MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary alterations: — WEDNESDAY, Jnly 26. For South America, United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, per Coptic, as follows : -Ordinary letters at 6.50 pm. ; registered letters and parcels post parcel at 5 p.m.; books and newspapers at 6.20 p.m.

DEATH.

Lawry.-On Sunday, July 23, at her residence, Gertkudb, beloved wife of Mr Walter Lawry, of Springsfeon, and mother of Rev &. Lawry, of Ashbuiton.

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1893. THE GAMBLING MANIA.

In a beturn from the Postal Depart ment laid before Parliament recently it is stated that during the year ended March 31 there had been sent to Sydney from correspondents in New Zealand no loss than 14,298 registered letters bearing the address " Tattersall, Sydney." There can be no doubt at all as to what kind of messages these 14,298 registered letters carried, nor as to why it was necessary they should be registered. They were the com munications of New Zealand gamblers with the conductor of a "consultation " or lottery on horse races, and the letters carried the contributions of New Zealand money that go so largely every year to swell the total of this man's handlings, and the income he makes out of the gamblers who patronise him. But 14,298 letters, each containing say £i, do not represent anything like the amount of money spent in this way; for many, very many gamblers are not content with investing one pound, but go on to five, ten, twenty pounds and fifty pounds have been known to go to Sydney under one cover to be sunk in this Maelstrom of the gambling in fatuation. It is customary with many of those who have this mental disease to club together and buy whole books of tickets in the "sweep," and hope thereby to increase their chances of winning. They found this hope on the fact that as the books belong in a co-operative sort of way to the club, the prizes won by the numbers within the books of tickets are common, and equally divided among the members of the club. The money forwarded by the agents of these clubs would of course represent considerable sums, and being sent in bulk would tend still further to show that the postal return of letters did not by any means give an idea of the magnitude of the sum annually sent out of the colony for this purpose. But tho postal return, and the story that it tell?, are strong proof of the necessity that exists for legislation calculated to repress this gambling spirit—at any rate strong justification for the initiation of such legislation. This return is only another evidence of the truth of the charge that has been made a thousand times against the youth of this colony that gambling is one of their besetting sins, and that they are almost wholly given over to it and held in its dis graceful clutch. But the vice is fashionable, and legated. For, al though " consultations " are banned by the Gaming and Lotteries Act in New Zeafand, the totalisator is legal and flourishes &t every race meeting, while i betting hou«e« of greater or less im portance exut all over the eotony, and the bookmaker waxes fat at the expense of the knowing ones who have to pay for their want of knowledge.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Up to date, 231 rewspapers have been registered in New South Wales.

An apicultujriit near Woodville expects to make £100 a yea* from the proceeds of his bees.

There were 10,152 births, 3«51 deaths, and 2017 marriages during the June quarter in Mew South Walei.

A housemaid named Martha Bell Russell dropped dead in Melbourne the other day from the effects of tight lacing.

A large fresh water lake is reported to have been discovered 30 miles from the Coolgardie goldfielJ, West Australia.

A hard-working man, who has recently been on "the spree' at InvercargiH, suc ceeded in "knocking down" £90 in three weeks.

Th« Ashburton Cricket Club's annual general meeting will be held this evening at 7 30. The business to be brought forward includes election of officers for the ensuing season, the desirableness of forming a South Canterbury Cricket Association and re improving ground, and full attendance U requested. Intending members are also twrited to be present.

At tfae South Rakaia R.M. Court on Tuesday, before Messrs Hardy and Oxley, Justices of *4w Peace, William Stubbs was fined 5s and costs &H* 9d), for being drunk and using insulting lang«age ; and on appli cation a prohibition order for twejye months was granted to have effect in the So»th Rakaia Licensing District, Dunaandel, South. bridge, and Leeston.

