Ashburton Guardian MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1894. COMMERCIAL CONFERENCES.

At the quarterly meeting of the Dan edin Chamber of Commerce on Monday last the President made a suggestion which is well worthy of consideration by the Chambers of Commerce through out New Zealand. Mr A. C. Bsgg, the President of the Chamber, delivered an admirable speech in which he put the case of the Vancouver service fully and lucidly before the members, touched upon the question of electric tramways—one in which the Dunedin people arc just now very directly in terested—and after dealing with the frozen meat industry, so important to this colony, closed his fina address by the suggestion that the Chambers of Commerce in New Zealand should hold annual conferences of delegates in some trade centre in the colony. There is nothing new in the suggestion. The Associated Chambers of Commerce at Home hold conferences annu ally, and last year the conference was held at Plymouth. In a report of the business done at that conference we had the pleasure of read ing the opening address of the presi. dent of the Associated Chambers, Sir Albert K. Rollitt, M.P. for Islington, and gave a condensation of it, but more particularly that part of it deal ing with the large question of capital and labor. From the fact that very many of the newspapers of this colony, and not a few of the Australian journalsjthat have come under our eye, have made copious quotations from Sir Albert's speech, we conclude that the meetings of the Associated Chambers of Commerce in Great Britain exercise an influence which is not bounded by the white cliffs of Dover, but affects to a greater or less degree every country to which the industrious hands of commerce reach. In this colony such meetings would be fraught with good. [ Very many of our leading commercial mea of late years have travelled much; and as travel is one of the best edu cating agencies men can use, especially commercial men, the benefits of the experience gained from trips to America, Britain and the Continent would be of much greater value to the colony generally if the individual merchants who have made them had opportunities of addressing and comparing notes with such a re presentative audience as the dele gates from all Chambers of Com merce would make. After a long residence in New Zealand, it does a commercial man much good to travel. He has settled on his lees, so to speak, and in our little thinly populated couutry, " *•■ ideas are apt to contract and illu -<v»typed. When he goes become steiv.  v{^s great away for a time, anu . .• .^ i • marts of the busier Old Woi^.. fixed ideas about things are shaken from their position, and have to give place to fresher and more advanced views of men and things. He receives new light on nearly every subject he lias thought of. and at every step he is a learner. It he has been a wise][and i

