MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under subject to the necessary alterations :— THURSDAY, May 10. |Tor Northern Ports and Australian Colo nies, per Rotomahana, at 6.30 t%.m.. . WEDNESDAY Majg£6^ >? $ , For United Kingdom, via San Fraricisco." Due London, June 20th.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1894. THE LOAN AND MERCANTILE.

The examination of the Directors of the Loan and Mercantile Agency Ootc pany, Limited, is a sad history, and there are men among those Directors whose reputations were such that the very mention of their names in connec tion with any commercial institution was as good as a guarantee of integrity and soundness. Some of these gentle men have evidently had the most im plicit faith in the high officers of the company, and the guiding spirits of it who were working with them on the directorate. But out of this examina tion none come with reputations un. tarnished, as those whose motives were perfectJypure but who hada blind trust in the integrity of the men who had the more direct lead in the affairs of the institution, must share, however un deservedly, in the bad odour with which the doings of their fellows have surrounded the conduct of the com pany's business. There is one re grettable feature of the disagreeable history. Many servants of the company in this colony—men of pure and untarnished honor, who were no. doubt quite as ignorant of the question able doings of those high in power as were the shareholders whose property has been played ducks and drakes with, and must suffer great loss in consequence—will have to^HHkrt of the stigma that in the M^PP^f a disgusted and not unnaturally sus picious public must rest upon the whole concern. But as virtue is ever its own reward, and there is yet the hope of a bright future before the reconstructed company, the cold and dark shadow cast on the past history of the company by this searching exami nation will pass away, and the stigma will be removed as time heals the smart of the wound public confidence has re ceived, and the sterling qualities assert themselves of the innocent who have been undeservedly classed with the guilty. It is astonishing how—now that a full and clear light has been let in upon the position, and we can obtain a fairly comprehensive view of how the directors were handled—Mr Paul was allowed so absolutely to assume the reins of the whole conduct of the Company's business, and to do just what seemed good in his sight. This man went into the witness box and with brazen effrontery told the Judge that he had erased from ths Chairman's speech all reference to the Company's deficits. This was-only for the sake of " condensing the report" and was done with quite " honorable intentions." A well-known proverb has it that the paving of a very' sultry and very populous place is composed of good in. tentions; and Mr Paul, while sub editing the Chairman's speech with only the honorable intention of " con densing," though the result of that in tention was the keeping away from the knowledge of the shareholders the true position of the Company, made a big block of paving concrete for some street in that warm country. v Mr Paul was not at all abashed in telling this story of his editorial work on the Chair man's speech, and it is small matter for astonishment that the Judge should have been, as he put ithimself, "shocked I at the statement." A good many people, perhaps more directly and seriously interested in the Company than the Judge, we^e shocked at the statement, and the, feelings of the shareholders were nbt by acy means mollified towards the directors by the evidence given by this precious Mr Paul of the supineness and blind trust in him shown by those whose duty it was to take nothing for granted, but to personally find out and see for themselves the true position of the .concern, for the proper conduct of whos,e business they wepe primarily mi M?§9sf r@3ponsib.le. Np winder  untried the '-' Jndjgnity f of a public examx. 1 , hoped tb*t when the who^O^a proper selection will be made of those most to blame, for jfc woitftf be a gross miscarriage of justice if, for the &$. pable munier of what should haye b.een one o£ the beat businesses fo the colony, tall who had a hand in tfee .cutting 4 ts throat should be allowed to go *cos Eree . iHiiJ

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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SAMOA.

Berlin, May 7' In the Reichstag Chancellor yon Caprivi said he had been urged to annex Tonga in addition to Samoa. Conflicting reports are published regarding the despatch o! Qecman warships to Samoa. The "Cologne Gazette" says that colonial society demands that Germany should establish a protectoiate over Samoa. :

IMPERIAL POLITICS

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THE MARKETS.

London, May 8. At the wool sales there was good competition, and prices remained firm at opening rates. " Toi tois " brand from New Zealand realised 9§d per lb. As a testimony to the success of Lord Onslow's Produce Marking Commission, it is mentioned that the Gape Government are willing to mark fruit prior jxi export. Pabis, May 8. The French War Office is ,anable to take the meat by the ship Timaru, which left Geelong a few days ago for London. The officials of the W»r Department advise Mr Weddel to establish stores In Paris for the sale of frozen meat, in order to popularise the trade.

Road Board Election.