An information was laid on Saturday in the Christchurch Court, against the licensee of the Crown Hotel, Sydenham, for selling drink without a license. This action is fasing taken by the prohibitionists, because uecteps have been taken by the police. The fiaee-wiU^omeon for hearing at the Resident Magi**"** 1* Oontt on Monday, the 7ch August. At a meeting of the Ctoawil of the Otago Acclimatisation Society, the wanaggr re ported that the parent salmon, in Btoek for some time, were not so prolific this year, and in view of their becoming fewer he thought it might be wise to give them thair Ktwriy. The young salmon ex Kaikoura were wb doing «o well as could be wished * considerate** number of them dying from deformity ofthe ,^#bilical sac. A resolu* tiou was carried that tbe.ep^ojrt in a frozen state af any game whatever aftp^d be pto- Mbkfced, and the law ahould be bo amended as to entirely prevent dealing with Native or Imported game, frozen .pr ptherwjsp, out of season.

A Tasmanian solicitor named Hudson, after apologising for attributing unjust con duct to Mr Justice Doods, has been sent to gaol gor a month and fined £50.

For shooting a certain very obnoxious i Uingo ;at Donald, Victoria, a man got £6 from the Wild Dog League, £2 from the Shire Council, and £2 from a revengeful settler. i

The draining of the Malcerna Swamp by the Manawatu Railway Can^any has re sulted in the wai er being reduced by three feet, and in another year the land will be available for occupation.

From a return of passengers arriving in the colony from Australia, it appears that in the year ending March, 1891, there were 10,694; in 1892 there were 11,629, and in 1893, 18,694—the total being 40,917.

The Bteamer Waitapu, which went ashore near Patea, was launched over the break water into the Patea river this morn iag • She will reach Wellington on Friday and undergo repairs. She haß sustained some, though not serious, injuries.

On the date of the suspension of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, pending reconstruction, there was held on the New Zealand register 49,998 shares, representing a paid-up capital of i 127,832 10s.

In Christehurch on Monday evening, an appropriation of £300, in connection with No. Four Industrial Building Society,

was drawn by share No. 80. This ia the seventh appropriation representing £2200, which has been made during the last four weeks.

An up-country schoolmaster in the Wei ington district, writing to the Education Board as to his inability to forward some returns, says he was detained by floods, and only reached the railway station after sailing for about four miles down the main road in an open boat. We regret to have to chronicle the death of Mrs Walter Lawry, of Springston, the mother of the Rev S. Lawry, of Ashburfcon, Deceased was well known in the Seafield district, where Bhe resided with her husband for some years. She was a lady of high Christian character, the very example of whose life was a continuous sermon in itself. The imports of gold in Sydney for the last

six months amounted to £2,197,058, the

exports £873,884, leaving a net amount of £1,323,174 within the colony. If the local production be added, the figures imply that there is an increase of the gold supply within the colony of New South Wales of £1,500,000.

A return has been ordered showing the total amount of money expended during the last three years by each of the Education Boards of the colony in payment of travel ling expenses of its members, the amount paid to each member, the distance at which each member resides from the place of the meeting, the number of board and committee meetings each member has attended, and whether travelling to such meetings by road or rail.

At a meeting of the South/Rajkaia School Committee held on Monday evening in con sidering the celebration of Arbor Day,'Mr Cxley stated that both the Road and Domain Boards had met him in a most liberal manner, and that on August 4 half an acre of land on the West Town' Belt would be read> for tho children to plant, and besides fencing in and digging holes the Domain Board had promised a of deciduous trees. The B>ard of Education would find pines, efco., which would be use ful for sheltering the young trees fro-n heavy winds. It was decided to ask business people in the township to close at noon on Arbor Diy, and a subcommittee was ap pointed to make arrang irateats for the children's outertainnwnt. Addresses will be given by Mr Lyttleton (the Chairman of the Board), ilia Rev J. Holland, and others. It is to be hoped that the affair will become an annual one, and that all the district will take an interest in tree plaafcing and put in an appearance on Arbor Day at one o'clock,

CABLE SUMMARY.

Cardinal Moran's illness ia caused by over-work in connection with his history of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia. The steamer Cbinghu has arrived at Thursday Island from Hong Kong with two oases of smallpox on board. It is reported that J/>rd Cromer (Sir Evelyn fearing) his been offered the post of Vjcercy of India. News from San Salvador, Central Amerio, Btates that the President has executed twenty-thrge leaders of the recent revolt. i ''*

Huddart Parker are in communication with the Canadian Government respecting railway facilities for connecting with their steam line. •

A parcel delivered by post at Rroadstairs, in Kent, exploded, killing a resident named Richards in the presence of his wife and child. It b believed that the package contained dynamite.

The " Globe " thinks it will be interesting to watch New South Wales abolishing the payment ,9! and considers it surprising tha,t the system was ever adopted.

The Court awarded the Hawarden .Castle £7000 for assisting the lonic when ehe broke her shaft off Capetown. Qt this amount £5600 goes to the owners and the rest to the captain and crew. Painful details are published of the torture to which Armenian prisoners are subjected by the Turkish authorities, num bers of them having been beaten almost to a jelly while others have bean seared with hot irons.

An important point has been decided in the New South Wales full Court by five Judges to two, the effect of which is to hold that silence on the part of a prisoner could be commented on and used as evidence against him.

Information has been received at Singa pore that a number of Chinese passengers on board a Dutch tradsr pirated the ves*el, killing the English officers and twenty; tw9 of the crew. Fifteen other members ofthe crew were injured.

Ihe Marine Board of New South Wales has called on Captain Thorpe, of the steamer Elingamite, and Lewis, second officer, to show cause why the collision with the schooner Guiding Star, which was cut in two, should not be attributed to their want of vigilance,

Mr Hogan, M.F., in an interview with a "Gbrojuoie'' reporter, saidty* foresaw the the advantage of having a party of Austra lian members in the House of Commons able to compel attention $o questions like Huddart Parker's claim for subvention to their mail steamers.

Mr J. Wilson is sueing a London evening paper for £1000 for libel for accusing him of recklessly expending the funds of the Seamen's Union, of which he is secretary. In his evidence in the libel suit, Wilson admitted that local securities to the extent §t £2000 had been embezzled, and also that the .ejcpenrtjitpre per annum on salaries and management amounted to nearly £20,000 before tfce meairbers of the IJnion derived any benefit*. He alsp admired that jt was illegal to apply to the expenses of 'manage ment £8000 of subscription received for a special purpose. -.

Sir Robert Stom's Licen sing Hill.

The Bill to amend the Licensing Act introduced by Sir Robert Stout is one about which there should bs little ambiguity. After the usual short title, preamble, and interpretation clauses, it plunges right into the direct veto principle, "md lepealing sections ■45,-46, 47, and 49 oi the Act of 1881, substitutes for them the following :—-

"From and after the conmieiic ment of this Act, no publicans', >'ew Zeilaud wine, accommodation, or bottle: licenses shall be granted until the electors. • • . . stall have previously determined in a manner hereinafter provided (1) whether any tuch licenses are to be granted or not; (2) whether the number of any such licenses is to bo reduced ; (3) whether the number of any such licenses is to be increased or not.

At such poll the questions set forth in the third section of this Act shall be sub mitted in *he form set forth in the schedule set forth in the ninth section ot this Act.

As soon as conveniently may be after I the result of the poll has heen ascertained the chairman shall give public notice of the number <~f votes recorded for and against the several proposals as above provided, and shall declare the resolutions to be carried or rejected, as the case may be. If the majority of the votes given are in favor of the proposal that no licenses of the kind in respect whereof the vote has been taken are to be granted, or the proposal that the number of licenses -is to be reduced, or that the number of licenses shall not be increased, then'that shall be the determination or determinations, and,shall be binding on the Licensing Ctmmittee; and in the case of such determination being that the number of licenses is to be reduced, then the number of publicans' licenses granted shall not be more than such a number that there shall be one such license in re spect of every seven hundred and fifty in habitants in the licensing district, and the census returns shall be conclusive evi dence of the number of inhabitants in each licensing district; and in the case of wine, accommodation, or bottle licenses the Licensing Committee shall reduce the number by such a number as the Commit* tee shall think desirable.

