MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under subject to the necessary alterations :— WEDNESDAY, December 6. For Australian Colonies, per express to connect with s.s. Tarawera, at 15.30 p.m..

Note—lt has now been decided that notes of any kind, printed or otherwise, on account or invoice forms, beyond the simple account, cannot pass at commercial paper rates, and accounts with such remarks must bear letter ratea of postage.

DEATH.

CftosKEiL —At Willowby, on sth inst., after a short illnes-i, George, the fourth son of Mr Joseph Croskell, late of Anderby, Lincolnshire, England. Aged thirty-seven yeats. Deeply regretted.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1893 RREINSTATEMENT.

Throughout the whole colony the polling last Tuesday was very heavy. In the past, thanks to duplications, dead men, absentees, men with property qualifications all over the place and their names on many rolls in conse quence, it was difficult to round up to the poll more than half of the electors whose names appaarecl upon the roll. This state of things is changed now, and as the one-man-one-vote rule wipes out all the duplications and all the pluralisms of any and every kind, a far larger proportion of the names on the roll are genuine than used to be the case. Hence, the heavier polling that is, of men. The women virtually doubled the roll, and among them those who did not vote were far fewer in number than among their fellow electors of the other sex. But there were exceptions aU the same, and upon the Ashburton roll some thousand or so names have to be accounted for— mostly men. gome of them no doubt had no right to be on the roll at all, and by the new self-purging clause of the Act, the non-exercise of the vote rids the roll of these gentry. Others with a perfect right to vote were prevented by various causes, and these electors will doubtless desire to be reinstated. Considerable doubt and misapprehension appears to exist as to the striking off from the roll of the non-voters of Tuesday last, and as to how and when those struck off can obtain reinstatement so as to be able to vote at the licensing polls in March next. The law on the* subject is contained in tlie Electoral Act and the Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act of last session. The Returning Officer of each district bas forthwith to for ward to the Registrar of Electors a certified joll showing those who, not being disqualified, failed to vote at the General Election, and the Registrar then expunges such names from the roll. The last quoted Act, however, provides that " nothing herein con tained shall affect the right of any elector whose name shall tave been so expunged from at any time thereafter sending in a fresh claim for registra tion on such electoral roll." Those, therefore, who from any cause failed to vote on Tuesday last should, if they desire to regain the franchise and to have the right of voting at the March licensing elections, at once send in fresh claims for registration. They will then, if not objected to, be restored to electoral rights in a few days. Those who neglected to register before should now do so. The law appears defective in respect to the formation of the rolls under which the licensing elections will be held. There is no provision, apparently, as to the date before the election to which they are to be made up. In regard to a political election the issue of the writ closes the rcll, but no corresponding provision appears to have been made as to the date at which the roll shall be finally closed prior to a licensing election.

POLITICAL PROPHETS.

In these sceptical days, when ancient beliefs are no longer accepted unques tioningly but are brought to the severest test of critical investigation, when proof by facts or figures is de manded with the moat exacjbing ijisjst vJK;9 both as tP P©fl and things, wliea

