Ashburton Guardian. MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1894. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Every eig th person in tho United States dies of consumption. A notice about the well-known lubricant, valvolin", appears in our advertising columns. Mr Murray, manager of the Bank of Now Zealand, received a send-off at Dunedin on J hursday froii an influential gathering. The rate of capitation for "Volunteers for the current year his been fixed at £2 10a per man for all corps. An automatic self rocking cradle is the lattost device for which patent rights are applied for in New Zealand. " The day before yesterday," announces an Irish paper, '• Mr OF/inn fell from his horse and broke his neck but sustained no other injury." The scholars of the St Stephen's and Hampstead Sunday schools, V and VI standards, are|to assemble for examination at the Borough Schoolhouse to-morrow, Saturday, at 9.30 a.m. His Lordship the Bishop of Christchurch .will preach at St John's, Windermere, on 'Sunday next. The service will commence at 3.30 p.m. Mary Knox, licensee of the Universal Hotel, Dunedin, was on Thursday fined fifty shillings and costs for refusing to admit the police promptly. The Right Reverend the Bishop of Christ church will administer the rite of confirma tion at Waterton on Sunday next at 11 a.m. and at Tinwald at 7 p.m. A notice will be found elsewhere. Letters from places beyond the colonies, addressed as under, were received at the Ashburton Post Office during the month of August, and are still unclaimed:—C. T. Andrews, A. Greer, W. R. Jones, E. Riseley. We are sorry to learn that our neighbor Mr Landells (Preston and Lindells) is one of those who have suffered bereavement by the wreck of the Wairarapa, his sister, Mrs Fyfe, being one of those drowned. Notwithstanding the long spell of dry weather, the crops in the Longbeach district are looking exceedingly well. Mr Grigg has a paddock of rye which is fully four feet high and in strong ear, a very unusual sight at this time of year.. Tenders for building the Presbyterian manse at Plemington close at noon to-morrow at the office of Mr R. Bitd, architect; and tenders for cutting and burning 75 acres of tussocks at Dromore will be received by Messrs Benbow and Moffat, Dromore, up to Monday next. The Show of to-day was in all respects a great success—weather, exhibits, and atten dance being all that could be desired. In another place will be found so much of the report as it is possible to get into type to day in time for the up-country mails. A full report will appear in to-morrow morn ing's Mail and in to-morrow evening's Guardian. The notice of Messrs Reid and Grayls exhibits in the implement class will be found in its proper place in the full re port. In a case of considerable importance in connection with attachment orders, which came before Mr Garew, S.M., at Dunedin, tho plaintiff took proceedings to compel the employers of the defendant to pay over to him the defendant's wages due. The em ployers resisted the claim on the ground that no wages were due after deducting amount due for goods supplied to the defendant. Mr Mouat submitted that wages, under the Truck Act, must be paid in cash, and that no such deduction could be made. Mr Carcw upheld this contention. Amusements and public functions of one kind or another, and in a variety to suit aill tastes, are tho order of the evening and night. In Ashburton there is the Cricket Club concert at the Oddfellows' Hail, of which more in another place ; a " monster tea," followed by music, recitations, ad dresses, etc., at the Primitive Methodist Chuich in honor of its anniversary, and a "ham, fowl and egg banquet" at the barracks under the auspices of the Salvation Army, which also "farewells "Staff-Captain and Mrs Alderton. At Tinwald, the local lodge of Oddfellows, M.U., have a grand anniversary ball in the Templar Hall. The Cricket Clubs concert to-night at the Oddfellows' Hall promises to be a very enjoyable affair. Among the lady performers we note the names of Miss Venie Flower, Mrs CM. Brooke, Mrs Bowman Fox, Miss Birratt, and Miss Friedlander, and among the gentlemen Mr L Broad, Mr P. A, Keddell, and Mr Cullen, names which are a sufficient guarantee of excellence. The bright little comedy of " Nan, the Good for Nothing," forms the second part of the programme, with Miss Carrie Fischer in the title role, supported by Messrs G. Todd, F. Nokes, J. Kennedy, J. Pauling, and R. Elston. An old man named Thomas McLellan had an exceedingly narrow escape from death yesterday. When the 340 train from Ash burton was crossing the Rakaia bridge the engine driver noticed some object on the rails, and he instantly blew his whistle and slowed down, but without effect. The train was almost brought to a standstill when it reached wha 1; turned out to be a man lying on the track. The prompt action of the engine driver, Mr Marshall, undoubtedly saved the man's life. He escaped with a bruised hand and a few cuts on his head and was" brought on to the Ashburton Hospital in the evening. The man «tated that he swagged it from Ashburton to Rakaia, where he had a little drink, and that he must have fallen asleep when he got on to the bridge. Another of those who were lost in the Wairarapa was well known in Ashburton, viz., Mr F. E. Willis formerly in the employ of the Drug Company and subsequently in that of Mrs Pritchard. Of Mr John Orrs nieces, the Misses Scoular, who were among the drowned, Mr Chamberlain, one of the survivors, in an account of the wreck, given by him to a representative of a Auckland paper, says that after the Wairarapa struck he was "sitting on the side of the vessel next to Mr and Mrs Scoular and their two daughters. They kept asking me what we should do next, but I could not give them any advice, since in the darkness I had no notion of the real state of affairs, and if 1 had' known I could not have rendered them any assistance. I expected every moment that the ahip would turn over. I cannot find words sufficient to praise the way in I which the young Misa Scoulars behaved all the time. Their conduct was really heroic. If some of the men could have taken a pattern from these girls and from the ladies generally, it would have been a good thing. Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Some occupations tend to the development of certain diseases, and those who toil as miners are peculiarly liable to rheumatism, lumbago, and other allied complaints. In the goldfields and copper mines Holloway's remedies have been largely patronised by the workers to their very great advantage, and they can be confidently recommended as invaluable remedies for inward congestion spasms, and cramps in the bowels, and all those conditions of the lungs and liver to which those who work underground or in impure atmosphere are so peculiarly liable. For cuts, bruises, sprains, and stiff joints, the action of Holloway's Ointment is eminently healing and soothing, and a supply should always be at hand in case of need. For the Blood is the Life—Clarke' 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 bstitutes 5) For Indigestion, the best remedy is un .doubtedly Norton's Camomile Pills. They can confidently be recommended as being mild in operation and absolutely free from injurious drugs. Acting at once as a splen did tonjo and a gentle aperient. For nearly il3o year,s they hayr- proved unequalled for i Judigeavion, Dyspepsia, sick Headache and tor Liver and Stomach compla its. Sold in bottles is l£d, 2s tyd, and Us, ky all Medi fime Vendors throughout ttop W9rt4> A iraple, s^fe, and certain remedy*