a-willing learner he comes baok with a store of useful knowledge which he cannot help imparting to those around him. The unconscious influence which he must exercise by the marked change in himself is «» good influence, but when many recently travelled men meet, and many would at such conferences, the, addresses delivered would be valuable indeed to the j colony.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A turtle weighing 801b was captured in Auckland Harbour by the crew of the Tavinui. If is the first ever caught in the ,harbour. A committee meeting of the Horticultural Society was held last Saturday evening when it was decided to call for tenders for the erection of the staging and lighting for the show. These tenders will close at four o'clock on Saturday next. The' (Ly ttelton Times" has reason to believe that Parliament will be asked during the coming session to put a final stop to the small stream of Asiatic immigration which is going on. If that should be done, the quiet and peaceful dying-out of the Chinese element in the colony will be but a question of time. Mr S. Anderson, for whom the shop recently occupied by Mr Harry Friedlander has been specially altered and refitted, announces his intention of opecing on Satur day next for business in the boot trade. The site is an excellent one, and doubtless a tradesman of Mr Anderson's experience will take lull advantage of it, A case of personation at the general elec tion was heard at the Auckland police court on Tuesday. A man named Charles Spraus was charged with voting in the Eden elector ate for Charles Spragg, his own namennto t being on the roll, and was committed tor trial on a charge of impersonation. He was also fined £5 for making a false reply to a question as to his name put by the Returning Officer. There has been recently added to the Kaiapoi Church of England a handsome brass eagle lectern for the Communion table, and a pair of handsome brass vases, which form a memorial to the late Mr Caleb Whitefoord, 8.M., who was for many years a churchwarden of the church. Thei articles were selected by the Rev H. Northcote whilst on a visit to England, and have beea presented by Mrs White foord. A telegram from Dunedin on Tuesday night says that a boat, supposed to be a large whale boat or a small yacht, was seen by the settlers at Sandymount, on the Pen insula, apparently looking for a landing between Sandymount and Highcliff, As the boat appeared to have a considerable number on board, the settlers were inclined to think they must be castaways. No sign of signals of distress could be made out, and at dusk the boat stood out to sea. Mr Martin, K.M. at Wellington, on Tues day fined Wilmore and McMaster £10 each for betting on the racecourse, and expressed a hope that an appeal would be lodged so that a final decision might be arrived at on a ques- ! tion of so much importance to both jockey clubs and bookmakers. Hs intima ted that if his decision were upheld he would in future imprison all offenders without the option ! of a fine, as the Legislature looked upon ill egal betting as & very serious breach of the law; Tne Christchurch Musical Union was ! formed on Tuesday evening. It is the result i of the amalgamation of the Orchestral and Musical Societies, and on the principle that uoion is strength it is hoped the union will have a successful career. Mr Justice Den niston has been elected President, aad, when acknowledging the election, remarked that he willingly accepted the offico since Mr Wynn Williams, who occupied a similar position in the Orchestral Society, did not desire that the honor should be conferred on him. The great harm that is done to eoloniaj produce by inferior shipment has been con. tinually dinned into the ears of speculators and shippers. An instance bearing on this is related by a writer in an Australian con temporary, who attended a sale of fruit in London. He says: —"Covent Garden dealers must have the best, the very best, and nothing but the beat, or the apples may as well stay on the trees. At a sale of Tasmanian apples the truth of the foregoing verdict was amply justified. The seller's assistant exposed the top of the first case sub mitted The fruit looked large and in splen did order. " Bottom 5 bottom !" shouted the crowd of costers and other buyers. And when in obedience to this command the bottom slabs were knocked off, trod a small, inferior, shrivelled lot appeared, a genera groan of disgust went up." It is needless to gay that all Tasmanian fruit suffered in price, and it ouajhtto be remembered that butter and cheese of inferior quality have an equally pre judicial effect. I Mr J. R. Scott (says the " Otago Daily i Times ") has been endeavouring to arrange through his London ageut for the Agent- General to take in hand arrangements for a show of New Zealand cheese and butter, fMr Scott has received a reply from Messrs | Trengrouse to the effect that the Agent- ! General will gladly assist in the matter when j an opportunity occurs, such as a represen tative meeting of the Colonial Institute, at which colonists and leading people would be present in numbers. In their letter to Mr Scott Messrs Trengrouse say that although the British public are now pretty well ac quainted with New Zealand cheese and butter, an exhibition of the sort would no doubt give the trade a fillip. It may be mentioned that the shipping companies are now paying great attention to the carriage of daily produce, the shipments of cheese and butter by the Tongariro, Ruapehu, and the Coptic having been landed in first-class condition, and sold at good prices—cheese 52s to 555, and butter 106s to 112 a per cwt, the butter market being weak at the time. Persons making a trip to Motu Ihi or to Quarantine Island (says a writer in the " New Zealand Herald ") had better take warning by a case which occurred a few days ago. The island is a legalised quaran tine station for dogs as well as human beings. A lady going down there for an excursion was followed by her dog, a small pec of the terrier breed. When she landed the poor animal was pounced upon by the quarantine man, who told the owner that she had rendered herself liable to a penalty of £500. Daring the whole time the party was on the island the keeper devoted him self to making this lady'H life miserable by references to the awful crime of which she had been guilty, and the enormous penalties , she h*d incurred. The dog was consigned , •* oellj and the lady had to leave to n, duu .4. fc g hg wiU bQ oharged the island, withou. with its maintenance for . . months, besides the liability to all -' penalties. Since her return she has been engaged in an exciting telegraphic correspon dence with we oseial in Wellington on [ the subject*.

