Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1894. POLLING DAY.

The New South Wales Parliament has passed a resolution in fUvor of making the polling day at general elections a public holiday. The House, by a majority, passed the resolution in spite of the opposition of the Government, who were not in favor of it. The resolution, however, was not a party question, so that members voted as they felt on the question. Much could very easily be said in favor of making election day a general holiday. A good deal also could be said against it. Let us see what can be said in its favor. So far as New Zealand is concerned recent legislation has placed the Government schools at the disposal of candidates for election, and the Committees must open the doors of their schools to admit candidates and the crowds who come to hear them orate upon the politics of the day. In ft very great number of districts in this colony the schools are the only rooms in which business meetings can be heid, and natuially these schools are used as polling booths at the election. They have all the advantage of being well known. In most cases they are landmarks that nobody can miss. Young as well as old know them. The young because of having as children been taught there, as having danced and sung there in the days of their adolescence ; and the old because of the difficulty most of them had in getting those schools established £n tljp interests of their children. In ttwsse sofaoof F<K>Fss every local question of burning interest has fopen fought out, and they have been made the Runymedes of many a County Council and Road Board struggle. Every budding local pelitician in the district; has aired his eloquence within those wooden watfjj, $ rid altogether the country school is the convincing gi'Oj^d ®n which many a knotfcy .question has bean settled far the weal o.r woe of the district, many & maiden bag b,een won, njauy a pleasant hour spent; and th,e school is the s&cred centre of all the [sweet associations of. youth for many a ifcijwarft soa* ojt th# gc# and sweet gM oi th^e soil's \ rearing. To thousands of am ywng people the schoolroom, because of ite usefulness in all these ways, forms the pentre of election interest. The school is ,usM Jft th.c country on election day, and on that day t^e young ones enjoy ft, holiday for ,that ,reas,oo. B0 we take a low platform indeed when .we, give the ebjldr«a & holiday only .l?e-! cause we want their school -bijtil(i|ng ag a polling booth, If there is ewe tto#

in the colony in which everybody—old and young, rich and poor, high, low, igrorant, and educated —should take a deep and enthusiastic interest, it is a general election. Let us get up a race meeting, for a comparatively few men with the propensity for gambling largely developed to risk their money on the results of the races, and the Mayor is appealed to to grant a hilf-holiday. An agricultural show is held to aid in the practical education of our breeders of stock and the tillers of our soil, and a full holiday is readily granted. Holidays are given in order to celebrate Anniversary Day, Arbor Day, Demonstration Day, and to allow those who care to do so to attend the sports meetings of the Cycling and Athletic Clubs and the Caledonian ►society. But for the one day in three years which is of all important consequence to the people, work must go on as sternly as on the most un regarded day of the year, Queen's Birthday, Prince of Wales' Birthday, Christmas Day, Hew Year's Dayi Good Friday, and Easter Monday, are all days for laying down the tools of labor, and devoting the time to amusement. But the day on which we have to select the men who, for the three years to follow, are to shape the destinies of the colony, must be de voted to hard toil the same as any other working day. On election day every man and woman in the colony is called upon to take a real live part in the government of the colony, but to do so the working man and woman must steal the time from his or her meal hour in which to discharge the duty which his or her citizenship has im posed, and exercise the right and j ! privilege which all of legal age now enjoy. For the simple duty of polling, a holiday is not necessary. A few minutes only are occupied in discharg- j ing that duty; but there is an educa^ tional view of this to be taken, and which we cannot afford to ignore, and I if election days were made general holidays, and as thoroughly celebrated as are those of the days we have men tioned above, we are perfectly satisfied that an importance would be attached to the duty of voting which it does not now carry, the school children would be early impressed with the importance of the duty they will one day be called upon to discharge, and much of the in difference displayed by ignorant adults would be dispelled and its place taken, if not by enthusiasm, at least by an in terest born of special and enforced at tention called to the duty, which is every one's,o£ taking part in tbe public business of the colony.