ASHBURrON A & P. ASSOCIATION.

SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION

THE SHOW.

The Aahburton Agricultural and Pas- j toral Association have held their seven teenth annual show. The number is gradually rising, and as the years pile ip, the men who have been bfc c backbone of the Association from its formation in 1878 certainly feel no younger. We, who write this introductory portion of the show report were in oar curly days when che first Show was held at Tinwald in a dust atorm bhab a fcwentythousaud horse nor'-. wester had been specially selected ap- I parently to engineer. There would be many blanks in the list of 1878 members were the roll to be called now, but there are still many left of the good old stock who could have said "Here" to the master toll of the first show. Somehow or other the annual show has come to be recognised as an occasion for recalling, to a greater or less extent, the past. Every article in these columns, introductory of the annual show report, has been retro spective of the county's history, and to moat of the journalists who have penned them, ifc haa been a comparatively easy matter, for the simple reason that most of the writers had themselves been so closely identified with the district, and for so long a period, that the history of the A. and P. Asaociation, while it was the history of the county, was also very much the history of Ashburtou journalism. It is not an unpleasant retrospect for such of the staff of the Mail and Guardian as were here at the time, to look across the street from their office windows to the establishment of the genial Jewitt, of oyster supper fame, and recall the time when in that building the Mail was printed and published ; or to note in their perigrina tiona about town the several baildings which the Guardian and its forerunners occupied. But the face of the whole dis trict has been wonderfully changed since the first show was held, and the Society itself has changed its mode of working. In the early days of its history, meetings of the members ot the Association were frequent, and one year especially a series of meetings were held at which papers were read by several members, and those papers were valuable indeed. A paper by Mr John Grigg (published in thecolumna of the Guardian) was read with great interest in many parts of the colony while not a few newspapers copied it in full, and most of the New Zealand jour nals made copious extracts from it. It was as an accompaniment to and in illus tration of that paper that Mr Grigg drew the celebrated design of a model 200-acre farm, whicn plan was to be seen for years after adorning; the pages of many of the annual calendars and year-books issue-3 by New Zealand publishers. Mr Donald Oliver was also one o? the essayists, deal ing, as was to be expected, with important questions appertaining to sheep. &o, too, was Mr F. B. Passmore, and others whose names do nob come j use at once to our pen's point. But the farmers, some how, did nob take kinily to these meet ings For a time or two they attended well, bat by and by the attendance fell a.vay. and as the support gave signs of soon reaching the vanishing point, it was not considered advisable to mk any more gentlemen to spend time and trouble on the preparation of papers. But while they lasted, tho meetings were very interesting, and the discussions on the pipers afforded an opportunity for mutual benefit by the interchange of knowledge and opinion. There were many farmers who we thought could very well have taken part in these dicussions, bub whether it was their shyness at hearing the sound of their own voice, or their own " natural cussed ness" that prevented them, was never very certain. At any rate they choso the part of the sailor's parrob who spoke little bub was " a terror to think," Yet it was interesting to hear them af terwaßds, over a jolly glass of colonial perhaps, scalping the essayists with a keenness of criti cising that was refreshing, or supple menting the information conveyed in the essay, and amplifying with a facility that only an extensive knowledge of the sub ject could supply, when the essay had met whh their approbation. Although those meetings fell off, the farmers were not altogether to blame. They had less time on their hands then than now. The county was not in thsoe days the well laid out and nicely fenced tract of land it now is. Strangtrs coming here from the Old Country say the county now is like a slice cot from one of the southern counties of England, with its nice roads, fine homesteads, and well defined and culti vated paddocks. Most of the work of which the nice agricultural picture the county now presents is the result was then still to be done, and not many of the farmers could really afford the time to attend those meetings. Besides, the meetings were usually held—as most farmers' meetings are now—on the weekly sale day, and in those days a good deal of marketing had to be done by the farmers themselves on sale day. It is very far from being an unpleasing reflection that quite an army of the little curly heads in whose interest that marketing was done in those early days, are now stalwart fellows fit to take their fathers' places in the Association, and sonny lasses who (many of them) have not a few charges of their own to care for. The crowds ab the early shows were, to our eyes then, very large. But the crowds of recent years have been beyond even the highest hopes of the earlier years. YeS, the great majority of the people who attend are onr own—the natural increase of our own population. And there was a goaheadnesa about the eatly members of the Society with some of which, as with some of them we could do very well now. There can be no doubt that it was in the ranks of the A. and P. Association that the idea of the Flemlngton Cheese Factory took its rise. The idea was worked out apart, of course, from the Association, but the Association gave it its moat kindly countenance- The factory was not in the end a success, but it had much against it in those days that it would not be handi capped with now ; and, perhaps, were the same men who so gallantly initiated ifc all those years ago to have the thing to do over again with all the advantages of cable communication to feel the pulse of the markets, direct steamers to run their products Home in forty days instead of a hundred, the more handy and effective distributing machinery ab the other side, the greater knowledge in manufacture and treatment that is now possessed, and, chief of all, the experience they would now have which they lacked then, the results would be vastly different. The promoters of that factory did noble work in their day, and if only the practical lessons''they learned by their own ex perience of what not to do ware all that they left us, they would have done the county good service. There was an agita tion ab the time to start a factory for the Vakanui distinct. It was perhaps as well that the hopes of the promoters did not reach fruition. "V^akanuihas always beeta a strong wheat district, and while wheat was wfch grpf ing tti couW witl* tft|« |q4

