MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under subject to the necessary alterations :—*■ WEDNESDAY, June 13 For United Kingdom, via Rio (specially addressed per Rimutaka,) per ''akapitna, a 6.30 p i». Due London July 27. For the United Kingdom, Continents of Europe and America, and West Indies, via Samoa, Hawaiian Islands, San Francisco, etc, and also for Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Takapuna, at © 155 p.m. Due London July 18.

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1894. THE ESTATE DUTIES.

No legislation proposed by any British Government during the last half cen tury has caused so much stir among Anglo-colonials in Great Britain as has the proposal by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to levy death dues on colo nial property owned by persons domi ciled in the British Islands. It is one of the drawbacks of having to take our English news in homeopathic doses, that condensation in carried so very far by the cablegraphists as very often to greatly obscure the sense, and the news sent us by cable in regard to Sir W. Vernon Harcourtfs proposals re specting the death dutie3 has been too meagre. We would have preferred fuller details of what the proposals really are, so that the feeling of hazi ness on the "subject, which nearly every colonial journalist who has written on the subject appears to experience, might have been dispelled. Perhaps had the details been fuller there would have been greater interest manifested in the subject by the New Zealand public. As it is no one has any very certain knowledge of what the pro posals really are, and fco what extent the public of this colony will be affected by them. Cablegrams have been numerous to be sure, but the most numerous and those that throw any light, however oblique, on the subject, are those containing the pro* tests of colonial representatives, and of the sections of the English press op posed to the Chancellor's proposals. And as no distinct statement of what Sir William really means to do has been sent by cable, we have mainly to rely on the protests for an explanation of what is intended. It is on these protests really that we found the state ment made in our opening sentence as to what the Chancellor's proposal is. One fcfajng is painfully evident in re gard to the matter, and that is that all the colonists livirg in England who have anything to bequeath, or who hope to have something left to them, are wp in arms against the proposal. So also is a large section of the British press. This last is a naost pleasing feature of fcbt question, as the time wag

when there were no subjects on which the British press was more apathetic than on those affecting the colonies and colonial interests. In too many cases the apathy was really more from ignor ance of colonial affairs than from want of interest, With vastly improved cable and steam communication be tween the colonies and the mother country, which has greatly facilitated travel, and opened up Britain's colonial possessions to the globe-trotting army which annually attacks us, and withal the material progress made by the colonies themselves, and an improved press which has kept pace with that progress, the press of Great Britain is not without a very fair knowledge of the affairs of Her Majesty's distant possessions, and with that knowledge can form * pretty sound judgment on matters likely to affect their kindred beyond the sea. From the protests of the press it seems clear that Sir W. Vernon Harcourt'a intentions of widening the scope of the death duties are not aimed at the property of colonists residing in the colonies. The new duties will only touch the colonial property of Englishmen who have invested their money in th» colonies, and of colonists who, having made money in the colonies, have re turned to the Old Country to enjoy the pleasure of a sojourn there or to end their days among the scenes of their youth. Lord Salisbury is good enough to warn the Chancellor that his pro posal to touch colonial property with a death duty is the first serious cause of difference between the colonies and the Mother Country. But then Lord Salisbury would not have been a loyal Oppositionist if he had allowed the Budget proposals to pass unchallenged, and the outcry raised by the parties interested—Englishmenowningcolonial property and colonists resident in England—was just into his hands. Against the outcry let there be placed the almost total silence on the part of the people in the colonies—their apparent apathy, and indifference—on the subject, for beyond the protests of the Governments, made with no very full knowledge of the matter, and doubtless at the hurried prompting of their Agents General, there has been scarcely a finger lifted by the people. A contemporary thus lucidly lays down how the death duties are levied in Great Britain:— The estate of an Englishman—and this, of course, in this sense includes any inhabitant of the United Kingdom, whether a subject or not—pays two classes of duty. In the first place a small over-all probate duty is paid on personal estate, after which both real and personal estate pay duty according to the degree of kinship of the person who succeeds to it. This is really a payment by the fortunate legatee on acquiring his for tune, and for convenience may be called legacy duty. The probate duty ia noc levied on land in England, because that bears a duty ia the shape of rates from which personalty is exempt. It ia not levied on foieign investments of an Englishman, but on'y on those over which the prant of pro bate in England gives the executor control. The legacy duty, however, is levied on all the personal property to which an English man succeeds; it ia deducted before the legacy is p&id to him. In this colony, and some of the others, the scheme of duties is different. The whole estate pays one duty, graduated according to the amount left by the deceased. The law of England on Ihe subject is, as we have said, that whenever an Englishman invests his money in personalty— i.e., otherwise than in the pur chase of land,—the State takes no note of the duties levied by the country in which he invests ; it exacts its duty on the balance sent Home before that balance is handed to its domiciled subjects in the shape of legacies; The investor may purchase Russian Stats bonds in London or in Russia —in either case his investment is in Russia —or he may lend a sum of money on mortgage in that country. The English Go vernment on his death levies duties sub stantially on his whole estate if it is dis tributed in England, To the heirs of a New Zealander dying in England the English death duties would be a heavy tax, as the succession duties of New Zealand are the heaviest levied anywhere, and the New Zealand toll would have to be paid as well as the English one. Hitherto death duties have been paid to New Zealand on the shares of New Zealand companies with an English register, and the British Government have always remitted their share of the duty when it has already been levied by the Colonial Government. Now, however, the in. tention appears to be to make an Englishman's estate at his death contri bute to the English exchequer, no matter where he may have invested his money, or in whatever form. The intention seems to go further and to touch the foreign and colonial invest ments of both foreigners and colonists who die in Englaud whether they have been domiciled in England or not. And we fear this is not the limit of the proposal, but that it must be more far reaching still, else why the reported threats on the part; of large landowners to sell their properties ! This mode of evading the operation of the duty is one which perhaps the Radical Govern ment of today would be only too glad to see adopted. Doubtless the double tax—first colonial, then Imperial—will tend to discourage for a time the investment of British money in the colonies, but the double duty cannot be said to be unjust. If an Englishman enjoys all the pleasures and benefits to be derived from living at Home, in the very centre of the highest civilisation, the Government he lives under is entitled to the toll it takes of the property he leaves behind him, If that Englishman hag invested money in another country, or in a colony such as ours, the people of which have spent their lives in making habitable and in civilising, the Government of that country or colony has a perfect right to recoup itself in death dues for the protection it has afforded. The outcry and the Press influence have not been without their effect, and the last we hear is that the Imperial Government! have said they will give credit iov t&e

amount of duty levied by the colony before levying their own. In a previous article, when the first cables reached us indicating the Budget proposals, we said the succession duties were the fairest way of taxing capital for revenue. Those who inherit it have not earned it, and while we would be sorry to see taxation approaching to anything at all like confiscation, the legacy should pay a far heavier share of taxation than any other form of acquired property.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is proposed to form a club amongst the railway officials in Wellington, A fashionable Melbourne tailor has filed his schedule as the only means of collecting his bills. Great Britain and Portugal will submit to arbitration the delimitation of the Manica land frontier. '' Twenty-four tenders were recently re-i eeived for a small buahfailing contract in the Pahiatua district. The new Hawaiian scheme of franchise permits natives and naturalised aliens to acquire Grown lands. Sheep are reported to have gone blind on a number of sections in the Forty-mile Bush. Long feed is said to be the cause. A switchback railway is in course of erection in Manchester street, Christchurch, and will be open for 'travel' on July 4, The water rises to about one foot nine inches from the surface in the artesian well just sunk in Manchester Square, Feilding. Messrs Beath and Co., advertise " speeiaj bargains" picked up at Messrs Edwards, Bennetts and Co.'s great sale. Mr Bowles, chief relieving officer of the railways, will fill Mr Stevenson's place on the Ashburton station, until the arrival of his successor, Mr Payne, from Danevirke, The local Druids Lodge will hold their annual social on Wednesday, June 21. The social will commence with the ancient Druidicial ceremony, ' all round the oak' with the emblematic fire, surrounded by the ancient Druids in costume, the whole form ing a most picturesque and uncommon tableau. A man named George Burt, a young baker, was charged at the Christchurch Police Oourt, yesterday, with having committed the assault ou Ellen Wood, last Saturday night. The case was re manded for a week, as the woman was unable to leave the hospital. Mr S. Churchill Otton, the advance manager for the company, is in town making the necessary arrangements for Miss Bessie Doyle's concert on Friday, and he speaks in the highest terms of the receptions that have been accorded to the talented artiste throughout the tour, the amount of enthu siasm aroused being quite phenomenal, in many places culminating in three cheers being given, at the end of the performance, for Bessie Doyle. Tickets for the reserved and unreserved seats are now obtainable Irom Mr H. M. Jones. A correspondent of the ' New York Methodist' give 3 a touching incident of insect instinct. "I found a cookroach wriggling in a bowl of water, and look half a peanut shell for a boat, and put him into it, and gave him two wooden toothpicks for oars and left him. The next morning I visited him and he had put a piece of white cotton, threaded on one of the toothpicks, and had the toothpick on end as a, signal of distress. He had a hair on the other tooth pick, and there that cockroach sat fishing. The CQckroach had gone to sleep. The sight melted me to tears. I took the cock roach out and gave him his full of gruel and he left. That animal never forgot that act and now my house is chock full of cock roaches." The usual monthly meeting of the St. Andrew's Band of Hope was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Rakaia, on Monday even ing. As usual the building was crowded, and many late comers were unable to gain admittance. A good programme was pre sented, and included a pianoforte selection by Miss Thomson . recitation, Mrs Palmer; duet, violin and piano, Miss Hoe and Mr Cullen; songs by Messrs Austin, Sharp,and Shepherd, besides several recitations by the school children. The Chairman, the Rev P, J. Riddle, delivered a short address, which was followed by the glee 'Hail, smiling morning,' rendered in excellent style by Misses Ansley, Thompson, and Mr Sharp The usual vote of thanks to the performers brought to a .a very enjoyable evening. Three more meetings will be held, and if Monday evening's programme is taken as a sample they should prove equally suc cessful. At Mayfield on Sunday morning the Rev A. Blake preaching from the text Mark xiv., B—' She hath done what she could'—made reference to the recent death of Mrs Watt, wife of the Rsv W. Watt, missionary at Tanna. The deceased lady died early in the morning of April 26, after a short illness, and the preacher made the following refer ence to Mr and Mrs Watt's life in Tanna, —They began work in the islands in 1860, and have since worked together in that try ing field for twenty-six years. Mra Watt accompanied her husband on a visit to the congregations of the church three years oge; and on that occasion visited Flemington, Ashburton, and Rakaia. At the close of Mr Watt's descriptive lecture she sang very sweetly the hymn in the native words, to an English tune,' Jesus lover of my soul.' She had wonderful energy, zeal, courage, and faith, and will be sorely missed as a valued helpmeet by her husband, "and a loving friend and teacher by the sorrowing natives, Her journals were eagerly read by the con gregations where they circulated, and latterly found a place in the * Presbyterian J and Outlook.' Firea and earthquakes have been playing great havoc in the far East lately. News by the steamer Taiyuan, which arrived at Sydney last week, states that a fireooeurred at Tokio (Japan) on the 6th ult., and 312 houses were totally destroyed, thirty-six others being partially burned. In the fire that occurred at Nagaoka over 500 houses were destroyed. A still more disastrous eoa flagation took place in Anhui Province. This fire last seventy-two hours, there being a strong southerly wind at the time. Over 1500 families were rendered homeless, and nearly 2600 houses burned down, including the district magistrate's residence and the' prison. Over 500,000 taels' worth of pro- j 1 perty is said to have been destroyed. At Hongkong another great fire occurred. Jt broke out at Bronham Strand West, and resulted in the destruction of at least 180,000 dollars, worth of property. The earthquake shocks occurred in Japan, and resulted in great destruction of property. At Hokkaido many houses were destroyed, and in Sapporo seventeen buildings where thrown down. A report from Memuro, dated jMarch 20, says i that fourteen shocks have been felt per ' hour, and they still continue; that the | people are encamped outside in the streets, ; and the damage up to date ia estimated sjt 1100.QOG yen,

ANARCHISTS.

Pakis, Jane 12 A quantity ef explosives was seized at Algiers, where it is believed Anar chists intended to attempt an outrage on a gigantic scale.

PRESENTATION TO MR STEVENSON.

About thirty of the principal business men" of tha town assembled at Henry's Hotel on Tuesday for the purpose of bid ding farewell to Mr John Stevenson, who leaves Ashbunon to-morrow morning. j The Hon. Major Steward who occupied the chair, on behalf of Mr Stevenson's business and personal friends, desired to express their warm appreciation of the kind aud obliging manner in which that gentleman had carried out his duties as station-master, and would ask him to accept the address he held in his hand and the service of plate on the table, and also a small recognition of their apprecia tion of the value of his good wite. In making the presentation Major Steward congratulated Mr Stevenson on his pro motion to one of the chief stations of the colony, and he could not help referring to the somewhat pleasing circumstance from an Ashburton point of view, that their guest was one of a triad that had been promoted from this town to the three chief stations of New Zealand, Danedin, Christcharch and Auckland. Lord Rose bery had set before him three things, namely, that he would marry an heiress, be Premier of England, and win the Derby. He had won all three, and it seemed that the stationmasters of Ash burton had taken a leaf from Lord Rose-, bery's book, and had said—We will win the three chief stations of New Zealand : and they had done it. Ha could congratulate Mr Stevenson on the fact that he was going to a warmer climate (and hoped Mr Stevenson would not take more out of that statement than was meant), but he did not think he would find Auckland warmer as regarded the hearts of the people, and he hoped Mr Stevenson would remember the place where ne had spent the last sevan years. Mr Stevenson's presence here during that time had been conducive to harmony in more ways than one, and he was sure that in Auckland hie services would be valued not only for his buslneaß but also for his harmonic abilities. The Major then read the address which . was as follows: —" We the undersigned, business and personal friends, invite your acceptance of the accompanying plate as a small souvenir of our pleasant relations during your residence in Ashburton, and we desire to express our warm appreciation of the obliging and kindly manner in which you have discharged the duties of your office as stationmaste:, as well as our personal re gat d for you in social life. Congratulating you on yourpromotion, and wishing you and Mrs Stevenson all prosperity and good health in your new sphere of life, —We are your sincere friends." {Here follow the signa tures). Among other opologies sent was one from Mr Andrew MoFarlane, of Spring burn. The health of Mr and Mrs Stevenson and family was then proposed and drunk with musical honors. The Mayor said he thought the ComraU- Bioners had 6hown their good sense by taking a man from Ashburton to fill such an important position. It also confirmed his opinion that Ashburton was a splendid training ground for business men. He congratulated Mr Stevens on his promo tion, saying that what we in Ashburton lost by Mr Stevenson's absence would be gained by the Auckland people, Mr Hugo Friedlander said ho could apprecme a good servant, and in that re spect Mr Stevenson had always had the interests of his employers at heart, and, after all, that was the main thing, and he , expected they would soon hear of Mr SteFenson's promotion to a still higher | position. ' Mr Rudolph Friedlander said he be lieved he was one of the first persons in j Ashburton who had besn introduced to Mr Stevenson on his arrival here, and. having done a considerable amount of business through Mr Stevenson since that lime, he could say that that gentleman had always carried, out his duties, some times unpleasant duties, in such a gentle minly way that none could take offence. Mr Cuthbertson had not had business experience with Mr Stevenson, but as a personal friend he had learned to appre ciate his worth, and therefore regretted his departure. Mr Stevenson in reply expressed his thanks for the handsome presents and expressions of goodwill towards his wife and himself, and felt pleased to find that what he had done in Ashburton officially and otherwise had met with such ap proval. Tha meeting then terminated. The presentation took the form of a valuable dinner service, while a gold brooch was the present to Mrs Stevenson,

The Temperance Ques tion at Home.

The question of temperance is coming into great prominence in England, and is likely to play an important port at the next general election. It is therefore of interest to learn what some of the princi pal leaders of thought in the church have to say on she subject. Perhaps there could be no stronger advocate of total abstinence than the Bishop of London, yet no one could be more wisely cautious when referring to legal restraints, and in avoiding intemperate and untenable asser tions. Speaking at a special meeting for members of the legal profession, under the auspices of the National Temperance League, at Slon College recently, the Bishop said he was not pleading for any* thing abstract or academic—he was plead ing the.cause of the poor, among whom drunkenness had necessarily more wide spread effects than it had among the edu cated. He would not say that it was & sin to touch intoxicating liquor. That sort of language, conscientiously used, was very effective among the uneducated, bat damaged the progress of the temper ance cause among others. If the educated classes abataiued altogether from intoxi cating liquor they would do more for their poorer fellow-men than they could by multiplying their gifts ten-fold. A racst i powerful influence upon the customs of i the people was exerted in the course of : time by the example of the educated. The Archbishop of Canterbury is much i more suspioious of Parliamentary inter* ference in the matter of temperance than ; the Bishop of London. Dr Benson re- j cently told a temperance gathering that if' he believed less in restriction and in the : power of legislation than in conversion j and conviction to make men sober, it was , not because he ranked temperance low ; but because he ranked it very high. Tha : great expansion of the church's work in I recent years had been achieved hy relying i on convigbion and conversion, and the greatest lapses had been made when re course had been had to restraint. As with the Gospel, so he believed ib wa3 with temperance. There would always be two schools of thought on this question, j If the nation were absolutely temperate I some would still desire to prohibit alco-; holic liquors as poison. He w*3 quite certain that no legislation would be j effective which far overshot public ■ opinion. They should advance step by step ; and he was delighted to see that the society's Bill, which went a little too far, was now being re-arranged. He was also glad that the holding of parish meetings in public houses had been forbidden as far as possible.

The Female Preacher.

«, ' • The decision of the Wesleyan General Conference expunging the regu'ation prohibiting women from preacMng, except to their own sex, which was mentioned in the report of the proceed ings of the Conference published recently is of considerable interest, as the regulation that has now been abo lished dates back to the early days of the century, and has hitherto been, accepted by the Australasian branch of the Connexion. In 1802 it appears there was a serious debate at the Irish Conference with regard to the propriety of women preaching, and the result was that the Conference decided against the practice as " contrary both to Scripture and prudence." The English Conference, held a year later, followed on similar lines, though certain modi fications in the rule were jaade, as is evident from the regulation then adopted, which reads as follows:—> " The Oonference is of opinion that, in. general, women ought not to be per* mitted to preach amongst us—!• Because a vast majority of our people are opposed to the practice. 2, Because their preaching does not at all eeam necessary, there being a sufficiency of preachers whom God has accredited to supply all the places in our Connexion with regular preaching. But if any woman among us think she has an extraordinary call from God to speak in public (and the Conference is sure that it must be an extraordinary call that can authorise it), it is further of opinion she should, in general, address her own sex, and those only. And upon this condition alone should any , woman be permitted to preach in any | part of our Connexion; and when so j permitted it should be under the fol lowing regulations :-~1. She shall not preach in the circuit in which she re sides until she has obtained the appro bation of the superintendent and quarterly meeting. 2. Before she goes into any other circuit to preach she shall have a written invitation from that circuit, and recommendatory note from the superintendent of her owa circuit."

Cycling Costume.

We have heard not a little recently of the introduction of what is called the/ rational costume among the ladies of New Zealand, but we must not run away with the idea that we are muoh in advance of the old country in this matter. In England there are indications that ladies, generally speaking, are coming over more and more to the style of dress affeoted by their Gallic sisters, Daring the put month or two many ladies have been observed pedd ling along on their bicycles in company with their male friends, attired in the ordinary knickerbocker suit, out loosely with a loose coat of the same. material extending some eight or ten inches below ! the waist. With a summer shirt and "' coloured tie bensath a loose collar, the attire is by no means of et conspicuous character, bub the wearers are almost invariably the; recipients of much, and in some oases ill 4 natured, chaff. In the London streets the crowd is satisfied with various remarks Of a more or less sarcastic nature, but in th« * suburbs there are those who are not satis fied with this. One laiy t for instance, who' was wheeling along by Turnhan Green was, thrown violently off her machine, a lad:, having thrown his hat against the driving*? wheel. But despite these attempts at d«H rision, when ib is observed that a couple of lady employees of a City firm go to busi-( ness in their cycling dresa each ir.drnin«E,f, there is evidence of the revolt of tho ladiW against the unwritten decree of format years.

IMPERIAL POLITICS

. ♦— —— Lohdok, June 12. Mr Hogan, M.P., is enquiring of the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is possible to refer the question of the colonies' share in the cost of Im perial naval defence to the Ottawa Oonference. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Knatchbull Hugesaon said farmers attributed the depression entirely to freetrade. Mr Lowther, M.P. fo* Thanet, contended it would be necea*' sary to fix the price of wheat at 48« per quarter.

LABOR.

Lobtdoit, June 11. Sir J. Gorst, in the House of Com mons, said the non-union workers in Great Britain are five times as numer ous as the unionists. He advised a system of Joint Committees to settle disputes between non-unionists and masters. June 12. The London cab strike is settled by an agreement, that, until next April, the maximum shall be 16s per day, and the average for all the year round 12s 3d per day. Washington, JaaelZ. The miners of Ohio, Pennsylvania,' Indiana, and Illinois resume work on Monday. Syohky, Jane 12. Mr Dangar, President of the Pa*. toralists' Council of Australia, in the course of a speech stated that there is every possibility of a shearers' strike over the whole of Australasia in a fort night, which may lead to a general I labor crisis more serious than anything yet experienced.

MOROCCO.

Madrid, June 12. ; It is suspected that the Sultan of Morocco was poisoned, though it is officially given out that the cause of his death was dysentery. Foreign warships are collecting on the coast. There is great excitement in Spain. Melilla, and other Spanish settlements are being; reinforced. Abdul Aziz, a lad of fourteen, has been proclaimed Sultan. It is expected that there be a rising in favor of Muley Ismail, brother of the late monarch.

THE AbHBtIBITO OtJAtIDIAN: WEDNESDAY, 3VM 13, 1894.



Business 'Notices. _„.___ GREAT FORGED SALE, G. J. NEILL'S. /*\ WING to pressure of Creditors whose patience is exhausted, we are forced to realise on our Stock of Drapery, Clothing 1, & Boots, AT LESS THAN COST PRICE. Heavy Twiil Sheeting 2 yards wide, o§d Dress Goods 2|d Whifce Calico, Is lid doz. Dress Tweeds, 4|d Unbleached (Mice la lid doz. Dresa Goods, s|d Heavy Flannellette, 3|d yard These are all less than half price All wool Grey Flannel, *?|d Black Silk Velvet 4s 6d, reduced to Is 9d CHILDREN 8 ULSTERS, 2s lid WOMEN'S ULSTERS, 4s lid Men'i Tweed Suite, 13s 6d Extra heavy Winter Suits, 19a 6d Heaty Colonial Tweed Suits, 39a 6d re- Boys' Tweed Suits, 3s lid duoedto2&i6d Men'a Tweed Trousers, 6s lid Men's Sa 6d Moles, reduced to 6s lid Boys' Caps, 6d BOOTS, BOOTS, Men's Colonial Made Nailed Shooters, 7s Men's Colonial Made Bluchers, 4s lid lid Women's Shoes, all sizei, 4s lid Boys' Strong Nailed Boots, 5s 9d EVERY PAIR o*' BOOTS IN THE HOUSE REDUCED. Thfy is no Catchpenny, reducing only one or two lines to take the eye EVERYTHING REDUDID 10 LESS THAN COST PRICE, as we most have the money. G. J, NEIL h. I'RIEMiANDER'S BUILDINGS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. CASH! CASH I!



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JXJH'I MISS THIS GREAT OPPOBTUNITY. JEdwdrils 9 Beniiettgi, & C<rt Mock, G-r -n i.l D f-i HAD ten Buyers out on Wednesday • Li* Jso&til OC \JO» 9 Morning, to pick up any bargains tffering at the above sale. 5 HE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW OF THE LINES MARKED FOR SALE TO-DAY. 60 Paira White Bknkots from 69 lid per pair 27 Pah* Colored Blankets from 6* Ud per pair 453 yards Crewdson'a Calicoes from W 335 yards Leather Shirtings from Jg per yard 1000 yards Fast Color Flannellettes from 4* Per yard LADIES' ALL WOOL CASHMERE HOSE IOJd pr pair ; #)2 PAIRS CELEBRATED IMPERIAL CORSETS, 2a Sd worth 4 3 6d 13 Men's Tweed Suits 193 6J worth »s 6d 40 M«nV Tweed Trousers 5a lid worth 9s 6d 18 Men's Tweed Trousers 7* Ud worth 12i 6d 150 Boys' Tweed Suits from 3j lid upwards lif 3 BEE WINDOWS AND DOORS FOR PRICES. JSB G. L. BEATS & 00, TANCEED STREET.



* Wanted. a LBION Cricket Club's Social, Totes •£*■ day. June 14- Orange Hall* Dancing at 8p m. Doable tickets, 2*6% 6 63 I OST, On Saturday last, parcel con -*-* taining two pairs of Boots and some tobacco. Reward at Mitchell & Turner's. 6 73 "O JIABAOLEM will try his new -Uw* ULL Clover Mieller at Hunt's f&rrr, on Wakanui Road, To-morrow (Thursday.) _____ __!! i^DWARDS, Bennett's Sale. Grand lot *~* new and fashionable Furs and Mantles ; half price. Come and take your pick at Mbs Adams ORANGES— Twenty-four a shilling, Other fruit equally Cheap.—ADAMS. Saunders' Build ings. 6 75 WANTED to Purchase, field peas and omons. J. Thomas, Mavelock street. 6 51 HpRY C. Sfray for Coal and Firewood, •*■ from one hundredweight upward, at the lowest cash prices,—Opposite Mercantile Store, West street. 6 46 ~m" ANTED Known—All goods in Show *T Room to be slaughtered at any price.—Arcade Bouse. 4 28 WANTED Knowii^wiPtotols lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d, Worsted Socks 3d per pair. —Arcade House 425 SALE now on—White Calico 2s lid per dozen, Towels 2s 6d per dozen, Lace, Curtains, from Is lid per pair, at Arcade House. 4 27 ~Tli ANTED Known—The Corner Is V V showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H, Colmjer. SALE of Warehouseman's Stock at Mitchell & Tcbnbr's. Cheap lines in all departments. /"CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, KJ Own make in Ladies' and Children's Onderolothing, Aprons, aad Pinafores.— Mbs Alcokn, Saunders' Buildings. WANTED Known.—No more wet clothes and bronchitis, Yarmouth Oilskin to hand.—Mitchell & Ttjknek. WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Kegatta Shirts, all sises with or without collars, 2s 6d.—W. H, Collier, WANTED Known.—All genuine~OiT skins, Leggings, Sou-Westers marked Yarmouth—Mitchell <fc Turner. WANTED Known—All accounts due in the Estate of Robeih Alcoen must be paid at once. Office hours: 10 to 1 and 2 to 4, Saunders' Buildings. ANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Gogglee, Foldets, and everything in the optical me at S. S*LEK's t Optician, ? OST, May l2,^heßtnut~Hacirmare, 1 j height 152, star ori foiehaad. scar on inside hind leg in line just above hocks. When lost was shod with bar shoes on front feet and had on cover. Information rewarded. H. C. Seoebs, Melford House. WANTED Known -The Cheapest House in town for First-class Millinery arid Drapery is H. 0. Segbks, Melford House. MRS ALCORN has on sale for he Holidays a varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goods, and Christmas Presents—Saunders Buildings. WANTED Known.-31bs of our noted 2a Tea for 5s Id. For other quotations see Price List on Page 3.—John Gee & Co. 5|97 5 \JSJASTEX> Known. — M»s Hooper, ' ▼ Monthly Nurse, Alford Forest Ruad, will be pleased to receive patients Terms moderate. 5 112 WANTED Known—The whole of the , stock to be sacrificed by order of 1 the Parcbaser, Arcade House. 4 26 YSTERS and Fresh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Oo.'s Shop, Burnett street Ashburton 2 62 WANTED Known — Men's strong Tweed Suits from 16s 6d; shirts from 2s 6d,—Arcade Houae. 4 24 /^RUSHED Oats, 5s per sack. Al I J kinds of Farm and Mill Produce cheap for cash.—J. Thomas, Havelock Street. YlSlTthe Sale. Trimmed Millinery going at any price Ladles' Under clothing reduced to 20 per cent, below cost.- —Arcade House. 4 64 «T ATCHES, Clocks, etc., (all guaran ** teed) at wholesale cist for one monUi only. Now's your time.™Lots den's. 3 219 WAlsfTElTKnown. —Mens Tweed Suits 15s Bd, Men's Tweed Trousers 7s lid, Mens' Strong Flannellette Shirts 2s 6d, Mens' and Boys' Boots and Shoes greatly reduced.—Arcade House. 465 WANTED Known. — Embroideries from Id a yard, Comets 3s lid, Indies' Ulsters from4s lid, Ladies' Gloves four pair for Is, Kid Gloves four buttons Is 6d.~ Arcade Houae. 63 "TjIRED. S. JEFFRIES, Manufactur \j ing Confectioner, has opened a Shop in East street, next " The Corner,' for sale of all kinds of superior Con« fectionery. Nothing inferior ecld. No cheap cigarettes. §114 /"I UNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock \Jf of Gunsj ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single JRarrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In- invited. No old stock to select from afc J» W. Hardlby's Sporting Repository ANG ! Bang i Bang '. My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, CluD Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Harmjsy's, Gun Empo" fum. N" OTICEI Notice" Sport for al- Gim&let oub on hire or sold on time payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns of any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J. W. Hakdley, Ironmonger, etc. W" ANTFD Known.—Just received a Large Winter Stock of Boots. Liberal discount for cash. As usual, we do the beet work. Repairs done at once, A staff of men always ready at J. Moison's, the Premier Bootmaker, Town Hall Boot Store, Bast Street, Ashburton. 5 153 cjrrANTED Known—Before buying YV your Hats come and see our Stock. Greatest variety to choose from In Anhburton. AH marked very Cheap. ~-H. 0. Seoers, Melford House. NEW Indoor Games Accordeons from 8a 6d, Autoharps and Withers, Photo Albums %ud Frames, Opals for painting on, Oil and Water colors, and Artists Requisites, new Books and new Editions, cheap reading; all at reduced prices for Cash.— L, F. Andbbwess & Co I lationers 1 Hall,



busjixiess notices. ' ImmrTant~¥aWhmakjhq ahnomient 8. Salek, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER and MANUFACTUBING JEWELLER, 1 OEG-S to announce the arrival of a LARGE STOCK OF ROTHERHAM'S i MATERIALS for Watch Repairs. Every Single Part (ready finished) of a Rotherham's Watch kept; also a Large Stock of Finished Parts for all other Watches. —— Where repairs through Breakages are needed, time and expense is thus saved in finishing which meansjtfoney. S- SALEK therefore announces what must prove & Great Consideration these Hard Times. A BIG REDUCTION IN THS COST OF WATCH REPAIRS. Repairs entrusted to B. SALEK means RELIABLE WORKMANSHIP, SATIS FACTION & LOWEST CHARGES. Jewellery Repairs receive Special attention. -—- SIGHT TESTING by Lazarus' System, SPECTACLES to suit all sights. ~KT E W rr S A- LAND Clothing: Factory SPEOIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. WE WISH to draw your attention to the Specially LOW PRICES o! High-class Goods. Men a All Wool Tweed Suits, our own make, 28s 9d Men's All Woo) Tweed Trousers, our own make, 9s 6d Men's All Wool Tweed Overcoats, our own make, 29s 6d Boots. Boots, Boots. TRY US FOR A PAIR. THE LEADING HOUSE FOR GENTLEMEN'S MEROEKY We keep all the leading linss. New Shapes in Hard Hats. The latest in Soft and Frame Hats. Boys' Caps from 6d ach, —— DON'T PASS THIS BY. Men a Trousers to measure from 14s 6d Colonial Tweed. WATERPROOF GOODS. Men's, Youths', and Ladies' The number we have sold this season is a guarantee that we keep the genuine article. The " BISMARK " Sewing Machine is now to he had at the New Zealand Cloth ing Factory. The Cheapest and Best Machine in the World. On time pay ments— 2s 6d per week. HALLENSTEIN BROS. ALEX. HENDRY. Manager



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