Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1894

MrJ.C. Blackmore. Government fruit expert, writes to the local Horticultural Society : —The pest known tub pkach as the black peach aphis has aphis. appeared on several Japan plum trees in the neighbor hood of Christchurch. should this pest be noticed in any of the peach or Japan pium trees in your district, kindly a^k the members of your Horticultural Society to c -operate with me to prevent it spread ing. This will be best done by the dt struction of the pe«t by spraying win kerosene emu'sion, immediately the insect is detec ed on any tree. The insect is easily recognised. It has a black shining back, is semi-transparent, of a dark plum color, and covers the young shoots of the tree attacked in large numbers, causing the leaves very soon to assume a sickly apparance. The insects are also on the roots of the tree, and not far beneath the soil Should any member of your Society notice this pest, please inform me.

The gentleman who was lately in charge cf the Kurow braoch of the Colonhl Bank (says the Oamcino Mail) A defaulting was awarded a grand send hank off when he left a fort managjeiu night asro for pastures new. So popular was he as a local secretary of various institutions and as i jolly good fellow that the occasion of his departure was signalised by a valedictory banquet, at which he was presented with a purse of sovereigns, and at which c jmpliments enough were paid him to make his delicate cheek mantle o'er with the rosy caht of modesty. Now that he has gono the Kurowiles are learning how much they mias him. His departure had cost them m >re than they anticipated, and his beautiful forethought and discrimination had been shown by his anticipating the intention of the com munity to present him with a purse of sovereigns. In order that there mi/ht be no mistake about this he made the presentation to himself to the tune of £300. The various institutions of which he was secretary contributed to this amount materially, as did also a number of tradespeople and several others who banked with the Colonial. The chairman at the banquet, who was responsible for a few appreciative remarks anont this calm scoundrel, is himself a victi.ii of his defalcations, and the church, the Atheniemn (of which the books have mysteriously disappeared), and the tennis club are also sufferers. Ifc is probable that Mr Kennedy will pay anothor visit to the district shortly in the best of com pany.

As the Japanese get nearer and nearer to the point of being able to dictate terms to the Chinese, a short description PEKIN. of the city of Pekin, which the Italian Government sug eested the Japs should be allowed to * may not be without interest, occupy, «»*kinißprehaps one of the The City ot * «fhe V orld. It is an least known cities oi ... *• immense city. It contains a,. ut h QWf*i inhabitants scattered over an a. * V twenty-five square miles, and the people a 8 a ru ie live in one-storey houses. The city is surrounded by walls which were built hundreds of years ftgo and which must have cost many millions ot dollars. These walls are in good (Condition, with th.c exception of one or two places where the floods oi last winter undermined them and carried parts of their facings away. It is hard to give an idea of #ne of these walled cities of China. The walls at Pekin are sixty feet thick at the bottom, £"hey would fill the averag. c ountry road or citf ; street, and they are as tall as a four-storey house. They ar« so wide at the top that; you coold run three railroad trains side by side around them, and they are so solid that the car would move as sjtnaQthly over these tracks as they do on the railway lines These walk are faced inside a#d out with bricks, and tise space between is fili«d with earth and stones &y rammed