SOUTH RAKAIA,

An election was held on Monday for the return of three members and resulted in the re-election of the three retiring mem bers by a large majority. The result is as follows:—

Mr Makeig was the returning officer, and presided at Rakaia. His deputy at Kyle was lodged ia a tent, and the sue of the hew polling booth proved a much more central and convenient place fo.- the rate payers than the old nan at Kyle school. There was some little excitement In the township and some very till talking.

The Fox Correspondence.

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CABLE ITEMS

Mr Austin Chamberlain, M.P. for East Worcester, has been badly gored by a Guernsey bull. A number of Roman coins have been found in the ruins of Zimbabwe in Matabeleland. During April the British imports increased by £2,900,000, and the ex ports by £94,000. The schooner Kenilworth, which left Rockhainpton for New Zealand a fort night ago; was towed into Brisbane disabled. The Melbourne University Council have adopted a report recommending the establishment of a conservatoire of music on similar lines to those in Germany and France. The Spanish authorities crushed a rising in the Phillipine Islands , the loss of life on the rebel side being con siderable. The United States Government haß decided to build twelve twenty-five knot torpedo destroyers at a coat of half a million sterling, 11 The Tiwes " asserts that, in conse quence of the warning sent to Aus tralia, the emigration of working men to Cape Colony has virtually ceased. The new comet discovered by Mr Walter F. Gale, of Sydney, on the Ist April, has been observed in London in the morning in a North-easterly direc tion. Earthquake shocks stilt continue to be felt throughout Greece. Owing to * prophecy that Athens will be destroyed the populace is taking refuge in the fields and in boats. The owners of the steamer Koonoo warra intend to take the Titiana collision case into the "Vice-Admiralty Court, and have also issued a writ against the owners of the Titiana for damage sustained. The London " Times " congratulates the Australasian Colonies for t^etr endeavours in the direction of settling people upon the land and fostering primary production by means of low and equitable freights, Premier Crispi, speaking on the foreign policy of Italy, said thatj humanitarian questions were gradually replacing national ones. Peace should be the supreme aim of international politics. A large number of diggers have returned from Perth, The general opinion is that the alluvial deposits are patchy and uncertain, and at best will provide lucrative employment for a very few. Signor Farclongo, ex-Govrnor of the Bank of Rome, explained during the trial that former Ministers, with a view to raise the price of Government stock, compelled the Bank fc6 sanction the procedute involving larg*e lasses. The town of Stephane, Russia, was destroyed by fire. AftSf* the con flagration the debris was awept by a cyclone, resulting in the total destruc tion of goods and furniturb which had been removed into the fields to «escape the ravages of the flames. An explosion has taken place at the Cardite works, Waltham, including a thousand jars of nitrate and sulphuric acid. Every window in the town was broken. Four persons were killed and thirty injured. The explosion .took place during the operation of washing nitro-glycerine. The " Spectator's " correspondent in India says that the mysterious marking of the mango trees in Behar and the north west provinces is puzzling the Government and coincides with the secret distribution of unleavened cakes prior to the outbreak of the mutiny in May, 1857. The new French Minister for the Colonies places French Guiana, New Caledonia, and the other French In terests in Qceana, under one section, and insists on the necessity for their closer union with the Mother Country. Mr Gladstone, in a letter to M. Leon Say, laments the opposition to Free trade, which he considers a powerful factor in promoting goodwill among nations, and he deplores the material losses which have been caused through a protection policy. Hundreds of amendments to the American tariff proposals have been framed in the direction of increasing duties throughout (though at the higher figure they will stUl. be }OQV thjin the McKinley rates), substituting specific for ad valorem duties, and retaining wool on the free list. Major Owen has arrived at Mom bassa. He reports that after ejecting Kab Arega, the slave dealer, from Uroyo, a line of forts was established between Albert Nyanzi and Uganda, with a view of preventing a renewal of I slavery. The Soudanese, he declares, have remained loyal.

THE ANARCHISTS.

London, May 6, Mr Justice Hawkins, when sentenc ing the Anarchists, said he was deter mined to rigorously punish foreign Anarchists convicted in Great Britain. Farandi boldly retorted, "The judges make laws to-day, but the Anarchists will make them later."

A Schooner Overdue.

Invercargill, MayY. Anxiety is felt for the safety of the locally-owned schooner Crest of the Wave, which lefc Timaru for the Bluff on April 19. She was in the company of the ketch Catlin off Otago Heads when a storm came on. The latter took shelter at the Nuggets, but the Crest of the Wave went on and nothing more has been heard of her. The Catlin has since arrived at Inveroargill.

