THE WEATHER.

ALFORD STATION.

The following is the Meteorological report for the week ending January 17, 1892 :—

ROAD BOARD.

MOUNT HUTT.

The monthly meeting of the Mount Hutt Road Board was held on Thursday, January 14. Present—Messrs Cameron, Browne, Drummond, and Morgan. It was decided to notify the Mount Somers Road Board that the road from the north Ashburton river between R.S. 23546 and 31287 was impassable at the river bank, and to ask them to put a notice to this effect on the approach to the river on the south bank. In the matter of the exchange of Reserve 1009 for five acres at the south-eastern corner of R.S. 19533 it was resolved to inform the County Council that the Board would pay the cost of transfer if the five acres were transferred to the Board, It was resolved that Mr MacAveybe paid £8 15s m satisfaction of his claim on ■ ,the Board for work on the Ashburton j iriverroad. The Clerk was directed to have the cuttings at Mount Hutt put m order ; also to have the hole m the creek near Mr Gunn's filled, and to have a storm water crossing made on Hale's road, and at the junction of the Cairnbrae road and Ulyett's road. It was resolved to procure the maps of Canterbury and Westlancl advertised by Mr Weeks. Tenders were accepted for filling ruts and clearing tussocks, Lyndhurst road- Mr J. ltevery, 2s 6d per chain ; for for mation of Marr's road-Mr J. Devery, 5s per chain; for shingling Railway road- Blackburn Bros., lOd per yard. Only one tender was received for shingling and repairs on Gunn's road, which was not accepted and the work was postponed. Accounts amounting to £95 0a 4d were passed for payment.

The Hervey Group.

With reference to the position of affairs m the Hervey Group, an Auckland corres pondent writes—" Mr Moss has returned from the ' Summer ;isles of Eden, and is inclined to think that tne trail of the serpent is over them all, and he is heartily sick of the wretched intrigues which honeycomb social life m the islands. He has placed Lord Onslow m possession of all the facts, and w'U await instruc tions- From all that I cart gather, the head and front of his offending is that while willing to permit of the introduction of intoxicating liquors into the Hervey sroup, under stringent conditions and regulations, he was not willing to make concessions which would have enabled certain parties to make a lucrative busi ness out of it, and secondly, he declined to be made a cat's-paw of m prosecuting the new trad ing company which is trying to get a share of the commerce of the Hervey Group for alleged breach of the Customs, laws, as he failed to see m what way they had acted as to caase them to be so dealt ■with Mr Moss was to have come to JN ew Zealand while Parliament was sitting, m order to consult with Government, but was unable to do so owing to the troubles at Mansaia. He considered that, Ins duty was to the natives, and af cer that to consider the interests of the traders, im porters, and European residents on the island*. The European element fail to took afc matters m this light, and yedis poaed to 'wake fche interests of the S savage" a minor considera- Son. Mr &os* has . high hopes of the Rarotongans mastenn^thearb of self government, as they arc tft*pg»t"j2 imitative, and he gives m illustraten the fact that just before he left Raratonga a chief of one of the islands applied to him for a supply of red tape and sealing wax, as he intended to seal up a consignment ot goods which had been landed on his island, She deemed, contrary to the Customs laws! Mr Moss does not seem to be satisfied with *c way m which he has been left to fulfil his duties, hav ing neither interpreter nor secretary, and his bare expenses only being paid. He states that the salary of £300 a year is wholly insufficient, as living is dearer Than ia Auckland. The natires have provided a residence, etc., for the British resident, which has saved the Govern ment fully £1600, but whoever occupies it will have to give a feast on its being house-warmed, which will cost £30 to £40 as native customs cannot be ignored. He thinks the race is holding its own at present, and if they only secure strong and efficient government will work out their destiny satisfactorily.

The Holy Land.

LECTURE BY REV. J. S. SMALLEY.