there are those who deny that Shake speare's plays were written by Shake speare, and there are even those to be found who deny that the earth is a sphere, it is curious to note the co existent phenomenon of the most in tense credulity on the part of many hundreds of thousands of people. This is especially noticeable in matters of religion or appertaining to things spiritual as is evidenced by the absolute eagernes3 with which hosts of people accept any new doctrine, however outre or preposterous, and give in their ad herence to teachers whose only creden tials are their ignorance and impudence" This curious circumstance is perhaps best explained by Carlyle's cynicism that mankind are " mostly fools." It 1 has its exemplification also in the region of medicine, many a quack gathering in the shekels by heaps while the orthodox and duly qualified professional man looks on with an envy which is mingled with contempt. But if religious and medical quacks and religious and medi cal dupes abound, it may safely be said that political false prophets and their misled political disciples still more abound, and that in spite of the lessons of experience. " Experience teaches '* says the proverb, but there is a whole army of people of whom it is not true, and to whom all experience appeals in vain. Prior to and during the recent election contest we have had prophets, many prophesyiug the rout of the Liberal party and declaring before hand what would be the verdict ot this section of the electors and of that, and of all these predictions nine-tenths have been absolutely falsified by the results. Yet, wholly unabashed, numbers of these prophets are taking up their parable again and beginning to busy themselves with predictions as to what the newly elected Parliament will do during the session of 1894. They know all about it. They are cocksure of it. The Liberal party is to be split into two fragments, and its enemies are to be they of its own household. &ir Robert Stout is to declare war against Mr Seddon, and with the aid of the remnant of the Conservative party is to defeat him and to force upon the country the principles of the teetotal " Alliance." This bouleverse merit is to be helped on by the fatuous conduct of Mr Seddon himself, who is to aid his own downfall by calling to the Council tenor a dozen men without regard to their qualifications for sena tors, but merely as a reward for politi. tical services to his party; and the Premier is also with further fatuous folly to propound a borrowing and lending scheme upon unsound principles at the risk of the colony's credit. This is all cut and dried, and is therefore bound to happen. At least so say the prophets. But ther* is such a thing as reckoning without your host, and that is an operation which these very prophets have performed so often that they have become adepts in the process. The result which hag happened before i^, we venture to suggest, uncommonly likely to happen again, the prophets being once more " left." We ourselves do not indulge in anything so risky as political prophecy, and would merely remind these seers and their disciples that in politics it is nearly always the unexpected that happens.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nominations for the Tinwald races close on Saturday at 9 p.m., at Stone's Hotel, Tin wald. The Mayor invites the burgesses to close their places of business at noon to-morrow^ in view of the Ariel Club's sports that day in the Domain, The time for receiving entries for the sports on December 18 has been extended — bicycle events to December 6, and hurdle race and grand handicap te December 9. It is stated that while under the property tax, 8760 widows, wives and spinsters paid £22,27* ; under tho Land and Income Tax these ladies pay only £13,584, The Norwegian Medical Congress has re solved to hold its meetings on board a yacht, ing cruiser, which will take a week in making the usual excursion in the region of the mid night sun. We direct attention to a change in the advertisement of the New Zealand Clothing Factory, and more particularly to the notifi cation regarding orders having to be left prior to 13th insfr. to prevent disappointment in case anything should be required before Christmas. At the Ashburton Borough Council meet ing last night it was decided in response to a request from the Ariel Bicycle Club, that the Mayor request the shopkeepers to close at twelve instead of one o'clock on Wednes day next, that day being the occasion of the bicycle sports. In an article contrasting the progress of New Zealand and Victoria, the " Age " says that "In New Zealand at the present time there are more than 8,000,090 acres of land sown with artificial grasses. We cannot help Pausing in wonder to inquire how it was done in the time and with the population that did it. With a population not very much more than half as large as that of Victoria,' New Zealand has laid her pastures down in artificial grasses to ten times the extent of Australia and Tasmania combined. Victoria save 3 £8000 a year by closing small schools in thinly settled districts, and paying 6d each per day for the conveyance of children to schools kept open. Parents arrange for themselves the mode of convey ance, and where the railway runs to suit, the Department has contracted for the carriage of children. By. adopting this system 127 half useless schools have been closed; £2136 was last year paid for the conveyance of children, but the sav ing on the closed schools was £8000 over that;

