Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1894. THB LOAN AND MERCANTILE.

The evidence given by the directors and other officials of the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, before Judge Williams at Home has been read with very g^eat interest, as from day to day instalments of it appeared in the cable news of the colonial press. These instalments have been necessarily condensed, and it seems to us that in some cases much useful information in regard to the history of the transactions has been withheld in order to obey the decree for condensation while the same stern rule has caused clearness to be sacrificed to brevity. 'Enough, however^has been cabled to show that the management of the Company has not by any means been the very pink of perfection, The evidence unfolded the fact that for years before the final suspension the Company was suffering from "shortness of funds, and that while most of its clients and the great majority of its shareholders believed it to be on a sound financial basis, and not only solvent, but a paying concern. The directors appear to have been driven to their wits' end to find funds to carry on with, and the evidence shows that, with a knowledge of great losses sus tained, sufficient to cripple even a very solvent business house, they were care ful to conceal those losses, and con tinued to carry on and pay a dividend to the shareholders. The Company had not earned the dividend that was paid, and the paying of it was only a part of the trick of concealment of the losses. The object of this concealment was to make borrowing possible, for no debenture buyer would have invested, with the knowledge before him of the Company's true position. The financial low tide of the Company was the cause of the appeal to Baron Schroder, and he is at the present moment master of the situation and virtually commands the destinies of the OoiEpany, or rather the scheme of reconstruction which the judge but a few days ago sanctioned. Mr Lark worthy's evidence does not at all show the directors in the best light. He said that in 1890, he reported to the Board losses to the amount of £340,000, presumably arising from de preciation in value of the many station properties held by the Company. - This los«, however, the Board of Directors were careful to conceal, and held that Mr Larkworthy was taking too gloomy a view of the position. Whether he did or not, he was a man whose opinion was of considerable weight, but the weight the Board attached to his warning was not heavy, for the alleged loss was carefully kept out of sight. Or perhaps it was because they did attach much weight to the opinion that they concealed the loss, included interest on the amount in the profit—interest of course that had not been paid—and went with all speed to the pawnbroker. It was certainly the duty of the Board to have taken steps to verify or disprove Mr Larkworthy's report of loss, and he himself suggested the appointment of an independent inspector to go over the properties, but, with the single exception of Mr Mundella, the London Board opposed this step —shall we say because they knew, or feared, the, estimate of the loss was only but too near the mark? And ail the while the shareholders were being hushed to sleep and all suspicion of the true state of affairs kept dormant by sugar plums in the shape of handsome divi dends I These are not pleasant features at all of the management by a London Board of a Company doing business in New Zealand and Australia, To Baron Schroder was mortgaged specifically the uncalled up capital of the share holders, the earlier debenture holders having no special security over this, and they appear to have felt them selves misled in regard to the pledging of that capital to the new mortgagee. When the Judge sanctioned the scheme of reconstruction he did so more from a sense of justice to those who had beett made something like victims in the matter, but he could do nothing with Baron Schroder's hold on the uncalled capital, and our latest cables show that the Baron is dictating his own terms to the shareholders in the recon- j struction scheme. They must accept this scheme, which he says he will d > his best to carry out. If they do not, they will have to meet forced calls to the utmost extent of their liabilities (which will mean ruin to very many), besides " losing a magnificent business which is capable, in competent hands, of reeoyjsring past losses. If they accept the seiheme, calls will be deferred, the total amount will be reduced, the business preserved, and colonial exporters will have under their own. control a valuable portion of their exports.'* Do^btjess the shareholders will have little JjesJLtajfciojri aboijfc accent ing the scheme.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Lay land, O'Brien and Co. 