On Friday evening the Rev. J. S. SmSev F.B.G.Sm one of the leading pfeachSsinfhe WesleyanChurch m.New Zealand delivered a lecture on Pales tine " £ the Wesleyan Church. The rev. Surer has only recently returned from a two years' leave of absence, which tern he spent m travel. A portion of the time he devoted to going through the Holy Land, and the experience he gamed during his wanderings. m " tf>« Land of the Book" stands him m good rtead m | tL delivery of his lecture. Mr bmailey XeUuTg upon the place, as he found I deTw h\h^ scenes of our Saviour c ml- SrhWon earth from his birth m Beth. Ghetto hi* passion on Cavalry, givyga craphic and interesting description of the rZI of Siloam, which is -now m course of Scavation, and as the work proceeds more and more of the ancient city is being laid bare. He apoke at length of the socml and political condition of the people and the Grinding yule of the lurk as well as the Sther tyranny of the predatory Bedouins. &&&£&$&& audience the spots descr*ed. Therev. interest. One of the c^ f/ f^oin interest ia the lecture was the fact com, inunicated that Bethlehem was now Sly inhabited by Christians, tnos y Germans, not a single Mussulman about and Bethlehem now, as compared with adiacenfc towns, was wonderfully prosper ous The UHual votes of thankß were pas'sedatthedone of the lecture, winch was fairly well attended, but not so well Tthe subject treated of and the abih y of the lecturer would have led ons to expect,

Land in England.

I Discussing Rome' statistics of the fall m the value of land during the last fourteen or fifteen years which have been collected by the Surveyors' Institute the as tutea Gazette" says :-Looked at broadly the figures confirm the -rrmotai impression of the extent aivl rtistriWii'ion of the agricultural depression. i>y W«.V ot striking a fair average, extreme figures were eliminated from *c caloula ions ; and thus it comes to pass that South-east Essex, m which the agricultural position has for a poodmany years been notoriously exceedingly parlous, comes only second on the list. An extreme figure was left out of calculation, and so the Chiltera Eh 1 district m Oxfordshire takes, the first place m *his sorry competition, lhe average reduction m land values m the Ohiltern district is 75 per cent, and m South-east Essex 70 per cent, lhe ! uninstructed observer would find it dim cult to credit such terrible figures; but there isno getting behind them, lhey are not only studiously moderate, and are not estimates, but actual statements of facts Cambridgeshire and other portions of- Essex come next. Portions of Berks and Suffolk are also m the first flight, and m none of these counties has the average of depreciation been less than 50 per cent. Salop, Sussex, and Cheshire seem to have suffered the least. Indeed, the dairy counties generally have suffered, it any thing, rather leas than had been supposed; while the generally accepted opinion as to the extent of the depreciation m the value of heavy clay and wheat land, such as that of Essex, proves to have been as nearlyaspossiWecorrect. Notunnaturally perhaps, it further appears that the small farms have suffered much less than the large ones.

