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Brisbane. May 15. The Queensland National Bank has suspended payment. Its liabilities are £10,622,970, including £8,526,962 of deposits. Its assets include £8,133,387 worth of advances and other due debts, also £106,395 worth of coin and bullion. The cause of suspension is attributed to the continuous withdrawal of money in the London office. A scheme of recon struction ib now under consideration. The Bank of North Queensland has also suspended, pending reconstruction. Its liabiHtiesare £651.303, including £350 776 deposits. Its assets include £109,114 onin and bullion, and £494,402 in advances. ■ The Government are guaranteeing the notes of the National Bank. The Permanent Building and Benefit Society have suspended owing to their banking with the Queensland National Bank. v ir Stdkbt, Kay li. The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney has suspended payment pendin/ reconstruction. The decision was arrived at at a meeting of directors this afternoon. The liabilities are over £14,000,000, including £11,440,000 of deposits. The assets include ooin and bulUom £1,702,000, advances, etc, £11,016,000. The suspension has caused considerable surprise, as it was hoped that general confidence was restored. The withdrawal of deposits ha? been steadily kept up, and over £1,000,000 was taken out of the bunk during the last few days. A scheme for reconstructing the institution is under Consideration. The Government and lending bankers had a conferenco to-day on the advi&a bleness of bringina the Bank Issue Bill into operation. No decision, however, was arrived at. Melbourne, May 15. The creditors of the Metropolitan Bank have adopted the reconstruction scheme. The, depositors in the Bank of Victoria are not satisfied with the directors' scheme and have pass ad a motion that the scheme is unsatisfactory to depositors and share holders, and have appointed a committee to draft a new scheme.

London, May 14. The "Statist" refers to New Zealand and South Australian stock as safe invest ments..

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Wanganot, May 16. Polling day for the Wanganui election has been fixed for June 9. Nominations on June 2, lir Morton Jones is return ing officer. It is officially announced to-night that Mr A. J. Parsons has retired in favor of Mr A. D. Willis, who of cout»e, will stand in the Governmentinterest/. Theeon test row lies between Mr Gilbert Carson, the opposition candidate, and Mr Arohi bald D. Willis, the Government candi date. % , . Wellington, May 15. The Minister of Lands sailed south this afternoon, and will address his con stituents next week. The Premier leaves for Napier to-morrow morning, and will address a public meeting on Wednesday night. He returns on Thursday, and proceeds to Greyroouth on Friday, where he will open the Greymouth-Hokitika railway. He expects to be absent a week on the Coast, and then returns here and roee to Auckland. Wellington, May 16. The Premier has received a letter from the Trades Council of Bendigo, Victoria, deploring the death o! Mr Ballance, and hoping the principles laid down by him will be rigidly adhered to by the Govern ment. ■

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(Reoeived May 16, 11.15 a.m.) London, May 15. The match between the Australians and Gloucestershire opened at Bristol to-day. The Australians have lost one wicket for 118 runs. Lyons 48, George Giffen (not out) 38. _______

Aliens on the Gum Fields

At Chris+church yesterday Mr R. M. Taylor, M.H.R, waited upon the Hon. W. P. Reeves, Minister for Education and Labor, for the pur pose of bringing under his notice the Tery serious results which nny arise to workers and the colony at large if the action of some of the proprietors of the north, in engaging or importing cheap foreign labor into the colony, is allowed to go on. Mr Taylor said that he be lieved, from information he received from Auckland, that arrangements for further consignments of cheap foreign laborers being imported into the colony had been made by some of the proprietors of the gurafields, and if these importations were not prevented they must be very injurious to the people of the colony. He hoped Government would give the matter serious consideration, and if the law was defec tive in the way of prevention, he trusted that Government would bring in a Bill dealing with the subject during next ses sion. In reply, Mr Keeves stated that he had been watching for some months past the influx of Austrians to Auckland gum fields j though not so very large, it was certainly not a good sign or a thin? to b« encouraged, especially if it were true, as alleged, that men were engaged chiefly under contract beyond the sea. About a week aga he (Mr Keeves) had instructed the Labor Department in the north to make special enquiry into the matter, and report to hjm ftjlly. When the report came to hand he would lay it before the Cabinet, accompanied by his recommen dations as Minister for Labor.

