Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1894. ORGANISED EXPERIMENTS

The recent experience of Australia is one neither of the colonies on the other side would care to have repeated. It was a severe lesson, but its results show that there is more truth in the saying " Sweet are the uses of adversity M than people in the ordinary way of thinking admit. A time of artificial financial prosperity and mad speculation ended in financial upheaval and widespread disaster. Trade became stagnant and industry was paralysed, while scarcity of money was the complaint all over Australasia. It will take time to re cover completely from this shock ; but there are not wanting signs that the recovery is not to be delayed by any want of push and energy on the part of those who have the interest of colonial industry at heart. Markets for colonial produce are being in dustriously searched for in every part of the world, and this energy in search is one of the most conspicuous signs of the times in Australia, as it is also one of the most hopeful. But it needed the adversity that was being ex perienced to stir up this latent energy. New Zealand was persistent in her efforts to develope the trade in frozen meat, and this persistency on her part having been pronouncedly successful, the other colonies put forth their best efforts in the same direction, and these are now being prosecuted with far brighter prospects of success than the New Zealand pioneers of the trade had to encourage them. Then the Govern ment of Victoria is making strenuous efforts to promote the butter export trade, as well as a scheme of private co-operation which has done much to promote the dairying interests there. Victoria in this was only, however, fol lowing the lead of New South Wales whose co-operative dairy system is more pretentious, and differs somewhat in design. Wherever soil and climate suit in Australia, a revived interest has sprung up la tobacco growing and.

the export of the leaf. And agents of | the different colonies—men with com mercial knowledge and well known in colonial politics—have been represent ing their colonies in different parts of the world, making inquiries, testing conditions, guaging possibilities, and preparing the way for a general ex tension of the colonial export trade. One of the freshest proposals comes from New South Wales. A Sydney | contemporary thus describes it: —It is a proposal to form an experimental fruit export fund by collecting from growers alid others interested annual subscriptions of amounts varying ac cording to the size of their holdings, the whole to be placed together and be available for the purchase by the trustees of fruit in t the glutted local markets; and its shipment, when properly graded and packed, to pro mising foreign markets under the charge of an agent of the society for experimental sale, If each fruitgrower contributed even a small sum every, year, the fund raised would permit the despatch of several such test shipments in every year. If a shipment involved a loss, no one would feel itj but the relief afforded to the local market would benefit all concerned. If, on the other hand, the result were a suc cess, the new arrangement would open the way to a new line of trade, or pre pare for the formation of business con nections, so that the ordinary agencies could then tafce up the work. The object of the scheme is to push the ex port fruit trade without causing any body to feel the los 3 which so often at tends unsuccessful ventures undertaken by individuals as a matter of specula tive trade. The losses thus incurred have, naturally, had a discouraging influence; but tests made under the proposed scheme could be repeated with variations that would go far to deter, mine accurately whether failure or suc cess had been accidental, or whether failure might be changed into success by taking more care or acquiring a better knowledge of the conditions of success. Experiment has been the begin ning of all the well established lines of trade with which the world is familiar. The experiment may have rested upon a foundation of informa tion which gave hope of success, but the actual test was the placing of the goods the experimenters had for sale upon the market where it was hoped they would be bought. There is far less of the speculative element in these days of rapid sea and land transit, and instantaneous tolegraphic' communica tion, than there was in the experi ments of days gone by, but it still has to be taken for granted that in matters of trade the best and most reliable knowledge that a merchant can hold is that gained from actual transactions on a trade basis. These alone will tell him what is wanted and what is not, — what class of goods it is best to supply, what is beat to withhold and avoid. In these d&ys there need be but little lefb to chance, and the organisation of a scheme of experi mental exports, under which the in. dividual Joss would be the merest mininum if a loss resulted, and a gain would be general if a gain were made, is fully in accordance with the spirit of the hour, and would certainly de serve the success that will be almost certain to attend its initiation. But there is one thing which every experi ment has proved, and all actual ex perience in the export; trade firmly and undeniably establishes, and that is that whatever shipments of colonial produce are sent to the markets of the world, these shipments must reach their destinations good in quality and attractive in appearance. It stands to reason then that such must be their ; characteristics when shipped, as the sea voyage is not calculated to improve either quality or appearance. Our Sydney contemporary, in discussing this question closes an able article in these words:—Whilst combined action would, as proposed, remove the dis couraging influence of failure, it would be fatal in its results if it induced any degree of carlessness or neglect One of its chief purposes would be to see that the experiments were carefully made.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On Friday next a concert and dance will be held in the Elgin schoolroom in aid of a distressed family. Mrs Claridge will be at the piano. In the market report of Messrs Fried lander Bros., but more especially that part of it referring to clearing sales, farmers will find some interesting reading. It is reported that 700 women are practis ing medicine in the Russian Empire, and a new school of medicine for women has just been started in St. Petersburg, with a four years' course of study. The agricultural statistics taken in February and March last show that the esoimated gross produce of wheat for the colony is 3,486,522 bushels less than the previous year, but oats show an increase of 2,229,079 bushels, barley an increase of 70,421 bushels, and potatoes an increase of 22,280 tons. The number of acres under crop, exclusive of land under grasses, shows a decrease of 76,340 acres, but the quantity of land under sown grasses shows a very large increase, while there is an increase of 2568 in the number of holdings in the colony over one acre in extent. Hollo way's Ointment and Pills.—As winter advances and the weather becomes more inclement and trying the earliest evidences of ill-health must be immediately checked and removed, or a slight illness will result in a serious malady, 'Relaxed and sore throat, quinsey, influenza, chronic cough, bronchitis, and most other pulmonary affections will be relieved by rubbing this cooling ointment into the skin as nearly as practicable to the seat of mischief. The treatment, simple yet effective is admirably adapted for the removal of those diseases during infancy and youth. Old asthmatic invalids will der've marvellous relief from the use of Holloway's remedies, which have onderfully relieved many such sufferers, and re-establish health after every other means, bad signally failed*

