THE ASHBT/KTON GCi.BDIAN : THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1893,

Prin^i,*^ P^M M the Athburtoß



K^Pi^j W^fW* Stacks, fxjTflKk MONUMENTAL MASON, : . Bfctdi-fua »ta-e«t South, 2v\ '*" CHRISTChURCH, CHV IITISHES to call, the attention \l persons in want of YY Monumental Work that he intends to sell the B^^H present Large Stock, consisting of Granite, Marble, nd r^H^^H other Htohe Monument*, at consiierably Reduced Pnce". "^^^^H Iron Fehbes, also Concrete and Stone Kerbings reduced in price. Inscriptions and all work In connection with th« -I:■:■?'■ jn^^^^m'i- tr»d«^.done in first-clasg order.. Art early inspebtioi * J^^^^^^t Invited. Several new lines lately arrived. Any reason able oiler for the present Stook wW result in a sale. COMPULSORY SALE or S- W- ALOORN & GO'S. STOCK OF GENERAL DRAPERY, MANTLES, MILLINERY Etc, QownmsKw THURSDAY, ilthlNST. EVERY ARTICLE A DECIDED BARGAIN AS STOCK MUST BE SOLD. S, W. ALCOM & CO. EAST BTBEET. STEPHENS BROS^ Market House. —^UST LANDED— 150 Cases Kerosene. Light of the Age. AND 100 €ase§ Zurllte Kerosene. Best Oil Procurable. AS there is a possible rise ia the price, we would advise our Ous< toraers to make EARLY PURCHASES. Stephens Bros., Market House. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.. Breakdown of the s.s. lonic. -1 n OASES OF NEW DRAPERY GOODS. Q TRUNKS OF BOOTS. 0 CASES OF BELFAST LINEN GOODS. OWING to the breakdown of the s.s. lONIC the above Goods ha vt arrived to* late for the Season. . •..,,,  -, :o!r— , . , , j ._ ANDREW ORE WILL HOLD A Special Clearance Sale OF HIS ENTIRE STOCK, COMMENCING JUNE 1. ALL GOODS RE-MARKED AT A GREAT SACRIFICE. 1 Case Ladies' Button Boots 4s 6d, formerly 10s. 1 Case Stanley Shoes Is 6d, formerly 2s 9d. 100 Pairs Ladies' Evening Shoes 3a lid. 100 Pairs Soiled Blankets, Colonial made, CHEAP. CARPETS and LINOLEUMS Is 6d per yard, under former price. rT"»E ARE PREPARED TO SUPPLY FARMERS WITH FIRST CLASS ROLLER FLOUB LOWEST CURRENT RATES, AND TO TAKE THEIR WHEAT Firsts or Seconds) IN EXCHANGE AT FULL MAEEEf VALUE. FRIEDLANDER BROS. CITE ARE PURCHASERS OF— WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, AND RIBGBASS IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES, FRIEDLANDER BROS, ITTE HATE FOR SALE ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF SEED WHUAT, SEED OATS, & SEED BARLEY, MACHINE DRE SS ED IF DESIRED, AT CURRENT MARKET RATES. BISIEDLANDEB BROS.



