MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following plauos as der, subject to the necMsarv alterations :— SATURDAY, January 14. For Northern Ports, per Penguin, at O 23^ p.m.; late fee letters, van ex press train, 6.55 p.m, I , MONDAY January 16. For northern ports per Wairarapa, at 10.30 a.m. TUESDAY, January 17 ---, For Northern ports, South America, and specially addressed correspondence for the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, to.connect with Tongariro at Wellington, per Rotorua, at o -3"Of& m The letter-box will be cleared for des patch of correspondence from Ashburton Post Office to the under-mentioned places as follows:— For »m. p.m. p.m Burnham and Dunsandel daily) 3 15 Chertsey and Rakaia (daily) - 6.30 3.15 6.20 Christcburch and North (daily) 630 3.15 6.20 and on Mondays, Wed nesdays, and Fridays... 10 30 Ororrore (daily) 6 30 Eiffelton and Willowby. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays 10.30 Elgin, Wakanui, River •ide, Seaview, Seafield, and Kyle, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur day* 6 30 Flemington Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 4 45 Geraldine (daily) 10.30 Gr«enstreet, Winchmore, and Forks, Tuesdays, Thursdays A Saturdays 630 Hackthorne and Lismore, i Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays 10.30 1 Methven (daily) 3 15 , Mt. Somera, Springburn, Bushside, and Alford Forest (daily) 4.0 Mayfield and Buapuna, Mondays and Thursdays 4 0 Newlands, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur days 630 Timaru, Dunedin, and South (daily) 12.30 Selwyn (daily) 6 20 Temuka * Tiinaru (daily) 10.30 12,30 ;■ \ And on Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays ... 3.15 Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, and Waitnate (daily)... 10 30 and on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays ... 3 15 Wheatetone, Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach (daily) ... .. 4.45. N.B. — Letters containing anything of value should be handed to the Postmaster to be registered. Letters containing coin, or bank notes, if posted unregistered, will be compultorily re gistered and cltarged double registration fee.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1893, COAL IN SOUTH CANTERBOTRY.

The discovery of a valuable coal de posit near Albury is a good thing for South Canterbury. It has been known ever since the settlement of the Albury district that there was coal "some where about," but until recently no steps were taken to ascertain the loca tion, extent, and value of the deposit. Mr John Rutherford, owner of the property on which the mine has now been opened, has at one time and another got a considerable quantity of usetul coal from the veins of the bed of one of the three op more "Coal Creeks" in the locality. A peculiar circumstance is that the coal near the face-of the veins above the level of the water in the creek has at some mor* or less remote period been destroyed by fire, at one point a seam that must have been many feet in thickness having been reduced to a layer of red ashes three or four inches thictr. How ever, the indications were &o good that Mr Rutherford determined to have the ground prospected, and engaged a coal miner of long experience to superintend the work. The seam was traced up the hillside, and before long the main deposit definitely located, There were at the spot not the faintest indications of coal at the surface. There were a metalled road, with the usual grassy sides, a gorse fence, and over it a field of wheat, —road, fence, and field, such as may be seen for miles and miles -anywhere in South Canterbury, but beneath them, securely hidden by only two feet of soil and clay, lay a valuable seam of brown coal. The coal is said to be equal to Kaitangata or Shag Point, and better than Green Island or Mount Somers. It has been used for bkcksmith's work and proved satisfactory, and the only steam user that has yet tried it pronounces it to be the best brown conl he has yet used. Looking at the structure of the count? y it appears probable that the seam will be found to run through the spurs, and if it does so, and retains its present known dimensions, an enormous totel tonnage is available above water level, and it is impossible to conjecture how far the seam extends downwards. The miner also believes there is, a few yards below the seam hp ig working (geologically below, actually to one side of it), a seam of altered coal, bright and jetty, burning like a cannel <r,al Some specimens have been found in a slip on the other side of the valley, which wera judged to be from a seam, and not merely from " coal fossils." If this belief proves well founded this seam would be of great value if of workable thickness. The discovery of so extensive a deposit of brown coal of such excellent quality, in so convenient a situation, where no expense whatever is necessary for pumping, where the haulage of the mine can be done by a horse, and delivery at the pit's mouth is delivery beside a good macadamised road, with downhill haulage of only six miles to tho railway station, —such a discovery ought to prove of the very greatest benefit to the district gene* rally and to Albury in particular. There are first-rate clays for brick and tile making, and ridges of limestone close at hand, so that the locality may in a few years become a scene of busy and varied industry. The discovery 1$ of importance to us as well as to South Canterbury. We have afc Mount Somers and other points along the hills deposits of good brown coal ; out the country has not yet been thoroughly I prospected, and still more valuable de posits may be lying hid, as at Albury, by a very thin stratum of soil or rock. The Albury discovery should encourage the further prospecting of the Moun goniers range, and also of other locali ties where indications of pQsi have beeD

