MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary alterations:— The letter-box will be cleared for dcs patch of correspondence from Ashburton Post Office to the under-mentioned places as follows: —. WEDNESDAY, May 17. For the United Kingdom, Continents of "luropeand America, and West Indies (via S&n Francisco), Sandwich Islands, etc., and also for Northern Ports of New, Zealand, per Takapuna, as follows:— Ordinary letters, books, and newspapers, at «J.lcs p.m. : registered letters, at 6 p.m. ; money orders, at 3 p.m. , For Australian Colon'es, and also For the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, via Brindisi, (specially addregfced correspon dence only, Point de Galle, India, China, Janan, and also for France, Algeria, Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, (specially addressed "per French p*ck«t" only) per express to connect with RofcomahatiH , at Port Chalmers at 13.30 p.m

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Vertias et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1893 HOME LESSONS AND CRAM.

The subject of home lessons is just now engaging a good deal of public attention, and seeing: that the new school committees have just entered upon their duties, it might be worth while considering whether something can be done to j^mQve. the irritation which exists in the minds o^. most parents in connection with this matter. An idea seems to have become pre valent, that to have our little ones overtaxed is an evil we must grin and bear. We are informed by teachers and inspectors that without this vast amount of home work, the children could not pass their standards, and this awful possibility presents it self to the professional mind as some thing quite too dreadful to be con templated for a moment. We fail to see, however, that this view of the subject should be considered at all. The provision fur sending round school inspectors was evidently to enable the State to make sure that the work it paid for was faithfully and efficiently done, for the Act distinctly provides that the standard test shall be for a minimum of possible attainments, presumably to permit the dull children to pass as well as the bright ones. Now we have changed all that. It is not within the limits of this article to discuss the reasons for this. But it is notorious that the children in the ! elementary schools are not now being taught for the purpose of making them useful citizens; but with the object of making a good show before the in spectors. They are in fact, being educated entirely for the inspectors. Nothing but what will bear immediate frait must be planted in the youthful mind. But it there be a good crop of half formed ideas on abstruse questions and difficult problems in the I confused brain of the candidate for inspectorial lavor, he ''passes with credit," and his teacher scores. That much of the stuff taught to children in the primary schools will be practically useless to them in after life, a very cursory examination of the syllabus will show. For inttirice, we should like to know how many of the rising generation, attending the country schools will get any re turn for the hduirs pf mental agony they have .to endure in doing the work required of them under the new drawing regulations. We find poor little mites of seven, (Stan dard 1. age) called upon to distinguish " vertical, horizontal and oblique lines .... to give the lines the ap propriate nameb . . . . to know that when two lines cross one another, four angles are presented to view ; that the siae of the angle is indepen dent of the length of the lines ; that one pair of the angles may be larger than the other pair; that when there is no such inequality, the angles are said to be right angles, and the lines are mutually perpendicular; that in this case any two segments containing one of the right angles, form also a square corner \ that the obtuse and acute angles are respectively greater and less thin a right angle; and that two lines without mutual in clination are parallel. . . . The meaning of diagonal must be known, as also of triangle* equilateral, isoscelei, , , . base, apex, altitude, as ap plied to isosceles triangles should be known." We quote from the regula tions issued to teachers by the New Zealand Department of Education for drawing in Standard I. Can anything more absurd be imagined than the spectacle of a tiny Urchin of six or seven standing in fear and trembling before a portly and erudite inspector, "racking his poor little brains" to answer such problems as:—" Describe the angles that would be produced by drawing a straight line obliquely across another straight line V " What wan isosceles triangle ?" "Which of the figures qn the blackboard is a 1 scalene* triangle T We think that apart altogether from the question whether home lessons should be given in the lower glasses of our primary schools, the standard of work is alto gether toff bigh, and. the question of utility seems to have been altogether ignored by those who framed them. The difference between an isosceles and a scalene triangle, will be a matter of much less consequence to the men and women of the future, than the difference between wealth and poverty, and those other problems whfch con cern their every-day life. The wonder is that parents who have daily, ot rather nightly, evidence that the system of cramming, now so prevalent, is doing more harm than good, do not unite in a vigorous protest against it. Were such a protest general and per sistent the vicious system could rvofc long svrvive.