Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1894. TRAVELLING EXPENSES.

Mr E. G. Wright has given notice of a motion for next meeting of the County Council which will doubtless be fairly well discussed by the county ratepayers before it comes to be dealt with by the Council. The motion is to allow travelling expenses to members of the Council. A preliminary canter was- taken at the meeting on Friday when Mr "Wright moved to have the information gleaned by the cleik as to how many County Councils in the colony paid members' travelling ex penses, etc., and by next meeting this information will be before the mem bers. Aahburton will probably turn out to be an exception to the general rule, and to occupy the high position of being able to show a record for public spirit on the part of its County Councillors which no other county can show. In no other county of the colony has the County Council done better work than has the Ashburton County Council. The first Council found the county a waste of tussock, with no water anywhere between the rivers. In those days a man riding or driving from Bakaia to Ashburton had to do without water for man or beast until he reached the township. The plains land was useless for stock be cause of the want of water. Today all this is altered, and there is scarcely a house within the county bounds that does not have a race flowing within easy distance^ while if an acre of land fails to feed its due number of stock, it is not for want of water supply. Were the change worked upon the face 1 of the county by the water system the only good work done by the Council, it would be enough 4 to swear by; but in addition to this rivers have been bridged, and all the work that usually falls to a County Council to do has been well done. Yet during the whole history of the Councii not a penny has been paid to a single member in recoupment of even the money he was out of pocket in travelling to the Coun cil's many meetings. In the early years of the Council's life the members were all men of fair means, if not men of wealth, so that the question of re muneration for services rendered was, never raised. At any rate it was) never raised in the Council,, and the, members continued to pay their own railway fare and find their own meals on meeting days without a murmur. But all the heavy work is done now, and only dry minutial of bits of race wanted here and there and other matters of detail will fall to be dealt with. But these details are of vast importance nevertheless, and only the

members of the Council and the press» representatives know how much time is occupied with them, Mr Wright has announced that the time is near when he will probably retire from the Council after over twenty years' good work as a member of it, so that he, as lie himself says_, cannot be accused of I speaking for himself. And sooner or later the work of the Council must fall into the hands of comparatively small farmers, who, ten or twelve years ago, would never have dreamed of standing for election to the County Council. It can hardJy b« expected of farmers of comparatively small means that they should devote the time that County membership demands, without some remuneration, and their travelling expenses at least ought to be paid. Members who come from the hills dis trict by the Mount Somers line, from Methven by that branch, from Rakaia by the main line, and from the south also by the same line find the railway fare a serious item, and the inner man must be cared for during the day. And even if the members ride or drive, the livery account must be met, and no body of ratepayers has any right to demand service and expenditure in service like this frem those who dis charge an important and responsible public duty with only " the honor of thing" in return. We think Mr Wright has done a wise thing in intro ducing this question, and if the Coun cillors decide to pay themselves travel ing expenses, they will open the Council door to the admission of a class of good men who, unremuDerated, or their personal expenses unrepaid, are not at present prepared to give their valuable services to the county. s

