MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under subject to the necessary alterations : — SATURDAY, January 20. For Northern Ports, per Penguin, at 0.30 i>.nn. MONDAY, January 22. For Northern Ports and Australian Colo nies, except Tasmanii, per Hauroto, at 1O.3« » st.m. WEDNESDAY, January 24. For the United Kingdom, Continents of Europe and America, and West Indies (via 3an Francisco), Sandwich Islands, etc., and also for Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Takapuna, as follows:— Ordinary letters, books, and newspapers, at 0.15 p.m. : registered letters, at 5 p.m. ; money orders, at 3p. m. Due London February 28

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1894. CHEAP MONEY.

Thk Premier's scheme of raising money in the London money market and leading it to the farmers on secu rity of the freeholds p assessed by them has been much discussed. Thereare those who have an opinion that the scheme was not intended to take any real shape at all, but was simply meant as a little bit oi' electioneering glamor cal culated to do good work for the Govern ment candidates. That it did secure a few votes we have no doubt, as a very large number of colonists have an idea that it is the duty of the Government to find money on mortgage at a lower rate of interest than that charged by the money lenders in this colony. But for all that the believers in the scheme as an electioneering move only, are still strong in their belief and hard to be disabused. A metropolitan contem porary, of whom the Premier has a very pronouncedly high opinion, was at pains the other day to show that this scheme of the Premier had never really been put before the country or any where else as a scheme proposed by the Government, or that the Government had ever in the least degree adopted such a scheme or given any indication pf an attempt to adopt it, This, if our memory plays us no trick, was said apropos of tije recgnp condemnation of the scheme by the English bankers, although the article did not rocognisa these men of the financial world ac altogether beyond the possibility of being wrong, a»id was cot prepared to accept the bankers' condemnation of the scheme as sufficient to damn it. Tlifs article tended to confirm all the more the belief held in some quarters that the scheme had no real Intention be hind it of ever being made a practical, living, working or workable machine, and the Premier's cheap money pro posal would have bran quietly, they thought, dropped into the region of forgotten things. In a recent article, however, tha Ministerial organ in Wel lington, has resuscitated discussion on the scheme, and from that article w*3 gather that its really taking practica form is not altogether » thing not to be hoped for. The paper geyerply criticises the bankers for their sweeping condemnation of the scheme, and points out that the banking manage n^nfe of the past two years, while it was in the ,cas,es ,o£ the banks doing busi ness in N,e\v Zealand of s#c£ a char acter ag &Q 9*41 fplth admiration, at ts9

