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Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1894. GOLD.

Australia is once again in a whirl o£ excitement over gold. In the palmiest days of the diggings, when men made money in abundance and sometimes in an incredibly short space of time, there could scarcely have been more interest taken in the subject of gold mining than is taken in Australia at the pre sent moment in the goldfieids of Wyalong and Coolgardie, This is history repeating itself, For years past the colonies have paid less atten tion to the getting of the real ore from its matrix in its native rock than they have to getting it from the London market. In Victoria this was especi ally the case, and the easily borrowed money seduced the people from legiti mate gold getting from the mine to aim at raising it from other sources by means of I.O.UVs But 1.0.U/s are not the right sort of material where with oa whereon to build up a solid fortune. Those who have tried it have found to their cost when the day of reckoning came the unsubstantial nature of the fabric they had raised, the whirlwind of their destruction arriving with the demand " Fay me that thou owest." In Melbourne to. day there are men who not long ago posed as millionaires in the sight of their fellows and who now find by bitter experience how J wide is the i difference between the solidity of gold and that of paper. But not only have millionaires been badly bitten but bitten, too, have been those who were not millionaires, but who had played the fool with paper. The paper has turned to dust in their hands, and the gold they gave for it—the solid gold they had for years toiled to save, and upon which they were depending to stay them in their journey on the downhill grade of life—has melted away, he Texperiences of many re putedly well-to-do Victorian people have been painful in the extreme^ and when they awoke to the consciousness of their true condition, the awaken ing was not to happiness. But that awakening has brought with it a salutary lesson. Their lotuseating, although the consequences were more directly felt by the share-gamblers themselves, told its tale upon the whole community, and rich and poor alike were affected, although not in like degree. Now, however, the public mind is again inflamed with the " auri sacra fames " but this time in a more legitimate direction — that of winning the rich sto:e of the precious metal which still lies buried in the earth. The results of the gold mining industry are more substantial, if the toil it entails is harder and the life to be led while in its pursuit less attractive, than are those of the share gambler. It was upon the rich yields of her gold fields that Victoria first built up her prosperity, and who shall say that, now that earnest attention is being paid to the goldfields once more, a second foundation as solid as the first may not be laid from the yields of freshly opened mines. There is no question whatever about the gold-bear, ing power of Victoria—it is not yet exhausted by any means, and is capable of great development. It has turned out tremendous results in the past, and even while neglected to a large extent as it has feSen of recent years, it has sti'l done bettor for the colony than the colony's attention to the industry deserved. The sensational period through which the new mines in Western Australia are passing,those of Victoria passed through forty years ago, and her miners know the value of her auriferous areas. Vigorous pro specting is now being carried on, both for alluvial and quartz gold, and the returns bid fair to be much higher in future, while the industry already affords and will continue to afford greatly increased employment to the people.

A NEW FORM OF PROTECTION.

The Melbourne Chamber of Com merce is evidently composed of men who know how to drive a bargain. For some lime past the intense love Victorians long entertained for protec tion has shown signs of cooling, and a tenderness for free trade is gradually replacing the old love. The very essence of protection, however, is watchfulness of one's own interests, and, while the more liberal feeling is j growing, when an instance occurs in which aiiy portion of the Victorian j jtrade ia likely to suffer, the Victpiians can be protective to the last degree.' Nobody cares to see monopolies e^istr ing anywhere, and when a monopoly was found to be ruling the freights for ocean carriage of Victoria's perish able products, the Melbourne Cham ber stepped in "with a resolution. That resolution was on the principle on which Byron tells us St Peter silenced the trump.et pf Satan -by blowing a louder blast himself. For §ome time thepe have been loud com plaints in Melbourne about the njeagre ness of the shipping facilities, and when the Chamber of Commerce dis cussed the question there were 33,000 carcases of mutton in the stores which could »pt b§ JSgijt to the English

