Ashburton Guardian. Megna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, MAY 28, 1894. STAMP COLLECTING.

Most people know that the collecting of stamps is a hobby that very many people ride, and that to some it is a costly hobby indeed. It was but recently, however, we learned that stamp collecting played an important part in the administration of countries. | Lord Ripon, in a circular despatch | issued from the Colonial office, draws attention to the practice of issuing surcharged postage stamps and the temptation which the practice puts in the way of postmasters and other postal officials to make profits outside the emoluments of their position by dealing with stamp collectors. The hobby of stamp collecting has in creased so much, and is still increasing so rapidly that, for the gratification of this hobby, quite a trade in stamps has sprung up, and a amall army of dealers make good livings out of their stamp buying and selling. The business is worked with as much system, and has brought to bear upon it as rrsuoh energy, enterprise, skill, and trade acumen, as any other business is carried on with. It has wholesale dealers in most of the large cities in Europe nnd America, but the largest are to be found in London, Paris, and New York. Those wholesale dealers have agents in every part of the world, and are consequently continu ally receiving supplies of the stamps, used and unused, of every nation. The used stamps cost but little to collect to the agents, but the unused have to be bought, The used stampg, however, of an out of-the way place are valuable to the man with the philatelic mania ; and as he pays a good price for them, i i pays the agent to collect and the dealer to receive and sell. The unused stamps are of a higher value still, and many collectors, whose means ptrmit them to do so, add to their collection both the used and the unused stamps —the one to show the obliterating stamp of the post office, the other to show, in all its virgin clearness, the stamp as it is issued to the letter writer Wholesale dealers are very

I early apprised by their agents of the . intention of any colony to change the design of its stamp issue, and as soon | as they learn that the stock in hand is | limited of any particular stamp^ they buy up as much as they can, and "ask for more." It is then that the colonial oftiicials print on stamps of different values figures representing the price of those the supply of which is exhausted. Immediately a rush of stamp collec tors sets in for this stamp, and its sur charged copies are sent to Europe and sold to collectors at a very fancy price indeed. It is in this connection that the temptation to turn the penny is said to be in the way of postal officers, who are invited to assist the agents of stamp collecting houses. An article in the " Times " says that the Govern ment of Baratonga is paying all the costs of administration out of the profits of postage stamps sold to whole sale dealers! This is going somewhat from home for news, as we never learned this from the reports of the Resident whom our Government delegated to the 1 governorship" of the Baratongan group. But whether true or not, the story is sufficiently interesting. Bara tonga is said to have got a supply of stamps from 3STew Zealand where they were printed, and as loon as Bara tongan stamps were known to be i,n ex istence, a demand sprang up for them among the dealers far greater than the postal requirements of the Baratonga people. Then the Baratonga authori ties saw a source of substantial re venue in their stamp issue, and had a special stamp engraved of their own, The demand continued as baiskly as ever, and the « Times" tells us that for every stamp actually used in the islands for postal purposes a hundred or two hundred are despatched abroad, and the sale of these represents no actual postal work at all, while it is said that the income from this source alone is enough to defray all the cost of governing the islands ! The stamp bore the image and superscription of the native Queen Makea, but to the use of this dusky lady's portrait the Secretary of State took exception, see ing that there was already a fair lady reigning in England who also swayed sceptre over Baratonga. How this difficulty has been got over is not stated, all the further information vouchsafed on the subject being that the stamps are going off faster than ever. A similar state of affairs as re gards making merchandise of the un used stamps to collectors is said to exist in Samoa and Tonga, where a large portion of the cost of the administration U defrayed by the profits made out of the stamp collectors. A story that well illua trates what can be done by the sale of out-of-the-way stamps is told of a dealer who received 12a 6d worth of half-penny stamps from a debtor in Fiji. This lot he sold at £15,' as they were all surcharged. As this particu lar stamp is now obsolete the price would be £3Q in the market to-day. | The North Borneo Company issued a! very pretty stamp, and during the first six weeks of this year £2000 was made from its sale by the London j wholesale dealers. Some extraordinary prices have been given for rare stamps by rich men who have this stamp collecting mania, and in one case £500 was given for a single stamp. One is inclined, after reading the " Times " article, to say as the incredulous larrikin would say,*' What are yer givin' us?" But all the same there may be something in this trade for New Zealand, and the Postmaster General could do worse than make a new stamp, and surcharge all the old ' ones.

