Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1893. THE GOLDEN HOOF.

" The golden hoop " is the somewhat high sounding title the Americans give to the sheep, so much value do they attach to this class of stock, not only as a producer of wool and mutton but as a revenue producer for the farmer, who can always find a source of ready cash in a fat wether, but, above all, as a fertiliser of the soil, for, say they, where the sheep feeds grass will grow. Equally valuable—yea, far more so— is the sheep to New Zealand, and per haps to its growth of mutton for the English market, and the wool which of course must grow with it, is the colony more than to any other product in-' debted for the degree of prosperity it enjoys at the present time. And it is pleasing to note that in the year just passed the colony has increased in its sheep possessions by over three-quarters of a million head. We learn this facb from the annual returns, a synopsis of which We published shortly since, in our telegraphic news. The returns, however, in printed form are now to hand from the Government printer. tw .««..- ——- ■« i— -■■-* «nws«w of closely printed matter, were laid on the table of the House of Representa tives in MS during the expiring days of the session, but the figures were then not quite exact. All the correc tions have since then been made, and the printer ha 3 just finished his work. The returns comprise a table showing the increase or decrease in the number of sheep in each county throughout the Colony; a statement showing the classification of the sheep; a return showing (1) the sheep districts of the Colony, (2) the number of sheep-owners in each, (3) the number of sheep upon which sheep rate is collected, (4) the amount of sheep-rate in each district, (5); the number of inspectors of sheep and registrars of brands residing in each district, (6) amount payable for salaries and allowances in each district; a return showing, (1) sub-divisions of districts for purposes of Sheep Act, diseased cattle districts and cattle boards appointed under the Act; (2) number of sheep-owners own ing under 600, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10,000, 20,000 sheep, also total number of owners of sheep and total number of sheep; (3) list of officers under Sheep, Diseased Cattle and Branding Acts; a return of sheep owners and number of sheep and lamb 3 on 80th April, 1892, and 30th April, 1893, showing county in which owners reside and their sheep are depastured, We extract the more important par ticulars f — NUMBER OF SHEEP IN COLONY, District. April 1833, Increase. Auckland 841,733 49,758 Napier 4,1'-8,0i7 168,435 Wellington- West C0a5t3,715,333 242,871 Marlborough-Nelson... 828,754 8,243 Canterbury-Kaikoara 5,469,496 224,^32 Otago... ... ... 4,3,94,387 93,539 Totals ... ... 19,357,730 786,978 The North Island contributes 461,064 of the increase and the South Island 325,914. The Ashburton County with 901,122, shows an increase of 74,005 over last year's returns. Geraldine's figures are 735,489 for the present year and 687,810 for 1892, Mackenzie County shows an decrease of 1000, but Wai mate has a very substantial increase. So has Selwyn, Akaroa, Ashley and Kaikoura. The Amuri registers a decrease, as does also Cheviot, but in the latter case the decrease is very very easily explained ; just as easily as the inevitable increase on next year's returns can be explained, not orJy in the number of sheep, but inthepuinbep,o|s^eeppv^ll f It | a also worthy of remark that throughout the whole colony 14,779 people own sheep, aa wcrw of 1249 over last year. i

MAIL NOTICES.

