SUMMARY. Tfc would have afforded me great plea sure to have proposed larger votes, bufc with the limited means at our disposal and in view of the large demand made upon us for public buildings and still larger demands for roads, it has been found impossible to propose a heavy rail way expenditure. The allocation of the | money available amongst the Beveral works in progress will I k think be accepted as fair and. reasonable. MIDLAND EAIIWAY. No great amount of work has been done on this line during the past year. The only portion under construction has been the section between Lake Brunner and Jackson's on the Teremakau river. The line is open for traffic from Brunner ton to Lake Brunner, and works on the section from there to Jackson's are well advanced. Further proposals for a modi fication in the contract under which the line is being constructed have been made by the company, but as these are under the consideration of the House it would be out of place for me to express any opinion about them. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The total appropriation for public buildings and domains last year was £110,852— namely, £52,565 under the Consolidated Fund and £58,287 under Public Works Fund. The expenditure during the year amounted to £74,994 ; namely, £43,893 under the Consolidated Fund and £31,101 under the Public Works Hund. The total appropriation proposed fo* public buildings this year is £140,330; namely, £50,000 under the Consolidated Fund, and £89,655 under the Public Works Fund. The Consoli dated Fund vote provides £31,000 for school buildings, and the ordinary votes for maintenance and repairs of buildings throughout the colony. The votes pro posed under the Public Works Fund pro vide £15,000 for school buiidilngs to supplement the vote of £31,000 already appearing on the Consolidated Fund estimate, the rapidly increasing settle men b that is proceeding making it im perative that" further school accommo dation should be provided. The vote also provides for the completion for the first portion of the Porirua Asylum, and for the further enlargement and improve ment of the asylumns at Auckland, Sunnyside, and Seachff; also for improve ment to the Parliamentary Buildings, and electric lighting of the same and Go vernment Printing Office ; a new prison at Dunedin, and sundry minor works throughout the colony. HABBOR DEFENCES. The amount voted last year for harbor defences was £5000, as against £7000 for the year 1891.92, The net expenditure for the year was as follows :—On works' in the colony, £4349 ; on land for depots and batteries and miscellaneous charges, £214; making a total of £4563. The total expenditure on harbor defences from the commencement of the works up to the 31st March last, was in round numbers as follows: — On material of war and charges thereon, £238,107. # On defence works.batteries, depots and charges thereon, £288,137. On purchases, etc . of land sites for batteries and depots, and charges thereon. £36.732. Making a grand total of £472,976. During the y^ir several works at the thvee chief porta havo been more or less brought to a finish by the employment of prison labor, but turther works yet re main to be done on some of them. This expenditure on tho forts and batteries at the four principal ports during the year, including the cost of surveys of nine fields and £2H for land purchased in Otago, was as follows : — Auckland £1431 Wellington IBB* Lyttelton »<£ Dunedin Total ... v- ... £5563 Tt; is proposed to ask for a vote of £5000 this year to carry on the works now in propress. MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES ON THE PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Pukohasje or Native Lands.—A return presented to Parliament on July 19 last pursuant to the provisions of the Native Land Purchase Act, 1892, shows that dur in« the year ended March 31 last, an area 0f°J32,357 acres was added to the public estate by the purchases which were finally completed. The portion of this area in cluded in the work of the year was 66.190 acres, further progress on pur chases still incomplete was made to the extent of 141,518 acres ; thus making the total work of the year up to 207,708 acres. The area of 141,518 acres mentioned above includes 59,541 acres of the Awarua block at the south end of the North Island Main Trunk Bail way. It is hoped that by December 31 next a further area of from 40,000 to 50,000 acres in this block, which contains much more than the aver age proportion of first clans land, will have been acquired, after which the interests of tha Crown will be defined and located by the Native Land Court with a view to the land being made available for settle ment early next year. Extensive pur chases, details of which will be found in a return about to be referred to within the Rohapotatu or King Country at the north end of the line, have also been com pleted, and others are in progress. Con sidering that the owners of these lands are very numerous and scattered, the result on the whole must be regarded w very gratifying. It is hoped that additional Wities for the acquisition of native lands will be provided by the legislation of the present session, thus enabling a te«> proportion of the 7,000.000 of acres now lying waste and unproductive in the North Island to be, brought within reach o£ settlement during ths year, a result which would be highly beneficial to both Natives and Europeans. Telbgeafh Extensions.—The expendi ture out of the Public Works Fund on account of telegraph construction and for the extension of the telephone exchange system throughout the colony amounted during the financial year to £29,245, and of this sum an amount of £5287 was ex* pended on the telephone exchange. Of the new lines erected during the year tor the extension of telegraphic communica tion the most important «w those to Toko Awanui, Blackburn and Birmingham in Island, and Bank's Peninsula, Tamo Shag Point, Five Rivers, and Seybrook in the South Island. In the estimates for the present year an expen- SS?ofr«KUeoL* been provided for which is intended to cover liabilities of £6716 existing at the commencement ot the financial year and sundry extensions, including a line to Peel Forest and ft tele phone exchange at Mataura. THE LIQUOR BILL. A message was read from fcno LeSJ s' lative Council to the effect tint the Council insisted on their amendments in the Alcoholic Liquors Bill. The Premier, Sir John Hall and Mr Guinness were appointed Managers to te present the House at the free conference on the matter. LOCAL BILLS, Several local bills were advanced a sta<*e their consideration occupying the House till the 630 p.m. adjournment. The House resumed at 7.30 pm. GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS BILL. The Premier moved that the Govern' ment Railways Act Amendment Bill be recommitted for the purpose of inserting Tnew clause to set at rest any doubts that misht exist respecting extraordinary vac Sicies on the Board of Commissioners. The motion for recoaimital was agreed 10 The Premier moved the following new rimme •—" Upon any vacancies occurrmg j» 3» i#» <* Oomra BBione * b? effluWm

