Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1894. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Conn, the Shaughraun, this evening* Nearly £18,000,000 worth of wool was shipped from Australasia for the seasoni One hundred and eighty deaths from drowning were recorded last year in Syd ney. Many acres of Indian corn have been grown by the Maoris at Papawai, in the Wairarapa, this season. The labour party in Adelaide intend re questing the Government to start new works, with the object of giving relief to the unem* ployed. The quantity of sugar exported from Queensland last month amounted to 3451 tons making a total of over 50,000 tons during the season. The Geraldine Acclimatisation Society have obtained convictions against two men named Cook for fishing without a license. They were fined £15. In the New South Wales Assembly the other night, one member suggested that j members should be charged Is per inch for their speeches appealing in Hansard. Mr Justice Conolly has ruled that transfers of shares in the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company are not exempt from stamp duty under the New Zealand statue. In the telegraphic list of teachers who had passed their examination, the names of Miss Hannah Curd was omitted. Misa Curd as well as Mr F. B. Curd, passed in fall in class D. In discussing the best method to get rid of ! the small birds nuisance, the Chairman of the Selwyn County Council said that this year the farmers had suffered more than usual from the ravages of the (tntJl bird?, and it WB# remarkable that at the same time there had bees a, snjall plague of caterpillars. A member assured the Council that while there was plenty of grain to appease their appe tites, the birds would not demolish the cater pillar. The monthly meeting of the Tinwald Town Board was held on Friday last, when i al!|tho njembers were present. Alterations op the valuation roll JFgre ordered to be ' mads as follows t— Mr k\ I^wjs to Ifc T. , Stone, and Mr T. Stone to Mr A- H. Sljury, j After som« minor business the $oard ad- j journed. A special meeting waa held imme diately after the monthly meeting when the striking of a general rate of § of a penny in the pound was confirmed, and Messrs Red mayne and Stone were appointed to sign the rate-book. The President of the Chamber of Com- Sienje in the course of his address on Tues day drew jg.ttsg.tion, to the fact that, nctwith standiag the experience oji tljp past, some farmers were threshing from the styok. Warnings had from time to time been given as to the risk run by anyone following out this practice, but it appears trom the remarks of the President that some farmers still prefer to "chance it," rather than take the trouble to securely stack their grain before threshing, bo as to render it safe from the effects cf ba.d weather, Tha demand for lai^d m the Central Otago district appears to be very keen. The Highfield Station, Maniototo County, which fronts the route of the Otago Central 1 Railway, was cut into fourteen small grazing ri^ns, jurying from 168 to 1690 acres, the | rent varying from §d to IQJ-d per acre. For | these 876 applications were received. There were 163 for one run, 152 for another, 123 i for a third, and between 80 and 100 for the four others. A dispute occurred in con-1 neotion with the ballot for one run, When I the result waa declared the successful ap- j plicant was npither present nor represented by an »gcat, itnd the Chief Commissioner ordered a second jballyfc, Subsequently the agent of the first successful applicant claimed . that his client was entitled to the land, as i thougty n#t hj the room he was in the Laud:

