Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1894.

T. DiMTieny, a French scientist, has jusb erfected a simple apparatus by which twenty five photographs A of the same person can photographic be taken m quick sueces success. sion—one after the other —and before the subject 3 aware the eye of the camera is upon iiiu. By placing these pictures m a re olving wheel, a portrait of the man as lg really moves is obtained, instead of hat of a being with a melmcholy i?rin. L'his apparatus turns out a tiue portrait— i perfect likene-s, not only of the actual oarures as they are m. natural play, but >f those features anaffected by the studied, )ut often awkward and assumed expres ion that people wear who go purposely to 'sib for their photo." Mr Edison pro nised to have an invention of this kind ready and perfected for the Chicago Ex libiuon, bub the Frenchman has beaten lim.

Asb range communication was recently made to the French Academy of Medicine. Dr Fovdauxde Oourmelles cider desired to place people wfc o and lead, drank cider on their guard against using vessels into the composition of which lead enters. The acids eontaiued m the juice of the apple act upon the lead m such a manner as to generate poisonous salts. These have the most disastrous effects upon the human economy, and may produce all the dreadful symptoms of lead-poisoning from which compositors and others accustomed to handle lead occasionally suffer so much. Cider has not yet become a universally popular drink m New Zealand, but it is on the high road to popularity, and the Dr'a warning may not be without its value. According to him the pewter pint pot is a veasel of death when uaed for cider ; so also would be the composition pipes of the beer pump, were tney to be used for drawing cider from a barrel. Bottled cider drunk from glasses is there fore the correct thing.

International statistics prove that widowa will most readily find husbands m coun tries where the number of widows widows is smaller than that and of taewidowers. Thatthere widowers, are fewer widowers than widows is a general facb everywhere. In Switzerland, the number of widowers per thousand of the male population over fifteen years ia 60, while the numbet of widowa per thousand of tbe female population over fifteen years is 127. Where two or three widowers succeed m contracting a second marriage, scarcely one widow will have the like chance. And yet the proportion m Switzerland is a comparatively favorable one. There is no civilised country m which the number of widows is not ab least twice as large as that of the widowers. In England, the average is 114 to 54 ; m Italy, 136 to 60 ; m France, 139 to 73—a highly favorable figure ; while Germany, and more especially Austria, show the most unfavorable proportions— 130 widows to 50 widowers m the one case, and 121 to 44 m the other.

The German student of comic papers is always shown with a pair of spectacles. In the German public schools short the percentage «f short-sighted sight, scholars ii 35 ;in the French it ia 27*2; m the English ■it is only 20. Acording to M. Martin, a wriber m a Bordeaux medical journal, the percentage is> highest m the rhetoric and philosophy classes. The hygienic con diri>n of tho school does nob seem Jo :»flvcs, the percentage, and M, Martin Ithiukß that..want of physical exercise is ■the case -of'the trouble. By modifying the work of the classes, the proportion of short-sighted scholars ab th« College of Giessen has fallen from 26.6 to 17 per per cent, m fiva years. M. Martin re commeuds reasonable periods ot physical exercise between the hours of study, be lieving, what 'he English have abund antly proved al.eady, ttnt these periods of play will not detract from the pro ficiency of the scholar.

A remarkable fhbh of lightning ifc was that struck the new palace of Pots dam the other day. ''he a. soft- threatened destruction of the HBAiITED palace was averted m a, plash, singular way. The electric current ran along the tele graph wire to the fire alarm and set the fire bells ringing. The palace watchmen turned out, as did also the Potsdam fire brigade, and at very short notice too —and so very serioUß damage to the building was prevented.

The fund now being collected by the women of France for the purpose o? founding a national charity m the honor of the memory of the oarnot late President Carnot, had .fund, reached the sum of 130 000 franas m August. Madame Carnob was asked to decide as to how the money was to be devoted. Herself a widow and mother—and a widow under the most painful circumstances—she de cided that a fund be established with the moray from which poor widows with fimilies might be relieved.

After the successful introduction of the bicycle m the army, and the prospectivel^ early use of it m the the "bike" police service, we may anii Tirs now look for its speedy church. adoption m the s rvice of the Church. At ail events His Holiness the Pope has officially authorised his clergy to employ it m travelling for the discharge of their spiritual ministrations.

From Brussels comes.a strange story. An extraordinary duel has taken place there. Two young men were A enamoured of the same kopk's end lady. The fair one, duel. after considerable hesi tation, made her choice. The unssuccessful suitor was furious with jealousy, and challenged his rival to a duel. He proposed that each should be armed with a piece of rope, and that they should flog each other therewith as long as thpy could hold out. lb was a mad proposal, bub the chosen lover was "on." The fighb came off, bub was stopped by the police after it had been m progress a short time. Both combatants were covered with blood, but the challenger suffered the most severely of the two, his face being a mass of wounds,—and like that of the French teacher ab Killaloe, his countenance was "closed for alteritiona and repairs."

