MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under subject to the necessary alterations: — WEDNESDAY, March 21. For the United Kingdom, Continents of Europe and America, and West Indies, via Samao,Hawaiian Islands, San Francisco, etc, and also for Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Takapuna, as follows:—Ordinary letters, books, and newspapers, at <5 145 jj.im.. : registered letters, at 5 p.m. ; money orders, at 3 p.m. Due London April 25. THURSDAY, March 22. For United Kingdom, Continent of Europe and South America (for specially addressed correspondence only), per Taviuni, to con nect with Kaikoura at Wellington, and also Northern Ports of New Zealand, at 6.50 p,m» Due London May 4.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1894. PATENTS.

Tn a becbnt Government Gazette there was published a list of all the persons in New Zealand who had taken out letters patent for inventions, their addresses, and "the short titles" of their inventions. It is pleasing to note the very large number of our fellow colonists who devote their atten tion to striking out new and original ideas and methods. There are ten pages of the Gazette devoted to the publication of the list, and though the names do not all carry " New Zealand " after them, by far the great majority of the patentees are New Zealand settlers, Nearly all, if not all, the Australasian colonies are represented on the list, Great Britain contributes a good many names, as do also several Continental countries, but the United States of America supply more than any of those from places outside of "New Zealand. The records of inven tions patented are no doubt very use ful, and the patent office and officers not without their value, but it is not without interest, especially to patentees! to note that while a very considerable profit in fees paid by inventors must be made annually by the Government the inventors get nothing very tangible in return. A man finds winding about in his brain an idea of getting over a mechanical difficulty, and is ultimately able to give that idea practical form and to demonstrate its workableness. When he has done this he proceeds to protect his invention or discovery by letters patent. But before doing this he should satisfy himself that his invention is original, because in these go ahead days inventions crowd so rapidly on the heels of each other, and each fresh one suggests others, and in the minds of so many people about the same time, that it is not unusual for a man to find that, after devoting much time, labor, and expense to the develop ment of an idea, some other man has been before him with it, and all this energy and talent have been wasted. The Patent office gives but little facility for finding out whether an idea has been already patented, and a contemporary says that excellent facilities might be given by the authoritifs to a would-be patentee to find out whether or not it is worth his pains proceeding with the elaboration of his invention, as the necessary material and information are in the possession of the patent office, This writer says—the Imperial Patent Office and the Patent Offices of the United States, Canada, and the various Australian colonies, all supply to our Government copies of the specifications, models, and plans of all patents granted in those countries. These volumes form a most valuable collection, and one which should be open to easy re ference by the public* The Govern ment, however, takes no trouble what ever to make the collection available for public use. The boxes of books and drawings, often most elaborate and of great artistic value, apart from their usefulness, are handed over to the authorities of the Colonial Museum who have no accommodation for their display, and the cases containing the foreign patent books and drawings since 1891 are still in the boxes and cases in which they were imported. The Museum authorities now decline to receive any more, and meanwhile all interested in new inventions are deprived of access to these important documents, and in consequence are in ignorance of the first fact about their work that they ought to know— whether or not it is already protected by some other inventor. It was at , one time proposed to find room for the collection in the new Government In surance buildings, and Mr Oadman, after satisfying himself as to the condi tion of affairs, promised that this should be 4nne, but as it was found that the rooms proposed to be set aparf; for the purpose could be let at a good rental, the idea was dropped. And so there ia really no hall of reference to which an inventor can go in the hopa §£ finding out whether or not his mind has }?een traverssingf grpund ajready covered, not nepess^rily by a cleverer man, but by one who hag been cleypr enough to strike the same ground, and prompt enough to peg out his claim. These collections are now here and there and everywhere about the Museum building, and some steps ought really to be taken, in the in terest of all the industries and arts, to provide adequate accommodation for these really valuable documents, many of them works of art in themselves in fihe matter of design. They are not to be replace.^ should afire occur and destroy ithem, and while they lie miscellane ously about as they do now, they are as useless to the men for whose use jliltiey #pst, as is the third wheel to the

