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Ashburton Guardian. MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1894. LAND AND INOOME ASSESS MENT.

The Land and Income Assessment Acts Amendment Bill recently passed through Parliament is one of much importance to the country, containing, as it does, numerous departures from the methods laid down by previous Acts dealing with the same question. Below will be fcund some of the main features of the new Act. Assessment is altered so as to mean "an estimate of the value of any land or the interest therein, either with improvements or without improvements, or the value of such improvements alone, or of any mortgage or of any income liable to taxation under this Act, as well as the amount of tax imposed thereon respectively, and includes all matters comprised m any return required by or under this Act" Returns are to be made to the Commissioner of Taxes for the purpose of enabling assessments to be made as to income annually by every person and company-—as to land and mortgages biennially—the first of such returns being made a$ on March 31, 1895. Returns of income are to be based upon the income derived by the person or company during the year immediately preceding the com mencement of the year of assessment, v provided that where such income cannot be conveniently returned the Commissioner may accept an actual or estimated return made up to the date of the annual balance of such person or company ; such assessment to be adjusted upon such annual balance being com pleted." The Commissioner is em powered, from time to time, as he may think fit, to cause valuations to be made of any land or mort gages for the purposes of the Asseesment Acts, and, by himself or his agents, to enter upon any land or mortgaged property. Boards of Review are abolished, and objections to assessment of land or mortgages and " all other objections under the Assess ment Acts'" are to be determined by a stipendiary magistrate. All the provi sions of these Acts as to the Board of Review are to apply to such stipendiary magistrate, but no objection to the assessment of income is to be heard m open court. If any person makes de fault m furnishing any return of income, or if tho Commissioner is not satisfied with any return, he may make an assessment of the amount on which, m his judgment, the tax ought to be charged, and the tax " shall be payable accordingly." Every such assessment is to be subject to objection and review. No mortgagee is liable for taxation on moneys receivable by way of interest on mortgage of land, and no mortgagor is entitled to deduct from the value of such land moneys payable by way of interest on such mortgage. Banking companies as well as other mortgagees are required to register thejr mortgages, and every banking company is to be assessed for Income Tax each ye^r, upon a sum represent ing 7s 6d m every £1.00 of the aver age of its total assets and liabilities for the four quarters of jthe preceding year, JiOsses, outgoings, and expenses itt connection with income derived from land or mortgages are not to be deducted from the gross amount of income derived from business employ ment or emolument, "provided al ways that, if such losses, outgoings, and expenses are difficult of apportion ment between land or mortgages and business employment or emolument, th6y may be adjusted m such manner as the Commissioner may think fit." In estimating the balance of income liable to tax m the case of any busi. nes« ? employment, or emolument, no

sum is to be deducted therefrom for any interest payable m respect to any mortgage unless such mortgage is secured on the premises aotually used for the purposes of such business, employment, or emolument. The Governor-in-Oouncil is authorised, from time to time, to make regulations, not inconsistent with the Assessment Acts, for any purpose, or to meet special cases, " that may be convenient for the administration of the Assessment Acts; and such regulations, when gazetted, shall have the force of law." The clause of the Bill by which, m estimating the balance of income liable to tax m the case of any business, no deduction was to be allowed "by reason of any implements, utensils, or machinery being obsolete, useless, or superseded," and also that no deduc tion should be allowed "m respect to any premium payable on account of any accident insurance," was, owing to the opposition of Sir P»dbert Stout, thrown out.

A. substitute for leather has come into notice recently m the United States. It ia called pantasote. The pantasoie. composition of it remains a secret, bat its producers claim that it contains no rubber nor any animal substance. It is inoombcstible, or nearly so, is odorless when scorched, and waterproof- Cold does not render it stiff nor brittle, as would be the case with tome compounds, nor, on the other hand does if become soft or sticky under the influence of heat. It is probable that some mineral substance like asbestos enters into the mixture. Pantasote leather as marketed consists of two or three layers of cloth, saturated with the secret preparation and glued together by its agency. It has the hue of leather with out special coloring, and, it is asserted, it also has the durability of the substance it is designed to replace. The chief use to which the new material is devoted ab pre sent is the upholstering of seats m rail way carriages and steamships, and for decorative purposes. While leather is reported to cost 20 cents a square foot, pantasote, guaranteed to be equally strong, and producible m webs of any length or width, can be sold for less than half that price. The hide of the animal limits the size of the "kin of leather, and if the work it Is used upon be large, seams are neces sary, and these are sometimes unsightly. Those seams are obviated when pantasote is used.