Business Notices. AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY rE OLDEST, WEALTHIEST, '' ' " ' ' AND ' MOST PROSPEROUS AUSTRALIAN LIFE OFFICE AND THK LARGEST IN THK BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office whlcl . '* >" ' 'declares a Bonus JGrery Year. The Method of Valuation adopted by hia Society ia of the Most Stringent Character, and ensures ■ •' Considerably Larger Reserve to Meet Liabilities thar that held by any other office in the Aus tralasian Colonies. A CO W M U LA TED "fJOKD S - £10,500,000 (TEN AND A HALF MILLIONS STERLING), AU invested to yield nearly 6 per o«n BONUSES CASH BONUSES declared for the last FIVE Yean, over TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonuses exoeed- InglOUR MILLIONS. CASH BONUS for ONE Year, 1891, £489.828, yielding Reversionary Bonuses amounting to £1,009,000. The Cash Bonus was equal to 42*4 per cent on the prsmiums received during the year# ■; ■ ■ «Li ■; ■ INSURE YOUR LIFE IH THS A. M. P. SOCIETY ' And Secure a BONUS EVERY IEAR. Policies in Force 109,333 Sum Assured ... ... £37,066,211 Annual Income £1,860,447 Expenses of Management LESS THAN 94 PER CENT ON THE TOTAL INCOME. EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Branch Office- Custom House Quay, Wellington. W. H. DERBY, District Secretary, Christchurch. H. ZANDER, Local Broker, Ashburton. I tWiNG to ili success WHICH HAS ATTENDED MY BUSINESS, I find it necessary to PROCURE ASSISTANCE Which I am now endeavoring to do. T TAKE the opportunity to thank the Public of Ashburton for their kind patronage, and to say that I hope to continue to merit their support. H, E. Bonnlngtoii, CHEMIST & DRUGGIST, EAST STREET, A3HBURTCN. -""—" R. T, BOOTH'S Golden Remedies. rpHROUGH the influence of friends In JL America, and after the expenditure of much time and money, I have succeeded in obtaining, and now hold in lawful possessionl THE SAFEST AND SUREST Cl RE HVER DISCOVERED FOE THE LIQUOR, OPIUM, A3fD TOBACCO HAbITS. it absolutelFdestroys the APPETITE - ■ : ' IAXfP ATUL ■ ■ ORAYINGfob ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS AND ALL DESIRE TO SMOKE. NOT FOR DRUNKARDS ONLY ALL MODERATE DRINKERS, ALL SMOKERS OAWWOW QUIT THEIR HABITS With Perfect Ease, with No Nagging of che Nerves, and with No Bad Nights. THE LIQUOR HABIT IS A DISEASE The Nervous System and of the Blood. I THE GOLDEN REMEDY No. 1. I Cures the Disease by Removing the Cause, and along with It all desire o return to ths drutx. Xk««MB«U !>•▼• h—n Cared For you there Is Hope, Help and Health I THE GOLDEN REMEDY No. 2.1 1 Brain, Nerve, and Blood Tonic. certain Cure for DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, WEAK ENED ENERGY, NEURALGIA, AND POVERTY OF THE BLOOD. READ THIS: I hereby certify and declare that—after over thirty years experience as a pharma ceutical druggist and manufacturing chemist, and being familiar with the formula »nd composition of nearly every tonic preparation on the market—that in my opinion the formula of R. T. Booth's GOLDEN REMEDY No. 2, as submitted to me, is the best I have ever seen. From my long experience of articles of this nature, i have no doubt that it will act promptly and effectually in all cases of exhaustion from whatever cause, for neuralgia, poverty of blood, and general nervous disorders. M. MARSHALL, Dunedin, N.Z. R. T. BOOTH'S GOLDEN REMEDY No.l, For the Liquor, Opium, and Tobacco Habits; and R. T. BOOTH'S GOLDEN REMEDY No. 2, A Brain and Nerve Tonic, ABE MANUFACTURED BT R. T BOOTH AND CO., LIMITED Burton's Studio Buildings, DUNEDIN, N.Z. , Agencies In the Australian Colonies and Continent of Europe. P. HAYMAN & CO., Wholesale Agents for N.Z. Price, 5s per Bottle, Sold by all Chemists and Storekeepers W be supplied through the post by retail medicine vendor*. R.T/BbOTH, { Mai aging DirectQf '