la all the Churches yesterday feeling reference was made to the death of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, and at midday a minute bell was tolled from the Anglican belfry. The shower last night and this morning interfered to some extent with harvesting operations, more especially m the \\ akamu district towards the Ashburton township, where the wheat; crops are ready for cutting. As the day, however, was fine and sumainy work was re;ommenced # about midday. Enoch Barker, a gardener and storekeeper, 62 years old, at New Brighton, was found drowned m the river Avon close to his house about seven o'clock on Sunday morning. His hat and stick were found on the bank. He was m the habit of getting tip and going out about five o'clock, and it is supposed that he slipped into the water accidentally as nothing is known to make suicide probable. Tha Canterbury— Otago cricket match was concluded at Dunedin on Saturday, the result being a win for Otago by five wickets. la Canterbury's second innings the only double-figure scorers were De Maus 20, Labatt 34, and Ogier 15, and the total score was 83, leaving Otago to obtain 79 to win. Twenty-nine matches have now been played between the provinces ; Canterbury has won fifteen, Otago thirteen, and one has been drawn. At the Police Court this morning, before Messrs Alcorn, Williamson, and Thomas, isstices of the peace, a man named Hamilton, who had been before the Court shortly before Christmas, was fined <s 6d and costs, for drunkenness. Two young lads who had quarelled on Monday evening last, and settled the matter by an appeal to nsts, making West street, near the Domain, the theatre of operations, were tried. Ihe aggressor was fined ss, and both were ordered to pay half costs, the Bench, how ever, giving 'the lads a severe caution against such conduct m future. If Great Britain occupied langiers, which is suggested m view of the necessity for preserving law and order there, she would only be retaking one of her old possessions. When the " Merry Monarch" found a bride it the Infanta of Portugal, the Princess Catherine, Tangiers was a part of her wedding dowry as was also the Island of Bombay, with some of the surrounding territory on the mainland. Owing to its uiihealthraess, the African town was soon abandoned, but Bombr,y was retained, and it was destined to become one of the most prosperous of all the great cities m the British Empire. On Sunday afternoon the body of a man who had shot himself was found ou Mr Boag's farm, Fendalton, near Chn«fc church. A revolver was by his side with two chambers discharged. He had apawntiokeb tonbearine the name of H. F. Hoi ton. He appears about 30 years old. At the uiq««t this morning the evidence showed that deceased uS been a pattern maker, not w out from Home, He had lately come down from Wellington, and had no work Se his arrival m the colony. Therawas no further evidence of identification, bevouiul that he gave the name at A. Horton to a pawnbroker with whom he pawned his watch. The verdict was that deceased shot himself, The suggestion that the poisoning at Pahiatua was caused by oxalic acid appear* to have originated witn the Rev Mr Saunders, who officiated at the wedding. He found m his bag a day or two afterwards a loose packet of what appeared to be Epsom salts, but the crystals were larger than {those of ordinary Epsom salts ; and it is probable that they were oxalic add crystals used by saddlers for leather dressing, and very commonly used for cleaning brass. lbe .Symptoms were, according to Dr Davenport, ■ such as ro«y be expected m cases of oxalic acid poiSng; but before the announce. \ meat .of this discovery the doctors m attend f ance suspected arsenical poisoning,

THE AS Tf r'»rJRTOF GUARDIAN: MOMMY, JANUARY 18, 1802.



