Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Company's debenture are at 98, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's, 95, Silver, 3s 2|d. f Received December 29, 11.20 a.m.) Sydney, December 29. Wheat, chick, 2s 9d to 2s lid ; milling, nominal, new crop, 3s 6d. Flour, New Zealand, £8 10s to £9. Oats, discolored, 2a 5d to 2s 6/1 1 medium, 2s 6d to 2s 64d ; feeding, 2Y7d to 2s Bd. Maize, 4s Id to 4s 2d. Barley, New Zealand grown English, 3s 6d ; milling, nominal, 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Bran, New Zealand, 9i to 9£d; coarse, 9Jd. Pollard, 10|d. Peas, &r«iy, 3s 6<i to 4s ; Prussian blue s 4s Gd. Pota toes, Warrnamb,Qols, £6 ; Hunter Rivers, nominal, £5; new local grown are in good demand; red skins, £6 12s 6sl Onions, £5 10s. Butter, dairy made, 7d to 8d ; factory, 8d to 9J, There is a good supply of butter in the market. Cheese, choice, 5|d —market dull. Bacon, New Zealand prime, B|d ; hams, 11M to Is. Melbourne, December 29. Wheat, old crop, is offering more freely at 8s s£d ; new, 3s 3d to 3s 3£d. Flour, stone made, £7 15s to £8 ; roller, £8 5s to £8 15s. The oat market is very sick. Deliveries have betui heavy; Algerian, Is 5d to Is 8d ; Danish, Is 10il to is 10£ d ; fair, Is lid to Is ll£d ; stout feed, 2s to 2a Barley—the new crop will be heavj ; good old malting, 3,3 Id to 3s l|d. Potatoes, £2 to £2 Xss ; old, £3 fco £3108. Butter, pbitad, Is, downwards. Cheese, ISew Zealand medium, 5d ; loaf, in bond, s|d. " -'

A Cool Dairy.

A Kaipara settler claims that he has the coolest dairy imaginable. Zinc is nailed over the boarded roof, and over this sods Sin thick are kept luxuriantly green by syringing every other day. At tach end of the dairy is a large opening or window, covered with perforated zinc to keep out flies and other insects, and at the same dine to ensure a thorough draught. On the outside of these openings are stretqhed pieces of canvas nailed to tapering strips of wood, placed one on each side of the window. Above each window is fixed a kerosene tin, cut open ori one side to allow' of its bejng filled with water. In this receptacle is introduced one end of a piece of cloth, the other end hanging over the outsida of the tin and touching the canvas blind, to which it is sewn in order to prevent l\ blowing about/ with the wind. Along the bottom of each canvas blind is a strip of tin, bent so as to form a gutter, and under the lowest part of this gutter stands $ bucket, The apparatus being thus completed, the kerosene tins are filled with water, which being gradually absorbed and drawn up the cloth by the force known aa capillary attraction drips down on the outside, and keep the canvas blinds saturated with moisture. The evaporation from the film of water thus spread over th,e canvas covers produces cold, and the air, chilled by this means, enters th,e dairy throujrfy the perforated ??inc. A fcerosene tin, filled with water, with oloth attached, will keep the canvas saturated for fifty hours without requiring any attention whatever, and at the end of that time all that is necessary to be done is to pour the water which has run into buckets placed beneath ths gutters back into the kerosene tins, adding, of course, the quantity last by evaporation.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

