MAIL NOTICES,

Maila close for the following places aa under, subject to the necessary alterations:— IUESDAY, November 27. For Northern Ports and \Vestport, per Omapere, at 0,30 a,m. WEDNESDAY, November 28. For the Unite A Ringdon, Continents of Furope and America, and West Indies (via San Francisco), Sandwich Islands, and Samoa, and also for Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Takipuna, as follows : — Ordi nary letters, books, and newspapers at ts;l£> pin.; registered letters, 5 p.m.; money orders, 3 p.m. Due London January 2, 1895.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1894 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Auckland on SuncUy a sharp shock of earthquake was folt at 4.30 a m. H.M.S. Ringdove has been ordered to cruise to F ji and New Zealand. A telephone has been completed be twepn Berlin and Vienna, a distance m a straight line of §80 mites, It Is working well. A British protectorate has been de clared over Mengo. Jt extends from Uganda m a north-westerly direction, and includes a portion of Unyoro, Very important business is likely to come before the High School Board at i'fi meeting on Thursday mxt — County Council ofihe, at 10 30. a.m. The members of the various choirs are cordially invited to attend at Mr McNeill 8 meeting to-morrow ai two o'clock to assist m carrying out the musical pare of the programme. rJ no Survey Department are engaged m getting out for the Railway Commissioners a new edition of the * Railway {Quids' m view of the tourist season now setting m. it will comprise thirty six pages, and will bepspipus'y illustrated with photo-Htho graphs. The letterpress has been brought up-to date, ani the little fyioclntre, which will be folded into a neat, portable siaa, is to be distributed gratuitously. Qne of the men employed at the Christ church Botanical gardens discovered the following articles on Saturday m a gravel pit on the Domain :—Opera glass, pair pjjtpnt leather shoeo, two pair blue socks, shlrfj pair flannel trousers, two colored ties, silk handkerchief, French lesson book, and a copy of the Common Prayer b3ok bearing the name of R, K. Hayes, Wellington, fope of the other articles bear tho name of M. T. JJayes, The goods have been handed to the polipe. An open air meeting to consider tl.§ question of Party Government was held m Chri«tchurch on Saturday evening under the auspices of the Canterbury Prozrcssive Liberal AssocVion There was a very large attendance. The follow ing resoution was carried unanimously: __*fbafc this meeting is of.opinion that the til*l^l*l^ k*B *"W l$ f°r fcne abolition or reform of Qtov pj?ekcnt s^atpm of Party Governmenr', an 4 believes thit U»jor Steward's El^o'tiv'e Executive Bill would do much towardsrk'4'ng 'ha system of its present many objectionable features.' DOLLAR CIGARKTTES. 3d. No holders or photos— Hbrbt Zanper

Before Major Steward and Mr Hugo I Friedhnder, justices of the peace, this morning, Donald McFarlano was sent to K» 1 for two months for inde^ cut exposure m the public streets. A Press Association telegram states that Ministers were m Cabinet on Saturday till * hte hour, l.u1" there was nothing decul-'d I wlich was of public interest Airoihar meeting was to be held tod»y, and m the afternuon the Premier, the Minister for Land?, and the P >t>unaster-General was to leave ior Dunecin On W*dnes<i«y ev< ning a farewull soria' wil be h Id m the We-1 y*n tchoolroom, m rrc ignition of -hi valuable work Mr and Mrs Gamble hava done m tho esuse of music m Ashburton, especially among the young. Friends of Mr and Mrs Gamblo would do well to take advantage of this meeting, as they and their family kave Aahburton very soon. The London School JRoird elections re sulted m >he Moderates obtaining 49 seats. and tho Progressive Party 26, against 34 and 19 respectively at the last elections. The votes for the Progressive Party ex ceeded those for the Moderates by 146 000. There was an exciting contest over re ligious education. All ff the S>calist, Labour and Catholic candidates were de feated. At t'e twelfth annual meeting of the South Canterbury Refrigerating Company, held at Timaru on Saturday, the credit; balance remaining from previous years was £9939, out of which a dividend of 7 per cent was declared. The works are on lease to the Christchurch Meat Company. The Chairman sa d he did not anticipate that the expenses for the current year would be more than £200. The report was adopted, and the retiring Directors were re-elected. Among the applications received by the Otngo Board of Education for the position of head teacher of the Kuri Bush School was one from a married woman, a certifi cated teacher, who wrote that her husband, himself a school-teacher m Canterbury, was giving up his position with the view of pursuing a university education ia Dunedin. It was agreed, by a majority of one, that the name of this particular applicant, and that also of an uncertifi oated teacher, should not be transmitted to the Echool committee. 1 At a meeting of the Otago Educational Board pn Friday Mr M. Cohen moved— ' Th it it is desirable to aiopt a scheme for the classification of the schools and teachers under the Board.' He advocated a scheme on the lines of the one prepared by Mr Davidson at a meeting of the Educational Institute, which divided schools and salaries alike into five classes, its primary object being to grade salaries so as to secure a system of promotion that will give experierci m the management of different classes of schools. It was decided to have tha salient features of the scheme printed and submitted to a special meet* ing, which Ml- Davidson is to be invited to attend * Tommy ' Avoca, the last veteran of the Avoca tribe of aboriginal?, died m tfce Melbourne Hospital on the 10th Instant. He fell d->wn the steps of the Duke of York Hotel, North Melbourne, early m the week and injured his he*d He was removed to the hospital, and although every possible attention was given to him, he died m conscquenca of his injuries. 1 Tommy ' was well known at the Coran dsrak station, where he was styled * King Tommy,' and was an especial favorite wHi visitors, partly because of his titular dis tinction, but large'y because of his vener able aspect, the excellence* if his English, and the polish of his manners. Ho was abstemious, and always exceptionally well conducted, but got restless on the 5..h instant, aud left the etation without per mission. His excursion to the city m search of a change of scene and adventure unfortunately proved disastrous. Dr Youl, who conducted the inqtest on his body, told tho jury tint he hid known the deceased well twenty or thirty years ago when he had often hunted and fished with him.