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

} The Payne family appear in Christchurch 00 Good Friday night. Mr A. J. Walker of East street has for sale an assortment of English cycles, including ladies' and gentlemen's safeties. Some fire or six: thousand persons assem bled in Cathedral Square last night to hear the final addresses of the temperance leaders before the Licensing elections. A special drill of the Ashburton Volunteers will be held tc-aight. The company will parade in marching order. In view of the Easter encampment all members are requested to attend. Messrs Laudells and Preston have just completed what is a novelry to Ashburton—a bicycle tandem. The machine is built for a lady and a gentleman to ride, is both strong and light, and a credit to this enterprising, firm. The medals for the ten mile Amateur Championship of few Zealand to be decided at the Domain on Easter Monday are to be seen in Mr Murray's window in East street. The first prize is a gold medal, tha second 1 silver and the third bronze, all of the same design. It is rather a singular coincidence that, the primrose being now the recognised badge of Conservatism, a Primrose should be the accepted head of the Liberal Party. Lord Rosebery's name is Archibald Philip Prim rose. Long may he bloom as the Liberal leader, A Scotch gentleman of fortune, on his death-bed, asked the minister whether, ii he left a large sum to the kirk, his salvation would be secured. The cautious minister responded : " I would not like to be positive, but ifc's weel worth trying." An engine-driver who had taken a little drop too much was being conducted home one night by his wife. Just as they were passing a chsmist's shop the red light above the door caught the driver's eye. *' Stop Jane," he cried, " I'll no gang a bit further; there's the danger signal!" In the School of Music last night, Mr Alfred Harrison urged the advantages of dual swimming clubs—for ladies and gentlemen. He suggeeced that as a com mencement the Domain Board might set aside one afternoon in the week when only gentlemen accompanied by ladies might bathe. Rules of course similar to those of the Sydney dual club would be adopted. Last Thursday the New South Wales Legislative Council dealt with the question of mixed bathing and a bill to legislate for the whole colony and prescribe conditions eventually got through committee after a narrow escape of being counted out. ' While the geologists are forming elaborate calculations when the English coal fields will be exhausted and the world at large perish from lack of fuel, the electricians are making out to do without it. By generating electricity through waterfalls it is quite possible that the future seat of manufacturing industry may be transferred to the highlands, and that a first-class mountain torrent will be a more valuable property than a coil pit. Already Niagara is being utilised for the generation of the foTce which it is calculated will be able to drive all the New England spindles. Borne and its tramways are to be lighted and driven by the force falling over the Tivoli falls of the Arno, and it is believed that before long the tide which for unnumbered ages has been idly ebbing and flowing will be put into harness. Now we hear that M. Galiot has utilised the fall of water at the lock Bluices on the Seine and Saone Canal to drive turbines and dynamos by which the boats on the canal are to be p/opelled, and the tunnel through which it runs for part of its course lighted. The natural grasses are disappearing from the ranches in Western America. When the ranchers first burst into the prairies their cattle luxuriated on the rich pastures of these plains. The buffalo, deer, and. antelope, numerous though they were, did not materially affect the growing capabilites of the ancient lake bot'oms. But in time perennial grasses, the " root grasses " of the ranchers, by the tops being continually cropped off lost their vitality and dis appeared, until now there are vast areas which by overstocking are absolutely worth less. These stretches are generally those in the vicinity cf water. But since the cattle men have begun to sink wells the spots which had hitherto been shunned by •• cow punchers " are meeting the same fate as the more favored region. At first the grass is luxuriant, next year the perennials are scarcer, and finally all the pasture left is that of thß annual or "seed grasses." Even these only last for three or four months after the rainy season. Then follows aridity and barrenness. In short, the climate of the prairies cannot produce sufficient verdure to support more than a limited amount of stock, and this verdure, owing to the long droughts and hard winters, must necessarily depend upon " root grasses." Miss Edith Carrington, in a paper read before the London Humanitarian League on " Feathered Women," remarked that of all the foolish infatutions which induced women ,to sacrifice their higher interests to the caprice of the moment the destruction of birds was one of the most foolish. It was high time for humanity to begin to consider itself grown up. The lower animals must no longer be regarded as something to eat, to wear/o shoot. The feathered creation met with the greatest cruelty. The havoc caused was incredible, and some species were being rapidly destroyed. As regards the slaughter of birds, the policy was suicidal. Some decree of fashion recommended the wearng of feathers. There was no reason or excuse behind which women could entrench them* selves. Did they understand the horror of the trade in birds the would soon give it up. The women of the day were responsible for the countless millions of birds that were im ported (from all parts of the world. One American dealer declared that he expqrted 30,000 birds' skins annually, The edicqi example of the ladies spread, and was taken up by the workgirls and servants. Tke wings of sparrows, robins, and other birds were taken and dyed in bright colors. Se* gulls and kitti wakes perhaps paid the heaviest toll, and their winga were fre quently torn off before they were dead. Feather wearing must be given up altogether.

