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Allenton ... ... .„ ... .. one toll Borough, north of railway .... two tolls Borough, south of railway ... three tolls Hampstead four tolls

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1894 COUNTY WORKS.

[In every public position Mr Hugo 1 Friedlander has occupied he has earned a reputation for energy, punctuality, close attention to the duties attaching to the position, and loyal and thorough discharge of them. It is no detraction to any other holder of the civic chair to say that no man ever did discharge the duties of the Mayoralty better than he did during the terms he sat. A good commercial education places him athome m the details of office work, and enables him to know just exactly what he can ask of an officer, and when he may may expect to <?et it. Be is a master of figures and iinancp, and his long experience of this agricultural county, its wants and wishes, enables his practical head tp grasp, without effort, whatever m any proposition, made will be for the benefit of the county or any portion of it, and to separate at once from the beneficial what promises to be disadvantageous In no better hands could the chair iji^nship of the County Council have been placed;, and Mr E. G. Wright— who possesses all thp qualifications we have mentioned m perhaps the same degree, with the added recommenda of an unlimited capacity for work, which a strong mental and physical constitution provides him with, and 'whiph constitution he never spares—-is ,the onj!y aphis? member of the Council from whom the county would be likely to expect equal energy anqi attention m .the occupant of the chair,' aniql by whom such vosld be likely to be gfyes. The County Council mad*? no mistake when they placed Mr Hugo Fried lander m the chair, and the statement he made during the last half-hour of f0 J#rm of office was proof that he had gpareiji no j^ps to make himself con versant with''jblip of the Cteunty. Tftafc ' staifceipjjit be fore the ratepayers an 'admirable panorama m words of what the Council has done since the Act of 18T6 was jp>se4 which called the coajitiea iptQ.

existence. It has always appeared to j us extraordinary that no annual I summary of the Council's work was ever placed before the ratepayers by the Chairman or other officer, and that for any detailed information of what had rs^lly been done m the past, was doing m the present, or was likely to be done m the future the ratepayers had to depend upon what the Ash burton Mail was able from time to time to compile, and we take credit to ourselves that m this connection we have not been neglectful of the in terests of our constituents. We blame no one for this omission of an annual statement. Perhaps it was an implied compliment to ourselves that it was withheld, on the assu/option that we had done our work so well that such a statement would bfl a work of superero gation; but withheld it was, and the annual statutory meeting was usually marked by nothing at all—if the empty form of electing an al ready chosen chairman, and the making of a few mutual admiration speeches, which may have meant much or little, be excluded. In 1887 Mr E. G. Wright's restless soul, ever anxious to be at work, revolted against this statutory waste of time, and he endeavored to supply the official omission by asking for a return of all the works executed and the money expended by the Council since the issue of its charter. That return was prepared by Mr Mainwaring, who is himself the very soul of order, system, and accuracy, and the Council was then put m possession of a compact history of its expenditure. Seven years have elapsed since then, and it was high time that somebody man official position took up the story where Mr Wright's return left off. That duty has been undertaken by Mr Friedlander, and the story told by him is really the history of the county. The Council found all the rivers m the county unbridged, save by the viaducts of the railway, and since 1879 every river has been spanned, and com munication made as safe and easy as one might expect to find m an English county. This has been effected at a cost m round numbers of £40^000. The bridges caused the disuse of the ferries, but not before those primitive but useful institutions had cost the Council £700. Drainage of the water logged districts cost £10,000, and pro tection from river encroachment £4500. The Ashburton Hospital cost over £900, while for charitable aid and hospital maintenance £13,000 has been expended. The sparrows have nibbled an unknown quantity of farmers' grain, but the figures of what has been spent m killing them are well up to £4000, while four millions of the little wratches and their eggs have been destroyed. £2000 was paid for the county saleyards, and a like amount for pounds, while £6500 has been been spent m the plantation of 2500 acres of reserves set aside for planta tion purposes, and a million and a qnarter trees have now their roots firmly fixed m a county which eighteen years ago showed scarcely a tree of any kind from the hills foot to the sea But the crowning work is the water system. On the advantages of this ; its extent, and magnificent success we have already no often written at length that we do not care to indulge m further repetition at present. The cost has been about £26,000 to lay the races, or £24 10s per mile, while the maintenance has amounted to £8840, and half a million acres have benefited by ths work. In one word the scheme has supplied water to man and beast, and made life possible and pleasant, where before it was hardly the one and certainly not the other. The chairman also spoke of irrigation but we must return to that subject at another time. He also summarised miscellaneous works, which had cost over £7000, all of them indispensable m the localities where they had been executed. But the chairman's sum mary, exhaustive as it is, does not show the huge quantity of work that has been doae for projects that were aban doned. There were numerous under takings proposed, and the engineer was sent careering over the country, taking levels here and measurements there, and laying exhaustive reports before the Council. All this was abortive so far, but it was not without its value, and those records are still available for future use, when the time comes, as come it will when the waters of our rivei3 will no longer be allowed to waste their fertilising powers m the waters of the sea. d 6221,000, iays the Chairman, is the sam of the county funds that has been dealt with. Let not the cockatoo, m the exercise of the Englishman's right to grumble, fancy that all this money has come out of his pocket, m the shape of lates. Nay, from land fund, subsidy, license feesj and other sources money has been provided for the expenditure, and had the Council depended on rates alone, the county would atill have been with out much that makes life within it pleasant. Had space permitted we would have said much more, but must conclude by congratulating the Chair* man on his excellent summary of the county works, and the ratepayers on having as they have always had, a Council composed of capable men who fully deserve the panegyric bestowed upon them by the Chairman.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Commercial and cable news and other interesting reading matter appear on the fourth page. Nominations for the Tinwald races close at Lagan's Hotel, Tinwald, at nine o'clock to-night. It has been arranged by the Union Company to resume salvage operations at the wreck of the steamer Wairarapa. A gang of men left Auckland yesterday co prosecute the work. _ Apropos of American marriages a New York paper tells of a very remarkable il lustration of the promptitude with which % buspess of matrimony can be con cluded m that cjty. The other day a man proposed to a lady a qu^rtsr qf an hour after being introduced at an afternoon '* afc ijome." In another twenty minufees they had betaken themselyes to a clergyman and completed the ceremony.

