FROUDE'S HEALTH.

London, Oatobcr 19 Mr J. A. Froude, historian, is sink ing rapidly.

THE CAPE

Capetown, October 19 The Transvaal Government has an nounced its determination to manage the Pretoria and Dilagoa Bay railway tariff independently of Cape Colony.

PROTECTION

Washington, October 19 There are many signs of the collapse of protection m the United States.

LABOR.

Sydney, October 20 At Broken Hill twenty-four men were charged with being concerned m a riot at Mobera station 1. After a trial which occupied the whole day the men were acquitted.

THE TASMANIAN REVENUE.

Hoeart, October 20. The revenue is still falling, and further retrenchment is unavailable If the exhibition does not improve the Customs revenue, it is intended to call Parliament together m February or March to consider the position. On Tuesday the only business is assessment and it is expected Parliament will prorogue m two or three days.

MADAGASCAR.

Melbourne, October 20 At the Conference of the Council of the Congregational Union the sugges tion of Mr Sevan that a protest be entered against French interference with the development of the Malagasy was dropped, on the Malagasy missionary expressing opinion that the protest might make the position of the British missionaries m the island more unpleasant than ever.

RISING STOCKS.

Melbourne, October 20 Government has raised the price of four per cent debentures to a premium of three per cent m addition to the interest accruing from July 1. Xo in scribed stock is at present available, but it is intended to ask Parliament to authorise a further issue.

FATAL AFFRAY WITH SOCALISTS.

Vienna, October 19. Ten thousand Socialists who de manded the extension of the franchise marched to the Eeichsrath. A body olsix hundred police surrounded the building and a fierce fight took place, fifteen of the Socialists being sabred.

frftfr ABjtfßOlttOJN (HJABDIANs MONDAY, OCTOBEB 22, 1894.

Printed and published by the Ashburton Publishing Company, Ltd, at their eteap* printing office, Burnett Street Ashburton MONDAY, October 22, 1894.



A Great National Crisis npHE high prices that have hitherto been charged m Ashburton for good and *• reliable GROCERIES, BREAD, and FLOUR have now almost become like The legislative Council. a recognised institution. Although public opinion is very much divided upon this question, there can be only one opinion about the vast sum of money that Can be Saved by Housekeepers who buy their Groceries from TAYLOR'S, whose system m cater ing for the CASH purchasing public with reliable Goods at popular prices direci from the Importers and Manufacturers Or Producers, to the Consumer, clearly proves how easily Middlemen's profits can be Digpen&ed With. We respectfully ask the public of Ashburton and district to show their apprecia feion of our method of doing business by PURCHASING OUR GOODS, COMPAR ING OUR PRICES, JNOTENG OUR QUALITY, AND JUDGING FOR THEMSELVES. Save intermediate profits by dealing with JOSEPH TAILOR, Grocer and Baker, East Street, Ashburton, the Cheapest Store m town for reliable Groceries, Bread and Cakes. Money cheerfully returned for any goods not approved of. Splendid Crystal Sugar, 2|d, sib tins Ceylon Tea 89, 101 b tins 15s 9d, 3U>b any brand Tea 5s 6d. Flour at popular prices. Groceries supplied of the best quality at lowest cash prices. Try oar noted Bread, 41b loaf sd. 'Jfhe best Fruit Cake m the colony only 6i per lb. Parties supplied with pastry, confectionery, wedding cakes, birthday cakes at reasonable prices and shortest notice. Goods delivered by van to any part of the town, and customers -waited upon for their weekly requirements. Bread deliveries m town daily. Orders for Groceries, &c, entrusted to driver of bread van will be promptly executed. NOTE THE ADDRESS— JOSEPH lAYLOB, The ©Id Established Bakery, EAST STREET, ASHBUBTON. 10 16 Wool. Wool, Wool. CT7B A»RE PREPARED TO MAKE Liberal CASH Advances On the ensuing CLIP, and on wool entrusted to us for sale, either at ASHBURTON OR CHRISTCHURCH, Or for shipment to London where we have Special facilities to conserve Our Clients interest HAVING recently taken over the stores of the New Zeala Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, at corner of West and Havelock streets, extra facility has been acquired for the display of all Clips. ERffiDLAOEB BROS. Important Announcement, —: Retiring from Business. :— ROBERT MURRAY PRACTICAL WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER, f^ESIRES to announce to his Customers and the Public generally, that he has decided to RETIRE from BUSINESS, and m order to more easily dispose of his Business has resolved to REDUCE his large and Costly Stock^by SELLING at ajgreat sacrifice. The WHOLE of the STOCK, comprising OVER C3OOO WORTH OP WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELLERY, PLATE, ETCM Will be offered AT PRICES NEVER BEFORE OFFERED to the Ashbnrto* public, many of the lines being reduced aa much aa 40 and 60 par cent. £10 10s Watches, reduced to £8 8s | £510s Watches, reduced to £3 15s Eight Day Clocks to Strike, fromlfe 6d SilverJWatches from £1 5s | Very Strong SERVICEABLE WATCHES m SOLID NICKELJCasea, REDUCED From 21s to 16s. Avery'Jarge and>ell-selected Stock of HIGH-CLASS DIAMOND, ESGAGft' MENT, WEDDING and KEEPER RINGS. GOLD AND SILVEB JEWELIiEKY OF ALL PRICES AT A TRETIEVE)OLrt REDITCTIOIT OFF MARRED PRICES. SPERLING SILVER AND ELECTRO-PLATED WARE AT MANUFACTURERS' PRICES, Havingja VERY HEAVY STOCK of Watch and Clock Repairing Materials' ac presents the PRICE of WATCH and CLOCK REPAIRS will be GREATLI REDUCED. Watches Cleaned ... ... 6s 6d Mainsprings ... ... ... 4s 6d Clocks Repaired and Cleaned from 2s ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES.