Hong Kong-Singapore Cable.

Wellington, May 7. The superintendent of the Eastern Extension Cable Company at Cable Bay advises the Press Association of the completion to-day of the duplicate cable i between Hong Kong and Singapore. Telegraphic communication has hitherto been carried on between the Straits Settlements and China by a line touching ab Cape St James in Cochin China, but j 'this landing; place being French territory, in view of possible contingencies* has always been looked upoij, strategically as* a weak point in the line. The new eablr has been mainly laid w;th a view to avoid. this risk of interruption from a possibly unfriendly power and being laid from Singapore to Labuan, a dependency in Borneo, and thence going in one span of eleven hundred miles to Hong Kong, enjoys the advantage of touching nowhere bub on British aoil. The cable has been made and laid by the Telegraph Con struction and Bjlajntenanee Company of London, at a, cost of not much loss than

THE COSTA RICA PACKET.

Lokdoit, May 8. It the House of Commons Sir E. Grey, replying to Sir Charles Dilke, said the Dutch Government had been pressed to compensate the captain of the Costa Rica Packet with as little delay as possible, but the case of the owners and crew of the vessel had never been put forward. . Sydney, May 8. The Premier has cabled to the Agent-General in London, insisting ! that the owners and crew, as well as ! the captain of the barque Costa Rica Packet, shall receive compensation from the Dutch authorities.

Loan and Mercantile.

( London. May 7. Judge Williams stated that appa rently the system of suppression adopted ia London was for the object of\ikrow ing a strong light upon the officers' estimate of the Directors. The "Standard," referring to the commercial morality of the officers, states that tbey received no benefit from the transactions or the Withhold ing of the reports, It considers the investment in the Waikato lands bad and favoring Mr Thomas RußseJl, and protecting the Loan Company's Direc*: tors interested. London, May 8. Judge Williams stated that the re ports issued prior to 1890 were- oalcu* j lated to mislead shareholders, although the Directors were aware that the position of the Company wag unsound. If they had adequately provided fpr all losses the reserve would have been exhausted. The balance-sheet had been manipulated td avoid criticism, and a large commission had been paid to Birbn Schroeder. His Honor com mented on the dull interest many of the Directors showed in the affairs of the Company at the time of the Wai kato transfer, a transaction which had been deliberately withheld from the knowledge of the shareholders. In fact, the Directors by their action had left Mr Thomas Russell master of the situation. His Honor contrasted Mr Larkworthy's frankness with the atti tude of Mr Paul while in the witness box, and commented on the action of Mr Mundella in selling the shares he held in the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, although retaining his other investments. Judge Williams, in conclusion, eulogised the frankness with which certain of the Directors had submitted to examina tion, but said he would refrain from commenting on the attitude of other members of the Board, as he preferred to leave them to their own consciences. The " Times," commenting on Judge Williams' statement re the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, says ths public examination of the I«i rectors and officials disclosed a gigantic system of continued and complicated dis honesty, and thinks the Board of Directors collectively guilty of most dishonorable actions." Both the public and the shareholders, the paper de clares, had been tricked and defrauded for years past through the fault of the Director. The article condemns the part played by Mr Mundella in the . business. The "Standard" thinks Judg* Williams' statement exonerates the Directors from the charge of being afraid to face a public examination. (Received May 9,10.10 a.m ) _, Londow, May 8 The papers demand that Mr Mun« della, President oi the Board of Trade, should resign his post in the Ministry, after the remarks of Judge Williams. The Judge explained to-day he wished it to be understood that he allocated no blame on any one ia particular. It was clear some officers and directors might without cause be made the objects of substantial blame, but ha did not impute to any directors personal responsibility or blame. The Press generally severely criticise the direc tors' management. (Received May 9, 11.15 a.m ) _ L ; Syditky, May 9. The "Sydney Morning Herald" considers the result of the Loan and Mercantile investigation to be the most flamatgmg to the business character of the colonies that has come to light) i throughout the recent period of finan cial disturbance.

LABOR.