's sawmill, Auck land, has been lighted by electricity. At the Christchurch Police Court yester day, Frederick Marshal Hadfield was com- I mitted for trial on two charges of forgery. The name of Mr Charles Braddell was auadvertently omitted from the list of mem bers present in our report of the last meeting of the Ashburton Borough School Com mittee. A military hero, Sergeant Major Lloyd, has been recommended for the Victoria CroBS for his gollant conduct in she operations carried out by the Burmah military police in the Kaching Hills during 1892-93, on which occasion the fighting ia officially reported as having been more severe than any which has occurred aence the annexation. A joke was once played at Madame Tussaud's by the late Fred Leslie. Being there fith a friend one day, Leslie eat down close to a group of figure*, and besame immobile. He had great command of feature, and gat so rigid that visitors began to look at him, and then search their catalogues. After a time the " figure " moved its head, merely said, " I'm rested now; let us go and have some tea !" and rising, walked away, to the surprise of the group that had gathered to inspect it. The weekly meeting of the Te Korero Ulub was held in the Orange Hall on Friday evening. There was a large attendance of members, and Mr" Brock occupied the chair. The subject for the evening's entertainment was a debate on dress reform. Miss Graham lead off in opposition to dress reform, while Mr E. Saunders advocated a departure from the present style of dress as an urgent necessity. During the evening many ladies and gentlemen took the opportunity to give their views on this much vexed question, their remarks being in some cases both inter esting and instructive. A vote was not taken on the question at the conclusion of the debate, owing to a slight misunderstand ing between the two opponents as to the extent of the dress reform advocated and opposed. The " Waikato Times " reports a most astonishing occurrence as taking place at the residence of a gentleman living at Frankton. It appears that some ladies who had driven over from Te Kowhai left the horse standing in front of the house. The horse—usually a very quiet one—was in some way startled, and making up the carriage drive broke into a hard gallop and took the drive gate somewhat over sft in height—with a " flier," landing on the other side without injuring either the buggy or the harness, the top of the gate being merely splintered. A young man working near stopped the runaway a short distance up the road making his way toward the township. On closer examina tion it was found that the animal had not come off scatheless, as it had evidently struck the top rail of the gate heavily, and it had a nasty gash on the middle of the chest. The Mayor of Christchurch received the following telegram from the Premier on Thursday evening:—" Your latter covering resolutions in connection with the unem ployed to hand. The manner of subsidising local bodies has been determined by Parlia ment, and amounts are fixed by appropria tions, therefore there are no appropriations under which effect could be given to the resolutions passed. If the principle recom mended was affirmed we should have the unemployed difficulty in connection with every local authority in the colony, and I fear the taxpayers would suffer. Govern ment, consistently with the funds at its dis posal, is doing the best it can to meet the unemployed difficulty, but any expenditure must be in connection with reproductive works only. The Minister of Lands has re ceived the necessary authority to go on with road works in connection with the Cheviot estate. This will absorb some thirty or forty of the most pressing cases in your district." A meeting of those interested in the forma tion of a butter factory and creamery at (Tinwald will be held on Wednesday evening next in the Temperance Hall, Tinwald. A lar^e attendance is requested, as on that evening Mr Valentine, tha Government dairy expert, will enlighten the audience on all matters pertaining to dairying and the management of factories and creameries. Mr Valentine is a gentleman of large experi ence in these matters, gained in England and on the Continent, and an interesting and instructive discourse may be looked forward to. Definite action will be taken the same evening with regard to the estab ment of a factory or creamery. The com mittee appointed to look into the matter has been most energetic, and has ascertained that in and around Tinwald there is a large quantity of suitable land available for dairy farming, and it is rumored that a portion of the Lagmhor estate may be devoted to that purpose. Afe any rate, at the present time when cereals are selling at such alowrate and it is not only advisable but necessary that more attention should be paid to grazing, it behoves all farmers in the county or borough to attend a meeting which so closely aftects their interests. A gentleman hailing, we fancy, from the hnd of the Glendowers, came to our office yesterday, and took us roundly to task for daring to quote a paragraph in which "Bangor" was spoken of as being in Ireland! He was quite sure ifc was in Wales, and told a wonderful legend in regard to his Welsh Bangor in proof of its exist ence. He was astonished at the ignorance, of course, of those who conduct the paper, but we rather thought his astonishment was not so great as his " riled " feeling that a common and garden variety of country like Ould Ireland should be placed on the same level as Wales for sooth, and be credited with having a B&ngor. But he must not be angry. Ireland does really have the impudence to possess a Bangor, and a nice little seaport it is too, of between 3000 and 4000 inhabitants, and the male portion of them doubtless lay claim to be included among the " rattling boys from the County Down." The Caernarvon Bangor runs to 7000 inhabitants—a great crowd truly ; but what of the Bangor in the prohi bition State of Maine, with 2Q,00Q popula tion, and that other town which the impudent Yankees have called Bangor, and which adds only 3000 to the population of New York State. Bangor ! The name is ! as common as ditch water.