A Liberal Candidate's Theosophy.

A singular suit for £32 15s 6d for print ing and binding a book called " Can it bo Love ?" came before the Westminster Court a few days ago, The defendant I was Major William O. Eldon Sergeant, 1 the Liberal and Radical candidate for East St Pancras Major Sergeant counter claimed for £33 for literary matter which appeared in the "Society Times." Mr Sinclair Ccx, counsel for the plaintiffs, said his clients printed a book on Theo sophy entitled " Can it be love V Defen dant said he could not pay at that time. He had just been bankrupt, and his clients proved for £90.' When they found he had become a candidate for Parliament, they thought he could pay them if he could pay to fighfc a constituency, and accordingly brought this action. Defen dant wanted to get into the Theosophical Society, and he wrote the articles ha iuw claimed for with that purpose. Mr Ed monson, for defendant, pointed out that four years had elapsed since the book was printed, and he argued that the whole reason for the action was a political one. Arrangements had been made for a fall report of the proceedings in the St Pan eras papers. Ib was an attempt to take advantage of a political opponent. Had the debt been due the defendant would have paid it. The defendant was an officer of the Reserve Forces, and at the time the work was done for which he was now sued he was earning his living by literary work. His Honor (to defendant), after glancing through the book, " Can it be Love?"— Are Theosophists allowed to state what are not facts ? I see here, in the book, yon visited another world. De fendant—Some people may call theoso phioal books fiction, but it matters not to the man who write them as long as they sell. (Laughter.) lam not a Theosophiat, The jury could not agree and were even tually discharged.

A Plague-Stricken Ship.

APPALLING EXPERIENCE OF A PLYMOUTH GREW.

The mate (Mr Whitehead) and several of the crew of the Plymouth sailing vessel Mendosa have just arrived at Swansea from Martinique, and report having had a terrible experience while on a voyage from Dakar to Barbadoes. Dakar was reached safely, bat while dis charging coal in that port four of the men — Straw, the boatswain j Tresis, the cook j Nelson, a seaman; and Morley, a cabin boy—sickened from cholera »nd died. It was found impossible to ship more men at Dakar, and so the vessel loft in ballast tor Barbadoes. When a week out the captain, H. R. Martin, of the Plymouth, was taken ill with a terrible disease known as " black vomit," and died six days later. By this time sach heavy storms were euconntered that it was decided to alter the vessel's course? or Martinique. Efforts were made to fumigate the captain's cabin, bub without success, and it was found necessary to barricade it up, but even thia did not have the desired effect, and so four men, who had been seized with cholera, to gether with the mate and the three re- I maining healthy men, lived on deck for a ! fortnight, when Martinique was made. | Outside the port the vessel struck and I foundered jast after the sick men had been lowered into a boat. The men sufficiently recovered to proceed to Ply mouth, bus four of then—Whitehead, Owen, Markdale and Morris—are still suffering from the effects of exposure and disease.

Strange Scene at a Funeral.

At the funeral of Mr Charles Burton, a county councillor of Whitwick, near Ashby de la Zouche, the vicar, the Rev A. F. Tollemache caused much indignation by his conduot. The rev. gentleman locked the gates of tho church, and when he saw the funeral patry approaching walked away to the cemetery. Cancn Denton. and Mr Jeason, the solicitor to the deceased, failed to induce the reverend gentleman to return to the church, and bhe Rev. Mr Crane, vicar of Whitwick Thringstone, who was among the mourn ers, suggested that the body should be conveyed to his church, a mile and a half distant, This was accordingly done, and the first portion of the burial service was read there. Meanwhile the Rev. A. F, Tollemache awaited the funeral, and at the approach of the coffin to the grave sang " Rock of Ages." Mr Jesson and Canon Denton failed in their attempt to induce the rev. gentleman to allow Mr Crane to finish the service. He insisted on taking part, and did so quite capably. The vicar stated to Canon Denton that the deceased had been excommunicated, ani gave that as bis reason for refusing entrance to the church. Nevertheless he was anxious to bury the deceased. The viuar wa« escorted from the grave to the church by the police, a large crowd following. The deceased gentleman was one of the most popular men in the district, and besides being chairman of many local bodies, was a member of the Ashby Board of Guardians for eighteen years.

IMPERIAL POLITICS

London, March 20. In the House of Commons, the Go vernment have introduced a Bill, affirming the principle of forty-eight hours' work per week in dockyards. Tn the House of Commons Lord Randolph Churchill moved a ?ote of censure on Lord Rosebery, on the ground that the latter's. speech at Edinburgh had influenced the Leith election, feir William Vernon Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply said that several members of the House of Lords, as members of the Primrose League, habitually interfered in elec tions. Mr A. J. Balfour, ex-Secretary for Ireland, and leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, declined to support the motion, where,u i po i n Lord Randolph withdrew it. The new Registration Act is to be the first measure discussed during this session of Parliament. It provides that the period of residence qualifying an elector be reduced, and that Parliamentary elections (general) be on the same day ; further that the roll of electors be revised half-yearly.

BRAZIL.

Rio db Janiero. March 19* The insurgents are maintaining the rebellion in San Paulo Province. The Government have been defeated in the elections in Pernambuco Province, A Portuguese warship is taking Admiral De Gama to Buenos Ayres. President Peixoto demands that the .Argentine authorities shall refuse to allow him to land from the vessel.

THE ANARCHISTST.

Home, March 19. A bomb, to which was attached a lighted fuse, was discovered in the corridor of a theatre in Lucca. One of the audience detected the attempted outrage, and quenched the fuse. Five persons have been arrested in conneo i tion with the affair.

Colonial Detence.

London, March 19 In an interview with the colonial representatives, Mr Campbell-Banner man, Secretary for War, cordially ap proved the suggestion of a federal regiment of artillery as the beginning of complete federation of Australian corps to uniform, drill, and organi sation. He promised to under take to select the best English officer as federal commander, and stated that he recognised the value of the Pacific cable when constructed for strategetic purposes. The Pacific route too for a mail service would be of paramount importance. Mr Reid, of Melbourne, urged that Canada, Australia, and Great Britain should guarantee interest on the cost of the Pacific cable equally, and in addition to all the points that have been fully cabled, he insisted upon the necessity of British naval su premacy. He declared that all thinkers, or at all events the most important of prominent men, favored the present connection between Australia and the Mother Country.

Sir Westby Perceval.

Since the question of Sir W. B. Perceval's descent has been raised, we may quote the following from a letter sent' to the Auckland "Star" by "A Sergeant of B Troop, 16th Lancers " :— " The father of Sir Westby B. Perceval was Westby Hawkshaw Perceval, late of Chrisrchurch, and son of Captain Perceval (of the 42nd Highlanders), of Knights Brook, County Meath, and of Green Mount, County Dublin. The former estate was a gift to the family by his Majesty King William, Prince of Orange. The grandmother of Sir Westby was a daughter of General Hawkshaw, bom in Fort William, Calcutta, when the General was in command of the Bengal forces." The correspondent then puta the perti nent question:—"Suppose our Agent- General, as the London society journal alleges, claims relationship with that illaßtrious statesman, Spencer Perceval, would it exalt the Percevals of Knights Brook one atom V

SWIMMING.

Absut twenty or thirty persons—in cluding ladies - were present at the School of Music last evening, when Mr Alfred Harrison delivered an interes'ing and instructive lecture descriptive of his recent trip to Sydney, particularly with regard to swimming. Speaking cf the trip over in the steamer V/aihora, he stated that the voyigers had an exceed ingly narrow escape from a wreck, off Barrier Island. Passing on to Sydney Heads he described the different bays, and afterwards the Sydney harbour, acknowledged to be one of the finest barboura in the world. Speaking of the city itself, with its beautiful parks and gardens, magnificent houses, and every / thing which could possibly be devised in ' the matter of adornment, and its wonder ful harbour—having seen Melbourne, he considered the New South Wales capital was more justly entitled to the term "marvellous," The doesers, of whom we have heard so much over here, appeared to him to be really loafers, who were not anxious for work. Over hia treat ment while in New South Wales ha was most enthusiastic, having been treated right royally by the Sydney Swimming Olubs' officials— particularly Messrs A. 6. Pike and J. J. Maloney, President and Hon. Secretary respectively of the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Associa tion—the whole of the time. The baths were on a magnificlent scale, and were not only fitted with every convenience that we New Zealanders could imagine, bub at one bath while bathing he had the pleasure of listening to musio from a band of forty performers, and after the bath, entering an adjacent ball room and enjoying the poetry of motion. Mr Harrison gave a detailed account of the dual swimming Clubs—for ladies and gentlemen—which appeared to him to work admirably, and as the Ashburton Amateur Swimming Club had held the first public ladies' swimming race ia New Zealand, he saw no reason why they should not take the initiative in the establishment of dual swimming Q'ubs in New Zealand. He also adwoated the teaching of Bwimra.iflja aa part of the curriculum of our public schools. The speaker- also urged atrongly the claims of the double overarm stroke as used by Gormley and all the best swimmers on the other side. In his opinion thab stroke was largely accountable for the great superiority of the Australian over the New Zealand times. H9 produced numerous photos of Sydney piglets., and also of the Sydney swimming champions. Mr Harrison spoke for upwards: of two, hours to, a, deeply interested* audience, and' at the conclusion was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for h,is kindness In giving his audience, po, far as lay in his power, the benefit; of his trip to Sydney.

CABLE NEWS.

An oil tank exploded in San Antonio, in Texas, resulting in the death of twenty persons. The Salta Court has postponed further proceedings against Jabez Spencer Balfour until next month. The British Government are ap pointing a departmental committee to consider the question of mail contracts. A severe snow-storm has been ex perienced in Austria, a,nd several lives have been lost. The " Daily News " says that Russia intends to withdraw her Embassy from Servia owing to the return of ex-King Milan. M. Devillers, the French Envoy in Biam, says that the French Govern ment intend to retain Chantabun until justice is done. The Chancellor of the Exchequer estimates that the expenditure for the year will amount to £95,000,000, which is the largest on record. Counsel for the woman who was pro ceeding against Sir Francis Cook for breach of promise, withdrew the charge, and the Court entered up a verdict for defendant. In the French Senate the rejection of the vote for the establish ment of a Ministry for the Colonies was re-qpened, and on a division the decision of the Chamber of Deputies, agreeing to such a department, was affirmed. The motion was, however, carried subject to the importation of a limitation as to the powers of the Ministers. the New York City Police raided an Italian gambling den. The gamblers were present in large numbers, and being armed with re volvers and knives resisted desperately. The result was a severe conflict, in which nineteen of the foreigners were wounded, three seriously, but so far as ( is known none of the cases resulted fatally. The raid was very success fully carried out, and mpwards of sixty of those who were playing in the rooms were arrested and conducted to the police barracks. A man named Green and his wife were tried at Melbourne for the murder of a woman by the performance of an illegal operation. Green was sentenced to death, but the woman was acquitted. The schooner Mabel White collided with some wreckage off Richmond Heads and sank. The crew had a very narrow escape, but managed to get clear of the sinking vessel in the boat, and were picked up by a passing steamer and safely conveyed iDto port. A township is rapidly springing into existence at Wyalong, where gold was discovered recently. The watering places on the way are a picturesque spectacle, and every evening they are surrounded by hundreds of capip fires. The rush to the field continues ua abated, and fresh discoveries are re ported almost daily. The jury in the libel action against the Melbourne "Evening Standard," by the promoters of a village settle ment, had to be discharged owing to the foreman going to the " Standard " office to buy a back number of the paper, and stating on being charged 6d for the copy that " It is a swindle, and as I am on the jury I will make defendant sit up." The Judge acquitted the foreman of improper motives, but ordered a fresh jury, Mr Herbert Williamßond, managing director in Australia of the Midland Railway Company of Western Aus tralia, has made a proposal to Mr Thomas Mcllwraith, of Queensland, to construct, under the land grant sys tem, a railway from Clonckurry, in the Burke district of Queensland, to Normanton, near the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria, for 3500 acres for each mile, provided the Queensland Government waive the selection oi alternate blocks with the company.

SPORTING.

Sydniey, Msrch 21. Megaphone has been scratched for the Sydney Cup. Heavy soaking rains still continue, and prevent anything more than exercising work at Randwiok.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