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DYNAMITE IN QUEENSLAND.

Brisbane, May 16. Three dynamite bombs were dis. covered in a livery stable in the city. It is believed they have some connec tion with the elections.

TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT.

Hobar7, May 16. Parliament has been prorogued till June 21.

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

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Auckland, May 16. The strained relations between th* Auckland University Oouncll and the Professorial Board, in relation to the alteration of the. calendar whereby eighc hours a-week were devoted to mathe* matics, led the Council to pass a resolu tion giving professor Aldis, Professor of Mathematics, six months' notice terminat ing his engagement. Frofessor Aldis has been paid £700 a year and fees, about £800 altogether. The Council resolved to engage another Professor of Mathe matics at £400 of £500 a year, and to ask the Agent-General to assist in the matter. WiuuNOTON, May 16. The Government have appointed Mr J. Thompson to be Resident Engineer at Greymouth. He will also lecture in the local schools of mines. Mr Thompson, besides having experience in Belfast and in the colony, has been a lecturer at Otago University. l DtmEPiN, May 16. _ The criminal information for Übel, laid by Doctor King against the V Globe," is set down for hearing on Thursday.

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[per press association.] (Received May 16, 11.25 a.m.) Sydney, May 16. The scheme for reconstruction of the Commercial Banking Companyi of Sydney, provides for selling the property and assets of the old Bank to the new institu tion for 80.(300 shares at £25 each ; 48,000 paid up to £12 10s, the remainder to be subscribed over a period of thirteen years. Creditors with current accounts are to accept ten per cent of the principal now owing within a month of registration of the new bank, five per cent within the next month, and then five por cent every quarter ; interest to be paid at the rate of three and a h-tlf per cent. The directors will be empowered to pay drafts in full, and creditors m«y exchange deposit receipts for debentures, paying interest at four per cent. London, May 15. A cargo of Victorian wheat has been sold at 30s 9d, and one of Adelaide wheat at3ls. Three months' bills are quoted at 3| pe* cent.

Prize Chrysanthemums.

Lovers of flowers—and surely every body belongs to that category—will find it a perfect treat to stop for a few minutes opposite the windows of Mr J. W. Hardley and Mr W. 0. Davis, and feast their eyes on the magnificent dis play of chrysanthemum blooms placed there by Mr Porter of Allenfon nursery. The stand of eighteen shown at the first named establishment deserves the highest possible encomium, the flowers being simply glorious in their beauty. Everyone of them deserves a meed of praise, especially noticeable being W. H, Lincoln, an immenserichly-huedbroad-petalled yellow Jap; Lilian R, Bird, a marvellously beautiful flefh pink with narrow whoried petals ; Mrs W. Harris, a chocolate and fawn incurved, somowhat similar to bue darker than the old favorite Corate da Germany, of which there il* an excellent specimen; John Lane, a perfectly spherical bloom cf deep mauve color; Martha Hardy a wonderful bronze gap ; Mr C. E. She*, a tufted bloom of deep canary hue of which more anon and Madame H. Neve, a broid-petalled reflexed. In Mr Davis' window there is another splendid eighteen, among them a particularly fine blooms of the grand chocolate and buff variety known as Edwin Molyneux and a perfectly lovely stand of anemone chrysanthemum?, which well deserved the first prize ticket awarded by the Christchurch Society. There is also a splendid stand of in curved, and another of reflexed varieties but the palm of beauty must, we think^ be given to the grand (first prize) exhibit of six blooms of yellow Japanese, Mr C. E. Shea. This is without exception the loveliest specimen of this variety of the favorite Autumn flower we have everseen, resembling nothing so much as a tuft of curled ostrich featbera of the most brilliant dye. Were it for the inspection of this alone a vitit to that part of East Street would be well repaid.