It; will be seen that Mr E B. Tasker, butcher, of East street has reduced the price of mutton by Jd a Ib. The Dunedin City licensing committee have given formal notice that they will grant no conditional licenses in their electorate. The Ariel Club held a committee meeting last night when final arrangements wer c made for their second annual ball to be held in the Oddfellows' Hill on Wednesday, May 2. At the inquest at Christchurch this morning on Benjamin Midgley, who was found hanging dead in a workshop on Thursday, the verdict was thftt deceasod hanged himself while temporarily insane through drink. The winners of the silver medal for best shot in the Volunteer districts are—North Canterbury, Private Parker, A Company, Canterbury Rifles, 85 points ; South Canter-, bury, Petty Officer Waugh, Timaru Navals, 81. Harvestthanksgmngserviceswillbe held in the Wesleyan Church to-morrow, when ser mons will bepreached by theßevsT. G.Brooke and C. Abernethy. The church has been suitably decorated for thß occasion and pre sents a very neat appearance. Special selections of music are to be rendered by the choir. The Racing Club's privileges were sold on Friday by Messrs Friedlander Sros. Owing to the doubt about obtaining licenses for the publicans' booths, these were withdrawn, but tfee refreshment booths were bought by Mr Ranger at £5 per day ; the oyster right by Mr Marsden at £3 7s 6d; the shilling stand by Mr Leitchat 22a 6d; the horse yards by Mr Baker at 20s; and the cards by Mr Rook at 11s 4d per dozen. At a conference of temperance workers held afe Auckland on Friday for the purpose of considering the best means for furthering temperance work, a committee wasappointed to report on the best method of doing so. Mr Field said the city roll had been stuffed with 4000 names which they had reason to believe were utterly fictitious. Mr Isitt said the result of the licensing elections was a disgrace to Auckland.

The Samoan Question.

Wellington, April 21. The Cabinet's decision regarding the annexation of Samoa was cabled to the Imperial Government yesterday, and the " Times " states it is probable that Sir George Grey, who is keenly alive to the necessity for good Government in Samoa, who advised King Malietoa at every stage of his conflict with the arbitrary repre sentatives of Germany, and has always been a firm believer in the idea that the Islands must be ruled from New Zealand, will be asked to take che matter up. of course with the Agent-GeneraVa assis tance in Dowling Street.

The Canadian conference

Wellington, April 20. In representing the colony at the Canadian Conference Mr Lee Smith has been instructed by the Government to urge the desirability or Canada so adjust ing its fiscal policy as to admit New Zealand products free. He will make every effort to have the Pacific cable supported by England and Canada. Australia and New Zealand, and laid upon lines similar to those indicated by Mr Ward at the recent Postal Conference. The policy in this matter is for the Australian colonies and New Zealand to guarantee proportionately on the basis of population half of the interest on cost of construction; and for England and Canada to guarantee the other half. It will be a salient point that the tariff for messages sent by the proposed cable is tube that indicated by the Postmaster-General of New Zealand at Auckland. The Govarnment recognised the desirability of having the cheapest possible tariff so as to enable the colonies which are so far distant from the countries with which the greater portion of their trade is carried, to conduct business with more facilities thaa at present. Mr Lee Fmith will advocate the establishment of a Pacific mail servine, urging that New Zealand should be made a port of call for the direct steamers. In addition to these matters every effort will be made by Mr Smith to open up fresh markets for New Zealand products in Canada and Eng land, where he goes immediately after the business of the conference has been concluded.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