THE "BUTCHER'S BILL."

The "Insurance Review," a London periodical devoted to the interests of insurance companies and their clients, publishes a few facts and figures which may be interesting to footballers and those who admire the game. The " Review " has a correspondent who makes it a point to keep an eye on the football matches played in Britain. To him, we fear, it is a matter of supreme indifference whether blue or yellow wins, whether red scores over black, or hoops beat stripes. He notes only the cases in which unlucky players are sent to their last account as sacrifices to the Moloch of football, in which legs or arms are broken, collar bones fractured, or other injuries are inflicted and sustained by the devotees of the ferociously enthusiastic game* The cases this correspondent cites he vouches for as having been copied from the newspaper reports of the matches played, and he adds that the list is far from complete, and every annual list he compiles must be incomplete, as no thing short of an official return from the secretaries of clubs would give any thing like a complete " butcher's bill" of the game. The list he supplies is painfully long, but quoting one day, the first of October last, we read that "In the St Thomas's v. Sfc Edmund's match, at Salisbury, Ooniff was charged by one of the St Thomas hacks and had his collar bone broken. Sidney George Nor wood was playing in Upper Norwood, when he fell to the ground dead. W. S. Fawaon, playing fall back for Westhoe against Bur* ham City, tackled Smeddle, whose lef b hip bone struck him; fracture of the spine resulted from the fall, and he died on January 2. 3. Phillips had his collar bone broken at Wellington, Somerset. David Poole broke one of his legs At Batter sea. Ward fractured a rib at Shepherd's Buah. A twisted knee fell to the lot of Scarratfc, a | forward in Burslem Port Vale team, playing agafnst Darwen. A. D. Jones was hurt at, Kensal Rise, playing for Old Wykehamists ' against Old Harrovians. The goal-keeper of 1; the Norwich C.E.TIM.St was injured," I (

This is the first day's work, but the second is like unto it, and the next, and the next after that, on to the end of the bloody and melancholy cata logue. He summarises in tabular form the casualties for three years:— <