THE WAIRABAPA DISASTER.

'Auckland, November 24 The s s. Ohinemuri returned from the Oreat Barrier with the members of the Court of Euqniry, the counsel engaged, Mr Tohnsron, the third officer, and Mr Henderson, the lecal manager of the Union Company, They visited the scene of the wreck and the bays where the drowned are buried. A second attempt to blow up the wreck with dynamite failed. The salvage party at the Waira rapa have abandoned operations, and the wreck h commencing to break up through the action of the sea. Port Chalmers, November 25. *■ Atter landing trie remains of the late Mrs Kyan, one of the victims of the Wairarapa disaster, the Te Anau steamed up to Dunedin with the bodiea of the late Mr bcoular and his family. Dunedin. November 25 Very large crowds had gathered on the wharves this afternoon when the Te Anau wich the bodies of Mr and Mrs William Scoular, and Misses Nellie and Fannie, their daughters, all drowned m the wreck of the Wairarapi, arrived. The vessels at the wharves had their flags at half-mast, and as theTe Anau steamed slowly m with her flags at half-mast, and was berihed at j the Cross Wharf without an order being I heard, (he scene was an impressive one. Ie was 4 80 before the bodies were got ashora and placed m the four hearses awaiting. Then a start was made for the Southern Cemetry. the cortege being very large, whila the course of the route was lined with crowds.

CRICKET.

ENGLAND V. NEW SOUTH WALES

Sydney, November 24 There was beautiful weather to-day for the cricket match. New South Wales con tinued their first innings, which closed for 294 runs. Additional scores—Howell 16, Donnan 37, Newell 2, M'Kibbin 12, Turner 12, Kelly not out 5, extras 12. Lockwooi took four wickets for 90 runs, Peel three fot %, Brockwell one for 33. In their first innings the Englishmen have lost three wickets for 208 runs—M'Laien 4, Ward 36, Stoddart 79, Browu nob out 83, Brockwell not out 5, extra I.

SPORTING

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ON THE PITCH.

By The Barber. Somebody did, after all, succeed m teaching Councillor Joseph Scaly the tale of hi-j du'y. And Councillor Sea'y is Mayoi of Ashburton m consequence Good moriiing, your Wois'iip. Accept my congratulations. I say somebody must have very clearly shown Mr Josaph wbat his duty was m the matter, for he wou'd never ot his own moti m, except as a muter of c'uty, have stood for Mayor. He is about &i quiet, modest, and un assuming a man as you will meet m a! day's march. I don'b know 'hab he will I be ah'e to give ie sons always for his j rulings that would pses muster with j j authorities like Sir Maurice O'Rorke or the Hon Maj >r Steward, but if he has j nob swallowed all tha lore of May on Parliamentary procedure he was born with a fair share of what will perhaps do as well— omiDon sense ; acd he is a man i who, while willing to permit the little nonsense now and then which ii relished j by the wisest men, will very soon put up his hack against any "shinanikln." He i has a lot of the Aberdonian'd gift, too. Don't know what that is? Thought everybody did. A young Aberdonian was leaving the paternal rooftree for college to prepare for the ministry. The maternal arms were round his neck and maternal tears were dropping on his curly locks. It was the first break m the family. But the roguish black eyes of the mater twinkled through her tears, as she looked up to the future shepherd m Israel, and said, "Sandy, when ye've naething tae say, haud yere tongue." I heard that Aberdonian say from the pulpit once that that was the most valuable gifb his mother ever gave him When Councillor Scaly has had nothing to say at the Council he has wisely kept t-ilence. There are other Councillors who, when they have nothing to say, get up on their hind legs and say it—and the saying takes some time, too.

