MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under, Subject to the necessary alterations:— WEDNESDAY, August 9. For the United Kingdom, Continents of Europe and America, and West Indies (via San Francisco), Sandwich Islands, etc., and also for Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Takapuna, as follows:—Ordinary letters, books, and newspapers, at 6.15 P' I?** : registered letters, at 5 p.m. ; money orders, at 3p.m. Due London September 13.

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1893. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.

The construction of the West Coast railway, as we know it in Canterbury^ or the Midland railway as it is offici ally known in other parts of the colony, hangs fire. The Meiggs pro posal for its construction, submitted by Sir Julius Vogel, was rejected by Parliament and by the country at the time, and after a period of hot agita tion that surged all over mid and north Canterbury, a syndicate took the matter in hand, and from that syndi cate the Railway Company took up the running. During the agitation there were meetings held here, there, everywhere—and even in Ashburton there was a pouring forth of oratory descriptive of Canterbury generally, but of the Canterbury in particular that would be when this railway was constructed. It was as good as a dream of youth to hear Mr John T. Matson dilate on the grand times to come, of the piping times of plenty that would be ours when the new railway connected the West Coast with the plains and carried our flour and meat, our butter and uheese to the diggers of Westland and brought in return their gold, their coal, their timber, but especially their gold in the ever welcome and always wanted shape of hard cash. And when Mr John Holmes took the platform he only heightened the colors of the florid picture Mr Matson had painted. Many years have elapsed since the great meeting was held in the Old Town Hall, and the Midland Company has been pottering away at the work of construction in a desultory sort of way. But the Company, very early in their career, discovered that they had undertaken too large an order—too mighty a contract. Land along the route of the line was assigned to them, and reserved from sa!e by the Crown to be devoted to the remuneration of the Company for the money expended in the construction of the line. Much of this land was in the Nelson province; and its reservation for Midland rail way purposes —the Nelson people com plain—had the effect of stagnating settlement in that province. The Nelsm people, however, could have borne with this had the line been pro ceeded with which was to connect them with the Coast and with Canter bury. But the first part of their con tract the company sought to drop was the portion in which Nelson was most interested, and now the prospect of a railway connection between Canter bury and Nelson is as remote as ever. Then Government came in and began to cut out and gridiron, among the land set apart along the Canterbury route, large and valuable sections, ear marking them as reserves for mining purposes, so that, what with the cost of making the line itself turning out far above the estimate, and the land they counted on to recoup the outlay thus very materially reduced, the Company felt themselves in a tight place, and came mournfully to Govern ment. About November last they offered to surrender the land they were entitled to on completion of the line if Government would guarantee them three per cent, on £1,600,000—-the sum considered necessary to finish. But Government turned a deaf ear to this offer, and also to a modified one made by the Company shortly after. Then Mr Wilson, the Company's manager went Home, and in the Autumn cabled out further proposals. I This time £618,000 was wanted—the enhanced value of the land set aside for them—enhanced by the work the Company had already done; Govern ment was asked to take over the line from Motueka to Belgrove (Nelson province) at £100,000 ; to relieve the Company of their liability to construct the Reef ton-Nelson section; and to purchase the lines already made from Brunnerton towards Christchurch. These proposals were simply a tossing up of the sponge by the Company, as the manager said they could not pos sibly go on unless these concessions were granted. Then an extension of time for completion was asked, relief from local taxation, a payment by the \ colony of £850,000 for the release of the land reserved to the company, the payment to be made by instalments extending over twenty years; the working and maintenance by Govern ment of the Company's Springfield line till the incline is finished, the colony getting sixty per cent, of the gross receipts, and the same with the Belgrove (Nelson) line. If, ten years after the completion of the whole worka the Government should, want to buy them, the price would be £2 500,000. At the same date should the company offer them for sale, the price would be only £2,000,000. Mr Wilson is of opinion that these pro posals are very favorable to the colony. Perhaps they are, bat it is very evf. dent that great difficulties face the company o* the proposals would never have been made, and we are of opinion &at; before there w #ny further