Pressure of business, and the urgent de mands of old clients acquired in a twenty one years experience with the hammer have been too much for Mr T. Bullock, and he has once more taken out an auctioneer's license. Pastor Birch, of Ohristchurcb, has ob tained a disused flour mill in Hereford street for a night shelter for the unemployed who are homeless. A reading room and dormitory have been furnished, and the Gas Company has supplied a gas stove and light ing free of charge. A smart little boy in Norwich is—or was —rather ambitious to be a letter-carrier. A short time ago he secretly secured a bundle of old love-letteis that his mother had treasured since her courtship days, and dis tributed them from house to house through j out the neighbourhood. The committee of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce resolved yesterday that the Alcoholic Liquor Sale and Control Act, passed last session, placed ample powers in the hands of the electors of the colony for effect ing reasonable and necessary reforms in the liquor trade, and considered that the Act should have a trial before any further altera tions were made in the licensing laws. The concert of the Aahburton Orchestral Society to be held on the 25th inst. pro mises to be a decided success. In addition to other foreign talent the services of Miss Mabel Bell from Christchurch have been secured to aßsist in the vocal portion. The Orchestra had % full reheanal last evening] the various items in the programme to be submitted at St. Stephen's Schoolroom were practiced with much satisfaction. •'Ye may weel say that the ways of Providence are wunnerfu'," remarked a canny crofter in the Island of Hoy to the visiting cateohist. "The last time ye was here I was mourning the loss of ma wife, who had just deed of the decline; an' ma coo had garte ower the craiga the week afore that. Weel, sir, since syne I took heart o' grace an* gaed ower the firth to Stroms, an' noo I hae got a far bonnier wife, an' wi, her, as tocher, a far better coo. 'Deed a, sir, the ways o! .Providence are wunnerfu'." The following awards have been made by Mr T. F. Oheeseman, ?.L.8., Curator of the Museum, Auckland, in respect of collec tions of noxious weeds, grasses, and forage plants, for which Government offered prizes. Weeds, first prize, £10, Mr J. S. Armstrong Christchurch j second prise, £5, Messrs W. M. and J. A. Thompson, Newingtan, Dun cdin, Grasses and forage plants, first prize, | £25, Miss L. M. Kirk, Wellington; second ! prize £15, Mr J. S. Armstrong, Chrißtchureh,! These collections now become the property of the Government. An accident happened on the railway at Timaru on Friday evening. Two engines were engaged shunting trucks of cargo for the Morayshire, when, through aome mis take, they got on the same line, and at the corner near the Atlas mill collided. The driver on one, named Ruddle, was cut about the head. The other men escaped. One engine was badly injured, and the line was blocked for a couple of hours. The monthly meeting of the Wakanui River Board was held in the Board's office, Aahburton, to-day. Present — Messrs T. Clephane (chairman), J. Brown and J. Wilson. The special order re striking a general rate wai passed, and the passing of same was ordered to be notiSed in the Mail, Messrs J. Brown and J. Wilson were ap pointed to sign the rate book. The Chair man reported on the state of the river and main works, and after passing accounts the meeting adjourned.

