DEATH.

Campbbll -At London, April 22, Wjl iiim Campbell (for many yeara tutor to the King of Saxony's family), aged 75. Cousin of Mrs Samuel Boyle, Grove Park, Tiowald.

Ashburton Guardian Megna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1893 WICKED DUNEDIN.

Our friends in the SoiiJ;h have recently taken a "pet" of righteousness. Two clergymen have from their pulpits been giving the world to understand that Dunedin is very wicked indeed. A perusal of the ser mons, as published at length in the "Otago Daily Times" makes one fancy the preachers themselves have an idea that not even the five righteous men that Abraham pleaded for would be found in this Gomorrah of the south to save it from doom. The city seems to be largely given over to drunkenness, im morality and gambling, and the rev. gentlemen's figures as to houses, etc., in connection with the three classes cf improper conduct do not tend to show that Dunedin profits a very great deal by her abundance of churches, nor although " great j is the company of the preachers." But in the matter of the three classes of sin men tioned Dunedin is not one whit worse than any other large city in New Zealand, and the small towns are quite as bad in proportion, while compared with oydney or Melbourne, Dunedin would pass for a city of saints. The Dunedin people had hardly got over this snowing up of their iniquities when the Synods sat. One of the same clergymen fell foul of the commercial morality of the city, and said that the competition in the trade was so keen that merchants found it difficult to be honest. This so roused the ire of Mr E. B. Cargill—a name to conjure with among the " old identities,'* and a name, also, that even the most iniqui tous of the *' new iniquities '' would rejoice to have in thelower right hand corner of a cheque for a fat sum—that he described the talk about the commercial immorality of the city as " clap trap," and was as "mad as mad ' that a Synod of intelli gent men could applaud it. Th Eev. Gibbs, full of a hallowed desire to see the people pure in heart and honest in purpose, said there were men whose woa?d in business was as good as their bond, but there were those who admitted that it was hard to live up to the Sermon on the Mount and be honest, but there were others who could if they tried be more honest. Mr Cargill deci dedly, in the hardest of hard Saxon, objected to the whole community being traduced by Mr Gibbs, who by the way, was one of tbe preachers who preached against the iniquity of the city ; and Mr Cargill in the course of a long discussion said that in fifty years' experience he had never been asked to do any thing not in accordance with morality. We had always thought that business men who valued their commercial stand ing were very jealous of their commercial honor, and when keen competition arose, or bad times fell upon them, only became more jealous of that honor, knowing that their good name was the backbone of their credit. Traders know well that even one shady transaction will cause a man to be looked upon with suspicion, and that there fore every man whose business is to buy and sell and get gainj is c^refu} to see that he buys and sells in accordance witty a well defined if unwritten moral commercial code. If he deviates from the course this code lays down, the punishment follows just as surely as though l;e ha 4 been tried and found guilty by a be-wigged and be-gowned judge in open Court: fchady dealers there are no doubt, but few escape detection long, and these men's names soon stink in the nostrils of men who respect the commercial moral code. And if the latter do business at all with the shady ones, it is a business in which no play is allowed 1 f0? ihe wliee} ,on the axle, and the running must be siira^ght and I steady But a parson who only discovers now what has been apparent to most laymen for years as regards the immorality 'of large cities may be forgiven if he fancies that 'evil nufsi be the most prominent characteristic of all commerce. " Bad eggs " .there are in every trade and I prof essiog. Tfye Great Teaeta

reckoned them up at one m twelve—and His twelfth was very bad ; so bad that He spoke of him as " a devil.'' But the rest were sound enough, if cer tain isolated evidences of their being human are allowed for. So that the divine Gibbs need roll us all up in one bunch. Then this "pet" of righteous ness affected the v Southland Times," and the editor asks us to hear him preach. He lets out against the alarming ten dency of anglers to go fishing on Sunday, and says the custom is spreading. He has grave fears for the preservation of the Day of Best if these fishermen go on fishing Bad boys, no doubt, the Sabbath anglers, and as we read the very readable editorial sermon on Sabbath trouting wo were almost con verted. But when we looked at the date of the paper—Mon day, November 13—we hard ened our heart again. The " Southland Times" is a daily morning paper; that leader must have been set up on Sunday night. When was it written? i( Between the preachings " (as the Scotch would say) would be the most probable time. No thank you, v Southland Times/

A FOOL'S PARADISE.

