Ashburton Guardian MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1894. LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

Agitators for decentralisation and that a larger measure of legislative power and control of affairs more im mediately affecting settlers in their respective districts should be given to local bodies will be pleased to learn that in London the local self-govern ment principle has been carried to an extraordinary extent. The Gladstone Government had a Local Government Bill before the House last session over which some tall party talk was indulged in, and if the bill had become law in its original form quite a reso lution would have taken place in the whole system of the administration of local affairs ia both town and country. It is probable that next session there will be a further reference to this question, more especially as it affects Scotland, and in all likelihood, as Ireland and Scotland are usually made the experi mental stations for new legislation, something very startling will be sub mitted. But meanwhile London is taking full advantage of the measure of local government already possessed, i and the London County Council has several schemes on hand that are start ling in their magnitude. Not content j with building new bridges on the better ment principle, acquiring tramways, and opening public parks at a rate fast enough to r-uralise the suburbs of London, they must seek " fresh woods and pastures new" to satisfy the cravings of their communistic hunger. The owners of the London Markets and Water Companies are to be bought out, Covent Garden Market is to pass from the Duke of Bedford, and the Borough, Spitalfields, Shadwell, and Stratford Markets are also to pass from private into public ownership. These are all the markets that are at present scheduled for purchase, but with the Water Companies the case is different. Tk& County Council asked for Parliamentary sanction to b,uy out " any water company which they may think desirable." This is a large order, the end of it will not be seen in ,one *sei<iswj. It will be strenuously opposed by fchs Water Companies. It js doubtful, too, whether the Londtjn ratepayers wjll endorse the progressive policy thus far. Certain it is that the policy o*' the j?^ogressive§ is doing no good ,to London n?onjQpolies ; as in stanced by the recent pajes ,ef 2few River Shares, which give increasing dividends yet only show declining values. But in the hands of the County Council the increasing divi .dezyjlgs Wjll l)e a stronS factor in the payment of ,£n^res and sinking fund, and ultimately m tfefi minion of rates, while the represantatiyes oi ph/e ratepayers will have control of the supply and use that control of course in t&ys interests of their constituents.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The navy is not strong enough in the j Mediterranean, if the Mediterranean is to be converted into a Franco-Russian lake. Tt is as strong possibly as is compatible with the financial necessities ot Sir William Harcourt.—" World." Mr Peokovet, banker, and a wealthy'; Liberal and Nonconformist, has been ap pointed Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. Mr Peckover is a Quaker, and is the first Nonconformist who has ever been appointed to a Lord-Lieutenancy. At the Police Court yesterday —before Mr David Thomas, J.P. — Peter Macpheraon charged with having been drunk and dis orderly was remanded to Lyttelton for a week for medical treatment, Andrew Ferrins ior a similar offence was convicted and discharged. To the Wellington Education Board a number of the teachers in the country and other schools have applied again and again for clocks, in some instances having one already. One such application came before the Board last week, and in the course of a conversation upon the matter, Mr Fitz herbert suggested that the Board should aup ply their teachers with Waterbury watches. On Friday afternoon waa held the first ! meeting of the Chamber Music Class in i Gates' School of Music. This class has for j its object the study and cultivation of the j great masters, and will confine itself closely to that class of music. Messrs R. and C. Wood and Horace Gates have been instru mental in the formation of the class, which will meet every Friday afternoon, and should be of great assistance in advancing claasical music iv Ashburton. Mr Vecht, of the Intra-marfne Supply Company, in the course of an interview at Invercargill, said that since he had begun operations in New Zealand, the number of pigs from the north down to Oamaru had been doubled. In the absence of a buyer this would have meant collapse, but under present circumstances pigs had actually be come 10s per head dearer, thus adding about £160,000 to the national wealth. Southland was better suited for pig-growing than even Canterbury. In the case of a bad harvest the seconds could be profitably used in feed ing pigs, and the potatoes might also be used. The Company would pay 3d per lb at railway stations. Mrs J. R. Clark, a lady with a high musical reputation, and who has studied under masters of note in the musical world, pur poses visiting Aahburtbn weekly to attend to pupils, should she obtain a sufficient number to make the journeys remunerative. Her specialty is singing and voice produc tion, and as she is herself an excellent vocalist, she will hold a reception, for musical people in the School of Music on Friday next &t 4.30, when she will be pleased to welcome musical friends. Parents and guardians of young people with promising voices would do well to attend Mrs Clark's levee md hear her exposition of ballad, oratorio, and operatic music. In connection with the expulsion of a girl named Morris from the Otaki School, because her parents refused to provide a piece of calico for use at the sewing lessons, the Wellington Education Board took a legal opinion as to the power of the local com mittee to expel a scholar under such circum stances. Messrs Brandon, Hislop, and Brandon, the Board's solicitors, are of opinion that the committee cannot lawfully expel or exclude from the school any [child who does not supply material for the sewing lessons, as sewing and needlework are among the subjects prescribed by the Educalion Act to be taught to girls, and so far as the attendance of girla at the school ia concerned it is compulsory for them to attend the sew ing classes. The Board decided to forward a copy of this opinion to the Otaki School Committee, with a request that they act in accordance therewith. The North Otaao Agricultural and Pastoral Association had organised a reaper and binder trial on a somewhat extensive scale for gold, silver and bronze medals, and which attracted nine entries, including the j Massey Harris, Mercer, Adriancß, Piano, ! McCormick, Walter A. Wood, and Buckeye, The trial was to have taken place on Thurs j day in a forty bushel crop of velvet chaff wheat on the Racecourse Reserve. The trial had excited great interest. All the machines with a full staff of representatives and experts put in an appearance and did some prelimininary work under extreme difficulties on Wednesday afternoon, when the ground was found to be a perfect quag mire in places, the horses sinking up to their hocks in soft black earth. Still it was de cided to go on with the trial, and all re assembled on the ground on Thursday morn ingt It had rained pretty heavily during the night, and a thick Scotch mist having set in continued till noon. The binder men held a council of war, and unanimously decided to withdraw their machines, conse quently the trial has been abandoned. The appointment of the Earl of Elgin to be Viceroy of India puts the coping-stone on Scottish appointments abroad, remarks a contemporary. At this moment Greater Britain is virtually ruled by Scotsmen. Canada has the Earl of Aberdeen for its Governor ; Cape Colony is und°r Sir Henry Loch, a Midlothian man; New Zealand is under the Earl of Glasgow; Victpria under the Earl of Hopetoun j South Australia under th« Earl of Kintore; New South Wales under Sir Robert Duff; British New Guinea under Sir William McGregor ; the Mauritius under Sir Charles Cameron Lees; St Helena under Mr Grey Wilson, an Ayrshire man ; and the Barbadoes under Sir J. S. Hay. All in their turn are under Mr Gladstone, whose father was a Leith man. The Foreign Affairs are entrusted to the Earl of Rosebery, the Army is controlled by Mr Campbell Banner man, the Home Affairs are managed by Mr Asquith, a Scottish member of "Parliament. This should go some way to avenge Flodden. —The " Scottish American."