At election times, we m Ashburton have a chemical laboratory let loose upon us, and for days after the elec yellow toral battle has been lost and BOMys. won, and the ballot box has decided who is to have the £ f3O a month for misrepresenting one-half of iha electorate, the town is redolent of sulphurretted hydrogen. Certain "lewd fellows of the baser sort" store up for weeks m a reeking dung heap, several dozens of eggs, and this arsenal of hen fruit is ripe for discharge on the night of election. If one of those bombs of Ashburton election-night anarchy happens oh the back of your head, and exploits the region lying between your shirt and the skin of your back, you will carrf m your nostrils for several weeks a savoury incitement to wish the prompters of S'Qultry shows at the bottom of theaei,

i If you knew the larrikin who threw that egg with such cursedly true aim, you i would at once be disqualified from sitting j as a juryman on any case m which that larrikin was the accused. If the case were murder he would probably be hanaed. Butv there a-e oth«r places ia the world m ; which eggs are thrown And the egg -1 thrower ia not. as m the case of the Ashburton Anarchist*, always " person 1 wearing male uniform. A French Justice ot the Pence had a very bid fright last I month. He was not m a position to give a satisfactory answer to a lady, who wanted to know when her case was coming on. The lady expostulated ; the Justice only continued meekly to shake his head. Madame became angry and rude, and was ordered to leave the court. Then she lost her temper, opened har bag, aod taking from out its depths something round, threw it as hard as she could at the Magistrates head. For a moment terror was depicted on every countenance. Anything round must be a bomb ! Then the court orderly was observed choking a laugh m his throat, and an unofficial man m a corner gave a loud guffaw. The bench was covered with the yoke of an egg! The source from which we derive the story do«s not say what was done to the woman. Perhaps the same as is done to the Ash hni-frm Anarchists—nothing.

The Russian Government has abolished medical classes for women at the colleges. It gave these classes what I'EMAXE is called a fair trial, and doctors, deoided that the profession was an unsuitable one for women. Bat •* If a woman will, she will" etc., ia as much a fact m the country of the Cz*r as it is anywhere else, and now we find that the Russian lady students, chased from the class rooms of their own country, have swarmed into Paris. There are 155 women there now attempting to qualify for the " license to kill." but only sixteen of them ara French. The rest are nearly all from Russia.

An interesting scene occurred m Paris early m August. Just before the 11.30 London train departed, the the ioyalty railway station presented a of the japs, singularly interestinespec- I t&ole. Some fifty Japa nese army and navy officers—who m the j time of peace had been resident m Paris —started for England to take the first Southampton steamer for home, where their services were required. Among them were Prince Komatau, a relative of the Mikado and an officer of the Japanese navy; and General Okn, who had come from St Petersburg to join his patriotic brother officers, who had flocked from every part of Europe. In the same train went a number of Chinese officers, who for the time appeared to be on the most friendly terms with the "enemy."

Ifc was said some time aso that m an inven tion by M. Turpin the French army would possess a means of offence ■M. tukpix's and defence which would isvkntion. enable it to conquer any army less efficiently equip ped. The nature of that equipment was kept secret, and the administrative de partment of the French War Office was charged with the duty of examining the alleged invention and reporting upon ito value. That rsport is to the effect that at present this alleged invention has no practical value,' and M. Turpn is now at liberty to follow such course m re gaid to his invention as French law per mits This is a great downfall after the exciting campaign which M. Turpin's friends carried on m defence of the in vention, but there is no uncertainty about the decision of the War offioe on this one important point—there is nothing m the invention calculated to give to French arrni'B a decided meoh->nieal siiDsrionty over nil other armies. The probabilities are, however, that all nations h»va en countered a check in-army equipments, and that there* will be no futther im portant advance for a considerable period of time. But it does not follow, either, that fiurthar progress m military science is to ceaae or be undervalued. Prussia owed no inconsiderable portion of her superiority m the field to having been the first nation to usb tho needle-gnn, which she tried on the unfortunate Danes and Austrians with deadly effjeb before she measured its powers with those of the Frbiich chassepobs. Prussia, too, made f ffecrive use of the new artillery m the Franco-Prussian war. But along with her unproved weapons she brought to the conflict an improved military organisation, and the highly educated condition of her soldiers—the trained minds and loyal hearts of them—were no unimportant factors m the fight. The nation that first discovers and adopks a vastly improved weapon of warfare has an immense advantage over other nations who have not been so forlunate. But it is the adoption of It, and the training of the fighting men to its use that give the advantage.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