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Among the strangers which have arrived , at Invercargill are some Italians who profess to be unable to understand English, but can by pantomimic gesture convey the infor mation that they are hungry and want to go to work. | The Premier (says the Wellington i "Press") went out for a long drive on i Wednesday afternoon. -The weither was I unfavourable, and Mr Ballance did not look particularly well, but no bad" efftcts have followed his outing. The statement which has been published i that the Premier has promised to place ' a sum of £7000 on the estimates next session j for the erection of a brick building for the I Parliamentary Library is not correct. The matter, is to be discussed by the Cabinet at | an early date. ' The Ashburton C.C in their match ] against Methven district, at the Domain, on Wednesday, will be represented by a team selected from the following:—Lane, Den- j shire, Dixon, Buchanan, Todd, Sawle, G. ' Andrews, L. F. Andrewes, Simpson, Cuth- ! bertson, Fooks, Fox, Price, Stillwell and Rollitt. Play eommeuce at 11 a.m. The "reading-in" of the Rev T. A. Hamilton at St. Stephen's Church, which was to have taken place on Sunday, was postponed owing to the inability of either the Dean of Christchurch or Archdeacon Lingard to be present. The ceremoay will take place at next Thursday evening's sec vice, and will be conducted by the Very Rev Archdeacon Lingard. The crops in the Taieri distriot are in splendid condition, and if favourable cir cumstances continue there is no exaggera tion in saying that the coming harvest will be one of the rnoit plentiful erer ex perienced in this district. From all quarters we ("Advocate") learn thit the oat and wheat crops apt in excellent condi tion, and the threshing should give some big returns.

Influenza is very prevalent in some parts of the North Island. The '• Manawatu Standard" of January JO, says:—"We trust our readers will 'excuse any short comings in this issue, as all our composing staff except two are laid up with la grippe. Last night a Hawke's Bay schoolmaster dropped in for a friendly chat with the editoi, whom he found in the composing room type-anatching. Fortunately the domine h. 4 been a devil in his salad days, and joined the staff for the nonce." Mr R. A. Sherrin, the journalist who died at the Costley Home, Auckland, a few days ago was at one time editor of the " South j Canterbury Times," and the " Freeman's Journal' in Auckland, He was the author | of the " Handbook of New Zealand Tishes," published by the Government, contributed one section of the " Early History of New Zealand," and before he., was disabled by a paralytic stroke, had-done a consider able amount of n;i;cellaneoua literary work. Sir George Grey is not only the senior Knight of the Bath, but is also, we (" Post") believe, the senior Knight of any of the British Order's, except the Prince of Wales and certain other Royalties. Sir George received the Bath in 1818. It is considered probable that in the next distribution of Birthday honors a considerably higher dignity will be bestowed upon him by her Majesty on Mr Gladstone's recommendation. He has done his devoir gallantly, and has merited promotion many times since he received the accolade. Messrs Friedlander and Bullock were the

presiding justices at the Police Court on Saturday No less than five first offenders —men who have come to town in search of harvest work—were fined 5s or twenty-four hours' imprisonment, with one.exception, a man named Fryer, who had -been remanded from a previous sitting and was now dis charged. James MacLiuchlan was fined 40s or seven days' imprisonment for travel ling on the Mount Somers railway without a ticket. Hs was also remanded to Oamaru, where he is wanted on a charge of obtaining money' on false pretences. , Some time ago (says the London " Daily Telegraph") a botanist of Wellington, New Zealand, forwarded to this couutry, frozen in cylinders of ice, a number of fine' chrysan themums which he had raised in the colony. This pretty complimint the National Chry. santhemum Society are now repaying by sending to the antipodes, similarly preserved, some of the finest blooms that have lately won prizes In England. The process of freezing at the Ci>ld Storage Works occupied four days,, each bloom being completely con gealed in its zinc stand. The cases are expected to reach New Zealand in time for the April exhibition of the Wellington Chrysanthemum Society, The " North Otago Times " states that on the mayor announcing that he had received a telegram intimating that the Governor would pass through Oamaru on the 23rd members of the borough council became jocular. One councillor gravely proposed that the Governor be allowed to pass. Another suggested that he be entertained and the. cost deducted from the mayor's honorarium, Another suggested that he be presented with the freedom of the city contingent on his buying several vacant sections, when he would know all about what the freedom of > the city meant. Eventually it was generally agreed, as notning else could be done, that " the Governor b« allowed to pass." The Wellington " Evening Post" has the following; —It is thought in well informed circles that next session—the final one of the present Parliament—will l»e a very long session. There will be a good deal of work to do, and honorable members will be ex ceedingly anxious to make the best of their final opportunity before going to the country. In addition to this, Ministers have, it is un derstood, determined that the House shall keep decent hours, instead of sitting, as it often did last session, far beyond midnight and sometimes even far beyond sunrise. Last session broke down several members of the Government, and another session of the rame sort would produce aphysicial collapse of the whole Cabinet. The other da.y as one of Mr G. W. Leidley's man were opeiiiog }?p:?. paddock of wheat with a reaper and biu-cr <: jia<i occasion to drive round a large «.iur -ole, which, owing to the ory season, was neany empty. Noticing some fish floating on the surface he examined the pond and counted nnjc«s than s'xtyrnino dead trout, of from tea inches to a foot in teng^h, floating about, besides a number of remains pf others eaten by the gulls. The pond in question receives water from the main race along the Wakanui road, and it ie surmised that the trout had come down the race from the creek and thus entered the water hole. This circumstance shows that if settlers on the Plains would take the trouble to excavate ponds on the lines of races on their properties they might occasionally vary their bill of fare with something else than " colonial goose."