We are requested to mention that hence- . forth mails for Ashburton will close at Wakanuiß.3o a.m.; at Riverside 9.15 a.m.; at Seaview 10.15 a.m., and at Kyle 1.15 p.m. ; instead of as hitherto. Other offices remain unaltered. At a meeting of the directora of the Ash burton Industrial Building Society on Thursday evening, a ballot was taken for retiring directora and Messrs Zander, Mac pherscn, and Heseltine, who are eligible for re-election, fell to the lot. Mr John 3. Restell was appointed directors' auditor for the year, and the ballot for the next appro priation of £300 was fixed for March 30. Some English doctors have made a mis take in supposing that triplets reaching the age of 21 was an unprecedented event. A lady tells of girl triplets at Horncastle, daughters of a clergyman, who all lived to be more than 80 years of age. Trip'ets, frwo sisters and a brother, of advanced age, are living to-day with their mother at South port. Messrs Ritchie, Secretary for the Agricul tural Department, and Valentine, Govern ment dairy expert, and Sawera, Government dairy instructor, arrived in Ohristohurch on Thursday, and inspected the cool storage of the Harbor Board at Lyttelton, which they pronounced admirably suited for the storage of dairy produce between the manufacturer a>nd shipment, and the charges extremely moderate. Yesterday they inspected the working of Messrs Withell and Sons patent milker at the inventor's farm, Brookside, and expressed the opinion that it would pro bably form a most important labor saving adjunct to dairying. Cowa that had been milked by the machine for three months were carefully examined and were found not to have sustained the slightest injurious effect. i The " Wellington Press" says:—Although it is not long since several men in the city narrowly escaped serious injury by explod ing dynamite, that fact does not appear to have had a deterrent effect upon others. At the Magistrate's Court a carter named Patrick Minogue and two men employed by him named Thomas Barton and John McCarthy, were charged on the information •ffche Inspecter of Nuisances {Mr Doyle) with having blasted rock within the city boundaries without having first obtained a permit from the City Council. In eack case a fine of 40s and costs 9s was imposed, his Worship pointing out that he could not dea' leniently with these offenders, seeing that he had already cautioned the defendants in a previous case. In that instance the per sons had exploded the dynamite because " another lunatic " had set them to do it. In the present instance the defendants should have been perfectly well aware of the danger of what they were doing and, as to the con tention of Barton and McCarthy that they were only employes of Minogue, and that they thought he had obtained a permit—well, i it was their duty to have satisfied themselves [ upon this point before they engaged in the work. The explosion was m»de in Clyde ! quay, and he must protect the people who j move about that locality.