market. The Chamber passed a reso lution to give the trade at the command of its members only to such vessels as cater for the requirements o£ the colony. Owners who go to the expense of fitting up their vessels with refrige rating appliances will be given the advantage, not only of the carriage of the peiishable products, but of the ordinary trade, with the special advan tage of the back loading—that is, car goes for the return voyage. Thus, against the one monopoly now held by the vessels on the Australian lines, it is proposed to build up another, and it also practically means the establish ment of a boycot in favor of such vessels as may be willing to accept the whole trade of the colony—that is, to accept trade of every kind—and against those who will carry only such portions of it as may please them. The ar rangement seems perfectly justifiable, especially under present circumstances in Victoria. That country is yet suf fering from the effects of the financial dissipation in which it indulged only a short time ago, and the recovery is by no means a painless one. The bottom has fallen out of the wheat in dustry, which was oneof thegreatstaples of the colony, and wool too is far less profitable than it used to be, so that attention has to be turned to other ways of utilising the fertile soil of Victoria; and frozen mutton and dairy produce are two of the lines in which the colony will work in the future. With wool at 6d a pound and wheat at leas than 2s a bushel both squatter and agriculturist fail to obtain remunera tive returns for their year's labor, so that the one must add meat to his ex ports, and the other must do what he can with butter, cheese, and if possible bacon. These industries are only yet in their infancy on the other side, but with the tremendous acreage available from which to raise both frozen meat and dairy produce, really no limit can be set to the development of either industry. But a scarcity of tonnage means high freights, and high freights will swallow up much of the profits that would otherwise find their way to the producers' pockets. That the in dustries referred to must expand there can be no doubt, for certainly the end has been reached of profitable wheat growing, and as the Australian colo nies cannot go on growing grain for ex port at a price that will not pay the grower, something else must be grown that will. "With the vast areas of the South American countries now in the field against us, added to the ever increasing yield of India, the United States and Canada ever break, ing new ground for the growth ot cereals, bread at a low price is more and more assured to the dense popula tions of the old world. But while cheap bread is assured to the millions of Europe, the colonial farmer is left without a profit on his crop. Victoria has taken greatly to frozen mutton production recently, and will extend her output in this direction no doubt; but if she is to be put in a difficulty for want of tonnage to take away the meat, the loss she will suffer in this way will be as great as on unremuner ative grain. Hence the energetic action of the Chamber of Commerce. In reply to the Chamber's resolution the shipowners trading from Victoria say they have no guarantee that the trade in perishable products will ex pand and be permanent. Were they in possession of such a guarantee they would immediately, to meet that trade, establish refrigerators on board and ashore; but the loss that they would suffer, if, after the establishment of these, the trade were nofc sufficient to warrant the expenditure, would be serious indeed, and naturxlly they hesi tate. The manifesto of the Chamber, however, leaves them the choice of two things—they must either find the re frigerating accommodation and carry the meat and dairy produce, or get none of the Victorian trade at all, and bo have to seek other waters. Once it becomes known that the trade of the colony will be given only to such vessels as will take the perishable pro ducts, there will be plenty of bottoms available for the trade.

THE SALEYARDS REFRESHMENT ROOMS.

Considerable friction arose to-day at the Ashburton Saleywds when it was dis covered chat Mrs Keller, who usually cares for the creature comforts of the farmers and others who do business at the stock yards—and does it we 1 too —had nought to give her customers in the shape of liquid refreshment except the " cap that cheera but not; inebriates." It appears that on the usual application being made to the proper officer for the fortnightly license for the refreshment room, the application was referred to the new Licensing Committee. Two of the gentlemen composing that Committee de- '• clined to sign the permit, not caring to assume that responsibility before a meet ing of the whole Committee had been held, ard as one of them puts it, not knowing whether they had power to do so, or whether the Com mittee was yet constituted. The applicant tpok no further steps, but assuming that the license h^d beenrcfused, confined operations at the yards to the sale of solid and lJso£c" refreshments [ only. Naturally the faimers who had i this little bit of prohibition unexpectedly "sprung 1' upon them were indignant, and the Committee came in for a very considerable share of criticism of a kind that was very much en the north side of frjiendiy. It had been roundly stated that the license had been refused, and as this seerae4 to imply that n^ iiquor would besuppliedon the ground fertile next ithrea years, a strong feeling against the Com mittee was engendered in the breasts of a considerable n«mbey pf those present

>We are given to understand that the | Committee has no intention of in any w*y (Interfering with outside licenses that the j former Committees have been in the i habit of granting—at least till the■ end of June; ab any rate until the Stipendiary Magistrate ba^ been con sulted. Two other members of the Committee on the ground expressed themselves as quite willing to sign the permit of the licensee, and doubtless | there will be no farther trouble with any of the booth licenses, at anyrate until the June meeting of the Committee. F>v ourselves we think any refusal of these licenses on the p^rt of th« Committe would be unwise, especially in the face of only a reduction vote, and rot a no license vote having been carried at the local option poll. As an instance of how a refusal to grant any of these licenses is likely to result, let it be remarked, that the hotels in town did a remarkably good trade in "flasks," and a good number of thirsty souls left the ground in a hurry on learning the state of affairs, drove in to the nearest bar, and armed themselves against the " drought" with the irrigating arm known as a " pocket pistol."