way in which these institutions were piloted thiough the storm that proved so fatal in Australia, the banking man agement generally was not a reason for worshipping anything and everything that conies from bunkers in conclave assembk d. On the contrary, the I moral of the banking history of the last j year—to go no further back—was that banking is a science not understanded of the majority of bankers. For which reason leave was taken to regret the conclusion of the London bankers in the matter of the Government finan cial scheme, as a thing proving that the bankers in question knew very little beyond their own borders, within which their knowledge was not what the pub lic had a right to expect from them. The paper then goes on to say that though the bankers in. London had given a heavy verdict against the scheme, there were thoughtful men among whom the scheme was forcing its way, and quoting the Victorian Mini ster, Mr Mclntyre, who was recently in the colony, Fays he has given the exact position of the scheme. It is that " the Government has asked the Agent- General to make enquiries as to whether investors are likely to favour investment on the freehold security in the Colony on the basis of the colonial guarantee. The Government inter feres in no way. A Board in the Colony reports to a Board in London that certain securities are available; the Government indicates that the State guarantee is available, just as in the case of property in the hands of the Public Trustee, or in the case of the insurance premiums taken out by thrifty individuals, or in the case of those who have moneys de* posited in the Savings Bank. That is to say, the fotate guarantee is available without any interference of any kind with the business men who are manag ing the concern. The Government, in other words, proposes to act as agent and guarantor. In the former capacity it gets the money for the individual on his security more cheaply from an abundant money market than it was ever got before; for the very simple reason that the guarantee of the State is immeasurably better thau the de bentures of a private company which gives itself the airs of capital without possessing more than the shifting shadow of that powerful commodity. The State gains indirectly by the lesser interest secured by the exercise of its credit. In addition it gains in the cost of the transmission of money Home, for the money due at Home can be advanced here on mortgages on which the London Board will be able to find moneys on the report of the Board in the Colony. The cost of valuations, on the other hand, and deeds n.ust be trifling, for all this in formation is at the command of the State already, In fact, as the Fydney " Telegraph" has said, and as Lord ■Onslow has implied, and as Mr Mclntyre has suggested, all this is but an extension o p the principle already in force in the Colony, and proved to be without any danger whatever to the public interest." The Ministerial paper urges that the time has come for the Agent-General to be asked to make the enquiries. If the result be favor able enormous prosperity will at once accrue to the country.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Captain Hutfcon has been elected President of the New Zealand Alpine Club. A Masterton resident has lost a bonk note of £100. A steam launch is now employed for fish l ing purposes at Westport. A shark measuring 10 feet was caught off the Nelson wharf the other evening, Cherries imported from Victoria were retailed in Hawke's Bay at Is 61 per pound. At the inquest at Christchurch on young Hopkins a verdict was returned that deceased shot himself while temporarily insane. The honour of being the first Young New Zealander to attain the Knighthood of St. Michael and Sh. George belongs to Sir Walter Buller who was born at the Bay of Islands in 1838. The "Napier Telegraph" says that it would be a dec dedly patriotic act if the present Government were to reappoint the Railway Commissioners for another year, and say to Parliament—We did not feel that we should be justified in appointing commissioners and so practically extending the present system of management for another term of five years, and we leave it with the representatives of the people to say what should be done. This would go a long way towards conciliating the more thinking section of the community and confirming the power ot the Government. The London County Council are steadily increasing the fire plant belonging to the Metropolitan Brigade, London, and have recently ordered three additional <s Merry weather" steam fire-engines, each capable of discharging 20,000 gallons of water per hour at high pressure, and similiar to nine teen engines already supplied by the same firm. This design is arranged with fire-door at the back, so that steam can be raised en route to the scene of outbreak, thus saving several minutes in getting to work. The engine has accommodation for eight or ten firemen, and is provided with a large hose box, so is quite self-contained, .rendering unnecessary the accompaniment of a separate hose tender. ; The Chinese Government appears (says i the " jLondon Daily Telegraph ") to be ' awakening to the fact that the rapidly extending use of Indian teas in Europe may i be due in part to causes for which the Chinese growers are responsible. The Likin authorities have issued a proclamation against the manufacture of what is signifi- j cantly known as " lie tea." The document j points out that this scandalous practice has j gone "# long \yay to bring about the com- l plained-of decline in the tea trade, and it declares that the authorities arp determfn-sd to pu.t a stop to it. People are warned not to make any t,&& O£C§pting of tjie genuine tea leif, which, ijb flipped, will bp suiicient; but if any person should disregard the warn ing, the punishment will be tranfportation for life, which will fall alike on the maker, the seller, and the buyer, as well as upon any others who may have{anything to do