modifying of the terms of the contract j there should be some assurance giv«n that the concession would enable the company to complete the line. In. the absence of that assurance it would be better to let the company to follow the fashionable lead of the Australian finance companies and " reconstruct. But the matter is of real importance. A considerable amount of work has been done, and it is to the interest of the whole colony to have th« line com pleted, but it is of vital interest to Canterbury. It would be a pity to ccc the company lose heavily over their contra<;t, and as in the end the colony must be a large gainer, there is reason for fair concessions being made, but the first consideration must be the completion of the lines and the avoidance of complications that may ultimately prove disastrous to the colony. 3he situation is one requiring all the acumen both Parliament and the Government can bring to bear upon it, as while the rights of the colony have to be conserved, the com pany ought not to be harshly dealt with while exhibiting an honest desire to carry out the contract they entered into with their eyes wide open.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The settlers in the Ormondville district are going in largely for pig raising. $ The tracks at Riccarton are now a regular sea of mud, but training is going on steadily all the same. The crematory works at Orange (New South Wales) have been officially opened. They have cost £2000. Those interested are reminded that Miles and Company's clearing Bale on account of Mr M. Redmayne will take place at Tinwald on Wednesday next at twelve o'clocb. Communication will be made with the Admiral in charge of the Australian squadron suggesting the advisableneaa of utilising Akaroa harbour as a naval station. The Mariposa, with the London mails of July 8, left San Francisco tor Auckland on July 22—two days late. The Monowai, with the Colonial mails of July 15, arrived at San Francisco from Auckland on August 3—due date. Mr Arthur G. Cox (third son of the late Mr Alfred Cox, a well-known old colonist), who met with a serious trap accident on Wednesday near Ceraldine, died this morning from the injury to his head which he sustained. A boiler used for a chaff-cutting engine exploded at Happy Valley, South Australia recently. After flyng through the roof of the building in which it was placed, it went forty feet up in the air. The engineer was badly scalded, and three other men had narrow escapes. At a meeting of the Christchurch shop keepers on Friday night at which between fifty and sixty were present it was resolved to protest agtinst the compulsory clauses in th.3 Shop Hours Bill and that if a com pulsory half holiday was decided upontbe day selected should be Thursday. It was resolved to send copies of the resolutions and a report of the meeting to all the mem bers of parliament. About eighty persons attendei the banquet to Mr Bruce, M.H.R., Hawera on Saturday evening. The festival went off very success fully, but great disappointment was felt i hat seventeen or eighteen membera of Parliament, wo had arranged to come, were unable to get through owing to the inter ruption ot railway traffic Ihe proceedings were very cordial, and Mr Bruce wis pre sented with a library consisting of 250 books Mr H- 0. Forbes, lately of Christchurch, has failed io his application for the curator ship of the Singapore Museum. He is still London, and is engaged in a correspondence with Professor Newton in the columns of " Nature "about the fossil remains from the Chatham Islands. The Professor, who i considered the leading authority, declares th*t they are not the bones of Aphanopteryx, as Mr Forbes supposed, but of some great Rutline bird, now extinct.* Horses in general are noted fjr their intelligence, but the horse of which we are going to speak beats all we have ever heard. A short tfme ago there lived a gentleman in Auckland who had a horse which was partly blind, lhis animal was so knowing that whenever he lost a shoe he would march off to the blacksmith shop, where he was known, and when he had been attended to walk home again. Fact. It appears from the New Plymouth papers that the highwayman's course of reading was not of the kind usually pre scribed for young men who are going in for holy orders. All his books were devoted to the glorification of robbery and violence, and he seems to have thoroughly imbibed their moral poison. Perhaps he was born with an affinity for that kind of thing, buti whether or not, no youth can let such stuff run through his mind without danger of injury to what is best in him; •« Fruiterer " writes urging the fruiterers, butchers, fishmongers, and auctioneers in Ashburton to get up a petition against the Saturday closing portion of the Shops and Shop Assistants' Bill, on the plea that more fruit is sold on Saturday than on any other day in the week. He contends that the working people who receive their wages on Saturdays and purchase fruit for their children would not spend their money that way if Saturday closing were the rule, and a decrease i» the fruit trade would be the result. The " Waimate Times" Bays :—Mr H. C. Orbell, solicitor, has disposed of his business with the intention, we understand, of re suming practice in ABhburton. During the few years Mr Orbell has been in Waimate he has been generally well liked both in and out of his profession, and gave his support to most of the local societies in the town, in several of which he took an active part, such as that of the Caledonian Society, of which he had held the secretaryship since before the last annual sports. His Waimate friends will, no doubt, join in wishing him every success in the town to which he is about to proceed. In the United States Congress obstruction is obviated by an order by a majoiity for " the previous question." In practice, how ever the House' is accustomed to allow a debate of forty minutes, twenty minutes to each side, before the question is put from the Chair. Thus at a predetermined date and hour the Bill or resolution under considera tion must be Vjoteot on, and the minority have only themselves to thank if they waste the intervening period on irreleyancies or per ! tonalities instead of using it to bring forward their strongest objections and most important amendments. Ajad this majority use their power without mercy if the minority show I any sign of being obstructive.