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-day is the seventeenth anniversary of the publication of the " Aahburton Mail/ On Saturday next; Messrs Friedlander Bros, will sell in the Orange Hall a number i of valuable oil paintings taken from the Ofcago Art Academy. The paintings will be on view in the hall on Thursday and Friday afternoons. The * Hawke's Bay Herald' has the follow ing :—' The public will be glad to learn that the Government are recovering from one of their phases of lunacy. The filthy practice of advertising on the back of stamps and telegraph forms is to be discontinued shortly.' Mr G. J. Neill, pressed by his creditors, is forced to realise, as owing to dull trade cash is nob abundant with him. Hence he has to sell cheap, and he asks the Ashbur ton public to lend him a helping hand, while at the same time they secure bargains for themselves.—See advertisement. The Rev Mr Cecil Wilson was ordained Bishop of Melanesia at St. Mary's pro- Cathedral, Wellington, yesterday morning. There was a crowded attendance. Bishops Oowie, Julius, Mules, and Neville, took part. Bishop Juhua preached an eloquent, sermon., A petition, which is being circulated for signature in Wellington, will be presented to Parliament during the coming session, praying tbafc the provisions of the Alcoholic Liquor Control Act, 1893, shall not be altered for the present, to enable it to have a fail' trial. On Sunday morning, the Wellington police raided a billiard saloon, kept by a young man named Joseph Burke, in upper Willis street, and arrested the proprietor and thirteen others. A private telegram from Dunedin received yesterday afternoon was as follows :-—lm mense demonstration, farewell performance of Miss Bessie Doyle being given to-night in the Garrison Hail which accommodates three thousand. Nearly every ticket is already sold. The great violinist has as tonished the public. She cornea to Ashbur ton on Friday. In reply to a communication from the New Zealand Institute of Journalists, urging the passage of the Libel Bill into law this session, the Premier states that the Govern ment have decided to again place the mea sure before Parliament, and this session it will be introduced in the House of Represen tatives. This Bill has passed the Legislative Council three times, and the House has affirmed the principle, but on each occasion it was shelved owing to the press of other business at the end of the session. Major Sir George Clarke, in the current number,, of the ' North American Review,' calls attention to the fact that a naval unien between England and America is much more within the bounds of probability than is generally believed. On both sides of the Atlantic the democracy are beginning to grasp the truth that 'the welfare of the masses is intimately bound up with the security of sea-borne trade.' Major Clarke is right in saying that the British people, who would not tolerate a European alliance, would welcome a naval league with the United States with enthusiasm. One of the great guarantees of the future of such a league lies in the fact that it must be essentially a league of democracies. i At the meeting of the Avon Licensing Committee on Saturday the Chairman, Mr Beetham, S.M., gave the holders of licenses in the district some very excellent advice. The Chairman regards the duty of the hotel keepers to be to provide, as the old English innkeepers put on their signs, good accom modation for man and beast. The accommo. dation for man, Mr Beetham explains, com prises, amongst other things, good food and good liquor. So long as the licenses ia the Avon district provide these requisites, the Chairman assured them that they would not be harried or worried by the Committee or j the police. But if they allowed their houses* to degenerate into mere drinking shops, then a short shrift would be allotted to them. Lord Roaebery'g ambition is so far satis fied that he has now accomplished what he is said to have set before him as the three main objects of his life. When a schoolboy at Eton—according to a paragraph which has gone the rounds of the press for months past—he declared that he would some day marry the heiress of the season, become Prime Minister of Greai Britain, and win the Derby. His marriage many years ago to Miss Hannah Rothschild registered the accomplishment of the first of his desires, and his succession to Mr Gladstone this year the second. Cable messages record the third big successful stroke, his colt Ladas, which has been carrying all before it on the English turf of late, having landed the great event of the season, for which it was a fast favorite. It is not often that such an ambitious programme " comes off."