Gr. Jesson, (Late J. Quinn), PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. I f"AS on hand & well selected stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS & JEWELLERY, Of every Description, Watches cleaned and guaranteed for twelvemonths ... ... 4s 6d Mainsprings fitted (best quality) 4s 6d Clocks cleaned and guaranteed for twelvemonths ... ... 2s 8d Brooch pins fitted 3d Spectacles to suit all sights from Is per pair.. Note The Address: €L Jesiok Watchmaker and Jeweller, East Street, Ashburton,



WALKER'S BOT FL.Y REMEDIFS TCTARRANTED TO CURB ANY HORSE AFFECTED WITH BOTS, IF GIVEN " IN TIME, and to Improve the Condition of the Horse, whether he has Bot" or not, given in two drenches. LOCAL TESTIMONIALS. Gray's road, Amberley, in all stages of transformation, I became September 6,1892. much alarmed about the rest of my stock. Mr Walker, Sir,—Your Bot t Fly I used your Bot Fly Remedies ori one Remedy reached me in due course. I that was very bad, arid had every symp gavfe them to one that was very ba<*, and torn of dying, and in three days she was as I had lost a splendid young horse, I completely cured, and is doing well. I got very anxious, as the stomach presented believe it is the proper thing, and'if one mass of bots in all stages, with the given at the proper time we shall have no coating eaten away. I am glad to tell more deaths from the Bot Fl). you that the one L drenched according to David Brown. your instructions got quite better, and is i - how at his work asain. I would highly ,_3rookside,_ December 12, 1892 i recommend farmers to use the name in Mr Walker, s—Sir5 —Sir, —1 wish to add my time, tslam satisfied that they will! save testimony to the wonderful effects of your and greatly improve, the Condition of the Bot-fly Remedies. 1 had a valuable horse. Send ma some of your Bot Fly horse which got very bad and gradually Prevektit* for the summer, and oblige, got worse, I quite believed he would —Yours vety respectfuliy, have died. He*kept losing flesh, got a Edward Watson. dry coat, tight skin, careworn expression —— i of the eye, a cough, running at the nos- Killinchy, September! 14,1892. t*ils» »nd could^ ncarc« walk. I got your Mr Robert Walker, Christchurch, remedies aridgave them as directed, with Dear Sir—Your Bot Fly Remedies have the most beneficial results. -The second proved a complete success with my horse, day after getting the last drench he began He had been very bad for some tima; the to pass bots in handfuls, some of which coat dry, a tight skin, got very low in I herewith hand you. Immediately after condition, and got scarce able to walk. I passing the bots he began to mend,,and quitr expected he would die, as he had all » now as fat as butter, hearty and well, the symptoms of one that my neighbour thanks to Walker's Bot-fly Remedies, lost with the bots. I gave your remedies Any who doubt them send them to me, as you directed, with the following re- and I will convince them that your reme smlts :—The horse, after gettilng the late dies are a boon to the community and the bottle, became very pained, lying down suffering horse. Every horse should rolling and groaning with pain, in the have them ia the season, as lam confi paddook. He began to cough very hard, dent if usedthere will be no more deaths each cough bringing away a thick humor- from the bot-fly. Ura this as you please, ous matter from the nostrils, the like of ; - H. Lovell which I never saw before coming from a ' *"—~ horse. This continued all next day, Greenwood Farm, which lam cerain were the bots burst- Southbridge, August 2,1892. ing from the fleets of the Remedy, and Mr Walker, Sir,—l am glad to bear coming up through the nostrils by the testimony to the wonderful effects of your effects of the'eough. After this ceased, Bot Fly Remedies. One of my best the|horse began to mend, and in six days horses became very bad; the skintight, I had him at work again, heartyjand well, the eye lifeless and a bad colour, and got You should make these Remedies public, low in condition. Anxious to finish ao that farmers might know there is a ploughing a