its bit of wool and mutton do very well indeed, without bothering greatly about dairyim?. Now, however, chat wheat is fetching in tha ifinalish market About as much as it costs the Wakanui farmer to grow it, the cheese and butter tra3a may not be altogether unworthy of attention, even by the farmers of Wakarui. The * farmers round about Tin wald have thought it worth a trial, and it is to be hoped their ' venture in a butter factory will repay them well for their pluck asid enterprise. One thing the renewed interest in dairy ing will certainly do. It will draw in creased attention to the 'breeding arid rearing of cattle. Ashburton has never been a stronghold of the herd. Wheat has been its great s ap!w ever since the land was first broken, and for many years the rich soil repaid cultivation with generous returns. It was an easy crop to grow Its cultivation was a monotonous round of plough, sow, reap, and the ground prepared and the seed sown, the i fertile soil did the *est. In the language of tha book, the "earth brought forth ,by handfuls." So long as the world's wheat producing area was, comparatively limited there was good rifoney in wheat, but now that the immense areas of America have been brought under the plough, and that in all the four Continents wheat is grown for export by growers who used to be fairly large importers, the wheat growers of New Zealand have begun to find that their staple is no longer to be depended upon to afford a fair living to the wheat farmer. As a consequence much wheat land has gone under other c«>p, and pasture has largely taken the place of white crop. The frozen meat trade has opened up one avenue to at least a portion of a living, and farmers will have to turn their attention more to detail farming than they have done in the past, for apparently the wheat dream is over. But whether we grow corn, or wool, or meat, or butter—no matter what we grow, there will ever exist the necessity for the A. and P. Association, and while the Association lives and flourishes, so also will its annual show. The Show is a gool test of the live condition of me Associa tion, and is also a fair reflex of the state of the district. A good show indicates that the numbers ot the Association do good work, and that the stock raisers and agriculturists have their eye well upon their business. Tts educational value to the young farmer cannot be over esti mated, for in it are gathered superb object lessons in the stock shown, while the implement yard is a museum in which is the master-strokes of the genuis of the first implement makers of the day. And the Ashburton Show has never been an inferior one. Ifc has kept steady pace with the progress of the dis trict, and just as the importance of the district has grown, the show, like an ins trnment registering meteorological conditions, indicates by the extent of its exhibitors" list the value which those exhibitors attach to the fixture and the honor of competing and exhibiting on our show ground. We have given annually the "readings" of the show in the folio wing table, which ia gradually getting longer ; and the figures as show ing the entries in each section of the show every year since the begining, along with the totals, are doubtless of in terest : —