rI"S» PKESS ASSOCIATION. ■t«MlNrn<ttf«m. Weixinoton, December 29. Mr L. Haulon, Government fruit ex pert, has resigned. .Vlre. Shortly after midnight a fire broke out at Lower Hutt, destroying Hurt's store and the Oddfellows' Hall, and seriously damaging the Family Hotel and its con tents. Kurt, whose store and stock are believed to be uninsured, estimates his i loss at £4000. The Petone fire brigad worked splendidly, and prevented further spreading of tho flames. The Oddfellows' Hall at Lower Hutt was insured for £1200 in the Commercial Union. The building and contents were valued at £I£>OQ. Burt valued his buildings ab £2000 and his stock at £2000, but had not a penny of insurance on either. About twelve months ago he let the policies lapse, preferring to take his own risk. The tire broke out in a dwellinsjhouse adjoining tha utore, and the inmates, of whom there were a large number, had a narrow escape. Burt thinks the outbreak was caused by rats eating matches, as a large quantity of matches was stored in the room in which it ia supposed the tire started. Hutt bridge was on fire several times, b,ut the brigade stayed thp flames before much damage was done. Most of the furni ture in the Family Hotel was removed, but the fire did not obtain a ho?d on the i building, which is only scorched. The proprietor estimates Jijs Joss at £280. The jus v values? on the family Hotel were as follows ; -Building, £100Q in Com mercial Union j furniture, JP4OO in the Ailumgg j $3yehter's, furniture, £250 in - „ '• '"•tajik", £100 in the the Economic; Economic. ] ouml net**. Oamajru, December 29. The body of a man, name unknown, was found in a disuaed building known «• the Welcome Home to-d;.y. An account for attendance at the Ashburton Hospital in September and October made in tho name of D. Baton is the only clue to nw identity. He had been dead apparently some three days.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN

(PER PRKSS ASSOCIATipX) /Received December 29, 10.25 a.m.)

PANAMA SCANDAL.

Paths, December 28. Letters found in tlie -; Panama Canal

Company's office implicate many of the Chamber of Deputies, and disclose th« name of an ambassador of high rank who sold his support for 300,000 fi&ncs.

THE CORRIENTES REBELLION.

Buknos Aykbs, December 28. The rebels in the Corrientes provinces have on two occasions de feated the Government local troops.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Received December 29, 11.30 a.m.)

LOST AT SEA.

Sydney, December 29. There is no doubt that the ketch Agnfcs Rose has been lost with alt hands. The captain's sea chest has been found on the coast.

THE MAIL ON FIRE.

Adelaide, December 29. "While the mails of the Oruba were being fumigated on Monday, a portion of them caught fire, and a number of packages were destroyed before the flames were extinguished. The fire was caused by the escape of burning sulphur.

A CYCLONE.

Bkisbajse, December 29. A cyclone at Normanton demolished the Catholic Church, and seriously damaged several private buildings.

THE PERILS OF THE SEA.

Perth (W.A.), December 29. The barque Onyx, bound from Thursday Island to Bluff, has put into Albany short of provision* and water. She is seventy days out.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

THE QUEEN ABROAD.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

London, December 27. It is reported that during her stay at Florence the Queen will pay a visit to King Humbert in Rome.

A SWINDLE

The total amount of money im pounded in connection with the "missing word competitions" is £44,000.

SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

The Atlantic liners have arrived covered with ice, and with compasses frozen. The steamer Rprdland broke down during a gale, and was drifting hopelessly about the ocean, when her position was observed by a passing steamer and she was towed into Queenstown. The steamer Isam, bound from Cardiff to Bombay, has gone ashore at Cape Trafalgar, on the Spanish coast, and it is feared that she will become a total wreck. The crew were saved. The loss is estimated at £70,000.

THE PANAMA SCANDAL.

Paris, December 27. It is reported that many members of the Chamber of Deputies have in vited Prince Victor Bonaparte to head a movement in favour of a Consular Republic. M. Andrieux has challenged M. Ribot, the Premier, to fight a duel. The Bourse is much firmer in tone.

GATHERING AT SORBOURNE

There was a great gathering at Sor bourne to-day to celebrate the 70th birthday of M. Louis Pasteur. The President, M. Ca,wio,t, several members of the. Senate and Chamber of Deputies, as well as a number of foreign representatives of science, attended.

FAILED TO Gu OFF.

A dynamite cartridge, found in the precincts of the late Baron Reinach's house, tailed to: explode.

THE GERMAN ARMY BILL.

Berlin, December 27. A pamphlet, alleged to. have been inspired by the German Government states thit Russia and' France are able to put in the field 1,000,000 men and 1700 guns more than the countries comprising the Triple Alliance, and if the Army Bill now before the Reich stag is not accepted all the essentials, of the three years service system will be continued.,

CHIEF JUSTICE OF SAMOA.

The " Kreuz Zeitung" opposes an American being appointed to succeed Baron O. Seidercrantz as Chief Justice of Samoa, on the grounds that half the white population there are Germans.

