THE AbflßtJßtfON GOABBIANJ TUESDAY, DEfIEMBEft 6, 1893.

Printed and publishea by the Ashburton Publishing Company, Ltd, at thei fteam printing office, Burnett Street, Ashburton, TUESDAY, December 5, 1893,



Ashburton W I L*L PARTICIPATE IN THE GREAT DISTRIBUTION OF 20,000 PEEBENTB, FREE OF CHARGE. 33rdJAnniversiry of.the Opening'of - ABGYLE HOUSE. SPECIAL GIFT SEASON, 1893. G. L. Iteath & Co. Hate just received advices that twenty-three Cases and Cratec of SPECIALLY SELECTED NOVELTIES Are now due at Lyttelton for the Christmas trade, and should be in their Warehouse in a few days. They have pleasure in intimating that instead of selling the above in the usual way, they purpose —by way of Celebrating their 33rd Birthday distributing the whole shipment, say 20,000 Present!*, Free of charge amongst their numerous customers TO-DAY, and up to December 31, Every Customer Spending 2s 6d or more will receive a Coupon (with value marked on face), entitling the holder to select a Gift to the amount stated on Ticket. Tickets can be held till a number are accumulated, and may be presented any time up to December 31. Customers may however, select a Present at time of Purchase. NOVELTIES FROM VIENNA, JAPAN, GERMANY, CHINA, FRANCE, and ENGLAND, in .Woodware, Chinaware, Platedware, Glassware, Basket ware, Japanese and Fancy Leather Goods, Dolls, Toys and Sundries, both useful and ornamental. G. L. BEATH & CO., TANORED STREET V ASHBURTOX' . W. H, COLLINS & CO. HAVE JUST LANDED, ex Coptic> Pakeha, and Duk 6 evonshte,— magnificent assortment of BNDERS, FIBE IKONS, FIXE BRASSES, AND TILED REGISTER GRATES. 5 Bales of PapCliliing'ingTa of Choice Patterns and Splendid Quality. The above goods are direct from the Manufacturers to our order' and will * sold at lowest possible prices. NEW GARDEN TOOLS NEW LAWN MOWERS] TIMBER e* f " Glencairn " and " Gisborne 60,000 ft. of Seasoned Flooring and Lining. W. H. Collins and Co, MERCHANTS AND IMPORTERS {Royal Insurance Company. Grey Valley Coal Company. vSpiinqfield Pottery Company ™^ NOTICE. ASHBURTON FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, 1 TANCRED STREET. JUST arrived a large assortment of Fancy Tables, Chairs, and Ornaments of all kinds, SUITABLE FOR OHRISTM4S TRADE. Aho a large stook^of liaolenms, Floorcloths, Carpets, etc, American and Austrian chairs in greab variety. Persons, about to buy Christmas presents would do well in inspecting our Show Room. INSPECTION INVITED. Bedroom, Drawing Room, and Dining Room Furniture, of our own manufacture always in Stock. Furniture re-paired, re-polished, re-covered, etc Venetian Blinds, rfpainted and made to order. h^*. a«».,,- t H -jT^jtf^ AND Co (LATE PIOKFORD AND UNDRILL,) OPPOSITE ARCADE, AND NKXT BUILDING SOCIETY'S OFFICE, TANCRbD STBEKT. mS3st>- SPECIAL PURCHASES are now being offered and m S»tt^piL^-kJl^llltfßfr^ EARLY INSPECTION. T&gsZlj?/ VivX H==y^&S3 \s Leather Shirtings 4£d yard vP^SfiPFHrniwir^^iidyfiPsdW Tweed Drees Materials 3d and A Choice lot of Cotton Delaines 51 and 6d yard Blue and White Striped Galatei 4Jd yard Strong Grey Calico 2i lid drzen ■White wide Calico (oia y»rd wide) 3s 61 dozen Pongee £ilks for Trimming, in all dors, Is 6d yard Another delivery of our celebrated Corsets, 2s 6d pair Boys" Galatea Hats 10£ d Some New Shapes in indies' Summer Hats, lOfi and It each Hen's buits, all s^3S, 22 j 6d and 25a Gil THE STOCK OF MILLINEKY, DRAPERY, CLOTHttfG & BOOTS is now one of the choicest iv South Canterbury -———'•} W 11. Collier.



