Ashburton Guardian. MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT. TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1894. HYDROPATHY.

A correspondent writes to us on the subject; of hydropathy, or rather on the subject of the man Beard, now m the hands of the Auckland police on a charge of causing the death of a boy by advising the injection of tobacco juice into the lad's body as a remedy for the disease from which he supposed the boy was suffering. As we cannot allow any comment on a case that is sub juJice, we cannot print the letter, 'but we may take the occasion to cor rect some erroneous views the writer would like us to give publicity to, and would make the corrections m fairness to hydropathy, seeing that we now have a hydropathic institution m this town. The writer at some length tells us what he thinks the hydropathic treatment is, and proceeds to condemn it. But he is really telling us what it is not, and any hydropath who read the letter would simply feel himself grossly libelled, and charged with (juaekery, Thieve are doubtless those

who do not believe m hydropathy as entitled to all its votaries claim for it, ! and they are unquestionably entitled m this free country to hold their own opinions about its merits, but whether hydropathy be what it claims to be or otherwise, it is only fair that it should bear only its own sins if sins they be, and not have foisted on to it practices it abominates, and emphatically objects to being carried on under its name. Hydropathy is " cure by water/ and no true bydropath can by any chance allow himself to use tobacco m his treatment as a medicament. The hydropath uses water m different ways and m different forms, and brings to the aid of his water treatment a regi men pure, plain, and moderate, using no drugs of any kind. He looks upon tobacco as little better than a poison when used as smokers use it, and as an injection as deadly poison indeed, If; a patient puts himself under a hydropath for treatment, that patient will be required to abstain from both tobacco and alcohol, and the treatment will be directed as far as possible towards the elimination of the dregs of these from his system. The patient is recom mended to a pure and simple diet, from the lowest quantity necessary to keep body and soul together, until the system has been strengthened, up to a measure m quantity well within the bounds of moderation m eating. Un leavened and unsalted bread is recom mended to him, with fruit, vegetables, etc. Along with the ordinary bread baked by the professional baker, he will be advised to avoid all condiments, and all drugs no matter of what kind.! He will be advised to 41 Freely exercise, Drink the pure cold water, J And he will be well— Or at least he oughter." Exercise m the open air—and as much open air as possible—is recommended, but not over-exercise, and that kind of exercise which some invalids take by lolling m a carriage is condemned. Hydropaths, too, are the sworn foes of vaccination, to which they attribute the spreading of far more dangerous and loathsome diseases than the one vaccination is performed to avert or mitigate These are, roughly, the main planks of the hydropathic platform, from which it will be seen a man can hardly claim to be a hydropath and prescribe the introduction of tobacco juice into the human system as a remedy for any disease whatever.

THE DIVORCE LAWS.

If the Bill to amend the laws relat ing to divorce, introduced by the Hon. J. McGregor m the Legislative | Council, should become law, some! awkward complications may be looked' for, and not a little trouble. It may ( be well to give the grounds on which it is suggested divorce may be obtained m this colony under the proposed new law :— 1. <fOnthe ground that th 3 respondent has since the celebration of the marriage and, the coming into operation of this Act been guilty of adultery." 2. "On the ground that the respondent has, without just cause, wilfully deserted the petitioner, and without any such cause left him or her continuously so deserted during three years or upwards." 3. "On the ground that the respondent has durinp thiee years or upwards been a habitual drunkard', and either habitually left his wife without the means of support or habitually been guilty of cruelty to wards hei, or, being the petitioner's wife, has for a like period been a habitual drunkard and habitually neglected her domestic duties or rendered herself unfit to discharge them." 4. "On the ground that at the time of the presentation of the petition the respondent has been imprisoned for a period of not less than three years, and is still m prison under a commuted sentence for a capital crime, or under sentence of penal servitude for seven years or upwards, or, being a husband, has, within five years, undergone frequent con victions for crime and been sentenced m the aggregate to imprisonment for three years or upwards, and habitually left his wife with out the means of support." 5. "On the ground that within one year previously to the presentation of the petition the respondent has been convicted of having attempted to murder the petitioner, or of having assaulted him or her with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm, or on the ground that the respondent has repeatedly during that period assaulted or cruelly beaten petitioner." "If, m the opinion of the Court, the petitioner's own habits or conduct induced or contributed to the wrong complained of, Bitch petition may be dismisbed, but m all other cases, if the Court is satisfied that the case of ths petitioner is established, the Court shall pronounce a decree dissolving the marriage." There are not a few people who imagine that insanity is concluded m the Bill as a ground for divorce, but as will be seen from what we have quoted above this is not the case, al though m the past agitators for in creased divorce facilities have in cluded it among the reasons they have put forward. In all the churches throughout the colony opposition has been raised to the Bill on the ground that ajiy increase m the facilities for divorce, or m the grounds for divorce other than that laid down by Jesus Christ, is a direct disobedience of His word, as well as an attack upon "the sacredness of the family tie; but m the Anglican Church more especially is the opposition strong, and the Bill will be denounced from every pulpit. In Auckland Bishop Cowie has spoken on the subject m a manner that leaves no room for uncertainty as to his meaning, and still less as to what he will do should the Bill become law. In the course of an interview with a representative of he Auckland i( Herald " he gave the resolutions ar rived at by the Lambeth Conference m £888, which was attended by about 2,00 bishops of th,e Anglican Church m all parts of t&e worlql^ including the United States and ©anada, aftd pointed out that these resolutions bound him and his clergy so strongly that there was only one Course left to be followed,