Grand total of deaths and damages (reported) for three years, 437. The figures and facts given by this corres pondent also appear in the "West minster Gazette." Then we have quoted for us the remarks of the " New York Insurance Journal" on the same subject. These remarks are about as comforting as an assurance from a de&r friend that you will receive a respectable funeral when you slip your hold, and that an epitaph, at least hiding your weaknesses, will, adorn the stone that marks your free hold of six by two. The New York writer sayi:—The imported game of football, which has proved so disastrous in Great Britain, has had its season in the United States, and appears to have been played with no less ferocity than was exemplified upon the English fields^ for eight players have been killed at this merry pastime, while nearly one hundred were injured, and amongst the latter casualties were broken legs, arms, and collar bones, dislocations, concussions, and fractures—results so alarming as to suggest that each corps of these playful contestants should be furnished with a medical attendant." The '• Insurance Review " editor asked a university expert whether there was a possibility of so modifying the game as to render casualties less frequent. He got this answer:—" Oh, that would destroy the ardour of the game, which is the chief feature of enjoyment. A few casualties occur, but they proceed from mere frolic roughness and not! from an angry motive. Of course, deaths occur, but it is a rare incident. But manly pastimes are approaching a rougher climax, and tending toward those of the Midd'e Ages, when men were hurled from their horses in the tournament upon the ground, and wo-jien smiled upon the helplessness of the defeated gallant, free from that morbid sympathy that is now extended to a sprained ankle or an injured finger." These are very heroic senti ments no doubt, and possibly have a hold upon the devotees of the game sufficiently strong to make the task of displacing them one of extreme diffi culty. But there are no heroics in the accident insurance companies who do not include football accidents in their ordinary policies. There are some people, too, who fail to see only " frolic roughness " in the deaths that occur. Two of the Yale players in a match in Connecticut, threw them selves upon John White, an opponent who had possession of the ball, with such force that when the men parted White was found prostrate, with his head doubled under his body, and blood pouring from his nostrils. He died in Hartford hospital, and the Yale players are to be proceeded against either criminally or by civil action, as the attack is suspected to have been one made with the malicious intent of disabling a formidable rival. If there is any ground for this suspicion then it is quite possible that not all the manly struggles that end in death, are wholly guiltless of the object of rendering powerless a skilful adversary. The article goes on to quote two recent deaths from rough play, and two fractures of shoulder and collar bone. We have not so many fatal accidents on the football field to record in this colony, but we have had our share, and only last season we had to chronicle one in Ashburton, while the minor casualties are quite frequent enough for the population. A rough game, | truly—but every man to his tastes.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs W. H. Collins and Co. notify reductions in the price of iuel for winter use. A few carefully packed cases of oranges and apples are being sent to Vancouver (8.C.) by the Victorian Department of Agriculture. At the Police court this morning—before Mr Alfred Harrison, J.P.—John Paget, senior, was fined 10s and costs for drunken ness. In the Sydney Divorce Court on the Bth, Mr Justice Windeyer granted ten decrees nisi. On the following Monday twelve more were granted, and on Tuesday four more. The total cost of the railway from Lismore to the Tweed, New South Wales, when J completed, will be £770,492. The 39 miles of the railway now constructed have cost £675,492. During the coming session of Parliament the Victorian Government intends to bring forward a proposal to construct a railway in Gippsland on the narrow-gauge system, at a cost of from £600 to £700 per mile. A meeting of the New Brighton Tramway Company's shareholders has authorised the payment of a dividend of 10 per cent, and a bonus of 2 per cent per annum. This would abßorb £672, leaving £643 to be carried forward.

