A DOUBLE SURPRISE.

The other day as a local photographer was busy in his dark room developing a negative he was told that he was wanted at once in the gallery. There he found a lady walking the floor on tip-toe and looking mysteriously behind her. "Husli-h i Am I followed ? Do you see anyone on the stairs or in the hall ?" "No!" said the photographer in the same awe-stricken manner, " there is no human being in sight." " Then you can bring out my portrait.'' The photographer disappeared, soon returning with a veiled picture, which, on being uncovered, proved to be the por trait of his caller. " No one has seen it ?" " Not a soul." " You will stil preserve my secret ?" II Inviolably." " Thanks." Then the lady betook herself away as mysteriously as she came, and the pho tographer, after putting a white chalk mark on the back of the picture, slammed it down on the floor in a corner with its face to the wall. -He had just finished this proceeding, when the door of the gallery opened softly, a low whistle introduced itself, and a man entered. " S'death," he exclaimed," are we Hlone?" " We are," answered the photographer. "Ha ! 'tis well! lam the husband ol yonder woman who has just left your studio. What brings her hither?" •' The street car, I presume," said the man of negatives with brazen effrontery. "So? I imagined she walked. But enough of her ! Dost take pictures ?" j 111 dost.'' "Then sit me now, fellow, and mark you—not a word to her—l would whisper to you-—I want to surprise her at Christ mas !" " Just so." " But first I must see see the style ol her portrait. The two must correspond —understand ?" " There is method in your madness ! but, swear, man, that she shall never know. She, too, wants to surprise you." He swore, both before he saw the pic ture and after. This made assurance doubly sure. Then he sat for a negative, and there will be two surprises in that family when the coincidences are sent home Christmas week, framed and ready to be hung side by side.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME.

He was writing an essay on the beauty of home life, and with his pen held sus pended in the air, soliloquised thusly : "There is no place like home—" "Papa," called a boy voice at the door, " will you mend my sled ?" "Go away, sir. Don't you know better than to disturb me when I am writing ? Now that idea is gone, and I must begin all over again. " There-is no-place—•'" It was a woman's voice this time ; "Reginald, the gas is leaking like everything, and you must see the com pany and have it stopped." " There is no place like home," began the wretched man again, just as Hannah, the girl, thrust her head in to ask : •' Did you order the kindlin's ?" Then he seized his pen and wrote flu ently for full five minutes before he gave up his wild dream of fame, " There is no place like home—lot discomfort, an noyances, cold, hunger, and every kind of disturbance on tl:e fa<-e ofthee*tth,at the most inopportune and tivi'j mo ment. 1' ~Detroit Ftee Press.

THE ROMANTIC SIDE OF MARRIAGE.

Matrimony in its romantic aspect sup plies many an incident full of interest and amusement. In these prosaic days there are few runaway matches; bnt many congugal transactions are carried out in an equally romantic way. For in stance, a fashion has sprung up in America of being married in balloons held captive to the earth, and this was surpassed the other day by an adven turous bridegroom who took his honey moon in the clouds. A wedding in a tree stands out con spicuously among the matrimonial inci dents which have been recorded. The ceremony was not the outcome of a ro mantic disposition, but was brought about by circumstances over which the parties had little control. It happened in this way. A Miss Miranda Ebsworth was en gaged to be married to a Mr. Jeremiah Simpson, when the inevitable quarrel oc curred. Shortly afterwards they met at a dance, when the friendly services of a minister brought about the reconciliation 6f the lovers. As he accompanied them home in the early morning light, a vicious bull made a furious charge at them. The swain hastily jumped into a tree, the minister assisted the young lady into A second tree, and then climbed into a third tree himself, just as the beast reached the spot. The fierce bellowing of the bull made Miss Miramln orently afraid, and, as the fickle Jerciiv .s equally frightened, they gave i yes up for lost. In this dilemm;i limy asked the minister to marry them. Nothing loth, he invited them to clasp hands, which they did with great difficulty from their aerial re treats, and tne minister pronounced the service which made them man and wife. A Scotch heiress determined to lpt her hand follow the dictates of her heart. While staying at Portmadoc she fell in love with a miner living in that picturesque region. The lady spoke English and the miner Welsh, but not withstanding these drawbacks to court, ship they were quickly married. It is not recorded whether the couple em ployed an interpreter during their ram bles, or whether the marriage was read in one language or in both. -Tit Bits.

