Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1894. COLONIAL TWANG.

In tub Melbourne " Argus '' a dis cussion has been going on recently on " Young Victoria's pronunciation. The discussion arose out of a few remarks on colonial " twang" made by the Chief Justice in an address to the pupils of a ladies' college, and in the course both of the address ard the discussion upon it some very peculiar pronunciations were pointed out as being habitual to even educated people in the colony. Those peculi arities of pronunciation, however, are not confined to Victoria or to any other of the colonies o? the Australian continent, but are common to them all, and to New Zealand just as much as to her sisters on the other side. One writer will have it that the colony is I too young for the native born people to rid themselves of the peculiarities of speech of their parents, but that argument, in view of the educational '' facilities offered by all the colonies, can hardly be accepted. Besides, the twang so markedly prevalent ! bears far more traces of a Cockney ! origin than of any other, while it can hardly be said that the population is ) leavened by a Cockney strain numeri cally strong enough to override all the provincial accents and idioms, Yet it would seem that, however strong in numbers the others may be, the Cock ney has been potent enough to very strongly affect the pronunciation of all the young people. The writers in this discussion have dealt more particularly with the vowel sounds, and one corres pondent says the average Victorian girl pronounces "a"as "i" and would say <( Tike some kike, I raide it myself." A young lady whose pronunciation was instanced by the actual use of the sen tence quoted had taken her " Bee Eye " degree. Another correspondent has it that the Australian-born girl says " I went deown teown, went reound a meound, and feound a peound," and a grammar school teacher tells us that fifty per cent of the children drop the [ aspirate and the final " g," but says the Australians are not by any i means the only offenders against the laws of pronunciation, and instancesthe following—redooce, resoomed, queshr chuns, solum, ke-ow (cow), shaw (sure) s'pose, perlice, and orf, females in his opinion being by far the worst offenders. The young people do not call a " spade a spade " but a «f spyde," they go for a " syle in the bye," and eat'oii a " plyte." At a race meeting a Victorian Jady is reported to haye entered a protest against overtaxing a horse in these words.—" I saiy, what a I sJiaiwe it is to rake the saime horse twaioo in Ibha miiw daiy." In New Zealand it is wijeu fche young people sing that the peculiarities of thefr pronunciation am most apparent. At a country concert not lon/; ago, a fair cantatrice let off the worcls of a, well* known duet as « Wha-hat are the wild wyves sa-hying 1" Not long ago in the Oddfellows' Hall, "Home sweet Howe " was sung as a part song. The

strong terni" pronounced, "hotre" as it should be pronounced, but; an equally strong soprano's " hawm" left some doubt as to what she was carolling ■about ;it all. On another occasion the rich voice of the leading soprano in a ! scratch choir, j^ot together for an evangelistic service in the hall, made itself abundantly felt in the hymn " Come to the Kyvyur, royke no dely," etc. Neither English, Scotch, nor Irish are free from faults in pronuncia tion, and every county has its own particular twang which prevents per fect accuracy in pronunciation. One correspondent suggests that the faults so noticeable in the young people should be corrected in very early youth, and to do so it is necessary to see that the teachers themselves are free from any taint of twang, and are rigorous in their correction of it in their charges. This correspondent has given the most valuable contribution to the discussion, and if the teachers take the hint its value will be abundantly proved. j -

THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL.

