Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1894. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing to the continued dry weather the Tinwald harriers have been obliged to temporarily postpone their hunting meeta. There was a large attendance at the Rink last night. The carters' race, for a whip presented by Mr Patter3on, saddler, was won by Mr John Hefford. Mr A. H. Grinling, for many years an officer of the Salvation Army in Wellington, Ohristchurch, and latterly Auckland, has resigned his position owing to a matter of conscienae conflicting with authority. Mr Grinling'a services at Christchurch, as editor for mauy years of the New Zealand {(War Cry," were invaluable to the Army, and in that capacity he and his talented wife, also an officer of the Army, were greatly respected. Their removal to Auck-' land last June was at the time vary strongly condemned by the friends of the Army in Ohristchurch, but the representations made to the authorities to retain them in their positions were unavailing. On Thursday evening the fortnightly meeting of the Primitive Methodist Mutual Improvement Society was held in the vestry. I There was a very good attendance of mem- i bers and visitors. A very profitable evening was spent in discussing an essay on 'Self Culture.' Criticism was freely indulged in by members and visitors, and much interest was evinced by both critics and listeners. A vote of thanks was accorded the essayist-, Mr B. E. Dowle. The Rev J. Cocker ably presided. Three years ago Miss Cora Bell Slowers, a white woman, engaged as a teacher of Indians at the Cheyenne River Agency, mot and married a handsome young Santee |udian, named Chanka; Her friends tried to dissuade her from taking the step, on the ground that the marriage would turn out disastrously, but she refused to listen to them. They were right, however, for after treating her with great cruelty, Chaska has just eloped with an Indian woman, leaving 'bis wife and two children destitute.

The Ashburton Building Society's appro- i priation of £300 sold by auction on Tuesday ,j evening, was purchased by Mr Tromas j Woolley, of Hinds, for £61. | Mrs John Kelly, who is at the hospital suffering from severe burns received on Wednesday, is still in a dangerous condition. Rev. A. Ager's "excursion to London" (a most enjoyable evening's outing) starts to night at eight, the local terminus being the Oddfellows' Hall. The handsome shooting trophy, in the shape of a clock, presented by Or. A. M. Buckley, Esq., is on view in the window of Mr Salek, jeweller, from whom it was ob tained. The Ashburton Drug Company have received a shipment of Smith's Premiei wheat dressing. The area of land under wheat last year was less than usual, bnt the sales of this dressing more than doubled those of the previous year, Messrs Adams and Curties have on exhibition in MrH. M. Jones'shop a model of their '94 road racers. It is sufficient commendation to say that the maohine is up to date in every detail and has been turned out in that style for which the' stars' are gaining a reputation equal to that of the best imported makes. '