A team of Sydney footballer* will start for New Zealand at the end of August on a tour of the colony. Messrs John Reid and Sons, of Monte Ohristo farm, Southland, gained Sir John Bennet Lawes* prize tor the best managed farm of over 400 acres, and Mr Walter Blaokie, Glasgow farm, East Taieri, that j for the beat managed farm of under 400 ! acres. The Premier of Queensland has received a communication from Sir George Dibbs, ask tag if the Queensland Government would be prepared}» assist in bringing back to Aus tralia those of the " New Australians " who require assistance. Mr Nelson has decided that as far as Queensland is concerned such cases can only be dealt with as they arise. (The new Parliament House has been com* menced at Tonga, and will be finished at an early date. The Rev. J. B. Watkin laid the first block in the presence of the Premier i and a number of Government enitiala, There was a little speechifying, and the band contributed some music. The Victorian Post Office authorities are demonstrating that vengeance is theirs, and they will exact repayment from those who try to swindle them. " Women are the chief offenders," said the Deputy Postmaster. Parcels labelled as containing one item only are found, when opeaed, to hold several, always including a letter. The ' Prince' Galitzin, who has joined the Salvation Army, and is about to make a tour of the world to beat up funds for General Booth, i« not really a prince at all, but a mere Bussian squire or country gentleman without any influence in his own country. Never swallow a foreign potentate's title ) unless it appears in the ' Almanach de ! Gotha.' I Mary Smith, aged five years, the daughter of Mr J. F. Smith, of Manganoho, Welling ton, was shot dead by her brother, aged [nine. Two leaded guns were standing in a > porch of the house, and as the child stooped to tie her shoe her brother accidentally discharged one, shooting her in the lungs i and throat. She died in a quarter of an ; hour. ! About eight o'clock this morning, as Mr Howes was driving in a trap with his daughter along Tancred street, the horse harnessed to the trap commenced to kick violently, throwing the occupants heavily to the ground. Both were temporarily stunned by the fall, and Mr Howes received very sever* bruises on his face and body. The horse galloped on with the trap along East street, over the traffic bridge, and straight on until near Winslow, where he turned rsund and walked back, probably convinced that gallopping against,time was a long con tract, and th*t much haste on the wrong road certainly meant less speed. Mrs Rebecca Ann Lichner, who lives three miles from New May, Illinois, is supposed to be the oldest living woman in Illinois, if not in the United Stated. She was born on December 18,1776, and is consequently 117 years old. She is of Norwegian descent. Her father, Ephraim Staid, was for many years in the Norwegian army, and won honors in the battle of |the Rhine. She married (Joseph Lichner in the year 1800, and bore him eight children—five boys and three girls. Mrs Lichner chews and smokes tobacco, but only drank liquor on one occasion—after she had lain for four days in , a snowbank. We wish to remind our readers that on Wednesday evening next the Arhburton Wesleyan Choral Society will give their second concert-cantata—Ruth the Moabit ess—in the church. The cantata has been in practice for a considerable time past, and we have only to go back to the performance of " The holy city " and remember that it is the same oonductor who has the drilling of the same performers, to be assured of the fact that " The Moabitess " will receive full justice at their hands. Besides the members of the society, including some of our best local talent, Mr Leo Buckeridge, of Christ church, will assisc in the bass parts, and Miss Venie Flower in the contralto. Miss Flower will also contribute two songs during the evening, "O rest in the Lord," and " Children of the city." Musical people can therefore depend upon a treat by attending on Wednesday night. The weather for the last six weeks has— ! notwithstanding Captain Edwin's and Mr Wragge's predictions — been particularly clear and bright, and with the exception of an hour's* rain on the Queen's Birthday, which served to lay the dust, there has not been a dull or unpleasant day thoughoui the whole of the period mentioned. Certainly the mornings and evenings have been marked by 'sharp frosts, but these are seasonable, and can well be borne with, in place of the mud and slush and other unpleasant conse quences of the continued rains which are usually a feature of these early winter months. However, there is a medium in all things, and farmers have for some time been complaining that the dry weather keeps the ground too hard for ploughing. That evil is now removed, as the downpour which commenced on Sunday morningll and continued day and night was sufficient to satisfy for a time at leasb, the demands of the earth for moisture, and the fine morning with which Monday was ushered in, and the prospect of another spell of bright weather, will be all the more appreciated.

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FISH.

Melbourne, May 27. A large deputation of fishermen waited on the Minister for Customs, and asked him to impose an import duty on fish. The Minister promised to bring the matter before the Cabinet.

POSITION OF PARTIES.

The position of parties at present, indicates that the Victorian Ministry is in a minority of one. Mr Beakin has crossed over to the Opposition benches, while of four bye elections only one so far has declared for Government.

POULTRY AND RABBITS.

The report on the trial shipment of poultry and rabbits to England shows that while the packing could scarcely have been better, the freight expenses were very heavy, and it is feared no margin of profit will be left. The freight on each rabbit was 7|d, while the shipment was disposed of at prices ranging from 9d to Is 2d.

SERVIA.

Belgrade, May 25. There was considerable excitement here on the discovery that a factory had allotted throe million cartridges to assist the rebellion. May 26, Th« Eadical Judges have been dis | missed from office, and it is expected that a state of siege will shortly be ; declared in the capital.

SPORTING.

Owners of trotting horses are reminded that nominations for the Ashburbon Trotting Club's Winter Meeting close with the secretary, Mr David Zander, on Tuesday, at 10 p.m., at the Central Hotel.

D.J.C. BIRTHDAY MEETING.