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A nugget weighing 140 ounces has been found at Kurnalpi (Western Australia). Sir Robert Stout writes to a friend in Auckland that he is receiving benefit from the Rororua. baths. Entries for the Ariel Bicycling Club's road race will close on Thursday evening, at Mr Clark's tobacconist shop, East street. An irate elector in the Rangitikei only wrote on the local option paper a big cusa word of four letters. The champion mean man has turned up at Masterton. He presented a plated penny at the Salvation Army Barracks and received 2s 3d in change. Mra Ballance, widow of the late Premier, and Mrs W. P. Reeves, wife of the Minister for Labor, leave Melbourne for London, to day, 10th hist, in the Australia. A witness volunteered the information at the Feilding Court the other day that he had twenty-two "kids " at home, and then added, as by afterthought, " little and big." Cable advices of the t 7th instant report that the Rimutaka left Plymouth on that date for New Zealand with 100 passengers and 2500 tons of cargo. Poit Chalmers is her first port of call in the colony. The "Tararsaki Herald " "gives currency to the rumor that Colonel ffraser and Mr W. C. Smith, who were members of the last Parliament, are to be called to the Legislative Council. We notice by our exchanges that the first case heard in Timaru under the new Licens ing Act—a charge of serving a prohibited person with liquor—is to come before the Court on Friday next. A Hobart lawyer ia to be informed against for neglecting to take out his annual certificate. The penalties incurred amount ] to £6000, and half, if recovered, goe3 to the informer. It is reported that Lady Glasgow, on the return of the fifinemoa with the vice regal party from Raratonga, will go Home on a flying visit, returning to the Colony in August. Flags to be hoisted at one time in signal, ling at sea never exceed four. It ia an in. teresfcing arithmetical fact 1 hat with eighteen variously colored flags, and never more than our at a time, no fewer than 78,61-2 signals can be given. Nervous Lady Passenger (to deck-hand): " Have you ever seen any worse weather than this, Mister Sailor 1 " Beck-Hand x " Take a word from an old Bait, mum ; the weather's never very bad while thers's any females on deck a-making henquiries about it." The following will play for the Tradesmen in their match with Ashburton II on Wed nesday, April 11, at 2-45 p.m. :~Full back —L, Baker ; three-quarters—J. Wilson (capt.), T. Pauling, W. Burns ; half-backs— Jefferies, McTeagne ; forwards—J. Pauling, Clark, ,T. Burns, W. Kidd, H. Baker, Leg gett, Kennedy, D. Leitch j emergencies— Johnstone, Trezise, Madden, A " great meat conundrum" has been propounded. It is, " Why did the English people in 1893 eat 161,000 tons less meat than in 1892 ?" This is proved to have been the case. The answer given is that " the 200 hot days took away one ounce per diem of the normal appetite of a flesh-eating people because the sun supplied so much caloric which is usually derived from meat." Inspector Broham has obtained the following statistics with reference to hotels in the four centres of the colony :-—Number of licensed houses in Christchurch City, 47 ; number of licensed houses in licensing die* trict of Christchurch, 55; Wellington City and district co-terminous, 54; Auckland (no licenses in district outside of the city boun dary), 58 ; Dunedin, in City, 71, in district 88. The total, therefore, for the four centres of .New Zealand is 255 hotels. This afternoon a horse harnessed to a dog cart belonging to Mr Curtis of Tinwald, bolted from Mr Curtis' residence, Carter's terrace, upsetting the trap at Sealy's corner. It then made its way down the bye-road alongside the bridge approach, dragging the ctrt by one trace until close to the water* Both shafts and the axle of the vehicle are smashed, besides other damage. The horee had been left to feed in Mr Curtis' yard with the blinkers off and had thus taken fright. On Saturday afternoon Chief Detective O'Connor arrested at Sumner Mr Edward Farkerson, who was formerly clerk in the employ of Messrs Harper and Co., solicitors. The charge on which he has been arrested »3 that of embezzling various surng amount ing to a total of £1050 from the firm of Harper and Co. The ac cused was brcght before Mr F t Beetham, S.M., on Monday morning, and was liberated oa bail in two sureties of LIOOO each. Mr T. G. Russell has been retained for the defence, and the case will be called again on the 18th, The Messageries Maritimes line has, says the ."Sydney Morning Herald," achieved another triumph. The Admiralty has been so struck with the exceptional steaming per formances of the steamers Armand Behic and Polynesien that it has b,een decided to fit the new battleships Powerful apd Terrible with boilers of the Belleville type, as they have yisided such satisfactory results in the case of the French mail boats, The boilers will, however, be made in England, and will cost for each ship about £100,000, of which sum one-third will go as royalty to the French designers.