Misa Frances Willard, the famous tern, perance advocate and president of the W.C.T.U., has made an interesting dis covery. Years ago, when she was in her earliest teens, the little daughter of a farmer away in Western Wisconsin, then very thinly settled, there was a young blind man, a few years older than herself, living in the ] same neighbourhood, who used to give her and her efster piano lessons. They went their several ways from that lonely spot into the great world, and each, unknown to the other, has gained celebrity by pbilan-1 thropic work, for Miss Willard has just found out that her early teacher was one and the same as Dr Campbell, the blind principal of the Royal Norman College for the Blind, at Norwood, where so many hundreds of sightless persons have beon educated and made self-supporting, by music in particular. There are many awesome and fiendishly ingenious objects collected in the Tower of London, but scarce any of these relics are so well calculated fco inspire a healthy horror of the "good old times" as the object labelled in fche Tower collections as the Mask of Will Summers, Henry VTIL's jester. For, indeed, thia was no jester's mask, but was used for a very grim and ferocious purpose. It is a manner of helmet, made of iron and fashioned into the shape of a erirming spectacled countenance. Its special use was for covering the head of any unfortunate wretch (heretic or sorcerer) con demned to death by fire at the stake. Thus vizored his struggles and agonies were calculated to sxcite only ridicule and derision from the crowd of onlookers. In some few other examples of these inhuman contrivances the mouth has been fitted with a whistle. On Tuesday next the public will be enter tained in the Oddfellows' Hall by a lecture and concert given in aid of a special fund for the Presbyterian Church. The musical programme will comprise half-a-dozen choral items by the choir, who have matte unitedly very special efforts during the last six weeks, and have attended closely to rehearsals, and being composed as ifc is without exception of if readers," their enthusiasm and merits should tell at their final appearance. The concerted pieces are not high class, but are of a class which is bound to be popular- An auxiliary to the choir in the shape of an efficient and well drilled orchestra, led by Mr EL A. Mackay, will be an acceptable addendum to the choral work. The individual efforts will comprise solos |by tenor and soprano voices, duets by alto and soprano, and in strumental items. The piece-de-tesistatice of the evening will be a lecture by the pastor, die Rev G. B, Inglie, who, thanks to his family connections, had fche entree of every thing that was worth seeing in. a long and exhaustive journey through Her Majesty's Indian Empire, With such a lecturer as the Rev lagUe, and such an interesting sub ject as "India** a pleasant evening may be looked forward to.

IMPERIAL POLITICS

London, May 10. In the House of Commons the second reading of the budget was carried after a close division, the voting being—Ayes; 308; noes, 294. The House then adjourned till May 21. In the division on the Budget Bill the Parnellites voted against the Government, while the anti-Parnellifces supported the measure. Three Glad stonians and one Unionist abstained I from voting.

A Young Surgeon's Nerve

An act of heroism was vecently per formed by Dr Franklin M. Kemp, a young house surgeon at. Long Island College Hospital, Nsw York. On 7th February two young women, Grace Vroo man and Kate P&mphrey, were taken to the hospital, apparently dying. They had gone to sleep with gas escaping in their room, and when discovered were gaspirg for breath. From nine o'clock to twelve Dr Kemp and his associates worked on the young women, and with success in the case of Grace Vrooman, who rapidly improved. The other woman, however, continued to grow worse. Everything known to science was brought to bear on Kate Pampnrey, but she was looked upon by everbocly as past all remedy. It was at this juncture that Dr Kemp came forward and offered his own blood to save her. He argued with the attending physicians then gathered in the ward that the transfusion of his blood would prolong her life, and he brought down, volumes of medical works to substantiate the feasibility of the operation. The case is a very rare one in the hospital. The woman was by this time nearly dead, and young Kemp could not bear to see her expire when she might be made to rally. His ardour stirred the physicians, who first warned Mm of the great danger, and then declared that they were ready to proceed. The young surgeon bared his arm im mediately. The nurses and attendants meanwhile had carried the young women into the amphitheatre, and placed her on the operation table. Fully 200 students were in the gallery. The • woman Pam phrey was now black in the face. Her chest heaved faintly, and death was not far off, Dr Wright, senior surgeon ot the hospital, and Dr Rand entered, and young Kemp, with his big brawny arm bared to the shoulder, sat on a chair at the side of the table on which the woman lay. Dr Band, with a swift movement of the scalpel, removed the flesh on the inside of Kemp's arm at the elbow, and i>r Wright made a similar incision on the woman. Dr Band then took a tube to insert in Kemp's vein for the transfusion of the blood ; but the only tube to be had at the time was so large that it severed the vein into two parts. Then came the tug of war. The wcman was dying, and young Kemp, heedless of his own troubles, begged the surgeons to be quick. He took no anaesthetic, but with a sponge was first assistant to the operation on himself. For twenty minutes Br Band was compelled to disect away the flesh covering the lower end of the vein. The young surgeon never moved but to wipe away with a sponge in his right hand that blood which spurted from the wound. Finally the vein was re-covered, and the tube was inserted. For five minutes Kemp permitted his own blood to flow into the woman's veins. After (hat his wounds were dressed. The woman Im* mediately improved, and, according to latest advices, was expected to recover. The danger to which Dr Kemp willingly exposed himself will be readily seen when it ia known that during the operation h*d one bubble of air passed from her body through the tube into his, life, so far as he was concerned, would hare been a thing cf the past.

