being put, Mr Blake said that he w s op posed to the Bill, but he held that the; must have some measure, as the Commis sioners' time would shortly lapse, lie objected to giving the Minister the right of veto, and he also objected to reducing the salary of the Chief Commissioner. Mr Scobie McKenzie said that, assum ing this Bill did not become law thia ses sion, and the Commissioners' time expired in February next, the Government must either appoint Commissioners or a dead lock would result in the service. He re gretted to say that in discussing this Bill he differed from hon gentlemen on his own side or the Jiousa. lie believed that the management of the railways by the Go vernment previous to 1887 was, on the whole, good, and he saw no reason for changing the management, although he thought the Commissioners' rule was more economical than that of the Government. The present time was not opportune to bring in a Bill of ihis kind, and ihe ques tion should be left for the electors to de cide. The Commissioners had been sub ject to incessant hostility from the Premier, and he would vote against the Bill. Mr Beeves said that Mr Mackenzie in voting against the Bill would vote against his opinions, as he was against the Bill of 1887. That Ace was so carelessly drawn that the Government could appoint the Chief Commissioner, but could not appoint the two other Commissioners, and he main tained that there was a necessity for passing some legislation on the subject. His opinion was that there was n/>t general satisfaction with the Commissioners, and that until a remarkable occurrence in 1890, when a revulsion of feeling took place, there had been strong dissatisfac tion with their management. Instead of getting that, they got a perpetuation of the old principle for five long years. To his mind the present Bill did not go far enough, but he recognised that they must not force public opinion, It was said that the Minister would be a despot on the Railway Board, but he asked if that was possible in the face of the fact that the Minister would have only a temporary place on the Board while the other Com missioners would be there far five years. He denied that the Government had any personalfeeling against the Commissioners at all, but Parliament must have control over the property of the people. Bureau cratic management was against the feeling of the age, and it had been a failure in Victoria. If the Opposition and the Legislative Council did not accept this moderate Bill, the time would como when they would have to accept one that would not be so moderate. The cause of the feeling against the Commissioners was not personal, but was in consequence of the supreme error of the Government who had appointed them. Mr Tanner should vote for the Bill, not because he approved of it, but be cause it was the first step towards the resumption of the control by the people. Mr Wilson would vote against the Bill. Mr James Mills would have supported the Bill if it had proposed to give the Minister a seat on the Board equally with the other Commissioners, Captain Russell dealt at considerable length with the Premier's speech, con tradicting several of his statements. Mr Rhodes saw no necessity for the Bill. Mr J. W. Kelly declared that promo tion in the railway service went almost entirely by favourititm and not by merit, and he was prepared to prove this state ment. Mr Hall-Jones said that although three days had been spenc over this debate, he did not think the time had been wasted. He was entirely in accord with the main principles of the Bill, in that it sought to give the House more control over the railways. The Premier began to reply at I.SO a.m., and the second reading was cariied by 20 to 12 at 2 5 a.m.

COMMERCIAL.

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Sydney, September 19. A. further issue of £500,000 funded stock has been sanctioned locally. This brings the total amount issued up to £2,000,000. (Received September 20, 10.50 a.m.) London, September 19. At the wool sales, 10,600 bales were offered. There was a good attendance of buyers, and brisk competition. Prices for the main sorts were unchanged, but faulties were slightly weaker. Crossbreds were fully ec^ual to the best July prices, A Victorian wheat cargo has been sold at 395.

CHOLERA.

[per press association.] Berlin, September 1.9. Several deaths from cholera are re ported in the suburbs of Hamburg.

CABLE SUMMARY.

