MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under subject to the necessary alterations :— SATURDAY, January 27. For Northern Ports and Fiji Islands, to connect with Tainui at Auckland, per Rotorua, at 6.50 p.m.

Ashburton Guardian MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT. SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1894. WATER SUPPLY.

By no means uninteresting reading to i intelligent people are the correspond ! ence columns of the Australian papers, in which information is given as to what is going in the dry portions of the great Continent. From the&e columns we gather information of a great work which has been steadily proceeding Jfor some time, and it is interesting to New Zealanders to watch its progress. That work is the sinking for artesian water. New Zealand, of all the Australasian lands, is the best supplied with water, as rivers flow down from the hills to the sea with only a few miles distance between them, and in Canterbury, but mors especially mid-Canterbury, the local bodies have made good use of these rivers by distributing their waters over the dry plains. The Ashburton county is a notable example of this, and the water race system of this county has ' wonderfully developed the possibilities of both agricultural and pastoral pur suits on land which, but for the benign influence of these artificial runnels, would have been practically valueless. Large tracts of land in Australia have no rivers at all running through them, and any irrigation works having distant rivers for their source would be attended with untold expense, if the works were not physically impossible. The country is vast indeed, and its characteristic is its absence of moisture. In those portions of it blessed with a fair rainfall the land yields crops i abundantly, and pasturage for flocks and herds is plentiful. But those portions so blessed are not many, and compared with, the vast area of dry country are but as oases in a desert. Large portions of the Continent are not occupied at all by white settlers, and much of what is occupied is subject to protracted droughts as devastating in their effects upon the pasture as jthe Egyptian plague of locusts. During the continuance of these droughts the verdure gradually fades away, and it is sickening to read the details of the slow tortures from hunger and thirst to which animal life is subjected before its final extinction, The question has often been discussed by merciful people as to whether the squatters are justified in stocking such country after abundant rains, knowing that sooner or later the inevitable tfWgfct will repeat itself, and repeat also t#e holocausts of previous years. It is astonishing ij-QW won the verdure springs up after these r^in^ and how soon the whole face of nature if renewed with vegetation yielding pasturage for hundreds of thousands of sheep 5 but the drought is is sure to follow it & %c winter is sure to follow autumn, and then is to \}Q realised the fearful picture by a byityiaijt