FOR INFANTS AND JNYALIDS. MELON'S LACTO-GLYCOKE OR BffZZ/K 3P0013. SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COUNTRIES WHERE FRESH COW'S MILK CAHNOT BE OBTAINED SUM Qoote are free fmn Anlwl G"mt and kttp atoiirt mil Climate, to be obtnituAlnm all Dnygistt amtWHfc "w. h. coiiibT&ooT Timber. Timber. Timber. —JUST LANDED— Ex Invercargfll — 30.000 ft RED PINE Ex Rosamond — 25,000ffc FLOORING and LINING Xx Enterprise - 17,000ffc FLOORING and LINING From Little River — 29,000 ft TOTARA Dry Flooring and Matchlining Always m Stock. Ironmongery of Every Description, Paper Hangings of Artistic Designs. PAINTING BY COMPETENT WORKMEN, and none bub GENUINE | Materials used. W- H COLLINS <Sc CO /■Royal Insurance Company Grey Valley Coal Company. AGENTS FOR J Springfield Pottery Company " Corben and Co's Celebrated Enamelled Mantelpiece McKenzie s Furniture Renovator [Black Ball Coal Company ~~K Anderson, BOOT "WAREHOUSE, BAST STREET. BOOTS- BOOTS. BOOTS fT^HE Largest and Best Assorted Stock In the Districb to Select from ALL BEST ENC4LISH AND CONTINENTAL MAKES IN STOCK. Our COLONIAL GOODS are made at Our Own Factory, so that we are'able to GUARANTEE SATISFACTION AND SELL AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. Every Description of Boots and Shoes made to order. Material and Workmanship GUARANTEED. Be sure to Call and Inspect Goods before Buying elsewhere. S. ANDERSON* BOOT MANUFACTURER AND IMPORTER, J. NICHOLAS, Manager, East street. Repairs Done Same Day as Brought ~~BHIiARMA.X BROS., GROCERS AND IRONMONGERS. Reductions. Reductions. For OASH_ONLY. 701 b Bags No. 1 Snowdrop KOLLITTS Supreme Flour, Sugar 16s 251 b 2s, 501 b3s IOJd, 561 b Bags No. 1 Snowdrop 100ibs7s 6d, 2001bs 14s Sugar 12s 9d Neave's Food lid per tin Caustic Lye, for Soap making, Candles s|d per lb, 121bs for lOd pprtin, i 2 tins for 8s 6d 5s 3d Marmalade m glass jars 8d Corn Flour (Brown's) 3|d lb, Choice Figs 6d per lb 12lbs 3s 3d ! Heck Salt 5s 6d per cwt Edmond's Baking Powder, large 251 b " Blue Bell" Oatmeal 2s 6d tins, lid tin, 12 tins 10s 6d per bag, 4 bags 9s lid Cream of Tartar (pure) Is 2d lb, Fined; Sago, Tapioca, and Split 121bs for 12 s 3d feas lfd lb, 71bs for Is Baking Soda 3d lb 51bs for Is Sheep Tongues lOd per tin, 9s 31bs of our noted 2s Blended Tea 6d dozen for 5s Lemon Peel 8d lb, 71b tins 3s 6d Essence Coffee, large bottles, Is New Currants (cleaned) 3f dlb Fine Salt ss*per cwt. Eleme Eaisins (cleaned) 4Jd lb White Pepper Is 2d lb, 121bs Dunn and Hewitt's Cocoa 8d lb for 12s Sunlight Soap Is 2d box of six Safety Matches 4d per dozen, 6 Tablets dozen for Is 6d NONE BUT THE BEST BRANDS OF GOODS KEPT IN STOCK. Full Weights Guaranteed. Goods delivered Daily. Nimmo and Blair's reliable Vegetable and Flower Seeds always on hand Sole Agents for Tiger Teas and " Blue Bell ' Oatmeal. BHEABMAN" BKOB., MARKET HOUSE. USE LITTLE'S SHEEP DIP FLUID DIP, the best Non-poisonous Dip Used and Recommended by Owners of over 5,000,000 Sheep m N.Z. alone. PRICE (m casks) §s Gdper gallon. 1 Gallon Fluid makes 100 gallons Dip ''^^'r LITTLE'S POWDER" DIP A POISONOUiS DIP, combined with Glycerine—the outcome of many years' experience Wonderfully Successful, Is displacing all other Poisonous Dips. Sales have TREBLED each year since introduced. EXTERMINATES VERMIN, KEEPS WOOL SOFT & BRIGHT, EASILY MIXED Cheapest and BEST POISONOUS DIP jn the Market. TsxnTT? pDTrir (In Improved Iron Kegs) sOs per cwt WU I & rKIOH,- (In g aaeß of 10> mh packets) SOs per cage One Owt. Makes 1,000 gallons of Dip. Chief A.gentm— BLAOKBURNB A GO , OhrUtcburoh. distbict AGBNTB-Miles and Co., Limited, Aahburton and Bakaia.



BEEOHAM'S PILLS IT^OII Bilious and .Nervous Disorders, such as Wind and Pain m the Stomach, Sick ' Headache, Giddiness, Fulness, and Swelling after meals, Dizziness and Drowsi ness, Cold Chills, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, Shortness of Breath, Costive ness, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations, &c. The first dose will give relief m twenty minutes. This is no fiction. Every sufferer is earnestly invited to try one Box of these Pills, and they will b» acknowledged to be " WORTH A GUINEA BOX.' BEECH&M'S PILLS, taken as directed, will quickly restore females to com pleta health. They promptly remove any obstruction or irregularity of the system WEAK STOMACH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER: They are like magic—a few doses will work wonders upon the Vital Organs ; Strengthening the muscular system, restoring the long-lost complexion; bringing back the keen edge of appetite, and arousing with the rosebud of health the whole physical energy of the human frame. For throwing off fevers m hot climates they are specially renowned. These are facts admitted by thousands, m all classes of society, and one of the best guarantees to the nervous and debilitated is that Beecham's Pilla have the Largest Sale of any Patent Medicine m the world. Ful diecttons with each box. RKPABBD only BY THOMAS BEECHAM, St. Helens, Lancashire, England, Sold by all Druggist m the Colonies. Grand Show OP NEW GOODS EX PAKEHA. JTJ S T OPE N E D—-S UMMER NOVELTIES Mantles, Jackets, Capes, Blouses. THE NEW DAGMAR LINEN COSTUME CLOTH. BEAUTIFUL {SELECTION OF NEW MILLINERY, FLOWEJRS, RIBBONS, FEATHERS, ETC. JOHN WILSON, PAINTER, GLAZIBB & PAPBRHANGEB, Corner ot Arcade and Burnett Street, Ashburton NEW SEASON'S WALL PAPEKS Just Arrived BEST ASSORTMENT IN TOWN. ESTIMATE OF HOUSE DECORATIONS GIVEN FREE. VcAtce Flower. T i  , — Lan dells and rreston, SINGING. Burnett Street, Asiiburton, "—"~ Agexts for the rPHB IHIRD TERM will commence AUSTRAL CYCLE AGENCY, 1 September 11. Miss Flower will the Largest Cycle Importers m the be pleased to receive intending Pupils as Southern Hemisphere, in3or early as possible ac her residence, Cox porated with the John Street. 9 56 Griffiths Cycle _ Corporation. THE AUSTBAL CYCLE AGENCY Roppoff RpnfhvPQ ark TnE uai 1011 Ul UUIUI 0, SOLE AUSTRALIAN AGENTS FOR : « Messrs Humber and Co., Ltd., Beeston, DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, ETC., Coventry, Wolverhampton ; The Premier ' Oycle Co, Ltd, Coventry; The Raleigh - THE HAW BAST STREET, <*-. %t^g™g&L%!?K A«IWRrP2T<VW (exclusive of NSW andSA), New Rapid, Asnjjuiwuxi. Birmingham ; The Referee Cycle Co, Ltd, —— London; William Bown, Ltd, Aeolus B_ . Bearings, Birmingham; The Cycle Com- ELr to notify that all business con- pon ents Manufacturing Co; Messrs Ihomas nections as partners between them- Warwick and Sons, Warwick Rims, selves and Mr H. Bairstow, Cabinet- Birmingham j The Westwood Wheel Co, makpr and Upholsterer, have beensevered Westwood Rims, Birmingham ; Messrs R F by mutual consent, as from May 1. 1894. Hall Manufacturing Co, Birmingham; Messrs Harrison Carter, Carter's Gear Case, ALSO, that they are now receiving Birmingham; Messrs Thomas Smith and Sons, Saltley, Birmingham; Messrs W and their first consignments of A Bates, Rubber Manufacturers, Leicester ; The Auto Machinery Co, Coventry. NEW SPRING GOODS, Holding such Agencies as the above, we are m a position to cater for the Cycling Consisting of community, aS no other firm m Canter bury can, GENERAL AND FANCY DRAPERY, • ■ clothing, mercery, etc. Encouratrc <«enuiDe To which they respectfully beg to draw liOCfrl IH«! WStTjr. the attention of purchasers m search ef I N order to keep our large staff of STERLING VALUE. tailors fullj employed during the winter, we are now offering EXTRA . ORDINARY INDUCEMENTS to our Customers "D rt •m<m/-\4-4- "D-*»r\c* Compare our New Patterns m New X>arrt3lt _DrOD» Zealand Tweeds — Good, Heavy and 9 107 Durable for winter wear MEN'S SUIIS to MEASURE FROM -——-——-—-——-—————.— £2 15* to £3 10s. TROUSERS to Measure from 15s to 21s Men's Waterproof Tweed Overcoacs made to measure. A. LAWRIE, GJgS**'"•*"**"**' Ladies' Waterproof Mantles made to Measure m the Latest styles BOOTS and SHOES m all best makes. 7s3* Every pair warranted to wear well. New Winter Shirts, Hats, Ties, and Mend Underclothing, etc, Good and SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, CBAiGHEADFBEEBYMAN, THE LE DING TAILORS AND OUT FITTERS, ASH BURTON GOOD afternoonT" Mrs Smith] Not feelhig well ? Have a cup of EAST STREET] Health Tea! Nothing so invigorating ;ind strengthening, My word, Mrs Brown, this is simply lovely. Wholesale and retail at Zander's. Opposite Railway Station, §p^r I JAII | wolfed I forsake i Sp^l old friends ASHBURTON. I A ■ ' | Superlative HfL L (diuretic fill here can be nr-lNoSDraram I INVIGORATING | ** 4 nr J CORDIAL i- t| U 9 RHBt-MATisM.—Dr E. Gordon's remedy f^^fj^H YYOLIEw never fails m permanently curing rheuma I■ • '*i" *^ ■#* tism, lun-bago, sciatica, gout, etc, one bottle I NEWYORK* B!%^H Xl ADD^ gives relief. Price 10s, post free. J. W. I^^^^___ l_JrjVn1 _JrjVn ll#irr^' Clayton, P.O. Box 234, Dunedin I*^ J



j Stud Notices. '• ,r.--V-v; ?.;■ -' .:. ...^«!» ' | HE STANDARD-BREn AMERICAN *. TROTTING STALLION, General Tracey, Will be m Ashburton every Saturday, travelling via Willowby on Fridays, and return home via Wheatstone, Fleming ton, and Waterton every Monday. FEE—Four Guineas. Service fee ss, both payable on first service. Marts grazed free at Longbeach up to January 1, ISdjo. Every care taken but no responsibility. 9 208 JON GRIGG. ! mo STAND THIS SEASON AT HINDS, and travel surrounding districts, HE THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE Sf. Ires. By Gorton, dam Legerdemain. j For fees and further particulars apply THOS. HOLMES, 9171 Hinds I O TRAVEL THIS SEASON, the X THOROUGHBRED STALLION YOUNG CHEVIOT In the Wakanui, Ashbur«-on, Seafield and Methven districts. For particulars apply 9 192 0. BENNETT, Wakanui. THE CARRIAGE STALLION Toronto I three years, by Texas, dam Twilight, by | Traducer, (imp.), will serve a limited num ber of mares at his owner's place, visiting Ashburton once a week. W. BEGG, j 9 180 Ashton. STUD HORSES. NOTICE TO HORSE BREEDERS. JMR J. R. BEGG'S Carriage Stallion Boomerang* Will travel the same Districts as last year 9 146 Blackwood Abdallah WILL Stand this Seasen at Owner's Stable, Ashburton. TERMS,—£4 4s for Season. ! Good paddocking at Is 6d per week; all care taken but no responsibility. Groomage fee, ss. 9 212 MAX FRIEDLANDER, T~O~STTnD~THR^EASON at~my Farm, Lismore, The Well-known Stallion Arsryle, By the king of stallions. Young Banker (imp), dam Blossom by Lincclnshire Hero. Terms : 25j, payable at first ser vice. For further particulars, apply to 10 42 L. FROST, Lismore. COMMISSION AGENT, ARCADE. AGENT FOR WALTER A, WOOD, BINDER, Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society 10 4 Limited. RE-OPENING. EDWIN THOMAS "OEGS to announce to his friends and the public that he has REOPENED his Wakanui Mill. The superb roller plant has been completely overhauled by the expert from Manchester where it was made, and several new machines added, ko that flour second to none m the colony can now be produced. Mn James Cckburn has the manage ment of the 51 ill, so that a perfect guarantee for the excellence of the produce is secured. Grists lefc at Mr J. Thomas' store (opposite Mr Harrison's), will be carted Free of Charge, and the gristing will be done at the lowest Rates. Edwin Thomas, PROPRIETOR, 9 183 pianoforte; american obgan, THEORY OP MUSIC AND HARMONY. Mrs W. Bowman Fox, Pupil of London Masters, With Certificates from Trinity College, London, ILL Commence Teaching the above V f at th 9 Fchool ok Music, and at her rep.idencp. Tkevorton, Aahburton, on October 16, and will be pleased to make arrangements with intending pupils as soon as possible, MRS FOX will teach on Two Evenings of the week for the convenience of those engaged during the day. Pupils prepared for Trinity College Examinations. Terms : Two Guineas per quarter, to commence from any date, < Hichest testimonials from former | pupils. 10 18 from the Flood. ♦ ■ M ore perilous than all the strength of the swollen river leaping over its banks, and carrying death and desolation to man and his handiwork, is the sudden sweep of long pent-tip disease. The trivial kidney trouble is disregarded until at last the damraed-up poiaou iiveakn down all barriers and sweeps into the blood. That flood of poison is the dtM'ify B.ight's Disease. Treat the liver aw<l kidney trouble to-day, and treat it with Wnriii-r's £Ufe (Jure, the absolute specific of five continents, strengthened by long and luiversal mo, and made And sold on i)Qao»



PIANOFORTE. MISS FRIEDLANDER begs to an nounce that her Music Term will commence on October 1. Tbkms Moderate. Address—Tancted Street, Aehburton. 9 167 V; JANxED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. B. Zander, Solo Agent. —^ v 3ousH' 41 k ■ ~-^ THE PREMIER TEA OF THE WORLD. EichfiHt and loTeKest Kavotii 1. Moro tfooiiomical than any other tiiul. | Bccommended by the Medical Faculty. j All Injurious Ingredients removed. Promotes aigeetion—fitrcngtlieng tlie con- Ktitutiiiii. It's aumerons competitors are falling away like magic. A'BLESSSNGTQ MANKIND. Prices, 2s 6d and 2^ pc Ask your Grocer for if. HENRY ZANDER Wholes ile Agent; ALLANDALE COAL COMPANY ■■ IMITKD. Saviuir «»f '£■» «*•«- "mi.ou I«nr Coal SS..S?. h wrt Ai jp,>LvrKt) JA>'!^.«« wbLiOTT, COAL MERCHAJNI 1, WEST STRBET, iig«n: for the County , ALLaNDa L - it ih-shiesf la'ive coal pri'Ju-' ■•■.: '!;i; Es "■■.« Ni-s houd. It i" | an s-i-'Vir ' ■■■it !''Htl unrivalled fur' Bak- jf ] • r> ■ ■ mc I**], rloea not apt)k; j \Vi v a ii ■ .m, i\'ot« t -■ -- J.■ O ' WE>«T T )• . "...}.. c D 1 OMAS. Novvc.si,. u-., »■» e» i>.... Cu..j, fire- j Moo^, SUkes, Posts, etg. ia etock,



m AKDEB & Son* Fucalypi Extract There ar--imitations of Eucalypti''Extract m th market now, j.rouucts oi simple liistillation forming rude resluoixa oils. In order that these crude oils nwy not be taken, On a pur is Volatile Eucalyp<-t. EXTKACT, whic') is iccocrnised by the medical rtivisio'i of ihe Prussiiti Government to be of per fectly pure origin, astl:eir information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2,1878 \>o state : - i 3 vroved by tast-i by &'w Vailioal Lhuic» of. he Universities at Bonn ami Griefawai' , Prussia- and teporte<i by Ix Schulz, Professor of Parmacology. at JJon, !^id Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the .vertical Clinic at Greifswald, that only product? that jre saturated with oxygen and freed of a'ids,resinous and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develope the sanative qualities proper to the plant acoordiEZ to these authorities, and according to Fro ssor m l^ter of England, and to Drs Bauer, clntire, Wood, Hazard, rtc., of America, is the only extract corresponding to scientific tests, and the «>nly on which possesses the proper therapeutic vaHo. Sander & Son's kucalypti Extract i AH other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which h' ye. when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal medlcs-Bent. The^e so called Kucalypti Extracts .which may have received distinction at imbibitions as eommercifl articles «re used for meshanical pyr oses are only discernible: — By their deficiency In puugent odour (Which our pr- du')t. the only geunine liucalypti Extracts de veloj/os most freely through its surplus of oxygen) By their alcoholic thin and mobile appear aace being rccuced m specific density through th prt:BBHCG Of ilOldS By their uste, the re-ult of th contracting ten duncy of resins and tennates. If the=6 cr ide oils bo called eiwalypti extracts ar applied by luiitako m oaaeso croup, bronchitis, d iph therm, ioiernal lufummation?, dysentery, wounds, th consequences :»re appalling For safe y ai vsyd ask fo BanU'-;r and som's BcrcAT.YiTi EsraAcc audse the old, wc-11-trtf ed anl reliabls prsparauoa. — .San d burst, Victoria Australia, SANDEti AND SON'S