As all unpaid rates for the past year are now considerably overdue, the County j Council are commencing to issue summonses [ for their recovery, and defaulters would do j well to pay up. ! Several thousand brown trout, most of them two and three inches in length, were liberated in the Otaki River the other after noon. The trout previously placed ia that stream are doing well. At the quarterly meeting of the Masonic Grand Lodge, E/\, atChristchurch.Bro W. j R. Mitchell retired from the office ot Grand « Secretary owing to ill health. Bro W. H. Gundry was appointed to the vacant office. Says the Woodvillep<per: —" The weather T.hich has been experienced means simply ruination to the hay crops, scores of acr3S of which are lying mown, and saturated with the heavy rain which has fallen." At a special general meeting of the Wel lington Shipmasters' Association held the other day a sum of £20 was utanitrously voted to the widow of the late Captain Leys, who recently met h:s death by drowniDg afc Wang&nui. The dairy produce shipped home by the Eimutakaat Wellington consisted of 317 tons butter and 38 tons cheese The Auckland and Lyttelton portions comprised 46 and 51 tons respectively, making a total of 462 tons from the colony. The Gympie goldfield correspondent of the " Brisbane Courier," writing under date the 24th ulfc., expresses himself in the following cheerful manner:-" The total gold yield from the several crushings cleaned up during this week amounts to 69320z, and the dividends declared aggregate £11,658 6s Bd, nob a bad record for the close of the year. In Sydney harbour, on Christmas Day, while a dog was in th« watercloseto asloping stone landing-place, a monstrous shark seized the poor animal, who with a loud scream seemed at first to escape its clutches, but the shark fairly rose out of the water, and seizing it a second time disappeared with it. There is a lively row going on at present between two of the claims of the Ohinemuri goldfield It is alleged (says the "Tribune)' that one mine has encroached on the other, and that the yield of a recent clean up was from ore to which the persons taking it had no right. It is not so long since another mine paid £SG>O to compromise a similar dis pute. Commemorative tablsts are about to be planed on the London houses where various eminent composers have died. This excel lent idea is due to the Incorporated Society of Musicians, which holds its annual con gress in the first week of the New Year. The Society has had plaques specially de signed for the purpose, and the plaques first to be fixed are upon the death places of Sir Sterndale Bennett, Weber, and Sir George McFarren. Several of the best men selected to repre sent the Canterbury Amateur Athletic Club at the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Asso ciation's Championship Meeting at Dunedin on February 17 are unable to obtain the necessary leave. D. Matson, the hurdle champion, C. J. Rees, the long distance champion, W. J. Moir, hurdle jumper and weight putter, C K. Clark, W. Balch, T. J. Cowlishaw, are among those who cannot go- At the United Methodist Free Church District Meeting the desirableness of estab lishing a ministers'" superanuation fund was affirmed. Ihe question of a Methodist union was considered, and the following motion was carried :—That this meeting deeply re. grets that the union of all Methodist churches does not seem possible at present, but would again affirm its earnest denre to accomp'ish the union so far as may be prac ticable, and trusts that the union proposed between the Wesleyan, Free Methodist, and Bible Christian Churches will be consum mated at an early date.

SWIMMING.

Auckland, January 19. The Sydney and Ohristcnurch swimming teams at the late championship meeting were entertained at a s>moke concert. Mr Thos. Henderson presided, and was suj. ---| ported by M.v Pyke, President of the New South Wales Association. Mr Pyke spoke in high terms of the treatment accorded to the team on their present visit, In reply ing to the toast of " The Champion," Mr W.J.Gormleythf/iked the Auckland Asso ciation for the kindness extended towards his friends and himself. He referred to the loss Aucklandera had sustained in not being able to see J. Hellings take part in the gathering. He (Mr Gormley) acknowledge I that Hellings could beat him over 100 yards, though not over the other distances. Hellings was a younger man than he, and before long would, he believed, outdo him. He referred at length to the good spirit with which the & ucklanders took their defeat. The pre sentation of championship medals took place during the evening;. The Auckland ' Olub presented special silver medals to A. Holmes and 0. Hellings. When the polo banner was presented to the Ohristchurch team the Treasurer handed ib back, and stated that the team desired to present it to the Asscciation on two conditions first, it was to ba competed for annually, and, second, it should never be won out right. The presentation was greeted with cheers.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

[PEK PRESS ASSOCIATION]

Hotice to Quit. Wellington, January 20. Messrs Mair *nd Haralin, Maori inter preters to the House of Representatives, have received notice of the termin&tion ot their engagements on March 3L Th« .I>ast« Headman The Ohau has been chartered for the Chathams to bring away the wool dis charged from the Jessie Readman. The Kiwi aud Ksihu are both on the way for the same purpose. Tli« National Bank: It is authoritatively announced that the^ National Bank is about to transfer its" New Zealand headquarters to Wellington. Mr Coates, the general manager, who has jusfc returned from Englandj says most favorable opinions are expressed on all sides of the position and prospects of fcho | colony. JLanil §«ttl«n»«nt. The return of land taken up since April 1 shows that 1,554 selectors have taken 261,677 acres. In Otago and Canterbury the lease in perpetuity is most in favor, in Auckland occupation with a right of purchase. 490 selectors have taken 25,844 acres for cash ; 343 have taken 79,705 acres with right of purchase ; and k 716 have taken 160,128 acres under the perpetual lease, The figures show an advance on last year, I<«vant««f. W. Wattle, ironmonger, Manners street, has absconded leaving a letter behind saying that he tho,us;ht Brazil air would be more exhilerating jus,s now than New Zealand. He had recently bought his business. Some creditors are secured. l>i't<i> JLvyel miningl. DpNEDiN, January 20 Representation^, have been made to the Minister jyjLines that Mr Jack, the 1 "Victorian expert, should report fin the j prospects of deep level mining in Gentjja.l Obago. The minister replies thafc^Mr Jacks time jg too limited, 1

THE COUNTY RATES.