At the Lyttelton Magistrate's Court this morning, Campbell Brown, licensee of the Canterbury Hotel, pleaded guilty to having 322 uncustomed cigars in his posses sion on FeVuary 5, and was fined £50 and costs. Messrs T. Clarfcson and Jack Wilson left by the express at one o'clock to day to take part in the North Ofcago Cycling Club annual sports which will be held in 0 imam to-morrow. Ken Lewis, J. Boyd, E. Land, E. J. Lilly, A. R. Barker, and J. Bate, from Christchurch, also passed through. Portugal has a femalp bull-fighter. Her I name is Clotilde Me j stalk. She has prac ! tised bull-fighting only a few months, yet is i wonderfully expert in the arena. At her debut in Oporto, she killed two bulls, and a week later in Lisbon, she killed two more bulls. A very remarkable mirage was visible in the western sky at Napier the other night at sunset. A whole stretch of bush, with a road winding among the hills, some houses, and what looked like a small lake, were plainly projected upon the clouds. Hundreds of people gazed with much interest at the unusual optical effect. At the meeting of the Christchurch Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday the President took occasion to express hie personal satisfaction at the creation of the new port folio of Trade and Commerce. This has been, as has already been intimated, confided to Hon. J. G. Ward. Mr Booth expressed a hope that the new depar ure would result in the finding of fresh markets for our pro duce. We are apt to forget the size of the world when we think and speak of things as they exist in our own locality. For instance, we know that the wheat harvest begins in July in Britain and in January in the antipodes, and fancy that there is a gap of six months of the year in which no harvest is done. The fact is, however, that wheat is reaped in some part of the world in every month of the year, and this can be easily realised when we consider the extent of the world's surface and the consequent diversity of times and seasons in different parts. Harvest begins in January in Australasia, Chili, and the Argentine; February and March are the harvest months in India and Upper Egypt; April in Mexico, Lower Egypt, Turkey in Asia, Persia, and Cuba; May in North Africa, Central Asia, China, Japan, Texas, and Florida; June in California and the Southern States of America, in Portuagal, Spain, and Italy j July in Roumania, Bul garia, Hungary, Austria, France, Southern Russia, and the Northern States of America; August in England, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Lower Canada, Columbia, and Manitoba; September in Scotland, Ireland, North Canada, Sweden, and Norway ; October in Northern Russia; November in South Africa; December in Burmah, HollovtayX Pills. —Pure Blood.—When the Blood is pure, its circulation calm and equable, and the nerve j well strung, we are well. These Pills possess a marvellous power in securing these essentials of health by purifying, regulating, and strengthening the fluids and solids. Holloway's fills can be confidently recommended to all persona I suffering from disordered digestion, or worried by nervous fancies, or neuralgic pains. They correct acidity and heartburn, dispel sick headache, quicken the action of the liver, and act as alteratives and gentle aperients. The weak and delicate may take them without fear. Holloway's Pills are eminently serviceable to invalids of j irritable constitution, as they raise the action j of every organ to its natural standard, and j universally exercise a calming and sedative j \ influence. j

Ashburton Forks.

A meeting of ratepayers in the Upper Forks district of the Mount Somers Road District was held in the Forks schoolroom on Monday night. Mr McCormick, a member of the Road Board, was called to the chair. There was a strong muster of residents although the night was dark and wintry. The chairman reported that the peti tion to the County Council, of the rate payers in the Upper Ashburton Forks, hid been signed by more householders than was required by the Act. There had been no refusal. The petition of ra' epayers of the Upper Ashburton Road Board hid not cnly the unanimous ap proval of the members of that Board but had been most willingly signed and was in order. The petitions would be presented to fche County Council at their next meet ing. , , Great indignation was expressed by several ratepayers at the unfair treatment to which that district hid been subjected by the Mount Somers Road Board for years past. It was considered that the district was far too large for the manage ment, the outlying portion* having been compelled from time to time to better their condition by separation. From statistics collected at the meeting it was shown tha* 29,000 bushels of grain wa3 threshed and 273 bales of wool pro duced last year by those present, nearly all of which was carted to Ashburton over roads to which they had hitherto con tributed nothing. The total weight of produce was 730 tons besides back loads and thousands of sheep; no less than 9000 having gone to and from Ashburton from the Alford station within the year. A ratepayer alluding to the counter petition got up by a section of the Spring burn residents, said it was the first evi dence of interest shown by them In the welfare of an outlying district, that whilst the petitioners pocketed the profit? from the sale of timber they expected others to keep their roads in order. Mr Herring estimated that the result of a readjustment of road districts would be a redaction of 66 per cent in their rates and more done to the roads. Two dele gates were appointed to present the peti tion to the" County Council on Friday next and the meeting separated.

"The Kaimakan Mac- Donald."

"The Kaiuwkm alacDonald," whose regiment, the 2nd Egyptian Infantry, now at Wady Haifa, has been so warmly praised by fche Turkish Commissioner Ei Ghazi Mnkhtar Pasha, is Major Hector Archibald Mac Donald, D.5.0., of the Royal Fjisiliers. The Kaimakan's record (says the Pall Mall Gazette) is a singularly brilliant one. After a service of over nine years in the ranks, Mac Donald, then a sergeant, was given a commission in the Gordon Highlanders for the conspicuous gallantry he displayed in the afghan war. He subsequently went through the whole Transvaal campaign of 1881. and will be well remembered as gar ison adjutant at Assiout during the Nile Expedition of 1885. In'thelatter year ht joined for three years the Egyptian Constabulary, and since 1888 has been attached to the Egyptian Army, seeing a good deal more acoive service, and winning a third men tion in despatches, promotion to a vacant majority in the Royal Fucdiera, the D 5.0., the third-ola^s in Medjidie, and fche third-class Osmanleh. From sergeant in 1880 to all this and the command of even an Egyptian regiment in 1893,, is a nuick rise Indeed, but the Kaimakan Mac- Donald is certainly not grudged his advancement by any who know what a good and gallant Highlander he is.