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hon JoSn McKsnzie went south by i he express to-d&y. ' Footballers are requested to attend practice tomorrow afternoon at the Domain, as the committee wish to select a third fifteen. In to-day's advertising columns will be found the very attractive programme issued for to-morroW's popular concert. It wil! be noticed that Miss Watson has kindly con sented to fill the place of Mrs ft F. Doddb, who is unavoidably prevented from appear ing. The Co-ninittee of the Ashburton .Racing Club has decided to send to the Canterbury Jockey Club the names of the bookmakers guilty of illegal betting on the Ashburtou course at the recent meeting, and the offenders will be riifqutklified during the pleasure of the Club. The North Canterbury Bacon Curing .Company has decided to go into liquidation, its operations having been conducted at a loss. The reasons assigned are severe com petition in the buying of stock and the selling of the product, and insufficient capital. The most costly piece of railroad line in the ■ world is that between the Mansion House and Aldgate stations in London, which required the expenditure of nearly £2,000,000 sterling. Between the two points is about three-quarters of a mile as the crow flies. The following are the amounts paid over by the Ashburton Racing Club in connection with their late meeting:—R. Allan, £106; S. Brown, £95; M. and C. Hobbs, £95; W. O. Rutherford, £60; T, Sheenan, £55; H. Redwood, £35; W. Russell, £35; M. Sheenan, £30; W. H. Davy, £30; S. Alexander, £27 10s; L Markey, £17 10s; J. Harris, £5; J. A. Holmes, £5; R. Ray, £5; G. Murray-Aynsley, £5; J. C. N. Origg, £5; P. Butler, £5; total, £616. At a public meeting of the resident* of the Hinds district, held on Saturday night, the following resolution was carried unani mously :—•" That the .secretary, Mr Keays, bs requested to write to the Chairman of the Ashburton County Council, stating that at a public meeting 1 of the settlers of the Hinds district a resolution was unanimously carried requesting the County Council to complete the ploughing and planting of the plantation reserve at Hinds during the present season." The convict Scott, having expressed a wish to make a statement to the Rev W. Calder, the latter suggested that it should be made in writing, and the document, a sheet of foolscap written on two sides, was accord ingly producei by the prisoner, but Mr. Caldec has declined to receive it. It is understood that the statement while pro fessing Scott's innocence, contains allegations seriously implicating other persons. If the statement is handed to the gaol authorities it will be sent to Wellington. A deputation from the Sydenham School Committee waited on the Minister vof Education in Christchurch yesterday, urging that committees representing largely attended schools should have a greater voting power in the election of members of Education Boards than committees of schools; the attendance at which was small. The Minister admitted that while disparity of influence was to a certain extent necessary, it was at present excessive. He doubted, however, whether there was any immediate prospect of reform; Several Ashburton people having expressed a wish to be present at at least one ot the performances in Christchurch given by the London Gaiety Burlesque Company, Mr Peter Williams has interested himself in the matter, has opened communications with the railway authorities with a view to obtaining fare and train facilities, and with the management of the Company for the reserv ing of seats. Terms from both quarters he h<B obtained, and anybody desirous of forming one of a p*rty to visit Christchurch and be present at the performance can learn particulars from Mr Gates or Mr Williams. Passengers would leave by the ordinary afternoon train, and return after the per mauce concludes. We «re promised for Thursday and Friday evenings entertainments by a troupe of Maoris, who give performances in native character of the war dances, the haka, the tangi, etc., of the Maori race. The enter tainment is described as wild, weird, and interesting, and if all the peVformers are like the, young Maori gentleman who waited upon us last night as the agent in advance, there can be no doubt of the genuineness of their claim to. be Maoris, for Mr Waiti knows hardly a word of English. It was both interesting and amusing to hear and see the resourceful lessee of the Oddfellows' Hall carrying on a conversation in baby English and dumb show with the northern native giant. ! . A special meeting of the Hinds Farm Homestead Association was held in the Hinds schoolroom on Saturday evening, Mr Dwyer presiding. The secretary, Mr Keays, read a communication from the Department of Lands and Survey concerning the disposal of the thirds of rents paid for the sections of the members of the Association. Mr Charles Gallagher handed in a communication from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, stating that he had written to the Rangitata Road Board, requesting them to utilise the thirds for the purpose of providing Mr Gallagher's section with water. The secretary read a further letter from the Commissioner, stating that a sum of £6 2s 6d had been approved of to be paid to the Coldstream Road Board to provide water for Mr Keays' section, this sum keing the estimated cost of doing the work. Mr Keays had applied to the Chair man of the Board, asking to have water brought to his section, and had not received a reply. The following resolution was carried :—" That the Minister for Lands be requested to have the thirds derived from sections of members of the Association set apart for waterworks, such sums not to be paid until satisfactory arrangements had been made for the expenditure of these sums OB water supply works."

CABLE SUMMARY.