Australian novelist of cattle limp, lame, staggering from very weakness I,of hunger and thirst; their pained eyes appealing in agony for a repeal of the thirst from which they suffer; their parched tongues hanging out of mouths that are swollen and bleeding from ineffectual attempts to dig some sustenance from the dry ground that yields it not; and an agonising moan telling only too clearly how intense is their awful suffering. But if in these wastes there are no rivers above ground, who shall authoritatively tell us that there are not subterranean rivers such as those from which the Ashburton townspeople derive their supply ? The drought of the interior at present bounds settlement, but there are scientists who hold that the actual amount of rainfall on the interior slopes is larger than the drain age by the rivers, and therefore there must be an underground storage of the excess in the interior. And act ing on the suggested existence of such an underground storage a number of wells have been sunk in the northern district of New South Wales. In Queensland, the Government owns a ' well at CharJeville, yielding 3,000,000 gallons daily, while similar wells are owned by private persons. At a cost of £28,500 the Scottish-Australian Investment Company sank a well at their station, which yields 8,000,000 gallons daily. The cost is large to be sure, but the cost of erecting tanks to conserve rainfall was also large, and these tanks frequently failed their builder in the hour of their sorest need, The flows from these wells are believed to be permanent, but as yet it has not been ascertained whether their supplies ( are from reservoirs which are the accumulations of the past, or only the annual rainfall lost from the surface and collected in the interior basin. The belief, however, is entertained that they are permanent, and owners of land in the dry districts are fast coming to the conclusion that it may really be worth the time and cost to seek for water in the underground stores. Although it cannot be hoped that from such stores rivers can be sent coursing over the country, enough may be obtained to maintain a supply of fodder plants that would tide the stock over the droughts, and give the kindly drink that would save the animals from the agonising death from thirst which has been their hor rible fate in the past.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our fourth page will be found a short story, entitled'" A new Australian Christ maa." Mrs Evelyn Smith has commenced divorce proceedings against Tennyson Smith in Melbourne, The Chrisfechurch Industrial Association has passed a motion congratulating Mr J. L. Scott, a prominent member, on his appoint ment as Railway Commissioner. Mrs W. Gibbie, a very old colonist, died at Christchurch yesterday. She arrived in Chriatchurch with her husband in 1843, several years before the lauding of the Canterbury "pilgrims," Mr J W. Thomson, ex-M.H.R., points out that by the Alcoholic Liquors Act it is required that members of the licensing I committees must reside in the electoral district as well as being on the roll. At Hamilton a woman engaged in build ing a stack of hay met with a severe acci dent, by falling from the stack upon her fork, one of the prongs entering her side below the breast, coming out at h«ir back, She is expected to recover. At the dinner of the Irish Literary Society, Mr Crook related the following personal experience:—While he was driving on an Irish outside car his horse shied at an iron hoop by the roadside. On his asking the jarvey why the horae had shied, the latter replied, " Oh, begorra, sir, he thought it was a philosopher (velocipede) ! " On Thursday afternoon a young man named George Chclmondeley, the eldest son of Archdeacon Cholmondsley, Opawa, and a cadet at a sheep farm at Port Levy, was out mustering when he was seized with an apopletic stoke, and died in a few moments. At the inquest the medical testimony was to the effect that deceased was subject to apo* pletic seizure*. In an article in the "Church Chronicle" on the traffic in sermons, occurs a good instance ! of clerical presence of mind. A curate who had mounted the pulpit with one of the late Rev. Charles Bradley's most recent homilies was for a moment horror-struck by the sight of the Rev. Charles Bradley himself in a pew beneath him. Immediately, however, he re covered enough self -possession to be able to say, " The beautiful sermon I'm about to preach is by the Rev. Oharles Bradley, who I'm glad to see in good health among us assembled here." Women are, it is stated, to be introduced into the Bank of England as clerks. They will be employed chiefly in the department which deals with the issue and receipt of nodes, and their presence will therefore not be visible to the public. At Rothschild's, and several other well-known houses, ladies are employed in considerable numbers in the coupon departments. Mr Brass, member of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, proposed, at a recent meeting of that body, that four new clerks who are about to be appointed should be female clerks. Sir Edwin Gals worthy admitted that the appearance of ladies would introduce a charming variety into their business. It was left for the committee to exercise their discretion in the matter. Barnaby Rudge as a literary creation will never die, but his human prototype has passed away, The attention of the late Charles .Dickens was once drawn to a pecu liarly eccentric young man of the name of Walter de Brisac, who lived at Chatham. A pedlar by profession, his education was far superior to that ordinarily enjoyed by persons engaged in itinerant trading, while his attire was conspicuously worse. When the great novelist first saw him he was wearing a suit of clothes suggestive of a remote period of antiquity, and wh«o he died in the begin ning of December the imaginary participator in the Gordon Riots was still clad in the same garments, though their identity was obscured by much patchwork. He was sixty eight years o£ age, and died, in wretched ness and destitution, in a miserably dilapi dated cottage. His death was the subject of an inquest at Chatham. His father is said to hav6 held a commission in the British