Harvest Prospects.

MOUNT HUrr RIDING. From the appearance of most of the crops in thiß district it is to be feared that they will not come up to their promise of the early spring. The nor wesler is very unpleasant, but it i« td be remarked chat should the early spring be marked by heavy gales the crops that are left yield well; if, however, the early spring is free from winds the crops get checked and blighted and the ground more parched by the later winds, such as have come this season. The early wheats for the most part are a fair crop, but the late whrac and oats will be below the average. There are many complaints of smut among the oats. Between Methven and the hills the principal crop is oats. Generally in this part there is afc lea«it plenty of straw, but this year they are deficient even in this. Towards the Kakaia they are better, and on the Viewmount and Belmont properties there are some very nice crops of wheat and oats. On Highbank crops are light. On Corwar there are some fairly good, orops; a stretch of 500 or 600 acres of wheat on the back track looks very healthy and should rt>turn some twenty to thirty bushels. At B%rr Hill and Lavington there are good crops, about the best in the riding. Qn the lighter lands about Lauriskm and Urrall the wheat crops appear to be more likoly to some up to the average than on the better lands. Most of the wheat should come near twenty bushels. Oats, how ever, will be deficient. Along the LyneV hurst road Mr M. Friedlander has a nice lot of wheat, as has Mr Fraser ; oats again are unsatisfactory. Ihere are some very fair crops about Cairnbrae, both of wheat and oats, though nothing noticeably better than the rest; given good weather the returns should be from twenty-five to thirty bushels all round. As usual Mr UUyatt has about one of the best crops in the county, a sixty-acre pad<?ock of his whoab is a picture, but the rest of his wheat has suffered from grub and blight. On the Springfield estate there is a large extent of crop, though less than last year, and of course it varies a good deal. The crops about the middle I stables and the homestead are good, but some of the other paddocks are very poor. Mr Thompson has a grand paddock ad joining Springfield. On the Cluries farm ; there are some good paddocks of wheat. i A few pieces of oats are cut, and the wheat cutting will probably become general in a few days. The fear is pretty generally expressed that the crops are coming on too quick, and that they will not yield equal to their appearance; however, this can hardly be ascertained as yefc. It is impossible to give any reliable estimate of the average yield!, as the crops vary more this season than usual—one may see a good crop in one paddock* • while the adjoining one looks hardly worth cutting. On 3 thing appears probable, that there will not be many oats to spare for sheep feed, aud those farmers who have secured a few stacks of hay will bo fortunate. Barley is very little grown in the district. Mr W. Henderson has a very nloe 20-acre piece at Methven. The late win should make the turnip crop aecsre; there hardly appears to be the usual acreage sown this year. Several farmers have taken advantage of the flush of grass and got together some stacks of hay, which will be found very useful next winter.

American Trade In the Pacific.