Oid soldiers are by no means inclined to adopt the opinions of the optimists that the world Is not an old again destined to soldiek's opinion, witness a great war. Field-Marshal Yon Blumenthal, the only surviving German marshal of the Franco-Prussian war, re cently delivered himself as follows:—" I believe that all over the world, and es peclally m Europe, the situation ia bad enough. War is necessary to resolve many questions. War seems to be a necessity from which mankind cannot escape. About every 30 years, m fact, we feel the need of one of those great bntcheries which sweep away thousands of men to pull down obstacles which forme ly seemed strong enough to exist forever, and to ro establish the equili brium necessary to the progress and de velopment of society. But lam not at all a partisan of war," he continued, m the most emphatic w »y, •* and I balieve that ro my years will have to pass and many events much more grave than those of the present day will have to occur, before a war will take place. I certainly will not be there when it comes. French men, of course, wish to fight more thai; any other. It fa natural, and any other nation would feel the same under the circumstances. But France will not be able to take the field unrtl Russia also hap the same aim. For this reason I £o not; believe that ww is near, because the Czar is an eminently pacific man, and he will certainly not encourage or help French tendencies m this direction. Out si<?6 of RnssU France has no possible allies. Whether it comes sooner or later we do not fe« it. We are ready and pre mred for any attack."

Ix keamng a paper by the last Home mail, we came across some details that may be interesting to the gbeman our readers. They re wab treasure, fer to the Julius Tower at Spandau, which has been undergoing heavy repairs of late The tower contains the war treasure of the German empire—l2o million marks, yielding no interest. Thia large sum. consisting of crowns and double-crowns, is from time to ticne, without lornr notice, counted by two members of the Imperial Debt Committee. Entrance to the well guarded treasure can only be gained if these two members pat their complicated keys m the keyhole simultaneously. Needless to say that there is always a sentry at the entrance door. A strict record is kept of the hours of opening and of closing the tower. On opening it, one mm enters at a time into the rotunda, where the shining 120 million marks are stored. This vast sum is divided into twelve parts, each subdivided into ten others of the value of a million each. This million is again distributed m ten bags of 100,000 marks each, two-thirds of which sum is m ten-mark pieces. Then a division is ordered, the number of the revision and sub-divieions to be counted is chosen at haphazard. For the counting a squad of sol diersis ordered iAs soon as some of the 100,000 mark-bogs are counted and found correct, the war treasure is con sidered to be properly revised. The other larg« fundd—those of the Invalids Relief and the Fortification Building Fund—are also overhauled by carefully comparing the coupon sheets, numbers, series, etc., with the original entries. Until the beginning of the new Keichatag building, that fund was also kept m the Julius Tower. Assoon as the work of count ing and comparing is finished, the auditors' report is drwn up and signed by both functionaries, the two keys are again simultaneously Inserted m the locks, and the revision of the war treasure is con cluded The " counters " are drawn up m line and march back to the barracks, the "committee " drive off m a cab, and the "hoard" is left once more m that absolute quietude which every peace-lov ing Teuton hopes it may enjoy for miny years to come.