I At Masfcerton during a thunderfttorm yesterday afternoon Mr B. C»rmin, a pro mient farmer and hia soa were engaged watching stock &t Trahiti, when lightning struck elder the Carmin tearing his hat to ribbons and killing him instantly. The son was rendered unconscious but has since re-g covered. The second local wool sale of the season \ will be held in the Orange Hall, Ashburton, on Monday next, commencing at about 7. 30 p m., when Messrs D. Thomas, Miles and company, J. T. tford (in conjunction with Mr H. Zander) and Friedlander Bro3. will offer their respective consignments in the order named. The sum of the catalogues amounts to about 1300 bales. Yesterday morning, two men named Courtney and Waddell—employed in re pairing the telegraph poles—were at the top of one of the poles in linwald when on the wires being detached the pole gave way and the men were precipitated to the ground. Both sustained severe ankle sprains and other bruises. to say the pole was rotten and the wires were its only sup port. The annual meeting of subscribers to the Methven Public Library was held on Mon day, January 8, there was only a email attendance. The balance-sheet showed a balance in hand of £11 6s lid ; outstanding subscriptions and rents £11 Iss j liabilities £11 11s. It was decided to enforce the rule more strictly that persons who were in arrear with subscriptions should be allowed to take out books. The number of books now amounted to 690. The following were appointed a committee:—W.Morgan (chair man) ; S. H. Alington secretary; J. Batty, J. Baker, A. Dobbs, J. Gillanders, and Captain Thackeray. A vote of thanks to the Secretary was passed. ! The London correspondent of the " Man chester Courier " hears that a German process for drying woods has been tried, and appar«ntfy with some success, by a firm of Canadian lumbermen. It consists briefly in placing the timber for twelve days in another room to dry. The plan, it is said entirely gets rid of sap, and has been found most efficacious with juicy woods like beech and birch! It is certainly the case that timber prepared by this means is largely used in Germany, and particularly in Bavaria. At the same time it is stated that this artificial seasoning is not nearly so efficacious as that produced by natural means. Woods thus forced into maturity are apt later on to warp and to rot« The coustructors of the German Navy have altogether declined to use woods so pre pared. A charming " hunt wedding took place on the 6th of December at Nether Wallop Church, when Miss Alys Cannon, daughter of Mr Tom Cannon of Danebury, was married to Mr Charles Compton Martin, eldest son of Mr W, B. Martin, of Paulsgrove, Hants. The bride wore a green habit with gold hunt buttons, a black hat, and brown top boots, and a hunting tie fastened by a diamond pin. Instead of the orthodox bouquet, Miss Cannon carried a gold hualing crop surmounted by a bunch of oraege blossoms. The bridesmaids were attired in covert coats and shirts, with scarlet waistcoats and hunt buttons, brown boots and spate, and soft felt hats trimmed with black toqu«? feathers. The bridegroom presented them with gold horn and foxhead rings and horfseshoes of scarlet and white flowers. The bridegroom and the father and brothers of the bride also wore the hunt dress. The " Co,pe Times " reproduces the follow ing letter from one of the Chartered Com pany's troopers :—" As you know, lam in the Border Police, who number about sixty. We are encamped four miles from Victoria, and will soon be on the march. We get no pay after having crossed the border, but we fight under these conditions; supposing we come out with a clean skin, each man gets a 3000 morgen farm in Matabeleland, fifteen claim?, and five alluvial claims, with a share in the loot. The loot is divided, half for the company and the other half divided equally among theoffisers and men. After { peace being declared, each man has four months' time to peg off his farm, and in case the company want to buy the whole at £3 per morgen at your discretion. I mean if the company want to buy a portion of your farm, and you like to keep another portion you can do so." The " Saturday Review," in an article on class distinction, says that formerly " good society" meant something very definite, something numerically small; but it did mean people who had a code of "fine man ners," and insisted on all within their circle conforming to it, under penalties which were not lightly incurred, because they were severely enforced. "We live (says the " Saturday ") in different times. It is not our purpose to sum up the gains and losses, but merely to observe the |acts, and call them by their right names. In our age the «self-made man ' is the class who believes in himself aa ca class apart.' His self-made voice, his characteristic features redolent of the Dissenting chapel, may now be heard insistently in the Senate and the dining room. He holds forth on how ' we ' are going to reform the laws and abolish all that is not self made. His own intellectual force ' and prowess are never out of his mouth, and he can seen no merit in any position which has not been attained by the same push and character which have brought him self to the surface. By no means an un interesting modern figure, bulking large and clumsy in the public eye, but stamped wherever he goes with the title • not quite. 1" Hollow ay's Ointment.—Sores, Wounds, Ulcerations, and other diseases affecting the skin, are capable of speedy amendment by this cooling and healing ointment, which has called forth the loudest praise from persons who had suffered for years from bad legs, bad breasts, piles, abscesses, and chronic ulcers. None but those who have experienced the soothing effect of it can form any idea of the comfort, it bestows by restraining inflammation and allaying pain. Whenever Holloway's Ointment has been once used it has established it own worth, and again been eagerly sought for as the easiest and safest emedy for all complaints, In neuralgia rheumatism, and gout, the same application, roperly used, gives wonderful relief.

ROAD BOARDS.

MOUNT HUTT.

The adjourned meeting of the Mount Hutt Road Board was held on Thurs day, January 25. Present—Messrs D. Cameron (chairman), M. J, Browne, and 0. P. Murray-A ynsley. Extension of time during harvest was allowed to the Board's contractors. J. Black's tender of £14 103 for repairs to the Rakaia gorge cutting was accepted. Repairs on the Blackford race road were sanctionftd. Tho question of repairs on the Chertsey road was deferred for a fuller meeting. The following letters were read : —From Mr Purnell, re taking shingle pit on reserve at Gairnbrae, It was reaolvad that Mr Purnell should go on with pro ceedings. From the same re pit on Brick's land. It was decided to ask Mr Purnoll to forward a dtaf t of the deed for the Board's consideration.—From Mr D. Cameron, Oluaes, asking the Board to make alterations in the valuation roll for property disposed of by him.—Granted. Mr Cameron to be informed that he was still liable for the present rates on the land.—From the County Council re thirds.-—Received. Accounts amounting tq t £8() Qa 9d fere passed, i<w payment.