The Terrible Times.

A LEARNED PROFESSOR GIVES SOME VALUABLE IDEAS.

" These are times that try men's souls." The speaker was one of the leading profes sors in a well-known medical college, and he was addressing an audience of ladies and gentlemen who had assembled to listen to his wisdom. " The bank suspensions, the mercantile failures, the scarcity of money, the dulness of business and the anxiety connected with it, all bring a fearful pressure on men and women at this juncture. Is it any wonder chat we hear of suicides and other desperate deeds at such times as these ? Men are under a terrible strain, and women naturally suffer by sympathy. "All these things are to be expected, but \ as far as the feelings and health are con cerned their effects may easily be overcome. I do not mean by running away from duty or by resorting to the use of stimulants; but I will tell you what I do mean. " For a number of years past, among all the discoveries and inventions of science, one ! preparation has stood out prominent ard pre-eminent. It has done more to relieve men when over-burthened, and to make women happy instead of despondent, than any other discovery of modem times. It is ! that incomparable preparation known as Warner's Safe Cure. You have all of you, or nearly all, heard of it, and are aware of the popularity ie has acquired, and the high standing it maintains. " But you cannot know so well as the professional man the important relation it sustains to suffering humanity. I have met i with men who were run down, debilitated, discouraged, despairing, who have been brought back by its means to health and hopefulness, their ambition restored, and their prosperity assured. I have seen women who were pale, weak, and suffering, the victims of family cares and the general worries ot life, restored to rosy health and happiness. These are facts which have been proved in the experience of multitudes of people, and that cm be easily verified in every community among which the remedy has been introduced." 14 It is by the persistent use of this great discovery that men and women may be en abled to combat successfully the trying times that are now upon us. Certainly there is no such standard remedy known to us to day as Warner's Safe Cure ; nothing which takes hold of the system so gently, yet so powerfully. Undoubtedly it should be used by all who are either run down or are suffer ing from the causes I have indicated. The worries of life and mental anxieties now so common, occasioned by an almost universal depression in business, are matters largely calculated to have a prejudicial effect on the chief organs of the human system, produoing derangement of the kidneys, liver, bladder, etc. These again affect the condi tion of the blood, rendering it impure and unwholesome. Warner's Safe Cure pos sesses a specific influence over these organs —hence it is that the medicine has gained the,credit, and rightly so, among reflecting minds for meeting the exigencies of the pre> vailing terrible times.

CABLE NEWS

China will remain neutral in future parleying in connection with tbe Pamirs. The House of Lords has ammended the Parish Councils Bill by restricting the franchise to ratepayers. The Bank af Australasia objects to readmit the reconstructed Banks on discount rates. The Queen and the Prince of Wales and the Kaiser will attend the marriage of the Duke of Hesse to Princess Victoria at Coburg in April. j One of the native journals published in Cairo says that Lord Cronier has increased the hatred felt by the Egyptians towards the English. The prosecution has been allowed a week to consider whether it will prefer a fresh indictment against Harness and others connected with th.B Medical Electric Company. Owing to President Cleveland's autocratic bearing and bis refusal to consult or parley with the party, a section of the Democrats have openly expressed their disloyalty. The new tariff and income tax proposals passed the Lower House by 203 to 140 amid great enthusiasm. Bayley's Reward claim at Coolgardie has struck wonderfully rich gold in a hundred foot level. The face grows richer as it is opeoed up, and is now yellow with gold. Very rich leaders have als« been discovered in a number of other claims.

The Sydney Affray.

Sydney, February 2. The burglars are believed to be well known Victorian criminals, but no thing is known by the police here I about them except that one, Mont gomery, is a native of New Zealand. Although the robbers got nothing they had succeeded in cutting the black out of the safe. They will be charged with unlawfully wounding and attempted murder. The Premier visited the injured policemen in the hospital. One of them, Bowden, is in a very serious condition. Sir Geo. Dibbs has issued instructions to immediately arm the police with revolvers. It has been decided to substantially reward the men for their courage.

MR GLADSTONE.