Mr Edwin Clark is appointed Registrar! of Marriages at Rakaia. The Ashburton Trotting Club's winter meeting, takes place at Tinwald tomorrow The weather promises to be fine. The young man Turner, who stole Mr George Robertson's horse from the horse post at the Central Hotel shortly since, was to-day sent to gaol for six months by Judge • Williams at Timaru Supreme Court. j The Dunedin Acclimatisation Society have received an offer from Mr Blackwood to send from Victoria several hinds acd j some stags, to be liberated with the herd J of deer on the Morven Hills, in order to introduce new blood, The offer was ac cepted. The Union Steamship Company I agrees to bring over the deer free of j charge. It is becoming quite fashionable for ladies to occupy important Congregational pulpits on Sunday. Twice on Sunday (saya the Liverpool' Post's ' London correspondent) a sister of the late Mr Spurgeon preached to crowded congregations at the handsome church in Hampgtead road in connection with the anniversary service. She is very impressive in her manner, and is not without personal resemblance to her eminent brother, from whom, however, she differed, among other things, on the question of baptism. Many of the goods and chattels of the manse occupied by the late Rev. Dr Stuart were sold by auction the other day. The manse was crowded on the occasion, but none of the articles brought very fancy prices, although all sold at fair values., A picture of " The Disruption in the Church of Scotland " realised £5 4a; and among other things sold were fourteen walking-sticks, most of them presents. A number of articles were purchased privately by friends, while others were kept by his son and the elders of Knox Church as historical associations, too precious to part with. A paragraph in the 'Melbourne Age' lays:—' The last few weeks has witnessed a decided revival in the woollen industry, necessitating the working of all the mills in the colony at high pressure. The Alfred Woollen Mills, Williamstown, which are turning out 4000 yards of tweed weekly, have not been so busy for seven years. Mr Walter Grant, the owner and manager, has booked orders for 100,000 yards of material for the wholesale clothing trade within the last fortnight, which means that the mills must work overtime until November next to overtake the work in hand. The mills have now become the largest labor employ* ng industry in Williamstown. 'The true valuation of property for 1893' in the United States is as follows: —Real estate, with improvements, thereon,. £7,908,908,867; live stock on farms and ranged, farm implements and machinery, £540,603,008; mines and quarries, including product on hand, £208,258,316; gold and silver coin and bullion, £231,745,989; machinery of mills and product on hand, raw and manufactured, £611,718,688; railroads and equipments, including street railroads, £1,737,801,465; telegraphs, telephones, ship ping, and canals, £140,351,143'; miscellane ous, £1,578,741,764—t0ta1, £13,007,418,250. The compiler of this statement defines the ' true valuation' as ' what would be deemed a fair [selling price for the property.' Ab regards value for taxation, the total amount of the assessment in the United States upon which taxes and rates were levied was £5,094.634,683, the tax and rate collectors thus having a large field for their operations if the ' true valuation' of thirteen thousand millions stealing be correct, then we believe that the United States must be placed first for wealth amongst the nations of the world.

Brutal Affair in Christ church.

A MISERABLE COWARD.

In the Ohristchurch papew yesterday a paragraph appeared to the effect thifc a woman named Ellen Wood, aged thirty two, had been admitted to the hospital shortly after one o'clock on Sunday morn ing. She was in a brained condition, her injuries, she stated, having been causep by a man assaulting her. According to the statement she gave she was going homewards about 11 p.m. on Saturday along the East Belt when a man accosted her. She took no notice of him, bub he followed her and knocked her down with a stick he was carrying, and while she was on the ground he struck her several times over the head and face. Another man interfered, but her tormentor es caped, And a little later a constable arrived who took hsr to the hospital, when upon examination she was found to be suffering from a number of bruises, none of which, however, appeared to be serious. A des cription of the offender was given to the police but no arrest had bean made last night in connection with the assault. This is the account of the affair as given by the "Press " on Monday morning, and at the first glance the story does not look well, and there is a suspicious air about it one does not like, It is the kind of story the police of large cities are accustomed to. This one, however, i& more than true, and it is the "more" behind it, when told, which will raise a feeling of indigna tion in every honest man's breast. It appears that Ellen Wood had loved, not wisely, but too well. Basely deserted and left to fight the world, handicapped with the blight her betrayer had cast upon her, she had met the man in the street on Saturday night, and doubtless made one more attempt to induce her betrayer to redeem the promise under which he accomplished her ruin. How her petition sped, the story as told by the "Press" indicates. The brutej mauled and knuckled her with the ferocity of a garotter, beat her face till it was hardly recognisable, knocked her down, and in his wild and brutal rage kicked her in several places, and jumped upon her body. And yet, in face of this brutal treatment the woman refuses to give up to the police the name of the fiend who I was guilty of it! Only a woman or a dog could behave like this, and the dog only because it cannot speak. One cannot withhold his sympathy from the poor j creature in the pitiable condition in which I the'brute she so fondly loves has left her, but at the sama time one regrets that she should foolishly withhold the name ot the cur who so cruelly used her, and thus ! shield him from the punishment he so [richly deserves. There are many true i hearted men who would be only too glad j to have the flogging of this miserable cur, I and doubtless the Christchurch police will be put on their best mettle to run him to earth. The story of the woman's wrong is not likely to be wholly in the keeping of herself and her betrayer and assailant, and sooner or later the identity of the brute will be got at, and he will receive the punishment he so richly merits.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, June 11. The Department of Mines under the Russian Government has written to the Minister of Mines thanking him and through him the management of various mining companies for the courtesy ex tended to Monß Leon Perrett, the mining engineer, who was recently in this colony I to report upon the working of the gold mines and the treatment of auriferous ores. Mons Perret has now furnished his report to the Department of Mines at St Petersburg, and he speaks in high terms of praise of the reception ho met with in this colony,