A case of alleged blackmailing came be fore the Ciiristchurch Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday, when A. J. Burgess, M, J.Sberw:n, andF. Jennings were committed j for trial on a charge of conspiracy to extort money from W. A. Taylor, hotelkeeper, of Rangiora, by accusing him of an unnatural offence. Ken Lewis, the holder of the one mile and the ten mile bicycle records of .New Zea land arrived in town to-day to take part in ihe Ariel race meeting. He appears to be very fit and should come very near winning , the five mile championship to-morrow. The rest of the Christchurch rldera will arrive by the eleven o'clock train to-morrow. Miss Louise Aldrich Blake, eldest daughter of a Hertfordshire clergyman, has achieved the highest distinction as a student in medi cine ever won by a woman. She has taken a 1' double first" in the examinations at the London University. It is said that she at tained excellence not by special cramming, but by steady, presevering hard work. The anniversary soiree in connection with the Ashburton Wesleyan Chu eh is an nounced for Thursday next in the Odd fellows' Hall. After the tea the Rev F. W. Isitt is to lecture on " The Black Hero of Hayti, Napoleon's noblest victim." This lecture has been listened to by delighted crowds in different parts of the colony, and should prove a great attraction. Georges Hugo, the grandson of Victor Hugo, now a sub-lieutenant in the French Navy, came of age recently. He was made a victim of the Paris usurers during his minority, according to French papers, and the family attorney is now having con siderable trouble in straightening out his affairs. Among others there is a bill for £2400 presented by a well-known tailor of Paris. A tax which lasted thirteen years was actually levied in Great Britain on births in the year 1695. Every pen-on not in receipt of alms was required to pay 2s for every little stranger added to his family. The nobility and gentry were subjected to a heavy pay ment in addition, ranging from £30 for the eldest, son of a duke down to 10$ for a person having real estate worth £50 per annum or personal estate of £600 or upwards. According to German political prophets England has to look forward to the for mation of a vast and powerful French Colonial Empire in the East, which will one day menace the prosperity of British dominion and influence in those parts. The whole of Siam will be gradually swallowed up, like Cochin China, Cam bodia, Annam and Tonkin, and thejFiench will take good care that the negotiations for regulating the customs and commercial relations with their vanquished adversary will redound to the advantage of their own country. Some of the professional rose-grower 3 affirm that rose bushes should not be planted by the side of a building nor in places where they would be shaded. [Bit a correspondent in "Vick's Magazine," commenting on this opinion, alleges thus:—"By a use of my own eyes for some years I am convinced that roses do best in those places. gjAfe least the finest ones I ever saw—and I have seen them ten feet or twelve feet high and covering the side of a house—were in just such a posi tion. We have soni3 roses on the south side of the house, where they have the sun nearly all day, and others of the same variety on the noth-west side in an angle of the house and all under some plum trees, where they are all shaded till after eleven o'clock. Those that are shaded during the forenoon grow to be larger bushes and finer colored, larger roses, that remain in bloom longer than those on the south side that have the sun most of the day, yet they are never watered and do not have the care the others do because they are on the back of the house Avhere they are not seen. In my opinion the partial shade prevents the ground and flowers from drying up as rapidly as when in the tcorching sun."

COMMERCIAL.

[per press association.]

London, D. ceniber 3. Mr R. A. Yerbursr'i and o her members of the House of Commons are founding country co-operative banks on similar lines to those on the Continent. The ''Economist" s*ys that it roust accept the Ntw .^outh Wales Ministerial 1 statements regarding the finances o the colony with 'caution, after the auditors' disclosures with reference lo loan funds It complains that Victoria still adheres to the vice of subsidising local bodies.

BRAZIL.

New York, December 3. Word has been received that the rebel fleet, under .Admiral Mello, has i escaped from Rio de Janeiro Bay, the vessels passing out in the face of a raking fire from the forts. Admiral Mello intends to attack the weak points along the coast.

A LADY'S ACCOUNT.