London, February 1. Mr Gladstone says he is ignorant of the course of possible events during the remainder of the session. The " Pall Mall Gazette " repeats its statement, and adds that Mr Glad stone's resignation is virtually decided on, and he is preparing his supporters for an early withdrawal. The Press almost unanimously dis credits the "Pall Mall Gazettes" i statement. Political circles have denied the statement made by the " Pall Mall Gazette" that Mr Gladstone intended to retire from political life His Secretary wired to Mr Glad stone at Biarritz, inquiring as to the truth of the rumor. The latter in reply said he recognised that his tenure of office was liable to be interrupted at any time, but he had not said or done anything which would restrain the absolute freedom of his colleagues. Mr Herbert Gladstone states that his father is in the best of health, and that he is eager for the fight at the forthcoming session.

The Trouble in South Africa.

Capetown, February 1. Mr Rhodes says that steps must be taken to put a stop to the native outrages and aggression in the Pondo land territory on the east coast of South Africa.

The Anarchists.

Bomb, February 1. Italian Government has adopted a plan to extirpate Anarchists. Mer lino, the Anarchist leader, has been arrested.

New South Wales Parliament.

Sydney, February 2. During last night's sitting of the Legislative Assembly the galleries were twice cleared at the direction of the Chairman of Committees. The point was raised as to whether the Chairman of Committees had power to order the galleries to be cleared, and the Speaker ruled he had no such power.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, February 2. The cable message on Tuesday referring to » meeting of the Union Bank of Aus tralia at London has been altered in trans mission and made to refer to the Bank of Australasia, The message was correctly sent from Wellington. It appears pro perly in the northern papers, bat seems to have been mishandled on its w»y south, Rbefton, February 2. A fire occurred at Black's Point early this morning, resulting in the destruction of Tonkin's hotel and Walsh's store, while the Albion hotf 1 alar was consider ably damaged. The Reefton brigade proceeded to the spot, and with the exertions of local residents stopped the pread of the fire. Most of the contents of the burned buildings were saved. The New Zealand office had a policy of £500 on Tonkin's hotel, which lapsed in November. Walsh's store and contents ware insured in the Commercial Union for £175. Nelson, February 2. The first show of the Golden Bay Agricultural Association was held at Takaka yesterday, and was a pronounced success. About fifteen hnndred persons were present. The exhibits _in most classes were numerous, including dairy products and fruit, including locally arrown oranges and lemons. Mr Mo- j Kenzie M.H.R. opened, the show to-da,y, >

HAWAII.

[PEB, PEKSS ASSOCIATION] Auckland, January 2. From Hiwaiian files to hand it appears ' the reported landing of American troops, and fighting with loss of life, as cabled, had no foundation whatever. On the dale referred to there was great excitement in Honolulu as it was expected troops would be landed aad resistance was anticipated, but no conflict whatever took place, Up to the departure of the Alameda no attempt had bean made to restore the Queen,

Corporal Punishment.

PBB PRESh ASSOCIATION.

Wellington, February 2. A good deal of comment has been caused by a letter signed "G. B. Davy " which appeared in the " Mew Zealand i Times " recently, complaining that his daughter had been beaten and ill-used at the Girls' High School. At a meeting of the Board of Governors to-day a letter was received from the principal denying that corporal punishment was made a practice of at the school, and explaining that the girl having given a good deal of trouble had been slapped, but not beaten severely as was alleged. The Board received Miss Hamilton's explana tion as quite satiafaccory,

The Swittest War Vessel Afloat.

The Cramps (writes the New York cor respondent of the Sydney "Herald") have fulfilled their promise of building the swif tsst war vessel afloat, for, on her trial trip, the Columbia has made a record for 44 miles of 22'8i knots an hour. At times she did much better than this, and when the stiffness is out of the engines she can easily at any time be pushed to 25, or perhaps 25| knots an hour. Her sister ship, the Minneapolis, will be ready for testing in May next, and ought to do even better. Both are triple-screw boats, but the third screw is at a different level to the main screws and farther astern. When planned there was no American founder who could forge a shaft capable of the strain of 11,000 horse-power; and as the specifications called fot 21,000 •total horse-power, the adoption of three screws was a matter of necessity. Now, shafts of any required length could be ob tained, bub the Oramps are so pleased with the experiment that they will, in future, put three screws in all their large vessels. All of the live new American line greyhounds now contracted for will be thus equipped, and they will probably average twenty-five knots. The new American navy, therefore, at any rate in point of speed, is of a quality that will put even the most expert and daring Eoglish builders on their mettle. No one, however, can see very far into the future of shipbuilding now that the American inventor has begun to grapple with it in earnest. AH sorts of startling innovations are from time to time an nounced id the technical journals, and it is not wise to scoff too loudly at any of them; for what nautical monster was so ridiculed as the now established and re cognised " whaleback ?" It is worth noting, too, that American shipowners have of late, excepting only the unlucky line to Brazil, done fairly well. The new freight line from Norfoik, VirgEaia, is already successful, and a new line has just started from Boston, which, as soon as it can replace its present chartered ships with others specially built for its own use, will have five vessels with a minimum ppeed of 20 knots. Even the whaling fleet has dona better this year than for many seasons. The Arctic fleet has brought home 5,000,000 gallons of oil and no less than 250 tons of whale bone. It has also secured as a by-product some hundreds of pounds of that most precious of all merchandise-ambergris— which is still literally worth its weight in gold. •■ '

Why the Navy is Deficient"?