The Licensing Law.

New Zealand Times, (Wellington.) It is quite true that clause 76, which gives the committees sweeping powers of forfeiture, is not new. So much m'ght have been gathered from the title of the Act, of which it ia a section—viz , the , Licensing Act, 1881, .Nevertheless, there . is a very great novelty in the announce ment of the Chairman, It ia noc a novelty of law, bub a novelty of practice. Whereas under the oldi rejime no com mittee ever dr amed of putting the drastic part of the law into force, the practice henceforth is to be the very reverse. The committees intend to use not only really but energetically the powers confided to them for thirteen years unavailingly. ( The committees are not going to be, as of old, all things to all publicans ; they are not going to sit as invertebrates, they are [ not content to reduce their responsible j commission to a dead letter. That is the new thing and the wholesome thins;. The novelty Is proved by the deadly feeling of dread which the caution has planted in the heart of those publicans who hope for better things, and the passing away of their troublesome new regime. As to the effect of convictions and endorsements, that is nofc in question. The question is that the committees are not going, in Wel lington and suburbs at all events, to re quire convictions and indorsements in all cases. The refusal of even the annual ap plications for renewal is distinctly made independent of convictions and endorse* ments. The three years' tenure is a great boon, which the licensees have never en joyed in'the history of licensing. But the Act which extends that boon to them exacts that they shall deserve it by good . behaviour. The object of the Act is to en- I courage good behaviour on the part of the ' trade, by special concession of tenure, safeguarded by proper precautions against lapses. If the law is to be expounded by quibbling lawyers, well fed, into a ma* chine for ensuring security of tenure in spite of all possible misbehaviour, the sooner the Legislature amends the law and destroys the chances of the quibblers the better. The licensees we trust will not be shortsighted in this matter. The leading fact in the position of their trade to-day is that Prohibition is strong, because regula tion in the past was to a large extent allowed to be a dead letter. The most powerful argumentjof the Prohibitionists, their really unanswerable argament, was that regulation had been tried and had been found wanting. It is to that argu ment that several districts owe their nar-: row escape the other day from Prohibi tion and the general awakening of the Moderate majority throughout the Colony. The Moderates have made up their minds that [hey shall not be saddled with Pro- : hibition on account of the continuance of the scandalous laches of the administration of the past. They have elected committees which will try regulation in earnest and in reality. If the licensees and owners do not cooperate with these committees in making regulation what it ought t-> be, a disgusted people will sweep their trade out of existence. Th.3 general lioensed Interest is now as much on its trial as each several licensed house. Let the licensees see to it that they do not become short sighted.

NICARAGUA.