Note. -In order to pass at printed pvper rates, Christmas cards mua^be in envelopes with the flap turned in, but not gummed, or in a wrapper entirely open at one end, so that the contents can be easily examined.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A man and a bear were taken to Paris Police Station recently charged with beg ging on the public |highway. The bear was an imitation, not a genuine grizz'y, being simply a nnn disguised in a bearskin. It is asserted that the Pope has fche bulk of the Pontificial funds invested in England, " in banks and house property, and that his income arising therefrom amounts to nearly «5,000,000." The Government has determined to appoint two lady inspectors of Lunatic Asylums, who must, under the Act, have the power of Justices of the Peace. This is another long stride in the "emancipation" of women. On Friday morning we ("Lyttelton Times ") were Bhown an account in which a bale of wool was charged 3a for haulage from the steamer's Bide to the shed—a distance of a tew yardt—a sum which was equal to the freight charged for bringing the bale by •teatner from the north. The Queen, discovering marked musical ability in two daughters of one of her servants, had them trained at her expense, with the result that they now hold good positions in the musical world, and were recently bidden to play before Hei Majesty. The remains of the torpedoman, Johi McKenzie, who was drowned in Lytteltoi harbour on Nov 28, were interred at Lyttel ton on Thursday, and were accorded i military funeral. There was a large attend ance of members of the volunteer companies police warders, and Permanent Artillery men. The firing party was provided by th< Permanent Artillery. Messrs Rolleston, Rhodes, Pish, an< Richardson are, according to the spokesmai of the prohibition deputation that waite( upon the Premier in Wellington the othei day, the candidates at the reoeni general election who were defeated 01 account of their, refusal to support the tern perance movement." It is reported that a society of vegetariam established for some time in France ha| lately become split up into three parts. Om part calls itself "cerealite," to indicate thai it believes only in eating cereals ; anothei is known as "fruitarian," because it thinki fruit the only proper food ; and another ii "tuberile," because it believes in eatinj roots. Of course each branch of the aocietj thinks that the health of the human rac< depends on the adoption of its views. A monument to the memory of the latt Rev H. lrwin was erected on Thursday ii the Linwood Public Cemetery. It is a grej granite obelisk twelve feet high, and bean the following inscription :—•'ln lovinj memory of the Rev Hugh lrwin, minister o St Peter's Presbyterian Church, Ferry Road who died August 2), 1893, aged forty-sevei years. With Christ, which is far better And to wait for His Son from Heaven, whon He raked from the dead, even Jesus, whicl delivered us from the wrath to come.— Erected by the congregation and friends." In a church belonging to the Franciscai Order of Priests in Austria, an attendan the other day committed suicide undei peculiar circumstances. Hia office was t( ring the bell, and as he suffered from lun| .rliiAaaa he was accommodated with 8. ■"*•""' On this particular occcasron, wniie tolling the bell for a funeral, and between the paueei of the mournful strokes, he hit upon a means of death. Mounting the chair he drew th< rope up and made a slip-knot. Placing his head in the noose, he kicked the chair awaj and swung midway in the cathedral. Wher the Franciscan fathers entered the church th« first thing that met their gaze was the pooi bellringer hanging to the bell rope. He wat quite dead. Major Moore offers a silver shield to tht rifle corps injthe South Canterbruy district —the Ashburton, Temuka, Timaru, and Waimate Rifles. The conditions on which the shield are to be fired for are:—lst, That it shall be fired for in the month of January in each year, ten men in each corps to com pete j 2nd, no one to be allowed to fire who had not qualified for capitation in the pre vious year; 3rd, competitors to be in uniform, and ranges to be 400, 600, and 600 yards, seven shots at each range, with Government target and scoring; 4th, if won three times in succession, or four times altogether, the shield to become the pro perty of the corps thus winning it; sth, the name of the winning corps and the score to be engraved on the shield every year at Major Moore's expense. The " Timaru Herald " says ;— Annoyance was caused to a number of occupants o Ahe pit of the theatre on Thursday night by a young woman at the back of the stalls 'refusing to sit down. The annoyance how ever presently became mingled with amuse ment, at the stubbornness with which she resisted all attempts to get her to sit down. Civil requests from those near became shouts of "sit down " from those a little further away, but the young woman was bent on pleasing herself and only tossed her head. Umbrel'as and walking sticks were then borrowed, and the calls " sit down " were emphasised and given personal application by not unvigorous pokes in the back, but the young woman only tossed her head more determinedly ; she wouldn't sit down not she. A member of the committee of door, keepers made a special jomney to that part of> the house, tried a peremptory order, and re tired discomfited. The young women Btood her ground until she wanted a rest!

