Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1894. THE LIBEL BILL

It is very evident that the Hon. John McKenzie is about the last man m the House of Representatives who should i be trusted with the work of preparing a Libel Bill. He is extremely narrow minded, painfully impatienfc of critic ism, exceedingly short-tempered, and is only too ready to regard adverse criticism of his public acts and utter ances as personal attacks upon himself. One of the fixed beliefs m the mind of this tremendous Minister is that on all matters affecting the land question m J?qw Zealand the collective wisdom of

the colony has centred m him, that on \ this momentous question he is Sir Oracle, and when he opes his mouth let no dog bark. In Otago, as m other parts of the colony, he has frequently opened his mouth on the land and other questions, and the Dunedin papers, not prepared to accept the land gospel according to the Hon. John as that best suited to the circumstances of New Zealand, or the most calculated to further the best interests of her people, have certainly barked. Lead ing articles are only words, and words break no bones, but words sometimes can sting a proud and conceited man very much, and the "Ctago Daily Times " has not been at all sparing m stinging criticism of the Hon. John McKenzie's land policy. The Hon. John comes from a land m which, Burns once sang, there was nothing but " Highland pride and hunger." No one looking at the comfortable pro portions of the Hon. John will fancy that at any single moment m his life he had suffered from Highland hunger? but very little reading of his speeches will show that he has come m for quite as full a share of the pride as was served out at his birth to Richie Moniplies of ragged memory. And the " Times'" articles have so galled the raw pride of the Minister for Lands that it was roundly stated by one Ofcagan wit that the daily morning prayer of the hon. gentleman was to be avenged upon his editorial enemies, and that the higher power would v come m their hurdieswi' the tawse o' his wrath." So bitterly does he feel the sarcasm of the " Times'" editorial pen, that, from having m his wrath set down that writer as a liar, and the truth not m him, and having found that his imperial setting down has failed to stop the steady flow of scald ing and scathing criticism m the able southern journal, he has gone on to the point m regard to editors generally, which King Uavid reached when he said, " I said m my haste all men are liars," and now classes m cold blood and of malice aforethought the whole brood of news paper writers m that black and disre putable category. He cannot help showing the cloven foot of his anti pathy to a press that holds views antagonistic to his own, and because the writers do not see eye to eye with him, he is generous enough to say some thing very nearly akin to asserting that the men who use the editorial " we " are totally devoid of brains. This, we forgive him, and our confreres through out the colony will doubtless be equally magnanimous, because newspaper men are less thin skinned than is the tender-cuticled Minister for Lands- Such a Bill as Mr McKenzie has intro duced we cannot imagine passing by any possibility through the New Zea land or any other Parliament of an English sneaking country. To compel every leading or other original article, and every letter to the editor, pub lished m a New Zealand newspaper, to be signed with the full name and ad dress of the writer is an attack upon the liberty of the press which none will resent more indignantly or try more fiercely to repel than the members and their following of the " great Liberal Pawrty." One of the most valuable points of the liberty of the press is the feature of anonymity. The articles are written, and read and accepted by the general reader simply on their merits. To him it is a matter of, supreme indifference who writes them, so long as they are interesting. Only small-souled individuals who fancy themselves above criticism ever display anxiety to know who wrote any un signed article. The House will never pass the Bill. Some people think the whole thing a joke. Many of the members will treat it as such, but it is no joke with Mr John McKenzie; like the Scotch editor of the story he "jocks wi' deefeeculty," and was never more m earnest than when he told his private secretary what he wanted the bill draughtsman to embody m this libel measure. It is not liberalism J that prompts the Bill, but the very antipodes of it, and lying to our hand we have m the columns of a con temporary a very fairly told story of what the Bill would do if passed. It would lf enable the Government to crush out or dispose of m some more pleasant way those who wield powerful pens against their policy and upon the evils of their adruinstration. The anonymity of the Press is universally regarded throughout the Empire and the States of the Great Republic as the greatest safeguard against adminis trative tyranny, official corruption, and public and private wrongs. It is thus that the people are warned m time as to the mischief m contemplation, and the first steps are taken to redress grievances by a full exposition of the circumstances. In many instances, were silence to be preserved until de monstrative proof were forthcoming, the mischief would be done before the exposure was made." Nothing would be more easy than to evade the pro visions of the Bill as to signed leaders One man's name would always appear, and it would become an open secret that the signature meant nothing. The Bill, however, would materially affect the correspondence columns, to which few would contribute if compelled to attach their names to their letters, and m the correspondence columns frequently appear let ters from the most able residents m the district m which the news paper circulates. Some of these able writers have the very best treasons for not attaching their , names, but the absence of names