THE MARKETS.

ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET.

Messrs Friedlander Biros, report upon the live stook market for the week end ing Friday, May 11, as follows :- At the Ashburton yards last Tuesday there was an entry of 7153 sheep, 15 rams, 22 head cf cattle, and 4 pis;s. The attendance of buyers was an average one, and more life was infused into business than has latterly ruled. The improvement was more noticeable in lambs, buyers operating with greater freedom, and newly every line yarded was disposed of at an advance of from 6i to 91 per head on late ruling prices. The day's entry consisted chiefly of half bred and three, quarter bred lambs, several lines of two-tooths in forward condition, and some very well grazed sheep sent forward by Mr I. Sargent, Ashbartoh Forks, which were sold pri vately, for the export trade, at a price not transpiring on the day of the sale. The balance of the entry was made up with merino and crossbred ewes. The fat pens contained merino and crossbred ewes and a few pens of young crossbreds, all of which were disposed of at slightly better rates than lately ruling. Oar entry for the day was 2023 sheep, 8 rams, 4 head of cattle, and 4 pigs, the whole of which we deposed of as follows:—Fac pens— 48 merino ewes 14s, 18 at 5s 61, 48 at 4s 7d, 32 at 6s Id, 13 crossbred ewes 8a Bd, 10 two-tooths 11s 6d, 11 atlos6d, 29 crossbred s 8s Id, and 3L old ewes at 4s. Store Sheep—We sold amongst others a very nice line of well grown halfbred Hampshire lambs, sent forward by Mr Samuel Thomas, with which we topped the market at 10s 6(1, there being keen competition for them, Lambs—W© sold 12 at9s6d, JlB first-cross at 7s 83, 90 crossbreds 9s 63, 74 haUbreds 8s 7d, 54 crossbreds Bs6d, 755 at 63, 76 at 7s 2d. 38 culls 3a 9d, 21 at 3s 6d, 103 Downs cross 10a 6d. We also sold 118 cull merino ewes at Is 6d, 219 merino ewes Is lid, and rams at £ guinea and £ guinea. Cattle*'—There was a nice entry of well grazed cattle from Springfield. They were withdrawn at £8 10s at auction, bub afterwards disposed of at a slight advance. -Other cattle sold at full market rates. Pigs—Privately during the week we dis posed of a line of superior breeding sows on account of Mr S. Thomas, of Wakanui.

Clearing Sales.—Before we commence our report under this heading we wish to make a few remarks, and will ask the indulgence of our clients to read carefully what we have to say. It has come under I our notice that a report is being industri ously circulated by some unscrupulous person or parsons that we Are "selling people off." We give this our unqualified denial. Of all the clearing sales we have conducted lately we were interested in only two, md these we were compelled to hold, as the parties had called meetings of their creditors. The business is ami has been offered to us for reasons of which we must allow our friends to be the best judges, and we are not going to refuse any legitimate business so long as it lies* in our power to conduct it to the satisfaction of our clients. In conclusion we need only say that we are not fools enough to force any of our securities on the market at a time when such action will do good neither to as nor our client*. On Thursday we held % clearing sale on account of Mr James Horen at his home* stead, Longbaach, and sold every lob offered at good prices. The weather was fine, and no doubt Mr Heron's well-known judgment of horses and their manage ment, and the tact that the public were assured that he meant having every lot dold that was offered, induced a very largo gathering, amongst whom wefe people from a considerable distance, some of whom no doubt just came to have a look at some first-class teams in the pink of condition, but a goodly number evidently meant business. The nice little home- Stead, which is reached by a good road through Willowby, looked well, everything being in apple pie order. The horses (all a good stamp) looked th 3 piofcure of health, and were greatly admired ; in fact it is not often in these tinus that it falls to the lob of an auctioneer to submit such an even line of first-class animals. The implements were all in good sound work ing order, and we append prices realised. Horses.-—draughts, at £18. £16, £14, £14 10a, £14 10s. £18, £16 10* £2110*. £12 10i, £19. £14 103, £1410 a, £21, £24, thus averaging over £17 eaoh; hsokc. £6, £7, £910*, £5 10s; and harness sold ,«fc full values. In dead stock* we sold 1 [ portablehut at £14 and I at £20, harrows £117s 64, three-furrow plough £11 10a, Cambridge roller £10, dray with frame £10 10s, dray £10, reaper and binder £9, horse trees and gear at from £110s to £1. 17s 6d, and many other lots at full values. We also sold several tons of potatoes— Breeze's Prolific at 5s 6d per sack, kidney and derwents at 4s 6d. Merino ewes and crossbred lambs, and some young stock made good prices. The land was offered, and started at £20 per acre, and after a hona fide bid of £22 ib was withdrawn, Mr Heron not considering he was getting its value, but we hope to effect a sale in the course of a few days. Land Sales—We are pleased to report that there is an enquiry for good farms, and although grain is wretchedly low in price and money scarce, we have concluded negotiations for and sold Mr John Mc- Lean's farm at Done, containing 458 acres, at £6 per acre oaah, Messrs R. and E. Harrison being the purchasers. Wa hare also sold Messrs Baxter's and Sons farm at Greenstreet, containing 225 acres to Mr John Bray, at a satisfactory price, and have several other sales pending.