Mr Edwin Clark, of the Chriatchuroh Tele graph Department, has been awarded two first and one second order of merit, with special mention for artistio excellence, for hia paintings exhibited at the West Coast New Zealand Exhibition of Art, Science and Industry. These awards entitle him to two gold medals and one silver Exhibition medal. Writes a farmer:—lf one haa an old straw staok left over from last year's harvest use it in this wiae. When stacking hay, particu larly clover, make alternate layers of the old straw and the new hay, putting in the latter quite green. The dry straw will absorb the surplus moisture from the hay. also some of the flavor, thus becoming palatable jts stock food, and at the same time helping to pre serve the hay. la the 'Times' critique of the Christ church Motett Society's perfoimanoe of Sir Arthur Sullivan's oratorio ' The Prodigal Son' at the Christchurch Art Gallery on Thursday the following compli mentary reference was made to a looal soprano:—"ln the recitative 'And When 1 He Had Spent All,' and aria, «O, That Thou Hadst Hearkened,' the pure soprano voice of Mrs Brooke waa heard to great advantage. Her middle and upper register notes were especially good, and her excellent enunciation throughout might be recom mended as a model for public singers. Hero is a ghastly but true story:—Some years ago an Englishman, long resident at, Paris, was in the habit of visiting several evenings every week La Marquise de— at her villa, two miles out of town, where the best society met. She put this question to him : " Why do you come here with one livery servant behind your carriage, and re. turn with two ?" He denied the face, and added that he had but one laguais in this world. Next day he ordered his servant to explain this mystery, and menaced him with the police. The fellow confessed as fallows : —That he had long been employed by some surgeons to procure dead bodies for dissec. tion, and that he was frequently supplied by some resurrection men from a cemetery close to the villa of Li Marquise, and that to elude all questions at the bariers on re entering Paris at midnight, he always dressed the corpse in one of his own liveries, and upheld it behind the carriage. It appears there is a New Zeaiander among the pioneers of the Freeland expedition, which has set out to found a community in Equatorial Africa. The nationality of the other pioneers is said to be four Englishmen, oue Dane, one Russian, six Austriana. and sevtn Germans, Apart from the scientific undertakings engaged in, the purpose of the [ expedition is entirely an economic one, on the basis of founding a community in which free access to the land and to the instruments of production sh .11 be secured to all; and the pioneers have every wish to fall in with all regulations in force aa to the carrying and introduction of arms ; at present explo ration is their primary object, and it is only on the supposition that land at once fertile and healthy can be secured in British East Africa that the experiment will take place there; in fact, inquiries have been made respecting sites in South America. Most of the goods and stores have been purchased in England, and probably an English liner will bring out future emigrants. It is reported that the father of Dr Wilhelm, the leader of the expedition i» prepared to devote L 150,000 to its object. Needless to say that if this is so many of the initial difficulties will be solved. Mr W. Earnshaw, M.H.R., while in Sydney, was interviewed by a • Telegraph 1 representative concerning the pledge which is required in New South Wales from labor candidates. This is a question which is causing a split; in that colony. Mr Earn sha#, on reading the plege, saids "I would absolutely refuse to be dictated to in a way like that. The idea that the party should decide in caucus as to the tate of a Ministry I cannot understand. 1 would make this provision—that if the fate of a Ministry depended upon a labor question, then undoubtedly the Labor members would by virtue of their candidature and platform be compelled to support or to put out a Ministry, as the case might be, because their own issue 3 are vitally involved; but as regards most questions upon which the fate of a Ministry depends it is impossible for any Labor member true to his principles to bind himself. If the course of your committee is persisted in I am confident it will end in disaster, and the fate of the Labor party will be Bealed. ' For instance, 1 Mr Earn shaw continued, 'take my own position, la the last session I had a strong disagree ment with the Government, of which I was a most ardent supporter, with regard to the liquor question, The result of that was that I was advised by the Government that they proposed to turn me out of the party, and in standing for election in Dunedin City I stood pledged tojsupport neither theSeddon nor the Stout Government. If the same conditions had applied in New Zealand aa the the labor organisations are determined shall apply here, I would have been placed in the inooming House as among the Opposition though I am admitted to bs one of the most staunch of the Labour members, and am known as the social istic member of the House.' , | [

CHESS.

OTAGO CLUB V. ASHBURTON.

The Otago "Witness" publishes the following with regard to the above match to be contested on May 24. The players selected are:— DUNEDIN. ASHBUBTON. 1. Dr. Stenhouse v, Henry Willis 2. E P. Grinsted v. E. G. Crisp 3. Wm. Friedlander v. Dr. H. Hunter 4. H. V. Cunliffe v. G. F. Dodds 5. Dr. F. Fitchett v. Mijor Steward 6. W. A. Sim v. Edgar Buchanan 7. T. A. Fraser v. J. 0. Bsll 8. W. B. Dodson v. Llewellyn Owen 9. A» Ellis v. Vernon Steward 10. L. Warsaw v. F. Clark EMERGENCIES. H. Lyders Dr. Tweed D.H. Hastings H. Zander W. R. Hayward J. Leiteh C. W. Steward , Leslie Buchanan Messrs Cleland, Mellor, and Mouat, having other engagements for that day, are unable to take part in the match; but the Otago team is fairly strong, and the captain ia a host in himself. _

Loan and Mercantile.

London, May 17 j The New Zealand Loan and Mer cantile Agency Company Directors make a call of £1 on ordinary shares and *3 10s on preference shares. The new Board of the Loan and Mercantile Company will not prosecute the old Directors fot' the recovery of the dividends paid out of capital,

A Disastrous Fire.

JNew York, May 16. It haa been discovered that boys set fire to the baseball stand in Boston. Boston, May 17. In connection with the fire originat ing in the baseball stand, forty children are missing.

SAMOA.

London, May 17. ' The Hon. T. P. Bayard, the United States Ambassador in London, has in formed the British Government that America desires to withdraw from the provisions of the BerHn Act, providing that citizens' rights in Samoa are pro tected. London, May 17. | The Agents-General of Victoria and Tasmania are supporting New Zealand in regard to Samoa. The representa tives of Queensland and South Aus tralia have not yet received any in structions on the point. New Bouth Wales is urging a British protectorate.

LABOR.

London, May 17. A number of the masters have ac cepted the cabmen's terms. Two hundred of the men on strike overturned a hansom in Park Lane, breaking the driver's leg. Residents in West London and i travellers by the railways are those | most inconvenienced by the cabmen's strike. Several masters who are not included in the dispute refuse to let cabs, fearing that violence may be attempted on the part of the strikers. The Press generally take the pirt of the men on strike, and concur in the opinion that the supply of cabs is ex cessive. It is reported that the Board of Trade ■ will enforce the regulation that ten hours shall be the day's work of the railway signalmen. Sydney, May 17. The bootmakeis' difficulty has been settled, the masters having given tie requisite assurance that they will not reduce the rate of wages. (Received May 18, 10.40 a.m. London, May 17. Mr Gillies, Agent-General for Vic toria, considers Professor Morris' ap peal for funds to assist the Melbourne unemployed most unwise, and likely to do much harm to the colony. Many colonists are indignant at the appeal.

THE ANARCHISTS.

Brussels, May 16. The police in Liege are endeavour ing to unravel an international Anarchist plot.

CABLE NEWS.

The death is announced of Prince Clovia Bonaparte. The death of Fred. Broughton, dramatist, is announced. The Belgian Oonsul in Melbourne reports favorably on the prospects of sugar beet culture in Victoria. M. 0. L. Ambrose Thomas, French musical composer, has been created a Grand Gross of the Legion of Honour. Professor Morris, of Melbourne, in a letter to the London sf Times," appeals f©r funds for the Melbourne unem ployed. News has been received of & severe earthquake having been experienced at Kars, in the Caucasus. Nineteen persons were injured. Floods'have taken place in Wiscon sin and Minnesota. Houses, mills and bridges were washed away. The, damage is estimated at two and a half million dollars. Senator Lodge is moving for a Com mittee to enquire into the report that a Sugar Trust bribed senators to secure votes in favor of the tariff. News from the Islands reports the death of Mrs Watt, wife of one of the New Zealand missionaries in New Hebrides. The cause of death was heart disease. News has been received that the yacht Valkyrie, formerly the property of the Earl of Dunraven, and which was some time ago purchased by an Italian Count, has foundered off the coast of Africa, with all hands. The Council of the Colonial Institute has addressed a prqtes»t to the o,han cellor of the Exchequer against the imposition of death duties on proper ties in the colonies of which the owners are domiciled in England. The London " Truth " declares that the Imperial Institute is covetously touting for fellows, and that the post ofljce is flooded wfth circulars detailing dinner menus aad various band per formances and shows. Unless President Oarnot declines to contest the French" Presidency, M. Casimer Perier (Premier) and M. Dupuy (President of the Chamber of Deputies), why were nominated, will withdraw from the election. Kollarz, a Vienna artist, and his three sistera have committed suicide by taking poison, to avoid the grief at survival of each other. Before taking the deadly drqs the quartet spent the whole of Sunday In peayer and con fession,

A College of Beauty.

While our English girls (says a London paper) are playing tennis and golf, and occasionally cricket, in America they have founded a College of Baauty, ioung girls, it is said, are taught to give to their faces and their attitudes the maximum of expression and grace. The scholars ara taught to talk— at least to talk without making faces—are wall rehearsed in the pronunciation of difficult words. One word, indeed, is said to need at least two hours' practice a day. The word is "potato," and considering th<3 country of its origin, the circumstance appears singular. The professors of ths College of Beauty have discovered that music gives loveliness to the face—but so much lies in the choice of the composer. F«ur h aired girls get melancholy when they hear Chopin. Indeed, as one sometimes hears that composer in the modern drawing-room, the observation may equally apply to fair-haired men> Wagner' is the master of the btunette. His poly chromatic music gives softness to their brauty, making them gentle and pliant. But the course of lectures most followed Is that which teaches the pupil how to sleep becomingly, so that she may assume a pose at once harmonious and elegant. We are not told how this result is effected.

Cruelty to Children.

Otago Daily Times. In the April number of "The ISew Review " the Rev Benjamin Waugh tells the story, or part of the story, of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to children. The tale is a mcl i ancholy one: it would be revolting but for the though b that the unsavoury reve lations are the testimonials, as it were, of an admirable work of social reform. Mr Waugh' himself, If we remember right, was the originator of the movement, and he was greatly aided by the Influence and eloquence of the late Aroh bishop Magee. He nqw reminds his readers that ten 1 years ago the promoters of the work were either ridiculed as •* grandmotherly legls lationists " or denounced as slanderers of the poor, and points out that the ridicule and the denunciation have alike passed away. The work has received the impri matur of the great and the wise: states men, judges, philosophers, and lawyers, with the Sovereign at their head, are lending a hand; and no man ventures either to scoff or protest. Sis years ago the activity of the Na tional Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to children was confined to a sec tion of London; to-day the area of the agencies includes a population of twenty three millions. If there is sadness in the knowledge that the Society has found it necessary to "step with its Act of Parlia ment" into the homes of 102,638 chil« dren, there is greater sadness in the thought that "to as many again, at the very least, it Has been unable to render any service." Small wonder that the re velations of the society have silenced op position ! But though the quondam con temnors of the work are silent, there is another class of people with whom Mr Waugh thinks it advisable to deal, These are the people with pet expla nations of the phenomena of cruelty. The Social Reformer? talk of heredity; the Educationalist points t» lack of schooling;; the apostles of Prudence lament over early marriages; the Tee* totallers attribute the mischief to drink. Obviously there would be a measure of comfort) in the thought that one or all of these adventitious evils, if we may so call them, had a large share in producing cruelty to children : an increase of thrift, sobriety, and knowledge would mean a certain lessening of the special evil under notice. Bub unfortunately, according to Mr Waugh, the explar.a Fiona are beside ihenurk. For instance, the teetotaller s*ys, " Clo3e the publiahouses " ,' but let us listen to Mr Waugh : " Comparing the cruelties practised by the sober and the cruelties practised by the drunkard, the palm for monsf rousnesa goes to the sober. And as regard* the respective chances of detection in the two kinds of casea, and the public getting knowledge of them and stopping their victim*' sufferings, druf.ken nr-ss is still in favor of the child. Whilst the sober has wit enough to conceal his cruelty, tliß drunkard blunders it into notoriety. Drunkenness is its own detec'ive." Again, we are told that there is absolutely no justification for the idea that povei-ty and small dwellings are a cause of c.uelty. True, the greatest number of detections are made in email houses, but Mr Waugh gives an explana tion which is full of awful suggfestiveneas: " Transfer the cruel mother of a laborer's child to a house in which the cruel mother of his master's child dwells, and the screams of her child lifted by the hair of its head out of Its bath, beaten naked with the heel of a slipper, flung out of the room on to the landing floor, would draw no crowd. The face dis colored by a dog-whip would be covered with toilet powder." It fares just the same with the lack of education theory. The casea dealt with by the society comprise captains, majors, physici ans, surgeons, bankers, barristers, editors, ministers of religion, ('• university men as well as lay preacher, in church as well as in the Salvation Army "). There is a tale told of "a bland and smiling physician and his stiff, stately wife," which simply makes one shudder in the reading. It is true that the percentage of cruelby is pro bably less amongst educated people than among rougher folks, but as regards the kinds of cruelty, Mr Waugh declares that if there is anything to choose "the cruelties of the more refined are the more inventive, spiteful, and sustained." What is to be said of the case of " the daughter of a well-known clergyman," who on re turning from early communion on Easter Day, birched a " small, nervously-strung boy " with a new birch rod, and on re turning from a second service at 10.30 agaia bircbed the "already scarlet"limbs, fi with what effect may be gathered from the wreck she had made of her new birch rod. The housemaid testified that she swept up half a dustpanful of its broken twigs." Sad to say, Mr Waugh has grue some stories concerning clerical cruelty to "tiny helplessness," but we will spare our readers further detail. Among the most prominentc-iuses of inhumanity to children are sexual immorality, avarice, and recrast- Hon. Putting aside the firstof the three, tha victims of parental avarice may be num bered by thousands. *' They are as I countless as they are unsuspected." Mr Waugh declares that; he could more than fill the review with casas of cruelty— practically of murder—arising from the temptations offered to parents by child inaoring agents. Then there is the motive of recreation! and a Wood-curdling description is given of " a Jolly fiend at his play." Yet, again, there is the cruel moralist, exemplified 'by the case of the virtuous woman who, having detected her child in a lie, determined that jfc should taste what " the hell of liars " was like. The details of the torture can be too readily imagined. According to Mr Waugh, the cant of a false freedom is largely responsible for the condition of matters which he expaaes, *' If there i* one thing more than aaather wliich accounts for'the Horrible facts with which it is the business of the society of which I am writing to deal, It is the great double, indiscriminate, national tradi tion upon 'parental right' and the 4 sanctity of home.' In responsibility for the pass to which things have come in our ciiild 'wor|d, the national vices of drink and immorality do nob compare with this wretched, shallow, and successful (rick of words." A baby is its parent's child, but it is also the Queen's subject, and the position of the National Society for the prevention qt Cruelty, to qhildrqn ig that if the'jiarent neglects a parent's 'duty, " the drown muse not, 1 shall nbfc, neglect the Prawn's tfwty to its subject,"

Ashburton Rifle Club.

Afc a Committee meeting of the Ashbur ton Bifltf Club held on Thursday evening it was decided to hold a handicap match on Queens Birthday-the first prizj to fe A «loc^P. resente<3 by Mr Buckley. The Club will gl ve out of its funds 15 1 for second priz?, 10* for third, and 5s for a fourth prizs. Messrs Salek, Rule, and Pearson ware appointed handicapped. Handicaps will be posted on notice board outside the Somerset Hotel on Monday Ihe conditions of the match are— Ranees 200 yds and 400 yds, ten shots at X bnooting will commence afc eleven o'clock punctually. It was resolved that in future no one except the soorer be allowed nearer than ten paces ot the firing point whilst a competitor is firing. The secre tary was instructed to obtain a thousand rounds of Martini-Henry ammunition for use of members—members toiiave free we. of the Martini rifles owned by the Ulub,

Alleged Conspiracy.