of time, the Governot-in-Council may j frem time to time appoint any person to , fill such vacancy." . j The new clause was added to the Bill. | On the motion that the Bill be read a third time, several members took the op portunity of eiftsriwg a final protest against it. The Premier having replied, the thud reading was carried by 34 to 30, and fchs Bill passed. COLONEL FOX'S RErORT- The Premier moved—" That the Volun teer year be extended to the last day of February in each year ; that the disband ing of country corps which last year were efficient and which disbanding has been recommended, by Colonel Fox, be held over ; that the selection of Martini-Henry rifles be approved." He explained that he nad placed the resolution oa the paper to enable members to discuss the report of Colonel Fox. He held that, no matter how they might differ from Colonel Fox's report, they would all admit that it was a very able one, and had put the position of defence affairs very fully before the colony. At the same time the report was perhaps too exacting, and arriving from Home where military efficiency was of such a high standard. Colonel Fox had expected too much, from colonial Volun teers. The Government agreed with Colonel Fox's recommendation in regard to Martini-Henry rifles, and had ordered 3000 rifles, the first thousand of which were to be delivered in December. With regard to the country corps he (the Premier) did not think that Volunteers in country districts should be debarred from advantages which they had enjoyed for so many years, and the Government could maintain 2000 men more than under the recommendations of Colonel Fox. As to capitation, the Government had decided to pay £2 10s per head to efficient Volunteers, The Government did not see their way to disband this year any efficient corps, and as to forts and guns, he held that belore any change was made an opportunity should be afforded to Sir William Jervois, Major-General Schaw, and other high anthorities. to see Colonel Fox's report. He disapproved altogether of the proposed increased expenditure in salaries. The recommendation that men ,who had gone from the Permanent Artillery to the police force should tie called out for ten days was a very wise one and would be given effect to; but the suggestions as to bonuses for attend ance at encampments, and badges for volunteers, would not be carried out. Colonel Fox was entitled td the thanks of the country for his report. Captain Russell said that thb Premier had spoken for nearly one and a half hour, and at the expiration of that time he (Captain Russell) had no more know ledge of the intentions of the Government than before he commenced. The ques tion which they all wanted to know was whether Colonel Fox was to be placed in full command, or whether they were to go on in the same old way they had been do ing. He felt that thers was really nothing before the House to debate in the motion proposed by the Premier, and it was very evident that they were being humbugged, and might just as well go home to^ their beds, as there was no life whatever in the discussion. He held that Colonel Fox had not been too exacting, but that the criticism* on various officers should have been treated by the Defence Minister as confidential. The volunteers would be efficient if they were allowed to become so, but it was evident that the Premier was determined to perpetuate the old scheme of inefficiency. In his (Captain Russell's) opinion the proper system of defence was the naval squadron, and they could have in Wellington especially a properly organised defence force. He entered his protest against this report not having been brought down at a proper time of the session, instead of debiting it in the early morning to an empty House. Mr Allen said thac at preseufc the Volunteer force was useless, because the movement was not encouraged. Some of the best of the officers had been hanging on in hope that some good would come from this report, but they would now leave the Rervice. Mr Willis thought that .Colonel Fox should have been more lenient in his criticisms. i Mr Ward said that Colonel Fox had made a serious mistake in his system of examination, and he thought that officers should not have been subjected to de liberate insult.