DAIRY AND CREAMERY.

WHERE THE PROFITS OF WINTER DAIRYING COME IN.

fohn Gould Says Winter Dairying In Practicable to the Progressive Farmer, bat It C»nnot Bo Carried On by Old Tim« Methods—lt Pays Well. Winter dairying is practicable to those Who will pat themselves in the line of progressive dairy thought, but it cannot be carried on with old time methods. "The failure of cows to breed at the proper time" is not the greatest obstacle to overcome in winter dairying. First, the barn, the stable, the water, the feed, and the cow each have to be consider ed and made to harmonize with the "changed season," The winter care of themilMng dairy is an artificial crea tion, as compared with the usual sum mer keep. There must be a warm stable —not allowed to approach the freezing temperature. R must be kept at least SO degs. above. Light in this stable should be abundant, and sunshine fall as much as possible within its walls. There should be an abundant supply of water at command in the barn, so that the cows can be watered there without much labor. This is cheaply provided for with a thirty barrel gal vanized iron tank, with close ccrrer, standing in the stable near the cows, supplied from a well or spring. Then the water is supplied to the cows at a uniform temperature of 50 degs. with out heaters or pipes. The winter food most conducive to abundant milk flow is cheaply provided for by the use of the Kilo and bran, with a luncheon of clovei hay. Sis tons of silage for each cow will abundantly feed her from Novem ber to May 20; mill feed at $12 per ton will supply the food for a milch cow for ten cents per day. I have done even better than this. Hay to exceed three pounds per day to each cow is not needed in the winter dairy. The winter dairy, rightly managed, is profitable because the prices for dairy produce are much better from Septem ber to June than from April to Nov. 15, which is about the limit of milk giving for the summer dairy. The milking period of the October calving cow is fully sixty days longer than that of the spring milker. There is little difficulty in keeping the October milkers in profit able milk giving nine months, often more, and the men with silos and winter dairies show the figures that their cows give fully one-fourth more milk in the same number of days than will the same dairy milked in summer, and the balance of the milk obtained in the longer milk- | ing period is clear gain. The dairy that gives $45 worth of milk in summer gives $65 winter milked. The question of cheap winter feeding is being rapidly settled with many. Others are now fully of the opinion that the winter milker can be kept as cheaply with shorts and silage as the dry cow can be on hay and the ordinary plan of keep. One of the most Buccessf til dairy men of New York, who keeps his dairy on silage the year round, puts the cost at: grain, $25; silage, $12; average in come of each cow, $75. An acre of good silage more than keeps » cow one year; this is a result that scores of other farm ers testify to and with a? good, success. The advantages of winter dairying aside from all this in the way of paying mar kets, cheaper labor, more uniform care of the cows and other matters need no elaboration here. To the man who has a well cared for winter dairy these mat ters are self evident.—John Gould in American Agriculturist.

lame and Sulphur Flavors.

The small quantity of lime in common barrel salt condemns it for dairy nse he cause of the soaponic effect on butter, and the writer has held June butter in the granulated form until he thought he could detect the fumes of sulphur gases. To test water for sulphur make a strong brine and add one-fourth butter milk, and bottle tight and examine at the end of four months. If when distilled or rain water is used these sulphurous gases still rise, then it must be generated from the milk an& salt. I visited two creameries last sea eon where I could smell the sulphur in the water as it left the pump. Was it caused "by imperfect drainage from the creamery or from minerals in the earth? It is needless to say that the held butter from those creameries sold at low fig ures. The question is asked: "What causes the greasy, soapy flavor in butter? It was not so in past years." Is it not twice churned cream, fluted butter work* ers and limey water and limey salt that produce these results?—A. M, Bingham in Creamery Journal.

Floor for Dairy House.