At a time when almost everyone is occupied in some way or other with political—or more correctly—with electioneering—matters,it may be con sidered rather out of place to moralise. But as we have already intimated that party politics cannot be conveniently dealt with by a journal which, per force, represents a community profes sing all shades of political opinions, we are in a position to look upon the coming struggle from a philosophical point of view. To us—journalistically, of course, all parties are the same, or at anyrate their politics are. We are quite willing to allow that every candidate has the interest of the country at heart, as well as his own ; that all of them have some qualities which entitle them to admiration or respect, and that many of them have abilities—some have experience, and all have friends. But what we think of their individual claims to the public confidence and support, or of their special fitness for the positions they seek to secure, we catefully keep to ourselves. We trust the candidates themselves will understand our motives, and—some of the n—will appreciate our forbearance. There is, however, no occasion why we should see all this turmoil going on around us and take no notice of it. It might have been possible to ignore this electioneering hnbbub once upon a time. But the" political woman has changed all that. Th editorial mind's eye could once picture a cosy retreat where the wife of hiss bosom would strive to make him some amends for the troubles and worries inflicted upon him during the day by electioneering agents, and where pleasant chit-chat on domestic matters would make him forget that he had a vote, and <f a great public duty to perform." And so it was possible for him to take a back seat and watch the progress of the strife. No*, in spite of his august and responsible position, an editor is only a man, and human after all, and if he would main tain that character for superior know ledge on political matters which his better half has hitherto tacitly acknow ledged, he must think about these things to enable him to discuss them with her. And so as politics cannot now be banished from our hearths and homes, it will bo readily understood how hard it is to keep the editorial pen away from the all engrossing subject. We are led to make these remarks by way of explanation for our continued avoidance of a subject which is more engrossing just now than any other. Our readess will be better able after perusing them to understand how difficult is the task we have set our selves, while we car» get a clearer appreciation of the temptation which beset Mother Eve when all the fruit in the garden of Eden was placed at her disposal, excepting only the forbidden fruit. Of all the subjects within the editorial reach, there is inclination but for one, and that one is forbidden. Still we may without prejudice—as the lawyers say—indulge in a few philo sophical reflections ? as we wafcph the progress of the race for distinction. We had nearly said * for two forty a year," but we remember that some of the competitors are not urged on by that incentive. One of the most striking features of this contest, as it has been of most previous ones, is that each candidate thinks he has a better prospect ot election than anybody else, Listening to the opinions on this point expressed "privately" by some of them, one is amused by the blissful ignorance they exhibit of the public estimation in which they are held as candidates f.T * ** » Parliament. Men whose chances of recovering m~~ «f deposit" money are of the slenderest, speak of their prospects with the most triumphant complacency, and antici- { pate the disappointment of their op ponents with sympathetic regret. Some again, there are who may have taken a prominent part in local affairs in som obscure corner 9$ an electorate, and who confidently assure us that f bo and so will not have a hundred to one 9 ow." And this feeling is n.ot coa

fined to the candidates. We see small cliques and microscopic associations going through all the pride, pomp and circumstance of the ballot to splect the man they are going to " run." Hav ing been so chosen none can prevail against him, and the election is con sidered as good as settled. The smaller and more insignificant the coterie—so to speak—the more positive are iU members that the man under their wing is the man for Galway. One of the candidate? for a certain electorate —himself tickled by the humour of this funny trait in human nature —told us the other day, that at an outlying dis trict where there were half a dozen families, a state school, and a black smith's shop, the chairman of the former had promised to run him (the , candidate) and intended to convene a public meeting to consider the plan of getting all the aettlers to give a block vote, " when no doubt other districts would follow the example." This was really very good of that chairman, but although it shows that he has great faith in the adage that example is better than precept, does it not also show that there is something radically foolish in our system of selecting our repre sentatives for Parliament ? So long as men who have no earthly chance of being chosen by a constituency are continually popping into the political arena and embarrassing the choice of electors—so long will the general re sults be disappointing. At no time so much as at the election time, does the point of those lines of Burns" ap ply :— Oh, wad some po'oer the giftie gie us, To see oursel's as ithers see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free as, And foolish notion.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