Owners of dogs are reminded that by ? leglecting to register by February 7 they will render themselves liable to prosecution. Michael Shea, a one arnied man was to-day sent nine days to gaol by Mr Robert Alcorn J.P., for having been drunk and resisting the police, A first offender was dealt with in the usual way. Nineteen pastoral runt* in Otago, compris ing a total area of 299,394 acres, are to be offered for lease on February 27, the terms of the new leases to commence on March I, 1895. One of these runs will be offered for 21 years, four for 14 years, six for ten years, two for 9 years, one for 8 years, three for 7 years, one for 5 year?, and one for 4 years. Sir Robert Ball, lecturing at the London Institution recently on the radiation of light and heat from the sun, said that if all the coal of the earth wee kindled and burned in one vast fire, the total heat generated would not be sufficient to replace that of the sun for one thousandth part of a second. Also that the power represented by sunlight streaming down upon every square yard of the earth's surface would suffice to drive a one-horse power engine continu ally. On Monday night at a quarter past nine a false alarm, for the purpose of testing the smartness of the brigade, was rung. Within I three and a half minutes from the first toll I of the bell the horses had been harnessed, yoked to the engine, and had started for the scene of the supposed fire—the corner of William and Cameron streets East. In seven minutes the hose was all out, and in another seven minutes—making a total of fourteen minutes—steam was up and the water laid on to the imaginary fire. We are assured on the best of authority that the men wers in total ignorance of the fact that there would be a false alarm on that par ticular evening, so that their promptness in turning out and getting to work was exceed ingly creditable. Henry Edward Bumbold, thirty seven, a Grimsby skipper, was charged at Lincoln Assizes with the murder of Harriet Rushby at Grimsby. The prisoner was in lov«> with the girl, but became jealous at her mode of living while he was at sea. On returning [ from a voyage on November 17, thinking the young woman had been unfaithful to him, he bought a revolver and shot her dead. The prisoner was tound guilty and sentenced to death. Before sentence was passed the pris ones said he killed the girl, and it was right he should be hanged. He stated ha was a great smoker, and asked to be permitted t° have cigars and cigarettes, so that he might not break down. He wanted to die an English hero. He expected to meet the deceased girl in the next world, and if she knew he broke down in this simple affair she would poke fun at him. Baron de Bahden became enamoured at St Petersburg of a circus performer named Jenny Weiss, a native of Breslau, and married her. This caused a rupture with i his family—who stopped his allowance—and his retirement from the Russian army. The wife continued to perform in circuses, and at Copenhagen she received attentions from Lieutenant Kastenskoild, a Danish officer. A duel followed between the Lieutenant and Baron, in which the latter was wounded, but on his recovery he was reconciled with his antagonist, believing that his suspicions had been unfounded, i They even exchanged presents. A few months afterwards the. wife was performing I at Clermont when the lieutenant arrived. I After a violent altercation the Baron shot him in the corridor of the circus. The defence was that Kastenskiold first hustled and struck the Baron, that the latter then fired his revolver but missed, that the lieu tenant Struck him again with his cane, and that the baron then tired again and killed him, Kastenskiold, before expiring, stated that he did not strike till after he had been fired at. The Baron wrote to his mother justifying the act. He expressed his belief in his wife's statement that she had merely flirted with Kastenskiold. The jury deliber ated for five minutes only," and then re turned a verdict of not guilty. The court consequently acquitted the prisoner, and the people in court cheered vociferously.

SPORTING.

VICTORIA RACING CLUB'S AUTUMN MEETING.

Melbourne, January 30. The followihg horses have bean scratched for the V.R.O. Autumn Meet* ingi:—Newmarket Handicap—Brockleigh, Mahee, Division, Puivil, Lady Trenton, Hurrah, Eureka, Candour, Hermit and Argos. Australian Cap—Mahee, Ronda, Oamoola, Lady Trenton, Nightingale, Miletos, Division, Puivil, Candour, Eureka ahd Lochhess.

CRICKET.

NEW SOUTH WALES F. VICTORIA.

Sydney, January 30. Victoria in their second innings only nude 171 runs ; Giaham 45, McLeod 23. New South Wales thus won the match by 19 runs.

The Licensing Question.

Dunedin, January 31. The temperance party at Moagiel has decided that as the Alcoholic Liquor Bill is surrounded with so many difficulties, any effort to carry prohibition is plaralysed. The members of the party have therefore pledged themselves to use efforts to get the Act amended so that the vote will be taken at the same time as the general election, that the clause giving the Colo nial Secretary power to grant licenses be rescinded, and that the clause requiring mere than half the voters on the roll to vote be repealed.