I hava had no occasion to go to Tinwald since Host Lagan assumed command at the pub theie vice Host Stone, so that I have had no opportunity of meeting the new clay wefcter. I hear he is a genial sort of scul though, and about on the same level as mine host of the Commer cial on this side. I mean the level that mine host of the Central fixed for him, when, m proposing hi? health, he said Mr Henry was " the best of a bad lob.'' Mr Kelly has since explained that he was measuring with the wrong tape line, and that if Mr Henry were the worst of a bad lob the whole might be tolerable. I hear that Mr Lagan at any rate is likely to pass muster m Tinwald. He began well m any case. It is seldom one, when he has a fire, gets half a synod of parsons to form a volunteer fire biigaiie and douse the glim for him. But that good fortune fell to Mr Lagan when his stable took fire. Three stalwart preachers were passing, saw the blaze, pulled up, and at once buckled to tha work. Now, if that fire had occurred m Ashburton, the brigade would have turned out, and there would hava been a preat; to-do, ending with the fashionable subscription of two guineas to the brigade funds Here was a volunteer fire brigade of three, all parsons, who gave the alarm themselves and went at the work like Trojans, ultimately with neighbors' help getting the fire out. If Mr Lagan is giving a sub. over the matter he ought to give it to the Tinwild Church, and proceed at once to organise a brigade for Tinwald. A man who can do tuch prodigies of fire brigade work as the incumbent did on this occasion would be worth his weight m gold as a firo brigade captain, and there h i h resdy made if he could only be got. We once had a parson on the Western Firo B.ig^de here} and there wa? no member more regular m his at.ter.dmce at the meetings than was the- Rev Father Ooffey;

That was rather a c ick-and-bu'l story which I rsad iti your columns a day or two ago, copied from the Temuk -\ Leader' anent some lady who was supposed to have been m danger of her life through putting her thumb m he? mouth after poisoning a piece of meat with arsenic — prebumahly for tho extermination of rats or somHhnig of tho kind. The veracious chronicler talcs about rigidity supervening, and the use of emetics, etc. What a a bother to ba sure about a trifld ! Why, if ihe p lison used was really arsenic, the infitiitflMimal portion that could have adhered to the lady's thumb could'ot by ary possibility hive had any seriously deleterious t fleet. Heaps of women use arsenic for tha improving of their com plexions and an almost imperceptible atom or two could certainly involve bo danger. Moreover, rigidity is a symptom of poisoning by utiyebnine not arsenic. The fact is that the lady got a fright, and that is all.

I paid a visit, a day or two ago, to the Dairy Factory at Temuka anc* was pleased with what I saw. The building is of brick, two storeys high, the lower having a concrete floor. Here are large vats for the reception of the milk and all the appliances for making and pressing the curtl, there being a plentiful supply of water both hot and cold, the former being furnished by a large boiler set m concrete In one of the divisions of the lower storey. On the upper floor racks are fitted up for the drying and ripening of the cheeese of which there is a small stock only on hand at present. I sampled one of them and can speak very highly as to the quality. No butter is being made just now, cheesemaking being at present the sole business of the factory. There it, I undors'and,a good demand fqr the out put which is sold to the retail dealers at if d per lb. About 500 gallons of milk are put through daily.

T saw one one or two military men walking about town laat week—y ung fellows siad m a moclificttion of Royal Artillery uniform. I found they were acting temporarily for constables who were absent at ending to some punctilio of the police service. Their presence was an excellent opportunity missed to stir up the * move on ' business on Saturday nights. I hear the 100 l constables do not take kindly to shifting the knobs t f men—aye, and women too, for the ladies aie jut as guilty as the men m this matti£ -who every Saturday night plant themselves on the East street footpath and dp an *oni he pitch' all to themselves, regardless of the fact that parsers by are thereby impeded, and the passage ob strupte'd. It fs riot pleasant, perhaps, to have to keep telling people m a busy thoroughfare to 'move on,' but then • when constabulary duty's to bedone' you know, there are many things that are not pleasant. There are ma.ny things m other walks of life that; are not pleasant Having to write m this strain far instance, but even ttyafc is not nearly so unpleasant as having to make one's way along East street among the gossipping and obstruct ing knots, and through a crowd who hare no more notion of the old fashioned and simple rule of the road ' keep to the right' tlun th§y fyaye of Ms sims flying machine Then one may as well fiddle Jigs to a milestone and expect it to dance as expect the young fellows to walk m any other military formation than the full force abreast of their company. If there are six of them—they get into line. And there is no breaking this line of six Along they saunter at the dead march pace, covering the whole pavement, and thgre is no breaking even for Father fre'ter." fefc two deep woajd do just as well, and" leave ample room for everybody. Street manners are evidently not taught }!U our eelvpo'if , ■ ,

THE OPENING OF THE CONVENT.