Mr Thomas sold the privileges for the j Friendly Societies Sports to-day as I follows :—The two luncheons booths j ware sold to Mr W. C. Dads for £12 10s and the programmes to Mr Leitch for 5s \ 3d per dozen. The gathering is on December 19. There was an excaedinsily large attend ance at the funeral of the late Mr John Chalmers yesterday. The procession was made up of vehicles, m which were settlers from all parts of the county, find many from outside the county, the Ions; cortege testifying to the high esteem m which deceased was held. Constable Leahy, stationed at Stratford, died suddenly m the train while on the way to Wellington on Tuesday night. He was himself m custody at the timp and was ! en route to the Lunatic Asylum, as ho was violeacly insane. The evidence showed that death resulted from failure of Ihe heart's action, and softening of the brain. An awful affliction (says the North Otago Times) has befallen the Fairlie district, near Timaru. Without a moment's warn ing, and m the twinkling of an eye, a large number of life insurance agents swooped down on the doomed place, and the inhabitants are now fleeing to the back country. It is believed a good many of the inhabitants will be able to save them selves, owing to the precipitancy of their flight. . ' On & Sydney suburban railway, frnit cases were often opened, and the beat fruit abstracted. One fruitgrower re solved to detect the thief, He sent along a good looking, weighty case—one seem ingly made for choice fruit. When the train pulled up at a station the guard rushed oub of his van, screaming, and trying to beat off the bees which he had disturbed by wrenching open that good fruifccase. Which settled the matter. The Hampstead Town Board wrote to the County Council asking that body to instruct their engineer to inspect Markey's bridge at once, as tha bridge was unsafe for sheep, and the under stracture rot/ten. The Tinwald Town Board also wrote regar-iing the bridge over Carter's creek, which was m want of repair and was too narrow. The County Council said they had no jurisdiction over these bridges and no responsibility m connection with them. A very touching story is told of the late Czar. It was at the close of one of those annual visits to Denmark m, which he always found his chief relaxation and delight. He was saying good-bye to his favorite nieces, the daughters of the Prince and Princess of Wales. " Good-bye, my dears," he said as he kissed them ; " you are going Jto your happy English home, and Ito my Russian prison." A sad com mentary, truly, upon the splendours of a despotic throne. A well-known lady, living m the neigh bourhood of Windsor, having occasion to grumble to her cook about the family meat and its price, finally ordered an offending leg of mutton to be brought into the draw ing-room. It was still under investigation when lo ! visitors were annouced—the Queen, the Princess Beatrice and a pet dog. The cook promptly vanished, and the dish was as promptly hidden under the sofa. The dog, however, was not long m nosing oufc the joint, which he at once dragged into the Koyal presence. A sulphur spring has been discovered on the farm of a Mr Oatea, about two miles from Krankston (Vie.) It is asserted that tha water is of great medicinal and curative value, and equal to thit found m New Zealand. A sample of the water ha^ been forwarded toMrßlackett, the Government analyst, for report, Should this be favor able, a company willbeformedand sulphur baths established. Arrangements have been made with the owner of the land to purchase 2k acres at the rate of £300 per acre. i . Whatever objections may be entertained m. some quarters m the colonies to the principle of • one man, one vote,' the lodgers fn London, whose name is legioa, can go the colonists ' one better. ' At the Ham Registration Court the other day a whole batch of bogua claimants to the franchise were severely admonished and fined for having tried to work the oracle of' one room and as many votes as you can get into it.' Three or four persons claimed the lodger franchise m respeci to one apartment, while a number of others tried to get their names on the roll for rooms they did not tenant at all. Yesterday—before Messrs A. Harrison and J. W. fcSawle, J.P.s—two boya named Cameron and Laurie were charged with wilfully damaging pictures, the property of Mrs Williams. The evidence was very conflicting and the charges were dis missed. This morning -before Messrs D. Thomas and R. Alcorn, J.P.'s—Albert Humbert was charged with drunkeanes, refusing to leave the Central Hotel, assaulting the police, and using obscene language. Constables Jackson and Watt, who had witnessed the whole affair, prayed the charges. The man had been very violent and attempted to escape from the look up when the handcuff* were taken off. These being his first offdnces he was convicted and discharged on the first two charges, and gent to jail for seventy two daysfor assault and usingobscenelanguage.