President Harrison sent in his message to Congress on the 6th It is a very long document. That jpart of it referring to Pacific commerce is as follows :—" We have, by reason of a connection with trans-continental railway lines constructed through our own temtory, some ad vautages in the gain of trade on the Pacific that we did not possess oh the Atlantic. The construction of the Cana* dian Pacific Bail way and the establish-, ment, under a large subvention from Canada and England, of a fast steamship service from Vancouver with Japan . and Chine, seriously threaten our shipping interests on the Pacific. This line of English steamers received, as stated by the Commissioner of Navigation, a direct subsidy of 400,000 dollars annually, or 30,767 dollars for each of thirteen voy ages, in addition to some further aid from the Admiralty in connection with contracts by which the vassels may be used for naval purposes. The competing American line, the Pacific mail, under the Act of. March 3rd, 1891, receives only 6380 dollars per the round trip. Efforts have been made ' within the last year, us I am informed, to establish under similar conditions a line between Vancouver and some Australian port, with a view of seising here a trade in which we have had a large interest. The Commissioners of Navigation state that a very large percentage of our im ports from Asia are now brought to us by English steamers and their connecting railways in Canada. With the view of promoting this trade, espeaially in tea, Canada has imposed a dUcrimirating duty of 10 per cent, on tea and coffee brought into the.Dominion through the Vnited States. If this unequal contest between American lines without subsidy or with diminished subsidies, and the English* I Canadian line to which I have re ferred is to continue, I think we should afc least sco that the facili i ties of customs entry, r and transport across our territory ara not such as to make the Canadian route a favoured one, and that the cfiscrimination as to duties to whioh I have referred is met by like I discrimination as to tije importation of these articles from Canada. No subject, 1 Lhink; more nearly touches the power and prosperity of our country than this of the development of cur merchant marine upon the seas. If we could enter into conference with other- competitors, and all would agree to withhold Govern ment aid, we could perhaps take our ch»pces with the rest, but our great com petitors had established and maintained their firms by Government subsidies, and until now they have practically exclu led us from participation. In my opinion no choice is left to us but to put the issue, moderately at least, on the same lines."

COMMERCIAL.

(FUR PMSSS ASSOCIATION London, January 14. The Ruapehu's factory-made butter is bringing 112s per cwt; dairy-made, bes^ quality, 100 d ; inferior, 91?. The Union Bank of Australia has 'declared a dividend of 80s per share, and carried forward £QOQO. A Melbourne bank' has been enquiring if the London market would take £76Q,0Q0 worth of Victorian Treasury bills, bill the request has been unfavour -1 ably received by city financiers, on the ground that the principal and. interest are payab'e in Melbourne. The New jjSealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cable message, dated Lon don, January 18,1993:- . Tallow.—There is good demand. Good ] beef tallow is worth 27» 6d per cwt. Frozen Meat. —Mutton market firmer. Canterbury mutton is worth 4id per lb. Wellington mutton is w«>rth, 3§d per lb. -Beef market firmer. New Zealand beef, fore-quartets and hind-quarters are worth 2}i and 3|d per lb respectively. Supplies vi Auerwn.jwef are lisfet, l • . (Rofcivrf January % 11.46 a.m.) Lezrpot?, January 14, • «%• Baalish wheat market it lUtfy,

(the Continental inactive, and the Ansft- - "can sceady. Australian parcel*, prompt I shipment, have been sold at 31s 3J.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(PSRPItKfIS AfMOCIATIOV.)

THE PANAMA. SCANDALS.

Paris, January 14. At the hearing of the charges against the Panama Canal director** * one of the witnesses for the prosesation testified :' it' the late Baron Reinach ' received 28,000,000 francs for inducing one contractor in connection with the canal works to retire in favor of' another. The case for the proseotftaofi has now closed. The authorities have made farther - seizures of documents belonging to tho^ Panama Canal Company, sod these implicate more members of the jOhamber of Deputies, including, four Boulangists. Now that the evidence of the prosecution has been beard, the case against Charles de, LeMept. looks blacker than ever. The Bonlabgiit and Socialist press accuse President Carnot of signing the Panama Canal Lottery Bill in 1886 although he had refused to do to in the previous year, and they urged upon him to resign.

THE U.S. TARIFF.

New Tout, Januaqr Uk ~ k The National Association ofWofll-^ growers and the Chamber of Muttfeo* r turers have passed • resolution pro testing against the removal of the duty on wool, being of opinion that the * existing tariff is to the advantage of the , grower, manufacturer, and oon-. s sumer alike.

TERRIBLE RAILWAY COLLI SION.

One hundred and fifty persoWnatti been injured in* railway collision'at Chicago. The debris took fire after the collision otherwise the lift would not be so large. J. ;?

CANADIAN POLITICAL.

Ottawa, January U. ,; Sir J. S. p. Thompson, Premier of the Dominion, in the coarse of mf speech, said that the fiscal policy* of the Jate Government would' b« oon* tinued by the present Administritioo. , He denounced the Opposition for sup porting agitation in favour of the annexation of the dominion to ttW^ United States, ' x. }

A HOLOCAUST.

Hong Eono, January U., £. A band.of Chinese robbers, who were raiding the village of Kambi, ■•* -f 6ra to a temple in which 1400 villager* § consisting of men, women, and chil- [: dren, were praying. All the ininater were burnt to death. •' *

POLITICAL.