Ashburton Bowling Club

A meeting was held m Mr Thomas' office on Tuesday evening for the purpose of forming a Bowling Club for Ashburton. Oa Mr Zander's motion it was decided to form a Bowling Club, to be called the Ashburton Bowling Olub. The following gentlemen were elected members.: — Messrs Kempthorne, Fried lander, D. Thomas, W. James, H. Zander, Davison, Williams, Brooke, White, Lechner, Restell, and Field. EMOTION OF OFFICERS. The following officers were elected :— President —Mr I). Thomas ; Vice-president —jlfc E- Kempthorne; Secretary—Mr White; Committee—Messrs Zander, Lechner, Davi son, and Williamson; Treasurer—Mr Field, SUBSCRIPTION. The annual subscription was fixed at £1 Is. OPENINC4 KAY. It was resolved that the formal opening be on Wednesday, October 31.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ttussian cruiser Kubantez has been j allowed to paas through the Dardanelles to join Admiral Avallan's fleet m the Mediterranean. On Tuesday evening m Mr David Thomas' office a Bowlinft Club for Ash burton w*s formed, and the opening is co be celebrated on Wednesday next. The Ballance Memorial Committee has decided to alter the design to a statue instead of the monument originally ac cepted. The Premier has promised to assist them m eveiy way. A man named John Strein, who was m the employ ot Mr John Holmes at Methven, was admitted to the Christ church Hospital on Tueaday evening suffering from a compound fracture of the left leg caused by a kick from a horse. A Masterton Chinaman told the Star thai; he was quite prepared to leave the town and go back to China if anyone would buy his stock at what he gave for it. - • But' he added, 'I go back Canton I start klusade Anti-Yulypean allee samee Anti- Chinese m New Zealand.' One of the ablest theologians m the Scotch Church was Dr McGregor, who died at Oamaru, Astonishing is the equa nimity with which we can bear the loss of a theologian. What's a theologian com pared with a good forward or a stiff half back.—Napier Hews. Wigs were probably invented abont the time of the first Roman Emperor, for we are told that Oto had a scalp of fine leather with locks of hair upon it so well arranged as to seem natural. When wigs were in troduced into England, the clergy in veighed against them, and even cut their own hair shorter to expiess their abhor ence of the fashion. The English noblemen are the only ones m Europe who ever wear coronels on their heads, and the sole occasion when they do so is at the coronation of the ' Sovereign. Tfc ey holi them m their hands through the ceromony, and at the moment when the Archbishop of Canterbury places the Crown upon the Monarch's head every peer and peeress present dona his or her own coronet. A market has been found m Austria for Australian meat. From what an Austrian paper states it appears that the War Office of that country had decided to make an experiment with Australian meat for the army. A shipload had been received at Vienna. It was packed m ice, and arrived m good condition. The butchers bought the whole of it, and retailed it as fresh killed from home-bred animals. The enterprising individual with the picturesque locks, yclept Arthur Adair, has found his way to Rangiora, and with the assistance of the prefix of Professor to his name made a balloon ascent m the northern town on Tuesday. He reached a height of about eight hundred feet, and descended m safety. The Professor was to have descended by means of a para chute, but as the balloon did not rise high enough he was unable to do so. A collection taken up realised £2. The small boy m the gallery is often a terror to provincial companies. An expe rienced actor tells a good srory of one of these tormentors. The company had ranged themselves on the stage, ready to begin, and the curtain had been pulled up a little way. when suddenly it stuck and could not be indued to move ; whereupon an urchin m the front row alofi thus sarcastically addressed them—* Now then, up with the rag ! We ain't paid our thrup pence to see your pretty little feet!' A writer m the Century Magazine,.-on "Walking as a past-time," says:—-"It shows the effect of a tramp upon tbe man of brain work t hat an editor who accom panied me on a walking tour complained during the trip of the bdther and worry of his business, and said he almost wished to get ouc of newspaper work. After seven days of out-door life, m rain and sunshine, we returned to Newhaven. I met him down town soon after, looking very healthy and fresh, and said " How do you feel?" 'Oh!' replied he, 'I can run 17 papers now !' The season is an exceptional one. The protracted winter with its frequent cold snaps and Jong stretch of wet weather, that kept the ground m a sodden con dition, and hindered sowing, gave place to sudden summer, and now we find ourselves m October with the weather of Christmas. The heat, has been excessive on a good many days during the last three weeks, and there has been scarcely any rain —only one shower worth speak ing of. Then, overnight fro*ts have been very frequent although the d*ys were 30 sun ay. Altogether the season is very backward, and a good sousing of rain would do a world of good. The railway authorities have granted concessions for Show day m the shape of excursion fares throughout the district. Passengers from Mount Somers and Springburn will travel for 59 6d and 3s 6d, the return train being delayed till five minutes to six. Proportionately cheap fares will be charged on the Methven line and the Main line. The Methven branch line train will wait at Rakaia for the ex press from the south, and at 5.45 a train will leave for the south, going as far as Timaru. This train will serve as a return of the ordinary which leaves Timaru In the morning, and excursion fares will be charged. Times and fares m detail will be duly announced. A very successful concert m aid of the funds of the Ruapuna Institute was held m the schoolroom on Friday evening. There was a good attendance and an appreciative audience, as evinced by the number of encores given. Mr F. S. Cordeux occupied the chair. The pro gramme was a long and varied one con sisting of pianoforte pieces by Miss A. Ballantyae and Me Oordeux, songs by Misses Doyle, Roberts, and Whitelaw. and Messrs J. Dellow, M. Dickie, W. G. and James Doyle, D. Millar. A. Reid, and G. Whitelaw ; duats by Mr and Miss Whitelaw, and Messrs Dellow and Dickie; trios by Messrs Deltow, Dickie, Reid, and Whitelaw; recitations by Messrs C. and J. Allan and Robertson ; and two dialogues m which Messrs Beckett, Bennet, Jamas Doyle, Robertson, Tweedie, and Wilson, and Misses Kellaban, Tweedie, and Doyle f3) took part. The accompaniments to the songs were played by Misses Whitelaw, Doyle, and Roberts. The singing of the National Anthem brought a most enjoy* ible concert to a close. Holloway's Pills. — Nervousness and want of energy.—When first the nerves feel unstrung, and listnessness supplants energy, the time has come to take some such alterative as Holloway's Pills to restrain a disorder from developing into a disease. These excellent Pills correct all irregu larities and weaknesses. They act so kindly, yefc so energetically on the functions of digestion and assimilation, that the whole body is revived, the blood rendered purer, while the muscles become firmer and stronger, and the nervous and absorbent system is invigorated. These pills are suitable for all classes and all ages. They have a most marvellous effect on persons who are out of condition j they Boon rectify whatever is m fault, restore strength to the body and con fidence to the mind. Hqw is it that Clarke' Blqod Mixture has obtained such great popularity is a question which has perplexed many. The answer is, that it is unquestionably the finest Blood Purifier that soience and medi cal skill have brought to light. Thousands of wonderful cures have been effected by it. For Scrofula, Scurvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood diseases, Bad Ijegs, Sores and Pimples of kinds it effects are mar vellous. Sold everywhere, at 2s 9d per bottU. Beware of worthless imitations and substitutes. (2)