A rather extraordinary rumour has lately gained currency in the United States. It is to the effect that Great Britain is carrying on an insidious but certain process of undermining American influence in Nicaragua, and is making ready to construct the Nicaragua Canal with British capital, and control it, when constructed, wirh the aid and consent of Nicaragua. "In view of the delay of the United States in taking action on the canal proposition," etates a prominent American journal, "we can hardly say that England is to be blamed. She sees the importance and value of tht Nicaragua canal if our Solons at Washing ton cannot, and stands ready to take up the project and carry it through to com pletion. Nicaragua cares very little who builds the canal so long as it be built. She has no concern with the Monroe doctrine, and tc her, English sovereigns are just as good as American five-dollar pieces. Nica ragua is apparently looking "for an excuse to cancel her concessions to the American canal company, and it will not take her long to find one if British gold is in sight: It is safe to Bay that unless Congress takes action on this or some similar Bill very soon the concession will be withdrawn, and the next thing will be English engineers and English navvies on the line of the canal, and one or more English ironclads in the vicinity of the eastern ■debouchure of the canal,"

ALBOR.

Washington, June H. The largest mines in Pennsylvania will re-open with non-union labor. They will be defended by cordons of police. The Cripple Creek miners have given up their arms. London, June 11. The Duke of Devonshire and several members of the Labour Commission have issued a supplementary report, proposing that Trades Unions and Masters' Associations shall be regis tered as corporate bodies, and disputes be settled by legal proceedings between them. Another coal strike is feared in England. Mineowners are demanding ten per cent reduction in the rates, which the men are not likely to agree to.

Sir G. R. Dibbs' Unifica tion Scheme.

Melbourne, June 11. A prominent politician, «vho is understood to be in the confidence of Sir G. R. Dibbs, has unfolded the latter's scheme for unification. It seems that Sir George Dibbs drafted a Bill in ten clauses which provides that New South Wales and Victoria should enter into partnership, the indebtedness of each to be a general debt, the tariffs assimilated, the lands and other assets to be combined, and a Federal Govern ment to be established, with Sydney as the place of meeting. Local Parlia ments are to be retained in the form of huge Municipal Councils to look after local affairs,

FRANCE AND SIAM.

Bangkok, June 10. The Siamese Government has re fused to bring into Court Mandarin Phrayot who has already been tried and acquitted of the assassination «f the French officer, which brought, about the dispute between France and Siara, They allege they are afraid the French wilf seize and place him on board a gunboat. A deadlock has consequently occurred. Pabis, June 11. The French warships at Saigon have been ordered to Bangkok to support the demand for the surrender of Phrayot, (Received June 12, 10.40 a.m.) Bankok, Jane 11. M. De Villers, French Envoy to Siam, urges France to retain Chau tabun, owing to the refusal of the Siamese to yield Phravot,

SPORTING.

AUCKLAND RACES.

kiXEUSLiE Racrcoubse, June 11. OREiT JS'oRTHEItX STEEPLECHASE.— Bombardier 1, Or,zyKate2, Potentate 3. Other Porters—Despised, Chester, Seal eheen, Fishmonger, Cingalee, and Sslwe, Won by six.lengths. Fishmonger and Despised who both fell near the ond of the journey, finished respectively foaith 2"co DwdMlds

Ashburton Racing Club.

At the annual meeting the following committee were elected: —Messrs E. Gates, Dr. Leahy, H. Zander, E. A. Baamer, J. Davison, E. G. Crisp, Dr. Tweed, & Ftiedlander, E. J. Paul, S. H. Gmrav J. 0. N. Grigg, D. Thomas, W. E. Den shire.

THE WEATHER.

ALPORD STATION. The following is the Meteorological report for the week ending June 10, 1894 :—

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourseives responsioie tor th« opinions exptetsed by our correspondents.)

THE UNEMPLOYED.