COMMERCIAL.

London, January 30. The Glasgow and London creditors of the Freehold Investment and Banking Company have accepted Balfour's com promise.

The American Free Wool Schedule.

Washington, January 30 The House of Representatives has postponed the coming into operation of the free wool schedule tantil August 1.

Sir T. Mcliwrath in Canada.

Ottawa, January 30. Sir T. Mcllwraith was entertained at a public luncheon in Ottawa, the Hon Mr Bowell, who recently visited the Australian colonies, presiding. Sir T. Mcllwraith said that Queens land would aid Canada in laying a cable that should wholly pass through British territory. If England refused to give any subsidy the colonies would carry out the work alone. He was amazed at the extent and resources of Canada. Sir J. Thompson said the aim of Carina was to unite with the j statesmen ©f Australia, whose in terests were similar to fchos 0* of j Canada.

CABLE NEWS.

It is reported that the Kaiser will pay a visit to Bismarck at his residence. The British Government will grant a Royal Commisssion and a sum of money for expenses at the Hobart | Exhibition. j The Czar is reported to be seriously ill with influenza, accompanied by bronchitis and inflammation of the lungs. The Calcutta correspondent of " Tha Times" says that Lord Lansdowne's departure is generally regretted by all classes in India. The Court of Appeal has dissolved the injunction restraining the proprie tors of Madame Tussaud's waxworks from showing the effigy of Monson. The House of Lords will show a large majority in favor of Lord Dudley's amendment to the Employers Liability Bill, insisting on " contract ing out." In the one hundred mile contest in France for the world's cycling cham pionship, M. Dubois beat A. V. Lin ton of the Cardiff Harlequins. The time occupied was 4 hours 37 mm, A section of Japanese assert that the missionaries are a hindrance to the advance of religion and intend to petition the Government to banish them from the country.

Bank of Australasia.

London, Jauuary3O. Mr W. O. Gilchrist, presiding at a meeting of the Bank of Australasia shareholders, said the directors had a favourable report to present. Deposits were steadily growing and the cash balance stood at £4,000,000. The new accounts opened in the colonies numbered 700.

Bluegum Pavement.

London, January 30. Sir R. Herbert is trying to induce the London Vestries to pave the streets with bluegum. The Marylebone Vestry will take 75,000 blocks if the price is suitable; others offer £& per thousand.

Mr Speight and the Engine-Drivers.

Melbourne, January 30. A deputation from the Engine drivers' and Firemen's Association waited on the Minister for Bailways and asked permission to subscribe to a testimonial to Mr Speight, the ex-Ohief Commissioner. They declared their action had no political significance. The Minister, however, thought it had, and declined the request. He stated that great pressure had been brought to bear upon the Government to make room for Mr Speight in the department, but they would not do <jo. As private citizens the drivers could do as they liked, but not as engine-drivers.

Imperial Passenger Act.

Sydney, January 30. The enforcement of the Imperial Passenger Act by the Customs caused a good deal of comment, and is regarded as an absurdity. The Act was passed in England to control emigration during the Californian and Australian gold rushes, and was never ; intended to apply to the magnificent passenger ships of to-day, yet no ship can now leave Sydney Harbour with aiore than half her complement of passengers without being brought under the provisions of this antiquated Act. The new regulations will necessitate fresh surveys. Among other absurdi | ties fifteen days are set down within i which the voyage to New Zealand may be accomplished, and each steamer is required to carry as large quantities of port wine and rum on each voyage as would ordinarily last the vessel for twelve months. The owners of ship ping are obtaining legal advice as to whether the Collector of Customs can override the authority reposed in th« Marine Board and the issue of certifi cates generally. The infringement of the provisions of the Act may go as far as to entail the forfeiture of the ships affected.

JABEZ BALFOUR.

London, January 30. The delivery of Jabez Balfour to the English authorities is postponed until the Argentine Attorney-General h»s decided upon the legality of the pro cedure. (Received January 31, 10.50 a.m.) London, January 30. The Argentine Government has re ferred the Balfour case to the Superior Court for decision.