The Kailvray Commissioners have altered the carriage rates tor timber on the Hurunui-Bluff section. The minimum rate from the Bangitata will ba 8d per 100 superficial feet. On September 7 ths" Ashburton Inaustrial Building Society will have another £300 for appropriation. This ..appropriation will be made by sale as provided for in the rules. The money will be disposed of on the date mentioned at the secretary's office in the evening at the usual hour. Mr Wright, M H R. for Ashburton, has given notice to ask the Minister of Educa tion, whether, having regard to the loss of salary falling upon teachers in the State schools through the measles epidemic, he will during the current hali-year allow pay ments of salary to be made upon the work ing average, instead of the strict average! A recent walking match from Paris to Rheims was sufficiently original to have notice drawn to it. Each of the walkers, Cocbard and Certeaur, carried upon his shoulders a sack so well filled that it weighed more than 200 English pounds. The distance is about 108 miles. The two men got over the ground in eight days, and one was only a little behind the other when the {match was concluded; They are both workmen of Rheims ; but the elder, who was beaten apparently because in the early part of the contest he did not take advantage of his ability to do with less seep than the other, is a weaver, and therefore it could not have been his occupation that de veloped his muscles. Strange to say it was not the fatigue of the shoulders that tired them most, but the swelling and sorenesß of the feet. To walk thirteen miles a day for eight consecutive days with a weight of over 2001b upon the shoulders is a rather severe trial of hunnn strength and endur ance. HOLLOWAY'S Pills.—Sudden transitions from heat to cold, or from raw inclement weather to oppressive climates, favor the development of manifold diseases, which may in most instances be checked aud rendered abortive by an early resort to these purifying, regulat ing, and strengthing pills. These well-known and highly esteemed medicines afford a safe and easy remedy for almost evesy constitutional wrong wnicn unhealthy climates, rapid chauges, or dietetic errors, can engender, and effectually remove any weakness self-indulgent habits may have introduced. In au conditions of the system bordering on diseases such as are indicated by apathy, listleness, and restlessness, Holloway's Pills will prove especially serviceable in pe-1 getting the vivacity of mind aud body appreciated by both sound and sick.

COMMERCIAL.

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.

London, August 4. The Bradford wool market is slightly easier. Crossbreds firm. An off coasfc cargo of Australian wheat sold for 28s 6d. The Russian press fears that the war of the tariffs will excite both Germany and Russia to dangerous antagonism. The Malta Cold Stores Company has been registered, with a capital of £40,000. Mr Stewert, officiil receiver, states Groldsbrough, Mort and Co.'s liabilifos in London at £2,330,000, and the assets at £182,000. The liabilities in Australia and London combined ara £3,489,800, leaving a surplus of £450,000. The Official Receiver is suing Sir H. Isaacs, Ogg, Gardner, Bottomley, and other Directors of the Anglo-Australian Publishing Union for £80,000, as a con tribution, to the asset? of the com pany. Gardner paid £5000, ani the Judge acquited him of lhbiliiy to further claime, Mr Bdlfour, addressing a meeting of financiers, Baid that he wh in favour of bimetallism, because the stability afforded by such a basis •would secure advantages to British commerce The laws which madn the legal tender of one country illegal in another, were relics of bar barism, anl injurious to commerce. He desired to aae a settlement which wouU maintain the stability and value of silver. At a meeting of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Sir James Fergusson said that the directors were not to blame for the position the company were now in. The advances made by the colonial boa»ds to open land had been excessive, but the business was the finest in the colonies. The scheme >t reconstruction was almost completed. Sir James Yuile said that it was a monstrous proceeding to mortgsjgo the whole of the assets. New York, August 5. Further bank failures in Minnesota are reported. The United States' cities are suffering from the absence of currency, owing to people hoarding up money, London, August 5. The "MarkLan* Express" estimates that the yield of British'wheat will be 27 bushel* per acre, and that the total will amount to 7,000,000 quarters. Mr Stewart, the Official Receiver, states that after writing off £200,000 for depre ciation, the value of the assets of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company exactly equals the liabilities Several holders of terminable debentures maintained that they should be secured on the uncalled capital of the company. They quoted the company's prospectus in support of their contention, arid threatened to fight tht matter in the law courts. A further shipment of £300,0Q0 in gold has been sent to New York. (Received August 7, 10.40 a.m.) London, August 6. Tallow, medium mutton and beef, both 265. The English wheat market is lifeless, the Continental dull, and the American depressed. Cargoes of wheat ex Beech-, dale and flordellera from Lyttelton Bold at about 26) 3d and 243 6d respectively.