The following tables show the amount of rates col'ected and collectable by the County Counci', as well as the rateable vaiue, in the several ridings in the couny. The first table showa the rate able value of ths lidiDgs, the rate per pound, and the to al amounts of rate collected from the rate payable on Daeeir.bvr 1, 1891. The second table ex hibits the same columns for the rate pay able M«rch 15, 1894 It will be seen that in each riding, while the valuation is much higher (Ttith one exception) and there ia a difference on till whole valua tion of £446,447 in favor of 1894, the amount ot county rates the settlers will have to pay this year is less by £2125 3> 5d than was paid under the rate btruck in 1891.

Totals, £3,115,184 £5,535 311 (1/8 of a penny in the pound for charitable aid purposes.)

ll.—Rate Payable March 15, 1894. Rateable Riding. Value, %& in the £ &d in the £• £ £ b. d. £ s. d. S. Rakaia 504,809 525 16 10 262 18 5 Mt. Somers 311,732 324 14 5 162 7 2 Wakanui 404,477 421 6 7 210 13 4 Mount Hutt 715,931 745 15 2 372 17 7 Rangitata 334,304 348 4 8 174 2 4 Upper ■ Ashburton 568,711 592 8 1 296 4 0 Ashburton 721,867 751 14 9 375 17 5

Totals £3,561,631 3710 0 6 1855 0 3 (*This &d in the £ is included in the pre. vicus colnmn, and is distributed among the ridings as ah own.)

THE CROPS.

The present season since October has been, in Ashburton county, probably the most continuously wet ever experience! since the district became well settled, there having been seldom longer intervals than four or five days without a consider able rainfall, and many of the intervening days have been dull and sunless. Ihe result of this is that although grass has been abundant, and growth of all kinds exuberant-, wheit generally has been more or less rusted, and even where there is little or no rust the want of warmth has affected the development of the grain, and It is likely to yield less waight than the strength of the plant would appear to warrant. The effect of the wet on the heavy lands has been In many instances disastrous, the crops being badly laid, and have even 'urned black and mouldy ; in fact heavy c-ops of oats in most localities have been put down by the heavy rains of ths last month. The area under crop appears to be somewhat less than last season, especi ally wheat. There are a few fi«e crops of barley, but the breadthJJ sown is not con siderable. It is early to say much about turnips, but a large area has been sown during the las: two months, and all appear to have struck well. A good deal of grass seed has been damaged or spoiled by the web weather, and unless it clears up shortl the wh at whish is ripening rapidly will share a similar fate. On all the lighter lands about Kyle, Seafield, Dromore, Sherwood and the centre of the plain, the oafo are a fair crop, but the wheat yield will be lov, Wakanni. district suffered sevenly in" the spring fr^m grub, and later to a con siderable extent from ru3t The crops have a more patchy appearance than usual, and although there are pome really good crops to be seen there, thia fertile locality will not this year equal its past records. Round by Lauriston, Ciirnbrae, and Methven, the yields pnmise to be well up to the average, except a few paddocks which suffered from the north-west gales at seed time. Waterton district has more oats than wheat, and Flemington vice versa, Eiffel ton having much the same proportion as last season. Longbeach district carries about equal proportions of wheat and oats, and it is this neighborhood and Waterton that will suffer most from the effects of too much wet. The beach, Ashton, and Riverside crops are pretty evenly divided, and promise as well as anything in the district, excepting per haos Oreenatreet and' the Ashburton Forks where hi'herto an inferior crop of grain has seldom been heard of and every thing is looking magnificent. The chief crops in the Ealing district are oats and turnips, the former promising a heavy yield where they have been sown on clean land. Mayfield and Mount Somers produce chiefly oats, which though later than other parts oJ the district are very pro mising in appearance and the turnips also are healthy and well struck.

SPORTING

Melb 'URN", January 19. Merganser Ins been sc atched for all engagements nt the V'otoru Racing Club's Meeting.

WELLINGTON CUP.