Sad Drowning Case at Rakaia.

I>oatli of Mi- ateil If el<ean

Yesterday afternoon the body of Mr Neil McLaan was found m the pond at the Rakaia Domain He was noticed shortly before six m the morning on his way to the Domain for his customary swim, but was not seen to return. During the afternoon, the contractor for the new Roman Catholic Church felt in clined to go for a swim, and on reaching the dressing shed found Mr McLean's clothes. He at once informed Conpfcable Lewis, who immediately arranged for a search. Mr Leddyj, a member, and Mr Rountree, captain of the Rakaia Swim ming Club, rendered valuable assistance m recovering the body, and deserve great credit The body was afc once removed to the Railway Hotel, where an inquest will be held as soon as possible. For many years Mr McLean was the onager of the Acton Estate, and had a large circle of friends m Canterbury, but for some yeara he has resided m Queensland, and was only over for a trip. He was always noted as a very strong swimmer, and it is said that on more than one occasion he swam the Rakaia river when ib was m high flood,

SPORTING

'mE AUCKLAND CUP.

Auckland, December 7 The following acceptances have been re •eived for the principal event to be decided at the Auckland Racing Club's Summe Meeting :— Auckland Ccp, of 500 soys, added to sweep stake of 10 soys each Two miles. Prime Warden ... 9 6 i Royal Rose ... 8 0 Au Revoir ... 8 8! Pegasus , ... 7 7 Saracen ... ... 8 7 Ben Godfrey ... 7 7 Jmpulse .... ...8 6 Ida 7 0 St Kilda . 8 0 Forme 611 Lottie ,^8 0 j

COUNTY WORKS.

Exliauftftiv« iiniiiiiiury l»y the County CliMirnian.

Just previous to the County Council sitting m statutory annual meeting, I and before leaving the chair for the I annual election of chairman, Mr Hugo Friedlander, the retiring chairman, said :— As my term of office will soon come to a close I crave your indulgence for a few minutes to enable me to refer shortly to the principal work done by the Council m the past. It is with some diffidence that I do so, seeing that my predecessor who filled the chair for so many years, and with very great ability indeed, did not adopt such a course. But, without wishing m the least to reflect on his action, I hope it will not be amiss if I place before you a precis of the various and more important works undertaken by this Council since its institution, with cost of the items as near as I can give them; also of some of the Council's other principal expenditure. I will deal first with BRIDGES, As settlement within the county, after the bringing into operation of the Counties Act, /apidly increased, the Council of, course wa,s bound to provide facilities to settlers for crossing rivers at some of the most central points. It, therefore, m the year 1879, with the assistance by way of grants from the Government, and of contributions by other public bodies interested, com menced the extensive works under this heading, and of which the following are the particulars:-—