BRAZIL.

Rio db Janiero, January 29 Five torpedo boats, purchased by, the Brazilian Government in Germany, have arrived at Pernambuco. Negotiations for the cessation of hostilities between Peixoto, the Ameri can Admiral, and Admiral Gana, com manding the insurgents in the absence of Admiral Mello, have failed, and fighting has been resumed, Two of the rebel warships, ignoring the signals, began a cannonade on< two American ships. (Received January 31,11.30 a.m.) Rio Janiero, January 30. In endeavoring to mediate between the beligerents, the Admiral of the American Squadron declined to treat with Admiral de Gama, unless he be came reconciled with President Peixoto, but the rebel leader refused to listen to this. On the other hand Peixoto declined 'to receive the American Admiral, and the latter looks upon the refusal as an insult to the American navy. When the rebel warships began a cannonade on two American ships the vessels of the American squadron cleared for action, whereupon the firing ceased. The traders were then escorted to berths by the warships and the incident passed off without blood shed, (Received January 31. noon.) IiONDON, January 30. The commanders of the foreign war ships at Rio report that the Insurgents have complete control of the harbor, and are asking the respective Govern ments if they will use force to protect i the mercantile shipping. Newcastle, January 31. British ships arriving here continue to bring reports of narrow escapes from shooting by; the belligerentj|forces|ia i Rio harbor]

English the World Speech

The advocates of English as the uni versal language have (says the Louisville Courier Journal) received a coadjutor from an unexpected quarter. There recently i appeared in the Pireuesische Jahrbucher *an article from Dr Schroer, advocating making the study of English obligatory in the schools. The reasons assigned for this .ire more interesting than the proposi tion itself. The need of a universal language has long been felt. The effort to introduce Volapuk wag a recognition of this, but Dr Schroer condemns any attempt-to construct an artificial world speech. A language, he saya, without historical development, literature or lin guistic relations, will not be studied by any considerable number of people until its becomes universal, and hence it cannot become universal aI; all. This means that if we are to have a universal language it must be chosen from existing languages, and of course from the number of tho?e that are widely diffused and spoken by great civilised nations. Attempts to in troduce artificial language are not only hopeless, but they are unnecessary, for, says Dr Schroer, there is already ft universal language,, and that Is English. But in what sense is English a universal language? Ik is, says Dr Schroer, one which, by its spread over the whole earth and by the ease with which it may be learned, has reached a position so far in advance ot all others that neither natural nor artificial means can deprive it of its assured position as the future means of international intercourse. He therefore concludes that " the English language is the world speech, and will, to all appearance, become more and more so every year." This tribute to the English language is tbe more impressive because It emanates from one who has no bias In its favor from Its being his mother tongue. The statements which he makes are fully borne out by facts. The language is Bpoken by the richest and most powerful commercial nation in Europe, in tha greater part of North America, in the Sandwich islands, India, South Alricaand Australia. Since the beginning of the nineteenth century the number of English speaking people have grown from 25,000,000 to 125,000,000. There is no prospect of any check to the progress of the triumphant tongue. It may be added thac the study of English gives access to incomparably the richest literature in the world. lbs claims to the primacy are so eminent and evident that even foreigners acknowledge them. It affords & practical and easy way to the attainment) of the great desideratum of a universal know ledge. _^

A Prehistoric Blast Furnace.

Is there anything new under the sun 1 asks the "Railway Review, 1' and adds that Solomon was right. The more the past is explored the more evident this becomes. A prehistoric blast furnace is the latest discovery ! Professor Flinders Petrie, in 1890, convinced himself that in a remarkable mound called Tel-el-Hesey in South Palestine, would be found the remains of what wh one of the stranges places in the country down to the in vasions of Sennacherib and Nebuchad nezzar. The explorations, said Mr Bliss at the Palestine Exploration Fund meet* ing recently, have fully verified this fore* cast. Amid all the evidence discovered by Mr Bliss of the civilisation of that remote age — wine presses, treacle presses, alkali burnings and innumerable others—by far the most curious is the disclosure of an iroii blast furnace, arranged to sfive strong evidence of being intended to heat, in its descent, a blast of outside air forced through passages before entering the chamber at the level where tuyeres are usually found. "If this theory be coirecb," says Mr Bliss, " ife find, 1400 years before Christ, the use of , the hot air blast; instead of cold air, which is caUed a modern improvement in v iron manufacture due to Neilson, a Scottish engineer, and patented in 1828."