paddock I did nob want to remedy for this destructive pest. Send lay him up until he became unable to lift me some Preventive for keeping off the his feet, or do any more. We had to fly n summer, —And oblige, help him into the stable. I gave him Robert Molorraw. your Remedies, and the treatment you —— prescribed, and in a few days he was Amberley, July 26, 1892. quite better, and is now at his work, To Mr Robert Walker, Chrietchurch. hearty and well. I quite bfclieve, had I Sir,—Having lost three good horses, and not given him your Remedies, he would on examination found the stomach of two have died. You can use this as you completely eaten through, and the whole please. Robert Thompson. of the stomach thickly covered with bots AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON—W. Andebson & J. Heseltinb, Saddlers MANUFACTURER—ROBERT WALKER, Oanal Reserve, Woolston 4 50 TXT B HAVE JUST LANDED. EX "RANGITIRA 6 Bales PAPERHANGINGS, choice Patterns. 40 Kegs Champion's Genuine WHITE LEAD. 23 Oases Mander's VARNISHES, GOLDSIZE, WOOD STAINS, ENAMEL PAINTS, BRONZES, GOLD LEAF, LIQUID PAINTS, GLASS PAPER, PUMICE STONE, GLAZIER'S DIAMONDS, KNIVES and SCISSORS. Also, ex " Tongariro," 132 Cases SHEET GLASS. 2 Oases Rolled PLATE GLASS. '- 2 Cases Diamond Rolled PLATE. 2 Cases Enamel Figured. 2 Bales SCRIM. 200,000 TACKS, TAPES, etc., etc. W. .H Collins & Co., MERCHANTS AND IMPORTERS. agents ioii{gs^a%3af. Stephens Bros., Market House, WITH CONFIDENCE beg to draw the attention of their Customers and the Public to the Mandarin and Tiger Blend Teas. THE TIGER BLIND is a mixture of the very finest quality of India and Ceylon, whilst the MANDARIN is a combination of the choicest flowery pangent Chinas. These Teas will be found to compare for Quality and Value with any other brand placed in the market, and we claim for them the premier position for Economy, Quality, and Purity. Price—2s, J?s 4d, and 2s Bd. SAMPLES GRATIS to any one wishing to give them a trial. ORDERS BY POST despatched with Punctuality, TOWN ORDERS delivered Daily. AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON— Stephens Bros., MARKET HOUSE. Agents for Naw Zealand—J. RATTRAY <fe SON, DUNEDIX. 4 194 Watches! Watches!! Watches !! CLOCKS ! CLOCKS 1! ROBERT MURRAY, <j> vJ^ SHMj!rW|^y HOROLOGtST AND DIRECT IMPORTER fe^^KHl WATCHES,' CLOCKS, JEWELLERY, AND MATERIALS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT of BOYS' CHEAP WATCHES. Guaranteed. AN UNRIVALLED STOCK of WATCHES and CLOCKS of all descriptions, including latest and most approved forms of HOROLOQICAL SKILL. NON MAGNETISABLE WATCHES, Not aftected by Electricity, Magnetism, or Swift Running Machinery. All ENGINEERS and ELECTRICIANS should wear them. THIS IS THE WATCH OF THE FUTURE, and s kept in Hunting and Crystal Cases, both of English and Foreign Manufacture.



HINDS PUBLIC DIP. BROOKE'S ashbukton dip. CHEKTSEY PUBLIC DIP. i^vWING to the Delay caused by the wet weather the Charge will still be One Penny per head until FRIDAY, May 18, after then lsd per head. CM, Brooke, ASHBURTON.



Business Notices ~~~~STUDY "hEALThT TTIOR SUMMER PORRIDGE, Kiln JL 1 Dried Whole Meal is recommended , by the faculty for its Dietetic and Nutri tive properties. SOLD IN 5, 7, 14, and 251b BAGS. FOR CAMP, COTTAGE, FIRM'AND STATION. JUMBO BRAND BAKING POWDER is invaluable. Bread, Scones, Cakes, etc., made with this Powder are Whole some and Digestive, and will not dour, the Powder being absolutely pure and contains no Alum. Sold by all Merchants and Storekeepers in Ashburton. WHOLESALE by MANUFACTURERS Andersbii A Co., TIMARU. WANTED KNOWN THAT : J. NICHOLAS HAS REMOVED TO NEW SHOP IN EAST STREET, For tha convenience of Customers. He has now got a well selected Stock BOOTS AND SHOES, Which he intends to Sell Cheaper than any other Shop h> town. His own make—" which is seoood to none in the district," always kept on hand, or made to order on the shortest notice. Repairs neatly and promptly