The erection of bridges as already referred to did away with the cost of maintaining many of the , FERRIES. The following is the expenditure connected with them :— ■

DRAINAGE. Just as necessary as the bridges were to keep pace with the progress of settlement, were the works the Council undertook m connection with finding an outlet for the storm-water, which at certain seasons of the year covered thousands and thousands of acres, and brought ruin to many m some parts of the county, and for draining the water logged lands m other parts. The drainage works and cost of same are as follows :• —

PROTECTIVE WOItKS. While settlers m some parts of the county were relieved by the works just referred to, -others were suffering from the effects of river encroachments, The Council having been petitioned, the following works were carried out at the undermentioned cost :—

ASHBUETON HOSPITAL. As you are no doubt aware/" this ' building wad erected m 1880, the total cost of same, including fencing, fittings, furniture, etc., was £8312 2s lid, the Government contributing £725—leav ing a net expenditure of £7587 2s lid by this Council. The hospital ha 3 been managed since 1885 by a board consisting of three members from this, and two members from the Ashburton Borough Council. The cost of main tenance is as follows :—

;in addition, this Council has contri buted to the North Canterbury Ohari table Aid Board, Christchurch, since 1886, the large sum of £8923 13s 6d, making a total expenditure for hospi tal and charitable aid purposes (build ings excluded) of £13,063 13s Gd—a formidable item indeed the ratepayers of this county had to find. DESTRUCTION OF SMALL BIRDS. The money expended by this Ooun oil m the destruction of the small birds nuisance ought to convince the rate payers within this county that the Council has beeft alive to its duty, I»

the purchase of poisoned grain and the heads and eggs of this pest, it has ex pended the sum of £3850 10s 7d, and over 4,000,000 of eggs and birds' heads were destroyed. COUNTY SALI3YABDS. As homestead after homestead sprung up from among the tussock, the want of proper and suitable accommo dation for the sale of live stock, etc., very soon made itself felt, and the Council was not long m recognising the fact that it would very materially benefit our settlers, and advance the interests of the district if such accom modation were provided. The work j was soon taken m hand, and the county ! possesses now substantial saleyards, a large and conveniently situated show ground where we hold our annually recurring agricultural shows, and the Council has thus, by its great foresight and the business-like manner it has dealt with this important question, greatly helped to centralise the sale of livestock at these yards, so that the sales have become almost the largest fixtures m New Zealand. The amount ex pended is £1966 14s lid ; less received from rents, etc., £147012s 6d—-leaving a balance of £496 2s sd. MISCELLANEOUS. Among other expenditure are tbqr following:—

POUNDS.

la 1884 under the provisions of the Impounding Act, the pounds were handed over to the Road Boards and Borough Council, the latter paying for the one which is situated m the borough. In this direction the Council has expended:—