CABLE NEWS.

The Khedive is likely to accept Lord | Oromer's ultimatum. j The Rev. Canon Danks has declined \ the Bishopric of Wellington. The commercial utility of the Im perial Institute is being advocated, Vaillant's appeal against the death sentence has been rejected. Two Chinese warships will shortly visit Australian waters. Sir Gerald Portal, who recently. arrived in London from Zanzibar, has I died from typhoid fever. France pays the relations of the Italians killed at Aignesrnortes, an indemnity of 400,000f. The Parish Councils Bill has been read a second time in the House of Lords and will be committsd on Thurs day. Pitt, Secretary of the North London Permanent and Commercial Building Society, has been arrested for embezzl ing £38,000, the moneys of the Society. Mr Thomas Pyne s who was recently decorated with the Order of India, it is understood when visiting Afghanis tan, will bear an invitation to the Ampßr f,n visit. "Rnerland.

The Trouble in South. Africa.

Capetown, January 26, Sir Henry Loch has withdrawn the Bechuaua police (British) from Mata beleland, lea/ing the British South Africa Company to administer the country. _____ mi __ mmm _ mmm

The Prohibited Prize Fight.

New York, January 26. The fight between Oorbett and Mitchell took place, but both pugilists were afterwards arrested.

The Kaiser and Bismarck

Berlin, January 26. The Emperor has ordered a military pageant for Prince Bismark. Prince Bismarck reached the city to day, and was accorded an enthusiastic reception.

Naval Defence.

London, January 26. A committee consisting of members of the House of Commons and others is being formed in London, with the object of educating public opinion for a naval defence scheme in connection with Imperial federation, and leaving the Government to prepare a scheme for submission to the colonies.

The Anarchists.

Mai/E,id, January 26. Anarchists have dynamited the har bor works at Barcelona, killing two persons and wounding several. An Anarchist shot the Governor of Barcelona in th* 1 face. The wound is not mortal, and the assailant has been arrested.

The French at Timbuctoo

Paris, January 25. It is reported that the French troops have seized Timbuctoo without firing a shot. January 26. News has been received that a French native force has been massa cred near Timbuctoo.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourseives responsible tor tbo opinions expressed by our correspondents.)

THE CANE ABOLISHED.

TO THTC EDITOR. Put.—Yes, New Zsaland is certainly in the van in the matter ol experimental legislation and social rerorm. A faw months ago oar legislators affirmed that men and women were absolutely equal, and had equal rights and privileges. That was what nobody bub Mr Fish ventured to deny, buc all the same it was a principle | that had not; hitherto been acted up to in | the so-called civilized nations. Now we have a semi-political body affirming that boys and girls have not equal privileges, for whereas a naughty boy may be spanked, a naughty girl may not. She must be asked to apologia". Truly the action of the Board of Education is a tacit admission that in the opinion of its members—there is no equalicy between the ; male and female human being— the nature of the latter is so far superior to that of the former that totally different treatment is required in the plastic time of youth. The members of the Board evidently consider that girls are more easily ruled than boys, "su&viter in modo" would aptly Indicate the kind of treatment calculated to produce a a good female citizan, while "fortiter in i re" might mark the lines on which to develop a good male one. Happy men those members of the Canterbury Educa tion Board must be, siuca th^y are evi dently in ignorance of the facts which experience have brought home to so many others, that girls are at lensb as un | ruly as boys, that »4 long as the giant, or I the one presumed to be in authority will not use his strength like a sianc, a vast number of females will set his authority at deiance ; that "the average school master exhausts every means at his com mand in dealing with his female pupils before resorting to the cane, and that the casea in which girls have been unduly punished are so rare as to be practically exceptional. Seriously, however, while lam averse to the corporal punishment of girls, I know that soms girls can only be ruled by strong measures. There are some girls attending the public schools whose conduct in the play ground—not to say anything of neglect of work—is so scandalous chat in the interests of morality and of the other children condign punish ment of the offender is an absolute neces sity. Fancy such an one being called j upon to apologise ! Fancy, too, 'he atti tude of the indignant parent towards the ! teacher who sent the girl home, when his daughter protests she 4< never did any thing of the sort." We can imagine the teacher's position under the existing system, who took this course and gave the parent an opportunity of accepting , the child's version and intercepting the punishment. Punishment indeed! So I far as I can see the only person to suffer punishment will be the rash teacher who ventures to send a girl homo. I do nofc wish to make tohis letter too long, so will conclude by asking why the Board I when fixing the shape and size of the straps that may be used did not also tell ] the bewildered teachers to what portion of a boys' anatomy they may apply it So far as I can understand the Board's re solution it amounts to this, that no boy may be struck on any " bare " place, and how a leather strap one inch and half wide can be effectively used withov\t reverting to the old practice <$ hoisting, long since abolished, I certamly cannot see. What J oa.n see is that difficult as the position v$ a teacher has hitherto been under the North Canterbury Eoa^d, it will now be ten time? n^re so.—l a,m,,'