1894's figures, as we prophesied last year they would be, are the largest in the total of any show we have yec held, and though, w« do not expect that next year they will reach four figures, we are con fident of a large increase on those of this year. As it is, Ashburton Show is the second in importance in Canterbury. The clerk of the weather haa much to say in the success of the show. For about I a month or so the weather has been re i markably fine, —so fine, indeed, that I farmers had begun to scan the morning I and evening sky anxiously in the hope of noting indications of much wanted rain. I Frequently the rain cloud hung over-head, but its much wished showers fell not, or but with tantalising meagreness. All this week the cloud have been hovering over us, and rain has baen expected, but the rain kept off until late in the afternoon before the show, and then for an hour or more a hearty downpour came. But by elghb o'clock the clouds had again lifted, and the moon crept out from be hind her veil. By midnight the sky wag ! clear from the mountains to the sea, and ; rain seemed as far off as ever. The mprn j in» broke with an almost cloudless sky I and by the tima th«» sun was well up it ! was evident that the day would be all that could be wished for, indeed the vary perfection of weather, tbrilliant sunshine with a pleasant atmosphere, cooled by the grateful rain of the previous evening. This year there was a change in the matter of refreshments. The new Licen sing law brought into power a new Com mittee who knew not the conditional license, and the beer booth was conspicu ous by its absence. As a consequence the whole of the refreshment booths were in the hands of Mr W. C. Davis, of the East street dining rooms, and not a drop of liquor could be bought upon the ground. There was plenty lo eat, however, and tho3e who fancied the "little drop," sufficiently to think it worth while to bring it with them no daubt did so The grandly sheltered show ground, with its planta tions of stately pines all round it, afforded ample opportunity for little family picnics, which were extensively indulged in.

IMPLEMENTS.

In the early days of the Show, agricul ture in this county was in a comparatively rude condition. A plough, s'ngle furrow (and swing at that very oftsn), a harrow, the loan of a side-delivery reaper (in its absence the scyche), a dray, and a few of the minor hand implements made up a farmers' equipment. Dr Anderson, 'an agricultural authority of the lust century,

8 peaking in 1802, said there were no im plements that admitted of greater im provement than those of husbandry, on the principle of diminishing weight with out in any degree abating their strength. During the century, towards the close of which we are now fssb drawing, the doctor's remark has been abundantly veri fied, for there has been no single depart ment of farm work on which the improv ing mind and hand of the inventor and skilled artificer have not been employed with amazing success. But it is more particularly sincb the first settlement of our county that the longest strides in ihe improvement of farm implements and machinery have been taken. To one who takes a keen interest in this subject, as the writer does, there is a great tempta tion to dilate lovingly upon the theme, but aa to do so would be tedious to the general reader, who no doubt has kept the procession of successive improvements well in view, it is the wiser plan to go on to note what was to be seen in the imple ment yard. It is here that a man of middle age can see where thereat progress of the maker of farm implements has been made, and this spot in the show ground is quite an educational institution for the young men who have chosen as their lot in life the healthiest of all occupations, as it is the oldest and the noblest —the tillage of the Boil. •MESSRS P. AND I). DGNCAX. The Show come* but once a year, bat after it has been the pleasing duty for a succession of years to say kindly things of t-his pushing firm's exhibits, one feels at first as If he would have to cast about for some new thing to bay about them— something different—something that) one has not said before. But. custom caanot stale nor age wither the infinite variety of the implements they produce, Their eyes are ever open, with hawk-like keenness, watching ior a chance to improve, and so soon as a way of strengthening a weak point, of lessening labor, of shortening the workman's reach in handling imple ment?, of reducing the movements he has to make, or even in the slightest degree increasing the efficiency of the implement Itself, makes itself apparent: to the brains of the firm, the opportunity is at once seized, and the Improvement is made. They hold a plac* in the forefront of the army of implement makers of the world, and the fame of their ploughs has reached vsry far indeed. They show the usual large yard of handsomely finished ploughs of all kinds, grubbers, ridgers, hoes, harrows, hay-rakes, sowers, and the drills of which they make a specialty. Disc harrows, too, and spading harrows, both triumphs of the iuventive genius of the century, are in evidence, with a sample of the drays they build, a patent wool press, a patent spring-tine cultivator, and two of Mr James Oliver's contributions to New Zealand's list of patents—his threshing machine and his clover thresher, sheller, and dresser. MASON, STRITTHERS AND CO. This firm showed the Deering harvester and binder, with the improvements for the year added, and a De Laval's cream separator " Alpha B." The separator was as usual the centre of attraction, with an I added interest owing to the impetus which the dairying industry has received by the recent opening of a butter factory at Tin wald. There was also aDe Laval, " The Humming Bird," just large enough to do the work on what poor old Johnny Bennett would have called a "two-cow farm." The firm alao showed some ex cellent binder twine. MESSRS IRIEDLASDER BROS. showed three Massey-H arris reapers and binders, a Toronto mower, a Brantford mower, a hay-rake and tedder, a side delivery reaper, and cultivators. Two new ploughs of a special pattern were shown—double and three-furrow, which appeared to concentrate all their work into very little space, giving the operator easy control of his implement. The new spring-tine cultivators were also shown. The firm also showed a fine collection of seeds and manureSj and a lot of binding twine. WALTEU A- WOOD. This firm had, their well-known har vesters and mowers on the ground, and a nice hayrako. Their expert was in attendance of course, and his remarks in explanation of the machines' working were an education In themselves, while his lecture on their excellences was a work of art, MISCELLANEOUS. Mr J. Drucimond showed a champion spring grubber of merit; Mr F. Ferriman two broadcast seed sowers, Messrs John Orr and Co., McCormick harvesters, and Mr David P&tton, of Mount Somers, the model of a wool press, invented by himself.