LATEST CABLE NEWS. HOME AND FOREIGN.

PBR PRESS ASSOCIATION.

(Received August 7, 10.40 a,m.) COAL. London, August 6. The scarcity of coal is causing many factories in Britain to restrict opera : tions.

AUSTRALIAN.

fdaoMvaA Auaust 7, 11.20 a.m.)

ANTWERP EXHIBITION.

Melbourne, August' 7. The Victorian Government will not be represented at the Antwerp exhibi tion next year.

SUPPOSED LEVANTER.

.! Brisbane, August 7. Some time ago an employee of a San Francisco Railway Company em bezzled three thousand dollars of the funds of the institution and absconded, i A man answering to the culprit's des vription was arrested at Brisbane on board the \^ammoo on her arrival, from Vancouver

CABLE SUMMARY.

Cholera is spreading in Naples. Chicago Exhibition has funds in hand and is paying dividends. Owing to the strike of haulers, 20,000 Welsh miners are idle. Russia proposes to construct a new military railway to the Austrian fron tier. ' A. man lias confessed to firing the Words Fair in order to cover ex tensive thefts from his employers. The German Anti-slavery committee has been wound up. It is alleged that 2,000,000 marks have been muddled away. Delegates from the Belgian, German, Austrian, and French miners adviae their Unions to refuse to export coal to England. The Spanish Government have agreed to offer no opposition to the oc cupation of the Solomon Islands by Great Britain, The German Government intend to construct a military port at the mouth of the Elbe, to protect the canal con necting the Baltic with the North Sea. The cost is estimated at £3,500,000. Mr Gladstone, in a letter referring to an autumn session, states the inten tion of the Government to take neces sary measures to meet further obstruc tion. He praises his supporter! for their spirit of sacrifice. During the Russian fete in Chicago Kxhibition, aa insult was paid to the picture of the Czar by Anarchists. In the melee which ensued, knives and daggers were used, and twelve persona were wounded. It is announced that, for the first time in the history of the naval manoeuvres, the defence fleet won, and that Admiral Fairfax was unable to force the blockade of the Irish S«a. Thirty thousand miners are idle in Wales, and the effect of the coal strike is very acute. In consequence of the strike the employees at Crewe rail way works have been reduced to four days labor per week. An earthquake has been felt at Leicester. The shock extended over an area of fifteen miles. A heavy rumble accompanied the upheaval, and in numerous instances the residents became alarmed and fled from their houses. The tariff war between Russia and Germany is increasing in bitterness, and the tension has become so acute as to threaten a disturbance of political relations. The Russian Government are sending envoys to Berlin to treat for a settlement upon a workable basis. At the Cowes Regatta the Iverna beat the Meteor for a private wager between the owner of the former and the German Emperor, who owns the latter yacht. The Navahoe was again disabled and ran ashore, but was floated off without sustaining any injury. Samoan news of the 19th instant states that fighting had taken plane between the Malietoa and Mataafa factions. Warships belonging to the countries interested intervened, where upon Mataafa yielded. Mataafa lost fifty men killed or wounded. Malibtoa is said to have been the aggressor. .> , Bridgeman, the chi*sf officer, and Jones, steward, of the ship Durbridge, who were arrestdd in Liverpool on a charge of murdering Captain Little during the visit of tha veisel to New castle, New feouth Wales, 1892, have been acquitted, and Leech, the second officer of the ship, will probably be indicted for perjury. Leech in his evi dence swore that, prior to the d#ath of Captain Little, he heard prisoners say i that the captain ought to be shot. Subsequently he heard a scuffle in the cabin. Lftech was the sole agcuser of Bridgeman and Jones, and his testir niony was not supported by members of the crew. The leadar of the Opposition in the New South Wales Parliament, in his speech on Saturday said he wa» prepared to support the abolition of payment to members. The experiment of having a Labour party in the House had ended disastrously for labour. He hoped that labour would always be re presented, but he also hoped there would never again be a labour party in that Assembly. The time had come when land and other property, and men with large incomes, must pay something more to the State. Free trade would be impossible without direct taxation.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