It was a Roumanian Priest who incited the attack upon the Austrian Emperor's train. E|ght lives were lq'st \n the rush tq up selections in the Clherokee pes,ervatio,n, The •* Financial News " approves of the suggestion that railways should be built in New South Wales on the land grant system. An Egyptian fellah writes to the <( Times," appealing to England not to evacuate the country, but to strengthen its rule until all reforms are complete. The Vatican press advises France to a£tend|, to social reforms instead of getting up excitement over the Russian fleet owing to exaggerated fears of the Triple Alfianqe. Messrs riendricks, Bailey, and Hardy, leading actuaries, have con firmed Mr Teece's proposal to the Australian Mutual Provident Sopfety. Suggesting an improved method oj giving effect to valuations, They state that they have been deeply impressed with its stability.

THE REVOLT IN BRAZIL.

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Bio de Janibro, September 19. The city has again been bombarded. The insurgents are sending wayships to seize the southern ports. (Received September 20, ]4».m.) 1 - Washington, September 19. News from Brazil' states Santa Cruz has surrendered to the insurgents, and in consequence President Peizoti has abandoned his coast position. Letters received from Rio declare that ail perts' except Santa Oruz are either neutral or favor the rebels. ! Three rebel warships have sailed to blockade Santos, and it is expected tjiaj; the Prgsidejit w}li succumb. Jioyal officers murdered a newspaper eciitor, who was a supporter of the rebels. TJip reb,el}ion is spreading inland. the rebel admiral shot his deputy *nd marine lieutenant for attempting iq di^Qurage the psipg.

The Bitter Cry of Poverty-Stricken Melbourng.