I On Sunday morning the formal I opening and consecration of the con I vent at its new site took place, the ceremony being conducted by Bishop i Grimes. The choir, the convent girls, the nuns, and the .Uev Fathers , O'Donnell and Hyland also took pirt i m a procession from the church to the convent, entering the front door of the building. His Lordship then per ; formed the holy rites of the church, '[ and the procession, followed by a large 1 crowd of people, returned to the \ church. On the way to the convent, i and back to the church, the choir sang i music special to the occasion, and also during the church service. After mass 1 had been celebrated, his Lordship delivered an address to a large audi ence, the church being packed to the doors. He spoke as follows : — " Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven." These worda are to be found m the 10 th chapter and the 14th verse of the Gospel of St Mark. My first and fore most duty this solemn moment is one I of thankfulness to Almighty God for ' having granted to me the fulfilment of 1 a long * cherished wish; my nex^, to congratulate and to thank your de* ■ voted pastors and you, dearly beloved, \ for the great work which has been • accomplished to-day. We have come s to bless the new convent, new schools ; 1 and we are filled with joy because we 1 ara doing something which interests the most cherished portion of our flock __the dear children; and finally, be cause we are doing something which is 1 for the social, the moral prosperity of I this part of the colony, which we love \ as the place of our residence, our home for ever. Those who were able to take ! part m the ceremony must have been ' deeply impressed, but had they been able, as your priests and bishop, to understand fully the beautiful language of the church, they would have been 1 stirred to the inmost soul at the solemn words with which we besought the 1 spirit ot God to come down upon this new building, to bless the inhabitants, ' to bjess the children whom we are ' confiding to its teachers. In chanting those beautiful prayers, m using that 1 language which, like the Ohurch itself, ' is undying, I thought of what happened centuries and centuries ago when a Bishop of the Catholic Church, m the i land from which some of you no doubt i have come, was commanded by the Pontiff, Gregory the Great, to go and 1 civilise and christianise that land, and \ he, surrounded by priests, arid with banners flying, used the very language | which we used to-day m the liturgy of the holy church—the Latin language. In my first visit to this district I was grieved and surprised to see the devoted sisters so far removed from the house of God. I was pained to see the little accommodation they had, and then, and frequently, since, ex pressed a wish that they should be brought nearer the church, and that a more suitable home for themselves and their work should be erected. And to day this wish has been realised, and I repeat I congratulate those devoted sisters, your zealous pastors, and you for what you have done m contributing to mike this work feasible, as it has been brought to pass to day. " Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven." These words were p;onounced by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who knew well that the glory and the strength of the nation are its youth. Jf a nation has a lewd, immoral, effeminate youth, they are a scourge to that nation, and it cannot last long as a mighty, power ful, or as a happy one. An inspired writer, answering the question "By what doth a young man correct his way ?" said it is by observing the law of God, and this is what we realise when we do what we do for the noble work of educating our youth. 1 hare called it a noble work ; it is a divine work. Children are a chosen portion of God's flock, and men marvel at the solid efforts made by you and the other Catholics of New Zealand to erect churches, to build convents and schools and support them. They are surprised to see buildings like the one adjoining this church —a standing memorial to your faith, to your generosity, to your attachment to God, as well as an ornament to the town of Ashburton. This is done here &nd elsewhere m the colony, and men are surprised, but still they admire you for what you do prompted by your conscience, and if they realised what our position is m this respect they would no longer be filled with amaze ment and wonder, but they would say "These are staunch Catholics, they realise their duty towards God, to wards these dear children, and towards the state." Here it is, We believe that every parent has received from God an inalienable right to educate the child which the parent —father or mother—receives from God as the pledge of his love: that they have a right which no power on earth can wrest from them to bring this child up m the way of knowledge and the love and the fear of God This right is theirs, is implanted m the human heart, m the father and mother, by nature itself, and no power on earth no matter what it may be-—state, govern ment, individuals or societies —has any right to wrest this right from that parent. What is the duty of the state with regard to education 1 It is that £he parent s rights are respected, and if need be to help that parent m the carrying out of the rights which God has imposed upon him. We under stand this, and this is why we are so lersistent m sayiug that the system 1 which is sought to bs foisted upon us is cruelly unjust, a.nd a tyrannical one, since it would wrest from a parent the right which God and nature has given that parent, and force him to receire for his child a system of education or instruction which he knows is not \ right, £|nd which has left out the main l points-left out God, left out the things of God, things whioh are too ; precious for time and especially for j eternity. We believe that a parenb ; not only has received this privilege, < this right, but with it like every other { privilege and right, a corresponding obligation to see that his duty m this r respect is carried out. And so they i would fail m thete duty they to 0 allow any power to arrogate to itself \ the authority to dictate tljo quantity \\