The only revenue derived was from the Aahburton pound, which yielded a rental of .£365 2 0 COUNTY PLANTATIONS. Much valuable work has been done by this Council, and a large sum of money has been expended under this heading. It amounted on the 31st March last to £6500 12s 2d. There are 2500 acres planted with about lj : million trees. Connected with the above are the following reserves, viz. — Acres. Plantation Reserves ... 10,300 Ferry Reserves fiOO Gravel Reserves ... ... 1350 Riverbed Reserves ... 1300 The ferry and gravel reserves are all more or less planted with trees, the riverbed reserves only to a small ex tent, as the greater part of these are washed away. WATER RACES. i The most important work under' taken by this Council are the water I races. The test channel was opened m January 1881, and having proved an unqualified success, demands were made for additional races, and large j mileages were added year by year, with 1 the result that there are now about 1050 miles of county water races made at a cost of about £25,750, or say £24 10s per mile. The cost of main tenance has been £SBIO, and the area supplied with water within the respec* tive water supply districts are approxi mately as follows:— Acres. Ashburton-Rakaia Water Supply District 245,000 Ashburton-Rangitata Water Supply District 205,000 Mount Somers • Ashburton-Forks Water Supply District ... 10,000 Total 460,000 In addition to these, the greater part of Springfield, Laghmor, and Longbeach properties say 60,000 is supplied from independent sources, making a grand total ——— of 520,000 Benefited by the water race system at a first cost of not quite one shilling per acre. IRRIGATION" FARM. While the water race system was being extended m almost every part of the county, the Council felt that, however valuable this work was, and however great the benefit derived from it to the settlers, sooner or later the work of irrigating a very large area of the Ashburton plains must be taken up m real earnest. With this m view the Council initiated a small system of irrigation, and made the result of the experiment public. The cost m con nection with the irrigation farm stands at £829. The farm with the right to use the water is now let at 10s per acre, whereas the former occupier could not afford to pay 5s per acre. This speaks for itself. Nothing further has been done since, excepting that Acton Estate is now about testing the bene fits to be derived from irrigation, and I sincerely hope that the proprietors will be well rewarded for the trouble and expense they are going to. What with the low prices for our grain, small yields, and the disappointingly low prices that wool is no rr fetching, something must be done to enable the farmer to obtain a larger and more profitable return for his labor. This, to my mind, can only be brought about by a proper system of irrigation, where practicable, and not incurred at too great a cost. It is the only bright spot m the agricultural horizon our farmers have to look to. Our thirsty plains seem especially created to make irrigation easy and effective. I trust therefore that nothing will interfere with the action now taken by the Acton Estate, so that they may be able to give the scheme a thorough and exhaustive trial, and thus show that our dry plains can be made to very considerably increase their productive power. That this may be so is my earnest hope and wish.

THE ASHBUBTO& GUAKDIAN : SATUEDAY, DECEMBEBi 8, 1894. '



Erected. Bridge. Cost* I £ s d

1879 Upper Rangitata, bridge extension 9649 19 3 1880 Hinds bridge, Surveyors road 507 10 3 1880 North Ashburton bridge, atDigby's ... 3509 19 9 1880 North Ashburton bridge, at Pudding Hill ... 5626 1 8 1880 South Aehburton bridge, Hinds crossing ... 6004 9 8 1880 Taylor's Stream bridge 1926 16 9 1886 Hinds footbridge ... 288 13 4 1886 Ashburton traffic bridge 9646 I 8 1894 Sheep bridge, Lower Rangitata .. .„ 653 8 9

37,813 11 1 In addition, the Council has expended up to the 31st March, 1894, for repairs... ... .. 2235 5 1



o <o £ 11 *i i-^ 8 "3 1 ■ 8 o S £ad £ s

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Dobbin's Ford Bangitata Ferry 373 510 165 13 Eakaia Ferry 245 16 8 12 10

4 0

251 16 10 207 12 6 i' 33 6 8

£692 16 0



fad Up per Hinds and Rangitata Dis trict—Storm water channel ... 80 13 3 Winchmore, Methven, and Mount Hutt—Storm water channel 3928 0 6 Tinwald ... 146 19 0 Hinds ... River improve ments 1941 12 6 Lesspaidbypropri't'rs 680 2 6 .—_1261 10 0 Longbeach.. Drainage 2631 19 10 M'nt Somers Drainage 68 6 11 Wakanui ..Drainage 1093 18 4

£9211 7 11



District. Coat. £ s a Ashburton Forks and Upper Ashburton ... .. ... 1640 0 0 Wakanui 2240 0 0 Digby's 494 0 0 Upper Ashburton 48 0 0 Mount Hutt .. 48 0 0

£447000 Towards the cost of some of the above works the Ashburton Forks and Upper! innn „  Ashburton Riding borrowed/ 100° ° ° Wakanui Protective Works District ... ... , m joqo 0 0

Making a total of ... 2200 0 0 Of which these Districts have respectively repaid by way of rates—£s69 18s 2d and £589 8s 5d .... ... ... 1159 0 7

Leaving balance owing on loans £1040 13 5 I



Period, Contributing bodies. £ a d 1885 Government 4728 2 8 to Ashburtou County 31/3/94 Council 4140 0 0 Ashburton Borough Council 450 0 0

—.