I In an article headed " Poorer than the Poor, the j Melbourne " Age," describing tie poverty existing at 1 present among a laTge section of the population, says : ' —It ouly needs to select a Tew typical cases from tlie I many that pre.S3nt themselves to show how heart rending is the misery of many of these people. Here, for instance, is the plight of a widow who lives m Edward stree 1. She occupies a damp cottage, tor which she has to pay 5s a week, and on entering the front room one sees at a glance that nearly every piece ! of pawnuble furniture ha? been disposed of. bhe lias four children, and her sole income is the wages of Her eldest girl, who earns 6< 6d a week at a paper factory, whilst the woman herself occasionally makes a few shillings at charing work. ... . »,„,.,,„. The c»se of a woman in Victoria street is hinder still. The other day the very bed on which she and her children had been sleeptng w* ae!z«d and s-'ld t-y tUo bii iffs. The whole amount of the debt—rent-did not come to M, and tho few wretched articles of furniture would not have fetched more than a few shillings. A charitable policeman living in the district hearing ol the affair, redeemed the poor creature s bed, and she has been supplied with p rtial relief since. _ In a house off one of the lanes running from Vie oria street there are three families who cannot boast enough furniture amongst them all to fit out one room. The husbands tramp the city each day in hopes of work, which will not turn up, and the women and children are enabled to just keep body and soul together by presents of food from their neighbors, a shade less straitenod than themselves. The charity of the very poor to the very poor is found through all these inquiries to be active and generous, that is to say, within the very circumscribed limits of p ssibility. In some of the stieets off the Sydney road there seem to be whole terraces which the direst kind ot want has claimed for its own. Some of these houses are comfortable, and evidently in better times were the hom«s of prosperous working people ; and even now it is not safe to judge by externals only, for many cf the occupants, in their proper pride, are at pains to keep their sufferings secret. At one house neat curtains are drawn across the windows of the front room, though one is assured that the rooms inside are as bare of furniture as an unoconpied house. You may knock and ring as long as you like at this house, but will get no response. If your mission is a charitable one, the occupants do not care to Bee you; if, as is more likely, you are a creditor, you are still more unwelcome. There are many cases like this, where people enduring the bitterest privations would rother die than ask or receive assistance. These, of course, are the most dim cult to assist, for they must live, but they will not beg or steal. Work is the only thing that can possibly bring a ray of lightness into their very dark days. The woman says, when at length by a species ol stratagem you enter her cheerless room, " I have hart three houses sold over my head, but I am doing pretty well now, as lam making 7s a week at charing- There are lots worse off than me" ; and she directs you to one of them. This proves to Be a wretchedly tbin young woman, who lives in a bare cottage higher up the street. Her thinness strikes you unpleasantly at first sight, for it is evident that it is the result of hunger. Her bone 3 show sharply out from her bare arms, and in the pinched features of the face is a look there is no mistaking. Her husband is away up country, looking for work, but meanwhile her experi ences have been of the most pitiable kind. She has a baby and a little girl, yet she would not go to the soup kitchen, nor to the large-hearted butcher on the Sydney road for assistance, until the last gasp. She has been forced to, though ; for, as she says, " a mother can't see her children starve before her very eyes. As one goes from house to house in this distressed neighborhood ths monotony of the stories of suffering becomes painful in the extreme. There is scarcely any variation. The husband, or the brother, or the mother, has been without work for weeks or months; the furniture has been sold or the bailiffs have taken it; there is absolutely no immediate prospect of a release. In very many instances it is only during the last few weeks that the most crucial pressure has been brought to bear on some families. In good times they had saved against a rainy day, and their honses were well furnished. Then work became so desperately scarce Bonn months ago, they drew on their little stocks of ready money at the savings bank till the funds were exhausted; and afterwards, bit by bit, the furniture was disposed of. It really seems as if the last few weeks had brought the most careful among the working classes to_ the stage where, unaided, they can no longer fight against circumstances. The bailiffs have been for many months past a standing terror to the peo»lo. Wherever one goes one hears that the " home was sold up," or that " the very bed was taken from under us." Of course, many of the landlords of these small cottaaes and houses are them selves being severely pressed from outside ; but it ought not to be necessary to remind property owners that to eject starvjns people into the street in a district where there are hundreds of empty houses already is a very short-sighted policy In too many cases thera has been a heartlessness displayed in dealing with these poor people which, it would have been thought, in times like these, would never have been exercised. Trumpery little articles of furniture have been seized by distrain ing landlords, and bedding and clothing taken which can scarcely have been of any value to the creditor, but were of irfcalculable aervica to the debtor. More distressing, if possible, than the grinding privations of the laboring classes are the hardships of 1 the many clerics and shopmen who are without work. This class of sufferers, it is always found, is amonget the last to make known its wants; but these are none the less into'erable for such self-rcspecticg indepen dence. It is believed that in Brunswick alone there are numerous families enduring the misery of the acutest form of genteel poverty. They do not comj within tho scope of the ordinary relieving" committees, and they are just the sort of people who carefully attend to the front garden, and keep the outside of their houses clean and. comfortable-looking, whilst inside are bare boards and empty cupboards. For sometims pa3t relief committees have been dis tributing food and clothinsr, but the resources nt their command are entirely inadequate to cope with all the poverty of the neighborhood. Mr Warne, o£ Sydney road, has for many weeks past been giving meat away to hundreds of people ; and, as Be carries on an extensive butchering business in the neighborhood, h« is able to form a very reliable estimate of the extent of the distress. He knows exactly how many of his customers who dealt with him in more prosperous tir«e3 now cea eto visit his shop at all; and he estimates that list Sunday there were at teiifc five hundred families who had no meal daring tho day. This mcaus, at the lowest estimate, that one thousand persons went hungry ; and su;h a state of affairs surety ncoda no comment.

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FATAL FIRE.

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London, September 19. In a fire at a bakery in Whitechapel five persons were burned to death.

BILLIARDS.

Chicago, September 19. Ives, the American player, and Roberts, the English champion, played another billiard' match, and the former was again victorious.

OBITUARY.