Dunedin, May 26. The following concludes our report :— Winter Trot—Blacksmith 1, Ophir 2. Little Bob 3. Won by four lengths after a fine display, putting up a two-mile record of 5.9. Dividends—£slos and £T 10a. St. Glair Welter Handicap—Captive 1, Mariner 2, Barnardo 3. Mariner and Rancour were blocked by the starter's horse. There was a splendid finish be tween the first four, Captive winning by a head from Mariner, who was the same distance ahead of Barnardo. Time—l.3s. Dividends—£l2 5s and £14 6s. Disposal Stakes—Emperor 1, Lady Sockbuan2, ToxaS. Time—s2aec. Divi dends— £3 9a and £310s. Consolation Handicap—Speculator 1, Lady Zetlond 2. Won by a neck. Time I —1.49. Dividends—£7 10s and £10 2s.

The Abuse of Chlorodyne

An apothecary writing to the Welling ton "Post," say«:—lt may not be generally known outside the trade that the practice of drinking chlorodyne exists, but, nevertheless, it does, to a large and growing extent. It is not my intention to say one word against this remedy, as a medicine; it has it uses, but that it is being abused is evident to any observant person who has the handling of this article over the counter. In other words, many poor creatures have contracted the opium habit (chlorodyne containing a large proportion of morphine, the active principle of opium) by this more delicate form of administration who would luva shuddered at the thought of taking the crude drug. My object in writing to you is to attempt to warm any who may be drifting into the habit of taking chlordyne a> a stimulant Its effect; on the system is most pernicious. It undermines the health, and ruins the nervous system most effectually. I have witnessed its demoralising effect on not a few who call regularly for their supply. Many of them think nothing of using three or four bottles per week, and will beg and pray for a bottle on truat, if they happen to run short of cash, which is often the case, proving the hold it has on their depraved tastes. Persons addicted to its use are quite as eager to obtain it as the most confirmed drunkard is to get another grlass to satisfy the craving. Only the other day a little girl, whom I recognised as the daughter of one who obtained it very frequently, brought six dozen empty chlorodyne bottles to dispoje of, and toot the proceeds in another supply, showing the enormous quantity which had been consumed. I hope this may prevent some persons from unwittingly degrading their manhood or womanhood by this deplorable haoic.

Hairy Humanity.

In the moat northern of the Japan islands there is a curious and primitive race of people known as tho Ainu. Mr A, H. Savage Lsndor, a grandson of the eminent writer, has just published the results of an extended artist's tour, under the title of " Alone with the Hairy Ainu." He esti mates the number of purebred Ainu upon the island of Xezo at about 8000, and there are about as many more half breeds. The Ainu are amongst the most primitive races of mankind. The men are a little over fivs feet in height, the women a little'below it. The men are covered with long curly hair and the women supplement the abundant locks which cover their heads by tattooing a moustache. They have narrow retreating foreheads, prominent cheek bones, slightly flattened noses with broad white nostrils. The eyes have no resemblance to the Mongolian type, but have a similar size and form to those of North Europeans, while their color is lighfc brown or dark grey. The hair ia black in most instances, but! is some times reddish,* if is wavy, and inclined to form large curls like those of a New* foundland dog. The Ainu appear to be the lowest w the ecale of humanity of any of the races of the Northern Hemispheie. The emotions are expressed by gestures, and they are said to never laugh. Mr Landor on one occasion managed to make a man " roar " with delight and surprise. They have the special senses of smell and hearing acutely developed, being able to distinguish between the odour of a Japa nese and an Englishman, bat on the other hand the sense of touch is very defeetivs, and they cannot perceive any difference between heat; and cold, even when the ex- { tremes are painful to a European. They are extremely filthy in their habits, and appear to have no ssnse of shame or even of fear. The women do most of the hard work, and in moving a load or heavy object the Aina never push, but always pull towards them, They use their toes to a considerable extent to assist their hands and fingers, and prefer to pull with their teeth rather than with the hands when an usually heavy hanl is necessary. Mr Landor thinks they b3long to the aboriginals of Northern Europe and Asia, and that they have dispossed the original inhabitants of Yezo, who were akin to the Eskimo. Their whole appearance and movements recall tha reconstructions of prehistoric man, and in some respects re. semble those of the anthropoid apes.