The " Daily Chronicle" declares that everybody who has given any adequate attention to the subject knows that in time of a general war we should send Indian reliefs not by the Suez Canal, but; by the Cape of Good Hope. As this is the case, is it worth while to keep up in the Mediterranean a naval force which France feels to be in the nature of a standing intimidation ? One main reason for keeping such a force there, hitherto, has been the maintenance of the balance of power—that is, the maintenance of the rotten Turkish Empire. The English public long ago came to the conclusion that this game was not worth the candle ; yet we have gone on in naval administra tion just aa though the retention of the Sultan and his Pashas in Constantinople were the be-all and end-all of our im perial policy. If a general war should unhappily arise in which we were opposed to France, ib is scarcely possibly that our trade with countries bordering the Medi terranean could be kept up, even if we had wiped out all the battleships of the French Navy; for her fast cruisers, which our naval officer? admit we could not keep in her ports, would devote themselves to preying on our commerce. The whole question of our presence in the Mediterranean, therefore, rests upon a question of foreign policy; and this again resolves itself into the problem— Are we going to support Turkey in her barbarism and are we going to stay in Egypt 1 Of course, we do not suppose that our policy in these respects can be* changed in a day ; but we must not for get this issue in what we are going to do with our Navy, for that is at the bottom of what our Navy must be in snips and men.

Zone Railway Fares.

It will be remembered that a remark able revolution in railway traveling was brought abouc in Hungary some years ago by the introduction of cheap fares and the zone system. The fares were reduced from about 40 to SO per cent., and the country divided into zonea, hav ing Buda Pesth as their centre. The first aone is about fifteen miles broad, the second to the twelfth and thirteenth fifteen miles, and the fourteenth includes all the rest of the country. The fare for each zone is lOd first class, 8d second, and 5d third j while the rates are reduced one-half for parties of workmen. What the new system has accomplished (re marks the "London Daily Hews") is shown in a report just issued by the Hungarian Government dealing with th© working of the State railways for the year 1891 and 1368. From nine million passengers carried in 1888, the year pre vious to the introduction of the zone system, the number has risen to over twenty-eight and a half millions—an in crease of 216 per cent. The result 3» almost entirely due to the new sjaiero, the augmentation being six times greater than on the Austrian railways daring the same period. The receipts have im proved to the extent or 40 percent. Third class carriages, were abolished last year on express trains running beyond' the short distances. The growth of the traffic in the first) zone by the ordinary trains hag been as much as 627" par cenfc. mostly in the third class. It la note worthy that the first and fourteenth* zwnes, ox the shortest and longest dis tances, give the largest teestlts, both in the number o£ peigctQft Qawied wt thf receipts,,

THE ASBBUKTOiS GUARDIAN : SATURDAY, FEBBUABY 3, 1894.