and the quality of education the child is to receive. They might as well say that you parents must give your children a special kind of clothing. They would dictate to you with as much reason the quality and the quantity of food wh>ch you 'should give them. They say you must not teach them this, you must give them this secular instruction and only thU, [t is wrong, radically wrong m prin ciple, and m practice it is most woful. Most woful m practice. And m say ing this I am supported by many up right, noble men v\ ho are not members of our church. We believe that parents hive received from God this right, arid also this important obligation. How then can we send our children to schools which are practically," and which have been proved to be, godless. I know that has a hard sound, and I know we are taxed with bigotry, with obstinacy, when we insist upon it that these schools are what we say they are. How do we prove they are godless ? Every religious body which professes to be Christian believes this— , there is one God, (three divine persons -—the Father, the Bon, and the Holy Ghost) the creator of heaven and earth, and they believe that the second person, Jesus Christ, came down upoa earth and made himself like a little child : he suffered and he died to save and redeem us. Now I say all Christians except Unitarians believe this, and they believe that the great end of our creation is to know God, to love God, and to serre him, here so that we may be with him one day. All Christians believe this and they believe that the principal thing we should have m view if we are Christians is to think of God, think of our im mortal interests the interests which are pre-eminent for time and for eternity. And now all Christians to be logical must see that we should inculcate into the minds of those whom we look upon as a precious treasure confided to us by God a knowledge of Jesui Christ and immortality. Now, if we send them to schools where these Christian principles are left aside, do we not send them to Godless schools, where no mention is made of God or of hid son Jesus Christ, or of their great interests for time and eternity : where no mention is made of all the«e, what are such schools 1 I assert that they are, if not m principle, m practice m favor of the irreligious portion of New Zealand. They offer a premium to the irreligious minority o£ the colony, What is this colony ? Would you not be insulted—the bulk, the noblest portion of the colonists of New Zealand would be insulted if they were told that it was not a Christian country. But if its youth brought up m the country are sent to schools which are not Christian, then who is the favored ? is it not those who are m the minority, opposed to God, Atheists and Freetinkers and Infidels % (Thanks be to God, they are m the minority). And is this right? Is it just? Most decidedly not. Where does the injustice come iv % We believe that our children are en trusted to us to be brought up m the knowledge, m the love, and the fear of God, and we believe it U hurtful for them to be trained m the most precious years of their plastic lives, —the years iof their childhood—morning and even ing m the atmosphere of irreligion or even infidelity, We believe it is in cumbent upon us to have them sur rounded by an atmosphere of religion, that they should from time to time during the course of the day have God before them, have the responsibility of their young lives, their duties towards God, towards their parents, towards their neighbours, towards themselves placed before them. This is not allowed m the schools . which are professedly secular. Do we want to deprive them of the advantages of sound solid secular instruction ? Far from it. Hare our schools examined. We are not afraid. We do not shirk enquiry, "We court it. We Bishops of New Zealand have asked that our schools should be examined by the government inspectors. We have given instructions to the different managers and teachers that the Go vernment code shall be followed so as to make things more easy—not that we imagine our system has been de fective, for the results have been on an equality—not to aay superior—to these of the Government schools—but for the sake of uniformity. We are certainly not afraid to have our schools ex amined to-morrow by any inspector m New Zealand. We want them to be trained, to have all the secular code teaches, but we want them to have something more. We want them to have a knowledge of history, of geo graphy, of grammar, the accomplish ments that are so well taught m our convents and schools, but we also want them to know their responsibilities, their obligations as citizens of time and eternity; we want them to shun wrong, to avoid what is evil, to obey their parents, for their parents are the living expression of God's will m their regard. We want them to see m their teachers those who m special Hours reprenent their parents m this regard. Are we not logical when we refuse to send them to State schools, purely secular? In this colony theoretically we are all equal before the law. Three is no state religion. But m practice what happens ? In practice do we not know that we are hot treated on an equality ? Far from it. Have we not had cases where dathqHcsj moat com petent m pther respects—admitted to, be even superior to qther candidates for State schools—have been excluded simply beqause they wera Catholics A case occurred m Christchurch not very long ago, *nd it was brought be fore Parliament, and those legislators who saw the injustice eaid "We are powerless to do anything; it is m the hands of the School Boards." I will read you something whhh I am sure you will consider most startling facts, and facts are stubborn things. The capitation money that is paid to School Boards m New Zealand for salaries, irrespective of separate grants few? building purposes, is £3 15a per pupil. At the lowest estimate there are 11,000 children m our Catholic schools for which we should, by the rights of justice and equity, receive £41,250 every year, besides being aided m building our schools. The education vote taxes the people of the colony 16s per head of the whole population. Now as we Catholics number St.OOp, or 80,00Q—I leave out the odd'irata^ ber!r—and the present system has been m force for seventeen years, multiply