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.'jurnip Poods*-/; m FOR SALE, IN LARGE OR SMALL QUA >: 7-TIT'-,— ''" f PURPLE & GREEW TOP ABERDEEN, MAM MOTH, WHITE STONE, & GRFYSTONE, Ac. ALSO— '-'.',. ARTIFICIAL MANURES SUPERPHOSPHATES, BONE DUST, *ci : : OF THE BEST BRANDS AT THE LOWEST CURRENT PRICES. MACHINE OI3LB OF ALLJKINDS, AS WELL AS A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OFiFARM AND STATION STORES AND REQUISITES. 7 AGENT FOR THE NEW ZEALAND FIRE! INSURANCE OCM Grain Crops insnred against Loss or Damage by Fire at Lowest Current Rate* GEORGE "JAMESON" rf2 .* «thbnrton and Rakaia. .... TapemammT — # v — TUST LANDED EX " MAORI" IQ BALES IQ Paperhangings, OHOICE PATTERNS, ARTISTIC DESIGNS, EXCEPTIONAL QUALJT?. Inspection is specially invited to our Selection of new PANELLINGS AND DADOES, WITH FRIEZES & BORDERS TO MATCH FOR DINING k DRAWING-ROOMS. Hew Designs for Ceilings. PICTURE PATTERNS FOE NURSERIES. BEDROOM PAPERS AT FROM 5d PER PIECE. 6000 PIECES TO SELECT FROM. 6000 Competent workmen sent to execute Painting and Paperhanging of every description as required. Building Material of every Description m Stock) W. H. Collins and Oo M IRONMONGERS, AND IMPORTERS OF OILS, PAINTS, PAPERHANGINGS, ETC] TIMBER & COAL MERCHANTS. AGENTS FOR—Grey Valley Coal Company, _... Royal Insur nee Company. Timber, Coal, and Firewood. [HERBERT J. MOSS.] [REGINALD B. RESTELL.} Moss and Bestell HAVING taken over the TIMBER and COAL Business of Mr Johw O Restell,; have much pleasure m informing the general Public that they arc now prepared to supply the following:— V F BUILDERS' MATERIALS. Kauri, Red and White Pine Flooring and Lining, Black Birch, Red and Whit* Pine, Totara, V.D.L., etc. , Special Lines of Dressed and Seasoned Timber for Cabinetmakers. The Kauri White and Red Pine Flooring and Lining is all under cover and ready for immediate use. ALSO,— FENCING WIREi-Nos.- 8, 9, and 12 Galvanised Barb Wire, Galvanised Iron, and Ridging m all sizes, Staples, Nails, Hinges, Screws, Stakes, Posts and Rails, Hurdles, Palings, &c. LIME, CEMENT, «fee. COALS—Newcastle, Westport, Mount Somers. FIREWOOD—Long Black Pine and Cut Wood. Oils of all descriptions, Fire Bricks. PRODUCE—Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps. Chickfeed, Potatoes, Flour, etc., ALWAYS IN STOCK. AGENTS—CEYLON AND INDIAN TEA ASSOCIATION] Northern Fire Assurance Association. Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, Limitedj MOSS andEESTBLL, WESJ STKEET, ASHBURTONj BEST V A L U E IN .-■ .. ".f Binding Twine, Binding Wire, Machine Oils, r INCLUDING LUBROLEINE OIL, THE BEST FOR BINDERS AND THRESHING MILLS. , , I. JOHN ORB & CO. ; NEW SHIPMENT OF i TILE EFGISTEK GRATES. \ v I SPLENDID VALUE AND BEAUTIFUL GOODS -.*;..,.'.,, ! ( scott bros'j ' ; ■ UNRIVALLED COOKING RANGES IN GREAT VARIETY AT REDUCED PRICES. JOHN Oim & CO.