Wellington, December 4. A lady passenger from Wellington to London by the Ruahin i writes to her son as follows regarding the Brazilian revolu tion :—v We had an awful experience at Rio. Yellow fever wai raging, but; that would not; have prevented our going ashore, buf for the revolution which hid been going on for three weeks. All the shops were closed, railways torn up, the post office shut up, and the officials taken fur soldiers. All the gentry had left the place, and the streets were lined with soldiers. We had notice that they would bombard the fortress at one o'clock. The cannon balls and bomb shells were flyinj? in all directions. You could see the fl»sh of fire from them, and the noise was awful, but as we hoisted the British flag the captain of tha Brazilian man-of-war allowed us to pass before sunset. Fo vessel could go out or come into th«» harbor without his permission or he would fire on them. We passed through ten fortresses with loaded cannons pointed, and they only stopped 4rinß to allow uq to pM§."

BOROUGH COUNCIL

The fortnightly meeting of the Abh burton Borough Council waa h«ld on Monday evening. Pres«»t —Hid Worship the Mayor (in the ch/ur) and Crs John Ore, H H. Stephens, Joseph Scaly, R. M. Cud.bertson, William Andereou, H. M. Jones, David Thomas, anl W. H. Collins. FINANCE. The Mayor reported the debit balance at tke bank te be £1197 5s 9d. The amounts received from all sources einca laet meeting were—Bents reserves. £16 2s ; licenses, carriers, £3 ; petroleum, £3 ; refund traffic bridge, Ashburton County Council, £8 15s; Domain account, 7s ; refund Hampstead Town Board, £32 143. THE NEW MAYOR. The returning officer reported that Mr John Orr was the only candidate nomin ated for the Mayoralty for the ensuing year and he had been declared duly elected. The Mayor congratulated Cr Orr on having been returned unopposed. FIRE BhIGABE. The usual half-yearly subsidy te the Ashburton Fire Brigade was passed for payment. ASHBUKTON SCHOOL The Ashburton School Committee wrote asking that as'the cost of erecting fresh urinals at the infant school woald be very large, pans to be emptied every week by the Council's scavenger be substituted. On Cr Jones' motion the proposal was agreed to. ENGINEEES' REPORT. The Engineers' report was read and adopted as follows:— Various Applications;— The Works Com mittee have considered Messrs Miles and Cos. application to put clay on the road in front of their premises and have ordered the same to be attended to. The request of the Sergeant of police for the grass to be cut on streets near police station hat been left in fhe Engineers' hands to carry out the necessary work. With respect to Mrs Butler's application, the Committee recom mend that the existing concrete channel complained of be repaired, and that the channelling be continued to Cameron Street, Water Cart.—The acceptance of the work of watering the streets by contract was sub mitted to the eecond lowest tenderer Mr H. Hooper, but after consideration he decided not to take up the work at the price he had named. The contract hat therefore been let to Mr John Blackler the third lowest tenderer at Ba, and work was commenced by him last Wednesday. Urinals. —Two prices for public urinals have been considered by your committee, who beg to recommend that the larger urinal, that submitted by Messrs Scott Bto*., at £21 be erected near the stand-pipe on the railway reserve at the Burnett Street crossing. Labor Gang.—The men have been engaged during the last two weeks in filling in gully and putting in pipes on North-East Belt, cutting grass on streets with mower, cutting grass in Domain, watering streets, clearing j water races on the Alford Forest Road and Winters' Road/ repairing culverts, carting rubbish off streets, erecting additions to pavilion at sports ground, attending to water supply and other maintenance work. PUBLIC URISAL9. Cr Thomas was empowered to purchase a urinal, price not to exceed £18. AIIEL BICYCLE CLUB. The Ariel Bicycle Club wrote, asking that the Mayor invite the shopkeepers to close at twelve o'clock on Wednesday next, that bein* the date of their race meeting. On Cr Thorns' motion the request waa granted. NEXT MEETING. As the date for holding the next meet* ing would fall on December 18, the public holiday, it was decided that it be held instead on theTuesdayfollowingtbatdate. DOG COLLARS. The town clerk was instructed to have the dog Rollers for the ensuing year made by Mr"j. Hesekine at the same price as before. FIRE BLOCK. The Mayor in bringing forward his notice of mo*ionre the alteration of the fire block to make H .veiock street ita termin ation, asked tint it be altered so that the two blocks betweea Havelock and Wills street be excluded from the fire block. Cr Thomas said the Mayor was asking them to exempt the centre of the town, and include properties on both sides in the firs block. Eventually permission. was given to the Mayor to alter his motion. The M&yor said his reason for asking that these two blocks be excluded was th*t it affected only two sections. It seemed to him out of reason that the persons on those two particular sections should bo prevented from building with the same material as w»? allowed to be used on a^joinin* sections. Cr Cuthbertson seconded the motion pro forma. Cr Anderson spoke opposing the mo tion. Cr Thomas also opposed the motion. He did not see how they could make fish of one and flesh oi the other with regard to the matter, Crs Jones and Stephens also spoke against the motion. Cr Orr sa:d ho would sooner they could grant * request than refuse on *, it would be much pleasanter ; but he did not see how they could do so in this case. The Mayor contended (hat it was not a fair by-law which treated a person on one section differently from persons on four other sections wiihou^ any break what ever. The motion was then put and lost, Several Crs spoke on the question ar fo whether the Government in making wooden aldi.io s within the fire block were not subject to the Borough by-laws. sußvry. Cr Jones again brought up the matter of a Government survey of the Borough, and in accordance with his request at a previous meeting, the town cltrk pro duced correspondence which had passed between the Government authorities and the Council some time back. It was then found that the m ><«t recent communica tion hid been in September 1802, and was to the effect'that the matter of the Government doing the work at their o*n expense wa3 under consideration. On Cr Thomas' motion it was decided to write to the Smyeyor-General calling his attention to the last letter. Cr Thomas jocularly remarked that the whole suggestion had emanated from a lawyer. When a correct survey was 1 made there would be litigation all along ! East Street. BARING SQUIRE. Cr Jones moved thifc a public entrance be effected through Baring Square. The motion was carried, licenses. Licenses were granted as follows.* — petroleum, D. Williamson, H. M. Carson, H. Zander, J. Orr, R. Alcorn, J. Light and F. Stephens ; carriers, William Smith, T. Crooks, J. Hefford, R. Cullen. ACCOUNTS. Accounts to the amount of £111 were passed for payment and the Council ad journed.