does not by any means weaken thel force of their arguments, while to com-1 pel the name to be attached would .; often deprive the public of information' on an important subject from a source best qualified to supply it. In small communities, where business and other , connections hold powerful sway, a i man's name attached to a letter, which m itself may be pregnant with good to the district, may be disastrous to the writer, and may lay him open to the meanest and most despicable persecu tion imaginable. To all this the House of Representatives is as keenly alive as other people, and we take it the House does not contain one single member who possesses so thin a skin as the Hon , the Minister for Lands. Let us com mend to the gentleman who " would to God he could leave these benches with honor," to leave them at once— honorably or otherwise—if he cannot evolve from his brain any more Liberal measure than the tyrannical measure he has given us m this foolish Libel Bill. Mr McKenzie boasts of havimg made his mark m public life without college aid. Well, others not college bred have done as well as Mr McKen zie and modestly held their tongues about it. If Mr McKenzie has at any time been a member of a debating Society he can hardly have missed hearing some budding orator de claim the celebrated speech of Richard Brinsley Sheridan m the House of Commons just eighty years ago, and from that speech we give him a quotation worthy of study : —"Give me but the liberty of the press, and I will give to the Minister a venal House of Peers. I will give him

a corrupt and servile House of Com mons. I will give him the full swing of the patronage of office. I will give him the whole post of Ministerial in fluence. 1 will give him all the power that place can confer upon him to pur chase up submission and over-awe resistance; and yet, armed with the liberty of the press, I will go forth to meet him undismayed. I will attack the mighty fabric 1 he has raised with a mightier engiae. I will shake down from its height corruption, and bury it beneath the ruins it was meant to shelter."

DLOCAL AND GENERAL.

A gum digger named Richard Cantwell has been found dead—shot through the head—at Henderson, m the Auckland province He went out shooting rabbits. Deceased was & single man. Is is not known how the fatality oceuried. Members of the Ashburton Fire Police and Salvage Corps are reminded that they must be re-sworn for the current year, and that the Mayor will attead for that purpose at 7-30 p.m. on Tuesday at Mr Braddell's office. As memoers canno expect the Mayor to wait on their con venience, and come oftener than onco, a full and punctual attendance is requested ■^especially punctual—if only for a few minutes. The "Press" of Saturday says :— Messrs H. Matson and Co, have com pleted a purchase of twelve young 1 Ayrshire bul!s, delivered m Sydney, on behalf of a large Dairy Company. The bulls were shipped per Wakatipu to Sydney lasb Tuesday m charge'of Mr Ferguson, and ought to do the colony credit. Rubinstein has his own idea aboufc oratorio music. The fo'lowing is attri buted to him : —The oratorio is a form of art against which I have always been inclined to protest. The best-known master works of (his kind have always (not m their study, but m hearing of per formances) left me cold, and indeed have often made an unpleasant impression on me; the stiffness of the forms alike musical, and especially the poetic, have seemed to me m complete contradiction to tha high dramatic nature of the matter. When I hear and see the sublime characters of the Old and New Testament sung by gentlemen m black frocks, with white necktiefl, and yellow gloves, and a notebook before their faces, or by ladies m the most modern and often the most extravag&nt toilet, 1 am so disturbed by it that I never have any pure enjoyment. The Pantomine Company will appear In Ashburton on Tuesday eyeing. The company will produce "Sinbad the Sailor" and its performance introduces m an interesting manner all the items

incidental to burlesque, such as ballets, marches, butterfly dances, etc. A feature of the evening will be the aquatic per. formances of the Beaumont family m a large crystal tank. One member of the family is credited with being able to re main under water four and a half { minutes at a stretch. The Connor brothers will give an acrobatic display which has been hiehly spoken of by our northern contemporaries, Altogether ah exceedingly varied and interesting enter tainment is promised for Tuesday and Wednesday nights, The British Labour Commission issued recently its final report, completing a literiry work produced at a coat that prob ably exceeds that bestowed on any two volumes of equal bulk. The expense of this inquiry had, two months ago, touched £•47,000, and when the accounts are finally made up the round £50,000 will doubtless, be made up. The Com missioners, who have had the fullest opportunity of mastering the question, are hopelessly divided iv their con clusions. In April, 1891, the commission first met, and has been pegging away ever since. Tn the meantime its chair man, at the time Lord Harrington, has be ome Duke of Devonshire; Lord Derby has died; Mr Mundella, after becoming a Minister of Cabinet rank, has retired into p ivate membership ; Mr CourteDaf has long ceased to be Chairman of Committees m the House of Commons; Sir Michael Beach and Sir John Gorst have crossed over from the Treasury bench to the cc#] shade of Opposition; and Mr Burb has become one of Her Majesty's Ministers —Secretary to the Board of Trade.