CARRIAGES.

The display of carriages was again a pleasing feoture of the Show, inasmuch as it was wholly the work of oar local builders, and yet would have compared favorably with similar exhibits at the Metropolitan Shows. In fact the quality and variety of the exhibits showed plainly that neither farmers, nor business men of the town and county, requiring a vehiole of any description, need leave the town to have their wants supplied. MB J. K. STJBEL, Of the Victorian Strain Carriage and Iron Works, was again in evidence with some excellent specimens of his large stock. The whole of his exhibits were up to his usual standard of workmanship, and to say this is sufficient compliment. Under the circumstances it was difficult to select any for special mention, and to parti cularise aU would occupy two much space. It was evident, however, on looking round Mr Steel's stand, that) he has made it his business to cater for every section of the community. A handsome pony gig, built to the order of Mr E. G. Crisp, very prettily lined, nicely varnished, sliding peat, trimmßd with brown leather, would appear to be all that could possibly be desired in a light vehicle suitable for a pony. A London road cart is a somewhat similar carriage. Next on the list is a neat Rustic cart, got up in first class style. This has been built with a view to accommodating those who desire a cheap vehicle, and at its price is creditable to the maker. Mr Steel also exhibited one of his road carts, a particular kind of vehicle which he considers his specialty. Two years ago Mr Steel built one for >ir Harding, of Willowby, and so popular has it become that since that time the maker has had to supply no less than forty-four orders for a similar vehicle- Its best feature is that it embodies the minimum weight with great convenience for carriage of extras, and thus to the a took driver and farmer is a great boon, as he can travel perhaps sixty or seventy miles in the day without fatiguing his horse. Such a journey, would of course be impossible with a heavy vehicle. A pony rustic cart, a London dog cart, a far.ner'3 Whitechapel and one of the cheapest and lightest little Daisy carts thab could well be imagined, complete a very creditable assortment. MES3BS BAKKK ASD BROWN Chose to limit their exhibits to four, fbut their four were of a high order of merit, and if they can be regarded as samples of the work done by the firm their stock must be very good indeed. The first to come under notice was a beautifully finished pony cart, fitted with . lance wood shafts and double whip springs, silver mountings, and a bar of cedar wood laid into the side of the vehicle. A bar, silver plated, within the cedar gives the sides a pretty effect. T*he wheels are somewhat larger than those' o* the ordinaryjjwny chaise ftnd the yehtclf

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Totals'. ...

Sheep Cattle .'., . Horses ... Pigs Poultry ... Implements Dogs Dxiry Produce N Z. Manufactures Extra Exhibits Wool , Horseshoeing ... Small birds eggs ani heads

Classes.

288

!

-

58 11 82 8, 13 19 18

IS7S

366

75 16 76 11 17 48 9 23 12 75

_

1579

Sfes I

"I

61 23 105 11 29 67 14 41 12 32

—

isso;

438 1

.

—

S7 36 94 9 37 75 12 44 11 33

1881:

522

89 29 130 19 34 67 17 41 15 81

I

1882

428 •

!

-!

89 25 97 6 11 94 20 23 5 54 4

1883

421 '

\

-

7 39 16 I

102 39 115 21

1884

529

2

6

—

123 41 132 ■15 79 21 52 13 7

1885 J

466 '

I

1

3

—

77 24 73 3 4

111 34 114 22'

|

1886!

495

3

4

—

77 20 96 8 7

59 55 150 20

1887

602

6

13

105 9 98 9 17

-

74 34 181 56

1888

640

4

15

68 15 122 5 S

I

85 42 245 31

__J t'

1889

660 :

7

16

-

87 16 127 6 14

-

91 41 237 18

1890

1 4 710 790 'i

5 10

__ 116 94 18 19 108 171 3 1 24 16

123 171 44 | 60 216 226 52 { 18

18911892

851 !