A. Nation of Suicides.

' Despite our triumphs in medicine and eani i tation it would appear from even a superficial i study of the mortality tables that we are nothing more than a natioa of suicides and nothing leas. We make, as a nation, ela borate preparations for the conservation of the national health. We constantly increase the bulk of sanitary legislation, and threaten the menace to health with painful penalties, and all the time we aie a nation of suicides. And with what weapon do we kill ourselves? With the weapon of imprudence and neglect!. Every dyspeptic may have incipient Bright's disease of the kidneys, and yet bow many thousand dyspeptics are there who make no attempt to treat their dyspepsia. " Bright's disease," says the celebrated Prof. Frederick Roberts, MLD., of London.. England, "has no symptoms of its own." It begins often times as an exceedingly chronic process, and may exist for months or years without any symptoms occurring which direct attention to the kidneys. Oftentimes symptoms on the part of the other organs, such as palpi tation of the heart, dyspeps a, shortness of breath, headaches, or disturbance of the vision, first impel the patient to seek medical advice. It has no symptoms of its own, for in the midst of apparent health, the patient may be mused with convulsions of apoplexy. In many cases there may be no premonitory symptoms. The victim may suddenly go from a condition of good health and vigor to one of suffering and weakness, indicated by loss of strength, heart failure, dropsy, sup pression of utina, emaciation, or excruciat ing pain. What becomes of the man who disregards the first herald of the enemy? Death may not reach him through that enemy, but death will come closer to him than to the man who possesses the valuable quality of being able to accept a warning. And when you have been warned, act on that warning at once. Warner's -Safe Cure is an absolute cure for Bright's disease as well as for all liver and kidney troubles, and this local physicians and foreign medical men are honest enough to recognise and acknowledge the fact. Mr John Huater, of Kakaramea.. N.Z., ig one of the latest of the crowd of witnesses who testify that the old opinion of Warner's Safe Remedies is oor. rect and. unchangeable. Says Mr Hunter, " There is a cure for Bright's disease " :— "Kakaramea, N.Z., Nov. 18, 1892.— Between three and four years ago my wife, who was suffering from some, to us unknown complaint, consulted a medical man. He, however, failed to afford her any relief. The true natura of the complaint was not discovered until she consulted another doctor, who informed her that she was suffering from Bright'a disease of the kidneys* She was induced to see a third doctor so as to be quite certain. He corroborated the statement of the second doctor, and her case was ultimately given up, as being in curable* She was then advised to take Warner's Safe Cure and Safe Pills, At the time she commenced taking Safe Cure there was a running of water from each leg about the shin. AH this has now disappeared. For five months she was not able to lie down. Now she is able to lie down and sleep com fortably. AH symptoms of the disease have disappeared, and I attribute her return to health to Warner's Safe Cure and Safe Pills. She is always recommending {Safe Cure to people visiting the hotel.—" John Hunter."