The Keunedy-Deering Company.

" RUN TO EARTH."

For their second night of the present season the Kennedy-Ueei ing Company were favored with very favorable weather for play-goers, and as a result the Odd ■ fellows' Hall last night was crowded in every part, only standing room being available at the back The piece chosen, "Run to Earth," is all that can be desired, both from an actor's and from an audience's point of view. The plot has been written by a master playwright, and ia therefore c irefully aud naturally worked ©ufc, and the piece abounds with striking situations which give the com pany ample scope to display their talent. One feature, however, is distinctly essential to the proper staging of " Run J to earth,"— scenery ; and in this also the j company were equal to the occasion. Their | furnace scene—in which the villain of the piece almost reaps the harvest of his evil doings—lacks nothing in its resemblance to the ruddy glare of a foundry cupola. Mr. J. J. Kennedy takes the leading part as " Crookbdßiles," and as such represents the worst passions that are supposed to exist in the human breast —an exact opposite to his part of the previous night. The result was another tribute to Mr Kennedy's powers as a real actor. As "My Partner '* and the essence of manli ness, his fine phyfical bearing and cultured elocution enabled him to take the part to perfection, and tb was hard to think of him as anything else. Yet last night he was called upon to represent » very mend Incarnate, or a stage adaption of Dickens '♦Daniel Quitp." Everyone who has read «• The Old Curiosity shop " will remember Quilp the dwarf, deformed to the utmost extent of uglinees both in body and mind, and this was "Crooked Biles. 1 Perhaps Mr Kennedj,s best scenes were when he exhibited his or&ven fear of death before the furnace, and his Impersonation in the fourth act of the madman, with oc casional lucid moments. Mr Frank Nor ton waa well suited in his part as " Jack Weldon," and waa seen to advantage throughout the play, acting according to his varied fortunes wirh great versatility. "Mr Robert Meredith" the cultured and polished villain was well represented by Mr Harry Saville, and Mr W. J. Coulter gave a good impersonation of the rough but honest ironworker. Mr Deering took only a small part, that of an acrobat, ©f which, however, he made the most. The parts of Crispin St. Nightingale, the masher, and of Tom Stirling were allotted to Mr Milton Moss and Mr W. E. Jer myn, and in common with the remaining characters were exceedingly well repre sented. The leading role of the female cast was taken by Miss Linda Raymond as "Hester Dale," and as such she was even more successful than on the previous nighr. "Lettie Brighteyes," the vivacious and sprightly maiden for ever making capital of her sweetheart's jealousy, was capitally pourtrayed by Miss Lily Hill, while Miss Bertha Halcott made an ex cellent Aunt Kezlah. The piece went well throughout, and at the end of the acts the principals were called before the curtain.

SPORTING.

WANGANUI JOCKEX" CLUB'S AUTUMN MEETING.

Wanganui, February 27. The following final payments were re ceived to-night for the Wanganui Cup Handicap, of ROO soys ; One mile and three-quarters.

ChristchukCH, February 27. The Dancer haa been scratched for the Great Easter Handicap.

Isolation of Consumptive Patients.

The wholesome tyranny of the New- York Board of Health (says the corres pondent of the " Sydney Herald") has become almost proverbial. There is prac tically no limit to it, and as it as yielded the beneficent result of stamping out smallpox, typhus, and cholara, in spite of continual reimportations of these pests from less severely-policed Europe, people submit to it without a murmur, etfen when a child is torn from its parents to die alone in an island hospital. The board has taken a bold step, for after declaring that " whereas tuberculosis is a contagious disease, and is distinctly preventible, and whereas it is acquired by the direct transmission of the tubercle bacilli from the sick to the well, usually by means of the dried and pulverised sputum floating as dust in the air, and whereas, ib can be largely prevented by simple and easily applied measures of cleanliness and disinfection, aad to an extent by segregation of those suffering from it," it has recommended such segregation in all hospitals, and the erection as soon as pos sible of a special" consumptive hospital," to which all cases shall be transferred. The president of the board even goe3 further than this, for he desire? the pas sage of a law requiring physicians to re port all tuberculosis cases within seven dtys after the first visit, and the compul sory seclusion of the. patients from the community. M*ny doctors think that the board has In this case taken too positive a stand on the ground which is fairly de bateable, but the local sentiment of New York ia cerbalaly with the board.

The Wheat Market.