FLOWER SHOW TO-NIGHT.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Excursion fares in connection with the Dunedin races to be held next week are advertised. Temperance peop'e are requested to attend a meeting to be held in the Wesleyan church on Tuesday next to discuss the March elec tions. Sportsmen will be reminded by the display of guns and amtnuuintion in the window of Mr J, W. Hardley of East street that the shooting season is approaching. It is said that ducks are very plentiful this year. i To-morrow the Rev. A, Ager will give his second discburse on " Our Lord's Rsturn," and according to announcement he is to tell his hearers where the Kingdom of Heaven is* If Mr Ager can make this matter plain he will meet the desires of very many to whom it is of great consequence, A deputation ln,s requested the Minister for Lands to pay the expenses of the delegates to the agricultural conference to be held at Wellington in May. The Hon Mr McKenzie thought it unlikely this could be done, but promised to give the use of Bellamy's, if parliament was not sitting. TOmorrow afternoon the Rev. Chodowski I will lecture in the Masonic Hall on the Talmud. The lecture will be delivered under the auspices of the local branches of the Masonic order, but it should be dia- ] tinctly understood that the public will be heartily welcome to hear this interesting lecture. A full Masonic ohoir and orchestra will assist at the meeting. During the morning sitting of the Presby terian General Assembly on Thursday, while the case of the Rev. Mr Neil was under consideration, several members were noticed to be leaving the meeting. A member rose and objected to anyone leaving while the case was before the house. Others agreed and Hajd jb was unfair that membera who did nob hear the case through should vote upon it. The clerk (the Pev. D. Sidej), about whose meaning when he expresses him self there is seldom any doubt, rose and said, " If any member leaves the house while this case is under consideration be will have no expenses allowed him." The threat highly amused members, but it was signifi cant that no one left after this announce ment. During the debate in the Presbyterian General Assembly yesterday, on the report of the committee on the state of religion and morals, various suggestions were made as to the best methods of improving the morals of the community. The newspapers came in forsome ad verse comments because of £h.eir publishing betting information. One earnest layman f roma Northern city appeared inclined to go further thai} his brethren, and suggested a reform of the newspapers. He aaid, " I feel the newspapers are a great power but I have never heard of prayer being offered in or out of church for newspaper editwsi/' Another member forcibly pointed out that newspa^ets were not a pnilantropic institution. They have to provide £or the condition of public sentiment, and had to live by it. _ ' ' Justice i>iob«j!ond, sitting with a jury at Napier, was occupied all Friday with a peculiar action. Some time ago several horsey about Havelock were tarred like zebras, and bad jfche^v Kjanes and tails cut'by spme mischievous person. Constable f^prdon suspected a ploughman named Hamilton,and arrested him, but on bearing the charge before a justice it was discharged, Hamilton brought an action against Gordon claiming £105 for false imprisonment. His Honor held that, unless uuder exceptional circum stances, such as ground for belief that defen daafc was about to leave the district, arrest for' a'uqh an o#eac£ \J?-; not justifiable, and the' pi loce!edin'gs should" ;hav<j by sa^mjoasi' He gave judgment ftr £ 0 an& costs g» )gwm §c§iK i '"

\* Should any later information be wirei to us than appears in this issue regarding the Championship meeting in Dunedin and the cricket match in Christchurch the telegrams will be posted outside the Guardian office. I The Ariel Bicycle Club will hold a general meeting in the Arcade Chambers on Monday evening at 8 o'clock. The Licensing elections for the Ashburton district will be held ou March 22. It was originally intended that the date should be March 21, but possibly the half-holiday on that day was the cause of the change. The prize money to be given at the Fire Brigades' demonstration in Napier early next month amounts to £100 in trophies and £263 in cash. The prizes for the prin cipal five-men events are £60 each. About 200 firemen, representing over fifty brigades, will be present, including one team from Corona, New South Wales, and probably two other Australian teams. The Annual Harvest Thanksgiving ser vices will be held to-morrow in the Primi tive Methodist church, which has been tastefully decorated for the occasion Mr J. M. Bourne will preach in the morning and Rev. T. H. Lyon, of Greendale, in the evening. On Monday there will be a social gathering and a sale of useful and fancy goods. The immigration and emigration returns for the colony for January shows the arrivals to have been 2723, and the departures 1748. The arrivals were—from the United King, dom 322, New South Wales 1606, Victoria 809, Tasmania 91, other places 95, total I 2723. The departures were—to the United Kingdom 94, New South Wales 1283, Victoria 236, Tasmania 95, other places 40, total 1748. Four Chinese arrived, and three departed. In the Presbyterian General Assembly yesterday morning the reports of the Pro perty Board and of the Committee on the state of religion and morals were disposed of. The latter discus&ed at length the causes of some of the chief forms of vice, and sugges ted various remedies. In ihe evening a pub lic meeting was held in St. Paul's Church, when addresses ware delivered by various members of th« Assembly. At the public meeting on Friday night re the Harper memorial the Sub-Committee appointed to make enquiries as to what subscriptions could be made towards the completing the Cathedral reported adversely to the proposal. This having been disposed of a number of suggestions were made. These were (1) a cenotaph in the Cathedral with a recumbent figure of the Bishop. (2) The establishment of a Deaconesses' Home. (3) A gateway at the Cathedral and niche with statue of the Bishop. The first and second suggestions did not seem to find any favor, and the third waa ultimately adopted unanimously, A Committee with power to add to their number was appointed, and the firstjmeeting of the Committee was fixed to be held on Monday. By a letter from Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs the Education Board on Thursday had brought before it again the question of the sohool strap, its dimensions and weight. It was agreed that the members should have samples submitted to them from which to select a standard. One member suggested that the Board might operate on a few re fractory boys as test subjects, but the Chair man defeated the proposal by suggesting that the youngest member in age on the Board should act in that capacity. The youngest member did not see things ia the same light, and the question of a practical test stile rsmains to be settled. The Rev James Gibb, one of the deputies from the Synod of Otago and Southland to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, speaking at the public meeting in St. Paul's Church, C'iristohurch, made a somewhat disparaging reference to ths Anglican Church, Speaking of the difficul ties the Northern Church had had to con tend with, he instanced the predominant influence of the Anglican Church, a body which, he said, looked with ill-concealed contempt upon the Presbyterian Church and all that belonging to it. This will probably be news to many Presbyterians residing within the bounds of the Northern Church, for it is generally understood that the most friendly relations existed between the two organisations. At any rat&, that is so in Canterbury, but probably in Otago, where Presbyfcerianism reigns supreme, it may be different.