Weixington, January 19. Tha following are the final payments for the Wellington Cup :— sb ll< fit 1b Prime Warden 9 4 North Atlantic 7 8 Rosefddt ... 8 8 Revolution ... 7 8 Clanr-nald ... 8 7 ,7 7 St Kathtrine 8 5 Retina ... 7 7 Pegasus ...8 0 King Harry ... 7 7 Musket ... 7 10

POLITICAL.

Wellington, January 19. At a Cabinet meeting held to-day—all the members of the Government being present except Mr Carroll, wh© returns from the north to-night—several impor tant questions, including the appointment I of Railway Commissioners and the advis ableness of making fresh callj to the Legislative Council, were discussed, but no decision was arrived at, pending the arrival of Mr Carrol], A full meeting is tp ba held to-morrow, when it is ex pected some of the larger policy ques'ions will be finally disposed of.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, January 19, The dairy produce shipped Home by the Rimutaka at this port consisted of 31^ tons of butter, 38 tons of cheese. The Auckland and Lyttelton portions comprised 46 and 51 tons respectively, leaking a total of 46.2 tons from the polony. The " Times " estimates that from the j returns of receipts and expenditure for the nine months of the present financial year there ought to be a surplus of between [ £260,000 and £290,000 on.March 31.

Accident to the Kaikoura.

Lonpon, January 19. The New Zealand Shipping Com pany's Kaikoura has put into Tenerifle with her cargo on fire. No particulars are to band,

BRAZIL.

Bio db Janiero January 19. The insurgents have captured Paran agun, a maritime town of 7000 in habitants.

Mew Zealand and River Plate Company.

London, January 19. The new Board of Directors of the New Zealand and River Plate Land Mortgage Company will ascertain the losses and assess the amount required to be written off. They will then con sult a meeting of shareholders as to the future policy of the Company.

The Australian Crisis.

MR PEEL'S PAPER.

London, January 19. The Treasury officials declare Mr Peel's paper on the Australian financial crisis, written in August last, was unofficial. Assay, a junior clerk, intended the information for his chief, to show his skill in draughting, and it had not obtained publicity here. Mr Peel showed the paper to a banker in the city, who, it is believed, sent a copy to Sir Q R. Dibbs without authority, with the object of securing better prices.

CABLE NEWS

The Czarina is suffering from acute influenza. The New Zealand Trust and Loan Company hag declared a dividend of 9 per cent. The French Government has ap pointed a Commission to enquire into the condition of the French navy. There is a silver crisisin Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore, owing to the scarcity of Mexican dollars. Mr Finch Hatton will be the Tory candidate for Newark at the next general election. The Rome correspondent of "The Times " confirms the recent reports as to the Marquis de Rudini's duplicity. Mr B. Pickard, one of the labor members, advises the public to-form Co operative Coal Depots. He de clares that the merchants' profits are enormous. The French Canadians were fined 25d01s for attempting to dynamite Nelson's monument in Montreal. Th« Government altered the charge to one of wilful damage of property. The French expedition to Madagas* car will consist of 10,000 soldiers* The intention is to extinguish the influence of the English missionaries in the island. The Ruahine sailed for Wellington at i o'clock on Friday afternoon. She brought twelve passengers for Aus tralia, and 179 for New Zealand, the latter including Mapr-Qeneral Hutchi son, Sir Andrew Clarke and Sir Saul Samuel concur that it is desirable that Mr Duncan Gillies (recently appointed Agent-General for Victoria) should bring a formal agreement from the colonies respecting the coinage of silver and bronze, otherwise it will be futile to re-open the discussion on the [ subject. At the inquest on the young mail Orawcour, shot by a burglar who was attempting to rob his father's shop at Williamstown last week, the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against Knox and found Kent guilty as accessory before the fact, The Committee of the Duval Ath letic Club, in Jacksonville, declare that in the event of interference by the militia to prevent the prize fight be tween Mitchell and Corbett, the Club will be prepared to resist, and can rely on the support of 6000 men. The crew of the Eileen Poonan have arrived at Sydney. The captain at tributes the loss of the vessel to the altered appearances of the islands of the Chesterfield group, evidently the result of a hurricane and of a north-east current where the chart shows a south current.

LABOR ITEMS.