I am building a dairy house and should like your advice as to the beet floor to put in.—W. B. Answer.—The floor of the dairy should be of such ma terial as will not absorb moisture. The best floor is made of smooth flagstones laid in cement. Then comes hard pressed and burned brick laid in cement and, third, a, good cement floor. Next ia a well seasoned hardwood floor and then a, good pine floor. Wooden floor 3 should be made of narrow boards well filled with varnish or oil. All floors should be laid with a fall of a quarter of an inch to the foot toward the drain.—Field and Farm.

Dairy Products.

Dairy products have reached prices that ought to be satisfactory to produc ers of fancy goods, and it is improbable that prices will go much higher. The increasing practice of winter dairying and the preference of consumers for freshmade butter tend to larger supplies of aad.better prices for the latter. There] will be a continued good demand and fair prices for the best butter and cheese,] —Rural New Yorker. ■■

Professor Roberts in a late agricnltu-; ral bulletin saya ho received no retgur in milk and butter from feeding griosj rations to cows on good pasture.

COMMERCIAL.

London, October 16. Melbourne butter is stli nig at, 1081 to 116s. Its condition is txcc'.lrnt, the s«Hson being very mild. A butter and chtese exchange is being formed in Fooley street. A ustralian and New Zealand wheat is steady j other soils have declined six pence. New Zealand wheat off coast; is quoted at 28.-%. City men would prefer to see Queens land float a loan rather that issue Treasury bills. The Agent-General states that he has not received any in formation on the officially. Sydney, October 17- The report of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney shows the net profits at the end of September to be £51,000. Although the instalment of £80,000 ot new capital is now due till January, al ready nearly £100,000 have been received. Many of the shareholders are paying calls in full. (Received October 18,11.10 a.m.) Sydney, October 18. Wheat, chick, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; milling, nominally 3s 7d ; flour, stone made, £8 5s to £8 10i ; roller, up to £9. Oats, quiet, medium feeding, 2s 7d to 2a Bd. Barley, Cape, 2s lid. Bran, 7£d; pollard, 7|d. Peas, Pius&ian blue, 4a 5d to 4& 6J. Potatoes, New Zealand stale, £5 15s ; fresh, ex Wakatipu. £6 ; Circular Beads, £5 15s. Onions, Victorian, £7 5s to £7 10i. Butter, dairy made, 6d to 7d; factory, Bd. Cheese, prime, 4|d. Bacon, 5d to 6|d, Melbourne, October 18. The wheat market is easier, the latest quotation being 2s 11 |d; fljur, stone made, £6 10a to" £6 15s6i ; roller, £7 ss. Oat?, Algerian, Is lid ; stout white, 2s 2£d. Barley, Cape, 2s 2|d ; making, 5s 3d to 5 s sd, Potatoes £8, but sellers are asking £8 5s to £8 10j. Onions £7. Abelaide, October 18. Wheat is offering freely at 3i, without f uyers ; flour, £7 10s. Bran 7|d ; pollard 7id.

ASHBURTON MARKETS.

Mr David Thomas reports upon the live stock market in the Ashburtcn district for the week ending October 17 ;—On Tuesday at the Tinwald yards the usual weekly sale of live stock was held. The entry was good, consisting of »bout 6000 sheep, 22 head of cattle, end 19 pigs. My entry comprised 4268 sheep, 9 head of cattle, and 3 pigs, and my principal sales were as follow :—136 fat merino wethers, 9d 6d ; 37 merino wethers, 9s ; 75 fat crossbred wethers, 16s 63; 72 merino wethers, lls 8d ; 12 merino wethers, 9s lid ; 11 black hoggets, 10s j 11 two-tooth ewes and 11 lambs, 18s Id ; 222 two-tooth wethers, 158 4d ; 146 cross bred hoggets, 8s 9d ; 350 first-cross hog gets, 13s 8d; 110 fitst-cross hoggets, 13s 7d ; 200 merino ewes, 168 lambs, 7s 5J ; 118 crossbred two-tooth wethers, 15s 5d ; 41 hoggets, 9a 3d : 6 crossbred ewes, 14s ; 126 four-tooth wethers, 15s lOd; 265 merino ewes, 192 lambs, 7s lid ; 271 four tooth crossbred wethers, 17s. I have sold privately during the week 100 first cro s hoggets, 14s 9d, etc. Horse Maiket. On Saturday last I held my usual weekly horse sale, when about 35 horses came forward, consisting principally of screws. The few good sons that were yarded sold well, and shearers' hacks were sought after. I sold at the following pnces-£ls, £14, £13, £12, £9 15s, £8 s<, £6 15*, £6 ss, £6. £5 15s, £5 10s, £3 15s, £2 15s, and £1 15s.