Those resolutions were— 1. "They, therefore, consider it important to declare that inasmuch us our Lord's words expressly forbid divorce except m the case of fornication or adultery, the Christian Church cannot recognise divorce m any other than the accepted cases, or give any sarction to the marriage of any person who | has been divorced contrary to this law, I during the life of the other party. ' 2. " They wouH add that under no circumstances should the guilty party m a case of divorce for fornication or adultery be regarded during the lifetime of the innocent party as a fie recipient cf the blessing of the Church m marriage." 3. " They recognise the fact that there always has been a difference of opinion m the Church on the question whether our Lord meant to forbid marriage to the innocent party m a divorce for adultery, and they recommend that the clergy should not be instructed to refuse the sacraments or other privileges of the Church to those who under civil sanction are thus married." 4. "But whereas doubt has been enter tained whether our Lord meant to permit such marriage to the innocent party, the committee are unwilling to suggest any precise instructions m this matter, and recommend that where the laws of the land will permit, the determination should be left to the judgment of the bishop of the diocese, whether the clergy would be justi fied m refraining from pronouncing the blessings of the Church on such union." His Lordship fully recognised the justice of putting both sexes on the same footing as to the circumstances under which divorce should be obtained. He fully approved of a change m the law m the direction of making infidelity to the marriage vow on the part of the husband an equal ground for divorce with infidelity on the part of the wife, who at present can be divorced for that offence alone, whereas before the wife can obtain divorce from even a flagrantly unfaithful and profligate husband she must prove against him the additional charge of cruelty towards herself. But his Lordship was firm m his opposition to all other re laxations of the law. He had seen so much evil resulting from laxity m other countries, where divorces were easily obtained, that he could not favor any relaxation beyond what he had stated m regarded to equality of the sexes. He also held that among the Mohammedans, although a man could obtain a divorce from his wife more easily than could be done m Christian countries, the law was far more just, for the follower of the prophet was compelled to give her a marriage portion. He recognised the great hardship m cases where women I were married to confirmed drunkards, or were deserted, but it seemed to him better that the few individuals should | suffer this hardship—and it was a great one indeed—than that the floodgates should be epened to unprincipled and women, and he did not think that even the sense of justice of the law courts would be sufficent to counteract the evil. And then came a statement from his Lordship which states exactly what he will do if the Bill becomes law. " But supposing the Bill be passed: what then ?" said the inter viewer. The Bishop replied— " Then, if a clergyman came and said the law allowed him to marry people who had been divorced—on account of bad temper on the one side, or grossly immoral character on the other—and that he intended to marry such, I should say, * Very well; 1 shall at once take your name oft the list of ministers entitled to officiate under the Marriage Act; then the civil law will not allow you co marry these people.' So you see the bishops have the powsr to prevent any of the clergy doing anything of the kind. No clergyman can officiate at a marriage unless his name appears on the Registrar-General's j list That list I have to compile. If I have a reason for omitting the name of any clergyman from the list, I do so and no ques tions are asked by the Regi«trar-Geaeral. Should a clergyman whose name is omitted so act, then he is liable to a penalty of £50. Those resolutions were not framed far our guidance merely, but are absolutely binding as stating the law of the English Church. It is equally binding upon us here because we have accepted the teaching of the Church of England, We can hardly realise that the Presby terian, Wesleyan, Congregational, Bap tist, and other Non-conformist Churches will follow the same strict course as that marked out by Bishop Oowie, because the clergy have more latitude m thbse churches, but from most of them como strong opposition to the Bill, and the Lambeth Conference resolutions put the matter m the light m which most Christian churches will elect to view it.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