DOMAIN BOARD.

Tho members then sat as a Domain Board. Permission was granted to the Ashburton School Committee to hold swimming races for the children on December 13. The Board then adjourned.

THE ASBBtmTOft GOAttDIAN: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 t 1893,



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New Goods for Christmas Presents WEDDING AND BIRTHDAY PR "SBH T*, AND TESTIMONIALS. h. salTern, PRACTICAL WATOBBIAKMkJ^NOJAOTURINO JEWELLER, AND Has just received a Magnificent Lob of New Goods, comprising— GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY, HIGH-CLASS SILVER AND (.OLD A^ p &l^ AßE> NOVELTIES IN FANCY GOODS. Ladies' Gold Watches Fruit and Cake Dishes Silver Mounted Card Cases S^l" KK»B.*«Knives S^Cotptions Eng'Srnt Rings Single Jam Dishjs ST RTR'n fiS Kd For?s Dlah6B F.ncy'^TnUses §3? Sidi^ Ink Stfnda LadieV Fashionable Purses IMamond Scarf Pins Afternoon Tea Sets Triplicate Mirrors j rSctWeda'ng Rings Tea and Coffee Services Writing Sets I »rfW ftold Chains "A " quality Cutlery Bronz s fW Go?d Ch.uis Pretty Breakfast Cruets Hand-painted Opals Ladies' and Gent Gold Oak Biscuit Barrets Etc. Etc. Etc. Sleeve-links and Studs Ladies' Dressing Cases M«ble Clocks, and a great variety of 8-day and 30-hour Wooden Clock, at Very T (11W PRICES Attention is drawn to the splendid stock 01 LADIES' RINGS AND BROOCHES, at all Prices. Ladies' Gem Rings from a guinea upwards. Gold Brooches from 12a 6d upwards. A very large stock to choose from. Ihere is a nice selection of RINGS set with diamonds, pearls, rubies, sapphires, etc, etc. The stock of BROOCHES comprise the very newest and most novel designs. Plain Gold and set with diamonds and other precious stones. SPECIAL ATTENTION is directed to the Magnificent Stock of High-Class Goods. The Largest and Finest Stock in che District to select from, equal to any Chrlstchurch. gAt REASONABLE PRICES. Those desirous of making a present would do well to pay a visit to the Jewellery Establi3hment of S, SALEK, G a»^M« of Specfcacles 'Eye p ™' TUT? WATCH CLOCK, AND JEWELLERY REPAIRING DEPARTMENT h ve^ complete in its arrangements, and every descriptioa of work is turned out only hi alFirst-class manner, at charges as low as is conaistent with SOUND AND RELIABLE WORKMANSHIP. 8. SALEK, "BAST STREET.