"SPIRITUALISTIC SEANCES/*

Times Special, Whuk&xcw, May I 7, f ttacKect, were charged in the Mams rate's Court today with having consS together to defraud one Frederick A. burton a few years ago, when he was* member of the GxtakdFan staff], The mate prisoner being farther ch^ed with having pretended to exercise* enchant raent and communion with the spirits ot ;he dead. Accused, it i 8 alleeed, had been for tome time past practising spirituahsm m various parts of New Zealand, including the city of WeUington and its suburbs, profssslng to be a materialising medium, and hS sister act 0^ An>onßhis clients, it appears, was Vaughan, who Is an investigator of the philosophy of spiritu alism, and who also was imbued with a ?™™!f V*l Whefchßr fche man *»« *« impostor or not, and if he found him wanting m good faith to make the public acquainted with the fact. Accordingly he attended one or two so-called seances given by the Hacketts, Including the last one, which they gave on Wednesday nigftt in a room at Petone engaged for the purpose. About fifteen per sons were present, including Constable. Butler in plain clothes, who had received instructions from his superiors to watch the affair closely and to seize anything which might prove to be material evidence in a case against the medium and hit assistant. A black curtain, divided in the centre, stretched across one corner of the room, and in the recess thus formed Hackatb ensconced himself for the par pose of bringing before tha company the "ghosts" of departed individuals. The proceedings commenced with the singing of a hymn. The lamps having been lowered, a luminous spirit, clothed in gauze-hke material, quickly put in an appearance. In response to a question by Vaughan, Miss Hackett stated it was the spirit of her deceased sister, Rosie. vaughan addressad the spirit in a coaxing manner, urging it to come to him, and aa soon as it had got close enough ho imme diately seized tight hold of it and called for the lights to be turned up. A. scene of considerable confusion ensued. Miss Hackett became hysterical. Matches were struck, and by theirlighfc Mr Vaughanfound that he held in his hand nothing but a piece of white muslin, the "spirit," of course, disgusted by sush rough handling by a person of rougher clay, havintr de camped to "borderland," or wherever B»ch spirits have their abode. Miss Hackett bad meanwhile been urging those present to lower the lights, which she said would Injure the medium, who was for that evening supposed to be "can trolled ' by the spirit of an Indian, and who was in that character jabbering tha Indian Unguage, or what was supposed to be such. However, the lights were not lowered, and Constable Butler imme diately proceeded to confis3ate the " pro perties,' which oonsisted of the muslin aforesaid and a bottle of phosphorised oil, and to arrest the man and woman, the former of whom showed a decided inclina- • tion to decamp. That, however, he was not allowed to do, and the pair were brought into Wellington and locked in (ha police cells. When the accused were brought before Me Martin, S.M., to-day, Mr Poynton, who appeared on their behalf, asked for an adjournment till May 25. The appli cation was granted, and the accused wero liberated on two sureties of £25 each, and their own recognisances of a similar amount.

CORRESPON DENCE.

' We do not hold ounetves responsible tor tin opinions expiessed by our comspoadante.)

NAILS FROM TIMARU.

TO THE EBITOR.

Sib,---A8 a ratepayer I bad occasion to inspect the minutes of the last few meet ings of the Borough Council. I find that several accounts—rendered by John Jack son, of Timaru, and receipted John Jackson, per O. and Co., have been paid. For the guidance of those who are not aware of the transactions of our worthy Council I mention that Mr Jacks.a'g ac counts consist of —among other items: October, various dates, timber ls lOd, stakes 4s fid. nails Is, stakes ls. Novem ber, staples Si, nails 6d, padlock ls 6d, screws 3d. December, latch la, bolt fid, butts 9d, nails, etc , 14s 6d, paint and oil 8a 61, inch timber ls, timber 9i. Now it is very strange that onr city fathers should get suoh items from Timaru without giving the local tradesmen a show, and the sooner the ratepayers wake up and ask the whole body of the Council to resign, the better for all concerned. I notice also that part of the account Is for bricks 2s, drain pipes 12s 6_. Surely Messrs Friedlander Bros.,bricks and drain pipss ought to be cheaper than those im. ported from Timaru. I further notice that part of the December aooou^t is fop labor done in the way of painting posts, Havelock street, 955, painting baths 2?s 6d, other painting 203. Is it fair that Mr Jackson of Timaru should do this work and send men from Timarq m in pre ference to local tradesmen ? Where are you, John Wilson and others ? Why do you keep silent to this? Is it pos sible that we have elected a body of men who are foolish enough to have their bread taken away in front of their eyes and send to Timaru for twopence wort^ ofnajls. e,t<;., etg., and al^o employ labor from Timaru without b9ing tendered fqr in the usual way and thus prevent ou,'c local tradesmen from competing. Whq is this Er Jackson? Will you, Mr ' Editor, please enlighten us, if possible, whether he ls a ratepayer or an intimate friend of the town clerk, or a guarantor to the bank for the Borough's overdraft ? While on this question Mr Editor, I was pleased tq see your explanation of thy Act as to liability of councillors supplying goods to the Council, bub judging from the accounts I have quoted, and others I luve not quoted, no notioa seems to have been taken, and supples continue as here tofore, whereas tenders oupht to be called to supply the Borough same as other institutions. £fo doubt we will has£ more about those questions] in the mean time kindly insert this letter for ttfe benefit of the ratepayers and our worthjr Borough Council's perusal.—l am, etc.," Ratsfaykr. Ashbuutpn, May 18,1894, '

