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Wellington, August-31. The charge of malpractice ■ against CarolLe McGovern be*an at the Supreme Courfclhis morning, but as *oon as Mr* CoWn, sister of the girl Gmnan was put in the box, she refused to s^e Evidence unless granted a free mrdon. The Crown Prosecutor asked for an adjournment to see what could be done, and as the jurors had been dismissed till 2 pm. the Court had nothing to go on with This afternoon the charge against Caroline McOovern was resumed. Mr* Coleman, sibter of Guinan, said ev«n if the pardon of the Cxown under the se.d of the Governor were handed to her she would still refuse to answer any questions. Isabella Guinan was next called, and she also declined to answer questions without receiving a free pardon. Mr Bell said he proposed to take a very unusual course, namely to ask leave of the Court to enter a nolleprosequi upon the indictment. He submitted that there were reasons for Uis course. There had been > scandalous and wioked conspiracy to evade the end* of justice, His Honor sail he did not feel justified in granting leave to enter a nolle prosequi. Mr Bell then asked for and obtained an adjournment of the case for half an hour. Isabella Guinan was next placed in the dock on a charge of procuring abortion. The jury was sworn in, and the Crown offering no evidence she was dis charged. The case against Mrs McGoyern was then resumed, and Isabella Guinan gave evidence for the Crown, his Honour having ruled that she must answer ques tions. She admitted visiting Mrs McGovern and described an interview. At six o'clock the cas» was not finished, and the Court adjourned until 7.30. The jury retired at ten o'clock, and at mid night were still out. If no decision is ar rived at by 1 a.m., his Honor will order them to be locked up for the nighb. Dumedin, August 31. At the Supreme Court the charge against Sidney Maxwell of causing to be publiaed a defamatory libel of aud con cerning Dr Frederick Truby King, Superintendent of Seacliff Lunatic Asylun\ was resumed By consent the prosecution amended the plea of justifica tion,, and evidence was given by H. E, Mutr as to the publication, and J. D. Moore as to the writer, Maxwell, con senting to have his name disclosed. Dr Truby King was also called but had Ecarcely more than opened when the Court adjourned.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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London, August 30. In moving the third reading of the Home Rule Bill, Mr Gladstone said that the Opposition had been pleased to regard the measure as a monstrous and hideous one, and backed up their opinions with falsehood. 1?, but the passage of the Bill through the Commons had been a great triumph. London, August 31. Mr Redmond said the measure was merely provisional, and warned the House that no partial grant of Home Kule would be final. Government are much incensed at the speech, as they fear it will have an unsettling effect on the electors.

LABOR ITEMS.

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Washington, August 31. Further unemployed riot* have taken place in Chicago. The police were stoned, but they charged and dispersed the mob. =.- Paris, August 31. The ill-feeling between the French and Italian workmen continues. Many of the latter have been expelled from the works at Nancy.

THE CYCLONE.

— . __^ Washington, August 31. The cyclone did terrible havoc at Charleston, where seventy churches were injured. The tidal wave which followed submerged the city, and has rendered thousands of people homeless. Baltimore was flooded and suffered heavily. New York and New England escaped serious damage. The Nantucket and Kearsage have got back to port much knocked about.

The British Tar ! Look at him as revealed in the just published list of Burvivors in the Victoria-Camperdown collision. Hillvier, Snuvier, Caruana, Berfcell, Dessportt, Cheer, Debvon, Mallia, Fenesh, Zulian, Pioguges, Attaid, Asciate, Altred, Porrerw, Daynay, Vella, Sicera, Ahela, Celebeste, Greeh, Pace, Salvador, fifty per cent of the saved are foreigners. In our report of the irrigation meeting a Doric, the compositor misread our corres pondent's M.S. in two important instances. Mr Lambie is stated to have said that nearly all the owners, with the exception of Acton " approved "of the race. The word should have been "opposed." In the reso lution that was passed the words " all below our present Wakaiiui rate declared an irrigation district" occur. The bouadary referred to should have been " all below our present Acton race."

I'flß ASHBtJRToK fIttAOTUK: FRIDAY, gEETEMBEK 1, 1893,



1 THE PEERAGE AND THE BEERAGeT England's Titled Dignitaries Slake Their Money Out of Liquor Saloons. | The ' 'noble peerage" of England ia fast becoming known as the "noble beerage." A recent publication by the English gov ernment discloses the fact that 152 peers of the realm own 1,530 drinking places, an average of more than ten to each peer. Lord Salisbury, who is now prime min ister, owns 4 saloons (or "public houses"), the Bishop of Llendaff owns 2, the Earl »f Derby owns 72, the Duke of Bedford 48, the Duke of Devonshire 47, the Earl ef.Cawdor39, the Duke of Rutland 37, the Earl of Dudley 35, the Duke of North umberland 34 and the Duke of Portland 32. Isn't it beautiful to see these aristo cratic peers using their capital and in fluence to establish "poor men's clubs' throughout the kingdom! "In Londoi alone 10,000 liquor shops are owned h\ monopolists, companies, syndicates and wealthy individuals, the nominal tenant being a mere bartender, who has no in terest whatever in the business." The noble peers seem to have improved on an old saying and are ready to declare, ' 'Let me own the saloons of a nation, and I care not who make the laws," and they are accordingly now buying up the beer and whisky business in America. Last year Lord Salisbury's govern ment introduced a compensation bill to pay every proprietor of a public house who failed to get his license renewed money enough out of the national treas ury to compensate for a loss of his busi ness. Piteous appeals were matle in be half of the poor and toiling publicans. But it now appears that a large propor tion of the money coming in taxes from the people would have gone into the pockets of these wealthy landlords, brewers, syndicates and "peers of the realm." Gladstone^ government was defeated the last time on the beer tax. In the saloon dwells today, both in England and America, the political power, purchasable by the highest bidder, Which makes and unmakes rulers and laws. It is a weapon which wealthy in justice always finds available for its most outrageous ends. It is indeed the "poor man's club," but a club which the unscrupulous capitalist wields. It is the poor man's simply because he feels its weight, and the men who tell him so are his truest friends and safest leaders. The liquor saloon must go.—Voice.



Mr. Armstrong: on the Saloon. The prominent labor leader, William Armstrong, said recently of the liquor traffic in a speech at Denver: That traffic is not an industry, but a destroying angel that not only kills the bodies and the souls of men, tut poisons the political morality of our cities at the fountain. By contrast with the Jesuits of that traffic, the horrors of the Inferno, painted by the imagination of the poet, pale their ineffectual fire. These prod ucts are dead men's^bones, the wrecks of happy homes, the broken hearts of wom en, the tears and agonies of desolated children. Therefore, I say upon that traffic, not as an industry but as a vice, I say let restrictive legislation be passed, and the of tener the better. The holidays of the people, whether civil or religious, afford the traffic its pe culiar facilities for evil against mankind. Therefore, I say that the hand of the state can be laid on that traffic any day, and that the saloon can be closed on Sun day, and the more speedily the day ar rives when the saloon will be closed, not only on one day, but on 365 days of the year, the better. One word more. The liquor saloons of America have taken absolute control of our great cities, and the governments of our great cities from Boston to San Francisco are permeated and saturated with alcohol. The glory of American municipalities and of American municipal government has been lost to the American republic, bo that even the governments of mo narchical and autocratic Europe are bet ter; but this is due to the fact that our cities are under the control of partisan politics. Corrupt contracts are made with the dominant party ambitious for power. There is one salvation from the chaos and corruption and wrong which threatens our cities, and that salvation lies in the people, irrespective of creed or party, uniting in a conspiracy to fight and conquer the united conspiracies of evil. In that way alone lies the hope in our common American destiny.



Temperance Work Among Foreigner*. The need of increased temperance work among foreigners is emphasized by every item of statistics relating to immigration. During 1890 the total number of immi grants arriving in the United States from foreign countries was 491,026, a gain over the preceding year of 65,000, or 15 ]per cent. While the British immigrants Showed a large falling off in numbers—a decrease of 12 per cent, from 1889—from Austria, Hungary, Poland and Jtaly there was a large increase, a total gain of 69,000 over 1889, or 4,000 more than the total net gain from all countries. A more alarming fact is that while the immi grants increase in numbers they deterio rate ia quality.—Pioneer.



What Alcohol Will Do. It may seem strange, but it is never theless true, that alcohol regularly ap plied to the thrifty farmer's stomach Will remove the "boards from the fence, let the cattle into Ms crops, kill his fruit trees, mortgage his farm and sow his field with wild oats and thistles. It will take the paint off his buildings, break the glass out of them and fill them with rags. It will take the gloss from his clothes and the polish from his mannej, subdue his reason, arouse his passions, bring sprrpw and disgrace upon'his fam ily and topple him into a drunkard's grave.—Exchange. Art Addition. That old saying attributed to the "heathen Chinee," First the mfin takes a drink, Then the drink takes a drink, Then the drink takes thfe man, needs, in the light of scientific truth, au addition of one line to make it complete, namely: Then the drink takes his child. —Voice.



<|AHDER* Hont'Cncalypti Extrac* There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in the market now, products of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order that these crude oils Say not be taken, Our I»ure Volatile Boca iVntl JExtract, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government to be of Serfectly pnre origin, as per information forwarded to S fS^ tne Consul atMelbourne, March 2, 1878, Veitiß proved by tests made by the Medicial Clinics of thi Universities at Bonn and Greifswal', Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz, Professor of Pharmacology at BonnT and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Sißdical Clinic at (Jreifswald, that only products that ireaaturated with oxygen and freed of adds, resinous .ad other flubstances/adherept to primary distillation, Stirc, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America, is the on y extwstcorrespondingto scientific tests, and the only one^ich poises the proper therapeutic value. Allother crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which have, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal medicament. These so called Eucalypti Extracts, wMch may have received dist nctbn at ErtiMtunu » commercial articles and are used for mechanical pur poses only are discernible :— L By their deficiency in pungent odour (which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extrac de velops most freely through its surplus of oxy ■«• ). 2, By their alcoholio thin and mobile appearance, being reduced ia specific density through the presence of acid* 3. f*y their taste, the result of the contracting ten denoy of rosins and tennates. ■ - If these crude oils, m called eucalypti extracts are applied by mistake in cases of croup, bronchitis, diph theria, internal inflammations, dysentery, wounds, 1 etc. thp enseouenoes ato Kiost appalling. For safety Bsk ask fclwayltof Handier and Bon< JSneulyiwti .Extract and get the old, well-tdsted and reliable prenaration.—Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia.— ' «kand«r and Son a



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I Mr D, Tnomas BULLOCK'S ARCADE. SATURDAY, SEPT. 2, 1893. MR D. THOMAS has received in structions from Andeew Dawson, Esq, to offer by Public Auction as above— R.S. 28400 containing 200 acres near Westerfield, The land is of average quality subdivided into five pad docks with Uvo fences. Plenty of water. Te*ms at Sale. Sale at 1 p in. ~~ D. THOMAS, 8§137 Ashburton. Public Notices. TO LET —Dwelling House of Six Rooms, well situated in Charles street, Allenton, and near the Woollen Factory. T. BULLOCK. FONERAL NOTICES. THE Friends of Mr Robert Bruce, are rsspectfully informed lhao the Funeral of his beloved son, Frede rick Thomas, will move from his resi dence, Alford Forest Road, Allenton, on SATURDAY, the 2nd inst., at 2 p.m., for the Ashburton Cemetery. BAKER BROS., 9 3 Undertakers. ff HE Friends of Gearge and Anna J_ Culverhouse, are respectfully in formed that the Funeral of their beloved daughter Helxn, will move from the Schoolhouse, Tinwald. on SUNDAY, the 3rd inst., at 1 o'clock, for the Ashburton Cemetery. BAKER BROS., 94 Undertakers. [A CARD], MBS A. C ~C?LAJRIOOE, TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE & ORGAN, COX STREET, ASHBURTON. •X ERMS ON APPLICATION. TINWALD. C. Hawkins, WHILE thankful for past favo s finds sense going into a larger shop. To hold a good stock he must have a larger turnover, to do this, he as decided to cut, and sell afc very Email profit and quick return. All present stock will be greatly re duced and all NEW coming in from j month to month will be marked at the , very lowest for cash. All kinds of Men's Boots made on the premises at factory prices, repairs neatly and promptly done cheaper than ever. A small Shop to lat., good opening for a really good dressmaker. 9§5 ASHBURTON RACES. GENUINE CHINA, INDIAN, CEYLON, AND BLENDED TEAS. A RRANGEMENTS have been made I* with Me GH. Bryant to use in the Refreshment Booth, oa Uiese Race days, TEA. from MuKKAG E'S New- Retail Tea Shop in the ARCADE, where the Tea can also hs tested, free of cost, EVERY SATURDAY. The public are respectfully invited to taste, judge, and compare prices for themselves. B*l9o ~~FoR~ SAL-E.—Two~~SectionsT~ well situated in Eaton street, Hamps^ead. First-class land. ____^ T. BULLOCK^ GKEAT" Clearing Sale. IN consequence of continued ill health 1 have decided to DISPOSE OF MY WFLL SELECTED STOCK OF, TOBACCONIST AND FANCY GOODS, REGARDLESS OF COST. The Sale will last for FO'.UR WEEKS ONLY, In which time ALL GOODS MUST BE SOLD. My Hiirdressing and Shaving Saloon wili oe OPEN during the sale as usual. HAEEY FRIEDLANDER, ~A NEW AND POWERFUL " INVENTION. "The Crystal Soap" TTAS ALREADY been tried and Tl proved to be the Best Household Cleanser in the Market. The following are a few of the numerous testimonials already received;— Dear Sire, —Having used your soap I find ib the best I have used both for washing and scrubbing or cleaning of any kind. I should recommend it to any body.—l remain yours, MrsWm. Bryant, Wills Street Bakery. Alford Forest Road, August 23,1893. Having used Messrs Craighead Bros.' soap for spring cleaning and household washing, I am very much pleased with it. It saves a good deal of labor.—M. A. Meddins. I can recommend the soap for scrub bing and. washing.' %t makes the water very igqft, and makes a nice lather,- Mrs Shearer, Ashton. Messrs Craighead Bros. Gentlemen, —The sample tin of soap you left with me for trial has been used in my home and has given ontire satisfac tion to my daughters and myself.— Emmv L. Bea.n. A^bijrton, August 22, 1893. Messrs C.raighead Bros. Dear Sirs,—l have used your Crystal Soap and found it to be the best house hold soap I have ever used.—S. A. Fok». Messrs Cyaighead Bros. Elea,r Sirs,—l have used your Crystal Soap, and find it equal to representation. I can highly recommend it.—W. Tre&ise, MANUFACTURED ONLY BY CRAIGHEAD BROS., ASHBUfITOS, «t«



Government Notices. LAKD SALE. CHEVIOT ESTATE. TVTOTICE is hereby given that in -*-^l October next about 35,000 ACRES OF FIRST-CLASS AGRICULTURAL LAND will be offered to .the public in sections of from 5 acres up to 640 acres each. Prices and terms will appear in a future advertisement. Preliminary plans may be seen at all Post Offices, and copies may be obtained on application at the District Land Offices, Auckland, Napier, New Plymouth, Wel lington, Blenheim, Nelson, Hokitika, Chtistchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill. JOHN McKKKZIE, 8 145 Minister of Lands. Entertainments. H L L Lessee and Manager ... Mr Tom Pollard. —A GREAT EVENT.— Unparalleled in the History of Ashburton, FOB THREE NIGHTS' ONLY, Commencing TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. The Favorites of Seven Colonies, POLLARD'S LILIPUTIAN OPERA COM PAN/ ar\ in number nr\ Including an Orchestra oi Ten. —Arrangements for the Season.— TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, Gibert and Sullivan's Masterpiece, THE (iurSDOLIEKS. ■" WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, Audi an's World-famed Woik, LAMASCOTTE. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. THE PIRATES OJF Magnificent Wardrobe Scenery and Effects. Everyihing New and Perfect. Box Plan at Harry Friedlander's. PRICES.-4d, 3s ; and 2s. FRED W. DUVAL, 9 1 Business Manager. BARING SQUARE CHUROH. to-\ tun r. GAUL'S SACRED CANTATA, " The Holy City." Preceded by miscellaneous programme. Admission by Ticket only, Is. Doors open 7.30. Concert, 8 p.m. 8 199 Puolie Notices. m~BA.bKRVVTGY. .~~~ In the District Court, A?hburton District. In the matter of " The Bankrup!cy Act 18i;2," and in the matter of James Osboene, of Willoushby, Farmer, a bankrupt. Expartethe Deputy Official Assignee. NOTICE is hereby given tlnb the public examination of the above named bankrupt is fixed for the fifteenth day of September, 1893 S at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the sitting of the above namtd Court ia Bankruptcy at the Courthouse at Ashburton. Dated this 31st day of August, 1893. JOHN DAVISON, 9 2 Deputy-Official Assignee. I MA>SEY-HARRIS CULTIVXToII TRIALS of above Machine will be held on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, on ;mr p. greely's farm, Greenstreet. ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, at TinwalcJ, in a Paddock of MR GUDSELL'S, i behind school. Each Trial at 2 p.m. 9§B NOTICED SPECIAL BANK PART HOLIDAY. PURSUANT to the terms of the "Banks and Bankers Acb, 1880," and the " Banks and Bankers Act Amend ment Act, 1882," THURSDAY, the Seventh Day of September, 1893, from 12 o'clock noon, is hereby appointed a Special Bank Part Holiday at the Ashburton and Rakaia Offices of the undermentioned Banks— For the Union Bank of Australia, Ld— G. E. TOLHURST, Resident Inspector. For the Bank of New South Wales— GILBERT KING, Deputy Inspector. For the Bjink of Australasia — E. W, MORRAT}, Inspector, For the Bank of Few Zealand— W. T. HOLMES, 9J7 General Manager, iAOB WISE IN TIME.-Consist ypiSVHiMi'ty- T^^l -in cases of Weakness, Nervousness, U l_* Palpitation, Incapacity, Debility. Los^ nf of Vital Power. Impaired Health or Ml] Strength, Severe Pains,&c. (iv either ■■■■ sex), no lnnttor how chrome or severe, ft PARR'S ELECTRIC PILLULES are the ™ grandest,mostspeedy,andpowerfulrenieay : onoarth. Onepaok&geißsufficioutineventheweakest, ' the oldest, and most shattered, to WOWC A MinACLK. Being perfectly harmless, they leave no bad after effects. Guaranteed never to fail. Full particulars free, under cover, from the N. Z. sole agents— DRUG SUPPLY CO., Box 60, Dunedin. Fabr's Elect mo PILLULES are worth their weight in gold and act Wee magic, giving instant relief, and working a certain and gpeedy, permanent cure in every case. Try them, ~~ STOVES. TERRA COTTA! ' PORTABLE! *FOR COAL Roberts'* Patent (IMPROVED). /~1 REENHOUSES Heated twenty-four VJT Hours for about One Penny, with out attention. Roberta's Patent Port able Terra-Cotta Stoves for Coal give pure and ample heat with common coal, or coal and coke. For Greenhouses, Bed rooms, etc. Pamphlet, Drawings, and authenticated Testimonials sp.nt, 1 THQMAsIfoBERTS, 112, Yictqria street, Wsatmjnster.



' EXTRAORDINARY INDUCEMENT FOR CAbH CUSTOMERS. TN Order to keep our large now workrooms'in " full swing " and further in -1 increase our business we are now making MEN'S GOOD ALL-WOOL TWEED SUITS TO MEASURE FROM &i 15s to £3 iOs. -ALSO MEN'S TR O USERS TO MEASURE 15s 6d, 17s 6d, and 21s. %3T For fit and workmanship our name is a sufficient guaran'ee. GRAIGHEAD AND BERRYMAN, THE LEADING TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS, ASHBURToN.



SEED. SEED. SEED. QPLENDID SAMPLES of Canadian and Danish Oats ; also prime Tuscan and Hunter's Wheat for Sale at lowest prices, i JOHN©. RESTELL. 8 59 A CARD] MR H. G. ORBELL, SOLICITOR, ABHBURTON. Office : Montgomery's Buildings, Corner East and Burnett Streets. _^ % t 8t127 MRS A. T. ROBOTTOM BEGS to inform the numerous friends and clients of her late husband, A. T. ItOBOTTOM, THAT SHE WILL CARRY ON THE BUSINESS OF PHOTOGRAPHER ) 0 THE SAME PREMISES, MOOHE STREET, ASHBUp, * nd she trusts th*t she will receive! as liberal support as was'J accorded to 89 him. ! r g i v c i ii a. jMisss Venie Flower, | T ATE of the Royal College of JLi Music, Lmdon, is prepared to give instructions in the above art. Terms upon application. Residence, Cox Street. At home Monday's Thursday's and Saturday's, from 2 till 4. 8 139 I lilewellyn Owen, PIANOFORTE, SINGING AND HARMONY. arcade IThamber;s. (Dances not attended.) 421 Spectacles! Spectacles! "rTAVE Your Sight Tested, and use ,only PROPERLYI FITTING SPEC TACLES JEWELLER, Is Sole Agent for Ashburton for X- LAZARUS & CO., OCULIST - OPTICIANS, j OF SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, AND CALCUTTA. A very complete set of trial lenseH and frames for testing—ensuring perfect vision and comfort. N,B. — Do not risk spofyng, your eyesight iy earhvj badly fitting Spectacles. A large Stock of Double Eye Protectors, Smoked Glasses of various shades with alight o* curled sides. Gold Spectacles, Gold Folders and our ; Gold ABtigmaUo FolcLr Clip. , :S^ SAIiEKI f^CULIST-OPTICIAKSj AGENT, 16 115 ' KBATINGS COCIQ-H LOZENGES euro Coughs Asthma, Broaohitis. Medical testimony states the no other medicine is so effectual in the cure oi thes dangerou* maladies. One Lozaitge alone gives casa cne or two at bedtime ensures rest. For relieving Cdifficulty of breathing they are invaluable. They eon Ouia no opium nor any violent drug. Sola by all tW&Uts, in, Itiii, U 1)4 and 8t 84 each.