The opening of the Manchester ship canal is likely to very materially affect New Zealand and Australia in the matter of the distribution of colonial produce over Great Britain. In a recent issue of a Manchester paper, a correspondent, a returned colonist, dwelt with considerable force upon the necessity of importing all the colonial produce used in Manchester and its vicinity direct instead of receiving it from London. This letter had been written as a contribution to much similar daily paper literature then in course of publication, and quite an agitation in this direction was being carried on. The great body of wool sent to Britain from these shores is j sent to the Thames, and sold in Lon don, whence it filters down to the provinces, finding its way to all the manufacturing districts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Conti. nental and American buyers also attend and secure their portion, but all the purchases of wool are from stocks that have reached London by the Thames. It is highly probable that should the promised changes in th» American tariff take place, and wool is placed on the free list, the American buyers will come to us in person, buy their wool at the regular sales in the colony, and forward it by the San Francisco mail steamers direct to the States. The colonial sales have very largely increased of late years, and it is very probable that, with the open ing of the Manchester ship canal, these sales will continue to increase, a3 the people of Manchester, having now direct communication with the j seaboard, will prefer 'co have the. wool I used in Yorkshire and Lancashire [ shipped direct to Liverpool and so on to Manchester. Nor should the canal be looked upon as likely to cease at wool in the extension of its influence. On the face of it, it • does seem absurd that with the extensive seaboard Britain possesses and its numerous fine harbors, the shipment of colonial pioduce should be confined to the single port of London, there to be nibbled at by an army of middlemen, and then sent to the provinces to become a prey to more middlemen before it reaches the great maw it is intended to feed. The Manchester ! writers complain, with good reason, of 1 everything they import from the colonies being sent first to London, while their own coasts afford quite as good landing, and by the opening of this canal the produce could be brought right up to the warehouses of their own merchants. In the matter of frozen meat, producers here seem tied up to the London market and are almost wholly in the hands of London dealers. This prevents anything like fair play to the producers of the meat, who ought to have the whole forty millions of the population of Great Britain open to them as possible customers, instead of which the only available market under present arrange ments k London—a large one, to be sure, but wholly under control of the rings, who do with the meat just as they please. It has been found .very difficult to extend the frozen meat trade to the great manufacturing centres; and, although the advisable ness of doing so has often been urged both by producers here who have visited the Home market and seen its working, and by provincial dealers and others who would gladly accept a share of the trade, but little has been done to place our frozen meat on the j dinner tables of the provinces. Now, however, that this canal has been opened, and that it can only be a paying concern if it is used to something like its full capacity, we may expect that its promoters, and those upon whom the burden of its cost and maintenance must fall, will leave no stone unturned to direct every helm that they can to Liverpool, and thence per canal to the great inland centre. The wool trade of Yorkshire and Lancashire lies naturally to the hand of those whose interest is in the sup cess of the canal, and we may expect to see every effort made to have the wool bought here and in Australia by Yorkshire and adjacent firms shipped direct to Liverpool. This, will be a cheaper rpufco than to London, thence per rail to the manufacturing districts, and will save the considerable handling that the staple has now to undergo, and being cheaper should tend to en, hance the value of the wool a little at this end. And that effort on the part of the canal owners will not cease 9>t

wool, but is sure to include both meat | and grain. It is difficult of course to j say just *vbere and how much the canal will benefit our producers, but that some degree of benefit must result we feel assured. At any rate if ad vantage is taken of it, it will open to us an immense population who at pre sent never see our meat, but who \ would gladly take it; and it will open J a direct route to the districts which use ( our raw material.

LCOAL AND GENERAL.