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Business Notices m _ m AWING TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES G. J. NEILL IS COMPELLED TO REALTSF. Being practical!} a new beginner in bus'ness, I have not TOO MUCH MONEY. In anticipation of doing aWG BUSINESS this Winter, I laid in a very LARGE STOCK. Hopes have not been realised, consequently I am in a cornwr, for the WANT OF CASH. To meet my engagements with Pressing Creditors, lam compelled to realise. this is a ohanoe;not tojbe lost sight of. Everything NEW. No Old Stock. A GREAT FORCED SALE OF Drapery, Clothing, & Boots. Remember this is only to realise sufficient to meet pressing engagements. As soon as that amount has been reached the REDUCTIONS CEASE. No ®ne can possibly afford to sell for less than cost all the year round j at least I cannot. I have no option at present, as I must have Money, and hare only a short time to get it, and possessing no friends rich enough to lend, am thrown on my own resource?. In order to induce large purchasers to Buy, anl at once, I will give every person, spending £6 in a month, a Beautiful Tea-Set of 40 Pieces. This is a most Valuable present, and equal to a 30 per cent reduction. Don t Mis 3 the Opportunity. Oome at once. The most Genuine Sale ever held in the annals o! the Drapery Trade of the Colony. Don't mistake the Address: GT TVTr^li FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, • O * !■* "111, Fast Street, Ashburton. CASH! CASH!!