"W ant ea __ MRS JAMES has Removed into the Arcade, opposite the Co-operative Store; has any quantity of Fruit a,d Vegetables always on Sale. 1J LPOUND at Ashburton Forks—Bay JJ Gelding, with bridle and breastr plate. Apply OentwJHo^^^lg^q ANTED Known.-Splendid New Potatoes, Mellow, 1| per lb.- Stkphens Bbos , Market House. 12 j4d TTIOR Sale, a crop of vegetables, includ i- ing many Tomatoes, Fruit Trees, etc., on one acre, opposite Police Station j a bargain.—Mrs Whixtingtok, H-ast itreet. — BOOK Stall in Arcnde, on Saturdays Only. New and Second Hand Books to be sold very cheap.—John Mabsdkn. * I OW does McKay cut your hair rJ As -Q- you like it. (Shakespeare), James McKay, Hairdresser and Ornamental Hairworker, East Street, next tfank of New Zealand. 11*125 A NT E r7~Known— For Election Week, 100 Pairs Boots, 2$ 61 per pair,—Andrew Orr# 11177 RAILWAY* B>ok Still. — Country Libraries supplied at cost price. Parcels of cheap reading made up to order.—John Mab-den. USINGS in Maori Land by Bracken, Lajs and Lyrics do., Birthday Books, Diaries.—H. M. Jones. TToMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest •*} the largest, tha best, aud the cheap est Small Goods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. W, J. Siloook. WANTED Known - Cokmial Tweeds at very low prices ; ColoniaVPweed Trousers, all Men's S zas, three pairs for £I.—Mitchell and Turner. XMAS and New You- Cards in great variety. Gelatine hand painted and plush packets of cards from 3i.—H. M. Jones. ANTED Known -W7h. Collier's noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2a 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. fl. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 ONT wash yourself. Titan Soap does the work. No rubbing. No machines. _^l_^ W"~" AN TED Known—loo Ladies Fashionable feunshadesat Andrew OjrbV 11172 \/j EDIOAL Coils made and repaired jVL on the shortest notice at easy prices afc A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. ANTED Known -A manufacturer's Stock of Shot Silk Hack and colored Sunsh >dcs and Umbrellas at half price—-Andrew Orr- 1117"* ~\\f ANTED Known—That A. J. v V Walkbb repairs Bicycles, Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowers, Medical Coils, and all descriptions of light machinery. W" ANTED Known—6o Pieces Fashion abie Prints at i\\ ; 50 dozw Towels from 4j-i; White Counterpanes, 30 per cent under usual price—Andrew Obb. 1H74 WANTED Known—Forfars,4|d ; Tick ings, 4|d ; Brown Hollands, 4id.— Andrew ObrT 11175 'liHaT which brings most light and •I- hope to poorest homes is Tilan Soap- ll 183 WANTED Known—6o Pieces black and colored French Merinos and Cashmerea at Is 4jd to Is 6d.—Ajtobrw Ork. n 17° /CHRISTMAS Cards for your friends in v^ the Old Country at L. F, Andkewes 4*nCo. U 1? IF yon want fiistclase fruit go to Adams' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. rkIARIE3 for 1894.—L. F. Andrewes J-' AND CO. 11 16 WANTED Known—That you can buy Gowd Slippers for children from Is a pair ; Women's, all sizes, Is9d. —MircHELL & Turner. BOOKS in good order and complete bought or taken in exchange. New Stock arriving every week. Circulating Library.™J. Mausden, Newsagent. NEW Annual Volumes, Boy/ and Girls' Own Annuals, Little Folks, Chatterbox, Children's Friand, Child's Companion, Brhtish Workman and Workwoman, Band of Hope, Sunday, Family Friend, Young England, al at lowest prices —L. F. Andrewes and Co., Stationers Hall,