— JUST OPENED.— R. LUMSDEN, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, AND OCULIST'S OPTICIAN. BEGS to inform the inhabitants o Ash bur ton and surrounding district that he has commenced business as above in TAKCRED STREET, four doors from Collier's Corner. SPECIAL.—X.L , being a thoroughly experienced (thirty yeara) workman, Customers can confidently rely upon him executing all work efficiently, quickly, an i at VERY LO W CHARGES NOTE CAREFULLY.—No need o send your Watches, etc, to Christchurch for Repairs. Any and all kinds of Watch Work personally attended to by R.L The name of Lumsden is a guarantee ot reliable Workmanship. 81TISFACH0N A CERTAINTY. Sole importer of the f»jn©<? -PAUSODONOPTIC SPECTACLES- Best Glasses in the world. To be had only from R. L. has just returned from London, where he has made a special study of Optics under one of the best oculists and has with him a superior Btock of Spectacles to suit all defects of vision. Sights accurately tested by latest optical instruments GREAT SALE AT ft ALCOEFS, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, DOUBLE BLANKETS — from 8s 9d to 12s 6d 4 10 * — ' from 12s 9d to 17s 8d 4 11, — from 16s 9d to 22s 3d 4 THE3E ARE THE BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN NEW ZEALAND. MEN'S and BOYS' COLONIAL SUITS, HATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, SHIRTINGS, FLANNELLETTES and FLANNELS RUGS, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, SHEETING, BOOTS AND SHOES EVERYTHING REDUCED FOR GASH FOR ONE MONTH. AN INCOME* FOR LIFE FOR £1 Banks and Building Societies 1 assets rendered unsaleable by the commercial depression. The Mutual Freehold Property Dl* tribution Society of Sydney are iisuing 145,000 SHARES at £1 Each ; also HALF-SHARES at 1O>.; QUARTER SHARES at 5«. Anyone Can Applt. No Liability, 344tPRIZES ALL oYDNeT w _.j.-_ AND MRi J^ FIRST BUBURBAN / k33 a ia^ PRIZE PROPERTIE3 \Jp | SHfe * And largely I Sli VALUE ssht illiiil 36>00Q yalue from, ffijfemjH jF DHIf DMIIinQ «35,000 to HjH I SraS rUUNiIQ Those Magnificent Offices and Banking Chamber*. Park and Castlereagh Streets, Sydney, having an annual rental value ot £1750 per annum, 14 CHANCES FOR EACH SHARE, Apply Personally or by Letter with Cash, Money Order, Stamps, or Cheque (Include exchange), with two Stamped Envelopes for reply and result. Bankers; City Bank of Sydney, rTHE DRAWING (which will be held in Sydney nnder the supervision of representative citizens and ihareholders), will positively take place not lat ttiaa NOVEMBER 7th (Melbourne Cup Day), For Shares, Prospectuses, and Full Patticulat*. ipply to Manager, CJo ft. Hope Atkinson, J.P, f •mlJI? ImPerlft* Arcade, Sydney. Or to J. Gaie Pottbnger, Melbourne Agent, 2 10 331 Elizabeth street, Me;bywv.



/^|§J| "iO MAKE ROOM HEW SEASON'S SHIP- "Duke of Dwnthir* l^fW^^9SSl^S^S^^i "Tainui,"«ud"Otaian»," « tbe balance op "Drapery, if|P<£ s^^m'^^ Clollilhc# IS BEING OFFERED AT Larg*e Reductions -\ FOE F|O|URTEEIN DAYS. —;o: j W. H. Collier, «f,The Corner." WILLIAM SPARROW, Tailor and Outfitter. BIGH-CLABS WOBZM^NSHCP GUABANTBBD. AN ESTABLISHED REPUTATION FOR PERFECT FIT AND STYLE —A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF— TVfEKDS AND COATINGS SERGES, MELTONS, And FANOY TROUSERINGS,! OVERCOATINGS,'Ac WATERPROOF COATS IN STOCK AND MADE TO ORDER MEN.S UNDERCLOTHING OF^EVERY DESCRIPTION. ALL THE NEWEST STYLES IN HIATS AND SCAEVEIS WILLIAM BPARKOW, EAST STB EE T, °Bext to J, SEATiY & CO., Seed Merchant*. W. H, COLLINS & CO. HAVE JOST LANDED, ex Coptic, Pakeha, and Duke of Deronshlte • magnificent aesortment of FENDERS, FIRE IRONS, FIRE BRASSES, ASD TILED REGISTER GRATES, sßales>f Paperliangingg of Choice Patterns and Splendid Quality. The above goods are direct from tie Manufacturers to our order, and will be sold at lowest possible prices. NEW GARDEN TOOLS NEW LAWN MOWERS TIMBER ex "Glencaim" and "Gisbo.ne" ' 60,000 ft. of Seasoned Flooring and Lining.j W. H. Collins and Co., MERCHANTS AND IMPOBTEB8) wan *J^%£FS£SS&. ISpangfield Pottery Compan . G.L.BEATH&CO.. CBRISTOHUROH, ARE NOW'OPENING UP THEIR New Spring Goods, NOVELTIESSJAND LATEST^FaSHIONS IN EVER if DEPARTMENT i I ■ / SAMPLES forwarded o^application, and 1 all GoodrCayriageVW to Ashburton. " ' "*