Czar Peter's Jokes.

At one of the grand dinners given by Czar Peter, says the London "Telegraph," a huge pie was placed in tha cantre of the gentleman's table, out of which, when the carver broke the crust, a beautiful dwarf lady, in puris naturalibus, all except a head-dress, stepped oat, proposed in a set speech and drank in a $rlasa of wine the health of the company, and then retired into h«r jstrag Tetteat- and was carried from the tables A man dwarf was substituted at the ladies' table, Did not Peter say he could reform his people, bat nob hira eelf ? A dinner party afc the Ozar's must indefid have been % sight not con ceivable out of Bedlam, and could only have been planned in the maddest brain on earth if a manuscript among the Sloan* papera in the British Museum is believ able. Such practical jokes ! such wild grotesque gambolling ! the frolibs of levi athan ! the laughter of Titan, as frightful in his fun as inhis fury ! There was ac commodation at the Ozw's table for about 100, but the grim humorist always issued invitations to twice or thrice that number, and left his [guests to elbow, jostle, and fight for chairs and places, and retain them against all-comers and claimants if they could. Not unfrequently a free fight was extemporised and noses tapped, and even the sacred persons of ambassadors have been profanely touched and trifled with. The Czar sat at the head of the table, a broad grin on his face, rolling the spectacle like a sweet morsel under bis tongue. The guests are so closely packed that feed ing room is not to be thought of, and ribs are often blackened and almost; driven in by active and vigorous elbows, provoking fierce recriminations, and quarrels. The kitchen is so near to the dinning-hali that there floats through the latter a fragrance of onions, garlic, and train-oil, mellowed and tempered by the more delicious aroma of the roast. The more knowing and initialed guests wave away soups and such like edibles, and manifest a special appe tite for hams, tongues, and viands that cannot be tampered with, or made the vehicle jf practical joking, for aa often as not ifc happens that a bunch of daael mice will be drawn out of the soup or discovered snugly imbedded In a dish of green peas, and sometimes, when his guests have well partaken of pertain pastries, the Czar will courteously inquire jf the cat, wolf, or raven, or other unclean animal proved a savory or delicious morsel, with what result let the imaginative guess. The approach to a regular Donnybrook was hastened on by liberal supplies of brandies strong ale«, and wines so adroitly served out as to expedite fch© grand climacteric of drunkenness.

SPORTING.

London, May 11. Following is fcha result of the One Thousand Guineas Stakes, decided at Newmarket to-day :—Annabl* 1, Lady Minting 2, Mecca 3. _

THE DUNEDIN BIRTHDAY MEETING.

s The following acceptances and entries j have been received :•— Hurdle Race, of 70 soys ; about two * miles—Rebel, Empire list 101b, Silver tail list. Invader LOas 71b, Ben IGst 41b, ! ' Krin-go-Bragh lOst Sib, Smuggler 9sfc I 101b, Victory 9st 41b, Nenthorn fit. j Biuthday Handicap, of 250 soys j one , mile and a quarter. , st. Ib. et. Ib. fogengang... 810 Wolseley .„ 7 9 Liberator ,„ 8 9 Mariner ... 7 7 Hippomeneg # 8 Remembrance 7 2 Lady Zetland 8 ~b Speculator M 6 7 Skirmisher.... 8 2 Teadesmen's Handicap, of 120 sors { ope mile. Skirmisher ... 8 9 Aldershot »«, 7 9 Forbury ,~ 8 4 Remembrance 7 7 Woleeley ■.» 8 0 Dora .^7 7 Bay Bell ... 7 1.3 Maribyrnong 7 5 Captive ... 712 The Winchman 610 Warrington... 710 Lady Speacer § 7 Maidkic Pi-ate, of 50 soys ; one mile and a quarter—Barnardo, Errington, Wheedler, Freeborn, Jack Harkaway, Faust, Solano, Dunbar, Mabel, Empire, Jacob Faithful, Toxa, Brin, Ultimatum, Sunrise, Taranna, Sbliino RuMJE, of 50 boys ; one mile and a distance—Jagob Faithful, Cactus, Brin, Toxa, Jack Harkaway, Van Bnren, Ga'tee, tiady Sockburn, Glencairn, First King, Review, Blizzard, Broker, Stockfish.