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The fortnightly meeting of the Afch-' button Borough Council was held list evening. Present—His Worship the Mayor (in the chair), and Councillors Richard Bird, W. H. Collins, H. G. Flower, H. M. Jones, R.M. Cuthbortsoa, William Anderson, and .Joseph Scaly. FINANCE. The Mayor reported the debit balance at the bank to be £1296 Is 81 The amounts received from all sources since last meeting w re :—Rates, 1893, £19 Is ; rents reserves, £15 13s ; licenses, patro laum, £1 ; earth sold, 18s 9d ; Domain account—ren'a, &c, £15 16s ; library, 6s; dogs, £3 10s. CHAKITABLB, AID. The Chari'able Aid Board forwarded a list of the recipients of Charitable Aid. engineers' keport. The Engineer's report was read and adopted as follows :— Moore Street Crossing.—The Worka Com mittee beg to recommend with respect to the question of Moore street crossing that the Council offer to do all the formation on each side of the permanent way track and to pro vide, fix, and maintain the culverts in East street if the Government will lay the guard rails and work necessary on the permanent way as done on previous occasion?. The Committee also recommend as to sundry other matters—That the contractor for water ing streets continue till the end of the pre sent mouth : That the next formation work for the labor gang be the improvement of the S.W. end of William street and the un finished portion of Kermode street E., and that the Engineer prepare for letting the re formation of Moore street W by contract: That with respect to metalling, the Engineer be instructed to prepare a list of streets re quiring metal, and the qu mtity that will be wanted this wiater : That the Engineer be instructed to prepare sketch plans for the proposed new engine shed at the fire brigade station, and also for the suggested altera tions at the library building. Labor Gang.—The men have been en giged during the past fortnight in levelling Wakanui road west and fire brigade re serve ; forming Winter streat and carting soil to sections ; shingling footpatha in Cass street; cleaning Bide channels and repairing traffic bridge; watering streets, cutting clover in Domain, making and fixing dray bridge, repairing footbridges and drays, making side channel In West street, carting clay to the outfall drain, grubbing gorse on theS.E. Belt, carting rubbish off streets, attending to the water supply and main tenance work, NUISANCES. The Inspector of Nuisances reported the cases heard in the Court on Thursday last, and a case to be heard on Thursday next. He also d*ew attention to ■* nuis ance existing between Moore street and Tancred street. RATES. It was decided to instruct the Town Clerk to sue for all outstanding rates within one week. SUNOAY EVENING ENTEKTAINMENTS. Cr. Jones asked if there was any law . which would deal with the Sunday evening entertalnman s which were now becoming so rife. He thought that in Christenurch the Sunday entertainments had been any thing but saored. He moved that the Mayor be empowered to secure a legal opinion on the Council's position in the matter. Cr Bird thought if it was such a coa cerfc as was heard the previous night, there was nothing to take exception to. Lot Christchurch take ewe of itself. { Cr. Flower had been present at the Payne Family concert, and thought that the more of such concerts there were the better. Cr. Jones stated tfcat the principle was at stake. It was a commercial matter — that of allowing persons to p'y their calling seven day^ in the week, while ocheis were not allowed but six. The motion lapsed for want of a seconder. HVWKERS' LICENSES. Or. Anderson called attention to the wording of the by-law referring to hawkers' licenses. It appeared to him that; it would prevent a farmer's wife from selling a pound of butter in a basket. It was explained that only the scale was altered. The wording was not altered, and therefore, as before, was taken as dealing with outsiders for the protection of Ice J interests. THE ANNUAL RATE- The Mayor's resolution striking the general rate was confirmed. ACCOOTS, Accounts to the amount of £87 2s were passed for payment, and the Council ad journed.

DOMAIN BOARD.

The members then sat as a Dotmin Board, and after the transaction of minor business adjourned.