; Reading matter on fourth page. Mr H. Paget's book debts are the sub ject of an advertisement. The football match, Hokitika v. Biles mere, played at Leeston yesterday, waa won by Hokitika by three goals and one try to nil, The body of a carter named Henry Burgess was found floating m the harbor at Wellington to day. It had been m the water some days. Deceased was lately despondent owing to being out of work. Free railway passes are to be granted to the delegates attending the Intercolonial Medical Congress m 1896. It was sug gested that Government should print the transactions of the conference, and enter tain the visitors. The Premier promised to consult his colleagues m the matter. Representations having been made to the Hon. Mr Ward tfiafe large importa tions of wheat and flour are being made into tha colony from Australia, he has indicated that m the interests of New Zealand farmers the duty on these articles will be increased without delay. Most of us spend far less time m the open air than is essential to vigorous health. Of course, walking or riding exercise is best; the next; best is carriage exercise and where this is impracticable, then comes sitting or lying m the open air when, if the limbs are not m action, the lungs at least, have fair play, and the pure air must invigorate the system gener ally. There is no natural tonic equal to fresh air. It gives buoyancy to the spirits, brightness to the eyes, tends to lift) the mind above the level of the insect cares of daily life, strengthens the nerves, and tends to promote, if not induce, that universal restorer, sound sleep. Any thing that does this is pyaluable now that insomnia is one of the more frequent and I distressing maladies that assail our jßtrained and straining nervous of item*