2

-

102 21 146 ! I 30

— 1

213 71 245 ! 20

1 I 1

1893!

884

4

77 13 236 35

168 80 240 30

1894



Wanted. LjiDWARDS, Bennett's Sale. Grand lot •-* new and fashionable Furs and Mantles ; half price. Come and take your pick at Mns Adabw BWEF.PIN6 Reductions. —is Books for 9d, Is 6d Books for 1 8 , 2s Books for Is 6d, 2s 6d Books for 2a, and all others at equ&l ra'e of reduction at- L. F. Akdkewbs and Go's., Cash Sale. 618 ! WAR —Great; Sacri6<?es as » Go ds muse be sold cheaper than ever, to make room for other goods to arrive shortly. Books and Magnates, Writing Papers and Envelopes, Pocket Books, Purses, Writing Oases, Ink stands, Pictures, Music, AecordeoDS from 7-> 9d, Concertinas, Violins, Banjos, Zither Harps, Photo Frames and Albums, Scrap and Postage fcjtamp Albums, Indoor Games, School Bafis, and a great variety of goods too numerous to mention ; all at greatly aiuced prio«a for ca«h this month at L, F. Andrew i NT) Co.'s, Cheap Sale. CHEAP SECTION—I\S. 50,l&rmode 1 street, west. Offers are invited for this; very low price wili be accepted. T. BULLOCK. UNION STEAMSHIP COMFANY OF NEW ZEALAND, LIMITED. SPECIALLY REDUCED PAS- O SAGE RATES by the following Steamers from Lyttelton: — S.S. HAUROTO- TKKffift S.S. TAKAPUNA— "■JESS. S.S. TALUNE- r'lds;v cm u« « S.S. MARABOA— niSSfcrio TO SALOON STEERAGE Wellington ... £0 10 0 £0 5 0 Napier ... 10 0 0 10 0 Auckland ... 110 0 015 0 Sydney ... 2 10 0 15 0 RETURN TICKETS - Coastal at proportionately Reduced Rates, Sydney £4 Saloon are available to return from Melbourne via Hobart and Bluff. Extra charge for Deck Cabins, Mararoa. All tickets permit passengers to break journey and proceed on or return by any of the Company's steamers, Apply F. FERRIMAN, 11 9 Agent, Ashburton. NEW SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS OPENING UP THIS WEEK, NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, NEW GOODS MEjS'S New Shapes Hard Hafcs GOODS Men's New Shape Soft NEW Hats GOODS Men's New Lounge Hata ] NEW _ lioss W ei g ht GOODS Men's New Tennis Hats NEW Men's, Boys' and Youths' GOODS Straw Hats i NEW GOODS —SPECIAL NEW , GOODS The New Swimming Com- > NEW binafcion Suit b GOODS Men's and Youths' Black NEW Lace shirts GOODS New Tennis Sashes NEW New Cycling Shirts GOODS New 'IVnnia Shirts NEW I New Cricket Shirts GOODS NEW I — SPFCIAL— GOODS NEW IHOI New |Tiks and GOODS Bows j NEW! GOODS NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING | FACTORY. i ! ALEX. HENDRY. Manager' ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH MISSION. QPECIAL SERVICE FOR MEM _OMI,Y 6 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, At L p.m. iotm mission Serrices. ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH. Ashburtoit HOUBS OF SERVICES— Friday, November 2—Litany at Noon, Evensong and Sermon at 7.30 p.m. Saturday, November 3—lntroductory Service to receive Missioner, 8 p.m. Sunday, November4—Holy Communion at 8.30 a.m.; Matins, with Sermon, at 11 a.m, ; Children's Service at 2 45 p.m. ; Address to Men at 4 p.m.; Evensong with Sermon and Aftqr Instruction, 6 30 p.m. Monday to Wednesday (sth to 7th inclusive), Daily—HoJy Communion with Address 7.30 a.m., Evensong and Intercesion 4.50 p.m.. Mission Sermon and After Instruction 8 p.m. Notice of other Services will be given during the progress of the Mission. Thanksgiving Offertories are requested to bo made on WEDNESDAY, 7th, to defray the Expenses of the Mission. No Collection on other week days. Sunday's Offertories as usual, and at Holy Communion. Receiving Boxes will be placed at the west door for letters for the Missioner, requests for Intercessory Prayer, etc., and also for Donations towards the Expenses of the Mission. Hymn Booka provided. All seata free, MISSIONER : REV. A. W. ROBINSON, M.A. 10 178 DOLLAR GTGABETTES Sdper packet loz Prevention IS WORTH POUNDS OF CURE! Why ruin your Reapers and Mowers by using inferior Lubricating Oils, which tire your horses and clog the Machines, when you can obtain a true Lubricant like which has been thoroughly .tested all over the world and pro»oun?ed Unequalled. Obtainable from all Storekeepers or the Agents EDWARD REECE & SONS, QHRIOTHUR3H.