CORRESPONDENCE

' We do not hold ounseives responsmie tar tlw opinions expressed by our correspondent*.)

THE HUNTING ACCIDENT.

Sib—With reference to the paragraph in to-day's Guardian, I have to inform you that, if Mr Bennett sustained a frao ture of the arm in the hunting field at Elgin on Wednesday, it must have been subsequently to my examination of him immediately after his fall, near Mr CaviU's house. He certainly had received no such injury when I examined him I am, etc., Tuost. Leahy, Ashburton, May 11,1894.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

\VBi,WNoioir, May 1%. The Premier will be present at Paline? ston on fcbe occasion of the wedding of the daughter of the Minister of Lands, which takes place on the 23rd in at., and on the fallowing day he will be at a banquet given to the Hon. Mr McKenzie by hia lady constituents, also at Palmerston, The Minister of Marine has accepted tha tender of the owners of the Tekapua steamer in use at Napier and East Coast to remove the wreckage oft' the mouth of the "Wairoa, which is supposed to be all that remains of the barque Grecian Band* Tha work is to be proceeded with at on«e.

THE ASfIBURTQN Q3QABDIAN: SATURDAY, MAY 12, 18U.



Business Notices. G. J. NEILL AND CO. A RE COMPELLED to REALISE, and [CON SEQD EX TLY ARE SELLIMJ AT LESS TiiAN COST PEICE, DRESS GOODS la 3d, BEDDCED to 6^o NEW BRESS TWEED, O&LY 6Jo HEAVY UNBLEACHED SHEETING 2yds WIDE, REDUCED to 9sd MEN S TWEED SUITS 14s 6d BOYS'TWEED SUITS 3s 11d MEN'S COLONIAL MADE BLUCHERS 4s 11» MEN'S COLONIAL MADE, NAILED SHOOTERS 7s 11d LADIES 8 SHOES, All Sizes, Now 4s lio We Mail Rave Cash, DONT FORGET WE ARE SLAUGHTERING EVIBYTHING, G."J. Neill and 00/s I'RIEDLANDER'S CORNER ~MRISTCHURCeTto THE FKONtT Look! What is This ?, WHY Groceries Lower Than Ever, f\V& MR A H FLETCHER, having bought large lines at a Low Rate will off«f to the Public of Ashbucfcon and surrounding district these Goods— Utt B»nkrapt Stock but Freah Gojda—iiract from tho Manafao'urer, Peruse th« following Price List :— Fine Sago 2d per Ib—7lb la Vim Tapioca 2d per lb — 1b for la B§st .Japan Bica 2|i per lb- 51b for Is Split Peas 2d per lb—7lb for la KewKaiamaoJparlb—l2lb far 4s lid New Currants, (best cleaned) 4dperib-121bfor3jlld Ne# Sultanas 61 per lb—l2lb for 4 s lid Fine Crystal Sugar 2£d per lb fin« Suit 5s 4d per cwt bag Bryant's Safety Matches, 7*d per dozsn Ofeaift of Tartar (pure) la 21, par lb ' Best Mixed Peel 8d per lb Whitnicg Id per lb—l2lb lid Pearl Barley 2£d per lb—slba for Is NbwDates 64i per lb—2lb for la Valencia Raisins 5d lb—l2a 2 for 4s lid ■ Plaid Vestas 4|d per doz -12 paokebß,-49 4i Bakiu? Powder 91 per lb Ebotric Gandhis 5U per lb-121b, f»3 6d Washiog Soda l|d per lb " r 121b for Is4d Vinegar 6d par bittk, Is 9J per gilloa Best Kerosene, 150 test 8s per tin, 12s per case Finest Coffae, ground on the premises la 4d, Is Qi ; the best Is 8d p9r lb. REMEMBER PATRONISS THE O?fE WHO B^ajGftT DOVVN.THB PRICES. FLETOHffitT"BRO3M €ASH SUPPLY STORES, ■ KASr 3TRERT, ASH BURTON. \THE B&ST HOUSE IS / TOWN 1 / \ \ / «/ / \%\ / / \ / jf / g 2 '3 / / X §5! /* / ■\ \ \ //7 \\\ C^ / LINOLEUMS, \ / I'LOOR CLOTHS, \ j/ ETC, KTC. \, Great Amalgamation Sale of Boots & Shoes JTAVING akon over the Stock of MR J. NICHOLAS, Bootmaker, and also received » Urge consignment from a Wholesale Firm in Christchurch for Gash, I intend to hold a MONSTER SALE OP BOOTS .AND SHOES, FOll ONE MONTH. ONLY. IN OPBiSR TO REDUCE TflE COMBINRD STOCK*,- WE INTEND TO SELL Al MANUFACTURERS' PRICES. SALE COMMENCE ON SATURDAY, MAY 12. Terms GASfTTuring Sale. S. ANDBBSON, BOOT IM.POBTEB, EAST STREET ASHBURTON. ♦pHE Undersigned hm THIS DAY Disposed of his Business to MR S. ANDERSON, anfl his assume J tin Management of the lattor's Ashburton Branch. WHILE THANKING HIS NUMEROUS FRIENIH AKD CUSTOMERS FOH PAST ."SUPPORT HB WOOL » SOLICIT A CONTFINUANCR OF THE SAMB FOR THS ESTABLISHMENT OF WHICH HE HAS NOW TAKEN CHARGIiI. The Undorairpied would also requests a PROMPT SSTILEMENT of all OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS. REPAIES and ORDMIS ATTENDED TO AS USUAL. J NIOHJOLAS, BOOTMAKER, 5 T8