Before any poll is taken ss provided by the third section of this Act the clerk of the Licensing Committee shall add to the ratepayers' roll of the licensing district the names of all persons (not already in such ratepayers' roll) appearing in the roll of electors for the election of mem bers of the House of Representatives who reside in the licensing district, or are enrolled in respect of any qualification situate in the licensing district; or, if tho licensing district is not wholly com prised in one electoral district, but in more than one, then such clerk shall add as aforesaid the names of all electors ap pearing in the rolls for such electoral dis tricts who reside in the licensing district, | or are enrolled on either of such rolls in respect of a qualification situate in the' licensing district; and such ratepayers' j roll, when co amended as aforesaid, shall | be the roll for the tak*ng of the poll under sections of this Act, and the pro visions of the second and third paragraphs of the fifty-first section of the said Act (1881) shall be deemed to be added to this ! section. The Governor in Council shall appoint some one day in tho month cf March, 1891, and thereafter in tlie month of March in every tbird year, f :>r the taking in fell licensing districts throughout the colony of the poll to bd taken under the provisions of the anid Act as amended by this Act; and the Returning Officer in each licensing district shall give not less than fourteen days' m-tice of the day so appointed. The fact that a member of a licensing, committee his, prior to his election or at any iirne, given a pledge to reduce the number of licenses, or to refuse all licenses, or his expressed any opinion as to the policy of granting licenses, shall rot disqualify such member from sitting aud acting as a member of the licensing committee $ nor fchall the fact of any n amber of a licensing commit tee or any number of tnerqbprs having so pledged or expressed, themselves render any decision or act of such committee liable to be questioned or set aside. FOEM OF VOTING-PAPBK. In respect of publicans' licensei.

I vote that no publicans' licenses be granted. I vote that the number of publicans' licenses be reduced. I vote that the number of publicans' licenses may be increased. I vote that the number of publicans' licenses may hot be increased. [The same formula is repeated in re spect of $Jew Zealand wine, accjmmoda lion, and bottle licensed, and the schedule goes on to give the following :—} Directions.

In each of the foregoing cases the voter is to strike out the proposal for which he does not vote by Drawing a line through the same with a pencil. He must be careful not to leave un cancelled more than one proposal in each ' case; otherwise the vote in such case will; be void in respect of that particular pro posal. The ballot-paper so marked by or for i the poter is to be dropped by him into the balh?t-box.. 'The voter p not allowed to take hid ballot-paper out of the polling-booth.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.]

A. Draughty School. Wbhington, July 26.

A public meeting was held at Johnson ville last night to cosider a statement published by Mr H. W. London that one of his children had died from a cold con tracted through beinsr made to sit near 8 broken window in a State school. Several speaker* thought the window should have been repaired without delay, but the committee explained that a new glass had been brcVen while on the way from Wellington. A motion wasparfiefl which exonerated the committee and teachers from blame.

The Lost Picture.

Brusskls, July 24. Adam "Wirth, a noted thief, at present undergoing a term of imprisonment in the Ijouvain gaol, has confessed to the theft of the Dttcbwe ot Devonshire picture. Wirth is now believed to have been concerned in tne late Hatton Gardens and post office robberies in London, and is i also credited with having committed many audacious bank, jewellery, and other, robberies on the Continent, ip America, | and at Capetown, which h»ye baffled the efforts of the police to bring the offender to justice. The picture was stolen for the sake of ransom money, which however, the thief *■ as unable to claim. The whereibouts of the picture is unknown.

THE DIRECT VETO.

Mr Taylor in bkpiy to mr COLLINS.

There was a largo audience at the Oddfellows' Hall last evening to hear Mr T. J5. Taylor in reply to Mr W. VV. Collins' recent address on the Direct Veto.