READ THIS! i JN Consequence of the Great demand for Cash and being under the necessity of reducing Stock owing to heavy shipments purchased during my stay in London and on the Continent, I have made SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS in Every article in the Grocery and Other Departments, and until further notice will SELL fur CASH at CHRISTCHURCH PRICES. I do not advertise quotations for the simple reason that they are copied by small Shopkeepers, but I guarantee to give every article of the Best Quality CHEAPER than any other firm in Ash burton. Come and judge for yourselves and be Convinced of the Truth. 20 Tons Mauritius and Queensland Sugars for the Jam Season now to hand; Kerosene, Matches, Tobacco, Sago, and Tapioca, and all other Goods too numerous to mention, at UNHEARD-OF PRICES in Ashburton. Come and see our Windows. CURRANTS, RAISINS, & SULTANAS cleaned by Machinery specially imported and now on view on the piemises. These fruits are ready for use without further washing. Teas. Teas. Teas, CHINA, CEYLON and INDIAN. Our own Mended Teas at 2s, 2i 4d, 2s 6d in £lb, lib, packets, and 101b tins (blended on the premises by machinery) are acknowledged to be the best flavored and best value in the district. A special allowance of 2d per lb on 101b tins Italian Goods. I have now landing ex Coptic the Finest Delicacies ever seen in Ash burton, and I aspect ion is invited Price lists and particulars on application. BUTTER Highest PRICE paid for BUTTER in any Quantity. A few good Dairies wanted. ALL Goods in the Hardware and Crockery Department are equally reduced. JUST LANDED (ex Coptic) Two Hundred Galvanised Steel Elastic Horse Collars (in all sizes). Early application necessary. BINDING TWINE BINDING TWINE BINDING WIRK BINDING WIRE NOW IN STOCK. Also all other Harvesting material. Do not give your order without get ting my quotation. I have some second-hand McCormtck and Massoy REAPERS and BINDERS for Sale at a LOW figure —Also, — ONE MASSEY MOWER. All in Best Order, Wines and Spirits, Ales and Stout, Liqueuors and Havana Cigars, Cigarettes, in view of ap proaching holidays, AT SPECIAL LOW RATES. (UPM3, LINOLEUMS, OILCLOTHH, etc. In older to make room for harvesting and other Goods now landing and to ar rive, I will sell the whole of the above Stock at 25 per cent Below Cost Price. 'This is a real fact. Come and see for yourselvts. WE LEAD OTHERS FOLLOW. APPLY EARLY— HENRY ZANDER AGENT FOR Australian Mutual Provident Society Sun Fire office J. T. Ford and Co.