NOT WANTED.

Nbw York, December 27. The emigrants who have not been welcomed in the United States are flooding into Mexico, and the latter country has despatched agents to Ire land, Germany, Italy, and Sweden with fwiew to discouraging the people from emigrating.

ANOTHER TRAGEDY.

A terrible tragedy is reported from Worcester, in Massachusets, where a man killed his wife, mother-in-law, and daughter, while asleep, by scattering their brains with an iron bar. The man is said to have been insane owing to inability to secure work, and after he committed the murders stabbed hitnself in the breast and died from the injuries inflicted,

A NOVEL CATHEDRAL.

Bishop Otter to-day laid the corner stone of the Anglican Cathedral in New York. The cost of the building is estimated at 1,500,000 dollars, and it will contain seven chapels, each with a distinct language.

THE UMBRIA

The Cunard liner Umbria is two days overdue, and grave anxiety for her safety is felt, owing to the severe gales reported in the Atlantic ocean.

FAMINE.

St. Pbtersbuhg, December 27 A terrible famine is being ex perienced in North Finland, and the only food hundreds of the poorer class have to subsist on ia bread mixed with powdered bark. The Russian Govern ment are making only meagre efforts to relieve the distress, and it is stated that fully two thousand are in (juite a destitute condition. : : '

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, December 28. News has been received by the Upola, from Samoa, that the mail steamer Aiameda which left Auckland on Dec. 3 for San Francisco, met with a tidal Wave oft'the Kermadoc glands on Deoembev 5. Three heavy was struck the vessel; the second camft over the bows with

THE ABHBTJRTON GTTAKDIAN; THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1893.



FoX THE HOLIDAYS G. J. NBILL and OO's SPECIAL PRICES FOR: THIS MONTH Ladies' Cashmerette Hose, double knee, 10|d Ladies' Cashmere Hose, Is New Fashionable Dress Ooods, 3s lid a dozen S o^l^2X2 K e«. Wo,.«uHY,Mf»»» *> to 5s 6d par yard "All Wool Flannel, 7|d per yard Flannelettes at 3a 6cl per dozen Good Heavy Twilled at s|d Leather Shirting, Swansdown Back, at 7Uli)ev t .yard Washing Prints, 3a lid per dozen A Bjecial line of White Muslin, 4sd Pongee Cloths and Delaines in most beautiful patterns CLOTHING. Men's Colonial Tweed SuiM, 23s 6d Men's Serge Suits, 22i 6d _ Men's Tweed Trousers from 5a lid Boys' Tweed Suits in endless variety Men's Ribbed Cotton Pants, Is 6d Men's Colonial Knit Wool Socks, ll£d per|pair Men's Regatta Shirfs, 2s lid Men's Strong Braces, 9d per pair Boys' Strong Braces, 4d per pair. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. TJNMISTA&EABLE VALUE. Ladies' and Children's Tan Shoes, a specialty Brown Canvas Shoes, all sizes Men's Bluchers, 5a 3d sizes at very low prices. G. J. NEILL and CO: FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS, CORNER OF EAST 4 MOORB SWBETS. HAEJDLEY BROS. At Low Prices. EVERY ARTICLE OF OUR NEW STOCK WARRANTED/, TK rviHna Soecial Attention to the Urge List of DRAPEEY, CLOTHING T S NOVELTIES in MILLINERY, described from time to time in these OoiumnsrWwxsh to Impress ON ALL the following : -Ist -Every Article is Warranted to give SATISFACTION, and if ever a person recives anything that don't suit, they can return it to be exchanged, or can have the money returned if they so desire. 2nd All the Goods will be FIRST-CLASS of the Newest and Most Deri* able Stylet, and the Prices are Much Lower than such articles can elsewhere be obtained for. Srf-Wedeal in NO SHODDY GOODS whatever, and all who Order of US may be SURE that they will receive the Bfcbi. nu w a «-* satisfied with a Small Profit, and as Our Business is of such 4th.--We are sat^ ™ h b . our aoodg ott the Manufacturers in KS*t(£rwe are enabled to SELL our Goods for LESS g^S^ISSTtIS. giving our Customers the advantage. m- Those who want GOODS should 'Jend to US and Save Money. Just Arrived-A Splendid Assortment of Men's and Boys J SUIT^. SPECIALLY FOR CHRISTMAS WEEK. ■HARDLET BBOS., ABCIDK HOUSE, BTJRIVETX STREET, A SHBURTON. ". | NEW JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT. FIGH-OLiS3 STOCK IS NOW OPENED UP. THEMAGSIFIOMJT Jajjti f thg publ?o to the fact that having BSALEK begs to draw the ate fitted «ph»^ compass favorably with any in Chriatchurch. quality, pnce, and newest th Requirements of the A^burton Distnot in B lS SiiVtCplSy^le, and is showing a Larger 6*** tJwn has ever blfore been seen in this fl j stock specially suitable for ™T y WEDDING ffIsENTS, PRESENTS, AND XMAS PRESENTS, J |^^ AT^N TESTIMONIALS. r* ia an A Silver Jewellery ot every description. TH E WAT^KkI^ANdW^EBY EEPAtKINO atisfactorily ,_„ S. SALEI, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER. j^ Factory. JFOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON. TT-E are now Showing the Lar*7sTTn~d Best Assorted Stock of MEN'S W MERCERY and HATS in Ashburton. ~ - n• i n n « Ht.k Gents' Ties in endless variety 6ents' Tennis and Cncke ng Hats Handkerchiefs Gents Tennis and Cnototmg |h« to fche ]afcesfc Gents' Tennis and Cricketing haoiieh Qnn «« AlsrT) -RomM BOOTS AND SHOES. SHOLb AND BOOIS. m . O1 Ladies Button and Lace hhoes Gents Tenm* Shots Children's Tan Shoes Cents' Canvas and fan bhoes ,gu r8 ,nts' Walking Shoes _j "* rr CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. «nnrl «,,it of Clothes should visit the CLOTHING FACTORY. Tho ß, J^l^raidiet a goodSmtof Colonial Tweed for 9, «L Tf M wi^h to buy a handsome Christmas Present, get one of the Wertheim Sewing If yott wish to ouy a Machines , See one in our window. HALUHMIHN BKOS. AMX HENDEY ' ««»•»