(per press association./

The West Coaat Raliwar. Wellington, April 21. In a letter to the Premier the Midland Railway Company says it is their desire to meet the views of Government in every way consistent with the possibility of raising money for the completion of the line from the East to the West Coast. They cannot, however, satisfy Govern vaent that they are, or will be, in a position to complete the Belgrove lieefton section, being convinced that nothing short of an absolute guarantee of the interest by Government would be sufficiert. They believe the intention of the resolution is that they should show by the statement of a good financial house, that they can raise the capital necessary to connect the two coasts. Negotiations will be carried on mean while on that understanding. The "Port" Boycotted. Upon a representative of the " Evening Post" visiting the Government buildings ! to : day, he was informed tha,t orders had been issued by the Cabinet to exclude all members of the staff of that paper from the buildings, and admittance was re fused. No ground was given for this etep, but it is understood it has reference to the publication by the **Poafc" o f Colonel fos's letters to the Premier.

SUPREME COURT.

Wellington, April 20. In the Supreme Court to-day in the case of F. G. Thompson v. McCarrow, Bird and Co., Melbourne, publishers and proprietors of the Australasian Insurance and>. Banking Record, claim £1000 for alleged libel, the Jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for £250 and costs.

Ashburton Industrial Building Society.

ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Ashburton industrial Building Society was held last evening in the Orange Hall. About sixty were present, and Mr Henry Zander, chairman of directors, presided. DIRECTORS 1 KEPORT AND BALANCE SHEET. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the Directors' reporc and the balance sheet, congratulated the Society on its presentsuccessfulstate, and trusted that its operations would be equally gratifying in the future. The Directors' report was as follows:— Your Directors have great pleasure -in submitting the first annual report and balance sheet, and in congratulating the members on the successful formation of the Society. It is now in full working order, and the result of the first year's operations is highly satisfactory. By means of this Society the subscribers have in one year raised a fund of £1521; made a profit of £103 15a 2d ; advanced £1500 in loans to members, £900 of which has been obtained by ballot free of any charge to the borrower, and £600 by sale. At the close of the financial year 585 shares were sold, but since then the balance has been applied for and allotted. Your Directors also wish to call members' atten tion to the fact, that although the pre liminary and other expenses incurred during the first year in the formation of the Society and getting it into working order are considerable, they have all been met. The amount received for the two appropriation sales was £114 10d, while the balance sheet shows a profit of £103 15s 2d. The repayments on account of loans have been punctually made ; there being no arrears nnder this head. The meeting has to appoint three directors in | place of Messrs Meseltine and Macpherson (who retire by ballot). Messrs Zander, Macpherson, Rule and 0. Reid are candi- I dates for the vacancies. The meeting will also have to appoint a shareholders auditor. Your Directors consider there is every prospect of a prosperous future before the Society if proper care is taken in accepting thoroughly sound securities only for loans advanced. The balance sheet was taken as read. Mr S, B. Nelson seconded the adoption of the report and balance sheet, and the motion was unanimously carried. ANNUAL ELECTION. The annual election of three directors resulted in the election of Messrs Mac pherson, Zander, and Bule. Mr Braddell was re-elected shareholders' auditor un opposed. APPROXIMATION BALLOTS. Mr Hesoltine moved that it bo a recom mendation to the directors that the first or the twentieth marble have the draw. He thought that it entailed, considerable inconvenience on the shareholders to have to wait perhaps an hour or an hour and a half for the last marble at each ballot. Mr Silcock seconded the motion pro forma, but thought it was a matter for the directors to deal with. Mr A* J. Miiller moved an amendment that It be * recommendation to the directors that the ballot be conducted as hitherto. He thought that in the past the ballot had been conducted very satis factorily. and if the proposed alteration were made irregularities might creep in. Mr Hayes seconded the amendment, which was carried by a large majority. The Chairman stated, in answer to a question, that the directors had found that it was better to sell the appropriations by auction than by tender and would there fore continue to dispose of them in that manner, THE MANAGEBiENT. Mr Andrew Orr moved a hearty vote of thanks to the directors for the work done for the Society during the past year. Dr. Tweed seconded the motion, which was enthusiastically accorded. The chairman on behalf of the directors thanked the shareholders for their vote, and a similar compliment was passed to the secretary. The meeting then adjourned. 4. meeting of the directors was then held. Mr Rn'e was welcomed to the directorate. Mr B. Zander was unani l mously re-elected chairman of directors, and reference was made to the very able manner in which he had filled the position during the past year. It was decide! to draw for the next appro priation on May 15, and that Mr Fried lander conduct the next auction.

A Peculiar Disease.

The fretting and wearing cares of busi ness, domestic relations, political life and othar affairs, with laborious brain-work, social dissipation, and unhygienic habits, have caused such an increase in the number of invalids from nervous exhaus tion, that this disease is now recognised as a distinct malady. Bodily health and welfare are neglected for wealth, position, honor and distinction. The business man, by close application to his business, hurried and it regular meals, ! 088 of sleep and the neglect of exercise, at last finds hi-! health failing and himself incapable of meeting the demands on his energies. So it is with a great many people. They eai in a hurry, sleep as if in a hurry and very little, toil long and late, with little or no recreation, until failing health warns them of this sad neglect of duty. This tendency, which is becoming general, has for its outcome but one result—impairment of the physical and incapacity of the mental energies. Ask a physician why it is. and he tells us the blood has become impure from the accumulation of effete matters and waste materials, which the kidneys have ailed to carry off. But why, we ask, bare the kidneys not performed their excreting functions '£ Be cause the energies and forces of the system have been attracted in another direction by this intense application to business, and the pursuit of wealth, which has become such a battle. Again, we ask, is there any remedy to keep these organs in a healthy condition, or any method by which poisonous pro ducts like uric acid, can be eliminated from the circulation 1 The answer is as decided as it is satis- I factory. For a long time, tests and ex periments were made with various remedies, but to no purpose. At last was found the rempdy par excellence above others, Warner's Safe Cure. This great remedy acts as a true specific for. this disease, and has been repeatedly and satisfactorily tested. It not only cleanses the blood of ail impurities and poisonous materials, but promotes the* healthy astlvity of the various organs of digestion^ circulation and secretion. That this remedy does produce thes^ desirable re sults, is attested by Its ever increasing popularity.

CABLE ITEMS.

Information has been received in London that the French stopped the Governor of Sierra Leone, on the west coast of Africa, from going into the interior to inquire into the attitude of the natives, threatening to kill him if he persisted in his intention. From Washington we learn that seventeen marshals had a desperate fight with a notorious Dal ton gang of outlaws in Oklahama. Dalton. (the leader of the gang), two of his men, a woman, a child, and two marshals were killed. The "Daily Chronicle' 1 is respon sible for the statement that systematic sacrilege in the French churches has been traced to a society for the wor ship of the devil in Paris, whose liturgy is a parody on the Roman Catholic mass. A native outbreak is feared in the Transvaal. ' A band of Namaquas massacred seventy Bechuanas and also a family of Boer trekkers in the Kalahara desert. This is expected to lead up to a serious trouble among the natives. The Bechuana chiefs are appealing to the British in con nection with the outrage by the Natnaqua tribe.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Haw bra, April 20. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Jamas Bailey, cattle dealer, on a charge of being an absconding bankrupt. Wellington, April 20. A peculiar assault case was reported this afternoon. A plasterer, named Isaiah Fake, had a son committed to the Caversham Industrial School some tftree years ago, and a short time back the boy was put to the service of Mr William Evans, a farmer at Otipiri Fiat, Wyndhara, Otago. To-day, Fake received a wire that his son was drowned, and he at once repaired to the Government, buildings- He entered the education department, and seizing the Rev. W« J, Haben, Inspector- General, shook him savagely, accusing him of being responsible for the boy's death. Assistance was soon at hand and after a severe struggle Fake was secured and handed over to the police. Accused was remanded, no bail being allowed.

The Royal Wedding.

Berlin, April 20. The marriage of the Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Victoria, of Coburg, took place today, the ceremony being of a most brilliant character. Queen* Victoria, who was present, was affected to tears.

Tobogganing on Rocking Horses.

There is no knowing (writes a cor , respondent of the '• Pall Mall Budget") what an. Englishman will not do to de cide a bet. Men have jumped across dining tables, mounted upon intrac table steeds—yea, and even kissed their - own mothers-in-law, in order to settle a wager. In fine, it ought to be an established maxim among us by this time that, given a certain number of impossibilities and an equal number of young Englishmen, those impossibilities will not long remain such, provided they be made the subjects of bets. One of those incidents which go a long way .towards justifying the repu tation which, as a nation of madmen, we have earned among foreigners, oc curred the other day at sSt Moritz, when, in order to settle a bet, Lord- William Manners and the Hon H. Gibson agreed to go down the village " Hud," mounted on rocking-horses in place of ordinary toboggans, A feature of the race was that both competitors were " attired in full hunting-kit," and as elaborate preparations bad. been made for the contest, and rumor of the affair had been industriously noised abroad, the crowd which assembled to witness it was both large and distin guished. The start was fixed for twelve o'clock, and shortly before that hour the shouts of the spectators an nounced that ths horses were off. Un like the custom in toboggan races, both started at the same time. In the first course Lord William Manners led as far as a certain angle of the " Bun" called Caspar's Corner—from the fact that an hotel of that name is situated close by—but " taking it rather high, Mr Gibson passed cleverly on the in side, which he maintained to the finish," Lord William being summarily dis missed from his fractious steed's back some distance to the bad from the win-, ning-post. In the second course Lord William Manners again had the advan tage as far as Caspar's Corner, where Mr Gibson again tried to pass him on the inside, but being jockeyed by his opponent, his horse swung round and proceeded down the " Run " tail fore most, but leading. The merriment of the spectators at this stage of the pro ceedings may be more easily imagined than described, nor did it abate in the least when Mr Gibson, deliberately dismounting from his steed, seized it unceremoniously by the nose and turned it in the way it should gov | Meanwhile, Lord William Manners had suffered disappointment a second time, for in attempting to " take "—to use a true hunting term—a particularly awk* ward part of the " Run." called Belve dere Corner, his horse refused to re spond to its rider's exertions to get it successfully over the obstacle, and horse and jockey came down to the ground in one tumultuous somersault together. Lord William's discomfiture proved to be Mr Gibson's opportunity. The time and ground that the former had lost by his involuntary flight through the air were never recovered. Mr Gibson, with the position of his hors^ reversed, and his legs thrust scientifi cally in front of him, rode easily and triumphantly forward, and eventually reached the winning-post some seconds in advance of his opponent.

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Wanted J fITANTID, Situation by a boy; can | VV kill phoep, and caa work in: garden. Apply office of this paper. 4 136 ] "PRIMITIVE Church To-Morrow.— -*- Preachers : Morning, Mr G. Aston j Evening, Rev James Cocker. Stranger? invited. 4 137



BAPTIST Church. -Rev. A. Ager. Oddfellows' Hall, Morning, Afte - noon and Evening. Afternoon at three. Subject—" What is Repentance." 4 133 WATCHES, Clocks, etc., (all guaran teed) at wholesale c.st for one month only. Now's your time.—Ltjms • den's. 3 219 WANTED Known — Men's strong Tweed Suits :from 16s 6d ; shirts from 2s 6d,—Arcade House. 4 24 WANTED Known. — Embroideries from Id a yard, Corsets 3s lid,' I'idies 9 Ulsters frmn4s lid, Ladies' Gteves four pair for Is, Kid Gloves four bvtf fons Is 6d.— Arcade House. 63 SALE at Melfori House still on until further notice.-—H, O. Segers. WANTED Known. — For Millinery, Mantles, Jackets. Ulster?., and Macintoshes, Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, try Mitchell & Tubnek. WANTED Known—Special line of Gents' Regatta Shirts, all sizes, with or without collars, 2a 6d.—W. H. Collier.



WANTED Known —Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and everything in the optical me at S. Salek's, Optician. XVKTENSION of Sale at~Melford -" House. We are still selling nearly all ourGoodp, with New Stock added, at reduced prices.—H. C. Sbgp.rs. WANTED Known—To make room for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs dene at once cheaper than evei to stay bad times over at J. Moisoh's, Premier Bootmaker. WANTED Known—The Corner is showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing.—W, H, Collier. FRED. S. JEFFRIES, Manufaotur ing Confectioner, has opened a Shop in East street, next; " The Corner,' for sale of all kinds of superior Con fectionery. Nothing inferior sold. No cheap cigarettes. 3§114 SALE now on- White Calico 2s lid per dossan, Towels 2s 6d per dozen, Lace, Curtains, from Is lid per pair, ai Arcade [ House. 4 27 WANTED Known.—Cheviots, Hop sacks, Diagonals, Fast Dye Serges, l Tweeds and Fancy Dresses, &c, with Trimmings to match at Mitchell and Turner's. / iHOICE Urnaments,~Kolding Screens, kJ Own make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pinafores.— Mrs Alcokn, Saanders' Buildings. THEN Orates—New goods from the •*- manufacturers in R. Alcoret's sale. Tea sets for six persons, 9s 6d; 40 piece Tea Sets frcm 15s ; Bedroom bets from Bs. Large coloured band and gilt, very handsome 19s 6d.



WANTED Knuwn—Tomatoes, good ripe Grapes, Plums, Apples, etc., at Marsden's Fruit Shop, below Mitchell and Turner's. 2 109 TTISITthe Sale. Trimmed Millinery " going at any price. Ladies' Under clothing reduced to 20 per cent, belov cost.-—Arcade House. 4 64 i^^Tl^&wn-^AlTgoods in" Show ** Room to be slaughtered at any price.—Arcade Bouse. 4 28 WANTED Known-L W Pants 3s lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d, Worsted Socks 6d per pair.—Arcade House 425 IF you want first-class fruit go to A Dots for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Oibrons, Lemons, etc. OYSTERS and Fresh Fish of all sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Co 's Shop, Burnett street Ashburton. 2 62 WANTED Kuown—The whole of the stock to be sacrificed by order of the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 26 BANW ! Bang ! Bang 1 My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Ky nock's and, Cluo Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Casts and ,aU sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Haeuley's, Gun Emporium. "VTOTICE! Notice! Sport for all. JLN Guns let out on hire or sold on tim°» payments. H&ving a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns of any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J, W Hahdlky, Ironmonger, etc.



I /^RUSHED 1 Oats, 5s per sack. Al V_y kinds of Farm and Mill Produce cheap for cash.—J, Thomas, Havelock street. ___»_____  CITH \T is moat essential to a tea VV drinker's happiness 3 Why, Health Tea, and don't you forget it. Bbnry Zander, Wholesale Agen 1* — Men's Tweed Suits 15a 6d, Men's Tweed Troupers 7s lid, Mens' Strong Flannellette Shirts 2? Bd, Mens' and Boys' Boots and Shoes greatly reduced.—Arcade Houefe. 465 MRS ALOORN has on sale for he Holidays a varied assortment of Toys, Dolls, Prams, Fancy Goods, and Christmis Presents—Sannders Buildings. GUNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock of Guns just to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old Btock to select from at J. W. HAEOLEy's Sporting Repository. BOYS' three garment long trouser Suits for 10s. Men's Colonial made nailed Shooter Boots at 7s 6d per pair a^ R. Alcorn's sale, Ash burton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings, 1115 W~ ' AI^TED Known. — Ladies are to inspect the Novelties in o ir press £>£#w?tment and Show Room without 1 bsing Pre^ed fe> J^uy.—Mitchell AND TURNBH. J_ WANTED Known.—ln consequence of the scarcity of money, we have extended our Sale till further notice. — H. C. Severs, Melford House.



MR John Marsdbn, of ifche Railway Bookstall, has opened a Book aud 1 Sut ioner's Shop two doors below Mitchell ar.d Turner. Books and Scationery at the lowest possible prices. Books clean, complete, and in good order will be taken in eKchansje. Circulating library. H> ASTER Cards, and Booklets, Fire • Screens, Pictures.. Glass Ornaments* Christmas CaTds, Cricket and Lawn j Tennis Material, Photo Albums, and Frames, and hundreds of other articles are to be aold afc a great sacrifice for Gash during this month only at L, F. AmwwEs & Co, Stationers' Hall,



f~T EALTH TEA is more economical .jLJL than ordinary tea. It undergoes a process whereby the injurious ingre dients are eliminated, whilst it lenders the release of the better properties of the leaf more easy. Henry Zander, Autho rised Agent