THE ASHBCTRTON GUABDIAIV: TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1893.



The Secretary of the Daledonian Society has received a kindly note from Mr J. C. N. Origg, of Longbeach, in which he acknow ledges the honor conferred upon him by the society in its request that he should become Vice-president of it, Mr Grigg accepts the position With pleasuie, and both he and Mr Wason, the President, enclose the customary donations to the funds—Mr Wason becoming a life member. Mr W. McNab Lyttieton, of Rokeby, cannot accept the other vice-prebidency, seeing that the Boxing Day meeting at Rakaia has claims his services and attention that he cannot forego, but he expresses his best wishes for and hearty sympathy with, the Ashburton Caledonian Society,



The Best Dressing & AVCD'C Qg It ICn 0 jsl 14 AIR B^^lUPsl Prevents the hair from ■EgSJjSfiSgj becoming thin, faded, : niili' '■ l!ps3Hisp^F^ period of life. It cures itching humors, and keeps the scalpcool, moist, and healthy, . ""-■The-base of Ayer's BairVigor lb a je|nctl and delicate fluitt'wmch does hptißOilQr m come rancid by exposure to the wri^JJJj which is as (perfect a suhstltote for the oil supplied by nature, in youth and health, as modern chemistry can supply. Ayer's Hair Vigor £ tBEPABEO BT "' Or. J. C. AVER ft C^UweH, Mass., U. S. A. IST Beware of cheap m imitationa. The name— Ayer— is prominent on the wrapper and is blown In the glass o£ jbe bottom ot eacn ol our bottle?, ~



Second Edition. HUME ftNOFOREIGN. [PER PRBBS ASSOCIATION.] (Keceived May 18, 11.15 a.m.) AUSTRIA AND ENGLAND. Vienna, May 15. In his farewell speech Sir A. B, Paget, British Ambassador, eulogised the alliance between Austria and England. The Vienna press is gratified and impressed with the sptech, which it interprets as showing England favoro the Triple Alliance. UNFORTUNATETACCIDENT. Paris, May 15. During a Btate dinner in the city, < a chandelier crashed on one of the tobies, inflicting a severe gash on the head of M, Ohallemel Lacour, a well known member of the Senate. The injured mm v progressing favorably.



[ Fublio No'ices. DON'T forget Harve-t Festival To- Nrght, Wc.sleyan Schoolroom Te» at six o'clock. Gift Auction (miscella neous collection), music, etc 5 136 LObT, a Lady's Black Fur Boa. Kindly return to Friedlanpisr Bbos. 5*131 WANTED, to Rent a four-roomed Cottage, within one mile of town ; good rent. Apply Mail Office. 5 137



Tenders. TENDERS. WANTED, Tender* till noon Wed nesday, for erecting about 70 chains bank and wire fencing at Lauriston. 4 121 D. WILLIAMSON. TENDERS. mENDERS wanted for the Carting of *- 2000 bushels of Grain from David Coohrahk's Farm, Wakanui, to st»re in Ashburton. Tender* received up to Noon of FRIDAY, May 19, at the Mail Office. 5*132 DWID COCHRANK



NOTICE. Our advertising clients and the sub cribers to the "Mail" and "Guardian" are hereby informed that Mr J. C. Bill late Deputy Official Asiignee in bankruptcy has been appointed canvasser and collector for the Ashburton Publishing Company Limited, in the place of Mr H. W. Barrett. Mr Bell will visit the country districts shortly, of which due notice will be given. Ashburton Publishing Company, May 1,1193.