down that the ages have made the who'e one solid mass. They are built, in facfc, much like the great wall of China, and the bricks of the two are almost exactly the same,! In approaching P*ekin, long before you get to the city, you see the immense rowers which stand on the top of this wall over the gates which enf< r the city '\ hey rise nine storeys above the wall .and they have roofs of blue tiles rl h y were used in the past as watch towers, and they have many portholes for cannon. There are thirteen gates, which If ad into the city, and the towers and the wal's near these are plastered over with pro | chwatioiis and bills much like a theai re bill-board- The gafes of Pekin a*-e merely holes through this wall, and they are about as wide as the ordinary street, and perhaps twen-y feet wide! They are lined with stone, and are beautifully arched. They are closed at night with great doors sheathed with iron, and they are paved with heavy slabs of sfruie. The •walls of Pekin are twenty seven miies long, and the area which they inclose is irregular in shape, and it consists of two big parallelograms. The one at the north is the real capital of China, for it contains the Tartar city, the Great Government departments, the foreign legations, and the imperial city, in which, surrounded by five or ten thousand eunuchs, the Em peror lives. The lower parallelogram joins the Tartar city. It has half-a-dozen temples, including the Temple of Heaven, which was bnrnfc doirn not long ago, and which is now being rebuilt of Oregon pine.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Meesrs Seddon, Ward and Mackenzie go South on Monday to visit the Dunedin show. Thomas Jolly, of Frankton, Wiikato, has been gored by a bull and is not expected to recover. The rules under the Conciliation Act are being pushed forward, and. will be ready in a few days. Private information has been received that Grus. Lynch, a member of the well known Bellringers, died in India. According to statistics, women to-day are two inches taller on an average than they were twenty or thirty years ago. Mr John Orr, having withdrawn his nomination for the Mayoralty, Mr Joseph Scaly, the only other candidate, has been declared elected. It has been figured ouc that a man who shaves regularly until he is eighty has cut off about thirty-five feet of hair from his face. At the Bakaia sports meeting there are two events open to any amateurs in New Zealand, and the prizes are valuable trophies. Those events ought to draw a good field. The rapid growth of settlement in the North Island will necessitate the appoint ment of another magistrate shortly, pro bably involving several changes in other districts. Our readers'attenticnis drawn to Messrs Death and Co.'s advertisement in another column, announcing that they have commenced their annual gift distribution. Mr Segers has also commenced a gift distribution. An Auckland Press Association tele gram states that 2130 tons of ore were crushed and treated at the Waihi Gold mine Reduction Works for £8860 worth of bullion, being the production for the four weeks etiding the 18bh instant. Count Bismtrk forecasts that Russia under Czar Nich< Us will be a prosperous and enviable country in future, despite the machinations of the Nihilists, and that the people generally wiil remain devoted and loyal to the Kmperor. The infant son of Mr Charles Longdale, of Grey street, Auckland, aged twenty one months, got np to a shelf and partoi k of a bottle of nitric aci<i, and died after srpat suffering. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned- It, is reported that Inspector Pender will be retrenched. Inspector 1 roham from Canterbury succeeding Ir'm at Well ington, whilst Inspector Thompson, now of New Plymouth, will take charge of the Canterbury district. At the Anglican SynoJ, now sitting at Dunedin, a resolution was carried praying the General Synoi to amend the canon in such a manner that women as well as men shall be permitted to vote at parish meet ings, and to vote for the election of synodsmen. The Evening Post publishes a statement to the effect that the probable outcome of Ministerial deliberations on the railways will be the appointment of Mr Cadman as Minister of Railways, Mr Ronayne as general manager, and Mr Scott to a pro minent position in the service. At the Wellington City Council com plaints were made against fumes arising from Bell and Sons' match factory in Cornhiil street. It was explained that the chimney had been raised nine feet, anri thac the nuisance remained. The Public Works Committee will deal with the matter. The Minister of Mines has received a letter reporting several handsome yields in the Coromandel gold fields. For seven weeks' work one man got 1500 ounces, another 300 ounces, and they were ex pected to secure 1500 ounces more by Christmas. Several other handsome yields are reported. It is not necessary to go so far as Cool gardie to hear of rich returns of gold. Here is one almost from our doors:— Legge and party, tributers in the Kap^nga mine, Coromandel, crushed 18 loads of quartz and 1641bs specimens a week ©r two ago, and obtained the exceedingly hand some yield oi 1128 z2dwt of gold—62-|ob to the load. The Auckland Islands leases were sold at Invercargill on Wednesday, the rental realised being £34 10a per annum, or more than three times the upset. W. .1. Moffett, Invercargill, secured the northern part of the Aucklands at £10, and H. Martin the southern part at £7 10s. Joseph Hatch took Adams Island at £20, and J. Gordon, of Gisborne, Campbell Island at £15. The leases are for 21 years. The Hon Mr Carroll was entertained at a banquet at Greymouth on Wednesday night, about seventy being present, including the Premier. The proceedings were most enthu&hstic. The Premier stated reform of local government would be a policy bill next session, based on modified provincialism. A reduction will be made in the number of local bodies and provision made for greater revenue. At Aupkland yesterday, Noah Pepler, aged seventy, was arrested op a charge o| assaulting his wife, aged eighty-eight, and doing her grievous bodily harm. He wan nu ft few weeks ago on a similar charge, when fho Society for the Protection "of Women and Children appeared. The Magistrate then adjourned his decision for three months to see how the couple got on. Owing to the wife's precarious condition hpt dpp,9sJfci°ns were taken. She died last nigh f. The Evening Pod says Sit? Robert btoufc will return to Wellington at the beginning ef next month, and that shortly thereafter he and his family will take up their resi dence there, as he finds that political ob lig»tj,yne .fcp hi 3 constituents, and piofes sional obligations, pnjispire to make this change necessary, it yilj be a hard wrench, doubtless, for froth Sir Robert and his family to leave Bunedjin and make their home in Wellington, and the SQ,utftern gvy will be loth to lose the fore most of her ptisans. But Dunedin c Joes will be WeUiflgton'.s g«jfr J