The rßal position of the English market in Australian wheat cargoes of the present season is now (says the " 4.rgus " becom ing clear, the sale of two cargoes, January- February shipment, at 2Qi per 4801b, c.f.i., being reported, this price being equal to 2s 4| : d to 2a 4§d, f.0.b., Melr bourne. From private sources we learn that sales at 26 s cannot at the moment be repeated, & hopeless feeling prevailing with ragard to the future of the market. It has to be remembered that the great fall of the last two years has wiped out nearly all the whe*t merchants who had survived previous disasters, ani that there is no one left in London possessed of pluck enough to speculate a cargo even at the existing low price. The business is simply a commission one, the agent (no longer a merchant) only buying on account of millers. The deplorable condition of the market is" to some extent due to the raising of the duty in Franco, for that country is the principal con pumer of Australian wheats. The protec tive weapon is being turned against our wheat-growers with a vengeance. In ad dition to the French action, the enormous supplies that Russia, the gceafc Colossus of the north, can bury the market with this year frighten purchasers and com mission merchants alike- The treaty with Germany may, however, lighten the pres sure, but yet the fact remains that, de spite the earlier estimates of a shortage— which we never accepted—the aggregate production of wheat in 1893 has caused a veritable avalanqhe.

Sheep Stealing at Waimate.

All over the district of Walmate com plaints are great over the loss of sheep, which are unaccounted for by death, and there is no doubt a gre.it deal of sheep stealing in smali lots is carried on. An unsuccessful attempt waa recently made on a sheep in Knottingly Park, Waimate. Its owner noticing the animal lam?, caught and examined, it. and found one of thefront legs nearly cut to the bone all round the shank, and a piece of strong cord in the wound. There waa also another piece of cord round one of the hind legs. The sheep had evidently been caught, and its hind, and fore legs tied together, and it was then left by its captor for a more convenient time for carrying away. In the meantime the animal's struggles broke the cord, and it escaped The thief was evidently a good judge, as he selected a dry four-tooth half-bred ewe in excellent condition.

WINSLOW.

The annual treat of the children at tending the Winslow Schorl was held on Friday, February 23, In a paddock close to the school, kindly lent by Mr Keller. The afternoon was spent in races, games, etc., and every child on the ground re ceived something in the shape of a prize or present. One interesting feature was a married women's race for a fire shovel and poker, made and given by Mr W. Cockle, and won by MrsT. Drennan. Ax, about 5.30, the children safe down to an excellent repast in the echoolroom. After having done full justice to the eafcablea and to themselves, the adults had their inoings, and at about 7.30 the room was cleared and seated, and the prizes were distributed by the chairman of the committee Mr P. Grace. Bach child received a prize. The sewing prizes consisted of useful and ornamental articles, kindly given by the ladies of the district). Ihe sewing mistress, Mrs Wakeham, was the recipient of a present from The parents of the girls In the sewing class for the trouble she had taken through the year. The meeting closed with the usual votes of thanks and the large party dispersed after a thoroughly enjoyable day t

War in the nEW hEBRIDES

Some facts with regard to the outbreak of war In the New Hebrides, are quoted by the Auckland " Star " from a letter from Mrs Watt, wife of a Presbyterian missionary at Tanna, unler date of November 15. After giving details of ordinary mission work and of a somewhat perilous boat passage between two of the mission stations, she writes hopeful words. Some who had turned their back upon the church and school have resumed attend ance, and manifested a better attitude towards the liospel, and a better demean our towards Lhe missionary and hia wife, Ihis state of things had been somewhat marred, however, by the breaking out afresh of w&r in the near neighborhood. "An old veteran heathen," writes Mrs Watt, " had been shot in the back as he was returning home from a neighboring village; hia body lay all night where he fell, but next day his friend went, carried his body home, and buried ifi. A few hours after this tragedy was enacted hia f riendssought revenge, and went stealthily to the village of another tribe, buc their approach having been discovered by a young woman, her life must go. Poor lassie! all unsuspecting she had gone a few yards from her door to cut some firewood, when the mean assassins aimed at her. There were three who fired—two missed, the third fired the fatal shot. This poor girl was one of the mosfc useful mission girls—a good sch lar, and a help in the work of the school. One of her last acts was reading a portion of the New Testament just before going for the firewood. The war thus occasioned has led to the practical sus pension of the work where ifc rages. The school has oeen closed, and the teacher gone to the head station ; he returns, however, on the Sabbath and conducts service,"

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourselves responsible tor the opinions expressed by our correspondents.)

CIGARETTES.