A3 long as the B\ench are our un successful rivals all the world over, so long will they continue to hate and envy us, and to ascribe their commercial failures to our " unfairness" and scheming. —" Spectator." Kaiser William has decreed that when he goes to church all the seats, the occupants of which he can see, shall be filled with soldiers, in order thai; his devotions may not be disturbed. Anything suggestive of bloodshed always had a soothing effect on that family. It has been ascertained that the late Sir Andrew Clark was a great sufferer by the recent wholesale collapse of the Australian Banks. The sum he lost in consequence of the financial disasters in our Australasian colonies i* stated to have been not far short of £50,000. On Monday evening a 'meeting of the householders in the Graham's Road district, was held at Mr Dean's house. There was a fair attendance, and a committee was elected comprising Messrs Body, Parish, Williams, Cairns, and Dean, of whom the last named was elected Chairman. The Committee will shortly meet the Board on the question of a school site. At a recent Court ball the German Em press wore a magnificent diamond ornament which attracted universal attention, not only for its value, but by virtue of the deep his toric interest connected with it. The orna ment originally decked the hat of Napoleon 1., and was'stolen, in company with the Emperor's baggage, by the Prussian Hussars at the Battle of Waterloo. The buckle was worn by Napoleon at the Coronation in Notre Dame in the year 1804. The Nortb. Otago Cycling Club, Oamaru, have provided an exceedingly liberal pro gramme for their meeting to be held in March. The total amount of prizes is nearly £60, the principal events being:—A grand two-mile North Otago Wheel Race handicap of £10; the one-mile Championship of New Zealand, and a five-mile bicycle handicap of £8. Already several Ariel ridera have signi fied their intention of competing. The pro gramme may be seen in Mr b\ Clark's tobac conist shop. A narrow escape from a serious accident happened at the railway crossing near Ad dington on Tuesday night. A woman was wheeling a child in a perambulator over the line just after the train had passed, when another train which she had not seen struck the perambulator, canied ife across the cattle pit, and then threw it clear of the line. Ths baby was taken to the hospital, when it was found that it had escaped with a few slight bruises. The mother fainted, but \vas not injured. A mite of a boy was recently brought before the Oamaru Oourt, when the following awful charge was read to him :—That not being a Justice of the Peace, or a person in her Majesty's military or naval service, or a member of the police, or other peace officer, or a member of a recognised Volunteer corps, or a special constable, or a person actually in pursuit of a felon or offender, he did un lawfully discharge fireworks." The boy, says a local paper, looked as if he expected to be hanged. He was fined 5s and 7s costs, The Colonial Secretary has promised the Hon Dr Pollen, M.L.U., that the question of the date on which the anniversary of the colony shall be celebrated will be considered at the next meeting of the Cabinet. Writing < to the Mew Zealand " Herald " on the point Dr Pollen says ; " There is therefore some probability that the official blunder of 1847 in stupidly copying the official notification of 1842, without consideration of date or circumstances, will at last be rectified, and the 30th, January, the true date of the event of the foundation of this colony, be assigned to it." The force of habit (saya the " Waipawa Mail") sometimes has its disadvantages, as the following will show :—A resident here, who is of a devout turn of mind, has for many years followed the precepts of hie youth, and makes it a practice of saying his prayers before undressing. The other even ing he attended church. On entering he de voutly knelt and repeated the prayers he ktsew so well No doubt, thinking he was in his bedroom, he proceeded to take his boots off, and divested himself of his coat, when his peculiar conduct was observed by a friend, who quietly conducted him to his house. The " Waipawa Mail" does not say anything about the local Boniface being a churchwarden. But few people are cognisant of the benefits to be derived from a moderate übb of koney- Saccharine matter, as a rule, is apt to affect the system injuriously; but if taken in the form of honey it at once becomes a valuable food and medicine. Mingled as it is with fruit juices derived from flowers highly charged with medicinal properties, honey, if taken as a food, becomes a powerful specific; Foul air, improper ventilation, and sudden change of temperature and ex posure of throat and lungs to sudden chill, are the sources of no end of throat and bronchial troubles. A free, regular, and constant use of honey is probably the best medicine for throat troubles known, anet its regular use is largely corrective. A contemporary has recently pointed cut that in the days of Mr Leech, whose ideal girl, as drawn by him in " Punch," was a small and fragile creature, the prevailing English girl was of the same type. Then came Mr dv Maitrier with the tall, athletic girl invented by him, and introduced with constant regularity into his drawings. Th« result has been that the Leech type of girl has gone out, and the dv Maurier girl has come in. Either nature gathered from a, study of the cartoons of " Punch " that tall girls were wanted, or else she endeavoured in fulfilling her office as the imitator of art, to follow the lead of Mr Dv Maurier in the matter of git-ls The result id either case is the same, and there can be no doubt that the prevalence of tall girls is the beneficent work of " Punch's " artists, For the last nine years an Imperial man-' date has been posted all over the Chinese empire ordering the arrest of a mandarin named Lung-keen, who committed some serious irregularity by assuming a rank he had no title to. But the delinquent took himself off to " foreign parts," and is reported to have prospered in his exile. Latterly, thinking h^s little peccadillos would be forgotten, and sighing for the de lights of the Flowery L.and, Lung-keen ventured to return, and landed in Formosa, Recognised there by some of his former associates, the exile was promptly arrested, and news of his capture was sent to the Emperor, who sent an official to bring the captive to Peking.