FLOWER SHOW TO-NIGHT.

COMMERCIAL.

London, February 15. The Right Hon. H, 0. Gardner, Presi dent of the Board of Agriculture, in answer to a question in the House of Commons, said that the Merchandise Marks Act was sufficient to prevent; colonial meat being sold as English. The weekly returns of the Bank of England published to-day, show the total reserve to be £21,268,000. The propor tion of reserve to liabilities ia fifty nine. Three months bills are dis* counte4 at l£ per cent. New Zealand 4 per cent inscribed stock, £07| > 3| per cent inscribed stock, 98|, New Zealand frozen mutton, second quality, 4£d per lb ; lamb, first quality, 6£d. SSevr Zealand long-berriad wheat ex warehouse, weaker at 28e 3d ; South Aus tralian, ex warehouse, also weaker, 29a ; Victorian, ditto, 28s @d. Danish butter, 118s per cwt. The Antwerp wool sales cloyed with no alteration of prices as compared with the opening.* The total bales from River Plate offered was 6000, of which 2500 were sold. There w*s not enough Australian offered to indicate prices.

ASHBURTON MARKETS.

Messr3 Miles and Company, Limited, report aa follows upon the weekly stock sale held at the Ashburton yards on Tues day, I'Sth inst:—Harvest operations being now pret.ty well completed in the district accounted for the increased attendance of the public at the stock market, and aa there is abundance of feed considerable enquiry existed for all classeß, a clearance of the entries of 3464 sheep and 13 head of cattle being made at improved rates. Two-tooth crossbreds and also lambs, which formed a good portjon of the entries, in the stores department, sold at enhanced figures under strong competition. The butoilers' pens were filled with merino and crossbred ewe<s, but include nothing: of special quality. The former sold well, according to condi tion, up to 7s 9d« whilst for netfe quality 6s Id down to 3s 9A was reached. Doubtless bwing tfe the h.c t weather fat crossbred ewes for butcherlngrwe*r6?uo(/'in 'Mxbte^qd favdr, and for these 6s 10"d to 9s 9d was realised, For freezing sheep 133 5d and 14s 6d was obtained. Store two and four-tooth ewes and wethers made from 8s Id to lls 7d, and crossbred store lambs from 7s 3d to 8s (Jd. A line of merino ewes, ot doubtful age, wJfh lambs, sold at 33 jlld, and a pen of medium ewes, crossbred four-tooths, made IJ.S. In the cattle entries fat sorts realised '£6, £6 I§3 to £7 12s 6dj" whilst st^re qualities' met with ready sale' at satisfactory prices. We sold 103 merino ewes ac 5/3 id to 5s 4d ; 18 crossbred two-tooths, 12s J.d ; 2Q crossbred ewes, 9i (3d; 102 crossbred two and four tooth wethers, 143 3d ; and we have disposed of privately 900 crossbred store ewes, and also 850 fat crossbreds, and 123 lambs.

The Premier at Foxton.