H.M.S. Karakatta visited T»nna and; inflicted punishment on the natives for the recent outrages on traders there. There have been the usu*l painstaking study and rehearsals on the part of both teachers and pupils of Dan, the Newsboy, the kinderspiel selected for production this year by the Hampsfead School children at their annual entertainment, the dates for which are Thursday and Friday, November 29 and 30. The Wanc/auui Chronicle of November 20 says : i^ews was received in_ town yesterday that two men, experienced miner?, who for some time have been prospecting for gold in this district", have struck what they regard as a payable reef, and specimens of the stone were brought into town. Particulars as to locality, etc., have not leaked out. Mr J. Doyle, the Wellington registrar of dosrp, visited the Dog Show in that city, taking- with him his register, and purchased a catalogue. Of the foreign exhibits Mr Doyle took no note, bat of the local exhibits he found that a large proportion had not been registered. Of these he made a note, with a view to proceeding against their owners should they not register them forthwith. Last year at San Francisco in thirty murders and eleven manslaughter cases there was not a single conviction. During the last nine years two hundred and fifty cases of murder have occurred in that city, and during the same period only six white men were executed. No wonder the Chief of Police reports that * crimi nality flourishes with remarkable vitality.' Human life is held very cheap in the great Republic. According to a complaint preferred before a iSorth Island Kduoation Board (says the H&wke's Bay Herald), a teacher who had the temerity to punish one of his scholars for disobedience was visited by the boy's father, who made the boy strike the schoolmaster, and then varied the performance by chasing the teacher all over the school ground. The father, it is added, is a member of the School Committee, The new colonial school reader, which is intended to be used in the upper standards, is nearly complete. It is a compilation of •xtracts in prose and verse, bearing upon New Zealand and colonial life generally. Proof copies will be submitted to educa tional experts and Boards of Education before the book is finally printed. The idea is to use it as an alternative reading book with others selected, and if it answers expectations a simplified edition will be issued for the junior standards. Fob the Blood is the LiFE—Clarke's World-famed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities from whatever cause arising. For Scrofula, Scurvy, Eczema, Bad Legs, Skin and Blood diseases, Pimples and sores of all kinds its effects are marvellous. Thousands of testi monials. Beware of worthless imitations and substitutes 5

CRICKET.

London, November 22 The Dully News, referring to the de feat ci the Victorian team hy the En glishmen, says that the victory cannot be regarded as a great one, as the absence of Bruce and Trumble spoiled the former team as one thoroughly representative of the colony. Dunedin. November 21 A "Cunfdin gentleman is in receipt of a letter from a member of their committee, stating that the Fiji cricket team hope to leave for New Zealand a few (Uys after the New Year. They purpose taking eighb whirea and pix natives. The whites will piobably be Udal, Aliardyce, Oald well, C< llms, McGowen, Groom, Joske, and Abraham.