THE ASHBURTQN GUARDIAN: FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1894.



Business Notices. _ _ G. J. NEILL AND CO. ARE COMPELLED tc REALISE, and fCONSIQUEN TLY AXE SELLING AT LESS THAN COST PBICE, DRESS GOODS la 3d, REDUCES to typ NEW DRESS TWEEP, ONLY 6*d HEAVY UNBLEACHED SHEETING 2yds WIDE, REDUCED to 9£d MEN S TWEED SUITS Hs 6d BOYS' TWEED SUITS 3s 11© MEN'S COLONIAL MADE BLUCHERS 4s 110 MENS COLONIAL MADE, NAILED SHOOTERS 7s 11d ADIES' SHOES, All Sizes, Now 4s 110 jUTe Must Hare €mU, DONT FORGET WE ARE SLAUGHTERING EVERYTHING, G. J. Neill and Co.'s FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER] v THE B&ST HOUSEJtN / y\ TOWH / Pi / 4- X\ *" * *■ //X\\ /4 / \\\ /&/ \ \ C*" / LINOLEUMS, \ • ■> / FLOOR CLOTHS, \ / ETC., KTO. \^ CHRISTCHUBCH TO TEE FIiONT. Look! WtaTis This? WHY Groceries Lows? Tftn Em, (~\U& MB A H FLETCHER, lu-iug bought large linea ab a Low Rate will offer to the Public of Asiburtos, aul surraaa-Jinpf district these Goods— t Biakrupb Stock bu*; Fresh Go >.li — liroc'-, fro:n tho Mwuficturer, Pat use the following Price List: — Fine S*go2lperib-?lbls Fine Tapioca |21 per lb— 3 b for Is B»t Jiip-inßica 2|i por lb- r) h (or U Split Peas 2d par lb—7lb for Is JStsw Haisins 51 psr lb—l2ib f-ur 4s HJ Hew Currants, (best cleaned) 4dper!b-12lbfor3dlld New Sultanas 51 per lb —12ib for ii lid Fine Crystal Sugar 2|i per lb Fine Salt 5j 41 par cwt bag Bryant'a Safety Matches, 7^d per dozdn Cream of Tartar (puro) I*2l, p n-'li Best Mixed Peel 91 per lb Whitning Id per lb—l2lb lid Pearl Barley 2^l per lb—slbs for lg N..W Dates 6|J per lb—2lb f>r Li Valencia Raisins 6d lb -12s for 4s lid Plaid Vestas 4|d per doz -12 paokeba, 4s 41 Bakinf Powder 93. per lb EJectric Candles 5M per lb-121b, fn 5d Washing Soda l|d per lb— 12ibfor Js4d Vlne^a: b'i par bibtle, Is 91 par g illoa Best Kerosene, 150 tesb 63 per tin, 12s per case Finest Coffee, ground on the prembjs Is 4d, Is 6j; the best Is 8d perjlb. REMEMBER PATRONISE THE O^E WHO BI^OJGHLT DOWN THE PRICES. fletoher^'bros., CASH SUPPLY STORES, i:ast street, ash urtos". Great Amalgamation Sale of Boots & Shoes. O AVING aken over the Stcck of MR J. NICHOLAS, Bootmaker, and also received a large consignment f,om a Wholesale Firm in Christchurch for Cash, I intend to hold a MO.SBTEK SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. NOi-DLR TO REDUCE THE COMBINKD STOCK-, WS INTEND TO SELL AT MANUFACTURERS' PRICKS. PALE COMMENCES ON SATURDAY, MAY 12 Terms CASfTTuring Sale. S. ANDEBSON, BOOT IMPORTER, EAST STREET ASHBURTON. Impowtmut ifniounceinenf. I^HE Undersigned has Till a DAY D.spwe.l of his Business to MR S. ANDERSON, and has a.-sumed th.j Management of tha Litier'd Abhburton B:rH3h. WHI X THANKING HLS NUMEROUS FRI NIH AND CUSTOMERS FOX PAS I' .-UPrORT HE WOUL > SOLICIT A CONTIISrC'ANO 5 Ob" TEE SAMS bVH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WHICH HE HAS NOW TAKEN CHARGE. J/ho UuJer&igiied wouM al-o leque t a PROMPT S3TJLEM 'NT of »11 OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS. REPAIR, and OKDjSLS ATI ENDED TO AS USUAL J NICHOLAg, (OTMSKER