A recent number of the " Revue dcs Duex Mondes " cpntains an interesting account of the " National Park "of America. This ig a district in the heart of the Rocky Moun ; tains, containing almost exactly the same kind of natural winders that are to b§ found in our own thermal springs district in th§ North Island. There are geysers, colored lakes, " Hell's Half Acre," and other sights closely resembling those to be seen at Taupo and Rotorua. It is one-third the size of Belgium in extent, and the trip round to the various sights occupies seven days. Previ ous to 1870 nothing seems to have been known of the existence of this wonderful district;, which was then discovered by an explorer named Evert. As late as 1867 a party of eight tourists encamped on'the borders of the Fire Hole were murdered by Blackfeet Indians; Now we are told it is visited by more than 15,000 tourists every Bummer. "They there find comfortable hotjilj? lighted with electric light, horses in relays, ie>Vice at pertain points as gc?o(s as that in Switzerland, the post, the telegraph, and well-made roads. ' Travellers come from every quarter of the globe, and the ladies chi»g<f iheir fcoilets three times a day." From the lastrnamed inaction Botorua, so far, is fortuaately free; '

THE WEATHER.

Wellington, December 16

Steamers arriving fco-day report fearful seas in the Strai's. The Star of Vie oria, for London, has made two attempts to get out of the harbor," but has a large deck cargo and the captain had on boJh occasions to pub back and anchor. A strong southerly gale has been blowing the list two days, aad at present shows no tigus of abating.

The Self-Administration of Narcotics.

The deaths from narcotics which have lately occurred among members of our profession should remind ua. all of the extreme danger run by those of us who, having continued access to these drugs, once allow the habit of indulgence in them to take root. If there is one case more than other in which a medical man should not physic himself it is in regard to in somnia. However firmly the resolution is taken not to exceed a measured dose, when that dose is once taken the mental grasp is loosened, and the power of self control is gone. Like a whisky-drinking man who, with the taps before him all day long, finds it impossible to refrain when once the morning "nip" is taken, a medical man with a surgery handy is apt to stagger in and repeat the draught time after time under the combined influence of sleeplessness and chloral, although he may have taken the first dose without the slightest intention of doing harm or run ning risk. It cannot be too strongly en forced that a man under che influence of a narcotic is unfit to handle drugs/ and that the self-administration of substances of this nature, however innocent the first dose may seem, is always full of peril to those who have access to the bottle.— •* British Medical Journal."

Imperial Politics.

I London, December 14. ' > The Indian Loan Bill has been read a second time. December 15. Mr Bruce, Conservative, has been returned unopposed for the vacant seat of Brighton, caused by the resignation of Sir W. T. Harriot. The House of Commons will adjourn from the 22nd to 27th inst for Christ inas holiday. All sections of the mem bers appeared greatly discontented. In announcing the Chribtmas vaca tion in the House of Commons Mr Gladstone said that owing to the ob struction practised by the Opposition he was compelled to restrict the holi days to five days. The Right Hon A. J. Balfour re torted that the Government were at tempting to trample on and coerce the Opposition,

A City of Revolutions.