A deputation of members waked upon) the Minister for Labor on Monday to ask him to take OTer the Shearers' Accommo dation Bill of Major Steward and make it a Government measure. It is under stood that tbe Minister gave a favorable reply and will recommend this course to the Cabinet. Mr S. S&lek has taken advantage of the recent bad timas m Melbourne to purchase a large quantity of jewellery from some of the establishments that have recently become bankrupt there, , A glance at his advertisement will show that he offers the public exceptional opportunities to benefit by his " spot cash " purchases. The Union and Australasia Banks yesterday reduced the interest on twelve months' deposits to 4 per cent, and six months' to two and a half per cent. It is understood the Bank of New South | Wales will also do so. The Bink of New Zealand has reduced its rates a half per cent all round. For twelve months' deposits the rate is 4| per cent. A large irrigation enterprise is abont to be undertaken In Mexico. A contract has been signed for works consisting of a dam six miles above the junction of the San Juan and Bio Grande rivers, and some 100 miles of canal and laterals, which will, when completed, permit the Irrigation of 500,000 acres of good cotton land. A begger m a private brougham is a bib •fa novelty. Such an iniividual, how ever, has been reaping a rich harvest m France calling upon the charitably disposed, clad m rags and tatters, and provided with a long piteous tale of destitution and distress. So profitable did the plan become that he engaged the vehicle m order to assist him to "po his rounds" m quicker time. Favored with a beautiful Spring day, the sale at the Hinds Yards yesterday was a thorough success. There was a large attendance, comprising butchers, graziers, and dealers from all point* of the compass. About four thousand sheep were yarded and a number of cattle, and everything, with the exception of a few lew condi tioned merino ewes, was quitted at prices rather m advance of recent rates. A prisoner, who was suffering from the effects of drink, made an attempt to strangle himselt on Monday night m the lock-up at the Christchurch Police Station. He had torn the band off bis drawers and tied it tightly round his neck, but was discovered m time by Constable Sinclair, the watch-house keeper, and Constable McG-ill. Precautions were then taken to prevent the man from making any further attempts upon his life. The Wellington " Evening Press " re i ferring to the attack on the Hon. Mr Ward, to which he alluded m the House, says :—" We gladly admit that so far as we* know anything of Mr Ward's records, there is no member of the House who less deserves that any slur should be casb on his private character than he does. We have already expressed the opinion that tlie administration of his department appears to be conducted on fairer and more legitimate lines than that of some of his colleagues." The * Otago Daily Times ' c aya :—lt will be remembered that when the s.s. Miowera struck on a sunken reck on the coast of Norway she was m charge of a Pilot. In the pamphlet issued m reference to the cruise of the Miowera to Norway, it is stated that the services of Pilot Brose, one of the most experienced and bast known Norwegian pilots, h/ad been secured for the excursion. He was formerly employed on board the yacht of the German Emperor, and had acted as pilot on the occasion of the steamer Warrimoo's (sister boat to the Miowera) excursion trip to Norway, and was said to possess an extensive knowledge of tha Norwegian coaat. The increase of drunkenness among women is causing no little grief and anxiety among philanthropic persons m this country (writes the Edinburgh corres pondent of the O.D. Times), and the spread of the evil v attributed mainly to the increased number of licenses granted to grocers. It would now seem as though the evil was going still deeper, and laying hold even of young girls. At the Soubhern Police Court m Glasgow the other day, two girls, aged 12 and 13 respectively, were charged with being drunk and incap able, riotous and disorderly, m the street. The police stated that one of them was so drunk that she had to be carried to the office, and that " little girls were to be seen rolling about the streets dead drunk m that locality every Saturday evening." In this case the two delinquents seemed to regard their appearance m the court) as good fun ; so much so that the magistrate said they evidently thought they were m a circus instead of apolics court. As show ing how extremes meet, 1 may add that m the same court a week previously, a woman of 90 was convicted of a similar offence. On the magistrate asking, ' How often have you been here?' she replied, ' Oh, long before you were born !' South Glasgow is a truly bibulous place.

Mr William S. Maslin.

" Phiz m the '• Press " thns sizes up the member for Rangitata : — This is one ofj those new members -he defeated Mr E. G. Wright by 67 votes— who may possibly have concealed about hia person the general wisdom of a Solo mon and the political cunning of a Bis marck. But he doesn't show it. Re garding him without any knowledge of his antecedents I wrote him down as a store keeper of the Methodist persuasion. Subsequent enquiry demonstrated the correctness of the surmise. At least he has been a storekeeper, but of late years has bloomed iato an auctioneer and com mission agent—businesses which he carries on at Geraldine and Timaru. Also he is a local Methodist preacher, and. I believe, an irreclaimable prohibit!unist. Local preaching and local politics have done their utmost to prepare him for Parlia ment, He has not, despite the preach ing, at present exhibited any very deter mined loquacity, nor has he succeeded ia startling his ■brother legislators by the display of a too Solon like sagacity. Hte is a long way from being old, and is framed mentally and physically on solid, not to say heavy lines.

COMMERCIAL.

Sydney, August 20. A number of graziers have determined to make a thorough trial of shipping live cattle to the English market. If the Queensland breeders from whom they buy store cattle will deliver a thousand Bteera to their paddocks near Newcastle they will securo one of the finest boalß m the Transatlantic cattle trade ani make ship* ments at their own risk and erpenae.

The Silence of Dean Maitland.