\* Owing to an accident with our eleva tor this morning, a whole forme of our type was smashed, and the whole energies of the staff have been devoted to-day to making good the damage. Nobody was hurt, for tunately, ihe cnly sufferers being our readers who will he short of some reading matter they otherwise wouli have had, several advertisers whose announcements are held over for a day, and one or two correspon dents whose letters will appear as early as possible. The accident necessitates the use of a small proportion of type of a size not usually utilised for newspaper work, but we ask our readers' forbearance in the excep tional and unfortunate circumstances. The charges against Messrs George Harper and T. W. Maude under the Bankruptcy Act will be heard on November 28 and 29 in Ohristchurch. The New Zealand Bible Tract andß>ok Society will open temporarily in Ashburton on November 16 (to-day) for period of three weeks. At the Christchurch R.M. Court on Wednesday Thomas Bullivant of tha Brit annia Hotel, was fined £.3 and costs for fail ing co admit th.3 police, and his license was endorsed. A steerage passenger named John Stout, aged aboutforty-five.ashearer, died on board the steamer Tarawera on the 13th instant, on the way from Sydney to Lytte'.ton. He. leaves a wife and family in Christchurch. Some ingenious Paris dealers are reported to have invented a way of enchancing the market value of their wares. It w said that they colour ordinary oranges a deep red, making them look like mandarins, which fetch much higher prices. They also tint pineapples to make them look more at tractive, and dye common white strawberries a lovely red. The Ashburton Orchestral Society and friends (with the consent of Mr Fox) will give the following programme at the Old Men's Home to-morrow evening at 7 30 :— Overture, " Caliph of Bagdad," Orchestra; song, " Come with m 6," Rev T. A. Hamil ton ;schottische," Jack and Jill,'" Orchestra ; song, ' The old cathedral," Miss Barratt; gavotte, "Stephanie," Mrs Claridge, and Messrs C. Wood, McDonald, and Gates; duet, " Elfin call," Misses Gates j violin solo, " Mocking bird," Miss Simmonds; reading, Mr Dowle; set of waltzes," Spring blossom," Orchestra; song, Mr D. Miller; galop, " Spitfire," Orchestra. Collection in aid of the library. Mr W. S. Maslin, one of the candidates for the Bangitata seat, addressed the electors in the Wakanui School on Tuesday. The school was full, and Mr James Brown occupied the chair. The candidate spoke with his usual fluency, and in that terse geniil way of his, gave his views political, and threw around the three years' career of the present government anything but a wet blanket, speaking hopefully, even enthusias tically, of the future it the charge of the State were left in their hands. At the close of his racy speech, Mr Maslin was catechised for an hour and a half, and having come hrough that ordeal with apparent triumph, a specially hearty vote of thanks was passed to him. Quite a number of ladies were pre vent. The " Argus" states that a|vision has been vouchsafed of a return to steady and normal trading conditions. The National Bank, the Colonial Bank, and the City of Melbourne Bank have the same tale to tell, and its main feature is that the promised interest on the locked-up deposits has. been earned, and that there is a profit also for the benefit, in one way or another, of the shareholders. In other wordfs, a present profitable business is being carried om The National Bank pays 5 per cent to its preferential and 4^ to its ordinary shareholders, besides making handsome pro r vision for extraordinary expenses. Such an institution, it is clear, ought never to have been forced to elo.Be, its doors. It was the victim of senseless pajuc. B,ut while its suspension was a shock, its early recovery is almost an equal satisfaction, The other insti tutions have also credit balances, and this is a gocd start. But the great feature is that the holders of the locked-up deposits, amounting in Victoria to no less a sum than £30,000,000, will feel far more secure than they did before this week of receiving their ordinary incomes Of this £30,000,000 a sum of about £10,000,000 is due to British depositors, leaving £20,000,000 of colonial capital, and the income to be distributed on 1 4, -f.Q00.000 per annum, inas this latter sum «~- vw * r f much as the bulk of the deposits can, -* per cent interest. Doubts as to whether the banks would be able to earn and to dis tribute this large sum were natural, and of themselves thsy were well calculated to occasion a depression, but those doubts have now practically passed away, and the drawers of this income of nearly £1,000,000 per annum see their future assured. Practically the deposit receipts may be regarded as short-dated debentures, bearing interest afc i\ per cent.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We o not hold ourseives responsible tor tbe opinions expiessed by our correspondents.)

MR McLACHLAN AS A LIBERAL, AND HIS ILLIBERAL CRITICS.