The English (socialists are uniting in framing a charter which includes uni versal suffrage. From New York we learn that Gaudaur sculls Hosmer in June and Stanbury in August. The French press assert that renewed effor'g will be made to obtain the British evacuation of Egypt. The Newfoundland House of As sembly, by a large majority, have re jected the proposed union with Canada. M. Sohropoulous, the new Greek Premier, has formed a Cabinet to suc ceed M. Tricoupin's. The King i partially satisfied with the new Govern ment. The King of the Belgians being desirous of settling the delimitation of the Congo frontier, has suggested to France that arbitration be resorted to, but the latter declined. The Queensland Cabinet have decided to summon Parliament for the de spatch of business on the 30th inst, when sanction for the issue of Treasury Bills will be asked. In his speech at the opening of the Forestry Exhibition, the Duke of York declared* that he was deeply touched at the universal kindly re ception of bis betrothal to the Prin«ess May, The entire roll of Anglican Bishops and church notables will assemble in St James' and afterwards in the Albert Hall, to protest against the.Welsh Church Suspensory Bill passing, toe House of Commons. The directors of the Chicago Exhibi tion have decided to open on Sunday, the 21st. One section of the Commis sioners declare that President Cleveland's consent is necessary, other wise, they announce that troops will close the gates. On Sunday the steamer City of Hamburg collided with and sank the steamer Countess Evelyn, off Lundy Island, in the mouth of the Bristol Channel. Eight passengers and six teen of. the crew of the Countess Evelyn were drowned. It is alleged that the German Emperor denies that the personality of the Reichstag should be solely of Catholics. All the seats in Berlin will be contested by Catholics, There is a division in the Liberal camp. Those in the southern constituencies strongly oppose the Government. Prince Bis marck declines to stand. The drought at Home still con? tinues. Cardinal Vaughan has in structed the clergy to offer up prayers for rain, and prayers for rain are' universal on the Continent, where the crops are going to ruin. The "Times" predicts that eleven weeks' drought means absolute ruin to many farmers. Prince Albrecht of Prussia has been endeavoring to bring about a reconcilia tion of the Emperor and Prince Bis marck. Prince Albrecht's letter has been published, and it denies that he was able to secure a meeting between the two. The Berlin correspondent of the •• Times " telegraphs that the dif ference between the Emperor and Prince Bismarck increases the diffi culty of the present political situation.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, May 15. Plans have been prepared for a brick building to , contain the Parliamentary library on the northern side' tf the present block. Government will probably place. £10,000 on the Estimate*for the work, which has been badly needed tor years. Messrs Thomson, M.H.R., and Turn bull, R.M. at ISapier, who compose the Ell commission, left for Christchurch this afternoon. The proceedings are expected to last a week. . l.he temperance party here announce that it will be their policy at the next election not to vote for any candidate, irrespective of political consequences, who is not willing to invest the majority of voters with the power of vetoing the sale of drink locally. The "Post" flatly denies that the description of the Premier's illness pub lished by it waa incorrect. The ''Press" and iCTimes" point out that they pub lished nothing but what was supplied officially. The Commissioner of Taxes suad the Rev J. C. Andrew, of Master ton, for £33 7s di, as absentee tax, and £3 6i 9d interest, on 14,890 acres in the Oero district, Hawke's Bay, belonging to Robert Curling, of London, for whom defendant is agent. Defendant claimed he was not liabla for the amount claimed, principally on the grounds that he had been resident within the colony for the period required by the Act, and that if Robert Curling had been resident out of or absent from the colony for the period of three years, still he was not liable to the tax, as the Act only applied to such persons as had been absent from or resi dent out of the colony fpr a period of three years and had not left an agent to represent them in the colony. After evidence had been taken and argument heard judgment was given for plaintiff, with £3 133 costs. Defendant gave notice to appeal. Government have decided to appoint a Commission to enquire into the working of the northern gum fields. This action is taken in qonsequence of complaints as t-> abuse of the fields and the influx of aliens. Judge Renny has written to the Mm* ister of Justice, stating that he did not use the expression attributed to him in hear ing the claim against R. H. J. Reeves, to which Mr Larnach took exception. An application in. bankruptcy made 1 to-day to have Crabtree and Good, two of the alleged members of the *' Long firm ■" declared bankrupt, was dismissed. The petition against Thomp son was granted, he not appearing. His Honor decided that, so fajr as he cou'M see, there was no partnership. The police have been unable to discover the whereabouts of Thompson, the supposed head of the frm.

ULSTER AND HOME RULE.