A Tall Dog Story.

IThe following "very steep" dog story was told me a day or two ago by a gantle (Jman who has business relations with a 'good many colonists, and is personally acquainted with some of your leading citisens. As Ido not wish to injure any one's reputation for veracity, I ehall not identify him beyond stating that he was at one time connected with- banking busi ness- He told me the story as an " abso lute fact," and in proof offers to produce the dog, a fine black retriever. How* ever, to the tale. It seems that one even ing, on returning to his suburban resi dence from the city, he found his wife and a lady friend who had dropped in to tea perched up on the baoks of chairs in the drawing room, and exhibiting symptoms of great alarm. The moment he appeared the simultaneous exclamation "Oh, it's & mouse,' enlightened him as to the cau of their terror. A short tour round the room with the fire shovel un earthed the mouse, which took re fuge in the lace window curtains, and finally perched up on the cornice. With the man's presence the ladies' courage returned, and tha trio'oem raenoed a tutUe attempt to slaughter the poor little animal. Poker, tongs, books, brushes, and every available weapon was brought into action, but the mouse defied their efforts to dislodge it from its retreat. The dog dropped in during the excite men*-, and added considerably to the din. Finally mousey was beaten from his refuge and dropped to the floor, the ladies at th? same time resuming their position on the chairs. The dog caught sight of the mouse in its hurried retreat to the tern* porary safety of the piano. What did it do, think you ? According to its owner it ran straight oat of the parlour into the kitchen, and in a few moments reappeared with the family cat in its mouth. A moment or so later the oat retired to the kitchen with the mouse in its mouth. Anyone doubting this story can Bee the oat and the dog on application to the owner.—London Correspondent.

The Lady Smoker.

Mrs Lynn Linton lifts her voice again in one of the magazines against the infamy of women smoking. The doctrine which is gaining ground to the effect that this venerable question is a matter of taste purely and not of ethics for either sex infuriates Mrs Lynn Linton. She seea among the blue clouds of the insidious cigarette the figure of the " Epicene Woman." A girl who smokes has no morals and (more serious still) will get no husband. Oddly enough, Mrs Lynn Lin ton omits to quote a striking case in point, a notable warning, from one of Mr Mere dith's novels. Nobody who has read 4 Sandra Belloni' (Emilia in England) will forget how Wilfred, having rescued San dra from the tent whare she was singing to a party of jovial boors, i 3 repelled at a most sentimental moment at a sudden whiff of pips smoke in her hair. "He made a good stout effort to resist the pipe smoke. . . . It was vain. Horrible fipe stnoke pervaded the memory of hen t seemed to his offended dainty fancy that he could never disassociate her from stnoking-boobhs and abominably bad to bacco." The result was that an opportu nity was lost—and the melting Sandr* saved from becoming formally engaged to one or the worst coxcombs in literature.

THE ASBBtmi'OJV GUABBIAN : WEDNESDAY, JANUAttY Si, 1594.



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Re The Assigned Estate of Messrs Hardley Bros' QBE the Valua in Out PRINTS REDUCED to HALF PRICE* WASHING DRILLET3 REDUCED FROM 9Jd] to 6Jd. All Dress Materials REDUCED TO NEARLY HALF THE FORMER PRICES, FOR INSTANCE PLAIN CASHMERES, REDUCED PROM 16Jd TO 9d. STRIPE AND CHECK ALL WOOL DRESS TWEED REDUCED [FROM 14d TO Bd, AND ALL OTHER DRES3 MATERIALS EQUALLY REDUCED. CHECK GINGHAMS REDUCED FROM 10§o TO 6|». ALL MANCHESTER GOODS SUCH AS CALICOES, STOCKINGS, FLANNELS, BLANK BTS, HOLLANDS, TICKING, SHIRTINGS, SBLSBIAP, FLOOR-CLOTHS, ETC., REDUCED TO COST PRICE. MEN'S SBIRTS, HATS, SOCKS, TIES, Etc, REDUCED] TOJCOSTJPRICE, AND IN MANY CASES VERY MUCH UNDER COST. Men's and Boy*' Glothing. EE OUR MEN'S| ALLJ WOOL JCOLONIAL SUITS AT 32s 0D AND 35s od, NOD TO BE BKATBh IN THE3COLONY. THIS HOUSE HAS ALWAWS BEEN »OTED FOR THE VERY BEST VALUE IN BOOTS btjt;now come and^ea ■<< Qi> fj 1 VC * P ARCUB ASHB UII T .'.) N |