TO THE EDITOR, Sir —For the last eighteen months I have been urging the Rakaia Road Board to form the road in lancred Street, but although they have cut the gorse down a bit the road is jast as impassable as erer, I think that now would be & good time to give the unemployed work to do on these sort of jobs, especially as I believe the / Board have funds in hand. In Christ- . church and many other places they are straining every nerve to find work for the poor, and I think thai, the Ashborton dis trict should not be behind hand in goin* on with such like work. The Mount Somers Board are noticing the owners of land, they must keep the roads clear, or they will put men on to do it at their expense. Hoping to see something done —I am, etc., RaHupayhiu

The Gambling Raid.

Wjeiaingtos, June 12. The fourteen men who were arrested in the gambling raid in Upper Willis : Street on Sunday morning were discharged this morning on technical grounds, but | the Magistrate ordered fresh informations " |to be laid against them. A number of | others who escaped arrest when the raid I was made will be included in the new j informations.

Bessie Doyle.

! THE CHARMING YOUNG VIOLINIST

Oa Friday an opportunity will be gtvnn of hearing this gifted artiste at the Odd fellows' Hall. Her New Zealand tour, which commenced iv Auckland, has so for been a phenomenal success, and Judge Fenton, who is a recognised authority on musical matters, writing to the Auckland *'Star," says r-1-*' No better exponent of violin playing has ever visited New Zealand;" This, from such an authority, is praise indeed. Bessie Doyle in a charming young lady 6t but 21 years of age, and is one of those born, and not trained to music. Still, though young, she has seen a great deal of the musical world, and hts perfected herself marvellously in that most perfect ?f instruments, the violin. Before she was eight years of age, she in Sydney, took lessona of an artisan, surreptitiously, and kept this up for nearly eight months. Then her mother, a musical enthusiast, discovered her " bent,* 1 and placed her with Here Kretschmann, who brought her out at concerts in Sydney, This w»s when she was between the age of eight and nine, when Remenyi came out to the voloniea, and from him Miss Doyle took a few lessons. Kemenyi's strong advice induced her friends to send her to : Europe, and she whs sent to the Con- ' servatoire at Leipsic, where, after aha ; had been one year, she gained a big scholarship. In 1887 she was awarded the Mendelssohn prize ait Leipsic, the ! chief prize for music, tor which 600 com- < peted. Then in 1889 she made her first '* public appearance in Berlin. Believing : in making herself thoroughly acquainted i with every school she went to London for a time, and then to Belgium, where she. > studied for a year and a half at the great violin school at Liege. She then returned ■' to Germany. There she laid the found*- ] tion of a reputation nob only for her j inherent talent, bat for the way she had I developed it. Returning to Sydney she ! made her first appearance at the Centennial ■ Hall, and then toured New South Wales ; and Victoria, Possibly fearful that be- j longing to Sydney, she might meet with rebuffs, she dreaded Melbourne, But I here she met with her greatest success in ; Australia. Then, under the management j of Mr McMahon, Miss Doyla went to : India, where she delighted those who > heard her. After a somewhat lengthened tour through India, Burmah, and the > Straits Settlements, Java was visited, \ where the phlegmnticDutch-Javanese were : ronsed to phenomenal high pitch, the • audience demanding a repetition of the programme, and paying for it, too.

The Estate Duties.

London, Jane 11. " The Times " says the Budget puts ; Colonial Governments in the position i of foreigners, and restricts British in- ; vestments, collecting taxes twice on the same property. It will be a blow ; at the unity of the Empire. Colonists , will consider the legacy and succession j duties a survival of the days prior to ! self-government. Such things, where ; they exist, have hitherto been only j tolerated because they have become ■ almost inoperative. j (Received June 12,10.40 a.m) i London, June 11. \ " The Times " advises that colonists i residing in England should be allowed to deduct the estate duty when it has : already been paid to the colonial Go- ; vernment, It condemns the Chan cellor's jocular insolence in the matter.