There are now as f*r as can be computed [ 46,502 Baptist churches, 30,548 pastors or ministers, with 4,136,153 church members in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Australasia. The French warship Scorff, bound from I Auckland to Dunedin, passed Lyttelton heads yesterday. The articles found near Auckland therefore were either washed or thrown overboard The great coal lock-out gave tremendous profits to the coal owners who continued to work at the old rates. A proprietor of a colliery in the Wigan district, from his own statement was making £450 to £500 per week whilst he was only paying the men about £20 to £30 weekly over what he paid prior to *,he lock-out. At the five Swis3 Universities 275 women matriculated and 162 who had not been ex amined were admitted to the lectures last term. Basle bad three women students, Berne seventy-two, Lausanne twelve, and . Zurich as many as 111. Of all these only] five studied law, the rest belonging to the i medical and philosophical schools. Among the matriculated students 138 came from Russia, and 16 weie Americans. A special general meeting of the Horti cultural Society was held in the Arcade Chambers on Saturday last, when there was a fair attendance. The meeting was called to consider rule 11, and it was decided that the general meeting shall be held on the first Tuesday in August instead of November, which will enable the Committee to get out the prize schedule two months earlier. A splendid sample of red currant was brought by Mr Davis, which took first prize at the Geraldine Show. The new graving dock at Southampton, which is to be the largest in the world, will be completed and opened before the end of this year. The work of excavation, pro ceeding by night and day, has made very rapid progress, notwithstanding the fact that she peculiar consistency of the mud has made its removal very difficult. We learn that the mud closely resembles glue, and it is so sticky that It ia with great difficulty it is I ejected from the dredge's buckets. The Agricultural Department has recently caused a number of cattle suffering from a swelling of the tongue and jaw to be des troyed. The disease is variously known as tuberculosis, cancer, and humpy jaw. Eight cases have been known on the west coast of the North Man din one month. It is infec tious, and the Department is issuing a leaflet bout it. Maori shearers appear to know how to get splendid work out of the Wolseley shearing machine. At Wakamarumaru station the other day (says the " Hawke's Bay Herald ") a shearer named Harawera put through 204 •rossbred sheep from five o'clock in the morning till five o'clock at night, with two hours out for meals. Another Maori sheared | 203 the same d&y. This was pretty smart work, and all the sheep were well done. The following form of an "apology " ap pears in a legal advertisement in the official journal for the district of Rottwell, Wurtem berg:—" D-—-, —Apology.—l, the under signed, it has been stated, have said that M —D-—is a miserable blockheads That is true. And lam aorry that I am under the necessity of having to retract the afore said expression. (Signed) Johannes Maier. | At the office of the Mayor, November 15th, 1893." Mr E. M. Clarke, M.L.A. of N.S.W., has introduced a Bill into the Assembly for a root and branch prohibition of betting. Betting of every kind, on every subject, everywhere, and by everybody, is made a criminal offence punishable by a chain of fines, which begin at £50, and are attended by expanding terms of -imprisonment. Bet ting houses, sweeps, consultations, with all i the arts that assist them, are Btrictly for bidden. Such a clean sweeping measure is too " innocent " to mias the slaughter at the •nd of many consecutive sessions. The high pressure under which the finan cial institutions of Australia have for some time been running having somewhat de (creased (says the " Taranaki Herald " of Saturday) we find those entrusted with their care vißitiDg New Zealand to recuperate. Mr J. T. Walker, one of the Directors of the Bink of New South Wales and of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, is at present spending a holiday in New Zealand, Mr Walker made a short stay in New Py mouth on his way South, and was well pleased with the signs of prosperity observ able eveiywhere throughout the district. The inquiry instituted by the Women's Industrial Defence Committee into the alleged expediency of bringing laundries under the Factories and Workshops Ace in England has resulted in an interesting re port, in which numerous typical cases of women employed in laundries are described in detail. The conclusions are, on the whole, decidedly unfavorable to the proposal. " V c cannot (says the report) but conclude that bringing all laundries under the Factory Acts would crush out the small laundries and concentrate work in big buildingsj that this would mean more machinery, men, and lads, and fewer women, and would thus take away from a large class of necessitous women one of their chief resources." "As we approach the zero point of abso lute teperature," says Prefessor Dewar, " wo seem to be nearing what I only call the death of matter. Pure metals undergo mole cular changes, wbioh cannot yet be defined, but which entirely alter their characteristics as we know them. Tensile strength, elec trical resistance—in fact the whole character of the metal. At 200° F., strange to say, iron becomes as good an electrical conductor as copper, while it is absolutely more than probable that at the zero of absolute tern perature, if not before, the eleobrioal resist ance of all metals reaches its zero point." That this discovery will be a key to many unsolved problsms in electricity, in matter, in light, and the great inscrutable mystery of life itself, is not to be doubted. A key to the vast storehouse of future electrical in ventions has been obtained in this liquified oxygen. Who knows what the storehouse will contain when the door is opened.

CABLE NEWS.

Yellow fever is still prevalent at Rio de Janeiro. The Czarina, who was suffering from an acute attack of influenza, has recovered Prince Bismarck has acceded to the German Emperor's request for an interview next week. A bomb was discovered outside of an extensive warehouse in Paris, biit fortunately the fuse had failed. The death is announced of General Milliuet, one of the ablest of the older French generals. He took a prominent part in the Crimean war. The Agent-General of Victoria has induced the governing body of the Imperial Institute to allow sales of Australian wines within the Institu tion. The House of Representatives in Washington has passed a measure providing for the immediate and entire abolition of the bounty on sugar.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, January 24. Two Romney rams for Mr C. Pharazyit, of Wairarapa, arrived by the Ruahine this morning, and are pronounced by experts to be the finest of their kind ever landed in the colony. The same vessel also brought two Romney-Marsh rams and awes for Mr B, Hunter, of Pulmerßton North. The supply of Martini Henri amnmni j tion in the Colony has tun out. A supply has been shipped from Home but will not reach New Zealand until next month* The agricultural department has re- I Gently caused * number of cattle suffering I from swelling tongues* and jaws to be de stroyed. The disease is variously known as tuberculosis, cancer and humpy jaw. Right cases are known on the West Coast in one month. It is infectious, and the department is issuing a leaflet about it. Among the passengers by the Ruahine is Colonel Sir James Hutchison, of the Indian army, who was one time political agent at Manipur. He ie paying a flying visit to the colony. At the Wairarapa Rifle Association meeting. Lieutenant Kirk, of the Petone Rifle Club, took the prize for the highest aggregate, but tied with A. Ballinger of Wellington for the championship. (Jpon firing off Kirk won with 17 to 14. A. J. Cameron of Wairarapa, won the Walw rapa cup, rifle, and medal.

The American-Irish League.

WashinotOx, January 23. The manifesto of the American Irish National League advocates the return of the dynamite and murder policy. New York, January 23. The Irish National League in this city, in a manifesto issued, declares the time for protesting has passed, and that the most effective weapon is the rattle of musketry and explosion of mines.

Indian Administration.

CiLCOTTji., January 22. A section of the European press in India, contains scathing criticisms on the Marquis of Landsdowne's adminis tration while Viceroy. London, January 23. The Marquis of Lansdowne, in an address upon India, stated that the continued advancing of Bussia, France, and China made it necessary for the frontier to be closely guarded, and that the frequent interposition of the British Parliament menaced the safety of the Empire, The negotiations proceeding with Russia over the Pamirs would, he thought, be settled satis factorily.

Mr Balfour on Defence.

London, January 23. The Hon A. J. Balfour, speaking at Manchester, advocated the establish ment of an Imperial Defence Depart ment, and stated that the loss of the colonies would be England's ruin. He declared that the active naval prepa rations at present carried on by Russia and France were directed against England.

Spain and Morocco.

Mai/Kld, January 22. The Spanish Government demand 20,000 francs indemnity for the Morocco incident. Spanish military experts are advis ing fortification of the Bay of Algo ciras, to the west of Gibraltar, in order to secure power to silence the British forts at Gibraltar.

The Situation in Egypt.

CilßO, January S3. The situation in Egypt is strained. The Khedive will probably be com pelled to retract his hostile criticism on the condition of the frontier forces* Owing to strictures passed by the : Khedive on British officers in Egypli General Kitchener has resigned Ms position. (Reoeived January 25,11.20 a.m.) Oairo, January 24* Lord Cromor has demanded an apology from the Khedive, who is ex pected to issue a minute praising tha frontier forces, and ordering the Under Secretary for War to resign. London, January 24. " Truth" states the Khedive will pay a visit to England.

The Costa Rica Packet Affair.

Jjondon, January 22. ; The Marquis of Ripon has promised the Agents-Creneral that he will sub mit the report of the New South Wales Parliamentary Committee on the Coats, Rica Packet case to the Crown* law officers, and ask them to reconsider the matter. (Received January 25, 10.55 a.m.) London, January 24, Sir 0. Tupper and the Agents- General had an interview with the Marquis of Ripon to urge the claim of the captain and crew of the Costa Rica to proper repaiation. Sir Saul Samuel put the case in the most forcible light. Sir Thomas Sanderson, Assistant-Sec retary to the Foreign Office, who wa» in attendance, stated that the Crown, law officars considered the owners and J crew had no claim, and it would be ft M mistake to advance demands which ■ could not be sustained. I

THE ASHBIfBTON GCaRDWN : THCRSDA?, JANTJAKY 25, 18§4.