Business Notices. Llewellyn Owen, PIANOFORTETiINGING AND HARMONY ARCADE CHAMBERS. (Dances not attended.) 4 2 EX ARAWA. Fishing Tackle. FISHING TACKLE. mE ARE LANDING A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FISHING TACKLE FOR THE PRESENT SEASON HICKORY, CANE, GREENHEART, and BAMB 0 RODS With Snake and Bickerdycke End Rings. Winches of all kinds. Devon and Whitebait Minnows. Braided Waterpioof Silk Lines, All sizes. Traces, Swivels, Gaffs, Flys, Hooks, Wading Stockings, Fly-Books, Ferrules, And Anglers' Goods of all kinds. WE ARE ALSO SHOWING AN IMMENSE VARIETY OF Silver AND Electro Plated <2oods BY THE BEST MAKERS. INSPECT OUR WINDOWS John Orr & Co., IRONMONGERS AND PROVISION MERCHANTS. A NEW AND POWERFUL INVENTION. "The Crystal Soap' HAS ALREADY been tried and proved to be the Best Household j Clßanser in the Market. The following are a few of the numerous testimonials already received:— Messrs Craighead Bros. Sirs, —I have used your Soap and find it excellent for all cleansing purposes.— Mas Williamson, Ashburton. Seaview, September 16, 1893. To Craighead Bros. I tried your Soap and found ifc answered very well for washing and scrubbing.— Mrs P. Stbwart. Tinwald, September 19. Craighead Bros. Sirs, —I have used your Oryatal Soap and find it a great labor-saving soap foi scrubbing and washing, It is also ex cellent for cleaning glass and tinware.— Mbs M. A. Woods. Wakanui Bead, Ashburton, September 16,1893. Messrs Craighead Bros. Dear Sirs,—Your Crystal Soap for washing and cleansing purposes give perfect satisfaction. I can highly recom mend it. —P. Anderson. To be obtained from J. Orr & Co., H. Zander, R. McOallum, G. Light, Working Men's Co-operative, Ashburton, and from J. Gudsell and 3 . Robinson, Tinwald. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY CRAIGHEAD BROS., ASHBDRTON WAJNXEI>, BY a Suitable and trustworthy servant, a situation in town or country. Can furnish the most satisfactory refer ences from the best of families and public places. My qualifications as a servant, are— I am colonial bred and born. lam young, well built, powerful, with a constitution of stone. I am a good worker, willing to work night and day, as I never tire. I never require a holiday, as I have no friends to call on. I seldom require a doctor. I never strike for wages or join an society. I require no food, and am a total ab stainer. Of water I use a large quantity, no matter how filthy. I have not a single vice or bad habit. I work for a)l nationa ities and under stand one language as well jas another. I have no particular religion, but will conform to the belief of my employer. In politics I vote on all sides, particu larly on Old Hulk's side. I am employed among the rich and the poor as well as in all public places. Every one likes me, and once I work for them they cannot do without me. I am a saviour of the people's health. I hold daily receptions in Tancred street East, to which you are all cordially invited. My name is RULES ACME WATER FILTER



WOOL (SEASON 1893-1894 'CITE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES Up all WOOL placed in our bands FOR SALE at Ashburton, or for Ship • went to London or Antwerp. OUR STORES are very suitable for the proper display of Clips entrusted to us for Sale, they being commodious and well lighted. ALL LOTS, however large or small, are valuei most carefully prior to c, and no lot is sold under our valuation without the consent of the owner. Vendors can depend upon our obtaining highest prices for their clips. ALL WOOL remaining unsold at Abhburton will be properly packed ,and dellvered.intn^truckfl free of all charges to the vendor. WOOLPACKS, TWINE COLORED BRANDING OIL ETC., SUPPLIED AT