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Cole man b and So* JCucalyptjb Ex I tkac't 1 is the only genuine in the market, and was a warded medals aud diplomas at Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, beating all competitors. For ail affections of the Chest and Lunojs Consumption, Asthma, Coughs, Colds, Gravel, and Kidney Com plaints, ib has no equal. Agents—



■■;' 4' '"'Wanted J WANTED, a young man to drive, look after horses, and ti^ko him self useful. Apply inwriting, 271 offioeoj this paper. * __ LOST, within the past day or two. candle-socket of a buggy lamp- Finder please leave at office of this paper. 12 198 VirrANTED Known. — Jush opened n VV lot of Ladies' Dorothy Capes, now selling at 12s 6d, usual value 20s to 42s.—H. 0, Segeks, Melford House. WANTED— Purchasers tor Bargains in Summer Dresses, Prints, and Delaines, Sunshades, &c. at S. W. Aloobn ai)«l Go's Sale. >______■ - —-——■ WANTED the Public to know that S. W. Aloobn and Co's Summer Sale is now on. Great Bargains in Millinery, Undcrr-lothing etc. 1 i ShIMSTMaS~FaIK now o^en7very- | yj thing new and cheap. Come and see for yourselves.—The New Shop's, Coleman's Buildings. 12 771 ANTKD~Known—lce Creams, Ico Creams, for the hot weather, always ready at H. G, Flower's, Confec- I tioner, Eaat Street. WANTED Known.—High class Dress Goods, latest patterns, now selling under wholesale prices. Special line of double width stuff 6d and Is, less than half price. -H. C. Segeks, Melford House. DON'T let the rain water destroy your buildings. Get Spouting fixed at 4d per t'oob and buy a tank, complete with tap, tested before leaving workshop, for 30s, at J. W. Haedley's. O ELUNG OFB 1 Bocks, btationery, and Account Books, fancy Goods, Music, Violins, Accordeons, etc, Fire Screens and Stove Ornaments, all at Reduced Prices.— v. F. Andbewes & Co. WANTED Known—New Flannelettes at extraordinary prices; 3s lid and 4s lid doz. Thirty per cent under price.—W. H. Coliikr.