"Skipped by the Light of the Moon."

There was a large attendance at the Oddfellows' Hall last night to witness Messrs Gourlay and Walton's company in the farcical comedy "Skipped by the Light of the Moon." Their performance of this piece in the large centres of the colony' had caused their reputation to precede them and the audience last night expected something " Funny, very, very, funny." There expectations ware more than"realise.d and if the " very " were to be multiplied ten and twenty times they would still endorse the statement. " Skipped by the Light of the Moon " is a musical comedy, brimful of fun and burlesque and unique in^iteelf, inasmuch as it affords the performers all the scope for fun to be found in nigger minstrel farces without any of their coarseness. The one thing most noticeable was that from the rise of the curtain at eight o'clock to its fall after half past ten, there wap not a dull moment, for even the intervals were so short that the audience had scarcely finished the laughter of one act before the next commenced. It would be difficult to particularise the different characters as all seemed to work perfectly together. Messrs Gourlay and Walton are as clever as any two comedians who have ever visited the colony, their opening duet, "It would be very funny," a\id Mr Walton's song., " The Shopwalker," a most comical delineation, eliciting roars of laughter. Mr Gourlay also showed in " My old Dutch " that with his good voice he is equally at home in a sentimen'al song. Miss Evelyn Harte was a great success as the hotel waitress, Sarsb, and received the bouquet of the evening. Mr Robert Harwood (GTamachree Mclntyre) made up as the orthodox stage policeman, and his song, "The Hooligans." was one of the best of the evening. The choleric and gouty old father, James Warfield, was excellently pourtrayed by Mr George Chalmers. The parts of Miss Alice Hol brook as Millicenr, of Miss Georgie Leighford and Miss Flora Hastings as Mrs Dingle and Mrs Crackle, were the remaining best of a good cast.

Parliamentary Notes.

(from our. own correspondent.)

Wellington, September 22. lUILWA.Y COMMISSIONERS. The difficulty with regard to the .Rail way Commissioners is likely to be over come by their appointments being extended for another year till the country Ims expressed an opinion through the new Parliament as to railway control. 11ns could be dons by a new clause being added by the Council to the present Rail way Bill, or by special legislation; PX7BLIC WORKS DEBATE}. ' The Public Works debate will betaken on Tuesday night. Mr Mit&elson leads ioff.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[PER PRJES3 ASSOCIATION.]

DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE.

(Received September 22, 10.30 a.m.)

London, September 21. St. Leo. Percy, described as her lover, shot dead Bessie Montague, the actress at the Empire theatre, and his rival named Garcier. He then com mitted suicide.

LYNCHERS.

Washington, September 21. A conflict between a number of lynchers »and militia took plaoe at Roanoke gaol. Eleven were killed and nineteen wounded.

Holloway's Pills.—The Great Need.— The blood is the life, and on its purity our existence depen's.' These Pills thoroughly cleanse the vital fluid from all contamina tions, and by that means Btrengfchen and invigorate the whole system, healthily stimulate sluggish organs, repress over excited action, and establish the circulation and secretions throughout every part of the body. The balsamic nature of Holloway a Pills, exercises marvellous power in giving tone to debilitated and nervous constitu tions. These Pills remove all obstructions, both in the bowels and elsewhere, and are on that account, much sought for promot ing regularity of action in young females , and delicate persons who are naturally I weak, or have fiom some cause become bo.

CHICAGO EXHIBITION.