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London, September 19. Sir Alexander Gait, setat 76. [Sir Alexander Tilloch Gait, K.C.M.G., son of John Gait, the author, born at Chel aea, September 6, 1817, educated in this country and in Canada, was in the service of the British and American land Company from 1833 to 1858, and the Commißsiontr and Manager of their entire estates from 1844 to 1856. He was first elected to the Canadian Parliament in 1849. The Gov ernor-General, Sir E. W. Head, requested him to form an administration in August, 1858. This task lie declined, though he joined Mr Gstrtier's administration as Finance Minister, and held that office until that ministry was defeated on the Militia Bill, in May, 1862. Mr Gait resumed his post as Finance Minister in March, 1864, and re tired in August, 1866, when Ministers failed to carry a measure securing certain educa tional privileges to the Protestant minority in Lower Canada, in view of the greatly in creased power obtained by the French and Roman Catholic majori y under confedera tion.' tylr. Gait felt, ai the representative in the Governments of the Protestants of Lover Canada, that he could best serve their in terests by retiring. The result appears to have justified his view. He was appointed one cf the Delegates for Lower Canada; to confer with the Imperial Government on the subject' of Cpnfederation, e^ncl in tfiat capacity, a) though n,qb a member of the Canadian Government, has secured protec tion for his co-religionists. Mr Gilt is re garded aa the ablest financier in the colo nies, and has taken a prominent pajt in a.\\ the nje&SUres adopt«ri +^ un |t e am i consoli date British America. He was a Knight Commander ojt the Order* of SS. Michael and George in 1869 ]

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A FATAL STABBING CASE.

# Sydkey, September 20. During a quarrel amerig a number of German sailors in one of the Sydney hotels, one named Stentzil stabbed another named Reiinan to death, and wounded a second.

STATE LIFE. INSURANCE BILL.

Adelaide, September 20. The Premier has introduced a State Life Insurance Bill, to be applicable to all departments of the public service.

WOMEN'S FRANCHISE.

In Committee on the Adult Women's Franchise Bill an amendment that the franchise be extended to the election for Legislative Councillors, was nega ; tived. An amendment to gra^t vyomen sea^s in Parliament was also i rejected,

LABOR ITEMS.

London, September 19. The miners of England are partially resuming work at the old rates. Pakis, September 19 Thirty thousand miners have struck for an increase of pay, but the Belgians still hesitate to strike. (Received September 20,11.45 a.m.) Meibouknb, September 20. The conference between the steam- 1 ship owners and the engineers came to an abrupt termination. The owners contended for a fifteen per cent reduc tion in wages for one year. The engineers declined to recommend more than ten per cent for a term of two years.

GEMS IN VERSE.

Popular Choice.

What grander sight for gods and men to see— The people choosing rulers! How sublime When, right or wrong, defeated millions be As true as those, who win! No senseless crime Is' theirs. They stand by them the people chose, If general welfare be the goal they seek, And party be but means, and not, for those Who won, the end. The people are not weak Nor stupid rogues that vote at Mammon's beck. Their voice, for us the voice of God; their heart ■ ■' Responsive beats when calls the right; for wreck . Of nation never came unless by art the people were betrayed—their fateful voice Will bless, if right, will doom, if wrong, their choice! —Frank Leslie's Weekly.

The Maiden's Choice.

Two youths once lived in a country town, And one waa a giant fair, With a Saxon viking's golden crown And a blacksmith's muscles smooth and brown When he made his right arm bare. The other yonth was of dapper size. So slender and short was he That he found small favor in maidens' eyes, And the giant boasted in merry wise, "I could lay him across my knee." These twain both courted the village belle, JSut short was the race they run; At the giant's feet the maiden fell, And the little man, though he pleaded well, Naught more than her pity won. They marched away to the wars one day, In haste for the battle's van, And the people cheered when the giant gay Strode stoutly past for the distant fray, And they smiled at the little man. But the earliest ball by a foeman sped— One drop from the war black skies— Passed safely over the pygmy's head, And the giant, who stood behind, fell dead, With a bullet between his eyes. Then the little man swore, though his sight waa dim, And he bounded ahead of them all, And the whole great army followed him Till he leapt like a devil, little and slim, First man o'er the battery wall. And he planted the flag of his country there While the routed army ran, And the legions roared as it floated fair On the dusky waves of sulphurous air, "Three cheers for the little manl" Oh, I don't know, and I cannot say What the giant might have done, But I'm sure the maiden will weep alway For her lover shot in the first of the fray And dead ere his fame was won. For war is a field of chance, you know. Let him dodge the bullets who can. But love is a garden where fancies blow, And the form of a giant makes larger show Than the'soul of a little manl —George Horton.