ALLEGED ATTEMPT AT POISONING.

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Wetlingtof, October 18. Al 2 30 this morning a woman ramed Ellen Blake was arrested on a charge of attempting to murder her husband by administering poison. Bake, who ia an old man of 73, has been removed to the hospital, and is in a critical state. For some time Blake had been under medical treatment, suffering from stricture, for which he was using mercurial ointment. He was in the hospital and recovered, but a week or so ago he was seia :d with an illness which had the symptoms of general debility. A diasrno&is of his case, how ever, led the medical men to suspect tl.o presence of poison. Ifc was suggested that this might have been caused by the ointment which Blake had been using, but inquiries on the part of the police re sulted last night in the arrest of Mrs Blake. It is suspected that; the poison used was calomel, as soma of this drug was found in a purse or bag belonging to Mis Blake. Blake is believed to be a remittance man in receipt of money regu larly from a relative at Home. The woman now in custody is his second wife j she is 40 years of age. Later. Blake lies in a critical condition in the hospital. For some time the medical gentleman attending him had a suspicion that he was suffering from poison, and on his complaining that the medicine had not been administered to the patient, Mrs Blake changed the doctor. The new at tendant held the same opinion, and late laut evening the police wtre informed. At midnight the Inspector and detectives visited the accused's house, and took her into custody. Calomel Avas the poison used, and the police are endeavouring to ascertain where it was purchased. Blake it in receipt of a remittance from his brother in England. Mrs Blake was charged this morning with attempted murders, and remanded until October 27. Buil was refused.

THE ASHBUKTOK GTJAftDIAtt : WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEK U, 1893*



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NOTICE. T3LANS, Specifications, and Estimates \ for any kind of Buildings can be had from Georc*' W. Andrews, East Belt. Ageiit fosr At W. A, P. Clarkson, Architect, A.R.1.8.A., Christchurch. Specimen plans on hand. Charges moderate. Agent for Watters 1 Celebrated Puanges and Austin and Son's Chimney Pots and Glazed Drain Pipes. Orders taken for Brick, Concrete, and Asphalt JT9* k 9 5l