ASHBURTON BOROUGH SCHOOL. TENDERS wanted fer the supply of Fuel for the winter ; screened New castle Coal, at per ton; short cut Fire wood, at per cord. Tenders to be sent in to the Secretary on or before THURSDAY NEXT, 18th instant, by sp;tn. S. S. BEAN, 5 134 ; Chairman.



Thos. E. Milworth, ASHBURTON MACHINE WORKS AND BRA S S IOUNDR Y,^ CAMERON STREET, ■ Ashburton. T OCAL AUTHORISED AGENT FOR MoLARBN'S CELEBRATED TRACTION ENGINES. Estimates given for all kinds of Mechanical Works. Correspondence Invited.



G- JESSON fLate J. Quinn), PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, East Street, Aah burton. RAVING just landed direct from the Manufacturers a large assortment of thirty-hour and eight-day AMERICAN CLOCKS Of the Latest Designs, I am enabled to SELL CHEAPER Than any other house in town. Watches, Clocks, and Jewellery of i every description repaired and made to order. Customers own gold made up. a jeTson, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, EAST STREET.



AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY THE OLDEST, WEALTHIEST, AND MOST PROSPEROUS AUSTRALIAN LIFE OFFICE AND THE LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office whic'i declares a Bonus jßYery Year. The Method of Valuation adopted by his Society is of the Most Stringent Character, and ensures a Considerably Larger Reserve to Meet Liabilities than that held by any other office in the Aus tralasian Colonies.



ACCUMULATED FUNDS £10,500,000 (TEN AND A HALF MILLIONS STERLING), All invested to yield nearly 6 per cent BONUSES CASH BONUSES declared for the last FIVE Years, over TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonuses exceed ing FOUR MILLIONS. CASH BONUS for ONE Year, 1891, £419,828, yielding Reversionary Bonuses amounting to £1,009,000. The Cash Bonus was equal to 42*4 p»r cent on the premiums received daring the INJURE YOUR LIFE IN THE A. M. P. SOCIETY And Secure a BONUS EVERY "SEAR. Policies in Force ... .!. 109,333 Sum Assured £37,066,211 Annual Income ... ... £1,860,447 Expenses of Management LESS THAN 9* PER CENT ON THE TOTAL INCOME. EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Branch Office— r Custom House Quay, Wellington. W. H. DERRY, District Secretary, Christchurch, H. 55ANDEB, Local Broker, Ashburton.



PETTIFER'S HERBAL TONIC OB FLOCKM ASTER'S FRIEND, Registered. For Tapeworm and all kinds of Worms in Lambs, Fusk Fever and Scour, THIS Invaluable Medicin* prevents and cures the worst cases' of the above diseases when all other Remedies have foiled. One Dose will prevent Disease ; in bad cases two or three are required. In giving orders state the number, to have the proper quantity forwarded Dose bottles gratis. INVENTORS AND SOWS PROPRIETORS, Stephen Pettifer dSon, M.B.C.V.S.L ORU D W E LL, '■ NEAR MALMESBURY, WILTS



ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. rpENDERS are invited for the supply X of 600 yards shingle, more or less. Particulars may be obtained from the Town Clerk's office, where Tenders will be received till Noon on Monday, the , 22nd inst, CHAS. E. FOOKS, Town Clerk. May 15, 1893. 5 117 Entertainments THE PEOPLE'S NIGHT OF ENJOY MENT. oddfellows' hall. TUESDAtTmAY 16. 120 laughs in j2O minutes. Professor Iff oulton IT "* ILL give one of hw Great Enter- W tainments. Special engagement of the only Whistling Ventriloquist in the world. MR FRED THOMAS, Vocalist, Humo rist, etc. MR HARRY BARTON, the world's greatest Mimic, Character Impersonator, Vocalist, and Ventriloquist, in his Enter tainment entitled the "COMEDY OF ALL NATION. 0." The Funniest Show on Earth. To conclude with our great competitions. Admission—6d j reserved seats, Is. Open at 7-30 ; commence at 8. 5 111 /ODDFELLOWS' HALL. lw TO ALL PARTS Is Lessee ... Robert Elston. Wednesday, Hay 1 7 The Third of the Series of PEOFJUE'ri *»OPUX.AJR CONCERTS. Special Engagement of MRS C. EDGAR, MISS WaTSON, andMK F. CORBETT. Part I. 1. Pianoforte Duet ... Mrs J. B^Mayne and Miss Main waring 2. Song— •* The Oak and the Ivy," Mr L, Bread 3. Song—" lam Waiting,'* MRS C. EDGAR 4. Song— v My Sweetheart when a Boyv" MR F. CORBKTT -5. Rocitatibn—"How we beat the Favourite," ... Mr A. G. Williams 6. Song—" All in the Garden Fair," MISS WATSON 7. Quartet--" Sweet and low," Mrs J. B. Mayne. Miss Watson, Mr F. Corbett, and Mr H. Gates 8. Humorous Melody ... Mr D. Miller Interval of Ten Minutes. Part 11. 1. Pianoforte Solo ... MRSC, EDGAR 2. Song—"The Bay of Biscay," Mr Rees 3. Song—" At the Ferry," H MISS WATSON 4. Duet—" The Sailor Sighs," Mrs P. Williams, and Mr F. Corbett 5. Song—"Thy voice ia Near," Mrs Dee 6. Song-" Tom Bowling," MR F. CORBETT 7. Sons—" Love's old Sweet Song," MRS O. EDGAR 8. Humorous Melody ... Mr D. Miller To save a crush at the door, holders of day tickets will be admitted at the »ide doer at 7 o'clock. Tickets can he ob tained at School of Music, Mr H. G. Flower's, and Mrs 4daina. Musical Director .« EM» Horace Gatms. Business Manager ... Mr PiTbr Wjlliams. 5 135



Mr D. Thomas CLEARING SALE. FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1893. MR D. THOMAS has received in structions from E. S. Costerj Esq., of Somerton, . - TO HOLD A SALE .; OF SURPLUS HORSES, IMPLEMENTS, Ac, AT THB HOMESTEAD, SOMBRTON, ON FRIDAY, MAY 19, 189| ; At 12 o'clock, Consisting of 6 Draught HORSES, good in all kinds of work f~ Light HORSES "I COW Q YEARLINGS Q Bacon PIGS 2 Drays, 2 Reapers and Binders (McCormiok string and wire). 2 Double-furrow Ploughs, 1 Single furrow Plough, Set Leaf Harrows, Wood's Mower, 1 Seed Sower, Wood's Rake. Duncan Stripper, Grass Seed Stripper, 1 Cambridge Roller, Wool Press, Weighing Machine, 1 Double Buggy, Ton of Flour, 2 Iron Tanks, Tarpaulin, 2 Dray Frames, Cornsacks. Quan tity of Harness, and a large quantity of Sundries. Luncheon Provided. No Reserve, D. THOMaS, s§loß Ashburton. FOR SALE—Private Residence, cen trally situated, corner of Cameron and William streets, half-acre,, being T.S's. 715 and 716. Easy terms of pay ment " r % BULLOCK.



UP TO DATE. IHE SUCCESS OF OUR BUSINESS, which now enables us to give constant employment to the largest staff of First-class Tradesmen (Tailors) in the district, proves that our Customers appreciate FIRST-CLASS TAILORING AT THE MOST REASONABLE PRICES. The advantages of mnny years' experience as Practical Cutters, coupled with the Best Skilled Labor, are observed in every Garment which beam our name. Come and see our New Winter Goods, Comprising the Latess Styles in Suitings, Fancy Serges, Real Irish Tweeds, Real Bannockburns, West of Enaland Trouserings, Coatings, All Wool Meltons, Beavers, Real Irish Friese, and the finest productions of all the New Zealand mills. W3T Compare our New Winter Suits to measure for £3 10s (cash) in a large variety of All Wool Tweeds—warm Bind durable. CBAIGHEAD & BEBRYIAN, THE LEADING TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS, ASHBURTON.



X? 1"1 X ~By Order ot lV Mort* oQ 11J« gagees. One acre/ with Cottage thereon, being sections 623, 624, 6SI, 632, situated between Harlahd »nd Grove Streets. Tinwald. Mast be sold. T. BULLOCK. THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY'S LINE. REDUCED FARES FROM LOtf DON TO NEW ZEALAND. A RRANGEMENTS can be made /"V with the Agent-General in London to procure passages -by the above line at the following greatly reduced rates:-- , Second Saloon ... £28 0* Intermediate .. ... ... £18 18s Third Class. ... £13 0* For further particulars apply at offices o ■■ ' „ MILES & CO., Limited, 5 21 Ashburton and Rakaia. PRINCE ALBERT TEMPERANCE HOTEL. MRS BAXGER I) EOS to announce that she has GIVEN UP TIIE DINING ROOMS, BURNETT STREET, And concentrated her business as above. Thanking old Customers for thHr patronage, ehe trusts they will continue their tavors. Well Furnished Bed and Sitting Rooms. Hot, Cold, and Shower Baths. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. MBS RANGEP will continue to cntnr for banquets, balls, weddings, and parties. Cutlery on hire. . SJU TFE ASHBURTON ARCADE TDAINTING & T3APERHANGING ESTABLISHMENT. JOHN ~WIL?O1¥ (Late Jas. Craigie), Has in stock a Choice selection of PAPERHAN^INGS in New Designs: bonders, dados, and ceiling PAPERS in Great Variety. Estimates for Painting and Decorating given. All work executed promptly, with Ihe very beat materials and workmen. JOHN WILSON, ARCADE, BURNETT STREET. 3 80 Public Notice. J. T. Ford & Co, Hava the pleasure to announce to their OLD FRIENDS AND CLfEHTS, as well as to the FARMERS and GRAZIERS of the Asbburton district generally, that they will REGULABLE ATTEND the ASHBURTON and TINWALD Stock Markets, and have wrangei to act in conjunction with ME HENRY ZANDER, who will receive ENTRIES and take all instructions, and also render prompt ACCOUNT SALES WITH NET PROCEEDS. THE PERSONAL "SUPERVISION AND ATTENTION OP Mr JT, T. FOBD will be given to all Stock, etc., committed to their care for disposal, either by Public Auction or Private Treaty, and Clients may have entire confidence that their interests will be full} protected, CLEARING SALES will aLo have their careful attention either in Town or Country. J. T. FORD & CO. ! .LAND. STOCK, & WOOL BROKERS, 154 Hereford Street, Christchurch. ' HENRY ZANDER, MERCHANT ASHBURTON. STOVES. TERRA COTTAI PORTABLE! FOR COAL Robertas Patent (IMPROVED). fH REENHOUSES Heated twenty-tour \JT Hours for about One Penny, with out attention. Roberts's Patent Port able Terra-Cotta Stoves for Coal give pure and ample heat with common co|l, or coal and coke. For Greenhouses, Bed rooms, etc,. Pamphlet, Drawings, and authenticated testimonials sent, THOMAsTaOBERTS, 118, Victoria fetrwt, We^tnjin^ Wl