THEEE IS NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT. €2 eat Bargains In Boots and Shoes for Christmas. A LARGE VARIETY of LADIES' and CHILDREN'S BOOTS and SHOES Just Arrived, Ex Aorangi, from one of the Best Manufacturers m England. R£AL OElltjlLME BIROAIJS, COME EAXfcJLY AND SECUKE THEM] JT> BEOS to thank you all for your past liberal support, andwisbes you all jt • XJ. Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. J. Brockelbank, Managed J. BISHOP'S NEW BOOT STORE, J ASHBURTON. THE HOMDAYS. TTTE have jusfc imported direct from the Manufacturers, ex s.s. AORANGI, a LARGE SHIPMENT OF NEW GOODS, Comprising the NEWEST HOME STYLES m GENTS' HATS, SHIRTS, TIES, BRACES, SOOKS, INDIA-GAUZE, MERINO, AND CASHMERE UNDERSHIRTS AND PANTS, tea. A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF MEN'S & BOYS' STRAW HATS, &o. j Special ! Just Opened Out direct from the Mills a Choice Lot of NEW SHIRTINGS (Best m the Market), which we are now Sellling at WHOLESALE PRICES. K^ Kindly compare these Goods. Tailoring "ISepartmeiit. We are now showing a LARGE VARIETY of the NEWEST STYLES m W6ae ?VeEDS^COaIINQS, SUITINGS & TROUSERINGS for the present season. The rush of orders already m hand shows that all who want New Suits for che Holidays will do well to favour us with their measurements as early as possible. MEN'S & BOYS' BOOTS & SHOES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. HAND SEWN, &o. Every Pair Guaranteed to give good wear. SPARROW TTSERRYMAN TAILOES &OXTTFITTBES EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. CHRISTMAS, 1891 A IEW YEAR, 1892. F. NOKES, ONCE more presents his Compliments to the Inhabitants of Ashburlon and the Public generally, wishing them all the Compliments of the beason, and hopes that one and all, both large and small, will have a pair of NOKES' GOOD CHEAP BOOTS and SHOES, j THE LARGEST STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES TO CHOOSE FROM. BOOTS REPAIRED ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE. FOR GENUINE GOOD VALUES NO ONE CAN TOUCH ME.] BOOTS BOOTS BOOTS FOR STYLE. PRICE, AND QUALITY, GO TO F. NOKES, . LEICESTER BOOT WAREHOUSE, BURNETT STREET, ANDREW BLACK, WATCHMAKER, EAST STREET, HAS on hand and to arrive, a Large Stock of Watches, Clocks, and Jewellery. Watches, including English Levers by different makers ;.. and has just opened out a particularly nice lino of I adits' Watches at £3 each. Largest Stock of Gold Brooches m Ashburton, ranging from 10s 6d to £8 10s. Ladies Dress Rings from 15s to £8 each. Ladies 1 Gold Watches from £5 ss. Gold Locketa from 10s. Gold and Silver Charms, &c, &c, afc reduced prices. SPECIAL LINEb-First class Electro-plated Butter Knife, Jelly Spoon, Pickle Fork, and Sardine Fork, with ivory handles, at 15s the set. SPECTACLES—Best Pebbles at 6s per pair. Silver Brooches from 3s each; Silver Earrings from 2s each ; Silver Scarfpins frOWAT 6C dHEst'CLOCKS. and JEWELLERY thoroughly and promptly REPAIRED —-o*» mR£W BLACKi EAST STREET, i' ' ' ■ ' *" " The -Maasey Reaper & Binder HAS, SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION INTO THE COLONIES IN 188 TAKEN MOEE PRIZES AT PUBLIC FIELD TRIALS, Where it has Competed, THAN ANY OTHER MACHINE IN THE FIELD. 75 TBTALS. 85J PRIZES. EVEKY TRIAL PUBLISHED has been held under the auspices of an Agricul tural Society, and no Showyard Prizes included to swell the sts. The Hassey Reaper & Binder Is guaranteed to be the Simplest m Construction, the Lightest m Draught | au4 the most Durable Machine n the Market. A thorough trial is afforded every customer, and satisfaction guaranteed or no sale, £2000 WORTH OF EXTRA PARTS ARE KEPT IN STOCK AND SUPPLIED BY US AT MANUFACTURERS; PRICES,! As per printed lists with each Machine. FRIEDLANDER BKOS. ASHBtTBTON t