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Wanted WANTED Known.—All accounts due to Stephens Bros and not paid by June 4, will be sued for. E.G. Shear man will receipt all accounts for us.— Stephens Bros. 5 203 j \ A; ANTED Known, good red Carrots ** for Sale, 15s a ton cash. Apply A. W. Randall, Allenton. 5 198 WANTED to Let, Commodious pre mises, Wakanui road, shop, large room, and fine dwelling rooms.—H. M. Jokes. 5 208 WANTKD to Sell, cheap, -Strong double Buggy, lamps, harness, quiet mare broken to saddle, suitable for lady to drive. Apply Box 73, P.O. 5 209 bECOJSD Hand Safety Uomber Frame •v Dunlop tyres j in very good order, Cash, £12; terms, £13 10a.—H. M. Jones. OST, May 12, Chestnut Hack mare, height 15-2, star on forehead, scar on inside hind leg in line just above hooks, When lost was shod with bar shoes on front fast and had on cover. Information rewarded. H. O< Seoers, Melford House. PIG Feed—A few tons damaged flour for sale, cheap.—John Orb. 690 WASTED, by a steady Man,, employ* raent as a ChaffcuHer—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 1126 NO more Indigestion; no more ner vousness from indulging in too much tea drinking, for those who drink Health Tea, One trial will convince you. Henry Zander, Authorised Agent. ORANGES— Sew Season—very cheap. Please leave orders for Marmalade Frnit to arrive shortly.—Mrs Adams, Saanders' Bnildinep. WANTED Known.-—Mrs Hooper, Monthly Nurse, Alford Forest Road, will be pleased to receive patients. Terms moderate. 5 112 VyATCHES, Clocks, etc., (all guaran *■ teed) at wholesale cost for one month only. Now's your time.—Lbms den's. 3 219 WANTED Known—The whole of the stock to be sacrificed by order of the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 26 WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Regatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2s 6d.—W. H. Collier. ITTANTED Known-Before buying VV your Hats come and see our Stock. Greatest variety to choose from in Aflhburton. AH marked very Cheap. —H. O. Seoehs, Melford House. MRS ALOORN has on sale for he Holidays a varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goods, and Christmas Presents—Saundera Buildings. WANTED Known.— For Millinery, Mantles, Jackets, Ulsters, and Macintoshes, Ladies' and Children's underclothing, try Mitchell & Turner. OYSTERS and Fresh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Co.'* Shop, Burnett street ABhburton. 2 62 ANTED" Known. — Embroideries from Id a yard, Corsets 3s lid, ladies' Ulatera from4s lid, Ladies' Gloves four pair for Is, Kid Gloves four buttons Is 6cl.- Arcade Hou.se. 63 WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. Silbk's, Optician. WAITED Known—All accounts duo in tho Estate of RoßEift Aicorn must be paid at once. Office hours : 10 to ] and 2 to 4, Saundere' Buildings. XT/ ANTED Known—The Corner is YY showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Collier, ALL Claims against the Estate of Robert Alcorn should be sent in at onoe.—Saunders Buildings, May 22. YlSlTthe Sale. Trimmed Millinery going at any price Ladies' Under dothing reduced to 20 per cent, below cost.—Arcade House. 4 64 /"CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, KJ Own make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pinafores.— Mrs Alcorn, Saunders' Buildings. *4y ANTED Known.- Ladies are j * * invited to inspect the Novelties in our Dress Department and Show Room without being pressed to buy.—Mitchell akd Turner. W" ANTED Known -L W Pants<3s lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d, Worsted Socks 6& per pair.—Arcade House 425 SALTS now on— White Calico 2s lid per dozen, Towels 2% 6d per dozen, Lace, Curtains, from Is lid per pair, at Arcade House. 4 27 W" ANTED Known.—Cheviot*, Hop sacks, Diagonals, Fast Dye Serges, Tweeds and Fancy Dresses, &c,, with Trimmings to match at Mitchell and Turner's. Trj ANTED Known —The Cheapest VV Rouse In town for First-class Millinery and Drapery is H. C. Severs, Melford House. NO Stimulant has given so much favor with the Natives as Health Tea. It must be good. Ask your Grocer for it. WANTED Known.— 31bs of our noted 23 Tea for 5s Id. For other quotations see Price List on Page 3.—John Ore & Co. 5J97 riTANTED Known—All goods in Show * * Room to be slaughtered at any price.—Arcade Bouse. 4 28 WANTED Knuwn^-f omatoes, good ripe Grapes, Plums, Appieß, etc., at Marsden's Fruit Shop, below Mitchell and Turner's. 2 109 WANTED Known — Men's strong Tweed Suits from 16s 6d; shirts from 2s 6d.—Arcade House. 4 24 n RUSHED Oats, os per Back. Al , kinds of Farm and Mill Produce cheap for cash.—J. Thomas, Havelock Street-. WANTED Known—Just received a Large Winter Stock of Boots. Liberal discount for cash. As usual, we do the best work. Repairs dons at once k staff of men always ready at J. Moison's, the Premier Bootmaker, Town Hall Boob Store, East Street, Aehburton. 6 163 GOOD afternoon. Mrs Smith. Not feelh>g well? Have » cup of Health Tea! Nothing so invigorating and strengthening! My word, Mrs Brown, this is simply lovely, Wholeeale and retail at Zamder's. /""I UN-"*! Guns ! Gunn ! My new stock ' I of Gunsj uhR to hand direct from rhf manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Lnaderß Rifles, etc. In »> «4on invited. No nW utock to select hoia ni J, W, Haedlky's Sportingi Repository j



'Wanted. XX7 ANTED Known. — Men s Tweed ' w Suite 169 6d, Men's Tweed Trousers 7s lid, Mens' Strong Flannellette Shirts 2s 6d, Mens' and Boys' Boots and Shoes greatly reduced.—Arcade House. 465 NEW Indoor Games Accordeons from 8a 6J, Aatoharpa 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.—L, F. Andebwbs & Co Stationers' Hall.



business notices. IMPORTANT WATCHMAKING ANNOUNCEMENT. 8. Salek, JPRATICAL WATCHMAKER and MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, IDEfiS to annonnoe the arrival of a LARGE STOCK OF ROTHERHAM'S MATERIALS for Watch Repairs. Every Slagle Part (ready finished) of a Rotherham's Watch kept; also a Large Stock of Finished Parts for all other Watches. - —. Where repairs through..; Breakages are needed, time and expense is thus saved j in finishing which means^Money. S- SALEK therefore announces what must prove a , Great Consideration these Hard Times. A BIG REDUCTION IN THE COST » Ot? 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.