AucKIiAKD, August 0. W, T. Henderson, a carter^ 29 years of age, was riding on the shaft of hia dray when he slipped and the wheel went ever him. He was taken to th? hospital, when it was found he had a rib broken and his collarbone fractured. He died this morning. Wblukotow, August 0. The girl Gainan, connected with vari ous charges of illegal operations, was arrested last night, her sureties having asked to be relieved of responsibility. DuHiuitr, August 5. At a meeting of the electors of Penin sula, a portion of the Waikoaaiti district, to consider the question of securing a representative, it was stated that Mr Scobie Mackenzie would stand if a good requisition were presented to. Mm. A requisition is going round the district ana is being very well signed, and the general feeling is in favour of Mr Mackenzie.

ME ABHBURTON GUARDIAN: MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1803.



IMPORTANT SALE —OF A— WHOLESALE WAREHOUSEMAN'S STOCK, —OF— WOMKNS' AND CHILDREN'S ULSTERS. WATERPROOF CLOAKS, a beautiful lot. FURLItfED CLOAK* Extra good quality. fHRSE QUARTER GAPES. FEATHER BOAS. I* OULLARtfMB. WCOL SHAWLS. CARDIGAN JACK US. — Also — A tap uA v»M Stock of WCMKFS' UNDEBCWTHING. Hardley Bros., Wffl Altai* *. .ta" U»W»" to ">"" Ooi'ome" m SATURDAY MORNING AT REMARKABLE PRICES. WHOLBSALB OOBT. gAUS> BATOEDW AND FOLLOWINO DATS. HARDLir BROS.; AROADB.



Wanted WANTED at once, a good Contract Cook for about twenty men.— g B mniK akd Co., SawmiUers, Spring burn. . A" "GENERAL Meeting of the Women's Franchise League will be held in Templar Hall at 3 p.m. Tomorrow (Tuesday) ___° WANTED Known.—Now is your chance to furnish cheap- Come and see bargains at T. H. Undrill and Co., Furniture W^^ 6!,....,------ W" ANTED Everyone to see grand dis play of furniture at T. H. Ukdbiix akd Co's, Aehburton Furniture Ware house, Ti»ncred Stre t to-night. A.NOAKIN, TahinT~and Sydney Oranges in any quantity. Lemons, Apples, Onious, etc., at Mns Whimiho-. ToVs^oppMiteJlAac^ce^^ B^TOCKTAKING S^LE at R. Alcorn's, Saunders' Buildings. Everything reduced, ior only, for One Month. Note prices of Blankets ia advertisement. Booui and Shoes all reduced. W* ANTKD Known — Special whip mentof Linbn Goods, dir3ct from Bslfaafc. Splendid value. See window §t AKDRRW Okr's. Y"~^)UNG 1/mJW Journals (August), ••RcU'W of Beuews," Weldona Journals, C» sells' Roy^l Academy U; lUremls<ysof E.- K l»nd, Volume). New Gi*mPH insloding Tiddledy W mks Is. New Uo.ks and Fancy Goods, Boxen Kotep?.par and Ei-vvlopes etc.-L. X Akdrewks a»» C<», Stationers' Hall. AITPED Known Lidi«»B who are about to change their Domestic Servants are invited to make known their requirements »t the South Canterbury Irtbc* ExchWßO, Arcade, Ashburton, ♦here they can bo suited without dsiay.^ "t 1 rANTED Known— Persons peeking W employment of »ny descnptioi cannot do better than register their names •t the#outh Canterbury Labor Exchange, Arr«Jf, 4»hbttrton, the pro F rieter being in d«ily comntunicaUon with tbe pnnoimi Labor Offlws in ihe Colony. _ 8 ° B' OOKTTn good ordor »isd cmpUte bought or taken in exchange. P«ew Stock arriving every week. Circulating Library.—J MAHBp^N JL^ewsagent^___ RAILWAY Bo k Stall.—A very large and choice lot; of books to select trom. L! 2?