London, January 19. The Miners' Conference has decided to set a watch on the pit banks to pre« | vent undue storage of supplies, | , Mai»kid, January 18. The starving labourers a* Gadia have armed themselves, and are pillaging farms and shops, and raiding the roads in the district. Washington, January 19. There are two million unemployed in the (Jnited States, many of whom are in actual want, and an extensive system of relief is being organised. Berlin, January 19. There are eighty thousand unem* ployed in the city, and street riots are of frequent occurrence. Received January 20,11.30 a.m. Sydney, January 20. The Labor Conference has carried s, resolution protesting against the influx of aliens and colored labor, and is now discussing the unemployed question. The Directors of the Metropolitan colliery have declined to refer thf dispute to arbitration, therefore the mine will be thrown idle.

CRICKET.

AUCKLAND F. NEW SOUTH WALtS,

Auckland, January 30, The cricket match, New South Walea v Auckland, commenced at ten this morn* ing. Notwithstanding the heavy rain of yesterday the ground was in excellent trim. New South Wales batted first, and there are two wicket 3 down for seventy.

THE ASBBURTON GUARDIAN : SATURDAY, JANUARY 20. ib94.



I -Rate Payable Decemfc Riding—Rate Rateable in the &. Value. South Rakaia— (1/3 of a penny) £462,340 Mount Somers — (2/5 of penny) 241,989 Wakanui— (4/15 of penny) 422,453 Mount Hutt— (1/3 of psnny) 598,467 Rangitata— (3/10 of penny) 273,471 Upper Ashb'ton — (4/15 of penny) 514,814 Ashburton — (1/3 of penny) 601,651

ber

• 1, 1891. Total £877 12 6 652 0 2 696 7 3 1,165 11 1 488 15 4 812 0 7 1,142 16 6



HAJftVfiHT CHECHJS9, ®W 1894, j WILL FIND THEIR WAT TO G. J. NBTLL and Go's AS THEY GIVE THE BEST VALUE IN ABHBURTON FOR READY MONEY. DBAPEIIY AJSD CLOTHING. Women's Hats 6d Turkey ReJ s|d Women's Ribbed Hose 61 Men's Tweed Suits 16 ;bi Ohiff-m in ah colors Is 3J, reduced to Men's Colonial Tweed Suits 19* 6d gj^j Boys' Tw ie& Suits from 3. lid Washm* prints 2* lid doz* A few Boy;,' Washing Suits left, to be White Mmlin 3* lid doz cleared at 3. 9d Summer Dresses 3; lid BoyV Cips 6d each Cretonne 3*d Jf« n>a Jwoe s8d Double-bed Sheeting S|d 20dcz Men s Merino Socks 61 Berlin Wool Is lid BOOTS. BOOTS. The Be>t and Cheapest Boots in New Zealand are to be had at G. J. NEILL ASD GO'S. Men's English Balmorals 7s lid Babies Slippers la pair Men's Strong Leather Shoes 7s lid Canvas and tan Leather Shoes, in all Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid sizes at ridiculous prices Women's strong Leather Shoes 5s lid A very large assort m.at of Children s Women's strong Elastic-side Boots 8s and Maid's Gem shoes in Tans and 6d, reduced to 5s lid Black. Good and cheap WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK KETURNS AT G. J. NEILL & 00% FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET. Re The Assigned Estate of Messrs Hirdley Bros _.,—: o : ■ OEE ihe Valua in Our PRINTS REDUCED to HALF PRICE WASHING DBILLB'W KEDUCED FROM 9|o to 6Jd. Ail J»rcss Materials REDUCED TO NEARLY HALF THE FORMER PRIuES, FOR INSTANCE PLAIN CASHMERES, REDUCED FROM IG£d TO 9d. STUIPiS AND CHECK ALL WOOL DRESS TWEED REDUCED FROM. Ud TO Bi>, AND ALL OTHER DRESS MATERIALS EQUALLY REDUCED. CHECK GINGHAM* REDUCED FROM lOJd TO 6iu. ALL MANCHESTER GOOD 3 SUCH AS CALICOES, STOCFINGS 9 FLANNELS, BLANKETS, HOLLANDS, TICKING, SHIRTINGS, SELSEIAS, FLOOR-CLOTHS, ETC., REDUCED TO COST PRICE. MEN'S SHIRTS, HAT?, SOCKS, TIBS, Etc, REDUCED TO COST PRICE, AND IN MANY CASES VERY MUCH UNDER COST. Men's and Boys' Clothing. EE^ OUR MEN'S ALL WOOL COLONIAL SUITS AT; 32s 6d AND 35s ou, NOT TO BE BKATEfc IN THE COLONY. | THIS HOUSE HAS ALWAWS BEEN NOTED FOR THE VERY BEST VALUE IN BOOTS BUT NOW COMB' AND SEE. "I V- , ■•■••, ■>:■ i I; .r v- ■ * AKC : \ DE. ASHUU It TO N