HARVEST CHEQUE*, OF 1894, j WILL FIND THEIR WAY TO G. J. NEILL and Go's AS THEY GIVE THE BEST VALUE IN ASHBURTON FOR READY MONEY. rmAPjeiry and clothing. Women's Hats 6d Turkey Re<? s|d Women's Bibbed Hose 6d Men's Tweed Sfuits 16s 6d Chtff-tfM in all colors Is 3d, reduced to Men's Colonial Tweed Suits 19d 6d B|d Boys' Tweed Suits from 3s lid Washing prints 2a lid doz^ A few Boys' Washing Suits left, to be White Muslin 3a lid doz cleared at 3s Pd Summer Dresses 3a lid Boys' Capß 6d each Cretonne 3id Men's Braces 8d Double- bed Sheeting 9sd 20dosB Men's Merino Socks 6d Berlin Wool la lid BOOTS. BOOTS. The Beat and Cheapest Boots in New Zealand are to be had ab G. J. NEILL AND GO'S. Men's English Balmorals 7s lid Babies Slippers Is pair # Men's Strong Leather Shoes 7s lid Canvas and tan Leather Shoes, in all Men's Nulled Shooters 7s lid sizes at ridiculous prices Women's strong Leather Shoes 5a lid A very large assortment of Children s Women's strong Elastic-side Boots 8a and Maid's Gem shoes in Tans and 6d, reduced to 6a lid Black. Good and cheap WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. SMALL PROFITS AND QtJIOK RETURNS AX 6. J. HULL & GO'S, FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET. Re The Assigned Estate of Messes Haedley Bros' : 0 : OEE the IValue iitfkr PRINTS REDUCED to HALF PRICE" WASHING DRILLETS REDUCED FROM 9ii> to 6|d. All Dress Materials REDUCED TO NEARLY HALF THE FORMER PRIUES, FOR INSTANCE PLAIN CASHMERES, REDUCED FROM 16Jd TO 9d. STKIPJi AND CHECK ALL WOOL DRESS TWEED REDUCED FROM UD TO Bd, AND ALL OTHER DRESS MATERIALS EQUALLY REDUCED. fr—— l—* CHECK GINGHAMS REDUCED? FROM 10jt> TO 84». ALL MANCHESTER GOODS SUCH AS CALICOES, STOCFINGS, FLANNELS, BLANKBTS, HOLLANDS, TICKING, SHIRTINGS, SELSEIAS, FLOOR-CLOTHS, ETC., REDUCED TO COST PRICE. ( MEN'S SHIRTS, HATS, SOCKS, TIES, Etc, REDUCED TO COST PRICE, JND IN MANY CASES VERY MUCH UNDER COST. Men's and Boys' Clothing. EE OUR MEN'S ALL WOOL COLONIAL SUITS AT 32s 6d AND 35s od, NOT TO BE BKATEfc IN THE COLONY. THIS HOUSE HAS ALWAW3 BEEN NOTED FOR THE VERY BEST VALUE IK BOOTS BUT NOW COME AND SEA j W. w. sPENC!•:»'. j X CADE, ASBBUR T0 N 1