. Lohdon, Jaanary U. ,::, Mr W. T. Stead, spotting as « a £ candid friend," slays thai if the ftreseittr Gladstone Government last until April ■! or May they .will continue in office for two years. • "' -.. ->,'-.* -\ There is a general feeling that tht-? Opposition in the House t of pommqog $ do not wish to see a dissolution at fba>) Dresent stase. v }? -^

! FALSE CERTIFICATES

Dr Graham, who was charged with : issuing false certificates of death in ■ connection with the victims of Kdll, • the Lambeth poisoner, was ordered by I the Judge to come up for sentence when ' called upon.

LABOR MATTERS.

A conference of members of (he in dependent labour party is beingJteld< at Bradford. At the opening of the sitting Mr J. Keir Hardie, laamber for West Ham, defined the objects oitlw party, which he said trrro' ttf^illiU-'; the collective ownerahip of a}|-Mliii^ of production, distribution, aJ^£,J|fc^ change, and to obtain indepfj^ti^ representation upon all |eg£iftmfs gOTerning, and administrative bodies. ;^ Bibuv, January li. ' The strike of minen at Saarbruck, has collapsed. v ". !■

AUSTRALIAN.

THE TRUE GOSPRLITm

Sydnbt, Jactwrx 15 r ■ Some sensation has been caoied in 'A the city, owing to the carious pftictioti '■ }of a religious sect s^nowa m True Gospelite*." The, body of a i young woman, %jssm mother bojoftged < to the sect, waa found in k^» J | very much decomposed. 91m n«n *»t :| i dently been dead some* tim9.'t|iii»^| sect have no belief in minisUgj;^t> doctors, and the girl's mother objeoM > to a medical man being called 1 daring that the Lord would shdrMjr;ii raise her child from the iliaad. "1

POLITICAL. :^

Lengthy Bitting* of ih« Cabinet are v, being held to consider financial quet* tions. The reductions, which it it ift* J tended to make in the Stores Depart.£ ment and Government Printing OSctV will effect a saving of £30,000. ;, <■ i ——■—t——pi— —»»-.;-V- ij.-f-'; ,' -ft,

HE ASHBURTOJX WABDIaN; MIONDAY> JANUARY 16, 1893.



Wanted " 1 08T - A »ra*U black Pony mare, with- XJ outgoes, Kirdly return to Max FHIfcDLANDKR. Havelock Street, between 9to 12 morn inn, or 7to 9 evening. l_J? i P~"HlMfnvir"M^l»odi*t Conference. Temperance Mating To-Moht 7.30. Comeandcrowd the Church. _177 IT / ANTED Known—lee Creams, Tee W Oreams, for the hot weatl.er, always ready at H. G. Flower's, Confec tioner, East Street. • THE Misses Adams' r.ew Refreshment Room* now op*n. Tea, Coffee, Cocoa. Lemon Squash, Scda andl Milk »ndallthenew summer drink, ready at •II times. Coleniaas Building, **«t Street. • OMKRSET Meat Mart. The oldest, the largest, ths best, and the cheap. M t. Small a sp^lty. Full weight, guaranteed. A trial soluitad. —W. J. SHfIOCK. *™ WANTED— Purohawn lor Bargains in Summer Drewea, Print., and Delaines, Sunshades, *c. at 9. W. Aujork and Co's Sale. ___ ■VITANTKD Known-We are still W giving tickets for presents to all purchasers of one shilling and upwards.— i H« C. Sioiiis, Melford House; < OELLING OFF Bocks, Stationery, )O and Account Books, Fancy Goods, Music, Violins, Accordeoiis, etc, Fire Screens and Stove Ornaments, all at Reduced Prices.— v. F. Axdrewbs & Co. ANTED Known—New Flannelettes at extraordinary prioes; 3s lid tnd 4s lid doz. Thirty per cent undei price.—W. H. Com«R. WANTED the Publio to know that S. W. AU»RN and Cob Summer Sale |i now on. Great Bargains in Millinery, Underclothing etc. W"~~ ANTED Known.— High class Dress Goods, latest patterns, now selling Wider wholesale prices. Speoial line of double width stuff 6d and Is, lees than half price. -H.- C. Sjsgebs, Melford House. ' WANTED Known—We are now giving away Beautiful Presents to every pnrehftser of 6s and upwards. Come .and see our bargains in Drapery, &c. -H, C. Bn»R9, Melford House. ___ TTTTHY not Bake your own Bread when TT you can get DOlbs of the Best Roller Flour for five shillings cash or five shillings and sixpence booked at Robut Alcobn's, Saunders' Buildings. 11 31 DONT let the rain water destroy your buildings. Get Spouting fixed at 4d per foot and buy a tank, complete with Up, tested before leaving workshop, for 30b, at J. W. Harpist's. ANTED Known that S. Salkk, Watchmaker and Jeweller, has removed to new shop near New Zealand Olothinv Factory. 10J513 ! ANTED Known—Dr Scott'B cele- ! brated Electric Corsets can only n« obtainfi in Aehbarton at VV. H, OoiXWß's, "Th« Corner." - iIR in mind that J, W. Habdlby, | Plumber and OasOtter, East Street, has the largest Stock in town of Pumps, Vipes, and fittings, and that he is selling them cheaper than ever at prices hitherto unheard of in Ashburton, Now.is the ohitMce for a cheap Pump; improved No. 4. Price, Ws. Larger siw» in proportion. /"IHRRTJKAS Suits. Boys, three yj garment long Trouser Suitt at 15s. Boys, Colorial*made Knicker Suits from 10s. Men's nicely made Colonial Tweed Suits 30i. Colonial Tweed Suits to measure from 60s.—Ashburton Clothing Hart, Saundera' Buildings. Roduit Alcorm DONT Forget the Borough Bye-Laws re Carrage Lamps, and that Hardlc . as large Stock «n hand, also » large assortment «f Tinware and Iron mongery, Scythes, Reaping Hooks, Hay Knives, Forks, etc., of best quality, and all at lowest possible prices. J. W. Habdlst, East Street, Ashburton, TVTEW TEAK'S GIFTS.—Card, Book i-1 lets New Games in great variety. Beaut fullotof Vases, Faucy(Tlassware,and Fairy Lamps, Boys' and Girls' Annuals, and other new Volumes. Prize Books at reduced prices. New Birthday Reward and Wedding Cards.-L. F. ANDREWES & CO., Stationers' Hall. „ •■ITANTED Known—That J. Moison W keeps the best stock of Boots in Ashburton, for this reason that he pays cash and is not under or bound to any one firm like many in the trade, which enables him to procure and supply the public with the Best Colonial and English makes ; and his well-known make needs no recommendation. Always on hand Best Sole Laather, used for repairs and done at once.—J, Mgison, Impermeable Bootmaker, Town Hall, East Street, next Court House., To ibeepowners, T GIVE Une Shilling Each for Five- Gallon Oil or Sheep Dip Drums in any quantity. Alto lid per pound for Clean Fat, or l|d for tallow. C. JS. BROOKE, SHEEP DIP MANUFACTURER, ASHBURTON. MOUHT SOMERS COAL MINES. ■T WILL NOT be held responsible for Debt contracted on my behalf without my written order. All Coal obtained from these mines will be charged for by me, no other receipt than my own teing • sufficient discharge. C. B. KNIGHT, PROPRIETOR, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON



Public N0J093 NEW ZEALANDANIDAUSTRALASIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. rfVrgf (THE Company's Mag y^H^SLjt I nificent steamships "WARWMOO, Each 4000 Tons Register, Will be despatched from Lyttelton, weather, &c., permitting, as under : - MtOWERA on January 21, for Port Chalmers, Bluff, Milford Sound, Melbourne. Sydney. AnckUnd, Wellington and Lyttelton. This Company is the ONLY ONE which is in a position to offer a Round Trip without the trouble and discomtort of changing steamers. Passengers for the round trip have the privilege of Hvin& on board the sceamer free of charge while in all ports. For further particulars apply to KINS&Y & CO., Agents, Christchurch and Lyttelton; Or HENRY ZANDER, , ' Agent, Ashburton. ~ F. CLARK, HAIRDRESSER & TOBACCONIST NEW PREMISES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Site or the Old Shop, HAS just opened a Choice Assort, meut of Cigarettes, W.D. and H.O. Wills, The Three Castles, Firefly, Vanity Fair, Old Fudge and Cameo. G.8.P., V.V., and other Pipe*. Sole Agent for Divas Cigars, Five Cigars and Case, Is. WHY NOT CUT A. I>ASH IN THE HOLIDAYS ? WHEN you can get a good fit, good workmanship and good material at the Scientific Tailoring Company, where you know Lußtowis capable to thoroughly rig you out at a low cyst for cash. New and splendid lots of fancy Trouserings, Coating, and Tweods of great assortments to chooue from. Kar Note the old address— TANCRED STREET, Near Arcade, ASHBURTON J. SEAL? & CO, SEEDSMEN. TURNIP SEASON, 1892. "VTOW Arrived, our Season's Stock of PURE TUBNIP SEEDS, SpeciaJ'y Imported from the Celebrated Seed Firm of J, CARTER & CO., LONDON Farmers are specially requested to note the abov,e, ' Samples and quotations on application to J. SEALY&CO-, east street notice to farmers. I am prepared to take risks on growing crops and grain in stack or barn, at lowest currant rates. For particulars apply to HENRY ZANDER, I 30 Merchant, Ash burton, I BEG to announce to my Customers and Friends, 1 have commenced Business of FILTER-MAKING IN WILLIAM AND TANCRED STREETS. Now the hot weather ia set in no one should be without a Filter, as the most eminent authorities on sanitary matters in Europe, America, and Australia have long since decided that death in its most appalling forms lurks in impure water or beverages made from or cooked in it. THE ACME FILTER supplies the long wanted Filter for the Plains warer races and tank wa'er. It can be now supplied, charged with Charcoal, etc. r or the Limestone Block. The latter is used all through Australia in Hospitals, Asylums, Schools, Hotels, and Railway Stations, etc. It is easily cleaned and imparts to the water lime that is required for the body. Every medical man advises the use of filtered water, and apart from the sanitary point of view, the luxury of clean, pure water is recognised by all, PATENTEE & MANUFACTURER, W. H. Rule, 2«165 ASHBT7RTON. .-:-" Stephens Bros., MARKET HOUSK. JAM. JAM* JUST ARRIVED, special Consign J ment of English and Mauritius SUGARS- Crushed Loaf, etc. Also, One Ton of the Finest Patras and Vontizza CURRANTS, Valencia RAISINS, Sultana Raisins English Peels and English Crystalised Fruits— II new and speci ally selected. A few nice parcels FA.NCY CROCKERY and CHINA WARE, etc., suitable for Christmas presents. Vert Lowest Legitimate Mabkt Pkicei] Come and INSPECT OUR STOCK EARLY AND OFTEN. —3 STEPHENS BEOS.