HARVEST CBLI2aU«iS, OF 1894, WILL FIND THEIR WAY TO U. J. NEILL and Oo's A3 THEY GIVE THE BEST VALUE IN ASHBURTON FOR READY MONEY. DRAPERY AJNJD CLOXHIISTO. V^omen's Hats 6d Turkey Rec 1 sid Women's Ribbed Hose 6d Men's Tweed Suits 16* 6d Chiffons in ah colors U 33, reduced to Men's Colonial Tweed Suits 19* 6d g|d Boys' Tweed Suits from 3i lid Washing prints 2s lid doz A ftw Boys' Washing Suits leffc, to be "White Muslin 3a lid doz cleared at 3s Pd Summer Dresse3 33 lid Boys' Caps 6d each Cretonne 3^i Men's Braces 8d Double-bed"Sheeting 9id 20doz Men's Merino Socks 6d Berlin Wool Is lid BOOTS, BOOTS. The Best and Cheapest Boots in New Zealand are to be had at G. J. NEILL AND GO'S. Men's English Balmorals 7s lid Babies Slippers Is pair Men's Strong Leather Shoes 7s lid Canvas and tan Leather Shoos, in all! Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid sizes at ridiculous prsces Women's stroHg Leather Shoes 5a lid A very large assortmaat of Children s Women's strong Elastic-side Boots 8s and Maid's Gem shoes m lam and od, reduced to 6a lid Black. Good and cheap WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION, SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RETURNS AT Q. I HEILL & 00% FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET, mt ,„,,..,, ■ ..,.„-..,..«.-...^^ . ■•««"' • < >.ii«™«. '"in ■ ■ »»■"*"«•-•■■■ ■■ j Re The Assigned Estate of Messrs Hirdley Bros* gEE the Value in Oar PIUM REDUCED to HALF PRICE 1 WASHING DRILLEW REDUOHJD FROM % to 6|D. Ail Press Materials KBDUOED TO NEARLY fIALB 1 THE FORMER PKtuES, FOR IS3TANCB PLAIN CASHMERES, REDUCED FROM 16Jd TO 9d. SUUIPE AND CHECK ALL WOOL DRESS TWJSED REDUCED FROM 14d TO Bd, AND ALL OTHER DRKSS MATERIALS EQUALLY REDUCEO. HECK GINGHAMS REDUCED FROM 10*0 TO B*o. i i ALL MANCHESTER GOOD 3 SUCH AS CALICOES, STOCKINGS, \ FLANNELS, BLANKETS, HOLLANDS, TICKING, SHIRTINGS, SELSEIAS, FLOOR-OLOTHJ, ETC, REDUCED TO COST PRICE. MEN'S SHIRTS, HATS, SOCKS, TIES, Etc, REDUCED TO COST PRICE, AND IN MANY OASES| |VERY MUCH UNDER COST. Men's and Boy*' Clothing. m OUR MEN'S ALL WOOL' COLONIAL |SUITS AT 32 i 60 AND 35s 60, NOT TO BE BKATBN IN |THE COLONY. 4 THIS HOUSE HAS ALWAWS BEEN NOTED FOR; THEREBY BEST VALUE IH BOOTS • * BUT NOW COMEJ AND SEr. \V. w. SPBKCEB. a; roa dc, ashburton