•Mr Cuthbertson, v»ho occupied the chiir (rhe M-iyor being too ill to take that lo iiiou), suted that, though personally opposed to *.be direct veto, it was an important question, and the mere rational discussion over ie the better. Mr Tayl. r. on rising, whs greeted with applause. Ho was at a great disadvant age in regard to Mt Collins, as that gentleman had nothing else to do but to choose his words for hia lecture*, while such as himself had to make up their speeches in their leisure time. He had been to Mr Collins' lectures in Christ church, and he found that with the flowery sentences of generalities andsentU 7 ment taken away there was very little lefb in the way of real arguments. He seemed more anxious to say smart thing* than sound things, Mr Collins claimed to be a lover of liberty, but be dealt too • vaguely with the enbject of liberty, and did not mention where legislation was to interfere with liberty. He (Mr Taylor) would say liberty placed a man in a posi tion to do what he pleased, so long as he pleased to do right. Man, immediately on entering society, g%ve up a section oi his liberty, Mr Collins said he waf proud of New Zealand, and inferred that the Dlrcet Veto would interfere with our social reforms, but he did n< t prove his statement. Mr Taylor contended thai if prohibition were to come into force it would give an impetus to every industry and to every social reform in whioh men are at present engaged. , MrCollins had stated that the very word prohibition came with a jarring note and that pro hibition was (he opposite of liberty; but was not the whole of oar Regulation pro hibitory 1 Logically, he should also say that fraetrade was the opposite of prohi bition, yet. would he or others advocate freetrade in liquor? "With regard to Ifr Collins* argument of moral suasion for curing the drink traffic, it would do if all persons did right; but at present we don't allow men to be laws onto them eeives. They have U 'conform to the laws of society. Directly man came into the company of even two or three of his fellow men, he had to make sacrifices in their interests. Our liberty was inter fered with from the time we were born. As boys we wereeent to school, and all through life people were subjected to more or less restraint. The common sense of the community should determine the legisla tion for its regulation. \ To be logical Mr Collins should place temptations at every hand, to see what progress tho people were making by moral suasion. Mr leitt'a statement that the drink traffic left its

blood red stain throughout the colony, though figurative was not exaggerated, and we could scarcely take up a paper with out seeing some instance of its evil effects. And even in Aiihburton many a man had lost his life through having to cross the Abhburton river on his way home under the influence of liquor (applause and hooting). Ib would not; matter if the effects were limited to the present genera tion, but they extended beyond it; and to long as people were afforded facilities for obtaining drink it would be the same. Mr Taylor then referred to the laxity of the police in the enforcement of the law respecting pub'ic-housos. He contended that directly a publican broke the law he should lore his license. It had been stated that prohibition did not prohibit. If it were not so they would hive all the brewers and publicans working for pro? hibition. Tha "Brewers' Journal," Hew Toik City, showed that in 1891 not ft single barrel of liquor, to the knowledge of the brewers', was sent to the prohibited States of Maine, Vermont, or North Carolina. (A voice, Mildura). Yes, Mildura ! and if his interrogator were to ask certain prisoners in the Mildura prison the question they would say they were there because prohibition does prohibit. In speaking of the relation of ; crime to drunkenness Mr Collins had quoted Mr Whitfaker *.o prove that the decrease of the one was co-existent with the other, but he carefully omittet) Mr Whtttaker's additipnal statement that tfte above Gauges djd no£ jnclude drunkerr ness which he said had increased, till 1860 and since then the decrease was not sufficient to show any connection with the decrease of crime. He (Mr Taylor) maintained that the decrease of drunkenness was due more to

prohibitory efforts in Great Britain than to any other erase. The direct veto would Bimply allow every adult person lo go to the poll and vole directly on the increase or abolition of the liquor traffic. (A voice: Why not leave itm it is?) Because the present state of affairs is a disgrace to the colony. Up to the time ~ of che Sydenham prohibitionists' victory the popular impression had been that the Licensing Act gave Committees the power to refuse all licenses, but since thptt it had cost £600 to ascertain theefeot ftf the Act, and such an Apt was a disgrace to the Statute Book. If the dirept veto was in force the complications would cease, as not even a summons could be served on the ballot box. The speaker then went on to scout Mr Collins' state ment that poverty was the cause of drunkenness, and having disposed of that i took up the further statement of Mr t Collins that the liquor trade per cc wae [not an evil. Mr Taylor quoted the ; remarks of English and Irish judges, American and Australian judges, and ' judges' in New Zealand, all going to show that the trade was an evil, 'and ended his list of'quotations with the statement of Judge Bennistpn that the " liquor traffic was a cancer on the body politic." Th« lecturer concluded with an impassioned appeal to the elactori. to use ; their power at the ballot box to put down the crying evil. Several questions having been asked and answered,