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Palmebston North, January 26. A party of men under Mr Mackay arrived on the State farm at Levin last night to commence work. The Natives state that they had lodged a c!»veat against the Government taking possession, and threatened to pull down the tents if work continued, Mr Mackay arrived at Palmer ston to-day, and awaits instructions from Government. Wellington, January 26. Martin and Harnold,two pork butchers, were fined £2 and £6 respectively, with costs, for not having given their assistants the statutory half-holiday in the week, beginning January 8. The latter's case was aggravated by his telltag< the In j sppctor he did not intond to comply with I the Act. The R.M. observed that de | fendant would find it a costly game Messrs Cromie, Commissioner of Taxes* and Percy Smith, Chief Surveyor, pro ceeded to Napier on Tuesday to inspect in company with Mr Humphries, Com missioner of Crown Lands at Napier, a 10,000 acre block in Hawkes Bay which has been offered to the Government. Information against W. A. Coates, solicitor charging him with alleged mis appropriation of £88 was called at the Magistrate's Court to day. The ioformant did not appear and the information was dismissed bu»i the Magistrate instructed Inspector Fender that if further investi gation wera necessary he must do his duty, and lay another information. The charge against Henry Willmot of having unlawfully used the racecourse on Monday last for the purpose of betting was heard to-day, and decision was re served until the charge against McMaster had been heard. Still another suicide was reported to day. This afternoon the body of an elderly man named Robert Fumess, a carpenter of Hopper street, was found in the harbor with a letter in his pocket saying tbafc he could not face his creditors. There have been three suicides and three attempts in the past few days, Tho Native interference respecting the State farm in Horowhenua block, near Levin, was discussed in the Cabinet to day, The matter was not regarded aa serious, and it is believed to have arisen through a misunderstanding on the part of the Natives. The Government, how ever, have determined to enforce their rights, and with this in view Inspector Vender with a posse of polios will leave for Levin in the morning. It is expected that the natives will withdraw their ob* Btraction, and relegate the dispute to tho law courts. Oamaru, January 26. The stables attached to the Church of England parsonape at Karow have been destroyed by fire. The insurances on the buiding are £350, and on the contents £150, in the South British.

The Stout Election Petition.

Wellington, January 26. Lindsay advertises that he wishes fc» withdraw from the petition against Sir Robert Stout. First—Because the con* tents were misrepresented to him, inas much as he was told that it was only a petition for an enquiry into the election, whereas it contains charges he has no reason for making; and, secondly, be» cause he was not absolutely sober when he signed it, and did not completely understand It as required by the Act. Notice is also given that any other person may within seven days give notice of hia ! intention to be substituted as petitioner in Lindsay's pUce. The affidavit filed by Lindsay in the Supreme Courb is as follows :■—" I, Roberb James Lindsay, of the city of Wellington, compositor, make oath and say—l. I signed the above named petition under the following circumstances on Friday, the 29fch December last. I was drinking in the bar of the Empire Hotel, Wellington. I was accosted thereby Mr T. W. Young, wine and spirit "merchant. He asked me if I would sjgn » petition, but he did not explain ifc object. ' I was not absolutely sober. and he then said "Oome outside," Vhen outside he *2 £? *£ % • him to the office of Mr Mwurds. I did so and waa then asked to'tngn the above mentioned peti tjon» I accordingly siatned my name to the petition, and Mr Edwards assured ma that I should not be required as a witness. 2. If I had been properly sober I should not have signed tke document, and lam now desirous of withdrawing from it. 3. After signing the petition Mr Young took xm across to Barrett's Hotal and

THE ASBBOKTON GPABDIAK': SAfPBDAV, JANUARY 27, ia§.4.