DOLLAR CffGARETTES.-Sd. No holders or photos-Hehryl Zandeb, Wholesale agent.

Some valuable advice to beginners m the art of essay-writing' is given by the Pall Mall Gazette:—"So long a? you do not begin with a definition, you may begin anywhere. An abrupt beginning is much admired, after the fashion of tVe clown's entry through the chemist's window Then whack at your reader at once, hit, him over the head with the sausages, brisk him up with the poker, tumble him into the wheelbarrow, and so carry him i away with you before he knows where i you are. fou can do what you like with [ a reader then, if you only keep him nicely on the move. As long as you are happy, your reader will ba so, too. But one hw mast be observed; an essay, like a dog that wishes to please, must have a lively tail ; short but waggish as powible. Like a rocket an essay goes only with fizzle and .sparks at the end of it. And to know that stop writing it the secret o* writing an es°ay; the essay that the public loves dies young." The concert by the Newbury-Spada Company on Saturday was but poorly attended, a fact that was not at all pleas ing to the performers, who very palpably resented the want of patronage and declined encores as much as they possibly could. There wore but twelve items on the programme m all, and to only three of these were encores given, and then the songs given m response were so severely ' sub-edited' that the best verses were eliminated. Thin was the case with 'Sally m our alley,' by Mr Newbury, * Bide a wee,' by Miss Montgredien, and •Comin' thro'the Bye,' by Miss Spada, In fact the whole programme left the im pression of having been 'flung' at the audience, and when the end was reached at a quarter past nine people began to reckon up what the entertainment had cost them. The twenty or so people m the shilling seats had paid about a penny per song, and those m the second and front seats twopence and threepence re-

spectively, Mr Newbury is certainly a grand singer, and his voice is* a long way finer than anything we have yet heard m Ashbutbon; he can manage it divinely, too, as was evidenced by his interpretation of the 'Holy City,'although one would have thought by this time he could hardly have been guilty of a solecism like ' Hosanner' or *he like a so-holdier fell.' Miss Mongredien'fl enunciation is perfect and so is Mies bpada'a. 'Angels ever bright and fair' as given by the latter could hardly be excelled anywhere. Mr Harry Smith discharges the duties that fall to a baricone when the star is a tenor, and does his work well, although m the duet with Mr Newbury he was not wholly above criticism. The four-part song 'Sweet and low,' unaccompanied, was a delightful item, and closed a performance which all would have been pleased to have heard m a crowded house.

THE WEATHER.

ALFORD STATION. The following is the Meteorological repor! for the week ending August 5, 1894 :—

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OPENING OP NEW SCHOOL.

A large number of people attended the opening of the new school at Lowcliffe on Friday evening last, August 10. The school, which has just been built by the Board of Education, is the first public school m the Coldstrearo district, and having m view the certainty of further settlement m the near future, the fite has been well selected at the Waipnna corner, where six roads converge. Fully ninety peraons were present, and a very pleasent evening was spent. The programme commenced with recitations and dialogues by the school children, which were capi tally rendered, and reflected great credit on the fceachingability of their instructress, Miss Braven, the school mistress. The latter part of the entertainment consisted of songs and recitations, contributed by residents and visitors, the most noticeable being the efforts of Mrs Withell and Miss Braven, Messrs Miller, Heil, Appleby, McKeague, and Dobson ; and recitations by Messrs D. Robertson and H. Wills. A pleasing incident daring the evening was a presentation to Mrs and Miss Hawke (the former a silver teapot and the latter a handsome book) for their services m looking after the old school which has been m use up to the present time, and three hearty cheers were given for Mr. Hawke, who had built and equipped it at his own expense. A hearty vote of thanks was carried for those who had assisted, and especially the chairman of the school committee, Mr John Withell, to whose untiring energy the success of the gather ing was largely due. The singing of God Save the Qneen brought a most successful and enjoyable entertainment to a close, and the audience having partaken of the liberal supply of good things provided for refreshment, departed for their homes shortly after ten o'clock*