ASHBURTON JUNIORS V. GERAL DINE JONIORS.

The Timani Herald reports as follows on a cricket match played at Garaldine on Wednesday between ihe Ashburton juniors and Geraldine juniors :—Geral iline scored 82 in their first innings (R. Pearpoint 11, S. Willoughby 31) and 27 in their second innings (L. Winatone 12), their grand total being 109 runs. Ash burton made a poor stand, knocking up 32 in their first innings <Q. Crourdie 13), and 32 in their second essay (Gourdie and Jackson 8 apiece) or a grand total of 64, thus suffering defeat by 45 runs. Moore was the most successful bowler for the home team, and Pilbrow for Ashburton.

Ashburton Gas Com pany

The Ash burton Gas, Ooal, and Coke Company, Limited, held their sixteenth ■ annual general meeting of shareholders ia the Arcade Chambers yesterday afternoon. Mr T. Bullock, who occupied the chair, in moving the adoption of the annual re port and balance sheet, congratulated the shareholders on the financial position of the company. They were able to recom mend a dividend of seven per cent as last year, although little more than twelve months ago they had reduced the price of gas very considerably. The revenue dur ing the past year had been very satisfac tory. Further, the directors had resolved to supply gas for cooking stoves at 8s 4d. He trusted a great many would avail them selves of this reduction by using the gas stoves which the company were prepared to supply at coat price. The works were in very good order He certainly thought the reduction in the price of gas should be the means of a great many people using these gas stoves, as those who had tried them were very well satisfied wich them. In Christchurch and other large places th«y were used very extensively. Mr Ca wsey had t?ona to reside in Ohristchurch, and his son had been duly appointed man ager in his place, and he had given every satisfaction so far- Mr Cookson seconded the adoption of the report, and the motion was carried unanimously. On Mr Frietllander's motion, ifc was dt cided that a dividend of 7 per cent be made payable on and after Monday next. Messrs Hugo Friedlander and F. B. Standish were unanimously re-elecbed directors, and Mr Albert Roberts was appointed auditor in the place of Mr Jameson, who had left the district. Votes of thanks were accorded to the retiring directors and to the company's officers for their services during the past year The Chairman in responding pointed out that throughout the company had in variably made it their object to consider the consumers equally with the share holders, and wherever possible had re duced the price of gas. A vote of thanks to the chair closed the meeting,

FEMININITY.

Some humorous philosopher has formu lated an array of facts which seem to estab lish woman's superiority to man. For example :— She can come to a conclusion without the slightest trouble ct reasoning on it, and no sane man can do that. Six women can talk at once, and get along first-rate, and no two men can do that. She can safely stick fifty pins in her dress svi^ile he jsj getting one under his thumb nail. She pan talk as sweet as peaches and qream to a woman she hates, while two men would be punching each other's heads before they exchanged ten words. She can throw a stone with a curve that would be a fortune to a base-ball pitcher. ishe can sharpen a lead pencil if you give her plenty of time and plenty of pencils. She can dance all night in a pair of shoes two sizes too small foi* her $ijd enjoy pvery .minute of the time*

THE COREAN WAR

Tokio, November 21 Japan has replied to President Cleveland's offer to arbitrate that she will listen to a Chinese appeal when it is made direct. Shanghai, November 21 In the Port Arthur engagement the Chinese refused to accept the assist ance of the Red Cross Society, con tending that they had no desire to be saved, and the wounded cheenully accepted tbeir fate. The President of tho United States has withdrawn his ofler to arbitrate, Sydney, .November 22 The steamer Port Hunter, which had completed her loading for London, has been purchased by the Japanese Government and her cargo has been transferred to another steamer. The Port Hunter sails for Yokohama on Saturday. Yokohama, November 22 Japan is willing to receive through the United States Government, Chinese proposals for the termination of the present strife. Shanghai, November 22 The Chinese man-of-war Chen Yuen got on the beach near Chefooin trying to avoid the torpedos. The captain committed suicide. It is reported that the Chinese fleet shelled the Japanese troops marching along the coast to Port Arthur. It is also stated that the two fleets have had another engagement, but the result is unknown, p . It is reported that China has inti mated her intention to ofter an indem nity of 100 million taels, and pay Japan'j war expenses.