The Buenos, Ayres " Standard " gives an interesting account of the revolutions which have taken place at Buenos Ayres since 1853, when Colonel Mitre, Adolfo Alaina, and a few other leading men attacked, at the head of a large body of insurgents, the army of General Urguiza, who was besieging the city with 20.0U0 men Urguiza was dtfeated, and only saved himself by wading from the shore to ah American gunboat, which took him on ooard. A few years afterwards Utguiz* endeavored to gain possession of Buenos Ayres. The defenders capitu lated, and the General entered the city with a small escort, after sending away his army and selling 30,000 cavalry he rses at a dollar apiece. Buenos Ayres. which after the revolution of 1853, had separated itself from the surrounding provinces, was now reujii**"^ to **»««*« I3utj the do* puties from Buenos having been refused admission to the Assembly, there was a new revolution in wh eh a nominee of UrguizVs succumbed to Urguizi's old antagonist, Oolonol —no•» General—Mitre.- General Mitre formed the mixed State known as the Argentine Republic ; from which Huenrs Ayres ha si since made strenuous effor's to break away. A fourth revolution in 1863, headed by a chief known as the Chacho, was at last sup pressed, and El Chacho was shot. In a fifth revolution (18tO) General Urguiz* was murdered. A sixth and seventh revolution, both raused by disputes about provincial autonomy, brought General Mitre once more into the field ; and in 1880 there was a formidable insurrection headed by General Tejedor, with the view of rendering the province of Buenos Ayres independent; though its only natural effect was to separate the province from the city of the same name. In the eighth revolution, which broke out in 1890, we see arms (so far as the chief command is concerned) giving place to the toga. Dr. Pellegrini comes to the front with Dr. Delvalle as his rival. Five thousand men were killed in the streets of Buenos Ayres ; and soon afterwards another re volution—the ninth—takes place, which is now in process of working itself out. In less ttan forty years Buenos Ayres has seen nine revolutions, corresponding closely enough to the same number of presidential elections in the United States. The Buenos Ayres voting papers are replaced by cartridges.

A Doctor's Dilemma.

A pentleman who resides in High gate has, according to the " Doily Telegraph," been brought into a cnriors difficulty t>y doing a generous acion. tie is a retired doctor, a very mild and peaceful man. For many years now he has been in the habit; of spending the wint rin Rome, and always stayed at the Mine ho*el. On his last visit a y >un* Italian waiter ex pressed an earnest desire to coma to England, where he might learn English, and also gain better wages, Mil asked the doctor to use his influence to obtain a situation for him The hotel proprietor save the youth an excellent character, and as the visitor atao liked his manners and his willingness as a servant, he wrote to a friend near Liverpool who wanted a valet, and the Italian obtained the place. Nothing more occurred for Home time, until the retired doctor received a letter from his acquaintance in Lancashire stat ing that the lad had mysteriously dis appeared. He had done hi* work well; had giyen every satisfaction ; there was nothing missing, in fact he had gone away leaving his wages and all his) other effects untouched Subsequently he received another communication announcing that the Italian's body had been found in a .canal, and that it was supposed that he had accidentally fallen in, Enclosed was a new paper report .of tho 'itquest, with the verdict of fjund drawned. The re tired doctor wrote to the lai's parents, who reside not far from Rome, narrating the sad afiair, and also sent them all their son's property and the wag is due to him. luTeply he got a letter from them accus ing him of having assassinated their boy, and informing him that they would have their revenge on him the next timehe came to R>me. He was juafc beginning to make his arrangements to go there for the wintor when he received this un pleaiswt Tetter, and he at once wrote to the hotel proprietor, asking his advice on the matter. The latter replied that, much as he desire* to have the English man's patronage, he most strongly ad vised him not to come to Koine, as the peopie>eire spro to carry out their threat, The medical foan is, therefore, deprived ~t hi* usual winter sojourn', arid fe-noff fa terror lest though some secret Safety he may be called on, even in London—for ] the Italians know his address—to answer for the life q£ a mafl whom he tficl his best tpbefrjani}.

The Argument of the Bomb.