'■■ B ILE AT " THE CORW£R '" COMMENCES SATURDAY^ JAN. 16. p\ON'T fail to attend, or you'll regret it. - DRAPERY, MILLINERY, AND CLOTHING at extraordinary prices. ,| W. If, CO li Ij-I B« ._ ~Mr T. Bullock. Public Notices; £60 Cottage, together with two sec- TS now opening sonis beautiful JNew tions, East Belt. -1 Goods suitablefoi Christmas presents; £115. i-acre, and three-roomed cot- comprising the latest novelties m Alham tago with verandah, Grey Street. bra, Dresden, Japanese and Venetian £135. Square house of four rooms, Goods. Lovely Mountmellick designs m shed and stable, with quarter-acre section, real Irish Linen, Table Cloths, Tray Cox Street, East. Cloths, Pillow Shams. Afternoon lea £1710s. \ acre Cameron Street, West. Cloths, Hand Painted Fans, Photo £13, |-acre Moore Street, West. Frame?, Handkerchiefs, »Sachets, and £40. |-acre. Capital Site for a house, Mirrors. Beautiful Slippers, Smoking Havelock Street, East, first-class land. \ Caps, Braces, Shading Tidies, Cigarette £45. i-acre centrally situated, Moore Cases, Tobacco Pouches. Dolls, which Street, also good land. : are real works of art, beautiful dressed. FOR SALE.—Several Town Sections Toys of every shape and make, and a with Cottages thereon at low prices and grand assortment of nick nacks ; and an on liberal °terms. Also,—Rural Land entirely new stock of Pinafores, Aprons, Hinds and Rangitata District, Improved Babies' Dresses and Layettes. Madame Farms, &c. Full particulars on appli- Weigel's Patterns always m stock.—l he cation. Ashburton Art Repository. TO LET, at a low rental, Shop m —— : ——: * Burnett street. Also, commodious xtiL, premises East street, near the Somerset l»ll t"Ofl PW TO LET. — Cottage on East Belt. A3lll>lirtOll DrUg* Renb 3s per week. TO LET.—House of four rooms, Cox COMPANY, LIMITED, strett East.":! T. BULLOCK. 1 ■*■ TTAVE JUST RECEIVED Public Notices iLI TO LET.-BAKEHOUSE, centrally EX S.S. " OTARAMA," situated, with firso-class Oven, m thorough repair; Duelling accommodation _ n rH * «d stab.^. ap &roe jAMTSg _ 25 Cases of Goods. __ East Street. ICwt HELLEBORE TENDERS. TENDERS are wanted for Stooking 1 Bale Selected HONEYCOMB and Forking about 1000 acres of SPONGE crop at Lyndhurst. Tenders close on pSatJ' *&_& 1 o*. MUSK BROWN WINDSOR LANDER, Kolmar, Ashburton. 1 1 bOAP TO BUILDERS. Bracknell's OLD YELLOW mENDERS are invited for additions SKIN SOAP J- to the Tinwald Parsonage. Plans and Specifications may be seen and tenders are to be delivered at our office 1 Case INSECT FOWDER on or before 10 a.m. on TUESDAY, the 26th inst. , , , ■ L , C. E. FOOKS & SON, And a large assortment of 1 H5 Architects, etc. JpyvTYEAB GIFTS, ~~™ GLASS TOILETWAKE, Hfew Year Cards, AND BOOKLETS. PERFUMERY, NEW BOOKS for PRIZES and PRESENTATION". JJHUWs AJND IVlliDluiJNxws. FANCY GOODS, etc nAMRTJTHPF L. F. ANDREWES and CO. J- M- CAMBRIDGE, ASHBURTON WORKING MEN'S Manager! GO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, Limited. WANTED, a Storeman or Salesman VJ XL A I AININUAL ■ i for the above-mentioned Society. . Applicants must have a complete know- oALfc. ledge of the Grocery Trade; For schedule of duties and salary, apply to the Secretary. of Applicatioas, accompanied with testi monials, must be m the hands of the DRAPERY, CLQTHINa, Secretary on or before THURSDAY, ' ' 7 January 21.— Wm. Mcßae, Secretary. AND 1 80 IN BANKRUPTCY. BOOTS In the District Court of Ashburton at (being a local Court of Bankruptcy) _,___,.. ~ -•% w-ytr* holden at Ashburton. ANDREW OR R S In the matter of " The Bankruptcy Act, FOR FOUR WEEKS, 1883," and the Acts amending the same, and m the bankruptcy of Commencing William dk Biaquierb Compton, of Aahburton, Contractor and SATUKDAY JAN. 16. Ranger. J NOTICE is hereby given that William QTARTLING AND AMAZING de Blaquiere Compton, of jishbur- jj^ ton. Contractor and Ranger, has this day B VRGAINS IN been adjudicated a bankrupt, and that the first meeting of Creditors will