Wanted I T^tTANTICD, Contract Stackers atoE.ce.: JOHN GRTGG, 1 129 Longbeach. \VyTISTED KNOWN.-For a real V delicacy try the Boneless Cod in 21b pieces.—Stephens Bros , Market House. I_l6l WANTED Known.—l 2 pounds of Plums tor 2s 6d at Marsden's Fruit Shop, below Mitchell and Turner's. Assorted fruits of all kinds. 1 182 ON Monday, lady passenger by Chriat church eleven train, left Gold Broach, oval shape, in waiting room. Reward to finder, Mail office. 1163 "|~~OST, from Uampstead, bay Koal, ten -*-i weeks old. Finder rewarded on returning same to P. Williams, East Belt. l_l6o &00D Kidney Potatoes, by sack or cwt., for sale cheap.—Apply, A. W. Randell, Ashburton. 1 4 PIANOS, Pianos, Organs, Organs, from 20s per month. Cycles, Cycles, cash or terms. Extras.—H. M. Jones. P~~AUSODONOPTIC SPECTACLES, Pausodonoptic Spectacles, Pauso donoptic Spectacles, Pausodonoptic Spectacles, Pausodonoptic Spectacles.— Lumsden, Experienced Oculists' Optician, Tancred street. 1 136 IF fox, want fust-class fruit go to ADABts' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. ANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. fl. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 WANTED Known.—Extra value in presents now being given away for Christmas and New Year. Cheapest House in Town.—H 0. Segbbs, Melford House. WANTED Known. — Our Cheap Slippers ate selling in dozens. Children's from la, women's Is 9d. Buy sone pair and you will buy more.— Mitohbix and Turner. \l7 ANTED Known.—To Harvesters W —Dungaree Jackets and Overalls, Harvest Hats and Shirts and Suits of all kinds, at prices to meet thejimes.— Mitchell & Turner.



SUITS to measure, during the sale, 49s 555, 60a, 70s, and 755. Fit and workmanship guaranteed.—R. Axcorn, Saundera 1 Buildings. ANTED Known —W. H. Collibk'b noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. CITANTED Known—Spectacles, ©ye VV protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line [at S, Salkk's, Optician. WANTED Known—" The Corner " is showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W. H. Collier. ! AlfTED~Knolra7^No reasonable offer will be refused for the balance of our Summer Dresses, Milli nery, and Mantles. —Mitchell and Turner, MRS ALCORN has on sale for the Holidays varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goo Is and Christmas Presents. Saunders' Buildings



DON'T Forget to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to ac repaired, at moderate rates. QOMERSET Meat Mart, The oldest • 7 the largest, tho best, and the cheap est Small 'Uoods a specialty. Full weiffhts guaranteed, A crial solicited. ~W, J. Siloock. ' a\Ha.T which brings most light and • hope to poorest homes is Titan SoaP-_____ J. -llii 3 WANTED, all Farmers to reduce Hakdlby's Large Stock of this Season's Oil, which he is selling at hia usual ridiculous low price by the Gallon or Case. ___ /""IHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, \J Own make in ladies' and children's underclothing, Aprons and Pinaforeß. Mrs Alcoen, Saunders' Building. WANTED Known.—Melford House cheapest shop in town, extra value in presents now being given to each purchaser till further notice.—H. 0. Segbrs. __, \1 f ANT ED Known—That A. J. W Walker repairs Bioycles, Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowera, Medical Coils, and all descriptions of light machinery. MEDICAL Coils made and repaired on the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. WANTED, th-? Public to know that Hakblby's Tanks ar* giving univer sal satisfaction. Testimonials if required. Fow is the time for Baths and Tanks, from BQs upwards. WANTED all and sundry to know that Haedley is still to the front with all classes of Tinware. Repairs promptly executed. Spouting and Ridging made and fixed at unheard of rates.