11 OtagoDaiJy Times." The horrible crime which has occurred in tho French Chamber naturally excites tb.9 indignati nof all civilised nations. It is a matter for congratulation that the author haa been promptly detected, and arrested. It recalls the incident of January 14, 1858. FeUce Oisini, an Italian exile of good birth, formed a con spiracy to assassinate, the Emperor Napoleon, whom he iinag'ned to te ob structing the cause of the liberation, of Italy. As it turned out afterwards, tha Emperor was at the time actually engaged in a plan for the campaign which two yews l»tor he undertook. Oreini, who w»s well known ia England, and had bean favorably received an a patriotic orator, had procured infernal machines irjtn Birmingham, three of which were ex ploded about the Emperor's carriage. The result was terrific. Ten persona were killed and 156 wounded. In all 516 vronnds were inflicted. The bombs weresiui ply made, and similar ones were afterwards exhibited at Madame Tussaud's exhibi tion. A globe of iron or other brittle metal was filled with detonating powder. The bomb was drilled all over with screw holes, and into each was screwed a gun nipple. When all these nipples were capped it did no* matter how the bomb fell. If it touohed anything hard it was bound to explode. The consequences of the Orsini affair were widespread. The French suddenly conceived the idea that the English Government had purposely sheltered these assassins, and loud and long attacks on England were made by the Press. Lord Palmerston yielded to this clamour, and introduced nis famovs Conspiracy to Murder Bill,atthe same time asserting that this step had nothing t« do with the clamours of the French press. John Bull proved mulish, and after an immense amount of vaporous talk the Bill was thrown out, and Lord Palmerston resigned. Thus did the Orsini bombs shatter one of the strongest Governments of modern times. The modern bomb is somewhat differently constructed. Less elaboration of case is required, as dynamite even unimpiisoned is a powerful ex* plosive, which gunpowder is not. A. small glass bottle is sufficient. In this instance an old saucepan with a few odds and ends of small missiles in it has sufficed to enforce the arguments of this new school of Republicans. It is a strange and uncomfortable reflection that suoh things should happen in a popular and Radical Republic ; but It must be remem bered that the Czar who abolished serfdom and the President who put down slavery were assassinated, while the Brazilian Emperor who also abolished it was de throned and exiled. The appalling ex plosion in the theatre at Barcelona still further illustrates the methods of these miscreants.

THE PARIS OUTRAGE

[PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Paris, December 14. The police continue their investiga tions in connection with the recent explosions with great energy, and claim to have discovered a startling con spiracy in the city. The* employer of Vaillant ha« I been arrested.

A Reminiscence of Gounod.

A touching story was told in "Temple Bar." last year of Gounod's life at the Conservatoire de Muaique. Three stu* dents, singing a street song arm -and-arm, turned out of the blaza of gaslight near th» Palais Royal into an alley com paratively dark, and stumbled over an o'd fiddler who was sitting on a doorstep. The old man rose to his feeb without speaking, and with something of pride as well as of despondency in his looks. They apologised, and picked up his hat, which me of them hai knocked of his head. It was midwinter, hut his clothing was thin and threadbare, and ihe frockcoat was buttoned up at the throat. Gounod's eyes fell upon his instrument, and he said, '• You are a musician, monsieur ?' Then they perceived that the old man had been crying ; and his answer, " I was bo once," touched and interested them. "What is the matter V they asked all at once. "Do you feel ill 't Can we do anything for you 1' For a moment the old man was silent; then he held out his hat, " Oive me a trine for the love of God!" he whispered. *' I can no longer earn my living with my instrument; my fingers have become stift, and—my daughter is dying of consumption and want." It wag the turn of the merry trio to be silent. Confusion was written on their faces; they, too, were hard up. Sixteen sous and a- piece of rosin was all their capital. But a happy idea flashed into young Gounod's mind, and with the spontaneity of French youth they took his fiddle, stepped out into the street, and gave "a show*" Adolphe Hermann played, Gustev Roger sang, and Gounod went round with the hat, First it was the " Carnival de Venise," then the tenor cavatina from " L% Dame Blanohe," aud finally the trio from "Gulllaume Tell," in which Hermann sang the bass part and Gounod tho baritone. How such a freak suoceeds in Paris everybody knows. Long hefore they had ended all the windows were open, Christmas though it was, aud a great crowd had gathered electrified. While Ringing the trio them selvts were electiified by a singular apparition. The old man Btood before them, his dull eyes flashing with intense excitement; and, erect with an authori tative gesture, ha led the music. He was an eld chef d'orchestre from Strassburg, and \n his time he had "mounted" " Guillaume Tell." His hat and his heart were both full when the show was. over, and he said to them, * Your names, messieurs ! Give me your names, that I may bless them on my death bed, and mv daughter remember them in her prayers. They told him facetiously. Faith, Hope., and Charity ; but he gavo them the story of his life. "God bless you," he said, " you have saved my daughter's life, for we'll be able to go back home, where her health mil com 3 back again, and ? can do some teaching. But I tell you, you shall be among the greatest when I am gone 1

Social and Presentation at Kyle.