Wanted. , \T7 ANTED Known—Now offering, V V Men's Leather Shirts, 2s 9d ; Men's AH-wool Suits, 25s 6d; Men's Heavy Merino Pants, 2a lid.—Mitchell ; and Turner. CTT ANTED Known-SpectacwisTeye , VV protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S . Salek's, Optician. I |HE Best Nickel Watch in the Market I for 15s. Usually sold by Jewellers at from 20a to 25a each. Specially made in England to our order —John Orr and ! Oo- 9 192 WANTED Known—"The Corner" is showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing. -W. H. ' Collier. r YT^ ANTED Known.—To make room VV for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs done at once ! cheaper than ever to stay bad times over atJ. Moisojst, Premier Bootmaker. 8 18 \i. ANTED Known—Some wonderful VV job lines n Drapery, etc., now oeing sold; also presents to all purchasers. H C. Segebs, Melford House. SUITS to measure, during the sale, 49s 655, 60s, 70a, and 755, Fit and workmanship guaranteed.—R. Aicokn, Saunders" Buildings. QUANTED Known-For good value in YV first class Drapery, Millinery, Boots, Clothing, etc., go to Melford House. Beautiful presents now giving away to all purchasers. DOiN 'T Forget; to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to \>e repaired, at moderate rates. WAN TED all and sundry to know that Haudley is still to the front with all classes of Tinware. Repairs promptly executtd. Spouting and Ridging made and fixed at unheard of rates. WANTED, everyone to purchase al classes of Ironmongery from Hard ley. Preserving Pans just to hand. Cheapest house in town. WANTED, th^ Public to know thai Haudley's Tanks are giving univer sal satisfaction. Testimonials if required. Fow is the time for Baths and Tanks, from 30s upwards. SALE, SALE, of Books, Stationeiy, Fancy Goods, Music, etc., Fire Screens, Pictures, Glass Ornaments, Christmas Cards, Cricket and Lawn Tennis Material, Photo Albums and Frames, and hundreds of other articles are to be sold a* a great sacrifice for Cash during this month only, at L. F. Anprewes & Co., Stationer's Hall. 4?v>O -~THE SUM required for the grazing of about 80 acres close to Tinwald Sale Yards, until Ist September 1894. Verysuitable for a Sheep Dealer. Apply at Once to T, BULLOCK. The Best Tea in CANTERBURY for the money, and free from any excess of astringency. COUNTESS 2s. ASK YOUR GROCERS. The Best Dressing Hi VIGOR HtTi"" %$» Pie-vents the 1 mfrom Wpz£v* *! becoming Him, faded, BP -2"V<^ %&ss^ \ii3ericli- peiiod of life It cures itching humors, and keeps the scalp cool, moist, and healthy. The base of Ayer's Hair Vigor is a refined and delicate fluid which does not soil or be come rancid by exposure to the air. and which is as .'perfect a substitute for the oil supplied by nature, in youth and health, as modem chemistry can supply. Ayer's Hair Vigor Q J'KEPARKD BY fir. J. G. AVER & COJ^well, Mass., U. S. A. KIIT* Peware of etyeap imitations. The uauie—Ayer—is prominent on the wrapper and is blown in the glass on tlje bottom of each of pur jbottles.