PARLIAMENTARY

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wellington, October 23 The Council resumed at 10.35 p.m. BILLS PASSED. The Horowhenua Native Land Bill passed with amendments. The Public Works Appropriation Bill, and the Appropriation Bill were received from the House, and after a short debate were put through all their stages. The Council rose at 11.35 p.m. 1 Wellington, October 24 The Legislative Council met at noon, and, the Royal assent to the Appropriation Bills having been an nounced, adjourned sine die.

The House resumed at 2.30 p.m. > THE APPROPRIATION BILLS. The Public Works Appropriation Bill and the Appropriation Bill were introduced and read a second time. The House went into Committee on the Bills. " . | Clause 2—Appropriation Bill. i Mr Saunders spoke strongly on the' necessity of the House meeting early m May instead of late m June as now almost invariably happened. It was very inconvenient for country members to be kept m Wellington till such a late period of the year as October. He moved a proviso to clause 2, to the effect that the Colonial Treasurer should be prohibited from paying any moneys beyond those authorised by the Appro priation Act until an Imprest Supply Bill was passed m the following year. This would render it necessary that Parliament should meet earlier than at present. Mr Ward said that he should like to agree to the proposal, but as the public accounts were made up to the 31st March, it would be impossible for the House to meet early m May. The Premier said that it would be simply impossible for Ministers to get the business ready for the House early m May. It was a most unheard of thing for the House to bind the Go vernment to meet so early m the year. Several of the country members urged that the House should meet earlier m the year. After a short discussion, Mr Saunders' amendment was put and lost by 31 to 23. The remaining clauses m both Bills were passed without amendment. SHIPPING AND SEAMEN'S BILL. A message was received from the Council to the effect that a compromise had been arrived at on the Shipping and Seamen's Bill. The report of the Conference was agreed to. REPLIES TO QUESTIONS, Replying to questions it was stated that the question of the creation of a reciprocal tariff between neighboring colonies would not be lost sight of by the Government during the recess: that when Ministers took over the railway, enquiries would be made as to the advisableness of adding refresh ment cars to all long-distance trains. THE APPROPRIATION BILLS* The Public Works Appropriation Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion for the third reading o? the Appropriation Bill, Captain Russell said that he hoped there would be much oblivion of what had been done this session. The Opposition were few m numbers, and they had not been aided by criticism from the Govern ment party m any way. Although Bills had been forced on the House m a most unreasonable manner, the Opposition had received no assistance from the Government supporters m making those Bills more acceptable td the country. Bills had been brought down this session which were not thought out, not properly prepared or even understood by Ministers them selves, and yet when the Opposition tried to improve those Bills they were taunted with obstruction. The policy of Ministers was one of bounce, blus ter, borrowing, bribing and abusing. He held that the Opposition liad not been guilty of obstruction m, any way. The only time that they had approached it was when they objected to go on with work at all hours of the morning, when they were physically unfit to do it. The session had opened with the gross impropriety of appoint ing a Sergeant-at-Arms m deliberate defiance of the Disqualification Act, and ended with the debate on the Pomahaka purchase. It was his delib erate opinion that the very unfortunate proceedings connected with the Pom ahaka purchase and the appointment of the Seargeant-at-Arms would during the next recess ring on every platform m the colony, and that both those undesirable transactions would be condemned by all right-think ing men. He referred to the enor mous sums of Jmoney placed at the dis posal of the Government this session. There was scarcely a districtin the colony where Ministers could not spend large sums of money utterly uncontrolled by Parliament. After condemning the attitude of the Premier m the Benmore correspondence, he went on to say that the country at present was m a most serious condition. He had never before known so much distress as existed m the colony. This condition of things was largely aggravated by the policy of the Government. Not only had the Government done no «ood, but they had also done harm, and he knew of cases where young men had come to the colony with money, but were frightened out of it again by the policy of the Government. The fact was there was not a single statesman on the Government benches. They were simply village politicians, and ever since they took office the ( colony had gone from bad to worse. He was glad to see that the country was at last waking up to a sense of the brue policy of the present Government, but he did not wish to see the colony turn against them yet, till it had seen the full effects of their disastrous administration. He prophesied that when the Opposition again came into power they would have a heart-break ing task to perform m pulling the country round. . . *. The debate was interrupted by the 5.30 adjournment. The House resumed at 7.30 p.m. Mr Beeves referred to the excellent speech delivered by Captain Russeli. He had said some very hard things of the Government, which if they had come from anyone else Miuisters would have resented very hotly; but [be thought thM an, hon gentleman]