Women in the Church.

At the Anglican Synod's meeting in Dunedin on Wednesday, the Rev H. G. Gould moved—•« That this synod pray the General Synod to amend title B, canon V, clause 10, in such a manner that women as well as men shall be permitted to vote at parish meetings and to vote for the election of synodsmen." Mr Gould spoke strongly in favor of the motion, and certainly thought that those who helped most in the ordinary church work of the parish should have an opportunity to vote for the election of the vestry. The Rev B. M. King seconded the motion. Mr Barnett thought that women should not have a vote because they were women. Those present were all professed believers in Jesus Christ, and he would quote passages from the Scriptures to show that women were not equal to men. The franchise was a matter of equality, but, according to Genesis, women were subject to men, and a person could not both be subject and equal. Mr Gould had said that women did the men's work. More shame to the men ! But that did not put them in the position of men. Would it bring more men to the church if the motion were given effect to 1 He thought it would drive men away, and they would have their churches full of women. If his wife were to go against him on this question —and he was as good a husband as most men, he hoped-he would refer, her to her marriage vow, and when she married she vowed obedience. Now adays the Yankees wished to do away with that vow, and were beginning to say that women shall not be obedient. He proceeded to refer to the ill-effects of granting the franchise to women, and pointed out that when women got a vote in New Zealand elections they voted against men who had served the country since 1850, and that in many , cases they voted against those men who ! voted against their enfranchisement., And now it was proposed to trust them in the church. Were those who would do that willing to let women become priestesses 1 Were they going to drag men to church by their passion for women, instead of inducing them to come by their love for the church ? He might be told that a woman was an angel, and that woman was everything that was good. It was, however, a itrange fact that the angels that appeared to men on earth were men, or in the form of men, and that every man mentioned in the Bible in a high position suffered in some way through women. He had read a book recently by Amelia Barr, and in that book Miss Barr quoted the proverb, " Where the devil cannot go he sends a woman " ; and now it was proposed to put women in the place of men. Woman looked for ward to getting a husband to keep her, and yet she wished to compete with man and be paid as a man was who had to keep a wife. He went on to speak of certain women referred to in Scrip ture with the view of showing that the most womanly women were those who exercised the virtue of obedience ; and then observed that the happy household was where the father was the head of the family. What more despicable sight than that where the woman was the head and the man a numskull. Mr Mander said the last speaker had led him to be more in favor, of Mr Gould's motion than ever he was before, He did not see how any parish could get on without the aid of women. The Rev W. A. Diggens said Mr Barnett had made some quotations from Scripture that he hardly recognised. The question was not one as to women ruling the men,'but as to giving them a vote to decide who shall be the rulers of ths parish. Mr Barnett had referred to the marriage tie. He (Mr Diggens) believed women had a vote in the selection of a husband. She selected a ruler over herself, so why should she not have the selection of a ruler in the parish.—-(Laughter and applause.) The Rev Mr Gould having replied, The motion was put and declared carried, a large number voting against it.

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LATEST CABLE NEWS.

ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN

Lojtdon, November 22 An attempt was made to wreck the Bournemouth express. Three laborers have been arrested.

THE MODERATORS

London, JN'ovembar 22 Principal Miller, of Madras, has been chosen as Moderator-elect of the Free Church of Scotland. Dr McLeod, of Glasgow, was elected Moderator of the Church ot Scotland.