France reinforces her troops m Siam. October 10, Labour Day, will be ob served as a public holiday m all Govern ment offices. No less than thirteen Chinamen m Wel lington and one m Maaterton are gazetted as having taken oat letters ot naturalisa tion. > t a meeting of the Hospital Board this morning it was decided to apply monthly to Government for subsides instead of half-yearly as before. The Irish National Federation at Wel lington forwarded by the San Francisco mail yesterday the sum of £75 to Mr Justin McCarthy. Mr A. Hendry, the manager of the New l^aaland Clothing Factory, has just returned from Dunedin, and having selected a supply cf new spring and summer goods draws attention to same m our advertising columns. The total number of signatures to the Auckland petitions against the borrowing Bills of the Government was 1940, obtained | m three days. Sixty sheets, containing 1200 names, were posted to Wellington by the Mararoa on Wednesday, Mr J. 0. Blackmere, Government pomologist, will deliver a lecture to-night ia the Arcade Chambers, which ought to be specially interesting to fruit growers. Mr Blackmore has with him samples of the best spraying apparatus for insect pesfcs, and will give much valuable infor mation regarding fruit culture generally. Mr Hudolph Friedlander, whd has. been making a few weeks' holiday m Australia, is on the water on his sray,. home again, and will be m Ashburton either tq-night or to-morrow, so that he ' will resume his auctioneering work, at any rae at the Ashburton yards on Tuesday. School teachers m New Zealand may extract some coraforb from reading the following advertisements, which appear m a recent issue of a Glasgow paper: — 1 School Boardof Maryhill.—Pupil teachers wanted; salary, boys, £15 ; girls, £1210s. — Applications to be lodged with the sub scriber before Monday first, 9th July.— W. B. Gemrael, clerk, 136, Wellington street, Glasgow, sth Jaly, 1894. « Wanted, for Cctmbernauld Public Schbol, a mala certificated assistant teacher ; to enter on duties beginning on August ; singing and certificate D preferred; salary, £75 per annum, with share of grant for evening classes, — Applipations, with, testimonials, to be lodged on or before 12th July, with, John LongwUJ, dwk| Ban!;; House, Cumbernauld,

Two slight shocks of earthquake were felb at Wellington ab 10.30 this morning. Mr Jaraoa Mill Morris, lessee-proprietor of the Bmnnerton Neivs, died on Thursday. aged sixty-five. His health had been broken for some time past. ' The switchbick railway, m Manchester street, Ohriatchurch, was formally opened by the Mayor of the City on Thursday, m presence of a dense crowd of people. While the Duke of Cambridge and Colonel Fitzgeorge were shooting m Kich moid Park, the latter seriously wounded i two beaters, mistaking them for pheasants A robber at Wilna, m Russia, murdered a family of ten, including a husband, a former wife, and four servants. Ho then set fire to the house and escaped. Captain Edwin reports there are now strong evidences that hard northerly gales must be expected m most parts of the country between noon to-morrow and noon ou Monday. An order m Council prescribes that pay ment of capitation allowance to Education Boards for the quarter ending December 31st, shall be according to the working average attendance of the past quarter. Mr J. Drummon Macpherson, the well known Christchurch - manager of the • South British Insurance Company, died m Sydney on Wednesday. He was sixty five ye*ra of age, and came to New Zealand m 1859. A contributor to the Tuapeka Times writes:—'A curious thing that I have recently noticed is that farmers m the Clutha district are going m with great energy this season for barley growing. I am told there is not a farmer m the pro: hibitioo district of Tapanui but has put m a big crop of barley. What, I wonder, does this indicate 1' On Thursday evening as Mr Andrew Orr was driving m his buggy with Mi Marshall, along the Belt, near hh house, the kingbolt gave way, and the pair were thrown out. Neither were seriously hurt, but Mr Orr received a sprained wrist On the mishap occurring the horse, whict was somewhat frisky, took to its heels with the shafts and wheels behind, anc gallopped through the streets of the town A. Sydney telegram m the Melbourne Argus says :—" An extraordinary curren is reported by the master of the steamei Rotomahana to have been met with bj him while on his way from New Zealand It extended from the vicinity of the Threi Kings to within 150 miles of the Austra Han'coasb, and at times it ran at the rat* of two and a half miles an hour, setting t< the north-easfc. Eddies were quite visibli on the surface of the oceaa. There m a deadlock between the Cricke Associations of New South Wales am Victoria ovec the dispute between Black ham and theumpire lastseason. Probabl] there will be no matches between th< colonies till Blackham withdraws hie allegei defamatory statements against the umpire Blackham refuses, and requests bis owr Association to investigate the Matter. 