be held m DRESS GOODS the District Couri.house, Ashburton, on FRIDAY, January 22, 1892, at 11 o'clock AT Jg gd FoRMERLi r 6d , m the forenoon. Dated this 18th day of Janmry, 1892. ■ piBOES REAL FRENCH CASH- J . U. UUiLiLi, Deputy-Official Assignee. MERE at Is 6d per yard. E. G, Cri&p, — " Solicitor. I+ll6 GREAT REDUCTIONS IN ALL TH^UOATION^B()ARD OF THE DEPARTMENTS DISTRICT OF NORTH CANTER- FQE QNB MONTH> iyXJixX, THE Education Board of the District of North Canterbury proposes that A ()rr the locality comprising that part of the XA- NDR E W \J KH, district between the Hinds School District and the River Rangitata, m the JliAfel bIJ&BiUI. neighbourhood of Baling, shall be formed into a new School District to be called __„_ BALING. The Board hereby calls a DISSOLUTION 0 F PARTNERSHIP. public meeting of the Householders of such locality, to be held on MONDAY, ~ the twenty-fifth day of January, 1892, at npHE Partnership subsisting between Seven o'clock m the evening, at the \ HENRY BARNES and JAMES Ealino- Station, for the purpose of SMITH, as Carpenters and Builders, is electing a Committee, and considering the Dissolved by mutual consent as fnm the boundaries of tbe said proposed School 3l s t December, 1891 (on account of Mr District. Barnes leaving for the North Island.) The Board further directs that the first AU Claims aga i ns t the Firm must be meeting of such School Oomniittee be Fen j o - O d at pnee, and all Account* owin« held m the place appointed for the ac requeste d tQ be paid before the 14th election, immediately after the election .^ i l up^n the 6»me ™^ E VEEL Mkssrsßabmbs and Smith, while draw " Secretary the attention of their Friends and ...  , „, T ,,, mrv u 1892 Customers to the Notice below, tender Christchurch, Januaiy 14, l»^. Lheir best tbauks forthe suppor t accorded - - to them m their business, and trust the same will bo given to Mr Smith and his ?r""iKJ^\ new partner. tIJLJI s m HENRY BARNES. U.S.S CO t JFSS*S U^S., CO ,]AMES SMITH \ \h**^~^_k Witness to signatures— HT^ X. H. W. BARRETT, 'fr """" Ashburton, January 2, 1892. UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY with reference to the above announce- OF NEW ZEALAND. ment, we have pleasure m intimating that we have entered into partnership STEAMERS SAIL from LYTIEL unc \ e r the style and firm of Bkqwn and TOK[ AS UNDETt: Smith, as from January 1, 1892, as Cakcenters and Builders, and will •For Wellington—Monday, Tuesday, Wed- carry on business at Mr J. L. Brown's nesday, Thursday, and present premises m Park ans Cameron Saturday. Streets. kelson— Tuesday and Saturday. Mr Brown will complete all work now Auckland— Thursday. m his hands, and Mr Smith will do the Sydney— Every Second Thursday. SfUno with work undertaken by the late jjunedin—Tuesday and Friday. firm of Barnes and Smith, and all new Melbourne— Tuesday. orders will be taken by the firm of Brown —> — and Smith, who trust to receive a WXOTTRSIOK SEASON HAS NOW ooniimjanga of the support that has ' COMMENCED. hitherto been, acpqrded to ea^cli of them. •_- { - .JOHN L. BROWN. C X W JAMESON, JAMES SMITH, ) * Agent for ishb^tow Ashburfcon, Japww % W93 U3 i



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" MISS BARRATT'S PRIVATE SCHOOL. CAMERON STREET WEST. WILL re-open on MONDAY, Jas. 25. Course of instruction, Eng lish Music, Drawing and Singing. M 3« Bamtc will be at home from 22nd inst, —- —— "great clearance sale OF ,HIIU' DRiPERT MILLINERY, ETC., — -(COMMENCING — Saturday, Jan, 16, FOU ONE MOWTH. TT is only necessary for us to state that , I we ai holding a CHEAP S^Lfc for the Public to know that &LN UIJNIL KEDOOTIONS on the whole stock will he effected. , „ £& Special and extraordinary Bargains *®V Millinery, Underclothing, Dress Goods, Prints, Sunshades, etc. NOTE—THE C HEAP SALE IS AT ». W. Alcorn&Co s., EAST STREET



Ninian Hyslop and Co.'a ".Imperial Ceylon and Indian Teas are direct from th» Tea ph»Utiofl».—(Artvt,)