Mr Gladstone's declaration that he U prepared to treat Ulster separately in his scheme of Home Rule for Ireland has not been graciously received by the Ulster members, nor are the .Nationalists at one as to accepting the proposal. We have only as yet before us by cable the bald statement that the great Liberal leader is preparpd to treat the Ulster province separately. Details of the nature of the separate treatment proposed have not yet reached the colony, if they have been given to the House of Commons at all; and, judg ing from another telegram, stating that Mr Gladstone had made a vehement attack on Mr Chamber 1 am for accusing the Government of with holding an adequate description of their policy, it seems reasonable to suppose that the Premier has not yet indicated what kind of separate treat ment he proposes for the disaffected province. The probability of this view being the correct one is 1 strengthened by the further statement in the cablegram that Mr Gladstone declared that he had given a full and explicit explanation "in proportion to the stage vhe Home Rule Bill had reached." But the simple fact that the G.O.M. is prepared to deal with Ulster differently from the other three provinces of Ireland is an indication that the scheme of autonomy he pr»-oses in his Home Rule is not alto gether utisfactory to himself nor likely to be workable in practice. The section of Nationalists led by Justin McCarthy may be willing perhaps to accept the proposal as a compromise, but it can hardly be realised that the Parnellites will accept anything short of a Bill that includes the whole of the Green Isle in ' its provisions, these provisions treating all the provinces alike. But to Nationalists and Unionists alike Ire land is made up of the four provinces of Ulster, Monster, Leinster, and Connaught, and a Home Rule Bill that does nor, deal uniformly with the , whole Island is no Home Rule Bill at all. The Ulster men do not wish a Government for themselves apart from Great Britain, still less do they desire to see the whole island exercising self governing functions, so that on their part Mr Gladstone's proposal is hardly likely to be accepted as the sop to Cerberus he intends it to be. The Nationalists of the McCarthy color may perhaps accept the proposal if, by doing so, the great fact of Home Rule they aim at may be brought one step nearer, hoping to renew the fight in the future for uniformity throughout the island ; but to the Parnellites the proposal cannot be at all pleasing. But the proposal changes the whole complexion of affairs, and lowers the Home Rule question from the high national platform to the lower level of provincialism. If it be carried into effect, and Ulster obtain an autonomy of her own, the possibility of purely Celtic ascendency in Ireland will be very greatly lessened. In England and Scotland much of the determined opposition to Home Rule by the Scotch Presbyterians and Congrega tionalists and the English and Welsh Non-conformists will be disarmed, as those religious bodies can conscienti ously vote for a Home Rule Bill which they believe will not place their co-religionists in Ulster under the domination of the Catholic majority, fcr this, they have not hestitated to proclaim, is what Home Rule means if the whole Bill become law, although we fail to see where the cause for this assertion comes in in face of the stringent clauses for the safety of religious liberty and equality which tTie Bill contains. Among the English and Scotch members of the House of Commons there are many with whom Ulster's opposition to Home Rule, and the reasons Ulster gave for its opposi tion, weighed heavily. Many of those members, feeling that these reasons had been removed by the erection of Ulster into a self-governing province, will no doubt be willing to concede Home Rule to the other provinces, and so enable Mr Gladstone to carry his emasculated Bill with a large majority, but in any case, the exclusion of Ulster from the provisions of the Bill renders the measure incomplete and therefore unsatisfactory to the advocates of Ireland's right as a nation to the government of her whole country by her own people. Still, if the proposal have the effect of quelling the bitter strife which was rapidly increasing in the intensity of its bitterness, it must be welcome to all who have the interest of the Empire at heart.

THE WAIKOMITI MURDERER.

No one who noted the evidence in the Weikomiti murder case at all carefully could expect any other decision of the Executive than that the law must take its course, and Scott pay the penalty of his crime upon the scaffold. The prosecution established many damning points against the accupe^. Among these were his immoral h, Imacy with the deceased's wife; thai strychnine caused deceased's death ; that analysis disclosed the drug in his remains ■; that Scott had purchased poison on several occasions, giving false names to the vendors, one of these names being deceased s; that Scott had assumed sole charge of deceased, and so had amplo opportunity to administer poison to him; thafc the time he was so in charge covered the time that strychnine takes to act upon the system after administration, and that when deceased died Scott was the only person with him. Scott did not take the oppor tunity which the law of New Zealand affords the accused person, of going into the witness box, and explaining away eyidence °tha|t may apparently point strongly to him as the guilty parson, and no doubt the fact that he took no advantage of this opportunity would have a certain amount of weight with the Executive, although the Grown Prosecutor is debarred from strengthening the case for the Grown by any reference to the accused not accepting the opportunity the Jaw allows him. If he badany explanation to give he elected to keep it to himself, and: so still further intensified the belief in his guilt, which the evidence given could hardly fail to have already gone far to esjbbblish. ' So the law must tejte its. course, and if there, w pna

murderer who deserves to come under the law of "whoso sheddeth roan'g blood by man shall his blood be shed," it is he who, under the guise of a loving and loyal friend, commits his crime by ; the treacherous means of the poisoned cup.

An Ashburton "Whip."

A SWIFT COMPOSITOR.