Huddart-Parker's Sailors

Wellington, April 9. When Me .1. A- Millar's letter of March 1 appeared, calling fche attantioa of the Trades and Labor Councils in the colony to the fact that the Huddart Parker Com pany's steamer Tasmania was running over here with sailors and fireman reaelv ing lower wages than are paid by the U.S.S. Company, Mr Murrell, representa tive of the Huddart-Parker Company in New Zealand, communicated with his principals on the other side, and has now been advised tbat the Company h*s de cided to pay the same rate as the Union Company. The concession represents an increase of £1 per month per man. The new arrangement takes effect immedi ately.

The Premier in the North.

HIS EXPERTF.NOE OF BUSH TRAVELLING.

Wellington, April 9 The Premier wired as follows to day from Frasertown, Wairoa :—" Jusfc ar rived safely at Frasertown. Self and Mr Carroll well. We have had a very ad venturous journey, and I am not Borry to get back to civilisation. The country passed through is the roucrhesl I have ever met with, and absolute'y dangerous to travel through. Yesterday we had nearly come to the end of our food, excel t for pigeons we shot in the bush, and the day before we travelled on foot twenty-four miles through the bush. On arriving at Waikari Moana we found the canoes gone. Yesterday the Maoris came for us, and we faced the lake, although there was quite a gale blowing. It was touch and go—about the nearest approach to dissolution that I have ever met with. There were thirteen all told in the canoe, and the seas kept breaking into it, and it was a case of bale or sink. Well, we landed after a hard struggle—all drenched to the skin, and everything we bad with us was also wet through. Wo stayed at a Maori pah all night," and left for this place at swea this morning, not sorry to get b ck to civilisation, I assure you, all well. We reach Wairoa to-nigho," ans then I will make my way to Wellington as quickly as possible "

THE MARKETS.

London, April 8. The "English wheat market in firmer; the Continental has an upward tendency, and the American shows a general advance. A cargo of Victorian wheat has been sold at 25s lsd. For forward shipments of Australian wheat sellers are asking 25a 6d, but buyers will not give more than 25^. Colonial oats, fine quality. 29j ; com mon sorts, 23,-* 3d. Colonial butter is unchanged.

An Ant's Funeral.

"I saw a large number of ants surrounding the dead ones* I deter mined to watch their proceedings closely. I followed four or five that started off from the rest toward a hillock a short distance off, in which was an ants' nest. This they entered, and in about five minutes they re appeared, followed by others. All fell into rank, walking regularly and slowly, two by two, until they arrived at the spot where lay the dead bodies of the soldier ants. In a few minutes two of the ants advanced and took up the dead body of one of their coiri rades; theu two others, and so on until all were ready to march. First walked two ants bearing a body then two without a burden, then two others with another dead ant, and so on until the line extended to about forty pairs; aud the procession now moved slowly onward, followed by an irregular body of about 200 ants. Occasionally the two laden ants stopped, and, laying down the dead ant, it was taken up by the two walking unburdened behind them ; and thus by occasionally reliev ing each other they arrived at a sandy spot near the sea. The body of ants now commenced digging with their jaws a number of holes in the ground, into each of which a dead ant was laid. They now labored on until they filled up the ants' graves. This did not quite finish the remarkable circum stances attending their funeral. Some six or seven of the ants had attempted t0 run off without performing their share of the task of digging. These were caught and brought back, when they were at once attacked by the body of the ants and killed upon the spot. A single grave was quickly dug, and they were all dropped into it."

His Mouth Growing Up.

A very singular case is that of a young man of Minneapolis, named Chadler. For years his mouth has shown a tendency to grow up. Four years ago it became so small it was feared he would starve, and a fund was raited by neighbours, and he | was sent to Chicago, where the mouth was cut to the natural size and pieces of flesh grafted into the corners, thus hoping to present the closing. This has been overcome, and his mouth is rapidly growing up again, the opening at present not being larger than an ordinary goose quill, through tfhich he takes- all his nourishment. It is thought that he must eventually starve to death, as there seems no way of preventing tha complete closing of the mouth. Otherwise the young man seems healthy, and is capable of doing con siderable work.

CABLE ITEMS.