POWDER destroys Bn gg Fleas, J^oths, Beetles and .ajl other insects, whilst quite h«kic#ilt»a fco domestic animals In terminating Beetles th« supcesa of this {Powder is extraordinary. It is per fectly clean in application. See the article you purchase is as imitation^ are noxious and ineSectual. Tins, 6d, Is S*&d 2$ 6d «aeh. Sold, by aH cher Asts,



Holloway's Pills and Ointment exert; a rapidly f avaorable effect in all those diseases I which are induced by exposure to damp or by great changes in temperature. They will therefore be found eminently serviceable i to those who work in iron foundries, copper mines, and collieries. These well-known remedies present manifest advantages in respect of use and effectiveness, being entirely compounded of vegetable drugs selected wijbh the. greatest care and regard less of price. When used in accordance with the ample printed directions which accompany them, they ant surely buj; mildly, anjcji do npt interfere wjth the daily work. There are b,ufc a few diseases wfyich are ngt capable of cure—or, at all events, of great j relief—if Holloway's remedies are persever ngly used. TVTO more indigestion ; no more neryous ■*■« ness from, indulging in too much ea drfnj^pg, those wl>o drink '* Health Te*.' 1 Ope trial yill convince you.—



||Alf»X:n& Bonii Eucalypti Extract There ar* imitations of Eucalypti « Extract in the market now, products of simple distillation forming rude resinous oils In order that these crude oils may not be taken, Our Purs Volatile Ecjcaltpti Extract, whic*i is recoenised by the medical division of ihe Prussian Government to be of per fectly pure origin, as their information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2,1878 we state ". - I is proved by tests by the Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Griefswalri, Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz:, Professor of, Parmaeology. at Bon, and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Greifswald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of a<Mds, resinocs and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develops the sanative qualities proper to-the plant according to these authorities, and according to Pro fessor Dr Lister of England, and to Drs Bauer, clntire, Wood, Hazard, ?tc., of America, is the only extract corresponding to scientific tests, and the mly one which poss°sses the proper therapeutic val'ie. Sander & Son's Mucalypti Extract AH other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which h've.when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abandoned as an internal medicament. Tne*e so called Eucalypti Extracts wbJchmay have received distinction at .Exhibitions as commercipl articles are used for meshanical pur fses are only discernible:— By their deficiency In pungent odour (Which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extracts de velopes most freely through its surplus of oxygen) By their alcoholic thhnand mobile appearance, being recuced in spectfic density through the presence of acids 3 By their taste, the result of th contracting ten dency of resins and tennates. If these crude oila, so called eucalypti extracts are applied by mistake in cases of croup, bronchitis, diph theria, internal infammations, dysentery, wounds, the consequences are appalling For safe y always ask for Sander and son's Ktoat.ypti Extract and get the old, well-tes'ed and reliable preparation.—^and burst, Victoria, Australia. SANDER AND SON'S.



fIIHERB is. qnly one quality of Health JL Tea and that is the best. Ask your grocer for it, and see that you get it,-^ HtNKY 2anpsk, Wholesale Ag«nt



f*\ OOI> afternoon, Mcs Smith, Hot 'T feeling well? Have a ©up o*j Health Tea! Nothing «o invigorating and etrongthenlng! My word, Mrs Brown, this is simply lovely Whole sale and rotalUt Zander's,



! A* Thirty Mass ah- Hotm—Onr Mr l\ N; Adams arrived by the express from the south yesterday evening, and he will be ready to talk " wheels " at the agent's shop (H. M. Jonea, East Street> this moraine. The easy payment system of the «rm offera great inducement to buy cycles. Deposits from £5; instalments, 30s per month. Humber Star, model B» fitted with 189* Danlop tires, £2S 10s. English cycles at landed cost price. Gewiine Bseston Hum bers at £26 10s j Raleighs, Model G. £25 s new Howe's m 10s, fitted with Dnnloo tires and Hall's patent brake.—Adams. Uyft'B*s,.& Go., Chri«tchnrch.-(Advt.)



HEALTH TEA 1b free from the tanmn so prevalent in other teas It is recommended by the Medical Faculty in the United Kingdom and AaataKaT All Grocers keep it,