I Qrj ACRES for Sale near Pendarves kj % • School. Easy terms. ■ •.. - T, BULLOCK. PRISE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. MY PRIZE CHRIBANTHKMUMS will be on view for two or three days in the windows of Messrb J. W., Hardley or 0. Da vies, and R. Alcorn. East Street, Ash burton. 5 117 : JAMES PORTER. jCAUTION. IyOTICB is hereby given that NO X 1 PERSON is authorised to obtain goods on credit, on my account without my written authority. NELSON EDEN. Aehburton, May 13, 1893. 5 110 Llewellyn Owen fTHHE New Term commences May 17. PIANOFORTE, SINGING AND * HARMONY. arcade Chambers. (Dances not attended.) 4 215 £37 10s.—Capital Building Site, fronting Alford Forest Roa£ being Lot 31, containing half an acr.e and two and a-half perches. Apply T. BULLOCK. NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of the " Public Reserves A*;t 1885," clauses 5 and 6, that tho Aohbnrton Domain will be set apart for the Ashbur ton Football Club'a matches on WED NESDAY, tho 24th day of May, inst., on which day charges will be made for ad mission on the following scale, viz :— For each Adult ... One Shilling For each Horse ' i.. One Shilling For eaoh trap ... One Shilling R. BIRD, Chairman Ashburton Domain Board. May 9, 1893. 6 82 T)EOPLE about to marry and furnish L their houses, are invited to call on Plckfora A IJndrlll, AT THB ASHBUBTON FOBNITUBE WABEHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Next Building Society. —If OW ON VIEW- Dining-room Suites in Kimu, Bedroom Suites in Rimu, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, Chests Drawers, Washstands, Spring Mattresses, English and Colonial Peram bulators, Horse Hair, Eapoc and Flock Mattresses, Duchesse and Fancy Tables, Floor Cloths and Linoleums, Carpets, Hearth Rugs, and Mats. Furniture Repaired, Restuffed, and Repolished on the Premises. —Note the address— TANORED STKEET, ' '" Next Building Soaiety.



u.s.s. 00. ; nW . a#s<s GOt UNIOJS STEAMSHIP COMPANI OF NEW ZEALAND. STEAMERS SAIL most LYTTEL TON AS UNDER:" For Wellington—Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday, \*A Saturday. Nelson—Tuesday and Saturday. Auckland—Monday and Thursday. Sydney—Every Second Thursday. Dunedin—Tuesday and Friday. - Melbourne—Tuesday. For pbrticu.aft apply to MILES ft GO., LTD. Apents for iohburton Settlement of the People on the Land. COLUMBIAN LAND DISTRIBUTION of MM. Subdivision o( the well-known Victorian Estates, NAMBROK and MELTON PARK, comprising over 33,000 acres of rich agricultural land. 350,000 Subscribers at £1 each. 851 Valuable Properties. First Prize ..£BO,OOO 118 Prises., each £1,050 Second Prize .. 12,000 9 Prises ..£560t0 £990 Third Prize .. 7,000 120 Prizes., each £560 Fourth Prize .. 8,000 8 Prizes ..£3lO to £540 Fifth Prize .. 2,000 100 Prizes.. each £31 Sixth Prize .. 1,600 % CHANCEOF U/l M NIM P ----» NAMBROK is on the Latrobe River, Qi*-/psland. close to the Rosedale Railway Station; ri.ehland, suit able for agricultural, fattening, and dairy purposes. MELTON PARK, 3 t miles from the raiTwaysta. tion and 22 miles from Melbourne, in the famous agricultural district of Baoohus Marsh; return JkOQjoZnrWoßm The following gentlemen will be present at the ballot, to, take place not later than June 80:—P. P. LMKiITonoHR, Esq., Melbourne; Major O. M. QmoKR, Melbourne: Chhistophm Was*, Esq., Adelaide; Captain J. Writkky, Auckland, N.Z. Clear titles will be transferred to winners of pro perties free of all cost. IMPORTANT NOTICE.-Any shareholder win ning property No. 1 who shall have appllaeV P g\ n B Btaare ot "hares prior to May 80,URL Lll Egf will, in addition, receive a cash doms rilli of £2000 (for stocking purposes, 4o»l ■ W■ ■ Properties 2 and 8 wifl hencnVto the extent of £500 and £150 resnep^ivelv on the same condition. Should tt)e fan complement ot sub. soribers not be qbUined, prizes will be allotted, pro rata., priae No,. \ tp be included. Australian applications far shares should be made I by registered letter to R- J. De Bom ford, ears J. H. A.atron, Marlboroufh Qharqbers.O'Connell-slreet, Sydney, N.SAV. State amount forwarded and er. Olqae OAe addressed envelope with ad. stain' « o r •««•«••* stamped A} I MAT RETURN



