Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1894. COLONIAL PRODUCE.

The merchants of Manchester who were the prime movers in the great enterprise which established canal com munication between Manchester and Liverpool are not likely to leave any stone unturned in their search for the new business that the Manchester ship j canal was laid down to bring to the great inland centre. A cablegram in form us that a responsible Manchester firm has made an offer to the acting Agent-General of Victoria to lay on a line of five steamers to run between Manchester and Australia and New Zealand. This line would make a specialty of carrying outwards the goods which make Manchester famous, and homewards the produce of our fields and pastures which before long will make New Zealand equally famous. Another cablegram tells us that Mr J. H. Geddes, manager of the Pastoral and Finance Association of New South Wales is forming a company to ship frozen meat direct from Australia to Manchester and Liverpool. The frozen meat trade, ever since its commence ment, has been manipulated by un scrupulous middlemen and retailers in guch a way that they have received a ' price for" the frozen meat equal to the highest given in the market for sheep fed and killed at Home, palming off upon jbh# unsuspecting Cockney as best Wetek QF best Scotch, mutton that had bees* vwffifl upon our own farms in this county and elsewhere in Canterbury. The Lon don market has hitherto been the theatre of all our frozen t#es£ opera tions, and this market is restricted t<? the supply of a population of only four millions. Speakers and writers on the subject of the Three Kingdoms as a market for agricultural and pastoral produce ring the changes on the forty millions of population whe> er#wd the British islands, but in dealing with our frozen meat trade they altogether over look the fact that scarcely a pound of our export finds its way beyond the limits of the great city. The push and enterprise of the Manchester people are likely to* change this 2<w, and while striving to make the great inland manufacturing to^n the important geapart they wish, and mea*j. |t £q be ? j and which the ship canal now makes it possible to be, will open up for us, what we could hardly hope to be able to do ourselves, a market of eight and a quarter mill ions of customers. If we Oan by ths ai4 of th.c ship canal carry our frozen meat into Manchester, and $ell jit to the immense crpwds of cotton and ofchep operatives of Lancashire and Yorkshire, the certainly fp.llo.ws of not '^*H.ta^ demand b?jt thje iney£- ? Dif ftu^'u ■ **'hleli BWt accom table higher price *.. . 4V( pauy it, Of course, evea in w*. 1

market the old trouble "with the re tailers may have to be dealt with, but it would be more easy to grapple with it on new ground in the provinces than it h*s been among the Londoners Besides the larger population to be supplied the customers would be all of a class earning good wages, and the character of our meat once understood —and its excellence would very soon be discovered by the keen-witted " Yorkies '*—-it would speedly bouid into a high place in the market quotations. Manchester would also open thia immense market to our butter and cheesy and every other commodity we have to sell; but more particularly would the buyers be able to send our wool direct to the manu facturing districts without the extra handling of its discharge at the Lon don docks, and subsequent railway carriage to the mills. It is very palpable then the opening of this new seaport is fraught with real importance 'to the colonies, and doubtless the Go vernment of New Zealand will do what it can to encourage the Man chester people to establish direct com munication with their post and our colony.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A notification with reference to the book binding department of the Ashburton Publishing Co. appears in our advertising column. Owing to protests the judges have decided that with regard to the Ashburton School cup race decided on Wednesday, the first three boys shall race again next Wednesday. These boys are—F. Williams, A. Wilkie, and \ J, Birch. i The following local teachers have passed the D. Class at the recent examination :—Baird Samuel, Bowbyes Alfred Clarence, Maxwell Alfred Charles, Willimson Marjorie Anne. Partial passes, D.—Kerr, Matthew James, Todd, Isabel Margaret. Tne " Gazette " contains a notice requiring every officer holding advances of public money to pay the unexpended balance into the Bank of New Zealand by March 31, and send in a requisition for the amounts required immediately after the close of the financial year, by March 17. A complaint was made at an inquest held at Dunedin on Tuesday, says the " Star," that much of the oatmeal now sold is adult erated with barley dust and rubbish, and the foreman of the jury expressed the opinion that the sickness that is at present so preva lent might to some extent be caused by people taking porridge made from oatmeal of that kind. Altogether, says a Dunedin telegram, forty-nine applications have been received for land in the Pomahaka estate, recently purchased by the Government, the number of sections applied for now being twelve, the total area now applied for is 3017 acres and the annual rental £507 0a 10d. Some informal applications were received. Large numbers of p:op!e have visited the pro perty. A southern contemporary reports :—Mr Robert Thompson, farmer ; near Maheao, is just cutting a small paddock of Danish oats, about six acres of which is estimated by subenumerators and grain brokers to yield 110 bushels to the acre. The straw measures 9feet 4in. The grain is stout and particularly well-filled,'and in first class condition. It ia without doubt one of the heaviest crops of Danish oats ever grown in the North Otago or South Canter bury districts. The greatest haul—bxsket says the "North Otago Times ' is too inexpressive a term—of trout was made by Messrs J. Fedley and J. Watson on Monday night, in the Kakanui. The two fishermen started at dusk on Mon ' day night, and fished till five o'clock on Tuesday morning, being rewarded for their persistency with thirty fine fish, the aggre gate weight being 701b. The fish caught ranged in weight from £lb to 51b. A greater j weight has been taken out of the Waitakiin a fishing, but we have not heard of so many fish being caught by two rods in one night. Other parties fishing on the river caught only a few fish. In the interesting mamoir of Sir George Elvey, which appears in the January num ber of the " Musical Herald." the following anecdote is told in illustration of the high efficiency of the choir of St. George's, Windsor, during his tenure of office:—"A well-known musician relates how he once sat up with Sir Georee in the organ loft during service. The Psalms were started with the organ, aa usual, and no sooner had this been done than Sir Gaorge exclaimed, CI have forgot ton my keys; I must go and fetch them.' He started off, the choir Binging on. Iv due time he returned to the organ, and tried with a soft stop to see if his singers had dropped in pitch They weie dead in tune, and the accompaniments were taken up. A better teat of training could hardly be given." Hardly a man leaves the colors who does not answer the anxious query of his officer, as to how he going to earn a living, wftb^ the stereotyped formula, " Oh, I've a good job waiting for me, thank you, sir." He has been so long accustomed to find his food served to the minute, his clothes found for iiim, his pocket money made over at regular intervals, that he tyas forgotten that such things as cold, hunger, or want exist, Hg goes light-heartedly from his regiment, where if he happens to be in India, he has spryants to relieve him of much of the drudgery $f existence, to some place where he learns too late thafc his deferred pay, which seemed at one time a fortune, £s jiot sufficient to keep him till he .can find an ; ope#ijjg, and that in place of having every thing provided for him, he has both i-o .think and to work for himself.- l£ ifroad Arrow." Complaints have been received by the Vjctori»n puptoras authorities th?,t boxes used for exporting buttep to J/mdon are being made principally in 3^ew Zealand, The *' Age '' snys that " the ground of djs satisfaction is not m?re intercolonial Jealousy.. It ia that after the Victorian Government, to encourage the butter export industry, had ftrr&Eged to permit material for the making of butter tf>xt3^ c i^Pol^ ree *a piece, and to allow the boxes to ™* together in Jsond, ths exporters should prefer to uuj" ready piade boxes it oia $ew IJpder the circumstances ijb is sought to have a charged on the latter, because ifc ia repre : scnted that hundreds of Victorian unem ployed carpenters might benefit by making ! the butter boxes here cheaper and more quickly. The matter will receive the atten tion of the Minister."

Mr Henry Zander is opening up his ship- j menta of guns, etc., for the shooting season, and offers a large choice to bis patrons. At the Christchurch Horticultural Society's Autumn Show, which was this year a very good one, Mr J. Porter, of Ashburtou, scored very well. He came to the front grandly in dahlias, gaining the Society's silver medal for a fine collection, and winning several prizes in the specific competitions. He was also a prizetaker in gladioli and asters. A serious accident occurred this morning to a man named Kennedy, who was a pas senger by the Longbeach coach. In getting off at Tinwald he fell heavily and cut his head very severely. Subsequently he was brought into town, and after his wound had been attended to by Dr Leahy, he was taken to the hospital Although he lost a great deal of blood it is expected the man will recover. A gentleman of the Hebrew persuasion was recently gazetted to a crack Scotch regiment, whereupon the senior major remarked, with some warmth " Weel, weel, I've seen mony strange things in my time. We've had Hielanders from Wales, and we've had Hielanders from Ireland, but in the whole coorse of my existence, gentlemen, this is the very first time we've had Hielanders from Jerusalem!" At the opening in December last of a new ward of a Paris hospital, called the Quinze- Vingt, for the treatment of contagious and infectious eye diseases, M. Mazeau stated that 12,934 patients were treated is the Blind Infirmary connected with the QuiDze- Vingt since it was opened eleven years ago, out of which 6910 were men, 6012 women, and 1012 children. Ninety-two per cent, were successfully treated. The out-door patients attended to within the same period I amounted to 120,000, and 503,000 consulta tions were given. There were no more catch ing diseases than certain kinds of ophthalmia hence the necessity of the new detached pavilion, where from 1200 to 1500 patients could be received each year. Charles Chubb, of a lodging-house at Vauxhall, was summoned at Greenwich a few days ago, for neglecting to maintain bis wife and family. The wife appeared and said she had a family of six children, three of them being triplets, who had been drafted to the North Hide Schools, The magistrate said it appeared that the mother also de serted the children, and the question arose whether she should not likewise be prose cuted. It was scandalous that people should bring children into the world without being able to provide for them. Here were six poor little paupers brought into the world like rabbits. It was such persons as the de fendant and his wife who added to the poverty and distress of the country. Wit ness said she could not help ifc. The magis trate : Are you going to have six more, nvidatn? (Laughter.) Witness: I don't kaow, sir. The summons was adjourned. The Maryborough "Press" says:—All persons interested in the welfare of this district will be pleased to learn that the smelting of the ore at the antimony works at Endeavour Inlet has turned out a great success, the furnace working most satis factorily and the metal separating splendidly. We understand there was great excitement at the Inlet on the occasion of the trial. As the men could not leave the works till the experimental smelting was finished, the women thoughtfully provided tea on the spot; and when the smelting proved a success there ! was great rejoicing, ac on this depended greatly whether the works should be kept on or not. The success of the affair was, therefore, a matter of vital interest to the ' little community, and it i 3 one of for wider concern too. At the R M. Court this morning—before Mr D. Thomas, J.P.—William Morley, for refusing to leave the Somerset Hotel when requested, was couvicted and discharged, and fined ss, or twenty-four hours' imprison ment for being drunk in Burnett street.— A'fred Smith, for drunkenness and dig. orderly conduct in Burnett street, was fined 5s or twenty-four hours' imprisonment.— William Johnston, for disorderly conduct when drunk in a railway carriage, was fined 53 and costs or twenty-four hours' imprison ment.—Edward Thomas, found drunk in Havelock street, was fined 53 and costs or forty-eight hours' imprisonment, and on a further charge of using profane language was dismissed with a caution.—John Wad worth, for being drunk in Burnett street, was fined 5s and costs or twenty-four hours' ! imprisonment. — Robert Stephenson, for being drunk in Cass street was similarly dealt with. A beautiful young girl, belonging to the corps de ballet at the Court Theatre of St. Petersburg, committed suicide under dramatic circumstances. She invited a party of friends to supper a*/ her house, and while the company were still at table the young hostess bade them hurriedly fare well, and took poison. She had been suffering from nervous excitement for some time.

The Law as to Husband and Wife.

Among the applicants to Mr Lane at North London Police Court a few weeks ago was a lady, who wanted fco know whether she was entitled to shut the door on her husband, whom she described as a worthless fellow who had been absent in Australia nine years, and had just re turned. A gentlemen who sat at the solicitor's table, a relative of the applicant, said she wished to be secured against the intrusion of' her husban 1. Mr Lane : Has the lady a separate estate? The gentleman said she had. Mr Lane; Then probably the husband will bring an action for the restitution of conjugal rights. Under the old hw, if the wife refused to comply with that order, she would have been committed to prison, but; about forty years ago one lady died in gaol, and the judges then discontinued the practice. Then came the case of Mrs Weldon She obtained a decree and in sisted upon her husband returning. To get over the difficulty of a committal, Mr Justice Hannen adjourned the case for six months, and during that time the Act was passed, which gave the judge power to order an allowance to be nude out of the separate estate of the nusband or wife who refused to assume conjugal re lations. In thjs case the husb,and will probably bring an action, and this lady will b/ive to contribute towards his sup port, The gentleman; What, after he had deserted her nine years j! Mr Lane : Was not the wife a party to his going to Australia ? The gentleman : Yes. Mr Lane: Of course. She was very glad to get rid of him. The gentleman : Bub she is now living -ia the house of a friand. Can the husband forca his way there 1 **■« Lane ; No. He cannot trespass in another man's 'onZZ V!™ to m}°J the society Qf Ms wife.

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IN THE BALLET.

A DANCER'S EXPERIENCE BEFORE AND BEHIND THE SCENES.

There is a peculiar fascination about a ballet girl, which appeals most strongly perhaps to the young man just commenc ing life, and to the old man who has seen nearly everything that life has to show Mm. Curiosity took me, writes an inter viewer, to the stage entrance of a popular music hall, which shall be nameless. I happened to know the stasre manager of the place, and I had determined to inter view a lady of the ballet with his a sist ance and co-operation. My card was sent up to him, and in a few minutes he appeared, " What can I do for you I l' was his remark, after the usual conventional inquiries as to the stataofour healths had passed between us. " Come along with me, and I will intro duce you to a lady whose mental calibre will, I think, astonish yon, al'hongh she is only a mere ballet girl." The lady in question turned out to be of somewhat mature age, but with a curious refinement in face and manner. " A very interesting occupation yours?" was my somewhat feeble way of breaking the ice. "Doubtless it would appear such to outsiders," was the smiling response. '' Less interesting than toilsome, I should be inclined to pronounce it. But then I have had over sixteen years of ft, and whatever glamour may have surrounded it has long since disappeared. I waa a mere mite when I first fluttered down to the footlights In a tiny muslin skirt and a pair of gauza wings- I remember T was particularly struck with my miniature dancing puoips, so much so indeed that I took nc heed of the vast array of faces confronting me. I was conscious only of ray new finery. " Since then 1 have danced myself from the back to the front row." Finding my informant's phraseology so vastly superior to her station and position, I ventured to intimate my surprise to her. " The explanation is simple," was the reply. "My father died before I was born. My mother, who was herself a dancer, taught me, first of all, that which she understood most about—step dancing and so forth. 1 owe my superior educa tion to a priest, who took a kindly interest in me from a child upwards. Onca educated I did think of trying a higher walk in life, but I found the mere fact of my having started aa a ballet girl sufficient to bar my path in every direction." " Thank you very much. Now as to the generally received opinion, outside professional circles, as to the morality of the average ballet girl, what have you to say ?" " Ballet girls may be divided into four classes : the average honest girl working to help to keep the pot; a-boiling; the perfectly straight, square married woman, whose children's bread depends up an her exertions ; thesilly young simpleton whose mental gifts are not vn a par with, her beauty, and who falls an easy, willing victim to the wiles of the wicked through her innate foolishness; and the downright bad lot who uses the stage merely aa a platform from which to advertise her marketable charms." " Is it very hard work 1 " "Very. The physical exertion alone is considerable. The constant changing of costume is harassing and fatiguing. Ib is not alone the night work that tells, it is the constant rehearsing during the day, necessitated by the ever-changing pro gramme that makes the profession so laborious." "Physically the work is not hurtful, I take it ?" " On the contrary ; but it is the draughts in conjunction with intense heat, the late hours, and over excivement, that are pre judicial to health. Of course the dissi pated ballet girl who adds drinking to her other accomplishments soon goes to pieces. Sealskin jackets and champagne suppers may add to the zest forlife—they certainly do not aid its prolongation." "The old days of swells in the green rooms have departed, I understand." " Almost entirely. The rules with re gard to the non-admission of strangers are strictly enforced. Occasionally a nvre or less platonically minded director will stroll in among us and chat with the sealskin brigade, but they don't trouble us much. Indeed, the morality ol the stage, even with special reference to the ballet girl, has improved wonderfully; more sr», per haps, in our line of life than in higher circles." " What Is the ballet girl's ambition T' "That depends upon which of the four sections into which I have divided the corps she happens to belong. It is the dream of the hodesfc working girl to rise in her profession, to become in good time a premiere danseusz, to dance solos, with its accompanying reward—thunders of applause and high remuneration. The foolish virgins, if T may so term them, pine for sealskin jackets and broughams. The ambition of the fast brigade is to en trap into lawful marriage some dunder headed dude, gifted with more shirt-front than brains. •' Would you mind telling me the average pay of the ballet girl ?" " Much depends upon the status of the theatre or hall she is engaged in. There are West End and E»st End prices. At our establishment novices commence at from 10s to 153, and go up to 35s in the front row. A premiere dameuse will earn from £3 to £10 The tall, fine women whom you may have noticed standing about close to the footlights in a panto mime, and who are professionally known as the ' big six,' are not really ballet girls. They are nurely show girls, who drive down to the theatre in their broughams, and give the managers endless trouble with their aira and graces. How ever, they are bound to have them, for they prove' a certain draw with the jmnesse doree." ' "' And so concluded my interview with a young person whose calling is held in con temptuous abhorrsnce by a number of worthy people, the majority of whom are absolutely ignorant of the class they con demn, and whc would as scon think of breaking one or all the items in the Decalogue as of witnessing jjh'e eVolutions of the corps de hctilet.

Auckland Chamber of Commerce.

Auckland, February 22. At the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce the President, Mr Adam Porter, in his address, exhaustively re viewed the trade of the province, and after dealing with railway and other matters, concluded as follows :—" Tak ing the position of the colony as % whcle» 1 I think we have every leason to be m proud of our position, and if the Govern ment and the colony decide to c c upon the non-borrowing policy and honestly determine to live within oar present income there is no reason why I New Zealand should not maintain its premier position in the money market. This is more especially the cafe with Auckland, and Auckland's position as a commercial manufacturing and exporting citj is increasing yearly, and when cur lands are opened and settled upon as in ; other districts, we my look forward to in creased trade and prosperity." Mr Porter was re-elected chairman for a fourth term.

"MY LORD."

A huge joke was perpetrated in town yesterday evening (says a Napier ex change) on an unsuspecting secretary of an up country Caledonian Society, who is now cogitating on the awful possibilities of mischievous companionship. The scene was a local hotel, where a gay company did congregate, amongst # whom vu a well-known Wellington wine and spirit merchant, who presents a somewhat) striking and imposing appearance * * Allow^ me to introduce you bo Lord Dunravcm/ said one of the party to the Caledonian secretary, and the latter, pleased to find himself with such distinguished associates, paid great attention to the supposed visit* ing Lord' Then someone who represented himself as Lord Dunraven's secretary suggested he should secure the patronage of "My Lord " at a forthcoming Sootoh gathering, and possibly a cheque, too. The request was duly made, but the patronage, unfortunately, could not be bestowed, but a cheque for £50 In aid of the society's funds was readily contri buted. The Caledonian secretary sought his bed with a happy heart laet night, and on waking this morning thought of hotf good fortune had favored him. He went round to a newspaper office to acquaint them of the fact that Lord Dunraven had contributed a handsome donation to the funds of the said society, and ex or eased astonishment at "My Lord" beinjj in Napier. Further enquiries, however, elicited, bo our up-country friend's horror, that the whole thing was a horrible joke, of which he had been made the willing victim. As to the gay company, they are still laughing.

The Waitemata Petition.

"Mercutio," the funny man of the Auckland " Herald" has the following in his column :—Our Southern fellow-oolo nista, who view Waitemata as a rural constituency, will be somewhat astonished to read the evidence, when they find that the first female witness examined had to confess to having been 99 times convicted of drunkenness, vagrancy, and larceny. We have made a profit deal of the glory of giving the franchise to women. Here is the first election petition heard since women obtained the suffrage, here is the first woman examined as a voter under an election petition, and she is a woman against whom 99 corrections are recorded. Here is a nice individual to whom to in trust the destinies of the country a specimen of that new class who were to reform the characters of our legislators ! The record is precise—67 times convicted for drunkenness, 18 for vagrancy, once for being incorrigible, and the remainder vor larceny. The husband of this free and independent accession to the political power of the country deposed that he was married at the Bay of Islands, in a church, but whether a Protestant or Catholic Church he could not say. One thing, however, he was sure of, and that was, he was drunk at the time. I recom mend <;his statement for the study of the clergyman who made these two hearts beat as one. The next '* lady " voter had been convicted 35 times for drunkenness, besides otber convictions for vagrancy, having spent altogether cix years in Mount Eden Gaol. These ladies made a convivial affair of the election, Besides unlimited beer, they had cigars ; one fang, •* The Sweet Little Shamrock," while the other, who probably is a Unionist, favored the company with "Rule Brfrannia," Pa triotism is apparently stimulated by prison life. Nexb, Mr E. W". Monk has the merit of adding to my knowledge of slang. J did net think that a young man of his up bringing could have taughtl an old stager like me. He writes to Mr GUbbee, who plays a prominent part in all this business, asking him to give some musical assist ance at a "kick up " (that is the elegant phrase) on behalf of the school—whether the Sunday-school or a strictly secular establishment we are not informed. He adds— v Just keep your laundry maid * off the tank' for once In a time." Who the laundrymaid is, I do not know. I was under the impression that they did not do much washing on the gumfields. Bub " off the tank " means, it is said, " off the beer cask." The phrase is likely to he come wide-spread, and evt>n classical. The truth is, that gumdiggera have never known an election without plenty of beer going about, and they are not going to begin now just because Parliament has enacted strict laws. You can hardly ex pact them to keep off the tank on polling day.

Socialism in France.

Socialism continues to progress, and tho more rapidly as the winter deepens. It is infiltrated not by philanthropy, but by Christianity and humanity, therein lies its augmenting and living forge.' The, "living wage" theory has "struck deep root into the feelings of the people, ana beforathat, all systems of political economy can do nothing. The si^ty Socialist depu ties, perhaps, create the most important element of attraction In French hcme polices. They are certain to unite wftji all others for War, to Ministers, and ttjeii; attention is to be ever on the figh 1-. |fq putting Bills for the amelioration of labor henceforth into Parliamentary pigeqn holes; they will be piled up on the table of the House, and forced to be scanned. They will give M. Casimir- Perier some headache§. IJe is onecf'the, largest shareholders in the Aniln coal : mine, the richest in France, so, in ease of a new strike, the Socialists will keep him, in hot water. But his f^rst sorrow will be the demand fqr a general amnesty. Politicians, rather than tfye public, oppose this. The latter are in a mood to pardon everybody, That may be for luck, bring work, and consoling wages. The amnesty would mean, of course, liberty for the Orleanist Princes to re-enter Fran ce~ they only rank legally as citizens, as units of iimwaHial suffrage. Now, the Casimir — - - •»-. - ... i.ij* Perier Ministry or other 01 tne same w ney, is, after all, but Opportunism re vived, with the rallying of the Royalist minority in case a project too Socialist be introduced. To his hono», M. Purler, when the law was proposed for the banishment of the Orleanish' Princes, would not vote for or against it. He re signed his deputyahip, bub was at once re elected. He honored thus the Orleanist relatives of his grandfather, and respected his electors' scruples. It Is to be pre- Rumed he would not vote against the Socialists when they' presented a Bi|l tp pardon all outlawed

THI ASHBBKTON GUAKDI&N : FKIDAY, ffEBBUAR* 23, 1894,



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Wanted | EOTURE by Bey C. BEECROFr » -■ "A Ride on the Knifeboard of a London Bos." Tuesday Evening. VVes leyan Church. 2 155 T~ OST, enwll parcel between Cherttsey JLi and Ashburton on Wednesday, con taining two books. Finder greatly oblige by returning to W. Kingston, Ashburton. 2 157 miNWALD Wesleyan Sunday School X Anniversary nex^ Sunday, 25th. Services at 3 p.m. and 6.30. Preacher, Re 1-' Jas. Cocker. Tea Meeting on Wed nesday, 28th. 2 156 WAN lED Known-The raosfc health ful Drink for warm weather— Lemon Juice Lemons ih any quantity —Stephens Bkos., Market House. 2 161 T\RESiMAK£]SG Prices. — Material JL/ Dresses from 83 6i. Fit and Style guaranteed.—Miss Murphy, Triangle. 2*134 WANTED Known—Tomatoeß, good ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, etc, at Mabsden's Fruit Shop, below Mitchell and Tomer's. 2 109 GOOD Sheaf and Straw Chaff; very cheap for cash. Also, all kinds of Mill and Farm Produce.—J. Thomas, Havelock street. 2 2 TO Let—That House at present cccv pied by Dr Hunter, Tailored street. Apply A. Okb. 2 56 YSTERS and Fresh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fibbing Oo.'s Shop, Burnett street, Ashburton, 2 62 IF job want fitsfc-clasa fruit go to Adams' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest the largest, the best, and the cheap est Small Goods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed, A trial solicited. -W, J. SILCOCK. WANTED Known—" The Corner " is showing a magnificent Now Stock of Drapery and Clothing.— W. H. Colmer. WANTED Known.—TcTniake room for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs done at once cheaper than ever to stay bad times over at J. Moison, Premier Bootmaker. 8 18 WANTED Known -W. H. Cgiaieb s noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. /~1 HOICK Ornaments, Folding Screens, \J Own make in ladies' and children's underclothing, Aprons and Pinafores. Mrs Alcorn, Saunders' Building. T^ON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap -"-' does the work. No rubbing. No machines. 11 182 GUNS I Guns ! Guns I My new stock of Guns just to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Loaders, Rifles, etc. Inspection invited. No oJd stock to select from at J, W. Hardley's, Sporting Repository. IV O family can be happy without Health ■*- * Tea when once tried. 236 WANTED Known.—No reasonable ofter will be refused for tin balance of our Summer Dreasos, Millt nery, and Mantles. — Mitchell and j Turner. WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. H. Zander, Sole Agent. II 181 WANTED Known. — Our Cheap Slippers aie selling in dozens. Children's from Is, women's Is 9.1. Buy ! one pair and you will buy more. — j MITCHEM. AKB TtJRNRR. I/j,RE AT Clearing Sale oT~Drap«y, I >J" Boots, Olotbhig, etc., at Melford House, fr m 20: h February to 20ch March,—H. 0. Seger>*. '■iH*T which brings most light and •»- hope to poorest homes v Tttan Soap. 11 183 DOsT miss our Gn at Sale. For one month only, from 20 h February to 20th March. Drapery, Clothing, Boots, etc.—H, C Segers, Melford House. CTTANTED Known—Spectacles, eye YV protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S, Salek's, Optician. k HAPPY New Year fio aIJ, tut ea jCJL peoially to the great and ever in creasing number who drink the wonderful Health lea.—Henry Zander, Wholesale Agen 2 1 FIRT Class Drapery, Boots, Clothing, e'e, to be sold cheap at Skgbrs' Sale, from 20th February to 20th March. —Melford House. "t I T ANTED Known-—To Harvesters YV =i-Pungaree Jacksts and Overalls, jiarvest Eats *nd Shirts and Suits of all v.'■*•'«. »t prises to *»eet the times.— BANG ! Baflg 1 hi?* > ¥? »ew. B^' son's stock of Ammu^W? to hand Eley's, Kynock's anJ, Club Oar^Wges, 1 Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases au2 all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hardley's, Gun Emporium. N~ OTIOE ! Notice 1 Sport for all. Guna 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. G unfittings in stock. Prices low.—J. W. Hakd&ey, Ironmongers, etc. MKS~ALOORN~"has oIT sale for the Holidays varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goo is and Christmas Presents. Saunders' Buildings WANTED Known—That A. J. Walker repairs Bicycles, Sewing •lachines, Lawn Mowers, Medical Coils, and all descriptions of light machinery. DON'T Forgec to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to ac repaired, at moderate rates. \ /I EDIOAL Coils made and repaired iVL on the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garteft. —— MR JOHM"M4R§P^N, of the Rail way Book Stall, will open a BooJc and Stationer's Shop w°_-fwrs Jjeloy Mitchell and Turner's, on SATURDAY, lOch of February. Books and Stationery at the lowest possible prices. Books clean, complete, and in good order will be taken in exchange. Circulating library. j*_*< "CrALENTiNES, Valentines. Boxed, f Love cards, fcoojklets, and Com*c. *Ip Spoils, Future., GWws Ornaments -*-> himmh Photo Albunis and Tern,. -•»' uaH ,3 F6 d.i? of ofiher articles Frames, an- «3*®riftce fQr Cisl? are to be sold a«- a B -i«. ft t h» F during this month 01.-. Andrewes & Co. Stationers' Hai,, O different qualities ot Health Tea, . there is only one quality, and that b " The Beat. '—Henry Zander, Whole ale Agent s *5| J



I Business Notices. -:TIME :- TUST landed dirccc from the Manu facturers a large stock ot COO L L L 000 0 C 0 X X X s, s, s Eight-day Strike Kitchen and Dining Ilonm Clocks, also Marble and Fancy Clocks in Great Variety, at very Low Prices. SAVE 20 PER CENT & BUY FROM 8. JSALEK, WATCHMAKER, MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, AND OCULISTS' OPTICIAN. Sole Agent for Lazarus' Sfeciaoles a»d PArKNTBD System of Sight Testing. "NEW ZEALAND CiiOTiiiifa Factory. THE "BISMARCK," HIGH-ARM SEWING MACHINES, have all the latest improvements. A First-class Machine at a moderate < rice, IT IS SIMPLE, DURABLE, | LIGHT RUNNING, NOISELESS. OUR Mr B. Haiaenstein, 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 tho*e machines can be h i 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 8R03.. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager JMLAIJL. NOTICES, Mails close for the following places as unde subject to fche necessary alterations : — SATURDAY, February 24. For Australian Colonies, par express to connect with Manapouri at Port Chalmers, IS3O p.m.



THE BEST TEA Tn CANTERBURY for the raou<?y, and ree iroin any excess of astrpgency. Countess 2s.



DRTOK HEAI/TH TEA. It la the Best, the Purest, the most Invigo rating Tea. Hknry Zandeb, Wholesale Agent;,



ON THE SAFE SIDE ;.,!,; .... » v 1,........ This account shows that its owner is oa the Safe side. There are tens of thousands 01 people m Australasia co-aay uu uic u UV of Warner's Safe Cures. They know that If&raer's Safe Remedies are made and sold 6n''hprior~-they kpoir that Warner'a Safe Pure ia recognised in-five continents -a« fchjs proven specific for Bright's Disease, jAvti and Kidney Trouble, and Malaria. Warner's Safe PiHs, Safe Rheumatic #j Cure, Safe Diabetes Cure, and Safe Nervine are in fallible curatives of the diseases to whioh they particularly apply. Are Yotr on the Safe side ? You can't be safe unless you we on the aide of the Safe pares. ; THE f' Dollar Cigarettes " are becoming universal. H," 2andbb, Wftplesale i Agent. ' 3 40