.- . — "■♦ —- — The Walter Bantley Company were largely patronised last night at the OJi fellows' Hall on the occasion of their pro duction of " The Silence of Dean Mait land.' The story is rather * "creepy" one, and the average reader of the tale which the drama seeks to tell, c%n hardly realise its possibility. But, as it has been said, no mind can fathom the depths of ; human wickedness, nor guage the height to which the good part of human nature may aspire—and, as It has bean said as well, truth is stranger than fiction—one may be surprised some day to hear of a Dean of Belminster, conscience-stricken, confessing a terrible crime on the steps of the altar, or of some Dr Everard who has spent a long, patient, resigned term of snffering m prison for the crime of another man, and preferred to do so, that the man he loved with an ardent affection should go free. It is a difficult story to imagine m real life, but as the character of the Dean is played by Mr Bentley one comes very near being able to realise it. The drama commences really m the middle of the novel, after the crime of which Oyril Maltland (the future Dean) was guilty had been committed, and for which his bosom friend and the lover and affianced husband of his sister was suffering innocently a twenty years' term of penal servitude The young deacon hat become a priest and has achieved fame and popularity as a preacher, so much so that he has been considered worthy of prefer ment to the deanery of Belminster. Christmas is being celebrated at his father's parsonage at Melbourne, and his youngest sister " Winnie " (Miss Madge Tempest) is making merry with a crowd of children whom she has invited to her ! party. The young clergyman is expected by every one, and when he arrives receives just such a welcome as a much-loved, highly popular, kind and reputedly stainless clergyman might expect. He brings with him pre cents for all, not forgetting a handsome shawl for the housekeeper "Mrs Ben son" (Miss Mildred Bolton), and in cluding a copy for his father of a rare theological work. He was thoughtful for everybody, and was the hero of the hour, but like an avenging Nemesis the story of Ben Lee's murder will meet him at every turn, and m the midst of the festivities it must be told again, and again discussed. He is appointed to the deanery, but has a terrible struggle with his conscience be fore he accepts it. and—still keeps silence as to his crime. Lsf t alone m his father's study, he sees a vision of the man whom his silence has bo direfully wronged, sitting m his lonely cell, dressed m the garb of a convict, and falls m a dead faint. This effect is very cleverly managed, and is particularly striking. Years pass on and his own and his sister '* Lilian's " hair (Miss Ida Gresham) are silvered with the winters. He has married "Marion Everard" (Miss Minnie Brandon) the sister of the man who is suffering wrong fully m his stead ; children have been born to him, but children and wife have all died, leaving him but one, and that boy blind, but possessed of a voice of phenomenal richness. In his widowed and lonely state, his blind boy is his comfort as well as his anxiety, hut the constant reminder, too, of the sin and crime that lie hidden m his bosom. Alone m his study he receives a visitor who mast see him and will take no denial. This is the boy of which he is the f tther, the son of Alma Lee, whom he seduced and whose father he slew when the outraged parent found him, dressed m Dr Everard's grey suit, clandestinely meeting the daughter whom he had already ruined. This" boy, too, he had baptised m the Church at Melbourne—still wearing the m*sk of hypocrisy and hiding his own terrible guilt. The scene between father and son was a painful one, but the boy s mother had told the lad of his paternity, and he brought frm her a letter. She had returned from America, whither she had gone with a rustic husband who loved her, was now a widow and on her deathbed m hospital. Still the dean hardened his heart and would fain have still lived out the living lie his life had been. But Dr Everard meanwhile had been released, had met his old and still faithful lover Lilian. She had never for a moment believed m Everard's guilt, bat the fact of her brother being the murderer never entered into her brain. This interview, however, showed her where the guilt lay, and her grief was terrible. The noble hearted martyr to his friendship and his love wrote to the Dean, tendering him f orgivenness and praying for God • blessing on the man for whom he had suffered so much. The Dean was about to be conse crated Bishop of Belminster, but this letter broke him completely, and he resolved that no longer should the Inno cent suffer for the guilty, but from the altar itself he would confess his sin and crime. He did so, and having told the story from beginning to end, and given complete details of his part m it, he fell upon the altar steps and died. This last ecene is an unusual one to put upon a stage. There was the altar with the priest m stole and surplice on his knees by its side, an unseen choir and organ pealing out. the strains of the "Adeate fidelea." The solo is presumed to have been suns; by the specially gifted yet much afflicted boy, the only son of Marion Everard, the Dean's wife. There is the congregation assembled to hear the gifted orator, and that orator speaks. An oration it is indeed, but not the one they expected to hear, and it is the last they ever would hear from those lips ; for at its close he falls prone at the bottom of the altar steps and dies m the arms of the man who for all those years had borne the punishment which should have been his. It is a strange story—a wonderful story—and only a man of extraordinary genius would dare the pourtrayal of such a character as Cyril Maitland. Walter Bentley dares it, and succeeds. There was but little applause ; it is not a piece for applause—the feeling is too intense for that—but the per formance is a brilliant one all the same. The after piece was an amusing sketch "Is marriage a failure?" m which Mr Bentley and Miss Ida Gresham were the only actors, and both showed themselves to be quite as much at homo m light comedy as m the heavier work m which they had just been engaged.