mL -^. Atokxato, March 2ft, Tha Hmemoft left this evening for the Kennadeos and Raratonga, wifch Lord and Lady Glasgow and party of thirteen and four servants. At the fishing excursion given to tha gostol delegates by the Harbor Board and ity Council 300 fish were taken. The delegates left by the Munipouri for Syd ney this evening. The Governor was un able to accept an invitation to the excur sion owing to bis leaving for the islaads. The police have ascertained tfaab tha missing man, Carafield, an ex-Victorian school teacher, who was supposed to havp committed suicide, was a passenger on the 13th February by the Mararoa to Sydney. The postal delegates this evening pre sented a silver tea sec to Mr and Mrs Ward. There was also a piesentation to Mrs Ward by the ladies who accompanied the postal delegates, of an address aceom> panted by a strawberry and cream set. A silver mounted spirit stand and a clank jug were presented to Mr Gray, perma nent itead of the post office, and Mm Gray. The recipients suitably acknow ledged the gifts. Wkujngtobf, March 20. Captain Edwin says there are now erf* dences that the weather will be generally fine until the, 24th insfe. X The "Evening Press" to-nighfc an nounces that it is the property of the WelEngton Press Company, limited. A. prospectus of shares is to be issued shortly. The paper, though not prohi bitionist, will give every assistance to temperance reform, and declares, that tha intention is to make "Tha •>Evening Press' the paper of the people, tor the people, and owned fey fchs people." A telegram %om Takaka, In the Kelson? district, states that the roost serious flood ever known in the Golden Bay district to<?k place on Saturday. Great damage was done to the hop crops, the water being in all the hop kilns, a. number of sheep were drowned. There is bear* damage to roads throughout the district. TfcaSfckaka tramway « a3 carried away. The flood has altered the course of the nver. Protect^ drains have been washed away, a i argo area o f i m s nM been carri^y away . Telegraphic comma nicatlo^/was restored to-day. Feuding, March 20. J»Vr G. R. Lucas, an old settler, for merly a member of the Kiwitea and Pohangina Road Boards, dropped dead this forenoon at his farm near Fefldinj^ Dunebin, March W, the Sew Boy Company's yield is 98ezs 12dwfc of retorted gola for the week. The officer commanding the district; has declined to give leave to volunteers on* Saturday to attend business, and in con% sequence one or two companies will ny| like part in the Kascor enowipmeßL

THE ASHBtIRTOJSI GUAEDIAJS: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1894.



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CLEAKING SALE. davis"bros.» CABINET-MAKERS, Havelock Steeet, A RE GIVING UP BUSINESS, and to clear their large Stock ol Durable Furniture are selling at eREAT REDUCTIONS FOR CASH. DAVIS BROS., Next Courthouse, HaveloekiSisreefc. ALSO, FOR SALE, CHEAP,— New Efght-roomed House, Havelock Street. 3 98 /"^ OOD afternoon. Mrs Smith. Not IT feeling well? Have a cup of Health Tea ! Nothing so invigorating and strengthening! My word, Mrs Brown, this is simply lovely! Whole sale and retail at Zander's.



HEALTH TEA is more economical than ordinary tea. It undergoes a process whereby the injurious ingre dients are eliminated, whilst it renders the release of the better properties of the leaf more easy. Hbnky Zander, Autho rised Agent. To Let—A small shop with two room attached, situated in Burnett street T. BULLOCK.



NEW ZEALAND Clotblng Factory. r-TT,O those looking about for a good X. Waterproof Coat for the Winter. CALL AT THE FACTORY IN EAST STREET. KLECT YOUR OWN PATfERN. OVER 100 TO CHOOSE FROM. No perished goods in stock. All sewn seams, Waterproof Coats with Cape Waterproof Coat Macfarlane Waterproof Fishing Outfit Waterpraof Shooting Cape I Waterproof Waders i Waterprpof Riding Aprons • Waterprool Ponchos •Waterproof 'M?f 4« Capes. , SPECIAL. SPECIAL SPECIAL LADIEfc' WATERPROOFS LADIES WATER? ROOFS LADIES' WATERPROOFS MADE TO MEASURE. ( NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTOBY I AlsD S WATERPROOF MANFACTURERS ALEX. HEN DRY, j Manager- \



COOPER'S SHEEP DIP. TO THE SHEEP FARMERS OF THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT, T Beg to notify that I have appointed UU J. G. RESTELL, OP ASHBURTON, Agent fo." $te Sale oi COOPER'S GELEBRmTED SHEEP DIPPING PDWOE?,



That in future all appointments for the DIPPING OF SHEEP AT THE TINWALD DIP (Which has given such unanimous satisfaction to its supporters) must be made with Mb Rbstbll, who will see that the same success is ensured in the future. MOEE SHEeTFaRE DIPPED annually throughout the World with COOPER'S SHEEP DIP THAN WITH ALLOTHSm DIPS ADDED TOGETHER. W. LAKE. Agent, |28 Hereford Street, Chri&tchurch.