WANTED Known.-~Half as much: again in presents given to each { purchaser during Christmas and New Year. H. 0. Begem, Melford House. ' w \T7 ANTED Known.—To make room W for Spring Boots I will give ten j per cent for cash. Kepaira done at once ; cheaper than ever to stay bad times over at J. Moison, Premier Bootmaker. 8 18 B"~^e7~SALE, of Books, Stationery Fancy Goods, Music, etc., Fire Screens, Pictures, Glass Ornaments,, Christmas Cards, Cricket and Lawn, Tennis Material, Photo Albums and Frames, and hundreda of other articles are to be «old at a great sacrifice for Cash during this month only, ab L. *. Andhewe* & Co. Stationer a Hal!. FOR SALE—2 sections well situated in Clark Street, Allenton, being lots 22 and 23, containing 2 rods 6 parches, P..1M.8W. , rBDLLOOK .



THE REASON WHY CRAIGHEAD AND BERRYMAN t£g the Lea, ling Tailors and Outfitters j^L . „,„„. -^Key keep the Largest BECAUSE! A . , 1? aß hionable Tailor- Stock 01 . ma Goods. * **n*st BECAUSE They employ the La. Number of First Class T*ilora. BECAUSE They do the Largest Tailor ini» Business. BECAUSE They give the Besc Value, Fit, and Workmanship. BECAUSE Their Motto is t|||f* Satisfaction. CRAIGHEAD &BBRRYMAN, THE LEADING TAILORS AND OUT FITTERS, ASHBUHTON.



S. SALEK, I WATCHMAKER, & MANU FACTURING JEWELLER. T^OR HIGH-CLASS GOLD & SILVER -E JEWELLERY, PLATE & MARBLE CLOCKS, pay a visit to the Jewellery Establishment of S. SALEK, Prac tical Watchmaker, Manufacturing Jeweller, and Oculist-Optician. SOLE AGENT for Lazarus' Patented System of Sig at Testing And *' Specialite " Spectacles, ensuring comfort and correct Sight. FIRST-CLASS WORKMANSHIP IN WATCH, CLOCK, AND JEWELLERY REPAIRS. 8- Salek, east street.



NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. SEASONABLE GOODS. [ FOR HARVESTING, I Men's Gambroon Troneers Men's Duck Overalls and Jackets Men's Harvesting Straw Hats Is —-Also— | New Ties New Silk Handkerchiefs New Studs Bathing Pants—Towels and Running Pants New shapes in Hard Hats—brown, black and drab. The new Soft Hat—Land and Water Tennis Hats—art shades A good holiday Hat for Is lid THE LARGEST STOCK OF HATS IN ASHBURTON TO CHOOSE FROM. Tennis Shirts in silk, er&pe and cash mere Bojs' Washing Suits from 4s 9d. Boys' and Souths' Summer coats 2s 6d, Men's Summer Coats in silk> alpaca and sateen BOOTS BOOTS!! BOOTS!!! Canvas Shoes for Men Canvas Shoes for Women Canvas Shoes for Children Just opened this week, 18 pairs Women's Calf Shoes, for *6s 6d. Wonderfu value, NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY HALLENSTEIN BROS.. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager



KBA.TlN<}'SPoWDßa"4B3trojrl Bai?s, Fleas, Moth Beetles and aU other insects, whilst qnite harmless to domeatii. animals. la extecmtnatiag Beetles- the success ot this Powder is extraordinary. It is perfectly clean in application. See the article you purchase is KEA.TING 8. »s imitations an» noxious &$ laeffectiiil T(ub, ed, l, mi *w mk **<\ > »l kht^^ A ■ .. ■ . ■ ™