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Wanted. 1 OST, On Saturday last, parcel con -" tainicg two pairs of Boots and some tobacco. Reward at Mitchell & Turner's. 6 73 WAN! ED to Purchase, field peas and odious. J. Thomas, Havelock street, 6 51 r PRY 0. Spray for Coal~andTFirewo"od", -*- from one hundredweight upward, at the lowest cash prices.—Opposite Mercantile Store, West street. 6 46 ytr ANTED Known—All goodsla Show " Room to be slaughtered at any price.—Arcade Bouse. 4 28 /"|RANGEd— New Season—very cheap. v>* Please leave olders for Marmalade Fruit to arrive shortly.—Mrs Adams, Saunders' Bnildinscs. WANTED~Known-lTw PantsTs lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d, Worsted Socks 6d per pair,—Arcade House 425 CS ALE now on—White Calico 2s lid per *~> dozen, Towels 2s 6d per dozen, Lace, Curtains, from la lid per pair, at Arcade House. 4 27 showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Collier. SALE of Warehouseman's Stock at Mitchell & Tower's. Cheap lines In all departments. T ATEST Telegram.-The Governor of ■*-* Victom haa ordered that non« but Health Tea shall be used in Government House. /"CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, \J Own make in Ladies' and Children', Underclothing, Aprons, and Pinafores.— Mks Alcobn, Saunders' Buildings. WANTED Known.—No more wet clothes and bronchitis, Yarmouth Oilskin to hand.—Mitchell & Turner. WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Kegatta Shirts, all sites with or without collars, 2s 6d.—W. H. Collier. WANTED Known.—All genuine Oil" ---skins, Leggings, Sou-Westers marked Yarmouth—Mitchell <fe TtmuEß. WANTED Known—All accounts due in tha Eatate of Kobe&t Alcorn musfe be paid at once. Office hours: 10 to 1 and 2 to 4, Saunders 1 Buildings. WANTED Knowu—Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. SiLKK's, Optician. _^ THERE are two qualities of Health Tea, both unsurpassed for strength, | purity and lovely flavor. Prices, 2s 6d and 2s per lb. Ask your grocer for Health Tea, and see that you get it. Wholesale at Zander's] "I OST, May 12, Chestnut Hack mare, JLj height 15.2, star on forehead, soar on inside hind leg in line just above hocks, When lost was shod with bar shoes on front f set and had on cover. Information rewarded. H. C. Sxoers, Melford House. WANTED Known —The Cheapest House in town for First-class Millinery and Drapery is H. C. Seoers, Melford House. MRS ALCORN has on sale for he Holidays a varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fan6y Goods, and Christmas Presents—Saundera Buildings. WANTED Known. ~3lbs of our noted 2* Te* for 5j Id. For other quotations see Price List on Pace 3.—JohkOrr&Co. 6J97 4*7 ANTED Known. — Mrs Hooper, Monthly Nurse, Alford Forest Ruad, will be pleased to receive patients. Terms moderate. 5 112 W* ANTED Known—The whole of the stock to be sacrificed by order of the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 2S OYSTERS and Freeh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Co.'a Shop, Burnett street Ashburton 2 62 WANTED Known — Men's strong Tweed Suits from 16a 6d; shirts from 2e 6d.—Arcade House. 4 24 /"^RDSHED Oats, 5a per saok. Al ' J kinds of Farm and Mill Produce cheap for cash.—J. Thomas, Havelock Street. ISlTthe Sale. Trimmed Millinery going at any price Ladies' Under dothing reduced to 20 per cent, below cost.—Arcade House. 4 64 frXTATCHES, Clocks, etc., (all guaran *" teed) at wholesale cost for one month only. Now's your time.—Lxjms -obn's. 3 219 WANTED Known. — Mens Tweed Suits 153 6d, Men's Tweed Trousers 7s lid, Mens' Strong Flannellette Shirts 2s 6d, Mens' and Boys' Boots and Shoes greatly reduced.—Arcade House. 465 WANTED Known. — Embroideries from Id a yard, Corsets 8s lid, Indies' Ulsters from4s lid, Ladies' Gloves four pair for Is, Kid Gloves four buttons Is6d.— Arcade Hmiso. _ 63 "TpRED. S. JEFFRIES, Manafactur- JJ ing Confectioner, has open«d a Shop in East street, next " The Corner,' for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery., Nothing inferior ecld. No cheap cigarettes. §114 /""I UNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock VJX of Gunsj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. Hardley's Sporting Repository BANG ! Bang i B»i. 8 1 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. Harulky's, Gun Snipe'um. -TVTOTIOE J NoTice ?port for al- J_M 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, Haudley, Ironmonger, etc. \I f ANTFD Known.—Just received a W Large Winter Stock of Boots. Liberal discount for cash, Aa 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, Eaat Street, Ashburton. 5 153 \ VTANTED Known —Before buying YV your Hats come and ccc our Stock. Greatest variety to choose from in Auhburton. All marked very Cheap. - H. 0. Skoers, Melford House. •prr EW Indoor Games Acoordeons from [S 8? 6d, Autoharps 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 *fc reduced prices for Cash.—L, F. Andkewes &Co Ution ens' Hall,