1 the difficulty is not settled it will have s serious effect upon the representative matches with the English team. At the Oounty Council meeting to dny the traffic bridge question was full; discussed. The B trough Council's depu ration laid the matter fully before th< meeting, but after a lengthy debate thi County failed to see its way to d< anything m the matter, and passed i resolution to that effect with someadnc to drivers of spanking horses to (reduc to very plain "English) 4 go slow.' The final rehearsal of ' The Haymakers last evening was eminently satisfactory The piece went, musically, without f hitch and m regard to its action an< mounting the Society promoting it wer< lucky m securing the services, as stage manageress, of Miss Shirtcliffe, whos< i ability aa a drill and disciplinarian woulc make the face of Colo nelNe wall green witl envy, The mounting is satisfactory ir every way, ami the accessories for scenic effect are excellent. The tableaux wil he illuminated by limaltght—manipulatec by Messrs Murray and Elston—trom botl side 3of the stage, and altogether i musical, operatic, and spectacular enter tainment will be presented well wortt going to see. The annual maeting of the Council ol the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association was held >o-day m Auckland. The Olubs represented by delegates are— Auckland, Christchurch, East Christ church, Gisborno, Port Ahuriri, Si Albam, and VTangarei. The account!; show a debit baWne», owing to the expense of a banner (£l4 6s 9J), and the sale of annuals not covering the cost The election of offiber.s resulted as follow : —President —Sir Robert Stout; Secretary and Treasurer—Mr R. St Glair; Auditors—Messrs Esam and O'Meaia : Appeal Committee—North : Messrs Gold water, O'Meara, and the Secretary; South: Messrs Airey, Mountfort, Austin, Smith. The Secretary was authorised to ask Government to give £ for £ locally raised for school instruction m swimming, and also to provide for bathing reserves m all hew Government townships. On a motion of Mr Hall a return has been laid on the table of the House dhow ing the total cost of the recent licensing elections} and the cost m each district. This shows that the total cost was £6948 83 lOd. The electorate m which the ex penses were highest was Westland, where the cost was £240105, and the next highest wav Rangitata, with £234 19s 2d. The four principal cities stand m the following order:—Dunedin £209 3s 6d, Wellington £182 2a 7d, Auckland £181 7s M, Christ churcb £150 3s 7d, The amoancs m the different electorates of Canterbury were as follows ,-»Avon £73 2s, Lytfcelton £61 10a ad, Riccarton £75 2a lid, Selwyn £63 2s 9d, Ellasmere £75, Ashburton £94 7s Bi, Pareora £88 17s 9d, Timara £99 3s 2d, Waitaki £131 7s, Kaiapoi £65 10s 7d, Ashley £129 7s 4d. A note to the last entry states that a further sum of £16 5s 9d is still disputed by the County Council i as being excessive. On Wednesday week lovers of good music will have an opportunity of enjoy ing an exceptional treat at the piano reoit»l to be given by Mrs Bowman Fox m the School of Music. This lady an nounces her intention of teaching the piano, organ, and the theory of music and harmony, and comes to us with the highest recommendations possible. Not only does she possess Trinity College, London, certificates, which can on'y be earned by genuine merit, but sha carries with her the unsolicited and spontaneous testimonials to her ability of qualified musicians m OtagQ. with whom she has been- working. But the beat recom mendation of all is her own work, and as a performer on the piano we have no hesitation m saying that no more brilliant executant h*s ever pleased .the Ashburton public. This is a strong state ment to make,.but it. is made m cold blood, and makiDg no exception. It is made m full confidence m the lady's abitity, and that the recital on Wednes day week will more than bear out what has been said. Of course, such an acquisition to the musical strength of the town must be welcome indeed. Fob thb Blood is the Life—Clarke's World-famed Blood Mixture iB warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities from whatever cause arising. For Scrofula, Scurvy, Eczema, Bad Legs, Skin and B\ap& iiseaaes, Pimples and sores of all kinds its jffects are marvelous. Thousands of testi noniala. Bewa?e of worthless imitations and bstftutes 5) RhjedmA-Tism,.—Dr E. Gordon's remed jevbr fails m permanently curing rheutna iism, lumbago, sciatica, gout, etc, one bottle rives relief. Price 10a, post free. J, W. ■H&yton, P.O. Box 234, Duriedia