! I The Russian deficit amounts to | thirteen millions. The sum of £5000 was stolen from the counter of South Payne's Bank. It is reported that Great Britain retains Uganda, and its affairs will be administered locally. The " Statist" says that silver would soon rise above 2s 6d if the Indian mints were re-opened. Lindus, who shot his wife and her solicitor in London, has been sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment. The Musselmans in the Malabar district have murdered several Hindus and destroyed temples. The troops were called out and are pursuing the offenders. Sir Wilfred Lawson has given notice to ask the Queen to explain the bestowal of knighthood and peerage honors as in the case of Victoria Gross decorations, Mr Arthur Harrold of Adelaide is forming an Assets Company with % capital of one million to purchase the properties of the reconstructed Banks in Australia. In toasting the health of the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of Germany said their best friend was a united trust in the brotherhood of arms. The New South Wales Railway Commissioners anticipate a saying of £20,000 by the restriction of the hours of working in the workshops. The Watkins Land Company of Kansas has suspended payment, with liabilities amounting to nearly six million dollars. The experimental cultivation of hemp has been successfully carried out at Bruthen, Victoria. The product ia of splendid fibre, and reached J63Q per ton. A heavy gale at Oooktown (Queens land) demolished the State school and many other buildings. The greater portion of the jetty was washed away, Sir Julius Yogel says the Auslra.! lasian colonies are willing to can tribute to the cost of maintaining the Imperial Navy provided they are given a voice in controlling the expenditure. Owing to the exclusion of reporters from the lobbies of the Houses of Par liament, the Press in Buda Pesth has boycotted the proceedings of the As* sembly and declined to publish reports of the speeches of members, ' The Admiralty has informed Sir. Thos. Mcllraith that, owing to thp small number qf officers available, it is impossible to double the staff in order to complete the coastal survey of Queensland, and it is not proposed to, appoint cqloniajs to do th_e work, In the House of Commons, Mr Q, Woods, member for Ince, moved to abolish the mining royalties, which he said had now reached £5,000,000 sterling annually. Mr Asquith, Home Secretary, said if the proposal were adopted it would be necessary to ac quire the mines, which would involve a capital of £150,000,000. The motion was rejected On a division by a majority qf lOf VQtg§ " ' " ■ " f '*

THE ASHBDHIUJV ftUAfiDLflfl: TUESDAY, APBIL 10, 1894.