London, May 7, The usual May Day and eight hour meetings in Hyde Park and the provinces passed off in an orderly manner, although in the Park Anar fehists were hustled and hooted by the mob. Washington, May 6. Strikers kicked and 1 beat to death the manager of Scottdale works. sTew York, May 7 Owing to the strikes a coal famine is being experienced in Illinois, Pennsyl vania, and Missouri, and the factories are on the point of closing down* Nbw York, May 8. The miners in Walker County, Alabama, have joined the general strike movement and dynamited the machin ery and fittings in several mines. ■■■—. , Sydwby, May g. With a view, to completing a federa tion of Seamens 1 Unions throughout the world delegates from Great Britain and America recently arrived at Sydney. Hitherto San Francisco *vaa the only Union standing out and it has now decided to come in. At a meeting of delegates it was decided to take joint action to enforce a minimum rate of wage on the Pacific steamers. The rates at present paid on the Baa Francisco amd Canadian lines are:— teamen, £0 per month; firemen, £7. Steps are now being taken to obtain the old rates. (Received May 9, 11.15 a.m.) _. _ . Sydney, May 9. The Legislative Assembly, by 24 to 14, negatived the motion in favor of State ownership of ooal mines. The Boot Trade Union has,, decided to prevent members working with non unionists, and has called the hands out in two. factories. It is feared other establishments will be similarly treated during the week*

TBB ASHBOKxujlv GUABDJLAJS :

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1894.



I. Strinsjfellow W. M. Lyfctlaton ... B. Richards N. Sfcrachan t_e i

iakaia, 107 103 85 36

Kyle, '. 32 34 46 10

Total 133 137 131 46



G. J. NEILL AND CO. A Rl COMPELLED to REALISE, and OONSIQDEKTLY ARE SELLING AT LESS THAN COST PBICE, DRESS GOODS Is 3i>, REDUCED to Q^ -..■■-.. NEW LRESS TWEED, ONLY 6£d HEAVY UNBLEACHED SHEETING 2yds WIDE, REDUCED to 9Jd MEN S TWEED SUITS 14s 6o BOYS' TWEED SUITS 3s 11d MEN'S COLONIAL MADE BLUCHERS 4s 11d MEN'S COLONIAL MADE, NAILED SHOOTERS 7s 111) LADIES' SHOES, All Sizaa, Now 4s 11d We Ulugt Have Cash, DON'T fIORGET WE ARE SLAUGHTERING EVIBYTHING. G- J. Neill and 00/s FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER CHRISTCHUROif™TO~ THE FBONT7 Look! What is, This ?, ' ' ■ . 1; WHY Groceries Lower Than Ever, /*\UR MR A M FLETCHER, having bought large lines at a tow Rate will ffeir to the Public of Ashburton and surrounding diatriot these Goods— ML»t Bankrupt Stock but Fresh Goods—direct from the Manufaoturer. PerUae the following Price List :— fine Sago 2d per lb-'Tib Is tfine Tapioca 2d per lb 71b for la Best Japan Rice 2|d per lb-3ib for Is Split Peas 2d per lb-?lb for Is New JKaisins od per lb—l2lb for 4s lid New Currants, (best cleaned) 4d per ib~-12lb for 3s lid New Sultanas 51 per lb-121b for 4s lid Fine Crystal Sugar 2fd per lb Fine Salt 5s 4d per owt bag Bryant's Bafety Matches, 7fd per dozan Cream of Tartar (pure) la 2d, per lb Best Mixed Peel^9d per lb "Whitning Id per lb—l2lb lid Pearl Barley 2|d per lb-51bs for Is New Dates 6id per lb-21b for Is Valencia Rusins 5d lb—l2s for 4s lid Plaid Vastas 4id per doz -12 packebs, 4s 41 Bakin? Powder 91 per lb Etactrio Candles s|t per lb—l2lb, s<sd Washing Soda Ud per lb— 12lbfor Is4d Vinegar U par b »ttle, la 91 par % vllon ' Best Kerosene, 150 tf et ft per s tin, 12s per case Finest Coffee, ground on the premises Is 4d, is 6*; the best Is 8d per lb. BKMBMBBR Mrm PATRONISE THE O!?E WHO BOUGHT DOWN THE PRICES. fl si;tgh1 or""br08^ CASH SUPPLY " STOBES,' EA9T STREET, ASKBURTOS 1, /v THE BIiST HOUSE IS / A town- / *y. \ FOB / v \ ' \ // / \•>\ / v / \ <^\ / "^ / \ W / / t \ °°y .4 / b ft \ / Jjr / hg R \ / V V / B* § fl / 4- /\ f* / <& / \ g / & / \ 4> /V / LINOLEUMS, \ \J / FLOOR CLOTHS, \ / ETC., ETC. \^ •m-r w w■ - r* ■ v a LAND T3OILDING for removal for Sale. JJ B W 2 BALAJ3 Apply to T. BULLOCK. Mot Eli nz- Factory ■- ealth i'ka."^Sh^ul SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. jJ^ ***£&[ **£$£*" M our High-class Goods. QR SALE _ Three SeotioiJßf wo l •* » i« 1 rp. BJQf i <n\t<» our own situated, Corner of Jane and Men's All Wool Tweed bmtfl, our own mmrdo numbered 50j 51 and UmTAn Wool Tweed Trousers, our own 62. Easy term, of Pay«^ ULL()OK make, ®s M Men'B All Woo! Tweed Overcoats', our own make, 29a 6d - _ „,„--„, IS. Salek, Boots. Boots. Boots. wllujmAm^mmjum _ TRY US FOR A PAIK. THE LEADiSThOUSB FOE I FOR PaETW """ CNIWE GENTLEMEN'S MEROEJRY.! WEDI>I^ paESBNTS, j BIRTHDI'V PRESENTS We keep all thejleading linos. New | JSIKIHJJA-. ■* ' Sliapes in Hard Hals. The latest in Soft T>t, l? -, I?M m A rT^ONS, •nd^Prame flata. Boys' Caps from 6< »nd PBEoFNTAIjI.'"O'. tcb. —— nniPT DacC TUIQ RV I KhPEOTION is invited of the UUN 1 rAOO imJ DT. X .» , m 1A „, FINEST AND LARGEST STOCK in the Mend Trousers to measure from 141 6i Colonial Tweed. District, at the WATERPROOF GOODS. JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT Men's, Fouiths', and Ladies' OF Ilie wftffitfoer ws hive B^ld this season is ft guarantee ih-*t we keep ihe gtnuiae §• SALEK* -article. -— —— Tne " BISM IRK " Sewing Machine is SPECTACLES to suit all sights. illy to ha had he the New Zealand Cloth- —»-. *| Factory. The Chaapest and Bust Sight Testing a Spewiilty. Machine in the World. On tinid p*y- •—— msnta-2«3-6I per week. WATCH AND OLOO C repairs at HALLKNS r K iN .BROS. LOWEST Christ* mrch pricei ALEX KE.NDKY, —. Mtuiager. SATISFACTION uCARANTfiED