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Wellington, October 4 The Council met at 2.30 p.m. CONSOLS BILL, The otfew Zealand Consols Bill was committed. Clause 3—" Deposits nob exceeding one million may be received " The Colonial Secretary repeated the assurance which he made yesterday fchat the amount would be reduced by message from the Governor to half a million. On that understanding, the clause was agreed to On clause 4, fixing the date ef repay ment of the consols, an amendment by Mr Bonar, substituting 20 years for 40 years, was carried by 24 to 11. Mr Stewart moved a further amend ment, its effect being to confine the purchase of consols to th 9 colony. The amendment was agreed to by 22 to 14. ' The Bill, without further amend ments, was reported and put through its final stages after a short debate. FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES DEPOSITS BILL. The Foreign Insurance Companies Deposit Bill was read a second time on the voices. Mr Stevens resumed the debate on the second reading of the Government Advances to Settlers Bill. He said it waa utterly fallacious to hold up some of the European countries as examples of the success of this scheme, and he failed to see why the State should borrow money for the purpose of assisting any particular class of per sons. He believed that no more aban doned Acts of the Legislature had ever been brought betore Parliament than had been submitied during the present session. He entreated members to stay their hands and not permit this Bill to become law. No worse time could have been chosen than the present for borrowing purposes, because there was every prospect of a failing revenue m the near future, and indus tries were m a languishing condition. He moved as an amendment "That the Bill be read a second time that day six months."