who was responsible for the Polhill Gully purchase should not be so con demnatory of the Pomahaka purchase. He defended the latter transaction, and said that the rapid manner m which the land was being taken up showed that the prises charged to settlers were not too much. Captain Russell had glorified the Opposition fot their attention to the business of the House, criticism of Government mea sures, and for abstaining from obstruc tion. But he (Mr Reeves) remembered having frequently seen the Opposition benches almost deserted except by its two leaders. He admitted that Gap tain Russell had been assiduous m his attention to business, a.nd had dis couraged obstruction, but he should have spoken for himself and not for his followers. He did not think that the accusation of bribery against the Government was at all worthy of Cap tain Russell. He (Mr Reeves) denied that Ministers spent money only m dis tricts represented by their supporters. More money was spent m Clutha than m the whole of Canterbury, and the same happened m other districts repre sented by their opponents. He re sented Captain Russell's statement that Ministers were all dummies who had to obey the will of the Premier. It came badly from a member of the Atkinson Government, as it was well known that there never was Huch a one-man Government ag that led by Sir Harry Atkinson (Captain Russell —That was before my time). That might be, but be asserted that the subordinate mem bers of the present Government had minds of their own, and without re vealing Cabinet secrets, he might gay that they frequently expressed their opinions m opposition to those of the Premier. Captain Russell had referred to the session as being a barren one, but he (Mr Reeves) asserted that there never had been a session m which a lot of Bills were not discharged from the Order Paper, or m which certain Bills were not killed m the Upper House. He thought that the Government's solid work of the session would com pare most favourably with other sessions. The Government had carried out the policy which they had been put into office to carry put. They had effected reforms m the system of taxation and land settlement. They had almost abolished dutnmyistn, and had carried out more labour legislation than any party m any country, not even excepting progressive America itself. He thought that the Advances to Settlers Bill, the Industrial Arbitra tion and Conciliation Bill, and the Land for Settlements Bill, were quite sufficient to stamp the session as a memorable one. The revision of the Standing Orders was also a moat important reform, although it had not effected all that was expected of it. The Government had done what they had been asked to do by the working classes, and they had done more than aoy Liberal party m the colony had yet attempted. The Opposition had never attempted to prove that any single employer m the colony had lost his profits owing to the labour legisla tion of the Government. It was a complete answer to the charge that the Government were responsible for the depressed condition of the colony, to say that New Zealand was not nearly so depressed as the other colonies, where there was 110 Liberal Govern : inent m power, and where no labour legislation existed. After bearing tsstimony to the loyalty of the Liberal party, he said that his conviction was that they would work together as loyally next session as they had done on the whole this session. The present session had been one of the most useful ever held m the colony, and he felt sure that its good effects would be appreci ated by the people. Sir Robert Stout asked whether the Government, had passed a single measure to benefit the social life of the people. Why, even the Licensing Bill, which would have improved the social life of the people, was not attempted to be passed, notwithstanding all the Premier's boaßting about it. The alteration m the Standing Orders had been a positive curse, and had pro longed the business m Oemmittee al most indefinitely. So far from pur suing a self-reliant and non-borrowing policy, there had never been a House that talked so lightly of borrowed money and millions as the present one, and if things did not alter they would not only bave more borrowing, but also increased taxation, He (Sir R. Stout) said that the Government followers had exercised a certain amount of independence towards the end of the session and he predicted that next session they would be still more inde pendent m their action towards Ministers. ■ The Premier denied that there was any violation or evasion of the law m Colonel Eraser's case ; neither Was the Government party forced to vote on the matter. If the same thing were to happen again he should act m the same way, as he felt that neither he noi his party had done anything to regret Sir R. Stout had complained that the Government had done nothing to im prove the social condition of the people, but what had he (Sir R. Stout] done m that respect. The Premier de fended his action over the Licensing Bill, and said that Sir R. Stout himsell was responsible for a great deal of the delay that took place over that mea sure as he had opposed it being sent tc the Statutes Revision Committee, and he (Mr Seddon) was thwarted m his desire. He regretted now that he had given way m that respect, and said that but for that the Bill might now be on the statute book. He asserted that the Government had done a great deal for the laborers by promoting settlement of the land and by employing men to make roads into the bush. He de fended the Standing Orders as being a great improvement on the former s,tate of things, and denied that they were a perfect curse as state,d by Sir Robert Stout. The Premier defended the policy of the Government at great length, and accounted for population leaving the country at present by the attraction of the Ooolgardie goldfields. He referred to the noble support given to the Government by their party, and said that whenever the Government called on thorn they supported them almost to a man. Referring to the defeat of the Midland Railway Bill he attributed it to the fact there was a large number of members who were determined that the North Island Trunk and OtagQ Central Railway*