I Wanted. | OAPTIST Chprch, To-morrow. Rev. ' ■-* A, A ocr, Evening subject —Chris- tian Orator on Mara' Hill. Thinking men invited. 1 123 \TTfLS'.KyAN Chuich, Baring Square * Preachtrs To-mouow—ll Rev C. Abeinofly; 6 30, Rev. S. Liwry. Cordial welcome to visitors. 1 125 J /~"\FFi£[lS or a Township Section in A.-hburton wanted. Stale number ofso3'ion.—T H. P.anger's Hotel. 1 121 Gt OOD Kidney Potatoes, by f-ack or ' cwt., for sale cheap.-—Apply, A.W. 1 Ran dell, Ash bur ion. 1 47 TTUMBER, Raleigh, and New Howe I L Cycles at reduced prices. Extras kept in Stock —H M. Jones. j "\7"()UNG Ladies Journal for January i I Jl. N w Novels, Toy and Picture Books.—H. M. Jon rs. ON'T Forget — Oiaiig -8, Bananas, finest quality, 12 and 18 for a shilling, at Mrs Whittington's. 1 107 MRS ALCORN has on tale for the Holidays varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goo is and Christmas Presents. Saunders' Buildings. WANTED Known—loo Ladies Fashionable .Sunshadesat Akdbew (Jbr's. 11172 WANTED Known—All Accounts duo to S. W. Aicorn & Co. must be Paid on or before December 30. 12 181 WANTED Known—Forfars,4|d ; Tick ings, 4|d ; Brown Hollands, 4^d, — Anjdbbw Oer. 11175 SUITS to measure, during tha sale, 49s 555, 60s, 70s, and 755. Fit and workmanship guaranteed.—R. Axcorn, Saunders' Buildings. WANTED Known -W. H. Collier's noted four-clasp Kid Glovea, 2s 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. | OT ANTED Known—Spectacles, eye | VV protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S, i Salek's, Optician. WA~NTED Known—"The Corner "is showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W. H. Collier. OTT ANTED Known.—Our Cheap VV Slippers aie selling in dozens, i Children's from la, women's Is 9J. Buy ! one pair and you will buy more. — Mitchell and Turner. j /"""IHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, \_J Own make in lidies' and children's underclothing, Aprons and Pinafores. Mrs Alcorn, Saunders' Building. ANTED Known—For Election Week, 100 Pairs Boots, 2s 6d per pair.—Andrew Our. 11177 WANTED Known.—No reasonable ofler will be refused *or tha balance of our Summer Dresses, Milli nery, and Mantles. — Mitchell and Turner. _ TTTANTED Known.-To Harvesters | VV —Dungaree Jackets and Overalls, ; Harvest Hats and Shirts and Suits of all! kinds, at pices to meet the times. — | MirciitsLL & Turner. £F you want fiist class fruit go to A daks' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. Uf ANTED, Everybody to use Titan | VV Soap, greatest marvel of the age. H. Zandkr, Sole Agent. 11 18L i 17ANTED Kn>wn—b'O Pieces Fashion- YV able Prints at 4W ; 50 dozau Towels from 4|d ; White" Counterpanes, 30 per cent under usual price.—A is drew Übr. 11 174 DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap does the work. No rubbing. No machines. H 182 "I \ /"ANTED Known -A manufacturer's VV Stock of Shot Silk black and; colored Sunshides and Umbrellas at half ] price.— Andrew Gnu. 11 17<{ WANTKD Known—6o Pieces black and colored French Merinos and Cashmeres at Is 4H to Is 6d.—Andr&w Ore. " 11 176 'f >H -vT which brings most light an JL hope to poorest homes is Titan S.^Pl_ - — -~-18- 3 DONT Forget to send your Bicycles along to ihe Old Kindergarten to oe repaired, at moderate rates. AN"l;in3,~"ain'aimera to reduce Hardley's Large Stock of this Season's Oil, which he is selling at his usual ridiculous low price by the Gallon or Case. 4/S7 ANTED" Known. —Melford House Vv cheapest i-hap in town, extra value in presents now being given to each purchaser till further notice.—H. 0. Segkbs. I QOMWRSET Meat Mart. The oldes j O the largest, tha best, aud the cheap est Small 'Joods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed, A trial solicited. —W, J. Siloook. \t7aNTED Known.—Extra value in W presents now being given away for Christmas and New Year. Cheapest House in Town.—H C. Seobrs, Melford House. I W~" "aNTedT trn Public to know that Hakdlbt's Tanks aro pivir.g univer sal satisfaction. Testimonials if required. Fow is «he time for Baths and lanks, from 30* upwards. 77**.NrKDall and suri^ry to know that W k'^uley is still to the front with and fixed at unheard of rates. \\ ' ANTED Known.—To make room j VV for Spring Boots I will give ten j per cent for cash. Repairs done at once cheaper than ever to stay bad times over at J. Moihon, Premier Bootmaker. 8 18 WANTED Known.—Half as much agaiu in presents given to each purchaser during Christmas and New Year. li. C. Severs, Melford House. GRAPHIC Xtnas No., Pears' Annual, and Lady's Pictorial—all with beau tiful colored supplements, i^ew vols. of Sunday at Home, Leisure Hour, Bo Peep, Little Dots, tind others. ¥ew Books for Prizes and Presentation. —L F. Ani/REWES & Co., Stationers' Hall. BALK, SALE, of Books, Stationery Fancy Goods, Music, etc., Fire Screens, Pictures, Glass Ornaments. Christmas Cards, Cricket aud Lawn Tennis Material, Photo Albums and Frames, and hundreds of other articles are to be sold a f a great sacrifice for Cash during this month only, at L. F. AijiygjcwES & Co. Stationer 3 Hal., TF..NWAL©.— For sale, a bargain.-4. section* i» one block fcetwean Harland Md Grove rfwetß. Tema^e^m^ rr.OR SALE- -Lofc 22, $-acrfl, ofcurph. jj Street H»mp,tead. bullw .^