THE AfciflßUß'lON (HJAKDIAN i MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1894.



i Wanted i i _ ____. j HOLLOA I What's This ! 36 Cards m Packets for Is, and 25 for 9J ; single Cards from 2d to 2* each. New I Year's, Christmas, Text, and Birthday ! Cards, Cheap and m great variety. A choice lot of New Books suitable for Christina and Birthday Presents. Cir culating Library. Terms easy. Eight Id Rooks for 6d, four 2sl Book* for 6 I, two 4I B ok-s for 61, three 6 I Books for Is, Plain, Fa-cy, and Mourning Slavery. Picture Books. Scraps,etc.-—.J. RUiwden, Bjoksrall and Shop. NOTICE I Notice Sport for~all Guns let oufc on hire cr sold on tim-» payments. Hfcvins,' a professional Gunsmith on tin premises, I undertake to repair Guns ot any description. Gun fittings m stock. Prices low.—-J, W Hakdley, Ironmonger, etc WANTED Kmwn-That if you a*e m want of a fir»i, class article m sum mer Boots and Shoes, you cannot do better than call at J. Moison's ; you will get tha very bast at reduced prices. As for his own make, they are well known to the delight of the wearers, throughout the iuatralasian colonies. Repairs well done and at once Premier Boot Maker, Town Hall Boot Store, East street, Ashburton. SPECIAL & IMPORTANT. THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY Are Special Purchasers of the well-known ASHBURTON TWEEBS. pNCOURAGE LOCAL INDUSTRY BY PURCHASING TWEEDS Manufactured m our own district. ■ s d Men's Sac Suits 28 9 Ashburton Tweed Men's Tweed Trousers ... 9 6 Ashburton Tweed Men'• Sac Suits to measure ... 59 6 Ashburton Tweed Men's Trousers to measure ... 17 6 Ashburton Tweed Boys' Suits 9 6 Ashburton Tweed BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. TRY THE NEW ZEALAND GLOTHIHS FACTORY FOR YOUR NEXT PAIR OF BOOT 3. SEE OUR WINDOW FOR |PRICE 3. HALLENSTEIN BROS. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager — BOOKS. BOOKS.— COASTED KNOWN—New Zealand * Bible and Book Society has opened ,a temporary det Cy m the Arcade with a large Stock of BOOKS, CARDS, Etc., including all the New Annual Volumes. A splendid stock of New Prizs Books from 41 to Ba. Also, all the Material for Schools, and h lpa for Sunday School Teachers. N B.—As the time fs limited (il WEDNESDAY, DECEMBERS ONLY intending purchasers will pleiso procure before that date. Note th-j Address—Arcade, (lafce Lv blow's). J. R. MACDONALO, | II 80 Agent, j