MAIL SERVICE. The Government have been applied to to establish a tri-weekly mail to Lowcliffe. which it is to be hoped will be granted, as the district, although hitherto littleknown, is an important one, and is rapidly coming into notice, thanks to the ability of bucH settlers »s Messrs J. Withell, W. Wills, Hutton and Rich, and the manager of Lowcliffe, Mr B, H. Dobson. who have by judicious draining and good farming, alto gether changed the capabilities of the land, the natural result being that settle-, ment is advancing m proportion. TIKE. On Tuesday evening last at eight o'clock a six-roomed house of Mr Thomas Holmes' about two miles below the Hinds town ship, was totally destroyed by fire. No one had been inside the house since mam ing until within twenty minutes of the discovery of the fire, Mrs Holmes having gone to Ashburton and Mr Holmes and his men making use of a whftre close by when they came m from work about 4 30 p.m. A girl living with the family went into' the house but not into the room where the fire originated, about twenty minutes to eight, and at eight o'clock one of the men saw smoke issuing through the weather boards. The house and ail m it, coir prising a great quantity of furniture and a new sewing machine that had never been used were completely destroyed and Mr* Holmes, who had returned home by this time, had a narrow escape m endeavouring to save some of her chattels. A fire of colonial coal had been left alight? m the morning and it is surmised that some of this rolled out against the wood work and ignited it. The insurances are only for a small sum* ;" • '

ROAD BOARDS.

SOUTH RAKAIA.

The usual monthly meeting of the South Rakaia Koad Board was held on Thursday. Present — Messrs Lyttelton (chairman), Richards and Coster. clerk's report. Theclerk's report was read and considered. The village settlement thirds over due- Mr J. McLajhian, M.H.K , wrote covering a report from the Minister of Lands.— urdered that the letter be acknowledged with thanks, and that the Board com municate further on the same subject with Mr McLachlan. The Chairman and Mr Coster were appointed a sub-committee to report to next meeting as to the best steps to be taken to facilit te the thirds question. TKNDJKBS. The Chairman reported having accepted certain tenders daring the month, and hU action was approved of. It was decided that tenders should be palled for tussocking Mulligan's Road and the road from Sprott's corner to the corner of Morrow's Road. SUBSIDY. The Commissioner of Taxes wrote in timating that a voacher for £125, subsidy on rates collected had been passed. works. A number of ratepayers petitioned to have Mitcham Road reformed, Resolved that the Upper Ashburton Road Board be asked if it was going to form the portion of Mitoham-Ashburton road, and that the petition be forwarded to that body. Messrs Austen and Hood asked for repairs to Chapman street. Clerk to have work done.

Mr C. Jackson wrote re damage done on road between Copeland's and Bushy Park roads.—The clerk was instructed to call the Council's attention to the overflow of water, and to hare the road repaired as soon as possible. A circular was received from Mr 0. Archer re surveys etc. Mr M. Brown wrote accepting lease of reserve on Three-chains Road at os per acre under the usual conditions. The clerk was instructed to arrange about gorse cutting. Mr J. Thomas wrote offering to continue his maintenance contract for twelve months. Resolved that consideration stand over. Ratepayers applied to have Normanby Road reformed, and it was decided to have same tussocked. The County Council forwarded plans of bridge tor River Road, m connection with Acton irrigation scheme, and on the motion of Mr Coster, seconded by Mr Richards, the same were approved. The Commissioner of Crown Lands wrote intimating that the Post and Telegraph Departments would not waive its right to the reserve m the township. Mr Richards reported having arranged with Dolan to do necessary repairs to the Beach Road for £6 2s. Action approved of. DEPOSIT. It was decided to deposit for six months £300 m Bank of New Zealand. GRAVEL PIT, The Chairman was requested to see Mr Holmes respecting the land for a gtavel pik near Somerton. BATES The clerk was instructed to get m the out standing rates at once. ACCOUNTS. Accounts for £122 8s lid were passed for payment, and the members met on cemetery business which was unimportant and then adjourned.

A GOOD WORK.