The History of Jim Jones.

Jim JoQ.es, ho was an editor—that is, he tried to be. He bought himself a hand press, an he started in to see Jea' what there was in editin, but when he'd canvassed round Some fifteen hundred editors in that same town he found. They all knew more about it than Jones could hope to know. They told him: "You must run her, Jones, jes' so an so an so! Be sure an boom the Baptists—they're bound to help you out— An give the good old Methodists a big salvation shout I "Give every man a notice. Be sure an put it down Whenever Major Jinks is seen perambulatin town. Put in a few free locals for all the stores, an give Each man a free subscription—if you want your sheet to live!" Well, Jones Jie done jes' as they said, for fear they'd make a row; But the more he tried to please 'em all, the more they told him how, Until at last he took his book an laid it on the shelf, Then run the paper in the ground an f ollered it himself! —F. L. Stantou.

Be Patient While We May.

The hands are such dear hands; They are so full; they turn at our demands So often; they reach out, With trifles scarpely thought about So many times"; they do (so many things for me, for you— If their fond wills mistake. We may well bend, not breafc. They are such fpnd, frail lips That speak to us. Pray, if love strips Them of discretion many times, Or if they speak too slow or quick, such crimes We may pass by; for we may see Days not far off when those small words maybe Held not as slow or quick or out of place, bus dear, Because the lips are no more hero, They are such dear, familiar feet that go Along the path with ours—feet fast or slow, And trying to keep pace—if they mistake Or tread upoh some flower that we would take Upon our breast, or bruise some reed, Or crush poor Hope until it bleed, We may be mute, Not turning quickly to impute Grave fault, for they and we Have Buch a little way to go—can be Together such a little while along the way— * We will be patient while we may. So many little faults we find. We see them, for not blind Is love. We see them, but if you and I Perhaps remember them some by and, by They will not be Faults then—gravft faults—to you and me, But JU9t odd ways—mistakes, or even less— jiemembrances to bless. Pays change so many things—yes, hours— We see so-differen'tly in suns and showers. Mistaken words tonight May be so cherished hy tomorrow's light. We may ba patient, for Tjre'ltnow There's such a little way to go, '*" "' " ■■■■•■•■■■ --Hew Ywk Ouserver.

True Love Is Immortal.

He was old and grim and grizzled and gray. With whiskers that looked like a forkful of hay, And he in poor Btyle for a man p,f his means, While his Costume ran mpstly to, flannel, and Jeans.' Eia neighbbrs made a sort of a butt and a joke ' of him— Called him "lazy old Bill" whenever they spoke of him— And yet to his wife—and who dares call her eilly?- He was never aught other than "darling* tw "Willie." —Indianapolis Journal.

Let Me Believe.

t^t jxxq believe you, lore, or let me die! If on your faith I may not rest secure, Beyond all chance of peradventure sure X Trusting y6ur half avowals sweet {tad §hy, As trusts the lark the p?.IM, sky, Then would I rather In some grave obscure Impose, forlorn, than, living on, endure A, question each dear transport to belie. It is a pain to thirst and do without, A, pain to suffer what wb deemunjus.^ To win a i oy and lay it ift \h& dust-. But there^s a fiercer tiai^—the pain of doubt— From other griefs death sets the spirit free—, Doalb t steals the Hght from immortality I ( —Florence E. Coaies. ;

fTls with our judgments as our watoh«B—iion<t ■ Ito Just alike, yet ea,cu. believes his own. —Pope.

The Milton Salvationists

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Dunedin, September 19. Six of the Salvationists convicted for breach of the Milton by-law gave them selves up to-day, as they declined to pay the fine. They reached town by train to night, and were accorded an enthusiastic reception by the local Salvationists, who then paraded the town in an indignation procession. They declare that 300 officers and 3000 soldiers are prepared to go to Milton and be taken up. Those who are in gaol are Captain Matthews, Me Vicar, J. Keen, J. Fountain, G. Bugden, and G. Ashman.