Business Notices. Special Prices for this Month AT q. J. Neill and Co.'s THE CHEAPEST HODSB IN ASHBURTON FOR DU^KIIY. CLUTHING, AINI> BOOTS ta, Lace, ***. 1. M ,* g^SS^M* * OLOnUNS. OLOTflraO. now 29a 6d impair BOOT§. BOOTS. In Boots we defy competition, all our Boots are made specially to our order. We guarantee every pair to give satisfaction. W«-rt ■-*-. BooU 8, 6a, now MJA ~. Boot, 10a 6d, now 7, Ud «r now 5s lid Men's Nailed Shooters 10s 6d, now slid %£% £S2?S& " '«££*! id Women's Carpet Slippers Is 6d Children's Pitenb Leather Shoes and Slippers in Endless Variety ab G. J. NEILL AND GO'S, FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER TERMS CASH. By Royal 'sj«§ Letters Patent: JOSEPH FORDS Scour and Lung Worm Mixture. THE RENOWNED SHEEP MEDICINES. ROTHiLL, WATSON & 00, Offices, Esk Street Warehouse Railway. Invercargill. NX 6bh March We have been selling Ford's Lung Worm Mixture for the past four yeara, and the result obtained from its uae. TothilL Watson Co. Fw miilGHT STEPHESSON & 00. Hi & h Street, Dunedin. 2> report* from all who have used it. Wright, Stephenson an<* ko. MR F- FER^IMAN, Ashburtcu June 12, 1893. tMM"%O* the Marlboro-gh ta.' 00-Cpe ra «ve The United Farmers' Alliance, Limited, Wellington, Punches: Wanganul, Palmerston North. We have hid no cooiplainta from those who have, used the mixture, so cannot but conclude that it has «iven satisfaction. ~YoU-s GenQral Manager . "MISS BEIDK, H fi AL^- H T BA- Jj/X. J.V.I. Wandering afar o or A ustralasia seas ; LADIES' NURSE, Sighing in softness, murmuring in air, , Comes the desire for Health imparting Burnett Street West (a few doors from Teas> Dnllshed), Fragrant in flavor, with aroma rare, ASHBURION. ._ . —— ~ At last! at last! the breezes murmur, -]\TO more indigestion ;no more nervous r8 found the r|. EA i 8 we ll-named "Health," i3l new 3 from indulging in too n™o" And Connoisseurs declare in accents firme* tea drinKing, for those who drink ** Health xhis tea contains within itself a priceless Tea." One trial will convince you.— wealth. Henky Zandsk, Authorised Agent. daincieß( . leaf by cle3nlieat arts pre ■" ~ ~~~~ ~ T~ served, IF your mind is troubled : nothing else Bleri< j ed wit h fl avor fc h a t on the taste ne er will give tho troubles so thoroughly Ug ftwayats Health Toa. Try it.— Henky it EvAVin Tba >• h ., 8 won the pr ide of ZAKPEH, Wholesale Agent. p lftce deßerve< i | To Let—A small shop with two r».oms I a drunk in cottage homea and palace halls MtM b^ B7e^troCK._ HE XLTH TEA HEALTH TEA "DOLLAR CIGARETTBS-8d plTpwkrt 4 Heath 'lea " cures indigestion. n —-~==~ O.her teas cause it. »v THAT wbioh brings moat light and — hr^pe to poorest homes i* T.tan , __-_ J^J^^~^ feo*P- , 16, well situated In Archibald Street, no ' f^r from the Railway Station, with tquare NWW ZEALAND hui!t dwelling thereon, Stable, Shed, etc. iMUW AJJUj^j-.i- Price, £150. Small cash deposit, balance .- _ r»««* A «mr ly instalments, bearing interest at the Clouting Factory. ra y fc9 of 7 cenfc % bY » n num.-T. BULLOCK niO thoBS looking about for r good . o LET.-At a low rental, Cottage, 1 Waterproof Coat for the Winter. ? fronting the Alford Forest road CALL AT THE FACTORY T' COLLOOg- EASTJTREET. jlj «WH J^L^L iS £ H'l FCT YOUR- OWN PATf EHN. It is recommended by the Medical V acuity jiLfeoi *u<ul* „„,.., in the United Kingdom and Australia OVER 100 ,TO CHOOSE FROM. ™ 1 Groc v ers keep Ho perished goods in stock. . , All sewn seams. Waterproof CoatTwTth Cape 5/?66'/a/ CO/?S/^/7/W5/?/, Waterproof Coat Macfarlane / v Waterproof Fishing Outfit Waterproof Shooting Cape r\IRECT from the Manufacturers, Waterproof Waders \J Waterproof Riding Aprons iniCo» PAIn DIMPQ Waterproof Ponchos J.ADIEO bULU KlnUO) Waterproof BbydeCapes. nonnPH^ SPECIAL SPECIAL SPECIAL LADIES' WATERPROOFS » BANGLE5 ' LADIES WATERPROOFS In plain Gold, and set with Di^ond*, LADIES' WATERPROOFS Rubies, Sapphires and Pearls. MADE TO MEASURE. and ~ e Btock rf neweßt •~~" designs ju«>t received— NEW ZEALAND Bo Ua ht for c.sh, direct from i.Y£jn /Ji-in. i THE MANUFACL'URI-R in England at HI nTUIUP CADTfIQV * ibera! scount, will be ofleicd at GLUIHINU rAUlUlfl TWENTY l^R OBNT LOWER than usual prices by and r W TERPR 1 OF MANFACTURERS S. b&IOK., ALEX. HENDRY, WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER, Manager* ASHBORTON.



Wanted O EVIE W of Reviews for March, bound -■-*' volume in ; The Kingdom of God is waiting you ; Tolstoi, and other new books.—H. M. Jones. pATBOLIC Prayers, Prayer and Hyauis, Bibles, in various styles and bindings.—H. M. Jones. I UALE now on—White Calico 2* lid per dozan, Towels 2i6a per dozen, Lace, Ourtaiufc, from Is lid per pair, at Arcade House. 4 27 a F you want fir=,t-class fruit go to AU4MS J- for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney 1 Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. ry ANTED Known—All goods in Shovr » » Ro:>m to ba slaughtered at any price.—Arcade Bouse. 4 28 SALE at Melford House still on until further notice.—H. 0. Segers. OYSTERS and Fresh Fish of all sorts | arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Oo.'s Shop, Burnett street Ashburton. 2 62 W' ANTED Known-L W Pants 3a lid, Flannel Shirts 3d 9d, Worsted Socks 6d per pair.—Arcade House 425 WANTED Known—The whole of the stock to be sacrificed by order of the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 2> ': RDSHED T)atß, 03 per sack. All V J kinds of Farm and Mill Produce cheap for cash.—J. Thomas, Havelock street. _ WANTED Known—Tomatoes, good ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, etc., at Marsdbn's Fruit Shop, belo«r Mitchell and Turner's. 2 109 M~ KS ALOObN has on sale for he Holidays a varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, -Prams, Fancy Goods, and Christmas Presents—Saundera Buildings,