\ Foxton, February 16. The Premier addressed a public meet ing in Foxfcon Town Hall to-night. There was a lartre attendance, and the J^ayor (Mr T. P. Williams) wai in the chair. Mr Seddon said the lime was now op portune for him as Premier of the colony, to speak to the people. Afc the present time the colony was suffering from a tem porary depression, and after g>ing care- j fully into the matter he found there was I In realitj no reason for the state of affairs. ' The exports ami imports still kept up ; there was no falling off in products ; and population was still on the increase ; and as there was therefore no reason in the country for this temporary inconvenience they must go further afield for tho causes. The fact was the inconvenience the Few Zealand people were now suffering was owing to the extravagance and mis management of tbe other Australian colo nies • He also blamed the FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS to some extent. 1 hose institutions were financially sound, and were in a, splendid position in spite cf what had occurred in the other colonies. Still, he muat say i th«t they had shown « want of judgment which, if carried to excess, would do great injustice not only to themselves but to commerce and the interest of the country. What he took exception to was the dis crepancy between the deposits of some of the banks and their advances, and quoted extensively from the bank returns in proof of his statements. He pointed out that in the year 1888, the advances made by tbe banks exceeded by £240,775 the amount held by way of deposits, while in 1893 the deposits exceeded the advances by £1,244,403; From Ju"e3o to December 31 last year, the advances made by the banks had decreased by £122,000—a fact which he contended militated greatly against the trade and commerce of the country ; for it showed that some of the creditors of the banks had been hardly pressed to meet the de mands on them. During the same peziod the colony was poorer in specie to the extent of £120,769, and adding to this the amounts called in, the total reached nearly a quarter of a million. Mr Seddon contended there was no necessity for this line of action on the part of the banks, and it was wrong that the people of New Zealand should be called upon to find this money. The figures he had quoted showed Government that the people of the colony could no longer continue to be In this position. The time had come when GOVERNMENT MUST ADVANCE MONEY on real estate to settlers, and not leave them to the mercy of these institutions. This proposition he knew would be strongly cpposed ; but in order to see settlers remain on the land Government must come to their assistance. The Post Office and Insurance Departments had been advancing money ia certain channels for yeara past; but because Government had decided to give a similar concession to settlers the proposal met with strong opposition. Leaving this subject, Mr Seddon explained that taking the whole of last year the banks in the colony had imported £112,717 more specie than they had exported, but it was ths state of the figures for the last six months that he took exception to. Referring to the EXPORT API) IMPORT returns for the colony, Mr Seddon corn batted the statement that the exports for the last year showed a falling off, and said that, according to the report of the Wel lington Chamber of Commerce, if prices bad been equal the returns for last yeir as compared with 1892 would show an In crease of £-221 446. Taking the exports separately there had been an increase in timber, butter, cheese, mutton, sheep skins, tallow, and wool. The fal'inor off in the value of exports last year was solely doe to the falling off in prices, and prices I were entirely beyond the control of Go* vernment. It must also ba remembered that Home consumption had increased consequent on the increase in population, i and he was glad to see this. Mr Seddon explained al great length the

LOAN CONVERSION

operations of the Government, and denied they were borrowing; on the sly. These operations decreased the amount of in terest to be paid by the colony, and did not, as was frequently stated, cause an in crease in the net debt of the colony. He pointed out that in 1890 the total in debtedness per head of population of the colony was £60 5s 4d, while in 1893 it was only £58 2s 7d. Referring to the flax in dustry he said MR IKE SMITH, who had agreed to represent New Zealand at the Canadian Tariff Conference, would have particular instructions to make in-1 quiries with regard to this industry with a view to securing the best markets, and if possible avoiding the middlemen. He spoke very highly of Mr Smith's fitness for the position. He said he thought if

THE TEMPBRAKCE PARTY

would be more moderate in their demands they would get on better. Clause 21 of last year's Act, about which there had been a large amount of controversy, was inserted in the interest of the temperance party, and without it the Act would simply have been nullity. The

LOANS TO LOCAL BODIB3 BILL

would be reintrodnced next session, and parliament would be asked to give looal bodies power to exempt improvements under the local rating. In conclusion he said the financial position of Government was impregnable. Gustoms returns were up to expectations and the surplus at the end of the financial year ought to be eq<»al to that of the pre ceding year, the close of the meeting the follow ing resolution was carried unanimously "That thia meeting accords a hearty vote of bhanks to Mr Seddon for his able address, and while congratulating him on the triumphant success of the Liberal Party at last general election, farther desires to express its continued and Unabated confidence in the Present Go vernment."