Wanted OhurchT^o- JL morrow. Preachers—Morning, Mr Lill. Evening—Rev James Cocker. Strangers invited. Seats free. 5 109 , C&TESLfcYAN CHTJRCH To-morrow. * * Rjev. T. G. Bkookk will sonducb morning service, and Mk Graybubn tha evening. & 106 BAPTIST Church, Oddfellows' Hall.— Morning, Afternoon, and Evening. Afternoon, 3 o'clock, "Tabernacle Un veiled.—Rev A. Ager. 5 107 EXCURSION to London is a Lecture by Rev A. Agkk. 80 Magnificent J! Views. Oddfellows' Hall, Friday Next. 5 108 PIG Feed—A few tons damaged flour for sale, cheap.—John Okb. 690 JOTTED Known.-3lbs of our noted 2s Tea for 5a Id. For other quotations see Price List on Page 3.—J oHtr Obr <fc Co. 6|97 ANTED, ofc onceTgood Watch Dog, small breed. Apply "T," Mail office. 5 100 F~~ RESH Oysters and Rabbits this even ing Deep Sea Fishing Company's Shop, opposite Mail offica. 6 99 F"~()UND, Brass Cap o~fTßuggy.~~Appiy R. R. Browne, Longb«ach Coach Stable ■■■■ ■■ .';" .■ ' '89 WATCHES, Clocks, etc., (all guaran teed) at wholesale cost for one month only. Now'a your time.-—Lima den's. 3 219 TISITthe Sale. Trimmed Millinery going at any price Ladles' Under clothing reduced to 20 per cent, below cost. —Arcade House. 4 64 WANTED Known-The Cheapest House in town for First-class Millinery and Drapery is H. O. Segeks, Melford House. /^RUSHED Oats, 03 pet sack. Al \J kinds of Farm and Mill Produce cheap for cash.—J. Thomas, Havelock street. _________-_>_-«— WANTED Known. — Mens Tweed Suits 15a 6d, Men'a Tweed Trousers 7a lid, Mens' Strong Flannellette Shirts 2a 6d, Mens' and Boys' Boots and Shoes greatly reduced.—Arcade House. 465 WANTED Known. — Embroideries from Id a yard, Corsets 3s lid,, ladies' Ulsters from4s lid, Ladies' Gloves four pair for la, Kid Gloves four bu^ons Is 6d.— Arcade Houae. 63 IF you want firat-olass fruit go to Adams for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemons, etc. WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. H. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 WANTED Known-L W Pants 3s lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d, Worsted Socks 8d per pair.-—Arcade House 425 SALE now on—White Calico 2a lid per dozen, Towels 2s 6& per dozen, Lace, Curtains, from Is lid per pair, ac Arcade Houae. ' 4 27 OYSTERS and Fresh Fish of alt norts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishiag Uo.'s Shop, Burnett street Ashburfcon 2 62 WANTED Known—All gocds in Show Rorni to be slaughtered at any price.— Arcade Fouse. 4 28 WANCifiD Known—Tomatoes, good ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, etc., at Mabsdek's Fruifc Shop, beloar Mitchell andjTurner^ 2_109 WANTED Known—The whole of the stock to be sacrificed by order oi the Parchaser, Arcade House. 4 2>J WAATJtD Kucwn — Men's strong Tweed Suits from 16i 6J.; shirts from 2s 6 I.—Arcade House. 4 24 iITANTED Known-Before baying YV your Hats corae and see out Stock. Greatest variety to choose from in Atshburton. All marked veiy Cheap. - H. C. Seokrs, Melford House. MRS ALCORN has on sale for he Holidays a varied assortment ol Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goods, and Christmas Presents—Saundera Buildings. BOYS' three garment long trouswi Suits for 10*. Men's Colonial male nailed Shooter Boots at 7s 6i pei pair at JR. Alcokn's sale, A«hburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. 1116 i\T ANTED Known—For Styli&h and VV Fashionable Jackets, marked Cheap, go to H. 0. Segers, Melford House. "Tin ANTED Known—The Corner h VY showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H. COLLIER. FRED. S. JEFFRIES, Mannfaolur'. ing Confectioner, has opened a Shop in East street, next " The Corner, 1 for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery. Nothing inferior sold. No cheap cigarettes. . §114 WANTED Known.— For Millinery, Mantles, Jackets. Ulsters, and Macintoshes, Ladies' and Children's underclothing, try MftcHKix & Tuknjsk. WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. SiLEK's, Optician. TIEN Crates—New goods from the -*- manufacturers in R. Alcorn's sale. Te* sets for six persons, 9s 6d ; 40 piece Tea Sets frcm 15s ; Bedroom Seta from Bs. Large coloured band and gilt, very handsome, 19a 6d. /"CHOICE Ornaments, Folding Screens, V_y Own make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pinafores; — Mks Alcorn, Saunders 9 Buildings. /"I UNSI Guns ! Guns ! My~neVstock \JT of Guns just to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J. W. Haedlev's Sporting Repository. "DANG ! Bang i Bang 1 My new se% ----*-* son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Club Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and aU sporting materials of the first; quality at J. W. Haeuley's, Gun Emporium. NEW Indoor Games, Accordeons from 8? 61, Autnharpa and Zithers, Photo Albums md Frames, Opals for painting on, Oil and Water colors, and Artists' Requisites, new Books and new Editions, cheap reading; all afc reduced prices for Cash.—L, F. Andbewjes &Co,, Stationers' Hall.