p.'R THE HOLIDAYS. G. J. NBILL and OO's SPECIAL PRICES FOR THIS MONTH Ladies' Cashmerette Hose, double knee, lOjd Ladies' Cashmere Hose, Is m , New Fashionable Dress r,oods, 3s lid a dozen Wonderful Value in Summer Dress Tweed, 6Jd Valuelf rom Is 4d Black Cashmeres and French Merinos, all pnees Wonderful Yalueltiom «4a to 5s 6d per yard All Woo Flannel, 7£d per yard Flannelettes at 3s 6d per <?ozen Oood Heavy Twilled at sjd  i Leather Shirting, Swanadown Back, at 7sa per yaid j Washing Prints, 3s Ud per dozen A special line of White Mwlm, 4Jd . Pongee Cloths and Delaines in most beautiful patterns I CLOTHING. Men's Colonial Tweed Suite, 23s 6d Men's Serge Suits, 22s 6d Men's Tweed Trousers from 5s lid Boys' Tweed Suits in endless variety Men's Rbbed Cotton Pants, l«6d Men's Colonial Knit Wool Socks, lljd per pair Men's Regatta Shirts, 2s lid Men's Strong Braoes, 9d per pair Boys' Strong Braces, 4d per pair. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. UNMISTAKEABLE VALUE. Ladies' "and Children's Tan Shoes, a specialty Brown Canvas Shoes, all sizes Men's Bluchers, 5s 3d SSUSMSSfA WhK* SK rtMB , «j* -»«. M te 1* « sizes at very low prices. G. J. NEILL and CO: FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS, ' CORNER OP EAST * MOORB STPBBTS. HARDLEY BROS. ELEGANT AUTO USEFUL GOODS At Low Prices. EVERY ARTICLE OF OUR NEW STOCK WARRANTED. TN Calling Special Attention to the Large List of DRAPERY, CLOTHING 1 and NOVELTIES in MILLINERY, described from time to time in these Columns, we wish to Impress ON ALL the following :— Ist -Every Article is Warranted to give SATISFACTION, and if ever a person receives anything that don't suit, they can return it to be exchanged, or they can have the money returned if they so desire. 2nd —All the Goods will be FIRST-CLASS of the Newest and Most Desir able Styles, and the Prices are Much Lower than such articles can elsewhere be obtained for. 3rd.—We deal in NO SHODDY GOODS whatever, and all who Order of US may be SURE that they will receive the BEST. 4th —We are satisfied witb a Small Profit, and as Our Business is of such Large Proportions that through buying our Goods off the Manufacturers in Immense Quantities for Cash, we are enabled to SELL our Goods for LESS MONEY than others, thus giving our Customers the advantage. Those who want GOODS should send to US and Save Money. Just Arrived—A Splendid Assortment of Men's and Boys' SUITS. SPECIALLY FOR CHRISTMAS WEEK. HARDLEY BROS., ARCADE HOUSE, J3TJHJVEXX STREET, ASHBURTON, S- SALEK'S NEW JEWELLERY ESr&BLISHMENT. TTTF MAGNIFICENT HIGH-CLAS3 STOCK IS NOW OPENED UP. S??T F& b«w to draw the attention of the Public to the fact that having . fitted up his Shop in first class etyle, he is showing a Stock which for Quality price, and neweat designa compares favorably with any mChristchurch. ff ta now in a position to meet the requirements of the Ashburton District in eVerJ? branch of the Jewellery Trarte, and is showing a Larger Stock than has ever before been seen^n this DUorict fof XMAS TBm^^S^PS^SSSt T ™TS ' A™ THE WATOHffi 111 DEPARTMENT «, pnmnirfa in ita arrangements, and additional assistance having been ■^Lrts^^^f «***their w°rk d°ne pr°mptiy and atisfactorily . S. SALEK, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER. New Zealand Clothing Factory. FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON. WE are now Showing the Larg7st and Best Assorted Stock of MENS MERCERY and HATS in Ashburton. sskssssss, »as=g£i Ge"teis ncjs^D krH ns: ho" 3fe£!£i ISSSm n n^> Tonnii, Shots Ladies' Button and Lace Shoes S SSSr »*- • CLOTHING .DEPARTMENT. wish to buy a handsome Christmas Present, get one of the Wertheim Sewing Machines. See one in our window. HALLENSTEIN BROS. ALEX HENDRY, Manager COLBMANB AND So * EuCALYPTEEx fITI, p ftpof, tract is the only genuine in the market, J. IIV JJVOV J-VW and was a warded medals and diplomas at IN THE WOP-Lp Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, beating , ' Coughs, Colds, Gravel, and Kidney Com- NINIAN H JbLOP, asb tU M