Mr J. H. Mayuard, in moving a vote of thanks to Mr Taylor, said he was a temperance man but not a direct vetoist, and quoted Ormondville as an instance of the failure of prohibition. It had been tried there for tbreeyeara, bifcsly-grogging increased to such an alarming extent that licences had to be renewed to stop ft. Mr Iteir seconded the motion^ but moved as fjf lows;— That thi« meeting is of opinion that the Lipensing Act Amend? mept Bill introduced by SirKoberiStoytig in the diregtion of true Liberalism, and should be passed into law this session, Rev. Mr Lawry spoke in raply to Mr Mayrard, quoting several incidents from the West Coast and Duntdin to show that sly-grogging could exist alongside licenses, and that this qusstion of illicit traffic was often raised, but was a most insubstantial plea. The noijje made; by t^oaewhodid not' care 1 to hear Lawry, compelled^ that genllerran to cfesist, and he Irft thii platform after seceding Mr ||eir| amenjinenty . . . Mr Purnell hoped {bhajb the resqlutlcn would be withdrawn. Re did not under, stand that the mooting was to be a direcfe veto demonstration | sucli » leraoiintitt? tion was held the other d»y, whan a similar resolution was proposed and oar ried without dissent; he understood that they were invited to attend to hear some temperate arguments in reply to Mr Collirp, and showing why they might tuDDctt the Direct Veto Bill. Such amenta, however, t»»ey Uad nofc heard. Mt Taylor bad dehyered a general te#j newnw lecture, but bad sail little about STlSfoot Veto Bill. He (Mr Pnrnell) looked at the subject from the point of view of a moderate drinker, and like most nodfrati*r|nk«n, tadi* mtlttl Ttrf

THE AflHHtlllTUH GPABDIAK: WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1893



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THE ESTABLISHMENT PAR EXCELLENCE FQfl FIRST-OXABS WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIRING. S. Salek, Watchmaker> MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, AND OOULTST OPTICIAN'S AGEKT. (For Lazarus' Spectacles.) mHE Watchmaking and Jewellery Repairing Department ta now very Complete 1 in its arrangements. The utmost care is taken overall Jobs, and work to turned out only in a thoroughly reliable manner. The Charges are as low as can 'T'^sSuhTand reliable wobkmahship. I As usual, the High Class Stock of Silver and E.P., Gold and Silver Jewellery, Watches, etc. (which is being constantly added to with gbods of tlu.latest style and design), will be found well worthy of Inspection, especially by those desirous of maklD8 WEDDING PRESENT, BIRTHDAY PRESENT, OR PRESENTATION. S. S ALEK. VATOHMAKER AND JEWELLER.



THESE FACTS ARE MONUMENTS OF TRUTH. —AT— G. J. NEILL & CO.'S YOU CAN GET 4s 6A Silk Plush for la 33, Dress Goods 7s 61 reduced to 3a a dozen All Wool Dro~s Good* 12s 6d, reduced to 65".61 Unbleached Calico Is lid a dozjn . Scoured Grey Calic» 3i lid a dozen Yard Wide Foif»r6|d Double Bod Twilled Sheeting, white and>nbleached,; |d Men's Tweed Suits 16s 6d Men's Colonial Eeavy Tweed Suite 37»:6d;f0r:25s 6d Men's Tweed Trousers 5s lid Boys' Tweed Suits 4s lid Men's Woollen Sox 9jd • Women's Colonial made Shoes 4s lid Men's Colonial made Bluchers 5s Men's Colonial made Shooters, nailed, 11s 6d for 8a 0d AT 6. J. NEILL & CO.'S. FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET.