XKT ANTED Known. — Ladies are < * * invited to inspect the Novelties in i our Dress Department and Show Room without being pressed to buy,—Mitchell and Turner, WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Begatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2$ Qd.— W. H. Collibe. WANTED Known.—Cheviot*, Hop sacks, Diagonals, Fact Dye Series, Tweeds and Fancy Dresses, &c, with Trimmings to match at Mitchell and Turner's. WANTED Known—To make room for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs dene ab once cheaper than evei to stay bid times over at J. Moisor»'s, Premier Bootmaker. "KJoSicEl Notice! Sport" for all. i-N Guns let out on hire or sold on tims> payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns of any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J. W. Hakdlev, Ironmonger, etc. S. Salek, WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER. FOR PRETTY and UNIQUE WEDDING PRESENTS, BIRTHDAY PRESENTS, and PRESENTATIONS. fNSPEOTION is invited of the FINEST AND LARGEST STOCK in the District, at the , JEWELLERY jESTABLISHMENT OP S- SALEK SPECTACLES to suib all sights. Sight Testing a Specialty. WATCH AND CLOCK repairs at LOWEST Christehurch prices SATISFACTION GUARANTEED TWTEW nrEALAND Clothing Factory SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. WE WISH to draw your attention to the Specially LOW PRICES of High-class Goods. Men 8 411 Wool Tweed Suits, our t>wn make, 283 9d Men's All Woo) Tweed Trousers, our own make, 9s 6d Men's All Wool Tweed Overcoat*?, our own make, 29s 6d Boots, Boots, Boots. TRY US FOR A PAIR. THE LEADING HOUSE FOS GENTLEMEN'S MERCEKY. We keep all the leading lines. New Shapes in Hard Hats. The latest in Soft and Frame Hats. Boys' Caps from 64 ach. —— DON'T PASS THIS BY. Meii'o 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 ths genuine article. The " BISMAEK " Sewing Machine is nly to he had «t the New Zealand Cloth ng Factory. The Cheapest and Best Machine in the World, On time, pay mertta --2s 6d per week. ■ lIALLENSrEIN BROS. ALEX. HENDRY. Manager,



| FARMERS CLOVER. pfIBISTOPHER HAMPTON'S Clover Sheller will be working in the Rakaia district 1, and Orders are respect fully solicited. Particulars can be obtained from Mr L. Oxley, R&kaia, or from Christopher Hampton, Southbridge. 4148,



It is evident that oar local grocers mean | business, for if one looks at Mr Henry Zander's new advertisement, it mrili readily be found that his prices are not only tfee lowest advertised, but even lower fchap I Chriatchurch prices, Now is the time to i purchase.—Advii I



POLLAR CIGARETTES—Fittest Amer au Henry Zah^eb^ Wholesale Agejit



How is it that Olabs^s Blqqd Mi2f?p^g has obtained" such great popularity is a question which has perplexed many. The answer is, that it is unquestionably the finest Blood Purifier that science and medi cal skill have brought to light. Thousands, of wonderful cures have been effected by it. For Scrofula, Scurvy. Eczema, Skic and Blood diseases, B&d Legs, Sores and Fimples of kjndjj it effects are mar vellous. Hold everywhere,' at 2? $d per bottle. Beware of worthless Imitationi and substitutes. (S)