■ f A namber of young ladies of the town devote their spare time to assisting, m so far as they are able, the poor who are amongst us. Of the " almighty dollar " they have none too much themselves, and cannof therefore give much monetary aid, bat that is not made an excuse for refrain ing from an endeavor to help those who are still more unfortunate m this respect ; and they give whtt little -time they have at their disposal to the object referred to. Many of these young ladies are engaged throughout the day m their various em ployments, and they might well be excused if thdir leisure hours were devoted to their own amusement. The motives which 1 prompt this self-sacrifice cannot be too highly appreciated, and the method of its application is equally commendable. I They have formed themselves into a Club and undertake to do all kinds of necessary sewing work, renovate for use any old clothing which may be given them, and, having ascertained where really deserving cases exist, distribute the clothing, or money, which they have at their disposal. In this way many a family m Ashburton, who have fallen on bad times, have been enabled to successfully tide over the winter months until the spring and summer will again bring to them work and wages, and set them on an indepen dent footing, and many a little child goes warm and comfortable under garments covering its little limbs, which limbs otherwise the frost would have but too easily reached. It seems enperftaous to make the statement, and moreover m this nineteenth century it should be unneces sary, but were this practical adaptation of the well-worn Christian maxim— '* Love thy neighbor as thyself " —more generaliy acted upon real poverty would be reduced to a minimum. The secretary of this Club desires to tender thanks to the fol lowing friends who have so kindly given donations, clothing, and books during tho past year:—Mrs Baxter, clothing and books ; Mr A. P. Williamson, holland ; Miss Pearson, print; Friend, print; Mm Mayne, clothing; Mr Bateman, flan nelette ; Mrs H. Stevens, clothing; Miss Bishop, clothing; Mrs Doak, clothing; Friend, flannelette ; Mrs Kelly, clothing ; Miss Eidd, clothing; Mrs Hoffam, shoes ; Mr J. Swanson, coals, donations* and tea ; Mr W, McDowell, donations ; Mr W. Doak, donations; Mrs Twentyman, cloth ing and donations ; Mrs McDonnell, cloth* ing; Mrs Corbett, clothing; Miss Grates, donations; Mrs Andrews, clothing ; Mrs Homeraham, clothing; Miss Davis, cloth ing and donations ; Mr Hopkins, clothing and donations; Friend, clothing; Mrs Hamilton, clothing and use of nttchtne ; Mrs Cuthbertson, clothing ; Miss Hanna ford, clothing; Mr J. Reid, donations; Miss S. Bell, donations; Mim Maule, donations ; Mr Penu, donations; Friend, donations; Mr Smith, cartage; Miss Steel, clothing ; Barrett Bros and Bsir stow print: Christian Endeavor Societies, basket of provisions ; Mta Cookson, cloth thing ; Mrs Burr, tea ; Mrs Davey, sugar ; Mrs T. A. Gates, oatmeal and eggsj Mrs Pollock biscuits; Mr J. Thomas, flour ; Mrs Claridge, meat and vegetables ; Mrs F. Steel, clothing; Mra Mitchell, cloth ing ; Mr Roche, donations ; Miss Logger, shoes, Mrs Kempthorne, clothing; Miss Grubb, clothing ; Miss Alcorn, c.othing ; Mrs Braddell, clothing ; Mrs M. Wilson! donations ; Baptist Church, books. The secretary of the Philanthropic Sewing Club is Mies Doak, who will be glad to receive contributions (c/o Mr Andrew Orr)as also will Mrs H>A. Gates, m whose rooms the meetings of the Society are held.

TME ASHfetJBTON GUMDIAN j MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1894.



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Wanted ANTED Known-That owing to the success of the Sale now being held up at Saunders' Buildings, opposite Rail way Station, it will be continued for another twenty-eight daye. I am not advertising a few cheap lines, but the whole of the stock. Don't lose the oppor tunity of securing genuine bargains —A. Lawkib 7 166 BUOKd. Books. Books. Circuiting Library. Terms eaby. Half-yearly volumes of something to read with .Novelettes, each Volume complete m it self, bound m cloth 53. British Battles handsomely illustrated, bound m cloth 7s 6d. Boys* Illustrated Annual 5s 6d. Papeteries 2s 6d. A splendid lot of Albums from 3a, Birthday Cards, Text Cards, and Picture Books, all m great variety, everything good and cheap. Bookstall and shop.—J. Marsden. BLANKETS bought at Edwards Bennet's Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s 9d. Extra large and heavy 15s 6d and 16s 6d.~-Robert Alcorn, Baker's Buildings. OTANTED Known—All goods m Show » » Room to be slaughtered at any price.—Arcade Bouse. 4 28 MBS HOOPER, Monthly Nurse, offers accommodation to patients at her residence, Alford Forest roid, near Mr Cunningham's . Store. Ten minutes' walk to a doctor. BANIi ! Bang! r>aug 1 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. Hahdley's, Gun Empo"'um. WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Begatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2s 6d.—W. H, Colmb.r. XTy ANTED Known—The Corner Is YV showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Collier. TUST Opened, a splendid line of fashion *J able Dress Stuffs, m Cardinals, Maroons, Navies, Browns and Blacks. To be sold under wholesale price.—H, C. Segers, Melford House. ROBERT ALCORN has opened m Baker's Buildings, next the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bannett's and the Kaiapoi Sales, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashburton, Also an assortment of Boots. NOTICE 1 Notice Sport for all Guns let out on hire or sold on tima payments. H&ving a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns of any description,' Gun fittings m stock. Prices low.—J, W. Hardley, Ironmonger, etc.