S SAIEK, I WATCHMAKER, & MANU FACTURING JEWELLER. FOR H [GH-CLASS GOLD & SILVER J X WEL LE El V, PL \TEftMA RB LE CLOCKS, jmy a visit to the Jewellery Establishment of S. S \LKK, Prac tical Watchmaker, Manufacturing Jeweller, and Oculist-Optician. BOLE- AGENT fur Lazarus' Patented System of Sig it Testing and " Speciality " Spectacles, ensuring comfort and correct. Sight. FIRST-OIASS WORKMANSHIP IN WATCH, CLOCK, AND JEWELLERY REPAIHS. 8- BALEK, EAST STREET. NEW ZEALAND CiiOTiiiKC* Factory. SEASONABLE GOODS. FOR HARVESTS G, Men's Gambroon Trousers Men's Duck Overalls and Jackets Men's Harvesting Straw Hats is —Also— New Ties New Silk Handkerchiefs ' New Studs Bathing Pants—Towels and Running Pants New shapes in Hard Hats-brown, black and drab. The new Soft Hat—Land and Water Tennis Hats—a^t ehade3 A good holiday Hat for Is lid THE LARGEST STOCK OF HATS IN ASHBURTON TO CHOOSE FROM. Tennis Shirts in silk, crdpe and cash mere 1 Boja' Washing Suits from 4s 9d. Boys' and Souths' Summer coats 2s 6d, } Men's Summer Coats in silk, alpaca and sateen BOOTS BOOTS!! BOOTS!!! Canvas Shoes for Men Canvaa Shoes for Women Canvas Shoes for Children Just opened this week, 18 pairs Women's Calf Shoes for 6s 6d. Wonderfu value.



NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY HALLENSTEIN BROS.. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager



KEATINQ-'S POWDER destroys Bugs, Fleas, Moth Beetles and all other insects, quite harmless to domestic auimals. Iv exterminating Beetles the Buciess of th'iaPqwder is extraordinary. It is perfectly clean in appHca'tiqn. Sse tips article yoi} purchase is if FATING^, as imitations are noxious and ineffectual t£J M. l», aftd as U wb, W4 fey «1 lehwisk•



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