The Chicago Exhibition will close at the end of October.

THE KAISER AND BISMARCK.

Berlin, September 21. The German Press warmly applauds the Emperor's offer to Prince Bismarck of a residence in the Imperial castle during the latter's illness.

THE MINERS' RIOTS.

(Received September 22, 10.45 a.m.)

London, September 21. The Home Secretary has promised to hold an enquiry into the circum stances connected with the firing by the troops on the miners at Feather stone on September 8, when several were shot dead.

TREASURY BILLS.

It is rumoured that New South Wales is about to float a million and a half's worth of 4J per cent treasury ; bills, having currency for four years.

VICTORIAN LOAN.

The " Financial Times ' asserts the Victorian Government favors the issuing of a conversion loan at a mini mum of 93, but the majority of dealers and brokers prefer a 3J per cent loan to be issued at 84, and that the latter course is likely to be adopted.

PROFESSIONALISM IN FOOTBALL.

The Rugbjr Union has rejected the proposal to legalise professionalism in football.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Received September 22, 11 a.m.)

CYCLING.

Sydney, September 22. W. 3. Hay ward, the New Zealand cyclist, has reduced the Australian mile record to 2rains 25 l-sth sees, and C. E. Hall, New Zealand, the five mile record to 13mins 6 2-sth sees.

LOAN PROPOSALS.

Melbourne, September 22. The Victorian Colonial Treasurer denies that the Government' favor the loan proposals as mentioned by the " Financial Times," and states it is unlikely the terms of the dealers and brokers will be accepted.

SUGAR DUTIES.

In the Victorian Housr of Assembly the sugar duties proposed by thp Go vernment were carried by 43 to 33.

LAND TAX.

.Adelaide, September 22. The South Australian Government have carried their land tax proposal by 21 to 9. An amendment in favor of the New Zealand scheme of progressive land tax was negatived. The absentee tax was carried without division.

SHEARERS POISONED.

Brisbane, September 22. Suspicious illness attended with con vulsions is reported among the shearers on Terrack station Queensland. One man has succumbed. An inquiry proved that the bread supplied to the men was thickly impregnated with strych nine.

PROBATE TAX.

Hobart, September 22. The Tasmanian Government under •threat of a dissolution carried the pro bate tax by a majority of one.

A DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.

A dastardly attempt was made to wreck the express train between Laun -1 ceston and Hobart on Wednesday night. The engine and one passenger carriage were derailed, and the former was hanging over a precipice. The i rails had been loosened from the sleepers and iogs placed across the permanent way. Government have offered JESOQ reward for the discovery of the perpetrators.