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Hollo way's Pills.—Change of tempera ture and weather frequently upset persons who are most careful of their health, and particular in their diet. These corrective, purifying, and gentle aperient pills are the best remedy for all defeotive action of the digestive organs. They augment the appetite, strengthen the stomach, correct biliousness, and carry off all that is noxious from the system. Holloway's Bills are composed of rape balsams, unmixed with baser matter, and on that account ape peculiarly well adapted for the young, dfjlicatp, and aged. As this priceless medicine has gained fame n the past, sp it will preserve it in the future by its renovating and invigorating qualities, and the impossibility of doing harm. 1 KEATING'S POWDER" destroys l BUGS, PILSAS, MQTJjS, BEETLES, and all other insects, whilst quite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating Beetles the suQCgss of' this powder is extraordinary, It is perfectly glean in application. See the v article you pupohasp is * ' KE OlffG'S,' as imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Sold n Tins, 6d, Is, and 2s 6d eaph, by all ihamists The Bust Remedy *ob Ijhmgkstiom— Norton's Camomile Pills are confidently recommended as a simple remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all bhe diseases to which we are subjects Norton's Pills, with justice called the 'Natural Strengthcncr of the Human Stbmaeh',!,' act ap a Dqw^rful tonic and gentle ' pej-ient, are mild in their q^tatica,'and safe under any circumstances, sold in bottles, at It Ud, 2» 9d, ll»,Jjy»U wdioitie vwdori throttgooat tbt wield*



I How Sambo Undxbstood Fiuotch /•' B*ya to the runaway negro on the raft, 'i I'Jim, what'd you say if ?tww said to yo« ■ ' Parly-vous-franzy V " •• Wooldn't ~ms \1 nuffin. I'd just bust him over de ear; if be, - wasn't a wite man. 'Low no nigger to aal} me dat.' Finn says the words only mean; ' "Do you speak French?" Jim mqtures, , "If they mean that why don't they say that!" DrForest says, in "Health, th* ■i- New Method," we might mnke sMtlar j5- ' quiriesof the professors ot" Massoihenßy j but he goes on to explain massage, rubbuig, -'; and its beneficial results *> that it "tight even eater the skull of the densest negrot , and his inusole-roller and other new met God ' '* are invaluable. An edition of his book much enlarged, is published at ''Trwtb; aud "Health" BabUoation Offlo^, 1M Tiiain street, ahrUichunsh,—fApvT.^ !, Messrs Colqmane and &>ps' Eups^ynt Extract (manufactured at Jaittagong atjq ' Cootamundra, New South Wales) ha* ; attained a reputation as a specie.for aib^> ■ tions of the chest, langs, oaosamptioni : asthma, dijibtherift, *nd a varie^ of pthet complaints. It numbers among, itsjpatroaa Batl Jersey, the ftresent. and Lard CUrti** too, late, Governor of New 800% walav while in Great Britain dpring the iaAnensja ' 1 epedimic scarcely a house or oßoe was with. - out it. Messrs Colemane.and: Stas* whole; sale depot is in Chrifctchoroh. MitH^jL ' and Co. are wholesale agentsrfor AhsVohli Islaod. ' . . :' { ; _•-: The Best Tea i IN CA.NTKRBUKY for the mooey, sad free from any excess ofiwfcriagWMf» M^ *- .... ■; y}\ !g",i%X ■MX IOTW ttftQOm, ' ; : ■