TO THB EDITOR,

Sir, —Mr Flower wants to know what he has to do when a boy says that the cigarettes are for his father. Mr Flower must know as well as I do that the boy is telling him a falsehood, merely to obtain the coveted cigarettes, and I Am very much surprised at Mr Flower's asking such a foolish question. When a boy ap plies to me for matches, cigarettes, to bacco, etc,, I refuse point blank, and tell him if his father wants these he musfc come himself- But the boys don'fc apply to me now, knowing that it would be use less for them to do so. I was not aware that any one sold cigarettes at two for a penny. If such is the case it is holding out evsry inducement to the boys to ob tain that which is a stumbling block to their growth. Such men cannot be very particular as to how they obtain a living when they lower themselves down to sell ing two cigarettes for a penny. I must inform Mr Flower that he would loose his wager if he bet on ma being the two a ' penny a man. I don't sail any loose ciga rettes ;. I don't sell anything less than a box; I don't sell any cigarettes at less than sixpence per box; 1 don't keep any inferior brands of cigarettes or tobacco. I am not sure if Mr Flower smokes ciga rettes or not. If he does I could, safely say that he would not smoke ths cigarettes that are retailed out to the boj s on the excuse that they are for their fathers or brothers or some other imaginary person. Giving Mr Flower my name would not lessen the evil of "selling cigarettes to boys,—l am, etc., Cigarettes,

CABLE NEWS.

Mr Panmure Gordon offers to taM half a million of the Melbourne MetiH politan Board of Works bonds at pafl exclusive of expenses. fl The Comte de Paris has withdraw™ his subsidy to the Monarchist Press lin the hope that he will be permitteJß to return to France. ■ A. large number of men are begin ning to leave Broken Hill for the newlj discovered goldfield at Wankaringa in South Australia. I Mr Yates Thompson, formerly pro-l prietorof the "Pall Mall Gazette," offerJ £38,000 for the erection of a mono] mental chapel in the old Palace Yard! in connection with Westminister Abbey. j The charge against Fredk. Drew oi the late firm of Mackreadie and Drewl manufacturers' agents, of having conl spired to defraud a. Paris firm, foJ which Mackreadie and Drew acted * Australian agents, out of abou £10,000, was dismissed in the Oit; Court. In connection with the Imperia Passenger Act, the New South Wale Colonial Treasurer states that th< Crown Law Officers have decided! that the Act over-rides all other Acts,] and also that the Act shall be enforced! where the interests of the travelling] public demand it. I

A Big Scheme.

London, February 27. The London County Council has submitted to a Royal Commission a scheme for forming London into on* corporation. The draft proposal pro yides for the amalgamation of Londoi into one municipal corporation consist ing of 118 councillors and ninetee aldermen under the Lord Mayor. A! the property of the city of London am County Council is to pass ibo the nei body, subject to trusts.

The Pacific Cable.

London, February 27. Sir Andrew Clark, acting Agenw General for Victoria, impresses on thei British Government and the Govern-j ment of the various Australasian colo-^ nies the necessity for developing an ocean mail route to the colonies through the Atlantic and Pacific on the ground that the naval, military political, and trading advantages of the Western route would greatly add to the poten tial strength of the Empire in the event of an outbreak of war.

TERRIBLE FLOODS.

(Received February 28,11.45 a.m.) Perth, February 28. Terrible floods have occurred in i Kimberley district. Fifteen natives were drowned in the Lenn&rd river. It is feared when communication is restored it will be found that many whites also have perished. Sixteen inches of rain fell in forty eight hours, and the country is under water for miles, in some places sixty feet deep.

THE ANARCHISTS.

London, February 27. The jury empannelled at the inquest on the Anarchist Bourdin, who was killed by an explosion at Greenwich Observatory, returned a verdict of felo de se. Oolmiol MeyeuxUe testified that it was clearly the intention of the deceased to throw the bomb into the Observatory, but the explosion was premature* Rome, February 26. What was thought to have been aa attempted outrage by the discharge of a bomb in a theatre in Pisa turns out, ou investigation by the police, to have been merely the harmless explosion of fireworks,

Disaster In West Africa.