THE ASfißtmM* GUAftDIAK:: ERIDAt, SEPTEMBER 22, 1893



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Mr D. Thomas. saturdayTsextT SEPTEMBER 23. BULLOCK'S ARCADE. SALE OF BROOD TROTTING MARES i AND YEARLINGS, MR D. THOMAS, instructed by Mr A. W. Randell, will Sell by Public Auction on the above date, — I Brood Trotting Mare Nellie, by JL Spot—dam Shales, by Quicksilver. 1 Brood Trotting Mare Bess —by Dexter—dam of Lillie and race winners 1 Yearling Filly, by General Iracey— dam Nellie "1 Yearling Colt, by Marquis of •*- Grandby 1 Light Hack and Harness Horse, 5 years ; thoroughly quiet in saddle and harness, about 16 hands. As Mr Randell is giving up breeding, they will be sold without reserve. 9152 Friedlander Bros. A VERY CHOICE FARM, i In the' Farfamed Wakanui District, Ashburton County. SATURDAY. BEFTEMBER 23, 1893. FOR ABSOLUTE SALE. MESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS. have been favored with instruc tions to sell by Public Auction on SATURDAY, the 23rd day of September, 1893, at 2 p.m., in the ORANGE HALL, Burnett Street, Ashburton, 130 AOBES • 180 Of one of the fineit Agricultural Farms in the County of Ashburton, and now in occupation of Mr Nicholas Fitsgerald, Sea view, Wakanui Road District. The land is subdivided into seven handy sized Paddocks, all well fenced and abifn dantly watered, of which about 80 acres are in wheat, 20 in barley, and the balance in grass. Other improvements are a very substantially built seven-roomed House, almost new, Stables, Chaflhouse, etc. This choice little Farm will be offered for absolute sale. The land ia capable of growing tremendous crops, the piesent owner having threshed as much as 108 Bushels of Oats per acre, and the average yield of Wheat has been about 47 bushels. It is close to the Seaview School, and any one wanting a really grand piece of land will do well to attend the Sale and endea vor to become the purchaser. An un doubtedly safe investment. Termsat Sale. For further particulars apply to FRIEDLANDER BROS, fc E. FRIEDLANDER, 9t63 Auctioneer. Government Notices. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. fjpENDIRS are invited for Leasing M_ about 528 Acres oi Kailw ay Reserve No. 1925 near Rangir.ata. Flan and Conditions may be seen at Stationmaster's office, Rangitata, where tenders are to be lodged before noon on September 23, 1893. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. BY ORDER. Railway Engineers' Office, Christcliurch, 9 53 Entertainments. a SHBURTON MUSICAL SOCIETY — THIRD CONCERT. — Handel's Oratorio, « JUDAS MACCABEUS." Oddfellows' Hall, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1893. Special engagement of the talented Soprano, MISS MABEL BELL, and Tenor, HERR POSCHELL. Tickets may be obtained from the Members of the Society, Mr H. G. Fiower School of Music, Mrs Adams, H. M. Jones, and L.F, Andrawes. Front seats 2s, Back seats Is. 936 PETER WILLIAMS, Hon. Sec ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH. AN Address will be given by the Bishop of Ohriatshurch, on the ''Aims and objects" of the Church Mission Fund, in St, Stephen's School room on Friday 22nd, at 8 p.m. The organising Secretary will present the annual report and balance sheet. 9 144 Admission Ftee. Public Notices. Tt^jTONEY TO LEND on approved securities, in sums to suit borrowers, at LOWEST CURRENT RATES. H. C. ORBELL, 9 76 Solicitor, Ashburton. FOR SALE—6O Acres, all in English grasses, not far from the Tinwald Sale yards. A property such as this has often been asked for. I FOR SALE.—Two Sections well situated in Eaton street, Hampstead First-class land. T. BULLOCK r TQC Pn fe|^ U.S.S,CO. Iff " " " Hi; ■ ■ fTNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY V) OF NEW ZEALAND. STEAMERS SAIL from LYTTEL TON AS UNDER: For Wellington—Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday, snA. Saturday. Nelson—Tuesday and Saturday. Auckland—Thursday and Saturday. Sydney—Every Second Tuesday and Thursday. Dunedin—Tuesday a,n<3 Friday. Mplboiarne^At freqpent interval* l\»r particu-arf apply to WM * TitvT?* LIMITED. AGENTS, ASHBURTON



TOWN SECTIONS 560, 561, 562, 563, one Acre, having three frontages in Cass, Aitken, and Cox streets, centrally situ ated, being not far from the Railway Station. Desirable site for a private residence, and should prove a remunera tive Investment. Offers invited for this. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE T^ESIRABLE PRIVATE RESI _L>/ DENCE, well situated on the Wakanui road. Exceptionally easy terms of payment, and only six per cent per annum charged on the unpaid portion of the purchase money. For full particulars apply to T. BULLOCK. ACLAND, DUDLEY & CO,, AUCTIONEERS, OHAREBROKERS, STOCK AND STATION AGENTS. MOWEY TO LEND ON APPROVED SECURITIES AX LOWEST CURRENT RATF> Farms aeri *» .. properties from TO 5000 ACEES. 143, HEREFORD STREET, tlOl CWISTQRUIICH.