JfK W fg BAL AN D Clothing Factory SPEOIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. WE WISH to draw your attention to the Specially LOW PRICES of High-class Goods. Mens All Wool Tweed Suits, our own make, 23s 9d Men's All Wool Tweed Trousers, our own make, 9s 6d Men's All Wool Tweed Overcoats, our own make, 29s 6d Boots. Boots. Boots, TRY US FOR A PAIR. THE LEADINcThOUSE 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 a Trousers to measure from 1.4s 6d. Colonial Tweed. WATERPROOF GOODS. Men's, Youths', and Ladies' The number we have sold this sea ion is a guarantee that; we keep the genuine Artie! fl The""BISMARK" Sewing Machins is now to be had afc the New Zealand Cloth ing Factory. The Cheapest and Best Machine in the World. On time pay ments —2s 6d per week. HALLENSTEIN BROS. ALEX. HENDRY, I Manager.



Holloway's Pills.—Weak Stomach.— The wisest cannofc enumerate one quarter of the distressing symptoms arising from imper fect or disordered digestion, all of which can be relieved by those admirable pills They remove cankery taste from the mouth, flatuency, and constipation. Holloway's Pills rouse the -stomach, liver, and every organ, thereby _ bringing digestion to that healthy tone which fully enables it to convert all we eat and drink to the nourishment of our bodies. Hence these pills are the surest strengthened and the satesfc restoratives in nervousness, wasting, and chronic debility. Holloway's Pills are infallible remedies for impaired appetite, eructations, and a multi tude of other disagreeable symptoms which render the lives of thousands miserable indeed. These pills are approved by all classes, t {



IT ATEST Telegram.—The Governoro -LJ Yictorh has ordered that none bu Health Tea shall be used in Government House. Pure Bl«od is the Secret op Health Gordon's Blood Pills cleanse the lyatem of ali impure blood, care indigestion.con-. ' stipation* liver complaint, pains in back and sides, biliousness, sick headache; remove pimples, scrofula, scurvy, etc. Large box, 6a; two boxes, 10s, poafc free, S. W« Claytouj Box 23i, Duuedio



There a?? Imitations of Eucalypti c Extract ia tbe market now, products of B<mplo distillation forming rude resinous oils. In order that then crude* nils may not be taken, Our Pubk Volatile Eucalypti Extract, which is recognised by the medical division of ihe Prussian Government to be of per fectly pure origin, as their information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2.1873 we state: - ia proved by tests by the Medical CUaioa of be Universities at Bonn and Oriefgwald, Prussia, and reported by Or Schulz, Profe«sor of Parmncology, at Bon, and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Greifswald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of acids, resinoci and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develops the sanative qualities proper to the plant according to these authorities, and according to Pro ssor Dr Lister of England, and to Drs Bauer, clntire, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America, is the only extract corresponding to scientific tests, and the enly on which possesses the proper therapeutic valie, Sander & Son's Eucalypti Extract All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which h»ve, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal medicament. These so called Eucalypti Extracts which may have received distinction at Exhibitions as commercial articles are uaed for meouanicul pur oses are only discernible:— 1 By their deficiency In pungent odour (which out product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extracts de volopes most freely through its surplus of oxygen) By their alcoholic thinWd mobile appearance, being recuced In specfHc density through the presence of acide By their taste, the result of th contracting tea dency of resits and tennates. If these crude oils, so called eucalypti extracts an applied by mistake in cases o croup, bronchitis, diph theria, internal fnfammations, dysentery, wounds, the consequences are appalling For safety always ask for SANBEK AND SON S EUCALYPTI EXtBAOT and set the old, weil-tes'ed and reliable preparation,—S«Ki hurst, Victoria. Australia. SANDER i