Considerable interest has been excited in Melbourne by a type-setting contest, in which an ex-Canterbury compositor, Mr G. W. Yenables, now ©f the "Evening Standard " office, Melbourne, established an .Austra'ian record by setting 140 line* of minion type, equal to 6175 letters, in two hours. The proceeds were devoted to the relief of distressed printers out of employ ment in the city. Mr Venables, although born in London in 1864, is essentially a colonial, haying been raised, from a low ■oaths old, in various parts of New Zealand, where his parents are still, living. Re M Hie son of Mr George Venables, for many years a well-known figure in Ashburton, and now on the West Coast. He started the business on a bi-weekly paper published in Kaiapof; and after putting in about eighteen months the concern expired. Having an inclination for the trade, young Venables succeeded in filling in the le mainder of his time as a turnover on the Ashburton " Mail," and at the early age of nineteen occupied the position of foreman, which he held for two years, when a ohang* of proprietorship sent him further afield. After working on the "Lyttelton Times " for a few months in Christchurch, Mr Vtoables accepted a frame on the daily awning paper in Hobart, staying there for oight«en months, when he returned to New Zealand, but for a short time only, and he resumed his old frame again a few months later. Mr Venables raooesstuUy established a tri weekly paper on the nortb*west coast of Tasmania, but the partnership was of short duration, and once more the subject of this sketch was roaming about Tasmania, and finally settled down for about a year on the Launoeston " Oaily Telegraph." Six weeks before the issue of the " Evening Standard" Mr Venables arrived in Mel bourne, where the general manager, Mr James- Thomson, recognised that the ore dentials of the applicant were such as to entitle him to a place on the staff, a position which he has occupied ever since. A Mel bourne paper says the contest was the first of the kind that the winner had taken part in, aud the record is one of which he has evety reason to be proud. Venables is well known in rowing circles, having stroked the "Standard" crew when it won the Daily Press Four-oared Race, and as a member of the Yarra Club has played a prominent part in various events in which maiden fours and maiden eights of that crew have engaged.

Depression on the West Coast.

The Ross «' Advocate "gives the following graphic sketch of affaire as they now are on the West Coast of the Middle Island:—"G« where yeu may the same ill-flavored cry meets you. Rom is tad enough, buo Reefton, Brunnerton, Greymouth, Kumara, and Hokitika appear to have it worse and more general. It is stagnation in product*, scarcity of, money, and general poverty everywhere. Go to the merchant, and his cry is : I have to meet my bills when they are due, for the bank won't, and the worst of it is that the people who owe me money cannot pay up either, because of the dry weather. The banker fears to advanoe - because of the gigantic frauds at the larger centres every day, and also on account of the stagnation in trade and commerce. Journalists, lawyers, doctors—nay, the Terr clergy—have to wait and waitsgain for their fees and stipends. The first cannot get hit ■crew because the advertising merchant requires tick till his customers ante up. The doctor's fee is not forthcoming because the sick and afflicted are generally indigent even at the best of times. Again, the lawyer, with all his cunning and acumen, fares no better, for he either has to take up a case on its merits, and it be wins get paia by long-winded orders on bankrupt focal governing bodies, who also pass the aooounti and then wait for revenue to come in. Parson* preach to fuller churches—on the principle that because the poorer the people the more religious they seem to be. In place of the rarer shilling in the collecting plate or bag are merrie-eyed threepenny familiars, consequently vestrymen pnnfe over the liquidating of the over-due quarterly stipend. But bad as matters are up ana down the Coast, we are happy, to believe them on the mend. It would occupy too much space to show, how and why, Dut we content ourselves by stating that Weatland , must emerge from its slough of despood as this ageing year dies to the birth of MM."

THE POST OFFICE.

Messrs Brown and Smith, the eoc« tractors for the erection of additions to the Ashburton Post Office, and the alterations to be made on the existing building, have begun work, and as that firm has the best reputation for posh and energy it may be taken for granted that no time will be lost in completing toe work and having the Post Offioe in its new form ready for the public. The additions and alterations will provide more accommodation both for the public and the post and telegraph staffi and certainly add to the convenience of both in transacting business. The private box lobby will be enlarged by two feet all round, an extra space that was very maoh wanted, while the pubKo room has also been enlarged. This wan a muoh needed improvement, for in a space 9ft by 18ft all the telegraphio, postal, money order, and swings bank business of the office was transacted with the public, and any person wishing to write a telegram, take out or cash a money order, or do savings bank business had to do it with what privacy he could in the 'small space available for public use. The space in the old building used as the post master's room has been thrown into the {>üblic room, which fcas thus been engthened to 24ft, and 10ft of oounter added to the 12ft existing, allowing a passage of 2ft bttween the new oounter and the southern wall to give entrance to the offices behind. The public room will, be divided in the centre by a partition' which will separate the post and telegraph portion of the business fronv the money order and savings bank department* al though a folding door in the middle of the partition will admit of communication between the two departnutnts. A new porch at the southern corner of the present building will give access to the money department, while the existing door at the private box lobby will remain for postal and telegraphic business. . Be hind the money order office a room 14ft by 14ft is provided for the postmaster, in rear of - this an instrument room of 17ft by 14ft for the telegraphio operators, while still fiirther to to the rear a battery clipboard apd a porch witj be found, This porch will give entrance to a room to be set apart for the messengers and press representatives who require to use the room at hours when the office is closed to the public but open for press messages only. This room will be lift 6in by 10ft, and beyond it again towards thefoentre of the building a spare room will be iirovided which the staff will no doubt fi^uf useful* in roatij wifys. Al; together, the additions win be an lmr provement, and while it woald have been more satisfactory had a new and batter looking building bean erected in the place of the one we have, half a loaf is better than no bread, and we are thank ful for the small mercies vouchsafed to us in the greater convenience the extra accommodation will provide.