Mr Rigg said that if the country was to accept the dictum of Mr Stevens there would never be any progress, He (Mr Rigg) regarded the measure as one of the greatest experiments of State socialism ever attempted. He supported the Bill,, but would like to see a State bank established, which would have enabled a struggling settler to obtain advances to tide him over his temporary difficulty. Mr Pharazyn looked upon the Bill as an experiment of State socialism, and as such he was opposed to it altogether. The Government were not I fit to become money-lenders, and if they obtained the power they sought under the Bill, they would make a mess of it. The Bill will probably result m a large quantity of State mortgaged land being thrown into the market, and people who were not m the slightest degree fitted for farming would be shovelled upon the land. Sir George Whitmore supported the Bill, but could not agree that it was State socialism. Mr Swanston thought that all other industries should participate m the benefits of the scheme. On the motion of Mr Bowen the debate was adjourned till next day. The Council rose at 9.15 p.m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The House met at 2.30. BELLAMY'S. A lengthy discussion took place on a report from the House Committee, with respect to sending Home the usual orders for Bellamy's for the next session. The Premier disapproved of the re port, and moved that it be referred back to the Committee, on the ground that it was not a report from the Joint Committee of both Houses. Mr Hutchison moved an addition to the Premier's amendment, " that no order for alcoholic liquor be m the meantime given." The Premier accepted the addition. The amendment was agreed to, and the report referred back to the Com' mittee. LANDS IMPROVEMENT AND NATIVE LANDS ACQUISITION BILL. The amendments made by the Legis lative Council m the Lands Improve ment and Native Lands Acquisition Bill were agreed to. SHOPS AND SHOPS ASSISTANTS HILL. Mr Bell, Mr Tannar, Mr Ward and Mr Reeves were appointed a con ference to meet the Legislative Council m reference to the amendments m dis pute m the Shop and Shops Assistants Bill. WARLIKE STOKES. The Premier moved that the House empower the Government to enter into a contract for a period not ex ceeding live years for the supply of ammunition and warlike stores for the colony, the same to be manufactured by the Auckland Ammunition Com pany. He spoke strongly m support of such a contract being entered into, and said that he hoped to have the approval of his colleagues to send Horns next day for one thousand Martini-Henry rifles. It was impos sible with the means at the disposal of the Government to arm the whole of the volunteers with Martini-Henry rifles, and they must proceed cautiously. The late Volunteer Conference had been very satisfactory, and its recom mendations would receive every con sideration from the Government. The motion was agreed to on the voices. The House rose at 5.30 p.m. The House resumed at 7.30 p.m. THE RATING BILL. The amendment made by the Legis~ lative Council m the Rating Bill was agreed to. PUBLIC WORKS BILL. The Public Works Bill was further considered m committee. Clause 33—cases m which compen sation, is not payable—caused a very lengthy discussion. It was finally decided that the power given m that clause to the Crown to take possession of land vested, fa any local authority without compensation, except for improvements should apply only to reserves for en dowments granted before the Public Works Act; of 1876 was pawed, and.

tHE ASHBt&TbN GtJABDIAK: FBIDAY OCTOBER 5, 1894.



Wanted \ •Clr ANTED Known—The Corner la < W showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. , Collier. HAKA.TERE.-The Somerset Meat Mart has long held '• tha cake " as the best and cheapest shop m town for cash purchasers. The old reputation will be maintained. Mutton 2:1 per lb, Sius as;es 4d per lb. All other Kne ß reducer!. For Cash only.—W. J. Silcock. 852 BLANKETS bought at Edwards Bennet's Sale, a special line of DouWe Blankets at 7a 9d. Ex*ra large and heavy 15s 6d and 16a 6d.~- Robert Alcorn, Baker's Buildings. OWN Make m Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, atusiins, Flannelettes, Tiiramings, etc., ab Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Biker's Buildings, WANTED Everyone to try Peerless Tea, 31b for ss. 6lb for 9a lid. Dessicated Oocoanut 8i per lbj Wire Natting. lyd wide, 2£d per yd by fine coil. Note address—Fletcher Bros, Cash Supply Stores, East street, Ash burton, Next Bank of New Zealand. BANG ! Bang i B&ug I My. new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Cluo Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at .T. W. Hardley's, Gun Empo* urn. ROBERT ALCORN has opened m Baker's Buildings, next the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bannett's and the Kaiapoi Sales, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashbnrton, Also an assortment of Boots. WANTED Known —That if you are m want of a firai) class article m sum mer Boots and Shoes, you cannot do better than call at J. Moison's ; you will get the very best at reduced prices. As for his own make, they are well known to the delight of the wearers, throughout the Australasian colonies. Repairs well done and at once Premier Boot Maker, Town Hall Boob Store, East street, Ashburton. NEW SPBING AND SUMMER GOODS OPENING UP THIS WEEK. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, NEW GOODS MEN'S New Shapes Hard Hata GOODS Men's New Shape Soft „ NEW flats GOODS "Men's New Lounge Hata L_ rkT . a NEW _i£oz weight GOODS Men's New Tennis Hats .,„. NEW Men's, Boys' and Youths' GOODS Straw Hits nnrvna NEW GOODS —SPECIAL— NEW WOODS ■" , The New Swimming Com- NEW binationSuit GOOD 3 , m Men's and Youths' Black NEW Lace Shirts GOODS m New Tennis Sashes NEWjj ew Cycling Shirts GOODS New Tennis Shirts NEW New Cricket Shirts GOODS NEW -SPFCIAL- GOODS NEW 1801 New Tim and GOODS Bowi-5 NEW GOODS NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX. HENDTIY. Manager 1 UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, LIMITED. QPECIALLY "REDUCED PAS- O SAGE RATES by the following Steamers from Lyttelton :— TO SALOON STEERAGE Wellington ... £0 10 0 £0 5 0 Napier ... 10 0 010 0 Auckland ... 1 10 0 0 15 0 Sydney— Via Auckland 2 10 0 15 0 Via Cook Strait 2 0 0 10 0 FLORA , ... 1 Tuesday, WAIHORA / October 9 ROTOMAHANA ... Wednesday, Oct 10 WAIRARA.PA ... Thursday, Oct 11 RETURN TICKETS- Coastal at proportionately Reduced Rate a. Do. To Sydney, either via Auck land or via Cook Strait, ROUND TICKETS, RETURNING FROM WELLINGTON VIA HOB ART (Including Fare by Steamer between Sydney and Melbourne)— £6, TO MJaLBOTJIfcItfE. MARAROA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 (transhipping to Wakatipu at Dunedin) Saloon .., £4. Steerage ... £2 10s. For further particulars apply to the COMPANY'S OFJbICB, 10*21 Manchester Street. JMUOJL. NOTICES, „ j Mails close for the lolloping placel? as under subject to the necessary alterations :— SATURDAY, October 6. For Australian Colonies and also for United Kingdom (specially addressed via Naplee), India, China, Japan, &c., per express, to connect with s s. Wakatipu, at IS.BO p.m Due London November 21. The next parcel .nail for the United King dom will close on October 18 per lonic. The next mail for United Kingdom, via .San Francisco, will close on October 31. i Due London December 5. Holloway's Pills and Ointment— Soldiers and Sailors.—These well-known and easily used remedies are especially serviceable and convenient for those who like soldiers and sailors, are exposed to great changes of climate, and the hardships insepr arable to their calling. Many of the diseases engendered m the system from these and other untoward causes can be checked and controlled by attention at their outset, and m Holloway's remdies will be found a ready means of relief, without hindrance fromduty. Many a man is invalided and rendered more or less a burden to himself and friends from neglect of the early symptoms of his com plaint, which calamity might be averted by timely resort to the use ot Holloway's PiHs and Ointment. For Indigestion, the best remedy is un doubtedly Norton's Camomile Pills. They can confidently be recommended as being mild m operation and absolutely free from injurious drugs. Acting at once as a splen did tonic and a gentle aperient. For nearly 130 years they' have proved unequalled for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, sick Headache and for Liver and Stomach complaints. Sold m bottles Is l£d, 23 i)d, and Us, by all Medi cine Vendors throughout the world, 4 impla, nU, and certain remedy,