TO THK EDITOR. Sir,—Wh- n a gentleman, who, judg ing from his reference to Euclid, has some pretensions to mathematical attain ments, ctiicises a candidate and quotes from a speech delivered at a former elec tion, one naturally looks for something like mathematical accuracy. It is said the enemy of our race can quote scripture. If Mr Ksir would avoid unpleasaut com parisons he would do well to refrain from such partial quotations. The "Press" is not the paper one would expect to find tha most favorable or impartial report of a Liberal candidate's speech in, yet he gives a garbled quotation, from such re port, and asks us to accept it aa a speci men of Mr McLachlan's liberalism. Why does he not give us the context- ? In the report referred to, Mr McLachlan said : " A man should be assessed upon his ac cumulated wealth, and a picture valued at £10,00Q should be taxed upon that amount. Land and property of all kinda should be taxed upon its value. Ha was the first to advocate in New Zealand pro gressive taxation. He maintained that if the exigencies of the country demanded it, and funds were required, the wealthy people should be taxed. He also favored a tax on absentees who were luxuriating in Europe and spent nothing in New Zea land, and paid only a small property-tax. He would put say an extra farthing or half-penny on their estates, and say an extra halfpenny on eefcitea over 10,000 acres. That was a solution of the bursting up policy, It was said that there was plenty of bush land in the North Island, but why send men up there when there was plenty of good lard in Canterbury held in large estates. Tha owners had bought the land, and he would not be in favor of doing what was unfair to them, but they must be brought to see the error of their ways. The estates were enhanced in value by the expenditure of public money, and they should be made to contribute more than they did by an indirect tax." This I think. Sir, puts an entirely different complexion on the matter to that given by Mr Eeir's quotations. One other item Mr Keir omits which appears in the " Press" report:—" A hearty vote of thanks was unanimously accorded Mr McLachlan for the outspoken and straight forward mannei in which he had given his address." He has also overlooked the fact that the Liberal party, as a body, were thoroughly satisfied with Mr McLachian's liberalism and accorded him their support. That he has not forfeited the confidence his friends reposed in him, will, I trust, be proved on polling day.—l am, etc., Liberal Elector.

MR WABY'S MEETING IN THE ODDFELLOWS' HALL.

I TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—l was pleased to see in your leader of October 28 reference made to the objectionable and unwarrantable dis turbance made by the larrikin element at Mr Waby's meeting. It is a shame that respectable electors should be debarred from hearing such an able and instructive address as Mr Waby gfcve us at Ashbur ton, because of the meanness of an oppo sition gang sent to put the extinguisher on the spaaker. One would think that tho presence of ladies would be sufficient to make thesa young men sho«r courte y to a stranger. But if not, the public keepers of the peace oaghi to oust these disturbers of the right of public meeting. I felt ashamed of them. Mr Waby is the chimpion of young New Zealand, and has the truly Liberal spirit as shown in his wish to submit all questions to the people —(he Would give them tha right to say just what shall or shall not be in their midst) —and in hisadvc cacy of womanhood suffrage from the first. Surely these ideas are the very essence of Liberalism. Why then could not those oppositionist* have been liberal enough and mainly enough to give a stranger a hearing 1 and why do not the temperance patty retaliate and spoil the meetings of the publican's candidate ? Simply because they are courteous and wish to give all an open field. The temperance people are of course anxious to see a Direct Vefcofat re turned. This they can easily do if they wiH by united effort show their apprecia tion of Mr Waby, who is honest, intelli gent, and thoroughly sound ; who has the courage of his opinions, and does not fear to take an unpopular side ; and re cord their vote in favor of the one who will give them controlling power. This done, and the triumph of the temperance cause ie assured. All right-thinking people should do their duty, and advance this righteous cause.—l am, etc., Temperance.

THE LIBERAL ASSOCIATION.

TO THB EDITOR. Sir,- I observe th%t in your report of the last meeting of the Ashburton Liberal Association no mention is made of the part of the business concerning myself, and which I think should be made public. I will thank you for space for this. I vacated the chair and tendered my resig nation as president and member of the Association, giving as my reason that I could not conscientiously support Mr Waby after h"i saying he would leave Ms party and vote with the Opposition should they bring in a Direct Veto Bill, even to the extent of throwing out the Liberal Government, and consequently jeopardis ing all the other planks of our platform After a good deal of discussion, oa the unanimous vote of the meeting, I decided to withhold my resignation until we get further explanation from Mr Waby, as the impression appeared to bo that Mr Waby did not understand my question to him to be as above.—l am, etc., Johv H. Maynard. Ashburton, Nov. 15, 1893.

MR E. M SMITH.

A NOISY MEETING. £BR £KESS ASSOCIATION. New Plymouth. November 16. Mr E. M. Smith held his his first meeting last night. Ihe hall was crammed, over a thousand people being present. The dress circle was filled with ladies, the number of whom was estimated at three hundred. The proceedings were prolonged till after eleven, owing to the supporters of the other candidate asking a series of catch questions. Mr Hughes, solicitor, thei mounted the platform to address the meeting, but the people became impatient and refused to bear him at first. By the intercession of Mr Richmond, solicitor, Mr Hughes was allowed five minutes to speak. At one time it was thought there would be a row, as several fiom the audience rushed to the stags to carry Mr Hughes away, and Mrs Smith from the dress circle appealed to iAr Hughes, as the son of an old soldier, to give her husband fair play. After the meeting had quietened down, a vote of thanks was moved, to which an amendment to the efiect that; the meeting had confidence in Mr E M Smith and the Government was moved. On the amendment being put, a forest of hands were hold up, the ladies waving their > handkerchiefs, asd it was de clared carried. The vote of- thanks only had but two hands held up for It, , ■■•; "' ■ ■. ..:

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON-THURvSDA Y. (Before Mr 0. A. Wray, R.M.) Vagrancy.—May Kirvel, charged with dru tkennesa and having no visible means of support, was discharged, on condition that she left thß town at once. Stray Cattle.—R. Alcorn, charged by the ranger with allowing a cow to graze iv Wills btreet was fined ss. ' Maria Bennett admitted a similar offence in Cambridge Street, Hampstead, and waa fined a like sum. Alexander Spiing, charged with grazing six horses on Milton Koad, Hampetead, waa dismissed Rescue.—WiUmmJamieson was charged with rescuing five hdad of cattle from the ranger on the Wakanui Road. Mr Critp appeared for the ranger (W. B. Compton) and Mr Purnell for defendant.—W. B. Oompton found the cattla grazing in charge of a boy on the Wakanui Road and drove them along the road, when Jamieaon jumped over the fence, and tried to head the cattle with his dogs. There were four dogs, and they ran the cattle away, Mrs Jamieson came in a trap which they set across the road, and blocked it so that the cattle could not pass. Informant then said it was no use knocking the cattle about and he would summon defendant, who had refused to pay fees and release the cit tie. Ex amined by Mr Purnell -Did not strike or ill use the cattle. Did not strike at de fendant. Defendant said he would never allow his cattle to ba impounded.— Albert Oompton—said he was with in formant and bad driven the cattle about a mile when defendant interfered. Wit ness generally corroborated lust witness's evidence. Mr Purnell for defendant con tended that Compton was committing an illegal act in taking the cattle front Jatnieson's boy. If his own evidence waa correct that the uoy was grazing the cattle, he should have summoned the owner of the cattle —William Jamieson, the defendant, said he sent his boy to put the cattle in the furthest paddock down Wilson's Road. They were not on Beach Road til .'Compton dr»ve them there. The boy was not told to graze the cattle on the road. Shortly after, saw Compton and his boy driving them back. Compton demanded money which witness refused to pay. Compton drove the cattle up the road as hard as he ou!d. Took the cattle away from him. Hs tried to get the cattle past and struck at witness with a whip. The boy witness Sent with cows was six years old. Woald have struck Compton with the hoe if he had struck witness. Could s»y exactly where Comp ton took the cattle from. -James Nolan, for the defence, saw Compton galloping the cattle, and Jamieson cams alongand tried to get in front of them. Was about a quarter of a mile away. His Worship said there was some difficulty in de termining exactly what had been done, but defendant should have sent someone more capable of looking after the cattle. At the *ame time he could not say the cattle were deliberately at large, and would dismiss the charges. Nuisances.—Compton v Henry. Mr Crisp for defendant. This case was heard last week and adjourned for the police to report on the nuisance. Sergeant Moller said there was no fall for the drainage, but the place might be much improved by making the floor watertight;. Did not thiuk the urinal was required there at all. Mr Henry agreed to rj moval, and the charge was withdrawn. Breach o» the Railway Py-Laws.— Sarah Heron was charged with driving at other than a walking pace over the railway crossing at Hauelock street. As Mrs Heron's trap had been run into, His Wor ship considered she had suffered suffi ciently, and dismissed the charge, Re Scarlett —Mr Crisp stated he was instructed that his clients would not ap peal, and asked that the fine imposed might be remitted. H s Worship thought Mr Scarlett was fortunate in getting off so lightly for selling without a license. Assault.—Spanger v. J. R, Goodwin. This case was dismissed as trivial, Civil Oases.—Theo. Spanger v. J. R. Goodwin, £5 5s 6d, wages. Mr Crisp for plaintiff Lengthy evidence was taken for both sides. Mr Crisp left the matter in His Worship's hands without address ing the Court, and judgment was given for plaintiff for £3 lls 81. Ishburfcon Drug Company, Limited, v. Bicsset, £1 18s 3d.—Judgment by default for amount claimed.

SWIMMING.