Wanted. V I YIXANTICD, Contract Stackers ator.ce. I JOHN GRIGO, | 1 129 Longbeach. Tl7 AN!ED, two good General Ser-1 VV vants. Apply Mbs Hand all, j East street. 1 135 GOOD Kidney Potatoes, by sack or cwfc., for sale cheap.—Apply, A. W. llandell, Ashburton. 1 4 KS ALCORN has on sale for the Holidays vaiied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goo la and Christmas Presents. Saunders' Buildings. ] \ I T ANTED Known—6o Pieces Fashion- YV able Prints at 4jd ; 50 dozen Towels from 4^d ; White Counterpanes, 30 per cent under usual price.—Andrew Obr. 11 174 WANTED Known—All Accounts due to S. W. Alcorn & Co. must bo Paid on or before December 30. 12 181 WANTED Known—Forfars, 4|d ; Tick ings, 4|d ; Brown Hollands, 4£d. — Andrew Orr. 11175 WA NTElT~Known-~For "Election Week, 100 Pairs Boots, 2s 6d per pair.—Andrew Orr. 11177 IF yoti want fii at-class fruit go to Adams' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemoni, etc. WANTED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel of the age. H. Zander, Sole Agent. 11 181 DON'lTwash yourself. Titan Soap does the work. No rubbing. No machines. 11 132 "\ \ f ANTED Known —A manufacturer's W Stock of Shot Silk black and oolored Sunshades and Umbrellas at half price.—Andrew Orr. 11173 WANTED Known—6o Pieces black and colored French Merinos and Cashmeres at Is 4£d to Is 6d.~Andrew Ore. 11 176 riiH&T which brings most light an -*■ hope to poorest; homes ia Titan Soap.___ _____ 11 183 DON'T Forget to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to oe repaired, at moderate rates. '»> OMERSETMeat Mart. The oldest O the largest, tha best, and the cheap est Small OJoods a specialty. _ Full weights guaranteed, A trial solicited. —W, J. Siloock. SUITS to measure, during the sale, 49s 555, 60s, 70s, and 755. Fit and workmanship guaranteed.—R. A.lcorn, Saundera' Buildings. __^ WANTED Known -W. H. Collier's noted four-clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have just arrived in all sizes. AN^"E^~~Known-^TOO Ladies Fashionable bunahadesat Andrew Orr's. 11_172 CTTANTED Known—Spectacles, eye VV protectors, Goggles, Foldera, and everything in the optical linejj at S, ' Salek's, Optician. WANTED Known—" The Corner " is showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W. H. Collier. WANTED Known. — Our Cheap | Slippera aie selling in dozens. Children's from Is, women's Is 9d. Buy one pair and you will buy more. — MITCHJELT, AND TURNER. WANTED Known.—No reasonable ofler will be refused for tha balance of our Summer Dresses, Milli nery, and Maudes. ~ Mitchell and Turner ___ __ 4IT ANTED Known.—To Harvesters! VV —Dungaree Jackets and Overalls, j Harvest Hats and Shirts and Suits of all j kinds, at prices to meed the times. — Mitchell & Turner. ANTED, all Farmers to reduce Hardley's Large Stock of this Season's Oil, which ho is selling at hia j usual ridiculous low price by the Gallon or Case. WANTED Known.—Melford House cheapest shop in town, extra value in prssents now being given to each purchaser till further notice.—H. 0. Segkrs. f\ HOICK Ornaments, Folding Screens, \J Own make in ladies' and children's underclothing, Aprons and Pinafores. Mrs Alcorn, Saunders 1 Building. \IH ANTED Known—Extra value in V? presents now being given away for Christmas and New Yea*. Cheapest House in Town.—H O. Sbobrs, Melford House. __———— W """aNTED, tha Public to know that Haudley's Tanks ar« giving univer sal satisfaction. Testimonials if required. Four ia the time for Baths and Tanks, from 30a upwards. _ WANTISDaII and sundry to know that HarBLBV is still to the front with all classes of Tinware. Repairs promptly executed. Spouting and Ridging made and fixed at unheard of rates. _____ W~~ ANTED Known.—Half as much again in presents given to each purchaser during Christmas and New Year. H. C. Seoers, Melford House.^ "TT7 ANTE~D~Known.--To make room W for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs done at once cheaper than ever to itay bad times over at J.Mokon, premierßootmakcr^ S 1» CIALE, SALE," of Books, Stationery O *anoy Goods, Music, etc., Fire teaens, Picture* G ass Ornaments, Christmas Cards, Cricket and Lawn Tennis Material, Photo Albums and Frames, a«d h*»dreda of other articles are to be sold a' a gurot sacrifice for Cash during this month oniy, ** L. *. A KDBEWES & Co. Stationer 8 Hal,, A BOOS" IO HOUSEHOLDERS allamdaEb coal COMPANY. JiIMITBD. A SAVING OF~2S~PER CENT ON \ YOUR COAL BILL. } WE have appointed MB JAMES ELLIOTT, Coal Merchant, Ash- ; j burton, Agent for the county, wno will ' supply Customers in large or snaall quantities. , ■ The Allandale Coal in the best produced on the Eastern Heabctfd. .It is an excellent Steam Coal, unflvaljed for liak'ors, and a good Domestic Coal, nurn tng with » flame, does not sparkle, and \ Seavefß a white ash. ilt is feotli Cheap and Excellenfe. JAMES ELUOTT COAL MEIICIIAKT, j