LONDON BANK OF AUSTRALIA

London, November 21 At a meeting of the London Bank of Australia, Sir J. F. Garrick said the strong position taken up by the bank since the reconstruction had been maintained. They had decided to prepay the second instalment due to depositors in July, 1895, but were unable to declare a dividend on ordi nary shares. Amalgamation with another bank was impracticable at present. ■

The Fatal Earthquakes.

ftoam, November 21 During the earthquakes in Southern Italy 400 persons lost their lives, eluding 200 at Procopis.

A ROYAL VISITOR

Berlin, November 22^ Prince Joseph of Battenburg, will shortly sail for Australia via India.

EXECUTED

Madrid, November 21 Salvador Franchi, the anarchist, was executed at Barcelona. In accordance with the Civil law he was placed in a sitting position in a chair, and strangled by means of a steel collar. He died cursing religion and cheering anarchy.

SCENE IN THE FRENCH CHAMBER.

Paris, November 20 The Socialist members of the Cham ber of Deputies created a scandalous scene in the Chamber to-day. M. Guesde threatened that the Socialists would become revolutionary, if they were not allowed to be reformists, by resorting to bombs and the knife. The workers, he said, objected to an alliance with Cossack assassins. The Chamber, by a large majority, rejected the Collectivist doctrines.

Dr. Talmagre.

Washington, November 22 Dr. Talmage has resigned charge o£ the Tabernacle.

Vanquishing the Waziris

Zanzibar; November 21. The Germans have captured the stronghold of the Waziris, and have killed many of the natives, and in ad dition released 1500 women and child-i^ ren who were prisoners. They also * seized the Waziris' store of ivory, be sides a large quantity of munitions.

The Dutch in Java.

Batavia, Noveber 2 1 The Rajah of Lambok and many of his chiefs have surrendered. Much df the treasure and arms captured from the Dutch have been recovered.

A DISPUTE SETTLED.

Brisbane, November 22 The Committee appointed to inquire into the dispute among the Railway Commissioners recommends the im mediate retirement of Mr A. Johnston, one of the Commissioners, with pay ment of his salary for the unexpired portion of his engagement.

Obstruction.

Brisbane, November 23 Owing to the opposition of the Labor members to Mr Stephens taking the chair, the Land Sill is seriously obstructed, and Government threaten to withdraw the measure.

GOLD.

Perth (W.A.), November 23 A rich find of gold in Quandong, sixty miles from Kurnalpie, is said to exceed the specimens from the London derry.

LOAN ESTIMATES

Perth, November 22 The Council finally decided not to iusist on their amendment on the loan estimates, and the difficulty has ended.

The End.

Perth (W.A.), November 22 Edgar Hassell, commission agent, who shot himself upon the discovery of his forgeries, is dead.

Retrospective Taxation.

Melbourne, November 23 Somecommotionincommercial circles has been caused through the Tasmanian Government issuing forms claiming income tax on goods disposed of in Tasmania retrospectively. The pre vailing disposition is to ignore the demand. The point is being raised whether the Tasmaniar* Government can sue in Melbourne under a retro spective measure.

Victorian Politics.

Melbourne, November 22 In the Legislative Assembly, Mr M. K. Mackenzie, member for Anglesey, has given notice of motion thafc the financial proposals of the Government are unsatisfactory. The Premier asked Sir J. B. Patterson if the motion had his concurrence, and the latter replied in the affirmative. The House then adjourned until Tuesday in order to allow the Government to consider the position. The Premier views the situation with equanimity, and expects that he will be able to defeat the motion, though by only a small majority. The country party from which it is supposed the motion emanates, say that Mr Mackenzie was not authorised by them to take the action he has; yet it is thought that the party will support the motion which took the Hous* completeJy by surprise,

tm AHfifitJßlOfl GtAJKDIANt ttBIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1894.