FLOWER SHOW TO-NIGHT

Licencing: Election,

Wellington, February 16. The Mayor told the City Council that it had no control over the licensing election, but would have to pay the cost, which is estimated at £100. Government have issued warrants to the returning officers for the licensing election. Wednesday, March 21, is suggested in a circular as a suitable day for the polling.

Bush Fires.

Palmbrston North, February 18. Heavy bush fires are raging in the Shannon district!. Yesterday an eight roomed house, the property of Mr Hasel-'en, -Li*., was destroyed. Settlers were up all night protecting their houses. A heavy gale of wind that was blowing made mattersTserious.

Hoiloway's Pirxs and Ointment. — T«*Velierß to aad from different climes Would do well to bear in mind that 1 these changes and: the altered ■ diet and surround ings of their lives entail manifold risks to health. Occasion ia sure jto arise in which they wil need a remedy such as these re nowned pills ointment, and no tra^eUe? by land or sea should eyer fail to have a supply hand. Then he may truly be said tq have a physician always at his call for the various eniergenciet of travel Chills and fevers should be promptly treated, and the printed directions should be carefully studied at the commencement of anyi llness, for Holloway s eoiediea can bs>tely u«i9d. ia all cUmateaJ

Dairy Produce.

Wellington, February J7|H The Dairy Act is to be strictly enforced Mr Sawers examined the Ruahine's shi]^J ment and found a good many infrlng^J merits of the Uw, which will result in tl^J shippers being prosecuted. Mr ValenJ tine's report, which will be ready nn hiaß return from Auckland, will embody al scheme f r the better distribution of the] dairy produce of the colony to ensured quicker returns and higher prices. fl

Plums and Peaches.

Yesterday Mr William Charlton, carcfl taker of the Domain was good enough tm show us some truit grown in his garden^ The samples comprised six blue diamond plums, and six peaches, grown by himself— j the peaches from his own seedling. The plums were exceptionally large, as the flavor was also exceptionally fine, but in regard to the peaches, something special is necessary ,to be said. Grown from the stone, the tree 1 from which they were gathered is in fall i bearing, and the fruifc are as large as one's fist. Beautiful in coloring, sujjerb in flavor, exquisite in flesh, they resemble more than anything the Royal George peach bo popular in the north* Mr Charlton has given ths seedling no name, but our P.D, fancies that a good name for them would be n Swimming Club." They are a superb fruit and a perfect eornucopoeia as regards jrop; but when we say this we have no wish that the young members of the Swimming Club or , any other club should take any note of it, as Mr Charlton would rather prefer to be the proprietor of his own fruit.

Presbyterian General Assembly.

Christchurch, February 15. At the Presbyterian General Assembly yesterday morning the report of the Church Property Board was read. It was stated that the loss and expenses in connection with the recent case at Auck land, which was taken to the Supreme Court, amounted to £1313 7s. The re« port was adopted, and it was decided not to appeal from the decision of the Supreme Court. The resignation of Mr 4 W, M. Hannay, as a member of the* Board, was accepted with regret. The! report of the GommUtee on the state of 1 religion and morals stated that out of 100 lists of questions only 50 were returned. Six reported a decrease in church attend ance, twenty-four reported jan increase while nineteen remained stationary. Con grpgational prayer meetings were reported by twenty to be well attended, while twenty-nine reported to the opposite. The Sabbath was generally well observed by those in Church fellowship, but by those religiously careless was largely dese crated. "Thirty-four returns stated that family worship did not exist, and it Was suggested that the attention of congrega tions should be called by ministers to the value of this institution. Twenty-six returns- reported no special services held during the year. It was regretted that no special efforts were put forth by Church officers to reach the religiously careless. Thirty returns reported no "lapsing," and twelve record it existed only, and eight to a limited extent. The Committee specially emphasised the increasing esteem in which Christian Endeavor Societies were held as a link between Church and school. Reference was made almost unanimously to the non-attendance of working men and families at public worship, and various causes were assigned- Twenty three re ported the existence of the vice of social impurity, and references w<jre- made to the wholesome measures laid down in the' new criminal code which comes into force on March 3, such as penalties for publishing obscene literature and for being the owner or tenant or lessee of an occupier who kept a dis orderly house, which was in the terms of the code a common betting house, common gaming house, or house of ill fame. It was recommended that the age of consent be raised from 14 to 16, Betting and gambling wera reported to be practic ally universal, and in propogation of this vice a large measure of blame was re ported to beat thedoor of newspapers, and racecourses and hotels were considered to give birth to and foment the evil. A cure was indicated in the line of the sup pression in time of the totalisator, police superviiionof the bars of hotels, of barber's shops, and billiard rooms, and making publication of betting matter in news papers a punishable offence, A large amount of practical infidelity was reported but little of a theoritical order. A cure was considered to lie in earnest gospel preaching and prayer, circulation of Christian literature and the use of apolo getics in preaching. The report con cluded with a number of suggestions. The report was adopted.