j Wanted \ j TITANTED, Contract Stackers atorxe. JOHN GRTGG, 1 129 Longbeach. J MR W. CORRIE JOHNSTON will give an address on Lord's Day afternoon ab 3 o'clock, and in the even ; ing at. 6.30, In the Oranga Hall. 2 14 | 1J ANTED, a strong Boy to milk and J VV make himself useful. Apply to Mrs G. H. Bryant, Ashburton Ros taurant, Burnett Sbreefc. 2 3 PR I tfIITVM. ChurchT ~ To-Morrow Morning, Rev. J. Cocker and J Missior Band. Evening Snbjecfc—Sam son, physically Btrong, morally weak. 215 BalFtI ST' C!HURChT^morrow] Preacher—Rev A, Ager. Morning — Lord's Prayer. Kvening Subject " The Chri tian Flower Garden." 2 10 MRS HOMERSHAM will resume her usual Ckvssea for Drawing and Painting on Wednesday next, at her rooms in Saundert' Buildings. 2 12 W~ ANTED KnownT-^AII kinds of Ripe Fruits kept all the year round ; indistinguishable from fresh gathered. Cheapest and simplest process. Recipe free.—J. M. Cambridge, Ashburton Drug Company. 2 11 tITAISTED to Let, Business^Premises » near post office. Also foar roomed house, half-acre land.—H. WL Jones. 2 8 /""I OOD Sheaf and Straw Chaff j very \JT cheap for cash. Also, all kinda of Mill and Farm Produce.—J, Thomas, Havelock street. 2 2 W~~ ANTED Known.—l 2 pounds" of Plums tor 2s 6d at Marsdkn's Fruit Shop, below Mitchell and Turner's. Assorted fruits of all kinds. 1 182 ■ OST, from Hampstead, bay Foal, ten -" weeks old. Finder rewarded on returning same to P. Williams, East Belt. IJ6O GOOD Kidney Potatoes, by sack or cwb., for sale cheap.—Apply, A. W. Rand ell, Ashburton. 1 4 WANTED Known.—Half as much again in presents given to each ?urchaser during Christmas and New ear. H. C. Segers, Meiford House. PIANOS, Pianos, Organs, Organs, from 20s per month. Cycles, Cycles, cash or terms. Extras,—H. M. Jones. * ■pAUSODONOPTIO SPECTACLES, XT Pausodonoptio Spectacles, Pauso donoptic Spectacles, Pausodonoptic Spectacles, Pausodor.opbic Spectacles.— Lumsden, Experienced Oculists' Optician, Taticred street. 1 136 W~ ANTED Known.—Extra value in presents now being given away for Christmas and New Year. Cheapest House in Town.—H C. Segehs, Meiford House. e^ UITS to measure, during the sale, 49s ) 555, 60s, 70s, and 755. Fit and workmanship guaranteed.—R. Alcokn, Saunders' Buildings. IF yov. want fit at-class fruit go to Adasis' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. AWED7"Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the ac;e. H. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 MRS ALCORN has on sale for the Holidays vaiiwi assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goo Is and Christmas Presents. Saunders' Buildings DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap does Uw work. No rubbing. No machines. 11 182 DON'T Forgeb to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to uo repaired, at moderate rat-as. Tj^T^NTED"Knolm"^w7Wr Collijer's W noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s I 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. WANTED Known—Spectacles, eya protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical Hue at S, Salek's, Optician. W" ANTED Known —"The Corner "is showing a magnificent N*w Stock of Drapery and Clothiaq.—W. H. Collier. _ /"CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, \J Own make in Udies' and children's underclothing, Aprons and Pinafores. Mrs Aloorn, Saunders' Building. ANTED Known.—Meiford House cheapest shop in town, extra value in presents now being given to each purchaser till further notice.—H. 0. Bbobhs. i ____ _ WANTED, tha Public to know that Hakdlby's Tanka are giving univer sal satisfaction. Testimonials if required. Fow is the time for Baths and 'Janka, from 30a upwards. SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest the largest, tha best, and the cheap eß t Small flood* a specialty. Full weights guaranteed, A brial solicited. _W, J. SttOOOK. ___^ '■iH&T which brings most light and -*- hope to poorest homes is litan Soap. n m Known. ■— Our Cheap W Slippers aie selling in dozens. Children's from Is, women's is 9J. Buy one pair and you will buy more.- Mitchell and Turner^ W~~ Ajfl'ED Known—That A. J. Walker repairs Bicyclee, Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowers, Medical Coils, md all descriptions of light machinery. Known.—To Harvesters V » —Dungaree JB«k?ts and Overalls, Harvest H»tß and Shirts an 4 Stfiw of all kinds, at prices to meab the times.— Mitchell & Turner. MHIDWAL Coils made and repaired oix the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walk's, Old Kinder garten. _ r.-.--T.'-— VJrrAKTJBD~^n«wn.--No maskable W *>*«* will be refused for |c balance of o.«r Smn-naer Dresses, MiUi nery, md M»fctles, - Mijec-hbia ato 'i'tXRUB^ _ _ , —-:-- :-.■■.■-.: "tT"»"AJS'i IED Known.—To make smm W *or Spring Booto I will giye t,en „' cen t for cash. Repairs done at once &p?r 41 over to stay bad taj- over IxTaSIVD. all Farmers to reduce W hZk'/'i large Stock of this usual ridiculous low m» ty c Gallon .or Case. _....,^.^.^--.^^ WANTED all and sundry to know that HARWLEy is still to the fro^fc with all glasses of Tinware. Bepairs promptly eKeetttri. Spouting and ilidging made and (fixed ajb unheard of ratos. l SALE, of Books, Stationery Cf tow Goofis, WttH^^P." 'i™ Screens, Pictures, Ulms o.rmwtf*> Ohristwas .C(*&, Qn^ket and Layn fennis Material, P}u>tO A bums and Fxtwm, wd handreds qf^ cfl^r articles wx> &^ »old » «re»t sacrifice for Cash 1 duci«2 AWo woimh Q«ly« T f/' *-•



£su&i*i«sß Notioes nTsALEKT WATCHMAKER, & MANU- I FACTORING JEWELLER. XTIOR HIGH-CLASS GOLD & SILVER -E JEWELLER?, PLATE & MARBLE CLOCKS, pay a visit to the Jewellery Establishment of S. SALEK, Prac tical Watchmaker, Manufacturing Jeweller,|and Oculist-Optician. i ——— SOLE AGENT for Lazarus' Patented System of Sight Testing and *' Spccialite " Spectacles, ensuring comfort and correct Sight. FIRST-CLASS WORKMANSHIP IN WATOH, OLOOK, AND j JEWELLERY REPAIRS. 8. Salek 5 east street. new zealand CIiOTIIIMtt FACTOBY. THE "BISMARCK," HIGH-VRM SEWING MACHINES, have all the latest improvements. A First-olass Machine at a moderate price, ! IT IS SIMPLE, DURABLE, LIGHT RUNNING, NOISELESS. OUR Mr B. Hallbnstein, while in Germany, seeing the great success of the New " Bismarck" Sewing Machine succeeded in obtaining for our firm the sole proprietorship for New Zealand. HAND MACHINE, With beautiful polished cover and ail ac- Cissories £5 10a. FAMILY MACHINE, With new and handsomely designed stand £8 10s. HAND & TREADLE COMBINED, Highly finished Table and Cover £9 10s. Any of tho»e machines can be had on the time payment system 2s 6d per week. Oar Agent will have the pleasure of calling on you at an early date.



NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY HALLENSTEIN BROS., ALEX. HENDRY, Manager



KEATING'3?GWXI?S; 'e?tro-ys Bu?s, Fleas, Moth Beetlfes aild all otherTn^cts, *Misi spaa *« domistiL animals. 'W ex«fefmitia€ii% BceHes- the success of this Powder is extraordinary.- It fe V^W oiean iß'applicatbi. •„ See tho article you 'P ur~HlS KEATING S. as imi a ti6us ai'e noxious and ioefteowai Ting, fld, I a 2« "<i e«ih. $$$ W«1 ic&eipiei?'' ■'■



H4LMIII3R& Sons Eucalypti extract There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in th market now, products of siniple distillation" forming rude resinous oils. In order that thesa crude oils may not be taken, Oar Pure Volatile JBnca lypti Extract, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government to be of perfectly pure origin, as per information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March S, 1878 we abaia i-v It is proved by tests made by the Medioial Clinics of the Universities at Bonri atjd G-reifswal ', .Prussia, aud reported by Dr Schulz, .Professor of Pharmacology at Bonn, and Proffeor I)r Rosier, Director of the Medical Olinio at Greifswald, that only products that ! are saturated with oxygen and freed qf aoids, reajnous and other substances, adherent t.o primary distillation, will develop the sanative qualities proper to tho plant, according to these authorities, and according to Pro fessor Dr Lister, of England, and to Dra Bauer, Mcln.tire, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America, Js tho only exUw'eon-er.pQ.ijdjnßte Eckntific teat^, and the only one which poflSDs'sfiStti6'fV(ip I|si'1|si' fchewßfiufcic value, SAKDMIt & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT AUother crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which have, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal medicament. These so called Eucalypti Extracts, which may h&ve received dist nctbn at Exhibitions os commercial articles and are used for mechanical pur poses only are discernible :— f By their deficiency in pungent odour (whion our PFflißct, the only genuine Eucalypti Extrac de vJmw fc-sat tsmly through its surplus o£ osy o ). 2 By''olelJ:''(^.cpkqUc tbiu andniobilo appearance, being reduced m sjjecf4o %Mfy i 1?; o.^ £ h« presents of a«}ida: " 3. By theif taste, the result of the conwaotmg ten dency of resiua and tsnuatos. If these crude oi'.s, to called euoalyptl extraots are ipplied by inistike in oaaes of croup, bronchitis, diph theria, internal inflammations, dysentery, wounds, thfe thecmsequencesre most appalling. For safety alvvay ask always for Sander and Bom JSncaWpti Extract and get the old, well-tested »nd |re]|abl(i mei»riitiion.--SaodhuMt, Victoria, AasW^ -• '



PILLu THE Pi-^T Family Medicine CURE SICK HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION, PysTiepsia, Li? $r Trebles MASY TO TAKM PURELY VEGETABLE The delicate sugar-coating of Ayer's Pills dissolves immediately on reaching the stoin i«i;h. and permits the full strength of eacli inairedient to bo speedily assimilated. As a <ivtl\iiitic, cithyr for triivollers or as aiamily medicine, -Ay.er,'^ Pills are the beat in the wnHfl. ■' ' '■ ■ ••' Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass., U. S. 'Ai'-' ■ •■ ' Every Ppse Effective. Ifßeware of clieaji irnitatioriA. Tho name—Ayer's I'ills—is jirominetii; on \}ik' wrapper, and is blown iv th^ i^as» of eavli of our bottlea.



" HOI4O way's* ipUviA ~ Enfeebled' Exist enpe.—"this medicine embraces every tri-. Uuite required in a general and domestic remedy. It overturns the foundationsare disease kid by defective food and impuof air. In obstructions or congestions of the livqr, lungs, bowels, or any other organs, these pills are especially serviceable and eminently successful. They should be kept in readiness in every family;being a medicine of incomparable utility for young persons, especially those of |eeb|e jonsjitubiwis. They, never cause pain or irritate ijhe most sensi-. tiye nerves or most teoder, bowels. Hollo way's Fills are the best knp^n purifiecs 06 the blood, the mos^ active promoters of absorption and secretion, whereby, all po^s^n. ous and roost obpoxkms particles ar,e removed rom b^bjoUda»Sl^f •,