"Wanted. X ADIES' Jackets, Mantles, Superior J_J Dress Goods further reduced, as cash must be had. Compulsory Sale at S. W. Aioorn's. WANTED Known.—To make room 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. Mokox, Premier Bootmaker. 8 18 "ANTED ORDERS for making or repairing Venetian Blindd, Looking Glasses, Picture Frames, Ac— T. A. Gates, East Btreet, opposite Railway Station. 7J71 WANTED Known—Some wonderful job lines n Drapery, etc., now being sold; also presents to all purchasers. H. C. Segebs, Melford House. ANTED Known.— All kinds of Furniture m*de on the shortest notice by first class workmen, at T. fl. Undbixl and Co's Furniture Warehouse, Tancrod Street, Ashburton. 7 15L WrHO is your Plumber 1 Why, J. W. W Habdusy, who is <* Manufacturer of Spouting, Ridging, Steel Gutters, Baths, Sinks, Tanks, etc., and wh© ha» on hand the largest stock of Pumps and ipe in town. AGRSAT Clearing Sale of Fancy Goods, to make room for New Stock. Everything at cost price. -Mm i Adams, Saunders Buildings. ANTED^Known— ■' The Corner "is showing a magnificent New Stock f Drapery and Clothing. ~ W. H. Coujkk, ___ # BERLIN WOOL, all Colors, 4d Skein, Oil Cloths, two yards wide, 2s ; .me yard wide, Is.—MmJHMX&TimNtR. PRESENTS --Beautiful Presents now being given away to all purchasers >f Drapery, Millinery, Boots, Clothing, etc —H. O, SsGJHts, Melford House "* O to Hardmy Bros, for Bargains t in Blankets, 49 pairs of large white, suitable for double beds only, 16a 6d worth 255. Extra large Grey, only lfts 8d worth 18s 6d, Selling rapidly.— Qakdlby Bros, Arcade. ANG 1 Bang! Bang t Gutisl Quasi Guns! by the best makers and itted with all the latest improvement*. Powder, Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wads, *nd Coses at J. W. Habdlkt's, Bast Street. Guns repaired. I/UNGEBING Wool 3d, 200 yds Cotton V ReeU ljd, 400 yds 3i. Enormous stock of Ladies' and Children's Hose urther reduced at S. W. Aicorn A Co.'a gale. , WANTED Knewn-T. Hocw has fresh Pork Sausages daily, hot Pies, also a good assortment of Jams, Pickles, Sauces, etc.



OOKS iv groats variety to Buib all tfa«s«i of re&dera, at the Railway Pook Stall __ ___liS^ "{7 AfMinKPfcH for «ile. A|»p!y \* ofßce of Ashburton Pubiwhuig Company, Limited. _____ - ______ - _____ TTBR Hi O:. Fiowkr'* Sulphur Tablets, U Cough and Eucalyptus Dropt, and lop eoPghing. W" AHTEDtnown^Coloni»UhrM ply Fingering 35.-MncHai.i avv |gßg]Bg v — \ I HE Good "Samaritan, lor the imme I dUte relief of pain.— Light's Oaah Bote. L d T|77NTKDKnoirn-W. H. Coujbe'b W note* four «la»p Kid G1ot», 2b Sd, h«?e just arrived in >U niw. S" UlTßtTnieMnre, dnrinj?thusale, 4°#, 665, Ws, 70s, and 76^ fit and workrowiKhip sru»r«nteed.-a. Alcobn, ganndwnt' Buildings. WANT ED Known. — Seasonable Goods. Cashmere Olores, 6d pair ; 3«h Mitts 6d pair ; Fur Oollawjfe lidI; Ladies' Skirts, 2s lid } Rodyn Wool, 3s per lb ; Wool Shawls at half price, at Akdrsw Or*'^ __^ InTED, everyone to have their pictures Framed at T. H. Un- DBftt, A Co.'s. Splendid assortment of moulding, to choose from. Picture Framing a specialty. 1 i™ General Servants, Wait- M ing Engngement—Superior Hotel Cook (female), also Housemaids, experi- JSed Cplo?ghmen, and Rood aground StaSn and J?arm hands.-South Canter bury Labor Exchange, Aahburton. OND~B RFUL Satisfaction.— The special nickel watch made for S. Salek. iold at 22s 6d and 25s is the btgfc.—Obtainable only from 8. Sale*, Jeweller. L 6J WANTED Known-'For good value in first class Drapery, Millinery, Boote, Clothing, etc., go to Mislfojid Hous«. Beautiful presents now giving ■way to all purchasers. W* ANTED Known—Women's Black Cashmere Hose from la, Boys' all Wool Knicker Hose ftom Is 4J. Mitchell & Tbrnk*. WHEKE d« you get your Ironmon gery 1 At Haudibv sof course, where we get the best value in Sheet Lead, Nails, Locks, Hinges, Plough Chains. Rope, Wire Knetting, Gorse Knives, Spade* and Forks, Lamps, Vender and Fire boot, and tvjtbing