SALE now on—White Calico 2s lid per dozen, Towela 2s 6d per dozen, Lace, Curtains, from Is lid per pair, a£ Arcade House. 4 27 WANTED Known. — Men s Tweed Suits 15s Bd, Men's Tweed Trousers IH, Mena' Strong Flannellettq Shirts 2s 6d, Mens' and Boys' Boots aud Shoes greatly reduced.—Arcade House. 465 WANTED Known.—No more~wet clothes and bronchitis, Yarmouth Oilßkin to hand.—Mitchell & Turner WANTED Known —The Cheapest House m town for First-class Millinery and Drapery is H. 0. Segers, Melford House. WANTED Known —Spectacles, lye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything In the optical me at S. Silek's, Optician, ■ WANTED Known.—All genuine Oil skins, Leggings, Sou-Westers marked Yarmouth—Mitchell<fcTurner. tVTANTED Known-Before buying VV your Hats come and see our Stock. Greatest variety to choose from In Aahburton. All marked veiy Cheap — H. 0. Segers, Melford House." OWN Make m Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, (Jluslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcokn's new shop, Bakei's Buildings. \j|/' ANTED Known.—Just received a ** Large Winter Stock of Bo»ts. Liberal discount for cash, As usual, we do the best work. Repairs done at once A staff of men always ready at J. Moisoh's, the Premier Bootmaker, Town Hall Boot Store, East Street, Ashburton. 5 156 /"I UNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock \J{ of Gunsj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. Hardley's Sporting Repository ptBEAPER Than Ever.—Books and v^ Magazines, Writing Papers and Eavelopes, Pocket Books, Purses, Writ ing Cases, Inkatan<?s, Pictures, Music, lAocordeois from 7s 9d, Concertinas, Violins, Banjos, Zither Harps, Photo Frames and Albums, Scrap and Postage Stamp Albums, Indoor Games, Wall Texts and Fancy Cards of all kinds, School Bags, Bocks, Exercises and requisites of every description, and a great variety of goods too numerous to mention ; all at greatly reduced prices for cash this month at L, F, Afpr£W£s awo Co.'s, Cheap Sale,



WANTED Known—Finest Separator Butter Is 2d pel lb. Rolled bacon, hams, and eggs ac lowest rates.— John Okb, & Co. TF you want good prime Cheese and •*- Bacon, try Tayiob, East Street Bakery. 6109 TITANTED Known—The whole of the * * stock to be sacrificed by order of the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 26 PRIME Christchurch smoked and Lewis' pale cured Bacon Hams, best Akaroa and local-made Cheeses from sd. at Taylor's, East Street Bakery. 6110 LARGE Purchase Embroideries afc Edwards, Bennett's Sale; over ninety pieces to chcose from. Ladies' Trousseaux made on short notice. Orna ments, Fancy Goods, and Dolls' Prams at Mrs AieoßN's new shop, Havelock Street OALE of Warehouseman s Stock at O Mitchell & Tcrker's. Cheap lines m all departments. \i; ANTED Known — Men's strong VV Tweed Suits from 16s 6d j shirts from 2s 6d,—Arcade House. 4 24 "^WEK.PING Reductions. —■ Is Books O for 9d, Is 6d Books for Is, 2a Books for Is 6J, 2d 6d Books for 2a, and all others at equ«l ra 1c of reduction at L F. Andrewj?s and Cos., Cash Sale. 618 T F you wish your Foclals and parties to -*- be successful, buy jour cake, pastry, etc , at Taylor's, East Street Bakery. Parties suppled on the shortest notice. 6_m_ i TTISITthe Sale. Trimmed Millinery » going at any price Ladies' Under ■lothing reduced to 20 per cent, below ost.—Arcade House. 4 64 OVfeTERS and Fresh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea fishing Oo.'s Shop, Burnett street Ash burton 2 62 T ADI Bo' and Gentlemen's left-off JL^ Clothes bought, sold, or exchanged. —Mbs Knight, Wakanui Road, opposite Templar Hall. 7 102 | 'ANTED Known~L~W~Pants 3s lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d, Worsted Socks 6d per pair,—Arcade House 425 I^DWARDS, Bennett's Sale. Grand lot *-^ new and fashionable Furs and Mantles ; half price. Come and take your pick at Mbs Adams,



Wanted. j j OST, Buggy Whip. Findar much oblige by returning to J. Pahkbb, car« of New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company,' Ashburton. 8 67 TV ANJ'jfcU, a good General Servant. * ♦ Apply office of this paper. 871 tji JR SALHI—Ten tons (about) prime ■*•"' Hay, Apply Thomas Rolutt, Canterbury Mills. 8 68 TWO or three Young Men can find *- comfortable B iard" and Residpnce by applying J. 8., Mail Office. 8 59 ARLY POTATOEU~Beauty of Bath, Early Rose, Snowflake, and other Kidneys—by the sack and m small lots. Customers may rely on the seed being true to name.—A. W. RandeMi, Ashburton and Allentor.- , 8^57 TTa.Ka.TERE.-The"Somerstt Meat *-*- Mart has long he!d " tha cike" as the best and cheapest shop m town for cash purchasers. The old reputation will be maintained, Mutton 2d per lb, Saus ages 4d per lb. All other lines reduced. For Cash only.—W. J. Silcock. 852 OQ PRAY is selling Firewood 25s • O per cord, delivered. Coal from 6s per quarter. Good hearb fencing material very cheap. Opposite Mercantile Store, West Street. 'pHE B~EST FIELD PEAS are A " Telephone's," proved to be so by Mr John Hunt. Having bought the line of 38 sacks from him I will sell for 12s 6d per sack included, usually sold as garden peas for Is per lb.—J. Thomas, d a velock Street. 7§41 TO Let, at a low rental, Bake House m Easb Street, paddock and stabling combined, lately m occupation of the Co-Operative Society. Apply to George James. 8 39 (CRUSHED Oata, 3lbs over usual y weight, 5s saok included. All kinds of produce cheap for cash—J. Thomas, Havelock street. 7 51 ANTED KnownT— Emlroiderie^ from Id a yard, Corsets 3s lid, Lidies' Ulsters from 4s lid, Ladies' Gloves four pair for Is, Kid Gloves font batons Is 6d.- Arcade House. 63



LEAVING ASHBURTON, Great Slaughter of Drapery for the INext Three Weeks. •rTAVTTSir nirCIDED TO LEAVE ASHBURTON at thfi end of this month, H I » Sve fhe p«ople of Ashburton the GREATEST BARGAINS they have ever had for the NEXT J HREE WEEKS, so as to save cost of removal. , Terms—-CASH ©JO-IT. All Accounts owing »re requested to be paid at once. fST $dQ Commences SATUBDAY, AUGUST 4. _ o ■ DESIRABLE FAMILY RESIDENCE TOR SALE. ■ S. W. ALCORN EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