Warned. , OEaT)TY~oIFIJ7tH 5s back, Breeze's *-* Prolific 4s 6d, Hath KHney 4s. Derwent 2s 6d, Laffey, Rose, Bruce, etc. , —J. Thomas, io 28 , OEdS, BEANS, Etc., beat kind ; ha f usual puce Thomas's and Rollitt's Flour at coafc price.—J. Thomas, Have lock Street. io 27 SEED Envelopes for Sale; a cheap line. Apply this office. 973 T HAVE for Sale a few tons of Oamaru •*■ Darwent pocatoea for seed. Also a few bigs of Oamaru Kidneys.- Petbr Williams. 9 182 T3ARTRIDGE Cochins for sale. A JL purchaser just received thrae from advertiser says:—"They certainly are splendid birds." Address, Mail Office. T^RESSMAKING. — Miss "Mubphy", -*-' Dressmaker, has recommenced busi ness m the old Kindergarten, Kast street, where she will be pleased to see old friends and new. Terms very moderate. CIOR Sale.—Cheap, Valuable Building *- Sites at Hampstead, m blocks to suit purchasers, highly improved. For parti culars apply to the Ashburton Permanent Building and Investment Society, Tancred Street. 8 116 TUST Opened, a splendid line of fashion ** able Dress Stuffs, m Cardinals, Maroons, Navies, Browns and Blacks. To be sold under wholesale price.—H, C Segers, Melford House. pIRCDLATING Library.—Any one *J bringing or buying a Yellow Back or Cloth Book can exchange the same by paying 4d for each exchange. New books are constantly added to the library. Photo and Scrap Albums, Text, Birthday, Christmas, and New Years Cards Cheap, and m Great variety; Picture Books, Scraps, Band of Hope Reciters, and Dialogues, Fancy, Plain and Mourning Stationery. Book Stall and Shop,—J. Marseen. UrTANTßD^AirAocounts due to the y V undersigned muse be paid at once or they will be sued for without further notice.—James Gudsell. 9 168 TF you want good prime Cheese and •*- Bacon, try Taylor, East Street Bakery. 6109 fVTANTED Known-Before buying YV your Hats come and see our Stock. Greatest variety to choose from m Ashburton. All marked very Cheap. - H. 0. Segers, Melford House. OYSTERS, Fried Flounders, »nd Whitebait every pight at Jbwitts, Deep Sea Fishing Company, opposite Mail office. 9 168 TF you wish your socials and parties to -1- be successful, buy your cake, pastry, etc, at Taylor's, East Street Bakery. Parties supplied on the shortest notice. 6 111 ..JALE of Warehouseman s Stock at O Mitchell <fe Turner's. Cheap lines m all departments. UTANx'ED, Everybody to use Titan * V Soap, greatest marvel of the age. O. Zander, Sole Agent. WANTED Known.—No more wet clothes and bronchitis, Yarmouth Oilskin to hand.—Mitchell & Itjrnbr. /~1 Q PRAY is selling Firewood 25s U 1 Opt"* cord, delivered. Coal from 63 per quarter. Good heart fencing oiaterial veiy cheap. Opposite Mercantile Store, Wear- Street. PRIME Christchurch smoked and Lewis' pnle cured Bacon Hams, best Akaroa and local-made Cheeses from sd, at Taylor's, East Street Bakery. 6110 lADIEV and Gentlemen's left-off! J Ulqlh.9B bought, sold, or exchanged. —Mes Knight, Wakanui Road, opposite Templar Hall. 7 102 i^DWARDS, Bennett's Sale. Grand lot *-^ new and fashionable Furs and Mantles ; hfllf price. Come and take your pick at Mes Adams WANTED Known.—All genuine Oil skins, Leggings, S-m'-Wester, marked Yarmouth-^-Mitchell fo Turher. WAMTJiL) Known — Spoctacles, JCye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything m the optical me at S. Silek's, Optician, WANTED Known-The Cheapest Honse m tewn for First-class Millinery and Drapery is H. 0. Segers, Melford House. WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Kegacta Shirts, all siaes, with or without collars, 2s 6d, —W, H, Collieu. EARLY POTATOES. — Beauty # of Bath, Early Rose. Snowflake, and other Kidneya—by the sack and m small lots. Customers may rely on the seed being true to name.—A. W. Randbll, Ashburton and Allenton. 8J67 SWEEPING Reductions. —Is Boobs for 9d, Is 6d Books for Is, 2a Books for Is 6d, 2i 6d Books for 2s, and all others at equa.l rate of reduction at L. F. Andrewes and Cos., Cash Saie. 618 WANTED Known—That owing to the success of the Sale now being held up at Saunders' Buildings, opposite Rail way Station, it will be continued for another twenty-eight days, I am not advertising a few cheap lines, but the whole of the stock. Don't lose the oppor bunity of securing genuine bargains —A Lawrie. 7 166 /H.UNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock vX of Gunsj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. Haedlky's Sporting Repository GOOD afternoon, Mrs Smith. Not feeling well 'I Have a cup or Health Tea! Nothing so invigorating uid strengthening; My word, Mrs Brown, this is simply lovely. Wholesale and retail at Zander's. LARGE Purchase Embroideries ab Edwards, Bennett's Sale; over ninety pieces to cheqae from. Ladies' Trousseaux made on short notice. Orna ments, Fancy Goods, and Dolls' Prams at Mas Alcorn's new shop, Havelock Street NOTICJjfI XMocice SporiTtor ail Guns let out on hire cr sold on tima payments. H&ving a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to ,repair Guns or any description. Gun fittings m stock. Prices low.—J. W. Hardley, Ironmonger, etc. OtTAR.! WAR!-Greac Sacrifices as * Goods muse be sold cheaper than ever, to make room for other goods to sirrive shortly. Books and Magazines, Writing Papers and Envelopes, Pocket Books, Purses, Writing Casew, Ink ■itands, Pictures, Music, Aocordeous from 7^ 9J, Concertinas, Violins, Banjos, Zither Harpy, Photo Frames md Albums, Scrap and Postage Stamp Albums, Indoor frames, School Bags, and a great variety of goods too ititnerous to mention ; all at greatly <wuced prices for cash this month at L, ,F. Awbbbwes and Co.'s, Ch«ap Saje,