!i ntertainiTietits, H AMPSTEAiTcOIS CERT. ADUFIi'LL'J WS' II A L L. TRUIISDAY, OCTOBER 19, and FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, Doors open 7.15 p.m. Commence 8 p.m. 10 126 Tenders. /SpENDERS are invited for Building J_ a Stxre for Mv if. Ferbiman, Plans and Specifications at my office. Tenders clobe on TUESDAY, Octobtr 24 The lowest or auy tender not necessarily accepted. R. BIRD, 10 127 Architect. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. TENDERS for the leasing of the Mount Somers Tramway from the above Council, will be received at the office of the Council up to 4 o'clock, on THURSDAY, 19th inst. Conditions and draft lease may be seen at the Council's offices, Baring Square. Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit of £25 in cash, or a marked cheque for that amount to be forfeited if the successful tenderer fails to take up his tender. The highest or asy tender not neces sarily accepted. By order. F. MAINWARING, Clerk. Ashburton, October 7, 1893. 10J53 Public Notices. NOTICE. THE half-yearly meeting of members of the Ashburton Club, will be held THIS EVENING at the Club Room at 8 p.m. Business : To receive half-yearly Bal anca Sheet, Election of Officers and General. By Order. 10 124 ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. NOTICE TO SHOPKEEPERS AND OTBERS. NOTICE is hereby given that any person or persons Sweeping or Depositing paper or other rubbish in the street side channels will be prosecuted. BY ORDER. October 3, 1893. 10 17 TO THE ELECTORS OF BANGITATA. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,— f" HAVE the honor to inform you that I shall be A CANDIDATE for your suffrages at the coming Election, Your Obedient Servant, EDWARD G. WEIGHT. 10§109 ' ______ ISHBIJBTONIEI^ofoRS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,— TYJ ILL YOU DO ME THE HONOR OF MEETING ME AT THE SCHOOLHOUiSE, CHERTSEY, ox FRIDAY, tub 20th, at 8 r m, I also propose to address you at other centres of population throughout the Electorate. Faithfully, J. OATHOABT WASON. 10t30 DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. rpHE Partnership hitherto subsisting _1_ between the undersigned as Car penters and Builders, has been this day DISSOLVED by mutual consent. All debts due to and by the firm will be settled by James Smith. Signed— J. L. BROWN. JAMES SMITH. Witness—Signed— W. H. Ucllins, 10 123 Key. Jj, M• Isitt'B MISSION, r\DDFELLO*VS! HALL, Ashburton. WEDNESDAY, 18 —"William Lloyd Garrison, Slave-Liberator and Hero." Collection Monday and Tuesday ; admis sion by ticket, Is each, on Wednesday. Meetings begin at 8 p.m. 10 11 a card] MR H. G. ORBELL, SOLICITOR, ASHBURTON. Office : Montgomery's Buildings, Corner E3st and Burnett Streets. t 8t127 A NEW AND POWERFUL INVENTION. "The Crystal Soap' HAS ALREADY been tried and proved to be the Best Household Cleanser in the Market. The following ire a fow of the numerous testimonials ilready received: — Messrs Craighead Bros. Sirs, —I have used your Soap and find it excellent for all cleansing purposes.- Mrs Williamson, Ashburton. Seaview, September 16, 1893. To Oraighead Broa. I tried your Soap and found it answered very well for washing and scrubbing.— Mrs P. Stewart. Tinwald, September 19. Craighead Bros. Sirs,—l have used your Crystal Soap and find it a great labor-saving soap for scrubbing and washing- Ie is also ex cellent for cleaning glass and tinware.— Mrs M. A. Woods. Wakanui Read, Ashburcon, 1 September 16, 1893. Messrs Craighead BroV. Dear Sirs,—Yovir Crystal Soap, for washing and cleansing purposes gives perfect satisfaction. \ can highly recpm- mend ;t.— P. a^perspi?. To be obtained from J. Orr & Co,, H. Zander, R. MoCallum, G. Light, Working Men's Co-operative, Ashburton, and from J. Gudsell and J. Robinson, Tinwald. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY CRAIGHEAD BROS., ASEBUEION,



WANTED— Quiet Horse for lady to drive. Trial necessary. W. Smith, carrier, Atshburton. 10 128 JUST ARRIVED. PIANOS. PIANOS, PAINOS. ORGANS. ORGANS. ORGANS, ■OROM £1 PER MONTH. DRESDEN PIANO COMPANF, School of Music, Saunders' Buildings. HORACE A, GATES, KHI2S Agent and Manager. HARE & CO ENGRAVERS WOOD, PHOTO-ETCHERS, JLBOTROTYPISTS, Estimates for Illustrations of Agrisultura Blocks on Application. SI, ESSEX ST., STRAND, LONDON W.Oj



S. 8. I. NDBAMAYO. , BY THE ABOVE VESSEL, i WE HAVE RECEIVED ANOTHER LARGE SHIPMENT | OF THE Largest Novelties in Dresses, ALSO, Choice Wool Delaines. Tn Cotton (woods. Crepons, Delainettes, French Satteens, Zephyrs, Fancy Nainsorks, in Delightful and Endless Profusion. TANCRED STREET. MITCHELL & TGRJSKR | GEAND SHOW OF -FURNITURE at me FURNITURE WAREHOUSE TO-HH6HT. Everyone should come and see for themselves. All invited. No one pressed to buy. T. H. Undkill and Co., TANCBED STREET.