WANTED Known that S. Salek, Watchmaker and Jewsller, haa removed to new shop near New Zealand Clothing Factory. lv 213 WANTED Known—Dr Scott's cele brated Electric Corsets can only be obtained in Ashburton at VV. H. Collier's, "The Corner." SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest, the largest, ths best, and the cheap est Small Goods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed. A cnal solicited. —W. J. Siloock. 4+182 /CHRISTMAS Suits. Boys, three \J garment long Trouser Suitß at 16s. Boys, Colomal-made Knicker Suits from 10s. Men's nicely made Colonial Tweed Suits 30s. Colonial Tweed Suits to measure from 50s,—Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. Robbkt Alcorn. WANTED Known—We are now giving away Beautiful Presents to every purchaser of 5s and upwards. Oorae and see our bargains in Drapery, &c. —H. C. Sbgebs, Melford House, not Bake your own Bread when V T you can gee 50lbs of the best Roller Flour for five shillings cash or five shillings and sixpence booked at jßobeet alcorn's, Saunders' Buildings. 11 ol DON'T Forget the Borough Bye-Laws re Carr ago Lamps, and that Barms . as large Stock on hand, also a large assortment of Tinware and Iron mongery, Scythe*, Reaping Hooks, Hay Knives, Forks, etc., of best quality, and j all at lowest possible prices. J. W. Hardlby, Enst Street, Ash burton, T3K4^Tinlnlnd~that .jTwTTLlrdlby, -O Plumber and Qrasfitter, East Street, has the largest Stock iv town of Pumps, Pipes, and Fittings, and that he is selling them cheaper than ever at prices hitherto unheard of in Ashburton. Now is the chance for a cheap Pump j improved No. 4, Price, 16s. Larger si^es in proportion. TVJ EW YEAR'S GIFTS.—Card, Book- X$ lets New Games in great variety. Beaut fullotoJE yases, Fancy Glassware, and Fairy Lamps. Boyis' and girls' Annuals, and •"'■•her new "Volumes. Pri«e Books at reduced prices. .New B^SL^Jl^ Wedding Cards,—L. ** ANDREW Jto Ar QO., Stationers' Hall. «"|TaNTED Kaown^TJiafc f. Mmisqn VV keeps the best stock of Boots in Ashburton, for this reason that he pays cash and is not under or bnind to any one firm like many in the trade, which enables him to procure and supply the public with the Best Colonial and English makes ; and bis well-known make needs no recommendation, Always on hand Best Sole Leather, used for repairs and done at once.—J. Moison, Impermeable, Bootmaker, Town Hall, East Street, next Court_House.__ I W"~~ ANTED, Contractors with machines for harvesting, also contract stackers. JQm GRIGa) 12 200 Longbeach



Holloway's Pills.-Pure Blood.—Whe the blood is pure, its circulation calm and equable, and the nerves well strung, we are well. These pilfc jjossess a marvellous power in securing these essentials of health b,, purifying, regulating, and strengthening the fluids and solids. Holloway's Pills can be confidently recommended to all persons suf fering from disordered digestion, or worried by nervous fancies, or neuralgic pains. They correct acidity and heart-burn, dispsl sick headache, qiucken Jhe action of the liver, and act as alteratives and gentle aperients. The weak and delicate iuay take thl-m with out fear. Holloway's Pills are eminently "--"hie to invalids of irritable constitu servicw -,; ac j- ae ao tion of every organ tions, aa they v.. •-j au d universally to its natural standaru, * -flueuce, exerci&e a calming and sedative iuu>