On Friday evening last the whole youth and beauty of the Kyle district gathered at the school on the occasion of a social in aid of the prize fund of the school. No doubt the assembly would have been a large one had attraction been an entertainment for the prize fuod only. But there was a special reason for tha large gathering, and one that; impelled many to brave the coldness of the evening to be present. This was to do honor to Miss Jessie Stewart, who for the past three years has been mistress of the school, and discharged her duties in a way to win for Herself "Golden' opinions from all sqtrts of people." Misa Stewart is about tyJ leave Kyle to take pharge of the Doylestort school, and whill» Doylestbh's gain is 1 Kyle's loss, the Kyle people could not let; their mistress- go without some ac knowledgment of her usefulness to the district in' which she has made her home for the term mentioned, 'IJroceed. ing* began with a concert, the item* of the programme of which were of the usual high class for which Kyle concerts have heen noted ever since the settlement of the dwteioy qj4 nee* not b? dotted j|

TKB ASHBPRTON GCAKDIAN: MONDAY. DECEMBER 18 ikoq



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Re The Assigned Estate of Messbs Hardley Bros- STOCK OP Drop™*, doming:, ■llltacry. lloolt* and ihoe9. AROADB, ASHBUBTON - io — W. ¥• SPENCEB. SELLING! VALUE Threg Thousand Oda. r=^H_[ vUROHASER of thfa Magnificent Stock is determined to clear the whole Of it onfeof the Premises, and it mu*t be SOLD within a short period, Tumendous Sacrifice, Terrific Slaughter, Terrible Reductions. Will be shown en every Item ot the Stock. HEADS OF FAMILIES AND OTHKB". A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY ?O SPEND your Ore lit Balances to your great advantage You nust buy now j the Ue^uction effected on all Gooas will compel you, Hard times, low pricea of Grain, scarcity of labor all ten Is to compel «U to seek the Best and Cheapest market for their requirements, and ON THE EVE OF A HNANOIAL CRISIS Also warn us to cleai this Stock at any Cost and turn the whole of it inte SOLID GOLD. SPECIAL We have added Eleven Cases of qPEOJALTOB J^INES which will all be offered to you at IRRFSISTIBLE PRICES. CATALOGUES vre in course Jof preparation and will b issued in"a few^days^ meanwhile the whole Stock is being re-marked in RED LETTERS, «nd will only be Hold at those prices from date of Sale COMMENCING Thursday, .November 23 A2s*> OOM'HSCKI) V LL 1 UffcTHER NOTICE I J2



