Ashburton Grardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1894. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mrs Peacock, wife of the Hon J. T. Peacock, died at Chi istchurch last night, at twelve o'clock. Hie Caledonian and Great Western Railway Companies purpose to import a trial shipment of sleepers from New South Wales. The new Prohibition and Temperance League, established at Auckland by the Rev. Mr Isitt, has, it was stated at a meet ing on Thursday night, 600 enrolled mem bers. Mr Francis Clements is gazetted as postmaster at Elgin, his appointment dating as from July 1, and Mr John Thomas o'Re.illy as postmaster at Wester field, from the same date. Detectives have recovered the platinum stolen from the New Zealand Drug Com pany's works at Burnside, and arrested William Halt-fori and James Rassell as being concerned m the theft;. Advice of the special music for the Invercargill Band contest was received m Christchurch to-day. The selection is neither operatic nor sacred, but a different class to former pieces, and has been written specially for New Zealand. Robert Hickling has been committed for trial at Danedin on a charge of assault ing with a " neddy " and doing grievous bodily harm to a man named Nevill. The latter had been enticed to » lonely place, and then assaulted. Od Saturday a very old settler m the Elleemere district, named Peter Campbell, was killed through his horse falling and throwing him, breaking his neck. He was a brother-in-law of Dr Campbell, who was drowned m the Tararua disaster. Walter Bentley lectured at the Tiraaru Theatre last night on " The Church and Stage" to a crowded audience, and received an enthusiastic vote of thanks. The lecture was highly approved for its instructiveness and its judicious concilia tory ton 3. At Auckland two Maoris, brought from Ngaruawahia, wera sentenced to a week's hard labour for non-payment of the *dog tax. Iheir defence was that they had paid Tawhiao's dog tax collector already and would be fined £2 if they paid the Government. Mr M'Lachlan does not think much of lawyers' clerks, and made the fallowing remark about them : 'Lawyers employ boy 3 at nothing a week who have to pay a premium m order to get these wages.' Dr Newman says that m order to get his diploma he had to read up certain Latin authors, and from start to finish it was unmitigated rubbish. Mr O'Regan M.H.R., has received a letter from Mr Michael Davitt, who states that a general election is regarded as probable next spring, and if so he intends to visit the colonies immediately after. Mr Davitt is an advocate of the single tax, which ho considers New Zealand has applied to some extent m the forni of a tax on land values. Two of the best and strongest dairy fac tories inTaranaki have been built upon the co-operative plan (says the 'Examiner.') The capital to start them was provided by a guarantee with the bank, and was al paid oft m two years by deduccing from the kuppliers a shilling for every sixty gallons of milk. Shares were issued to the suppliers for the amount so deducted. Each factory has paid 4d a gallon for the milk this season. A largely attended .meeting of the re presentatives of the fire and marine insurance companies doing business m this colony was held on Friday afternoon m Wellington, to discuss the proposal m the Budget that foreign companies should be compelled to deposit £20,006. A resolution was carried—"That this meet ing is of opinion that the principle in volved m the suggested legislation regarding deposits by foreign insurance companies Is unsound, and should be widely opposed." On Sunday evening, after the service 8 were concluded at St. Stephen's Church' the members of the Choir repaired to the vestry fur the purpose of bidding farewell to one of their number—Mr Charlie Andrewes — who is about to leave for Wellington. The Rev. T. A. Hamilton, on behalf of the choir, expressed his regret at Mr Andrewes' departure, and m doing so presented him with a souvenir of the esteem m which he had been held. Mr Hamilton also gave Mr Andrewes a com mendatory letter to the clergyman of the district to which he was going, and trusted that he would pursue the even tenor of hia way and shortly don a surplice m a Wellington Church. Mr Andrewes suitably replied, and after cordial handshaking all 1 round, and wishes expressed for Mr Andrewes' future welfare the gathering j dispersed. In the season 1893 4 New South Wales produced 16,000 bales of wool more than all the other colonies of Australia and Few Zealand combined. Other pastoral pro ducts figure m our exports, says the Presi< dent of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, to the amount of £744,331 for tallow, £141,640 for frozen meat, £615.665 for skins and hides. Our mineral resources are attested by our exports of silver lead to the amount of £2,016,621; silver ore. \ £936,938; coal, £814,924; tin and tin ore, £229,734. We sent away for the year ex-' ports to the aniounb of £22,931,223, m spite of the decline of price by which several of the most important of our pro 1 ducts have been visited. This sum was m excess of our imports to the extent of £4,814 186, so that we may be considered as fairly paying our way with the world. Holl»way's Pills and Oiniment.—The combined ill effects of over-crowding, seden tary occupations and monotony of life are only too well known to those who have, to pass the beat part of their lives laboring- m factories and crowded workrooms. The fioi»pula#ry confinement weakens the general health and induces chronic constipation, indigestion, and y&rio^s forms of skin diseases. Holloway's remedies aro of price less value to persons of this class, for they can be used without entailing loss of work, being purely vegetable m their composition, and consequently act without hardiness on itfce most delicate system. The experience pi moge than fifty years proves that no means surpass Holloway's remedies for curing bad legs, bad breasts, piles, a^d wounds of all