HARVEST CHEQUE*, OF 1894, | WILL FIND THEIR WAY TO It. J. NBILL and Go's AS TfiEY GIVE THE BEST VALUE IN ASHBURTON FOR READY MONEY. r>R,A.I?JE3RY AJNJD CLOTHING, Women's Hats 6d Turkey Re(? s|cl Womeu'fl Ribbed Hose 6d Men's Tweed Suits 16s 6d Ohiffims in all colors Is 3d, reduced to Men's Colonial Tweed Suits 19a 6d B|d Boys' Tweed Suits frora 3* lid Washing prints 2* lid doz* A few Boys' Washing Suite left, to be White Muslin 33 lid doz cleared at 3s Pd Summer Dresses 3s lid Boys' Caps 6d each Cretonne 3£d Men's Braces 8d Double-bed Sheeting 9|d 20doz Man's Merino Socks 6d Berlin Wool la lid BOOTS. BOOTS. The Best and Cheapest Boots in New Zealand are to be had at G. X NEILL AND GO'S. Men's English Balmorals 7s lid Babies Slippers la pair t Men's Strong Leather Shoes 7s lid Canvas and tan Leather ShoflS, in all Men's Nailed Shooters 7a lid sizes at ridiculous prices Women's strong Leather Shoes 5s lid A very large assortment of Children s Women's strong Elastic-aide Boots 8s and Maid's Gem shoes in Tans and Gd, reduced to 6s lid Black. Good and cheap WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RETURNS AT G, I NEILL & GO'S, FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET. Re The Assigned Estate of Messes Hardley Bros' ——.—: o i' ■ QEE the Value in Oar PRINTS REDUCED to HALF PRICE WASHING DRILLED REDUCED FROM 9}o to 6}l>. j AH J>regs Materials REDUCED TO NEARLY HALF THE FORMER PRIUES, FOR INSTANCE PLAIN CASHMERES, REDUCED FROM 16Jo TO 9d. STKIPJ3J AND CHECK ALL WOOL DRESS TWEED REDUCED FRCM Ud TO 80, AND ALL OTHER JDRESS MATERIALS EQUALLY REDUCED, CRECK GINGHAMS REDUCED FROM IOJn TO^d. ALL MANCHESTER GOODS SUCH AS CALICOES, STOCFINGS. FLANNELS, BLANKETS, HOLLANDS, TICKING, SHIRTINGS, SELSEIAS, FLOOR-CLOTHS, ETC., REDUCED TO COST PRICE. MEN'S SHIRTS, HATS, SOCKS, TIES, Etc, REDUCED TO COST PRICE, 4ND IN MANY CASES VERY MUCH UNDER COST. Men's and Boys' Clothing* BE OUR MEN'S ALL WOOLJ COLONIAL SUITS AT 32s 8b AND 35s 6d, NOT TO BE BEATEN IN THE COLONY. THIS HOUSE HAS ALWAWS BEEN NOTED FOR THE VERY BEST VALUE IH BOOTS BUT NOW COME AND SEf. \\\ W. SPENCER. I KCA Dfi ASBBU tt T0 N



} Wanted. TXT ANTED, Contract Stackers at once. JOHN GRIGG, 1 129 Longbeach. WANTED, go->d Goat in full profit. Apj-ly W.W., Mail Office. I§l3B LOST, between Newiands and Ash burton, large fawn-colored Shawl. Finder kindly leave at the Mail office for Mrs Bright. 1 143 TXTTiTTED KNUWN^BonTand YV Daughters of Temperance Bene fit Society, monthly meeting, Templar Hall, Monday, January 29, 8 p.m. 1 144 BAPTIST Church—"The Cry of Triumph" will be the subject for the Evening.—Rev. A. Ager. 1 146 PRIMITIVE Church to-morrow. Preachers—Morning, Mr Watkin, vice-President of Conference ; afternoon, 2.30, distribution of prizes to scholars ; evening. Rev J. Cocker, subject, Small beginning but great results. 1 148 WEBL&YAN GhiirohT^Preachers To~ * * Morrow—ll, Rev C. Abernethy ; 6 30, RevJ. W. Worboys. of Napier, After meeting conducted by C.E. Society. 1 149 MR W. CO^RIE^OHNSToX^iU give an address on Lord's Day afternoon at 3 o'clock, and in the even ing at 6.30, In the Orange Hall. 1 140 "TTy ANTEDKnown—-The beat assorted W Fruits at Marsden's Fruit Shop below Mitchell and Turner's. Plums for Jam, etc, 1 137 AUSODONOPTIC sFeOTaoEk?, Pausodonoptic Spectacles, Pauso donoptic Spectacles, Pausodonoptic Spectacles, Pausodonoptic Spectacles.— Lumsden, Experienced Oculists' Optician, Tanored street. 1 136 OOD Kidney Potatoes, by sack or cwt., for sale cheap.—-Apply, A. W. Randell, Ashburton. 1 4 MRS ALCORN has on sale for the Holidays varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goods and Christmas Presents. Saunders' Buildings. IF yoti want fiist- class fruit go to Adabis' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, : etc. ' WANTED, Everybody to use Titan j Soap, greatest marvel of the age. XL Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 "^YoMKRSET Meat Mart. The oldest fj) the largest, the best, and the cheap est Small Goods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed, A trial solicited. —W, J. Siloock. SUITS to measure, during the sale, 49s 555, 60s, 70s, and 755. Fit and workmanship guaranteed. —R. Axcorn, Saunders' Buildings. rjiHAT which brings most light and ■*• hope to poorest homes is Titan Soap. 11 183 \ I / ANTED Known -W. H. Collier's v * noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. WANTED Known—Spectacles, eye protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S, Salek's, Optician. WANTED Known—"The Corner "is showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W. H. Collier. WANTED Known. — Our Cheap Slippers ate selling in dozens. Children's from Is, women's Is 9d. Buy one pair and you will buy more. — Mitchell and Turner. T\) ANTED Known.— Extra value in W presents now being given away for Christmas and New Year. Cheapest House in Town.—H C. Segers, Melford House. W"^ANTED "Known.—No reasonable ofier will be refused for the balance of our Summer Dresses, Milli nery, and Mantles. -Mitchell and Turner. _. /^HOTCE Ornaments, Folding Screens, \J Own make in ladies' and children's underclothing, Aprons and Pinafores. Mrs Alcorn, Saunders' Building. CVT ANTED Known.—To Harvesters YV — Dungaree Jackets and Overalls, Harvest Hats and Shirts and Suits of ail kinds, at prices to meat the times.— Mitchell & Turner. WANTED Known.—Melford House cheapest shop in town, exlra value in prssents now being given to each purchaser till further notice.—H, C. ScO BBS. _.__ WANTED, all Farmers to reduce Hardley's Large Stock of this Season's Oil, which he is selling at his usual ridiculous low price by the Gallon or Case. : ANTED, ~th<3 Public, to know that Hakdley'B Tanks are giving univer sal satisfaction. Testimonials if required. Fow is the time for Baths and Janks, from 30^ upwards. ANTKDaII and sundry to know that Habdley in still to the front with all classes of Tinware. Kopairs promptly executed. Spouting and ilidgm? made and fixed at unheard of rates. W" ANTED Known.—Half as much again in present* given to each purchaser" during Christinas and New Year. H. C. SBGERB, Melford Houbc. TT7 ANTED Known.—To make room | VV for Spring Boots I will give ten j per cent for cash. Repairs done at once cheaper than ever to stay bad times over at J. Moison, Premier Bootmaker. » IS STALE, TaLeToJ Books, Stationery * Fancy Goods, Music, etc.. Fire sVreenn" Pictures, Glass Ornaments. Ohrisfmas Cards, Cricket and Lawn Ohrißtnus v* . Albums md S^trSdrL of other articles ir?to be .old a^ a great Haonftoe for Oajh Marine this month only, at L. F, AsoeWim A Co- Stationers Hal), aTbOON 7 ".ITioUSEHOLDERS AIJiANDALTJ COAL COMPANY, LIMITED. A SAVING OF~2S"PRR CENT ON YOUR COAL BILL. WE have appointed MR JAMES ELLIOTT, Coal Merchant, Ash tertoa, Agent for the county, who will supply Ctostowers in large or s.uall quantities. The Allandale Coal is the best produced on the Eastern seaboard. It ia an Lscellent Steam Coal, unrivalled for 1 Bakers and a good Domestic Coal, burn ij ing with » llame. does not sparkle, and i leaves a wliite ash. ! It is tooth Cheap and Excellent. lAMES ELLIOTT COAL MERCHANT, 4SHBUBTON. 11 145