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Wanted. ASVECIAL Meeting of Women's Political Association will be held in Templar Hall at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 19th Inst. Important Business. 12 15b r|*HAT which brings most light and JL hope to poorest homes is litan Soap_ 1M 83 MRS JAMES has Removed into the Arcade, opposite the Co-operative Store j has any quantity of Fruit;a?d Vegetables always on Sale. 18 41 SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest the largest, tha best, and the cheap est Small Goods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. —W, J. SiLnocK. . OW does McKay cut your hairi As you like it. {Shakespeare). James 1 McKay, Hairdresser and Ornamental HBirworker, East Street, next Bank of New Zealand. U 12° nASH Price £4 13s for 8£ sacks (17 V ' cwt) of Tunnage and Sons' celebrated Fish Gu no. Reuular price 15a per sack. Apply Mr* Whittington, Burnett street, B""~ OOKS. — Picture Books in great variety. Books suitable for presents. Great Beduction in Prices.—Bailway and Arcade Bookstalls. * ———--^_ XJCT ANTED Known.—Finest Cheese, » » Butter, Bacon, from the best dairies in Canterbury.— Stephkhs Bros., Market House. 12 6 ' ANT_D Known -W. H. ColliMr's noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. WANTED Known—For good value in first class Drapery, Millinery, Boots, Clothing, etc., go to Melfokd House. Beautiful presents now giving away to all purchasers. WANTED Known—That you can buy Good Slippers for children from Is a pair ; Women's, all sizes, Is9d. —Mitchell & Turner. ft* HE Best Nickel Watch in the Market JL for 15s. Usually sold by Jewellers at from 20a to 25s each. Specially made in England to our order.—John Orr and Co. 9 19- W ANTED IKnown—Now offering Men s Leather Shirts, 2s 9d ; Men's All-wool Sui's, 25* 6d; Men's Heavy Merino Pants, 2a lid.—Mitchell ABjpJTUBJjgR. WANTED Known—"The Corner "is Bhowing a magni6cent Now Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W. H. Collier. ■ ANTED, th 9 Publio to know that. Hakdley's Tanks are giving univer oal satisfaction. Teetimonials if required, row is the time for Baths and Janks, from 30 i upwards. rT * ANTED Known.—To make room VV for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs done at once cheaper than ever to stay bad times over at J. Moison, Premier Bootmaker. BJB CHOICE Ornaments, F»ncy Goods, Christmas Presents, own make in Ladies' and Children's under-clothing. Mrs Alcork will open on Saturday. December 16, with the above assortment for a few weeks in the fourtn shop Saunders' Buildings. U WANTED Known—Spectacles, eye protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S, Salek's, QPticig^i___ - tIfANTKDaII and sundry to know that VV Habdlby is still to the front with all filaenes of Tinware. Repairs promptly fi&ecutcd. Spcutmg and Ridging made and fixed at unfot»rd of rates. _ 8 r^TSto meas«r«, during jbha sale, 49s 555, 60s, 70s, and Ik Ut »nd workmanßhip'-u»ranteed.-R. iiow, , Saunders' Buildings^ ANTED Known-For Election Week, 100 Pairs Boots, 2a 6d per pair.—Akpbbw Orr. ll ll* RAILWAY Book Stall. — Country Libraries supplied at flost price. Parcela of cheap reading made Pjp to order.—John Mabspen, ______ CJALE, SALE, of "Books, Stationery O Fancy Goods, Music, etc, Fire Screens, Pictures, Glass Ornaments, Christmas Cards, Cricket and Lawn Tennis Material, Photo Albums and Frames, and hundreds of other articles *w to be sold a* a great sasnfice for Cash during this month only, *t L. *. Andbewes & Co., Stationer's Hall. BOOKs7bOOKS, BOOKS. --Sp^ial Notice to School Committees. A large assortment of Books suitable for Prizes, cloth bound ; to be sold at whole sale prices from fid upwards, comprising the following aeries J—Pansy, Lilly, Beseie, Star, Anchor, and other series ; all new and beautifuily illustrated. i Christmas Graphic*, Etc.—Railway Book