London, January 26. j News from the West Coast of Africa states that one hundred marines and men of the West India regiment, who were ordered to co-operate with Captain Gamble at Ganjor have re turned safely, having destroyed a number of native villages. Admiral Bedford's expedition against the Arab chief will be reinforced by a party of fifty marines from the Cape. Twenty men have been sent from I Plymouth to replace the wounded men belonging to H.M.S. Raleigh. Sydney, February 27. Lieutenant Arnold, who was killed at Bathurst, was well-known here. He had served on the Diamond and Kelson, and married a Sydney lady. ___________________

IMPERIAL POLITICS

London, February 27» The Government programme fop next session includes the registration of evicted tenants and the disestablish" ment of the Welsh Ohurch. Mr Glad stone declines to bring forward a proposal for granting Home Rule to Scotland. The Government has accepted the amendments made by the House of Lords in the Parish Councils Bill, dealing with compulsory purchase and hiring of land, and the appointment of trustees of parochial charities. The Bill is now regarded as safe* Parliament prorogues on March 5, and reassembles on March 12. (Received February 28,10.45 a,m.) It is reported that acute differeneo ofopinionprevailsintheOabinetrespect ing the navy vote. The Radicals are urging that the amount should be limited to three millions.

BRAZIL.

Rio Janieko, February 26. The forts at iSictheroy sank the insurgent warship Jupiter, Yellow fever ia increasing in viru lence, as Admiral Gama will not allow the city refuse to be discharged in th,Q bay. ■Washington, February 2<L Unless the coming Presidential election in Brazil results in a settle ment o£ the dispute between the two belligerent factions, the United States Government will interfere with a view to bringing about a cessation o| hostilities. (Baifeived Feburary 28, 10.45 a.m.) Rio de Janiero, February 27. The crew of the Jupiter sunk by tha Kictheroy batteries perished.

THE ASHBURTON fIPAfiPIAM : WEDNESDAY, FPBRUABy 28, 1894



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HARVEST CHjECtITES, Ol 1594, WILL FIND THEIR WAY TO G. J. NEILL and Go's T&EY GIVE THE BEST VALUE IN ASHBURTON FOR READY MONEY X>R,A.PJEfry A.NJD CLOTHING. Women's Hats 6d Turkey Re<? s|d Women's Ribbed Hose 6d Men's Tweed Suits 16* 6d Chiffons in ah colors Is 34, reduced to Men's Colonial Tweed Suits 193 6d B£d Boys' Tweed Suits from 3* lid Wishing prints 2s lid doz A few Boys' Washing Suits left, to be White Muslin 3i lid doz cleared at 3a Pd Summer Bress«B 3j lid ' BoyV Caps 6d each ' Cretonne 3Ad Men's Braces 8d Double-bed Sheeting 0M 20doz Mtn's Merino Socks.6d Berlin Wool Is lid BOOTS, BOOTS. The Best and Cheapest Boots in New Zealand are to be had lit Or. J. NEILL AflD GO'S. Men's English Balmorals 7s lid Babiesj Slippers la pair Men's Strong Leather Shoee 7a lid Cwms *a& tan Leather Show, in all Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid sizes at ridiculous prices Women's strong Leather Shoes 03 lid A very largo assortmestfs of OhUdren s Women's strong Elastic-side Boots > and Maid's Gem shoes m Tansland 6d, reduced to 5s lid Black. Good and cheap WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. SMALL PROFITS AND QXTIOK RETURNS AX 8, «/. NEILL d GO'S, FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET, Re The Assigned Estate of Messrs Hardley Bros* the Valua in Oue.PRtNTS RB3DUOSD to HAfcf PRICE WASHING DRILLET4 REDUCED FROM 9jo to 6|j>. Ml ilrees Materials REDUCED TO NfiAttLY UALtf TUB FORMER PRtOES, FOR IK3TAHCE PLAIN CASHMBRBS, REDUCED PROM 16|d TO 90. STKIPiS AND CHECK ALG WOOL DRESS TWEED REDCJOED FROM 14d TO 80, AND ALL OTHER^DRESS MATERIALS EQUALLY BBDUCEO. HBOK &IN"GHA\f* RRDUOED FROM 10& DTO Hd] ALL MANCHESTER GOODS SUCH AS CALICOES, STOCKINGS, KLANKBLS, BLANKETS, HOLLANDS, TICKING, SHIRTINGS, SELSEUS, FLOOR-CLOTHS, ETC., REDUCED TO COST PRICE. msn's samrs, hits, socks, ties, Ere, fIS WCm TO CO3T PRIG 3, AND Iff MANY OASES VERY MUCH UNDISR COST. Men's &nd Boys' Clothing. £ OUR MEN'S ALT WOOL COLONIAL SUITS AT 32s 6d AND 35s 6d, NOT TO BE BRATBN IN THE COLONY tat HOU-JB MAS ALWAw^ HEM NOTED FOR THE VERY BEST VALUE IN BOOTS BUT NOW COMB AND SBjr. | n\ v, SPENCER. A RiHUli ASHIS Ult T •'-> 1*