The Power in the Home.

It is a striking anomaly that the woman who moulds the mind of the prospective legislators of any country is not considered fit to vote for or against legislation, not even the legislation that directly affects woman and woman only. Man, being the stronger, and therefore the more selfish animal, has decreed that the wife and the mother shall be ciphers, except in the conduct of their households, and, whether man is right or wrong in so doing* we challenge contradic tion of the fact, even at the risk of being deemed illogical, that woman does not shine more in her simple rule at the fireside—in the quiet abnegation of petty pleasures— than she would in any public position. But this role of " household martyr " (and there are almost as many martyrs as there are households) can be over-acted, and it gener ally is; not from any desire for effect on the part of the mother herself, 1 but from the fqrce of circumstances. In many houses in Democratic Australia' the liiother is tb<? drudge of the family—her work is iteyer overtaken, her grown-up daughters practise a " fugue or op," while the prematurely aged woman duns the stockings till her eyes are dim, or |benda qver the stp,ve or the wash* tub, till the usual backaches come. Then suddenly the martyr's machinery runs down. and the thoughtless, careless children, and the father who is continually steeped ifj business anxiety, discover that the blooming mother of a few weeks ago i 3 invalided, per? haps hopelessly. The never ending toil, the unceasipg anxiety, has induced the terrible catalogue of ills known as female complaints, cases of which are as common in Australasia as Warner's Safe Cure, the one medicine which has acted up to its name in scores of thousands of instances, and which has stood the test of time and disease. Warner's Safe Cure cures female complaints. All women should note well the fact that it does not pay to trifle with any ailment, however simple. There is no middle course in disease, and, in female troub'e especially, you are either well or ill. Disease never stands atill. You are daily better or worse. Mrs Hannah Woulfe, of Fielding, New Zealand, tells her own story of jaundice and liver trouble, supervening the " trivial female complwnt," which is, unfortunately, too often allowed to care itself. We give Mrs Woalfe'n own words :— Fielding, N.2{,, November 24, 1892.— Twelve months ago' I was troubled with jaundice and liver troubles and consulted a doctor, but' tound no relief. I went on suffering great pain and had Vo lay up entirely, engaging a neighbor to do the house', work and attend on me. 1 went to the Waaganui hospital and remained there seven weeks, but' was' 1 turned "ouVby'^be^ doctor, saying I would do as well'at home ass lie could do nothing' for me. When I cam 4 home I had still to take to my bed, 1 some times : five 1 days a freak. Having heard'of garner's Safe Cure I thought f would give it v trial. 'After taking five bottles I waa completely restored to health. In fact, from the second bottle I' recovered steadjily, and am now hale and hearty. %am only tqq h*sj,ppjr to be able to testify $hu^

THB ASFBUBTON GOARDIAN : SATURDAY, FEBBUAR*' 17, 1894.