FLETCHER BROB XT? IBH TO THANK the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding Districts for he generous Support given them, and hope that those who were unable to get supplied, on account of the crush and shortage of room, will kindly excuse; and, as a further proof they intend to study the want of thair customers, they have taken the large Shop next door, and with the addition of a large Brick and Iron Building at t tear of two Shops, they will be.ablb to meet present requirements, and as a further, guarantee that they intend to stay and sell the Finest Quality Goods at LOWER RAimthan have been sold m Ashburton before. They quote the following list:- GREAT REJUCTIONS HofliUs Roller Flour. 251bs 2s Od. SOlbs 3s 10|d lOOlbs 7s 6d. 2001bs 14s 251 b Moir's Sew Oatmeal 2s 6d Neave's Food lid per tin, 10s per Vag, 4 bags 9s lid 9d per dozen / Best Mauritius Sugar 2fd per lb Bryant and May's Safeties 7Jd Finest Sago, Tapioca, Split Peas per dozen, 12 dozen 7s 4±d 13d per lb, 7lbs Is Sunlight Soap Is 2d per box of New Currants, washed and dried, 6 Tablets 3^d 121bs 3s 9d Candles 5Jd per lb, 121bs 5s 3d Baislns washed and dried, 4|d Corn Flour (Brown's) 3|d per P erlb,l2lb4s6d Ib,l2jbs3ssd Sultanas 4 Jd, 121bs 4s 8d Edmond's Baking Powder, large Extract of Soap, 13 packets for tins, 13 d per tin, 12 tins los9d Is 141 b box 3s lid Cream of Tartar, pure, Is 2d per Union Feel 8d per lb, 21b Is 3d, lb 121bs 13s 71b tics 3s lid Our Own Baking Powder 9d lb Essence of Lemon, Vanilla, Coffee, purest and best, ground Cochineal, Almond, Date sjd on the premises daily, Is 2d bottle, 6 bottles 2s 6d and Is 6d per lb, Keduction Oxford Blue 8d per lb, 12lb box to large consumers ] 7 S g<j Pure Pepper Is 2d per lb, 121bs Plaid Vestas 3|d per dozen, 12 13s packets 3s 3d Baking Soda 3d per lb, 51bs Is Preserved Babbit 9d per tin, 8s Caustic Lye, for Soap making, 9d per dozen *arge m lid, 12 tins 8s 9d Sheep Tongues lOd per tin, 9s Superior Black Lead s|d dozen, 9d per dozen 12 dozen 5s 3d JJote the Price we sell TEA. Any 3!b.s of the following brands 5s 6d— Mtfiob Matchkss, Arab, Nelson and Moate's, Jameson and Anderson's, Tiger, 1 'and any other. 3d per b Reduction on 101 b Tins ; Tins free. NOTE ADDRESS— r.l , j O.^« 107 and 109, High Street, Ohristchurch; TeleJ Jj {OX Cll 5: 1 1' OTOSm phone 731; and EAST STREET, Aahburton.^ Remember to patronise the firm who brought an^ :?ep down the prices, and give thfpeopLof ABhburtonthe benefit of alt nibbles oought m the Home and Conti nent markets ft^OjA. coNS(JMERS LIBERALLY DEALT WITH. A Compete Price List now m pr< ss will be forwarded to any address FREE.



Business Notices. i j IF YOU WANT GOOD VALUE FOE YOUB MONEY GO TO— G. J. NEILL'S WHERE THEY ABE SKLL'NG AT LESS THAN COST PRr.CE. BAUD PP.~~TfIAH][).U p : MUST 11AVC2 MONEY. •KTO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED FOR ANY ARTICLE IN JN THE SHOP. DRESS GOODS 2io DRK3S GOODS 3Jd Double width Dres« Tweeds Is lid Heavy Shining Is ei-Reduaed to 94d Reduced to Is Hnion Shirting Is 2d—Reduced to 7|d T JWELS 2&d Kid Gloveß, four clasps Is 9& Double Bed-twill Shepting, unbleached Flannelettes, yard wide 7|i—Reduced and White 9*d to 4£d White and Grey Calico Is lid doa Dr Warner's Coraline Corsets, 8a 6d All Wool * laimel 7|d Reduced to 5s lid MILUNERY 9I& ci> PaUNDER-OLOTHING AT YOUR OWN PRICE CLOTHING CLOTHING' Boys' Suits 39 lid Men;s Tweed rrousers 6. lid TW Suits 4a lid Men's Woollen Shocks 7Jd Bop Caps 6d Men'B Tweed Overcoats, with capes »••!«'• Heavy All Wool Suits 35a 6d Men's Tweed Macintoshes, with capes Reduced to 22a 6d . 39s 6d-Reduced to 23s 6d MEN'S SHIRTS, TIES, HATS, CAPS, etc, AT ANY PRICE. BLANKETS. " BLANKETS. T*r vVPUt CONCEIVABLE MARK, COLONIAL AND ENGLISH, AT ANY m js.vb.ki w«v PRICE _ FBOM os &a per pair. ! NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. BO OTS. BOOTS. CHEAPER THAN EVER, WE CANNOT HELP IT AS WE WANT THE MONEY Wnmnn'a Shoes 4a lid Women's Leather Lace B^ots, all sizes 5a lid Womens fchoes 49 ua^ SIMPLY GIVEN AWAY. Men's Bluchers 4a lid Boys' Nailed Shooters, Strong, 5s 6d ££ WZsfi£ pegged, Ladies' f^JLs lls 15a M—Reduced to 11s 6d o to 8s 6d CHILDREN'S TAN SHOES AND SLIPPERS AT YOUR OWN PRICE G J, N E TI L L'S, i?RIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON Cash. We Want CASH-