Public Notice. THE NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory Are prepared to take Measures for MEN'S, YOUTHS', 4 BOYS' CLOTHING at the following LOW PRICES. FIT AND STYLTGUARANTEED MEN'S TROUSERS 17s 6d, Mosgiel Tweed, MEN'S TROUSERS 20s, Kaiapoi Tweed. MEN'S SAO SUITS &9s cd. HUNDRED'S OF PATTERNS TO ' CHOOSE FROM. MEN'S SAC SUITS 63*. The beat of trimmings BOTS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING AT EQUALLI LOW PRICES. WV.erptoof Tweed Coats to measure from 42s ttd. BOOTS. BOOTS.- BOOTS. A Single Pair at wholesale price. See our Special Display of BOOTS in Window for this week. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY ALEX. HENDRY, Manage . Tea m CANTERBURY for the money, and freo from any excess of astringency. COUNTESS 2s. fc«K I»VB QS.'HISBI



THESE FACTS ABE MONUMENTS OF TRUTH, """Hat— G. J. NEILL & CO.'S YOU CAN GET 4s 64 3ilk Plush for Is 33, Dress Goois 7*.61 reduced^ 33> dozen j All Wool Dress Goods 12s 6d, reduced to 6s 6i Unbleached Calico Is lid a dozen Scoured Groy Calic > 3a lid a dozon Yard Wide Foifor s£d Double Bed Twilled Sheeting, white and|unbleached, id Men's Tweed Suits 16a 6d Men's Colonial Heavy Tweed Suits 37sl6d>r 25s 6d Men's Tweed Trousers 5s lid Boys' Tweed Suits 4s lid Men's Woollen Sox 9sd Women's Colonial made Shoes 4s lid Men's Colonial made Bluchers 5s Men's Colonial made Shooters, nailed, lls 6d for 8s 6d AT G. J. NEILL & GO.'S. FRIBDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET.



THE ESTABLISHMENT PAR EXOELLENOE FOR FIRST-GLASS WATOH AND CLOCK REPAIRING. S. Salek, Wa*chmaker» MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, AND OCULIST OPTICIAN'S AGENT. (For Lazarus' Spectacles.) mHE Watchmaking and Jewellery Repairing Department h inow_very Complete L in its arrangements. The utmost care is token over all Jobs, and work is turned our only in a thoroughly reliable manner. The Charges are m low as can RELIABLE WORKMANSHIP. As usual, the High Class Stock of Silver and E.P., Gold and Silver Jewellery, Watches, etc. (which is being constantly added to with goods of th* latest style and design), will be found well worthy of Inspection, especially by those desirous of | m*kIngWEDDING PRESENT, BIRTHDAY PRESENT, a OR PRESENTATION. 8. S A/L EX. MATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER. ~~ Prepare for a Rainy Day. HAVING PURCHASED a choioe lot of Manufacturer's Samples of Waterproof Coats, very much below the regular prices, we have decided to give our Customers the benefit of our ««.-...- BARGAINS. Men's Tweed Waterproof Overcoats, se*n throughout, usual price 38a, reduced to Men's Tweed Waterproof Overcoats, sawn throughout, usual price 45a, reduced to Men's Tweed Waterproof Overeats, sewn throughout, usual price 60s reduced to Men's Tweed Waterproof Overcoats, sown throughout, usual price 653, reduced to Men's Tweed Waterproof Overboaca, sewn throughout, usual price 70a reduced to Men's Tweed Waterproof Overcoats, sewn throughout, uaual'price 80s, reduced to 65s' OBSERVE, W W* are now °" from 15s to 20s LESS than Christchurch advertised prices for same Quality. Largest Stock of Tailoring Goods in the District to select from. GENTS' BOOT 3 and SHOES of the Best Quality. H^IS, SHIRTS, TIES, and every description of seasonable MERCERY, etc., CRAIGHEADIT BEBBYIAN,.- THE LEADING TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS, ASHBURTON. ,