WILL FIND THEIR WAY TO it. J. JSEFLL and Go's AS THEY GIVE THE BKSC VALUE IN ASHBURTON FOR READY MONEY DRAPERY AJSS> CLOTHING. Women's Hats 6d Turkey Red s|d Women's Ribbed Hose 6d Men's Tweed Suits 16 i 6d Chiffons in ah colors Is 3-J, reduced to Men'a Colonial Tweed Suits 19a 6d B|d Boys' Tweed Suits from 3s lid Washing prints 2a Ud doz A few Boys' Washing Suits left, to be White Muslin 3a Ud doa cleared at 3s Pd Summer Dresses 3s Ud Boys' Caps 6d each Cretonne 3|d Men's Braces 8d Double-bed Sheeting 9M 20doz Men's Merino Socks 6i Berlin Wool la Ud UOOXfts. BOOTS. The Best and Cheapest Boots in New Zealand aro to be had at G. J. NEILL AND COU Men's English Balmorals 7s lid Babies Slippers Is pair Men's Strong Leather Shoes ?s lid Canvas and fcan Leather Sho'M, In all Men's Nailed Shooters 7s Ud sizes at ridiculous prices Women's strong Leather Shoes 03 Ud A very large assortment of Children s Women's strong Elastic-side Boots 8s and Maid's Gem shoes in Tana and Gd, reduced to 5s Ud Black. Good|and cheap WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION". SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RETURNS AT 0. (/. NEILL & GO'S, FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER. (EAST STREET, Re The Assigned Estate of Messrs Habdley Bros' OER the Valua io Oar PR!NTS R^DtfOlSD to fitAGF' PRIJE 1 WASHING DRXLLETi RBDUOBD FROM 9§o to 6|o. \\l nrem M uvrl %i* REDUCKO TO NBEARLY SALtf THE FORMER PRTUB3, FOR IK3TANCE PLAI^OASHJIBRBS, REDUCED FROM 16io TO 9d. STRIPK AND CttEOiC ALL WOOL DRWS3 TWEED RKOJCEO FROM Md TO 8», AND ALL OTHER DRESS MATERIALS EQUALLY REDUCED. * HKCK GIW.'UVH RWtUEn FROM LOio TO 6£o] ALL MANCHESTER GOOD 3 SUCH AS CALICOES, 9TQCFING« } KLANNBLS, BLANKKT3, HOLLAND 3, TICKING, SIIRTING3, SELSEIAS, FLOOR-CLOTHS, RW,, REDUCED TO COST PRICE. MEN'S SHIRTS, H ITS, SOCKS, TIES, Etc, REWCtCD TO CO3T PRtCS, AND Itf ftIAKY CASES VERY much vsvm cost. Men's and Boy*' Clothing. E OUR MEN'S ALL WOOL COLONIAL SUITS AT 32* 6d AND 35s 6d, NOT TO BE BEATEN ,IN THE COLONYJ THIS HOUSE HAS ALWAW3J BE®^ NOTED FOR^THE.VERY BEST VALUE IH BOOTS BUT NOW COME AND_SEf. V.. W, Si'BNCKB. AHOA \> X ASHBUKTO > T;