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OWN Make In Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, oluslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Baker's Buildings. WANTED KNOWN —Dressmaking prices to suit the times. Material dresses from 8s 6d, Prints from 7s 6d. Fit and style guaranteed.—Miss Murphy, Old Kindergarten, East Street. "OEAUTTFULand useful Presents to JL3 all purchasers of 2s 6dand upwards. ~M. C Segers, Melrcrd House. T> EOENT Arrivals —Ladieri'and Gentle- J-*' men's Summer Boots and Shoes, Cricketing and Tennis Shirts. Unlimited selection of Summer Ties and Hats — Mitchell and Turner. LAN KETS bought at Edwards Bonnet's Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s 9d. Ex*ra large and heavy 15^ 6d and 16s 6d.—Robert Alcorn, Baker's Buildings. l^D WARDS, Bennett's Sale. Grand lot *-A new and fashionable Furs and I Mantles ; half price. Come and take your pick at Mrs Adams, VI * ANTED — Every Lady to try VV Madam Balcombe's .Patent Ex panding Belt Corset (registerwd), guaran teed whalebone throughout. Orders left at Mr E. Hall's, Herbalist, Ashburton, will receive prompt attention. 10 86 OBERT"aLCORN has openecfln Baker's Buildings, next the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bannett's and the Kaiapoi Sules, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashburton. Also an assortment of Boots. TO LADlES.—Spring Cleaning;.—We have just received Ihree Cases of Curtains and Liberty Muslins, together with new Patterns iv Carpets, O.lcloths, and Linoleums. Uhina Matting from BAd per yard.—Mitchell and Turner. LARGE Purchase Embroideries at Edwards, Bennett's Sale; over ninety pieces to choose from. Ladies' Trousseaux made on short notice. Orna ments, Fancy Goods, and Dolls' Prams at Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Havelock Street WE Hold a Large Stock of the Latest Novelties in Materials for Blouses and Walking Dresses. Just opened, ex Pakeha and lonic, Dress Goods of choice selection, Sunshaias and Umbrellas.—Mitchell and Tdrner. BANG ! Bang ! Bang 1 My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynocks and, Club Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality . at .T. W. Hardley's, Gun Emporium. GUNS ! Guna ! Guns ! My new stock of Gunsj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Loaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. Hardley's Sporting Repository _______ NOTICE 1 Kotice Sport for all Guns let out on hire cr sold on tima payments. Hfcving a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns of any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J. W. Hardley, Ironmonger, etc WANTED Known -That if you are in want of a first class article in sum #ier Bo^ts and Shoes, you cannot do ibefefcer than call at J. Moison's ; you will get the very bast at reduced prices. An for his own make, they are well known to the delight of the wearers, throughout the *«Btral»eian colonies. Repairs well done ~ " 'mcc Premier Boot Maker, Town and ai. jg gt Bfcreet Ashburton. Hall Boot frt. ' «— ——™ .xTwiri-t rr "Chafe o wing to the ANTiLD Known- .. h& £ Md success or the Sale no». -• ™ a ji, up at Saunders' Buildings, opposite . way Station, in will be continued for another twenty-eight days. lam not advertising a few cheap lines, but the whole of the stock. Don't lose the oppor tunity of securing genuine bargains—A Law hie. 7 366 e SWEEPING Reductions. — Is Books ) for 9d, Is 6d Books for Is, 2s Books for Is 6d, 2$ 6d Books for 2s, and all others at equid ra'e of reduction at L. F. Andrewes and Go's., Cash Sale. 618 /HBRISTMAS and New Year Cards for V_y the Home MaiJ. A beautiful assort ment just opened up, Packets of Cards of choice designs from 3d upwards. Writing Papers and Envelopes, Pocket Books, Purses, Writing Cases, Ink stands, Pictures, Music, Accordeous ifrom 7-< 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 es and Co.'h Cheap Sale,



HK^-PRIOR Ri quired for Small ■X*Oi SRCTION of Good Land at Hampstead, with COTTAGE of 3 Rooms and bcullery. Very easy terms of pay ment. T. BULLOCK. ii-VCRE, Capital Building Site, well situated in Cox Street, being T.Ss 796 and 797 ; for sale on very easy terms of pay merit. T BULLOCK. TO LET, at a low rental, small shop in ■ the Arcade, next but one to Tancrcd stree', T BULLOCK.