Total ..., ... .. £9318 2 S



£ s a Mount Somera tramway •« 3777 0 0 Domain Boards ... .« .- 1033 10 6 Cemeteries ... »„ „. 791 13 Libraries 36S 11 3 Ashburton Racing Glub Reserve 50 0 0 Ashburton Fire Brigade  150 0 0 Dunedin Exhibition Vote ... 25 0 0 Tinwald Town Board Main Road 30 0 0 Hampatead Town Board Main Road 30 0 0 Main South Road .. .. 6 7 0 Bakaia Gorge 34 15 0 Blackford and Redoliffe ... 300 0 0 Black Mountain Track .. 103 3 6 Dobbin's Ford Road ,„ ... 109 18 6 Ashburton Gorge ... „. 273 14 1 Alford Forest Road .. .. 293 13 U Window Well .. 3S 6 6

I £7410 1 1



Ashbvirfcon Waterton , ,„ Hinds ..  Methven South Rakaia ... Mount Somers ...

£ 8 A 496 14 6 .. 293 16 4 330 8 2 205 7 1 349 S. 2 328 19 9

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Wanted WANTED —Every Lady to try Madam Balcombe's Patent Ex panding Belt Corset (registered), guaran teed whalebone throughout. Orders left at Mr E. Hall's, Herbalist, Ashburton, will receive prompt attention. ]Q 86 HOLLOA! What's This! 36 Oarus m Packets for Is, and 25 for 9d ; | single Cards from 2d to 2a each. Hew Year's, Christmas, Text, and Birthday : Cards, Cheap and m great variety, a [ choice lot of New Books suitable for Christmas and Birthday Present?. Cir culating Library. Terms easy. Eight Id Books for 6d, four 21 Book* for 61, two 4d Books for 6d, thre« 6i Books for Is, Plain, Fancy, and Mourning Statim,er.<\ Picture Books, Scraps, etc. —J. IMUbsden, Bookstall and Shop. SWEEPING Reductions. —la Booka for 9d, Is 6d Books for Is, 2a Books for Is 6d, 2s *6d Books for 2s, and all others at equtd ra^e of reduction at" L. F. AndreW£S and Go's., Cash Sale. 618 OYSTERS, Fried Flounders, and Whitebait every right at Jewitt's, Deep Sea Fishing Company, opposite Mail office. 9 168 WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age/ H. Zander, Sols Agent. WANTED 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 days. I ana hot advertising a few cheap lines, but the whole of the stock. Don't lose the oppor tunity of securing genuine bargains—A Laweie. 7 166 LADIES' and Gentlemen's left-off Clothes and all kinds of goods bought, sold, or exchanged. — Mrs Knight, Wakanui Road, opposite Tem plar Hall. 11 170 riHRISTMAS^nd New Year Cards for \J the Home Mail. A beautiful assort ment just opened up, Packet 9of Cards of choice designs from 3d upwards. Writing Papers and Envelopes, Pocket Books, Purses, Writing Cases, Ink stands, Pictures, Music, Accord eons from 7s 9d, Concertinas, Violins, Banjos, Zither Harps, Photo Frames and Albums, Scrap and Postage Stamp Albums, Indoor Games, and a great variety of goods too numerous to mention : all at greatly reduced prices for cash this month at L. F. Andrew bs I ani> Co.'s Cheap Sale.