Warned. Vl.' ANTED, situation by first-class vv Biker and Cook. Apply Jom Campbei*, care of Mr Battinnn, Mount S mers. 11 ]52 FAREWELL SOCIAL to Mr and Mks Gamble on WEDNESDAY Even ing next m Wesleyan Schoolroom, at half-p*st seven. All friends invited Tickets, one shilling. 11151 I OVT between Dune n's yard and *•-* Woo'lon FacN rv, ladj's black serge j'cl»e-. Finder kitHly leava afc " Mail' 1 office. 11 149 TOST— Young Brown Collie Dog, J registered collar. Reward on re turning to R Laurie, Railway Station, Ashburton. 11 15f I HE Rev. Jf)HN McXEILL, the * Scottish Evangelist, will visit, Ashburton on TURSDvY NEXT. 27th inst. Service m the Oddfellows' Hall at two o'clock, San key'h Hymns. Collec tion for Wairarapa Kelief Fund. 11 128 TIT ANTED Known — Mrs Hooper ' " (monthly nuree) is open to accept engagements. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Hooper, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton, 11*134 BEAUTTifULa^d useful Presents to all purchasers of 2a 6dand upwards. —H. C Skgers, Meltcrd House. WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Regatta Shirts, all sisei, with or without collars, 2a 6d,—W. H. Collihr. "DOY'S and Girls Own Annual, British .D Workman and Workwoman, Infant's Magazine, The Prize, Child's Companion, Children* Friend, Little Dot, Family Friend, Band of Hope, Young; England, and other New Books at Lowest Prices.— L. F. Andrgwes and Co. 11 98 OWN Make m Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Flannelettes, Trimming*, etc., at Mrs Aicokn's new shop, B<*kei's I Buildings. "PRESENTS. We are now giving XT Presents to all purchasers of 2a 6d and upwards.—-H. C. Segms, Melford House. ICE CREAM, ice Cream, Ice Cream, now ready at H. A. Flower's, East street, Ashburton. Ice supplied at shortest notice. 10 114 t JLTANTED Known -Holders of VV Present tickets can now get them changed.—H. C. Segers, Melford House, OYSTERS, Fried Flounders, »nd Whitebait every night at jEwrra's, Deep Sea Fi-hing Company, opposite Mail office. 9 165 ANTED Known—Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything In the optical lice at S. Salek's, Optician. ' XT, ANTED Known—The Corner Is VY showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Collier. ANTED KNOWN —Dressmaking prices to suit the times. Material | dresses from 8s 6d, Prints from 7» 6d. Fit and etyle guaranteed.—Miss Murphy, Old Kindergarten, East Street. "D EOENT Arrivals —Ladies'andGenlle- J-l' men's Summer Boots and Shoes, Cricketing and Tennis Shirts. Unlimited selection of Summer Ties and Hats.— Mitchell and Turner (TIAMCETS bought at Edwards " * Bennet's Sale, a special line of DouMe Blankets at 7s 93. Ex^ra Urge and heavy 15* 6i and 16* 6d.—Robert Alcorn, Baker's Buildings. ROBERT ALCORN has opened m Baker's Buildings, next the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bennett's and the Kaiapoi S%les, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashburton, Also an assortment of Boots. Bennett's Sale. Grand lot * new and fashionable Furs and Sfantles ; half price. Come and tike your pick at Mrs Adajm WANTED- Every Lady to try Madam Balcombe's Patent Ex panding Belt Corset (registered), guaran teed whalebone throughout. Orders left at Mr E. Hall's, Herbalist, Ashburton, will receive prompt attention. 10 86 WANTED Known—That osriig 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. lam not advertising a few cheap lines, but the whole of the gtock. Don't lose the oppor tunity of securing genuine bargains—A Lawrie. 7 166 TO LADlES.—Spring Cleaning.—We have just received Three Cases of Curtains and Liberty Muslins, together with new Patterns m Carpets, Oilcloths, and Linoleums. China Matting from B£4 per yard.—Mitchell asp Turner. FACT.—anyone drinking Health Tjja and discarding all other brands will certainly add ten years to his Ufa. •fust your try it. To bo bad from ail Grocers. LARGE Purchase Embroideries ah Edwards, Bennett's Sale; over ninety pieces to chcose from. LadieB 1 Trousseaux made on short notice. Orna ments, Fancy Goods, and Dolls' Prams at Mrs Aloorn's new ehdp, Havelock Street WE Hold a Large Stock of the Latest Novelties m Materials for Blouses &nd Walking Tresses. Just opened, i^x Pakeha and lonic, Dress Goods of choice selection, Su^ishafrs and Umbrellas.—Mitch-ell and Tprnke. BANG ! Bang i Bang ! My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynocfc'a $nd, Cluo Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, W46*, Gases and all sporting materials of the first qn&lity at J. W. Hartley's, Gun Emponum. GUNS * Guns J Guns ! My new stock of Guns] ust to |i*r^ djr.ecfc from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. H,tBPLEY's Sporting Repository _____ B~~WEFPING Reductions. ■- is Book* for 9d, Is 6d Books for Is, 23 Books for Is 6.3, 2s 6d Books for 2a, and all others at equal ra'e of reduction at L. F- Asdbkwbs AND Cos., Cash Sale, 618 /^HRISTMAS and New Year Cards for \y the Home Mai!. A beautiful assort ment just opened up, Packets of Cards of choice designs from '31 upwards- Writing Papers and Envelopes, Pocket Books, Fiir^ea, Writing Oases, Ink utands, Pictures, Music' Accordeous From 7-4 9J, Concerfcittag, Violins, Banjos, Zither Barp?, Photo Frames »nd Album?, Scrap and Postage Stamp Alb,«s»9, Indpor Games, and a great variety of #%?ds too numerous to mention.; all at greatly reduced prices •or ca^h this month at L. F. Audbbvcs *.TVjP Co.'s Cheap Sale. TiO LET—Cottaga m Grey street, * f, BULLOOK.