Wanted WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. fl. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap does the work. No rubbing. No machines. 11 182 ANTED Known—loo Ladies Fashionable Sunshades at Andrew Obr's. 11172 MEDICAL Coils made and repaired on the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. WANTED Known-Colonial Tweed* at very low prices ; Colonial Tweed Trousers, all Men's Sizes, three pairs for £1, —Mitchell and Turner. WANTED, everyone to purchase all classes of Ironmongery from Hard ley. Preserving Pans just to hand Uheapeet house in town. ANTED Known—Some wonderfu job lines n Drapery, etc., now oeing sold; also presents to all purchasers. H C. Segehs, Melford House. WANTED Known —A manufacturer's Stock of Shot Silk I lack and 1 T1"k~" IU7B WANTED Known—That A. J. Walker repairs Blyclep, Sewing •faohines, Lawn Mowers, Medical Coils, and all descriptions of light machinery. WANTED Known—Forfars,4£d ;Tick ings, 4|d ; Brown Hollands. 4|d.— Andrew Orr. 11175 WANTED Known—6o Pieces Fashion able Prints at 4£d ; 50 doz9u i Towels frcm 4|d ; White Counterpanes, 30 per cent under usual price.—Andrew Obr. 11 174 T|IARIE3 for 1894.—L. F. Andrewes -L' and Co. 11 16 WANTED Known—6o Pieces black and colored French Merinos and Cashmeres at Is 4Ad to Is 6d.—Andrew Ork. 11 176 IF yot want fiist-class fruit go to Adams' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. DON'T Forget to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to oe repaired, at moderate rates. (TIHFvISTMAS Cards for your friends in v/ the Old Country at L. F, Andrewes and Co. njr GRAPHIC Xmas No., Pears' Annual, and Lady's Pictorial—all with beau tiful colored supplements. New vols. of Sunday at Home, leisure Hour, Bo Peep, Little Dots, and others. New Books for Prizes and Presentation.—L.F. Andrbwbi & Co., Stationers' Hall. ___J FOR SALE Privately—One Vrizb Buggy nme, syrs old, also full sister, tfyrs old; Just broken into harness. Would make a splendid pair. Apply, JAMES CROY, 12 155 Ashton. Government Notices. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TRAIN fcERVICITcHRISTMAS DAY, THE ONLY TRAINS which will run in the Christchurch-Timaru district on Christmas Day are the Christchurch to Dunedin and Dunedin to Chriatchurch Express trains, the 8 a.m. train Christ church to Timaru, 725 a.m. limaru to Ashburton, 3,40 p.m. Ashburton to Christchurch. AH other trains will NOT run. jGrOods traffic will be suspended. 12J15? »f ORDER. __ NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. EiSCCiCJRSION FARES FOR CHRIST * IMAS HOLIDAYS. "OXOURSION tickets will be issued as XU under, from 19fch December till 2nd January, available for retnrntill 13th January;— . From Ashbnrton, Hinds, and mter medtato Stations ; to Dunedin, £2s first class, 22s 6d second ; to Invercargill, 57s and .fOs 6i j to Kingston, 65a and 44a 6i. A si>e4al train from Christchurch to Dunedin on tha nigfrb of the 23rd of December will take passengers froaa Ash burton at these Jfares at 12,0 midnight. For further particulars see posters. The journey pitpt be started on the day on which a ticket Is taken out, and 1 may not be broken yrithin the $rsfc 20 12|U3 Pt ORDER.



NEW ZEALAND CIiOTIIIMCV FACTOBY. NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, rpO avoid disappointment those wishing } X to secure measure goods for the Christmas holidays, please call at the Factory on or before the 13th insfc. All orders entrusted to us will be delivered not later than SATURDAY, the 23rd. TROUSERS TROUkSERS TROUSERS To Order To Order To Order 17s 6d. 20s. 23s 6d. SUITS SUITS SUITS To Order To Order To Order 59s 6d, 655. 70s. BEADY MADE CLOTHING. For a GOOD AND CHEAP ARTICLE the Clothing Factory is the place to go. Men's Suits, our own make, 30a. Men's Suits, Moegiel Tweed, 355. Men's Suits, Kaiapoi Tweed, 39d 6d. Boys' Summer Suits, 4a 9d. Boys' Sailor Suits, 8s 6d. Boys' Summer Coats, 2s 6d. BOOTS, BOOTS, BOOTS. We beg to thank the Public for the support they have given us in this de partment. We intend keeping a GOOD ARTICLE at che LOWEST PRICE. HALLENSTEIN BROS.. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, AND BOOT AND SHOE WAREHOUSE



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