THE ASHBUKTOJS GUARDIAtf: TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1894,



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Silcook. 852 1" ATEST Telegram.—The Governor of -*-■ "Victoria haa ordered that non« but Health Tea shall be used m Government House. J3OOKS, Books. Books, Circulating ■*-* Library. Terms easy. Half-yearly volumes of something to read with Novelettes, each Volume complete m it self, bound m cloth ss. British Battles handsomely illustrated, bound m cloth 7s 6d. Boys' Illustrated Annual 5s 6d. ' Papeterles 2s 6d. A splendid lot of Albums from 3s, Birthday Cards, Text Cards, and Picture Books, all m great variety, everything good and cheap. Bookstall and shop.—J. Marsben. CQ PRAY is selling Firewood 25a • O per cord, delivered. Coal from 6s per quarter. Good heart fencing material very cheap. Opposite Mercantile Store, West Street. TO Let, at a low rental, Bake House m East Street, paddock and stabling combined, lately m occupation of the Co-Operative Society. Apply to George James. 8 39 C r RUSHED Oats, 31bs over usual weight, 5s sack included. All kinds of.produce cheap for cash —J. Thomas, Havelock street. 7 51 ANTED Known. — Embroideries from Id a yard, Corsets. 3s lid, ladies' Ulsters from4s lid, Ladies' Gloves four pair for Is, Kid Gloves four buttons Is 6d.— Arcade House. 63 JJLA»KETS bought at Edwards *-* Bennet's Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s 9d. Extra large and heavy 15.? 6d and 16s od.~Robert Alcorn, Baker's Buildings. THERE are two qualities of Health Tea, both unsurpassed for strength purity and lovely flavor. Prices, 2s 6d and 2s per lb. Ask your grocer for Health Tea, and see that you get it Wholesale at Zander's] ANTED~Known—Finest Separator Butter Is 2d per lb. Rolled bacon, hams, and eggs ao lowest rates.— John Ore & Co. TF you want good primo Cheese and •*- Bacon, try Taylor, East Street Bakery. __^ 6J09 YXT AN TED Known—The whole of the * ▼ stock to be sacrificed by order of the Purchaser, Arcade House. 4 26 PRIME Christchurch smoked and Lewis' pale cured Bacon Hams, best Akaroa and local-made Cheeses from 51. at Taylor's, East Street Bakery. 6110 U7 ANTED Known — Men's strong , ' Tweed Suits from 16a 6d; shirts from 2s 6d,—Arcade House. 4 24 \U ANTED Known.—No more wet * V clothes and bronchitis, Yarmouth Oilskin to hand.—Mitchell & Turner. Reductions/—ls Books O for 9d, Is 6d Books for Is, 2 > Books f<»r Is 6d, 2-i 6d Books for 2a, and all others at equ&lrrfca fe of reduction at L. F. Andrews and Go's., Cash Sale. 618 T F you wish your coctsls and parties to -*- be successful, buy your cake, pastry, etc, at Taylor's, Eist Street Bakery. Parties supplied on the shortest notice. 6 111 __^ "TTISIT the Sale. Trimmed Millinery » going at any price Ladies' Under lothing reduced to 20 per cent, below osfc—Arcade Home. 4 64 OYSTERS and Fresh Fish of all^sorts arrive evening per express at Deep Sea Fishing Co.'s Shop, Burnett street Ashburton 2 62 I" ADIES' and Gentlemen's left-off J Cloth ss bought, sold, or exchanged. —Mes Knight, Wakanui Road, opposite Templar Hall. 7 102 WANTED Known-L W Pants 3s lid, Flannel Shirts 3s 9d, Worsted Socks 6"d per pair.—Arcade House 425 XpDWARDS, Bennett's Sale. Grand lot *-* new and fashionable Furs and Mantles ; half price. Come and take your pick at Mbs Adam.i. SALE now on—White Calico 2s lid per dozen, Towels 2s 6d per dozen, Laoe, Curtains, from Is lid per pair, at Arcade House. 4 27 \\T ANTED Known. — Mens Tweed * " Suits 15s 6d, Men's Tweed Trousers lid, Mens' Strong FlannelletH Shirts 2s 6d, Mens' and Boys' Boots aud Shoes greatly reduced.—Arcade House. 465 OTANTED Known—All goods m Show "" Room to be slaughtered at any price.—Arcade Bouse. 4 28 MRS HOOPER7ltfo^thiy~Nu^e, offers accommodation to patients at her residence, Alford Forest rotd, near Mr Cunningham's Store. Ten minutes' walk to a doctor. WANTED Known—That owing to the success of the Sale now being held up at Saunders' Buildings, opposite Rail way Station, ifc will be continued for another twenty-eight days. I am not advertising a few cheap lines, but the whole of the stock. Don't lose the oppor tunity of securing genuine bargains —A. Lawbie. 7 166 WANTED Known.-Just received a Large Winter Stock of Boots. Liberal discount- for cash, As usual, we do the best work. Repairs done at once. A staff of men always ready at J. Moison's, the Premier Bootmaker, Town Hall Boot Store, East Street. AshbHrton. 5 166 f 1 HELPER Than Ever.—Books and Magazines, Writing Papers and Envelopes, Pocket Books, Purses, Wrib ing Cases, luk^tant's, Pictures, Musio,. Aooordeors from 7;< 93, Concertinas, Violins, Banjos, Zither Harps, Photo Frames and Albums, Scrap and Postage Stamp Albums, Indoor Games, Wall Texts und. Fancy Cards of all kinds, School Bass, Books, Eitercises and requisites of every description, and a great variety of goods ioo numerous t.n mention ; all at greatly reduced prices for cash this month at L. F. Akprew£3 and Co, % Cheap S»le.