TO LET. BEVEjS-ROOMED House at AUenton, now occupied by Mr Ferguson. Apply 11 57 FFIEDLANDER BROS. BEALTH TEA is more economical than ordinary ea. It undergoes -» process whereby the injurious iugre ditmts are eliminated, whilst it render the release of the better properties of the «*f woro «a»y, Brnby Zanuke, Aatho tised Agenfc,



Business Notice . NEW 'GODS. NP:W GOODS. TO MJ3 E t"Th! TIMES. OWING to the scarcity o£ money and dulness of trade generally, we are over- j stocked. To ensure a speedy clearance, we have marked the whole of our Stock at th<» Very LowcM Po«sll»l" Pric«*fu KOW IS YOUR TIME. MAKE NO MISTAKE. G J. JN~E"I L L'S IS THE SHOP FOB A GENUINE BABGAIN. New Printa, guaranteed to wash, 3£d I New and Fashionable Dress Goods, double New Gulateas, very strong, 62,(1 . width, worth 2s for 18 3d New Delaines, very pretty, 7id, guaranteed | Calicos, 2s lid dozen to wash ! Double-bed Sheeting, white twill, 9|d New Dress Goods 53 lid, dress worth double | Towels, 2^d ; Cotton Shirting, 4§d MILLINERY~MILLINE RY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES EXCEPTIONALLY CHEAP. Strong Corsets, 4s 6d now 23 lid j Children's Sunshades Is Ladies' Sunßhades of every description j CLOTHING. CLOTHING. Men's Suits, 13s 6d Boys' Tweed Suits, 4s lid Men's Colonial Tweed Suits, 37s 6d now 27s Straw Hats for men and boys at any price 6( j Hats, Socks, Shirts and Ties at your own Men's Colonial Tweed Suits, 45s now 32s 6d | price BOOTs7~~ BOOTS. We were never beaten, and we defy competition. AH our Colonial Boots ate made specially to our order, and we guarantee them. If not as good as recommended, we will replace them. _JUSD TO HAND— 120 pair of Ladies' Lace Shoes, 4* lid Children's Tan Shoes and Slippers a specialty Ladies' Tan Strapped Shoes, 6s lid with sox to match Ladies' Canvas Shoes, tan »nd black Men's Colonial-made Shooters, najled 7s lid ladies' French Glace Kid Shoes, the best to Men's Colonial-made Shooters, nailed 8« lid be had in New Zealand Men's Bctlmorals and Cookhams of every Men'a Bluchers, 4b lid COME AND SEE. G. J. NEIL L'S FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTONJ -JUST ABRIVED -1 ' ' #U* -[71IBST SHIPMENT OP NEW SEASON'S FRUIT FOR CHRISTMAS TRADE- Finest New Currants Finest New Sultanas Finest New Valencia .Raisins (all cleaned by our new process) Also, Finest new Prunes j FINEST NEW TURKEY FIGS, All of which we intend to Sell at The lowest Possible Prices. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING— Peerless and Premier Teas?. Peerless Tea, Slbs for 5s Peerless Tea, 61bs for 9s 9d Premier Tea, 31bs for 5s 5d Premier Tea, 61bs for 10s 5d RAWLINGS 1 SOAP MANUFACTORY (First Prize at the Christchurch Show, 1894) POTTER'S HERBAL BEER EXTRACT— 7d per Bottle, 12 bottles for 6s 6d. Sufficient to make six gallons of Splendid Herbal Beer* —REMEMBER— WE BUY 808 CASH, SELL FOR CASH, MAKE NO BAD DEBTS, therefore we are able to SELL CHEAPER THAN ANY HOUSE IN ASHBURTON. FLETCHER BROS-, WHOLESALE AND JKBTAIL GROCERS, &c, IAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AND TOWER HIGH STREET, CHRISfCHURCH. , , imm _ _. i* I ""'' "*' ' "■"»'— W^ ■ — RESERVED FOR .-. SALEK, WATCHMAKEK & JEWELLEE, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.