executed. J. NICHOLAS, BOOTMAKER, Next to Mr Salek, Watchmaker. Thos, E. lillworth, ASHBURTON MACHINE WORKS and] BRASS FOUNDRY, CAMERON STREET, Ashburton. TOCAL AUTHORISED AGENT FOR McLaren's CELEBRATED TRACTION ENGINES. Estimates given for all kinds of Mechanical Works. i Correspondence Invited. N I BEG to announce to my Customers and Friends, I have commenced Business of FILTER-MAKING WILLIAM AND TANCRED STREETS. Now the hoi weather is 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 lonjr wanted Filter for the Plains water races and tank water. It can be new supplied, charged with Charcoal, etc., or the Limestone Block. The latter is used all through Australia in Hospitals Asylums, Schools, Hotels, and Railway Stations, etc. It is easily oleaned 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. A. Rule, ASHBT7BTON W. J. BUSH AND CO niSTILIERS and IMPCBTERB OF ESSENTIAL OILS & FRUII ESSENCES, SOLUBLE ESSENCES For Aerated Water Manufacturers"; Extra Super Lemon, which is double the Strength of Ordinary Commercial Qualities. The I>l§pen<4ary, ASHBURTON. iHAVE just opened up a direct ship, meut of GOODS, from Maw, Son, and Thompson, of London, Consisting of Feeding Bottles and Cups, Enemas of various kinds, Elastic "Stockings, Knee Caps, and Anklets, Indiarubber Hot Water Bottles and Air Cushions, Trusses and other surgical appliances, Sponges and Sponge Racks, Hair, Bath, rTooth and Nail Brusnes, and an endless variety of Druggist's Sundries, Tclet Requisites. Ac,, all of which will be sold at MODERATE PRICES. X. E. Prichrrd, PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMIST, (Successor to C. M. Brooke). Tucker and Bean EX aye fur sale ALL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE & BLACK PINE FIREWOOD LIME AND CEMENT, AND BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. PRODUCE. OATS, BRAN, CHAFF, *o. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MACHINE PROPRIETORS. Just Landing—Splendid Shipment of NEWCASTLE COA.L Tucker & Bean, OOAL, TIMBER, AND GENERAL PRODUCE MIRCHANTS,



rsusiness Notices. LONGBEACH COACH. ON and after MONDAY, April 3, for the winter months, the Longbeach Coach will start from Ash burton at 4 p.m. R. R, BROWNE, Hoachmam "^AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT~O"]T~ I*al>6r Hayed IN SCRUBBING Passages and Floors BY USING The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. . Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the manufacterers. Cunwingtox & Co., 190 Gloucester Street, Christchurch. 9 31 /~\UR Clients and Readers are reminded that all communications having reference 0 advertising and subscriptions should be addressed to THE MANAGER; literary contributions and etters referring thereto—to THE EDITOR IH*VE HAD MADE UP TO MY ORDER, MOSGIEL, ROS.LIN, & KAIaPOI TWEED SUITS, Men s, Youths and Boys, long and narrow, and short and wide, as weH as ordinary sizes, MADE FROM LAST SEASON'S WOOL, Which enables me to sell at LOWER PRICES THAN EVER. R. Alcorn, ASHBURTON CLOTHING MART, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS. THE WALKER COKK EXTRACTOR Pronounced the best Mechanical Cork Extractor in the Market, as it pulls the Cork the easiest and removes it quickest from the Screw. Its use prevents the agitation cf carbo nated or other beverages, and allows bhe 1 ediment to reman* undisturbed in the oottle Designed tor che use of hotels, restau ..ants saloons, clubs and families. Orna mental in appearanae and full nicke Elated. Special terms to jobbers. Uaufactured by the THE WALKER TOOL COMPANY FISHING TACKLE. SEASON, 1892-93. Harry Frledlander BEGS to announce to his numerous patrons and friends that he has just opened, ex Aorangi, A LARGE & WELL ASSORTED STOCK OF Of Latest Design MINNOWS In great variety, including fclie well-known Whitebait, Metal Devon's, and the popular Kill-Devil Spinner. Also, Flies of every kind, Reels, Hooks Gat, Mounts, Waders, Fish Bags and Baskets, and Gaff Hooks. A Complete Stock of FISHING