ASHBURTON, SATURDAY 23rd. 50 Cases JNew Spring Goods. 50 Cases New Spring Goods. G. L. BEATH & CO, PURPOSE RJB-opiisriirtf IIV TANCIkEr* STREET O3V SATURDAY NEXT, When they will offer the above Stock Without Reserye. rpHE Goods are Part of their New Season's Shipment, and will be sold considerably under Chiistchurch Prices, and will include all the Novelties of , the Present Season, including— French and Manchester Prints 600 Dress Lengths, not two alike, New Washing Dress Materials at the following remarkable prices Crepon, Zephyrs, and Ginghams —3s lid, 4s lid, 6s lid, 9s 9d, 12s Muslins, Delaines, Galateas 6d, 15s 6d, 21s, Art Muslins, Curtains, Damasks Together with a full range of Summer Cretonnes, Towels, Fapkins . Dress Materials at marvellously low Sheetings, Calicoes, Shirtings prices, COLONIAL FLANNELS.-Pink, White and Shetland Bfd per yard. Black Cashmeres and French Merinoas I Evening shades in Crimped and Self Black Lace Dress Materials j Crepon Oloth and Nnn's Veiling. Black Whip Cords, Berges, Serges I Very pretty, And exceedingly and Nun's Veilings ' cheap. ' LACES.—New Styles, full range—Cheap. — MERCERY DEPARTMENT. — — HOSIERY, ETC — 30 dozen knitted socks at Is a pair, Ladies' and Girls' Hoisery, worth Is 6d. Handkerchiefs, Sunshades, Urn- Hats, Caps, Shirts, Braces, Hoizery, brellas, Ribbons, Trimmings, Criokeband Tennis Shirts, Trousers Haberdashery. All to bo sold at Collars and Scarves, White and . Wholesale Christchurch prices. Colored Shirts. — CLOTHING, — Having just taken delivery of one of the largest purchases ever made from THE KAIAPOI WOOLLEN COMPANY, consisting of over 2000 garments, we shall offer exceptional value in BOYS' AND MENS' SUPERIOR CLOTHLMG as follows :— SEVEN HUNDRED (700) Boys' Suits, Kaiapoi Tweed 4s lid. MEN'S KAIAPOI TWEED SUITS, No. 1~26s 6d, worth 32s 6d. No. 2—29s 6d, worth 37s 6d. No. 3—355, worth 45sr No. 4-39s 6d, worth 50*. No. 5—455, worth 555, No. 6-555, worth 655. .Beautifully made, with b£st trim mings* and linings. MEN'S TWEED TROUSERS, -8s lid, 9s 6d, 10s 9cl, 15s 6d, and 17s 6d per pair. MEN'S TWEED TROUSERS & VEST-14s 9d, 17s 9(3, 21s, 22s 6d per pair. 700 YARDS Colonial Tweeds 2s 6|d, worth 3s 6d. -—■ o Above with many other Bargains.—SATURDAY NEXT 23rd instant. G. L. 3EATH & Co., TANCRED STREET. ASHBURTON. LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S HIGH CLASS TAILORING. WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, EAST STREET (Next to Mr HoUlt's), HAS lately returned from London, where he spent eighteen months, studying the cutting under the latest and most improved scientific principles ; at the same time gaining more experience in the leading Ladies' and Gentlemen's Tailoring Establishments of the West End, He is therefore in a position to assure his Customers that orders intrusted to him will be finished in a style not to be surpassed.



DO YOU KNOW THAT we are SELLING OFF all out NEW GOODS, and giving a dls count of FOUR SHILLINGS OFF EVERY POUND FOR- CASH, because we are OVERSTOCKED, and MUST REALISE. X?" Come »nd see our Shopfull of New Mercery, Hats, Shirts, Ties, Boots, <fee. (all marked in plain figures). Men's Good Tweed Suits to measure during the sale from €2 15s to £3 lO* FOR. CASH, GRAIGHEAD&BERRYMAN THE LEADING TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS, Ashburton, §*Q2 ~TowN~sioiioy; s FOR SALE afc reasonable pn^ yiz ._ 7OS well Bitua t^ JJU " street, BL2 and 813 Aitken stoat* .W Grey street, 256 Mo"re streei, 245 Kermode street, 792 and 793 Oox street, 1046 and 1047 Peter streei west, 1001 Cox street west, 1050 corner of Walker and Peter streets, 994 and 995 Walker street west, 807 Cox street east, 846 and 847 Aibken street, 820 William street, 797 Cox street. 711 Wills street, 818 Aitken street, 689 Cameron street, 842 .Cass street. T. BULLOCK,