■ |_j EALTH TEA is swore eoonomical PUUOPOBTK O. than ordinary ea. Ifc undergoes ___ a process whereby -the injurious ingre- MT«ci T?RTff«i»r,AN'Dfcß heus to , dieiits are eliminated, whilst it renders Li^u^c? tfc^ be ImJo r.rm the release of the better properties of the *iU commerce ol October I. -f more easy. Hb«by Zakdkk, Atttho rised Agent. Tbhms Moderate. -'-— — " ' Street, Aahburton. W O Stimulant has given.so much favor w 9 1671 A-* with the Natives aa Health Tea, It imstj be good ; ask your grocer for jt t



X Anderson, BOOT W AJiEHO'USB, EAST STREET. BOOTS- BOOTS. BOOTS mHE Largesfc and Best Assorted Stock ia the District to Select from att tw<VT EVGLTSH AND CONTINENTAL MAKES IN STOCK. LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICHS. Every Ocacriplion of Boots Sho^mad^to order. Material and Workmanship Be sure to Call and Inspect Goods before Buying elsewhere. S. ANDIBSON^ BOOT MANUFACTURER AND IMPORTER, J. NICHOLAS, Manager, East street. FKrAiBB Donjb Same Day as Brought



FLETCHER BROS. JUST LANDING, 25 Tons New Crop Cane Sugar* 25 701 b Bags Finest Snowdrop Sugar 15s lid. FLOOR. ~~~ FLOUR. 251 b Finest Boiler 2s Od 1001 b Finest Roller 7s 6d 501 b Finest Boiler 3s 10£ d 2001 b Finest Roller 14s Od Caustic Lye for Soap Making Blacking 4|d doz., 12 doz. 4s 3d. lib tin lOd per lb Marmalade m Glass Jars BJd. 21b tin 8d per lb Kew Dates 7d per lb. * 101 b tin 7d per lb . Eock Salt 6s 9d per cwt. TEA. TEA. TE4. THE NOTED WAREHOUSE FOR TEA. 51b Peerless Tea, 5s 31b Premier Tea, 5s 5d 61b Peerless Tea. 9s lid 61b Premier Tea, 10s 5d 2s Tea, Peerless, for Is 9d m 5 and 101 b tins, tins free. 2d t)er lb reduotion on 3 b picket of Arab. Matchless, Premier, Jameson and Anderson's, Nelson and Moat's Nabob, and any known bwnd, and on 6 and 1010 rinV Tina f tee. In Chests and half Ohdnts, Cejloii, Indian and Chin* at Is 3|d, Is sd, and Is 9|d. B»st value m Canterbury. 251 b Moir's New Oatmeal 2s 6d .Neave's Food lid per tin, 10s per bag, 4 bags 9s lid 6d per dozen Finest Sago, Tapioca, Split Peas Sunlight Soap Is 2d per box of lfd per lb, 7lbs Is 6 Tablets New Currants, washed and dried, Candles 5-|d per lb, 121bs 5s 3d 3M 121bs 3s 9d Corn Flour (Brown's) 3Jd per Disicated Cocoamit 8d per lb lb, I2lbs 3s 3d Wire Netting (lyd wide) 2|d Edmond's Baking Powder, large per yard by coil tins, 11 d per tin, 12 tins 10s 6d Extract of Soap, 13 packets for Cream of Tartar, pure, Is 2d per Is, 141 b box 3s lid lb, 121bs 12s 3d Union Peel 8d per lb, 21b Is 3d, Our Own Baking Powder 9d lb 71b tins 3s 6d Coffee, purest and best, ground Essence of Lemon, Vanilla on the premises daily, Is 4d Almond etc, s|d per bottle and Is 6d per lb, Reduction 6 bottles 2s 6d A '# to large consumers Oxford Blue 8d per lb, 121 b fox Pure Pepper Is 2d per lb ; 121bs 7s 9d ' '11s 9d Plaid Vestas 3|d per dozen, 12 Baking Soda 3d per lb 51bs Is dozen packets 3s 3d Superior Black Lead s|d dozen, Sheep Tongues lOd per tin, 9s 12 dozen 5s 3d 6d per dozen Remember to patronise the firm who brought an<? kaep down the prices, and give the people of Ashburton the benefit of all nibbles oought ia tho Home and Conti entalmarketa. CONSUMERS LIBERALLY DEALT WITH. NOTE ADDRESS— "07 ira* 109, High Street, Chriatchurch ; Tele phone!73l; and EA.ST STREET, Aeh burton.



Business Kotiee^. IF YOU WAKT GOOD VALUE FOE YOUR MONEY GO TO— ■■' G. J. NEILL'S WHERE THEY ARE SELLING AT LESS THAN COST PRICE. HARD DP."~HARD UP MUST 11A.VJB MoNUTir. ■j^O REASONABLE OFFER "rEPIJSED FOR ANY ARTICLE IN j\ THE SHOP. DRESS GOODS 2Jd DRESS GOODS 3Jd Double width Dress Tweeds Is lid Heavy Shirting Is 6d—Reduced to 9|d Reduced to Is Union Shirting Is 2d—Reduced to 7fd TOWELS 2id Kid Gloves, four clasps Is 9d Double Bed-twUl Sheeting, unbleached Flannelettes, yard wide 7&d—Reduced and White 9£d to 4£d White and Grey Calico Is lid doz Dr Warner's Corahne Corsets, 8s bd All Wool* Jan nel7|d Reduced to 6s lid OORiSFTS Is 9d D6r naif nIIIXINERY AND UNDER-CLOTHING AT YOTJB OWN PRICE CLOTHING- CtOTHING- Boys' Suits 3s lid Men's Tweed Trousers 6s lid Boys' Suits 4s lid Men's Woollen Socks 7£d Boys' Caps 6d Men's Tweed Overcoats, with capes Men's Tweed Suits 13s 6d 17s 6d Men's Heavy All Wool Suits 35s 6d Men's Tweed Macintoshes, with capes Reduced to 22s 6d 39a 6d—Reduced to 23s 6d MEN'S SHIRTS, TIES, HATS, GAPS, etc., AT ANY PRICE. | BLANKETS. BLANKETS. IN EVERt CONCEIVABLE MAKIS, COLONIAL AND ENGLISH, AT ANY PRICE-FROM O« »<* Vm PAIR. NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. BOOTS. BOOTS. OHEAPEP. THAN EVER, WE CANNOT HELP IT AS WE WANT THE MONEY Women's Shoes 4s lid Women's Leather Lace B iots, all sizes 5s lid THESE ARE SIMPLY GIVEN AWAY. ' Men's Bluchers 4a lid Boys' Nailad Shooters, Strong, 5s 6d * MenVNailed Shooters 7s lid and 5s 9d Men's Heavy Watertights, pegged, Ladies' French Shoes 11s 9d—Reduced 15a 6d—Reduced to Us 6d „ to 8s 6d CHILDREN'S TAN SHOES AND SLIPPERS AT YOUR OWN PRICE AT G. J, NEIL L'S, FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EA S T IS TRE ET, ASHBURTON Cash. We Want CASH.