SEED. SEED. SEED. T HAVE a specially selected stock of -*- Cocksfoot, Red Clover, Cow Grass, Rape Seed, G.T.Y.A. Turnip, P.T.Y.A. Turnip, J. G. Globe, Foßt Hybird, Devon Grey, Mammoth, etc. JOHN G. RESTELL, 10§35 West Street. WAJNTED, i BY a Suitable and trustworthy servant, a situation in town or country. Can furnish the most satisfactory refer ences from the best of families and public places. My qualifications as a servant, are- - I am colonial bred and born. I am young, well built, powerful, with a constitution of stone- I am a good worker, willing to work nij?ht and day, as I never tire. i never require a holiday, as I have no friends to call on. I seldom require a doctor. I never strike for wages or join anj society. I require no food, and am a total ab stainer. Of water I use a large quantity, nt matter how filihy. I have not a single vice or bad habit. I work for a 1! nationalities, and under stand one language as well as another. I have no particular religion, but wil' conform to the belief of my employer. In politics I vote on all sides, particu larly on Old Rule's side. I am employed among the rich and the poor as well as in all public places. Every one likes me, and once I work for them they cannot do without me. I am a saviour of the people's health. I hold daily receptions in Tancred street East, to which you are all cordially invited. My name is RULES ACME WATER FILTER 9 20 DO YOU KNOW f\ >HAT we are SELLING OFF all our -L NEW GOODS, and giving a dls count of FOUR SHILLINGS OFF JWERY POUND FOR CASH, because we are OVERSTOCKED, and MUST REALISE. iy Come and see our Shopfull of New Mercery, Hats, Shirta, Ties, Boots, <fee. (all marked in plain figures). Men's Good Tweed Suits to measure during the sale from £3 15s to £3 i©s FOR CASH. CRAIGHEAD&BERRYMAN THE LEADING TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS, Aahhwton. 9*62 Zealandia Hoots. THE Wonderful Reputation of these Grand BOOTS is still maintained and to-day the demand from AUCKLAND TO THE BLUFF IS GREATER THAN EVER. There are more ZEALANDIA BOOTS manufactured than any other make in the Colony, The Manufacturers are so confident of the excellent wear of these Boots that they guarantee every pair branded ZEA LANDIA. For real hard wear and comfort they cannot be excelled, and they are made in so many different fittings that every kind of foot can be accommodated. Householders should buy this brand for themselves and their children, ' Once buy a Zealandia Boot and yon will never but any other make. The 1 ?oys' and Girls' Dependable School Boots and the Paragon (Pftteno) are wonderful; they are regular warriors. The Ash burton and surrounding distrl can now obtain these FINE BO Of SI tftOM Mr J. Bishop, ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE 4SHBUBTON,



BUSINESS TO LET AT TINWALD OWING to the continued 111 health of Present Proprietor, JAMES GUD SELL, the Business he has carried on for several years in Tinwald will be let or sold. He ia flow doing a fir&t-clasg trade as Draper, Baker, Butcher, and General Storekeeper. Intending purchasers can be shown that the business is paying well and that by making a small deposit any industrious man can make a clear start. This business can be worked very cheaply. Apply JAMES GUD3ELL, Tinwald. TRUTH AND HEALTH SUPPLIES COMPANY, CIIRISTCHURCH. W. CORRIE JOHNSTON, Manager XBEG to inform the residents of the District of Ashburton that I am \gent for the above Company, the Celebrated Muscle Rollers for Rheuma tism and Gout, and also the New Health Method. I shall call at all places and be at my Hotel all day next SATURDAY. HENRY COHEN, Agent, Ranger's Prince Albert Temperance TTote\ 10§3 TO FARMERS AND OTHERS. XT U R D L E S. HURDLES. 7ft Hurdles 2a 91 each in any quantity. W. H. COLLTNS & CO., 213 Timber Merchants. TO SHEEP FARMERS AND OTHERS I^HE Undersigned is offering 6ffc 6in and 7ft HURDLES made cf seasoned V.D.L. timber, at 4s and 4s 3d each in lots of thirty or more. They can be seen at my Siding, railway crossing, Durham Street, South. JAMES~GOSS, DURHAM STREET. NORTH. CHRISTCHURCH. 9 189 Llewellyn Owen, PIANOFORTE, SINGING AND HARMONY. arcade Chambers, (Dances not attended.) 4 2 Zealandia Boot Store TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. THE steadily increasing demand for the "ZEALANDIA BRAND OF BOOTS Shows they aae still as popular as ever with the Public of Ashburton. I For style, durability, and comfort they cannot be beat. A Large Stocsk of Ladies', Gents', and i Children's Boots and Shoes always in stock at prices to suit the times. REPAIRS DONE AT REASONABLE RATES J. Bishop's, ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE, j TANCRED STREET TO LET—Dwelling of nix rooms in Tancred street. { T. BULLO3K.