GEAND DISJMiA! 3 _ —OP— ' . ...... , High Class Drapery f Clothing. ■—.( ;I .— • •;■ ■-_>; ANDREW ORB ; jDTAS OPENED bis NEF PREMISES; next Union Bank, vita a ' MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY liadles 9 Jackets Mfllliery I>re«B JHTatertals Comet* Underclothing Ac. NEW SHOW" BOOM Contains an EXOELLENT SELECTION of MILLINERY, FLOWIRB, FEATHERS, and all the Latest NoreUUt. CAEPBT AND BOOT BOOS Is weU stooked with BRUSSELS CARPETS, UNOLEUMft,«||4 FLOOR OalOn^ SPLENDID STOCK of LiDIKS 1 and GENTS' BOOT*teal Mtfhw. Special Agent for the STANDARD BOOTB, by far the beat Colonial B«tlJß«ia\ XT 1W PURS BL4NEET3, slightly sofcd, OREATLT REDUOH>. ANDBEW ORR. H * * -^—: '■—: :- -- -- • - 'irfii*- , Watches! Watches!! CLOCKS!. CLGCKBII «^ ROBERT MURRAY, 1 (qhS^t| horologist and dirbct importer jHEifilt watches' clocks, JBRH^|L . JEWELLERY, AND ■MATERIALS. j^jf^^Sqt A LAKGE ASSORTMENT of BOYS' CHEAP WATCHES. GnaranUtd- AN UNRIVALLED STOCK of WATCHBS and CLOCKS of all d«aeriptkm». including latest aud mast approved forms of fIOROLOQIOAL SKILL. NON MAGNETISABLE WATCHES. Not aftected by Electricity, Msgwltw. « Swift Running Machinery. .. All ENGINEERS and ELECTRICIANS should wear Uwm. THIS IS THE WATCH OF THE FUTURE, and is kept in HudUm a&d OrMtol Cases, both of English and; Foreign Manufacture. DEPfJESSIOIM IN MELBOURNE. / A GRAND PUROHASISi SUPERIOE BLANKETS j ' ! * • IN EXTRA LARGE SIZES. THE DRESS DEPARTMENT iS EXCEPTIONALLY? WELL STOCKED WITH CHOICE GOODS FROM 10s~6d FULL DRESS. A BEAUTIFUL SELECTION OF TRIMMED HATS, THREE-QUARTER CAPES, Ac, IN SHOWROOM. MITCHELL and TURNER, *. - • '■■'."■.•■ ■ - S.S. RUAHINE ON FIREI ■mß^Braf Bal\ ra^e! Sahage! 1 OAAA YARDS WHITE CALICO 3i lid doten, nsu.ll/ 6s «d dosan. LADIES' FUR CAPES 3s lid each,-usually 8s 6d each, RIBBONS 3d and 4sd yard, usually 6d and 9d yard. GENTS 1 CRIMEAN SHIRTS, with Collars, 2s lid, usually 5s 6i saoh. GENTS' TWEED SUITS 28s 6d, usually 40s. ALSO,- ' " A Special Purchase' of Heary* Coloniai Saddle Tweed Troasers, Mi Id pair, usually 18s 6d pair. r SUITS of all kinds made to measure. Fit Guaranteed. One of t«hs Choicest Stocks of Drapery, Millinery, and 01 thing in Soath Canterbury to select from. - *" W."H. COLLIER* . "TlicgCorner.'V