Warned. j WANTKD "KNOWN" — Best'llimse * * for Grocery^ Crockery, Glassware, Holloware, Tinware and Brushware.— Stephens Bkos., Market Hou^a. 3 176 TT7 ANTED—Buyers for High-class VV English Cycles, Ladies' and Oantlemen's Safrtties, light and rigid, reliab'e pneumatic tyres. Low price; cash,—Walkek. 3 155 DON'T Forget theTnew Bread fchop, Eist Street Open Monday, April 2. Bread 4d per 4lb loaf.— Josrph Taylor. 3 158 ijTKlfiD. 8. JKtFJbtlKftJ, Manufactur XJ ing Confectioner, has opened a Shop in Kast street, next "The Corner," for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery. Nothing inferior scld. No cheap cigarettes. 3§114 WANTED Known—Tomatoes, good ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, etc., 1 at Marsdens Fruit Shop, belo* Mitchell | and Turner's. 2 109 OFsTKHS and Fresh FislToTall sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Co.'a Shop, Burnett street Ashburton. 2 62 HAVING tried Health Tea and found it Al, I sell it.—J. Thomis, Produce Dealer, Havelock street. 3 104 WANTED Known. —To Harvesters i —Dungaree Jackets and Overalls, Harvest Hats and Shirts and Suits of all kinds, at prices to meet the timea.-— Mitchell & Tubnjek. 1 BUY and Sell for Cash, therefore I Sell Oat Sheaf from Is 3d per sack or £2 2s 6d per ton. J. Thomas, Havelock street. ANTE D~Kuown.- Our Cheap Slippers are soiling in dozens. Children's from Is, women's Is 9d. Buy on» p<ii r and you will buy mote. — Mitchell and lurnbr.



DOLLAR CIGARETTES—3d per packet WANTEDH&nowu Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. Salek's, Optician. TpIRST-OLASS Drapery, Boots, Cloth JD ing, etc, to be sold cheap at Segers Sale, from February 20 to March 20,— Melford House. fTTANTED Known—To make room W for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs dene at once cheaper than evei to stay bad times over at J. Moison's, Premier Bootmaker. DON'T Forget to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to be repaired, at moderate rates. OTICE ! Notice 1 Sport for all. Guns let out on hire or sold on tima payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns ot any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J. W. Hardlby, Ironmonger, etc. £F you want first-class fruit go to Adams for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, (Jitrons, Lemons, etc. aUNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock of Guns just to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Loaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W, Bardley'B Sporting Repository. DOLLAR CIGARETTES - 3d. No holders or photos. —Henry Zander, Whole aale Agent roHAT which brings most light and JL hope to poorest homes is Titan Soap. 11 183 v, AJST.KD Known—The Corner is VV showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. Collier, MEDICAL Coils made pnd repaiied on the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. MRS" 7lLCdRN"~fas~on" sale" for"he Holidays a Varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goods, and Christmas Presents—Saunders Buildings. /""YRKAT JiearTrig~Sale of Drapery, VX Boots, Clothioa, etc., at Melford House, from 20th February to 20th Mirch. —H. 0. Skgers. BOYS" three garment long trouser Suits fnr 10ci. Men's Colonial ma rle nailed Shooter Boots at 7s 6d per pair at .ft. Alcork's sale, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saundera' Buildings. 1 115



WHY grumble about the price of Bead and Meat when you can get 501b beat Roller F*our for 4s 6d and good Fresh Butter at 6d per 3b at R. Alcorn'B sale Saunders Buildings. 3 116 NO more indigestion ; no more nervous ness from indulging in too much tea drinfcing, for those who drink '* Health Tea." One trial will convince you.— Henry Zander, Authorised Agent. BANG ! Bang i Bang 1 My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynoek'a and, Cluo Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads. Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Haedley's, Gun Emporium. WANTED Known. —No reasonable offer will be refused for the balance of our Summer Dresses, Millinery, and Mantles.—MncfTELL and Turner. DON'T miss our Great Sale. For one month only, from 20th February to 20th March. Drapery, Clothin?, Boots. etc. —H. C. Segers, Melford House. \ITANTED Known—W. H. Colueh. W noted foar-cl»sp Kid Gloves, 2i 6d, have ju3t arrived in a'l siz°s. /"CHOICE Ornaments, folding Screens, \J Own make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing. Aprons, and Pinafores.— J Mrs Amoen, Saunders' Buildings. MR John Maesden, of the Railway Bookstall, has opened a Book and Stationer's Shop two doors below Mitchell and Turner. Books and Stationery at the lowest possible prices. Books clean, complete, and in aood order will be taken in exchange. Circulating Hbtary, PIASTER Cards, and Booklets, Fire XV Screens, Pictures, Glass Ornaments, Chrih'tonas Caids, Oicket and Lawn Tennis Sl^teriaU Photo Albums, and Frames, and hundreds of other articles «c t,v jty3 ijold at a great sacrifice for Cash during tMg jponth only at L. F. Andrewes & €fc, J&^rf&Wers' Hall. r« j '--•-""-■ ■'- '-^ms****-* jfa^Q A BARGAIN. Two'fovm 3wOO«"~"""- Sections, numbered 6&6 #nd 243, half acre, running right through to J^oore to Kermode screets ; good land.; e^tol site for a honse. The I ownsr having \efb £h« District has made up bis' mind to reajtis^ Qt> ,» very heavy loSS T, SHLLOCK. Tfie Best Tea in CANTERBURY for bh money, and free from any excess * stringency. COUNTESS 2s. i AS£ V OUR GROCERS