Wanted JEloskingj i& Coming 1. PRIMITIVE CHURCH. SUKDAV AND MONDAY NOVEMBER 4-5. 10 169 TT7 ANTEu, a Good General Servant. Apply MRS JOHN ORR, 1185 Alford Forest Road. NO more Indigestion ; no more ncr vouaness from indulging in too much tea drinking, for those who drink Heaith Tea. One trial will convince you Henry Zandee, Authorised Agent WANTED Known-—The Corner Is showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Colijeb. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. Salek's, Optician. I : 1 — WANTED Known— The Cheapest House in town for First-class , Millinery and Drapery is H. C. Segers, I Melford House. WANTED Known—Special line of GentsV ttegatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2s 6d.—W. H. Collier. . IITANTED Known—Before buying VV your Hats come and see our Stock. Greatest variety to choose from in Anhbnrton. All marked very Cheap, —H. C. Segers, Melford House. BANG ! Bang i Bang S My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Cluo Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Habdlby's, Gun Emporium. JOE CREAM, Ice Cream, Ice Cream, now ready at H. A. Flower's, East street, Ashburton. Ice supplied at shortest notice. 10 114 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. WE Hold a Large Stook of the Latest Novelties in Materials for Blouses and Walking Presses. Just opened, ex Pakeha and lonic, Dress Goods of choice selection, Sunshades and Umbrellas.—Mitchell- and Turnee. ROBERT ALCORN has opened in Baker's Buildings, next the Court 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. TO LADlES.—Spring Cleaning,—We have just received Ihree Cases of Curtains and Liberty Muslins, together with new Patterns in Carpets, Oilcloths, and Linoleums. China Matting from 8M per yard.—Mitchell and Turner. 13 ECENT Arrivals —Ladies'andGentle- -t* men's Summer Boots and Shoes, Cricketing and Tennis Shirts. Unlimited selection .of Summer Ties and Hats.— Mitchell and Turneb. BLANKETS bought at Edwards Bennet's Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s 9d. Ex<ra large and heavy 15s 6d and 163 6d.~Robert Alcorn, Baker's Buildings. . 1 TUST Opened, a splendid line of fashion *J able Dress Stuffs, in Cardinals, Maroons, Navies, Browns and Blacks. To be sold under wholesale price.—H, C. Segers, Melford House. OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina- j fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, atuslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Baker's Buildings. f^\ UNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock j YD( of Gunsj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single j Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W, Hardley's Sporting Repository HAKATERE. —The Somerset Meat Mart has long held "tha cike" as the best and cheapest shop in town for cash purchasers. The old reputation will be maintained. Mutton 2d per lb. Saus ages 4d per lb. All other lines reduced. For Cash only.—W. J. Silcock. 852 NOTICE 1 Notice Sport for all Guns let out on hire or sold on tima payments. Having 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' LARGE Purchase Embroideries at Edwards, Bennett's Sale; over ninety pieces to chcose from. Ladies' Trousseaux made on short notice. Orna ments, Fancy Goods, and Dolls' Prams at Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Havelocic Street BUTTER, BUTTER, fresh and good 6d per lb. Just arrived—A Line ' of BBA Shears, also a good assortment of Turkey Stones. Come early and get your choice. Note address—Fletcher Bros, East street (next Bank of New Zealand) Ashburton. WANTED Known —That if you are in want of a first class article in sum mer Bo^ts and Shoes, you cannot do better than call at J. Moison's ; you will get the very best at reduced prices. As for his own make, they are well known to the delight of the wearers, throughout the Australasian colonies. Repairs well done and at once Premier Boot Maker, Town Hall Boot Store, East street, Ashburton. O"~YSTERS, Fried .Flounders, and Whitebait every night at Jewitt's, Deep Sea Fishing Company, opposite MAiL_offioe. 9 166 TTILIPPERIT FLOPS Is. New Books JD just arrived. Circulating Library. Terms easy. Latest new books added to Library every month. Subecibers to Library can exchange Books at Bookstall or Shop. Most popular library in Ash burton. Eight Id books for 6d, four 2d Books for 6d, two 4d Books for 6d, three 6d Books for Is. Plain, Fancy, and Mourning Stationary, Text, Birthday, Christmas, and New Year Cards, Picture Books, Scraps, etc. Everything good, Cheap, antlin great variety.—J. Mar.sden. WAFTED —Eyery Lady to try Madam Bal<ioscpe's Patent Ex panding Belt Corset, guaranteed whale bone throughout. Orders left at Mr E. Hall's, Herbalist, Ashburton, will receive prompt attention. 10 86 i /~i Q PRAY is selling Firewood 25a ' \J* 0 per delivered. Coal from 6* per quarter. Good heart fencing material very cheap. Opposite Mercantile j Store, West Street. ■ \IT ANTED Known—That owing to the I W success of the Sale now being held up at Saunders' Buildings, opposite Rail- I way Station, ib will be continued for another twenty-eight days. lam not advertising a few cheap lines, bub the whole of the stock. Don't lose the oppor tunity of securing genuine bargains—A LAWKIfi, 7 IW