Wanted. SUITS to measure, during the sale, 49a, 555, 60s, 70a, »nd 755. Fit.and workmanship guaranteed.—R. Alcomt, Baunders* Buildings. WANTEDKnown— ColoniaHhree ply Fingering 3s.—Mitchell awd lurnsb. ;: T" ADIES' Jackets, Mantles, Superior JLj Drew Goods further reduced, as cash must be had. Compulsory Sale at S. W. Alcorn's. TIT ANTED Known— Some wonderful VV job lines in Drapery, etc., now being sold; also presents to all purchasers. tf. C. Sbgbrs, Melford House. WANTED Known. — Seasonable Goods. Cashmere Gloves, 6d pair ; Jash Mitts 6d pair; Fur Collars, 2* ild j Ladies' Skirts, 2a lid ; Boslyn Wool, 3a per lb ; Wool Shawls at half price, at Andrew Orb's. "DRESENXS--Beautiful Presents now 17 being given away to all purchasers of Drapery, Millinery, Boots, Clothing, etc—n. C. Sbqers, Melford Bouse. TTTANTED Known—"The Corner " is » » showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing. — W. H. Collier, WANTED Known—W. H- Collier's noted four clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have juat arrived in all owes. ( "> 0 to Hardley Bros, for Bargains ' T in Blankets, 49 pairs of large white, suitable for double beds only, 16a 6d 'worth 25*. Extra Urge Grey, only 10s 6d worth 18a 6d, Selling rapidly.- Hardley Bros. Arcade. TTSE H. G. Flower's Sulphur Tablets, LJ Cough and Eucalyptus Droj>f, and top coughing. ' STOCKTAKING S *LE at R. Alcorn's, Sannders' Buildings. Everything reduced, lor fash only, for One Month. Note prices of Blankets in advertisement. Boots and Shoes all reduced. BANG ! Bang! Bang I Guns! Guns ! Guns! by the best makers and Stted with all the latest improvements. Powder, Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wads, and Cases at J. W. Bardlet's, East Street. Guns repaired. BERLIN WOOL, all Colors, 4d Skein, Oil Cloths, two yards wide, 2s ; one yard wide, Is.—Mitchell & TuKkkr« AORS&T Clearing Sale of Fancy Goods, to make room for New Stock. Everything at post price.-Mrs Adams, Saanders Buildings. WANTED Known—For good value in first class Drapery, Millinery, Boots, Clothing, etc., go to Melford House. Beautiful presents now giving away to all purchasers. WHERE do you gee your Ironmon gery 1 At Haadliv gof course, where we get the best value in Sheet Lead, Nails, Locks, Hinges, Plough Chains, Rope, Wire Knotting, Gorse Knives, Spades and Forks, Lamps, Vender and Fixe Iron*, and mything ▼on require* Public Notice. THE NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory Are prepared to take Measures for MEN'S, YOUTHS', * BOYS' CLOTHING at the following LOW PRICES. FIT AND STYLjfGUARANTEED. MEN'S TROUSERS 17s 6d, Mosgiel Tweed, MEN'S TROUSERS 20«, Kaiapoi Tweed.' MEN'S SAC SCITS 59s fd. HUNDREDS OF PATTERNS TO CHOOSE YROM. MEN'S SAC SUI7S 63*. The best of trimmings BOYS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING IQUALLT LOW PRICES. | Waterproof Tweed Coats to measure from BOOTS. BOOTS. BObTS. A Single Pair at wholesale price. See our Special Display of BOOTS in Window for this week. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY ALEX, BENDRY, M*o*««,