IMPORTANT TO INVESTORS, IMPORTANT TO FATHERS AND MOTHERS, IMPORTANT TO EViiiRYWODY. "p\O YOU WISH for a good Investment! Then be wise and purchase a HOUSE SECTION. You cannot go wrong in buying land at a reasonable price, which increasing in value, and becoming less in quantity every week. Everyone should possess a home that he can call his own, and the properties such as are now offered should not be missed. Young man, you may feel free and independent now, but you will want to settle down. Be wise and purchase a House and Section t>y instalments of payment that you will not feel the loss of. Saving leads to wealth; jet many people go on paying house rent all their lives, and are either unaware how easily they | may become house owners instead of rent payers, or singularly neglectful of snch opportunities as F. FERRIMAN offers. Do without luxuries for a little while, buy a Section and House. What you are how paying for rent will soon pay the of your property. No more landlords, no more rent. Anyone In active employmet of any kind can save enough to pay the instalment by cutting down expenses. Wha many spend in cigars and beer, horse-racing and cards, would buy a House and Section. Don't hesitate because your earnings are small; make your expenses onl a little less than now. Many will be ready to take It off your hands at a profit. It is an axiom in political eoonomy that should be written in letters of gold— * The man who lives up to all he owns Is ill prepared for fortunes turns, B.ut who spends less has home and health,J Long life himself, his children wealth, . Like drops of water, grauw of sand Tkat make the ocean and the land ; The penny saved to sovereigns grows, What poor raenhope, the rich man knows. «£i£K£3 —Baker,', * MOORE33TREET ASHBURTON EXTENSTON. TlVvw Coin 1 ACRE of GOOD GROUND; capital frontage, *JMJI Oil It? on Beach Road. Upon the land is built a wmT, fortablo, Dwelling of five rooms. Shop and Stable, A good opening for any small business i Poultry Farm, etc. F. FBRRI9IAIV. f-FOR 'SALE — t AT HAMPSTEAD, a Comfortable Five-Roomed Honse, with Scullary and good Outbuildings. Situated upon two sections of land of first-class quality. Well planted with choice fruit trees in full bearing ; an abundant supply of water ; exoel lent frontage ; on Main Road, near School, and within sight of Railway Station ; clear titlo. i F. FERRIMAN. a; home you may well be proud of, together with lasting and solid security. WHAT MORE can mortal man desire than Lots 137, 3,4, 5, 6, and 7, about 1$ ACRES of rich, highly productive Land, with Brick Dwelling of Five Rooms, close to Schools, and few minutes sralk to Post Office Savings Bank. For with this pro perty and a small nest egg in cash you can be comfortable now and in the evening of life. Price- £250, which at 4 per cent interest, is only four shillings a week rental for the above Banks go vp, Banks go down, but this may stand forjVer.—-Tfte above has been sold ■ [t F. FERRIMAN. -FOR SALE-. A VALUABLE BUSINESS SITE of J-ACRE, opposite the new office o the Building Society, in Tancred Street.— Since Sold. f. ferriman; \ — FOR LSALE — HAVELOCK STREET, i-ACRE. Capital corner, close to control, of town Comfortable Villa of five rooms, with Outbuildings ; good parden, well sheltered ; must be sold j owner leaving for North Island. Ho may wish himself in hie old home again. Many that leave Ash burton would like to return. If you buy this, home you will want more cash to sret you out thanbwner will take for you and yourt k [ go in.—27w foregoing Propertyihas been disposal oj F. FEBRiarA*! -FOB SAL E— TO THOSE who seudy'sanitation'tha Alford Forest Roa<? offers all that you can desire. I have for Sale | ACRE and good House opposite Mr John Orr's dence. This property will suit any one living in town or; Working at the Woolle, Factory. Price low. F. FERRIMAN, —FOR SAL Bi section and HOUSE near Canterbury Mill* A Safe£investmenl gocd home for little money easy terms. P. FERRIMAN. — FOR S'A[LE THAT CAPITAL FAMILY RESIDENCE known an Troyford yah, sunateoi I wTthe Wakanui Road, containing Large Dinning Room Drawing, Six Bedrooms, Kitchen, Bath Room, and Pantry. The ground consists of Plower Garden, Lawn, Kitchen Garden/Stable, and with back entrance ; the whole forming a* 1 most denir ■ able property. SF. FE RRIMAN. » *■ ■ >...■■•