Wanted ]'MPORTANT~~meedne of Committee -*- of Poultry Society in Arcade Cham 1 bers This Evening, at 8 o'clock 5 81 ANI'ED. Cyclist to c>*U and see The Model Racing Machine for 1895. on view for few days,—H.M Jones. LJOXKD tstaciouury, plain and fancy ; IJ AccQuntand Letter Books, Clips, Files, Letter Balances and office re quisites—H. M. Jones. D lAN OS, Organs, and Cycles; best ■- value obtainable for cash or terms H. M. JoNEe. WANTED all lovets of fine flowers to call and see James Porter's Prize Chrysanthemums at Clifton Hur-_ scry. 5 67 WANTED Known— Stephens Bros. ask that all their Accounts be paid at the shop to Mr R. J. Shearman. All accounts not paid by the lOch wil be placed in the hands of a collector.—H. H. Stephens for Stephens Bros. 5*25 WANTED, to sell out my Stock of Brown Leghorn and Minorca Fowls from first prize birds.—William Rowan, near Woollen Factory. 5 55 " DOLLAR CIGARETTES— ifinest Ameri an Tobacco, —Henry Zander,^ Wholesale Agent /^RUSHED Oats, 5s per sack. IF \J kinds of Farm and Mill Produce cheap for cash.—J. Thomas, Havelock street. WANTED Known. — Men s Tweed Suits 153 6d, Men's Tweed Trousers 7s lid, Mena' Strong Flannellette Shirts .2s 6cl, Mens s and Boys' Boots and Shoes greatly reducedi—Arcade House. 465 ANTED Known-The Cheapen House in town for First-class Millinery and Drapery is H. 0. Segeks, Melford House. [ — : ■ , , . ' ' I jl/TRS ALCOB.N has on sale for he f ixL Holidays a varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, i*rams, Fancy Goods, and Christmas Presents—Saundera Buildings. WANTED Known. — Embroideries from Id a yard, Corsets 3s lid, ladies' Ulsters from4s lid, Ladies' Grieves four pair for la, Kid Gloves four batons Is 6 J-— Arcade House. 63 i F you want first-class fruit go to Adams ■*• . for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc, WANTED Known — Men's strong Tweed Suits from 1636!; shirts from 2s 6.l,—Arcade House. 4 24 IITANTED Known—Before buying YV your Hats come and see our Stock. Greatest variety to choose from in Anhburfcon. All marked very Cheap. — H. 0. Skgkrs, Melford House. SALE now on —White Calico 2s lid per dozen, Towels 2s 6& per doz9n, Laoe, Curtains, from is lid per pair, at Arcade House. 4 27 BOYS' three garment long trouser Suits for 10s. Men's Colonial made nailed Shooter Boots at 7s 6d per pair at Jft. alcorn's sale, Ashburbon Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. 1116 WAN CifiD Known—Tomatoes, good ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, etc., at Marsden's Fruit Shop, belo ir Mitchal) and Turner's.^ 2_109 TT[SIT the Sale. Trimmed Millinery ' going at any price Ladies' TJnder . 1 ithing reduced to 20 per cent, below cost. —Arcade House. 4 64 ANTKD Known^-For Stylish and Fashionable Jackets, marked Cheap, go to H. C. Segers, Melford House. T¥' ANTED Known—The Corner Is W showing a magnificent New {Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—-W, H. COLLIBR. WANTED Known, ~ For Millinery, Mantles, Jackets, Ulsters, and Macintoshes, Ladies' and Ohildren'f underclothing, try MiTdifELL & Turnsk.