The South African Trouble.

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Capetown, September 18. The Matabeles, according to later reports, are still advancing. Lobengula himself has taken up a strong position thirty miles from Buluwayo. Three hundred Englishmen are leaving Trans vaal to assist their friends in Mashona land.

THE ASHBURTON GUABDUK i WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1893.



Respecting the Royal maniage, a cor respondent writes to " Notes and Queries : —" The fact ot the direct heir to the throne marrying an English woman is so rare an event that it seems worth noting. I can only recall two instances since the conquest, viz: Edward the Black Piinoe and Edward Prince of Wales, eon of Henry VI, who married Ann of Warwick, subsequently the Queen of Richard 111. Ann of Warwick, however, was not of Royal Blood, but the Black Prince and Johanna of Kent were equally descended frail Edward L, and oddly enough, as in our present royal marrige, the bride was a generation older than the bridegroom. Edward, the Black Prince, was great grandson of Edward I,; Johanna of Kent was grand daughter of the Bame king; the Duke of York is great great-grandson of George III.; while the Princess May is only great-grand-daughter of the good old king. Several of our kings , have married English wives, but, co, far as I can remember, no direct heir to the throne has ever done so except those I have mentioned." ;



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A CARD] 1 MR H. C. ORBELL, SOLICITOR, ASHBURTON. Office : Montgomery's Building.?,' 1 Corner East and Burnett Streets. . j t 8t127 | LANDELLS AED PBESTON, ! EKGINEERS and CYCLE EXPERTS, GUN AND LOCKSMITHS. "VTAME PLATES, Stencils, Engrav- J-N ing and Die Sinking. Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowers, &c., repaired. LANDELLS AND PRESTON will commence business in Ashburton on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, in the Premises in Burnett street, next 9t69 Ashburton Club. TITONEY TO LEND on approved securities, in sums to suit borrowers, at LOWEST CURRENT RATES. H. 0. ORBELL, 9 7$ Solicitor, Ashburton.



—FOR »4L£ -I TRACTION ENGINE, 8-horsa. -f GRASS SEED CLEANER, -| CORNCRUSHER. -I CHAFF CUTTER. -I HYDRAULIC RAM, No. 5. -I SCREEN, for 4ft 6in Combine. -1 Ordinary BICYCLE, price £2 10s A quantity of Belt-puJleys from 3in 3ft diameter. Agency for McLaren's Traction Engines. Thos.E.Kilwoith, ENGINEER & BRASS FOUNDER. _______ T3LANS, Specifications, and Estimates | -XT for any kind of Buildings can be had from Gkorge W. Andrews, East Belt. Agent for Mr W. A, P. Clarkson, Architect, A.R.1.8.A., Christchurch, Specimen plans on hand. Charges moderate. A gent for Waiters' Celebrated Ranges and Austin and Son'e Chimney Pots and Glazed Drain Pipes. Orders taken for Brick, Concrete, and Asphalt wrok 9 15 TOWN SECTIONS 660, 561, 562, 563, one Acre, having three frontages In Cass, Aitken, and Cox streets, centrally situ ated, being not far from the Railway y Station. Desirable Bite for a private I residence, and should prove a remunera ] tive Investment. Offers invited for this* I T. BULLOCK,