Wanted, ■ ■ ■' in' ' 1., i VI/" ANTED, a Girl of 17 or 18 who can *» wash and iron, and make hersel? gene-ally useful. Refeiences necessary. For address apply to Mrs Hamilton, Tancred Street. 12 68 IaTESLEFAN Church. Tv-morrow, VV Rev T. G. Brocka, Morning, "Ideals;" Evening, **A Mighty Ambi tion." Come and hear. Bring your friends. 12 69 WANTED, Caretaker for Ashburton Presbyteriin Church. !r chedulo of duties may be seen, and applications sent m by SSatokday, Dtcember 15, to Mr Akdrbw Orr. 12 67 ~O RIMITIVR~Church, To^irnirrowT— JL Preachers : Morning?; Mr J. Lock. Evening, Rev James Cockpr, Subject;— "Paul's Sermon on Mars Hill." 12 71 FOR Sale, House m Cameron street Weßt, Six Rooms, Quarter Acre, Outhouses, tanks and every convenience. For further particulars, apply *' House " Post Office, Ashburton. 12 69 SHEAF Oat Chaff for sale. John Bell, Waterton. 12 15 WANTED Known.—Miss Mubphy Dressmaker, has removed to Burnett Street, next to Orange Hall. Wedding and Mourning orders especially attended to. CHEAP Christmas Presents, Cheap New Year Gifts, Cheap Toys, Cheap Dolls, Cheap Fancy Goods. Mus Adams, Saunders' Buildings. WANTED Known ~ Mrs Hooper (monthly nurse) is open to accept engagements. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Hooper, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton. 11*134 XC£ CREAM, Ice Cream, Ice Cream, now ready at H. A, Flower's, East street, Ashburton. Ice supplied at shortest notice. 10 114 f CHRISTMAS PresentsTchoice Orna \J ments. Zithers and Jew's Harps, Balis and Dolls for everybody from Id each; Jointed Dolls for 6d, Sleeping Beauties Is, Chinese Conquerors 6d, Russian Embassies Is, Walking Men, Talking Dolls, Scotch Greys, and Ennis killen Dragoons all wonderfully cheap at Mks Alcorn's Ladies-' Underclothing and Fancy Bazaar, Havelock street. TO LADlES.—Spring Cleaning.—We have just received Three Cases of Curtains and Liberty Muslins, together with new Patterns m Carpets, Oilcloths, and Linoleums. China Matting from B|d per yard.—Mitchell a.nd Turner. tITANTED Known—Holders of ,VV Present tickets can now get them changed.—ll. C. Segers, Melford House. TTi ANTED Known—The Corner Is VV showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Collier. T3EAUTTFUL and useful Presents to * J all purchasers of 2a 6d and upwards. —H. C. Segers, Meltord House. WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Regatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2a 6d.—W. H. Collier. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything m the optical line at S. SiLEK's, Optician. "DRESENTS. We are now giving XT Presents to all purchasers of 2* 6d and upwards.—H. 0. Segkk.s, Melford House WE Hold a Largo Stonk of tho Latest Kovslties m Materials for Blouses and Walking Hropses. Just opened, ex Pakeha and lonic, Dress Goods of choice selection, SunshaJpg and Umbrellas.— Mitch stx and Torher. BANG ! Bang i Baug S 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. Hartley's, Gun Emponura. BLAKKBTS bought at Edwards Bennet's Sale, a special line of' Double Blankets at 7s 9d, Extra large and heavy 15s 6d and 163 6d.—Robert Alcorn, Baker's Building* ROBERT ALCORN has opened m Baker's Buildings, next the Court- i house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bennett's and the Kaiapoi Sales, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashburton. Also an assortment of Boots. "OECENT Arrivals —Ladiea'aiidGentie- J-lJ men's Summer Boots and Shoes, Cricketing and Tennis Shirts. Unlimited selection of Summer Ties and Hats.— Mitchell and Turner. BUTTER, BUTTER.-We are Still Selling Good Butter 6d per lb. Bi"*n 2s 8d per bag, Best Sharps 5s 3d per bag, Rollitt's and Thomas' Flour at Mill Price. Note Address—Fletcher Bros,, Cash Supply Stores, Ashburton. 11 171 -jjrfoTicEl Notice Sport for all I.N Guns let out on hire or sold on time 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, Habdlby, Ironmonger, etc OWN Make m Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina foras j also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, otc. $ at Mbs Algobn's new shop, Baker's Buildings. A FACT.—Anyone drinking Health, Tea and discarding all other brands will certainly add ten years to his life, Jusfc your tr^ it. To be had from ai Orirooera,. BOY'S aad oirls Own Annual, British Workman arvs Workwoman, Infant's Magazine, The Prize, Cold's Companion, Children's Friend, Little Dot, Family Friend, Band of Hope, Young England, and other New Books at Lowest Prices.— Jj. F. Andrewes and Co. 11 98 W£$ST$D Known—That if you are m \va#£ #/ a first class article m sum mer Boc*ta w# fifroes, you cannot do better th»a caW at j. Moon's ; you will get the vQif bast at jed.uc.ed $?ises. As for his own make, they pro w;ell kno^m to the delight ot the w&»xm», ,thro,ugho,ut ,fche Australasian cobniea. U&purs well done and at once. Premier Boot HjLajk^ Town Hall Boot Store, East street, AsJjbu?ton. GUNS! Guns! Guns! My new stock at Gi-unsj ust to hand direct from the fiEfctwiwifcurers. Double and Single Barrel fiwwfr Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spectlon i»#te<^ ISo old stock to select from at 6. W. UiSfi&qpjt porting depository T ATEST Telegram.—The Governor of J-^ Viejfcom has ordered that noiM bjifc Health T*u. shall be used m Government Houso "DOLLAR CIGAFEfW — 3d. N holders <?f pbptoa.—H'KNß 2a^Bß», B'Mls eale agenti * * i