business notioest limwAHTniwTCHMAiia ANNOUNCEMENT- S. Salek, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER and MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, 1 OEG-S to announce the anival of a LARGE STOCK OF BOTHERHAM'S | MATERIALS for Watch Repairs. Every Single Part (ready finished) of a Rofcherham's Watch kept; also a Large Stock of Finished Pacts for all other Watches. Where repairs through Breakages are needed, time and expense is thus eared In finishing which means Money. S- SALEK therefore announces what must prcre a Great Consideration these Hard Times. A BIG REDUCTION IN THE COST OF WATCH REPAIRS. Repairs entrusted to S. SALEK means RBLIABLE WORKMANSHIP, SATIS FACTION & LOWEST CHARGES. Jewellery Repairs receive Special attention. —— SIGHT TESTING by Lazarus' System. SPECTACLES fco suit all sights. MEW fj B ALAND riotbfngr Factory SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. WE WISH to draw your attention to the Specially LOW PRICES of High-class Goods. Mens All Wool Tweed Suits, our own make, 28s 9d Men's All Woo) Tweed Trousers, our own make, 9s 6d Men's All Wool Tweed Overcoats, our own make, 29a 6d Boots. Boots, Boots, TRY US FOR A PAIR. THE LEADING HOUSE FOR GENTLEMEN'S MERCERY We keep all the leading lines. New Shapes in Hard Hats. The latest in Soft and Frame Hats. Boys' Caps from 6d ach, — — DON'T PASS THIS BY. Men 8 Trousers to measure from 14s 6d. Colonial Tweed. WATERPROOF GOODS. Men's, Youths', and Ladies' The number we have sold this season is % guarantee that we keep the genuine article. ——- The " BISMARK " Sewing Machine is now to he had at the New Zealand Cloth ing Factory. The Cheapest and Best Machine i« the World. On time pay ments—2s 6JI per week. IIALLISNSTEIN BROS. ALIX. HEN DRY, Manager



DOLLAR CIGARETTES ~ 3d. No holders or photos.—Uenby Zander, Whole a»le ftgect



Holloway's Pills and Ointment a*e particularly recommended to persons who have to pass their lives in confined and ; crowded places; hundreds of thousands of oar fellow creatures toil from morning until '■ evening in factories and workshops to the ; detriment of their health, the deteribratnm \ of the race. They suffer in consequence ' from indigestion, flatulence, and want of \ appetite, and theße complaints, if neglected, 1 brinjj about nervousness and failure of the L vital powers. Holloway's remedies can be j used by such sufferers to their very great \ advantage, as (they are mild in action, M»d .certain in ther effects. No one need there- I fore lose a day's work when using them, * 1 matter of consequence to those whOM daily A bread depends ok daily toil* 1 'I