v FOOD FOR INFAWTS AND INVALIDS, MELLIN'S LACTO-GLYCOSE OR IVIIUK FOOD. SPECIALLY ADAPTEO H)R COUNTRIES WHERE FRESH COW'S MILK CANHOT BE OBTAINED. A. J. WHITE'S Artistic and Economical House-Furnishing Warehouse, CHRISTOHUROH rpHE Recent Arrivals of Several Extensive Shipments have made the Stocks -*- in all Departments most Oomplet. CARPETS, FLOORCLOTH AND LINOLEUM FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS, BEDSTEADS AND BEDDING, UPHOLSTERY, CROCKERY AND FURNISHINGS, IRONMONGERY A. J. WHITE Invites all to Call and^ Inspect bis Stock. COTTAGES JFTTIWNISJHUD, Including CUTLERY, BLANKELS, SHEETS, EARTHENWARE, POTS" Ens TWO ROOMS, COMPLETE *J Jo £10 FOUR ROOMS IS to £80 FIVE ROOMS, from • J^ to £100 SIX ROOMS H__l'_ CATALOGUES POSTED FREE. WAREHOUSE AND STEAM FACTORY, JUAM AKD ST, ASAPft SXR«BTB, gHRISXOHURCH, ,



COt-EMANK AND SON SKIJCALTPTIC BXTrACT 18 tht lv mmuine in the market, and was awariad medala and diplomas at Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide beating all competitors. For all affections of the Chest and Lungs, Consumption, AsUmUi Coughs, Gravel, and Kidney Complaints, it has no equal. tento-AfIHBURTON Drug Compaht] gajLTKniM* fttma'-Bwcaiyptl Bxtrau* These areiniitaiions of Buc^ypti Hxfiao* to to« market now, products of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order that these crude oila Sly not be taken, Oar Paw Volatile JE.c*. trntl Bxtract, which is recognised by the medical division of tht Prussian Government to be of nerfectly pure origin, as per information forwarded to the Consul at Melbourne, March », 1878, by tests made by tht Medictal Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswal', Prussia, and i reported by Dr ScUute, Professor of Pharmacology at I S, and FrofesV Dr Mosler, DIhoW oTUti Medical Clinfo at GreifsWalJ, that only product* thai i are saturated with oxygen and freed of aftids, resinoua 1 and other subEtanoes, adherent to primary distillation, will develop the sanative qualities proper to the plant, SAN'DBR & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT according to these authorities) and according to Pro fessor Dr Litter, of England, and to Drs Bauer, Mdntire, yf&ft, Saiaid, ato, of Affiencft, ft the only extract corresponding to seientiflc pats, and tt» onllr one which possesses the proper therapeirtte ▼««* "■ AU other crude' oils are to be da«Bd amdnf the turpentines, wnich hftye, when used as M^abjn therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an int«™a medioament. Thete so called Eucalypti Bxtraeti, received dist pommercialtetjol«a.da£e mcd t& meohapical ptjr. l^y'thciTdencteDcy in'pimge»t odonr (wWph onr product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract, de- Tdops most fce«ly through ita surplus of oxygen).' 8 By their alcoholic tWn and mobile appearance, Wng wduoed in wecjflo through th» 3. fiWSSfc «"»£ the «?"t««*»n«. |pi



Tht BKST REMEDY FOH INDIGESTION-NortOD|a Canjomile" Pills arc confidently recommended as a remedy for infiigestjoD, which is thq cause of ncarlv ril the diseases to which wa are subject, Norton's Pills, which « Justice " called the ."Nfttytal StrengOicner ot the Human Stomach," act as a power fnl tonic and gentle aperient, are mild in their opera tion, and safe under any circumstances. Sold in l^tUe£ at la l{,d, «* 9d, lls by aU medicine tendon