Wanted. "©.'«! ranc«.rl>ury," St. St<>plieu'« §£lio«*lr«oni, May 34L \\i ANTED nurse girl, between twelve v* and fourteen, for country. Apply —Mks A. J. Tyrbellßaxter, Cameron Street east. 5 154 DON'T m:ss your Excursion to London, Oddfellows' Hall to-night. Great success at Flemington last night. 5 155 TrFTirFEU, tidings of William W MgClkllakd and his daughter, Mary Jane, who left Tanderagee, Ireland, in 1863, for Ohristchurch. Something to their advantage. Mary Jane supposed to be servant ao Palace Restaurant, Ash burton, about fourteen years ago. Will anyone able to give information kindly communicate with the office tf this paper. 5 129 WANTED for Station, a competent Cook j also young Girl help, Nurse, and Housemaid. Several General Ser vants, country and town.—Mrs Adams. Registry Office. 5 149 PIG Feed—A few tons damaged flour for sale, cheap.—John Orr. 590 WANTED Known—Jusb received a Large Winter Stock of Boots. Liberal discount for cash. As usual, we do the best work. Repairs done at once, A staff of men always ready at J. Moison's, the Premier Bootmaker, Town Hall Boot Store, East Street, Ashburton. 5 153 WANTED Known.-31bs of our noted 2s Tea for Bs Id. For other quotations see Price List on Page 3.—John Ore & Co. 5|97 WANTED, by a Steady Man employ, ment as a OhaffcuKer—feeding or engine-driving. Has had twelve years experience in the Old Country at a woollen factory. Address J. 8., office of this paper, 5 126 WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Regatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2s 6d.~W. H. Collier. BOYS' three garment long trouser Suits for 103. Men's Colonial made nailed Shooter Boots at 7s 6d per pair at JR. Alcorn's sale, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. 1115 WANTED Known. —Mes Hooper, Monthly Nurse, Alford Forest Road, will be pleased to receive patients. Terms moderate. 5 112 WANTED Known —The Cheapest House in town for First-class Millinery and Drapery is H. 0. Seoers, Melford House. "TTISITthe Sale. Trimmed Millinery ' going at any price Ladles' Under clothing reduced to 20 per cent, below cost. —Arcade House. 4 64 WANTED Known. — For Millinery, Mantles, Jackets, Ulsters, and Macintoshes, Ladies' and Children's underclothing, try Mitchell & Turner. / CRUSHED Oats, 5s per sack. Al \y kinds of Farm and Mill Produce cheap for cash.—J. Thomas, Havelock treet. IF you want first-class fruit go to Adois for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. WANTED Known.—Cheviots, Hop sacks, Diagonals, Fast Dye Sergea, Tweeds and Fancy Dressed, &c , with Trimmings to match at Mitchell and Turned's. { INHERE is only one quality of Health JL Tea and that is the best. Ask your frocer for it, and see that you get it. — lenrs Zander, Wholesale Agent" fITANTED Known -Before buying W your Hats comeirfHd see our Stock. Greatest variety to choose froaa In Anhb'irton. All marked very Cheap, i ■— H. C. Segers, Melford Honsa.' TEN Crates —New goods from the manufacturers in R. Alcobn's sale. Tea sets for six persons, 9s 6d ; 40 piece Tea Sets frcm 15s ; Bedroom ! Sets from Bs. Large coloured band anl gilt, very handsome, 19d 6d. nnHAT which- brings most light and JL hopa to poorest homes is Titan Soap MRS ALOOKN has on sale for he Holidays a varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goods, and Christmas Presents—Saundera Buildings. OYSTERS and Freah Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Co.'a Shop, Burnett street Ashburton 2 62 \ 1 7" AM TED Known—For Stylish and W Fashionable Jackets, marked Cheap, go to H. C. Seoers, Melford House. f CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, v^ Own make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pinafores.— Mrs Alcorn, Saunders' Buildings. I jIRED. S. JEFFRIES, Manufactur tj ing Confectioner, has opened a Shop 'n East street, next " The Corner,' for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery. Noshing inferior ecld. No cheap cigarettes. §111 SALE now on—-White Calico 2s lid per dozjn, Towels 2s 6i per dozen, Lace, Curtains, from Is lid per pair, at Arcade House. 4 27 OTANTED Known—All goods in Show * ' Room to be slaughtered at any price.—Arcade House. 4 28 WAITED Known—Tomatoes, good ripe Grapes, Plums, Appies, etc., at Marsdbn's Fruit Shop, below Mitchell and Turner's. 2 109 WaNTED Known—The whole of the stock to be sacrificed by order of the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 26 WANTED ICnownT— Embroideries from Id a yard, Corsets 3s lid,, Ladies' Ulsters frnm4slld, Ladies' Gloves four pair for Is, Kid Gloves four buttons Is 6d.—Arcade Hou». 63 IXTANTED Known — Men's strong *» Tweed Suits from 16 ) 6i ; shirts from 2a 61,—Arcade House. 4 24 WANTED Known-L W Pants 3s lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d } Worsted Socks M per pair.—Arcade House 425 WANTED Known. — Men s Tweed Suits 15a 6d, Men's Tweed Troir ers 7s lid, Mens' Strong Flannellette Shirts 2s 6d, Mens' and Boys' Boots and Shoes greatly reduced,—Arcade House. 465 ; Vf EW indoor Games, Accordeons from i^i 8i 61, Autoharpa and Zithers, Photo Albums md Frames, Opals for painting on, Oil and Water colors, and Artists Requisites, new Books and new Editions, cheap reading; all at reduced prices for Cash.—Lt F. Andrewek & Co,, Stationers 1 Hall. aUNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock of Gunsj ust to hand d recb from the mwiufiicturtrs. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Riflpfl, etc. In spectlon invited. No old stcck to select from at .J. W. Hardley's Sporting Repo«itor^