The firs', of the series of swimming races for the trophy to be presented by G. A. M. Buckley, Esq", took place last evening about half-past five. The weather was all that could be desired for the competitions, and, together with the fact that the placed men scored points towards the winning of the prize mentioned above, brought forward a goodly number of starters in each event, and both races were splendidly contested. A number of spectators were present to wit ness the races. The club, notwithstanding untiring energy on the part-of its officers, has for some time had an uphill struggle, and I it is to be hoped that this season the public whoso regularly attend these Wednesday I afternoon sports will give the club practical support in the way of donations. Following are the results:— Seniors, 75 yards.—W. Burns, 7sec, 1; H» Hoult, 14sec, 2; E. Purchase, 6sec, 3. This was a very close race. Hoult swam well, and with the assistance of a liberal handicap kept the lead until a few yards from home, when Burns, who wasfwitnming well, caught him and juit beat him at the rope. Purchase a good third. Time—72 4-sth sec. T Grubb, scr, R Upton; scr, H, Curtis, 4<<ec, A. G Williams, 6sec, F. Smith, IQsec, and R. Taaker, 15sec, also Btarted. Juniobs, 50 yards.—H. Page, 18aec,1 % F. Willams, scr, 2; H. Stephenson 3. This also was a well contested race, The scratch man swam a fine race but did not keep a straight course and just failed to catch the limit man. Ti«ne 59sec. A. Wilkie, scr, G. Gourdie, 7sec, J. Kemp thorne, lOiec, A. Kelly, 12sec, and L. Kemp thorne, 18sec, also started. The captain, Mr Harrison, officiated as starter, and Mr Jesson as timekeeper. The judges were Mesirs Kempthorne and Gates,

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, November 15, The Chief Justice upheld the decision of the Magistrate fining NankivelL licensee of the Metropolitan Hotel £10 ! for ounday trading. Defendant pleaded 1 thab the men had represented themselves as travellers. The judge said defendant would have escaped conviction if he had taken precautions to ascertain whether they were really bona fide travellers, but he had not done so.

Buried by a Landslip.

Marton, November 14. Mrs Quinlivan's three children and her niece were swinging on a tr«e near the road when Mrs Quinlivan, who was inside the house, heard a cracking of the trees on the fjlope above them and the children screaming. An eye witness says that when the mother reached the door she saw a large slip coming down upon the children, and immediately ran to their rescue. Before bhe could reach them they were buried by a tremendous rush of debrh, and Mrs Quinlivan was struck by a falling tree and covered several feec by soil. A large party of men worked with a will, and by last evening tha bodies of Mrs Quinlivan and her three children were recovered in » shockingly mjiiiitatafl Btafc9. o ■ ; ' -i '•'' \ 'ii

TH£J AbHBDRTON 6ttAßJ>lAft! THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1863,



QWING TO DULNBSS OF THESKASON G. J. NEILL and Co. ARE SELLING— Women s Strong Corsets at 2i 6d , Women 1* Hatß of every description at very low prices White Muslin 4^ per yard Good Washing Print 3jd Nnw Dress Goods 4|d . Double Bel White Twill Sheeting 9^l Children's Sunshades la each CLOTHING- CLOTHING- SlN' S EtoLSNIAL UTW^ SUITS. OUABANTEBDJ AI.L WuOL, 21s Boys Suits 4* lid ,„ Men's and Boys' Straw Hats from.bd Boys' Felt Hats Is 3d lien's Felfc Hats 2s 6d BOOTS- BOOTS. BOOTS. In BOOTS we DBF* COMPETITLON for Quality and Price. Men's Bluchers 5s Men's Nailed Shooters 8* 6i. Women's Strong Boots 6s 9d C^inM^cX&*L Leather and Canvass Shoes G. J. NEILL & CO.'S. FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS, EAST STREET, CASH.-SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RETURNS. niHIS SPACE is REBERVED for particulars of NEW GOODS, comprising GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY —AND- HlttH CLASS SILTER A B,P. WARE For the CHRISTMAS TRADE, to ba opened up by 8. SALBK, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER. WOOITIsEASON 1893-1894. WE ARE PIvBPARED TO MAKE LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES Mr »h WOOL placed in our hands FOR SALE at Ashburton, or fo^Ship up ail wwu v roen t to London or Antwerp. OUR STORKS are very suitable for the proper display of Clips entrust d to us for Sale, they being commodious and well lighted. att THTq however large or small, are valuei moat carefully prior to c, ALL LOUS, however iarg wifchoub fhe coment o[ the oWner> Vend^tn dJpeV^n Z obtamin, highest prices for their clips. ALL WOOL remaining unsold at Ashburton will be properly packed and deUvered into trucks frelof all charges to the vendor. -~;(o): * WOOLPACKS, TWINE COLORED BRANDING OIL ETC.j SUPPLIED AT LOWEST CURRENT R4TES OUR FIRST SALE OF THE SEASON WILG TAKE PLAOE ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1893. FRIPVDr.-ANDH'J? m«><*