! Wan tea TT\>JEtSALE—A CottagePTano(English JD make); very cheap. Apply W., Guardian Office. 2 196 LICENSING ELECTIONS-Rev W. Gillies, tho famous Temperance Speaker, will deliver address on Fbiday, March 9, in Oddfellows' Hall. Full notice later on. 2 189 rySO-LET. —A five-roomed honse with JL good wash house and garden.—W. W. Smith, Kton street, Hampstead. 1 198. , WANTED Known—Tomatoes, good ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, etc., at Marsdbn's Fruio Shop, below Mitchell and Tamer's. 2 109 /"I OOD Sheaf and Straw Chaff; very \J3T cheap for cash. Also, all kinds of Mill and Farm Produce.—J. Thomas, Havelock street. 2 2 fl *Q Let—That House at present cccv JL pied by Dr Hunter, Tancred street. Apply A. Okk. 2 56 OYSTERS and Fresh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fibhing Co.'a Shop, Burnett street, Ashburton. 2 62 WANTED Known—" The Corner " is showing a magnificent Few Stock of Drapery and Clothing.— W. H. Collier. WAITED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. fl. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 F"~~lß^Clasß Drapery, Boots, Clothing, etc., to be sold cheap at Secjbrs' Sale, from 20th February to 20th March. —Melford House. THE " Dollar Cigarettes " are becoming universal. H. Zander, Wnolesale , Agent. 2 CVTANTED Known.—To Harvesters YV —-Dungaree Jackets and Overalls, Harvest Hats and Shirts and Suits of all kinds, at prices to meat the times.— MtioHELi, & Turner. WANTED Known—-No reasonable oiler will be refused for the balance of our Summer Dresses, Milli nery, and Mantles. — Mitchell ako Turner. / iREAT Clearing Sale of Drapery, >-T Boots, Clothing, etc., at Melford House, from 20th February to 20th March, —H. C. Segers. WANTED Known.—Our Cheap Slippers ate selling in dozens. Children's from Is, women's Is 9d, Buy one pair and you will buy more.— Mitchell akd Turner . f|>HAT which brings most light and ■*- hope to poorest homes is Titan Soap. 11 183 ITTTANTED Known—Spectacles, eye VV protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S, Salek's, Optician. *' ' '"" """ ' —■-■'"■ ' 11 "i ■ ' ■■— in mm TV O different qualities of Health Tea -*-^ there is only one quality, and that a " The Best, '—Henry Zander, Whole ale Agent 2 45 t i / ANTED Known -W. H. Ggllibb s VV noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2a 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. BRINK. HEALTH TEA. It is the Best, the Purest, the most Invig) rating Tea. Henby Zander, Wholesale Agent. /"IHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, \^> Otvn make in ladies' and children's underclothing, Aprons and Pinafores. Mrs Alcorn, Saunders' Building. DON'T miss our Great Sale. For one month only, from 20th February to 20th March. Drapery, Clothing, Boots, ! etc.—H, C. Seqers, Melford House. DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap does the work. No rubbing. No machines. 11 182 — : : ———— - BANG ! Baag ! Bang 1 My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Bley's, Kynock's and, Club Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the firafc quality at J. W. Hardlby's, Gun Emporium. MEDIOAL Coils made and repaired on the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. TNTED Known—That A. J. Walker repairs Bicycle?, Sewing 4aehineß, Lawn Mowers, Medical Coils, and all descriptions of light machinery. WANTED Knovra.—To make room for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Reputes done at once cheaper than ever to stay bad times over at J. Moison, Premier Bootmaker. 8 18 IF yot want fiist-class fruit go to Adaks 1 for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. S~~OMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest the largest, the beat, »ud the cheap eat Small Goods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed, A trial solicited, j —W, J. SILOOCK. j M~]rS~ ALCORN~haa on sale for the Holidays vaiied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goois and Christmas Presents. Saunders' Buildings ONT Forgec to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to oe repaired, at moderate rates. GUNS Guns ! Guns ! My new stock of Guns just to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Loaders, Rifles, etc. Inspection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. Hardley's, Sporting Repository. NOTICE! Notice! Sport for all. Guns let out on hire or sold on time payments. Having a professional gun smith on the premises, I undertake to re pair Guns of any description. Gunfittings lin stock. Prices low.—J. W. Hardley, Ironmongers, etc. MR JOHN MARSDKN, of the Rail way Book Stall, will open a Book and Stationer's Shop two doors below Mitchell and Turner's, on SATURDAY, lOch of February. Books and Stationery afc the ioweat possible prices. Books clean, complete, and in good order will foe taken in exchange. Circulating library. 2 47 ■\TALENTINES, Valentine. Boxed, ▼ Love cards, Booklets, and Comic. Fire Screens, Pictures, Glass Ornaments. Christmas Cards, Cricket and Lawn Tennis Material, Photo Albums and Frames, and hundreds of other articles we to be sold a«- a great sacrifice for Cash during fcUis month only, at L. F Andrf.ww3 & Qf* Stationers' Hall, KEATING'3 POWDER decoys §vga, Fleas, Moths, Beetles and alt pther insects j whilst quite harmless to domestic animals " In extermbaatißg Beetles the success of tkis Fowder is eqcta*ordinary, It is per iecfcly .clean in application. See the article roVpwta-B is IRATING'S,«i mitations Le noxious and 4ae&e C tual. Tins, 6d, la aodgagdweh. Sold ty »1) pbwufa ,