RODS. CRICKET AND LAWN TENNIS MATERIALS Of every description by the best makers, Harry- Friedlarider, TOBACCONIST AND FANCY GOODS EMPORIUM, FISHING TACKLE DEPOT, East Street, Ashburton For Sale, Purebred fIN ARIES a few splendid singing birds left. ACTS LIKE MAGIC, AND HAS ~NEVEB FAILED TO NSTANTLY RELIEVE OR CURE MANKIND of Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lambago, Sprains, Cuts, Wounds, Ac. CUKEsIIORSES 01" Sore Shoulders and Backs, Girth Galls, Greasy Heels, Sprains, Cracked Heels, SpHnhj, Cuti, Mange, &c. COWS Of Ulcerated Udders, and Sore Teats. DOGS of Mange, Cuts, &c, To Farmers it is invaluable. No Household can afford to be without it. GUARANTEED THE BEST EMBROCATION IN THE WORLD. Manufacturers : S. COX & CO., 422 Bourke Street), Melbourne New Zealand Representative: A. PARSONS, Morten's Buildings, Christchurch. Ashburton Agents: John Obb & Co., Ashbttbtoit Drug Co. H. E. BONNINGTON. 160 Country Agents Wanted. HARE & CO, ENGRAVERS ON WOOD, PHOTO-EfCHERS, AND ELEOTROTYPISTS. Estimates for Illustrations of Agri cultural Blocks on Application. 31, ESSEX ST., STB AND, LONDON W.Q



Puainess Not'ce*-. PRINCE ALBERT TEMPERANCE HOTEL. URI RAIOER DEGS to announce that she has GIVEN UP THE DINING ROOMS, BURNETT STREET, And concentrated her business as above. Thanking old Customers for thrir patronage, she trusts they will continue their tavors. Well Furnished Bed arid Sitting Rooms. Hot, Cold, and Shower Baths. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. MRS: HANGEP will continue to cater for banquets, balls, weddings, and parties. Cutlery on hire.. _^ h\\\. SPECTACLES I SPECTACLES! m* Salek, JEWELLER, ASHBtJRTON, IS Sole Agent for LsWus Patent System^ of Sight Testing and Spectacles. The perfect sight that has been given to all who have been fitted by this new and perfect method of Sight Testing is making LAZARUS' SPECTACLES A household word throughout the district. S. SALEK hss been thoroughly in structed in the system, and wUf shortly publish a few testimonials from those who have had their sight tested and remedied. OLEAVE'd J^EW OBADSHA AKD A.8.0. OOMMBiROrAL GUIDE, AMD TRADES DIRECTORY, A Complete and Reliable Guide to New Zealand, containing an alphabetical ar rangement of all places of lmportMct In the colony, showing at a glance the dis tances and bearings from principal towns, times of departureand arrival of all trains, coaches, and steamers, together with fares and particulars of postal, telegraph, money order offioes, post office savings banks, and hotels throughout New Zea land. Maps of the North and South Islands, and Street Maps for Auckland, Christ church, Wellington, and Dunedin. A Guide from Auckland to the Hot Lakes. A Guide from Dunedin and Inveroandll to Lake Wakatipu. Cab Fares, Customs Tariff, Trades Direc tory, Watermen's Fares, etc. Postal Guide, Telegraphic Guide, Mail Timetables, Union s,s. Company's full timetable and fares. Published Monthly, j>rloe Id. Annual Subscription, Is. Posted, Is 6d. ARTHUR CLEAVE & Co* CITY PRESS OFFICE, AUCKLAND. S. MANNING and CO., LIMITED. BBEWEBS or the FAVORITE CHRISTOHDROH SPARKLING PALE & BITTER ALES. TO BE OBTAINED IN HOGSHEADS, BARRELS, AND KILDERKINS, AT OHRISTOHUROH BREWERY' AND OF Hb H. ZANDER, ASHBURTON. ON DRAUGHT AT THE SOMERSET HOTEL, ASHBURTON, THE TINWALD HOTEL, TINWALD AWD RAILWAY HOTEL, WINSLOW. Zealandla Roots. 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- For real hard wear and oomfort they cannot be excelled, and they are made In so many different fittings that every kind of foot can be accommodated. Householders Bhould buy this brand for themselves and their children. Once buy a Zealandia Boot and you will never but any other make. The Boys' wd"^^' Dependable School Boots and the Paragon (Patent) are wonderful; they are regular warriors. The Ashburton and surrounding dlstrl can now obtain these FINE BOOTS FROM Mr J. Blsbop, ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE ASHBURTO*.