O X r*j— PRICK Rt quired for Small '3W/ SECTION df Good Land at Hampstead, with COTTAGE of 3 Rooms aad fecallery. Very easy terms of psy isamt. T. BULLOCK. J-\CRE, Capital Build mj? Site, irsi| Pit u;»ted m Co* Street, being T.Ss 795 and 797 ; for sale on very easy terma of pay mmi' T BtULLOCJL TO IMT % at a lojr rental, small shop m the Arcade, nest, hut ome to Tunered



TO LET. SEVEN-ROOMED House at Allenton, i now occupied by Mr Fergiron. I Apply 11 57 FBIEDL.\NDER BROS. THERE are two qualities of Health Tea, both unsurpassed for streugth parity and lovely flavor. Prices, 2a 6d mnd 2« per lb. Auk your grocer for He. 4th Tea, and nee that yon get tt. Wbol€9a)«*t2sAUPEß'» |



Business Notice . NEW COODS. NEW GOODS. TO MBE tThI TIME S. OWING to the scarcity, of money and dulriess of trade generally, we are over stocked. To ensure a speedy clearance, we have marked the whole of our Stock at th» Very I#i»%v«»m l*o*sli»l* k i*ric *k KOW IS YOOR TIME. MAKE NO MISTAKE. G J. JVETi L lAS IS THE SHOP FOR A GENUINE BARGAIN. jSfew Prints, guaranteed to wa»h, 3&1 J New and Fuahionithle l>re<« Ot ols, double New (Ulatean, very «ir«wg, 6^l , wiiltb, worth 2« f*:»r H 3d Kew Bilaineii, very pretty, 74, guarantee 1 | C*Hcos, 2s 11*1 d< zn\ to wash I Double-bed Sheeting, whito twill, !H I Kew Dress (ioo is 5s lid, dress worth double | Towe's, 2Jd ; Cotton Shirting, 4id MILLINBRY~MILLISERy IN ALL ITS URANCHFS EXCEPTIONALLY CHEAP. Strong Corsetß, 4a 6d now 2i lid I Children's Sunshades Is Ladies' Sunshades of every description j CLOTHING. CLOTHING. Men's Suits, 13s 6d Boys' Tweed Suits, 4s lid Men's Colonial I weed Suite, 37i 6d now 27» Straw Hats for meu and boys at any price gd Hats, Socks, Shirts and Ties at your own Men's Colonial Tweed Suits, 45a now 32s 6d | price BOOTS?" BOOTS. We were never beaten, and we defy competition. All our Colonial Boots aie made specially to our order, and we gnarantee them. If not as good as recommended, we will replace them. —JUSr TO HAND— 120 pair of Ladies' Lace Shoes, 4s lid Children's Tan Shoes and Slippers* specialty Ladies' Tan Strapped Shoes, 6s lid with box to match Ladies' Canvas Shoes, tan and black Men's Colonial-made Shooters, najled 7s lid Ladies 9 French Glace Kid Shoes, the best to Men's Colonial-made Shooters, nailed 8s lid be had m New Zealand Men's Balmorals aid Cookhams of every Men'i Bluchers, 4s lid description. COME N D SEE. G. J. NEILL'S tfRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBUUTON} -JUST ARRIVHD TTIIBST SHIPMENT OF NEW SEASON'S FRUIT FOR CHRISTMAS TRADE- Finest New Currants Finest New Sultanas Finest New Valencia Eaisins (all cleaned by our new process) Also, Finest new Primes FINEST NEW TURKEY FIGS, AH of which we intend to Sell at The JLowitt Poisilile Price*. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING— Peerless and Premier Teas. Peerless Tea, Ulbs for 5s Peerless Tea, 61bs for 9s 9d Premier Tea, 31bs for 5s 5d Premier Ten, Gibs for 10s 5d RAWLINGS' SOAP MANUFACTORY (First Prize at the Christchurch Show, 1894) POTTER'S HERBAL BEER EXTRACT— 7d per Bottle, 12 bottles for 6s 6d. Sufficient to make six gallons of Splendid Herbal Beer. —REMEMBER— WE BI'Y 808 GASH, SELL FOR CASH, MAKE NO BAD DEBTS, therefore we are able to SELL CHEAPER THAN ANY HOUSE IN ASHBURTON. FLETOHEK BROS-, WHOLESALE AND KETAIL. GROCERS, &a, EAST STREET, ASHBTJRTON, AND TOWER BIGH STKEET, CHRISrOHURCtf. The fiargeit, tlte Choicest, the He west, and the Cheapest STOCK OF riOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY, SILVER k PLATED WARE, (j CLOCKS AND WATCHES, IS TO BE FOUND AT THE JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT OF WATOHMAKEE & JEWELIjEK, EAST STREET. Watehw Cleaned and Guaranteed twelve months ss. JJ«t English Mainspring 4s Gd PROMPINESS AND SATISFACTION.