FOR WEDDING PRESENTS, BIRTHDAY PRESENTS AND PRESENTATIONS, PAY a Visit to the Jewellery Establish ment of tt. Halek, WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER, Where iato be seen the LARGEST and j FINEST STOCK in the District of— SILVER AND SIVER-PLATED WARE, GOJDAND SILVER i JEWELLERY, and Other HIGH-CLASS GOODS Suit able for PRESENTS AT LOWEST PRICES. Watch, Clock and Jewellery Repairing a SPECIALTY. SPECTACLES to suit all Sights, NEW ZEALAND " CiiOTimvct Factoby. THE "BISMAKCK," j HIGH-ARM SEWING MACHINES, i have all the latest improvements. A First-class Machine at a moderate price IT IS SIMPLE, DUBABLE, LIGHT RUNNING* NOISELESS. OUR Me B. Hallenstein, while in' Germany, seeing the great success of the New " Bismarck " Sewing Machine succeeded in obtaining for our firm the sole proprietorship for New Zealand. HAND MACHINE, With beautiful polished cover and all ac cessories £5 10s. FAMILY~MACHINE, With new and handsomely designed stand £8 10s. HAND & TREADLE COMBINED, Highly finished Table and Cover £9 10s. Any of thete machines can be hai on the time payment system 2s 6d per week. Our Agent will have the pleasure of calling on you at an early date. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. HALLENSTEIN BROS.. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager



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tti AIVJOSR * Sons .Eucalypti Extract Thereare imitations of Eucalypti Extract }n the market now, products of simple distillation forming rude resinous oils. In ordar that thesa crude oils may not be taken, Our Pare Volatile jEoc *• lypti Extract, which is racognissd by the medical division of the Prussian Government to be of perfectly pure origin, as per information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878 we state :— It is provrsid by tests made by the Medicial 01inic3 of he TJnive tios at Bonn and Greifswal', Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz, Profe33or of Pharmacology at Bonn, and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Olinic at Greifswald, that only products tha are saturated with oxygen and freed of anids, resinon and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develop the sanative qualities proper to the plant, according to these authorities, and according to Pro fessor Dr Lister, of England, and to Dra Bauer, Mclntire, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America, Is the only extract corresponding* o scientific tests, and the only one which possesses the proper therapeutic value. SANDfIa & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which have, when used as medicine, no ! therapeutic eSect audore abaadoned as an Internal medicament. These s a called Eucalypti Extracts which may have received dist notion at Exhibitions as ! commercial articles and a re used for mechanical pur- ] poses only are discernible :— ./ By tlieirdettcieacy in pungent oiour (which our product, the only genuine Hucalypti flxtrac de velops most frealy through its surplus of oxy -o ). 2 By thotr alooholio thin aud mobile appearanca, being reduc &. in specilic density through the pieastrcoff da: 3. By their taste, the result of tha contracting ten dency of resins aud toanates. If these crude oils, 83 qallei eacalypbl extracts are applied by mistake ia oajo3 o£ croup, b 'onchitis, diph -1 theria, internal inflammations, dysautsry, wounds, the thac^nsequoncesre most appalling. J?ar safety ahvay I cska'tw;i,ys for $*nr;«r anil »sm«' Enciatvptl Eitract and got tha otd, well -tested,, aud reliabla prensrstion.—Sandhurst, Victoria, Aujt«a,U ' — SANDER AND SONS] A HAPPY New Year £o all, bub es- Q. pecially to the great and ever in creasing number who drii>k the wonderful Health Tea,— Heney Zander, Wholesale



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