THE ASHBTJRTON GUARDIAN; TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1893,



Wanted- 1 "fVTANTED, Two Bosrden; corofor *▼ table home; terms moderje. Apply Mrs Ch.irr^Mtaor^tee^tJSJdo WANTED, one or two Boarders in a private family ; good home; cen tral situation. Termß very mo™l^ Apply office of this paper. 51AI W~ANTKI)7at once, by a young lady, situaiton in or near Ashburton as Companion or Lady Help whore a servant is kept. Fond of children. F. »., "Mail" office. _J!_Z: AYE you seen the "New Slippers 'at Mhchbm. and Ttk-sbr's 9 * 1« i t HE Good {Samaritan, tor the iuune * diate relief of pain.-LiGHT 8 Qash Store. A~ I 1 AYE you secured some oT our ±± warm Slippers for children, Is 1- MrrcHBLL awdTpbskk. » *»" P" lANOS from £20, £26, and £28 I<V Organs from £1510s. Harmoniums. £10. Em* ***** of P»y™ent.-H. M. Joiflfl. . TT^BNTIFIC Catting and Fitting. O iSyery Lady her own dressmaker. Do , not miM the opportunity, »KMdfalloM Hall from 10 •.«. w 4 p.m daily, for one month fto* M»y }6. _____ 2Ji RKWOOD for Sale at "^W^L Apply to the Custodian* Alhburton Domain. _JLS 'Vl7 ANTED Known.-^Warm Slippers W for mothers,; Is 9d to 2*9 d; per pair. —MttdaiitL aw*> Tukk«r. *I™ T¥TA»TED KNOWN,-S W. Aleom W fen d Cos. premises will be closed to-morrow (Wednesday) Re-marking took for sale on Thursday. XTT ANTED Known. -~ T. HouM W having commenced Bacon Curing he will have a good supply of Pork Bauttges, Pork Pies, etc,, fresh twry day. * .* WANTED Known—loeCreams, Ice Oreamß, for the hot weather, lways ready at H. G. Fwwra's, Conf ec-1 iooer, Bast Street. ] CIOaIBIWET Meat Mart. The oldest' 0 the largest, the best, and the cheap «t. Small '3oods a specialty. Ful weight, guaranteed. A trial solved., B 1 ICYCLES (Adams, Curties, and.Co.) machines). Cash or terms. Chnst chnroh pricea.-H. M. Jowkb. OMEOPATHIC Medicines, price Is. Sole agent for district, Light's Cash Store. 234 fITANTED, Ladies and Gentlemen to ▼V see the Grand Display in the windows at "The Corner" Saturday— W. H. Oqtmkr. - ' ■ ■ fUTANTED Known.—Como and see IT our beautiful Mantles, Jackets, Ulsters, Macintoshes, Dress Stuffs, etc. H. 0. S»ow«, Melford House. WANTED Known—Great Bargains in Ladies' Underclothing, Milli nery, Mantles, and Jackets at S. W. ALCOKS A Oo.'h Compulsory Sale. CHEAP Firewood—Short Dry Gum Firewood, at 26s per j>ord; nixed wood, Sis per cerd at Mayos, Tmorton.- Apply Mm Jamm Fruit shop. :_■■_.— ANTED Known.-Jacket & Dress Department a specialty. High class goods marked cheap. H. C. Segkrs, Melford House. ANTED Known.—For Jackets, Ulsters, Dress Stuffs, etc. Come •° Melford House. H. 0- SKoras. WANTED Known—" The Corner " is showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing. — W. H. Coixuß. ; ■ ■■" '■• . .. , . , ANTED Known—A»i»RfcW Dim has opened his new premises with his First General and Grand Display of Ladies' Jackets, Fur-lined Cloak*, Milli nery, Carpets, Boots, etc.—Andrbw ORR; 6 19 BANG I Bang I Bang I Guns! Guns ! Guns 1 by the best makers and Itted with all the latest improvements. Foirder, Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wade, «nd Case* at J. W. Habdlby's, East Street. Guns repaired. fiHB Missis Adams' new Refreshment A Rooms now open. Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Lemon Squash, Soda and Milk and all the new summer drinks ready at All times. Coleman's Buildings, East Street. "' 5 V\7 A k°oßls & co-s j^- VV • jl\- Compulsory Sale. Flannelette at 3d, Dress Tweeds at 3fd, Kid Gloves greatly reduced. it HQ,is your Plumber,? Why, J. *v. ■y •> Habdlby, who is a Manufacturer of Spouting, Ridging, Steel Gutters, Baths, Sinks, Tanks, etc., and who has on hand the largest stock of Pumps and ipe in town. _^ W~~ ANTED Known—Robert Shibids, Charles Street, opposite Woollen Factory, has commenced Dyeing and Cleaning Ladies' md Men's Garments. Blankets and Woollen Goods Scoured. Moderate charges. Parcels etc., left at Mrs Adams', Saunden' Buildings, will be attended to. _3_* WHEBE'do you get your Ironmon gery) At Hahdlst sof course, where we gat the best value in Sheet Lead, Nails, Locks, Hinges, Plough Chains, Hope, Wire Knotting, Gorse Knives, Spades and Forks, Lamps, Fender and Fire Irons, and anything you require* ' " / /CHRISTMAS Suits. Boys, three \J garment long Trouaer Suitt at 15s. Boys, Colorial-made Knicker Suits fram 1 te. Men's nicely made Colonial Tweed Suits 30;. Colonial Tweed Suits to measure from 50s.—Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. Robbkt AXJOTMT^ :- B"~ EBT Nickel Watches in the market, are those at 22s 6d and 255. Specially made for S. Salsk, Jeweller. Guarantee with aach watch. SALVAGE, ex Ruahine, Blaukets, Shirtings, and Flanellettes nothing the worse, but which the extra insurance on my othor goods will enable me to sell lets than v uil prices, and as they are direct from the Manufacturers any one wanting ought to secure a supply at once. —Robert Alcorn, Sannders' Buildings* T?1 ASTER Cards and Booklets, JSvw Jj Games, new supply of the Zither Harps and Au'oharps, New Books, Stationery, and Fancy Goods. Sub scribers winted for our Circulating Library. L. F. Andbkwes ahd Co, Stationers' Hall. _^ WANTED,— < >ue hundred subsetbe^ for the following Humorous", Pic torial, and amusing weekly papers, two pence each.—Ally Sloper, Snap Shots, Pjr-i jji "N Hi/irotw, Surws, W^rld h Comic, •:, : -. t -■...,■•„.■. v:w^, Viiiny Polks, - v. .-„-, ■ ',■■•.. ?;,:.:a'i.l Yon*,', Boy*' ■>■;. . . ' . ■.■•iai.K^ subscribers to the ,/'-.- . " . **v.\ to I-jave their tiatnes iv tv •;. 'lay Buok Stall Circulating llhiur, Joiwr Maw»WT, Mhburton. ,