Bubujiess Notices. IF YOU WANT GOOD VALUE FOR YOUB MONEY GO TO— G. J NEILL'S WHERE THEY ABE SELLING AT LESS THAN COST PRICE. HifiP DP.~HAffID UP MUST JEIAVJS MONEY, ftTO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED FOR ANY ARTICLE IN IN THE SHOP. DRESS GOODS 2Jd DRESS GOODS 3Jd Doable width Dress Tweeds la lid Heavy Shirting Is 6J—Reduced to 94d Reduced to la Union Shirting la 2d—Reduced to 7sd T JWELS 2sd Kid Gloves, four clasps Is 9& Double Bed-twfJl Sheeting, unbleached Flannelettes, yard wide 7jd—Reduced and White 9sd to 4sd White and Grey Calico Is lid doz Dr Warner's Ooraline Corsets, 8$ od AH Wool flannel 7id Reduced to 5s lid MILLINERY 9AN eD PUNDER-OLOTHING AT YOUR OWN PRICE CLOTHING. CLOTHING Boys* Suita 3a lid Men's Tweed Trousers 6h lid Boys' Suita 4a lid Men'a Wotllen Socks 7£d Boys' Caps 6d Men's Tweed Overcoats, with capes Men's Tweed Suits 18s 6d 17s 6d Men'a Heavy All Wool Suits 85s 6d Men's Tweed Macintoshes, with capea Reduced to 22s 6d 39a (nt—Reduced to 23s 6d MEN'S SHIRTS, TIES, HATS, CAPS, etc., AT ANY PRICE. BLANKETS. ~~ BLANKETS. TW EVERT CONCEIVABLE MAKiS, COLONIAL AND ENGLISH, AT ANY 1W PRICE-FROM OS Od PiSR PAIR. NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. BOOTS. BOOTS. CHEAPER THAN EVER, WE CANNOT HELP IT AS WE WANT THE MONEY Woman's Shoes 4s lid Women's Leather Lace Rots, all sizes 5s lid THESE ARE SIMPLY GIVEN AWAY. Men's Bluchers 43 lid Boys' Nailed Shooters, Strong, 5s 6d Men's Nailed Shooters 7a lid and 53 9d M«n'a Heavy Watertight, pegged, Ladies' French Snoes 11s 9d—Reduced 16s 6d—Reduced to 11s 6d _, to 8a 6d CHILDREN'S TAN SHOES AND SLIPPERS AT YOUR OWN PRICE G J, « &I L L'S, FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON Cash. We Want CASH. JUST LANDING, 25 Tons New Crop Cane Sugar. 25 561 b Bags Finest Snowdrop Sugar 12s 9d. FLOUK FLOUR. 251 b Finest Roller 2s Od 1001 b Finest Roller 7s 6d 501 b Finest Boiler 3s IOJd 2001 b Finest Roller 14s Od Caustic Lye for Soap Making Blacking 4|d doz ,12 ctoz. 4s 3d. lib tin lOd per lb Marmalade m Glass Jars B|d 21b tin 8d per lb Few Dates 7d per lb. 101 b tin 7d per lb Bock Salt 6s 9d per cwt. TEA. TEA. TEA. THE NOTED WAREHOUSE FOR TEA. 31b Peerless Tea, 5s 31b Premier