FOR THE ■ SHOW WEEK. 1 Sale. Sale, Sale. I 3000 YARDS 3000 YARDS 3000 YARDS I NEWEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE ■ WASHING FABRICS i EVER SHOWN IN ASHBURTON. fl ——:o:^— ; ■ DELAINES DELAINES DELAINES from 4s 6d Down ■ CAMBRICS CAMBRICS CAMBRICS Is lid the Blouse I PRINTS PRINTS PRINTS 3s6dtheDwea ■ BROCADKS BROCA.DES BROCADBS 6i 6d Dress ■ FIGDRED BRILLIANTS FIGURED BRILLIANTS 5i 6d Drenl FRENCH DRILLETTKS FRENCH DRILLETTES 4s lid Dretfl These Goods are exceptional value, and are marked at prices to effect I A SPEEDY CLEARANCE. ■ SALE. SALE. SALE. I G. L. BEATH & CO.; I TANCRED STREET. ASHBUUTOX- I j^j^t ulfoT ARBIVED. /^&s&&m x Steamships Tainui, Dorio, Ot r^yffl?'' i rama, Indram&yo, Mid TEngi y^*3|r*jßvkoM^\ New Season's Dress Materitls o^i ;'^' :i?Jp^«W\l^^ Silks and Trinimings in ail Shad* |'hf^ IrJ»W-v5Wr|K» Latest Novelties in L%cea an t'-'il'^i^^ollMS Gloves in all Colors from the bei I^'^'-I k«™H^K^A. ar §c Consignment of Morltyfl :7j^f'h"--^k c Shoiv Room is replete vith tbfl /ilw^yi^ vSvfcki choicest and most elegant MUlfl rfl/// I/jf^m^^^M^t Sunshades in endless variety 'I WtxK^W^^^^ Ladies -ouseß in •lloolo» "J Wm¥wi 'IM6M^^Mj l A Spqe«^ I]^ne of Gentlemen. 8«i J y^imW^Sm^^ Gen£^^^£c^SMrti WW^Mm^^m^m' CanvTshow for Gentlemen, Ladiel ammslptm> iifflliiv and Chlldren from 2s *** |M^» W. H. Collier J H. M. JONES, L H. M. JONES. ; PIANOS. PIANO 3. OKGANB. ORGANS, —^:j— BBST Values obtainable Cash or Terms ; Christchurch prices. Show Room* ra plete. Inspection invited. Agent for Milner and Thompson, Christchurch. CYCLES. CYCLES. CYCLES. , Ladiesi Safety Cycle?, Gents do Cash or Terms. All machines guaranteed. Ii traskept. BOOKS, STATIONERY, TOYS, FANCY G00D& GLASS, CHINA, AND ELEDTRO-PLATED WARE. FISHING TACKLE, LAWN TENNIS, AND CRICKETING MATERIAL NEW STOCK. Account books made to Orde • Envelopes from 5s per 1000, Cash. . "■ Agent for Economic Fire Insurance Company. H M. JONES. W. H, COLLINS & 00.-1 HAVE JOST LANDED, ex Coptic Pakeha, and Duke of D«TO»?nh» magnificent assortment of FENDERS, FIRE IRONS, FIRE BRASSES, AVD TILED REGISTER GRATES 5 Bales of Paperhanjflng'S of Choice Patterns and Splendid Quality. j The above goods are direct from the Manufacturers to our order] and will sold at lowest possible prices, . t NEW GARDEN TOOLS NEW LAWN MOWERS, * TIMBER ex "Glencaim" and "Gieborne" -"■; £60,000 ft. of Seasoned Flooring and Lining.J W. H. Collms and Co., < MERCHANTS AND IMP OR T E^B \ I f Royal Insurance Company. ~~^ lAGENIS FOR-! Orey Valley Coal Company. VSpringfield Pottery Company ';: i * • .. "I