WINTER, 1893 G. J. Neill & Co. RESPECTFULLY PRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING Kew Ooods. Slew Ooods. DRESSES. DRESSES. The latest in Shot Rep, double width, 2s 6d AmaKOh Oloth, double width, 1* lid Fancy Dress Goods, 6£d Heavy Dress Tweeds, 7|d Astrakhan*, Beaver Trimming Ladies' Jackets and Mantles. MILLINEIiY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Trimmed Hats from 2a lid. Double Bed White Sheeting, lOjd Heavy Forfar, 6Jd Blankets, Blankets, from 7s lid All Wool Colonial Flannel, Is. CLOTHING. CLOTHING. Men's Suits, 19s 6d Men's Heavy Suits, 25s 6d M«n's Whip Cord Tweed Suits, 29s 6d Boys' Suits, 4s lid j Men's Lamb's Wool Pants, 8s lid. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. WONDERFUL VALUE IN BOOTS. Ladies* Shces, 4s lid; Strong Leather Slippers, 3s 6d Men's dolonial-m»de Nailed Shooters, 8s 6d BOOTS ONE TRIAL. Ladies' Strong EIS. Bpots, 6s lid Patent Leather Slippers in endless variety, at 6. J, NEILL & GOk, FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS, CORNER OF EAST AND MOORE STREETS.



~~ [A CARD], MR§ A. cHIARIDGE, TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE & ORGAN, COX STREET, ASHBURTON. TERMS ON APPLICATION. ; SJL NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factort ♦... WINTER 1893 BAIN. B^Tn. RAIN. WATERPROOF COATS WATERPROOF COATS WATERPROOF COATS I EAVE your measure at the Factory. -*-" Over 100 patterns to choose from. OIL COATS OIL COATS OIL COATS From lOs 9d. LEATHER LEATHER LEATHER Try the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY for your NEXT PAIR of BOOTS. XT You will Save IS per cent. BLANKETS 10s 9d RUGS ... 7s 6d FLANNELS Is per yard j NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY AND Waterproof Manufacturers. alexThendry, Manager>__



FOR WEDDING PRESENTS, BIRTHDAY PRESENTS, & PRESENTATIONS " " __•.!.•— INSPECTION is invited of the very J_ choice and high class Stock of c- BALEK WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, AND OCULIST-OPTICIAN'S AGENT. A very large stock of Electro Plats and Silver Ware, Engagement and Wedding Rings, Marble Clocks and Gold and Silyor Jewellery of every description ; forming a splendid selection of new and uniquo goods, just the thing for presents and ob tained specially for the ASHBURTON TRADE. -A SPECIALTY— Thy Rotherham English Lever Watches expressly made by Rotherham for S. Safek are becoming famous throughout; the district as the MOST RELIABLE WATCHES OBTAINABLE. jy Special attention is devoted to the Watchmaking and Jewellery repairing department. With the extra assistance obtained, work is turned out promptly. LOWEST CHARGES, CONSISTENT WITH SOUND AND RFXIABLE WORKMANSHIP. j WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER



COMPULSORY'SALE OF S- W- ALOORN & COS. STOCK OF GENERAL DRAPERY, MANTLES, MILLINERY Etc. commences on THURSDAY, 11th INSf. EVERY ARTICLE A DECIDED BARGAIN AS STOCK MOST BE SOLD. 0 S. W. ALCORN & CO. EAST STREET.