Business Notices j NEW GOODS. NEW GOODS. TO ME E T~ThB TIMES. OWING to the scarcity of money and dulness o£ trade generally, we are over stocked. To ensure a speedy clearance, we have marked the whole of our Stock at the Very Jjowegt Po«slMe Prices. NOW IS YOUR TIME. MAKE NO MISTAKE. G J. JN~K^I L L'S IS THE SHOP FOE A GENUINE BARGAIN. JNew Prints, guaranteed to wash, 3£d I New, and Fashionable Ureas Goods, double New (lilateas, very strong, B|d . width, worth 2a for Is 3d ! fc'ew Djlaincs, very pretty, 7i«3, guaranteed | Calicos, 2a lid dozen to wash i Double-bed Sheeting, white twill, 9£d Kew Dress Goc> Is 5a lid, dreira worth double | Towels, 2|d ; Cotton Shirting, 4Jd MtLLINERYT"MILLINERy TN ALL ITS BRANCHES EXCEPTION ALLY CHEAP. Strong Corsets, 4s Sd now 2* lid | Children's Sunshades Is Ladies' Sunimades of every description j CLOTHING.*" CLOTHING. Men's Suits, 13s 6d I Boyij' Tweed Suite, 4s lid Men's Colonial Tweed Suits, 37s 6d now 27s Straw Hats for men and boys at any price 6d I Hate, Socks, Shirts and lie» at your own toJen'a Colonial Tweed Suits, 45a now 32s 6d | price boots" "boots. We were never beaten, and we defy competition. All our Colonial Boots ate made specially to our order, and we guarantee them. I! not aa good aa recommended, we will replace them. —JUSC TO HAND— 120 pair of Ladies' Lace Shoes, i% lid Children's Tan Shoes and Slippers* specialty Ladies' Tan Strapped Shoes, 6a lid with box to match badies' Canvas Shoes, tan and black Men's Colonial-made Shooters, nailed 7s lid Ladies' French Glace Kid Shoes, the best to Men's Colonial-made Shooters, n» iled 8s lid be had m New Zealand Men's Balmorals and Cookhams of every Men's Bluchers, 4s lid description, COME AND SEE. G. J. NEIL L'S FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBTJRTONJ WOOLJ3ALE. VTTE BEG TO INFORM OUR CLIENTS THAT OUB NEXT WOOL SALE WILL BB HELD IN OHIRSTOHUROH, ON FRIDAY, l>Kt EJIBKB 14. ALL WOQL TO BE CONSIGNED TO MESSRS MILES AND COMPANY, LIMITED GAS WORIb SIDING, CHRISTOHUROH, where it will receive every attention. Consignments must reach Ohristchurch EARLY ON Tuesday flforniDg:, December 11, as Catalogues close on that date. Clients will please observe that all wool received into our Ashburton Stores will now be sent forward by us to the Christchurch Sale. Miles and Co., Limited. OUB NEXT WOOL SALE WILL TAKE PLACE IN CHKISXCUUKCH ON F r iday, December 14. Catalogues CLOSE TUESDAY EVENING, December 11, after the arrival of the| Express m Christchurch. %TTE ARTS aow receiving WOOL at our Ashburton Stores for the above Sale and Clients wishing to forward their Clips from country stations will please consign to WOOD BROS., Limited, private Siding, Addiogfcon. FRIEDLAISIDEE BBOS, WOOLBROKERS & AUCTIONEERS? A P OJL_O G Y. S. SALBK, WATOH.MAIER AND JEWELLER, j "DIGS to apologise to the numerous Customers who were requiring the i Wonderful IM^cit Watches, Whick he waa unable to supply, having sold out, and to notify he lias just received another large consignment! of j DIXIT, DIXIT, DIXIT WATCHES, i I Cosn lace and double case Keyless -rod Key-winding LEVERS. Look and wear , r like Silvor. j PRICES-(In boxes with eitra glass) 208, fcftf, «*» «* »IMI Os»* Guarantee with each Watch. The Moat Wonderful Value ever offered to the Ashburton Public. No other Watches m tha Market at the prices cvi compare with the *"*!* ONLY TO BE OBTAINED FROM S. S/\LEK, WATCHMAKER &$P iJSWELLEK.