8 SALBK, j WATCHMAKER, & MANU FACTURING JEWELLER. ; i FOR HIGH-CLASS GOLD & SILVER , JEWELLERS, PLATS & GARBLE COCKS, pay a visit to the-Jewellery Establishment of S. S * LXX, Prac tical Watchmaker, Manufacturing Jeweller, aad Oculist-Optician. j SOLE AGENT for Lazarus' Patented I System of Sight Testing and " Specialite " Spectacles, ensuring comfort and correct Sight. PIRST-CLASS WORKMANSHIP IN WATCH, CLOCK, AND JEWELLERY REPAIRS. 8. BALEK, EAST STREET. NEW ZEALANJD~~~ CiiOTinif6t Factory. SEASONABLE GOODS. FOR HARVESTS G, Men's Gambroon Trousers Men's Duck Overalls and Jackets Men's Harvesting Straw Hats Is —Also— New Ties New Silk Handkerchiefs New Studs Bathing Pants —Towels and Running Pants New shapes in Hard Hats-brown, black and drab. The new Soft Hat—Land and Water Tennis Hats—arc shades A good holiday Hat for la lid THE LARGEST STOCK OF HATS IN ASHBURTON TO CHOOSE FROM. Tennis Shirts in silk, cr^pe and cash mere Bojs' Washing Suits from 4s 9d. Boys' and Youths' Summer coats 2s 6d, Men's Summer Coats in silk, alpaca and sateen BOOTS BOOTS!! BOOTS!!! Canvas Shoes for Men Canvas Shoes for Women Canvas Shoes for Children Just opened this week, 18 pairs Women's Calf Shoes for 6s 6d. Wonderfu value. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY HALLEMSTEIN BROS., ALEX. HENDRY, Manager



jgIVnCR« B©n« Eucalypti Extract There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract In th market now, products of simple distillation forming rude resinous oils. In order that itaessa crude oils may not be taken, Our Pare Volatile ««««• ITI»*« «xtr*«t, which is recognised by the medical division of the Prussian Government to be of perfectly puse origin, as per Informatlon forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878 W6lt fa proved by teats made by the Medicial Clinics of the Universities" at Bonn and Greifswal , Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz, Professor of Pharmacology at Bonn, and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Grcifswald, that only pwdMßtt* are saturated with oxygen and freed of arads, nsfauoa and other substances, adherent to primary.disitiUation, will develop ttte sanative qualities, proper to the plant, Sordine to these authorities, and «»m%J to P» fowr Dr Lister, of England, and to Dm Bauer, Stire Wood, Hamrd, etc., of imerfca, is the only St correspondingto scientific^»^ «^ «» °al! one which possesses the l^.f&SffimvßKm SAN'DBR & SON'S BUOALJTPTI BXTRAUT Allother crude oils aw to be classed among the tuVnentines, which have, when used as medicine, no ST™>iih£ effect and are abandoned as an internal ™ XZit Theiei » called Buca.lyHt! Esteacts, I clmmeS articles wd ate u^se4 for mechanical pur. f^tllrdfflSffnPungent odour (wtaUh our tirnrturt the anly genuine Eucalypti Extrac de veft morttaely thraugh its surplus of oxy -, ). 5 By their alcoholic thin and mobile jy>pea!ran.oe, being reducod in specific density through the s l^thefr taateTthe result of tko contracting ten denoy of resins ana tenuates. Tfthßse crude Qila, •» o*ll9l eucalypti extranta are I Sdbym!«ein ««« of craup, b onohitte, diph. ffifoa. internal inflamnw*wnß, dysentery, wounds, tbe j theo-Ssequencesremost appaUtag. For safety alway ; !«r a lwavsforS»n«l« r aM<l ««»• «nc»l¥ii*l w« tract ; and got the old, weU-tested and relisbla SrotiTO-SanahHrat, Victoria, Australi? -



KBA.TIN(J'BPOWOERd^fcroTOBuKs Fleai Moth 1 Beetlesand all otter insect*, whtot quite harmlew to \ domestfu animals. In exterminattDg Beetles tto