Business ftotice". IF YOU WANT GO <D V.vLUE FOE YOUR MONEY GO TO—  O. J. NEIL US i/.VHERE THEY ARE SBLL'NG AT LESS THAN COST PRICE. H\RP UP.~3I MD UP MUST lIA VIS MONKY. tfO RIiAS^NABT/E OFFER REFUSED FOR ANY ARTIOLF. IN JN THE SHOP. DRESS GOODS 2Jd DRESS GOODS 3Jn Double width Dress Tweeds Is lid Heavy Shirting Is «4-»^«J £ J4? Reduced to Is Union Shirting Is sJd—Reduced to 7£i TOWELS 2*d Kid Gloves, four clasps Is 9a Double Bed-twi.ll Sh-eting, unbleached Flannelettes, yard wide 7Jd~Reduced White anToreyOalico Is lid doz Dr Warner's Coraline Corsets, 8s 6d All Wool* lannel7|d Reduced to 6s lid MILLINERY "I^D^NDER-OLOTHING AT YOUR OWN PRICE CLOTHING- CLOTHIN& ££!££& Kw^Lr^r 7 |d lld Boys' Caps 6d Men's Tweed Overcoats, with capes Men's Tweed Suits 13$ 6d m 175, 6d,, . t . ... Men's Heavy All Wool Suits 35s 6d Men's Tweed Macintoshes, with capes Reduced to 22s 6d 39s 6d—Reduced to 23s 6d MEN'S SHIRTS, TIES, HATS, GAPS, etc., AT ANY PRICE. BLANKETS. ' BLANKETS. IN EVERT CONCEIVABLE MAX*!, COLONIAL AND ENGLISH, AT ANY . PRICE-FBOM 68 »d PER PAIR. NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. BOOTS. BOOTS CHEAPER THAN EVER, WE CANNOT HELP IT AS WE WANT THE MONEY Women's Shoes 4s lid Women's Leather Lace B >ots, all aizea 6s lid w omen THESE ARE SIMPLY GIVEN AWAY. Men's Bluchers 4s lid Boys' Nailed Shooters, Strong, 5s 6d Men's Nailed Shooters 7s Ud and 5s 9d Man's Heavy Watertights, pegged, Ladies' French Shoes lls 9d—Reduced 15b 6d—Reduced to J Is 6d to 8s 6d CHILDREN'S TAN SHOES AND SLIPPERS AT YOUR OWN PRICE G. J, IN El L L'S. jfRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON] Cash. We Want CASH. FLETCHER BEOS/ Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Etc. ■« SOLE AGENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING:— THE CELEBRATED Peerless aipd Premier Tea 3. Peerless Tea, Bibs for 5s Peerless Tea, 61bs for 9s 9d Premier Tea, 31bs for 5s 5d Premier Tea, 61bs for 10s 5d POTTER'S HERBAL BEER EXTRACT— 7d per Bottle, 6s 6d per dozen Sufficient to make six gallons of Splendid Herbal Beer. BLADDON'S HEALTH SALINE, OR LIW SALT — A combination of Oxygenerated Salts with the Ripe Juices of Lemons, Limes and Oranges. TONIO, EFFERVESCING, TASTFXESS ANDJAPERIBNT, Js 3d Per Bottle. RAWLINGS' SOAP MANUFACTORY (Only^the Finest Quality of Fat used). Almond Scented, Large Bars, ,32 bars to cwt 9s 9d per Box Perfect Cleanser, 40 bars to cwt 9s 9d per Box Domestic, 40 bars to cwt 7s lid per Box — REMEMBER — WJFj Bl'Y ¥OR CASH, make NO BAD DEBTS, therefore we are able to SELL GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, Etc., at a LOWER RATE than any houre in the trade. —NOTE ADDRESS— fj;etohr:e bkos., CASH SUPPLY STORES, T?ABT STUBET, ASHBURTON", (Next Bank of New Zealand) ALSO 107 »nd 109 Lower High Street, Christchurch. W. H. COLLINS & CO Paperliangings. Paperhanging'S. SIX BALIS Containing 1800 PrECES of THIS SEASON'S . WALL PAPERS, WHICH MUST BE SOLD, fpHE Consignee nob being able to complete his purchase, these Goods have been handed ov<>tf to us and I WILL BE SOLD i AT REDUCED RATF;S TO CLEAR TBE LINE W H- COLLINS cfe CO ("Royal Insurance Company I G-rey Valley Uoal Company ,«,,, r,m I Springfield Pottery Company AGENTS FOR joorbenandCos KnameUod Mantelpieces I WcK«riisitt'H Fun iturw Innovator !l \ Black Bali Coal (tompAny