-Wanted X OST Bag, containing blankets. ±J JTrndeT kindly communicate to M-nOffioe. WANTED, the Knapsack that was picked up at Mr Brock's gate. Person seen. Koußa. Fwzzeli., owner. 7157 :" :^y-- -"TTTANTED a full attendance of the W members ot the Pawn of Peace Lodge, Thursday, Business »"°porlan^ W*~ ANTED, everyone to try us for Iron and Wood Bedsteads, Spring Mattresses, and Bedding of all ■«*■;—*; H. U«I)RILL A CO. ____ff BAIL WAY Book Stall.—A very large and choice lot of books to select trom. ___ l_ l™ ANTEP Known.—For P»*jnf Room, Dining Room, and Bed Room Furniture go to T. H. Usdriil AKd Co. „! BOOKS in good order and complete taken in exchange New stock, arriving every week. Circulating "OW- Job* Marsdin, News Agent. 7 100 ANTED Known. —All kinds of Furniture nude on the shortest n Mac by first olas* workmen, atT. fl. U»DBitL AND Go's Furniture Warthoa«e, Tandred Street, Ashbmton. 7 151 TN _ITd Known.—For Tables, Oftairs, Coaches, Wai-hstandß, foilrt GJassie, Toilet Ware, etc., you cannot beat T. H. Uhdbul a»d Co. 7 1&2 v! UK Good %£<nariian, _or the imme-' • diate reJiof of pain,— Light's Cash Sore. ?_3 Tonga Island Orange*, Banana*, 0 A pples, Toultry. and Cabbago Piaß t« of ?of»dl early vsrictiou at. Mks VThit- TwnTOS's oppoiite Mail effi.-cy Barnttt Rtret;t. — \IT ANTED, everyono tc inspect the \}f A^hbu^ton Furniture Warehouse. No tno pressed to buy.—T. H. I'kd ill 6 Co. (late Pick ford and Undrill), Tancred street, »« Building Socitty'a ulßch. ti ANTED Known—That the Under- W signed aro cash purchasers of Prime Oat_heaf Chaff, in large or small quantities —Taobinsos Dbob.. opposite Matson'a Horse Baziar, Chtistchurch. 7 101 OOKSin great variety to suit all classes of readers, at the Bail way Book Staix Vi/ASTE PAPER for sale. Apply W office of Ashburton Publishing Company, Limited. WANTED, everyone to hay« their picture Framed at T. H, U»- Dkilt, & Co.'s. Splendid assortment of mouldings to chowe from. Picture Framing a •P«ci~lty'___. _J__* WONDERFUL Sat isfaction.— The special nickel watch made for S. Salek, sold at 22s 6d and 25a is the best.—Obtainable only from S. Salek, J»well«r : _L 6 _ WHO i« your Plumber ? Why,J. W. Habdlby, who is « Manufacturer of Spouting, Ridging, Steel Gutters, Baths, Sinks, Tanks, etc., and whe has on hand the largeat stock of Pumps and 1 ipe in town. __. _ HEATHERS Cleaned, Dyed, and Curled. Ladies' and Gentlemen* Gloves Cleaned. — Missss Hitchcock, Btafford street, Timaru. SOMERSET Moat Mart. The oldest the largest, th» best, and the cheap set. Small *?oodfl a specialty. Ful weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. -W. J. SiLcocK. . *t!B2 'IpINGERING Wool 3d, 200 yds Cotton J_» Reek lid, 400 yds 3d. Enormous stock of Ladies' and Children's Hose nrther reduced at S. W. Aicorx & Co.'s gale. WANTED Knewn—T. Hoult has fresh Pork Sausages daily, hot Pies, also a good assortment of Jams, J*ickles, Sauces, etc. WANTED Known.—Special ship ment of Linen Goods, direct from Bslfasti. Splendid value. See window st Ajcdb-w Ore's. WANTED Known—Women's Black Cashmere Hose from Is, Boys' all Wool Knicker Hose from Is 4d.— Mitchiiix & Tubnek. f UNE Ladies Journals, New Games, (J new supply of the Zither Harps and Autoharps, New Books, Stationery, and Fancy Goods. Sub scribers wanted for our Circulating Library. L. F. Andrews* and Co, _ nti n ;ra' Hall. The llcst Tea 1$ CANTERBURY for th« money, and rts from any excess of antringency. COUNTESS 2S. MV itn 9 now



IMPORTANT SALE -OF A— WHOLESALE AH'S STOCK. —OF— WOMENS' AND CHILDREN'S ULSTERS. WATERPROOF CLOAKS, a beautiful lot. FURLINED CLOAKS Extra good quality. THREE-QUARTER OAPES. FEATHER BOAS. F^COLLARmEB. WCOL SHAWLS. CARDIGAN JACKETS, — Also — *(<T a .tap -*—■**« WOMBFSI ™*«>u*i™a. Hardley Bros., Will S»b»it th. .bo« tav Vm*m to their (Mom •» SATURDAY MORNING AT REMARKABLE PRICES. WHOLBBALB COST. — BALE. BATUBDA.T AHD FOLLOWINQ PATS. — HAKDLEY BROS.; ABCADE.