Wanted j W """"ANTED, at once, good Watch Dog, small breed. Apply " T," Mail office. 5 100 NOTICE! Notice-1 Sport for all. Guns let out on hire or sold on tiraa payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns of any description. Gun fktinga in stock. Prices low.—J. W Hakdley, Ironmonger, etc. TT / ANTED Known—The Corner Is VV showing a magnificent New iStock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. COIMER. WANTED Known — Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. SiLßK's, Optician, AH TED Known. —Ladies are invited to inspect the Novelties in our Dress Department and Show Room without being pressed to buy.—Mitchell and Turner. B~ANG ! Bang i Baiug ! 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. Haeduby's, Gun Empowura.



IMPORTANT WATCHMAKING ANNOUNCEMENT, 8. Salek, PRATICAL WATCHMAKER and MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, Y3E6S to announce the arrival of a LARGE STOCK OF ROTHERHAM'S i MATERIALS for Watch Repairs. Every Single Part (ready finished) of a Rotherham's Watch kept; also a Large Stock of Finished Parta for all other Watches. Where repairs through Breakages are needed, time and expense is thus saved In finishing which meansJMoney. S. SALEK therefore announces what must prove ft Great Consideration these Hard Times. A BIG REDUCTION IN THE CO3T OF WATCH REPAIRS. Repairs entrusted to S. SALEK means RELIABLE * WORKMANSHIP, SATIS FACTION & LOWEST CHARGES. Jewellery Repairs receive Special attention. -—— SIGHT TESTING by Lazarus' System, SPECTACLES to suit all sights.



MEW 2J BALAND € lotMngr Factory SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. "ITT E WISH to draw your attention to YY the Specially LOW PRICES of High-class Goods. Mens All Wool Tweed Suits, our own nuke, 28s 9d Men's Alt WooJ Tweed Trousers, our own make, 9s 6d Men's Alt Wool Tweed Overcoats, our own make, 29i 6d Boots. Boots, Bffots. TRY US FOR A PAIR. THE LEADING HOUSE FOR GENTLEMEN'S MERO3RY.; We keop all the leading linss. New Shapes ia Hard Hats. The latest in Soft end Frame Hats. Boys' Cap? from 61 hclx. —— DOH'T PASS THIS BY. Men s Trousers to measure from 14* 61. Colonial Tweed. j WATERPROOF GOODS. Men's, Youths', and Ladies' The number we have sold this season is a guarantee that we keep the genuine article. —•— The " BISMARK " Sewing Machine is now to be had at the New Zaaland Cloth ing Factory. Ths Cheapest and Best Machine in the World. On time pay ments—2s 6d per week. HALLEffSTEIN BROS. ALEX. EENDRY, Manager.



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