BOYS' three garment long trouser Suits for IQj. Men's Colonial ma-3e nailed Shooter Boots at 7s 6d per pair at JR. Alcorn's sale, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. 1115 WHY grumble about the price of Bread and Meat when you oan gefc 601b best Roller Flour for 4s and good Fresh Butter at 6d per lb at R. Alcorn's sale Saundars Buildings. 3 116 WANTED Known.— Men a Heavy Kibbed all wool Pants 5s 6d, Heavy Knitted bocks, double heela and toes, Is.—Mitchell and Turner-. WANTED Known — Men's, strong Tweed Suits from 16s 61; shirts from 2s 6i,—Arcade House. W 4 24 \ 1 FANIED Known—W. H. Collier's W noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have ju3t arrived in a 1 sizes. WANTED Known.—Waterproof Rugs and Aprons, Heavy Trap Rugs from 4s 91, Heavy .Grey. Blankets 9i 6d.— —MITCffBLL AND TITRNBB. DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap does the work. No rubbing. No machines. 1 *-"" \I/ANTED Known.—Waterproofs t fV maasure, all styles fnd pattern » Latesr, shapes and designs in stock.— Mitchell & Ttjbnbb. WANTED Known.--In consequence of the scirci'y of money, we have extended our Sa^e till further notice. — H. 0. JsEOBRS, M elf oid House. Lj^RED. S. JE FRIES, Manufactur. JJ irq Confectioner, has opened a 1 Phop in East street, next "The Corner,' for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery. Nothi g inferior stld. No cheap cigarette^ 3§114 ( CHOICE Ornaments, folding Screens, \_J Own mike in Ladies' and Children's Underdo!htr,g. Aprons, <-nd Pinafores.— Mrs Alcokn, Saundera' Buildings. WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. H, Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 H* EAL T H Fu~A. •"' Delightful, "Wholesome," Refreshing" Al Grocers. Wholesale a ANTED Fye Protectors, Gogcles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. Salek's, Optician. ANTED Known- To make roam for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs dene at once chfaper than evti to stay lnd times over at J-Moison's, Premier bootmaker.



/ OOD afternoon, Mrs Smith. Not * T feeing well'! Have a cup of llealth Tea ! Nothing so invigorating aid strengthening ! My word, Mrs Brown, this is simply lovely ! Whole gale and retail st Zanders. \\ ANTED Known—The Corner is VV showing a magnificent New Stock of Prapery and Clothing.—W, H. Collier. B"~~ANG ! Bang i Bang I My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Cluo Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cises and a 1! snorting maferia'.a of the first q-iality at J. W. Ha.buley'B, Gun Emporium, HEALTH TEA is more economical than ordinary tea. It undergoes a process whereby the injurious ingre dien-8 are eliminated, whilst it renders the release of the better properties of the leaf m ire easy. Hbmiy Zander, Autho rised Agent. GUNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock _ " of Guns just 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. Hahdley's Sporting Repository. EXTENSION of Sale at Melford House. We are sti'l seliing nearly all ourGoodp, with New Stock added, at reduced prices.—ll. C Segkus. OliC£ ! JSflticel Sport for IIT. Guns let out on hire or sold on tim" payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on ths premises, I undertake to repair Guns ot any descripiicn. Gun fi tings ii stock. Prices low.—J. W, Haudlbv, Ironmonger, etc. MR John Mausdbn, of the Railway Bookstall, has opened a Book and Stationer's fcihop two doors below Mitchell and Turner. Bocks and Stationery at the lowest pos&iblo prices. Books clean, complete, and in good order will be taken in exchange. Circulating libiary.^ [P ASTER Cards, and Booklets, Fire IV Serein*, P;c:ure»- Glass Ornaments, Christmas Ca>ds, Cricket and Lawn TennU Material, Photo Albums, and Frames, ml hundreds of other articles; are to be sold at a grcafc s&crsce for Cash . during this n.ohtb only at L. F.; Andiiewes & Co. Stationers' Hall.



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