fflE ASHBUftTOJS 6tJABDfAN: WEDtfE&DA*, OCTOBER U % 1894.



I^o Stimulant has given so much favor i-* with the Natives as Health Tea, It wust be good ; ask your for it



Wanted OWN Make m Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, ftlualins, Flannelettes, Trimming*, etc., at Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Baker's Buildings. ANTEITKnown -That if you are m want of a first class article m sum mer Boots and Shoes, you cannot do better than call at J. Moison's ; you will get the very bast at reduced prices. As for his own make, they are well known to the delight of the wearers, throughout the lustralasian cobnieß. Repairs well done and ar once Premier Boot Maker, Town Hall Boot Store, East street, A&hburton. ' """"new ~~ spring and summer GOODS OPENING UP THIS WEEK. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, NEW GOODS MEN'S New Shapes Hard Hats GOODS Men's New Shape Soft . NEW flats GOODS Men's New Lounge Hats r(nnT4Q NEW —ljoz weight GOODS Men's New Tennis Hats n ria NEW Men's, Boys' and Youths' GOODS Straw Herts . nnnei NEW GOODS -SPECIAL- n nna NEW GOODS „__ The New Swimming Com- „__„, NEW bination Suit GOODS «^«r Mon'B and youth*' Black r-nmw NEW Lade Shirts GOODS „„ New Tennis Sashes NEW New Cycling Shirts GOODS New Tennis Shirts NEW New Cricket Shirt s GOODS NEW —SPECIAL— GOODS NEW IHOI New Ties and GOODS Bows NEW GOODS NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager



Wanted. \ WANTED Known—The Ladies' usual Orange Social will be held m the Orange Hall on Monday, November 5. Double tickets 33 6d, extra lady Is provided. 10 137 WANTED KNOWN— Dressmaking prices to suit the times. Material dresses from 8s 6d, Prints from 7s 6d. Fit and style guaranteed.—Miss Murphy, Old Kindergarten, East Street. FIRE ! Fire ! Fire ! £40 worth of New Books to arrive about Monday, October 22, direct from London. My Circulating Library is the most popular m Ash burton Terms—simple and easy. Subscribers can change Books at the Bookstall or at my Shop, Tancred Street. Latest new Books added to Library every month. Text, Birthday, Christmas* New Year Cards, Picture Books, Scraps, cheap, and m great variety.—J. Marsdbn. ICE CREAM, Ice Cream, Ice Cream, now ready at H. A, Flower's, East street, Ashburtcn. Ice supplied at shortest notice. 10 114 W~" ANTED —Every Lady to try Madam Balcombe's Patent Ex panding Belt Corset, guaranteed whale bone throughout. Orders left at MrE. Hall's, Herbalist, Ashburton, will receive prompt attention. 10 86 /"\YSTERS, Fried Flounders, »nd \_/ Whitebait every night at Jewitt's, Deep Sea Fishing Company, opposite Mail office. 9 166 OQPRA.Y is selling Firewood 25s • O per cord, delivered. Coal from 6s per quarter. Good heart fencing material very cheap. Opposite Mercantile Store, West Street. SWEEPING Reductions. —Is Booka for 9d, Is 6d Books for Is, 2s Books for Is 6d, 2s 6d Books for 2s, and all others at equfcl rate of reduction at L. F. Andre wbs and Cos., Cash Sale. 618 HAKA.TERE.— The Somerset Meat Mart has long held " tho cake " as the best and cheapest shop m town for cash purchasers. The old reputation will be maintained. Matton 2d per lb, Saus ages 4d per lb. All other lines reduced. For Cash only W. J. Silcock. 852 ANTED Known—That owing to the success of the Sale now being held up at Saucders' Buildings, opposite Rail way Station, is will be continued fox another twenty-eight days. lam not advertising a few cheap lines, but the whole of the stock. Don't lose the oppor tunity of securing genuine bargains—A Lawbie. 7 166 EDWARDS, Bennett's Sale.~Grand lot new and fashionable Furs and) Mantles ; half price. Come and take youi pick at Mrs Adajw, "TTH ANTED Known—The Corner Is YY showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H, Colmee. NOTICE I Notice Sport for all Guns let out on hire cr sold on tima payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns ot any description. Gun fittings m stock. Prices low.—J. W. Hardley, Ironmonger, etc. WANTED Known—Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything m the optical i»e at S. SiLEK's, Optician, _____ WANTED Known —The Cheapes! House m tewn for First-class Millinery and Drapery is H. 0. Severs, Melford House.' ______ VjiTANTED Known—Special line oi v V Genta' Uegatta Shirts, all eiises. with or without collars, 2a 6d.—W. H. COLMEE. 11TANTED Known -Before buying W your Hats come and see our Stock. Greatest variety to choose from In Anhburton. All marked very Cheap, - H. C. Segers, Melford House. LARGE Purchase Embroideries at; Edwards, Bennett's Sale; over ninety pieces to choose from. Ladies' Trousseaux made on short notice. Orna ments, Fancy Goods, and Dolls' Pramß at Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Havelock Street T> EOENT Arrivals —Ladled' and Gentle -Ei» men's Summer Boots and Shoes, Cricketing and Tennis Shirts. Unlimited selection of Summer Ties and Hats.— Mitchei.li and Turner. BUTTER, BUTTER, fresh and good 6<l per lb, Just arrived—A Line of BBA Shears, also a good assortment oi Turkey Stones. Come early and get you* choice. Note address—Fletcher Bros, Enst street (next Bank of New Zealand; Ashburton. TO LADlES.—Spring Cleaning.—We have just received Three Cases of Curtains and Liberty Muslins, together with new Patterns m Carpets, Oilcloths, and Linoleums. China Matting from Bid per yard.—Mitchell and Turner. TUST Opened, a splendid line of fashion «* able Dress Stuffs, m Cardinals, Maroons, Navies, Browns and Blacks. To be sold under wholesale price.—H, C. Segers, Melford House. BANG ! Bang ! Bang I My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Club Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hardley's, Gun Emporium. WE Hold a Large Stock of the Latest Novelties m Materials for Blouses and Walking Dresses. Just opened, ex Pakeha and lonic, Dress Goods of choice selection, Sunshafcs and Umbrellas.—Mitchell and Turner. LANKETS bought at Edwards Bennet's Sale, a special line of Doubla Blankets at 7s 9d. Extra large and heavy Jj>s 6d and 16a [6d.~-Robert Alcorn, Baker's Buildings. GUNS ! Guns ! Guns i My new stock of Gunsj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Loaders, Rifles, etc. In spectlon invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. Hardley's Sporting Repository R^~OBERT ALCORN has opened m Baker's Buildings, $ext the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, efce., bought at Edwards, Bennett's and tihe Kaiapoi S*les, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashbarton, Also an assortment of Boots. \XTAR \ WAR —Great Sacrifices as » Goods muse b© sold cheaper than ever, to make room for other goods to arrive shortly. Books and Magazines, Writing Papers and Envelopes, Pocket Books, Purses, Writing Oases, Ink stands, Pictures, Music, Accordeons from 7s 9d, Concertinas, Violins, Banjos, Zither Harps, Photo Frames and Albums, Scrap and Postage fckamp Albums, Indoor Games, School Bags, and a great variety of goods too numerous to mention; all at greatly oj,Vtqad prices for cash this month at L, F. AN^REft/ES Aj*D Co.'s, Cheap Sale. ""DOLLAR CIGARETTES.—3d. N holder* or photos ~Stanjaj? .Zasder, Wholesale »genfc»