Tea, 5s 5d 61b Peerless Tea 9s lid 61b Premier Tea, 10s 5d 2s Tea, Peerless, for Is 9d m 5 and 101 b tins, tins free. 21 per lb raduobion on 3!b picket of Arab. Matchless, Premier, Jameson and Aud-rson's Nelson and Moat's Nabob, and any known baand, and on 5 and 10! i> tins Tins'free. In Chests and half Chd-its, Ceylon, Indian and China at la 3ji, Is 6d, and Is 9|d. Best value m Canterbury. 251 b Moir's New Oatmeal 2s 6d Neave's Food lid per tin, 10s per bag, 4 bags 9s lid 6d per dozen Finest Sago, Tapioca, Split Peas Sunlight Soap Is 2d per box of If d per lb, 71bs Is 6 Tablets New Currants, washed and dried, Candles s^d per lb, 121bs 5s 3d 3|d, 121bs 3s 9d Corn Flour (Brown's) 3£d per Raisins washed and dried, 4|d lb, I2lbs 3s 3d per lb, 121 b4s 6d Edmond's Baking Powder, large Sultanas 4f d, 121bs 4s 8d tins, lid per tin, 12 tins 10s 6d Extract of Soap, 13 packets for Cream of Tartar, pure, Is 2d per Is, 141 b box 3s lid lb, 121bs 12s 3d liemon Peel 8d per lb, 21b Is 3d, Our Own Baking Powder 9d lb 71b tins 3s 6d Coffee, purest and best, ground Essence of Lemon, Vanilla on the premises daily, Is 4d Almond etc., 5Jd per bottle and Is 6d per lb, Reduction 6 bottles 2s 6d to large consumers Oxford Blue Bdper lb, 121 b box Pure Pepper Is 2d per lb ; 121bs 7s 9d I'sOd Plaid Vestas 3|d per dozen. 12 Baking Soda 3d per lb 51bs Is dozen packets 3s 3d Superior Black Lead s|d dozen, Sheep Tongues lOd per tin, 9s 12 dozen 5s 3d 6d per dozen Ramembec to patronise the firm who brought an** k3ep down the prices, and give the people of Ashbonon the beneSt of all nibbles Dought m ihe Homo and Conti nental markets LARQB coNSUMERS LIBERALLY DEALT WITH. NOTE ADDRESS— 107 and 109, High Street, Ohristchurcb ; Tele phone 731; and EAST STREET, Aahburtoii. LEAVING ASHBURTON, Gieat Slaughter of Drapery for the Fourteen Days Only. HAVTHft DECIDED TO LEAVifi ASHBCTRTON at fcha end of this month, win SreSwp-opM Achborfcon the GREATEST BARGAINS they have ever had for the NEXT FvKJMSEN DAYS, so as to save cost of remoral. Terms CASH Offl.Y. AH A counts oaring %re requested to be paid at once. %g° Sale Commences 3^TOBDAY, AUGUST 4. DESIRABLE FAMILY RESIDENCE FOR SALE. S. W. A L C OK F EAST STREET, ASHBURTOX.