f S. SALEK, WATCHMAKER, & MANU FACTURING JEWELLER. T7IOR HIGH-CLASS GOLD & SILVER -*- JEWELLERY, PLATE & MARBLE CLOCKS, pay a visit to the ,) owellery Establishment of S. SALEK, Prac tical Watchmaker, Manufacturing Jeweller, and Oculist-Optician.^ SOLE AGENT for Lazarus' Patented System of Sight Testing and " Specialite " Spectacles, ensuring comfort and correct Sight. FIRST-CLASS WORKMANSHIP IN WATCH, CLOCK, AND JEWELLERY REPAIRS. 8. BALEK, east street. ~~ new Zealand" Cjlotiiim& Factory. seasonable goods. FOR HARVESTING, i Men's Gambroon Trousers ' Men's Duck Overalls and Jackets Men's Harvesting Straw Hats Is —Also- New Ties New Silk Handkerchiefs New Studs Bathing Pants—Towels and Running Pants New shapes in Hard Hats—brown, black and drab. The new Soft Hat—Land and Water Tennis Hats—art shades I ! A good holiday Hat for Is lid THE LARGEST STOCK OF HATS IN ASHBURTON TO CHOOSE FROM. Tennis Shirts in silk, cr&pe and cash mere Bojs 1 Washing Suits from 4s 9d. Boys' and Souths' Summer coats 2s 6d, Men's Summer Coats in silk, alpaca and sateen BOOTS BOOTS!! BOOTS!!! Canvas Shoes for Men Canvas Shoes for Women Canvas Shoes for Children Just opened this week, 18 pairs Women's Calf Shoes for 6s 6d. Wonderfu value. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY HALLENSTEIN BROS.. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager