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PU CH.

Lohdon, March 1. Mr Harry Farniss has retired from the staff of * Punch," and intends start ing an illustrated periodical on his own account.

CHEAP FREIGHT.

Two large steam lines have made offers to Mr Beid for butter contracts at three farthings.

AN OMISSION.

Montkeal, March X. The orchestra at one of Patti's con certs omitted the National Anthem at the close of the programme whereupon the Governor General, the Earl of Aber deen, started it himself, and was joined by the audience. |

(Received March 3,10.40 a.m.)

BUTTER FREIGHTS.

London, March 2, Mr Feid, the Victorian Commissioner, is corresponding with several firms upon the subject of redaction in butter freights. Ah promise to consider the question favorably, but it is not thought likely any of them will go below three farthings.

ANOTHER SWINDLE ON THE COLONIES.

It has been ascertained that quantities of colonial butter consigned to London are eeot to Cork and thence returned to Manchester and the north of England as of Irish manufacture.

BISHOP SELWYN.

Bishop Selwyu is appealing to the British public for funds to assist the Meianesian mission.

HOBART EXHIBITION.

The Bake of Fife will be President of the British Commission for Hobart exhibition.

A SCORCHER.

The Hornet, the new torpedo catcher, has attained a speed of twenty-eight knots per hour, beating the record.

THE AGENT-GENERAL.

It is stated that the rumors of Sir W. B. Perceval's retirement are abso lutely untrue.-

SECONDARY EDUCATION.

Professor Bryce has been appointed chairman of the Royal Commission on (secondary education, Three of the members are ladies.

BILLIARDS.

Boberte, in his match with Memmotfc, of Melbourne, achieved the record break (excluding the "jammed " stroke breaks) of 867.

RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

Beelin, March 2. The Eo3so-German commercial treaty has been referred to the Reichstag.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Received March 3, 12.40 p.m.)

HELEABED.

Hobart, March 3. In the case of Briggs, charged with throwing the express off the line, the jury twice disagreed, and prisoner has been released.

COOLGARDIE.

Perth, March 3. The water supplies on the road to Coolgardie have given out, and men are advised not to attempt to go there till the rainy season sets in

The Tasmanian Budget.

(Received March 3» 12.30 p.m.) ; Hobaut, March 8. The Budget reveals a deficit of £38,000, and proposes a farther taxa tion in the shape of * graduated land tax, income tax, and increased probate duties. The estimated revenue for the comiag year is £130,000 less than the expenditure. The Treasurer proposes to abolish the primage duties and introduce other customs duties* It Is expected Sir 1. Braddon will move a rote of want of confidence on Tuesday. |

COMMERCIAL.

(Received March 8,11.25 a.m.) London, March 2. The Bank of England reserve is £22,522,000. The proportion liabilities of to the reserve is 56 38. Consols 100. Three months' bills If per cent. The money market fla quiet. New Zealand four per cent, inscribed stock, 109 j three and a half per cents., 99§, Frozen mutton, first quality, 4§d; second. 4jd; lamb, first quality, 6|d New Zealand long-berried wheat, 27s Brl—market flat. Adelaide wheat, 23s 3d ; Victorian, 28a. Seved thousand quarters Victorian, February-March shipment, were sold all 25s 9d. Danish batter unchanged. The wool plea are dull. Best sorts re main grm, b,afc £aaltles. are ijeglacted and prices are weaker.

ASHBURTON MARKETS.

Messrs Miles and Company report as follows upon the weekly atocls sale held at the Ashburton yards, on Tuesday, 27th Insfc. ? - Compared with recent sajes an abnormally large yarding was brought forward, the whole of the pens being oocjpled, the tcrals reaching 14,41(5 sheep, 29 head cattisand 10 piga. Although the attendance was very large and buyers numerous, no special anxiety to purchase was shown, and as a consequence several lines were retnrned unsold. Prices ruled somewhat lower than during last few sales, doubtless owing to the extensive yarding?* In the fat pens merino ewea realised 5s 5d to 6s 10d; crossbreds from 7s lOd to lls U ; tat hmbs, 9s 6d to 10a- A good proportion of the store sheep cv.listed cf young crossbreds and good quality lambs which did not quite realise owners' values basecl upon the former weet*s sales. Two-tooths sold 1 from 10s tfo 12s lOd, *nd lambs from 7s to 9s 3d ; merino 1 ewes made 2s 9d to 3s 6d ; cross breds, 7s to 8s 6d. Our sales were :— 3 5 crosßbred ewes, 8s lOd ; 200 first cross lambs, 83; 300 merino ewes, 3s 6d; 570 crossbred lambs, lty ; 108 lambs, Bs4dj crossbred lambs, 8i 4d; 49 fat merino ewes 5s 3d ; 46 crossbrpd ewes, 8s lOd j 73 old crossbred awes, 2a 4d; 102 cross' bred lambs, 8s Id.

IMPERIAL POLITICS

Ifke JPrereiiersliip.

London, March 1. The "Pail Mall Gazette" says Mr Gladstone will have an audience with Her Majesty on Saturday, when he will place in her hands hia resignation as Prime Minister, and Lord Rosebery will then be summoned to take leadership of the Government. The same paper declares there is no intention at present of dissolv ing Parliament, and announces that Mr Gladstone will retain his seat for the House of Commons as member for Midlothian. In the House of Commons Mr Glad stone in moving that amendments made by the House of Lords in the Parish Councils Bill be agreed to said that the alterations were of a mischievous character and mutilated the measure but the Govern-' ment had decided to acquiesce in them in I order to prevent the loss to the coun ry of the only remaining national work of the session. He hoped, however, there would be on early reversal of the attitude adopted by the chamber during the last fifty years. The grievously unsatisfactory difference with the Houae of Commons could »ofc continue any longer. They must go forward to their Issue and fche decision of the nation as a last resort mast be taken at an early dite. Mr Gladstone's motion for the adoption of the amend ments in the Bill was carried on division by 273 to 37- Mr Gladstone has informed Mr Sexton that he will ask the House of Commons to pledge itself to proceed with the Home Rule Bill next year, but the Nationalists require a personal pledge to the same effect from the new Premier. Mr Gladstone has not disclosed the nature of his audience with the Queen, The lf Chronicle " says that he will soon announce his resignation. March 2. The •' Times " says that prior to hia de parture for Biarritz Mr Gladstone In formed a few of his most immediate friends that; he Intended to resign at the end of the present session, but he made no announcement on the subject to the Cabinet. He informed the Queen on Wednesday last of his intention to resign. The "Times" regrets that Mr Glad stone's farewell speech was a mere echo of the crude clamour of the Radical Club, and says that in attacking the House of Lords the impressiveness of his manner was insufficient to disguise the poverty of his material. The ** Daily News " confirms the report of Mr Gladstone's intended resignation, : and advocates Lord Rosebery for the vacant leadership. A deputation of twenty Radical ex tremists, claiming to represent the views of sixty members, and headed by Mr Labouchere, waited on Mr Marjoribanks, Patronage Secretary to the Treasury, and informed him that they would leave the ranks of the Liberal party unless the new Premier was chosen from among the Commons. In the House of Commons Mr Balfour referred to the attack that had been made on the House of Lords in connection with the Parish Councils Bill and other Bills. He said that the Opposition ragarded the declaration of war against the constitu tion without dismay, as they were pre pared to face the immediate verdict of the nation. This statement was received with cheers and counter cheers. Lord Randolph Churchill said that the attempt to destroy the House of Lords was a hopeless and fatal scheme because the country recognised the important ser vices the other branch of the legislature had rendered, (Received March 2, 11 5 a.m.) London, March 2. Mr and Mrs Gladstone dine with the Queen to-day. A meeting of the Privy Council will be held to-monow at which it is understood the Premier will hand in his resignation, London, March 2. There is considerable enthusiasm in the ranks of the Liberal party at the proposal of a crusade against the Upper Chamber, and when Mr Gladstone's announcement was made several Radical members expressed their delight by throwing their hats in the air.

CRICKET.

VICTORIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Adelaide, March 2. The intercolonial cricket match between .Victoria and South Australia was com menced this morning. Afc the close of the day's play the home team had knocked up 290 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Read man made 113 and Darling is not out with 81 co his credit. The result of this match will decide the holder of the Sheffield shield.

OTAGO V CANTERBURY.

Dunedin, March 3. The Qtago-Oanterbury match com menced afc Oarisbrook in wretched weather which necessitated several adjournments. Cotterill, winning the toss, elected to bat and Harman and Ridley faced the bowling of Lawton and Hope. At 5 Harman should have been caught at the wickets. Afc 16 Hope bowled him for 7 and dismissed Wigley without; scoiing. At 21 Wilding was caught; in the slips by Hope after scoring two. Ridley not out 13, Cotterill not out 1,

fHI ASfißT)tt rfOH GtJAKDIAN : SATUBDAY, MARCH 3, JBU.



Sydney " Truth," February 11, says:— ! '• Mr Harrison, captain of the Ashburton, New Zealand, Ulub, is at present in Sydney. He was an interested spectator of the Bondi Carnival yesterday afternoon, and during the coming week will make an inspection ot the various bathing establishments in and around Sydney." Easter falls this year on Lady Day—March 25. This has only happened once in the present century—viz., in 1851. Easter ob Lady Day is an unusually early Easter. The only earlier Eastera in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are the following :— March 22,1818; March 23,1845,1856,1913 j Maroh 24,1940.



Xlie I>eatl* of *« Impossl totiity.  ♦ Hereafter believe no man who tells you that such and such a thing is an " impossi bility." The triumphs of latter day science has almost enabled us to lift a corner of the curtain that veils sh&dowland, and, if ie be "Impossible" to lift it up high enough for a full view, one of our scientists will some day Invent a telescope with which we will be able to see beyond illimitable horizons, to allow the eye to pass through space as if there was no such thing as distance. The theory of to-day is the practice of to-morrow—the idle dreamer of May is foregoing and ham mering his dream with hard, cold facts in June j that which we think at morn ing we make at noon, that which it is possible for man to imagine it_ is probable for him to do ; in a word it is impossible that anything can be im possible. The "impossibility" is the creation of ignorance—it is the excuse of the man who cannot understand, and wherever education comes there the dogma of impossibility dies, "It Is im possible," said our fathers, more Ignor | ant' haa their son?, because earlier in the world's history than are we, "to harness the lighting—to float iron, to make iron wheels grip an iron road—to command the sun—to be despots of the wind "— and to-day we attempt air ships, we photograph colors, we drive locomotives 80 miles an hour, we flash a thought from meridian to meridian with more than a thought's speed, we collect the atoms of a thunderbolt in a carbon point, and produce the only light that can pene trate to the depths of our old time Ignor ance. Medicine triumphs over the knife -—the surgeon-butcher abdicates to the physician—we solve, we do not destroy. Some med|cal men say even now that it is impossible to cure that terrible disease, Diabetes. H. H. Warner & Co say that Warner's Safe Diabetes Cure is an abso lute curative far diabetes, and, in the face of the facts of their many cures of this disease, who will venture to contradict % In both forms of the disease^ sugar diabetes Mid the insipid, the cures effected by Warner's Safe Diabetes Cure are legion. We give below, for the in formation of interested readers, excerpts, of a Iqtter sentH. JJ. WarnerandCo. by B$? Simon Morrison, J.P., of Cawier Villa, Doveton Street, Ballarat (Vie). Under date 14th January, J893, he says s—" I j have very great pleasure in testifying to j the the benefit I have derived from using | Warner's Safe Diabetes Cure, In the ! latter part of 1892, I suffered severely from the disease known as Diabetes Millßtua. I was reduced to extreme weakness, having lost 50 pounds of my weight in about four months. I had a most insatiable thirst, dsynt,ss in the tljroat and mouth, dimness of sight-, and defectiveneas in my memory. I tried the abovenamed cure, and by the time I had taken four bottles began to get much better, and am now, by God's blessing, completely cured of this terrible malady, I have no hesitation in commending this moat valuable and effective remedy to anyone who is afflicted by the said disease." .



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Miles and Co., Ltd. ~" "tTnwald saleyards. tuesdayTmabgh 6. SPECIAL ENTRY. On account Messrs Rhodes' Trustees, Chatmoss Estate. yj QA Large Framed Sound Mouth tfcOU CROSSBRED EWES MILES & CO, LIMITED. E. W. HAMMER, 3t16 Auctioneer. Mr D Thomas, HINDS SALEYARDb. MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1894. MR. D. THOMAS (in conjunction with Messrs Miles and Co.,' Friedlander Bros., and the N.Z. Land Association, Ld,, has received instructions from W, Chisnall, Esq., (whose lease of the Hinds farm has expired), to Sell by Public Auction, as above,— 0 i~\ f\ C\ Four and six-tooth Crosa- Zi\J\J\J bred EWES ■(AAA Two-tooth Crossbred _L UU U EWES, extra good 1 800 Crosßbred LAMBS 1 P\ fl H 0R? S8BRBD Two-tooths _L tJ VJ \J mixed sexes. The whole of these sheep are really good, and as they have to be sold they are well worthy the attention of buyers. D. THOMAS. MILES & CO,, Limited. FRIEDLANDER BROS. NZ. LAND ASSOCIATION, Limited, In conjunction with J. G*. Restell. 162 Friedlander Bros



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IN BANKRUPTCY, ! TINWALD SALEYARDS. TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1894. In the Estate of Blagg Hanks, of Tinwald. MESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS. instructed by the Deputy Official Assignee in bankruptcy, will sell by Public Auction at the Tinwald Saleyards immediately after the sheep sale, the fol lowing :— j o2j_ PIGS, various sizes. -| X LINCOLN RAMS, ! i DAISY CART, ■\ WBITECHAPEL CART. O Sets TRAP HARNESS, Etc. FBIEDLANDER BROS. R. FRIEDLANDER, 3*3 Auctioneer. T\ON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap -*-' does the work. No rubbing. No machines. 11 182 Public Notices £1 REWAED. THE above reward will be paid to any person giving Buch information as will lead to the recovery of four calves and two pet lambs, strayed recently from Springfield Station, 3HB DUNCAN CAMERON. WANTED tenders for threshing at once 46 stacks of wheat and 3 stacks of oats. Tenders to be sent in to Office of this paper by TUESDAY, March 6, Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted Further particulars from W, HUSTON, 3*l Newlaads.



Government Notices. THE CHEVIOT ESTATE. "VTOTICE ia hereby given that the J_N remaining portion of the Cheviot Estate (42,214 aorea) will bo disposed of as follows:— { Seventeen Grazwg Farms, j comprifdng 27,713 acres, will be open for application FOR LEASE for twenty-one years on and after MONDAY, the sth day of March, 1894, at the Land Offices, Christchurch, Tiraara, and Cheviot, at rentals varying from Is 9d to 4a per acre per annum, and areas from 477 acres to 3000 acres. Eleven Giuzing Farms, comprising 14,501 acres, will be offered FOR SALE by public auction FOR CASH, at the Crown Lands Office, Christ church, on TUESDAY, 6ch March, 1894, at 2 o'clock p.m. Upseb prices from £2 03 to £3 10,3 per acre, areas from P8 acres to 2000 acres. Plans and terms, with full particulars of the lands and a brief description of each section, can be obtained at any Land Office in the colony, JOHN McKENZIE, 2 133 Minister of Lands.



LOS T, BETWEEN Tinwald and Winslow on Friday afternoon, ona Brown Waterproof Overcoat with cape. The finder will be rewarded on leaving it at the County Offices, Ashburton. 3§29 EDWARD G. WRIGHT. GALVANISED SHEEP NETTING WITH centre shand, suitable for fold ing sheep on Turnips, Rape or Pasture, suitable also for yarding pigs In large areas, at exceptionally low ratea. —Also— AGRICULTURAL SALT in large or small quantities for salting Straw and Hay Stacks. MILES AND CgiMPANY, LIMITED. o iy A SK your grocer for Health Taa, and f\. when once you try ifc you will be satisfied with no other.—HENRY Zandbe Wholesale Agent. 243 fj EALTH TEA is recommended by the !~| medical faculty for people with weak digestion, and as promoting appe tite. Henry J^andee, Wholesale Agent. 2



Public Notices. Hdgrar Buchanan, SENIOR SCHOLAR, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND, IS willing to coach for Matriculation or Univeisity Degree Examinations. Ashburton, January 22, 1894 1 128 NOTIOE is hereby given in pursuance of the "Public Reserves Act" clauses 5 and 6, that the Ashburton Domain will be set apart for the Ashbur ton Swimming Club's Race Meeting, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th day of March prox., on which day charges will b,e made for admission theretg the following sqale, viz,—Frr each adult, one shilling, for each horse, one shilling, and for each trap. .JOHN ORR, Chairman, Ashburton Domain Board. February 27, 1894. 2 \B.i MEDICAL Coils made and repaired on the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. W~ AN"tEl> Ivnown—That A. J. Walter repairs Bicycles, Sewing ■Machines, Lawn Mowers, Medical Coils, j and all descriptions of light machinery.



THE REASON WHY GRAICHEAD AND BERRYMAN ARE the Lea-ling Tailors and Outfitters in Ashbnrticnv-* BECAUSE They keep the Largest Stock of Fashionable Tailor ing Goods, BECAUSE They employ the Largest Number of First Class Tailors. BECAUSE. Tfeey dc» the Largest Tailor ing Business. BECAUSE They give the Besb Value, Fit, and Workmanship BECAUSE Their Motto Is— [§£f* Satisfaction. CRAIGHEAD I&BERRYMAN, THE LEADING TAILORS AND OUT FITTERS, ASHBURTON A SHBUB.TON riOUNTY OTOCK AND SALEYARDS COMPANY, Limbed. THE ANNUAL. Ram Sl IfSwe Fair Will be held as usual at the TINWALD lARBS, ON THURSDAY, MARCH 22, Commencing at 11 o'clock punctually' ENTRIES OF RAMS must be made tritlfc the various Auctioneers on or before SATURDAY, March IT. GEO, JAMESON, % 143 Chairman*



ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. REWARD TEN POUNDS. mHIS COUNCIL offers a Reward of JL Ten Pounds to any person giving such information ai will enable the Council to convict' Threshing Machine owners or others of Tampering with Sluices or Water Races. By Order, ( WILLIAM BAXTRR, 2 117 County Engineer.' SOIjTJH~RAKAiA"ROAD DISTRICT. A PUBLIC MEETING of Ratepayers 01. of the above named district will be held at the Road Boa,rd Offipe, South Rakaia, on THURSDAY, the Bth day of Maroh, 1894, at 2.3.0 p.m., to consider the advisability of classing roads through R.S. 16539, 14143, and 28684, 24213, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1882, and »mendn?,ents thereto, W. LYTTLITON, 2 132 Chairman of the Fowdf



Public Notices. LOST. BRASS Cap of axle belonging to . Phseton Finder will be rewarded. '3 14 HCJGO FRIEDLANDFR. "JAMES PCRTER, of the ClifTon *■* Nurseries, Allentoa, Ashburton, hav ing gained the silver medal at the Christ church Horticultural Society's Show for the Beat 48 Dahlias, distinct varieties, will be pleassd to show all lovers of flowers round his Nurseries: PIANOFORTE, SINGING, HARMONY rpHE New Term commenced SATUR -f- DAY, January 13, Intending pupils kindly communicate early, Office hours from 10 to 12 a.m. dally. ARCADE CHAMBERS, I*s') ASHBURTON * CORNER SECTION, Tinwald, cen trally situated, not tar from the Railway ; Station. For sale, a bargain. No 33. Terms if required. T. BULLOCK. SINGING," PTANOi^R^E7~OLAii SINGING, THEORY, etc. Mlm Mstbel Hell WILL be at home to pupils at Gates School of Music, each WEDNES DAY, from 1 p.m to 4.30 p.m. 2 152 py 0 family an be happy without Health •^ Tea when once tried. 2 STEAD. 123 A °"*"E s 123 With Convenient and Suitable build ings all in good order, well situated in the Hinds Survey Dis trict, about 4| miles from the Railway Station. Plentiful supply of water. Easy terms o? payment if required. For further particulars apply to T. BULLOCK. ]



Public Notices. W^KSr~JL * .*>'«'**■** ■ft 'al^Bßv Guns! REVOLVERS, REVOLVERS, SALOON RIFLES, SALOON RIFLES POWDER, SHOT, CAPS, LOADING MACHINES, RTRIDGES. Reduced Figures. QUR Shipment of NEW SEASON'S GUNS has just arrived, ex Gothic, and we request all Intending purchasers to to inspect them, f 3 sling sure that we are ble to offer fchema selection which] for VARIETY, QUALITY, and CHEAP NESS, will be fovnd SECOND TO NONE. JOHN ORE & Co., IBONMONGERS, AND PROVISION MERCHANTS



DRINK HEALTH TEA. It is the Best, the Purest, the most Invig >- rating Tea. Henby Zander, Wholesale Agent. ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL, THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS of the Ashburton High School offer TWELVE Scholarships for Public competition open to all children resident in the County of Ashburton. The Scholarships are tenable for two years, and during good conduct, and will entitle the holders to free education and the use of Books at the Ashburton High School for that period. In appor tioning the Scholarships it is the Board's intention to grant six scholarships to boys and six to girls. Candidates 'must not be more than 14 years of age on the Ist May next. The subjects for examination will be (1) English Grammar and Composition, (2) English History, (3) Geography, (4) Arithmetic. The standard of excellence required will be equal to that possessed by pupils of the sixth standard in the Primary schools. The examination will be conducted in the Boya' Schoolroom on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, May 22 and 23 next. Successful candidates must qualify in each subject and must obtain in the aggregate r»ot less than 50 per cent of the possible number of marks. Any candi date gaining not more than 25 per cent { of the maximum possible in any one subject will be deemed to have failed in that subject. Candidates must enter their names with the Secretary to the Board not later than SATURDAi, May sth Further parti culars may be obtained from the Head master or the undersigned. C. BRADDELL, Secretary. Ashburton, February 24,1894, 2 175



HENRYZANDER FEBRUARY SPECIAL ANNOUNCE MENT. T BEG TO INTIMATE that I bave just -*- landed a Large and Varied Stock of Cm 11113 drill!* duns HOLLIS' BEST MAKE. Single and Double Barrel, Breech and Muzzle Loading, well worthy of inspec tion. BEVOLVEBS, RRVOLVEBS. AMMUNITION AMMUNITION, Cartridges and Cartridge Cases, Caps, Shot, Gunpowder, Powder and shot Flasks, Cartridge Belts, Recappers, Loaders, Wads, Punches, etc. SCOTT S WELL-KNOWN RANGES at Greatly Reduced Ptices. T HAVE IN STOCK AND TO LAND -100 Drums Linseed Oil 20 Cases Valvoline 200 Cases Castor Oil 10 Bates best 5-ply Seaming Twine China and Glassware Hornsby's and Ransome's Plough Shares Barbed and Fencing Wire Mauritius and Queensland Sugars China, India, and Cevion Teas Best English Leather Belting. —now in stock- Two Hundred Galvanised Steel Elastic Horse Collars (in all sizes). Early application necessary. They are giving UNIVERSAL SATIS FACTION. Wines and Spirits, Ales and Stout Liqueurs, Havana Cigars, Cigarettes, of best brands only. Also, a choice assortment of the FINEST DELICACIES from all parts of the world. Henry Zander -"""" AGENT FOR Australian Mutual Provident Society Sun Kir«» Office Canton Marine Office Health Tea.



COMMENCE the New Year by smoke ng " Stars and Stripes.' Whole sale at Zander's. 2 38 OUR FIRST CONSIGNMENT OF THE Noted Health Tea To Hand GUARANTEED THE I BEST VALUE IN THE MARKET. JOHN ORR and Co. 126



NO more indigestion, no more nervous ness from indulging in too much Tea drinking for those who drink Health Tea. Henky Zander, Wholesale Agent. 2 24 A BOON TO HOUSEHOLDERS ALLANDALE COAL COMPANY, LIMITED. A SAVING OF 25 PER CENT ON YOUR COAL BILL. WIS. have appointed MR JAMES ELLIOTT, Coal Merchant, Ash-! burton, Agent for the county, who will supply Customers in large or small quantities. The Allandale Coal is the best produced on the Eastern seaboard. It la an excellent Steam Coal, unrivalled for Bakers, and a good Domestic Coal, burn ing with a flame, does not sparkle, and leaves a white ash. It Is both Cheap and Excellent* JAMES ELLIOTT; COAL MERCHANT, ASKBURTGN



Ueatli's Summer Sale t f.\ r LAST FOURTEEN DATS. TpURTHER REDUCTIONS to effacfc a clearance Men's Colonial Wool Flannels 4s 6 ?, now 3s 6d, Men's Leather Shirts 3s lid., now 2s 6d, Men's Mole Trousers 7s lid, now 6s lid. Men's Kaiapoi Knitted box Is 6d, now ll£d. Men's Fawn Hard Felt Hats 7s 6d, now 3s lid, Men's Black Soft Felt Hats 4s 6d, now 2a 6d, Fast Color Heavy Flannel! ettes 4s od, now 3a 6d per dozen, Fast Color Twill Flannellettes 5s 9d, now 3s lid par dozen, Fast Color Leather Shirtiw? 9|d, now 6|d per yard, Printed Moleskins Is lid, now Is 3|d per yard* All Linen Tabling Is 9d, now Is 2M per yard, Reversible Body Lining B£d, now 4|d per yard; Strong Shirting 6*d, now 2|d per yard, Crerae Holland 7|d, now 4f d per yard, Strong White Calico, wide, 2s lid per dozen' '■" JDJ""^ ™ BCOTS, BOOTS, BOOTS. Men's Harvest Bluchers s lid per pair. Ladies' Canvas Shoes (best quality) 4s 6d per pair, Children's Strong School Boots from 4s lid. Balance of Stock of Ladies' Blouse, Sunshades, Straw Hats, Flowers, ate. etc,' at half price* G, L. BEATH & CO., iTANCRED STREET] ASHBUR'JW



Haryesters, Haryesters, & Others. TjlOR GOOD AND CHEAP SUIT^ Clothing, Aahbariwni Shirts, Street, Iknneis, Tancred Drawers, In Socks, House Hate, Kaiapoi Boots, Bfefcablished , Blankets Old and Rags. Is the A COMPLETE OUTFIT. "i —{with — He»?y Colonial Orey Blankets, £2 10s 9d The Lot. lIICHELL;& TUfiNER.



AftmuiriT'ioiir. AmntJiriTioiir. €3unß. Clung. €i}iiii§, P^afl**,r. «ilr«n. -Can*. t .artridffeft. C^rtridgre*. SPORTSMEN Requiring a First-class GUN should inspect our Stocks] Every Gun warranteed new from the factory. W. H, COLLINS & CO. MERCHANTS AND IMPOBTEBS. "Royal Insurance Company. Grey Valley Coal Company. AGENIS F3R ■! Springfield Pottery Company totton and Go's Celebrated Enamelled Maatelplec IMcKenzte s Furniture Renovator



GREAT CASH SALE. N ASSIGNED ESTATE OF ROBERT ALOORN. OVER £3800 worth of Clothing, Drapery, Boots, Glass and Earthenware, Iron mongery and Groceries, which must be sold. The clothing is all Colonial mada most of it to my own order from Colonial tweeds. There is. a great variety of men's and boys* hats, men's and youths white regatta and Oxford shirts. Linoleums, flannelettes, shirtings, and calicoes, all imported direct from the manufacturers: al to be sold at prices which must command a sale, A nice assortment of Ironmongery and Holloware, Glassware, and Crockery. Great reductions in BOOTS for CASH, and a Large stock to select from. Man's Shooters Colonial made Bs. A large stock of Men's, Boys' and Children's Straw Hats, 3s 6d to ss, Hats for i 6d 2s to 3s, Hats for Is and Is 6d, Hats for 6d each. p The WHOLE STOCK will be sold at very Low prices for CASH. KOBEKT ALCOEN", ii_ • ■ 12 75 SAUNKERS BUILDINGS. STEPHENS BEOS., MAEKET HOUSE, GUARANTEE that for Value, Purity and Economy bhera are no Teai as yet that can Surpass the Mandarin and Tiger Blends, They arenow so popular as to be a Household requisite, used in the Mansion and the Cottage, the Tent and the Station. EVERYBODY SHOULD SAMPLE THKSE TEAS. SOLE AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON, Stephens Bros., market hottse. j aole Agents lor New Zealand-*!, BATTBAY & SOtf, DUKJSDItf j