LOWEST CURRENT BATES OUR .FIRST SALE OF THE SEASON WIL6 TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1893. FEIEDLANDEK BROS WHY IS THIS? FUNDS ARE LOW, CASH IS SCARCE. m HJE S E AR El NHIB BLE S, DO N'T MISS THEM. Good White Blankets at 10a 6d] Men's Flannelette Shirts Is 9d Heavy White Calico 3J yard Men's Colonial Tweed Trousers 6s lid Slate Silesia 2£d yard White Honeycomb Quilts at 36 6d Cream Holland 4|d Heavy Twill Flannelettes 3|d Unbleached Table Damask Jl£d -Cotton Shirting 3gdyard White Table Damask 2s Heavy Forfar 4|d Honeycomb Towels 3 or Is Three Pieces Cretonne 4|d : 2yds wide Brown Twill Sheeting 10|d White Twill Sheeting 8W Women's Fast Black Cotton Hose B£d Men's Leather Shirts 2s 9d and Is 4d. No seams Men s Colonial Tweed Suits 25s 6d ODD LINES CHILDREN'S BOOTS AND SHOES ANY PRICE TO CLEAR, MITCHELL & TURNER TANCRED STREET. STEPHENS BROS., MAEKET HOUSF, TN VITE all lovers of a real Cup of Tea, to drink nonebut Mandarin and Tiger Blends, ACKNOWLEDGED BY EXPERTS tc be the BEST AIL BOUND TFAS at the Prices— 2s, 2e 4d f 2s 6d,per pound, Injl, 5, 10, 20, and 401bs packages. SOLE AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON, Stephens Bros., market house. Sole Agents lor New Zealand—J. RATTRAY & SON, DUNEDIN. q rdbertlurrayv 3g^ ASHBURTON, \\Ls+—•^^mw HOROLOGIST, DIREC IMPORTEB, /C^S^k N^gpjr MANUFACTURER %i^Q^ OF ALL KINDS OF CLOCKS, WATCHES, OPTICAL GOODS, PLATE, JEWELLER*, AND MATERIALS. Only High-class Goods kept in Stock. £600 worth of Watches to select from. Jewellery and Plate in great variety. A SI intend making extensive Alterations to my business premises at an early rV. date, there will ba a SPECIAL DISCOUNT of TEN per cent given on all CASH Sales of Jewellery, Clocks, and Plate up to January 20, 1894, in order to reduce moie quickly the very large Stock now on hand. Just to hand—A parcel of Rotheram's World-renowned English Levers. A Beautiful Stock of specially imported Spectacles and Optical Goods. TEN PER CENT DISCOUNT FOR CASH. * IN THE ESTATE OF S. W. ALCORN & CO. IN LIQUIDATION THE STOCK OF Drapery, Dress Goods, Mantles, millinery, Etc., To Be Sacrificed Regardless of Loss, now is theihmlTfor bargains. THE WINDING UP SALE IS NOW ON AT S W. ALCOBN & CO/8 EAST STREET.



It is Just as Easy to Grow a G-ood CKOP — OF — POTATOES, CAKROTS, TURNIPS, MANGOLDS, FLOWERS, FRUIT OR CORN, kS A POOR ONE, PROVIDING YOU GO ABOUT IT THE RIGHT WAY. to having good seed, the most important consideration ia the MANURE. Experience has proved that the best results are obtained by plaot* ing it with a good and liberal dressing of BONE MEAL, which is^the most lasting of all Manures, not only increasing the yield in the first crop, but the good effects lasting in the ground to the third and fourth crops. SOLD in Large or Smah^Quantities by the Undersigned, P. FERRIMAN. WALTERA. WOOD.' TUBULAR STEEL MOWER; BAT RAKB. To Our Farmer Friends. We greet you in 1893 with a finer line of harvesting machines than ever before. our reliable Mowers, Hay Rakes, Reapers and Bind ers LEAD EVERYWHERE. Walter A, Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Company, Send for Annual Catalogue. HARVESTER AJVD BINDER. ENCLOSED GEAR REAPER STOP WABTEJ • AND SAVE THE WASH, BY USING A POETABLB BAEEOW AT THE BACK DOOR. Giv Health and Wealth tn'the Buyer, for the pigs fchrive.better for its urn - Ai WoOD^g^ Binders, Mowers, £^^H| Reaper* and Rake*. WASTE CROPS. V^P^W A GOOD MACHINE.•• jKKif^V b^b^b^bV' ' mb^b^b^bV ■ b^B i^B*^ most reliable machines the world has ever had WAITER A, WOOD MOWING ft REAPING MACHINE GO. I WOOD I WOOD I WOOD I WOOD WOOD Binders Twine Mowers Reapers Rakes :; f , • " CALL QUICK AND EXAMINE THEIR FAULTLESS QUALITY* , F. FERRIMAN.