WAN ED Known — Ladies are invited to inspect the Novelties in our Dress Department and Show Room without being pressed to bay.—Mitchell AND TURNER, rkr ANTED Known—All goods in Show * ' Room to be slaughtered at any price.—Arcade Fouse. 4 28 WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Proteofcorfl, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. S&lek's, Optician. WANTED Known—The whole of the stock to be sacrificed by order of the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 26 W" ANTBD~ Known ~L W Pants 3s lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d, Worsted Socks 6d per pair.—Arcade House 425 OYSTERS and Fresh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Uo.'s Shop, Burnett: street Ashburton 2 62 TEN Crates—New goods from the manufacturers in R. Alcorn's sale. Tea sets for six persons, 9s 6d; 40 piece Tea Sets frcm 15s; Bedroom Sets from Bs. Large coloured band and gilt, very handsome, 19s 6d. f CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, ' J Own make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pinafores.— Mes Alcohv, Saunders' Buildings. ~~OTICE! Notice! Sport for all. Guns let out on hire or sold on tim? paymbnts. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair; Guns of any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.— J. W. Hakdley, Ironmonger, etc. WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Regatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2s 6d.—W, H. Collikr. WANTED Known.—Cheviots, Hop sacks, Diagonals, Fast Dye Serges, Tweeds and Fancy Dresses, &c, with Trimmings to match at Mitchell and Turner's. a 4/ ANTED Known—To make room * ■ for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs dene at once cheaper than evei to stay b*d times over at 4. Mopon's, Premier Bootmaker. f~] SJNST Gwsli^ns ! My new~stock 1 vjf Qt&um ja'st to h?,n4 d^ct from the ru _ |^o^rs, BWes, et,c. fn- Barrel Br t -# 0 gfopfe jb Q select, spection invited. .^ Spring' from at J. W. Haedl. * "^ Repository. BANG I Bang i n(*u g i My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Club Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hardley's, Gun Emporium. 1 (FASTER Cards, and Booklets, Fire V\/ Screens, Pictures. Glass Ornaments, Christmas Cards, Cricket and Lawn Tennis Material, Photo Albums, and Frames, and hundreds of other articles are to be sold at a great sacrifice for Cash during this month only at h. F. Andjjewbs & Co. Stationers' Hall.



LpRED. S. JEfcF&IES, Manufactur- > ,IJ ing Confectioner, has opened a Shop in East street, next "The Corner,' for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery. [Nothing inferior sold. No cheap cigarettes. §114: | j^ E A~b~T H rH BA. Wandering afar ocr Australasia seas ; Sighing in softness, murmuring in air, Comes the desire for Health imparting Teas, Fragrant in flavor, with aroma rare. At last at last! the breezes murmur, Is found the Tea is well-named "Health," And Connoisseurs declare maccents firroe" This tea contains within itself a priceless wealth. Xhe daintiest loaf by cleanliest arts pre served, Blended with Savor that on the taste ne'er palls. — "Health Tea has won the pride of place deserved, , Is drunk in cottage homes and palace halls * j ' - HEALTH TEA HEALTH TEA Health Tea cures indigestion. i Other teas cause it



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