Warned f OS T—Black and Tan Shocp Bitch, -^ registered No. 371. Finder will greatly oblige by leaving information at Mail Office. 2 116 1 HaVE LOS Tan axle cap from my *- waggonette, somewhere in tha borough. Will the findar kindly fetch to nay house or shop and receive reward ? - Andrew Our WANTED, a Young Cow in full profit. State prbo and particulars to Mrs Buowk, P. 0., Ashbucfcon. 2 125 PRIMITIVE Methodist Chuicli to morrow. Harvest Thanksgiving Service. Preachers : Mr J. M. Bourne ; evening, Rev T. H, Lyon. Monday; Social Gathering, and Sale of Work and Produce. 2 123 WE^LEYAN Church, Ba-ing Square To-morrow 11, Rev I. Kapley of Methven; 6 30, Mr W. Harding. Cordial invitation to all. 2 126 WTAftTED Known—Tomatoes, good * * ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, etc., at Mak-dbn's Fruic Shop, below Mitchell and Tomer's. 2 109 TO LET,—Bed or Sitting-room In private house.—Apply Mail Office. 2 69 TO Let—That House at present ccou pied by Dr Hunter, Tancred street. Apply A. Okb. 2 56 WANTED, Scrap Lesd in any quantity for cash. — Landeixs and Preston, Burnett street, Ashburton. 2 61 OYSTERS and Fresh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fibbing Oo.'s Shop, Burnett street, Ashburton. 2 62 GOOD Sheaf and Straw Chaff; very cheap for cash. Also, all kinds of Mill and Farm Produce.—J. Thomas, Havelock street. 2 2 IF you want fiist-class fruit go to Adaks' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest the largest, the best, and the cheap eat Small Goocte a specialty. FuU weights guaranteed, A trial solicited. —W, J. Siloock. ATOTICE ! Notice ! Sport for all. -*-* Guns let out on. hire or sold on time payments. Having a professional gun smith on the premises, I undertake to re pair Guns of any description. G unfit tings in stock. Prices low.—J. W. HardleY, Ironmongers, etc. RS ALCORN has on eale for the Holidays vaiied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goo is and Christmas Presents. Saunders' Buildings DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap does the work. No rubbing. No machines. 11 182 GUNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock of Guns just to hand direct from the manufacturers, D- >üble and Single Barrel Breech Loaders, Riflas, etc. Inspection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. Hartley's, Sporting Repository. 11 /"ANTED Known.—Our Cheap VV Slippers aie selling in dozens. Children'd from Is, women's Is 91. Buy one p-iir and you will buy more. MITOHJBLTi AWO TUBNER f' \\ TINTED Known.—Extra valua in VV presents now being given away for Christmas and New Year. Cheapest House in Town.—H C. Sbgehs, Melford II ouse. _________ _ BANG ! Bang 1 Bang ! My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand. Eley's, Kynock's anal, Club Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Harbley's, Gun Emporium. /"IHOICB Ornaments, Folding Screens, V_> Own make in Indies' and children's underclothing, Aprons and Pinafores. Mrs Alcorn, Saunders' Building. lITANTED Known.—To Harvesters yy —Dungaree Jaokats and Overalls, | Harvest Hats and Shirts and Suits of all | kinds, at prices to meat the times. — MIICHELL & TOBNEE. : \T7 ANTED Known.—To make room W for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs done at once cheaper than ever to stay bad times over at J. Moraoir, Frontier Bootmaker. 8 18 WANTED Known.—Melford House cheapest shap in town, extra value in prasents now being given to e»ch purchaser till further notice.—H. 0. Sbgkrs. different qualities of Health Tea, there is only one quality, and that a " The Best.'— Henky Zasdbr, Whole ale Agent 2 45 iTTANTED Known—Spectacles, eye VV protectors, GoggJes, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S, Salek's, Optician. _ W~ "aNTED Known -W. JJ. Cgllieb's noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 65, have just arrived in all sizes. fj.HVT which brings most light and ■i- hope to poorest homes w Titan Soap. ____ v 183 W" ANTED Known.—Half as much again in presents given to each Purchaser during Christmas and New ear. H. 0. Seobrs, Melford House. DON'T Forsret to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to oe vepaired. at moierafcg rates. MEDIOAL Coils made and *'ep*i*qa on the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. WANTKD Known. —No reasonable oficr will hd refused *or tha l»lance of our S'inwer Dresees, MilH fiery, and Mantles. — Mitch eh 4WD Turner. WANTED Known—" The Corner " is showing a Ei^nlficeni Few Stock of Drapfry aad "Clothing.—W. H, Collier. WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. JBL. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 MITjOHN MARSDKN, of the Rail way Book Stall, will open a Book and Stationer's Shop two doors below Mitchell and Turner's, on SAIURDAY, ikQih of February- Books and Stationery at tfee lowest possible prices. Books .clean, .complate, and in good ordor will he tafcen in exchange, ■ & reflating library. « ■*' "VTALr^TINB^, Valentines. Boxed, V Love\Hrd S ,^kletfl ( and Comic Fire Screens, Pictures, !«*» °rj iaTwn Christmas Cards, Cricket and JU'iwn Tennis Material, Photo Albums «d Frames, and hundreds of other articles are to be sold a«- a great sacrifice for O«sn during this month only, »6., *|i«| A ndkewes & Co. Sfciitioners'Hftl^ »~»,l



! -:TIME :- JUST landed dirccc from the Manu facturers a largo stock of 0 0 C L L L 000 0 "0 0 X X X s, s, s. Eight-day Strike^ Kitchen and Dining Koom Clocks, also Marble and Fancy Clocks in Great Variety, at very Low Prices. SAVE 20 PER CENT & BUY FROM tt. &ALEK, WATCHMAKER, MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, AND OCULISTS' OPTICIAN. Sole AgenL for LazakW Spectacles a*d PArENTEo System of Sight Testing. |NEW ZEALAND CfcOYiiiMft Factory. THE "BIS3MAKCK," HIGH-ABM SEWING MACHINES, have all the latest improvements. A First-class Machine at a moderate rice, IT IS SIMPLE, DURABLE, > LIGHT RUNNING, NOISELESS. /""^UR Mr B. Hallknstein, while in V-7 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 all ac cessories £5 10s. FAMILY MACHINE, With new ani handsomely designed stand £8 10s. HAND & TREADLE COMBINED, Highly.finished Table and Cover £9 10s. Any of.thoie machines can be had on the time payment system 2s 6d per week. Our Agent will have the pleasure of calling on you at an early date. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHINGIFACTORY. HALLENSTEIN BROS.. ALEX. HENDUY, Manager ™ MAIL NOTICES, Mails close for the following places as under subject to the necessary alterations :— SATURDAY, February 17. For Northern Ports, per Penguin, at G.S3O *>.n». WEDNESDAY, February 21. For United Kingdom, Continents of Europe and America, and West Indies (via San Francisco), Sandwich Islands, etc., and also for Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Takapuna, at CJ.SSO p.m. Due London March 28,



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