NEW ZEALAND Clotiiimo Factory. NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, TglO avoid disappointment those wishing J_ to secure measure goods for the Christmas holidays, please call at tlie Factory on or beiore the 13th inst. All orders entrusted to us will be delivered not later than SATURDAY, the 23rd. TROUSERS TROUSERS TROUSERS To Order To Order To Order 17s 6d. 20s. 23s 6d. SUITS SUITS SUITS To Order To Ordtr To Order 59s 6d. 655. 70s. READY MADE OLOTHLNG. For a GOOD CHEAP ARTICLE the Clothing Factory is the place to go. Men's Suits, our own make, 303. Men's Suits, Mosgiel Tweed, 355.] Men's Suitß, Kaiapoi Tweed, 39s 6d. Boys' Summer Suits, 4a 9d. Boys' Sailor Suits, 8s 6d. Boye' Summer Coats, 2s 6d. BOOTS, BOOTS, BOOTS. We beg to thank the Public for the support they have given us in this de partment. We intend keeping a GOOD ! ARTICLE at che LOWEST PR ICE. HALLENSTEIN BROS.. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, |and BOOT AND SHOE WAREHOUSE.



Holloway's Ointment and Pills, — Travellers and Emigrants—Those who cross the seas change the climate, but they do not change the constitution The altered conditions of life, the exigencies of travel, and other causes render the traveller and emigrant peculiarly Ipbla to diseases and accidents when far Jroni efficient medical aid. With these associated remedies at hand they may be said to have a physician always at their call, "and they may be certain that situations will be constantly arising in which they will require a ready resource in time of need. The directions for use which accom pany each box and pot of Hollowayte Bills and Ointment are written in plain and simple language, and are applicable jo fll ca»e«



|a A9ri»l?B * 8«k»" Eucalypti Extract There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in th market|now, products of simple distillation forming rude resinous oils. In order that these crule oils may not be taken, Our Pure VoKitilo Ktic.t lypti Extract,, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Gavernment to be of perfectly pure origin, as per information forwarded to us (through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878 we state: — It is proved by tests made by the Medicial Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Q-reifswal', Prussia, and reported by Dr ScUulz, Professor of Pharmacology at Bonn, and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Olinio at GreifswaH, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and fread of ar.ids, resinoue and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develop the sanative qualities proper to the plant. SANDER & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which have, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal msdicament. These so called Eucalypti Extracts, which may have received dist ncttan at Exhibitions as commercial articles and are used for mechanical pur poses only are discernible :— 1. By their deficiency in pungent odour (which our produot, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract de velops most frealy through its surplus of oxy r j ). 2 By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance, being reduced in specific density through the presence of acidK 3. By their taste, the result of the contracting ten dency of resins and teunatea. If these crude oils, m> calle 1 eucalypti extracts are applied by mistake in canes of croup, b cmchitis, diph theria, internal inflammations, dysentery, wounds', the fchecnsequeucesre most appalling. For safety fllway ask always for S»nd«r and Hun* 'JSacalvptl Extract and get the old, well tested and reliable prep*r»tion.—Sandhurst, Victoria, VMndar anil *•'•••■



according to these authorities, and accorliog to Pro fessor Dr Lister, of ' England, and to Dm Bauer, Molntirc, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America, Is the only extract corruspondinirto scientific tasfts, and the only one which possesses the proper therapeutic value. ': Cot.emaxk and SonsEucalyptic Extract is the only genuine in the market, and was awarded medals and diplomas at Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide biating all competitors. For' all affections of Ciest and Lnngß, Consumption, Aithma, Cough, Gravel, and Kidney Comnluuta, it ha< noeqnaU,