IMPORTANT TO INVESTOR*, IMPORTANT TO FATHERS. AND MOTHEKS, IMPORTANT TO EVJiiRYtfODY. "T\O YOU WISH for a good Investment 1 Then be wise and purchase a HOUil SECTION. You cannot go wrong in buying land at a reasonable price, which increasing in value, and becoming less in quantity every week. Everyone should possess a home that he can call his own, and the properties such as are now offered should not be missed. Young man, you may feel free and independent now, but you will want to settle down. Be wise and purchase a House and Section by initalmentc of payment that you will not feel the loss of. Saving leads to wealth; yet many people go on paying house rent all their lives, and are either unaware how easily they may become house owners Instead of rent payers, or singularly neglectful of snob opportunities as F. PKRRIM AN offers. Do without luxuries for a, little while, 3uy a Section and House What you are now paying for rent will soon pay the )f your property. No more landlords, no more rent. Anyone In active employs* >f any kind can save enough to pay the instalment by cutting down expenses. Wha nany spend in cigars and beer, horse-racing and cards, would buy a House and Section. Don't hesitate because your earnings are small; make your expenses on! > little less than now. Many will be ready to take It off your haads at a profit. It a an axiom in political economy that should be written in letters of gold— The man who lives up to all he owns Is ill prepared for fortunes turns, But who spends less has home and health, Long life himself, his children wealth. Like drops of water, grain* of sand Tkat make the ocean and the land; The penny saved to sovereigns grows, What poor men hope, the noh man knows. —fiafar. MOORE STREET: ASHBUBTON EXTENSION. FOP fiaift l aSRE of GOOD GROUND ;capiui frontage, iUI JOttlt? on Beach Road. Upon the land ia built a oom 1 ortablejjDwelling of five rooms. Shop and Stable. A good opening for any small lusiness, Poultry Farm, etc. '" ' V. FERRIIH4V. -FOR SALE — AT HAMPSTEAD, a Comfortable 1 Fivo-Roomed Honse, with Sculbry and ;ood Outbuildings. Situated upon two sections of land of first-class quality Well ilanted with choice fruit trees in full bearing ;an abundant supply of water' exoel ent frontage^ ;on Main RoaJ, near School, 'and within {sight of Railway Station • dear title. * F. FERRIMAN. \ HOME YOU MAY WELL BE PROUD OF, TOGETHER WITH LASTING AND SOLID SECURITY. J-aoiusw WHAT MORE can mortal man desire than Lots 137, 3,4, 5- 6, and 7, about U YCRES of rich, highly productive Land, with Brick Dwelling of Five Rooms, close ,o Schools, and few minutes walk to Post Office Savings Bank. For with this pro jerty and a small nest egg in cash you can be comfortable now and in the evening of ife. Price -£250, which at 4 per cent interest, is only four shillings a week rental or the above Banks go op, Banks go down, but this may stand for fever. The iboveJwLsJbeen Bold . F. FERRIMAN. — FOR SALE — . r> * VALUABLE ?, USl*£i? BF™^ H e, RF^opposite the new office o ;he Building Society, in iancredJStreet.— Since Sold. F. *JSRRIMAN, — FO.R SALE — HAVHLOOK STREET, f ACRE. Capital corner, close to centre of town Comfortable Villa of five rooms, with Outbuildings; good parden, well sheltered • must be sold; owner leaving for North Island. He may wish himself in hie old home again. Many that leave Ashburton would like to return. If you buy thit borne you will want more cash to pret you out than owner will take for you and yow  go in.— Tht foregoing Property >luis been disposal oj F. FERRIMAV -FOR SALE -10 TUOSE who study sanitation th«j A! ford Forest Roa<» offers all that you can desire. I have for S»le \ ACRE and good House opposite Mr John Orr's dence. This propeny wilUuit any one living in town or working at the Wcolle Factory. Prieelow. F. FERRIMAN . -FOE SALE sectm and HOUSE near Canterbury Mill. A safe investmenl goo home for little money easy'terms. F. FKRRIMAN. — FOR SALE — THAT CAPITAL FAMILY RESIDENCE known a» Troyford Villa, situated on the Wakanui Road, containing Large Dinning Room Drawing, Six Bedrooms, Kitchen, Bath Room, and Pantry. The ground consists of flower Garden,!**** Kitchen Garden, Stable, and with back entrance ; the whole forming"^ tnoajt'detir able property. . * *" /" F FERIUMAN. i