WANTED KNOWN. VT EW ZEALAND BIBLE and BOOK iN SOCIETY will open temporarily in Aehburton on NOVEMBER 16, for three weeks only, with a large arid well Assorted stock of J«ew Books. Cards, etc , including all the New Annual Volumes, Boys Own, Girls Own, Chatterbox, Sun day, etc.—N.B. —For three weeks only. J. K. MacDONALD, 11104 Agent. THE BEST Family Medicine CURE SICK HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION, Dyspepsia, Liver Troubles EASY TO TAKE PURELY VEGETABLE The delicate sugar-coating of Ayer's Pills Ussolvcs immediately on reaching; the stom iidi. and permits the full strength of eacb i'we<licnt to be speedily assimilated. As a alimrtic, cither for travellers or as a family me.lk-uie, Ayer'a l'Ula are the best in che world. j'repwed by Dr. J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass., v. s. a. Every Pose effective, &3T" Beware of cheap iinitntions. riii< name—Ayer's Pills—is prominent on the wrappor, ami is blown in the •■.•iii^ri of c;if]' '•* 'mr Ijottlcs. Tub bkst IiKMEDY Fon iNuu.'jwuoN-Nortf^* Camomile Pills uro contidently recommended bs ' s'implo remedy for Indigestion, wbioh is the cause of nr-ivlv aH the dtee^es to which we are subject k\\ tVn's Pill" wMeh ''Justtec" called the " Natur* Streiißtlieuer of the Humau SKmaeb." act as a power ful t.mio en.l sm,t!e »pcrienfc, are mM i» their opera tion, and safe nr tr any cwoumstaiwes. §"W in CtVft at v IJ4 »IK»,|»>y,ft« roe<*loi«* v«u4 r iirougUout tUe world.



NEW ZEALAND CiiOTimvot Factory SPECIAL DISPLAY OF NEW GOODS FOR THIS WEEK. ■Rnrvrsi I HATS B0°T& NRWPATTF.RTSS BOOTS in Men's Boy S '& HAld BOOTS Youth*' Fuits; HATS fiO'TS HATS BOOS lenms Shirts Cricket Shirts WALS BOOTS Cycling Shirta H ATS BODTS . HATg BOOTS All NeW goods. HATB BOOTS — ' HATS BOOTS Wh'tc Shirts R»gata Shirts UAlh BOOTS Oxford Shirts HATS BOOTS rpjjg Largest Stock HATS BOOTS inAshburton BOOTS — HAT 3 Tuvvra TIES. TIBS. TIES liuuia HATS unriTQ See oar Special Di* play in Windows. MAxa | IBOOIS l HAL^BNSTBIN BRO3 AL^X HFNDKY, Manner SEED. SEED. SEED, j I' HAVK » specially selected stock of - Cocksfoot, Bed Ulo™, Oojr Gmm. R«pe Seed, G.r.Y.A. Turnip, P-TJ/A. Tufnfp, 1. G- Globe. Fosb Bybird, onGr^TG hRESTELL, West Street. ___—^—»^i " fScßesTtea ~ H OANTEKItUKY for tho money, and lr«O ?rom a»J eXce«B of antringency. qOUNTESS 2s. I



W antea ( MB WABY 'S Committee meets every night in the Rooms opposite rJ emplar Hall, at eight o'clock sharp., "jCSoR SALfci-First class cow, ntar X) calving. Apply Chakles Reid, Ashburton. 11 ll* BTAIN Good Vegetables and Grain by using Jemmafte and Sons' cele brated Fish Guano. Particulars at Mas Whittington. Marmalade, Jams, Bana nas, an<l all Fruits in sea&on. ANTED-Good Vest-maker and Machinist —R. E. Dowus, Fashi onable Tailor, Arcade. H li° /COFFEE as a Beverage is more pala- V_y table and wholesome than Tea. Use Oriental Coflee. _ O" KTENTAL Coffee is the blend of the Choicest Ceylon and Mocha. Try 1^ _-_- CTT ANTED Known—Spectacles, eye W protectors, Goggles, Folderu, and everything in the optical line at S. Salkk's, Optician. VjTUDY Health and use Jumbo Brand O Baking Powder. Purest and besc. WANTED,— Everyone to know that we have too much Stock, and too little money.— Mitchell and Turnbr. WANTED— Buyers of drapery and clothing, to see the value we are offering.—Mitchell & Turner. BOOKS in great variety to suit all classes of readers, at the Railway Book Stail. 710- BAILWAY Book Stall.—iTvetylargfl and choice lot of books to select rora^ 7 103 WANTED Known—That A. J. Walker repairs Bicycles, Sewing •fachines, Lawn Mowers, Medical Coils, and all descriptions of light machinery^ r^OUCHMEN'S Farmer's Diary, New \y Zealand Diaries, Almanacs for 1894 now in. Book keeping simplified for Farmers.—H. M, Jones. NEW Stock in Glassware, Ornaments, Photo Frames, Albums, Leather Writing Cases, Work Boxes, Decks, Basketware.—H. M. Jones. DIARIES for 1894,—L. F. Andrbwes and Co. 11 16 piHRTSTMAS Cards for your friends in the Old Country at L, F, Andrewes 4NO CO. 11 17 AJNTilD—Mothers of"famliie«i~to know that we cannot be beaten for value in Drapery and Clothing.— Muchkll & Turner. PRESENTS— Beautiful Presents now being given aw»y to all purchasers of Drapery, Millineiy, Boots, Clothing, etc.—H. C. Segers, Melford House. CpOR Bread, Scones, Pastry, etc., you Jj will find Jumbo Baking Powder unsurpassed. WANTED Known—" The Corner " is showing a magnißcent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.-W. H. Collier. WANTED Known -W. H. Collbsb's noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2a 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. CJALE, SALE, of Books, Stationery, |O Fancy Goods, Music, etc., Fire Screens, Pictures, Gla-s Ornaments, ■Christmas Cards, Cricket and Lawn Tennis Material, Photo Albums ond Frames, and hundreds of other articles are to be sold a* a great aacritice for Oieh during this month only, at; L. F. Andrewes & Co., Stationer's H*)l. DON'T Forget to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to ac repaired, at moderate rates. OOMERSET~Meat Mart. The oldest O the largest, the best, and the cheap ast. Small Goods a specialty. Ful weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. -W, J. Siloock. 4t182 IF yot. want fiist-class fruit go to Adams' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland *nd Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. f|" HE Best Nickel Watch in the Market JL for 15s. Usually sold by Jewellers at from 20i to 25a each. Specially made in England to our order—John Orr and Co. » 192 CRICKET and Lawn Tennis Material just unpacked at reduced prices. New Books, Games and Fancy Goods. All goods reduced in price for cash this month. —L. F. Andrewes and Co, SfcationiW Hall. \/i EDIOAL Coils made and repaired [VL on the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. , ERBAL BeerToinger Beer, Rasp berryade, home made Jams and Marmalade* and all fresh fruit in season. T Hoult, East Street, Ashburton. 10 18 800K 1^ in good order and complete bought or taken in exchange. Now Stock arriving every week. Circulating Library.—J- Maksden, Newsagent. W^ ANTED Known—Some wonderful job lines n Drapery, etc., now oeing sold; also presents to all purchasers. H C. Seoebs, Melford House. UITS to measure, during the sale, 49s 555, 60s, 70s, and 755. Fit and workmanship guaranteed.—R. axcoaw, Saundera' Buildings. _______ WHO is your Mumb»r 1 Why W . Habdley, who is * Manufacturer >f Spouting, Ridging, Steel Gutters. Baths, Sinks, Tankß, etc., and who hat on hand the largest stock of Pumps and Pipe In toirn^ __ _ WANTED Known.—To make room for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs done at once cheap-" than ever to *» bad times over at J. Moisotf, ?reimei^Bootmakcr. JUB B~ ANGlTia^gTiang ! Guns 1 Guns I Gunsl by the best makers ano Stted with all the latest Improvements Powder, Shot, Caps, Cartndgea, Wads, *nd Cases at J. W. Hardley's, East Street. Guns repaired. ANTED Known-For good value in first clasa Drapery, Millinery, Boots, Clothing, etc., go to Melford Housk. Beautiful presents now giving away to all purchasers. tlTfclEKEdo you «co yvyr Xronmon- W gery? At Hakdibv sof coyrse, where we got the best value in Sheet j Lead, Nails, Locks, Hinges, Plough, Chains, Rope, Wire Knotting, Gorse Knives, Spades and Forks, Lamps, Fender and Fire Irons, and anything yon teqnfoy _ [a cahd ] MR H. C. ORBELL, SOLICITOR, ASHBURTON. OjP/oE: Montgomery's Buildingp, Corner E»st fytf B»r»9tt Streets I



COLKMANE AND SON S EUCAITPTIC EXTRACT is the n nly genuine in the market, and was awarded medals ,nd diplomas at Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide eating all competitors. For all affections of the r best and Lungs, Consumption, Asthma, Coughs travel, and Kidney Complaint*, it h«< uojeoml u g««t«-"A88BCBTos paw coKr^si f i



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