Hardley Bros. HAVE OPENED THEIR FIRST SHIPMENT OF WINTER GOODS. WHICH HAVE BEEN MARKED AT Very Low Prices TO CLEAR. Special Value in Blankets and Flannels. Colonial Blankets from 17s 6i. Waterproof Overcoats, grand goods, from29d6d. Men's Colonial Suits from 23a 6d. DON'T FORGET TO CALL AND SEE THEM k COMPARE VALUES. We are selling a Splendid Dress Tweed at 6*d. All Wool, double-width Dress Tweed, only Is lid. BOOTS. SOOTS. Our Boot Stock is now Complete in every Branch. Splendid Dancing Shoes, 3s lid. Men's Watertights from 12s 6d. Shooters, nailed. 8s 6d. Boys' and Girls' Boots in endless variety OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT Is now showing some Splendid value In HATS, FURS, RIBBONS, LAOB, Etc. Come and Secure Arcade Straw Hats, latest shapes, only Is, only a limited number left. Splendid Fir Collarettes, only 3s 9d. THESE ARE GENUINE BARGAINS. fiIRDLGY BROS., ARCADE.



HINDS PUBLIC DIP. BROOKE'S A.SHBUBTON DIP. CHERTSEY PUBLIC DIP. /"\WING to the Delay caused by the wet weather the Charge will still be One j Fenny per head nntil FRIDAY, May 18, after then l£d per head. C. M. Brooke, ASHBDRTON. j STEAM CHAFF CUrTING AND CRUSHING. GtkORGE USBORH2 Begs bo announce that he is PREPARED TO CUT CHAFF AND CRUSH GR AIN IN ANY QUANTITY j He uses Messrs Andrews and Beaven's bass CanterbutY Chaffcutter, and their crasher with lufcest improvements, and oan therefore guarantee giving erety satis* action. Orders may be left with -MRGUDSELL, TinwaM; ! Or, GEORGE OSBORNE, 3*6 Willowby.



Holloway's Pills.—Liver, Lungs, and Kidneys.—Most diseases of these depurative organs arise from obstructions, over the removal ot which the celebrated pills exercise the most perfect control. A course of them is strongly recommended as a remedy for such chronic affections as liver <snl*rg»' ments, congestion of the lungs, torpidity ot the kidneys, and other functional disorders which cause much present suffering, and if neglected lay the foundation of organic diseases. Holloway's Pills are specially adapted for the young and delicate j their gentle and purifying actions ranks them above all other medicines. In indigestion, nervous affections, gout, and rheumatism these pills have achieved tor themselves universal lame. They expel all impurities from the Wws, t*4 Jrwtore cheerfulness Wd rigour.



SANDER AND SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in the market now, produces of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order that these crude oils may not be taken Our Pure Volatile Euca lypti Extract, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government to bo of perfectly pure origin, as per information forwarded to an through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878 It is proved by tests made by the Medical Clinics of the Uuiversities at Bonn and Greifswald, Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz, Professor of Pharmacology at Bonn, and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Greifswald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of acids, resinous and other subßtaaces, adherent to primary distillation, will develop the sanative qualities proper to the plant. »».»<iei? and Son*' JEucalypt* Extract, according to these authorities, and according to Professor Dr Lister, of England, a»d to Drs Bauer, Mclntire, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America, is the only extract corresponding to Bcientiflfl tfi»ts, and the only one which possesses th* proper, therapeutic value. , AU otfaer crude otfji are fa bj classed among the fcuxpe»times, which have, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal medicament. These so called Eucalypti Extract*^ which may have received distinction at Exhibitions as commercial articles and are used for mechanical purposes only are discernible: 1. By their deficiency in pungent odour (which our product, the only genuine Euoaiypti Extract, develops most freely through. itß surplus of oxygen). 2 By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance, being reduced in specific density through fclw prssgijce of acids. if V'V th 6" 1 taß*0 * "ie resu't; 0* t"e 'contracting tendency of resins and tannatei'. If these crude oijs, or *o .called enciiypti extract* are applied by mistake in c^se^ of croup, bronchitis, diptheria, internal in flammations, dysentery, wounds, etc., the consequences are roost appalling. For safety sake ask always for Sander ana Sons' Eucalypti liSjs> tract and get the ■ old, • well-tented and reliable preparation.—Sandhurtt, Victoria, Au.trftli*,-»»n.der audSoni



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