Holloway's Ointment.— Go where, you may, in every country and in all climes, persons will be found who have a ready word of praise for this qintment: For chapp, chafes, scalds, bruises, and sprains, it is an invaluable remedy ; for bad legs, bad breasts, and piles, it may be confidently relied upon effecting a sound and permanent cure, In cases of puffed ankles, erysipelas, and rheu matism, Holloway's Ointment gives the greatest comfort by reducing the inflamma tion, cooling the blood, soothing the nerves, adjusting the circulation, and expelling the impurities. This ointment should have a place in eyery nursery. It will cure all those manifold skin aft'eotions origi nating in childhood, gain strength with the j I child's growth. : • r' KEATING'S POWDER destroys Rugs, Pleas, Moths, Beetles and all other insects whilst quite harmless to domestic animals In terminating Beetles the success of this l?owder i« extraordinary. It is per fectly clean in application. See the articles you purchase is KKATING'S, as imitations' are noxious and ineffectual. Tins, 6d, le apcl'ga Bfi mvk, $?}<s by all cheats,"



gT EALTH mE A. Wandering afar ocr A ustralasia seas ; | Sighing in softness, murmuring in air, Comes the desire for Heai,tu imparting Fragrant in flavor, with aroma rare, At last! at last! the breezes murmur, Is found the I'ea is well-named "Health," And Connoisseurs declare in accents firme* This tea contains within itself a priceless wealth. The daintiest leaf by cleanliest arts pre served, Blended with flavor that on the taste n?'er palls. "Healtb Tea" has won the pride of place deserved, la drunk in cottage homes and palace haJls HEALTH TEAI ! HEALTH TEA <• HeaJth 'lea " cures indigestion, Qtftpr teas erase it, y SO



fiAWDSEi Sou* Kucalypti Extras There ax ■> imitations of Eucalyptio in the market niw, products of simple, distillation forming, rude resinous oils In order that tU^se crude oilg miy not bo taken, O^R POEB VolCATlifß ErjiMl.ST'i!s Extract, whio" 1 is recosnised by tl^e mediiMil riivisiftn of in?. Prussian Goxsmme'l* to be of per fectly pvu'fi origin, as th^ir iiifannation forwarded to us 'tbroiisth the (Jonsul at Melbourne, March 2,1878 we state 5-™ t is proved by tests by the Medical Clinics of Itha Universities at Bonn and Griefswal'-, Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz, Professor of ParmJUJology. at Bon, and Professor Dr ' Mosler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Greifswald, that only products that flre saturated with oxygen and freed of a^ids, wissnocs and other substances, adherent jo pv-imary aisfsUjlajiiiori, will develope the sanative qualities proper to the plant according to these authorities, and according to Pro fessor Dr I,i>-ter of England, and to Drs Bauer, Mclntire, Wood, Hazard, fte., of America, is the only extract corresponding to scientific tests, and the rnly one which possesses the proper therapeutic val")e. San|)er & Son's Eucalypti Extract. All other crude oils are to be classed amd.sgfche turpentines, which h pve, when used as modieine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal medicament. These so called Eucalypti Extracts which may have received distinction at Exhibitions as commercial articles are used for mechanical pur pose are only discernible :— 1 By their deficiency In pungent odour (which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extracts d^. velopes most freely through its surplus ojfovygen) By their alcoholic thin and motjjl* appearance, being recuced in specific^ density through lie presence of. acids 3 By their taste, the result of the contracting ten- I dency, o| resins an.d tennateg. ! If these crude oils, so. called eucalypti extraota are applied by mistake in cases of croup, broncbJtU, diph theria, internal infammations, dy«;enteryi wounds, the consequences are appalling For safety always ask for SANBER AND SON S EUCAtTJP'Hf EXtJUCT and get the old, well-tes*ed as,d reliable preparation.—SuDd' Jiursfci Victoria, Australia. ! ■ 'ftUnJKBR ANB SON'S,