Stop H>rin.lciiigf, ■» ■■ — "T can't" are two little words seldom used by a man who drinks ; to use them lie thinks is i*n evidence of weakness, and so we wonder why, when he quits, he doesn't stay quit;. If we knew a) l, our wonder would be, with that terrible craving at his vitak, ho is able to resist even for a short time—a craving on which will-power, moral suasion, the pledge, self-respect, have no effect whatever, and which until recently has been an insur | mountable bar to reform in thousands upon thousands of cases. But the time has come when that craving can be i stopped! Sure. -Just as suie as it is I possible to cure a cold. The appetite can J bo destroyed ; the man placed back, so fur as drinking is concerned, just where he was before lie acquired the habit. The cure does not destroy the will, but the appetite. So he will have to learn to rink all over as*ain, and the effort will be so great that if he is worth saving he won't make it. R. T. Booth's Golden Remedy No. 1 destroys the drink appetite R. T. Booth's Golden Remedy No. 2 is the best brain and nerve tonic on th s earth. At all chemists and —(Awvt). IMU j



The best medicine known ie SAN DE R an SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, etc —the relief is instantanebusj Thousands give the most gratifying testi mony. His Majesty the i^ing qf Italy, and medical syndicates all over the glqbe are its patrons, head the official reports thajaceQir nany each bottle. Mosler, M.D., Professor University, Grlefswald, reports : — Th c Eucalypti Extract proved magnificently sue. cesaful in very severe contusions, bruiseSj sptainSj wounds, scaldings, broken ribs, an limbs! 0' Medical Journal." Nov., 1881) d in diseases of the kidneys^'either' active cqn. gestion Or suppression, (uraemia) or albumi nuria, dropsy, lithargy,; nrithing will equal in its action Eucalypti Extract, Doses, five to six drops. Mosler, M.D., Professor University, Grieswald, reports:—Diphthe ria. Tonsils continually coherent presenting ulcers with white exudamW Cured in foiif 1 teen days. Surgical Clinic of Brof. M'lhtyre, College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis—Seirrhus qf Breast—Excision Euca lypti Extract employed. J^o swelling, heat — 'Vistsoiorafeß?' Obf'?4 in fourteen days -Advt - *



Holloway's Pills.—lmportant for ti,^ delicate. —It is difficult to determine which is the more trying to the human constitu tion, the damp, cold days ot autumn and winter, or the keen dry easterly winds of spring. Throughout the season good health may be obtained by occasional doses of Holloway's Pills, which purity the blood and act as wholesome stimulants to the skin, stomach, liver, bowels and kidneys. This celebrated medicine needs but a fair trial to convince the ailing and desponding that it will restore and cheer them without danger, pain, or inconvenience. No family should be without a supply of Holloway's Fills and Ointment, as by a timely recourse to them the first erring function may be reclaimed, suffering may be spared, and life saved The Best Remedy fob Indigestion— Norton's Camomile Pills are confidently ! recommended as a simple remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subjects Norton's Pills, with justice called the 'Natural Strengthener of tlie Human Stomach," act as a powerful tonic and gentle perient, are mild in their operatioju, and safe under any circumstances. Sold in bottles, at 1* ljd, 2s 9d, 11s, by all medicine vendors throughout the werid,



lHqw Sambo Understood French Vln says to the runaway negro on the raft, I< Jim, what'd you say if 'twas said to you I Parly'Vouß-fipan^y f- " ff Wouldn't say nuffln. I'd just bust him over de ear ; if he wasn't a wite man. 'Low no nigger to Call me dat. ' Finn says the words only mean, *'I)q you speak French?" Jim inquires, Hli rtyey Ifjefin that why don't they 6ay that?'* J)'r'Forest says/in *? Health, the ■---*Ciii!'? \yg mjghjb }j}ake' similar |n- New Meiu. . " ' "-- **■' H&ssStlJe^arjy ; quiries of the professors „. -»-**..', but he goes on to explain massage, ruuuiug, and its beneficial results so that it might even enter the skull of the densest negro ; and his muscle-roller and other new methods are invaluable. An edition of his book, much enlarged, is published at "Truth' and "Health" Publication Offices, 160 Tuam street, Christchurch. —[Advt,] TO MAKE Nicest Scones, Nicest Pastry, Nicest Cakes t Use Aolsebbook's Self-Raisir>e Flour, The Onslow Biscuit. The latest and most delicate biscuit manufactured b Aulsebvook and Co The Best Tea IN CANTERBURY for tho money, aud free from any excess of astringency. COUNTESS 2s. ASK YOUK GBOCKBS. Cracknbll and Digestive Biscuits for Invalids are unsurpassed. Made by AULSEBBOOS 4ND Co.