A correspondent of the 'Westminster Gazette', who has had an inteiview wi6h Cardinal Moran, predicts that the time is coming when the colonies witf grant monetary ail to Catholic schools. Complete specifications have besn lodged with the patent office by Mr David Patton, blackdmith,jMount Sowers, of an invention for an improved woolpress. John Young, aged 62, residing alone m a house m Peterborough street, Christ church, was found dead m one of the roams on Saturday. At the inquest to day the jury found a verdict that deceased died from congestion of the lungs. One of the most conspicious monument^ m St. Paul's Cathedral is the black marble sarcophagus of Nelson. The inner coffin was made oub of the mainmast of the French flagship L'Orient. The sarco phagus was originally ordered by Cardina Wolsey for himself, when he intended bis dust to be laid m the Windsor mausoleum, and now known as the Albert Memorial Chapel. The Walter Bentley Company arrived by the morning train from the South to day, and were welcomed by a number of the many friends made by Mr Bentley on his last visit to Ashburton two and a half years ago. Mr Bentley looks not a bit the worse for wear, and is as genial as ever. His company numbers m all twenty-one members, and the drama to be played to-night—the company appear only one night—is the dramatised version of Maxwell Grey's novel ■•• The Silence of Dean Maitland." Readers of the **Canterbury Times" will be familiar with the novel, which ran through that paper's columns m serial form three years ago, and will no doubt remember its highly sensational incidents. The character of the Dean is essayed by Mr Bentley, and is about as difficult a one to pourtray as can be found m the whole category of dramatic representation, but according to even Mr Bentley'a severest critics, his impersonation of it is a master piece of acting.

COMMERCIAL.

London, August 17. Owing to the war m the East there are hopes that the purchases of silver will be increased, and securities art> buoyant. Mr Valentine, the New Zealand agent, believes that a frozen mutton trade can be developed with Italy and France. He advises exporters to arrange for veterinary certificates m order to avoid the re strictions placed upon meat m those countries. It is believed that there are fair prospects of a tr-da between England and New South Wales with regard to the export of rabbits, especially if the rabbits are boiled and shipped m January and February. (Received August 19, 11.30 a.m.) London, August 19 The English wheat market is weak, withoat quotable change ; the Continental is inactive, and the American declining. Tallow has advanced Is. The market fcr Australasian rabbit skins is variable. Prime and uncom monly fine skins are firm, but spring and feu mmer produce is flat and has declined twoptnce. New Zealand and Australian cheese, white, is quoted at 50s to 54 < ; colored 44s to 50s; Canadian and American, white, is only selling at 46s to 47a. The market for Auckland pearl shell is quiet.

THE WEATHER.

ALFORD STATION. Ihe following is the Meteorological report for the week ending August 19, 1894 :~

Reserve 1496.

- >■♦— —„._ , For some time the village settlers on reserve 1496 having been agitating to have the thirds accuring from their lands de voted to the formation, etc., of roads for their benefit; and for a reduction of their rents, They placed a petition m the hands of Mr John McLachkn, M.H.R., who has received the following letter from the Department of Lands and Survey, dated August 9, 1894 :— Sik,—l am directed by the Minister of Lands to acknowledge the receipt of a peti tion dated 21st July, and addressed to you by Timothy Clarke and others, settlers on Reserve 1496, m the Wakanui Road District. They a«k that the thirds coming from the said reserve should be paid to the credit of the Road Board so as to enable them to have roads made for their benefit. They also state that the Minister of Lands when m Ashburton promised a deputation of j the settlers that he would have roads made for their accommodation, and also would do what he could to reduce the rateable value of the land, which is, they state, one third too high. In reply to the first portion of the petition I have to state that the thirds are payable whenever due to the Koad Board of the district m which they have been received, upon their application, and upon satisfying the Land Board that the funds are to be ex pended on roads for the benefit of the lands I from which they were derived. I have no doubt if the petitioners represent their case to the Board they will receive full considera tion. Enquiries will be made as to whether these thirds will be sufficient to make the roads necessary, and if they be insufficient, the Minister will consider whether a sup plementary sum should be placed on the estimates. With regard to the price, or rateable value, of these lands the Minister has no power to reduce it. It the tenants consider that they are paying too high rents, the only recourse at present is for them to surrender their leases and let the lands be openedagiin for public application, burdened with the value of their improvements. I will, however, send a copy of the petition to the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Christ church, who may be able to assist these settlers m some way.—A, B. &ksqk, Under Secretary. , _____

FRANCO-CONGOLESE TREATY

London, August 18 It is reported that Lord Dufferin has been instructed to inform the French Government that England will not assent to the Franco-Congolese treaty m its present form. In the House of Commons, Sir E, Grey con firmed the rumour, and said he hoped the matter would be amicably settled.

INGRATITUDE.

Vigorous »*f«»ce #t Voffri'a Vublic Worki Policy. Pictures of tlia Colony nuder t!i« X*roviiic«n, ami aince *li« Policy* Initiation. Wellington Post. In the " New Zealand Herald " (Auck land) of 9 recent date we came across an article m which, referring to Sir Julias Vogel's Public orks policy, the writer said: —"We suppose there is not now one man m New Zealand who does not regret that the scheme was entered into." We were intensely astonished and deeply grieved that any one paper m New Zea land could have been found to publish a statement so entirely devoid of a sem blance of truth, and which, if it were true, would be so greatly to the discredit of New Zealand. Those who write or i!peak m this strain—they are, we feel certain, fow m number —can remember or know little what rhe condition of the colony was at the time that policy was introduced. The depression of late years was. as nothing to the deep depression which rested over the whole colony--which affected every indus ! try and almost deprived the people of ! hope— during the three years which pre- I ceded the advent of the Public Works Policy, Ruin, absolute and complete, stared the settlers m the face. The boom of the Otago, West Coast, and Thames goldfields was giving place to a terrible reaction, Real property and Btock were almost valueless. Trada was limited and insecure. The Banks practically held and ruled the country, and they were applying the screw without compunction or discri mination. The colony as a whole was exhausted with native ware, and the North Island was threatened at all points by a determined, dangerous, and savage enemy* Settlement was confined m it to a mere seaside fringe, and even the coastal settlements could not guard their frontiers, as witness what occurred at Poverty Bay. Even m Wellington, the capital city, the militia were m training, and the volunteers, called out on active service, had to mount guard nightly at each end of the city to prevent a midnight native raid. The Imperial Government had withdrawn its troops, and left to the little handful of settlers a burning legacy of native wrongs .wrought by Imperial policy. Settlement was con tracting instead of spreading m the North Island.fand die out settlers were every where m danger of losing life and pro perty. In the South Island deep de pression reigned supreme, and pastoral property was scarce worth holding, As to farming, lack of means of communi cation with the ports rendered large pro duction for export an impossibility. Politically the colony consisted of a number o* isolated petty states, with little communication and less sympathy between each other. The nine Provincial Governments were m financial straits, and wit hout credit. They had exhausted their colonising functions, and had m riotous official living expended their means. Such of them as had had landed estate to dispose of had squandered their capital and parted with their patrimony on rciinous conditions. Real settlement was at a standstill, and all who could do so were desirous of departing to somo other better-governed land. The Parliament of the colony was composed of jealous pro vincial coteries, constantly quarrelling, intriguing, and log-rolling to, advance their paltry local interests, regardless of those of New Zealand. A more deplor able condition than that to which this colony was reduced no other country pro bably ever reached. Tlnre were but a few miles of railway, and the North Island was without internal telegraphs. The Middle Island had only a main line with a fcirgle branch. Such was the terrible condition of the colony when the Public Works, Po'icy, bold and statesmanlike, well worked out m every respect, equitably' balanced, and vigorously conceived, was brought down. Its first effect- was to 60 astound the colony as almost to benumb sensation. It frightened people, and they spoke of it with bated breath. lt& conception was a stroke of Heaven-bora j;eniuij- It was a revelation, and there were many who were not prepared to re ceive it. We confess (hat we were amongst the number. We have lived to be wiser, and to do justice to the policy we then viewed with fear and distrust. It haa justified itself, and more than justified its author. New Zealand to-day, with all its bad times, stands half a cen tury m advance of tha position it would have occupied had it not been that the genius of Sir Julius Vogel's great scheme found support from a majority sufficiently powerful to give it effect, not, indeed, m the entirety, but m its main features. To attain this majority great sacrifices had to be made, safeguards had, to be abandoned, unwise concessions had to be made, and points of minor principle given up. Much that was foreign to the original scheme was grafted on it, but the effect on the whole was and M unmis takably good. In place of being a mere! collection of village settlements, tenanted by poor and heartbroken settlers strug gling against great oddi to live, the colony is now rich, powerful and popu lous, despite all the mistakes which have been made m the past, and all the bad government of the present. It is the strongest testimony to the wisdom and prudence of New Zealand's greatest statesman, ablest administrator, and, we believe most unselfish politician— Sir Julius Vogel—that experience had shown that the original policy, as propounded by him, was perfect m almost every detail. His policy, as he brought it down, stands tested by the ex perience of a quarter of a century as of the grandest monuments extant of political sagacity and foresight. The colony has suffered wherever and whenever it has departed from the lines he laid down. His policy realised the fable of Minerva springing fully armed from the brains of Jove. Its armour unfortunately was dis arranged m the after struggle for exis tence. Let any sensible man ask him self what would New Zealand be like to* day without railways, telegraps, tele phones, tramwiys, and the other thousand and one conveniences which, directly and indirectly, we owe to the Public Works Policy. A national scheme of education would have been impossible without that policy. In the Wellington Provincial Diatriob shortly before this policy was pro claimed there was not asingle public school open. The interior of the North Island would still have been a terra incognita, inhabited by a discontented, turbulent, and dangerous native population, ready at all times to pick a bloody quarrel with the settlers. The New Zealand business wou'd not havg justified the establish ment of cable communication with Australia, and by it with the world. The North Island would have been absolutely unable to have entered on the frozen meat trade when the opportunity o^ered, and the South Island could only have done so to a very limited extent, The flocks would probably still have been almost entirely merino. We should have no direct mail service, and the Union Company would notlnve been m existence, New Zealand would, with all its great natural resources and advantages, have been standing still while all the world was advancing, had it not been for Sir Julius Vogei and his policy. It would to day, m all the conveniences and neces sities of civilised life, have been, as we have said, half a century behind what it is. There have been, m carrying out his proposals, mistakes and blunders enough —we might almost write crimes—com mitted, but he is nof; responsible fo? these. Balancing the evil against the good lowing from his policy, there is Fflt

an enormous balance to the credit; of the latter. To Sir Julias Yoge! New Zealand owes a deep debt of gratitude- Unfor tunately; it shows no disposition to pay its debt. National ingratitude is asm as old as tha days of Moses. Scarcely since that law-giver's i ime has there been a more figrant offence of the kind recorded titan m New Zealand's treatmeut of Sir Julius Voge). Tt io a shame, a disgrace to the colony, an enduring stain on New Zealand's tcutcheon, that the man to whom it owes so much, who has laboured «o earnestly and so well m its cause, and done so much to give it a national standing, endow io with a national feeling, and place it m the van of Australasia, is left when age is creeping on him, poor and neglected m a distant land. We hope that some day a Govern ment wiil be found honest enough to acknowledge Sir Julius -Vogels great services, and bold enough to propose some modest but fitting recognition of them. Truly h has been written that Men's evil manners live ia brass, Their virtues we write m water, when a leading New Zealand paper can be found referring to Sir Julius Yogel and his great colonising policy m terms such as are used by the "New Zealand Herald." ■

OUR MEMBER.

-«. «. "Ptoiz" Ph*t« r r»ph« Him. Press Mr John McLachlan, who won the Ash burton «eat by a majority of thirty votes, ia a hairy gentleman of middle age, who seceded from plastering to agricultural pursuits, was born fifty-four yean ago m Ayrshire, has a healthy voice, a good tempered fierce manner, and is alleged to have a good grip on politics, which he must have attained—if he has attained it—-by being defeated at several elections It: n hardly necessary to look twice at Mr McLachlan to detect that he is a pretty shrewd customer, with quite clear ideu is to the number of beans which make fivi. He is also something of a humorist, and on. occasions wears a devil-may-care aspect, more suggestive of the mercurial Milesian than the stolid Scot. His footprints on th« sands of politics are not at present precisely so gigantic as those left by the megatherium for the delectation and amazement of modem scientists. No doubt, however,, should occasion offer, Mr McLachlan will be foand capable of leaving the impress of a large boot on the history of bis time. Meanwhile he ■ contents himself with short speeches which, if chey do not add anything very appreciable to the sum of human knowledge, ate at leasb no worse than a «ood many other speeches shot off m the House by persons of greater intellectual pretensions. Mr McLachlan ia of genial temperament, and takes sugar m ! his.

Cycling-Notes.

By Mercury Though cycling ia at present p acfcically at a standstill, there are indications that the coming season will find it more enthu siastically engaged m than ever. Both the Amateur and the Ariel Clubs will shortly hold their annual meetings, and make arrangements for the summer months. Racing men will need to train much earlier than m former yean*, as, besides the fact that prizes are likely to be on a larger scale, there is strong pro bability of an increased number of race meetings. The wheelmen or the cash persuasion will have an opportunity of trying their strength aa early m the sea son as Oetoba-. On the fifth and sixth of that month che Caledonian Cycling Club ot Dunedin will hold on the Caledonian grounds, Dunedin, a twenty-four hours' contest, starting at ten o'clock on the Kriday night. The grounds will be illuminated by electric light The prizes are £40 first; £10 second, £5 third, and the management propose to give a prizo to every rider covering over 250 miles m the time. On the Friday evening, short races will also be run. This should be a splendid chance for some of our riders, a f«w of whom, though not fast, have legs of iron, and twenty-four hours would find out nuny weaknaßses m the short dis tance champions. Ashburton should cer tainly ba represented m this important race. The same club will hold a race meeting on November 9. The Christchurch Cycling Club are negotiating with the fast men of Aus tralia, and it is probable that L. B. Sharpe, the best of the quintet who visited New Zealand last year, and Mr A Turner, che wf 11-known Australian crack, will compete not only m Christchurch but on our own Domain track during the coming season.

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

» _ Hai«l»y lotian. Tkc SlaMa* of tho K»wahM r . Lokdojt, August 17. It is reported that Russia, France, and Japan have agreed to share the benefit m the event of the defeat of the Chinese. The Rothschilds are floating the Chinese loan. A treaty has been concluded placing British subjects m Japan under Japanese rule after five years. At present thny are subject to the juris diction of the Consular Courts only. London, August 18 The " Times'" Yokohama correspon dent declares that capitalists have I guaranteed £16,000,000 for war pur ' poses. The " Vossische Zeitung," a Berlin paper, considers that lending money to China is a crime against the civilised j world. The Japanese have laid torpedoes at I Nagasaki, Tokio, and Yokohama. The German Asiatic Bank m Berlin is floating a Chinese million loan at five per cent. Lord Kimberley has seized a torpedo catcher building at Elswick for the- Chinese Government, and has signed a warrant detaining her. Lokdoit, August 19 Owing to the Chinese firing and killing the medical officers and causing explosions m the field hsspitals, the Japanese will not admit adherents of the Red Cross into Corea. During the Yashan fight the Corean soldiery fought pluckily on the Japanese side- Shanghai, August 17. The Court of Enquiry at Shanghai finds that the Kowshung was sunk by a warship, but no opinion is expressed. The Governor of Formosa has offered a reward of £1500 for sinking Japanese warships. Shanghai, August 18 No engagement has taken place between the Chinese and the Japanese fleets, as both are playing a game of " hide and seek." At the request of Admiral Fre mantle, of the British fleet, Japan has agreed not to renew the attack on Waiheiwai or bombard Chefoo without forty-eight hours' notice. Japan has authorised a loan of 50,000,000d015. The Court which inquired into the sinking of the Kowshung found that Captain Goldsworthy and his colleagues were deserving of the highest praise for their judgment and coolness under try ing circumstances ; further, that they did all that was m their power to savq the vessel.

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Wanted. WAN'iED, by a young lady, com" fortable board and residence.— Addresp, G.A., offio« of this paper. 8 128 I" OST, about six weeks ago from 'lin -*-■ wald, large black and white (spotted) Sheep Dog. Answers to name of'fim. 10 i Reward at Mail Office. 8 125 EIOR Sale.—Cheap. Valuable Building *- Sites at Hampsteacl, m blocks to suit purchasers, highly improved. For parti culars apply to the Ashburton Permanent Building and Investment Society, Tancred Street 8 116 EARLY POTATOES.—Beauty of Bath, Early Rose. Snowflake, and other Kidneys—by the sack and m small lots. Customers may rely on the seed being true to name.—A. W. Randell, Ashburton and Allen tor. 8J57 AKATERE.-The Somerset Meat Mart has long held " the cake " as the best and cheapest shop m town for cash purchasers. The old reputation will be maintained. Mutton 2d per lb. Saus ages 4d per lb. All other lines reduced. , For Cash only.—W. J. Silcook. 852 /'"I OOD .News —Juno Tobacco 5s per lb, VJT Natlrod 4< 10d per lb, Navy Twist 4s lOd per lb, Venus Twist 4s lOd per lb. Large Box Matches (1000) 5d per box, 4s lOd per doz, 250 ditto 2d per box, la 9d per dos, Plaid Vestas 3|d per doz, 3s 3d per gross.—Fletcher Bros, Christchurch and Ashburton. 8 82 LJOOKS, Books. Books." Circulating -*-* Library. Terms easy. Half-yearly volumes of something to read with Novelettes, each Volume complete m it self, bound m cloth ss. British Battles handsomely illustrated, bound m cloth 7s 6d. Boys' Illustrated Annual 5s 6d. Papeteries 2s 6d. A splendid lot of Albums from 3s, Birthday Cards, Text Cards, and Picture Books, till m great variety, everything good and cheap. Bookstall and shop.—J. Mabsben. CQ PRAY is selling Firewood 25s •• O per cord, delivered. Coal from 6s per quarter. Good heart fencing material very cheap. Opposite Mercantile Store, West Street. npO Let, at a low rental, Bake House m L East Street, i paddock and stabling combined, lately m occupation of the Co-Operadve Society. Apply to George James. . 8 39 £ CRUSHED Oats, 31bs over usual J weight, 5s sack included. All kinds of produce cheap for cash,—J. Thomas, Havelock street. 7 51 WAITED Known. — Embroideries from Id a yard, Corsets 3s lid, Indies' Ulsters from4s lid, Ladies' Gloves four pair for Is, Kid Gloves four buttons Is 6d.— Arcade Houae. 63 TIHERE are two qualities of Health -*- Tea, both unsurpassed for strength purity and lovely flavor. Prices, 2s 6d and 2a per lb. Ask your grocer for Health Tea, and see that you get it Wholesale at Zander's j ANTED KnTwn—Finesl Separator Butter Is 2d pel lb. Rolled bacon, hams, and eggs ac lowest rates.— John Orr & Co. IF you want good prime Cheese and Bacon, try Taylor, East Street Bakery^ 6109 WANTED Known—The whole of the stock to be sacrificed by order of the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 26 PRIME Christchurch smoked and Lewis' pale cured Bacon Hama, best Akaroa and local-made Cheeses from sd, at Taylor's, East Street Bakery. 6110 WANTED Known — Men's strong Tweed Suits from 16a 6d ; shirts from 2s 6i,—Arcade House. 4 24 Reductions. — Is Books* O for 9d, Is 6d Books for Is, 2> Books for Is 6d, 2^ 6d Books for 2s, and all others at equtd ra'e of reduction at L. F. Andre we-! and Go's., Cash Sale. 618 IF you wish your socials and parties to be successful, buy your cake, p»st;ry, etc, at Taylor's, East Street Bakery. Parties suopiied on the shortest notice. 6 m ■ __2____ i _____ _.____, TISITthe Sale. Trimmed Millinery going at any price Ladies* Under lothing reduced to 20 per tent, below oat.—Arcade House. ' 464 YsTERS and Fresh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Co.'s Shop, Burnett street Ashhurton 2 62 I" ADIEi' and Gentlemen's left-off J « Cloth as bought, sold, or exchanged. I —Mbs Knight, Wakanui Road,, opposite Templar Hall. ' 7 102 WANTED Known-L W Pants 3s lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d, Worsted Socks dd per pair.—Arcade House 425 WANTED Known.—No more wet clothes and bronchitis, Yarmouth Oilskin to hand.—Mitchell & Turner t^D WARDS, Bennett's Sale. Grand lot ■^ new and fashionable Furs and , Mantles ; half price. Come and take your pick at Mbs Adam*. SALE now on—White Calico 2s lid per dozan, Towels 2s 6d per dozen, Lace, Curtaine, from l<s lid per pair, ah Arcade , House. 4 27 j WA^T^b^nownT^MenT^Tweed Suits 153 6d, Men's Tweed Trousers IH, Mens' Strong Flannelletto Shirts 2s 6d, Metis' and Boys' Boots and Shoes greatly reduced.—Arcade House. 465 ¥*T ANTED Known—All goods m Show *▼ Room to be slaughtered at any price.—Arcade Fouse. 4 28 SALE of Warehouseman s Stock at Mitchell & Turner's. Cheap lines m all departments, MRS HOOPER, Monthly Nurse, offers accommodation to patients at her residence, Alford Forest roid, near Mr Cunningham's Store. Ten minutes' walk to a doctor. 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 tunity of securing genuine bargains.—A. Wtbjb. 7 166 WA.NTF.D Known.—Just received a Largo Wjffter Stock of Boots. Liber""* discount for casjju As usual, we d«i rhftW* 1 work* Re P»ips dom •* onC9« A staff of men a>W re»dy afc J- Mojso^ the Premier Bootmak^f Xown Hall Boot Store, East Street. Ashburtofl. » | CHEAPER Than Ever.-Books and *~J Magazines, Writing Papers and Envelopes, Pocket Books, Parses, Writ ing Cases, Inkstands, Pictures, Mpic, Accordeons from 7a 9d, Concerilflaie, Violins, Banjos, Zither Harps, Photo Frames and Albums, Scrap and Postage Stamp Albums, Indoor Game*, Wall Texts and Fancy Cards of all kinds, School Bags, Books, Exercises and requisites of every description, and a great variety of goodß j too numerous to mention ; all ab greatly reduced prices for cash this month at L« f, Ahdbew£S aiw Co.'s, Chj»p Sale, J



Busmeaa Notices. ._ IF YOU WANT good value for youk money go to— G. J NEILL'S WHERE THEY ARE SELLING AT LESS THAN COST PRICE. RUM) [}P.~IHARDUP MCJST MAVJ3 MCINHSY. ■HO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED FOR ANY ARTIOLF IN iV THE SHOP. DRESS GOODS 2io ' DRESB GOOD 3 3Jd Double width Dresa Tweeds la lid Heavy Shirting Is 61—Reduced to 9Ad Reduced to Is Fnion Shirting Is 52d—Reduced to 7sd T AVELS 2id Kid Gloves, four clasps Is 9& Double Bed-tw:4l Sheeting, unbleached Flannelettes, yard wide 7|d—Reduced and White 9sd to4|d White and Grey Calico Is lid dez Dr Warner's Coraline Coraets, 8s 6d All Wool Ulacnel 7Jd Reduced to 5a lid CO RSRTS In 9d iHir Dair MILLINERY AND tTNDER-OLOTHING AT YCTOR OWN PRICE CLOTHING CLOTHING Boys' Suit* 3s lid Men's Tweed Trousers 6s lid Boys' Suits 4a lid Men's Woe Hen Socks 7id Boys' C»pß 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 - ■ 30a 6d—Reduced to 23s 6d MEN'S SHIRTS, TIES, HATS, GAPS, etc., AT ANY PRICE. BLANKETS. BLANKETS. IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE MAX«, COLONIAL AND ENGLISH, AT ANY PRICE-FROM OS Ocl PER PAIR. NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. BOOTS. BOOTS. CHEAPER THAN EVER, WE CANNOT HELP IT AS WE WANT THE MONEY Women's Shoes 49 lid Women's Leather Lace B ots, all sizes 5s lid THESE ABE SIMPLY GIVEN AWAY. Men's Bluchers 4s lid Boys' Nailad Shooters, Strong, 5a 6d Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid ■ and 5s 9d M«n's Heavy Watertights, pegged. Ladies' French Shoes 11s 9i—Reduced 15a 6d—Reduoed to Us b'd n to 83 6d CHILDREN'b TAN SHOES AND CLIPPERS AT YOUR OWN PRICE AT G J, JN EI L lAS, FRIEtJLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBTJRTON Cash. We Want CASH. TmXMEBT BEO&r JUST LANDING, 25 Tons New Crop Cane Sugar. 25 561 b Bags Finest Snowdrop Sugar 12s 9d. FLODE FLOUR. 251 b Finest Roller 2s Od 1001 b Finest Roller 7s 6d 501 b Finest Boiler 3s 10|d 2001 b Finest Roller 14s 0d Caustic Ly© for Soap Making Blacking 4|d doz,, 12 doz. 4s 3d. lib tin lOd per 1b ... Marmalade m Glass Jars B^d, 21b tin 8d per lb Kew Bates 7d per lb. 101 b tin 7d per lb Bock Salt 6s 9d per cwt. IEA. TEA, TEA. THE NOTED WAREHOUSE FOR TEA. 31b Peerless Tea, 5s 31b Premier Tea, 5s 5d 61b Peerless Tea 9s lid 61b Premier Tea, 10s5d 2s Tea, Peerless, for Is 9d m 5 and 101 b tins, tics free. 24 mt lb 'V-'duation nn 3 h packet of Arab Matchless, Pfemter, Jameson and An<«rsoi)Vi NeiiHon ui<l Moat's Nabob, and any known bland, and on Sand 10lb tinn, Ting f^o«. I" Chusts and half Chd«.ts, Ceylon, Indian and China at Is 3|d, Is 6d, and Is 9|i. Best valao m Canterbury. 251 b Moir's Kew Oatmeal 2s 6d NeaYe's Food lid per tin, 10s per bag, i bags 9s lid 6d per dozen Finest Sago; Tapioca, Split Peas Sunlight Soap Is 2d per box of Ifd per lb, 71bs Is 6 Tablets » New Currants, washed and dried, Candles 5-|d per lb, 121bs 5s 3d 3|d f 121bs3s9d Corn Flour (Brown's) 3|d per Raisins washed and dried, 4^d lb, 12]bs 3s 3d per lb, 121 b4s 6d Edmond's Baking Powder, large Sultanas 4fd, 121bs 4s 8d 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 Jjemoa 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 to large consumers Oxford Blue Bdper lb, 121 b box Pure Pepper Is 2d por lb ; 121bs 7s9d ljs 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<* ksep down the prices, and givo the people of Ashbnrton the benefit of ali nibbles nought ia the Home and Oonti n«nt*l markets. lARQE coNS rj ME R S LIBERALLY DEAr.T WITH. NOTE ADDRESS— 107 and 109, High Street, Ohriatchurch ; Tele phone 731; and EAST &TREET, Ashbarton. LEAVING ASHBURTON, Great Slaughter of Drapery for the Fourteen Days Q»ly» HAVING DECIDED TO LEAVE ASHBURTON afc thn end of this month, will give the people of Ashburton the GREATEST BARG AINB they have ever had for the Nf XT FOURTEEN DATS, so as to save cost of removal. Terms CASH OVLV. All Accounts owing are requested to be paid at once. IgF Sale Commences SA.TUKDAY, AUGUST 4. DESIRABLE FAMILY RESIDENCE TOR SALE. S. W.ALCORN EAST STREEti ASHBURTON.