;■ Business notices [ ___—_.' IF YOU WANT GOOD VALUE FOB YOUB MONEY GO TO— G. J. NEIL US fiWHKRE THEY ARE SELLING AT LESS THAN COST FRtOB. HOD DP.~IHABD UP MUST HAVE BIONEY, TITO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED FOR ANY ARTICLE IN Jj THE SHOP. DRESS GOODS 2*d DRESS GOODS 3Jd Doable width Dress Tweeds Is lid Ileavy Skirting Is 6d—Reduoed to 9id Reduced to Is Fnion Shirting Is 2d—Reduced to 7|d TOWELS 2id Kid Gloves, four clasps Is 9d Double Bed-twill Sheeting, unbleached Flannelettes, yard wide 7£d—Reduced and White 9£d to 4|d White and Grey Calico Is lid doz Dr Warner's Corallne Corsets, 8s 6d . All Wool Manuel 7£d Reduced bo 5s lid CORSETS Is 9d per pair MILLINERY AND UNDER-CLOTHING AT YOUR OWN PRICE CLOTHING CLOTHING. Boys' Suits 3s lid Men's Tweed Iroasers 6s lid Boys' Suits 4a lid Men's Wodlen Socks TJd Boys' Caps 6d Men's Tweed Overcoats, with capes Men's Tweed Salts 13s 6d 17s 6d Men's Heavy All Wool Suits 35s 6d Men's Tweed Macintoshes, with capes Reduced to 22s 6d 39a 6d—Reduced to 23s 6d MEN'S SHIRTS, TIES, HATS, CAPS, etc., AT ANY PRICE. BLANKETS. BLANKETS. IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE MAKE, COLONIAL AND ENGLISH, AT ANY PRICE-FROM os Od PER PAIR. NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. BOOTS. BOOTS CHEAPER THAN EVER, WE CANNOT HELP IT AS WE WANT THE MONEY Women's Shoes 4s lid Women's Leather Lace B^ots, all sizes 5s lid THESE ARE SIMPLY GIVEN AWAY. Men's Bluchers 4s lid Boys' Nailad Shooters, Strong, 5s 6d Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid and 5s Od Men's Heavy Watertights, pegged, Ladies' French Snoes 11s 9d—Reduced 15s 6d—Reduced to lls 6d „ to 8s Od CHILDREN'S TAN SHOES AND SLIPPERS AT YOUR OWN PRICE AT G. J, JN E I L lAS, FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, e;ast street, ashburtonj Cash. We Want CASH. W. H. COLLINS & CO. PAPERHANGINGS. PAPERHANGINGS. SIX BALES Containing 1800 PTECES of THIS SEASON'S WALLPAPERS WdICH MUST B;E -SOLD, fTIHE CONSIGNEE not being able to complete his purchase, these Goods have been handed over to us and WILL BE SOLD AT REDUCED RATES TO CLEAR THE LINE. W. H. COLLINS and CO. fßoyal Insurance Company j Grey Valley Coal Company. AGENIS FOR | .Springfield Pottery Company 1 Corben and Go's Celebrated Enamelled Mantelplaces I fVTcKenzie s Furniture Renovator [Black Ball Coal Company BROST Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Etc- '• /\« - • \j* SOLE AGENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING:— THE CELEBRATED Pecrl("S§ anil Premier Tea?. Peerless Tea, Bibs for 5s Peerless Tea, 61bs for 9s 9d Premier Tea, 31bs for 5s 5d Premier Tea, 61bs for 10s 5d POTTER'S HERBAL BEER EXTRACT— 7d per Bottle, 6s 6d jser dozen Sufficient to make six gallons of Splendid Hebbal Beer. BLADDON'S HE ALT £1 SALINE, OR LIFE SALT — A combination of Oxygenerated Salts with the Ripe Juices of Lemons, Limes and Oranges. • ■ TONIC, EFFERVESCING, TASTELESS AND APEKIENT, Is 3d Per Bottle. RAWLINGS' SOAP MANUFACTORY {Only the Finest Quality of Fat used). Almond Fcented, Large Bars, 32 bars toowt 9s 9d per Box Perfect Cleanser, 40 bars to cwt y s 9d per Box Domestic, 40 bars to cwt ... : 7s lid per Box —REMEMBER— TUE BUY $OR CASH", make NO BAD DEBTS*, therefore we are able to SELL GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, Etc, at a LOWER RATE than any house m the trade — NOTE A!Df»BESS — FLETCHBK BROS-, CASH SUPPLY STOKES, fc&ST STKffifi^ ASHBURTONT, (Next Bank of New Zealand) ALSO 107 aa2UO9 Lower High Stree 1, Christchurch.